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i Ala Gleaner. VOU XXXI. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905. NO. 11 The mance ;l aaSSISSsal m i SSBsmasaa-asaiSaa.VjW- A A X X T T T TTTT ITTTfl Because the liver is Jr neglected people nffej ' X wkh constipation, biliousness.. leclected withoonstip headaches and fevers. Voids attack the lungs and contagious disease take hold of the system It is safe to say that if the liver were always kept in proper worcing order, illness would he almost unknown. Thedford's Black-Draught is so successful in curing such sickness because it is without a rival as a liver regulator. 'Ibis great family medicine is not a strong and drastic drug, but a mild and healthful laxative that cures con stipation and mar be taken by a mere . cnuu. wiuunu jxjaaiDie harm. The healthful action on the liver cures biliousness. It has an in vigorating effect on the kidneys. Because the liver and kidneys do not work regularly, the poisonous acids along with the waste from the bowels get back into the blood and virulent contagion results. Timelv treatment with Thed ford's Black-Draught removes the ilaniMrawIiiph liirV In MmanafiMi liver and kidney troubles, and will positively forestall the inroads of Bright's disease, for which dis ease in advanced stages there is no cure, ask your dealer- for a 25c. package of Thedford's Black- i Draught. - J Z. T. HADLEY GRAHAM N.C. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Cut Glass and Silverware. WEyes fitted. tested and glasses FOLD'S : IIONEVouoTAn Prevents Serlcus Results Frca a Cell Remember the name Felly's Homy and Tar. Insist upon having the genuine. mrss an sso, ooo, ei.w . Prepared only by Foley A Company, Chloago. - We promptly obtain 0. a and Foreign dmodel, Uetoh or photo ol Invention tot gtwnna S- C K: , Attorney -At-Law, GRAHAM, - . . . ..N. a Ofllos Patterson Building . ' Second Floor. DR. WILL S. WXO, JR. DENTIST . . . " - - North Carolina w SIMMONS BUILDING Cfthaii OFFICE Oar braoa. w. t. Brarx. Ja. B1NUM & BYNUM, AtoT and Counselors mt lw &aHBOBO, H - - '-cue. nnllrtr tm th. AW J. ELMER LOHO. I-OXO & LOXG. V Atornr and Oounaeloas tw. GRAHAM, K. C. HOB" TG STEUDY7ICK AttortMyat-Law, G&EEXSBORO, JV. C. m???? in the couru of AU 4n nd Guillbrd ooanUes. Hi a eeeeeeeeeee Trail After the camp bad fallen asleeo he would often lie awake half of the few hours of their night, every muscle tense, staring at the sky. His mind saw definitely every detail of the sit uation as he had viewed It In advance his Imagination stooped and sweated to the work which his body was to ac complish the next morning. Thus he did everything twice. Then at last the tension would relai. He would fall Into uneasy sleep. But twice that did not follow. Through the dissolving iron mist of bis striving a sharp thought cleaved like an arrow. It was that, after all, he did not care. Sub consciousness, the other Influence, was growing like a weed. Perhaps there were greater things than to succeed.. greater things than success. And then tne keen, poignant memory of the dream girl stole Into the young man' mind and In agony was Immediately thrust forth. He would not think of her. He bad given her up. He refus ed to believe that be had been wrong. In the still darkness of the night be would rise and steal to the edge of the dully roaring stream. There, his eyes blinded and bis throat choked with longing more manly than tears, be would reach out and smooth the round rough coats of the great logs. "we'll do it," he whispered to them and to himself. "We'll do It We can't be wrong." CHAPTER XXX. 1 ALLACE CARPENTER'S search- expedition bad proved a fail ure, as Thorpe had foreseen, but at the end of the week, when the water began to recede, they came upon a mass of flesh and bones. Tbe man was unrecognizable." The re mains were wrapped In canvas and sent for interment to the cemetery at Marquette. Three of the others were never found. Tbe last did not come to light until after the drive bad quite fin ished. Down at tbe booms tbe jam crew received tbe drive as fast as it came down. From one crib to another across the broad extent of the river's month heavy' booms were chained end to end j effectually to close the exit to Lake Superior. Against these the logs car omed softly In tbe slackened current and stopped. The cribs were very heavy, with slanting Instead of square tops, In order that theTressure might be downward instead of sldewise. In Short time the surface of the lagoon was covered by a brown carpet of logs running In strange patterns like wind rows of fallen grain. The drive was all but over. Up Ull now tbe weather had been clear, bat oppressively hot for this time of year. The beat bad come sud denly and maintained Itself well. The men bad worked for the most part In undershirts. Tbey were a much In tbe water as out of It for the Icy bath bad become almost grateful. Hamil ton, tbe journalist who bad attached himself definitely to tbe drive, distrib uted bunches of papers, in wbicb tbe men read that the unseasonable condi tions prevailed all over tbe country. At length, however. It gave signs of breaking. Tbe sky, which had been of a steel blue, harbored great piled thun der beads. Toward evening the thun der beads shifted and finally dissipat ed, to be sure, but tbe portent was there. Hamilton's papers began to tell of washouts and cloudbursts In use sontn and west The men wished tbey bad some of that water here. So finally the drive- approached Its end and all concerned began In antici pation to taste tbe weariness that awaited them. The few remaining tasks still confronting them all at once seemed more formidable than what tber had accomplished. - Tbe work for tbe first time became dogged, distaste ful. , Even Thorpe was infected. He, too, wanted more than anything else to drop on tbe bed in Mrs. Hathaway 's boarding bouse. There remained bat a few things to do. A mile of sacking would carry the drive beyond the in fluence of freshet water. After that there would, be no hurry. He looked round at toe bard, fatigue worn faces of the men about him. and he suddenly felt a great rush of affec tion for these comrades who bad so un reservedly spent themselves for bis af fair. Their features showed exnans- tlon, tt is true, but their eyes gleamed Oil with toe steady, hair Bnroose of the pioneer. Wbew tbey caught his glance tbey grinned good hmnoredly. All at once Thorps turned ana start ed for the bank. "That 'U do. boys." be said quietly to the nearest rrouD. "She's flown. It was noon. Tbe Backers Kwaea op In nmriM. Behind them, to tneu-Tery feet, rushed tn soft smooth slope of Hemlock rapids. .Below tnem nowea broad, peaceful river. Tbe drive bad naawd Its last obstruction. To all la tmti and Dumoses it was ever. r-.aimiT. wltn matter or racx oireci- nees, as though they bad hot achieved the imnosstble. tbey shouldered their Mtm and arrack into the broad wag on road. Ia tbe middle distance loomed the tall slacks of the null, with tbe lit tle bc towa abort it Across the eye spaa tbe thread of the railroad, r Far away gleamed tbe "broad expanses of Lake Superior. - . The men paired off naturally aad fen Into a dragging, dogged walk. Thorpe found himself nnexpeetedly. with Big Junto, For a tkne they plodded oa without conversation. Tbea tbe big restored a remark. Tin giad she's mr.m said be. 1 got a good stake comta." - Tea," replied Thorpe Indifferently. . 1 got most $ eotnla'," persisted Jnnko. "Klght as wen be 600 eents." eom- jnented Thorpe. "It d make yoa jasa as drank." r nil unuuiiiiiiinin tt "Blazed ' ' ' ' 'T ' "f ' ' ' ' ' ' 'T ' ' By STEWART EDWARD WHITE tt Big Junko lantrhnt mlr but without the slightest resentment. "You've changed, Juiiko." said he. "That's all right," said be, "but you betcher life I don't blow this take." "I've beard that talk before," shrug ged Thorpe. Yes, but this la different. I'm goln' to git married on this. How's that?' Thorpe, his attention struck at last, stared at bis companion. "Who is she V be asked abruptly. "She need to wash at Camp Four." Thorpe dimly remembered tbe worn an now an overweighted creature with certain attraction of elfishly blowing hair, with a certain pleasing, full cheeked, full bosomed health. The two walked on In re-established illeuce. Finally the giant, unable to contain himself longer, broke out again. "I do like that woman." said lie with a quaintly deliluerute seriousness. "That's the finest woman In this dis trict" . Thorpe felt tbe quick moisture rnsh td bis eyes. There was something In expressibly toui-lilnir lu those simple words as Big Junko uttered thenE - "And when you sre married," he ask ed, "what are yon going to do? Are yon going to stay on the river?" 1 "No, I'm goln' to -clear a farm. Tbe woman says that's the thing to do. I like tbe river too. But you bet when Carrie says' a thing that's plenty good enough for Big Junko." Thorpe looked at his companion fix edly. He remembered Big Jnnko as a wild beast when bis passions were aroused, as a man whose honesty bad been doubted. "You've changed, Junko," said be. "I know," said tbe big man. "I been a scalawag all right I quit it I don- know much, but Carrie she's smart and I'm goln' to do what she says. When yon get stack on a good woman like Carrie," Mr. Thorpe, you don't give much for anything else. Sure. That s right Ifs the biggest thing top of earth." Here it waf again tbe opposing creed:' And from such a source! Thorpe's Iron will contracted again. "A woman Is no exense for a man's neglecting bis work." be snapped. "Shorely not," agreed Junko serene ly. "I aim to finish out my time all right Mr. Thorpe. Don't yon worry none about that. I done my beet for yon. And," went on tbe river man in tbe expansion of this unwonted confi dence with bis employer, "I'd Uke to rise to remark that you're tbe best boss I ever bad. and we boys wants to stay wltb her rill twre's skating in hades.' "All right." murmured Thorps Indif ferently. Suddenly the remaining half mile to town seemed very long indeed. .: CHAPTER XXXL ALLACE CARPENTER and Hamilton, tbe Journalist seat ed sgalost tbe sun warmed bench of Mrs. Hathaways bearding bouse, commented oa tbe band as tt crumbled Into tbe wash mnm. Their .ronrersation was inter rupted by tbe approach of Thorpe and Big Jnnko. The former looked twenty years older after bis winter." His eye was dull, bis shoulders aroopea, s gait was loelsstic. The whole bearing of tbe man was that of one weary to the bone. l'n ant something here to show na Harrrr erled Wallace Carpenter, waving a newspaper. "It was a great drive, and here's something to remem ber It by." - - "All right. Wallace, by and by." re plied Thorpe dully. "I'm dead. Tsa going to tnra ia for awhile. I aeed ieep more then anything else." He passed throogh tbe little passage into tbe "parlor bedroom," which Mrs. Hathaway always kept la readtaees for members of tbe firm. There be fell heavily asleep almost before Us body had mat tbe bed. In the long dining room the river aaea eonssoaed a belated dinner. ' They had ao comments to mas, u waa The two oatha veranda stacked. T the light at tbe ead of the sawdust street tbe mill sang its varying aad hilling keys. Tbe odor of fresh sawed ptoe perfasoed tbe air. ' Hot a haadrea yards away tbe river slipped sOenfly to the distant Mae parlor, eeeaptag between tbe etanOng stoae filled orlbs which held beck tbe lags. Dowa the sooth and west the hoge thunder heads gathered and flashed and grambled, as tbey had done every aiieiuuwi iw "Qaeer thing, eoauaeotea miiiii . . . ... . Anally, "these cold streaks In tbe air. Tbey are just as distinct as though tbey had partitions around tbem." "Queer climate anyway," agreed Car penter. Excepting always for the mill, the little settlement appeared asleep. The main booms were quite deserted. Aft er awhile Hamilton noticed something. "Look here, Carpenter," said be. "What's happening out there? Have some of your confounded logs sunk, or what? There don't seem to be near so many of them somehow." "No; It Isn't that," proffered Carpen ter after a moment's scrutiny. 'There are just as many logs, but they are getting separated a little so you can see the open water between them." "Guess you're right. Say, look here, I believe that the river Is rising." "Nonsense! We haven't had any rain." "She's rising Just the same.. Ton see that spile over there near the left hand crib? Well, I sat on tbe boom this morning watching tbe crew, and I whittled the spile with my knife. Yon can see tbe marks from here. I cut tbe thing about two feet above the water. Look at it now." "She's pretty near the water line, that's right," admitted Carpenter. About an hour later the younger man in bis turn made a discovery. "She's been rising right along," be submitted. "Tour marks are nearer the water, and. do you know, I believe the logs are beginning to feel it See, they've closed up tbe little openings between tbem, and tbey are beginning to crowd down to tbe lower end of the pond." "I don't know anything about this business," hasarded the journalist, "but I should think there was a good deal of pressure on that same lower end. By Jove, look beret See those logs up-end. I believe you're going to have a jam right here In your own booms." "I don't know," hesitated Wallace. "I never beard of its happening." "You'd better let some one know." "I bate to bother Harry or any of the river men. I'll just step down to the mill. Mason he's our mill fore man he'll know." . Mason came to tbe edse of the blab I trestle and rook one look. "Jumping fishhooks!" be cried. "Why, the river's up six Inches and still a-comln'l Here you, Tom!" be called to one of the yard bands. "Ton tell Solly to get steam on that tug dou ble quick and have Dave bustle to gether bis driver crew!" "What are yon going to do?" asked Wallace. "I got to strengthen the booms," ex plained the mill foreman. "We'll drive some piles across the cribs." "Is there any danger?" "Ob, no. Tbe river wonld have to rise a good deal higher than she is now to make current enough to hurt They've bad a hard rain op above. This will go down in a few hours." After a time the tug puffed up to the booms, escorting the pile driver. Tbe lattertowed a little raft of long, sharp ened piles, which it at once began to drive in such positions as would most effectually strengthen the booms.- In tbe meantime the thunder heads had slyly climbed the heavens, so that a sudden deluge of rain surprised the workmen. For an hour it poured down in torrents, then settled to a steady gray beat Immediately tbe aspect had changed. Solly, tbe tug captain, looked at his mooring hawsers and then at the near est crib. She's rls two inches in th' last two hours," be announced, "and she's rnn- nln' like a mill race." Solly waa a typical north country tug captain, short and broad, wltb a brown, clear race and tbe steadiest and calmest of Steel blue eyes. "When she begins to feel th' pressure behind," be went "there's coin' to be trouble." Toward, dusk she began to feel that pressure. Through tbe rainy twilight the logs could be seen raising their ghostly arms of protest. Hlowiy, wiin out tumult tbe Jam formed. In tbo rear tbey pressed In, were sacked nn der in the swift water and came to rest at tbe bottom of tbe river. The current of tbe river began to protest pressing its hydraulics through tbe nar rowing crevices. Tbe situation demand ed attention. A breese began to pull offshore In tbe body of rain. Little by little It In creased, sending tbe water by in gnats, raffling the already harrying river Into greaier baste, raising far from tbe shore dimly perceived whltecaps. Be tween tbe roaring of tbe wind, the dash of rain and tbe rash of the stream men had to shoot to make themselves beard. "Guess you'd better rout out the boss," screamed Solly to Wallace Car- nenter. "This water's eomin- ap aa Inch an boar rixht along. When she backs ap ones she'll posh this Jam oat Wallace ran to tbe boarding boose and roused bis partner from a heavy sleep. The latter understood the sttoa doaataword. Wblle dressing be ex plained to tbo younger man wberebt lay the danger. "If the Jam breaks once," said "nothing top of earth can prevent it from going oat Into the lake, and there w m arartar beavea knows wbere. Ones scattered tt Is practically a total loss.' They felt blindly throogh tbo rata ia tbe dlreerJoa of tbo tights on tbe tug and nil driver Shearer, tbo water dripping from hia fiaxea mustache. joined .them Uke a shadow. At the rivaa- he anaoaacod bis opinion. "Wo hold her aO right," ho sorer tbem. "it H take a few more pues. not by morning the storm n do over, ana sbe'D besla to go dowa again.- The throe picked their way over too ereaklng; swaying timber. - But waoa they reached the pile driver they foond trooblo afoot .Tbe crew had mutinied sad refased longer to drive piles a dor tbe face of the Jam. "If she breaks a war she's going to bary aa," said they. "She won't break," snapped anearer. "Get to work." -Ifs da agarose," they objected oal- leaty. , - "Tom get off this driver!" sboaa Softy.- "Go over and He dowa la a tea sere lot aad see If yoa feel safe there r He drove tbem eehere with a storm ef profanity aad a moltftado ef kicks, hki steel bine eyes biasing. -There's nothing for It hot to get the boys eat sgala." said Tim, I Under bate to do tt" But when the Fighting Forty, half asleep but dauntless, took charge of the driver a catastrophe made itself known. One of tbe ejected men had tripped the lifting chain of tbi ham mer after another bad knocked away tbe heavy preventing block, and- so tbe hammer bad fallen into tbe river tnd was lost None other was to be bad. Tbe pile driver was useless. A docen men were at qnce dispatched for cables, chains and wire ropes from the supply at the warehouse. "Ifs part of the same trick," said Thorpe grimly. "Those fellows have their men everywhere among us. I don't know whom to trust" "Tou think it's Morrison ft Daly?" queried Carpenter, astonished. "Think? I know It They know as well as you or I that If we save these logs we'll win out In tbe Stock Ex change, and they're not such fools as to let us save them if it can be helped." "What are you going to do now" "Tbe only thing there Is to be done.1 We'll string heavy booms chained to gether between the cribs and then trust to heaven they'll bold. I think we can bold the Jam. Tbe water will begin to flow over tbe bank before long, so there won't be much Increase of pressure over what we have now, and as there won't be any shock to withstand I think our heavy booms will do tbe business." He turned to direct tbe boring of some long boom logs in preparation for the chains. Suddenly be whirled again to Wallace wltb so strange an expres sion in his face that tbe young man al most cried out Tbe uncertain light of the lanterns showed dimly tbe streaks ef rain across bis countenance, and his eye flared wltb a look almost of panic. "I never thought of it" he said In a low voloe. "Fool that I am! I don't see how I missed It Wallace, don't you see what those devils will do next?" "No. What do you mean?" gasped the younger man. "There are 12,000,000 feet of logs up river In Sadler ft Smith's drive. Don't you see what they'll do?" "No, I do: iTt belleve"- "Just as soon as tbey And out that tbe river is booming and that we are going to have a hard time to bold our Jam, they'll let loose those 12,000,000 on us. They'll break the jam or dy namite it or something. And let me tell you that a very few logs bitting the tall of our jam will start the whole shooting match so that no power on earth can stop it" "I don't imagine they'd think of do ing that" began Wallace by way of assurance. "Think of it! Yon don't know tbem. They've thought of everything. Too don't know that man Daly. Ask Tim. He'll tell you." "Well, the" . "I've got to send a man ap there right away. Perhaps we can get there In time to bead tbem off. Tbey have to send their man over" He cast his eye rapidly over tbe men. "I don't know -Just who to send, There Isn't a good enough woodsman in tbe lot to make SIsooe Falls through tbo woods a nlgbt Uke this. Tbe river trail is too long, and a cut through the woods Is blind." Wltb infinite difficulty and caution they reached the shore. Across tbe gleaming logs shone dimly the lanterns at tbe scene of work, ghostly throogn tbe rain. Beyond, oa either side, lay Impenetrable, drenched darkness rack ed by the wind. "I wouldn't want to tackle it" pant ed Thorpe. "If it wasn't for that earned tote road between Sadler ft Smith's I wouldn't worry. Ifs Just too easy for them." Behind them tbe Jam cracked and shrieked and groaned. Occasionally was heard beneath tbe sharper noises a dull boom as one of tbe heavy tlm bars, forced by tbe pressure from Its resting place, shot Into the air and fell back on tbe bristling surface. "Tim Shearer might do It," suggested Thorpe, "bat I hate to spare bun, He picked his rifle from its rack ana thrust tbe mega sine fall of cartridges. "Come on. Wallace," said be. "We'll hunt him ap." Tbey stepped again Into the shriek sad roar of tbo storm, bending their beads to Its power, bat Indifferent to the rain. The sawdust street was satr orated Uke a sponge. Tbey eould feel the quick wster rise about the pressure at their feet From tbe invisible booses tbey beard a steady monotone of Bow ing from tbe roofs. Fsr ahead, dim In the mist sprayed the Ugbt of lanterns. Boddenly Thorpe felt a touch on hia arm. Faintly he perceived at his elbow a face from which the wster streamed. "InJua Charley!" he cried. "Tbe very man!" CHAPTER XXXIL APIDLT Thorps explained what was to be done and thrust bis rifle Into tbo Indian's hands. Tbo latter listened la silence and stolidity, then turned aad without a word departed swiftly la tne aara- The two white sera stood a mia- ata attentive. Nothing was to be heard bat tbo steady beat of rata and tbe roaring of the wind. Hear tbo bank of the rrver way en countered a maa visible only as aa aa esrtalB Mack eotllno against the glow of tbo lanterns beyond. Thorpe, stop ping aim, foaad Big Janko, "This is ao tune to quit,- sua sharply. . . "I ain't QUlttliT," replica Big aonao. "Where are yoa going, then?" Janko was partially and stammering- ty anreepoeetve. "Looks Bod." commented Thorpe. ToVl better get bock to yoor Job." "Tee." agreed Jaako helplessly, ia the momentary slack Ode of work tbe daat had eooeelved tbe Idea of search- lag oat tbo driver crew for parposes of pagllsetie vengeance. Tbosps's sospl done staag him, bat bis simple mind coald see ao direct way to explenatioo. All aigbt long la the ebffl of a spring rata and wind storm the Fighting Forty aad certain of the saiH crew gave tbem- to tbe labor of connecting tne atsatittg stone cribs ao scroagry or as of heavy Umbers enainea eao so that tbe pnosore of a break ia tbo saigbt aot sweep aside tbo do- Wallace Carpenter. Worry, tao chore boy. aad Anderson, tbe bora boas, picked a dangerooe passage back and carrying pans of reonot conee which Mrs. Hatha way constantly pro pared. Tbo cold water numbed tbo a heads, won -eomcairy coom they mnnlpulnte the heavy cbnius tbrouKb Ihe anger holes; with pain they twisted knots, bored Boles. They did not complain. Behind them the Jam quivered perilously near the bursting point. From It shrieked aloud the de mons of pressure. Steadily the river rose an Inch an hour. The key might snap at any given moment they eould not tell, and with the rush they knew very well that themselves, the tug and the disabled pile driver would be swept from existence. Tbe worst of it was that the blackness shrouded their ex perience into uselessness. Tbey were utterly unable to tell by thedlnary visual symptoms bow near the jam might be to collapse. However, they persisted, as the old time river man always does, so that When dawn appeared tbe barrier was continuous and assured. Although tbe pressure of tbe river bad already forced the logs against the defenses, tbe latter held the strain well. Tbe storm bad settled Into Its gait Overhead the sky was filled with gray, beneath which darker scuds flew across the senitb before a bowling southwest Wind. Out in the clear river one could hardly stand upright against the gusts. In the fan of many directions furious squalls swept over the open water be low tbe booms, and an eager boiling current rushed to the lake. Thorpe now gave orders that the tug and driver should take shelter. A few moments later he expressed himself as satisfied. Tbe dripping crew, their bursb faces gray la tbe half light picked their way to the shore. In the darkness of tbat long night's work no man knew his neighbor. Men from the river, men from the mill, men from tbe yard, all worked side by side. Thus no one noticed especially a tall, slender, but well knit individual dress ed in a faded macklnaw and a limp slouch bat which be wore pulled over bis eyes. This young fellow occupied himself wltb tbe chains. Against tbe racing current tbe crew held tbe ends of the heavy booms wblle be fastened tbem together. He worked well, but seemed slow. Three times Shearer bus tled him on after the others bsd finish ed, examining closely tbe work that bad been done. On tbe third occa sion be shrugged his shoulder some what Impatiently. The men straggled to shore, the young fellow just described bringing up tbe rear. He walked as though tired out bsnging his bead and drag ging bis feet When, however, the boarding house door bsd closed on tbe last of those who preceded him and the town lay deserted in the dawn be suddenly became transformed. Cast ing a keen glance right and left to be sore of bis opportunity be turned and hurried recklessly back over tbe logs to the center booms. There be knelt and busied himself with the chains, bis slgsag progression over the Jam be so blended with tbe morning shadows as to seem one of them, and be would have escaped quite unnoticed bad not a sudden eblfUng of tbe logs under bis feet compelled bun to rise for a moment to his full height So Wal lace Carpenter, passing from bis bed room along tbe porch to tbe dining room, became aware of tbe man on tbe logs. His first thought wns that something demanding Instant attention bad hap pened to tbe boom. He therefore ran at once to the man's assistance, ready to belp him personally or to call other aid as the exigency demanded. Owing to tbe precarious nature of the passage be could not see lieyond his feet until very clone to the workiium. Then be looked' up to (Inil the man, squatted on tbe boom, eontemplstlng blm sardonic ally. (to as comwero. A WIDOW'S RIGHTS. What to De Whan a Husband Oiaa and Leaves No Will. In ye olden time in Merrie Eng land when a woman became a wife she lost her identity as an individ ual As the marriage service of the church declared "these twain be come one flesh," so in law man and wife were one. The husband alone was recognized. His was the duty of providing for theife and chil dren, a responsibility not shared by the wife. When the wife became a widow and he upon whom she had relied for her daily bread was removed from earth the courts, in a way, took the husband's place, to fsr at least as to see to it that the widow's rights were protected. 1 hese rights nave in the lapse 01 time and in tbe progress of civiliza tion increased by court decision and legislative enactment Every year sees some additional right giv- abk eVlA initnBi anil in alinnat SWofV HI LUC W IUVW f MiU U siuuvos v v vt j one of these United States the old rales of the law are valuable only as the foundation upon which have been reared the nobler, more gen erous and more just regulations which safeguard the widow today. Now. suppose tbo case of a wom an, lust bereaved, whoso husband has left no will to provide zor the declining yearj ot her whom be promised at the altar to love, honor and cherish. Suppose, also, shs has one son, not ret of age, and that her husband bad left house and let and 15.000 in savings banks or in soma other food security. What baQ the widow do and what are her rights? She is entitled to live in the bouse lor forty cart witnoui charge. This is called her "quar antine.'' Then there must be some one who has a legal right to take charge of the estate, see that it is not al lowed to go to waste, collect the in come ana pay debts and give the widow and ner child their just and legal rights. These things require an administrator. This officer is appointed by a court having probate jurisdiction. In Massachusetts it is called the probate court, in New York tbe surrogate s court; in otn- er states it is called the widows and orphans' court end ia some the court of chancery. ' In the com we bare s as posed tne widow is "entitled to administra tion tnat is, it she be a proper person she lias the right to step into her husband's place and per form the duties of the administra tion of his estate. So, if she be wise, let her insist upon this right and be come the administratrix of her hus band's estate. McCoIl'a Magazine, Escapas by Convict. A report from Australia' of the escape f rom the French convict set tlement of New Caledonia of a small bon l containing six convicts and their subsequent recapture re minds old timers that it is harder to get away from the convict sta tions nowadays. An Arab convict from Algiers ac tually succeeded in getting from New Caledonia to Australia, a dis tance of 600 miles, in an open boat with a pair of ours, the branch of a tree for a mn-t and a shirt for sail. After nine years of freedom he was caught at Marseilles and sent back to New Caledonia for life. Kocliefort and four brother com munists escaped from New Caledo nia as stowaways in an English cut ter. Iwenty-uve of their humbler fiolitical brethren in exile were leas ucky. They constructed a large canoe, launched it and were all ei ther drowned or eaten by sharks, which swarm in New Caledonia wa ters. A Wonderful Conductor. One of the most noted of the ear ly settlers of Detroit was named Campau, and many of tbe Detroit streets bear his name and the names of his children. Along Woodward avenue, one of the finest of the main streets, the cross streets near the center of the city, it is said, bear the first names of Campaa's children Elizabeth, Adelaide, etc On a street car passing throogh Woodward the conductor Hearing one of these cro streets called "Elizabeth!" and a woman got off. At the next cross street be called "Adelaide '." and another woman got off, whereupon a country woman in the car turned to her companion and said, "How is it that the con ductor knows the first name of all the women who get off the cars?" Ha Knew It "All." Here is the exact answer of a New York schoolboy to the questions, "What is the meaning of the word 'hall,' how many other words are there that sound like 'hair and what are their meanings?" "Hall, were you open the dore and go in; bawl, nawung along a boy that won't go to skool; aul, what the shomakker chargis yoa 25 eents for to aul your shoe; all, all, everybody in the world." Suc cess. Th KJteaaaj Takla Ta. If one cannot have a marble slab for the top of the kltcben table the best covering is sine. It msy be kept dean easier, and servsnt cannot barm It with the knife wben cutting bread and meat If only table oilcloth can be afforded tbe tan colored In small check will be found the most serviceable of any, for It will not show stains readily. Rlnhta naa ntiOaaaa. Tbe girl of the furor will be defi nitely obliged to chooa between her ever present privileges sod bar rights. And I wonld sdvtse bar to banc oa to ner privileges and let ber rights go. If you can't get your vote yoa can al ways get your voter, and yoa can in fluence blm in bis vote. Josephine Daskam In Public Opinion. Sail- Saak Law. lace tbat has yellowed by contact wltb tbe neck tbe most stubborn, of stains to whiten may be perfectly cleansed by potting it In lukewarm sods made with white soap, changing tbe water at least once a day and let ting it soak for a week. Tola treat ment will not butt the moat delicate web. RELIEF IN SIX HOURS. Distressing kidney and bladder disease reliered ia six hours by New Great South American Kid ney Cure." It is a great surprise on account ot ita promptness in re lieving pain in tbe bladder, kidneys or back, in male or female. Re lieves retention of water almost im mediately. If you want quick re lief and cure this ia your remedy. Sold by the J. C. Simmons Drug Co., Graham, N. C. On account of small-pox at Cur- natzer, Darie county, Darie Supe rior Court adjourned Tuesday of last week for the term. Two murder cases on the docket were continued. CoedtSolrHa. Good spirits don't ail com rrom Kentucky. Tbe main source is the liver end all tbe fine spirits ever made in the Blue Grass State eould not remedy a bad liver or tbe hun- dred-and-one ill effects it produces. You can't have good spirits and a bad liver at the same time. Your liver must be. in fine condition if yon would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful, bright of eye, light of ate rigoroos and succesetul in your puf suit You can put your liver in finest condition by using Green's August Flower tbe greatest ot all medicines for the liver and stomach and a certain cure for dyspepsia or indigestion. It has been a favorite household remedy for over thirty- five yean. August Flower will make vonr liver healthy and active and thus insure yoa a liberal supply of "good pints." Trial sue, 2oa ; regular bttles, 75c At all drug- gista. - - A dispatch from Denver says a snowstorm raged in Colorado and a portion of New Mexico for 36 hours, subsiding Sunday night a week . Between Clyde and Fair view the snow waa fire feet deep,. and the railroads were compelled to use snow plows to clear the tracks. " A Tobacco Grower's Profit ia dependent npon a properly bal anced fertilizer. No T crop Is 73? tobacco. The fertiliser most . &TvL be rtrht. mad ta be right it must , contain at least oXactaal Potash Tt H- SmlrawiM wttk trrtffinr ttk ttatrotrnvk. rmhmwnk litiM r mo pmmm, mwt mmm tkamatu. rr Uta avnramld aawwawrlitKhebm, Tetmt LmixmnT-n Kli fa-mm timm mntm-. SXSJUH Ul WeSJ(S.ISaaHa St, .r,' I ilaala. HmB goM Bnmt r RYDALE'S TONIC "A Ntt ftcCnsHfic BLOOD aod NCCVEd. It purines tha Mood by easuoatzn; tbe waste matter and otber impurities aud by destroying; tbe germs or sucrobea tbat infest the blood. It boilds ap tbe biood by recoostractin? aad aMtittpivtag the red coqKaciea, making tbe biood rieS) aad red. It restore and sbauHates tike keen, ; causae) a fun free now of nerve feme throtigiKMit tbe entire nerve system. It speedily corea vostraag nerves, iwi tuaa- n, nerroos vtmtntaam, mod ail ettier dreeases of tbe nervous systeaa. BYDALEs TOXIC is sold uuier a poaa- thre guarantee. ' - Trial she 5 casta, raaaty site ' .' MaxcracToaa wt Tbe Radical Reoedj Coarpaoy, HICKORY, . C Sold by J. C. Simmons Drug Co ' Graham Underwriters Agency 8COTT & ALBRIGHT. Graham, M. C. 1 Fire and Life . Insurance romDt Personal Attention To All Orders. ' Correspondence SaliritrJ. orrvs at THE BARK QF ALAMANCE headaches This time of the year are signals of warning, TakeTaraxacum Com pound now. It may sav3 you a spell of fe ver. It will resrulate your bowels, set your liver right, and cure your indigestion. A good Tonic. An honest medicine araxacum n MEBANE, N. C. UUi SAGElilS Tal oasafavr book or m bat "Qm in m &'.:? BT Da. ;.-auu Jonas W. a-"VaMto. 1 or-Vr"."" Ak. "RtOT-sd fro. 1 o'eiock. t 1 h nht." Va. "SoW 14 in If noora." 1 P. Skx-t. To-Vrtl aa dr. U aiwra. mT T OUCI TO tn rtUtTW fcEOTTJO., A Un'a,C i AvfiV.r"' ciriGiTibcr