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. - M J : Cm.'-m&TV-- i - ' : ' .'-:,, - J ; ' V ' : : i r- ., - ' , (J ; mIk h I J iitrt : fill lff).; ;" :irrJnAKLES B. AYCOCK, Editor. i . " - i '. .,, . " "' , ' . . . .: ,. ., 1 v , 1 . , '.. ,, - ( . . ' FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. j '. - ' . : , ' 1 $1.50 per annum, in advance ' ; . VOL.. 'CHAPEL! JIIJII;,; X. O., SATUEDAY. NOYEMB IK 22, 1879. NO. 6. - i 1 : : i . " i ' inr ntf A ITh TMTT A TTb m "ni nivci o i Entire NEW Stock ' W FALL AT TH E LOWEST PRICES- A Choice Assortment of Styles and Fabrics at Very Low Prices. Clreat Success, i'rices runner iteuueeu to rMiit the limes. . .j Sold at a' Bargain,' and 1 1 eajirelf'uHj" Iifvite" a look from DRESS GOODS Black Silk 'and Fancy Silks LAWNS, GRENADINES, ORGANDIES, DRESS LINENS, PERCALS, kc. KID CLOVES ! KID CLOVES . i . ' i : ; i I am Headquarters for Kid Gloves. t f WHITE' GOODS. ! - i ' ' ' " " " . i I Irish Linen, Bleached Domestic Sheetlnsr, &c, a very full lot. Piques, CORSETS. HOSIERY I offer many ner Attractions NECK WEAR New Designs in 1 adles Ties, I line ana oioreu epuvr aico, ivv. Ribbons, Fans, Dress JJuttons, . ' Silks,' Fringes, PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS in GENTS' SHIRTS AND CASSIEIERES. Luidriedvand U-olundried Shirts and Fine o!d Very Low. Carpets, Matting and rioor My Line of these Goods is Equal to and I Guarantee my A Magnificent Line of Tapestry BRUSSELS All New Designs, for 75 Cents per yard. M VTTINGS Red, White and Checked, some of the best grades imported. New and Beautiful Designs in Rugs, Door Mats of the Best Fabrics, and Ur Oil Cloths in the Best Extra Quality. Samples Mailed Free with pleasure and promptness xn application to any parties desiring to purchase. -, Prompt Attention Given to Orders. I J. N. IBmporim a MAIN iDURHAM, YOUR MOIVE-X BARBER'S DRUG STORE IS HEADQUARTERS For Puro Drugs, Genuine Medicines, &c WT EVERYTHING USUALLY. KEPT TIP-TOP" TUtUCl HOUSE. it Everything no misrepresentation. nlliiliobuy Fiit-ClaHyiGooils. A SPECIALTY. from FIFTY CENTS upwards. and KID GLOVES. in this line this season. AND NOTIONS. i Ac, &C, tfeC. i Newest Designs and Celebrated make. Cassimeres. Bought to be Oil Cloth. any and Secondto none m the btate, PRICES; AS LOW. GAMMON, . i . rm ft off .lr asftion, STREET, i- IVor-tli Carolina. 7-m IN A LIVE FOR SOMETHING Live for FObaethiug, b? not idle, ! Look about tee for employ : fit uot dowu in useless dream i a; ' Labor is the sweetest jeva Folded bands are eer wei ociu-u ueri8 are never gs Life for thee hath many duties i Active be then while you my. fatter Mess'ngn in the pathway j : Gentle words an 1 cheering smiles .I'fctter ara than gold or eilver ! With their great creating wiles. Sb the pleasant suuBhine falleth J Lver on the grateful . arth. So let our symp ithy and kindness j Gladden.well the darkened hearth. llearts there are oppressed and weaiy; Drop the tear of sympathy. ,WhiBper words of hope and comfort, j Give, an i thy reward shall be Joy unto thy soul returning, ' From th s perfect fountaia-had ; Freely, ps thou freely giveat, I Shall the gratoful light be shed.' THE BETROTHAL. . - " ! - a . ' ' : r. -i-.V . ; ... The red sunMiad cast its last molten shadows on tlui parched grocn sward .in froiit of Fernhill, and a cruel looking1 "sky. reached in one speckles stretch asr - aV Justine could see. ; ' . js": Slid had been sitting for an' houf.or more, all alone,, ever f ixtcee swfper liour, that .ntJ'hiiiiS'aftys at seven, because 3Iiss Fantasia was as methodical as a piece of machinery in her comings and goings, and would be while slie reigned supreme in her brother's house. Justine sat thinking over all , that had come and gone since the day, six weeks back, when Darrell Grace had bowed over lvr hand, and she had thought what a good thing in a man was S'ich a strong, sweet, lK)ld voice as his. From, that sort of a beginning only one possible result would come, at least for Jus tine, and she sat there conscious that when Darrell Grace came, an hour or so later, he would bring with him the power to make or mar all her future life. Before Justine herselt ,fully understood what her own feelings meant, he knew his influence 'Over her, and with his accustomed skill, his selfishness that was such an essen tial part of his nature, he settled down to the delightful task of leaching this girl the strength of her owij capabilities. lie succeeded well He had enioved the deliberate task so nnih that, for the first time in a long, long while he was interested and " entertained ; while' Ju?tine:had come to know that when this last night of his jstay came, and he should say farewell, the beginning or the end of all things for her would come. When the soft dusk was over everything, Justine heard Darrell Grace s step on the gravel walk, then on to the secluded side porch where 'She awaited him. 4yi ou thought I d be certain to come, Justine ? I was not sure but that this ter rible heat had annihilated you, yet you look -just as I would have you look on my last niirht." She smiled at his remark. i "Your last night, really, Darrell ? How shall "miss you. Oh, bow shall I' get along without you,?" Vill you miss me, Justine f really wish for ire .when this hour comes, this hour we have never 3et failed to spend to gether since we knew each other? What dear times they have been little girl, haven't thev?" ' : Justine's baud slid quietly, from under liis cool strong lingers. "But all such pleasant times must end, you want to say, Mr. Grace. Say it, do, in the way summer tnends nave or saying n. And what do you think I shall do when when I don't see vou any more?'? Her voice was lost in low, sobbing gasps, and Darrell G races blue eyes snaaowea over with a very pained look he could call at will., - , "3Iy poor little girl! l ou make me wish never had tasted the happiness of this sum- "I. it.i T mer time, and you maKe me .wisu inai x lad never asked KosineDay to Demy wne. Ah! that "was the sword that had been suspended by the jhair ol her suspicious .She gave a low cry, and her hand went fluttering over her dress in an uncertain, pitiful way. Then Mr. Grace called tnrougu ine snui- tered window : - 'You had better come out, Miss lanta- Sia. Uie UL'al lias uveipvinLii.uu'w"" - am afraid." A nd Mins Fantasia said ves mat it was very oppressive, and that Justine had suf- ered from it all day. And then, when he had been assured there was nothing to fear from the fainting spell, Mr. Darrell Grace tooK nunsen away from Fernhill. f - . . . That was the most idiotic mistaKe x ever made in my life and brutal, too, men tioning Kosine's name as I did. Poor little Justine I God knows 1 meant no uarru to her happiness." j I. So he" went away, with perhaps a few occasionally. While LlIiU,CO Ul - , Justine well, women always have the worst of it, and the fonder, the truer, the more faithful the heart, the more keen its sufferings. . Mrs. Morent's face was wearing an ex pression of the most tmlloyed h6rror and anxiety. " : , What in the world shall we do about it? Was'ever anything so unfortunate? and Ilosine so exceedingly nervous and su perstitious 1 Aunt Fanny, what shall we do ? Here have come two notes from two of our guests for the dinner-party to-night, making their excuses and it leaves just thirteen for the table. .Who in the world can I ask to take a chair at such a late hour i Oh, dear, dear, I almost wish I had never undertaken to get Rosine settled, for all everybody thinks she and Mr. Darrell are gucn a spienuiu wu-. r 'If it -was anybody else but Darrell f Grace I am sure Justine would not obiect to accommodate yiou, my dear, " said fan tasia ; "but you know she-goes out so very little, and Mr. Grace and she have nver met since that unfortunate time, t wo sum mers ago, when, say what any one chooses, he certainly behaved very badly. How ever, I'll tell her ; I can ask her, and there'll surely be no harn in that Tnuch, All I know is, that since we've been in town she has not gone out much, and aa we go home soon I don't know that shell care to go to any trouble to make herself ready. But I'll ask her. I'll come at any rate.'' And so it happened that Justine. was in vited to attend a grand dinner-party given ; uy jura, iuoreni minonor oi me uetrotnai oi her pretty young protegee to the man Jus tine loved, and who had trifled so heart lessly with her. "Yes, auntie, I'll go," Justine said; her eyes gleamed feverishly, and her, cheeks flushed warmly. "It would be ten-ible to nave thirteen at a table particularly so if Miss Day is superstitious. . What ought 1 1 wear ? Not white, of course, j The bride elect will where white. Oh, yea ! my black tissue.":-- j . . ' j And Miss Fantasia wondered what st range fre k could possess the girl, so excited slip was. : Y !'!'' For the first time since his words ' had stricken her to the ground. Justine saw Darrell Grace that night, when, all . unexj pectedly to him Mrs. Morehtr took, him up to Justine with some little world, and then left them together, Arid Darrell Grace looked at her now and remembered all that summer's idyl, and then noted her sweet, fair graciousness.thai never was so prominently plain as now in contrast to Rosine Day's elaborate elegance, and a great pang went through his heart. To this he had refused such a pearl for the flashing paste that was already j palling on his taste. ' j ' He had made no special sign, nor had she, when they met, but only a little later it was that he requested her to let him show her the plants iri the conservatory, and; then, all of a sudden, he had turned towards her. , j "Justine, what made you come here here of 'all places on God's earth? Don't you know how I have been trying all these loner months to fonret vour sweet and win-j ning face ?" : . . ' . . . "She loved him ; was it any wonder her ejres darkened with piteous love for him ? He had humiliated her ; was. it any wonder that a little pallor of pain whitened her cheeks? j - i ' . "I see no reason why 1 should have re mained away because you are here," she replied. j j ' Her soul was n;a tumult because she was in his presence Again. ' j i Inside fountains tinkled, and leaves swayed. Outside; low, ominous thunder rolled grumblingly through the starless summer night, and it reminded them both of another summer night. "But I Cannot forget you now, less than ever. You madden me " She turned towards him with a look of re proof. L "Sir, such words are an ' insult. Please take me in ; that lightning is terrible. Oh, listen!" ' j A reverberating: peal of thunder boomed overhead. j Grace smiled bitterly. ; . "The severity of the shower is a good excuse for you to rid yourself of me, but you shall hear me tell you the terrible mis take 1 have made--ybu shall know I will be the husband of one woman, and the lover of another, of you of you Justine, my darling 1 " She gave a little cry of fear at his impet uous words. ;j "Mr. Grace, you " "No, Justine; you shall not reproach me for my heartless cruelty to you. God only knows how sorely) I am tempted to tell that woman I do not iwant her; that I want youJustine, I must have you ! Kiss me, my love !" 1 His arms went put towards her the girl he could not forget the girl who worship ped him! - " j His arms reached out to her, and then there was one terrific blinding flash of yel low light, one instant of awful deafening thunder, that seeihed to Justine must be the pillars of the world crushing about their heads, and beyond that I She nor Darrelli never could have known, for when they found them, a few minutes later, the mark of the storm fiend was on. them both the little blue-black feign that told where the lightning had stricken them out of possibility of love, suffering, pride, or woe any more So thatonce again the fated betrothal feast was limited to the dreadful number; only that there was no feast, only Rosien Dav, terrified and; heart-broken at the aw fully sudden death of her lover, could not understand how far better a. fate was hers than if Darrell Grace had lived "the hus band of one woman, the lover of another. 'T Transferrins: pictures. Pictures may be transferre to painted surfaces In this manner : Cover the ground withlan even coat of light-colored carriage varnish, which should be allowed to set (nearly as dry as if for gilding). -If the print to be transferred be colored, soak it in salt and water, jif not colored, use water alone. Remove . superflous water by pressing between! blotting pads, and -then place th3 picture face down upon the var nish, pressing it smooth. When the varnish is dry, dampen the paper and rub it off with the finger. The picture be found upon the varnish,' and another coat of the latter should be added to bring out the effect. This process answers equally well for glass or metal surfaces.; r ' - M Thiers is said to have left no writings, except the 2,000 pages oi notes which were to form his great WMlnahnhin.il work. Tnese were ue- Posited with the Bank of England rn November. 1870i and are still tnere, r - t . , .r i - . Koya.1 Enslisli Farms The following description of the Royal Farms at London, England, is from the pen of Prof. Morrow. "The royal dairy itself is a very orna- mental uuuamg ; out much ellort was given to secure the best results. - A free ciruila tidn of air, the best attainable j tentilathn, ah abundant supply of water, and all prac ticable means for securing a uiilform teini-" perature, were insisted on in the pl.ansr The floor is built on brick arc les wiin ;an The walls empty space below the arches i are hollow; the windows double. The ceilirig is also arranged witli reference to ventilatun and; excluding thd effects of. changes of temper ture. V The walls and floors are of highly ornamental tiles, with beautiful borders, "majolica, frieze, cornice, borders and fountains, fine mddaliions .arid busts of the 'royal family are j But part (of the works of .ornament ; which make this the most beautiful dairy in the world. The milk is kept in large white dishes, whieh stand "on marble tables, under which are shallow reservoirs for streams water. The room is thirty-si feet high. When the Yueen is f of running t by twenty J t the castlie. large quantities of fresh milk is supplied from this dairy. When she is at other res idences, butter is made daily and forwarded to her. ' The butter is churned in a common barrel churn, and pmV up usually in long rolls. That which I saw was of- very goad quality. The milk is skimmed after stand iag twenty-four hour's, and x again twelve hours later. The dairy is under the i direct charge o.a Scotchman and his wife, who. have been in their present place Six or seven years, The larger number -of the, co wis kept here are Short-horns, many ot them of good pedigrees. For many years Booth bulls have been i used, generally hired from one of the Mr. Booths. Some of these arje line animals ; but, as. a lot, there are not good milch cows. A dozen or more of these are Jerseys, some of them quite ood, and several good Ayrshires. They were all in good, but not lin unduly high conditjioni. They are milked in the stables,' but are in pasture during both night and) day: As a curiosity there :ii kept a Swiss bull, of .larg' size and fair form, but with, a large coarse head,! and a little Ashantee bull,' presented to Her Majesty. He is about the tize of a Kerry bull, and: of rather good form; but apparently of anything but an amiable tem per. i Short-horns are shown annually, and: good prices are jnade for the goring stock, as, also, I believe, for the ypung Jersey bulls. Considerable numbers of Berkslures and of the White Prince Albert's Windsor pigs are bred. Some of the Berkshires are of quite a good istamp, of the larger style The Windsor or Prince Albert-pigs are above the medium size, very rapid growers, and liay on fat' very readilv. I ishould think! t'lie proportion oif fat lean meat too great. A large flock of Cheviot ewes are kept, they being purchased annually and bred to Leicester or; Cotswold ranis, j Mr. 'Tait fi lids the Cheviot much more free from fbot rot than the Dpwns and certainly the Do wins kept in the London parks are. much troubled with lameness -and also finds the cross-bred lambs very desirable. 1 Au Old House. A short distance north of the Quaran tine station, Staten Island, New York, stands a very old house, whiclj was a home when W'ashinglon had scarcely reached the .dignity of manhood, which has I outlasted ;re volution; and the storms of nearly two jcenturies, sheltering the British ; red-coats and the patriots jagainst whomjthe' red-coats fought, looking put through'the quaint dor pier windows on the thousandj changes that iave ben wrought during its existence, and remaining to this very day a secure and hospitable, dwelling. Its preservation is a matter of wonder, because no crisis or event in history is associated with it. A King George's, man fell in love with a maiden who lived in it and, being rejected, des perately hanged himself from a' beam in the ceiling, while she, like Chaelotte, in Thackeray's ballad, "went on cutting bread and butter." The disembodied spirit of this ' soft-hearted' arid soft-headed warjior still visits the chamber of 'his follyy and shamefully . disturbs its, occupants , by the midnight clinking of his. spurs and tread of his . double-soled boots. The ample fire place thai gapes in the cellar was surrounded in the evenings Of many years by the supine slaves, who were locked up for the night, and whef in theif entire simplicity never thought 6f avenging themselves upon their bond-masters by. a brand from that con venient burning. The house j is close upon the. water, and the luxuriant lawn in front needs a strong sea-wall to prevent it from the tidal encroachments. The lilacs were in'bloonij when we called, and the long grass rippled in; the wnd, aiud shook the golden chalices of the buttercups that opened in the sunshine. Patriarchal shade trees flickered over the shingled roof that symbol of nnfaltering protection, the shield against how mainy storms, the seal of how many secrets? A hardy vine interwove its twisting branches up the supports of the Wide porch, under which the gentle mistress sometimes sits with her embroider or book. Only the ground-floor" is distinctly visible. The floor aboye1 merely suggests itself by three dormer-win4ow8 in the gray roof, Which is bent with the weight of its years, it is a place for dreams and musings, this old house; by the bay a sanctity hot to be profaned by the! vulgar strifes of passionate men. The rustle of the leaves, the sibilant munhur of the long grass, the plashing' of the waters against the low sea-wall, and the noiseless traflic bf the vessels give Memory wings and inspire her to flights through the paletwiJight of the past, ine outer aoor is djamond-paned glass, and just inside of this eherti is another one niade of oak not a bit less than three inches thick, with an old-, fashioned latch still attached to it, by which wfl nass into . a fcheerful halL ' .There is a bell to summon the, inmates, by the way of concession to nioaern convenience uui, y no tiat has affection for old-time things in 4nm .would be able to resist rapping a snarp rat- tat-tat on theT2 knocker, whose hamrner :J TniV.t 5ntr a crifrin's head? ; This knocker was brought from an old chateau near Rouen. , Though the house is not itself historical, it contains numberless odds and ends that are reminiscent of momentous events in the country's progress. Cheerful is an adjectiveHhat applies to every part as well as he hall. The sunshine streams in copiously, and the bees find passage from front to rear ; tmt the stone walls are three feet thick, forming charming window-seats ; ihe low-ceilings are beamed with ponderous oakj jarfd the floors are of solid deal taken ! from the cabins of captured ships. Fur. Fnished after no arbitrary formula, the little parlor gratihes the artistic! sense, and, what is more essential, adapts itself to the ease of its occupants. It is warm in color, bril liant in effect, and cozy in arrangement ; it' stimulates repose and leads; to meditation. The grand old fire-place,; with logs ready for lighting stretched over the brass and irons,' is about ten feet wide, and is sur rounded by ancient tiles brought from Am sterdam two hundred years ago, the subjects being Biblical, and the treatment grotesque. Among a erowd of other objects upon the ( mantle-piece, are, two small candlesticks that belonged to the ' Van Tassel tamily ; ; aud who will venture to say that they are ndt the very ones jtliat revealed Katrina's pretty face to the school-master of Sleepy .. Hollow? A centre-piecp j is formed of a small knocker taken -(frpnu the house in Chester which was occupied by Washing- ton, and visited by Rocliamb'eau, Lafayette and other ..celebrities, and I below this is a link of the chain that was stretched across the Hudson at West Point. It was Mrs. Austen's grandfather, Peten-Townsendfyho forged the metal. J A Ride Thr&u&h'the Air. .Let us try the. elevated railroad and sec , ' what it isT like, "We will take Aha dars-r' dqwri-town and go ud to Central Park and" ' perhaps beyond; At the down-town station near Trinity Church, where the trains start from, we pay; for our tickets and. pass out upon the platfoam. Well,' really, this is a ' railroad in the air in earnest. There are engines standing about, some with steam up ' ready to start, : others running under a pipe to get wuter.' There is a bridge over the wrater-pipe, and on top are men with wheel barrows, wheeling coal. ' One opens a trap in the bridge, shoots hip barrow-load of coal down the trap, and it falls through a funnel in the top of the cab of the engine. At once the engine moves out of the way to make room for the next, j Quick work is essential on a railroad that runs eight hull- . drek trains in twenty-four hours. Opposite is a switch-house, and in it we carusec the man who controls all the; switches here. See, he has moved a lever, and, up the track, we see the iignal-arm move. There ' is a train coming. The signal says , "all clear,", and the train comes ' down, crossing over from one side of the bridge to tie other, running up to the side of thepplat- formjr Men stand ready to cast-off coup- rings, uniasten ;tne air-pipes ior ine DraKes and loosen the bell-rope. The engine moves aw;ay to the coaling place, and at the same rtiriie another engine backs down and is coupled on; the. down passengers have all stepped out, and the up passengers take their places and the train is ; off in less than two minutes. v At once the engine rolls up past, the platform and takes its place ready for the next train. The arms on the signal post move up and down, arid another5 train comes down to the platform. If the busi ness is very active, one train follows another in about a minute and a half. We'll take a train and go up-town. The car is wide, handsome, neatly "carpeted, and with broad and comfortable seats. The buildings slip past on either side and we can look into the sebond-story windows and see the people inside. It's a mere glance j for an instant, and then it is passed. The people 'inside do not appear to mind it much. Well, w hen a railroad train shoots by your win dow every ninety secondsypu can't afford to look out at every oriq of them: The train pulls up at a station 'and . more people get in, and in less than a minute we are off again. . Now we come out on a wide street and we can Jook through , the windows to the street below. There is a blockade there. A truck has broken down on a horse-car track and the cars are stopped in a long line. How lucky that we can fly right over the whole affair,1 crowd and all,' and leave them far behind, while the drivers below are quarreling as to who shall get out of the way. On we go up-tQwn; stop-' ping at station after station, rriaking two more curves and then coming to Sixth avenue. Now we'spin along in fine style, and as the road is in the! middle of the street we haVe a good chance to see the shop? and sidewalks below, j We go in this way for nearly three miles, pass a branch road leading off to the left, and then stop at Fifty-eighth street. Here we are at Central Park in twenty ( minutes from Trinity Church, and making twelve stops on the way. M . - A Deftr Reptile. Mr. Snodgrass, a farmer, residing in the ! astern part of Jackson .county, Kansas, ells the best snake story of the season. It s related that while working in a field, his Curiosity was aroused by a track through his cornfield, which he thought h'ad been made by some dead animal being dragged through. Following up the trail he at last came upon the cause of the! heavy marks on the ground, which was npthing less than an immense snake, having a body as-big around as a "log of wood,; Going to the house he secured a double-barrelled shot gun and returning to the spot , fired both charges into the snake. After Jthe reptile had ceased its terrible wri things, he was even then afraid to approach it alone, and secured the aid of two colored men. An examination proved it to be a ral tlesnake, and of such immense size! that the three dptermirTed tb drac it to the barn, where it was placed on the scales and found to weigh Ano h.mHiPd and twentv-five Dounds. The snake had forty-two rattles, and is supposed to have been fully fifty years old. In truth of the above Mr. Snodgrass skinned the snake and will exhibit the mammoth hide and rattles at the fair next month. .1
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