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GrLEA' 1 i.i J c . 1 iiU73. ALAMANCE M i i Q.IA, ,) per Yi Advance. , I.are and increasing circula toa in Alamance and adjoining i-onnties a point for advertisers. All 1 ' neatly f lowest f i i VOL. XXV , GRAJiAM, N. C.,; THURSDAY, MARCH 4 16, 1899 NO. 6. f - V I H ' f V ' ! 4 U Lp .jLL,'- 11 11 11 A is A sun sswpp y -noi nj p Xut 'jinSornvo A jim) fo : MJJJIWJIPUJS W)V m V , ,,'.,u,mau flUlOO DUO VIlBlim V l JC( T " ' uJ pn. -OD.a ow . - 1) ,".' p3 ( 'swig paj T 'I ".' !UQ M J" UtA JtiaAi" uj SZ CIS innoqviienorniaimSot , -ac. uniiinjainxiini t Til ' -Amy -spcta iaiiq i-uoa poifuqotM cut s oaou . - V- i numi Ul Su3l?t (Wiiit mrtii tnirti'iit T A .w-ri pa. '3Jnb.J jjy e3ni wa J.OOp-SltfinAMAa UO ,U .fed 09 O) 0 IflOJJ 1 A acs noA" wi mojj SuiXnq m par DJ3 S3aoj$ T 'biRU OtT UOXltTtf 'tllliniJ 'iiiAIVi'.fliitiM 8ujrvr) Xq3 Spoof)- Xiimoiidn vioon W '9petn paq jsao T ui pu6aejid q3ui: i qiaua sqlpiM.'u;9 jo e8 'W Jiiqira of pg lS pliwa : PllOES-SlONAh CARDS. ; JACOB A. LONa,, ' Attorney-at-Lp.w, GRAHAM,;, -- N. C Prai'tloe Tn the Stnte ami Federal courls. - Office over White, Mooro Jt Co.'a etoro. Main fltrflflt. 'Phone Iiu. 8. , . . WHK yiA BYBUM. W. KSKVK, J. GHEENSBOHO, N. C. Praeik-e ri,'n!ttrly p th" Piance conBiy. courts of Ala- DR. J. Rr STOCKAID Detitist, v ' GRAHAM, N. -C. Office at - residenco, opposite Baptist Chureb. B work at reasonable prloes. In nftloe Monday and fcatur MONTHIiV SUFFERING. Ttousanda of' . women are troubled at monthly inter vals with pains . in the head, back, breasts, shoulders, sides hips and limbs. But they need not suffer. - ' These pains are symptoms of dangerons derangements that can be corrected. , The men- . etrual function should operate painlessly. ' tnakea menstruation painless, , and regular. - It puts the dell-, cate menstrual organs in condi- tion to do their work properly. And that stops all this pain. ' Why will any woman, suffer . month after month when Wine ' of Cardui will relieve her? It . coits (z.oo at the drug store. . Why donf yon get a bottle ; to-day? -'..t ".:. ' For advice, in cases requiring special directions, ddress.jjto- " iug symptoms,: "The Ladies' : r Advisory Department," The Chattanooga Medicine ' Co., ! Chattanooga, Tenn. . - . - eatM , ' ' Brs. ROZUU LEWIS, - ' cf Oenavlll. Tnts, MTtt " I was troubled at Monthly Internals . trfth torrlbeA pains in mv hit ind back, but havo Saon eniirtly rsUciM by MUM - i i.aroui. EDEJ MY" LIBRARY. As en who pauses on a rock, . The bastion of some sea nymph's boms, : And feels the ripples round him flock. Then cleaves the foam , " - "And glides through cool, pellucid wsys . - here creepers kiss each thrilling limb And hears, or thinks he bears, low lays Of cherubim , ' , And marvels at the wondroos soene, ' Tbe rains upon ruins hurled, r - ' - . Tbe meving hoets, the darklintr-sheen. The awful world, , , , Thea rises, snstehlng firtt some gem, .CJ. punt, wjki-q m uiw mnnsu A nd flings a dewy diadem From faoe and bair . And In tbe sunlight, with tbe sigh Of aas winds whwlling is t)l ears. Views his found treasure till his ere ' Is dim with tears, . go, where is lordly sweeping bays, la dixtent dark retiring nooks, Btretehas before my eacer gas This ses of books. I rwe end draw one fervent breath, 2bn pmnge end seem to pass away Into dwp waters still as death. Vet elesrr ss day. . To more by bowlders of tb past, hr eavea where falter dimly pars) C-...-S of the future, all tbe vast . KA uteratore, ' Ten io return to life above, m Frcmi regions where but few have troa, - I '-"-in a prern of larset krvs , j o U)aB and Ood. -L. 1. G. in blackwood's Ifagashss. iMTfm Kcss. I ! Ill soTTiew hat curions fact that the ' t f e - :t is materially larjre In orn tluia in southern clinuttem .1 :.. a er-e. for iastance, are bvier ) . b sLipped front the United -., and e - s in tbe ncrthOTi statea f - frmvi-j are heavier than those A Jsp.avte Camtofit. lir.b cf a Jaj-jnow fcary a - : -i, wliih cin-t l'!' s;a oa i the n.rr;..rs !sy of tbe U-9 t'-e rrptiui fc.-nr arrives, c. t A , an 1 a !..::. 1 cab- At t e r t f rn;l t:;e . 1 liiKS is cr.cst-ltwl y tbe 1 . m,t of as if I 1 t-4 mm THE (-LOWER 8ELLEB. Myrtls ami agUntiiw. Vat tbe old love and the newt . '. And the columbine r- " j1"- ' With Its sap end bells for fatly f And the daflodll for the hope of youth I And the rue for melancholy 1 . r,. ::!, But of all the blossome that Mow. Pair nallanU all. I charge 700 to win, Jf ye ' - . This gentle quest, - -'lf , . Who dreams apart In her wimple of purple and gray,. j : ... ., Like the Blessed Virgin, with meek bead bend- -.i.;. -tog low --. - v.-i . .- ...'-... : - , ' Opon bar imiti..";rTK.(?Z'-. '.; Vac the' orange flower- .-;, Si .:.'& Te may buy as ye will, but the violet of the " . wood ... --. - . . Is the love of maidenhood, ; ; , v ' ' And he that hath worn It but once, though - but for an hour, . . Be shall never again, though be wander by many a itreamt No, never, again shall he meet with a unarm- - that shall seem Bo tweet and pare, and forever In after years. At jthe thought of. its bloom or the fragranoe of Its breath, Tbe past shall arise, And bis eyes shall be dim wiih'tesrs, ' And his soul shall be far Ip the gardens 0! paradise, . . ' ... ..... Though he stand In the shambles of death. William Young. A MISER'S ROMANCE. Oeorge Pike was known as the stingi est man in Monroe connty. u r' ' AJ He lived alone on a 200 acre farm, did his own cooking, washed his own clothes and mended the same. At mend ing he was an expert, for it was com mon talk that be had worn one suit ei clothes ten years. . No one in the neigh borhood knew his exact age, but he looked to be on the shady side of '40. Neither did any one have anthentio in formation as to the extent of his wealth. Ho was Bfraid.ofi banks and kept his thousands in some' BecretT hiding place about tho bonso. That such a man should be a bachelor upon the question of marriage in the same light that he viewed all other propositions from tbe - standpoint of probable coal Be seldom called upon a girl. Occasionally when he had ascer tained in advance that there would be no charge for refreshments he wonld at tend a church social, his grain leather boots bright with stove polish and his coat buttoned tightiy over his gray flannel shirt. Vests in his estimation were in the same class with wives luxuries to be enjoyed only by the reck lessly rich. At one of these church affairs he met the daughter of a farmer who had re cently moved Tinto the' neighborhood. She was a lass of rare beauty, and it was no wonder that the miserly bache lor exerted himself to outdo the younger men in witty sayings and- pleasant speeches to her. : As he drove home in his sqneaky spring wagon behind old Esan, the mule he had been driving for 17 years, the vision of the rosy cheeked, brown eyed maid dwelt persistently in his mind. and he caught himself repeating her name over and over again : . "Mabel Harvey, Mabel Harvey, Mab Git nn there, Esan t".' He interrupted his musings on the fair Mabel with a savage swish of the reins and a command to the aged ani mal, which had taken advantage of its master's abstraction to slacken its gait to a slow walk. , "I can't bea-thinkinqf gals and sicb nonsense," exclaimed the farmer aloud. i.'Wimmin is only expense and trouble anyhow." It was a brave attempt to banish the memory of the girl, but it failed. Fiv minutes later Esan had resumed the slow walk, and the bachelor wae gazing dreamily at tbe stars, going over in hit mind the incidents at the church social with the pretty Mabel as the centei figure. v ;'.-.v ; ;- ", Several times to the night he awokt from a restless sleep to think of tlx girl He could not drive away the con stant contemplation of her. Whether in the fields or in the stable, the kitchen or the sitting room. Mabel Harvey wai the subject of his thoughts. Two weeks passed. T He met her tht second time at the church. On the waj home that night Esau's pace was abso lutely snailisb. Pike ceased to try t escape from the fascination. . But then a terrible battle arose between the Irni of avarice and the love sprite. Through out his' life tbe bachelor had denied himself every pleasure and the gratifi cation of every whim for economy'r sake. Why should he break the rule be cause a certain girl seemed a thousand fold more attractive to him than all others t - Then he remembered bow ah had smiled at his witticisms, and hit vanity was touched. He argued himeell in to-the belief that if he ihould want to marry her she would have him. - "I'm richer than any single feller in the county, and she must know it," bs mused. "Gals 'r great after fellers with money, ma guess she' a good deal lib the rest of 'em." ' , - But he could not come to a filial de cision to inaugurate the courting. "Wimmin is powerful extravagant" This thought Invariably shattered Idt dreams of wedded life. -. One dav an idee came to him. H wonld experiment and ascertain If be could afford, according to his notion of txnensa. ta snrmort a wife. v.vm time I hnv anvthina far myself 111 jest git twVe asmach as usual, and' i n purty nigh know before long now much it 'nd cost for the keep of wife." He smiled complacently at what he considered tbe sure evidence of an ingenuity that would lead to the solu tion of tbe problem which was vexing him. TBI try it for a month, and if it aint too expetMefol I'll go after that gal" 8och an idee wae exactly in keeping with Pike's character. He saw nothing ridiculous in It. It was a bnmnsM mat tear with him. and be prided himself that be had hit upon a method of satls- fvinz his avaricious instinct on the stubborn question of expense, lis im parted bis echeme to no one. This war (jot onoso1. Hs had never seen knows to talk of his aiTairm, xrtii discussion was caused in tht towp store when it was noted that his purchase were precisely double what vj bad been. This etirtf-d the grwilps, an 1 it wae common taJi that the bache lor bad loosened his purse strintrs. 'M-.irt be erpectin erm..;.. Ut visit with fcim." mtfvted Jason Eritting-h-zm. a f vry sttrs whittit. Lirly be t kAia tat the prlo ef c :T' an 1 rr.g-ar to fi Bp soon," was t e tl -erratum of 'Lihn Strong, the L -n w- r to one guessed the truth. One evening a neighbor dropped in unexpectedly on the lone bachelor at hit home. Pike was in the kitchen, Hs hurried to the door at the sound of the knock and opened it just wide enough to discern the identity of ; the caller. The latter thought he detected embar rassment in Pike's manner. ' When he caught an unintended glimpse of the topper table, lie was astonished beyond measure. There were two cups of coffee and two plates, containing pork and po tatoes: One cup and -one plate had been partially emptied. ' The other cup and plate looked as if they had pot been touched. "Got company t'.' he blurted out, be fore he thought What he was saying. Pike bad never been known to invite a guest to supper or any other meaL The. bachelor's face flashed a deep crimson. For a moment he appeared to be unable to reply. Finally he stuttered outs ' j- : "Well, no er, yes; I'm kinder ex- pectin some one." . 1 ' HisJielgbbor observed his confusion and hastened to state the business that prompted his visit. Pike did not ask him in, and he departed without ob taining further light on the cause of the presence of the extra cup and plate. The neighborhood now had a genuine mystery. All sorts of vague rumors were circulated. But the bachelor kept his secret " , ' "S'pose Brown 'II tell what he seen and folks will talk some, but nobody '11 guess what it s all about, he chuckled. It went much against the grain with him to cook twice as much at each meal as he would have prepared ' for himself alone. But he consoled his economical spirit by feeding what was left over to the hogs. ' " 'Tain't lost, after all, "he thought The -end of the month arrived. He bad awaited the day with impatience. That evening he nto supper earlier than filled the extra cop, representing the amount he would allow a wife if be bad one for the last tima And as he did it he pictured to himself the brown eyed .Mabel gayly chatting with him across the table. .When he had finished the -meal, he took the old slate on which he had done his figuring since childhood and in a few minutes had ascertained to a cent tbe cost of tbe extra portion. ; "Four dollars and nineteen cents, four dollars and nineteen cents," he re peated to himself, over and over again His brows were knit The chill f avarice was creeping into his heart "And that don't include clothes. Bat I reckon she'd have enough duds to do her for awbila" It was. the first rule of the bachelor's life to deny himself everything except absolute necessities, -j For the first time be was dangerously near deciding to break the law which bad become almost second -nature with him. Few men there be indeed who would hesitate to invest $4.19 a month in the keep of a wife who supplied in all respects their Ideal But Pike had courted the yellow gold so long that his love was not to be changed easily. ' - ' ; ' " Three days the battle endured within his breast It was the most miserable period of his existence.- Even after be bad made up his mind to seek the hand of the witching Mabel he found himself wondering at his own recklessness. But he was a man of stern resolve. One determined, it required more than hu man power to turn him from his course. - On the morning of tbe fourth day bt finished: Bp the work about the place earlier than was his custom and hitched Esan to the spring wagon. - "It's purty nigh time I was buyin a store suit and I reckon this is a proper occasion for sich a purchase, " he solilo quized as be mended a break in the mule's bridle with a piece of twine. An hour later he was examining the assortment of clothing in Smith's gen eral store at Hill Top. . - . "What sort of a suit ort a feller bay to nit married int" he asked the pro prietor with an effort at a smile. ' . The storekeeper, received the inquiry as a joke. The idea of Pike desiring in formation of such a character to gniae him in the selection of a suit did not enter his brain. - , 'Same, sort you d want If 700 w expecftin to be buried," replied Smith. "Pants, coat ana vest.' ' Then both laughed at tbe homely witticism. ' "1 i The bachelor drew it oat of the store keeper without exciting suspicion that the young man who had participated in tbe most recent marriage in the neigh borhood bad worn a frock suit . . "I ain't never bad no tail coat yit, he remarked in a careless way. "Believe. I'll just git one to surprise the neigh bors." .' He found cutaway suit that pleased him in everyTespect except pric Four teen dollars was more than he wae ac customed to pay. Bat he again con (aered his economical deposition. - "I'll be back this waj in a couple of hours and von can hart the bundle ready for me' be said tc thestorekeep ef and added, "When I g.l it I'll pay you." The drag store was bis next objective point The apothecary was damfounded when the bachelor asked for dime's worth of peppermint drops. "Got a cold!" inquired the sallow faced druggist . Pike hesitated a moment . "No, but I may git one," be replied, f. , " slyly avoiding an answer that wonld lead to the discovery of his real purpose in purchasing tbe candy. The package was done p in pink pa per, with a yellow cord about it "Won't that tickle her, though V mused the purchaser as be slipped the package into his pocket As he passed out of the store he saw a group of men discussing some matter with greet vigor in front of tbe post dfiffli He wandered over to the little gathering. " Three or feme addressed him slmnl tanenualy. "Ileered the newer' they asked. "What's up uowT" answered the bachelor rather unootJcertKdly. 'S'pose somebody's hoc Is got the cholerer." he added, with an attempt at sarcasm. "No, siree!" JwUh White, tbe pcet tnaxter, was speaking. "Worse than hog rhoWer," he eoo-tnoe-l "At least, Tom Harvey thinks n rrrettv dartsv baa rimed with I roe youn? ftr from the city, and they've teen married at the county eet" t Pike's breath left bim. Foraewcood 'j'How do'yon know she's eloped?' managed to ask. '' ' 's - v "Why, her daddy's jest passed through town, going like wildfire head 'em off at the county seat but there ain't much chance he'll git there in time. V Tbe postmaster looked Pike curiously as he spoke. . His com. panions were likewise puzzled to know what caused the color to leave the bachelor's cheeks. ; ' " . - Pike broke the awkward pause that followed the postmaster a Jast remark. "I must be gettin home," be said, "Good day to yon all. . v Ho turned and walked abruptly away from tho group and entered the drug store. , t "Mr. Smart, I don't believe I use theeo hero drops. " - . .. . The apothecary mechanically received tho package from Pike. ' He asked no questions, but emptied .the candy into the jar and returned the dime. The bachelor loft the establishment without a word Ho went direct to Smith store. ' .: v . : - "Needn't to mind about that suit. he said to tho proprietor. . "I've con eluded I don't want it " Esau is dead, but George Pike still lives in solitude on his farm near Hill Top. - Although the incidents of the etc ry narrated in tho foregoing para graphs occurred 80 years ago, the old bachelor's secret has- never escaped his lips. Evetfat this late day old residents of Hill Top occasionally ask each other "I wonder what caused George Pike to act so peculiarlike on tbe day that Harvey girl eloped T" St Louis Re public. " - . " Knarllsh OBIoers and Wine. . This is, strictly speaking, an allow ance of after dinner wine, or rather the money to buy it whereby those officers who cannot otherwise afford it may be enabled to drink the queen's health. It appAara tbp.t the 'Tint GgI'!lnTnjjl In Europe" was dining one evening witb some regiment and after dinner noticed that some of the officers did not drink the king's health. : In reply to his in quiry be was Informed that no disloyal ty was meant thereby, but that these officers could not afford to drink wine every night The regent thereupon in stituted the wine allowance which bean his name to this day.. . ' v , Inmost regiments the sum thus re ceived is paid into the general meet fund. ' In the marines, however, each dining member can either drink one glass of wine every night or else can be credited therefor in his mess bill A cu rious 'anachronism arose, during the Crimean war' in connection with thlt custom. . In those days the allowance, however much it might beHss dWded among tbe dining members at tbe mess, and, owing to the absence on active service of the large majority of officers, of the few that remained behind eaob received such a large share of the allow- a nee in cash that he .was virtually being paid a fixed sum per night to dint at mess. Chambers Journal. . The Power of Adapts tleeu Lord Seaforth, who was born deal and dumb, was one day to dine witb Lord Melville. Just before the company arrived Lady Mel villle gent into tht drawing room a lady of her acquaint ance who could talk witb her fingen that she might receive Lord Seaforth. Presently Lord Gnilforth entered tht room, and the lady,, taking mm lot Lord Seaforth, began to ply her fingen nimbly. Lord Gnilforth did the same. They had been carrying on the conver sation in this manner for ten minute or more when Lady Melville joined them. Her friend said, "Well, I have been talking away to this dumb man." "Dumb I" exclaimed Lord Gnilforth. "Bless me, I thought yon were dumb!" A Commercial Ttnse. . A little Joy street boy was taken to church for tho first time a few Sundays ago. He had been repeatedly cautioned to sit still and keep quiet, tils obedience wae meet commendable, and when it came time to pass tbe contribution box he was Intrusted with the family dona tion. Instead of silently placing the money where it belonged he held it be fore the eyes of tbe officiating collector that he might plainly see it "That s good, my little fellow," came the response with a view to pass ing the Incident over without embar rassment " 'Course it's good, bat i m psyin for all three. Is they any change cum in T" Detroit Free Press. -- Easlaas's Knsliah. Here lean example of the quaint mis use of words, tbe confusion of pronouns being, not many years ago, whatever may be the case now, quite common among tbe country people 01 Hamp shire, "If her won't go along o we, us won't go along o the. London Thrrmicle. A. Xomeatous Ooeasfcm. fsswsttia fur tomorrow wlU anxiety most been; rat wcBderla If the skr'ti have Its present look serene; rat woaderia it wall sse the teuel rlsia of As If tbe papers will eotse out as if the aerst! mn. hose the aarlVs look wanis aa Isatiddy as It so better ee inepssea w usees ev- rVhark. eslety'e fossmaUoa Is ssest likely to give Br CdXu Jtm's all reedy far to makes spisrb toosy. ....... o cheer wp, yoe reformers wbe k-vs trlsd aa !. ... Yoa're shoot to (ad assaistna last ye- ksvea't tried to vsiak Bo's goto to show an people how they eagb to do their work. Starrs Twill seawly be bat Oris eJobs'll lake Lstei m IWt we tt has H when It seves.se asi s wmij sa bs fey. KyCneteJtoi la reedy far tessal Mothers, wbea your ehlldren arest- tacked try voe oreavojuj cryu 7 t Arir, Dr. Bull's Oourh ByrnpwiH relieve and cure thern a oioa. Yon can always depend on thia yosTTBtooarernedy; it alwwyeeoresv 1 -n r- -,n,r,i L nim at sa A to mmW f f fS J fMf H If T! WJwUil a, V a " V, ,J cure Croup without lift. tvm OTe..oi-taMi tsta. as mass tee license Bess am a. 1 vender, aa IH now sail express train jwaw f 'g- 11 ss .. - (Or 1 r 1 1 11 1 Mattes the food more ftOYAt. tAKffMI THE DOUBLETREE. A Praetleal Farmer's Ideas A boat JCaaalbf tog the Work of ths Horses. ' ' Not every farmer hag stopped to study tbe phyiiot of the doubletree. Very few doubletrees are made with three holet In them on a line, as will be seen in Fig. A. They are of tener made as in Fig. B. so that tbe strain will not be an lio ble to split the wood. Ton seldom ever see one made as in Fig. O, yet one oooaiionally made in this way 'with rigid attachment. , ' Now let us look at them closely, When the three holes are on a line, it matters not which horse is ahead, both pall an equal share of tbe load, as will be seen by Fig. D, where both ends are equal. When tbe holes are ont of line, as is usually tbe case on doubletrees, like B, it will be seen at glance that JLN0 THRBS KINDS OF DODDLBTIUtKa. the horte that gets behind is not only behind, but he enjoys tbe short end oi the doubletree and is palling more than bis share of tbe load. This is sbown in Fig. E. - Should tbe sides of thlt double tree be reversed tbe bortO 'tbal goes ahead will have tbe short end and will be palling the greater part of tbe load, as in Fig. F. Should yon be unfortunate enough to have doubletree like Fig. O It will be seen by glancing at Fig. O that the horte whiob is behind not only enjoys being behind time, bnt he is by his laziness compelling his mate. to pull tbe greater share of the load. I give these figures for the boys on the farm to ponder over. ; These lettong will not only be found Interesting, bnt will be vain able for any one to know who has to work with horses, says practical farm er. who expresses the foregoing Ideas in tbe Iowa Homestead. Bow to Disinfect the Pranlng Kalfe. The Country Gentleman quotes Pro fessor M. B. Waite in regard to disin fecting tbe pruning knife need In cut ting out wood diseased by pear blight 1 follows: r "The solution to be used In disinfect ing the pruning knife Is tbe csrbolio acid eolation, whiob is doubtless the best for this purpose. It Is made by shaking np tbe acid, preferably tbe uryitallme form. In a bottle with wa Tbe solution tnonld contain about 0 per eent of the sold. A piece of olotb or a sponge should be fastened inside the vessel containing tbe solution, ana each time the knife is used it should be wiped on this olotb or sponge. A selu tion cf ordinary chloride of lime la also good for disinfecting tbe knife. It should contain about i or 8 per cent of the chloride of lime. Another solution which can be need for tbis purpose is corrosive sublimate (meronrio chloride). A solution containing one-tenth of 1 per eent would be sufficiently strong. Tablets containing snffloient corrosive sublimate for a quart of water ean be obtained at almost any drag store." , WsTssaUa Trans nasi, Dr. Arthur seems to have been tbe first to test the efficacy of formalin ia eombatlng tbe potato scab. It ia not very expensive and ean be bought by tbe fluid on not at most drag stores. The following is bit description of tbe meth od of treatment, which is quite simple: Eight on noes of the formalin are add ed to 19 gallons of water, and in thl tbe seed potatoes are soaked for two hours. After taking from the batb they can be ont and planted as usual, either at once or after gome time. Formalin to not corrosive, and aoeaa be used la any kind of vessel, and not being poison ous there are no particular precautious to be observed. It does, however, make tbe hands smart if there are any raw tpota, and tbe fames irritate too eyes and throat. ' A plan for a cheap barn without a basement for cattle and machinery Is presented by a co-respondent ia Tbe National Stockman and Farmer. Tbe barn Is 40 try 4 feet Tbe etablee are crosswise of tbe building and capable of aooommodating 10 bead of cattle. A A are walks t feet wide. B B art manors tmttera, O O are the platforms and Big foe CATTU A ACSHUKBT. stalls. 0 Dare tbe feed trougbe and maogers or racks combined. K ia tbe feeding alley, f Is storage room for tbe (arm machinery 18 by 40, with sliding doors H H I feet wide and I I 10 feet wide. GOG are window a Tbe building should be 10 or 14 feet high, which will give storage room in the loft above for quite a large amount of bay. Tbe bay may be taken in at ooe or bota ands by means of toe horse lorsv. One Minute Couth Cure, cures. That la whet ft was tar. B. 'j lMu4 CN05 ""' U . LT L0NO Lere Wai I w VaT . delicious and wholesome RNffllR QO,t W!W YOWK. IMPROVED ARTICHOKES. Tubers Which Are Finding Increased Fs- vo as rood I'M- Stock. -' Attention has been called of late to artichokes as food for stock, notably for hogs. .Farmers in various sections of the country have reported success with feed ing swine on these tubers until a short time before killing, when few bushels of com are given to harden the flesh. Following are extracts from aJlichlgan farmer's letter to Vick's (flnstrated Monthly: , One acre of artichokes will keep from SO to 80 hogs in the best condition, as they are always healthy when fed on them. For horses, cattle and sheep there is not a better root grown. One acre will prodnoe from 800 to 700 bushels of tubers, depending on the soil. The improv ed artichoke is entirely different from the native or wild, variety which is raised in some gardens. The Improved White French is a native of France, where, it is wrgoiy grown for domestic use as well as for stock. It grows about 8 feet in nfPROVzD whit AMI- height, - and in choke. ' the fall is cover ed with yellow blossoms, which in this country never mature aeed; hence no danger of covering the farm. My five years' experience has proved to me that they con be destroyed. My plan is to plow nndor when one foot in height A simpler way is to leave the hogs in tbe patch a little late in the spring, and they will find every one. The tubers are much like Irish pota toes in appearance, only rougher, flesh pare white, very ontue ana tweet. Many farmers in Newago county are growing them extensively as a general farm crop. The artichoke is important aa no insect blight or rust has yet struck it and the tops make a good fodder when properly bandied. Last winter they were tested at the Fremont cream ery with the best of results. ' Lowland which is too frosty for corn and many other crops I Just the place for artichokes, as freezing does not hurt them. Drought seems to have bnt little effect on them. ' Start a Pins Orove. The pine tree, one of the most useful timber trees ever grown, thrives in New England, bnt the original growth was out off by tho early settlers. The land on which it grew failed to prodnoe pay ing crops after a few years and la now mostly deserted a waste so far as use ful crops are oonoerned. Bural New Yorker calls attention to the efforts now being made to encourage the planting of pine trees again on this land, and in parts of New Hampshire and Massachu setts quite a little of it has actually been done. The seeds of the pine are broadcasted, usually with oats or other grain, and after a year or two the sur plus trees are cut ont It ia said that all a pine tree noeds is a "foothold in the oil and water," and It certainly does make a surprising growth on poor land. At tbd end of SO years some of the trees may be ont and sawed into the narrow boards used in making boxes. Twenty years may seem a long time to wait for a crop, bat the cost is uttie, while the retams are sure.' Thousands of people are satisfied to insure their lives on the SO year installment plan as an investment Any man of middle age on a new cngiana farm containing waste land" might well consider tbe plan of starting a pine grove to provide shelter against the blasts of old age. Caeueeetssv Tobeass."- ; The Connecticut Conrant Is authority for tbe statement that In tbe town of East Hartford there are 160 growers of tobacco, who last year raised 888 tons of tobnocoon 1,188 acres of land, the crop being worth over $301,000, at an average price of 17 cents per pound. Tbis to the first good crop since 1891. In that year most of tbe tobacco wae pure Havana; this year only about J acres of Havana were grown. ... 1 Lj . A Plaak Marker. For planters of small gardens a Texas eorreeposdent of Farm and Fireside give an illustrated description of homemade tool which be finds very serv iceable In planting small beds, such as radish, onion, etc. Take a plank or laches wide and 1 foot long. Hollow tJAftSES roe SMALL OABTirsm, ont tbe si le that to Intended to drag on the around, and nail a small, sharp tt let: to It which to intended to open a small furrow for the seeds. Attach a handle about 8 feet bmg to the top edge of the board and pull it straight ahead over freshly plowed ground, and yon will bave a nkw smooth ridge, with a small farrow en top to receive the seed, To cover tbe see is, remove the small stick and drag tl.0 cooourn over the ridge ejfiin. - . DeWitt Little Early CUtrt, The Issues rii. Greensboro Tobac ROR HIGH PRICES. Sold over 5,000,000 pounds hat year for nn overage of $7.57 i . r ; pounda.. This is the highest average made by any market in piedmont I Carolina. r i Over $l,2C0.0O paid out daily to farmers' for tobacco during llio i year. It ia the bestmarket in the State for the farmer. Our Warehouses are large, commodious and up-to date, whose j r etors stand without a peer aa slesmen of the weed. Every large firm in the United States and a number of foreign Hit. ; r represented by our buyers. ; v , ; . Tobacco centre, manufacturing centre, trade centre, railroad cci t educational centre. . Our own manufacturers have a large capacity and are increasing 1! trade daily and must have tobacco. , i. ; ; We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warehoi; capacity. We want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will brin Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit. '..L. Greensboro. Tobacco Association . o o o o o : . I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county to the fact thai 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 Jines of insurance, that can give low er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every branch of the business, find a lodgement In my office. : With o o o o o j J o o o o o o a practical experience of more than ten years, in soliciting a share of the local patronage, satisfaction in every instance. Correa-pondence o o o all matters pertaining to insurance. I am making specialty of Life Insurance and will make it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica tions to other agents, ' Very respectfully, JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, BURLINGTON, N. C. o o tt o o tt tt OOOOOOCOOCCOCCCCCCCCOCCCC1 SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GLEANER, $ 1 .00 per Year in Advance. . Those Medals. "How to It that tbe counsel to the minlttry has so many decorations?" ' ' "Easy enough. He got tbe third be came he bed tbe other two, and the sec ond beeaass he bad tho first and the first beeaass be hadn't any at all" Fliegende flatter. : Wot What Ee Ordered. "As I hopes ter hog yer ag'in. Mar sella, I tola de liveryman ter give me a goat as any one could drive wid one band. Die to de work o me bated rival." New York JonmaL ' - t AauserBIU. A bill was Introduced tbe other day In tbe Kentucky legislators making it "unlawful for any person to fire or dis charge at random My deadly weapon. whether said weapon be loaded or un leaded. "New York Tribune. AVatsTaase, Oummey (showing bit obickena to his friend) This one to named Poker. Glanders Isn't that a queer name for a ohickenr - Gujnmey Hot at alL It to a game rooster. Detroit Free Press. That r-otnter. A eeutleman bought a dog which turned ont to be of very undesirable habits. "Tbe man who sold him to me," said tbe purchaser, "called bun a pointer; I call him a diss ppoln ter. " Youth's Companion. rotate For XlonaUkas-s. y. v. ... "He committed several forgeries aat then went to tbe Klondike." - "That was a splendid idea. When he wants to return, be can confess, and a detective will bring him beck." New York Journal. - OrtmlnsJ Osislsssn Visiting Miniater-And yon say yoa were brought to this by eriminaticg carelessness? Convict Burttlar Yes. I forgot to chloroform the dog. New York Jonr- A rindnsse Bills Does this photograph do sue justice? Hills It does more than tnat; tt u really merciful to you. Widow. Taul Perrr. of Columbus, Ca suffered agony for thirty years, and then cured his Piles by using De iVitt's Witch llarcl Salve. It heals injuries and atin dieaes LKe magic. J. C Simmons, the drug get- "' OADTonrA. 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