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ST LOWEST PRICFS.
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Table Delicacies '-
- in iletr, and i-pM-i.tl attention is
.-id ! inai) orders of out -of-t wn ens-
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Sj)ecial Prices to
Merchants in Job Lots.
ni: Trt.vr'-sjvj&r- T-j vtwwl tko- "tjm
'al! n id u yhen
w'. m vour older.
in Durhuu,
CMioti.ti n;s on :in thing furnished on
i plicatir.n
Yf!irs truly,
O'BRIEN &
MAIN STKKF.T. '
HENRY,
CO.,
DURHAM.
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. A TRUE It FART
Id are the lips of my -larlinr, my tear,
-Swt arMl lips o: rnv own;
1 V hke.,, h-e at j.pr b. U'.in, moijth sip,
Li :uik'.ii witl. passion brore he has flovru.
r'ut oht ami oh.
Rd lips n hi pal wmo (lav,
"VYh .! a tni" hart lats for aye.
Gray nr The eye of my darling, my dear.
bright are th. eye o' rny queen,
I'fimi as the irv!nin of tropical stie?,
(iltvi a.-ithe rivulet s mwl-atmmer sheari.
. I'ut oli, and oh, ,
bright eyp-i will dim some dsr,
"Win!, a tr:i hear: lasts for aye.
Bro-rri i: tin tr.-sof my darling, my dear,
S:ik-i: tins tr.s of my fair,
I'.r.v.rr. iv.th a lent cf tin sun's tenJern"s
y.:" m th-; strands oE her beautiful
-hair.-' ViyY '
Hut ci:. and oj '' '?
Sie-k leeks will thin some day.
While a true h art wears for aye.
TrilsoshMon to my darli.ir, mv d-ar
i .. ;s I nt. du to ny 'Vfet;
fc,o h-r ' 1 p.u .: fr.j.u tae jar.ln of son-'
lui iuiy hio-sm to throv,- at thy fet.
Hiu oh, and oh.
r.eu'ity will fa di som; d"r,
nile true h.'art lats for aye.
(Jeoi -eliorUjn, in Chicago Herald.
A STUDY IN PINK.
rY TOITANN'A STAAT7-.
5J HE Pink nurse, Zie
mi ..!.
rauei ner. Ana mat
settled it. After that
it whs no lonei
Annie Durrnnt, but
.n "our itink nurse''
Avith the whole fam-.
to pass that she "was
fitted her well enough, on thewhole,as her
hospital gown she was a trained nurse
her plump cheeks, and evn her dimpled
hands and the ribbons on her stilT cap
were each and all a most lovely pink.
It all happened the sijmmer that
bro'i'j'nt Zie her fifth birthday, when the
family were all out at the summer
home, 'atalpa Cottage, and when a
mighty battle was being fought in a big
front room upstairs between a strange
mystery we., call -haviug no better name
Death, and two famous physicians,
seconded ably by our Pink nurse.
ir tlir: LrTandmother was gazing past
us :di into the gloom, and, dove-like and
gentle, with dl serenity, was bidding us
farewell with a certain stately tenderness
which was al! her own.
And Zie w;i the only one who was
hrippy. And she was happy, as she al
way is happy, because she cannot, for
iiiV, h.eip being so. It is in the warp
and woof of her small being. It is as
much a rYarfcof her as her freckled little;
iiosc, yellow inopof hair and topaz, eyes.
One blue summer morning, after our
invalid ha t had a bad night, and our
Fink nurse w as far more white than pink,
j so'- was sent inro rne oio-iasnioneu gar
den :o steal a litth color from the soft
air. Zie immediately extended the hos
pitality of her hammock, which waa
strtchc'i la.ily between two snowy,
blossoming Cataipa . tree-f, and there the
two sat. and win- very gUd they were
alive, fur it w;;s the month of June,
whu li w.il.at once explain that, gladness.
"You are very pretty !'' slid Zie
i irravelr, by a.-.v wav of beinjr airreeabk-.
' i m
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ttV. too.
I'm L'lad. Areh I
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O'.i I dor.'t know.''
T'.nt doa't sound true. Are you mar
lied.'" pursued Z-e, vith an air.
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Why thn": you get mirried?"
"Nimo.lv want- me!" rinoled out the
Fink purse b.-twecn laughs.
l'.ut your n:me is Annie. IIan"t
cv( ry A. uric got a Joe?' remarked Zie,
with a lUiZ'-ment.
Ani iie story would have ea led right
here l-ei:v it b.-giu if a rnan at that
mcmei:t had n.it been passing dowu the
hoard walk. There was notning singu-
1 !ar about his being there, or in the fact
I that Im n:une s'uould be Joe Joe It in.
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lev. JJUt alter, lie missed, it was a htt c
singular that Jftic back
tars should sr closelv
of his neck and
match our Pink
mice's lac, who was blushing also.
"Oh, you awful child! What will you
do or say ne.v? It wis the teleaph
ojicrator who sends thy dispatches to
your grandfather in Washington ahd
liis name is Joc.M Anl the Pink nurse
made a great pretense of be.ng painfull v
shocked, and ran, with a great rustle of
!kirt?, into the le ,;s'.
"And her name i Auaie," a Ided Zt
j her-ehwhi'c t'ac pupils of her eyes
1 grew very big, and lb? little bits of gold
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p. ,
MiWA v. tm:
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-un ia them disappeare 1, and ths rest j
u( the day she wa very quiet. . j
Now the telegraph operator lived ju?t j
up the hill only a biock beyond Citafpi '
Cottage, and Zte's hammock was very 1
r.eur the board walk on which he passed
ro aud fro several times a day. '
That evening a surprise was in store
for Mr. Jiipley. Just at duk, while all ;
:bas here taking ou the gray-greens of
wihght, he walked soberly home to sup-
i..T. "When exactly opposite a certain
"namninck a s i jiii v"olCc piped up in aa j
athorativc manner: '
-Will you p!eae be kind enou-h to
come here?" j
Mr. liipley thoughtfully rubbed his ;
right loot over his left foot, took his ;
handkerchief out of the crown of hh
straw hat, aud, after wiping his face
rarrurry replaced it. Then followed
the suggestions offered by the small
vo:c :
'Well, kW! What is it?"
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44 i m not a kid.
I'm a girl. And
ny name is ic. I didn i b.iv imfii
ro-day that your name was Joe. Our j holds in solution 1800 grains or over two
Pink nurse told rue. Would you mind ; ounces of water. This water has natur
telling rne if you've an Annie aireadvF' ally a blue color, inherent in it, and tha
"Fve no Annie," and Mr. Rinlev r color is caused bv the effect of lio-hr.
grinned.
'Would you like one.?"
"I don't mind."
4 'Because I knosv one.'
"So?"
Ws. That'3 our Pink nurse's name.
4 j ,
v itches you from behind the cur-
"So?"'
4kThat's all," added Zie with dignity.
4 4 You can go now."
And Mr. Rip'ey went home, but Mr.
Ripley ha since confessed that die never
felt so queer in all his life, and further
..more acknowledged that if he had hoi
got religion during the previous spring
he should have been tempted to believe
in Fate.
And in fact Mr. Itipley, the village
telegraph operator, began to act as if
under some sort of a spell. Just in front
of Catalpa Cottage, out near the primi
tive horse-block, there was a loose plank.
It was a singular fact that the window
where the Pink nurse lurked-comraandc i
a view of this loose planK.
Now, avoid that plank as he would,
Mr. Ripley no sooner reached that spot
each day, in the full consciousness of th
eyes behind the window curtain, and th5
calm, judicious aspect of a small figure
in the hammock, than some demon lured
him to it, stubbed his toe with it, and
allowed him to pass on with ' neck and
ears a perfect match to the Pink nurae.
One day he distinctly 'heard a titter
from behind the curtain.
4Xever mind," came thg small voice
from the hammock, 443he likes you just
the same, if she does lamrh af you. She
wouldn't watch for you everyday, you
know, if she didn't." Which was a
sensible conclusion for a five-year-old
girl.
But that plank grew to be a night
mate to Mr. Ripley, the telegraph opera
tor. Every day he. found it there.
One night at midnight Zie had a
dream. All in the moonlight of a per
fect June night she heard the fairies:
'Knock ! knock ! knock!1'
4lIt sounded real," she announced
over her oatmeal porridge.
Aud it probably was, to some extent,
for the plank was fouu 1 firmly fixed, in
Its place that morning by three bright,
new nails.
44It's coming true," whispered Zie'to
himself, and she told the same thing in
strictest confidence to three intimate
friends, after the fashion of her sex.
But as they happened to be merely a
hop-toad, a demure lady-bug and a gaudy
humming-bird, the secret was still a
secret. j
That night when Mr. Ripley went
home to his supper, Zie sat on the horse
block. "Did you nail it?'' shs promptly
asked.
4iNail what?" responded Mr. Ripley,
with a brief glance at the window cur
tain.
"The plank. I thiok. it was a fairy.
She thinks it was you. W-n it?" r:-'
But Mr. Ripley passe i on speech
less. And as he went he was quite aagry
to find himself marching to the tuns of:
Soon th3y'il bs marrie I,
Never to psrt.
And, on the last day of Jne, wb$a tus
catalpa blossoms lay like silver upon the
lawn, Zie propounded a remarkable qus
tiou at the luncheon tah'.e.
"Doalltcea saj they never kiuJ
anyone else in all their lives "WJa
th get eosraged. r mean," he askei
with ber mouth ful of sponge-cake.
"What can the chlld raeaa 1
eiaculatJ Aunt Louise in amazement.
Zie 851 UP very straight.'
4,1 01030 that Annie's got a Joe, now.
its true' An1 thej say that I'm l
darling but
I knew that always.
.lhs a chestnut. And Joe told ..Annie
ttmt sIiewa5 tbe verJ first Sirl e natJ
ever loved and she wouldn't believe him
but she didn't get mad one bit. Why
wouldn't she believe him ? "
"Because-they all say that," er-
plained mamma, stirring the cream ia I
cp of coffee.New york Truth.
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What the Sky l.
The sky is the clear atmosphere unob
scured by clouds. ItiT beautiful blue
color is supposed to be due to the watery
vapor that is dissolved in it. There is
almost more or less of this vapor in the.
atmosphere, the amount depending oa
toe temperature of the air. At seventy-
seven dWra mflrt nK p : .
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But there is a remarkable fact which ex
plains why the color is so intense, -and
this is that it is due to the presence in
the air, and the vapor as well, of unac
countable small particles of dust floating
in the atmosphere. This dust is made
up of almost every substance in exist
ence, organic and inorganic, which in its'
fine state of division from various causes
has been carrie 1 into the airf.nd diffused
through it by the winds. Some of thh
matter is the product of the decay of or
ganic matter, some comes from vt!cauoi?
during eruption?, and some of it is mete
oritic, and produced by the decomposi
tion of meteors in the atmosphere when
they are consumed as we see them as
shooting stars, so called. It is knowa
that this atmospheric dust also exists in
water, and the refraction of the light
from these innumerable particles eithei
in water or air, or in this case here ex
plained in both of these, greatly intensi
fies the blue color. It is not ozone in
the air that produced this color, for thii
is nothing more than a mere form ot
oxygen dissolved in the air, and so rare
in its condition that light has no efleei
upon it, but simply this atmospheric
moisture and the dust that is contained
in it and in the air. It is well, known
that the most intensely blue sky is seen
when the air is moist and has the most
water dissohed in it, asywhen rain is
about to fall or just after it has fallen,
when the clearing sky is so deeply blue.
New York Times.
The Lake Commerce ef Chic3.
Chicago's shipping is second only to
that of New York; from it the cereals of
the Northwestern States are transported
through Lakes Huron and Erie to Buf
falo, whence they are fOrwarde 1 to New
York bv rail or by the Erie Canal; gni i
intended for Montreal may be earned
over the lakes and down the St. Li.v
rence without onci breaking bulk ; and
it is contemplatad even to run steamers
direct to England.
Some idea o! its lake trail: may bi
formed from the statement that the ag
gregate entrances and clearances in 19-),
for the great lakes, numbered SS,?Sd, of
which 21,0."4, measuring 10,28V'"''.
tons, were at thut port. The correspond
ing aggregate for New York is 13, 2 5,
and for the entire seaboard of the Uuite I
States, 37,756. The tonnage has nearly
doubled itself in the last ten years; an&.
it is possible to conceive of 1 a like in
crease by 1900, for 54,41 1 miles of rail
way terminal-; here, and in a year move
43,000,000 tons of freight. Besides, in
the central Northern, and the North -
i
western States, the total freight move I j
is 196,000,000 tons, a fair proportion of
f which goes to Europe. Scribner.
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One oi ths Ceolett of Burilars.
: One of the coolest burglars who hv
I been publicly interviewed for a long t;m
! was found in a Brooklyn (N. Y.) bar 1
I ware store at 7 o'clock the. other morn
ing by the clerk who went to open the
store. The clerk was about to give an
ilann, when the man said- "Look here,
my friend, I'm a ditective. Thieves
broke,into this place last night, and it's
very evident that something was stolen.
flua around to Mr. BinnTman's house,
iad tell him to come here at once. I
ant to find out what h3s b.en taken be
fore I ,ma4ce my report.'' The -lerk did
is requested, and when he returned with
the proprietor tbeburgUr was, of course,
goae. Ne Orleais i i cues - Democrat .
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
111.15 DF.R?
Tew persons think of the suffering
caused to horses from the use of blind
ers. The horse' eyes are placed on the
side of the head, but the blinders, shut
ting off the side view, compel him to
look ahead, hence they must cause a con
stant strain and besides they act as re
flectors, and reflect the sun's glare into
the animal's sensitive eyes. 5Iost people
know the painful effect on the eye of a
ray of sunlight from a mirror.
When close to the head, blinders cause
nn unnatural heat which is injurious.
Tfte hoise is not,so likely to be fright
ened if he can see what is behind him.
In Russia, where blinders are nev? r used,
a shying horse is almost unknown. Care,
of course, should be used in taking them
off horses accustomed to them. New
Orleans Picayune.
TO rKEYE SMfT IK OATS-
Steeping eed oats in hot water is a
method by which the greater portion of
the loss from .sinut may be prevented and
is the result of last year's investigation at
the Ohio Experiment Station. Briefly,
the mettod is as follows Hive two1
vessels, in one of which the water is
warmed to about 120 degrees anil in the
other kept as near 13," degrees as possi
ble. Have a basket of wire netting or
loose splints covered with cloth, of the
right size, to be put in th'' cold water
bath and in this im nerse the-seed in the
cooler bath, keeping it there and stirring
around until all the grain are wirm,
then lift out aud plunge in hot bath,
where it should remain from eight to ten
minutes, being stirred all the time. Then
remove it and dip into cold water or
spread the grain out and throw c6ld
.water over it, letting it dry sutficiently
for sowing. The e!Tectiveness of this
method depends on having the water hot
enough to destroy the smut germs which
adhere to the outside of the oats, but not
so hot as to destroy the oatgeruv. Two
vessels are used because the water m the
Warmer one would bo cooled too much
if the grain were placed in it immedi
ately, or it would have to be heated so
warm as to destroy the vitality of the
seed. New York Observer. .
DOES Cin'KNIXG INML'Ki: THE ll'.TTEIt?
There is too much nonene written by
ignorant ersons about the character of
niilk and cream and the clTect o.r churn
ing, and mauy persons arc led astray
thereby. Th" butter globule is too small
for any mechanical injury to happen to
it. The average size of these globules
is one two-thousandth part of an inch in
diameter, and. consequently p taking lour
per cent, as ie average proportion of
butter in the milk, there will r: not less
than 100,000, 000, OOO of these globules
in the cream of one quart of milk of aver
age quality. The srnallnrss of there
particles is such that they cannot be
broken up or changed in any way by the
mechanical effect of the churning or any
other process through whic a the creim
is put. The only ill result o.i the b itter
is by improper .working, and this dof-s
not in any way change the form or char
acter of tne fat globules, bit i: may press
them. together more closely, just as clay
is made sticky and adherent by working
it when it is wet. And when the b itter
is plastered by drawing the la iti over it,
instead of simpiy pressing this on it the
ellcct is not to break these globules but
to draw them together, and fi jueez out
the moisture, and so make th? butter
salvy and sticky, insteal of preserving
the grain of it. New York Times.
FAUSI AXD GARDEN NOTES.
Have at least one low.- wagon on the
larm. ' "
Fros'el food soon . loses its nutritive
qualities.
Land to steep for cultivation may be
made good pasture.
, There is not enough attention pai l to
the selection of efd.
A cqw was not in vie ti tr t. The cow
gait iPa walking one.
Calves shou'd hwe a yarl where the?
can exercise themselves every lay.
The manure of h well-kept aaimil goe
far towari prying for winter keep.
After calves learn to be held it doet
xct taite long to teach .the-n to ieal.
Under al! conditions young nnicnls
rr.ak- the gain in proprtioa to the fool
eaten.
Stud j :r f-it.a. N oa? el? o lght
to know its n-e li wl cauicity as .wetl
as you.
, Calves reared on skim-milk ca readily
be made to make a very satisfactory
growth.
It u better to give a scrub thorough
bred care thaa a thorough -bred animal
scrub care.
When cilvesare oveiTe tit umets their
digestive organs and loads upth- system
with injurious matter.
Much should be applied wherever
needed, and also give extra cjveruig t
fruit and vegetable pits.
Increase in weight" with cattl is most
cheaply secured with goo pasturage
during the growing season.
Have everything ready for work a
ioon as the frost is out of the ground.
For scurvy or itch in calves, m tur
pentine, sulphur and linsvea oil ail ap
ply twice a week until eurel.
KEC1PES.
Muffins Beat one egir, one snoi-.ful
of soft butter and two of -ug.ir together,
add half a pint of warm milk, one-fo irth
teaspoonful of silt, thickea with, s'ftc i
flour to make a batter so it will drop
from the spoon ; lastly, add two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, mix well and
.bake in mutlin rings in hot oven.
To Fry Chicken Cut the chicken in
pieces convenient for serving; salt them
and roll them in flour. Orop them r.it
boiling lard; fry quickly until thoroughly
done. Pour out the surplus lard, leaving
a small half cupful in the frying-pan.-Into
this stir rapidly a heaping table
spoonful of flour, then a pint of cream ot
fresh milk, salt an I pepper to tas'e.
Hurnir. Bodies Catching Fire.
The theory of spontaneous combustion
of the human body in former times was
held by almost every expert. French
scientists in particular supported it, and
several of them published pamphlets in
which numerous cases of alleged spon
taneous combustion of the human body
were described at length, but the,-e are
three very significant points to be noticed
in connection with uch reports. One
;s the invariable admission that vtheie
amis a light oi fire in the room where the
catastrophe occurred; another, that tho
alleged instances alway happened in
familbes composed of ignorant persons; .
n:: i another, that in no case was there
any actual witness of the occurrence.
Som thin i like seventy-five per cent,
of the humr: 1 dy consists of water;
this fact .n itsif is sufficient t discredit
mi d the allege i Instances o! sp ontanc-
cu combust .or. It is just onceivablo
that persons wli iri-ik an enonmus
.amount of spirituo h liquors m ly J?c ouie.
satura'ed. a-i it were, with I hi in
flammable material that th"ir bodies
burn much mor: easily than would those
of people who M not overindulge in
this wav; bu. it is perfectly c it tain that
the. the would hive, to b app're 1 from
without, for no such thing as spoutane-
us combustion could be possible in aoy
Article containing m reat a prejxjndtr
Micc of the liquid t h ji'.rnt a does the
human body. Pearson's Weekly.
Surgical Wit.
As goo I an inta .c of irgical wit ai
cm be found U still told ab it the sta T
of th Roosevelt ilospitil. New Y'.rk
Citv. A dangeroiH operation was being
perforine l upon a woman. 'd I. A.,
a o uaint Ger.na-i. fuU of kindly wit and
professional enthusi-nm,
younger, do'-t or-, w.'h ii.i:i.
ha I
V.vral
i tl.CMI
v.as administering the i-tii'-r. He bee am?
so interested ia the old doctor's work
that he withdrew the cone from tt; pi
lient's nostrils, and she half-rous': i aa i
rose to a sitting jK.v.ure, looking with
wild-eye 1 ami. ?nent over the s irro und
in's. It was a critJ.i' period nud Dr.
A. did not w ar.t to ii ; intrr ipte 1. 'LJ
down dere, voman." h- com n tnde !,
grutfly. "You Laf n. r.
medical studen." 0"
the operation wt u'
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Infinite Var ety o las F?iti;r T.-ib?
The infinite viriety of tl,
ieth!:r
tribt- of Bra;!, with tn'tr girgeut C"
red feathers,' off no en 1 of material
from which the factor .el ibl.hel at
liio '' Janeiro, Bhi in i I' rai a1))
ire producing t'r: tn-t w m I'jrful. re-
ults.
Foe "reater number o
tht-s
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-wer. a well as the feather tan
eri,
are
xportt-l to Europe an-i
t1'
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LTmted
jtite-, and a tut-,- pro iuctv are ire? oi
-r;ort duty, and are frequ: :tiy crne I
n quantine in the 'uggvg': trv,;'.-r,
A t are uiabie to give tn. ex i t a nount
,( the vi'u: of thin im-irt nt ;u la-try,
h it fctaaot amount to : thin.l'JO,
jh'i unuujkWv. Public Opinion.