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1 The - - V ; . , f- -a,.. 1,., -w ... ; r- J-:v" ),r .. iwj, ,, , ' v s . VI i ; 5. ; EANEE: 4 ' '.""1. "'ii;'''' ''TA'f.-r-.-- - t i a,' . i. .. . A . - ft 4- QRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY JANUAB Y 3, 1 NO. 48 Alamance- . ' - ' . . , .... ; .... THE qt-P AHTI8T. 4 ' e.tnftl an rt'Sti " Ton "f" I anrt T trmla through Kent the other day, imL oh, th Uttle picture! on the waj Ijointed with her laviah. happy akMl - 1rrr laniba that thronxed the meadowa knew well ho they ahould (roup themaelve ai tbough , tetter, powibly. than were that ao) jb, "ten o'clock" were taught by orery ewe. Lad -once abor the tank a cherry tree i amid out lti alender armt of anowdrllt white, 1 7La m.H aaainet the blue, ao (air a eight ' . . LI U t 1 IL. Uu ' o k.nd did naughl amiaa. No worda o! mlnt :d cm tell hpw exquiaite ahe made the weald; ' ' la every field a picture, eyery field, ' aU (aa I hare Mid) were on the line. ' - -Pall Mall Oaaetta. i2 hfiefAITH ? rsv A VAr.IT! I t Stti.' t How Aid Was Carried to i ' r.-n".W,:Uv Uie Besieged In La Ca- I fey Rose L: Ellerbtje. After a sudden raid Into Chihuahua, Bafrasar's band of Yaqul Indians was followed .backlfito, Us, mountain re treats by a volunteer troop. For three weeks the Indians turned and twisted, making dashing raids and picking off their pursuers from unsuspected shel ters; but the Chihnahuan captain knew the Sierra Madras too. He cut Baltasar off oo this side and beaded him on that tad at,last forced him into La uajetln canyon, Its only entrance a narrow gorge. "We have the coyotes In a trap. They cannot escape," the comandante cheer fully assured bis men. But what Is the Use of a trafi If you cannot put your finger upon your prey? Xbe Yaquls would 'never' surrender. There were water And a band of sheep Id the valley. Twice the Mexicans tried to force an entry, and then the peones flatly declined to again enter the "passage of death." Gonsalez could only post his guards and wait. Within the canyon old Baltasar set sis watch, too, and if a Mexican senti nel raised his head above the sky line there was one lesn of the pursuing force. Bat the old chief knew, as he came down through the, valley on the fifth day of the siege, "that hi? men bad less than two rounds of ammunition apiece. He stood under the stunted ; oak nd let bis keen eyes glance care lessly from man to man as they loung ed about him. He motioned to one, a young fellow who lay apart from the reft,' bis wide sombrero drawn low over his alertly watQhful eyes. JTVe are," twenty and eight men, my toB.,' BnlttsaisId kjrHetly,' and we have 37 cartridges."' taadore did not speak, and the old miD -continued: "We may drive the dogs back once more, but again" he book his head "and I sent Pablo to Muni. Muni will Come to us, if the devils have not abut him, In. and then lot MeJIcanoa cannot turn this way or that" He smiled grimly.: i'They, will p forced In here with us, and If we bye not cartrtdSesc- throwing bands apart, he swept" them outward, "tome man must go tere tq Poo Juan across the border 'and bring back the ammunition. vr ' "What doea one?" asked Isadore., "There!" The old man turned to ward, the wall of lock .which rose 200 feet sheer at the upper end of the val ley. "No guard Is there.- At tbe top it Is but a shelf and then another canyon, and there is the trail to the north." The chief fixed a piercing look upon hli companion. Isadora had left the laqul country In his boyhood. He was an American citizen now. He bad mar ried a, wife who was a much, Mexican taqul. Baltasar wsrmiujbrtlig these things, but he knwi)e man.' "Wilt thou.-co and ; return i aujckly. me young man -,strIgbteued,! bis shoulders, and a new tight came Into all-face. "I must search out the way up the wall," he said and stepped light ly out of the hollow. With a spring the old man caught hla sleeve and draeeed hliri back. "Fool!" he groaned as a bullet ticked a stone, "to fling thy life away at this moment! Aquir And be led the) way under the belter of the dry , creek until they Nachcd a huge bowlder. Under Its badow they crouched and carefully Expected the bank. Baltasar pointing wt that It waa rotten stflpe and sbow "i unsuspected cracks and ledees and then describing tb canyon beyiad and,' inui minutely. Tor isadore waa a tanser to tbe oaths of hla fathers. He listened attentively, but bis eyes wire sparkling and hla gravs face llgbb with a hidden fire. Lnlsa. the brld0 of a month, was there at' Don Juan. Jig miles and unknown dangers lay ween them,tyet he should see her .He had been a vaquero on the aort Stop cattle range for ten years t. and be bad loved Lulsa ever A little wild thing, she had ploy bout him while be worked and told a alone her thoughts and (ancles, "fbad come back from the convent "r0 flulet self possessed young o. still with Uttle to jwy to those "r , and her old friend bad felt JJ1 J w a fit wife for the "boss" "Mf. He had never dreamed of as jwogto be, band until ahe herself bad Jr"Olra that she cboae rather to r wife of an Indian than the mis V a white man. "Then they bad to tb. prlt. .. ""month of home and happiness gfCTen them before the call for all fcTV eome to the aid of tbelr tribe - mirtirna oppression uaa CrVto 1 "adore. Lolan had protested "Those people, they drove i oat'- from (hem yon have only JTz ad lwa, Why should yon r n to light their fight? They CJft to na." And his employer !ZTd In. vain that Isadore owed negtae 'to bis tribe and e5 2? Deaf. A rich lady her Deafceea and Noisee in ,VldJjXr..NichoWi Arti . Dram9 lT f lO.UOOtohia en that deaf people unable .wcure the Ear Dry ma may have J ddrew No, . 7660.. rVf8 Inutittite,- .780 T1ATfnovNew"Xork. J i, - -"-' ' - i - ill0n Dy Cold Cure. . Chi a4 tore threat mm K T nouy at nlm a "hopeless fool. w translate mildly. But Isadore an swered to everything: "It is my coun try; they are my neoDle. I mnar For five months now he had followed Baltasar, taking unfllnchlniriv i,ip In the guerrilla warfare, but his heart was not in it. Ills thoughts were all i me wont ne had left, his home and Luisa. He had heard no word since he unu lert ner. but now h i,i her-khow that all was well with w The thought pulsed through him as he cuuneu me wall, fixing every detail every possibility. In hia mlmi The ascent must lie made in the brief iiour Detween sunset and moonrise. At dusk Isadore .becan .to rllmh. mn. tlously feeling his way with hand and foot, testing every sten. swlmrlni? rrr, ledge to crevice and niche with catlike nimoieness. Once a foothold crumbled, ami ne saved himself from dashing be low only by a clutch that left his flu gers torn and bleeding. Sometimes he must cut ins steps in the rock, and at last he reached a granite face on which even the knife could get no bold. He .wasted precious moments In groping over It and then was obliged to retrace his wny to a ledge along which . he crept upward and outward. A stone ra.ttiea downward, and he heard foot steps aDove. He flattened himself against the rock and waited, but the steps retreated. ue moon swung clear of the Old Woman peak as he dragged himself upon tne top and Jay pantine and nerveless, but be must not Btop In that pitiless light, and, lying flat, he worked himself across and began to explore the opposite edge for the point where ne could most easily descend. Again he heard the pace of the sentry and held his breath while he awaited what should come, but the man had no mind to make himself a target for l'anul bul lets on that bare ledge and turned back before he reached it. After a little search at the foot of the new canyon Isadore found the trail de scribed by Baltasar, and, guided more by instinct than by sight, he followed steadily Its obscure but certain lead ing. Absorbed as he was in keeping to tne path that led over ' rocks and through gulches, lost itself in brush and leaped up and down mountain sides, be was conscious all the time that Baltasar had chosen him, had trusted him above all the rest, and he must not fall Baltasar. And he al ways heard Lulsa's cry of Joy to come that alone would be worth all the toll and danger. When the moon waned, he slept, but at daybreak he was op foot again. The day was well on before he left the mountains. A wide plain, loosely cov ered with greasewood, cactus and yuc cas and broken by many a dry water course, stretched away to the north, There was no water, no shade, and the August sun scorched the very air, but the Indian trotted warily on, keeping to tbe scant shelter and the low ground and once lying behind the spare screen of a mcsquite bush while a band of the Mexican patrol swept by in the dis tance.' Tbe moon's magic was turning the barren, dusty plains into cool fields of restful beauty as be at last approached the settlement. Instinctively he turn ed first to the house where be had left Lulsa In tbe care of a country woman, but time pressed. Reluctantly he pass ed by and went on to a long, low adobe which stood opart He gave a signal knock and In a moment was standing Inside, while an old man, a boy and three or four women gathered about, questioning, exclaiming, gesturing. They hushed as he spoke. "Baltasar's band went down Into Gonsalez's country. He followed us back. He bad many men, we few. He drove us bnck and back Into La Caje ton. I have come for, cartridges. They have tried twice to enter and twice borne, back their dead, but If they strike' again, or If Muni's band comes to aid us and we have not the ammuni tion,; it is the end." Then, turning to tbe boy, he called: "Go quickly. Juan, and fetch Lulsa. Tell her one wishes to see her. but do not speak my name." A pot of steamlpg cofTee bad been Disced UDon the table. He swallowed two cups of the liquid before be noted the silence In the room and that Juan ttll remnlned. "Why stand you there r he demanded anerlly. "1 baveliaste to moke, and I must see my wife.1 The old man had dragged a heavy box from underneath a bed and was taking from it little green boxes of car tridges. He straightened tiimseir ano, coming around the table, laid his hand upon Isadora's arm. "You cannot see wifo non." he said, using the harslvgutterals of bis native dialect. "Ia ahe dead?" cried Isadore. rising. '"No, but she has the pest smallpox. She will die tomorrow. Teofila says." "Why did you not speak, then?' cried the husband passionately. "Think you i tho mt? Where is she?" H nn,oH tmraril ihe door, but the old nun atonnod 111 front Of blffl. "That yon must not dor he cried. "Ion know the foolishness of the Amer icanos! They watch day and night Va ama ma v ontpr or leave there. , And you. If they see you, a Taqul rebel, they win give you over to the Mexl- "Que caramba! The devil himself hall not keep me from my wife! Let me pass!" But the old man. placing bis back against the door, answered: "Think, bombre! What of thy seven and twen ty brothers up there? Wilt leave tbem toiler .... Isadore hesitated: then be caught the whisper of ane woman to another. Bbe rails always, for him. Teoti r- "What are the men to mr be broke out rooghly. "They are nothing to me. piber man to La Cajetln. Stand asldeT Without moving, old Cbepe Ued bis hand and spoke solemnly! "Tre to no man else to go. Teblate Is dead with tbe pert. Felipe U hnt la yonder . k hov. rI I Bis BSg -V1' - - r- i- -i . voice broke Into a wall-"Ood help us, I am very old very old!" Unheeding. Isadore shoved the old man out of the way and sprang through the door. Outside, the freshness of the sparkling air cooled his brain, and the sight of the distant mountains brought back the memory of Baltnuar and the men, whose lives depended upon his own lire. He paused within the shad. ow and watched the guard turn at the corner of the house where Luian lav and walk with leisurely step dawn the row or black adobe huts. The gleam t nis guu barrel maddened xthe In man. rtuat ngnt had LaWman to stand between him and his dying wife, to prevent bis looking Into her eyes and bearing her voice? He drew out his revolver. It would be easy enough ? eua a Dunet there Just under the left shoulder, and then he might take Lulsa In his arms, kiss her farewell and es cape. His people would help blm. His hands shook as he turned the weapon, but with his American citizenship he had adopted the cowboy code he would not shoot a man In the back. And, be sides, the man was but carrying put oraers. as he himself was doinc. A little gleam of light from the room where he knew his wife must He at tracted him, fascinated him. if he could look Into that window, catch one glimpse of her face, hear her voice call ing his name, then he might be able to go back to Baltasar. He measured the distance with his eye. He could eas ily reach the window while the watch man's back was turned, and surely the man would not shoot him for looking in at a window. He could outrun any pursuer, but an alarm would mean de lay, perhaps the failure of his mission. With an oath he admitted that the risk was too great He must go back to the mountains without seeing Lulsa ne should never see her again. He bid his face In his bands, with a groan of actual physical suffering; then, with a long look at the little light, he turned away. The women, the wives and sisters of Chepe's two sons, who were with Bal tasar, were huddled about the door to watch the figure in the shadow. They greeted bis return with tears and whis perings of Joy. but he pushed past them to old Chepe, who squatted on the floor In front of the black fireplace, his bead sunk between bis knees. Shaking his shoulder, Isadore said: "Make ready quickly and send Juan for your best horse. Fifty miles must lie behind me before tbe sun rises." Soon, with eyes turning again and again toward that feeble little light of the window, he was stealing away through the shadows. Outside tbe vil lage Juan met him with the horse. There was little danger of Interruption now on the lonely road that stretched away, a white thread through the dark mesa, and be put the pony to a steady gallop. He might think now. Just as he had started one of the women bad spoken: "The white doctor does great things, and the white doctor gives the medicine to Lulsn. She may not die perhaps. Old Teofila qulen sabe? old Teofila may not speak true." Teotiia knows well the signs of death." Isadore bad nuswend bitterly. But be su.itclied at the thought. It was true, lie had known tbe doctor to work miracles, nnd Teofila might mistake at least she might mistake the time. Lulsa might live two days, three days. She might not die at all. "I will her again yet," he swore to himself. I must carry these accursed i-artrldges to Baltasar. but I will return. Before the moon goes dowu again I will be with Lulsa, and tlieu be may not die. We will go back to Hie raucho, to the little bouse, aud be happy again. Tes." he repeated again, "they may fight if it pleases, theiu. but I will take Lulsa and ao back to my cattle, That la best" He burned with Impatience when be thought of the distance ahead of him. He grew reckless and urged bis horse on with no thought of danger until the steady beat of boofs. mullled by the soft dust, startled hiiu. There was no hiding Dlace here oo- the open plain. He cursed his carelessness and used hla Rnnnlah hit and sours wickedly, ir he could reach the wash, with Its bro ken banks, he might neap unnoticed. But his half starved pony was do match for tbe long sfrldea of the horse hohinti Tluv c.iined. and al last be beard an order to bait, and a moment tutor a bullet ziDoed Dost bis ear. He rode at full siieed down a steep bank and wheeled his horse at right sogles Into a gulch so narrow that bis knees scraped tbe sides. It was a desperate chance, but tbe patrolmen, wrapped In a cloud of their own dust, dashed by. and by tbe time they bad agreed as to their blunder, Isaikire waa galloping across tbe country out of range. He was able to push bis sturdy, sure footed little beast over some miles of the trail: then, after taking a little food, he started on without waiting for sleeu or for daylight The cartridge belts about bis waist twisted and chaf ed with every movement: tbe sack of ammunition grew more Wsden at ev ery step of the endless, upward climb: hl art,ft were weighted with sle'n and hlsfeet clumsy with weariness, but be paused only to pant for breath after some heavy puiL lie wan umeu re lentlessly on by the thought of tbe men In pern ahead and behind l.ulsa dying .Khmit him. "No." be gasped: "she win not die before I come, me gooq Cod will not permit thai." It was blgb booo when be at last ..hMl tho end of tu trail, me thin, clear air pulsated with beat and with silence. He llmened. but do sound of living thing came to him. and be houldered the rk for tbe last climb wltb a dull sense of hetng loo tow after He was oo the ridge once more and looking eagerly Into La Cajetln. Ah. there under the trees were tbe mea lust as be bad left them apiwrently. All was werl. iIm-d. "Unlets, a Uloe," be wblKls n-d. A hrDdn-d ysrds to tne right t!ie Mexleso gusral was sleeptaf In the tbln shadow of a rock, and down there below yes. It was Baltasar him self there In the shade of the bowlder. The old man saw hla and threw up his hands In Joy, then motioned warnlngly. But Isadore,, dropping the sack over the edge, began to lower It by the reata he had attached. Suddenly a sentinel far down the valley shouted; the sleep ing watchman stood up,, only to pitch forward nt a puff from Baltasar's rifle. The precious sack "dropped to the sand below, and Isadora, rising to bis feet, sent a ringing "ndios" to tbe men be low and, turning, plunged, slipping, rollln,?, fallings Into tbe canyon. As he ran through the chaparral the Mexican soldiers who bad given ctrase ROAD IMPROVEMENT. GOOD NEWS STORIES. fatcllta-eBt Effort Can Do Hue For Common ISartb lloada. Engineering News In a recent edito rial on tbe good roads question express es the opinion that It Is a mistake to confine all effort to the construction of macadam highways and suggests that many of tbe dirt roads muy lie made to answer the demands made of tbem. It says: "It seems to us that to confine tbe work of road Improvement to the con struction of high class roads alone Is contrary both to sound engineering and to common sense. The great bulk of our highways must remain dirt roads eaattor llaekban'i Modest Requeat. ao Kaow Hia Baalaeaa Ora oloaa to the llamhlr. Colonel H. V. Horton, a well known horseman, was for seven years a page In congress, during which time be be came Intimately acquainted wltb the prominent political leaders of the coun try. He tells Senator Voorhces' favor ite story at the expense of Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky and which la new to tbe admirers of both gentlemen In these parts. The Incident is alleged to have taken place when Blackburn LABOR AND FEED. hfld An ttlA hAIfl flirt if fr. rafnln l.la ynnt snipped tbe leaves and scattered little fo' onf f r two generation ,t least if in the senate. Ex-Congressman James whiffs of dust and splinters of rock ot Indefinitely, but a great deaf can be Belford was a close friend to Black from the bank beside him. Above the i e ' '"P thelr condition and fa- bnrn an(li knowlng w, flnanclai co,,,,,. popping of their rifles there came from far down the valley tbe shouts of men and then tbe long, high cry of a Yaqul S(uaw, mingled wltb the echoes of fast repeated shots. The Mexicans turned back, aud Isadore went on. knowing that bis work bad been well done Muni had come. - Nothing but the dogged endurance of generations inured to physical hard ship could have kept blm In tbe now familiar trail as be staggered on, feel-' Ing nothing, seelftg nothing but the vi sion pf t1flf lolling for him, dying wlthouJjtrhen be reached the spring VI) ere V6 had left his borse, be drank Idjlig and deep, plunging bit throbblmf bead again and aealn into the Uttle pooL With his hands dab bling In tbe water, bis heavy lids drop-' yeu, buu m an instant tne miss oi sleep was upon him. But as be float ed into forgetfulness be seemed to bear ; a low, sweet voice calling bis name. He started up, then struggled to his feet and blindly, saddled tbe pouy. Then the faithful beast stumbled on down the mountain. Tbe soothing light of tbe moon again rested on the ugly little town when be rode Into Don Juan and directly to the Uttle adobe. He dropped from his horse to his knees In front of the but The door and window stood wide open, and the long bars of silver Illuminated the darkest corner wltb their mocking light Tbe room was bare and empty. Argonaut A -amnio travel over tnem without re sorting to macadam construction. The Intelligent use of road machines, provi sion for drainage, removal of soft mud and replacement with more stable ma terial are examples of work which can be done nt very moderate outlay and which will often repay Its cost In de creased expenditure for road repairs. Where a road has a large enough traffic to Justify greater expenditure gravel top dressing can often be applied in glacial regions at a small cost, or a nar row telford foundation may be placed where tbe soli makes such a founda tion advisable. Local conditions will of course determine local requirements. I There are sections of tbe country where tbe natural soil forms an admi rable road for moderate trafflo during the Tar Flr-laa- Switch. "When I lived in Kansas." said an observing man, "I used to be Interested In the way the engine, caboose and crew of a fast freight would be chang ed at the Junction of two divisions without any stopping of tbe train. It was a good thing to do this, as the train carried perishable fruits, rushing from California to the east, and any saving of time waa a great saving of money. "Wen. tbe train would come along, and at a certain spot there would be three switches. The engine would leave the train and go by way of one witch to a roundhouse. Her caboose would be dropped off upon tbe second switch, and then1 from the third anoth er engine, with a caboose in front of It, would posh out on the main track and overtake the moving train. When tbe bump occurred, the new caboose, con taining tbe ' necessary waybills and the new crew, would be coupled on, and If the train had not preserved enough speed tbe engine would push It along to where another engine, having come from another switch on to the main line; was moving slowly In front Very nicely and gently the train would overtake this engine and be fastened to It Tbe pushing engine wo aid then de part and tne freight train, ail refitted without a second's stop, would thunder on Its eastward way. "I don't know who originated the clever 'flying switch' Idea, but he waa a bright man whoever he was." Phil adelphia Itecord. tlon, asked If a little assistance in that way would not come bandy. Black burn replied that It would, and Belford went to James H. Htratton, tbe Colora do Springs millionaire, explaining that from Blackburn's fidelity to the sliver cause his re-election was almost as Im portant to Colorado as It was to Ken tucky. Stratton said be would be pleas ed to do all In his power and that to raise 120,000 he would himself contrlb ute half tbe amount, and by telephon ing ten acquaintances be would soon have the balance. This was quickly done, but Stratton got Belford nnd had him telegraph Blnckburn to find out If that would be sufficient, as bo would bate to send only $20,000 when Black burn might be expecting $25,000. Bel ford wired and in a short time received this answer from the Kentucky states man: "Ought to have $400, but can make $250 do." Stratton sent $5,000. St. Louis Clobe-Democrat he Kaew His Daalaoss. For many years Aqueduct Commls loner Maurice 3. Tower of New York was a police Justice. Politics, how ever, Is not Mr. Power" livelihood. He Is a manufacturer and connoisseur of bronze art work. During the tost year of Mr. Power's service oo the police torr of Lost atiaaj. A well known Bostou society woman suddenly missed a valuable diamond ring from ner linger. It was a ring she seldom removed, but all that could be remembered about It was that she had Just wssbed ber bands. Fearing It had slipped off In tbe oiwratlon. the plumber was quickly called In and all tbe traps opened with the faint hope of finding tte jewel but without avail and sorrow reigned lu tbe household. for the diamond was out only In trinsically valuable, but s desrly priz ed souvenir. Some time biter the set bowl lu tbe bathroom bod to be replaced, nnd when It was removed., lo and heboid, crowd ed In behind tue water pipe was Ibe skeleton of a mouse, ml round tbe skeleton's thread of a ueek bung a dla mond i-liiir Identification was Imme diate ami the mysteiy quickly cleared np by the Kur little heasi, He bad feasted on a Imx of bran which milady kept to whiten her fair bands and Into Which xl.e undoubtedly dropped the ring. Mfinxle, through vnuity or acci dent slipped it over hla head, but In trying to escape with tbe- mn4 be died a, felon's ih-aib. Boston llerskL ItOlrdJaathe (He. m.. v,m nf Kncklen's Arnica Salve, an tbe best in the world, ex Sndfronnd the earth If. tL. one perfect bealer of CuU, Coma, Buns, s.n&Co.'s drugstore. DeWitt Uttle Krly RUrSi I pneumonia. T. A. Albright 4 Co. gnaaujtee every bottle of CJwmberkiB'a Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who ia not satisfied after using two-thirds of the' contents. This ia the beat remedy in the wotld for la grippe, cought, oolda, croup and whooping cough and ia pleaaant rd safe to take. It prevent any tendency of a cold to result in Brave ar Dearavea. Wbeu tbe lusu of reflueuieiit first visits his "ancle." be sneaks la and buries bhruwir lo one of tbe booths to do his "lux'krng" or "putting np the spout." but be quickly gains courage by repeated calls and presently Is found stsndlog In tbe 'peo liei-galaiof for all be la worth. It to more bonora Me to pledge one's match than to ber row from one's friends. - Fallows wbo conveniently forget to repay their friends have a most powerful memory for pawn tickets. I know a dentist Id ibis city whose dress salt goes la "bock" whenever be needs a dollar. Often he pawns his shoes and breeches for smaller sums. He to a victim of the pawns bop mania. becoming so throagb a dlstncltoatt to borrow from bis acquaintances. These, never having bees "struck'' I a loan, bold blm In high esteeav-Kew York Press. I want to let the people who suf fer from rheumatism and sciatica know that Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved me after a number of other medicines and a doctor tailed. It ia the best liniment I have ever known of .J. r A.' Dodoeh, Al pharetU, Ga.. Thousands bare been cured of rhramatism by this rssnedy. On application relieves tbe pain. For sale by A. J. Tbotap son A Co., druggist. J i f A HARD ROAD TO TRAVKL. greater part of the year. There ore oth ers where the roads become quagmires at every heavy rainfall and In such districts, of course, tbe need for road Improvement is far more urgent and expenditure hi this direction Is far more Justifiable. "If tbe state Is to do tbe most for tbe Improvement of public , highways. It ought to aid In tbe Improvement of tbe ordinary highways as well as In high class macadam construction. There are thousands of miles of much traveled highways In almost every state on which an expenditure averaging per haps $500 per mile would produce large results, especially If the work were su pervised by a competent engineer, as would naturally be required If tbe state were to bear part of the cost It may lie argued that this expenditure would not be a permanent Improve ment like tbe construction of a macad amlsed road, but tbe real way to meas ure permanence Is by tbe necessary ex pendlture for maintenance. If either road were left to wear out with no ex penditure for maintenance for ten years. It Is a question whether a larger percentage of the expenditure on the costly road or on tbe cheap one would remain Intact "It must be clearly, understood that we are by no means arguing against the construction of macadam roads. Where the tralflc warrants tbem they are without doubt the road to build. What we protest against Is the Idea that no other class of road Improve ment to worth the attention of engi neers or deserving of aid by tbe state. "It cannot escape attention, more over, that In work of this sort tbe state can secure local co-operation, as It can not on the more expensive roads. In Massachusetts tbe state pays three fourths of the cost of tbe state roads, which average nearly $9,000 per mile In cost "Suppose that. In a state wbeta a much larger mileage was to be covered and funds were less readily available It were determined to spend $000 to $1,000 per mile In Improving main high ways. At socl) a rate one-half tbe cost could welt be borne by tbe locality benefited, and a given appropriation by tbe state could be made to cover a large extent of territory. It may per haps be contended that such an ex penditure Is more than could be profit ably made on ordinary dirt roads, if this to tbo case, make the expenditure less and cover a larger territory. Tlpe only point we contend for Is that It Is feasible to effect great Improvements In ordinary earth roads at a 'moderate expenditure and that It to worth while ' for the state to foster such work by flnanclai and other aid." BtoaaJr ml StaM Baaia. Where the material of the road sur face Is very bard and durable a well constructed road may wear quite even ly and require hardly any attention be yond ordinary small repair until worn eut It to now usually considered tbe best practice to leave sscb a road to It self until It wears very thin and then renew It by an entirely new layer of broken stone placed In tbe worn sur face Bud without In any way disturb ing that surf oca. If a thin layer only of material la to be added at one time. la order that It msy unite firmly wltb the upper layer of the road. It to usually necessary to break the bvud, Oaae RaaSa Far slaalta. At the first publle legislative of the rfalUpplne euaninlsslon be Id at Manila recently bills appropriating $1,- 000.000 gold from tbe funds of the la- land for highways and bridges and $&- GOO la part payment of surveying ex penses were pawcd. This season there is a large death rate among children from cmnp and lung troubles. Prompt action will save the little ones from there terrible diseases. We know of noth ing so certain to give iD-iant relief as One Minute Cough Cure. It rsn also be relied upon in grippe and all throat and lung Iron Lies of adults. Pleasant to take. - J. C. Simmons, the druggist . . "I MSHaUlOBB BIS SAMS, MUM.". bench be received a call at bis bouse one evening. A formal dinner was lu progress. Tbe visitor failed to make ber errand clear to the servant and the Justice's daughter went to the door, "Tbe Judge slnt me son up to tbe Is land this mornin, an I want to see htm," said the woman. What Judge f asked Miss Power. I dlsremlmber bis' name, mum" by this time the Justice and two of his friends had gone Into the smoking room near tbe door, where tbe dialogue was clearly beard "but be makes tblm tin Images up In Twenty -fifth street' At this point the Justice Interrupted the dialogue. The woman did not get her son off the Island, but she collected the rent for her flat and enough ready money to keep her until her wayward boy's sentence had expired. Saturday Evening Pout. Oreetaea ta the Baaaale. Many stories are told of tbe curious adventures of Queen Margberita on ber mountaineering excursions, says tbe Chicago Chronicle. The story of how she entertained a party of tourist climbers In tfne of the mountain buts to well known, but few bare beard of another little adventure which befell ber last summer. Tbe queen, whose energy Is always the envy and despair of her suit, had wandered away from her attendants and not only bad lost -her way. hat was both hungry and fatigued, when she saw a "peasant's cettago In the distance. Making ber way to It, ber knock was answered by an old peasant woman. whom she ssked for rest aud refresh ment "Come la, my dear, and welcome." tbe kindly old peasant sold. Tbe queen entered and Insisted on helping tbe. hostess to prepare tbe aim' pie meal of milk and bread When the belated attendants . reached tbe cottage, they found tbe queen and the Old woman gossiping of old friends. It was not until some days later, when a handsome present arrived at tbe cot tage, that tbe woman learned bow she had entertained ber queen. The Difference Ia Kreplna Laura ar Small Flocka at Poultry. - There Is always a'proflt derived from a small family flock, because It baa two principal advantages compared with the keeping of large numbers. The small flock IS a possibility with all, but the management of several hundred. fowls Is another matter. One advan tage of having the small flock Is that the Item of labor Is eliminated, or, rather," it is uot estimated In the cost of a family flock, for tbe reason itbat where only a dozen or more bens are kept they are attended to by any of the members of the family, and but a few mluutes are given the fowls; hence tbe cost of labor cannot tie estimated, not lova it Interfere in any' manner with tho occupations of those who take an Interest In the flock. But wbeu one ventures into raising chicks by tne hundreds snd retains a large propor tion to attain the adult stage the labor necessary becomes a . more Important Item than the food., Tbe second ad' vantage In favor of tbe small flock that the coat of the food Is materially reduced by the utilization of the waste material from the table. Tbe birds are scavengers to a certain extent and as sist In converting Into eggs substances that would lie of no use, while the scraps would be Insignificant If Intend' ed as a portion of the ration for a hun dred or more fowls. It Is the two ad' vantages mentioned that permit one to make several dollars' profit per hen wltb a small flock and allows only $1 as profit for each hen in a large flock. Those who hare a large number of fowls aud who keep strict accounts of all expenses And that tbe cost of food varies but little from that required for a small flock proportionately, and they estimate their profits by the difference between the cost of food and tbe re ceipts, when. In fact the value of the labor Is greater than the cost of the food In many cases, which puts a dif ferent aspect on tbe enterprise. Of course when the" owner performs the labor himself be receives the price of that labor In the receipts, but that does not destroy tbe fact that the labor must be paid for, as tbe owner may be compelled to sacrifice a lucrative pool tlon lu some otlier business lo order to give his flocks his entire attentions- American Gardening. Mil.'.- Bailey county. Tex., has only fonr reatdeats. Cock ran has 25. Andrews has 37. Lynn has 17, and Dawson has 80, Twenty -Ave other counties have popu lations of less than 300 each. Home ee on ties have no runniog streams with in their borders, some are hundreds of miles from' a railroad, and others ar almost wholly Inhabited. by prairie dogs. Jack rabbits sod rattlesnakes. Tom Greeo county, tbe largest In tbe state, to larger than the whole state of Ohio and has bat B.) InhsblUnts. MOTHER, REMEMBER THAT oo medicine cures ; it simply assists nature in relieving itself of an unna tural condition of the system. Worms disarrange Shriner's - In dian - Vermifuge- kills snd: drives tbem from the system, thus remov ing the cause of disease. ' For sale by J. C 8iinmorjs, druggist 7" One Minat) Coagh Car, cttraa. That Is what It was ssas far. The Plajreaa Retara. Sportsmen of the olden days will re joice to leant that the wild pigeons. which were ro plentiful in former years, have returned. Tbe American passenger pigeons were spread all over tbe northwest In tbe breeding season, and Immense roosts were common when they flow lu clouds which dark ened the sun at tlmea. The birds have not been seen for 20 years, aud even specimen hunters could not secure a single bird. The people made pigeon hunting one of the principal sources of revenue in those days. They were slaughtered by the hundreds of pounds, but still seemed to Increase Incum ber. Tbey suddenly disappeared and were supposed to be extinct until their recent appearance, some thinking they had all been killed and others saying tbey bad gathered on the eastern shore In great numbers and had been driven out and perished. Others claimed an Infectious disease had destroyed tbem. It Is a great mystery where they have been for so many years, as they bav not frequented their southern feeding grounds during the - winter for the same length 'of time. Tbe only possi ble theory now Is that tbey migrated to South America. It Is hoped they msy again become as numerous as formerly. The pigeon Is a bird weigh ing on an average 1 pounds and has a very flue, highly flavored meat Crookston (Minn.; Times. indigestion dyspepsia biUosnes$r;7:;; and the hundred and one simi tar ills caused by impure blood or inactive uvci, 4uu.ik.1y ywui to the purifying and cleansing properties contained in dobiistdn& Sarsaparllh It cures permanently by actine naturally on all organs 01 tne bodv. Asa blood-cleanser, flesh- builder, and health-restorer,' it has no equal Put us ia Quart Bottles, and sold at $1 each. THB MICHIOAN DRUO COMPAItT," . , Pftratt. Ma. I Jq Taka Uraratfca for U-rm UU. sjsv , ft 1 ' " For sale by f " , ,t J. C. SIMMONS, Druggist.. ',;,. , ' ; -i- )).., j; ? ill We Want to Dye,y v- .i-.ii.: ij 1 vui .iuvuiug viut , (, Araaa fakvfna anil . 1 e v , ( satisfaction in' ,wlh-as ery respect , f; , Lightning Greats Eradicator FOBflAXB. TVI.' WHITE,. GRAHAM, N,C. a a a AAA a a mi nnii aula , i U When you '""--tsa"r .'- 1 - T We. want to Buiy.you.,;: ? HOLT, WILLIAMS &'MAY,' ,! . , CKDBRTAKEHfl, , BURLINGTON,' fll C. C TTTTTTTTTTTvTTTTTTTTTTTTe Caltlaa. Walaa aiasaes. In the production of common watch glasses the glass Is blown Into a sphere about a meter In diameter, sufficient material being taken to give the desir ed thickness, as tbe case may be. Disks ore then cat oat from this sphere with the aid of a pair of compasses baring a diamond at the extremity of ooe.leg: There Is a knack in detaching tbe disk after It has been cut. A good work man will. It Is said, cut 0.000 glasses ta a dsy. Blood Humors It doesn't make any difference wheth er you believe In the modern theory and speak cf the causes of diseases as referable to germs, microbes or bacilli, or whether you use the older and better understood terrru of "humors" and "blood diseases" Hood's Sarsapa rllla cures them all. It cures scrofula, salt rheum or eczema, catarrh, rheumatism, malaria and all other blood poisons; nervous troubles, debility and that tired feeling. This Is not merely modern theory; It Is solid up-to-date fact. Sail ibna aa aav fcaada as f hH ta wear rlorn awat uf U lima, and could aa rant air thtmb ana unr fatfcr- au carxd br Hood'a BanaparilU." Mas. A, U. brauUHSa, kerth kVaarapart, Ms. Mr thrae aooaiha old bar waia rarsd of a rwrr badeaat of aarafala br Bond's haraapa rllla." Wa. H. OABicaa. Wrat Carl. YL Mood's Sarsaparilla Promises to cure and keeps the prom Ise. No substitute for Hood's acts Ilka Hood's be sure to get Hood's. ESTABLISHED - 4 . ' '. .fV' u - i : Burlington Insurance vi Agency f INSURANCE IN AU. 'ITS' SSASCNES. Local agency of Psnn , Mutual Insurance Company. Best life Insur-! ance contracts now .( on the market. . - .!l Prompt personal attention to all "M 3 orders, Corroapoadauee SDUetted, . ' JAMES P. ALBRIGHT, Ageat. J Fruit Trees .That Growaad Bear Good Fruit. . Write for our epage 0- lostratad OBtalns- aad ea. pamphlet, "Hoar to Plant and Cultivate an Orchard. uivaa you Slave ao long waotrd; wia roa au eoouc i MM bla nd applaa, ttaoae loetous pasohes. abd Janaa triuana with tbelr oriental sweet na. ail of whloa roa bars often aaaa snd as often srandarad Wbare tea trees eaana Iron Everything Cootf InFmlts-.; ri, , Tirasuallrae of fine Mrear Majilee, young;, thrifty Uvea -' aiaoota ana stnus-ba the kind that trow ot waU. Mo od. rautfh tnes. Taw ia the avoat rapid rrovinr maple . and One of the aaaa beau tiful abade treea. Write ' far pricae aad aire Mat of POMONA, K. C. 4 Dyspopsia Guro Digests chit yon eat. It SrUflclallr d bresta the food and aids Nature in strenirthenJDff and reoon- stractins; tbe exhausted digestif or gans. ItistbeUtMtdlaooTered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation eaa approach. It tn efflciencr. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures vrspepeia, inrjigeetion, iieartDura, FUtu fence. Sour Rtnmavh Kaura. files: Headache, OanntUrla, Cramps and all other results ot Imperfect digestion. nil e-arte, and It. LarfeslaaeoBtatM M Vmm Prepared bfC Da WITT CO Cbtcags ; aaaaeae. JMJLl Carrara, aae-Trarta llarwa aaaaiaia aaa aufaa- Ouaornecta aad we eaa a UaaanaranKt aa laaa aaaa laeal.nai ;noa. Wa adTiaa, if aeianiaSIa or eat. aaiaa. m anaetreatoWeeaaataaeer A Pwl.rT "How leOktoai fin in eet aa aaaaa aa aaa v.s. aaa c.A.sr.o7&co. Oea. aaraarr dew, Waaanaaraa. k. a. CASTOR I A "" For Tf"'ta and diidrea. 1 Tla KfcJ Yci Eiri iLvr:ji Cr: t , Baar the , W 1 rr t--aaKlia
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Jan. 3, 1901, edition 1
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