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THE DANGER
of
BEING A TWIN.
-My confession must begin when I
was four years old and recovering
from swollen glands. As I grew well,
my twin brother, Gregolre, who was
ome minutes younger, was put to
bed with, the same complaint
"What a misfortune," exclaimed
our mother, "that Sllvestre la no
sooner convalescent than Gregolre
fallBlll.-.
The doctor answered: "It aston
ishes me that you were not prepared
for It, Ma'dame Lapalme since the
children are twins, the thing was to
be foreseen-; when the elder throws
the malady off, the younger natur
ally contracts It Among twins it is
nearly always so."
. And it always proved to be so
.with Gragolre and me. No sooner
did I throw off whooping cough than
Gregolre began to whoop, though I
was at home In Vernon and he was
at Tours.
60 far as I had any serious aspira
tions at all. I aspired to be a painter
and, after combating my family's ob
jections, I entered an art school In
the Quarter, Paris. Gregolre, on the
other hand, inclined strongly to the
law. During the next day few years
we met Infrequently, but that my
brother continued to be affected by
any nnusual conditions of my body
and mind I knew by his letters,
which seldom failed to contain ex
postulations and entreaties.
Our mother still lived in Vernon,
where she contemplated her favorite
son's success with the profoundest
pride. Occasionally I spent a few
days With her, sometimes more.
One summer when I visited her I
met Mademoiselle Leulllet I know
very well that no description of a
girl ever painted her to anybody yet.
Suffloe it that she was beautiful as
an angel, that her voice was like the
music of the Spheres more then
all, that one felt all the time, "How
good she Is, how good, how good!
Never since I was a boy had
stayed in Vernon for so long as now;
never had I repented so bitterly as
now the error of my ways. I loved
and It seemed to me that my attach
ment was reciprocated, yet my posi
tion forbade me to go to Monsieur
Leulllet and ask boldly for his
daughter's hand. While I had re
mained obscure, artists whose tal
ent was no more remarkable than
my own, had raised themselves from
bohemla Into prosperity. I was an
Idler, a good-for-nothing. And then
well, I owned to Berthe that I
loved herl I owned that I laved her
and when I left for Parts we were
secretly engaged.
- Mon Dleu! Now I worked in
deed! To win this girl for my own
to show myself worthy of her inno
cent faith, supplied me with the
most powerful Incentive In life. In
the Quarter they regarded me first
With ridioule, then with wonder
and, finally, with respect For my
enthusiasm did not fade. "He ha3
turned over a new leaf," they said
"he means to be famous!" It was
understood. No more excursions for
Silvesetre, no more Junketings and
recklessness! I was another man
my Ideal of happiness was now a
wlfa and home.
For a year I lived this new lire. I
nroeressed. Men whose approval
was a cachet began to speak of me
as one with a future. In the Salon a
picture of mine made something of a
Ur. How I rejoiced, now gramiiii
and aanculne I wast
I said that It was not too soon ror
ma to sneak now: I had proved my
mettle, and, though I foresaw that
her father, would ask more before he
gave his consent, I was, at least, Jus
h.a in .vowing- myself. I tele
graphed to my mother to expect me.
. On tho way to the station I no
ticed the window of a florist; I ran
In to bear off some lilies for Berthe.
The shop was so full of wonderful
flowers that, once among them, I
found some difficulty in making my
eholoe.' Hence, I missed ine train.
and, rather than waia atwui uuu.
the next, returned to my studio, in-
ensed by the delay.
A letter for me naa oeen jubi aw
Mvered. It told me that on the pre
Tlous morning Berthe had married
my brother.
t MnM have welcomed a pistol
shot my world rocked. Berthe lost.
false, Gregotre's wuei i reir
t ..M it over and over. I was
Stricken by lt-nd yet. I eon Id not
nails that actually It had hap-
POh!'l made certain of it later, be
Uave me I was no hero of a fenie
ton. to accept such lntlUnoewtth
out proof! Ii wored myU cber
- mA hurst her lore letters
cm by onet tore her photograph,
tato sired-strove aleo to tr her
tmage from my nean.
A year before) I shoaldhave rusj
ad to the eafes for forgetfulnees. but
bow, as tne snow ,u : ,
fv-UhJy to Ti .v. -.m
pmUtod. deaying myself the small-
VucT Proved vainer dally. Were art
I should have eoqur-. -
though I could eompel mysetf io
.r t m eompel myself to
Pntw I 4 fo f-P
foThalf a year, worked wtU say
tar, worked while say piaa
dJaatpatlo whJea pnmu. -
ttrmgg) had be tweiea a awBw
7l .r Httle of the BOwOat
the followeA-lt V"
of dgradattoaa and remortamrm-
ately. I fell. J-f
shaddered at ttat horrors I had ooea-
haddered
Om aferaoo naii "T "
abaont alaos the prrrkrua
beard from the 'j5t
. i.t m. I climbed the etairi
were sluggish, myllmbneadeh. my
eyes heavy and bloodshot My visi
tor was Berthe.
I think nearly a minute must have
passed while we looked speechlessly
in each other's face her's con
vulsed by entreaty, mine dark with
hate.
"Forgive me," she gasped. "I have
come to beseech your forgiveness!
Can you not forget the wrong I did
you?"
"Do I look as if I had forgotten?"
"I was Inconstant, cruel, I cannot
excuse myself. But, Oh, Sllvestre, In
the name of the love you once bora
me, have pity on us! Reform, ab
jure your evil courses! Do not I
Implore you, condemn my husband
to this abyss of depravity; do not
wreck my married life!"
Now I understood what had pro
cured me the honor of a visit from
this woman, and I triumphed devil
ishly that I was the elder twin.
"Madame," I answered, "I think
that I owe you no explanations, but I
shall say this: the evil courses that
you deplore were adopted, not vin
dictively, but in the effort to numb
the agony that you had made me
suffer. You but reap as you have
sown."
- "Reform!" she sobbed. 8he sank
on her knees before me. "Sllvestre,
in mercy to us, reform!"
"I shall never reform," I said in
flexibly. "I shall grow more aban
doned day by day my past faults
shall shine as merits compared with
the atrocities that are to come. False
girl, monster of selfishness, you are
dragging me to the gutter, and your
only grief is that he must share my
shame! You have made me bad, and
you must bear the consequences
you cannot now make me good to
save your husband!"
Humbled and despairing, she left
me. At this stage I began deliber
ately to contemplate revenge. But
not the one that I had threatened.
Oh, no! I bethought myself of a
vengeance more complete than that!
She should be tortured with the tor
ture that she had dealt to me I
would make him adore another
woman with all his heart and brain!
How true it is that only the un
foseen comes to pass! There was a
model, one Therese, whobe fortune
was her back, and who had long
bored me by an evident tenderness.
One day this Therese, usually so con
strained in my presence, appeared In
high spirits, and mentioned that she
was going to be married.
The change in her demearc- in
terested me. A little piqued, I In
vited her to dine with me, but she
refused. Before I parted from her I
made an appointment for her to sit
to me the next morning.
"So you are going to be married,
Therese?" I said, as I prepared the
palette.
"In truth," she answered, gaily.
"No regrets?" I asked.
"What regrets could I have?" she
returned. "He Is a very pretty boy,
and well-to-do, believe me!"
"And I am not a pretty boy, nor
well-to-do, hein?"
"Oh," she laughed, "you do not
care for me!"
"Is it so?" I said. "What would
you say.if I told you that I did care?"
"I should say that you tell me too
late, monsieur," she replied, with a
Shrug. "Are you ready for me to
pose?" And this changed woman
turned her peerless back on me with
out a scruple.
Well, as I have said, she was not
the kind of woman I had contem
plated, but these things arrange
themselves I became seriously
enamored of her. And, recognizing
that Fate worked with her own In
struments, I did not struggle. For
months I was at Therese's heels; I
was the sport of her whims, and her
slights, sometimes even of her In
sults. ,
I actually made her an oner or
marriage, at which she snapped her
White fingers, with a grimace and
the more she flouted me, the more
fascinated I grew. In that raptur
ous hour whenhjBj ingojent eyes
ioftened' to sentiment, when her
mocking month melted to a kiss, I
was in paradise. My ecstasy was so
supreme that I forgot to triumph at
my approaching vengeance.
h I married Therese, and yester
day was the twentieth anniversary
of our wedding. Berthe? To speak
the truth, my plot against her was
frustrated by an accident Ton see.
before I could communicate my pas
sion to Gregolre I bad to recover
I it and this insolent Therese
. j have not recovered from It yet.
There are days when she turns
her remarkable back on me now
generally when I am Idle but, mon
nteul the momenta when she tarns
i... ,i. r worth working for.
Therefore, Berthe has been all the
time quite happy wun mo
Ire and since I possess Therese,
' word of honor I do not
ndl-ieonard Merrick in The By
atander. Katare of a BeqweeL
Homer Oaae ox ux ww
atte, N. T bequeathed the ehnreh
Eotr there tho sum of 100 oa eoa
tlitloa that tho choir ehowld stag
-America" every Memorial Day.
AasMgaoaa.
A amusing relie of tho etvfl war
in the poeeeaeion of a yooag woes-
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aa. m uaiunwrw, - ...
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lianas iv - - - -ffets
of a Soother. reUUvo.
At the time oi w. ""V.""" i"
Mi itv wore bmsr for
Sany boor, making bag. to Mo4
irS seed and aaed la the ;
Boarding mewmn mv - V IT
EJVlEt oeoorated them with aaoV
as ta sua or .
The ri. "L?
baas oemi e i
m :a-a mm tho aanoaav
Martaa tuiaa.
aim TV V. TVtc boa's Anti-
f iw
t:j'. rta arnrth tVt TOO UtOTO
than $100 if too hsv a child who
toils beddiDg froai incontinence of
water during Bleep. Cure, old and
Toang alike. Itaowlsthe trouble
st once. . i. Dow " viu " - &
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HOLLAND HOUSE.
One of England's Picturesque and His
toric Mansions.
Few mansions lu or near London
are more picturesque In their sur
roundings or more Interesting from
their associations with the past than
Holland House. The domain in which
it stands Is a perfect rusjo urlie a
green onsls In a wilderness of bricks
and mortar. When you pass from the
noisy truffle of Kensington rond nud
enter the great Kates there Is a trans
formation scene. In a few paces Lon
don has disappeared, and you find
yourself all at once In the heart of the
country. You might be In the forest
of Ardeu, a hundred miles from Pic
cadilly lawns shaded by noble cedar
trees, woodland glades, a green Inue
with over arching boughs, and farther
on terraced walks, the stone balus
trades and the formal parterre of the
Dutch garden. The bouse Itself has a
long, Irregular frontage, a fantastic
medley of turrets, gables, arcades and
oriel windows. The series of Rlttlng
rooms on the first floor nrc warm,
comfortable and homelike nud BHcd
with a priceless collection of family
portraits and heirlooms. No wonder
that Charles Fox was deroled to the
place where be had passed a careles
and. happy boyhood and In his lust Ill
ness drove over from Chlswlck to
view once more the familiar scenes,
which he regarded with a special ten
derness and affection. Naturally his
memory Is cherished here, and he in
still to some extent the tutelary genius
of the place. There Is a statue of blm
at the end of the avenue in the park;
there is a bust of hltn by Nollclcens
in the entrance bull; there is n charac
teristic note In tils handwriting on the
bock of a miniature of Robespierre an
scelerat. un lache, ot un fou (a rascal,
a coward and a fool and there Is a
picture of blm by Sir Joshua as a
youth with two charming damsels,
one of whom made a romantic mar
riage with an actor, while the other
refused the hand of a king and lived
to become the mother of the beroic
Na piers. Almost every room has Its
tradition. In fact, wherever yon tread
"a history Is beneath yonr feet"
Blackwood's.
DUELING IN ITALY.
How the Count of Turin Cams to Fight
Prince Henry of Orleans.
The greatest duel of modern days In
Italy was that between the Count of
Turin and -Prince Henry of Orleans.
It came about In a curious man
ner. Prince Henry bad insulted the
Italian army after the battle of Adowa
and one day received a telegraphic
challenge to a duel signed "Victor Em
manuel." The challenge was accept
ed, and thus Crispl, who wns prime
minister, came to know of the crown
prince's Impulsive action and Inter
fered. "But" said King Humbert, his
father, "how can it be stopped? Our
honor is now involved." Crispl thought
a moment and then exclaimed: "I bare
ltl The Count of Turin is Victor Em
manuel also!" And tbns be was the
one who fought
This was followed by one of those
genial practical Jokes which convulsed
Europe. France at that time bated
Italy and never lost an opportunity to
sneer at ber. It must be explained
that In Rome there was always st car
nival time a characteristic figure of a
little old man with an immense sword
riding a donkey, who was a caricature
of the age of chivalry and was called
"General Mannaggla la Hocca."
One day In the French papers ap
peared an Imposing announcement that
General Mannaggla la Rocca threw bis
glove st the feet of the entire French
nation and -ast their base Insinuations
In their teuh. inviting any or all to
mortal tight Replies were not long In
coming, one of wblcb was from s Dot
ed fencer and duelist of bis day, M.
Tomegoeox, appointing bis seconds sod
announcing their arrival In Rome.
Franco was on tbe qulvlve. from gov
ernment personages to the bumble
bargee, and when 'tbe trick played
upon them was discovered all Europe
shrieked with laughter, and France tbe
loudest of alL-Pall Mall Gasette.
England's Natlenal Anthem.
There Is a fourth verse of tbe na
tional anthem with wblcb very few
Englishmen Indeed are familiar. But
It was given; apparently Id sll good
faith. In sn old Hanoverian musical
work, and tbe daring of tbe last rhyme
almost reconciles one to tbe shocking
character of tbe eentlment:
Ood save (real Oeorto. oar fclnal
Lone live ear noble kln.l
Ood save ti e klnnl
Bend ae roast beef a atora.
U It's tone, aend us mora,
And the key of the cellar door,
That we mar Brink.
-London Cbronlrle.
Brlght Pupils.
"Ton have two very bright ptrpila,
Mis. Winsome," remarked Mr. tweet
1 to tho school ma'am.
"Which one. do yow mesa, Mr.
Bweetlyr '
-Why, those la yonr eyes, to be
are."-Pathflodae.
A Riahteeoe Judge.
One Bonday morning a aalnhrtefa
wife mw bar so. chasing too beos
with a stick. She went to tbe door to
tovostlgate aad beard blm say. TB
teach yoo to lay egg. ta a minister,
family est stands morntagr Deiue-ator-
The OiwWro.
gUga Maaager-I wlaa w rooJd wart
to a few moro real let le teaches to
fUls woodland sreoo. Kow. kowwo-Jd
It bo to bare some one greorl Hko a
bear? Aslhor-Tne very tbragt WeTl
taB to tho erttk-K.aeaa CUT lado
pewdrvt
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care stomach and liver trouble
aa Haidadijpsetion, and stimulates
tbe liver aad boweU without irri
tating these organ like pill and
ordinary eaihartica. It cures) in
digestion and aick headache and
chronic eonirtipation. Orino Lax
ative Fruit Fjmp dor K uau
aeate or gripe and ia mild and
pleasant to Uke. Refnoe aubaii
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BLINDERS ON BRIDLES.
What a Nebraska Horse Trainer Hae
to Say About Them.
Most any of us would as soon be
burled as to lose our eyesight, and
yet men by the uso of blinders on
bridles unhesitatingly deprive tho
horse of all tbe means he has of satis
fying himself that nothing will hurt
him, writes a Nebraska horse trainer
In the Breeder's Gazette, Chicago.
When permitted tho use of his eyes
he uses them with great Judgment,
lie sees better than we do, can meas
ure distances better and if allowed the
use of bis eyes would save himself
from collisions on tbe street washouts
and bad ruts in the road. Should you
be thrown suddenly out of tbe buggy
or the buggy break be could see tbe
trouble and stop.
Break a horse In a blind bridle and
never let him see the buggy; a month
later you are driving along the road,'
the blinds get adjusted wrong, the colt
looks back over tbe top of one, see.
the buggy and kicks It all to piece.,
endangering the life of yourself and
family. But he Is not to blame. Self
protection is bis first thought.
A man once paid me $20 to break a
team that would get scared and ran
away. I took his money, gave blm a.
pair of open bridles, and the team la
perfectly safe, but it bad cost blm a
broken leg and bad torn up two sets
of harness, smashed a buggy and bro
ken a wagon tongue. And yet they
say a blind bridle is the best. I was
talking to a man one day on this sub
ject, and he said be knew blind bridles
were the best" because nearly every
one used them. -What an argument!
There was a time when nearly every
body thought the earth was fiat, but
they were wrong. He said, too, that a
horso looked better In blind bridles.
What an idea! A little piece of black
leather look better than tbe eye, the
life and beauty of this noble creature!
Yet few men have a better reason for
using them.
Hone training Is my business. I
work at It ten hours a day, six days In
the week. I handle every class of
horse, from tbe little wild mustang
from tho Crow Indian reservation to
tho high class speed horse, from tho
raited saddler to the circus home. I
have spent my life at this work, and
there is nothing causes me more trou
ble than this subject
I can break a team $3 cheaper In
open bridles, and where people want
them broken to blinds I always use
open bridles first My experience runs
into the thousands that I have had a
chance to test this on, and I cannot
see where any one can get 00 per cent
In favor of blind bridles. Tbe only
place I ever found for them was on a
wornout, poorly fed horse that could
scarcely go and a blind horse.
Woman and Her Back.
In Henry Baerlein's novel "Yrivand"
there la a discovery about tbe expres
sion of tbe emotions which even Dar
win forgot to record. It Is to tbe effect
that woman chiefly uses ber back to
convey ber sentiments. And, Indeed,
any close observer of tbe human com
edy can hard y fall to notice that doe.
a woman wish to annihilate a rival and
cast despair Into tho soul of a lover
she simply turn, an expressive back
upon tbem. No tears, no wrath, no In
dignation, can vie with tbls maneuver,
which bos, too, tbe advantage of being
noncommittal, for no one, In tbe cur
rent Jargon, can "give herself .way"
with ber back. Tbe expression of the
emotions by this part of tbe anatomy
la dignified, if a trifle limited. When
a woman cries .ho Is too apt to make
a deplorable grimace. Does she get
angry, ber face will assume an unbe
coming red. Very few understand tho
uso of tbe gesture of tbe -bands and
arms. That Is why woman, with ber
primordial Instinctive wisdom, use.
ber beck, especially when it is beauti
ful, a. one of too chief weapon. In the
eternally diverting war of tbe sexeo.
Toward tho Pale.
Ice eight feet thick on tbe ocean and
now falling oven in summer ouch Is
the weather experienced In the polar
regions. When tho air Is dry and Mill
It is remarkable bow low a tempera
ture can bo borne with ease. One ex
plorer tells us that with the thermome
ter at 9 degrees it was too warm for
skating. The summer weather In this
mrlmi u moreover. In some respect.
pleasant and healthful Within the
arctic aone thece are wonaerruiiy col
ored annruea and sunsets to bo seen.
They are both brilliant and Impressive,
soy. a writer in tno fenny ricumai.
But tho nigbts-tho nigbu are monot
onous and repelling, a rigid world
buried In everlasting enow, silent aave
for tho cracking of tho Ice or tbe wail
of the wind. Travelers la tbeoo re
gions experience many discomforts.
Tho keen air ranees their ski. to burn
ami hi later, while their lino swell and
crack. Thirst, again, has bees much
eomoUlaoA of, arising from tbe act loo
of tho low tenspcTBtore oa the warm
body. . -
Tho eleW ood tho Ply.
Io the Iom warfare berweea tho
spider and tho Ey tho letter has bad
tho iwoeewtf. for Its aasiuary sna
friend. Tho Bko have koo solera ted,
ore fed and swtxied. while tho apt
oars aad their webo have boon ruth
lessly destroyed, . Tbi. aafomlttlng
and nr testing war. s gainst It keeps
tho solder pofmUtJoo doers, while tho
Bias la raoes and atolflpty bar the sbU
nooo and too. of BBiUkaoa. s bo not wa
ebeeked. The stridor le agty. and bis
orot) la b-Ija-"t la the eeSJaaUoa of
oat people, bat spaders bert no be
ajeav cioafa, .They .feed on ftloa,
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THE T H R. EE TROOPERS
By George Walter Thornbury
GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY was born In Ixndon In 18. At the
age of seventeen ho became a contributor to periodicals. Ho ntudtad art
and occasionally practiced palming, but devoted himself to literature
and produced some twenty-five volumes. lie d ed In London June 11.
1(78. "Crum-well" is a pun on the niimo of Cromwell, the celebrated
lord protector, who ruled England for several years after the death of
Charles I.
NTO tbe Devil
Three booted troopers strode,
From spur to feather spotted snd splashed
With tho mud of a winter road.
In each of their cups they dropped a crust
And stared at the guests with a frown,
Then drew their swords and roared for a toast,
"God send this Crum-well down!"
A blue smoke rose from their pistol locks;
Their sword blades were still wet;
There were long red smears on their Jerkins of buff
As the table they overset
Then Into tbeir enpe they stirred tbe cruets
And cursed old London town,.
Then waved their sword, and drank with a stamp,
"God send this Crum-well down!"
The prentice dropped bis can of beer;
The host turned pale as a clout:
The ruby nose of the toping squires
Grew white at the wild men's shout
Then Into their cops they flung tbe crusts
And showed their tectb with s frowa;
They flashed tbclr swords as they gave tbe toast,
"God send tbls Crum-well down l"
Tbe gambler dropped bis dog's eared cards,
Tbe waiting women scresmed,
As tbe light of the Are like stains of blood
On the wild men's sabers gleamed.
Then into their cups they splashed the crusts
And cursed the fool of a town
And leaped on the tablo and roared a toast,
"God send this Crum-well downl"
Till on a sudden fire belts rang,
And the troopers sprang to horse;
Tbe eldest muttered between bis teeth
Hot curses deep and coarse.
In their stirrup cups tbey flung the crust.
And cried as they spurred through town.
With their keen swords drawn and tbeir pistols cocked,
"God send this Crum-well down!"
Away they dashed through Temple Bar,
Tbeir red cloaks flowing free;
Tbeir scabbards clssbed; each backpleco shone-
Mono liked to touch tbe three.
The sliver rape that held the crusts
They flung to tbe startled town.
Shouting again, with a blase of swords,
"Ood send this Crum-well down!"
?ieiaaaas
ODD CASE OF COMBUSTION.
Rosebushee Shipped In Wet Mess Al
most Burned Up.
A peculiar case of spontaneous
combustion or something like it is
described by a writer in CnasicrV
Magazine.
On Feb. 17, 190C, two large re
frigerator cars of young roaebushc
were received at Hannibal, Mo., from
a nursery in California. They were
hipped in wooden cases containing
numerous anger holes for ventila
tion and were carefully packed with
wet sphaguum, or California swamp
mots, to prevent chafing a :d to suj
sort their vitality.
No ice was put in tbe cooling
tanks, and tbe covers of t!iee as
well as all other openings in the
can were closed as tightly tr possi
ble. Tbe ran were ten days in
transit The outside temperature
was 0 degrees F. st the start snd
IS degree, at the end ol the trip.
Upon arrival steam was issuing
from every crevice of the cars.
Upon removing the tank covers it
rushed out la urge volume, ine
doors were opened, snd ice was pot
in the tanks. The free circulation
of cold sir soon cooled tbe contents
of the ears.
la smlosding It, was discovered
that some of the upper layers of
boxes were badly dainaged by beat,
which naturally wss most intense
near the top of the cars. Xe signs
est actual combustion, were found,
bat this would probably bare oc
curred la a short time bad not the
ears been quickly cooled. 1
The' tempera tare matt hare been
early up to tbe burning point, as
many of tbe green stems of these
plants were black sad brittle.
Wet sawdust ia Largs Quantities
frequently becomes very warm in
the interior even when erpooed to
winter weather in fret, the lower
tetr peri tore of the atmosphere the
hotter weuaHy the sawdust.
I
tavern
Pluas of Tea.
"Plug of tea, not unlike pings of
tobacco, aro used by the Iluasian
poor," says a globe irottor. "This
is s low grado of tea, the stems sre
mixed with the leaves, and sll sre
pressed together by means of an sd
nive gum into s hard cake, or
plug. A. very strong and bitter cup
of tea Is made ont of those tea
pings, a cup that would give you or
me a nervous headache. But the
moujik is used to it, and be will
down twenty or thirty cups of plug
tea along with black bread, raw on
ions and salt fish and afterward
light his cigarette with as contented
a sigh ss you or I will heave on
Thanksgiving day at the end of a
nine course tnrkey dinner."---New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Pottl ood the Emperor.
A pretty story is told of Tatti's
friendship fry the old Emperor Wil
liam L of Germany. Once when she
was singing st Hamburg the king
sent her s message asking her to
walk with him in the morning when
be took the waters. "Certainly
not," replied tbe prima donna to
the bearer of the message. "I get
up early for no king in Europe.'' In
later years when the emperor, then
an infirm old man, sent to ask ber
to visit him in bis box, spologizing
for being unable to go to her be
hind the scenes, she replied, with
tears in her eyes, "Oh, now, sire, I
would run anywhere to see you."
Tko Teoat of on Irishman.
Michael Mcrrrs Shoemaker wrott
"Waadertnca la Irrlaad. Aa old
Iriahaaaa read a fragment of K thai
related to tho reader's neighborhood.
Ho asked too nam of tho author.
"Mr. Shoemaker, ta It?" bo comment,
ed. "A Bko gootiemaa. 1U go hoB.
Tt. a Sao eoootry ho chose to trave'
la too. alay tho heavens bo bis bed
for c homing It, scd amy every hair la
hi. hooors bead bo . saokl canUat to
agM bis oool to gloryr
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Graham, N. C.
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