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sleep is undisturbed. he has picked out the
strongest and finest specimen of manhood
on the Washington police force; and if 1t
hadn't been Tor Kenny and his muscle
there might have been tragedy in the
White House one night last winter.
In the grounds the watchmen are under
MS eye and the night men have learned
tnat 1t doesn't do to neglect duty or run
chances by taking nap; for Captain
Densmore is as likely to be standing in the
shadow OF tree at midnight or to walk
into the little guard-house at O'Clock in the
morning, as he is to be on hand promptly
at 9 o'clock next morning for the first house
caller
Outside the grounds he is not supposed to
attend the President unless requested. 1t
has been his custom. however, to act as es-
cort to trains and be on hand for the Presi-
dents arrival. Since Garfieid's death the
Captain has never failed in this. because
he feels that if. as had been his habit pre-
vlously. he had only gone to the station
with Garfield on that fatal morning Gui-
teau could never have shot the President.
Besides acting as body guard it falls to his
lot to act as master OF ceremonies and court
guide. Details of receptions are left in his
care. His long service has taught him what
White House dignity demands, and his wide
knowledge of all people in society and Of
ii ial life makes him Invaluable in deciding
who and what courtesy onght to be ac-
corded each to preserve social aud political
peace.
People who want to see Mrs. harrison or
ladies in the house 60 to him.
People with pals of new kinds of soft
soap or bottles of face wash for the APP
proval of the Presidents wife, get courtesy
but turn down''-from him.
Heis keenly alive to everything that con-
Germs the White House interests. A villain
hasn't the slightest chance getting tie best
OF him in any way. He has particularly
soft spot for old people and country folks
who want to see the house and the Presi-
dent, and is always doing something TO
make their calls to the White House bright
spots in memories OF the capital.
He has hosts of friends, and one test of
his popularity is the liking newspaper men
have for him.
Massachusetts and New England pride
themselves on the career of this Yankee,
who has in his charge the life of the c0un-
try's President.
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BATTLE WITH A HAWK.
Mans Eye Torn Out During a Savage

A Nj ans Eye Torn Out During a Savage
Onslaught.
James Martin, farmer living near North
Lynne. Conn. had fight with fish hawk
recently that will result probably in the
loss of the sight OF one of the farmers
eyes. Mr.. Martin is breeder of fancy
pigs. During the last two weeks Mr.. Martin
has missed several pigs from one of the
filters. &c thought that they had been killed
by tue coons or the foxes, and he set steel
traps and stone falls. but his pigs continued
to disappear. In the afternoon MIR. Martin
was going to the barn to yoke up oxen pre-
paratory to work in the woods. He had
just turned the corner of the balm when he
heard 4 pig squeal. lie saw an immense
hawk with its talons sunk in the back Of
struggling young porker.
Martin ran into the barn, seized pitch
fork, and started for the hawk. The bird
showed no intention of abandoning its prey.
When the farmer came near enough he
struck the bird sharp blow on the back
1t then flew at the mans face so viciously
that he was hardly able to protect himself
with his arms, and 1t was almost impossible
for him to strike the bird with the fork
handle. Twice the hawk knocked the farmer
down with fierce rushes. The mans hands
and arms were fearfully lacerated aud blood
flowed profusely.
The bird had the best of the fight. 1t
made dash. more vicious than before. at
the farmers head. Its aim was good. for
its tal0ns sunk into the flesh OF the mans
face and the next instant one eye was torn
nearly from its socket. FrenZed with pain,
the farmer made blind lunse at tie bird
with the fork and the tines passed through
its breast, and in few moments it was
dead.
The hawk, from tip to tip, measured
nearly seven feet and 1t weighed twenty
two pounds! 1t had every appearance of
being a very old bird, and it was, undoubt-
eddy. the thief that had taken Martins
pigs.-N. Y. Sun.
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yes. so we found. Now, will you put
one more nail in there, and then l think it

Yes. so we found. Now, will you put
one more nail in there, and then l think it
Will do? Thank you"
''Y ou're fool, Michel Dumont," l said to
myself, half an hour later, as l walked
home You have had no encouragement
to care for the girl, and no hope of winning
her Yourself; then why be jealous? More
or that she'd have him if he did? Don't find
mares nests, Michel"
Before long. however, every one in Has
there knew Andre Vasseur meant courtship,
and there was deal of talk about it.
II thought you were after Barraud's grip"
old Taelman said to me one day. Surely
you wont let that interlopsr steal your
chances?"
I've no chances tor him to STEAL" said,
sulkily =! never sas after the girl"
"VasseuPs pushing lld," Nicolls went
after, besides Barraud's I've He wants to
buy my business, aud carry it across the
water"
You wont sell it to him." | cried.
You'll never let the yard 20 like that ?"
I'D rather not" he said slowly; ''but an
any steps"
How can l take steps?" cried impa-
tlentiy. We no means to buy it,"
But there'a Barraud," he persisted.
Il gave you an answer to that long ago, 8"
But, lad, if you married the girl, the
money'd 90 along with her."
'''Pere Nicolas" said. sell your yard to
whom Won Will, but don't get such notion
as that into your head"
And she's good GIRL" he went on, but
threw down my tools and walked away.
Blalse Barraud had got the ferry-boat, but
IL did not answer. The only thing IL did
was to bring down the prices Of the other
ferries. Otherwise all went on just the
same, ana II any man CHANGED TO hail the
1afa had IL
ryins himself. The men who worked for
him utterly refused to do it.
went TO my uncle's but little in these
days. When | did 90 l nearly always saw
Nasseur. who was 10 high favor with Blaise
Barraud. Zoe, too, treated him in a mueh
more friendly manner than she treated me-
Perhaps that was partly my fault, for was
never at my ease with her, which she was
shrewd enough to discern, while Vasseur
had very good opinion of himself and was
sure every one shared 1t.
One evening he began telling my uncle
about his proposal to Taelman He's an
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amount of leverage. which is evidenced by
the loud report which a paper bag filled
with the breath will produce when smashed
between the hands.
The following experiment demonstrates
the elementary power Of the human breath
still more forcibly:
Take large bag of good. heavy paper,
lay 1t on the table aud cover the closed end
OF 1t with several books. Webster I'm
abridged and family Bible, Tor instance,
then blow into the bag filling or initiating it
with air, and you will soon see that it will
overthrow the books, /. e. remove q small
mountain.-Post-Di spatch. St. Louis.
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shouted from shore to shore by fisher
men or washerwomen each side has its own
ferry-boat, and would rather lose half an
hour of valuable time than use the wrong
one; we do not even pray together.
for while we hear our mass in the I'D parish
church the folk of HaN.iere-le-N aux hear
theirs in an ugly little chapel which they
have built for themselves. Unluckily. the
railway chose the wrong side of the water
for US, and Hastiere-le-V auX is our superior
as far as having the railway station can
count for superiority. The cure has often
told us that this state or feud is very
wrong; but all he can say changes nothing
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When and how the quarrel between the
villages of Hastiere-Ie-V aux and Hastiere-
par-Dela began is NOR" than can say. AS
long as /. Michel DumOnt, can remember
we on the right bank OF the river at Has
tiere-par- Della have had nothing whatever
to do with our neighbors just across the
stream at the other Hastiere. Monsieur lie
Cure says that the ill-feeling probably arose
in the old days when the parish church on
our side Of the water formed part of large
convent, and the ruin on the heights behind
Hastiere-le-N aux was a fortified castle. If
he is right it shows that stones crumble
away more quickly than human love and
hate, for to this day no lad from one side Of
the liver ever goes counting a lass on the
other side; no friendly greetings are
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IT'S my turn to laugh now" shouted
while you're swimming ashore"
But he made no sign of beginning to swim.
Whether he could not. or whether the blow
l had gwen him had partly stunned him, l
and then come up again, and then sink again
lew yards lower. AS 1 watched him. he
ana not even seem to be struggling, and a
terrible idea came to me- ''If he cannot
SWIM" thought. $50 much the worse for
MN; I'm not to blame; let him drown"
ana, as went on pnnting, thought how
" all would be. would tell no one word
about II, and no one would guess what had
caused his death. Suddenly the thought Of
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How Frances Got More Chicken.

II want some more chicken" said four
year-old Frances at the dinner table.
g think you have had as much as is good
for you, dear" said her mamma.
% want more" Aud Frances pouted.
GU can't have more. now; but tn ere is
wish-bone that you and mamma can pull
That will he fun. \ on pull one side and I'll
pull the other, and whoever gets the longer
end can have her wish come true. Why,
baby, you've got it? What was your wish,
Franees?"
81 wished for some more chicken" said
Frances, promptly.
She got it this time.
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TIE HUMAN BREATH.

1t VIII Not Move Mountains, but Has
Power to Raise Large Books
The horsepower of the human breath is
not great enough to scatter regiment OF
soldiers, nor will it uproot trees. as the ia.
BILE tells us, albeit it contains a surprising
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Joseph Baird and wife, of Bruceville, are
the oldest couple in Knox County, Ind,
Thsy celebrated their golden wedding in
1888.
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FASHIONS FOR MEN.
What Is Fashionable for Those who Desire to
Be in The SWIM

At this season of the year the scarf-pin
gains in Importance. 1t is one of the favored
gifts in the category of Christmastide.
There is always room for one more of these
useful trnkets in the collection of the FASH
iOnable man. Ide tennis player, yachts
man, rider, driver, wish to wear suitable
pin. There IS always some fad or occasion
in the social or sporting scale unprovided
for, and t-iese can be learned and a suitable
design secured.
The very latest diversion is high-class
neckTear is in the form of the four-in-
hand, self-tied scarfing the fabric being in
soft yielding but heavy woven al-silk
stuff. The especial feature is that the knot
is made round rather than fiat, and iudtnted
slightly toward the lower portion of the
knot When It can be effectualy done the
scarf-l in is inserted in the center Of this in
dentatlOn.
In size and quality the muller has reached
the zenith OF its career. Great faith Is eyi-
IDENTIFY felt by the muller providers that the
present Will be a cold weather. In size thew
are now made large enough tc fold well
over the dress waIStcoat opening. Tbevare
solid black, or in a variety of very rare and
beautiful combinations in dark backgrounds
Of fine texture.
The night-robe has come forward in the
one-in-a-box phase al Christmastde There
are special designs, ana, although the Civ
iDg and receiving OF such a gilt would ba
carried on only between near relatives.
the idea Is having popular approval for its
initial season, nevertheless.
The man without gloves NOWADAYS is put
down among the ''impecunes." The sale
has been enormous in comparison with
other seasons. Considering that the hest
gloves are now made in this country. tkis
ed ct of the fashionable men is matter for
congratulation.
There is greater variety in STYLES than
in past seasons. There is the heavy caribou
deerskin gloves, the heavy tan and lemon
dogskin walking gloves; gloves of lighter
weight for calling; and all these il greater
range OF colors and decorations upon the
back.
Never before has there been such a show
ing of holiday suspenders to choose from
The makers of fine braces appear to have
with one accord entered competition that
has placed home manufactured goods ont
Of the pale OF foreign competitor.
Some of the canes and umbrellas bave
costly jewels introduced into the handles
and gold ferrule is the latest luxury-as
though umbrellas and canes were not easv
enough 10 lose without putting a remium
upon disappearance.
Some Of the leading clothiers are showing
very high collars and very wide cuffs, Thev
are at once unbecoming and uucomfortabIe'
-Clothier and Furnlsher.
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Pictures Of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison
1T ALSO GIVES IN BRIEF:

The History OF Colonial Politics.
The History OF Rsvo utionarv Politics.
The History of the Confederation.
The History Of the q. S. government BY Con.
gressss.
The History of the q. by Administration
An Analysis Of the Federal Government.
Valuable Statistics on Debts
Valuable Statistics on Revenues.
Valuable Statistics on Expenditure
Issues of all Political Parties
The History of all Political Parties which h,7,
existed in this country.
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Latest Edition Corrected TO Date.
46x66 Inches Largest Ever Printed.
THIS DOUBLE MAP CONT AIMS:

A Diagram showing all of the Political Par
ties. likes
Diagram showing al the Presidents and
Cabinets 5z66.
Diagram showing the Political Complexion
OF each Congress 2x66.
A Diagram showing the creeds of the World
13x1o.
Dis gram showing the Standing Armies OF
each Nation. 13x10.
a Diagram showing the Naval Tonnage Of
each Nation. 1Sx10
A Complete Mao OF the World. 1890.
Comp etc Man OF the United Statss (Raai
McNallv & Co.'S 1890 1895
Nap of Central America. 10xl2
8 Map Of Alaska. 10x13
a Map Of South Africa .10x13.
4 Map of Upper Nubil and Ha6sJh or Abys.
sinia. 10x13.
a Map of Persia, Afghsnistau and BsluchiI-
tan. 10x13
a Complete Map OF the Soar system-bss. ever
mails. l3xl0.
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Never before has there been such show
ing of holiday suspenders to choose from.
The makers of fine braces appear to have
with one accord entered competition that
has placed home manufactured goods out
of the pale OF foreign competitor.
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Some Of the leading clothiers are showing
very high collars and very wide cuffs, Thev
are at once unbecoming and uncomfortable,
-ClOlhier and Furnlsher.
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Some of the canes and umbrellas have
costly jewels introduced into the handles
and gold ferrule is the latest luxury-as
though umbrellas and canes were not easv
enough 10 lose without putting a / remium
upon disappearance.
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The night-robe has come forward in the
one-in- a-box phase at Christnastide. There
are special designs, ana, although the Civ
Ing and receiving OF such gilt would be-
carried on only between near relatives
the idea Is having popular approval for its
initial season, nevertheless.
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There is a greater variety in STYLES than
in past seasons. There is the heavy Carbon
deerskin gloves, the heavy tan and lemon
dogskin walking gloves; gloves of lighter
weight for calling; and all these il greater
range OF colOrs and decorations upon the
back.
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The man without gloves nowadays is put
down among the ''impecunes." The sale
has been enormous in comparison with
other seasons. Considering that the best
gloves are now made in this country, this
ed ct of the fashionable men is matter for
congratulation.
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Dickens pictured 1925 characters in the
books that he wrote
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BRO. S. o. WILSON

viii fill the following appointments
with full line of samples, explain the
Business Agency system, and he Will
be able to give all terms and arrange
ments to buy Alliance guano, which IS
now being manufactured for the mem
bers of our Order. He will have the
notes and make all necessary explana-
tion. Be sure to meet him on the day
of his appointment
Rogers Store, Monday, March Is, z
Mt. Herman, Tuesday, March II, 2
Morrisville, Tuesday March II, 2
Olives Chapel, Wednesday, March
Is, la. m. w
New Hill, Wednesday, March Is, 7
Holly Springs, Thursday, March 10,
II a.. m. a,5-s
Pfney Plains near Franklins) Thurs
day, March 10, ppm. 81.
Garner, Friday, March 30, 2 p. m.
Pleasant Springs, Saturday, M'ch 81,
Swift Creek Gnwood) Saturday, Mich
81, p. m. .z.,c-
Five Points, Monday, March %, 2
p. m.
Fuller's Sc~hool-house, Tuesday, M'ch
"a, II a. m.
Health Seat, Tuesday, March "a, z
p. m.
Dabney, Wednesday, March 25, 2
p. m.
Wordsworth, Thursday, March 26,
II a. m.
Flint Hill, Thursday, March, 26, z
p. m.
Salem, Granville Co., Friday, M'ch
F~raternally,
w. II. WORTH,
State Business Agent.
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him. Lord Houghton was on very
good. terms with President Grant.
When the General was in London, he
was anhonored guest in the house then
occupied by Lord HoIghton, in Airing
ton street. General Grant met with no
one in London who impressed and fas-
ctnated him so much, except Mr., Glad
stone, whose powers of conversation,
apart altogether from his political
views, took the General by storm, In
America, Lord Houghton's old friend
Mr.. Samuel Ward, piloted him. almost
everywhere, and displayed that untir-
ing devotion and attachment which
endeared him to all who enjoyed the
privilege of his friendship. Mr.. Wards
name was very seldom heard, except
among strangers, the universal substi-
tute for. it being "Uncle Sam" A more
delightful companion, aklnder-hearted
human being, a frmer or truer friend,
never. breathed. uInmany a home, and
to many a man and woman, the.world
has been darker since Uncle Sam"
was removed from it, i-
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NOTICE 70 THE BRETHREN,

Ihav6 juseseatttt 6' each County Sec
rotary In the State, and to the State
and District Lecturers and Steward
some copies of President Polk1saoficiaI
plan for organizing a lecture system
which is sent out By the instructions
of the National Legislative Council of
Order. Be sure those circulars are
carefully read, studied and explained
at your next county meeting Do all
in your power to see it's requirements
carried out. We mast hare a uniform
understanding of our secret work, a
higher appreciation and more thorough
knowledge of the noble principles of
our Order and unity Of action wherever
our interests are concerned. 1t is inn
possible for us to have these things
without a thorough system of tectetrIng.
IF we follow the plan" we will soon
have that. Lendo your aid and infa-
ence, my brother. Be sure to attend
your county meeting and look afterthis
au-important matter. - 50
Yours ~fraternally,
E.. @. BEDDNGFIELD.
~ SecFaN.5C. F. S. A.
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LITERARY.
LORD HOUGHTON.

In undertaking to write a Life of
Lord HOughtOn, MI. I. Wemyss Reid
had before him a task of considerable
difficulty. There was an almost entire
absence of the material, which enables
a blOgrapher to produce an exciting or
a stirring narrative. The events con
nected with either the public or the
private career of Richard MOnckton
Mines were not such as to lend them
selves readily to dramatic treatment.
Only a few fragments of his familiar
talk have been preserved, and of his
conversation with others there is but a
slight and accidental record. He ap-
pears to have kept no diary or com
monplace book worthy of particular
mention. There are letters from many
distinguished persons, but few of them
possess remarkable interest. In his
later years Lord HOughton himself was
not a good correspondent, for it became
exceedingly difficult to read a single
line of his handwriting. Tt seemsGtRat
the printers who charged half-a-croWn
a sheet extra for Dean Stanley's
copy" required fifty per cent. extra
to set up Lord HOughtOn's. Mr.. Wemvss
Rid tells us that at the General POST
office, among other ~curiOsities of the
same kind exhibited there, is n of
the envelopes addressed by Lord
Houghton. That it reached,its destina-
ton is looked upon as one of the great
est instances of acuteness which the
p~OStOffice itself is able to furnish.
The keynote to Lord HoughtOn's
character is accurately struck in the
few words which close his biographer's
Introductory chapter. He was 1.-The
kindest and truest of friends" It is in
this light that all who knew him we'll
will ever remember him. To men of
letters, especially, his heart was ever
open. 1t was not his money that many
of them wanted or desired; but he
very often had the power, and always
the disposition, to smooth difficulties
out of their path, to abridge the period
of struggle, or to-utter the encouraging
word which sometimes enables the
tagging spirit to persevere.
Lord HOughtOn's sympathy with
men of letters may have arisen in some
degree from the fact, that at heart he
was a man of letters himself. We fear
that his writings r not much read in
these days, but In spite of the political
ambition which at one time kept a fast
hold Upon him, it was fame In Iitera-
ture that he most desired. 1t pleased
him greatly to hear any of his ballads,
or lighter pieces, sung; and some wears
ago he was much delighted at the great
popularity secured for his strangers
Yet, by a new setting from acomposet
who, for the time, had a wonderful
success, and who assumed the name of
"Clarlbel." Mr.. Wemyss Reid tells us
that Lord Houghton, when walking
one day in London with a friend
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Removed.

The Wake County Alliance Business
Agency has been moved to Nos. 10 and
IL South Wilmington street, Adams
Building. The facilities are now better
in every way for serving Alliancemen.
A full line of Groceries, Farming I'm
plements and Stoves. Good Flour a
speciality. Best grades of Guano and
Phosphates. VIII take your orders
for Alliance Brand Fertilizer, and can
materially aid the Alliance in having
their orders promptly filled.
r. ]. POWELL,
$50 Co. Business Ag't.
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TIE LANGUAGE OF FORM.

Graphics is a term which, of late
years has b6en used to designate that
art of Dedication and pictorial illus
t~ration, of which the application lies
outside the special range of fine art. In
modern technical industry graphics
play a great part. Wefnd all branches
of physics, from astronomy through
mechanics and chemistryet to geology,
forced to employ delineafion for an ex-
PLANTATION of laws and phenomena.
while pure mathematics not only ex-
pounds and analyses the laws of form,
but expresses certain cumulative rela-
tions by the diagram.
Under the pressure of the enormous
demand for illustration have developed
those many processes of reproduction
made possible by photography, by
which the rapidity of constructive
work is so greatly facilitated. The
language In which much of the creative
activity of the age is expressed is the
language of form, and it needs but a
moments reflection to see thatit is a
language of great scope and power.
Yet, until comparatively recent a
1T had but a small share of the attention
of educators and a very insignificant
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TO sUB-ALLIANCES WISHING TO
TRADE DIRECT WITH THE
STATE AGENT.

The State Executive Committee
recommends that each Sub-Alliance
who wishes to trade direct with the
State Business Agent, make a deposit
of a sum of money with the State Busi-
ness Agent, the money to be used for
such Sub-Alliance only, and to be with
drawn by the Sub-AIiance at ANYTIME.
This will enable each Alliance at ali
times to do business with State Busi-
less Agent without Inconvenience to
either. Each Alliance will be entitled
to trade to the full amount of the de-
pOsit. S. B. ALEXANDER.
j. M. MEwBoRNE.
Executive Committee.