North Carolina Newspapers

qsoooocooooooocooooocoo o Solving the Problem of tile V An llplantla In Ilia Carrci of Yaon( Q rt Man That 1'robabljr lla Ila.I Ita 2 O Cnnnlarpart In Oilier I.lvca. Q ooocoooooooooooooooooocooS TIlANGEasitmay seem, W ickeni tell it lit a joke, ltat bin version quite minnes the 1 f"V uiorai, and the . Lf- v6ffr uloraI ifl 0,1 lbere JpyC'i I n reeom- Q yjf'JJ mmifl the incident lioa public. If yon fill out Wick ens's account with tb observation t t more dmintereste 1 ftpectatorn ami llie broken Mory which the hero tells, and consider it theu, iu the uiaas ami yiupathetically, remembering your wn youth, yon will have a ntory that I not ti l) laughed at. It happened iu lirooklyn and it be Ran ou that evening when Ilahlwiu'n landlady and bin roommate, Wirkenn, i rerl in connnltation that nomething ai amin with l'.ahlwiu. He main tained an irritable nilence. IIo rc fitted hii fo)'l. He alafaoinl tin Toora. He answered "No"' wherever the monosyllable could be made t rerrn l.iui. Vet these ayuiptoins arc i-nruinon to no many mental maladies flint it was irupoBMblo to diagoni.o Ihe cuko to a prescription. Ik wonld le no.'OMary to know that while Le t with Wirkena, ofter supper, in tlieir common room, staring nt the flowered paper on the wall, hi body I est i?d buily in tbe nrnpio embrace of a fat armchair, but bis thought was llitliug through the cteruity of years that are yet to be added to the axe of t'.ie oi l gray-beard earth, ami the eye of bis imagination beheld time' toy, thi worl I, spinning with all futility in th't round to which the powers have condemned it everlastingly. Ho saw himself as an infinitely small lifo numn the myriads that swarm ou the round idr of the c'oli al that ;lob as a flying speck of star dust in n million of such motes. Ho was un happy, consequeutly, and resentful. IIo pluked a match from bis pocket and bit nt tho soft wood. It reminded him of his pipe. lint the cold tip of the amhsr, striking bard on bis teeth ifter tho soft fibre of the match, star tled and displeased him. He threw down tho briar with a uoisy petu lence. Wickons look ed over bis newspa per. "What' the matter with you, any w.iy?" be said. You're in a deuce vt a stew to night." P.aldwin answered sullculy. "What do you think?"IIo wasthigeriug a but ton on his coat. The smooth bone of it slipped in hi perspiring fingers, and be wiped his bauds upon his t runner legs. It was a cool uisjht, and Wickens Raw tho action with alarm. "What's tho use of going on like this?" he protested. "What's tho uoa? What's tho use of auything?" Baldwin blnrted out. "What's the use of slaving iu an of fice? What'll it all amount to in a thousand years from now?" "13etter ask your parson, " Wick rus answered with an irrevereuce skil fully irritating. Baldwin glared Athim. "You think that's clever," he said. "I wish yon felt tho way I do." He rolled rest lessly in bis chair. ."I don't want to work," be whined. "I don't Want to lo anything." "Well, I'm sure I don't know what to do for you," Wickeus pleaded. IJaldwin turned to the open win dow. "Let'a try a walk downtown," the ether added. He was sulkily silent. f "Come on," Wickens said, pnttiug down his paper. "Your liver's out of order. A walk will do yon good. It's a cool night and the moon's out." He took his chum by the arm. Bald win shook off the friendly hand with a childish irritability. "AH right," be said, "I'm couiiug," and rose to follow. As Wiokena bad remarked, the moon was out. "There," aaid Baldwin, when he saw it staring down at him, "how many busy fools do yon suppose that old skull ban leered ont?" "Oh, change the subject," Wickens said. "Everybody Las the same trou ble at jeur age. It'a liko the measles." . "Doesn't help me any." "Hold np your head," he ordered. Tut your shoulders back and step out. I never had an attack of the blues jot that I couldn't walk away from." They tramped noisily down the street. The brisk exertion pumped the blood through Baldwin's veins. By the time he l,ad walked two blocks in silence the cheefal movement had beguu to drive bis bal ioodfrombim and be groped stubbornly aKut in his mind to bold it. When they neared the busier thor oughfares they crossed a regiment of the Salvation Army on its way to bat ,wltb, th legions of darkness. Wiokens heard tho bass drum with a smile. "Lucky dogs." Baldwin said. "They think they know what it's all about." Wickens lost bis patience. "Ob, dou't be an ass," he said. "Who are yon, anyway, that all creation has to give you its reason for existing?" Baldwin sulked again. In a mo ment, "Look at that," he broke out, waving his hand to tbe row of lighted shops. "Slaving and sleeping as if they knew what for! Where are the people that kept shop in old Home?" "Dead, most likely." "Yes, and what did they live for?" 'Tor the fun there, was iu it, I pueas." "Clever, yon are." Baldwin was choking with a speechless contempt. If ckens saw the quarrel to which were drifting. "Well " 1 said yyou may finish tbU walk alone," ud stopped before a book' shop win dow to look over the array of vol umes. Baldwin stalked down the street, nurdug bis mdod. Wickens was a fool at any rate always bad been. All men were idiots, or they wonld not go gambolling around - in this slaughter house as if tbe batcher were not waiting for them with the inevita ble knife. He, Charles JtcTaggirt Baldwin, was going to be -sheep no longer. He was going to to do something or other. It did tot mat ter what. Me turned dovn a aide rtreet ami attempted a hhoit cut arn Hi-.,i l r,7, H Le J 'Wk behind pill Wit til?. An arm clutched abont bis neck and before be could pat oat bis band tbe asphalt pavement reached np and struck hta a sledge-hammer blow on tbe forehead. There was an explosion in bis brain like the sadden flame of a flashlight. Then all tbe instinct of the aoiaual ronaed bim to self-preservation. Drawing bis legs up under Lim, be arched bis back, alirmed the enemv'a Lild over bis if-- j bead ja 1 crooked bis arm up to ward off a possible blow. The foe lay limp on the roa l bende him. He had been run down by a young lady on a bi cycle. "Oh," be aaid, recovering hiuistlf at once. "I beg your pardon." He bad sprung to his feet. "Are you hurt?" and was trying to disentangle her from the machine. Khe drew her feet up hfjpleaaly in to her skirts. He was plucking those, with hurried rlnmsiuess, from the teeth fcf the gearing. "I didn't see you coming," he apologized as be raised ber. "Ibope you're not hurt." Hho pressed her hand, panting, against her side. "Xo-o," he gasped. "only frightened." But when bo released ber she tot tered as if to fall, and be wis com pelled to retain his hold upon her arm, embarrassed and speechless. "It was so stnuid of ine," she fal tered, limping to the curbstone. "I thought I could get by yon, Mr. Bald win." He peered down at her in the dark ness. "Why." he smiled. "I didn't know you." Hhe laughed somewhat hysterically. "J saw von comsnir throuah tbe light. I thought I could get past." She was choUiag for breath. "I'm afraii I hurt my my foot." tthe fresl her.ielf from bis arm. Baldwin returned to midroad for the bicvclo and bis hat. When be came back ho found her sitting on the curb. "You are hurt," ho said anxiously. "My ankle," she replied. "I have sprained it, I think." He hesitated a moment. "Take my arm, he said, "and try if vou can walk." By leanisig heavily on bun' she suc ceeded iu limping along. He wheeled the bicycle with his oilier hand, still a bit embarrassed. But she laughed and chatted. It had been so stupid of her! It was a wonder nhe hadn't killed bi n. What had he thought it was that struck bim? He confessed that ho had not bad time to think. But the arm about his neck bad romo ni if some ouo bad leaped upon his buck. "I'm afraid," he said, "I took you for a footpad." The remembranoo of it stirred ber to nervous meirimoiti. Her laugh was not unpleasant. Hho choked prettily at liia wb'iuiitjoal description of his preparations for defence, and that description becaaie so convul sively amusiug for a moment that they stood together 01 a corner shak ing with laughter. T&ej went on more soberly when tho fit bd pasaad, but the barriers wero down between them and conversation was oh easy as that of old frien la. Tho distance from the scene of the collision to her homo vas not great. Baldwin rang the door bell and assisted iu allaying tho anxiety of the family. They laughed at last, at a joint description of the accident ns given by tho heroine and tho hero of it. When she had been assisted to ber room by a younger sister, Baldwin remained to exchange small talk and i drink cool drinks t)e,low staira. Be fore he left bo .bad been brushed clean of tho roadway da3t by "brother Tom." thanked hv mother for his kindness to a daughter of tho house and invited by tho smil ing family to call again. Accordingly he did that, on the evening following, to see bow tho sprained ankle was progressing. The young woman herseV received him. He found ber very" pale andpretty, amiable and altogether interesting. He had called, on an average, tjjree times ninco in every week, and he bas bought a bi?ycie. During the first stages ot their friendship he worked diligently for an increase in his salary to allow of the purchase of more theatre tickets. Lately he has had dreams of a honey rooou, aud is kept wWrfed in hyt leisure moments by impatient calcula tion of the time which must elapse before bis fmlary will suflice for two. But be is not tronbliug himself for an answer to tho Sphinx's fiddle of ex istence. Neither is he concerned for a solution of any qf the greater prob lems of this life. The powers have reconciled him to the prison bars with the old device. New York Sun. FARM FOR A DRINK OF WATER. A Selection of Jtlth Kraioa Hot torn Land For it Thirst Quemlier. A section of land whudt constitutes one of the finest fnrms in the fertile Brazos bottom of Texa once sold for a uriuk of water. It was about fifty years go, accord ing to ex-Lieutenant-Oovojrnor George T. Jester, that a crowd rj? frontiers men from off the Brazos came to Cor sicana on a trading expedition. Cor sicaua at that time was not as great a town as it is now, since? iWhreatens to rival the most productive oil region of Pennsylvania, but wfta a typical fron tier village or. trading post. The grandfather of Governor Jester was a Methodist circuit rider, aud lived at that time in Corsicana. He occupied a two-dory double log house. His house was a rendezvous tar people from far and nea, who came trading. In those days land certificates were used as circulating medium, as money was rarely seen. On one occasion a character from off the Brazos arrived iu town, got on a tear, and at night was put to bed in the second-story of the Jester man sion. About 1 o'clock in the morning be awoke with a terrible thirst. No water was in the room, and he couldn't find the way downstairs.- Sticking hi s head ont the window be saw eome men asloep in the yard. .He called to them to bring bim a diinji of water, but no one answered bim. A second and a third time he called with no response. Finally be yelled orft: i;ue oi yon iciiows bring me a urins oi water, and I'll give you 3 20 acres of land." This aroused oue the sleepers, who called bact that of. be woman t climb those stens for 320 acres of land, and the ofi'er was raised ro oiu acres. The man under the tree drew a bucket of. water and jugged it upstairs and offered a dipperful to the toper, but he $nsbd it aside. "Give it tome out of the bucket like a boise," he said, and be put about balf the con tents of the bucket under his belt. In those days a Texan's word was his bond, and this feilow kept bis word about the laud. Next morning be made his benefactor a deed to fiK. acres of Brazos bottom land. This land still belongs to the descendants of tue water carrier, and is one of tbe -,.,Qt.t t. r . . ... It no ,v wortUfrom SJS to 5W pw 3990O0G000OCGC0OCCGCC0C0C0 I FAEM TOPICS! D0O03COCO0OG00OC0CCCCOC0C0 Oa Opening I ha IVa HI. Before opening a hire of bees, send n a few puffs of smoke, to prevent tbe sentinels from .rushing out and stinging yon. The smoke will alarm them, and they will run to tbe combs and fill themselves with honey. Thi-h when tbe hive i opened tbe bees will adhere better to the combs and can be exemined with ease. Caltiratlnz Kcana. All cultivation of beans should atop when the plant blossoms, as get ting moist soil on the blossoms is the chbf ;ause of tbe fungus diseases which fasten themselves on tbe grain. Neither should beans ever be culti vated when the leaves are wet with rains or dew. For this reason the bean field should be left as clean of weeds at the time the beans are in blossom as it can be made. The Cauae or gtriiic Itullrr. The cow that gives milk from which strong butter results probably has the garget. The diet of grass after the diet of clover bay, bran aud corn fod der is alleviating the trouble by stimu, latig tho secretioas. The treatment for garget is rubbing the udder at each milkin0ith the palm of tbe band with or wtthout the application of iard, or butter, with camphorated oint ment, to be obtained at any drug store. A tablespoonful of saltpeter once a day for two or three days ia a favorite treutmeut with many dairymen. Oc casionally there are cases which are obstinate to cure, but generally the difficulty can be removed in a few days or a week. An Itlrn For Market l.r. Farmers ought to unite aud build a yard iu a convenient placs in cities into which loads of produce may be driven, with convenient sheds or buildings to unload if necessary. Ap point an honest man nud a good judge of the value of farm produce to superintend and eet prices ou the same, tagging it, and ieaving it in charge of its driver; when Bold its driver to deliver the produce and re ceive the pay. Tho superintendent should send out runners to canvass the city, taking orders. Ho should also receive orders himself, receiving $1 for every load from tho driver, twenty-five cents going to the superin tendent and seventy-five cents for, the benefit of the yard or company. Sonetimes 200 loads go into the mar ket on market day. In this way produce might bo sold before or by the time it arrives in the market. G. II. Teacock, in OraDge Judd Far mer. yVUe Precaution in Case of Fire. The constant danger that farm buildings may lake firo and have no adequate attention, owing to tbe lack of fire apparatus and of men, makes it important that all possible precau tions be taken that incipient fires may promptly be put out. A ladder for tho roof is of the greatest im portance. The cut shov. s one that can quickly be put in place. It is in the form of a fruit ladder at the top, aud has a small wheel at the end, as shown. It can thus be shoved up over the roof without catching ou the shingles. A hook is placed in tli3 position shown, so that the ladder, when shoved up to tho ridge, can be turned over, when the book will bold it firmly in place. Make the ladder long e,uough for any roof you have, and have another that will reach anv roof edge. New York Tribune. To Cure Maiu pml llacon. In a bulletin of the Xorth Carolina station it says that there aro two methods of curing ou the farm dry salting and pickling. Dry Ealtibgi3 more largely practiced thau pickling, but in our expefienco we have been led io prefer the pickling. They use a birtne strong enough, to float a potato, and after the meat is cut and trimmed it is dropped into this brine for two or three davs to draw out the blood. It is then taken out aud a fresh brine is made, or tho old brine boiled and skimmed. To the brine Ave then add one oui.ee of saltpetre aud a pint of black molasses for each 100 pounds of meat. The meat is then returned to the brine, the thinner parts being put by them selves and the hams and shoulders iu another cask. The thin parts reniain in the brine three weeks and the bams four or five weeks, care being taken to keep all under tho brine. The meat is then taken out aud hung in the smoke bouse or elsewhere to drip aud dry somewhat. It is then slowly smoked with corn cobs or hickory wood, the smoke being smothered down with green cedar branches if they are to be had. The smoking i3 continued for several weeks in favor able cloudy weaiher, until all are well smoked. The bams should have the upper part of tho smoke house, where the smoke bangs longest. in the early spring tbe hams are taken down and rubbed well au over with a mixture of molasses and black pepper. They are then wrapped in stont paper and put into cotton bags, which are dipped in, whitewash, and are again hung up. Some pack them down iu chaff, but we prefer to keep them bauging. They are at their best for tho table or market at a vear old. Hams of this kind will bring eighteen to twenty cents per pound when the hanis of the West and tbe white bams of our farmers are selling for ten cents per pound. Weekly Wit ness. . Torpedo Went on a Cruise.BJ A year ago an advertisement ap peared in au English country paper stating that a reward of fifty pounds was offered by a great engineering firm to any one who produced a full grown torpedo that bad been lost about a mile and a balf east of the Trow Bocks. It was comforting to learn that there were no explosives in the torpedo. Strangely en ongh, a month later, a similar "fish" put in an ap pearance at Aldeburgh. iu Suffolk. This torpedo was marked with a crown and numbered 24U X, and though originally charged with a workiuo pressure of 1050 pounds, when it was recovered it was exhausted. New York Press. Tho aigrette is to disappear from the headgear of tbe British Hussars aud Koyal Horse Artillery, and its place will be tabea by an ostrich picas, FIBE LADIKIR FOR FASH T.OOrV THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The Sesjtk. Thrt-e bandied n.cn, employed In 'be roppfr mm; at !U(ktown. Teoc. have atruck because tbe companies refua t3 rcognize their union, and oUers ar? exierted to !?ic. W. II. W.i a n(Lia:('. ei.sinerr, cr Richn.Mn !. W. who had Jut acquir ed control of th Wilmiijc'ci. N. C.. gaa works, was drown J while bjllilcff near Wilni'-i-i. i. William a. C.im-L , iKsnotratlc in di.late for governor c Kentucky, te p!iej to hi critics, calling them run daclouf. Two hundred miners struck at th? Salt Creek roal mines at Chattanooga Tenn., in sympathy with the Daytoa mine Ftrike. It is proposed to relebrate as Ba'.tl more Day one of the days cf the coin ing Export Exposition at Philadelphia. Yellow fever has broken out at JatW fon. Mi -is., and a suspicious rase i s re ported from Tort Tampa. Fla. A laifte fuight steamer of t?-.f A'.ex anJria I:ne is reported ashore near Key Laigo. Fla.. with a fi.ll cargo nf general raerrhandipe for Kty We.-t. M.u.y wreckers hae left Miami for r.'ic scene. Alexandria. Vj.. I making expensive preparations for the celebration cf its sesqul-centennial. which will c:cur on Oftob?r 12. The features of the event will be two processions a parade of the military, firemen, and trales ia the Jay time and a sentimental and histor ical pasan: at night. The North. A do.ib'e waterspout caused con sternation at Atlantic .City. The American Bankers' Assorl.uion Convention. 2t Cleveland, Ohio, heard papers on currency and other topics, elected officers and adjourned. The Grand Arniy'of th? Republic. In session at Philadelphia, voted against return of Confederate batfleflass. The Alumni Association of the York. Pa.. High ?hocl hsid a reunion at York. Senator Ciaik. of Montana, has bought for $145,000 the home of Senator Stewart in Washington known cs "Stewart castle." He will build a mag nificent structure- on the site of the present building. Great damage was clone at Dowiius Green, Ohio, Tuesday night, by a tor nado. Jac-ob Amberg. a bricklayer, Wc.s shocked to dep'h by an underground trolley while impairing the conduit, in New York. James H. Johnson, late sergeant Fiiit New Hampshire Volunteers, has bexn appointed second , Lieutenant and assigned to the Forty-sixth Inian-tl?-. Mayor Jones, cf Toledo, now an iu dependant condidate for governor of Ohio, has issued an address in which he scores both political parties, say ing that they cannot live without boss es. Officials cf the Brooklyn Rapid Tran sit Ccmp3ny say they have been robbed of nearly $50,000 in the last six weeks by the new conductors who have tak en the place of the strikers of last July. The new men are said to have been "knc?king down" fares industriously, but tho leakage has ot last be?n stop ped. foreign. The Filipinos make nightly demon strations around Imus. A new judiciary system has been put in operation in Porto Rico. A new cabinet has been formed in Peru. General Pio del Pilaris command has retreated to the- north. The solicitor of the French consul ate has resigned, as a protest against the verdict cf the Dreyfus court-martial. The present week is expected to he an important one in determining the question cf peace or war in South Af rica. Several offers have been made to General Jiminez to furnish gold for redeeming the paper money for Sanio Domingo. The Filipinos have recently attached a number of small American posts, out in every case have been driven a.vay. The. Cuban National League and the Cuban National party have offered to Gualberto Gomez and Gen. Maximo Gomez the jo'.nt presidency. The of fer has been declined by Gualberto Gomez, who says be wishes to keep his independence. A Naw Yorker. Duke Joseph Flori mond de Loubat. a resident of Paris, has founded a professorate in the Uni versity cf Berlin for Americans at a cost cf $800,000. The Volksraad, at Pretoria, bad an exciting debate on the presence of Eng lish troops on the Transvaal frontier. The Charge d'Aff aires of Venezuela in Washington received a dispatch from his government denying that a revolution has broken out in Vcnszue la. Miscellaneous. The press of almost the whole world condemns the Dreyfus verdict. Alarming rumors that the Pops is ill are current, but they are declared to be without foundation. It is said that Baron Von Hamme stein-Loxten, Prussian Minister of Agriculture, has been dismissed from office for the part he took with regard to the canal bill. More than 25 per cent, of General MaeArthur's troops in Luzon are re ported sick. The feast of the Virgin of - El Cobre was celebrated at El Cobre, near San lago, Cuba. The gun that fired tha first shot in the Spanish-American war on the Raleigh, at Manila, will be a feature cf the Dewey parade in New Tor!:. In a letter to Congressman William Daly, of New Jersey, William J. Bryon failed to mention siver, though naming other political issues. Navy Department officials do not ex pect ths battle ship Kearsage to at tain a greater speed than 17 knots an hour on her official trial trip. Gen-eral Jiminez is being received with constant ovations on his trip through Santo Domingo. The census proclamation of President McKinley has arrived at Santiago de Cuba and has be&n officially piib!ihtd ihere. On the arrival at Glasgow of the bark Lanarkshire, from France, the chief mate, Charles Black, of Montreal, was arrested on charge of shooting and killing a colored seaman named Trctt. f'unstou Was Asleep. A returned engineer tells this uf Gen oral Fimston: "Before Caloocan many of our scouts" were killed, and we couk Hot find several officers, among wborx was Funstn. As we searched the tiel with lights, somebody shouted, Gen was Fnusion. As we searched the fielc 'Neither muttered a voice at my feet 'I'm sleeping.' Aud he was. lie bac not bad any rest for a kng time, anc Y.boi the chance cams hf.it laken tqgri of it tUau R oxpoctfd."' " ' amaaMamaanaM i to marry.' a..ru.w. j , szz?:!::r.zx? -... 1 fWlilLlrrflsd tasty wnoBttt. Carm.C4 Caijr .tl ,. Mr4-.r a. mu I . t I I AU-zZmZ f 1 1 II II 3S ia nuiv orwtrftj t tktS TWf Uwl l4 U? It tii. If Iu a II a it . fcti . N. . ; rT-C "SiMl I II IUI II LI IS ONLY SEVEN. ,!LtTUSt lU i imir.ff 2 1- rrl i ULMaJU 11 11 LJ 11 jSt BE WIFE SIX. rmix- iron U-a lodr. la tf ' -a.n. i- aa-T" ' GDEIENQLIORO N r Uc ptt. roj. I tetchy. tWUraia. Trlla I- . . . 7 71 Vl "T.T ' ar4 that sAlr tt;cj rotaf :K-a l iit -p. k1 u l-u' la -.tf ! VT , t5J. ,t IUn S-aai- CKareU.-tuty for nacrnts. 4n , 2rf ef SmMi. 2Z2i?TTl'2 tii aiUalAcViun raanatreJ. lOc. wOc n. a - , , , . WRITI UI too II VTaa T Ihryl -HlU.a VaToi.f ViU a t. I', is- U. .tl tia ft! !! artea tt lio-l I- tVVT jCrnD U B rn-Cfi tV 4 Ic-I44 Miw!4 Starr?. Claude Bk. a4 7 )r. ot Z$i Wyoming nrt, and litti Mis Grac hry c " ot 4,"li Mrket j ttreet. applied to Clerk Ausu:u Fil- l Thursday for a rnarriac l'cene ays a St. Ix.uU papr. The iu,uif ! 4nd unsympathetic cleik declined to issue tbe document, tut h cauMa't I prevent tLem from eubiUhis ro- ! ord a the yoangest couple thai vor ' made a formal ntll-atlon to tfc re ! f'j i r A a v . . 9 A . , I M . -. . iuiv.vi vi urru Li r-i. iaxii.i lor Jit'r- i mission to wed. Claude and Grjiif i have been playmates lnc-. they v. erf old enotiKh to walk. Their parents are friends, and the earliest numory of the children is of days spent in plating housekeeping and othr games ia which children delight. In nil thes sport Claude assumed the role or lover and said sweet things and fcn- Grace, who was hi3 contented little sweetheart. This arrangement att-lay pleaeed Claude so well that he vowed he would have no wife but Grace, and he asked her to promise to marry him when they were old enough to get a marriage licenee. Grace was willing and iaid nnlv Otnurla r-nnlil hnvn liPl- heart and hand. The babies informed their parents cf their childihh be trothal, and were much chagrined when their papas and mammas de clared it to be a great joke and laughed heartily at them. "We'll fool them." said Claude. "Grace will have no sweetheart but me, and I will have no sweetheart but her, and we'll marry. Maybe they'll think then we are not joking." Claude act. Grace were not bashful about acknowledging their "engagement," and it was soon a sub ject of much amusement among the friends of their families. Claude dressed himself in his ben EUit of clothes Thursday and went to Graced home to spend the day. She knew he was coming and was wearing her pret- occasion. I. . aau lue.. nesi uress in nonor or tne occasion. He ealuted her with a kisB were soon romping and niaylnz about the yard. They discussed the kind of house they would live in when they were married and criticised the ar rangement of the furniture in Grace'i; home. Suddenly Claude declared it .. was nign time they be married. "1 think we are plenty old enough, and I am tired of waiting. I want a home of my own, where 1 tan do as I want to, and I want you to live with me. Can't we be married today?" Grace said she thought .she was old enough ! and declared she knew Claude was. She wanted to marry, too. Ju.-t then Thomas Hand, a friend of the family, walked into the house and inquired about their love affair;--. They told bin; they had just decided to be married. but didn't know. what to o. Mr. Hand said he would help them, and re- quested them to take a walk with him. iic icu iitfui iu uie court UOUSe find youngest couple that ever visited th u.rru.Se-.,n8e uureau on busmen , u , i Jcl'c. "uucu w boy expiaine i nis errand, and Gus Filley, with a sol- emn look on his counteaance, drew toward him a block of application blanks, and began to ask the usual questions. 'The boy gave the necessary answers that he and Grace were -single and unmarried," and "were not re lated." He then signed the application in a large hand, peculiar to one who has just learned how to form letters in writing. The writing was very plain and unusually good for a boy of his age. Grace was not able to write her name, and her intended husband signed for her. Filley omitted the preliminary In regard to collecting ?1, and informed the couple that that was all that wa necessary. "You must keep that, mis ter," said Claude, as he and his fiancee were about to leave, "until I am 21 years old, and then I will come and g3t it and we will be married." They smuea as tney went home and i chuckled in glee as they contemplated the surprise which they woui? cinU in their respective homes. "I am glad "I am glad we are to be married," said Claude. "Grace is a good little woman, and I like her. She has a nice little piano and a stove, and I think we can do housekeeping if they will let us." Grace was too modest to say anything. "Did you go on a wedding tor?" she was asked.. She nodded her head in assent. "Where did you go?" "To the drug store." "What did you get there soda water?" "No. we cot ice cream." Grace i3 a pretty child, and ' feels tbe djgnity of her position. Boon Coiupanlotut. The Kennebec Journal tells of a man who has a fox and a hound that are boon companions. When both ani mals were in the pup stage they were placed together, and have now enjoyed a year of each other's society in peace and harmony. They sleep together and play with each other much after the manner of two frolicsome pups. 44 Necessity is the Mother of Invention. 99 B mas ihe necessity for a retUble blood putifier and ionic thjd brought Mo exist ence Hood's SirsaparilU. It is a u'ghlj concentrated extract prepared by 4 com bination, proportion and process peculiar to' itself and giving to Hood's Sarsapa rSU unetpxatled curative pooer mm-TIUHIM ZXo mrtbplac. A remark made by a 6-year-old boy on a certain occasion was the natural result of confusion in his small mind, but it caused amusement to the by standers. The house in which he had first seen the light of day had been torn down to make room for a wider street, and the little boy. holding fast to hia father's hand, viewed the ruin3 with grief and amazement. "Why, papa!" he cried, sorrowfully. "Why, papa, I wasn't born anywhere now was I?" I : " ' ' tr tint tu b.i tarrd !r e t -r t.ll-rxt ,mlh. iL.n itm. . - I pfti. Ky. AU,!rr Aiun- lift. ,! J" r'-,u J " Lu tt, iu-i ,p- "r ' ' ,J,,t": 1 nJet Ter twtu wn ulrtwu. ' -Lva tte t.t tto--r-J "lr have a (12lDiC o'lt. t arc C"llptlon Trtf Te tv.tcrt U t 'mtiit I V.bartift 10 ot fS. lICCC U.l to curt. Cru.i i.tttaU Boc Tber houll b I t i of "rkt" la lb eitulif tr.anufaoturrt' biii.e. I-lttliir la 1 Ur Xtwr nt It. I f ii-u tri ny kin !-" m fi r. r " n.x iti'uin itnoortu r t-it-. u -it n.c r ... ! ywll ij'll. aif .r ta .-...iri.,) i T'l -rtn ll lias rit'r-l 'b i-r.J n I wi.l W" r ti-nu irtniin ,t ta'. r IU I i - ..r; i ti I nnti. .. . ki iu.i j..u i i..t r.i r:v :v ! ': ' ,J' 11 ' fc - I.nlior i m 'mr' 1st t'ol ra 1 tbat - g" have bt-t-n niutrrxaJIv Ibtr-a-'sl. 5o- re-Ua tor riftr Ctatl. Cuar&BMvd toliacco iiit.t cure. tntUrs wal j saea tireof, b.oua rure. tCc.U- Ail druse va. -A hiirr'-."ir.o nr.vlt-i tl r.-urlbiniM-at ! Vin?K'l, w- v AWJ.Jay l'lnlr)M.,rMltl'(lirrt S.n-f y.in ih-,.- tlyi hr- n r rp. In r Teja lli' r lire f,ir on i:i;.f: i '. n r,,.M: a a ( ,it li mnl'r ir F M. aidii.i .1-.; j, c . , Huirn o. X. V . M 1, !" M. Now is (ho Timr in I'lnl Iranbrrrl .i.iil. ...-. L't-r L' J. 1". l'Al -: l.r,-. i.r Our f r. e ul icnt "lis t II lum t" niki- i-i'.ii ciiinem. rawiierry r-''t li-t-. litre I.N.i" fr. VlC(-l0'PootliIr.s jrnp forcMl'lrrn ttblHK.n fterstl.o k'u n. lulucio :otltiL tit it. alia) r pal n.r urea winJ ro:io i: w.ti t Fits prrmanrBtly coreil. No tlt or nrrron tut. after first try' uvb of lr. Klina'n (treat Narve Keatrrer.$itrin! bottlencd trestine f raa j LM. k. ii. hi.iK, I.t!..W Ari-hSi. Pailu f. j Thoro mure Cauirrh In titi ,v.;ii if t'i v.uuni i.hii n nHiir n:.vafi rjt f-tli"r. ji 71 XWX!JX ...i ..i i i . . - , jacarauie. j-or a ttii-.si luar.r Mtn do. t.-.ri I pronounced it a Ioi mI .li-i a I rr-. rll-'l J'X'UI rem!.li.f. and hy t uaaufn- f.iiKn Vj cure with liVal tri-atnu-ut, jironoi'm. I it In- , v "'"i.'r-,. ' ':": ' "a iriv-en . iurn in roastitutional treat.itieiu. I'll!' t'LnrHi i 'nrr .... i , j . i r i i r r mjui.T. rn.inuf.afiir-d l.y F. f 'tiney A t'o., 1 .l lv Olilrti is thi n)i- t-unMitviional rtire on th.? i jnarket. 1 1 it iiV-u i:it. rr.;.ily in dim frmii ' ihe :liwl and mu- OMf sur!ti-ps t.f the sv-lt-in. I I They oftor mi itmi'i.-ni dilinr t-r an'v v. ! It fills to our. Scn.l f,ir -;rr-ii.-ir u t l.-l monmis. AiV.lrrss r..i. Chkm-r .,o..T.l' J... i. Sold by llrnififisls T.V-. Hwll' I amily IMla are tbe best. TIMFT0 PLA NTST RAW BERRIES. Should be Planted in th; Tall and Cov ered till Sprlnr. Btrawbrriles s.-t !n th- fall will KI-.-e a good crop of larg. early l:rriM p:o vided the plants are ar.d tiie j-oii f-rlch. The mo.-t ..nr.rrlsr.t 1.,,'r i: m have vigorous planla t.f ;he very bo t varieties, ho that may ru'jko a iuivh, ijik? xrow:.i iit;cr? w.ntrr i:t-: : 1- .. . j In and be ieady to bfir a h-avv t roy 1 i v.hen the .-piisig op n-. i f Le be st j.t.n for a h,T Is t., makes th grow ins an I t-' l:inir t.f 18 strawberry plant, a V la- b is r fcucn a firm w ill not only .sell you th ; .t...jt u-j pla!it3 hut gJv? d ! inrormfltion m to what varieties to plant, no to plant and how to cul- , tivate. It will i;-t pav ;o plant ;h ! sioven grown, run do.vn pbmts I u.-.iaiiy to be o'-aged of nae's u -ih v. x-. Getter plant non. ' j An enterprhlns houie w:f, tan. vi h the lest improved varivlk-s on a s-nul! garden plat, make not on!v ci'aue'i :i ; supply her own family bvt nlo sell Hemes to anrcnnt t - m c.-.. pin menev. -for fm? r-n-. " lip?, nvs'i 1 strawberries sell tbeni eivcs a!n".os' anywhere. 'ere. Sueh plains c.'lrn viel J clear profit than the whale fanri more besides. Then next rvrlvz. afrer ti,- r.t berries is gathered, tbe plans can bo worKi ont and will lrar a still larger crop the spring following. M.in Could Net I.lvo. A French naturalist faya that if the world were to become birdlcsi man could not inhabit it after nine year' time. In spite of all the ppraya and Z V 7 .uc "-cuirea ior ' dertru"on.f the bug, and -llfS Cat u rcaardi ama tjoj-S.. Look tt yourself I Is vonr trt covered with pimples? Your skia rough and blotchv? It's yonr liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness ar.A I dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. Wuiit yeur l.jon-itarne or otar.1 a bra tuiol irwn ,.r rlrh l.lark ? Then BUCKINGHAM'S DYE SililS!,, SO Crn. r- rvaijrir Tr. ft. Matt A tr t ft M Ad I cliai'PT Njror. I remember hearing the following story from the late Canon Uardsley, author of "Engliah Names and Sur names." There was once a woman "a little 'crackc-y.' 1 think." said the canon, by way of parenthesis who had a sou whom the had christened "What." Her Idea &eeni3 to have bzzn that when In after tits be was ased bis name, and kept taying "What," amusing scenes would fellow, whici was likely enough, cspscia'.ly if the bey was careful to pronounce the aspirate.- Such a scene did. I believe, cccur once when he went to school, and was told, as & newcomer, to stand up and furnish certain particulars. "What is your name?" asked the teacher. "What." blurted cut the boy, amid the laughter of tha clas3. "What Is ycur name?" aeked the master again, with more emphasis. "What." replied the boy. "Year came, sir!" roared back the Infuriated pedagogue. "What, What!" roared back the Uni fied urchin. The sequel I forget, but I believe it one of those cases In whlcb the folli3 of the parents are vb-lted oa the children of the first generation. Notes and Queries. I im i mm ttl k1 uUl" tiJK:tl.t It lc.. '! a trtl 1 j i ,i k -isi.it. S : " !! r ih. S I'.lif'l ' ' , I I . I i -. 1.f. t f- tl. n al. I tb t aa4 Na u I ' m il'n.!'1' !' Wh - . .... . - : m w m ff 1'! ' H . - J - . - - . . i l t . n !.r a .1 Iff mt .a rv. Ur.-. 1 nt i r. !Ui ' .'. ...,jrTxl Mu mill l ft a'4 srtal la tt:e it rt t leer ara!n. rat T:lff KaU sal fca4 t lite T QOit t4fC i.lf oJ ff . Ja trrti I r. Nla Ull.lb nJrr-ivrr. I.tt rr.'- ra( C9' nr.-tg. AU tfri!r;.au.M.-cTli. rur .ar-a-t. 3 r.A'- -e-r- A'trm :rrl.5f Kea.eJf l. Ctira,; t Sim VS - ..! i.ftea i rix-ii" a tr tj t L4 f uit.r-. Wholesale Prices for All. rutt ii m Mi V) ii.ru.vitu !.. : t- -. a ! r uu.lii'illn i'l t iu e il i. h: S l 1 1- t !' ! Mir I! Ii ( IU ;i W r -lti.if m ii tn li !.":. . r'r thiua )m ef. tfiii ..... I l. t. ! .'. m I til Km '.. 1 , i! V.Vi.ir. ml ( cim!" r,t :.-. r- -. 1 I t . i t f .v. m . . . .n 'I r. ii ji M . .r.l .1. . i .1. t" a ! 1 f !. I irf . ' .ii .1 Tli, 1 . tV, ti n ' f.A rut 'jt t. rr r - I.I 'i I I ''. .. w. '.. I , tl '.". ...,.,, i t . i mi 1 tn"in Kt - ., I . f. I H I! t I. r f .. -f . .-, !' iff i it. 4 Wl.ll, I.. U .I.-.M j,t! .... . . . . . . JULIUS IIINES & SON DALTIMOSn. MD. Dt,t. 214. RICE'S G03SE GAEJUiL . aTlt It II r I II ITimi IMIXIllltl iW I al.ltllai'i'. I II III I nn I I Ol.i l .ra . t..i..tli--r It. I. ..!- f tli- n-.t-t nn ln1ur Lt m !v.:d nil .lr.;;l-1 tnl c firril IK-rav !!- 'Kllr . ivj; t.Kt: - l.lSlMIM . i.f t r . .x.i. Tlfc had ni at zl tier -. bvt -J, 'iUt . w.rj cudmii 'n H(f Knur in:. mw m i urn t sc.tn I iur huA no trout i rlV.i v??.u rar.t rr t-MKh. j 57iisonsiuiioa Ave.. 1 taladclj.ti!s. Ia ,f? ZZ&Wi Canoy i Sc4 J& CATHARTIC ! Pifavnt. I'alr.tab-i. i t.ttt?. Tattr iwj " "- "--- -.... i CURE CONSTIPATION. ... E I f k !-. Kl?Mt. rm tart. Tj Pfl.Trt."3iif P"'-1 i'araniKi tr a-.itin,, ' ut. 41 nig. g'?' 9-' I B Ts S I 7IJ IZfTTZD l 4l 1 XiVXXXZJ 1 r I 2, mlU11 - S.T..1 your ran; sr.J addrs n aS r''-'i ij d we will send vou our 1 16- $"- page illtudrited Ciialo;;ie fie;. '$ ! 9 176 V,:rchster At'.rrue. r w laen, Caan. ...... bw , .... ..... ta. ,., j r.u:n v j. Z r- f ,'I Pianos for SI95. B-.y direct frca n-At.urn.:turr. Sr.:itf. Uu& Kuatar.td P HOLLER, Hauriractu iLsitrtuwn. - AbJ. ITER'S 9MK A L l .rit. if t 'ir Vo iW Lita t tbecaa t. It -aU-y. -r wuwujj wwiis. C J. THE REASON WHY. I or man or beast 5 Excels is that it Penetrates 1 to the scat of the trouble im- rnedia.ely and without irrita ting rubbing and kills the pain. F unity end Stmbte to'. by IX Jtr gemrj)!, . Dr. Earl S. &tacn. Boat mm, mmtmm. I i ... . . .!..!! . I Jk ill i ti. 1- . t- I; I. 0 m ir ; 5 e V OMR T li ' a J cowMtncc orTHr.rnutr; r as4 tl-Bt trtltt !'- , "EiHalr . at.! .. t ;. , -'f t ej",' i in ; ni r.ikit rTtSu'.tt 1.: V a 1 ' f' TTiTs Ibrvmt lute:..; C t h r tts tfifi tie-.. Ih'.m hi a S e . n rr p;!l 1 t , JV r akin i i tirt). r i ITS 4 t!rt.' diiLul a-. : jurat ' friu.'t i . r rr. i;a IT -a: I - fVhJu4. tt.r ,' Itl, tilr . :f druefi ,: ? ! -. t;or fi; t.'.j:. lutt t' f j.. t ut I Arnri. an J s i j I'W. 't tt t- .:. I .iatl4 . t, UU t.. a ft. fie.f StoulJ f i'i:;,i, I i apj!t-d ja Th lljai u.. ute. ana i ii risr-r I fa Iu Ihr I'hSl.ip'ne, , lttT ? I'iikIui t. take . a: . . f!y l'tiaut mf.i , .i : pt'Mjre- if -ciaairr alj : m dtrrttiliie.t thai ih- f!.!.!;' : ontr!!tt to th :! '.,. l-adllljt TiiTKtivllt 'i J'drtjrjt i hrm a i.'tiT; t , for thuuth iimD) n ! ate found in ih iv; i dun a lf aru r a- t 1 tibtatntd i:. tl.e I'll ' v; ! than tfiaf. iiftetiipT to rat ; titular i:-ty -Krt,it. ! .. , 'I h (a'lle of tbr kpd.lv 4? ; J,r.l.t. .. t,. , aln cf ucar al 1 - .".hiI, hi' t. t. i.Li..- -.r:. -t .... M . i . V t!.... ttJl ink II Iron .: .. . ... . , Jj rrJ.itil. J l:out 1, r r.t r !U : - " " 'Z, ZZ Xl:..''. CUPRENT TOnc. I1 Hasff-t. iL'.ritra ! rldiiiR w r.- n.r uuu.y tu .' - f i. M. 1 - j 1 t llf b-lwin Co'ora lu mr.A Iit-. Tim Ira of nah.t i: 1 tcro-s lb:! Mati-a nTn;. V t:, j wltii r. Atlr-tfciit t j-i,i j lial-3iTl tlie Itlji -!' o ( P MirJti.!inK Jbat l:!clir. a r -u t; hi , tlrli him hf . J H . i " i 'ii ard cn til d-;ilr:ii tui ! Tl? !ioy rjr t i-.".'- -i t 4 lit! l.urCIC bt:i u:y 3.!-. . Iff i m a.-ciatpli'J.'l :. i, . ra! r. cid t ii. t i i i!.t, n ;.T t. t Jl -if i J. ;! f t!i- i ted t.L.a;n iCfw.UMcdrftinvr. in j. ; , . , u, , .,-...,,..,.., toll WlB XtZVZ.W . ALLTHESTVLE cf a SS.C5 Six $2.25 ' CASH. a h nn: ! ui? mwi NIMI AtUnliu '4A. S I'd:'' MM J. K. OKU btfOI: CO.. Atlanls. r.. 81 III For lit! Wt acain t-fTt r tL ck-anrat tt J , tt - tbo rr.nrket, a l frcrn ; ro a. ) t! - let; -rr.f . 1 1,-1.1 In ll.m frlfcto if i A 1 1 f'-l-l onsiHSjs;.;.;. fr03lJ45Cp ' WisL-J Sa-ria Lat tl i- i.r i I r"? nu "7 ' 'r1;1' T ' ; ' fcd 1 i ""'t-d, Jiad over 10 b'-b. 1 1 ' - ! u lid red tULrl ; our rt't v. V. ti.vn:. Utm cofkJ r--d tl,aa cii tuii-J t 1 !.- rtd Wheat. I'iIm! tl.lS rr Ui-L-1 ou -arftt .: ' I.:ia hc-M tu tilth-: ad r- . -brg Tcr t af. Tra.f: CaS .!-. wmifi Oil i Fill ci PrrfHO OLIVtl. PnvL Chsr!oHe, H. C. ATTKTIaUr.t!;'.t.tt-!:r ton...:. UiitNrartiunlli2an-U trs. I DR. HOFIETTS A Pw-iVwtistip.jay.tET m W - . i . . I If f tJ I " Iff t't-iini !: tu I -B IB Ell -A l'.al. lh- rdtiTg t 35dfTC A t'K i aUhtai-.f tl .t. t tbl e Orivtl i.f.1. rayfET WWpjirorit. aw St.-. 4-iz MCFFETT. ML D i 'f: C"tltra f e ir l!t. ' tlOO.n.f.RIIflicU.tl.0 .N V- ! Or. SiccraTs Esstscj it lifs f J. l..-fll4 f'f lilrtx.i l 1.. ' ' ' " Mn'al. tia)ai J W'ltf . I .rvl:? : J i' m'HrtiWtf n ia.'J, WM;.K4.. j t mt-: tr.U rtaw. t, 1 a i. -' ! : t TUr. I. j . ytTi. A-nt. . I in .a..- . W. L. DOUCLAS S3&S3.50 SHOES "IW r.or.li t i" czrei t.tiortr.alt. Itxtorrrtl l-j T l,iMt ,i airrr. tt trThE:s. ll tr.u: tratAaut v - r- Itltt) il.u?lt:' Cairo' Ulvrl. lari.f.1 trafc' jt tt n4 ! 1" 1 "t:4. Vonrl?l,t1l'4'"' f leatbtr. alic W.6 . '.lala . t CAtaiteva C l r. W. t- OOVCUS $M5E CO- Lxack". V.nt f i i F mtt ref"" by your werchant, s, why wHTy lt? Wce 60fc