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r.m j. AMANCB (jEEANER, VOL,. XII. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1886. NO. 25. AN EIGHT-HOUR WIFE. The society in which Mrs. Wellington mores with becoming grace and dignity is accustomed to admire her mainly for her superior intelligence. She is a woman of viewsv in other words and the mother of twins, it is proper to add. Her husband points to her with pride, as a man possessing such a wife should do,' and listens to her with deference under all circumstances. And so' when she said to him recently that she proposed to adopt the eight-hour doctrine iu the management of her domestic affairs, he merely smiled in a slow and vague way and waited for her to speak further. "I have been thinking about the matter," she continued, "and I see no reason why the advantages of such a reform should be limited to the shops and factories. It may be only a woman's whim, but it seems to me that the plan will work quite as well in household industry. At any rata, I am going to try it. -I am an eight-hour woman, Richard dear, and after to-day this will be an eight-hour house." "I had not considered the subject in that light," Mr. Wellington observed, with an air of surprise and,confusion. "I dare say you haven't," his wife re turned, "but you must be able to see at . a glance that no one kind of labor has any right to ask special privileges in such a case. It is absurd, Richard dear, don't. you know, to say that there should be I have cause to .regret her singular experi ment. It seemed as if the ' whole internal economy of the houiie had been upset and reversed. A spirit of irony permeated the., establishment. The . shortening of the hours of labor appeared to have multiplied the opportunities for things to get mixed and to go crooked. That is to say, it so struck Mr. Wellington. lie could not possibly accustom himself to the situation. He thought about it, dreamed about it, and in a mild, but definite form, swore about it. "My wife is a treasure," he would soliloquize; "but she is a woman, also; and say what you will about 'em, the best of women have their drawbacks. If it isn't too much oi one thing it's too little of another. Mrs. rVVellington would be perfect if she wasn't so logical. And she wouldn't be so logical if she had a little more sense of humor." Sometimes it seemed to him that he would almost be willing to spare her wonderful gift of philosophy if she would only manifest instead of it n capacity for seeing the ridiculous side of afairs. But she was obdurately and in defatigably serious, and there was an end of the matter. It must not be supposed, however, that Mr. Wellington was himself always in clined to give preference to the humor ous view of the case. He would have been glad to do so, but the f iin was too frequently of that grim character which easily becomes a pain, Such, for ex ample, was an experience he had one classes of people. If the butcher, the baiter and the candlestick-maker can do eufticient work in eight hours, so can the housekeeper and" the assistants and of days of dirfereut"Tentli3-f0t-diirei'ent4J3i4th thejtwins. Next to his wife,. he loves and prizes those "two infants. When they smile and crow he is in ecstasj'; 'when', they fret and cry he suffers the keenest distress. So, when course, with more leisure, they can give ler ?re ten that night, with a more attention to books, music, painting and other forms of culture, and thus make themselves better and happier without neglecting their practical duties." "But are you sure," Mr. Wellington ventured to ask, "that household work is of a nature which can bo adapted to ar bitrary conditions of time and 6eason? It occurs to me that I have often heard you say a woman's work is never done; and I must say I don't see how you are going to shorten it by trying to dispose of it in tight hours instead of ten or twelve." "That is sophistry," Mrs. Wellington promptly answered, "as you would know" if you had studied this eight-hour prob lem in a careful and unprejudiced man ner. The statistics show, Richard dear, that in all the industries where the ' hours of labor have been reduced the production has been increased, which proves that it is a -mistake to suppose that the longer a person labors the more he accomplishes. . "Undoubtedly," Mrs. Wellington con tinued, in earnest tones, "the time will come when tho triumphs of inventive genius will practically absolve us from the necessity of labor of any sort; but we must approach that halcyon state by de crees, and logically. Patience and logic, Richard dear, are the two great secretB of progress in this world. joint and decided colic his anxiety knew no bounds. Mrs. Weljjpgfcrtt sat at one side of the table reading, and the nurse girl at the other busy wiUi a drawing lesson, and neither of them gave any heed whatever to the moaning twins. The children are sick," Ml-.' Wellington declared, "or hungry, or something;" but the remark attracted no attention. He rocked them to and fro, with grad ually increasing concern, and frequently j repeated the statement and still there was no response. . Tho nurse took tho I precious pair from the cradle and began walking the floor with them. Mrs. Well- I ington looked up from her book after a time and said, placidly; "Richard, dear, this is an eight-liour house, and there's nobody on duty now; the children will have to shift for themselves. " If this burden had bee'n anything on earth but the blessed twins, Mr. Well ington would have dropped it in wonder and dismay. As it was, he stopped sud denly, and drawing his offspring to his breasfrwith clumsy fervor, said just one word. It was "Je-ru-s'lem!" The exact ' impression that he intended to convey 1 by this abrupt specification of a ' remote and sacred city was not ap ! parent. Perhaps he did not hini : self know precisely what he meant; I perhaps it was not what he I really wanted to say. Mrs. Wellington whatever the statistics might say it was not true that the productive capacity of industry could always be increased by shortening the period of exertion. If things would uniformly so occur, he ad mitted, that they could be dealt with at stated and arbitrary intervals, then it might be possible to give successful ef fect to such a theory; but tilings could not be counted upon to happen in that gracious and convenient manner, partic ularly, in the domestic line, and - so the question could not be decided by a strict appeal to logic. - Something must neces sarily bo pardoned, he insisted, to cir cumstances. A man could not always come to dinner at a fixed iiutant, like a piece of machinery, or a climax in 1i dramatic production; bread JouId not always rise for baking at a foreordained moment, regardless of intervening con ditions; babies could not always have colic precisely when their mothers and iiurses could most readily give thein at tention; and so on, and so on, To'his great surprise and gratification, when he had finished, a sunny smilo overspread his wife's countenance; and then she laughed. Ho seized her hands, and pressed them warmly. She looked into his eyes, not as a woman of views, but as a co-parent of twins, and a crea ture of joy and love.. H(3 could not resist the inclination to embrace her. She had at last realized the absurb aspect of her project, and that maant, ho quickly surmised, that ' she was ready to aban don it. "Richard dear," she said, as soon as sho could check her rippling laughter, "you are not logical and I suppose you never will be. But you are very kind and patient, and it really doesn't seem quite right to shorten tho days by dimin ishing your comfort and happiness in. any respect." "There is to bo a change, then V" he eagerly inquired. "For your sake, ' Richard dear, this ceases to-day to be an eight-hour house," she answered, "And you are" no longer an eight-hour woman?" he added. . "There can not bo too many hours in the day," she said softly and sweetly, "for a woman who has such a husband as mine to love and please.- St -Louis Globe-Democrat. A NEW PHONOGRAPH PERFECTED. An imminent To Da Ud Daring Court Some electricians in this city have been at work for several months to perfect a phonograph which can be used with such accuracy as to be an aid in reporting with precision tho proceedings of courts and public assemblies. It is said that a stato of perfection has already been attained which will warrant the introduction of this instrument in courts Of justice. When the phonograph is perfected it will be a great help to stenographic reporters in one way and a great rival and hind rance in another way. One of. tho ma chines can bo taken into court, for in stance, and all of the proceedings wijl be recorded by it. At tho closo of the- day it can be taken to room and. gauged to. CARE OF A SICK ROOM. GEN. GRANT AT APPOMATTOX. Fresh Air and Light Food for the ra tlent 1.1 fe and Death. The sick room must be constantly sup plied with fresh air. Admit the fresh air in such a way as to cause, no strong current of air near or- about your pa tient; if the window is ojen shut the door, except in very warm or still weather; remember that you can often open a lee window with safely and bene fit when it would bo highly dangerous to open a window looking toward the direc tion from which tho wind comes. As a I rule it is better to drop a window from J the top than to raise it from the bottom; cool nil-, being heavier, descends, and when introduced high up in the room I thus freshens the air more thoroughly. I Light is -ilsoaii important tiling in -a ! .uuk hi any rau-oi peeu aiimiij wmua pj(.k room. The sunbeam is a greater a minute, -which can bo writen oiitby an . pllrifu.r an(i jt j8 only in some affections ordinary long-hand writer. If it is do- of tllL. cyM jn tho acuto 6taf;es of soma sired to get the- proceedings, transcribed i iisea-sear and in certain nervous diseases, as iasi as t-ney occur new cynnuers are thnt it is irabU) to darken a sick room. put in the phonograph us fast as the pro ceedings are written out. For instance, the long-hand writers can put in a cyl inder and let it remain ten minutes, then take it out and put in another, and trans fer tho cylinder which has tho proceed ings upon it to another instrument, and it is mado to repeat the proceedings with accuracy, ami, at the expiration of its term, is replaced in the phonograph and the other cylinder taken from it, and oon. . One of tho groat difficulties tho scien tists have encountered is in securing tho distinction of tone and voice. Hereto fore the phonograph has not been sulli cieutly distinct in tho pitch of tha voice to make ono voieo distinguish itself from another if they are similar in volume and tone. It is believed, however, that tho instrument will bo perfected within' a short time so that anyone who has heard a number of voices in a room can readily distinguish thum from the sounds the phonograph will give out. It is tho distinguishing of one voice from another that gives tho names of the speakers. For instance, if tho phonograph is used to record the procecdingsof a legislature it will not, "of course, have the names of ' j You can easily contrive. to admit plenty of light Without allowing it to fall in j such a way as'to b .unpleasant to your patients, and a cheerful outlook from the window certainly hastens convalescence. j At night nialco suro that , caridlo does not smoke or smell, nor tho gas leak; and place your light in such a ! wny that it throws a shadow on the wall ' or ceiling near tho patient. The nervous system is apt to bo so weakened by long I or severe illness that a little thing a : mere shadow, for instance which in 'health would he unnoticed, may produce I neist disastrous effects, j Cleanliness and order should reign in tho sick-room. A well person seldom in habits one room more than eight hour , daily, whereas a sick person inhabit it ' L fill tliu time. Uust with a slightly damp : cloth, and sweep, if thery he a carpet, j j with a hard brush and dust-pan, having t previously sprinkled the carpet with wet , ten-leaves. ' I The feeling of tha sick is a large sirb- ; ject, and one which is worthy of being j . treated in considerable detail, but I can j only venture on a very few hints hero, j Seek to make the food of an invalid, if ! Term of tho Surrender The Command er'f Judgment 'the .Side-Ann." He had indeed long felt that when the war was ended there should be no vin dictive policy toward tho vanquished, and ho informed Leo at once when they met that he meant to accept paroles; but the important final provision, that which gives all its peculiar character to the' cap itulation, was unstudied and its language sjiontaneous. Yet the language is as precise as words can make it, and enun ciates a ioIicy which lias done as much as victory itself to secure tho results of the war: "Each ofiiccr and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they reside." - The terms, however, were Hot in" the least the result of chance or carelessness, of "indifference. They were the legiti-J mate outgrowth of Grant's judgment the consequence of all that had gone bo fore emlxidied then for the fiist time, because then for tho first time tho neces sity for tho embodiment had arrived. In this way Grant always did his great est thing-!. It may be strange or incx- the lamp or phcabJe, hut lie could not often explain ; ins meiiious, nor, m.iecii, always ins rua j sons. Ho had nt this moment no defined largo views about separating the mili ' tary from the civil power, far less any : intent of encroaching on the domain or : prerogative of jiolitics. He did not even. like- Sherman, take into consideration j the fate or condition of other forces of ' the enemy, although lie was generai-iii- chief; ho confined himself strictly to tho I business before Mm the disbanding and dispersion of Lee's army. Ho. wanted to secure that neither that army nor miy of ANTICIPATION. Promise is sweeter than the full frultl. - The tint soft breath that whispers in tha ' ear Of budding crocu and pussy-willow. Is dearer than the ripeuois of the year. The firat fair glinting at the jail approach ing, - . That l.rinjs the loved ones from a sunnier land Is dearer than the close and ten tor clspln;j I if eagjr Lourt to heart aud uuni to band. The first quick glance of love, half unex pected, Ha ( hotied for, quickens in the trembling breast Sweeter and purer throb than all the later And fuller passion openly oxprossed. Sweeter by far to watch with beating puis '4 The low unfoUlng of the first succea Than to-reap hardest from ths later trl- umps That bring at bot a dash of" bitterness,' Ah, fair Anticipation! might we never Stray from thy bordenaml of fCJtasy, Nor ie.;k to set our all too eagu- footstep in thd worn patjs of liuli reality. ' I iL Kirk, IN NEW YORK'S LITTLE FRANCE." it is iinlv n rnii nf p-riii'l. ha invithit' nfl I the -persons participating in debate, and ..,,OKKiUl,d ,,,.;. r,.mire anv food in me iiersoji! LransiaiiuLr i rom ni jcl-uiu of the phonograph will havo to place the sjieakers by the tone of the voice. It is said that some of tho olliolat re porters intend trying the phonograph within a short time and determining how In event Uliil-Catchlug In the I'uroe Island. A party of twelve "men working in combination and rotation will net be tween 8,000 and 4,0U0 birds a day, valued 11 .it. ;-.!,. i, , ' it will work in public debates. .D o-a.. 7 4 it fails they will have the proceedings by ing by hundreds at a time m laroeout- ; .. ' . . 1 .. , . , , c, ! the usual methods and no risk will be houses, there to dry after a fashion for t .. . , . , , ' . ' run. When tho phonograph is perfected consumption. ., . , 1 . . . , . ' .. 1 . i i 17 t . i . the stenographers intended to use it in The manner in which Faroe fowler i .. . . 1 , . ., . . , ... ,, . . ,r 1 tjieir work as a safeguard. Iiy us assist- goes to work is rather interesting. He i ., .... , , . . , P . ., . , j . nnce they will be enabled to havo cvery- hus primarily to consider the wind, inas- -,. ,,. . .. . .. , i ., .'. ... thing that is said m the room, and a much as this is the cuief assistant force ? , , . . ' . iinu me rapiuuy oi tueir Hpuccu win iw the. sick-room. Let the trav be covered with a clean napkin, let every utensil bo scrupulously clean and bl ight in.-i lo and ont, and do not take away tho little aji petito which tho sick person hastily bringing large quantities of food at a time. It is far better to bring, too littlo than too much, as a further supply is easily got.- Let everything be the best of its kind Us members coiild ever again resist 'or confront tho national-mitlHirity; nud when this was determined ho was un willing to 'inflict ;on one of thoso mem bers n single unnecessary humiliation or suffering. lie was, 1 mil sure, uncon scious of any special magnanimity inthis course, lie thought nothing of himself, and little as yet of tho far-reaching ef fect of his terms on the population of the south. What ids hand found to do, it did,luid lio"m 09 war. The corroljoration of all this is the fact that the idea of allowing the ofiicers to 'retain their side-arms and 'personal ef fects was suggested to hi in as he wrote. He wore no sword, having been sum moned hastily from his own headquar ters two days before to a distant which he presses into his service, wind be favorable he takes his long net, mounted on a stout wooden handle and frame, and goes to the particular cleft or crevice in the sea rocks which ho knows to offer a chance of snort. Down This mayor may not have smed con-4 rea ly wantea to say. Mrs. wewngum . h he carcfuIly cianil),;rs, until he finds elusive to Mr. Wellington, but at least it j led at bun mteijogatlngly, and tha-f standin workinj room whrr0 , silenced him; and the discussion was not 1"" . " ' " --' renewed until the next morning, when ; turned pale. "If this is a joke," she went he discovered' that he must wait an hour on directly, "I must confess that I can t later than usual for his breakfast. It 1 see tho Plnt- The ldea of 5Ira ...,i.i f a nr wn;nnnn nv,,l,tnl I luigtn being guilty of a joke wa3 so to have the d'av's 'labor begun too early grotesquely improbable that even she I under the eight-hour system or it would ! wi" "'J'" " . " "rclB end too soon a proposition which Mr. , " "y amusement to be derived from Wellington had to confess was too simple! hearing two children cry in this pitiful for argument, and yet it embarrased and ' he continued, "I am too stupid to 'Ptdri:!Of;.cours9- hecould see 1 comprehend it. The kids are sick, or at that to have breakfast at 7 o'clock, as -h --..-nr-r pt bad hfn Lis habit, and luncheon at 13. 1 "ofc able to fcel f unny over 8Uch a would cause his dinner to be served before 3, instead of being delayed until , 6. " Indeed, as it was, he would be re- quired to dine between 4 and fl, and that did not suit him at all. "I'm sorry," Mrs. j Wellington remarked, "but I'm sure you ', will soon get used to it. These tilings j are matters of habit only, and we can Afford to change our habits in as import- j ant a respect as that of times of eating ,' thing" and he carefully replaced them in the craale, and rocked them with rapid and dizzying vigor. "Richard dear," Mrs. Wellington said in kind but firm accents, "your devotion to your children does you credit. It shows that you have a good heart. But where sentiment and logic conflict, the head and not the heart should rule. It is unfortunate that children are so con- when we knew that more leisure is to be ! stituted that they can't accomodate gained thereby, aud greater opportuni ties of culture and enjoyment.' He did not get used to it, however. The theory, as presented by his capable and excellent wife, was reasonable and ! leautiful pnough, but somehow it did i their little aches and aspirations to the demands of reason and principle. ' Cut reason and principle remain-just the same. I'm sorry our dear twins have to be neglected; being their mother, my im pulse is to comfort and delight them at not operate satisfactorily. Ho was always ! cost ut am al eiZht- ure of his breakfast and that was ; nbout all. Luncheon was ready for him hour woman, and this is an eight-hour bouse, and I must be consultant. If you at the appointed tiiuo, but if he hap-1 Kivo ,ue Paregoric or . . . n.u.thim. Di-riin Riiliaril Horn if iirlir pined to be fifteen minutes late, he found the table cleared, and Mrs. Wei- . lington ready with a statement to . the effect that in an eight-hour I house promptness was . impera- ( tive, and no allowance could be mode j for accidenta. It was still worse at din- j ner. He tried Ms best to reach the house , in time, but his business was so apt to ; hold him in spite of his endeavors that he failed very much oftoner than ho sue- cecded. Time and again he arrived just j oii the stroke of the eighth hour, only to be told that it was better for a man to go without his dinner tlian for the gervanta to be asked to forego any part of their liberty and their chance of mental im provement. Even if they were willing to remain and wait upon him, for extra j pay, Mrs. Wellington would not permit ; them to do to. "They are superficial ;' creatures," she would sar, "and do not realize that consistency is the abul of ' firat Boothinz syrup, Richard dear, it might help them; but as a matter of logic, I am bound to let them alone." This episode of the twins and their colic persuade Mr. Wellington thoroughly tliat the eight-hour system was not practi cable for domestic uses. That could not be a sound or wholesome doctrine, hd had to believe, which caused a mother t turn her back on, her own children be cause their wants were not expressed and their rights asserted witliin a given ono third of the twenty-four hours of a day. The more he pondered over, it the surer be was that Mrs. Wellington, with all her ability, had for once in her lif j blundered. I It was glaringly clear to him that while ! eight hours might answer for soon kin Js j of labor, it would never do to limit house- hold work in that absolute style. He had the utmost respect for his wife's courage of-eopviction and purity of motive and design, but he could not shut bis eyea to tha fact that her perseverance in thi the birds are-bustling past him before . the wind. It is then a uiatterof muscles ..'and .routine. Iiy barring the passage with his net he inevitably catches all tho birds that continue their flight through the' rift, and his attributes then must bo mainly those of strength and endurance. Of course, not everywhere can a fow ler attain to his perch by tho exclusive use of his legs. Infinite pluck and nerve are both necessary. Cornhill Magazine. no inconvenience, as tho plionograpn will catch everything that is said. It will be of more use as an amanuensis than anything else, enabling one to dic tate any amount of corresKndenee to tho machine and leaving it so that any one can transcribe it, because tho ma chine can be set to report the dictation at anj' rate'of speed. Washington Cor. Minneapolis Tri bane. that you can get; an egg ! portion of the field with, no oppoTtu- which is tho least stale, or milk in tho ' mtj' of returning ufterward. Lee, how slightest degree sour, placed beforo a ' ever, ha I dressed himself with sick person may easily take away his npi Ucaro for the ceremony. His headquar jietite for tho whole day. I ters train had been burned by Sheridan Supiwse the doctor orders u cup full of i the pursuit, and Lee and his. ollieers, milk or beef tea, for instance, every two, ; able to save only a single suit or .clothes, three or four hours, and the patient's stomach rejects it; try then a tablcspoori f nl nt a time, and, if that is rejected, a teiispooiiful or even less. I say deliber ately that on such points as these bingo sometimes the issues of life and death. Incidentally it may hero bo mentioned that for irritability of the stomach them had secured Die burst. In tins way lee was handsomely dad; he wore embroid ered gauntlets and the sword presented lo him by the ladies of Virginia.. The conqueror, battle-stained, in u common soldier's coat, looked up at his foe, elabo rately arrnyed, and the glitter of tho rebel wen k nt sifggeiited to liiin to spare "is generally nothing belief than cracked lh couipieredXhoJi.uiJilhd'ttlLj.i jijr "Ponltlon of Engllau Society Wiimon. You must go to late dinners and later balls. You must breathe the hot atmos- A Itemarhuble Tulephonlo Invention. Nature discribes. under the name of the "phonophore," a remarkable tele phonic invention about to bo introduced to public notice by-Mr. Langdon Da vies. Tho name is given to a contrivance which, while aljsolutoly a non-conductor ice, the lumps being allowed to melt in the mouth; unci I will liow tell you a simple device which prevents tho j,eo from wasting, and makes ono supply last for a number of hours. rendering it. i:ien lie wrote ire inn p mil ling of.icers lo retain l.ie.r siile-anas, horses, and riii.il i lleels. This statc mcnt'lias iiec:i quet-oui d, but I give it Tike a deen on Gen. (ininl's uuihomv. lie saw and . . . 1 i .. i .. . . .i... : i.. vol in u-u ij.L- u.'.;.mjj!. ill uivi ua':i nt; in my history of his campaigns. phero of parliament, and the still more ; by side, twisted together and woumL " 7, V. ' , . ' 'i....,., n . .i.in ..t up upon a bobbin, one end of each wire , ' . Ul0 cal,tured soldiery retumin- home1 Is-mg completely msulated. Regarded ; witllot tl(!ir , work t.ir lt. bio indeed. Regarded as an induction rulinil)3 by war, but now to bo rt-sU.rud.-A.lam , coil neither the pr.nmry nor the sond- P (U1 , Uadeau's I-lter. ary forms a closed circuit. ii;t it trans- , ' , , . , lllf. iOIHUO MVllllMIH'llli 1 mits telephonic sjnech irfectly. It fol lows that Mr. Lavies has solved tho lows of the passage or transmission of rapidly alternating currents such as cor respond to sounds in vocal and harmonic ..!... .1. ...... a-i.n w..l.. I.,.-,, . , . i, T.., : lUiLliiiuii y. jilt? iinuiii iwiiiii u iuiini.iii. r "I" !' fr. ' V,...J,: T " I essentially of two insulated wires laid ' : .7...:. " .: side ECI1LW8 lur every injur; yuu jiiimb m;uiw yourself to a round of visits and enter tainments which would be most agree- ; able in dreary winter, but now distract ' you from delights- that aro rare in Eng- I land because .of the climate. At this j moment, when the climate and the country are alike Saturnian, you forsake the country and come up to town. For so fashion u sportsmen de abandon their guns and their game in the autumn and winter, and this leaves only the spring and summer for town. And iu England society, like everything eke, is ruled by the men; the women only exist to give them pleasure and do them service; to marry them,-to rear their children, to ' preside over their homes, to decorate their entertainments. What the men want is always done, and the women submit, as a matter of course. Adam liudeau'n Letter. bowl, holding perhaps a quart, 'and riii-c-e at coarsH flannel oblontr in shape. nd about twice as long as it is broad; f J stood near him us left tha room then fasten tho llannel with string or j and thus lmp;eiied to be the iirst to coii- to form a llimliel cun within tho bowl, i wmii.-lhtl!'' IJ- reaehin onlv half or two-thirds tho di.s- ! that would live forever in history tance to the bottom of tho latU.r. Then : sure tho idea hud not occurred to him nut thu cracked ice into the llannel cut) j until I uttered it. The effect iis);i his lecrees. Or rather so the i ,P'.JU!W ot tclephonu.g on ao.en cir etermiue; the men will not ! tho.real ol(jw.tof the invention I. 1 : A nHA nt tl1A ..-of rf.f varfiiM 111:11; UilU UUU - UQ uio m .., . . . . They must not for any reason be de. ; "altvf wa B"""J ' privedofsomuchaa a minute of the , l.armonmus ana leucnoa, h-Uur. -wbirh the eieht-hour system in- j mto a ghastly tumult and mockery, cures them for the purpose of study and reflection in this regard. And besides, if once harmonious and feiicilou home He could-see that with the best intentions in the world, Mrs. Wellington was not equal this is to be an eight-hour hoiue, the in-J W e V"" ol "u? ""' " ino. purpose oi v .-" , bv merely willin.i that such a result ' Tim Art r tnttnlllJni Frail. SevTaI companies within the past few years have attempted to crystallize fruit, ' but they have all mads fiii lures of it, Tho business is conducted exclusively in .' France, where every person engaged in j it make a speciality of a single fruit, tho j art of crystallizing which was handed J doa n to him by his ancestors. One man , crystallizt-s cherries, auother ears, and ' ho on, and he does not understand liow to prepare any other fruit than the one t lie makes a H iaJty of. These expert . i have bet-n bruugbt from Francs to Ctli 1 fornia, but tliey remaine.1 in the business ; only a bufiiru-nt h-ngth of time to catch ; i tho speculative fever that prevails on the I I'acihc roast, when they would alialidun -j tlwir railing and engage in more lucrum ' tive punuiu. Not a single firm in the t j country b.-u made a succcsa of tlio busi- neas. Cor. Otolje-IX-roocrat. iJWt to enable telejihoinc messages, including both vocal and harmonis under that name, to be transmitted through the ordinary telegraph wires without inter ference with or from tho telegraphic messages that are simultaneously passing through tho wires. Mr. lJavips has di. vis'ed a whole series of new teh-pbonic apparatus in which not only the mdiir-tion-coils of tho transmitters but also tho bobbins of the receivers are n-pla'd by open-rin:iiit phoii'iplfono coiN. Apart from its purely teri.nical value, the uew instrument presents several iK!nts of great scienter inten-st, and opina n sundry new problems to the mathemati cal physicist. Scientific Journal. ciduous notion of wimpromis must not be allowed to come into it. You can get dinner at the restaurant, Richard dear. It is inconvenient, I know, but you can't expect me to be weak and silly where a question of principle is at stake. Taa PoUva f tlie ftcarplon. So very onn!We anolvais of the noi- siiould ensue; and it Jirs. eiiingioii of the tjrorpKn- liave yet been made. ' could not do it, wi.at woman could? ! The U-si on record are tiimw by Jouwt, i lie acaii-ely dared to bojie that lie presented to U.e French a'-ademy in 1570. ! i - f It- nin.rf.j, al.A : if- . . .r Anirirt ol WVil African Illft. Tlie chief dt is ffif)o. or yams, an esculent not uuhku an In .li iotat. Tho drink is lnim!i-. or palm wine. The lil thinesi of tiie table an 1 of the pr iu.i l the ciiief's guest was extreme (jreasy dcbrin of tho v.irio'.i.i coure-, and gr.-at plashes of the pushing inimbo liw'. ured the men, while on the right. of a-h penwm tho grijUnd was wet with the T.--ated libations Kmn.-J oht to the gii'riU of their fathers as-fiery fresii buin;-r t,t n.iruijo was about to be drained, and with portion of the sohiU thrown to the ground a offering to toe same invuib'e paitu irotors. Tiie me;J copsistti of rcuHtt'd plantain end vg'-table rhetue, mast'-il yams in slices an J fresh palm o.l mi xi-1 up with brui-sed drifsl ln.niji and vdt tnd rl pjs r. Tiie nud 'lay meal is. usually tiie favorite dih foo tK. The small cr leggwl t-Ule M '. brpught up to the toach of the rh.ef. No IK-ful I.lj;lit for Inilutrl:l PnrpTMi. j What pnimise to bo a aieful bght for industrial purposes, where work has to . Ixjcarrieil on in tho ojicn or in large covered spaces by night,, is dribed by j the F.nglish Steam Uwrrs' Journal. Tho j light consists of a cylindrical vessel ca- , pable of containing thirty gallons of , heavy .hydro-carbon' oil. Air umler a ' moderate pn-ssure is conducted to the : cylinder, which is fitted with a npocird burner having two tuix-, one within the other, leading up to it. Tho inner tube , di into thu creosote, and the pressure ' of air on the latter forces it up the tulm. A portion of the air finds its way to the burnt r through the anniil.ir xjun e by- , twt eii (he inner and o-it-r tubes, and the , a r and oil f miibiiiing ut the burner fonn, ' i wh-n igniU'd by a match, a Maine which give a light that is useful for general ' working purpose over a radius of 1VJ to ! 2 W j arils. The proportion uvnl to form the ir'-r light are four of air to one of oil by volume. The. jet being produced' un h-r pressure is not afTec-tcd by either ; wind or ruin. Chicago News, Taking I'lmtogrKjili Iiy fatinpttj;ht. It will require only a few years to so x-rfect the photographic art that wo will lie able to take picture at night by the ordinary light. experiment, progress with what are called isochroinatlc plates A Itoostcr Chase In Wentchcster County- Exciting Amusement. The Polish orphan turns out to bo a wise and remarkably entertaining yoftng person. Her language is an entertaining mixture of I'olish, English and French, and It flows in a stream of amaxjng rapidity, importing much sound knowl edge and many-'startling facts. Her conversation relates principally to the Bronx river and to the chickens." Sho consents with 11-year-old frankness, to help'dispose of 5 our big bottle of : wine, r nnd gives it as her belief that tho white rooster is a hypocrit. No ono can blamo this poor rooster for getting what pleas ure he can out of life, because ho is only ono of a lot of common American roostei-s brought in boxes from Newr York to be run after. The Polish 'orphan was about to tell what tho life of a rooster "to be run after" was like, when a party of younfc Frenchmen cftmo out into the yard with the host close behind. Thoso young menT-the .orphan said, would explain tho roaster's fate right away. The Unlucky rooster, who had been, industriously eating, was cautiously singled out from the flock by tho Polish orphan, nnd, before he knew what was going on, the crowd of five young Frenchmen dashed lit him in a furious attempt to catch him hy the leg. The poor rooster's eyes filled with terror, and . i lie fled squawking through tho garden, j The regular flock gave no sign ot ! sympathy or interest. T.'iey had seen j lots of strange roosters suddenly appear only to be clutscd, and they touk it ! philosophically. The chase after the rooster was very ! excising, and while it was going on tho ! host explained the principle underlying the hunt; Whoever caught the chicken j t.K-iit the rest of the day free from all -expense, nnd a or,t of Mugwump geuer . ally. The other had to pay fur his din ner, and it was his privilego lo cut tha rojstcr up when ho was caught. It was a ruii! thr.l tlierfwstTiiiii st bicnUght by the leg. That mado the chaso butt longer. It gave the young men a line apK-tite for dinner, and, without b.-i:ig us dangerous as a bull light, furnished just us much, amusement mid exciteiuout. j The cb'orts of tho young men to catch the lleet-footed r .waiter were interesting. : M:t!iy a one had a fall, and one wrecked , an eiaUirate pairof truus?r by making Baaliirl)fli -wt-wilwbi-tlMt7jtot: I aut . the ro-ttU r resolved to seei; safety ouUide the premises, ami spread his wings to fly over the garden fenci). Aj ho roe into the air a nimble Frenchman made a bold dash and captured him by tho leg on tha fly. A minute afterward the Polish orphan was calmly cutting the rooster's throat in an outhousa. There was som?thiiig pathetic even In the manner of this poor rooster's death, for, instead of having hia head cut off, as every free American rixwter expects in the natural course of events, the Polish orphan stuck a knifa into his throat tinder tiie car, and later Already there nro he was served tipto those young French jiing in Cermiu'iy ' niin with his head still on. Sometimes, the Polish orphan said, the young men for the taking of photographs by the would catch the rooster nnd let him go. light of nn ordinary kerosene lamp, and - taking thu regular dinner tliat was And so it came to pass that Mr Wei- t liaa lnuiei uer uriuuci. aiiu m".; cneimcai cockui :ium oi ww Trnoiu, nut cotlit kujvw, .,tlii or pUU-s are lington ate most of his meals away from i "gician X smother her good aense dc state the moJe of iu acua upon :' ud. Andrew Murray. hm. tw. .mrt to no t j a wife and motiier; but he resolved to u.e blood, by hich in eT.-re case it j avoid thi. Iti.rMtiv nr,I h ah.M I make the triaL She Ut-ned to him at- j cause death. It affects the red cor quit business and jrive himself pp entirely I tentively as he recounted, the numerous J piucles, psraljring tiiem - tliat they! to the task of adjusting his life to the J annoyances to wmcn ins esiaousnuiKu , tx.here one to Siiotiier, tnus Wfonun; . tight-hour doctrine. He did not blairw ! wai ubject by reason of thu peculiar at- j agglutinated ur.til tin y axs unable to nava - 1 - - . Ti- -. . i nt nt pnfurm. IWIUI flOC i js wue airs, m-i iiir.ioa was not a j r- a woman to be blamed Ir any thin'; but ! f-UeJ 10 notice, h urged, that a certalh he did wonders time if aha was not j aesure of rims was required to perform sh iply luistaUaj, and if she ivjuia no; 1 wrtaln amount of wprk, aud that through tha capillaries, aixl may reuse fatal obstruction. far a known. ; tberr i no chemical antidota which caa j QlreLr tbs puiioo, Chicago Uerald, i SoM.fal Allvmpt si Itallava-Strmeo. An English writer remark that tiie recent succefcflful atteuipt at bajlooc teerage in France havo I-1 many Tho Would Not Sprout. Some time ago Sunset Cox forwanbtl Ut Senator Lrown from Lgypt a ackngo of cotton nis-d tliat bad be-n found en tmljed wiih a mummy. The munimy Udonged to the race of the Pharaohs, and had been pronniincJ del 1 , year before Mr. Cox tiucovered the re ' mains. Three of tho seed were sent by P-n.-itrir Drown to iJr. Connally, of thi r.ty, aa J were duly submitted to the test of siui and s.r.1. Tin y v. cro planted in ; tubs, filled with highly fertilized dirt, and were carefully watched and watered for a period of thirty day. In spite of . this the seed failed to sprout, nnd they were finally dug op and examined. They : were filled with dust, and it is supposed . tliat he g rm of life that once had ex J intd in tlnir frail Uiellshail passed away j utterly. Atlanta Constitution. ! i Cort T th Big Object Claa. thoughtful jxrms to Uliev. the day ' ww cw uui lor me frreatoojeci not to be far distant wUu we sliaU ; ? L?,-02LL,c1te,,a,coP? will be ahou bolloons jilj ing between CnglanJ aud tlui cuutiucut. uidtsi very grKXl pictures have ls-n t.iken or both s-rsons and obji-cts in thi way, the only ililliculty lieing that the lamp huI brbe placed a little too close-to tho sub- : jt- j Cood pbobigniphs have Ix-en t.iken by the eleelric liht I have done some! good work in that way my.lf but the i trouble vith the. eloito'c light is that you j mis the ft shade and lin- mi l i on ' not work as jiiiekly. Ah I said, there will Iw night picture taken lie'oru Ion;;; , but I do not hi-) what good can le lie- ! co uplishi d, as the morning hiiH middle ' of the day, when arc freslwmd feel g'Kl, are the best tilins to have pluloi taken, nnd not th-) night, when j'op!e .ire worn out. (Jlobu-lVuiocrai , liite-rview. . J Kiilnn a Krnhtnait Forrvrr, KverylKuly knows that a Frenchman remain a 1 reiichman forever, no mat ter how iiiucli be travel. You might a well take an elephant to vb-it foreign Countries with I lie i.k-a tii.it hi trunk w onl vent juliy come off, a to lead a FreiiCbmaii through' distant lands and ', among rtrange siple in the b..ie of causing him to l's the invuliaritim with which lie was liru. An FnglUliman or even un American go' to a foreign place, ca.ls tiie foreign cooking, ai. I swear. A Freiie'.iinuii goc tliere aud 1, cook for hi ins. If in In own wny, or find some one to do it for him. Wber- ever ho may go he forever refuse to aduiiU biiiself to thing as they are around him; but wis peoceftiliy to work fixing thing a they were . at home. -Cor. New York Sun. ! served; but usually they were deter mined to have the game which they had brought down, and it became necessary to incrtiaso the rooster sufferings by add "ing the painful knife-thrust to the ter ror of the chute. New York Sun. I'oliii lruftnd In IMiulv Mollaftk. Tlic oi.vurrence or pjlsoiious mussel and ttar-lishe in a German locality has led to an investigation from which it ap-x-ar that simple stagnation of sea-water is cnpaMn of giving risj to poisonous qualities in tho animals inhubitating it; and that, too, when it is free from sew age and other impurities. Arkansaw Traveler. KLCOu. J locnJa, Tha tsss will weigh 4ZO Tb Iolutry f Cojote C lehlnj. Coyote catching i gt'tting to be quite ! on industry in Oregon. A bounty is paid for their col, and there are-many pio pi who make a living by huilin tblro. ' Chicago Time. Th Ura.Ilns ut lltlad I'cople, Some f the blind can read five or six hours without feeling fitigued. They use both hanibtin reading, the right fore finger tsing usel chiefly to separate tha words and syllable, while tlio loft fore finger noognizes tiio word by itself.- Chicago Ledger. . . fhthlaU Incriln( Amoii Hegro- It is sai 1 that a pure negro neve died of phthisis before the war; now deaths from phthisis 'among the black is foc4 times a great a among the whites. A London restaurant keeper paid $73, ffi1 fcr the privilege of catering at tha Colonial exhibition now in progress. Inter Ocean. There are now in force in this coon try more than 2i5.OJ0 patents for inventions, Where money alone i kin-;, manhood is at it lowest ebb. Jui Lafagso. In India there are four female mission aries to every million of women. Tho world' ninry-f our geographical so cictici oir.t-'.i 43,6wJ lr.tai be.3.
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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July 29, 1886, edition 1
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