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H)t vljntl)nm Ucrovo ISA I KS EDITOK AND PHOPKIKTOU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING Mm- square, niic -i ;- i"t hii If 1 .' I' ( tin- square, I w ii nisi It ions 1."'" :io square-, one ti i Mt !i - )0 For larger :u! i-i ! i. -ti t - liberal 'o r i h i s u ill If ii i . One copy, one year One copy, six months . Oll Copy, three months t 2.00 $ 1.00 VOL. VIII. PITTSIH)llO CHATHAM CO., N. C, DIXEMIJKU 51, 1885. NO. 17 l)c il)ntl)Mtt Hccorb. ir vr j ir Heart rimI Hand. I loved her in I ho curly Hiring, Wht'ii hluchiida mute mul robins fin") Mjf liun rl ciicd luislo ' ih, speak 1 nuiko hlltet My IipiiiI iimdo nnswrr, Imste in wusto ! dripped tho coin, I lowed Iho whont, 1 lip Hummer came with lilnntouui tncctj And ll Ihelimn my liimrt criid lento, And head miido hiihwit, liiiste in wiisto ! I stacked I lie "mill, I slionri'd ihu vhrop, I rfinoni'd ihal my love would keeps My hfl.ul's loud rry of Im-te, oh, linsto ! Wan ileiiccd Jill I hy hu-te milieu waste ! 'J'ho ground isi-iivcred o'er with wiow, AiiQihrr wi d her weeks nun '. My mockiii" heart cries li.ii.te, make luisto ! And mucking head, oh, leisto niakea wiislo ! Jtnnit K. T. Dour in the Century. Story of Princess M'Tso. In a volume entitled, "Central Afri ca Xiieil Truths of Xaked People, " there appears the following: On tho :$d of August (1871). while preparing to destroy the little baggage that King M'Tse had caused to be re .stored to me, it lnessengiT arrived Irom the King bringing with him a M'Tongoli, who had orders to procure mo boats resembling those in which we had navigated the Lake Victoria X'Vana, that 1 might tho more easily descend the river. The M'Tongoli ad vanced towar I Mie, and in the name of King M'Tse presented me with etr.it beautiful young girls varying from ten to twenty years of ago. Oneof them, the daughter of tho King, a beautiful child of ten years, had been sent mo as a special mark of his royal favor. This little Princess was the living imago of her father both in form and face. she was subsequently placed in school at Cairo (Convent of the lion Pasteur ), where site now is. The King had sent me also a boy of twelve and two beautiful little ehes-nut.-eolored infants, scarcely able to walk. It was an embarrassing dilem ma. To reluse wasto wound African etiquette, and more, brave the wrath of a man to whoso hospitality and kindness I owed my life. It could not be thought of, therefore I accept ed and sent to M'Tse a -ssage of grateful acknowledgments. I had quilted 1'ganda on the morn ing of the l'.bh of duly to return by the river which left tho Victoria X'Yanz.a in the North, and which, un explored and unnavigated, still was the unknown link in the great prob lem of "Where are the great sources of the Xile?" I had arrived in Kuba ga, the capital of 1'ganda, one month before, on the 2"th of June, and had been received as a Mliii'itru, or white Prince, by 10,1'Od prostrate subjects of M'Tse, who contained their fear of the white man until mounted upon u horse, which, unseen till now, was a still greater phenomenon. I dis mounted, when they lied to the jungle, horrified at tho disjunction of horse and man, for till then they hail taken urn for a centaur! Iliad suffered the horrible honor of having thirty peo ple choked, decapitated or hewn to pieces in my presence, all for my honor, and that the stranger might be im pressed with the power uf the King. M'Tse and M'Toki names I had given the girl and boy (M'Toki, signi fying banana, was the name given the latter on uccoutil of his peculiar greed iness in devoring bananas)- were charmed with tho idea of making the til Ht. voyage of their lives w ith us, and laughed and chatted together in their beautiful 1'ganda language, as if with every bend of the river they were not leaving behind them, forever, perhaps, the dense banana forest which had been their home, exchanging a I i to of almost perfect repose for toil and care in the laud to the northward. It is -aillicient to say that we escaped mir aculously the threatened death by starvation, the lance and tho arrow of !he en my, and successfully arrived at the military outpost of Foueira. A year later, having concluded other im portant expeditions, I was on my way to Khartoum, en route to Cairo, under Tilers from (lordon to assume com mand of tho expedition which was to ;'o-operate with him by opening an equatorial road from the Indian Ocean to the interior. M'Tse was among tho many singu lar types in my tram gathered for ethnological study, or for presentation to the Khedive as representatives of Iho races which had lately become his subjects. The little Princess was aimued at the steamer which took us Iroti) (iondokoro to Khartoum; in this latter place she saw for the first time a house, at Berber a camel, and finally, in Cairo, the City of the Victorious, the El-Kahirah of the Caliph. How shall I picture her delight and expres sions of amazement ? The ethnologi cal collection was turned over to the Khedive, but M'Tse, in pursuanc e of the idea which had decided me to bring her to Cairo, I determined should be educated. With this object in view I went to see Sister Agatha, of the Convent of the Hon Pasteur, who readily entered into my plans and un dertook Iit education, and a sullicjtiBt sum Will placed at her disposal to meet the projected metamorphosis. An In tervul of several years went by, tUir lng which I was frequently absent in command of expeditions engaged In distant explorations. I was in Cairo after my return from tho Indian Ocean. Sister Agatha brought to seo me a tall. iiiagniticeut looking woman of the Abyssinian type, dressed in the extreme fashion, and tout a fait it la I'nrixii iim; to which were added a pair of somewhat ultra fashioned pink silk shoes with heols Louis XIV. 1 diil not recognize the Sister nor her protoge until the strange likeness to the (bieen of Sheba had seized my hand, and in accents which recalled the little creature in the jun gle, cried Moalinia ! (my master). It was M'Tso ! I stared, ami was dumb with amazement, and was in no wise recovered from it when tho good sis ter presented me a modiste's bill which showed that the vanity of the newly tledgod Christain was fully as great as when nude she had decke I herself with every vari colored ribbon she could put her hands upon. Sister Agatha Informed me that it was quite time to place M'Tse in some homo where she might become useful; and, in view of the modiste's bill, I was quite of the same opinion. She had been baptized, and bore the name of Marie. Marie, neu Princess M'Tse, c teredthe family of a kind Creek lady, and with what results will hereafter appear. Six years ha I gine by and a ddugo of lire and blood had swept over Egypt. During the interregnum of insurrec tion and disorder what had become of tho 1'ganda Princess? Pagan and Christian she was now a Moslem, One day in August. "s;l, I was in Alexandria, an advocate for my clients wlmwere seeking indemnity for t he lires which, lit by tho insurgents, had burned them out of their houses and homes. I was seated at the table d'hote of the Hotel Canal do Suez, when I was attracted by a romantic story told by my Arab neighbor, whom I knew tube Achiuet Hey, for he was thus addressed by bis companion, who w as an eager listener to tho story. He spoke of a beautiful woman, the daughter of a King, who had been brought to Cairo from far-off Ethiopia; of her education, her charms, and how finally, alter the white man had con fided her toatireek family, she had been sold into slavery am! had married her master, a Mussulman Key like him self, but a drunken fellow who mis used her; that a short time before she had escaped, and. seeking protection at his harem, had been introduced by bis eunuchs to his favorite wife, with whom she now was. It was M'Tse. I startled Achmet Hey when I laid a heavy hand upon his shoulder anil said: "IV ii.y, Ann innuliinjl hint." (Oh, Hey, 1 am the master of her of whom you speak.) I told him her story in a few words, and of tho promise given me some time before by Tewfik Khedive thai when tho rebellion in the Soudan had been crushed and the opportunity of fered au otticer of rank should espouse the Princess and be sent as Embassa dor to the Court of her father. 'The ostensible reason given the Khedive was that such an act would be an ex ceptional opportunity to confirm the treaty which 1 had made with King M'Tse years before iu behalf of Kgypt. and by w hich he recognized himself as ,i vassal. I had another object unex pressed, which was that the Chris tian child, rejoined to her kindred, might convert her father, and perhaps her people, to tho Christian faith. Achmet Bey was a man of kindly heart. He promised me, and even swore by the beard of the Prophet and i... i.:.. i .!... ... 1.1 Iw.n. I liy UIB ICIIIOll, mill nu isooivi no II. sponsiuie lor ii isc, heeji ncr,ti.ui3. bouse as the companion of his wife, and when the time should come that ; she should be returned he would pay , for her fantasia and marriage fete. Tho.Mahdi has drawn a line tightly across tho country which separates her from her father; a little while longer and the occasion may offer to accom plish the plans here detailed. If so, history may yet relate how the lit tie waif, given in Court etiquette into the hands of a stranger guest, returned in : after years as bread upon the water to regenrate her people, and who may be known hereafter as Christian Princess M'Tse tho First. How Business . j With the theatrical agent it is ' "booming." i With the acrobat it is "getting live- ; ly." j With the baby it is "rattling." AVith the professor of astronomy it Is "looking up." With the newsdealer it is "station ary." With the convalescent it is improv- j ing- j With the sneak-thief it is "picking up." Rambler. tK FAMILY PHYSICIAN. fftf iig'mi'vr n tllole fi-imi the l-iyl Trtk'J a horsehair and double it, leaving a loop. If the mote can be leen lay the loop over it. close the eye, Mid tho mote will come out as the hair 1 withdrawn. Jf the irritating object cannot be seen raise the li.I of the eyo as high as possible and lace the loop as far as you can, close the j eye and roll the ball around a few times, dr.--w out the hair, and the sub- j stance which caused the pain will bo : sure to come with it. This method is practiced by axmakers and ottiet workers In steel. Mnlintl Time. Trriitiiinit of crviMiNiiriiM. j Exerciso is of service, especially If taken early in tho day. sleep that I Is, rest of brain is essential. Every' nervous patient should have at least seven hours eight is a preferable number. luiring repose repair of j the nervous system is in i xcess of the i waste; hence its value. Willi regard j to the therapeutic treatment of ncrv-j ousness. the subject is so essent ially i scientific that, no patient whoso ail ment is anyway advanced should do well to attempt, self-cure. In trilling or Incipient cases, all that is required Is an abandonment of the producing conditions, and, even when the dis order has iiiade .some progress, a gen eral attention to dietetics tint is, proper food, drink, exercise, sleep and bathing -will generally result in the re-establishmetU of health. Abuse of llir Mum Irs of Unity I vrs. The tw o muscles - a set for each eye act in perfect correlation, and enable the organ in an instant of time to cover an infinite range of vision. No fine adjust ment of the telescope, no system of lenses and prisms cm ac complish this feat in an instant of time. The utmost caution is therefore im peratively demanded of every person to whom is consigned the care of the young child from infancy to perhaps the third year of life. It is during this time that damage to the muscular apparat us of the eye may be done. The mother or nurse is eager to have baby see everything from a nursery window, or from a carriage or car. How many tired heads, languid eyes, and disordered tempers result from this mistake! How often is loss of accomuioilativo power, or enlarged pupil, or cross eye the consequence! Worms, "inward tits," sour stomach, Ilea bites, and bad temper are come of the morbid and moral posers which tho mother and the family doctor pon der over. An indication of tho delicate and undeveloped muscular apparatus of tho eyeball within the first two months of life is found in the ease with which soldi! infants look cross eyed. It is well known that in sleep tho eyes are turned upward under tho brows, and inward, and that a true crossed con dition of the optical axes occurs dur ing this state. An occasional temporary crossing ot the eyes of an infant above two months of age should be carefully in -estigated. The child should bo handled lightly: it should not be played with ton much; it ought to lie or roll on its back in preference to sitting on the lap or in a chair. Any unequal size of the pupils should be carefully noted. It may be either the sign of some internal trouble or a simple local affection of the muscular tissue controlling the pupil. ltul!ifl. McClclhiu's farewell to theAiiiiy. Taking leave of tho Army of the Potomac in November, IStU, tieneral McCIellan with his staff rode rapidly along tho front of the army draw n up in line to greet their commander for the last time. As the brilliant group swept by the regimental co'ors of the Fifteenth Massachusetts caught his attention. They had been out in many a shower of lead, and had suf fered especially at A ntietam. Only a few rags Muttered from the shattered staff, which was patched with a band of tin iiidely nailed on .where it had been broken by a shot. Xo other color, in that part of the line at least, was so badly torn. Biding rapidly, McCIellan had passed the regiinenl before he could check his horse, but then he wheeled, returned, and halted, saluted the color, pathetic symbol of valor and sacrilice, by slowly raising his cap. The thunder of cheers that acknowledged this act of gracious courtesy revealed one of the secrets of Mi Clellan's popularity with his army. Worcester Xjy. Protection Against Falsehood. "Madam," observed the dry goods clerk, "these goods are warranted all wool." "I have hear'I that they are half cotton." "You must not believe everything you hear, madam," returned the clerk. "I do not, sir," replied the lady. "I have been married twice." -yew I'ork Qraphir. It nil: PROPER WAY TUI.IVIi A Noted Minister's Views tin the Subjeetof Eating, The Gastronomic Tastes anil PruforoaooS of Eev. Robert Collyor. The Itev Ir. Hubert Collyor was busily engaged on somo manuscript when a representative of the Cook culled upon him, but he laid aside his work when told that his views on the proper mode of living were desired, and, seating himself In an easy rocking-chair, he lighted a fresh cigar and told the reporter to "pitch in." in response to tho questions Asked him Dr. Collyor jaid; "V think the American people, ttfkVietu all in all, are the best livers of any people In tho world. I don't 'find any fault with the method of living here; in fact, 1 w its only loo glal when I got to a land where I could live twice as well as 1 could in my native country. It may be different iu England at this day frmn what it was before I left, but in my (ime a workiuguian in that coun try would no more think of having a turkey on his table than he w uld of having the American bird of freedom. All of the workitigmen whom 1 have met In this country and I have known thousands of them - live much better than the workinguicn of Eng land. "As for myself, I try to live like a Christian and a white man. I like plain food well cooked, and I do not care for any kind of messes. 1 like chicken-pie; but us for compounds of pastry and Iruit or vegetables known as 'pies' in this country, I sometimes eat them, but can get along without them. We have a roast sucking pig nerved up once a year when I can get my folks to cook it I like roast pig for Charles Lamb's sake. We also have a roast goose once or twice a year, for my ow n sake and my boy hood's sake. I like send loaf an I tea cake for my mother's sake. "On tho Sabbath 1 eat four meals. We have breakfast at eight o'clock, mid regularly every w eek as the day of rest comes around wo have lish cakes for breakfast. I should hardly know how to keep the Sabbath if I was deprived of lish-balls. supple mented with a mutton chop and a good cup of coffee, they are an excellent thing to preach a sermon on. The meal of the day is served at one o'clcck. and we u-ually have roast meat with the iieeiy.sary accompani ments, and always have one or two friends in to help us to eat it. The Sabbat h should be especially a d .y of hospitality, and it gives zest to a good dinner when you have one or two friends to partake of it with you. "After dinner I go to Sunday school, and about six o'clock drink some tea and eat a little bread and butter. After the evening service I partake of a bowl of soup with crack ers or bread, anil find that my slum bers are never disturbed because of this late meal. The English pimple lor the most part haw foul meals a day that is, I mean, the better class; and they are usually a healthy looking people. 1 don't believe much, howev er, in late suppers. On my birthday 1 always have a big dish of oatmeal and cream: not that 1 am particularly par tial to oatmeal, for as a boy I became so accustomed to it that it has pulled on my taste. Ilnwexer, I made up my mind years ago that if lever could afford it I would have oatmeal and cream not blue milk on my birth day every year." When asked if ho believed that the tirain was developed by the use of par ticular kinds of food, Ir. CoByer said: "1 think most of the talk on this sub ject is nonsense of the wor-t Kind. Shakspere certainly did not have much chance to get fish food at Stratford on Avon; and other prominent men of our own time have been b tu and brought up where they probably did not get any fish food from one year to another. My idea is that if a man lives soberly and rationally the nourishment he re ceives will be distributed foall parts of his system, supply all n-eds, and keep up his mental and physical structure." .Yi ir Ymk t 'ihi'h. Took his It real Ii Away. Young Sinythe was passionately enamored of Miss Hrowne. and was squirming in his chair preparatoiy to a proposal, w hen the young lady said: - Mr.Sniythe.you pa;:s Mr. Thinplate, the jeweler's, on your way home; do you not 't" "Yes." he said, huskily. "Well, would you mind doing me a little favor?'' Mind! dear Miss Browne," he re plied, with a look of unutterable re proach; "you have but to name it!" "Thanks! Will you kindly ask Mr Thinplate if be ha-i tighten! the set ting of my engagement ring which Mr. (ieorge Simpson left with him yes-lerdav." The Eskimo's Appetite. ! Xhe Eskimo seem to have a conve- I lijc'itappetite; they can go without food for long periods, or eat live or six ; tjiuca a day, just as they happen to ' liavo it. They are improvident of food ."id do not begin to lay in their winter supply ofttimes until it is t o ; lltte, when they suffer from lack of it j aod appeal to the (iovernor, who o'diges them to give him a tithing, : which is left in reserve. It is said that were, it not lor this supervision' during severe winters, the natives would soon become extinct from star- ; vation. I have never seen a native eat more than what 1 estimated as live pounds of seal meat and blubber at a meal, though I have read of ten or fif teen pounds beinir a not unusual con- I sumption at one sitting. They eat hut twice a day as a regular habit, lie- j fore going to bed and almod as soon as they awake From my limited ob- i servation, I would say that, an adult j consumes about eight pounds of solid I food a day. subj' c! to variations, ae- ; cording to the amount of exercise and1 the external tempi rat lire. The small j quantities of tea, colfee and tlour con sumed at a meal scarcely require men- j tiou as factors in the food supply. The natives live iu a temperature with a I yearly average closely bordering on I zero Fahrenheit. Their food is almost . wholly animal. They are provided with small skin boats or kyaks, which are very light, but of great strength, and can be transported with great fa cility over the ico to open water These boats have the javelin or speai as part of th out lit. and the Eskimo from early youth is trained to inanagi the kyak and throw the spear, so that they become exc-'edingly expert, and it is seldom that the hunter g o'-s out in season without returning with his game. The Eskimo, on seeing a seal come to the surface for air. will, with a few strokes of the pad lie, approach IIS near as possible; when the seal dis appears beneath the surface a few quic', rapid Mrokes puf the kyak di rectly over the sp it, then with his jav elin poised he waits for th-' seal to re appear: should the head show itsell above water within a did. nice often or fifteen feel, th -ir aim is almost un erring. After the smI is struck, the head of the jav din is slipped nil, mid to it are attache I about six la'lioins ot line, on to which a largo b!ad ler llo.it is tied. The line and bladder are im mediately cast into the Wider, and t'u seal carries them off iiniil he is ex hausted, then the line is hauled in and the seal at the end q ietly dispatched with a 'small knife; not always quietly, however, for a large seal when wound ei will often show light, and wreck the kyak. The loss of life at tending the hunt is quite considerable, as the frai' skin boats are oil times cut through by the ice or swamped in rough water; the hands of the hunter are necessarily exposed, and many of them suffer from their being frozen during seven weather. Tiny procure their lish by dexterously using a short line and at a" ,ing a small ivory hook to it. They boh this up and down through a hole in the ice, and the unsuspecting lish that bite are thrown out on the ice; they have n system of netting. -lr '. . lirun in Mnli' iil Sui t. Ail Ingenious .Metal Cutter. An account is given of the introduc tion into England, by Mine, lie Long, of her metal cutting machinery, which has for sonic t im been in successful use iu France, she has now. it ap pears, perfected some ingenious ma chinery, worked by steam power, which cuts with the utmost precision the hardest and softest metals in any design, so that by it can be produced a gold lace pin or a steel caslle port cullis from the solid lie tal. without any molding or filing. This unique industry is divided into four general branches. The first is the prodin tion of gates, doors, bilcony fronts, and other architectural metal work with out casting - plates of hra-s a foot thick being thus cut into lattice work at a single operation. A second branch is the making of lattice metal work tilled in with glass, to supersede the ordinary leaden flames for church and other ornamental windows. The third branch comprises the inlaying of plush and ebony jvcl cases, cabinets, etc., with red and yellow cop per steel and other metals; and a fourth for the working of picture frames, baskets, crests, etc., out of the solid metal, fully finished. What He (One the Snriety. Bagley We are about to hold a meeting to organize a soup society this winter. Bulgertop An excellent project excellent. "I thought you would be in favor ot it. I am canvassing in aid of the soci ety. 1 know you will give something." With the greatest of pleasure. You may put me down for a speech at the iiieetinu." Call. ACZAR SWIXTI'RPALACK. ' A Building Which Shelters 7000 Pe qde. Hw an Euiprror and an Empress Dioil Alone iu tho Groat Attraction, Tho palaces and churches of Bosnia make the rest of Europe seem very poor; still, I do not think the winter palace in very good taste, writes a correspondent of the Cincinnati :' qnirtr. It is a vast quadrangle of courts, halls, throne rooms and galleri es, all jumbled together, with no es pecial plan (save in its interior ), and so immense that they should build a narrow guare railroad for sight-seers. It gives constant shelter to some 7,' 1,11 1 people, yet you may pass through the : whole of it and not see one. It was not its splendor which inter ested me tho most. We bail wander ed for hours, until utterly wearied with the grandeur and glitter of its splendid rooms we were ushered into a small apartment, so poor and simple in its appointments that I thought it, with its camp bed and wooden table, a guard room. On the table lay a few i maps, across the bed an army cloak ' and simplo cocked hat;" no curtain at tho window, no chair save a camp stool. On the table lay folded a pock et handkerchief, and bending down I t saw, now faded and nearly gone, the j name "Nicholas." In an instant all I weariness had vanished and interest most intenso took its place, for I knew I was in the room where the gnat Emperor's heart had broken, and where, though he ruled all llussia. he died utterly alone. They tell the story of his death in St. Petersburg as the world does not ! know it. Broken-hearted over the ' reverses in the Crimea and unwilling ' to live if he must los- aught of his gtandeiir he summoned to Inm an ob scure phv-ii urn and ordered him to : give the Czar of Bnssiii a potion that would "end life quickly and painless ly." The man, ast nled and affright- , dl, reliKetl utterly, but was to'.d that ttfler such a request from such a source he must obey or lose his own life. That settled it. He w,is paid heavily Hud .sent, out of the kingdom. The ' next morning the trreat C.ar Nicholas lay upon his e.unp bed, wrapped in his cloak dead. And following soon after the physician tins found murdered in his bc in Heidelberg. They .say the howling of the wolves from across the N'ava could be distinctly heard the right Nicholas died. How the comic and tragedic tread close upon each other in this life. Wo wern taken from Nicholas's room to that of the late F. upress. She had ben in Italy for several w inters, battling with that enemy of her fami ly, consumption: weary with her ban isliuiellt, she begged to go home, and tho Czar was told that if there was a room especially prepared and kept at the same temperature constantly she might live for some yt urs even iu 1,'iis sia. The room was prepared, and she came home only to sillier most horrid ly, and l egged constantly to die. Fin ally his Majesty asked her physician how long she would live if the w iml ows were opened ami the cold let iu. "Twenty minutes." was the replv. "Then open the w imlows," and asthev did so all left the r n, and she, Km press of so many millions, was b it to cross the dark waters alone. N . it i cu her daughter stayed to led. I her hand. These are some of the sha lows of the winter palace. IlllllClllillll. We talk of education now. Are we more educated than were the ancient t recks? Hi we know anything about education, physical, intellectual, ;i s thet ic ( rebgii us ed neat hn in our sense of the word, of i oiir-e t In y had none I, of which they hae i,.l taught us at least the rudiments' Are there not some branches ol ediicti. .ii which they perfected once and forewr, loawng m Northern barbarians to foliow ilo ir example? To ro In v health, that is, harmony and sympathy, propoitiou and grace, iu every faculty of inia I and body, that was their notion of education! Ah! the waste ol heath and strength in the young I 1 he waste, too, of anxiety and misery in those who love and tend them ! How much of it might be saved by a little rational education iu those laws of nature which are the will of (iod about the welfare of our bodies, and which, therefore, we are as much bound to know and to obey as ,o are bound to know and to obey the spiritual laws whereon depend the welfare of our souls. ' 7lm Kin n- ,'. A Mini! I i I'aticiuc. Waitress ( t" I r. I'uliem, th dent ist, who is greailv annoyed by her constant use of bis title ia addressing him): "Tomatoes. Doctor?" Dr. Pullem: "Thanks; tin." Waitress: "Con, p.ct... ?" Doctor- Xo! lirnti!.!'" He Wants the Hartli. A little, "i.h I. lit, is liri.li l'n him wil.i'll ii. .1 telil-e it. Who I ll.es i r. ti- l,ind !l s ... An 1 lle-ll .loll, liilliv ll-e II. Most Ini-il, wiili lit.llill., hitw ' . 1 h il li e woiii i lie a plcn.-un II lln-v ...i !d -Inn-, in -inallest ....... U illi th n . h r.e tin- Ireisure. Hut. i- II Inn-' I .j.i-i .i-lii-e jdiiiWH 1 h.O , in lie- w,,rH ..!' m.iiihv, 'I'lie in.. ii who I. .'" I. il lirend lii-illiy Vu' lii.l (.! I ie Iii -morrow. He low- I..- I .i-s il. I w-ii.t tin. eioth; III- lle.i.jhl- -iiv I it ah ive il ; Jlic L'.M ..I ln.i'lil- Ml .1 id Iml III- Mlll ic tllslCs C.lM l. A v.-ly hill-' iii.-i t- hi- vooils; II -zH ! yield i hi i il.'. lie -i,-. i- ill! ii mini should u-ll, An i iii. ml, lie- I... i I I i eh in;; Hill, i.- il me-' U I . ii il I.e. 'I in- Irtit h inn I! tin v.- 1. 1 hoi row ; The i. urn wi.'i I'uhi- lui I el lu-itiiy ill ti-ht l..i .ie lo-i n.w. Ill 'weidlll. II Irilelll'll'i- nil he ilska, Mil smillie-t lil u .cr.ltor .Set out III I. III! hoi I. Ilh o A inl je .Icniiiiiili iii fill I."- the sum ol illi hi- i a '. I il it i I i,. . :.,,.! hi,.-e-, Il-;.ii i,e 1 1, '!-, 'l - ; ,. I is i l. :, i :,i, I ,. ,-se ., 1 ,,s,.s. I'.ill. I- Il 1 1 il'-' i.. ! ! Il- I.. I. I'm . in llu- "in. I ol sorrow. I he in ii n.t I ,, I.. I I r. n.i io-d.iy U ol ri;!c I ,i (.ih l .on. mow. - .1. i ,... 'inl.'cr. II L .MOltOl S. A smart thing a mustard plaster. It doesn't require a tailor to tiike some men's measure. On west and blow aw ay with the count r i , is t he latest idea. What class of women are most apt to give t. 'lie to society ? The belles. Is life Worth liviiiL.' ?" iisUs (ieorge I Listings. 'That depends largely on the !it i. "1 l'..ll'w suit." as the tailor said whil" pursuing a tramp w ho has raided his samples. 'The most important thing in con nect i in with a house is the haul," r luarked the burglar. Because a man is ridden on U rail by his fellow 'ill. 'ens it does not fob l..w that he is a opnl ir iai'- ' m in A robust Ida. l.s.oit Ii Is- needer. to shoe :i hor-e; bn' it 1 1 . piii es t he C ,. i. ful and t. ii-b r hand : a w ..in.i i t.i "shoo" a hi :i. Very ii'.qiiisitive -ina!l boy ( l , i of asking .jtit .1 i.'ii i Kate, if 1 : -, likes bm,is -o well, why .1 ci'i he f.-r get and eat hi, te--th -o'ih'' i iii.-s ?" "I beg pard-'ii. on! aren't you I s takcu?" eoiirti-.-usy saj,i ,,vn lot ..I to a pretty -hop g rl with whom : e was dealiii..'. ' I am .1 mi -s. but yet takmi. -ir," sp,' replied, with a I riifht blush and dr.. .pin-,' ";.es. D.i'nty Do I M-'.m ! I, how did you lik- lo.v serenade hist night?" Mcliiidii "I didn't like your posi tion." "My pus tion? My attitude, you mean?" "No. your position. You weren't far ittoiiL'h away from iue not to. hear you an I m weren't close enough for me to seal 1 vou." ((nihil IdM-r isi lur. 'Thirty years ai;o Aii-ert smith's lecture, "Ascent Moid lllauc." the delight oi London audi -lice w as a no el comlun i1 ion . f o and panorama, a id -'drew" for si hundred nights. smith, the showman and lecturer, was u quaint, ri iiia1. lit-iarv Bohemi an, who to! ! a story well, cracked a joke, and made Ins audience wish that the entertainment was twi -e as long ;is it was. Mr. Barnum once said that, to write a show bill was a work of genius, smith had a trenius for adver tising. Even the most prosaic of con servatives would stop to read Smitn's advert ising plac ir.l. When he started oil the European tour which culminated in the ascent of Mont Blanc he h id. as one of his band, an amiable gentleman named .loseph Lanitoid. Smith caused sev eral thousand show bills to be jointed, with the strange words, Who cut doe Landlord's hair?" One morning in Baden Baden, then the great gambling and watering-place of Europe, every one was surprise i see pos's, columns, walls, anu in trunks covered with placards ;h'.:ii the portentous ques' ion, '."i doe Langlor l's hair'.-" 'The B.iden police Wire stirred to an unusual idivity. Feeling sure that the mysterioi's words were a signal for the rallying of the revolutionary parly, they searched printing-offices and visited houses to discover when and where the rally would take place. Spies were sent out. guard placed in public buildings; and even learned philologists were asked if these awful words, "Who cut doe Langford's hair?" had any connection with the system nf liepublieaiiism. Smith gave no entertainment at Baden Baden, but the quaint joke leaked out and advertise! hitn and his show all over the coiirtrv.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 31, 1885, edition 1
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