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iI i Advance.
Large an-1 ii.cit.i' ;g circula
ton in Alamance' and adjoining
counties a poin t for ad vcrtisers.
i Paying Drab&Prices
" for verytMoi
nff ia sot
li r But
what you arc
you don't bur
Did vou think it
posiibl to buy a s 50.00 v
. Pries, 118.75. : alogiw No. 59 H
A 1 , .. .- ".' about oicjrciea, oewiag
Machine, Organi and Piano.
What do you think of a fine
J niit of Clothing, mado-to-your-V
Mtura. raarantaed to fit and
exorat vaii to your station
for Js.jol Catalogua No. 57
show 3 tamples of clothing
and-ahowa many' bargain la
RhoM. Hat and furnum
Furnishing.
LithoaTaohed Catalogue
ti how. Carpal. Rugs, for- j
anned caraiOKU no."
lien and Lace Curtains, in
hand-minted color. - H e JKtu .
A x..Jnh. us arn. fr and
V fitraih lininj without chaige. .
- ' What do-vnn
' think of a
Solid Oak
lry-a.r ram
ily Refrigera
tor for aU.o;f
It ia but one of orer 8000 bar
gains contained in our Gen
eral Catalogue of Furniture
ana riouaenoia t0oa,
We cave you from 40 to 60
I per cent, on erery thin jf. Why
, but at retail when vou know
"wf off Which cataloffue do
Price $3.06. yon want? Addrctathu way, .
JJULIUS HINES A SON, Balttmort. d. Dept. 909.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JACOB A. LONG,
Atlorney-at-L,aw,'
GRAHAM. , . . - N. C
PmntlnAn In the Rtnt nnd "Fodanil aoartB.
OUtoe over Wli I to. Moore at Co.' etore. Main
Htrnnt. 'fuODe Mk IL . . , . .. "
Iohw Gbat Bysum. : W.-t. Brnirv, J.
BOUM 4& BYNUM, "
Attorney) and Counselors at lavr
GREENSBORO,. N. O. "'" "
Practice regularly la tl cmtrls of Ale
rmuce county. Au. 1, W ly
DR. J. ,1. 5TOCKAID
Deqtist,
GRAHAM, N.C. ' "
Offlcs at residence, opposite
liaiJi'Ht OhtltPil. :
B at. work hc reasonable prices.
lttftw An ,"iire Won a ay d and batui
dava.
TALL I'
. JINB-TETfTHS ofr
all the pain I
andsicknesstrom I
which worn
nnier caused u
k 1. .P
derangcrnenl In n -
thA orirnnii nf '
Netrly ahays L J g .J
when a woman is not well thesd -..
organs are affeoled. But wheai'
they are strong and healthy a
woman is very seldom sick. -
iPnfiVtlHl
Is nature's provision for the regu
lation of the menstrual function.
It cures all " female troubles." It
is equally cffeclive for the girl In
her teens, iha young wife with do
mestic and maternal cares, and
the woman approaching the period
known as the "ChanFO of Life," .
They all need It They ai all
benefitted by it.
For tcVtco In case rrlrin arierial
the "Ladios' AovIr-"ry Dcpartrnent,''
TM Chaltanuos Meoicii Com &haUa '
tHOS.I. COOrrs, Trmsle, Vst., tartt
r ' Uj t! .Iftr H vs frmjiar"-
4 naif;..l r,..- - -a, o.--;
owirl not r...t.. r... a at 14
' atttal cw k . a d - h HM"
r a.w... .... t - . . -
as4 Kotaa,
w hay is greatly in evidence with
eotnparatiTe scarcity of choice to fan
tj. It la believed that good sound seed po
tatoes will be bigb rn-ed by the time
tb plantixjg spaa-n arrives.
In northern Ar: ! s tbe wild barsee
J' become a rn; anre to stockmen,
"ey not ci.'y pst ti e f.d that should
to b tt, I ut a loo cbuse the cat
offtberar?4. sroetscr I i r
to have arr.-.- ;i. i t ;
wtain fornn f f s ! n
The Mar-' n r v
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d In Indn. :,.d c
mark is said
ra that causes
ia estt!a
wLLh is ex
a w ay, to be
r, ia reported
f ccw facto-
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VOL. XXV:
Oi'llies - two kind, ami-hundreds of -other
shoe; niiikert nur tm-k tiv fur the largest in
town. Indies' Oxfordu li 1 you cant rest
You know it is hsnd to buy n pond fhoe lor
a cliild. AVo pay wj)coiid attention to th's
line und the luh an ngn gained byourexpc
riencKnnd capital l yours for nothing. A
full line of liousn tumio'liing piods. "
DAVIS DAV-H I'ropr'a '
. Uia Sh-teStore, JJorlth-tion, N.O.
A FAVOR RETURNED.
A late fall day in the year of 1860.
A Mississippi plantation., well kept and
Jnxnrions looking. A picture of life
and activity snch as one will find only
nnder these conditions. ' f. , '
v The bonse, a big, snowy white stroc
tnre. with tall porch pillars reaching
upward two stories in height, stands at
the intersection of two driveways,
which curve npward in somewhat irreg
ular fashion from their respective gates
in the long, rambling white board fence
that curronnds the grounds.
A small darky "boy, clad !n very' non
descript garments, is generally' to be
seen on one or the other of these road'
ways, grubbing away, no
getically, I'm afraid, at the accnmnla
tion of creeping vines and weeds that
threaten to obliterate the bard clay
roadbed unless speedily dealt with. Ee
is there this very afternoon, but, alas
and i alack, ? the son's rays, - slanting
throngh the live oaks, with their long
beards of southern moss, shine in vain
upon bis defenseless, woolly bead, from
which a much torn old straw hat baa
fallen, and the creepina vines on the
roadway get a fresh start in life. Billy
is fast asleep.
But Billy mast not be. too severely
blamed. : It is siesta time all over lie
serve, as the plantation is called. The
wide, front door of tbe mansien stands
invitingly open, it is true, yet every
where about there is quiet and only aa
occasional muslin curtain, at some up
per window, flatters out into . the soft
southern . breeze to tell of some fair
slnmberef perhaps within. '
A faint, insistent sound comes, across
the field to tbe rear of the bouse. Here
ia tbe small sugar press, and here an
old darky mounted on an equally an
cient mule, is monarch of all he surveys
this afternoon. ' Bound and round he
goes, every now and then stooping to
gather np the cane from convenient
piles and feeding it into the press,
which creaks ana groans lines a rusty
well sweep.
A long stalk of tbe cane serves him
both as a whip for bis steed and refresh
ment for himself. He alternately chews
t one end and vigorously slashes at the
mule with the other, tossing tbe stalk
into tbe Dress, wben nnder this double
duty its condition becomes somewhat
dilapidated.' -
There are cotton pickers way out in
the wide fields which belong to the
wealthy mistress of Reserve many of
them but they are out of tbe view,
and not even their rich toned, monot
onous melodies come wafted, on the
breeze. '.' v:;i--!' :';;v'''",-.-.v ...: -.
The whole place ia quiet, and tbe
sun. giving, np bis struggle with the
sleeping darky boy by the roadway,
takes a dip toward tbe west
Suddenly Billy site bolt nprigbt ana
thrusts out bis bare foot in a vigorous
kick. A small yellow dog of the plain
dog variety is sniffing and nipping at
bis legs, with its owner coming along
tbe road behind it.
-He is a forlorn looking fellow vm
dog's master a young peddler, wnn
his pack carefully rolled in a piece of
sacking and strapped to bis back. . His
clothes are torn and frayed, bis hat ia
stained and wcrn by time and many
showers, bis face is streaked with per
spiration and dust, and there are dark
circles under his eyes ana lines arjon.
his month that to the close observer
might tell of banger and much fatigue.
He comes wearily np the driveway
and baits beside tbe darky boy. who ia
engaged in. brisk argument with the
yellow dog. .. . , A,
"Who lives here, boy T he question
"Who's yonr mistress!"
."Mis' Hamilton, she done lib heah.
What yub want tub know foabl" in
terrogates Billy in retorn. a note of im
pudence coming into bis voice. "
The peddler shifts his psck. "I have
some things that maybe she would liks
to buy she or somebody about the
place. Is that tbe way to we nous i
pointing np tbe drive., "U your mis
tress at bomeTV . - '.:
' But Bill ba taken o bis bare feet
and flown acroa lbs grass in lbs direc
tion of tbe negro quarter '-',
It takes but a few momenta for Dim
to rooae two or three men and boys,
who, shirking work in tbe field, have
been aleeping within cm this balmy fall
afternoon. They now emerge from tbe
cabins and. led by tbe Important ciuy.
.a mMt ih neddler. '
"Heah. wha" ynh doin beah, nowi
r- Hamilton, abe don' 'low no tramps
n' dia heah rUnUtion.- Go 'Jong.
arlf nut n heah. ankk, now," says
a burly Held hand, advancing toward
the peddler in a threatening manner.
"Caa't I see yonr mistress tor aao-
. rf th women folfaaboot
.i ! u..h thev would like to,
toe jiiji -j.
u. mothinr oat of my pc. "'
. . i. i
the lad (be is no rnore. n cy.
inz sboot thegroopof darkies is
of a friendly Uc.
Bat not one does be see. Tbegrocp
becomes re-en farced by two or three
more, who Come nrnning from the
cabins, drawn by the unusual excite
ment, and everywhere be sees hostility.
"No. yuh can' st.y roun beah o
loaaah." repl"" the spokesman. Tub
Jes' make tracks as fa' as yob kin. or
yrjb-11 git intnh trubbil." vro&niBS a
stent dnb from fomewbere in the rear
and ihaking it in front of tbe nsltKlry
r-xi.'.lrr.
"B sia'ta gwine-nlr goj boys; UH
we maae tun,- called -out a voice In
we group, it opuratbe others to action.
"At him, now, boys!" And they go
iiiui wiui a wi u. -u -.
Whack! sounds the clnb over his
snouiders. He winces with pain, but
noias on stoutly Co bis pack. The darkies,
incensed at bis resistance, surround
mm on all sides. They tear off bis coat
ibey beat him with their fists ver
head and shoulders, tbe club' owner
using his weapon freely. They buffet
ana kick and shout at him until the
poor fellow, outnumbered ten to one;
sinks to the ground, with blood stream
ing from an ugly cut on his forehead.
and his precious pack scattered about
mm. . . .. :..
"Now, up with bia, boys, an we'll
throw him ont'n de gate. We'll show
tramps what come roun? heah dat dev
better keep el'ar dis beah plantation, "
says tbe leader. Three or four of the
stoutest fellows raised the peddler and
were about to carry out their instrttc
tions when suddenly there comes a mar
mur from the rear of tbe group.
JUeah's de miesus! Heah Mis Ham
iiton ! Hole on, now, boys!"
Ibey let fall their burden and parted
respectfully as' a handsome' matron in
a white mnslin gown, her head held
proudly erect and her brilliant brown
eyes flashing with anger, steps into tbe
center or the group.
"Who Is this poor fellow What
have you been: doing to him, Sambo t'
she demands, ' "How dare yon treat a
man like that on my plantation I I'll
have you all horsewhipped!. Growing
more and more angry as the darkies
slink back without replying, she stoops
over the peddler to see the extent of bia
injuries. - .
''Answer me. Sambo,:' she reiter
ates. "What has .this man been doing
that yon should so misuse himt
The burly Sambo cowers before her
scornful, steady gaze.
"He war a tramp, Mia' Hamilton, an
yah allaa .tola ns that no tramp war
'lowed on. dis beah plantation, so we
warjes cVgettin him off n de place.
an ! .
"That will do," sternly interrupts
tbe mistress of Beserve. ."Brutes! Yon
would have killed him if you had had
time',' I 'presume. ' Lift him up, now.
yon two men, Sambo and Jonas, and
carry bim carefully to the house. As
for the rest of yon," looking about tbe
group, "I'll attend to yon later, ' and,
picking np her gown, she leads the way
to the bouse. .
The peddler is put to bed in a small
room in the rear of the mansion. Mrs.
Hamilton herself brings cold water and
soft linen and binds np the ngly cut
in his forehead, a pretty little girl, with
brown eyes, clinging to her skirts.. Juat
er he is given food, and: that Bight
slept, for the first time in many weary
weeks, without the open sky above him
or a haystack of - disused old shed for
bis bedchamber.-: - s.
By the next day he is able to ait np
and show his wares to . bis preserver,
who buys liberally of bia household
goods linens, laces and a feW gew
gaws and also distributes calicoes and
KinKbams among the women.- men,
with a generous sum in his pocket and
a new pair of shoes on his feet, be bids
farewell to Beserve and again starts
forth on his travels with a light heart.
"I shall never forget yon, madam,
and your great kindness to me, " be says
in parting. "It may be that tbe time
will come wben I can serve yon. - And
the lady cf Reserve graciously bends
her head and wishes bim a successful
jonrney. r . '
Five years passed. There were many
changes in Reserve ' Devastating war
bad robbed tbe household of its stalwart
yonng master. Percy Hamilton, who, at
21, led bis company to victory one sum
mer day and .fell before tbe Yankee
bullets.. Tbe darkies scattered at the
first sound of war, and. without serv
ants, the plantation declined and fell.
Bo did all the other Hamilton fortunes,
and in 1865 Mrs. Hamilton, with linea
of care in her face and gray hair about
her temples, found herself obliged to
dispose of tbe land for a mere song to a
shrewd speculator who scented profit
from tbe rich soil
She took ber daughter, now a maiden
budding into womanhood, and went to
live with some New Orleans frieoda a
broken and sorrowful worn in. Early in
tbe seventies a party of New Orleans
merchants took a trip up the Mississip
pi for combined purposes of business
and pleasure. They bad large plans for
improving tbe land and raising cotton.
Incidentally, they bad capital enough
to spare. '
"One of tbe richest and most produc
tive plantations before the war was
along here somewhere below Natcbes,"
said ona merchant to another aa they
stood on the vessel's deck, looking off
Into the country. "My agent secured it
for me tbe other day, and I propose that
wben we land yon and I take a car
riage and drive out so that I can take
a look at my newly acquired property."
Tbe friend, a tall, black haired, eagle
eyed merchant of tbe southern city,
readily agreed, and the two carried out
their plan that afternoon.
They found tbe deserted plantation
wtthmt much difilcolty. Deserted it
was indeed and forlorn ia the extreme.
No trace left of tbe Beat, white fences,
nor semblance of well kept roadways,
no thick foliaged live oaks hung with
strings of mots all gone, swept away
before tbe relentless scythe of war. A
few tnmbledowB sheds marked tba
place where once stood a group of tidy
errant quarters, but tbe manaioB,
once pillared and hxurlooa looking,
had long since gone to raid, tbe win
dows broken, tbe walls cmmblinf
where they stood.
The tail, black haired aoerrhant
looked la silence for few moments aa
they drew rein In front of tbe boom.
"Do you happen know what was
tbe same of this place before tbe war
and who owned It Y ' be asked bis com-
Pi00- . . .. .. .'..., ....
"Beserve. I peueve, idt
1H nthrr. "A alrm. tismiiioo
wn t bot It has chawed
hands four or five fames in lit a esx
yeara,
"1 knew t." declared the f rat speak
er. "What will yon take foe this place T"
torn inff. ucM!y to tbe othf man.
Tbe w-oTtid nwrchact laufrbed. "Why.
don't know a I want to WiL Ears Jat
boucht It, in fact"
Bot af some diarnanion be ajrreed
to part with tbe pruprty a good
round nn. sn.1 lw-r t ! r"-ry pa
pers wera made out sol t' traronrt.-. a
eodod so far nl " 5
GRAHAM, N.C., THURSDAY, APK1L 20, 1899.
Dot 'rrHaj'ithihe-blaelahaired
man. With infinite pains and tbe ex
penditure of in nth time and no small
amount of money be managed at length
to find trace of tbe Hamiltona who bad
once lived in luxury and ease upon Re
serve's broad acres. There were but
two of them mother and daughter
the latter a helpless invalid in the last
stages of a lingering disease, and be
walked in on tbem one afternoon in the
shabby little rooms tbey occupied in
one of the poorer districts of New Or'
leans. They were living veritably from
nana; to mcuth. . '
I am the peddlor lad whom yon bo
friended many years ago, madam," be
said simply to Mrs. Hamilton, who rose
to meet bim with something of her old
dignity and graciooaneas . of manner.
"You were good to me that day when
I came to you with my pack on my
back.'. Now it Is my turn.- I have be'
come wealthy. Will yon go back to live
at Beserve if I restore tbe bouse and
make it comfortable for yout"
Bat this Mrs. Hamilton would not
consent to da She bad a few old friends
in New Orleans with whom she prefer
red to spend her days, and going back
to Beserve would mean tbe revival cf
too" many painful memories. She was
as proud as she was poor this southern
lady whose fortunes were at so low an
ebb and it was hard indeed for ber to
accept bounty at any hand.
t But the merchant insisted, and for
tbe sake of ber daughter, whose days
were numbered, she consented to the
acceptance of a plan.
He established them, in comfortable
rooms in a pleasant neighborhood. He
provided every necessity and many lux
uriea. He instructed his bankers to
send a check for (100 to Mrs.-Hamilton
once a month, the same to continue nn
til ber deatb. He visited mother and
daughter, cared for tbem and comforted
the broken hearted lady wben her love'
ly, fragile child passed from things
temporal to things eternal. He was
and continued to be a firm and con
stant, a beneficent and generous friend.
Mrs. Hamilton still lives in New Or
leansan old, white haired, feeble lady.'
Iieon Godscbean, once peddler, now
wealthy wholesale merchant, has one
of the largest and best known establish
ments on -Canal street today. St. Louis
Republic,
A Disk ( Tea. :
Etiquette is a strange . affair. It
changes so indisputably that wbat in
one century will be called polite in an
other will be dabbed tbe climax of Vul
garity. Take that simple matter, for
example, tbe drinking of tea from the
saucer. - Wben tea was first used in
England, it was drunk from a dish. In
old collections of china many of these
quaint pieces will be found. - Tbey are
shallow basins devoid of bandies. ..-.
Then some one introduced cups with
handles and saucers. Old fashioned folk
did not care for them, and as a protest
tbey poured their tea into the saucer
and drank it from there, barking back
as far as they could to the old beloved
"dish." - v.:;.';
But, as to be old fashioned ia usually
an unpardonable social crime, people
who were nptodate determined that to
drink from tbe saucer was a vulgar
habit Just as bad as eating with a knife.
In the kitchen and comfortable quar
ters of that kind, where those who
drank their tea drank it as tbey pre
ferred, tbe fashion for pouring it into
tbe saucer continued. But up stairs my
lady was far too fastidious. She waited
until bers cooled or drank it scalding.
And so matters have gone on.- Even if
this year a leader of society were to
start tbe old fashion again it would
take many a ' long month to do away
with the great prejudice there is for tea
drinking out of the saucer. Chicago
Times-Herald .
. Tvaayaea's Haatllitr.
The poet Tennyson wss gifted with
tbe grace of humility. ' His letters dis
close bia dissatisfaction with himself
and his achievements. He pitched hia
ideals high, and ha knew, none more
clearly, when he failed to grasp wbat
he had reached after. An anecdote con
tributed by tbe Duke of Argyll and
quoted by Miss Cary in her volume,
"Tennyson." exhibits tbe poet s hu
mility.
The first words I heard bim utter, .
says tbe duke, "remain indelibly im
pressed upon my memory. On being in
troduced to bim at an evening party in
tbe bonse of Lord John Russell. I said.
perhaps with some emotion:
" I am so glad to know yon I
"Not in tbe tone or voice of a mere
conventional reply, but In tbe accents
of sincere humility, be answered:
" 'Yon won't find much in me, after
an.'" . - ..'
. - Swewt null Slip.
The main crop of slips should be set
out in June. . Those set out in July are
not apt to produce fall crops unless
tbey are of an early variety- and the
ion exceptionally favorable. Vine
from tbe first slips set out may be nsed
If the supply of slips is short Experi
ments Indicate that there Is little or no
difference In a crop grown from pieces
of vine or one grown from slips. Tbe
Southern Cultivator, the sooro of this
advice, prouoonoss it a good way to pat
oat vines to open a farrow on top of bed
and lay vines along in it, two or
three vine aide by aide, and then
cover tbem at intervals, leaving por
tions of vine uncovered at usual dis
tances of potato hill, say IS to to
inches, Wben hills are too crowded.
they do not make large tubers. If the
ground la damp, vine managed a
above root quit reaaiiy.
Tat iati Anatr.
Tbe Aihanti army is the mala
part of tb AshantJ nation. Every
man who can keep op on tbe inarch
ia obliged to awrve, and after an ex
pedition baa aet out the women
coar the streets and almuet beat
to deatb any man whom they may
discover skulking at borne. In bat
tie the genera la oocnpy tbe rear, ao
aa to rat down any one wbo may
try to ran away. If tbe battle goes
gainst them, tbe generals commit
suicide.
ratal Iaa,
German doctors have found in
making expenmenta with school
inks a barilla that proved fatal to
mice withia four days. But His
not to mice alone that ink ia fatal.
There bare be acme very tint
rcxHit.itiorsdc-ftroyel ty it- -Boston
r s7
a -
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Manes the food more
eflVAl BawMlO
ORCHARD CULTURE.
KaTest f Ciena Caltivatlsa aaa !
Crotrlasr.
. Whether orchards shall be cropped or
given clean cultivation, how cultiva
tion shall be done, whether it. shall be
continued throughout the season and
similar problems depend very largely
on local conditions of soil, climate and
tbe like. Varioua experiment stations
have conducted experiments to find out
what methods give best results and why
tbey do so. As stated in farmers bul
letin No. 87. a study was made at the
Nebraska station of the effect of calti
VIS. I CULT1V ATIO AMD imcTJlnVATID.
ration lob the growth of apple trees, tbe
size of fro it and the water contents of
tbe soil Tbe report says i "The trees
In cultivated ground suffered noticeably
less from the drought and bot winds of
summer than those In sod ground. Tbe
foliage was darker and more .vigorous
in appearance, and .there was no yel
lowing and dropping of the leaves or
wilting during hot windy days, both of
which occurred with uncultivated trees.
Apples from cultivated land averaged
nearly 14 per cent larger in weight than
those from pasture land and over 17
per cent larger than those from mowed
land. " ; Tbe average percentages of
moisture in the first 20 Inches of tbe
soil in different portions of tbe orchard
in the latter part of October were
"Mowed portion, 14 1 pasture portion,
14.7; portion cultivated till August
17, and portion cultivated the entire
season, 20.4." . .
Observations on grass. land near tbe
orchard showed that alfalfa only two
yeara old took the moisture from the
soil as completely aa an old June grass
sod These facta show how very neces
sary cultivation la in a dry climate.
That the same ia true in dry seasons in
moister climates is shown by observa
tions at tbe Cornell (N. Y.) station.
Tbe California ststion has recently
reported an instance of tbe beneficial
effect of cultivation on the growth and
frultfulness of orchards. Apricots grown
in adjacent fields under exactly the
same conditions, except for cultivation,
showed great difference in behavior.
See Fig. 1. where A represents a culti
vated and B an uncultivated apricot
tree in a dry season. Tbe soil of tbe re
gion in which tbe orchards are located
bas a rather loose texture. One orchard
waa cultivated several inches deep, and
tbe other was uncultivated. During one
season tbe trees in tbe cultivated field
made a wood growth of over three feet
while those in the uncultivated field
made a growth of not over three inches.
There was also a great difference in tbe
fruit Tbe average percentage or mois
ture in tbe first six feet of soil was 6.S
In tbe cultivated orchard and 4.8 in tbs
other one. A recent bulletin of tbe Il
linois station reports marked benefit
from clean cultivation of an orchard. In
18S0 three rows each of Ben Davis and
Grimes Golden apples were planted, tbe
trees being aet 10 feat apart each way.
These were divided into four plate, tbe
first being given clesn cultivation and
tbe second, third and fourth being crop
ped with oats, clover and blue grass,
respectively (Fig. J). Tbe same treat
ment was continued each year after
planting. Tbe trees grown on the grass
plats were decidedly inferior to those
grown on tbe cultivated plat as regsrds
height, diameter of trunk, vigor ana
abundance of folisge, eta For instance,
hi the case of tbe Ben Davis trees tbe
diameter of tbs trunks on foot above
tbe surface of tbe soil waa about twice
as great in tbs case of tbe cultivated
plat as in case of that in grass. Simi
larly tbe height of tbe tree in tUe two
plata averaged 18 and 11 feet and
the diameter of tbe tops 10 M ana on
feet respectively. Jn growth and vigor
of tbe trees tbe clover plat ranked next
after tbe cultivated, and tbe oat rank
ed between tbe clover and tbe blue
grass plat. Fig. S shows the effect of
tbe different systems of collars on id
growth of apple trees A, clean culti
vation; B, cropped with oats; C crop
ped with clover; D, cropped with bine
rass.
Tbe injury caasea try growing gras
In young orchard ia shown very em-
no. ii oirrutrxT rrsmis or ctn-rtnua,
phaticstly by an experiment conducted
at tbe Utah station. Parts of an orchard
were seeded to alfalfa, timothy, clover
and a mixture of timothy and clover
soon after the trees were set, and other
puts wer cultivated, all being irri
gated alike. Over half of the trees ia
tbe grass plata died aad were reset
twice, while too cultivated tree lived
and grew well It ta not to be expected
that growing grass la young orrnaro
to always aa is jurkms as it proved te bs
at the Utah station, yet tbe reportea
experiences of fruit growers sod experi
menter everywhere show th Impor
tance of carefnlly cultivating young or
chard. Even ia a climat a moist as
that of England gres prove very detri
mental to yonng tree. Notwithstand
ing; all thiit most not b fiA.Ttood
Ihatc'e-ancoHivstHjej Is best in all
DeWitt' Little Darly Risers,
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FATTENING ARTIFICIALLY.
loins) of the Method of StB0BT
' Poultry With Food la Fraae.
It is in Franco where tbe gastronomic
trt Is carried to tbe highest point that
artificial methods of fattening poultry
to meet epicurean tastes , have been
most developed. The ordinary method
Is to shut tbe birds in a shed the floor
of which is thickly covered with straw.
with troughs for food and water round
the sides. Tbe birds are free to move
about, bat tbey are close enough to
gether to cause an appreciable rise-in
the temperature of the place. They are
fed with substances which are easily
digested, so that tbe stomach is spared
as much work as possible. To give them
an appetite their food is varied consid
erably, nnd they are allowed nothing
but salt water to drink. Three times a
day boluses are administered in the
rstDnta k ooosa tiiboooh a vusxel
form of long sticks of forcemeat which
are pushed down tbe gullet of the fowl
Immediately after each meal the bird
Is msde to drink.
Staffing is not always done by hand
Sometime a funnel filled with maise i
employed. It Is introduced into the
bird s throat and by tbe aid of a short
stick tbe grains are poshed into tbe
crop. ;-. - ;:r
In Paris at tbe large poultry market
the method In vogue is still mora prim
itive and seems snvthlnar but ap
petizing to tbe poultry lover. There it
is tbe operator himself wbo fills his
mouth from tbe trough of semillqaid
paste and then injects it into tbe bird's
gallet : - . .
. In tbe wholesale' industry fattening
cage are nsed, the appearance of which
Is decidedly singular. Tbe cage is a cir
cular structure, tbe walls of which are
divided into a number of square boxes,
each of them jtist large enough to bold
Koose. Tbe birds' heads are turned
outward and often tbs wl ole cage turn
ed on an axle, so that each bird fronts
tbe operator in turn.
" ' ' BI4r' a Brood.
Out in the Smoky Hollow section of
Great Bend township. Pa., a party of i
snow bound traveling men were swap
ping yarns about animals one day in
early March, says a correspondent of
the New York Press. After several
pretty stiff stories bad been told tbe ho
tel clerk woke up. "Bill Sullivan of
this township," said be, "bas a ben
that bas just batched out a queer brood.
She was forever sitting on something.
trying to hatch oat doorknobs, bone-
shoes and tbe like, and so Bill thought
be'd cure her of the habit. He bad some
rattlesnake eggs that he found Inst
summer and bad put away in cotton.
intending to batch tbem out in bot aand
In June.
; "He put these eggs under tbe hen
about tbree weeks ago, and In just 14
days the crisis cam. On morning
there was an awful bow d'ye do in th
henhouse, and Bill went out to investi
gate. .. ''
'"You may not believe it but there
was that darned old ben bopping up
and down in a fearful stste of mind,
running np to look into ber nest and
tben running away agsin with wings
outstretched and cackling a demand for
an explanation. Sbe flew at Bill as
thona-h she Intended to peck bia eyes
out but be beat her off and then took a
look ia the nest
"There were seven little rattlesnakes.
each about four inches long, squirming
about in it For one whole day that
ben refused to return to the nest but on
th next dar sb went back to it, and
tbs had evidently mad p k? mind to
rear that brood and make the best of
If
"Boys," aald Pete Bowles solemnly,
"we've just about got time to catch
that way freight"
And tbey filed out
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Car of Bosoo.
Poultry bouse should be thoroughly
renovated once, better twice, a year.
If von wish, brighten tbe walla by a
thorough application of good bot white
wash to which a little carbolic acid baa
been added If yon don't like white
wash, smss some good wood pieservstiv
and paint th whole Interior of the
bona with It If you have earthen or
and floor, which are tbe best, dig
tfarm np and cart off the upper four
Inches oT dirt and replace wiu new
fresh earth or sand. If you have wood
or cement floor, clean tbem tnor
oogbly and whitewash or nxrp tbem
over with some cheap noopoiaonona dla-
Infartant Then cover tbem Wben Ory
with few Inches of aand or earth..!
Dr. Wood. - '
Wa4 l Drooalaujr Pomltrr.
. On of tbe littl things not taken Into
account a it should bs i th per cent
of waste in dressing poultry. It make
a groat differmc ia killing 100 birds,
weighing, in the market 400 pounds,
whether tbey loo 20 or 80 per cent of
their gross weight while passing from
the block to tbe commiasioo dealer or
narketmaa. Tbia largely rest o th
form of bird, and ia a strong argument
why. in elt-rting breeding stock for
poultry making, tbe ie. and especially
lb shap. of tbe Mrds sbum be ennsid
ered. Tb acw tbe want la drewriDg the
mt.r Lk brunt ia sTOwf nit JaUlo
farm'
One Minute Cough Care, cares.
T kal Is hat H was saoas t
NO. 11
Greensboro Tobacco LZcuIn
, npR HIGH PRICES.
Sold over 5,000,000 pounds last vear for an avpirnort nf 7 .17 n.r 1 ut I
pounds.
This is the highest nveraee
Carolina, - - - .
- Over $1,200.00 paid out daily to farmers for tobacco during the past
year. , ,
It IB the best market in the State for the farmer. '
Our Warehouses are large, commodious and up-to dato, whoso' propri
etors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed.
Every large firm in the Unitfd States and a number of foreign firms are
represented by our buyers. t . ;
Tobacco centre, manufacturing centra, trade n(r milrnnd ntrp
educational centre. -
Our own manufacturers have a
trade daily and must have tobacco.
We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warehouso
capacity. -
We want more tobacco and must have it if h3gh averages will bring it.
Try Us with your next load and be convinced of our merit. .
Greensboro Tobacco Association.
8
II)JSTiJRiEO,iS:
1 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 tbe ring.
There Ta nolnsurance agency in North Carolina with better
facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low-
er rales or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every
branch of the business, find a lodgement-in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full,
satisfaction in every instance. Correspondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance.
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for thfjir families,
or their estates, or who wish to make abeoluteiy'tfafo and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agents.
- Very respectfully,
JAMES P. ALBRIGHT,
- BURLINGTON, N. C.
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A Bath la Wlaa,
Take a wine bath. Such, we are as
sured, to tbe gist of a circular which
has just been issued in one of tbe de
partments. A sojourn of 20 minute in
a tub into which 100 liters of malve
sie have been poured ia described as the
most invigorating process that can be
Imagined, it being added that tbe oper
ation can be repeated with the same
wine 100 time. "Youempty tbe whole
hectoliter on each occasion -into the
bath, and when you have bad your dip
Son put tbe wine back into tbe o&xk.
o the same malvesle doe duty over
and over again, a fact which at least
ought to weigh with persons who are
not of an extravagant turn of mind.
Bat this is not elL Tbe wine is not lost
ven now. It can be drank. "For,"
conclude the circular, "after th 100
bath the malvesie is distilled, and the
result is a delicious brandy," which, it
is to bs devoutly hoped, is at least to be
kept by tbe patient for bis own person
al consumption. Tnett Wine batbs, U
they become fashionable, open out such
a vista of awful possibilities aa to In
due nervous or squeamish people to es
chew malveaie and cognac for tb re
mainder of their days,. or for tbat mat
tor to become teetotaler outright But
after all tbe majority may still be ex
pected to act on tbe blissful ignorance
principle. Paris Oar. London Tele
graph. -
A thorough praying with keroaen
emulsion or with a solution of carbolic
acid with a pump that will force tbe
fluid into every seam, crack and corner.
will cleans the main part of th build
ing, roof and all, or a thorough smok
ing with sulphur will do it Wben this
Is done, tbe hens will foal aa proud as
you would if yonr rooms were new pa
pered and carpeted, and unless they
have been doing thoir best before they
will try to do it tftcrwsrd- American
Cultivator. .
aaa Joa Caoso to rogtoo
The heyday cf th poppet show In
England waa during the last century.
Long before tben trolling showmen
bad exhibited "droll'' or "motions"
aa the English puppets were known In
the early day to crowd of gaping
rustic, but it waa not until tbe time of
Steele and Addison that the puppet show
became a faabionable amusement pat
ronised by upper tendom.
Pojclnella came to London in leee,
wben an Italian puppet player set up
his booth at Cbaring Cross and paid a
small rental to tb overseers of St Mar
tin' pariah. His asm was at once
Englished Into Punchinello, which was
aoon to be completely Anglicise a
Punch. Harper's Magazine.
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