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It .; ... 4s ;-a- : J ..... - I BUGLE - , Hv I Irtrrt iJTHB BUGLE SONG" is universally considered one of the finest, If not thejrery-finest, of short English poems. In writlng4of Tennyson, r Dr. !JHenry Van Dyke, ,- the ""American preacher-poet, -says He has-: the - power ' of expressing' the vagre, delicate, yet potent emotions., e 5 - feelings" that belong totH8tilightof theheart,"wheh" the 'gWdf .V loveTand the shadow-of rcgretj are mingled, in melodies of words as : simple and as magical as the chime of faroff bells or the echoes of a- bugle cair dying among the hills." . - .7 . ' "1 'T TV HE crpl endor- all And snowy ; The long light And the wild ?Oh Iiark. oh' r - tt i r i I ' " And thinner, .dearer." further, sroin?! : t t it - ;0 sweet" and far, from cliff andgcar,; a'Vi V : The' horns "of i Elfland faintly blowing f f ! Blowrietj us -hearthe purple glens replying ; ; l 1 Blarwbugle; ; 'answer, echoesying, dying, dying! ! f Unlove, they ale in you rich sky; They faint on hill or eld or riverl" SOur, echoes- rolltfrjctmsoultq soulJ" -iAnd growrf oreverandj 'fdrever. 5- v, Blow,", bugle, blow! set the wild And' answer -echoes answerfdying dying, dying I j : THE WEELITTLES IlTtUCERriEi BLACK iTUST OF COTTON. 4tfrc.'Tffirprtnafttt statlTm Girew item edies for Tills Bliglit. Th"e-J&llowing bulletin is issued 1 the North Carolina -Agricultural Bx- periment . Station., on the subject of Blaclr-rust' Pffcbfe ton.- jTif-ff - "BlaYjk-rust '-Of xjottbii bolls eabK year becoming worse in the "cotton fields of the easternarofOTli ir- oltna. it frequently amounts to one- V ' tenth jpffthe CrOpf 10 "Rlllr-sf,, is a fnn crnns, niapaae. ana the spchfes-or getmsvof the itingus are usually transmitted from place Jto 4 place withjand in the cottonseeds. tl?-Che fungi?ftBitnfe1&i vstems oi the cottcinrplan but ,thi f Orj r usually causes no appreciable damage. If The spores dtthe fuitgusmay hbwever)f hve over winter in the stems and jd 8 . eased-bolls of the preceding crop. w The simplestand most .effectual ren edy for this j: disease? is the aoanuale lectionjof seed from the fungus. Th s, ; in connection with rotation of crops by means of which cotton will not come upon the same held of tener than once - in three years, will reduce damage by " 'Black-rust" to an inappreciable quan .tity. Ootton may , be sprayed Jijke other herbaceous crops. For thisT'fciopI - - we must use a spray fwhich will;nt stain thellinhetalfmoaccar - bonafe tht?&pjpkt? ythhesf spraio use upon coiton. ims is maaey uia ;-. 1 e .V-i. 1 I soivjug .q puieHOT fvypi ....k A theatrical .manager of w-.tnrRFi aunts nr 'stronp amnronia' anarftr v,a es n'n,?A S) adding tbiofeilfeito 5gal0,nfe vfplaht Dy any oi xne-garaen w:OTcnra 5S?praTerB commu8e. . i.anm - " - while ft yimgpbfisMdbeiteran - .the ammOhiasalCcaa-temateandtf ifeed '.j af terthe bolls- attaif fullgrowthiid:' v mis is ine ume wnen u is most neeaeu the Bordeaux, mixture is liable to stain the lint . jraris green at raie oi ounces xo xne barrel may be used with, the Bordeaux mixture to destroy te'rpiljlars, but Mo I iHilej cad-vbT fpll11! ' with . - ammomacai soiuuoirrf'isur annual ee ' 'v : lection of healthy seedT and rotation, of , - crops is the best remedy forBiek- : rner " ' ' -- - -w-w. - . Gerald McCarthy, Botanist, g V - -i .'L ' 11 itWv liucilii C7 J.; -' . - Nothing takes place in : nature that ' "r . does not have a cause. We -are noW '- - -fi - -yr-V ' 1 i :-- -t ( an agev where facts are- sought out for their utility -t . JJiaxin -; f . - . : , vuumuiiuuuts una uvtsu. reueiveu , irom. . the pos.toffice Department that free ci(y - v deuvercf maU3 wu jjg jput TLnto oppra;. - . lion in Dtaxesviue uecem per xsx. - . The woman capable of the great sa ..rifices are not the women who are su fering in rhind because fwomehJbAvrft qua! nghta with men. z : : ; - FAVORITE SONG Tpnnvtftn, - ' n-castle;allsr?I'ls!' summits old In storyj ; -. ' - - J snakes across the lakes,"-; - cataract leaps in glory. . '-' Blow, ; bugle, blow ! set the wild echoes -flying;' Blow, bugle; answer, echoes dying, dying; dyu?;!'' hear!1 how 4thiri and clears 4 r echoes .flying, GUIDES. IjcC Boy's Head. Weighs more; Than His. Body and Limbs. , "Slenboro llutEeH6r3C6un ty , N. C, October 24. This town can truth fully boast -of one of the most wonder ful freaks of nature in the personage of George Randall, a white boy 6 years sJdf ffH weighs" f5 pounds. His body ana legs iweignj niy?-i9 -pounug. Jiiver, since ne arrivea at me ageu.oi la months his head has been rapidly out- groiDg-. his ' Body, and his parents say that, his body has not -increased - a parlSaeCh si2e latfd weigfif during the past Jouryears.,- He is reallyi? nothing but skin and boneg. He' is very, fond: of meats and does not sat inach of other.foods ow.and, 4hea. he drinks WJnlChW4 i wMSafihTt lo all JiftdovnoiapeartG growjpfjthrivev and hisparents ao not believe that he, will hve long. Often he cannot holcj up his head, and most of the time Hp prefers lying in bed because his headit; so heavy. " " i ,f HfisweJledttcaav, 6 bt years. ie readily reads newspapers, and prefers them to books. He ban neither write nor read writing, !He says he has no desire to. do .so.. His mind is very active and quickly catch es. on to anything that transpires in his presence llevisl very sensitive! and A t. ii:. U i-l tl . 'A ... ... . ' I JNew xprk, here, offered heekltsS$Z5 pr?eM for the boy? could rati swef the toy rer plied thai-he woitt4 PPt a?ehpnj5,atrany pricey t tOwif, the people living near the Randall family- HeIs a 'great curiosity to ; alf who see him. . , - lie claim to Be .ISO Years Old, v Washington, -N. C, . Oct. 1 24. A negro .nan, who claims to be,,the oldest persdti inAhe United States, celebrated, hisJ130th Mrthday to-day n Clay couh ty, Kentucky; He is hanfed JEli jah Bledsoeand for many years, in- olden times, he lived at Fayeteville. He- re members Jthwar of .1612 distinotland" knew Aaron Burr. Bledsoe sayshat he did not Jike Btu-Tibcdse he tried ., to buy him from his master; and take him away.- The negro has in his possession a- pieclTdf money 'that was t given' him by vGenr Lafayette' when ne visited-'Fayj etteville.'it was given.inthe form of a tipfor service; in:-1830. C" visi-e -7 Bledsoe made himself famous by the" greatest " running feat in . history. - He . rail 52 niiles in to "hours. tllis roppo-' nent dropped dead by the wayside. --f-. ...I i i " Eve hadn't been in the ' Garden - bf Eden fifteen minutes until she had dis coveredl 1 thaf the smooth surface of a pool is a'mirror. v T v' ' ' : V " " : ,.-.1 r?-r appearances, anq naa peenjso, jkiu iqe exxjeption'tsf oneUneser f wo yeaWagO , George, can. be seen any day near this and lalfthegi facts are-welr known WALKED OFF HIS CON SltlSPTf OR. Between San FranclscQand New York fle Gained 55 Pounds and ; TorontoJffaU and Empire.- ? If . the-xperiences cf Alfred X. Allen, an-oldT . 5atxj3Qy; axe-any criterion, henas duicotered a cure for consump tion that leaves Koch and 'Other lympj com nounds m th ' alfo " tfl.rtd ' 1 i st His retnedy is certainly an .heroic one, and,' efficacious as he : found it is secret-iy7-become - popular.1 " This'is his story; .WaTf 'On being' told .-by , a - doqtor at San Francisco that hig iungs-were almost used "Upland he 'had' better gohome to di Mr.j Allen -retired to hisrroonr to f consider jt what he i-vopki da. Jlany vvutuu U5iv uuue noxningfcOroommiiiea puiuiuc, wuue iuiv; punuenBg uyer now i jttf spestd hut frainm?'ilays,. how ever, sudden inspiration came to Mr. Allen. He decided t take awalk-r-; back -i tb s.hii I old-, Ganadiam 3iome in Torpntoj,,, x - , ) lie at once decided to try the- experi ment and'thernextday August 1901, hei started put; withhiis best'suit on, one lung out-of business; in bis pockets "and a' gross tdnnaareyer all vi oi, pounu8.v ne was very weaic ai first jind.-foundit hard wprkto cover a mile vand a half a L' day. . For twq months e walked along, keeping-his money-as long as jie looked j -respect able na one would takeitbut when he, became more, weaker-worn , and needy tookirig.it sooncwitr i Sot weak kaa. he b,t;on one, occasion ,-hergOt permission to. cut wood for a meal, hut was unable, to handle the axe. - - V " t tf SJowlyand nanf uily h0 tramped on fOUowiug the , ties north through Call fdrniahd? Oregon, thenhe left the tracks W takes -atsnoftt cut,- and lost himself "two days anda night in the aense forests but !tf sphVof itall he started. fto gain? strength and was soon able to average oo miles a-jdayone day actually walking,.51 miles. , In Oregon he earned $17 cooking for some hungry sheep herders, strangers todyspepsia, an startedoff aain rich one more, uutif he fetched Idaho: Tliere he had iaS .terrible 'expefieSce trampiher aeross 17$ milesof lAdziBghpt - desert, with: out food orwter, .until he reached at oasis, where ' some' adventurous spirit had by $ irrigation -feclajmed enough land to produce a scanty living. f By this , time , Allen'Sj tongue was parched fand swollenf his blips' cracked,' ahd he - was mpjetely Exhausted? by his privations mnch so that. jt ppk several days of water and food tq f put him an" 'shape o continue his A walk.' With thei aid of i big? water- bottle he managed to cross the rest of ,tbe arid, sub-parched 4plain, and4 crossed into Utah, thrbugh which State he strolled, hospitably received everywhere -. by : the lonely railroad section men, to whom the sight of a" face froni the outsidpi world was a real godsend. In" fact, ai one place,-where h had to face a fear ful cold snap, with snow waist deep, a family took him in and kept him three weeks.:: When s finally he did start off the lady of the house gave him a kiss and a five7 dollar bill " to'cheer ,hi& lonely t the meanoryjof thatMss is still -fresh' Through storm ind, sho w, ? wind and rain, he plodded along," traversing Iowa4 ihxa BlinOis,--thugh: Illinois to Michi-, gaatand;t DetrjDit hec crossed to. Wind sorj -Once more ih'Canada. From Wind sclxewalked A across to Buffalo; from Buff Alfr tb LewistonVhere- he crossed the oldSuspension fridge and,-, once again landed on Canadian soil. There he' tobkthe GrandTrafiWnd- landedtih Toronto ilast Wednesdfjr, weatherworn and weaty,:jbutj well man, . weighing 136 pounds of hard, healthy manhood, jand without a trace fclny?0d iQcxmsnm j hing his Jong tramp" Mr. Allen walked through thirty:fiVe pairs of boots and used up' more clothes than he could keep track of He, was much impressed with the unfailing kindness he TheTj with" everywhee74 having always plenty of foodiandjlothes On-only "onft oc?' casipn.didhe lack a, house jtseepia when he was iostjin,Oregonsjvil4a? ; e Mr. AlKif hasJ,ileen examined by physicians,1 Who have been amazed to find, him perfectly .free from the white plague,vand still more, astounded atihe extraordinary method 'by5' which he cured himself. sasf -.it low to luanasre a Girl. Some one who has'tried it gives the ft? r foTlOwinruTeshtanttgea-?daUghter; U j2. Give, her JieilJWn way: it willsav3 KeSthe''irxtibler ofiEakihgat-,' ' V f J m 3lPay tbf her afessesif you 6m aff cjrd lo- f Herdress ? makers will' -sue yoUypujIon't "fj $.$4": ' 4! If she takes (aw fanoyto. any ohft manoiidiibi want lieir to'marry; iell he?1Vou. blite et xour heart 6n,hermar- rymg pirn anc Bweai Bne snau never marry any qh'ejelse. - Yoli'ca'n give her a free" hand' and she 'wouldn t hive him if, he was the-only man leitt'"ii ""5,. If .there is any man you:want her to marry kick him out of your housef ordexj theeseryants never ;4o admit him;: distribute man traps and sprine suns and bull dogs all arOund your grounds'; lockher? upari her rodmand- vow -nf phe marries him ypuwbn'jijeave-her penny." You will not have to, wait long after that or the elopement, ' -: 8 6.' ?If ehe half ho' voice "encourage her tping.wheneveryoU'givea partyj ; It will attract attention, to , her and give your'guestan excuse for complimenting her." . JNevermind the neighbors; ? -7, j If you t ate i-a '.poor,; man'r, teach your, daughter thoYf t to. dance ( and play the piano. "She can7 learn cooking and dress 'making and ? 'those- things after she ifi.marriedj - l.rrKi JkST4- &f- . , A passenger and a freight train , on the Seaboard Air Line ' collided 4 near B.ockihgham dnr? the 19th7 'Herbert Holland, a flasman whose home was atBanford, was killed. , - J,-. ; : THE STOB Tne Efllnman IVIio Capped . All ' . T": Stories Sare One.. Kew.Yorlc Tritrane. : 'The lord save me from an English man whojba done thingSy or ; says . he has,T said. a Western man at the Wal dorf -AstoriaVecentl v. Such a oni will spjdhanyparty and" throw't gloom on any gathering he happens tb be in. An Englishman of thjs type was once a visitor in my town ;and at the : club he became anninmitigated-"htiisance No maUerwiaOxowastold, theBrit isher invariabfy. :yeht the narrator one better.. For example one? man, told of a big Jaro' game.he had seenU at: JDheyr enheinthoseTOvertcbefQrgotten days .when cattle sold at $75 a head, and everyone in ine v.caxue country simpiy Wlth weahhf-Itwaf good story, but as. soon as it was finished the Englishman rang in'6n6 of an .experi encer hehad at Mpnte Carlcu that inade the Cheyenne lal seem Uke. a bottle of fiat champagne. " J' "" '"-"; ' ': 'Then; an 'ex-WmyBfficeltoIdt a compahy5,Qf infah itfitii Getty sbttxglthat of the cbnlpahya deaclvbr -wodnded on that bloody hillside" before the boys in blue Jould be .driven &ack. r '.J' ' 'The Englishman' capped that with an expenihee df his" n4nala! Oitt 1 of W-compariybf 7G f Sikhs that he com manded pnly,two escaped-him8elf and another rthe othesb shot'sofuljif holes that heckedi-ile' .atiiit!Megiglir;i-, ' "When the refreshments mad& nec essary by this .last ; anecdote, had .. been imbibed another man so forgot himself, as to delate air experience' hehad while hunting ' bears. .The t Englishman chimed ini at .once twith. a, legend of a bear hunt of his pwn.. . He had only six shots' ih'hisniaazine rifle anot was attacked by fourlMi<!and two cub bears. -After,anr exhibition of fancy 1 shooting that must have made the per formances of 'Wild1 Bill' or5, 'Billy the Kid' look amateurish, the last bear fell shot through the , heart, only six feet from where therdoughty Englishman "The silence that followed the rela tion j of i ? this .Munchausen , positively hurt, but jwhen itwas at, length . broken the fate that . EngUsman had so long been temptirig'was Upon hiiri -i,..-' ' 'That iexperience,,i: said the. scift, voice of a six-foot mining man, .who had been silent, ''reminds me of a simi lax one I myself once had; Iwas after antelope and had chased a pair of them all the af ternoon.. They finally came to a canyon and made for it. ' Just1 as they got to' its Entrance I shot twice at them, missing -both' times. I didn't fire again, for the reason that those twO shots were all I had in my. magazine rifle. " Nothing daunted, I spurred my weary mount forward and soon found myself within the shadows jof the can--yon which rose precipitously., With the idea of " resting- my horse 4 1 dis mounted and that I wretched 5 bronco took prompt advantage of my kindness by jerking the reins from my hand and making a bolt of it.' Looking around for the cause I saw a grizzly at least nineieet high .rushing toward me with open mouth. I can tell you I legged it up that canyon, add a busy brain ac companied me.' I couldn't ' shooti the grizzly, for my last shot had, bee4 fired at the antelope Just then a rock came into view and,' utterly 'spent, 1 bast my self upon it.' ' 'Xfs-,-( ; " ' ''Hereth&miUer came to a full stop, and the deeply interested Englishman leanjed breathlessly forward. 'Wliat heueried, 'what did the bear do my, dearfehow?' "'Why, returned the other, without batting an eyelash, 'he ate me upTfodurser ' V mi ? A ig Eeni at Big Llctt. - , .- .etoarlotteftDbserVerl5? t.ft''&i i lit the flying machine' were perfected we xnieht all have gone . to? Bier Lick, . Stanly county, last Sunday, and heard gleton Little, "Primitive Baptist,' and -JRey; Cuh & avis; missionary Baptist, which was told of m our Albemarle Ipeclaf ?yesterday. It'awas'"doubtlessi worth nying r miles p UPM hear, m Tlne Primitive or Hardshell Baptists; believe in predestination -and oppose foreign missions, and around these points the debatetseems' to; have raged, Our cor-, r espondent tellUs hat 'Bey; A3riLix tielsVn old man, but o handsome" apr parance, andremihdtfone mWeof a Bomah Senatorof old than a Primitive preacher. ; tanding in the pulpit in his smrt sieeyes, Wixn ja, reu panuananan kerchief ih his hahd to ihbp1 his brow occasionally be spoke' f orsomefhing pvepvtWPihOUrs us behe andigiving reasons -for the faith that was in hiin." Of Ihf Bvf Cul.Davis' we are toldthat he is a?tallf gauht raw-frmed rilaii, a typical xjountry.preacher, havingayoice On, 1dm that penetrated to the - farthest corners of the village. He began at Genesis and ttid irptK prcngflllhesaid by thiiBible 1 11 seemed, that every argument maae was a" direct blpwat his aged 6ppbnent,-whd sat n tthe atibrni would shake :his head nrhen some par ticularly strQngipcanttwastn3ade against thebatw afailureinsdIfar as changinjgan;one;lrom his belief . was concerned, but that is - the .way with all joint debates. . . The gayety of this occa 8i6u&srhavebeen great arid'itis not surprising to" learn hat there was an 'immense gathering.' l lhq hanasome and dignified bid Hardshell, in his shirt sleeves and with his red hindhipprc- claimmg16i twidiHcuns'theltlifalceJ dehvered to the saints, snd. Brother Cul 1 Davis, f'tsllj gauht, raw-to havebeen astddyinhis way, and those bf us who missed his event have spmetning to regret all the remainder of our days. ;A- rolling womai ; gathers, ,no hus band. .; ' :'" 7. 4 - : I, i . had been senlLapture acertajux mil. They olidnHsecure it, but? 75"peircent- WROTO AND TAB BIGHT Charlotte Observer. -'t- f 'Let th'et whitewashed,- independent Democrats' (so-called) ; be vset by .taem-r selves, an forever branded as deserters who sold their birthright for & mess of papJ',. ' This is the concluding sentence oi an - eoixonai - in j.ueycuzuiu Economist, a paper which is old enough to know . better. As '" sure as you are being made in the method of treatment Of the North (p. Una independents. ' j Very few. if any of them. hTe sold jheir birthright for iap or anything, else; few- Of them are can didates or joffice or ever will be. They arelioiuthe the Sttefarmers,' business men men of 'all occupations, whoaMr ' after noth ing except suitable-men in I office r-and just aws equally administered. rJThey are in large art the men- whonf past campaigns have furnished i the ; money rand done thwork. f orrthe-. nemocratic 4 party. ;xma year tne . partyrnas put up soine 'imdidates?1 which they '"arW hot going to vote Jpr andthey are uot go ing to dor it.. When" it is ' proposed; to brand' them "as 'deserters 1 ' they laugh ; every time thearty whip rackSr they Snap their fingers, v They have never yet bowed their -heads to anybody ex cept God Almighty .nd theyiare'not to be bullied vtbis -year; or., swerved frrn tneir purpose to vote as tneypieasei We are not talking of the mercenaries or sore heads Among them , and . there doubtless .are; such, but- of the great mass of independents who'arjvithbut' ambition'in 'politics; whoWe nOt, moved hyia spirit of vengeance, put whose course' is "dictated hy principle and who have5 ho design' except the t prombtion of the best interests of Korth';.CaroUna'. Let the abuse then eo onnif . this is thhughf fo bei8 party policy bUrwe say-to t The? ElizatethTCity Economist auu uwr luaugners xnaxjc'pux strengthens them in , their purposes- for they are men whocahnot be driven -r-and may hap-will. put some Jof them to work when, they, had calculateLupon doing o More Ihau! Vote; " .'' '. In marked .contrast with the spirit pf intolerance manifested, in some quar-ters,-and with.thet efforts ,to" lasli .back into line' these men who have stepped aside for cause,' was that manifested by Represeiitatiye EWPou, of the fourth lotte !m'-whichhe Hsaid" in substance uAUMiu.f au ui4,iv&UI OUCCVU 111 VU1U that a man is not bound bysany.rplg of party fealty or, good, citizenship td vote for a: candidate rwhomhe conscienti ously believes to beliin'fit.or unqualified Jp$i thei officer? sougtiThati was the speech of a politician--we use the word in its' best rseneanooi a broad-minded man. A (ndidate holding these broad views,- willi pg ;tp concede . to every man his rights as he claims his on, and je- presenting :lhe political policies that r ,jp u " c independent injhis .district.. And we ir.4.n aj ll may add that if 1his spirit were that bf the Democratic party" in the State there would be no independents because. there would be no reason for , any Democrat to bolt which " could not be met by a better reason why he. should not?r' - -,-jBut go .on, igentlemen ;withF your hectoring. i Why He. Unit, loiva; Kansas City Journal. ; .? ' HenryClay Dean who was a famous orator a generation ago was referred to many years after he had "moved to Mis souri from Iowa, as ' ' Henry. Clay Dean, of, Iowa." He used to explain his move frbnt theawkeye Btate in this, way ti's .?;'. ntj-. ? m t f t t . ; ."You see, they passed, a nefarious prohibition law in vXowa," and there's ' 1JST..--. H mi - - . i i: ? . your -wmsKy gone. ; xnen tney iaooi ished. capital punishment and .: there's your .hanging .gone. And .now the whole Donulation seems "to be' drif tin? hell gOneW I can't live in a State that has neither hell, hanging, norwhisky. . i I ,fi ? -Cold In Monteomery. J a It , seems,, that, the f gold , fever',' has struck Montgomery county in earnest. Gold is being ? hunted nw in places where it was never thought to be : until recentlyi a The : section of the Iola mine is being thoroughly searched, and- pits are' being 'Sunk in''the Pekin' section with the hope bf unearthing ' feome of the yellow j metal - Mon tgomery coun ty;, hasal ways, been noted for, her gold , and hhe prow ises'to keep'lup her'repu tation in this HnetTheIola mine is said, to be-paymg handsomely.: . Eastern orth Carolina has some of the queerest freaks,in the.!? world, jjlhe biggest is Lewis Lewark'the 17 yeajf old boy whojweighs: j669 pounds; f .We all know Lewis. He Uves rieht t here in Cumtucksouhtvt and then 4 the smal-T lest is'Chas.'Baker.' of Hertford. i Mf 4 Baker, is 21 years oldj weighs oqly ,71: pounds and yet he is in the T best of health and deserves much'praiie,'' from through lack of stature and avoirdupois, he is the main support of, a sister and widowed mother. ' ' ' ', v ? : Kegro , "FomtOT'CiTyArk., Oct. 2LA,mob of a thousand niehr stormed the c jail here- late 'last night 'and Itook Charles J Xoungainegro, bound Thim .to a tele- srraritt note on ; the nubuc square ana ahd 1 Drebared ( to' burn him.fe Young begged piterjuslya te his i lifer hut-was taken, a half mile from town bound to a , tree and - roasted to deaths Young was accused of murdering Mrs.' Edward ti;Commercial travelers say that busi ness ia extremely gooL particularly 'in the. tobacco region ;pf . eastern 'TNorth Carolina ' where there isl more money, much more moneys than .ever hefore. Business men there say i business was never so good." - . ' . - - :T TOE treed or noes. A Hunter Terrible Experience In A. --2" Sputh Amerlan Foret. jjln the canebreakes along one of the South American 'rivers i wild "hogs have appeared in gTeatnumbers; this year, coming from no one knows where. fThese hogs 1 seem to have little in common with : the- domestic species. They are'-gaunt - of form, long-legged and as ferocious ' as bears, many of e enormous heads and savage- looiung ; iusks. x oeverai , ramer un pleasant adventures have occurred with tbesanimalSjv among athemv one . in which an Iridhjihnter, a lMr. ' McGee, played" a paitf::.J"-i-y " piS his Teturn from asuccessful bird hunt Mr, McGee saw a small pig rolling in the dirt." afe bad heard Of the; wild hogs4utaipo ,lhis time had seen none.:. "With the. sportsman's instinct, beai wounded the piglts squeals were answered by gruntsfrom all sides, and hundreds of hogs Issued' from the cand.i X i . McGee knew that they meant mis chief, and throwing, down his ; gun, he hastily scrambled among, the i branches of a small,: tree. Still the hogs came, hundreds of -them, and their grunting and squealing, added to their ferocious aspect, were appalling to the frightened man. -r';-y: ;. : ..- " -: i wThct hunter felt reasonably safe in the tree,r for. he, knew the .enraged animals eould not reach him. "But they squeal ed snapped their ugly' j aws and leapid BPsxMcUTO'witheiiLchew.'.up and destroy the stoke of his gun. And then they began to root at tne tree .wherein he situ "::.'.-'" - j'- r. ' - 'A half dozen of. the big boars kept at it,.' and ' he began to wonder . if they 'meant to root the? tree down. ? In the courseVlof 5 arf half hour; his wonder changed to . alarm '. Z The hogs had made a big hole around the roots of the tree, which was.but small, and they were still jooting vigorously r Doubtless they had learned hy 'experience how to get at a treed enemy. ' i I Jight Came on, and in the moonligh t the luckless hunter saw countless num bers moving about, and the rooting at the tree went on. Hoping to divert the savage brutes,; he, had. thrown down to them the contents of his game baer. which had beeh'eagerly devoured. Time passed and : the . tree began to sway.; McGee knew: well that his chance for life was ' nothing if he f ell among those hogs.1 More and more the tree swayed, , then leaned to one sid, and the .hunter- gave himself up for Suddenly; there was a ' cessation of the rooting, Wting;barely long enough to make sure i , of the " departure of his enemies, her dropped grunting and -squealing down below,, and then a rush of feet. ,-The hogs- bad departed, for. some mysterious . cause. mysterious cause. j.ne nunter did not know then and does not know nbwlwhy;theyfled;tBut;go they did, and the hunter was safe, -; He soon came down from the tree andlmade the best possible time to his nome. . jf -:r i - t ? . - " it.'i TUnei Hare Chauged. . Stateavllle Landmark. ; J . '" A gentleman 'who is familiar with the local . political situation thus sizes up thelsittatibn.4 The work the Democrats have to do is to get the people to regis ter knd vote.5;-Tbe'; people are indiffer ent,? apathetic. ; iThey . care nothing for campaign oratpry. j 'The appeals to pas sion, prejudice, or sentiment, so effecr tiveH ih bygone campaigns, count for little or- nothing; rThe people want pretty weirposted and know in advance i . . . . wiiak iue wiupaigu -orator is f going io UUO. UVU;. UUU DU AAA V IrUClU &UUW more abpUt'the subject than the orattr. Therefore fie-4 failto - interest them. xnis ;; uoes : nox r mean xnai xne : uay. or oratory is passed Oi ? that the j campaign speaker may . not Jo some good, but for the , reasons stated, the conditions are greatly 'changed and ; the.: campaigner must accommodate hi mselt to, the -new .conditions: ?It-doesnt mean,;, either, that the people are quitting the Demo cratic party or have lost interest in it, but it does i inean that they think they can afford to be-.more independent and indifferent about matters political than heretofore. ! j And this brings the situa tion backlto the first proposition stated that the Jhing the Democrats have to do is to get their people oh the regis tration books and get them to the polls. That is the jWprk ito; he done; through personal effort or otherwise. X I Horses Fed With molasses. , New ; york7 Special to New Orleans Tlmes- Democrat. -- . .. ' . 77;. .. ',' Instead ':o'f oats; 100 horses owned by theArbUckle1 Brothers, of Brooklyn, coffee, and .."sugar refiners,-! are fed with molasses, The animals are sleek and fat and seem to thrive on the diet. Dr. reorge xx oserns, a - veterinarian, farst suggested the use of molasses,, and af Ltr mix wapkn : RTnpnmpnr nn rmrk m tw horses, it' was decided to use it as a food ' 7. - - r f ' vm w w v vu Dr, Berns lt paid he . first got the idea from a veterinarian in the United StatesariilleTyt8eTvi who' told "him that from ten tqi; fifteen pounds of the dark juiixturet was sufficient daily' ra tions'for a, horse weighing 1000 pounds. The cost'of feeding each animal on mo lasses is 15 cents a. day. ; f - - i " 7-i - V ' -i f fThese are the days when people who are dabbling m cotton will agree with the.sayingpf an -old- nro of my acquaintance," said Capt.' Harrison Watts '--;". . -if How's cottony Uncle?" I asked. yf-'Boss; he repljed,; ''when I sell cot ton she goes up and when I hold cotton sne goes aown. uoss; icottou is a blam ed fool.:' : s . ' v ' Mr. J". . O. Deatoh, of; Mooresville, says he hos been farming for 50 years and that his corn crop this year is the best he ever had on upland. He will make, 30 bushels to the acre ft. -f
The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 29, 1902, edition 1
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