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NIOHTFALL.
; The last red beam is faded from the sky,
While, ia its wake, a sombre tint of
gray.
[Half light, half dark, so restful to the
eye,
Comes o’er the heaven—’tis the end of
day.
’ Above the distant hills the crescent
shines,
And waxes brighter as the night grows
dark,
[The gentle breezes sway the stately
pines,
And from the meadow glints the lire
fly’s spark.
| Throughout the erstwhile crowded marts
of trade,
Deep silence reigns instead their busy
hum,
And shadows thicken as the gcay lights
fade,
And gath’ring darkness proclaims
night has come.
—George Owen Coch.
A JOLLY PEDDLER.
“Too bad! too bad!” exclaimed
Archie.
“I wish the old letter hadn’t got
here in time,” said Fred, “and then
we’d haye gone anywhere.”
So do I,” said Archie.
The two bovs lived in California,
and had come with their mother to
visit among a host of uncles and
aunts and cousins.
They were now at Uncle Ben’s
pleasant home.
A little trip into the city, thirty
miles away, had been arranged, to
spend the day with some boy cons*
ins, but at the very last moment a
letter had come, saying that one of
the cousins had taken the measles, so
it was quickly decided that Fred and
Archie couid not go.
They must spend the day alone,
with Frisk, the Scotch terrier, for
Hiram, the man, and Maria Ann,
the kitchen-girl, had already driven
in the spring wagon for a day out-.
Aunt Harriet hurried and made
rt-ady some things for the boys to
eat before they said good by.
The barns were searched for eggs,
the rabbits fed, the birds’ nests
peeped into, and toward noon the
boys sat on the piazza wondering
wondering what next to do.
“Wouldn’t *a’ cared if I had caught
the measles!” growled Jfred.
“Measles aren’t nice, though,” said
Archie, you get hot and headachey
and can’t eat good things.”
“He, I know I could!” declared
Fred.
“Johnny said you d think so, but
you just can't, no matter howyou try.
And ytur eyes hurt, and you tee! so
awfully bad you wouldntt get up to
look if a dozen circus processions
came by. And then folks send you
oranges and bananas and things, a id
folks coax you to eat, and it’s no
use.”
“I wonder,” said Fred, gloomily,
*‘wby they take just that kind of a
time to tease boys to eat. No one
ever teases us to eat.”
“Mean, isu’t it? No, we don’t want
anything”—
Archie raised his voice to speak to
a man who was quietly walking to
ward ttiem, with a small valise in his
hand.
“Stop 1” said Fred, in a lower tone.
“He doesn’t look like the folks you
speak 80 to. He’s old, you see.”
“Yes, and nice-looking. The folks
are all gone away, sir,” said Archie,
politely, as ihe stranger came nearer.
“We can’t buy anything to-day.
but perhaps you’ll sit and rest.
(Mamma always says that to agents
and peddlers, even 'when they bother*
her,” he added in a whisper to Fred.)
“Thank you 1” said the old man,
taking ope ftf the piazza chairs, and
lqo|r|ng at the twq bright faces with
a very pleasant smile.
“Have you got books?” asked
Archie, g44 pf anything w4i«4 might
Bra
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pass the time.
“Not many.” said the pedlar; **bat
here is one which I think yon Would
be interested in looking at.
He took out a magazine, and be
gan showing them pictures of mum
mies which have lately been diseov
ered in Egypt. There were the pho
tographed faces, dried up and wither
ed, of kings who had d ed jpore than
three thousand years ago.
He read bits among the pictures,
contriving to interest the boy a keenly
in showing how it bad been proved
by scholars and travelers that one of
these faces was that of the very
Pharaoh whowas cruel to the child
ren of lsratl.
It was a wonderful thing to bear,
and the boys did not realize, nntil
the book was laid aside, that if
was long past dinner-time.
The peddler seemed not to think of
going, and Archie strayed around
the corner of the house, and winked
at Fred to follow him. They whis
pered together a moment.
“We have to get our own dinner,
sir,” said Archie, going back to the
visitor, “but we’d be glad to have
you stay.
ihe oul gentleman went to tne
wash-stand in the buck hall exactly
as if he knew it was there. Aunt
Harriet’s good things were brought
out, and they made a hearty meal.
And what a merry time they had
when the pe Idler suggested that they
had better wash the disht s, and how
strangely he seemed to know just
where the pantry and the cellar were.
After dinner the three went out for
for a walk in the grove.
•*Xf we only had a swing,-nowex*
claimed Archie.
-Yes,” said Fred, discontentedly,
“Uncle Ben promised us one, but he’s
always so busy And when I asked
him this morning if we couldn’t
make one ourselves, he said no, it
wouldn’t be safe unless some older
person attended to it.”
“Do you think I’m old enough?”
asked the visitor.
“Y es,” said Archie with a laugh,
“But I don’t know where to find a
rope, and I don’t know the best place
to put a swing.”
“Let us go and look in the tool
house.
And that surprising peddler led the
way to it, and found there a rope
strong enough to suit hijn. Then
he sawed a board for a seat, making
suitable notches in it, after which
they went again to the grove.
“That is a fine limb for a swing,”
be said looking up. “I made one
there fong ago.”
“Then you have been here before.*”
asked Archie.
“Yes,” he said.
“And do you know Aunt Harriet?”
‘il’ve met her.” said the old gentle
man, with the same kind of a smile
which had puzzled them once or
twitch before,
lie allowed Archie to climb the
tree, bat watched carefully the tying
of the knots.
“Now we must try it.” he said, fit
ting in the seat.
Fred was about to spring into it,
but before he had time the pedier him
self was there. Arohie gave him a
vigorous push; and with shouts of
glee they swung him to and fro, Frisk
meanwhile showing every manifesta
tion of delight and approval, until
the old man motioned them to stop.
“What a jolly peddler he is!” ex
claimed Arcbte, looking after him as
he went back to the house.
They enjoyed their swing hugely,
“working up,” making a swinging
see saw, and contriving other sports
with it. After tiring of it, they
picked some berries which they strung
on grasses for mamma aud Aunt
Harriet,
They bad almost forgotten their
visitor, when at sunset they returned
to the house, Archie ran in, and
came oqt again with $ fape of sur*
prise.
“That Peddler's asleep on the par*
lor sofa,'’ be said.
“[ Lope he'll go before Aunt Bar*
riet comes,” said Fred. "We’ll be
careful to let him know in time.”
v “Mamma's coming, Aunt Harriet’s
coming,” cried the two at the top of
their voices half an hour later.
The noise aroused the peddler, and6
he appeared with: a beaming smile as
the carriage drove up. And the next
moment, mamma, was flinging herself
into the arms of that very odd, make
your-sblf-at-home old gentleman,
while Aunt Harriet exclaimed, “Why
—father l We didn’t expert you till
uext week.”
“And you didn’t know it was
grandpa!” said mamma, when the
first flurry was over, and all were
laughing as he told how they had
taken him fora book peddler.
“I hope ib may not be the last time
they may entertain angels uuawares,”
said Aunt Harriet.
“But you must be cautious about
such things, deal,” said mamma. “It
does not always answer to let strang
ers in.”
“Not when they look like^raadpaf ’
asked Archie, in a tone of astonish
ment.
“Oh yes,”, laughed mamma, “al
ways; when they look like grandpa.”—
Sydney Day re in Companion.
English as She is Taught.
Is the name of the funniest book
ever printed. It consists of “genu
ine answers-to examination ques
tions in our public schools.” The
collecting was done by Caroline B.
Le RoW; ajid the publishing by Gas
sell & Co., New York.
Mark Twain in April Century
says of it “A darling literary curi
osity. The collection is made by a
teacher and all the examples in it ape
genuine; none of them have been
tampered with or doctored in any
way.
Demagogue—a vessel containing
beer and other liquids.
Republican—a sinner mentioned
in the Bible.
We should avoid extreme$—like
of those wasps and bees.
There are a good many donkeys
in theological gardens.
Some of the best fossils are found
in theological cabinets.
They had a strawberry vestibule.
Parallel lines are lines that can
never meet until they run together.
A Horace Uncle line is a line that
isn’t crooked.
A circle is a round straight line
with a hole in the middle.
To find the number of square feet
in a room, you multiply the room by
the number of the feet. The product
is the result.
Climate lasts all the time and
weather only a few days.
“A balance of power” making the
poker stand up straight on your
hand.
“Eating cares** troubles because
you are sired of eating.
“Spoilers hand,*’ your father’s
hand because he spoils you.
The unfortunate Charles First was
executed and after he was beheaded
be held it up exclaiming, Behold the
bead of a traitor!
When a Gladiator was killed he
held up bis finger and if the specta
tors wanted him to live they held up
their thumbs.
Shakespeare was a fiction and al
legorical writer. His father married
a lady of means but they became
reserved in circumstances. His most
intimate friend was Ben Butler who
was also a great fiction writer.
Homer’s writings and Homer’s
Essays Virgil the Aneid and para
dise lost—some people say that these
poems were not written by Homer
but by another man of the same
name.
Girls are very stuck up and digne
$fld in theer maner and behaveyour. |
They think more of dress than any*
thing Sad like to pky with dowla
and rags. They cry If they see a
cow in a far distance and are afraid
of guns. They stay at home all the
time and go to church every Sunday.
They are always sick. They are ai*
ways ftmay and making fan of boys
hapda ndd they say how dirty. They
iWin*t*|riay marbles, t pUy them
| poof things. They make ftm of
'boys and then torn around and.Imre
them, f dont believe they, eyer
killed a cat or anything. They look
oak every nite and say oh ant the
moon lovely. Thir is one thing I
have not told and that is they always
have their lessons bettern boys.—
Topic. .
The Kindling Wood Indnstryi
New York.
At tbe corner of Eighteenih street <
and Avenue B is located one of tbe
largest kindling wood factories in
tbe world. The factory can turn out ,
seventy cords of wood per day, sawed, ;
split, and ready for tbe burning. Oak, :
pine and hemlock are fed to singing
buz saws and insatiable chopping
knives. The hickory is brought from j
tbe Northern part of this State and i
from Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
It is mostly burned in open fires, and
is cut in pieces from eight to forty
eight inches in length. Hickory is
worth $18 per cord piled in the cel
lar. Five vessels, with a combined
capacity of 1,275 tons are constantly
employed brrnging pine from Vir
ginia to the factory. These vessels
make twenty tripe each during tbe
year.
The oak is grown in this State and
Connecticut, and the hemlock comes
from the lumber districts of New
York State. Hemlock is brought
this city in strips about four feet
long and one and one-half Inches
square. The strips are put into a
machine run by steam, which, at one
revolution of sixteen saws, cuts them
into pieoes three inches in length.
These pieces are then damped into a
big wooden hopper around the edges
of which are arranged benches. Into
these benches are set oval iron ma
chines operated by steam by means
of a treadle.
Men Are paid at the rate of 25
cents aihundred bundles for forming
the wood into bundles and tying it
with tarred rope. The machine
presses the pieces of wood so closely
together that the rope often cuts into
tbe wood. Six hundred bundles a
day is considered a fair day’s work
for a man, although an exceptionally
quick workman has been known to
put 800 bundles together. Over one
of the machines hangs this legend:
We work for cash,
And not for fun;
And want our {my
When the work is done.
Upon a nail hangs a dilapidated
tin pail, which hides this warning:
This can is not to be lent outside of
this shop. The can is never rusty
inside, •
The wood in the bundles sold in
the grocery stores containing pieces
nine inches in length is cut with a
buzz saw and fed into a machine ,
which carries the sawed pieoes under
a knife like the letter X. This knife
cuts as much wood iu fifteen minutes (
as a darkey could chop in a day.
From May till October very little
business is done at the factory. The
sale of oak wood has fallen off
greatly during the past few years.
Cut oak wood is worth f 14.50 a cord.
Pine brings the same price. There \
are about 138 cubic feet of wood in '
ao ordinary stick of pine timber,— '
JSew York Sun. •
Heiress—“I am afraid it is not for i
me that you come so often, bat fur 1
my money.” Ardent Wow—“You '
are cruel to say so. How can I get i
your money without getting youf *
A ffftr Heat Measure.
Mr. 0. Vernon Boys exhibited an
Instrument which he terms the radi*
omtorometer to the Royal Society.
March 24. The instrument is a mod*
ideation of one invented by M,
D’Atsynval, and consists of-a minute
thermal Junction forming one side of
a parallelogram of which the other.
mo*eiectric circuit is suspended be*
tweesr fBe poles of a magnet. It is
evident that whew radiant beat falls
upon the thermo-electric Junction
forming one side of the parallelo
gram an electric current is formed
which turns in the magnetic field,
where it ia placed ao as to include
the greatest number of lines of force*
The parallelogram made by Mr.
Boys embraced one square centi
meter. The thermo-electric junction
consisted of a bar of sntiaoony and of
bismuth, each piece being 5x5xl-€
mm., soldered edge to edge. The
circuit was supported by a torsion
fiber and provided with a little mir
ror. With a magnetic field of only
100 units the instrument showed the
beat which would be cast on a half
penny by a candle flame at a dist*
ance of 1,168 feet. With a stronger
magnetic field the instrument is ca
pable of a much greater sensitiveness.
The author calculates that an instru
ment can be made which would show
a change of temperature at the junc
tion of T-100000000 of a degree of
heat. Mr. Boys also showed a motor
which consisted of a cross, the center
being Antimony and the arms bis*
muth. To the ends of the arms are
soldered four copper wires, the three
ends of whfch are joined by a ring of
copper. Whew the spark from a
blown out match is held near, this ar*
rangemeat, it rotates rapidly. Ifthe
spark is held on the right hand side
of the north pole* the motor revolves
indifferently in either direction. If
the spark is held on the left-hand
side, the motor stops.* “We have,
therefore, an electro-magnetic motor
which goes having neither sliding
nor liquid contacts.”—iVctf we.
Angels Seen in Tennessee.
The following from a Tennesse
paper takes the cake:
On l#st Sunday evening, about
sundown, on the Sterling Johnson
place, two and a half miles south
east qf Milan, six angels were seen
to lly down into the yard of Mrs.
Wood,* widow. It seems that Mrs.
Wood was .very low with sickness,
and several lsdies were present at
tending to the wants of the sick,
when a noise in the yard attracted
their attention. Upon looking out
of the window they saw an angel,
and in a moment more it was joined
by five others. They were there only
a few minutes and took their light,
flying straight up notil lost to view.
They, with the exception of wings,
were in the form and shape of man,
with dear cat and finely formed fea
tures, and were clothed in garments
or pare spotless wrote, wroie a naio
of heavenly light encircled their
bead. The above was told to ns fir
the truth -and is vouohed for by the
ladies who were in attendance upon
Mrs. Wood. Be that as it may. it
caused considerable excitement iu
that neighborhood.
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A Bole Worth Observing.
Never print anything in a news
paper that yon would not like to bear
your mother and your sweetheart read
aloud at the breakfast table before a
■used assemblage. You may find it
hard to live up strictly to this rule.
It is a good one, nevertheless, and
remembrance of it wiH often tend to
its proper place in the waste basket
an unpleasant paragraph, a sugges
tivejokeor a disgusting new item.—
William 8, Hill in the Writer.
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FUN.
[dipped from the Bxehaaffes.]
We two are posterity, though meb «
by we don't realise it as we ort to.
The most pnshin man is the man
who giyes momentum to a hand-car.
A woman can sharpen a pencil, bat
she requires leisure. And plenty of
pencils.
An up-country town is proud of a
female blacksmith. We presume she
began by shooing hens.
Nothing so completely upsets a
man as to tread upon a small reel of
cotton at the top of the stairs.
When a man oifers you a business
worth a milion a year for flOP take
it. The experience will benefit you.
Ticket Agent: “You don’t expect *
those two boys to go on one ticketf ’
She: ‘Of course I do. It’s a twin.”
A Dansville boarder said they fed
bim so much boiled beef that he waa
actually ashamed to look a cow in
the face.
Pernicious egotism is anotbef
man's desire to tell you about him*
self when you wish the floor to toU.
him about yourself.
Billing and cooing is a very (hror.
ite amusement with young couple#..
The wife brings in tho bills and the
husband coos over them.
The broiled chicken on the biH of 7
fare at the summer hotel is too ofted
like the same fowl when it emerges
from the shell—“Just out.”,
Rev. Dr. Torsey states that he cad.
marry a couple in eighty seconds,
and it is awful to think so much,
damage dan be done in such a brief
time.
There is a man in Indiana wlo
takes thirty-two newspapers, and you
might as well try to rids a whirlwind
on a side saddle as to attempt to im
pose upon that man. u
A statistician claims there is one
divorce to every four and a half mar- ’*
nages. It is the half marriage that
accounts for the divorce every time.
The half married are wholly miser
able.
If you see a bald-headed man with
hand uplifted in an expectant pose
he is not about to take the oath of
office, nor setting for his picture. He
is just waiting to smash that fly when
he lights rgain.
Tbe foreign Anarchists and Social*
ists in this country who are bowling
that American. liberty is a fraud
should have their attention called to
the fact that owing to the “steamship
war” the fare to Europe is only $15.
“Hi: you dropped a bride up
there!” shouted a pedestrian on
whose shoulder one of those articles
bad fallen from a three story soatfoM.
“All right,” cheerfully responded the
bricklayer; “you needn’t take th(I
trouble to bring it up.”
“How many gallons of beer do .
you supply to your customers par
week, landlord?” “About eighty gal* •
Ions, sir.” “I could suggest a method
of increasing the quantity by at least
twenty gallons—-811 tta glssses of -
your guest 8 to the brim.”
“In case of an aooident, doctor—
a broken leg for instance—trhat is
best to be done while waiting for tbe
physician!”
“Well,” said the dootor. “I think
tbe best thing to be done is to get
bis money ready for him.”
"A con pie of visitors from a rural
district in the Hoase gallery were
trying to pick out their member on
the floor, “1 can’t distinguish hip/*
said one after a hopeless visual ob*
serration. “Of oourse not,” was the
honest reply, “He cau’t even distil*
guiah hiiuseif.”