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Chailam $rtoi;i T7ATE8 or ADVEUT1SI NO On. itqiiiiiw, mm nill"n. OMWinnrn.twnlnwrllnns- l.iW TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION: ODBiii-nAr,niti-umitth, flnnpnnr, nn'-'S-i'nr, Onmopy iimiiUm One copy, litre montUs. nm! : . . -I VOL. V. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUGUST 9, 188;?. NO. 48. Forlrgri1vertlMuwiili!ll)rtcoprac' ciB Sffy fljhatham Record, j H. A. LONDON, Jr., miTOR and rnornirroR. :r x if Beyond the Mountain. Bnjond the mountain ah! beyond How fair in fancy gli-mma Th valley wilh its aprc ailing field, The glint of wincing t-lr-vonii! Bp-rond the put pie mountain' night Hi my nil nr hnppy ilrram. Wi ml tump-illi the tnniuiiiig piup, by witvi x ilmt pn?s our dimr; Wn my, thi-i wi-tin it liir, anil jet H g'i for Hoim-thinx mow; Anil lung lo pints with tinker foot The liu -nlT mountains o'it. Al eve the night binl fnitttly ig', In inunmim nwt-ot nn l low; 'flic iiiiw inuon'a sU-ntler cie-cent givna The cky n tender glow. Ilnw fuir tho i-lnr-i- how warm tho wind, Ilnw Mill Iho rivor'H flow! Hut lln-ip, hn--ii li.tigiiii' tnncy fti".', Ami wii.vniiul hi-ml-i mill turn, A ill" pnr innse eh-iiuis thi Mini, Tim ml mni'it lui-jlitcr Imin- And fineiing -MiTtim go loiipin;-, flown I'rniii mvik-i n'iihuiig wilh fi-in. WIpii hi nn i lui..s nluive m roll, Wile kIii s icmivci tln-rp; Win ii aim in.w iml hot rr mml our omr, Tlit-ie .'pill r-t whisper fuir. IVyiini the iii.iiuitnin lit hi-rond Love lillx thn tiiinnv nir. Ornhiml Mmthly. A COMEDY OF ERRORS. Niniic l':t lit nhaiii was vcrv angrv Bring a member nf thechurch hf didn't I swear, lint ho slaintiifd tli kitchen floor mi violently when he eanif in that 1st tin ih, his wife. t oi u proheni led a n-nce- thn' something win wrung. "Pear me, A brum," said she, inililly. looking 1 1 1 I'ruin the apples she was dicing fur pan-dowdy, "there ain't no in t ii.sii tii t.i take the door "IT its hinges What's the trouble now?" -It's lietsey Hriggs," answered the quire, seating himself, with some ehetnenee, on a cushioned chair. "The airs that crcctur gives herself ex- j reed everything." I "Air-.?" sanf Mrs. I'.e kenhnni. "I 'lidn'i know as Hum wilt Betsey j Hriggs' weaknesses." ; I tlunr.o w;hal voti'll tall i," said) Hie siptire. "She wa s nut ill the gar-' :len pickin' peas, an' 1 jest hollered to j her. as I entile by, to sec if she'd b: I williu' to entertain the sewin' society, ill her liotisi' net Thurs lay. And, i1 J joti'll lielieve tin?, she didn't say a j word. Neither yes nor no!" j "Well, I never!" said Mrs. l'ackcn- j num. "Hut," with a gentle desire for j rxtenttation. "you mustn't forget- Al rain, that Metsey J5riggs is near" ; sighttd." i "That don't prevent her hearin," ( rloes it V sharply denial. ded the siplire. ' "I didn't think ' that." .-aid meek '; Mrs. l'aekcid'.an:. rejecting a golden, : iinnmer 'tpp'e, whic'thada bfiiiso on , its mellowest side. "Hut I'm quite iitre ISeiscy didn't mean no hanii. ; Hetsty never dot s!" j "I (lunno lio-.v that may he." said i tin squire, morosely, lint 1 tlo know ; I shan't put myself out to speak to her j iig'in. unless she sees lit to apologie. "I can't make it out at all, "said Mrs. i ackenham, slowly shaking her head, j Miss farter was the nest person j who stopped at the I'ackeiih.im house. She Wits a spare leiu.di', whose exact nge, like that of the olielisk, was wrapped in iny.sti-ry, and she was a hook-agent i f the loost rahid type, and deadly execution. "P'raps you'd likt! to suliserilie to the Housekeeper's Weekly Visitor, Mis' Packenhani," said she, rounding off her sentences with a prodigious snilT. "W al. no!" said Mrs. Packenhani. "We aren't much o' readers here." "Or inaylie your hushand would like to take a copy f the 'Ten landing American Pal riots''" suggested Miss Patter, still struggling with her tatarihal dilliiidty. . "Aluam don't read nothin' hut the newspapers." said Mrs. Packenhani. His eyesight ain't what it was ami -" "Who's your neighbor down under the hill?" sharply interrupted Miss Carter. ".Inst beyond thelirook, where the bridge is so out of repair?" "Her name is Hriggs," said Mrs. J'arkenhatn "Pa tsey Hriggs!" "Well, whoever she is." snorted Miss farter, "she hasn't no ntoro manners than a mooly eow. Not t notice tne, even, and tnestandin' there talkin' my self hoarse to her. Not even to turn her head to look at me!" "Dear, dear!" said Mrs. Packenhani, "that's very .-ti.inge! Hetsey's a dread tul sociable cteetur. That don't seem like her a bit." "Well, that don't signify," said Miss Carter, seating herself, and opening her leather packet. "Hut I'tl just like yon to look at a few recent publications I've got here." "Oh, don't trouble to show 'eni to me!" said Mrs. Packenham. apprehen sivelv. ! ha n't no money to buy nor time to read; and the chnrnin's behind hand, this mi-ruin', and I've got soft soap to make." "It, won't take a minute," persua aivelv argued Miss Carter. And she sat two mortal hours in the iwuire'B kitchen, and made Mrs. Pack" enham nuburribeto the 'HousekeperH Weekly Visitor, for a term of three years, before she departed. "Betsey Hriggs managed her the best way," groaned Mrs. rackenhain, a she looked into the recesses of her empty p i.-!;et-book. "What will A bruin say ?" The clergyman, a slender, dyspeptic man of six-and-twenty, stopped at the garden-gate to give Sister Hriggs a friendly good-afternoon, that day, but she did not return his polite greeting. lb1 repeated it a little louder, and still she look no note of his spectaclcd-gao and new silk hat. "I hope I haven't oflVndeil her in any way," said Mr. Swcetlanils to him self; and he tried totliink back to the sentences of his last seriiinl) about gos. sips and meddlers. "I dmi'l think I said inylhing which she could by any possibility apply lo herself. Miss Hriggs -Miss Hriggs. I say!" Ho wailed a minute or s i lor a icplv which did not come; thru he sighed mildly, and walked on. "These .-.ingle sister: are perhaps a triilo diMiciilt to manage," said he "Hut doubtless experience will smooth my pathway in time." And, naturally enough, the l!ev. Mr Swe 'tlands stepped in at Sister I'm k enham's to ak her how she thought he could possibly have offended Mi.-s lietsey Hriggs. And just a; he wa'. del ailing in Mrs. Paekcnliain's puzzled ears the tale of his perplexity, a .tout, elderly man. with a sea taring aspt" t, rapped at the door wilh flie knobbv handle of his ragged stick. "Ahoy, thete!" s.iid Captain (Jiles ttillilo. "I hope I ain't ititrtulin'. but these is all strange waters to me. I've just hailed a neighbor n' t rail, Betsey Hriggs by name, and she don'l lower no signals. P'raps I've sighted the wrong coast." "Miss Hriggs lives at the next house!" Mr.-.. Pa kenham said. 'That's true enough." "Pin her i-in-in," srd Captain tides tiilldoe. -She has invited nm to moor my craft in these parts for a while, bat I ain't u .ed to heave anchor along sideo them a; don't sp.'ak to me civil. And I hope I've mad" my log book clear." "I really i an't a'rount for it." said Mrs Pat kt iiham. w itb a troubled ex pression of countenance. "Set down, Cap'en (iilliloe. I've often beard her speak of you. and I'm sure she wouldn't intend any inHvility. set down and have a chat with Mr. Sweeilands, our minister, and I'll step over to Hetsey's al one and see what all this means." The sun ha 1 gone down in the criui son blae which belongs only to .Inly skies - a soft purpling twilight, was brooding over the swa'np meadow, and the orange lilies glowed mystically in the apple orchard, as Mrs. PaciTham hurried toward the old ISriggN home stead, whose chintuev stack rose out of a wilderness of tall lilac bnshe.-. There sure enough, was Miss Het-cy in the vegelable ga.den, her siinbonitcl flap ping in the evening breee, but just as Mrs. Pa' kenham laid her hand on the hitch of (he picket gate, liowse. Par uier Pond's big red bull, knocked his horns against a weak .spot in tlie adja cent pasture fence, and came thunder ing into the inclosure with bis tail in the air, his huge head lowered almost to the ground and a low-muttered note of detinu e breathed through his threat ening nostrils. "La. me!" tried Mrs. Packenhani, "there's tha! brute loose again! And not a man in sight. And Betsey Hriggs with her red cabker gown on. she'll be killed as sure as the world. Oh. dear, oh, dear!" As the reflection eddied through her mind, the animal made an infuriated charge toward the figure darkly out lined against the hedge of silver-green pea-vines, tittering a savage, bellow as be rushed past, and Mrs. Packenhani hurried, screaming, down the hill. "Abram! Mr. Sweetlands! Cap'en (iilliloe!" she shouted. Help! help! Oh, why don't Homebody come? Par mer Pond's Bowse lias knocked poor Betsey Hriggs down inliithe pea-vines, and is a-gorin' lit r aw ful! Help! help! help! She'll be killed, as true as the world! Help! help!" Just as she burst into the door at the end of tho kitchen, the opposite one opened, and in walked Betsey Hriggs herself, cool, calm at 1 composed, with a veil folded neatly over her dove color ed silk hat. and a traveling-bag in her hand. Mrs. Packenhani sat down, and began to laugh and cry hysterically; Mr. Sweetlands opened his pale-blue eves like watery moons: the squire staretl; Caplain (iilliloe held out his two brown hands and waved a fore castle welcome. Miss Betsey looked around in gentle astonishment. "Dear me!" said she. "What is the matter? What is everybody looking at me so for? How d'ye tlo, Cousin Giles? Why don't you go on to the house? I thought you wm comin' to make me a visit!" "I I don't make out this here reekonin' at all," said Captain fiilliloe, scratching his puzzled head. Some how the wrong signals have been swung out. But it's all right now aye. aye, it's all right now! The figure-head of the Betsey Hriggs can't lit! mistook!" "I've just been up to Albany," ex plained Miss Betsey, "to order a new parlor carpet. I went, up yeslerdayi and came down on the evening (rain; anil " "Hut. Betsey." cried Mrs. Packi-n-ham. clutching spasmodically at her friend's arm, "who is thai in your back garden -gathering peas, you know? For, as true as you live and breathe. Farmer Pond's Bowse has trampled her to death by this time." "That! Oh. that's my wire dummy, as I had when I worked at the dres mat in' Ira le. I just dressed il up in some of my old clothe;, as a kind of a scarecrow -like, to keep the pigeon.l from stealing the green peas right out ; of my pods. They're the sain io-t creatures in all the Mori I. Why, ymi didn't never take it for a live person, did you ':" And everybody laughed in i horns, tho more heartily as their lolly lecam" apparent to Ihcui. "J dei hire lo go-nine Si. I wa . ' It! Ml out of my latitude and longitude," said the sea-captain, w ith a i buckle. " A pp'-ai ant t's are deceit fid," said mild Mr. Sweetlands. rubbing his lands. I wmi'l never believe my own eyes ag'in!" shouted the s-piii". And then they all three ucnl t i drive Iho belligerent liowseout of Miss Hriggs' vegetable gar.h n. and to patch Up the defective p i kcls ill the fence, and Mi -s I'el s y hcis'lfsat down lo drink a comfortable t up of tea w ith Mrs. Pai-kenham. 'For I'm sure I nee I one. after all I've been thiol. gh." said the squire's Wife. "Well. I declare," said sympathetic Miss Betsey, "it must ha' been a trial. 1 won't never put that dummy out. ag'in." Suliiiilini Xi;it. An (M rich's Nest. After nailing, the ostrich begins to make hU not. It is Ihe male alone j that porfei ins this duly. To do (his it squills upon the ground, and balancing itself upon ils breast bone, it. scrub lies up the earth w ith its legs and throws the sand behind it. W hen it has dug out enough on tun- side to suit it, il turns iii-i)iiiin and begins to dig on another side, and continues this opera tion until it has made a hole largo enough for it to si! in t oniforlably. A few days after the nest is linished the female begins to lay one egg on every alternate day for eighteen or twenty days. She Chen rests for a while, w hich time varies from lour to ten days, and then begins to lay more. A pair of o.triihcs yield forty eggs This is only the minimum number, which is alwavs rcaehc l. II is not un usual for a well fed. well kept pair to ..:..i.i e.i. i .i.i u Tl,., ll'li l lot' iiiet --i-u sim. is--. eggs are placed so into leave no space bcMVeet. them. Thev are sat upon at lirst for several hours each .lay, and Unallv altogether. The male and the female' l.ro d'ternatt Iv. Al night the iiiale is always on the nest, as it possesses greater warmth than the female. When the birds relit v e each other on the nest the in w coiner turns over each egg. in order that the portion which has lain against the nest shall receive the warmth of the brooder These birds perform their duties w ith the greatest skill, without anv noise or breakage of tin eggs. They squat down, and with their head and neck rake up and overturn eveiy one of the eggs, one after the ether, without neg lecting il single one. The incubation lasts forty live days on an avtrage. ; oinetimes lifly days but never continues beyond that. When the ihicklings hatch out. they can be heard trying Inbreak the shell of the egg. Sometimes thev succeed in .Inin.r so I, ill iiMiallv the father break- the egg under his breast bone, anil seizing with his bill Mie inside skin, tears it. and fr. es the t hickling. I'pon lir.-t reaching the air the i hickling re- mains liuipiind vvt-iiK. But the warmth of the parents soon revives it, and a few hours afterward it begins to run about the nest, exercising its long legs, tottling over at ea h step, recoiiiincnc ing again its stumbling journey. Four days after they are hatched the chick litiL's begin to cat. Thev run after inset ts and swallow small pebbles. The father and mother do not help their little ones Iiml food. There are six equestrian statues iu Washington more than in any other city in the world. They are of Washington Jackson, (irecne. Scott, McPhcrson and Thomas. 'EARLS OF TIKH (HIT. We never deceive for a good purpose. Knavery adds malice to falsehood. However things may seem, no evil thing is success, and no good thing is a failure. (ienius is essentially creative, it bears the character of the individual who possesses it. The light of friendship is the light of pin i.-ple nous seen plainest when all around is dark. He is truly great tin t it little in himself, and that ninkcth no account ol . any height of honors. I I'nvy is a passion so full of coward ice and shame Hut nobody ever had i the confidence to ow II it. I Ho thai wrestles wilh us strength j ens our nerves and sharpens our skill, i Our antagonist is our helper. ! Choose itlways the way that secies j the hc-tl, however rough it may be. I Custom will render il easy and agre'M ! ble. ! False friends are like our shadows. keeping l to il, while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us th" in- 1 sl.uit vve walk in the shade. ; Humor and pathos Twin lakes which lie side by side in the heart, the ! one gleamed of the .sunlight, the other ! gleamed of Ihe same sunlight's shade. When you an- linking at a picture : von give il the advantage of a goo-1 light. Be .it l.-ast as courteous to your fellow cre.it arcs as ymi are ton piel inc. j Keep your promise to the lelter.be prompt and exact, and it will save you : much trouble and care through life, and win you the respect and trit.t of vou i- friends. HOim TIMYN.' Tlif I in rr for I .a ml S:- i iititlnu In Mir Aiiilliumt t.uilillS iill! Ill IMnnlrtl. The gnat northwest is entered through the gateway ol si. Paul. There Hit! traveler lir.-l hears of Bunmtown, the "Portals of Ihe sunset," the "Fa vorite ol Fortune," the tiem of the Croat lioldeli Noilhvve.-I," Hi" "Love, lint spot in the Land of Light." the "Plucky Pioiiier.i' Paradise upon Un productive Prairie-." Not only are the allurements and adv anlagi f. of I'.i tow n adv crliscd in alliterative prose.but the real-estate man also drops into poetry, and relate how the place has grow n. In prospectus Ihis i ity is the focus of all railroads that aie ever to be built. Ihe future capital of the future state, the garden spot of the farmer, the sani tarium of the invalid, the pe. ulator's paradise, the land of golden grain, where the wheat grow., in fort sis and theoats iu impeni trahb-jungles. Should our arrival in St. Paul be opportune we learn that an auction side of Bo-nu town lot s is one ol the entertainments of the evening, and we an- sadly lack ing in Ibclonrisl'sprovcrbial enterprise if we do not attend. Bands of music inviting us to'the scene, play lively tunes. cab iiliittdtointoxii iitcllic buyi r and loosen the strings of his purse. Like spies sent out by Moses to report j upon the laid ol anann. ami vv t turned bearing between them that la- I "'oils bunch of grape, from the brook ll' Boomlow.i syndicate have also bmughl with then the products ol ' their land, and challenge Canaan itself j to show an equal display of No. I hard wheat, tastclulh arranged iiisheal and jar: enormous polaf oc.v each one a iliir tier in itself. ; and lii.-cions fi nil, w hich, however, owing to the under t loped state of the country, is yet in a state ol I papier inache. Che sales arc made by I hat mod o. qnacioitsof auctioneers, the Marquis of Mud." vv ho hits lairlr earned his hon orable title. lie exbotts the people t i catch on to t In- Hooiiitow n boom, whii h hits surily set in to stay. Then, w ith the sensitiveness ot the true boomer, he corrects himself, and says thai this is not ii boom at all, but a healthy and regular growth. The people cab h on. In the fever of the moment, (hose buy lots who never bought In fore. Some buy iu . nnliilonee, and some in fun Some think that kind of a lottery a: food as anv other, and some invest for the privilege which it give theai of oc- oasio.i.tlly pulling on t he a r of a . ap- it.dist. iind referring, in careless tones, to their real estate in Bomutown Thev bur- for that satisfiu linn which the lucre pi Where lin session of property gives, the man vv lo i has not bought a dog or ;t dressing gorr n, an opera-house or a newspaper, for similar reasons? Having pun based his lot the travel er feels a natural desire to look at it. , nml proudly stand upon Ihe base of his pyramid of dirt, whose apex is at tie centre of the earth, threeor four thous and miles away. Since Boointow n is an inland city, and the climate, he has been led to believe. Is just wet en nigh for the farmer and just dry enough for the consumptive, he is greatly shocked to Iiml that his destination is surround- nd by a waste of waters. Only the n peated a-ssurance that this is an excep tionally moist spring restores corilidcnen tohissoul. Thesteamboat. upon which he has crossed the prairie unloads its passengers al the v eranda of I he second story of the hotel; and when, on lb" following day, lb" invt slm start s out iu . a row-lioal to until up ins n-ai cm.o--. j he Tunis that lie has unwittingly sailed I across it as In- came into (own. The I exact local ion of his lot. however, can- mil hcib lerioilieil w it limit a div ing liell. I I The cornel-st.ikc s. winch were only I waist-high, are under water, and bo hears the surveyor, who is hu pilot on this occasion, multir to his assistant that il will be necessary t tike his pegs as high as lamp pn t s her. alter. Hon the I'looklvn lli iilire Cahles Were 'Millie. j After Ihe lower . ha I been built and j the anchorages made ready, llu n came . the si ranges! work ol all. I " m.iM' the lahbs ami put fhem over the tow ers would be a ililliciil! mailer. Wry likely it could not be done at all. so the cables wet e made jti. l where they hang, one small wire -it a tnii". I he cables an- not chains with links, nor arc tin y Iv.i.tnl like ropes. Tiny an btiiidl -s ol slii igiil wires laid side by .id" and I id t"g liter by wires wound lightly around Ihe "ill .sle. They i ailed the work "weaving tit" ctble.- Al the Brooklyn am borage was placed a poweifnl Miam i -tigiiie, and on Ihe lop of the anchorage were plac ed 1 wo large w heels, and w ith the aid of proper 1 1 i.i- hiiierv the i ugine caused these wh'-i 1.-. to turn forward or bin k W iinl. Fr-nii e.ii h w heel was stretch ed a steel rope I-1 Ihe top of lie- Brook" Ivn tower, over Ihe river, ovci II til er lower and d-.'.vii to the New York anchorage. Here il pa-sed ever aiioih cr wlii-l and I'u ll sin Idied all the way ba-'k aga n. The ends v. en- la -toned logei hi r, making an dull.- . . ro e, and when the i n j ne inured, the ropes travelled I" and I'm over the i i er. For this n a mi ih.-y were called tin- IlilVI Mi l- .." There were. I.e. iocs Ihe-- t v.w oiler .. (wo l c r.'j'i s pi. ii d side by side, 111 these weie i.iid short pie. i of oak. thus making a lo l bridge on whsh ,(. workmen could or the rivi r. Then- were also other ropi s fur sup porting platforms, on which the work men stood us the weaving went on Out aeh traveller wa.. hung an inn wliei I. and as the traveller moved, the wheel went with it. II look only tell loilOlles. to ..end t Wo wire-, over the river in this w ay. Tin nun en the f-M.t !,rid"i- and on t'n platforms suspended I mm the of lot ropes guided the t w . wire, into pll. i- mid thu- tl ''le - wi re vvom n, little by little, t wo s'i iidi r steel wires , .eh Inn... and aiefullv laid in place, till Mot wires were bound together in a huge cable, Mtren and three quarter inches in iliamiier. The vvoik was lailly slaili d bv the I Hh ol .lime. I 77. and tin- .i-.t w ire was laid I let obi r s7s. There are lour cables, cm h .ioTsJ led long, and if all tin- wires iu ; the four tables were pi. tee bm . ! ,,,.y w,,, icadi over loiirl.en Ihous i :m, 1M,l,.s. , 1 1-wm k wa-l-mg ami dang. rou-. Nniict inns t he wire would break and ''nil into the water, and an hour oi mine would be spent in hauling H up j jmd start ing mn e in. -re. I he iiu n on ; H. fnnt-bridg on the i radii-, high , IM tl,,. - t iti Ind ev cry w ire a - it vv as jut,, pla- e. To sl.ul and stop tin men stood mi the top of 1 lie , t,,w ers and w av d signal Ha.'- to Hu onirim 'T. Such a mas., ol vv ire: mid not n ryt a-ilr kc p in place, and li the work went on. a number of wires were bound together into little I. me Ho of lopes, and al the cud all rvcu- hound toget In r iul o one sinoot !i, round bun die or (able. n. A '. "' :s. Nee.lles. A c. itipiiny h is be n funned iu I'M i oa for making common or hand-sow in;: ; medics by machinery. The necdli I milking liia' hine proposed to be ue I I was invented by F.tigelie I'ontaiiu II . inventor ot the u hi rated l.-cnu o' iv e j beat ing his iiaiiie, iin l w hich has j nude Hie tastes! tune ever yet mad'- ( by a locomotive. Mr. Fontaine is also Hie inventor and inak. r ol the most rap.d and bi st pin le.i'.mg and pin sticking m. ! ninety er cr male. The needles lo s i -ply the world am mad" at bid 1:1' Ii. Ihrotingha u. and at Hath ersage. Derbysliiie. in Fngland, and Aix la Chanell. and ds suburb. 1'.. r cctte. iu Ccrinany. IJid.l tc!i ami Bor cclte arc the pnii'ial sources of sup ply. At B.'I.I.tth about loiiit.in thousand persons are i n gaged in mak ing needles and the product is cslim ,1 etl to be ab . ut two hun lr-d million, per week, or ten thoii,a id in.llions p.v year. Of thee it is estimated that t'i" I'nitfd States take a bttlf more than on ' tenth. ITALIAN IM AM S. The -llHiiiK-r In Willi Si iiliMoi " Ilif Uni fc-J f mill l.nr. "Buy my imag s?' The speaker, a filender, k ri-ib linked, dark-eyed youth, stood on t lie eo. in r ol Seventh and Che-liiul .'i t .' and pi -d his plain live mi lo Iv in si l; -f.nir ipffercnt keys, lb- wa-a l.c-g.- l Italian, redo, lent of giirbc aid iiiiicciironi. He wore a tlu.-t v -Ion h hat. and his toes peeped out into t he soil sunlight in a sugge..the sort ol a way. There was about hi 1-n.L of i hn-nie hunger. His voice r. p the gamut and down the gamut, lirst hush and decisive,, anon ..i. it .uni :ai pin aling. like that "f a Woman, and alternately loud, low ' cracked .iiel muml-loncd. 1,'ieh pen j pie and poor people, policemen, boot-; blacks, and d-.g- ol all degrees, with , mil 'h-; .iii-l vv il limit iiiuslcs, passed i him v. Ill-nit I ui iiiii-g tie ir head.-, t '1 He- p- did" Kepi rying bis di -- jo ii'e i im.igi , until ;it last a pres., re- I poller, vvi'li his In-art lull of ciiiiiiis seraiimi an I hi pocket l ull o li e cent pici e ., t ippe I loin on the .hmil-lor ! and said: "I low nun h ?" ' dollar and a quaitei." replied the Italian. , 'Too mi . h; 1 give w enl v Ii v e ..HI." " ! "Ba.la ' mie doll-.r." ; i "Tw lit live i i lit . ." "I take MM v." ! "Tvvi 1 1 1 - ii j "Taki- him almi:-." j li-l III- repoiler bite I thn pla ter of P.llis i, II. Ige of il felll.lle dle-. from: the nomad's w illow ha ,!el an I laid il j tenderly ;u m,. his are- a., it it were a j biby. Tin-image ,V;is tolerably will I moulded, is ii ado of .jeiiiiine (ikisterol j Paris, and is a counli-rpart ol those! s-.l I iu the 1. 1 ill .Ion s for mi.- dollar j The marvel i . how (lie beggars can J si ll tlielll soi Iieaply. ati-l yet k.-. p from ! i-tarr ing. I '.v cry t r t h-h;i s it s secret ., I and 1 ii.it ol image making is no coop- j t ion to t In-nil". To begin with Ihe: Italian phi tors' i.lptois li-.e upon al- ! niosl no1 bin '. i io.on will u.eupy , I wo -mall r is. I n t he ol lo r mum : i . their w or!. --hop. I'm- dinner thev have ii b-.w I ol soup, the priu- iple in gredion! ol which are bones. raps ol j meal, il lew shndei wisps of imp ca- ! roio. and pepper an I --all in pi illusion, i Tw o huge slices of bread and a hutch cr k idle conij Icle I he meal. The men eat and work, and work and smoke. 'h"V buy tin cheapest sort of plaster ot Paris for one dollar a hai rc. A barrel of plaster will n ake oil' images. The moid Is ate made of gelatine, vv I'ii Ii ci sis M per pound. Ano'dina rv mmiM eo-!.s -v.'. I.ai h Pioiild i. ina.h t- produce not l--.--s Ihan litiy iin-ii'.-e:-. An indii a fions mal.ei laiiturii mil. even i I.i . Inn images I'.v calcu lation upon this basis, it appeals that Ihe images i i.st al t ten ii nt- each, i not in- lii'I'ii'; I i;'-o. ol vv Inch, how i v or, the vv ily Italian loaki . no i ekoniii':. This i . the vv hole -.e, n t. The retail ihsib r say. i iiniiot I i nle I- -r le s s i eiils. So I In v i aiinol class matt rials are cni A im i ican mam: I .el tin i employ a skilled laborer b the linage than forty w In n lirst. or e l. Thi ol linage "V IT the mould mark- and tote up the anal mny. All lh i units. so does th' I iine emiMimod in t'.ie tin ml. ling. Fbt g. Tat in.' cost , t vr n e a nun b as thai used bv Ihe Kali. III-. T he I lids ills not made to prod.n over a do en inia ges. lb re is iiiu'llier big saving fm t In- ui.iccai on; eat or. The l.itt.'r sel 1 1 . . 1 1 1 live, long III olle place. I e and Ills i oun' i v inen t l av T in dr. -v i - of six and i d i n. T'bey move I mtu idy! i it v . inal- 'tig t In ir ima.'os. Th y -el one s.ibjei t into the ground" as the ri tailors say. and then ma'-o i r;is qiniutit.v ol another. Tu t lio-.v i vcrv Italian ii.i i .'e mak. r.in I Tula liTphin are maki.e.r male div or-. In a few weeks they will be making soiiuthiiig else Thev are ke- ii ami have t sharp eve ti. business. T hey I, ml that a cer tain image i ati hi s t In popular whim. Forthwith I hey make nothing else. Thousands of Ihe favorite images go bobbing up and d-.vv u Chc- nut street. T he houses are full of them. And so it goes. The hiisim ss i f imagc-mak. ing is declining. In former rears the pellets over-ran the country. Now t.y s,.., g,, into the rural districts, i -n w-jni,.r t ln-y make images. In the spring they divide their time be tween selling their wares and collect ing cigar st mil is. Iu the summer I hey ileal in i. c-i i eaui and tigs and cheap fruit. When they die they are buried in the Potter s I'nTd. and that is the last of them. Their image in the ash barrel and that i of them. ''", lilu'ii I'n cast the last The work of bleaching ivory for pi ano tor s is so slow that at ( 'cut re brook, Ct., itt which place they are made in large quantities, pl.tinii sets are some times on hand in the different stages of the operation. A lapenil of Ihe Hews. l-.iiitli hml no ileus until 'i Iml'v 'In" I - A tii - -I, litirl.-'-l Ii ulin- dour I't-rpt it I lit ili-i-, w iiK'- g"te "I P.ira iin tinistupa H-itti-teit Ami Hel-lliy id.-. .Sniiclit ihi-in wiih Iniitlefs gtie-p iiml home hipIs i-ii'--; Ami whim tlie igoi, tii-inl'ling little Imn I Wiiiiii d in ri-iiehiiig Im th" lining thing', ITiilteic-l iiml li.,e.l-likn thn ihooping rring-i (it Nmih'-t .Imp, bpiiI mil lo nml tlm himl. WT tne mi liin-l n-.-llii n inigi-N wept limn woe For I h" sweet, fPiili'l h'l". ami -hPik ol puow ; Ami nil their iiipoiI li-nis tin' pliri'. W'Ui'l liiithi-ieil iu ilninty nip of iiinmihghl Iiiip, 'ioliinik on lull, in,' giHve-. in bIiowpih ol ilior ' --. V Mini, hi Iht fnnlmtnl. PI NM.NT I'AKAIiKAPIIS. (ilten on a strike A ball plarer. A question of vmaeily. How much can you eat ? T in-linn h u who toinu-ilv 'Iii:oik-T "I ft iwpi And III-!-' in I tie I tit it ail i-prin, I him ekeiping nrnv, Hint ItiriH lift ih'inghta To Im- ". if "i im. I di 'I Mill "I thing. F.uqiliier Wind is the chief obje.--lion to traveling in the si reel cars? II i nsts iimncy. An editor, in a knovvh-lging the gilt of a peck of onions I mm a sub s' riher, says: "It is such kindnesses as the. e that bring tear, to our eyes." W In'e ininv i.ii-ti hip unit I .-i ing, Tin- Inn-, nil- lieleeh llilttel nig, l ie II siidn Wlll.'l 'l xpllllll-li'lg. Ami Htiipi l l imp mi- -.iiitti-inig, "Is it hut l-ll-ill Jl I'll Villi?" A well-known florist sarslha! llor . Is wiH keep better vr nipped III il wet new s a per than in any oilier wa.v. This i , .mot In r arguuicu'. in tavm of sllb.-.eilbillg. Man should alwn.rs be gracel ul," ars Dr. Armitage; and the ilnclor vv ill please ri -e and i x plain Imw ii man can be graceful when he stepson an orange peel while carrying a bask't "f The new rvc tern weather pr-'phr is proud of his name straw, and thn el for nf the Bo. loll W, who cvi i. -ui l.v 1 1 ;i some faith in went her pro phets, thinks he can tell which way the wind will blow. A harbor shop hit : -Is that about the rigid length, sir?" asked the skill ful barber as he finished cutting bis customer's hair. "I like the sides and back." was the response; 'Lu I wish : rou would niiike it a little l inger on j I." ! The windows of houses in the Phil ', ippilie isle -He made of pellucid or i t. r shells, whii h admit light, but can i n-! be seen through. II is not ex ! plained how the woman, who sit up i till alter midnight to ascertain what hour the b-iiu ol the vming lady oppi -i site leaves, overcome- this diltieiilty. ! The Bitlin.s 1 1 1 1 1 I it tl. having over I heard ...Hue one remark ill connect i(.n I with Ihe I'.i Hi ii s evening party thill I "Mr. spi iggius will hare his eve out. for the nrsters," had ii cmi -dilution whii h resulted in their stationing , themselves, while I if If sh tnciils were I I eiiig served, in good jmsit ions to sen Mr. spriggius take out that important Keligiims dialer of Itcgciirs. There are tube met now iiml (hen in Japan members of a religious order of beggar-, know n as O P. iku San. They aie dre-sed in ii fashion peculiar tu their lialei nitv, wearing conical banc biM. .-fa cnrci-ings for the head, of a di, imiTi i siulit ieiit to allord a shadn lor the shoulders. They lire in what in.iv le termed nunneries. Whin abroad t heir v ocat ion is soliciting alms tol lhouse,,! limit- coiiiinuiiity. fen i tallv thev are orphans or the children of very poor parents, who are w illing to be hTIcv cd of their care and main, teiianec. One of the duties exacted by their order is that they offer reveren tial worship before every lelnplc or shrine they may pass on their begging expeditions. II is seldom that thev go alone, there generally being two or three together. These women have, their heads shaved, as tlo the priests of the Buddhist sects. There is another fraternity of beggars known as Bikuni. Widows ntily are eligible to enter this body of mendicants. They have their 'leads shaved ami take a religious vow never to marry again. The proceeds of the appeals for alms made by both of these boilics of mendicants iire de posited w ith the heads of their respect ive csiahli-hmi nt. Formerly it was the custom of these beggars to havi; 1 r,'J-'"':"' routes which they individually worked, and it was the habit nf the generous, to ar old the bother of being import lined, to place their gitls in a baket. which was hung outside Ihe house on regular slated fines, ami il it; .aid the sum so placed wa considered -ia- rcd from the touch of any other than the particular mendicant for whom it was intended.- -"'(( I'm win. :o Vhrmiirli,
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 9, 1883, edition 1
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