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GRAHAM, JN. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1899; ;
NO, 18.
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- ' No. 1.
A Indies' black or tail Viei Kid Shoe or Oxford
11.50 value for 81.25; $2.00 goods $1.65; -$123
goods for $1.85; $3.00 ones for $2.60.
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A man's tun or Mirk, hire nr congress shoe -. -
'Worth $1.40, only 81.15; 82.00 chocs for $1.75; - -r
82.25 one for $1.85; $2.50 ones for $2.00;
$3.00 goods for 82.50; $3.25 fchoen for $2 73;
$4 00 Bhdftf for 83.50; those worth $5 only $4 50.
We must have money and for this reason make the cut.
J)av?s -X Davis, Prop's Big Shoe Store,
- A. L. DAVIS, Manager.
P.URLINCiTON, N. C.
jizg Doubl. Prices $
for everything is, no
pleuant, l let But
that' what you are
doing, if you don't buy 4
here. Did you think ft 4
j nouiMe to boy a $ 50.00 O
" Bicycle lersiis.7sr cat-
PrtOi, $18. foe.-
alogue No. 59 tetia all
bout Bicycle. Sawing
Machine, Organ and Piano. .
Uk. mi .hinlr AT III
auit of Clothing, made-to-TOcr-
measure, guarantee,, tv " 1 ,n,
txprcu )aid to your nation
for 5 5oT Catalogue No. jr
.k.M - aamnlea of dothine 'r
and ahowa many bargains in;
Shorn, Hate and rurnMninge.
Lithographed Catalogue No.
Y 4, ahowa uarpcta, luigi, aror-:
tieree and Lace Curtain, la .
hanevpamtea colors.- rre
frM'W. sew carpro suv
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' Dry-air Fam '
lly R.frig.ra- .
It ts but one of over 8000 bar
gain contained in our Uen
ara) Caulogue of Furniture
and Houtehoid Good. -
We save you from 40 to '60
per cent, on everything. Why
buy at ret.il when you know
otuT w men- catalogue 00
you want Addreesthuway,
(lULIUS HINES k SON. Baltimore. Nd. Dent 909.'
PROFESSIONAL pARDS.
- JACOB A. LONG,
Attorney-at-L.aw,
GRAHAM. - - - N. -C
PruUiwi In the State and Federal courts.
Offioo over Wh its, Moore at Co.'s atom, Main
Street. 'Phone No. ft. , r;
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" GREEJSBORO, N. C. -,. " -
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DR. J
ST1)CKAID
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GRAHAM, N. C. ' "
Offloe at residence, opposite
Ilautist Ohureb.
11 :at work at reaaonaDie pnow.
Xn nilioe. Monday and
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mala disease
xould only b
.:: treated alter "Io-t
-.cat w eramtna-. .,
C-Uons" bY physl .
e'arA ' Dread "ofv '
such treatment
kept thousand of ;
modest women
tllent about their ;
Buffering. Theln
. traduction of
Wine of Cardul hai now demon
atratcd tliat nine-Unthol all the
cases of menstrual disorders da
not require a physician's attention
tall, The simple, puns -
1-r. ipaMtT-:;.?
taken In the privacy ol a wornan
own homo Insures quick relief and
speedy cure. Women need not -
, heslute now. Win? of Cardul re
quires no humlHatln? examina
tions for Its adoption. It cures any -disease
that comes under the head
- of "female troubles" disordered
. menses, filling of tha womb,
hiies."clianpo of Hfe. It makes
Wc,en be utiiul by making them
weil It keeps them young by
keeping thorn healthy, $1X01
the drug store.
For H eases remHrlnc SPSCtrl
d?-s.i"s, i.r', r'Mir symptori
. I . A -nry DeoartiTvettt."
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The XY.i ' oro Chronicle says
the fnicU fr.n i cominz into Elkin
y nV'it ran inlo a mule
a drunken driver,
!.o works for i. 1L
lcr-2y, inule and
nine distance out
0 man and mule
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Tho Servant of AIL
S. W. STOCKARD, ' '
That one who comej , closest
to
the neoole " for heloine them and
lifting them up is truly the servant
of all. : The life of that one who
loses hioitelf in doing something
and teaches cleanliness and purity
in thought is a benefactor. Is not
the prophet ;of intellectual light in
any community the servant of all
Who is it but the teacher ? To be
J tennhpr t.hn ia tn le ,1,1m HPrynntof
all. To know how truly to help
people instead of injuring them re
quires, you know, years of toil, self
sacrifice, Belf-discipline, and an untiring-will
power. ; This can only
he understood by him " who has
yased that way. Then for the good
of all, the teacher is to lay aside
every prejudice, everylweight that so
easily might hinder, indeed to be
stripped of every vesture of igni
raiice and superstition, to be clothed
in knowledge and justice, to wear
upon his ;; heart the amulet
of wisdoni : and thus to stand
uu unflinchingly before the
battle of pure eyes ' turned un-
ceasiDgly upon him. - To be a
teacher is marriage wjth duty, - ser-vne-
it ia hn innffnanimoua. ' bounti-
, , - -o--- .
fuL " It means to run with patience
the race" set before os expecting to be
hurt, to be cnticised, and, to the
faithful adherent of the text ' book
' system',; to become hidetound and
out of date. But the successful
teacher is forever vigilant and con
tinually fights "for truth and right
eousness. - He is our painter, sculpt
or the master under; whose shap
ine hand, that eift most delicate,
most precious and holy ia to be
drawn out and formed into penect
symmetry, ''perfect - beauty "to
glorify God and enjoy Him forever. "
Let us see how teaching compares
with' other professions.'- Prepartion
is aa creiit and ought to be greater.
Tjrio work is'mor laborious and pays
les&v These remarks; will bear ex
periment. People pay their lawyers,
doclbrs; preachers; merchanta and
office-holders,' or official makeshilts,
the fat of the land, and begrudge a
teacher his hard earned fifty dollars
per month then only expect him
to live ten months in the year. For
love and .little else besides is the
teacher expected to give the best he
is and can do. . In addition to this
while every one who does anything
worth doing working out bis pwn
idea as to how it ought to be done
receives Tmore- or; less stinging
criticism ; but the teacher is subject
to a greater amount' than any . nerv
ous system ought ever to undergo.
. Since the emolument are meager,
comparatively speaking, wherefore
teach? What is the advantage of
the Drofession to the professor? . In
the common course of events all men
are created on the same general plan
but by training or by environment
they develop into beings very dis
similar. Some seem to have a na
tural bent for equity or for anatomy;
ao in like manner, some are inclin
ed for imparting instruction. .There
is also sweetness in the act of doing
well what is noble. Good deeds,
like good thought, are in themselves
ennobling. He who teaches a child
to read goes a long sure way toward
making a philosopher and
a nation free. Then teaching is a
labyrinthine structure from whose
cells one can, scare be extricated.
To teach, well may ' mean for
the teacher, to grow like the cham
bered nautilus.
To rralld aore mtmimitmt,
Htalx awitt wm rvii. j w
vaulted pf J .
To nut us truss swaw with a torn won
Hjl we at Wirli aH ,trr
And k-avfiaur oatfrawm rW BJ nfs"
revuiwse.
The ol joct of this paper is to lut
op the stmdard of our Alamance
teachers and lor them, on the one
band ; and to speak a kind word for
Mr. J. A. W. Thompson, the prin
cipal of the Graham Academy, on
the other.
' In the year J 880 Mr. Thompson
established a high grade school at
Oakdale in Southwestern Alamance.
Wo all know . that Oakdale Acad
emy came into existence and had a
magic growth out there in tho coun
try among the oaks and rocks. For
nix and a half years under his wise
management the school prospered
and increased in numbers. There
many of Alamance county's good
people received their finishing cdu
cation. lu January,";. 1887, the
school was moved to Siler City, that
place giving special inducements,
and in turn the school contributed
much tn the material development
of place as well as to culture. This
was expected and wisely so of any
one who could go into an old field
school house in a farming section
and show the world what he could
do. : Mr. Thompson has the tact or
attraction of keeping a full school
where others fail.
: Ten years or more ago - Mr.
Thompson wrote an article which
subsequently found its way into the
Southern Educator. , This is good
thought-food for our teachers, and
his students everywhere will be glad
to read it. It embodies hismagnet-
tism as a successful teacher, and is
like that great philosopher's inux-
um, " ' - , ,
. "lob deln"-1 serve. : - , .:
LlItia: Iam a. teacher because 1 feel
that I have been called of God to this
special, work and because I love the
profession. Recognizing the divine
purpose of my life, at least to the
extent to awaken and to arouse to
action, and. realizing in this my
great responsibility to God and to
humanity, I feel that I can do moro
good in this than . in ; any : other
sphere of life. In no other capacity
can a person so effectively and suc
cessfully educate the child in his
three-fold nature, physically, ment
ally and morally, as in teaching.
As the child was ; created . and
placed in this world to be educated
for a higher state of existence, I be
lieve- the teacher who is cheerful,
kind and conscientious, a devout
Christian, who loves God and his
fellow-man, and who earnestly de
sires to be in the highest degree use
ful to his pupils and throws his
whole soul into his work, can, more
than any other person, unfold the
faculties of the child mind and pro
perly direct those mighty energies so
as to enable them to carry the object
of his care to the end of a useful
life. I believe the efficient, faithful,
conscientious teacher does more' to
ward improving the physical, men
tal and moral condition of his fellow
men, more toward elevating and
purifying society, and more toward
establishing good government than
any other person could possibly do.
Notwithstanding all this, unless he
recognize and reverence the great
handiwork of God in his pupils, the
strongest and' best cultivated intel
lect, the highest and most enviable
talent cannot make him a truly suc
cessful teacher. I believe the true
teacher will develop and improve
the morals of his pupils to the ex
tent that they will possess kind
ness, gonerosity, and reverence as
constitutional element of. their
character ; that he will by constant
vigilance and persistent efforts in
culcate in the minds of his pupils
the desire to form habits of study
that easily lead to the acquisition of
knowledge and the development of
moral power. I believe tbat the
teacher, more than any one else,
perhaps, can appreciate the Script-
tural injunction as given by Isaiah :
"Precept npon precept, line upon
line ; here a litt'e undthere alittle."
And if he has alapted himself to his
pupils, loves them and sympathises
with them, understands their na
ture and their needs, he can, mors
than any one else, forcibly and ef
fectively execute its mandate. As
the Bible furnishes-all the easenlials
for the strong pillars of human
character, I regard it as the Son re
of all true education ; and believing
I bare simple and unwarering faith
in the divine guidance and support,
the most prominent feature of the
reason why I am a teacher is ex
pressed in the fact that the chief de
sire of my life is to do all I can to
aid in laying the great corner-stones
of character in the life of many a
youth, and to live for heavenly
gain. . - .
Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs,
coUa, croup' and whooping cough
read4:y yield to One Minute Cough
Cure, Use this remedy in time and
save a doctor's bill or the under
taker's. J. C Simmons, the drug
gist .....
AFRICAN GEESE.
rhey I'cwavaa Unny Good Points and
- A re ISxeolloB. For Croas Dreading;.
J Good Africans (irons largo as the beat
Eicbdcns cr , Tocionse geese "and grow
faster and larger than either np to mid
summer, when goslings should be mar'
keted. They also lay the largest eggs,
and almost eqnal tbe Tonloose tn nnm
ber produced. They are good sitters,
and therefore will not Jay so steadily.
It takes a few days to break them np
after each sitting ia laid. The African
ganders are like Leghorn males among
fowls,-the most active and attentive
.ganders of any of the large breedf
They may be given four times as many
geese astbeTonkiase ganders and twice
or three times as many as the Embden
males, and rarely fail to insure highly
fertile eggs. The only drawbacks of tbis
moat valuable and important breed are
its dark bill and skin and tbe fact tbat
it is harder than the others to pick.
When dressed, tbe white gosling leads
it in price. A greater number of large
goslings will usually be secured from
pnre Africans than from Embdens or
Tonlooaa mated straight. ' '
By mating an Embden gander with
African geeeo be will be more attentive
tban . to either Embden or Toulouse
geese, thns insuring a high per cent of
fertile eggs, while a majority of tbe
goslings raised will ' come white - in
plumage and with yellow bills and legs.
An African gander mated witb Embden
geese will insure more fertile eggs tban
if an Embden gander ia used, snd many
of the goslings will be of tbe desired
color for "market An Embden gander
mated With Taaloase geese, while not
so an re to give as bigb per cent of fer
tile eggs as an African, will usually In
sure excellent results, a large number
of goslings, most of wtycb will be ligbt
or white. For Christmas geese tbia is
tbe most desirable cross and gives tbe
largest ligbt colored goslings. Tbe Tou
louse gander in tbis sort of crossing has
no piace ana can De aispensea who.
. Failing to secure African ganders of
the right sort,' Brown China or African
Brown, , China -. cross ganders may be
used with about as good results. Tbey
are still more active tban Africans, bat
are smaller, not so hardy to stand cold
winters, and their goslings partake of
tbeir nervous, excitable nature and do
not take on flesh or fatten as readily.
However, where size of goslings ia of
little importance, or wherea medium
sized bird is desired, and especially
where no preference is shown whether
goslings dress white or dark or whether
tbe bills or legs are yellow or dark, tbe
Brown Chinas, bred pure, will be the
most profitable cf' all breeds; their
sharp voice will be a drawback. Sam'
oel Cushman in Farm Poultry.
Oyster Shell aaa Grit.
. Repeated experiments bave proved
tbat oj ster shells are note necessity
for shell material, but at tbe same time
valuable as grit Tbe feeding of oyster
shells during the laying period is to be
recommended. One pound of crushed
oyster ' shell contains lime enough for
about seven dozen eggs. Fine gravel
containing limestone will probably as
well supply tbe deficiency of lime exist
ing in most foods, bnt use of tbe sharp
er grits witb it may be well Long or
sharp splinters of glass or dry bone
should be avoided in tbe grit furnished.
Tbe size of tbe particles of grit bad bet
ter be larger tban a kernel of wheat and
smaller than a kernel of com) An un
limited supply of well pounded glass
bas been found to produce no bad re
sults where tbe food and tbe grit acces
sible to tbe fowls contain an abundance
of lime, bat where tbe food is deficient
in lime, and no other grit Is obtainable,
bens eat an injuriously large quantity
of glass. There should always bean
abundance of grit witbin easy reach of
tbe fowls; a deficiency will retard tbe
digestion and weaken tbe constitution.
Feather ; : ; , ;
. SasTscatleaia For MaMaa-a.
. ' Beslnners will find in tbe following
suggestions by V. U. Conch, in Poultry
Monthly, a help in selecting breeding
stock: "Tbe male bird should be a
model and exhibit the distinctive char
acter of tbe breed to wbicb be belongs.
Be should be good sized, healthy and
full of activity, witb no constitutions!
defects. Be should bare a clear cat pro
file, witb smooth, glossy plamsge and
a keen eye. Be should bave a broad
chest and carry himself witb a proud,
yet gracef nl air. Tbe females should
be chosen to combine good else, pure
and even color, strong constitution and
symmetry in form. When selecting
bens for breeding, we snouia wo nrst
for rood levers and tbe most perfect in
general appearance, and by this combi
nation we are sure to obtain a superior
offspring.' ' '
Out in Kansas
a kepTT wife. Soewt1ee: Ml
keve asod Mather. Frie-4 btlon
tve confinements. The last nrne I bad
ferine, and vss ka labor eery si few nun
a? Suffered very Uuk.". Tbe reasos
why
Mother's Friend
does expectsnt mothers te aiaeb
rood is because it is an external linlmeet,
to be applied apoa me eittside, whers
efluch of tbe strain comes. It helps be
cae tbe pores of tbs skis readily ebeort
k, sad H comes Into direct contact wit
and is absorbed by tbe parts mroe
Morning sickness U etnckly beatsbed,
and aerrowsoeas Is kept eotnplejery sway.
The sense of dread and foreboding to aoi
experienced, even dariag Uboc Itjeft
Confinement is short sad almost white
paia. Recovery is quick aad wrre. BJ
of all, JHethefa lMed bfflrat!x
nborn lust as much tbe wpecntai
another, and wbea tbe lirrte see cooses
will be strong, lusty aad beakby.
fjrssjgbrsa '
teas is ear an).
aawiy M rated
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IMTAl tMflNS
GREEN CORN UNDER GLASS
A New Idea la Gardealnar For Prot,
- Greea Cora Oat of Season. ;
The forcing of sweet corn is' practi
cally unknown- That this crop can be
grown under glass, and, if properly
handled,, be profitable. Professor F. W,
Bane of Mew Hampshire undertakes to
demonstrate in a recent interesting
bulletin. He fays: Tbe idea that it was
possibly adapted for forcing occurred to
tbe writer when studying the root de
velopment of cord under glass. During
the season of 1896-7 the only house
available for the experiment was
large vegetable bouse, 25 by 100 feet,
and as lettuce, cauliflower, etc, which
demand a low temperature, are grown
in tbis house during the fore part of
tbe season the sweet corn was not plant
ed until April, when these crops were
marketed. Tbe nature of tbe green'
house is very important, as it is neces
sary that the plants bave sufficient room
for development. Tbe house ordinarily
nsed for lettuce and cucumbers in Now
England answers very well, while those
nil "- -
vARnmss or swirr codn vobcsd. -
filled witb benches would not da The
plants vary, according to tbe variety,
from four to eight feet in height.
Tbe corn was planted April 10 and
matnred Jnly 6. While we bave not
grown an extensive crop in midwinter,
our results from tbe corn fruited in ex
perimental boxes lead us to believe tbat
witb proper culture an entire bouse de
voted to this crop Would be highly sue-,
cessfnL ::
Sweet corn does not appear in tbe
Boston market until about tbe middle
of Jnly. At tbat time it brings good
prices and the entire product is from
tbe south, wit hoot any sweet corn on
the market, therefore, before Jnly, we
bave a rather long period even in spring
when tbis vegetable bas no competition.
While it Bas no estaDiisnea market
price at present In oar cities like other
forced greenhouse crops tbe returns
should be at least in proportion to its
cost and doubtless until commonly
grown would be much more profitable.
Sweet corn when nrst in season is
doubtless as highly prised as any of tbe
green vegetables, and we believe tbat
when offered out of season II wui ne in
great demand.
Tbe varieties tested ana snown in cat
have been Early Minnesota (10), Cros
by's Early (18), Wbite Cob (14), First
of All (18), Esrly Fordbook (SS), Ad
ams' Extra Early (81). All of these are
grown to some extent In New England
and are popular generally. Tbe stalks
grew taller, If anything, than tney oo
In the gardes In every case.
Tbe Adams' Extra Early is not a true
sweet corn, bat its merits are earlinaas
and prodoctivenes. Crosby's Early, a
standard early wblte variety, yielded
at tbe rate of one ear to tbe stalk, with
a small cob. Wbite Cob wss tbe same
when arowa in and out of does one
of tbe earliest, good quality , many ears
nnder size. First of All I a new early
to second early variety : ears good nae
and long, quality fair. While one of the
heaviest ylslders out of doors It fell be
hind! w tbe greennonse. Early Fordbook
was not given a fair trial. Early Miav
fjesota was not as early as most of the
rot ben. -
If nroosr heat moisture and a nca
soil be gives, a crop win mature ia tbe
greenhouse in a snorter time tban la the
garden. - " ' .
Orewtns Seed Cora.
The Kansas experiment station thinks
It will pay tbe fanners of tbe state to
test the vaiae of the following method
of selecting seed corn! Two or three
rows are pUnted in tbe middle of tbe
field, using seed of ainereni variety
from tbat need ia the remainder of tbe
. Tbe teasels of the earn la these
are palled oat Ivfore they de
velop pollen, so tbst tbe ears will ne
fertilised with pollen from tbe remain
der of tbe field. Tbe seed frota these
rows is selected for next year's pUnt
tag. and it Is claimed that tbe yield has
keen increased try at least tea Dusaels
per acre. Colooel Dudley of Topeka baa
doae a great deal ia this line end re
ports excellent reeolta If tbe yield of
tbe Kansas corn crop could be tacrsseed
tea boabcrs per acre, it would mean
several million dollars added to tbe
value of tbe crop and obtained by only
very Utile Increase of labor sxpeoded.
Asy farmer can find a dUIerent variety
of ears from his ews by going three
miles, or fern, awsy from bis home, and
tbe work of pulling oat tbe tassels will
be little sates tban the work necessary
to cat Ike Weeds oat of tbe seme bjb
berofrowa -
Aa intrswelns; Internet la tbe ibeep
industry ia uaifested ia many sections
of tbe country.
Mm
9tPtnn OO. f MW TOMCe
BHB NeVER WA8 A BOY.
When t coma hone the other night
. With an ugly Idokin ore
Tbat I fcarl got into a fight, , - .
Poor ma eommenoed to err,
Bnt wbea I told pa bow It was
Be clapped his bands for Jot ......
Arid told ma I'd done ball, 'causa -
Once he bad been a boy. t-
-Boy will be boys," I heard him say.
"Tbey won't be otherwise,
And tbe one tbat kerns to fight his way
Is the one that wins tbe prise. -Wbea
I wss his age, flghtin was.
' My greetent earthly joy"
Bnt ma, she kept on eryla, 'cease .
She never was a boy.
Vy golly, bnt I'd bate to be
A girl with fluffy hair,
And always prim as A B V
With clothes too clean to wenrl
When ms was small, I s'pose she wsa
Bed cheeked and sweat and ooy, .
. Bnt, on, tbe fan that missed her 'cause .
Bbenever waaa boyt -
. Cloroland Leader.
STOWAWAYS.
They Are Believe to Brine Osed
Laek to the Shine.
"I am not given to losing my tem
per," said one captain to the writer,
"bat I confess tbat when on one voy
age we found so fewer than 14 men
bad managed to stow themselves awsy
below I felt inclined to give them all a
ducking, and said so. '.' Tbis was tbe
captain of an Atlantic liner, a man to
whom tbe stowaway Is a perpetual
nuisance. Though the strictest watch
Is kept to prevent bis getting on board.
It ia rare for o trip to be made without
one or two specimens of tbe deadhead
fraternity being carried, willy silly.
free. " ' .:--r--:,-. ' :' ' -'
Of course, this is not done entirely
without connivance on tbe part of some
body on board tbe ship. Tbe stokers are
not Infrequently tbe guilty parties.
With their or others' aid the stowaway
gets down into the bold and finds s
dark corner In wbicb to secrete himself
until tbe vessel is at sea. If then he is
discovered and set to work, he does not
mind. It is not work be is afraid of,
bat the being without wcrk and tbe
bread tbat accompanies It
Wben it is considered what an enor
mous tblna an Atlantic liner is snd
bow many dark places there are in ber
vast interior. It Is sot surprising to
bear tbat scores of men daring tbe
coarse of a year get free passage across
tbe herring pond In one ship or another
and this thouah a steamer never
leaves port without a search being made
to see that no unauthorized person Is on
board. Many are discovered in bankers
and other each places, and, of coarse,
carefully conducted on shore, but not a
few manage to elude detection, and, of
course, once away from bind, little is
feared from discovery. :
There is a curious notion prevalent
among some sailors. It is tbat a stow
away is a lucky passenger to carry.
Asked once wby It wsa, an old salt an
swered tbat be never beard of a ship
being lost that had a stowaway on
board. Of course be bad an instance in
point to relate. It was to tbe effect tbat
a stowaway was discovered In hiding on
an outgoing vessel at tbe last moment
and ejected. Shaking bis fist at tbe cap
tain, the would be voyager cried i "I'm
glad you've tamed me oat of your rot
ten ship. Neither she nor you will live
to see Christmas day, while I shall. "
The prophecy proved a true one Tbe
vessel went down witbin a week of sail
ing, and only tbe second officer and a
few men were saved. -.,
One wonders bow such a superstition
arose, if superstition it can be called.
Does It arise from tbe notion old as
the bills tbst tbe unfortunate are ever
nnder tbe special protection of heaven
and tbat it is particularly displeasing
to tbe providence tbat watches ovej
snch waifs if anything be done to
thwart tbeir wishes t Tbe foolish, the
blind, children and drunkards are pro
verbially said to be nnder snch peculiar
guardianship and care. Perhaps hence
forth we mast add tbe stowaway to tbe
list Cossell's Magazine.
' A Plate ladla
Tbe Plate Indian myth of tbe can.
tnoon'asd stars is as crudely antbropo
morpble as can be found is any savage
belief. Tbe moon is tbe sun's wife. The
stars are bis children. Wben be ap
pears, tbe children skedaddle. Tbey live
la terror of him. Be eats tbero wben
be eas catch tbetn. His stomach tbe
only, part of him one can see Is staffed
with stars. When be goes to Pea. u
children emerge again from tbeir bid
ing places In tbe bine. Tbe moos Is
fond of her child res, who smile as she
moves among them. Every month she
goes Into moaning, because her canni
bal husband has eaten one of them.
The Plate Indians account for tbe ap
pearance of a comet by stating tbat tbe
eon often snaps at one of tbe stars, hie
children, and does sot get bold of it
he only tears a piece out end the star,
getting wild witb pals, goes nyinft.
across tbe sky with a great spout of
blood flowing from it It is then very
much afraid, and as It flies It always
keeps Its bend turned to watch tbe sun.
Its father, and sever tnme Its face
sway from him until It ie fat oat of
his reach.
Aa Aowtsetllaa PalpM Soaaatioa,
The Be. Mr. Davison had as awk
ward experience of boob life the other
Sondsy. Daring divine service at Bnn-
nymede. Victoria, a voice is aotema
tone pealed forth. "Do sot move. Mr.
Davieost there's a snake at your el
bow." The minister glanced around
and shuddered, for quite close wee a
larare ttft-er ansae, quietly colled np.
One of tbe congregation seised a walk-
lne stick, end. after some coofoeioo
among those present, soceeeded la die-
patching tbe reptOe. Melooome Aae
trabwiaB, A Cass fee SwsU.
Creditor (determinedly) I shall eaS
at yoer boose every week until yoa pay
this accoont air.
Debtor (in tbe blandest of toos
Then, air, there seems every probability
of oar acquaintanceship ripening into
frleodahip. Tit-Uita,
Greensboro Tobacco 1 .':
J ROR HGH PRICES.
Sold over 5,000,000 pounds last year for an averago'of $7.57
pounds.
This is the highest average made by any market in piedmont I
Carolina.
Over 11,260.00 paid out daily to farmers for tobacco during tLo ',
year.: ' . ,
It is the best market in the State for the farmer.
Our Warehouses are large, commodious and up-to date, whoso proj-ii-etors
stand without a peer as slcsmerr of the weed.
Every large firm in the United States and a number of foreign firms : !
represented by our buyers.
Tobacco centre, manufacturing centre, trade' centre, railroad centre,
educational centre. t , "
Our own manufacturers have a large capacity and are increasing their
trade daily and must bave tobacco.
We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warehouse
capacity. . ,
We want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will brinj; it.
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit.
Greensboro Tobacco Association.
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' 1 wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in
1893 by the late firm of Tate k Albright, ia still in the ring,
r . There ia no insurance agency .in North Carolina with better
facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low
er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every
Q branch oi the business, find a
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q a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
Q in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
O satisfaction in every instance. Correspondence solicited upon
8 all matters pertaining to insurance, ."
-1 am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
Q or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit-
O able' investment, to confer with me before' giving their applied
tions to other agents.
Q Very respectfully,
(5 - : JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, ,
2 BURLINGTON, N. C.
USURY OF BLESSINGS.
What the AsUatloa For Coed steads
llaa Aoeompllshea.
There is now and has been for a few
years a campaign for good bigbwaya
Tbe wheelmen started It; others are
taking it up and are realising that tbey
want highway Improvement as much as
if not more than tbe wheelmen. It ia a
campaign of education tbe hind of
education tbat edacatea. Like so many
Institutions of the bicycle, tbis cam-
1. -JII.t kax tn
yO.KM M W..IHS IBUIVHI . ".
what were 'thought to be established
fezzzJi wtl
VKSM inraovike,
fL. A. W. Bulletin.)
ideas on road building. It baa shown
that there hss been a woeful example of
false economy in oar road building
principles. It bas done a vast amount
of tbe most practical species of good,
end tbat good is sow increasing at com
pound interest rates. It is a usury of
blessings, and there le sot tbe first
chance tbat a penalty will be provided
to stop tbis class of usurious trading.
Wheelmen want good roads for one
purpose. Farmers want them for an
other. Tbe purposes of both are of vital
Interest to everybody snd should se
cure tbe support of every one Good
roads are institutions of tbe future, or
ganised upon the agitation of tbe pres
ent The Mst is the "horrible exam
ple" which will show the wisdom of
tbe present and future. " ; -
. Oaoaua L. McCabtbt.
TAX THE FARMER.
Heavy Kxnestee to the
TUWr of the Soil, :
The Murray (Tens.) Times same np
tbe road situation is this wise: "Us
our gravsl roods two mules hanl two
hogabeade of tobacco; os tbe mod roads
four males can scarcely drag enough to
nil TJdcW Josh Sledd's pipe three times
a day." It tben gives a number of very
sound reasons wby good roads ore pay
ing Investments to farmers, among
which are tbe following i
"A good road economizes time and
force ia trsjuroortatioo between tbe
farms end tbe market; reduces wear os
beeves, barn ens and vehicles; Increases
the valne of real estate con tiguoaa to tbe
roads; brings prices for fares products
because tbey can be marketed at lets
expense; rural homes ore sought after
along good Toads; wagon highways are
tbe greatest arteries of comroert); dri
ll taUon is judged by the condition of
tbe roads; so tax Is as great on tbe tax
payer se bad roads; a bed road Is a
heavy tax os those wbo see it and tbe
worse tbe road tbe heavier tbe tax;
bad roads cease a decay of agriculture;
tbey impose tbe greatest of aH bordene
oa the farmer; tbe roads caose people
to gather In tbe cities; bad roads weer
out tbe borwee very rapidly, thus de
tracting very largely from tbe profits of
lodgement in my office. With
THE
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Wheeler & Wilson
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Rotary Motioi Md Ball Ecartr;s,
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Purchasers says -.
" It runs as light as a feather."
Great Improvement over anything
to far.
" It turns drudgery into a pastime."
"The magic Silent Sewer. '
'All sizes and styles of sewing: ma
chines for Cloth and Leather.
sa-Tlie best machine'on earth
see it before yoa buy.
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