VOL. XXXIX.
Tutt's Pills
After eatlnfr, persons of n bilious habit
will derive great benefit by taking one
of these pills. If you have been
DRINKING TOO MUCH,
they will promptly relieve the nausea,
SICK HEADACHE———.
and nervousness which follows, restore
the appetite a n d remove gloomy feel
ings. Elegantly sugar coated.
vi 'wiustitlife.
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3. cook:,
A ttor nay - *1 - Law,
CHUHAM, N. C.
Office Patterson Building
Second Floor
DAMERON & LONG
Attorneys-at-Law
B. 8. W. DAMEKON, _ J. ADOLPH LONG
'Phone 250, 'Phone 1008
Piedmont Building, Holt-Nicholson Bid*.
BUrllngton.TN.C. Graham. N. O.
UK. WILL S. LOiVG, Jll,
. DENTIST /. .
Graham - - - - North Carolina
OFFICE IN KJMMONB BUILDING
ACOB A. LONG J. ELMER LONG
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Mothers 1 Have Your pblldrcu Worms I
Are they feverish, restless, ner
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pick their nose or grind their
teeth? Have they cramping pains,
and an irregular and ravenous ap
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of Worms. Worms not only cause
your child suffering, but stunt its
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your child's appetite, regulates
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symptoms disappear and your
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Determined if possible to minim
ize the number of accidents to the
traveling public the,JE>ennsylvania
Railroad Company has called the
attention of its women passengers
to hobble skirts and high heeled
boots. That such srticlea of wear
ing apparel are bad for the trav
eler the company is quite cer
tain and blames six of the recent
accidents on the line# of the Penn
sylvania system to these causes.
In every instance the women who
.were hurt fell from the steps of
Pullman cars.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
lit KW Yon Han Always Bought
Signature of
Oov. Craig has declined to par
don Frank Blue of Burke county,
under sentence of two years for
barn burning,
1
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
MAN'S GREATEST LOVE
By ARTHUR W. BEER.
As he fled along the bleak highway
the one awful thought that possessed
him was the utter hopelessness of ths
situation Into which he had been so
abruptly plunged.
He had not meant to kill him. Ah.
no! such a thought had never found
lodgment In his brain tor an Instant
Why should he harm ths father of the
woman he loved?
He had gone more to plead his cause
with the old man. Words had passed
between them, and the old man. In
senile rage,' had attacked him. Even
then he had not meant to show re
sistance. His sole thought waa to
quiet the old man. But as he had
struggled with him with that end In
view tLey had slipped on the polished
surface of the oaken floor of thn li
brary, and in falling the old man's
head had struck against ths Iron
bound corner of a massive aaeient
chest, and he had lain still.
Presently, in the deep gloom of his
Inner being a spark of hope glowered.
What if the old man were not really
dead? True, he had thought to make
sure, but he should not have given up
so soon. At any rate, he should have
faced the situation manfully; should
have aroused old Sarah, the sole do
mestic of the old widower's big bouse;
and Clarloe—no I he never could have
told Clarice.
He began to retrace his steps fe
verishly. What a distance he had
traveled in his Insane flight t Suppose
that- he found the household aroused
upon his return?
As at lgngth he neared the houss.
he perceived that the lowered win
dows were lighted up.
But surely that fitful, flaring light
was no ordinary illumination? Ha
suddenly recalled that In his struggle
with the old man the burning logs of
the great open fire In the library had
been scattered. He had afterward
thrown them back, but some stray
coals must have remained behind and
now on fire! •
He rushed forward; but he might
as well have hurled himself against a
rock as against that massive front
door; and aB for the lower windows,
they were heavily crossed with Iron
bars.
And Clarice? Clarice was no doubt
sleeping calmly enough upstairs. Ha
knew her window.
He dashed madly In the direction of
the born, where he remembered to
have seen a ladder only the other day.
Presently he returned, dragging its
weight after him. and raised It to the
upper window.
He broke the glass with his bar*
hands, unmindful of the wounds It
caused him, and, raising the sash, an
te: ed tho apartment
"Clarice!" he called. "The house Is
afire; come quickly."
He ran to the bead of the stairs.
The lower portion of the house was all
aflame.
Ho gathered her yielding body In his
arms and hurried to the window.
"But where Is father? Oh, you must
save him!" she gasped.
."I will, darling," he said, shudder
ing involuntarily.
He gaxed below. Neighbors, at
tracted by the glare, had commenced
to assemble. One man was already
half-way up the ladder.
He passed her fainting form to the
man on the ladder and rushed back
to arouse old Sarah and direct her to
the means of escape.
Then he began to make his ifty to
the hell of Are below.
It wss then that the great tempta
tion came to him. Why should lie risk
his life for a dead man? Already he
had done all that could reasonably be
required-of him, and the fire would
soon obliterate the traces of that
dread mishap.
But, no! he could not live with that
stain upon bis soul. He eould not
bear the plaudits of the crowtl, nor
her proud words of praise for his he
roism, with the knowledge of the true
state of affairs gnawing at his heart
He fought his way to the library
anT dragged out the singed body of
his late adversary. Through the hall,
and to the doorway he struggled with
his burden, but the smoke and flames
overcame him, and he sank down Just
within the portal.
Meanwhile, from the outside they
were battering down the door with
axes, and presently they rushed In,
regardless of the flames that belched
forth, and carried out the blackened
bodies.
One grave contained thete; and.
kneeling by the. marble shaft that
marks Its site, you may often see a
sad faced, black-garbed woman. Be
sides names and dates, the shaft bears
this Inscription:
"Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life tor
his friend."
(Copyright by Dally Story Pah. CoO
Dls WeoM am RMs>
The imperial 0 era an library, which
possesses the original text of the na
tional anthem, "Die Wacht am Rhetn."
signed by the author. Max Schneoen
burg. has been further enriched by the
gift of the original music from a per
son whoso name the librarian cannot
divulge. The report states that the
"musk Is written on a quarto sheet
of music piper" and bears the sigaa
ture, "Compos, d on March 10, llil,
by Karl Wilbnim at Knefeld." The
ehec» appears to bsve been dedicated
to the • rfltepci'jrt friend, Wllhelm
ONef.' a of '.he mas to, also
I'u. ofliboser, slightly
'J- I* prvsvr «a at the Oerass
Csed Besses for His Ksthsslasab
When a man. has suffered for
several days with colic diarrhoea,
or other form of bowel comi.laint,
and Is then cured sound and well
by two doses of Chamberlain's col
ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
as is often the case, it Is but nst
ural that he should be enthusias
tic inn the praise of the remedy,
and, especially is this the case of
a severe sttack when the life
is threatened. 'Try it when in
need of a remedy. It never fails.
Sold by all dealers.
INSECT ENEMIES OF MANKIND
Most of tho Spsclss Known to Science
Do Incalculable Harm During
Their Short Lives.
Our instinct to kill Insects is per
fectly sound. Out of the quarter of a
million species now known to science
a mere handful are even remotely
helpful to man, and most of these only
by their power of living upon other
and more dangerous insects. On ths
other hand, thousands of species are
acuvsly hostile to man, to his food
1 plants and to his domestic animals.
I Whole tribes have been swept out of
I existence by the sttack of insects car-
I rying bacilli—as within ths last two
( decadss, in Central Afrlca.br the dread
"sleeping sickness" carried by the
tsstse fly. Whole nations have been
weakened and crippled and whole civ
ilisations retarded by another insect
borne disease, malaria.
Indeed, recent Investigators bsve
advanced the theory that the historic
decline of both Greece and Rome waa
largely due to the ravages of this dis
ease, brought into Europe by armlea
returning from wars In Asia and Afri
ca. It may yet come, when we see
things In thslr true perspective, that
the warriors of civilised nations will
turn from slaughtering one another
to battling against our Insect enemies.
—Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in "Common
DUeaaes."
DONKEY TOOK UP THE TUNE
Comment of Arab Dragoman Not Alto
gether Complimentary to Vocal
Powers of the Bishop.
At a gathering in the house of an In.
tlmate friend a certain bishop waa Joc
ularly invited by the hostess to sing.
He declined, saying that the following
inoident would fully indicate what
were his talents in the realms of mu
sic:
He was Journeying through Pales
tine, in company with a very close ac
quaintance, and one evening after be
and his friend, who shared the tent
with him, had retired to'reat, the bish
op begsn humming an old tune with
plenty of runs and repetitions. His
companion joined in, and the two
started a verse of a wsll-known hymn.
Before the verse Was ended a don
key Just outside the font brayed as
only a donkey in the eaat can May,
and gave vent to the noise with the ut
most extent of the lui/g power that he
possessed. While the hills of Judea
were sending bsok tlje echoes of this
most untimely perforotance the Arab
dragoman, or guide, sot hla head Inside
the tent and, apologltftg for the don
key, said:
"Ha, you sing one tune he think he
know I"
High Tor at Matlock. .
Should the dynanlte e/perts hsve
their way and a surgical operation be
performed on the Htfth Tor at Matlock
the great Derbyshire peak will at least
be In the fashion; for lately eeveral
huge blastings havs taken place to
save the threatened lives of wayfarers
passing beneath orerbanglng crags.
Even the High Tor must, bow to time
and frost, and tho lopping off of a
shaky limb will leave untouched the
charms which Rua(ln found 60 years
ago In that part of the "lovely child's
alphabet," with its enchanted changes
and terrorless' grotesques. To him It
,wss a region whsre "if the trout lifted
up their heads and talked to you you
would be no more surprised than if It
were the Arabian Nights." And nitro
glycerin cannot touch that—London
Chronicle.
Dogs.
There Is probsbly truth In the con
tention that all dogs are by origin re
lated to ths wolf, but It Is wrong to
claim that our canine friend is the
"most intelligent of the lower ani
mals." Some dogs are wonderfully
bright, but by common consent of
those who have studied the subject
the wisest of sll ths "dumb brutes" is
ths slsphant not sxceptlng even the
"mgn-llke spa." Many dogs are very
quick-witted, as are some other ani
mals, but the elephant Is "loog-head
ed," a real reasonsr, a downright pbll-i
osopher. Some of the stories told of
the elephant, and apparently well
authenticated, too, are almost incred
ible.
Buildings of Asbestos.
Asbestos plaster, used In the sams
manner as ooocrsts at ths prsssnt 1
time, will, so a western construction
concern bsllsves, solve several prob
lems. It Is clslmsd not only that build
ings coostrwetsd of such material
would bo absolutely fireproof, DO mat
ter bow hot a Ore might be raging on
either side, bat thst the use of such |
plaster, which is a poor conductor of.
host, would save fuel la winter and'
keep Interiors 000 lln summer. Asbes
tos Is also sound proof, which Is an ad
ditional feature of Importance, particu
larly In the construction of hotsls, fao
toriss and the Ilka.
Opportunity.
Its been U>' sayln' far ysars that
opportunity only knocks once, an' yet
lots o' us bavs gone t' tb' door a hun
dred tlmee either broke * afraid f
take a chance. Opportunity Is Jist
llks Dan Csptd when It comss t' re
liability. It don't guarantee nothln'.
It jist ssys: "Tou quit tb' livery
stabla an' taks that Job at th' saw
mill." or "you buy them lots esst o'
th' mill pond aa' they'll doable In
prlo* In a year." Opportunity seems
f go on th' theory that ever Middy
has got nsoney. If some fellers Jist
had tb* opportunity . they'd be brok
en th' time, or keep somotuddy »!r
b-rh« Ul th' time.— H*r Tim*-
■easarabls Cars efDyaeatery.
"I waa attacked with dysentery
about July 15th snd used the
doctor's medicine snnd other rem
edies with no relief, only getting
worse sll the time. I was unable
to do nnnything sad my weight
dropped from 146 to 145 pounds.
I suffered for about two months
when I waa sdt ised to try
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ana
Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two
bottles of it snd it rave me per
manent relief." writes B. W. Hill
of Bnnow Bill, N, C., Por sale by
all dealers.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,
11 LAMB CHOPS, ENGLISH STYLE
» Across ths Water They Are Generally
Served With Green Peas, snd
Comblnstlon Is Dellcloue.
Wipe each chop lylth a damp cloth
1 snd trim off any extra fat. Break an
> egg in a sauoer, add a tablespoonful
' of warm water and beat with a fork
' Just enough to break the strlnglness.
r Have ready a quantity of dried and
1 sifted bread crumbs. Cracker crumbs
1 are often used, but do not give aa
I crisp a crust. Dip each chop In the
' egg, lift tip and drain for a moment,
" then roll In the crumbs. Repeat un
til the. chops are breaded. In a
? saucepan put a tablespoonful of but
ter, one-half of a teaspoonful each of
' salt and sugar and one-quarter of a
1 teaspoonful of pepper. Place over
" ths Are, and as soon as hot add ons
1 quart of shelled peas. Cover and
I shake for two or three minutes, add
' Just enough boiling water to keep
| from burning and oook, adding a little
water as needed until tender. Hsvs
a quantity of fat In a saucepan. Heat
1 until amoklng hot Plunge In two or
three chops at a time; In half a mln
' ute draw to the side of the Are and
cook more slowly. They should be
done In from Ave to eight minutes, so
cording to the thickness of the chops.
' Drain on unglaxed paper. Heap the
I peaa In the center of a platter and
range the chopa round.
An easy way to polish solid silver
and plated ware Is to rub the tarnished
. places with a piece of raw potato,
- dipped In common baking soda. This
. Is quickly done and the allver does
[ not Incline to retarnlsh so soon aa with
t other polishes.
Try wiping the patting on bedroom
floors with a mop wrung out of salt
- water, before sweeping. Rinse as
- often as necessary to take up the duat.
I I Then it requires only a moment to
t sweep up and you have no dust flying.
Bocks and stockings should be
t darned on the right side, so that the
i smooth part of the mended place will
i come next to the foot, thus preventing
. Irritation.
It la much better when cleaning
i rugs or Brussels carpets to lay on the
, graaa right side down, beat thorough- 1
■ ly, then turn on to a clean place and
i sweep well, aa It does not wear tbem
. so much as to whip them on a clothes
I line.
i A little vinegar In water will clean
i: snd brighten windows better than
J anything else.
When eggs are broken and can not
i be used at once, remove from the
shell and keep well-covered In a cool
place. This will prevent the yolks
from hardening.
Bride's Cake.
Cream one-half cupful of butter and
add graduslly, while besting constant
ly. one and one-half cupfuls of fine
granulated sugar; then add one-half
cupful of milk alternately with two
and one-half cupfuls of flour mixed
and sifted with three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one-fourth tea-
I spoonful of cream of tartar. Beat
whites of six eggs until stiff and add
to first mixture. Flavor with one-half
teaapoonful of almond extract Baks
In a moderate oven. Cover with
White Mountain cream froatlng.
Decorate with ornamental frosting, or
not ss you like.
Raspberry Pressrve.
Try this raspberry preserve. You
will pronounce It O. K. Take Ave
pounds of berries (or 'double the
amount If you wish), put tbem In a
large bowl, put three pounds of sugar
on top of the berries, and let stand j
for two hours. Then take one pound
of sugar, pour over three cups of wa
ter, let It boll to a sirup, then add
your berries and boll till a white foam !
forma. Then remove foam, cool off ,
and bottle It. Use pint and quart
Jars. This will keep for years.
Versslllss Custsrd.
Cook a cup of granulated sugar over
' a hot Are until It becomes caramel,
i Turn quickly Into your baking dish,
moving It so as to coat the sides and
bottom with ths mixture. This must
be done quickly as the caramel bard
ens rapidly, Maks a custard as uausl.
turn Into your wsll-costsd dish snd
bake until Arm In the center. Chill
| thoroughly. To serve turn out on a
1 glans dish. The caramel gives s de
licious flavor and makes s splendid
saves.
Cleaning Ebony Brushes.
For cleaning ebony brushes the fot
lowing Is very good: Before wsshlng.
I rub s little vaseline over ths bscks, aa
, this prevents the smmonla or sods Is
r ths wster from Injuring ths sboay.
The vssellne should afterwsrd be
rubbed off and the baoks polished with
a dry cloth
Sorting Hose.
Tska stockings when new and, with
a thread of contrasting color, pat a
small mark In ths hem of sack, mark
ing each pair differently. This will
savs a great deal of time whan sort
lag pairs after bsing laundered.
Iron Ruet on Linen.
When linen becomes rusted from
ths iron, oxalic acid and hot water
applied before wssblng rsmovss the
stalaa. After using ths add rinse the
linen a fsw times, whleh leaves ths
linen beautiful and white.
Uee Quicklime.
Aa earthen dish of quicklime placed
la cloeets will absorb moisture, act as
a disinfectant and hasp rata and mlee
away.
' Osstly, Treeteirat.
"I was troubled with constipa
tion and indigestion snd spent
hundrede of dollars for medicines
and treatment" Writes C. H. Hincs
of 'Whitlow,- Ark. "I went to s
St. Louis hospital, also to s hos
pital in New Orleans, Out no cure
wss effected. On returninng home
I begsn taking Chamberlain's Tab
lets, snnd worked right sloffg. I
used them for some time snd
now sm all right." For ssle by sll
dealers.
COOL AND NUTRITIOUS
. . 3
WELL-MADE MILK-SHAKE A DE
LIGHT ON A HOT DAY.
Easy to Maks st Homs, Provldsd ths
| Nsesssary Utensils Ars st Hsnd,
snd Thsy Ars Cheap snd Esa
lly Procured.
A food drink of real nutritive vslus
and tempting appearance and taate Is
the well mads milk shaks. It la a
lunch In Itself for a warm summer's
day, and Is always a satisfying bsv
srage for one who Is hungry and tired.
Ths home mads milk shaks Is Just
as good ss ths one mads by ths vsry
best oonfeotloaary, If* It is properly
made. To begin with. II you would
be a past mastsr In the art of shaks
making, you must possess yourself of
a shaker. One t>{ nickel plate that to
strotag enough to stand hard shaking,
mads with a screw cover snd a little
spout through which ths shake can
be poured Into a glass, costs about
two dollars. The spout to oovsrsd
with a small t'p which can be un
surewsd, and this Is fastened to the
| top by s short chain which kesps It
from being esslly lost. Shakers for
I lass than a dollar can also be bought,
and tbey are quite ss satisfactory for
making s good milk shaks.
For an egg milk shake, break an
egg Into the shaker, add Asvortng and
sweetening, half fill the shsker with
rich milk and shaks vigorously. In
both hands, for thrss or four minutes.
Pour It Into a glass and All It with
milk. If a plain milk ahake la want
| sd. put Asvorlng, sweetening snd milk
In ths shaker and shake them together
| by holding one hand over the top, the
other over the bottom of the shsksr,
snd shaking vigorously from ths si
bows.
If vanilla or soms other Asvorlng ex
tract Is used, swsetenlng, either In the
form of granulated sugar or a swsst
sirup made by melting augar over the
Are In Juat enough water to boll It la
solution, must be ussd with It. If a
flavoring sirup Is used that to general
ly suAlclaatly swset
Chocolate sirup can be kept on
hand for making milk shakes. To
maks It, mix a third of a cupful of
oocoa with two cupfuls of granulated
sugar. Orsduslly sdd a cupful of boil
ing water and let the mixture boll for
Bra mlnutee. When It to cold add a
teaspoonful of vanilla and a teaspoon
, ful of vsry strong ooffse. This mix
ture of flavors produces a delicate
taste, but the coffee can be omitted
and twice as much sugar added In
stesd. About two tsaspoonfuls of ths
sugar ars nasded for ons glassful of
milk.
If ths milk shske made accordlog
to the directions alraady given proves
too heavy, make It with two-thirds
milk snd ons-thlrd apollinarls watsr,
drawn lea cold from a siphon.
Curtsln Strsps.
Very dslnty curtain strapa may be
made of a strip of Alet nst. Cut the de
sired length and fold the enda to form
a point; alao fold the net along the
sides snd secure it by a line of croes
stltchlng. Embroider a slmpls cross
stitch dsslgn down ths csntsr of ths
strip. At esch snd fsstsn slthsr a"
crocheted or buttonholed ring.
These net embroidered straps ars
vsry sttractlvs when colors matching
the overhanging are ussd for ths woss
stitching. The strips are lovaty to all
wblts with a pattern In tlet darnlag to
take the place of the croes-stlteh pat
terns.
Sour Cream Dreeelng.
Cream together one-quarter cup each
sugsr snd butter, one tableepooa each
salt, flour and mustard and a fsw
grains cayanns. Scald half-pint Jar
light cream which haa been soured.
Add ths yolks of two sggs to ths first
mixture with the scalded cream. Cook
over hot water, stirring eoostantly un
til ths mixture begins to tblcksa, then
add half a cup vinegar, gradually, stir
ring constantly and finish thlcksnlng.
Strain and cool.
dinger Sauoe.
Bruise one or two pieces of whols
ginger, put tbem Into a saucepan with
three ounces of loaf sugar and a plat
of water and boll for severs! minutss,
thn skim and strain ths liquor. Mix
a little arrowroot smoothly with a lit
tle cold water, stir la the other liquor,
return It all to the stewpaa and stir
over the Are till thickened aad boiling,
when It Is rsady for the table.
Cork Filling for Pillow*.
Oet from your grocer a quantity of
the ground cork In which grapes are
packed. With It All pillows for the
porch snd hammock. They are light
and comfortable and are not Injured
by a storm. There to no danger of
their drawlag dampnees and becoming
matted, as so msny fillings do.
For Fsrfumlng Hsndksrchlefs.
Brsak up a quarter of an ounce of
orris root snd tie ap la a place ot
muslin Bell with the handkerchiefs
for a quarter of aa hour, using about
three plats of wster to a quarter ouace
of orris root When dry Iron carefully
aad you will find your haadkerehtoCs
will retain a delicate violet odor.
Laundry Hlac
Wbea wsshlng drees ss with patent
fasteners oa them, fasten them before
washing This keeps the springs all
right aad saves time snd trouble
Te Kssp Onlena.
Heat a poker red hot aad with It
sings thn roots to prevent all prams
tare growth; ptaoe In a dry ssM
Belief la Ms Hears
Distressing Kidney snd Iliad-
Del- Disesse relieved in six boon
by the "NEW GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CUBE." It Is
a great surprise on account of Its
exceeding promptness in relieving
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POULTRY
•mis-
ROOSTER LOWERS EGG YIELD
Interesting Tssts Made at New York
Experiment Station on Presence
of Malea In Flock.
The belief used to be general many
years ago that hens would not lay
without tho presence of a male bird
In the flock. And even today there
are a few people that contend the
male stimulates egg production to a
-greater or less extent. Men who
have raised poultry for years still
cling to this notion and persist In
keeping a lot of males hanging about
Where only eggs sre wanted.
The New York Experimental sta
tion made up four pens of pullets,
two consisting of pure-bred stock and
two of mixed stock. With one pen of
each class cockerels wsre kept, while
with the others none were allowed.
Tho cockerels were put with the two
pens two months before any began
laying. Some pullets In each of ths
two pens In which no cockerels wers
put began laying a month before any
In the two containing cockerels. The
fowla were of the Asiatic breeds and
rather persistent sitters. No attsmpt
was made to discourage any of the
hena from sitting, and th&re seemed
to be no difference In the relstive
number of sitters In ths contrasted
pens. Of the cross-bred pullets the
lot without males laid better through
out the sesson and also during thsr
best egg sesson. Of ths other lot
ths one without msles begsn laylrita
earlier and did better than ths one
with msles during the first part of
ths season, but It fell slightly behind
for the Isttsr months, though during
thst period they kept even with the
lot which wss accompanied by males.
It was thought that the vice of feath
er eating which broke out in this pen
hsd much to do with the falling off
In egg production.
From these experiments It would
ssem that the preeence of males has
S detriments! Influence upon the egg
yield. This Is slso the theory sd
vaneed by many In recent years, and
It Is now prstty generally acoepted
by prominent egg farmers.
HINTS ON DUCKS AND GEESE
Nswfy Hstchsd Goslings Wslgh About
1 Four Ouncss—Turkeys Ars
Slow st ths Stsrt.
A Pekln duckling weighs sbout two
ouacss when hstched sad should tske
on weight.as follows: Three to four
weeks, 1 pound; six to eight weeks,
4 to 4H pounds; snd at tan wseks,
Whits Chins Qssse.
to ( pounds. Ducklings should bo
marketed from nine to twelve weeks
of ags. After thst thsy tske on weight
slowly, and It Is not profitsble fS keep
them longer than twelve weeks.
Oeeee grow sbout ss rspldly ss
ducks. Allowsncs of course must bn
made for the original difference In
slso—nswly hstched goslings weigh
ing about four ounces. Turkeys do
not grow rspldly st the stsrt, but de
velop much quicker sfter three months
of age.
[IWLWNim
It is bard to fattsa a stunted
chicken.
Boys and girls should be encouraged
to raise poultry.
Wet feet are just as bad for hens
as thsy ars for folks.
Ths hsn that laya 100 sggs In a
year Is doing mighty good laying.
For the elty dnarket there Is noth
lag betwseo ths broiler snd roaster.
■very week there should he a fresh
supply of alaaa, Ins sarth In the dust
box.
No wondsr some men's bens nsver
weigh anything. Ths lies have Just
about carried them away.
Nobody wants to buy a dirty sgg,
and ths only way to ksep the eggs
clean Is to ksep ths asets clean.
Mlddllnga aad com meal wet with
skim milk make a Ana forcing fssd
lor culls that are to he marketed.
Spraying a chicken house with 1
to 2S solution of llme-salphur will
sffectually destroy sll alts and lies.
Aa unruly or greedy rooster has
no place la a chicken yard; the
dinner table Is ths safest roost for
him.
Well managed poultry Is preferable
to farm corps la that poultry will pro
duee aa Income at all times of the
year.
There la no so* thlag as egg lay
ing type. Thsrs to bat one true test
a« the layer, and that to by ths aid
of the trap aesC .
Lumberton Robesonian X good
Indian woman, who, It is said,
claims to hsvs faith eoaal to that
of Peter of old, got It oil on a
rrowd that had gathered from all
ways at Moss Neck Sunday after
noon a week to sec her wslk on
water as she had Ivt the word out
that she ttoul do that selfsame
thing. She was there and all, but
Just before she wss to wslk on the
still wstera of the mill ponl she
sjaimed that the Lord, in . whom
she had such great faith, told her
to wait until the pert Sunday—
snd. she is waiting.
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' QUESTION. REMAINS A PUZZLE
Unable to Tell Just What Country
First Pound Valua of
Cotton. |
Where did cotton originate? The
Queatlon cemes up becauae Brazil
claims that it la lndlgenoua to the
I Amazon valley. It la a (act beyond
, dispute tbat cotton, from the earliest
ages of the world, has been grown in
' China and for five to ten tbouaand
yeara the people of that country have
I worn cotton clothes. The same la
, 1 true of India. There la no record of a
time when the people of India did not
. wear cotton cloth, at least a atrip of
; it
On the American continent the rec
ord la much shorter but oquaiiy aa
( positive. The flrat white taen found
. cotton cloth a regular dress or the
Indians of Mexico and the Indiana of
Peru.
j It Is impossible to say where cotton
originated unless It was originated on
two continents. The lost Atlantis
may have connected the old world
with the new, and cotton may have
been carried from the new world to
the old, or It may have been brought
to America many thousanda of yeara
ago. All In all we can see no reason
why Brazil should claim the distinc
tion of having originated cotton.
Neither Peru, Mexico, Perala nor Chl
-1 na would conaent to that.
I Wool la the oldest of fabrics, cotton
Is next and silk third.
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.HAVE A SENSE OF MEMORY
I I
1 Experiments Prove That Horses Are
' v Capable of Remembering Either
j,-" -3 Pleasure or Pain.
The horse la generally considered a
' stupid animal, and ao he Is about
[Nmany things. But be certainly haa a
of a kind. A correspondent In
; tie Glasgow, Scotland, News, tells of
an animal which conveys bis majesty's
malls from the postofflce to the sta
tion, and be Is actually capable of cal
culating particular runs,
t It la the practice of hla driver to
lunch prevloua to taking away the
sixth load of mall and, being rather
deficient In molara himself, hla horae
falls heir to the crusts of bis master's
"piece." Occasionally, for the delec
tation of the staff, be endeavora to de
part with the sixth load without eat
ing the lunch or handing over the
crusts; but hla calculating horse can
not be induced, even with cliastlse
ment, to lekve until the customary
feed haa been forthcoming.
The same nntmal on unother run
enjoys a delicacy In the form of ba
nana skins at the station, and should
the supply of skins ever run out, let
ters would be delayed.
Some horses show by their man
ners that they don't forget when they
have Buffered pain from operations,
such as firing snd docking.
Way of the World.
The poor man, penniless, friendless,
wfcs starving.
Rather than that, he cast himself
; In the river to drown.
A passerby, seeing the poor man in
the water drowning, plunged in, swam
to him, and brought him, almost In
bis last gasp, ashore.
There waiting hands labored with
the poor man and at last brought bliu
back to life.
Then they congratulated the poor
man on there having been help at
hand to aave him from a watery
grave.
And making up a purse for the
brave fellow who had thus gone to
the poor man's rescue, he and they
went their waya.
And the poor man starved.—Brown
ing's Magazine.
Modern Salome.
Queen Victoria, who was very fond
of step dancing, one night at Ral
moral asked her maid, who she knew
had been taking lessons of an emi
nent dancing mistress,'for a little ex
hibition of her art. Princess Henry
of Ilattenbcrg, chief musician on the
piano, at her mother's court struck up
a tune on the piano, and Miss Lam
haft forthwith began her dance. Tho
queen, delighted, aaked ber at Its
close to name something she would
like Tor a reward. Now the maid of
honor was conservative In the ex*
treme. "I should like,' she said, "tho
head of Mr. tabouchere on a'charger."
Emily Drome's Poems Sold.
One csn Imagine tho aardonlc smile
with which Kmlly lironto might re
ceive the tidings that five of ber un
publiahed poems have been aold for
tltt. Kor, when the three sisters,
heedless of "repeated warnings of va
rious respectable publishers"—as Char
lotte records—"committed the rash act
of printing a volume of poems," the
receipts cannot have totaled much
more than IS pence. In tbe spsce of
a year the publisher disposed'of Just
two copies! The rest of the edition
was distributed gratis to friends or
sold as waste paper.
'Aged Here.
Aboot 800 years ago there lived In
Agshelln, a little town In Asia Minor,
an Imam, or village parson, the Khoja
Nasr-ed IXn Kffendl. Harry Charles
Lukach says that one day a camel
passed slong tbe street In which the
Khoja lived, and one of tbe Kboja'a
neighbors who had never aeen a camel
before ran to ask him what this
strange beast might be.
"Don't you know wbst this IsT" said
the Khoja. who also had never seen
a camel, but would not betray his Igno
rance. "That la a hare a thousand
years old."
Big preparations are being made
for tbe celebration of Labor Day
—Monday, September Ist—at Spen
cer, this being an annual event.
Many attractions will be offered.
The first bale of new crop North
Carolina cotton was aold Tues
day a week, at Morven, Anson
county, by W .D .Ratliffe. The
bale weighed (25 pounds and sold
for 13 cents a pound.
NO. 29
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of the food in the stomach, so that th 4
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M the 60c bottle. Kodol la preparai at tha
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Grabara Drug Co.
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