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LEANER. i i ! 7 ' toL. xxx; GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904. NO. -3 i)DIGE5TIC:3 f m traabUd wttb Mkfcesbls. Theafert's Sleek. ;. wHk th hi thsaos-. Wl mtdlaln I took is ; MB AAH B. . . Thedford. Black Draught , Toiiiekly invigorate the ao, "fii of the stomach and- " (am even chronio eases of ' bk mall does of Tbed-; r ford'i Black Draught coca- . sionalir you will keep your . - stomach and liver in per- .: ' fact condition. - THEDFOIUtt RlAWUdHT , Uore sickness u caused by eonitipation than by any other disease. Thedford s . '' Black-Draught not only re lieTat oonatipation but cure diarrhota and dysentery and ktept the bowels regular. All dmrfiita nil K-owt packafas. . "Thedford'e Black Draught ia the besP-medi-f cine to regulate the bowels ; I hare ever used." MRS. A. M. GRANT,- Sneads Ferry.N.C. COHSTIPAflCit ..; JEWELER. GRAHAM, . - - . ' ' N. C , Watches, Clocks, Jewelry ' and Silverware. V- - ESTABLISHED' -1893-7- : Burlington Insurance . ' -Agency-' IttUXINCEIN U ITS ' BRANCHES. . - Local agency of Penn ,t ' Mutual Insurance Company. . v .Beet : ' Life Insur- anc contracts now. on the market, '' " .''.'., U ."'i. 'v VWV Prenpt pron attention to all "re. Correspondence solicited. i P. ALBRIGHT, Agent. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE S'NiC7Sl?SP.h hereby notlflea ta3SS ii. w l to make yMZtoltV!' aM u Pwaons holding hsS1B A of OooemOar. loot, jniv" wl" Pleaded In bar of their ' Utt d. of December, L. D. KIPPT, -AdmY of David Michael. Awey-t.ljiw, - - n. a " ratterson BalLdlof eoead floor. . . .... . . I li II I O ' A Vft Hi IILL 0. LV.IU, sJtt. , I DENTIST . . . - - NerUi Ccreiine - ' - "twm. - w. r. trttn.K 1U.1.HK A- LOSO. . FLMta LOKO. a LOXG & LOXQ, 6SAHAM, K. C. Z. T. HADLEY. D0BS0N DID IT , Eph Parks and his family lived tn that part of Livingston county where the farms are red and gully washed, where the cornstalks are ihin and sickly, looking and burn I fellow in the sun almost as soon as ac green, He was strong and ' ruggeu, inis sturay farmer, with his oig, bony hands and nut brown, lean jheeks. At a grindstone at the rear of :he house stood an old man grind ing away at an ax. His hair was mowy white. His wide brimmed 3traw hat, with its shoestring band, lid not conceal the deep wrinkles )n his face. His hickory shiif was ;rn and faded, and the skin looked alistered through the rents. He rested once in awhile and tested the jdge of his ax with his thumb. This ... Jl 1 1 I 1 m jras Eph's father. A woman almost is bid and long past the age of work sat , on a stone in a shady spot matching the grinding of the ax ind remarking in a cracked voice ihe chances for a crop. tTA tall, angular woman of perhaps Corty, though she looked much old er, came to the door. Her calico dress was soiled and torn. A pair of Eph's boots with great patches of rawhide and with the heels run over peeped out from under her tucked up dress. Her face was hard and pinched. The sallow color con trasted strongly with the dark, al most black blue of her gown, and when the sleeves were rolled to the elbows her" arms were brown. One bony hand clutched a dishrag, which she' held against the side of the door as she shaded her eyes with the other. She was looking at her husband as he worked across the red clay field. The clatter of a horse's hoofs on the hard and gravel washed road was heard. Her eyes were turned in the direction of the rapidly ap proaching rider. A half dozen chil dren, the eldest a boy of ten, came from a gully near by, where they had been playing, also attracted by the sounds. All moved around to the frontof the house. To the sur prise of all, the stranger pulled up at the fence. "Eph Parks live here?" he asked. "Yep; that's him over there in the field," answered the woman. The stranger dismounted, tied the Jbridle rein to the rail fence and started across the field toward Eph. The children instinctively, clustered around their mother and tugged unconsciously at her dress. She smacked thera right and left impul sively. She was watching the stran ger. The man finally reached Eph, and the two had a parley for several minutes. When they started toward the house the stranger had hold of Eph's arm. rJph's parents ana nis nlftsfi together when the nair reached yr lie auu viinuiv. nv.v " o the house. "Mandy, this 'ere's a gove'ment ossifer.' and he's cum ter take me 'wav ter iail fur makin' them dollars, Twan't no harm nohow le'stwise T'm a church member yet" "Hurry up, hurry up," said the rW.tive. "I want to eel to me station in time to catch he night train." "How long will yer be gone, Eph?" aaid his wife.. His aged par- tnnA arith their months ODen i Thov MA not understand it at all. I "Doan know," answered Eph as the handcuffs were adjusted to nis wrists J Then the men climbed over the 1 fan pa The utraneer got on 'his i horse and told Eph to walk along 1 in front of him. - ie aiso saio u f mr uttemnt on Eph's part to run no handshaking, no tears. The men mnvsd off down the scorching hot road, leaving the group standingas t h.A tnnd at first toeether. The rr.on and old woman looked at Mandv annealingly, but Mandy watched her husband and the stran j,',.niir in the woods. : She stood there in the sun with her head nncovered long after they had moved out of her sight. The old man and woman went back to the rear of the house, ana tne cnuareu finahVtesumed their pl& stul she stood there, looking , The sua continued its traveling and finally dropped behind the woods m which Tes," she murmured, in" there's Jim Dobson's work. He tola nShehshook her head several times, looked down the roao 5- j nuuxl into me buuk. ci. - the scantT meal with i wori There wis . itMflt . k am 9 aft aAt"nSaai ailence in tne nowe, i - -rrt were near. The cnuarcu w r--to bed. and xm the old m-n and followed. rThen Mandy rhL ShTlsced her elbows m the sill and rested her chin in her hands. The moon came creep10? Sp from behind a distant hoi and it. an ft ha-nt'over - PUli itaauj 6 . . 1 1 r Am mM1 : DDI IDW ' VmrxAt mea out w nkhL Hrr f temea m - expression as the Mac ow yard. The cold, hard Irtar. .oh rected toward tlie road, and tiers ilt mted immovably. Tnehours pass ed slowly. The raoon crept on on until it was .Jmt diredUy or tLe bouse. The loud swmrg of ii old folksj.the ocionaljohot one ot the children, tne enirrrnr cricket 'and the croakv of -a frog were the Only sounds which dis turbed the almost perfect quiet. "'Twan't no harm nohow." oh said to herself. ,Ther law ain't no right to put yer in jail fur makin' money cr whisky." And the moon traveled on. "He did it, that "thar iODson. And again she relapsed into silence. Soon bhe arose and shook herself, as if to throw oft' the chill of the night air. She lighted the dip of tallow aDd placed it on a chair; then she reached up over the door and took a long rifle down from its rest ing place on a pair of tree forks. She extracted the charge with a long rod, wiped thegun clean and reloaded it; then she placed it back where she found it, removed her faded calico dress and went to bed. Her loud breathing soon told that she was asleep. In the morning she performed her household duties as it nothing had happened. No word was spo ken of Eph except by the oldest boy, who asked once when "pop '11 be back." No one answered him. The sun came out again in all its fierce ness. 1 he children began their play and the old people their talk. When all were busy Mandy took the old rifle down from the rack over the door. She shouldered the weapon with the strength and sleight of a strong man and started off down the road. She seemed in a -hurry, for she took long strides like a man. Her body swayed in tune to her step, either from the weight of the gun or from habit. She passed several persons with the usual salutation, "Mornin'l" She looked neither to the left nor to the. right. Finally she reached a lane where the hazel bushes skirt ed the road. She walked more care fully then. She peered into a field AT I. - 1 . 1 l uirougu an opening, uui uiu not Z? J 1 1' J 1 ' seem sniisnea, ior sne coniinuea uer walking. She stopped again short ly and looked through the bushes. In the field, about twenty paces dis tant, was a man patiently hoeing his corn. She poked the rifle through the bushes just as the sol itary laborer straightened up, took off his hat and wiped the perspira tion from his face with his shirt sleeve. She glanced along the bar rel of he gun. There was a sharp report, and the man fell over in furrow. The blood flowed from hole in his temple. Then Mandy replaced the gun on her shoulder. She walked off down the road without a word. When she arrived at her home she put the rifle in its resting place and went about her duties. In the afternoon the rumble of a road wagon was beard below the house. It came nearer. All went to the door to see who it was. The wagon slopped before the house. All knew the driver. It was Bill Bucker, the constable. As he climb ed over the fence all in the house started out to meet him. "Mandy, I want yer ter go with me fur ther shootin' of Dobson. The woman's face was as immov able as it had been when she sat at the window the night before. Eph's father and mother and the children looked at her fixedly. .. '"All right, Bill; I'll go with yer." And with this she climbed into the wagon. . "Zach," she fhi'lH. "ver ao said to the oldest over to yer Auni Minerva's an' tell her to cum round an' look after yer all." The wagon rattled down the road, and the chil dren and old people looked after it The Doctor Stopped Laughing. "I heard a story of a physician the other day," said a man from abroad. "He. was a physician of Provence, and one morning, stop- his eiz. he entered into con descending talk with a tombstone maker. "While the talk went on the tnmlmtnne' man did not cease to nrt: He had s chisel in one band anA mallet in the other. He was carving upon his tombs the words 'K.orml to the memory of and the rest he would lesve blank. . Thi nroceedine for some reason amused the physician. Watching the stonecutter, he lsughed heartily. " 'Why, said the other, 'do you laughr "TWauae vour war of work amuses roe,' the physician said. Dp yoo always cut npon your head stones the beginning of the obituary and then wait? ' . - No,' iaid the stonecutter, thh alwsys. When there is some one sick snd you are treating himl keep right on. Governor Turner's Detail. bad seceded Pe ter Turney had organised a brigade and gone to the front Once, while in winter quarters with .a Georgia brigade, a religious revival broke nt imMir the soldiers. - After a few days furney asked how things vere progressing and was informed that twelve Georgians had been con verted. M "And how many Tennesseeanar inquired the governor. ' Not one," was the reply. . "What, twelve weorgians ana not .Never shall It be said, if I am able to prevent it, that Georgia has excelled Tennessee De tail eighteen men unmediatelj for baptism." - "'' Hew SSe FsK. . . afra. ETack Sura Johnson dona left his wife "boot six months ago. Mr. Black Do she t int ne am tttbheh cotnin backr "WaaL the Jeet br tannin to wo fcoprt.- Smart SH, WATER FOR THE STOMACH. Copious Drafts Are Useful to Clsanee the System. The habits of people in general ao not seem so bad when one con siders the average individual's lim itations as to knowledge and thought. The fact is that most peo ple don t know, don t think and hence don't care. Let them read more science, think more sensibly and act more seriously; then their habits will be more, satisfactory. The alimentary receptacle tho stomach or vat in which foods and liquids are received and mixed is habitually converted bv many per sons into a chemical retort of all sorts of drugs and remedies, with the view of reaching and relieving the ills of the various'organs of the body, from dandruff to corns.' The writer believes that he can give no more and better reasons for his con fidence in the therapeutic value of remedies than most other phyal cians, but he wishes to emphasize here the transcendent element of common sense in their administra tion. . Before and above all things, how ever, what is wanted )a a clean gas tro intestinal canal, and his claim is that water, properly used, is the best agent to eflect that cleansing. On a par with this canal in impor tance are the eliminative tissues and organs of the system the kidneys, the mucous membrane and skin, What therapeutic agent, properly used, is better than water r Alter all the assimilative and eliminative organs and tissues have been thor oughly rinsed with pure soft water, then if it be still necessary to ad minister a chemical agent one may be selected that will, with these or gans and tissues in hetter condition, work wonders. If you are so fool ish as to allow yourself to become foul from head'to foot cleanse your self with water "before resorting to chemical aids. Health. . 'OLD TIME COOKERY. Seme of the Culinary Capers' of the Seventeenth Century. , In the early days of the seven teenth century gastronomy was tru ly a wonderful science if a little cookery book published in 1638 is any criterion, says the Chicago Trib une. The title it bears is "Murrell's Two Books of Cookerie and Carving. Printed for John Marriot, and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dun' stan's Churchyard in Fleet-street 1638." To bake "red deere" you are di rected to "Parboyle it, andpresse It, and let it lye at night in Red-Wine and Vinegar; then Larde it Thicks, and season it with Pepper, Salt, Cloues, Mace,. Nutmeg and Uinger, Bake it in a deepe Coffin of Rye- paste, with store ol Butler; let soake well. "Leaue a vent-hole in your -Pye, and when you draw it out of the Duen put in melted Butter, Vinegar, Nutmeg, Ginger and a little Sugar; shake it well together and put it into the Ouen againe, and let it stand three or foure houres at the least to soake thorowly; when your Ouen is cold take it out and stop the hole with Butter." . Next is a heading,' "Fritters oa the Court Fashion r" ' "Take the Curds of a Sackeposset, the yolkes of sixe Egges and the whites of two of them, fine flower, and make batter: season it with Nutmeg and a little Pepper, put in a little strong ale and varme milke; mingle all together and put .them into Larde, neither too hot nor too cold. : If your batter swim, it is in good temper. . A recine "to make blancht Man chet in a Fryingpan" by ita substi tution of "Hanchet" or fine bread for meat shows Chaucer's "blank manger" on its way to become, the modern blancmange, thougn it is tne fourteenth and not the seventeenth century form which has sumved. The recine runs: "Take half-a-dozen Egges, halfe pint of sweet Creame,. a. penny manchct grated, a nutmeg grated, .twtf Spoonefuls of Rosewater, two ounces of sugar, worae an sune nas a Pudding; tnea irye t like a ian sey in a little Fryingpan that it may be thicke; frye.it browns) and turns it out upon a plate. - "v- ;s "Cut it in quarters and serve it like a Pudding, scrape oa Bugar.7 ' Mummy Pa let , - Ground up mummy makes a brown of certain rare color that nothing else can give. It is on ac count of the ssnhaltnm in the mum my that this ia so.- The Egyptians wrapped their dead in garments coated with asphaltnm of an incom na rally fine and pore quality. ' This asphaltnm as the centuries passed impregnated the tissues of the dead themselves. It turned them into the best paint material ia the world. Beans' exceedingly expensive,- it is used only by portrait painters in de picting brown hair. . - - . Tea," sighed the fair young thing, "I admit that I like yoo, but it does not seem to me that we were ver meant for each other.. We have not a single taste ia common. Mournfully tba young man stud led tba floor soma moments. " At .last ha looked up with tba dswa of hope in his ere. 'Bat, yes,'' be whispered. "Are joa not very fond of onions? Blushingly she nodded a confes sion. ' "So am ir ha cried rapturously -Judge. . Juvenile Reasoning. It wasin a Philadelphia public school that a class in spelling was going over a lesson in words of two syllables. One of the words was teacher, "how many of you know the meaning of the word 'mum my ? " After a long silence one lit tle girl raised her hand. ' "Well, Maggier1 ; ' ' "It means yer mother." , The teacher pointed out her mis- i.i , t . .1 lane ana expiainea xuiiy me mean ing of the word. Presently the word y" had to be spelled. 10 knows what poppy means ?' asked the teacher. The same little girl raised her hand,' this time brimful of confi dence. ; "Well, what's the answer, Mag gie?" "it means a man mummy, re plied the child. Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger The. Dramatic Motive. "How do vou figure out "the plots of your plays?" inquired the anxJ ious novice. ' - "Motive is the only key that opens the portals of drsmatio action," said the popular dramatist. "And mo tive is beet tested by the query 'WhyK See how I have applied tho principle in my latest work. Why are the children oa the stage r tie cause the scene is a nursery. Why does the villain como to the nursery? Because he is pursuing the mother. Why is the mother in tne nursery Because she is attending the chil dren?"' "But why do you have a nursery on, the stage at all?" queried the novice. Why not something else?" "Because," said the popular dram atist proudly "because I hatf a commission to write a play with a nursery in it." New York Tunes, - g0 Distinguished I" ; Here is a story' anrooos of the matrimonial attendee in Paris : One M. X. had applied at aa agency for an eligible spouse ana was otierea and accepted a damsel of-twenty- seven, whose name was on tne books. The agent, writing to the lady, told her frankly that M. X was not an Adonis, but possessed more sterling qualities than beauty. At the same time he intended to send her a carte de visits of the gen tleman, but by mistake slipped into the letter a vignette portrait of a favorite ape. Next morning he dis covered the error,; but at the same time received a note from the lady saving: "I accept the husband yon offer , me. It is true that he is not precisely handsome, but then he has so distinguished an air." Driving a Bargain. The old Yankee skill at driving a bargain fs not being lost, ss a story in the Boston Herald shows. ; A wo man, visitor at a fashionable resort on the Maine coast last summer went to the TJniversalist church in the place the first Sunday morning of her stay and was politely shown to a seat. There was no hymn book, however, but the occupant of the pew behind her reached over and placed one in her hands. At the close of the service the visitor turn ed and' thanked the person, saving as she wss to attend that church all summer, she -would like to buy a hymn book. . "Well," said the other woman, "I guess yon can have that book if youll give me a pair of bUcar gloves, no. 7." -very weu," said the visitor. The next day she went to Portsmouth, purchased the No. 7 black gloves for 91.60 and duly received the use of the hymnal in exchange for them oa the iouow ing Sunday. ' " -?::'' ,f ,l ! ' Dldnt Come Back. ' "Tassuh ," said Unc Mose; "Llje Hossfut done got smabt down ter de tracted meetin' las' night, an' dey p'intedly 'jected 'im urn de chu'eh, dst what dey do." "Not old Deacon Lije?" ssys the listener. Yassuh. ole Deacon Liio Hoss fut -ysssuh." "Why. I .thought be was one of the pillars of the church." "Jteckoa he war, but ne ain't ao mo. , "That must have been a great take down for him. Wasn't he put out a great deal over itr mL OJ "f , : . V. ' -ao, sun; not er great oeai. , wes . , , . . ff TJ ! once seemed to sa'sfy hWWndge. j JWifvi.. hi. aw-,- Lord over the bounds vmiUT llKHk H.vw v. a jew I i. W "liTJVlJr eu . ... . rn i was rather a high price for half a day's work. "It's not half a day's work." said bis lordship. "It is part of my whole education all my years at the Temple, all the years I have practiced, all the Tears of my experience. It is half a day out ef the heart ef ry life." Inebriety la called a diseaee, bet Is a leM of the win. Aa wttb the aye. ferte. tho baebtlato said. 1 enot. it looked like 1 will aotr ft Is 1 cannot win." Its eoeeaesfal treetBject la- rolrae the problem ef hew to rohautM tate a baaaaa wtlL rxebaa. Vut eke wtwrr ta . '' "How aboet that Bttlo btnr asked the doctor. . "Why. decker," was the reply, "only a Bttle while before yaw seat It la yoa sM se aot te tat aaythiae worry asa, ecd I barea't" Cblcaxa Post . He who has neither friend Dor smsay I ss wtrbewt taleata. powera er eoerxjy j la ratar. - - - Aiventone, who presided ' 'V. deliberations of the Alaska "V. jTa . 1 -1J- -l-l rt commission, once charged 1 .,'."",:. ... , , ' V tTLTT fH of avoiding it that it would surely GOOD AND DAD MEMORIES. Why Persons Forget'Come Things and Remember Others. Good memory ia a subject regardf ing which a good deal of nonsense is habitually talked. We often hear people say that they have a good memory for certain things, but a bad one for other things.. This I be lieve to be a delusion A man's memory may be good or it may be bad, but it cannot well be good for one thing and bad for another thing. It might as well be said that a bot tle was good for holding brandy, but bad for holding whisky. In the case of a feeble intellect all its faculties will be feeble memory, judgment and all the rest but they will not be feeble for one purpose and vig orous for another purpose. The fact is that our memory is in itself equal ly powerful or fecblo for all pur poses, but we remember best those things which interest us most and so say that we have good memories for such things, while . we forget those things which do not interest us, and we say accordingly that we have bad memories for those things. Horace Walpole used to say that his memory wss all retentive as to tho names of persons and of places, but that it was absolutely impotent in I regard to dates. It has been said S ' 1 1 t I l4 al grandaunt of King Ethelwald, but that he could not tell W whether hn urn i hii" Bjiv uveu ill uiu vi-ur uuui or iu uiu year 1500. The truth vas that he took an interest in names and gene alogies, but none in dates. Similar ly' in his introduction to "Anne of Geierstein". Scott antrv savs : "I have through life been entitled to adopt old Beattie of Mciklidale's answer to uis Darisu miuisier wnen ' the latter was eulogizing him with respect to the same faculty. No, doctor,' said tho honest border laird, 'I have no command of my memory; it retains only what happens to hit my fancy, and like enough, sir, if you were to preach to me for a cou ple of hours on end I might be un able at tho close of the discourse to remember one word of if' Perhaps there are few men whose memory -serves them with equal fidelity as to many dillerent classes of subjects, but I am sorry to say that while mine has rarely failed me as to any snatch of verse or trait of charac ter, that had once interested my fancy it has generally been a frail support not only as to names and dates and other minute technicali ties of history, but as to many more important things." ; No, it is pretty certain that we have not got good memories for this and bad memories for that in any other sense than that we remember that which interests us and forget that which interests us not Notes and Queries.,, , i. BIRDS IN THE ARCTIC. The Spring Rush That Breaks the Mo i-u . , netony of the Year. . t . The one great break in the mo notony of the whole year along the arctio coast is the coming of the birds in the spring. The nature of it is almost -violent The last of May they begin to arrive. The notes of the first few comers are musical and buoyne with a feeling of mes sages from home and friends. But the stream of birds rapidly grows, and the few first joyous notes merge into a ceaseless, hideous, distracting din that robs one of his rest and for a few days becomes unbearable. 8wans, cranes, geese, brant, ducks, a . t i gulls and terns swoop down' upon! me coast oy mousanua. xna uiu birds are delighted at the sight of the old family nesting ground and the young ones at reaching onco more their birthplace, and tho thou sands of them are all talking and screaming at the same time. The contrast of the now endless days of sunshine and abundant and animat ed life with that of the stiU arctio night is very great. In a few days, however, each hap py family has settled down ia its own little home, and quietude reigns supreme through the short summer, and then sgaia seta in the long soli tudinous night -rJ Many interesting things may be learnea of the birds thst annually I visit the arctic coast for the pur I nose of bringing no their families pose of bringing up their .v. ;" : .u .,! " WICK (CBBUlia XVI KUIUI m of th, iDtclIigence T displayed by Uni i9 tnany ways. They have not i tro rerr duubtt on binls for food. Little isfands in foxes become great nesting pUces, and the birds swarm to them until on many of them every available space suitable for nesting' is pre empted. From "Camp Life In Arc tio America,' ty Andrew j. etone, in senbner s. A Ooed Dog. 2 The snsn wanted to sell the dog. but the prospective buyer was sus picious and finally decided not to buy. The man then told him why be was so anxious to sell. "Yon see," be said, "I bought the dog and trained him myselL I got him so he'd bark if a person stepped inside the gate ana thought of course, I was safe from burglars. Thea toy wife wanted me to train him to carry bundles, snd I did. If yon put anything into his mouth it would stay there till some one took ft aarav. YTpII m nic-ht I woke up and heard some one in tbe next room. I got up, grabbed mvjrun , - ' oinira-DyMacauiay,iininK-inai;flro a-cnged of , he could tell you the namo of the, Wh t . . Jwhr von were it dependent and started to investigate. They were there, three of them and the dog. "Didn't he bark r interrupted the man. "Not a bark; he was too busy." "Uusyj vvnat doing r . . "Carrying tho lantern for .the burglars. If you know anybody who wants a good dog send him around.' ,- Hopped and Won. Some years ago a remarkable wager was made between Captain Machell, a racing celebrity, and an other officer who was noted for his activity. Captain Machell bet his lellow olncer 10 that be would not hop up a certain flight of stairs "two at a time." The bet was tak en; but, as there were forty-one steps in the night, he found after taking twenty hops that he was left only one step to negotiate and had lost his bet. He accused captain Machell of sharp practice, but Ma chell replied, "Well, 111 bet you an other 10 I do it." The officer, thinking to get back his money, ac cepted the. bet. Captain Machell then hopped up forty steps in twen ty hops and, hopping back one, fin ished by going up the last two steps and won. - " Willing to Ray. Magistrate - Well, Mooney, you ' .houldn't pay d . impr0'n . .... ----- - a fine or have ten imprisonment? Mooney Who says I beat her. sir? Magistrate She herself testified to it, Moonev What I The old ladr herself don't deny it? Wellthen j-jj ay wjj pjej hanged if it isn't easure, for ru be hanged if it isn't the first time ia all our rows that she's owned up to coming out second best . ' Disgraceful. "Don't you think," asked Mrs. Oldcastle, "that Mrs. Scaddaleigh's embonpoint is rather getting the better of her lately?" . , "Is it?" her hostess asked. "I knew she was a steady golf player, but I didn't know she'd took up any of these other games. Joeiah thinks it would be more to her credit if she looked after her children a little now and then." Chicago Record Herald. ' The BMaakSeTeas BlaeTvta. 1 ' Here la sn anecdote Illustrative of the magpie's love of mischief and of sport: There wss a field wherein clothes were often bung oat to dry on posts which were let down into deep wooden sockets buried in the ground and wet carried away and put under cover when they were not in use. A gravel path ran round the field, and a tame mag pie, which had the run of It, was ob served to wslk repeatedly and demure ly from the path to a particular point in . the field, cooveylng each time a Stone in her bill end then returning without it . A magpie seldom continues at any one amusement for any length of time, bat this amusement went on so long that the curiosity of the owner was aroused. There must be some thing unusually novel or piquant about it lie went to the spot and found that a large toad bad fallen Into one of the wooden; sockets and that the magpie was amusing herself by deliberately stoning itl As each shot told, the toad gave a little hop of distress la the hole deep below, which the magpie capped by a big bop of satisfaction and. an irresistible "currack" of delight above. B. Bosworth Smith In Nineteenth Century. The Oeeee ead CrMJrew. . There existed la London long before the great fire In Bt Paul's churchyard m aviusast aeitMtv uvuew veil sent us M,ter Here concerts were held, and a very popular music nous called the the music at these performances had at least the merit of volume and joyous ness. But the great fire laid the build ing In ruins snd banished the music. When the place was rebuilt, the new tenant, wishing to ridicule the charac ter of the former business, cboee as Ida sign a goose stroking the bare of a gridiron with her foot and .wrote be low. The Bwan and Harp." At the Goose and Gridiron Sir Christopher Wren presided over the Bt Pant's lodge of Freemasons for ever eighteen years, and be presented to the lodge the trow el sod mallet with which be Uld the first stone of the cathedral. The goose is still preserved with ber unmusical "harp" In Oulldhalt.-Juuaa King Oo ford in Bt Nicholas. . Colaaiklaa IMItm. - In Colombia the huts of tbe poor are of togs; with bamboo plaited aides and mud filled chinks. ' The windows have wooden shutters, bat no glassv Bleep ing places are bamboo benches with aide thrown over them, or hammocks woven by the women. Oearde ef vari ous shapes and sixes do duty for dishes, spoons and k hires. Chairs and benches are hollowed loss of wood. But the peons get their llrlos easily and enjoy life welL They deilgbt In music and dancing, and women as well as men are smokera. Cockflhrmg is a favorite ajBaeemeot. . ' The peaaaat women are nsoaUy bare footed and be re beaded, with mantillas for special occasions, Their dress Is a short skirt and bodice or an ample frilled low Becked ganornt railed pollers. Even the poorer classes are bedecked with Jewelry. . Wooden shoes In Frsoce are produced to the ex teat of about 4.000,000 pairs yearly. They are made la Alaace and Harriers by machinery and la Loaere by baad. Ia tbe last aaaed proTiaes 1.700 peraoos ate eegaged la this asaa afactore, jal the yearly prodeet kt dots than half a ailliloa pair. Tke beet are made of atapie. Ia the prov- locee Bearty every lad, aoassaaaa a pan- of the finer sabots for wearlnarewt la damp weather. These have mass grama and otbar Odfaa earvod on tbe vampa, and they are kept ea tbe foot by ernameated leather pieces ever the testf-p. Tbe manufacture of these plecea of leather Is a regular bns'nwe In rraaea. Wkta Tee Hare Celt. The first action wnen yon have 'a cold should be to relieve the luvz This is beet accomplished by the free uso of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This Remedy , lkruelies the touuh mucus and causes ita ex pulsion from the air cells ' of tba lungs, produces a free expectora tion, and opens tne secretions. a complete cure soon follows. This remedy will care a severe cold )n lees time than any other treatment and it leaves the system in a natural and healthy condition. It counter acts any -tendency towarda pneu monia. For tale by all druggists. : Mrs. Nurich I want to get a pair' of swell white gloves to wear to 'a ball. Clerk Yes'ra. How long do you want them? Mrs. Nurich See here, young man, I .ain't talking about rentia' 'em. I want to boy 'era. ':':Ki'y .. Aaotbar Caee ef WhaaaastWai Cased by .-.:V CluuBbnlala'. rata Balaa. . The efficacy of Chamburlaio's Pain Balm ia the relief of rheuma tism is being demonstrated daily.' ' Parker Triplet! of Grigsby.' Va., says that Chamberlain's Pain Baim ' gave him permanent relief from rheumatism in the back wbep every.- thing else failed, and be would i without It. For sale by all drug gists. -': Hex Gudger wants to be minister to Panama. As be is a tar tieel be can be depended - upon to eticjt wherever he is pat Mason TeV graph. ,.;... rtMBMu Awfal rata. Mr. H. Haggins. of Melbourne, Fla., writes : "My doctor, told me had Uonsumptioa and nothing could be done fur me. I was given up to die. The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Dieooverv frr Consurnption, induced to try it Results were staniinir I am how on the rxid to recovery and owe all to Dr. King's New Discovery. It -saved my lite." This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by the J. C. Simmona Drug Co. Price 50c, and 11.00, .'.Trial bottles free. Somebody refers to cottoo as Rex." It is . certain! leering enough wrecks on the wreckbound shores of speculation. Jacksonville Times-Union. Don't let the noon hoar eat np to the other tea. . !' 1 Corn must hare a sufficient supply of - Potasii , ia order to develop into a crop. ' No' amount of Phosphoric Acid or Nitrogen can compen sate for a lack of potash in' iye ; fernUxers lor J lafarasMaa QERflAN KAU WORKS, r- t f , We manufacture And arc prepared to Furnish on short notice All kiads of. Rough anddresaed . Lumber and " Building Uatemb Saah. Doors,. . - Blinds, moulding; etc; Mantels and scroll -work ' A specialty. ; ' ,; GRAHAM .IN. C. (Saeeeasots s Boh, WSUaaw a BUj.J Undertakers Embalmcrc, BURLINGTON, N. C moKi ss. t VV tjjj V f A other crop.. W "V V We-a-tWtfaS . m te asa fcaa ss say- mmm WALKER BROS.,