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VOL. XXVI.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1900.
NO. 19.
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NOW 123 YEARS OLD
Oi June U, 1777, Wu Born tlM Old Flag
We Lore m Well.
. 4,lt it float upon the breeze,
. The only flag that despot! fear.'
We can well call this beloved era
blem of ours "Old Glory," for it is
outer than the nag of many of the
oldest of European countries. The
prevent flag of Great Britian, which
wafes so proudlylo the breeze over
an'Empire on which the sun never
set," was not established until 1801
Thjj French tri-color was decreed in
1794, the. lately humiliated yellow
and red emblem ofSain was adopt
edln J78, the Hag nt Portugal in
1830, the! Italian tri-color in 1848:
and the national banner of the Em
pi re of. Get rriony, '.representing the
sovereignty 6f fourteen distinct States
was established in 1870.
Before the outbreak of hostilities
at Concord and Lexington in 1775,
it would seem that the .flags used by
our colonies would ' nntufally have
been thnt of England, though such
does not appear to be generally the
case. During the latter part of the
seventeenth and the beginning of the
eighteenth century a "go-as-you
please" policy seems to have been
adopted by the colonies, relative to
their standards. During their pre
liminary squabbles with the mother
country, at least a dozen different
flags were introduced and carried by
militia companies, suspended from
the poles erected by the Sons of
Liberty. At the "battle of Bunker
Hill the colonists had their own
, standard, and the gallant Warren
was shot while attempting to -rally
his men, by reminding them of the
patriotic inscription on their ensign,
"Come if you dare." This flag car
ried a blue held, with one corner
. quartered by the red cross of St.
George, in one section of which was
a pine tree. This pine tree flag,
probably the first flag used by the
colonists and taken from the great
seal of Massachusetts, as adopted by
Washington's army from October,
1775, to July, 1776.
One of the favorite flags at this
time was the "Don't tread on me,"
"Unite or die," rattlesnake flag,
the Gadsden flag which was pre
sented to Congress on the 8th day
of February, 1776 ; it carried a field
of yellow with a lively representation
in the tticldleof a rattlesnake in the
attitude oH striking. The West
moreland, Pa., regiment had a sim
ilar flag, with a red field ; the First
regiment of Pennsylvania' a tiger
flag, with a. deep green ground.
Th necessity; of a common na
tional flag doea not seem Ur have
been thought of until a committee
of the Continental Congress, com
posed of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, of
Pennsylvania; Thos. Lynch, Jr., of
South Carolina, and Benjamin
Harrison, of Viriginia, was ap
pointed to consider the subject.
They decided to retain the King's
color or Union Jack, but coupled
with thirteen stripes alternate rod
and white. ...This flag was thrown
to the breeze, January 2, 1776,
over Uicaap4"Cnibridgei- Wash
ington, two days later in a letter to
Joseph Reed saysf "We hoisted
the Union flag In compliment to the
United Colonies." The British An
nual Register, about this time con
tained, tbia paragraph : "They
(th rebel) i burned the . King's
speech, and changed their colors
from a "plain, red-ground, which
they had hitherto used, to a flag
with thirteen stripes, as a symbol of
tbe Union and the. number of the
colonies.". , r -
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A number' of patnotw persons
have suggested that the stripes were
taken out of compliment to General
Washington's oat. of arms, bat
this is purely assumption, as there
an no facto to justify it, aDd Wash
ington himself la absolutely silent
in his writings on the questwn-of
the flag, its creation and adoption.
On tbe 14th day of Jane, 1777,
American Coogreei resolved "that
the flag of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stres, alternate red and
white-; that, tha Union be thirteen
tars, white in a. blue field, repre-aentitoa-aew
constellation." Thus
yrtM tbe announcement proudly J
made to the world that "a new
country hud been born, a new gov
ernment, a new flag the Ameri
can." , " : ' .
To Pennsylvania is due the honor
of designing the first official flag com
bining the stars and , stripe.
Pi-nnavlvanians love to tell how it
was made, under the personal direc
lion of General Washington himself.
by Mr. Betsy Ross, of Philad
Wphia, a milliner, who performed
the handiwork in her quaint little
house at No. 239 Arch St., Philad
elphia which is still standing. The
bricks in the old house came over as
ballast in the hold of William
Penn's ship, the Welcome. Not
far away is the rave of Benj .min
Franklin, and it is fitting that the
cradle of our national banner and
the last resting place of one who by
his untiring efforts did so much to
make tbe greatness of our country
should keep silent watch together.
In the war with Mexico the flag
bore twenty-nine stars ; during the
Civil War it had thirty-five ; since
July 4th, 1890,upon the admission
of Utah, it has borne forty-five
stars. And so it stands to-day
Let us thank God that no sectional
strife has been able to blot out a
single one of these stars and that no
longer can the civilized world hurl
at us the taunt that the stripes up
on our flag represent the stripes of
of our slaves, but that this flag
stands to-day for "all that is noble
in humanity, progressive in civiliza
tion and glorious in liberty."
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
In a bulletin issued by the
De
said partment of Agriclture upon
drainage, it is said
The best
method of under drainage yet de
vised is tile drainage, which con
sists in laying well bumed circular
clay pipes one foot long in con
tinuous lines through tbe soil so
that any water which finds its way
into the titles will be carried by
gravity to some lower point, thus
conveying the surplus away lrom
the soil. Water enters the lines of
tiles through the openings left be
tween the ends or "joints" as they
are called. The ends of the tiles
should be placed close together in
Older to prevent the eoil from enter
lng, yetnot8o close as, to prevent
entrance of water.
Minister Wu in conversation
about the Boxer disturbance
China, when asked the meaning of
the word said:. "I presume that
the name comes fiom .-athletics
Men who box are athletes. I see by
the Chinese papers that the organ
ization is called Yee Ho Chuan.
which signifies righteousness, bar.
mony and fists.. This probably
means what you would call being in
training as athletes do to develop
their strength in the interest of har
mony and righteousness. It is
new order, to me." He, says that
he believes the extent of the work of
the "Boxers" is greatly exaggerat
ed by correspondents.
, Grave injustice has been done to
Lieut. J. B. Bernadou, U. S. N
by an extensively circulated news
paper paragraph charging that, he
had patented a process for making
smokeless powder, which He dis
covered while making experiments
at the government torpedo station
at Newport. Lieut. Bernadou is
perhaps the most eminent chemist
in the navy and has made many in
portant discoveries. He has pro
duced the beet smokeless powder
known, and it is true that he obtain
ed a patent on the process, but this
was done by the advice and instruc
tions of bis superior officers in or
der to prevent private "manufactur
ers from takipg advantage of .hi
discovery D(1 88 8000 as the patent
was granted, be assigned it to the
government of the United States.
Before this appears in print, the
field work of the Twelfth Census
will have been begun. The pre
liminary work has been very heavy.
Nearly three hundred supervisors,
52,600 enumerators and something
over two thousand special agents
have been selected, a clerical force
numbering over one thousand is
now at work, and examinations are
in progress that will provide some
two thousand two hundred more.
Over fifteen millions of schedules
have been prepared and sent to dif
ferent parts of the United States ' for
use in taking the enumeration and
acquiring other facts in connection
with the manufacturing and agri
cultural industries. In order to
bring about these conditions there
have been spent about 1750,000.
On the morning of Jane 1 the small
army of enumerators sallied forth to
begin the most important cento
taken in the history of tbe United
States.
To Business Men.
The cheapest advertising is not
that which costs the least money,
but that which brings the largest
returns for the amount of money
spent.- Ex. ' v
Newspaper advertising has been
likened to the drive wheel of a
locomotive. The merchant who
wants to make a go of his business
will not neglect to advertise judi
ciously. Ex.
It is not necessary that an ad.
should be a model of literary style
in order to attract attention, but it
should tell something about the
goods that the public would like to
know. Every retail merchant tells
this orally many times a day. He
can say the same thing in his paper
and make a large advance towards
being a successful advertiser. Ex,
Variety is not only the spice of
life ; it is also the life of advertising.
It is advisable at times to vary the
literary treatment of the matter of
an advertisement ; for sameness
eventually becomes monotonous and
wearisome to the reader. The ad
vertiser whoso business notices are
always interesting to the public is
one who has the most customers.
Ex.
Advertising . is the locomotive
power of tbe ship of trade 'tis the
keynote of success, and why so many
merchants refuse to grasp a golden
opportunity, and reap a glorious
harvest is a mystery.
John Wanamaker has very aptly
said that "Dull business days are
the times to advertise ;" and he cer
tainly has positive proof of his as
sertion.
The Alamance Glkaner is the
best advertising medium in this sec
tion, and it is to your interest
to
take early advantage of the oppor
tunity and thus establish a better
trade. Our service is excellent and
rates reasonable.
The July Delineator.
There is a sensible article in the
Julv Delineator that will be read
with pleasure by troubled mothers,
It relates to Amusements for Sick
Children. It is the first of a series
of articles along that line by Lina
Beard, the famous bister of the
famous cartoonist and author, Dan
Beard. Miss Board's volume, "The
American Girl's Handy Book," has
made, her known in thousands of
American homes. In each issue of
the Delineator there are more color
ed plates, more novelties in styles,
more articles of value and of interest
to women than in any other public
tion devoted to fashions and home
affairs, no matter what the price
may be.
The vexed question as to whether
literary men make good husbands
will probably never be disposed of,
as it needs must be settled by in
dividual cases, and no two individ
uals are alike. The crabbed Carlyle
and high-strung Jane, the latter un
doubtedly dwarfed in her literary
product by her constant self-efface
ment in the presence of her moody
husband, form the subject for Miss
Laughlin's July contribution to the
Stones of Authors' .Lovers, appear
ing to the Delineator. She gives
pathos in the subject, lacking with
some of the hardsher pens that have
treated it
Girls Remember Beat.
In experiments for testing the
memory powers of an equal number
of boys and girls at different ages in
school and university classes, they
were all read a simple story contain
ing 324 words and 152 distinct
ideas, after which they immediately
proceeded to write what they could
remember. -The conclusions were
that the growth of memory is more
rapid in girls than in boys.
Street Incident.
"My dear Sir," exclaimed Law
yer Bartholomew Livingston, meet
ing the Rev. Dr. Archibald Wind-
bam on the village street, "wnat
does this mean? I thought you
were laid up with all sorts of bad
diseases I"
And so I was," replied the rev
erend gentleman, "I had an attack
of indigestion and from that time on
my whole system has been in a dis
ordered condition until I liegan tak
ing Hood's Sarsapanlla which has
put me on my feet and cured all
my stomach troubles."
"1 dont doubt it," said tbe law
yer. 1 bis same medicine money
can buy, they only tell the truth."
Yes, yes, so they do replied
the minister, and the two passed
on. -
Attorney General Griggs has de
cided that the Cuban civil courts
have jurisdiction to try an Aireri
can soldier who killed a Cuban.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL,.
The henate has, refused to pass
the appropriation of $3,000 for pay
ing Mrs. Daniel Manning, head
the D. A. Rs for her services in go
ing to the Paris Exposition and un
veiling the Lafayette monument
there. When MrsT" Manning was
first advocated for commissioner
was with the understanding there
should be no compensation, as the
honor of going as the representative
of the United States was considered
sufficient reward. When the bilr
advocating her appointment reach
ed the Senate Mr. Depew moved to
ttrike out the clause without com
pensation, and substituted $3,000.
This bill failed to pass both Houses
and was apponded to the sundry
civil bilL This latter feat was ac-
complished by Mrs. Manning ask
ing Mrs. Gage to use her personal
influence with the Secretary to put
the appropriation through. The
D. A. Rs have a stringent rule for
bidding the organization to ask ap-
propriations from Congress without
authority of the society. Hence,
number of the ladies appeared and
lobbied against the bill and bav
succeeded in defeating it.
Even President have troubles
of
their own which are not political
One of these recently befell Presi
dent McKinley. At a recent ban
auot he rose to speak, attired in
spotless conventional evening dress
On his face, however, was a look of
pain betokening some deep-seated
woe. The fact was that the presi
dential dress suit had just been re
turned from the cleaners, and
whether the tailor had damaged tbe
goods or whether the plenteous meal
had increased the Presidential girth
is not known, but when the Presi'
dent rose to speak, his trousers gave
way an important point. The Presi
dent was able to finish his speech
without bis accident beine discover
ed, howeverjilthough his face got
so red and he halted and hesitated
to such an extent, that his friends
feared he was coins to have an
apoplectic attack and solicitously
came to him when he had finished
speaking, all manner of remedies.
He, declared, however, that he only
needed a needle and thread.
Director Merriam of the Census
calls attention to the fact that the
census law declares that an enumera
tor who communicates to any unau
thorized person the information he
gains Un tbe periormance oi nis
duties is guilty of a misdemeanor
and liable to a fine of not more than
$500. This clause has been includ
ed not only to prevent neighborhood
gossly about details collected by the
enumerators but also to insure some
system about giving out tbe results
for the various districts. The ex
perience in the results, which can
not be detected and corrected until
each schedule is eximined and
tabulated by the methods and with
the mechanical aids in use there.
The proposal for a constitutional
amendment for the popular election
bt Senators which passed the House
some time ago haa been adversely
reported from the Senate Commit
tee on Piivilies and Elections. The
committee gave no reason for its ac
tion, but sent the resolution back to
the Senate with the woids "Ad
versely reported" stamped upon it.
with the recommendation that it lie
upon the table. This, however,
does not end the matter. In fact it
only marks its beginning. The
Senate itself now has control of the
resolution and can, if it so desires,
act on it at any time. It will be
easy Senator to secure a vote on the
matter or to force his colleagues to
take sides by voting down a motion
for considering it.
It is not generally known that
patents involve property righto as
much so as real esUte, and the tame
care usually exercised in the pur
chase of real property should also
prevail in purchasing patents. An
intending purchaser of real estate
completes his purchase until tbe
title thereto has been thoroughly in
vestigated, and business caution
dictates that the same practice
should be followed by purchasers of
patents. E. G. Siggers, Patent
Lawyer, W shington, D. C, with'
an experience of 2U years in the
business, is well qualified to give
reliable advice on this subject.
If
troubled with rheumatism,
Chamberlain'! Pain-Balm a
It will not emit von orwt cent
give
trial
if it does no gcxWEOOne application
ill relieve tbe pain. It also cares
sprains and bruisea in one-third the
time required by any other treat
ment. Cuts, bams, frostbites,
quinary, pains in the aide and
chest, glandular and other swellings
are quickly cured by applying it.
Every bottle warranted. 1'nce, Z
andSOctu 4m
TO GET GOOD E0AD.S.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS URGED AS A
MEANS TO THAT END.
Oar Hla;bwarCoald Be Reconstruct
ed With the Bond Tax Now Levied.
Prodnetloa Cheapened and Land
Valaee Bailed.
Professor 8. Watcrliouse of Washing
ton university delivered no address on
good roads before tbe trangiuissiasippl
commercial congress recently held at
Houston. He said In part:
According to tbe enreful nud ex
tended Investigations of the office of
road Inquiry bad roads Indict upon the
Industries of the United States an an
nnal loss of $000,000,000. A clear galu
of so vast a sum would be untlonal
prosperity. In a commercial corapetl-
tion between Americans and Europe
ans tbe good roads and cheap labor of
Europe give our rivals a great advpn-
tage. Tbe construction of good roads
In the United States would uioro near
ly equalize tho conditions of competi
tion. To relieve our Industries of tbe
enormous burdens which now oppress
them, to cheapen primary transporta
tion, to enable planters to utilize rainy
days, to save perishable fruits by sea
sonable marketing, to secure the lar
gest profits by sale and delivery of field
products at the time of highest prices,
to raise the value of farm lands and to
facilitate in rural districts school at
tendance, social intercourse and a more
frequent mall service we must Improve
our highways.
Good roads are effective promoters
of prosperity and civilization. As lu
classic Greece the first pathways led to
temples of worship, so lu modern times
tbe best highways lead to the spiritual
advancement of mankind. Tho cereal
harvests of the United States now far
exceed tho demands of home consump
tion. The cheapness of the grain raised
by the low priced labor of foreign kinds
restricts the sale of our surplus. If
there were good roads through this
country, the cheaper conveyances of
produce from farm to rail or river
would lift a burden of hundreds of mil
lions from tho shoulders of American
agriculture, Increase the prosperity of
every Industry and enlarge our marl,
time commerce by exports.
But the reconstruction of our road
ways would cost a vast sum. To de
vise an effective scheme to raise tho
necessary funds Is a problem which It
has puzzled financiers to solve. But
the director of tho office of road in
quiry has proposed the establishment
of postal savings banks and the Invest
ment of their deposits In county bonds
Issued for the sole purpose of road-
making. Its financial merits commend
this plan to tho favorable considera
tion of congress.
There Is no internal Improvement
which would so materially benefit tbe
United States as tho construction of
good roads. Well built highways would
lessen the labor of men and animals
In transferring products from tbe
places of growth or manufacture to
railroad or steamboat, save time and
$000,000,000 of unnecessary cost on pri
mary transportation, facilitate domes
tic interchanges and extend our for
eign commerce. These are advantages
of national - and transcendent Impor
tance which can only bo secured by
Immense outlay of money. The
funds deposited In our postal savings
banks could be appropriated to no bet
ter use than rebuilding our roads.
One of the objections to the proposed
reform Is that the government could
not find enough securities In which to
Invest Its postal deposits. But tbe Im
provement of our roads would absorb
all the' savings which tbe postofflces
received. It has been suggested by
tbe chief of the ofllce of road Inquiry
that the government should Invest tbe
funds derived from that source in
county bonds pledged to defray tbe
costs of roadbulldlng. The security
would be ample. Based upon a low
valuation of real estate, the bonds
would be entirely good at the date of
issue, and they would become more
and more valuable as the reconstruc
tion of tbe roads raised the. price of the
adjacent binds.
Tbe average appreciation of real es
tate In tbe neighborhood of Improved
highways has been estimated at from
$5 to $10 an acre, according to tbe situ
ation and distance from market. Such
securities would effectively guarantee
tbe government against loss.
Tbe first and greatest beneficiaries of
these government loans would be tbe
farmers. Money usually gravitates to
the financial centers and does not free
ly return to tbe circumference. But In
this Instance the millions would be ex
pended la the country on Improvements
which primarily most benefit the plant
er. The outlay of so much money
among the farmers would deservedly
better tbe condition of the chief factors
of our national wealth. Tbe capital
spent upon V-.t highways and made
more effective by tbelr Improvement
would circulate In rm useless round
through all the countless avenue of
business and stimulate every Industry
to greater activity. To secure these
great benefits no new assessments need
to be levied. The taxes now raised for
road repair are sufficient to pay the
Interest on the proponed bonds. Tbe
payment of tbe principal will be left to
a succeeding generation, but posterity
will be so enriched by the reconstruc
tion of tbe highway that It ran well
afford to meet tbe obligation.
Waald MM Safer Aala for fifty TIanes
IU Price.
I awoke last night with severe
pains in my stomach. I never felt
to badly in all my life. When I
came down to work this morning I
felt so weak I could hardly work. I
went to Miller & McCurdy's drug
store and they recommended Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy! It worked like
magic and one done fixed me all
right. It certainly is the finest
thing I ever used for stomach trou
ble. I shall not be without it in
my home hereafter, for I should not
care to endure the sufferings of last
night again for fifty times its price.
(i. II. Wilkox, Liveryman, Bur
gettslowjv Washington Co., Pa.
This remedy is for sale by T. A. Al
bright 4 Co., druggist a.
IV HeSXa' aparacM rimenvUI turner UH. gaas
Sterna, aaat snaring aUsaoayUa-Onweeei 1.
Ilena nud Hrooda.
The hens will now commence to be
come broody, nml egsswlll be given
then) In order lo linve them bring off
early chicks. Hut how many of these
chicks will t)- raised Is another mat
ter. Those who allow their hen to
lose time nt Incuhallou should not be
sallslie-l to have them raise only one
third of the chicks, as is usually the
case. The cause of the great loss
among the little chicks nud not over
30 per cent cf them ever live beyond
the flrist two weeks-Is the dependence
placed upon the hen. A ben can raise
chicks In .May and the summer months
when the weather Is warm, but she
cannot be successful In March and
April without assistance. She cannot
hover her brood In a manner to pro
vent the chicks from being chilled, and
it Is only after the weaker one have
perished that she . keep the others
alive. It Is the "survival of the fit
test," and that, too. under hardships
and dltllculties. Provide a warm and
sheltered place for the bens and broods
and look after them carefully. It will
pay to save the early chicks, as they
bring the highest prices. Poultry
Keeper.
Iloom In the Poaltry Honae.
Never crowd too many hens together.
In building a coop or poultry house di
mensions of 8 by 8 feet, allow of cut
ting 10 feet boards to tbe best advan
tage, and wanto of lumber should al
ways be avoided. If tbe bouse Is 8
by 8 feet. It should not contain over a
dozen bens. The roosts should bo at
the back, with the nests under them.
the top of the nests being a board three
feet wide, to as to cnteb the droppings
from the roosts. There should be two
roosts, each eight feet long, which will
give 10 feet In length of roosts. A foot
space on the roosts should bo allowed
each bird, which admit of 10 bens be
ing kept together; bnt, as stated. It Is
best not to have too many together,
and a dozen will do better than a large
number. Tbe nest should not be over
a foot blgb, and the roosts may be only
six Inches from the top of the board
over the nests, which will bring tbe
roosts 18 Inches from the floor, thus
avoiding sore feet, ns tbe birds will
not be com lulled to jump from a high
roost
A Crael Joke on Andrew Lang.
Even the shrewdest persons may at
times be deceived. No matter bow
much people may differ upon tho gen
ius of Andrew Lang, they are unani
mous in regard to his quick intelligence
and his talent for playing golf. Some
time ago ho was a guest at a very dis
tinguished dinner, which ho is said to
hnvo described ns an extraordinary
survival of savage mysteries. The cu
linary port was faultless, but Mr.
Lang's enjoyment was utterly ruined
by having, as he put It, "a budding
funny man on tho ono hand and a dia
bolically deaf Socialist on the other. I
could not," added tho famous critic,
"tell which of the two was tho 'more
mournful companion."
Two weeks afterward It got out that
tbe Socialist was not deaf; that bo had
come to the banquet prepared to be
bored by less learned guests; that be
bad been seated alongside "an Idiotic
middle aged gentleman who did noth
ing but talk of golf," and that to pro
tect himself be bad simulated a deaf
ness which kept his neighbor bawling.
Saturday Evening Post.
They All Stared.
The otbor day a married couplo were
walking down one of the main thor
oughfares of a north country town, and
tbe husband, noting tbe attention other
women obtained from passersby, re
marked to bis better half:
"Folk nlvver look at thee, I wish
I'd married some one better looking."
The woman tartly replied:
"It's thy fault. Dusta think a man'U
store at me wheu you're walking wi'
me? Thee step behind an thah'll see
whether folk don't look at me."
He bung back about a dozen yards
and for tbe length of a street was sur
prised to see every man his wife passed
stare bard at ber and turn round and
look after ber when she hud passed.
"Sal, lass," be exclaimed, ."I was
wrong, an I tak' It back. I'll nlvver
ay owt about tby face again."
Ills wily spouse bad accomplished
the trick by putting out her tongue at
every man she met. London Tlt-BIt.
Hats nasi Hair.
Undoubtedly baldness I on tbe In
crease, particularly among yonng men.
Tbe sale of wig get larger every
year.
One of tbe leading cause of baldness
I the stiff bat Bowler and silk bat
exert a firm pressure around tbe bead.
preventing tbe circulation of tbe blood.
Soft bat would be lea hurtful; no bat
would be sttll better. Host of tbe arti
ficial hair sold In this country come
from tbe bead of tbe peasant glrla of
Europe. Hair cotter constantly go
about making bargain for this balr.
These girls never wear bat.
There are more bald bead In tbe cit
ies, where tlff bat are worn, than In
tbe rural districts, where tbe men wear
a looser bead covering. Philadelphia
Ledger.
lasllama'a Narrow Tire Lave.
Indiana has a law, enacted In 1889,
that forbid tbe nse of public roads
for hauling over 2,000 pounds of any
thing In a narrow tired wagon and
over 2,500 pounds In wagon with
broad tires. Hie low bas been merely
nominal, and during tbe last ten years
there have been few attempt to en
force It. The road supervisors In ev
eral counties have awakened at last to
their duty, and they are posting warn
ings that violators will be prosecuted.
Aside from tbe fact that law should
be enforced, the supervisors are taking
tbe best possible step to prevent the
deterioration of their roads. Expe
rience ba shown tbe deatructlvenes
of narrow, tires, especially when carry
ing heavy loads, and It ba also shown
that tbe broad tire are more econom
ical to tbe owners of tbe wagon them
selves.
.
A Wealth of aseaaty
Is often hidden by unsigbtly
Pimples, Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas,
Salt Rheum, etc Bncklen's Arnica
balve will glorify the face by curing
all Skin Eruptions, also Cuts,
Itruises, Burns, Boils, Felons,
Ulcers, and worst forms of Piles.
Only 2-5 cU. a box. Cure guar
anteed. Bold by T. A. Albright &
Co., druggists.
THE SAILOR MAN.
Sun tcrriblt time I wu out o the way, '.'
Orer tha w, over the lee, '
Till I come back to Ireland one tunny day,
Betther for roe, hetthor (or met
The flrat time nte foot got the feel o the trouad,
I was iLbrolIln along in an Irian city
That haan't Ha aquil the world around
for the air that la iwcei an the (rirli that St
Light on their feet now thee paaaed me an sped.
Give you me word, give you me wordl
Every girl had a turn o' tho head
Juit like a bird, Juit like a birdl
An the laahea e thick round their beautiful eyes,
Shinin to teU ye 'twas fair time, o' day wt'
them.
Back In me heart, wit a ktnd o1 surprise,
1 think bow the Iriah glrla baa tbe way wl'
them.
Oeh. man allre, but It's little ye know
That never was then, never waa there I
Look when ye like for themt long may ye go
What do I carat What do 1 caret
Plenty aa blackberries, when will ys flnd
lura pruty giris, not ny two oor oj ton v
them?
Only Juit then when tbey grow, d'ye mind.
Still like tbe blackberries, more lata ye see o
them.
Long, limg swsy. so, no matther bow far,
'Tla the girls that 1 miss, girls that 1 miss.
Women an roun' ye wherever ye an,
Not worth a kiaa, not worth S kiss.
Over In Ireland many's the one
Well do 1 know that baa notbln to say wT
tbem
Sweeter than anything under the aun. -
Ocb, but tbe Irish girls has the way wt' then.
Moira O'Neill In D lack wood's.
DUCKS IN BROODERS.
A Breeder Who llalaed Indian Ren
tiers With Chleke.
It has become a well recognized fact
that the best results caunut be obtain
ed when ducks are grown lu a brooder
regulated to Insure the best result
with broilers, and on the large plants
a separate house with an expensive
heating apparatus Is provided for both
chicks and ducks. This, however. I
not practical for., tbe small breeder,
who is compelled to abandon tbe cul
ture of ducks and thus be deprived of
a substantial source of Income. After
a close study of the Indian Bunner
ducks It seemed feasible to us to grow
them with broilers, and a trial was
made. The brooder used was one in
constant use In a broiler house with a
capacity of 1,700, tho heating appa
ratus being of the regulation type of
hot water beater, regulated to a tem
perature of about 85 degrees. Ono
hover was used for the experiment,
and tho tempcrnturo was regulated
solely with regard to tho broilers, of
which tho house at the time contained
about 700. Tho temperature of the
room outside of the hovers varied from
70 degree on clear, warm days to aa
low as 40 degree on others.
Tbe results obtained were far above
our expectations. The same food was
given the little. Runner as was fed to
the chicks next door, and a fountain,
such as wag In uso with the chicks,
served them for drinking. In fact, ns
far as it was possible, theame condi
tions were observed In all parts of tbe
house. It was soon an evident fact
that the chicks were beaten on their
own ground, for tho little ducks dem
onstrated that whatever might be tbe
requirements of ordinary ducks these
Runners had just what they wanted,
and tbey proceeded to grow. It Is too
early as yet to say what tbe market
price will be, but they are now much
heavier than chicks of their age, and
tbey are still growing. So far as we
have been able to observe they eat no
more than chickens of nn equal age,
and from present Indications tbey will
weigh several times as much when
dressed for market.
This experiment is of special value,
for It opens a new field to tbe fancier
who bos ono or more brooders that be
use in tbe early spring and summer
and for nine months of tbe year ba
lying idle, bringing blm no return.
Von Moltke and atarwltn.
Da helm, a German magazine, tells
tbe following anccdoto of Von Moltke,
tbe greatest of Prussian generals, who
was as famous for bl stern reticence
as for hi skill In tbe art of war.
On one occasion when a party of mil
itary men bad been discussing bl vic
torious campaigns In bis presence one
of tbem turned to blm and said:
"General, what was tbe supreme mo
ment of your life the one that left the
deepest Impression on yon Can yon
tell nsr
Von Moltke laughed. "Easily, gen
tlemen. There was one moment so ter
rible that It was like no other. I was
a yonng, beard lea ofneer, and I waa
ent with a mossago to General von
Marwlts. I went with trepidation. He
received me with a kindly nod and
aid, 'Lay aside your cloak, sir.'
" 'Ha,' I thought, 'be meet me as an
equal! I unbuttoned my cloak and
dropped It on a chair. He looked at It
and then nt me.
" 'In tbe anteroom, lieutenant. In tbe
anteroom,' be said gently.
"Tbe horror and shame of that re
buke come upon me at night sometimes
now like death Itself. No success I
bare ever bad bas repaid mo for that
mortlBcatlon."
Rood laaproTeasant. In Row Terse.
, Extensive Improvements are now be
ing made or contemplated In West
cheater county. In New Itdbbclle $400,
000 I being expended In paving about
20 mile of streets, wbilo extensive
road building I now going on la tbe
township of White Plain, ' Rye,
Greenburg and Mount Pleasant.
It Is stated that tbe good road com
mittee of tbe Westchester county board
of supervisors will soon be able to be
gin the work of tbe construction of
two fine macadamized boulevard
through tbe entire length of the
county.
Aaelent Road Bnlldem.
Tbe Carthaginian were excellent
road ballder. Portions of the road
leading from Carthage east and west
along tbe Beacoast of Tunis and Trip
oli are still o be found. Vbe con
struction of the Carthaginian road
differed ao materially from that of tbe
Roman highway that It la an easy
matter for antiquarian to distinguish
between the two.
To the Deaf. A rich lady
cured of her Deafnesa and Noises in
the II ead by Dr. Nicholson's Arti
fical Ear Drums, gave 110,000 to his
Institute, so that deaf people unable
to procure the Ear Drums may have
them free. Address No. 7660.,
The Nicholson Institute, 780
Eighth Avenue, New York.
After He Comes I
he has a hard enough time. Every- 9
thing that tbe expectant mother
can do to help her child she should w
do. One of the greatest blessings 2
he can give him U health, bnt to as
do this, she must have health ber
self. She should use every means JJ
to improve ber physical condition. n
She should, by au means, supply
herself with - J
Mother's
Friend.
It will take ber $
through the crisis
easily and F
quickly. It is a S
liniment which
give strength
and vigor to the S
muscles. Com.
mon sense will ft
show you S
that the 5
stronger tbe
muscle are,
which bear the
train, the leas
pain there will be.
A woman living in Fort Wayne,
Ind., says: "Mother's Friend did
wonders for me. Praise God for
your liniment." , 1
Read this from Hunel, CaL i
" Mother's Friend is a blessinsr to
all women who undergo nature's
ordeal of cblldWrth."
Get Mother's Meatl t the
dreg store. SI per bottle. '
9 TIIE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
- Atlanta, Co. "' 9.
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