North Carolina Newspapers

T: GljEAIJEii Tie Chirac;:, r ia ILe CojbIj. Established In 1875. $1.00 i r YearIn Advance Large aud increasing circula ton ia Alamance and adjoining counties a point for advertisers. B "Keying I-Vfi-:.; Jji : Job Printing- All kinds Commercial I'j in j, Far, pb'et", Posters, . neatly and promptly execute lowest prices. vol, XXV. GRAHAM, N.C.,' THURSDAY, JULY 27, .1899. NO. 25. A TE0KY.flg . . . Some-people imagine a price will Bell a shoe they - ' " don't worry alwut the shott; just so the price is low - j enough-,' A fancy name shouldn't influence you . buy ybiir Bhoej on merit, look deeper than the sur- - frtca You want shoes that will wear, take the brunt of everyday servico and that will give you more than ' the worth of your money. , geyWe have bought more shoes for fall than ever before. Heavy Shoes. fiod Shoes, Shoes that will wear. "If you need a heavy pair of shoes, , or a ' . ; ight"lir of shoes, everyday or Sunday shoes, we can furnish you. Ojcford as low as the lowest. V: : ,- "A. L. DAVIS, Manager. PROFESSIONAL CARDS; 7 JACOB A. LONG, - -Attomey-at-Lavir, :. GRAHAM, - - - - k.c Prioes In the State M MconTj Office over Whita, Moors a Cu.t atore, lUia fltwic 'Phone No. 3- ; , fB Q&AT BTSDlt. W, i. BTXC, J. BYNUM & BYNUM, Attorrwyn and (xuimelorB at law OttKKNSBOKO, U. C Frartlre rciilarly U the eiirt of Ala nvict ooaulF. : ,., Attg-.t,9iy DR. J. R. STt)CItAID ,. - Dentist, - .-, - GRAHAM, N. G Office at residence, opposite Ilaptist Church. U at work at reasonable prion. . In olBoe Mondam and Satur- . day. . 1 IVffrsaa C?.!y Knows what eoff"rJh(r from ValHsr of the -womb, whites, painfal or trresnlar wmw, or y ill sol tha distinctly trmuuaaonraiiaia. niiT .yropa thbte at rtr bat be can (hot kaow tha affoates ana l eaarlaa:, tabs bar. Vat f.IcELCEE'S U-:,cl Cc?C3 wffl. UpUh It This medicine corcsall " female riiwaTaa' quick ly end psnnaneotly. ItdOesaway with humi iiating physical exami nations. . The treatment nay be takes at boos. Tha is not easy. tioueX expense aod trouble. Tba sufferer ia cared apd srf emrtd. Wine of Cardni is btootning the leading remedy for all trembles of this class. It costs bat ti Iromany dnHTjiat. - ' , ' . . For advice ip oases leqoirfttg pedal - directions, address, tha ''Ladies Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medldna Co. Chattanooga, Teoa. v -. , 1 r KH.O.J. WBT. waahTfTa. , wr.taa i-'tw MitMa naiLlMwMl to ba la narkwtataiuaiaiaw J. D. Bridge, editor and proprie tor of the Democrat, Lancaster, N. H, says: "I would not be with out One Minute Congh Cure for my boy, when troubled with a cough or cold. " It is 'the best remedy for eroup I ever used."-: J.' C Sim mons, the druggist.""' Durability is P4! v Better Than Sh&w." The wealth of the multl- gooihealtfu. Riches wthottt health ire a. curse, and yet the richrthe mil die classes and the poor alike have, in Hood' s Sarsaparula, a valuable as sistant ii getting and main" tsininj perfect health. It never c'rpekts.-' ' crofyJ j " 1 ' e years aco oar sea, ww eleren, bad s rious ease of acrofnf niaryslpejas with ijrw.lral W and ttrhii r - antly. BaeoeM not 8rrnU tt.Maui did ant brln tor roen rxruhs. 1 ;,rv mwui trraUnfOS Hb Hi. , Kar.nT.sr. mmto hisa prr J! WfiL m, lb, u-ii othanof H." - DTia Ltitp, t-..a. h snsas. Waoan--Vorr-i t pHU, dli d bremi rw w tt(lt, , -f me ly "d (rern i rww :i and eonH a J""- t t a . nt ma. bnt Hood'a aTSBtari.ia cnr-1 u ttrtrmirtily. My Uri kirtwii (r,,, j s to Jii fvunda. I tl t f ino. JkarcrlrH J BrwJ .4 ri a.'., -- 1 a rrrrkJ as I oanw." t,. m. A. aiaa,ttdBVi lli.l.m, ii. C fCTP.-- w. K.-1 tr tie the hands of W ta. i , -ifn .rtYirt of scalane So niM-ine t ia 1 1 T'."-l' troarti'a, - A. V.s WHX.U U i -t-r-m. si. J. an l"e 1 ; rd o- .1 a Wh i arjrm r- . towamuf"-. ;- 3: SW '" ' " nsaaaaawa a 4 'W'IU -W Big Shoe Store, DAVIS & DAVIS, Propr's, Burlington, N. C. FOWLS OW THE FARM. BtaM lleasiisa Why Paaltey Is Taia as tba araaaa. ' Pxofeaaor Gilbert of Ottawa, ia an swer to tba qQestko, "Why U poultry vrntMblo to the farmerr girea tha fol lowing reaaonst , . : -. Bacaoaa ho oogbt by thaiy means to aonrart a gnat deal of tba waste at fcU farm into money in the aha pa of and ohiekana for market. Bmnae wlta intelligent managemaot ttey ooght to be all year reTeoaa pro ducers, with ' the exception of parfaapa two months daring tba molting ssasou Beoaasa poultry will yield him a quicker retorn for the capital invested than any of the other departments of agrionltnTB. ' Becanas the manure from the poultry boose will make a valnable compost for use in either vegetable garden or or chard. The birds themselves, if allowed to ran in plant or apple orchards, will destroy all injurious insect we. , Because while 'cereals and fruits can only be successfully grown in certain sections, poultry can be raised for table use or layers of eturs in all parts of the eonntry. : Because poultry raising is an employ ment in which the farmer's wife and daughters can engage and leave him free to attend to other departments. Because it wlU bring bim tbe beet re sults in the shape of new laid eggs dur ing the winter season, when the farmer has most time on his banes. Becanas to start poultry raising on the farm requires little or no capital. Under any drcu instances, with proper manaaemeut. poultry can be made witb little coat a valnable ad in not to the farm. 7. ' ..-jr. Moltfcsev;: The greatest care most be taken to keep fowls in good condition daring tbs molting season. It is a drain 00 their Vital powers to furnish the material for a fall cost of new feathers. There is apt to be a laxity of attention to their feeding daring this period on account of their cessation of laying, when, In fact, thnra ahocld ba mora care taken. It is a good plan to select all the fowls that it 1 deairfcd to winter or keep for breed ing and market the balance, Tfais will sot down the expense of the molting season. Hens which will molt early if tha an ia oood condition and oomfort- ahlvhoaaed will nearly always make the beat winter layers, while the later molten will rarely lay until spring. These latter should have a place where mn kfvn warm and dry and ba alaan an alnndanos of nutritions food. The period of molting may be shortened by careful attention and a supply of food nob ia asoscie, none ana iwno awn ing materials rather than fat asking foods. Always provide pare, fresh wa ter and keep tba quarters clean. Wheat, Oats, linseed aseal, bone meal, meal icrapssavt frees ground bones make bet tar food at this time than oorn or any thing that may be considered a fatten m ration. While It may not be bast tc feed the chickens all they will eat, in eaily all cases liberal feeding and the supplying of a good variety will be found tba most desirable thing to do. The bens need to eak sudden exesolss to be healthy. rVatber. , .. wuifce CaUad Oft ' ' ' "WllMaan'said tba ok! man, Jow erinr bia coootenanoe so that his on could look Into Its innermost wrihkloa, "l notioj that yoar bare sot piled up the wood thai I this morning called your attention to. MJio, father," returned the youth. "I am on a sympatbotio strike." "Woo woald yoo take tbo trou ble lo inform me, " gasped the old maa os be roacbed otown from ita ..,vl nsil tba familiar frag ment of leather tag, "who this strike to In aympathy witb7 "Myself, 7 responded tbo noole lookin youth, at loawt as fhtetook lng w a youth can be. who -doubled oor , eawuook while the old mas deftly engaged b a Bomber of strikes, rapid to their swweasioo but utterly unsympathetic in their char- lborI mademy mistok"sob. bed the boy. aa be weal -"-job at toocMwaBoa, -waa to K fi wnrdrdla while the strike won la operation. York Becordcr- Kew Toocher If ooe servant girl could rtean tvo roctnm in two hours, how long would it take two servant gtrai to do it I s- Little OirV-Foor boors. TeaKher Wroo. It would only taUtcOfc, Ididnn kjro-i tn tatting about waent on speaking tent-! Tit-Bit. . PeopsTwhTr-veonce ukfJ WlU'i 1 Uttte Early raw have anythinr else. They " ibe and all irrukrities the 'Tcrn. j. C Simmons, the droppst- A GREAT JOKER Varls Thaaajht tba AuonamaaaoS at Maa ' eaa Deatb Aaatbav Trick. When Paul Maaaon died in Paris, the news spread rapidly all overtbc gay capital. But nobody believed it They said in the cafes, "It's only another of his tricks." And Peril laughed loudly, as she bad been laughing for years at the pranks oi the harebrained Joker, who was al ways gravely before the public with eomo plan, scheme or practical Joke, not at all funny in iteelf. but al ways so idiotic as to excite laughter. This time, however, it woa not one of Masson s Jokes. , He was really dead. -; ; Maeson was a mystifior. Some thought he was crazy, but he wac not - Others, and the; were more nearly right; regarded him merely as a lover of notoriety. He was af heart, however, a Joker, often a malicious one at that; and none en- Joyed his pranks half so much as he did himself. . His idiocies were be reft of Intrinsic homos, and in near ly every case mulcted pain upon his victims or caused them no end of trouble. People laughed because they were so impossible. None but MassoQ oouM contrive soch attxaa tkma. - - . ; -.-r;-' : ' He was originally a Judge al Chandernagor and proved to be a Judicial mountebank of the most ob noxious sort He first came into gen eral notoriety by denouncing in he Figaro, in a letter signed "Bosarto," au imaginary exjmlsion of Jesuits. I His okieet waa to get from the gov- ern merit a commission to make an investigation into, the ideatity of Bosarkx" He returned to rhris with hit name In tbo publlo mouth, and im mediately announced that he was tc be forthwith married to a young negroes from Dahomey, then in the Jardind'Acclimatetion. Hegavoout that the ceremony was to be per formed at a Hindoo temple and that M. Maurice Barres was to pro nounce a discourse. All Paris woi straightway in a hubbub of curiosi ty and excitement He it was who sent to the press e letter of resignation with the forged signature of a well known Radical deputy, M. Man Jan, making thereby another sensation i but this was noth ing to his prank of forging the sig nature of the w&J known art ama teur Osiris to a promissory note foi 50,000 francs for the new Baton and sending it to Moissonier. Once be issued invitation cards Id the name of the Duo d 'Orleans tc all the best known men of Paris. The prince was confined in the Oon ciergerie at the time, and the com motion and general misunderstand ing that followed were a nine days' talk, and after the terrible railway accident at Baint Mando, in which so many passengers were burned to death, this indefatigable clown conceived the idea of present ing the Academy of Bciences with a scheme for preventing fatal railway accidents in future. . Engines were to be provided witb inclined planes of wood in front and behind, fitted with rails, enabling the collshng trains to slideone over the other. The institute submitted the suggestion to its railroad com mittee, aod M. Masson was over Joyed.:.. , r.. . -- He issued in the name of Genera Boulanger a volume of "Political Thoughts" which had the merit of being characteristic, and on tha strength of this and other works, including "The Diary of My youth," by PrmoeBisrnarck, be be came a candidate to the French acadomy. .. " "-: These are only the move notable of his pranks. His whole life, al most every act of it, was a practical Joke. New York Herald. What an extraordinary menagerie was that which Boasetti kept in the large garden of his boose in Cbeyne walk I Peacocks, whose fxaeaming so disturbed the neighborhood tha Lord Cadogan had a clause inserted in all new leases whereby the ten ants rrndertook not to keep pea cocksy a fallow deer, whose princi pal delight it was to poR the feath ers out -of the peacock's tail, by atamping on them with ita fore feet; couple of kangaroos, mother and 00, one of which killed the others; two armodOloa whkh used to barrow into the adjoiuin; garden, to the great annoyanoc of the owners, and, to crown ail, a raccoon, which was continually getting lost and which was on one occnooa diwwrsred in a MMnet where ft had gnawed to pieces a quantity of era rnauinsorrps Farmers to Indiana teu as taas sawi hope to snbii- orimeoB clover ia tbeit M aod t?am rotation tor the red. W sV not believe that Ovy will ever t able to o ttaocceesfuUy. The plants an too different to habit Ftve yeas aotof seven those who expect to mass hay out of cricasoa clover will be die updated. It does not saaceMdurtof good baying weather, aad Ms chief val as will be ss a green manure and wto. wnmroMl it will not do to expert rb tmsa thisDtsat If K the ears, cover tbs vouxmi oar fa. the winter sad tarsia snmury eqeel to tea loads of stable aasxmre Is the aprtoc hasaoae ns anas w work. Why ask more of it? Crimata lover is not a smb. It will not taas eat of the air ana anropaa on U s stone, libs a Jersey sow. " aeeeiws gnod ears sod awst be well ted. It will add to year sense of aswnej m you feea Siweu oa iMai""trr .... . ..1 .1 i i phone acta, u '" thsTeowpea, aod it will not ie the lest satracoa as a aavy pjaoa Baral Kew Yorker. . -ihVhjnt-pamt Sa ------- SCOTT'S DEAREST WISH. rnattrmtad by tba Fatality AUaadlaa tba Dojs Who Bora Ills Mama. . It was Sir Walter Scott's dearest wish to found a house which should carry ou the traditions of his great an cestors, who were cadets of the Sootts of Harden, now represented by Baron Polwarth. Scott reared Abbotaford at enormous cost, but there his work be gan and ended. Bisefdest son, wbosuo jeeded to the baronetcy, survived him only IS years and died in 1847, un married, at the Cnpe. and so the bar onetcy became extinct ' Bis second son died at taroff Teheran, also unmarried. So the name of Scott was left to his daughter Charlotte, who married Lock hart, the biographer of Sir Walter. Her son, Walter Scott Lockhart, adopted the name of Soott, but, with all the extraor dinary fatality that had overcomi bis ancles, he, too! died unmarried at the age . of 26, and so the estate passed to his sister Charlotte, who married J. U. Hope, Q. C, a member of the Hopetoun family, and be-of course, adopted the name Scott - They bad three children, bat their only son died' in childhood, and once aqaln a woman came to ro!e This was Mary Monica In 1674 she married Hon. Joseph Constable-Maxwell, third aoh of Lard Herriee, who, as a matter of course, adopted the name Soott. They have had six children, the eldest of whom, Wal ter Joseph Maxwell-Scott, bora to 1875, is in the army. He has two brothers and two sisters living. Mary Josephine, who In married, was born in 187A. Thus it will be seeq that the resent genera tion of Sootts have been ii tarn Look- harts, Hopes and Maxwells. Thenar all excellent names. With honorable his tories behind tbem, and yet, ia strict genealogical sequence, the present gen tion ia very tar removed Irom the au thor of " Waverley. "Loudon Sketch. Sir Bobsrt Boll once made a carious onlcalutioa on tho' distance to the near est of the "flxod stars. " The calculation was inspired by a visit to ooe of the great Lancashire thread factories. The superintendent of one of the thread fac tories inspected by tbo astronomer in formed the star gaeer that the 'combined output of tbo various Lancashire thread factories was 185,000,000 miles of thread per day. Those ngureswere cer tainly enough to astonish any one un less it should bo an asticootncr. Sir Bobert Ball bus long since passed the point where bo expresses sorprise at a strip g of figures which represent even billifais of miles. Instead of fall ing stunnxl at tho thread man's feet, he paralyze, tho. mauufaotaror of cotton filaments by telling him that if all the factories in Lancashire should work day and night, producing 185,000,000 miles of thread every 19 hours, it would take them 800 years to spin a thread long enough to reach from the earth to tha nearest rjf the fixed stars. Tba Art of Baportloa. Interviewer I ba e corae to get your views on the proposed change ia tba curriculum of the school. Mr. Swelbead Curriculum! What's tbst mean? I'm against It, whatever dtis. . Mr. Swelbead (reading the report of the interview in the next morning's paper) "Oar distinguished townsman, Mr. M. T. Swelbead, was found at bis charming home, surrounded by abun dant indications of ripe scholarship sad sturdy common sense. Ia reply to oar representative's questions ba said: 'I do not desire to force my opinions upon tbs publio. hot this I will say, that I have given to tfais question long and s odious attention, incidentally examin ing upon tbs corrioulas . of institutions of learning, both at home and abroad. and, although I found to the existing course of study not a few matters for eoodemnatlou, still I cannot say that 1 should advise sny radical change until I have further time to examine into the abject' " "By (Jeorge that tenow s gut my ex act 1 p"g word for word. And he lido t take notes neither. Jimminy, bat trhst a memory that fellow most bovsl Pearson's Weekly. It ia claimed that Manitoba's wheat crop U the largest to the history of the aorthwest If the celery blights, spray with a to ration of sulphate of copper, one ounce to eight gallons of water. Mr. T. Oreto er says this la safe aod effective. HEADACHE is only a symptom not a disease. So are Backache, Nervonsoess. Dtutness and the Bines. They all come from an unhealthy state of the men strual organs. If you softer from sny of these symptoms if you feel tired and languid to the morning and wish you could lie to bed another hour or two if there is a bed taste to the mouth, and no appetite if there is pain to the side, back or abdoroea BRADF1 ELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR ul bring about a sure care. The doctor mar call your trouble some bigVwousding Latia name, but never mind the name. The trouble is in the menstrual organs, and Bradnell Female . Regulator will restVt you to health and regulate the menses kke clockwork. . ' wvw. . aaa.a.;ijis THE ftlAfirmh REGCIATOft CO. arLaxra, ea. One Minate Couch Core, cures. x "a v-r-v mm ' Makes the food more defidous and wholesome . I ONLY A FADED FLOWER." at Us lasst Hamad (he Savage (th Ha was wall past middle age, he ww homely, and his soiled and shabby at tire didn't fit- Evidently be was of the great mass of tollers, workers by hand rather than with brain, and bis patient lined face was of that dull, putty col ored pallor which comes from exhaust ing labor to an atmosphere bested be yond oommon endurance. He sat In an open ear, bent and weary and toll stain ed, bat there was a pleasant light on his doll face, as of a smile hiding some where behind lips and eyes In one grimy, thick fingered, broken nailed band he held, tenderly and caressingly, a tiny spray of pink geranium. It waa too tag for a batten hole, it was toe slight and unpretentious to have been bought singly from stall or store. Evi dently it had dropped from a bouquet somewhere on the street, and this son of the soil bad found it and was taking It borne. How carefully be held tbs pink blos soms to his clumsy hand, balancing tbs spray loosely between the first and sec ond fingers of one band, tbst It might not get overheated or robbed and shield ing it with the other open paim from the hot glare of the sun when the car bobbed past the open crossings of tbo streets! I think be waa dreaming a lit tle, too, perhaps of a woman or a child to whom to tbs noisy, dirty city tbis slight pink blossom would come as a message from - another and a fairer world, for the unseen smile seemed to flicker more brightly, and his eyes grew thoughtful and faraway. , Then, suddenly witb a rnstlo of taf feta skirt, a nodding of wondrooi plumes and flowers, a fashionably dressed woman sprang past the toiler, eager to catch the car and regardless of any one in her way. Her ruffled sleeve caught the fragile stalk and brushed oft some of its pale flowers; her swinging opera glasses snapped the delicate stem. The man tried In vain to save his treas ure. It was too late. The pink petals lay on the floor of the car, and tho ftaj-ly clod woman was arranging her laces witb never so much as a word of apolo gy, I suppose she thought it of no ao ounnt, if she thought of it at alL Bat there wss a look to tba toiler'! eyes that I did not like to see. The smile bed gone, and tbs look was like one I ones saw on the face of a beggar when a brutal passerby bad kicked bis only friend, a little mongrel cor, but his. Sometimes life seems hardly Just and fair. In spite of one's happiest phi losophy. Flowsrsaretbeoneartistiojoy of the poor. Tbey are what pictures, books, theaters. Jewels, are to the rich. There Is nothing else, and knowing this, it almost seems sometimes that the flower mission is one of the noblest on earth. Elmira Telegram. nMiinl nf tba histories ef aM la tba naat am Inanraatinr and exciting adventures of privateers than of the regular ships of the line, and, if privateering is entirely omitted In moaarn wars, a picraresqaeana spw tacular feature of naval encounters most "go by the boards." Tbs sixteenth and seventeenth century privateers brooeht MM.MM.M and aH .wnt 11 pa Into tha literature of the world than their less scrupulous first oonsln, tbs oat and oat Bines, and it today enlightened publio opinion condemns privateering the memory of the heroes ox us past matt not be blighted to the process of shift ing oar moral views of warfare. There have been privateers who were mAmtmm In MwvtMna' amamd in and pirates have been hong to the . . . 1 yaroarm woo were simpiy aowwiaou - thai. Mtntr faith. folly and with all honorable totantica of doing their duty. Too often to the early esntarias pirate aad private wem convertible terms. But it was ni more than could be expected, eonsider. tag tbs nososs ana rreeaomoi acuoa mmtmA kw mtm fe IsllSllMBB that many aasctopuloas persons should be attracted to the trade who would to the aod degrade tbs terra of anriveteer and . ... . . . BmSS It ajauujasoaa wmo pirase. up- nixing a - ttaa a, aalUar amrth kmo- inc - declared aa old naval eomiaanVv. -thai woald desert to time of war. But In rimes of peace, whan everything eroaars to be going along ss tboaga It were greased, desertions wtll begin front ao apparent caaes and will sad- A.r,l banana antdesnio. Awav they'll go. aad H's f to 1 that to a little while they wtll be banting around to see a thaw aut ant back into tbe service without having to suffer punishment, I ased to put la a good deal of time try tog to find aa explanation of the thing, aad finally wssaiitnd It to ens of say superior olBeera. " Drop it, young ssaa," was bis at aouleadvlaa 'Yow east tell why they So It aod you eaat stop them. If yea . . a. a . . . . a.A-S meat worry, let it as saoet srwneininsj where roe asay have a eheatetoaeeoBv pUsk good, I'll tall yea right new, tf W .a a A S A yea were to sau a amp aor usa asm were obliged to toach at bell for coal, half tbe crew would desert. ' "Detroit Free Press. A CbiUrs Ii ! Aeoordtug to a traveler who has tpent years la coamtrtaa where cholera treads, a person assy become tansane by wearing a small copper steals over tbe pit of tfaestosnacsv At the feeghv ahtg ejKew Tork'a laSest eholera soars be p&Thssil soma sheet eoppar and aaade aatairta for blrssstf, his wife, his sly child aod tores or soar Meads, tsaa said to the sattar: "Doat be afraid. It fa not sir ry to run sway beta tbs dty ao saasear tf the sssassa mass next deer. It Is Impossible tor yon to have cholera while the eupasr la ea year pmmm.- One of then frtsads threw sway ate earalet teeeatly be caaaa.sXtevapveayeanof wear, it had ss thia ss gold IdL xew xors I4U rrwavsls I I Jt - - rUwM CO., ssaW Wast, A circular rainbow was once ob served in India by' lieutenant Wheelock about tbe middle of Au gust Mr. Wheelock was climbing a mountain spur at sunriao The at mosphere was clear, but there waa a heavy fog hanging over the val leys. As the sun rose a rainbow, round as a circus ring, was seen in the fog which all but obscured one of tbe beautiful lakes which are so common in India. Mr. Wheelock is a trained meteorologist and was not at all artonisbed to see a circular rainbow, knowing, as be did, the conditions under which it was found. Bat what attracted his atten tion in particular was the presence of a bright spot in tbe exact center of the beautiful, variegated band oompoeinjt thedrcular "bow. " This r; was so intensely luminous that observer thought that it might be a bosh fire some distance away, but this supposition was soon dis pelled by further developments. Slowly and regularly and from all ides at once tbe bright center spot became surrounded by circles of na- diating light, each containing all of j the primary colors -in fact, each was a perfect miniature circular rainbow, , This wonderful phenome non lasted for about two hours, or until the sun bad arisen to such a height that the reflection sank back against the mountain side. Mr. Wheelock watched it until it faded away, pronouncing it the most beau tiful and wonderful sight he had ev er beheld. St Louis Ropiiblio.- ' . Dona at Last, A village innkeeper in the' mid land counties tells how be was clev erly tricked by one of his customers. One day he was talking to a bar full of people, and saying that no one had ever been able to got the better of him, when a strange man enter ed, and, hearing the remark, said to LA neighbor: "1 11 bet you a sovereign I will do him." "You won't," said the lundlord. 1 "I will," said tho man. "If you'U put a aovoreign under thut mug and place it on that table, I will take tbo money without touching the mug." . ' ' "You won't trick me," said tho master. "And to let you see I am not afraid, I will put two in fact, I will place three sovereigns under it There you are," be added. "All is ready. " And be stood with a smile on bis face, while the others looked on, very eager to see bow tbe scene would end. Loaning under the tablo, the man extended his hand, and presently withdrew it with 3 sovereigns in his palm. lie showed them all around, amid much wonder. The laudlord, getting rather warm in bis excitement,, caught up the mug, whereupon tbo man picked up the money beneath it. and walked out, amid much laughter, as the landlord shouted, "Done at last!" Of course, tbe man had not touch ed the mug. Tbo landlord lifted it and so lost the bet London Tit- BltSL a Fa at a. ' at War. A remarkable feat was aoourn pUahed moving a factory in which the machinery was maintained in operation. The shop ref eared to tf situated In Boston and was moved to make room for tbe work being done in the elevation of the tracks of tbe New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad. The moveanant of tha shop waa about BOO feet ia one direction and B0 feet in another and was effected without suspending work, tha shop being operated Just aa if nothing unusual was going on. Tbe building is of brick. 840 by BO feet About one-balf Its length is three stories high and tbe rest two stories. Electrto motors are attacn. ad to the shaftintr to aupplr-tbe power, they receiving their power by Wires running rrom ageneraung nlflal tint un for that Mtfuoss, Tbe abop waa thus moved bodily a dis- tancebf S50 feet ana xqit in oprrs. tton dn-rinir the transition, which was particularly desiraUs on ac count Of rosn os uuninoea. Amm can Mat-hinint "Ho." aaid the woman with tha rod Dowers in her bonnet, "you con template getting married." -yeas, was the) oeraure answer. "1 thought it over. lie said that if I refused him it vrould break his heart And I couldn't think of ae Bumlng any soch respotisIUllty." "I suppose you have thought se riously of what you are about to do." "Of coarse, X realtoe perfeotiy that mariiage is a lottery." "Mv dear, it's worse. When you try your luck in a lottery and fQ to draw a prixe, yon can tear up toe ticket and try tt WaahlngtoaBtar. It Weas - rVxne ooe told the youngest tbs otherevenlng to go to the window and ace if the tnooa was out yet "Oh, do, indeed," repUod Cae Tona gest, whose notions of oehntJlsl Da. snjaaooo are upon scncTiy wms. trial triad plea, "its gtU Li," Nsw York Bsx Greensboro Tobacco IlarliOu ROR HIGH PRICES. ..'''V -...'-''':; i'' Y: ;v: .' . ' :": ; ' " Sold over 5,000,000 pounds last j"ear for an average of $7.57 per 100 pounds. -- :,.-. This is the highest average made by any maiket in piedmont North Carolina. " ' Over ll,2G0.00 paid out dailj'to fanners for tobacco during tho past year. - - It is the best market in the State for the furmer. Our M'arehouses a.e large, commodious and uto date, 'whose propri etors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed. Every large Ritn in the Uni 'pd States and a number of foreign firms are represented by our buyers. . .-. -. - Tobacco centre, manufacturing centre, trade centre, railroad centre, educational centre, , Our own manufacturers have a large capacity and are increasing their trade daily and mutt have 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 bring it. Try us with your next load and be convinced of our meiit. Greensboro Tobacco Association. . 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 the ring. , There is no irsurance agency in North Carolina with better ' facilities for-placing large lines of insurance, that can give low- 8er rates or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every branch oi the business, find a lodeement in my office. With e a practical experience of more than ten years," I feel warranted O in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full satisfaction ia every instance. Conrpondence.' solicited upon all matters pertaining to insurance. I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make if to thA intfroat. nf nil who desirn nmtaction for their families o o 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. , g j Very respectfally, 6 JAMES "1. ALBlilGUT, & BURLINGTON, N. C. 9 ' booooooooooooooocooccsccoc A LIVE WIRE NOT FATAL. i aVLsest Wkae It tAtal raraasa. A renorter waa ooinlna down street a day or two ago with a man woo lives in a woo tern city, wheti bo carefully stopped around the end nf a wirn lvlnir on tho sidewalk, the other cod reaching up toward the pole that usually goes with a wire of that description. "I don't like to take any risks," ho said to explanation. "I understand." resnonded his companion, "and I know that a live wire is not to be fooled with; out. von know, i nave ratner a Kinuiy feeling for that much dreaded oocu- paut of our streoto." "One killed sumo fellow to whom you owed a billl" inquired tbe re porter. "No. One saved tbe Uvea of my wife and three children, not to tnetv tioo the nurse and a dog." The reporter looked mcroanJooa, "It doesn't seem reasonable. " arid IV. maa "rait 111 b-tl von hoW tt was. I happened af that time toowa a boras and baioncba, and one oay mw artfa drove down to Bf Of&Ce with the three children, tha nurse and the pug. You see, our town ssnT ao big that a Udy can't drive down town, we bad a good tuns logotQ er, my family and myself, and aXt-- a nlramint Call of 10 or IS min- atos the mother and kids went back to tho carriage, and as I had some work to do X let tbem go alone, as they nearly always did. Two -or three inmutoe later I noara a snoot and a scream, and Jumping to the window I saw my rig, with all that 1 held (Wrest, going down toe street foil tilt . 'Hrarvnthinir had friffhtenod the horse, one that I bad hired to take the pUos of my own. whkh was kk, aad be bad bolted Just after tbe party bad got out into toe au-ee. For aa instant, as I looked at the wildly careering vehicle, I was conv nltlv naralvzed. and then, with a yell, I went down stairs and down street. There waa a arawonage, Aran at this hour, with only a tight gate across, five or six blocks down the street, ana l anew Doming ou arth would axon that horse except the water, 40 feet below the street. and that meant death to alL every body on the street eeetnod to under stand the situation as weQ aa I did, but there wee so little time to act and the distance wee so abort thai every effort was unavailing. ivkfa flour for bread aod moth of - aBUeot qeafity. Along the itvera la Colorado and Axhma grass seeds aje eoHerted in laxse etiant'tire end y a saorh valand winter f xl fos tlie L dlane. 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