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$l)c ljatl)ai tWcorb. QL)t l)atf)am ttfcorfc attorn IJ.-A. LOJNlOI; EDITUlt AND ri.oriilETOl.. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, KATES ADVERTISING One sniure, one inscrtum Onii siUiiro, two inm-rtiotinj -Onu Biiuiiro, one nmntli 1.6(1 - 2.50 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. VOL. XIV. PITTSISOIJO CHATHAM Co., N. C, DKCKMIJKIi III, ISiU, NO. IS. Fur larger advcrtiKemerB liberal con NietS Will 1)0 Hindu. ("radio Sotrir. ' liurk, ro.-k, ruck, ro.-k I What l tin? dream I'm ilo-riiiiiiiii? 1 pros a kiss on tin' 'golden crown. 1 smile :it the show r of gold dropped ! n Wli. ro the cowslip balls tire (loaming. Kock. ruck, rock, rock ! What is the fiiiirc bringing' And w hero w ill t ho liny ink bet -tray. To llm irfi'rt end of a prrfrct .lay, Willi Hit' ucMi ii tluaves upspriiiiilui;? Pock, rm k. ruck, nick! What ore (lie toils I'm weeping' It's :ih ! for Hi- sound of I lie wayward feet. Om-p -. if t iiiul dimpled mill pink ami sweet, A fur limn I In mother's keeping. II". I., i.i -k. rm k. ruck' This is (lie prayer I'm I'layiiiR, -"I'ur .,iti. in o. I.ni'il' fur Hi" weary llmo, for the ruin, il 'lie ami the lr'k n rhj inc, l or the fui.t-.-i. V sn I di'luyiug. Urn K, rm I:, in k. rck! Tl.ii i. Ihc promise I iiiith'g : 'I alu :t I.i!ii;-!" t '.uy uu .! fi et. Mitiry aii'l tool .' e. pink ami wtvl I Mlo one : .1 I in In infill-:." Km k, m.U. rock, rock! Sound is li e l-nii,- -L cpin.. S ift an thu h:i;i.i. ..ii the b.i'.y bo i-l J ill 1 1 1 1 f. it ill I'm ci... y In si, All in the I In I I.e. pin ... ;M ny U. t'oilcj. In n.-l.ui Tnuisei apt. THE TWO MARIES. I'm im: t.;o "l.'-igu of Terror" in 1 'run. oiio .!;i! k in u niu an iiou-ui number of ,,i; uri! :.'! '.icy li:i. boon lilitt- bed I'ni ih. :i 1 1 . 1 ui ti !c-s heads rol!iil I'n in i!,. liici k. A ;r:ijitiLr niiil titn.l.' -tn'i 1 by an. I will sh mis rout the aii ;. I ho ai l-to.T.ii y Hero tint butch.-;. .!. Amui:-: the multitude lli::t dreary morning w.'ie two foinilo. (lie of tli.'m w.i plainly ciu.l, while :i cloak w:ii throw ii around her, wuli which she kepi Iit foatiiio nearly concealed. Hut u i-Y.-o ob-ei vuiion W i lli. 1 betray Hie fad tli.U tin- woman li i I lieeii Weeping. llcf ryes wore inll mie.l an. I rod, tin. I idle gu,'."d eagerly upon th" plat I'm HI, xvhilo ;i sh-idd.-r pn-e over hor frame nt each sh. .1-1, of the gliltoring knife severed I In- head from the hndy of in.' hiii hIiu liad l.eeu unfortunate enough in fail nil. lor tin la:i of th" bloody lenders. The face of the wo man was very beautiful, and he w:h young ctlaiu y no! in-.iv lliau six topii en' eighteen year, of a-e. The otli. r f i;i i'e w.i- .pii!.- .lilp'reiil in ch ir.ii ii'i-. II. r fie was fair, I. in there u a-n hr..,- n e p;o--iiii ali-mt it. She wa-i. l el in r.m-, : 1 1 1 as I'ach head fell, .lio w.eti.l .1 iii.e, and in variem w.iys OApre-- ln f i.-li::ht, an. I then exclaim : " Tin to f ill- .-inoiher ai i '.ocr.it w in. refn-eil tuo eliniiy when I hiitnh'y sued lo lii nt !"' I!ac!i expie i.in of the kind would rteale a liuiijli from tho-e win) heard lier. Hut any t'n -nlitfal ;oinll nuwt uonder how .mo -o yun e.iuhl hae beeoine n .!. praeil. The l'nt female watched tho cic.in.iv for a few mo ment, and then pro'-iii" hei' way to her Fide, Flie laid her l.an.l npmi Ihu Fliouhler of i he w icl. h and wi-pcrod: "Would y on like io lieconio l ieli at onee?" Tho female in rau- liirn.'.l ahoiit with a loo uf -ip pi le.ir-l into a loud lauli, and th. it replied: "Of eoiino I w ould." "l ollow me. an-1 ymi shall be." i'!iioub. I cad in:." It wa- w ith . I'liMilcrabV diili-Milty that the fenialet eMi ict' 'd thein-elve-i frotn the crowd ; but they ti id 8i at length, and then the lii l female asked of the .nil, r : What -hall I ea'J yon'.'' I'll! I'm calied I'ain.ir Marie." " on live by I fjg inj: i " "e-; but wlial's )..iir nam", ami wlml do you waul : ' "My name is Marie, tho same a yotir ow n." 'Arc yon an ai i-loct al ':' ' "It dot:- not luailcr. If inn know wlioie we can tind a room lead me to j il, mi. I you shall hae ov,." The. iiauper led the way inl.i n tiar- ! row and lililiy -Ireet ami then down i into a cellar and into a daik mid lii: It y ' room. ! The other fern : a sickenm:; en-a' could not but feel i 'i erei over her, I but she i. a . teniplaliu f !ierolf. Afler eon- ; i linio Hie apartineiit mid what it in niieil. -he asked: "Are yo'i i 1 known in I'arini''' "'e. I'vei ) ... ily knows Marie tho raiiper." "Are you known to b'obeepiorioi' If -o, I 'wan', to make a haii:ii!ii with you." I nm. What do you wi-h-" "Von see my elothinj; in hotter than your own, an.l I wished to exchani'n with you. I w ant you lo e nint to remain here, and not l show yourself to nil for a -liort time, or until I come to yon sixain. As recompense for ni.liiiL' in" I w ill "ive you a thousand francs, and wle n I eune hack I will j (five you n tliousaiid more. A ecur- j ily for my return take this lino." j Tho lady iliew a tliamoml rin; from ! her linger uud "ave ft lo ;he pauper. ' Then she handed her n puiMO rontnin ifohl. 1 ho "ill .niieared a little pu..led mid a-ke.l : "Well, what tire you going to do wiih my ilress?" "1 want lo put it on and go where I first met you."' "Oh, I understand now. You want lo see the ehoppinir ;i njr oil a lid you arc afraid you will be taken for an aristocrat if you wear thai dress. You waul to repre-ent mo." "Yes, I want to look as near alike as posfcible." "Well, that won't bo very dilti 'iill. Your hair and eye, ami even your iiioudi is like mine. Your face is too white, though. Hut you can fix that with a Utile .l it." They exchanged drosses, anil soon Ihe young, rich and noblo Mario do Nantes w as elad in the rags of Marie, the pauper of Paris. Tho history of Marie do Nantes w as a nad oil". Her father ami two biolhors had fallen victims to the re morseless lieii'li of tho revolution, mid a third and l.i-t lirolhor had been M'icd. Hut of his f ilo she was iu'iioraul, allhoiitrh she expected that it Would be similar to that of her other relatives, lie had been torn from her side but a f. w hours before. After the ex. halite bad been made the pauper looked on the -tockiuyless and -h.x'loss feet of the l.i-lv and said : " That will never do. Your feel are ! loo while an 1 dedicate. I. at me ar range mailers." In a few moments Mario was pre pared, ami in the lilih and la- she men:.'.! int.. the Mreoi. She now look her O'uirso bi.-U toward- the guillotine, and hi lensrih rea. hod Ihe s piaio w hen! tho bloody w oi k was Mill going on. ira.luaily ahe forced her way through tho crowd and nearer ami nearer she eaiue lo the M-all'-i'id. She even forced a laugh at several remark-, she heard around her, but tho-e remarks sounded vrang.ly. She in.w stood w ithin a few f. ct of the plat form. siio -wept il w ith her eyes. Her brother was not there. Ti e ci y w a- now raised : 'lb-re c. lino- another hatch." Ih'i- heart lliitt. ied intently mid slio felt a f.iinlno-s coin. over her as she ho i. I tin-tramp of llm doomed men approaching. The crowd opened ns the body of men passed. Marie gazed am ng them. A low cry i scaped her. H.r brother was there. Hut he walked proudly and fp.irle-sly fol ward and :i-condei tho very step-, w hich led to the block. I i to this time the Mrcnih of poor I Marie had failed her, ami she was uu- ' ab'e to pul her resolve into execution. t,i! now a sisier's love swelled up j in her breast and she leeoveied h r sirongtli. she sprang forward, bur-ting Ih'.ouyji Ihe line of guard, and ran up the step-. ii lisping her brother by ihe bund, sbo cried : "W hat does litis 1110.111? It is only the aristocracy that are to die." 'Away, vo:nan!" exclaimed one of I he execiitionei s. 'No. I w ill nut away until you toil im why my brother is heie and llm hound." " oiii hroiherr" was the mh-j. "Yc, this in my bro'lier." "Well, w In. aic you?'' "1 nm Marie. Iiou't you know me ?" "The pa n per y" "Ay! I look like one, don't I.'" 'Hut this man is not your brother.'" It is. -k him ask him." Young Antonio ile Vanlci had turned a sointii! glance upon the maiden, but a light pas-ed at once across his face and he murmured : "l lh, my si-ter ." "Is thi. your brollicr ?'' asked Itobespierre of the supposed pauper, advancing near her. "It is." "Hut his name is down din'erently." I " Then yen tire mistaken, lie is my j t'other. Ask him.'' ' Poo- M, 11 te speak the truth:" asked j Kdiespierre. "She does," w as the brother's reply. " And you are not I e Nantes?" "I loll you I am her brother."' Why did yi 11 not tell us this be fore?" 1 ntietiipted to speak but was si lence I." "Hut von might have declared your self." "You would not have believed me.'' "Hut your dress?'' "It belonged lo an aristocrat. Per haps lo him for whom I was taken.' Kobospicrrn advanced eloo to young Nanles an. gaed earnestly into his face. Then ho approached Mario j and looked steadily in her eyes for h j short time. It w as a moment of trial for the poor oirl. Mm ti einblcd in ppiio of all her ell'orls to be calm. She almost felt that she was lost when the human lien. I, whose word was law, turned an. I said: 'ltelca-o that man.'' The chains who iii-tnn'ly removed tind Antonio do Nantes walked down from the scaffold, follow.' 1 by li sister, while the sleoils of thus.; around rent the air, for Ihov supposed it was a commoner who had Ihu been saved. The young man worked his way through the crowd as rapidly a - po-si. hie, leading Marie. They had scarcely escaped it before the poor girl fainted from the inten sity of her feeling'. The brother scarcely knew what to do. but a hand was laid upon his arm and a. voice said: 'llring her to my room again. SV W ill be safe there." The brother conveyed h. r to the ai'llllment of the pauper, and (hell nsked of her: 'Have you seen llio female befoic?" 'Yes. I know a l about it,"' lelll' lied the pauper. She borrow, d luv clothe- to save her l...-r. Sim Im done it ami 1 am "lad." I'.-'fore the noble si .ier returned to c ui-'ioii-n.-ss llm bi..!h.r had Icun.-d all. Whui she did so hey b 'lh sought -ecure iiiailers, after rewarding ihe beL'-l1' girl as had be. n pnoiii -e I. Ibi you think 1! .he-pi. ri o was really deceived.'" a-!,ed Malic d" ;n les. "I think not,'' i.-iiiriicd Mio broth, r. Tin u why ilid he ot.l- r you.' re lease ?" "II" saw your plan. lie admired your couran". ( .uil.l a liend have done lcss'r" "Perhaps this was tln-ci-c. Hut, if so, it was a 1 .! of nu-i ey and the only one that m in ever did." Your are right." . nlonio do Nanles was rot tu;ain arrested ami lived happily willi Ilia' si-tor who so ii-hly perilled her own life to save him by representing ihe pauper of Paris. Some Pact i About Moteoriles. In a recent lo. inn- Piofe.-.n- Hunt, ington considered the il i-i ri b.u ion of meteorites and the phenomena of 1 1 . i : fall. I'hev, he said, are peculiar ; coming from the col l regions of plan etary f pace I hoy sti ike our al m-.sjiliei-e w ith an intone vclo.ity, Thovi-i-t. auce li'-'n the air i.-ults in in:en-e heat and the nppe ti ,-ini e of a "liie hall." The fric:'ion nt only f i-e-the outer -iirl' -.-c; of the meteorite bin ihe surface is piu.- 1 and gutlerc! by eon la. t. I he ino ing ma-s hears a train f lire, sometimes vill i lore I, behind Thev fi.iiueiillv ext. lode befoiv: (hey leach theeailh, pi.. !. ably m ing to Ihe tincipial healing of die mass while passino :hr mgh the air. There I are two das-cs of meieoi iles i f iron j and of slone. The lat t ii-u 1 ly carry ! grains of iron. There ai e . 11 re. 01 d j some, JtiO falls of each r a ; the stones have boor, si en to full, but tho iron is recogii no! by its hiving been seen io fai', but by i's chemical pcciiliaiilii-s. Tlieillu.iralioii- whi.li ended lie) lei tu re included -evei il ideal sketches of meter,.- showers, and numerous m -le u iie , cul n ged to exhibit their pi-ci.li.ii ,i ics. , Piston 1'raiiMi ipt. His Panes of (.hiss. The laig.st hue g!ii-s in this oily and in the Hiate i in the Poeveulli slreet window of ll dicrl .'. 1 homp son, al the southw est 1 1 i of I lev 011 til and he-nut sie of the plain b '.'on I rce:s. Tho i inches, ! and il was inaiiul'ac lire. I at Kokouio, I ml. The linn which had Ihe .ontia.'t for furnishing (he glass ti:-st placed it- J Old. r w ilh a Piltshir g company, , which was unfortunate enough to ( break two plates of that s;(. in pro- ; paring llieni for transportation. 'I here : tiro several others w hich ne.11 !y e.pial , this one in sio. There is one I'.'l by ; imliiicl.es, another II" by III, and one which was recently replaced, an infuriated bull ha in:: gone through il- I'.'S by !'S inches. The hug. -t plate of glas- in the cniniry is in ' stork at Ixokomo. and is :'i.ii by I .i inches. ---Philadelphia I.' cord. - - - - - - A ( ncoaiiiit Tree's l ong .loiiriiey. A oncoanii! lice mat weigh- six ton is to be transferred from Honolulu to to the public park in San Pram-i-co. In a trench srotind the tree, which stood ,in a grove near lloiioln'ii, n massive box was built to enclose the roots. Above the box was a frame that had i i.-kscrcw s for lifting the en tiro innss. Afler lh" tree hid I'-on raised itwii- canted and its long leaves . weie gathered together and tied. I he 'IT ft -ai king. Hy hi.liaulie power tho mas raised on a truck that canied ii 1 was I the : beiich where it awaits s!ii i-ni'iit. (llll.l)HKX'S t ill ! MN. 1 Til l: I I' I I r I I K ' II I -I M is 1 Three liltlo ch stall's in front tie uiiti v ! le.i.h.-.l u 'er so boM. ! I iic sabl "i lo !" ami one sai.l ' Itoii!'1 i Ami one ui. "M ! ain't il co!.l"' ; Tlins-linle cietniits rol'i 1 on t li masli or the bi iron put. 1 Ami raid ,.!' mi.) one sai-t l"i.:" 1 A ml one s-ii.l "i icl) ! niti'1 il Inn 'I. e little m put .low 11 - p. liny. And w,i!lowel llieni hk a -I. ok. One sai I - . !.'" ami one ii I I p!" An-1 one sai.l "U lien ' ain't it .l irkl-" IN.-h Yolk W. .rl.1. CAN T-I..I-I r VI II: V. 'an't-do-it and Try were both lads in our village. They et cut together: and on.: had as p. - 1 11 start as the oilier. " in't-il-.-ii soon' lagged he hind, while sure-fooled and steady Try went on ahead, (.'an't-do-it fel into a fright whenever hard thing had to be learned or done; he thought it was a tine thing to avoid learning or doiiiL' it Tiy always did his !.--. 1 , and found ill it he w as abin to do much b.-ll.r next time, (.'au'l-.b.-it grew pooler ami poorer; his mind, in well 11s hi. tools, grew rusty for want of using; ami, al last, nobody wauled such a poor tool nl any plic". Try mad" one ;; .o, thing the s!ep-ping-stono 1,, another. t iin'i-do-it and l iy at last eot mlo .pii.e dill -renl road-: and no om who had s".n lliem as boys w .!d have thought lh it they s'ailed from the same plae . Cau'l-de-ii, I hear, now live in 11 wictcl.ed I'lHIll ill Woi kii. .use slreet. Try w ill heroine Lord Mayor of I.- iidmi of these days, or iino'hing else ipiiic :i good, or belter; and even I hen he will not bo cut.-i.t; he will try to do something for 1...1I and man as long n lie lives. li adei . are you A cousin of Cau'l-do-it. or is your name Try ? !:v. ('. II. sonigoon. II11W I . 1 S,, . ;.-il lis. Ile was only a dog, hut n remark ably clever one. lie belonged to Ihe class known as shepherd dogs, which are noted for their sagacity and fidel ity. His mi-li'i was a little Italian boy called Heppo, who earned his living by s"lling (lowers on the street. Tony was very fond ot Heppo, who h id been his inastci ever since ho was a Hinpy, and ll'ppo ha I nover failed to hare his crust wilh his good dog. Now Tony had grown to bo a large, strong dog-, and took as much euro of Heppo as P.oppo look of him. Ofien, while standing on the eornor with his basket on his arm, waiting f..r a cit tumor, Heppo would seem im linod to cry from lonelinesss : bin Tony seemed to know when tie1 "blues'" eaiue, and would lick his master's Iniiiil, a- much n to :ty ; "You've got 1110 for a friend. Cheer up! I'm bet bet than nobody ; I'll st 1:1 I by you.'' Put one day it happen". I that when the other boys who sh iic.l tho dark cellar homo with p.eppo went out eariy in the morning :i- 11 -u il, Heppo was so ili that he rouhl hardly lift hi head from the straw on which ho slept, lie foil that he would be una!-!.' to e.-ll llow is that day. hat to do he did not know. Tony did lu bet to com fort him; but the tears w.uiid gather in his eye .. and it wa- with greate-t ditti 'iiity lli.it he ul last forced himself to gel up and go to the florist, who lived near by, for the usual supply ot' buds. Ilaviuo tilled his basket, the boy went home again, and tied it mound Tony's neck Then br looked at the dog, and said: "Xow, Tony, you're the only fellow I've got- t" depend on. do and sell inv (lowers for me, and bring the money heme safe, and don't let any 0110 steal anything." Then he ki-sed the dog and pointed to the door. Tony trol tod out in the street lo IV-ppo's usual eornor. w here ho took his stand. Heppo's customers soon saw how matters so d, mid chose their flowers, and put their money nlo the tin cup in the centre of the basket. Now and then, when a rude boy would como along and try to nalch a flower from tho basket, Tony would grow I fiercely ami drive bint awav. iSo that ihiv went safolv 'iv, and at night fall Tony wont home to his tuns- tor. who was waiting anxiously to -.! him, nud gave him hearty welcome. Heppo untied the ba.kot ami looked in ,, rllp ,( 1 hh.iuld not xvondcr if ie fol)ll.t ,.rc luonev in it than he ever did before. This is how Tony fold the rose buds, and ho did it so well that Hep. po never tire- 01' telling abjtii it. ll.ii per's Young People. K Mystery of Mysteries. 'loibert, dear, low do you suppose those doi'iis and d.en of cniplv bottles ever got into the cellar?" "Why, I don't know, my dear. I never bought an empty bottle in mv ! life."-Hrooklj u Life- ; TIIIL MAGUHY PLANT. Mcxi.'u's Must IM'ul Vt-t'tahk' ! Knit. t ; Multifarious Uses to which it j is Put. 1 - A soon its the cm ...unlit clumps and banana piantai ion of the seaboard are jihs.-i d, the cacliis procession be gins. 11ml it dot s not 1 lid until 1I10 hoi lands of the opposite co;iss lire reached. Nearly 1 very specie- i to be found mowing in grotr.itin forms, f I .'in creeping stems and round balls bristling wiih -pikes, to columnar masses of prickly pear and organ cac tus. Th" Turk's cap, - I v.ith thorn-, ; Jipringa-J'Ti in the crevices ol the locks al great altitude.-. ( creii-gran.lillonis waste tho sweilne and glorious radjenee of its shortlived bloom in dc-s.'i-icd pastures. Tbeic are pili-a.b - of the l.i'l. shapely org -in if! II litiimj Ihe r.-'ilw ays. and there .-n e ragged ami li.o.e j.-iun d hedges of mingled Vilii lios I . .-c m i ;i! tin- cattle. In thi- motcly thiiii. g lh" maguey, armed with it-bii-lling -heaih of sn .-t d-blad"-. f mis (he rank ami tile. All I he wa; I1.011 Ihe Pi.. ( iian.le to t ho s. -ti Ihei 11 bolder of M"xieo il is seen, lion ina-sed in cultivated lieid s i.f hundred of ntes, and again sli ; .gllug in in g le.led wiblllOss bv the I .i.i-t-i.le or on Ihe 10, ky ere t of ill ie, ib.e hill-. I So sluggi-h is its vit-ii in lion ih i! it i grows and Ihnves here other forms I of vegel.-ition peri-h. 1 'The Indian r: - li-. d the maguey I in Inane iv.n. I,. 1',,,-,. .1 I and it i- si ili one of their . hie! re. sources. i wa- il.e Toltccs' wine, and Ihe AIocs' paper. li i- the Mo. lean's pulipte, meeal and loiptiila, and it is one of ihe 111..-I valuable fibres known to the textile in dustry. Prom the refii-o leaves a tha ch is made w it h w In. h ihe Indian huts are covered, and w hen there is 11. . other fuel. Ile y serve to keep the pot boiling. 'The Indian woman w ill u-e the liiorns for pin- and the longer spikes for no... lie-, if they do not tin. I their Ihr. ti l in the li'ue-of the vouug 1 si 1 hints. When ihe honor w liter i claiilied with lliii", boiled down w ith syrup and eiy-ia li-'. alter filtration - good, raw mi " if is made. If the Indians' supply of corn and lo.in i lonibas of fi ijoh- runs low , the loots can be eook.d .-in. I eaten as food, and there is a iaii.:or p.-i cenlage of alcohol to be oximole 1 liolii litem than front the leaves or the iuice. The native obtain from it a eau-tic i'or healing their wound-, ami meri.-an physicians-, ieipie-sod by the fact that Plight'- .li ease is almost unknown in .Mexico, have brought pulipio into use as a medicine tind a tonic. Pol! I return lo the Mexii all 'tail of life. n ordinary maguey wili yield '.'."' cubic uu lies ,.f sap a da . Yei vigorous plimls wili pro, io--. ,.o ciiln. i h. s in '.'I lio urs ami not .lie up jll live mouths. Maguey under . ill ivatiou on good soil can bo de pended upon lo fui-i.i-h from a gallon to s. veil or even nine . plaits a ,bn. All h M. xi meat haciendas in ( Yiitral j have maguey p'iinlalioiis, j w li.i h ate highli pi .litahle. In a ti.-iil of p'acics ILi'i' plants .an be .-clout liom -ploiils. When tappi.l at uianuitv .-a. h pi. ml ibiusw ith milk and honey like a vegetable spi i iin.and it- prodit. .1 is Worth between :''. and The maguey produce more alcohol than oil her sitgure-iii", potatoes, corn or giapcs. Pubpio, wii'n h i- the foi Utenled jilice, is Very cheap, being sold 1 very w here in M. xi. o al a pennv a huge mug. and it is the universal bciei ig" of the working classic. M- -ca! i a gill obtained from the jilii e ext i acted from the leav. and rools, fermented with pu'.jiie ami car 1 ied 'hi'iiugh a still. Ti-ipii.la is an alcoholic whi-kcy, an. I thero is also a brandy made fciu pulipv 'The plli.pie currier with hi donkey is seen on every country road and city !recl. II" supplies Ihe pi: h-ue--hops with iiijiiof fr-on his bigs of iiudri'Ssed s!i. e --kin, loo'.ing for ad the world like pig- 011 their heads or backs. 'The pr.duc! of th" mag my libn called ixtio, is woiili liom oc to lor -(:ldily incira-ed in the la-t three a p.-iind w hen cleaned, ami a full days, and may ex. cod the above tig si . I 111 ig uey, afier-yiel ling a return ' nres. 1 Pot I Apt i s. of '' or ."" in pu'.jue, i good fori - y;!... 1) more in tcitile. 'The luillau I s ami I'onns. wonie-i have tlie paliei.ee ivniiircd for I Mo They had a lover's quarrel, dte-sing the til, re, and the work i done in I heir cblns and hut. 'The hemp which they send to ihc Aiuc ll. or inai lift is of cxcellonl .piulily and there i- an iiict ea-ing ilcmaml for ii. so that it promise lo become an imporl of the gr."ale-t iinperlaucc. i I hi- lie. unit th.. invention of an improved die-sing machine is greatlv lo ho .l"i.ed. Ponis b'epnhlic. Calico pi im nig oiiginated in India. Twit Miles n Minute lion 11 ft Hume, j I '. ' 1 1 j : 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 IMwiirds of Nevada is in Ihe t-ily. lie was silting in Ihe Wind sor yesterday discussing the early days of that stale, when the .-ubjt el changed to fast riding. "You can lalk as you like about Ihe Yamlerbili specials and other trains that in ike phenomena! time, hut if you never rode down n lumber fluiiio in Nevada you don't kin.w what il feels like (o cleave through apace like a ineicnr. Why, up in the Sierra 1 Nevada range there arc tlutues from live to forty miles long, built on a regular engineer's grade, with a six teen fool drop to the lholl:illd. They : are built ol' heavy p'anks shape I like a V, and carry l ight inches of water ill Ihe acute angle and discharge il at ' the rate of t"U miner. 5' inches per minute. "I w:i- up al Lake Tahoe 0110 day, w hieh is sixteen miles from (V.;oii, and titter we got Ihroiteh our biisiii. es i lid Pat!. 01. the sllpet illtemlclll, sai l ' W "d better lake a 11 1 ing 11 ip La. k l' town. lie ordered out w hat he . a ll i a 'yacht,' w hi- h 1 r.'V. d 10 be a V--li.ip ed canoe fourteen fc. I long. It bad a brake which out 1 ol i.-d two rubber pads on each side, so applied ! as lo I ill ihe y.iohl ill'.) let the w it.-r lull lllulei lU-atli when il I'liatue in cc s.ny. Huttoii up your c...-it-. tie on your hat- and don't get sc.-, re I. bov -. -aid Piitlon, .'is we cliinbed into lb" machine. 'Then Im told his 110:1 to turn on throe im he- more of w a'.-r. 1 .1-. -it Sell ! bin how that ."in. e did jlltll 1 1 low 11 wo went III oiil '1 tin threadlike lliiuio. and the lives Ion!,.-.! like s et-es. My tret h I lie. I In chat. Ier and couldn't make it, and as I 00. casionaily opened luv eye-, and caught a g.impsc of the landscape il appeared to he only a blur on my vi-ion. We shot iiiouinl curve- with a vci nllv Inat wa- fearful lo contemplate, and finally I. I weighed anchor id Carson, just eight minutes fi-oiii the tin.." i starting. - J I lenvei lo-pubiioali. Ihe b'n'lib'ss Turk. 'The 'Turk Ills In ell for celltlllle-, ay Alfred 1 1. T. 1 1 .-mi! in writing in the New Pig. and M.ignine, the mo-t ruthicss of N'amlals in cla--ic land-, ile-iro in-, tin' I110-I I recloiis : 11 1 i 1 111 11 ti lilt' lit to .-bin :i lime ami mm 1. 11'. M tit h havoc of th - -oft ms been wrought in and about Si 1 mix ml. but :i wiser use has sometimes been made of am cut illins. Wherever a bit of media ui w all . 011'. I mi-wer bis pur pose, he has 111 ele of it the ha-einen! of his house, thll suh.-eiving ul once ihe iulere-is if hi- puis,, ami of tho I ioliiros.iui. 'The frowning ma. hi eoialionsof the old fortress become the w indows of his kitchen and store loom, ami upon their crest bis woo len wails perch in truly triu ophaii: fa-hion. Part of the wall- of old I'n ..inliuin are ilius crow ned with I C-, 11 snl at louimoli-llis-ai , be liealh the windows of the meii.an Koberl College, a whole village clings to the sen 1 ui. 111- and towers of tiie frowning "Ca-lie of Oblivion." No odder or more d. lighiful confusion of bcetiini' wads and comic il houses coitld be imagined. 'The tops of the thick wall form iaiiesaml a! ley -ways, leading dow n tioniiovol to level by sleep incline or ciiiuib.iug -tcps. 'Th,. rr..w 's-ne-t houses stand al every ;nv sible iing.e and elevation, overhung ing the abyss on the furlhersi lc of iheir lofty found .lion -, and gay w ith ail til hues of I he si-ecl rum. A Won.lorrnl Well. The report from the aite-iau well at Huron, Volo lakol:i, .-how tint It i- Ihc most wonderful well known to cxi-t. The water spouts up lo a dis tance of rboul I no feet, and the amount that flow- fi' tn tin. well is 1 rem ndous, being e-iiiinred al from iioi to n, too gu'lon 11 minute. Kveti at the lowest tigu e enough wa'ei i eierted lo furni-h every man, woman and child in ihe state of North I lakota w ith ai least four gallons of water every four hours As to tho pressure, that ha not yet been fully ascertained, but from tests aireadv niadr il is known to be considerably more than '.'.'' pounds to the s.;uaro inch. With a fair test it is likely lo reach '.'- pounds. The pressure has I ......t.,.1 .,,,.1 i, ,ol l.n,. I-... .....'.. coachman for spite. She- What became of her lexer? lie Oh, ho married her sister, and hind the coachman. - Life. A Silver (Jiiestiun. Potisonbv -lleigho! every silver lining has its cloud. f Popinjay Yes. You can't earn a .irirler dollar without working for it i'Tiie Jewelers' Circular. II Mlclil Have lleen. Mid re th w ,,-.s ..f comfort spoken To Inat tin- In-art with sorrow broken, H lii. li 1 in. int.. our iniinl- to say, M..i. gl .d tioiil.l c thiil Ii. art In. lay ; I he tin., io fpciis lle.-e words wercllien, We failed. A I:.! It llli,:lll IlilM' hci'll I H.i.l w e l.ul he!'c.i in word and deed That siitt.-ri r. in lime of nee. I, A- w i ll w . knoii w o could Inn e ilnwy ' II hi'.- had m.t none with tin1 sun; I In lime for dolim good was lie 11. We label. A'l.sl 11 mixht have been. 11. . ..ft. n as . view llir day hieh In, 111 our grasp hio passed away. W. -ee tie 11. ill-.- we failed In do III - IV. a- We were I : l 111 tlllollgll. We sb..ii. leu.- ibuie or said lh. ni then; Uct.oi.'l. Ala-! II mi-'ht hale htcii!'' . "1. I t a . li. in lit', s -li..rt iii ( I ii.l.. .10 and do w I, at good we can, !t. '...I...; ng. .--.t I.. oil. ol .lav. V 1 to '. r ..--.in w ili pa-- tl.i- w ay." ii:..!'"l in 1 ten chance, and 1 tie: 1 Vie li not -l.li. It miglil Ii .te been '' - J. ni.ii II. Snnitler. ill hicngo Saul. Ill Mill. l S. V Oil:! llll- 111 .1 11 .1 have mouth mill ; but w o h . vc -i en a moil il lii i neer. I !., v, .:.!, il.ut is 1 i'.c-l over tho e , I,.' . i-..;.'ii -t- it Ihc poll mu-.t nut b - a ' r. I li-; tl-i' itt ie,! in . l.-i'i'c i. nol .piar- :'.l-"'lie. b.ll I,'. -I ill find' it III;!'.'-- :il ! ! .' e a -cone. The : t i-t who is awav up in art I .. .;,'; Ill,,- t.. see his pi. tines at I ho ' ' 11 io a ' . 11, : 1 1: p. . . I i.'il. "I'll- i.'.by i- in. luilv nice," ro I" 1 : ' -1 ' 1 :!.-:. 1 1 p-.i'le I my hair . .' 1 ' iv. n:i I I he 11 erird I ,uic I .;-.l.' -', I'll oil believe ill lollg Ml-- I- I don't m ee lliau MX or ci:: it hour "l,, :,t 1 what did you ii.'-.:. !' ! e ;.,.::!!; lady ' -in" dug ?'' "I.i. iniitii. -'i" -ling bcalit i fin i'ist a- ',f -1. w : "i ifgling." '! , ,: i all . :. .1 w ;th fionlnl b.'ild- ne- 1 .1. ihi- to 0:1- Ie bini it w ill be . . :.i'c i in: ,.--i ' ie for any one ''to 1 '.;'.! : !.. w o.'i ov r bis eye-. " !ii 11 of : man has a pi : tile idea th:.. :!i" 11 o.i'i-i who gets him will -. ,ii . j-, ' . .- on. V.w hi- siior en toi" -o i - 1 "i i d lb rent id.-.i. i i- -!i.:u o :ii-r ii man iii tinttneial do-.. I.'..-, sb Mi'. I o.k ieli. f hy 1 1 row 11- - .I I'-IU '.(. T.'.at seems the least I 1 .iiii-i ' .: of tiMiiedies for keeping on"'- h. :;.l .10 . o w .-iter. I ii'lulinii of tile Sw.iril. "I'll ,: ti.- 1 lolutioii of the -word liasj p-.s-.-.l iii rough the 'l:lhiet -tages:. I ' . 1 -1 .- on" III.' cpo, li of pure carnage, w hell liieti -i 'lined to b.'W a lid hack each oilier for ihe mere plea-uro it e iv,- tic in: next lie' era of bgetld, when -liipetid.'iis nud itiipoiblo feat of alio- Wei" said . hiive been aeoiu plisli. d 'Then I" l .wed the feudal tune, a curloti mixture of blood-hed and reiivi n, wli.-u t In" pi.-ly of tho ci u-.i.l.'i's w as proved by iheir ability .. -lash the c.Uaily bloodthirsty ra'Ciis. Siicceeiliiig this brutal period s- i- ii-.; ; ihe noble season of .!,', ml fence. .1- a - w ord, 110 longer a wea' .'ii of pure smack. In liiino a mixed at-111 of oilencc and il. fcnco Miibined. l'liially wo sec it- fail, being t"diy a mere military accoutre ment, ai'.-i attaining a glory that no one i'n camel of timing the days of It- m-l rude and barbarous U-0. 'Th" in .-t ee ebra'ed weapons ill his toil, uniting- miraculous sha: pness w i'h wen. let fill c':stici!y, are 1111 , . ii'.;". 1 y :!; bla b's of lViiliasetls. I ii.- -.'.' .la;. ui.. iiuiio.," i; a hard ii - a diai'i.oel, and lakiug an e.lgo so a. ui" thiii they will go through a pil low or linker a- if (bey were air, can not compote with tho old Syrian swM'.l- bee Ui-e tbev have no elasticity. Thi el isi icily i ti "! al ogether a "lost .11!." m i vi'ii 10. 1 iv one may seo in Toledo. Spain, blades packed in coils like iv.-ia-li spi-tiix. swords havo I n made dining' the pit -cut eenliiry in 11 issl.i that rivalled in edge and betiding iUaliiics even the famous lania-ias blades. At the Imperial factory of Zlatoust, in the I ra!-, -uiilo have be. n I at ucd out w hieh bent till th" point touched tin' hi t and which w o iid .also 1 ut through an iron bar. More than thi- no blade has ever done, II. can do.- Ixato l ioid's Washington. Kenierliat'le Dog. Abb rniuu I 'ug.-iii of Ihi j city is the owner of a h.autiful two-year-old 1. or. b.u setter which i wonderfully iiil.-tl gent. 1 or instance, this dog; goo- out to the fiont yard galo every in ui ing mil ihcif receives in his mouth from the carrier boy ihed-ily 1 ap.-r. lie has none this for the past j ear and has 11. -i-r missed a paper. The III Mill lit it is p'aceil ill his mouth Ilia d g darts ba.-k like an arrow to his master and deliver- the mail. 'This it un'y .me of his r inarkiible indications of almo-i hum hi intelligent. Se rami l Mo. ) Ha.OO.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 31, 1891, edition 1
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