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nn he ... Aeamance ' Gleaner, y;ci, xil GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1886, NO. &9. "itow have I offended you. Aliri ?" The question Was'askeil with jnsl & touch of hauteur in thtt low 11 -xible ' toner; yet, in spite of tiL-t wen tid.nl pride. Dean Radnor's eyes were fnh (f passion ate rntrenty as he .looked down, into Alice : Wier's disdain, ul, lnm-averled face. " - ' . 4 ., They were standing together in tlie curtained ie.-e.-ij of a deep hsi.v-window ..'In her father's drawing-room. A plras- nut nmrmiir of 'voices.-ns the fi-w in ' formal guests there nsBcmh't-d engaged in there after dinner conti'i-sa. i.ui. fell dreamily "on Radnor's ear, but he was conscious of nothing hut his own anx- . iotlS BllspeilS.'. . ,. . .v. Miss Wier presently lifted to Irs gnze a fair, proud fau, evj-ry fe-itur. of . wjiicti seemeet to 'have froz-n into unut , terabkyjoutempf." Her lW even fl.ished a little too ominbiifly, j.eriiap?, 'to hear out the impression of coid iiidrfference which her answering " woMj were d-igiA-d to convey; but Dean E:idnor. blind ns all his sex ore, heard the words and believed iu them without perceiv ing the eubtlo contradiction that eyes und voice, in spite of her, contained. "Tliat you should need to ask' this, Mr Radnor," she said haughtily, "is even worse than your offense, I can . not condescend to point out the special ..net; of discourtesy which has reversed my-former good opinion of you. The" simple) fact that you are unconscious of it is a sufficient proof that you are not the perfect gent lemon I once believed you to be. Let this explain my request that, we meet no more as acquaint ances." . . Dean JJindor stared at . thcspoa'ier now in dumb and btupefied amazement. To. any ordinary observer it would have been perfectly plain from Miss Wier's whole speech and manner that she was thoroughly, uncontrollably angry, and uttering words that did cruel violence to her own feelings, as well as the feelings of the one whom she was addressing: Int Radnor, although unquestionably lacking in cool wisdom where Alice , Wjer was concerned, had not the pene tration of an ordinary observer, and . tlterefore failed to make what must !, otherwise have been a most giatifiing dmcovei-y. -'- Stung by the contempt in her tone jmd words, angered hy acriticL-m which - lie felt to be preposterously uurcason . nble and unjust, he answered with a rnnnner quite as haughty as her own, while his eyes met hers wirh a look as cold as steel. . "Very well, Mi Wlor, since yon re gard it as an impossible condescension to explain the sudden coldners and dis dain with which you have treated me to-day,-' afier the., flattering cordiality and friendship of the past few months, ' 1 must consider it equally a condtscen sion on my part to asl: further for thK explanation. . As to your request that -we meet no more as acquaintance, I shall cheet fully accede to it. Believe ; me, I can take no pleasure in the ac quaintance of a lady who"; whilo dwell. t jng with such emphasis upon the cour tesy due to herself, quite ignores the , fact that there is an equal courtesy due , from her to others. I Jiave the honor of Lidding you good-bye." . Did lie really mean i:? Were there to be iio: protestations, no entreaties, no frantic admission that he was in the .wrong and pleading for her pardon? Alas for Alice's fond expectations no, none of these! T.iere was ilHUlCJll j nd her first intimation of R-idnor presence was hen she came face to face witii,l)itn in the halU whither her part ner in the last raise had taken her for a. quiet promenade. If there was a throb of insane j iy in Dean li iduor's heart at this sudden sight of Alice, no one but himself was ever the wiser for it. In an inst int the scornful words flashed before his mind, as distinctly as though the tosy lips now quivering and paling before him had just uttered them. "It is my wish that we meet no, more as acquainauces." Had he not returned from his cowardly retreat to prove to her that he could grant this request with no tffort nor pain to himself? Verily, her wish should be respected! And sv with a cold pride before! which Alice's , painfully throbbing heart sank in utter and heav ies despair, Dmn Radnor ttepped aside with the graceful bow that he would have given to the merest stranger, anil,, allowed Miss . Weir 1 and 'Col, Se.epperson : to , pass , on; . then, making his way to the call-room he sought out the beautiful Miss Tem ple, and throughout the remaiii'er of the evening devoted himself to her- with a conspicucusuess that no one failed to ob serve. - Hit re was no deliberate tnnmg on Dean Radnor's part. He was a consist ent believer in the principles of homo- opathy; and in affairs of the h. ait. as wc.l as in the more tangible ills (hat flesh is heir to, he held the truth to be self-evident that "like cures like:" lie was determined to cure himself of his useless love for Alice Wier, and how was this to be done? Whv, by opposing' it with it strong, manly, sensible love for some worthy girl; and there was no young lady in all his wide social ac quaintances (nextlo Alice Wier) whom he esteemi d io highly as Miss Temple. Hence, his deli berate determination to fall in love with Miss Temple, marry her and live happily forever after. And - Alice? Well, she .observed the nEsidui.y of Radnor's atten tions to Miss Temple,-. und soon Ivcame convinced that their motive was sincere admiration; and nffoction, their object matrimony. "Very good; she had been quite luisUikm, then, in im agining that he had ever loved her; what she had foolishly believed to be love was but the h pocrilic.-il preten sion of a - telfish, mercenary, in sincere triflcr. who -could- easily console himself when he found that she was not to be won ; by his profes sions of devotion, . Oh, how thankful she was that she had had the pride, the spirit to send him away from her be fore, he had won xr whole heart by his empty words and his deceitful tender ness of lone and glance I . Glad why, all that she reproached herself for now. ! tua !..uiuiempfe n V mi lUi t nor's handsome face, as St-arcrlv glanc- -ino- nt liei whila he littered his formal m'rs ii i.. i i ..:'i . " lAKNWii, lit; jmoiifru - viuo 11 1 1? in u . .' , Persian drapery oud stepped back, that jslie miht ' pass- out from the window ' .1 ...1 ..I... 1 S -I recess, jliiu viieu me iiuu . juuiiu w, white and trembling with anger and . .disappointment, which it took all her '. ! uride and self-control to conceal, he fol- . lowed her with a careless, indifferent . iiir. ioiUeJ fbr a few nioiilents in the : light chatter of the other guests, and men, uiKing leave ui ins nuw nuu ' hostess, bowed himself out of the draw - ing-room. Only Alice Wier knew that he liad gone forever; and upon her 1 heart tho conviction settled with all the Icy calmof despair. Everyone: wondered why D-an Rulnor, ihc inost eligible bachelor In Hastings, sliould leave town at the very l ginning ( an unusually b-nl.ant season, lie told no one why he went or whitner he venr; ana no one sus-cw;u mat. ue wum. .. w ith him a sore and angry heart, whoa - wounds he hope. I to heal by a long iibsenl-e from her who had so cruelly in flicted them. And no one susicuhI that in her luxurious home, surrounded by fond and admiring friends, Alice Wier was hiding a sore and angry heart beneath a cold and flippant exterior. If the thought crossed her mind, some times, that she had been unreasonable in her treatment of Radnor that she might have explained to him the cause ' of her displeasure without compromising her diimitr or pride she put the idea justifying her own conduct and utu-rly condemning his. And while she was was tiiat she liad not been ten times more angry with him than she was, and J ol little - heartsl do vou think that she had ever dreamed of such a thing afterward as admitting herself id the wrong. And, at this point, Alice herself be came a convert to homeopathy; to this extent she resolved upon the same cure". for her Wounded feeling-) that Doan Rad nor had prescribed for his own. Why should she not love Col. Slicpperson, who for long mouths had been fluttering ar xuid her in silent but unmistakable admiration? Uu was wealthy, he was line loot ing, ho wasn't so very old, and rumor had it that he would some day be in congr-ss. Sjrely any girl iu her senses would be thankful and proud to encourage such a lover; and Alice Wier, coidncKs I uisdaiutuily admitting tn.it sue iiad been my rassine throuirli tins dailv ormnict of doubt and Mf-juMificaf ion. Dean Rad-tTTer they forced tJwawl into s aeecli. rei u ;e mu jior, miles away in the safe ' he had chos n. was thinking constantly i her, in spile of his reso'ution and ef fort to forget her. and wondering with Tague amazement that grew more hope less and helpless every day, what it eould hare been that he bad done, is his innocent tinconrciousness, that h i given h r such deadly nffetise. Alice Wier was in tlie first stage of conviction, winch would hare bevu fuK lowed in due time by reprntanre and confession, if events, had been propitious, whur fa Klenly Decn Radnor tetunej to kaMinKv as Mnexpectedly as be left, and flashed out once mora with all his old-time brilliancy as a bright particu lar star" in society. His first appearance was at a ball rirra by the wealthy young patron, lira. Ch diner, mho had si-ixt-d upon him on the very instant of his return bom and bid Jen bun to her "oul" at tlie rk-T-nh hour. Ahta Wkr WjM aijitlie iiU; deviated!? edfe i-- hcF n.um.Blir- berself to think so much of Dnn Rid- nor, rrsolved now, with a thrill of new life running through all her nerves, that she would conquer her foo!is!i fancy for Radnor by a sensible love for Cjl. S'lt-pv person; mid, marrying him ns of course he would roou ask her to do! live hap pily for ever after. ' And now the grand work of cure began. The gayest season that Hastings liad ever known drew to ard its close, and society, looking on with amieiblo ap pro vul it o:i the four most conspicuous ''eligiblea whose unusual prominence in all social affairs h.i.l contributed,' so largely to the brilliant success of the season, was waiting with bated breath for the announcement of the engage ments which every ce had no long been predicting. R n'nor, harms danced at tendance upon Miss Temple' until noth ing was k-ft hmi in -ordinary reason and honor, but to make a formal olTer of his heart und hand, found himself putting .ff the rjieaking of the deciive words 'pn time to time witll a' dread whic.i hi- l.ttle understood. Did he fear his fate too much, or were his desserts small ? Or why did he hesitate about pronuoncing the final "Wilt thorf" taking, ax it were, the last sugared pel let that remained before his cure could Ik IT.-cied. IVriutps there was tome thing i l Miss Temple's manner which warned i.iui that, altliougti willing enough to be woed. she y t did not care to l won. At all event, he faltered and hiSiL-.tcd on thtf brink of a pro posal, " And Col. S'ipppron. gallant and gay and devoted swain what ailed him that the sentiments of tlie heart, wlien- strange faint-heni t'ness, le-an Radnor resolved at last to make the fatal leap and give Miss Temple the long-deforred opportunity to ucs-ept his hand and for tune. And. by an odd coincidence, he chose the very time atyl plewe for mak ing this declaration that Col. Sheppur ton, likewise goaded to desperate resolu tion, had chosen for a similar duty. They wero again tho 'guests of Mrs. Chalmers; tho occasion a lawn party, just previous to tho breaking up of so ciety for the summer exod'js to seadiore and mountains. It was evening, and the elegant grounds were illuminated with Japanese lan'erns, making nn eliective pictuie-with the nuxdisries of tt.twers, shrubbery, fountains, statuary and the beautiful costumes of the ladies who were all in fancy dress. Dean Radnor, possibly with a view to preparing himself for his meditated coup d'etat, had wondered ofT alone to a quiet portion of the grounds, where, the moon light, undisturbed by the brilliant glare of the Japanese lanterns, was doing its best to tui"n night into day; and there," pacing to and fro behind the cover of the tall shrubbery, ho was communing with himself, -when s'liddenly ho heard voices just at hand; two voices ne a man's deep . baritone, the other a woman's sweet, clear treble both soft ened into the most gentle, tender tones. Could it be could it bo that one of them whs Col. Shepperson's voice and tho other Miss Temple's? Yes, even so; and this is what they said, and what Dean R idnor, unconsciously eavesdropping, overheard: , . He 0!i, ray clarliii ;, you can not im agine how happy -this renewal of our engagement has made me! . And only last night to-day tlu's Vt-ry evening, I was so near despair I How could you flirt with Dean Radnor asyou-have been doing, when all the time you loved only me? She (sweetly) Oh, Philip, could you ever have beeu so blind ns to' imagine that I cared anything for Dean Radnor? We were excellent friends -nothing more. I confess that I tried to like him, just at first, for I was determined to make myself forget how much I cared for yon; but that was lie (rapturously) Impossible, darling! Oil. how happy you make me! She (shyly)- Yes I don't mind telling you now. Philip it was impossible. Bat oh! with sudden emotion that seems to threaten tears how could you flirt witll Alice Wier as you have been doing, if all the lime you loved only ine? He (laughing) You dear little goose, did you really believe that I was in love with Miss Wier? A cruel litile flirt, with no more heat t than an icicle! I'll admit to jou thct I did think of making serious love to her just at first, for I was so stung by the way yt u had thrown me over; but bless your dearest and sweetest I could ever care for Alice Wier, a'ter . loving you? Why, the idea, you know And here followed some inarticulate but distinctly audible demonstrations on Col. Shepperson's part at which Miss Tem ple faintly demurcd: then, before another .word waB spoken, they had passed on be yond reach of Radnor's ear. : In a state Of dazed wonder, 'of half stupid comprehension, Dean Radnor turned mechanically to retrace his steps toward the. : gayly-lighted ground, whence came the sound of sweetly mur muring voices nn 1 laughter, when a startling apparition met his eyes. ' There, in the broal, full, merciless moonligjt, with her misty white 'dress falling around her like a filmy cloud, ! THE SLAYER OP TECUM3EH. Col. Klcliaril II. Julmson I'ndoubtorill the Slan DetHtl pf 11m Vight. Col. Richard M. Johnson had Tecum sell for.' his combatant, with a force three times his tuiniU r. As was their custom, ' tho Indians wero concealed from view by lying in the gross and bushes and trees. Col. Johnson seleo'.ed twenty inen, witll whom he advanced a few rods in fr i5 of tlw main lody to bring on the battle without exposing the whole, to the - first fire of the Indians. While thus advancing they wer.v fired on and nineteen of tlie twenty fell. The shot brought tho Indians from their am bush, vhifn. Col. Johnson immediately ordered his men to dismount arid ad vance to combat. A dreadful conflict ensued. The colonel alone remained, and. moving forward amid the Indians he observed one who wai .evidently a commander if no common order. Uj did not know him, but saw it was new sarv to dispatch him to secure tho vic tory. ' The colonel had already, received four wounds and was greatly weakened by the loss of blood. His hois , ulso se verely wounded, was unable to move fasier than a walk. lie could not ap proach tho chief in a right lino, on ac count of tlie trunk of a large tree, and turning directly toward th chief, ad vanced upon him. At tho distance of a few yards his horsj stumble J, but for tunately did njt f ill. This gave the Indian the lii-st notion of his approach, when he instantly leveled his viil-j at the colonel and gave him another wound, the severest he held recei ved in thii beit tle He diil, not, - however, ' fall, but confinueel his 'movement toward" tlie Indian till he camu no ir that tlie Indian was raising his" tuiiiaTiawSf .to' strike him down. 'Iliu colonel had a pis tol in his right hand, charged with a ball and three buckshot, which he held against his thigh, so that tho Indian liad not dfecovereu it. At (his moment the colonel raised his pistol and, discharging its contents into the breast of the Indian chief, -laid him dead upon the spot. The Indians near him, seeing their commander fall, gave a hoi-riblj yell and instantly fled. Tuo colemel. covered witll woun Is, twenty five balls, it was said, having been shot into him, his clothes, and his horse, was conveyed from the ground faint and almost lifelos. Although, probably from political considerations, doubt was at one time raise'd as to whether or not Col. Johnrou killul Tecu nseh therJ ap pears to lie no gooil ground for such doubt. Uutli thd American on l Cana dian historians agree that tho acco int here given i substantially correct. ,Mr. Coflin says that, aft-r being taken from the lield. C d. J.jT.n-in - w.w tol l that he had killed Tecumseh nil. r that he (C . J.ihn.'on) nK-ayg afterward gave his etory simply aim not uoasuuny, um , others scrambled for credit wiiero a brave man fouud can o for pain. There j is every reason to believe that Johnson did slay Tecum.-eh. On his b-xly was found the marks of four buckshot and a bullet. These wound i had caused bis death. From their direction, they must have been inflicted from' above cs from a man on liorsebflck. Johnson was tlie only man on horseback in that part of the f.eld. Ex-Postmaster General Hora tio King in IVsion Herald. iriE MATIN3 OF HUMAN BEINGS. melted away into "airy nothings," that made very delightful small tall; for. fi.rtatioo, but boun 1 biro no more firmly to the one to wliom they were uttered than the veriest thread of fpiasainer would have done? Had Alice Wier been impalirnt to acconiplis'i h-r amhitiou scheme of marrying this pnvpit-tive member of congress, siia would have Urn ill-pleawd willi hit tardiiwss in dc chuiiig himself; but, for souaj reason, ha was strangely content to wvit; and every time tlie dangeroas tendor- is n much ricltpr io the active principle neas that showed itself for an ins'.a it it of coffee tliat iu effect upon the nervous C.J. S.ier .person's eyes when thoy met simm Alluu' Yf ier, wlilttf a:irt iniiiiuiilusB, and beautiful as a statue-; and tiius face to face these innocent eavesdroppers looked into eaoh other's eyes long and steadily for the first time sine their foolish estrangement. ' ' . ;. Yes,,, and they saw now with .clearer vision than ever before into each other's hearts and into their own.- The shadow that had hung between them so long was suddenly lifted; anil witll new gladness limbing their he.irla and shining in their eyes, each inovud a step forward with one common' impulse, until Alico was folded in R ulnoi's arms, and tho .words were spokeiLthat brought joy to their lit arts, ami made peace between them forever and. ev?r. Miss S. S. Morton in Cooper Sc. Canard's fashion Monthly. V tVttS Crt!in but He Got the Job. "A young mein from the country enme in the other day looking for a Situation," said one of the nmnngers of a whob-sidc house on Like street. "I rather liked the boy's looks, and, after inquiring about his mercantile experience, his ed ucation, his ( xpet'lation in the way of salary, etc., I asked him if he -had any references. 'RoVrences!' he exclaimed. ..'What aretlu-jr 1 " 'Wiiy, I tried to explain, 'can't you give dj the name of some prominet man in your town so we can wr.te loiu? Wo want to make some inquiries about you, you know." "'Inquiries abont me? be replied witli an ojK-n month and in his frank way; 'gient jewhillikens. man, if you want to know anything ab mt ine j'ut ask roe. I know more titan anybody else, and there's no . use writing way down in the country for that,' "You couldn't have any doubt of the honesty of a roan like tliat could you T concluded tlie merchant "Tlie boy is now working in our store, and will make a sulcpss, too." A Co0 Tkat Iatxleats. Bolivian coffee is newly introduced into tiiist market. Tlie berry is Urge, lustrous and although of rood flavor, is of surpnsing strength. Used as Mocha. Java, or Rio eisffees are, in infusHHis, it Souio Facia Concerning Wis. 'The cost of a wig. varies from $S to , f COO accoicling to color, length, fineness . I . .. : T -!.... i.:.. Ol llllir ami quniiiy ui ui feiuaiiaiiiji. foundation of hair lace. E ech hair is carefully selected and knotted to a mesh pf the lace. Such a one is a-i "invisible wig." It can be parted anywhere liko natural l air. An extra fine full wig, with twenty-inch hair nalurally curly, costs from $20 to 3J, A lady's invisi ble day wig costs fro. it $50 tt $150. A ladj's full invisild; wig, in fi-tu blonde, drab, auburn, griy or white, of any length of hair up to thirty-fix inches, costs from 135 to (2C(l. A, feature of the business is the hulieM' half wig. A great many women, it is stated, have abundant gr wtii of hair oil t io h i :k of vhehrivl, while little or n.u r iii.iins in f front ox o:i 1 lie t 'It. T part witll Hie natural hair o-i tli.j bvjlc of the ln-a !. so as to admit tlu adju.-.tru -nt of a wig, v ry few (eel ia.-liu.-I t-r d x Is in In or der to nccom-no late ladies thus rlJ! uieii that the half wit ha lie'.ui iin 'e. T i-v jKt from '?n to C?J). Kew Y. ric M.'.l and Expre.-vs. - s In 1.4-U I sri tituitrr II mV. The lxxHi t tlie not'ir.o.is rxeculio ier S.iiiiM.u, for whtjli tae hi-tori'Ml library of Paris recen'.ly piiel $3), is dccl.ired to be sought with imiru e-i;;r curiosity by the citiz.-iii of tlu capital tlia.i a ay vol nine in tha national library. It is the record of j idlci d senU.-ici- carried out by him from lSt8 to 1833. and is in his own autograp'i. That terii la cratitr hal a morbid fascination for the French while he was ahve. and som -tiling of it seems to remain in this blotly relic o' his after death. In twenty-live years he decapitated nearly 2.30? persona w.t'i a cat in iiens and skil' that awoke a In r nble aduiiratioii. The IVench ajp.-ar to I e divideil betwaen their love of art and their pajun for tliu hideous a i l rjvol ing. Voltaire's dictum of his co-ialry-rnen, "half monkey, half tiger," s-em to have a-i Heniifiit of tnith. New York i Commercial Adrer:ier. hers, in his voice when he spoke to her. in tlie pressure of his hat 1 as it held hers, resolved itself into the gray airi ness of jest, and the threatened crisis thus passed away, sh lreathed a sigh of relief and than kfulr.es. " Verily, homeopathy may be SJre; bnt in these two cases it wa umi'iesuon&bly slow. But afT-UTS cosiii n-jt (ro on thus for- j first tier. With wubucx and iuij-il.txxc alius 1 system are almost like delirium trcnien. It promises to be of much oae in mixing with weaker coffee or giving strength to adulterated mixtures. Chicago Herald. At Ikw Qmi'iTiWk iMftucd t' of Sueclactrs. Tlie increase i.-i tli? number of persons' using gl4Ass is fully 83 I 3 per cent, over previous perio!s. I speak from an ex ' peritnee of over thirty years. I attribute this increase partly to the practice peo ple have of buying rpectacles from deal vrs who are ui s'iiih-d in fitting tlmn pio.rly to the t-yrs of those who Iaix tiuai, and pertly t- Uie falsa econ iny j emplo ed by many in usiug sni.-:. ltii ! wluM-oidy recumaieiifbttion U tln-ir ( cliespnesM. Hire in Kt. IMiis firt-en yrais ago tliet e m ere only three nteu rn- gsged in tlie b-JMiiessof making aelJ seil- .fot JI ttr Itnynti.t tin Selonos ofMsn i Food for Soiloat TUouekt. 11 has ben lately said that the mating .if human beings is a matter beyond the science of man, because "as near as may be God joins two souls. The causes of (election are unknown, und we have lit tle hope of their discovery. Whatever breeding to secure brains has so far been bad has been a complete failure. Now tnd then there has been a line of smnrt men often a family of smart peopl. but we be lieve the union of a poet with a Philistine is more apt to produco a re markable issue than the union of two poets." D.ies it not seem to lie almost blasphemous to charges upon Ood the re sponsibility for the marriages-of money, 3f greed for rank, and of course of ani mal passion, of the evil iffects of which the divorce courts and tlu scandal col umns of the press are so constantly full? Is it not true) that every persjn of clear brain can toll what were the causes that led to his or her choice of a life partner! What intelligent perio i w.ll admit in this day that lie) or sh i was led by fancy alone, or by impulse only, and that calm reason' mid dim regard for tho laws, written or uuwriltaii, ha 1 no part in de ciding tho question of mating for life? Who except the ignorant or t ii) rcekk-ss will confess tha, without, a tuouglit of iossib!e co'iseu, leuo.s, they assumed tho n sponsibilitv of creatinr new 4ies and jf bringing into the worl I no beings to iffect its di s'.iny? Is the mating of hu- jiiian bi'ings beyond the s?i'iij.t of man? If that were true if tho Jaws of man do not exercise nn almost irrcsistibl . power nver that mating why do not. uien of high intelligence ami irreproachable ;h:lracter wed women of depraved tasies jr Jif lu famous reputation, j'et of b.au;y of exterior? Is there proof that breeding for brain has been a failure? Can it be shown ;hat the children of people of genius have failed to show like genifu because their parents possessed great tulents? Have not the failures been tho result of jther causes ne)t so deeply hidden for liscovery? It is n truth well known to jreeders that often a reversion tt nn old ;ype of ancestors will np-,ear to appar ently set nt-naiight tho best art of tlie breeder. None know belter than do arceders of the highest skill bow tedi ously long is the task of (irmly fixing any eculiurity of form, or color, or le m pci anient, or actio.i in auiin lis com pletely under control as to mating, and f short generations. Kone know bet ter than they that like will produce iike, iunneilRitely or remotely, anil thoy ire Uii'rcfyfo not discemragod by fai are, however mncli tney may be dis ippointifd. It is scarcely reevsonably to ?xpcct to dS.'Velop and permanently i-s-lablisli by a single i fTort a talent for my branch of tho serious work of the world, or a remarkable genius for any lit; but history, furnishes evidenco I ihon ing that the breeding of men with j. steadfast purpos.) of developing ccr 1 lain physical or mental traits has been j siicre.-sfu!; and also showing that, while by this means mntikiud luis at times ad I vanced greatly, he bus off. n slipped back when he bos neglected the observ ance of cor reft itrincijileg of breeding. 2(onc will deny that the royal families of Europe, I he Ptolemies of E,-ypt. or j the Inc.is of America posscs.se I in irked genius for ruling. Tuey wero bred and, in many cases, closely inbred for the strenghteniug and intensifying of their powers of . governing. How great a ini asuro of success attended the exer- was shown by the grand works of Egyptian kings and by . the result of Kurom-an mlinor and hidi- I vtid l.v tli ninr-riillrpnt ruins of Central and flouth America struc tures that have no equals among tho proelucts of the boasted and conceited civilization of to-d.-.y structures that we would find difficulty in reproducing with llin aid of nil modern appliances, which give proof that their builders had a marvelous ability to govern multitudes of men in tasks that, with the crude ap pliau.vs they usee), would bo to us im pos.i'o'o, U-ciitiJj we Lick tho power to : manage ri-al 'iia-a-s . of Ul.m. 11 W, , Ptny iu Cloi iig.i Times. Kirin( Ills IIskI la, A gnrc 'ii hu 1 been challenged ton duel, liit- iiii-e;i:i.; was fixed for an e-.'t y hour nt a v.i ll-kuo vii irysting p in- in ilu uo .!. O ir hero arrived at t.i. s;. it a q i .rl.-rof a i hour before the i.pix'iui. ,1 t.oi-i nil 1 found lying on the groii nl Ii.o (!- a i Uslies of a coup'e of .-i.r Ixiuwi win lull run eacii other through mil through. T.ie garcon male hi m.i if a seat ot the two corps-, Mpiatti-d down, and kwaited the ar rival of his opponent, who soon after wards apenred and ask'xl him what he had been doing. "Keen amusing myself with these two gentlemen, jeist to. keep my hand In, yon know!" was the reply. Mes epponetit ff-ired an apology on ths pot. Le Monde Pillon-sque. I'facrw, In C't-llulol.1 llsnafsctars, Tlie manu'actura of celluloid has mmle rapid adv.tncce since the first pat ents were taken out in 1870, and is con trolled tiiui far by one parent company, which not only sells the crude article in bulk, but" receives -- royalty from net sah-s. A few years hence, after the United .States pHtents have expired, a much Lir.T'-r devcloptnent may be ex pected. While so much Jeopardy exists ui this industrr from clxmiral reactions m the midst f lieat and friction, it is extremely difli -ult to bt-in workmen Io ols-rve tlie requisite care. Boston Budget. Timbre for fthsHiilllis A g-ivemmi-nt insoector of timber in Frnue recoinmein is Vtt ton'i-r used in iiip-hu l ling o:ie year's ini'iu-nuort in river naier. to years in frrei. or tlirrt in bra. k i i n-.it-r, const ntly being j ciiangr? I. t be f.illow 1 by two years of su-seasoning. IXmUm Budget. Advsntares of siSlaablo rslntlnff. A Claude Lorraine recently met with n series of adventures in Paris which, if the narrative be true, go to show tliat appreciation of ' a choice work of art is not widespread in the French capital with all its institutes, fine art-schools, prizes of Rome and salons. The picture in question was stolen from a . pri vate residence by a bold fellow who ii cred ited (or charged) on the police books withlli successful burglaries, accom plished by hint without any accomplices. After a long search the "fence" was dis covered in the person of a dealer in sec ond hand furniture. At first he denied all knowledge of ' the affair, but being pressed hard, admitted that ha had bought it for 5 francs! Not suspecting that he had in hand a work valued at 18,000 francs, he sold it to a neighbor in the same business, and equally ignorant, in art matters, for 6 f ranees. The second buyer set it out in front of his Bhop.surrounded by tlie usual broken, faded and dilapidated bits of . cabinet work and upholstery that drift into such places, and scratched over it, in chalk. "Ten francs." After a fortnight's ex posure there to the sun and tlie rain, it attracted the attention of a passer-by, who bought it and carried it home. His family, having as little knowledge of its worth as tho thief or the second-hand dealers or as he, either, as the sequel proved so pestered him with their jte ilmt ho stowed it away, in an out-house, where it was at last found by the detect ive officer .who had been ordered to trace its journey since it was taken from . its rightful owner, Boston . Transcript. Intelligence of Driver Ants, There are certain ants that show wonderful intelligence, and the "driver ants" not only build boats, but launch fliomi too; only, these boats are formed of their own bodies. They are called "driver"' because of their ferocity. Nothing can stand before the attack of these little creatures. Large pythons have been killed by them in a singlj night, while chickens, lizards, and other animals in western Africa fk-e from them in terror. To protect themselves from tho heat, they erect arches, under which numerous armies of them pass in safety. Sometimes the arch is made of grass, and earth gummed together by somo secre tion, and again it is formed by the bodies of the larger ants, wuicli hold them selves together by their strong nippers, while the workers pass under them. At certain times of the year freshets overflow the country inhabited by the "drivers," and it is thon that these lints go to rea. The rain comes suddenly, and the watls of their houses arj broken iu by the flood, but instead of coming to the surfaco in scattered hundreds and licing swept off to destruction, out of the ruins raises a black ball, that rides safely on the water and drifts away. At the first warning of danger the little creatures rush together and form a solid ball of ants, the weaker in tho center: often this ball is larger than a common base ball, and in this way they float, about until they lodge against somo tree, upon the branches of which they are soon safe and sound. St. Nicholas. V.isjr AUR0RC tVliot !ry form Is this, ail aroca,' J hat loiters dowd the wI c, A-plu.-kinj iu trw gr.leii-ilo. , . The ros.hu t from its tali( Uplifte'l, In her flag'T-tips : . She bolls a baby rose . - .. . Clote to her bow-shaped,' scarlet tins . . And in the pink leaves blows. ' Haw soon it wakts; as if it knew . ' A sc-phyr from the souili, . Or felt a drop of morning dew-S A breath a kissi-har mouth f Cow vain to bold, O foolish bud. Your rivals iu such scorn . Because her kiss has stir red your bloo V My mvooth isrt, and year morn! Fiank DeMupstur Tberinan in Outiugj A TOO MATHEMAtIcmTcOVER. At Qiee V4ona's table there are t optical in-trawnts. an 1 Uwm basely three servants to every six e nuts. i Im-U j n.adea l.vmg oui of it. Now tiwresre the meal is finblied her majestr is the i fifteen iu that Line, and ten of litem Kav to leave tbe worn.-New VotSe I all tiny oau do. Dv - i-4 aJL Ircet leart la Carep, A pearl that is doclire I to he the larrerf in E imoe was soU in London tau-ly for $4 l W. It was two inches r in Globe-Dcro , dsn, four inches in em-urnf-rencw, and i a'cib tlu re cui-Ctt. Ikatun Budget Treatment of Muttering Children. An excellent and humane arrange ment has beeu introduced into tlie ele mentary schools of Brunswick. All the children who are found to stammer or stutter am examined by a specialist physician, Dr, Berk ban, who retorts iiK)ii tho cause and degree of their in finnity. .Tiiey are then nrranged in dis tinct ' classes, apart from the other sdiulam, w hpte tlie Urwims ate given ij teachers from the deaf and dumb schooL Four such classes were formed last year, with an average of ten scholars in each class. After a patient had useful train ing, most of the children were dt- clared Ui- be completely cured of the malady while an improvement was reported in all of them. Dr. Berkhaq says that the malady occurs fur more frequently among poor families than among the well-to-do, and that unless it is.dealt with in public schools there is small likelihood of the sufferer lieing healed in later years, Boston Tran sci ipt. - . The VoUntesrr Lleht llsUerles. Tlis volunteer light batteries were a most iiwful arm of the Union army. At the commencement of the war there were but few volunteer light batteries; promi nent among thein the Providence Marine artillery, tlie Boston light artillery, the Cleveland light artillery, and the Chi cago Bjard of Tradt battery; at tlie north, with the New OiU-arts Washing. ton lailtalion of light artillery, the Chatham light bnftery of Savannah and the Citadc-l light batU'ry of Charleston at the soutii. The Union forces included, when the last returns were made. 211 light batteries, witli nearly 20.000 officers and men and an annual pay-coll of ft. 440,153.13. These batteries hal 1,184 brass, iron, steel and bronze guns, tlie wrought-iron, rifled Parrotts being re garded as tlie best for accuracy, strength and range. Twenty -one were eight-gun batteries, the rest six-gun and howitzer batteries. Ben: Perley Poore. Can rat e4 ta Wagaa Memarjr. A "Cro-n-roora" exists in tho Festival theatre at B ayreuth, consecrated to the memory of U chard Wagner. Dimly lighted and arranged as a species of cltapel, the room is filled with wreaths. crowns and garlands of, every kind, commemorating the composer, while Wsgnerian relics are being carefully gatliered together for a museum. Among these, the most preciout is a small black tablet, bearing a few words scribbled in white chalk. "To-morrow, general re hearsalWagner," said to be the last words written by Wagner in hi theatre. Frank Leslie's. Material far Wrillag Tablet. The well-known oculist. Dr. llermaa Colin, of Breslau, objects strongly to tlie slate ordinarily used by school children, and proposes the us of white stone slabs. Dr. Kteffaa in a recent number of The Monatmrhrift .fur Augenlwikunde, sliares Dr. Cohi's o'jsction to tha slsla, but recornnr-tida white enameled tinned iron as the best material for writing tab-U-ts. Excliange. It Isn't Always iMla'nt ta' Let rifrJ Tell Too MoeU Trot u We have read of oriental arithmeticsf that-put silver castors under the multi plication table and cover it with Damask' drapery; but even oriental imagination; could never make it serve as' at pleasant;' piece de courtship. There is no concord between sighing and ciphering; statistic are sure death to sentiment. A young English statistician who was paying court to a young lady thought to surprise her witli his immense erudition. Producing his note book she thought he was about to incite a love sotmet; butf was slightly taken aback by the.' follow ing question: , ' "How many meals do you eat si day?" "Why, three of course; but of all the " oddest questions!" . , "Never mind, dear, IU tell you all about it in a moment," His pencil was rapidly at work. At last fondly clasping her slender waist' - "Now, my darling, I've . got ft. and If you wish to know how much lias passed through that adorable little mouth in' the last seventeen years, I can' give you the exact figures." . ; "Goodness gracious! Wliat can you mean?" "Now just listen," aaya he, "and yotf will hear exactly what you" liave been; obliged to absorb to Maintain those' charms which are to make (he happines of my life." - , ' "But I don't want to hear." . "Ah, you are surprised, no doubt, but statistics are wonderful things. Just listen. You are now 11 years jold, that in fifteen years you haw absorber oxen and calves, 5; sheep and lambs, 14 chickens, 827; ducks,' 204;' geese, 12 turkeys, 100; game 'of various kinds, 824; fishes, 190; eggs, 824: -vegetable (bunches), 70J; fruit (oaskets)'. 9)f, cheese, 103; breal, cake, (in .sacks of flour). 40; wine (barrels), 11; water (gat-' . Ions). 3.000. ' At this the mallen revolted and,' jumping up, exclaimed: '-... j "I think you are very impertinent nridr disgustiug besides, and I will not stay to' listen to you!" upon which she flew into' the house. . J He gazed after her with an abstractedr air and left, saying to himself i . "If she kept talking at that re W twelve hours out of twenty- four her jiw woiildf in twenty year travel a diskeviue of 1,832.121 mile;" Tlie maiden within two mWftrf mar' ried a well-to-do grocery,' who' was no' statistician. O kvI Ciieer. . . Tlie JecorNlioa In Autumn. Tlie autumn U a time of sieclal de-' light to the decorator. O'.ieof tlije thingV site will do will be tJ take ' dozen fluffy thistles and as many it-tails, with af .SI. I.--..I.. ...1 l.i'inl t. . 1 ... r rirlrj room. Hiie will gild the boaVd in darkf gold. Around tlie edge' she will tack' two rows of rope, drawing them into a' ' bow knot at the left-hand upper corner,' will fringe out the) ends of the bow anif then gild the rope and bov? in bright' gold. Thecat-Uils she wilj carefully touch in gold and will bronze the stems.' &he will gild the b ms of the thistle and then spatter the liquid gold over their puff-ball tops till they sparkle- like' the sun. Then she wilt take a bunch of autumn leaves and gild thiyn as near b nature as alia can, leaving a few of the' dark green and dull brown' leave to', neutralize the whole. 81 le will' lay tho' cat-tails on the board,' grouping her this ties beneath thein, an 1 finishing witli tlie leaves at the bottom. She' will tie tlie' bunch with a bow of coarse cord, and then gild tlie cord. Tls'e plaque is' then' ready to be hung up. nu I is a credit to anybody's room. New York HerabL Over tha Ocean la T weuf r-Vour Honraf They are building a vessel in' Pitt burg, which is ex cteef to reach New Orleans from that city in as slvirt a tun' as it now takes to go to Cincinnati. An' ocean ship modeled oh) the same plan? . would, it is expected, reach' Southsmp ton, England, front llailifsx. Nova Sco tia, in twenty-four hours. Mr. Johof Dougherty,' of Mount Union; Pa..' is the" inventor of his marvelous' craft. TW vessel now under construction is to b 83 feet wide, IU feet long on the water7 line, and 173 or ISO' feet long on deck.' and will be built entirely of wood. It weight witliout tlie engine will be about forty -five tons, and when' ill baa the en- I O-. Ll - I 1 Kim miu .ri imaeviiiicie vn draft will be less than six'inchesl- orest's Monthlr. Great Itrltala's Paiaarax. I In Ireland and England thcs is soma' pasturage all winter,' and there' ars no' places lor the shelter of stock and sheep.' The Scotch highlands are largely used" for sheep raising. Tea variety ia a goes I,' fat, black-faced one, and the pasturac excellent. Hny is' left but in the open air all winter, both lure and in Ireland.: It is put into small stacks aad tied arnuml with mneel Tn Rnirlaild sun of Uie hay and straw stacks are thatcbe-l1 and they are,- as a rule ridge-shaped in-" stead of round. Frank George Carpea- ter. . ... A Filial lUaraaC . Mamma (who is' engaged' In' earnest' conversation with a snale vaitot; to Noel,' who is inclined to be talkative) Hush. Noel J Haven 1 1 told you oftm' that little boys should b)' sq and not' heard Noel Yes. wianima ! But you dunt lock at me ! Punch!
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Nov. 4, 1886, edition 1
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