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POETRY.
The Independent Farmer.
How pleasant it secmi to live on a
farm,
Where nature's ro eaudi! drra.d.
I And sit 'ntath the ibade of the old
locust tree,
Aa the sua ia inal aiukint. tn rt
But not half to pleasant to hoe iu the
neiu
Where the witch craw It tlx icchea
hieh.
With the hot scorching tun pouiiag
uo .yu on your oacK
Seems each memeut aa though yon
wuuiu uie.
Tis pleasant to sit in the cool porch
While you smok w .-cunea at
ijooklcg out at your beautilul mead
nnr aa.a -
ow of eras.
That swan U and fro in the breeze
Hat not quite so pleasant to start
witn your icy the
ure tee morning sun smiles o er
the land,
And work till your clothes are com
pletely wet through.
And blisters shall cover your hands.
In keeping dairy there's surely de
ugni.
And it speaks of contentment acd
plenty,
To see the large stable well filed with
choice cows,
Bay numbering from fifteen to
twenty;
And yet it seems hard when you've
worked from the dawn
Till the sun disappears front your
sight.
To think of the cows you have got to
mine
Before you retire for the night.
But, the task fairly over, you cheer
up once mere,
And joyfully seek your repose.
To dream of the cream pots wUh
luxury filled,
And the milk cans in numberless
rows ;
But the sweet dream is broken when
early next day
You're politely requested to churn.
Ani for three weary hours, with
strength ebbing .ast,
The crank you despondingly turn.
But in raisin; your pigs there is tru
ly a cnam
When they sell at the present high
price:
Aid of all the young stock which a
farmer can raise
There's tio;hiog that looks half so
nice.
flow cheerful one .'eels as he leaves
them at tight,
The encoarseinz lot of eleven.
But his J v slightly wanes when he
goes out next day
And of live ones can count only
seven.
But no one disputes that the fanner
is bleased
With trne independence and labor.
Whose food don't depend on the
whims of msukiad.
Like that of his mercantile iiciib-
bor.
For tJod in His mercy looks down
from above
And paternally gives him bis bread.
P-ovidcd he works eighteen hours
every day
And devotes only six to lis bed.
AS YOU LI K KIT,
Philadelphia Times: Many men
resemble the moa, not only in being
out all night, bat likewise la leing
brightest when they're full.
Dallas News: When we consider
the henpecked huttbaud we are more
convinced than ever that woman was
made of the backbone and net of the
sparerib of man.
Somervtlle Journal: "Does Mrs.
Weeds mourn bet husband sincerely f
asks Mrs. Wicg. "Indeed, she does,"
was the reply. "Mie nasn t anyote
but the ice man now to scold."
Good News: Mr. Handsome Ob
you know, mother, woman can't keep
a secret. His Mother Yes they cau,
my son. You Iisve been industrious
ly courting that Miss Ilikhdf for a
year, and you don't ktow Ler real sge
yet.
Brooklyn Life; Americas CHU
rcn Ob stay. Doochy, cud je not
play something besoids ft Dootch
cbuuc.r uon tvi'i inow annyAtner
ican chuoea? Liader of Street Band
Yah. Ameiican ciliien Thin
give us "Wearin' o th' Urine," or
"St. Patrick's Day in toe uorninV
Tttas SiftSngf: Judge -Prisoner,
are you married! Prisoner No, fur
Honor, those scratches on my race
came from stumbling over a barbed
wire fence iu the dark.
Bioghamloi LeaJ -i: Stranger-
May 1 ask what your profession ia?
Minister I am a soldier ia the army
of the Lord . Just the man I've been
look.ng for. I am a pension agent.
Whiteside Herald: Intelligent
Compositor That new reporter
spells "victuals" "v l t a-l-s." Fore
a m . i
man"!, nss iresn; maae er
right and damp'r here; want to jo to
press in iust three minutes." And
thia is what the public read when the
paper was issued: "The verdict of
the Coroner's Jury was that lb dc
ceaacd came to bis death from the
effects of a gunshot wound la tbi tic
tuals.
CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER d. 1890.
STRANGE, BUT TRUE
liiirty-FivoOut, of Every Fifty
lacoina men Are Bow-Legged.
TaCSBuBeooid.
"Are you bow leggedf Nearly
everybody else iu Taooma is-"
Such was the remark of one gentle
oiau io another as tbey listened to
the niu.ioonthe Tacoma Hotel porch
last evening. The person addrested
bad bis lower limbs encased io extra
wide truu:er, and," therefore, the
crookedues or straightness of those
aiuces conld not by cleansed bv a
superficial clance.
Actineupon this remark of the an
parently observing genUeroejUaiW
SKtiCQKtWMlW WaTted out to In
vestigate the snbject for himself.
While walking up Ninth street this
moruing be kept bis eyes open, and
what he saw indeed surprised him.
Hardly a man or a youth trod no the
mn from I'acino avenue to Kailroad
street who was not sfiiicted with
bow in either or both legs. The via
tims were in all stages of the terri
ble affliction, and the eyes of an ob
server could easily detect be who
had but recently started to curve un
derneath and also he .who had "been
there" for years.
Out of fifty men, youths and boys
wno struggled up that lull, lust tmrty
nve were bow legged, some much so
and some just a little bit so. In every
group of three or four the majority
carried with them bent lower limba
One man almost trod one foot upon
mother aa be walked, while another,
handsome young fellow with a
beautiful blonde mustache, stepped
out In a curious way, apparently
conscious of the fact that bis limbs
were beeining to turn, and evidently
seeking to hide the fact from the
general public.
Xbe cause of so much crookedness
in the city of destioy is a natural one
and a surely insurmountable one
the hills. To climb them and Taco-
nana can not do without climbing
them in some degree is a strain on
tue nether limbs, and gradually they
give way, and ia some cases bring
humiliation to the owners. There
are plenty of handsome men in Taco
ma to day who would give anytblog
to have their lgs straightened, and
as much can be said of plenty of the
youcg ladies of Tacoma.
T11K FATAL ItfJKG.
Vanity ril
I was told a singular tale of a
rug while on a recent visit to the
1 arts mo: rue. r or nearly one hun
dred years a certain family of work-
ug people in rans have ended their
ives by suicide, from father to
son, from mother to daughter, as
been handed a plain cold ring, and
ou the fingt-r of each of these suicides
has been found this trinket It has
been called the fatal ring, and only
a.st year it made its appearance on
the tin nor of a young, man the last
of the race. Tbe ring was buried
with the corpse. The cumditv of
not even the most grasping body
fingr r could be tempted to tbe pos
session of this ominous golden
circlet.
ARTIFICIAL WOOD.
V. fork Vole.
One of the largest buildings in
Northern Germany is a new Ham
burg hotel, just completed, and
built entirely of paper boards com-
ErcsMed to the hardness of wood.
ne rather unexpected advantage
claimed in behalf of the new build
ing u.uUtUI in the circumstance
that, by Uing impregnated with
certain chemical solutions, it can be
male absolutely fire-proof. The
same proems of manufacture also
secures it against the attacks of
destructive insects, and might thus
specially recommend it for use in
certaiu river valleys of the American
tropics. Wood-eating ants hare
been known to demolish large
f -anie buildings in less than a
uioiith.
Woman's Cycle; ' Have you been
Crtin wif my sisterf said Little Tot,
solemnly, to s young gentleman whom
she found sitting suspiciously near
nai l sister on th sola in the drawing
room. "No, indeed," returned the
youth. "Well, why didn't youf rtt
marked Little Tot.
Jtr.-oklyn Life. "I hear vour ea.
gngctnent with Miss Boodle is oil
ilow did it bsp,tcn?" "In strict con
A lenr. Smith, he got mad because
I stole a kiss." "I don't see wby
that shou.J provoke her, when you
were eogsged? "Well, you see, I
sto'e tbe kisa from another girl"
New York Sun: "Stop, stop,"
cii'd the Kaunas wr man to the train
conductor. "I want to get out at
Dootitoon, and we passed the station
a mil hsck." "That's all right,
madam." Replied the conductor,
"That was only a cyclone freak. The
town is Cfty rn'les beyond."
Few York Tribune! "Happt
North-field Student after Examina
tioo Pay Dear papa, I went through
the war of the rebellion without a
scratch. Practical Father My deer
child, apply for a pansioa immediate
ly under the new law.
IT STOPPED SHORT.
MR. J. G. BI.AINE'3 ANCIENT
CLOCK.
Startea Up In 1884, Bat
Stepped short When Nw
York Went Democratic.
SMtU. Snaa.
"One ef the stranffest coincident
that I ever heird of said an old
printer to the town cuer recently,
occurred in the comoosinff-room of
toe Aenneoec Journal, at Augusta,
Me., on the night which James 0.
Blaine was defeated ia his race for
uo crroiaencv in 10B4.
old-fashioned eloek, which was cov
ered with dust, and had long since
been thought to have outlived its
usefulness. IU face was so dis
colored with the accumulating dirt
of years that the hands could hardly
be seen. The clock was one of those
alairs which receive their motive
power front a weight suspended by a
cora. it must bare been a Ion
time since the tick of that clock ha
been heard in the office. The clock
was said to have been purchased by
J amea 0. Blaine, when he was manag
ingeditor and principal owner of that
iper, and together with an old-
ashioned desk which was used bv
the State editor, and which had
formerly been used by Mr. Blaine,
were the only relics of the vood old
days when Blaine had been the life
and soul of the institution.
"On the night of the dav on which
Blaine was nominated for the Pre
sidency Augusta was crowded with
people, special trains having been
run from all directions to the home
of the great statesman. The Ban-
(pr crowd arrived late, and was the
ast organization to pay its respects
to the Republican candidate. The
Bangor crowd, on its way down
Water street, stopped in front of the
Journal office, and gave three cheers
for that paper. During the lull
that followed the cheers, one of the
compositors, Frank Kimball, threw
up tbe front window and shouted:
MWhat will yoo drink, boys?"
Hl be effect was electrical, for a
erowd of young men came pouring
np the steps and filled the composing-room
until not a foot of vacant
space was left. Some one proposed
three cheers, and they were given
with a vim that nearly raised the
roofoffthelowandsmoay rafters.
"The crowd then filed out of the
room, in tbe quiet that followed
seme oae said:
'Boys, the old clock hasstartedr
Sure enough it had. Whether it
was the vibration that started it or
not, 1 don t know, but anyhow it
was running along merrily enough.
Somebody wound itnpin tie morn
ing, and it continued to run, keep
ing as good time as ever all through
the campaign.
"On the night of the election
which resulted in Blaine's defeat, I
was working, for I couldn t get a
sub. Just before the paper went
to press the telegraph messenger
came in with a dispatch. The fore
man opened it and read it as fol
lows: "New York has surety
gone
Democratic.'
u 'That means that Blaine u de
feated,' sail the foreman.
"1 here was a silence for a mo
ment, and then a lond snap, follow
ed by a thud. The string that hell
the weight to the clock had broken,
and the clock had stopped.
"The next day the string was
mended, but the old clock refused
to work. A clockmaker was called
in and he looked it over, and report
ed that it was ail worn oat The
last 1 saw of that clock it was still
hanging against the wall, and among
the boys in the composing-room
there was a sort of sacred feeling
for it I often heard it remarked
that when James U. Blaine was
elected to the Presidency of the
United States it was expected that
the old clock would start np and ran
as merrily as ever."
TIMEIS MONl'.Y.
Mr. Epstein. "Vot do yoa tear
so many rings for, uebeeear I
heard a voman aay dot so many
tings vas bad taste "
Mrs. Epstein. "I don t vnar 'em
for taste or good looks, Isaac; I tear
'em for convenience."
Mr. Epntein. ''For convenience!
How sor '
Mrs. Epstein. "It don t take me
so long to vash my hands." Am-
e.ica,
HAS A ItlGIIT.TO.
From America.
Alonxo. "hat baa coma over
IWinald He used U be sueha
shy. baxhful chap, especially with
women. iNow he puts on mora aim
lttMa laa aWtan mmmmm "
tuaal 113 VU IWI It
Alphonse. "Why. dont too
know? He was the only man at
Undertow Beach during the whole
month of July.
Dallas News t A pretty rirl eoes
bf. Observant One What a slender
Ogam Retired rroor Header yea;
want looka liki a misprint for wrist.
LET US GIVE THANKS
We are prone to prate of the
swift passage of time. Yet how
many of ns are forced to reflect that
gratitude moves slowly, and that
frequently as our annual official
thanksgiving recur they do not come
half often enough!
As a people we are too busrto
"think on our mercies." as poor old
vaioe expressea u; ana ine oia Dona
woman struck all unconsciously the
fLl . 1 . 1 ., . . . .
aey-ooie or, a viiai gospel.
The blessings of life outweigh the
. . . i i . -
Ml-. 1. - ! L-l- " 1
uta, iutc euuuienwiwm uaui. mauce
andall nacharitableaess, and leaves
avaM&MMuf ftTO.aW-vt-'aaieva llUUie
ground upon which to bless God and
be thankful.
Think how mueh worse might be
the condition of the poorest and the
most abiect and bow a witling bead
and heart to Him who weighs all
hn man ills in the scale of a great
tenderness. We can best prove our
devotion by love and kindness to oar
fellow creatures,'
Bow many unfavorable conditions
a little care may brighten, no mat
ter how small a thing we do lor the
comfort of those about ns! The
widow's mite or the millionaire's
abundance find equal measure in
the infinite reckoning.
Love counts only the motive, and
it is more blessed to give, or even to
forgive, than to receive: and the coin
of eharity is not always golden.
There are heart's blood and tears ia
many offerings we must make.
This day of all days, this harvest
season of the world's rich products,
let us order the feast for the prodi-
Sl as well as the pet and pride of
e household. And if the circle be
small and the means abundant, let
us share with those less fortunate.
For once give the outsider a chance
to bask in the glories of your cosi
ness. A taste of your toothsome
chestnutdressedj turkey and well
sauced plum pudding will do him
more good than the earing clauses
of all the creeds in Christendom.
The probabilities are he will mix yoa
up with.bis thanksgiving collect; but
it makes him hopeful and grateful,
and doesn't hurt you. Or if in seme
homes yoa know there are wife and
little ones having little or nothing
wita wbicn to construct a sentiment
of wholesome devotion, then tbe
smallest hamper sent to that poor
home will eventually pay yoa better
than the most profitable investment
Now let all count np the blessings
as prosperous and honorable citizens
of tbe best country under the sun;
and estimate the coin in which we
are willing to cancel our obligations.
If strong it is onr privilege to give
our mite to sustain the weak and
minister to those who suffer! "I
was sick and ye visited me." If our
selves nnblamed, we should restrain
the careless comment that might
soil another's reputation, and cause
anmentea sorrow, n ia couuon
able circumstances, "the poor ye
have with yoa always;" moreover,
after charity, there are always justice
and equity in dealing with one's fel
low men and women upon equal
ground.
To have kept in letter and spirit
the golden rale of the universe,
He asmen fUf U fvli undriUid,
is blesied indeed; bat better still is
love, the sweet tender spirit that
brightens all earthly conditions
the angel of mercy and pity that
goes with ns abroad to our work and
cornea home with ns to our rest, let
ns for ever and ever give thanks.
SallieJ. liATTST.in itidley'a Fash
ion Magazine,
TOO MANY WOMEN.
Superfluous women! That's what's
the matter with the world, says
Nell Nelson in the New York
World. The fair creatures, who
are not so very fair, arc in the as
cendency, a noted statistician says,
tn the proportion of three to every
man. A female war is needed, not
only in Continental Europe, where
the chores, farm work, mining and
eoal hsaving are done by women,
but in New England, where the
factories and mills are over-populated
with young and teaaeious
maidens, and in New York, Phila
delphia, Chicago, St Louis and New
Orleans, where the sisters, daughters
and widows are driving the men out
of the shops and making it not only
impossible for them to marry but
difficult to earn a living for them
selves. Sacrifices have long gone out ef
fashion, but the world loves heroism,
and a good, big case of immoletioa,
strangulation suffocation or annihi
lation for the good of society would
make the name of spinster famous
through the unwritten history of
ages.
Good Kews i Mr. Winks (looktag
over the paper) Cheap Drags A Co.
are selling all aorta of patent medk
oiaesat half price. Mrs. Wiais
J tut our laek. There Isn't aa;thla
tbe nutter wits aay of as.
Nsw York Hsraldi "Wko was It
first aajd. 'Shoot that kaC" "Wil
liaaTclU fancy."
NO 40
CHATHAM CHIPS.
T1TE CROPS SlLEIt CITY.
Ore Hill and the Boycott Egypt
Railroad.
PiTrsnoio. Sept 29. This an
cient capitol is lust now exceeding
ly aniek but little business being
done, as the fall trade has not open
ed. It will be light aa the crops
on the hills of Chatham are short.
except corn, which is a poor money
crop. I find the farmers on the
hills turning their attention gradu- i
ally to stock-raim TMi '"
culture, and lleel sura that a slow?
but steady change for the better is
coming in the system of farming.
Pittsboro haa a large floor mill to
be rnn by steam, ' nearly : ready to
commence. Alt the machinery is on
hand, and will rapidly be put in
position. The roller process alone
is used; it will open by 10th October.
SilerCity, which has never gone
very far on the road to city hood: be- .
ing only a good-sized village, ia look
ing for something of a boom by the
erection of a large cotton factory.
This is moving in the direction of,
development ;,';
Ore Hill with its mountains ol
the finest iron ore. is quietly ex
pecting to pnt on new life soon when
the Greensboro Xren and .. Steel Co.',
gets into operation.' .Ore, Hill, haa
manufactured iron ever ; . since -
colonial days It was necessarily
used in the Revolution of 1779, and
also by the Confederate government
during the late war. , . , . ..
Mrs. Cheek, therostmintres, who
baa been so cruelly boycotted, ia
said to be a most amiable and esti
mable lady. Letters . were mailed
on the cars, and their registered
mail was carried to Watson's, some
four miles away. The boycott is in
revenge for the removal of Mr. Dan.
Marsh, a Democratic postmaster,
and the appointment of the wife of
a Republican. The boycott is level
ed at the husband, and not at the
wife. The post omce at Ore Mill
has been discontinued in revenge for
the boycott The people generally
of Chatham censare the boycott in
pretty plain terms, and uniformly
speak well of Mrs. Cheek. It is a
very foolish and unfortunate anair.
Egypt is looking to a bjom in the
near future; 190 penitentiary hands
are at work on the railroad from
Egypt to the Raleigh and Augusta
Railroad, and will soon be finished,
which will furnish ample facilities
for shipping their coaL Q.
TOE DAT OF ATONEMENT.
Peace Made With God and Man
by the Hebrews.
rtUtoaalahla T1ata
Not a morsel of food or a drop of
water will be partaken of for twen
ty-four long hoots by religions
Israelites who have attained their
thirteenth year. The fast began at
sunset last night and will continue
until 0 P. m. to-day. Children be
tween the ages of six and thirteen
years will have to abstain from food
and drink until noon.
It is the Day of Atonement the
most solemn holiday in the Hebrew
calendar. Although some of the
Jewish faith may nut attend services
at the synagogue at any time daring
the year and care nothing for and
take no part in the religious obser
vances, all proceed to the sacred
edifices on Atonement Day. Some
are Israelites in name, bat not In '
faith, but on the day of alldavs
each individual studiously inquires- '
into his private and personal con
cerns and, throwing aside the man
tie that hides his faults, strives to
uncover his vices and to remove
them from him. Of coarse there
are a few vho are up in arms against
the mother religion that bore them .
and protected them, bat they are
few and far between.
The Day of Atonement Is in a
measure the test of Israel's BlelitT.
Those who fail to respond to its call
can bare but little left of the religi
ous instincts of the Jewisa people.
Tbe words ordaining the fast, 'And
ye shall afflct your souls," not only ,
include that one idea of bodily suf
fering, but, by the etymology of
the words, signify also ' that the '
faster is to humble himself In spirit
before bis Creator. ,
Before endearormg to nuke eeaca .
with Gel, peace mist be made with ,
man. Any one who has been sin.
ned against must be appaated.
Enemies must be made friends. AH
possible amends mast be mil). A
contrite heart is not te bs worn as .
a mask only for the Day of Atone- ,
meat Penitence, to be effectual at
all, most be followed by f pure life
hereafter.
Cblcaf o Times I Phippl Have
too seea Miss Pane lately, Drabble!
low Usher Drabble List I heard .
of bar she vas ia a decliae. Phipps
Shocking! How dul yoa lean that!
Drabble Asked hat to marry me,
IS ear the month of Keuss river, on
the south side, bears are reported
very numerous and troabtaotnsj
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