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Ql)z Cljntljnm Uccotb. tern 11. .A. JL.02VOOIV, EDITOIt AND riiOriUETUH. KATES ADVERTISING Out' 8iiarc, one. insertion- f l.(Ml One square, two inaortiotia"- J. 64 One Mjuare, one mouth - -2.60 Kor larger advertisements liberal cod tui Is will be made. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Striclly !n Advance. VOL. XII. 1ITTSIKIU) C HA THAM CO., N. ( ., ell.'NK H, IM. i0. 12. a nrar I'll Not Confer With Sorrow. 1 II not conn r xx iili snrruiv Till I'Minii mix ; Hut joy Mini I bav- lu r way Tht very ilav. No. eglantine ami crfscs Kor her trrsf! -1ft care, (lip beggar, wiiit outside the tale. Tears ir you will but aftd .Mirth indl laughter; Tin n. folded hands nn breast Ami endliss rest. -Thomas It. Alilrii h. in Independent. THE OLD SILVER WATCH Charles Lames stepped into the office of his friend Howies, editor of the (ilcnville ( 'oiirant. 'JIiiw air yoti, Katies?'' asked the r ditor. "I might tn fool happy, I suppose," paid the young man. a little i".uf ully, 'for I'vi' i I -it received notice of it legacy." "Imbed. I congratulate xou." "Wait lillyou hoar what it Well, w li.it is it ?" 'My mint Martha has jnt died, leav ing tif'y ilcui-and dollar." " To n i 1 r uigrntiilate you heartily ." No: -li" haves it to n jmlli- in Mitut mi. She loaves mo "lily her tjlvrr xv.iti li. which n. lias carried for foi ly c.u -." 'Mow is thai ;-" "die didn't approve of my becom ing an artist. she w i -In-' I f i if to In- a inert bant. If I hail t-mi -ii It I hel ix i-he-, I -hoiild. doubtless, havi' been her snic heir. This -mall leg'.-py is inraii! ii i'i'' a- an aggravation than anything cl-p." 'ISiii joii can in.iho your own way.' "1 can ram a -cmiy living; at pres ent. I Impi- to o better I'v ami by. Itut ynii I- now my admiration fur Mary Brooks- If I hail I'i'i'ii Aunt Manila's K'h' heir, I could have gained her father's oon-cnt ! our marriage. Now it is hopeless." '1 iiiii not -o -ui'1 of that. This Injury may help yon." "An old xvatdi? Vmi arr joking." 'Not if you will strictly ohseixe my diiections." "W hat ai r they " "Simply lhi: Agree for oiircalen 1 ' r 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 not tu iiirn'iiiii or convey the h a-t idea of tin- untitle of your aunt's legacy. I w ill in in igc the res'.'' "I don't at all ku w what you menu. Jlowle-," 'aid thr voting mtit ; "hut I am in your hands." "That i-all I wi-li. Now rrmrmln'r to express sin pi i-o at nothing; hut let matters take llirir cour-r." "Vrry well." In thr next i tic of tin- (dcnviilc ('oiir.iiil, Ihi- young iitti-t was -ur-plisrd to tr.nl the followini; para graph: "We mo gratified to record a pine of good luck w hich has ju-t hrfa'lrn our rsieeired fellow-rilizrii, thr lu-nut-isinir xouiiff artist. Cliarlrs Karnes. My Mir w ill of .in mint i rccnily deceased, he conn into po-ession of n pin r of jiniprrty w hVh has hrru in thr family for iiiany years. Mis I'.aiiirs is rc jioitcd to liavr left tiity tliou-and d)I lui'P.' "lirally," thought thi yoinir; man, "anybody would naturally suppose from thi- paragraph that I had inheri ted my aunt'- put in- property." Ilr put on his hat and walked down the meet, lie met Krkiel Itiooks president (if the ;rnville National Bank. Mr. Ilrooks brume ) with cordiality, j "My dear sir, permit me to con- j giallllntr you," he said. i "Vou Inive read thr t 'oiirant t" paid EaiiieF. ' ''ps; ami I am delighted to hear of ; jour good fortuup. (.'an I speak to j you on business u moment:'''' j '('oilaiiily, Mr. Hrooks." j "You'll pm-uc my ndvicr, but I j know you are not a business man, f while 1 am. My yoiin man, do you 1 want to make soiii money?" I "( Vrtainly, 1 should br mlad to do ; so." I I'M.- hundred I '.lames l'u ker ha fhares of the Wimbledon Hallway l( 1 eland-at lifly-siv, a limine mudi be low its real value. Hut Parker is nervous, and w :i i it - to sell out. I want you to buy out l.i- rutin' -lock." "Hut Mr. Hrooks" 'I know what yon would say. It may fo down - but it won't. 1 have advices that a speedy ri-e i- almost certain. I'.uy him out. and you'll make a hand-ome iliimr of it. Itut how shall I filial the money:'' .'Of cnurp you haven't received your Irjfaey el. I k:'ow there are de lays. No tumble about that. (Jive your note on ninety day, and I'll in dor! it. You'll sell out before that time ftt a hand-nine advance." "I will pl nr my -elf in your hands Mr. Hrooks, but yen must manage the lmsines." "Certain I v ; I rhall otilv want vour signature wln n the d-ciiineun are , made out. liy the by, nunc round itid dinr w ith us, or have y ou smother rneau'cnicnt .'" Another pnyaijeiiient '! If Kanies ! ad had fifty cneaijeiiiriils he would have broken them all for the privilege of meeting M.iry Hrook-. This was the lirsl lime he had been invited to the capitalist's table The fad is, until this inorniiiir Mr. Hrouks h:nl scarcely oiich-afed him more than a cool noil m nieeiin ; but had clumped, or appeared to, and his brhav'or al tered with it. Muh is. the way of the woi hi ! It w as a very pleasant dinner. The yoiin: arti-t remained afterward. "I havean engagement. Mr. Katnes," said Mr. Hrooks, "a meeting of the Hank I tifpctois, hut you mustn't s away, Mary will entertain you." Tlie yoiin;; man did not mi awny. and appai mil ly wa- sa i-tied by the en Icrtaillllieill he received. He Mos-cd hi- aunt for lu r cfj.. y, if ly it had procured him this altet noon's inter view with the youni; ladv he had ad mired. Hut it gained him mnr. lively f uir d.i 8 he received a -imilar invitiition. lie could not fail to see that K.kiel Hrook- looked with ei drnl coniplacpiicy on the rood under standing betweea bis daiiiihliy and luin-rlf. "What uill he say?" thought the yoiin in-ill. when he tinds out what soil of :i legacy I have received lioui my auul :" i i-ioiial , too, he f-t nrrvoii about his ha-ly a-srnt to th. propo-i. tion to buy l"i -hares of r. ilroad -toi k at 'I', when he Imdn t S.'i" iihea I. Me reckoned up, one day, what hi- pui- ha-e would iiuioinil I", and hi- Im alh was nearly taken away when he found it amounted l twenty -eiuht tluni-atid did'ar-! Still, it had been in a man tier forcd upon him. He a-knl mi itie-lioiis, but every now and llirii the old gi'iitleinaii -aid. "All goiuir well! Stock . ilvmii ing rapidly." With that he was content. Indifd. he was o carried away bv lue of Mary Hrook-that lie rave iilth' thought to any other subject. (lie day Mr. Hlooks uune up, his fur bcamiiii; with joy. 'Wish you joy, I! allies." h'- said. "Wimbledon's cone up like a rocket j to pur. i.e me authority, and I'll j sell cut lor you." The artist did -o, hardly ! i i no wh.it it meant till three data after, he I received a little note to Ihi- elici t : j In u I:mii: Haw miIi mil Your five IiiumIiiiI sIiiiii s of Wiuili clmi in lot. So ynii lioiiht at "iV Thi- (;ives you a clear ! .relit nf fi rty live dollars per .han . er I nl luo 1 1 1 "i i - , M . (iVe liuii'lit'l dollar. ' on h el l etter icinw-t ymir siirplu . la l j at in cMin' ai nme. Your- very truly, j H.TMII Itl;- i ( hai les Kamcs read Ihi- letter three J limes before he could rea ie its inean i ilia:. Coul'l it be that without invest-; in;: a rent, he had male oei twenty tliou-and dollar-? It tnil-t be a dream, he thoitelit. Hut wlnii he called at the old ire iiHeman' vllbe, he found it was really true. Mr. Kanies. how about .his money ? ; Shall I re-in vi st it for you?'' ! Thank you. sir. I w i-h you. would. I should like a little ill band, however." Certainly. "W hat w ill answer?" ; and the old "cntlc man w rote a cbeijue for live hundred dollars, and placed it in the youni; man'- hand. It was more money tlian he "had ' eer before pos-es-ed ill one time. This was emit iticiiiir proof of the rcaiily of hi- eo1M foi tune. The next day he went to the city and ! ordered a haiid-oine suit of rlotbes a' ' a fashionable tailor'-. The fad w as his old coal was get ine threadbare, and his overcoat decidedly seedy. : While In- w a-nboiil it lie bought a new : mat and hoots, a- well as other needed articles, iiud -till returned with money enough in hi- pocket to make him feel , rich, lb' chanced his hoarding,. !aise, ; engaain;: a band'oine room at a much ; nicer lioaiiiin-honsc. "'cm '" ""' '"" i,r" '"' '". j l.ainci, sanl In- friend thr editor. ion know I ve had a legacy, said i Kami ", lauiihing. j "I begin to thin' you have." said the editor. When Kami's appealed mi the sttcet j in his new suit it w i- a eont'n inalioii : of the news of hi- inhei iiain e. His reiiioval to a fa-hio-iahle boardii g- I lioii-e was aibl.tioiial coiitii in.it i n. It : was wondei ful bow he roe in the e- i tiinatinu if people n ho had bc'"oiei looked upon 1 1 1 1 us a -hifth s- arti-t. : All at once it occuried to loin. I "Why slioiihlu't I piopos' for Mary1 H ooks.-' With twenly tloiisaud dob j luis I could er.ainly suppoit her coin- foilablv. .line wa- a mi v piettvi i . j collage, mid las'eful e;roiiu s, for -ule at live tliou-and dollars. This would make a dim inuig home." One morning wilh coiisidei able Irei illation. Mumg l-.a'iie-, bro.iibel the utthject to Mr. Brooks. "No one I should like better for a son-iii-hiw, if Mary is willing-," was the prompt answer. Mary was willing, and a there seemed no good leason for w.iitiii". the marriage took dace w ithin a few weeks. "Chillies," said bis father. in. law, after the young' people reiuriied from their wedding journey, "it is time for in' to u nder you an ai count of your money affairs. I have been lucky in tn y investments, and I have thirty-one thousand dollar- to y our credit, or de ducting; (he amount paid for your house, twenty -six thousand dollars. By the way, have yon re -iveil your aunt's beiue.s r" I rcieived it yesterday," said Charles. 'Indeed !" Here it i-," said the younlf man, and he produced a buttered silver witch. "I o you mean to say this Is all she left you?" a-Krd his father-in-law, stupcl'md. I V II 1 1 es. sir. Kpk'id Brooks whistled in sheer i ainaeiuent. and his countenance fell. ' I'or a moment he regretted his dangli- ; ter's marriage, but then ciime the j thought thill his -oii-in-law. through a j lucky mistake, was really the po-ses- i j sor of iiiiti it comfortable property, j which under his management miuht i be increased. So he submitted with a I good grac , and is mi the bei of terms j w ith his daughter's husband, who is i now in Italy w ith his w ifr. pursuing: a coiir-e of Hi'lt-tir study, lie treas. I lire i caref ully Hie old watch, w Inch In regards as the foundation of his prosperity.- Yaukcr Blade. A Finnan, tomsp, An interesting r- li is preserved in a glass case in thr ( ohl-trraui ( iiiards" orderly room at Whitehall. It coii-i-ls of the head and neck of a goo-e, around whhh is a golden collar with the inscription "daeob- second Battal ion Cold-ti eaiu ( .ini ih '' Bene:ith it are the word.-: --I tied on I mly." In l-.'.s a rebellion broke out in our ( anadiaii ii i-se"iou and two b.attid- I ii ns of the ( .iiiii ds w ere sent ihither to ' a i-t in ipielling i', the battalion aln ady mentioned being one of them Both corps o. cu 'i'-d the . Madid of (.iiebic, and in lli' ir turn supplied the guard- which wen- onlcied to be mounted in dilh renl pails of the town lieigliboi hood. N nl' one of these guards was a farmyard which hail sull'cieil much from the ravages of foxi animal- weie al 'hat period a grca' pe-t o the coloui-, . and us the farm in iic-iion had been -ii-poi ted of heme' the meeting plac of rebel-, n chain of sentries was piped aioiind it. One day the sentrv w hose duty it w as to watch the cniraie r to the farm had his attention attracted by an mi ll -tin! ti.-i-e, and on looking toward the -pot w hem e it proceeded, he be held a tine goose feeing loward him. i lo-ely piir-ucd by a toy Hi- tir-t im pulse was to hate a h"l at the la ler, but thi- would have alarmed the guard and bioiuht condign punish ment on himself for riving a fal-e alarm. He was compelled, then-fore, to icinain a silent -pn lator of the scene, while every step brought lie Hey iiard ne-.ii er to his prey . In the height of its desp-tir the poor bird i an it- lu-ad and nei k between the legs of tlie soldier in its fi antic en deavor to reach the refuge which the .sentry -box could allonl. a:nl-al the same 1 1 ii inn-n I the wily fox made a desperate grab a! the goo e, but too late, for ere he could get a feather be tween hi-teeth, the la ai ly ha m oi"l ot the sentinel had pa en through in boilv . The poor goo-e, bv way of showing it.- gratitude to its pir.crei'. tubbed its head again-t hi- leg-, .and ui.nlc oilier eiiially cuiioiis ilcm-in-l ral ions of joy ; nor could it c i r be prex ailed Upon to iplit the posi. but w liked up and down day after day xvil'i each siic-ces-ixe sentry that xxas placed there until the battalion left Canada, xx hen the goo-e xv a- brough' away xx ith it as a regimental pet, to Mug land.- Cham ber's Journal. War m Salt lliitli-i are Kefre-liiin;. A warm -alt bath is very icfreshing to imy one fullering fioui the exliaus I ion of ti ax el or of a long -hopping expedition - xx hi.h i- a- ttxing to mind and I oly a- anything that can be undertaken by a woman. Axvav from the seashore a xery simple sub stitute for sea-xv Her i- a cup of rock salt dissolved in xv.irin xvaier ami u.blcl to the I nth. ben ill" -alt is irritating to the skin take a warm bath aid sponge oil xv i ' li a mixture of violet ol liixemler xx aler and alcohol, about ha'f and half, ami rub bri-kly with a xx aim fi ic ion toxxcl. Such a method prevents the exhaustion and danger of old which fol.oxvs a warm bath New York Tribune. IIIUHiKN'S CO 1.1'. WO. tKnt''s i mi r ''('li. 'bar. I'm an I'll l-.ic --.an, I il'in'l know n h -,i 0. .., My iiiiiiuma's jioin tn raadnia'). My papa's sim' licre. ton. ''Mr carl's a I hmk' in , . .. The hi lis don't lav no -'u-, And kilty's si ran ln-l me awlnl Hecansi' I lied In r ! "I caiiimt i limb on t!,r- havinnnr Kino Willie hrnk' hi arm. 1 xvit-lj -li'lii t ie licjo I'lin is always h e la. It's hard f..r little ' . They oiighter he n l men. I fiiild have a waii a I'ke pai-n. Ami dn s a- I . mino r tl ' I drive tin -lav- to rac. tin m And take hi r nut to ride; I'd liac two pla' s of pud din.-. And row and sl.aie and -li e. I'll dear. I wi-li 'm-:n Winter, I (iiiess I II :i-k In, . nke. No. ,'-li llaV cio-s. I'm -!i-cp . I ran't hard-1 -keep-n-wake ' I wnul-hi't -ludi . rr. Mil -ay- I'd 'go I il Ihieudi. I'.iu Vreltin' am i half so hai l As study-in', I kmnv." I A wake !,c aiiie-l Uei-p. And -o Teddy cm s in -.-cp. i I'nil hud Trail.' a ipl. x tun, n n- mill - SO--I i i. . An intelligent dog in We I I'lie-trr, nn., plivs hide-aml-seelv xviih hi- o'.viicr, a little girl named Amy. Hu la gill it the game, and they b th.il is said, liml mii'-h fun in pl-ning it Amy xxill tell the dog to remain in a eel lain place until -he hides. She then calls ami the d"" -tints on the -car. h. I'liiliug Amy exeiy lime, no inaiii-i xx here she hides. The'n the dog will xrag hi- show hi- teclh as iIioulIi l.iU"hinu, and hie axvay to tne pher originally i'"ign.alcd for him by my xx bile iuy hides again, onlv to be found in an instant afterward by the log. - Chi. ago lb laid. I ill I I IV.. Not long since a gentleman of N'exv ( h leans, know ti h all to be a grcal lover of animals, was w alkiug in the street, xxhi'ti a doir joined him and fo loxved him for some di-'am e. Sud denly the dog -prang up and kissed his Irieiiil and then walked oil' a Ihoiiglt content. Something of the 'ort h.apj cued to the w i iter one day when sitting upon a tree in the xvood back of Ocean Spring.. beautiful setter came up to her, held out his paxv for a -hake of thr hand, xx hidi he re. reived most cordially. Neither of Ihe-c partus had ever -ecu the dogs before, and yet Noiiielnuv the animals re ognied a friend and treeted them is sip h.-- I'i- ix line. i.it hi: in i - . Harry's grandpa is a homeopathic doctor, mid the little boy is very fond I of riding about xx i:h him on his daily round-. Han v xx as itl-o .iiite dexoled to the sugar pellets kept in a big bottle j on a shelf in the otlioe: for his grand- i pa 'plile often gives him some of them ! to play dot tor with before the inedi- j cine i put in them. j One stormy day , when he was only txvo years old. lie xvas looking out of j i die xvindoxv, and watching- the rain ns j it came splashing down on to the street sud siih-xvalks. Suddenly the rain changed to hail, : mid a gust of wind blew the hail- stones auainst the window -panes. j Harry rii-hed to hi- grandpa, his I r-y es big-xvilh xvomler, and cried out: "O grandpa! O grandpa! see 'em ' fainm pills. l outli - t oiupaiuoii I I lit I Ml l IX-I i i -. Certain moths and butterflies have reie: tly been found to gjv,. ,, ,,dor frolu their bodies, xxhieli tire lilher ecretcil from organ- -pccially adapted for the purpose, and situated m ar ihe Hid of the body ; or, as in sonic but terllies, from certain hair-like s.alcs mi the ".x ings. Mr. Meldola has lately delected tie -cent emitted by the male if the snout-moth, a species of her- niini.i. This insect pus-esses a fan like arraiigeiueut of hairs on the fore legs, which lie has proxed are scent organ-. The odor they produce is like dint of artificial es-ciice of jargonelle pear. The while bu'lcilly expel- an ador like that of cilr 'ii-. and in a Brazil mi l ultrrllv tlnee dillereut .cent- aiise from as many pails of the in idy. The males of callidi x as. a yellow butterfly, give oil' ii musk-like odor, while lerlain of Ar.iian mcth- gixe :ut an intense odor soincxxh.it like the smell of laudanum. The food of trout and the snlnioii i- -aid in I an ope lo con-ist of -mail . ni-taceii. -in h as iv a ler fleas, cyd. -. itc. and Ihe lar va' of May flics. W hile at the 1,'angc. Iv lakes xxc o ened scxeral troiil ing thr lirt week in September I ! found in the stomach- whirligig bee tles, flies and oilier in-eets which had falle:: into the lake. Kurt hrr observa tions as to the food of trout would be ot considerable interest. I'icay utie. A SHIPS I.ARDHR. I UK MOCM AINS ith' HU lK.I ON AN Ot I' AN SI KAMKIJ P"ff, Butter, Bread and Vegetables, hy fie Ton. Ill the busy se:son the City of Palis carries ah ml -'-" tir-t cabin. 'j: sec ond cabin and '''." steerage passen ger. There are pi" in the ship's ' ompany . including doctor., printers, boiler maker., m bakers, three hutch ers, sexriiterii cook-, lis di iiulic, elec trical and other engineer-- to the num ber of thii -ty -t wo. I I steivard- and eight -tew ai d' --es. So there may be about 1 .s.'io aboard. No! xx ith-ianding the fa -t that many of the passengers are -ca-i. k from the lime tiny pa andy llook until l-'asf-net i- -iehii'd, they Inaiiag" lo inti Slltlie in our II ip soup t bing like l.i.oo.l pounds of flesh beef. .',. ' pound- of col lied beef, I, mm pounds of mutton, I, oho pounds of lamb. pounds i f veal inn I pork, l-'i. i pound- of bacon. .'' o pounds of liver, tripe, .and sail-ages, '."hi bam-. '.'" pounds of tish. '' -. "on egg-. I V tolls of potatoes, :' Ion- of other xcgctahlc-, S.'.oo pounds of butter. I '.on pounds of i hec-e. i i"' pound- of i oil.-c. :'..'0 Is of lea, I"" p miid- of ii ing sugar, !"" pound- ol powdered sugar. .T" pound- of loaf -agar. i pound- of inoi-t siigiir, Voo pounds of salt, :'oo pound of nut-, .'.no pound- of dried fruit, jo hamd-of apple-. ' lemon-. J" ca-c- of or nn: e- ;i n.l ot her g rccn I ru it ill -ra-'Ui ol"1 bottle, of pickle-, l.'.o bottle, of ke. Imp, sauce, and hoi -e ladi-b, .'ill I lo" can- of pre-eiv. s. Their are also .pi.inti i ies ,,f poultry, oysters, sardines, . alllnd vegetables, and soup-, x inegnr, pepper, luii-tard, n i iv , rice, tapioca, sago, hominy, oat meal, lilohis.es, condensed milk, tinned" Bosom brans, confei lionerv and ice cream, fitly pounds of i. e cream ,-ue served al a single meal in the tir-t cabin. Thirty tons of ice are rnpiircd to kei p the great -torcroollis cool. 1 ,i;;ht barrels of ihuir are u-ed d.aily . The bakri air hu-y ti.iin diwn of day. They make ono d'liiiou- I'.irker Ibuise rolls f,,r break last every morn ing. Thirty eight-pound loaves of xvhite luiad and I on ml- of brown bread are baked each day; ul-o pies, puddings, cakes, etc fight barrels of common crai kcrs and a hundred tin-of f im-v crackers are -lowed a xx ay i'i the -lorerooiu . to gether xvilh I"11 pound- of xx i ne and plum cake, no' a. mini, of xvhi. h i h ft xx In n Liverpool i- reached. ix I lion sal id ho! t les i if ale and porn I . I . 'J1M1 liott'c- of mineral waters. I. '.no boiiles of xx i tie, ami more or .- ardent spirits an- drunk iu-ide of -i d.iy-by the guc-ts of ibis hug,, float ing hotel. About .;.oi"i cigar- arc -old on board, but in any more are -moked. Txvo bundled pound- of toilet soap is supplied by the -lean. -hip company. ( tuc of the odd sights to be Seen oil the double-docked Ionian piel soon after the arrival of the iiieeu of the ocean grex hounds" is ihe great -la. k ' of soiled linen xx Inch are being n oi led , by ab lit adoen -I. w aid-. Ilcie i ' the xx:i-h li-l for a -ingle trip: Nap i kills. S:tOO ; tablecloth-. I-O; -heel-. I olii'O; pillow ca-c.-, 4 : towels, IT... '.'I'll, and doens of blankets and coiin- i tcrpatics. Although the li-t is xa ix j short, it icipiiie-four 'urge two-horse truck- to can y the w :i-h to the hiin iti j t ompanx '- -team laumli x in .b-r-ex i ( in. In le-s than ii xxcek it is hack in t the lo. ki ts of the linen loom-, xxhi. h are in i h uge of a regular lii.cn keeper. There i- no wa-hing if. in- aboard. Many of the ship's company haxe their xxashing done in New N,oik. but ihe greater numb, r have it d nir in fixer pool, j New i- oi k -nn. ( offi e Xakitn; lij Llcctricitx . l a certain Berlin cafe th" lighting mid ventilation are elici ted bv means of electricity. In the centre of (he I room there are sexer.il I nge glass jars I through xx hi. h pa-ses a platinum xxiie I in spiral form. The elcctrici x. on j healing the xxire. -pocdilx rai-i-s ihe j telnpcraliiie of the wall r in the jar- to I boiling point and prepares the cotlee in j the sight of en ry body. I.a-lly, a : sin ill electric railway transmits the ; coll e to the viuious tables, -o that the i guest, may help theni-i Ixe- to their ; ! liking " i : Ten Cents a Bay Without llmiril. i j Cahforniii miners xvho have reinrned from China declare that the l.ig Hi j mines, of the richness of xxhichmanv j fin prising -lories have been told, are i oidinarx iiuiirt mine-. I hey are all operated by Chinese, xxl oh no learned from foregn miners boxy lo run stamp-mills. '1 he ore runs from ?L',a to The price p-iid for labor it ten cents per day without hoard. NexT York Tribune. Ill-lurv id the fallows, r.xidently the stout aim of n tier sei x ed :i-- the primitive g.allows, and siidi xxas in u-e at a xery early period in man' history. In the book of Lsiher xvp trad that Hainan xx a hanged on the tire that bad been pre pared for Mordcai Inmon recent lime-, in ancient l.tfad- and a nuts i f the gailoxxs. icfciences are made to ll fatal tree,'" the "gallows tree," the "triple tree," "Ty burn tree." (. A tree xx a- not. Innvcvcr. alw ays conx eiiienlly plan d to convert it into :i gailoxxs. and tlm- the iiitrodmtioti of the simple eoiistriici ion. consisting of txvo upright pots ami a tran-xci-e beam, the principle of xxhidi has not been materially altered from its t'n -f iiitio.bn lion The galloxx s al tiun - dilli ri d in height. XX hi. h xva- in. l ea-.-. I in a. . -ordain c XX illl the h'i i . -lie--of lhe( time of ll Iplil. Til' se clc ill ii I I jee (ions xxcrc made n-.- of at thr i Ac. ll lion- of the regicide- in the m-xcii-teciilh ceil ury. ami thus it xxa-thal lollg l.hb'l XX I'I c I e.ll il e I i ! I 1 Ml IX ill ti' out lb'' last cMli'lllilie- of lie lit XV . W hen ladder- xxcie n-ed tlm i ' ' ii tioli. r llioiiute.i one alnl the culprit thi ol hrr. 'I he lope haxing hern adjusted lo the cro. s. ,e in, the executioner xvould descend and v inove hi- ladder, leaving the condemned xx icich on the other, engaged in lii la-t appeal- for ineii y. i h pr.i' ei - xxcrc at times i xc-eiling'y prof uigeil, after lini-hing xx 1 1 i 1 1 tic ini-er ilile xvict.-h .xa- c pected to thr.. xv himself ,.ff ib. ladder and thus to a certain cxinit b". 1 1 - - his own cxci nt i c i ii' r. l oip.ige. boxvevi r. xxould of'cn fall at the la-t in no -tit . and his prayer would be ci.miuiied f. a-a long time. When it xva- evident that the culprit xvas praying agains' time, 'he executioner xxould stealthily leadi the ladder on xvhidi he -tooi and oxer ihloxv it. illl. I the body would con-c-.icnlly then be sxxiugini: in th" thiol's and aeouie- of death. At ore period it xva- i u-loinai y lo carry opi the exe . 1 1 ' ii hi of a ciiuiinal a- iic.ir a- pos.ih!, to thr -pot XX hi re tlie i rime lor xvhp h he fullered xv. s coiniiiit'ed. In It ll lie in il I'm. lo oi ge 1 1. tiiith. ;it pie.cnt pro pi ieloi of o f the best klloxvn reslnurani s in New ml iity . has had .'III riuptixi' money linking can el . Txvcnty years ago he si aiP d in I hi. a go xx ilb a good capital, but no bu-i-ne.s experience. Two years later some ii! e el e had ihe i .apiial and Mr. Siniih had learned something; .about bii-ine... Mr. Mniih. "leu almost at the end of hi- liuam ml lope, iinciitrd thr -Heel toy , ailed l!il oil I, ." whidl -old :it the rate of ,'.o, a day xx leu ai the height of ii- popiilaiit Mr. smith i h in e.l ..o.oi... 'ma f,. 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 out of thi- toy for the la-l -ix or sex en yep- he has dei'u ed an income ol ..'"" otn ot ii sale. l b.' i. -t.iurant that he -i.u ted on the prolits of tic B.-ioiik" n ox nets him S..o,ooo a x car. John Brishrti W;i!l..r. the inillion aire mag.iiiir proprieior, t : -. 1 a do.'i'ii dill, rent load- t" xv.aiith will out sip , c . until :i- a la-l rc-oni.-e he xx cut lo ( oloi ado, and -ecuring a lain ii began to gioxv ":illalf-t" gra-s on a large scale. The alfalfa netted him huge slim-, xx hi. h lie inx e-li .1 in W cl em lan.l. which I axe siu. c ma. I. him a iiiillionaiie. A. B. dc I rece gained in. I. pendent wealth as easily a- lolling oil the lia ditional log. Mr. dc I'i. c ,a- a national reputation, xvon by his -n, . ccs-f il iiianageineiil of all the large fairs whi.li haxe taki n pl.ee in thi iil during Ihe past lixc yen-. Mr. free -nine years ago xx a- i-i the wholesale button hu-iiir-s lie in xeiiled a pe.uiiar style of button xxhidi, in addition to gixing him a good sized foi tune, bring, him in an annual income of many th-'ii-ac.!-. Nexv York Journal. W .mils that Sink in Water. I here are I .i ,-pc. ies . f liee f.-uiid within the limits of tlie t nited stales and lei i it.. i ies. sixha n .. w Inch, w hen perfectly -ca-.icd. xxill -ink in xxii'er. The hcaxic-l of the-e i- the Ida. k iion xvoo.l found oi.ly in -..iiibcin I loii.la, xx be Ii is tuoie than . o pel cent, hcax icr than water. Of llic other littcen. the best known is the lignum xil.c. mi. I the niangrove. I'cx a-and Nexv Mexico, land- full of ipieer creeping, . i ax ling, Wiilking and iiiauimale thing-. ;ue the homes of a specie- of oak xx hidi is about one and oiie-founh limes hcax mi lium xvater. and xx lih h, when green, xx ill sink almost as .pm k a- a bur of iron It grow s only in mountain re gions, mid has been found xve-lw.ard as far as the Colorado de-erl, where it grow s til an cli x ai ion of Iti.oon ft ot. All the species heavier than water be. lone to tropical l lorida. or in th xvest and sonthwcsl. Commercial Advertiser. Ihe Mini Who Heard It Before. Y"U tell him a Joke yull relied on as uexv. He sn.i'es m wearisome xxay. frnm a . ninety In xv you rcilR 111 111 a let. lie say - In saxv that lit the play. Yoii jie 1 1 i tn a story that nexcr xd failed I'.. -ci iill xx ho heard in a rear: He in ..I- half approval and turns biui away, And murmurs. "I'x.' heard it before." I h.- girl yxli. in you xxoo in yy.ur temisrest tone. XX lio.e heart ymi arc ycrkiln: to gain. I i-ieii- i ol.lly t.. all you may ha. to pro test. .-'eenniig only to xx i-h you'd refrain. Ymi ck for -oine phrase not totally trite, nd . 'en the thesaurus explore. Its :ill ut uo u-e, mi. I you bid her gnoil-liy You see she has beard it before. II. .yy sad it tiuisi he tn go nnxvaid like this, XX u!i nothing' on earth to enjoy. And m in make anyone happy yourself And only find tilings tn annoy, lb- hie like an orange xx hose juices armour, l is a dry. emptv slid!, and tm tn ire. Alas' lie is inn. h to he piiu'd. mil blamed 'flic 'h ui xx ho has he inl it before. I v a-hinglnii Post. HI MOItOl . A xvalking match -The living skele ton. I leer are not the bravest of animals, x el Ibex tihx ays die game. Money talk-, sure enough, and peo ple are rriiri-.-illy xxillini: to listen to it, loo. (lad-lone, though let monarch of tbi fore-t. is a fell destroyer among trees. - The poet's expression. Had 1 'I'0 xx ing- ol a dox e, " xx :is no d. uibt merely a Ihgiit of tau. v. I u-ioioci -Is ii customary to fee thft xx aiter lu rc .- Waiter o , sir. Cus tomer Then band oxer vour fee. I've xxaind lory mi nearly an hour. I- that cement any good?" asked a prospoetix e purchaser of a peddler. Am g I?' xvas the reply. "Why, xo old ineiid flu' break of day with t hat cement ." II would be an awful strain on a man to be polite tlnongh all the xvoi ri lii i -til - of bn-iue if he were not con soled by the pro-pel of geiting even a Iter going lc line. Mr. I 'Itiiiitix man (looking up from hi- pa. el ) - "Another cashier gone xx ith the deposits ' Mr-. I'hunuy tiiiiti What xx:i- the fiuu?" Mr. V He xxasn't -ali-lied xvith some he took i-xery thing." iii". The lamp's ie-id. tie- lion. I ii ii . xx iirs and xxi angling cease. The cat .-lecps on tin- hnoiiack. And all the xvnrld i- peace. A lliaiiuiinl-Sct Tent li. A slmrt time ago a lady xvith a bad ly dciaycd upper Intend incisor en tered a s. I'aul (Minn.) dentist's olli. c. and. after examination, the doc tor informed her that the only means of -aviug the tooth would be lo sub--litule a gold cioxx u. Ill a joking xvav he referred t" the diamond story, and laughing y suggested that there xvas an i x- -Unit ..pportunity to try the c.x peiiineiil in In-! ei-e. lo his surprise hi- patient, xx bo pi. -M il lo be an ache-. . aciilcd. Mr Idli- pirn lined a -mall s.,, d blilliaul. and embedded it. in the gold . row n xxhidi he built on the n main- of lb" halliral predecessor. The I 'le-- is .Icbghici! with the re siid.and declares that the next gem iii-eitcd shall be a carat in weight. The -tone is no! . on-pi. noil-, and might c-. ape not he altogether, al though a tin of artilii tal light makes it. spaiklc in a xxax likely to arouse, hi i i -i i x . The a tress i- the nearest a. dial ,-ipproa. h to the little girl in the fail i si-ox from xx hose mouth gems dropped xxhcncxei shr spoke. It is bodlv piol.al.'e that mix su, h fashion xxill become g. in ral. all bough an in spe. lion of the jcxvclled im isor shown that the riled i- far less -ladling than xxould be expected ; I'ioneer l'ie-s. u Obi ( lock Maker. Hiram ( amp, president of the New llaxeii (Ciiiiii. ) Clock Company , has been in the clock making business for over sixty years, all ihe tunc xxith one, concern, lie probably knoxvs nmro aboin the history of i lock inanufacliirn in thi- country ihnn any other man in the Nutmeg Slate, which gaxe birth to Ihe im-i no-- a hundred years ago, and ha- monopolized it to a great extent exer since In the days of wooden clocks the m.iiiiilacturers made up a few at a time and p: ddled them through the country, and the filling of an ordT for a bundled clocks xvould have been considered the work of an ordinary lifetime. Now the companies in Con necticut and other pails of the country turn out over l xvo million clocks a year. I'rixalinti. Mr. I'liileas I'ogg tin the west). 1 suppose you meet with a good many hanlshipf out here on the plains? Lariat Luke. Uaid-lop-.- I should say so! Why, paid, I've sometimes been obliged to chaw sinokii.' tcr lackei S-dJ'uek, J
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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June 19, 1890, edition 1
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