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VOLUME XXL
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JUNK 20. 1906.
.SUMBEK 25
THE
THE VALLEY
The ahadowe In the valley,
They gather (trim and gray,
vte needs must pass their dnrkneaa through,
Hwnlta on every way:
But from the heighta deacendlng,
O aonl, bf brave and si rung.
And make the valley ahadowe ring
Unto the hilltop aongl
"TheDuel."
By ALPHONSE
I.
I did not want to fight my Cousin
Gaston at all. To begin with, I, Renee
lavallere, had a reputation as a
swordsman which many Frenchmen
envied. My skill with tho steel was
such that It was ho uncommon thing
ta see the phrase in the newspapers,
"A Levallere of Swordsmen." But
apart from this, my cousin Gaston was
my Junior by ten years; ho was but
k youngster of 25, gay-hearted and
falr-halred, as beflttcd youth. I hud
a great affection, brlnklng almost on
love, for the boy, and more especially
I loved him for the hot Are of youth
that burnt within him.
Yet here lie had called me out to
a duel. His secondB had visited me for
mally. There was De Courcel, always
Bpolllng for a light, and Br. Lamar
dine, who loved to see his name in
the papers, If only as second to a duel.
Why? Oh, over some ridiculous
: cafe squabble, and a jest over a worth
less maiden with yellow hair; her
name was Marietta; and for her
wretched sake, as fine a fellow as my
; cousin Oaston. was risking his Ji2a
Insulting me. ,
Bake t had to
there came to
creature, whoso
fiStrfo'Tteg me In the name of thx
Holy Mother not to cross swords with
him because sho was his affianced wife,
and because she loved him with a
purer love than that of Marlette, I
could only shrug my shoulders.
"Mademoissclle," I said, "nobody
Is more averse from tho encounter
than I, for It, too, love the hoy. Utit
Hens! he has Insulted me publicly, and
I can do no more. Our seconds arc
now In negotiation, and the proces
verbaux are being drawn up."
"You will not fight him'?'' she im
plored. "He Is so y(iijt i and hand
some, and headstrong.'
"I do not wish to fight him." I re
plied. "He is far weaker than I am.
But the newspapers have heard thut
Renee Levallere is about to fight; they
are printing paragraphs about me, and
It Is too late to retract."
"Promise me you will not hurt him,"
She begged.
"I will try not to." I nnasaied
She kissed my ban
Cousin Gaston was
he would have fought for
Louise Desterre. Truly, we In France
have odd Ideas of love. The day of the
duel drew nigh, and I tried in vain to
effect a reconciliation between my hot
headed cousin and myself. His mother
my aunt who lived In La Vendee,
endeavored to Induct me to abandon
the meeting, but I could do nothing. To
refuse to fight now would be to ac
knowledge myself a coward. I had
been insulted, and there was but one
' course open to me, as a Frenchman.
I took down my foil and played
. fancifully with It before the long nilr-
ror in my room.
H. '
The sun was yellow In the blue sky
on the morning when I came to the
Grand Roue, the dueling place of Paris,
to meet my Cousin Gaston. He was
there before, me, in his white shirt,
slightly open at the neck, one hand up
on his hip and the other waving to
and fro as he gestlcujated in conver
; sation with frlendds. I went inta
the little waiting room and tested my
sword. Tolln was there; good, honest
Tolln, who was a friend of both of
us at school. "Armand," he said,
"don't hurt the lad; just play with
him. It 'won't hurt your reputation if
you don't wound him. Enfin, you are
not a maitre d'arnies!"
"My dear Tolin," I replied, "If Gas
' ton came to me and offered me his
' hand I would kiss his cheek." Whereat
Tolin, nisid -off to communicate my
words to my seconds, who in turn com-
r
8HAD0W8.
The ahadowe In the valley.
'i'bey gather gray and grim,
But all I heir darkened roads go alralght
From mountain brlin to brim ;
And now the heighta aarendlng,
The way behind you long.
How atradfast amtnds your faithful chant,
The valley'a hilltop aongl
Itlpley I). gaundera In St. Loula Republic.
COURLANDER.
old stroke of mine I struck bis blade
aside, and would have pierced his un-der-arm,
but that he retreated clever
ly, and was en garde again, by the
ttmo De Courcel held up his stick to
signify that the first reprise was over.
We handed our swords to our respec
tive seconds, and, turning our backs to
one another, chatted with our friends.
Gaston lit a cigarette, and I could hear
his laughter as be talked. He was per
fectly at ease. He little knew that, it
I had wished, I could have pierced his
haart even In that second when he was
retreating before my sliort attack.
"M'sleurs, etcs-yous prots?" came
De OourccVs voice again. The sun
was In my eyes as I took my sword
and stood up to Gaston. This time
he came nt me fiercely It was a
lunge, thrust and parry and I needed
all my skill to keep my ground. Our
blades licking round each other, the
sunlight gleaming on the bright Bteel,
and every now and again he made lit
tle darts at my chest, until I began
to realize that mv Co'n
Indeo
mine me ,
ton was pressing
1 buttling my retreat
before his mad onslaught.
followed with his stick half up
scanning our Bword arms with trl
narrow eyes of his, to sec If one of uS
were touched; a mere sword prick on
the wrist or forearm would suffice to J
terminate tho duel. The sun was gold
en on Gaston's fair hair; his face '
flushed with the excitement, bis
were Intensely bright, as thou
triumph. I pointed my swo
heart, and then it seemed
lunged forward the sun went!
me, there was a hiss of voicfl
I was standing over GnstI
had dropped hack Into tho ara
seconds; the scarlet blot on
shirt, a little above the M
sword was on the sand. I
sun seemed to go out as my
whom I loved, tvyJsted his body In
4qls
his young lite swt
BtuJ'tift
through every nerve of my body. Here
In the sunlight I had killed the one I
loved. In fair duel, said an Inner
voice, In extenuation. But I knew
that I was the stronger, the better
duelist, that It was sheer folly of my
cousin to have ever dreumed of worst
ing me. I had even wounded Bras
scur, the Name of Godhero of a hun
dred duels.
I flung my sword aside, and pushed
through the crowd that surrounded
my cousin. I caught his liferess hand,
and kissed it, with tho foolish Idea
that I might be able to kiss him back
to life again. They bore him Into the
little waiting room and covered him
with a sheet The crowd drifted
silently away, and I entered the room
and flung myself at the foot of the
couch where Gaston was lying. A hand
touched my shoulder, and I looked up.
It was De Courcel. His voice was
husky as he spoke: "You could not
help It, mon ami. He rushed on your
point." I covered my face with my
hands, and Do Courcel stole away, too.
How long I was there I do not know,
but suddenly I heard the silken noise
ot a woman's skirt, and I turned and
saw Louise Desterre.
It seemed that she knew of Gas
ton's death. How she know I did not
trouble to guess. Perhaps she had
been waiting outside the dueling place.
Her face was white, drawn and terri
ble, as she pushed me roughly aside,
and threw herself upon the dead body,
onlvlnlnir hr flnpnrfl In thn fsilr hnlr
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tor Ilk one mad, until the blood
flowed from my finger-tips. The sun
beat down upon me, and still I scrapej
away, bending to my work and trying
not to flinch as the cruel flints pricked
my flesh and made fresh wounds. An
hour passed, and I was grasping hand
tuls of earth and flinging thorn about
me In a frenzied eagerness. "He must
be burled before sunset," said a voice,
"or his blood shall stain your life." I
fell to with renowed energies, dig
ging deeper and deeper Into the earth
with tny hands, and at the end ot
three hours I had only scraped a
small hole, about a foot in depth. The
sun dropped lowflr. A chill came over
me. "I can never do It," I sobbed. "O
God, forgive me!"
"Murdered! Go on," said the voice.
, Then, whimpering in pain, I went
on all fours and tore like one distract
ed at the ground. I felt that a mad
ness was verwhelmlng me. TH6 sun
dropped low toward the horizon, and
I saw that I could never dig the grave
In time to save my soul, I flung my
self forward on the ground, and sobbed
convulsively In despair. .
"0 God, forgive me!" I shrieked. The
sun dropped lower, and vanished in
blood-colored clouds.
I opened my eyes and stared vague
ly around mc. The train of thought
In my brain stopped and startod
abruptly upon a new track. I saw
Tolln peering anxiously at me, and,
miracle of miracles, my couBln Gas
ton holding me tenderly by the arm.
The sun was shining, and I was being
supported on some one's knee. "A
slight prick on the arm," said Dr.
Lamardine. "Curious that it should
have made him faint." Dally Chron
icle,
The average of $1702 per car for the
home-made product does not Indicate
that the American manufacturer ts
not bujlding cars as big or as costly
as his foreign rivals. The difference
is caused by tho fact that while few
small cars are Imported the Ameri
cans are producing great numbers ot
small runabouts, etc., in which the
purchaser is getting more for his
money every year. An Interesting
feature of the year's record is that the
Increase in cost to the manufacturer
himself is very much greater than the
Increased cost to the consumers, in:
dlcating that the American has come
to realize that to hold their home
trade and to create an export business
for the future they must give a high
er grade of material and ot workman
ship. Philadelphia Record.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A Chicago preacher hasdiscovered
what Ib called a "candy rfag."
The Khedive of pgypt owns the
most costly saddle fn the world. It Is
made of black leather, though more
gold than leather Is visible, and It
coBt $70,000.
School children in Btrasburg, Darm
stadt, and other cities of Germany not
only have their teeth treated free of
charge, but are taught how to masti
cate food with tho least Injury to the
THE WOKKMEJN OF PARIS
A VISIT TO THE QUARTER
WHERE THEY LIVE.
Sane and Lively Intelligence of the
Parisian Working and Middle Ctas.a
es. The Value of Environment In
; Developing Skilled Artisans. Atti
tude of the Common People Towards
the Roman Catholic Church,
Every day of last week I drove 20
miles or so through the working-class
quarters of Paris and Its .suburbs. I
have . seen hundreds ot thousands of
Parisian faces at windows or by the
sldo of our carriages, kind, amuBed, a
little skeptical at first, but toward the
end of the week genuinely enthusias
tic With i-agard to those things
which directly concern my work on
the education committee, I have been
tnken, under the wise and helpful
guidance of M. Louis May, round
schools of various types, technical,
secondary, and elementary, as well as
those' Slate factories ot Sevres pot
tery and Gobelins tapestry which con
tinue Into today the artistic traditions
ot the French crafts.
Throughout our whole visit I have
received, whether at the great ball
given to 16,000 guests at the Hotel
de Vllle, or in the street, or In the
schools, an overmastering impression
of the sane and lively Intelligence of
the Parisian working an 1 middle
clauses. The people seem to be poor
er and worse housed than in London.
Even in the new quarters outside the
fortifications, they seem to live In
crowded tenement buildings rather
than In the comfortable, ugly, two-
"sees along the
don dls-
when things weuTVrei
friendly little laxfgh at some of the
vowel sounds In ''a French speech de
livered by an Ehglish visitor.
The girls In' the crowded school of
embroidery -were doing beautiful Work
and enjoying It, the tiny Infants In the
rue JoufTroy washed theelr bands, tied,
each other's bibs, and prepared for an
Imaginary meat at the "can tine sco
lalre" with real delight; the big boys
at, the great secondary College Chap
tl, all behaved like flne-splrlted young
citizens, who, of their own will, were
doing something to promote a cordial
understanding with a new friend; the
girls at the Higher Grade Edgard
Qulnet School sang a Scotch drinking
song with Irrestlhle solemnity, and
laughed and cheiwed and flag-wagged
afterwards like the free-hearted and
courteous young cltizenesset that
they were.
What is the reason ot this apparent
ly high level of intelligence? It is ob
viously not a mere question ot racial
type. The Parisians are not ot a
greatly different origin from the sub
dued little children whom I saw a
month or two at "Bruges la Morte"
kissing In endless series the crystal
cover ot the sacred Blood. One must
fall back on the Influence ot "environ
ment," which Includes -the whole his
tory ot Paris, as the scene ot tour
revolutions, and as the administrative,
artistic, and Intellectual centre of a
great centralized State. It ts less easy
In fnmsa' tinr mnH nt that Anvlrnn.
"iMIMHlRaikfcjwjJi
found "Collectivism rosslbllste"
useful term. ' When this was done we
used to plunge at once, as far as my
French allowed, into the heart ot
things.. .
One felt the Intense reality Of the
present French love of peace, not only
as a shield behind which modern
civilization may develop, but as the
satisfaction of a moral need, and its
relation to that sensitiveness for na
tional and Individual dignity which
makes even the suspicion that he Is
being treated with unfeeling insolence
an agony to every Frenchman. Here
and elsewhere, as one learned the
way In which men looked on life and
the motives from which they apparent
ly acted, one was reminded of the
"morality tinged with emotion" of
Matthew Arnold's definition; and
when an educated agnostic school
master spoke to me of his opinions as
"ma religion" there seemed nothing
incongruous In the word.
This religion, if it is one. Is boldly
Introduced into the schools. I had ac
cepted the criticism so often made of
the "moral Instruction" and "civic
training" which appear on the French
time-tables, and are represented by so
many text books, that It was trite,
tasteless a weariness to teacher and
taught. This time I was given by a
friend a copy of "ten school command
ments" which I was told were much
used for the purpose of moral Instruc
tion. The name and the number were
to our notions aggressively anticleri
cal, but the interest In the document
lay In Its positive and not In its nega
tive qualities.
Live Instruction; It is the bread ot
the mind.
Honor honorable people, respei
rights of all, and do not,
to any one.
; Do
Do a
'tar
Our nelk
nit in them the smal
drifted nut of their circulation am
for years been tossing about In ours.
The nickels, the dimes, the 25-cent
pieces, the 60-cent pieces add the dol-i-
niaxM that hear, if not exactly,
hhi-lmage and superscription, at all
evedts the emblem ol uncie own, win
vanish from the pockets and the tills
to and from which they used to pass
in this country on oqual terms with our
own sliver coin. Under an arrange
ment made by the Finance Depart
ment with the banks the latter are ar
resting all the American silver coins
that come Into their hands. At the
beginning of the present month the
plan for the expulsion of this alien
money came Into operation. All of the
American pieces that reach the .banks
will be assorted and shipped to New
York, where they will be received at
the agency of the Bank of Montreal.
It Is not because they will be specially
benefitted by the riddance that the
banks are helping the coin out Though
the amount of this American metallic
money In Canada is estimated at II,
000,000, it does not compete to any ap
preciable extent with bank currency,
which Is all In the form of notes ot no
lower denomination than 15. It la
true, If we give facility to the circula
tion of American coin we Invite Amer
ican paper money. Doubtless there
would be less of the latter here It the
silver of our neighbors were always re-
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5ftfeX -i ? MV 1 ("5;- fit-
Watering Chicks.
The best way I find to water little
chicks Is to fill a flat tin nearly full ot
pebbles, and pour In water. The chicks
drink in the little pools between the
pebbles and are kept from getting In
the water with their feet.
To be successful with little chickens
you muut keep them dry and warm.
When the Cow Is Chocked.
Cows will often get choked w,lth a
small potato or other hard subBtance In
food. To relieve them, take of fine cut
chewing tobacco enough to make a ball
the she of a hen's egg; dampen it with
molasses so it adheres closely, lift up
the cow's head, pull the tongue for
ward and crowd the ball as far down
the throat as possible. In a short time
It will cause sickness and vomiting
and obstruction will be thrown out.
iiimt ii i in ii i 1 1 I s ii I, s ii
necessary adjuncts to their rations in
the cinders which they may pick out.
See that the hens have plenty of grit.
Break up some rock, old Crocks or
dishes, moderately fine, if there is not
plenty of coarse sand or fine gravel in
the ground and put it where, they can
get It at all times.
Clover hay scalded and chopped is an
excellent food for laying hens. It
should be made fine through the feed
cutter. Green food is positively neces
sary to health and happiness as well
as productiveness. Chickens can not
obtain It In winter unless we are care
ful to supply their wants.
.If you have a hoard floor in your
poultry house (as you should have) it
Is a good idea to cover It with sand.
It Is then much easier to clean it off.
Frequently, layers of dry leaves are
preferred by some, which should be
often applied and they answer the same
purpose. In any event, keep the poul
try bouse well cleaned all the time.
A supply of lime Is absolutely neces
sary for the hens and there Is no bet
ter way to give this than pounded oys
ter shells. Bones, pounded fine, so as
to have no long Bpllnters, may also be
used, or fine gravel which contain lime
stone. Attention to these things Is
what makes poultry pay in winter.
The Epltomist
... Mad Fertl'a-gifcJ'aa
The Brood Sow.
One of the essentials of successful pig
breeding is to carefully select the sews
from which future litters are to be ob
tained. It is Just as necessary to save
the most thrifty and growthy sows as
breeders as it Is to breed them to a
good boar; Indeed of the two, it Is more
important, from the fact that upon the
thrift and capacity of the sow will de
pend, to a large extent, not only the
size of the litter, but their food during
Infancy. It is only the thrifty sow that
will bo able to feed a large litter ot
pigs during the first few weeks ot their
lives, a time when it is all important
that they should be well fed.
The breeding sows should be selected
early, fed properly, bred to selected
boars and give them good care and
the result will be Mni' ' ' li ni rlnlrn
A little extra
well
0
"""Jill! SH
cold rains, the
craving for grass, make early spring
the most trying time for stock and
stockmen, requiring unusual vigilance
and care, coupled with judicious feed
ing, to bring ull through without loss.
Take tho first chance In spring to set
out strawberry plants, that they may
start to root freely before the drouths
of summer catch them. Then when
fall comes they are well rooted and
make a strung growth, being then In
readiness to give a good crop of fruit
the following season.
Evergreens should be planted as
early in the spring as the state of the
ground will permit. It used to be the
practice to plant them late, but this
Is a mistake. All trees, evergreens or
deciduous, are the better for being set
out early as they become settled before
the season commences.
Tests of wheat, oats, arid barley sec
ond year from alfalfa sod, as compared
with similar contiguous land that had
not been in alfalfa, were made by the
Colorado experiment station and in
each case the alfalfa sod produced
much the best results. With wheat. It
was as 100 to 90; oats, 100 to 60; and
barley as 100 to 45.
Work a little more by plan and sys
tem this spring. It Is the only way
out of trouble. The conditions which
ORVILLE BROWN.
Now. Orvllle Brown, he's Juat moved her
F'oro Milleratown, an' he don't give
A rent for all ua folks, Vauw) we're
Not like Ihoae where he use' to live. ,
W'y yesterday at arhool. he got
k whlpphr when he broke a rule,
An' ncn be talked a nawful lot
About th' amallnesa of our arhool.
"Huh ! Whlppln'a," anlckered Orvllle Brows,
"la twlcet aa hard at Milleratown." . i
Ua boya, we tried to ahow him 'roan',
Hut nothln' at we took him to
Waa balf aa good aa Milleratown ;
Our town hall isn't half aa new
Aa theira down there, an' our Main street
Ain't balf aa wluV , an' our town puma
Don't lift you clean up off your feet
Kach lime you make the handle Jump.
"Th' town pump there," says Orvllle Brans,
"la twlcet aa dry In Milleratown."
We showed him where th' cellar la
Where our new op'ra house will he, ,
But he Juat blinked thoae eyea o' hie
"They're twlcet aa deep at hone," . aaya .
An' nen we allowed th' lerklna twlna
One of 'em'a l.ucy, one Is lu
They look aa 'like aa two bright plna;
An' Orvllle Brown he says: "Juat two I".
"Three In a aet at Milleralown."
Ro nothln' we rould show him beat
Th' thing thev have In Milleratown,
An' Krei-kles Andrews enys: "You meet
Me lank of Johnson's. Orvllle Brown."
An' Frerkles Andrews met him there
An' blacked his eye an' bunged bla nose
An' tore out almost half his linlr '
An' nen nen. what do you suppose I -"I've
often lieen," save Orvllle Krown,
"Whipped twlcet as bad In Milleratown I"
Chicago Trlbure.
weirv
I'm
"gullty."-
"Whv is It that
so very few musicians please yoa
SUIT-.
Lilt) UUIT-h
5rrr
; "Well," answered Mr. cumrox, "w
tell you the truth, I don't know much
about It I am merely going by what ,
the musicians say of one another."
j Washington Star.
I "So you used some of the liniment ".
i l left here yesterday," said the agent
"Didn't you find that it worked well?" ,
. "I should say so!" cried the lady. "I
1 mistook It for the lurnlture polish and "
it took all the skin off the piano leg
in one application!" Detroit Free
Press.
Teacher What Is the meaning of .
the word "Aperture?" Class An open
ing. Teacher Which one of you can
construct a sentence with the word
in It? Bright Pupil (confidently) The
big stores are now having their regu-
tar spring apertures. Baltimore Am-
erican.
"As I watched you dancing," he v
said, ihe thought suddenly came to -me
that you were a poem set to mu
sic." With a hopeless sigh she turned ,
her back on.hlm- for she knew some
thing about poetry and had made a.
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