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A . ' -.; - m. i n ! . i .1 . IIP ) ; JOS. A. HARRIS, Editor. VOL- Y. ' $1.50 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. CHAPEL HILL, N. G, SATURDAY. JUNE 12, 1880. f NO. 9. A FOLDED LEAF. A. folded psffe, old. sUinad. and blurred. I found within your book lt night, 1 did not red the dun dirk word I in the slow-waning Hght ; I5ut pat it back, and left it there, ' a if in truth I did net care. Ab ! we bare all a folded leaf That in Time's book of lonjr ajo WeIaVe: a bal'-relief Fsll on us when we hide it so. We fol i it down, then torn away, Aud who may read that pajje to-day ? . Sot you. my child ; nor yon my wife. Who a t beside my etaiy chair , . Yot all hare som thins in thafr life That they, id they alone, may bear A trid nij lis, a deadly sin A oWtlin3 bought they dll not win. II? folded leaf ! bow bine eyea gUam And blot the d 'lie -brown eyea I see ; And golden carls at erening beam Above the black locks at my knee ! A! me! that leaf is folded down. And are for me the locks ara brown- i And yet I love them whoisit by. My beet and dearest deareot note. Tbey may not know for what I sign. What brings the shadow on my brow. GhMts at the best ; so let them be. Nor come between my life and me. Tbey only rise at twilight hour ; " So light the lamp aud close the bliud. Small per fame linger j in the fiowtr That sleep i that folded pie behind. So le: it ever folded lie ; Twill bp u u folded hen I die. Saved By a Whistle. The afternoon was drawing to a close. lliue clouds loomed threatingly in the west, aiul the wind swept about the old Inn Uil uiiui nous. a i. nuuiui;iiucuuj pii'vo to K a wild stormy nigli; already the wives of the little cove that made in from, :he bay, had put on their white caps in an tin pat ion of a frolic Tbc Inn had formerly been used for the accommodation of travelers t .but at the time ou story open a, it had been gradually fulling to rum, and people seldom or never sroppeti there. ' . , The inmates were an old woman, known as Granny Crane, a colored man who at tended to the chores, and a young orphan girl of eighteen whom granny had taken :rom the p;orhouse years before. This girl, Elfie Darke, was standing on the porch, shading her face with one hand, ami looking anxiously over the water. ITer eyts were large, and absolutely startling in their wild, dark beauty, with long curling !ihrs, and delicately atched brows. The scornful curving mouth was red like South ern u hie. . The head was daintily poised; the nose sn.all and straight ; the foot slen kr and arched like an Arab's. Far below ht-r wait sweft the jetty hair, in a silken, waving mass. She was a most exquisite creature, notwitlistanding that the rough earess of the salt breeze had browned her cheek and the smnll hand that shaded those wonderful eyes. A brown skirt of soma woolen material ell to her ankles. She wore a short jacket of scarlet flannel, and a scarf of the same color was thrown over her head. Suddenly a harsli, croaking voice souuded from the house 'Come in, call What are ye standing there for, and the cold wind blowing over Eifie uttered an impatient exclamation, wit did , not move, and the wrinkled old 'crone crept to the door and looked over the son s shoulder. "Ah, ha ! That s what troubles, is it ? No wonder and ycr lover the only smug gler .f 'em at home. I suppose theyd Five a ronnd sum to get him eh, gal T" "Hush !"' said Klfie, imperiously, as she turned on Granny Crone "Don't vou dare be'ray him! The old woman chuckled, and shaking ner head, hobbled back to the house with fut speaking. Elfie looked after her with troubled expression on her beautiful face. W1 men turned her gaze seaward once more. A vessel lay at anchor just inside the ce. Elfie knew it well enmigh : it was the OovernMieht cutter In pursuit of smug 'rs. j-,iric handsome lover, and her heart beat strong and fevershly while she considered ' the chance ot his escape. lie Was mmini tr htr ihnt- n?ot She would wait ; nothing could be done at K'raeni, lor she knew not where t?bd tim. The njjjt ced blacklv : the rain facie down in drrnrhincr tl from his breast, and couuied a part of them into hex eager fingers. "Now, then, tell us all you know. . I "You mast follow the beach up unti you reach the road," she said ; "then cross the grove of pines at the right, and vou !" w me inn. in. me iront room yo win una me captain of the band, with his sweet Heart." ! A tnurmer of satisfaction-arose lrom the meu, and the leader, compelling granny to foljow, strode on across the beach. j Inside, the inn. Elfie and her lover were talking earnestly. ' j " l ou must go at once,, Kolf. The cut ter lavs just oiuside the cove," the girl said, V rk Mini,. lT A f . i.l a uiuu!t., .1 ,iiMuucy'.. vou ,-wouiu see her." j - i i "i nave oeeu out towu all dav : and it's j too dark iq-night to see anything. Come lassie, ny with me. We will never teturn Ibis is no life for you. When you aremv wife, sweetheart, silks and jewels '11 be none to fine for you. Come awav. and we'll have a home of our own that is ffraud ii ... . . unu ueauuiui, witn no granny to grumble aim nna ramit." , loved this daring fellow in spite of 1 i I 1 ? J 1 1 m wwicm ieeus. iiHieeu sne Knew no better class of men, for most of her life had been spent among the smugglers on tne cojvst. Mie laid her check oa bis arm, while he bent to receive her answer. i Before she could speak, the heavy oaken door was thrown open, and the men from the cutter filed quickly into the room, i 44 Vou may as well surrender, my man," said the leader, throwing open his cloak and revealing the navy blue, with its glit tering buttons. ! The 3oung outlaw stood like a stair at bay. In the confusion Elfie had slipped from his arms, and out of the door. He was very glad of that she was out of danger. ! For an instant.there was a dead silence ; and then, as the leader took one "step for ward, Rolf drew a pair of revolvers from his pockets, leveled them at the men, and shouted with a reckless ring in his voie, while his lace gleamed wbitely from it frame of careless waving hair : j "Come ou all of ye t Only give me a fair chance, and come one at a time I " j His tall magnificently built figure tow ered a full half head above the others, and his gleaming eyes were full of desperate re solve ; but he looked in the barrels of six loaded pistols, and the men were deter mined tc capture their prize. 1 "Surrender, or we will fixe V 1 I At that moment a clear, sweet 'whistle rang above the wailing of the storm and the tumult in the small room., ! Rolfs quick ear recognized it. Elfie hail learned it from his own lips, and had often helped him from danger by that call. While the men hesitated, and involuntarily glanced over their shoulders to ascertain, if 1 A Ft use Forgery. 1 he Emperor of Autna one of whose greatest ambitions is to keep up the pres tige" of the army has been sorely trouble J lately by the misdemeanor of one of his generals. Field Marshal Lieut. Prochazka, married to a beauty taken by him from the stage of a small theatre, and living an extravagant life, has been, of late, spending great sums at a time." On one of his trips to Paris he had been told that a number of French banksrs were trying to get a con-, cession- to .found a gambling house in the republic of San Marino, but that the re public absolutely refused granting one. Proohazka, with a secretary, traveled to Italy, and there became acquainted with the only general of the quaint little republic, one Count 31aroldi, to whom he spoke, of liis project of getting the gambling-house concession, and who immediately prom ised to use all his influence in obtaining it. fiarou Prochazua, it appears, believed that in so small a state the General ought to be able to manage anvthing, and promised Maroldi 350,000 francs if he obtained the concession. In less than a week's time Maroldi brought it,' signed by tha oaly sec retary of state, and provided with enor mous seals and various other signatures. As soon as they had the concession the two generals started for Paris, where a consor tium of bankers immediately acquired the concession of them, promising to pay 300, 000 francs for , it on the day when the gambling-house was opened and paying down 500,000 francs immediately. Baron Prochazka paid Gen. Maroldi the prom ised 350,000 francs and the latter started off for no one knows where, lie has not been found or heard of since. The Bank ers selected a number of clever engineers and sent them to San Marino to buv grounds and set about building, several A Monster snip. " Slake Yourself at Home. magnificent houses at once. Arrangements were made with several firms for the fur niture, and a single French- house, "La Societe Commerciale," in Vienna, under took to send to Marino 3,000,000 francs worth of splendid furniture. When the grounds were bought and the contracts laid before the authorities these of course asked for what purpose they were to be used, and the truth was discovered that the govern ment had granted no concession whatever anu mat me seais anu signatures must nave been forged. The qr.estion now arises. Is Gen: Maroldi the only guilty man in this business, and were Baron Prochazka and his secretary dupes or accomplices ?' The San Marino general is hot to be found and the Austrian general was immediately ar rested, although with the aid of influential and wealthy friends he returned the sum paid him by the French bankers, who have no reason to accuse him of having cheated them. The official papers were very care A new steamship, which when completed will be the largest and finest merchant ves sel in the 'world, is now being built at Bar row, England, for the Inman Line. She will be ready for use in the spring of 1881, and will then begin making regular trips between New York and Liverpool. The "City of Rome'? was regarded as the most appropriate name which could be given to this addition to the Inman fleet. Her di mensions are to be as follows : Length pf keel, 546 feet; length over all, 590 feet ; breadth of beam. 52 feet ; depth of hold. 38 feet 7 inches, and depth from top of deck-houses to keel, 52 feet. Her meas urement will be .8, 300 tonvor over 2,000 tons larger thanY either the City of Berlin or the Anzona, and 800 ton3 larger than the "Servia," the new Cunard steamship, which will be completed this fall. She will be over four-fifths of the "great East em. " The engines of the "City of Rome" will oe ot o.ouu horse power, with six cylinders, three of which are high-pressure, and three low-pressure. There will be eight . boilers, heated by 48 furnaces, and the vessel c m be propelled at the rate of 18 knots an hour. She will crry four large masts, and three smoke funnels. A larsre spread of canvas can be set. which will enable the steamship to make good time, if . necessary without the aid of the engines, ihe saloon and staterooms will be placed amidships and will coatam every facility for comfort and luxury. All the latest improvements are to be added, and the entire cabin will be splendidly furnished and upholstered. There will be 275 re vol vine: chairs at the saloon tables, and the a staterooms will easily . accommodate 300 first-class passengers. A drawing-room whick can be occupied by 100 ladies at once, will be. placed on the deck immedi ately over the saloon. The smoking-room will be above the drawing-room, and will accommodate 100 smokers at once. The saloon will contain six bath-rooms. There I will be room on board for almost any num- oer ot steerage passengers, and space for an enormous quantity of freight in the hold. The "City of Rome" is to be built of steel, with a double bottom and eleven bulk heads. Two longitudinal bulkheads are to run through the engine and boiler spaces. These will greatly decrease the danger of the vessel sinkiug in case of a collision. The top decks are to be of the best teak. No exspense is to be spared in making this magnificent steamship perfect in every re spect, tone will have the highest classifi cation of any vessel in the Liverpool! Red- Dook and in the British Lloyds, t The In man people expect that, so far as the trans portation of passengers and freight I goes, the "City ot Rome" will prove the-mon - arch of the seas. Pro- possible from whence the call came, the 3'cung smuggler, with a wild hurrah, and a blessing in his heart for Elfie, leaped upon the first of the blue-coats, and knocking the pistol from his hand, made another spring for the door. But a sharp report Tang out, and he felt a stinging sensation in his ught arm : another bullet severed a lock of his hair. Turning, he took aim with the revolver in his loft hand and fired; .one of the cutter's men uttered a sharp cry, and throwing up his arms fell to the floor. Another pistfl met the bold fellow at the door, but he struck it up with his weapon and rushed into the night, with two or three bullets whistling about his ears. Again, that clear whistle came to him, and following the sound, he reached the corner of the inn, where he found Elfie waiting with his horse. "Bless you, my girl I" he murmured. With one leap he was on the animal's back. He bent from the saddle and held out one hand. " "Will you come, sweetheart ?" Without a pause, she caught his hand and swung herself up before hinv" There was a word to the horse, a reck less, defiant shoyt sent back at their pur suers, and they were gone in the deep black new of the night. ful to assure the public that Baron cnazita naa resigned nis position as a gen eral before he was arrested, so that it should at least appear that no general had been carried oil to jail. If the business is hushed up altogether, it willbe for the sake of the armys and its generals, whose honor might be thought to be somewhat tainted by the crime of a comrade. For the same reason silence has been kept as to the conduct of some Croatian officers who have used their power as accupiers of newly acquired country to commit what at home would simply be called robery. They in . 'V. 1 a. a vitea some Jionammeuan merchants in Serajeva, Bosnia, who were known to be rich people, to their tents, and while they were treating them at their mess a number of soldiers plundered their houses and car ried away all the go'd and jewels they could lay .-hands upon. The chief instigator of the affair has been condemned to twenty years imprisonnieut by a court-martial A Few Hints tor ttie Seasons Stopped Writing. Cremation at Goth., A cremation ceremony was recently per formed at Got ha, the body being that of M. Stier. He was a decided beitever in cre mation, and died about a year ago, leaving directions for the treatment of his remains. was thinking of her bold, I The ceremony has necessarily been deferred iirst jor me jegai sanction ior cremation, and then for the society which calls itselt "The Urn" to arrange its apparatus. The occasion drew together a large concourse ot people, and about three hundred Were admitted into the chapel with tickets. The body arrived accompanied by the sounds of solemn music and on entering the buiid- Granny Crane, wrapped in a long cloak, I mg this gave way to the plaintive chant or aHied forth, passing iust outside the door I a German hymn. The head of the ctergy 6talwart fiirure that annmrbpd th bouse I of Got ha then delivered the funeral ora- hm the crazy old barn where he had fast- I lion, and then proceeded, to. speak of the position which he and his brethren had taken up in reference to the practice of cremation.. He explained that if he did not then pronounce the benediction it was only because this pious duty had already been performed by another priest at the time of the temporary interment, and not to show any disapproval of the present. proceedings. On the contrary, the atten- '11 track track ye ere I dance of nearly all- the clergy of the dis- I . . a aj a a- tnct was specially aeciaea upon, ior .me purpose of publicly and solemnly mani festing their approval of cremation, and ot declaring through him that they saw in it nothing contrary to the spirit of the gospel or to apostolic practice, mere was not one passage to be found either in the Old or the New Testament forbidding the burn- a m . m ) ' jng ot tne numan poay ; nor couia any good reason be given against disposing ot it in this way. After the .Lord's .Prayer ned his horse. a M.M . -yomg.tor Kay the evening with the sne called. . ts, came back to her in a bold, free o.ce. and thev na.ud nn Iia tn t.h hnn d she into the night which grew blacker ana w-iifn "Ye are a fine lad, Rolf Stuart, but ye'll spend the evening with Elfie. The ciment hound long." he eld woman pulled her hood over her -uuKieu lace and hurried on. Straight to jjje beach she went, and arrived there just j0 '.lme to see a number of dark figures raping from a The men regarded piously the wierd figure that approached ,A !iIaJhap the gentleman would be glad Enrkur K l , . - . , a,. uv wuereaDouta oi a smuggler! 1 M nip imnJ . ti. -1 ; I 4 us here,".said one. who anoeared to leader. "Have you any information to hesitatetl a moment, and looked some time ago, a patent-meaicine man oi si. uouis wrote a connaentiai letter to a young man in Little Rack, Arkansas, re questing him to send the names of all the very fat men of Little Rock. The young man, with a full appreciation of a happy plan suddenly struck upon, sent the names of all the very lean men in town. Ihe ef feet was very decisive. A short time af terward, a prominent lawyer, whose lean ness has ever been a subject of remark, re ceived a letter, which read: "Dear Sir Our American anti-fat remedy will whittle the stomach from you in six days. Send us twenty-five cents," The letter was thrown aside, not without a few expressions of ingratitude. The next mail brought another letter, with the following contents : "Dear Sir If you have decided to sur render your obesity, send us the twenty five cents."' . - By this time the gentleman was warm. He cursed all the patent medicine men in the world. Several days after this the boy came to the office and handed the lawyer a letter. On the envelope was written "Opened by mistake,. Miss Jackson. " The lawyer took the letter and read : "Dear Sir We are sorry that your ab ominal protuberance . is giving you so much trouble. This is your own fault, for our American anti-fat will act like a draw ingknife in whittling you down." The lawyer sat for filteen minutes in deep meditation. He was disturbed by the entrance of a lean minister, who drew a letter from his pocket, and, handing itto the lawyer, remarked : "I don't under stand this. " This letter read thus :j ' 'Dear Sir Don't feel that you are always to be a burden to yourself. We can boil off your stomach until you'll be as trim as a racer, Mr. -, a prominent lawyer of your city, who. as vou know, is a perfect mountain . ar Throw old bottles, oyster-cans, broken dishes and . so forth into your neighbor's yard. He's no man if he can't pass 'em along to the next. j Borrow a wheelbarrow, rake, hose, spade and whatever else you may wanttthrough the summer as soon now as you can, so that the owners will forget to, whom they were lent. A man who buys a wheelbarrow when he can borrow one willnever be chief financier of a life insurance'eompany. If one of the gate-hinges is missing, tak the other off and throw it away. It i3 betl ter.tohave a gate on no hinges than one hing, and it is cheaper to throw away a hinge than to buy one. Spring is' a good time to crawl under the hoase and find the missing' shears, thim bles, butcher-knives, silver spoons and pail covers. A great many families get rich Dy hunting up things which the cat has lugged out of the house during the Winter, nru i j , iuu oeasuu uaa arriveu wnen seven or eight stoves can be dispensed with ih the average dwelling-house. Any man who can kick strong enough to break a hoses's leg can kick over a stove. That's the easi est way to get em down. Stove pipe prop erly put up, win ian when the stove does. Seeds should be planted in the soring Several years of experience have, conclu sively proven that seeds planted in the fall are certain to have the mumps before Jan uary. Five dollars' worth of sunflower seed3 will produce shade for at least 12 cats and an old hen. Sunflowers . can't be trained to climb up the side of the house ; but neither can an elephant. Therefore. by planting sunflowers you avoid planting a . . elephants. borne folks take up carpets and beat them in the spring. Others wait until fait and beat the carpet stores. Every family can laKe ltg choice this being a free Country. opnng is a gooa time to paper rooms. Most any one of the family can hang wall paper. All you need is a barrel to stand on, a pau ot paste, the old stub of a- white wash brush and a boy to pour water on your elbow joints tokeap down the friction. ii you want to be original, don't- try to match the paper. All visitors feel that in some places there is , an atmosphere that is congenial and pleasant, and conducive to freedom and enjoyment, while in others though the welcome be just as warm and the friends no less kind and dear they are never un conscious that they are visitors. The house is an abnormal condition of Spick-and-span orderliness, to start with ; and one feels that in no home are the papers an 1 books always picked up, the work put out of sight, and everything kept with its best foot forward. In most sensible, not to say cul tivated, families, the essential vulgarity of loading down the tables with an unusual and unnecessary, variety of food, because a friend chances to be present, is no longer seen; but in too many the entire matter of the family eating is made to turn upon the guest's appetite or readiness. How entirely " at home 7: one feels ( " this is writ ironi cal," as A. Ward: used to say) to come down to breakfast a quarter of an hour late and find pater familias reading the advert tisements in! his crumpled morning paper, with one eye. wandering to the clock ; the house-wife with the shadow of a frown, upon her politeiy unpuckered brow, and the .children "actually cross from waiting I The guest shouldn t be late, of course, but he often takes that liberty when at home, arid would feel much better to find a fami ly at the table than waiting for him. -The consciousness of throwing everything out of gear in the family machinery makes one realize very uncomfortably that he is not "at home." m . a 1 -a 4- inen tne cnuaren are or ten keDt on "dress parade," during. the presence of transient guests. It caiuses pain to a child loving and sensitive man to know that the children are disbarred of their natural and blessed freedom by his presence. His own tA.i- 1 - la . a a a iittie ones at nouje enmo to his bacK or knee, tease for stories, play games, and have a good time after sapper ; and while the average parent doesn't take so much interest in other people's children, no one, not so utterly selfish that his comfort does not deserve to be considered, likes to see children robbed of aBy of their little rights and customs by a stupid conventionality requiring them to be dressed up 'and keep still. -f . It may further be truly said of hospitality. that as a rule "entertaining" does not en tertain. Public men are not the'onlv npn- pl who like plenty of letting alone. The fnend into whose home our coming means only an extra plate and chair at the table, and room at the fireside; whose easy chair is ours for reading, resting or chatting; whose home circle is enlarged, and broken up, by our entrance : whoso greeting shows that he is conscious of receiving as well as imparting pleasure ; ? who preserves his own individuality and recognizes ours:, over whose roof-tree ' waves the flag of freedom isn't ' this the place where we all love to go? Northern : Rivers mouth is the thriving milling and manufac turing t own . of Tumwater notable for Its water-power. At this place Colonel M. T. Simmons made the first American settle ment north of the Columbia. The Skoko mish empties into Hood's Canal. Its two confluents rise in the Coast Range and join ten miles fiom the mouth. The valley varies from one to 'three miles in width, and is of the finest quality of bottom land. On both sides of Hood's Canal there are other small rivers, with similar valleys, ' though not so extensive. Along the south- a . . . ' aY 1 n ' em shore or the btraits oi juan ae r uoa are several streams, ! heading in the Coast Range: the principal , are the Dungeness and Elwha, "with valleys of excellent land. AH the above described rivers are rapid, cold mountain streams, abounding with trout. Their deltas are the resort of myri-; ads of wild geeso, ducks and other aquatic ; birds. ' ; . v ; I !-'"'' ' it- ' - A House .off Ice. A house of ice was one of the winter at tractions at MoscQWjRussia, during the past winter. It is a copy of the one the Empress Anna Ivanovna constructed in St. . Petersburg on the river Neva, and the plans and description of which are kept in the archives of Moscow. Fron these pa pers, the enterprising managers of the Zoo logical Gardens there obtained the de tails necessary for constructing a miniature copy of the imperial ice palace. The. cost of erection has' amounted to three thous and roubles, or at the present' rate" of ex change a little above three hundred pounds sterling-; but this has always begn more than covered, as the first six days of the ; exhibition brought in something like eight thousand roubles. The appearance of this structure is most attractive in the evening, ' when lit up with electric and Bengal lights. It is built on the pond of the Zoological Gardens, and occupies about fifty feet ! square, including the space enclosed by the : ice railing. Entrance inside is prohibited, owing, no doubt, in great measure to the damage the steps would suffer from the visitors continually passing up and down, i The house itself is about twelve feet high, with a roof some nine feet higher. It is built in the. form of a parallelogram : "and with all due respect to the Empress Anna and to the authorities of the gardens, re minds one more of a barn than anything else. This, however, is only an accident 4f shape. Looking at it when illuminated by electricity, the sight is well worth see- j lng. The ice in front is of the purest, and glitters with almost 'dazzling brightness, , and where a corner catches the light, the onlooker might imagine that it was set1 with precious stones. One end of the house is built of alternate pieces of dark and clear ice a combination which, whether brought about intentionally or not, produces a ery good effect and irresistably reminds one of chess board. Both at the front and back there is a- doorway in the centre of the house, and on each side three windaws. ' Round each of these is a cornice, and be- ween the windows plain flat columns with out any capitals. These, with a large shal- The Lummi rises in the Cascade Range low ?he11 over the doorway and a balustrade northwest or Mount Uaker, flows south west, receiving the Ndbksachk from the southeast and empties into, Bellingham isay. j5oth streams are bordered with ex eellent land, and gold has been found on ;the tributaries. Next south is the S win omish, its source in the Cascades, and emp tying into Uellmgham.. Bay. The tide lands at its mouth and tipon the Swinomish oivufcu appropriateu ior, cultivation are noted for their heavy production of wheat, oats and barley. The Skagit rises in the Cascade Range, 'and empties bv spvpral running along the edge of the roof, are the only attempts at decorating the building it self. About half a dozen steps lead up to the doorway in front. ; At the foot ol these, on blocks of Ice, repose two dolphins, one on each side ; they in their turn are flanked each by a mortar and at each extremity;are two cannon all of ice. To complete the building, two chimneyB grace the roof. In front f the house, and a little to the side, are two ice-lodges, tn the form of square towers. The execution of the work is worthy of all praise. ! The preparation of at , of flesh, is being treated by us. " ; The Lawyer didn't say a word, but nad been recited aloud, the body, enclosed I when the minister had gone he addressed j uesirated a moment, and looked at I the remains -ia craftily from under her heavy brows. I these having f&m a poor bid woman " she - began. I in an urn, "litre. U j i, I ir d - wic man drew a roll of bills m a wooden case, was lowered into the cremation vanll. At the end of . two hours the remains were reduced to ashes, and been collected were enclosed sealed, and fownally delivered over to JI. Stier's executors. :he following letter to the St. Louis doctor: "If you ever send me another one- of your diabolical documents. I'll stick a six shooter down your throat and fire every shot into your infernal stomach. n The , doctor has stopped writing. Headache and its Caas.' , i . Bilious headache, or such as arise from a disordered condition of the stomach ; usual ly affects one side of the head only, most commonly over one eye, and increases to an acute and often throbbing pain. It is often accompanied with a feeling of sickness and vomiting, producing languor and de dression of . spirits. Rheumatic headache is commonly caused by exposure to cold, and tne pain is of a shifting nature. ; shoot ing from point to point, and is felt most at night. All kinds of remedies have been used for headache. For headache I arising from a weak stomach, a bitter tonic! is us ually prescribed. Among the favorite med icines and one that very frequently proves effective if persevered in a month or two or three, is "quassia," the wood- and bark of a plant that grows m some parts of South America, and was prescribed by a negro as a specfic. The chips are soaked in water, and a few slips of the'bitter water are taken three or four times a day. Julias Caesar was assassinated by Brutus at Rome 44 years before Chrises time. mouths in Port Susan. The Skant -Valley me windo Pnes made to resemble plate is an extensive and rich agricultural section. and considerable miningis carried on alongits upper waters. 1 ne cstiiaguamish also emp vies into i-ort usan. The timber on its banks is very valuable. Coal is found twenty miles from its mouth. The channel with, the drifts removed would be navigable kweuiy-uye mnes. ine onohomish empties opposite the south end of Whidby lsiana. j&ignteen miles from its mouth it divides into the Skykpmish and Snyqual glass, is said to have given some trouble, as it was first necessary to get blocks of ice of a suitable size, and then, by means of hot irons, to reduce them to the proper thickness about a; quarter of an inch. They have the appearance of frosted glass. The preparation of the other part, though easier, has required great care, the bestowal of which, however, has been repaid to . those on whom fell the responsibility of the wbrk, by the consciousness of having per- - " . J "1 I m a a, - mie. Tide flats divided bV several rTmnri iormea their task well and bv the ceneral aa4aa,A.'."L A . I 1 a. ... I 1 iiCJ. J a. A I If fm - . Bueit-ii across its mouin: pacK or which are yiCllsulc unurueu to me puoiic ua Bat- extensive cranberry marshes The Sno homish and the Snoqualmie are navigable wxtiuu a iew mues oi onoquaimie Falls On the Snohomish and on both forks there is a large quamtity of first-class agricultural land. The Snoqualmie rises in the Cascade Range at an altitude of three thousand feet, flows westerly twenty miles, when it makes a perpendicular descent of two hun dred aud qualmie Falls. At th lowest stage of the river the width of the fails is ten yards. Be yond the falls are the famous Snoqualmie frames. JJuwamish empties into Elloitt Bay, upon which the city of Seattle is located. - Its mam confluents are White and Green Rivers. Lake Washinsrton lies urday, the 14th of February, the Prince of Bulgaria, Alexander I.i visited the gardens to inspect the ice-house.-, Life la the Polar Regions. It . is impossible to form an idea of a tempest in the polar sea. The icebergs are like floating rocks whirled , along a rapid current. The crystal mountains dash seventy feet, forming the Sno- against each other, backward and forward, 1 To A 4-V. 1 A '. k..(! t.t- - , uuiitbuig wiuia roar u&emunaer, ana re turnirig to the charge until losing ;their equilibrium they tumble over in a cloud of spray, upheaving the ice-fields, which -fall afterward like the crack of a whio-lash on the boiling sea. The sea gulls fly away screaming, and often a black, shining back of Seattle.. Its outlet, four and one- whale comes for an instant puffing to the half mllag Innrr amnfiiui intn fl.. Tk... - I Ttri ii : ? , . half miles long, empties into the Duwamish. After leaving the lake a half mile Black Riverreceives Cedar River,- which rises in the Cascade Range. An extensive agricul tural area is afforded by the vallevs of the -ar-v a a ' -m a ... uuwanisn and its tributaries, with an in land navigation of thirty miles. On Black River a vein of coal was opened in 1854; now the vicinity is celebrated for extensive coal-mining. The Puyallup rises north of Mount Kamer, ; runs north-westerly, and empties into Commencement Bay, on which is situated New' Tacoma, the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The val leys of the Payallup and Stuck afford a large quantity of the best agricultural land: The former has become celebrated for the successful cultivation of the hop, and for deposit of excellent coal. Tobacco is also cultivated with considerable success. Nis- quauy rises south of Mount Ranier. In" 1833, the Hudson Bay Company, at its mouth, built Fort Nisqually, the first per ouiioyuo. Miieniue miunigni sun grazes the horizon, the float in ir mount alnn nA the rocks seem immersed in a wave of purple light. The cold is by no means so insupportable as is supposed. We passed from a heated cabin at thirtv dem-ecs above zero to forty-seven below zero in the open air without inconvenience. A much higher degree of cold becomes, however. insufferable if there is j wind. At fifteen degrees below zero a steam, as if from a boiling kettle, rises from the water. At once frozen by the wind, it falls into a fine " powder. This phenomenon is called ice- smoke. At forty degrees the snow and human bodies also smoke, which smoke changes at once into millions of tiny parti cles, like needles of ice, which fill the air, and make a light, ontinnous noise, like the rustle of a stiff silk. , At this tempera.' ture tne trunks of trees burst with a loud report, the rocks break up. and the earth opens and vomits smoking water. Knives manent white settlement on Puget Sound, break in cutting butter. Cigars go out bv upon the adjacent plains the sheepl ranges of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. iuo xes vnuies empties into nuaa i inlet at the oxtrems head of the Sound. At its contact with the ice on the beard. To talk is-fatiguing. At nicrht tho ovplirf- covered with a crust of ice. which must b carefully removed before one can onm at.. . i ' r. y i i ' 4 !
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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June 12, 1880, edition 1
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