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Alamance , 6eavmer: -1- .v . VOL. XXVI. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900. NO. U MAKING AN APOLOaY: HERE'S A MAN WHO SAV8 SUCH A V THING 18 A BIQ MISTAKE. It Oaly lUkn Matt.ra Wesae,. Ate at-e. ausA AA.Lea That. He Matter Slew Bad the Caee Asa la. t Tesi May Bet te Jaat BelAlr Blast It Oat. A friend of mine who Is a successful biujneM man and a very lerei beaded chap, and who 1 fnD to the brim with philosophy, recently laid down a treat principle to me. It la tills: Never .. apologice. ; "If be save, "there la anything that is absolutely futile. It Is apology. Ir tead of making the person to whom It Is tendered feel any better concerning tli oversight or piece, of thoughtless ness on account of which it la given, the apology simply Intensifies his ner ceptlon of that 'oversight and .makes him feel all the worse about it -4 few uays ago i took luncbeon with a man who said he was feeling very badly, Ha bad borrowed, upon point of honor, from J,.dear,frlend, the only copy in existence of a treasured historic manu script, ,, He bad promised to return it straightway. It was the old story. A servant. In' quest of paper to start a kitchen flre," got hold of the precious old manuscript and burned it up. What should my friend dot "I advised blm, from Jjome expert ence in such things; to avoid making any apology, to say .nothing whatever to bis friend about the matter and. when . the subject should Anally be raised, to .feign Indifference and almost surprise concerning It In this way the tender would think It must be that he had not made eiear tbe necessity of returning the manuscript or failed to Indicate sufficiently Its value. " - - ' ' "Perhaps be would come to think himself that it was of no value. At all events, he could not get very angry with a man who appeared hardly to realise that he bad committed ny of fense whatever. This advice. I believe. was sound. "My attention," be goes on, "was first directed to the futility of apology aev era! years ago. v I 'was a northern man In a southern city, new to southern conditions and Inexperienced, In deal tog wlth'tne-solored brother.' One afternoon a Georgian friend urged me to go somewhere with him for several hours. . I replied that the one objection to accepting was the faet that I had asked my colored messenger to meet me at a certain place at 1 o'clock and W await t&ete until I came,, in case 1 should be late. It would be pretty hard to keep blm waiting until 4 la the tftertooa; f i' .' 4 't t "Twill tell you replied my friend, rw that can be made all right When you go around at 4 o'clock, yon ap proach him? with the ale of perfect self satisfaction. ' If anything is said, give blm the notion that It Is Just hie basi- t Bess to wait three hours for you and that you compelled' it As a matter of course. If to the least degree you spot Oglse to blm, you have ruined him as a messenger and spoiled him as citisno, He never win do Anything for you gata after an apology.' .j rf t.l : r -' "A " further ' acquaintance ' with the mrstectoua ways of thenolored brother led me to believe that there was some smaQ Amount of wisdom In thla oV vice r at least that it rested upon some principles of Ethiopian human nature. I then began to wonder If the same thing w.re, not true of the white man. I believe' Jt is. T, t ; it 1 i "An apology spoils everybody and In jures the reputation of the man mak ing It Therefore my rule In life la to do somewhere near as well as I can and then In contact with my fellow tUAtt to assume that I have done exact ly right and to affect surprise and In ilfference In the extreme at any og gestion that things are ever otherwise, ' "The next time Lord Chesterfield writes out his rules of eonduct.be should append as one of them, "Never apologise.' Do things meet for apology aa seldom aa possible, but, having done them, do not apologise for them. .That to self Incrimination, and H Is a 'prin ciple of old English common law that no one should be obliged to testify against himself.'' -. , . . . . -?.- I commend thla . reasoning to all thinking persons. I have myself apol ogized a great many times, bet I can not truly say (bat aa apology ba ever really helped my case with the person wna was ff.nded. Of course It patch ed the matter up, but did that do any good? It la conceivable that giving aa apology may "be better than taking a ncfclng. ,mt may not A.'a failure te apologise to B. for a slight or aa affront be. construed by B. as proof that A. la confident that be can lick B and. eon? eqoently no apology .la Beaded Aid M Attempt at a licking likely? These things should be pondered carefully. Boston Transcript ' Mr. K.Ttn'1 At! .The grittiest ben in America Uvea in Alsesv Ga. Her tight te be. called A tear hen baa been tested, , and ne ooo who reads these lines will deny tuat she la ever likely to shrink from any duty, public or private. Bbe la not only a brave ben, but a "streaooue" . She- to the aroperty of one of the ttaydea brothers. They Also-own a tMny msrhlf ' The latter waa tkea out of the, shed for the. first time lut;weelu AAd a small nekf bf. grain JLn thsmalinl tasfS tkat the maefcine waa in good running order. When the Job was Bntebed, the AMcbiae waa re tnmed to the abed. when, to the aroere sMBtf. All ttere. to the earner of the separator, sat the. strenuoua ben. Cn-OsW-wasi neete eggs that she 'waa endeavoring to hatch. Bbe had beecu oq.tee nest when tbe.Biarkme ejajcakan fit -She u three wbse) the belts and- pulleys .hejrnn to .wbls. wncn tte. f anrheg aa to stag and when the Tiddlers begaa to shake and rattle. Ta jen4 Iram the fan raoVd bsr f estbera a4 almost took her breath; but ne the boy oo the burning neck, she. staid ,s:er .post. . WBst her fbaugbts were when the swift cylinder began.' to-chew, ap straw, aaaot be t lartri aUav- BrowwAirs. Jaeew has Joined rte-oC rhos wrwipondence srboors. ; Mrs. nritb-iVTbat has she IrsrnedT airs. . BrowB-WeU. she has learoee Dot to depend on her husband to mAl her eorrespondence. Harper's Baser. B ra was S)attara4 Wat.ratalaa, " Colonel Ueorge W. Anderson, a man of splendid genius and rare oratorical gifts, was stumping for Greeley and Brown down In southwest Missouri. One night fat the midst of bis speech an old .fellow arose in the back of the house and said: "Colonel Anderson, Is It true that Governor Brown waa so drunk at that Tale alumni dinner that be buttered his watermelon V ' Colonel Anderson reared back on bis pastern Joints, straightened himself to his 6 feet 3 and with a lion's roar answered:- ' "Yes, It Is true that Governor Brown buttered his . watermelon at the Tale alumni dinner, and I am happy to In form you that that Is the only way In which watermelons are eaten In polite society," Anderson's happy retort was greeted with! a shout of laughter and a roar of applause by bis auditors. His inter rogator sat down discomfited, and .that was the' last ever beard f the story of 'the buttered watermelons-all of which goes to demonstrate the value of Dapton's famous motto: "L'audacel ti'auducel Toujour vaudacer " ' s -Colonel Anderson was a wonderful stumper. He was most emphatically a rough diamond, ': In the rough and tumble. catcb-as-yoOfcaQ a tyte of debat ing he,, .never had a superior In Mis souri, which is saying a great deal. He was an adept in the use of every spe cies -of oratorical ; weapons-Champ Clark in Saturday Evening Post Wealda't S.U the Baase. - The house in which Joan of Arc was bora Is still faithfully preserved In pious veneration at pomremy, where It la looked upon almost In the light of A shrine. ' Passersby ' Invariably cross themselves and utter a prayer for pro tection as they go by. . ' The story goes that n rich and eccen tric Englishman tried hard to buz the place In 1837. It was at that time the property of a farmer named Girardin. The Englishmen offered to let blm name his own price, but the old man held firm. "No, no, no," he cried. "I would not sell it even to a Frenchman, much less to a foreigner and especially an Englishman. People here would call me a traitor and a coward were I to part with the house from, which Joan of Arc set out to serve France." The Englishman 'convinced himself that further bargaining was useless and went his way. Soon after an officer from the king's household arrived In the village and asked to speak with GirardlnT Before the whole village, assembled In the street, he said: "Slrardln; the king has learned that you have refused to sell your bouse to an Englishman. He de sires to reward; Fou but not In ; cola. He knows that you no more want the money of the French than of the Eng lish, therefore" baa be 'commanded me te present yon with the cross of the Le- v y'-u ;! r ri i1 .. 1,1 : -, ,: Queen Catherine obtAlned pins from France, and. In 1543, an Act was pass ed: "That no person shell put to sale any plnnes but only such as shall be double headed and hate the beads sold ered fast to. the shank of the. plnnes, well smoothed, the shank wen shapen, the points well round ,flled, canted and sharpened." At this time most pins were made of brass, but . many were .Also, made of Iron, with a brass surface. France sent A large number, of pins to England until about the yedr, 102& . In this year one John Tllsby started unmaking in Gloucestershire. Bo suc cessful waa bis venture that he soon had 1.500 persons working. These plna made at Stroud were held in high re pute. in 1630 'ptnmakers comDinea ana founded a corporation. The Industry was carried on at Bristol and Birming ham,, the.) hitter becoming the chief eon tor; la 1775 prises were offered for the first native made pins and needles la Carolina, and during the wer in 1813 pins fetched enormous prices. . Pins vary from S',4 inches In length to the small gilt' entomologists' pin; 4, B00" weighing about an ounce. Good Words. - ' , , . - i . , f . ' 1 11 i i A U4 OhIiIm. . A correspondent referring to a recent article to Law Notes on "The Gram mar of the Courts,' calls attention to the following lucid : decision of Sir John Taylor' Coleridge In the ease of Tnrley against Thomas, 8 C and P. 103, A4 E. C. L. 812 "It baa been sug gested as A doubt by the learned coun sel for the defendant whether the rule of the road spplles to saddle horses or only to carriages. Now 1 have no doubt that it does." Law Notes. t - Aa AeeMaat, Llttlff Bessiev bavltjg toeen punished tor nJsbeharior, slunk to the other end of the room, crying. Her mother turn ed to view her repentance, but fount! her engaged in making faces at her. iW-br,. Bessie," eaid her mother, "bow can yon do sof , "Oh, mamms," answered the little gui. "1 waa trying to smile at yon, but my face slipped." London Answers. Taa Daaa'a BUstrlaUaa. If The English Ecclesiastical Gasette reports correctly, amines! English dl laes are not above sv HMto feotragV. ef ArTiptnlUlKvcorsLT''"' The desa of tbeCbapsl royal was one day seated in the 87004 hall, at Dublin, when a. scent bottla, ailing from the stMBgenalkr, Wppeaed VHAUgbt apon his somewhat bald crsniom. Bis lag front his chair; asked pormiaatoa -to make a personal explaaation. rrHi lord laaatA.' A H "I abj always glad to see strangers at our de bates, and. IfeeL specially honored try the presenos of woagan. Bat" here he held so the scent bottle -lot not their preeioM balms .break say beseV' ' When a Burmese Jib. band and wife decide toAcparala. the woman goat ant and buys two little .candles of eqeal leasts, whUb-atassada -arsaoUSy fee this saa, , She ; brings them home. . Bbe and her husband ait down oar the floor, placing the candles between tbam, and light tbenrsiaaltsneaaelr'-One candle stands for her. toe ot bet for hiss.-"The one whose cssdle,oes :eoi first rises and goes ost of tbe kamaa fcxever, with anAhtng bat what bed she may bswe eat. The one whose candle has sarvlaad the sooger tista, even by a second, tehee everything: Bo the divorce and dWisioe of the property. If one caa call that A division, are settled. THIEVES AND OMENS. HAPPENINGS IN WHICH CROOKf, 8EI 8IQNS OF BAD LUCK.. sneak Cat. Are Aare Pararaaa.ra af . Disaster, aaA CriAava aa4 the This taantk at tU Bulk Are Oars aa , Walah Thar Saaa staataarr, . ;. Professional crimlnara hare many auperstltlonar No, one In 100 will com mit a theft of any daring on a Friday er on the 13th of the month. In sup port of this superstition almost any old time crook will cite the Instance of Charles VfcLaughlln, alias HcLaln. an expert hotel sneak and ail round thief Who worked In New York city in the early seventies. In 1872 be, a pal tamed Howard and two other thieves planned to rob an office In Brooklyn, The only date on which the Job could be done with profit and safety was on June 13. On that day the cashier's money drawer would be full and the office force would be small. " All the crooks regarded the date dubiously. And would have selected Another, with tees prospect of success, but for the expostulation of McLaughlin. So the raid was made on the day originally determined upon. It proved a disas trous failure. All the men were caught except McLaughlin, who escaped through a window. Thosi who were captured were sent to prison for seven years each. McLaughlin never bad any good luck after that He was caught In the Westminster hotel. New Xork, loaded with plunder, and waa sentenced on a Friday, the 13th of the month. ' - . Thieves can tell many anecdotes to prove that Fridays and the l?th of the month are days set aside for rest For Instance, they will tell you bow Dan Kelly, a bank burglar, who worked In and around Louisville, Ky, In the ear ly eighties, was killed on the 13tb of December while robbing a safe in A small -town and how his partner was struck by lightning while making bia escape. Crooks in general avoid black cats and blind dogs. It is regarded aa a challenge to disaster and misfortune to kill either. If -a thief on but way to commit a theft sees a black cat or Is followed by a dog. be will probably abandon the Job for the rime being. If a black cat runs In front of blm, be will unit work for n week. In 1883 Frank McCormack. James - Leonard, Tom Freemont and Mike Duffy, safe blow era wbo were making their headquar ters in Buffalo went to Lockport one night to rob a ante In the office of a Souring mill which stood close to the Central railway tracks. It waa an Ideal spot for a burglary, because the noise of passing' trains would deaden the sounds made while drilling and blowing open the safe. The quartet were passing through the railway yards about 2 a. m. when a black cat darted across the tracks not two yards ahead of thetn and. stopping in the shadow of a switch, bowled hideously, All the men stopped. - ''You can count me out," said Duffy to Leonard. "You going to let that cat scare you?" asked Leonard. "That's Just wbat 1 am," Duffy re torted. McCormack and Freeuiout staid with Leonard. The trio got tutu the place and had Just blown the .door off . the safe when they were surprised by two men fully armed. Kreeruout and Leon ard were dangerously injureu. -iney and McCormack were seuteut-ed to six years In Auburn prison. Leonard told the story aa here related to A Buffalo tetectlre present at the trial. , , Most crooks lose their money at some serf of gaming. A thief, especially a housebreaker,- believes In . working while bia luck Is good. - For rinstaace, be will often leave a game be la win ning to go out and commit a robbery believing that good luck will continue to attend him. When be loses and la compelled to go out and rob. be Is nerv ous. futding that bis 111 luck will con, tlnue. If a burglaf can touch a bunch back, he is confident that bia lucky star will rise Immediately. Once Inside A bouse there are many things which are ominous to the sus ceptible housebreaker. Fur Instance, the sobbing of a child Is looked upos aa a forerunner of discovery, and many burglars will immediately depart on bearing such a noise. Another thing which Is regarded aa a bad alga Is to get la A room where A clock stops. If It stopped before the tblef sacs It, 00 notice is taken, but if It stops while be is In the room he will make baste to get out Burglar Tom. wbo 20 years ago was aa expert, bad great faith In the dock stopping sign and be relates this story: . "I got Into a house la Montreal eoe time, and waa going through a man's trousers pockets when a small clock in the room stopped. I went on with my rcb and waa about finished when a man in the bed beside me said. Haods op! - Be bad a gun and It waa pointed at me, I surrendered and did seven years in prison for burglary, first degree." Pickpockets have a superstitlne) of their own. They believe that te ftck the pocket of a one armed man la foe lowed by bad luck of some sort They sometimes believe that a run of the hardest kind of lack will, befall the thief whe robe a blind What It AXaaas ta Walk. TV, a,V I. matant artth a modest average of sis miles' walking a day scarcely realises that every IS years he walks a eistsnce samewnt so girdle the earth at the equator. Startling as this simple calculation im K mt.m-m ha I lia.ll a fMjIaa of la- credullty when ha leams that to walk tog this distance be has expanded saftV rient energy so raise esur so mat taa battleships s foot high. It is calculated that la walking aa average Bails a asaa ases sufficient en ergy to raise 1?X tone to the height of A foot, or conversely a ton (of coals, esy). to throe tiaMbWown height The mere tboagbtof sack a feat taserSclent to deter a man from taking the ntost modest coaatitationaL . That evert year the man wbo watts alx sallas a dsy dues saoVieat work te raise a ton weight te a height eqnal roughly to IK times that of Mont Blanc or te raise all the gold earrent taroegbont the world A foot higher than his own head. A tramp of 18 miles a dsy Involves aa Brach exertion aa the day's work of aa ordinary laborer. CRIMSON CLOVER. It Thrive, aa Tkla Boll R.slea. Is Which It SaeeeeAa. ' Crimson clover, also known as scar let clover, German clover,' Italu clover and carnation clover. Is an air nunl plant native to southern Europ and baa long been cultivated as forage crop In the warmer portions ol that country. It Is an erect tufted plant one to two feet nigh, with soft hairy atoms and leaves and usuallj bright scarlet flowers In elongate heads. The root system is well de CB1MSOX CXOVKR rLAKT. veloped and penetrates deeply Into th soli, and the plant is a vigorous grower. The seed Is larger than that of red clover, oval in shape, bright reddish yellow when fresh, paler In the whit flowered variety, and has a highly pol ished surface. The plants stool freely, many stems arising from a single root Crimson clover will not stand severe freezing, although it la one of the ae called "winter annuals" and under fa vorable conditions makes much of Its growth during the cool, moist weathet of fall, winter and early spring. . Its strong growing roots enable It to se cure nourishment in many soils so pool and thin that red clover would fall en tirely. While requiring a warm cli mate. It will not endure severe drought It thrives best on rich, rather sand; loam, but when the conditions of mois ture and temperature are favorable It gives good results on light sandy soils as well as on clays, if they are not too atiff and cold. :j f a Crimson clover has come into promi nence In this country within compara tively recent years. It can hardly be regarded as a successful crop outside of the region from New Jersey west to the Alleghany mountains and south to eastern Tennessee and Texas. .Good crops are often obtained In other sec tions, but cannot be v depended upon year after year. In the middle sad south Atlantic states this clover is one of the best crops that can be grown, for forage and soli renovation. It has giv en good results In many portions of the gulf states, but many failures are also reported. In the colder sections of the country this clover Is sometimes suc cessfully grown as a summer crop, but it - usually winter lulls 1 . badly when sown In the autumn. At the expert ment stations In Rhode Island, New York, Ohio. Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota. Nebraska and other stales In the north and west the general results of tests show that it ia too tender for the climate and is less valuable than red clover. From results recently ob tained at the Alabama experiment sta tion It seems very likely that In many cases, especially In the south, failures with the crop are to be attributed to the absence from the soil of the tuber cle forming organisms which are nec aary for the proper appropriation -of nitrogen by the plant These organ isms being supplied to the soli, excel lent crops were obtained where with out them the result was a failure. These facta are a contribution by Ag- rostologlst 8. W. Williams In circular No. 17 to the Investigation of grass and forage plants which the. depart ment of agriculture la pursuing. Whelesale WeeAlan. A correspondent sends The Rural New Yorker a photo snowing bow they use weeders in British Columbia. He says the wheat In this photo waa four WROISO OX A HI SCaLB, to sis Inches high aad bad been twice gone ever with the weeder after the wheat waa up. Thty keep these two tools at work until the wheat la toe high and can easily go ever 60 acres per day. It Is light work on the horses. The amocat of crimson clover seed. per acre recommended by Dr. Platers, the ssod expert of the department of agricaltura. Is about IS te 20 pounds A asm pie that will give 90 par cent of atreag spouts will go farther than one germinating leas than 50 per cent Seed to the husk Is sometimes need end with gool results to dry weather fVhea this is used, more seed le need d, say a rwhai pee aero. Would qnickly leave you, if woo oaed Dr. King's New Life PUIa. Thousands of sufferers hare proved their match leas merit for Sick and Nerrooa Headaches. They make para blood end build op your health. Only 23 centa. Mosey back if not cured. Sold by T. A. Albright ot Co., dragglsta. DeVVitf Witch Haxel Salve A. COBNEH IN WHEAT. INCIDENTS OF ONE " THAT "OLD HUTCH" MANIPULATED. ,.: . Ba Let la aa All the "OaaA relleajw That Ha Kaaw. hat He MaAs taa Bamart Says HaA .Been , Trrtaat to Dm Hiss Bawl Oat Lead. , (, . , Two days before settling day wbest touched fl.88. . The pit wss wild with excitement, but "Old Hutch" remained in bit favorite chair, tilted back against one of the posts, calm and indifferent. Freasied men crowded a bout him and Implored, begged ; and demanded to know where "the advance would stop. For all of them Mr. Hutchinson bad the tame answer: (--'m.-' -: ;- "Cam in and settle, boys. Septem ber wbest will bring $1.80 tomorrow and 8 on settling dsy." ' "Tomorrow" came, and wheat was bid up to $1.80, with speculators tum bling over ons another to get it it that price. Through the tumult Mr. Hutch inson sat unmoved. , Be was the only man in all that bowling crowd who bad grain to sell, and be didn't tee lit to let go of it. The closing bell found broken clamoring about him with offers to buy at S1.B0, but be ignored them. "It will be t tomorrow, boys," waa all be would say. .'!, And it was.: The mark the old man bad est was reached, and he settled at that figure with soch of the losers as were obstinate and bad not already come into camp., .; Jteports very as to wbat he cleared on tbe equeess, the fig ures generally accepted being between 2,800,000 and 18.780.000, At tbe same time Mr, Hutchinson Brae careful to avoid severe pressure on any of tbe "good fellows." Among bis close friends at that time was Columbus A. Orris. Daring the last dsya of tbs cor ner Mr. Orvls. besrd bf a number of their mutual 1 friends wbo had been caught in the aqueeae. : In every in stance be would goto "Old Hutch" and aayi "Old Is abort about 60,000, aad ia hit hard. Let up on, bim, Hntchin- son, for old times' take. " "Sure. Mske sny kind of settlement yon please with him.' I don't wast to hurt anybody." ' - Ia other instances old friends who scented a safe profit . In the squeese wanted to get into, the- market but were unable to Set buying orders ac cepted. Nobody but Hutchinson bad wheat for Isle. Every man of this class who applied directly io Mr. Hutchinson waa accommodated. IA A aumher of eases he let them have wheat at $1 and 91. 8 in as, 000 and 80,000 bushel lots, and they turned It over within s, couple of days at $1.80 and $. r4,I'm;Bot .aftet tbaJUuna stack'? Hutchinson said. ? "1 hope every one of 'em will mske money. - The chaps I'm gunning for are those1 smart guy "no have been trying to down me, and I'm going to ge( them.' Lord; bow I'll make them bowl f - He did. The losers; howled so loud that (he echoes of their cries were heard in . the ibosrd.iof irsds. corridors for month Unlike nt eoraers, the bot tom did not drop ,ont et ,the j market when tbe September, deal was settled. Prices held op away into October, and weeks after, lfc HBtcblaeoa bsd taken his profits and nulled oat., traders, were afraid to sell abort lest, the. ghost of "Old Hutch". should pon up as a buyer. : - TJBdem the stern exterior, the appear ance of which was increased by bis mg gadS hook nose, sharp features and se verely plain clothes, OU Hutch" bad a warm, kindly besrt r He wu devoted to children and Vba 'never so happy as when entertaining a party of little ones, wbkb be frequently -did at bia offlee or ejnb. People ta Aaencisl distress always found in, hlnva gtoeroas friend, asps-. eialry c these, who- were caught ia the : maelstrom f tpeculation. Nor - were bis charities fa this line confined to bis immediate associates. Be satiated even those who were opposed to blm in trade, It la told of him that, on one occasion a friend found bim stampisg about bia office in a great rage. The .new bad Just reached bim of the impending are of a trader tot. whom he had strong-dislike. '. f - . . .- ,'s going under." said Huctbin- son ss bis friend inquired the cause of bis exdtemVet He's a rascal aad ought to suffer, but he's got good people depending upon him for ( support . Be tides than bis failure would) wreck a whole lot of Innocent Arms, , Qo oyer and see bow be stands and draw on me for wbat money is needed to put bim on his feet sgsin." - Mr. Bute binsoa furnished tbe money, the fsilare wss avertel aad tbe trader kept on 1b bo tineas, Aad yet be wss a mi thst HutobinsoB would not- trust with an order for a 1. 000 bushel trads. VUItU 9m wa. v . - I '' Traaeie Fa-Tar aaA Fee. ' Typhoid patients need great watch ing. Food other then ordered la eon times sadden death,- I remember tbe esse of a little boy under treatment te typhoid who was visited by bis mother. "Now. Mrs. Smith," said the nuns. "ramemhar. vow snnat not riva roar little boy anything at an to eat Will yon promise met" "Yes; oh, of ooo rat not' Toward evening tbe a arse in charge noticed a great change toe child's appearance and at ones telephoned for tbe doctor. Tbe same eld question cease. What has be bed to est t" "No; noth ing bat orders." ."Well, be has. - Ten can see thst for yourself." But bo eae knew. "Well, be Is dying. I caa't do saytbing. Perbspt tbe mother msr get bere to time U she orates si ooca. ' When the mother came, tbe Burse said, "Yon promised use not to give your child aeytnlng to sat, tuon 1 roBf "Yes, but I only gsve blm a little bread and batter." "Ah. well, yoa have killed year Bi lls boy, Mrs. Smith. Look; be Is dying m " CfrsasDerr onmai. T.A. Albright dt Co, ruerutee every bottle of Chamberlain ' Coogh Remedy and will refund tbe mooer to aoy oo who ia not satisfied After using: two-thirds of tbv con tents. This it tbe beet remedv in thevrotld for la grippe, coughs, coide, croup And whooping cough And k pleasant And safe to take. It prevents Any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. : - " 4m . OILING K0ADWAYS. PRODUCES. EXCELLENT. RESULTS IN t CALIFORNIA,, rj, . Reads ktoaa as aiaeth. Hard aaA Clean as AtaaaAaas at an Butaenaa f I'raai $900 ta 300 Par Mila Bet ; teA ReaAa Steal Be BteaalreA. , County , and road . . supervisors In southern California are unanimous In the belief that the problem of excel lently macadamised roads at small cost has at mat been solved, and that solu tion of it has been attained through application to them of crude oiL There are now nearly a hundred miles of road la the several counties of the southern part of the state. wblcb have been treated In thla manner, and so pro nounced In every Instance and particu lar baa been, tbe success of the trial that there la, no doubt 'that nearly a thousand miles will be put under con tract for the treatment during the com ing year. It baa been found that to place roads In condition through the use of oil Is cheaper than maintaining them In half condition during a single season by sprinkling with water. And when a ,road has once been put Into condition with oil It requires but slight additional expenditure to keep It so. - On all tbe main highways In Los An geles county oil coating Is now applied. Many of them' have but patches of It, half a mile or a mile In extent, the oil being used upon them to test the effect It will have upon earths of different character and upon roads of varying qualities. It has been found that where tbe road bad an even, bard foundation, smooth and clear bf rata, and about two inches of dust vn tbe surface, tbe oil Is a complete luccess end gives a surface aa polished, clean and clear aa an asphalt street. Where the soil la clayey, though tbe surface la rutty,' It Will maintain the hard character of tbe ground, allay all dust and prevent fur ther decay by resisting tbe formation of mud, tbe oily and impervious ground holding the water In the rata until It dries out and preserving tbe earth be neath from becoming saturated with It. - On n road of deep, loose sand, how ever,, the oil appears to show , little bonefit, though opinion Is yet divided ss to whether oc Dot repeated applica tions of It upon surfaces of thla charac ter would not. ultimately so pack the sand as to make It a hard, tight body. Those wbo claim it would not point to tbe tact that the wheels cut Into the oiled saml aa before, while those wbo think. 11 would pack believe tbe sand when applied to streets In the' city would come to be much tbe same as bituminous time rock, which la nothing more than sand thoroughly saturated with, bitumen. - This substance when applied to bard surfaces packs readily. It Is a fact, however, that the sand road does not predominate in Califor nia and that the most common high way has a bard foundation composed of clay, with a - dust covering worn from tbe surface which will blow away with tbe wind, and thereby cause more dust to be released, from tbe surface, as a result of wblcb ac tion tbe road Is eaten down and be come! rutty and wornout With thla character of road, especially before tbe ruts get Into it. the oil is a lasting boon. ' Koada which have ruts should be repaired before being treated, and en sandy stretches the sand sbould.be removed or overcome, even though It mlgbt be necessary 10 spread upon the aurface a layer of clay and roll It down before applying tbe oIL One houdred barrels of oil per mile. spread over an area 18 feet In width, will put a road In condition along tbe extent of tbe oiled surface and give aa excellent roadway, adequate for or dinary traffic. Tbe oil Is put en In three applications; tbe first at the rate of 00 barrels per mile and tbe two eubscquent treatments at a rate of 20 barrela per - mile each. Great care most be token In delivering the oU. It should be hot when discharged and poured upon a hot surface, so that the work of the oU sprinkling la confined to the beat ef tbe day. Tbe oU cannot be, poured on Indiscriminately, but most be drilled Into the dust as wheat la .drilled Into land prepared to receive K.. It it is not so applied, the oil will not saturate evenly tbe dust area, but wID lie In splotches, run together and so. make a eery Imperfect success, either as a Job of sprinkling or aa an oiled surface, ' la order to meet tbe requirements a machine baa been devised which, while It does not by Any means limit tbe field for inventions of this sort nevertheless supplies A want to this direction. ' A bia tank, mounted on four wheels. drags s sort of tender box supported by two wheels. Into wblcb Is run from the tank a supply of oIL This box hss A furnace beneath It wblcb beats the oIL and attached to It Is a drag, look ing something like a bayrake. A num ber of curved rods or fingers go out from tbe bottom, and these are drawn through tbe dust sad aloeg tbs road. They mark little furrows In tbe dust, and into these furrows, through a se ries ef pipes. Is discharged tbe oIL A second linger or sort of thumb arrange ment' fixed farther back, turns tbe dust over tbe ailed furrow, and the surface Is then left to sbsorb. a process which requires about aa boor to effect A roller Is then drawn over tbe oiled width, and tbe first treatment Is com pleted, f y - ' Contracts for tbe three treatments axe taken at from $306 to $270 per Kile, according to the price of oU and tbe character of tbe surface to be worked. But erea at this rate tbe cost la not ever cents per running foot of the IS foot width, sod of this earn, sn eer tbe general regulations, tbe county pays sow-third. And tbe property re-sera oa tbe road ea each aide pay each .-third. Under tble arrangement Jt would cost aa owner $2 to put ta con- dtttoa tbe read ta front ef 100 feet ef A reeaab .lake. Twe tramps em tbe basks of tbe Beta: .-.! - . "How ran we raise tbe wind" . 1 have hY Ton throw yourself to. and In jump to after yea and lake yoa ewt Then IH get the reward from the Humane society. "Oood! Here goes!" He lumped Into the water, and after eooderlng about for some time be was getting tired eat "Wen." he asked, "haw long are yon going te remain sitting tbereT Why doat yoa coma la and take me 001!" Because 1 think t might Wake more qjef yualn the ntorgna A Wife's Repartee. ' h ''""" ; A party of young men were . tAklJlJjl dinner a few nights ago.at a'faAhionaJ ble cafe, when one of them.', who 11a somewhat of A Jester called tbe waiter! and said: ; -!. .1; .,J "Johnv go and call slain on the 'phone. If a woman 'Answers, it will be my wife. Tell her that I tnetructed you to say that I am in the police sta tion for a few hours and will not be at borne for dinner. ' Say to her that the possibilities are that I shall not be at borne tonight Understand me, slrt" . John winked a couple of times In a knowing way, bowed deferentially and suggested:-' ' ' ' . ' '. '."'' Supposin" ,T !? k,vr;- ', :, j "Supposing nothing, alrt if she asks who la talking, tell her It Is the turn key at the Central station, and she'll never know who told her tbe lie.",. .- , . The waltef shambled away and was presently seen to be having a good deal of fun with himself. The Jester Infer- red that It might have something to, do with bis case and called him over. . "What's amusing you, Jobnl" " r '"Wouldn't like to tell you, sir; st least right here." .., il,v ,.. "I guess these fellows understand. Let 'er go!" .' ' v '' - "Missus says to tell her husband she Is glad be Is so nicely located for the night; She knows where he is for once." Cleveland Leader ' J .. . .. Woai.rfal Coar.se. That was a magnificent feat ' per formed by a French regiment when they were fighting tbe Auatrlans. It happened A long time ago, but the inci dent was marked by such superlative valor that It will never be forgotten. -,The regiment under Colonel Walhu bert,' was sent to take an lntrencbment of the Austrlana In the heights of the Slmpion pass. Arriving at the' point; they found the enemy solidly intrench ed in what appeared to be an Impreg nable position. ' In front of their re doubt and quite separating them from tbe French . force, was a . deep , chasm through which ran a mountain torrent How to get across was A "problem seemingly Impossible to solve. But tbe colonel was equal to it He found A long, straight tree With a trunk almost a foot In thickness. This he ordered, to be cut down, end tbe trunk was ac tually thrust across the chasm under a galling lire. The colonel gave the word to pass over one mart, at A time. f- ; - The first was shot and pitched down to death In tbe chasm. The second and third shared bia fate but presently a tew succeeded In the desperate At tempt . -. Then the . colonel . followed, formed the little party en tbe othei side and charged. The enemy, dum, founded at such extraordinary brav ery, left their position and fled. Cas- sell's. -,..,..; . " Bis One Brave Deed.. ., She was a hero worshiper, . 1 Often she would read history Just to And home new hero to worship. . - . -t . Otherwise she would read such nov el ae- "Beautiful Betsy, tbe Belle of tbe Brassworks; or, The ' Baronet's Bride," . -vfift.-rta-M ) : if Of course .this made her feel that she bad married beneath her, for her hus band bad not grown round shouldered from wearing heavy medals. . . . . 1 Occasionally she would tell blm that she wished he was a hero. - Once the foolish man told her that be would be a hero If be bad a chance. "You would?" she said in tones of Incredulity. "Did you ever do any, thing In your life that looked like brav ery or that seemed valorous In after years?" . , He thought' of tho day 'when they played Mendelssohn's I " Wedding March" and be gave tbe minister f 10 and she became his wife. , But be didn't say anything about It ' For a trua hero never talks about hit glorious, daring deeds. . . ., ,., , 1- 80 she never knew that her husband was a hero. ;- Unt It a sad, aad story 1 Baltimore American..- , :'. leraltr. . -, ;,. - A Durham, collier recently took unto himself a wife whose friend had don their utmost to dissuade her from mar rying, but without success. ' Meeting her one dsy some months after her marriage, a friend remarked; "Hello, Beast - Ter look right bad! Has 'e been a-thumplng yer? I knotted wbat It would be, but yer would have Mm. Everybody said Bob "ud mak' a fltbaUofyerr ' - "Then everybody waa wrong!" snap ped the 111 used wife. "We've been married tbl eight month, and I ain't a-going to aay we had no little shin dies, but to givs our Bob 'is due 1 will say as ' ain't bad to use '1 foot yet 80 therer' Exchange. ' Bar Base laaratltaAe, When Ducbenois, the greet' French actress, died, some one met an old maa who. bad been, her ultimate friend and wbo was sppsrently crushed with sor row. Kindly meant professions of sym pathy and consolation failed to cheer him. "For." said he, "it la not so much her loss wblcb troubles me as her base Ingratitude. Can you credit it? She left me nothing ta her will, and yet I dined with her St her own bouse three times a week regularly for 30 years!" 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The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Dec. 6, 1900, edition 1
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