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I 7 Eniib ;au;jr J&W no;I tuft. ..m? 'io fs:h ; " 10 JOSEPH A HARRIS, Pcbmsheb. ! I . . I Ji.. f;ilXJB2LJC GOOD; MRS. C. P. SPENCER, Editor. NO. 21. ' f ' ?.U? t.;,..lL .... . ' " " ' 1 Mut. i. .i,,..,. - - --. - " f - ' " '. '""'"-''-"'"-.'- - -- - - :-- ' - """" ' " '" ' .'!. - s . ' t : ' : " I ' 1 L 1 . j "T ' - . - ' i 4 ' , i s .. .... :, :' i. I . i . -v - I' i ; a! Robertson; ' : I I. DEXTI8T, times during the session of College, and oftenejufie nnos it necessary. j (-2rJSonc8 wuj oiwajs do given in tins frum the 12th to tha 22d. ISOFTHrATE y General JnsurancB Agent,, Larcra lines of Insixraaoe placed at thott notice n first class Companies.-'. Terra policies on juireUlnga and Farm Proper a specialty. L Tl , ; pORTftAITS FOR TUE PEOPIK. I beg leave to again 'call the attention cf the people of Orange County and all portions of the country to my CRAYON PORTRAITS, : : which size an be enlarged to any desired From lanv Kind of Small Pictures. incln ding Card ! Pbotograpns;1 Getns, Old Daguerreotypes..- Breast r Pin or Locket Pictures; and. finished in the fin est style of .Crayon Plowing, And finely fraiaedJ ; r, . : : ; 8x10 ' inches, $5 ;. 10x11 inches; $7; Half Iiifa Size,. 13; iliife t Size, $20. Send in your ' small pictures . and hate them enlarged. ; ? H- EUGENE Jj. HARRIS,rAjr tisty' ? ' Chapel Hill-' N O. STREET'S 'NATIONAL t HOTEL, j KILEIGH, N- O. , - - .. - i ' St B. Street & Son, Oirners. and Prop'i GASTON HOUSE, f KEW-feEirW, N. C. ' -! A S.' R, Stbeet A Son, Proprietors. The Undersigned having purchased the National Hotel property at Raleigh, mvTiPfl! March JUh '"Ift79; that well known House Nto the public under their management... They refer to their past mamgenieni 6f,thb Gastoa. Hbnse &s a gnsjtntoc that the ; traveling pnblicwill find tLo 'National in their 'h&ad4; np to tie etandard of a fir&t-class Hotel. - TJie Benior, IMr. Samuel R. Street, will re miiiiiinchargoof theGa3tonHoaso. Tlio junior, Jlr. m. J. a tro t,. wiM conduct the National Hotel. ' . , - , ? V S. a4STREET.ONj N: OTICE. J';: a McK. BOWLES, PLASTERER, BRICK-MASON and WHITE - WASHER, is now ready to do work at short notice. AU of his work is 1 uumnieea to give sausiacuon. sjix on him 'and have your work done neatly. Kelers to citizens of Chapel Hill. art jcjiromvm ' A TWot a cf Trrxronr T a i ' THOMAS pgNSTOir ; -r : .l H5 FITTED IT HIS BARBER SALOONi OJJFJlAJJKLt STREET, m the raoet improved style, and will be glad to! see his customers asv time. He guarantees good work, j " Shaving, ; a ,! . Hair cutting, ; . " . ' . aShappoing, r. . .; . 15 cents, .25 25 ' He has a boot-black always in attend!'' ace. Give him a call. ! ' mm WEEK !n your own town, antidae. caplUl ruiied.. You can aire tketKU- mes a trial without expense. best opportunity oTer offered ftr, wov viEmg to work, yon nhouid try none else un- &.Srr K v , " j"ut time or oniy your spare ume w ww UIne8.mdrhAk irrMt twit CrkM-Vft am that o ToteU your time - . 1 AWa rZJ mea mxe aa much as men. Sndor epe Private termt and partienUrti, which we mall hTu ? 5tt Dont complain ol hard times waue yau have Buch a chance. - . - e8 H. HALLETT It CO., Portland, Maine. TO $5000 A YY.ATt, or SS I to $20 a day in your own I locality. No risk. Wo- v,n men ao aa weu aa men. thev ito mka mcney aiW Ajiy oaocan d I, ZL1 ' Xou t,n rake from 50 ct. to $2 an hour jwTot ing y onr eveninRS and spare Ume to the bmv lnThk. ;.c2,u otatoe to try the trasinesa. Notn n.Ll, r m0ncy mMnff erer offered bafore. you ent nd "trictly honorable. Beadar.lf nA F1 yaw aaaresYimd wa will toDi ,uli Particulars and priTata terma it I .1 ?GE0RGE 8T1KSON & CO Portland Malnr. S30'0 MONTH enirantead. $13 a ay at bom made by tha In laustrloua. CaplUl not racvu amtn kTT 7" d; we win sUrt yon. Man, lor ni tVylEd ff11"! maka money faster at work JMani "TtaUg eiaa. Tbarork la light and hn7!r,?a e,cQ M any one oan bo rlarht at. Taoaa Kldri!!! wto this notice will aend ns their It udllr?la4 lor themaalvea. Costly Out- WkS?iB i' Now " tba time. Those afcaady V n ' tv t Vis Mill W'AOH I i' dextistI - f ,f ;i . i - ' : i PerDjanently ocited'in Dilibaiii, and ? ,:! Ch3teL! Hill. .v Offlo .frill : bo -open at ri 'it' i . v 44ma TIVUX 4 00, Amruta, I - T . ! & mm It s With Iov6rB look uid'lovBr'ii Barely fihairaectot it.'- Lore with the crown of Ute - . ; Hid king q4 qaeen oorers. A i ' SUU are steadfast lorew. - A- 3Lh! and when enrioua Death ' Oar life sh&U smother, tj.lK)Vi. with his willow wreath Crowna that odnstant other. : 4 : -. Yoiino' man Seek till ye find it; . .. o, .) . annft founds wax heTeAahoro -( i About your heart to bind it r.(1 : 1 nreTira' .Wanderers.: Keard, stroke by stroke, the axe resound; ; And that which each most longed to own : Bang to him in the weapon's tone. ; , , Th6 sUl wart said: Tkere lies the strand j They build a ship for far-off land. ' '' - v ,,M : -i : '. r , The wearied spake:A home they build t j hand of love with flower s filled.' , j And through the tangled thicket's, braid . iThey press, when lb ! ;twas as each said. ! They build a bark for far-off land,' A mangion decked by loying hand. ' ; mi Within the forest's swamp and brake A coffer for the dead they makeL V . r !. A WOMAN'S STORY.' mm .- r . - . . i j, . in ad just entered my seventh year wnen my xatner, Jl. veile, gave mei a new mother in the person of the hand-1 some and imperious widow of one Col onel Lalor, and a brother in Mrs. Lalor's only child, a boy of twelve; ' r Albert Lalr, with his handsome face, strong' will and pleasant ways, soon be came my masteri ruling , mv .impetuous spirit with a success that . no one else could. Madame Viele I looked on with a proud, self-satisfied smile, and more than once 1 heard her murmur in her sweet, imperious tones: j They must ' marry, Philippe. Your Vi must be my Albert's wife." And my father would laugh ;and nod his head approvingly, evidently well pleased with the idea. r;J, y ' 5 . . But these happy days slipped by all too rapidly. . -u ,ft;, , , t My father died, f Albett was finishing his collegiate course. I, in accordance with my father's will, was sent to Paris to be finished under the care j of his old and valued friend," Madame Dupbnte. Four years later I returned to my step mother.' .yj 1 - -.. i : . v. i It was near the close of a bleak winter day that I reached Gray Fell.; But bleak as it was, my handsome, stately step mother met me on the steps of the great pillared portico. i - . 'Ahr she exclaimed, half under her breath, as she held me off a moment and keenly scrutinized' me with her ' great, lustrous black eyes. Then a warm smile parted her lips, and kissing me tenderly. aoe aoaecu, t . i .: ( ? j You are beautiful, my child far more beautiful than I imagined. , Albert will befchatrmed. Ahi a blush dearest? v You have not forgotten my old' hbpe, then! But come, come, dear; the air is bitterly k en.' ' nit .. SiSedn length of hetlblack satin sne swept -flueen-naer before me, pausing only lonfenough 1 fl " T . V . . . ... Is :the hall to auow a Einoiy worn or iwu to uidassemDied .servants, i j r Then, with a rare condescension, she led me up stairs to my chamber. J , . As .we.entered the dressing-room Bhe glanced at thte timepiece and turned to my maid: ! : fluke madeiriotselle's wraps, MantoD,' she said quickly and imperiously, 'and then lay out .some - of .her handsomest dresses;' adding smilingly, as her eyes returned to me, j'l shall superintend your toilet this evening, my dear: Din ner wiH be served ; in Jess than an hour; : and I'ant you to appear ' at' your best when you descend to he drawing-room Albert shall be dazzled at first sight. V ; When we; entered he brilliantly light ed drawing-room it was tenanted by two MMmnaa tian?asmA ' IrirtarW.lnnlrmcr miri, whom I recognized at once sas my ?tepbrother,'and J ton, denSer & I mth Vioaironl-o' Vilnft eves, nearly akin and mmm . -J f I - , shimmering crown of pale, golden hair. .A lain 6 aamas& iiixiMsu wo mi "ooa as we entered, and I. noticed that the gentleman rose with suspicious haste from the chair very close to her own. ,. I fancied, too, that he had even more has tily dropped one of the dainty white hands toying with a bunch of blue forget-me-nots that matched a tiny cluster half hidden in the flossy gold of her lovely hair. ' ' , ' :; I had heard of this fair girL and that her home would henceforth be at Gray Foil. But for the first time it occurred, to me that she might be ' destined to step between . me1 and' the man I had slowly learned to think bf only too ten derly, i i - ' ; ' ' With'a sharp,' jealous pang I extended my hand to Albert laiior, wno naa nas tened to mer his fine eyea glowing with admiration and pleasure.,.; f His greeting was cordial, ana.evident- 'lrpleased his mother.. 7 .1 H' ' j ' 'But wny clou, i juii jlibo juoi , , in the old days?' she smiled gaylv. A.nd with an answering smile, Albert And ! Ah ikKIAiio. r ."F. T( ej)res: 8Uf? PI tuose bearded lips mvwavwaVl wumau b as;naa.ieapea rrom tender ness to a full." fierce. rjaskionatft'lrt-pA. lifted my eves, lnstrons wifh thA 9 - 1 mv heart ? bwpIIa ;h. ciar my heart ; swelled - -with ifialrni signs oi its uninmea calm. ?'?,.lta unWed caim.: Vt.,;.L ' rut the next j moment , MadamaViele claimed my attention!" 'Vi,! ;dearfe6t,i my ! great-niece, Peri Holbroofr;'- She smiled. ? ; t-' '- I turned any eyes 'from : -Alberfa- face to meet the eager half -affrighted gaze ol the golden haired cirl I could not but admire., s I v, . ... i : I bowed, and somewhat coldlv acnent- ed th6 Jroflfered hand, and answered the xew musical words of gentle welcome, Then -1 in voluntarily flashed a swift giance at Albert. ' ' i : i .... . Ah, how the blood leaped through my veins! And how I hated ; the charming creature standing before me, so regally graceful and sweet. Yes, I hated- her. for there ' could be- no mistaking' the brooding tenderness and passion with which my stepbrother was regardiner her. ' ', v.- . . But only for an instant did his eves betray him; and as the pleasant hours of the evening fflew by. I grew half dis- posed to laugh at - my -jealous pam. Nevertheless, when my stepmother fol- lowed me to my room I smiled lightly. - Ten is bert seems to admire her.' Madame Viele turned a glance upon me that covered my face with a flood of Color.;,. .. -.: J - .-' .'Nay, nay, she laughed softly the next ' instant; j winding her arm caress ingly about me. - 'You have no ' cause for jealbusy, my love. Albert is heart- whole, and knows well that it is my wish to see him your husband. - Enow ing this,' she added with haughty stern ness. ,'he would not dare brave me by loving another. ' Then, witn a swift re - turn to her former tenderness, she con- tanned :-'My dear child,' I trust you can make me happy by loving my handsome and noble son?' . r.. .' 'Don't rush1 into jealousyjVL. Peri is a good and beautiful girL but Albert gives her only a cousinly affection. Though she is in no j way dependent upon; me pecuniarily, I promised her dying moth er to give her a home at Gray Fell, as von know; and you can see, my love, now very unpleasant it would1 make it for you to brood over a foolish jealousy. So, dear, put all that nonsense out of your charming head and . rest assured that I am right. " My eyes are keen, and in the eighteen months Bhe has been at Gray Fell must inevitably have pene4 trated a secret of that kind,' . r ; j- 'Of course, mamma is right,' I mur mured as the door closed' on' her impe- . . . . -r t ir A. rial iorm, ana a summoned juubwii. But, my maid dismissed, I sat down in mv dressing -gown and stared at the glowing coals, my thoughts and feelings sighing- impatiently. : . ' - I can't sleep; I . will go down and get a book,' With the words I crept, out . into the hall. I had! traversed half its length I when' the .sound of stealthy steps on the stairs sent Tme with: bated breath be hind the heavy damask curtains, of a window near, . . ' "Rrirfflarfl were in mv mind, but I made rio antnrv. Ji The next minute the steps passed a iew ieet irom me, uu x was nniftklvTindAfteived:; ;n , t - r A voice I well, knew murmured in hushed toneA 'Dont grieve, my darling, it will all c6me right; r Only be patient, j my own; ' : ; ' "Ahd i felt more thari heard the soft kiss that finished the sentence. ; : It was, Peri's voce that answered. . ;u hauame vieic y . .. ; . . ; -'OIL: Albert! Albert!' she breathed, 1 'Farewell, mother,' they said,, softly, falteringlv. 1 'Where is it , ail to enar. We hate done very, very wrong, dear est. ,! And oh J: Albert, she loves you I 1 saw it in those great .passionate, dusky eyes of her's, to-night, . and ?in a vague terror . of the future x stared aimoes wildly at. her as Aunt Ray ' presented me. Nonsense! Do you want to make me vain? laughed my stepbrotner soitiy. And then he murmured in; graver ac cents: 'Xou say we have done wrong, darling. Remember that we had to choose between two evils. Remember that my mother possesses an iron will. She would have ground us both to pow der rather than consent to what we' Yes, yes, I know,' sighed Peri, be fore he could .finish the sentence I was panting to hear. ' -r, " 'Then cease to gneve, darlmg, ne whispered. 'And now, once more, good riiffht ' ' " v ' '-" And I knew he folded her close to his heart for a brief moment. As their doors closed noiselessly upon their retiring forms I crept weakly back to my chamber, pride,' anger and jles pair clutching at my heart-strings; .j With a stifled cry I flung myself pas, sionately on the rug before the fire and buried my face in the tiger skin cover inga pile of soft, yielding hassoteks.i Lost! lost to me!T 1 moaned in my fierce agony. -And then, starting np-,-Fo-rit. T nanted with vengeful breath. But what meant that unfinished fAnf? . fJan . thev' r' sen- And then I paused and stared brea lessly at the glowing oals."; 1 Ah!'. I1 will watch! I will5 watohf j muttered later- - j ... o? j;! And I shivered at the sound of my own low, relentless voice. I did watch. .aj".P.-Km of tne laser, pyiasK was ended. With stifled I bfeafch T'nmAtAm1v inf w. hfl u. jbfary, to my stepmother's chamber. She sat in. her . dressing cown before the fire, "lost in ah enchantinar book. At' - my.- stealthy and unceremonious en- tranceshe glanced up: MQreat fiearerir she cried, dropping her book and staring at me in alarm, Are-yonill, Vi? i? -ivm-A -ni I laughed a harsh, short laugh. 'Only transformed " into , a ' Nemesis,' mamma.' - 'A Nemesisl! si' echoed my stepmother in slow tones of profound! amazement. tne next instant adding impetuous! v, 'You look hke a beautiful spirit from Hades!' " ; ' m ? ' 1 shrugged my 'shoulders with another harsh laugh.' r ' 'Gomel I said imperiously. 'Come and X will show y oumy Hades! ' i She stared at ; me: woWderinglv. and ha'f shrunk as my icy little hand cTasp- edners. ,. , -x : ' 'Softly, madamel I whispered, as we left her room. :; f f n : ' " . ' Directly she ' was ' standing ' at the I slightly-open door, at which I had so I often stood. I I felt her nsils . sink deep in the calm I of my hand as her blazing eyes rested on the scene beyond.' I heard her breath come in swift, angry gusts. 1 - -: For a full minute she stood thus. Then, dropping my 5 hand, she flung- ngnted room; j s; The pair sitting so lovingly before the fire started to their feet, Pen with a sharp - cry of anguish. Albert's first words were given to her: i ; 'Ba brave, my love! ' he smiled down upon her in accents of melting tender ntss. , I ' Jiut ms lips were wnite and nis eyes glowing. ; 'What means all this?' demanded Ma dame Viele, in awfully hushed tones. 1 gazing irom one to tne otner witn an I anger before which even my fierce spirit quailed. . ; i m .... , 'it means tms, , my motner,' replied Albert, unfalteringly, as; he paced for ward and circled more closely the slen der form of the pallid girljbesid him. 'It means that for three1 months Peri has been my wife r "t 'Wife!' gasped my stepmother, stag gering back "as ' if she had received a blow. And then she screamed, plead ingly: 'Not your wife, Albert?' . .'Yes, mother, my wife,' he , returned, sadly and firmly, while great tears roll ed over. Peri's white face. , We grieved to do it secretly, mother, but' , : My stepmother lifted her hand. She had quite recovered herself 'now. 'Silence!' she commanded ; in those awfully hushed tones. 'Ask no forgive ness? -Ask no blessing! Peri, go! Leave this house, now and forever. Go pr stay, as you will; but know that from this, hour 1 never speak to you again. From this hour knowyour blessing my bitterest curse! i"; 'Mother' .?t " ; ' r 'Silence ! ' again commanded my step mother, in fearfully concentrated tones. 'Go! ; Not a word! Put , that creature forth at oncej' pointing her white finger at Pen s bowed neaq. j Say you forgive, mother, I. pleaded Albert. 'Say' : - 'Silence! ' almost thundered Madame Viele,. her face ghastly as the. dead. . He turned away then. - -vyyiuo, uuuue, no will go,' he murmured with infinite tenderness to Peri. .1 V i And catching up a cloak and nood sne had cast there only a few hours before, ne wrapped ner tenuonyiu tuetu auu led her to the door, . . . , ; There they paused and looked back at -ana neayeu iurgive uu jum 4 Madame trazed stonily' at : them with out word or'gestureViihd 1 they sighed and turned away ,ic!.:U - Directly the hall door'clanged heavily after them. As it did sp my stepmother tnrned calmly t6 me:. , a . ' t n T am sorrv for vbu, Vi she said 4 briefly, in stern, even tones. 'Let us go to bed.' - ; ?-. " -And with firm step and erect form Bhe' led mrj up to my room. There she kiss ed me good night, saying calmly as she closed the door: t 'From this moment they are dead to us. Never mention their names again !' It was all over now, I had sated my vengeance. ''") ! 'It is well!' I said,' as my head touch ;ed my pillow, b . ; ' '' ' p i! 1 h The days came and went. My step mother was erect, cold and' imperious aa ever. ; Not by word, look or tone did shi betray her secret suffering. But at the end of a year she had lost every ves tige bf youth and healthy ; A pale, gaunt old woman, she sat in her chair now. : !. One morning she called me to her. It' Was on my nineteenth birthday, !. 'Vi,' she said, curtly, its all Dead Sea fruit.' " 1 ' T " 7 I gazed at her, dimly comprehending her meaning. Then she said: I 'They hava a little daughter, Vi, and they have named her? after , me Ray Lilor, YL Shall we have them back,; Vi?r -i-.. t "i "1 " She looked at me wistfully. There was a brief strife between the good and the evU, and then I replied : ' 1 It is Dead Sea fruit, I mamina. We will have them back, v i f cart look upon Albert as my brother now.'; ; ; I -Thank Heaven !' " exclaimed Madame Viele,' .; j '!' And three days later Albert, Peri and the little Kay were established at uray Fell. -. . . ;. : - I. ' V. ; -, v': ,.j s Theatrical Episodes. , A ju"venile ! gentleman, whose voice was not oy any means powerful, ' was representing Macduff. On his observ ing: ; 'My-voice is in my ; swprd,' one of his auditors called out: Tm! clad i you told us, Harry; we were ausfc wondering where it was. V Another actor in ! the same cxiaracter well known . to be : an excellent combatant wasp one night seized with a sudden and uncontrollable presentiment that he would be mortally wounded in tne ngnt that terminates; the tragedr , so threw his sword down, f and maue a naaiy ana ignominious retreac. J - ' L ' A " .Poor Macbeth, thus left in the lurch. imagined that some alarming illness had caused his enemy to ' back lout. That was to be done ? His death alone could satisfy - .poetic justice, . and, bring the piece to the orthodox conclusion: so in desperation he rushed off and dragged in the first person he met with ; this hap pened to. be the physician. Handing Macduff s sword to him, he spoke this remarkable extempore speech: 'As kill ing is thy, trade, now. try thy hand upon thy master, as proxy for his coward foe.' xne combat was fought, and terminated, of course,' with the tyrant j king being ueieatea and staooed tnrougn and through several times to j make quite sure of nun. y The audience cheered And called uproariously for the combatants. But the manager was not so well pleas ed, and fined the trio of actors Macduff for not attending to his business, Mac beth for daring to 'gag' Shakspeare,1 and the unlucky , physician .for doing what he was actually, forced to do; . A very weak tenor, in Dublin, singing feebly, caused one of the gods to shout to an acquaintance across the gallery: 'Gorney, what noise is that? 'Bedad,' said uorney, L believe it's tne gas whistlm m the pipe.' In the same lively city a late mayor gave his patron age, and was hailed - with 'a cheer for the exmayor!' When quiet was restor- ed, a voice called out: 'JNow, Doys, a cheer for the Double X ma'yor!' (Mr. Guinoess, the great brewer was the gentleman then filling the civic chair). A Sir William Fond love, in! The LiDye Chase.' summing up his personal ad vantages, says, conceitedly enough, t'I'm every atom what a man should be. A man slightly lame was playing the part, whan nt this nninr n. vmnA frnm r.nft ri r. when at this point a voice from the pit cried : .'Barring the game leg, Freddy. ' On'ah Iago. who was disfigured by a frightful obliquity of vision, saying to Othello, 'Wear your eye thus, one of the spectators unkindly remarked:' 'He can't, you fool ! he hasn't larnt to squint. A very tedious old actor, whose Ham let occupied four hours, wa once play ing the part in a town in the Potteries, and with plenty of emphasis,, but no discretion, was .'ladling out the cele brated soliloquy, 'To be-or not to be,' when an irreverent gallery boy called out to him : Oh, toss up for it, mister, and don t preach.' .A Sound Legal Opinion. ' An honest farmer once called i upon the late-Roger M. Sherman, the cele brated lawyer, and told him he ' wanted an opinion. He had beard a great deal about the value of Mr. Sherman's opin ions, and now a great many people went to him to get an opinion, and John, who had never had, nor was likely to have a lawsuit or other difficulty for a; lawyer. to help him . from, thought he, would have an 'opinion.' 'Well, John, what -can I! do to help you?' said Mr. Sherman, when John in his turn was shown into the1 room; 'Why, lawyer,' replied John; M hap- Li it ' pened to be intown, and having nothing State your case, jonn. wnat s tne matter?'. v ' !:'? : Oh, nothing.' I ain't got no lawsnit; say they are very valuable.' j 'But. John about what?! . , , i! - v . ;; 'Oh! anything, sir; take your picknd choice!" p ; :s! : .- ; Mr. Sherman, seeing i the notions of his .client, on the matter, in hand, took pehi and Writing a few words, folded them up and handed them to John, who carefully placed them in his pocket. 'What's to pay, sirr 'Four and sixpence,' Yankee money seventy-five cents. I r When John returned borne tne next morning, ne round nis wnej wno ; prewy ' - m ' -m m . 1 is much! took the, lead in his business mat ters.1 anxiously discussing with his chief farm servant the propriety of getting in large quantity of ; oats on4 that day, which had been cut on the one previous, or of undertaking some other labor. John was appealed to to settle the Question, but he could not; decide.' At length he said: Til tell you what; Pol ly : I've been! to a lawyer, and got an opinion that cost me four and sixpence. There it lsread ner out; it s a lawyer s writing and I can't make bead or tail out of it!' . i But Polly opened the paper and read as follows: 'Never put off till to-morrow what lean be done to day 'Enough said! cried John; 'them oats ! must be got in. And they were got 'in,' and the same night such a j "Storm came on as otherwise would have ruined them entirely,' '' : ' j. " ' i John often afterward consulted tne . . . 'lit i 1L!. opinion, and acted upon ir ; ana w vmo dayentertains a high estimate of lawyer's opinion generally, and of tne lamentea Mr. Sherman's in particular. ) .p'-. - !!-:' ammmil ' ' -:;.it.i iTha Waterloo Observer, says:.- Ohick- ens and lawyers pick ! np their . Uving with their tfjfc &e comparison, is a slander on all honest chickens that scratch for what they get. ' ITEJttS OF GENERAL INTEREST. ,V The BJack Hills News favors the re moval of the coinage mint now located at New Orleans to Denver. :" A woman is on trial in. Yadalia, La., for murdering a child by pouring scald- ing water down its tnroat. . . An ' English' r laborer at Offham, Eng land, lately climbed a tree seventy feet high aud iJangei UmEelt at the top. - - f . Machinery Hall, one of the fine build ings of (the Centennial . exhibition, has been sold to private parties and pulled down, t . . ... . I Twenty-five of the principal railroads of the United States earned $8,733,682 in the month of July 1879, which was an increase of $704,963 over the same month last year. . ' I An assay recently mide in: Denver, Col., on a' sample of ore from a newly- discovered vein of ore showed a value per ton of $138,803, which is the richest product ever found. The state department is informed that Switzerland is in the habit of paying the expenses ol confirmed . paupers to tms country in order to be, rid of them, and has taken means to stop the wrong.- An' idea of the trade in canary birds is given by the fact that one New York house during the .past year purchased 54,000 male and 8,000 female birds , most of them being imported from Ger many, j - j . i,- . The State of Texas having imposed a license I tax of $200, on commercial trav elers.' nearly all the large houses in New York have recalled their agents, feeling ' that a submission to. the tax in one State would lead to its imp6sition In others. The so-called Indian depredations in Arizona ' are the work of. Americans, . Mexicans and Indians. Nearly 200 ani mals have been stolen. The raiders were , followed to South Mule Pass, where three Americans and two Germans were killed.! .- -, A ' : , . , It is a common practice for. people, through ignorance .of the law, when sending postal cards to write part of the letter on the' face of the card. Nothing but the address should be written there, else five cents will be. collected by the postoffiee on delivery. ! Jj Florida is now shipping 6,000 head of cattle monthly to Oaba, with the pros pect for an increase in the demand. The shipments of Texas cattle td G aba are I , 1 ; 1: x also large; giving regular occupation to several ox tne Morgan sieamsnips, ana hot,a caseof ftVeramohgThem. When the California farmers began to harvest their grain crops it transpired that a party of speculators held a corner in sacks, and the -grangers had to pur chase at an exorbitant figure or let their product go to ruin. It is estimated the speculators made a profit of nearly half a million, ; ' J The holder of the franchise for an un derground railway in New York city has, periectea arrangements wim x-anoiau capitalists whereby they will advance four million dollars for the work as soon as he secures $500,000 in this country to start the work, and thus demonstrate the Validity of his title. Among the English competitors who are coming to this country to partici pate in .athletic sports are a Mr. George, who can run a mile in four minutes twenty -five seconds, and four miles in twenty minutes fifty-one seconds,' and Mr. Ball, who can run a quarter of a mile in fifty-one and one-half seconds. Saperheated starch falling on a red hot stove in a candy factory in New York causdan explosion; and thisr it is now believed, throws light on the cause i l i ill i i - oi tne lemoie expxuiuu ui iaoul, rf.K cnV-M Mr. 'orbes, tne enterprising journai- iet who receives $10,00 for reporting the Zulu campaign for a London paper, last great pat- tie rode 110 miles alone in the dead of I night, through the hostile country, in order to reach telegraphic oommunipa- I tion and transmit his account ahead of competitors,' " '.' 1 i As an instance of the impartiality and cffiolencv of the Quarantine in Arkansas, it was. stated that Governor Alcorn, who came" up : wih his family from Fnar s Point, Misss., and passed mempnis without stopping, was denied a certifi cate to go to Hot Springs, where his daughter, who married a son of .Governor Rector, is now residing. The following shows the number of pounds contained in a bushel of the dif ferent articles named: Of bran, 12; blue graj?s, 14; shorts, 18; dried apples, 25; oats. 32: dried peaches, 33: hemp seed. 44; timothy seed 45; castor beans, 4fl; barley, 48; flaxseed, 50; rye, oo; sneiiea corn, 56; onions, 57; wheat, 60; clover- seed, 60: mineral coal, 7U; sau, so; corn on cob, 75. V v , . , Under the stimulus of an Iowa law, which remits a certain portion 6f taxes for five years on every acre oi iruit and for ten years on every acre of forest trees planted in tne mate ana aept aura, a great change has been wrought in the QDnf. of the Iowa landscape. Orer seventy-five thousand acres of fruit and forbst trees have been put out, and the remission of taxes resulting amounts to about $200,000. ; ,v In 1875 by executive order an area of 8 259,200 acres in Dakota on the north east border of the Missouri was with drawn from , settlement, to prevent the whites from pressing too closely upon tne AiATit o-reat Sioux reservation near Yankton, This tract, however, having be bcome. infested with - white rairs who pillage settlersandna ahke, was by executive urucx, uw v.-f re-opened lor setuemenw i !i i it i .
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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Sept. 6, 1879, edition 1
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