The
Alamance
EEANER.
VOL. XXVI. .
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1900,
NO. 37
WHEN BOB'S AWAY AT SCHOOL
Ah, 4m eelightfd season, til
- Tm ran, and fir too brief I
Sweet time whoa illenoa soft doth tell
' Ai hill the floating lull
Tit uthered in with slug ol git.
And out with tying (tool.
And quietude doth nil. in etat.
Wess Bob', .war at school.
Upon the porch the tabby oat
With bllnkrnff ejee doth done.
In tranquil drrema forgetting that
Uer llfe-e rouad Of woee.
And Towser, ttretcbed upon the grass,
In visioni of tot pool.
Forgets to bark at feet which pass
r Wall. Botaaway at Ktwoi.
What bleaard charm enfold, the house
Throughout that season rarer
Kaoh bussing fir and cheeping mouae
Sleep, to and within ita lair.
' The elras beeioe tbe garden gate.
So freshly green and cool.
Scarce etrr their giant limb, acdate
Whan Bob's iwae 'at school.
But all too Boon it fade. away.
"HI, Towaerl Ho her, tirl"
Puee leap, the fence, dash of grsjr,
Towser Juat . yellow blurt
Bang I goea the door. In runs the lad I
e e
And yet the chap's a fool
Who'd not be Juat . little glad
When Bob come, home from school!
Bichard Btillman Powell in Puck.
MooMooMooNoOwfooMooM
per Sir's Secret.
i
It Wai Kept by at Girl
of Fosrtssa.
v MooCtyootoooMooMoofMrttoM
' : I bad vowed never to enter the Dor
mers' boose again, but wben they sent
word that Mnlsle was dying I went
there as fast as a hansom would carry
me. '.' We bad always been inch Mends,
the child and I.
T. She was propped up in bed with pil-
Iowa, and her pretty face was pale and
drawn, but she smiled wben she saw
me. I took her wasted band In mine
', and kissed ber cheek.
"l was Sure you would come," she
aid In a faint, pleased voice..
"Of course," I answered; "of course,
my dear child." She was only 14.
"There Is no quarrel between you and
me." We bad remained good friends
when the rest, of the family cut ma
dead.
"We never have quarreled," she said,
holding my band tightly. "There is
pot much time to quarrel now. You
, wont, will you, Fred?"' 1 shook my
bead. A lump in my throat kept ma
from speaking. "Promise me before I
tell you something."
"My poor little Malsle!" I cried bro
kenly. "I promise." She bad been a
pet of mine from the days when she
was a toddling baby and I a big, awk
ward boy.
"It la very secret" abe stated In
slow, faroff voice. "My dear, It Is only
for Fred." Her mother shook up the
pillows and left us alone, but Maisits
seemed unable to make up her mind to
peak.
"You know I would do anything for
you, little girl," I said soothingly. Her
eyes brightened, and she nodded, but
the smile died gradually away.
' "Turn me over a little," abe entreat
ed, "and pull the corner of the pillow
over my face. I can't tell you If you
look at me." 80 1 turned her very gen
tly, but she still said nothing.
"Well. Mayr I asked.
; "You used to be fond of me?"
' "I am fond of you. I Shall never
have any one to replaco you. dear.'
' "Suppose I had done something
dreadful something that hurt you?"
"I should know that you could not
, help It" ':',-
"Something , mean 7 Her foloe al
most broke.'
: "Ion couldn't"
j "Ah, but suppose I had?"
' "Then," I said firmly, "I should know
It was just a slip, like we all make-
like I make sometimes. I should not
' blame you. little one." I stroked her
long, sllkvbalr and thought bow I
should miss ber. t bad never fully
realised before bow very fond I waa ef
toy fanciful little friend..
"Will you promise to forgive me.
dear Fred?" she asked pleadingly.
"If there Is anything to forgive."
; "There Is."
. "Then, whatever It Is, I forgive you.
80 you need not tell me now."
"I mast" she said resolutely. "It Is
bout you and Lucy wben you quar
reled. She stopped abruptly.
"YesT" Lucy was ber elder sister.
We had been engaged.
"You wrote ber an explanation a
satisfactory explanation.' -
' "Apparently she did sot think so.
She never answered the letter that I
- gar you to deliver."
"She never bad It" said Malsle, with
a, sob.
"Malsle!"
' ' "I I kept It" She burled her face
In the pillow, t waa too astonished for
words, but I kept stroking ber hair.
"I read It first. Then I burned It"
"But-wbyr .
' "Because I was a coward," she sob
bed "because I oh, Fred, forgive met
' Don't despise me more than you can
help." A light flashed Into my mind.
-1 bent ever ber and Uaeed ber cheek.
"My little Maisler I said tenderly.
"My poor, loving, little girl!- Yoo cared
so much as that for mel"
. "I thought, perhaps. If you didn't
marry Lucy, and we were good friends,
and I grew up oh, Fred, I sbant
grow up now!" I put my arms round
ber and held her close to me.
"If you get well. May," I said, rand
grow up, I shall like you better than
anybody." Bbe laughed faintly. "I
hellers I always did." I wiped her
yen, ' " ""V '
. "I. shan't" she said. "Be yoo v. IB
Hke her again, tow, went your"
I hesitated. My affection for Lucy
died a natural death. It had never
been very deep.', Neither, I fancied.
bed bera for no,
"Time win prove,'' I said slotr'
- "I doubt If abe"
, "SbdoV
1 she told 70a aol"
.-Yea." ;
I frownsd. "You hare not told her
.-abooT'the tetterr Bh shook her
brad. Then I never wUL4t la u
leas your asking me to do so."
-1 do net ask you to. I am net brave
wauough." She Darted her fne. "I
. want them to think well of aha
Cried pMeousty. "when when I"
- "Oh, Mataaa, den'U" The team were
; in my eyes. ' '-
. "But yon win be good to berT Yea
wifl make It up won't youT Yon need
not ten ber abort m-r-orJx sex. that
you are sorry uuU want 10 oe frieuu.
Then you can be engaged again, and
-end some day" Her lips quiver
ed. "Marry her?" She nodded. "But if
I no longer care for her? If I know
that I can never love her as I could
love? My dear little playfellow and
friend, I am not half so fond of Lucy
as I am of you."
"Ah!" She looked at me with big,
deep eyes. "I am only a shlld. There
are different kinds of fondness, dear
Fred." The wistful affection in the
child's face touched me to the heart
and I kissed ber frail hands.
"Get better, little one, and see,"
said brokenly. Then we sat In 1
lence for a long time, holding hands.
"I am getting sleepy, Fred," she
murmured. "Kiss me." I kissed ber
several times, and she went smilingly
to sleep, with ber cheek against my
arm and her hand In my hand. Mrs.
Dormer came In, but I sat motionless
for an hour, till the child's grasp re
laxed, and I could draw myself away
without waking ber..., .
' "I shall come tomorrow morning,
I WLi.gpered. Her mother nodded con
strainedly, and I went out on tiptoe.
Lucy met me nt the bottom of the
stairs.
"I have Bouietulug to tell you," she
said, "if you will spare me a min
ute." I bowed and followed her Into
the empty dining room. She sank Into
an armchair by the fireside, and
stood by the mantelpiece, looking down
upon ber. It seemed strange to be so
near to her and so Indifferent to the
fact' For one thing was clear to tne-r
that If I had every really loved Lucy
Dormer,,.! loved ber po longer.: We
were quite unsulted. to one another,
and If I married her It would merely
oe a useiesa sacrince or two uvea.
"I treated you badly," she said ab
ruptly. I raised my eyebrows., !After
Maisle's confession there seemed no
reason for the admission.
"There were things," I said, "that
needed explanation."
"Some things are beyond explana
tion." - 1 T v-: '
"Perhaps they are better left so.1
"One can ask forgiveness.", There
was a faint note of entreaty In her
voice. I fidgeted Impatiently , with
little ornament on the mantelshelf. If
I asked for forgiveness she would give
more.
"If one desires forgiveness," I
at length. It sounded brutal, but
might avoid worse things.
"OhJ" she cried. "I do,"
It
"You!" I said with astonishment
"You! What have I to forgive you?"
She toyed with her handkerchief.
"I thought Malsle would tell you.
The child was always so fond of you."
So she knew.
"Malsle baa told me," I said gravely.
"Lucy, It la right to be frank. I have
discovered that my little playfellow,
child aa abe la, has the best love that
I can ever give to any one." Bbe look
ed at me In surprise. Then she laugh
ed scornfully.
"I see," she said. "You want an ex
cuse. You might Invent one without
taking my poor little sister's name In
vain."
"It Is no excuse," I said firmly. We
looked at one another for n minute In
alienee. r
"Then," she said. "I did not hurt
you. I am glad." She stamped ber
foot passionately. "No, no, I am not
am sorry sorry, do you bearr 1
shrugged my shoulders, , . , :
"There Is no more to say?" I sug
gested.
"No more to say," abe echoed faintly,
walked to. the door. '."Fred!" she
cried abruptly. "I must say it Listen
to me If you win not forgive." ,
"Forgive!" I asked. "What have
to forgive?" She looked, at me In ap
parent bewilderment s , ' t 1
Do you not know that I never told
my people of your explanation; that I
let all the blame rest on you?" ,
"My letterr I cried. "My letter r
"The letter you sent to Malsle?"
"She gave It to you V:
"Of course she gave It to me," said
Lucy, opening ber eyes wide., "Why
not?" I ought to have known. My
brave little girl! . , ,
'Malsle told me that abe never gave
you the letter, Lucy; that all the' blame
was hern. I walked to the window
and looked out for a time In silence,
broken by Lucy's sobs. '
"She told you thatJust
me," she said brokenly.
Yes." 1 could not say more for the
moment Presently 1 walked back to
the fire. "God bless ber!" I said softly.
Let us say no more about It Lucy,
and be frlenda for ber sake.'
Lucy wined ber eyes and looked Into
the fire. - Tbeo she spoke with her eyes
averted from me. '
"Wben we quarreled. It was only
what I bad for some time Intended." ;
"Your reason?" I asked mechanical
ly. I did not really care.
"Some one else was a better match.
1 I did not like htm so Well" I bow
etta. It was Immaterial " "I knew that
my people would disapprove of my
breaking our engagement for this ren
in. They were fond of yon."
"1 was fond of them." Their behav
ior bad hurt and auiprlsed me. In the
letter I bad particularly aaked Lucy to
show them my explanation, whether
be accepted It or not ;'' ' :
"Consequently 1 was glad, or thouirM
waa, wben I heard something aboot
yon which gave me an excuse to ,uar-
"It waa false, as I told you m the
letter." '
As you told me In the letter. There
fore I did not answer the letter er teU
my parents, but let the blame rest on
joar. She shivered.
"Do net trouble aboot It any mora,"
said, not unkindly. . "The bitterness
It ever now." . : '. ', ,
Yea," she aald, "it Is over. I i
fueed him after alt. Yon do not ask
ane why. Perhaps yon do not wish to
know?" '
I shook my bead. -
"I do not wish to know." Bbe nodded
to the fire. "But I forgive yon. Lucy."
Bbe nodded again. There was nothing
more to eay, since I could not say what
abe wished. 80 I turned to go. Bat
there was a knock at the front door and
heard some .eoc- say "The doctor."
80 I waited to bear what he pro
nounced.
After a few minutes he earns down
the stairs talking to Mra. Dormer.
"It is a natural aleep," b aeOd. The
pole la steadier and the leuipeiatufo
normal. The edda are stfl
against her, bat there Is hope."
The tears came to my eyen at Je 1
my shoulder.
"You can win ber back to life. Fred,
she said; "our little girl. Stay till she
wakes." I bad already resolved to
Stay.
I went up st a In and sat with my el
bow on ber bed and my face on my
hand, watching my little favorite.
Presently her mother came and knelt
beside me.
"Lucy has told me all, Fred," she
whispered. , "You you will not tell the
others?"
"I will not," I promised.
When my little girl awoke she was
not looking toward me. ..
"Better, dear?" asked her mother.
"Why, yes," she laughed feebly. "It
must be Fred. Do you know, I believe
be would make me grow well If be
were often here with me."
"He win be, little sweetheart" I said
softly. She turned to me wltb a happy
cry and I whispered In ber ear what I
knew and other things that were only
for her and me. They were the things
that won ber back to life, she says.
When we talk of such matters.
- We do not talk of them very often.
for Malsle Is young and shy and still
t school. But ber people understand
and leave us alone together, and now
and then our thoughts peep out : I re
member that they did so upon the
night of Lucy's wedding.: for she flur
ried the "better match.'; after all.
Malsle came to see me out, of Vourse,
and helped me Into my coat and tried
laughingly to shake me, and I put my
arm .around ber and kissed her several
times, Instead of the usual once, and
not quite In the usual brotherly way, . .
"There will be another Wedding one
day," I said. "Won't there, little sweet
heart?" ; ' : '.j ''
She burled ber bead on ray shoulder
and whispered "I hope so."
Meanwhile people speak of me as a
confirmed bachelor, and laugh when I
tell them that I am waiting for "Miss
Bight" to grow. ' ' ,.
But "Miss Right" Is 10 now, and done
growing, and wears her bnlr up' and
ber dresses long and our good nights
are steadily growing lengthier and less
fraternal. Dear little Malsle I Chicago
Herald.
How Fl.ia ABoloslsedt
While In a peculiar mood one day the
late Stephen . Field severely repri
manded Page Henry McColl for an of
fense of which the page ' waa Innocent
Buf the member of the highest court
In the land could not be persuaded that
his course waa not the correct one.
McCall left humiliated, but be waa
little gentleman and held his peace.
Later in the day Justice Field sent
for McCall. .
"Come to my .house at 7 o'cloaawils
evening," was all be said. f
With mingled feelings of doubt and
despair the page called at the Field
residence at the time specified, wai
ushered Into the Jurist's library and
told to held the books which Mr. Field
began, without explanation or cere
mony, to take from the shelves.
Wben the veteran lawyer bad pulled
bout 19 volumes In to Page McCaU's
arms, be gruffly remarked:
"Henry. I'm very sorry for the way
treated you today. I realise that my
conduct was unwarranted, and I beg
your pardon. Here are some choice
books. Keep them as a nucleus for
your library. Keep them, young man.
and keep your temper, too. whatever
you dor Good- night!" Exchange.
: Tww Oreea to Bwrm.
One of a gang of carpenters waa call
ed by his mates "Green Jim", on ac
count of his being, or supposed to be,
bit soft
One day, thinking to play Joke cb
Jim. one of them Oiled his basket wltb
shavings. Intending to drop a lighted
match Into It after Jim bad slung It on
his shoulder ready to go home.
All went weU, and as Jim bade bis
mates good night on pretext of telling
him something one of them slipped
Hgbted match Into the basket '
Stepping back Into tbe building, ex
pecting Jim to. turn back In rage,
they waited.
Jim came back, but simply to say, as
he put his head through the doorway
1 took tbe wrong, basket so I came
back to chaaga It . Ain't yon others
going?"
Go they all did then, and one of then
found his basket stlU smoldering.
Shouting at Jim for taking tbe wrong
basket be was met with the reoly, as
Jim walked off now; with bat own bas
ket: ..-(
"Oh, ah, but fm too green toburnl"
Jim bad discovered the trick before
leaving and had put tbe shavings In
another basket London Answers.
Bvaye Ortartav.
One of many legends that have offset
the parsimony of eve's Biblical history
represents her aa tbe end eC man's cre
ation In a quite literal fashion made
out of bla tallL ' Strangely enough, tbe
legend anticipated science In its view
of the primitive man's terminal facU-
nea. Ajjotoer legena gives a 001
reasons, why Eve was not made from
this, that or the other part of Adam,
but from the rib only, and then says
that she had an the faults and failings
which Yabweh had endeavored to
avoid.
Clearly tbe legend of See. If not tbe
Genesis nniration. Is dominated by a
spirit of hostility to womankind. She
another with Potiphara wife, and
tbe wicked Jesebel. and the rebellious
Tasha and tbe tricksy DesUak. She Is
typical of the women, who get men Into
trouble and who give color to tbe story
that when there was mtsctrlef In Per
sia the king's first qneodon always
waa, "Who was she?" Bev. J. W.
Chad wick In Harper's Baanr. ?
sue m a Wreekv
If ships had gboeta, one office down
on Front street would be haunted.
Years ago a big ship ran ashore Jnat
where this omce now stands. Tbe city
did not extend as far oat Into the river
as tt does now. and Front street did
not exist The wncfc rrxsJasd wbajrs
tt was, and tbe eand drifted around It
When the etty nwved eat toward tbe
three,- no effort was sandsj to. ssniues
this wtvefcv It was bprtod by tbe rat
as and dirt damped on KV .When tbe
office, bnfidmg was etveted, tbe wTsrt
Was as fan- below tbe sorfaoe that It
did not katerfere with the fouodstiosu.
nnd there is to this day. Tbe man
srbo awae wLkv building says that It kg
the only one In this etty which Is boot
ever tits wtwk of a akin, and apparent
ly the old boat Is stanrb
stand the bardosv-Mew Xerk
GROWING WHEAT.
Place Wheat at the Front Is Plsst.
ulaisf For Tk'ext Saon.
Cotton gives the bint possible prepa
ration f r wlietit. but the cotton crop
does not mature early enough. Hence
many prefer to follow corn. Pess are
better. They leave the soil lu excellent
condition uieebuulcally aiMl store away
ammonia for the use of the wheat. A
clover sod Is tbe best of all rotations,
says Southern Cultivator In giving the
following practical advice:
. Wheat roots desire to go down 4Mi to
6 feet in the earth, seeking water and
food. This they will do if tbe hardpan
Is broken thoroughly. Deep plowing
will all pay. The cultivation must be
done before sowing the seed. A deep
meUow bed Is of prime Importance, If
the soli bed Is perfect the danger from
rust Is almost entirely avoided. If to
this deep and thorough preparation we
add a liberal use of acid phosphate and
potash, we have an Ideal seed bed.
Various experiments show that this
Is the vital point; In successful wheat
growing. In a bed thua prepared tbe
roots of wheat sown In September and
early part of October reach such a
wonderful development that there Is
little danger of winter killing. Tbe
roots are so numerous, deep and strong
that they resist successfully the power
of frost Again, tbe top will be so far
advanced as to furnish a good covering
over the soli. This green covering
keeps the soli warm. Wheat thus sown
will have four times tbe root develop
ment of wheat sown m November.. For
the south this Is a matter of tbe first
Importance. :
There Is a great difference In tbe
yielding power of different varieties of
wheat Bust Is the great enemy, bence
a rust proof variety should be secured
If possible. The farther south we go
the greater danger from rust At
present the Red Amber and Turkish
Bed seem to be leaders along this line.
Too much care cannot be given to this
point Wben ready to sow, tbe seed
should be washed In very hot water or
In a solution of bluestone, so as to de
stroy smut spores or germs.
Sowing wltb drills seems to be grow
ing in favor. This helps to protect tbe
young plants against frost But we
rather think the chief advantage comes
from the better preparation of soil se
cured by this plan, together , wltb
greater, uniformity of depth of cover
ing of tbe seeds.
The manuring should be done broad
cast and thoroughly Incorporated with
the soil by harrowing. Tbe chief point
la to secure ss great solubility aa prac
ticable, so as to render prompt aid to
the roots. Ammonia Is needed for
prompting healthy growth. This can
f generally be secured from peas or clo
ver or through culture and barnyard
manures. Acid phosphate Is needed to
insure heavy grain in tbe beads, plump
and full. Potash gives strength to tbe
stems and helps to resist rust It gives
healthy tone to the entire plant and
this Is of prime Importance.
If good seed be selected, soil prepara
tion thorough, fertilizing properly pro
portioned and seeds sown early, the
wheat crop will be sure and profitable.
Carelessness, slipshod methods and
general Inattention have made many
farmers flour buyers who should be
wheat sellers. From 80 to 40 bushels
should be the average yield from Intel
ligent sowing. Top dressing 100 pounds
nitrate of soda per acre sometimes
pays in March or April.
- Wheat growing Is not limited to cli
mate or soil, but by Intelligent sowing.
Hence we say to every southern
farmer sow plenty of good wheat
Wsln Fsr Ba.su
' Water Is a. necessity for bees, al
though they do not visit watering
places at all times. Bees need water
wben rearing brood, providing they are
not gathering nectar from flowers.
When gathering bouey from blossoms.
tbe nectar gathered contains enough
water to supply them, but if the flow
of boney stops off suddenly and tbe
bees have a large amount of brood on
hands, which they mostly bare, then
they will make a rush for Water. Tbey
use water, too. In tbelr composition of
pollen and boney for manufacturing
food for tbe young bee" and of
necessity must have It at such times,
says a writer In Farm, Field and Fire-
side.
Convenient watering places should be
furnished them If running yster Is not
near tbe apiary. While tbey may go
long distances for water, yet It pays to
flx a watering place for them near the
apiary. Frequently they will water at
watering tanks Intended for stock.
and thua be blndrauee to tbe stock la
getting sufficient water and In many
cases drive the stock entirely swsy
from tbe water during tbe day. Tbia
may be prevented by furnishing a wa
tering place for them near tbe apiary,
Many bees are drowned In open tanks
or large open vessels containing wates,
so that the watering place must be ar
ranged wltb floats of sticks or straw
on tbe wster to prevent tbetu from
drowning.' A leaky barrel filled with
water and covered over makes an Meal
watering place for bees. Borne nee s
salt barrel, as tbe bees seem to prefet
the water a little salty, but much salt
wlU not be accepted by them.
Wben bee once get a start at water
ing at stock troughs or tonka, tt la very
difficult to break them of It and only
by furnishing them water and covering
the stock tanks so tbey cannot get tbe
water can we get them broken sway
from them.
Slaehlsss rr CtlUeaas; Issssta.
Chickens are machines, by means of
which grasshoppers, cutworms s
other talerloae insects are converted
Into eggs and marketable poultry. Is
there not a profit In keeping them em
the farm, even If tbey do eat a little
grain and annoy n a little by scratch
ing? It Is claimed thai poultry manure.
If properly taken rare of and Judicious
ly applied. Is worth half the food the
fowls eai -H.-trx h and Oange. .,
False la It. rs
Par haps the straits! arte nipt ever
seen at creating a nation by taamtgra-
9n waa that begun by the AmstVae
Coeoolaarioa sorirty In 183u ' Having
ssenreda trtrttory an rbe west eosrt of
Africa, these phflsjithropfe people, wltb
tbe fimoos Henry Clay at their head,
began offering free passages to ail
1 negro slav, ' Bom ZO.000 f
the were carried back to their ne
ttvs eaattoent and the stats mt Liberia
haranig an established fast . Bot wefl
kfit thoagh It was, the axprlaisnf
fsawed feiiarev irw York Tssrgraam.
OUB HUNGRY GLOBE.
MOTHER EARTH'S METHOD OF FIU
INQ HER RAPACIOUS MAW.
Great Chaska St Ike- Wa-M
Mar Swallsw.d . mt Aar
sa,sat sts Others Bate aWss atofstr
la Osr riautst's PltUsss Trass,
When one rehda or bears of some
sudden and violent alteration In the
crust of this planet of ours one In
stinctively put It down to something
In tbe way of volcanic outburst In
most cases It Is so. Bflt not always,
Mother. Earth has many fnabtons of
building up what aha likes nnd getting
rid of what aba Is tired ot
One hardly wonders that Indian
tribes who frequented tbn shores of the
Columbia river used to worship as ths
"All Devouring One" a great cliff near
tbe Cascades, which for many years
past has been steadily advancing upon
tbe river, with the evident Intention
of blotting out Its bed and forming
huge lake above. Tbia will Inevitably
happen. Tbe mountain, which hi LOOO
feet high and eight mile long, has
been proved to be moving forward and
downward at a rate of on to three
feet year. Tbe railway track, which
runs along Its base has to be constantly
altered. Tbe reason of this ponderous
landslide. Is that tbn mountain rests on
n layer of-soft sandstone, which
steadily giving way.
Tbe village of Salnto Foy de Taren
talse, In eastern France, seems doomed
to be Ingulfed. The base of the bill
on which It stands Is being eaten away
by the rapid waters of the Isers. Ths
houses, some of them, show cracks
rivaling those of our Cheshire North?
wlch. Some day there will be a "short
sharp shock," and Tarentalse will no
longer exist
Islands go and corns so coostanUy
that none but tbe admiralty keeps oount
of them. Submarine volcanoes are rn
sponsible for most of these disappear
ances, but others are harder to account
for. Metis Island, for Instance, In the
south Pacific, bore no sign of volcanic
action about It It waa charted
1880, Ita highest point being ISO feet
In 1809 It bad gone vanished utterly
without leaving trace. On the site of
another small guano Island off the
coast of southern California raoant
soundings snowed DO fathoms of water.
Tangier Island In Chesapeake bay was
fortified by tbe English fleet In tbn war
of 1812. It has sunk steadily, tUl now
those fortifications are under wster.
Tbe shifting sands of tbe great ana.
rt are as hungry as tbe pitiless sen
Itself. Many of tbe smaller oases' in
tbe Sahara, have disappeared from
sight In an hour or two, buried deep
by tbe deadly simoom.
Some 400 miles southeast of the old
city of Kashgar, far out In tbe yellow
desolation of tbe desert of Gobi, the
great Swedish explorer Svsn Hsdla
saw something projecting from ths
smooth side of on of the long dunes.
It was the wooded roof of n bouse.
Further Investigation showed that
was but one of thousands, A teeming
city or highly civilised Aryans had
long existed on thla spot until the
earth bad tired of it and wiped It out
Until Dec. 18, 1811, the eastern part
or craigbead county. Ark
of th most beautiful and fertile
stretches of prairie imaginable. Inter
spersed wltb tracts of lovely
land. Pretty rivers ran between high
clay banks, and th country was rapid
ly settling. On tbn morning of Dee.
19, in plac of rivers and rolling prairie.
a great lak rippled in the stmtlghs, Is
th night th who! region, 120 miles
long nnd 00 wide, had rank M to 40
feet Today ths weird laksn of ths
Arkansas sunk lands offer tb meat
beautiful scenery and soma f the
beet sport in all tbe southern states.
Nothing Is too big or too amall to a
cap th. maw of our hungry glob.
Quicksand ars th traps ah sprsadj
for smaller fry. Probably the worst
nnd most dangerous in tbe world nrt
the "sbotts" of tbe Sahara. Tbt
are perhaps tbe dregs of some prehis
toric sea. Now they nro covered over
with a thick crust of salt and band.
Whole caravans have walked
sclously ' into the dthttnM
been quickly swallowed up. stoehas.
tbe great French authority, dschurag
yon can sound these quicksands to
depth of 800 feet without finding hot
toiaW-Londoa MaJL
th
The extraordinary skill with wbSd
Sir Edwin Lsndseer painted animal
was duo not merely to his mastery of
the brush., but also to his Intimate
knowledge of the animal world.
- One of hi many talent was tb povr
r of Imitating to Drf action th cry ot
any creature with which bo was far
One day wben the artist hajrosnod to
be tbe guest ot Lord Bivera he was re
quest sd to go and a vr
dog that was tisd up ha tb yard.
approachod th growling
bo dropped quietly upon hit
and knss nnd thou crawling
forward snarlad so alarmingly that the
dog, overcome with terror.
snapped his chain, jumped over ths
wall and was never seen afterward.
The most lonely highlands f ear
national territory are tb sparsely
wooded stems of western Mew Msxi
00. Tb dank of the woodeottor's ax
schoea through the steepest glsns of
tb European Alps and sotttbern AB
ghantea, but In th Sierra MssiBa, west
f El Paso, there aro valleys wbtrn tbe
moan of tbe wind In the branches sf
tbe rock pins 1 th only sound beaMt
for daya together. A kind of ssnnnot
tt th only habitant of these sohtndes
rarely leave Its burrows befor
Birds are satraiusly far.
thMgh n silent vnrtnr new and than
Boats across the sky en Its way to thai
cave labyrinth of the OOn rsJlrv-Q
uians pons r raws.
Yon assume no risk when yon
bay Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhora Remedy. T. A. Al
bright fc Co, druggists, will refund
you money it yon are not nUkfiod
after using it. It is everywhere ad
mitted to bo the roost suoceesul
remedy in noe for bowel complaints
and the only one that never fails.
It is pleasant, enfe and reliable. ,
4m
WHAT THE TAILOR 8EE8.
tsealteritls ! Msa .! Moewisrwd
. - aVw BW ClOtfcSS. '
"Yes, there Is a tints for throwing
out one's chest Just an there la a time
for everything else," said the tailor,
as be rend out one of tbe mea urs
ine ts for 'the customer's coat while
tbe fat Met stood before him on tbe lit
tie pedestal
Now yon probably have a
ths tailor continued, as ho stretched
tb tape over tbe shoulder and down
under the armpit, "what tot of trou
ble Is mads for us by deceitful cus
tomersI mean those who. uncon
sciously or otherwise, seem to think
they must stand very erect to be fitted
properly. I am not telling yon this
for your benefit Mr. Jonea. a you
are always post natural In your stand
ing."
Jones" smiles, and th tailor
that Mr. Jon figure straightens
littl. , ..
"Yod see," continued the measur
"th customer is not always frank
with u. any mora than tb patient 4a
always frank with telling a physfc-
etaa aboot himself. There are oppor
tunities for. deception In both
For instance, ft very often occurs that
a man with sloping shoulders comes
np to be measured, and Instead of al
lowing us to sis him up as b really Is,
bo throw himself an out of position,
nnd these it tbe deuce to pay generally
when It oothos around trying on the
garment for he cannot always strike
th Man position twlos, much
keen It Borne men would no mora
admit that their shoulders needed
'raising' or lifting,' as we say,
they would -b ready to confess that
their calvs heeded n little re-enforee-
ment Imagine what we occaaiooally
get from a new ouetomer-nnd It to
Incidentally true that the ttocetrer
re tbe 00 who do the meet shifting
from one tailor to another as a result
of this lack of personal, frankness!
They sre tha ones who seldom get suit
ed anrwnsr.
"Of conne, there Is an opportunity
of uslog tact with tfala sort mm well so
In many other ways of our Msine. it
of eourss, would never do In the world
for us to say to soma man, 'Shall I
not put littl In the shoulder, Just
to flU it out s wtr -
"To be un. w eon say. and wltb
perfect alnceiily, that coats aro being
cut this season to set squarely a pos
sible on the shoulder, bat there ass
who won't stand for that sort of thing;
a they know what tbey want' At
nny rate, they would bar n beUevo
they know, a ad It la a temptation to
glv a man what bo wants, vn If
on reails there may be loss of busi
ness on account of It In th long run.
But It Is not always loss of business,
for there are kinds of customers that
are almost perpetually n loss In want
nnd tear on our nerves. If pot In actual
worn, lanora nave nerves, py me
way, although they are not sometlmee
given credit for having nny. . ,
It Is the beet all round metnoa to
glv the man what wo think bo wants.
at least what we think b should
bar, taking down all tb white wltb
tb nod of respectful sad o
understanding all that ho prescribes
for himself. Than a confession, sir,
bot one has to meet the grand btaff
with tb nu bread once In a wan.
"This man who throws out his bet
oomes In many different species. One
msy owe us a trifle too much to b ex
actly on tbe 101, nnd bla asnncial dig
nlty somes to th surfac. omotnlng
by way of n vry randy help ha time of
present trocbl.' Ho doesnt want no
to eesuBjo nny undo nsissnr nnd be
nd on glotb. Wo en tott him
ns soon a b'bavs In sight Bot wo
respect "blm by comparison wltb th
vainglorious en who twist tbsm
elvs out of shape, . Wo t ths first
of tbe troribl wbso b Is on tb stand.
nnd it shows hp wben bo trlss on tb
t Whan np bforo tb thro idd
enactor bo usually expand tb Urntt
nnd th trotter may novo to tott blm to
'stand prfctty aatorat, pisses.' . After
doing tb boot w can. nnd tb osnt M
an mad up, no will and sontothlng
wrong, or, parhaps. It nny not crop out
until hi wife him nab!. Tbss
many parts that wow poor nt
Tb sboukWs may fag, th back
wrlnkl nnd. worn than an thing tlas,
I aowtv Th collar
bvioosly may tot la prfot position
whan bo ha hi aboot not nnd b
toot nnd when bo fall Into his cus
tomary bag or stoop tb thing doesn't
bang sswsnjl b la back, upon
with grUvaos." Ooston HarakL
1 isasta tmrotor who
Can aboard th
ftndyaoi sUpling atodo th
b bad seas good storls to tan
of the asjtbor. Kipilng wan pestered
by look of tasssngirs who wlsbod
to gosh over him nasi bar wosohtp
Kipling, yon know. Is aot bant that
way and pott np M
goah and hysteria. On forsnoon Kip-1
ao walking tb deck band
hand wkh hi Httte dsoghtor. wtasn
of too goshsr. suing aa ppfOanlty
to nattso th father and so make!
trtond with the author, threw himself I
fen tb way oftho oonpt.
X)b, ate, aOplinm'' ba
that your oblldr
Kipling grontod a
Tse" nnd trtod to pnoa. Bot th fet-
low was not done m
atnmUng la tb way, bo cialmsd:
Want a asrigiitfnny btontlfnt and
healthy ehfld sh tor
Klpilng gnaod .a atoey- gas at
ad anytng. wttb groat serapbasis
"Tee," aaswsrvd the youth tbaoghe-
fnlly; "that tiprsa.ss tb tdsa prsciss
ty. Vho ban trsca Beotoa. 1 was asv
aw bsfaeo verts h so by eajeh a heavy
Vtrwafan mt tntollMtaal k.--Was
sTlobo Why float
nobos-Wtetl
billsf Why. W$
And ron np at
beass of shat 1
owe bhn now that 1 osnt
Wbsn a man rsarkss that potot Is bbj
' whoro he l a testis wltb blan-
i oa oartb to M aa I
Hewn ..
am from th
Btaamer oa which
a the psrsisml ram en. Tm rssion
abry aatisasd wttb bay aaolta,' he
sttouaaered peso tb bar and trampsd
on. lotniay Kvontog Foot
fssaUsel.
"Dsns that young woanaa bnfl fuss
Bootonr
APPLE 8ACK.
COavwalmt Whoa Ftsktoo a4
asntiss Wlthsst Braislast AMtos.
Tb apple sack represented 11 de
scribed by Kansas Farmer as an Im
provement by Judge Wellhooso, a fa
miliar authority In fruit circle, on an
other western man's Invention. It wilt
bold a half bushel of apples and la ear-
, 'Hot , . ; vv
. Arms lucgnro .
led In front of the picker, being sus
pended from his shoulders by straps.
Tbe body of tb sack is undo by mt-
ting. bsavy cotton two bushel grain
sacks in such a way that too. Sap
banging below in tb illustration (fig.
1) Is cot opposite to a similar nap.
thus unking two 'of thee picking!
ancka from on two bush! snefc! A
heavy steal wire curled Into hook at
ch and is sewd around the month
of tb sack, excepting that th spao
between the books shown as coming
against the picket's body Is left Va-I
cant, there being 'nothing between the
hooka but th cloth) of tb sack.
Th ouapenderC are fastened perrna-
aentlr at the back and are nd on
th Individual's bak, brought over the
shoulders, and oacb has a ring tm th
1 Which to hooked Into tbe corrodl
wire, aa shown,, than suspending th !
sack to tbe picker. : Tb bottom of tb
sack a shown In Fig. 1 Is open and. I
contains two rings nt th bottom.
The rings aro connected whoa In no
to hooka at upper front riot of th
sack, aa shown In Fig. X whoro the
picking sack Is ready for -bus
Wben full, th picker lowers tb sack
Into th box or barrel, nsbook tb Sap,
and tbn apples gently slid from too
bottom of th sack Into ths package,
thus ptwventing all bruises. President
Wnnbonso has mad ST of th sacks
for os this year. , ;
roawsj lasts r sUarb AHtaWdas.
Th eastern Rocky mountain region I
Is weU supplied with natlvo leguminous I
plants, many of which are of greet I
value tor nay and pasturage.
J The nativ ctovars aro found chiefly
In the BMunUin and nt eomparatlvoty
atornrtanr an txovga.
felgh ahltudea. 8om of them aro too
mio nnd others too small to bo of
much . vain for forager bot the ma
jority are valuable, and four or
lit of sufficient Importance to warrant
careful experimentation to tbsir po-
sibt no a cultivated crops. -. 1
tbsir appearance and thrtfflnaa uador
starul coadltlon or In Irrigated nay
ttvo Saoadows tt wonld certainly 1
of gnat value for coldvotioa.
sopoctany la th higher ' altltodsa.
wbor alfalfa and th oommoa oJovors
rsnnaaf he sin 1 aawsf nil t arnrwm. . . v
btOontaia rod clover it one of tb
roDOK growing nativo
hi the Boeky mountain tegloa.
Tb flower beads aro Inrg and showy,
nnd tb learss ars compose d of from
0vo to seven leaflet Instead of three.
Is the ease wttb the sthor ctovars
f tb region. It produce stoat, deep
growing root nnd ha many othar
Onalltiss commanding M to th ntten-
f tb eipsrimeoter. It Is 1
widely dtotrlbotod on th wot sldo f
tboontlnontal divlds-T. A. WUlasaa.
tk rt r
Wltb th advont of tb canning fae-
tory I wish to call attention to nnd on-
eoarage mora extenslvs plaotlng of tb
flg. M foott trs wiU stead as assay
bard ship or a mneb bad trant:
aad yt prodoc soms fruit. With
at the .
canning ootflr to property
sorvo nnd abeerb the erop. stls
has a vsry bright ftltoro, eepeetarty
the coast, said frod W. at allay
Toxa fat ems' umgnmm.
oasSaTlbB to Ipid Ivor, and sar
SsllosaBBSsa. sack I k.sak. Issadlra,
Thsy ars to-1
soMsr kesak a I
hrtsaildrwa
ITSe. st all aasdieiras dsaasra g kf Sanal
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sjosg, HaVssaths,rsitSi
See o Oe, LewsU, alaas.
GOOD
t: JHhAI Ml
BBrAJhJLaf JL JUh
by the Quart
Brsry soto yea take el Jobastoa'a
arsaparuia means batter health,
ad vry sottte sostalas a fall
act. It makes krtMr blood purer
blood. For thirty years this famous
renwdr has bssa srssttng sad atsia
taialng good health.
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
koala sp the systeam. tones th
I servos, and strsngtheMU Va muscles
ntes promptly s4 .Sec ta ally than
say ether naudy knew. Ths pallor of to
ebssk disappaar, anarrgy toks th plaos ot
BMguor, and th rich ootor ot health floats to
th.ehs.ks. Uaaqnallwd for all disorders of lb.
stomach sad liver, ad to all wnah.nl n som-
staJats of sua, wanton sad ekilarmtf-
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