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VOJL. XIII.. GRAHA'M. N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1887. NO. 17. ADVEUTISEMEXTS. Headache, Tain ia tho Sulo and Back, and Co stipation, !ndicatotliat tho digbstivo and excretory organs aro in a disordered condition, and that a laxativo is needed. For this purpose, Ayer's Cathartic Tills aro the best medioino that can ho nscd. Ayer's Pills -aro a never falling rem. eily for Headaches canned by a Dis ordered -Stomach. I suffered for years from tins iniirmity, and never fount! any tnin to givo ma moro than temporary relief, until I began taking Ayer's Pills lliis iii.i.licme alwavs.ucls promptly and thoroughly, an occasional dose being all that is required to keep mo in per fect. health. -Mrs. Harriet A. 'Marble; Poughkeopsio, M. Y. I have found entire relief from Consti pation, Stomach troubles, and Nervous JleaUaeho, by taking Aver's Cathartio nils. I suffered a long time from those complaints, was under medical treat ment, witliou". obtaining relief, and a part of tho time was unable to work. A friend, who had been similarly nlllict ed, urged mo to take Ayer's Pills. I coinniuueod using this remedy, and, by the time I had taken four boxes, was cured. F. L. Dobsou. Toneka. Kim. er G Pilh rrmnrccl hy Dr. J. C.'Ayor & Co., Low. II, ?f, fcoU ty oil i)nig-ijt ami Deafen la liuUid lath PROFUSION ALCARDH. J AS. E.'-BOYD,' ATTORNEY AT LAW, Greensboro, JV. C. Will he nt Ondmm on Monday of eneh wm k to miend to professions! butinos. ..;ep IBJ F. II. Wiiitaker, Jn. C E. McLean. WHITAKER & McLEM, ATTOKNHYS AT LAW, -Gil A HAM, N. C. Fncllce-iii Hie Stale and Fcdenil courts. Cn'Uelioiifi mdc in all part of the Grille, l.eliin-s prompt. One ol the firm' cim always be. louid in tin ir i lfice. One of the firm tKj.hi Jiiiilinglon every V vclnviid.iy lo-nttenil to pi-i.fi-ioiii.l business. lbiy i8 If. MONARCHS OF THE PLA'NS. J. 1 ). 1 i KliZV O 2 I..S-3 A TTOUNEY A T LA W : uv . n t.i. rv . Practice in the fatate anU Kederal-Our will Iuit.hfiil1.vaml promptly ttUend lo ail mm intrusted to him Eeal 'Esta&fAgcncy. PAEKEB & OBNODLE, Agents, GRAHAM, K. C. : A plantation one mile from Mo- I Fmuo, i iv Alamance counly, containing liii ucies 4n iitlcx in original jrnxvtn, f,u in pilicp, l'j(i in cuhiv.-tion. 'I he ihice Is ell Wiireivd, ii creek and-two brunches .rumiiug. thipuuh it. A fine oiehiuil. 3 gvx tuliaccu barns, i tenement limine. romI feed bniu, an 8 ro. mi dwcliiliif willi IjHPcnienl and .. and (food well of wnler. are on it. ConvoHit to ehmcheK seliool, slid u stood new miil hi mile of the lii'iie. It Is a de.MiMh'e farm adapted to the growth of lob-icco, irriiin and frasso., Place i; seeded in w'..cnt and :its. 'osseesiou given ill once. l'i ice S'-'uCO. jui'3 VI iwu'vvi iiiiBe H m DECAY. MlUtr1 A Lifo Experience. Remarkable and tjuicli cures. Trial Packages. Sond Ptamp for sealed particulars. Address D-. WARD & CO. Louisiana, Mo. A Determined l ight for the Mnslery Be- tirnu Two BufTalo Hnlls,.!. Tlie most reinarkablo meidont in my buffalo experience waa a fight between two buffalo bulls over on tlm Cnnnouball river i,i Dakota, and of which I was the solo r.ud luc'.ty Aritnoss. I was, riding slowly up a knoll thinking of nuy tliin;r but buffaloes, when ,1 hoard tho most awfal bellowing and crashing just ahead, as if all pr.ndunonhiin had turned" iooso to scire mo out of lny livo sauscj. My hoiio retrod ami phiirjed, .but quickly tlisuiounliii;; I lariiitcj my stee l, nud bo twecti crcepuig anil pra .wlincj managed to Bccuro. a aife obsorvatory iroia whiKi I could view- tjio cu-cu3 (icn in progress. Two powerful buifulo bulls were going it lia:nmer- and tongs i:v furious cllbrtu to butt each other's brains out. They had a little arcnaill td liif mselyesl tho rest of tho herd forming a ciielo around, 'watch ing but not interfering, but waiting to clrivo the vanquished t'rom tho field in disgrace.- Talk about your bulhighta in tipnin, your l,(iO;i vrxul bulla battling wMi lut'o inata l..)!.-. No arena of ancient Spain, or- Iconic, or modern Uo'sico pvor hi'i two such iierco combatatita face to lace, nor lias the tug of war and the ih;lil for mastery ever liecn eo-dctcrtiiino-l mi i lierce as between , tiioso two uiouarciw "f the plains oh tho C'aunonbiill river. Thero had only been one .crash before 1 1- k niy reaerved seat, but the concussion an 1 crack of tho blow might have been bt.irl a mile. The fun hail, only jiut bef.nii. After tho lirst v.hack tlie two chiuni ions sort of backed and eyed eneh other for a second crash. Then they lowered their heads, pawed the ground vieiou:;!y for a fevy. seconds, and came back at each other like a pair of freight trams coming t'rtffiT opposite directions on tlie wuno track. 'When the heads camo together this limo it was with a. dull thump which led mo to believe one or both .criini.ima had been cracked on tho first round. .There they stuck tho two heads! and then both bulls .began to push with all their might. The dogged, stubborn pushing lasted Bomo minutes, until tho white froth began to drop in long, tenacious , strings from their lips, anil tho red eyes to glare through what appeared to be cluta of blood. Somebody waa hurt, for tho crimson was dyeing tho white froth as it fell tolkQgrouaL..T!iis dead set of strength could not last long. The tendons were standing out ,111:0 ropes across tile- thighs and along tlio thick necks, and every moment was teliing upon the short wind and straining of both nnbigonifjts. Althorigh much of a size. I could nee that one of tho bulls waa an old crusader, while the 'other was a young slier, and evidently trying to drive tho olj inan out of the herd. The old fellow's foot slipped, and the intelligences of tho slight disaster seemed to burst uon his antagonist quicker than, a Ihtih of lightning. No gladiator ever urged bis udvantage more quickly. Thero wus a sudden relaxation o:i tho -part--of tho young one, tlien a rtvih and aslijiping of honia upon each other, followed by a railing, upward stroke, and the horn of the ymmger bull had torn the flank of tho older fellow from tlie leg alflig tliA neck to the chin. It was not a fatal stroke but n:i e::eoedi!ig!y damaging one. Every time be was attacked the patriarch of the Iximion l'liljllc Iloimea. In London laprooms, the' quantity of liquor served in the glass ranges accord ing to tho pennies paid. "A two" of whisky or gin is equal to four cents' worth about a small sized sherry plass full. '-Neat" ia without water. "Coll" is with cold water added, or "hot water,' aa you prefer. Brandy in sold from three to six icnco worth. Hixpcnco (twelve American cento) i. tho limit. But of course tlieio is nothing as police magis trates know to their sorrow to prevent an encoro of quantity. In the cockney slang gin ia called "whito satin," and " 'alf a go o' wiiilo satin" ti-ans-lated means -three pence worth of gin. A "B. & S." of courso means "a glass of brandy and" soda," a form jot dissipation considerably intro duced into America by tho festive Eng lish actor. "Tho boy" is tho "pub" slang for champagne. Often some sprig of a clerk will bo heard to ask for "a drop of tho boy, my dear,"- of tho dialling barmaid. Then, coming down to tho great beverage of England, tile, a glass of "old nndl'iUor" refers to the old ale and tho lighter Litter alo mixed. Tho names of 'tptilis" aro often very odd. "The Swan with Two Keeks," "Tho lien and Chickens," "Th6 Uapplo Grey,", "The Cat itnd Fiddle," "The Bull and Mouth," "Tho Nun's Head,"- "Tlie Koy.il Oak." "The Dun Cow," " Tho Green Ilau," etc. Host of these names come froni the old coaching days of England, and have along with them some strange, fanciful", often romantic traditions. Cor. Phila delphia Record. Tlio Cowiu-illj Chinese Finite. : AUhough as the Chinese pirato ir,, as, a rule, the iiixit abject coward where Kii-H ropenns nre cor.cerneu, lio is. ftt leasts capable of striking terror in to the hearts of his countrymen; and a. couple of pirato junks, mounting but a single two pounder gun between them, liavo been known ta blockade-a port of 4.000 inhab itants and to plunder every ship that passed. In another case a pirato gang of 009, who had yielded to n rush of twenty or thirty blue jackets, had pre viously defied ft-native fores of 1,. 100 troops and forty war junks. Directly, however, 'a small gunboat, manned by Europeans, appeared upon the scene, their career was at an end. Chinese, piracy is nt times almost a. business. A pirato merchant, in the wholesale' way, will infest certain vil lages on the seaboard or islands. lie will keep fifteen or twenty junks, with a cor responding retinue of - rufiiahs, and when ho baa centred bis plunder, be stores it in safety. A pirato in a small way of busi ness, having once made a good haul, will divide tlio spoil, and then his followers immediately disperse, for fear of an at tack from another gang. The old saying of "dog cat dog" applies with strilung force to the transactions of tlie plun derers of Hie China sea. All the Year Bound. A SAILOR'S SUCCESSFUL, RUSE. Con. BhcrliUn'n Amlmliiiico. "If Phil Sheridan purchases a summer residence on tho .South Shore," said a military irfan thin morning, as ho looked over bis paper, "I suppose ho-wiil bring his ambulance along with him, end drive Up and down tho beach in his old superb stylo. I supposo.you know that f-Jheridan, herd presented his war and weather if hoean lielp it, never rides m any other beaten head, but t'ro youthful bison caught him again and again, behind tho shoulder until tlio blood was pouring in a perfect i tream from tlie wound. With the agony of defeat in his ovp, and growing o loss of "blood, i?' S a g B mwim f-4 2 ;j a "r-'nt only i-hiirtens the time of hihor and li'fii the pain, but it L'reatly (bni'iiahc the diiinrcr t life of bolli nioiiier niiil child, nml lenvos llu: nii.ltH-r In b eondiiiuii more fnvor.iMe to pncdy ree4iverv. and bwn H iS lo t lloooiiu;, Miiivui.-igiii" mid oi er a.nrin'.n!; pyniploiii. It' tlllcnn ia tlii respect enliti-u it to he cal'ed ti.u .iothei'i t-rh nd. mid to lank h one of tho lfe mivimr rewdie of the liiiiele. ntll eiiiiirv. We ciinnrt pul.lili cerliflente con cerning Ihin reiue ly vimout unuiid liijr the ililieiry of the writer. Vet we have hundred, on Pie. Scud for onr lMik "To Mothers" limited free BlIAKFIELII KKOll.lTOH CO., AHaiita. (in. DmImWk ATOU'S NOTICE. All pt r.nas Imvmt! e'iin icampt dm t litm id lift gi tiim. ih i il. i I recent ih-m onlv i.ml.cmiei.I. (I en or iH-foie l he I'.tli iy f Vny. J7, or uotk will bcj lead In bar of Uielr rwnvi rv. KII KY tUTTOV. 1 .liin.n F. tLITllX.f Adrn'ru. Mur 9. is.7--rt weaker lrom the loss ot iiioou, sciti tno oia fellow refused to be conquered. At lat;t, with tongue hanging out and panting for breath, he stood at bay, defeated and con quered, but still disdaining to retreat. The young bull pushed and gored him, but ho made, no attempt lo protect lJt clii:x4-, tnorted and shook their heads, while the cows, who had always regarded him as the head of tho family, npitefully butted him in 'the ribs and walked away. o:ne of the young buiLi g:u-eI:iui a cou teniptuoua dig. nrit.il I thought the poo" fellow inu.it have received a 'thousand wounds. He sbxvl dogged and defiant, wb.ipfic.l, but i.till obtiiiate, and gradually the herd carriage than an army ambulance? Be- foro bis marriage, when his headquarters were at Chicago, bis ambulance, neatly nainied and vninished and comfortably upholstered, drawn by four of tho hand- ;'ot for tho world attempt a repetition of Komost and spri'ditliest mules in tho the fraud, having boon rendered well The Coolt In a I'lt TVas the Man Sham nlng?lila Dlaclmrgv. During the passacro a circumstance oc curred which will liiustrato to the render the extreme- to which some men will re sort in order to secure a discharge from naval service. One bright Sunday morn, ing our ship, under steam and easy sail, wu3 forging ahead and making from seven to eight kpots with a fair wind. Tlfe crew were assembled at quarters and the ceremony of ins;ection having been performed the retreat was sounded and tho. men dismissed from their stations. Suddenly a blood-curdling shriek was heard, and tho assistant ship's cook fell to tho deck writhing in agony and froth ing at tho mouth. Tho Mirgoon followed by hia a;sistantu hurriedly repaired to tho spot, and the -cook was ordered to bo at onco conveyed to the sick bay or hospital. Hero tho surgeon worked for hours, lancing tho man's temples, applying leeches and performing other surgical operations deemed necessary in tlie pres ent case. - Strange to relate, the cook was found to have entirely lost his ppecch, and, although able to .heafl, could make no rwponso to tho inquiries of tho surgeon as to the state of his feelings. Lee, tho cook, was a native of New York, and one of tho most determined looking men I ever rcmemlier to bavo met. lie was now kindly cared for byL1uiit. Do Long, who, at bis own expenses furnished the nook with meals from tho ward room mess. Tho latter waa furnished with a bluto and pencil and assigned a jxisition on tho starboard tide of tho main deck, whero ho was constantly in view of tho Rhipjs officers, many of whom openly, de cl.ued their" belief "that' tho i man was shamming. All manner of test were tipplicd iu tho hitter's case, such as- firing a pistol lxihind bis ear, striking him u violent blow without provocation, and similar performances indulged in for tho purpose of causing Leo to, in an un guarded moment, betray the fact that ho was shamming. But the fellow remained silent throughout, and would frequently bo-detected weeping over his misfortune Finally he bogged tho doctor to per form any operation tlio latter might deem proper in order to- restore the or gans of s;eoch, which request more than ever confirmed tho surgeon in his belief that the ' man was tlio victim of some baliling cerebral disorder, and trepanning was suggested. The ship, however, had by this tinio sighted Key West light, and it was decided to postpone tho operation until after tho vessel had come to anchor. Arriving at Key West, it was found that tho Colorado w;w homeward bound, anil, after undergoing a thorough medical examination, Lee was condemned and sent north. For a jK-riod of six months the fellow was never heard, to utter a syllable, and eventually procured his dis charge The Brooklyn was now ordered to re pair to Norfolk, in order to relit for a cruise, and iny request for discharge lieing granted, I entered tho cavalry ser vice and in duo tiiiio reached St. Louis. One of tlio first men I encountered was tho cook Lee, who had enlisted at Boston some mouths previous.' Dumb' No moro than I nm. ibo fellow simply dowrcd to leave the navy, and, not wisliing to desert, had chewed a piece of soap on the Sunday morning in question and pur posely shrieked in order to attract atten tion as ho fell to tho dock, lie subse quently explained to mo that Ho would United States, groomed until they shone, and driven by a soldier in uniform, was one of the most familiar objects on the slre'tn. Every body knew it and greatly admired it. When ho married ho -had to get a i'Kijit-t-wf TOaYft ; tiR4 fswj.UBll pitUJ bim-tit I (lie f 'fin,hiii'li!! BU!wd:tt ; !i when tiiey saw. him in it, he looked so completely lo-it. But be kept tho ambu lance and rattled over tho pavement in it whenever Jlrs. Sheridan did not care to go out. It went to Washington with him." Boston Transcript. Ilnuty Oraiices. The nanio "orango" is derived from the Latin aurantiuni (from nnrum, gold) wandered farther away and left him to ! and the idea of an orange of any other him -elf. .It was a sentence of banish ment and tlKrtwntcneo read: "To go and live as long us-ho could ulono and light bis la-:t fight v. i-h coyote:) and wolves ar.d die." He watched the herd grow fainter as it waiideri.il farther away and then turned hi gaze in the opposite direction.' Feeling his defeat keenly, without a friend in tho world, covered with blood and disgrace, the jroor o! J brute limped fd ra ly 'find sadly frym the sjxit. lie dared ftnt return to the herd for tho cows will gore a defeated bull to death so be wandered sorrowfully acnua the plains alone and disgrace., a U-rUcn j champion, tor ly wounded and almut to i die, until 1m- was.lost to view in the di- j tance on I dust of the prairie. San I-'ian- i cisco Call. i A IS;i.T! Kiin'l-himin. In the new ;-Life of (Vanning." rays a .i.v:-w,.i,t,.il !,rl T'll'rli-i'tlll'l'l who Sale of ValuableLand ! ; br. h'Hli ';v'vfur,, lae iai'Jiou.l:iie3 ii mi i,-airm u :i i:n;irtaut mi-ctiiig. They iirv very par ticular alxiiit their h's iu Ai:i?r;it, and mo rarely detects our? out-cf pl;ee. It was, however, iiiy l t once, and or.Iy once. th'u-:h I li.-n'-l nircfully for it nt than a golden co:or It like that of a leop ard without spow. But v. hilo tho Jloui-tiTi-arSjan orango iu ubnouS always of a brigiit golden yellow, a kirge ropnillon of the oranges grown in Florida- aro cov ered with a brown runt which much dis prccintcs tiitir market value, even though it does not impair their Bwcetncss and ll.tvor'", tyimo v.-lio have lotiked for the ca'iie of thi3 unfortunate discoloration chi-Iare tliat it is produced by minute furmotw plants, wiiiiUir to those which form mil dt'w, s.-iiut, inoti'd, etc. Others ai-scrt tiiat this rusty ppirance is caui.-d by the 'Xidi,cd cap which tiu ies from ibe rii.S tlir.nigh inmcrumj made in it by mierobcipii; luitei like tpidtrs. and the Litter is the pi winling tlxwry at present. New York Market Journal. nigh iiiHuno by his c-ffort to remain awake in order to prevent being mrprised into upeaking. Boston Commercial Bulletin. Ilahlt of Hharka. Of the largo sharks one of thecommon- Vn lcr a power vmte l In ma by mort. (rnsie i.re1. evec ili'il liy J h i T. Fo''c ii-i ami wife Kranm-s K. Ferj'e-nan aiid r-'i;i!urril In thi K n.-'.vrSs O.a ! in anil for Alaniaem -ronnlr. X. C.. in fc.uk n. 8. i ; 411, 4i"2 una ia. i win cu lo ie nii:eii hl.lder, for I ,.,-,.rv -..-i. i.. - . i .,. . . i t i it ..n. uk ...c..u, k iiuj.a u,,: , lit kuot'lffll Ul (ir.iham. N, C. on church, tiiealro and in vtin-; that 3Touilay, June Gth, 1887, at 13 ic'ork V., ilic land eonrTed to lue lr aiu umria;" ni-tn. onia laa lie on tut w-...r Minkin-r Quarter In t'il'-' Town baliip. kdjuinlnr ;b". land of 11. C. Biri.l arl ad oihen, and coi.tain 380 ACKES. mom or more Iu!!y ducrib d In n'A mm tca-e dee 1 ALEX VrlVER. April 2i. 1SS7. ?U Kort.e. Tq Cnlekin tho Ijirf Iliaoil. "If I had my way," said an old frii-nd it Gen. Iy win, "I would inaugurate a campaign for the revival of atrinti-m, (crating jiL-i as Jlr. Jloody works in his rerivr.l meetings. I would W!'(h le.iriotijiii at every street conuT an.l in j every w-I.'iol and in every church. I j would I-ire ni'ire luitimal mutic, and I j wml'TairVi'Tsomo mi jirc t rpiickch j the lazy bld of Uic rising gent-rat ic?n. I j liav?! icrii the time when the n.iihic cf a I L: found on the British and on the Medi terranean and Atlantic coast, as also on tho coasjts of Califoniia and New Zealand. Tho "thrasher" reaches a length of lif ien feet, of which tho tail takes more than one-half and U quite harmless to man. It follows tlie shoals of herringii, pilchards, and sprats in their migra tions, destroying incredible immlicrs. IU methods of attack given it ibi iianie. as iu feeding it uses thu long tail fnr splahhing the surfneo of the water, while it swims in gradually ditreasing circle.! around a shoal of finh'-t which are thus kept so crowded together bh to fall an easy prey to their enemy. Ounther docs not c-rjslit I ho statement t'ir.t it' huslieen seen to at taclc v.-hides and olher lhrgo cetnecana, and thinks they rc:;t ujmui crroncouu ol scrvntiojui. Thu "!)aikin( shark" h the largest of tlie North Atkuitic sharks, growing to a lengtii of more than thirty feet On tho west coast of Ireland it i cliancd for tho oil, which is cstractMl from tho liver, one lii.h yieliling from a ton to a ton and a half. It derives iis name from the fact that many r.pecimeiis mav best-en in ciiha j weather lying tugifthcr iiuitionleiK, with the upjer part cf the Lack rained alxve t!.a surface of tho water. American Angler. t Pi-lvatK rollm in H nulla. . A few years ago there also existed in Kussia a sort of private police, system which was so peculiar in organization and conduct that a description of it may be interesting. It was called tho "Holy league." The death of Czar Alexander II terrified tho pooplo no less tlian the courts. The Holy lenguo was an associa tion of loyal people to protect tlie young czar, who might well have . exclaimed with Henry IV: "May tho Ixrd deliver me from my friends; I can tako caro of my enemies myself." The idea of tho association wa3 to protect tho young czar from the fato of his fatlier. The Holy league (Loiataja dmzina) was a secret order, or lirotherhood. Tlio' members, among them many "of the nobility, formed a sort of unpaid volunteer police corps. The .founders of tlie leaguo had the idea that they must fight the Nihilist') with their own weapons, and so every thing was conducted with ominous sec cosy. One scheme was to offer rewards to workmen and jiensants for information about revolutionist1! or their affairs. Tliis lod only to futile endeavors to follow up false scents. The folly of the heads of the league went so fur as lo attempt to imitato tlio Nihilists in secret asscxiiations and warn ings even to send men to Switzerland and England to put out of tho way living Nihilists. Like every novel proposition, however fooli:,ii, tho plan fouiid numer ous enthusiastic supporters nniong the loyal people. It was received with joyful applause. Many, among them tho Jews, "contributed money to the undertaking wilh great ostentation, fn order to show their loyalty. But the lenguo was a mcro fiasco. They captured few Nihilists, and indeed more police officers. On the other hand, many of "flic tog-called Nihilists ar rested by "tho policemen were shown to bo uicinlxTfl Of the Holy league. So tho leaguo brought confusion into tlio conduct of tho government anil died after a year of .spas modic life. The amount of contributions was about $22.1,000,. which was so skill fully managed by tho gracious premier, who acted as treasurer, that there was notliing L,-ft in thu treasury at the end of tho year. Frederick Owen in Kansas Cily Times. 1? , ; TVurk Iluno lu a Minn. A gentleman in St. Louis said recently: "People talk of the old Comstock mine, but they havo litlVldea Twhat it was, or what an inimeiiso amount of work was dope thero. Take tho Consr.li dated California mid Virginia. Every month for nearly four years il.OOO.OOO feet of lumber was used thero for tim licriiig enough to build a largo city three times over. The amount of hoist ing done was simply wonderful. Eight hundred men were raised anil lowered three times in the twenty-four hours, tho tools were severul times a day brought to tho surface for sharpening, 5,000 tons of ice were lowered for daily use, and 2,000 tons of ore raised to the surface. Wen .coming out of the. mines, on tho hottest day of the summer were chilled on striking the 'surface air, the change was so great. You can get some idea of the immensity of tho works from tho fly wheel at tho Union shnft, it alone weigh ing 105 tons. Thero is a great deal of work dono on all paying iniiira, but this one was a great institution. 1 am some times asked if tlierey;rer will 1h such a uiining excitement as thero wan in those days in San Francisco. I don't nee why thero (ihniddii't be, and I think there may lie sometime, but another ConiHtock will have to le discovered fimt. This is tho only thing necessary." New Orleans Times-Bomocrat. . . Qnoer Kl.li In the Social Hwlm. It is impossible, to glance at tho li.it s of jieoplo w ho aro present at some of the entertainments given by tho now rich in XbmJLtsek&Mumt, fi4iinf that nrjnm aw fully queer lirii cjjie to tho surface in thu to called society (Mind. It is not democracy that rui.M in these circles, but a deiJro for notoriety to mx their names in the ficwHiuipt-rn- that induces lth men and women to make this splurge, but which has no moro lv-id social dis tinction than the down stairs festivities of one's domestics. People of no social nor artiitic standing drift into llics houwos, and, lieing well d;v.id, tli';y jiass inu.t tcr among tho gue-.itij. Uiird rati artii-H in tlio t-late:l rejiortcr'u if ion, h ud bril liancy to tle-sd ('.iitlw-.-ingM, und shady titi'D stir iiii.i to cntliusiasm over the licaufy and sphiidur of the occr.-ion. l'crh.ips it is a iiiiimcuIc, p -chaps u re ception it maked no olds if then! U only a jam, o line supiicr ajid plenty of i-hain- PICK DAVIS MAGNETIC TABLE. 'A Piece of Furniture on Which tho Owner XVou Tlioiiaunda. For ten years past there lias stood in tho corner of tlie billiard room of the principal hotel in this town a rickety old card table. - Its worthlessness causea it to remain in tho place during the change of tho hotel s many propnotorsliijis. 11 was a round table covered with an old gray army blanket, tacked to tho edge through a long strip of leather. At regular distances wero four pieces of tin clumsily hailed down for the players tc lay then1 lighted cigar. on. In kite years its four rudely made legs wore so -shaky that no ono cared to teeter his chilis on the table, and it was chiefly used by tho guests to throw their coats and hats on when they went to their meals. For a long time tho present proprietor always said when he looked at the table tliat ho . "intended to clear it out to-morrow and get a new ono,"'bnt somehow this was not dono until lately; perhaps then only because people begun to tear their coats on tho nails, and their impromptu re marks on tho subject tended to compli cate matters. It was after, a double barrel explosion of tins kind the other day tliat tlio pro prietor told his bartender to cut tlio cover olf the lablo and make kindling wood of the cussed thing. The .bartender whipped out his wifo and began to carve tho blanket. lie had just mado one savage slash and had Started a second when his knife struck against bomethiiig metallic. Ho then ripped thd cover olf and found a steel plate nine inches long and six inches wide, which was set flush into tho table. The plate was about a foot from the edge and pierced with l dozen holes. Every one wondered what it wuh for, and an old townsman remeuiliered that tlio tablo had been brought thero from Vir ginia City years ago, and presumed it was used in tho early days to play sonio kind of cribbagc. When the tablo began to lx chopicd up a light was thrown on the character of tlio table; for underneath the top, concealed on a little shelf b ono of the legs, wero a smnll battery, coils of wire and some complicated, ma chinery connected wilh one of tho tin plates. These wero covered with rust and dust. Then the old townsman woko tip and remeinliored seeing in daysgnnoby a man named Pick Davis win $7,000 nt dice on that very table, from a cattle man, in about fifteen iseconds, besides packing up sundry thousands and hundreds nt other times from those who wcrcgnmbingly in clined. Two drinks also caused the old townsman to suddenly recollect that Davis came down to Muscel Slough as Ilanfyrd was called then from Virginia City wilh a big 'reputation as a "dip cbucker," and tlio loys came in from far and near to buck him. It was said that Davisjiad won over $100,000 at dico in tho mines, whero ho was called "Lucky Pick." As ho was not found out in his play he is alive to-day, but ho has changed hi noma and owns a big ranch in the Sun Joaquin valley. Koit iseon that ono way to wealth and respectability lias been for a "sure thing man," in the discovery of a magnetic outfit to do up people with dice, and not to get caught because be got iu his work single handed. llanford (Cal.) Cor. New York Sun. Endurance of Itallroad Tie. Tlio supply of railroad ties fa a matter of growing inqKirtance for tho New Eng land farmer, and certain experiments made nt the suggestion of Professor Sar gent by the Boston and Providence rail road have an important bearing on it. Fifty-two ties were bud in Docemlier, 1S7H, on a track in Boston whero the traffic is very heayy, having an average of Hi'xty-five. trains daily. Ten kinds of wood were tried, five in (bo natural fiWito fllltl- live . cn-ouitod. None of tljeJJes rotted;? except Vino ""'"of" Uic" fifliifitlfj: ' tnrj others that bud to bo removed had ln-cn injured by the hammering of the trains. Spruce, hemlock, larch oud south ern pino have all suJered Ixully in this way. White oak lasted well, but it holds tho spikes so (irmly (hat they cimnot lie drawn when tlio rails have to Ik- shifted. Crfomitcd elm and birch did well, mid arc to lo recom mcr.divl. Chestnut was, unfortunately, n t included hi the i-xi riment, although it is considered one i t the bent woods for ties. 11m lielmvior if the catnip was one of thevmoht interesting features of thu case; it linn U-n highly spok( n of for ties on account of its practical indivtriuti biiity when placed i.i tlio noil, and L'J the (ii -a of (his wood here (ried are still Mound, except just under tho roils, whero they SLEEPA SONNET. We sleep and dream. Who has not Been and mei ilia heart's deal re in that charmed palace sleep. And hiiKxed tho happiness he eould not keep. Or kissed an ideal he could never act . In place of waking facta? Thus from the fret And toll of life, we enter, wandering; deep I Tkronih the long corridora, where dreams, thai tcep , ... ... ' Our aouls with gladness, wile us to forget, !, - Toot they are dreams. Here in the sleeping place. - - . , Ye come into the presence, face to face, Of longtnga realized; here stretch our bands To touch some well remembered form of yore, , I And spoak .the words we should hare spoka before ;, .. ' "" ' j Our friends passed from ua Into distant lands. Chambers' Journal. WATCHMAKING IN FRANCE. Almaaa .... . - t . 09,000,000 Watches. - , A French correspondent sends us thel following particulars of the watch trade) of his country by way of supplementing what Sir John Bennett said tlie other day about Swiss watches: ! "Bcsancon,- in tho- old province of. Franche Comte, ist tho center of watch- making in France. In 1877 428,754 watches, of which 200,703 were silver.'i passed through (lie Hall marking estab-; hshment. And those watches represented an amount of 24,000,000 franca. Tho population of Bcsancon living upon tho watch industry is 15,000. Bcsancon poo--, sesses a school of horology and an ober-? vatory. This last has a department used, by watch manufacturers for the purpose of tuning watches. Hie village of Cluscs, t also, 'whoso working population is about 1,000, makes watch movements, pinioiuio wheels, whoel Cutters, keyless works and: sundry detached pieces, eull as barrel, arbors, etc., to the value of 1,500,000, francs; most of that production ia sent to' Switzorkvnd. Cluses possesses also a school of watchmaking of good repute, i Watch glasses ore produced in sufficient quantities at Trois Fontaines, to supply) the wholo world. Their value ii fixed at 1,300,000 franca. i "Last; but not least, comes Paris, .tho cradlo of such borologists a.1 Tliiout, An tide, Janvier, Lcroy. Berthoud, Breguct,. etc. Paris manufactures ship clironomo-i ters, regulators, and turret clocks, finishes thoso French cltxiks so well known here,, the movements of which come from Beau-J cort, St.. Nicholas, and tlio making of thi.'ir artistic cases engages a great many; workers. Paris " alono uianufacturea lurgvly clock uiaterial, such na anchors,' pinions, main Epriugs, hands, dials, eleo, trie apparatus (inislied by wntehmakera,i who uumlicr alxrnt 8,000. Paris, besidea1' delivering to tlio trade 250,000 clocks,' OOCf.OOO eight and ono day alarms, toU-) tales, etc., is the groat emjiorium for the, sale of watches. It has a school of hor-. olojry, which bida fair to become tho best, of France. Saunier concludes bis report;. In estiiiiating tho total of ' tho wateh ninking 'production of France: Bcsancon, . 21,000,000; Paris, 23.000,000; some small, centers of production, such as Trois Fon- . toines, 1,500,000; Morez and neighbor-, hood, 4,000,000; Saint Nicholas d'Allor--mont, 1,500,000; Beaucourt, Montbeliard Keliiiccurt, (1,000,000; Cluses, 1,100,0(M) total, 04,500,000." Pall Mall Gazette. p.'.ui". l'Ut to Uenai who ( l,i n o to knA' who U who the g!iwing dcfvriiiliini.iri.-ol j uro crusb'.-d r.inWy to pulp, so as to be of like a chapter of n,w.;crny u "Book cf ; no htuoi wtoicver lor roads or heavy Sliolw." Jston Her.-.IX traffic. Science. I attended. Ii. wan on tb's i: I went to the mil ium in Va-di.ji'rton v.-.'itre the "trophioi" of the great war are culler tol. j braM band wtuM rou.-? 10. 000 tireJ and We ncre shown oer by an excellent j foiitrtore s Alien to a Mate (f fcnaming guide, a coinjiound cf rliTk-?7!!'! jrt' r. j enllinsL-wi i. I look for the time to come After I xiking nt a gn-:it numlieri-f tilings. ; when the descrn.kuits of t! men wi;l unattractive to ine, I confi-s our i;i:-n i be btii-red every tm;e they lw-ar tho na- canie to ils with a flag in his LmtL "You 1 tiuiial airs. I nm a l-rass ba:id man from are HigliiOi. geni.-uien," he ssud. "and the ground up." Inter Ocean. -thw will lutcruit you; lius waa taken on t.'ie IL'ihdKiiiu-i." I saw i.t oni-e tl.at my ('ill Mill"1"1 wrn u. and e alii . Vil I i'J 1 1 I d J""" ,rcc- -",;,-i!'iy i I wiik h ki.l l.rlii-r ! ' op;ortunity ba I come. and. clasping 1 jnriii I said: "Whero d yoj cn.ne fri.iu. , ny ma:.?'' "Fri;i llah'r- nra, i:i I-: by- kliin sir." lie RiiJ. iyt I waa baliL-d again. St. Ja:hej" tia7-t;e. Imi-Iih Dr. yoa Id more monej risl't away Utnn ary.liin Acrt.tr tiAU rlr in tlii w..ilj. Any one La d. tlis work. ( i ,', . cod Hie at bim Eillwr rtx, all .'-. b.nr. i u r r lunr.t Iaiis B"d Ehnrt. "Ing John" Wentworlh. who was nx f"ot afven, ami ri pi:-n a. uxiwxi. the "Little Oiaiit. win wa, live fii-t fo:i wore iiw tubers of tlie ima-cf rljric tives a', tho e-i:iio tunc. Cue t!y tt'X.l oonvcr-Jng in l!ie ana l-fore tlie ;K.uk( r's cltiir, Wc-ntwth Un-lin2 over i.nd I'lougtis on tiA-. John ytiinry ! A Itomaiira of tha Cantor Mumiutii. Ai:')tlier romance originating hi lhe C:t;,1cr ma'xu-re has l.-i-n dlicovi red in connection with tlie gold watch worn l y Lieut. Criltenditi, who also pcrfcthed by the vengi-ful ball U and knives of Kitting Bull's p pi.-. Tlie watch was a prc-nt which l;Ls frhtT, Cen. Chittenden, bad ptircliaacil in England soma time liefore. H iKfamc? the Ixi'Jty of a Sioux warrior, Iio. in due season, after-crrwing t!ve line, toll it to a Canadu.ii randier or far tn(T. Tlio purchaser, misijf-cting tlicra Diuit to tuiine history connected with it, wrte to the tnaker in England, dreril ing (lie watch ar.d staling its nmnUr. Tlio maker "writn laek tl-.at tho watch lift I Ui-ii mAl originally to lien. Critten den, 1.1 Cm United 8taUn army. TIieTe iiyin the Canadian communk-ated with tho jjeni-ral, who irrmptly rcj4irchnl Uv watch, and it now linngs in l is bed- :-f-et four, i T'unn in New York C(lr. a and nuinorkil i1)ricr.la-v ' ot tlx fate that ln-ft Ida Ijraro loy, day wIm o i Koiikis City JournaL IMNoh ami Ilia la.clrln I.lal,U Pnif.wir BaJoT of (he I'dmsylvar.ia UMivcnaU, by accident, w t L ii;W's tnitid at work iijKm the flit-Irk: light. Barker fniej(ius F.gnwns invited to wi;;n-.w a huge dyna..iu built bv Vr.lkic of An- wnnii, i i.;in.( a::u ur.uiii rU;K)ii io go wit:i I i ..n.li,,,. I f.u. 1 I l:.f e lili-I thought i.f (he cht trie light o:.!y us hint of it. with a thou.iaiid olii'T l.it.!"i. came ti hint w hile hi I.i i Ia!,r.it'ry. But ti3 l. n.'.rl with Barker wati-bing thin Lig wbei-l ih W:dlact,'a facb.ry, ho taw wam thing which h'.i'rgiMted to him tiiedivij biliiy i f tlie light. Ii'.r!.-er iay it wa.i as good as a .lay to v.-i:U-h B.it:i tliat day. lie rct'in:cl to tils r.-orkhop, put Id-, other K-hemcB a'i.lo; and pn;rf-il lo givM five yens:!, if niomw.ry, t'vorkinx out bi'i dlucovcry. llodiiil i; l"t uuk. New Yifrk Kun. A IlraTer'a Instinct. An old hunti r living in the Crazy moun tiins caught a young bonvtrsocn afUr ils birth und cnti-ii-d it lo hiscaLin, where Ik) gradually made a 1-eat x of it.' Aa tlie youngs-t.-r approached niaturity he got to t.ni I. lirif . (Ii'iu f-ii.l itfk fn. ii-titi. I!i.i F,li.ii wan Jhin l.uvy with I.i ! ,,,,,,. f,ain,', tlUn ftiM ,UvUU,t ,v x.:r.- nml MKrf.or.TTiih. mid IMrT '.i .... . 1.. .1 ...n n .'i. component paiHof whi'-lnverelirewood. lits. crticlt-4 of cb.'.l.icg ami ctln r imival le anickn in tli" Iwiukc that iml l bo rjc-.'ie.l or transported. To ;ld to the oonf.i'iim. c Luiiii or bucket of water, if fvav-il ! waa 1-.1j.i7j1! rind llixuleil over the ll'K-r. Tl:w hitle anincL who hail never seen a Ktn.'.in or a dar.i to know i either, was I usiiy at work engaged in doing what bu f'-n falbera had dono a' tbous:ii;d'jc!.r( U-fore Iiini. Han Fiau-ci'coliill. Closing Hays In tha Uonas. It was curious to noto the difference which the lo-. of sleep made with differ-. ent members. Hjicakcr Carlisle liad av splitting hetidnclio and his eyes were dull and expressionless. Jlr. Randall's black) eyes sparkled with unwonted fire, and lie was as brisk and chipper as if he had; nlr.lif lii-tnm rrf rneliinn ulutn Wnltjv t 1... ......... rt -i" , Connecticut, the oldest man in tho houso, , who is far un in tlio seventies, showed no. sign of weariness, while young fellows like MoAdoo, of New Jersey, looked sad" and hollow eyed from om of sleep,, . i Keel, of Maine, was another man whoso vitality withstcxxl tho drain uixm-, ttatli wk ea -:;ady-leutH ,tnry tnf his fellow iiK-nilxTs over in "Soint'ei Corner," or chnstiao the Democrats for, their shortcomings as if ho had not been , up all night. Morrison, of llluioiM, who; is n man of iron frame, showed the effect, of too much tension. Perhaps the , thought that he would In a few hours' step from tho balls of congress, whero lie , liad ien a leader, had something to do with l:Li domion; but he looked weary , und Kid. Randolph Tucker, to whom-, retirement from tho house comm. as. a. glad relief, was cheery and fresh as a echoidlxiy, und went about with -hld4 fellow members, and beamed kindly ,at, everylmdy through bin spc-ccles. Providence Jounial. Kella of rrlinlllT Itcllslon. Tlio Amerii-on Antiipiarian deiKTibn a roek painted with red irtrii ninl (inia- mcnte"! at its nortljrrn cjkI with a riido i riir(-rtnfin of ti e mm, wl.ieh Mill lies 1 on t!e L'rnirr Mi.m-r.ippi alx-ut tax miles i l4ow t',t. Paul. It in an idtiir loni; Is 11 j can l l.nd tt every meaL-..Tlie(huy4ifw. m Itcnnrtl'a Yarhl.' Ever bve on a yacht? Not' Well, lUti-ii to liu- way J.imon O-rdon Bennett fti'ert.iii.a on tlie NainotiJia: A Fn-iK-h C'lk funiL?M (he i-ating r.nd an ALIenM'f ciw h carried in a rinc stall on the I .:. lothst tbechoki-U of frodi milk in ri-roTcr.ce by the I)ak.r.-.lJi, wlk) aa i b.tely as lw: d-Hviniteil it and jirrf i irmol i datiee l-f'v it on the eve of a LoUle. It h cidi.il i;-.avW.:.h. or I1 Ri-.-k. . IV- ttaatira lii I.. ) tlie v.k r clunr, Vient'.vinlh Ixn-lm; i Trirhlno la M KnTTikilAi. ..-rr wfc-e Biwdan ! ovi r i.nd I "lougtis on tip. John Qnitry In ,ia earlier ycuni tlie late Profrwr.r di frightful sioricaof tlie inim- ' A'kim naid, -ii.ino tliero preKcutu in i R. Yoinit:iH was very f'Tul tit nre . : : i : . n. . : .. -. , I . , I ... L.nAml I ! , . 1 , , I . 4 i f u , i t , ... , . ... . 1 ... r . I . . .'. ti t lifML Num.. I u 1 itiH,.i-ij hi nmiiirr. iiiT-ri-i-i -' .. ...... -.-...-... i.y- iwi; i.mi vu wic ivhuii i n n irvr ilui.t;new, thai Just coin money tnr all j mom for otily W.003 in tho as hw ai.d ' on the lJI More i!k- Ixmte. Ben: PcrJcy Agn- iz tol l hii tliat trichina? were an worker, n e wi i nan ; rrpiuu am : iiere nicy -are brpw.r tn-BUU. A Lout I I core in ixmoii un. ?ai.l- to r f.iml in lictr aa in pork, ami H d.d. Thi. i .n ft the rcn iine lu.p.wtai.1 j o. ooo Mam abrjut at Lirge wiilKKit nnr i tliat Oto only way to avoid tlie rik cf .,.mirn,i.Ji .rn.,r will d.-i.v nrrf ! cn"- 1 '"7 BrL' to ' ! tlie couii- I Xiaiurevhas mn;:i!y gooil to aomc c-itui? them waa to hare one s meat t!or- ouifit li. Aiidrca TKL'K A CO.. luzvu. ! '-T rrolj ','l V''? 6vcng ill uagf liy f.Jk-s, but you vhiil nvet alwaa rx dot iigldr cooked. Always Bfterwanl Pro- l(c 3 Ij "laiuur IUC11 ciLireu. VC2"i Tno- Uan i.-e .iiT.lj"n. In tlicfwmirtg efft nd fmi: arc nnol in the fctateroonn be fore" the i-oor.Io ariie. Tlien a lath, where KTVant ii furnuhed wIk) ruin UiC fiiv it is d.-stjoyj by varviaUor fanalicn. j gni-4n (lim a with tlm clioicoft Turki .h or ien by intcn,.:w penvan, i: in to be. ' Vru-clt. Then marnvdaile and awet-U liepcJ that f mo loi-al mustmt will nccuro ( an I aixxit I o'clock breakfast in eU-ffrtnt thi intcrnl ing relic of :riuiiti-e rvhiai. I aliai?. Dinner in the evening, wilh ill! - -Chicago Tribune. j the sumoundir.gs tliat wiHildtendtenui'ic ' ' man aalisfk-J witli Us lot. New Yoik i Muil and Ilrprosa." , t j sin- run abort of brain matcTi-J after j fewr Yotmiarx i.isi1el upon laving b-U I uuik'.i a Lndaotae Lxe Carl Dander. Uf "well dotw." I"uMic Opinion. flJIvr la Tulcanle Aaaea. Ash ejected frtari CaV-,aui in July, IS?, ha yielded twififtlu of a troy 3ncc nt silver to the ton. ThU metal lias hitlierto been unknown auiorg Tol caiiic ixjducta. Arkaiaaw Traveler. TI- fruit eeasoTi in rootlxm Arizona i a nninth alv-ad cf ('nhfiiii.i. and neaily three rioritlis in advance of the BcaaLD in tlie eubUAi at t---i. . . Ifanilwrltlita; of 'tha Inaaae. In a injier cntitld "Tho Ihuid-riting, of the .Iiiiioiio." recently read in Phila- - deljihia, Mrs. Henry HaUehurst said that, tlie giving way of the mind in on edu-i cateil iierson was often shown in bod spelling, blotting, -ftr'pient erasures, the . -i i I . i . . i f '. - lioeui ti line tn jTiieiuoemii, iiaucuaiiou j and undeniooring- in excenB. . Insane jiridu and obstinacy tako to capitals, and, 1 it i: mid, make frcfuent use of tlio letter "P," which bccor.un jserfcttly enormous. ' Many cf these indicia were to be founoV in tho liandwritinir cf cx-8lKtiff Rowan,' who recently U-came insane. . In him, too, was noted anotlier jiectdiarity, a tendency to conimenco at the right In-' at'-cd of tlie left Ijmd tide of the paper, ',, this ling carried so far tltat lie would j not leave himself room on tlie paper to complete tvon his iignature. New York' huu. Morrinrot ef tba Alr. The nie:in ntmiKi bcric pressure for the w!ir.lienrth. ax shown by a barometer, ia , found by Kl iix-r of St. l'ctersburg to be 23.C1 inche-. Tliat for .the nortliern " lie.ni.---t .here u 29.CU inches, and for Use' southern 29.87. Tlie average nortliern1 excosa ci greatly increased in Jan nary, ' but becomta a deficiency in July, when the southern r rotten re ia aHghtly tho greater, a mass of air sufficient to give a pressuTO of rrarly .21 over a homipliere ' apiKring to U periodically si lifted from i turn side of tlie crjuatorto tle otlier by tl charging seasoas. Arkansaw Tray-' tier. : AU t tha Crww. . The tragic seems to verge on tlie ludic- ' rciu once cffoin when we rood tliat a ' number it liclancsian Laborers, who were being tuken hack the Solomon adands ' at the expiration of llieir contracts, ate cp the entire crew of the vrwl convey ing thcrn. Tlie crew in rpieetion consist-! ' of I"srceTigans arid otlier l'Uytj',.".'. Tl.a aliockiJijr event wiH pttkIikw r exciteiner.t throuslioat - OceauLL . Ai-ajuit. "
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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