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Office at rcsldonco, opposite
IlaptiBt Church.
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In nflioe Mondays and Satur
days. '
A Woman
Only Knows
what offering from falling of the
womb, whites, painful or Irregular
menses, or an disease of the distinctly
feminine organ is. A roan may sympa
thise or pity bnt be can not know the
Agonies sho goes through the terrible
tillering, so patiently borne, which
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Wine of Cardnlis becoming the
leading remedy for all troubles of
tbi class. It costs bat (( from any
druggist ;--iA.-
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special direction, address the
"Ladiee Advisory Department,''
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Slate $150. . Faculty of 30 mem
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dents. Has matriculated about
1,700 students, representing every
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Practice and Observation School of
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It a1d -"that 'all tht , banker
pnniea were drowned in the recent .
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tleman from Beautiful telU" the
Gnldshoro Argns-that one man
counted 52 tread ponies within a
distance of a few miles.
Ye
i on assume nn risk when von
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At Cogue, Carteret -county, last
ThorsiUy, Mr Dora . Taylor was
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pistol in tbe hands of Mrr.
George Taylor.
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Indian Instrument.
Tbe only instruments known to those
tribes were tbe dram, tbo tattle and-a
kind of flageolet
" The drttur and rattle were used in ap
companying tbe voice, to occentuate
tbe rhythm and to assist in interpret
ing the emotive impulse of the song.
Shaking tbe rattle and beating tbe
drum with clear, sharp strokes served
not only to mark tbe time, but to se
cure tbe co-ordination and unity of
movement cf tbe numerous voices in
tbe choral or to enforce precision of
motion in tbe dance. Tbe tremolo of
tbe dram or nttle was to express tbe
awe and trepidation felt when approach
ing the supernatural Or wben invoking
tbe aid of tbe occult power.
The flageolet was a rather rode In
strument, having a range limited to
eight or ten notes in tbe treble clef.
Owing to tbe lack of mecbanical se
en racy in its manufacture, this range
varied' with every instrument, as did
also tbe quality and value of tbe tone
relations. Tbere seems to have been
only one requirement of tbe maker
namely, that wben tbe flageolet was
blcwn with all tbe six boles stopped
tbere should be strong vibrations in tbe
tone produced. This instrument was
nsed exclusively for solos by tbo young
men of tbe tribe. Journal of Ameri
can Folk Lore.
What It Mean to Walk.
The man 'who is content with a
modest average of six miles' walking a
day scarcely realizes tbat every IS!
vears he walks a distance sufficient to
girdle the earth at tbe eqnator.
Startling as this simple calculation
is, be may be excused a feeling of in
credulity when he learns tbat in walk
ing this distance be has expended suffi
cient energy to raise our 88 first class
battleships a foot high. .
It is calculated that in walking an
average mile a man uses sufficient en
ergy to raise 17 tons to tbe beigbt of
a foot, or conversely a ton (of eoaJs.
say), to three times his own height. Tbe
mere thought of such a feat is sufficient
to deter a man from' taking the, most
modest constitutional.
Thus every year tbe man who walks
six miles sy day does sufficient work to
raise a ton weight to a beigbt equal
roughly to 1M times tbat of Jont
Blanc, or to raise all tbe gold current
throughout the-world a foot higher
than hisown bead. -Atrampof 18 miles
a day involves as much exertion as tbe
day's work of an ordinary laborer.
A Wdmi'i Waertea.
a cbveiciani "I wonder
Bald a physician i "I wonder that
women fail to appreciate now uiw.
nervous force as well as physical
strength they oonsnme In worryingover
tbe little things of - life. - Look at tbe
mother and faoasewifejuabe goes about
her tasks and observe bow often she as
ters an impatient exclamation, bow of
ten aba sighs over ber servant s soon
oomings, how often she starts nervously-at
a noise from one of the children.
And each time that she lose control
hamelf. her nerves, her temper,
she loses Just a Httte nervous force, Jnst
little pcyalcaTwell lieina. and moves
a fraction of an Inch farther on ip tbe
rath that leads to premature old age
and to Invalidism."
The DOM Reetrlcttoav
- If Tbe English Ecclesiastical Gasette
reports correctly, eminent anguso r
vines are not above a littkt fooling, of
rVrrincnraJ tenor, of course.
Tbe dean of theChapel royal was one
day seated in tbe Synod ball. a( uaoiin,
. mis hot tie. falling from the
trangers' gallery, happened to alight
upon bis somewnat oara ctboiuiu.
ing from his chair, bs asked permission
to make a personal explanation.
,.U. L.. nrlmata.'1 be Said. "I m
always glafrtosee sUongers at oor de
w... .nj i fflpl specially honored by
the presence of women. But" here be
held up tbe scent but tie-" let not their
precious balms break my beea.
DtterM fcr Canl .
When a Bormese bosband and
dscide to aparate. tbe woman goes ooi
and buy two little esndlesof eqoal
length, which aremde PU
.li . ck. . hrinin them home, tm
iDd ber boebend sit down on the floor.
tu- .rJL between them, and
tight tbem simnKaneonslr- One candle
.ods for ber. the other for blm. The
one whose endie goes out first rUW
and goes cot of tbe bones forever, with
othioTboi wbst l-rd- .7lve
on. Tbe cme who-candle brvivrf
the longer time, even by a
verythLng. So tbe divorce ! vWo
Of the property, if one ea that a
division, are erttled.
M a-I abooMn't thtnJt yooM be feel
? te ooarreitng with M
SBot Jnt thmb cS TDaktoJoP
ggeiiU-Broofclya Llfe-
SM rtoei Aewro. -
-Tnat roof couple most be eii
"po they ec wmtjT'
-We. bet be amokea PtV'kowX?
they watt eot m tbe erealnc.-'-Ct-
cago Becord.
DcWitt UUlerly RUera,
Tae li iea SHU; sMe.
m COMMON TROUBLE.
Poor Hatches la the Early Part of
the Year Cause Difficulties,
A correspondent In Connecticut
writes us a letter asking a question
which will bo asked by a good many
this summer 'and fall, and it Is a ques
tion not easy to answer. Ho is Just
starting tn tbo poultry business. In
tending to make broilers and eggs for
market nls chief reliance, and says:
"Owing to my starting so lato I was
not abfc to get out tho number of
chicks I needed, and owing to the very
poor place I had to run my Incubators,
and very poor eggs, r bad bad hatches,
and tbo chicks would not live, so that
now I haw only about 400 chicks on
my mrm when I wanted 1,200, or at
toast 1,000. rtvase tell me what it Is
best for mo to do. Shall I keep on
hatching, or shall I buy year old hens
or owlets In order to till my house? I
wouw need aoout 200, but I do not
feel oh if I could stand tho expense
Btm, ir i bought tlem now, I would
have something coming In, nnd it Is nil
outgo at present. I have got to have
on Income this winter from uiy poultry.
tr l Douglit 200 White Wyundotte nol-
ieta or yearling bens from brmlursi.
what would bo tho cheapest I could ex
pect to get tbem for? I only want
tbem for eggs for market."
There are many In tho same unfortu
nate condition, and Justjiow to moot
tbo aitneulty Is a puzzling problem
If he buys yearling bens that are In
good condition, bo should have a fittr
income from eggs for three or four
month but then be has got to enrry
tbem through tho molt, with only a
few eggs to pay for the food. True, If
he fed high, being liberal with the
meat meal, ho would enrry them
through the molt promptly nnd have
JigrcateLnumbcrijfLcggs-durmg tho
period; but there would bo the danger
of throwing them out of condltiou by
too high feeding, congesting the liowels
nnd overstlmulatlng the liver. Inducing
disease. Then, too, In buying year old
bens tliere Is danger of getting a good
deal that one does not pny for nnd
does not want There has leen much
sickness In the flocks this past winter
and spring, and a poultrymnn whom
we visited the other day still bos rat
tling birds In the flocks that he Is pro
posing to sell as year olds. Probably
there are seeds of roup In such birds,
and our friend runs the risk of buying
what he does not want in that direc
tion. He would roost sertnlnly buy
lice in any year old birds, nnd there
would be a new difficulty to le met
but firmness In applying the remedies
would get over that trouble, and If he
rigidly prevented tbe broughteiifl)lrds
coming In contact with his own chick
ens ho would avoid contamination.
Undoubtedly he could boy year old
liens nmch elienpcr than pulMs. prolv
ably nt about lmlf tho price, but would
It bo cheapest In tho end? Conceding
that tlw eggs for hatching which bo
would get from tho year old. hens
would be birger and hatch larger and
better chicks, although fewer of tbem,
would he be better off to put the money
Into year old bens and carry them
through tbe molt, or buy early hatch
ed and well matured pullets In October,
with the practical certa'lnty of getting
a good egg yield through the period of
high prices? Wo would Incline to the
latter If thcro was a probability of
getting tbe early batched and well ma
tured pullets, but here again Is another
dlfllculty. Tho chicken crop is n light
one, uotencs unvo ooen poor every
where, nnd tbe early hatched and well
matured pullets are not so abundant as
some years. Tbjs undoubtedly means
that- those liavlug them will wont
higher prices for them, and rightly, too,
becauso they are- worth dollars el t tier
to keep or to sell
Our friend, asks about buying
"cheapest" and there Is a rock on
which many 'a bark has been ship
wrecked. Tbe cheapest are very far
from being tbe best and It is general
ly tbo case that tho best are "the cheap
est In the cod. Wo know tlw story of
the wrecking of ex-Vtce I'vesklent
Morton's plant' and tbo writer la of
tbe opinion that a disposition to buy
"cheap" was at tlio bottom of tbat fail
ure. Tbo superrnieDaeui se a jw inj
ure at which be would buy bis birds,
and bo got cheap birds, nod got with
them a great deal that ho did not want
The first stock was found after a
tlino to be hopelessly diseased, and the
birds were killed nod cremated. An
other stock was bought the uperlii
tendent going Into tbo New Vork mar
ket and Luylng the best ho couM find
there, tbe result being thot he got an
other poor lot, tbe outcome of It all be
ing that the poultry department was
continually running Iwblnd and wea
finally shut up.
W hope our Connecticut friend will
not moke any Such mhttako. There Is
such a thing oe buying too ebon p. and
we urge blm to ly of reputable breed
ers who will "stand behind- tbe birds
tbov sell and who will see to it that
the bird they send out arc good, are!
ound In coostttotioa nod renaonabiy
sure to do good service next winter.
rarin.roultry.
Poeltrr Potatosw.
A Kentucky ben ! adopted three
quail part of ber family.
The shell of an egg contain aboot 60
grains of salt of lime, or about 20
grain of pore BoaMuMned time, be
tides tbe time that to in tbe mineral
matter of the white and yolk. Tbe
quality of tbe sbcll Should be consider
ed wbes feeding by edoctlng tboee
foods which are richest in lime. To
pnxlore tbe abeU of one egg there la
needed 100 grains of time.
It poukry are exposed to onuaoal
MMMlltlooa. aa of transfer to other
-yards or traveling, to and from ehowa.
feed tbem wen Deroce iney ieww, na
tng tbem luggtob and sleepy, and trp
oo arrival or return give a meal of
bread raked In ale and aqoeesed dry
er a mean m wnicn m a aiuiw v
tome other eort.
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quired. It is guaranleed to give
perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per bog.
For sal by T. A. Albtight A Co.,
druggists.
THE ROUNDLAP BALE PRESS.
llmit-llta to Farmers and Ulnuers Demon
i truteil In Operation,
Mr. T. W. Pratt, of Huntsville,
is president of the West Huntsville
Cotton Mill, and operates at the
same place one of the largest gin
ning plants in tho country. He
has been using thoroundlap bale for
a i . .
two years, nnu expects to put up
o,wu to 1U.UW bAci of each 500
pounds during tho coining season.
nir. milt naa also organized coin
piunes for Jjuilding two very large
roundlnp bale plants nt Tuscaloosa
and Demopolis, Ala., and estimates
that ho will handle tit these two
points 30,000 to 40,000 bales of 250
pounds each, or tho equal of 15.000
to 20,000 squaro bales. In a letter
to the Manufacturers' Record, giv
ing nis experience with his Jlunts-
ville plant, lie says :
We are emners and cotton isran-
ufacturer, and operate ten 70-saw
gins and four proves. For two
years wo have operated roundlap
bale presses of the American Cotton
Co. The first year we handled
2,200 500-pound bales, and the sec
ond year 5,000 500-pound bales
This year with a good crop in this
vicinity, we expect to put up 8,000
cr 10,000 bales. Our experience
has been most satisfactory, both
from a sinner's and a 'manufactur
er's standpoint, -and the fact that we
hove so largely increased our bus
iness is ample evidence that the
planters are wehSiatisfied; Th
lversal opinion expressed by all cus
tomers is that they are moro than
satisfied. Why should they be
otherwise r wo gin and compress
lor 81 and pay the planters one-
eighth cent premium on their crop,
or ii we duv in the seed, ns is now
the rule hero, we pay them on this
basis, and they sell their load and
get spot cash tor it, thus saving
much labor formerly necessary
Under the process . they pay 83 for
gnvning, made a trip to tho gin with
their load, cenerally had to leave it
and wait several days for mnmnir.
and then made a second trip for the
cotton and seed nnd another trip to
mnricet. in tho spring wo lurnish
them seed at tho same price we paid
wnen ginning was done, and they
are then sure of getting good seed-
tor planting, and only what they
want, liencc there is no waste.
Any planter" who hrs dealt with us
will certify to the fact that ho can
better alford to houl cotton twenty
thirty" miles to our gins rather
than gin near home, with tho exi
travagant old-fashioned method.
He can not only save time, but
make money by so doing, and gets
paid for all the cotton ho brings,
whether he sells A"t onco or holds
his crop. Ho also appreciates the
saving in having the balo sampled
odce instead of many times, and he
further understands that ho guts a
better gindo than he does on the old
country gins, owing to the superior
machinery used for cleaning, etc.
So much for tho planter.
"Now let us see, how tbo ginncr
stands. First, he can gin, cover
and compress 500 pounds of lint in
tight minutes, using a good outfit
of live-70-saw gins to tho press, und
can do better with a larger battery.
This can be done at a cost not ex
ceeding forty cents all told, while
the old process costs him not less
$1.25, including bagging and tics.
in case the raner wants to buy and
sell cotton on his own account.
most of the railroads of the outh
will allow him compress fees of
eight and ono-half per hundred
weight, or forty-two and one half
cents er bale. If he wants to sell
his cotton to the American Cotton
Co., it allows him a premium of $2.25
per bale over the valuo of the same
cotton in square bales at his loo 1
ity, thus giving him 11.55 net after
after paying, royalty of twenty cents
per hundred Height for the use of
the press, maintenance ol tbe same
and regular inspections. The gin
plant can be run.with less labor and
less cost of insurance than the old
system, and if cotton is stored, four
times as much can be placed in the
same room.
' There is no chanco ol mixing
bales or samples, owing to the per
fect system in use, and no chance of
losing cotton by country dsmngo, as
water will not permeate the bale,
owing to all air being excluded in
baling. The street buytr, sampler
nd cotton thief, owing to complete
covering, have no chance to get their
'anger in,' to use a common expros-.
sion, as tbere is no hect ssity for cut
ting the covering under the Amcri
can Cotton Co.'s sampling system.
"From a manufacturer's stand
point, the advantages of Uie system
are humerous to mention, but the
best evidence of the advantage
derived by the mills is that cotton
finds a ready sale at A good Prem
ium over the square hale, and new
mills are being erected which will
do away with bale breakers, ojcn
ing, tappers, etc. There is no neces
sity for middlemen, as Ihe mills ran
buy direct from ginners or Irorn (he
American Cotton Co., and be sure of
getting what is ordered.
''The warehouseman who has
handled the roundlap bale is loud
in his praises. He has no 'tunic
backs1 to handle, no lost ties to re
place, no damaged bales to pick and
inspect, and he knows that the
weight etampetLplainly on the bur
lap covering is the actual weight of
the bale, and will not raxr. He
can handle to tbe mills, load Vi car
or on wagons with half tbe bcln for
merly rrxfujretl, and his wa ebousc
is not littered an with cotton and
dirt, as nndcr tbe old system. The
howl of tho middlemen, town-crop'
handlers, compress stockholders nnd
operators is but natural and expect
etl, as they nre hurt, and badly
hurt , liut who can blame thorn for
trying to get up combines, compress
trusts, icjulutionsized press boxes,
laws to prevent the operation of tho
round balo system, and for telling
all kinds ol stories about hard cores
(which do hot exist), etc. ? If they
did not see the handwriting v" die
wall they would not be so vigorous
in their efforts, liut to the pro
duccrs, ginners, carriers and con
sumers, the only four parties who
ato interested, tho situation is en
tirely different, nnd especially to the
producer, who, by reason ot the low
pricoof cotton, is compelled to adopt
newrand cheaper methods or give
up the fight. The new system has
come at a time when the planter
most needed it, and those who have
taken advantago of tho systems are
free to stote that but for this improv
ed method and its economizing ad
vantages it would bo impossible for
the cotton planter to continue on
tho farm-"
INDIANS AS MAGICIAN8.
Some Storle ot the Itemarkoble
Ctoveraeae ot tbo Arlckareee.
"The greatest magicians I have ever
seen, said Dr Washington Mathews
of tbe army.V'tne most expert in leger
demain, werelthe Arlcknree Indians,
who in my time in 186.V lived at
Fort Bertholil, in what is now North
Dakota. In tbe autumn of tbat year,
when tbo harvest was done and before
tbeywentTjut nrrorrthdrwlntert
weeks and months Were' spent in cere
monies of all kind, picturesque and
symbolic dances, the celebrations and
anniversaries of secret societies, etc.,
among not only tbe men, but the wom
en and the little children.
"Events of thia kind occurred every
day and every night. They bad in tbe
center of their village a great medicine
lodge, probably 00 feet In diameter,
circular in form.. In, It tbey had per
formances every night, and wo idle
wbito men, who had nothing else to do,
viaited these performances more regu
larly than we would visit the theaters
in a city. It was a place of resort with
us every night Tart ot tho lodge was
fenced off for the audience and the rest
reserved for the performers. In addi
tion to songs and dances they had ex
hibitions of legerdemain. I cannot
think of all their tricks, for years have
rolled by since then. Making little
wooden images smoke pipes, putting a
stnffed liird on the end of a stick and
muking it chirp, were among tho most
stunning. The lust trick wns probably
performed by the use of a reed In tbo
month of one ot the magicians.
"Tho fire dance was one of their inont
interesting performances. Tbey would
build a tiemendons fire, dunce around
it, and at a certain point tbe men
would breakout and rnsh Into tbe roar
ing flames, dunce in them and throw
the embers madly into the air. It was
then time for us to rnsh ont ourselves,
becanie we might be slrnck by some of
tbe flying brands. Apparently tbey
went into the Are barefooted and bare
legged. Tbey wore nothing but breech-
clouts.
"Might after night tbey bad some
thing new. Another trick was appa
rently to run a knife through a man's
arm and let the blood rnsh out tfhey
would entertain us for boors with songs
and dances. No admission fee was
charged, but wo frequently made tbem
presents."
What is tbo greatest trick yon have
ever seen among tbo NavsjoesT"
The growth of tbe corn is a very
pretty trick, it takes place at night by
tbe uncertain light of Ihe Ore, which
confuses the eye of. tbe spectator. A
party of Indiana eotno in and dance,
bearing nothing apparently aboot tbem.
Tbey form a rthg, singing and dancing.
Tbe ring open, and tbere you see grow
ing out of tbe bare ground of tbe corral
a small plant Tbey sing awhile, and
tbe ring cloeesTagaln. Wben it opens a
second time, tbe yaccsrbaccata plant Is
noticed, afa Indian rites everything
goes by fours. It Is tbelr sacred num
ber, as three and seven are sacred Bom
bers with o. Tbere arefoor acts In tbe
rite. Tbo second is tbe plant in bod.
Tbo third is tbe plant in flower. Tbe
ring closes again, and wben It opens
tbera U tbe fruit, with great bean six
inches long banging to it. Tb expla
nation is tbat they bring Into tbe loclo
ore with tbem tbe variooa parts of tbe
plant, which tbey deftly place In proper
position while tbe ring Is closed daring
tbe incantations.
"Tbey use Ibeir blankets to cover the
work. For rods pcoplo like tbem. with
poi.r Instruments, in lbs days wben
tbey bad flint knives, it must have
been great task to prepare fur this
trick. Our wax workers and toymakers
would not rind it difficult Ths Indiane
Id tbe audience believe tbe dancer to
be gifted witbsopernatural power. Tbe
performance is partly religion worship
and partly amusement. It is partly
with a view of making abundant fruit
tad. pertly for entertslnment." Chi
cago Beeocd.
teraUlk a a Hefte'laa. .
..Long experience bss demonstrated
buttermilk to be an agent of superior
digestibility. It is indeed a troe milk
peptone tbat la, milk already partial
ly digested, the ccagulation of tbe co
gu labia portion being loose and flaky
Dd not of tbat firm. Indigestible na
ture which U tbe result of tbe action of
tbe gastric Juice upon sweet cow's milk,
it Is a decided laxative, a fact which
moat be burse io mind in tbe treatment
of typhoid fever and which may be
turned to advantage ia tbe treatment
ef habitual constipation. Itleadiuretic
tod may be used to advantage la some
kidney troobtea. It resembles koumiss
Id its nature. sa4. with the exception
of tbat article, it is tbe most grateful,
refreshing and digestible ef the prod
eta of milk. It to Invaluable in tht
treatment of diabetes, either exclusive
ly or alteraeting with klmmilk. Is
some case of gastric "leer and cancer
of tbe stomach, it to tbe ooly food that
ran be retained. Elgin Dairy Krpor.
iTonz
yens Ui 1 bnumao 1
!
A GBEAT GOLD SCARE
WHEN THE YELLOW METAL WAS
FIRST FOUND IN AUSTRALIA.
The ISnaxllBh Government Tried to
and Did For n Time Suppress the
gews Oeeanae It Ketired a General
Iprleluv at tbe Convict Colony.
The history of tbo discovery of gold
io Australia makes peculiar reading Iq
these, days, wben tbe mere suspicion of
gold in a district, however close to un
inhabitable regions, will conso a rash.
Gold in Australia was discovered one
might almost be pardoned for saying
first discovered many tiroes. Bnt tbe
news of tbe earliest discoveries was
Jealously kept from spreading. The se
cret of this reticence lay in the presence
of ths army of convicts which then
composed tbe balance of tbe population.-
Mad a gold panlo broken out it
was feared that a general uprising of
the prisoners wonld take place.
Nevertheless tbe first gold found in
Australia was by convicts in 1814,
near Bathnrst, New South Wales. Tbe
dlncoverers gathered together a quan
tity oulte sufficient to lead tbem to be
lieve that tbey bad found a. gold mine.
But wben tbey reported what tbey con
sidered their good fortune to tbe keeper
he, instead -of nndertuking to recom
mend tbem for pardon or easing tbeir
hard labors In any way, threatened to
give tbem all a sound flogging if they
ventured again to say a word aboat tbe
mntter or to spend any more time pick
ing up gold. Tbe next And was made
on the Finn river in 1839, not far from
the spot where tbe convicts bud come
acroHS it niue years before. Tbis news, i
also ordered suppressed. Within tbo
course of tbe next twg yearB Unds were
bo frequent that the London govern
ment began to take great interest in
the affair. Bat tbo fact that another
region of tbe yellow metal might be nt
tbe disposal of such as might seek was
kept rigidly secret until in 182,1 a-flra-uiutlc
incident precluded all possibility
of further secrecy. y
A convict was discovered with a nug
get of gold la. his possession. Wben
asked bow be bad come by tbe metal,
he said that be bad picked it np In tbe
bush. Ho was cautioned snd told tbat
tbe authorities bad no doubt that be
had ttolen tbe gold, but the prisoner
stoutly held to his original talo. ' At
length he was tsken ont and severely
flogged In pnrlic as a tbicf. There is
now no doubt tbat tbe man told the
truth. After tbis, although the public
were every now and then keyed np to
great expectations by some reported
find, no further veins were discovered
nntil 18fl0, when a Bamian nobleman
found n rich deposit in tbe Bine moan-
tains. The British government again
become fearful of tbe conseqaence of
such news upon a colony of cenvicts
and ordered tbo matter suppressed. Yet
sufficient pcoplo hud beard of it to keep
the story alive and give credence to
such rumors nu arose from time to time.
Bo matters drifted ou. Time and time
again bnrbmen, shepherd, convicts,
surveyors, picked np small nuggets and
bronchi them to the centers of popula
tion, but nt that duy people were noth
ing Ilka so keen ou gold mining as tbey
subsequently become, and the subject
of gold in Austrnlia was not pursued as
one would expect it to be.
Tbe discovery of gold in California
changed all that Those rich fields,
panning out tbeir golden store and fill;
ing the coffers of locky individuals and
governments at rate never dreamed
of, awakened a thirst for prcHpccting
all tbe world over. In every part of tbe
earth men went oat witb pick and pan,
hoping Io como across tbe precious
metal.
Wben tbe news of California's for
tune reached Australia, many took ship
to America's shores, snd among these
wns Hammond Hargreaves, an English
man, native cf Oosport who bad emi-
? rated to New Booth Wales in 183..
o Australia be engaged in farming
without inucb profit and was among
tbe first to rush for California.
On reaching tbe auriferous region tbe
first thing tbat struck blm was tbe sim
ilarity of the goologlcal formation in
California and Batnnrst, Australia,
and there sod then be made op bis
mind to inqnirs Into the subject should
be ever return to Australia. He worked
for something like a couple of year in
California and then set sell for New
South Wales. Belnrnlna. be, cf course,
carried in bis wind tbe thought tbat
perhaps tbere might be gold In Bath
nrst, and when be landed be est to
work to make a tborcngh starch.
Before tbis, however, be bad made
tbe acquaintance of William and James
Toms and J. IL O. Lister, who' were
ansions to prospect for gold. Har
greaves taught tbem bow to use pick
aod pan. tbe dicb and tbe cradla in
fact, gave tbem practical if rough
education Into tbe mysteries of gold
and gold bearing rocks and graveL
Tbese men struck out, and In April,
1 1S.M, the three pupils returned to their
old master, and, Io. in tbeir pockets
they carried gold to the amount of four
ounces. Hargreavea, knowing tbe' ropes,
took this gold and fnll directions to tbe
proper quarter. Tbe news went forth,
the rub Legan, rich finds were made,
aod Hargreaves was hailed as tbe dis
coverer cf r.cM Id Australia. Ia reality
be had won tbe title, fur it was bis
knowledge tbat flnt educated tbe
Tomaes and Lister, and it was bit
knowledge again tbat sent tbem in tbe
right direction. -
Hargreaves was presented to Qoeea
Victoria Id IsM as tbe sole discoverer
of tbe Australian gold fields and was
made much of in England. He died in
1891. Ohacinnati Enquirer.
ICahaewtlaai stoereeiltaek
"What's a boUday. IT acta JlmT
"Ifs a day wben you work so hard
Io enjoy yourself-tbat yon can't do any
real work for the next three day."
Chicago Becord.
Ort Did at the MaeV
kind ran Imprison and enslave thou
sands of people I know certain ars
ooa of tbe year where families have
beea bound and shackled by tbe mod.
been prevented from tbe enjoyments
and privilege of free transit and ut
terly Isolated from thetr neighbor.
When we see what a great enemy mod
to. tbe rat thing to take into conald
eratloa to road building to some pUa
to avoid mod and build roads that aria
10
be free from mud.. D. Tall man.
Greensboro Tobacco Market
ROR HIGH PRICES.
Sold ovor 5,000,000 pounds last year for an average of $7.57 per 100
pounds. . .
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.
Our Warehouses are large, commodious and un-to data, whoso nronri.
etors stand without a peer as slesraen of the weed.
Every largo firm in the United States, and a number of foreign firms aro
represented by our buyers.
Tebacco centre, manufacturing centre, trada centre
, 0
nrillfntiAnnl ronlro
vuvivuiiviiut WlltlUl
Our own manufacturers have a large capacity and are increasing their
trade daily and must have tobacco. ,
We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warehouse
enpneity. I
Wo want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will bring it.
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit. .
Greensboro Tobacco Association.
INSURANCE !
1 wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county .
to the fact that the Burlington Insurance Agency, established in
1893 by the lato firm of Tate & Albright, ia still in the ring.
There is 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 eTery
branch of tho business, find a lodgement in .my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction in very instance.1 Correspondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance.
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to tho 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 agenU. '. .
Very respectfully, Z -
JAMES 1VALBKIGHT,
BURLINGTON, N. C.
OOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCj
The Peril of the Rabarbaalte.
every year the bnltt or city men go
farther afield und each morning and
night perform their todions pilgrimage
to and from tho scene of their busy la
bora. There can be no doobt that con
stunt railway traveling of tbia kind is
calculated, sooner cr Is let, to play
havoc-with tbe sonndest constitution
Wbile it is, of coarse, impossible to
lay down any exact rale. It may he
stated generally tbat no such dally rail
way Journey tbonld be much over an
hour in length, a space of time tbat U
tut moro than enough to carry the citi
sen into pnte air and tbe moat sylvar
cf scenery. As every medical man of
any exfierience can testify, the attempt
to burn a candle at both ends, one In
tba city snd the otber L0 or 10 miles
away at tbe seaside, has cot off many
a valuable life Io tbe flower of it ma
turing manhood Medical Prts
Aa Booaaaateal Cools.
A Chinaman will bake a dinner fog a
dozen witb a mere handful of fuel. Tbe
boiler be usee to large snd cone shaped,
being sometimes two feet In diameter
nd one foot deep. It covers tbe firs
witb merely a small portion of tbe few
er port of tbo case, but the beat and
flutuea infold tbe rest Water and rice
are put at tbe bottom with a frame
over tbem, sod on this are placed diabes
of nVh. fowl and vegetables to boiL The
whcle to covered witb a wooden cover.
In Ibe center of which ia a bole about
four Inches Id diameter, and Id tbis an
other dish is often placed, tbe contents
of which are cooked by tbe steam.
StrlklaaT Caatradtrtloaa.
A great contrast will often be found
to exist between authors and tbeir
works, melancholy writers being tbe
moat Jocular in society usually and hu
mor iats in theory tbe moat lugubrious
mortals in practice.
"Tbe Comforts of HnmaD Life." by
U. Heron, was written in prison under
the meat distresiing circumstance.
'Tbe Miseries cf Human Life," by
Bcresford, .was, on tbe contrary, com-
puwd Id a drawing room where tbe so-
tbor woa surrounded by tbe best of ev
erything, and Burton, tbe sntby the
"Anatomy of AlelancDoiy, waa t
tremely facet lona ia conversation.
The Fieadlah Motawsaaa,
A nurse waa dragging a headstrong
boy of four year away front Id front
of a rapidly approach lug car, wben the
little fellow dropped a toy be carried.
He struggled to get back and rescue
the toy. and the frightened doj
creamed at blm aa ahe yanked but
away from the track. With a amue
that would not have disgraced tbe facr
of a saint tbe motorman brought the
car to a audden atop within a foot of
the toy. refusing to run over and crush
It .
"Now. my tittle tnaa," be said, -well
wait for yon."
While tbe boy caught op hta play
thing and scampered away with It a
woman on one of the front aeeta said
to tbe conductor standing on the foot
board: "That was a kind act Would a
report of K to tbe company bare any
effect T -
. "Yc, sold the eoodoctor, with a
broad grin, "It yon want to have the
man dlscbargedr . And be rang the
bell to go ahead. Nev; York Trtbura.
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