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b" I (fif Dflrrrafffii Hittfftt Gtf Darrrzlmi CajfUr. A D2HIOCHATZC fEIill FAHILT KE?PAPE& BATX3 OP SUXSCEXPTI05. ti faawtt tanas: . tio waf r. Tr- I J J 07, S edocLc.... .............. 1 03 CLTJB 21ATX3. r eceUe. la oc ad irate I ' 00 fctl eoc o oa aXL-e 12 CO Tumi. Iituuui a Aovsjrca AD VEKTIS1N8 RATES: ARREN nn AM (Ten lines or lees constitute a sxToare.) One square, each insertion..... $j e One each subeequeat Insertion. 5 One M eae month - 2 go One " two months 4 ft One three months... . 0 00 Business Cards, one year I3 0t One Column, one year .....109 09 Obituary notices will be Inserted at 50 cent per square. All advertising and Subscriptions cash I advance, or on dimm& VOL. XIX. KR ENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1891. NO. 40. mm JL a W ON Tie sjoutb,aaooutte the Philadtl- I Va vrx-', "will shortly supply the! ,a-trj lurater uem-vsa. seer are mw n;!!i running there already. tf the $15,000,003 lhat Uctle Sam U 'k' 0,11 o the sugar plasters, rwff thaa two-thirds will go to Louis estimate the CV-m rrri-U JLJht TV Australian farmer It already en .vrd taraiag his attention to tie cul ti, ? of 'cotton, aad every asi?oc 1 1-. clrta Lira ly the co'o&lal author TVre are raore woara ia Britiih p. la (I $1,0 30,000 1 tbaa there are raea, 4ia ch! ?r ia la. Great UHlaio, Train as I Gcrra-any put together, with t" - w'.iui of Kttnl miner Euro- - - via SjUri't ia as well. 1 1 t iaprml hc:r ia A us it is kilV) U-tn:!f ui-Ut eirrurct.arctt of disgrace, startler Col iefa oWurity M ptaia Joha Of.j. wtil stilt ai thcr i lyiag ceiriy !rvl. Tt hp ct l!spbtir( noralite Vii-ii:Ma &ir, ere a.l!y caster ti. Accflb to rtjpertJ, ta-tbirv!s el tLr :alut of t!. Oi l Wot 14 Lsre a rit-r trf at.4 la-lofioui cmr. A lxzloxk titer aaj: Oitti.ir4 of t!. !!enjjia Kuro;w, it is oiJt Ji prt tnly froei th effect of l4 hibitt cjirol a! :Of; cce-thjrl die prczaa conSce- tarrly fr.tt t!. e:Ttxti of close best at t!,rir .lic, an4 tLcctbcr thirj pjtrira turcJ." '.fVnr txvr!? Lire a3 Uca of rxlite of :tLa Nicarsul ctsU to thU coastry," tii4 Wirscr lil.cr lo a Nc York reporter, l4t thlnkis-itea know tli.1 it U aa a!.!a! tccc.nity. Tl. ejoal ill pcili rcfy l-e fcuScvJ la sit J car. It will Ukc about 7i,0Od,0QQ la alsh it, aa4 at preset e Lave peat osly about S3,05. Our pUas are perfect, as 1 wc kao io a pousl juit L jrw CXUcll we taust e 1 car Ate. IL S. lluatoa, occof the leaJiag raise ocen of Colon Iot mts that electricity cp.a cp a ccw era ia tbo pnxluctioa of t.htr. The rruoa of this statescst Is ttat r.ai; of the Lii tnouaUia tstaet t-irc Ux-a atxaoBt vIuc!e because of the eipeate of tra5portis fuel to tbeta. Now tLroua tLe u:ii:titioa of water pnarr ith its eleetric raotAr these cicea 03 be operitol cheaply, ami a coUtle iorrvi. of output may LlooVc4 f ?r. 5jTi.kat it this fact tht there Lit alrcaJy rprua up a Ucsntfcl'for e'rctricil miaia cvLiscry ia Mexico, aciJ our Americia ttcctricAl rrutsufsctur are now seadisg Urge j-jvititics of apparatus thither. The tn4:tioaaI bow ai J arrow of the Amcricaa Is !ii3,"sa:d a Westerner, arc thitgt of tha pwt. The arcraye Ijdaa of :dy it about at skilful wita a bow asd arrow as a six-year old boy it w Uh a toy putol. It's rcry funny to see Ki:cracr whea they are trave'.isg out Writ get Isdiaat to show them Low tbej mc their old-time capoaa. The Indian's f-iroritc way of exhibiting Lis skill is to shoct at a quarter or half a dollar stock la a split ttick. The tnotey of course, comes ojt of the porkct of the Eastern rsaa asd t-e coble lied Maa will shoot at tt froji a dUtaace of a dozca steps aad culst it with the raott moaotooous rc-calarity. At the small boy would aay, he caa'l shoot a little bit. His weinoaa cowa lijt are lra kinds, both aJipled frosa the white maa. One Is the ric which Lo xxmcs upoa Lis friend the pale face, aaJ upoa Lis friend's cattle. Th ether it whisky, which Le uses opoc L-.rsjklf,' aad it it quite as dcally to Lis a bul'.cU provided he caa get caoujh cf it.- e of the phcaomcsal butlacat de-TelV-T.eitt ia this Ciuatry la thj law few j cars, sa j t the .Vafouf Kxli, La. beca ia grot!i of the lrr wed beef taJuitry. Tsere hat not beca a tear la iu hlit or y ia which there hat not beca a sulHtjtial izcrvase. Lvt yrer a totaj ol S.T.O-J c-attte were slaughtered ia tht Wot, atajt 3,050,003 ia the prece-Jiaj jrar, aa toereae of twenty-two per cent. ThU fairly reprexata the rate of growth. Of thit total by far the greater part it f jrcuctamjtioa ia thitcoustry, probablj oue ..Tecth of it goinj abroad, iaamuct t!i agrerate weight of beef, exclu sive of tallow, exported Ut year wai - J,-l6,56i pouals. Of course American prviocers will be glad lo see beef cxpor lacrcase, evcnrLile recogaixiag that the growth of drcated beef trade, at far at it coa tribute to supply isg th American market, is inlmlcsl to the la terntt of cattle generally. The Industry, uch as It it, with all iu pouib-ilities, U terc to tUy. To such a degree, though, Lu it L-jterfered with beef raising and lf serjag ia the older State that It if desirable that !egi!aUon be provided, if such athiaj be possible, to hold It la chrek. At all evcalt, it it certain lo be srrest feature ia the American cattle i-iIwtrr ia time to come. OLD THINGS ARB IStLST. OV1 tidat are lit . We wajr Ho iraciy anl so Inoy from here to that orU yoodr, Why noi jrow fool aa4 fooJcrf la trw4 mSrrtiatm ocJj t Okl frod ere Ui. Tbeir fecre lh yrar ecirm dWrr, dearer, AikJ it low wtih nw.rot4 traoae; Tba,ah! T'btw rcnt t-Um Uml trio; U lilo bnarvr. OVJ ere Ut. Tb U;htcr lVtth I(m aocirot rafur, turj- e.'l that's aTW Atl ell of ruaobuora tree-tar Oil krre i tt. Iu r-Tnife !aki Ce.ast ro'i chalky Ati f4te of TUm's drtwj firtot ll (ina in rl n corg; Itoci Aa4 et A?v'w meHce. OJ I faith W Ut the irwrhm Of hut eti1o-0 moibr. tVhat ..lm rabUe prMchia Or UavJ enl zt raehinx Tor dwbt U-al moras eod smothnl OVJ wr art the U-J ; the gUdora Of aia-ptrr bv sck! Ritrr. r wrJth ha J rant wUi madocwe. Or fly lr;t tu mJmml At4 hq iu ieMwu tftltrr. Oi I ttin; are brt. Th gt;mucr Of ae f urtai tw ehewcra. Oh. a rum rjr (row diaimcr, raiotiy arrme U tJUi:napr Wefl tu tbvoU, saavt roiocet 0LU MAX 31IXALL ur mix. "anjrr unarca. "Sj juytectUxk 3o, Lo-i-ay! ata ua iUa Mitt.!. Yr, 3Ir. Jliisil." aJ4 Louita HiIJ,'' 'I've got l.elv -i-iia. Aoy se, I-i tr cheerfully pipe-4 the cd-raAtias, foMis the wccK-oJ J cewjurr so a to brin the ficaocial Peers' oa a lercl nitb Lit o!J steel rc Utlc. LouLa shook Lrr Lea J. Well. I tujj!" skJ OIJ 3Iaa MixalL 'It's a sharac! A!aui Tutacy alwajs was as cptrcr at ocho, aad I lo b here Lo throws qOoucr every year Lo live." Louisa Hill tithed aoflly, eoJ went about Ler work of preparing bmor. The taorrvw was bcaa-pickiaj day at 'I)opcrton and there was at least a bushel of the leguminous vegeta ble ready tJ be picked over and stcismeU. x The boarders at Deipcratioa Ha!l were partial to pickles at sooa at the cold weather set in, tad the matron was acxious to keep thexa aatisrd and La pry. Icsperat!a3 IlaTl was a ! or-, low ereo toa of gray stoae that Lad beea a sauj mirt Laifaotatury ago, and was now utilised for the accocmodstioa of the town poor. Capuia E'iis KctherirxJjke, a retired sea csjaia, wss at the helm of this ia stitut;oa; aad Lis wife, a thrifty dame of many 'resources, aided aad abetted Lim ia every reject. And of all the boarders, old kmcn 3!ixall was the cheeriest axd mcjt helpful. Can'tlLelp je, Lo-lfjl said Le, mmg uon tse paper. I'ears to nc yo ve got a dreadlul job there, with all them beans. I'm awful sorry 'bout Adam Putney. I ajMe Peter's clean out o r.tccce w jih Litn. The color mounted to Louisa's cheek Peter doa'taay much,-" answered she; but, of course, he's vexed. But I tell Lim that the farm bcloags to Cnc!c Auam, ana 11 bis mcie Auia casa I a mind to sell to these railroad people, Le a ? e e a a caa'l be ma Jc to do so.' An' ye can't no wsys be married without the money P wistfully s-oke Mr. jius:;. Lcuisa shook Ler Lead. 'Peter Las his mother aad r Lis Lame sister to support, said she, with a sigh. "Ue shall Lave to wait, thai a all." Oil Maa 3Iixa!l shook Lis Lead over the emerald drift of beans. 'I bold with the proverb, tai l Le, a a a T ;te .r e m '-itsa -us iu waiua lor ueat total shoes.1 And the Putncjs alwayt wss a long-lived race. He may live as long as Le wants for all EC, observed Louiu. ! don't a a gruige Xiim a moment ot tit Me, poor Ola man . o, I don t believe you do, said Old )Iaa 3Iixall. All the same. It's pretty Lard oa you and Pete. How's Widow JJIircnf Aoy better of the rheu- maiut aie ana nancy liiivea we ve dasced many a Virginia reel together in our youcg lart. though praps ye wou,da l thiok it, Lo-isy." 5hes a little Utter, said Louisa. And the young folks are going to Lave a masquerade frolic at the Lfceuoi to earn doc cj to paiot the old liiivea bouse and re-stuaglc the roof before fall sett lo. 1 ra going to borrow the Quaker drest a . m. W re we eae . laai lauuj neiuoae granumothcr wore whea she was married. It fits me ex ad It. us I wsal to knowP ejaculated the old tcan. And Peter's goiog to atk old Squire Lomax to lead him the chest of (evolu tionary uniforms and things Le's got ia the garret of the old houve," added Louua. He. going to be 'George Wash ington. " . -I'd admire to see Lim, said Old Maa 311 1 all. woodcr now if Cap'n EHat would object to me goia dowa thf re and seeio you youag folks rigged npP Illatk Lim myself," said Louisa, who like-1 the kindly old soul aad wanted Lim to Lave tbe simple treat. 'You see, I don't oflea ask for aa evening out,. said Old Maa Mixall. 'Not but what I'd like it oftencr, but if I ask, there's forty others would think the j 'd ought to go, too, aa I doa't want all. Cap a Ellas to Lee any more trouble thaa'e absolutely oecxaaary. But I would like to see Low joa look at a Quakeress, and I'm mortal sure Peter Putney!! make aa A No. 1 RevolutiooerP And whea tbe beans were all prepared for the morrow's pickle, Old Man 3lixall strolled cheerily along the frwot of lcs- perstloa Ilall, tring up some fat Africaa marigold Le Lad planted, and placing new 1 trior for Lis scarlet ruaoers-to climb 00, in front of the windows where old Auat Itujlos Ity sick. Kor the western light hart br old eyca, sod when the scarlet-runner lea res wsred in the wind, she babbled Taguely of the green Maine forests where she Lad been born. 'I jest wish I was woth a million dol lars !" said the old philanthropist. Td give Pete Putney and Lo-i-sy Ilill the Coeat farm in Middle County. I don't see vbat powea old Adam to stick to Lis tooj CclJs and mullein pastures so tiht, when the railroad people offer Lira five thousand dollars for em. Guess III ro raound an' see Lira about it. Lo-l-sy Hill's too pretty a gal and too good a one to be kept wailin' until Pete can dig home out of the rocks for Ler. It ela t to p tickler fun that I know of, dola' Louwork at Dcpcratioa Hall. And so, oa tho evening of the Widow Dliven's tuatouerade party, Old Maa Mis all trudred arouod by the Putney Farm to see Lis ancient contemporary. Old Adam tat wanning Lis rcnerable bones in the sun. Sunshine was cheaper tLaa Crcwuod, if lcs satisfactory, and Lc returned Lis greeting. 5oyc won t sell the faita to the Quantick Com pan j I" said Simoo, sitting cbrerfully down oa the wooden settee beside Lis friend. 'I can't sell It said Putney,' drum. tning Lit wrinkled Cagcrs oa the wla dowill. Why cant ye sell UP He won't let me. Who won't let joul My Gran'lhcr Iutaey.n Land alive, man, what re talking about P cried Mixall. "Yer Graa'lhcr Putney, he's been dead an buried this 'I dream about hirrt erery night. said Adam Putney, In the same alow, mechanical way. 'I see him a-tctlia oa the old oak stump by the well. And Le's alwsvs a Mjia, 'Don't sell the fsra, Adamf I raa't go a-'ia Lim, can If" Wsl, I calc'Ute I should if I was you; e declared Mixall. "Dead aa buried folks Lai n't no business meddlia' that a-wat." I can't go agio Lira!' repeated Put- DC, with the flow, scttlcu policy of old Cut here's your nephew, Peter, as smart a lad as ever steppped, and Lo-I-sy Hill, the prettiest gal goia.' They'd Lave money to go to LouKkcepbg If you'd litea to reason. I can't go agio G raa't her Putney. 'And here you be, poor'n Job's tur key, Loldia oa to the rockiest farm this side o Scrape Mountain, all jest for a coctavned whimP persisted. Mixall. I caat go agia Graa'lhcr Putney, drcariiy repealed Old Adam, winking LU bleared eje ia the sunshine. And Old Man 3Iixall, fairly out of pa tience, got op and trotted down the road, muttering unutterable things as he went. 'There ain't such a dumb fool as be la all the foolish ward at Dcipcrstioa Hall. said be. And it took a good deal of the laugh ter and merrymaking st the Blivca mas querade to erase the disagreeable tmprcs- tioa from Lis mind. Old Maa 3Iixall was a favorite every where, and the hospitable dame la charge of the refreshments cheered him with Lot coHcc, newly browned wafSee, chicken salad and fro; ted cake, before Le went la to see the young folks dance. That's Lo-i-syP Lb cried, shrilly. 'Ala t she jcet as pretty as a pink ia that Quaker gownd and the scoop batf And there's Pete Putney cuttin pigeoo wings ia old Spjim Lomax s Revolutionary logs. Wal, I never P And Old Maa Jlixall laughed tratil be shook like a mold of jelly. Cap'n Elias Fothcrindye was seriously alarmed when his oldest boarder did not return until the next morning. Why. I swsn to cracious. said Le, "I allowed suthio bad Lappcned t'yeP "No, capo said tbe old man, "nothin hain't Lappcned. -But Pete Put ney, be axel me, secia' I was comla rizbt pa.t the place, to leave Lis Involu tion cr rig to Squire Lomax's; aa' whea I got to tuire Lomax's, they axed me to stav all nizht, Dre'tful sociable folks them LoraaxcsP And the Old 3laa Minll went out to water Lit marigolds aad scarlet run ners. The sua was setting behind the to mato vines ia the back garden whea Louisa Ilill Ciiao breathlessly up the path. Ob, Mr. Mi sail." aa'.d she, "Peter Las just driven away I He Las tikco me for a ride." "EhP "And wbst do yoa think f We're to be married next week!' "I want to know P 'And Uncle Adam it goiog to sell tLe farm to the Quantlck Company, and give the money to Peter, and he's to live with "Wai, I declare P "Uncle Adam says be saw Grsa'thcr Putney last night a-settia on the old oak stump by the well, jutt at midnight. And this time Le was all dressed ia tbe suit Le fought at Bunker Hill in mus ket and cocked hat and all and be sajs. stjs Le, 'Sell the far.o, Adam sell the farm,' as distinct at ever ye Lean! any thing Ia your life. And Uncle Adam, be "'sat s it's a direct me&aage from Lis an cestor, and the deeds are to be banded over to-mono w. And we ahall bo happy atlastP Did you ever P said Old Maa Jlixall. It was a dream, of course P said Louisa. Ob, of course!" said Old Maa Mix- Bat wbeo she was gone to tell lln. Kotheriedjke, the octogenarian walked slowly out to bis scarlet runners, and laughed long and silently. I Lain t outlived all my use ruin ess yet, said Le. SUur&ty XtgKt. The $100,000,000 European bank de- rostit now being called la by itutaia 11 all borrowed money. A UNIVERSAL BEVERAGE. LXQ JZTD AST A WD AUTOEmO 2ZZ5 TOBY OF COFFEE. lie Discoverer Noted Its Wakeful El- lect oa Drowelnc Goals -In Iro- cracttoia luio Kuropo. While coffee now figures as one of tho moat considerable economic products, its use as aa article of food ia dviliaed countries is of comparatively recent 01 i gin. Ia Abyssinia and Ethiopia, where the ocuTee-plant Is indigenous, the people Lave been accustomed lo decoctions from its berries from time immemorial. There the Arabs first tasted the fragrant draught ; and, highly delighted there with, transported some of the precious beans to their own country about the be ginning of tr .fifteenth century. , Ia Arabia the 'new exotic flourished luxu riantly, and, strangely enough, entered into the occasions of religious contro versy. Legend reports that a devout Moslem, who Lad heard ot '"the wakeful effect produced upoa browsing gosls by its foliage, resolved to try what influence a brewing from its berries might Lave epon the somnolent dervishes who non chalantly fell asleep during protracted lerriccs. Tbe result was magical. Drowsy laymen followed their example. CoUee became the national beverage of the faith ful. Mohammedan pilgrims to Mecca carried beans to all lands whence they Lad come. Egypt soon rejoiced la coffee-Louses, and in Constantinople (a. p. 1534) they acquired instant popularity. Mosquos were overshadowed by them. Quickened wits of drinkers suggested intoxication to tbe religious, and poli tical insubordination to the civil author ities. The former denounced the dan gerous resorts, and the latter shut them up. But the beverage triumphed. Pro hibition did not prohibit. In Cairo (1523) the Governor gravely listened to all the erudite arguments against co flee, served it out to tho ran corous opponents, and left bis seat without saying a word. Ue was wise. The masterful drink estopped discussioa forever. In 1C52 coffee entered Eng land from bmyrna, whence -tt was brought by Edwards, aa English mer chant doiog business with Turkey. lie was wont to regale Lb friends with the delicious liquid, prepared by tho skillful Lands of Paaqua Itossie, Lis Greek ser vant. But visitors increased too num rroualy. Hospitality became burden some. Peace and pocket cried out for relief. Edwards established Lis man ia a coffee-Louse at Newman's Court, Corn- hill, London. Twenty-three years after this event coffee-houses were the favor Ite Launta of wits and politicians "for discuating, theorizing, and general wag ring of tongue. Coffee and criticism were cronies. ' fhercfore the phosphor escent Charles II. and his courtiers, wincing under the "slanderous attacks upon pcreon ia Ligh stations," would Isia Lave suppressed coffee-houses as "Lot-beds of seditious talk" and public nuisances. They failed to do so. The revolution of lCbS followed. Tbe vie torious institution survived the Muart dynasty, aad attained the zenith of ac tints and splendor ia tho first half of the next century. Thevenot, the French traveler, oa bis return from the Orient ia 1653, treated Lis cuctts to after-dinner coffee. To Parisians this wat merely aa eccentricity, that would not hare become fashionable but for a similar example set bv Solimsa Aga, the gallant Turkish ambassador, ia 1661. lie enlisted the enthusiasm of court ladies ia fsvor of the black and bitter liquor. Philosophers and litcra trurt gladly gave in their adhesion. Boileau, La Fontaine, ilolicre, Voltaire and the EncyclojKduts, together with the chcssplsycrs, found inspiration in tho coffee-house, which thenceforward as sumed conspicuous positions in the social lifo of Gallic cilios. "Ilacioc aad coffee will pa?," is a prediction of 3Iadarne do Scvigooas3et most unlikely of fulfill nicuL. Germans began drinking coffee during the Seven Years' War (175G-63), stolidly scoffed at opposition to tbe practice, aad bated Napoleon all tbe more for restrict ing it by bis "Continental Blockade. Universal peace was accompanied by universal indulgence in the exhilarating cup. Americans took kindly to its con tents, and by constantly enlarging de mand imparted powerful impetus to coffco commerce and culture. 'Rise in price during tbe great civil war "di minished the consumption about two hundred thousand tons." But for that it ia aaerted that "tbe world would not have bad coffee enough." Demand rose with every Union victory, and fell with every Union defeat. Consumption in creased 36.81 per cent, ia 1S61, 17.5 per cent, ia 1865, 23.5 per cent, ia 1866, 27.25 per cent, in 1&C7. Removal of duties and financial prosperity increased the call for the aromatic bciry, and ad vance In price because of short crops or syndicate operations diminished it. Tbe coffee-cup is a business thermometer ia tbe United State. Uarpr$ TYullg. IntcraUng History of Yacht. Tbe steam yacht Cateriaa, formerly owned by J. Pierpont Morgan, and well known in this port, is now the property of Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World. Tbe history of the transaction by which this msgriScent yscht came into the possession of Mr. Pulitzer it de cidedly interesting. The boat formerly flew the English flag, but now she has aa Atrericaa register. Several months ago she went ashore oa Long Island Sound. The underwriters, who consid ered ber badly damaged, sold her to a Mr. Sullivan, who raised and repaired the boat. Tbe prico paid by Mr. Sulli van was $16,000, and he found that ber damage could be repaired for a few thousand more. He at once sold her to Mr. Puiitxer for $50,000. This bargain was mutually advantageous, for Mr. Sullivaa cleared over 25,000 by the deal, and Mr. Puiitxer got a magnificent yacht worth $100,000 for half that sum. liesiJes that the beaching la American waters entitled ber to an American rcg- uur. Vh ilidelpKii Jiecord. I saEmra and indcsieui. v Blasting is done by electricity. Electric cranes are increasing in' use. The brain of man exceeds twice that of any other animal. A man breathes about twenty time a minute, or 1200 times an hour. One dollar a minute Is the charge for using the new London-Paris telephone line. f The great telescope of Lord Roase, In Ireland, Las a speculum six feet diame ter, fifty-five feet focus. Pennsylvania makes fifty-two out of every 100 tons of rolled iron in' tbe United States, and sixty-nine out of every 100 steel rails. It keeps thiee large Chicago factories busy to manufacture tho locomotive headlights and railroad lanterns that are used la this country. The factor ies give employment to 1100 men and boys. A number of fine residence in the Back Bay section of Boston are being equipped with elevators operated by electric motors. Tbe machinery is very simple and compact, and .the elevators will carry two or three persons at good speed. An English firm manufactures a com" bined oil engine aud dynamo. A large number of these engines have been built d sent throughout the various colo nies, where they are said to bo oper ated with especial economy for small plants. Phosphorus Is now made by aid of electricity in Eogland, the mixture ot phosphoric acid being decomposed by the beat of an electric arc embedded ia the mass. This local application of beat is said to be more economical than heat ing in large rctorU by the ordinary process. Electricity has superseded steam rower at the roTal found rv at Wurtem- burjr. the dynamo being driven bv a large turbine water wheel. The stream furnishing the water is some distance from the works, the electricity being conveyed across the town by overhead couductors. Tbe current operates some tircnty-fivo lathes and polishing ma chines. A Warsaw engineer bas invented a new harness by which the danger of shy ing bones is averted. It is so arranged that by pulling a string which is at tached to the driver's scat the horses arc at once unhitched and the vehicle is brought to a standstill. The invention was tried by the best horsemen in tho city and found perfectly successful. A model of it bas been sent to St. Peters burg with an application for a patent. M. Mareelhacy bat made some addi tional improvements ia diving apparatus which Lave received tbe app roving in dorsement of the French authorities. In this arrangememcut, instead of the heavy electrio hand lamp, employed ordinarily by divers, tho plan is to affix powerful glow lamps at the top of the helmet, so that tho diver's bands are at all times f rco for work. The Lamp is connected by a conductor with a battery either on shore or In a vessel above as the case may be. The practicability of telegraphing without wires bas recently been demon strated by tho success of several experi ments. Not long ago Mr. Preece, the bead electrician of the postal telegraph system ia England, succeeded ia estab lishing communication across the Solent to the Isle of Wight, and telegraphed also across the River Severn, without wire?, merely using earth-platea at a' suf ficient distance apart. It is now proposed to make practical use of this system in communication with lightships. A Canine Hero. A correspondent of an English paper writes; "I recently witnessed tho fol lowing little Incident on tbe Thames, near Twickenham, when the river wat full ot land water, and therefore, very swift and dangerous. Two dogs, one a large animal, the other a little terrier, were enjoying a swim near the bank, but soon the little one was carried out some distance and was unable to get to shore. By this time tbe big dog had regained the shore, and, seeing what was happen ing to his companion, began running backward and forward iu the most ex citing manner, at the samo time whim peringand barking, and evidently not knowing for the moment what to do. The terrier was fast losing strength, and, although swimming hard, was being rapidly carried down stream. The big dog could contain himself no longer. Running some vards ahead of his strug gling friend, be plunged into the water and swam vigorously straight out until be got in a line with the little bead just appearing behind him. Then he al lowed himself to be carried down, tail first, until be got next to the terrier, this being accomplished in tbe cleverest manner, and began to swim bard,- gradu ally pushing the little one nearer and nearer to the shore, which was gained after a most exciting time. The fact of this canine hero going so far ahead to allow for the strong current, and the judgment shown in getting alongside, and then the pushing, ' certainly seemed to me to betoken instinct of a very high order." ' A Solomon Come to Judgment. A famous Chicago lawyer once had a, singular case to settle. A physician came to him in great distress. Two sisters, living la the same house, bad babies of equal age, who so resembled each other that their owa mothers were, unable to distinguish them when they were to gether. Now it happened that by the carelessness of tbe nurses the children bad become mixed, and bow were the mothers to make sure that they received back their own infants? "But perhaps," said the lawyer, "the children weren't changed at all." "Oh, but there's no doubt that they were changed, M said the physician. "Are you sure of it!" Per fectly." "Well, if that's the case, why don't you change them back again? I don't see any difficulty ia the casa." IMLoix GatctU. WISE W0BDS. Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way. , None of us is Infallible not even the youngest. Whoever teaches false moral princi ples is an aggressor on the welfare of society. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself out. . The effort of to-day should be to rec oncile the faith of yesterday with the truth of to-morrow. The very art of life, as far as I have been able to observe, consists in forti tude and perse vet ance. Language is a solemn thing. It grows out of life out of its agonies and ecsta sies, its wants and its weariness. . People are generally, what they are made by education and company be tween the ages of fifteen and twenty-, five. .Memory is the basis ot conscious con tinued personal identity. Without it each man would start afresh every mo ment. The bay who resolves to do one thing honorably and thoroughly and sets about it at once, will attain usefulness and eminence.' He who is taught to lire upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom than be that has a great deal left him does to bis father's care. ' Be cautious and brave. It requires a great deal of will and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it it requires ten times as much to keep It, Their First Day in Court. It is always amusing to watch young lawyers when they appear in court for tbe first two or three times. Either they are very much frightened and forget all they wanted to say, or they are very bold and seem to think that they can give the Judge more points in five minutes than be could otherwise get in half an hour. Some have committed to memory what they w&nt to say, and, while they go on glibly with no obstacle ahead, let the Judge ask a question and they are swamped, and flounder about hopelessly, unable to give a coherent answer, until the Judge gives it up and lets them get back again to the set speech. And the effect these . young lawyers have on the old and toughened Judges is astonishing. Some of the Judges are thrown Into their crossest moods by tbe appearance of one of the youngsters. They will make suggestions and ask what t the law is on that point, and what au thority there is for that proposition, un til the ablest lawyer might well wish he was somewhere else. Other Judges are caused to remember the first time they themselves appeared with fear and trembling before some stern judicial light, and they at once set about making the young fellow feel as much at ease as possible. They nod ap proval and speak encouragingly and re frain from making any suggestions that might throw the novice into a flurry, so that he goes away feeling that he has done pretty well after all, and is rather surprised and pained when he reads the court's opinion showing the utter fallacy of bis whole argument. New York Timet. Kegreenlng of Vegetables. It may be a superfluous task to paint the lily or to gild the refined gold, but the regreening of vegetables has assumed the proportions of a gigantic industry, which has its headquarters ia France, gives employment to 20, OOO'persons, and represents a business of 83,000,000. Nine-tenths at least of the green pre served vegetables sold in France or abroad are said to be regreened with sulphate of copper to give, them the ap pearance of freshness. According to the British Medical Jour nal the Glasgow Health Committee' have decided that, as the French Government have annulled, their re-greening prohi bition, it remains for consumers to take care of themselves. " "A foolish British public," says the Glasgow report, "expects to get green peas at Christmas such as it gets from the market gardens in summer. The French manufacturer makes them to suit bis whim. The consequence is that it eatcs stale peas greened with sulphate of copper all the year round." A curious fact is said to be that the largest sale of preserved peas takes place in that period of the year when fresh peas are in season. NeuccutU England) Chronicle. Electrifying a Postal Card. On a dry day rub with a brush or with the hand a thin piece of paper. It will become electrified in a short time and will adhere to your hand, your face or your coat as if it had glue on it, and you will not be able to get rid of it. Electrify in the same manner a thick piece of paper, a postal card for exam ple, and you will see that, as with sealing-wax, glass, sulphur or resin, this card can attract light bodies (small pieces of cork, etc.). Balance a cane on the back of a chair and wager any one in the audience that you will make it fall without touching it, blowing it or mov ing the chair. ! All you need do is to dry tbe card well before the fire, rub it vigorously with your sleeve and put close to one end of the cane, which will fol low it as iron fol lows a magnet, until, having lost its J equilibrium, the cane will fall to the floor. vnurenman: Derrick." Derrick is the name of a crane used in shifting and lifting heavy weights. It is said to be so called from one Theo doric, who, while serving at Cadiz as a soldier under Robert, Earl of Essex, was doomed to death fnrsome crime, but pardoned by bis commander on condition ' that he would hang tweniy-tnree omer malefactors. Such are the revolutions of fate that subsequently he was employed in London to behead Essex, the man who bad saved bis We. Philadelphia Record, J DESERT MADE A LAKE. ; JStrange Natural Phenomenon in San Diego County, Cal. The Great Colorado Basin Filling Up With Salt Water. A despatch from San Francisco, Ca., says: The Colorado desert basin in San Diego County is the scene of a strange natural phenomenon It is an inland depres sion 270 feet below the level of the sea in its deepest part, and covering an area of SOOO square . miles. On Saturday evening the workmen at the great salt works at Salton were amazed to see streams of water trick ling down the. valley. These increased in elae until tor several miles around the earth was covered by a "shfuing lake ot salt water thirteen inches In depth. The water had risen only two inches- since Sunday, making fifteen Inches, but is spread ing over a wide area and is causing the Southern Pacific Railroad people much anxiety. To-day an exploring party will be sent on with a boat from Los Angeles. ' They will get off the train at Indio, and as soon as they strike the lake will launch the boat and follow the stream np to its source. The current shows the water is coming from the direction of New River, which receives its water from the Colorado. The theory of those familiar with the desert is that an earth quake or some other convulsion has forced an underground artesian stream of water up through the sandy soil. The theory that the drying up of an artesian Well at Indio, caused the flood, was spoiled by the well resuming its natural flow after a cessation of twenty-four hours." This track bears evidences of having been flooded many years ago, and Indian tradition . declares that a great inland lake stretched at one time from this region to the- San Jacinto Mountains, that separate the desert from the orange groves of San Bernardino County. The Southern Pacific Railroad passe3 through the basin more than fifty miles, its lowest point being 263 feet below the sea level. The Colorado river is 160 feet above the sea level at Yuma. . If the sub terranean passage connects with the Colorado above Yuma, tho lake will be over four hundred feet in depth and over fifty miles long. If the waters con tinue to rise the Southern Pacific track will be submerged nearly one hundred miles, and the great desert of Colorado will be con verted into a vast lake. When tbestorvof the rising water near Salton, Arizona, first reached me Southern Pacific officials at San Francisco they paid no particular attention to the rumors, but they finally decided to make an investiga tion. An Indian runner was sent out with instructions to find where the -water leaves the river, if such be the case, and to make a thorough examina- tlon as to. how it passes through the sand hills and reaches the desert. It is believed that the water leaves the river just above . ' Pilot Knob, near Yuma, netarly sixty miles from Salton, and works its way through the dry sand to the low ground this side of the river. ' A fourteen-foot boat with two sailqgggjas , 6ent from San Pedro to Salton. ' Frmotnat ' point a boat provisioned for a week's cruise will sail south and attempt to reach the source of the flow, while the Indian runner follows the bank of the river from Yuma. As the water does not come within a mile of the railroad track there is no obstruction to traffic and no immediate trouble is appre- hended. Advices from Yuma said the water at Sal ton is rising and is from fourteen to sixteen inches deep around the . salt works. One hundred square miles are reported under water. The railroad company have men out to ascertain the depth of the water and prob- able causes. PBOMINENT PEOPLE. Prince Geobge, of Greece, is a famous boxer. The Russian Czarowltz is a scientiflo scholar. Sra Jonx Macdowald'S estate Is valued -at $90,000. Mark Twain" has gone to Paris for a three years' stay. Mb. Foster, Secretary of tho Treasury, -is a famous wbi6t player. The President of Haytt is said to receive an annual salary of $210,000. . The Cleveland's new home on Buzzard's Bay Is called "Gray GA.bles." Novemht RrjDTAim Kipliwo was 'only two weeks in the United States. Srn Jttcjah Pattncefotb, British Minister at Washington, plays lawn tennis. Lord Wolse&ey entered the British army thirty-five years ago at $125 a day. I Secbetakt Noble is the hardest-worked 1 man in the Government at Washington. B. P. HrrrcHiNSOx, "Old Hatch," tho Chicago speculator, is going to live In Boston-. Mns. Stanley will accompany the ex plorer on his lecturing expedition to Aus tralia. Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, con- templates the erection in Denver of a 1500, 000 residence. . The Prince of Wales is on imposing figure" . . .. L 1 ' I k tu in uniform, tnonga ne is seen ac ma te m evening dress. John Burns, the British socialist and la bor agitator, is a man of wide reading and t great cultivation. Queen Victoria attended the christening of her great-grattddaughter,. . the infant obild of the Dulce and Duchess of Fife. Hubert Luepschen, the well-known Journalist who died recently in Brussels, -Jelgium, spoke nine different languages. . The Queen of Saxony maintains three physicians, whose sole duty is to attend the ailments of the suffering poor. The Queen pays the physicians out of her own private purse. The New York Recorder has started a subscription fund for a -monument to com memorate the heroism of Frederic Brokaw, the Princeton graduate, who died trying to save a wjoman In the surf at Elberon, N. J. Lord Salisbury, stout and indolent as he may now seem, has been a hard worker, and In 1852, when he was Robert Cecil, vis ited the Bendigs and Hallarat gold fields of Australia, where he lived in a tent, did his own washing and cooking and dug and gathered nuggets. Senator George, of Mississippi, is sixty five years of age, and has been a member of: the Senate for ten years. He was a Briga- dier-General in the Confederate army and after the war was Chief -Justice of the Su- ' preme Court of Mississippi. Two curious old relics of European royal ty ore passing their declining days in 00 ncuritv in London. They are the Prince of Mantua and his aged mother, the Duchess. The Duchess is nearly ninety and her son is well on in life. They live in very humble -style, but still retain a rare collection or jewels and bric-a-brac. Two youn Japanese women lost their mental balance over Tsuda's attempt to as- " sassinate tha Czarowitz. One started out to see the Russian Prince and make an apology on behalf of her race. Shs failed to see hiin and committed suicide. Another attempted suicide by drowning, but was rescued. 'Isuda himsa.t' attempted suicide and was fatally injured. ' '. A KARRYixo craze is reported to have -broken out among the school teachers of Detroit, Mich., and over half of theui are to be wedded duipj the summer.
Warrenton Gazette (Warrenton, N.C.)
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