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l)c l)atl)ara ttccotb. Jl. .A. J.OiN J)CI, FDITOl! AM) FKOPHILTuK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One copy, one year One ropy, six months . Oil"! copy, three months '3.00 I. on Bong of tho Soatli Wind. Tbrotie,li fitiftiuit iiici I mc ug. And chant fir tin ma tglity eon Omntl und Uiumpliunt, sweet and si ion;;, Likeorgftti not p. heard farnwny, lu foiuo cutltedml oltl hii1 (jhir, When voiurj tclU tho close uf day. 1 Blir the ripples on the liiko : 'J lie dancing Kuvelelx utility lni'itk AgHiittt til1 conl white hiiiiiI, unit iiiuVo A hro!tPn melody that wins I.iki! hirdliiig'', diiipinc in tlicii dreams'. Era 1 iff It t the vai with ilttwuV taint uk'nnis. I buna, tho ruin HnmW lioin the sra 'Ihonlnulmv lull o:i lake mid It a; Tho lliirsty plnuls noil tl.anl. in mo, And y eld me Heasnit a nl pi'ilmne, 1 lltl llWeet tncllll'llt.M nl l:ifil III out, lo beat ttway tu clinics ft In in, 'I n tell till: Noillil an I s ' ii d lln" i IS Hiding I lit) sin, dot. wii.tcl ImtiM, While lull nil I K"i 'hill !! Itiwcn: "l.oii) t honH your tune i t waiting; I'-', And tiiin the riming iliai ! n-i ;i'. i.n.u nut )imr Jiojio " shall la' lire ' .Jiiyii'ii It. Dunn. A TIGHT SQUEEZE, BY AN I X t "M l l'KHATF. When fieneral Meade fell back from Mine Kim, in tin' lull of 1MW. lie went Into winter quurler.t between the II;t- j ill. in and thu liappahantmck, nn his old I grounds. This was it 1 t 1 1 December 1. J On the l.'itlinf tli" in ni'li 1 received orders tu im..s I ho r er, penetrate his ' camp iiti l pick up all pus 'iblo infer million. It was undei'stoo I that he wih send ing troops oil' west, and I was particu larly charged to discover il there was any foundation in the report. 1 left tho rebel cavalry outpost at 10 o'clock onu nigh!, being on font und wearing a blue iinifoi in t h rutiili out. There was iihoitt a mile of neii- tral ground between outposts, and ; when 1 had erept down the highway i almost to the I'nion idettts 1 took ! to the fields and flanked 'em. I luew every rod of that country, and passing j the vidette was a matter of no trouble. ! U was when I reached the t'l r-t line of sentinels that 1 had to no keer- i fill. It was now midnight, and win- ' ter had set in. There was no snow. : but tho wind w as cold and tho ground j froon. It so happened that I struck a part of French's corps. Knowing i that I.eo wai going into winter qiiar- j ters, and knowing that a strong picket j was cut. the sentinels were not over I watchful. I crept up until 1 located j two, m.l botli were iiiiillli'd up against I the col I and thinking more oi keeping ; warm than of looking for spies. While j I was waitng for a hanee to skulk ; in. the two c mic together an I stood ; talking, aii I this gin me the show 1 ; wantc I. 1 riz up from the col I ground, j bore oh' a little to the right, and en- j tered tho gap without being seen. In! ten minutes more 1 was among the tents ..ml shanties. 1 must liud a place to pass the night. It was too cold to go prow ling 'round, Baying nothing of the danger to bo m- tutreo. 1 walked up one street nnd j ujnii another, looking for a place to ) mow inyue'.l away; and by ami by I j saw a soldier come out of a tent and go oif. I reasoned Ihi.t he was on guard, and had como to his tent on some er rand, ar. ; I w as probably right. It 'Yds half-tent, liaK-;hanty, with a lire place in it. 1 crept in at the door and focn l a lire going, and there three .nen asleep under tho blanket. There wai a iii-iip of wood at hand, a'ld the be.-t '. could do was to stir up tie? lire a. id hct'er over it. I didn't mean to fall i-sh ep; that is 1 was bound and de termined to keep awake, but 1 had no I'ooner got fairly warmed through than t went off to the land o' Xod, ana the net thing 1 knew it was day light. .'one o' the chaps under the blank Ms were awake, und I slipped out v.i li.mt disturbing 'em. Everything would have been all right Yept for a man in a tent across the street. He bad come out after wood, and was itndlnf there as I appeared. Asboth ti ;o.s belonged to s uae company, and all the men in each company knew em-h other, it was only natural that I, perfect stranger, should attract hia uttentlon. Further it w as jest as n al um: that ho should gnupect me of bo lug a thief. He w va a sour-faced, beetle-browed chap, and the nnnit I looked into bis eyes I knew wo .- aoulil mve a row. "Ah 1 1 caught you i" ho growled as J faced him." "At what?" 1 coolly axed. "Stealing, of course!" "You are wrong. 1 went in there to get warm." "Who be your "George Smith." "What regiment?" "Stxth Maine." 1 wasn't answering at random. I knew that the Sixth Maine was in tho tight at ltappahannock Station, about a month before, because I b.ul talked tiUi torn prisoner VOL. VIII. "Whor's your regiment?" lie asked. "That's what I'm looking for," I re plied. "1 was look by the rebs fifteen days ago, and havo just escaped and coiue in." I answered blm so promptly, and told such a straight stoiy, that he could have no suspicions, and I might havo got away but, for an accident, lie had brought out bis coffee-pot, and in moving away i fell over it. He was aching for a fu.is with somebody, nnd that was a good excuse. Ho jumped for nie without a word. 1 returned the blow, and then we clinched and fought up nnl down the street. I was getting the best of him, when we tell upon and wrecked a tent and began to draw a crowd. In live min utes there were fifty men around us, and prelty soon an officer comes up, and separates us and asks: "What isthis row about?'' "I caught that i hap stealing," sings out my opponent. "He lies !" "Who are you?" asks the officer. "i'rivate (ieorge Smith, of the .Sixth Maine." "Where's your regiment?" "lion't know, sir. I w as captured by the rebs,' got away and am looking for my regiment." "When did you come in?" "Last night." "How did you pa-s all the outposts atid sentinels?" lie had me there. I had as g od its betrayed myself by that one answer. "I'll see to your case !" be grow led, and he called the guard and had me marched oil'. The guard house was a b:g .-.table, and as soon as he reached it 1 was stripped and searched. The next move w,u to bunt up the Sixth Maine and discover that I did not be long to that rcgimi-nt. I was then taken to corps headquarters and iptes I ioncd. I changed my line of defense, claim ing to be a deserter from the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York, who was voluntarily coming back to his regiment, but the next day the Colonel of that regiment caino to look al I lie, and pronounced mo a liai and an impostor. Next day, when a court martial was convened, I ha I no defense to tiller. They tried ine as a spy, and while nothing could be proved, I was coiiiilenuii il and sentenced to lie shot. I v is given to understand that, but 1 reckoned that some of the ollicers were nut ipule sati-iinl. Instead of carrying out the sentence right away, the findings wein sent to a higher court for approval. What I am ti lling you in a minute consumed al out two weeks. I was prelty comfortably lix 'd in the barn, but oze Vioiisiy guarded that there was no pussil.li! show lor escape. The pa pers had been sent off, and I was daily expecting to hear their approval, when, one night just before dusk, the chaplain of a Pennsylvania regiment came in to console me. lie was about my sie and age with the same colored hair, and the minit Isaw him I grasped at a plan. When we had talked a hUle 1 a.'kcd him: How did you get in ?" "Why, 1 showed my pass to the guard," he an iwereib That was all I desired to know. He talked for about an hour, and I made him promise to come and see mo the next evening at thy same hour. He ad vised me to givi up all hope ami make my peace with (iod, and I gave him to understaid that. I might be more con trite on !ns next visit. I tell yon, that next day seemed a week long. 1 had a plan, and it prom ised success. When the day did begin to fade away I was so nervous and ex cited that ! could not keep still. Tho chaplain came in just at dark, and, as he graspe 1 my hand, he said: "The papers have come back, and you must prepare to die !" ' i'ray for me !" says I. Ho knelt right down, and he had skeercely uttered a word when I had him by the th'oat. It was so sudden, and I had sich a grip on him, that he t';e?rcely kicked. I didn't want to kill him, but 1 choked him until he was like a rag. Then 1 oil' w ith his ceat, vest and pants, and was into 'em before ho showed signs of coming to. It was too soon to go out, and 1 choked him some more. Poor man ! I felt sorry to do him sich injury, but my life was at stake. In about twenty minutes 1 felt it was safo to go out. 1 dragged him into a corner, sat him up on end, and then knocked on the door. Ii was opened at once, and as I squeezed out the guard shut it without even glancing in. "How Is he, chaplain?" asks the guard as he locks the door. "Hasigned, poor man," 1 answers, and oft 1 goes. As I afterwards learned, I had n good hour's start 1 didn't head for the river, m might b expected, but Itattai PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, for the north, and it was over a month before I saw Lee's lines again. A Washington paper had a long story about my escape, and it said I would have bin shot next day, and that the chaplain would lie laid up for a month. I fit Free I'nxs. A New Narcotic. Something wor.su than opium or chloral is reported to the New York Medical Society. Several city practi tioners found out that a few persons were using hyuscine to produco a sort of intoxication that, resulted in pro found slumber. The drug is a hydro bromate, and has to a limited extent been used in medicine in lieu of atro- pliiuo for relief in epilepsy and other diseases of the nerves. It is obtained from a Oermau plant, and is usually on sale by tierman apothecaries in this city. The supply has In en small, and the price about seventy-live cents a grain; but a suddenly increased de- inand nearly exhausted tho stocks and sent the price to a dollar. The doses must bo infinitesimal in order not to be dangerous, and the peril of self-dosing lies in the liability to kill by carelessly sw allowing or hypuder inically injecting too much. The ex perimenters with it, proved chiefly to be medical students, drug clerks and others acquainted with its sopori lie oiialities. Hard drinkers employed it to force sleep, and very nervous per sons drove oil insomnia with it. In order to test its effects. It has been systematically administered to thirty six insane patients in the state Hos pital tor the Insane, by Mrs. Langdoti and Peterson, who ray thai the effects prove the very great danger of hyos cine eating. They found that it would indeed compel sleep in ino,t cases, but that its habitual use would surely lii ing muscular paralysis and delirium of a particularly violent soil. Tho society will a-k the Legislature to for bid the sale except on prescription. -f.'iw hinuli ICii'itinr. Peculiar Mmiumcnls. There are a great number of monu ments of a kind peculiar to China, and which alone would sullicetodistinguish this country from all others namely, triumphal arches erected to widowhood or virginity. IVhen a girl will not marry, in or der that she may better devote herself to the service of her parents, or if a widow n fuses to enter the marriage stale a second time, out of respect to the memory of her deceased husband, she is honored alter death with espec ial pomp. Subscriptions are raised for the erection of a monument to her virtiif, to which all the relations, and even sometimes the inhabitants of the village or district where the heroine has dwelt, contribute. These arches are of wood or stone, covered with sculptures, sometimes very well exe cuted, of flowers, birds and lahulous animals. On the front is usually an inscription in honor of virginity or widowhood, as the case may be; and on the t wo sides are engraved in small letters the virtue of the heroine in question. These arches, which have a very line effect, are frequent along the roads, and even in the towns. At Ning-Po, a celebrated seaport in the province of Tche-Kiuug. Pu re is a large street entirely composod of such monuments, all of stone, and of a most rich and majestic architecture. Ilalhinir in I ml hi. The gospel of cleanliness is not for India. Do 1 begin to argue? I am told that "a virtue of (iautaiua Buddha was his dirty face!" And yet a bath is a Hindoo's frequent practice. Hut the use of mustard oil overbalances all ablutions. A native always polishes bis skin with mustard oil before bath ing. "It prevents the water from en tering the blood through the skin," (iauga tells me. It makes the pres. ence of a native anything but agreea ble, for tho anointing having greatly diminished the power of the water. the sun's action upon the cutaneous surface is audi that the smell has act- ually the effect of ruining the health of Kuropcans who have to inhale it for many hours daily in the katcherries and courts of law. If you say to one of these objection- able smelling parties: "Von would do well to take a bath:" hu will answer, spitefully: "I am a Hindoo:" This, beinir interpreted, means that the man scrupulously observes the many wash ings that the law enjoins. Put those washings are something like the mumbling of a formal prayer. Indeed, ll:... i ....i iif. u. o.K..-vnlD . uo.. mo i iiarisee oi oui, eai except ne nasn. Something Hot for a Co hi. Poctor to lady patient -"Von should take something hot for your cold.', Indolent patient "Well, in what form shall 1 take it, doctor?" Doctor "Considering you have so little exercise, 1 should say you would derive the most good from it if you look it in the shape of a tlatlron. CJIILIMlliVS I Ol.l.MN. Tlirff Klllils if UnHlirr. In: mi l Miow ult'l Ih'i't ! :ii-!l'(T llw.sy Jay tlimnlniia tin- year. 'Hint is liow till! H.-a'hi'l c. W illl UiU llltlll K (l:,ll fl.. ( liai'lj, and In.'St, mi I ml ni'.irli lain, I i-. nil'l I in: lin-l mi; .it i arc, living (lies Willi i-aei'li-al lain, '.. hltli; Aflinin,' !' :n winter, nn-l h W. .Mnllli-I w:ii ii. hum I n.t .) Imnli Nuniner ilny s. Nut immi-Ii to do. Sn llii' rniln'i (;.. well iM. Juhc.M. l.ii'pmtiiiH n rinV C'ln'i nmii. Thr l ariiri -lltci-nn. Voyageur pigeons The kie wn to have much mote power of j wing than tho F.nglMi, and to possess ja inure highly developed homing in j stini't than any of the other I reeds, They did goo I service for the Paris iatis during the siege imposed upon I them by the I'rmsians, when they j h;ld no access to news from the out 8jda world save through these little winged messengers. This breed ot , carriers are natives of lielgium, where j pigeon races are considered a national sport, and patronized and supported! by all classes of society, from the no- 1 bility to the peasant. These pigeons are tho largest of the carrier breed. " They are very hardy birds, and slam! ; uarusnip ami enuurani e oeucr man j any other variety. It is said that these I birds are trained by stages al gradu j j ally increasing distances, and when j the final stage has been reached they all set off together, being liberated at an early hour in the morning, many ol them living homeward at the rale ol from thirty to forty miles an h nir. ac curding to the distance, some of these birds were located in Paris before the commencement of the siege, and were taken from the city in balloons and al lowed to return with messages w hen the Provisional tl'ivernment of France was established at Tours. The letters and messages were transcribed on n i larno sheet of paper, micro-photo I graphed on a sfn ill scale an I then in- closed in a quill, which was secured to ' the tail feathers. t Ilium son y Hooks. Vim Chinese are passionately fond of stories and story telling. On tin public streets and squares prol'i ssiona: story te lers congregate from noon tc midnight, going over the achievement? of a hero or portraying the desp or oi ii. lover. They recite with a diamatii I power not to be expected flolutiiei sluggi.-h movements and stolid conn tenances. All clas-es indulge in thi. favoriti! pastime. The dignified scholar relishes a good story as much as a child , i in the lap, .docs a fairy tale. Story I books in the language can be counted by the tens ol thousands. The sub- j ijei ts are historical or romantic; ol j j war, of lve, of ina rie and enchant j ; nii'iit. j ; Some of the legends are really beau til til and as interesting as a good F.ng i jsh novel. There is one book whicu it ; ii,0 unfailing delight of all classes; I mean the History of the Threo King-, d ims. It is nil hisloiieal novel of Ji ' volumes, illustrated with wood cuts . For arrangement of details, deliuea- ' lions of character nnd elegance of die ! lion, I havo found few books in Fng ' lish its equal. It is, in one sense, an : I epic in prose. v hen a hoy I used tt i enjoy hearing passages of il read oi 'explained. I Hunks of ballads aie to bn found in every household. Our ladies take great delight in learnim' to sing them ti their own music, music which is not printed in the 1 ks, but suggests it self as they recite or sing. Ilallad sing ts are found on all the public squares, where they earn their il ing by pass-, ing around the basket at each crisis ot the story. The spectators are eager h hear the rest, ot course, and so will be more easily induced to pay. There are no story books which children can read ami enjoy, since it ,akos thom s" '"n" ,0 lei,rn "", ,'',:lr' j ,ers- ,5,lt picture-books are sometime; ! B'vcn to children. Still they are not i Kpwially for them, as they are in i ,hl '"'"I'try; and colored pictures are J'"0 costly to b" put into children's "an'K painted by artists. So Chinese boys and girls lack those facilities for ; enjoyment in picture-books which i American and F.nglish children have in 8" !' a'at-eianee. ( ,,, (Ul. Whv II Is ( ailed "Land of Fire." The prevailing impression that then are Volcanoes iiuou these islands -an a 1 ,'orrcspon.h nt ia an account of Terra del Fuego, is a mistake. The name "Land of Fire'' originated Irom the fact that every night the entire land scape is illuminated by myriads ot fires. When the Indians o ashore at sundown each family builds a lire to protect them from the cold, as it always freezes, and the effect is very fine. Around here and among sailors '.he islands are know n as "Firelatid,' nd the natives as "Firelanders." NOVKMHER 12, 188.. GIANTS OF TIIK FOREST. tomet hi no Aiioui the Onlifor pin H''lvvoort Ti't-e. IVeuty-FiV'' fr-.in T!i-miu'.l Feet of lumber a fiiimle Specimen. The I led wood of California Is the H'cotid largest and the third loftiest Iree of the known world. It reaches ;ts greatest perfection upon the sea ward slopes and along the transverse ravines of the Coast Mountains of the northern ami ceiitial parts of the 'tate. It is occasionally humd scat tered or clumped aiming other growths, hut is generally massed in dense for ests. It grows so high, branches so thicMy and stands so c lose as to dark j en even noonday bright n"s- into shad- j iwy eveuinglw iligl.t ; amongthe huge, monumental trunks below. j Fog si ems its favorite food. The I lofty, thick and spreading tops form ! vast and swift condensers of the heavy I fogs which descend in local daily rams, forming pools which often remain till I hiuh noon ev i n bi hottest days of the i ilrye.-t season. Where the trees have! been cut away, w ith no provision for regrow tli. springs have dried up and streams have tailed. I The name is one of those simple, j obvious, Saxon christenings which i every spectator understands the mo nielit he sees the color of the wood Its hues show all varieties of red from the most delicate pink of the ; finest cedar to the deepest and dark I est shades of the richest, mahogany. In some casts its reddish-browns rival ; those of I lack walnut, while under long exposure to the weather it lakes on a blackness equal to that of ebony. In texture and appearance the wood is occasionally Waved, curled, lleeked. i Veined, mottled, twisted and inter j woven in the most varied, intricate and beaulilul manner. Indeed, some spi ciniens show all these varieties of; formation combined. Its knots, roots j and burls furnish veneers as exquisite- ' ly beaulilul as those of the most j costly imported woods. If they came j from sonic distant foreign land, fairly staggering under some polysyllabic, j unpronounceable name, our cabinet- : makers, artist in carving, and their ( wealthy patrons would esteem litem i almost priceless. Its grain and densi- j ty vary Irom those ol ihe sofle-t pine j to those of the densest beei h. hen wet or unseasoned the wool is often j enormously heavy. Specimens have j been known to sink in dantly. The 1 thickness of the hark varies Irom loiir j to twelve inches. Its texture resem-i Ides that o! the famous Sequoias, or; big trees, which aro but a gigantic species ol the I! id wood. In height the California Pedwood allows but two other vegetable LTowths to look down upon it. Those are its lofty relative above alluded to and the Australian l'.uealyptiis. It has been known to reach HJ'i feet; quite ollen J.'a'; very commonly 2nn to In diameter specimens reaching twenty feet have been authentically measured, Thniisau N of trees now standing in the newly opened I.oina I'ricta and others districts girt front : thirty to forty feet. The logs from these trees are often so large that they have to be blasted into halves and even quartets ' before the w nl teams and saw nulls can handle them. One tree yielded seventeen logs each t welve feet long, and the upper one six teet through at the smaller end. It is true that these stories may seem incredibly "big' to the Fa-tern re der, but t he t rees t hem selves are very much bigger, as the in credulous may easily satisfy litem selves by vi.siting the localities already named. ' Twenty live thousand feet of lum ber from a single I ice is very common. In the foggier and moister northern ; counties the average from each tree is fully one halt greater. For posts, sills. Pes. flumes, aque ducts and sewers the wood is the best known. It is also admirably adapted to the inside finish of halls, dining rooms, billiard looms, music rooms, libraries, churches, cars and steam ships, as well as lor many forms ol cabinet making. When exposed to the weather with out paint or oil, il turns ncaily black. It has also the remarkable quality of shrinking endwise, and. what is still more remarkable in the same log ill 1' ferent year's growths suiiietiuies shrink un equally. Sparks ami t in tiers of burning redwood, tailing upon flat or sloping surfaces, even shingle roofs, go out at once. Shingles of il Ignite with great difficulty from sparks of id her wood. Itseemsto be natural ly fireproof in the midst of exposure which would i .1 nk ly kindle other woods. The beautiful redwood is already an nually supplying a constantly increas ing demand in our Pastern cities. ! while anew and wealthy syndicate is exporting millions of feet to F-urope. To her already vast income from the ; t If) Lyj. m. great staples, wheit, v. ine and wool, ' the Golden State now a Ids a new j source of wealth in the regu'ar and in creasing export of the valuable and beautiful timber and lumla-i ol this queen of the vegetable Klngd en. the California Kedwood. fruit Fiuu io ('all. Eggs in Irebiin'. Seeing that some three-fourths of the whole population of Ireland are more or less connected w ith or engag ed in agricultural pursuits, there is probably no question more often asked daily by at least L'lOiVli.K) of the popu lation of Ireland than, "What is the price of eggs?" From the moment tho well-known "Cluck, cluck," is heard front the hen announcing the production of an egg there is a rush ma le for it, which in ver ceases until tho empty shell is throw n into the ash bin. That egg is bartered and rebar tereil, sold and sold again, many times before it is introduced to the breakfast-table. Many lies aro told about its age, some about its size, many more about its price. F.ggs are b night by the dozen and by the hundred of six score. In some parts ol Inland, notably in Dublin market, the hundred counts one hundred and twenty four, The trade is divided mainly into two classes buyers and shippers or ex porters. The former are again sub divided into t wo other classes- dealers and shopkeepers. Iiuyers sell direct to the shippers; shippers expoit. direct , either to customers in Scotland, Fng 1 land, or Males, or to an agent or brok er there, who sells for him on commis sion. The buyer is a man or woman owning, or in many cases hiring, a donkey, mule, or horse, and going from one farmer's house to another buying their eggs for money: or, in many cases, giving goods, su Ii a- groceries, needles, thread, and other like uselul articles, in barter for eggs. Dealers are a smaller class of buyer . Tin y are mostly old women who have what ii called a 'dealing," thai is, a s'liall shop, which front ten to thirly slul ing would stock, their husbwiiP or chil dren being of the laboring class. Thesi pour dealers buy up lioni o"'i to 1" eggs weekly, uio-tly oi't.iining Hit same by barter. These Iney iimi ally send in by a donkey cut in a basket resembling a li-li W"ini:i'.' t reel, urn e a week, to Ihe town where the nearest dupper reside., or sonic times, il needy, will sell for a bs- price than would be ha I Irom the shipper to a well to do buyer. Ft en in the hilinblesl walks of III" there is1 pride, and the poured deanus will not sell lo any one but a shipper, iiubsn; they are very badly oil for ready inon ev. ( Vtoi.'i'e V .. (, i Tim Vitality of S I. The seeds of Ihe willow w II not ger minate alter having bin it oin e dry. The seeds of toffee and various nihct plants do not germinate allcr having been kept for any considerable time Wheat over two centuries old U, been found quite lit for fool, but tin grains usually lose their power o! growth alter a lapse of see. years specimens of rye and whe.it known h be 1 vi years old could not be induce! to gel inmate. ' The stories of 'inuin my wheal' sprouting after having Ian dormant in I'.gyptian tombs for thou sands of years are. to say the least o! them, very dubious," declares Dr Hubert Hrnwn, F. L. S. "No well authenticated instances of such limb are extant, while among other article; sold by the Arabs to credulous travel ers, as coming "ill of the same toml as tin; ancient wheal. h.i c been dahhf bulbs and maize, the deposition ol which in the receptacle Irom whicl they were said to be extracted necessi tales the belief that li""1! years ago tin subjects ol the Pharaohs wcie engag ed in commerce with America." U her kept dry and rotecteil from light am. air, however, Heeds have 1 ecu knowr to retain their ttality for some lengili encd pel ii mIs. Seeds of the beau am; pea t rder ha e sprouted after 1" ve il - storage in an herbarium and many similar instaiic what doubt I nl s- most of I hem sonic have been recorded. Ileuses in the Natl tintl Capital. It is easy to obtain a home in Wash ington, bt'i ause most of the real estate agents will take a small cash payment ami arrange the remainder of the debt at a low rate of iutt rest - in some cases it-, low as live per cent. Certain lot holders have a very great advan tage. Si at 't i e l throughout Washing ton there is a very large number of lit tie plots of ground which belong tc the public reservations. These bits id parking ere given up rent tree to t lie lot-owners, who build up tlo.e to them. They have the practical use ol lliem for nothing. They can fence them in, ornament them as they please, and enjoy everything itlioitt them ex cept building on them. In many in stances these little public strips arc the only yards that certain honse own ers have. New York WurUL HATKS ADVERTISING Oik s i i ; i one in-crt lull One Mii:u , two insertions One square, one month .r,o . -2.r) '..r hirm-i- :clvcrlieiiieii!s lih'-i't! (.t. ,vill ,.!. Good Mght. G'jod nielli? I litvt? lo no n ail nilit To uneli it host of iiee'.'uss lluntfs' owl ninhl null) that liable hand All ijiu-culy wait Us weitjlil of lings. liUIrl llllit to fn'l'l nj.llllf'l even, leiml infill In I'llf.'Sttlut III Hid to! Il.lir, I lii Jit unto lite ci li-i't tnnillh All I iill tin- sue Ini ss tti'siled Ihi'ln' Hie riimvy hand de'aim nie then I 11 llllVI! tn u) unnl nielit a.iuin. I t ru n- ndl entile n lin e, my love! W ia n U I ll'- i'l "in -tan alight, I fl.iill not l-li'-i ly tin- i With my it'll" ii I ill the'i. uo 1 nilil! Vim m.-li Ihf lime were lent ' And I, Vim lo tint hlll-h III Wlall 11 in' Yen wunl I have hlii-in-d mil .i'-II" to dentil To own hrt nne'li a ar tit;". What' la ith tin s s'i'iwv haul-' Alt' then I il haw In say i:n id niiihl inrain. - 7,.,as iih v .ii,irh. Ill M0K01 S. Walter "Will you have some salt with your eggs?" (iuest - No, thanks; they ain't at all fresh." Oerman photographers are now making photographs of lightning. They are said to lie striking likenesses. A Western poet, it is said, thinks more of Ins v ife than hetloes of his poems Sodoes every one tnai ever rea 1 his poems. A philosopher who had married an ignorant girl used to call her "brown sugar," beeaiii", he said, she was fcweet and iiureline I. tiirls in search of material for crazy quills should apply! panics. Thevthrovt thu railroad com awuy thousands of old ties every year. A subscriber asks: "When is the best time to marry?" Mr. Lnpeque says the best time lor sin h a ceremony is the Hist of I ebruary. Ji's many years ago since the poet wrote that "beauty drae s us with a single hair.'' 1 1 generally takes e. lor t y -ti x e -dollar switch to do il now. Civilization is making gratifying progress in the Congo country. A lew years a.ro the inhabitants a'e W bite pi- s lliem. Why th. "And dear in. lilted in raw; now they roast t ng igeineill win broken; si ugustus. w hen we are ii w il, give me all the pin iii uioy I want, "Yes. illl.'l.ie, pii.s on can u so ni I ymi won't you, darling?" u shall buy all the e." Oh, deary, that'll Theie's a beautiful diamond tl, H I'v. pm dow n at the jeweller's w .titled lor ever s i long." mi: i lit ll I t i ! . t a l i'iniel, i"i deal -. i 'le I. lies 'iih linnni' I ,1'ilh slo.l; i h.n Is and I e C'cne InnH il ma mil loot He I ni 1. ' I ti niii I't'itn' and whal nmv he hi- " n I he lather linuliii i.n'-' i-!- he: , he him,.' het heal, with .'liwio tiltitn SlaiwiIliV iiihllrli'l, "W.ihahl, n ihs eves sh,'l.n w illl it .lanii M"s h'ht "I I nn i ' .'-i i he -al s 't ts It i nn i ii'il w i' 1 1 skill 1 11 liilln; hnil tn Ihe Iniiinl lo infill, And I will ;.ln llt tout tii'll 11.11 '' I'.ilipscs of the Sun. The eclipses of the sun, says the Chicago ii'i r i nni, are caused by the moon's passing between the earth and the sun. If the two bodies fol lowed the same truck in the heavens tiiete would be an eclipse every new in ion, but ts t he orbits are inclined, the moon generally passes above or below the sun, and there is no eclipse, occasionally the sun is near one of the moon's nodes the points where the planes of the orbits intersect -w hen tt passes, and then an eclipse occurs. II the sun and the moon were always at the same position with regard to the earth, and always the same distance from it, the eclipses would always be of the same size. Hut as these condi tions vary, so do the appearances (d the eclipse. For instance, let us sup. pose that at the time of an eclipse the center of the moon happens to pass di rect over the center of the sun. If the moon is near the point in the orbit which is at the least distance from the e. nib her apparent diameter w ill ex ceed that of the sun, and the hitter will be quite hidden from view, and we have what is known as a total eclipse. Of course, even in this case, the eclipse : w ill only appeal total to the observt rs near the line joining the centers of C.e 1 sun and moon. If, however, the three bodies occupy similar positions, but the distance between Ihe earth htiu ' moon is greater, the whole of the sun i is not covered by the moon, ami tli eclipse is annular. If the moon, how- ever, does not pass centrally over th turn, it can only hide a part of th lat ! ter on one side or the other, and th i eclipse is said to be partial. As the moon's orbit is quite elliptical, the dis talice of that body from the earth varies greatly. Its least distance is Jl.iUNi miles, its greatest 2.V. til w ; miles. There are 157 professors at the tter loan universities between and '.Ml years of age. (rf these 12 tleller their lectures as usual. The oldest is ; the hi-.toriau, Yon Kunke, who is now " bis yuth year. trv 'i m m if i.".'.'' 'WJii ijm mil) u m hi i '
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 12, 1885, edition 1
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