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: TBiff, BLUE 'HEDGE' BLADE. -ir" VOL. III.-NO. 47, MORG ANTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1879. WHOLE NUMBER 151, t v. EKQnrma again. Whan, sometimes, our feet grow weary,. On the ragged hills of life The path stretching long and dreary With trial and labor rife We pause on the toilsome journey, Olancing backward in valley and glen, And sigh with an infinite longing To return and begin again. For behind is the dew of the morning. In all its freshness and light, And before are doubts and shadows, And the ehlU and gloom of the night. We remember the sunny plaoea Ws passed so carelessly then. And ask. with s passionate longing, To return ana begin again. - Ah, vain, indeed, is the asking! . Life's duties press all of us on, And who dare shrink from the labor. . ,Or eigbIbft the sunshine that's gone? And, it may be, not far on before ns " Wait fairer places than then. Life's paths may yet lead by still waters ' lhct(h f may not begin again Forevermore upward and onward Be our paths on the hills of life, And soon will a radiant dawning ' Transfigure the toil and the strife, And our Father's hand will lead as Tenderly upward then ; In the Joy and peace of a fairer world He'll let us begin again.. up his mind constantly," said the good surgeon. ... ? ; ' The pepper-box ' down la oar yard is the liveliest place J can tbokof ivr a. irreen nana." saia Tne suMnn- will give him the day The Han In the Pepper -Box. 1 he pepper-box was a little octago nal hoii9e about six feet in diameter and eight feet in height, with a eonl cal roof. In one of the eight sides was a little door with a window in the top of it, and in the other six sides there were small windows. The pepper-box was furnished with one comfortable, leather-covered arm-chair, and the curious little building stood in a rail road yard amid a net-work of switches and turn-outs ; and was placed there to shelter the man who watched the "know nothing-," or crossing where two railroads intercept each other at right angles. The crossings of which I now write were in the railroad yard of a large manufacturing city and railroad centre, where nearly' every foot of land, with the exception of this little triangular spot of grouud where the pepper-box stood, was covered with iron rails. Oue would naturally take it to he a very confusing place to be in. The man in the pepper-box was obliged to keep a level head on his shoulders, or he would be likely to make a mistake in regard to. the time that one of the nu- merous trains was aue-,sna mocaicu latiou of half an hour meant more or less destruction of life and property Or. If he was not constantly on the lookout and alert, when he stepped outside he was liable to be run over iul cut to nieces bv the regular or switching trains. Paul Serus, the jepper-box man. called VOld Serious" by the railroad " boys," was an object of interest to tendent. " I watch there. And so he did, telling big Mike, the old and faithful switchman on, a side track near by, to keep sv sharp! watch on him, however. ''iV '. ? There's not a man "on the road, sir as needs less watchin' than Old Serious, reported Mike, at the end of -a month; " he jut minds hi own business, an' reads his Bible atween whoiles."r , Oue day, as the Superintendent was valkingin the yard, Paul said to him, I can do the day and night work both just as well If you increase my pay and let me bui,ld an. addition to my honsein the shape of a drt-j;oodg box, in which ican strercn niyseji out between trains at night; there's room for It in the tri angle. Downing, j the night watch, told me .to-day that he must throw up his job, his rheumatism had got such a hold upon him. Beside, f can easily awake at any given time at night; I was noted in the army for that when on guard and picket duty.", ' "Very well," replied the Superln tendent. "1 am willing you should try it. Downing spoke to me just now about giving up hl$ job." In this case, little Mike, the night watchman, was instructed to have an eye out to see that Paul kept the right signal lights at his window. So Paul made the queer addition to the pepper-box. The railroad boyB called it Old Seri ous' Chapel, and made a great deal of fun of him and his Bible reading. It came to be quite a thing to get up stories about the poor man. Some said he was a murderer hiding from justice others said he was an escaped burglar and at last, as the months rolled by and Paul remained faithful and alert at his post, they all settled down in the belief that he was a miser, and that in the estimation of the free-hearted road, hands, wa the worst character conceivable. Somebody started the report that the pepper-box man buried his wages each month under the floor of his domicile; that he boarded himself on crackers and cpdnsh, and never had a decent meal, nor a smoke, nor a chew. They did hot sav he "never took a drink, for they knew he could not keep his job in that event, and many of them were tee totalers themselves. One moonlight night in autumn a company of tne Bands wh had come la on the different trains, thinking to have some fun bv frightening Old Seri ous, marched in Indian tile from the freight depot up the track to the pep per-box, and encircling the funny lit tle structure, looked in at the windows. The blood-red signal light was burning brightly-, casting a lurid glare about the prSnises. The poor cripple was fast asleep on the floor, wrapped in a and pulling off his grimy cap he passed it around, getting generous contribu tions from all hands. Then turning his own greasy pockets inside out, and shaeing them in a droll way over the cap, be said : "There, comrade, take that: and do you see that little white cottage up there on the hill? It's empty. Tom Reynolds moved Bp to the other end of the road to-day. It's handy to your iob; lost the thing!' I'll see about it myself aS" soonf as it's daylight, i You just send for thm folks o' your fight off, and if you ain't got enough money yet to pay the'blUs, us fellers will see that's all right." ' J Paul's family arrived in due time, and every one of those wild but kind- hearted railroad " hoys " had a hand in setting them to housekeeping. And as they point to that little pepper-box to this day, and tell thfa simple story. they say that Paul Serus was a hero, and that somehow they feel as If they owned a share of him, land in his happy, thrifty family, living in. the neat little white cottage on the cliff and above the crossing. A Whii BttptmOtim. I belonged to Frederick the Great; agri- Flowers in Florence. Every morning at breakfast time, a wiry little old man with twinkling black eyes came creeping up our stair case with a huge market basket full of flowers on his arms. It makes me sigh with pleasure now to think of those flowers. They were most wild ones but they did not seem so to us. for they were of the kinds which we had been used to see growing in gardens jon quils, lilies-of-the-valley, tulips, nar cissus, field-lilies, ranunculuses, splen did in eyery shade of yellow and orange and deep red, clusters of roses, lorn from the walls where they bloom all winter long ivy sprays, lauristlnas, iris es, myrtle, and that odd-tinted purple black lily which is the emblem of Flo rence. Later, he brought lilacs, fruit-, blossoms, anemones, purple, pink, and scarlet, long dropping boughs of wiste ria flowers, and the delicious little Banksia rose. All these delightful creatures would he pour out on the table, and then would begin the most comical process of bargaining? The old man would name a price. We would name a price. The old man would shriek, shrug, dance about, and protest that to abate in the least from hi3 price would be equivalent to con demning his wife, children, and aged parents to penury. Then Maria, our maid would emerge from the kitchen A reporter was talking 'with an old miner a few days ago, .who- Implicitly believed that no deathever took place in the mines wltheotawarningof some kind. "You see,? he sill "death nev er comes of a sadden pbn the men in the mines. Yon reporter write np ac cidents and bow something gave way or fell quick and Killed aomebody. Now this ain't so. There's Always some warning. When 1 see my lantern begin to bnrn low down end blue, I know there is danger ahead. If ft keeps oa for a few days and then . begins to waver and flicker.. I'll watch & dose -to see where it points. Jfow you may set me p for a fool, bat what i'i tellla' yon is gospel truth. ' When the flame leans over (as if it was Wo! Fked by a blow pipe), od points v?,ta an. death has marked htm. Some yea&ago when 1 BUI Hendricks was killed in the Sav age, the flame of my lantern pointed right to him for; over an tour, and when he moved the flame would tnrn just as If BUI was a load-atone, and the flame was a mariner's needle. I knew he was gone and told him to be careful about tlie blast Well, he rot through that all right and got on the cage. As we went up, the candle kept acting strangely, and at times the tame would stretch out long and thin towards Bill At length it gave a sudden flicker and Bill reeled to one side and Was caught in the timbers. 1 beard bis dreadful cry as he disappeared down the shaft, and while he was bounding from side to side, dashing out his brains and scat tering his flesh down to the bottom, my light went out. I never lit that lantern again. It hangs up in my cab in now, and it always will. There's more in a candle flame than people think. I'd rather see a cocked revolver pointed at me than a candle flame; a revolver sometimes misses, but a can dle flame is sure to kill when it starts owards a man." Tbe Pedometer. i cultural implements; fine liquors, and various handsome articles of plate. china, cutlery and home manafac tare. These souvenirs are now scattered among relatives and friends. Mr. Clay's library at Ashland, while It wai of re spectable size, was not large, owing mainly to his long residence in Wash ington. Mr. Clay's life and habits at home reminded one of sw well-to do English country geaUenumCf He rose early and bathed, shaved and took a horseback ride every morning.. He was exceedingly neat in his dresss, and on all occasions wore the inevitable swallow-tail coat, which is reproduced in all Hart's statues of him. Although he frequently entertained distinguished pei sons of alt nations at Ashland It was always done With a plain anuT simple eleraooe. - He never attemjtfai display, His was "a good.KsBtueky taMeantl that was all. He thought it good enough for any one, as it most certainly was. His hospitable board was mainly sup plied from bis own farm, which fur nisued bim the richest cream, milk and butter, from cows of prized pedigrees; bacon and Southdown mutton; fruits and vegetables of all kinds ; poultry and substantial luxuries. The very "pone' of bread, and the smoking "pancake,1 that graced his table, came from his own corn and wheat fields. His wines were Sherry, Madeira and Port, pale Sherry being bis favorite. One of the most cartons little instru ments brought out is the pedometer, a small machine about the size, era watch, which you carry in jour pocket to denote the distance yon travel 09 foot or ride on horseback. It is a very ao ctrate machine. A friend of mine put one in his pocket the other day' and walked from the Fifth Avenne Hetello the Central Park and back. Strange to say, it marked the distance as accurate ly as a surveyor could measure It.'iTkt little machine works this way : Itlella the number of steps you take, or that your horse takes, duriug any given time. To get the length of these steps you take j an average That Is, yon walk 200 feet, then count the number of steps, divide the number of steps and NEWS IN BRIEF. Three stones placed orer the gmrj of Tboiuas Jefferson, at Mont "cello, V., have been taken away piecemeal by relic hunters. ' A Canada cheese factory has turned oat a cheese weighing 7,000 pounds. Is is said to be 0 feet 10 inches la diameter, or 21 feet in circumference, and requir ed 35 tons of milk to make it, the pro duct or 7,000 cows. -" Boston has CM schools, 1233 teach ers, 65,412 enrolled pupils, 60, 76 chil dren between 6 and 15 years of age, and the salaries of officers are (SS,033,M, and of teachers, $1,157,746,09. - Ohio raises the most Winter wheat, J 27.625,759 of the 175,195,193 . babels . produced in tne United Mates, ana aiso more than half the flax produced la the country. The wool yield of the 'Stats leone-flfth that of the United States r yoa will have the length of swim?" W egte Start. tnntfta mrurirtujil v The other morning, a yonng married pigeon-hole above the counter, and all ,ipt! jatv . badio,oo(jv x-rrtt- sanrsnui iriun lady, Mrs: , who bad suspicious that her husband was "larking" it too much when he ought to be in his office attending the business, put a pedomet er. In his pocket. Kissing his wife good-by, the innocent husband saunter ed out and took the stage for his down town' office. In the stage be niet a dashiug widow, who took him up to Central Park to see the animals, or rather to carry on a flirtation on some of those bowery seats roofed with the clerk knew about it was that his at tention had shortly before the discovery been bccupled by a stranger asking some trival questions. Frem 1867 to 1377 the- Brussels Mint, besides making the current coin tor the realm of Belgium itself, struck 32,020,680 francs worth of money la gold and silver for Switzerland,' Boa mania, Luxembourg, Brazil, Italy and Egypt. The weight of copper coined was 1841 loi.s, and of nickel, 100 tons. J. H. Southworth, of Springfield, Mass., lias given Prof. K. il. Mather woodbine and ivy. After promenading 42500 to expend for plaster casts of through the park, visiting the seals, the statuary, to be placed in the art gallery Ashland and Henrjr CiJ. Hogs Killing a Jaguar. The wild hogs of South America are very savage, aad when aroused know not fear. One night a hungry party of explorers, camped in a Brazilian for est, heard an uproar of grunting, squeaking and clacking of tusks. Piss?" exclaimed all with joyfulness. "now we'll have a dinner." Snatihing back to my little wifey.' their guns, they crept cautiously to- Did you take the stage to the door, wards the sounds. Coming to the edge sweet?', asked the wife, tenderly. of a clearing they saw by the maonlight I "Yes, lovey; and 1 was too tired to a jaguar standing on an ant-hill, about walk home. Why I never went out to five feet from the ground. Surround- lunch. I was to busy octrlches, the baby lions and the muse um, the sentimental husband returned home. "Ah, ducky, where have you been you look all tired out ?" asked the w ife ; as she kissed him as usual. "Oh, down to the office ; the same ol drudgery. O, pet, I'm so glad to get 'Ashland" comprises about three hundred and thirty acres of "bluegrass" land, and Is situated about a mile from ttia limira nf the vprv itenuliar old oAtv of Lexington, on a finely macadamized together stood balancing himself on the mad leading to the town of Richmond. PlnM OI ule " log him were fifty or sixty : wild hogs, furious In their efforts to get at their enemy. The jaguar, witn nistau siuck well uo In the air, and his legs close where in 1862, the Federals under Gen eral ; Nelson were defeated by the Con federates under General E Kirby Smith. When Mr. Clay bought the land, in 1805, it cost him $2600. For half a cen tury the work of improving this estate went on under the personal direction of Mr. Clay or bis thrifty wife, until it and join the fray, "Snapping her fhrger4 became ee.beauliiul ad varied asjctn and crying "Che! Che!" declaring that of lawn, field and psture, bluegrass, pigs threatened on one side or the other, he would turn around and face them He was evidently uneasy, and only waiting for a chance to make a rush and escape. In a moment of forgetful ness the meuar slightly dropped his tall. Instantly a pig seized it and pull ed; then another, and another, and the beast was dragged from his perch to the every one of the scores of employes on blanke hjs head aud shoulders in the the several roads, who passed and re passed his close quarters every day. lie had never been seen or heard by any of them until dusty and. travel-worn he walked into the station one day in a Kolf Intoxicated condition, and took the cars for New York. ; He refused to show his ticket or to tav his fare, so the conductor, giving a pepper-box, ami his feet stretched out througri the little aperture in the wall into the dry-goods box. His Bible lay open in the arm-chair, and a few pieces of charcoal were faintly glowing in an old iron kettle, over which, in a tin pail, some kind of broth was simmer- The hands expressed their mdigna- pull to the bell-rope to have the' train tion ut his miserly habits in low whls- flowed up, pitched tne poor ienow on pers, and presently JJill Edisonshoutea rather too unceremoniously, it was Get up, old pinch-penny, and hand thought and left him lying on the 3 0VCr enough of your hoard to buy ground in a half-stunned condition. us au a hot supper and cigars for the Before he regained consciousness and crowd was able to sit up, another train came Yes," said another, " shell out or along and ran over and cut off one of we'll carry you up here apiece and his feet that was lying across tne ran. throw you down the cliff into the river, There was quite an ado made over and poke you over the falls." affair. The conductor was blamed for not bringing the train to a stop be fore he put the man Off, and for leaving the man partly on the track. The former was suspended indefinitely never was there such a wicked old man, the worst in all Florence, a thief, a ve ritable robber never should her ladies pay such unheard-of sums for a few miserable flowers it was picking their pockets; gfa! yia! go along with you Them suddenly in the midst of the storm a lull 'would ensue. The otd man would change his expression, become all smileS, piish the flowers be bad cho sen toward us with his lean fore-finger, seize the sum he had so decried, bow, and vanish, leaving us with the lovely heap of glad, sweet-smelling things, and the comtortable sense that we had made a buon tncrcato. But alas, there 1.1 l. .l.A ninnf.nll .1 ...1 - 1 II . W . n .,d unbraiding us for always giving ini quitous people their own way; and al ways there was a glint in the old man's eye, a suppressed frisk and joyfulness as he turned away, which convinced us that however little we might have paid, grSurrdr The battle was terrible. The woodland, and ornamental grounds as yellow body of the jaguar rose up above the eye need wish to rest upon. The the grunting, queaking mass of pigs, short carriage road from the main en and his powerful jaws struck deadly hinwst. Then he fell the uproar sub- lii mil c fcv iiiic mauaiuii so vmvuju i - n,ini. a vunnAnf tali nini ann hrnni. aiHeil. and the herd dispersed. The ' "' v ' .. 1,1 .1 .!., leafed Catalpaa. In front of the house party of explorers warned to tne oawie- uyc uu , "Just set aud wrote all day, darling, did you?" - "Yes, daisy, all day long. Oil, I in so tired !" "Let me see your pocketbook, preci ous," continued tuewue; "i want to put something in it." Then she open ed it and took oat the little pedometer. "Oh, Edward!" she screamed, as she held it up. "What, Caroline!" "Why, here you've traveled 11 miles since morning. Where have you been ! How could you ! Oh, you wicked, bad man, to deceive your wife so?" "JBmftK!iue ."1 "Don't but me, Ed ward T "You've been walking j around all day. You couldn't have been near the office at all. Oh, you naughty, naughty man I I'm going home to my mother ; I won't 2ow, who was she? Who was the lady ?" "Why, Caroline, I met Mrs. Swope, our clergyman's wife, and is a view of the "Woodlands" once the ground. Fourteen dead pigs were ij superb homestead of Mr. Irwin a son-in- ing on the field, but no jagaar or its re- law of Mr. Clay. Beyond Its magnifl- mains were seen, rresenuy oue ui mo cent forest trees are seen the church party, picking up a fragment of some spires of Lexington, and looming up In thing 3ald, "Here's the tiger I" It was the distant cemetery Is the monument a bit of the jaguar's smn. xie nau oeen erected by Kentucky to the "Sage of torn to pieces and devoured by the sav- Ashland." In the rear of the mansion age nogs. is a lovely lawn carpeted with that rich, valtrnftf rrraaa arli inh TTnnril rlr 1 ftlfknA Droduces. Another refreshing stretch There is in liaruord, onn., a very pew in me cuurui. u,.- r Ioh ,k... ni.t..,.. eiirous and interesting piece oi worn n-iaw, ami every ounuay ' I - . . -wr, 1 It -1 I - t.1 11. n nnslnnrtAf n Ira Ilia iwlflt TrWnfAhlRr..rnlnBf.h view In this made by KUtn JUmy, who nveu n wuimwuuiiicuvu.w. direction. On the left are the stables of "Middleton Upper houses.' near Crom-1 measuring his way to church. wpII It. la ft cotton bed aunt made in 1776 one hundred and two years ago of Amherst College. Mr. South worth gave the 7000 used In preparing and mounting the casts In plaster of the bronze doors In the Capitol at Washing ton. The sickles found by Belzonl under the pedestal of the Sphynx, at Karnac, near Thebes, the blades which Wyse, found imbedded In the wall of the Great Pyramid, andthe piece of a saw which Layard dug up at Nlmroud, are the old est kown pieces of wrought iron in the world. They are treasured In the Brit ish Museum. On the Northern Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, lately, engine No. t drew from Clark's Ferry to sunbury, a distance of thirty-one miles, a train consisting of 188 empty freight cars, one loaded eight-wheeler, two cabooses, and a dead engine. It was up-grade work, but the trip was made at the rate of ten miles an hour. The trala was 6,200 feet long, or 920 feet more than a utile, and, It is claimed, was the longest ever drawn by a single engine. . The members of the Imperial Fam ily of Japan show a sincere desire to promote the Industries of their country Hie Empress takas as great Interest . 4ilk-splnning, and not long ago the 4 shrubs growing in the garden of j Imperial palace at'Akasaka werepi of her Majesty the Empress Dowf by one hundred girls, all of wboiri the oooaston, were dressed alike hi . day clothes, and were regaled witfT" cakes and tea at the close of their labors. The Sierra Nevada mine is' at a depth of 2,200 feet; Ophir, 108 feet on slope below 2,100 feet; Consolidated Vlrginie and California are 2,050; each Gould ACujry, 1,900; Savage, 2 800; Hale & Norcross, 2,300; Chollar Potosl, 1,850; Imperial, 2 ,400; Consolidated, 2,- 400; Bullion 2,200; Yellow Jacket, 2,- "No, you did'nt, she's been with me 400. Crown Point, 2.3C0; Belcher, 2,- A Curious Old Hed Quilt. alldav! Oh, Edward!" and thei she burst into tears. That night, that poor, broken-hearted husband swore by all the pedomet ers in Heaven or earth that he'd never He to his wife again. He even took a the "bargain" was on the other side, and as usual we had been "done in the transaction." Whose Was It? "Mansfield," the home of John M.,only surviving child of Henry Clay. John is getting grizzly now, but his pas sion for thoroughbreds is still as warm He Saw Their Game. 360; Julia, 2,100; North Consolidated, 1 425. .Levels in iNorcn uonsoiiaateu nre 1,100 and 1,425 feet from the sur face. The direction of the Bureau Veritas has just published the following statist tics of maritime disasters, reported dur ing the month of September, 1878. con cerning all flags: Sailing vessels re ported lost 34 English, 13 American, 12 French, 7 German, 5 Norwegian, 4 Italian, 2 Danish, 2 Dutch, 1 Spanish, 6 of which the nationality Is unknown. Total, 85. in this number are Included 2 vessels reported missing. Steamers reported lost 7 English, 1 Italian. Total, 8, The Dutch Cremation Society re cently held lis annual general meeting in Arnhelm. Hitherto the Government TKrt ir, -,ril.rl u.-iitfhmn nnl afimvinc tha iMSt fright. Incensed the whole cars are full of ladles coming and going, there had been many complaints en tered against him before at the Super intencent's office, and the poor victim was carried to the city hospital, Where the Superintendent of the road, a very kindhearted man, himself went to see that he was well cared for. He became Interested In the patient, -Paul Serus, and called to see him more than once, and promised him a job as soon as he should be well enough lo take It, on the condition, however, that he would sign the pledge. The wounded man promised faithfully to do so, and while his mutilated stump of i an' ankle was healing, he had time to get thoroughly sobered, to profit by the somewhat dismal retrospect of his life, and to make plans for a useful, honorable futnre. This Is the first time I have been completely sober for years," he said to the surgeon, who was very attentive and kind to him. " I feel exactly as If I had been away from my true self all this time, and had just got back into my old body again as I used to be when I was somebody In the world." As soon as poor Paul washable to hobble about on a crutch, the whole- souled railroad Superintendent come to the hospital and had a long interview with the sdrgeon in regard to him There was nuch a quiet dignity about "h man. such native goodness of heart In aoflnn and DUXPOSC, that these two gentlemen had made up their minds not to turn the crippled patient out upon the world when he should have recovered, but on the contrary, to do something for him. "You must give him a situation t.aiA there i company Into roundly abusing and in suiting "Old SeriouB." He slowly raised himself np, opened the door of his domicile, and said : " Boys, I would Invite you in were not my quarters 60 circumscribed. Per haps you will sit down here on this rirv sand while I tell you a bit of a story. " For nianv vears 1 have been es tranged from home and friends and family, by drink. I shall not weary you with the details of my life. I will simply say that at the same time my foot was cut off, I had not seen my wife and children -for five vears. As soon as I was able to write I sent my wife a letter, telling her that I was trvlng to be a man again, and asking her would she live with me again. She immediately replied that she would gladly do so, provided that I could keep my resolution to let liquor She carded, spun and wove the cotton " " P ""fiX Th', Land it is a very softi "u " ' . . I S. ft, to Irw'hou U'lil Which and as emphatically expressed as of piece of 'cloth After the L weaving M- " t cagt of ',ounU, yore. Every turfman has fteard of nis nau it suuupcu, - n.w. Tnthose whoknow him not he . - ..vr i it .1 i i a fhia nrinrtnfr which wh.h. iii i uaniei joone, -lUiniucKv, anu to .u ...a, "i m,ht , uiered verdant iu appear- ln Arnneim. uitnerio tne yovernmeni other horses. The view on the right of course, done also by namiwitn biocm t,;r on of Holland has not legaiiaed burial by Ashland embraces several other stock cut by Hand. Two patterns are si.own. - " ' J? ... , , eremauon: out u eooiew uaeacapiuu When the streets are muddv, aud the farm8, up0u0ne of which wa8 bred that each stamp appearing alternately - on J ' I S 3 S.ae world-renowned king of race horses, the cloth, ine aesigns are no n.eau, rnf" n,i r, nf mnaf.ruetl,, one oermanent Ind'an- Lexlngton." Such are the surround- free and graceful. Figures in thedress . d ver9ation other movable "corpse oven." On the Ingsofthehomeof-HarryoftheWest." of that time, men wearing cocaeu u. " . r . three aces were thrown General Council of the .Netherlands Onlv a sheet of water Is needed to make are seen. There are deer, cattle, sheep aud a quiet aeal, tnree aces were '"on CremaUon Society are Professor Tiele tLvS . The irso birds and other creatures, several kinds n his side of the Jabhafter which the Wen . fJnlver.ity, Prpfe-or himselX into trouble. boarded f car tong by Mn Clay and his fam- of t miuaiuufi u f - i uy wa, bo m tuu, a iwvewij hum - i ,A. ii ,.L-r i .inn't know i tueoiozians. cnemists auu scnoiars. the trick played by a man on the four teen ladles In a Woodward avenue car, should be frowned upon by every true citizen. If again attempted he may get In his enough to fit over a No. 8 cowhide boot, and at a proper moment, when all eyes were turned upon the car switching past, he dropped the rubber on the floor and then suddenly pretended to see It. Bending over and picking it up he call ed out : "Which of yon ladies lost this rub ber? Every lace turned pale at the size of it, and each lady gave the other a sly glance. "Some one In this car lost this rub ber !" continued the human hyena as it waved it around. Not a ladv moved. Eaeh one wonder- one of her rubbers had dropped a house and church. The house has m l! building with one-story wings, roomy the dormer wmaows.anu isau orumary and comfortable anoueh. but Quite looking building, dui tne cnuxcu wwi olafn' Its Drindnal interior adorn- its rounded tower Is not like anything mp.ntii were memp.ntneaand testimonials one would have been likely to see in from his friends and noli tical admirers, this country at that period. That, and A large oil palnUng of Washington and the fact that one oi tne ngures is carry his family nresented bv Mr. Johnson of ing a load on his head, and also, per- North Carolina covered almost one en- haps, the appearance of deer among the edif J I . . t a. .A. alone. I don't suppose she had much off, but her mtna was inaue up to .u faith in me at first, but I have written in mud two feet deep before claiming to her every week, and I can see by her that one letters to me that there Is a new and "The owner can have it 1 charge growing hope springing up in her nothing for my services," calmly ob- heart. Now. there's not a man among served the fiend, as he looicea aow n one you will wonder why I look serious, side of the car and up the other or that I do tlouble my duty here, al- j 0j a nan(j wag raised, but all feet tliough It does wear on me a little. But were drawn under the seat, as if by I get extra pay, and have had no time machinery. to fall Into temptation. ou will now i.yery wej," said the man, as he see the reason why I live so cheaply is roge leje (Jar ..Tm a rub to save enough money to, Dring my . . , Tt wftnt do the loser any family hall across tne continent Dei ore T office, or to send a tire side of the parlor. It was while inspecting this picture that Count Ber- trand, the devoted attendant of the prisoner of St. Helena, drew a parallel between Washington and Napoleon so favorable to bis Imperial master as to caase.Mr.Clay to exclaim, "Ah, Count don't forget the morale of our man." Here, also, was the bust of Bolivar, domestic animals, suggest a foreign ar tist as the designer, and yet there are reasons for thinking that this work may have been done bv the grandfather of the Rev. Leonard W. Bacon. Rare Wines. There are eome wines which very; few people drink, not only because they sent to Mr. Clay in 1827; the freedom of are scarce and dear, but because they the cltv of New Yoi k : a silver pitcher have a smack that is not to tne general - I V -J ! 1 1 from the ladies of Tennessee ; a silver taste, iacnryma uruu is aippeu uy vase and miration two oil paintings, drawn by his col- con, sacred to the memory of the Kings leagues. Messrs. Russell and Adams, of Nayarre, and always loved by Henry at an art raffle in Ghent daring the ne- the Fourth of France, can not be bought rotiations of closing tbe war of 1812. It Is dearer, bulk for bult, than any Mr. Clay generously proposed to win other wine mine onu. it is aimost the oalnUnea from his brother Commls- as strong as French brandy, almost as were playin? that I have been favored with such a hand for years." Our editorial friend saw the game, looked up innocently, and remarked: " I have been favored also. have a pretty good poker hand here mv self." The three looked at each other as he continued thusly: They call you Professor?" "Yes." Thir mill vau Colonel?" " ies." You are from the East, I believe?" Yes." " Well, gentlemen," he con tinued, rifing, "you had better take the next train back. We meet it lust the other side of Battle Mountain. You can't make a cent at this, iney nave been teaching it In tne Minnay scnoms in California for year . Out Two oUl Grw Koblxra. readers will remember the ae- 1)1 WIS ... ... ...i. i . . , ..... . . am . .. . .. ...... i . . wan in i mu mu. ..w three feet mgn, presented by gold travelers at -ipc, uul ,Cw u uuu w JtiJ Waesi of the Hon. Scott silver artisans of New York in ad- their way far from their native slopes "l&Wuty May. the body nt his nrotection efforU: and of V esuvius. ine wnue-wine oi juran-i :-'At ,k rilsecUng-room oi Joseph Andrews, one of Rev. Peter Hobart's colony, who Uanded aud sec tied at Bingham, Ply mouth county, Mass.. in 1634. drew a town lot and built a house on It prior to 1C40, which is still standing and occupied by the direct descendants In the ninth genera tion, (now known as tbe Peres Xlnooin bouse). Tbe only record that appears is a deed from JOepr TTCtT; U - n,i m i- LUOA. BUD A UVU1M IU im TVTjV built of hewed oak Umuc.- split boards and shingles. Additions and changes have been made, but the old house is still there." On the shores of tbe bay of San Francisco over 600 Chinamen are at the present time engaged in catcbt-ig aad curing shrimpi. Each camp to a little community to itself, and is governed by a contractor or -boas," who consigns the cured shrlm'ps to Chinese commis sion merchants on shares. Tbe eon--tractor, who is generally the .repre sentative of some firm In the city, fur nishes food and clothing to bis employes, and the sum paid as wages is conse quently very small. Tbe amount of business at first band in this singular pursuit is not less than $15,000 a month. . CoHeg-. Public in- dlgnation JuUly brand, any man a. a aooondrei wno .r " dead. Jut wiero mfrnm Prenarlima us htne made In robbers in tf"X le wrath , Maine topntin lombering on the p !?JLt5!!3 de?KeU Tnes! per KennSbec and MooVPrivers. It U c .--, ---- wW1. the former doubtlal whether the cut will be as take sloners at cards, ine pictured paste- suusuli -y.up Uu - ,i The reason MP.7Jlmnr loved I large as last winter's, bat It is too early boards were produced and shuffled, and only a superior raisin wine, luscious I class steal ne "e ."h- HiTcUne I vet to determine the amount of bost- n . r.v minates Mr. Rassell had lost and cloying, untie is a rorphyrogeni-1 one. w ""Ik ,k- to re- ness to be done. There are signs or the snow falls, that they and I may d a ba8ket after thU shoe, for I j his prise, and soon after John Qoincy, to, born to grandeur. Thoeewhogrow fT-j n ctlms to oar heart activity on the Penobscot water and . . . .v.. I 3 I . . , , ,j . r I ... k n 1 wore me . r. pirM'i murirt Drenarinsr for tbe winter's , nuunc ,iuut-i -n( homes, rneiruauic -i .. T have a home together once more. There was a pause, broken by the sonorous voice of Bill Edison : "Cr-rrah for Old Serious hurrah or Mr. Serus," shouted Bill, correct ing himself. "I say, boys, pay-day was yesterday, and we've all got stamps about us; let's take up a collection,' wont give it up. who had selected the elegant game of the grapes are princes, it is mi mmxass or irai om Hatiko a mid to treat, it DromDtly and DroDertr nntu is is trotten rid of UweUlirent ezp rleoce forto- DS fly prfseQUilg a curauve ui vr.ijKau- " " t. t Juh hi. I ri.n TtnHea.r admll.tH hTnr- Diseovery and Pleasant campaign n the forests. ltKU"".. T " " -Jr-T1: : " K haBehold word very low, ue aemana addition to the articles already named, Mr. Clay was presented with a family mriage. which is still to he seen in fects and councils, and those who buy the wonderful wines are kings. In 1877 Great Britain paid the pectorant, UMrougiy adapted to remove speed- I TI!. . . maaalTe Mid medal re- lD 18" t'rejU BrlUln paid the liy ail cWKtia ana ki-auar any exciting lo- I Lexington , a massive geia meoai, re- Unlted State8 foT bacon, hams, beef, tflJSJt'EZ O1 only a few montns oerore nu l Dntter and cnewe. 67.DOO,000, agatnst . death; a gold snun-box, said to have $17,600,000 in 1863. J If w1 ((M 1 the world over. The oomen --"J- eaViv stages and all bronchial, throat Pelleu are the most valuable laxative, and eatbartlc Lumber roles for lumber and tbe foreign demand for deals have greatly fallen off, bat the supply of logs la tbe booms is not Urge, and there most necessarily be enough catting to keep tbe mills running, as they cannot stop without great sacrifices. AV J wrbere he will have something to
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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