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OTIje (Sljatljam ttrcoro. (5r HATES KDITOlt AND PKOPRIF.TOK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING One square, one insertion One square, two lnsertion One square, one month - fl.O 1.66 . 2.60 $1.50 PER YIAR Strictly In Adv mit. VOL. XIII. PITT81K)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 12, 1801. no. :?. For larger advertiscmento liberal con racts wilt be made. mm When Age Has Conic. Life ath its qu'rt joys when age hath com! Though voices nia-iy line grown B"d dumb Alonp I he way ; Shadows oft fallni'Oii the drying gra. Dead leaves are rustling as we onward pans At close of day. Yet flowers b'oom : the latest of the year Plill hewn upon us with a smile nf eheer That warms in much; And hands exb r.Jnl iih et us on the way, Consoling n.4 a- hands of old friends may, With In In & lout h. Though much h n znr, murli has Ken left behind : In HttV c'eMsiire we inn comfort find From day to day ; Thon,.li many voire have grown still and . 1 1 1 1 . Life hath i:- -pilot J.ijs when age his come To i ros our way. L. K. S. Barnard. WHIClflS IT? I was down on my knees scrubbing. 1 don't like to scrub. It's dirty, f-i i nit i 111. disagreeable work. Dorothea Ciisuubon never n-rubbed in "Middk inarch," and I'm iiilc sure neither Rebecca nor l!weu:i, in ''Ivanliop," ever limk a turn at it. lini somebody has got to scrub, and Annl I'n tin la has got rhcum.'iti'iii in bolh knees, nud of course there's no one to do it but Palling and inc. So we siltci unto it between us, for nolh in); would induce Aunt Famelu lo hire tlio work done "Willi two able-bodied women in ilie house," says she, con temptuously . A' I said before, I was scrubbing the east loom li mr, when nil of a sud den Darling I'uifoiod i 1 1 1 -1 I lie r.ioin, nud danced mound inv proslrate form like tin; u ild ijn-.lt -Ins . 'Don't, Darling !" sail I; you'll upset tin- pad." "I don't ii.ro if I do." paid -I tailing. "Wise n;, l.ady Aiiol: the spell is broken !" "What on earili do ymi moan?" aid I. sli tlggling into ft sitting posi tioi', witli the snubbing brush upliflod in one hand like a sort of homely seiplre, whi!o Paiiiug pirouetted oi on ml mi'. ' She bus gone!" cried she. "Who ban join'?" questioned 1. "Aunt Pamela!" 'tiolie Wlii'fr?" "To ho a giiuidi in angel at sonic old woni in's be l-i.li up at iV-thel Knur Ciincis. and ; on .-in. I 1 nie to finish tho hntise-cl-'iitiing.'' Oh, arc we?" I flung the m'i ubhing brush through thp open window, where it lodged in the leafy gold of a monster uiiiple tree close by. "There's the kite! on to whitewash, the ben room to dean, the raj; carpets to shake, and the buttery shelves to scour, and the corner bedroom to be scrubbed and papered anew; and there's toe i and tho turkeys ami the Muscovy ducks nud the oung calves mid the cow-, and'' d arl;ng." cried, foiing her hi uniiil 4 lit w a -t mid joining in her mad dam e. you're n jewel!" Let's have so. ne fun. I .pi's invite the Hov rily tins mid Sum looker and Harry AVadswi'i th, and have nn aulumu-leaf dance! We never go tiny where, nud we're never allowed to see any com pany, and it's work, w ork, grub. grub, the whole time!" "I'm witli yon, Ariel!" said my lovely little sisler, executing n limil pigeon-wing, and narrowly escaping tho pail of soapsuds as she eame down on the tfps of her toes. "Hun, quick, and give the invitations, and I'll stir up the. jolliest molasses ingei bread you ever saw for refreshment. Tell t belli ull to conic without f.iil." Purling and I were the twin daugh ters of n, New York artist, whose sud den dentil bad left us to the care of his widowed balf-sisler, Aunt Pamela Wiikins. No two poles could be wider apart than our upbringing and Aunt Pamela's home atmosphere. "Such n pair!'' groaned the good old housekeeper. "Ariel and Darling! Inst the sort of names one might have expected from Felix Piainaid and bis wife. And brought up to do nothing -absolutely nothing! Hailing can't tiiake flap acks, and Ariel throw s away ber stockings Immiiho no one has ever t.iuuht ber to mend I hem. And as for soft soap and sweet pickles and raised In i, id, why, good gracious, they've Vcer even beard of 'em!" We were a terrible trial lo Aunt I mucin. Of that there was no manner of doubt. Hut then, on the oilier hand, w li I a leriihle trial Aunt Vain 'la was to us! So licit when 1 1 ir historic occasion a rived on which "the old cat was tiH'av," it was small wonder that "the lilile mice" Mraighlway proceeded to I !nv. They all i amp Nell and Kannv Pevoil;' nud their loother Puke, Mr. Wal-wnrih, Sum Took or and .loe Sat lr,l . e.i. li iviili souit) sort of impro . e l icfi i shiiiciil. Sam had his riolln, io that we eonlrt dance iu the big room that I had left half-scrubbed, and for ouce the wulls of tho old furmhouse rang with light laughter and merry voices. Oil," cried I, at last, flinging my self down in a splint-bottomed chair, ar.d resting my dUhovcled head agaiusl the wall, "I can't dance an other step! I'm clear out of breath. Po let's rest!" Heil! As if a lot of gay young frolickert could evoji known what the word meant. Sam played a variation on his vio lin, and Puke Revorly accompanied him on the jew-sharp. 1 drew, iu red chalk on the wall, a silhouette of Aunt Pamela, in a line frenzy of houso cloaaing ("We're going to whitewash it tomorrow," said I, rccklc'sly ), while Darling treat-id us to an excel lent imitation of the samo old lady in a hurry to go to church, looking f or tho spectacles that were astride of her nose. And then we began to set tho table for supper, just as the old clock in the kitchen chimed midnight, while the four young men went down cel lar to draw some cider out of a barrel in the southeast corner, which Aunt Pamela had pronou.iced superior lo any cider in the neighb uhood. All of a sudden wo heard a slnill voice at the foot of the stairs: "Darling! Ariel! Where be yc, girl-:'" i 11 Ileverly dripp"d the loaf of gingerbread on the floor. I stood, pnrnly.ed with a delicious creain-cus-lard in my hind. Darling's dimpled face grew pale. "It's Aunt Pamp:n,"' she whispered. "Hush! Hide away tho things. What in nil ereal ion can have brought her back at (.lis time of night?' liirls! girls!" screeched lb" old lady, "come down slnirs anil get mo a cup o' tea. I'm most beat out. Old Mrs. Hurley is betler, and she's more pecooliar thnn ever, ami says she won't have a soul come near her but her own darter, Mary Ann. N I'm back. Hut I never meant, girls, you should set tip all night a leatiin' house. You're good, smart workers, but there ain't no se h hurry as all that. And you've been sort o' keerless, laviu' I he cellar door unfastened on the outside. I've just padlocked it and ni.ido all safe." 'And bolted nil four of the boys down cellar," whispered Darling. "What next?" We beckoned to the Heverly girls lo keep quiet, and crept rather sheepishly down stnirs. There stood Aunt Pamela, bundled iu shawls, and ruddy with the touch of the night frosts. "Workin' iu the upstairs rooms, be ye?" said Annl Pamela. "Well, I calculate it's time to leave oil now, and go to bed. Audi can tako hold and help ye tomorrow nioruin'. It's a real comfort to bev two slirriu' girls about the place like you." Darling and I looked guiltily nl each other. If ever Aunt Pamela had been capable of surciiMii we might Iniii suspected it now; but she was the most ina:tcr-of-fiict of old damns, and up to this time her yea had meant yea, and her nay nay. Sho sat composedly dow n lo her tea and toast, while the Heverly girls trembled in the room above (the winding wooden staircase camo di rectly down into the room where we nl), and while mysterious sounds ever and anon chiiip up from below. Would sho never be through 1 "I do b'liove,-' she said, at last, "that I've padlocked the dog down cellar. I soi t o' hear a strange rust lin' down there. P'lhaps I'd belter go and see." "N-no, Aunt l'ntn"ln," historically interjected Darling, "I'll go! You know how steop those, stone slops are. and (tive nie the key; Pin not afraid to go!" Presently she rame back, hrifht faced and breathless. "It's all light," said she. "The dog wasn't there." "')h, well," said Aunt Pamela, "my bearin ain't as good as it w as. I may have been mistook. Anil now" with a prodigious yaw n - -"I guess I'll go lo bed." Never did the old lady's prepara tions for a night's slumber spin them selves out into such insufl'ei able tedium t Hut at last sho disappeared into her little room, which opened out of tho kitchen, w itli a taiew ell exhortation lo Darling and mo to bo up betimes iu the morning to further the great work osf fali house-cleaning which we had bejun so bravely. No sooner had the door closed on her stout figure than wp made baste to liberate the captives above flairs. Make haste, giils- niako haste!" whispered Dar'ing. "Sam and Duke mil Harry are waiting for you t He j end of the tunc. Merciful fstus, what j an eeape we line had! Good-night, girls good-night !" And ns they seuddod breathlessly out, a faint voice, like nn echo, came from Aunt Pamela's bedroom: (.rood-id jl.t, girls- good-night !" Silently ,:o closed the front door; noiselessly wo turned the lock and shot the big, rusted bolts, nud then stood eyeing each other. "Does she know," said I, "or docs sho not?" "Tho upstairs blinds were tight shut," pleaded Darling. "How could she?" "Wo were making such a noise," "Hut she is quite deaf yon know." "Sho never could have thought that we were scrubbing and whitewashing up there, at that time of night?" "Perhaps she did," cheerfully argued Darling. "She's ro fond of work herself that she thinks it's a lux ury f'.r'oiher people." Docs sho know," repeated I, "or does she not ?" And that was something which wo never found out. Aunt Pameia said enigmatical things at times. Other whiles, (hero were unacconntablo tw.nklus in ber muddy blue eyes. Hut if sin; had penetrated tho mystery of our escapade, sho never told of it. Hurling thinks sho doesn't know. I am pretty sure nlie does. Wc had a dreadful limn erasing tho rod-chalk caricature from the wall, and I bad to drop Sammy's violin into the big lilac bush, and broke tho sounding-hoard. Hut ho says it doesn't signify, sinco I've promised lo bo his wife. And Harry Wadsworlh is coming Sunday nights to seo Hurling, so there's soiu" prospect of our drudgery draw ing lo an end. And every night Aunt Pam ela herself goes out to seo that Ihi outside cellar door is locked. "I ain't goin' to run no more risks," says she. Hut t lit? questirn still remains un answered does Aunt Pamela know, or doe she not? - -Saturday Night. Most (eld-blooded of Commanders. Pel hups tin most cold blooded commander who ever lived was tho French general, Saint-Cyr. Ho was a great taetk'hiu, but totally nelecied the morale of his men. lie was never seen on horse back, and never show ed himself before the lines. On one oci asion when ho was simply a general of division, the impetuous Marshal Oudinot, puzzled to know what to do in an emergency, asked Saint-t'yr's advice, f i auk ly tell ing hint thai he was "nonplus-id." 'You, inonseigneiir," said Saint t'yr, "are a marshal of tho empire, and I am a general of division. I shall faithfully carry out yoni orders, but it would not be becoming for me to advise you." Later on Saint-t'yr succeeded to Iho command of the army, and then adopted a peculiar method ot general ship. He formed bis plan of battle clearly, precisely and with admirable foresight. Then he sent his orders to his subordinates, and shut himself up i:i his qii liters, absolutely forbidding entrance to r, single soul. Then he look out his v.olin and went to study ing a hard piece of music ns tranquil ly ns if he had been in tho midst of a profound peace. The battle w hich won SalnM.'yr his baton as a marshal of the empire was fought while ho was fiddling in bis tent. He had apparently foreseen everything, and the carrying out of his pliius completely ciushed the ene my . - Atlanta I 'onstiln'ion. Piiinpitis Water From a Distance. Wuter can not bo lifted mii'h over thirty feet by a suction pump, but it may be drawn coiis'nlf rably further. If a well or spring is 100 or PJi feet from the pump, water may be drawn xs illi ease if Hie total lift is not over thirty feet. Hut by using u force pump set over a dry well or 8 feet deep ::inl em I ling the pipe up a regu lar slope lo Hie bottom of i', water may be drawn too feet or inoio with a total lift of nearly forty feet. Th" foot of the pipe in Ihe well or spring should be furnished with a check valve lo retain the water in the PM"'- llrinia: Her tit Time. . One Utile Indian hov who atlends school at Indi.iii l-l.ind.l Hd Tow n,Mo., hikes an intelligent inleiCft ill bis !e soiis nud does not simply '-learn them bv rote. The ie;n her had been giving in-lriK-tion in pniicliiatioii. and closed bv :i ing emphatically : "Now', when jou come I i a pe iod you must stop." A liltle blink-eyed gill then com menced lo read, and went on iu a reckless milliner, iegaidlcs of the pe i iod in qii'stioii, whereupon tho fat ami bright liltle Indian boy poked her hi the ribs and electrified the school by I n-4 lustily, W hoa!" He grasped lue oil iiiiii n. f Detroit Free Press. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. ryrA's vaci initio. The family had been vaccinated, Maurice and Maud and Ilerta. P a and inn n ma and H iby ;mc Who cried when Ihe doctor hurt her Afterwards, Berta heard queries nnsed (tenanting the inrlainniition, So. politely, she asked papa, one niidit: 'How's your imagination1" Youth's i ompiinion. s nirui'ii-imiNn i"Vi.. A Iliooklyn gentleman tells this story: "While I was spending my va cation in Massachusetts I went with my daughter to tho village chur.-h. When Iho organist commenced to play my attention wasnttrai led by Ihe flap ping of wings, and on top of tho or gan I saw a snow-white dovo which seemed to take n great interest in the music. Tho dovo, known as '(.'luin sv,' was ow ned by a farmer who lived at some distance from the cliun-ii. Il attended service every Sunday, nud often slaved and inado its way into Ihe Sunday school room, where it would perch on Ihe back of Ihe super iulendent's chair. Then; il Would sit, raliii mid demure, until Ihe singing was ended, when it would fly home." A M All. DOH ON HIS TUVVI.I.s. As tho mail train arrived at the west-side station, Norwich, at 1". 1 a. in., one day. recently, a good-sied Scotch terrier jumped from tin- car ami took his seat on the wagon of Mail Carrier Kelloy and started for the postotlice. . He wiis "Owimm," the traveling dog of (ho Albmy, ( . Y. ) poslollice. He is check-by jowl with postal clerks and kyor carriers every where ami know s Ihcin by their uni form. Ho will follow no nc else but representatives of tho postolli.-e do. parlmeiit ami will lioa.d no train but a imil train, nlwavs entering Iho postal agent's enr. Clerk Vibiain Mct'ord invited tho dog to take dinner with him mid be accepted the invitation. He left with the mails at I" p. in., and is now again en route. He has trav eled to most of Ihe large cities of the country and spent some lime iu Mont real, lie has lost one eye in a rail road collision. He never fails lo re turn to his home olllce. Picayune. T'ir.sv, Tin-: i-Ai xi i n inn. One of tho blackest i nls I ever saw was Topsy ; r.nd sho was cute as sho was black. When mice and rats were scarce around the house and in the barn in which she lived she had it novol way of letting people know that she was hungry. First, sho would find n small piece of wood am carry it in her mouth to her young mistress. After dropping il at ber feet she usually made a pretence of eating il and then mow so pitcously that food was soon furthcoming. One day Topsy becamo Iho happy mother of live black killeus. They were born in a big empty feed box iu Ihe burn. I'nder her tender care they grew strong and thrived. Top sy 's life was wrapped up in them. When they bocamo large enough to partake of solid food she brought suc culent, wee mice fur thorn to out, and each kitten got one daily. For ten days she pursued Ihis prac tice, until people wondered where Topsy found so many tidbits for her da.-liugs. Her fidelity to those little, black, animated buudks of fur was tom bing, and it was with a pang of regret that I learned ono day that she had boon robbed of her young. Singly and in pairs I hey were given away to admiring neighbors until none were left to receive the ministrations of the young mother. Still, with pa Miotic regularity, sho continued to catch mice and bring them to the big box. There she dropped them in, ouu at a time, until each of the absent kittens had been provided for. Topsy never seemed to doubt that they would return. Finally somebody nailed the box cover down and Topsy could not get inside, but for some days she visited the spot and mewed most dismally. Then she seemed to become resigned to her loss and once more be came like her former self. New York Herald. Origin of "Boston." At some exceedingly remote period i of time there lived, near (he site of j Ihe old Lnglisli town nf Hoston, a re Downed saint, named Hotolph, over I whoso bones a stately thiinli was built , which was for many ages the ' resort of religious pilgrims. The tow n . which gathered round the tomb of St. j Hotolph was called Hot lph's town, and this name was sh rimed nud I rounded into to-toii, as rough stone by the action of the water are smoothed ! into pebbles. - The Ledger. " j Thought Him Childless. Teacher Koinemlier, boys, Wash, ington was the father of his country Hullct head dohiiuy Thought hf never had any children! Epoch. J PUNTA ARENAS. The Most Southern Town of the American Continent. A Great Centre for the Sheep and Fur Industries. We reached Punta Arenas in Ihe night, anchored and slept happily until daybreak, when we blew Ihe steam whistle to warn the inhabitants of our presence, writes Theodore Child iu Harper's. At length the captain of the port came on board, anil we were at liberty to go ashore ; but tho land ing w as difficult and dangerous: owing to the roughness, of the water and tho primitiveness of l he moles, we had to be hoisted out of the ship's boat with ropes. The town does not oiler much to interest the visitor. In the bay are two coal hulks, an American schooner at anchor, several small ousting sihooiipis used for seal-ti-hing mid local service, nnd a Chilian survey steamer. To the north of (ho town is a government dep-t, wi'h half a doen buoys lying on the sandy shore, and looking from a distance like gigan tic spinning tops. Still further lo the north is un old lighthouse tower, painted red and while, which was used by the (ierman astronomical iui--fion at the time of the la -t passage nl Venus. Beyond Ihe lighlhou-ii tin land becomes fiat, and stretches ou into tho water f irmiug a long sandy spit, with a conical beacon on the ex treme point, Hence ihe name of the settlement San i l'oin. The t 'wn is of very recent origin, but it has grown rnpidlv, nnd no has a population of 9"U' souls, tho whole Terrilorio do Magellniies having a population of inSo, of whom aboil' Mm are foreign. its of various nationalities, the hu-f capitalists and bu-iness people being (iermnn or Inglisi. The houses are solidly built of wriod, ih-: best of them having corrugated iron roofs. Most of the buil lings are painted white ; soine have walls and roofs of the same deep red color; iho roofs are, of course, sharply pointed lo throw of the rain. The general a-pect of things there is new and prosperous. The principal business homes a -e lleriirin. Punta Arenas is a free putt, and the great centre for supplying Ihe sheep farms ami various settlements on the opposite islands of tho Tierra del I 'uo go group, southern Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands. Iu these rainy and npparciitly inhospitable regions the great industry is shtep fanning. There isalso in in li gohtdnst in the riv ers and torrents, and silver nud co.il mines in the neighborhood, but hither to they have not been worked with success. It is curious lo note Hint the shep herds who come to Punta Arenas to buy goods mid provisions often pay iu gold-dusl, which they gather in Ihe Btreuuis near where their flocks are feeding. Skins and turs loim a sec ond important industry; seal nud sea otters abound in the various channels between the varioua islands of Tierra del F'uego and of the Strait of Magel lan, and three limes a year the Pia- gonian Indians ride into Punta Are nas to sell the produce of their hunt ing excursions, namely, puma, o--trich, guannco and silver-f ex skins. The exportation of furs is an im portant business here, and tho poit. standing as it does in Ihe rogul.-ir stoaiucr track, is destined to greater and greater prospciily. Whin we returned on board we found two Danish fur dealers displaying their stock of iiierchniiilifc, ami i ndeavor ing to do business w ith Iho passengers. The skins ucie spread out oyer Ihe hatches on Iho all dock o-:ri,h-gnauaco, seal, oiler, puma, fox look itig soft and warm, and iutcr-pered with a few Indian cm ioslitie-, such as bows, arrows, spears, hiss. s. shell work, spurs, models of bars cnimes. and (lie terrible bola-. which the P.na goiiiaus and their pup U, ihe Argen tine gam lux, u-c lo hunt the ostrich. The O-iiis landed our mail bag iiud a doen sacks of potalop. and took on board a quantity of ostrich feathers lo be delivered in Havre, nnd , ,cn pro ceeded on her w ay . The Prime if Wales' llo.'s. Among the Prime ol aio.' u tues is I luil bo is a lover of a dog.'' In deed, the kennels are one of the piiu eipal show places at s-indt itig liam. His favorite spo ling dogs, it s.euis. arc two wavy leiriyeis, Hnne IV. ami Hell . lint iho Prince fancies every kind of breed, and is the reci pient, of course, of a gioat many pre sents, among which are Hoon, a Ssinojedo -ledge dog, picseiileil hv Captain W iggins; and Iti.-otl, a Nor wegian dog, blue, wiib gr ay markings a most peculiar and ipruiil-looViiig creature. hicago New s. Pitiable Condition of Alaska Esqtil ma ii x . "The I'.squimaux of Alaska are in a very pitiable condition, and the prop osition of tho government to buy rein deer in Siberia (o stock the northern territory should not be used as a butt for jokes." Il was Henry .l:eobs, a resident of Sitka, who, while dining at (he (irtiud Pacillo, gave vent lo t Iti observation. "The Esquimaux are .lint as deserving of governmental aid us are the Indians, nud they are not oni'-qiiarler so troublesome. I'niil re cently they required no aid. 'lheir needs are simple and with a plentiful supply of whale, seals and reindeer, are easily satisfied. Hut such a supply, owing to the devastation of the whito hunters and fishers, does not now ex ist, and actually there is not enough food to keep the F-qiiiiuaux alive. "A great many have starved lo death. ai:d il is sta'ed on good author ity that the old, the very young and sick were exposed to tho cold to be froen to death iu order that the de mand for food might bo diminished I know that such a tiling seems hor rible: still freezing i not the worst kind of il death. So cold ii it among ihe I'.qiiiinaux that if you expose your ear it will freivi iu a moment. . out thinly clad and you will five '. I'oi a moment it is painful, but w hen the cold ha- taken firm hold of you a delicious languor comes over you and on give up life with as little relm. laie e a were yon f.tlli ig into a peace ful sleep. Now ihe best food for the Esquimaux is reindeer. From lh"in niiik, meat ami clothing are obtain able and their bones ari) goo I for fii"l. Moreover ihcy are prolili-' and th 1 propo-ilioti lo stock Alaska with Ihein is the uio-t sensible idea licit has com" to light in Va-hingto;i f ir a long limo."--t hic.igo Post. tjtieer Thing In tjneer Places, t '. I! li' ib -rtsou, :i reader of the I j 1 1 1 1 ) ! i i , ouce found a civile in a large burr oak tree iu which ah nit a pint of pin oak acorns hud been stored. Tho e.xciiva ion iu whiili (ho acorns were found had boon made by wood peckers mil was iu Ihe most solid part of the tree. Mr. It diortson says Ihat, according lo Chambers, there w as ;1!IM years' growth of wood over die end of Ihe cavil v, yet all of the acorns weio as fresh as if only put away by the birds or squirrels the fall before. Hubert I'ticlianiiiiof Monroccouuly, Iowa, while digging a coal shaft on his farm, east of Albia, found a new species of mouse imbedded iu the clay II" feet below the sui face. It was found iu a liltle cavity jul large enough lo lit ihe body, but x it n out any clay adhering to its fur. The .sides of tho cavity seemed worn and polished, as if the little i realm e had tinned around and around thousands of ti lies iu its narrow sepulchre be fore il final y died. When found it was in a perfect state of preservation and as soft and pliehlo as if hid only died Ihe dnv before. An .artesian well near Albert Lea, Minn., which spouts both od and water, ofien changes the proritiuuio and semis out a stream of small min nows v 1 1 i i ! i are w holly unlike any known spci ies of li-h found in that v ii inity. St. I.oiiis I.' public. Potato Nubs Kules. The common potato has had many would-be rivals and substitutes during the past three cenlui io--, but it still re mains the iio-( valuable luber known for cultivation in cool i liuiates. About 4' y e n s ago the CIi'iiiimo yam W'iis extensively advertised as (he most v :i I hi I ilf of all tub is, and Iho coming substitute for iho potato, but upon llial it failed t) meet expectations. Ooi'o recently a Japanese plant xvitli small, tuber ins roots has ntiraeted some attention both in Luroon and this country because its introducers ibiiiiithit it may, oi will, take the pliue of th" common potato, but, uu t'oitun i i Ii . Iho tubers are so unlikp the potato th it they i au scarcely claim to be placed iu the s-une i lass with i The polalo has n-.t yet even a ta'r companion, much loss a competitor. American Agrii tilt in isl. A Wiinlorliil Transformation. It is on tccord iu ui'-lii al literature that in Iho year t I a poor old rem, residing in Tau nt urn. ner Nsplss, Italy. Wiis iho subject of a marvellous, eh inge w hru at the age of nearly ninety e:il . His sKin peeled nil and a lltwJ an. I soft skin supplied ils place; his inns. Ies Hg iiii became slrong ami plump; the wrinkle disappeared from his face, ami the white haiis from his head ; black, cuily hair grew mi bis head aeaiu, ami hi complexion le c;i i e fresh and youthful. Sixlv ycats later hit again became derrepM with a second old age, and died aflei passing his, one hundred ud liUetb ear I SI. Louis Hepublie. Way of the World Aloft on the bough the fair fruit liiing, f.'iires.seil by the wind and missed by th sun, And standing telow ss It swunn out ol reach due longed for n taste of so luscious a peach. One just as perfect whs lying below Where Ihe tickle wind tossed it hours fgo, lis tints as dainty, it forms as round. Jlnt nobody cared for il lav on the ground. It Is eWTthc fruit Ihat is just beyond rench He it fame or honor, or love or a peach, That man lout's for the most -w hy we nevri w ill know. el be scorns to pick w here the fruit growl low. - Ada K. i'ield. Ill IIOHOLS. A man who is up to suud isn't to be sneezed at. (iiven a few chemicals, a counter feiter can always raise a dollar. A man never gets so poor that ho can't borrow trouble without security. "Papa, what is a fad?" "A fad, my dear, is somebody else's peculiar ity." Much .-is a man admires Ihe truth ha piefers to have i( (old about soim other fellow . When there is noiiawk Hying around (he higget thing in Ihe barnyard is tho sirut of the smallest imster. 'Iho man who iu.'isls Ihat doctor bill- are rohb. iy might modify It's language an I refer in Hem as pillage. If vou want advice, get il I'loin tll5 man or worn in wh i is noa r-l your own. ago. Thai i-, if you want ad vim Ihat you can n- i epl. "Il l you inke sugar i:i your entree?' asked Mr- .-mall of the star boarder. "No. ma'am, " replied the latter; "bin I would like lue e 'flee iu it." Accepting Iho philosopher's theory that money represents trouble il is surprising to see how many people aro willing ami anxious to borrow trou ble. A lac-Mi iih iii iu who has Decision to send postal cards to a certain small town where there is a postmistress, writes on ihe top of (he card: "Please forward after perusal." Old Man (reprovingly) Wife, why do you s.-otvl so when you are sink ing? I his is a now habit you aro forming. M;d I .ady ( good - mil u redly ) You mii-t kimw, John, old people aro constantly getting new wrinkles. I had rath' r rid'- a leaipi-st. Or defy the wra'h of .love, Than to me t In- wnlia woman Wio'ii she's putting up a stuve. Ilanard College ami the Indians, One of the early gills from England to Harvard College was u printing press for the piirpnse of supplying tho Indians with Hibles and other books that would aid in their conversion. Various religious treatises were pub lished for tho use nf the colonists, but ;luiost immediately the general court commenced to interfere with Ihe liber ty of Ilie pu ss. No facilities wero allowed for print ing outside of Cam bridge, and even here Iho restiictions j were so ejieai ihat the court forbade tho publication of Thomas-a-kempis' "Imitation of Christ,' although Iho printing w:i- well under way. '1 bo i tloi i- lo convert and educate the Indians were honest and praise worthy, but us is well know n, the In dian did not lake kindly to civilization, nor did civilization take kindly to him. Of Iho few who were willing to sub mit to English masters ami to learn Latin and Creek, some sickened and died iil'ler (hey hud made good prolic ide y , uihei were disheartened nnd left when they were almost ready for college, while the (ne solitary Indian I n'cb t hcpsh.ihteaiiniiick - who h 'h the honor of being enrolie.l among the alumni of Harvard College di- d soon after taking his degree. Chicago Herald The lltuiqiict (iiime. The bouquet :tnn was icccully do si i i bed in the IX'lmil ( M n li. ) Tribune. One of the players is usked to iiauii) her or hi- lavoiito lloweis; this is done, ini'iiiioniiio three or four us the lilv, the roe. Ihe violet, etc This poison is then iuiled to le.ne Mm loom. Then other players designato by the names of the chosen flowers several friends or play mates, ubsenl or present, of the one who has with drawn. 'I he absent one is now called back slid asked "what will you do Willi I he lily To which is perhaps answered, "I will wear it next my heart." "The rop?" "1 will cast it aside." etc. W hen the flint pr has dis posed of each of the flow ers according In her fancy, she is ol, whom thev represent; lli-n it may be she finds she bus east away her dearest friend, has given the place of honor to ono whom she lcgardswith indifference, and o on. If slip give droll or in congruous answers th" game is rend ered Jiioio lively and amusing.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 12, 1891, edition 1
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