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$l)c l)atl)am ttcrorft 11. A. LONDON, EDITOR. AM) PROPRIETOR. jsaths ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ,One f-.imrr, one inertion One Mpiiirr, two insertions - Oiic sii:iii', one month - 2,V liberal on One copy, one year -.-.$ J. Oil One copy, six months . ....(; 1.00 Otic copy, three month - - "o VOL. VII. IITTSliOR() CHATHAM (X)., N. C, AUGUST 27, 1885. NO. 51 For buyer advert iv-icnt ,tracts will In' m.-ti 1 . iMjc tfljntljam UcroriV ill m i The Wlhl Hihc. WIM1IIX p A liilMi I HIKM. F.iir mo the llimen lie- t:inlv Spini.:, Al 1 1 t ImIIiIIIii- iiM iim hope Wi'li liugcs-H Into, i 'mt to IV.iis Aluiii; 'mi Nollheiii sl". I'l-I tlic cowslip .lif'iln il KM; I ol us till! Mtiy-llowci- Im-ullies perfume And ill din innnilnw. Ion -1 col'l, White vioh Is I'Iooiii. t'rit KftniP resplendent mom ot .lime, W'lu'i: Hiiilit'imiM lliiill li'ivi'l power, ii'l -nn w;ivc i hunt :i nun iiiiuoie tune, Collin, see our peil'ivl llowcr. I'lOMI Mlll-I'l -ki'-s ol iitoltrii IC'I ll-l di-eply cloiviii..' hues weic w ioii-lit; I'lom pctily licll in necim. lift I Her puler t int wei-p c:iii,;ilt. th-i ti inlcr i'pfiirr.v Uml I'1" With ui;i'-iTnl, soliene'l --hapi I ie inline ot the. instil 1 1 1 H -t All lounil mil' t "iipp. She 11 i-h- in tin- ilecpe.t u on I, Wr I nice her lo, I'm brooklet's elye; II i mo.t where hilluws harsh n rl ru-l i lleit en till- I nlel II i damn lens .-mile we love tomoel: Lilc's ' i :il niliniiri- tlnoimh her lions I I'-r (in-Miiii-i- iimhcs 1 1 n- e;i-t win.l sce'.- I llll lll'llllllllll Wli'l I f-n. In i in duly V -o1 or ilnys, ll Kilt W;l'es l;p;.e-l. !V lh llpel !!;-. tol II - ii, to our MiinttM -h-eh-.l way , Set rilllll 1 l' 111"..!.!- llll'l lllo'll - III iiiivIr-I pliie ol',;l.li--oll J'o'llil, Willi hc.ul ol lou ili ml -''ii ii.-, W tli tlewv i. I it v Mir' tintli. she film-, nil I'il inline. - l.l zi N. ic.i in Intim's .Wii..i: in,-. THE MAJOR'S ESCAPE. Major Anthony H.u llotnp wns it very jjuml inntch initi''l, as Miss An Rnrona Pilworlli ainl tho iHsipH ery wi'll Know. T'l-lm-suro, In was r.tlher lwhl a'ul Ii.i'l a wart mi hi.i nu.'i'N lint. I lien, lin was tlu mvnrr "f many acros nf rifh liinil; ho passe-'scd honls nf fat. .short liorn fit lie aiil lloi-ks of long- wmilf'l Merino liP'.'p; hi; raise I nntohl 'ju.-tiiti-tii'S of ailllier rann, to he ntil'lc up Into tulwar; ainl was, all tohl, tlio richest farmer in tin iieighhurhonil of Sugar Maple villane. As for Miss Angorona, slio was not very young, hut neither was she M. She was not reniarkalily plain, nor eoulil sho ho calleil pretty. For tho rest, phe was rather sharp-featuretl and very dharp-tongiieil, so tho neigh bors ilerlared, though the major hal not discovered tliis fact. Miss liilworlh was not a henevolent person, yet she had taken her orphan niece, Avis, to raiso. Avis Dilworth was a hearty, merry girl, in spito of her aunt's (-nibbed temper, with a round tVe. deep dim ples in her cheeks, u pair of la ighing, blue-gray eyes, ami plenty of vim and life about her, though I'.emure an I ijiiiet as a nun under Mi-s Angerona's sharp eyes. Indeed, many pe-oplo asserted that if Avis were only decently dressed, and allowed the advantages she de served, bhe would he ipiito a belle. lint Miss Iil worth's old garments, however neatly made over, were not Hilhcient to set olT oven ;i goo.l figuro to much advantage. They were all poor Avis was allow (d, however, and she sighed in vain over the crisp new lawns, tl.o Hhei-r white muslins, the lluted ruilk-s and fresh, plumed hats of her moro fortu nate acquaintances. At last Major Ilarlletop had propos ed to Miss Angertma, in a good, sub stantial, plainly-expressi'il letter; and Miss Angeroiui had determined to ac cept the pr posal. "If lie U bald and ugly," sho re marked to herself, "hii's rich, and money covers a multitude of bad looks, llcs des, it'll spite that stuck-up Wid der Flukes, that's been a-sotting her cap at him this month or more; an' as long as .-'' wants him I'd have him, if he was bald as an egg an' ten times as ugly as he is!" Hut, in spite of his defects, Major H.irtletop was good-hearted, and as romantic as many a man with a glossy head of hair and no wart on his nose. He was really in love with Miss Angerona, and after sending his pro posal, the moments seemed weighted with lead until he could receive her answer. At last his Impatience grew unbear able. "I won't wait no longer," he declar ed. "I just call around and get her answer right away, or I shan't sleep a wink to-night, I know." And popping his hat on his head, he set off on the winding, country road which led to Miss Angerona's dwell ing, his mind busy with pleasant fan cies of what the future might have in etore. "Now nico it'll be to have my wifo n-setting at the head of the table, or stepping around the house, overseein' the butter and cheese-makin'," he mused. "An' that pretty Avis, too. She hall have better clothes than sho wears now. I s'pose Angerony can't fionl to dress her any better; but I'll see to that. She shall have, a white dress, with lace flounces, an' one o them crimpy things girls wear around their necks, to stand up with us in." And so, his mind busy with cheerful pictures of the happy future, ho reach ed Miss Angerona's house, ascended tho steps, and was about to knock on tho open door, when a shrill, high pitched voice reached his ear. "A new dress! No, Avis Dilworth, you can't have it! A pretty question to ask, when I've got my own clothes to buy, if I marry that bald headed scare-crow, us I s'pose I shill ! A lino thing for you to como asking for duds, miss!" "Hut, aunt," returned Avis, plead ingly. "I haven't anything lit lo wear to church." "Oh. indeed ! So vou go to church to show your clothes, hey? You bet ter stay at hon e if that's what you go fur. An' when I marry old Hartletop why ho couldn't have had a decent name I don't seeyou won't be no better olT than yon aro now. if lie ' rich. I shill bo as savin' of his money as I kin, so when he dies I'll havo something fur myself. An' now go 'long an' mill; that cow; she's betn u bawlin' this half-hour." The poor major, half-stupclied by this astonishing revelation, stumbled oil' tho steps and got out of tho gate he scarcely knew how. And now here was a predicament ! How win ho to marry such a a vira go? ho reasoned, mopping his head with a huge red handkerchief. And yet, Imw was he to get out of marry ing her, if she chose to accept ltim V lie had serious doubts whether be ing called a "bald-headed scare-crow" would exonerate a man, in the eyes of the law and public opinion, in refus ing to fulfill his offer of marriage. And yet, marry her he couldn't ho wouldn't. Thus hn assured himself over and over again. Miss Angerona, meanwhile, proceed ed to write her letter, accepting Major Hart lot op's proposal. Having writ ten it, sho laid it on a corner of tho table to dry, and with i-otnprossed lips and a look of determination in her cold, gray eyes, she drew another let ter from her pocket, find opening it, read: "My Ii k Avi: I have called twi'jo to see you, but your aunt refus ed nio admittance to the house. I am therefore compelled to write what I had meant to tell you personally. You must know i-lready thai 1 love you, Avis, and I want you for my wife. Will you marry me? I'lem-e answer as soon as possible, as I shall be in great suspense until I hear from you. Yours forever, Hn iihi Ai.pki:." "Hum!" muttered Miss Angerona, with a smile of grim satisfaction. "It's well 1 didn't givo her tho letter. I shan't allow her to marry very soon. She's too much help to me. I couldn't get nobody to tako her place an do all sho does fur love nor money. And now fur your answer, Mr. Iticlimond Alder." And taking up her pen, sho wrote, slowly and carefully: "I have received your letter, and my aiiiwer is No. 1 can never marry you. A. Du.wiHiTii." "That'll settle him," she decided. "An' 'tain't no forgery, either, secin 'A' stands for Angerona as well as Avis." And inclosing the two letters in envelopes, she directed them, slipped them in her pocket, and carried them to the post olllce herself. "N'ow I know they're safe." she commented, with a sigh of relief, as she retraced her steps toward home. Major Hartletop had passed a wretched night. According to bis own statement, h; had not slept a wink. When .Ja'.e Super, tho hired hand, brought in tiio morning's mail, as usual, he felt a nervous tingle down to his linger-end With a quaking hand he opened Miss Angerona's letter, and, much to his relief, read: "I have received your letter, and my answer is No. I can never marry you. A. Oii.woktii." To say the major was delighted would hardly express his feelings. Ho almost felt as if be could forgive Miss Angerona for calling him a "bald headed scare-crow," in consideration of her having refused him. Tucking the letter in his pocket, he went whistling about tho house, like a school-boy. After dinner, he saddled his riding mare and rode down to the village, to see a trader about buying some of his fat cattle for beef. Tying his "nag" under a shady tree, he proceeded toward tho village store, and met Miss Angerona face to face. She simpered, smiled and tried to blush. Tho major bowed coldly and passed on. Astonished and chagrined. Miss Angerona detained him, and demand ed the cause of such behavior. "What behavior?" asked the major, coldly. "To pass mo withon! speaking, when when woare engaged tobo married!'' "Engaged!" cried the major. "Why, you have refused mo!" "I didn't; I accepted you!" contra dicted the lady, flatly. "I havo your refusal in black ami white; here it is!" ho retorted. And taking a crumpled note from his pocket, he read it out to her. "I I it's a mistake!'' gasped Miss Angerona. "I never meant it!" "Hut you wrote it, and that's enough for me. (ioud-inorning, ma'am!" And the major trotted o-i to see about selling bis beeves, while Mist Angerona stood angrily berating her self for her own blunder. "I must havo sent tho wrong letter, I ami now that Aider will, get the other. What a fool I was!" And she hastened her steps homo ! ward to prevent further mischief from j the unlucky mistake. J Hut she was to t lato. The housu i was shut up; no signs of life about, i no A via to bo seen. On tho dining ! tablo lay a note, which said: j "Di: a i: A i v r: Since you havo at--I ceptctl Mr. Alder's proposal for me, ' you cannot blame inn lor marrying 1 'him. We aro going to the minister's i now, and will hn happy to sou you at i jour home whenever you choose to I ! come. As ever, your niece, AviO J I Miss Angerona's feelings were not I greatly improved when, a few weeks j ! biter, sho read ttiej marriage-notice of i Mainr Antlnmv I Inrt lot mi unil Mn i Candad) Flukes. And so Miss Angerona Hilworth had lust both her'lover sind her nieco all through her own treacherv, and j Major Hartletop never repented tho lucky eseapo ho had m;ide. -' i WIiHii-u rirk. Itlind Tom. Tho people of this country aro fa miliar with llllnd Tmii, the musical prodigy, but all of them have not marked tho wonderful'incidonts in his caieer. Horn a slave, am', deprived of j almost every sense but that of sound. hn has astonished and delighted the j people of this country by ids wonder ful power as a pianist. He is a (Geor gian, and must now bo over ID years i of stge. His musical gil ts began toat- tract attention before tho war. At its close it is not woiniertiil that it was supposed that, he could bo played as a great card. Tho custody of lilind Tom was given to lien. Hcttiunc, his former owner, lie traveled with him for some tiiiie, and then turned him over to tho c.iro of on of his sons, who contracted an unfo.-tunato marri age and was killed by a railroad train something more than a year since. The widow is now trying to gel. pos session of Tom. and is using his moth er to effect this purpose, who must now be quite aged. Tom's parents entered into an agreement, as to his custody with (len. Hethune, and this will play an important part in the liti gation that must ensue. Without the care and attention of his old master and mistress and their children. Tom would never havo had an opportunity of developing his wonderful power of musical imitation. He has just suili cient intellect to know them, and to entertain for thorn the affection exhih ited by a domestic animal. Ho is utterly unable to care for himself, and it is moro th-in questionable if his mother is any better prepared to look after him. The writer can recall him crawling about tho house like a puppy, attracted by the sound of a piano, and although long since past the age, ol I surprises, wo never expected to see Hlind Tom a party litigant before the Supreme Court of the 1'nited States. Mill-mi tin.) Ti It trali. Not lo Ite Fooled Again. A shepherd once, to prove the quick ness of his dog, who was lying befro tho tiro in the house whero we were talking, said to mo in tho middle of a sentence concerning something else: "I am thinking, sir, the cow is in tho po tatoes. Though he purposely laid no stress on these words, and said them in a quiet, unconcerned tone of voice, tho dog who appeared to be asleep, immediately jumped up, and, leaping through an open window scrambled cp tho turf roof of tho house, from which ho could see tho potato licld. He then (not seeing the cow there) ran am' looked into the farmyard, where she was. and, finding that all was i igM, caine hack to the house. Aft. r a short time the shepherd said the siinui words again, and the dog repeated tho outlook, but, on the false alarm being a third time given, the ilg got up, air), wotiu-ing his tail, looked his master in the face with so comical an expression of interrogation that he could not help laughing at him. On which, with a slight growl, ho, laid himself down in his warm corner with an offended air, as if determined not to be niiido a fool of again. Jtajitist llllLIHtKX'S COLUMN. A fpiili-r spun lii.sluniiiK web, H Ik-ip lull Kiecii KnitsrH urew le iliirleil, wall lln- liliny thrci'il, l.ik" blniitle. tlnoui'i unil through, A child wspieil the rolncli wlnTU It Kliltereil in the -in; "Miiiiiinii' tnniniiin' I lodoclmo The h'iiU-r's wush i lout-! "'Ti-i Mnmliiy morn yen know. llt-hoM, The ppi'lcv's iiproin fcim'" Two tiny lly-wins, iwu mnl roH, I In the. iliiinty rohwei f wiiiiy. 1iimp . Huron, in I'ikii'i Vumpanion. Tll' 1oii '4 itlnitkrt. One day Willie's mamma missed a bank noto which she was very cer tain she had put in a particular place. Thinking that Willie might have taken it for a plaything, not knowing its value, sho asked him if be had seen it. lint Willie knew nothing about it, neither did the nurse, nor j anyb dy in the house. I!y and by papa canio home. lie pointed to a mouse hob- in the nur sery floor, anil said tho mico loiist have stolen it. A carpenter came and took up the floor, and, sure eno igh, there was it nest of little mice all cuddled down nn the bank note, which Mother Mouse had spread out as a lining for the nest, other pieces of paper were found, all torn and nib bled, but this being nice and soft had been saved for a blanket by the wise old mother. hit rail V(ci'(vs. Illi-ktil-v. Itii'knrv, IHfi-k. Weezy was so anxious to help that she made it hard for herself and foi the family. She Inn nod her lingers in sMiring hut apple sauce for Uridgct She woko up the baby in trying to curl tho few hairs on his little bald hciid. She meddled with iii.imma'sknit ting work till sin- had lost every needle. J'apa Hay lies laughed at these things; but when Wcey learned to open his writing desk he looked rnive. "This'll never do," said Let mamma. "The child will he, tearing my papers next." Si ho locked the d.-sk. and hung the key above the tall clock beside it. "There, my young squirrel, you won't reach that, in a hurry," he said to himself, kissing his litte daughter gouit by. After he was gone mamma stepped Into the kitchen to tell liridget about dinner. Weezy stayed in the sitting room to sing Sambo to sleep. Every time she rucked back in her small chair she could see tin- key shining over t lie clock. It looked very much out. -.if place. Sho wondered why her papa had put it there. She wanted to whistle with it. Oh hum! if she was a little speck of a bird she would lly against it and brush it down with her wings. Or if Sainho was only an angel! She danced across the floor, and threw him up as high as she could. Instead of knocking down the key sho knocked poor Sambo's stocking yam tii-ad against, the w all, ami he fell flat upon the top of tho clock. Lie still, sambo," cried We-y, mounting a chair. From t lie chair sho easily climbed to tho broad shelf of the desk. There she rested a mo ment, leaning her chin on the top of tho desk and patting Simon. Hut shn did not tako him to her anus, for not fiir above hung the key. She bad set her little heart on geM;ng it. What do you think the little sprite did next? All by herself sho scram bled to ttic very top of that big desk Stan ling on tiptoe she tried to reach over tho clock! Even then she was not quite tall enough to grasp tho key with her chubby littlo lingers; but by perching upon Sambo she got it at last. Hy the the time mamma came back AVeey had opened tho desk and cut one of papa's deeds into paper dolls. I'apa was vexed enough at noon when he saw them. "The loss of that deed will give ium a great ileal of trouble." said he to mamma. "How did Wcey come bv the key of my desk ?" ' 'llii kmy, ilirkoiv, dork, Hie mouse t:in up the cii k!' answered mamma, laughing. Why, why, is it possible!" said papa, turning pale. "I'm thankful she didn't break her neck our little mouse of a Weezy." - thtr J.itt.'e Oil's. The Ihqilli Divers (Jo. There is no record of tho distance from shore at which divers have gone down in tho Atlantic, ocean. Thev can go down to certain depths at any part, of the ocean. As long ago as IS.Mi, E. P. Harrington 01" Westlield, X. Y.. went dowrj 170 feet and recov ered the iron safe of the steamer At antio, sunk in Ltko Erie the yeir nefore. He was dresed in a common diver's suit, and remained down eleven minutes. A recent Tieuch invention enables men to descend over 800 feet. Cm oku JliuLL AMONKI'V-INIKSTI'IMMTY- Thr "City of th Gods," xvliero Apes are SaiTori. ; Twenty Thousand of Them Allowed to j Enam at Will Through tlie Town j A railroad company in India basde ; dined to carry ten thousand monkeys. ! Most railroad companies probably I would. That such an undertaking. I however, should ever havo been siig j gested to a l!o-ird ot Directors is a J curious incident in railroad history, j yet it is a fact. The Hrahmans of I Benares, anxious to get rid of several thousand superfluous monkeys, asked the company to carry them away for them to a distant spot, but tho rail-1 road authorities showed no enthusiasm ! in closing with the oiler ot such multitude of singular passengers. It i is a ina'ti-r of common knowledge that in Benares, the "City of tho t bills," there is a very large iii. I vcrv sacr"d colony of monkeys. Noi only have they a temple, properly furnish ed with shrines and priests, sjeciilly dedicated to them, but they ar.; free of all the others besides. In Hunan s they can go wrier they like, and, although this liberty is qualified by a certain nn asiire of respectful opposi tion when they abuse their privileges too outrageously, the monkeys ate vir- tually free of the whole city, private -: thinking ".sln dues nm uu b rs'.-ui'l," ilwi Kings and public buildings. Thus Si!j (i) u,r. circumstanced, with every favorable ..Mv ,! j myS..t have no condition for longevity in individual h, ), iiiHiciue as vmi ask for, but I and fecundity in the sp-cies. it is no think i knmv ,,f i,-,,.-wonder that the four-handed folk1 -( H,, tell me who that i.?" crieii havo become redundant. Even tho Brahmans themselves havo at last confessed that there are too many monkeys in Benares, and ar? now t ly ing to rid themselves of a portion of the intolerable bunleu ot the sanctilv which such ;i host of reverend qtiadru- pods imposes upon them. The com- inon people, in spito of tho sacredne.-s of tho creatures, have long ago begun to think that so large a population of idlers has its unsatisfactory side, and, when we recollect, that n monkey will every day cat and waste as much grain or fruit as an average Hindu re quires for his weekly sustenance, and that the mischief in which these crea tures pass their time -having nothing else, poor bored divinities, to do--must entail a substantial appreciable loss upon thoir human follow--cit ie;is, it is j not dilli. -ult to sympathize with the app-riddcu men and women of the Holy City. Without contributing in any way to tho material welfare of the sacred place, these animals, twen ty thousand or so, c.nitiliit,o a very serious t -ix upon tho working pobula tion and divert fro u other charities a vast, quantity of good food. Each handful of grain which a monkey wastes would siillice for the meal of a mendicant fakir. At la-t. tlierelore, it has been decided to take steps to reduce the tailed population. Tho monkey, however, is at all times an intelligent person, lie knows as well iis any body else when ho is well off. In Benaies he is (-specially con tented. Plenty of good water, unlimited oge tables, fruit and grain, delightfully shady nooks, verandas, tempi rri- dors. etc., commend themselves to h i in as nconibinatioii of attractions not to be easily matched elsewhere, so that ho scouts all suggestions of emigra tion. Onco or twice tho pious and benevolent old Kajah has invited the four handed hosts to como acrms the river from tho citv to his Palace of Kaiiinuggur, and the priests have ! actually ferried boatload after boat- j load from ono bank of the (ianges to the other. But the monkeys pretend- cd to misunderstand tho arrangment. I They affected to think the trip a mere ' outing a day's picnic. So, though ! they allowed themselves to be taken over in the morning with the utmost complacency, they always insisted on being brought back again in the even ing. Boats ply in large numbers upon tho river, and, without asking for per mission or offering to pay any thing, they used to ship themselves as pas sengers and return to sleep in tho city. On another occasion certain lands a short distance off were specially set apart by the princely Kajah for their maintenance, and an immense number of tho animals wero respectfully con ducted to their new quarters and invited to settle there. Hut no; the monkeys found there were no sweet meat stalls in the fields, no cake-shops in the groves, and thoy courteously, yet firmly, declined the Kajah 's prof fered hospitality, and cunie strolling back into tho city at thoir leisure. They had tasted the pleasures of a rural life, and deliberately arrived at tho conclusion that they preferred those of tho town; so they gave up the cornfields ami the mango trees for the cud courts of tho many-templed city, an' the bazaars where lollipops were always to be had for the stealing. Tho present effort, however, this of deport ing by train to such a distance as hIi arunporj suea a large number as lO.iiiin, is by far tho most serious that has been made, and if the four-handed ones submit to bo deported this time, they must make up their minds for permanent exile. Kail way compan ies have no superstitions about Ilanu man ; they do not worship monkeys. Thus, unless the animals are prepared to pay their own return fare, and t ) I travel back in a respectable and Imnet ' manner, they will have to bid farewell j lo tho beautiful old city where tlo-y spent, such happy years, and where ( their bones will mw have noch inceof s u redly reposing after death. There is no chancsof their ever I'm ling their ' ' way back. .ii'l'm ;i'.' , i The t oininoii l.nt. ono of the most beautiful stories i,i Oriental or perhaps any literature, whereby we are taught tha' no human (,-c;iture is exempt from affliction and sorrow, is told in tho life of tiaiitama, the founder of the Biiddist religion. Th re was a young woman, 'lie sto ry runs, who had been married early, as is tin? i iistoin in the ; t-t. Mid ha I a child while i-he was si id a girl. When the I'caiiiilul boy could run alone he died. Her sorrow for a timo deprive 1 her of her reason, and in her love for her dead child sho carried it from house to house of her pitying Irii'iids, a-king thorn to give lo-r ineili cine for it. A Buddhist comert, the girl. 'The Bti'l'ihacan give you medicine, go to him," was tho answer. She went to Gautama, and, doing homage to him sai'l: 'Lord and master, do ymi Know any medicino that will be good lor -ny rhild?" "Yes, I know of sotit said (lie teacher. Now.lt was the custom for tho pa tients or their friends to provide tin herbs which the doctors required: so j she asked w hat herbs he would waul, j "1 want some mustnrl seed," lir j said, and when the no ir girl eagerly! promised to bring some ot so common i a drug, he added: " on must go! it from some. hu.iso wlon- no sen. or husband, or parent, or lave has died." Very g I," she said, an 1 went to a-k for it, still carrying her dead chill I with her. I'lie po iple said: Here is mustard seed -take it;" hut when she asked: "In my friends house has Jin x- son die !, ora husband, or a pa ' i rent, or slave .-" they answered, -iidy. i what is this thai you say The liv ing are few, but the dead are many." Then she went to ol hi r bouses, but. one said, "1 bae lust a son;' another. ! T haw lo-t my sl.iw.' At hi-l not bring able to lind a single house where no one ha! ilio I, her mind be- i ran to diMi.aii'l summoning up r -solution, she left tin- deal body of hoi' child ill a fore,!, and re' inning to the : I'-inldha, paid him homage. lie said to her, "Have y..;i t In- n-iiv 1 tard see l y" "My Lord," sho ilied. -I haw not i Tli" people tell me that the living arc ; few, but the dead aro many." j Then he talked to her on tho impel- ' nianeiiey of all things, pointing out lo the poor girl how the afflict ion from ' , which showa' suffering iniioipe-l ' culiar to her, but was c mon to all j her fellow creatures, till her doubts ' were cleared away. Hie a. -. opted lu t lot, and beeani.) a disciple She Sal Hon ii on Him. There is a pushing young painter who loves to wear long hair, and who is n it apparently an enthusiastic sup porter of I'earV soap; and this young painter has a wry profound belief in himself, and his own charms, and his own genius, and above all, in his power of captivating the hearts of the fair. The other evening our young painter found himself dining at a friend's house, ntxttoa very attrac- j live young lady, whom ho promptly endeavored to impress as much as ! possible. After telling her all about himself, and his picture, and his talent, he I'm, illy iulormeil her that he should never marry. "W hy not?" inquire,' his fair companion. "If I did marry," the young painter replied, "I should make so many women unhappy." "I should have thought you would only make ono women unhappy," was tho young lady's prompt comment, which . reduced that long haired egotist to silence. He does not like that girl now, and avoids bei when they meet. W'hiti liiitl lifi'i'ir, I.iiiiiIiiii, Inking the hiinces. "Bo you know," said (ieorgio, warn in gly, "ihat in this extremely hot. weather two or three dishes of this ice cream might prove fatal?" "I haven't a doubt of it," replica t iara, "but it would be a happy lieath to di! ...Act- York Suit, Mc miens of (i . Id, ilea.lor-i. f.f j;ol., I.Vw'I'.oij; mi l limning avi , Alltel with the nioM A iil i-mwiie.l with 1 ho liiC of ti e d.iy' Ye nn- tie- chemist.' of i-ic.lh, I hn wi'ar.ls who waken to hiri'i Hie vio!e! blue, mi'i li-itl ei,:ui9. tni, L II l- t III" .l.lll. II -1.1 th- (trv, 11- !,!.! ol -"ilil, U '.niliiij nml wi-iv!iii2 nhms, l nii lo hehoM. An I men .- nml mellow wi:h --on,,! Vi. noi tiie poets rt'liinc rhiiiie An- n ii hy tin- ic.ipei's, who-e i ii lie s re uiilli'ii in v. iii'l-row of n: :!", liy iii"n :il mi -'.liistlr.it piu I Me:i.!..w,i u-ol.l. I l.iieliiux iiii'l h-iipius nl'-ir, l"n-l in your- loM J I'otevei tlie lie-iutilitl ice. i e me lie- 1 1-in's who .bp A ii-1 Kli lio-ii the I'M!" lo lie- lip I Hie lin tiil, wlmai- plelhoiR. lloijl u tiuiu I m"i uu-mii into i.inoi. iti'Hoitors. Motto for a dude -"There's room n' the lop." The question of the hour -"What . time is it r" j opening of l!io season I'n' overiii.g j the mustard pot. i Tho butcher should always be placed j on joint, committees, j It is the man who has the most I property that his the greatest will I power. A man wl.o .-.ome'imo ago married "an angel" says it is about a.; i.nm j pleto a faith mre ;h anything In- has I heard of. ! A inn-io.il cxpi-r' says that only ono I man in a thousand can whii-tle a tune. 'And yet there are people who think t there is nothing to be thankful for. ! "Why are those things on your dress j called bugle trimmings?" tleorgo i wanted to know. '(," Emily replied j lightly, "1 ccause pa blu.vs over the J bill."' "I can't afford more than one flower on my bat." she paid to the milliner. I "Well, where will you have it?" A I I sit next to the wall in church, you j can put it on the side n-xt to the con. ! giegaiion," wasthftsclt reply. A New York den'ist says that worn- en who gossip a great deal lose their j t-cth soonest. We doubt it. The women who lose their teeth soonest lire t he ones who leave them lying around in wash basins, or window sills, etc. A little four-year old girl remarked to her mamma on going to l ed, -Tn: not afraid of the d irk." "No, of cours you are not," replied 'n-r mamma, "foi it c.ir.'t hurt you." "But, mamma. I was a b ile afraid once when I went into the pantry in tho dark to get a custard." What were y-ui afraid o y" ashed tli" mamma. "! wilt afraid I i-ouMn't iind the custard." 1 lie I s! Iiclic Molimil. rhe inost striking example of abor tive i It'ort or at least bizarre form ol decoration is found in the case of the iiu'tniot, outh American bird, which sueceeils in paralleling some of I he most absurd of humanity's decorative freaks, notably of hling tho til th t" I'oil. s. The nintmot is by Nature endowed with more than an ordinary degree ol beauty. The prevailing color of its plumage is green, t lie wings and ta. being tinged with a beautiful idiade oi blue: usable tuff, edcd with blue, adorns its breast, and a blue-edged black triangle surrounds the eye and , extends to the car. In addition t thL and to a Ion;' and graceful tail, it h;v upon its head a crest which it can erect at will. But, as if diss.it isiie 1 with Nature';-, attempt to beautify it, 1'ie mot mot es says .-.ti inproveiiient. It sulcus the two middle featlicrs of its ta 1, those two being Usually the longest and most conspicuous, as the objects of it-t decorative design. About an incf. from the tip of each f;atKr it cuts away with its serrated bill about an inch of the web on each side of tho shaft, thus giving each feather the ap pearance of a law n tennis bat. Nor is this done in a mechanical or instinc tive way, for sometimes a too anxious iiiotinot will begin too soon and beloro its tail lias reached its full growth, and will clip away on tho wrong feath ers, thus disfiguring itself even in mot mot estimation, in this respect being not unlike the young males of the hu man family who, rather than not shave at all. will soinotimen use the razor on that much ot the hair of the head as wanders down in front of the ears. It was formerly supposed that the motuiot wore away tho web from its tail feathers by constantly turning around while sitt ing on its nest, and when Watorton explained the real reason for tho condition of the feath- ers he was laughed at. Kceen'ly. i however, captive birds have been iee:i ! to perform the cuttinir operation. -7. n lirl in Han.'. ),
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 27, 1885, edition 1
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