North Carolina Newspapers

Ml Ml ; ii JOSEPH A HARRIS, Publishes. FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: MRS. 0. P. SPENCER, Editor, l voii. in. CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1879. .J,:;; 1 ! 11 NO. 15. ii i J r K O B EH TS ON, DEXTIST, . "Will visit Chapel, iiill two or .three times Juring the session of (Jollege.and x if be finds it necessary. Notice will always be.given in this hi his coming. - . ' j. p. DAVIS, DEXTIST, Pcrtnnontly, loc xted in Parharo and i t Chapel Hill, umce win oe open at CaarJl Hill twelve days of each month, froru the 12th td the j22d.. ;, SOUTIlUATJi, fieneral iTiistirance Agent, DURHAM, X. C. Lafce lines oi insurance piacaa at shoit hotice in first class Companies. TVrb policies on X) (rollings and Form Property, a specialty. , , . , 4. ; lOIlf SALTS FOIt THE TEOPLE. I beg leave to again call the attention of thelpeople of Orange County and all portions of the country to my criyon: portraits, vrhili can she enlarged to any desired From an$ Kind of Small lectures, including Cird Pnotographs,' Gems, Old Dacnerreotypes. 15 r east in or Lockfct'PIctnres; and finished in the fin est style of; Crayon Drawing, and finely framed. , - - - - ; : : StlH inches, $i ; 10rl2 inches, $5; Half Life Sire, $13;' .Life Size. 20.50. Si nd' $n your femail pictures and have tliea enlarged. ' 1 EUGENE jj9 HARRIS, 'Artist, i . Chapel Hill, N. O. Si McK. BOWLES, - PL STERER, BRICK-MASON and HI I E - WASHER, is now ready to do work at ehorfc notice. All of his work is rvp.rcxiteefl' fo rive sattJif action. Call on hia and havo your work done neatly, refers to citizens of Chanel Hill. STKET'S NATIONAL IIQTL, j r.ALEIGU, N. C. j , S. R. street & Son, Owners and Prop's I ' : ' - ' GHASTOJST. HOUSE, Js'EW-BERNE, N. " S. I.STr.EET & Son, Proprietors. Tac tindprpigned having purchased the -N:t'icdui Hotel property at Raleigh, opener: knorn March 15th, 1879, that .well House to the pnblio under their nanagemeut; They refer to their past . uanasement of the Ciiston Mouse as a guarantee that .the traveling public will find the National in their bands, up to the btabdar'd of a first-class Hotel.' The Eedor, Mr, "Samuel R. Street, will re- rava in charge of the Gaston House. The i'lniorJMri WmJ J.. Strett. -will conduot the -National Hotel. - 8. R. STREET & SON. art EJironium i THOMAS DUNSTON, HAS flTTgU TP HI9 TA-b-DT?.T5 c? a T.nnN I J- -11 J. V AAJ i I m the most improved style, and will bo giau td Eea his customers any time; ne guarantees: cood work i W. I S!-2vit:i?. : . . . .15 cents. Hiir cutting, . : . -. i 25 M baampcoing, . . 25 " Ho has a boot-black always in attend ance. Give him a call. A WEEK in ycur own town, and no canitaJ nuked. Yon can sivotae bua- i IneM a trial wltnout eipeDBO. iau hPkt nntwirtnnltT PVfT offered for t.OSe Wiiiilur tn vnrV Vnn ahnnM ti-r non als 11 II- J J you eoe for'yonraelf what you can do at Ihe bus InH weloffer. No room to exnUin here. You can d- vote U jour time or only your apare time the tu.-:nef .and mxa creat wr for erery hour that you orlt. W'omeu make as much as men. Send for spe-f c'ai privite ttrms and particulars, which we mall e. $5 0utfitfree. - Dont complain of hard times jen nave snch a chance. , Ai.irfB H. HALLETT & CO., Portland, Maine. n TO $6000 A YEAR, or $5 in tio a day in your own locality. No riak. Wo- nan h well aff mro. 5Iauy Ejite more than the amount stated above. No to make money faat. Any one can ao v.,., .. i. t an ft a tn i an hour i u uvotinfr j oar evenings and spare time to thepus- u"v n costs nothinflr in trv the business, om- r"'111 H p'eaoaut and strictly honorable .'01 wot inVnnw .11 .ti( th. Kbt navil Beader,if ; . ' tUe pabUc, send us your address aud we will i uu -particulars ana pnvaie vciuib arav.t worth $5 also free; you can then ma tuind for vnnmptf . AjirtrK f ;eorok BTINSON &CQ..Portland Maine rl"V i(Bk. aMonth imir.nteed. $12 IT-, n 0 U 11 HdtiBtrioiM- Capital not requir- M fc'i 'te, ,) . will atari you.' Men, ou-ii, toy8;and olrlH muka Ttionev faster at work w- thhn a anything else. The work is light and i iMJaud uch as any one can go right at. Those uo arc- iHt: !wto 8TO thia-uotloe will send us their it onn and ee for themselves. Costly Out "r Urmn free. Now is the time. Those already or are lsvinp tin irA mmi of money. Auoress TUU s CO AUgusia, auuuv. n. a. - i 500 payers I Don't Like. l don't like to hear him pray . . Who loans at twenty-five per oent., For then I think the borrower may . Be pressed to pay for food and rent; . And in that Book we all should heed, Which says the lender shall be blest; . As sure as I have eyes to read; ' It does not say, Take interest ;I do not like to hear him pray, On bended knees, about an hour, For grace to spend aright the day, Who1 knows his neighbor has no flour, I'd rather see him go to mill, ! ' And "buy the luckless brother bread, And see his children eat' their All, . And laugh beneath their humble shed. . I do not like to hear him pray ' Let blessings on the widow be,' Who never seeks her home to say, . 'If want o'ertakes you, come to me.' hate the prayer so long and loud, That's offered for the orphan's weal ' By him who sees him crushed by wrong, And only with his lips doth feel. . I do cot like to hear her pray With jeweled ears and silken dress, Whose washerwoman toils all day, And then is asked to 'work for less.' ' Such pious shavers I despife! . With- folded hands and face demure They lift to heaven their 'angel eyes, Then steal the earnings of the poor. I do not like suoh soulless prayers; If wrong, I hope to be forgiven; No angel's wing them upward bears They're lost a million miles from Heaven I BLOWN AWAY. There were three of them Kitty, Mary and Tommy the children of the station-master at Black River Junction, on the Great South-Western Railroad. The station stood alone on the open prairie, miles and miles from anywhere in particular. Black River flowed through the mountains, a hundred miles away to the north; and on clear days, the snowy mountains oculd oe seen glimmering on the grassy horizon. The line leading to the Black River met the South-Western here, and thus it was the place was called Black River Junc tion, i ' . . . The station-master and his wile ana three children lived in the little depot quite happily, but there was not anoth er family within ten miles, in anyurec- trton. . .. .. At times the childreni thought it very lonely. There was nothing in particu lar done, except to watch the trains that stopped at the junction several times a day. Once in a wnne, a ireigns-car uouiu be left on the Eiae iracx, anu mo umi- dren soon found that an empty freight car makes a capital playhouse. They could keep house in the corners and visit, or sit by the, open aoor anu imus-o believe they were having a ride. - One morning, they wero waseueu vy a curious humming sounu uuw uwid, and they all scrambled up and looked out of the window. How the wind did blowl It whistled and roared rouna the house and played on the telegraph wires uoon the roof as upon a nugo urp. As the wires were fastened to the roof, the house became a great music dox, with the children inside. After break fast, the morning trains arrived, but the wind was so high that the passengers were glad to hurry from one train to another as quickly aS possioie. men the trains went away, and the great wind-harp on the roof sang louder than 6ver. ThA Rtfttion-mastcr said man it Diew gale, and that the children must stay in the house, lest they be bio am away into the prairie and be lost. The Aftation master's wife said it was a pity the chil--nof cf in the house all day. There was an empty freight-car on the Bide track; perhaps they might play in LliUVl A -fc'w - - - ... V,nt The Btation-masier mougm rwl idea, and he took Kitty by the O " , v.ia kxtnrf nnn 'I nmniv ui ujus arms, wnne Mary took hold of his coat, and they an .1 ia Ainntv car. vvnew i Howit did blow I They certainly thought thev wm& be lifted up by tne wmu tuiu w nniia into the sky. The empxy I enrter BTin. OI1CU i-U- lAV F '"f - 1 car was wmm -"oi . ' side, they were quite out of the way of the.wuid. .... ' , ml.. Mary thought the rear euu wu good place to keep house, cut J-ommy oreferred the other end, so they agreed preierreu mo f prnnkv to keep house at uuw - K. - ninti for it cave cir. xnis wtta " A them a chance to visit eaca utucx, the open part by the door made a grand promenade to walk on. Louder and louder roared tha gale. Safe and snug in thecar they went on with their play and thought nothing of the weather outside. . . Suddenly the car seemed to shake, and they stopped in their housekeeping Sid ran to the door to see what had hap- it's moving I Somebody's push- m?lney-e S nl away on the freight train. Come, we must get out. I didn't her the whistle,' said Tom my. I guess something is pushing the oimu ia lAAnedout of the doorto see Vhat hid happened. Wby, where was the platform? vna tta . the station? It was moving away. fiSS. It had left the siding and had rolled.out upon the mam line and was moving faster and faster along rh?we must get out 1 They are tak- f? np'd Kitty. .'We musi , Btey. '. ; ii.. v:.oVqttyqti mnea round. : 1 Khir tom thej to6 nson the train.' " . j 'There isn't any train, said Tommy, looking up and dow the line. t 'Oh, it's the wind 1 It's blowing the ear away. We must put on the brakes and stop it.' . ; . This was a good plan, but how, were they to carry it out? The brake-wheel was on top of the oar, and they were in side. Faster and faster rolled the car. It began to rattle and roar as if dragged along by a swift engine. In a moment, Tommy began to cry. Mary tried to look brave, and Kitty stared hard at the level prairie flying past. It was of no use. They all broke down1 together and had a hearty cry'aloue in the empty car as it rolled on and on before the gale - The station-master's wife rolled up her sleeves to put the house in order while the children were safely out of the way. The station-master, feeling sure the children were safe in the freight-car, sat in his office nearly all the morning. At last, the beds were made, the dinner put on the fire, and the mother wonder ed how the girls were getting on in their play house on the track. She threw a shawl over her head and went out bn the platform. At once, the wind blew; the shawl over her face,' and she could i not see exactly where she . stood. Turning her back to the wind she began to call the children.' How loudly the wind roared through the telegrph wires 1 Perhaps, they could not hear in all this din. Maybe, they were inside the car, but of hearing. Sh walked on toward the siding. Not a thing to be seen I She. wondered if there had not been ' a mis take ? Perhaps, the car was on the oth er side track ? , No the rails were un occupied as far as she could see in every direction. "What did it mean? 'What had happened ? She staggered back into the station and startled her husband with a cry of despair. The car 1 The children IV . ; The station-master ran out upon the platform and looked up and down the line. Not a car insight I It had been blown away before the terrible wind, and was perhaps" at this instant rolling swift ly onward with a precious load to de struction. What would happen to it ? Would it meet a train or run into a sta tion? Would the children try to get out, or would they stay in the car till it was wrecked? He sprang to the door of the depot to telegraph the terrible news down the line, but just as he opened the door he saw a faint white cloud on the western horizon. It was a train. Help was coming. At the same instant, his wife iWi tciJh nftw trrief and terror in her eyes. . ? . ; i' ' -'I cannot get a call in eitner aireouou. The wires are blown" down.' . This only added to the danger, ior there was now no means of sending word in advance of the runaway car. It must go on to its fate without help or warn ing. . ! Help is coming, mother, ueres a train bound east.' . d Nearer and nearer came the tram, and the father and,mother stood watching it as it crept along the rails. It seemed as if it would never come. - At last, it reacn- ed the platform and proved to De a pas senger train bound up the Black. River road and not intended to go in the direc tion in which the ' car had been blown away. The instant it- stopped, the station-master ran to the engineer and told his terrible story. The mother with quicker wit, found the conductor and demanded that the engine be taken off and sent after, the children. I The conductor was a man of regular habits, and such a bold request struck him as something extraordinary. ! Take Amnonffntvl leave the train and HngrttU.ldT. passengers gatnerea . , 3 what was the matter. ; Three children lost, blown away in an empty car. Borne one said, Yes, go at once. We can wait here till the engine returns.' The conductor said he must telegraph for instructions; but some one o?i tvio -nrirAfl are down. and the peo- iniW.r, nnt the more. 'Let the nnV art hfl mother ran to me tender and began to pull out the pin, that the engine might start. rri,i rm in nrm.' said a brakeman. AJ.VAV4 Vl y . m iTMr M.f v,or nff. You lump aboard, if n want to so too. Fire up, Jack, and Arrn ri hi niiiii Ti- ii AfYA m a momeuu cuju oott flaw the encine-. leaving the con ductor and the station-master staring in anrrriae at this singular prooeeuiuK. Fire steady, Jack,' said .the engineer . ii a Tt.'fl no rise to cet ex- lO LXitJ urewtun 1 -r. ; fnr ft la-act race. ; ti.L v. fo mat . fellow exoited All O Raid the fireman. mu AT,orirtAAr tnrned around, and i.AlW VJUft"vv, - . At 1 ,. ciAa ntnnd the mother, her eyes straining auwu. .v, tha mi RSi no ones. - . T A Anrtm 4flA 111 the line in -Oh sir ! open the throttle wide. wvil at Kneh a time as XJOll b ttj o v - tliifl i ..... . ' : ittt ,r,0f Itaati r.ool. marm. and go steady, or we shall run out of coal and i'Ia rtmA to ft stand still on the WUIC1 UiVA W V line not a word, but nod ded mournfully and leaned gV side of the cab for support, and then the his seat, where she could look out over the line. How,.0 engine shook and roared ! The little AnMf of V.O steam crauee trembled and rose higher and higher as the steam pressure increased over the raging fire. The engine seemed to be eating up the track in front, and, behind, the , rails spun out like shining ribbons in the ei,r, Th a station and ' train had already eunk down out of sight, and the grassy r. mi AitViAr aide seemed, to- ny away in a gigantic waits. The wind died away to a dead calm, and in a J fo ments a little breeze sprung up and blew in at the front windows. We are beating the wind,' said the engineer. 'If we can keep up this pace we shall soon overtake them.' j 'How long have they been gone V shouted the fireman above the roar j of -the,jengine. . ; j ' ' I don t know,' screamed the woman, without taking her eyes from the hori zon, where the rails met the sky. j'lt may have been two hours or more. They were playingjn the empty car.' . Ah I something ahead. Was it the runaway car? No the; next station. What a terrible' pace I "tTwenty miles already! :' '.' : '1 ,;. lOh, don't stop V cried the woman,; as S saw the feriginee pafiOal Txkti&pn the throttle-valve. I must, marm. We are getting out of water, and perhaps we can learn some thing of the runaway.' . I ! The sudden arrival of a solitary en engine, containing two men and - a wo man, startled the station-master, and he came out to see what it meant. He seem ed to guess at the truth, for he said: j 'After the runaway car ?' ' 1 L Yes, yes. There were three children inside.' . - .., ' V! - 'Oh, marm, I'm sorry for ye. It went past here, going twenty miles .an hour. It came down grade all the way, but the up grade begins abont two miles out. I was inside when it passed, and didn't see it when it passed, and didn't see jit till it had gone pass the door.' j How long it took to- fill the tender I The engine stood hot v and smoking by the water-tank, and, the water came out in a slender stream, while the popr mother stook looking on, tearful and impatient. Good-bye I ; I'll put up the pipe. Heaven help ye !the up grade ' ,y . The rest was lost, for the engine shot ahead oh and on out over the open prai-. Ha. The water tank seemed to sink down into the earth, and the shining rails stretched longer and hphinrl. - longer out Ah! What was 'that? A cloud of steam on the horizonfar ahead. The engineer i took out his time-book and studied it carefully. : .1 Freight No. 6, bound west, stopping on the two mile siding.' How swiftly Freight No. 6 rose aboye the grass and grew big along the way I Listen ! : A whistle. ! The engineer whis tled in reply and shut off steam. Their engine1 quickly slowed down, and they could see men leaning out from the otli er engine, as if to speak to them. j It's ten minutes back. Running slow r.n main.liiiA - rtWirt4-Cear v., - - mi. Thank Heaven r said tne woman, jlub engineer said nothing; but at that in stant the engine gave a great leap and sTmt. aWrf. at the rate of fifty miles an hcur. utj the easy crade. How long the minutes seemed, and yet each meant al- mnst, a tti1a ? Ah I A speck-r-a, black dot on the horizon! The car? Yes. it was ine It crew bigger and bigger, now they could see it plainly. But the chil dren ! Where were they? Tne nreman snranff out throuch-the forward window and ran along the engine arid down upon the cow-catcher. The monster oegan to slacken its terrible pace, and in a mo ment it struck the car with a gentle jar and stopped. - 1 ' m . J J- man. but the woman was before him and The fireman thoucrnt nimsen uvwj sprang up into the car. . i There they lay, safe and sound, in the corner of the car Mary and Tommy fast asleep,and Kitty patching over them. Oh! motherl 1 knew you wouiu wwv. Maryland Tommy cried themselves to Bleep, and I-I. ' l mi Nobody couia say awoi. SabtoSSS35. tried to ruD nis eye, uu yu-j lausrhed on,. cnmnoAf ninkfid nri the little ones and quietly took them into the cab of the engine.. 1 ' .J.' . , f ThArA now. mv nearties. you nvo had a nsKy riae; was i rrtm a I WaVa more than fMrtv milAfl VinrrtA ATifl it won't do.to be late to dinner. Fire up, Jack j 1 " ' j A T7A ATA HIT. 'said Jack. jM. Mien olas, '' ' ! i An Eventful Day f or n Engineer, Engineer James Wood, t of the New York Central ailroad, had a singular exoerienca one day daring his tripto Utica oh the special express. At diner- ent points two men attempted to a1" wagons across the track, jand in both instances the rasn men were ameu. each case the coroner's jury exonerated the engineer from blame. On the same trip, when near Syracuse, pe bw ahead of him on tne iracii, m;v o uir, enn bonnet on was approacn- ing the man, and a freight train wa running abreast of them on the other track. Neither heard the approaching . , , j-, train. The engine was reversed, ana the whistle sounded. Just in time to save his life, the man heard ine wmswe, turned around and cried out to the wo man, an both barely escaped being; runddwn. I - - "T", . . j. A rural bride of consiueraDe uu,jr went winaiaP" mfestlv trnr TTat husband was manuesuy . . t -.- i;a tvA tioTiAvmoon proud of her good Iooks. While they s5as 5ft5. S!. MKS ir. tha faA hva fainncr signuoaru J fUV ml w . J 1 ' i Vkt-oVati 'ine aiienamn em geonsaid she was. badly disfigured for life. 'Just my aarneu jum, - band exclaimed. Property always gv to ruin in my hands. , Among the graduates of the New Jesse r..i. Jaof onH Hnmh institute 1H Bunker, a son of Uhang, pn f ui Siamese twins. Chang left twp . sens and five daughters, one of the latter be JLUlli uwu v v. : .. ing also a deaf-mute. Jesse guesiu Mount Ayres, N.O., to take charge of a fin farm leit oy ma lame. 17" Relisrion versus Love. A little more than four years - ago a gentleman; then about twenty-three years of age,1 fell in love with a young lady, aged about nineteen, of Port Jer vis, N. T. She returned his affection, and for a time all wentj along smoothly. The lady was a daughter of pious pa rents, and although sh4 was not connect ed with any church, was a'firm believer in their tenets, and lookedwith a f eeling akin to horror on anything approaching skepticism- or. doubt. Bat the time came when she learned that ' her lover was a deist; that he disbelieved in re vealed religion, had no veneration" for the s Bible, and ' took no interest in churches, seldom or, jnever attending them save arfher eecortl 'She was deep ly pained by ! the' revelation. She ! sent for her lover and endeavored to convince him of his error, but he1 was not satisfied with her arguments; and refused 'to ac cede to a surrender of his principles. The more the lady pondered the more her duty seemed clear to her, and she finally decided to renounce her love. She accordingly wrote him- a long and tear-stained letter bidding him good-bye forever. The' gentleman again and again urged her to reconsider her deter mination, but she was obdurate;! and a separation: took place." He was Ideeply grieved, but although! he was, i as he thought, badly used, feltrthat she .had acted up to what her convictions 6f right demanded. He could not as easily di vest himself of his love, , and after a few months he left the village and engaged in business elsewhere. The lady piumo ed, but tried to satisfy herself that she had acted correctly. Two y ear$ made her more liberal than she had been, and she began to study on the subject. The more she read the more she distrusted her former decision, and she finally be came quite as. liberal as the lover she ya 'rtifumrdGd. Whether the logio of the books she read or the promptings of the old love had most to do wiin cms TiartcrA if: wnhld be hard to tell. The lover, too, had undergone a change. The fact that his creed had cost him his HWAAtheaTt annoved him1, and, struggle a a -ha. TirrwTlLI htt OXiTllA il6t banish her rom his memory. Las winter a (revi val of religion took place in the city m tttV.Ti Ka TcfLs Ancflced in- business. At the solicitations of a friend he was: in duced to attend. As in 'the other case, it would be hard to tll whether the change was brought about by the argu ments of the preacher, by the excitement u ; .v. n-Muva.iAri. t b-v the memory of his old love. SJumee n- xo esy h ms oia iqvc. uuo v united with the church, and in a short - . " - t 1 1. . 1 he time became a zealous rnemDer. ne thought over the action of his' former flPlitv. arid wrote her a brief note- ask in ttie privilege of once more calling on her. She responded in tne amrmauve. x . ... ... The gentleman came, and when she tim- ijw nruAntrW.pA for her Previous dismis- ai a( him. he. to her surprise, defended r,A nnnAn'nt. Rflirl rIi had been in the U wui""! ' - . fitrTit arid in her ulace he would to-day A iha 'attrna Her heart sank? at these words. She confessed the great change in lna-r HfiTi timents: from being a nrm oe- ii0TrAr in the "Rible. she had discarded it, anA nritKit. h fer belief in any revealed i,-rrir f f. wa now the centleman's turn to be horrified, j He pieaaeas wnn ner-urged everything he could think of ininrtA hnr to ehanee her mind. i She r-r,A nnt arid told him so. He felt mnai ; -nnh Via ntieaually yoked with an unbeliever,' and; taKuig counsel of his religion, gave her pp. IP- y A Boy who has Since Become Famous. .When General Andrew Jackson was rttfbefNr terminea io givtj iu wu mow yvrr i artri hfl wnfl 8CCO rdincrlv met by a depu tation. Andrew Jackson, walking side vr .i?A TPith Thomas Jcfferson.1 entered the rrAat. vircinian. on Denaii oi nis peopie, onnV his. little niece. I the aldermen theirs, and then the demonstration closed, as all human 8TOfTpi h. Hayne, in book form, as a The people began , topexs idthe P1 birthday of that two creat men rewiou w in ?h?old Bird tavern to est. anftrefresh llUCWUVtlv. - . 7 i foA of th ilav. This was an oppor- v..eA u. ftftAr the exciiemeni auu tr.ifV whifth had lone been waited for Kit two little bovs one 6f them the son of fh a innilladv. the other a handsome wanted to see the men about whom . 1w,v do who wflsservine . ... M-r,of jAtterson saw, wwu froe What do yoii want, my young gentle men T he asked m a Kinaiy wnc, y"0 ifA-ftirAo bov modestly, yet boldly, replied.- We wanted, to fiiee Mj-. Jeffer- son and ieneraiiiacfiuu, u. jwj Vi,t sir. Oh. if that's n renlied Jefferson. lAAV w -f JTs ii ft 5 lanffhincr. 'von had Deiier come? m. ; A-m itdIVa into the room occupied by imtnn7iT. inn.i rr luruwuvui w . IT AltUWU. - j ' .m,n ftnfl the 0idierJ He of . . , t , , .- i. the blue eyes and tow neaa Deing mui i . fv,ft -poTmcr intraders. it.- v.Moct nf thfl vonner intruders. La SHtt't I a Tiin a vpfiTs old. was born 'in hat- onton, N. U., and nad uvea in J; burg four or five years. 'Anai wnat your name, my brave little; 0emocrat ? -A 1 W nnlrml TolVfiOTl ftTIO" the bOV. ii mnnVi nnnoTiRciona oride in his tone, iiAa ATv name is fWilhim Allen, - z i , Ti was. indeed. William Allen, now of i jl nnfrroM 11 Senator; of the oi,; wiiiiom a i An. wuo naa uecu TTnitwi Rtates: who mii?ht, have been nominated for the Presidency J who was governor of Ohio, ... . .- '1.-. .... ... ITEMS OF. GENERAL INTEREST Mr. Robert Falkner, of Warren county, N. C, is one hundred and fly e years old, and has voted eighty-one times in con secutive years. : Henry Page set out to preach Mor monism in Georgia. He had made about 100 converts, and taken six wives, when . he was arrested for bigamy. . j ' It is estimated that during the great German singing festival in Cincinnati ten million glasses of beer were drank, , at a cost to the consumers of $500,000. A North Carolina lady is said byv Raleigh paper to be 'worth $400,000 in the great staple of: her native State. Sing heyi the merry maiden and the tar I The czarowitz, the heir 'to the Rus sian crown, mixes freely with, the peo- -pie. He is not afraid of the Nihilists, and is said to bo in no danger from them.1 ' . Princeton college, New Jersey, is now absolutely out of debt, and the man agers have signed an agreement under , no circumstanoes to contract any debts " hereafter. , ' ! , ; ' " , If you wonld relish your food, labor for it; if you would enjoy your raiment, pay for it before you wear it; if you would sleep- soundly, take a clear con science to bed with you. ; , Mr. VaU has a pinery of 1,700 pine apple plants at New Smyrna, Fla. Two hundred have fruit on them two-thirds grown, that are said to be equal to any on the Bahamas. .. . , . If the man who Ravens by. mistake the lead quarter he was saving to put into the contribution box Sunday, will call, we will cheerfully allow . him to rectify his error. V i, ' A full-grown panther was killed in a kitchen yard in Elberton, Ga., where it was deliberately eating a chicken. It is supposed to have escaped from some traveling menagerie. 1 ; , The war steamer Wachueett has been sent by- the naval department to the South, and to navigate the Mississippi as high as possible, to give Southern and Western boys a chance to enlist, in the navy, . ' a man at ChicoDeetMass.. thought it a good joke recently to gather a bucket ful of potato bugs from his own garden and throw them over into that of his neighbor. A euit for damages has made . the joke seem less apparent. Australia has become alarmed at tne iova -flmiirrfttion of UhuiamenA 10 xir ghores and strong language is usea Dy ftfSlVta. who have to compete c - m with the frugal Mongolians in the labor market. ? . v , The only real bitter tears,' says some one, re those shed in solitude.' You may bet your life that philosopher never saw a ten year oia Doy oouiiu u. wood shed in company with his father and a skate strap. a rrqnondent states that since the advent of California mining speculators in New York city, many of the staid old merchants are dabbling largely in min ing stocks in hope of making a fortune at a stroke. I Ephraim Wilson, a farmer near Win- nemac, lnd., nas a mgucn wov water, which ttows irom n iu "" is highly charged wiin eiecincujf, so strongly magneuzea mK blade held in it will lift a nail. , Tir J. R. Havnes. of Indianapolis, Illd uh0 naa experimented on nunureuo . of animals, claims that nyperaermio ief,-rt-na nf mother tincture oi loaine m a sure reiiei ior me vxw ui rattlesnake. . . , . The Old Colony railroad of Massa chusetts has paid damages td oer COO persons injared by the woiiawm Uls ter, amounting to about $250,000. It is understood that the company will pay no dividend, making a year of dividends lost on account of the accident. Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, loo ker, Btedman, noiiana, jutkw. Preston and other poets of note, have flnt in subscriptions in aid of publish- ; tvfl WnAmfl of the eminent Southern m6 uu i-v--. . . i . , gentleman. An absent-minded man in Monroe, C t. , went to church with his overooat, as ne supposed, on his arm ; hut me wriuus of the people in church directed his at tention to the fwt that he bad taken his ahr,n h his lees. The wooden stfcamship City or new rork.' bound for Havana, wnne on no xtv, Tav onfit in a thick fog strnci an iron sugar-laden bark and cut her to the water's edge, sinning ucl,i. r7un. Five of the crew were rescued, but the ciptainand four others were drowned. The steamer was paaiy uiubow. The inhabitants of a remote llossian village sent an address to the czar feli citating him on his .escape fom Solo- vieff s bttUet. When n reacut arch it was found to express ww -5--- ,i v.,,ffAlt retrret that th assas- 77' vtter aim -.having been, steu uu - n -.v., m- . ' ed intransit by some xtmumw 1X11 -u tt.i nf TTavta da lS'MSra to teach them to talk, upon eiB it was found that some wag or knave had painted four hawks to resemble par rots and had palmed them off as genuine birds. ' ,;. The reason General Garibaldi seeks to annul his marriage with Mme. ftBai mondi is that the pemion of 50,W francs 'annually granted tc hbe r s woSld otherwise go to Mme Bf5; childi though he is nbt ts father . while his own children, who are illegitimate, would get nothing. , : :-, . s ' i J J .. ' : . . . .- - - i - , ' ; ;-. -...', j -. "T- , ! ' j" i K- - ..