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WbO Virat Made Ike Jampiag Jack,
[From the Sunny Bonth.)
Something like twenty years ngo. n
miserable brick house in a back alley wis
the home ot Archibald Run-ey, n Scotch
carpenter. lie worked down town, iti a
shop, milking cornices, moldings, awn*
tela, and a vnrietr of tins mure elaborate
parts employed in finishing houses. Every
evening lie took home prcketlnis, and
often handful* nbo, ol bits and ends from
the shop.
oddly shaped fragments of soft,
sweet smelling pine furnished ainnse
. meni for poor Utile Aleck, Mr. Itamsey'fc
hunchback boy ; and when they bad
served this purpose, they were used as
kindlings in (he kitcheu stove. ,y- * m
There were a houseful of little Ram
seys, ot whom Alec WAS the oldest, and
when he was amused, so were the oths
era, thus giving the overworked mother
time lordlier duties. ——
Aleck was sixteen years old, and not
fallui than a!> average boy of ten. tie
was very much deformed, and bad he
lived in an ago and country of kings
socking dwarfs and human oddities lor
•court f(X»W or 'jesttfs,' he would have
been a prize to somo {{-on handed tyrant.
Hi* shouhlers were almost as high as his
head, his arms hung out loose and dang
ling, and the of his body was shrun
ken and slender to a most pitiable degree.
But whoever, with A tender heart, look
ed into his great, questioning eyes and
noted his btond, fair forehead and his
clean, delicato Jiands, would soo.i forget
(ho sad shape in tbe nobility of the face.
I need not linger to speak of his stu
dies, ail unaided lie pushed along, Avith
success; norof his constancy |«'tlic Suns
day scaool. wliero he was a universal
favorite. It is about his piny with the
bits of pine from the shop i wish to tell
you. ■ '
Many a droll pile he. bniit on the kiic'i
en Door,* many a funny tiling he whittled
o.ik to amuse fEe little outs; many
ical toy he made and gave away to neigh
boring children. Oltcn he said, and ofs
tenet* thought, 'What can I whittle ttypy
Will sell?' For only money seemed likely
to bring him tliocbenged life for wiiich
he longed. Once, when lie sold tor a
tew pennies, a queer little pine trinket,
his father stroked his siil'cn hair and
said: '
'Ah. me puir bairnie, I dinna ken bnt
yo may mak' your fortoon wi' your
knife.'
How that little piece oi enouragemcnt
rang in his ears and stimulated him to
think and whittle, whittle and think!
One genial afternoon in May, Alec
crept out to eujov the balmy air, and, by
the noise of a crowd cf urchin* ou a va
cant lot at a little distauce, waa drawn
in that direction. Here ho saw a colored
boy, named Jack, attempting, for the
amusement of the party, all eorts> of
pranks In imitation of circus performers.
Bareheaded and clothed in s(riped ted
and yellow garments of conrse quality,
the negro lad almost seemed made of In-,
dia rubber.
Alec watched his capers in ainnzement.
Never before had he seen such antics, or
even thought them possible. It was no
wonder that, tho fvoil, stiff jointed little
hunchback dreamed it all over again, as
he did that night. . *'
The next morning his whittling genius
took shape from this event, and before
noon he had produced a rude pine image
pf the negro.—Jwnd, arms and legs loose
ly hung with bits of broom wire, and the
whole curiously arranged, so that by
workiiigaßtriiig.it would jump, nod,
tnru somersaults, and go through quite a
series of contortions. With colored pen
cils, ot which he had some cheap speci
mens, lie blacked its head, neck,, hands
and feet, reddened its lips, whitened its
eyes, and rudely striped in yottow and j
red the body, all in imitation of the little
negro gymnast. Before it was complet
ed. bis younger brother, whe>. bad been
with him the day «before. named it
"Jumping Jack." And iu the afternoon,
when he weut to the vacant lot and ex
hibited it to the youngsters there, it was
not only universally bat boisterously
hailed by the same name. When ho re
turned borne, he brought, instead of tbe
Jumping Jack, a silver half dollar, for
which he had sold tho toy to an eager,
well dressed lad of his own age. And
not only this, but he had orders from the
boys for halt a dozen more, to be made
as soon as possible.
Ob, what a proud glad heart, beat
within that deformed little body of
Alec's! How tin temples thrived 1 How
elastic his step I What flashing eyes!
What a skein ot mild and hopeful
talk he nuwonnd to bis mother! So
much money lor bis whittling, and a
chance for more and morel Castles, sky- I
high and star-bright!
GRAHAM, N. C-,
.Never a grerithcro felt a victory more
than Alec felt his success. To yon whj
are not wretchedly poor, who never
longed for advantage* ami com tort*
utterly beyond your reach, it may seem
absurd (bat a Jumping Jack, sold for a
half a dollar, should cause so much re
j >icing. -But sou cannot j'llgo of tho
case. Alec was lovi.ig, brave, ambiiions
and capable,and yet a mere weakling,
lie was the cUI 6t child; bis parenta
were i»oor and growing oldf tbere wove
several younger children, and tbeso
points lie bad often thought over and
over weeping bblprly at Ida helpless
state. 11,0 longed fircoly to help in soire
way, to do something useful, to earn
even a small part of his own living. To
his eager dcaiie, money was evorything
because it would buy everything.
Money meant enough to eat, a soft bed,
an easy chair for h!s crooked, pain-till
shoulder,a bolter house and easy circum
stances for the family. Money meant
comfort, education, good clothes, an
' boflbrabTeposition and t.l|f> means ,to do
good to others. Out, above all tho silver
half-dollar he had earned seemed like a
fey to uulock the gates of dependence
behind which he chafed so constantly.
Besides it was the first Jumpitig-Jack
ever made, and a voice seemed to whisper
dreamily th&t in some way' it would
oarry him .thereafter, instead of bis
being felt to creep wcariiy around.
And the boys had hailed it with such
uproarious delight that he could not
help feeling hc.had whittled out a iri*
uinpli. Who . shall wonder at his
elaion?
But I have not told yon all.
That evening lie whittled, and *the
next day he w hitlled, and belore night
had added' to his capital three more
■shiuing half dollars. The next day he
doubled his money. The demand for
Jumpitig-Jack increased. Boys came
to the door, silver in hand, to get
what he bad not time to make.
His grave Scotch parents began to
hold serious counsel over the matter. If
A'ec could find such sale for these pine
images in that neighborhood, why, the
whofj city would require thousands;
"T'nd.wliat would sell to-delighted children
iu ono chy. would.sell elsewhere also. If
they could supply the market, a fortnue
might readily be made.
Scotch blood, once aroused and chal
lentred, is sanguine arid venture
sqme. £
But it would be uninteresting to repeat
all the details; so the rest of my story
shall be brief.
Alec's Sunday, school teacher, who.
was a lawyer, procured for him A patent
oil Jumping* Jacks of every dc-scripfiou;
a rich old uncle of Alec's mother built
him a factory and started himiu business;
and, within a year from the afternoon
when the poor la'd wondered at the
pranks ot the colored boy, Juuiping-
Jacks irom the Itamsey factory were
selling iu great numbers all over
America.
Truly Alec did 'mak' a iortoon wi'
his knife.' *'
To school he went; into a better house,
all their own, the family moved; easier
circumstance, bettor health, less weari
ness. and ample rzeans for doing good,
came to the Itamseys.
But tbe best point in my story is that a
fine asylum and school for hunchbacks,
free to tbe poor, is me of tho noblest en
terprises to which Alee has been chief
contributor. *
Go into tho park on a fair day and you
will soe an elegant turnsout—a mag
nifii:e;it span of dapple-grays, a carriage
to match, roomy and costly, but not
gaudy; a driver not in livery, as many
are, but looking just the inan lor his
work; and such a load as ate making
merry svitbiu, —every one ot them a
I a hunchback! Yea, from the crooked
) gentleman on the back seat to the little
I fellow up by the driver, all are hunchs
backs; well-dressed, happy-seeming, but
with wistful look.
Those deformed lads in the carriage
are from tbe "Ramsey Asylum for
Hunchbacks," and this ia Alec's carriage,
and that 'crooked gentleman ou the
back seat' is Aleo himself. £vcry fair
afternoon be ia out in this way, takiug a
load of 'Lis boys,' as be calls them, and
thus, as often iu once a fortnight, he
gives every inmate ot tbe asylum a turu
Iu the park.
A clergyman 'out Wejt,' tells the
following good one of bis small bey:
Little Willie H—• was puzzled over
hisUessons—one of bis earliest lesson*.
iJis impatience'and desperation were
expiesseS in the very suggestive ex
pression : '1 wish I done got big, done
gotedicated, done got married, done
got good, and done got to heaven!'
Willie evidently saw a tedious way
before him, full ot trial*. My wife saya
she supposes he thought marrying a part
ot the neceesary tribulation through
I which he must pass. 1 confess she saw a
point where 1 did uot. I
TUESDAY MARCH.
*«.» ' ttPKCA «*K-M VOVSIN.
The Wtraage UlaMrr •( Alrlw Harrit**
WWWM ai»|Ml*M i« L*r«,
[O.wsgo (Kan.) Cor, ot the Indianapolis Senti
nel]
Them died one day last week, in this
vicinity, an aged; and eeoentrio man
named Alyiu Harrison. He was abo.it
seventy three years of age, and was a
cousin of ex-President Harrison. In
1840 he was a promising young lawyer
of Itose couu'v, Ohio, and atuipted his
State ia the interest of his cousin, "Old
'I ippeennoe." Several years thereafter
he quit th« practice of law aud took*-Up
the study of medicine. Later on he be
came engaged to a young lady, and at
last the happy day was fi*ed for the
clebration of this marriage. But be*
fore the arrival of the eventful day the
young lady eloped with a stage driver,
lea.ing Mr. Harrison to mourn her sud
den and UllHX |>eoted departure. This
incident so dixgnsted Mr. llirrison with
the fickleness of liuiuau nature au«i civ
ilization in general that he turned his
back upon tbe world, preferring a home
iu the trackless wilderness and balneal
prairies to one in the busy hsunta of re
fined life. Some folirteOn years ago he
built him a log cabin and took up Ids
abode in the Neosho bottoms, some three
miles frun town. His nearest neighbor
at that time waß miles away. He lived
all alone, and subsisted on a scanty and
uuwholesome diet of spoiled bacon.
The cabin was o|»en and 'micouifortable,
while he with a simple pal-\
let of straw. He drove a team, poor,
bony and delapidated a* himself, balf
starved, and clothed in rope and string
h iruess. He had an i ifediigent expres
sion of countenance, but weut about
scarcely clad in rags and patches of the
coaser fabrics; ytt in the midst of filth
and rag**he was recognized ad a man ot
abjve average sense and edncational
culture, wfchh always brought him
respectful difference from all. it is said
that aside from his property here, which
consists of 320 acres of gceJ land and
some personal t>ro|>erty iu Ohio.
Some years since his brother eame to
see him and endeavored to ge? him to
abandon hie isolated existence, but all in
vain, for he remained alone until tlie
last. When it was found that he was
sick, the kind neighbors flocked in and
did all in their power to alleviate his
suffering, but all ol no avail. After bis
death a box containing silver aud bank
notes, deeds, mortgages, eto., was fouud
and is now in the hands of responsible
parties. Quite a number cf standard
works on medicine and law were also
found. Among his effects was a letter,
pur|Kirting to be from his niece, direct
ed to bim at lola, and dated 1805. In
if aeveral family names are mentioned,
which may serve as clue to the where
abouts of his relatives that are living.
CCM*«kTBINBI.
A pair of ladles' shoes that aren't "a
mile too big."
A newspaper communication that
wasn't struck ofl in u lutrry."
A clown's joke lens thau forty years
old.
A country residence for sale 'bat Isn't
"within five minutes walk ot the rail
road station."
A newspaper that Isn't 'the best adver*
Using medium in the county.'
Au impartial base bal! umpire.
An intent that isn't 'just the .sweetest
baby in tbe world.'
Anything advertised three weeks be
fore Christmas that isn't 'suitable for
holiday presents.'
* A paragraphist thatnever made a pun
on turkey, iu connection with Thanks
giving day. !
A didn't-know-jt-was-loaded gun that
never killed anybody.
A political stjpmp speaker who never
abused tbe opposition candidates.
A young lady who can pass a plate*
glass window on the Sabbath without
turning her head.— Horriitown Heralds
liOACCVRACV If* COMVBBSATieN,
The tendency of women to exaggerate
in conversation, makes them unreliable
both as witnesses and relators of facts.
Indeed, iu narrating what they call
"facia," we must be prepared to receive
the communication with some allowaqpe
for the vivid fanoy of the speakers.
This spirit of exaggeration which
makes the statements of women so unre
liable as a general thing, does not pro
oeed from an inlterent love of untruth,
v>ra wilful intention to deeeive.
Women are apt to be led away by their
feelings, and to color judgment more by
passion and prejudice than by a calm,
cautious view of facta as they are.. They
"see through a glaasdarklyand thus
seeing their statements are clouded by
error.
They do not pay strict attention to
what they bear, and have never trained
their minde to deal in facta. They are
apt to skim over matters, instead of div*
ing down after the pearl of truth. They
deal more with fancy than facts, lacking
methodical observations and judgement.
Truth is sometfeilig well worth attain
ing, aud ia attainable by a little trouble
aud properly disciplining the mind and
Ithetougue. Let every mother, when a
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4 1879
JKUHfikfe rutr-m*
Teach her, too* the projter meaning Of
words and express on*. Let her undeK
ntsnd that it is one thing to be "sick,"
another to be "ill." That a person may
be*>"ngly" £ without Wing a "perfect
Iright." That a man may be "baa" and
yet not be "the worst man iu the world;"
and that yon may be "very cold" aud
yet not l»e "frozen to death,." A bonnet
may be "pretty and tasty" and*yet? very
far from being "perfectly splendid;" and
a voung'tnan may he May Bible end
prepossessing" and yet it is quite
possible,* indeed it ia mors then probable,
that he is not at all "divine." ,
If this system ot training the ""speech
is attended to early iu life tKe habit will
be acquired by the time maturity is
reached of itrict Veracity in conversation.
Things will be represented just ae they
i are and not aa they seem to the vivid
fancy and ci>rel« as judgment of the
speaker.
To KKRP PORK SWEKT owe Y*AB.—
Prepare, a brine as strong as boiHng wa
ter and pure salt will make it, and keep
it at or near tbe boiling paint. As soon
as the pork is dressed cut if for packing.
Tho flanks and thin parts may bejelt in
pieces somewhat broad if desired, but the
thick parts should be In siloes not more
than two Inches between the cuts.fHave
your barrels or paekinffj'ttib* prepared
iHjtorohand. Put Its much pork in the
boiling brine as it will ooiiveuiently bold,
lei it lie in the'hot brine from three to
five minutes, according to the thickness
and size of the pieces. Taw it out of
the brine aud pack it Into fhe fob or bar
rel; repeat till all the pork Is in. Then
pour in the brine l>ot aud put on weights
to keep Ihe pork from floating. Pork
niay be flanghtered Iu (be hottest of dog
day's, and it Immediately treated in jtliis
wa'v will keep rorfectly sweet ffr aujr
desired length ol time.
.ftm. ,i't . „ ti. iJ i O
GF leanings
A man never wants to laugh when a
fly light sou his nose, but be is greatly
tickled.
"We old maids," remarked Miss
Stibblns,'lovefcats because we hava aa
husbands, and Oats arc almost as treach
erous as moil."
An ovordreewd woman is offensive to
good tatife, no mutter how_ costly tbe
material 6be wears.
'Do not marry a widower,' said the
old lady. 'A ready-mado family is like
n plata of cold potatoes.' 'Oh, I'll soon
warm them over,' replied tbe damsel,
and she did.
•IA mau Whose know Jedge is~~ based on
aetuul experience, says, ' that when
culling oil their sweethearts,'young men
should carry affection In
pet f jction in t leir manners,aud cc n ection
iu their pocket.
'Can you 101 l me where wicked
boysgo who fi#h on Sunday?' asked a
scber-lookingtgentlemanjofa little chap
who badwerlns and rod. 'Yes; some
of 'etn goes to ihe river and them as is
very wicked goes to the lake. I*H show
you tbe best placo at tbe lake.'
A wag in New York seeing a roan
drive a tack iuto a card, through the
letter tin the word 'Boston, excitedly
exclaimed: 'Why, what are you about;
don't you know that laying tax OH tea in
Bottom oues raised a thundering muss
there?'
The New York Herald may have meant
something wlieu it said: '.No blame
should attach to medical students who
provide themselves w|th bodies lor diss
section. They will more than replace
them when they begin to practico.
Two sweet little girls sat upon the side
walk in front vf the Elfco post office, one
ot them nursing a large wax doll. Her
companion asked, in tones of earnestness.
' Does'oo have much twouble wit 'oour
baby?' Oh, dooduesa yes!'was the res
nlv. 'She cwies mos' all 'e time. Sho
jes' cwlod aud cwied ever since she was
born. • I dou't fiuk 111 ever born any
more.' f
The importance of knowing how to
awim ia exemplified by tbe fact that all
the members of the Thorpe family, who
were on board the Princess Alice, which
was sunk in the Thamee, were saved, ben
cause the girls ae well as the boys were
able to swim.
A new wrinkle in fashionable female
society, just at this momeut, is knitting ,
—not the woolen socks and mittens of,
our grandmothers, ob, no! but a much
daiiHiet and costlier fabric—silk stock
iiiksin all the new, delicate shades.
W hen I tell yon that one spool of silk for
this purpose costs two dollars and fifty
cento, ai|d it takes froni four to flve tj
knit a pai- of hose, ybn will understand
tlie eeonomy of those ladies wbO do fbeir
own knitting.
It's a deep mystery— the way tbe heart
of a man turu to ono woman out ot all
tbe rest he's seeii in the world, and makes
it easier for him to work seven years
like Jacob did for Rachel, sooner tbau
have any other womau for tbe asking.
I often think of those words, 'and Jacob
served seven vears for iiachel; and they}
seemed but a tew days for tbe love be'
bad of her,"-Utorge Eliot.
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ADVEimSEMKNTS.
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and
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TH^PTTBLI
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I tare Jnst returned from ihe North where i
aud purcbaaed wbut I claim to be tM
pw *f>.•,',} Hi !>.-*; >i«'^|w£
«/ Gkwxft
(>•-•?[ frUffflft * a iWlgl
j r* - t In sfl"
ever brought lo this market, eonsUtlngln pirtof
rkRCE ao«M, i jidi.ii* dim
i.AoaMri.*AKM,c«4ca
■ 'i —n>ii.tr »w«-
• : 1 '•'■ vi,»tmn«,
the tat stock of ZEieLm* SHOTS In loir*,
a food line of BBOGAjf and FLOW SHOES
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SIBHITfBS
of ad ktnde,and«rwyarticletobe found to*
good* cheap, and wtll >ell
them cheap. All llnda of oa«mWy prodace Uk
ars
Invite aa Inspection at toy new stock.
octo. wthiafT /. w . hard**,
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«ur»ioir«r*T,
v. ) i. i Abi«aa«« ttMatr.
A. O. Fomrilie, admr. of Harrison Weedea
Pull ' vs.
liar rim E W '^VeJiL" l * , Rl ,n * ft *
the heir# of Weedrni,' name* and
?s». sgr s^r I ssss
T. Leatb, William Rousy A wile, Susan. Ag»M
» I .
iiarnson wbooob, into iuqii ioi ine pajioefli
,1a kti ■ i'i ■■ * I «ki a■a fa
demur to tue petition OK piair»iiir.nr uM 'CVUBB
mfIU be heard ex parte aud judgment granted,
tf.9#ih D*2»ulmv, A? D.
'*"• A. TATI, C. 8- C.
Alain auce fCttotr.
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IVNSMS covwr.
1 IM—TI fgMtr
E.JL p c^K?r -^" w " ,, " M ™ 4 *
4 te , iSss^£?r^f.'2S'
fror. real estate.
«tSs^m"i^ssssAvti^
fore ordered that pub loaUon In made In Turn
wise the petit! * 'rtß be taken ex parte a* to her.
This Vcby. W
Iron A Steel Shorels, Bull Tongues, and
Sboveln, Heat _Bolt* A Single Tiees at
SCOIT A DOMtreLLIj . ■ ■
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Dress Making
Miss 8. Ellen Stovall
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Laateat and moat approved- styles always o*
han'l, and work done at reasonable prices
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