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dhaiham 'Record. . . H. A. LONDON, Jr., KDlTOll AMI l'llol'KlKTOi:. imvn oir ADVERTISING. o f v 11 v one miuaro, one nmeriiuti, - - fi.oa TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ' -s ' ouoquro,twuiill.Tti..i., i.ao . , ,, Ono square, one iti'iiiih, 2.69 nfifdj-v, oneywir, f?.rt- " Z 'ij vol. 2. PITTSBOIIO', CHATHAM CO., N. (J., AUGUST r, 1SS0. NO. 17.'- " 1 . i r r Poetry. ;I'ulilWio.l I.J lt'.lil. Extracts from William llowitt. Tlio soul nf Hnmor wns tlio smil .if lir -o; WhaUivor HveJ In ilivi-c was llf In lilm; Ami In Ills woiiilrou k"H(! liotintlioroil nil Its thinnoH nf lulinlnulni. Ilonoolio inn.lu Ills liom ImiiiiUful uikI liruvo, wlili imoij.U Frloinlly, uml imnii1 tn ! , lm w Ms Im--. Thi lull i-mlKxllini'iit of wralli mol pi l l'-. Ami Mii7.ini! ns il go. I In vMnryV nir Ho tunic lilm HlHii'l, the wnrttilii "f Urn wnrH! Ami thus uurimminUKly lliir. glorious 1..-U-.1 Beonmn tlio .r...li"l nn.l tlio prlmo f .loutli. Ami by Ills oluilillliR v. .lot. luis slain nmro in.ii Ami sprinl itv.ro .Iromirul ruin tliitu nil k.nys Ami military tiuloliorn fiinnil ..r Ami l-t tlio n.tli-l Hi illl 'i' nf lu ll. Th cruwnlnn tiiiiniti r Sitt.-intour'. The war-fiuiii'iitlni; IIKM'iitur" "I '-(f. Tlivsplrli "f llniiiorutid lii kimlri ! Inr N, Tlit spirit nf Vlrisll ami nf iii-iitl.il limno. Wan niS'l'1 Hi" iiiont.il r-- I ..t eiiti -:l..n y .iitli. dlo lnll-n-ii:iMu I., nil vh s nihl To Is' tin IoiioIioi-m, law-i;ii-'r.i mil .i-l.".'s- Tim Knv.rimrM mol tnlii of i tui-i t-n.i. .in. Bo tlint 1 1 t-. 1 1 j-r 1 1 all llio jours c r .ioiuim ..:iii, Tlio vlvl.t yon ix In wlit. I. tin- Iiohii mul smil lt..oilvol tholr U'Uo am! textiivo, hioI .-im iW'-iijili'. Tii tlio iMcrmlnaio raplil.ni nf !Ii. .r lift-, -The Kilsnn virus nf lusoiilniir p"lji, HhnuM tak lli .1biv nf Christ V iiliisniiy BlmulJ lo luMllliM ami llliori-I Him' uml Hum' Till lllia.1 -Iron-Inil mi li nurvomul llllil ivn-li (mro Of tho Inieriml tnnii, nn-l thus pni fnrih Tlio wiirltl'M iroiriroil truolivrs, ..in-niol nil, The lisriihlH nf rfl wnr frmn up-1.. ns-o. imw, ye ptmiilm dnoniln;; j- uiKolVKt Clirlst Inns, But In thought of t. i.l yo i-.ian rialniM, Uoln lJ your work! 1-MiM.I Ihr iinliirnl IruliA Of jrmir fBlsmroo nf kn..w.-.lj.-. Vo Ii.ito iiih-Ih Of bumnn lh' u i-nnorolo j-.tu-ati nim- -I'Atfnu nml antl-t'hrNilnu iho onro, Willi but Hi" tliinnli-.-il Dim nf Chri-.hin ckln; Till Haiim lsi;ha immiibt lii.- Jootiuu ih inl-i, Am oks "Whoro Is tholr Christ? Tlioy wurMili lilm In linllnw liirni. but tin y nro wi,..iiy nilno. Christ snys that hl nro kin vvu t .-ill by I"!", lint tlioy linvo lint n in.-u k i.f Imv, i.r riirial. II Is ii"t Ihto tu kill nml 1-. I.iy n.i-lo Tho llohls iiinl ilwolliiipi uf ilo-li- fo..w nion. It Is not Invo tn fi-.-tmo tutt'-him !' d.-.-iiji, Ami sivttior hc-hiIos nf tl -s- t kiu.l-t, Anil nm!Jiorc ih.-lr thnus.-ui-li- .Iny by l.-iy. Thoso itrt MY wnrk-4. .-not tlo- o a;---w h i thi-yil--. Ami sliull ilnnt my in I tin-" THE VK lir.lT.NDKU S S( )l lll l ii V. Hut ye linvo loiiruo l tho ..clo i.r tl..-h.- l That Is U-noiuh: tlio till.-ill h.. hNiry. Thf lust rosi.iiroonf tlio h;iril .Iriv.-n ni.-in, lii-roiolrr of tho hy li n i-iirii- nf . nnli; 'Ah! woro but nil stnios ciirNtl.-in! lil.nlly tiikn W'a'tl shcatltotho hH-nr.! :inl liii.h iliou-n-y lruin." N'l Jnlllit; but wh'-iolu. thou. H'Hil'1 l-oy..iir moi l!? Vliat! 1ms It oitst s.i iimu-Ii from imo tn no, la Ktvilth, nml tiutl -u-i' , mi l livosnf na n, Tu fnllnw up tho b..'ly lin k f ,1,-nlh? Ami shall It oust y.iu 11..1I1I111; in tlx I'- .i On n cu-rnnl bnxls? N.-lhliu; tn innko Y'ur t'lirlsilnn oni-lainl prii'-Hooi nroo? N'lttilnj; tu niHki' yu. In H o nt (Oi l, Vtint you hii Iniic linvo olnliinil tn U, nn.l nro net? Molhlnf tn ftrnsp tlio loiii hlnn- c,r . 1 1 r l.-.r-l In a prnfnumlor ninl ntnro ronl soum-, Ah wnnls nf llvlinr tnroo ami truih?. nf li-avpn? Hut, say the w..i M-vlo n-.o.. .,,-rs, nn-nl..ur I 'Think ) tliut wo slmll sli I1L0 nb. op, .11. 1 lot , H-'tno hor-lo liiiiintu butolioix-ui mir Uii'-it!.? And solzo nur cuniry. ami mir liaiM-y lo'hn s. Anil rovsl In mir o.iltb, nu-l uwn -ti 1 i.-iihI.-., A11J strlko n-i b..? That w ro tho a --f l --l.-!" hi! yo arswinor tlinu niii-N-vi-n-u-n I'riii.-o, Whiju uaino yo bla--u mi ynur .-.pii-.tual laiiin-rs: Vhy, 'tis tho vory lliin yur o.-ipuiln ilol ! Our ITil T"olnltne. nit i-vi-rbt-.i in p.-n-'o, A wai Ui fruits of Imv, a pi-m i- whl.-li imnit bliuul.1 uycr, mi auhtlost ploa, "r trrnvosi ouuso. Hare u lufrlinto. a .o.i'-'' In wlih h im man Hhntilil raise an ariuoJ haml airalnst unntln-r; Hhnulil never noire, Ilk.- tin- tlor.v irl'.- nf -., Plai-e, lUllotl ll-ss il'-ntrny, tho lolllplo nf Cmtl, Mail's Isi'ly, In Kliloh ho -U'rll- In n:Mh-lir,-, With the liushi'il sniil, bis ..C-prliit'. Ami tin- law, hleli was tho law it hoavoii mv bmuht tunnli, Uavlutfa.jorooJ. ho.ioa!o. I! with hi-. I l-.-l. That whl.-li lioolaluio.l frnui man, it-, main- tt'unuoe, I As saoroil nml Invlnlablo, lie hiniM-lf Ponrueil t lufraot; but, kmnvtu tb-aMi tho line for Its olisorvHUiv, Willi a sioa-ltast ln-atl Jle met It, ami In that proat aot be pn-ath. -l JIls iiurpnse ami 1 samplo tn all 1I1110, isAnl tlilnk'st llmu, iuiui, tliul tlmu o.LiiVt f -1 low Christ And nnt pa.-tako his sufTorliiL-. ; imr.it inllntv ' Ami yet uot fnllnw lilm? I'un'st troml his pa'.li Villi half a heart, ami livs lli ui half a faltli? : Ol Tain emleavnr! Vain 111, 1 luillo h .pi ! i'or he lias salil, "Tlmu wtuV. im! poi vo tw.i m is. tors." Thou caii'st not erv. him ami tin- wnn-l; n.T Im At peace with lilm an I Willi uiuiikln l at war. Jut Ahead. One of tho grund secrets of success iu life is to keep ahead in all ways poHsible. If you owe fall behind it may bo very difficult, to njaku up tho headway which is lost. One w ho bo-; gins with putting aside some part of hiH earnings, however sinull. and keeps it up for a number of years, is likely to become rich before he dies. One who inherits property, and goes on year by year spending a little more than his income, will become poor if J10 lives Ion- enough. Living beyond their means has brought multitudes of persons to ruin in our generation. : It is tho cause of nine-tenths of all tho defalcations w hich have disgraced the ago. Hunkers and businessmen in general do not often help them-' wives to other people's money until 1 thoir own fund begins to fall oft", nnd their expenditures exceed their' receipts. A limn who js in debt w alks in the midst of perils. It cannot but impair a man's self respect to know that he is living at the espouse of others. It is also very desirable that ; we should keep somewhat, aluadiu our work. This may not be possible1 in all cases, as, for instance, when a man's work is assigned to certain tixed hours, like that of the operatives in jt. mill. But there are certain lasses of people who can choose their time for the work which they are called to do, and amongst them are. some who invariably put off the task assigned them as long as possible, and then covae to its performance hurried, per plexed, anxious, confused in such a etate of mind ns eertaiiily unfits them for doing their best work, (iet ahead pnd keep ahead, nn.l your succe.-. i Merably sure. Selected Story. BLOWN A WAV. ! There were throe of them Kitty, Mary and little Tommy the children 1 of the station master at 51iick Itiver ! Junction, on the jrreat Southwestern ' 1 ..:i 1 'im 1 .i : 1 ..1 ; Jkllill Wil.l. J 111- Mill n III MIIIHI IlllllUT I'll - - 1 'I r . . tlie oiieu iiraine. miles and miles from he open prau'ii anywhere in particular. I Slack river Mowed through the mountains, a nun . died miles awav to the North, and on clear davs thesiiowv mountains could ' ! be seen rlimiiicriiiir in the L'rassv ho- Iriim. 'J'lu-line leaditi'' to the ISlack inn lili'l llli- 01 MM 11 m '"-.l l-l 11 lii'M'. llliil ., -. ,, ... , , tlms it w:is that the lilai-e was calli'il ,,. , ,. 1 Itlaek lover .Jiinctiiin. 'Pi , .- . 1 1 -c , I lie statu in master and his wife and ,. , . , , , ,- t . 1 1 1-,, 1 1. i t hire 1 f 1 1 i 1 ! en lived at the little ili'liot 1 .1... U i 1 1 .... 1 1 depot iiite happily, but there wasimt anoth er family w ithiu ten miles in any di reel ion. At times the children thought it rather lonelv. There was not hintr in 11-11- tt .1 111 n 1 11 1 11; III , - j , 1 . . 1 ill 1 1 It LJ I II I u 1 nil- It'lllllli: Jl-s 1101111 iiiii'ii nil . particular to be done except to watch ,. .. .' . . . ... , , . ., ,1 , . ,', .- , ho hue. but lust as he opened the "(loodhv. Ill put ui the pipe, the trams that sti-lilted at theiiiuction , , 1 . . . , .. 1 , , lr , ; 1 , l. 1 , .- i 11 door lie saw a, hunt white cloud on Heaven help ve the up -irade several times n dav. Once 111 a while Ti 1 ti . 1 . t .1 1 , . 11 1 i r. 11 -l the Western nonzim. It was a train. 1 w rest was los'. tor the engine a frei'dit car would be left 011 the side .. . . .... .. . , , , , . r . . , , ., , -, , . , Heb) was eominir. At the same time Hiiotaliemloiniiido.frtiieoiieuiirairie. track, and the children, soon found',. 1 -,. n, -., , i'ii . . 1 1 11 ,1 . , . f , . , his wilo appeared with new imef and , 1 lie water lank seemed 10 sink down that 1111 einptv freinbt car makes a , . 1 b ;;. ..1 ,1 1 .1 1 1 i -,ii r 'ri ,11 terror 111 her eves. into tlie cart li. aiul the shining rails 1 cat lit al lila v In hi e. liiev coiihl keep T ,. . ... ,. ,..,111 11 1 1 ., ' ' ,: . , . .. 1 . "I cannot iM a call in either direc slretclied longer and Imit'er behind. house in the coiners and make Visits. ,. r . ., i 1.1 . . 1 . 1 1 1 -. , , 111 tion. J he wires are h iw 11. An : what was ihat ! A cloud of or sit In tlie open door and make be- ., . , , . ,, , . , , .1 1 r 1 i.. i -i I his onlv added to the danirer, for sleam 011 the l.ori.oii far itliead. J he beve thev were Iiavin a ride. , v 1 i 1 .111 1.1 1 , t here was no mean.'i of senduitr word ; engineer took out i. is hook, and stud- ! One moriiiii!'-thev were awakened . . . H .- ,- 1. 1 ' 1 . t I" advance of tne runaway car. It led if enrefullv. bv acuiious lni.ni.iin-sound out of . . , : ..,.v,.ii,i ' , it 1 .,,.! W-..f i . oill-S. thev nel-,1.., ..... .ill.l 1.1. .1.-. 1 out of the window. How the wind did blow. It whistled and roared round the house, and played upon the teli'-iaph wires upon the lime".' as upon a liil;:e harp. As the wires were fastened to the roof, the house be came a yreat iiiumc box. with the children inside. Alter breakfast tin 11101 ni'!-ti'.-iiM.-i arrived, but the win. ..-..j . 1 ;.,i. ! ..1...1 . 1 ...... ?.. ,1 .. as iiiii-!-ly as p.ossili!'. Then tne train wi-nl away, and the yreat wind harp 011 tl.e roof sail- loiid'-r than ever. J he station master salt I it hlew a . , ., , -, , . , ,, -ale and the children must stay in tho f 1 1 .1 1 1 1 house, lest thev he hh w awav on the , ,, .... , .- , prairie and lost. I he station master s '- 1 , , , . -, , i wife said it was a pity tho children . . .1 r 11 1 i iiinini f.i.; 111 im- 11011MU III! llil. .... . f 1. j in-ii- hh ;t:i i-i!iini iiei;iii cm on the side trail;; perhaps thev might play in that. The station master ' thought this n good idea, and betook Kitty by the It tinl and Tommy in his - arms, while Mary took hold of his1 coat and they all wont out to the empty car. Whew! How it did blow. They certainly thought they, would be lilted by tho wind and blown . . quite into the sky. Tho empty ear' ; was warm and si.u-, and once inside 1 they were quite out of the way of tlie wind , , ,, , . , 1 .Mary thought the rear end would lie a good place to keep house, but Tommy preferred the other end. so tliev ngleed to keep house at both cutis of the empty car. This was a nice plan, for ii give them a chance to viit each other, and the open part by the door made a promenade to walk in. Louder and louder roared tho gale. Safe and snu- in tho ear thev went on with their plav and thought nothing of the weather outside. .Suddenly the car seemed to nliiiko. i and they sh.iM'ed in their housekeen- " Ulg Itlll I ran to the door to see what had happened. "Whv, it's moving! Soniel tody's pushing it." said .Mary. 'They are taking us away on a freight tram, t otno we must get on , 1 liiuiiit near the whisiie, san Toiuiiiv. "I guess somethiu- is push in- the car." The girls had leaned out of the door to see what had happened. Why, where was the platform ! It was mov ing away. No, it was tho car. It had left the siding and had rolled out upon the main line and was moving faster and faster along the road. "Oh, we must get. out ! They are taking us away." "No, m," said Kitty. "We must stay here till the breakmau comes round. I did not hear them when thev took us 011 the train." "There isn't any train." said Toiu- iii.i too .g iqiui... .low 11 1 lie one. ..... 1 . .1.:.. 1 .1 .1... i.-.. . ... 11. - , . 1 ! . 11 .. " t)h. it s tlio w in I. It s a mowing ,. .,.. u- . . , t ,i ic car awav. e must put out the -1. .... 1 ' . nlCS 11.1(1 StOI) it. This was a good plan, but how , re thev to cm-it out ? Tl.e brake the bi-nk me ti'fttllt 11 0111. : llt'oiutil' wheel was on tho top of tho ear and thev were inside. Faster and faster rolled the ear; it began to rattlo and mm ,, . I, .-.., 1 .. . . -fi T roar as it drawn uv a switt engine. In ' a moment Tomn'iv be-an to ,.rv Marv tried to look bra and Kittv Htai-od fast at tl.e level prairie flvin;, past. It was of no use. Thev all 1 1 ,. 1 . , 1. , 'I, 'ill. Il.'llll ll'l-llll-l .11111 11,111 IICL- ty cry alone in tho empty car as it rolled on heloro the gale The station master's wife rolled up her sleeves to put the house in or trt-lr louse 111 urutT safely out of liastei-, feeling - while the children were the wav. The station mastc sure that tlie children were wife in t he frei-ht car, sat in his office nearly all the morning. At last the beds were made and dinner put on the tire. ' and the mother wondered how tho girls got. along with their play house on the track. She threw a shawl over her head, and went out on the plat- form. At once the wind blew the shawl over her face and she could not see exactly where she stood. Turn- ing her back to tho wind she began to call her children. How lonely the wind roared through the telegraph wires! l'l'ilitijis thi'V oouUl not hcitr tin? woiimii us nlm saw the eiiiiu-cr lirriii nil this ilin. JFavbc tlitv were jmt liis lutiiil 011 the throttle itle. insiilc the ear out of heurin;,'. She' "J must iiiuriu. We mtt p-tlinj.' Wiilkctl 011 townril the siding. Nota'out f wiiU-r. mill Jierluijis we emi thilio; to be seen. Sin: woiulercil if ean le.'irn somothiii,' of tin- runaway." there hml been a mistake, l'erlmjis The sudden arrival of the sulitan the ear was mi the other side, trnek. online, ciintaiiiin two men anil a No. tlio rails were iinocciiiiied as far woman, startled the station master as nhe could sect in every direetion. and he eanie out to see what it meant. .... - . 1 1 I 1 . M Ilill Hill II llll'illi ; It Jlill Illlll llllll- , ., , 1 1 1 1 n' Jieiieu : nne staereii duck 11110 me , station and startled her liuslmtul with a cry of despair : "1 he car: i ho rliildren : The station master run out upon the jiliitform and looked nji and down the line. Not a car in siifht! It 1 , , 11 1 . , , 1 1 . 11 1 1 - 1 had been blown awav bv tho terrilile : wav hut tLe upirriulif In-i'iiis almul . . , . . . ,, i . ' -, . - . . w ind, was iierhaiis at this instant roll two miles out. I was inside when 1 ... 1 1 , ... .. . . , , , .. -. .... .. , , ni'' swiftlv onwai'tl with its lireeious jmssed nnd didn t see it till it had , r1. ,-. .. . 'in .11 load to destruction. liat could Imp- L'one juiss the door, , . ., , ... , , ., . , . 'Hi . 1 , ,1 , , pen 10 11 : v ouni 11 meei a iiiiiu 01 run into a stiitiou. Would the chil dren try to i:t out. or would they stay in the car until it was wrecked .' si trail"; to the door of tlie depot , 1 , . ,. . " "1' " warmiiir. "Help is coiiiiiii.r. mother. lure's a tniin bound I'.ast." Nearer and nearer camo the train, and the father and mother stood watching' it as it crept .'11011- tho rails, It seemed as it never would 101110. At last it reached the plat form and proved to be a passeii-er train bound up the "It's ten minutes back. Ilinmin 1 ii . 1. 1 1 l .... .. i. 1 i.. ..1 :.. 1: 1 ..1 liac.i river roan anil not liueuueu 10 tr in the direction in which tlio car had been blown awav. Tlio instant it stopped the stat ion master ran to tho eiiyiiieer and told his tetTiblo storv. I he mother with quick wit. , , .. . . , ', 1 1 found tho conductor, and demanded .. . ', 1 . ! A. . . that the en-1110 be taken oft and sent ., ,rt, . after the children. .... , . . , 1 he conductor was a man of re-ular ... , 1 ,1 . ? 1 habits, and such a bold request struck . ... , rr. 1 111111 as somethiu-extraordinary. Tako the en-ine oil' and leave the train mid )assen-ers wailin- at this lonely sta- tion '? The idea was preposterous. Some of the passon-ers -athered near and asked what was the matter. Three children lost : blown away in an open car. Homo 0110 said: Yes, -o at once. We can wait till tho en- giuo returns." The conductor said ho must tele- graph for instructions; but somo one said. "Tlie wires are down," and the people onlv cried out the more. "Let win engine t;o , mu iiic mouit-i Jim , , , ,, n....... iv. ..it ....... .......... ... j-.... out tho pill, that the engine might start. "Hold on, ninriii !" said a brake- man; I'll cast her off. Y'ou jump aboard if you want to go. too. Tire up. Jack, and make her hum !" . It was all done in a moment, and away flew tlio engine, leaving tlie con-. ductor and station master staring in ...! l ,1 l:.... 'IM i !lT"' ' ' I" '"o- '" 101, inaster did n.t feel very happy, Ut V111 V11' "t,,u,vtlI wl'h lhw ''nnniV l,utilt wollU ,,L'ver ll to 11 'VV , t , , n ; j. 111; sieiiuv, 'jttiii, sum mo .-u- -ineer to to the tireman. "It's no use' to get excited, for we're in for a long race." ( It's enough to make a fellow cscit- ed to sou that woman," said the lire- man. .... . , i the engineer turned aroinul. ami icnow ciciks. i.ee is i.hui 01 ine ia there, by his side, stood the mother, 'lies. His tormentor wrote him a her eyes straining ahead down the gushing letter and signed it face , line in search of the missing ones. tiously. Miss Ludington. Ho was Oh, sir, open tho throttle wide. ' greatly elated, and answered the note. Don't try to save coal at such a time The ci nvspondence was kept up hu lls this!" .some time, and when lit; expected soon "We must keep cool, inarm, and go i to have a met ting with his fair steady, or we shall run out of coal and j charmer a savage letter came from come "to the stand still on the line." 'her idle-ed father, (ii-u. Ludington, The woman said not a word, but 'f Hiehuioiul. Ya.. calling him to ac nodded mournfully, and leaned sgainst count, and demanded satisfaction in tho side of the cab for support, and n duel. Young Lee was almost scared the tireman gave her his seat, where to death, but upon the advice of the she could look ahead over tho line. 1 supposed Mi. :s Ludington. he got How the en-ino shook and roared! ready to light her father. On Mon ..... , , .,.,.,.. 1110 11 lie iui"i-i on 1110 m t-ruu i:,iiii:i- . . , , r 1 1 .1 . trembled and rose higher as the steam - . . 0 ,, .. pressure increased over the raging lire, . ... . 1 'P to be eating up track in fron . and behind then, : ,. ., . ... ... .. '.0 iaus spun ouv ,k summng - ,,ms 1'th10 sm' 1fitlltlon "! train nan aireauy suiik uown out 01 ... . . . . ... M III, lillll Lilt! LTiaSSV IHH l.OIl 1)11 IMlll- . , , ? . . , tr st'',u' t' tly avvay i-i a kind of Kntic waltz. The wind died aivay to dead calm, and m a few mo ?M,',ta hrr? T "P Bnd Unw m tho front windows. 'Vnil.entin.r tb-it win.l "b..;.! tlm engineer. "If wo can keep up this P1"'' wt slmI1 HOon overtake them. : ' How long have they heen gone 7 --w r r. shouted tho liieman abovo tho roar of the engine. -r 1 . . ... 1 ,1 . "I don't know." noreamed the wo- man, without taking her eyes from tho horizon where the rays m"et the sky., It may have been I wo hours or more; they were playing in the empty car." 1 "Howdidsho get out of thesidin- ?" , He meant the empty car. "It's 0110 of the new switches," said the engineer. "Cars can easily jump out upon the main lino." Ah ! something ahead. Was it the runaway enr ? No: the next station. What a terrible pace ! Twenty miles already! "Oh don't stop!" cried rr 1 irt . 1 1 f t , li': , lllllll in IIWO-I 141 lillll, 1111 in.- ' : 1 0 , sunt: ; "After tlio ruiiawny car r j "Yes. yes. There are three chil- tlren nisulo. ! "Oh. inarm, I'm sorrv fur ve. It . went past here, H'nr!' twenty miles an hour. It. came down uradc all the now tout; 11, kiiik to mi ice ii-inii-r. 'J'he eiinini! stood hot and smoking by the wa'er lank, and the witier came out in a slender stream while the mother stood lookiii'f on tearful and . ; ..' "V "'"I P'" at, tne iwo-miies suuiii'. How swiftly freight No. (!. rose : above the iitss and rew hi- alun- tho way. Lisien ! whistle! The engineer whistled in reply and shut oti' steam. The en-ine slowed down and t hey could see men leanin- out of tho other en-ine to speak to them. , i 011 nuna 11111 nun near "TJiank heaven !" said the woman. The engineer said liothini', but at that instant the eii-iue -ave 11 -rent 1 leaj) and shot ahead at the rate of 1 titty miles an tiour ui) the easy ''lade. 1 11 . . 1 .i . '11 . 1 1 How Ion- the minutes seemed! And . . , . -, yet eacli meant almost a mile, I 41 1 1 11 1 .1 Ah ! a speck a black spot 011 tlie !, .., 1 1 noi 1011. : ti v -4 .1 T4 lliecar" 1 es, it was the car. It ... 1 : I .. I 1 1 x- .1 grew In-lier and hi-her. Now thev could hcu it plainly. ISut the chil dren ! where were they ? The tireman ' sprauy out of the forward window , mid ran alony the en-ine and down upon the cow -catcher. The monster 1 began to slacken its terrible pace, and in a moment it struck the cur with a gentle jar nnd stopped, ! The tireman thought himself 11 lively man, but she was before him . and sprang up into the car. There lav, safe and sound in the corner of , the car, llarv and Tommy, fast inn-i-,, nun nnii .iii-iiii;l; oei iin-iu. ; ... '. ', , ...., ....... ......... come ! Mary and Tommy cried ; themselves to sleep, and 1 1 " j Nobody could sav a word. The ' tireman 'tried to rub Ids eyes, and only marked his face wit h black .streaks. Tho mother laughed and t-i-iftl all at once. 'J'he engineer jnVked up the little ones nml took them in the cab of the en-ine. . "mere now my hearties, you have had a risky ride; but its all right Uium : we re more than thirty ,''!' f'''i home, and it wont do to .... ho too late lor iliuner. l ire up. jat'K 1 IM, , Mork lMti'l A practical joke was recently played "l'"" JI- i- l-1''. employed in tlie United States express olHee. by his 11 ... 1 .1 r . 1 . I I . dv liiidit two lorided will, tl,.. .... "hul ' - ., . ... . t .1 .1 .1 principals, their seconds, physicians , , ,' , . ,i ,-, . . -. . ,-. nnd tminls. liiclinlnig Jliss Ludiii- . 1 .11 on 1. 00 was p.-rsonated by a young mm m . female a tire, drove to a va , - ... 4 ,4' .1, . mm 1. I U WU u? h i''1 ",K ho .V' '"l mm mi ii i .in. iuimu . , , , : , lulled"""" " 'l'l" III- t ill II ,1 . , . ', , , -, . other, and at the word blazed away to kill but tl.e t-ar.ndg. s were blank. and the report was followed by an V n luutw ,rom ttl10 iwtio could no longer restrain their '""i' th at the success of their joke. Young Lee. who had shown good " " , ' T 1 throughout, now stood the ' f grace possible ... 1 , -n 1 r. -i 1u' 'u hereafter avoid corres ponding with mysterious young la ities. , . ... ., A Jlopi'Illl loy. A farmer's wife, in speaking of the smartness, aptness and intelligence of her son, a hid six years old, to a lady acquaintance, said: "Ho eau read tlu- eutlj iu any part of tho ISible, repeat tho whole catechism, ami weed on - ions as will as his father. '' "Yes," mother," added the young hopeful, t "and yesterday I licked Ned llawson, throwed the cat into the well, and (btole old Hinckley's gimlet. ' The (Vimis of 1800. The term census is of old Human origin, a group of the many functions performed by the high oliicer called censor having received the name ecu sus. In modern acceptation it is an ollicial eiiumerai i"ii oi persons, their property generally, with such facts as tend to show their moral, social, physical and industrial condition. In the I'elitateuch the enumeration of ; the people is eiijoi.u .1. and the most ancient statistical record of the kind is that of Moses in the wilderness. .There is record of a Chinese census made by command of the Kmperor 1'ee. 'Jdl-J IS. ('.. aid of one in .l.-ipali under Mikado Sujilli iu the last, cell fury befi.ie Christ. Under the eon m1 it ut if hi of Solon the citizens of Athens were divided and leyi .te.eil into lour classes, according to the amount of th'ir taxable properly or income. The lioitiai. ocnm originated un der Senilis Tlllliils. the sixth king of Home, in the distribution of citizens into classes in a luosi solemn manner on the Campus Martins, where every citieu had to appear, and declare upon oath his name and dwelling, tl.e 1. umber and age of lii:- children, and the value of his property, under pen ally of having his goods couliscuted. and of being scourged and sold for a slave. Tile whole population was di vided into sK classes, based upon property qualiticat ions. Improve incuts were made under Augustus. In the sixteenth century came into vogue the practice of keeping church registers of births, marriages and deaths, out of which grew the mod ern systems of recording the move ments of thi' population. Peter the (treat, in 17111. had a census taken of the mal" population for purposes of coiisciiptiou. additions being made until lNO'J. when a -central bureau of statistics" was organized, which was reorganized ill 1N.V2. I'rom lS."iS- '," the liussiaii census grew to include legal population, information with reference to sexes, number of houses in towns, churches, chapels, institu tions, manufacturing establishments, etc. In Prussia census taking dates back to l'redeiick William 1. and was im proved under l'redei ick If. The enu meration embraces mechanics, medi cine, religion, etc.. and is made by civil otliccrs on one day in Mecember. The new Corn. an Umpire, on Decern her 1. 1 ST I, took a census for the tirst time. Tho German States, for the most part, take a census trienniailv. Austria's census was tirst taken in 17.'! I. and until 1S."7 was used entirely for military purpose. It is taken every three years. Tlie science of statistics has been more cultivated in Sweden than in any other country. The practice dates back to li'i-Sil. and has been carried to a high state of perfection. In Turkey the census is taken for conscription. The tirst taken iu ! Vance was in lTtHl; it is now taken at quinquennial pe riods. Denmark being the only other country that takes the census every live veal's. The U11iledStat1s.Ore.1t Hritain and Ireland. Holland. 15-1-giuni. Switzerland. Poitugal. Sweden. Norway, on the other hand, do the work every ten years. It has been remarked by eminent authority on this subject that in Ire laud the greatest progress has been made. The tirst census was taken in 1S11. but was not consider-'d trust worthy. An English report says: "Prior to 1 S 1 1 the Irish enumerators, were persons taken from the general community. In the year-! 1S-U. ls.11. lStil and 1S71 the census was taken by the constabulary and police, under control (if the otVli-els of these forces. Their knowledge rendered them well suited for this undertaking, nnd their position throughout has n'Vonled us a sufficient staff of 1 fltcioiit enumera tors, over whom the government con tililles to exercise control. They are. we have reason to believe, personally acquainted with every house in their respective districts. Five thousand and ninety si nu n belonging to the constabulary, lift ecu coast guards and 1715 of the Dublin metropolitan police were employed as enumerators.'' Dr. .Iar is. who is considered the highest authority on the subject, says that the Irish census of IK I . .11 (U. taken by the constabulary police, is among the best iu the wo. 1,1. The origin of the American census may be traced to the Colonial period, when the ISritis. Hoard of Trade caused enumerations to be made for commercial purposes. The census of the United States presents the un usual fact of being ordained by the Constitution of the Government, and really at the very birth of tho Gov ernment itself iu 17110. It was then decided to take a census every ton years as a political necessity. The ninth census was then taken, under act IS-1'.I. by !.fi72 assistant marshals, supervised by sixty one marshals of the United Slates Courts, at a cost of So.tK'.O.KPI. ('Sen. W alker i-; considered to have made it the most complete in detail and accuracy that has ever been accomplished. A St'iiNihle I .over. There are still sensible lovers iu the world. A young Canadian who was jilted last week did not shoot, either tho lady or himself. Ho first mod for damages and then ran away with his tirst love's sister. He is going to have satisfaction oat of the family in some way. , Another Pasting Pool. Trmu tho N. iv ..i-k lb ral.l. Delaware City, one of the quietest and most unpretending of villages.. ;with nothing of a businesslike air about it except the Delaware and Chesapeake (anal, has been sheltering a fasting wonder whose performances throw Tanner in tin- slaule. though death has been the result. JIiss Khabeth iSehille.aliout titty-six years ot ago. is the unfortunate heroine of this unadvertised all air. On January 22 she conceived an aversion to solid 1 1. nii'i woii.ii eai limning out a few oysters daily. This continued until .linn' r. when she refused to fake even these. From that lime un til June lit she was sustained bv drinki g currant water, but in m rv small quantities. Ileef tea was froen into water in s. but she was unable to retain ii on her stomach. Since June lit she had tasted absolutely no f I and taken no nouri-'.hmeiit of anv kind. This slate of affairs continued until th.' 2.HI. of Julv. when she died iieaeefulK. It is not know,, wheil,.., - disease caused this strange aversion to food, but certain it is that the only medicines administered during the past thirty-six days have been injec tions of morphine in small quantities. -No medicine had been ordered for the patient that could be considered as being intended to counteract dis ease. 'J'he injections of morphia can nm be counted as b. ing in any do give nourishing, and beyond this she has taken 110 foreign matter into her system since the l'.itl. of June. Her appearance at death was very natural. The frame had fallen away but slightly, and ihe face showed no signs of the terrible ordeal through which she litis passed. H w eight in portcct health was about K'.O pounds, titles and at this time bring from 4 and at her deafii was III) pounds, to ti cents per pound, according to showing a loss of only ten pounds for quality. Greensboro Patriot, thirty m days of absolute fasting. ... and nearly t'.ve mouths of living upon l.villC CoiliVssioil. a diet which would scarcely maintain A Mrs. Staines died in Caldwell life in an ordinary individual. This county last week, who, upon her may be accounted for by the fact that death be 1, confessed that the Tullcd she was a woman of large bone, and her husband several years ago by not above an ordinary amount of poisoning him. Sho was four days flesh. ' t in dving, ami not until she had made -m--m ( the confession could sho bo relieved Ilraverv of flu' l-Vtiich Prime. i'f Ltr illtL'nsts ringHickory Press. Our readers will remember that.' "! during the recent war between the Telephone Line, l-'nglish and Zulus in Smit hern Africa. ! Arrangements are now on foot by the young Prince Imperial was killed Which this plane will bo connected iu an obscure skirmish. His mother, with the llailroad by a telephone, the ex Empress Kugenie, has lately The Taj lor Manufacturing Company, visited the scene of his death, anil together with our own citizens, will has the following detailed statement establish the line from the Rock of his death collected from independ (Juarry via Carthage to Cameron.thuu out narratives of eighteen of the Zu placing us iu direct communication his who participated in the attack on with tho world. Carthnge Indux. the Prince's party : "These narratives show that the North Carolina Timber, attacking party numbered forty. It may ho Mentioned, that of the twelve of whom followed the Prince, twenty-two species of oak found in and eight of them being immediately the United States, nineteen are found concerned in his death. The Zulus, in North Carolina; that of the twenty having nearly surrounded the Prince's kinds of timber admitted to tho New party, fired and rushed on them as York bhipyards, as suitable for build they were mounting. The Prince, ing vessels, neai ly evei v one is fouml not having succeeded 111 mounting, ran alongside his horse until it broke aw ay. The Prince follow ed his horse into the donga until, being closely pressed by his pursuers, he turned upon them, in the language of the decline, we letirn, from that of 1870, Zulus, -like a lion at bay.' Peing which gave a population of 80S with struck by an assegai inside the left in the corporatu limits. The enuui shoulder he rushed at the nearest op orator for the North side of the town ponciit. who tied. Another Zulu then leports 02. For the South side the tired at tho Prince when only tun returns were forwarded without ad yards from him. The Prince fired dition; but the aggregate will not his pistol and faced his rapidly in- reach 800 - Durham ltecorder. creasing foes, until, menaced from his : . right and rear, he was struck by an- The HnlllUT Township, other nsse-ai. He regained the level A friend iud subscriber informs US on which he had first stood in the that there was five persons living in donga, where he was speedily sur- Deep Creek township, Yadkin county, rounded. He seized an assegai which who have voted tho Democratic tick had been thrown at him (in strug et, three of them for fifty years and -ling wilh his terrified horse his two sixty. Can any township in tho sword had fallen from its scabbard.) State beat this, nnd return no in itial with this assegai defended him solvents and a Democratic majority self against seven or eight Zulus, who of from fifty to sixty ? We throw up state that they did not dare to close our hat for Deep Crock township. on him uinil he sank exhausted on Winston Leader, his hips. The above facts were olio . ited from Zulus who were examined separately." A Friendly Drink Together. Two citizens of Princess Ann conn ty. Ya.. Messrs. Munden and Wood house, excited wilh drink, got into a political di.si-tissioii which became a quarrel. Frit nds interfered, and the two men were reconciled, taking a friendly drink together. They then sei iar.it ed. f'lei-wnv. Is Ihev mol i-.. newed the quarrel, and mutually kill- ed each other. That friendly 'drink no doubt did the business. Two men Kea l. ance, Uemocrat. get intoxicated. Tho effect of tlio 1 liquor is to excite and irritate them.! A Child Thrown in a Well. They quarrel, nnd to reconcile them A negro woman living in Dutch their wise friends recommend n rope villo township left her children at tili n of what created the dilHculi v. homo one day last wttk while she "a friendly drink togi I her." 11 oca- went over to a neighbor's house. The tombs of men have been sacrificed to oldest of tht-so children was not over the Moloch of drink, and that final ' x yeaisof age. The youugest a few friendly drink in innumerable in- months old. The six year old Btrip stanecs is the prelude to a bloody ped thu baby aud threw it into the murder. Fayt 'iteviile Examiner. well. Then iu company with ancth ! I er child, aged four yeurs, she went Pas! Flying. The greatest, pigeon living on re cord in this country was done recent ly, a New Jersey bird luivin- made 111., .list. ,,... l,l-nr,fVI.. I... . !.:- ................ ,, ...imuuuii, iuio, lniani biio was toia oy ine lour year nnd Jersey City Heights iu less old that the elder child had made the than live hours, tho distance being disposition of the babv as above stat tive hundred miles. Tho best rail- fcd. Tho well was dragged and sure way engineer on tho same route must enough the body was fouud. Oxford acknowledge himself beaten. , Torchlight. STATE NEWS (YttTiCNS Nurse, Last week, in Dutchville towrnship, a negro child was i-motherd to death by its nurse falling to sleep upon it. Oxford Torchlight, . V a lit' County Mtatistics. AYako conntv has 5101(5 horses; 2,- 73f; mnvfi; lG,;il4 cattle; 559,217 hogs; 11.078 Bheep and 1721 goats. We llllVe not heard the ntimbor of dogs, lmt,M,ofcsubout live million. Raleigh Yiaituj., . Uaithl'iil Servant: Mr. W illiam Clement, of Tally Hi township, has an old colored man on his f irm who has been living with him continuously for eighty one yean. Mr. Clement is about 81 years of nge. Oxford Torchlight. Making Figaro! les. Messrs W. T. Hlackwell & Co., of ix.i'l'iun, are engageit largely in ine . cigarette business, and it is thought that hereafter it will form erne of the most important branches of their trade. Hah igh Visitor. Prolific CoiiiniHiiitv. There are in the Third Ward in this city four pairs ot twins all living within a hundred yards of each oth- er, the eldest of whom are not over three years of ago. Four aro white and four are colored children. Wil mington Ileview. Tlie lMaiK berry Crop. Tho blackberry crop in the Pied mont section of North Carolina in enormous. Dried blackberries are coming into this market iu large quan- in this Stale iu abundance. Greens boro' Patriot. Population of IlilNhoro The census of Hillsboro' shows a Congressional Candidates. Tho candidates for the House of He prescutatives thus far in tho field iu North Carolina are as follows: Second District, Orlando Hubbn, lb-publican, and C. H. Brogden, Iu-dcpendeiit-iiepublican. Third Dis trict, John W. Shackelford, Demo crat, and W. P. Ciinaday, Republi can. Fourth District, W. 11. Cox, Democrat, and Moses A. Hledsoe, latter-dav Radical. Sixth District. Clement Dowd, Democrat, and W. ItJ Myers, Republican. Eighth District, over to a neighbor s. 1 he mother reaching homo and missing her chiL dren, followed thoir foot-prints until she came up with them. Upon in quiry as to the whereabouts of her ' r , ......