he Alamance Gleaner
VOL. XXXV.
GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1909.
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Attorney et-Law
IJUKLJNGTON, ST. C.
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i Cupid's
Pipes
By MARION DEXTER.
Copyrighted, 1909, y Associated
Literary Press.
11 III II II Mm n ft
Jan Vonderstreet waa -without doubt
and by unanimous consent, especially
nis own, tho leading cttiaen of the lit
tie painted village of Dykbeld.
Therefore when he Imparted to bis
fellow citizens the information that be
hod bought a large tract of land In
America, where fortunes were to be
made in an incredible harry, half
hundred very substantial and phleg
matic Hollanders marshaled their fam
ilies after grave deliberation and em
barked with him, after selling their
queer little painted houses and tulip
gardens and cows with true Dutch
thrift
Jan Vanderstreet toot with htm bis
wonderful collection of pipes, famed
throughout all Oelderland and even
beyond that beautiful district. He
also took with him what be valued al
most as much as his pipes his very
buxom and still blooming wife, his
blooming daughter, AnMe. and
blooming orphaned niece, Johanna de
Koop.
Tne only member of the party of
Hotlnnd adventurers who was not tru
ly substantial, according to sound
Dutch standards, was Dirk Van Pelt
Mynheer Vanderstreet had frowned
on bis admission as a member of toe
solemn exodus. But Dirk bad cunning
ly used such un-Hollandllke haste in
putting his entire patrimony of $1,000
into the speculation that he had an in
terest in it beforo the more deliberate
mynheer knew It
Jan Vanderstreet did not like this at
all. The trouble was that Dirk was
altogether too fond of Auklo. If the
broad shouldered, sturdy, handsome
youth bad only exhibited enough sense
to be fond of some one not In the Van
dorstreet family the mynheer might
have felt quite glad to have him in
the party, for Dirk was not at all dis
agreeable to anybody, with bis kind
smile and his readiness to help every
one who needed It
Mynheer Vanderstreet determined to
keep close watch during the voyage.
But what could one do on shipboard?
Could a worthy Dutchman of five and
sixty be expected to go on guard over
his daughter when all the men folks
were smoking their ..pipes on deck,
telling tales of the past and speculat
ing about the future? Truly not
The chaperonage of Ankle was there
fore left to her mother. But even on
shipboard that Industrious Dutch
housewife could not be idle, and when
one has a huge stocking and a ball of
yarn, also a set of knitting needles, in
hand it Is not always convenient to
follow a will-o'-the-wisp of a girl.
Besides, Johanna was always with
her cousin, and lovemaking when a
third person is present Is not so easy
to carry on. At least so argued Mis
tress Vanderstreet forgetting that
there is a language of the eye which
expresses as clearly as speech what la
in one's heart and that a pressure of
the band may convey an assurance of
love Just as plainly as if one said
aloud, "1 love you."
Although Dirk bod little opportunity
of telling Ankle of his love by word of
month, that be was her devoted slave
and wished for no greater happiness
than to call ber bis wife. Ankle knew
what was In his heart because she re
turned his love.
Bt tba end of the voyage Dirk knew
that ber heart was In his keeping, and
be determined to wrest from the soft
of the prairie a living that would enti
tle him to old VanderatreeTs respect
Busy days followed the arrival of
the Hollanders In the little Iowa set
tlement Oronnd was broken, teams
porebased, grain sowed and bouses
erected.
. The Vanderstreet residence was the
most pretentious to the place, but the
cottage boflt by Dirk Van Pelt was as
pretty a little Dotcn Dome as any ro
mantic girt would wish.
"" Vtnee were planted and soon grew
about the porch, a bed of tulips daunt
ed gayty colored Noeeoros in the front
yard, and a kitchen gawen nourwiwu
In the rear.
Thlrura anrrn nrosoered With Dirt,
Mi r alx months of anxtoos wait
ing be ventured to call on Jan Vander
street to ask for the band of bl
daughter. The mynheer, with unusual
rwomptnees. Immediately gave Dirk to
ooderetand that be wtened to bear oo
move of the matte ana rery pwiw
tntHDSted that the doors of the Van-
deretreet residence wron
thaNAawVwfh A Mm.
rttauinotnted. but not discouraged,
km mi aiowlT home, vowing
himself with genome Holland deter
mtiMttoa that be would never give op
the girl he loewa.
Hh twaototJoe was atnmytbenedby
t? sight of Ankle standing at lbs wto
ZL LuA. cmt a letter, which aha
...-.a mi la stake os.
VnJTtoWa KM him that she would
v. u. a wrfhoat ber father's
- - ada him have patience.
ma ..-.tM ta work bis Little
. But mr walks elapsed
before he had an opportunity J'
fog with her. He t-TI
Bwrssvt and - feO
. . .art. mors bopsfttL Be
1" mn sweet Arsams of
& . - - Urn h -V Of firw.
'ZCZIZL rvxnss. he rosbed
a w - an
froes the Boose, too wr
anaiifl and down
rs rjsoote raws roaning In nU stages
tfcs caMtse am
asking as nioch
the
fate engine.
On hearing these
fetr than before end
?LJZ'taT
pm-der.
. wm? "Jte asses sbsbb
TTk, n not safe.
andKBi
itM sears
pew ' ,
fulness gone, "t mus 611116011" "
His wife seized him firmly by the
arm.
"That you shall not do. Everything
Is aflre. 1 will not let you risk your
ure tor a set or worthless pipes.'
worimess pipes!" thundered Jan.
now dare you speak so? They are a
part of my life. I have been collect
ing tnem all my life long, until now
more man a mindred hang In my rack.
And must I lose them all because of
your nard neadedness? Let mo go,
say; let me goP
He struggled wildly In her grasp,
but tt was In vain. Mlstroes Vander
street was a very etronsr and a noblv
determined woman and held him In so
nrm a grip be could do nanght but
wntno and groan.
mm van reit bad a great emotion
and reached a great determination
wMh an almost American swiftness.
He knew that the rafters of the bias
ing house would fall In soon might
tumble In crimson ruin at any mo
ment But not In vain did he have la
nis veins the blood of the wonderful
race that cut the dikes and drowned
ineir Dei wed land rather than yield It
to the invaders.
He went to a tank of water and wet
nis coat. Throwing it over his head,
be plunged Into the burning house, not
heeding tho shrill cry of distress which
Issued from the Hps- of the trembling
Annie.
Five minutes of dreadful suspense
followed, durlDg which the rafters fell
In and sent the sparks flying upward
in a mad snower. Surely uo one could
live in such a place. Ankle, moaning
plteously, sank to the ground, heed
less or tne crowd of spectators, and
burst out into wild weeping.
Suddenly a shout of Joy arrested ber
attention, and, sitting np, she saw
through a mist of tears the form of
Dirk issuing from the burning bouse.
He staggered like a drunken man un
der the weight of a huge rack which
held the precious pipes, not one of
which was missing.
Straight to the man who bod refused
blm bis daughter's hand stumbled
Dirk Van Pelt Then as old Jan took
the burden from him the young man
fell senseless at bis feet
When he opened his eyes, Jan Van
derstreet was standing by him, tears
streaming down his cheeks. He took
Dirk's hand, saying brokenly; "A
house one can soon acquire, but sucb
a treasure of pipes ah. that takes a
very lifetime to acquire. Such a deed
as. yours, Dirk, Is worthy of any re
ward. What can I do to repay you?"
Raising himself on bis elbow, Dirk
summoned Ankle, who was hovering
near. Then, with a determined glance,
he signified to ber father whatreward
be wished.
'So," said Jan slowly, "you still
want Ankle? I have already told you
she was not for you, but take ber,
Dirk Van Pelt She Is yours. Ah, what
a collection of pipes 1 What coloring I
What noble bowls and what grand
8 terns P'
"Ankle Is worth all tho pipes that
ever were made or ever will be made,"
protested tbe happy lover, holding her
band tightly In his own and gazing
adoringly Into her tender blue eyes.
Perhaps so, perhaps so," muttered
Jan absently, "but such pipes as
mine" He turned and summoned a
man to help blm carry tbe rack of
matchless pipes to a place of safety
and left tbe lovers still looking happily
into each other's eyes.
Arbitrated.
Conversation among travelers Is fre
quently absurdly trivial. After several
days together, as on shipboard, every
one Is idle and talks about the most
unimportant mutters with the deepest
Interest R. H. Mllllgnn in a book en
titled "The Jungle. Folk of Africa" re
counts with what complacency the
conclusion was reached that tbe thir
teen colonies should never have re
belled and that tho blame was all on
the tide of England.
One man, moreover, disclosed tbe
fact that he always wore safety pins
Instead of garters and descanted upon
bis preference with sucb enthusiasm
that be made at least one convert
One nlxbt we put In practice the
principle of arbitration, of which we
were all adherents. An argument noa
arisen among os as to which wss tbe
more simple of tbe two ourrency sys
tems, dollars and cents or pounds, shil
ling and pence. At last the captain
arriving, we decided to refer tho mat
ter to him and to surrender our joog
ment to bis arbitration.
Tbe captain, an Englishman of tbe
very stodd sort, after a period of re
flection repfle4ery slowly and with
all the eravNttef lodge:
"Pounds, BUltngs and pence is tbe
simpler yTe.. ,or 0001 ,0 taaw
that when es are ton ne price or a
thing to dotUra and cent on always
bare to eonvert It Into pounds, sbu-
hura and pence."
There was s little oblectien to (Us
theory, bot In general it wan perfectly
satisfactory so long ss the voyage
lasted
StrWdfkB
"If! a woman." satd Leeoq, the
terttve, heatedly. "We're on the trafl."
"It looks I Us a man to me," the re
porter murmured.
-Bnt didn't yon notice how
struck that mateb," said Leeoq, "She
truck K away from her-n sere sign
f bersex. Meo always otrfte match
toward them."
After the arrest of tbe suspect S
woman, sure eooogh Leeoq noptmed
kfai aaatch ststement "It Js sobseee
that causes this difference between the
mm la match striking." ne obm. ao
f as noeosttctously strike matches to
ward what we are gotnaT west
Woman always Is going to tkbt
lamp or a nre-thst la. farther off than
the mateh-eo she strikes her mates
av from her. Bet man always
going to MgM n pipe er dfarts-Bat
aa. aanr-4 he strikes has match to
AallllSSll.B Hfaw, '
Mtet and tavnwara 7
an a natghbertag f-rn-rs daughter.
BKdng narfeccy mote nesios a
the did all the eotartalnina- in
Ugh, howevec the Teeth, wishing for
iaa Of WatSE. SWK1IHI7
r by benrtlng
at -Bay. Ael. wtl
-Dost asset ywerestf, sTewbsn. she
Inlenupted. "I enofcrstaed. Tee, nave
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F.ETRIGG
REGISTER
IRQCKTORIXIAJ
CORROPONOCNCC
SOLICITED
Copyright, ltW, by American Press Asso
ciation. This matter must not be re
printed without special permission. ,
TB3TINQ THE SEED CORN.
To grow a good crop of com one
must have Bret a rich sod In which
to plant the seed. A second condition,
equally important Is sucb selection
and testing of tbe seed ss will elim
inate In the greatest degree possible
all weak, malformed or Infertile ker
nels. The general test used by so
many, may show with fair accuracy
what per cent of the kernels ot a giv
en sample of shelled corn will grow,
bat It gives absolutely no light on (he
meet Important point In such a test
tbe elimination of those ears from
which the poor seed was taken. Tbe
new method of testing the Individual
ears, and there 'are soverol ways of
doing it bas this chief point in Its fa
vorthat when tbe test is ready for
inspection a glance at tbe kernels of a
square In the testing box correspond
ing to a given ear shows at once
whether each kernels have sufficient
vitality to justify tbe use of tbe ear
for seed. The Holden testing box bos
been described In these notes before
and need not be given again. Another
device which Is excellent and for
which a patent has been Issued In an
upright rack equipped with a series
of little metallic testing boxes large
enough to accommodate five or six
kernels of corn and attached to
spike or hook, by means of which they
are secured to tbe ear from which the
kernels are taken. Ordinary soli or
sawdust is used to cover the kernels,
which sprout under about the same
conditions as they would out of doors
in warm weather. The special meth
od by which the seed Is tested is not
so important as that both aides of an
ear, Including middle, top and butt
should be tested and that It should
give definite data of the vitality and
seed quality of each ear that Is to be
used for seed. Any other method la
slipshod and In the end unprofitable.
CITY PITFALL.
There are all kinds of schemes and
devices perpetrated by city scalawags
for separating the residents of rare)
communities from their bard earned
dollars. This Is bad and blameworthy
as fur as it goes, but tt is not to be
mentioned In the same day of the
week with that trade which h) plied
bv devils In human form In the ceo tar
of populations when they use ali
blandishments In their power to de
lude tbe country girl and separate her
from that which te so dear as life
Itself ber honor and purity. Bueb
men and women ought not to be al
lowed to exist But they do, and as
long as they do It Is well for . tbe
country lass not to be misled by allur
ing and enticing advertising announce
ments, which give promise of large
salaries at easy work for all country
girls who will go to the city and
make inquiry at such and soch a place.
The only safe ooorse to follow IX
girl wishes to seek employment to t
large city Is to secure advice from g
thoroughly reliable friend of the fami
ly who la aeqaalnted with tbe condi
tions. Acting on thm inggesooa win
often save heartache, heartbreak nod
a Masted life.
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION
Much Importance Is attached by
gram growers of tbe country to tbe
hfacomber bill, pending in congress,
which provides for tbs federal tnepeo-
Oon of an gram. It Is thought that
n charge of from Bfl to T5 cents per
ear will cover the cost of tuepeetJon
and grading. wMch will be given a
cooalgn ment of grain and remain as
Its standard until disposed ot ,
thin as are now there seem to bo as
many different standard of Judging
tm there are men and markets, with
no attempt at uniformity. Sharpen
la the gram baying centers take ad
vantage of this situation, buying grain
of tbe farmer as a given grade ana
effing K to i third party wtthoot
'teaching no a gsade higher, thosehaot
Dg the grower oat of a margin of
&root to which be Is to nU jnetJes
fcffhtir entitled. Tbe btn meanomei
tj square deal for the parties moat
tnkereated and snoua Become mw.
- A MBHMBLS COVSt.C.
Owe level bended farmer whoso case
to er attention tbe ether Oay,
deaartaf to locate adtiaiatary In the
west, has soM his holding aa tne aus-
vaoer ana nee rowan
gar n year near a goo
Wastdngton and will
at oocsl Hie Idea IB that la nis
way he wfU have abundant soewtant-
tj ts look around, dlseonnt where nee
liBsirr the undue claims stf svsrneal
trnland li a urn its, see these wttbont
ibsaa er uieasaw end aftss hsvtag dons
thm aaeke-htB choere of n kwarJos
jwfrteh, in the many tanjawtant rasp sets
rwtach thonld be token tons SAiunat
hi isjiaal to hie mttog. It win oent
to enrry ee tms Stan, tm
which wv
1100 Dr. E. Detrhnn's AnU
Dinrrtks may bo worth to Ton
more than 1100 if too hare a child
who soils bedding from Incontin
ence of water daring sWp. Cure
old And roans; alike, It nmwtn
tho trouble m once. i. soia vj
Graham Drug Co.
mi
ftm derrvs. wffl moee then ssasjimaak
Msctbo east.
Imports of rice for the year 1008 are
placed at 15,000,000, while tbs export
trade was less than $500,000.
The fob ot teaching the calf to
drink ts simplified quite a bit if tbe
little chap Is not allowed to suck the
cow at all. This plan is also just aa
well for the cow, as she is not so like
ly to hold up her milk ss she Is If tbe
calf Is allowed to suck for three or
four days.
A full stand of . small grain or com
not only means more dollars at harvest
time, but big chunks of satisfaction all
through the growing and ripening sea
son. It Is fair to assume, too, that
land feels more respectable under
Ubese conditions than when disfigured
with a multitude of weeds.
Considering tbe fact that the value
Of a pasture wisely bandied will run
all the way from 9S to (12 an acre per
season, tbe pasture question Is one
that should receive more attention
than Is usually given to it Well han
dled. It should be one of tbe most
profitable factors in the farm manage
ment A Minnesota farmers co-operative
creamery is utilizing Its organisation
not only for the buttormaklng busi
ness proper, but for the operation of a
cow exchange by means of which own
ers who have cow they want to dis
pose of bring them to the creamery,
where tbey may be Inspected and pur
chased by those In need of cows.
Dry farming is that type ot soil cul
tivation which is carried on in sections
where tbe annual rainfall Is fifteen
Inches or less and where tbe moisture
necessary for the maturing of a crop
ts conserved and stored by deep plow
ing and frequent cultivations, wblcn
koep tbe aurfnee soil mellow, enabling
It to retain a maximum amount of that
moisture which falls as rain and tend
ing to Increase tbe amount of moisture
which rises from tbe subsoil to tbe
cultivated sone.
It is a pretty sure proposition that
chronically bad roads anywhere keep
land values below what they would
otherwise be. Buch condition is In
part due to the handicap which own
ers are confronted with in hauling
their produce to market while there
to little question that the mere ap
pearance of tbe highways has a con
siderable Influence with a prospective
purchaser In causing him to arrive at
an estimate of what be considers
piece of land In such a poor roads lo
cality worth.
An odd feature In tbe practice of
Norman tenant farmers is that often
their leases entitle them to carry off
from a farm when tbey leave tt a foot
or so of the rich black surface soil, tbs
equity of the procedure seeming to lis
In the fact that since be bas been to
considerable pains and axpeuee to en
rich the soO, be la entitled to a certain
portion of It when be moves to an
other place. If renters In this country
were doing a little more of this busi
ness oi carrying sou xeruiiiy srounq
with them, Instead of as a class being
soil lmooverisbers. tbe condition or
things would be a good deal better, an
parties Involved, than It is today.
An honest writer tn an advertising
folder issued by a western railroad
company for the purpose of exploiting
the lands tributary to Us lines. In dis
cussing tbs question of a possible over
doing of the apple business In tbe
mountain and Pacific states, makes the
pertinent suggestion that to avoid tbe
danger of such a condition only tbs
beet varieties of apples should be
planted now those that because of
their exceptional appearance and qual
ity are bound to fetch good prices even
If the market Is drugged with poorer
apples. The point is well taken and
should be kept In view not only by
those In tbe west, but also by those
in tbe east, who are about to est new
orchard tracts.
There Is no time when tbe work of
giving tbe young orchard trees low
heeds end stordy branching limbs esn
be done so easily as at tbe time when
they are first set out If tbe young
trees ss tbey come from the nursery
are tail and spindly tbey should be
cut back so as to leavs a trunk of tbs
desired height While this eosy seem
harsh treatment tbe result will be that
sturdy lateral branches will be set out
and a good "head" start od when ooth
lng of the kind would be possible were
tbe tree allowed to continue its vertical
growth uninterrupted. Tbe finishing
of tbe lob may have to be carried
through several sua sops, and the
amount that will need to be done from
time to time win be Indicated some
what by tbe habit of growth of the
tree and the definite Idee! or type of
tree which tbe orchardlst may have ta
WhOe the Holatstn cow Johanna
rr.'n CbfauKha holds the world's res
ord so far an mftk and better podns
(ton
during any given year is eon-
tbe Jersey cow Jacobn Irone
has completed n three years' better
peed action that has never M
Pairing the year 0O8 aba gave
X1JD1 MBBhSs of milk, wmch
triaaiit tJ siHi of bat
ter fat; ta 1907 she gave MJDS poande
tt tX6 per sent asHk, wkecb showed
raa pens de ef hotter fat whOe last
rear her mo nM was itjso
tasttea- EJS and gfrtog flM bobs as of
- . .
better fat er the equtreleot f 1423
pounds of 81 raw eetrt better. Added to
tbw rewiarkaMe eaoftneos mOk gte
tosT pel r-iruiaava. Jacobn bene has
prodorrd rhrse healthy carves, wueh
p leearg the asare usaana
Me. Ilaey win watch with laearest w
so If her tn record Is aa Janprce
at en that of ISC
Whsfe la rrwnde ef good reads fen
that ouMe a step wee taken along the
One ef seeing aoese at their hopes raa
i mm ai
tttatioa was adoptee
asrthortstaa- stale aid tv the awOdiee
Improving ef pabttc roads ant
higlrwajn. If the stale aid thaw a
is mam ajaoer proper spem
rOt wfi! eotse net only froa
the reads tlrtOf fun pro red. bet en eo-
Thaws over the stats whsrh shoadd aid
them to the work wsaW thesr charge.
The' gradually Increasing price
corn during the past three years
quite accurately reflected In the de
crease In the exports of the cereal
Tho exports for 1006 were 102,618,811
bushels, in 1007 83500,872 bushels
while during 1908 but 87,077,717 bush
els were sent abroad.
One farmer living three or font
miles from Twin Falls, Ida,, report!
three crops of alfalfa from a forty
acre tract that measured In tbe stack
ten tons per acre. This Is calculated
to give tbe eastern granger, who strug
glea hard to cure two tons per acre
In a season, a sort of tired feeung.
- Complaint ts being made tn several
states that shipments of ornamental
shrubs and plants from Holland, an
France ore badly Infested with 'egg
of the brown tailed moth. Of forty-
three shipments into one state Inspec
tion by state officers showed thai
twenty-oue were Infested with tbe pest
Estimates issued by tbe crop report
lng board of the department of agrl
culture give tbe amount of corn In tbi
farmers bands on March L 1909, ai
89.8 per cent of last year's crop, equiv
alent to 1,947,763,000 bushels. It Is
Umated that 21.8 per cent of thu
amount will be shipped out of tlx
counties In which it was grown.
The increased attention devotod to
tbe growing of alfalfa has resulted in
tbe putting on tbe market of an alfal
fa cultivator which works on tb
disk fashion, but has spiked teeth to
place of tbe disk blades. It ts said
that tbe new machine loosens the sur
face soil thoroughly end kills the
weeds without seriously Injuring the
alfalfa roots.
A good many farmers have adopted
the plan of sowing some clover seed
with all small grain, and tbe idea to si
excellent one. Tbe practice la worth
while oven If tbe clover Is plowed un
der hi tbe fall. To give best results M
should be allowed to grow tbe second
season, a crop being taken off In June
and tbe second growth plowed under
in tbe fall, when the well developed
root systems will add materially tt
the nitrogen supply of tbe soil.
It ts only fair to state the truth
about sugar beets In tbetr relation to
a maintenance of soil fertility, and
that ts that they take from tbe soO
a smallor amount of fertilising ele
ments than do potatoes, cabbage Of
corn, much less than wheat or oats
and only about one-tblrd as much as
timothy bay,- The frequent cultiva
tions of the soil which accompany the
growing of beets put It tn Ideal con
dition for any succeeding crop. In S
rotation containing clover, alfalfa,
peas or beans beets would work in
nicely in fact eould hardly be Im
proved upon as a tflled crop.
That tuberculosis baa oeoslderabh
capacity to spread to shown In the ex
perience of one northern dairyman
whose herd at the first testing showed
twelve Infected animals out of fifty
bine head. Be failed to take action
with n view to disposing of the dis
eased animals, and when some time
later n second tubsreutin test was ap
plied sixty-seven animals eat of a hun
dred gave evidence of being affected
with tbe malady. This Instance could
doubtless be duplicated In the experi
ence of hundreds who ara following
tbe dallying poucy to save a tow dol
lars st the start hot who wffl and
their delay to dealing with the afro
tioa In tbe end both costly and trying.
Tbe cumulative evidence relative U
the operation of the milking machine
would seem to Indicate that it to an
fmnrovetnent which bas come to stay.
A number of tests which have been
studied and tabulated under the dlres
Oon of the Wisconsin oipailuiont sta
tion show results which are, oo the
whole, very favorable, tba machine
being exoDomlcal tn operation wtth fif
teen cows or more, while tbe nrllk Is
freer from germs than when secured
by band milking. In practice tt has
been found that tbe cows shrink but
Bttie tn milk flow when transferred
from tbe band to tbs machine system,
and best results were oMstned where
tbe cows were band atrlpped after the
machine work was done.
Let the women vote If tbey went to,
but let them also remember that ne
Influence which tbey can exert at the
ballot bos will twain to squat that
which tbey may have over boys and
alrls properly reared In the botnee
over, which they preside. 'A painful
feature ef many present day problems
which are taking so much time and
attention for eolation Is that they
trace their origin to social ood (lions
which he beyond tbe reach of tho bal
lot boa and wtu be solved not when
women are given the right of eu (Trace,
but when mothers sod fathers devoto
snore time sad thought to tbe rearing
ot tbetr soos and doghtsrs and h
Baking tbe home whet tt ought to be.
Trials ef the Pee.
rd stag yea a song about child hood.
tfes oroae aad garlanded time, bat
I'm weary ef ringing to -wOdwood.'
and there's as ether word that wilt
rhyme, rd warble ef height, sunny
where water and maess are
hiasrf, bet rd hare ts hag ta a fa
atos er ary Base wocJdat M
a east rd sfng ef a We ea the
htnows. where the eVatpfataa and tying
rd have to say seens-
f wtUowa, which weald have
wtth the ease, rd stag
ed tbe sseoaheams that quiver. Has
aa ea the water st night, bnt rd
have ha sBBste eatons sad ttver to make
aB rightBBaporia
! BVatestfoalV t
"That kind of aa ante are yea eotaa
to hayr
'A
as new, I
"It eagbt
to be. It has killed three
When to Lay By Crops.
Frogrfsiive Farmer.
The chief mistake made in lay
ing by the crops is in allowing the
time of the year instead of the
condition of the soil and crops to
determine when cultivation shall
cease.
To save moisture and keep
down weeds and grass are the ob
jects in cultivation. If the crops
are suffering for a lack of moist
ure or from weeds, why stop cul
tivation while the crops are grow
The man who cultivates with
the plow is usually the advocate
of laying by early. Cultivation
is expensive, and late in the sea
son usually Injures the crops by
breaking too many roots. The
man who cultivates shallow and
cheaply, finds it profitable to con
tinue cultivating as long as weeds
are troublesome or the crops are
suffering from lack of moisture,
We know of no other reason for
stopping shallow cultivation, ex.
cept that the crops have complet
ed their growth, or are free of
grass and weeds and have an
abundance of moisture.
It may pay to stop deep culti
vation before any of tho above
conditions are reached ; or it may
pay to cultivate deeply when the
destruction of the roots will do
less injury than tbe presence of
weeds and grass. It is a matter
of methods, and condition of soil
and of the crops, and not the
season of the year, nor number of
cultivations alreads given.
North Carolina News.
Jim DuBose, colored, who kill
ed Arch Belk. also colored in
Charlotte about Christmas, was
arrested last week in Tennessee.
The White Sulphur Springs
property at Mt. Airy, owned by
K. Reynolds, of Mt. Airy, has
been sold to E. D. Steele, of High
Point, for 134,000.
Mrs. J. S. Carter, living near
Gatewood'e Jrtoxe, Caswell county,
died Friday morning from the ef
fect of taking a dose of strych
nine, which she thought to be
quinine, Wednesday night.
Dr. W. II. II. Cobb, a promi
nent physician and citizen, died
Tuesday night at his home at
Goldsboro, aged 68. lie was a
surgeon in the Confederate army
and had practiced medicine at
Goldsboro for 40 yean.
Mrs. Annie Allen, wife of Sam
Allen, of Greenville, committed
suicide Wednesday afternoon by
drowning herself in Tar river.
The woman deliberately ' waded
into the river until she reached
deep water. Her husband sur
vives. She had no children.
Mrs. Charlie Jones, ft widow,
and her family of six, had a nar
row escape from cremation Tues
day night when their home west
of Chapel Hill was burned com
pletely. The family was aroused
at 12 o'clock and the roof fell soon
after they got out of the house.
Newton Enterprise: During the
storm last Friday afternoon Mrs.
Andy Helton, daughter of Mr.
George Bolick, was struck by
lightning. For awhile it was fear
ed that she was fatally injured,
but by night her pulse had be
come strong, and she has fully re
covered.
Col. John M. Galloway, of Madi
son, a prominent citixen and the
largest land-owner In Rockingham
county, died early Wednesday at
his summer cottage at Piedmont
Springs, following a long period
of declining health. He was in
his 74th year. His widow and one
son survive.
Physicians were called to the
vicinity of Old Trinity, Randolph
county, few days ago to see
little boy. Craven Ingram, who
was supposed to have mum pa.
Tba diagnosis discloaoa that the
boy had aa advanced ease of lock
jaw aa ft result of running a nail
into kin foot about tea days pre
viously, aad a few hoars later the
boy died.
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