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il)f tfljatljam Becor Cfattem fit 0 ik XI. A. J-OIVJJOIV, EDITOR AND PR0PR1ET011. KATES OF A D VERTISINC One square, one insertion- One square, two insertions 1.64 One square, one month . - 8.60 Forlarear advertisements liberal ccn TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. VOL. XVI. I,ITTSB0R() CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTEMBER 21, 189:?. NO. 4. racts will be made. lleontirul Thoughts. A poet irnyi'ii for a beautiful thought, Wbleb lie might miiko tli" theme 01 u song, us- sweet to tin' rur it euught A3 wood-bird's music, nature-taught. Or the laugh from a baby's drenui. To pray Is good ; to do, is boat ! Make, though thy voice bo dumb, A puro heart homo within thy breast, Where they, us suerod things, may rust, And beautiful thought" will come, -Adele I!. Ingersoll, iu Youth's C'oinpunioD. CONVICT NO. 18,600. Sly occupation a few years ago was thut of u newspaper reporter. I work fid a largo part of my time in a peni tentiary, where more, than 1000 pris oners wore conliued. My newspaper required of mo three "feature" arti cles a week, the subject to bo taken from the lives and crimes of the men and women bo imprisoned. One morning, on entering the peni tentiary, nnd proceeding to the book which contained the routine items for the press, I found this Klip: "No. IS, 000. F.dward Washburn, life prisoner, senb nee commuted to twenty-eight year.", nix inoutliH." Here was something to be investi gated. On milking inquiry I found that Edwiird Washburn had heen re ceived on a life sentence in 1870, and Ih'it now, lift'-r a Iapi-e of over twenty yearn, the Hoard of Pardons the eternal source of hope for nil prisoners in that State had acted upon his case, with the ohove result. Even in prison goo 1 behavior pays. Ea-h convict has a certain number of days deducted from every month of his term, aoooi ding to the length of Lis sentence, if h" demeans himself properly. Thus it lies in llv power of a "long iime" man to gain years of freedom. Allowing Washburn the deduction each month for good con flict during the entire twenty-eight rears' Rent-Mice, i( caused his time to expire on the following Sunday. The next thing to do was to see Edward Wiibbhurn himself. The son sutions of n niao who has h. en a con 'let lei' teiiti yi ins, who hus been ns f omph t.dy isolated from the outside.' vorld nu if he were dead and buried, r.iid who is then resurrected, called back to life and liberty, cannot be de void of inter.-t to the most iiidiffoT'.iit. J found my man wheeling ashes and ".fuse from the cook house. In thin f CC'ipiiti'-li lio li,id bee n e ngaged lor fc vi titei li yi arc. The long ears r.f prisou life had had their effect. The prisoner was an old nan, broken in body and mind, al though he told hip his I'ge was I'.'. I xpkmed that 1 hud permission to talk with him. nml would like to hear bout hi history. He smiled the week tiio!e of enfeebled intelligence, -lit down on Lis wheebnrrow and be gun with, pitiful obedience, which plainly bespoke the prison discipline. "How did I feel wlun I heard I win pardoned? Well, it was so sudden bke I jus' had to sit down. I had give on all hopes of ever gettm' out long i go, but Mainly was true grit, bin was, she never give up." His next werds were unusual. "I don't blame nobody but myself for bein' here," he went on. Who ever heard of a convict before, who attrib. uted to himself the blame for being in the penitentiary? Most convicts are the innocent victims of villainous con spiracies. They never even dreamt d of committing the crime for which they are serving sentence. Such a virtuous, upright anil deeply wronged set of men can be found nowhere else as in prison. "It was all along of my bullheaded ntss, but J guess I'd better go back to the begiiiniu' of my story if you want to hear it all. When 1 was about 10 years old, Jason Scott and me took the job of clem in' SO acres ed' land close to where Puuhlin is now. In them days the town was only a eleariu' with a few log shanties. Jase wos n couple of years younger than me. His father on' mine had come wist from Coluinbinnncr county ami settled in Pauldin', We was tho only boys in them purts then the only young folks cxeeptin' Man ly rilch.'r. "We iiggered on eleariu' our land ' inters, as our lathers agreed to give us the time after corn hm-kin' was done, providm' we helped them good summers. Jnse and me built a cabin and there we intended liviu' while wo was doin' our chuppin' and clenrin'. There was lots of snow that winter and it come early. Oh, how I hate the winter! The snow Kin' out there in the prison yard brings the hull thing buck to me, and how happy June and me was, workin' and talkiu, about '.hut we was goiu' to do. I cau most eo the cabin now, with the eloer open and the snow oil around as it looked j tbnt winter moruin'. "jHse and me was goin' out huutin that mornin'. I took my gun and j started out, l"iiin' .fuse to follow. I walked out a little ways and then looked around to see if Juso wiisconi in". He warn't, and 1 waited and hol lered until I got all out of sorts with him. A crazy idea struck me, and I jus' thought I'd shoot toward the cab in for Inn and mebbe that would fetch hint, God knows I didn't want to do any harm. 1 wits jus' a great big foolish boy and I got tired ol wuilin' and I thought I'd shoot bir fun, and mebbe that would fetch him." I looked at the man and he was as one in agony. His face was drawn, and a pallor was there which added to the prison tan and made it ghastly. His voice, puerile from the disuse of twenty years, hud sunk into a hoarse whisper. He was staring at the great stone wall in front of him with dull, vaeaut eyes. He seemed oblivious to everything and kept repeating, "I didn't menu any harm. I only thought I'd shoot for fun, and mebbe that would fetch him." I have looked into murderers' faces on the verge of eternity while the dentil warrant was being rend, in or der that I might tell the public next morning whether the lip ipiivered or the eye grew dim, but as I gazed upon this picture of weakness and misery on the wheelbarrow in front of me it made me sick. The victim of an act done in "fun" and this was fun! The man presently came to himself and went on : "As I shot, J use came into the door, and, when the smoke cleared awny, I saw him Kin' just outside in the snow, face downward. I 'member piekin' him up and enrryin' him inside, and then Martin' out to Pauldin' for help. After that I don't remember nothiu' until I found I was lyiu' on the ground and a crowd of men stundin' round me. I heard one of 'em say : 'He must have flipped up on that grape vine and hit los head on the root of the tree. It 'pears as if Washburn and Scott must lime had a racket over that girl most likely and Wash burn kilkd Scott.' 1 f-mnd out after ward that ii hnntiii' party hud stopped at the cabin nud found Jase Kin' on the lloor dead, with my bullet through his heart. They looked for me and liually saw my tracks in the snow and followed them. They found mo a cmiple ol miles nvuiy iu the wood-, I v in" nt tin foot of a tree where I (ell. "So me believed my story n.nd some didn't. Thein ns didn't b'li- e it suid 'twn't.'t likely if what I slid was true that I would V tried to run awny. All I know is I meant to set out for Pioildin', but it 'pears as if I'd gone w rung some w n . "The .ledge, us he said, wanted to 'low me n lightiu' ihnneo and give me the privilege of rnterin' a plea of manslaughter. I said it was all along of my bullheadediiess that I am here now, and so it was. My lawyer want ed me to plead guilty of the charge the .Tedge offered me. I asked him what it meant. Me said it meant that I killed .biseiliii racket, mid then give me a Ion?; lingo about malice afore thought, or something like that, but I didn't understand it. I only know they wanted me to say 1 murdered Jase in a racket. I warn't goin' to n.iy 1 done a thing when I didn't. I llared up and wouldn't listen to no body. "1 couldn't see things right. Well, the trial didn't take long. Everything went erossways for me. I told my story nml pleaded guilty to nothiu' except that I didn't mean anything. I just shot to scare him. I didn't care much what they done with me for that. 'The other side showed how Jase hail been found dead in the cabin, how I was found lying iu the snow miles from I'uuldin', ns if I hndu't been going for help. Then they got witnesses who swore ns how Jase ami tin wi re jealous 'bout Mainly, how I'll asked her to go to a gathering with me, and she'd gone with Jus-. "It warn't so, 1 know, d it, but it wouldn't do tm good for me to say it warn't. Mandy and me understood one another, though there warn't much betwixt us then. I s'pose she might have told tin what she knowed about it on the stand, but I wasn't going to have her mixed up in the thing. I 'lowed they couldn't convict me because what I suid was true. "The jury fetched in a verdict of murder in the second degree, nud nc oordil.' to law that meant for life. "They carried Mainly out of the court room. Seems ns though she thought it was her fuull some way or 'nother. Mandy 's been tryin to get me out ever since. She suid if it hadn't been for her they couldn't 'a' shown no inotivt and couldn't V bent me for life. I don't see what good that 'a' done wlun they v n - all a'giu me." I uiHile a note of Mandv. !S!ur was good nutteriul from a reportorinl stand point. When I went out I linked tho warden vho Mandy was. "So you've been tiilkin' with Washburn, have you?" said he. "Well, Mainly is his girl. They say she has been coming down here from Paulding once every year with petitions and signatures to place before the Hoard of Pardons. Yesterday Washburn's sentence was commuted, which, by the way. you will find by lookingon tin press lioi'K. " A picture of a faded little volutin who had asked me the year before in the capitol if I would please tell In r what time the Pardon Hoard met, rose in my mind. I said to invsilf, "That was Mandy." As a rule the world (iocs not throw open its arms to released convicts. It j sees that till the windows in the house ore well secured at night, and that all j the doors have extra fastenings on the j day the papers announce a new list of j releases. The people have not time to go flown to the prison and watch the men pass out through the big gate. They pay a small sum each year to have that oflico performed by big bur ly policemen. The policemen accom pany the convicts down to the union depot and see thvin oil' on their trains. It would be such a pity to have them go alone. The morning of the diy Washburn went out there was only one other pres ent besides the policemen and report ers. It. was the worn little woman who had asked mo a year ago in the capi tol if I would plertso t"ll her whut time the Pardon Hoard met. Knte Field's Washington. Amusements and .Manners in Chin.i. The hard-working inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, ns the Chinese please to name their iminenso territory, ore not unlike other nations in their love of amusements. The Full-moon Festival makes every city iu China bright and joyous. The p.oon-eakes are for sale everywhere ; innumerable lamps shine from streets and gardens and rivers; singing girls go about the streets, nml story toli'-rs gather crowds around them to lt- n ( their interesting talis f dead inpe rors and heroi H ; Punch and J inly meet you at every strict cornir, and acro bats and gyinnuntri perforin to admir ing beholders. liutthe grand festiwil held on the fifth day of the fifth iih-oii-the I 'rug on Hunt Festival- is the great gala ili'.v of rhinti, for the rui'-ou that the drug on is pre-eminently tho t'liim-.e sym bol. It in t-iiihnjmed in everything which belongs to the nut ion. Its lit erature, its art, its chivies, painting and porcelain eiii lull of it. ami archi tecture presents it eery w here. They have volumes full of stori. n liitinj. to this wonderful mature. It is tin- im perial emblem of China, so that the Emperor's person is alnay- spoken of a tho "Dragon's person ;" his throne is the "Dragon's seat;" his bed is the 'Dragon's bed ;" his countenance, the "Dragon's fnce ;" his eye, the "Drag on's eye ;" ntul w hen h; is dead the B.iy he has usei uded upon the I'liigoii tobeagmst on high, and eeii los tomb is culled the "Dragon's tub: t." We need not be surprised when we m c t htR Dragon in every size and position upon the beautiful pottery ami expens ive porcelain and various tablew are in -I mantel ornaments which come from Canton.- Harper's Young People. A Witty Answer. Those whose mission in life it is to entertain the public ure always pestered by friends ami acquaintances for free seals at their enteltainments. There probably never was a singer or an ac tor or a pianist who was not bored nearly to death by these people many of whom had not the slightest claim to ask the courtesy they demanded. A pinnist who was pre-eminently successful in his day, and that day was not so far back either, Win, llubinstein, who travelled nearly the whole world over, delighting people with his genius. He, like all others, was very much an noyed by requests for complimentary tickets, but most of the time he main tained Lis composure even though just ly irritated. It is told of him that just before one of his recitals in Lmi dou he whs accosted by tax old lady in the entrance hull, and thus ad dressed : "Oh, Mr. lJubiusteiu, I am so glad to see you! I have tried in vain to purchase n ticket. Have you u seat you could let me have?" "Madam,'' se.id the great pian ist, "there is but one s at at my dis posal, and thnt yon are welcome to, if you think tit to take it." 'Oh; yes; and a thousand thauksl Where is it?" was the excited reply. "At the piano," smiiingly replied Hubinstein. Harper's Young People. II is Lust Application. Housekeeper "Here is a telegriini ; your nephew is dead." Property-Ow n or (with a growl) "Humph ! Now, 1 guess lie wants monoy to bury himself with." (IMLPREX'S (01,1 M. "J TnANK YOC! " "Three little words', nine letters wUe, And yet how niie-h these words betide! How much of thought or tenderness This short. "I t bank you.'' mny expri'sa! When spoken with a proud disdain, 'twill chill Hie heart like fr-.. n ruin; Or, when indinVreneo n;!ir';- its lone, Turn love's tweet linpube int toni. lie nut nfrnld, aiy little one. As time goes on beneath the sun, While niarehlj In lif ami ley rank", For all your blessings to "ghc thiiaUs.'' First, thank your God for li'e so fair. For tender mercies grout nud rare, For health and strength, for home and (Hernial And loving eare, that never ends. Then thank the ones, whfm'er they be, That do a kindness unto thee ; 'Twill cost you little, pain you less. This sweet "I thnnk you ! " to expre??. New York Ledger AN IMfKIUOfS l'RINIK. A funny story is told about tho lit tle Crown Prince of Germany, who is only thirteen years old. One day, when at play with his brother in the royal nursery, a b rrilile crash roused the Emperor, who was busy in his study. As the Emperor is very fund of managing his household himself he hurried to the nursery to learn tho cause of the disturbance. As he en tered the room the little princes drew up and gave the military sulute, as they had been taught to do. When asked to explain the cause of the noise tho young Prince William Frederic said: ''My brother and I had a little difficulty and I was obliged to show him who is Crown Prince in this es tablishment." "Very good; I believe in discipline," said the Emperor, "and I think I hid better show you who is Emperor in thi. establishment ;" and with that he picked up the little Prince and gave him a rather severe spanking to make him recognize a higher authority still than that of the Crown Prince. New York Advertiser, THE OJHAITK. The giraffe is ene of the queerest animals in the world, nrol is t'.-uud ouly in South Africa. It is from thir teen to eighte en feet high, and it has such n huig neck that it cau reach up nnd ent the leaves right oil" the trees. It is very dainty while tVcdihg, and eats the leaves one by one. instead of cramming its month full, like other animals, and een some children, which looks so greedi. On its head are two projections that look like horns, but they nre not ; they nrc ouly thickenings of the bom. of I he skull, covered with skin, Mid leu- s little tuft of black hair on toe end of each. At first sight the for. 1 g of h giniffe seem much longer thun the bind ones, but this is because' the siiouhlerbludos are so long, for the legs nie all the snme length. The eyes are so large that the giraffe can see on every side without turning its head. Wlu n the giraffe is fighting it kicks with iti-hind legs, nud with such vio lence that it has been known to keep a lion at bay. Its skin is au inch and a half thick. It rarely eats off" the ground, as its Deck is too long to reach easily. The most peculiar thiier about the girnffe is its tongue, which is so flexible that it can be contracted so that its tip can enter an ordinary quill. The movements of the giraffe are very pe culiar, the limbs of each side appearing to net together. It is very swift, and can out-run n horse, and over broken ground and rocks will leap like a frog. The giraffes that are born and broil iu this country grow very tame in the zoological gardens, and will follow visitors around. Tin y eat hay, carrots and onions. When cut grass is given to them they eat off the upper parts and leave the stems, just us wc eat asparagus. New Orleuus Picayune. J Ills ( arriajre Driven by a ptlia. C. Tj. Simoiids of Lynn hns miulo a steam curriage lorhis owu use thnt will make ten miles an hour. The carriage weighs only -100 pounds, and can carry two persons at a time. It has the ap pearance of an ordinary carriage in front, except there are no provisions made for a horse. The wheels are e'f cycle make and four in number. The hind wheels ore 13 inches and the front wheels are- IJC inches, w ith rubber tires. The boiler and engine are just in the rear of the seat, and give the car riage the appearance of a tire engine. The steam generates in what is called a porcupine boiler, which weighs 100 pounds. The steam is made from uaptha flames from three jets. Tho napthu is kept in a cylinder, enough to hist tor seven, hours, and there is a water tank that will hold ten gallons. The steering pin t consists of u crunk wheel on the footboard, mi thut tho engineer i nn Moer and attend to the engine at the same time. Springfield (Muas,) Republican. GOLD AXI) SILVER. How the Output of the Two Met als: Compares. Interpstlng Facts and Ficurr-s by the Treasury Di'piirtmont. According to a table prepared by Mr Edward O. l.eneh, late director of the I'niled States Mint, America produces a very large proportion of the silver of the world. The silver production iu liS',12 was according to his ligurcsSl'.Hi, 50.1,181 ; of this amount America pro duced Slfi0,(i()0,00l, or live-.uxths ol the entire silver production of tin- world. orthis$l(',n,(IOO,(mn, produ 1 in 18!W, $?7.V00,OIII was the product of the United States ; 859,000,000 from the mines of Mexico ; ?1 5,000,000 from the mines of Holma ; 83,000,000 from Peru ; S' t,i 100, 01 ill from Chili and $2,- 000,1100 fr the Central American States. Of the S Jti,O0i),(KI0 worth of silver produced by other pints of the world, one-half conn s from Austria, one-fourth from Oerinany, and the re mainder from France, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Spain, and: snrill amounts from either European countries, while J.ipaii produces about n(il,l)0ii. Thus the United States is not only the greiiteit silver producing country of the world, but actually preuluced about two-fifths of the entire output of the world, nnd nearly one-half of that produced in America. Iu this connection some ligures ob tained from the Treasury De partment ou the production of gold will also be interesting. The gold production of the world in 1892 is set down at .130, Sll3,fi27. Of this the United States produced $'54, -131, 577 ; Austi nlin pro duced $3,870,800; Russia, ?JVi'V 900; Africa, $22,0o9,57S ; Hritish In dia, 33,007,900; Colombia, South America, $3, 175,000 ; Veiieznela'obout two millions, and other South Aiinri eun countries small amounts rouging from 67."0.OO(i to Sl.OOiMX'O. While the United Stntte is t"dny producing as much silver ie? gold, hvr production:, of silver in the past cne hundred years have only been about one-hull" us much us her productions of eol.I. ''e silver productions of the 'Jnitcd States fi r in 170l! t" !M were 81,1 Ji'.M'O (ion. nnd the g dd preduc Mons during t'e- Mine pM-ioit we're .?1, ?37s.7.'. Add t this the gold productions of the present year and you get in i omul tigunis S'J.UOO.OHO,. 000 of gold which bus been taken out of the lilim's of the United Stilt's. California stiil remains "-.ir chief geld producing State. We hear of gold mines in Colorado. Molilalia. Ne vada and Idaho, but none of them size up iiloiiv; side of the old mines of Cal" iforniii. Of t: e -l. IH1.577 of gold produced in t' United Siutes lust ye'iir tiie mines of California supplied Jfl2, 571.000: thou of Colorado f.'i,539. 021 : South D.ikoln. 1, 012. Wo ; Mou tiuia, .2.9i;H.i"i22 ; Idaho, .1 ,721 .3i'.l ; Nevada, yi.5ri.5lhl; Or. iron, .1 ,191 , 7M : Arizona. 177,577; Alaska. SL OW 1. 4 It'' ; Ne v Mexico, .i59. 1 70 ; Utnh, ?;!0i, 1 75 ; and Washington., 373,55;). 'The southeas'i -n States still proiluce small quantities of gold. North Cnro linn turned out last year $7'-.5i;0 worth if gold from her mines; South Caro lina, $123,305 ; Georgia, 5-'.' t,731 ; Vir ginia, S1370, ami Alabama, 2393. These so'.ithocstcrn Statis also pro duced fteme silver. The mines of Georgia last year turned out 95,251 worth of silver; North Carolina, $90. 190; South Carolina, ,?123,S22, and ether States iu that sectien small sums. In silver production Colorado leads the nay, the production of her silveT mine's last year having been $37,01 7, 99!'. Moiit.inn comes next with pro ductions of $25,110,127: California, $13,025,520; Utah. $10,091'., 225 ; Ida ho. $5,812,510; Nevada, 81,422, 700; South Dakota, $1,011,202; Arizona, $2,550,955 ; New Mexico, $2,350,532 ; Oregon, $1,555, sfiT ; Alaska, $1,090, i7G. Our gold productions inthiscountry began in 1H 49, and the silver produc tions 2t years earlier. The total gold production prior to 18-19 did not ag" gri-gate more thun nboiit $25,000,000, uid tho silver producilonsilid not reach even a million dollars in any one year prior to lbOl, and it wus not until 1871 Jiut they reached as high as twenty millions a year. Since that dute the'V have ginduiilly increased, reach ing $37,000,000 in 1874; $15, 000,000 in 1S78; $51,000,000 in 1885; $75,000,000 in lsi, and $74,000,000 in 1S92. The large-t silver production in any on-' yenr iu the history of tin; country wns in lH'.M, which was $75,417,000. The largest gold productions were in the ten yo:irs from IS50 to 180H, nt which time they reached from fifty to sixty-live millions per annum, the highest being $03,000, 1.0 in 1??3. During the past decade the Average gold production of the goldmines of the eeniiitry has been about thirty -three millions per annum. IVarU. Wry few profile are aware that the peprl-oyxtrr is not in any way liki the oyster w hich weuit. It i- of mi en tirely ililVen nt species, nnd, as a mat ter of fact th" shells of the so-called peni 1-oysti r me e'f tar more value to those engaged in "p. nr! fishing" than the pen:!-. Tiieie in;' .'Xteleive pearl fisheries in the Gulf of California, mid some of the lines-! pearls have been taki ii from these waters. In INHl one pearl h black one, was sold for $10. 000, ami every year since that 1ilne ninny pearls have beet: taken iroin tin beds in the Ciilifoiniaii Gu'f valued at over $7500 each. 1'ul such "finds" are very rare, and, as a rule, the pearls which are brought up are of very little value. The shells, however, are very valuable; most of them un shipped to Europe, where' they are manufactured into ornaments, knife haiiclh a, buttons, und the hundred of j other articles for whi'di 'mothe'r-of- pe arl" is used. Another fa"t concerning the pearl oyster and tli pearl it If is w ry little inehr tood. I lime i ii in books of instruct loll both ill this eoontrv and in Fic'lniid the statement that "the formation of the pearl in the ovstei- : l ' shell is caused by a disease of th ovster" nod fbiu striteTiif-lit is more o less geiiertillv beliewd. as is nl ' i ,i I erroneous lutorruce to be drawn ti'oin it, that the outer referred to it. (he '' ill bh ' ovster. ihe leotler of priivl i nothing more then a m no- of levers of nacreous matter ib .ositd In tie oyster upon the interior of the shell, and the pear! it'-eK i n perf-eth accidental foniiRtieu. Tt is enns' d !'.' a similar deposit of mien, around some foreign object. This foreign Mil. staler mny be n grain ot snnd, a pain site, or some similar object ; but luo: t. untheritirs agree thnt it is mere nsiuil 1y "ii undeveloped ..gg of tho mt,ter (round "hich this putoml d'pouo t. throw ii. The large -tpenrl p"r found rr'fis- un s tw. 'S 1 llg, OTel weight- j thn " o-mci s This is o? Eust i n or igii. The Isrerst found in the Gull ef California did no! e.veie'd so lt.cli j find n qe,,t, r ,.t nnd was somewhat largf-r than tin -gg of a bluebird. ( Minn of the f'oliferiiiiiii pearls nre ; black and speckled. Tin SO ore eon- ileii d inore valuable then the white. The White Flepliant. j In former days the ee' enion : s nt ' tending the capture i f a white el J pliant wire very iinprc .' siw. The j diteoveirr. vieri he the humblest man j in the kingdom, wns imiueibnteli Hindi a ni'iud irin : he wes rvetupii d i fi-otii tuxetioii for i he n non inb r of hit. ' iil'e, nnd presented with large sums of j money, the king hinis-if giving him I $1,000. As s,,,, ii us th- cirO'.irc was J made, a special courier was dispntchi ii to the king, .'iiel n pon-e of nobles wit h i gilts nnd lobi s stinted iin nieilintel v j tor the scene of action. I lie lopes which the captors used iu binding the roul victim were replaced by cords of scarlet silk. Mandarins attended to the1 slightest wants of the niiiuial. llich feather fans with gilt handles were used to keep the flies from it j during the clay, while a silk embivid- j ereil niosijiiito net was provided at 1 night. To remove it to the capital u ! boat was built expressly for the pur- ! pose, and a luiigiiilicent canopy erec- ' ted over it, ornamente d ami bedecked ! lis were the king's I'lihiees. Silk drap- ! cries, heavy with silver and gold, e n- I closed the royal prisoneT ; and in th s j state he floated down the river, re- j d ivine; the aeclumntionsof the people. I Winn ncur the city the animal was landed, the king mid his court going out to meet him and e scort him to the city, w here a place had been built tor him within the reynl piiluee grounds. ; A large tract of land was set apart for his country place, ehos, n from the ' best the kingdom afforded. A ciilune' j of ministers and a large retinue of no- , hies we re appointed to atte nd to his ! wants. California!!. J An Aeeeniinioihif inir Waiter. A man driving a spirited horse stopped at h down town restnurnnt for his dinner. The waiter u ho atte nded him stood in the door admiriLg the horse. "Ilring him a lump of sugar," said the horse's owner, dropping a fee; into the waiter's palm. The man went insnie but socu re turueel with a bowl of lump sugnr and the accompanying tongs. As the b,.rio (.pelied his m-mth for the treat the waiter seized u lump in the tones, und ith his cu.itomry suavity asked hurriedly : "How many lumps, soh?" Then hearing the hi'igh at his ex pense, he hurriedly retimed to the restaurant. Detroit Frc-e Treti. Ibi) break Sonir. Full sweet is the night locust-haunted, inoen lost, The noon-ti.e,siieii.'creaiiiri' ami eplendld, Jtul iliiivn bus ii loveliness Mended Of health and kisu. hope and a puissant de liKht tn living, Hint -hiiinetii the liiairuor of night. Or stress-of the a i with iis uryeuee nnd l-li.-ln. And so. wl"'ii 1 list. Slinking slumber and sleep r,.m mine ey, Soft soninoleii.-e Ke,.rnln. I love to be under tin- skies, 1 long to be up ntul nwuy. 1 lust to be out with the d.y At light's lirst forew'iniiiig. When the w in h are nil wliii And the inii-ri- i t mist Is over tin shine of Ihe inoruine ' llll IIAIlli r.l'IITON ill the llldept'll'l'llt. nr. Honors. It won't be long until the eon I deal er's victims lind him lying in weight for them once more. Harmony is nil rejiit in n plac, but the barb) r and his ru'or should never undertake to pull together. Figg "Yon evidently think I mil foed." Fogg "I am grate ful to find thut what I think is evident even to yon." "Mr. Editor. I inn told you called mt- a swindler in neeet is-.Mie of your miner'" "o. sir. in i nlv orint the ... rurv Ifir.-ul tirus ! Willis: "He never fails to gne nil - ..: l I I ....II l.,. II I PV'II lO s.iii'h' "Men i (.nil '-(J IJIIUi Wnl luce "Hi must be afraid i on will f our ow n. " Mnek lie I do not weep, because, forsooth hin. i-r t"rs i,.ight ell .re idi'.-t- iir- tho' i - to cn , I Isev do lift neik si nil. "Do you look to the future with courage:" he asked the maiden. "Yes,' she replied. "Pb h,-ivu nerve is everything m the wh-.-nt biu-ims," Sarcastic Citizen: "Traveling en Ihe reroinniendiition our physician, 1 suppose .'" Huugrv Iliggins: "Nav, on do recommendation of me lawyer." "I ti II on thut idlenets don't pay. The surest way for a person to get : nhend is to keep moving. "Uues 1 vou're r ij. lit . That's the way four ! "r ,lv' b iiiu,". j. e ul'i ml ef ine last "Don't you knew. Mdiy. thnt it is very rude to tut p uioiind to look at ft gentleman?" "Mother. I only turned to see if he tm le d lOiind to see if I looked nt him." "W. 11. if tint's nil, that's nil right." The Sermon That Was Not Preached. Tin He. William Dayton Huberts, pastor of the Temple Presbyterian church, ilevot. .1 s. , nil of his earlier veins to newspaper work a a repi . or on inori ieg psper ii tells ed" the follow ing wns announced thut i this city. II" iti.-i-l.ut: "It i e. Main Sun day evening a proieiuiiit i dergv ninn would deliver n -i iinou on a relisrio ; scientific subject tin n b ii.g much dis ' cussed. I was sent on Suiiih.y niter ! noon to get an n iMinee copy id' tho : sermon. The clergyman hud hud the j foresight to have two eopiis made, as I he supposed it would be wanted tor j publication, and g.ne lie', n he sup ! posed, the duplicate copy. I had sev j ernl other ii-signmeiits to cover, r. ml I did not return to the othee until late I in the evening, when, to my surprise, I discovered thnt I hud two copies of j the sermon. U was tin n too late to ri -; turn the original manuscript for use, and I learned the in vt day that tho : clergyman, when he found his sermon ' was gone, had to preach mi another ' subject and announced from the pul pit that a reporter had taken his manu script and he must therefore, take an other text. Mv papir next morning L.jut(,j ,1,,-,.,. cohunns of the sermon , timt mld have been preached." j Philadelphia Press, J The l orm of Ilirds Kggs, A study of the form ot birds' eggs has been recently made by Doctor Nicolsky, eO' St. Petersburg. Ho at tributes their lorm to gravity. He thinks that every egg not ye t coated with a solid shell departs from the spherical form and elongates, simply because of pressure on it by the walls eif the ovary. In bird" which keep vertical pi'S'tion when at rest (such ns the falcon and owl), the seift egg be comes short through the bird'e wrisbt I acting against tho ovarian pressure In birds which, like the grebe, are nearly alwavs swimming, the egg lengthens, because the weight of th body acts in the sani" direction as thn ovarian compression. The oour-shuped eggs of birds like the gni'leuiot is du to their often changing their position, sometiniesswimmitigand diving, some times perching: ou the rocks, etc. An examination of all the eggs in the mu seum of tho St. Petersburg University fully bore out these vies. Ncv York Independent.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 21, 1893, edition 1
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