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VOL. XXIV.
GRAHAM. N.C,. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1899.
NO. 49.
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THE CAVALRY pHAH(3fi.;
Harkl Tbe nitiUng roll of the nitufSteers,
And the rufllod drums, and the rallying cheers,
And the rifle, burn wltu a keen desire.
Like the crsckling whips of a. hemlock Are,
And the staging shot, snd tha shrieking shell,
And tne splintered lire on the shattered bell,
And Ibe great white breaths of. the cannon
amok. .. . ....... ...
As the growing guns by batteries spoke,
And tbe ragged gaps In the walls of blue
Where the iron surge rolled heavily through.
That tbe eolonel builds with a breath again
As he clesves the din with, his "doss up,
men I"
And the groan torn out from the blackened'
line.
And the prayer doled slow with the crimsoned
arts, .-. ,., .
And the beaming look in the dying eye
As under the clond the stars go by.
But bis suul nisrausd our
the captain ssid.
For tbe boy in blue can never bo dead I
And tbe troopers sit In their saddles sll
Like ststnes carved la en ancient hall.
And they wateli the whirl from their breath
less ranks.
And their spurs are close to the bones' flanks,
And the angers work of tbe aaber hand-
On, to bid them live and to make them grand
And the bugle sounds to tbe charge st last.
And away they plunge, and the front
' posted I :
And the Jackets blue grow red as they ride.
And the scabbards, too, that clank by their
side. - . .
And the dead soldiers deaden the strokes Iron
shod , ,
As they gallop right on o'or the plaahy red
Bight into tho cloud sll spectral and dim.
Bight ud to the gone, black throated and grim,
Right down on the hedges bordered with steel.
Bight through the dense columns, then "Bight
. about wheel).
Burrahl A new swath through the harvest
sgalnl .
Hurrah for the flag! To the battle, amen I
Benjamin V. Taylor,
Mt ONE ADVENTURE.
Ko donbt there are some people who
iotually enjoy sttange experiences or
anything tbat is itartling or different
from tbe jog trot monotony of their ev
eryday routine, -f may say st once that
I am not one of these, iiy nearest ap
proach to aa inoiderjt was having my
life endangered by o dronken cabman in
tbe Sayswater road, but on that ooca
ion my shrieks- and geiajcnlatioiia at
traded attention, and be drew np at
last, whereupon I instantly got ont and
walked away; Regarding what. I call
'my only adventure," tbif proceeding
was unfortunately Impracticable. : It
proved, as will be seen, diaastrons at
fair for me, and I am now writing
abort and tratbful statement in order to
clear myself from tbe scandalons fan
pn tat ions to whiob it bas given rise.
idy bos band, Mr. Thomas JUoggina,
Is a member of a well known firm to
Minoing lana We have no family and
bave lived for years at a pleasant wa
tering place upon tba south coast.
Thomas has not been an aotiv member
of Podd Plants for a considerable time,
but be generally goes np to business
once or twice a week. Bis heart is in
pods and plants of a different descrip
tion. He is devoted to hi garden, where
be works away as bard as any laborer
for hoars, although we keep Scotch
man wbo bas tbe gate lodge and 00, a
year, not to speak of coal and vegetable.
Oar nonse is a fine detached residence.
standing In close upon two.. acres of
ground, and I called tbe" Manor, and I
may say without boasting tnatjpgone
in oar cirole gives a better - dinner or la
more generally respected and looked sp
to than we are. Jdy bosband is one of
tba churchwarden at Bf. Peter'a. I
am chairwoman 01 tbe society rot
Providing Old Women With Olotbe
and secretsry to tbe Young Women's
gnnday Ont association. , '
Sow I am really oomlng- to. my ad
venture, which occurred last rummer.
I bad been np in London 'for a day's
shopping and was returning by a 'well
known fast train, but discovered when
I got to tb station tbat it was on tb
point of starting. ' Aa I hurried along
tba platform I . caught sight of eom
people from my own neighborhood, Mrs.
Uppingham and her stater. I not toed
tbat they looked remarkably smart De
flowered bats, white veils, white gloves;
probably tbey were coming from San
down races! I did bo get into their
carriage, for Mrs. Uppingham is no
body wbo bas recently coma to my
road a dreadfully poshing persuo, fe
verishly anxious to b visited by "tb
resident."'. Bnt I am rstber fastidious,
I did not lik faer looks, and J bave not
called. 1
. I am a little stout, and I bat to be
fnssed. I bate being bottled along by
tba guard, saying. "How, ma'am, look
harp, please look sharp I" Ob tb
present coca at on, before 1 knew when 1
was, I found myself poshed bead fore
moat into first class oarrisge, and I Or
ataotly tb train began to aoov. '
It took aoa a eeaaiderabl time to ra
eovcr my breath and my composvre,
pot asid my bag and parasol, pull
dowa my veil aod rearraeg ail my 111
U paresis. . I was aware tbat I had a
fellow passenger, a man wbo aat at tb
far corner, but all that J eould discern
war a pair of gray trousers and a pair i
of tsa gloves holding lb evening paper.
I did not glvs bins a aeoood thought. I
was moat deveoUy thankful tbat ( had
not scraarblsd into tb Beit carriage by
mistake. It might bav led to aa Bo
qoslntano with thsl odioo Mrs. Up
pingham and her sister. Tbey had a
young man with tbem too. Airs. l
,
pingnam sivf oe. inat to iwni
of as of wbo it quartered la Hong-
krmg (bnt I my Jericho); six bat tekB
a lm!s boos and doo It ap prettily
(they tell Witb ait draperiea, la- j
d sn rof;vrlond ebMp.fnrrJnrr.;
uavis.
aha keeps (wo servants, audi i nid bear,
boys New Zealand muttou and Ameri
can beef. Jura, lierrlug, our rector 1
Wife, flatted me to meet her at tea and
introduced ber tome, bet I did not take
to ber. nor bow whop I met ' ber next
day in tho library.' To me she looks aus
piciously like au adventuress. ; If she Is
so poor,' why is cue always so very
smartly dressed? For my party I don'i
believe that she (aa the declares)-makes
all ber own nowna. I know she bas al
ways a pack cf men to tea on Sundays,
and some people think tho sister pretty
. At this moment I happened to glance
toward my companion. I found him
staring at uie over tbe edge of bia paper
as lr 1 Had seven beads i am accusi
ed to beiag stared' at, baring (though
say it tbat should not) a more than
allowauqe of good looks, bnt there
no admiration in this man's black
Tbey expressed a mixture of amazement
and inorednllty. - For two or three soo
ouds we continued to survey one another
in frosen silence, and then I tamed my
bead pointedly away and gazed oat of
the window.
": We were now traveling at a high rata
of speed. Tba fields, trees, hedges,
seemed to be racing past. Tbe pace was
about 46 miles on boor. Suddenly I was
aware.of a slight movement in the car
riage and received a distlnot shook
wheu I turned my bead and discovered
tbat tbe man bad changed bis seat.and
was' now sitting exactly opposite me.
tie bad every right to leave bis plaoa,
bnt be bad no riant to ait there devour
ing me witb bis great black eyes. I dlcf
not like it. -I flatter myself tbat I am
tenowned for my "look. " J bave found
it most effective on several occasions.
80 1 drew myself np and gave him its
full effect.
lie was apparently about 88 years of
age, clean shaven and sallow, and gave
ma the impression of one wbo bad suf
fered in health or mfnd. His faoe was
haggard; bis hair was touched with
gray. Otherwise he was rather good
looking. He was dressed in a dark tweed
nit and
wore a red necktie, a
gold
locket and brown boots.
I bad slowly surveyed bim from the
crown of bis cap to tbe sole of bl
boots witb deliberate Inspection and
was about to survey bim aa carefully
from the soles of his boots to tbe crown
of bis cap when saddocly be bent for
ward and spoke to me to me, be, an
ntter stranger, wbo bad never been In
trodaced to met And this is what be
said in a strange, husky voice:
'Mary"' as it happened my name ia
Sarah Hannah "bow could you?"
"Sir!" I screamed at bim.
"How could yoo fluA it in your heart
to do HT Now, what is the use of pre
tending when yon know as well
do tbat I am your husband?" ' '
a I
Aa I sat gasping and for the moment
unable to artionlate he proceeded to up.
braid me most bitterly. -.
"How could you bring yourself to de
sert me and yonr three poor unfortunate
little children and tan away with tbat
scoundrel?'' :
At last I found my bieatb and an
swered: - ,";'.
Von are making a most oitraor
dinary mistake, sir, I never saw you
before In all my life." '
Never saw met" be repeated in a
load, angry voice. "Von and I, tbat
were man and wife for five years!"
Never!"! answered. "You most be
oat of your senses. Yon are mad."
No, bat perfectly sane, though what
I have suffered was enongb to turn my
brain. Look at my gray bairs," remov
ing his cap, "all owing to you, Mary."
I never saw you before never I" -Oh,
what it tbe use of this sort of
Iblug?" he asked ' Impailenily. "You
know you were always a born aotress.
Yon recollect yonr sucoessei before we
were married. It was always: easier for
you to be another person than yourself. "
"I've nerer been inside a theater and
never acted since I was born," '
"If it was not too serious a moment,
Wftnlrt fit.. In a 1 1 ,iu, 1 1 fa
bad never acted as yoo are noting now;
you have surpassed yourself! And yoo
know how proud I was of yon and tb
bit yon mad In 'Tba Pink Petticoat
And, a to your dancing, Jackson declar
ed, tbat In tbat grasshopper pa you
eould not be equaled at tba Empire
Itself." . . .. .
Grasshopper pas Empire I If oar
dear rector could bat bear my nam
coupled with soon abominations I
I rose, snstcbed np my bag and pant-
sol and- hurriedly seated myself at tb
far end of tb carriage, merely present
ing my back to bis gaze. Bus, utterly
undaunted, be immediately placed him
self beside me and actually endeavored
to insinuate bis arm around my waist.
screamed and beat bim off witb my
parasol, and then be seised any band
and held it in a viselike grssp and saidi
Mary, darling, why do yon to .on
lik this a if yoo did sot know me?
Don't you remember tb balls at (Jovsot
Garden aad tbe jolly rappers and our
dear little bouao In Avenue road and
bow proud I was to be pointed oot aa
tb husband of Polly Oantrippe? Think
oar three fair baired children! Oh,
bow 000 Id yoo bav It in your heart to
desert poor little Esmeralda, only aa
infant Is arms? Sb is bow 4 years old
and tb imag of yoo. It' a terribla
thing to bav a bandaom wife!" -
"Let go my band!" I cried out hys
terically. . i
"To bav a hand torn wlfa,"b re
peated, "wbo baa beo on tb board
and bas thousands of admirer a terri
bl thing for a man to bav to b in lb
city and forced to leave ber aloe all
day I It wss partly my owa fault, aad
I've mvss divorced yoo I"
I BOWBaad)'dparat kws fatll al
tempt to tear away my hand. Ha still
bald it tightly, U Iking all tb tiro is
a loud, rsaolot voio. -
"A pretty woman ha so many temp
taUooa." Her at last I wrestcbed my
self free and looked about for th cord
of eotsurnniostiost. '
"Ko need to call th guard, Mary."
a mid. "Your owa husband iaaaffl
dent protectioa.M
"Bat yoo are not my hoDaod,M I
boated, "aad I will call tb guard if I
aan I
Sit down r b said ftercaly. "Ko '
of this acting aad liatsst to m I
umtly." '
Awad by hi look. I sank back Into a
seat. My mental sufferings wer saffl-
etsotly acuta, bat I did not wis torn- -
tag bim to tb point of murder.
"I'v never takes any steps to dl varus
yoa,'' b ootinoed enaUaned to ma,
Mrs. MoTn of tba Manor, -for yoa
mJ W1,t . ,,gb br,TM,
yoo know tb j ,dnrrlS Jom ,oA u,,, j
krnnr.hl ia er.lt of that
Bg,y rt tboa, y0OJJg Lo-c, I J.
Wi lhoo;i thnr v. as doom like von.
no one so raaoy, so handsome, so smart.
My own opinion bas always been tbat
yoo were inveigled away against your
better self and that yon are beartily
sick of tbe brute.- I'm told that he
drinks and tbat be beat you I I've
searched for you- high and Jow. I've
even advertised for yoo, and meanwhile
I've always kept your place open. I'v
told our friends (and some believe me)
that the acting fever had got into yonr
blood, yoo could not keep off the boards
and bad accepted a splendid engage
ment in America, but tbat you were
coming back toon for certain. Think of
the children
I've no children I" I burst ont In-
autly
Tbey are tangbt to expect your re
be continued as if be bad not
card me. "Polly is like yon she was
1 on Thursday. Billy takes after me,
tbey say, and, aa for Esmeralda, yoo
shall judge for yourself. ; All I can say
is that I forgive everything. Mary,
come borne r
As be spoke he looked most terribly
in earnest, poor man. His voice shook;
bia faoe was ashen: great beads of per'
apiration stood upon bis forehead. I de
clare 1 felt almost sorry for bim,
"I regret, sir," I said, "tba yon
have made a complete stranger so con
versant with yonr private affair. My
husband is a tea broker. I bave nofam
ily. I bave never been and never will
be inside a theater in my life; much
lees bave I acted or danoed.
; "Ob, Mary, why do you torture me
like this?" he exclaimed. "Are yon so
happy witb bim married manf How
can yon couaenl to live in sin?"
"Silcnoe, sir I" I.abrieked, nearly be
side myself.
. "I will not be silent I" be stormed,
"Had ever any woman so forgiving a,
bosband? Bat then I love yon I love
you I" and here tbe miserable wretch
actually burst into tears and went and
deDlT down Dd Mvleo at jpy kneea
tiding Bis BeaIlma"Ei7rbeartrendiig
sobs in my gown. I was certain bis
loud voice, lamentations and argument
must bave been beard by tbe Upping
ham. What would they think?
"I am really sorry for yoo, sir," I
aid, drawing away my skirt. "How
can I induce yon to believe that I am
not yonr abandoned wife? See, here ii
my handkerchief and my Initials, ,'S.
H. M.' Sarab Hannab Mogglns."
"What are initials?" he scoffed.
Yon can cbango them aa easily as you
bave changed your voice andtbecdior
of your hair. I see yoo 've dyed it tbe
now red ; but, all tbe same, my heart
recognizes my own Polly ( Now that
I've found yon I swear I aball never
Jet yon go; tbe children are always ask
ing when mother will be borne. They
don't know tbe truth. God forgive me
for tbe lies I have told tbem I"
I shook my bead impatiently, for it
was useless to attempt to apeak. .
"How can you be so false," be cried.,
so bard hearted? Look at yourself as
you were," and be suddenly opened a
locket and jerked It at me. l
Tbe painted photograph wblob I was
tba compelled to examine was tbat of
pretty woman wbo certainly did re
semble me. There I saw my eyes, my
nose, my month.
'It was like yoo, tbe image of you,
before yon grew fat. Yon always bad
a dread of growing fat. Tbesa three
year bave aged yoa terribly. Yoa look
very day of 40? yon know you always
bad a horror of being elderly."
I bav a great horrW of being taken
for another woman!" 1 protested vigor
ously.
Mary," be said, suddenly inrnlng
on me and apeaking in great excite
ment, "after having treated me to
orueiiy 1 wonder bow yon can be so
callous. I declare yon are more lik
some atony hearted monster than a wo.
man of dean and blood I" surveying
me witb a pair of angry eyes. - "How
ever, yoa shall not escape m. for tb
children' sake, I aball take yoa borne.
I know best what Is for your good and
theirs, and nothing yoa' can ay or do
ball mov me. Yoa remember my will
of old
Her tb train began to slacken, and
I snddenly let down lb window,
" woai ar yon aooot:" n anaaaoM
sharply,
I opened tb door r fa discerned
my purpose, precipitated myself upon
tb platform and called lor lb station
master.
A burly official with a weather beaten
faoe cam harrying up. -
Ob, station master," I cried.
throw myaalf on yonr protection I This
pointing to my eom pan ion.
wbo had hastily alighted, "bss annoy
d m lb wbol way from Loudon : b
ha mistaken m for some oo el and
psrseccted m most cruelly. Find m
another carriage and lock m In.
'Sb is my wife!" roared tbe stran
ger. "I osa swear to her. Bbe ran away
witb a French jockey three years ago
and left her bom and children. I'v
banted for ber everywhere, and by
good lock so got into tb tarn car
riage with bm at Victoria. I claim her,
do yoa bear?
"H is fnsao!" I shrieked. "J
aw bim beforcl"
I bow aotieed Mm Uppingham, bar
sister and tba young man all (taring
oat of tb window, watching lb scan
With, every symptom of tb liveliest la
tenst indeed every open window la
tb train was f nil of beads. Tb porters,
tb cabmen, tb vary newsboys, bad
gathered together and mad a . ring
round bc
. "Sb say I'm a tranger, " ontlnud
tho maa la hi load, strident voio.
tbat was aadlbl vo aoov tb biasing
of th ogiaa, "bat don't mind bar.
8b's bean aa actress. I took br off tb
board. Acting 1 ber second Batur.
I'm willing to tab her boos and giv
i bar another cbanoa, Bow, Mary, yoa
com along with at," aad b laid his
hand apoa my arm.
"Station master," I said, "her U ay
eerd. I claim your protect lr ax Yoo aad
tb ompany ar faspoaslbi for as to
y lawful husband."
TV a, a b amlied aad shook hi
I appealed ia my depraUoa to
Mr. Uppingham.
"Tbat lady live close to ma. Eb
knows wbo 1 aoa. Don't yoar' I W-
aonabl of bar with treebd hand,
ho tb dateatabi woman asarsty
island ber rye brows snd snook bar baad,
and I eould actually bear lb gld bok-
Leg with laughter.
"Do yoa know her, ne 'am?' A-
anteaed tb pffldal.
"Ko, thank rxdnmr'fatuwrd,
witb great oora.
Meanwhile wa tbat is to say, tb
stranger jtnd J wra detaining tb
VAn
0
W i
IvtoKes the food more delicious and vrfwtesome
"' ' - t - ' ten smqms eonwrs eo., ww von. 1 '
whole train, an J tne aUtlonrnastor sud
denly said: v
"Take yonr hand off tbe lady, sir.
And you, missus, get Into the carriage,
and I'll beep the gentleman until tbe
next train. I'm going beyond my rights,
bat there's no other plan, as I can see.
I'll wire to the police and inquire about
you," be added as be took my card.
I did not wait to bear another word,
but made a daab fox my compartment
and sorambled in jnat as tbe train be
gan to creak and move, atiil closely
panned by tho stranger, and the last
glimpse I caught of bim be was strug
gling like a madman up and down the
platform in tbe arms of four porters,
have never seen bim since. .
' This terrible experience bas naturally
made me extremely nervons. I never
now travel alone. I feel a misgiving re
tpecting every figure ensoonoed behind
a newspaper, and tb first sight of
man witb a sallow face and a red tie
gives me a sort of chill.
I related the whole story to Tbcma
when I bad recovered from tbe shock
and bad eaten my dinner, and be was
immensely amused. So like a bosband
Mrs. Dppingbam bas evidently im
parted ber version of the occurrence to
tbe neighborhood. I called upon ber to
explain, but she was not at borne
(though I taw faer in tbe wlqdow), and
bat never returned my visit no, not
even through the post, I am sorry to
say tbat tome of my acquaintances bave
evidently listened to her lies. A friend
of mine Wfil solemnly aitnred that
bad been a burlesque dancer and a di
vorcee. Several nice people have drop
ped me; no explanations, no matter
bow ample, appear to avail mo, and
believe tbat it will take years and years
if not my whole lifetime to live
down my only adventure. B. M. Oro
ker in Sketch.
Sharp Contrast
In Dr. Trumbull's "War Memoriet
of a Chaplain" it is wisely taid tbat
courage it tbe standard in active army
servtoe, and no man wbo fails in per
sonal bravery can bare tbe least inflo
ence upon hia men. If, on tbe other
hand, a chaplain It ready to tbare every
danger, bit men give bim full credit
for murage and fidelity and are tbe
more ready.to do tbeir doty under bit
appeals.
Two soldior were one day overheard
speaking of tbe chaplain of another
regiment and contrasting bim witb
their own.
'He's always on picket witb bltregi
ment," said tbey, "and he's alwayt
ready to go with it into a fight. You
don't oatcb our 'Holy John' np there!'
"Yon don't mean our chaplaiu it a
coward, do yon?" Baked tb other, in a
scornful tone,
"Ob, no! I don't say he't a coward,
but wben tbere't any firing abead h
bat to go for tba mail. " '
"Wall, bnt be'i got to go for tbe
mail, von know."
"Yea, bnt if tne firing It sudden, be
can't stop to get bit raddle on.
Tbey laughed together over the pic
tofSTTBs ev SfciDBflni man bad luti fait
influence.
; A Comical Cost am.
Much amnsoment wat caused in
country house at a recent English bouse
party by tbe entry 'into tbe drawing
room jutt before dinner of a guest witb
ooattallt tightly rammed into bit troa
ten pockets and tba trousers themselves
rolled up almost to bit knees. Wben
some on drew tb old gentleman' at
tentloa to tb eocentrlo' arrangement of
bit dress, everybody present nearly x-
ploded, and tha viotim himself, whom
all knew intimately, langbed at liearti
ly hi anybody. lie then explained that
be bad bicycled over from bit own bom,
eom two mile distant, and, tbinklng
tbat b wat lata, ba had, wben shown
in, forgotten all about tb arrangement
of fai olotbe. '
Wben subsequently tbe footman wbo
admitted bim wat rebuked for not bav.
Ing noticed tb condition of tb goeat's
olotbe and told bim of It, tb saucy
varlet calmly replied tbat certainly fa
bad "observed tbat Colonel Blank's
trousers wers turned up ratber bigb,"
hot tbat b bad refrained from drawing
bis attention to tbem because be
"thought perhaps tb oolonel war tbem
tbat way." London Latter. .
- thaaaba Wlaaeaa.
Tb wisdom of tb venerable Sbao
baa, tb Wayfarer, on of tb chief
characters In Jam Jeffrey Rocba't
laagbable akit. ' "Her Majesty tb
King." is in great danger of bscomlng
eUmic. "A bird oa toast," mya th
vsnerabl tags, Is worth two on a boo
Bet," wblob indeed Is a truth that aay
child mlgfal comprehend, "if," quoth
th Wayfarer, "I bar bo e maa oa
earth wbo kaowath las tbaa all otbara,
it I b wbo is tb husband of a wife,
aad sb will b tb first to toll bim tb
Wbll Allah preervetb ber, bit
balo aball never b too small for bis
bead. 1 No wan." be oootinutd, '.'know.
Mb wbat tro bsppinees tt until fa get.
tain mairied ; then is tb knowladg
a swset memory tbaa a ar
Excbanga. , f
' aVeyansl Bia Depth,
U tbat frlaod of roar still dab
bling ia politic-'
' Wall," answered tb eld cam pal gn
witb a sympathetic sigh, "b dab
bled for awbll, bat tb first thing b
knew b aiipped over tb dg aad want
la clean out of Bight." Waabugtoa
Star. i
onorjoniTio
BrofvcbiU srenaraity twgin with B
eosDmoocoki: if not en rrd it bacomen
dangwmo aad thoaasnds) di from
bronchitis annnaily. Pr. John W.
Bull' Cough Bymn, trva beat remedy
for thai rtiera.e, rare it ia a w days.
r . r srv a v
coucn cyrup;
Wifl promptly cur BroftchilU.
trar er emaQ sed pSaiat Se take. IVw-fflra
race as a, aa aa arauata.
i I A - .
A FEROCIOUS PANTHER.
it
First flatties Witb a Bear aat
,.y .Than Taeklea Ma.,.?4,i,,.;:V.'
"Tbe sportsman who bat a hankering
for exciting bunting," said an Arizona
man, after listening to the story of a
friend wbo bad bad several thrilling
encounters witb tigers in India, "may
bave plenty of.- it anywhere among th
mouu tains of eastern Arizona. Panther
like tboaa one reads about in tales of
frontier life are ttill to bo met there in
all their pristine ugliness and strength.
I recall a verr narrow escape whioh I
I ' and another cowboy named Burke bad
two year ago in one of tbe forests of
tbat state. We were returning to camp
after an absence of several days witb a
large herd, of cattle, and late in the aft
ernoon we misted two steers, wblob
bad evidently entered and strayed away
in the forest, along the edge of wbiob
our journey homeward lay. Not wish
ing to lose the animals in tb forest,
where thousand of panthers wer
known to abound, we allowed the boo oh
of cattle; to go on ahead, and, urging
onr bortea on, went In search of tbe
beasts. .. ' t
" Well, we bad oot gone very for Into
tbe thick of the forest, wbiyb wat In
placet covered witb a heavy under
growth of bushes, wben we thought we
beard noise resembling tbat mad by
the hoofs of a tteer in walking through
tbe brush. As we got a little nearer to
tb bushes where we bad beard tb
nolte Burke, wbo wat a little abead of
me, suddenly reined np bit bone. Ha
mutt bave teen something that atartled
bim, for be waved me baok and then
cocked bis gun. A moment later a big
pantbet cama- into view, carrying a
squealing cub bear In Its month, it car
ried the cab aa a cat would a mouse.
and as it did not appear to notice our
presence fiurka tjook hit gun from bis
shoulder, and we both tat there, look
ing and wondering wbat tbs wild beast
would do witb Its prey.
"Our interett wat ttill more exoited
wben a few moments later tb wailfng
mother bear made ber appearance Sba
was evidently afraid to taokle tb
panther, and tbat beast appeared to
know it. But presently tbe panther put
tb cub on tb' ground, at if to get
a better bold of itt nock, wben tbe
beat plnnged at tbe panther and caught
it round tbe body jutt In front of It
bind legs. Lik a flash tba panther
flung the onb Into tbe air, yanked itself
loose, and, turning qulokly, jumped at
tbe bear. Tbe bear knocked tbe panther
to on tide and a second stroke of itt
paw tent tb big cat flying into the
bushes, But at this stage of tbe flgbt
tbe cob squealed onoe more, and tba
mother bear, teeming to forget every
thing bnt ber young one, rntbed to it
rescue. Bbe bad not, however, taken
more than two or three step wben tbe
pantber tprang at itt throat again. Its
aim was true, for it settled the olaws of
itt for feet in the beat's shoulder snd
itt teeth in ber neck. Tb bear now
straggled bard to tbake tbe panther off,
f but tbe eouidn'tdo IL Boon tbe panther
tore tbe bear's entrails out with its hind
olaws, and then it leaped away andj
went to smelting) after tb cab, wbiob
bad crawled over to a tree near wber
we bad boen watching tbe battle.
"On cam tb pantber, tnllBna along
the ground for tbe cob, which bad re
treated until it waa within ten feet of
us. Then tbe panther paused, and for
tbe first time turned It attention to os.
Itt attitude waa on of daflano. It
croonbed and curled its lips up In a
bldeont snarl, and Burke, realizing th
danger w were in, raised bit Winches
ter and fired. Bat bit aim was too hlgb,
and tb savags beast sprang lor my
back, tearing my cost into tbredt and
leaving tb mark of it olaws on my
iboolder. One again tb pantber waa
about to jump for ma. Bat this time
Barke pat a ballot In a vital spot and
tb pantber fell dead.
" W didn't atop to look around any
longer tbat day fur oar steers, bat th
nasi afternoon another cowboy belong'
log to our camp ran i cross their remains
In a gorg about half a mil away from
wore w bad shot tbe panther. They
bad been killed and partly devoured by
panthers." Wash Ing tun Star.
sweat at nn EartMaak.
Tb ooart wblob an tarthqaak runs
is aaually very rapid, From tb Instant
wben tb first snook wat felt at Lisbon
to tbe period when all wat over and
many t boo sands of people killed not
mora tbaa two minute bad lapsed.
Usually from 10 to (0 aaconda alaps
between tb Drat and last shocks of a
vers earthquake.
But tbi lightning spaed It not al
ways tb artbqoaka's mod of travel
ing. While Caracas, In Venezuela, "Wat
almost totally deatr.-ryed aod 11,000 pao-
pl war killed la leas tbaa 10 seconds
by tb gnat shock tber many years
back, tber ar caatt in wbiob eooatant-
rasurring shocks bav lasted for
weak. - j -
No matter bow brief tba spaa, tbs
frightful bavo oaa b wrought
and th wav of d eat ruction propagated
from th most distant region Th
rambling earth Bound travel at tba rat
about 10,000 to 11,000 fart per sao-
ond aad tb nrth wav oa aa avcrag
about J, 100 feet ia tb mm spec of
lima. .--.
O Baa lata Cnran.
It waa formerly believed tbat epilepsy
eoald b cured by wearing a silver ring
mad from a coffin Bail. Brwo drop of
blood from lb toil of a oal and blood
front s raronlly executed criminal war
aid ta ba valuable rem sd lea for epi
lepsy. To sore t felon or run troond bold
tba Sngtr ia a cat tar for half aa
boar. For tootbaeb trim yoar gngar
nailt oa Friday or aat bread that a I
tnooe ha nibbled or carry ia yoar
pocket tooth from a soldier killed ia
battia. For raaala of to tonga spit oa
frog. For loofaoliaas drown aa sat ia
brandy and make tb drunkard drink
tb braady. To cur warta rub tb
wart witb a potato and land th potato
to a p.,
DWitt a Littl Early R Iters,
Tea tan .a Miti-4lU.
Greensboro Tobacco
ROR
Sold over 5,000,000 pounds lost year for An average of $7.57 i
pounds. '' - .
This ia the' highest average made by any market in piedmont .
Carolina. .. ' '
Over tl, 260.00 paid but daily to fanners for tobacco during llio ;
year , . . . r. :-
It ia the best market in fhe State for the farmer.
Our Warehouse are large, commodious and up-to date, whose i rn
etors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed.
EveryJarge firm in the United States and a number of foreign firms :
represented by our buyers.
Tobacco centre, manufacturing centre, trade centre, railroad con?
educational centre. 't '.
- Our own manufacturers have a large capacity and are increasing t!
trade daily.and must have tobacco.
We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the ward..,,
capacity. , , . ;. , . ; -
We want more tobacco and must nave it if high averages will brin
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit.
Greensboro Tobacco, Association.
I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
to the fact that the 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 every
branch of the business, find s lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten yean,' I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. , '- :J guarantee full
Mtiafaction in every instance. Corredpondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance. . . .
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or theirestatee, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agejits. M ....
Very respectfully,
JAMES P. ALBRIGHT,
" f," , V ' b'urlington, k. c.
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The Tklekev th Band
th
Aran of th Ba
Many to called macadam roads con.
slit of a few inobe of broken ttone laid
on tb svrfao of tb ground without
J any provision for preventing tb stones
from spreading under tb pressure of
loads. Tbr should b mad a trench
of tb width and depth Intended for tb
roadbed. For light traffic six inches of
ton on a good foundation will answer,
but for beavy traffic tbi is not suffi
cient . Tbe praotur of a load passing over a
compact road spreads out through lb
body beneath in conelike form, tbe apex
being at tb lot d on tb surface. Witb
b depth of bnt I inches tba weight at
the bottom will be spread ont over SS
square Inobe; If it i 9 Inches deep, tb
weight on tb foundation will spread
over 81 square iqchea, and if Jl inches
deep it spreads war 144 square inobe.
Depth of rondbedTmeajis strength. Tb
area of tba baa sustaining tba weight
of th load increase a tbe square of
tb depth. A road 1 1 Inches dorp is four
time as strong as on six innbe deep.
A era Matlaaal Blawwnr.
. "A great national highway might b
constructed," suggests Ueaeral Boy
Stone, "oallod perhaps 'tb Great Bead
of Anierics,' which should first join to
gether tb states along tb Atlantic tea
board, than striks aerons tb country oa
a ceutial Una, aay from Washington to
San Francisco, joining there another
tin which oonneota' too Mate on tb
Pacific coast; this road to b built no)
by tb aoral government aloo, bat
try tb etotoa. Bade snob arrangement
a tbey may make within tbeir owa
borders, and by tb govern meat throagh
tx territorie and its own land aod
sverrvations; built not by taxation of
tb state or tb people, bat practically
out of It owa benefit.
Foreigner ar said to dussajlsj erg
turnpikes a "dug ont brir'l paths."
Bbod Island is tb only state to bav
col leg wber tb students ia add!
tiua to regular branches ar taught tba
art of road bu tiding.
Conway W. 8ama, chief ooaaol of tb
Maryland division L. A. W., state tbat
141,000 waa aaed oa tb road ia Bal
timore ooaary last year almost without
raulta.
Tb argnated plan of road improvo
meat fat OoaaaeticBt proposes tb build
ing of on great scat highway east and
weal add another aortb aad south across
th atato, witb low grades, aad toaob
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raul Perry, of Columbus, Ga.,
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