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i iiii'iiiiiiwnB l)c tI)rttl)am ttccorb. 2l)c ljntl)om Uccorfc II. V. LOIN'DOK, EDITuU AM) l'Kol'KIinul!. JJATES ADVERTISING ((in- sipiiiiv, one insertion- $1.0(1 One Minnie, two insertions l.nO .One ;.iiliire, one mouth - 3.0(J For buyer lulvortiscincntH liberal e.on tracts will lie iniulc. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One copy, one vcar ...... $ 2.0(1 One copy, -six months . - $ 1.00 One ropy, tlmr mouths ... "1(1! VOL. VIII. iTiTsnoii) Chatham co., x. a, Ariii'sT r, is,s;. NO. Is. Tin lllyliwuy Cow. Tho lnio of h"i- liiil- was iln-Uy brown. Hi- body was lean . i n 1 1 In r tick w ns slim, Ouo Lorn niisturiiu ! n mil llicotli. r tin noil down, Shu was keen of visi.iu mi l long of liinl), With :i Human ii'is mi I u short slump luil, And 1 like III lio i. ' a home made p.iil. Many a mink did Iht body bear; She hul been tnryct fof nil thinys known, On ninny a s in- tlicilu-ky Imir Would yrow ivj more u Ii-ro it onro liiul pio.Mi: Many a pasdotiat . ti t in l; shot 11a. I left on li r a lasting spot. Miny mi l 1 1 1 1 1 1 y a well-ninol sduio. , .Many a brickbat of pind m.m. Ami many arii.li l swiftly thrown 11 i lrotiyli- tlic tears lolici- loviity eyes, Or hail Iniiuiili-1 nir from her li.my lun-k Willi a noise lik" ihr sound of a rill" crack Many n iliy 1 1 : l I shu pi-sod In tin- pound Fur liclpiny Iiitm'II In lior lieiyhln'i':. corn; M my a e miir lly rnr anl Inmnil lla I h i'ii tiuiislis.'il on li 'i'i riiinpl" 1 linrn; Many a te.i " niul old tin pail llii'l tin' f inn -r Imy i!"i to hi'i- tin'i'wiirii tail. ld I).' i. .in i uv was a very i; m I nl I man. Tlimiyll I KII.'M ll'lt t 'Hip I' I In 1.1' pl'i'flllll' When in mv a w ary mill' ti ran 'J'o ii io- hi'i- nut "I III" yis in inn yinin : Klini'p were th" piunks she iis 'J tn play T.K''I li'T li'.' mil y.'t iitvay. Sh" knew n hi'ii III it.'.ii 'iii ni'nt totovva: Shi- wat 'luil him w im Iv , went ly ; Hi; ii. v.'r pns her with mi it frown A lul an aiu'i-v cl'-iin la cn.-li ntiyri H MiiuM i'i i k his whip in a -iiilv way, ud drive al.au in his one hn-s sI.hv. Thru a! his hniii..stj'a. s!n- livcd t.i . . 1 1 1 , I -n't in i his kir- with eruiitpleil limn, Ninihly sealnu tin- irni-ilen wall. Id Ipni,' hi'i'-. II to Ins stan lin rnrn, Km in,; lii. I'aMui ; li" by , Hiirryiii; hone li.-u her work was done. Hi. human pn.-i'iiis iwiv ipiii-k to rise, An-! sini li fiirih mill h -nvaye orv, U nit t ii i v l la -tn.; fr.'iii Imth Ins .;.n, As li.-.liiiiiius tl.i h from Hi,-siiinm.'i- sky; li ilili r ,111 I n- lil, I his far,. M, ;,ovv, Ami ulli r Ih.. immMhi' tio would n, I 'vi-r th ' n ir.lmi. roinul mil! rniiinl. Itii'.-ikin his , sir, -in I ap, r tiiss, Traiiiplinu hi- nu'luiis into tliv k'-oiiii,I, I 'M i tur in ii s hivi' of I i, l.. aviii him ini-ry niul lm II-.- siun'. Wishing il 1, enw's in'i'k was wnmn. Till' lllnssi'. ni-,.w .III till' (J H',1'11 MM Tin-yiais wi n! hy with ihru- nnrk ami p'av. Tin. Imy. in ih - villai- nnnv strmn au.1 tall. Aii'l llii'ia. hairiil laiiii,.s p.i.surl ,nvay, Oni hy iini-us I - r.il li ivs Call: Hill llir hiliwav i nw ontliMl th,'in all. - rl,,t., ..-,?.,,., STORY OF SILENT JOE In tlir V" ir lii? n youii' man nann il Cliaili s Milli r li ft llaill'.iril, ( min., fur tin; wi-s. At I'.iiiralo li- f,! in wiili u man rilliiiL.' Iiiiii-i lf 1 1 i i Davison, mi'l tin1 two travi'lrl to Chira-io torllirr. Mill, r li.nl all, ml flOU in , ih with him, wliilo Davi-oti haii only a fi-w liilliinjs h-ft whi n tin y n ai In - 1 Cliicajo. Tins fi'i iin I ilil, mini Li'iiiii; In Colorailo, whilf t hi- lalli i', who sii.l In- was a liulrln r, ilrriili ,1 lo ivinain in Cliii a'.'o ami work at his truilo fur u t int.-. Tin y took ipial'tcl's tou'i'tlii-r in a i limp In.trl, llllil, to I'llllllrl ri-illli i' I'Vpi-llsi's, they Ol--( llpil ll Olll' III ll. n tin- iiiuht lirfon- Milh r was tu li hvo for tin; far w i-st, ainl as lin y wvr.' alimil ri-iulv to ;;u to In, I, In- took mil ami t'Ullllti'il his lllom-v. Hi' 1 1 :f I f '.".III. all, anil, know in,' luat his ronipanion hail I'lit a ilullar or two, In- li.in l.-.l him a $10 Hill. "I won't l iki' it from you i-xrcpt as a loan," faiil Davis .n. 'That's all riuht." n plii',1 .Milh r. '-I i-liall writi- you. ainl wln in vrr you can spare it you may viul it al nii;." "I'nil you ilon't knoiv nn-; w'i- havo In-ill top iln-r only a frw ilay.." "1 can ti ll a sipiar.- man on siyhi. u lliis in your walh l.'' Wluh' Milli'r was rolling up his money Davison out up anil passeil ln-hiinl him. All of a suilili n Miller lo.t ronsi iousiu ss. In the Mliiim -r of iMilii the writer was one of th'- inhabitants of a miniii!; ramp on the I'urtrat n-y liiver in soaiheiu t'olorailo. Hae ilay a temlerfoot reached our camp. II w is a vi-ril ilile s, an orow in general appe iranee. He hailn't li hliillini; in inoney nor an mime of outfit, niul when wo cain i In ipn-siion him it was iliscuvereil that lie w as only "half Hakeil." lle oaveliis ii'iim- as Joe, hut he ha'l notliiiiL; else to tell. When inUcil what his other name was, where lie eiiino from, how he rearheil u, A.,-. , lie lookeil from I'ai-e to face in a vacant way ami j-litnik his hinil. We were not the kiinl of nieii to turn a cliap like that loo-c' to He M-alpoil hy thu lmlians or tn perish of st o vation. We mad him wash up, put on the garments we conti iintleil, ami lifter lie had pit a sipiare meal he looked mid acted like a dilTereut man. One of my two tcntinatcx was mi old 'iircoii from Ohio, and, as we had roomy I lartert, he niLjested that we take Joe in. Tins suui;estion was adopted, ami lie was installed as cook an I laundry man. lie was a very williui; hand, and when Ids work at the house was finished lie stood ready to help us at the initio. .So far iim speech went, w e jut no more out of hiin after ii month than on the lirt day. llu called every meal supper. Hi! t-allud every iiiti-ln of w sh a shirt. Kvery day in the week was Wed nes lay to him. I could say to him, "Hi re, Joe, fetch a pail of water," and he would take tin- pail nnd hurry nwny, hut if 1 sai I, "Now, Joe, what State do j m hail fr, ni (" he would stand and otare at inu . I trouble, lie has received a Mow ri"ht hi re, and it pnti.ni of the skull is press' iny on the lirain. I'll w irraut he was as ipiick wilted as anybody before this hurt." "How lony .'I'o w is it inrtii led ;'' "A year or inure. An operation by a skilful sin-ycnii would restore him to his iil,l iiilinl." While tli.it in iy be so, the ch lin es for it wei Mivinely dubious. We were charit iblo as far us our nn ans would al low, but we were all poor. When Joe had been with us about two mouths a inner was on,' inyht rulibi.'d of li s luile hoard ; then a sreoud was robbed of his provisions ; a third had his revolver stolen ; and lio n cant" M us and de clared their belief thai our Joe was llu: iruilly pers in. W" c ould not believe this, but au'ttiid tn watch him. Tor several niyhts we took turns nt spviny, but, while he did not have the cabin, another theft w.i, conunitlel. I'm- a mouth we wei-e completely llps"l by the niysliiious iluiii;s arminl us. On I wo occa-ions Mime one pruw liuy liroiind at niyhl wa-t lited on, but he o,,t safely away. III spite of all we could say the suspicion kept yiowiuy that our Joe was the guilty party. We let men into th.. cabin tn see that lie did not leave his b,; l, but it so happened thai on those pariii ular nights no deviltry was Cum : hied. ll .v.i. s, ; r,,s..,l thai he be driven out of the c imp. and when we re filsi'd to counli-nuniv any sin h s, p, two thinls of ih . i utnp held aloof from ih, and reports wi re cin ulat" I lo our ib lii iiieiit. o .e in.ii ilia,; a miner, who was sup !,,, I to be the riihi-l man in the camp, was found wi llci'iny in his bluo I. He had iliscovi led a man in his t -1 1 1 the niyht before, and had btildly cliiti hed hint. In the slruy..:e he had been slabbed in three places, and was severely thotiirh not in, irt, illy wo i : i 1 d. The stir oeon was called lo dress his hurts, and in his presence mid (hat of a doen others the wounded m in declared that he had recoynii d his wuiild be assassin as our Joe. All i, I Us ha -l.pl soundly that lliht. and while we believed ill Joe's in nocence, we could not b.' positive that he bad not lift tin- cabin. The uiiiiers liii,, clod oil' work and wnl yio a liny around, and about l'l o'clock in the forenoon a rush was m tile for our cabin. They had determined to hany Jne. The throe of us out out our revolvers to defend him, and the auyry mob was held at bay on the slope for a few minutes. We had placed J o in-id", and had noticed that he did not - e a a bit alarmed. While we wit1 holdiuy the mob and parlcyino J io climbed oul of a window on the other side and was runniuy away when til y cauyli'. siyht of him. S.ich action seemed conclusive of his yuilt, and pur suit was instantly made and a hot lire opened. Joe ran straight for a clill about thirty feet hiyh, and as he reached the brink he threw up his arms and wont over. We picked him up olT the rocks below seeniinyly dead, and (he reveille of the crowd was satisfied. All hour later, when the surycoii announced that Joe st 11 lived, llu re was some yrowliuy, but no one intern red with us as ve bore the bruised and hrfikcii body to our cabin. It seemed to me (hat he was completely smashed, althouyh he had no laryo bones broken. On the third day after the accident 1 Joe opened his eyes, and we saw- that he J was conscious. Twenty-four hours later i he linked lie: suryeon where he was, what had occurred, and why Divison was not : there. Then we all knew that our Joe had ol his riyht mind back. It was a i week before we ipiestiom-d him. Then we learned all I told you at the otilsot. The last thiny he remembered was counliny that money in Chicayo. For : two years he had been like a man in his sleep. When the camp yot hold of all the particulars everybody was Miller's friend, mid particularly so as the real thief was finally discovered and punished, i Miller remained with us until spriny, and j then set out for tin- mines on the I'pper j Arkansas with some of our boys. In a ! ramp not twenty miles from us he saw! and identified Davison, who had been ' there for it year. The miners would havo ! lynched the fellow, but ho cut sticks too ' rapidly, mid a week later his dead body was found in n cjilch two or three miles ' away, where the Indians had tumbled it ; after securiny his scalp. -.W.' York Sun. I They are makiny an artificial litho graphic stone in Germany. M ini open moiiiii. i lie uiiiu-i'.s piaye l many a joke on him, and mhiio of I linn wen.' prelty rounli one., lint no one ever saw him h1'! mi-jry. When we found that ho would not answer ijtiestiuii.s put to him verliitlly, we tried him in writing. If, for instance, we wrotu the ipi'-ry; "Wh re do you live?" he would lake tin! pencil, its ifuhout tn reply, but lieforohn could make a mark tic idea would slip away from him, and ho would sadly shake sliis head mid turn away. One day, when he had lie n with us about six weeks, 1 end-rod the tent iiml saw the sutsr on t-ul I iiif Joe's hair, which wa-i vtv lony and unkempt. "Say, I'm riltl about this fellow,' nnnnunced the surgeon. "How " "Why, I've had an idea for a month past that In; lu-t his mem uy through some injury to his head. JI'Tc'sj (ho JKKAT WOltKS OF MAX. The hiyhest pyraiaid in existence ii Ive lm idled mid Iwcnly feet ill aeiyht. The walls of liihylon were three hundred and lilly feet hicji -slave la in ir. The temple of 11, bis at liaby'on is said to have been six hundred and sixty-six feet hiyh. St. Ivan's Tower, .Moscow, and the Chicayo Hoard of Trade are three hun dred feet hiyh. The tower of Mabel is supposed to havo reached the heiyht of six hundred and ciyhly feel. Tim hiyhcsi monument in (lie world is the Washinytuii, jvu hundred and lifty I ve feet hiyh. The hiyhesl btiildiiiy ill th" world is the spire (u St. I'etel's C.lUI'cll, U Ulle, live liuudred mid ci'diteeu feet. The c;reate:.t fortress in the world from ! a s-.raleeical point of view is the famous ' slioiiyhold of liibialtar. ll occupies a rocky pi-nitisula jut liny out into the sea, , about three miles lony and Ihreeipiarters of a ill i I' wide. The hiyhesl monolilh is Ihe obeli' l at ! K irnak in l-'ypt. The obelisk is as- cribed to llalasit, sister of I'haraoh j 'I'n.il limes III., w ho reiyued about llibil H. I'. Tile whole leiiylh is one hundred and twenty-two feet, and ils weight four hiiudred tons. Tile laiyest library is the llibliolheipiu National in I'aris, foiindi'd by I. mis XIV. ll coiilaiiis l. III, llu,) volumes, IMIO.IMII) pamphlets, ;.1,iiiii ni'iiiii.i-i-ipts, lluil.iioil maps and cliarls, and I jo ini I cuius and medals. The cullccliuns and ctiyraviiiys exe cd l,:lU0,ll(ll), cotllai 1 ill siilue HI,. mio voluniev The First Turnpike. In the time of I 'aai les II. restrictions wi re laid on the weiyhl of c irriayes and their contents by liiniliuy the number of ill t le by w hich tin y luiylit be ilravn; power has yiveu to raise an assessment fur the re pa is of the roads, and the plan of iinposiny lolls beyan to be adopted. From this time we beyin to hear of turn pikes, and as time went on tiiinpike acts were pissed and turnpike roads beyan to be talked about. With iin teased t la Mil an. I belter toads the saye wayoll le. paced llu pnkb u-se in the cunveyanee ol ineii hatnlise the hu-..'e tilted way ii that survived nil railway Iim -s, with its six or ciyhl sleek lior-es, tie- sin ill w iy oiii r ridiiiy his cob by llu-si b-of il, lloiirishiuy his lony co l whip, ax the road wound through tin.Iiil.it iny yrouiid with coriili. lds and pastures, still mostly nn inclosed, and by ways brauchiiiy oil' with way posts, al Ihe j 1 1 1 i lion pointiny to Koine villaye w hose -pile shows over ihe hi Iside. In the year I M7 the system of cillcctiny lulls was cxlendid lo the great roa Is in all diivctiuus, and the cus tomary statute labor was appropriated entirely to the cross or country roads. This d ile matks the beyiiminy of the era of s( aye c laches, mid the full dcvclop inei' t of an oiyaiii.' d system (,f pusliny frin sta;e to staye alony the public 1'"a'1-- IV "'i-1'"'" roa isof Kay- laud beyall to lollse lh louse tin woinler an. 1 1 nw I other nations, la i-',,ii,ee esp-cially, ju t bef ne the levolutionai v era, th loads were execrable, and the few public coiiv -vano s clumsy and badly horsed. Kvoi vthiny had tn yive wiyto cipiipayes of tin- yiand seiyiu urs, and the starviny pea -suit ry Were drayyed from their sloppy li Ids to draw the yil, led coach of the Maiipiis or C iiint out of the ipinyiuircs of the public road. .1 (U, Y, u- l!'in.l. Fish l.t'iive n Iry Cr.-ck. Dr. Henry .Mown-, of lliylilaiul Park, III., tells the foilowiny yarn, mid the Chicayo Xnr voa' In s for its truth: "About a half-mile west of my place is a little stream which became stocked in some unaccountable manner with yiiiiie lish this spriny. About a week ayo the creek ran diy, and last Friday in.'i niny, while 1 wn4 niakiuy an early hunt for a bee tree I km-w to be m ar, I noticed soinethiii wriyyliny in th" yrass. 1 tii.ide an investiyalion. and si, a li s of old Ike Walton! what did I see but a whole yany of prime trout niakiuy tracks across the country for the laki 1 ran and yot a bay and yathered in a choice one hundrcl and fifty of the speckled beauties without payiuy any attention to the rive hundred bass, pickerel, and cat tish tin t were luistliny acrossthe meadow. A few rods further on I struck a wide trail leadiny from the creek to the lake, and, follow iny it up, I yot tu the .shore: nist in time tu see a biy school of bull- heads tuinbliny yleefully into the surf. That's e ll liuly the most wonderful thiny I ever saw. I understand how tho li-.li yot alouy throuyh the fields by ilrinkiuy the dew, but how tiny ever (-limited the picket fences and crossed the Northwi'-tem track beats my time." Not hi ni; to Say. Smith I sav, lliown, what is vour opinion ol lir. I eili-t as a physician; Iirowii - I would rather not say, , Smith. I may be prejudiced ayainst 1 li i in. and 1 wouldn't like to do t he fellow , any injustice. j Sinit.i Then you have employed him ' profession -illy .' Hrow -ii No; l ut a rich old aunt of i mine did. Smith -Cured her, Isuppisci j Hrow ll Vi s. Acie York Sun. CIIIMriaVS I'OI.I'MN. -viiiiiIh-i Our. "I tell you," s-ii l Hubbie, cniin his a"h, And K'vhi his sisler null", 'I believe in the i I ii'il sin inn thai eaeh Slioiil l look out for ininili'i-one.'' 'Why, yes," answered Katie, wise little elf, "Hut the i iiillitin should lie bi kini With the other one instead of yourself, And h" should lie number one.'' limr rs I,'. Tullml in ,sy. A'neio.q. Vt luil Ihr Fowls llil. f.itlle Maiv Dale, who lived in l.on- j don, had b, i it very ill. Shu was nine. I years old, lull so .small I In T aye, you would si aroe'.y have i: eii hel to bi; j Seven. I She had yiuwn so pule mal thin that I tho iloelor said she mu-t ne taken away I into the coiiliy or she wind. I not yet 1 well. Si lur in annua had some pretty I p nk print fl ocks and a sun bonnet made, i and took In r to a larye farmhouse, Here she slayei pre..! deliehl was all the summer. Ib-r to feed the fowls an 1 lin ks, and the little llull'y i hick. lis. oh, liow ph ased she was one day to Iiml a lies( full ol l.ilje bliiisbdoukiny cy:;.s which I'l'loiiynl to Mi-. Din k. And now I am yoiuy t . t . ' I y u soim iliiny I am afraid you will ha illy be I c". and yl it is ipiite ti-,1". A woman was i ab hiny fowls to send to market, and Moy, of ionise, was hi Ipiny her, mid I Inoi-ylii it yr.-at Inn. Th" woman ynelnr two live fowl. In hold w hile she i aii-jlit smue inoie. Maiy held thelll Vi'tv tlyhtly I'V ihe eys) olll ill each hand. Tin y stniyyh d hard to yet fre-; at la-l lin y Hut ti led mid spread oiil their winy, so mm li that they aetu nlly lied, takiny u-y with lliein, liyhl over a low wall into a little li. Id In vond. Mary was not hurt, nm even mm h fliylll.'lled, but si, stan!,,! that she let yo the fowls. They were very niiieli alarmed, and you mav be sure took i an nul lo be cauylil ayain that il ay. t.WU A tVouilri-l'til I'ai-l'ol. One of Ihe nio-l wonderful pnrrots in the world belotiL's to a writer in the H o.' .If .(.' . Tin! parrot's lir-l speech was "low du you do, I'ollie."' iiocoin panii d by a soleinu Imw ; then "liood by" in every shide of lone; then "Il il lua!" ill a hail-fellow well-met Myle; then "I'l-ek-a-boo '" he.iddown ill lildiny mid evident i n j i v 1 1 1 1 1 1 of the spurt. Then she would call Ihe doy, and add "Come, little doy," lallyhiny heartily at his bew ihb riiieiil. An ilderly yenlle man al llu- house would yet ready I'm tow n, and lull iny al tin parlor door, say, "Well: Hood by, I'ollie;" she would view him from In ad to fool criti cally mid leisurely, ihen in a satisfied lone reply "(loud by, I'a." The Is it t-ii would put his paw into hel ia;e and touch her; one day she held a piece of cake out as far ,'.s she could teach by pres-iiiy her body ayaiusl tin bats, iind said "II- re, Tutu-Friday," llu cat's name. When the loiehliyht pro-ei's-iou passed she would yive three cheers and a tiy r with yieat effect ; mid I !,,, , (,.,. .plS riny she call ..,,, i( ,,;,,,!,, v , talk s,. I, File!" I .'" she ' "All .i n,, ,...,.;., ..X' rj , ,- ,.,k , o hl. Fourth of July is her day of joy. When a terrific icporl conies "Hurrah!' says I'oMie, "Thorn yoes another." A friend w ho has a hearty I uiyh and a way of siyiny, "That is i fact," when any thiny is told her as such, sat down by I'ollie sityitiy, "Well, I'ollie, I think you are a beauty, but your pbunaye is more beautiful than your d sp i.itioii." " That is a fact," retorted I'ollie and lauyhed loud and lony. "Taffy." -he said to my do r, "you act like a fool." "Where did you yet your I 'oil I'.ii rot. " she said to me one day, nnd wailed I. r mi answer. She playe 1 with a litlh . liina doll for a year or more; hushed il, whipptd it hy banyiny it ayaint her beak, sayiny, ' Slop! stop! naiiyhly IVIlie; nauyhty I'ollie! stop!" O clay she held it off in rcproffmid said in deep soleinu tones, "I'ollie! I'ollie! I'ollie!'' cyiuy il sternly ull the time Trt'iiii'iuluiis Hailstones. Samuel Hakcr s.is in a letter from , O.atk County, Mo., to the New York S't. i : 1 read in the of hailstones in Texas as larye as walnuts, Hut have not seen anythiiiy in it about the hailstorm in Oark county, Missouri, which lasted about half an hour As it was so extra ordinary you oityht to know of it. The hailstones broke throuyh roofs i f three layers of shinole-. 1 saw some of the i holes niysell, mid the hailstones drifts from two to four feet di , p in places, and had not all melted two weeks ' a terward. Col. W. A. Love, late liep resenlative of Oz irk county, picked up one which measured ciyhteen inches arou id. Mr. S. Turner, merchant and Postmaster at Aiuo, Douylas county, Missouri, rode over to where the storm was on the Sunday afterward, ami took some home, and one weiylu d over one pound. Three deer were killed nnd sonic slock criiip'cd. A Tcsl of Sti euyllt. Physician (lo convalescent i --You feel ptroii.yer, do you not' Convalescent- -Oh, yes, doctor; verv much slronyer. I'm sirony ciiouyh now for almost anylhiny. Physician -Then 1 will send in my bill. PLAXTSjniAT I'AT. liome Forms of Vcrji-iotion with an Appt'ttte. Iuterestinir Spucies of Plant tint Oitch Tlios and MiiHijuitoes. Ainony the many rare mid intercstiny plants foriniiiy the collection in the llotaiiicul liardeti at Washiny Ion there has recently been yot together mi almost complete set of insi elivorolls plants, so called from their beiny so const rui'led as to attract insects, c apture th, in in various ways and feed upon them. A few of these plants have been gathered from their nai ive habitat i in Ihe swamps of North Carolina mid California, and others have been scut from India, Australia and Madagascar. Perhaps the best known of the yroitp, and i ll linly Ihe most wonderful plant in tin- whole veyclabie kinydoin is D oince niusi ipul i, coiumonly know n as on-' I'ly Trap. The haves vary from one to six inches lony, and nl the extremities arc place I two blad s or claspi'i-s, iheshipeof which may be said to resemble two hands placed lo-jelher between the palm- and ill" xx lit-, and the liiiyei s held back ward -. Tie- pa ins of the hands rcpn-si m the inner wall, of the trap, w bile the liny. is i pn-.i-iit the maiyiual hairs or teeth. On tlieiuinr walls of the.e da-pel s theie ue plai i d six ii rilablu hairs, any one of which I, ceiviny the sliyhtest t ,on Ii frmu mi iii-ci l is slllli' ielll lo briny the two blade. In. ether with such rapidity as to preclude liny pos-ibiliiy uf the y c-capiny. A correct idea of how the trap doses mi its victim may be obtain, ,l bv brinyiiiy the two hands rapidly loyelln i, the I'm ye is of the one beiny firmly pre i d between those of the other. This plant readily discriminate-! between animal mid other matter; thus if a siual! slmie or piece of wood be dropped into (he imp, it will instant ly clo.e, but as s,ni as il has I'mind out its mistake, and it only lak, s a few ininiih s, it beyius to iinl.'l I its trap and Ihe piece of wood or smie falls mil. On the other hand, should a piece of beef or a blue bottle y be placed ill il, il will remain firmly closed until every panicle of oryauic mat er is ab-mbid throuyh the leaf. It will Ihen Uliforid ils, If and is ready lm- another meal. Next in illlelest i ,,i, s Sail leellia purpurea. This species is populail.v and most appropriately called ' Whiskey Simp,'' as il victims by inloxiea'.ion. shop is shap d ; fler the house, with ih" entrance he Vey, table aplurcs ils The entire maniii r i il a projei l iny a wav round the little over tlio rim. brim of Ihe cavil v lln re ar, in. ue ll-, tiiimbcr of honey ylainls, which the in Ihleiicc of thu sun biinys iniu ailive operation. This sweet s n t inn ai ts as a lure to pa-siny insects, ami I le y are pretty sure, should they collie within its ilillileliee, to aliyht on tl ill-iib- cdye and tap the in i tar, They, however, re main llnre but a brief period, as there is soincthiiiy lii.ue substantial inside the cavity in the shape of an intoxii iliny liiplid, which Is distilled by the plant. The way down to this In veraje is straight; there is no cr issiny .vi r, as the eulrauce is paveil with innuuii lable line hairs all pointiny tothe liotimn, mid should tho lly walk crooked, ils feet be conic cutaiiyled in thein. W hen tin- llv has had ils litst nip, it doe-i not st,,, and Hy riyht mil, as it could do, but it in dulycs until it is more than "half seas over;" it then come; stayyi-riny up and reaches that portion where lie ha is be yin; here ils pioyn s, outward is stopped owiiiy to the points of the hairs beiny placed ayainst it. The lly i, now in a pitiable pliyht ; it attempts to u-e its winys, but in doini; , only hastens its own destruction ll ineit:ibly leaches the bottom, yets immersed in the liipiid and dies drunk. Another species, which, were it plenti ful, would prove a boon ami a bh iny toman, is Drosera dull,, I,, in i, ihe mils iuitocati h 'I'. It yrow -about ..in- foot hiyh, and as its -p. i iii, u une implies, the leavcs.after reachiny a eel lain heiyht, bifurcate into lony narrow spalches, which are densely covered with club tipM-d, rose colored hail', each of which is covered with a briyht yummy sub stance. This, dui'iny sunshine, yives to the plant a most inayuilieeiit appearance. This curious plant would seem to have yreat alt la, ti, ins f,u the iiiii-,iiit,i, ,, if a plant be placed in a room whi le lin y abound, all of ihe tioiibli som" p. ss will, in a brief pel iod, be in its deadlv cinHrace, at tiist struyyliny to disiu tany'e a ley or w iny, anon tindiny itself moro and more within ils toils. Ii is mo-t interestiny to walch the melhod bv which it secures its prey. Immediately the fly aliyhts on the leaf, ii may be that only one of its six leys slick to the sweet, viscid substance al the extremity of the hairs, but in struyyliny In free itself it invariably touches with its leys or winys the contiyuous hairs, and is immediately fixed. The hairs meantime are not idle; beiny sensitive, they slow ly bill surely curl round mid draw their victim into thi! very centre i f the leal, thus Ininy ny il into coiit.n t w ith the very short hairs, which are placed there in order to facilitate the procis of siickiny Ihe life blood from the body. This inleresliny plant is, besides a b-w others, very ditli Oalt to cultivate. Kv, n after imitat iny nature as closely as possible, the plants tiaivc but iudillereiitlv. A Train's 1 nsl Trip. t Lew Silence is une uf th" veteran pas- Sl'llyer conibl' tuls on the New Yoik di vision of the Pennsylvania railmad. II"' runs the ?.:i'l o'clock train from I'iiila- : lielphi.i to New Yoik i very inoiniiiy. The other day In- pulled a lil t le note. book mil of his pocki ; and, tiiruiny to .luiie :;, said : j 1 made that mem iraudiiiu -i years : ii.yo. That was the I i-le-l run ever made j on the .New York division of the I', nil sylvania railroad from Philadelphia to New York -ninety l wo miles in ninety threi; niiiiules. The train made I hive stops and seven slow-ups. There was only one car and an enyiiie. Toe car Was tilled with pa-sey. S from llle West, mid I ran the train. There had li 'i n a I storm up in the Stale the liiylil before, and mi th.-middle division of the main line, between 1 1 in i l hi i or and Alto int. a biy tree blew across the Irii k. I think it Was ill the l,. wi-lo ll lll'.iW-. I'll" I i-l line, a. I In- train wis tailed, w.i- four hour- and ihirly-oii - minute, lab- w In n il yol to Philadelphia. ,,-l i . tn tak" ihll.C pllsseliycl's l'l N'eW V I k .1 - 1 1 1 i Is as an enoiue eoiild 1 01 1 1 a i ii. I'll" whole in. i, wa- cleared lor iny liain We WI III so fsl h , tl'lejr i! ,,, look, .1 Ilk" l.iolhpiik- and h"U-e. lib- -oap boxes. Oni- mile was iii ide iii foily -i second-, another mile in loity-sev.n s e. on, I-and a tlmd mil,-in I . 1 1 -1 , . iind-. Win n we weal down the hill at Mmlo Park, we traveled three miles at ill" lite of s.-vetlty I i-y hi miles nn hour aroiiiiil curves mi I mi th" -1 1:1 i li I link. If a m in ha I pin his le a I oiil of a win dow he would have h.-l hi- lm .ill Tll ll'- the lii.-to-y of the I -t. s( lull eVer made on iheNe, Yoik diw-ioti. I've been on some piilly fast Irani-, but that beat- thelll all. I I'lb ll see stone, in Ull! newspapers about fa-l mils 1 1 . i . 1 - on We-li in roads, but win n you i one- lo ride iiine'y two miles in ninety-1 hie min utes, ihroiiyh a thickly seltled e .utniy like I luil I. el w a en t h is i i I y a nd New York, why. it's fast lidiny, beeall-e all ellyillcer has to slow up yoiny thiiiiiyh every biy town. Still, we went throuyh lilialnli that day runniuy lil'ly ei-.dil miles an hour. 11,-ai s in .Maine. A colli-p-.n,, III of the New Yolk '"! write-: There an- si cral bi-ai cubs in various -ion s aboitl .,w n, i ay. d up in little d'-iis. and tin y an- a yreat adver tiseiui in (or their owners. . l ,u . ,,i is probably the di"lle-t ..iiny animal alive. Tin y play all son- of funny an tics and attract more custom than a lot tery. I know of a le-laiiraiit which iniin bets a pel cub am hi y its allr o lion-, an 1 that bear is a hull in.a to Ihe bar. ll h is learned to drink beer, eat pie, and play with the customer's doys. Once in a while it escapes mid yets up tac street a little way and seem- ipiit sad at beiny recaptured. A prr of these pla - fill Ut ile fellow - have j'l-l be. II sold to the I'liiled Stale- S, Idlers' lluu al l',ouis I'm only $:!!. The Maim- bear i tin- yetoiiue bl n k -. the -he, p, I nub and calf-eater. lb- nev er bothers -I 111 III Unless prov.'ked lo liyhl. ami then In- i- ,,n uyly i u-l'Uiici to )- t. They .ire pretty well thiiined mit in the western part ol tin- Stale, but I have often , id ihi ui within twetit noli ol ll.inyor. 'I .n y are tin- t, nor o t . i 1 1 r, but the ilebyht of sporl-m it, and, while many a llm k of nice sheep are eaten up, it is no uneoinnion siyhl I a nn . :lmi or loll p.. under huiiy up aloii '-iile ol beef aiid mutton in the li inyor in n k"! 'r- . A:i Aniei iean Ai nu in 1777. Here is a pi, lute ..f one of ih. u at Valley Forye: "His bare feel p, , p j throuyh his woriioiil shoe,, his ley- mar- I h naked from llu- lail, i, , t . in du, of ; an only pair of -tocktuys, his lec hes Hot cnouyh to cover 1 1 1 - nake lu,--s, his : shirt hanyiliy in str'mys, his hair dis- hevelcd, hi- f -, w in and thin, his look luinyrj, his w Imli appi .n aiu-c that of a m ill forsaken and lu-ylecled." And tho snow wa- '. liny! This e ,.ii" of tho private-. The .-lb . fs wi iv si an , l In t ter I'll'. One wa- wr ipp.d "in a soil ol i dlessiny yowtl III I'll ol all old blanket or I woolen I nd i o v a r. " ih 1 uniloruis were' tol ll and rayyed; the yiuis wen ru-tv ; a lew only had bayonets: the soldier-car-tied their powb i in Iin b.." an I "W liorus. ' The horses died of starvation, and the nn n hai lie-si ,1 I In iiiseh is o lur k- and , sleds, haiiliny w laud prm i-imis liom storehouse io but. Al one lime there : was not a lation in i amp. .i-hinytoii seieil llu peril w Ilh a sirotiy hand and ; coinpillid the people in the inanity : about, who had bull si Iliny to the j llriti-h army at Philadelphia, to yive up their stmes l-i tic- patriots at Valley I Forye. V. A . ,....(. I Choosing liet ween 'I'no K.Tils. "Mov iny ayain, eh f W hat's ihe matter ! wilh your bo ndiny place this time,'' i "Well, you know I told you about the ' torture I endured in the last place;" ! "Yes. A famdy with twin buy. : babies, both tot thiny." "Yes. Well, I jllst yot settle 1 down ' in a new place ina nice room riyht next to the parlor, when I he lui'liaily I moseyed in a yiand piano, backed it I riyhl up ayaiusl mv. wall, mid y ive all the boarders the ptiviloyc of ttsiny it." "Where are you yoiny now;" I "Hack to the babies." CI,,,;,,., SU.K lAtv'n MniriiPt. Not that I love life's troubles iimf eliayrins iu I iniy unto this mortal splice; Hut I h iv li ieinls Hint are lo nn- so ilear Alooi fioiu thein death e'en in lif begins, oh. I would have mv love I one, ever near, Wh- i'e I can see lli"ir fin es, Icnr their ..peel.: N ir liiiisli 'i- pi'iiai I n- my eiirlhly sins Than endless .severance eoiil l our pulpits leach. i:is" eoul, I I oft, hard baltliny in Ih" world Weleoine, yea ei -ave for, Ut'alli'mvoi lastin truee: lb joi e tosi" llie ho-tile bullllel'S fill',' 1. My wi'iipun- broken and no more of u.c; And li do vii calmly in my liiinl tenl. Snfe fr uii the sli il'.-s Hi itom e my spirit rent. 7".o,' IbllMllll in fc I'll II nl. nnii.Kois. A drink for the s'u k -well water. Those who toil and spin -The bicycle riders. Ihe ynat woman ipiestion "What did - I,. Ii iv ;" A K in a- cyclone is spok' ll "f which ".a- -o Pii ifu in in fury I hat it bb vv all lie keyhole- ,,, ,,- ,1,,, doors. All oleei vaill vviiler -ivs tin t lew lll'-ll know v, hat to do with then linuds. They sln-uld - ll- i lie tu to -oni.- nice yil I. A cynic d old bnhi lor -ay,; ' Ideal are I ke I. . aid-. In n only yet thein when tleyaie yiown up, mil vvolii.ii li'-vei h.o, c any. "I'or a yoiiny woman to bey ill tobm-h Iii'- du-t off a oiiny man'- co; i" i, said to be tin I'u-t syiuploiii thai tin- youii man is in pel il. Tin vv hale i, a '.r.ii ni b! Id miiina', we nn- i.ild. and In- n sembli s a small bo.v in another particular, le- is very III ui h yiv il to blubber. A lillle yill Was silliny at a table op- po-ito ii :o i, linn. in vv ith a waxed iicui.. i n he. After yiiiuy at him for several in nl - she i xelaii I, "My killy has cot w 1,1 ki t-, Inn." I.iyhl niny -I ruck a luii .v lu re sunn' of Wayin a'- mii-ie was beiny reinlercil, and tlieleadci of the urclieslra lm rely motion,-, In llu- man at lie biy drum to hit it more yeiitly the m-xt lime. "Why, F lanky, "cm laiined a mother at the suininer boaidiuy house. "I never 1, ii- xx von to ask lor a second piece of pil ot home." "I knew 'iw.ui't iiou-o," -aid I'r.uiky, a-, In- proceeded with his pie. at ill L' . Wild Hunters. One traveller tells of haviny w itnessed lie- pursuit and destruction of a laryi? leopard by a pack . f wild doys. Whether r not l!i" doys had s. t out with ihe it, t'lltiui of cipliili-y the leopard, llfl i ."i d le I I. il. lb- -aw tin I i -tart up the "l-i-.'t cat i l a low junyl . The I- opai',1 in el, ii icll'oil at litsi to liyhl off il- u--ail ml.-;; but W illi a 8 'iies of pro-d'-yi-'iis prints, s . uu ht sheltor in llm only r-lil.c ihe plain allolded a treo vv hi' h ll id part iall v fallen. Tli' ie llie limit i ' 1 hea-t ,-tood, snailiny oni yi'ow 'iin; ilia in iinier tint Would have Iriyhtene I oil' any oidinaiy loo. The sav aye ilo.'S. however, never Insi- I it'"l a moment, but w.lh ayiic b aps rati up the -lopiny trunk, and yiivu instant battle t" i!n ir furious yauie. One ulter .mother, tin doys were lm i b" I back.caeli siroki of the Pi ii I lo paw inikiuy one loe tic le-s. Yd liny tioiliiuieil to throw lie iii-i Ives ayainst the iiiiaycd eiealui", until, vveiii- d b the contest ai ! Wounded in lilly places, it f, from til" III". Wlnll. -till slrnyyliliy, it w.n ipiickiy t"i n I" piei i -. ll iiiu-t not I., -upp I, leovi vi-r, that tin- wild doy ii-il iliy n l . as toiini dablc yanie as the leopard A she p fold is always an atliacti. ni too Lie.it fm llm vv ild doy to pa-s. And liow, all, t alliny this vv ild hunt er a do.:, I -hall have to say thai il is not a "'j. al a'l, but is on'.v a sort of con-in I" ihe doy, and r ally a nearer 1,1 ilive of th" hyena, llioii;ii it rcsem. bl. s both animals as to have ya'in d tho n nm -of hvi ni doy. lis si icti! i tic natuo is I, ;,..,, ,-..,,. ....- and In sj e, the I WO i , miiiii, -ii iiain. s already im iii loin d, it has II lit a ioe ni" re s. , The li lyle niul the Tortoise. An c.iyle once se cl a lot oils,., call led it to a yn at heiyht in Ihe air, and Was al oiil to h i it lall. Hut the lolbu-i', I ikiny in the situ itiun and s, i'my thu caylc'- lliiyh wilh his mouth, ipiietty remarked: "V"il ur,1 siuli a deliyhtlul c..iii, inioii that I (oiildn'i think of pal t iny wilh vmi Mi. Now, il I were a bet liny man, I'd wa:;ir two ilollais that yon will lake mo I i the yroiiud mid sit toe dow n yeiilly lly the way, what do you lliink ol x iv isccl ion. ;"' When tho caylc had di p ,-ited his burden with lov iny yelitli in s, oil theylasshe soared away, a son r but a wiser bird. Moial: This fable (caches how foolish it is lot a conductor loliy to put a pas scnyer oil a train when he has a free pass. - I.. IV. j Kecpiny AlirriiNl of the Market." j Possible Cii-tnim-i- What does a first ' lass luiier.'.l en t, Mr. Lay einoiil ; Mr. I.ayeinoiil t uiideiiakci ) Why, ' none of your family are dead, me thcyl P. C. No, not vet ; but the old lady has bmiyhl a kerosene stove, Johnny' yot a new bicycle, and my oldest , liailyhter is k cpiny compiny with a I Pittsbury dude who carries a bait triyyer j pistol. It's well etiouyli to keep abreast of tin- market. - ,in.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 5, 1886, edition 1
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