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a i.iL LADIES' lnv and high cut $1.00 to $3.00 in black or tan. t ' WSwTry I )a vis' Easy Shoes for Tender Feet. - . V' ! , - r : 1 - ' A. L. VIS, Manager. . PUt,. I0NAL CARDS. JACOB A. LONG, A At-iorncy-fil-Lawl GRAHAM, ...... s. c Practices in tho State and Federal eourta. Ullioeuver White, Moore 4t Oo.'s store. Main Street. 'Phono No. S. , . . . Jon Gray Bymox. W. P. Btkux, Ik. - , BY H UM & I5YNUM, - Attoiriys and Oouiiaelyr-a at Iiw GREENSBORO, ST. C ' Practice, regularly to the courts of Ala mance count?., . . Aujf. a, 94 ly DR. J.;i?. SlOCKAID Deqtist, ' ' GRAHAM, N. C. j-v i Office at residence, . opposite . Jtaptist Church. " l"St work at reasonable prices. V i '. In oiHco Mondays and Setup days. j2 J Cr.j Knows . , what wofl-ting from foiling of the womb, whites, painful or trregwlar UWriHOS, W MUjT UlSUaja. UC 1110 QHUUGUf (nuuineorfrcnoi&. A man may sympa tuiMt ot pay but b caa not know toe avmlrs aba goes through the terrible emierina;, ao patiently borne, which sous her of beauty, have and happi-awes.- Yet txua suiiexiag really la imniilraa. ' 1... , - & w . win brmha it - TU 1 tnedicine cures ad " fomaleLiieaee " quldc ly and pernmnently. It does away i 11 Luuv ' itiij? physical cxanjl twionfl. 1 L-fitment tnav fast taken at I "v 1 bat is pot con- tinted e- and trouble The tred and, ttajH cured Cartlui ia; becoming the frr all ImthUnf ST p t -. but ft from any 4W ' ... w tl ' wafdrfntr addresaitbe '"nirtrnertt,' ..e C. 1 r n a, ; -.J f - ' we,9aaHfc Li:: n iiiiri facto im poooie ate faw auadoi. aad t tarts ww m(er the Scale QuusUun. Actions SPEAK lrader than wmei. snd wnea ra Aad a ton tote artiHe snarls of good Bwtnial . rot a fair nrlre Is It better that the trtru in tlie cart) ahoekl hn looked into by fa nhtded men for a fHc in a i . www o , one places ernnd' . hi the adrcrUtMimrnta f tkxue makers wMoh . thmr for nnthlrrr nut MTei hao h VI . and whtm yotl ScHrf4l miw- to kare pmwtA for the Hv THEMSELVES brfnre boylnr any kind of a Scale? - Foil Informntlnfl rccantinr patferaa, aatrne woKa, eie, la eiw ixvtk. sntt free by K)NE OF WMGHAMTON. Biaghaartaa, N. V. Thn Bute Normal and Iadaacrial toiler of N. C ; . v O.T.-rd to y nursg women thorough literary, caical, scientjfic, and in du trial t Tncatiori and ppecial ped-cvii-al tr-iining.. Annual expene t 'J to ll.j; fr ncm-resiilentfl of the State fl. '0. , Faculty of 30 mem ber. Mora than 4 0. regular etu denia Ilaa matriculated about! 1,700 stuuent.-s rpprcsenting every county the State except ooe. I'm- :., nnd O! cn-aUon School of aljmjt .,"! r,ii.,;jj Trt aacnra board in i! r-. '.;:'.,-. all frcC-tuition ap- I Her :..: M be made before Aiir;-t 1. sife inrited from C!!0jctcnt trained je an I o'.hrr. infonna- i!, t w e t.- For r tion, o.!.' I ..ir-IDEN'TMoIVEU, tSri'nsboro, N. C "1, an aeronaut, ol t!-.?x-,.?.l TbursJay, .'- j ;.J in the mUl- Lke. At Sheater, ' y aeronaut Thayor, "i ZT0 fjt-t and was Thnt will interest you if your feet are In a bad condition and you want rclief- VICI KID the softest leather made for tender feet. i Big Shoe Store, DAVIS & DAVIS, Propr, Burlington, N. C. j A SINGLE HAIR I1 It Lew tw the Arreat aus CoaiTtetle - m foetal ThteC j ' I "Tho least tbbi I ever heard of that put a man n prison was the clew that took me over the road between here and Mew York about a doeeoi times Is 1873, when I waa an Inspector m tho postal aerrlce,n said an old sleuth the otheit day to a bother who bad Just told a good story, - j "lt waa an old case. It bad been the books a Ions while. Four or five good men had taken ai try at it, but the' fellow was too sly, and be kept taking letters, and we could never take him. The complaints pointed pretty closely to the spot where the trouble was, but when we got there we were completely baffled. ' . . "I had myself-' worked on the Job a Uttle and gone at something else. .In all. these detective cases it Is in nine times out of ten a mere chance that leads to Buccess. One day I happened to take out of a pigeonhole la my desk a bunch of decoy letters that had been sent over the Hue to catch this sharp rascal, who was robbing Washington people of. their remittances to New York. Somehow I slid my knife through the scaled Joints of an en velope, and there, caught In a corner, was a snort black hair. The flap of the envelope looked as If It bad not been meddled with. Yet It hod been opened, and a dollar bill duly marked had been taken out and the envelope sealed up and put back In the mail. . "I took the hair up as carefully as if It had been a diamond I had found. I knew that Just across Seventh street was a friend of mine, now dead, who had a powerful microscope.. I rushed up to his office and asked him to let me use. his instrument a moment Under the glass the hnir seemed to be one from m man's mustache. I looked at' It a long while, and so did my friend. We agreed , that It was a whisker, aure enough, and I waa conQdmt It waa a piece of tiro thief we wanted to catch. If we had stopped there and gone after him we should have failed again as eomnletely as ever before. To make assurance doubly sara I went to ao optician, and he put the hair under the nt powerful microscope be baa. Al most without bealtatlon be said: This tj no, black balr, but a red-ooe dyed Mackv It is ed at tne ana... t - . "I looked' for myself, and sure enough it waaaou j went beok to tbo oflloe, put m. desk to order, got all the data In this case and that night started over the line to Mew York onoe more. We weNCaattened tba thief worked be tween Philadelphia and Mew York, so I took It easy until 1 got to the Dehv , www Tlve. Then I got aown to bus atam' tf saw every-man that handled through nopches from there on to Mew York, and I took a mental photograph :..- nuuiidia In the service be- twean rWlacWphla and Hew York. 1 looked for Mack mustaches and for red one and I was eeoecially totesestod In any aad ttMl least slgn of being dy4. AtTreotoati. rotroc, w tacfas, tat f irest on to the and of tba rw stia hwkinf fov aaMtfcer of that hauLbuM" T,,t wu ray man.' laaiiack bomwand for a m nlarad toas and Caleb Wltk aim. ending throagh his hands perhaps 60 decoy letters, some wna sumpw them, sotue with $1 bole and sobm with money ordcts. In leas ttali two weeks we bad hlin, and ha went ever the road for two years and eight months, and the trouble stopped. It all began- with my finding that one little stabby hair to the comer of that envelope." Wcahlnijtoo Btar. OM - Waahrw The hardeet wortcd w-asbenrotea In the world are the Koreana. They hava to wash aboOt a doxon dresses for their husbands, nd Indsmocb as every man wears pantaloons or drawers so baggy that' they come' op to his neck like those of a down, tbey bars plenty to da The washing hi wsually done tn cold water and often to runntog strmma. The clothes v ptmnded with paddhw ontil tbey ahlne Itte shirt front fresh Irom a Cbtocea lanndry. The Chinese rip their garments apart for every washing, and tbey Iron thrtr . .. mJhk them on a flat board and leaning this up agaJnattha boose to dry. The son takes tba wrin-l- ot of dry dothea, and soroe of them have quite a loster. The Japanese woman does bar waab togootof doors. Her waabtub laot tZn than all tocbea Wgh and is about as big around as the average dlshpaa. She sometimes uses Japanese ip, which is iuti of tJ' aw.y wKk her bar. toet. Jf1""" rirls do fhctr waahfog mocb tM aama sray-Kansas CHy Jowrnal. rjcra r acrlwrwt" eoaKeoo-: A straits as asj opesi boat Wbea wearty half way acroas, the boat capwawAawa WBMama wtudrowwfd. Fir, Mrs afterw-rd totba day imd JoTsCh 0-g "Sla; droword at warn. spet r. afU Z h inrVlent snothev Si Taaawd Has wnD"Bf ZTjlll i wiUle attMupting to eroaa at the same THE SPCILta -i :. CABer tbt maaner of Bwijiid Ulplin:. A womaa tho was, snd rrutc for the prea ts yon or I might do). She told how tn cut and St a lnn. ' And how to stow many s savory mesa, ; Cut shs mw had dune it bt-rwlf, I gaam , - (VichBooaof her mdera knew). - Oh, the hnat w apenTiad the fiour we apest. And thm suku we wutsd like atnd. At the best of a woman mho nsrer hid cooked (And now we know that ah oenr oould cook), And' did not andtntimdl : .;: , A woewa there was, and ahs wnto ricbt Ulr (As you or I Bright dn). , flew out of a bund to nuke chair, ' To be emrad with ehinta and stuffed with halt, Twould adora say parlor and sire it an air! , (And we tboogbt the taie was true V. Ob, ths days ws avrfced, and the wsj we worked To hammw and and hack. In making a chair in which no one weald alt, A chair ia which no one could poaaibly alt, . Without a erica in his back! v . A womaa then was, and she had her am . (Better than you and I). . : ' ' Shs waots out receipts, jnd aba nenir tried one: She wrote about children of mm she had aone She kW an h da what she neesr had don (And new iateoded to try). - And It isn't to toil, snd It Isn't to apeil f : . That brims the cap of diagraoe ' ' If s ia fcilow a wenua who didn't kabar bans (A woman who never had cooked my beana). Bet wrote sad was paid to 611 spaee, Boston Congress tlonaHat. , A v I y Carmen Slh a. ; Qoeest of Boomanla. S royal road te success in literature. Many per-. sons of royal blood tnmetiaws crowned heart nave auemptea u acuiero aucceaa wiia uw pen. Their efforts have been praUwd by flatterers, but, BSa rule, the public -haw hud7 eu use Rji thensr Ttia aiithn tiS tlii atnrv. Iha nnaan ni RiHimanlo.. is sn esceptiotu llcr stxN-ica are current, on the same footinf witti aucn auttiors at tue puoue sarret .. . .. NothhanRen Park Is a charmlna cor ner of thin earth. It In on the slone of a bill, sheltered from the wind. At the feet of gigantic trees the Wted runs, under the .1 most i ancient' sut?penslon bridge In Europe, the Trembling bridge. Nenr he amoko. fliuned find trronns the black muss of the old forge named Bas- selstein. , . . ". fn thn nlune whitn tlie slleuev la most profound. In the middle of a small prai rie, surrouutieu oy kjkuuuc tNine uuu willows, rises, solitary and grandiose. red beech tree, its uranciics are som ber. The rajs of the sun make them appear purple.. It would seem that the nthor hvM hail left the beech tree at a distance, either In respect or In aver sion. Who could tell? That tree Is Imposine. and every time that my father said. "Let us go today to the red beech," a sentiment of devo tion filled our hearts as tf wu were go ing to church. It is true tuni tue piace may be compared to.a Pantheon, vhsnaln tho red heecli would stand for the nltnr of BnerifleC. Perhans It knows why It lp red. I have distinctly beard It relate an old chronicle after a dispute in which the other trees reproached It with being a strange tree, foreign to the land. The beech -shook Its somber foliage and said: . ; ; " ' One day, In the spring a young trav eler coming from the tthlne stopped bere. There waa then only n wooden board across the Bach. , Ho stood on It and contemplated the turbulent water. Ho wore a brown velvet wolstooat bor dered with blue fox fur, a green basque cap with a feather and carried a lute on bis back. Siiddeoly a light appeared o the Bach.' The traveler watched it and saw a caCt formed of three trunks of trees on which stood a splendid young girl. Sba guided tbo raft with a polo., . She Was dressed In green velvet. Her skirt was caught with golden chains that held also a brilliant dagger in laid with precious stones. A mass of dark brown braids fell on her shoul ders. She wore a largo sky blue bat. Her eyebrows almost met above her nose; which waa fin and straight-tier deep eyes were blue aa gentian; and her lips audaciously curved revealed now and then a splendid row of pearls. Along the bank of the river a young man rode on borsetinek. lie waa dress mtt in dark Una velvet He wort boots of soft leather, with km spars that be dug into the horse's nanas Decauss tba animal reared at tha board over the river. . ; '. '''' " Tba young 'girl laughed and looked tw-k- At that moment ber raft ran oa the aborw exactly trodef tba rude bridge. , - "Jwttar xetalntod w travwnr, wav ing Mscap. - -: -..- . ; Tba young girl looked tun, and sba cried: , . - ' : I ' " ." - ! "Henry too Ofieidlngenr Tba horseman bad succeeded In tarn-; Ing the anlmaL He came near, held j the reins firmly with 004 band and ex tended the other hand to tba traveler. The latter said: Too are tba beautiful Jetta s cousin, Almann too Sayn. 1 am sorer !"Blgbt, the horseman replied, "and we were bating a wlkl race. Jetta bet that she would reach the Hliine 00 her fi hofnra ma. Ton jtuh, Henry, that I coorteoualy betd 1 tveft my horse." Tfo. you are a boasusrr ezaaimea are. ha n Meal iha horse's nana and called tt ber -SeUm." Sba said that tho boras was bars because sba baa woo ber bet . hi at ri twatasrted Almann. "You bavw not woo. Yos bad run aground.'' "Because 1 wanted to save yoa rrom falling." aba said. 1 waa not tn danger of railing.- ns Instated. .. wwih iVUm." said Jetta. -i-attau wtn too soma other time. Com, fea- (Vtnen. let os go Into the foreex. 1 am troubling yoor luippineaa." llaory.. .. Kn" aaki Jetta. TAtmamf ana I haws always quarreled- 1 would say to him. 1 am not to M roar erne, ana ss WwwLd tail ktto tears" "It Is sot no, said AJrnana. -1 saw-w - hlUa into ban. 1 sroald rfrntf. Very wefl I shall take another wife,' snd whistle a song." Do aot be-there blnv lirnry. us oast Hag.- said tba girt "Wbetw vers yoa. Henry, stnea yow qui". Bhtnel Coma with us to the eaatle of 9 k. Matla rt trrr father ttkea better tbaa tba sndest oa abtrre Is Cotmt Itexrted aa wrfl aa awerr asked Bestry.- ' ' w ' "th. yea," repBed girt T a ai . a -n sarAnte las AO A thm HolT PqUXI U, VM f. ,m naaa - .. J ooitio.c ht.ix ijiuu. Ho eliall oe a pritsst lH-rhupa. and I shall le forced to kig his band. Uow odd!" Aud their only sister Is still a spoil ed child?" asked Henry. Terribly!" eselnlmod Aliruinn. Henry talked of the Rhine and the Alps, of Tutirln;rta and of Bohemia. Ahnaun llBleued aUscutnilndcly. . He was tal and strong, but not so tall and lithe as Henry, who resembled a cedar. Servantfl enme with horses to meet them. All three went up tlie valley of the Wlud-Iincb ia a gallop. The water was emerald. A few days later Henry cnine down towni-d AltwIcU on uoiwlmck. lie was stimptuouiily dressed in violet velvet Staudanls were waving alKive the tow- era. Bells were ringing na'rrlly. Jutta was to be uiurrlod to Almano von Sayn. She was seated lu her bed room and was looking at herself In a silver mirror that a friend held : . ', ."I hope that you will be very, very boppy," said her maid . ; "Why should 1 not be happy X' asked Jetta. "Why not? You love your betrothed more tuau any one, said the mnld. "More than any oueT' sighed JeRa. "Mora than my father and my tliree brothers? Oh. no; that would be too much!" - ' - In the first day'of their marriage no' one would disturb, tbem In. the castle of JBayn, .but they came out of It un expectedly. Almann explained: "Jet ta cannot live without her father and ber brothers. She would have been 111 as if she had not seen them for a year." '. . ;, "What do you do in the daytime while your husband Is bunting?" asked Count Mcfrled of his daughti-V" - "IT ".replied' "the young woman, blushing. "I take care of the house and rend tales of adventure." " . "She is more obedient than I thought she would be," said Aluiann. '"I ex pected her to be restive, but she Is docile, as if she knew that I could tame her." 'Oh, I have often seen you tamo horses and dogs!" laughed Jetta. "Do you think of raising your chil dren lu the same way?" asked Gott hold. "Naturally," replied Almann. . Jetta blushed and then grew pale. Gotthold Bald to her: "Io not worry. You have no children yet, nud he docs uot know what his sentiments will be when they come." (Jotthold related all these things to nenry. Ho saddled his horse and went to tho Sayu enstle at the breakfast hour. Almann eh'ded him cordially for hav ing delayed Ills rihlt so long... Then Almann said that he had to go bunt ing. He said: "I am glad you have come, xou win iniK to my wue wnuo I am away." Ilcnry took a mandolin at Jetta's re quest and began to play. Then he saug: I wandered savage and free. Now that' I bare acvn her an trdeut and selma me, my of haa fled. . ' The world is too large for me. My native land , kept my ban, but my fate u s traveler rv 7 rdlcd mo frenr my nest. it was out 100 late reaterday. Then I could Ion that young cirl incomparably beautiful, t Sow the dream has son by, tba one whom I wished to aer has been revealed fa est too lata. I am going sway, free sa air. At the first verse Jetta changed col or. 1 At the last verse 110 am uot aare raise his eyes. Jetta said nothing. At last bo looked at ber. Site bad frowned, and ber glacial look met tbo young man's. She stood before him tike an angel In anger. He did not dare breathe. "You are doing' wrong," she said at last, slowly. "My brother Is a child, but you know the world. You should not nave done that" He would have liked to throw him self at ber feet and beg her pardon. but be lacked the courage to do that I thought," be said "that my Jesting would makS you laugh. It was only a Jest" ':'. - ... '" . -iv; -: "It waa lacklug ln taste" she sola Sb said that she jvas awkward tn writing, and be offered to help ber. 8 bo showed blm ber work, and be told her IU fault, like a pedant- The days came and went and Henry waa still in tn castie or sayn. --jo pupil progressed rapidly. At last Hoa ry bad to return lo Kraft Jetta wor ried when she found berseif suddenly alone at ber work., Sba asked Almann to aid ber In bis torn, but be said that was too difficult Then, be bad to go bunting. - Alone,' sba read or reflected about love. 8 be was anylng to herself one day. "One must love enough to forget one's self and tba world entire ty," wbeo there was a knock at tba gate. - It waa nenry. Ia that moment she understood that sba could not 11 without Henry, i -' - W0MEH IN TBOUBLZ, Tba Approach of Kotharhood is the Occasion of Xocb Aoxxiaty to AH. Everv woman dreads tba ordeal through which she must psss in beoornr Ing a mother. The pain and suffering which is in store for ber is a source of constant snxiety, (ear and dread, to say nothing of the danger which the eorning incident entails. Tba Joyous anticipations with which she looks for ward to baby's coming gives way to an todracribaUie dread of the ordeal when she fully realixes the critical and trying event which will soon- approach and have to be endured. , Women should bail with delight a remedy which tasaree to them im munity from tba path, suffering and danger incidental to child-bearing. Such a" remedy is now ofiered, and need not fear kwgnrthe boor of childbirth. Mother's Inood" is a seientifle liniment and if used beore confintwnerit, gently sad sorely prepares tba body lor ths great requ irwoeats and change it ia sndargotnir, insured safety to both mother and child, aad takes ber through tba event wfih eom para tire eaaa and oomfort- Thiswotv derful remedy, is praiaed by every woman who has used it -Mother's Frtoadf" This wonderful remedy baa been toated and its price leas tW provea by ths eipertenea of tnoaaands of happy mothers who hare wsed it during tba most eritical period of woman's life the approach snd culmination of tootimtiood. It baa won their evrhhstiBg praise, for it gave them help aad bops is their most trying J.oor aad whew most needed. Cvery "mts snalj sorns dsy seed "JfntWi Friend " Tba littla brwk, "Brfora Baby is Born," telling all a boot it, and when it should be osed, will prore of gresvt irrtereet and brneCt V all expectant mothers, and will ba sent free to any addn upon spplicattoa to tha fradoekl laegulsto: Corn pari y. Atlanta, Ga. IV j One Minute Couyjb Cure, cures That la tt was and fr. Why had Atmann married ber with- out lore?' He did not love ber. She knew that since she had looked Into the, eyes of Henry. She knew that nenry loved her. She bad tried to Ig nore it. but he loved ber madly, and soon he would forget the world entire for ber; nud then what would she doT Then the words of her father came back to ber mind, "A spotless life, proud cubmlf&ton. a bumble attitude!" 1 What i had . become of her . pride? Where was the way of duty? Where Jraa humility? All had disappeared. d licr heart was sin. on her lips waa hntruth. If she did not confess all to Almann. But If she confessed to Al mann, It would Do condemning Ilcnry to certain death. Slie waa full of an guish aud of remorso. Dawn brought reason to her, It seemed to her that she might coma out of ber struggle vic torious. ' . J ' - r. The abbe of Rorqrnergdort called on her. - Ho said, "Have you nothing to ask of nif, my daughter? There Is dls- qnlctmie lo your "Tea turea. Sin-Is at your door." ... "Is thought a slur asked Jetta. . "Yes, certainly. Even thought is a sin," answered tha abba. 1 Jetta fell an ber Jcneea and covered her face with ber bands. ' "Oh, my daughter, what would re main to you If yon lost purity? Noth ing., nothing. . If you felt, you would be leas, than a servant for you were better, educated, and your will waa firmer." ,, ; . Almann had gone out at dawn. , Jet ta saddled her horse and galloped dowa the mountain alone. There wna a thick fog. "Dishonored, Infamous 1" whistled tba wind In her ears. "Dis honored, Infamous!" cried the soil un der tba hoofs of ber horse. . Suddenly She found herself at the Wled, but the tide was so low that she could have crossed the river on horseback. ' Why was she disappointed? She cnlloned to Notubausen. She dismounted and fell on the yellow leaves which, damp from t!0 dew, covered tha solL "Dishonor ed, Infamous!" murmured tba foliage. Then she took, the dagger from ber belt aud plunged It In her breast Site hoped to die at once, but she waa con demned to ace her blood flow slowly, redden the blade and fall drop by drop on the foliage. "Alas, I do not wish to die!" she cried. "I .want to bo cured of my love. Am 1 not Almaun's faith ful wife? I have never deceived blm. I wanted to struggle loyally. The abbe was too severe. Alas, I hope that I will not die. . But how could I live without pride and without purity?" She plucked the dagger from tho wound- with superhuman strength and died In an Instant I Almann returned borne tired, but no one came to welcome blm. ' n learned with great anxiety that Jetta had gone out alone on horseback. . At tbo fall of night be came to the Wled. In the bed of the river was Jetta's horse. Ha found ber on the other aide stretched on tho ground, ber eyes radiating a dark blue light aa if she were alive. Almann waa almost mad with grief. He thought tliat she had liecd murder ed, because ber borse - bad :, tried to awaken ber and bad trampled tba dagger Into the damp solL ' There was no nows of Henry. lie had gone away on horseback. He went to Styria and then to Thurtngla, where the court gosslpera wondered at bis se riousness. -. While tba beech spoke It became more and mors somber. "And that is why." tba -beech said, "only a red beech may grow here. The grandfather explains It to his grandson In order that he may know tba origin of tba color. Whether tba events occurred aa they are related here or otherwise no one may telL One branch whispered It to another aa a secret that the other trees need not know. It is that a wo man preferred to die rather than to have an impure thought In ber heart She died because, In ber own eyes, sba bad ceased to be as pure as the sun." Thus spoka tba red beech of Notb hausea. . ,; :.. It Lest man the Caae, ' ' "The greatest Jury orator I aver lis tened to In my Hfo waa tba lata Daniel W. Voorhoes," said a well known Mew Orleans lawyer. : "He bad a Jovial proseoce, a great resonant bass voice and a bearing ao singularly compell ing that I know of nothing except tba trite word 'magnetic' that begins to do fine Its effect I heard blm In a mur der trial at Louisville, and bit speech oa that occasion, wss prefaced by a most amusing Incident It was a very warm day, and tbd cxwrtroom waa packed to suffocation, . - ' "As Voorbecs arose to begin bis ar gument ba cast his eye over tba Jury aad discovered that one of tha mem bers bad fallen aidoen., frowning with Indignation, be motioned to oM of tba court officials, and In a few seconds tha slumberer,waa shakes rudely into eoueciouaocea. lie waa a fat tlmld looking man and was so mortified and aghast at the enormity of Bis offense that ba rouM hardly find words In which to reply to tits sharp atxntkms of tbt Judge. Finally be nuuiaged to Wort out that be couldn't help dos ing off whenever It was warm and crowded. "'If the gantlnoao always sleeps wture It Is warm and crow clod,' said Voorbecs mitjestk-ally. the gr-otlemao wUl no doubt enjoy himself hugely In faadea.' There was a roar of laughter, but tba retort proved rather costly. Tba fat man bung the Jury against Voorbecs cUent"-Mew Orleans llmea Democrat - Wbeee Sheila Are Htmmf. Persons who have tra v-slad In ori ental countries bava frvaatly on. countered shell money. Many Aruer- ican have brooaht spociraens of It home with them ss oarjirii. Ia--i vesiigatioBS by tbe director of ths United States mint show thst la many parts of Asia and Africa cow lies, or small shells, are still used as a nodimn oX exchange for small value. Tbo cowrie ia Siam is tbe smallest unit of value. It would take about 107 cowries to make one Amer ican cent , At tbe mint ia Bangkok tbe rango of Tallies is ss follows: Eight hundred cowries equal i tuang, i f nangs equal 1 suiting, 4 salnngs equal 1 bat or tical and I bat or tical equals about M cents of Dnitart States roooey. Is Siam 1 or 220 cowrler w rw.-k.med vquai to I inny sterling New York Times SORGHUM CANE. Varieties Foand Beat Foe Issu Kss- .".:. '.,' 1 . " afaetauro. ,.:v..- .... In five years of experimenting in im proving varieties of sorghum for suga manufacture at the Kansas station a number were selected which contained much more sugar in the juice than the common canes. Sorghum has been and may be improved for sugar manufac ture. It may also be improved for sirup manufacture. The varieties selected fur sugar manufacture were: Tha. Collier, imported from South Africa. It ia the best or one of ths best varieties for sngar manufacture, hav- mm bid fiEAus or coLLiKu sonomju. ing a very high percentage of sugar and a low percentage of glucose or nucrys talli table sugar In the Juice. It does not yield teed abundantly, nor are the canes large, averaging : about a pound in weight. Tfaouf'b (lender, canes of this variety are believed to be tangled, broken or prostrated by windstorms less often than other cones. There are soma who believe it to be one of the beet varieties for forage. The Amber Orange originated in a cross between Early Amber and Kansas Orsnge. This enne was tested for five years by the Kansas stole experiment station and was considered one of the best for sugar manufacture. It does not produce seed abundantly. Tbe uolman, also a cross between Early Amber and Kansas Orange, is generally preferred because it produces csnes of good sise, not tall, with jnlce of good quality. - . Variety IS originated in a cross be tween Early Amber and Link's Hybrid. It . is slender, which is a fault derived from Link's Hybrid. It ripen rather early, much earlier than Link's Hybrid Its juice remains good ordinarily long after tbe canes are ripe, though stand ing uncut in tbe field. Tbe juice bat oa an average as large content of sugar at tba average juice of Louisiana sugar cane and much lets glucose or unrrys tallisabls sugar. Fulger't Early Is also a crocs between Early Amber and Link's Hybrid. It ripens not long after Early Amber and remains good standing uncut in ths field much longer than Early Amber. It yields more esse and mora seed per acre than Early Amber. It is considered the best early maturing variety for general planting. The Early Amber variety, a quick maturing cane, is liked better in tbe north than in tbe south. It is tha best variety for early rips cans or for lute planting and for sections In wbicb tbe growing season it very short These who grow case mainly for tbe seed or grain have very generally se lected Kaffir corn, a nonsaccbsrina vari ety of eorgbuia, sa being tbe bet for tbeir purpose. Tba Dwarf , and tba Standard varieties of broom corn, slso Bonsaccbarins " varieties of sorgbum, hsvs boon selected by manufacturers of brooms ss being decidedly superior to all others fur tbeir purpose. Those who AM BXB CdUSO t. COLMAS. VOtont KABLT. grow sorghum for forage, for "stover" or "roughness" end also those who grow sorghum' for strap manafactars have not yet learned which kinds of sorghum are rsperioc for their parpoaa. Blwtsas laarna am Dara. When hiving swarms oa hot days, If tba bees cluster oa tba front of tba hive and hesitate to go In. do aot harry tbem too much. Tbey are excited and hot snd want plenty of air. Bales ap tba front of tba hive aa Inch or two aad shade tbem with a board, aad when tbey get cooled off tbey win go in.- Al wsys make it comfortable for swsrms. It is tba only holiday tbey take daring lbs entire year, says b'ew England Bnsnestead. .... At Waterloo tbe musketry the of the foot guards, armed with theold clnmsy Brown Beria, wss so fatal that tbe hood of the charging French olumiis melted away before tt without advancing, just as they probably would bare done before machine gun fire. 1, . 1. gr'ri a a to u ' 1 .... i .a,. mo o-s IkTriiiUi i'jbavWau. jx.1ttaae.is, ltd r u w . I : I U Q V J 7 4 Greensboro Tobacco Ilaiiicj ROR HIGH PRICES. . Sold over 5,000,000 pounda last year for an average of $7.57 per 100 pounds, v - ' This is the highest average made by any market in piedmont North Carolina. " , Over $1,200.00 paid out daily to farmers for tobacco during the past year. . . . ; . It is the best market in the State for the farmer. Oar Warehouses are larce, commodious and UD-to date, whrwn nroiri etors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed. Every large firm in the United States and a number of foreign firms are represented by. our buyers. . Tobacco centre, nianufacturinrr centre, .trade w.nt r railrnnrl centra educational centre. - uwii luuiiuiuciureiB jjavo a large capacity anu ore increasing tneir trade daily and must have tobacco. - - 1 We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warehouse capacity. , . , -" , , , w We want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will bring it. Try usntrith oar next load and be convinced of our merit. . Greensboro Tobacco Association. W JcaH the attention to tho fact that the Burlington T833 by the late firm of Tate & Albright, is still in the ring, v There is no insurance agency in North Carolina with better facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low. er rates or bettor indemnity? Only first-class companies, in every ; branch oi the business, find a lodgement- in my office. With a practical experience of more than ten yeare, I feel warranted in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full satisdclion in every" Instance. Correspondence solicited upon all matters pertaining to insurance. , r I am niaking a specialty of Life Insurance and will , make it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit, able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica tions to other agents. , ' 1 Very respectfully, , JA51ES P. ALB1UG11T, ' BURLINGTON", N. C. A Bert el a Uaa Vtah. There it a nntlvo living in Mawill will, district of Lihuo. on tbo island ot Kauai, whom every ono knows as Johnny bat whose family name Is KnalokaL This latter name bo has had tattooed on his arm, together with tbe picture of a dooooeod tweetbeart In ap pearaaoa he is a typical native, muscu lar, with tbe appoaranoe of aa athlete. Johnny is a remarkably good swim mer and, it Is said, was at ono time very much addicted to tbe ; habit of stealing docks His method was very simple.- Ho would bldo In tba bul rushes along tbe edge of tbe duck ponds and would, from time to time, divo out where tbe ducks happened to be, snatch one or two from the surface, push tbem into a bag, swim back again to tbt rashes, there to take breath for another sally. In this way be sorjoseded in making quite a comfortable living However, be baa given up his crooked ways and acw resides like a peaceably Inclined citisen, relying on work that Is given him from time to time. As a dives there are fow native even, who can bear blut In diving after Maters ba baa tbe very uncom fortable habit of swimming a great distance Into oaves that have no open ing above tbe water. Beneath tbe rocks of those places be will fool around, never falling to onrne to tbo top bring ing with blm something to make glad tbe hearts of tbe booawlvea. Paciflo Oonxineaclal Advertiser. Tbe most remarkable of all tbe ex tinct feline animals are those known to saturalists ss the saber toothed eats or tigers, a group eom prising tba greater part of all tbe foaril forme. Tbey data back to tba earliest times of which we know anything about tbe family ta North America sad reach dowa to tba time of man himself. A huge and pow erful species described from tbe Indian Territory by Oops lived oostempore seowsly with tbe hairy mammoth, aa evidenced by the commingling of their skeleton. There can be little or no question bat that tbe hairy mammoth wss txwtrmporaaeous with man ta North America sa Well as la Europe Their geological range is from tba doss of tbe Eooboa to tbe Utter part of the Ploisfocene. The chief peculiarities of the animal are tbe ntracrdinarily elongated canine teeth. Tbe tail isof un usual length and tbe legs are abort The animal meas and about aevea feet in length aside from tbe tail. Tbo lower jawa have a downward projection hi front due to a flangolike widening of tbe jawbones, wbicb doubtless served as a protection to tba teeth, preventing tbeir Injury or loan. Ia soma of tba larger tonne from South America this fiaoge was aot pres ent while tbe canine teeth were evea more elongated than ia tbe case with ibis spejeias, attaining a length of on six laches aod protruding tar below tbs jaws wbea closed. Popular Bctenoa. Sr laaao Newton's epitaph runs: HIaaacum Kewtoti. quern irnxnor tahwt, teetantur tempos, satura, ouJom, mortalem hoc xuarmor fate tur" (this marble acknowledges Lnuie Newton mortal, to whoee im mortality time, nature and heaven bear witness). - 77 . , On. : Minute Couch Cure, cures. Trnt is ejkat It waa aaie tar. of insurers in Alamance county Insurance Agency, established in the HEW Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Rotary netlei athl Ball Bearings, Easy ItebsTi Qdct Rapid, tsi Dsratle. Purchasers say i " It runs as light as a feather." ' Great hriprovcrnent over anything sofar.' ' ;f:' " It turns drudgery Into a pastime. " u The rnagic Silent Sewer. " AH sizes ani stvlcs of sewinir m.-i- chincsfor Cloth and Leather. garThe best machine on earth - see it before yon buy, - . ONEIDA STOKE CO. J, M. Hates, Agent v - lt-iltfVfjtfsnM'waiii 111 l CTYLLSH, RCUADLC i. , li-' ARTlSTIOav ; f j ; ! ereiaaasaiatiS by Leadlag ': fpiseaanaliaas. r '. They Aiavaya Waase Sfci I": ,a,nA7Atw ' i ..(AlIILLUaOV. g MSE Ltll Lit AT ASK I kXE si S I' ywtsr 4t u ones tsa-t kts tMHr-ra srwi C S 4'fwt so am. Ota e-ssst at atssfa tnxtim. -,, Jjfl-di ij t.iaf 1ULIS.W ynstst g THE McCALL CO '.rAXY. ! lltte I4W. 14th firi.he Tart ' tie FMth Ave.. snS ' fres Mawhvet 4-. hea I rc - ' ft mM m tl I C4-tmt BtWimiTn! C WM P ItlsMTfC -' KAUCTOa, f lootl, raftrv w d f-W ir y- rf" h 1 )-e.a. it all f - a, . a a- vr t t-rt as. ::aasa Tt'EMcCALt t : asstssa w. m m.. r--w i -.JP.WiW.V.'" Z. T. Practical Vi'atf !t !!; a irtr. Cole ani F'.i: --el r ay- r '.- hii- IJHPUST , i aj MB WS1 kw aim a. -
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Aug. 10, 1899, edition 1
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