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$l)e orijalljam Rrrorii. Z)t l)Qtl)am ttrcor II. A. LONDON," EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. RATES or ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions -One square, one month . tl.O 1.68 . 2.60 $1.50 FEB YEAH Strictly In Advance. VOL. XV. For larger advertisements liberal ecu tacts will be made. PITTSIK)R0 CHATHAM CO., N. C., AUGUST 21, 18D.L Ctettem iNO. :. The Peace r Home. It iMIIH'a t- llli' often ill Sili'l , Win. ii (hi- lir.-light sputt. rs low. When tin- bl.i'-k, tim-ortuiii shadows S'-i-ui wraith -f tin- I imu ug. It inn'-!) with ii t ! i 1 nf hi- .rt-a-h.v, Tluil thrills ea -h puls-n,- ,ein, I'll" "lil, iiiniiii't longing I-'.ir tin- ii -i- of limiii- again. 1 am si.-k nf tin- ma-- of i-iOcs. Aii-I nf fu-i-s i-olil ami sirnngi-; I kimw where tln-rc's warmth nf w-l.'m. Ami my sweeping fam-ies range lia-'k to tin- .humid lionn-sti-ii-l Willi a yci ruing s -ii of -1 i r i : Hut tears will give j -l;n-- to singing, Wln-ii tin- p -a I- of hi inn- conies again. When tin- n-a f lioaii- come" there's mii-io That in-vi-r may ilii- away, in I it seems that tin- linmls of ungols in a my-il i-' harp at play, llavi- toiii'lu-il with n y -arn'ii gladui-4 (in a Ii -.iiitifiil, I'roki-ii -train, ad my In art li--:i!s thin- to til" im-asu V li.'n Die j,i-a f ho, in- cmues again. ) It-i-li' of my !:i -ki'iiuig win-low Is tin- great world's crash aa-l ilin, Ami slowly lln- ,-tut :nn shadows I 'mill- drifting, drill ing in. Sol'I'iiiL.'. tin- night wind murmur-', T- tin- spla-h of tin- autumn rain. While I ilr.-.-oii of gla -l-nnn1 greeting-i, Wlii-i th- .i-a if h-iiiii-i-oni--. again. - Olive V. lii-rk -. THE ARTIST'3 MODEL. ' Now," sniil Richard Lucy, witli u sit-h which ili'iiuti-il iiiti-iiK.-jnv, " in v rliiiiii-i has coin'- at !m-t !'' He threw .low u tin- letter it ii I re lighted his pipe, smiling quietly In him If. An 1 1 1 1 1 friend of his, who llll'l III die groat t'll II I : - Ulnl Siilne llli'lleV n n novelist, Edmund Sli. 11. n tn wit, h id select. -.1 liini tn i II H it rn t an od it ion il liiv nf his 1'atin'iii. novel, "C'lnii- LlgolnW ," w hii-h X nil ll-lV"' IH llnlll't lead, llll'l h i I olVored very lil'crai f.Tllls. Il-To ihii. the UJipi it mi it v fr vi 1 1 i-1 1 Richard Lucy hud been waiting t Vel- since lie mini- tn London, II youth (if Seellteell, IllnlV tllllll tt'U VCHTS llg- . lie was ii struggling artist, who painted pictures (which never sold) in tin- diivt inn-, aiel eanieil his lireiul ami cheese nt night by designing for tin stationary trade, 11 1 1 I such bliiok-uiid White as he Ci.ilM get ,,i,l of. He lu-inue d tn nial.e admit S7nO. a year, ; ((Met hi I'd nf v hieh Wei it fnr the relit of tin- o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , bare studio ill which he worked, and the little deil-rnoiii at tached in which he slept. The pur chase of inati rials exhausted another third, and on the reiuaiiiin he lived, but did not ornvv fat. I'nloss he could ill smne way arrest th-atte.itini. ol the pudlic lie .,iil.l : probably remain all his life an ill-paid ! designer. True, by smne freak of fortune. nf his pictures W '""''' lieeii exhibited at the Royal Academy Hut it was "skied, imt u single critic .1 ii, j'ioiiii'- ii iii j ..M.ieiiius,raic,i caiumgues. Lr.veii imw he was in debt for its very gmgem.s Hut silli ly fate smiled at last. All illustrator of a celebrate I novel he could not fail to be talked about. He must at mice consider what models he would require fnr tin- work. If he : Could only - - I A timid rat-tat at the door interrupted Lis soliloquy, "('mucin.' ! A tall young girl stood before him. She was not exact Iv beautiful, but with iui artist's instinct, he at mice imticed th tine puis.- of her head and her phapely hand. She was meanly dressed ami she hesitated. "(bind iiinriiiug," he r-aid, nt length. I Mi. del" j She maided gravely and banded him Jl card. "Mary Rlaekwood " was the j inline it bore. Evidently she was a ' beginner at the bii-.iuess. The old i bands never called mi him, I'm- they i knew his means would not allow him tn cngicjc a model, except very neeas imialU. Resides, her manner seemed V indicate that she Imd never been in- i laid-! a studio before. He was rafh.-r attracted by h--r erect bearing Hhd simple air. Models are usually in- j flilied to be stagey. I "Well, 1 may be wanting a model , fdmitly," l.acysaid; "may I ask what ' vmir terms arc !" j She stated thein. They were ridicu lously low. " Perhaps vnu could coll to-morrow, J imd I could t hen say w In 1 her ymi would i.c likely to suit me." j " Very good, sir. I will call at two 'clock. Thank ymi." And wilh a quiet "( bind iiiorniug " and another THVe little 11. nl she was gone. Sunn afterwards lie caught himself trying to imitate her .1. liciniisly low voice. Slu- ought, he said tn himself, tn make an admirable mndel fnr Clair Ingi low. When Richard Lacy had Imd three fritting from Mary Rlaekwood, ho be fjati tn won. I. r how in the world he would have got on without her. Not only had she read "Clair lligelnw," j but she seemed thoroughly to under- it in-! tin' somewhat difficult charm -lor of Cluir. She was over reudy' vvith use - Jul suggestions. He admitted tn him- Kelt' that she really inspired his pencil, He. looked forward vv ith eagerness tn ber visits. Nut that they were pint- ii-ularly livi-ly iilVail-M. Miss lilackwnnd Hpoki- only in occasion dcniandcd, mid 1iiey was not one nf those altistK w ho can talk imd work tsiiniiltiiiti'iiiisly. From chance leinarks he triitlu red that kIic hud no relations, and that she. lived with a friend older than ImthcK, hn was alsn a mndel, and who hal persuaded her tn follow the same call in";. He also learnt that his was the first studio in which she bail wit. One day when she mine he was , most prnsti ati-d by a more than mi usual'y severe headache, a complaint from which he frequently siill'ered. Id the middle of the morning's work she suddenly jumped up. " Why, Mr. Lacy you are ill!," she cried. "Only one of my headaches," lie said, faintly and wearily. " Vnu ktmw I often have them, lint I think I will sit down a bit " Then he fainted. Win n he recovered consciousness he found himself I vi ti n the nnlr couch which the studin boasted, while Mary Hlackwood stood over him with a bot tle of Mlll'Ilillir sails. "Where do ymi keep the tea?" she asked, with ii smile. " I must make yon a cup nt mice." Me pointed tn a cuphnnrd. Years afterwarils he reiiiemliereil the quiet joy w ith which he watched her quick, rai-i-lul moveinents as sin set admit preparing that tea. To a in in acciistiuiieil tn liviiio alone and i iiif I'm-himself " nothiiio is ninie delicious than the siht nf a chariuiii. and symi'ath-tie wninan pi-rfnriniii"; those simple dmiiestie nUices which an unkind fate has compelled him to do (how cliuusilyi for hiiuself. " liy the way," Lucy said as In- con tentedly sipped the tea, " how cinne 1 on this conchy" " I carried you tlicre," said Mary, with a siispicimi nf red in In-r cheeks. "Oh cr I see!" I nursed in v neither f..r three veals i.f,,r,. h,.. died, and I kin.w what to i dn ; and you aren't v cry heavy." " Ear ton heavy for your strength." be said. And then lie thanked her j quite prettily, and she said that really ! it was nnthiiii;. Really it was a very great deal. I Ermu that dav thev were mi Linger js( tI1,, ,,,, ,lllt vh. ei,.UiUm jti,.llIir1 Js1I(l,ll.,Ilv ,is.-..vt-i.-.l that it W1H ......cssarv fnr Marv to sit four tint, s week instead nf three. Heexplained (k, ilM-! he would have ,1 , dilliculty iu tiui,hing the drawings dy , the appointed tin,.-. Then he said he j w. 'lild like tn paint her portrait as , .. n,ir lgelnw " for th. ..j,,.,, ju iinnnths. 4 .... 1 1 emiple of ; " Rut how about finishing the drnvv illgn fn- the b.mk?" she questioned, with a laughing glance from beneath lu-r long eye-lashes. "Well, I think that painting a por trait of ymi would help me considerably I with the black-and-white work. It's l ather dillicult to explain," he lidded, after a pause, "but I'm sure it would help." Muitesn. I think I understand," she replied, sweetly. No doubt she did. It was admit this time that Richard found he could talk and work as well. They discussed everything; and tin man discovered to his surprise that in all domains nf klmwlcdgv niitside art, the woman was his equal. It was re markable (hat their discussions never elided with Ihe sittings. Richard said that perhaps if he took more exercise he might have less hen laches, and so he fell illt. i the habit of escorting her tn her rooms, and cv.-u at her door he remembered many things that he want ed to say. During one of these walks Mary remarked that the portrait was m arly cmnplet.-.l. " Of course ymi will call it "Clair lligelnw ?" she said. "Yes; I suppose I lllllst," was till! reply, "bill I could suggest at least two better titles." " Im 1 1 ! And may I a-k what they are?" " Well, one is ' The I learest 4 1 i i-l in the World,' and the other : Portrait of the Artist's Wife." " She whs silent. It was dark, and the load was deserted. His arm crept ! round ber waist. She Linked up, and J her lips met his, descending tn meet linni. And sn it vns m ranged. The picture, d.-ing Ht last finislr.-d, was dispatched with much tremdUng. Richard said it ought tn be accepted, the subject was sn line. Mnrv niiid it ought tn be accepted, the handling was mo masterly. Tin -y were both right, The eagerly-expected and mueh- ! prised varnishing ticket duly arrived, '"it Lucy was unable to make use of it, iu Hpitc of Mary's nursing. His at- ' tackH nf headache had lately become limn- frequent ah. I more severe, and . "i the eventful day lie was incapiilih- nf movement. It nccurrcd tn Mary that he niiflit tn see a dnctnr. The j dnctnr ernsK-eMtiniiieil him clnsely, ami then said, " J think vmir ln-st cmii se ' into consult tin oculist." " I can see perfectly well," Lucy snid. withsmne astniiiidiineiit. " I know you can imu," the dm-tnr Sliswel-ed; "but I feel cn, inced tha' Aintr headaches pr llrmu weakness of the cycH. " Kichard's lunw became claiiimv j He said nothing admit it tn Mary, and j went privily to a great specialist iu Hurley Street. " Vim must have iidsoliite rest for , two or three years," said the jn-cat num. ' lint 1 can't 1 must live !" ' If you dmi'l rest, you will be blind before vnu are thirty-live." Every word knocked heavily at his heart, and li- left tin- coiisiiltiiif;-romti in a maze. With ureat dilliculty he pitheieilsullicient cmn-axe In t. ll:Mary. Sin- remained silent a little. " Then, of course, ymi must vmir poor i-vi-H a rest, dear," sin said. " I'.iit linwV" "Well, ymi will have tin- ney fnr the 'Clair Inm-lnw' drawings, perhaps the picture will sell. Sal lie is sure to buy it." " The mmiey for the drawings won't last six months, and pictures dy un known artists never sell." "Theiiliow dn uiiklmwii artists de ciime know ii artists?" " It's a mystery. Mow dues a chry salis 1 nine a diitterth V " Well, 1 can earn a little." Sln was determined tn keep cheerful fnr his sake. lie clnsed her mouth witli a kiss. " Xii!" he said, "I shall ffive my- ' self six months holiday ; that is all I can ali'nrd. ml then I must begin again mul take my chances. Perhaps the doctors arc mistaken. They often arc." "Yes, very often,'' cchneil Mary. With a smile and a glance which ex pressed lu-r sympathy better than any wnrds cniilil, she left him. When she was alnne she began tn cry very quietly. Poor fellow ! It was tin- day of the I'rivute View, and Lacy sat in his studio wondering if any among the brilliant crowd at Jiiirliugton House Im-l cast a passing ,,,,.,, ,lt his picture. Th.' dav wore : Tovvlirds dusk a telegram' m , i replv paid. ' What in name and , dress." it ran. "ofladvwhn sat fnr -.- ,., . , 5, k j.-f.dlitt. j,.,,. .. - .1 i Now, everyone knew Mark Ffollitt. He was the solicit. ir, and acted for half the aristocracy. His was a famil iar ligure iu artistic and theatrical cir cles. Of course In- hud atteiited the Private View. What could it mean? Lacy telegraphed back the required information. He went to s.-c Mary next morning. "Richard, dear," she began almost imnr-diately, " I know I'm a brazen minx, but I think we might tn get ' married at mice. Th- n I can keep an ! eye mi ymi to see that ymi don't work." j " Don't joke, dour girl," he said, I -.villi a tremor in his voice. " I've been j thinking, and I've made up my mind I that I might tn release you, us there's i no prospect of my being aid.- tn keep j even myself, tn say nothing of a fam , ily." 1 " Then I shall sue you for damages f ir dr. ueh nf promise." I " Richard seemed to de ill 1111 uin.nl ! for pleasantry, and looked nut of the I window. j Mary went softly up tn him, and showed him a letter which she hud that ! 1 ning received fl 1 Mr. Mark I Ffollitt, of Red loi-.l Row. Il set forth, ' W ith the usual legal I'ni'mality nf I phrase, Imw the writer, catching sight of Mr. Lucy's picture at the am h-my, had la-en astoinsiieii at tn.- likeness which it bore to 11 Miss N'mris, who, t weiity ears since, had several times visited his ollice iu company with her uncle, Sir .lames Morris, who was an old client of his; tint Sir dames Mor ris hud died about a year ago, intes tate; that it had been di -covered that the deceased left no relations except his niece, and that the hitter had mar ried 11 gentleman named Rluckwnnd, and subsequently died leaving a daugh ter ; that Mr. Ff-.lhtt Imd hitherto been 11 liable, to trace the issue nf this marriage; and, liually, that he was convinced that the origiual nf "Clair Ingelnw" must be the daughter of Mrs. Rluckwnnd, and heiress to $150, 000 and a oouutrj house. " I remember," said Mary, wheu 1 Richard read the letter, "that mother used tn incut inn her imcle. Sir Juiucs, Hninetiiues, and tell inc Imw rich ho ! was. 'J'hat was after father died," nho thoughtfully, "and we were j very pnnr then." j " Mary," llichard said, -'accept my , cniiiratnlatinns. lint nf i nurse a girl I w jth Jlnll.Olll) and an aiieestial hall wmi't throw herself aniiv ni a peiilil- less artist." " Won't she?" whs tie- ivi A kiss nioliielital ily stopped the progress of tin-conversation, '.lust try her." lUcliai'd had a hnli'hiv extending over three years, and -n .-,i -1 his eye sight, lb- puts A. Ii. A. after his name imw. and paints portraits for So, (Hill apiece, lint Mary always tell the children that tie-last port rait their father ever did was lh.it of " Clair lu gelow ." Yallkeo liliide. "Stickers" on Silver Coins. "Stii-kel's" are j.riviii the ,'nvelll meiit a lot of b.ither. I'liev are circu lar bits of paper w it h advert iselllelltS oil tin- face and milcila re on the hack. Made by Die lick of tie- tnliifilo to ad- ' li--r- tn tin lever f a silver dollar, one of these little plasters is just dio enough tn tit inside nf the milled rim. They have dooii coining widely into use iu tin- West and South. Every time a merchant receives a en rt w heel dollar in the win nf business he slaps u sticker upiin it. which reads, "Take me back I i J!:i;j-.'s' cln-ap furniture house, where ynll 1,'et the bluest V III lie fnr cash." or, -'Hi turn im- tn Smis, the ilryniiils 1 1 1 m 1 1 , and I will fetch a biirjfiiin." This biff, tiiniis idea is enpv righted by a Coin in dil.-. man, who prints and supplies the einMi, i stickers tn mer chants lit hi lunch a thousand. His circulars, distriduted brmidcast over the country, sui'est li-r shnpk.eiers had better make haste to avail them selves nf this novel method of inlvcr- tisinc befni-e a law is passed forbidding M. Meanwhile dollars with stickers on them are llnvv ing inl.i the t n -usury from all over tin- Cnited Slates. Hankers mid business houses are w riling every day tn tin- department, lu gging it to abate the nuisance, wh i ihe est has already spread alarmingly. Many people arc unwilling to accept ! the sticker dollars, and so the circula- I tion of I'nclo Sam's coins is interfered with. Most banks will not take them, because the treasury has issued a noti- j licatioii to the ell'ect that it will not accept nl- redeem them. It holds the j ground that they are defaced mid are imt legal tender on that account. It is true that they might be restored tn ,l,, ir orii,,ul lMrf',,ti"1 h '' '"nving t1'" i, kt rH' Ult K'''''""' ' '" im appropriation for scraping them off. i 1 The mucilage employe d so excel " -l'ality that twelve hours' soak- ing does not remove the paper from the silver. j Furthermore, the cov .-ring up nf one - side nf tin ruin render- it greatly III. ire dillicult to lliHiMlvel- whether the j latter is 11 counterfeit or imt. Chief j I Driiuimniid of the secret si-rv ice shnwed tn your correspondent a specimen of I the finest imitatinti dollar ever struck ! with u die. It is plated w ith silver, ami few experts could ili-.tiuguis!i it frmn a real one. The deeepti.ui was eoiisiderabl v enhanced bv a sticker nil the reverse adverti .im; a shoe hulls') iu Otliiiiivva, Iowh. Were this pine tion permitted manufacturers of false money would make a business of past ing mi the backs of their bogus pieces advertisements bearing the names of reputable shopkeepers. Thus, inas much us 11 respectable merchant would not knowingly use bud coinsto publish his business, his credit would help the counterfeit 4 to gain circulation ; also, linvv is iiiiv body In km.vv that the sidn of the dollar concealed by the sticker has not been seonped out and tilled with lead, j ISnstmi Transcript. t.iiinl Timlin's from Washington. There nr.- timbers iu the f.uni. latum of the Washington Slate bilildin-,' at the World's Fair 1J7 feet long, and feel iu diaiinter that are quaiter.-t from tr.os which worn originally nearly 100 feet high. liny give evi dence of the size of ihe line trees of tin- Puget sound region. A commer cial saw ing iu the fiili stl V xhidit from the same r.ginii is twenty -f.mr f et long ami seven feet iu diameter. When this log whs started from Wash ington it Win forty feet long, but six teen feet of it was left at St. Paul to be exhibited there by request of the Washingt. minus who were celebrating a few days agn in the city mimed, the opening to Puget smind nf Ihe ('rent Northern railroad. The saw log is exhibited as a cmnnu rcinl specimen, and lint pni tioulaily for si.o, Chicago Herald. An oyster may carry as many us (wo milium eggs, MILKHI) BY SXAKIiS. A Farmer's Experience with a Colony of Milk Adders. How the Reptiles Reduced His Supply of Milk. Enrmer Cnlby, who runs a bmirding hniise iu summer at Rudd's Eake, X. .1.. has a large number nf enws, and thrives partly mi the sales of milk and butter. Attached to the enw stable is a ciiitiiI, where the animals are kept in warm weather. The mind of Parmer Colby has been disturbed ever since the pastures be gun tn get green, and the reasmi is that his cows have la-en producing such measly quantities of milk. There has deeii an abundance of clover ami grass all spring and summer, and the appetites nf the enws were lint noticed tn have diminished any. Grains ami ntl-r milk - producing commodities wen- tried iu vain tn increase the milk supply. I list about nightfall one dn v last week, says the New York Sun, Farmer Coldy happened to go nut tn his pig gery to tnss smne miscellaneous feed into the swine trough, w hen he noticed that his cows were indulging iu a little stampede. Mr. Coldy went to the cor ral and witnessed tin- enws chasing each other around tie- enclosure after the manner of tin- opening event at a circus. He noticed then that seven out of eighteen of them had each clingiiiLT tn her tents a snake, sn great in length that it trailed nlnug th- ground like a guy Inpe. Fanner Coldy was frightened and degan yelling "(let out there!" Th-louder he would yell the faster tin cows would travel, until at last tiny maint lined such a rapid gait that the snakes stood out horizontally iu lln air like vaulting dais. In fact several of the cows not iu direct coiiiiiiuiiiea tinii with the snakes jumped clean over then in making the roui.ds. Farmer Colby was ton badly fright ened tn attack the reptiles, sn he stin t ed pell nu ll for the hmise to summon assistance. lb- was met bv two of his : s nis on the way, and they all started buck to the corral. Ry that time the stampede had subsided and the cows M a id with their heads over the tup rail, panting and their eyes glaring with fear. Rut there was tint a sign nl a snake anywhere. Invest igntinii .shnwed that the seven enws to which the snakes had attached themselves had deeli almost entirely relieved of their milk. it dawned upon Fanner Coldy for the lirst time that he was th..' victim of milk adders. He had heard nf these creatures being in collusion with cows iu pastures, but it whs the lirst Mine he ever saw them buckled dow n tn the business. There were liuiiiberl. ss cracks iu the barn foundation, mid all were satisfied that the snakes had (heir relldevnlls bell. -nth file structure. Farmer Colby said he must find out, and would do so if he had to pull down the burn. With the assistance of the two boys the floor was pulled up, and, sure enough, the problem was solved. If there was one milk udderthere wore six doen ; they were all sizes, from an angleworm to an inch rope, ami some were three feet long. The lirst impulse of Farmer Coldy was to run when In- saw the snakes, but w In n he saw his sons kimokiiig them mil with dale sticks he joined ill the slaughter. Enough hay for a week's feeding was found In n.-uth the dam 1 1 nor, ami ill it the snakes had mud.- nests. When the hay was dis turbed the small snakes would jump down their mothers' throats mid the latter, if imt slaughtered, would crawl into holes in the ground. The seven monsters that hud attached themselves to the cows could easily be distin guished frmn the others, us they Were sn full nf milk that they resembled sausage o.ivcrs jnllalcd. Not one uf the seven had a chance to escape: they were sn heavy w ith their load of pure milk that they could hardly eiiiul, and when they tried tn get into the holes iu the ground, the holes proved ton small to admit them. Win n thil t.v-niue udders hud I n despatched tiny were curried outside the barn yard and laid side by side; th v meas ured all the way from four inches to three feet. Re f. 1 re the snake syndicate was dis envered eighteen cows Used to average quarts of milk a day. Since the syndicate, whs broken up the average is 2bl quarts. Whether the snskos Actually consumed 27 quarts of milk a day, or whether part of the shortage was due to the cows taking fright, can nuly be ennjeotured. Rut, as the shmt ige is known to have existed fnr niue weeks. Farmer Cnlby- reckons that he is out just 1,701 quarts of milk, which, at four cents per quart whnle b:i!e, nets him a total lose of jiifl.OL Adulterated Teas. Immense quantities of trashy hna adulterated lens ale sold iu tin- mar kets of the Cnited Slat.-s. One III. -thiiil of snphisticnlinli is to ill- j tmduce h aves of ntln-r plants. This species of cheat is readily ih-teeted by means of the mii-rosi-npe. The tea leaf possesses so marked 11 character ot j its ow n, in respect to its veins and si r- ! rated edges, that it cannot be mistaken. I What is called "lie tea" ill China is. an imitation usually eonliiiniiig frag-1 lin nts or dust of the genuine leaves, 1 foreign leaves ami mineral matters held tngellier by u starch solu- j timi ami cnlm-ed by a "facing" j proparutimi. Tea is sometiiiies falsi tied by the spent or partly j exhausted leaves- in other words, old j leaves dried for use s. coii.1 -hand, i This is n fraud dillicult to prove, though weakness nf tin- b.-V i-la g.- may . cause it tube suspected. S-Hint imes ' bus are treated with catechu to iu-eri-iis.- their apparent strength. This can niilv be discovered bv chemical I'll- l. as c.,.rte.l from China mid l Japan nr.- nearly always "Inced" with smne mixture to impart a culm- or gloss tn the leaves. The MV hi rat ii . lis empliiycil for this purpns.- contain Prussian blue, turn, lie, indigo mid plumbago. Dniiiiigi d and imperfect leaves an- treated in this way to im prove tlnir appearance. The sub stance must Cnllllllnllly Used Im- bhll lf tea is plumbago black lead. The b a consumed by tin- .lupslie-e and Chi nese themselves an- nev.r faced. There is no evidence that then- quasi adulterants nl" injurious to health. Prussian blue is si ! down in I In- I'nitei' Stales dispeiisat -ry lis a toll ic and al terative, though ranly used medici nally. The dose is a live-hundredth of a drachm, 'in take that niiiniiiit in the form nf tea facing one would have to consume 11 pound of b a. Tea has been used by the Chinese from remote antiquity. It was intro du I into Japan curly in tin- ninth Celltllly. It is supposed to have been first brought to Europe about 1 .",77 by tin- Portuguese, who established at that period 11 trade wilh the far 111st. In liint 1 In-East In-iiii Company sent twn pounds of tea In England as a present t-i the king, which would in dicate that the art icle was considered 11 ruritv. ; Washington Star. Men Who Wa:r Their I'ms. Mr. Slater is in error iu thinking that comparatively few now possess the power to "wag the ear," writes Eugene M. Aaron. The power is cum in. ui mining the We.-t Indian half breeds and the May a mid other deriv atives of Mexico and Central America, mid many whites have the power who hardly realize the fact. It js not un Oollilllnll to observe this it olio will suddenly siiv to a c. nn paninu WHS that lloise? " If Mr. Sliil.-r will say this in a s. ini stiirtd d way he will notice that iii no incniisiderable number of cases there will be 11 slight instinctive nn iv elni-ut nf the muscles 111 question, lunle or less prnnnlllle. il. Nor is the ear that Darwin illustrates iii his "Descent ot Man " as being allied to the pointed type belonging to mir simian relatives as iiucoinmoii as many may imagine. It is my observation that this peculiar ly of the fold 111 .p.osio is ..Hell, st to be observed in w . uneii. aiel in many of these eases tin- p. Islsti lice of tile wisdom te.th Is also a eharact. I istie. I have ill mind two classes of this soil, one of u man, ll 1 ln-r of a woman. both residents of ui f mir h ading cities ami their social and intellectual forces. The latb r is a I . Inarkable r vi rsioti tn an earlier ty pe, 111 ear, in In th, 111 length nf arm. in painless childbirth, iu flexibility of bauds mi l joints mid in otlnr murk.-. eharactei-i.-tics. It appears to nn- that the ear, like the veriiiiliirm iippeii lix. th-- suspension of tin-v lsc. rn, and t he unprotected cni 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 of certain main arteries is yet in u I raiisil ioiial state, and not fully adapted In the li. -.v.r human condi tions imposed dy the 1 reel posilnm and 1 1n- art ilicinl't ii s of civ 1 hzal in 11. I Science. lull-rest ill Pecan tiimving Much interest is .1. v. loping in pecan growing in (ieorgiu. Tims.- whn are fnrt iinate . Hough to have treesidr. adv bearing find 1 In in very piolitable, mid ! sickness, mid when ten of the letter their neighbors are casting about tn - h-nl disappeared, Dr. Tom got 1111 ox become similarly favored. It is claim-J trii severe spell of illness and died, ed that the time for cmning into boar- I Tin- iimruiiig after his death I visited ing can be shortened from ten or I the house mid noticed as 1 passed iu twelve years to three or four, by graft-j that the hist letter vvns gone." ( St. ing the one year-olds w ith eions from, bearing trees. The American Farmer has always urged that more attention be given this blanch nf industry. The first French setdors found il prnlitiibL tn plant pecan groves, mid our people will find it still more so. American Funnel-, A Mixed Hlcssincr. 'Blest he tin- ImhiiiIi-ous ruin," Said th- farmer at tie- plow; "For tl pips are llre.l AikI t ho huiels nri-tir. il. Ami it liringeth a respite now! J'.ut 11 las! for J f.-ur tin- rain Will ruin thn crops again ! ''or it looks as if it would fall all "lay, Ami the rain is r.'- kl.-ss to act that way!" "Jilest he the do tlllteollS mill," Sai-1 tin- an-ri'liant in his .leu ; '-I-'or Die ling .Imps Will lie life to the crops 'that are grown by lln- mortgaged mi-D I lint alas! for J f.-ar the rain Will II 0.1-1 the valley urn! plain. Ami I'll lose tin- money 1 loiuo-il on hay. Ami the ruin is p-cklcs to ic-t that way!" - (Atlanta ('.institution. Ill MO KO I S. Jt is dillicult to convince a fill with 11 silvery voice that silence is golden. "1 make my living frmn the soil," said the farmer. "And so do I," said t lie w ash lady. Rood!.- "A dollar doesn't go nearly so far as it used to." Noodle "No, ' " L"'"s """'l' bister.' Kindly Vi -it . prison, my boy ' Why nr.- you in C..iiiot No. I'll;) "Excuse me, but I'm not at liberty to say, mum." Jewnvor --I understand your fiillier i- a very hard working man.'' Soft' more "I guess y.ui'.l ihiuk so if you had him tn vvnrk." "Aeh. Adele," sni.l a stuttering -lover, "I I. -v. -ymi like - like like - " "Well, think it hut Hen- Fritz; perhaps ymi Oan tell me to-morrow." "D -n't g.-t ex.-it d. don't get excit ed. Lots of men make a living just bytakin' things cool." "Huh! How, I like to kin.w ?" "Deliveriu' ice." Kvcry mo ruing tliro ugh the summer, I ron, io-r huh- gnnl.-n spot. S-i-lie lifillgs me pretty clusters. (If th.- Mower forgi t-Mie-llot. Bui tin- iiaan- seems hard to sii'lin, lr .loos lint lu-r fancy please, For she alway. say- ; - lio,,,! morning! lb-re are sumo remember an-'s." Swiivdaek itn importunate d.-ggur) : "Leave the house, sir!" Roggar: "Certainly. 1 would not think of car rying it oil' with the heavy moiigugi it has on it." St ranger (In 11 itive, - "In what di rection does tin- village lie, my fri.nd?" Native (slowly) "Well, sir, in all directions, I reckon : though at this lime of the your it's admit li.-h." Little Elly -" Piipu. the conjurer we went to see last night changed a ten-cent pi.-oe into a flower ! " Father -'That's nothing to what your iiiolher does; she can change a twenty dollar imt. -into a dress." He had just oaten a piece of the lirst pie she had linked. "What's the mat ter, deal ?'' she asked ; is it that feel ing of sadness and longing that is iiot- What akin to pain?" "No." ho answered, "it isn't a feeling nf sadin ss mid Luig-seini- ing- It's a foiling of sadness and shortening." 1 A Coincidence. "I am not 11 fatalist," said T. Davilt Helming, "dut occasionally I run , uer.iss things that puzzle n great deal. Not lung agn Dr. Tmn Hewitt nf Lead vilb, Cnl., died. Hewitt was smiie whaluf a fatalist ami believed in 11 great many things that 1 didn't. bneus mid harbingers of evil he was much given tn believe ill. Yoll have It II -! doiibtedly heard slm ies of people dy : ing and the . look stopping at the same time, or some num. nil of its face pnp : ping mit. lb win had a sign iu his office w in. low in his residence which read. 'Dr. Tom Hewitt.' It whs compos.-. I ol eleven white letters glued to I 1 the pane, ' "III will look sick about sivte. II months since. A few days after his illness I noticed that mi.- of the while ! letters had dropped nil' and WHS gone. The illln ss of the doctor caused the family to forget almost everything else I lllld so the letter Was Hot replaced. I "A month Inter Hew itt was still sick, ; and I m.li I a second letter was gmie. i He ling, r.-.l along, up and around now, and then sick again, for 11 peiiml. I Meantime the while letters Were Hot I fepla I. "Month after mouth went by, and every succeeding lliolitll saw 11 letter disappear. Hewitt not iced it, mid then lie would not allow tin In to bo re placed After over teli months of Louis (ilobe-Doinocrnt. A Sure lliing. "So you will take him for belter or w . use? " "Yes," replied the woman who had man in 1 several times, "but he can't be any woroe than my lust hus-hund.''' itm, 'WW mm mm "mw.1 Mir ''EaimMiWffBi l''ajOTiyipiyyiw
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 24, 1893, edition 1
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