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work
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w im aaea atarrM (area years, kut
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l so ' vrn.. r fort oomparative
vi t ia poo i try keepings bsooaMdls--edwltbib
breed of pool try on
id, do matter bow good tb fowl may
. If, after a winter of beavy grala
' p and careiaas sitantloa, ll is
it d Chat a neighbor bas bad twice
i number of" egga from a flock the
a aiaa that rccetvM a lea eoatly ra
. tb tendcocy i to blame tb bread
rt tb next tee eon 'a sitting! from
. ,Lbor. Tb troobl may b tb
I, bal It is mors likely to resajl
i improper feeding or bad manage
(. Jt is not aa saay matter to maka
ions SFiortina t tb start, and
' Captain James Petara, riding borne
from a raid into the moonshine oonnties,
stopped at Jared's store and asked for a
drink.' A jag was taken from the fhelt
and a finger's lepgtb of clear, yellow
whisky was pound oat. : ' i ''
"No moonebine ip this sto', yon see,
esptaio," remarked Mr. Jared.
"Hnmph!" And tbe captain's 'keen
eyes glanced toward thi loanger in and
about tbe store. ' "Beckon if I took a
notion I oonld nneartb some mooosbin
an spot some moonshiners not for oif."
"Captain, yon mustn't be so suspi
cions. " ;
Captain Peters only laugbed. Be was
very good bnmored, this mountain ter
ror, except when; as they would say,
bis blood was up. Then it was as safe
to meet a starring tiger. .
"Seems to me's it- yon bad sometbln
on your mind," remarked Mrs. Peters
tbat same evening. ; TP -;t
. "Ve-es," said the captain, "I'm
plagned about them Jared boys. I can't
ketch 'em nohow."
A knock at the door, and a young fel
low came' In and shook bands eagerly
with tbe captain. His name was Mad
dox. Captain Peters bad picked bim up
in Nashville -and employed bim Von
trial'; jiff Ht. ' .y
"I was jest -speabln o tbe Jared s,"
lie eaid. "I'm pretty snre they're got a
still somewhar. Tbey look me in tbe
eye too powerful innocent to b all
right. , Now I're jost got a notion in
jny bead, if I only bad anybody I oonld
trust" Mandox drew nlmeeir up alert.
watchful as listening sentinel. ".What
oan'l be done one way mast be dona an
other," said Captain Peters slowly, and
be and ifaddox fasd a long, whispered
conference.
A few days later a peddler stopped at
Bleylock's snd asked for a drink of wa
ter. Old Mother Bleylock sent Eliza to
tbe spring for at fresh bucketful, and
the peddles, after refreshing, himself,
opened bis paok. - ' s
Fears ' if w oughtn't ter trouble
yon," she mid, " 'cause we can't bay
pin's wnth.'' --r . k
Jess lor the pleasure, id am, " said
tb gallant peddler,
Tbe paok was opened, snd three pain
of eye grew big with delight
V you'll wait till pa comes borne,
I'll make bin buy ms tbat collar, "sstd
Janay, tbayonngerof the Bleylock girls.
P'raps Dick Oscsr'd buy yoo a pres
ent f be was ben, '.' snggested Ell:
"If 'tain't makln too free, I'd liks
to say I admire Piok Oscar's taste,"
said tb peddle with an admiring
glanos.
Janey responded with, "Ob, you
boab I" and a lost of bee bead, and old
Mother Bleylock mid, "Tb boys most
generally always paid Janey a good
deal o attention.
8b posaeaeod a bold prMtlnea, this
mountain pink. Brown skinned, black
eyed, red lipped and way of dropping
bat bead on ber swelling neck and look.
Ing mntiny from andar ber heavy
brows. tUisa was thin slip of a girt
witb a demur but vacant look in br
bio eyes, and sby, nervoo manner.
"I'll toll yon tb truth, ma'am." r-
wrksd tb peddler to tbe mother, "yoa
could take tbaee girls or yosni lo Nash
ville, an peopl In tbe atreets would fol-
tbem for their stood
that's heaven's own troth, ill yo'Cans-
"Lor do; I've got tore boy a" '
'All at boat farmin. I pestfM
-Teas." ' .
"Now. Twot tbasa goods o" min,"
mid th peddler. "If yoa coald pat m
ap for a few day, w might maka a
trad. I'm ' tired ' a btm bona, aa
woalda't want natbla better's to res
rigblber."
"I'd liks antbia beUer'a to tab yoa.
Bat tb' aia't do ass aayla a word till
pa giu bom. H aia't ao band for
atnoesra.
Well, I wont bs a straDgar lcgrsj
easj asip. ssid tb sgrvasbls aeddlar.
yond a star and a sfTehf nodlooi'littJe
notice of tbe peddler. Be was a tall
man, thin, taciturn and yellow, and
with a neck so small that his bead pre-
tented tbe appearanoe of being stack
with pin.' . - I,:.:!!-:--.
Be lighted bis pipe, and after a sooth.
Ing interval of smoking, "Peddler 'd
like to stopover a period; " mid his
wlfa i .
Puff, pn(t. "Don't see no objection.
Puff, puff
.: Mr.: Pond, as be bad promised, soon
eeased to be a stranger. , Tbe old man
discoursed on tbe grievances of taxes.
ind tbe old womsn, after the mannor
ef mother, talked about ber daughter.
"My t gel is eddicated," she would
say "been over to Cookvilla months
an months s scboolln. But lor, tbar's
some folk you can't weed the badness
out'n, an Janey 'a : spitfire, she is.
Beem's if Dick Oscar wants to bare ber,
but be acts kinder carious about It-
blow hot,- blow cold. , Danno. Now,
Lizy Is difforent Can't tell why, leas'n
'tis tbat I went to camp meetin an
profemed s while befo the. was bom
Somehow she's always been delicater an
quieter like'n any of my obildren."
-Tbe Bleylock boys, easy, rollioking
fellows, treated the peddler wery bsuchj
as II be bad been a b armless though un
necessary cat about the bouse and mere
surprised when Dick Osoar, dronplng
in one evening, Informed them tbartbe
wets all a pack of fools for "takln in.
a stranger so free and easy.''- '
"Wby. I ain't paid no more attention
to the man 'n If he'd 'a' been a preaob
er," said Bain Bleylock. ' "Seems's if
tbar ain't no harm to btm.
A "Be't a very God fearin man," said
Kliia softly, ,J,an a powerful reader o'
tbe Bible." ... .;
- " 'F you'll take my say so, you'll git
quit o' him," ssid Dlok Osoar.
"He's got auob beautiful taste," said
Mother Bleylock. "It's as good's join
to tbe city to look at bis things." ..' . -.
"I see he's a-dressin yon np," ssid
Oscar, with a sneer at tbe new ribbon
th girls won round their neok.
Janey sprang up. Her face red
In an Instant sbe'bad torn off the rib
bon and stamped ber foot an It. "That'
bow muoh I can for bim an bis rib
boos I" she cried. '
"Don't fly quite off the handle," mid
Mr. Oscar coolly, .
. .Poor Janey.. She bad hoped to please
ber lover by ber scorn of tbe peddler's
gift, bat sbe was coming to tbe conclu
sion tbat ha was a bard man to please.
Sbe was a passionate young animal,
and. she bad thrown herself into bis
arms witb a readiness tbat robbed her
self of ber graoes. Be liked to sting and
stroke ber alternately. and was about as
unsatisfactory a lover - a Janey could
bare found on tbe Cumberland. Bat
tbe liked bim, saw witb . bit eyes,
thought witb his thoughts. Natnnlly
sbe turned against tbe peddler, and
from this time set herself to watoh bim.
' Tbat btrmleBt young man in tbe
meantime wat doing what be could. He
wandered about the- country, .selling
snob little things as tbe people . could
buy, "pumping" tbe Bleylock boys and
making love to the Bleylock girls. Ths
pumping process wsa rewarded with
about as muoh success is would attend
fishing for soul through tbe eys of
skeleton. In the lovemtklng there was
more bope. '"v."---- v
.. Janey was accessible to flattery and
encouraged bim wiib little looks of
fire. " But then was something in ber
eye be did not trust, snd be was a
wary man,- tbe peddler. Besides, tbe
slapped bis. face when b tried to kits
ber. . Bot be soon gnw to believe tbat
Elira simple, vnsospiclout, serious1
would be as clay in bis bands.
Cbsnos favored Mia Jsney. Sbe was
bathing one warm day in tb creek tbat
nn out from tb spring wben ths saw
Elixa and the peddler coming, liks Jack
and Jill, to fetch a pail of water.-: Be
ing naked, Janey could not get away,
but Abe slid along to a cool inlet over
hung witb tree branches and so bidden
waited for them to do tbelr errand. Of
poor tbey stopped to talk. , ; ... , ;?
"Tbat' plus, ribbon become your
black hair mightily," said tbe peddler.
Ellaa blasbed. "We're Just country
girls, yoo know, Mr. Pond. We don't
bare many pretty things. Seems as if
tb boys don't bav any money left after.
buylD tb sugar an flour, an molasses
an things.".
Meet, I s'pote," mid tb practical
ptddler. . -
"No; w rales our own meat. Pa hat
a powerful lot o' bogs."
"But I expect yon don't tak mock
Interest in country life, Mr. Pond?" "
'"Wbv. m dear" and Mr. Pond
slipped bis arm around Elixa "I'd
Ilk tb beat in tbe world to et tie down
In country jost lik this, A fallow
git tired txampin around. But I'd
want two thing to maka m happy."
jut looaea at sua. wna nappy on-
ndsrjo. .if.;--..- . ,
First, a little wifs that was gent!
in ber ways, an a good religious girl.
sa on witb blsck hair to set off tbe
pink ribblns I'd bay for ber, an s fleet
foot an a red mouth." ' . '
Her Mr. Pond cam to a foil stop
Witb s kiss. - ..
th other tbingr wkb a bright
Tb ptddler gnw practical again.
Wail, it's antbin Don's some) way to
maka s Mvin. Now, say 1 married s
sweet girl up tb Oumbarlasd aa mad
a littl crop. It' too fir to git If to
market. I might torn It Into Whisky.
btn) lately gcVments toned meddler.
i a-bnakia still right aa left
through tb sounsry. " ,
"Tbey oo bid 'ens scesetiisea,"' said
EUsa la a faalf whisper, "so t a
bioodboasd oold hardly soeet 'ot. Aa
vary good baaisee it is, aa tb bogs
Uv oa tb ABash."
Oo yoa know sny secb sUU, my
littl darlinr
Bat tb drew baekalilll. "Xfloo
fcaow o' aay,Nb mid, "Iv proalaed
not to tall o W
"Not to tb asaa a togma to s yoaar
heafcaindr
Not to bin aatil b it sty ba
blaabing, bat naolsto,
EUsa SIM ber paU aad (Urted for tb
tbey next met. Before she could ap
proaob tb subject of wbicb she wat
fail stinging wards bad psssed between
them, .. , , :
"Dick," mid Janey hoarsely, "d'you
mean tbat yon'n goin beck from your
word ; tbat yon ain't a-goin to marry
me?" .
. "Marry h II" laid Mr. Osoar, and
be walked off.
; "I want to tpeak (o yoa," said Janey
that night to ' tbe peddler. "Can yoa
git op in tbe mornla befo' tbe folks it
stirriDf" "
"Of course I can, when it'ttomeet
a gal like you.", .
Privately be wondered at ber pallor
and lurid eyes.. . -(, i
. .Morning cam. A tba stars wan
drowsily getting out of tbe sun's way,.
Janey and the peddler met by the
spring. . T:z
, .- "You needn't lie to me." Mid tb
harshly. .".I've fonnd yon oak You're
op tbe Cumberland spyin for wildcat
stills. I'll tske yoo to on,"-
"Bot, my dear, it this a trapf I'm
notbln bat a poor, barm loss peddler.'1
. "Come, then, my harmless peddler,"
said tbs girl, with a sneer, "an I'll
show yon sometbln to make your mouth
water.'!, r,-,;-,
u Sbe ' struck through : tbe woods, and
be followed, alternately, blessing and
Wondering at bis look. What thread led
bar be knew not Fallen log lay in tbe
way, tblckets opposed, dens foliage bid
ll signs of paths, bot on sbe went,
aboveHBTound, amid, athwart obstacles
oi every aina. Ana nnsiiy, girdled ana
guarded , by trees and rocks, was tbs
bidden still, wbera tba corn was obang.
sd into to flowing moonshine tbat
maketh glad the bear! of man.
Tbe peddler oonld hardly keep back
a shoot Hs bad won bis spurs. It wat
a much larger concern than ba bad ex.
pected. Some bogs wen rooting about
tbe sodden earth. The monotonous drip
ping of water mingled witb tbe grnntt
of tbese poetio animals.
Janey leaned against a rock breathing
peddler thought h wonli
about as toon louoh a Wildcat a speak
to ber. Nevertheless he did. -"B'long
t' your folksf" be mid.
"'T b'longt to Dick Oscar,, an yoo
know It, " mid tb girl fiercely. "Now
I'm goiu back home."
"Yo don't know of any mora tucb,"
mid the Insatiate peddler, "lyln round
loose up bere?"
"I've done enough. . An look here.
Keep your tongue between your teeth..
Tell tbat I fecqbed yon here, an yoa
won't see m anymore aan ap witb them
spyin eyes." v'.-. i-,.
" Mr, Pond Wat a tolerable woodsman,
and be led Captain Peters and scouts
to tbe moon tain still without trouble
Tbey wen all there tbe Bleylock boys,
tbe father and yoang Oaoar. Tbey wen
hard at work - snd, surprised, 1 wen
nandouffed without tba firing of a gun.
Who to crestfallen as tba toiling,
moiling, moonshiners? Who so jubilant
aa tb long whiskered captain? . He
would bav sang a paean bad be known
bow. As it was, bs obewed a great deal
of tobacco and unbuttoned bis flannel
ablrt for sxpnnsioo. - ' , ...
Tbe prisoners wen bsltd t tb Bley
lock cabin for baggage and goodbye.
Tbey were id go to tb penitentiary.
- Mrs. Bleylock and EUsa wept and
moaned tbelr fate; bnl Janey wat still,
ber brown lidt veiling tba doll fin of
ber eyes. .
" Janey, my girl," said Oaoar, draw
ing ber spars, "I spoke bp rough to yoa
t'other day. Bat don't yoa mind it
'Twsrn't nntbln bal jealoasy."
Her eyes softened. - Mountain pinks,
at well a som fine ladles, oonsidsr
jealoasy a tribute to their charms.
"Perhaps I'll never eoma back, " said
be. .v-
Sbe Mixed bim by tbe arm.
, "Dick, wbal can tbey do to yoa?"
"Danno. Most likely I'll kill some
body tryin to git away aa b strong."
Janey bnrst into tear.
"Shouldn't wonder If yoo married
one o tb Jareds," b mid, piling on
tb gloom. .. ,
"Dlok OsoarvI promised to marry
yoo, an I don't go btok from my word."
"No, an I don't, " cried Dick. "There
aia't at pretty a shaped girl as ton on
tba Cumberland, an If aver I do git
oacf"
H whispered tbe rest in Janey 's ear,
and tbs clung to bim, blushing a deep,
oeep rot. . ,
" '8 jest oo thing I want to know,"
mid old Bleylock ss tbey tramped to
Nashville. "How'd yoo find oaf"
; Tbs captain laugbed.
"Been antertotnin a peddler, haven's
you? wbicb on o' year gsls 'd bs
maks op lof -
Father and brother swore.
av A te.
' SJ L , iLid x? n
Manes the food more delicious and wholesome 7
aovat SAMMe nwova oo.. aew vowc
"Yoo 'ooghi lo be whipped Ilk i
bigger," mid 8am Bleylockv. "What 'd
yon tell tbat peddler 'boat Oscar's still
for? 'Might 'a' known bs was foolin
yoo.'. ;- - :
"I didn't tell wbera tb still was."
'Hob, yoa lie too." And ber father,
passing by, atruok ber witb tbe bsok of
bit band.. . ' : ,..:.
'Shame on yon, pappy I" and Janey
rani to hor slater, over whose lips the
blood Was pouring.
Her Kjinsband drew Janey away.
"Don't touoh her," be mid, with-a
look of disgust -"She ain't fit "
A wild, terrified look swept over
Janey 's. foot. Should tbe gnsp at tbe
wind blowing in tbe treetops above her?
BtHuoaoght Dick Oscar's arm, holding
It fiercely. Here was something to clasp,
to cling to. Her soul shriveled in her
ardent body. :
Afterward Eliza , Bleylock teemed to
wither away. Bba repeated bet denial
of .having been a traitor, but no one
ever believed ber. Sbe worked bard,
and was nsed roughly. ' She bad never
been strong.-' Sometimes sbe stole away
and nursed Janey 't baby, wbo seemed
to love ber. But never when Dlok Os
car was at bome.
Oos day, sitting by the spring alone,
.too weak since a long time to work, tbe
leaned ber bead against a tree and witb
one moan, too faint to startle tbe ting.
ing birds, sbe died.
Her mother and Janey dressed ber
cleanly and tied around ber neck a pink
ribbon tbat tbey fonnd in her Bible.
And ibe was burled, witb very little
nid about It in the valley. Sherwood
Bonner in Argonaut. - '
A Fortataat Reply.
Tbe Duke of Otsuna, wbo daring bit
long career as viceroy of Naples was
distinguished as much -for bit sound
good sense In small matters at in those
larger qnestionsof statesmanship which
made bim one of tbe foremost men of
Europe, onoe paid a visit to tbs Ctpe
galley at Barcelona. . At be pasted in
and out among tbe orew of slaves be
questioned several of tbem regarding
tbelr Offenses for whloh they wen so
laboriously paying tbe penalties. Each
bad plenty of exonses. One mid be bad
been sent tbere from spite l another as
serted that tbe Judge who sentenced
bim bad been bribed ; still another de
clared tbat bit being tbere wat all a
mistake.
At last tbe dnka came to a stout littl
black fellow of whom be askedt
Ana what an yoa ben tor, my
My Iwrd," replied tbe slave, "I
not deny tbat I. am Justly pat in here,
for ! wanted money, and to took a
pars near Tarragona to keep me from
itarvlna;. ".
Upon bearing tblt tbe dnka gave bim
two or tbne bloWt across tbs sboulders
with bis stick, saying as fas did tot
zoo rogue, wbal an yoo doing
among so many honest innocent men?
Get yoo oat of tbelr company."
Tba thief, wbo was so surprised tbst
be scarcely comprehended Wbal was go
ing on, 'was tben set at liberty, while
tb rest wen left to labor at tbe oar.
Harper's Round Table.
THE IDAHO PEA.
of
It teed Are Said to Peaaaaa Blah
tti " .Ipl.ev;.. ::!!, i
' The Idaho pea is being talked of
lately as a new forage plant, and it
cultivation has been highly recommend
ed in the- west on account of the value
of Its seeds for hone feed and aa a tub
ttitute fore coffee. From tbe forage
plant investigations of tbe department
of agriculture it ia learned tbat- gram,:
Idaho pea or chick pea (Cioer-arieti-nnm)
hat been in cultivation in eastern
conn trie longer than any other legn-
minona crop. It ia estimated that there
Qreensborb Tobacco
' ROR HIGH PRICES.
Sold over 5,000,000 pound last year for an average
This la the highest average made by any market in i i
Carolina.'
Over tlGO.OO paid out daily to farmers for tobacco tin. ,
year. , . ,
It is the best market in tbe State for the firmer.
Our Warehouses are lartre. commodious, and MTV-ffk Hnf. wit,
etors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed. "
Jivery large firm in the United States and a number of fort
represented by our buyers. t --
Tobacco centre, manufkcturinir
educational centre. .'
Our own manufacturers Jiave s large capacity and are i 1 1 i
trade daily snd must have tohnenn.
We have the strongest corps of buyers la the world for C
, Ws want more tobacco and must have it if high avern s v :
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit.
Greensboro Tobacco Associal ! :
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.1 ncfl.
Dick Os
ear nodded to bis discernment with bo
man triampb.
' A few days later a young girl walked
Into Nashville wbo bad never been In a
city before. 8b asked bot on question
tb way to tbs governors' boose.
Tbat acomslbl mansion was readily
Tonnd; doors wen twang open, and, an
Dounoed by a sleepy darky, Jsney
Bleylock stood In tb governor pra-
sam'l Pond Uirana " - -
oe!d be takes ia doing It There j Naaarvill boy, bot a sollia stooe, yoa
a fit varioa purpose, and oo ( w. . V psaalas ttooks ass saw log
I , . u,e wtai to dcaind of toe osx!bioa aa aoaad a lot of trap
! t stocking ap, and after bav- j giBaarslly. 'Food of travel, yoa me, bat
-I'd brd il to poor policy to ' etoady aa old time. Never drink
to t -me o'hmt wtrkout ri'ing tb I whan I travel. Premised my mother I
r (. ot rg ftwa on Woul-iVt" -
r .rr'.i f-Iftrj " Ts a good tbldg.,,mt4 Mother
t; c; . ... y..,ted ' rT-i-jlork, with eo-rry. -I do o-,j
t ta r nl d tiaf actio j fuddled aua. Wilaty aia't it
a t" saal.y a lewing invoat- rr asinta bat to raitea bogs oav
- 1 iraw. father Ble7lkCMtJ)-jr!
CsKJer tb water Janey eUaobad ber
bsteda. "Dkkwa right" thoagbt
sa I at hi gam. - Ha a a spy. aa
Rita's a foot.'
Eb knew that aba bad beard earaexh
te justify ber lover la his avapicioo.
sooogb to pot then all aa their goard.
A pearl coal snrultetioa trad bar blood
a ah thought of tb asrrto bboold
rasoW Dick Oeaav, hi prais. tb re
ward of bi rrad kiase. 1
Bot ala for Jane I aVnethiBe- haA I
1j: I OLed be wve'beert't temper wbca
- With a fin and coor toons manner
tbat gentlemau listened, struck by ber
fiaure, ber foil voio aad paaalos
ye. He promised to aw bi ioflsaoo
witb tb president to prooon a pardoa
for Dick Omar and tb Bleylock, aad
Janey was allowed to go to tb prima
with tb cbcaring nwa.
. Tb mountain girl was beard of la
blgb circle. Hearts boat warmly la
lovely sootbsra bosoms, aad tbey made
a heroine of Janey.
" Wny ooo'l yoa marry ber?" mid a
laaotlfal anteasUat wbo bad sailed lo
as Janay, aad ktostd her bee as b
knew a well bow to love. "Marry ber
aod I'll giv yoa a wedding dreea."
"8o ws will, "mid Dick Osoar. wben
ba was oat of prison.
- Aad Jsatsy went bora a wife, a if
tba stars bad beea diamond aad straag
Ilk a tBrkspor abaia for bar aanfc U
Ibat. brotavars, bBabaod, sbeitering ber
bs their love.
Mrs, Bleylock and Ellas ran to aaeet
than. EUsa tboogbt perbeps srasa ao
la wuild cotaM witb tbem. Had aof
ber lover left bev with bis aad a
peoeaies to eona back?
Tb fdak ribbon was roaad bar seek.
Ber lips war parted ia a happy, vacant
anile.
Tb eld father was fa advaao. B
tbrast oot bis arm a EJlxa draw a.
"Dob 'I yoa speak to mar
"Pappyr
D a year tsUlbs toegaer! Kasp
sway from my beads I"
Tb mil bad goat. Tb vacant look
spraad over tb fee that toned balp
laaaly te be brothers.
Bays aad
Doll boyi of tea become clever and
tncoessfol men, bot tbi is simply on
account, of tbe fact tbat doll boys an
only tlow boys, and it takes more time
for their bralnt to grow than tbe others.
Il It steady work, ceaseless endeavor.
tbat tell. Tben, again, wa forget tbst
a bright boy may bs handicapped by
other qualities. Hs may not bav tb
physical strength or snergy of tbs other,
while the' dull boy is carried forward
by navar failing energy and strength.
for il is often bis. dullness at school
wbicb makes tba doll boy's subsequent
success to oonspioooaA
How many doll boys bar bsoom
still duller men I dike th old reproach
about ministers' sons, on bright boy
tbat torn out ill is msd to stsnd for
tb whole class, and on dull boy tbat
turns oot wsll glorifies bis wbols class.
Notwithstanding all oor inventions, all
our prog rasa.
still holds good tbat men nap what
tbey sow and cannot gather grape of
thistle nor flgs of thorns. It can bs set
down, therefore, as an established ml
tbat bright boy generally do turn oot
to b bright man, and doll boys general
ly do torn out to be doll men. Uood
Housekeeping.
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Mr.
ORAM OB IDAHO PSA.
are now in India . 8,000,000 acres de
voted to it cultivation either alone or
at a by crop with wheat i Next to the
cereals gram' forma tbe largest part of
the food need In India and in portions
of northern Africa,' 'Spain an4 other
countries bordering on the Mediter
ranean, .5'i:V,.-' -I."; ',. -V ",..:,v ,;
.. This plant ia a branching annual
witb many upright stems from the
tame root The leaves resemble those of
the vetoh, having seven pairs of small
leaflets. These are oblong, soft hairy all
over, one-half Inch long or lass, and
sharply toothed on tbe margins. Ths
flowers are borne singly in the axils of
tbe leaves on ahort stalks about one
half inch long. The pods an bladdery,
inflated, from one-half Jo three-fourths
of an inch long and finely pubescent
with glandular hairs. Each pod con
tains one, or very rarely two, large
seeds, which are wrinkled and bear a
fanciful resemblance to a rara't born,
whence tbe Latin namearietindm. Tbe
seed) are alittle larger than those of
the common garden pea, to which tbey
an quite similar,
Tb Idaho pea wat cultivated in 18BS
and 1806 at the Colorado xperiment
station.- Professor Cooke states tbst it
'baa demonstrated it ability to maks
a large growth with plenty of water
and a fair growth with a very limited
supply. It belong to tb pea family,
and ia grown in rows 80 inches apart
and the plant SO to 13 inches apart in
th rows. It growth indicates that it
can be ratped for about t cent a pound.
About so to 00 pounds of ssed an
nsed per acre, depending upon whether
it is sown in drill or broadcast. . All
authorities agree tbat it is better salted
to arid and semiarid ragiont than to
humid on os, tb crop apparently re
quiring a great many sonny daya dar
ing its season of growth. Better result
an obtained in growing it with irrii
Uon than without although it makes a
rair yield on comparatively dry soil.
If continued experiment with this
plant in tb west prov that it average
., I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance cmir,
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, esfallithe J i
1893 by the late firm of Tate A Albright, is still in the rin0r.
, ' There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with L ;' -i
facilities. for placing large lines of insurance, that can give 1 j .
: er rates or better indemnifo.Onlyrat.lfliw ymponips, in ev r
branch oi the business, find a lodgement in my office. V.'i '
a practical experience of more than ten years, " I feel warm '
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. .. I guarantee f .
satisfaction in every instance, i Correspondence solicited u; :
all matters pertaining to insurance. '
' I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will ui::!
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their Cnrtii.
or their estates, who wish to make absolutely safe and t n
able investment, to confer with ms before giving thir n; ; i
tions to other agents. . . -r : : ::: ' C "
- Very respectfully,
; T JAMES P. ALBRIGHT,
... r BURLINGTON, N. C.
)iKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCC '
SUBSCRIBE FOIl TIIE GLEANI Ut
$ 1 .OO per Year In Advance.
-" faisrrsrsBSt swarlsl,'' 'I
8b could not see bis fie as ba knelt
and asked ber to b bla. t
Sbe was glad of tbat, for sb did not
wish to know bow muoh suffering ber
refusal caused mm. : .i - -
Sb told bim a gently as sb sou Id
tbat their live could not b llnkad to
gether; that sltbbngb sbs admired bjm
and esteemed fains b fall tbst il would
b risking his future as wall a bar own
to consent to a anion wben the wat son
no affinity ilsted. It was a toocblng
speech, and sb Ihraw so moob beerl
Into it tbat tb did not observe tbat b
wat taking notes In shorthand. When
tb bad concluded, b rom nd pot bat
notebook in bi pocket blending bis
bsnd, b remarked geotollyi - . f
"I'm rve and aver so much obliged
to yoo. r .... .. i ;
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k eh st
V jcvt.
THE
oo did It ever to nicely, and I'm I
der a t boo sand obligation. I'm writ-
Ing a novel, and I bav a seen la wbicb
a girl refoa to marry a man. 1 was
anxious to avoid' tbs. stereotyped ttyl
of depicting such incidents and make it
ung aw oor inventions, au xM I. hit. ... t -l.i i i. " " """I1" "T
tbe old Boriptur doc trio 1 1,7A,ZZZl.Z.,7.Zrr'. , propoted to, and vry one of tb others
od-tb.l men nan what :Z""Z7u"JZ. '".'"" aeoeptsd ma. If yoa bad mid'!
"V. I. . 'T-V ..1Jrs v " I tbluk I should bavs
mum w aoiiiiajM. avyiuua.
: laBtrUseae mt aealaw.
Dr. Jobnaoa once celled opoo
Garrick in London and wat tbowa Into
bis study. . Cafortaaataly, a deer being
open, a strayed iotoa adjoining totsn
wbicb contained tb novels and lighter
works which bad been presented a
tribute to tb blgbly admired actor.
Jobnaoa first read a bit from on aad
m another, sod tbnw Ibsm dowa.
strewing lb floor witb tb sxpeoajvs
vol me. Uarrlck was an try at flodiaa
Johnson tben tad nid: "Tblt it a pri
vate oablMi and ao company la admit
ted ber."
Bet" said Jobaeoo, Witb Imperil.
peat cootdeas, "I was determlnd ton.
aminyoor valoablea, wbicb I find aoa-
tot of three sot to eta ff, traah aad noa.
Tb gram plant ia very sensitive to
cold. The seed should be sown not ear
lier than May IS, or, at th higher alti
tude, about tba 1st of Jane, and if
tome of the abort season "Varieties are
procured tilers will bev,, lee danger of
their being cangbt by early frost.
Oram istown la India as a winter crop.
It is said to be adapted to almost sny
soil from ligbrtaady to beavy day or
toom, apparently preferring tba latter.
It might prov of som value in part
of tb sootnern states aa a winter crop
ana sou cover on Unas which sr on
soiled to tb vetches asd th crirasoa
clover. It require only moderate
amooats of moist ur and is mid to b
in jared by prolonged cloudy weather er
abundant rains, which cause it to flow-
prwmatorely and thru materially af
fect tb yield of
discouraged.":
re,' I
pletoly
Standard.
- TT SeearifSJ owsaevwlleav-
Wler Ab, Horse, how vow dot
w sere is yavr iauterT
Tooag Boa (of literary alebrityV
ha'i ia ID library pall UC off a soaaat
Chicago Triaaoa,
' A Side Hill Pee It rr Bleeave.
If tba land slope to tb feat, dig in
to tb bank to at to make a level floor.
Dig a trench and fill with loose stones
for a foosdatioa. Oa this build a os-
it wall of rough ttotae a ahowa.
Owe of that moat OMrtra inr aistrta is
to eee schitd aimoet choking wilb th
drvatdful whorrrtnr-eoae-n. Giro tb)
child Dr. John W. rU'aCoagh Bjnm,
relief will h obtained at one aad tba
em!.-rer will eoovi b cared.
' tTIT
COUCH CYRUP
Cures VS'hooping-Coojh quictfy "
IWi er awraO a4 pliaaat te tmkr. Ftt.-1 :
H...1I a. rrweajeia. aUeaaWtyaat.
A ABM rOtLTST BOCS8.
Tbea esmaat tbs floor. This wiQ giv
ta xcediaglr warm pea. Tb cot
shows a asetioa of tb earth, tb
straight dotted Ma iadicatiag tb poai-
ttoa of tb oscaeated fioot aad tb oth
er dotted linea the stoat foundation and
tb casEtesited stceaework. ' Tb opea
scratching abed to ooming to be gieatly
prised by pooltry ran, aar Tb Farm
JooraaL ia giving this plaa.
DsWItt'a Witch Haxel Salva
Other SIS mt th Ileal Baeiaieae. t
Won Id It not be well lo speak of "tb
other eld" of pooltry keeping? Article
after artici appears week after week,
all telling of tba profitableness of tb
business, and, I Ininkv too often tby
eanet aa amalatrr to think all b ba to
do is to gat a large flock of bens, ray
500, aad tbey will support him. At
least font of my friend bavs goo Into
aod oot of tb pooltry basins, having
mad a bad failure oot of It oa of.
tbem losing all be bad beeides getting
baaiy ia debt Thirty years ago, wben
I waa I years old, having a leva fri
pooltry, I bought SO beos. and from
then notil now I bav continued In ta
bruin; keeping from SO op to 100
fowls. I bav aow over 400 bees, ret-
ly White lisgborns. Il is quit aatorrd,
If We hava an nasally good annnssa. to
report It for poblieatioa. Bow aboat
tb ala Haws wUda'taesd? After
10 yea re" xperfeoo I think I begtn to
aadsrstand to botast, and although
I have aot ceeeded sa well at soot
yal I feop ta tb futon la do batter aad
shall aoatiaa at It I pot asost of my
capital wbea starting into a boilding.
and It was alaaoat tbrowa awsy, or par
bap won thaa that for tb bolldiag
waaall wrong. If I war to start again.
i tnina i would go and work for
at waa ba tocsssdtd, aad at toara
tb sara a boy leara tbe
til baeiaam or a trad, for il to
eertais tbal aa araatar caaoot begia
a mrgei an or fowl an aaareeO.
It eaa only b by bearlsBlng witb a trw
aad lee ra lag slowly by experieoce.
raul Perry, of Columbus, Gs
suflered agony tor thirty years, and
tben cured hi Piles by using Do
tVitt't Witch HsreJ Salve. . It beau
injuries snd skin diseases lite
magic.' J. C 8immon Ihe.drug-gi.-.
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