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BYflUM & BYNUM, ' AttornoyB and Connselors at Uw GllEKNHDOUO, V. C. Practice regularly' Id tho conrts of Ala mance county. Aug. 'I, 84 ly. DM, J. I. STOCKAID, v ' Dentist, GRAHAM, N. C. OIBcu at residence, opposite lluptiat Church. H t work at reasonable prloo. In nlnue Mondays anil Satur days. . MONTHLY i SUFFERING. fhooaanda of troobled at tnonthly inter . Tala with pain In the head. back, breasts, - eboaldrrs.tklca ; ttipaand limba. But they need : aotsaficr. Thee pains are symptom of dajweroua derangement that can be corrected. The toea straal function should operata palulraaly. 1 rulnlsas and regular. It pats the deli. ' cat menatraal organ in coodi- fjott to Qo tsev arork propeti. And that atopa all this pain. Why will any woanan aafter anonth after moatthwb-a Win of Cardni will nlim her? It eceta $mjbo at the drag atora. Whr doat jom get a bottla - Par adVice, In caaea tcqoirlaa; epccial dirgctiooa, addreaa, gly ing ayaxptosna, "The Ledlea Airiaory Departsaent," The Chattanooga iaedicina - Cot Chattanooga, Tens. I tarrawt faMa aw kwaa saw kwoa. iwa- SKI d. pn ) " ZUOiLI THE LOST ORDERLY. ' It was not yet noon, bat tho running Ight whloh had disturbed the solitndo t tbe . Enttea xinco. arly mora log was ant. Tbe troop had scattered after them with a great deal of threatening and intentionally wild firing, bat it was no port of Captain Pillogg's orders to nudaly slay or even harass. His do 1 Ire-was merely to impress "the fear of God and Washington" upon the deluded tribe and drive them back like sheep to their fold. Besides, after tbe morning's amusement, tho hot sun made rest wol conio. - ' "Sound the recall, " said Pillogg to his senior trumpeter, and at onoo throw himself -from his horso, lay at fall length on the grass and produced his flask and oigar case. The bogle sang brightly over the plain, and as its, clear command fillod the distant hollows and rang from til off to bind ' the distant shouting and firing gradually ceased. While the cap tain puffed his cigar at ease, and the trumpeter stood holding the horses be side him, tho roar of the first sergeant forming tho troop came to their ears, and in a few minutes, with much snort ing of excited horses and cldttor of steel, the mon camo galloping back in column of fonrsjforroed compuny front swiftly and halted. "Call tho roll, " said Captain Pillogg, remonutiuR, and the first sergeant, drawing a paper from his blue shirt pocket, faced tbo men and rattled off the names, while the officer eyed each man critically as be answered. "Hera" There were some casualties." One man was badly hurt by a shot in the side; others were scratched, but one alone was missing. The captain, who had led tbe fight in the beginning of tbe affair, tbonght consolingly of the number of Indians bowled over, wbo had mostly been carried off by their comrades. The first sergeant swung his horse about and saluted. "One-man missing, sir, " he reported "tbe second trumpeter, Thomas Cpx. " "Anybody know anything about him? Anybody see him drop?" A trooper replied , that Tommy was riding bard mouthed Rip and in tbe pursuit appeared to have ail be could do to hold the borso in. Tbe trooper opined that Rip, being half crazy at tbe best of times, hod gono mod with ex citement and borno Tommy Cox "into the next county. " Tbo captain had just ordered the sergeant to detail a corporal and men to look up tho mining when from the direction of tbe Indians' flight there came a mad batter of hoofs and a shout. Up charged tbe missing bugler, a smooth faced lad, with saber rattling wildly against his side, bis buglo pound ing his back and his bridle hand, though touching tbo rein, evidently powerless to control his foaming, wild eyed borso, who dashed pellmcll into tbe troop and came, to a standstill only when it had jammed itself between two bruised and cursing troopers. Tommy's right arm desperately embraced a wriggling bun dle of dirty shirt and red brown skin. and from tbis bundle come a hideous succession of bowls and snarling lumen tatioua. The troopers leaned forward on their horses' necks to look, and at once there ran from right to left a rum ble of sardonic laughter. " What is that, sir?" the captain ask ed and peered disgustedly at the bundle. "Please, sir, " said Tommy, a year in tbe service and glorying in bis first es peditlon, "a prisoner, sir." Oh, h I cried Pillogg, and tbo troopers roared. "Let tho pnpooao go. Are you a dry nurse, sir? ' - No, sir," said Tommy, very red and anxious. t "But he's such a little devil, an bo's hurt, an I I'm afraid I've killed his father, o I I thought I'd bring him along. Ota, ah, ohr" Tbe wriggling Indian child had writhed about until it got Tommy's hand between its teeth and was now biting like a rat When tbe next man in -ranks overcame his laughter sufll ciently to release tbe bugler, tbe cap tain was smiling. 'You killed the father, eh? Uow did it happen yoo did not keep up with tbe Tommy, eager to excuse himself, and hot at tbe laughter of tbe grizzled troop, hastily explained. "Kip got a bit tbe best of me," he jerked out, "an ran wild. We lost aigbt of tbo other fellows, sir, an over there the horse bolted up a cooly, There was an Injun without a pony, an tbis kid on his back, running ahead, an he turned an fixed on ma So I fired back with my revolver, an (Tommy grinned with modest pTide) I dropped tbe son dropped him, sir, deader than stuffing. This here kid howled; I guess the ballet graaed him. An an I got Bip in band an dismounted an took tbe kid; be fought like a wi Ideal, an the bites Jing, can't ho bite I" If you'd taken the rifle It would have boss more sensible," Pillogg drawled. "What do yon want to do with bimr "Be can't walk, air." Tommy tao- tented. "an I was kinder sorry for bun! He's so darned cate when he wraatles an bites an an he'd die if I ief him there all night" The captain turned away. "When those beggars have come to their senses again, be said, "they'll send for him. Yon can bring him along if yoo 11 guarantee to none him. Tea tiool - Right forward, fours right,. snarcnr j la tbis manner the Weasel. brought to Fort a and introduced to the mysteries of civilication. Ilis fa ther and mother dead, none of bis tribe fclm, and Tommy Cos, the biiglet; became, despite of tbe men's freqoeut jests, a father, tutor and Mind to him. Tommy was yet young enough to retain great freshiies of aool and aim pi icily of bemrt. That fact that he bad abot tbe bale aavaae's father and made an orphan of the Weasel weighed j opon Ma conscience, and be was very ! asaJoos In his oar of tha Indian, Here. j tbelea. T -year-old redskin is a trcsv j bleeome anomaly la the nrriaoa, wbeas the tsoxnea of lsnn1ras' tow looked oa bins as they might upon tbe direct spawn of the devil, hailing Mr owa oftoprin from bin wbea tbe Weasel would bava Shared their games. Ilad tbey had their way the boy woald bae beea sent back to the ien latkm. A powerful teflaeoce was exerted, bowerer, in the Weasel's behalf, aa ta flaeooe than which aoae greater was felt la Fort & Miss Tooaie Adair. Ut ile t year-old dwDgbter of tbe colons, I wbo bad beea christened Judith (a name to which she nover answored), to the borror of all the laundresses took u fancy to tho Weasel, and at once adopt' ed him as her own special protege. What Toonio said, when sbe said it from tbe colonel's knee with ber urm round his nock, invariably was accept ed as a post order, and th Weasel's po sltipn was assured. "You're a dreadful wicked little suv ago," said Toonie, scuted on tbe colo nel's porch, with the Wcaud squatting in front of bur, his big, black oyes sol emuly stariug into tho depths of her big blue ones. "Ain't you sorry God borued you a cavnge? Do you like blue eyes?' My eyes J.o blao, and they're very pretty.- Whru Jtu know how to speak Englifibf yoVnmst tell mo I have pretty bluo eyes. Everybody does ev- cry body I like, xon'vo black eyes. Black eyes is navngo. Did yon over scalp anybody? If you wore to scalp mo, my father would kill you ho .would, with a pistol and sword, because he says my hair is the prettiest in tbo world. Yon ' ve black hair. It's not prctfy, it's savage. Ain't you glad I'm taking care of you, littlo boy? Because it's not your fault you was borned an Iujun, and if you'ro good 1 11 nmko you a Christian, and then p'raps God will make yonr eyes bluo and pretty like initio. "Papal" she cried in the first cnthu- siafmi of her liking for the little savngo. "Now I'm a real, real cojouel, just like you. I'm going to havo an orderly. And, please, papa, may bo have a uni form 1 The laundresses nud all others ill dis posed toward tho littlo Indian had now no word to say. Tcouio's orderly bo- camo a feature of Fort S. Where the littlo fiirl went thoro went ho, oven to accompanying her at tbo regulation distance behind, for Toonio was noth ing if not disciplinarian, and kept him in his place on her sudden dashes. pony back, into tbo surrounding country and about the post. For him when tbe bin black eyes softened, it was at Too- nie's voice; when bo bout to study his lesson it was at Toonie's behest ; when he returned, as ho did several times, after running away in search of savage freedom, it was to stand meekly and mournfully before Toonie's tearful ro buke. For Tommy Cox he bud a regard, varied by sadden outbursts of passloiiate disobedience; to Toonie his devotion wiis always unbrokenly simple and dog like in its faithfulness. Sometimes the officers joked tbe littlo maid on her or derly, but never after tho yuar in which she was 9lnd tho Weasel about 10. Sbo had dashed away on one of her willful trips of exploration, followed at a gallop by tbo Weasel. It wus glaring summer time, and by the river far from the post grew big red plums in succu lent profusion, cool and juicy. To feast on tbese at leisure tbo girl dismounted, and tbe Weasel tied the ponies to a tree. IJo was not yet finished with tbis olTlco, Toonio plunging at onco in the bushes, when tbe boy was startled by n terrible cry. Ho quickly umdo tho ponies fast and darted to the child's aid. Sho sat upon tbo ground in tearful fright, white and sobbing. tmnlrnl Tim armiat' alia rl...l A great big ntttlesnuko it bit me. Sho clutched ber ankle and mouued. Tbo little Indian did not besituto; bo did not lose bis bend. At some timo in bis life with bis own people ho must bayo witnessed some such scenes, for now bo acted with decision and knowl edge lp a cmho wbcro a white boy wbuld have been helpless. Ho toro tbe low shoe and little stocking away, und there, already, was tbo swelling redntas of tbe serpent s bite. Ho owned a knife. tbe gift of a brotherly trooper, and tbis he whipped out. No doubt his block eyes gleamed strangely with excite- tnent, for Toouie was ovcrcomo with new terror at sight of them and of tho sharp and shining blade. In -spite-of her screams tbo grimly silent Weasel seized the leg uuddoliber ately and firmly cut into the flesh round the wound until a portion was backed out To tbo cut bo applied his Hps and sucked vigorously. Toonie's shrieks and bowls filled the air, but the boy uttered nover a word, only, stopping now and thou to peer into his mistress bluo and frightened eyes anxiously. These did not dim, ber rigor did not lesson, and tbo Weasel sucked away with commence,' At last be took ber handkerchief aud bound up tbe wound. dragged her to ber ponyand helped ber mount Hao was a wonderfully strong and healthful young person and did not whimper nor faint, only howled In sturdy and wbolcsomo way. The Wea sel rode by ber side at a tearing gallop back to the post and straight to tbe hos pital. Tbe doctor applied his remedies, but tbey weronot uouded, for tho rude promptitude of the Iudian's actiou bad drawn the poison. Toonio boro an ugly scar afterward and betrayedau awsd respect for and a little fear of ber order ly for a long timo, but the doctor was enthuaiaatlo. and the colonel let it be understood that the Weasel wus bence forth bis own particular charge. In the paaaago of time It became nec essary tut tbe girl to desert tbe wild but healthful life of the western plains aod go east to be educated. Tbe colonel decided to send Weasel away at tbe same time to one of these great Itutitn tiona wblcb are maintained for tbe ben efit of tbe nation's wards. Thus it a tbe two parted, the mistress and the orderly. Toonie gave blm ber pho- tograpb wit 'Yoo're i wttb tears.. never, never to forget roe," she said. "Promise." 1 "Never" said the Weasel, with sad ly earnest eyes, I "And when I cotne back yon 11 be my orderly tost tbe same; promise." : "Just the same." said the WeaseL Bnt when she came back she was no longer Toonie, tbe child. She was Miss Adair, no farther opposed to being called Judith indeed preferring It to the loving pet name of ber babyhood, which, she aaid, was snlly. The Indian was back oa .the plain, wry tall and straight) In peat garments of cirilUa Uon. He bad passed through the school with much honor and was now to act I missionary among his own penal. The eoioael war amoaedly ftrood of bias, as of a fins dog of bis own breed trig. He ant far blm on tbe night of Judith Adair's arrival. "How's yonr old orderly, my duax," id be. bae looked ap front tbe enair where was reading some letters looked at bins with a smile of ooxiodty. 'Well. I never, papar" the" aaid. B looks qnite eiTllixM. I am flad to bear yon get ea so wett, " she added. With a nod to the Weasel, and resumed rending. , . j .Tbe Indian weat oat silently, anr looked se tall and atraigtit and happily ' oxpeetuut as when he entered. Ho had ridden lu from the mission, ton miles from tbo post, where lie was quartered. The moon was up When lie silently left tho post after that chilling, indifferent greeting, .Tbo. clouds that scurried low between earth and moon oust flickering, hasty shadows on tho uneven plain, but the shadow that had fallen on his life never lilted. Beforo him, as he rode, stretched the shimmer ing, (shallow river, darkly fringed by those low boslies whence the rnttlcsnuko bad darted so short a time ago. had seemed to blm so short a time, un til tonight. Now be realized that an ago bad passed. Perhaps it bad novo )i unpolled ; it was a dreum. It must hav been a dream, or the chill young lady in the parlor ho had left, who had told bim so carelessly ho was quite oivi lized, would bavo romomborcd. Ho was civilized. For years lie bad lived with white people. Ho barely re membered the baby days of tepees aud squaws and ponies and bows und ar rows. Sbe bad civilized him, sho and tbo long,, happy thoughts of her in tbe days at school and college when hi own blood brothers luul been things of pity to him, because they had never boon blessed by friendship with her, when bis teachers had wondered at bis towering ambition and bis intense in dustry. His horse, unhindered, fell to walking leisurely. - Tho Iudian's head dropped. Swiftly tbero came to bim a conviction of tbo wrong done bim. Over all those great rilitius tbero were two peoples, two grout fumiHes--tho white and tbe red. Each member of theso bad bis brother, his father, close ties of kinship. - In all tbo brcadtb of tho land be stood utterly alone and apart. He was civilized-r-half and half, ticithor one thing nor tbo other, llo had turned away from bis brothers at the beck of bis teachers. He had done bis task, lie hod succeeded. Ho bad been held up us a sbiniug light, an oxatuplu of wbat might be done with one of bis race, Tbero it stopped. He had dreamed of being n white among the whites, whose creed hod been dinned in bis eurs "all men are equal. " Only tonight bad sbe, by a glance and a word, let bint reulize bow be had deeeivod himself. To please her bo bad obeyed as a child, studied as a boy, labored at college. To please her. "Well, I nover I He looks quite civi liod. I am glad to bear yon are getting on so well, " sbe had said. He would not go back to tho post nor to the mission. Ho cared nothing for their good will if ho wus not to be one of them. What then? At a crossing of trails ho met an old Indian freighter going to tbo post to sell watermelons to tbo soldiers. Tho Weasel stopped bim and gave bim some money and mado p bargain, und tho old freighter went on bis way with n good suit of olotheu from the oast, and tbo Weasel dashod into tbo darkness, whore bid fur, fur awuy tho Indian roserva tion, aud on his legs and feet were fringed and beaded moccasins, and round him was wrapped a gaudy blan ket. Ho had chosen his family, his peo- plo, amougwhom ho would bo an equal at leant He had retrograded, lapsed in to savagery. One of tbo chief delights of bis eastern teachers when showing off their star pupil to congressmen and inquiring philanthropists bad been to dwoll upon the faet that tbo lad belong ed to ouo of tho most unruly nod bono- lussly savage tribes on tho plains a tribe which was constantly restless, un aunoal annoyance to tho Indian bureau, addicted to sun dances, ghost dunces, raiding and other symptoms of Incura bio Iudiau fever. Just at this timo tbey were disturbed nuasuully by tho promi nence among them of a certuiu young buck wbo aspired to leadership and was incitiug bis comrades to all manner of Iudiau deviltry. v Ilis heart was soro. lie hud been merely an interesting plaything for philanthropists, tbe old colonel aud ber. Hu wus rejected of his own people. No tie was left blm. On his breast, in a little deerskin pouch fastened to bis neck, lay a picture tho photograph Toouie had given biin when she went away to school, bur heart young and teuder to tho devoted boy who had sav ed her lifo. He toro it out as ho rode aud rent it to shreds aud throw tbem to tbo wind with a wild cry. llo galloped furiously on ward, in aud oat of tho shadows, over low stretches of. sand and across rocky ridges. In front of hi in was a rising bluff, whoso farther side dropped precipitously to a deep ravine hewed out ages ago by gla cial suows. Here had old time Indians driven the great buffalo herds, sending tbe madly frightened brutes tumbling and bellowing to a crashing deutb down the cliff. Hero rode tho Woaul uow, at full tilt, Btitil. Hh ona luug. wailing yell, be pluagnd headlong. U. Y. liluck In Chicago Inter Ocean. ' Largsst ntstsorlte Kama, A meteorite, described as half the size of Bt Paul's cathedral, london, is aid to bavo fullcn at Port Alfred, Booth Africa. It made a bole in tbo ground 60 feet deep, 120 feet loug and 00 fust wide, which woald meko it tbe largest known meteorite on record. Being singlo piece apparently. It was probably solid iron, like other nv-teotitca known, sntno of which have weighed a number of too a. but none of tbis size Is record, ed. And yet there Is no reason to believe that multitudes very tuocb larger may Dot be traveling In the celestial spaces, and It Is only good lock that prevails oar falling In with theni. There Is no inherent Impossibility that a meteorite or little asteroid as largo as some of tbe nraltitode that revolve between Mara and Jupiter might cotne within tbe sphere of the earth's attraction large enough to coves an entire state. - They may be even moving in the tracks of onmeta, although we know p7f-tly ell that tbe balk of tbe material of cornet Is very inconaltbs-ahle, and the earth has more than ono paaand through the tall of a onnv- wlUjoot anymore effect than a abowrrof falling stara, Wbat tbe effect weald beof striking the bead of a comet we do nut yet know.. To Car A Cot la Was ttay. Take Laxative 'Bromo Quinine, Tal.l.ts. All drugx refund the money t it fcal to cure. 2oc WracK TraotwurUor aa4 artjr en- Mratta as4 bulle totravwi foe a miW oaUMfaheS bnaaa la Kortk Van.Maa. Mvataj- aatea and ipso,, rwttoa. ItMBiafr Company, M t. I LESSONS IN FEEDING. A Bill of Far Vor Voang Chicks In Hot Weather. If you have been feeding tho chicks wet sloppy, raw feed, you have been making a mistake, nud if you continue to so feed during tbo warm weather you will certainly lose a great many chicks, and those yon do succeed in raising will not be right Discard the sloppy, ntw feed right now. I bellovo that this kind of feed is tbe cause of tho death, during tbo summer months, of more chicks than is anything else except lice. Tho food is allowed to sour and at onus tbo i chicks become affected with bowel com plaint Nothing will so reduce tho vi-! tality of a chick as will bowol trouble, and with the attendant effects it soon greatly reduces the number of chicks. The fuct is thut ono food a day of soft . stuff is sufficient Not only is it sufll oiont, but more is absolutely injurious. Let this bo fed in the nioriiiug. If the feed consists of any part of cpruineul, let it bo moistened with scalding water. It will then swoll before it is consumed instead of after if fed: raw. As'to tbe other foods, I have found nothing bo good as millet seed. It is rich in oil and other desired properties and is greatly relished by tbo chicks. Do no feed it exclusively, for a mixed and varied fted is essential to growth. Remembor tbis This season I am feeding as follows; Morning feed, mixtnro of cornmcal, ground oats, barloy and rye, moistened with scalding water, with a little mi lit added. Noon, millet seed ono day, wheat ths next Night, cracked corn one day, a mix ture of wheat aud millet the next. Twice a weok a feed of whole barley, soaked in boiling water for about ltl hours, is given. An occasional feed of raw cut bono in also given, not more often than twice n week. Let tbis talto the ploco of the noon feed. Upon this bill of faro the chicks will grow and thrive wonderfully. . Some trouble, you say. ..Yea But I have learned that in tbis .7'orid It pays when we are doing a tblnglCO'do it It is the man who makes the most out of bis op portunities wbo succeeds, and tbo fel low who is not willing to do this don't cut much of a figure in tbis busy, pruo tioal world, especially in the poultry yard. Cor. American Poultry Journal rraotlcal Breading. When we huve said that wo believed that tho bird for tbe fanner or the vil lage poultry keeper to huvo is a stuud ard bred bird, we havo known that many who have good flocks" of fowl would feel that they could not afford to dispose of their eutiro flocks of bent ond pullets to begin attew upon sotno that would 1)0 all of one breed. Whether it would be profitable for them to acoora plish this by selling their own eggs in tho market and paying nioro for egg.i to batch from well bred birds we will not discuss now, because if wo were able to provo to our own satixfuctiou that it would he for their advantage to do so they would not all bo convinced, or, convinced against their will, "they would bo of the sumo opinion still. " For such we have another suggestion to offer. Select next season some of - tbo best fowl in the flock, healthy, aetivu and good layers, aud mato tbem with n male of aoinu good breed to obtain eggt for hatching, allowing all other hens to run without any mala It is tuit iioomi snry to obtain a prize bird nor a Mi point bird, but get as good a one as the means will allow, or such as you will feel a littlo proud of, and from those mutiugs ruise chickens. Ruiso enough of tbem to allow of tho pullets being carefully culled, aud tbe best selected for next year's breeding to tbo same malo or another of the same breed. Wo are not so much afraid of inbreeding as some, and less so whim grnditig up from a mixed flock than wo would be if cock and ben were of tho sumo breed. But do not use ouo of tbe grade males for breed ing purposes. American Cultivator. Cock, as Brooder. It is not an unusual thing for a cock turkey to take char go of a brood of young ones, and go about with ' them and hover tbem as tbo ben would and we havo oven heard, that if one were shut up for awhile with a dutch of eggs be would proceed, to sit on tbem and batch them out but we never test ed the truth of tbis. Yet It would not bo strange if true, as we know that In some wild birds the male has to do bis share of tbe incubation of tbe egg aud ith many kind the father fouls the young quite as frequently and fuithfully ss tbe mother. Capon also are anid to be ready utwii a little pcnniiydon to take cbargo of a brood of chicken, but now we have a story -in ati exchange of a Brah uia rooster that took cbargo of a lot of chickens af ter the hen hud left them and brooded tbem faithfully. Larg. icggs Not Host far Hatehlag. A poultry breeder anys that extra large sized eggs seldom batch well, and be prefers the medium sited eggs from tbo same flock. It t doubtful if chicken was batched from a very large egg wbctner It would grow to make any Larger fowl or one that would be mute likely to lay largo eggs than tbe chicken from an egg of medium size. Posaiblr uy men aiwciiuaa , n tmrKrm nHn tii the trait might beootue fixed, but usually tlie very large egg Is an omato rat production or an accidental one caused by the condition of tho fowl be fore laying. Tills Looks Uk Ooo4 Wsitana A poultry keeper la Maine wintered 1,000 hens, and a late report aays be bad then 1,400 bens and til lex ens and 100 hens sitting, from wblcb be botwd to otrtafa 1.000 more chicken. His chickens and egg are sold in Boston, and it Is to be presntoed that be finds It a ptofitable baidneaa, as be is cartful to keep the bast layers and only (hose that lay dark brown eggs, aa they aejl In this luarket I er I eenta a doora higher tbaa bbite shelled eggs or mixed lot. Kaneer rifle la bard work Is found to be a mistake. It baa a ease ef ve cartridges, which bava to be all axed before any eaa be reinserted. That is to say, if a soldier baa eocauoon to fire three be most go on and waste tbe otbr er two or else leave himself to ateet a fnaaible auddea rab with only two round la bis gun. Nine times out of ton be prefer to be ready with a fall chars, aud so bis ammanttina ts wast ed. Moreover, it Is an an handy weapon to work in a hurry Loaidua Telegraph. Royal stake ths loed pare, wboiaaoaa aad , F0V7DEI1 Absolutely Pure ROYAL MKIM PflWPt'W Ofl.i WtWVOWKa THS GARDEN GATE. Long ago In childish terror From a fancied gnome 1 fled. Casting frightened glances backward, Longing looks toward home ahead, Through the iane and by the windows, flwllt and anro as feet of fate. Hover staid 1 till behind ms Clanged and clasped tbe garden gate, Bhavnd sale of happy childhood. Barring harm and sorrow oat. Where the shadow of the homestead Threw protection round slmntl Blewod warders, peace and safety. Holding watch for wanderer late, Cloning with thlr arm about me When I ahnt the garden gate I All things foaraomr lay beyond It, Springing foe and lurking wile; All things true ami right within It, Clostored round my mother's smile, fint the years oatne creeping, creeping Veara that woald not bide and wnlC Till, despite my bitter weuplng. Foes came throoith the garden gate. Ah, how 1 atrugitlud with the stranger, Palo and terrible and grim! TJnclnftped the handit that fain would bold it As ho came through tlie twilight dim. "A little while! Oh, pallid stranger, A year, a day, a moment watt . Wo love hlin so!" - Ifeath gave op answer. Except to. como within the gate. And now I know that safe no longer Fnllt the cottaue latch for me. Tbnngh 1, waiting, watch lalde It With whitened hd and bending I Yet, with eyollil alcend and weary, Quite forgetting day or date, I dream again how bright the heaven Whose portal was the garden gate. Kuw Vork Ledger. Oxford Bible. Everybody has hoard of the Oxford Bible, and everybody knows that it is printed on a peculiar paper, bat the story of tbot paper Is a story of the tri umph of porseveranou. In MoClure't Magazine some Idea Is given of the long search for tbo paper whloh has . revolu tionized Bible making. India paper Is a mechanical mystery and a trade seoret, a secret known only to three mon. It is mado at tbe Wolvorcote-mllls of tho Oxford press, bnt as no employee is in touch with rooro than ono stage of the process the complicated secret is bold in hand. In 1843 an Oxford graduate returned from India with a paper peculiarly thin, peculiarly tough and peculiarly opaque. " A few Bibles were made from it, one of i wblcb was presented to tbe queen. ' Its use reduced tbe thickness of tbe Blblo by ono-balf. Every .effort was mado to obtain a supply of this paper, but without soocees. Mr. Gladstone's nblaultv of researob was drawn upon, but no oooki only recommend a search in Japan. Papers equally thin and equally tough w obtained, but tbey were too transparent It was not possible to print tbem on both sides of tbe t-heet. Finally a paper thin enough and tough enough and opnpio enough was developed, but it was too yellow. was tried, but tbo color was anacoepta ble to the pnblio. It was not till DO years bad passed that tbo tenacity and perseverance of Mr. Frowdo triumphed over all obstacles, aud Bibles were is sued In 1874 on the wonderfully tbin paper on which tbey aro issued today, a paper which distinguishes tho Oxford Bible from all tbe other books of tbo world. Aa Aoetdoatal VIM VJM, O W, WJM, WWH. there was a roan in London wbo bad Ann. M tin. k , w ventured - upon various publishing schemes with but poor suooess and Was beginning to despair of ever making a fortune when, by chance, bo bethought himself of a huge scrapboob which bis wife had compiled of .various literary odd and ends that bad enchained ber fancy. She called ber scrapbook "Tit Bits," and it occurred to bur husband that such odds and ends, published in Dnriodloal form, might Interest other people as well as bis wife. Tbe result of this meditation on bis part was the appearance of a little pen ny paper called Tit-Bits, which proved so-popular and gained such a wide eir eolation that its proprietor felt encour aged to plaoe other literary von turn on the market, and it was a0 long before be became known as tbe publisher of number of extremely popular penny periodical. He is now a mUIIooaire many time over and a baronet, while bis wife, whose scrapbook proved tbe cornerstone of their prosperity, finds ber reward in tbe It tie of Lady N Munxsy's Magazine. ar Oenlar Holloas. Jay Gould's millions were at time In danger. It was In 187, tbelr fate depended upon tbe flootaa tioM In tbo gold market, Gould saw bis preeasioot position la time, and so his power and ipQoenos vered himself oat of tbe difficulty. Is fact. When It was over be was wealthier tbaa ever. About ten years after this bapperjad' there were dark romora about bis af fair, aod it was bio ted that tbe area Gould was not wbat be to be In a pecuniary senae. lit ditpoesd of these doubts In a very aimple man- lie Invited a aamber of gentlemen to bis private office, and wbea tbey ar rived be laid oa tbe table before them for examination certifies tea of stocks la bia owa nam to tbe value of ot.OOQ,- 000 and aaid that If tbey wished be woald by 120,600,000 mar before tbem. , . Bh Ob O SIH an. -What did Newriob ear Wbea yea told bim yoa wanted to marry bis daughter?" He didn't absolutely re a, bat be imposed a very serious eondition. " "What was It?" "He aaid be would see me banged rat" London Fan. ... I wish to cull the attention of insurers in Alamance county to the fact that tho Burlington Insurance Agency, established In 1893 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring. , , There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low. er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in erery branch of the business, find a lodgement in my office. With a practical experience of more than ten yean, I feel warranted in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full satisfaction in ; every: instance. . Correspondence " solicited upon all matters pertaining to insurance. I am making a.Hpecialty of Lite Insurance and will make it to (lie interest of all who desiro protection for their families or Iheir estates, or who wh to make absolutely safe and profit able investment, to confer with me before giving their applies lions to other agents. Very resjiectfully, JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, BURLINGTON',' N. C. toooooooooooooooooooooocco? SuDDOSG Suppose you had a nicely displayed advertisement in this space, then what? Why. the 2,500 eyes that scan these pages every week would see it and would know of your business, and when something in your line was wanted they would naturally look you up. See? Had you ever thought of it? . CXoXoXoyoXo; PEACE INSTITUTE, Raleigh, N. C. , A Fasitti Behool for Girls. Very Thereef h and of High Grade. Jndglieo7b. Orsy, Culpepper. Va.. aayti -I sincerely believe It I tho very ben female school of which 1 hao any knowledge. Illustrated elroular free to all who apply. , JA. U1NWIDUIB, Principal. .CHAPEL HILL SCHOOL. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. r Kight teachers. I V) Pupils. Tuition 11.50 to 4.00 per month. Hoard $7.00 to 10.00, Music and art.. Write lor catalogue, J.W. CANADA. ?)'''- - " In Chi The cause of gapes is small worm. something resembling a flab worm, only smaller. It lodges In the throat, ceas ing a choking or gaping of the chick, and instead of being swallowed It re mains in tbe throat and breeds there In such numbers aa soon toobuke tbe chick to death, There is a small gapeworm exterminator la tbo form of a loop wire that can be Insisted in tbe windpipe and withdraw tbe worm, foa can pnrrhaee thee at almost any poultry supply bouse. Wbat bas proved the beat reme dy with me is about two drops of tur pentine injected down tbe throat ettbsr with a small syringe or machine oil This will usually dislodge tbem and give the chick relief. This worm lnfeata only certain aoil and one may bavo gapes In it wont form oa one I part of tbe farm and have no sign of It ka Uum a fourth of amivswny. If one's flock Is badly affected by tbem, I would recommend a change of run for the chicks and yoa will usually see tbe disaass cUmppea. Theodore Bcw ba Breader GaaeUe. thorough spraying with hutoauui or with solution of oarboUo acid with a pump that will force tb fluid Into every seam, crack and comer, will cleans the main part of the build- mg, roof and all er a thorough Ssnok isg with mlpkur will do it Wbea this at done, the beas will teei a proud as yoa would if year rooms wr new p- red and carpeted, and. aniens they ve been doing their beat before they will try to do It afterward. Axaerieaa '. ) () () - lat ? Southern r Railway THE Standard Kail way of TIIEBOUTIL TLe direct Line to all point Texas. 1)1. California, if t-ionaa. f -Cubaand kvN Porto Rico.'fVV Strictly first-class equipment on all Through and local trains; Pull- " man I'alace Sleeping Cars on all nigbt trains; tasi sod sale sched ules. Travel by the Southern and yoa are - assured safe, comfortable and . exDedkaous ioumev. Apply to ticket agents for time ta il ea, rates and general informa tion, or address. R. L. Vemox. F. R. Dabby, T. P. A, C P. AT. A. Charlotte, N. C Asherille, N. (X No trouble to answer quest ions. Frank & Gsnnoo, 3rd V.-P. and Geo, Man., J. If. Culp, Trafic Maa,-W. Ar Turk, I5- A., Washington, 1. C