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-!5-iT'- Sljr ittljatljaw Hccorb SI)c t)atl)am Uetora AJ Yf II. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, RATES OF ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- $1.0tf One square, two insertions - - 1.50 One square, one month - 260 For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will be made. Cue copy, one year -One copy, months . On" copy, three months . - $2.00 - $1.00 - - f0 vol. x. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVEMBER 24, 188?. NO. 12. 1 m ill r i ii 0 , t$T I On Soldier's Love. t was in an ancient country, Faraway leyond the sea, Ami a swallow at my window T"M Hi ' story unto mo. There was onee a pretty peasant, Kairot face ami flaxen-tressed; And a j;ay and handsome- soldier In a rout of scarlet dressed. Taj-piiv-r " itl1 :l j,,we,ei1 Anger, I ii.lit 'y on llif window-sill, K er.v v. lure I o," lie murmured, TeiidT;.,.l-ii!tvs liauut me still. a l.'d.v at tlio palace Hatha Cue m fair as you, ,r a waist so trim and slender, y.v hn eye so darkly blue. s r,,'r shall the azure brightness 'i tlii- word bo dim with rust .s.w.t. r v:all I kneel fr mercy 1.. a foemui in Ihe dust, Thau 1 e'er ihould cease to love3ou. 1 had never loved before; t hers were but passing fancies, 1 will leave you nevermore." Put this roldier came no longer Win n the snow began tt fall, And they hid the pretty peasant An I h'T woe, beneath a pall. Sli'i the village maids in summer ttvw her grave with willow-leaves And the swallow, still returning, builds beneath the broken eaves. In the Su;th. among the roses, Vowiu;: still, with jaunty air, End!- s 1 e for jetty lashes, Krdhs love forgoMcn hair, Kis-ing vow a sill; en ringlet, K.-epiug n-w a dainty glove, l.i.;ht of I out the s-ddier lingers Light of heart and light of love. iMinnie Irving. TWO MOTHERS. M'.; vVy, t li ii lie ! I shall expect yen pre' i y t ii ve ! ' Mi. i -i! !' k w: d hi glove back-w:r-l t iv aid lis wife as he ran down th- -t.p. an I walked briskly to the tie-t ( i :r. ili.'te to await a down town ear. M: V."ti rook stood on the steps for a mi iHc or two, looking 1 light and t:ii:i i ; li i ! ai i gi:v;ham morning dress, with it llu:.cl ruffles, and the bow of Mir iil'!o:i at her throat, while her w!.it iiin looked as fresh as if it had iu-t ionic from the laundry. .?' t opp it.', an elegant little eoupj waiti'i at the d or of a brown sto-.ie jii.it -! iii and pivse itly a superbly die d lady cam: out, dressed in furs, satin-, and velvets Mrs. Draiae, by name and tU.red it. 'she i going to the morning con ceit at Taiubu-b.i's," thought Mrs. West brook, as she watched the equipage drive away. "Ah, what a slavery is fashionable life!" Mr. Westbrook, however, thought u:i rent ly, as the lady ia question whirled pat him, with a gracious in (iin itioa of her h?ad, and a smile that faded almost instantly away. 'I widi Katie's taste i ran, a little more ia that chanucl," said he to him self. "Kiitii; is real.y getting to bo a mere domestic machine." While he stood there, waiting for the dilatory ear, two little children ran down the street - a boy and a girl, Willi- ami Eflie Draine. Mr. West brook knew thr-m by sight. Th-y were magnificently attired in ft ills, flounce and rich embroidery, but tle.-y looked blue and cold, nevertheless. 'Children,'' sail Mr. Westbrook, "where arc you going? Where is your Mirsei" "Bridget has gone down in the kitch en to talk with her beau," said Eflie, in a shiill, delimit tone. "Does your mother allow you to go (nit so, without anything on your head-?" asked Mr. West brook. "Mother dn't care," Willie made answer. "Mother says 'Go away and don't bother me.' "' "Well, ncv r mind that," said Mr. Westi rook, net altogether satisfied with the testimony lu was elicit iag. "Go back home at once! ' ' I won't, vou ugly old man!" retorted i;ni '. ' Mind your own business," added Ai:ii "We'll go where we phase." bt-t th.-n the car came along, and Mr. Wi 'tl-rook, already delayed, sprang on the 1 :ek platform and dismissed all th light of the young rebels from his li!i:;d. 'Katie," raid he, that night, when he l a ' returned from business, "why is it 'hat you do not go out a little more, !i!'y'iir mi :hbor, Mrs. Draine?'' Mrs. Wis: brook laughed. She was 'I' -MMg her youngest child, a chubby i:t'le erea: ure, with blue eyes and hair wi ling in tin v lings close to its year-old Lead. 'cause," said she, "I cai't do two ihings at one," "Mow do you mean two things at "iuv; I don't undeisland?" "iVrhips I had better have said half iido.en," said .Mrs. West brook. "Mrs. Draine leaves her children to the care of servant. I could not do that, Mrs. Draine sends them away from her when h y come with wistful looks and piteous, ' Mr-stained face, bit'? says she has not Jim.- to do a nurse's work. Oh, Charles, ! you suppose my child could ever iippeal to me in vain?" "There is some truth and common H-ase in liar view of the matter," said Mr. We-tbr ok,to himself, "but j think fch? could 'put on more style,' a? the jjty'mg is." "Katie," he continued aloud, "I didn't mean that to hold up Mrs. Draine as aa example in all respects, but ia th matter of appearances, don't you think you could follow some of her ideas and profit by them?" "Charlie! If I were to conduct oui household after the style of a woman in her position, you would be bankrupt in no time. Her husband can pay for nurics, carriages, and so on; ho can af ford her extravagences, where, were his income less, it would be au insufferable burden to him. On the other hand, 1 try to obey the dictates of my heart and be a mother to our dear children. I teach them to look to u? with respect and get love in return. I share their joys and sorrows and they confide all in me, and we arc happy. I ask no morj happiness. You are doing all that you can on a limited salary. If I kept house as Mrs. Draine does, everything would be at sixes and sevens." "What a very common expression, Katie." "Hut it mcaus so much, Charles." Mrs. Westbrook was in her nursery a few minutes later, when the one little maid whom she kept, came hurrying up stairs, wiping her hands on her checked gingham apron. "Ma'am," said she, breathlessly eager to communicate her news, "here's a dreadful thing!" "What is it, Lizzie?" asked her mis re ss. "Mrs. Draine's nurse has just been over, ma'am, a-crymg and a-takiu' on dreadful. The poor dear childreu is lost !' "Lost! In a city like this! Impossi ble !" "But they is, ma'am. There ain't nothin' been seen of 'cm since nine o'clock this morning. Bridget supposed they'd nin after their mother's carnage --and Mrs. Draine, she supposed they were safe at home with Brilget and now they ain't nowhere! And Mrs. Draine she's a-goin' into hysterics awful and Mr. Draine swearing lit to take the top of the ceiling off.'' "Poor creatine!" said Mis. West brook, softly and arm ia arm with her husband she went over to the state!' Draine mansion to offer her sympathy and assistance. 3lr. Draine's teeth were set together his eyes were blazing. "It's what we might have expected,'1 he aid, "neither more nor less! My wife gave up the cave of little ones to hirelings, and they have proved as mo-t woithy of trust as we might have known! Louisa," to his wife, "if any thing serious has happened to our chil dren the blame will lay at your door." "Herbert, how can you be so cruel so heartless," sobbed Mrs. Draine. But at this moment a face looked in at the half-open door a face so white and ghastly, so full of unexpressed honor, that Mrs. Westbrook involuntarily held her breath. The man beckoned to her. "You arc a friend of the family?" "I have come to sec what good I could do," she hesitatingly answered. "Perhaps, then, you can break the tidings to the poor woman," he whis pered. "There are two children at the Grand Western depot badly hurt and from the descriptions telegraphed to the pi dice stations, we fear they are the lost children of this Mr. Draine. They had stolen into a freight car, and there fallen asleep and on being suddenly roused and sent out by a car loader, wandered, in their bewilderment, directly across the track of an incoming engine, just survive long; the other is also seriously if not fatally injured. They are bring ing them here on stretchers; they will probably be at the door by the time you can prepare the mother's mind a little for the shock. That hour's work was the hardest and bitterest that Kate Westbrook ever did! "Don't bring them near mo! I can't bear to look at them ! I have killed them!" wildly Availed Mrs. Draine and it was Mrs. Westbrook's tender arms that lifted the bruiied and dying little oe.es into their cribs, so soon, alas! to bo vacant, Mrs. Westbrook's hand that held the draught to their parched lips. So they died, and the great house was desolate and alone. "Katie," said Mr. Westbrook, the next day, when he saw his wife among her little ones, serene, loving, -eves quick to heed their baby wants, "you are tight about a mother's duties. God preserve us from everdrinkingthe bitter cup that has been held to Mrs. Draine's lips." And Katie murmured: "Amen!" New York News. The New Seieiicc of Palmistry. Material hand Palm cool and firm, fingers apart. Means danger to the small boy. Masculine hand Fingers closed, thumb turned in, knuckles prominent. Signifies "No new bonnets this season." Boy's hand Palm open, warts on thumb, lingers stubby and clean. Itead3 "I've been at the preserved peaches again." Young lady's hand Closed pink palm, soft and warm, ring on index linger. Sign, "Ask papa." THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN. Curing Dit-s and Stinga, For the treatment of poisonous bites or wounds made by insects apply harts horn, cologne or vinegar directly to the wound. A poultice of ipecac has also been recommended for the same purpose. This is all the treatment that is needed for the bites of wasps and bees. Sometimes a person may be stung by a great many bees or wasps at once. In such cases fainting may be produced, and the patient will need internal stira ulauts hartshorn, wine, brandy, or some liquor. Poisonou3 wounds made by spiders, centipedes and scorpions arc treated in the same way as those made by insects; that h, by the direct appli cation of hartshorn to the wound and, when necessary, internal stimulants. Hot Water i:-mel!ei. There is no remedy of such genera replication, and none so easily attain able, as water, and yet nine persons out of ten will pass it by in an cm rgency to seek f jr something of far less efficiency. There aro few cases of illness where water should not occupy the highest place a3 a remedial agent. A strip of flannel or napkin folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out, and then applied round the neck of a child that has the croup, will usually bring relief in tea minutes. A towel folded several times anel dipped in h4 water and quickly wrung out and applied over th toothache or neuralgia will gen-rally afford prompt relief. This treatment in colic works like migic. There is nothing th it so pro .up ly cuts short a congestion of the lungs, sore throat, or rheu nalism as hot water when applied promptly ami thoroughly. Tepid water acts promptly as a.i emetic, and hot water taken freely half aa hour b.'foro b.'dtime is the bjst cathirtie p s ihle in the case of constipation, while it has the most soothing effect up m the stomach and bowels. This treatment, continued for a few months, with proper attention to diet, will cur any cu able case of dyspepsia. lh-a.lache almost always yields to the simultaneous appli cation of hot water to the feet a id back of the neck. The Family Doctor. Poisons. Poisons exist in nature in the mineral, vegetable, and animal world. Arsenic is an instance of the first, strychnine of the second, the virus of certain serpents of the third. Those of the vegetable world are most numerous, and are, some of them, as violent as any. The essen tial principles of tea and coffee are poi sons, and form beautiful crystals. There are a few, including snake-poisons, that are not used as efficient medi cine:. That physician makes a false claim who asks for patronage mainly on the ground that his remedies are vege table. There is no doubt' that many of the best are of mineral origin. The p.dson of poison oak, called also sumach (the botanical name of which n lihus Toxicodendroa), and of poison ivy (Rhus Radicals) is particularly trouble some, from the fact that the slightest handling by susceptible per-ons, ignor ant of their character, say summer boarders from the city, gives rise to a violent, burning itching, which is sure to be communicated to every part of the body that the sufferer may chance to touch with I US ii ffected hand. The poison oak is a woody shrub, that grows to the height of three feet or less; the ivy a vine that climbs on stone walls anel trees. The leaves of both are trifoliate; that is, they consist of three leaflets; com mon ivy has five. It is a sufficient pro tection to avoid every trifoliate woody plant. Many poisons originate in chemical combinations. The oxygen and nitro gen, mechanically combined, constitute the air we breathe; but combined chemi cally, ill a certain proportion, they form nitrous oxide, or laughing gas; com bined in another proportion, nitric acid. Fresh meat may be made poisonous in various ways. The animal may have fed on noxious plants; or it may have been sick before being slaughtered, and the poison may be duj to powerful medi cines administered; or it may have been affected Avith a contagious disease, say, pleuro-pneumonia. Tainted meat also develops chemi cally a very violent poison. German sausages arc pre-eminent in this respect. Companion. Better Than a Dog. f Aren't you afraiel of tramps, living alone as you arc?'' asked one western woman of another. "Not in the least. I am fully pro tected." "Do you keep a dog?" "No, they might poison a dog. I keep a large woodpile in the yard so that it can bo easily seen from the road. They never come any farther than the front gate." Merchant Traveler. The Still Small Voice. Sunday school teacher (speaking of the conscience) After you have done something which you ought not to do, what is it, Bobby, that makes you feel BO uncomfortable ami unhappy? Bobby Pa. New York Sun. CORMORANT FISHING How the Japanese Fish at Night With Birds. A Peculiar Scene in a Mountain Stream of Japan. At the fifth annual congress of the American. Ornithologists' Union in Bos ton, one of the papers read was particu larly interesting. It was by Pierre Louis Juoy, who went to Japan on a government scientific mission for the National Museum, and who related as follows his story of a night's fishing with a cormorant: "In the clear mountaii streams ol central Japan there is found a peculiar fish of the family Salmonidje. This fish, the 'ai' of the Japanese, is something between a smelt and a trout in appear ance, grows to a length of twelve' t fourteen inches, and is bright silvery in color, with a golden spot on each should er. It is very delicate in flavor, and b much priz j 1 for the table. In a coun try celebrated for the variety and ex cellence of its fish, this species holds tin highest place and commands the best price in the market. Many ingeniou -methods are employed for its capture, among the most interesting of which is the use of cormorants. We are all famili ir with the stories of cormorant fishing in China, where the fishermai; has his birds trained to obey a call-nob or whistle, and where they sit around the edge of the boat and go and retur; to and from the water like a well trained spaniel, but cotnorant iidiing ir. a rapid mountain stream is quite a dif ferent thing from fishing in a sluggish, muddy river in China, and I believt that the Japanese methods are quite un known, being carried on at night and in remote and out-of-th-way plans. "I made a journey of about twenty live miles from Tokio to a small river, the Ban jgawa, on purpose to witne: this interesting and, tome, novel sight. It was a bright moonlight night, said to be a bad night for fishing, a ch.-u.ly ot dull evening be! ig preferred, tis the fisl are then not so active. The river c in sisted of two branches mailing very swiftly, and each from twenty to ii ft x yards wide, but in flood time it ex tended over a space of iOO yards er more, running between high bluffs. "The man with his bird was waitin: for us on the stoncy bed of the riwi with his torch of pine fat burning brightly. The birel was very tame and sat perched on a rock close by. A cord was tied pretty and tightly around the lower part of the throat and between tin shoulders, from which was attached ; piece of bamboo (having a swivel at cae ! end) long enough to extend beyond tin bird's wings ami prevent fouling of th( cord while the bird was in the water. The man carried a basket at his side to put the fish in, and a sort of apron u front to hold pine chips for the light. The lantern was a wire cage or basket placed em the end of a longbamboo pole. This with the cord attached to the bird, whiedi gives him a range of about twent feet, is held in the le!t hand, the righ being employed in guiding the bird, r e plenishing the fire, anel taking the fish. "Everything being ready, the fisher man takes the torch in his left ha ml and. clasping the corel to which the bird 'n attached, wades out into the stream, th bird following him, and after perform ing a hasty toilet, dipping his heael am neck in the water, ami preening himseli begins the busini ss of the night. The fisherman holds the fire directly in front ar.d above the bird's head, so that it can see the fish in the clear water. The bird seems to be perfectly fearless, and, as he comes up, sparks of fire arc constantly falling on his head and back. The fish ing is elone up-stream, the m::n finding it all he can do to keep pace with th bird as the water surges up nearly to hi waist. In fact, it was hard work for u on shore to scramble along among the rocks in the uncertain light and Av.itch the bird at the same time. "The bird dives, SAvims under water for eight or ten yards, comes up and b doAvn again, working very rapidly and constantly taking fish. When the fishes are small, the birel is alloweel to retain tAVO or three in his throat at a time, but a fair-sized fish is immediately taker from him and put into the basket. Dur ing a space of half an hour fifteen fishes were taken, which was pronounceel a good catch, considering the brightness of the night. The latgest of these fishes, Avhich Avere all of the same species, Avere nine to ten irches in length, anel, having been taken immediately from the beak of the birel, Avere scarcely bruised. Tiie largest and best of these Ave had the next morning for breakfast; the others Ave gave to our friend, the cormorant, who AAas kindly assisted by his master to get them past the cord, which constricted his throat so that he could not other wise have SAvalloAved. "The birds are trained especially for the work and do not fish in the day time. Our bird Avas two years old, and was considereel a very bright anel active fisher, having on gooel nights, fishing al night, caught as many as 400 fishes. Three hundred Avas considered a fair night's Avork. Only calm nights are available, and the darker the better." One Feast Spoiled. This lively description of an African monarch appears in Blackwood's Maga zino for October: The Ban galas are a fine race physically, being tall, powerful and splendidly formed. The chief of Iboko, when I arrived, was an old man over 80 - his age was reported by some to be 81, by others 8G who had lost one eye in battle and possessed 50 wives, fie was over six feet high, with a fine, well dcA'elopcd figure, and, but for his dirty white hair and shrivelled skin, would have passed" for a man of half his age. He was much attached to Capt. Coquilhat (named "Mwafa" or the "Eagle" by the natives), and never undertook anything Avithout consulting him. The scene just after our arrival at Bangala -when, "Le Roi des Ban galas" being announced as Ave were all sitting over our after-dinner coffee, Mata Bwyki entered, Avearing his royal hat of leopard skia anel attended by several of his vives, and enfolded Capt. Coquilhat, (ohl spangled uniform and all, in an imple bear's hug was really worth see ing. Having released "Mwafa," his Majesty made the circuit of the table to diakc hands with the rest of u, and then ordered "Mesdamcs les Sauv igesses" to bring in the malafu (palm .vine), Avhich he thereupon helped the company to drink. He Avas a tremen dous toper, consuming quantities of that comparatively innocuous beverage which .vould haAre killcelhim 10 times over had t been anything stronger and more civil :z?d. His death, which took place some three mopths after I first saw him, Avas in occasion of great excitement among he limgalas. As it is their custom on the death of a chief to kill and cat as nany men as the deceased had Avivcs ne to be supplied by the parents of each Avife the whole town was anticipating a big i'eed; lut alas! how uncertain are the j ysoflife! That big feed ncArcr came 'ff; for the officer ia command, hearing f Mata Bwyki's death, prepared a coffin iued with red cloth and telling the Ban talas, that as the late king had been a 'big frieml of the Avhite men," the "Mindeli" avouUI bury him Avith appro priate honors, had him safely boxed, edlod up, and buried sewn foot eleep before any one could interfere. The appointment Avas great for it is the cus tom to cut the dead man in two cngthwise, make up an entire corpse of half of him and half of one of the men killeel at the funeral anel bury this. The remaining half is made into a stew Avith manioc and bananas and eaten along -.vith the rest of the sacrifices. (imyere Cheese. The centre of the Gruycrc cheese in !utry is in Franche-Comtc, in the Jura. ' J ruyere cheeses arc sold in large flattened lisks, which in the trade are called vhccls. A AAheel of Franche-Comte Gruycrc weighs generally from 30 to 35 ;i!ogra names ((56 to 77 pounds). It akes a quantity of milk, varying, of ourse, accoreling to its richness, but :cver less than 300 litres. Naturally .here arc few farmers (especially oa the ligher mountains whence - the cheeses riginally came) avIio have herds large nough to obtain in one or even in two lays enough milk to make oac cheese. Thus, from time immemorial, the farm as of Franche-Comte have clubbed to gether in order to obtain the quantity of n ilk necessary. The farmers of each commune join to-;e-thcr anel form a society, managed by n elected committee of generally five members. Nothing couiel be more primi iivc. Each member is bound in turn to aake a cheese at his oAvn home, using the milk brought to him by his associ ates. This cheese remains his personal property. He is thus in debt to his col eagues; but he emancipates himself by giving them on the following elays all the milk of his own cowrs. Everything is done cu a very business-like footing. Pieces of wood or notches are used, like those employed by country bakers noAV-a-days. E ich member keeps a notched list of his colleagues, and the accounts arc scttleel each day, as soon a3 the checsemaker (for the nonce) has received his miik. The preparation of Gruyerc cheese re quires great care. After the curding of the milk come the baking and the mash ing of the curd, this latter a delicate operation on which the success of the cheese depends. The first part of the edtecsetnaking only takes a few hours, but afterward comes the long process of fermentation ia the cellars, Avhen during a space of four months, anel sometimes six, the cheese must be turned, salted, and avcII rubbed on its tAvo sides. The salt gives flavor to the cheese and regu lates the fermentation. Pall Mall Ga zette. Then She Made Up for Lost Time. "Mary," said Bliffkins, "I can't icalizc it. It seemed all like a long, beautiful elream!" "What seems like a dream?" inquired his wife. , "You haven't saiel a word for three quarters of an hour." Merchant-Traveler. FOlt THE HOUSEWIFE. Care of Lamps. It is best to clean lamps the first thing iu the morning after the dishes are out of the way. The scissors for triminisg the Avicks should be very sharp and had better be kept for this purpose alone. Lift up the cap and cut off the wick close to the flat tube through which it passes: it Avill then be sure to be straight. Then turn it up a little anel trim off the corners slightly so that it will not fl ire up on each side of the flame. Once iu a Avhile wash out the bowl of the lamp to clear it of all sedi ment that may cling to the bottom. After wTashing the chimney in warm soapsuds rinse it in cleir Avater, other wise it is claimed it will be more apt to break. The chimney should be alloAved to heat gradually before turning the flame very high. Cloths which are used to wipe oil from lamps should be burned. Do not put them aAvay thinking to use them again. They arc generally kept in a close place, anel in such a case arc in danger of firing the house. Some of the mysterious fires, the cause of Avhich no one knows, might be traccel to this rery practice. i:'eiis. ArriiE WATEU.---Roast some half dozen apples, Avhen cooked pour over them a pint of boiling Avater. Mash and strain them. A1 1 sugar or honey. Ham Salad. One pound of boiled ham, chopped fine; one-half dozen small pickles, chopped fine also; aehl a little chopped celery, and serve with a dress ing as for chicken salael. Bekk Tnii-E. Wash the tripe care fully anel soak in salt and Avater, chang ing once or twice; then boil until Avell done; remove ' from the Avater. dip in melted butter and fry a gooel brown; season with salt and pepper. Baked Le; ok Mutton. Take a leg of mutton Aveighing six or eight pounds; have the bone removed, and fill Ihe cav ity with a dressing maele of four ounces of suet, Iavo eggSjtAvo ounces of chopped ham, six ounces of stale bread, one onion, a little sweet marjoram, nutmeg, salt and pepper; scav up, lay in a pan, add a teacup of Avater, anel put in hot oven, baste frequently, and cook three hours. Baked Eccjs. .Mince one-hilf pound of lean boiled ham, anel add an equal quantity of cracker crumbs. Moisten anel spread the mixture over a platter. Scoop out four round holes as large as an egg, anel drop an egg from the shell into each hole. Season with salt, cay enne and butler anel put in the oven. Serve Avhen the eggs are cooked. The crumbs should be moist enough so that there Avill be a crust Avhen the eggs are done. Useful Hint. Alum water adeled to stove polish Avill add to its luster. Hearths of gray marble are cleaned by rubbing with, linsccel oil. Tubs anel beard sbould lie Avipcel elry Monday night and put aAvay. A hot shovel held over varnisheel fur niture Avill take out Avhite spots. To clean piano keys, rub them Avith a little alcohol, applied Avith a soft rag. To remove grease from garments, dis solve a tablespoonful of salt iu four tablespoon fuls of alcohol, shake avcII anel apply with a sponge. If the stove is cracked, take aa-oocI ashes and salt, equal proportions, rc eluceel to a paste Avith colel water, and fill in the cracks Avhen the stove is cool. It will soon harden. Butter Avill keep for years if pre served in honey, the proportion of the mixture being an ounce of honey to a pound of butter. It has an agreeable taste, anel might prove a useful method on long voyages. It is said that roaches may be kept out of any house by simply paring a fe-AV green cucumbers by rather thick parings and laying the cut side up over the places they frequent. Roaches like the cucumber sap which is poisonous to them. A cheap and convenient .remedy which provides a use for cucumbers besieles making them into pickles. The Author of "America." The well-known hymn beginning "My Country, 'tis of Thee," ami known by the name of "America," is by the Rev. Samuel Francis Smith. He was born in Boston, October 21, 180$. Was edu cated in IlarA-arel anel studied theology at Andover. Was for many years a Baptist minister, anel since 1S31 has been engaged in literary pursuits anel in eeliting the publications of the Baptist Missionary union. The poem Avas one of Mr. Smith's earliest productions. In a letter con cerning it he says: "The songAvas writ ten at AneloArcr during my stu lent life there, I think ia the Avinter of 1831-32. It was first sung publicly at a Sunday school celebration, July 4, at Park Street Church. Boston. I had in my possession a number of song books from Avhich 1 Avas selecting such music as pleased me, nnd fineling 'Go I Save tire King' I pro ceeded to give it the ring of American patriotism. Inter-Ocean. Time. Time,--thou that badst the light for thy be ginning, Springing from darkness with tho first day's mora, Thou art endowed with Avings for swifter Avinniug Thy Avay through starlit space than aught else lorn ! From world to worlel upon thine unseen pin ions, With mighty sweep thou silently dost soar; The boundaries that gird tby vast domin ions Are set upon eternity's wiele shore. Thy voice is inarticulate yet awful, Thou art invisible, yet we feel thy breath ; And those that Avalk not Avithin pjithways lawful GroA'el and cower before thy courier, Death. Pitiless thou art and wilt not hearken, Ifowe'er so humbly do thy suppliants prny ; Thou Avilt not tarry, though tho morrow darken The glorious brightness of a glad today. Thou knowest man's remotest generations, And yet this hour thou art the same as Avhe-n The earliest of all created nations Bore burdens sine-e endured by countless men. Unchangeable thyself, thou hast lieholden The moulding anil the Avasting of hugo spheres, And to thy preeient visiem naught is olden Though hoar with the antiquity of years. Clinton Seollard. HUMOROUS. Tho eloctor's business is recovering. Man proposes; but the girl elispeises. Time is really in the hands of tho clock. "Butter is up," says a market report. Exactly; avc have seen butter that no four men coidd hoi el elown. "Why do you call him 'pie' ?" "Be cause I like him." "But you say he dis tresses you awfully." "So does pie." "There is nothing new under the sun,'' says Solomon. Nevertheless it will be admitted that the elude is pretty fresh. Barber (to customer) You are quite bald, sir. Customer (who isn't conver sationally inclined) Yes, I Avas born that Avay. It is all Avell enough to say that thir teen is an unlucky number. But this country started in business Avith thirteen States, and seemed to be holding her OAvn up to going fo press. There is a Avomati ia Indianapolis Avhose voice can be heard a mile. This gives the Hoosier funny men a chance to say that there is at least one Avoman avIio is successful in her calling. "There are five; gold dollars," said old Hearty to his young grandson ; 1 'one for each of your birthdays. What, more, couiel a little shaver like you Avidi? ' "Only that I was as olel as you, granel -pa," replied the young financier. Area and Population of Europe. General Slrelbitski, Avho Avas sedecteel by the International Statistical Con gress, hehl at the Hague, to prepare a report upon the area anel number of in habitants in the different countries of Europe, has completed his labors, tho gist eif them being that the total area of Euicpc is 0,233,000 square miles, of Avhieh 8,423, l.'3o square miles belong to Bussia, 391,000 to Austria-Hungary, 33S,000 to Germany, 333,435 to France, 312,810 to Spain, 281,010 to Sweden, 203,375 to NorAvay, 190,015 to Great Britain aud Ireland, 180,310 to Italy, 103,350 to Turkey in Europe and Bosnia, S8,8t0 to Denmark, 82,125 to Boumania, 55,090 to Portugal, 40,435 to Greece, 30,375 toServia, 25, 875 to Switzerland, 20,025 to Holland and 18,430 to Belgium. Tho Russian Empire iu Europe alone covers more than half of. tho whole continent, embracing the kingdom of Poland, the great Duchy of Finland anel part of the Caucasus. Russia also stands far in ad vance of all the other nations in respect to her population, Avhich is given by General Slrelbitski at 93,000, 000, the countries wbdeh come next be ing the German Empire (47,200,000), Austria-Hungary (39,900,000), France (38,300,000), Great Britain and Ireland (37,200,000), Italy (30,000,000), Spain (10,900,000), Switzerland (7,900,000), Belgium (5,850,000;, Roumania (5,400, 000), Turkey in Europe (4,900,000), Sweden (4,700,000), Holland and Portu gal (4,400,000 each), Denmark (2,190,- j 000), Servia (2,000,000), and Norway ! (1,900,000). A Stunted Landscape. To enter a Japanese garden is like wandering of a sudden into one of those strange Avorlds avc see reflected in the polished surface of a concave mirror, where all but the obsen'cr himself U transformed iuto a fantastic miniature of the reality. In that quaiut fairy land dimiuutiA'e rivers Aoav gracefully under tiny trees, past molehill mount ains, till they fall at last into little artificial lakes, almost smothered for the flowers that grow upon their banks, while in the extreme distance of a couple of rods the cone of a fuji ten feef high looks approvingly Uoava upon a scene which avouIcI bo nation ally incomplete without it. Atlantic Monthly.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 24, 1887, edition 1
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