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BIRDS ANL Ourious Experiences c Kansas "How many people realize," sat an old Missouri Pacific engineer al thc Union station a few nights ago, "that when they arc riding across thc country in limited trains, they are going faster than a bird flies? And how many of them know that the run of a fast train for a trip of 300 miles causes the death of from one to i his birds?" Not a trip is made across Missouri j by any of thc fast trains that one or more hirds are not killed in its flight. When the fast mail trains come in from their runs frequently one of thc little feathered tribe is found lodgi d in some nook upon thc engine. A little tuft of feathers, clinging to thc iron monster, tell where a life was taken. Kngincers .-ay that if they1 get within ten feet of a bird before it \ rises from thc roadway it will b<- kill- ! cd. Thc noi.-e and speed of the train, they say, bewilder it. "1 was bringing thc fast mail, the Government train, from St. Louis one day," this Missouri I'acilio ungi* nccr said, "and if I killed one bird I'll bet I killed fifty. It wa* one of those foggy mornings in the early '. spring, just after a big raiu. The country all around liad been soaked, I and the little path down thc middle of the railroad track was one of thc dryest pieces . f ground the birds could find. Thc crows, 'bc sparrows, thc doves and liic riuail were scat tied all along this walk in the track. Wc left St. Louis forty minutes late, and were trying to make time. I had one of our big 1,100 engines, and she was working as smooth as a sewing machine. l>own in thc lowlands be tween Washington and .Jefferson City we were sliding along with an easy sixty-mile clip. Thc smoke settled and hung ulong over the train and the suction from behind brought it iuto a ' hurried roll as we ran from beneath it. lt was nearing daylight,, and the birds were out on thc dry railroad track feeding. A man couldn't have heard that train more than a hundred j yards aud it seemed wo fairly jumped down on those birds. Ono big crow raised slowly in frout of thc engine and 'bang' he went into thc headlight. A smaller bird, which I judged was a sparrow, plunked against the win dow pane in tho cab. All aloug that run, clear to Sedalia, we hit thc birds. When they took my 1,100 to the round house we found several birds, including the crow, lying on thc en gine. There were enough feathers lhere to fill your hat. Of course, this was an exceptional trip, but take a clear day, let a bird fly straight in front of your engine, and you'll hit it hard enough to knock its life out every time. Hirds through hore don't fly a milo u minute, but these big engines do. and they often fly faster than that. A dove ia the fastest of PROFIT The matter of feed is of tremendous importance to the farmer. Wrong feeding is . loss. Right feeding is profit. The up-to-date farmer knows what to feed his cows to get the most milk, his pigs to get the most pork, his hens to get the most eggs. Science. t Buf how about the children ? Are they fed according to science, a bone food if bones are soft and undeveloped, a flesh and muscle food if they are thin and weak and a blood food if there is anemia ? Scott's Emulsion is a mixed food; the Cod Liver Oil in it makes flesh, blood and muscle, the Lime and Soda make bone and brain. It is the standard scientific food for delicate children. '"V ' Send for free sample. ne sure that this picture in the form of a label ? cm the wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. Scott ti Bowne CHEMISTS, 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 50c and $11 all druggists. ) ENGINES. >.t" locomotive I >rivers. ! ?,..ds, and there are fewer of j killed. In the first place, a tram rarely get? clone to one. In thc second place, doves usually fly in a circle, and it is a race with one to run it down. A quail will i:?akca short, quick flight, hut will not last long. Its body is too heavy in proportion lo its wings, for a long flight. The Eng lish sparrows suffer thc most from trains These hirds become so tame they will let au engine get close on them before they try to fly. A little blood spot tells of thc finish." ''Not loug ago," -aid U. M. Jji|ues, the engineer who pulls the Alton's Chicago Limit? d, "1 was knocked clear from my sent in thc cab by an old hoot owl, one nf the variety that flies in thc woodland. It was ene ol' thc prettiest nights you ever >?w, a full, clear moon, the air was soft and we were running on time. I was bringing a special into Kansas t'ity and had an open traek clear into town. Wc were bowling along ale.ut fifty miles an hour, when sonic ?lark object darted in thc side eal? window, struck mc in the breast and all was darkness. I fell by thc side of my seat and lay there, lt was but a moment, how ever. My fireman jumped over to my side of thc cab and helped mc up. lu my fall I had jerked tho throttle wide open and that engine was fairly burn ing up the tracks, going round curves like a rocket. We closed her down a little and I looked d*;wn to sec what hit me. There ou thc floor, with an occasional gasp from its crooked beak, was a hoot owl that would weigh five pounds. Hut 'twas all over for Mr. Owl. I dropped him out into thc ditch by thc side of thc railroadlrack. lt was a week before I got over the soreness in my chest. Tho owl had come out of thc woods near Indepen dence. I never pass there now that 1 don't think i-f that devil bird that hit me." "k's thc birds that fly in the night that bother me," ^aid Harry Norton, 1 who brings the Wabash fast mail in in from Mobcrly. "They fly into the headlight and into the cab, and haye broken more than one window for inc. The big headlight attracts thc birds at night and causes many to bc killed. In the early spring of last year I had the headlight on old '(ISO" ruined by a big white goose. It was up near Carrollton. We were late out of Moberly, and with this engine I had nearly made up all lost time. And I intended getting into thc Union ita- I tioD herc on tho dot. I didn't have a stop between Carrollton aud Kansae City, sixty-six milos. Wc just got ont of there and were going easy, fast enough to get here on time, when this white goose came flying straight to ward us. Away dowu the track I saw him, his white feathers glistened liko silver. His mouth was open and his great white wings drove him straight toward us. Ile didn't seen, afraid of an accident, but drove into the head light like a catapault. There was a flutter of feathers and,-the goose fell to thc side of the track. A stream of blood,trickled down over the broken headlight glass and dried and liarden ed^before^we pulled up at tho end of tho run. If that goose hadn't hit the rim of that headlight 1 think he would havo. knocked .thc whole works out of it." "Lou" Ward, who takes thc'Frisco fast mail out of Kansas City at 2.10 o'clock every morning, perhapsstrikes more birds with his train than docs any out from Kansas City. His little flyer is made up of only the mail car, a chair car and thc engine. "With the light engine he uses he goes down through Southern Kansas at a speed no other tiain equals. Ile makes only one stop in the first ninety-eight miles. Much of his run between Kau sus City and Fort Scott is thiough wooded country, where thc hawks and owls arc flying. At thc round house this little mail train is kuown as thc "Babbit." "In the early mornings," faid Ward a few nights ago, "I sometimes hit the song birds and I hate this. I have made a pet out of my CDgine, and I hate to have a pet of mino hurt tho birds thal sing. Bul my 'little favor ite' is an owl exterminator. There's a world of them down between l'acola and Fort Scott and they will get in front of my train. One night I hit ono down near LaCygne, and he stuck by his head in a niche on thc head light. He dropped after a while and the feathers flew as ho tkatcd along the ground io the bottom of the rail way ditch." The ecgincmen regret especially to kill a dove, and] above all, in thc spring, at mating time. si'It seems that all doves are lovers," one engine man said. G" You canosee them to gether feeding, wailowingVin the dust or sitting by each other's-sidc. 'There are always two, especially when they arc feeding. I ? ? w ? i .?TI t J J *% Wabash t h i ~: year, just ut thc time when spring was opening an.] thc grass was turn ing green, I killed a dove, oue of a pair. I remember it because as it rose the edge of the boiler struck it and knocked it high in thc air. A little fluff of feathers showed where it lit, and I turned to watch it. Next day when I passed that spot I thought of the little dove. There hy the side of the feathers, close to the piece of body, sat the mate. Il fluttered to one side as we passed. The next day the little dove was sitting there and so it was the third, i i??ycr H?W it again. Since then I have watched the doves. One will mourn for ?ts mate, pod it seems to realize what has happened when its mate is killed. Mystery of Familiar Fruits. The banana is seedless, or nearly HO, aud has been for centuries, though nobody knows why. It is propagated by suckers, and possible had no seeda when it was first found in iii wild state. Thc banana is a modified berry. Cutting the fruit through the middle you will sometimes see a few little brown spots, which are the rudimentary seeds. Occasionally thc banana dues actually prod nee a few seeds. The pineapple is seedless, being propagated likewise from suckers and from slips. The egg plaut, which is a 1 fruit, botanically speaking, is occas ionally seedless. This piantis able to produce developed fruit whether the blossom is fertilized or not. Horti culturists are endeavoroing at thc same time to rid fruit plants of thorns. Some oranges and lemons are very thorny-for example, the highpriced Kin.; orange, which is the best of the mandarins. It is rarely seen in this mirket. The first trees ?vere brought to thc United States from Cochin Chi na. In Florida its thorniness has been reduced by selecting buds froai thc branches with the fewest thorns. Thorns are oojecticnablc because they puncture the oranges and lemons when the branches are blown about by the wind. IO Hort s are being made to get rid of thc thurns and on rasberry and blackberry plants, simply for con venience in picking the fruit. The thorns are meant by nature to protect them from animals. Cultivators select those plants which happen to bc thornlcss or nearly so. No eld Angels Sho is too young to understand much about thc "life hereafter," but old enough to think she bas grasped that problem thoroughly, says u l'hilj adelphia exchange. For this reason she talks often and much about heav on. The other day she was observed to bo revolving something in her mind for quito a quarter of an hqur, and I just as her mother was about to ask j ber what she was thinking about, the little girl said: , | "Mother, is your grandmother dead?" "Yes," answered the now thorough-, ly perplexed mother. "Well, is she in heaven?" then pro- | pouuded the youthful seeker after j knowledge. "I hope so," said the mother. "Well, I am afraid not," replied j the linio ono, "f?>r ! n*- saw 8 pic ture ol' an old aog< I." Arid wit h an expression ou her little face that showed she had .solved an il other kuotty ijucstion, thc child re I turned to her ?day. Breed (?louts, Soys Wilson. Washington, Dec. 8.-Secretary Wilson believes that a big mistake ia being made in not breeding goats in this country. Ile says that $25,000, 000 in goat skins are imported into i the United States each year, and he ' says that this alone is evidence that I we have a splendid market cot caly ' j for goat meat but goat skins. He ; says that thc only thing that might ; preclude the establishment of a paying industry in this country is that much pains arc required, and that these ! might not bc takeu. Most of thc goat : skins that come here are for thc man ufacture of shoes, although large quantities are made iuto clothes and a good deal into morocco leather. The figures show that the skins which r came in duriug thc last year were worth on an average of lil) cents per pound, Thc skins come iu bales of 100 each and arc dry. They are as sorted into grades hy the tanuer. "While it is generally agreed among those who speak froiii experience," said Secretary Wilson, "that all kinds of breeds of goats are a delicacy, it is true that among thc great mass of thc people of this country there is a prejudice against anything b-mriog the name of 'goat.' Within thc en vironments of all the larger cities are found many kids, and it is evident that only a few of them grow to ma turity. What becomes of them?" Tho Secretary strongly intimates that butchers and meat dealers fre queotly pass them over their connter? as "lamb," and says no meat dealer has yet heard any complaints as to thc quality of this "lamb." He goes on to say that a considerable number of goats arc purchased by thc large packing establishments of the coun try and sold either in carcass or can ned, as mutton. Many people who decry goat meat have unconscious1}' eaten it many times. The meat may ; not be as palatable as the best of mut- j ! ton. but is as gocd, if not better than j poor mutton. Secretary Wilson declares that ibo j flesh of a mature goat is not at all ! palatable to those who have tasted ! it, but that thc meat of a kid is splen I did, and it ought to become more com i monly used in this cc-nutry. It is safe to say "that the existing preju dice against it would disappear if thc j people were to taste it and in time a i j good market ought to be built up for all that can be produced. I believe it would pay to raise goats, especially if there should bo a demand for the fl?sh of kids as food." Nearly any land in thc United States is suitable for goat raising, ex cept low, swampy land. Goats like to browse and aro fond of grass and weeds. Therefore tracts that aTO overgrown with brush and briars are ospccially desirable. It would bo necessary in tho winter time to sup ply food, but even then the soft twigs romain for thc goats to browse upon. There oro millions of acres of land in i the United States suitable for goat 'rising,f As '. Li J.\ngora'?:oat, because 'f its long Lair, gets,along Lest in a sold climate. Secretary Wilson thinks that a cross between thc Andora goat and the common goat would be valu able in this country. The Angora is far more promising of profit than cither thccommon goat or a cross be tween thc4two. Thc fleece of the An gora goat ?i? in demand at all times, aod brings good prices, while the commoo^goat constitutes nothing of the kind.. The flesh of the Angora goat is more nutritious than that of the fcommon goat. It is said that there is an entire absence of the odor of the common goats in the An gora variety. Secretary Wilson is surprised that there are not more goats for milk pur poses in the United States. Ile Bays that it is a common thing in other countries for thc milk of the goat to be used, and that it is rich and pala table. The few goats which are kepi io the United States for milk produc tion arc ol' the common breed. Ho says that there i? one man in New ?Jersey who has had great success io developing the common goat into a clean, hardy and healthful milch ani mal. This man bas several goats which give at least two or three quarts a day, and have a period of lactation of four to six mouths. Thc quality of thc milk from the common goat is as good as that from any other and "the healthfulness of thc goats' milk is everywhere acknowledged and recom mended by those who have investigat ed thc matter." ChrUtmas and Sew Year Kates. For tbe Christmas and New Year noli days the Southern Railway will sell tickets to all points South of the Poto uiac and East ot the Mississippi rivers ir. rate one and one third fare for the round trip. Tickets to he sold Decem ber 23, '24, 25 and 31, 190-1 and Jssuarv ?, 1905, with final limit January 4, 190") Vor teachers and student** of schools and oolleKes, upon pr?Mentation of certificate signed by superi'itondents. principals or presidents of var'.ous institutions of learn* lng, ticket* will be oold December 17 to '24, iuclOHive, with final limit January 8, 190."). - - . ** -- [ - A man could stand his wife tell ing him all thc gossip if she didn't espect him to take sides about it. - Temptation calls on you so often that your terms with it soon become very intimate. - If a woman had a mind it wouldn't bc of any use to her because it is not a thing she- could wear. - If a man can't lose his money at tho race track or in the stock market, he can always have recourse to mar riage. 61N PHOSPHATE CURES KIDNEY DISEASES URINARY AND BLADDER TROUBLES FOR SALE flT ALL DISPBHBflRIES. @??8?C9 Viet Chemistry ai Last Obtains the Full Medicinal Value of Sulphur. A Discovery of Priceless Value. Think of it ! You can now get the full benefit of the marvellous healing virtues of sulphur. Everyone knows sulphur is a wonderful medicine. Now, for the first time, its powers are so increased that disease is instantly controlled and quickly cured. Do you realize wh'at this means? Let us tell you what HANCOCK'S Liquid Sulphur will do. Whether sick or well you cannot neglect this message of health. We state it lxddly, that both ns on internal and external remedy, Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is without a parallel in thc history of medicine. Its power is simply wonderful. It is an absolute and sure destroyer of all germs in such diseases os Diphtheria* Typhoil Fever, Erysipelas, Catarrh, etc., and positively cures Eczema, Salt Rheum, Gout, Rheumatism, Diseases of the Scalp. Sore Throat and all Ulcerated Conditions. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur strikes nt thc root of disease and drive? it out No matter how foul thc Mood may bc, sulphur will purify it. lt makes nodiffcrence how long you have suffered, the cure will be speedy and permanent. It will surely do for you, what it has already done for hundreds. Used in the bath and toilet, it brings health and good looks to women, mak ing the skia clear, the eyes bright and the step elastic. It is a wonderful tonic, a splendid blood vitalizer, and a thorough renovator. Cured Eczema. OBNTLRMEN :-I havo used your Li ut 11' SULPHUR (or u tmU case of Eczema on tho fticto from which I have Buffered for several yearn. 1 had tried a nuinhor of the bent remedies known for Eczema with out receiving any benefit from any of them. After lining less thnn one bottle of LIQUID SULPHUR my fnce was entirely cured. 1 think it the best remedy known for Eczema, and take measure in recommend ing it to anyoue troubled with this disease. jWOt \y, RINALDI Orlando, Fis, Would Not Bc Without lt. oENTi.KM KN :-For several months I have boon using your LIQUID SULPHUR in my family, and feel now* that we could not do without IL For soro throat, blood and skin disease. Ido not believe lt basan equal, lt ts remarkable to see ID bow short a time it will relieve the soreness and path cansed from a cut or boro. I wish every one could .know of this wonderful remedy. No home should be without IL > Mas. J. T. KHOI.TSH Riehmond, Va, ?' HANCOCK'S LIQUID SULPHUR OMTMXNT. ' Prepared especially for Burns, Scalds, Open Sores, Chafed parts, Row Surfaces, Boils, Piles, Roughness of Pace and Hands, Scaly Eczema, Blackheads and all Skin Diseases. Bold at all reliable drug stores. Writo for fron bookiH containing gm le ful testimon?ala and giving valuable hints on tho curative valoo und tollet uso of ?.tcjuld Sulphur. HANCOCK LIQUID SULPHUR CO?, Baltimore? Md* WHEN YOU HAVE LOST ?ff YOUR CRIP^ on the affairs of life and your business seems Juli and your V.'ITS are dull-luke from 8 to ? Ky dale's Liver Tablet?, one at a time, an hour apart, and you will be surprised the next morning to seo how bright and clear everything will be. Von win begin your day's work with 60 much added vim and vigor that you will naturally increase your business success by the weight of personality you will be ablo to infuse Into every detail. The formula of Rydale's Liver Tablets is oneof Hie most effective combinations known to modern medical science. Put your liver in good working order, and nine-tenths of your other ailments \r ll dlsAppear. Often what you think to be dyepopsia, you imagine you have a little of every disease going. Don*t wait t ll you get In Ulis condition, but tako Rydale's Liver Tablets tho first tiinui you feel dull and disinclined to grapple with the routine dutio? of life. By taking ? stitch (tabJet)?n time yon'!! save both worry and tabletsandavoid ill health. Rydale's Liver Tablets are easy to take ?leasant in effect, always satisfactorv in results. ?50 chocolate-coated ablets in a convenient box, itt cents! ?Pf'd by the RADICAL REMEDY CO., Hickory, N. C. FOR SALE B7 EVANS PHARMACY. We have just received a Fresh lot of For Fall Planting. Come to us for all of your ORR, GRAY & CO., Prescription Druggists. D. S. VANDIVRR. J. J. MAJOR. E. P. VAN DIVER. VaNMVPR RR?K ? MA MD - DEALERS IN - BUGGIES, WAGONS AND HARNESS. We have a splendid line of BUGGIES and HARNESS cheap, an& want to sell you. We have some good WAGONS cheap. - ALSO, - [A FEW FINE HAY RAKES, At Special Price. COME TO SEE US. Yours truly, VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. Q FOR FALL PLANTING! Barley, Rye, Winter Vetch, C*?mBon Clover, Red Clover, White Clover, Bur Clover. Evans' Piiarmaov. To Stove Buyers Special attention is invited to a new shipment of ACORN STOYES AND RANGES Which we have just received, and which includes the very latest patterns both coal or wood, adapted to the requirements of this market. If .you require anything in the Stove or Hange line we solicit an oppor tunity to explain the merits of TH? ACORN. We also carry a complete and up-to-date line of TINWARE, WOOLV ENWARE and HOUSE FURNISHINGS. tgfc, Guttering, Plumbing and Electric Wiring executed on short notice Yours truly, ARCHER & NORRIS. ll AFTER THIS BATE We Will Not Retail Fertilizers And Acid Phosphate to Any One. . f ;. -:. .. '" '. ;. ; ty:',; . .:; y .. . . / We do this for tho reason that we are represented here by Merchante,, and it will be much better for all of the retail business to paes through thein hands, thereby saving a lot.of confusion. We therefore respectfully^, k on? friends to call on- , OSBORNES & PEARSON; OR HEAN & RATLIFFE. Ot any other one of our representatives here or any adjacent town. We aro represented at every Town in tb? up-conntiy, and hope to merit your con? inned liberal patronage. ;,. OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT And the resulta show that there is nono superior in quality. UDEBSSH PHOSPilt?? IUD 111 tl!.