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f)atl)am ttfcorfc II. A. lA.IVLOIM, EMTOK AND riiOl'HIETUli. iUTKS ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions J One square, oue month - l.M 2.5 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advanct. IMTTSl?01lO CHATHAM CO., N. C, I)K( I MBKR 17, 181)1. NO. Ml. For larger adv-rticiJieio liberal con ract. will be made. VOL. XIV. K Dou'iUni. Hnirt. Win rf nr" !!:P swtilluvss fled'' l-'n'' ii ami ilenl. pin h oice, upon mine blei't and stium? sli"lc. .! :il: i ii heart ; Par ever purple sen Tin y is nil . hi sunny c iw The I'lilmy Muilliini hrcee To brln1.' Hi' in t.itln ir nnrtlirro borne once ll'OIC Why niuM the fl.'iMTs ill' ' I'riMincl they lit1 In the . "Id tomb. In c.Ucs i f tears or tin- , doubtliii heart ! Tin y "iilv Vep below Tlie soft white ermine snow AS hi ! winter iinl shall blow, To breathe aa.l siu'lc uro:i i'U s.mu a .a!u. Tli" u, Im? hl.l it ray. I inse iiiimy diss; Will sunt liour i in m r leave ih( earl .' si il'iiil'tini; heart : 1 he st'. nil I bui I mi hiiill i ll the sane sunny -ks 'I I. ..I so.n . for spring is ni.-ln Phal! wake tin' vi'ii'iii r iMo t"1''1'" ,nil 1,1 Lair 1 1 i - i? 'ii nl. mtd bht I- ''n in !n '1 in night. Whit --ti ri-1 i mi hnak tin1 nii ti.'e i'f ln-r? i ii'iiil'ti:i leant 1 Tin' .-l.y i, even asl. . t ft.ir. shall n?e at l"?t. !ri,:l'tvr (' I .hill- no-? past. At) 1 .nu' -' -'Iv r vol, e. -lu-1 In- air. - ; .. lai'li' Ami'' l'r' r. Laddy's Final Triumph. I taught a l' i ft of district sclm il in n small c II -1 I liatlilrl near M". l'i:- I I I, two r .1 - .ago. Tin' It ni-i' in vv hi h I "cut to hoard the ini'-i l.nie.iiim! place I oue im iLii.i i i -1 . low, laml'.in farm ilwei.ii m: I uinl'.'il by wooil-, lielil" tt 1 1 I mr;;il -. N ' I'lliiT linllM h:ik in ;:'', mi. I ill i 'Mil in 'ai h ilii ei ti'in l'ii i'- ;i i.i a il"ii-i! gruw'.h ol lux. A Tii 'i "I tin! ii ail a quarter c fit mill' .way brought one to the. f, h.iol l:i".: i , i l.l'.i. !i, half tl il""ll !ei!iu .it I i!i" u: Mole of tin '!tl.r. I In- r.iiiii.x w i;h Hhii ii I boai-ih'il f.ilii-!. .l "f Mr. I a al. main',. 'in imi- Mi lit pie.., her, with 'i fair edma. tii.:i, lull an inn! .led il'siue nl n oi K : li,, wife, Mary, ..no of ih" b. -I wo- . men 1 ever knew, a rotigl t-e. I Mi IV. Willi 1, piartica!. .-omnion ' f. n-e, a pine, cat in lov of re'i:;- ion, which she rpn- 1 in .Iced, more often th .n w. id, and their son. .I.'tn, n'ciiiee:i ye.irt "I a-je. line ieuitig. tilier I had been a member o I' the faniy 'i.ral e.eeU-, l.u.l the slraiin .1 lel.oioi,. of sch ud liia'am tiud b'.irlnu mi-lresi bad worn aw a; . Mi-. Hiaiio ael.cd me to biiug my boohs into the kit.hen and l-ituitli lur. .''in had u"tu; tubed Milh a lo.nl. a he, and lluoch was at n revival meeting iu the next ili-tiict. He would not b: li 'ine until Very lale, tint) she was goinu to sit up for him. I a. cc led tlie invitation gladly, for Ihe bright, i hi erliil hilihcnwas my (hllgtit- i' was so rpetiessly clean and homi'liui bote. the picitsaiiUst room in the si iii-in tii added to the chtu fitine. f'.r l!:j fall nbhts hail jiiown fiiitiy. . AJrs. nunc "ilnl up lur indues, i l'iii?!:ed tlie Il ioi, s i aiued lie. milk, j ivl.il I looked ( V"l- the. lievt ila. 's . lessons; then vie duw our cli lips near the lite for one of liio talks I had c.iuv.11 to enjoy so much. "W'iiit hhall we talk about?" said Mr, lilaiie, a- -he clicked her knit ting needle-. K-ligion ':" This ua- her favoiite tbeiiie, and I loved lo bear lur i vpicss her Haptist iews of l.fe and death. So I led l er to talk, till al length I looked at Ihe clock. It marked 1 l.."i. "Whereeaii I tioeh b. '?' sn'nl Mrs. lllair, gathering up her yvmk. "He I M.-i nev. r s.. (lite neiore. ; She arose, went to Ihe w iudow and ! pencil out into tho inlcnse darkness, ; sbnered sliglilly, came back tbiew a tew i e sticUs on the lire. i We ,al sottielimo in s-i !fin wiitcliing i the sparks fly out lluoiieli the hi arlh j of the looking Move. I ho old clock iu the corner struck I Ihe hour of I" w iih slow, ilelibi rate '.irokes. j A stiddeu bi'ece sprang up and' Bwung a shutter to with a loud chit- j 1 r. Then all w as tearfully slid, j when siowly and di-linctly from ihe I far li-tauee came n low, inusiciil ( found. i Neaicraud neiiei it cane, louder 1 mill louder i' trow, tinlii the whole loom was tilled with Ihe sweet melo- I dy. ll was .iiigiug. but sinjnj,. such us I had never hcaid before. The I words were unintelligible, but the ; soul intent a- ot j 'icing. J" bap. I si i st( ilboii.id until tlm sued!... . ..., .i.i. ,;,..,.. I I found, f ided hw-iv as ihey- hail come. 1 ciild not ic.i whether they were j Milhiii or wiih"U', overhead or nndci J cur feet. 'Ihe melody w a every- : when'. It gave me a mh ange, uiiex- plai uible fc'ling of awe. I turned to j look at Mrs Unite. Her fine w lis! , we: Til" I i If-.-, nhout In htli drawn, .mil tin ' imitth in nous baud thai grr.spctl tlia hicli of lirr nl'r.'r shook visibly. A feeling Unit ! could not account for of wishing to shut out thu night promptod uio lo draw I lio shades rlaso over tho back window- ami conio closer lo lint warmth niul glow of tho lire. All this, I obsei veil ami did be fore I n?ked: "Hid you hour anything, Mrs lilairo?'' "Yes, I heard,'' murmured Mrs. Rlaire, iu scarcely more I linn a whis per. "It couldn't have been Jem,"' 1 as serted, but lo satisfy myself I wont to i lip stairway iiml listened. I heard only tlie Inn 'I, regular breathing of a lionvy f-lecper. "What was it, Mrs Mlaii ?" I nkil ngain. Mrs. lliairo hail icuinril her aectis toiiicil t'lin-iil I'vpregaion ami saiil, with n li'ht, mis-iiirin latili: "Oh, it was iiotliing at nil. Come, let ii i pi to bi-il. i; will imt sit Up lonyrr for l-.iiui li. 1 wiil i: 'tin' in ami hit with you liil you u'o to slet'', if you wiiul liif to." I f-aitl I wan net iu the lea't af i ml. Hut I lay awnki- for a lung tiiin", mui ib'i injr over the f-ti iiujro seriie. 1 fell fine Mr-. Illairo bail n i-lory, ami I watileil to licar it. Though not n believer In iiils nnylliing tiijipniatui al bail a siruiige fai iiiauou fur tue. Mrs. lllaiie ami I were, left alone again the neU evening. As wc ngain I ilrcw our hani til. lufoie tin) cra. U- ,l. li.e. mv ,i..M..io.i said, wilhoul . , "My ilear, Tin going t toil you :i j (ll'.'inge Mniy." 1 did not pi aU. "Twenly year ngo my miiv siMcr, then a heaidifiil gill of ighlecu, mar. lie I -1 ii -1 liftceu m itilhs after, she an. I bee hah) girl were hiiiied iu oil" i .Mia He fore mv ,-ister ilioi siiO di-. , ,'vered that her bosom fiiend, l.vddv Hak -r, had cared for her .lohn and had liopcd lo marry bun. We all knew .,n , v,r .-bown lytl.lv any at- f ,.,!. i,U ,,c iri. d !.. make Sarah ,!,;!, m,l --.:,i,l her life. wa vrccked and inui of that kind of ! t ilk. Sarah was i..i. ,,,! nervous and it mad'! her vei v i 1 i,..l...i,..e ii ii. t t l. ..v.. iii ii ,1. ,,,!.! thai ! it hastened her death. .lohn was wrapped up iu Sarah: anyone could see '.hat. He was kinilucs ilseif lo her. It nearly broke his heart when she died. Had us I felt my self I felt sorrier for him. It', awful to see h fclroiig man so unstrung. Ilveryone liioililH'd for Sarah hut l.yihly. It lievi r seemed to me she rami liltull. "'iVcll, one morning, about a year after Sarah ili-d, .lohn came down to breakfast looking so liigard and w bile that I was trighteued. I asked hiuiuhiil was ihe niattei. lie shook ,i, head, but when we wi re alone be ,,b me lliut he could not sleep Ihe i.igtit uciorc. so ue go. up ami iiguteu , ,is p:pc ami sat ly uie open window i siurktng. I here was no I gill iu the, ii om, but iho moon had in'! risen j Ii.on bebind the hills II" felt a me- ! ecm e near him, Htld, turning, saw s.n-ab in her grave clothes w ith the baby in her arms. She came quite near him and said : " '.lohn, dear, 1 waul s ou lo many l.yihly," and then she vani-bed. " 'Why ,' said .lohn to me, 'I can't in ;u ry l.yddy : I ticvci can marry any one.' That was ihe beginning of cur trouble. After that there was scarcc- y a (1 i )i t that we did not base some, niaiiifc-tatioti of Sarah's spirit hover- im; about lis. Woall beard sli ange ! sounds, lappings, sad music or h ! baby crying, eighbors passing the house ;,te at night would tell of sec- 1 i n r the light cither in 'he garret or in the collar. It was inore often in thu cellar. t ucc S.uah hei se! f i aiue to me."' Mrs. Waiiv aiiscd and I (hew nearer lo her, but I louhl not speak. She yy mil on : was just after unmet one. mhii- mer evening. Our well in the back y ard was low, and I bad taken my banket of tim'wliile clothes down lo ihe spiiun in the meadow to rin-e liieiu. You know where Ihe spiing is at Ihe foot of the slope, near the pine grove? It was a lovely (Veiling, The sky was height with the colors of sunset, bill the pines looked di.rk and lonesome. remember thinking so n ( M.read Ihe ihiiu's on the irrasa. bad just finished mnl was taking up 1 my empty basket when, j ii -i as plain j Sarah and her baby just in tl dye of j the grove, she waved her arm to. wind ihe hou-e and said '.lo'in : l.y ddv 1' mid disnppeai cd. "(If course, all these things made a ! -tent deal of talk iu the village, ami : many w inl. e. iggerated sior'ts iveie1 loid I or yean lliis state of thing con- j tinned. Oh, lbre terrible) TPnr! I was never left itbuic 6ii evening that I tliil not bear ssil iiiu.ie, weinl laughter, or ne tlio'Ciing vil!-o'-tlie-wi-p lights. Slepi woui'l mmo up (be walk, but no on" nunc in. Tin wholo town, of einiise, wn in a einto of rxeiteme.it. nnie few believeil ill the spirit. The mini-ler ilhl. Others believed thai l.yihly Hal.. r v. m a: t! -bolloiii of tho whole tiling, l.o nut one. knew hhe win l ossesM-'l In marry .Tohti. "A party of men from the village eniiie one night to investigute. The iiiiniMei' wai with them fo we let lliein in. They began lit the gull" I ami went through the lions.'. The milliliter leil thu hcareli, ntnl he was Rtnmliiig on the cellar .-tail's, half way lo ii . mnl I a little above him, when in the far romer of tho ilark cellar thishcil that curious light. Only dr an instant, ami though wo w aib-il a hum time it ilii) not cuuie again. "The minister tame up into the ynril ami tohl thi o'.h.'i--. While lli. y were talking of it iu hu-lie'l whit'i s snmliug in gnmps about the yard, t-.irah iippeared with her baby Mi I held t in. uly iu her arui- and giidnl among the group alnei-t touiliiu them ami disnp eared ns invKli'iou-ly as she came. "This was the last time sln cvir appeared, hut nearlv " vcryoiu) b -l:ecl after that night. 1'ntil thai night I had beard nothing for several j ear.'' ! "O -atin -ueiov a I mg wmie t.i t-;i I 1,1111 "'ui-lied. Then I a-l...l: j "W heie is .lohu now, and lVildy V" After that nilit .1 jlm went to W'e did not hear from him till a year ago he lettii iii'd. II" is now iuatiT of a large icsellhal currier granite fi on iieie to New York. IV'' epe. t him eveivil.v. I. yd Iv never luairicil. She lived right In re. .lol.ti Wi nt tn sec her when lie rani" ho:ii". Krery j ""eexcrpt me ee.ns lo have for; i "'" iriU' "I"" " ' ,'v'1'l I ' " ' " " ' 1 Hiauked lur for Idling me the j '"'n' llL'r V 1 ",',lt 1,0,1 ,lr,,J"" ,,f ,hi- '''al"', iu IU'; neu i came i rom lavs later Mr?. I'.laite met me al lb' doer L'teatiy ( i ".lolm ha, come !" "and and I.vddy. l ied -weio mat i ied beard Ihe. music. World. sbn cvi'lainied, They are mar. tho night we '- New York I unu'l ami Timber. The mischievous -oiiscqilciires that aii-".' from the attacks of fungi upon trees and pbiuls do not receive half the alteiilioli fiom cullivatois lliat Ibeir importance demand,. Ihe potato liingus, ( or fungi, rather, for theie are mi era I ) compels sum i de gree of iuicKstiithough not siitlii ieut lo prevent f inner and g.irdetieis frciii thouL'litlc-lv doing their verv ,e., w.. .t.,.,..,,,.,) y pointed out ((( fa Hiatal" ihe dlM libut t in (Jf the spur s.and to promote I lie i r germ ination, while as to preventative and ; palliative inea-uri's, they are scanelv even tlnuijlit of outside of evpeli I menial r irdeii-. If tbi- be the case ,,, liL, ....i ,,,,, iu which the w hole pre taken place under our eyes in a limited space of lime, and under faiiilinr con ditions, how much more tine i:- it iu the case of limber trees, where the processes aie in ne i "ineaicd from observation and the action mere pro longed than in l liu inore quickly glow ing crops. T he injury iuliiitt d by a thoughtless bov, who tears nil a Iwig f,.(, ,.,,,,.,. . ,y known to I he ol,. P-Viiiit forester: but very few ol hers ilt ai ,,,abe of cstim .tiug the ., j mischief tint unv make itself appttrent even fiom so apparent- ly simple an injury, perhaps many ynrs afl' i ward-. It is satisfactory , under sin h cii cuin-laui i s, to ti ml ihat our coloiii.-.i bolani(s are fully alive to their duties, an. I do their best to place their know ledge at the disposal of Ihe practical men. In these mat- lei s, l he men of science to use a met aphor we have often employed resi inbl. s the miner searching for ore and bringing it to the mi face. It is for Ihe practical mm. so called, to avail himself of the material thus placed at his disposal iaulem:l'' Chronicle. Straw Itoails. Straw roads are something; new, and the farmers in I'alouse county, Washington, greatly admire them. Alter (be straw i thicshcd, it Is scat- Alter (be straw i thicshcd, ,fle'1 ,",,,' 11,0 rotnU. 8P.1 when it set. "M 'huso, it becomes smooth and InluritllllCl'. Mis. (iaild Hoes your bov after you or his father? J,R. (,,bi--lle lakes after inke his father. Y on never can believe a svoid Le says. ;iiood New. Cllll.nKKVK (Ol l MV. How tiinV l:n". Prn v ely mines the gi ntlt'in in, 'I ri'tt'iiu' iiiinlily o." he can . I ift hl ht to Men ami f ! A - he :iscs !rnt. trot. tmt. Niiw the postman follow fn-t, fi.iilop, gallop ah, he's pust, Hp.'iri'i. not Hpur. but chiki-s the rein fi !np hi. it!i i )i;ht mi'l lima. Next there comes the country hoy, Many a .im,i. and hflible'lv lie . I'!iiiip'ty I'linip' if he f all ihv.i u, I i n ! rue he ( racks his n ' I'liec, .'lie! gallnp, and trot, my 'knr, Ho they ve tr.ivi le I for in my i y ar. Hut ni'tie of them uil i an happier be Than 'i'.hhlni'k -ai hr t l.ei ' k.nel - ; l.'vn I.. ( .i r-oi i . ci M. Nielml n. AS A I III I I f M" Altcl. Charles Ml. of Sweden was fa moils as a jumper. This ruler, w hose wonderful lueina'. moral and physi cal iiaiitic ion,iiliite.il him icry inch a kiirr, had a knack of leaping ll i : 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 I t ) I b" i .mini from a o , -:ti' !-: 'iy Hiinioei, and would fouie times, to !iin;iv tl.e cliildien fit ihe cm I, take a flying jump over ;e backs of h :!f a d '.en leM,. s. II was n,. i a very su il'i riiiin: i', and at feinilii;. lifiiug lie;iy weiL'ht", and laming apparently im l actab'.e horses he had lend!' an cj'inl i:i bis kingdom. ' nil' M en ihi. M'"t'vry! " I'bi, ti le was tii-t applied to Ita--sa:i ji.'ii Sal -1 1. 1 1 . ,,!,., foiun'eil a fur midahle dy i,u-:y i: -;. i ia. A. I. I" "'. lie w.i, the pi inn , ..r cbi -f, id a -eel of the M.'haniiic- lans. 1 1 ivi n:: In u banished from b - country, be o..k up liis abode iu Mount Lebanon, gath ered around him a band of follontr-. Willi SOOII bee, llll" the teiror alike l.f ( iiristiaii,, llelii"". .Hid Turks. T,-y paid the most impleit obedience to hi, i oiniiininl-. and f elii ved 'h it if I hey sacrificed their lives fur bis ,al,c they would be Ii warded with the highest j ij s of j .. i ll' I i -. I'd' 'J'"' yeaiv these " A--.i--::is," a, I hey eii;ul theiiisi'lve,. com 'lined to lit! lie tenor of tin! loinnry. W't.eii. ver tin'':' ( iiii f, the ! 11,1 Man of .he Mountain." c"a tiilel. d himself injured, hed sa!i hid some of In, a, -a--ins n cict'y to inir. ib r the aggreor. Tbi, i, Ike oi'i-in of our u-c of ib" word a --a,, in for a sec i et n i u rib' re I". j I e! r m 1 ree l'ic-s. lilt lls (ll That ni"ht Lotus w. Ouei n of tb" I'.ives, ; 1 1 , to be crowned ml lln'iT Was great joy in the fore-t I'," winds nud waters s'nig a grand di if is and the moon iit up all ll. n- y i:h a PI ling. .-"It light. The -In - My inkle I like diamond in the vault of heaven, Sinbl 'iily a higbl iec.i i 's voice sounded thtougb the air, ..o l the Lives trooped out from their home- under Ihe Her- and stood in the sward, where the . iculroof nation svas to lake place. The soiiiiiei, and bin'l woke rp and gmiicl .iio.mi I, for they wi'iited lo see what it wa-al! about. Then Lestros. la. Kinj; of th" Five., spoke: Subjects," he said, '-ne have as seuibled here tonight to c:" ii .and do homage lo my chosen 'Juc. n Lulus. I'.ring forth the i rovyn, I u p"!." I.e ci iniiiatide.l, tiirniug o an ok yvbo had a white heard and sparkling eyes. A beautiful crown ii 1' I'lf ll e. w as made of woven rose pi t il- ih .t w ere fastened toeelher by I bi -ad- of spi ilei's' siik and it svas sluM I ilh lit tle crystals Hint glittered iu the moon light. Lestros took lb(! crown and kissing l. 'tu he placed it on her In ad. The Lives kuel: down and the biids and i.piinvis bowed their be id-. L til' blushed and smiled with plea-uie-She was yeiy beaut i fu !. Her eves yvei e like -i n s and her face iik" the face of the lvc wh"n it is kis-ei by Ihe nuligiit. "Lei ihe (lain e briu," roiiinianil. il l.cstres, an 1 the it 'hticgalcs who fat on a bou::b close by let forth a luir-t S0U!r. J,, sires and Lotus led the dance. All night long tb" I.Ives dancid and the moonbeams- daucul yith tin in. The sipiiirels and the little bird" danced loo, nud the winds and the waters Hng in low, joyful voice. They danced till dan n blotted out the light of th" far star-. Then tho day came, driving tie nigh! away, mid the Hive- deparic.!.-; New York World. 'I lien He Arose. Lthel- Would you like to go to the Norl'l Pole? Slaiule-No; what gave you the idea .bat 1 wont. I enjoy such a 1 aril-hip? Libel - I (lidn t know but it might mil you. Die; nights. are six months long, Mm know 'New York Meni'd. The great (piaut i; ie- of rlcvr raised in the Lland of Malta ca t-e th Iionsv I fi'iin ih.'f section to be of great purity i r, I of im -t ileiicioiis flavor SALT LAKH. A Summer's Fvperifiirr in the Cnoat Inlaii'l Sr-a. Easy to Float, but the Head Has a Tendency to Sink. Muring a visit to Salt Lake I "en joyed" a swim n a similiter after noon, making the trip from town to Lake J'o'nt, the I ouev Island of the region, on an excursion Lain, in tuin- ' pnny with a number of Mo'Tnons. I he little railioad i u us t hroiigh a d; veieilied tract, iu w hi .-It garden, farm. , rocky ii lift, and nul l plain are "1 by jumbled, the plain being spoiled with tufts of palo iittd bristling sago brush that grows on tin) rocky mountain ! country where, nothing tie- will. Tin re is a balhiug pavilion at Lake Point with fresh water lank, in whiih to tin?!' one's self after the bath, bo! I elected to try a swim w ith rutt s. c:.i:oi. : walking soul be. aid along the si,,,.,. f,,i n milo or mi, I found a pile: wh-ie the roiimled . I'oi I hat f'lUied Ihe s.uiih'alice of a be. h !i were not loo nil 1 1 i ' . i ll .. I: ysas a tiill" dilTi".ll to keep a steady fm-iiug in lb" water, and at first I a'tribti'e l llii-lo i nequalit ii s mi ' the botleiu, but on getting where i: wa-dce ir I found ihat my legs had ; a 'li -po-itioti to e one to ibe too. and it w :? appaieni ,.tl lie- d lli uov ot Wailing till"-- iiio-e li"in the buoy lilies that Ih" bod.' hi- iu so iicii-e a tin dill. n a, ilic la W "he I I had ssadnl out so far thai the ysalir c ilue up to my ii"ck I s- ah. I a b. tilder and dived. - it is ni; i ll t-'tll to op II I ll i ye- under waier. I did - as ? i a, I sv a, laiily iiuincr-e In an instant it seemed a- if vitriol had he. 'ii poured into them Springing to a ti upi igh! position as soon n? po-sible, I tried to get llii! salt out of t'li'lll, but th" more I rubbed i lie more it -come I to gel in. Nature relieved the sioatl alter a : while, by pouring through the bar duds ( nough of a milder solution of salt to clear the iri i ah . I crnea of tie fluid, and 1 took pain- not lo lei ill water into my eyes again. After that the bath svas re en j" s able, if only a a neiv i pet iciice. i There was a ?ingn'ar and it n.i re :i - 1 toiued sen-e of lightness, ami it ssa, ! not dillictill to lloul high out of wan r j either in a reeliuiug or -itiiug po I ture: yet a bather who i- i ; . , i a swim mer wi'l fine a- fill s hero asiiny SVbcre, f"t the head being heavier than the loss er e v i reini! i ' ha, a ten ilency lo siak, unless one has tin; skill to keep it above ih" surface. To a sss iininer there is no e-pei ial danger, , unless be is choked by Ihe brine or blinded and confii-ed by it. 'I o float reipiiics less exertion than in the ?mi, a slight m .tion ( f the I and being suffi cient to keep th bo.lv balanced evenly, for one ih'j ends less f ir hi? buoy amy on breathing than in ocean ssater. On striking mil to sssim I ssa? surprised at a splashing noise behind ine, and discos ered that it sy a? Iineie by mv own feet, fur I w.i- s,, l,jL,, ,,tii ,,f ssaici ibatlhis sseni into the air at every stroke. Ihe lightness at one end of the body tends, as I have said, lo ib'i re,s the other, but to one who is u-cd lo ,ss iinining thi is a li .tl". On emerging from ihe lake I found that ( Very inch of mv skin ssa, spark ling with salt ci s sliils, and though 1 rubbed mid scraped thes sscre not so easily to be got rid of. The-c ciss tals yvere shin p enough lo ( rc.ite di,. cotulol t and to suggest an undue in liiiiie y s iih thistl, .. Mv hair ssa? fil l of them, and they ( yen adheied lo my (lohiiig. -o thu a vigoioti, shaking of raiment and a fresh water bath sscre iu order on reaching mv hotel. When I id, I tin- p, ,,.!r in town of my sss im Mi l t he nnum r ot , sv.'is hiiighed al, atid iufoimcd that it was not ihe correct thing to ss im e cepl at ti b.i biiig pasil.on. ss here one has fresh water to shower assay the sail that stick, to him. Stilt I ake is by no iticin? a satin ti ( solni ion of salt, yet it is live or ?ty times a, rich iu sirm a. the o, ean, mnl nearly as strong as the I ead ca. In sinnimr it e.iiil.iins hetssieii ''" and V'J per cent, of salt, the salural ion point not being reached m,;i the salt Louisa little over a llurd of the iiipiid. There are all through the ' great basin numerous saline lakes and ponds, but none of the d.e and im poilauco of this in I'ta.i. Not infre quently they tn- slt.illosv and entirely disappear duiing the dryness and heats of milliliter, leaving lo mark ibeir sitc only a unlch of some i acre- m it unv be uii.es of clay or mud. entirely coVeied with salt. 1 '(iohlthw aile's Maga'oie. According to ihe London nrwspa I"1" indstolio deiveici speech dune S, is.;;',. his noiuleu I hrnssn Into Uniting Springs. Any one who reads books on Japan svill remember that he is told, if ho ever visits the harbor of Nagtisrki, thai lie must look al tho lofty rock of I'appenbei g, de-eeliding sheer for some hundred of feel into the deep water-. He is fiii iher informed (hat in tlm pcvcuto'iiili century svlu in there sscre many i hristian con vert iu Japan, thousand? of them ssitre cist into the sea from tie! dill It svill be rciiieinbiTo.l Hint tle l'e svas ' a rebellion of Christian iu southern j Japan, the rebels undertaking to ovr. ! throw the government and establish 1 their nesv faith as the state religion ot Japan. It wim '.tier the suppression of this rebellion thai the frightful ! persecution of the t In islian, began j lr. Hoiss, n p ofesor in the I tii - vi i?ity of I'okio. has reci nlly been in set igatitig the r jiiIs of IliisCbri"- . tiau rebellion. II" has shussn quiti! eoncliisivelv that the rock ( f P.lppeti j lug was not ii (! for the purpose de scribed to toinisis No iiieutinu "f throwing the ( hrisiiaii? osir the l'"' k is mad. iu anv of the ('oiiteiiip"i:ine ; ou, ia c ud-, and I'r. lb is-s;lys that i' ssoiild have been llb-llld I" have : 'bagged the pri- .lie. B to that distant , I1'1''"". hat happened, however, wa-eveli more I i i .'htl'ul, im. I the ,ceui ss ,i 1 iploe d.ll r, at I ," . le-llloll ci curie I in ai iiribara, svho-e interior ha- lot it- must , ,,iu,i, in, n? ol jet t a Vol. nui, m.Mtulaiu ma , i ailed ( bi-cu-ga. v. Iiii !, j. (,, I; ue oin- of l'i. laic,,.; , rater ill ll. c world, sshiie it" ,'ope, and ba-e are full of boiling sul phur spring, in a constant ,iu'e of j rile i v i ,,-ence. I r. li.-i-s ?ay thai the 1 glealc.-t iiiiuitii i of victim of the i age of hi allien Japan sveic taken I" 'n s(Mi,.a and huile.! fiom a precipice on the mountain side into b' boiling sulpliiiroii, springs below. J-.p in, ,e m iinv- of information coincide with Ihe uii-sinuai y r-polls tint li.i- svas :he form of eeculiou cotiiuioiils employed, and thai it le maiiied iu u-e f..i a long pitied shi niab.ai'.i i aliuo-l an island in a gic at inlet on the W si ?j,o of !ln,iu, th, big s.Mi.rn is.i,,i (,f Japan. I-i- c oic. ted vv iih the mainland by tit .11111 row it hill. I -. The Volcanic III. I?? of Oiisenga, in the c( aire of the (li-. tiict, is plainly marked on : ny go '.I map -' New N'l.rk Sun. lliMsers Dial In in Mith the Sun. I bat sinillosser, li.rn vv iih the -an is about as tine as that any o' her ll .s ers similarly turn. In the growth of p'.aa's (be flower steins take .1 spiral motion. In many case tlie uncoi iug is linishi d by the time the dower opi-'i : but in many case- it continues for a short lime longer. Prof. W. . Keller inati, iu a recent i.-sue ol thu Kansa Aeademv of Science, has been testing how far the com, mm siutll ivs er : "tu ns (. ihe sun." He found Si" per cent, of the bead-, while iu bloom, show some movement by day . ami a ie-s pel. "iitag" al night He al.-o foiitnl that t.: er ce ti I . had a move ' meat ?oiiieyshat toward (he yy i si. and eight per ("cut toss aril the cast 'Pk niglil motion ss as '! per eent. e.a-t-wa-d and eight ss e-l will ! Tlie d;f feiencc Would shosv. if it were til al! in . .osary , l hat tlu ie is no hcllotro-pi-in in ihe ca-e. Hut the knossle.lge that llit motion is a mere uncoiling, and thu! I lici c ale i out iuiioiis a,;. a nation- in the' direction I the spiia's !n the glow iiig li.ll 'l'e-i ell. c of pialil , t'Vp'aiii the supposed .1 . lli i-1 1 Its - ; New Yet k 1 1 ii t -; (-ii ( I. s 1 1 . I lower fur the I urp-e. II 1 lie . ii-.,iii i.ttimi t ho poorer da-- in u-!i a, ia to ak a g : I t of lloisei's li mil Ihe lo ig hbors sv iih ss Iiii ll lo di i ale ihe r "Mil iu ss Iiii h I licit dead I epos, pi icr to Inn ial. I bic love ( (Veiling, ::- I sy a. iii.ing; (pi id pi pe and res. lie on the s in .,u,la of ins Uio.b'-: collage al Wi o o on , i I ssa- al"lie.l bv a thin iuaii lone. Looking up before ni" a liny svoiiian ch'ld, ss li.'-n head was adoincil With a pel fia I Ni.ig.d.i of "olden hair. "Please, sir," ? ii,l Ine tun voice, "give lue -oine fb'iier lor lac corp."." "M v dear i hid." -at. I I, now thoroughly arout il. "sshii i-;h" matter svith the c,t "Ii's dead, sir," said -he. ;e,s YoikNesvs, Is im.'" faithful Nurse. The so rig hiugol "Spain bade fine, yveil to his nurse, M a niiina Palazaieia, a ?hoi I lime ag". lor live scats and half she ss;is ss iih hi- youthful ni ". jesly day and night. Tln'iinle fellow svas so slroiigly atiiiclied to her that it wa feared their ep.u at i.ni ssonld en danger hi h a:th. lo make the pain ing caster Ihe nurse left Madiid the day the couit departed for S in Seba. tiun. she is to receive a conifoi table pension from the royal treasury. A c uisideriible sum of money svas ui.o given to Ihe syoinni's biisband, who is a cm renter, My CIioIcp. Take the palace all ashlne, With it" h'fty halls ami lowers; Let tin little liou?e he- be mine, Wirh Us ibior yaril. praas ami flosveri- Ah. fur once, be kindly. Kate. To my harmless plan agree. Take ss hates, r things urereat, la an ihe little tilings to line I A Uce Cary. III'MOKOI S. A lie game gelling married. I he most irresistible kitchen utensil is tho potato "masher." Ilosv to get a woman lo keep secret -( five her chloroform. A hoy ia expected to love Ida mother even though she cuts his hair. It isn't the man svith a drought of ideas who is most apt lo make dry icmarh. Advice i valtiuhie i lib fly when it make, a man mad enough to follow his own ideas. The man who grosvls became he hasn't found hi- h s 1 ha probably failed l i do his ley, best "Ib' issinh a soiioiotis speaker," said an admirer of an orator. "Yes," icpli' I his wife, "anil sleeper." "You can walk aero? Ill" Hrouklyn bridgi for nothing now ." "Hut isn't that a pretty long walk lo take for noihing Pi im iji.i! -!! t'oin you sit liosvn to w lite I lilt letter, J ( ib. go and svasb your I, audi., else tl,.." svill he t -Mm. postage to pay " Little . minis' crau.luii'thrr wa not a very o'd lady, but bad a deeply wrinkled face. ae had taught him lo cad her M i -,. H ii.i r, but m s er told him the reason why. ,' (lis Sammy was la king ah nil Mi'?. Hal.er. S Hue ono a-keil him. "W ho is Mr-, linker'," Ho icplied, "loui von know Mrs. Ha kn ? Why she' that lady over there With the c. a. ked face.'' - . r- ?- Mine Designers. "Shoe de?ig mas are in great de mand al salaries ranging from .lutiO to !", on a s i ar," said C. L. Web ert, the d' signer. "l ew pcojile oji lueci.ite llie sable of Ibis part of the shoe biisinc-s. Indeed, it is every, thing. The big factory employ men who do nothing oisu besides getting up iioseities .. ihe trade. People want something nesv ami nobby. If one man doesn't haw it th')- will go to s..ine othei place. As a result com petition i, more between tho design, cr- than .he make. Then conies tho pinch. Tlie ability to design some thing mat and attractive in llio way of foolsscar i, a gilt like that of yvril ing poetry. It is seiy rare. Men who do not possess the natural gaft never make good designers. Those who base it generally come out with out anv Itviib'e. Another peculiar fad is that there ate s ei v fesv really expert artists of thi- kind in the West. One troublo Is that there is not enough de-igucrs to go ar uind. Young men working at bench is some shop could rapidly yvin wcaiih wa t position if they would try t h niseis e? and see if they do not po-'es? tlie talent to get up a neat ol igh. al design, shoe making is be. coming moie and more of an art i very day. ll is rapidly losing the odi an that ha been attached lo it for o iiiin v v. ma. People arc beginning to ?i e ii a: ii takes brains lo imiko shoe-, I he , inie as in other tines, of ss oi k iiipiiiing care and afpntion. I In- is c-; i , iaiis true of ladies mid hiMicii. I seiitiire the prediction tho i sv ,i- ti 'I b many year before she. inaui is ss ill lank ssith th" thin aiii?aiis of the manufacturing world.'' t. L nii S,'ar-sayines. Saw a l ih Ssrnlbin His Natch. ta'le i ?!aii'.;e as sscll as amusiiig im i iln ii I h ,p , a .1 on board tho s. boo ue r I a i in i l , ai a ss Inlc at sea last Niiii'dav on le i ssay up from lt"t?k poi . They were well out at sea when! the water wa. blue ami clear and tho yyiud verv light ss hen one of the pa" seiigi r di, ,.vi red a large li b, which is kuossn in iho-e ssatirs as a linn, follossing close behind the boat. Seveia! of ihe boy. w ere soon lean ing osci the slei u admiring the lish, yy hen one of lie in accidi nt I v dropped hi ss atcb os erboai ii out of Li over ?hiit pocket. It wa a large, old. fashioned Sis is, silver watch, and when it hit the water it glanced oft sideuay s and darted on its yoyto'elo the bottom of the sea, but the linn sjyyv it, and as he is a a li?h that biles nt eveisthing thai shine, regardless ot lias or or taste, opened hi huge mouth and swallowed the watch at one gulp. The surprised and chagrined young man say. thai t,,. watch had just been wound up and ssa good lo tick assav for twenty four hours at least. The ! i -1 1 teemed to enjoy li: meal, Mnl followed leisurely after tl, ! boat I ji some time jVclasro Time.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 17, 1891, edition 1
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