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I ' ' ' J ' CHAPEL HILL, N. C, . SATURDAY, ; AUGUST, 3-:: 1879: ; I--"' 'ff: jl ; ' j - ' .-' NO. 19.
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at
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OTICK
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STREET'S NATIONAL HOTELS
j RALEIGH, N. C.
5. K. Street & Son, Owners and Prop's
aASTQJST HOUSE,
I NEW-BERNE, jN. C.
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The undersigned having purchased the
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opened' March 15th. 1879. that well
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art EJiromuJi:
TH
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ON FB AN KLIN STREET,
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Bhavingl . . . .
Hair cutting, . . .
ShampobiDg, . . . j .
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25 "
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S 1 5 0 .01
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Many make more than th .mntint stated above. No
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uie work. You can make from 50 eta. to $2 an hour
ty aovotlng your evenings and spare time to the bus-"J66?-
It cpeta nothing to try the business. . Noth
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mll J tt rabHc send us your address and we wiU
?on l?n11 perticulars and private terms free;
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mind for yourself.
rte, GEORGE STINSCV? fc CO.,Portland Maine
A MONTH guaranteed. $12 a
t day at home made by the in
! dustrious. Capital not requlr-
.... . ' ww, wo wiu stark jwu, jnou,
tmVL nd sTlrta make money faster at work
wLS!7an "ruling else. The work is light sad
whoV i?d ,ucn M y one can go right at. Those
5! V" wto see this noUoe will send us their
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It twi . 1 0nc "1 for themselves. Costly Out-
Mwort . , lre6 Now Is the time. Those alrea
reJ7ilig up large rums of money.
Ad dress TSTJX h CO., Augusta, Maine.
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ilidlng from Papa.
rap'a lost hia baby !
Searches everywhere,
Under chain and tables,
"With the greatest care!
Pulls aside the curtain,
Peeps behind the door!
Never sees the little heap
Curled up on the floor;
Never hears the whisper,
Mamma, don't you tell!
Nor the little laughter,
Muffled like a bell.
Off he scampers wildly,
Hunting here and there,
Overturning everything,
With the greatest care.
Canary has a visit, ,
Bitting on his perch,
Mamma's apron pocket
Sufftra by the search.
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'Now I am so tired
Elephant at play
That I must take a rest
A minute by the way. t
111 lay my weary head
On this little rug.' ,
Under mtmm&'s towel
Lay her darling, snug!
Then the .merry scrambling
Papa laughed to see!
'And you didn't fink, now,
That it could be me!'
ASumm er Morning's Song,
Up, sleeper! dreamer, up! for now
There's gold upon the mountain's brow
There's light on forests,! lakes, and meadows
The dew-drops chine on flow'ret bells;
The village clock of morning tells.
Up, men! out cattle! for the dells
And dingles teem with shadows.
. The very beast that crops the flower,
Hath welcome for the dawning hour.
Aurora smiles her beckoninga claim thee.
Listen look round i The chirp, the hum,
Song,low,and bleat there's nothing dumb;
All love, all life! Come, slumberers, come !
The meanest thing shall shame thee.
THE PEACH PARTY.
Mrs. Mallandainft stands in the veran
da receiving her guests'. She is a tall.
grave-eyed woman,! tempered but not
soured by her twenty years of colonia
life; self-possessed and ready-witted she
is, but never sharp or quick: in speech
or judgment, tihe is supremely indiffer
ent to.all the luxuries she has learned to
do without, although now she has them
in plenty; with an ever-deepening sense
ox the insignificance j of outward things,
and the transitoriness of all merely
earthly conditions, i which makes her
seem to be constantly looking bove
every question, and deciding it from a
higher standpoint than others.
Standing to welcome, her guests, she
looks, this summer (day, a very comely
gentlewoman, in her soft, pearly cash
mere shawl and lace cap; and Molly,
looking as her mother must have looked
in her girlhood, flashes hither and
thither with cups of coffee and piles of
dainty cakes, and a jest and a smile for
all. - ,
The rustle of freshly-starched skirts,
the waving of ribbons and feathers, the
babble of voices, varied by an occasional
roar from an aggrieved baby, become
confusing; and I am glad when the word
is given for the serious business of the
day to commence, and the company
move off in the direction of the orchard
Now, Mr. Campion, I expect you to
look after my baby for me,' said little
Mrs. Aubrey, fastening on my arm, with
a merry smile in her dark eyes which no
poverty has been able to quench. Who,
to look at her, slim, graceful, becoming
ly "dressed, would guess at the drudgery
oi ner aaiiy me, or; me emius buo una
recourse to to find bread and batter for
the six little ones at home ? But Mrs.
Mallandftine knows I the secrets of that
household, as of many others, and her
eves notice how thin the little woman
has become, and how the lines are deep
ening round eye and mouth.
Tve got a snug corner for Daoy on
the sofa,' she says, taking the little bun
dle into her kind arms. 'Hugh shall
pick for you to- day,! while you come and
have a quiet chat with me in tne copi
drawing-room. I want to consult you
about the girls' autumn dresses, ana to
show -you some beautiful serge I have
idst had sent me from home. There is
far more than we snail use, ana i x
thought we might cut out some little
frocks for your twins if you lifee tne
color. Come and look at lit, my dear,
while baby's quiet.! ,
'Hugh.' savs Molly, coming up, a'-e
you going to pick for Mrs. Aubrey ? So
will I; I like picking for her, for I know
how the little ones enjoy the jam and
jelly she makes so well. Jack, run and
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help Miss urawiey wun mas neavy iud,
and mind, you find her the finest
peaches ; that's a good boy T v
Molly and I pass through the gate
with Mrs. Aubrey's I great basket swing
ing between us, and look round ior. a
tree where shall we begin .
This will do, I think," says Molly,
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coming to a stana-sum unaer giow.
whose spreading branches are weighted
with downy fruit; 'but while you begin
I must go round and see if every one is
suited., ' 4 ' ' .
I begin as ordered, but soon leave off
to look down on the scene.
At last " Molly flits back to my tree. -
Hugh f only three peaches I What have
you been doing up there all this time
Dreaming, Molly; you can't think
wht a nnaint nicture the orchard makes
from this branch. Bat 111 pick in
earnest, now . you are : here to wake me
np. Hulloa ! here's Meredyth 1'
Molly, will not look up, but I catch
the sudden flush which tinges even her
rouna wmte tnroat at his name. Mere
dyth looks out of spirits and
I fancy; he pauses at the gate to take a
proiongea survey, hesitates, and has al
mot made up his mind to go over to old
j.iiiDB vrawiey. wnen .iar.tr am as
m.Mn 1 1 . i -r .
him,
and shouts out: 'Molly, here's
Meredyth at last ! Mollv
Mr.
So Molly is obliged to look up and, to
greet the late comer. Ah, if she would
only look at me with that shy gladness
au uer eyes, ana mat little quiver of the
up wxuen tens so much ! I look down
irom my perch among the leaves and
recognize," once more, how Molly has
giveu xier neart, witnout reserve, to this
ixinu. unx xuereayin e lie loves ner,
too, unless I am much mistaken: and
yei kj me, watching nim with the jeal
ous eyes oi a young and very ardent
rivai, mere is something strange in his
Dearing towara Molly. Sometimes, for
weets, he will not attempt to see her;
men ne will spend a whole day at her
side, as if unable to 'tear himself away.
I am certain he tried ,to avoid her just
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now, and yet now she has spoken to him
uu given mm one oi ner wistiui loots,
he stands looking down into her eves.
and talking in that low melancholy voice
oi his, as if he wanted to absorb her
whole attention. .
iiy-and-by they stroll off to another
tree with one of Mrs.. Aubrey's unfilled
baskets, and I feel as if the beauty of
the day had suddenly clouded over, and
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the pretty idyllic scene beneath me had
turned into veriest prose. Grumbling
and castle- building by turns, I fill the
ua3ii.oii to me prim, ana men Detase my-
eeii mj a iusuo seai; oiose ov to nave a
smoke. To enjoy mv well-earned trine
more
thoroughly, I lie down full length,
the overhanging boughs of a fuchsia
hide me from the public eye, and I drop
on presently into a consolatory nap.
When I wake again, all the gay com
pany seem to have melted away: only
jack ana little JJaisy Harper jare tug
ging at a kit which they have overfilled,
ana wnicn will not go mrougu tije gate.
Ulose by me I. hear Molly speaking:
'Hugh must have gone in. I suppose: I
can't see him anywhere. Isn't he a dear,
good fellow, Mr. Meredyth ?'
-jiioiiy.' says juereay tn. in a voice
which he is evidently
tly struggling to keep
id. 'I wonder if you
calm and tin excited
wouia unaerstana 11 l tola you some
thing something which is a cruel
weight on me day and night, and yet 1
never thought much about it until lately.
Sometimes I think I must tell you. and
then, at other times, I think I would
die flrst. It is then I stay away from
Bearcroft for so long; and yet I always
come back with the same insane long
ing to speak.'
Molly,' cries Jack, running back,
'mother has sent me to look for you. It
is time to see" about supper, she says,
and she caii't find Sib anywhere.' v
uoming, j ack, ' answers Molly, in a
voice that will tremble a little; and Mere
dyth s chance is gone for the present.
'Clearly he was on the point of pro
posing,' I say, crossly, to myself, as I
yawn and stretch my arms, 'and I'm
very thankful Jack interrupted, for I've
no wish to hear him go through his
declaration. Rather an odd way of be
ginning, though,' I decide, and then I
jump the fence, and by a short cut
through the shrubbery arrive at the
veranda five minutes before they appear
in sight.
Where is Molly ? screams Sibyl,
who is the first to catch sight of me as I
mingle with the crowd of 'pickers'
grouped round the veranda and the open
drawing-room windows.
There she is,' 1 answer, catching tne
wave of her white gown against the vivid
scarlet blossoms of the rata which grows
at the bend' of the drive.
Ah. yes: here she is,' echoes Mrs.
Aubrey, as -Molly, Geof Meredyth and
Jack appear more fully in view. 'Now
let 1 us -Who on earth is tnat t
The exclamation, and the altered tone
of Mrs. Aubrey's voice, make all within
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ear-snot turn ana iook in me same di
rection, and there is a momentary lull in
the Babel of talk. Jack is little in
advance of his sister, and is deeply in
terested, apparently, in cutting a whis
tle with his posket-knife; but a few paces
behind Meredyth is a woman whom none
of! us have obseiyed before. Her ap
pearance is so strikingly unlike that of
any of Mrs. Mallandaine's guests, and
her evident concentration of interest and
intention on the pair before her is so
strange as to account for Mm. Aubrey's
exclamation of extreme surprise.
She is a talL powerful woman, of per
haps five and forty, stout ana broaa
shouldered; her faca is'coarsely hand
some; black eyes; strongly marked eye
brows; a quantity of black nair unuauy
massed beneath her smart bonnet; her
skin, originally, perhaps, a clear red and
white, ia now high colored and coarse.
Her walk is slightly unsteaay, out bub
is sober enough to have a purpose ana
to stick to it; and that purpose eviaentiy
IS to IOHOW iuereujr m, uv
eves are fixed with an expression pi ma
licious hatred. Little Mrs. Au brev looks
and then flashes a glance of intelligence
at me.
Some drunken tramp she saia, care-
T ash, v. 'who has strayed off the road. -
She must not be allowed to startle Molly,
Hugh, you and I will go ana turn ner
out quietly.' . ,
!Mrs. Aubrey aeppsits tne ouuy ou mo
veranda as she speaks, but .we are too
late, for as we step on to the gravel oi
the drive, Molly, by some evil cnance,
turns her head, stops, and then Mere
dyth turns his too, with a half uttered
word on his lips, and with a smile which
is meant for Molly; but it does not reach
her: it freezes into a ghastly look of hor
ror as he sees the woman behind him.
; 'My God ! have pity he mutters in
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a vuiiuu!j': wui-oao&ea i voice, as ne re
treats a few steps, his face growing gray
10 we very lips. r
What is it ?' aeks Molly, looking, be-
wiiaerea, from one to the other.
No need to trouble you, my pretty
young lady,' says the stranger, in a
high-pitched, unrefined voice; 'my bus!
nees is with the gentleman, and I needn't
Keep hira five minutes not five min
utes, she repeats, shifting her hard
black eyes from one face to another of
the group. !
i Mrs. Aubrey links her arm in Molly's
ana iries 10 araw ner towara me nouse.
uome, darling,' sne says brightly, 'we
will leave Mr. Meredyth to see what
this person wants, while we go and
settle about the riding party for next
weeK.' : s !
But Molly has caught a vague . alarm
from Meredyth's set face, and does hot
listen.: 'What does this woman wantt'
she says, going close! to his side and
looking wistfully up in his face. 'Send
her away, Geofirey ; she can have nothing
to ao witnyou. j
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xne woras reacn tne ear tnev, were
; not intended for, and the woman bursts
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into a coarse laugh. 'Nothing to do at
an wim nun, my aear. ! JNotnmg at all,
except that I am his wife that's all.' I
Somehow, when the words are spoken.
I seem to have known this for ages, and
the sentence seems to repeat itself again
and gain in the dead silence which fol-
lows. 'His. wife that's all ! his wife V
ULl.yji.l-J OMMLBCU1U UltUXO Ilk tit) UlUitU, UB
if some one had suddenlv struck her:
Meredyth turns away his head and savs
not a word. Some of the people stroll -
ing about the garden are coming toward
us, aitruuieu dj me sense tnat some-
mmg uuexpeciea is nappening. wno
is that woman?' they are asking one ani-
other, while we can hear Sibyl's shrill
treble asking. Why are Mrs. Aubrey
and Molly standing about on the lawn;
instead of coming to help mother with
the supper ? Do tell. them, somebody.'
'Meredyth I I cry. ! hastily, shaking
his arm to rouse his attenton. 'do you
near what this miserable creature is say-j
ing about you? Contradict her, and
sena ner off about, ner business. i
I cannot contradict ! her,' he answers
siowiy, as if the words were wrung out
oi mm against nis win; sne nas spoken
the truth. Yes.' he continues, raisin d
his voice and addressing the people who!
are hurrying to ,the ispot, th,at is my
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wue, ineiiuiu- jjuvk. wen ai xier, ana
listen to my story. Years ago, when l
was a lad at Oxford, I was entrapped by!
her father and her brother and induced,
to marry her. I have no one to thank
but myself for the misery of my life,
although she is twelve years my senior,
I was a foolish, weak: conceited bov.
and walked readily into the trap laid for!
me. I believed her o be a good and!
pure woman, and I married her. When
I found out what she was I left her, and!
sailed within a week from England, but
I maJe over my whole small fortune to
her on condition that II never saw her
again. Oat here I have tried to begin
a new ana happier life; 1 have worked
hard and lived peaceably among you
let any man say differently if he can; I
have tried to redeem the one fatal error
of my life, with but one wish, one
prayer that I might never behold that
cursed face again. Who believes that
a man is bound, by one rash word, to
such a woman as that ? I B afore Heaven
I repudiate her I' He flung up his arms,
as he said these words, with an inde
scribable gesture of despair, and turn-
m m m mm m m m
ing his back on -us,' waikea rapiaiy
toward the bush. He had spoken with
such concentration of passion, that we
were all breathless and spell-bound, and
for a long minute no one stirred.
Then Molly turned to me and caught
at my hand. 'Hughl ; come with meJ
quick, to the Gum-tree Walk oh,l
Hugh, help me r There was no with4
standing her entreating eyes; the Qum-
lree )tak, wftS short cut to the point
for which Meredyth had made, and we
should overtake him before he turned
into the main road. Had I been older
I might hive questioned the prudence
of such a siep on my Cousin's part; t but
I was nineteen, and awfully sorry, I
must confess, for Geoffrey Meredyth; so
I clasped Molly's cold hngers in minej
and whUe every one gathered round tM
loudly-discoursing stranger, we slipped
into the shade of the gum-trees and rah
swiftly to the lower end, where a road
crossed ours. I
Meredyth was, coming quickly along
with his head bent down, and till he
reached the turn-he did not see us: then!
when he looked up and saw Molly his
whole aspect changed. I suppose the
reaction from seeing himself arraigned
before a censuring crowd to reading his
misery in the tender sorrow of Molly s
eyes broke him down, quite, for he
turned aside and covered his face witn
his hands. Molly stepped up to him
and took his hand i between hers. f
'Geoffrey, she said, earnestly, while the
big tears rolled down her face 'dear
Geoffrey, I wanted to tell you how I
pity and how I love you. 1 am not
afraid to, tell you and Hugh hears me )
1 love you witn my whole heart. ner
voice quivered, but the lovely, tender
eyes still looked bravely up to his. I
may never see you again, Geoffrey, but
that will make no difference; and when
you feel that you can hope no longer;
you must still take heart, remembering
that one woman loves and prays for
you.- j r , I
Ah, Molly, I could bear no longer to
listen to your clear tones, passing such
a cruel sentence on your youth; I left
the dark avenue, and went out along the
creek until you called, me back, and I
found Meredyth gone. Molly looked hi
my face with a poor attempt at a smile,
which made my heart ache, as she took
my arm and we turned toward home. ! j
'It was God s mercy that made me
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think of the Gum-tree Walk,', she said,
softly; 'for think of it, Hugh-fie was
going to kill himself when we met him.;
Now ho has promised, and I know he
will keep his word.' 1
I did not ask her what he had promt
ised; the whole thing seemed td'me too
miserable to be talked about; I could
only listen with fresh pain to Molly's
quivering voice; i
. 'He is going to Ohristchuroh to- night,
and then on to Melbourne he will write
to father fully from there. Hdoesn't
know yet where! he will go then; but I
haye asked: hini once a year on New
Year's Eve tof write to mi always to
say where he is whether he is'wiBll, and
and content." It was a good thing I
came to the Gum-tree Walk, Hugh.' -
What are we to do now?' I ask, pres
ently, as we emerge on the lawn.
We must try and get through the
evening as if nothing had happened,
answers Molly, wearily ; 'it will, be beat,
to make no difference, for, every one's
sake.'-. - f . j',-
I have been looking out for you, dear
Molly,' cries little Mrs. ! Aubrey, - com
ing up to us, 'to tell you that that per
son has been packed off at last,. My
husband ! got ,out our buggy, and,
whether she liked it or no, we;,j bustled
her in, and he has driven her!; to Ben
ton's station . Benton's wife will keep
her there for a day or two and then Tom
was to ask her to send the creature on
to Port Ly ttleton. I thought that was
the best thing to do' with her. Of conrse
I OVBrV UOUV a UllUbbeiLUK ttUUUII 11
but thev'll Booh forget it. Sibyl and
hurried them in-doors to prepare for
I supper, and fortunatelv my 'precious
baby swallowed a peach-stone 'and that
gave quite a iresn lurnco meir moagais.
we can sup up siairs,; jo your room.
Molly, unseen' and von and I iwill come
down together,1 and no more heed be
said.'
Poor, pretty Molly 1 what a hard fight
she had all that weary evening to keep
the 'aching sorrow of her heart out of
eves and voice. She managed bravely.
too. till the last buggy had driven off in
the clear moonlight, and she came to say
good-hight- to me. ) I caught a glimpse
of a broken heart as she leanea on my
shoulder . for a moment, and Whispered:
'Hugh ! .Hugh I how can bear tne long
years to c 3m e ? ,r ! fj i
Bat sorrow has been merciful to Mol
ly Mallandaine as to all who bring a
stout heart to meet it; all the, ten years
which have : slipped by sinca that mo
mentous evening have found her even
temnered - and cheerful. It is Only the
night before the new year thatj she grows
restless and troubled. Sibyl and I have
noticed; and when we bring I our chil
dren to Bearcroft to spend Christmas
I she never takes them to play in the
Gum-tree Walk; she says the: trees are
gloomy, and she does not like! to see the
little ones under them.
A wasted youth;, some would say; but
Molly does not think cp, as year by year
ner letter, comes, bringing tiaings oi me
iii i a i m a
life Bhe rescued from despair.!
Arrival of the Largest Sea Cow that
I , Ever was Caught.
The largest Mexican manatee ever ex
hibited in this country, and one of the
largest ever seen by those familiar with
the habits of this gigantic cetacean, ar-
m i m m ' - ml' -
river from ioriaa, where ne was cap
tured in the St.) Lucie river some four
months ago. From the tip of his nose
to the end of his tail, which !! is similar
externally to tile tail of ' a fish, the ani
mal measures twelve feet, being five feet
longer than the average of the mature
manatee m its native waters. The weight
of this huge sea! monster I is about 3,000
p0un(3Sf an(j his breadth
across
the
shoulders is three feet. A male, and
the largest one ever captured, the Sfyp-
man brothers who are the happy pro
prietors of the find had no easy task
before them to bring their captive nome
after they had secured him.- They
finally nit up6n the expedient of bind-
ing nim ; 6ecureiy peiween j; two neavy
oaken planks, in which 1 situation ! they
managed to prevent him from upsetting
the boat, i He was afterward transferred
mm, I. m 1 h A
to a large tank. 1 The manatee is so rare
as to be an object of intereist to those
well-versed in natural history, and there
bly who cani describe j its I anatomical
structureJ ' Externally a cetacean, it! is
internally allied to the rodents, and has
the powerful snout of that oirder, but; it
feeds on algte and fungi, and has the
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long intestine of all c vegetable eaters.
This specimen will be takenfto the Roy
al aquarium at jWestminster for exhibi
tion, and then to Franc9. It'is valaed at
$10,000. :-: ' v 1 I- '
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Showing Him How. ,
It was on the lower deck of one of the
harbor steamers: There, sit there said
the father, placing his s little boy oni a
smooth cylinder running f across the
gangway 'sit there a mome nt till J. get
you some - water, no sooner nau uo
.-. .n 'in . ia.
turned than down went tne nine one w
the deck.) Picking him up! 'Seems to
me you might sit there without falling
off. Thera, how; just kep quiet and
you'll be all right.' He turns, and drop
number two takes piaca. Kxeumg a
little impatient: 'Well, you're clumsy
enough, I must say 1 Why, I could sit
there all day and not fall off. See, just
sit this way.'; And then he! picked him
self up and began brushing ins ciotnes,
while something strangely like smile
took the place of the whimper that had
darkened the little fellow's face. Then
pouncing on his boy's hand, the fond
parent rushed up into the cabin in
double-auick time. - but! . not quick
enough, probably, to entirely, escape
the lanohter which on tne wina came
roaring after.", ! - !"
Anthracite coal has been1; found on a
farm in Anson ponoty, N. 0.
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ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
James river is lower than it has been
in forty years.
A cotton factory is soon to be built in
Summit, "Mississippi. It will be the
tenth in the State.
A law has been passed in Sweden giv
ing to married women undivided control
of their property and earnings.
The expense of President Gambetta's
recent fete in Paris is put at $32,000,
which was defrayed by two patriotic
lady admirers. r
The debt of California in four, years
has been reduced $356,214. and is now
less than $3,500,000, while there isl,- '
498450 in the treasury. '
The International and Great Northern
railroad of Texas was sold tor $1,000,000.
It was bid in by. George Sealey, of Gal -veston,
representing Kennedy and Sic an,
the New York trustees for the bond
holders, i .
The treasury department has received
advices that the Japanese government
has removed the i. export duties from
J many articles,! Including silk and cotton
goods. This is considered as of consid
erable importance, in view of the present
demand in this country for Japanese -manufactures.'
Lieutenant Gorringe, of the navy, has
been granted leave of absence, at the
request of the state department, for the
purpose of supervising and perfecting
the necessary arrangements for bringing
to this country the obelisk so gener
ously presented to New York city bj'
the khedive of Egypt.
Mrs. John Howe; the wife of a promi-,
nent business man of Cincinnati, and a
servant fell through the floor of a vault
at their summer residence in Covington,
and before they could be rescued both -were
suffocated. Mr. Howe hearing the
cries, ran out, jumped into the vault 'to
8ttempt their rescue, but was overcome,
and only by vigorous measures was be
restored to consciousness.
A peculiar and fatal accident occurred
at Grafton, N. Y. As William Jacobs
was mowing in a meadow he' suddenly
disturbed a nest of hornets. As he turned
to run from their attack his foot 'was
caught in the grass and ho fell across
the sharp edge of the scythe, receiving
such a terrible cutfin the right leg that
he bled to death before medical assist
ance could be snmmoned. He leaves a
wife and two children.
Queensland, the youngest of the Aus
tralian group, occupies the northeastern
quarter of the Australian continent, and
stretches from the northern boundary of
New South Wales to the Gulf of Carpen-.
taria. .It is twelvo times the size of
England, twice the size of Canada, and ;
half as large again as England, Ireland",
Scotland, Wales, France and Spain com
bined. It is rich in gold. The aurif
erous country now worked is less than
4,000 miles ;n area.
While William Caghey, an iron worker
at ijawrenceville, Pa., was lying asleep
a mischievous boy put a live toad in his
mouth. The reptile slipped down bis
throat, and Caghey awoke suddenly and
ran into the mill like a wild man, caus
ing intense excitement. All efforts to
remove the reptile were in vain, ana tne
poor i man suffered intense agony oi
mind At last accounts he said the toad
was still alive, and the idea that the rep-,
tile would grow ' to a large size was a
horrible one.
The last notable application of papier
mache was in? the manufacture of a re
volving dome for 'tho astronomical ob
servatory of the Polytechnic institute,
Troyj It only weighs a ton and three
quarters, and can be revolved without
the assistance df any apparatus. The
paper is on a light framing of wood, and
is fully as hard and rigid. The dome
has an internal , diameter of twenty-nine
feet, and, if constiucted in the usual
manner, would have weighed five or six
tons, and required powerful machinery
to move it.
Two of the crew of the schooner Bes-
mmrm sm At mA 1 ' 1 I W
sie w. Domes, oi uiouoesicr, mass.,
were recently attacked on the banks,
while! out in a dory attending trawls, by,
an immense fish, which grasped the bow
of their boat with its teeth, several of
which were left imbedded in the wood
when! its hold was detached. The fish
pursiied them biting several places in
the bottom of the dory. The teeth are
about an inch to an inch and a half long,
edged with saw-like incisions, and do
not resemble the teeth of any fish with
which the fishermen are acquainted. '
The C madia n postoffice savings bank
system has acHived a very decided suc
cess, j The books show that there are no
less than 27,445 ' accounts now open,
amounting in the aggregate tonearl
three; millions of dollars, and oh this
the total cost, including interest, main
tenance and management, is oniyiour
and One-half per cent.' The average
amount of each account is only about
$118, and this, taken in connection with
the large number of accounts, shows
how large a number of people are bene
fited by ttofoperations of the system.
The Fernandina (Florida) Mirror re
ports! ihat the machinery lately brought
to that place by Professor Loomis for
the preparation of palmetto fiber is
working satisfactorily, and that the ex
periment is' an assured success. The
stalks ef the scrub palmetto are used.
It is said that the fiber is likely to prove
useful for cordage, paper, tubs, pails,
flour! barrels, boats, powder kegs, and
no end to the other articles of general'
use. I A portion of the fiber shipped to
paper mills is intended for the manufac
ture Of a high grade of paper to be used
by the Canadian government in the print
ing of bank nots. Ultimately, it is
said,! the various grades of paper fiber
will be made into pulp in Florida,
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