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(ZLI)e Cljatljom Uecorfr. fV II. -A. JLOIV'DOJN, EDITOlt AND rHOPHIETOK. RATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One squaie, one insertion One square, two lneertions' One square, one month fl.Mf 1.6 2.00 $1.51 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanci. VOL. XII. For lurger advertisements liberal con racta will be. made. 1ITTS1H)R() CHATHAM CO., N. C, JUNK 2(5, 18. if IlA. y f A 4t Jt c Ml nam u y y V O ' "I lie Win 18 Way." I whisper all day to llir rushes, I rul'lc. the siiiuotli-llfuvinj; stream. And burrow from i-IoihI-ImihI nnl siinllpht 1 In ir shadow ami lie un. I hurry llinnili grniii field ami forest, O'er valley and high mountain rhain; Their saline-- and m celiics.) ! gather I'miu meadow and main. Tlii" Kt rets I murmur are many, A sa lly or blithely I blow, Yet what I reveal In the river No mortal may know. A diamond" ring, 'Oh, Miss liilbo," chirped the city boarder, "I'm bo sorry to trouble rou !" "My name is Betsy Bilbo," paid the kail young woman in tho blue domes tic X'n-li'nii gown and the lint of Inline braided straw, v. ho stiod leaning igainst tln pa-t re bars, with a brim ming pail of ripe huckleberries on her inn. ".'.ml yuii needn't trouble to put any 'Mi?' in front of it.-' It would bo impossible to imagine any stronger contrast Ihan existed br twceii Bolsy Bilbo, wild the corn-colored I air, the I idge of s.inburn m io-s lit r iin-e, and flic I' d, shapeless bands, and the city boarder. The city boarder looked with pretty ruriosity at this country specimen who "did" for six rows, a hundred young tnrkevs, a brd-ridoen father and a pair of oxen. Bet-v, in her turn, stared back at Tillie Paleison, with her pi::h-and-wliiie ii mple.x'on, dainty cambric gown and white tenuis shoes. "Wears a diamond ring that cost n hundred dollars, as I am told," thought Betsv . "and goes to bed verv night in a complexion mask ! (Hi. Lord!" "You see," explained Miss Pa'ers-m, "we're all going up the imiii n tain to fee u fiu tiiiii '-teller," und ic giggled, gracefully. 'Humph!'' commented Belsv . "The fools a: n't all dead yet !'' "And," "1 ill it- added, "we shall stop lo pick flowers and hie kleberrios on the way down, and l'e been sin h an awfully silly goose ns to wear my ring. And if you'll allow me to leave it with you until f ionic back, it will be such a farm '" She drew the glittering done from her tinker and held it toward Betsy Biibo. An obliipie rav of sunshine s- inlil latcd through its facets. Ilelsy winked hard. It dazzled her. "1 have no patent safes nor lock riipboaid." said she, "but i'il take the best care I can of it." She li-hod in the depth? of her gown pocket and brought up a rusty leather purse, in w hich she deposited the ring. "There !' said she. "It'll be all right." "So mii' h obliged," cooeil the city bo rder. "Kindly welcome," retorted Betsy, making a lunge at a recalcitrant calf who was contemplating an inroH-l into the vegetable garden. "Such an outlandish-looking crea tine! ' whispered Tillie to her friend. Miss Hales. "1(1111111 the same, I'm glad 1 left the ring with her. It's very valuable, and it tits, my finger rather loosely, and in lhe-e gipsy ramps there's no telling what might happen." "Such h scarecrow!" Hetsy Bilbo told her father, as she carried up the pail of huckleberries to show him. "A hat liko a black saucer turned up side down, find white shoes, and n waistcoat for nil the world like a man's!" Old Aaron Hi. ho viewed the huckle berries with delight. "Seems a powerful long lime since I bad a huckleberry pie," said he. " 'oiri fo bake one, Hetsy?" Hetsy nodded. "A real old-fashioned one." said she. "Such as mother used to make." I lid Aaron ( hackled. ' How's the red calf ?'' snid be, so lieitoiisly. "(irowin' like all possessed, father " "Ami Hip biff bmod of Muscovy duckling? ' "lhey couldn't be doin' better." "And the bluuket cow that was ail In' r "Oh, she's all right again, father." "lias Milo I tiekson been here to see about buyin' them oxen, Hetsy?" anx iously inquired iho old man. after n brief silence. Hetsy nodded. "Yes." said she; "but he ain't will in' to give I ii t io for 'em. I told him up and down I wouldn't sell at that price. We can do belter to hire 'em out by the dav ." j (line more Aaron Hilbo thrrklrd. "I always 1 vcu'd ought to been a mini," said lie. "Yes, vos, Bclsy, i you're, right. Youalvas was right,! Hetsy." (.., look hire, father!" said Betsy. suddenly bethinking herself of a new way to amuse the invalid. " W'nvOi'u't , you like to see a dumondr' "A which, Hetsy?" "A diamond," explained t!.C daugh ter "a diamond ring !'' ' I've read about 'cm in the papers,"' slowly uttered the old man. "Hut I dun know as 1 ever seen one, eh? Wheie on earth did you get if, Hetsy? .and o (loshen! how it sparkles, for all the world like a drop o' dew with din sun on it !" And Helsey related to him the tale of how she was temporarily otliciating as a Safe licposit Company. A troubled wrinkle CHinn between the old inan'a grizzled brows. "Hut hadn't you orter to lock it up in the kitchen cupboard, Hetsy ?" said he. "Can't," l'.etsy nnswercd. "Lock's broken.'' "Put it in the erai ke I teapot on the top dresser shelf," said Aaron, "where your mother used to keep her silver money." "till, 1 guess it's safe enough here!'' returned Hetsy, once more fastening her leather purse with a (napping sound. "There was a tramp dole Jehiel Hall's jack-knife off the kitchen winder-sill last week," sail) Aaron. "1 shan't leave this on the window sill," observed Hetsy, drily. "And that there fortune. tellin' rang o' gipsies up the m Mintaiu don't bear no very good name." "I jiness they'll let me alone, if I let lliem alone," shrewdly remarked Itcisy. Now, father, I'm aoin" down stairs to make the bucklebci ry-pic, and then I'll dig some new beets and c.ilch a chicken for tomorrow's din ner. And- ' "Hul about that diamond nuir. Hetsy." feebly quavered tie' old man. "I shan't lake no comfort if I'm a fancNin' all the while fiat it's lost." Willi a quick, though not unkindly hand, Hetsy rai.-ed the feather pillow under her father's head, and slipped the discolored leather purse helical h it. "There it i, father," Slid she. "You i an look af .er it yourself now." "That's a deal better place for it, Hrly," said old Aaron, contentedly. And be doi il oil' into a slumber, while Hetsy went to roll out pie-pate and pull young beds for dinner. Kb!" Il seemed as if he hud been sleeping for hours and bonis, w hen a ioo-e board creaked on the tl jor. ami a lihadow fell across the noon bright ness of tlm room. "Kb! What! Who's that?" "It's me. Neighbor Hilbo!" a plaus ible voice made reply. "Who's me?" ".lohn .bines." "I dunno who you be," stammered the old man, "I don't kno no , lohn .lollCM'S." Ins' inclively his wrinkled fingers famli'eil for the precious gem beneath his pillow; a cold sweat broke out upon his forehead, while his heart seeuied to stand still. "I'm Obadiah Joneses' nephew. I'p to I. ark Farm!" explained the stran ger. "Yon may be, and you mayn't," sahl the old man, resolved to sell his lica-uie only with hii life, and si crclly wondei ing bow he i oiild best summon Hetsy to the re-cue. "Iiidu't you fee my darter nowhere.- round the pla e ?" "No, sir, 1 didn't," said .lohn .'ones, drawing nearer to the bed-ide. "I kind o' ktiotked and hollered, but no body didn't an-wer. and so 1 made j bold to step upstairs." j Annul looked hard at his v isitor, j lie was a tall, sh uihy young man. j with pi ofiisely-pomu! limed hair, aj gaudy neck-senrf, and cutis much too j huge for bis freckled paws of hands. His gray-green ev es moved restlessly lo and fro, and his handkerchief j unellcd of cheap cologne. "A confidence man," said old Hilbo, I to himself. -'Polks has somch vv j heard of that diamond, and I'm piin' ! to be gai ruled and lobbed!" ! lb- mustered up sullh icht coinage. ' however, to -ay. boldly : ', And what's jour business with me, j sir." John .loues sidled still nearer to Ihe j wooib n bed-lead. i "I'm a-goin' to s you, sir," said he, rolling- his uneasy eves ah ui1, "lo : Icmnie hev the greatest treasure you j pos-css." I A cold dew bloke out on th i old man's upper lip: bis face reddened. I "Yon won't g.t it: tint's llat !" said j he. I i "Might I venture, sir--" "No, voti mightn't !" said Anica. And Hfling up his voice with th I desperation of a gn at enici gein v, be i I ! haw led ah ud ; I "Bet -y ! I'.e-ee et-sy ' Help ! , Murder! Thieves! Hobbe:!" j S.i loud v did he c't!! tint l'.etsy, ia j Ihe dei p- of th back cellar, where j she was drawing a pig of cider vinegar ! h.uru ihe i. ill, and hutcleJ to i (.spoil. 1 j to it, with the poker in o:ie Lord and j n sauiepau of boiling hot writer in the other. "let out of thi, you!" shouted Hetsy, comiuif like an Amazon to the fray. "Ain't you 'sham-d o' yourself, robbin' and murderiu' a poor, helpless old inan-' (let out, I say, or I'll scald you to death !" Hetsy Bilbo's appearance, a she screamed out these word-, was more that of an avenging fury than a mod ern maiden, and John Jones fled pre cipitately lie fore her, never pausing until he stood breathless among the I tender young chives and parsley roots ' in the garden patch below, having ig- j iioiiiiiiioiisIv tumbled fiver the well ''urh in his (light. "Thank goodness," said old Aaron, drawing a long breath, "the diamond ring is safe! I thought one time he'd bev it sure." "Did h try to grab it, father? ' said 1 Hetsy. "Well, I declare!" "N no, I can't say as he e?aekly tried to grab it," unwillingly admitted the old man. "but Pin 'most sai l in he was going to. I never was so glad to see nobody in my iife as I was to see you, l'.etsy." "Why, father," said Hetsy, looking intently out of the window, "he.'.s h standing there yet I Why don't he go? I'll clear him oil the premises, or I'll know the reason why!" Willi Inn ried and determined step, she took her way down to the spot, where die descendant of ibadiah Jones of Lark Farm was sorrowfully rnbbiiii; bis knee joint "I 'nine !" s-iid she. What arc you standin' here for? Why don't yiui--Pics- my soul, if it aiu t John Jones!" 'Yes, jf,i me," said John Jones. 'Took to highway robbery, eh? and liglilin' bi'd-riddeu old men?" cried I'.elsy. "You!'' I hain't robbed no one. and I hain't foii't nobody," said John Jones. I jest asked your pa for permission to come and see you Sunday nights and he hollered out like mud and yiui coiue running in with a sa'ecpaii o' boilin' water and the poker." "And you run away!" P.elsv. I couldn't do nothin' else! sneered ' sighed the swain could I ?" A faint flu-h o-e lo Hetsy' sun burned rhe-ks. She balanced herself lirst on one foot and then on the I o her. If she was partial to anybody, it was to John Jones. "John," baarded she, "it was a misiunlerslandin' !" "Il had that look," said John, still rubbing bis bruised knee. ' "Father'-, sort o' deaf, you know, but he'd a spoke up dillercnt if he'd a-ktimved it was you," said Helsey. "And 1 was that skecred I never stopped to recognie you " "Humph!" observed John Jones. "Ynu ain't goin', be you, John?" John Jones came to a dead slamt slill am ng Ihe chives and the holly hocks. Not if you a-k me to stay. Bet sty." So .lohn Jones stayed to dinner, dulv partaking of the Imp kleberry pie nnd the fried thicken, ami Betsy showed him the diamond t ing whii Ii bud been tit the bottom of all his troubles. "Il is a sparkler, ain't it:" said be. Hut, nevertheless, the whole house hold experienced a sehsiit ion of relief when Miss Palelsoti i ailed for Ihe) ring, and their ordeal of guardianship was al an end. -.Saturday Night. mm I An lileplninfs Nclf-Penial. j While in Unglaud Captain Marryaf, j the novelist, was intensify interested in the devotion anil self-denial of ir hugeeli phanl. The beast was defend- ing himself from swarms of mosqui- toes, using a large branch to keep them I from ihe crannies and cracks of his' thick hide. Mis perse, utors weie slid annoying him greatly, as. was evident from his motion-, when his keeper ap peared with :t little fluid. This he laid down befoie the animal, saying : Wiilrh it !" and walked awav. The elephant immediately broke oil' a small whisk from the laige In ugh, and. in stead of fanning himself, directed hit .attention to driving away every inns, qiiito from the infant, llecoiitinu his unlit ihe keeper returned tw o houi after, thus selling, though a brute, an example of devotion which few men would have intimated. I'seil to Koiiuhing It. Foreign Viitor "IMii'I v.ni think the Fnilcd Slates should have a ureal navv.tn cope with ihe bltle-ship of other povve's in cae of war'-'' Aiiierit an--"Hub! W ith one half the i oiinlrv a'lliually swept by floods aiitltlicotl.tr half tiuiliuually being un M u up ov cvi ioues. vv nat woiiiu wo carefoi atnerebomb uduieiit?" New Yvik Weekiv. DHSERT VICTIMS. iilU KSOMi; HKLICS l ltOM ( Ob. OK ADO'S SKA OK LAND, Daring Fortune-Hunter Who Periehed of ThirM, It is nnf generally known that a considerable number of im i, . aeh w ar lose their lives while ero-sing it 1 1 American d seii, e' -o. h is the use. 0l, 1)V ,,,.. H , ,vli,. u,.,.,,i!ig mv hal nikishly coi ked om r its polished forehead, and on its jiws a perpetual grin, is the kull of -nine wandering fortune-hunter u bo doubtless died of the thirst-agony. Like a score of other skulls and .skeletons found in the sands of tht same ( olorado desert this year there is nothing to tell anything of whoever if was who used this empty hone as a b rain casket. A "d -serf man" who recently re 'urned from a prospecting trip brought in this skull, w hich he stumbled over, as a memento. The coyotes, the sun and the sand have cleaned and pol-i-hed it until it looks an if prepared fo a doctor's study, but if the tongue less im 'lit h could only speak what a story it could tell of wandering over burning sands under a iioicile-s, consuming sun. "f a bt road, of clacked throat and svvollr n tongue, of delirium, mid at last fit mcniltii death. Colonel i. I. Allen, a civil engineer and maiider of a corps of prospectors it the service of :1c Mexican Coloniza tion Company, of Haiti, Cab, whobavi been looking for coal fields through the desert cout:lrv. estimates that las; winter a seme of people met their death from thirst and heal, and men tions a number of ghastly disc veiies. One of the iie.-t striking of these gruesome finds w as made by Colonel Allen in the lower bend of New liivcr. He here came ncro-s a buck boai il standing alone in I lie sa ,d without a hoise or person in sight, lie left the trail and rode over to where the vehicle stood, and foir d that il was loaded with all 'be article lice. ssary for a comfortable camping I trip, except one. the; most eSsi-ulial -that is vva'cr. An expensive set (, harness was found on the ground near by, and a little sear, h resulted in jn,. j ili the .skeleton of two hor-es. The ropes they had been ( still eiu ireleil the hones i and were alia, lied lo the Two valises full of i' kctetl w ith f their nei ks slakes. line clothes. plenty of provisions, and other articles were on the biickboald, but not a scrap of paper nor n letter vvi- di-cov red whi h could give any clew to the own ers' identity, or vvhcie I hey i anie from, save that most of the coats bore the iiaiues of London tailors. No trace of the travelers was then found, but a few days later lieorge Miilard of Catnpo, while traveling wi hin a short distance of the saine spot, found two skeletons ( leaned by the elements anil insects, contorted in peculiar position, inili -alive of the thirst agony and de lirium previous to death. These were evidently the remains of the ow ners of the hiifkhnaril, hut no ui' .e informa tion was found. So it i- with urn t of these desert tragedies. .-el,om is il that the elements leave anv thing whit Ii will tell the story sa.e dead men's bones Cupidity, "arising from a peculiar Source, lifts doubtless been the ocelli-ion I of several of these desert tragedies, j The War I cp:u imcnt formerly kept j in service a teieg rnpli line extending I across the de-ert from Yuma to San 1'iego, but recently abandoned it evi- deiilly urn considering il worth the labor to remove the w ire and pole-, A number of persons living near the border of the deserl. taking advantage f this flotsam and jetsam on the sea f,f sand, have been engag d for m.iiic time in digging up the pole, and using them for In nhcr and feu. ing. As the telegraph Ii lid not follow the wagon trail, il was necessarv for the pole-hunting parties to wander from the regular line of travel, and several of these foragers are believed so to have lost their lives - New York Tribune. ' A Sliuly In Views. Ynbsley 1 believe you told me you ' took your wedding trip through the Yo.-omite valley. You iiiii-i have set n a great many views woi thy of admiration. ' Wii kwire -M iu. I don't know. You see my w ife was developing mi many views on domestic authority 1 about then that I did not have lime lo .'imly any other kind. -;Terre Haute IlXpll'ss. A Spreading llaliit. "I see that the cht w iegq;iim habit i- ! pleading." "I should judge so. I found a big ! bunk attached to my coat when I ro-e I from mv seat in the car veslei d iv ." I I Harder' Bazar. Trapping Pels un Dry Lutul. It has always been uthrmed by old professional tibermen, and by some naliira isls, that ee have the ability to leave the water and travel long dis lances on land. It is said that the slippery coaling of slime that enca-cs eels is for tlej piirpo-c of lubrication when they are squirming the'r way on overland journeys. Jerry ionium of Ppper Blocks, a well known Ileleware liivcr fisherman, now comes to the front vviih a story w hich be say s proves that oe)s i nn get over the ground s well as through water. 'onnaii ha this spring, after getting hi.- share of shad nights at the fishery he is intere-ted in, cleaned two or three for bis own use at a spring about i'uo feet from the river shore, throwing the heads and other refuse on the ground. The first morning he found that all the refuse of the shad had been eaten or carried away during the night. Me ii-jti -oil lortie us trac ing in the sand between the spot and the river, and at first thought the re fue had been eaten by water snakes, which made the tnu ks in the sand. On the second or third day he changed his mind, and concluded that Ihe tracks were made by eelsiha came up out of the river and ate the shad heads and entrails. To tc-t his theory he placed the refuse of hi, tish in an eel not the other night and set the pot at ca-t '."i feet farther from the river . : than the spring i.-. The next morning , ! he went lo his trap and found I'.i leg. fat eel- Mopping around in it. He be lieves 1 1 i,i t he is the liist man on Ice ice- rNevv j "I'd to trap eels on d i 1 "rk '""" land A (iiinieeock Whips a Tiifor. A coi respondent of the London I tiers' (.aeiie relates, as an in-tance of the courage of game. . i. ks, the follow ing fact i m in 1 1 ii it atcd by an ofli'-er iinvv in the American navy: "Sailing from Trineomali, on board the All chises for Loudon, we bad a large consignment of wild beasts for Mr. Jamrach. for the feeding of whiih he hail taken in a large number of live poultry. On board there w as a tiger so tierce mid savage thai lie would take the sec inil -nap m 1 1 a - rcdliol bar, and the sailors named him the I lemon. Among the poultry one of the jungle cocks played havoc wiih the other cocks ami bec.'iuic so bold as to llv al the sailors' caps w hen leasing him. At hist he put his sharp spins through a man's hand, and was doom ed to visit the I lemon'!, cage. The tiger put hi-- paw I ward the bird in a stealthy manner, when quick as light ning, the co. k sent his spur- into it. ami for a few mill He- the tiger Ii. ked his paw; then, teaching out his nose until it got in close proximity w ith the j bird, the spurs were dashed into the tigers nose, from winch (lie blood trickled, and, tvilh a mtillb-d grow I of rage, the tiger retreated t ilhe furthe.t corner of the cage. Tli sailor- -enl up a cheer at the victor) and delci in n. ed to bring the game bird to Lnglntid, but il died before reaching the hau nch" How to Take Cure of a Watch. The following may be taken as fundamental maxims in t ,e . arc of a watch, says the Youth's Companion fio not let a watt Ii inn down, but w ind il regulaily at a lived time ea. Ii day : set your watt h by and compaie il with a reliable regulation . hold die watch still when winding il : never shake a watch v iolciiflv ; pcvi r meddle with the works, never carry your watch near an electrical machine; , not let your watch run more than two years without cleaning; never put vniir watch in the hands of a poor workman: if your watch stops, sec whether il has run down, ami if il has, wind and set il : if it his not run down, see whether the hands have taught: if they have, by Using (are, you may free Ihcni; if neither of j die-e, lake the w at. h to a Willi h I maker. If the vv a'. I w aier. if into ea-cs of the vv opened, into i i i- dropped into the Irish water, open the im ks and put the vv at. h. i cup of kerosene oi miK bine ml. No lime should be lost in doing Ihi- Then, a- soon sible. take it to a wati huiakei Us Curiosity in Paper, (icorge Wcl of Bailstoii is in session of a curiosity in paper, him by a friend in Hong KongJ pot- J sent linn, i says the Philadelphia Record. It is a j sheet llxll imbed, made from the' web of Ihe "sa. red white spider" of the Flowery Kingdom, It is as light i ail and almost as transparent, but j i also beauli'nllv punted, containing ' about two column- of mutter, giving ! in Pnglish the tory of how "Mid- j shiptnan Copplestoiie was piesented at 1 ihe Cunt of IVkin." Americans i know much fib ur paper making, but . it is sate to say that there :s not h spider web paper factorv oulMiie the almond-eyed kin-plom. ( HlLHItllVS ( lli.PM. A MS' VI l. I liR'l hern herr last T wish, ol I wish niglil' '1 be nir was s warm and the ii.'ni ns . hi mht. ! That it crinl. In't h.o e h irmcl inc. ! know: Ami new. by the ii'ii- mi the ground, vmi j may see i That the fairies have -n li'-re. us -"re as I an be I haven't a doubt it is so' ) for here i- the circle they 'lrew "ii the ;r; : i Within it no font of a mortal "uM pas-1 . I Ami here is he lc:ir little thrum. ' Thi-tniy brown toadstijol they s. t for the queen; j Ami al! in the rine is so fresh ami -nti-rcn' j I vvit'i. bow 1 wish I had known' j They drink from the i'ip of the gcrn. ! folks sy j (See. here is the spot when they threw tbeui j a :i i : Anil they ilam e in the moon-hine white. And, look' where a dew punned u eh we J liud. , l is tin I orios- al.e . joth left behind, "h' I wi-1. I hid been !:.! last n i-f -t -IKI I sti:v (U A Ii"(i. People living- uptown in the neigh borhood of sixth and Oxford streets, Philadelphia, often see droves of slice) driven through the streets. One man i with his droves has for an assistant j only a shepherd dog, who is expert ill I his war. The man is fond of stopping al saloons, and tells tlm dog, by a wave ' of his baud, to mind the, sheep while i he is absent. Keeentlv : jeiitl 'inan living near the i saloon time.' ihe shepherd; he was in i the house iliirfv-tive minutes. The I doe mar-' tiled ihe sheep clo-e together j light at ihe coiner, near where his nnisti" ntered a door, and then lay 1 dow-i o rest, but was on the alert for hii' Movement among Ihe sheep. He kept them packed closely together itid if one moved out of the line he ose und with a few barks soon had ;he sheep back in place. lie would run around the flock to see if all was right and then lay down again, only to repeat the vv al.h when another moved He had them in such a group that tin y lilled the street from curb to curb, but lie would not allow them to get on the pa veinent. At la-t a wagon came along-; the liivcr wanted to turn up Ihe street, and not being able to go through the group of sheep, stopped. The dog saw the dilemma, stepped out and soon had the sheep arranged in tile on one side of the street, leaving plenty of room for the hore and w agon to pa-s. Nobodv ,o. the dog- what he knew After it was all done his master came out of the saloon and gave the dog a pal on the head and a piece of p et.el by w ay if reward New York Tribune. j mv im,, in i i in i Lid'in v i o vst . These seas ale fatuous for their I ashes, and many were beautie.-. being j .lliped w ith bright green, yellow, blr.e I indeed. (Ilheishad long streamers. ; uid lookrd like the harlequins and j olumliine in pantomimes. I noticed I hal there was he greatest ditl'ore nee ' between them in their habit.-. S me j were shy. and darted away at the I lighte-t motion: while others seemed i ' think me a huge lish. and came near tie, as if curious p. Hc what I was like Some swam over mv arm- and , ! let me move my hands towaid them. ! Hut most were shy. ; "As to .he stories ,,f hii,irkn, they arc 1 ; In the main ted true. I have had a -hark come within live feel of me. I .itnl when I rai-eil my ami it darted : ofl iu -ucli a hurry that the lni I i im i f ; the water nearly threw me oil mv feel. t If course, there may be eases where a j vary large shark might attack a diver; : i but if he should attack one wearing ' 'he modern diver's lu liiiel or nrumj . i , I ' i think the shark would have a hard lime of ii copper nnd gla-s would, I not make a v et v good mouthful." said , . the diver, laughing. j I r- 1 I "A friend of mine had n funny e.x j j erience. He w as walking on a sand) j bottom, when sudden'v he was lifted j upwards, then thrown backward. Mid, j I but for bis pike, would have fallen. ' 1 I or a few sin onds the tv aler was not : j . 'ear. Then he saw the caii'O of hi- : I upset was a big skate that he had been i Iv ing partly buried in the sand - asleep perhaps, lb; had stepped with his' leaden shoes right on its back. 'Sometime we go down at night, and then the scene under water i ' often a beau'iful sight, livery jelly fish and living creature set ins to be ablaewith light; vonr rope appears to be on tire, and every motion makes J the water glimmer. The crabs ami fishes spat kle, nianv with a bght of i their own. So, you see, instead of I being a dark and barren place, as the; majority of people seem to regard it, j the ocean, even at the greatest depths, i is probably made bright by the very uniinals that most need the light." A dinner dress of black net, tufted wiih pink and white daisies, is one of the perfectly new and lovely Summer idea. The Transformation. V hen I.ove was youni! it asked for wings J bat it mii;ht still be roaming; Ami away il sped, by fancy led. Through dawn nnd hom and plonming. K. h daintiness tha'. Ii'ooins and blows Il wom d ill believed meter. And when it won the ,-weeett sweet, i A a il flew lo a sweeter ; When f.ove was ; nuns. Win n t.ove was old il craved fur rest, I or borne and hearth and heaven; for quiet talks round sheltered walk." And long lawns smoothly ."haven. ' And what hove .-uii.lit at last it found A root, a porch, a garden. And from a fond, iiii'iuc-lioninc heart, I'e.iee. sympathy nnd pardon: When Love was old. Austin iiobson. in the London Globe. iii'Moitors. ( iriite results Cinders. Men of note Opera singers. Parlor matches Home weddings, slow matches Long engagements. , The paperhanger makes money by going to the wall. A flat refusal "We never let our , room- to large families." urioiis. There are no counts i:i this country and yet every man count. Well. I'll be blovved remarked tho ; has.- hoi u, as Ihe band began to play. ! Turkeys are the most innocent of ; bird-. The most il!y woman in tho w oi !d can stuff one. 1 It i- strange to tee a man buttoning ; hi- coat up to hi- chin on a cold day, ; when the garment is a chinchilla. I fell ovr the rail," said thesailor, "and the shark came along and grabbed me by the leg." "And what , dil v on do " "I let him have the leg. ; I never disputes with a shark.'' A young physician was showing s friend a recent purchase: be bad made in the way of a skeleton. "Very in teresting," commented bis friend. One of your patients, doctor?" "Why, Tommy, you're not at the jam again, and only spanked for it au hour ago?'' "Yes, mar: I heard you tell auntie von thought you had w hipped me too bard, ami I thought I'd even Ibii gs up." The Fse of Sialic. She wa a very nice looking girl; she had bright eve thai gleamed alike w ilh fun and delei initiation. She had on a pretty brown dre-. her gloves lilted her perfectly, and she wore the daii lie- of brow n draw bats, says the l.adie-' Home .loiiriia!. she paid li' i fare in the street car and, as sh closed In r purse with a snap, she said. --I'm getting very tired of if, aiid I don't intend to allow myself j to indulge in it any longer." She was tired of hearing a girl say she was "dead struck" on a young man when : she meant, she thought, he was very I pleasant, (if hearing another one an ' iiniuicc that she thought rose colored ribbons were very "swagger," that is, t i-hioiiahle r. again, stigmatizing an impertinent voiing man as "too fio-h." or calling the grandmother an "tod girl." It wa- all unladylike; nnd yet these very carls were ones who were in tho habit i f hearing good i-'.uglish spoken, ' of reading good book.-, ami who after a little thought, knew exactly how : boiuinably tin y were speaking. But il was a bad hub I, anil a bad habit is more ea-ily g dten than gotten rid of. However, they are doing it; they formula lii'le "Anti-slang Band": ca. li lime a slang word is u-ed a penny , is Iroppcd in the slot of iiiiearthen ! ware sav ing'- box, that cost just a ; penny : and every girl is put on her 1 honor to kci p lict MUtit w hen she i 1 awav . and lo duly attend her tlebls, : I. ( . l'.'s are accepted, though as yet ' tmlv one has been olb red. There is a J sn ions belief that at the riul (if 1S0O there will be enough money in the box to found a bed in the Habii s' Hospital; but it is perfectly certain that as the montliM go by the contributions will dei rea-e, until, by January, slang will be eliminated from the t onvcrsatioii of this group of girl-; and not only will the i beery leader announce that she's tin . I of it. but that she has absolutely slopped using it. Ilirtls in the W Inflow . There is one piece of advice, sayn Olive Thorne Miller, writing in the Christian I nion on the cart of birds, that I should like to put into letters 40 feet high and stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast- that is: never put a bird in the window! I rarely go into Ihe street in the summer, or even on a mild day in winter, that I do not see unfortunate canaries hung in Iho window. Pven if Hie sun is not broil ing the 'raiiis under the little yellow cap, a draught is blowing till the time over the delicate body. People have been told a thousand times that they must not put a bird in a draught, yet how few remember that there i alway a draught in an open wiuiow. s' ; 1
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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June 26, 1890, edition 1
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