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l)e Cl)all)nra ttecorb. II. A. LOIS' IDOIV, EDITOli AND PHOPHILTOH. KATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, LOne s.pmre, one insertion- $1.0. 1.66 - 2.60 t.mr. square, iwo inauriioiio Oue square, one ru'inlh $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanet . For larger advertiscmcnto liberal ccn VOL. XIII. IITTSliORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, DECEMBER 2. 181)0. NO. Ii. "Marts will b made. (Lot ijaipm w i i A CHItlSlMAS I.ULLAHY. Mep. Iiahy. -Jeep! thr Motiiei s.n.s: Uru !!' mi.;r!s km-' .-in. I lul l tlicir n inp, Mi-. I-, baby -,trp' With -wailies of MViiUM hriy iliy ,L. i Mary is liiiirl hi was syren I. S!'i, baby, -lee.' At iiii'luir,hl "ami' tin- sln-paci'ib, tli -j Wiicm -cniplis wakened by tin- wav. SIiti. baby, sl-epl And tltn kins" from llu- Kas! u'ar Jvre (Instil r.-inii., guide Iiy thy l.ii : l-d-i-p. baliy. sleep! They brought Wnv - niit.s o.' & .Id nud geim, I'm ori.-nt ii 'in!-, rich dii i-.n.. Sl-po, ..- . ll'.'i: Tin He hi vt 11 1 lll'sl sluilll.?-il1j$ tiler.", Ai l Kin o.' kinji.. raiili. ocean ai;-. si'cetl. baby, sleep' Sir baby, sleep: 'I'll sii .pVr.ls sin -: iiti'.u'i h-avcii. tiirou;;li earth, hosniinas I inc. Sleep. In'iv, -.ep -."'in XUtni'jU ike Baker of Barnburv. A I IIHI-TMAS -0lV. T was three ilav-. lir fere Christina. i ml i In- inker of the iitllr village l Hariibury J -at in f 1. 1 - nirti he- . liiinl hi l,.,ji. II. ., .i. ,.,.1 .-wr- ! .,;..'.1;1...L : ir ' fellow ami ordinarily ? "I a jolly 1 t.'iai j:m it'. I'lil i in-. tl..y In . i: glial ill III- i-.,.,. j, ,. n. l:il t'ltlitjn , :''.j. i " I..- i ; "ell'. .'in I v',,, (,,' i 'l,i,, ,! I ' i';; ir. you. bak-i . i . i :i nimry I in -im:cs .. ' inn.' ati-l -very out" n them ti-'iv .way. with lire-mi! (it a i.tisiii cak" ot a In. I'm- gitigi r r ike, if they like that b"l in. All this i fur thr ur"i"l "I tin- tra !r, I. 1 riiur-c Conioutid tli- ii.tilr. I'm tin-I ! ti-.i.ii'. I tiii-n- ii.. ',ii.i 1 in tl:,' world. Win the good oi tin trade: li, y.-s,' they'll say. : ln-i'-'s I'iui-tun- ami tliat'i- tii'i't.' li it tviia' i-tin' l'iiihI uf 1 ii t.jinr; ftiy I. (,'iiiiilni.i-it iv i a la'nih ' ii.iv. .'mil t" a man within i I ttnilv it'. ii.' (lay I all. I'm ii. i; , vi"a !',iirl!i i m-iu td a - hi: tin-town. N'lii p'l-.' ak- in.' t. a faimlj .iimi'.r. 'Hak--; Wakii !' iliry ( iy, ';ln: ivi may .-a ami hnv .a. h '. thri.' ( -1111111111,1 tin in. an, lir. il .I1 II. Wh.'ii i- ('iih-tina t'. ii:".' I hat . ' inili'i I i it." A' li ' ai'l : hi- . -nil- Inn,.- ..in on Vi- fa.T. "Ski. iiri-tui " - 1,. "that a t,.i.) l i.i.-a. Tltcv ,',, i n... t'liiik (.1 lur la-i u-af: thi- wnuM niak' them think n! me tlii, yea . A" he .-ii.1 thi- hi ujirnvl Wi nrtlot lunik ami ran lu eve nvi i- tin uauic-. Mere'- iiv.lers fr.im even n',. i.f tin ni.' sii'l he, "frniii tli" iWit'l i; il.rvn I i (' ei Wli r .W.lin. Ai1 liav.' fainiii." all ive .'l it'i- t' i.t-iiy. . i!,.- ..: -.ve' laie i'-. it it'-" li. i at ,.r fowl !.. I. iiAe I. Vh:e i jelly t'Writina they liiv. with in' i.i'! I ll 'lei - from all .if tli -e very n!l" ail -"ill ill LH'.n.i lime 1". I. : uf ln'i:i' low .li i mil li' l. he ti.i.t i aa i i.-.'i li - . .itain iiVer tl." list. ".i. not all ' In -.,1.1. ,1... Will.. a Monk I- me ll.'te. V. ill' 1- the m i'iiT uith lit I . I w.-inlri . rie i:iiv .el'...ll in llanililin iviiii in- on ..I'iere I eillaT iii-Iiv rake- n -w i eiiii" it-: m t.i,-n! meal tn We Waki I. If I -kin 'hli-l na-. -le il ii.it ii im! II I'll s!.-'l !i -i:iH - tii. ..li.- in all Harnii i,-. . i la ' i.a !' The Waker wante'l -'.'le it' 1 .1. 'lei. ;.- 'li! v. ..i;.'i tr.i (an ii.' wh.i!. vii i.l';l . In- !i. kl l llji 111- -i: . . ..a.i it.-nl imi .e . v..li.. 'I'll" ui-.'ii' v a !( I. li I Ir.- iy J! iik"'l liii- t'e- m- liliel" ai f ! ..hi tli ii til hi- ii.ike y . lij vaii.e.l to the "li'l ..I tie village nml ..I th" 1 .-t ho i-- in -i'i;i.. 1. "it - i" i iiM, ' -ai I ii !'. Iiiin-.'il . 'iio i.i". pa-!i'j ' i tail" l-; no. i vim j m . i , i v .i; Hie I' i ' ii ii IS " I. I'll look in all. I -(" i'ioii' liii-. ' all I la kliui ke I il tiie tloiii . Tin Wi.l.i i Monk as ai -aii;i." he ml' a i!i'ii;i little Wii'ly. Wi'ivlr ami i hi el .'ill t" look iii in mm no! ni n e ;iian tiiirly. 'tiomi eveiiiil, Wakei. s;i ,iie, " will yo'.. si'. liu.Mi an i have a niji oi tea.'' 'l"n iiakn J ill (i )wti his ha' . uinvoim.'l liis long v roit a i .iinloit.,'1 , took oil hi ov :rna'. .1:1. 1 luel e. 1110 of tv.i. No v thri:.' ikI Ii to !ii.ii-. t. as ht . p it lio-.vn in eni, "if slr '.l a-k 111 f iiuiicr I woiiMn'l skio 'in iM 1. 1. an.!: the 'vh iie vilia'.' i.iiii' ii" (ii ami . W.l'-t llel " I "We arc like In hav. .1 line ( in i.-t 1 11 ; he i-aiil to her. i'it; er.iue;i for tl.. r. -t of yon.' 'he -ai'l e. 1 1 1 ; -nil-, "W;j; I shall no. him? any ( liiiftii,.i. Tii- . Hon'- tlnit '' .i,,'! t),. baker; "no1 I'll f stnia-i, i !o Monk '." "Sot tli. tea;. u..,ei.' -nil she. and -he j o ireil iiim alio! 0" 1 111.. ti, tea. You see ;iiat Worse-!. lanket .'" P tio sn , point- 1 iiig to tme t'nro.vn over a 1.1111. "I5lt-s me. Wi.lo., Monk " rrie.l the Wakei. 'Villi re no. intt n iin. to -i" no ., ., " I liOI'M'f I lai 111" til I' " -.' :'l ere I I ' ' I a tuiik, ' nil. tun. ) lau vtij i4t Uyi-i. , liliiiiket thai I tan oet to Liml. They I iluu't put 111. 111 on hiirs.-. Wnt they have them Wound with red. and us., tii" 11 lor Innr euit iin 'riiat's all the fa-liion now. and all tiie Hiruliury folks who tan all'oid tin ni hav. - nt t!i"iii to me to We bound wit ' 1 red. Tha! one is nearly linisheil. ami t li-i c ai- 110 more to I We Wi.iind '' j "IS'.ll haven't th" Iiiiuliiuy folks any ( more work fur you?" eiie l the Waker . Ii ivi'ti't they shirts or uo-vus or s,,:i;;. oilier sort of ueetlin;'' "Those thinos they make theuinh c--. " answered th- widow, "Will this Wimliii"; ( is heavy weak and they j;ivu it In me. The blanket- are . oars", you .see, hut t!iiy liaiiu well in the doorway.'' "t'onfouiid the people of UariiWury !" crieil the Wakei'. "Kvery one of them tvuiiWI liaiiu well in a doorway if I h id the tlninu -oi il. And s . yu:i e.m'l afford a Christ inns. AVidou Monk!" "No." aid lie. setting h"i-i'll 10 work on hoi horse blanket, "not this year. When 1 came to llainWiiry. baker. I thought I illicit do well. Will I have nut ilone well.'' 'Did 11..: youi husband leave you .my tiling .'" he a-ke 1. "My hu-Wati'l A,- a -ail"l." -aid -he. aiel le- well', down with hi- lui'.;. the .Mi'tletoe, thri'" year- :i;o, ami all ! I1.1t h" left tin i- j;ou. . Waki 1 ." It w a- tint loi the Wakei 10 open his shop, ii'id lie Went away. ,1 Walked home -now drop- and t .!! miv-.l ..!... .it: Li it he drops i in, i'd work. Wui not a iin.'ei' did h. put to any I'linsun is oxlri-. Tiie next day ai siip pia time, ii - wen; .ill for a walk. "1 iin t.n in- -aid t him-til: 'If nt' '. IM.' she is uoiny; to skip 1 'lii isim 1 .. and I am itiii't t.. skip t 'lii-tin 1-. why sii.i aid we 11"' skil. it to.;vtil"l ' I'il i. io;!. Hilly We lilKsi lit ami "r!ad-i n - a'l I il '.v .-al l -erve ilai'ii'iui 1 aright. I'll t;o in and lay i' bfiore h.-i." Tin' Wid i". Monk w 1 a' s'Mip'sr. an 1 when sh- aske I iiim to !-: a cup of lea hi" p il iov.i hi- In', itawoii'id hi wnolc:i eoaiioil 1 . in I 10 .k oil' hi- I've; eo.il. In- 1 In -1, d'Hvii his cm,.;, ,110 Ii" tolil iiei tin' he. 10 .. i.. 1 mad" 11,. lu ll, Hid t -kip I in i-!iii 1-. a'l I h" t il l li"i it'll.. ..a I tii.'.i in- pr p I ioi: lb y shilll'.ii skip t! io.:. lli. i . No -. ii,. Wid."- Mo'., t .. I,, ak bl.'l t'. 1. ike ." .ml oi,. ... ..' ,, a. id -h" 1 111 iiei I a- re-1 a-' t ii 1. el put on il." hot--- W! tit Kit-.i-iu ' In !" c 'ip. ! ami ..: I hi- -a;. WW. ti tie ttlii" 1 1. Ill- -Imp -m -li'i tifl oiiii'i' f'i ;.i it'. ; 11 .. I'm in". I ill .1 Miter pn-u lii t..!. With t. -.. ;M ii ohi" au.'.ll; in.' next l..y 1)1 !u. -o. if -il'.ll. -IIV.'I shot;.' .1. I vu- ilk.' , pal 1 iis ' It. tin 0.10 I I'm the Widow M'Hih h el l"W ini;'ii! .nil. ajaiii. ale I I ti.it na il, r -ami mil.-; ..- '."Hill!: him 'ha hi won!.! -kip Christinas lo.'etli me .. thi'Mi. f it. had h" pin him in-.i!mo-i h.-aml ; ' And to inv I 'iii.stinas ord. 1 AW. "it noon ..1 that day . In wa- -o 1 bappy. Wii- licit "o" i bak'l, thai he went into the villnae mn to Wave a ta-te ot something In.:. 11. 1 t - inn fti found a tall niaiv with riii"- 1 h ears. A sun liiow ne'i man h" wa- am' 1 -I iaii''ei . w ho hint jiisi ,iiri,'i"l ami wanted his dinner Mr was also a hilliil-oine n.ali. and a sitiliu , an a.iv one could see. 'As th" bakei c!it"ic'i, tin tall man -aid to the inn keeper: "Is tin re .1 Mi.-- Monk uo.v livinir in : bis v illume? ' "Truly, there i.-."sai l th" inn Va pet . anil I will uliii v you lev ii nis'. iin' v.ni il hare vo,u diniii i tirst,' "Ave, avt',' sail the sti in-i-i , - fei . !'1 no. to iiei iiunjiy." Tne baker aske l for i.olhin ; hoi. Ion niiiic l him nn'l weal out inl-i the ce l. bleak world. As he close I tii" do n lie iiiii 1 Iiim hear. I the strum.'. .- -ay: "Oil til" Mistletoe.'' It wa-- no! iiee le l tha! tin' Inkei slioiii.l heir th"s" wonts: uhc.i iy he knew every thine-. His oul h tl toll him pvervlliinsf in tin- inomeiit he saw the sun l.mwiicd nun with the riujs in his ! 1 In wetil lh" hake,. s head bow. d on I lis !ircas-. Iin fur. s,,i:ii.. bki tj.wdit bio.-, lUC iU'JW iiii-Uuitii- Uut 4 Ullili 1 v no' wn"iY in- win w ,ia' he iiiteinled to "petie I ami h" was do. Will on he v. .11! . I'res.Mitly a door 1 failed. "I saw you eoiiiin Monk "and I did 11 wailing in th" eold.' ' said the Widow I wish io keep you and s!i held pen the iioo- for him. When he had . "at. red am iad s,.;,ted evil thinu'. Iff kn unii!!; ; he knew inn iiimsi'ii i.e. 01. mi- in-,-, sne - tni 10 nun: stub oivasions. It was fullof jfood senso Truly, you looked ehille I. you n.-e.l and very luucliiuir. and the widow's eve somethiiii: hnl," mi l she prepared it for were dim with tears. Tin baker would hiiii. The Wakor Thi mueli o low himself, wanned. "And now took th" hot Wevera;;!'. oood he nii"hl at Ir-i-' al lle drank it and h. felt 1 " -aid tin- Wnlo.v Monk. -raliii"f htiself on tli.. ..h,. si.l, of the lireplaee. "I shall sneak as plainly to you as you spoke to UK'. 011 sp ik" very well yesterday, and I have Ween thinkim; about it ever -hie? and have made up my mind. Vou are alone in th' World and 1 am alone, and if you don't wi-1, to In- alone any longer, why. 1 don't wish to We eitlu r. and so p. r mps ii will not be necessary to skip ( 'in isim a this year.' Alas for the poor baker', lien was paradise seen thiou .'h a W,.ried '.ate ! ilut the Wakei's heait wa- lmn-ed ; even in the mid-t of hi- ini-.-ry In f juld not bill We u'rateful for til" w iii.iw 's words, Tin re Ihlshc 1 into hi ey-- ,1 sudden Wriehtiicss. il" held mil Wis hand-, lie would thank ht-t liri ami tell her al'lci - r,l i.e. : .1 p.-..' ; -a,,'- I iOII I toon si 1 vou ilia' vim "let me do tin- l iiMn .' liownrasi. When I 1 have mad" me very, very happy, you -lioul I look happy loo. When you came 10 ill" yesterday an I sai l what you said I thought ymi were in ton uiue'.i oi a hurry. Wui now I think t'.iai perhaps you were riuiit. am 1 that when people of our i'e have any! hill", iuipol iant to do, it is wa ll to do il at on.'-, for 111 this world 1 here are all soil-- of thinvrs . out inually -pruiiii'.; 1111 to prevent people from We inu happy. " Tiie w hol" body of tin-!. .!.e-wa? lill. "I will; : ur.-at yloa':. W-i' li" d'-nied it ill t. I':nc( . lb mils" he n what she wold say, And so 1 w.i- u..iii;r I., sajwest." -lie . .uilmtieil. ' th .t instead ..f skipping I 'ill i-l llt.l- lonelhei we keep i; tou'etlier. That is all the ( oaave I propo-e to your pi. .11 l'l' pi.in" th ''. ki t, -o suddenly. that he oVel'sel his , h: W. N..w he tllll-l speak. Tin-widow .;, pp, 11 ,p.iii klv toward th di.oi. and r.iriiiiiv: v ii h 11 smile held up ; In", baud. I N'o-.t . .o i.i tel. ' -h -lid. "Slip jiii ii'! At iiiV iiioieeti' -nine 1.11. miiilit ' 1 nine it,. II i-leli Wa-'k to your shop. At :; 01 loia. I will tii'T, y.ui at tne parsons. Thai w ill -un ly in soon t iiough, even Wo silt h a h i-ty 111. oi as you " The Wakei rami- loi w.iid, ami ",.1-pc!. Youi husWaii'i !" Not yet." said 'lie widow, witii a laicjli. ami kissim.. the tip- of tier lingers in him -hi closed tin door Wehind her. Oat nil., the colli went tne btikei. His head wa daed, Wu' he walked stead- lastly 10 hi- shop. There w:e. no uenl for him I" yo -my where: to tell anybody . any tliim.'. Th" man with the earrings 1 would still'; uitllvr- fot hitiisell soon 1 nollgll. Th" Waker j.iii up his shinier- ami locked hit- 'nop .!".r. He would do nothiiiff more foi tli' i."iod of trade- nothing -more for thr 'ood oi anything. , ., . ,"!.-. 1 i i 1 ...,, i 1 1,..! .skin I. hris'iii 1-. In kv I would he! 1 And. mire over, evfiy holiday aud every happy day would no.v We skipped str.iiih! oil for tin r.-l of his life. He put Ills I , ... 1 1 , ,.. 1 t,i ..,..:. In use he attired himself in hi apparel ; aud went locked his door behind hi. 11 out ln(o tin eold world. ! lie Inline 1 now to oet lai away from i iin village. I'n fore the sitti set there would not W. one soul tlieic who would . 1 are for him. j As hi hurried or. li" saw before Iiim 1 oe piir-oii's lion-. . I "1 n ill take tint ivn" thin away w ith me." he said. "1 will ask ihe ;ood old ' lit.in to yivc rtn h.s biis-in2. That will I t.'Ao with me "Of toursc lie is in." nd the parson's e.l.'ni. "there, in tin 1 : - As H11 Waiwi vulvixd tut iiuuu't pai- some one haste I to meet him. Il va- the Widow Monk. "Von witki'd man. si,, uhispeied, you an- a ipiart'-; ot an houi late. Th" paron i- -.vailing. " Th" parson was 1 Mtil, ,,,,., with i hit f liir. li.'steppeu tutard the eouulu standini; 'o,iPtlier, ami the widow took the baker's hand. Tm u the par.-ou be- 10. il,.. litil.. ..,.....l. 1.. ... 1 ir- ...... -.. .1 .,, am.iys m.in,. on J havt spoken, hut In had never intor- nipted a eleryiiiaii. ami he could not do it non , Then the parson Weyan his appointed work, and the hear of the hiker swelled a- the widow's hau I trembled in his own. "Wilt thou li-ivt thiiwnm.au to he thy wedded wife,'" asked the parson, "Now for thi-." otioth '.lit lmoi baker ' to himself, "1 may bake forever, but I , cannot draw hack nor keo th. -.good nian waitini;." And he said, ' Yc.. ' ( Then it was that the Waker reeoive.i what he had c mi.- for, the parson's bless. inu; ami. im liatffly, his fair eoinpau- ion. hriiniuiiivr with tears, threw her-elf ' int 1 his arai-. j ".Now. ' said lie- baker himself, j "ivhen I leav. lios iiouse. may tin devil lak -on 111 1 ri jiit weleoai shall he We. ' l ire-!. "-lit "( iaimed. as she looked into hi- la. ", "yon eanno! know how .happy I am. My we Idinu day. ami in jliKithti lia.k 11 .im ihe fi'iii. neas! l'l" .: t ?,., x. j "You ,ue in.: ., the jovial brother. ( who wen: ilow u in nt on sj-ii-i t, !is -ail ir iiiiin ' ipiot'u like my old 111 id, lh" Wii Mistletoe, im you .ir. a jolly goad fellow ami I w.sh yo 1 fail wind-' and paying c ti;oe-" Ami after ivin the Wakei a p uv. ri'..l handshake, tiie sail or ki-se i th" Wri'l . the iiirson's wife. ' the parson's .lamjii:.'!. ami tin parson's inai'l. and wish. I : he l.tniily wen larei, : having jnsi return d Ironi the cruel seas, Tiie ou.y p. opl in the villaL'i-ol II irn Wury w ho llioniU" aly . n oyed tie. t'lirisl : iit.i ..I t'o.il yen wvn tli" bak. r. hi-wiW ! am! tiie solor I r. Ii-At; l 1 nr.' i,"" jtiine ihev ha l.foi al i. - 1 eh,-t arriycil, I ami the' were euf, p'.i'ti't .! ; iuit- to; ihn I"' sents and ' l-i' 'I'1'' ee '; tor .heinsi'Ives. ''iut Wakei told hi- nil' of his iiul- hat rowing plight of tin iiy before, Now. then." sai I he. "don't you think tlno by riiiht- I -ho'.ihl Wake all iiie same nil. t'aat will b" skipp . I. " she sahl , with a hiiih, "and now ::o y..u nml make , ready f .' the cukes, p.t- iy. ami sweetmeat-, the baked metis ai d the poultry, with wiiii i the people oi ll.iiiiWury are to We ma i" rie'iit hai.py .". New Year'n tiiv." A"- )'"'! I'iiiu'h- . .!'( ilitr. l!inv lb' WiiiiM slid . Mr-. Siniteni ito Inr sotii Which would you rather Inv. t.,i Christmas, lioWiiie, .1 pair ol skates m s,,('' Itol.Wie ''Lau't I have both:" Mrs. s,initeni "No. I don t think Santa Clause would consent to that." liol.Wic ''Then L'ivu me tin ktes Tommy Slim-on'- ',-ot a sled, and I can lick ''im. ' A Few Seasonable Mftxlms. A Whor thit which i-evil (Rom xii . :i. M ake h certain contribution for the poor dloin. xv., K xhort to be fo'.er niimlej iTitus ii , ti ) It mnember not tin-I'roator (Eccl. xit . 11. II ist to give tliKiiks il.-. exix . t2). Y ears should tnh wisdom (Job xxxii 7. C onsnler one aii'.tli ! dlel. x , i!4i. , H cap on wiK.d. kindle the tiro (hiek xxiv., jn, p rjard the prayer ot the destitute d's cii., Hi. I ueivns their iov ,1-a xxix., 10). S how much love U 'k xxxiii.. Ml). T urn then-mourning mtojoy iJr. xxxi.. 1. M e.hlle not with Iiim that flattereth (I'rov xx . 111'. A sseniblf y. ur-eives. anil eotiie (.looliii., tl). s ieuk 11 .' evil one of another ijas iv., 11 , St. ire. I Away. ,lnie, I lielieve th present. "I et-iierftioti of men are losing all chivalry and scntiiuent." exclaimed ft maiden of forty summers al the Christmas ball. Why do you .-ay that, Mis llaiiuti'' asked a tiesh society Wild. "Heiause I ve bn 11 staudiiiit niidcr the mistletoe I'" th'' ,1"lu Rlu' u,,t ' siugi m.i' tame "i'. lor. Ml LAKH DWHIXIiRS. Large Villages and Towns Built in the Water. heard bv a titan eoneeiiled behind Ihe The Inhabitants Keep Cattle in .;,,. . i( ( osite pili It i8 Pens Beside Their Houses. ; ,.,,,1 lM ,.lt 9U,.U a ,.lot sMilu inyv ' j been accidenlaily chosen for the con- Much attention was recently called ( f,.ssional. Tin; whisperin-,' ijiill. i r in lo the reoion nroiind Kotonoit, 011 the j s;t l'uul'g Jo another ius'iiuee of the iulf of ( iiiinea, near which plaec scv- ,.,... oral hundred of the women warriors j i;,'i.s bio produced by the rel'ec of the Kin"; of Dale mey were killed 1 tj,, of the sound w aves frotu 11 blane in battlo by the French ti' i.ips. ( ne 1 ,. ,,Vl. sm fa.-e. A wall, or even a of the moH inteiest'ui"; features of this eloud, will prodnco echoes. Thunder retfion is the hirire native v illa-'-es and (owns that have been built in the water. The inhabitants many years a";o took this mean-. if try in' toes'-at'e from thn terrible raids of the Kintf of IWilioniey. Many hundred-! of pe .plc were neliiallv driven bv the powerful lxin.tr into tin; water. Itl1appen-th.1t reply to huo'.Ii.t 'er-.iu in a corre llio llalioiiiians nre very siiperstitii.iis spomlinij place on the farther aide, lor about (rtivellinjr in canoei or ci'os-inx the voice linn strikes the rock al an st.-oains, and Ihe fugitives look H.lvant airc of this fuel to secure proti eli'.ii for themselves-. ' n any good map one may -eo tli "I'eiilmtn waters' near Ixotoiiou. Thi is the home of these lake dwel'e: TWo towns have filch a populiii ion ..f f : i.iii '.'no or ;lin souls to as many a -I hmisaii j l'hysietilly the people are lino am' . I i , ' ' , '"s of A f ri i :i ns an . . . -r.- 1 1 at S . .....II ....! ; ' ' ! ' "" i nr. 1 . ii :o' ill diaill.'l.'i'. 1 the b .'loin of the lake The upper ends are .sceii-ed by ero-s liieees. on which are laid a bamboo flouring, two-third- or one-hall' of w Wieli is covered in by a lioit-e. The iipi ighls of l!.e house m-i- lixed lir-l an I secure. I b.'h.w tWe platform In the Mipporting pi fs. The roof frame is next made on the platform, an! is' covered with grass or WaiiiWoo leaves, and raised to its position. Theie liiainilig portion of flooring i' lis. I as 11 veranda. In the cotisii iniion n.. mills nr.' used. These natives are lisheriiien andnU.i a pastoral people. It is a ctiii'itis fact that they keep cnltl" i:i pens adj litiini: tocir hol-es Imiit on pi es over the w liter like their dweiliii'.'-. Soiiieiinn -during tin' dry season the shallowiic--of the water adiuiis of the cattie heini: al.owed to wander on terra titiiia: but fodder is brouylil in canoes to many less foriunal" iinini iis wlihh .ire cotn pelied to eke out their ext-leiiee in these pens surrounded hy water until Mich time as they are tctin'icil and transported by cam..' io the biitehi r. The present lialiws are still in dread of the I aholiiiiuis, but eV' 11 if thi fear no longer existcii it is prohaWle that the habit which they and their fathers before llieln have long follow ed would lead llieiii lo prefer th. -e a. (italic residence- It is not know n hoxv man " hike diveilers there are. Win il is supposed there are :i' lea-t lo.i..... of them among tin1 various tnW. . whose hut cover the I'enliaui water-. bice in a w hile tiie-.' triWi - make war on one an .tie r, and tin y conduct their flebting in caiiin-. .apab!" of ho'iiling two or three per-ons, 11,1 I their weapons art" guns, harpoon-, -peats and e'ubs. In some 1. liter part of Africa, par ticularly in the Conii basin, the liil.it of dwelling in huts sustained on piles in lakra or liver is very I at -g. K fol low cd. and perhaps 11 million or tun of the people of Africa are .till per petuating the phase of life of wlii.ii ivi' have relics in the remains of the hike tlwellers of tht prehi-toi ic , 1 a -' New York ?im. Costly Travrr-Hooks. According to the) New Orleans .'imcs-Deinocrat "it has I.e. tune very much lh" Hy le in New York to lie religious, or at least to go to church, and the fashionable maidens attend I 'ivi 110 services, as they call it. They must have handsome prayer-Wook-. ami the dealers have run the price of thM8 articles up. 1 ft regular stock they keep prayer-books varying i.i price from 2H to $d tlO .ch. and w lien niiythintr finer is wanted it must he made to order. The Asters ami ':ui dcrWills use prayer-books for Miudavs valued at about each, and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes has order 'd two ailver-bound praver-bonks for .?ii" each, which the iniei ds to give her daughters. The 1110tl.ru maiden's prayci-book demands considerai ion anil a healthy checkbook into the War A Patient Man. "No, Mr. Trotter," sue niid firmly, I repeat it a tinui-and limes no!" "Wcl!, keep on." lie remarked, pleiuantlv : 'that's only twice, and by (be -.inin you leach the six liiimlredih you'll be glad lo varv it w iib a 'ie-.' Will ton kindlv Wegi;i.J" ' Munsev's lYlcklv. Keinarktihlc Ffhoc. 'J'heic are several verv iciniirkable , echoes in the world, at Woodstock and - " '''"' -tnhodrai of ;or."ini. Info thn t onlessiotis pouretl i .rtli near the door to priestly cars vero is echoed fr in llii .'lir.ids. The hill of Killarncy contain an echo, und the Wtile sotinit nr.. beautifully repealed, in Ihe eases ..f ordinary echo, when tin- speaker waits for I lie answer, In' must pl.n c himself opposite the I' .ek. If lie siauds al t'ne side the eelio will an" ic and the angle of relleclinu i (i e sain-, as in the ease of light. Ilut if it should happen that there are a numWcr of reflecting surfaces the e h 1 will bo repeated over and hut :ig..in, as at the lakes of Ixillarney. I in- W e .(stock echo, already referred i i. and iii' tilionetl by several writer-, repeats seventeen syllables by day and t .'. "iiiy by night. In hip!cy there i- ' "Tcatcr I'.'petitiuii. hisper , rany sound by means of the sound !: i .is-,, 1;. - supporting tin; roadway and from the opposite pier o7'i feet tli-lant, asweli ;.- iikiiiv other rt pt-t il ion s. fllr ..!.- 1 V II ' iii.ell. I'll 111 i I i st in lleliirnlaiKl. 'I he women in Heligoland are. "-eti-ei ally speaking, small and gracefully form, d and present a remarkable roii-tra-t to their tail and strapping mains. The female loveliness is unfortunately s . in. what transient, no doiihl owiti;: in large measure lo l!ie inferior fare a, id rough work with the net-. i idea ol female snllrnge i- ever likely 1 i nt r a llel'gol.-ind.-r's head, li s idea uf the r.-latio : of the . x. , is the old one that ill. lu.'IU is tb" head of tiie wile nml that wonie:i, take them ;.s y.ui like, ali all inferior order: they 111 e kind and eourleoii- to their women in all i-e.-pc. Is, Wui there is mi doul.l w ho is lord and Wrcad w inner. The palriarclial system litis scaivly died out. lia.-h la-ly, Wroad-shtmidered son, llioiiW he may hale .:issed his t w etity tiisi Wiriliday, is icipiireil to give i'I or nearly ali his earning- to his l.illc r -o long us he lives in his father's bouse. When he man ies and takes li). house for himself then only does the palriii pniii -tas jome to an end. Meligiilatnlcfs a- a rule marry young : there arc more women lli.tti men, 1111 1 i: is no: dilti iilt to lind a imite. Il'iii-i keepiii;: i not an expni-ive job. and there is plenty of money to We 111 lied if a man is intel ligetit and in dis 1 i.ni-. It may le foiue time be fore ll.e you in: hii-biilld has a boat of hi- own. for a Woal in-l- s'.'', (they ill . ill I Inii 1 1 ill t In' i iillld I . Will he 1 Mil always hire tme, paying lor its hire about ''' per 1 cut. of the p:;y tiu-llt he b 1 111 - i I c!ia rg "s. 1 hicago llera'd. lit I. elites ( ha mre. 1 oe "leeu matter in tin ii--ii. of We leaf is composed of two colors red and blue hell the 'up ceases to tl ov in nutiiuiii, ami the natural grow lh of the tree is -topped, oxidi l Mi ll of the li-sU('e takes place l'tider eel lain condition 1 ho e ecru of th" leaf change- to red; under different condi tions it takes mi a yelicw- or brown tint. The difference in color is due to the dillerenee in com Wi 11.1t ions of llie original eoiisliliieiils if the tissue and tti the varying cotidiiioii of eli ina'c. exptisiite and soil. There ar several thing's about leaves that even scientists cannot explain, l oi an in. st. inc., whv one of two trees of the same specie- growing fid" by side in the same coil should take on a Wright red ol. r in the liill and the other a pale y rllow . or whv one I. ranch of a tree w ill turn a beautiful 11 imson. nml li e one just above or below it turn a dull brow 11. The Kaiser as an Oiitflttct. Keguhiiioiis have Ween jus- issid Wy the Ixai-er as to hov the otVners xif the (o'linaii Navy may and may not ; .lic-s t heiiisclves. Among the need le, s barbarity is an older that no of ficer tloiiiile back or round off the cor- I iicrs ol his collars. Sli'nt fronts 11111-1 lepii feetiy plain, but w hi h; at sua he may wear an oil-kin emit and 'sou' wcsior." The Kaiser should go into ihe "Hutu's furnishing" line of !isi iies,, lie s.euis so wed at home in llie ! dcui. s. ialurday lievitw. Af (he l lresiilr. riirtn the loi:-! the bright tlanies .-ta't All I up 1 In- roarin.' eliiinia't nice, How L-ratefii! sh.i'il.l we be -weet heart. l'i.r.iu-1 1 In lilli. :'.. pin-'. ' I said tu'hiy that I w as r. And poor in -..im thing- I may he; lint In re's a shelter w In. in . -Is 111 . 1 1" Ami two bri.-lil ' y - t" shine f"r Iin . No sculpture! I.ii-t- I." p-iinilnjs ran- r"W.i Iin 1 Sin in ui U-! and Iheslielf: .si made 111 lit 'i( tare here. Ami that swt' l picture 1- toursell" No r. ecr.l old nf unci, t.i !..?. Striiiuc i-.l'. 111 lo the pint;.' ni,'ai t-" 1 II love's eol.ti tl! 1 il-'-i i:.' Ill'.t" Thau j'i-1 I" rtad . ;" !i "tie i's heart-. We have no id!" .Ireain- of l.oin Ami all otir iv.nl Hy want- nr" few : What eat" I l'..r a laiin 'i"l ham.' W hen Tie Hi. swc. l. -l name in toll' la mi, go 'I. 11 head iii. 11 in I-nasi In w. ailh ol W"ii'lf"ii- beauty which II ith . row in d 11.;. n!" and mad' im h'1 si i Ami kis- me. .i ar mid ma!." in" rich' 1 1-', I.. Slitnlon, in Allaiita oiislitiitioii. lll MOItOl S. '-UL'.ir 111 .inifiietiir. r-oil-'ii! lo movf ! ill I i.e lll'i-l l i lined Society. The deiili-t is a tinieli -..ugh; 111. in, f-.r he liii- ;m aching Void. A vigilance c-niinillee. a i"p" and ; lie.' will in.ake every de-p, rado ri-e le ' a point of order. 1 1 I Tii" j" 111; woman who pi..;, -.'. 111:11 1 iieje lo a mail 1-oiiiy try ing t. j m il e a name for h.-r-.-l f. A geiiiii- is a person uh"iu .Naiur. let- in 011 the ground floor, and wln.ir "iieiiinsiiiiiccs fore, to live in an n tiie. "! hi you Hot fee! th" eloijllPliee n( naliire here ..11 this glut i, lis cra'r?" -he iiiiiruiiiri"'. "n," he answered. i" I do. Tin' uioirilaia'- peak." t-1-11 p nvnt 1 "iiy, M;-. -I'll' i? I ..!' 1 Iv -- Yc-. sir. .--i. i n parent '..u - .ui o slay iii.'iiiid a great d.- il for n 111 .it who i- -o Wadij "gone" a- ..i, j are. j Most t.ivat ,.t: I Tin'ie tl.lr- leeu ;it 111" table. I 'tie-; -surely yoil'ri ! lint so -lipi rs.ill.ill- a- lh:;' ? " No, I but there's only f""'l .1 gli f"l j IWelte!" j -W iial p u t am 1 .. i. d.iw" -a:d I 'hap j p'e. oa are i . We the hei- 'ine'- : father." I-' 'plied the -:ii:'' loiuauer. "What d'.e- In' "I"''" "I!" di.- lei ' y e:i-s bef.iri' the cnrlai'i ri-cs mi the lii-sl act." j t lllil-o -My dear, what do y n't think ! of the- I'.llaf dinner- f"i' !' ur' thai the family j-uinials are making -11. I1 1 ' spread of Mrs. ( um-,. I think it might he pos-ib!.' lo ! one f"t four dollars. ! A hoothhick, stii"!,. ii" toe end of 1 : ci";ir h" had ju-l picked u:.. i- a -.' -!c. by a comrade w ith - -. 1 1 . w h.at kind "I a cigar is thai '" I.'"' .,n--01 1 ,11-oe." 1 "Why d'y. r call .! Ilia ' ail-lit'- a 1 nst-iiH ay . " I Teacher ( 10 new pupil 1 - V, i. i! i J tour la-t liaiiu. my little ma ,'i New . plli'i! I oliiiuv. l ea, Icr h i! i , your full liatiie? N'W pupil I ouitii v '.W.lii's. 'Icit' lier I' I -1 1 .lone- i- M'ui j last iiitiiiel' Teiiiiii' No. it i-n't. j When I w as born my iiaun- w a- .1 . 1 1 -I and the;, didn't " it " lie llie other I'"!' i in mill al'.eruai'il. j Scale of liilib' Manners. Tniiey rand. ! ike m..st dipioin n i-t -. . wa- f.inii.is f-.r hi- attention to tin i detail- of cti.ii"'!e .. pii.l' ,1 hiiie self 011 ail aliiii' t lo a, In-l hi- niod- of addio-s to th lank and po-i, i I ; ihe person 10 whom In' was -p. ikiii" I (III em' (."'il-,' !l, W le 11 il until her ol I distinguished iin 11 wire dining with 1 him, he varied his foiu.u'a. i. In n m I ilillg ll.rin to pat lal-e i f beef, in -II. ! j a iniiiiiu r as to -tut lb" lank of iin i" i speclive p. Is.'ii- ! "May I lint c I he b on. r of -endiiiL' I vour loy i! htgliiii -s a lit'l. bee! . ' he a-ki d a l'l ill'' of lh" blood. To a I liike In" said : " M oti-ei" iieor, permit me to send vou a lilll" beef." ' Mar ' ipiis." he con. inii"d. inn I -eti I you sonic b 1 f I'" " i-'-oniit, pray hate 11 llltle beef." "I'.. 11. ill. do toll lakt beef?" rail Ihe next ililei'loealioii. "Monsieur," he said t" an unfilled : gentleman, some be, I :'' I o b - -re- reiary he remarked, casually : "l'.". f . lint there wa one gentleman left wh" I deserved even !. coti-ideraii"ii lliar I tiie set reliii y . and Talleyi'iiud, po-ing I his knife in lh" fiir. I it io.-.l him will a niere look of inlet rogation.-- 1 New I Yoik Mar. j l.liinpse of a Sell. ml in I er-ia. I I.iltle bovs sil on the lloor in a 1 . ' . . i stooping position, 111 a Persian school J studying the Koran, i in reit-i n. ly rocking their bodies, H'nl with loud and sing-song voir s reading texts in the holy language of the Prophet, oi w hich they piobably did not umlei- I stand one word. iiilignaiii M''h-H'llger.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 25, 1890, edition 1
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