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VOL. XXVI. QfRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900. NO. 20. THE LIE THAT WAS NOT TOLD "Is It 4pod..,to, tell alien Tony laughed. Tes; . sometimes, ; maybe. ItetoB.". ""v V4? He threw his head back and gazed at me through his halt closed lids. I " will not use -his broken English, for It was not much broken, and he was a good story teller, Bald Tony: f t j Her name was Marcia. She was blind. She lived here in this house. In Polk street. Yoif know the little . window, high up near the top? It was . there. The rent Js cheap. From the window one can see St Peer's and the lake the lake where the sun shines all day long, like la a big, wide mirror. Only little Marcia, who could not see - it, just sat quietly and dreamed of It or listenedto the little birds, the spar rows, that fly" around the edge of the roof, and the rattle from the street, . the noise from the cars and Wagons. Late at night her brother Luigl came home- He was a cook. She was not always blind. And that was good. She could re'gret It is bet ter than nothing.; Dust in her eyes did it They got red and swelled up. They burned and festered, and before the priest was called the work was ; done she was blind. - That was when she was 10 and pret ty, with eyes that were blue and gray, blue that was soft, gray that glittered, '-As I said, she was pretty. Her lips- well, her lips were made to be kissed, Her hair was brown that Is. brown .with gold; Ah, she was pretty! Well, . when she was 20 that was a long time ago. , How long? Well, a year, two years, I guess, but it seenjs longer. . l,ulgt came home one ( night : and brought Terese--Tercse, who was dress ed in black. And this is what Luigl ''Sister, carlsima mia, here is Te , rese." She Is poor and unfortunate like thyself,. Thee must be good friends.' Now,' Marcia could not see the black the black of Terese's dress and the block of Teresa's hat the grim and Bomber black. Besides, when one Is blind there is but one misfortune, and : that Is the greatest in the . world. Therefore poor, blind Marcia caught - but one Idea In the jumble of her broth- er1 words. And this Is what she said as she smiled and held out her hands "Thou art blind. It is too bad. Hast thou always been blind?" - - in the most simple way In the world she said it And thus it happened that Terese became blind Teres e, whose eyes were the best In the world for when Lulgi, smiling, opened bis mouth to speak and saw Terese place ber fin ger to her lips and sign him to stop, he . stopped, as you or I would have done, or any one else. (For a woman is at wayg right at least so any -woman will say, and sometimes It Is so.) Then Terese drew the blind girl into ber arms and kissed her. "No, little one," she said. "J have not always been blind. But like thee, as Luigl has told me.'I have been -unfortu nate, and I think we will be the great est friends in-the world." , And then she looked at Luigl, whose race was watte, ana smuea ana wms- - pcred; ."Love Is blind, foolish." So that Lulgi grew red again with the blood that came trooping into his face and tried to seize her hand. Only Terese -drew It back and laughed. ' And the poor little blind girl, who felt the -movement and beard the laugh, but did not at all guess what It was about, smiled sadly and said In a way .one could , not exactly explain. "Ah, thou art happy T I might have said in the beginning that it commenced just that way. , Terese came to live In the house with Marcia and Lulgi. Only she' didn't have a room with a little window from which one could see the lake. And they wre happy all three. Terese worked. - Every morning Lulgi guided r ber down the stairs and to work, so be ' said, and every evening a little boy, for ' two pennies a day, brought her back, so she-said. Then she and Marcia sat at the window and listened for Luigl. 'And this, continued for awhile until this thing happened, that Terese came home one evening with-a lighter step than usual. "Mad re sanctlsslmal" she cried ' she bent over Marcia and kissed her. rWbat thlnkest thou, little oner : The blind girl grew pale and ber lips trembled as she turned her face up ward wonderingly. "Canst see?" she whispered. .. Terese laughed. "No, no, little one; not .that," she said, "bnt I have something for- thee." And she dropped a necklace of gold and blue beads about the little one's neck." . i-i-- "I am glad," said the blind girl sim ply, but a tear glistened In her eye, and when she bent ber head it dropped upon , Tense's band. "I am glad," she peaieu. - - . -i - "Ah, little one,-art glad and "yet weepr cried Terese. "Is It the neck lacer . - - v ' "No, oof cried the little one. She dried ber eyes and smiled a she fin- rered the necklace. "It Is not that '- Thy step, was so light I thought tbes night bare been- cured of thy blind ness, and I felt so lonely. - "Thou- dearest little one," said Te resa. And she clasped the blind girl in iter arms and laughed gayly. . let ' thus shone J ha woman ber face grew jpale, for aba began to see what was to come, and she feared the end. Now, this Js now the pit became deeper: When Beppo came, aa ka did one evening, with LuJgt he brought his mandolin which is to say, Marcia sang and Beppo cried: "Brava, slgno rlnal . Thou bast a wonderful voice." Whereat the little blind girl was de ' lighted, as were Lulgi. and Terese, Which 'was sad all very sad. If tbey could have known! Bat how coald they have known enless they read the future, which is what few people can even goes? So that not knowing, these . things happened that Beppo came again and again and for many weeks afterward. In the evening they sat on the stairs and talked, or Beppo played his man dolin while Marcia sang while it was an dark and still, maybe a little noise from the street And on one of beee nights, which were dire nights the lit tle blind girt sat silent as if unhappy, and sighed. What la It BtUe oner asked Terese. "Art rnit" XnaThetleneTmnear "Nay," she said; "I am happy." Beppo laughed, "One must not sigh when one is happy ,"'he said. "I will play." ' :rt- -- ' The moon was half way In the sky. The night was soft The music rose softly and reached 4he heart "It Is a love song," said Beppo. ' And be reach ed out and caught Terese's hand. It was dark, and there was none, to see except the blind girl, and Terese laugh, ed and smiled In Beppo's face. ' "It Is a love song," she repeated, and Marcia, too, laughed. "Yes," she said, it is love song." And she began to sing. And tills wan the pity of It that they didn't guess, those two, Beppo and Te rese. Nor did they seem likely to find out, for not alone are those blind who cannot sec. And when It was all finished when Beppo had gone home Marcia and Te rese sat silent and held each other's bands, , "What Is it, little bird?" asked Te rese. And Marcia sighed and held down her bead and cast down ber eyes, as though they feared- to meet those of Terese. Terese kissed the blind girl. "What Is it, Marcia?" she whispered. " "I am In love," said the blind girl. She hung her bead on Terese's sboul dcr, and, though she bad whispered, it sounded In the ears of the other like a thousand thunder claps. Terese grew white, and ber eyes grew wide; "Oh," she cried, "you are . in love! ou are In lover' Then she grew whiter and held the little blind girl off and looked at ber a long time silently and strangely. "Yes," said Marcia simply. "Terese, thlnkest thou Beppo likes inej", , l, . Once there was a than who 'said "Yes; It was I." And. another was glad he lied. Once there was a woman who said: "Nay; I love no." And an other was glad she lied. ' . Oncebut wait. , - Lulgi came, and be and the, little blind one went into their room, and Terese went to hers and threw, herself upon, ber cot and cried almost all the night at least during the time she was not liusy packing up for n the floor of her room she laid a big, stout cloth, and on this she piled all ber things her Sunday dresses and. her trinkets and the most of them were wet with her tears.' Tightly she packed them and crept down stairs at 3 o'clock and disappeared In the gray of the morn ing. It was three days before tbey found her Beppo and Luigl though they searched through the whole of each day. . She-bad the most forlorn ex pression in the world and went with them quietly and meekly nor answered a word, walking between them with eyes downcast as though she were dumb. ' Tears were in her eyes the whole way, but to everything she said, "I know nothing." And they all lied, every one of them. But Marcia was happy. "Mia carls ima," she cried, "I was" so afraid! Thee said not a word. And thee was blind." -:- Terese laughed that Is, It sounded like a laugh. And she said: - "Yes. I was blind, little bird, but there are eyes In the heart, and they have brought me back to thee." Then she , kissed the little blind girl and bugged her again and again and cried between times, v "." ,. Thus 1t went on as before. Nor could any one of them have helped, though it was sad, And as the end drew near they all became happier and bapplor. : "There will be a serenata tonight at the park," said Beppo one evening. "We will all go.'j. And he laughed gayly, for he bad something on his mind, and be Intended to speak. The serenata was like a fete. There were hundreds that sat beneath the trees and listened, as did Terese and Marcia. Ana Beppo sat Detween tnem. It is grand," said Marcia. "Yes," said Beppo and Terese. ."It is grand." And after it was all over they lingered, sit ting beneath the trees for an hour or more, until the music of the night had crept Into their hearts and made them happy. "There Is a song in the night said Beppo, "and there 'Is a song within my heart, but It Is unsung." I will sing It for thee," said Mar cia, and she smiled. ' .8 . X .("Thou art good," said Beppo. "And, yes thou sbalt sing for me and make me happy." And, though he spoke to Marcia, he looked at Terese, and love shone in his eyes. . Ana Terese looted at him, and love shone in ber eyes. But ber face was white nevertheless, and her eyes were downcast Tbey remain ed downcast during the whole of Mar- la's song, and when Beppo clasped aer hand she did not smile, .When he pillowed her head upon bis breast she did not look op that is, until he strain ed ber to his heart and held up her head until be looked Into her eyes and asked, "Wilt thou be miner Then, though her face was drawn and hag- sard, she smiled. And when he Dress ed ber close and asked again she smlt, ed once more, though sadly, and threw ber arms around bis neck and answer ed, "Yes." But she choked, as with a sob In her throat ' ' "Thou lovest me J" said Beppo. He looked at her drawn face and thin lips and rend the love within ber eyes, so that for a moment he was awed. "Thou lovest me," be said. And Terese bung limp within bis arms and dropped her head, " -' -. '- "Yea," she said, "I love thee." , . Then, just as poor blind Marcia's song came to an end, tbey kissed. And Why the sound of It should have been so loud I do not know. Maybe It was not so loud, after ail, but It reached the ears of the little blind girl like the roar of ' a mountain torn asunder, though It was but the tearing apart of her own little heart she beard. The last faint chord quivered unheard hi her throat and ended hi a choke. She sat hike one of stone peering at them a 'though listening, but there was nothing more to hear, for Terese's bead was buried In Beppo's arms, while Beppo caressed ber hair. ."Marcia," said Beppo at last "Teres and r "No, nor cried Terese. Roe threw her bead bark and pressed' ner band across his mouth. But the little blind girl understood and rose to her feet with ber face an white, and as she spun round ber hands were flung high above ber head, so that tbey fell la Beppo's face as be caught ber and laid ber tenderly on the ground. Teres cried as Beppo turned to ber will) b'j face all puzxled, ""She Tovos 'thee.' She sobbed nud kissed the pour white face of the little one. "She loves thou, and I must go away." But Beppo did not understand this. "Lovest thou me V he asked. "Yes, yes." answered Terese; "thou knowest that. , "Then," said Beppo bo smiled "that It all." When Marcia openedher eyes, ber face was wet with tears, and the whole of the tale was being sobbed Into ber ears. But she only smiled, and when sho rose she grasped the guiding fin gers of the two with hands that shook no more than does yours or mine, and when she walked up the stairs to the little room with the window that ovar looks the take ber steps were as firm as though nothing had happened at all, though Terese cried all the way down again despite the kisses and caresses of Beppo. "Is It kind to tell a Her asked Tony "Well, I don i know. Maybe, some times." Then he dropped Into his bro ken English. "You got another cigar, yesr Exchange. . . THE HOT WATER BUTTON. A ConnfVr Couple Which Accepted the Directions Literally. - This is a taiu of pressing the button. Blaine Mies of Skowhognn tells It to me. I don't know, where he got the facts; couldn't have been -In Skowhe- gan, of course. -' But, wherever It was, a couple from the country enmo to the hotel of which the talc is told. Of course this may have happened In Bob. Haines' hotel In Skowhegun, but I doubt it for Bob has told me many times that It is a liberal education for man, woman or child to stop In bis hotel five minutes. ; Rural parties in question asked to be shown to a room; boy escorted them up; left them standing In the center of the room looking around. Over the -electric, push button, of course, was the usual card directing guest to ring once for Ice water, twice for hot water, etc. It Is evident that the first business of the new arrivals was to study the card. y In about five minutes the bell on the annunciator In the office commenced to ring prln-n-ng, prln-n-ng, prin-n-ng, prin-n-ngl giving the hot water call over and over. The number shown was the number of the room occupied by the rural parties. " The boy rushed Into the washroom aud drew a pitcher of hot water. Still the bell kept sounding steadily, two rings In quick succession. "Git a move on!" shouted the clerk to the boy. "Them parties In slumteen must be considerably fussed up on the hot water question, v Tbey must have cold feet." ' " " The boy was already half way up stairs, running like a deer. The bell still kept ringing. The clerk, crazed by the noise of the bell, stood up In a chair, saying things In rapid succession, and held bis band on the gong, dulling its sound. The boy tore Into the room, with his pitcher of hot water slopping. The new arrivals, man and wife, were standing before the electric button. Their eyes were on the card. The man held a bowl carefully under the button, with bis bead turned away, so that the hot water wouldn't squirt in bis eyes, and the woman was pressing the but ton with regular stroke. They were doing their best to get hot water strict ly according to directions. "Here, stop thntl" yelled the. boy to the woman. "Here's your hot water!" The man with the bowl lowered that article and looked at the boy. What," says he the man from the rural districts "d'ye have to bring It In a pitcher in the old fashioned way? Waal, I snuml What's the trouble with yer waterworks here? I've been pressln this button accordln to the rewles here -on the card, and there hain't a darned drop Of hot water come out ylt When things ain't workin, ye ought to bang up a sign sayln 'Out of Order.' , That s the way they do on the welghln machine up to Site Cobb's gro cery store."- . And when the bellboy came oat of his swoon he told the clerk, and the clerk went gravely up stairs with tiny card on wblcb be bad written, "Not Working." ' He carried a spike and a hammer, and after gaining admission to room slumteen he nailed up the card with the spike. The guest surveyed bis work with In terest. "There, that's business.1" said the man from the rural districts. "Ef she ain't workin, say so, and ef it's goln to trouble ye any to fetch water up here me and the woman will come down ter the sink and wash up. Jest as soon dew It's not" Lewiston Journal. - HOPE. 3 - - . v Ok, wmrf hearts, and nd, wbo client tfopt AmM tht fhadowa ef fonw wintry nifctit, - Whoa depths, alas, obscure the spirit's UfM, Wait tboa and orstcb lor Uw sweet angel bopel kUjhep a streof th is tiers beyond thy scope. And that ffloriouslv wtazina- her fiia-ht. ' She sooa mtf crows the with her ablatac And sd new ristaa for thy vision ops. Tie hers to give the thought a golden wine-. The aUjtnberins; buds of promiee to awake, TU1, tike the wildlnc Moawms ol the aprlnsv Prom wintry soil the Sowers of Joy shall break. And saoat musically tbe soul shall sins. Forgettinf all Its aadneaa and Its ache I . rietchar la ocean's Boom Ooaapaa)- Olrllafc Aanenltte. Fay I accepted Mr. Box ley night ' May Good gracious! Weren't nervous about It? "No. Whyf - lati yon "Ob. I would have been! I should think the suspense would be awful while yon wort waiting for his an- rwer." Philadelphia Press. Last fall I sprained my left hip while haulding some heavy boxes. The doctor I called on said at first it was a slight rUain and would soon be well, but it grew worse and the doctor then aaid I had rheumatism. It continued to get worse and I could hardly get aJTrand to work. I went to a drug store and the drug gist recommended me to try Cham ber Iain's Pain Balm. I tried it and one-half of a 60-cent bottle cured me entirely. I now recommend it to ally my frieoda. F. A. Basootk, Erie, Ta. It is tor sale by T. A. Al bright & Co., druggists. UNCERTAIN TESTS. Heed of Same Sratem Im Wfcteh Dai rymen Have CoBBdeaee. Skepticism of prlvato dairy testa la natural, for thq reason that It Is very often well founded, says a correspond ent of The Country Gentleman. Buy ers frequently give owners full credit for honesty as men, yet doubt the truthfulness of the butter tests of their cows because tbey believe that through misplaced confidence they allow them selves to be deceived by their employ ees.. What Is the remedy for all this distrust? It may bo set down as a pretty safe rule that no system of test will gain that degree of public confidence which would make It acceptable as an au thoritative means of deciding competi tion between rival owners or aa sponsor for records of comparative merit which does not afford ample opportunity -for Investigation and watchfulness on the part of rival in terests. All plans heretofore adopted in this country for general use have fallen lamentably short There are a- few tests, hdwever, that command full con fidence. Tbey are those that have been mado In open competition on the fair grounds, where rival Interests were on the spot watching each other and ready to assert their rights against any unfair advantage or stretching of results. Bnt while tbe principle that necessarily dominates the fair ground test meets the critical approbation of the breeding community at large the opportunity for its practice la too lim ited. Our fairs all occur at about tbe same time of the year under widely differing conditions and surroundings, none of which Is conducive to the best yield of the cows, though perhaps In each case as fair for one cow as for another. Hence Jt Is not for Its ad vantage In favoring the cows, that tbe fair ground test commends Itself; but because tbe circumstances and condi tions safeguard a just decision. Tbe demands of the breeding Interests In this vast country cannot wait upon the limited capacity of tbe fairs to supply their butter records. . They must have a system that workr tbe year around under better advantage to tbe cow and equally guarded as to verity of yield, This system must be uniform in meth od all over the country, conducted strictly by rules Issued from tbe gov erning source and always subject to official inspection. Dairy Bait Testa. ' The necenfiltv of URlnff nurd cut It im apparent to every butter and cheese maker, says The American Agricultur ist In butter making It serves three purposes. First, It aids In the removal of buttermilk and surplus moisture, salted butter containing less water thajLunsalted as a rule; second, It aids ai a preservative, and, third, it helps to Improve the flavor of the butter, wblch, from the American standpoint Is the most Important In a recent study of this subject by tbe Wisconsin experiment station it was found that It was more difficult to evenly dis tribute a coarse grained salt through out tbe butter than a fine one, but that tbe difference in weight of the finished butter was 1.8 per cent more when the coarse salt was used. On the whole, salt with a medium alzed grain that was flat and flaky gave the best satis faction. For cbeesemaking a coarser salt than for butter Is preferable. The chlorides of magnesium and of calcium give to butter Itt bitter flavor. Thea two chlorides tend nmhnblv to bring about a slow decomposition of the butter fat which accounts for the their oresenee mar not be noticeable in .fresh butter, It becomes apparent in .butter kept In storage for any length of time and hence Is particularly objec tionable In salt used In the manufac ture of butter not Intended for Imme diate consumption. Analyses showed that tbe following may be taken as fairly representative of the best brands lot dairy salt used In this country: So dium chloride, 98.82; calcium sulphate, 1.11; calcium chloride, 3.1; magnesium chloride, .00; Insoluble matter, .03, and moisture, .18 per cent As compared with the 25 samples of .Canadian and European brands of salt examined tbe results show a higher degree of purity, less variation In compcjltton and uni formly finer grain In favor of tbe American brands. The total amount of Impurities In tbe ten leading domes tic brands ranged from M to 2.66 per cent, averaging 1.08 per cent but the percentage of Impurities Is of less con sequence than their character. Swam Law tal Hamwat Dwarilas Tbe superior court of Pennsylvania decided that what Is known as the color clause of tbe oleo law Is sound. aays Tbe Bnral New Yorker. This means that oleo cannot legally be sold. Yellow Is tbe standard color of butter, and It Is Illegal to counterfeit other fats by coloring tbem yellow. Instead of grieving over this tbe oleo men ought to rejoice, for It gives tbem a grand chance to prove that people are eager to buy oleo. Let tbem put It on tbe market for Just what it Is, nncol- ored and with no attempt to can It butter. Let tbem offer It for sale at tbe same per cent above cost of pro duction that dairymen receive. That ought to satisfy any honest man, Dairy Traaoaaa wn. A good dairy thermometer costs lest than $1, and tons of butter go loto tbe grease vats every year because thou sands of farmers' wive do not use a thermometer in churning. A noted dai ry Instructor once told tbe writer that be firmly' believed that the average price of an the batter sold In tbe Unit ed States could be Increased at least 2 cents per pound In two years If the thermometer was used at every churn ing and the cream churned at the prop er temperature, Land and a Living.- Examination of Teachers. The next regular examination of Dublic school teachers will be the second Thursday in July for whit, and Friday for colored teachers. The Superintendent will not renew old certificates. The Superinten dent will be prepared to examine foT State certifies tea at same lime. W. 8. LONG, SupL Graham, June 7, 1900.-3t WASHINGTON NEWS N0TLS, In view of the difficulty that many people seem to find in deter mining the proper rates of ptwtnge on mail mil! er pent to the various island possessions of the United States, Postmaster General Smiih has sent out n circular order giving a resume of the requirements for each island. According to this, all mail between the United States and the Inland of Guam, Ihe Philippine Archipelago, or the iBlands ot the Hainoan group owned by the United States, are subject to the United Skies domes tie rates. The United States postal laws and regulations, ' are in effect to, from and within the Island of Porto Rico. The Hawaiian Islands became a Territory of the United States, June 14, 1900; consequent ly, the United States postal luws and regulations, henceforth apply to those islands. In the order, Porto Rico and Hawaii are includ ed in the term "UNITED STATES :" and the Guam, the Philippine Archipelago, and the Samoan Islands are includod in the term "ISLAND POSSESSIONS" of the United States. All mail matter sent between the Unitjed States, or any of its island posses sions, and Cuba, is subject to Un ited States rates, but Persons in Cuba who are in the military, naval or civil service ol the Government can send and receive mail at domes tic United States rates when pro perly endorsed. -' A curious feature of Washington life is furnished by people who de sire to preserve some article or manuscript which they believe will become very precious in time and who apply to the Government to assist.them to do so. Every De partment in the city has several packages stored away with strict in junctions againstjopening them for a I certain length of' time, usually a century. Sometimes the contents of those are known and sometimes not. The latest is a box which has been placed in the care of the Con gressional Library. It required four ablebodied men to place the package in its present location. This package, whatever it contains, is a donation to the government by a noted collector of curios, the only stipulation accompanying the gift being, that it should not be opened until the cloee of the century, or 100 years hence. A very curious contribution to re ligious literature has been made by Archibald HoDkins. clerk of the - ima,,, , p . " dent Mark Hopkins, of Williams College, and descended from a long " w ur,w"1 xxvy KIDS seeks (0 prove that the Apostles Creed is antiauated. illoeical and useless. This is a curious attitude for the son of President Hopkins. No college President, it is said, ever sent out so many young men imbued with the influences of his moral and religious training as Pre sident Hopkins, and his theological and philosophical works are accept ed as standard textbooks at all edu cational institutions. Col. Hopkins adheres to the unitarian faith, but ... . . his book is written from wbat may be termed a "utilitarian stand point," In other words, the mo tives of bis book may be summed up in the inquiry, "What is the use of the Apostles Creed ?" borne curious complaints and re ports are coming in to the Census Office. Among others, is the report of an enumerator who found a Ger man living quietly in Jersey City with two wives and two families, be tween which he regularly divided his salary. Another enumerator ha. been in the habit of chewing toothpicks. , During a particularly exciting encounter with a reluctant citizen tbe enumerator became agitated and swallowed the splint. As the physicians did not know whether he would Jive" another enumerator was secured to complete the work. Another case reported was that a New York enumerator who encountered an East Side virago who smash' d a dinner plate across his face. He complained to the authorities, but when a deputy marshal arrived he found the wo man had flown. The Japanese Government baa in formed the Treasury Department, through its legation here, that it has issued an order restricting emigra tion to the United States, which will - practically be prohibitive. This step was taken in this country overwie recent Deavy Japanese lm migraiion to theTacific coast Un derline new order, only five per sona per month will be allowed to emigrate to this country from any perfecture in Japan and only ten to Canada. During May 17,722 visitors wont to the top of the Washington mon ument, making a total of 1,844,035 visitors since the shaft was opened in October, 1888. Hardly a month of the spring and summer passes that the monumont is not struck by lightning. While the structure it self escaped last month, a man who was standing on the lower floor of the monument, loaning against one of the iron columns which support tho stairway, received a shock of electricity in his arm and shoulder, Two other men who were looking out of one of tho windows at the top of the shaft narrowly escaped with their lives, as the lightning came in the window directly over their heads. 'I hey were blinded for a moment but escaped injury. The remarkable inorease in coal exportation from the United States, coupled with the fact that we be came, in lVtf ha world's largest producer of coal, gives special in terest to an elaborate discussion of the world's coal product, published by the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department. Exporta tion of coal from the United States in the 10 months ending with April were nearly 50 per cent, larger than those of the same months of the pre ceding fiscal year and 80 per cent. larger than those of the correspond ing months of 1898, while our total production, for 1898 was not only larger than that of any other coun try in the world. For the first time the United States figures show a larger production than tho British figures for the same period. Washington has made a new de parture which other cities would do well to copy. The city already has more parks than any other city Of its size in the world, but has heretofore had none especially for children . Re cently, however, Col. Brigham, who has charge of public buildings and grounds, has set aside one of the parks as a playground. Football goal posts and cross bars have been erected, a baseball diamond has has been mapped out, and other things have been done which will contribute to the enjoyment of the children. The grounds have been leveled and improved, hydrants have been erected to supply the water, and the reservation is perfectly drained. The cost of the improve ment was defrayed by a philanthro pist, who refuses to diclose his indcntiCy. Bampson Was In Command.,, The United States Court of Claims has passed upon the suit of Admi ral Sampson and others under his command at the battle of Santiogo for prize money on account of tlie destruction of the Spanish fleet. The court declares that Admiral Sampson was the commander-in chief, and that Commodore Schley was commanding officer of a divis ion or squadron hereof on duty under the orders of Admiral Samp son. The total amount of bounty money allowed is $160,700, ot which amount Admiral Sampson will re ceive 18,335 and Admiral Schley about 13,000. Fear Haadred Paaads ef Gold. "The monthly clean up of our mine," said a gentleman connected with mines on tbe Quesnelle river, British Colum bia, "Is about 400 pounds of gold, which Is made into one brick and car ried eut by stage to Ashcroft, on the Canadian Taciac, 235 miles away. It may not occur to yon wbat that little brick of gold for 400 pounds of gold Isn't as big as a bate of bay represents In bulk of material bandied to obtain It, but It means a lot. For Instance, tbe pay streak In tbe mine runs 25 cents to the cubic yard, which means that 400,000 cubic yards of gravel, 400 pounds of our gold being worth about 100,000, must be washed out by our big hydraulics to get it. As tbe pay streak is about one-tbird of the whole quantity to be blasted and washed. It would give the enormous mass of 1,200,000 cubic yards of earth and rock to be handled. This bulk weighs near ly lOO.OCKTions. and all this for a bit of yellow mctnl that could be covered by a peck measure. If we had to carry It away In the same kind of six horse slaccs tbat we send the gold out in, it would take 750.000 of them, with at many men. to drive tbem and 4.SO0.O0C horses to haul tbem." New York Bun. A Ufa aad Death tight, 1 Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la., writing of his almost miraculous escape from acain, says: ".x- Cre after measles induced serious trouble, which ended in Con sumption. I had Irequent hemor rhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I must soon die. Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery which wholly cured roe. Hundreds have used it oo my advice and. all say it never fails to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular size 50c. and $1-00. Trial bottles free at T. A, Albright 4 Co.'s drug store. White Men Not Disfranchised In Louisiana. Rolclgh Cor. Charlotte Observer. The Republicans are circulating circular claiming that in his inaugur al address Gov, Heard, of Louisiana, said thnt the new Constitutional amendment of that State disfranchis ed illiterate wnite men as well as ignorant negroes. Chairman Sim- mons sent a copy of the circular to Governor Heard, asking if he meant to imply that any white man had been disfranchised, and also what had been the. effect of the amendment in Louisiana. Govern or Heard's statement is'to the effect that the charge that the Democratic party had deprived any white peo pie in Louisiana of the right of suf frage is not true. Sections of the law opened the door to practically every man in the State, whether rich or poor, educated or illiterate. In reference to the beneficial effects of the suffrage in the inaugural ad dress, he considers that from a gen eral standpoint there has been a vast improvement in the electorate of the State since the elimination of a large mass of the negro voters. He re grets that "any one outside of Louisiana should have used my re mark to misrepresent the action of the Democratic party of my State, which has ever been the true friend of all classes of white people within her borders." The following cer tificate accompanies Governor Heard's letter : We, the undersigned members of Congress from Louisiana, state that the suffrage amendment to the con stitution is giving great satisfaction to the people of the State. There is no longer any question as to its constitutionality and while it has eliminated the ignorant negro vote, it has not disfranchised the un educated, native born white man. , (Signed) Adolph Meyer Jas. E. Randskix, Phanores Bbeazeale, Robert C. Davery.- The Red Snapper. - The red snapper Is a Ash that Is par ticularly desired by timid people wbo fear the bones. There are no small bones In a red snapper. Tbe' flesh Is coarse grained, but of excellent flavor, especially when prepared by baking. Tbey weigh from 40 pounds down to 6 or 8 pounds . each. They feed upon smaller fishes and In doing so follow ine sua now piaccs in trio guir Known as banks. The most successful cap tains say tbey fish on the bottom, but so avaricious Is a hungry red snapper tbat be flies at almost any object and has been known to snap at a piece of red flannel with such avidity tbat h landed on the book. : 1 They" are th us easily caught If found In schools, but It Is not Infrequent that vessels return with but small catches as a result of rough weather or tbe mi grations of the flsn. Then, again, some excellent cargoes are caught, the lar gest ever having been brought to Gal veston by one vessel being about 43,000 pounds. Tbe banks from wblch the Galveston supply Is secured extend from about SO miles offshore to Cam peachy, where a great deal of tbe fish ing for the Florida ports Is done. Gal veston News. Woald Hot Suffer So Again (or 1 1 ft- Times IMPrlear, - I awoke last night with severe pains in my stomach. I never felt so badly in all my life. When I came down to work this morning I felt so weak I could hardly work. 1 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 dose fixed me all right. It certainly is the finest thing I ever used for stomach trou ble. 1 shall not be without it in my home hereafter, for I should not care to endure tho sutlenngs of, last night again for fifty times its price. G. H. Wjlsox, Liveryman, Bur gettstown, Washington Co., Pa, This remedy is for salo by T. A. Al bright & Co., druggists. . trrla's Iran City. - One of the busiest places In the Aas- tro-Uungarian empire Is a little town In Styrla Elsenevs. Elscoevs is, as tbe name Itself says (elsenevs means Iron ore). Immensely rich in Iron ore, and its mountains have been worked for centuries. The deposits are said to be almost Inexhaustible. It Is stated on good authority tbat Iron ore was first worked there In the year 712. A stone column erected In 1782 gives data on the first working of tbe ore. Tbe Styrian Iron Is world renowned and finds Its way all over Europe. For tht manufacture of steel It Is unrivaled. Btyrian steel Is largely used In An sma ll augury, Germany, France, Belgium and England for tbe manufacture of swords, cutlery and fine Instruments and tools. The output of tbe mines ot Elsenevs amounts to over 5,000,000 quintals, or SOO.000 tons, a year. A Cam af Thaafet. I wish to say that I feel under lasting obligations for what Cham berlain's Cough Remedy has done for our family. We have used it in so many cases bf coughs, lung trou bles and whooping cough, and it has ai trays given the most perfect satis faction, we feel greatly indebted to the manufacturers of this remedy and wish them to please accept our hearty thanks. Respectfully, Mas. S. Dott, Des Moines, Iowa. For sale by T. A. Albright & Co., druggists. Tho Wheel of Fortune. ' ., C..H. North, once a millionaire, and formerly head of the North Packing Company, doing a business of $8,000,000 a year, now peddles vegetables from a push cart in Boston. He has several children, who, he says, will make their mark in the world, But what's the use of climbing up, if you are going to slide down again ?-CharIotte News. John Sherman is left a widower. He is childless. He is the only one living of a large family of brothers, all of whom were prominent and fa mous in national affairs. : His situa tion is pathetic, not to say very sor rowful. An old mon, broken by the labors and storms of state, finds himself politically isolated, all of his family that were near his own age ha ve gone ; he is a blighted oak, a partial mental wreck ; querulous, As is natural, going down to his tomb a most gloomy figure. Chat tanooga Times. Are Yon Always Tired 1 ; Windsor, N. C, May 24, 18971 Five vears I was comrjletelv run down from general debility. My uver man t act, l Had indigestion, was just as nervous as I could be. and was always tired. The least exertion would bring on shortness 1 of breath and it was a drag to me to keen up. A friend of mine who had been cured by using Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy told me to take it I bought half dozen bottles and took it just becuse I knew I would have to try something. I suffered great ly from wakefulness, would lay awake often the greater part of the nignt, unaoie to rest or Bleep. When I was on the second bottle I got so I could sleep, and when I had finished the six bottles I WAS WELL. Indigestion cured, that shortness of breath cured, and I feel like another person. Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy is a wonderful dicine. It did me "more good than anything I ever took in my life. N . Mrs. T, W. Morris. A rlenrl ftf trnnt. frrtm tria flMiitriflnt Air Line to the Continental Trust Co., of Baltimore, was recorded Thursday in Norfolk. The mort gage conveys all property of every description of that road, to secure the issue of $75,000,000 first mort gage fifty year five "per cent bonds. The mortgage was first recorded in Petersburg, and will be recorded in six states, as follows : Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The State tax was 175,000 and the Un ited States Internal revenue tax, 17,000. ..'.'.' Glories Jtews .... , , Comes from Dr. D. B. Carcile. of Washita, I. T. He writes : Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caus ed her great suffering for, years. Terrible sores would break but on her head and face, and the best doc tors could give no help ; but now her health is excellent.'' Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion! builds up the strength. Only 50 cts. Sold by T. A. Albright & Co., druggists. Guaranteed. The Boere.have torn up 21 miles of railroad track between Gen. Roberts' army and his base of sup plies. They recently captured 500 men of the Derbyshire regiment. About 250 Boers have surrendered to Gen. Hunter. Later news is that the Boera have been defeated by Gen. Kelly-Kenny and that Roberta' broken communication has ap parently been restored. The British government has decided to make crown colonies out of the republics. .... '......: a Wealth of Baaaty ' Is often hidden by unsightly Pimples, Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, etc Bucklen's Arnica Salve will glorify the face by curing all Skin Eruptions, also Cuts, Bruises, Bums, Boils, Felons, Ulcers, and worst forms of Piles. Only Zo cts. a box. Cure guar anteed. Sold by T. A. Albright & Co., druggists. Three men were killed, eight so badly burned or maimed that they are in the hospital, and three other men are missing as the result of a fire in the cooperage cstablisnment of Paul Weldmann, at Williams burg, Brooklyn, Tuesday night a week, "the property loss is various ly estimated at from $75,000 to $250,000. A Moaatar Darn faah y Destroying iU victim, is a type of Constipation. The power of this malady is felt, on organs, nerves, muscles and brain.' But Dr. King's New Life Pills are a sale and certain core, liest in . the world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys anl Bowels. Only 25 cents, at T. A. Albright & Ca's drug store.
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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