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VOL. XIII. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, . 1887. ADVERTISEMENTS; ' Unequaled. f For the relict nl cure of all diseases Ot the Stomach,' Liver, Kidneys, and Dowels, the value of Ayer's Catlnu-tio rills cannot" lie- overestimated. This remedy is also .unrivaled in curing . liheumatic and Neuralgic affections.. For keeping the. Stomach, Bowels, and Liver in good working order, I have never found any medicine equal' to Ayer's Cathartic Pills. I always use tins remedy when occasion requires. . Randolph Horse, Lynchburg, Va. ' . About five years since, my son became , . a cripple from Klieumatiam. His joints ' . and limbs were drawn out of shape by the excruciating pain, and bis general health was very much impaired. Medt . cinea did not reach his case until he . commenced taking Ayer's fills, three ' boxes bf which cured him.'. He is now as free from the complaint as if he had ; . never had it, and his distorted limbs ' have recovered their shape and pliancy. William White, Lebanon, Pa. After suffering, for months, from dis orders of the Stomach and Liver, I took Ayer's Pills. .Three boxes cured me. - A..JI'ickthall, Machjas, Me. . - Ayer's Pills, - Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Man, - - Sold byaliPniggiat and Doalen ia Medicine. TROFSSION A I, C A R DS. J AS. E, BOYD,'; v ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, T ' Greenfiboro, 2f. C. Will be ntGrrbam on Monday of pnchw-ek to attend to professional business. 9ep Ifi j F. IT. WntTAKER, Jr.' C. E. McLean. . . WHITAKER & McLEAN, " '. ! . ATTORXEYf? AT LAW, , ..' - . GRAHAM", nTc ' - . ,l,r"f'o the State and- Foden! court. ' ''fiilrcttons mode In oil parts of the PtMe. Renins prompt. One of the firm con always hrt found Itttlii'lr.offlco. ' One of tii firm will be in Bnrlinir'on every Wednesday to stti-nd to prof tsfsionf I bnMnees. ? MnjrlOtf. J. IX KEENODLE ATTORNEY AT LAW - Prneflc.ii the 'Stat" and Federal Our Will faithful!" ahd nromptly attend to all bos . ocs intrusted to him , Real Estate Agency. .PACKER KEKNODLE, Agents, ' GKAITABT, 3v. C. - : ; IA plantation one mile from Me hone, in' Alamance county, containing 2fiS cro 45 nf.rea.iii orijriTinl provth, SO In plncf, 1W in cultivation.-The place is 'ell -ws-orfd, a crcrk find two hran'-lies running ' ihroiijrh it. "A fin nrHiard, 3 (rood tobacco ham, 9 tenement J:onBes. eood ffed borus, an 8-roo-n rlvwl'in? with basement and I., and rood wen of water, are on it. Convenient to churchuR, school, and a enod w?w mill In yt rn'le of the honce. It is a rtesirfhin ta.-m atnp'ed to the'irrowtli of tohneo.' i?ran and tr-se. P'sce Is seeded n wI.c.'U nnd osts. Possession given at once. "Price if 2000. jnnl8 specific for all diseases peculia to women, such as painful, nn- (iressed, or Irrcgnlar menstruation, Bucorrhoea or whites, etc. f.r -ken tnhvr the CHA'lE r! r.TFE. crt-it. uffcrin2 and danger twill Ik) avoided, .-.. an rg , i K'egMlatoi?! " Pend for the b'-ok, '"Message to Women mailed trrtr -f J A PMIXISTRATOR'S NOTICE. i tl h.h. li.Binr. al.lmi .ffnipat ItiM . tsie of John Mitton, nVc'rt. 1!1 present thorn tlulv BUthcnttcatcd.nn or ln-fore the 1Mb day rf Jlry. lf8, or Mil notice will bcplcad in isr of' their rtcovi rv." . Bil.ET PTJTTOV. I .K U.t F. fcb'TTON', f Adm'rs. Msv.9. 18S7-flt The Progressive Farmer . - HAS MOVED TO RALEIGH, And will be Improved In many Important partieiilnr. Norlistaee li Its policy. No hans In Its editorial manacemeut. "Tlie Industrial and educational luterectn of onr cople paramonnt to all other eonldrratlous of State poliey," shali be our watchworl. i The humblest farmer In om ststo. if he be wlthefit oar paper hll al'o be without ex one. We Intend to raskc it one of the bet and one of the cheapest, papers in the Sontti, The followleg lilteral rates ate oflercd i : s TO CLUBi. .' ' l snnscriher a id nnder 5, yer, 2 00 5 solcriliers and nniler t, 1 year. 1 t 10 subscribers and nndor I V i ya't J IS suliferibers and nuder aO. 1 year, 1 2S ' Every Farmers Club in thc-8tate efcocld aead ns a trood club at once. L. I- POI.K. EdiK. " . r. F. DUFFY. Jh'I TMUr. ' JUO. E.Y, Biw.Mae'jr- , Raleigh, K.C.. . Itc be made. Cat this ont land n.tnrn to Off and we will send you free, aoinrthinr ot , great value ana impornncw i to too. tliat will Urt yon In burinrM whkrb ' trill brine yoa ia mora money ritht ' lhn anytbinf le In -this woiltl. Any ooe can do the work ai4 ti at b"ir.e. Either MX, all . Borne thtp new, tbat lust coins nne tr all worker. We will (tart yno ; capital not oV-txied. Tbl it aae tA the cranine hnportaut chance of a lifetime. Tnoeewhoare ambi otna and euterprbiinr will not delay. Grand tuflitlree. Addreae TRL'B A CU., Ancnta, Ma'ue. di ly ' tlEAUTIFUL WORK fN IVORY. - Modern fihlll Turns It Into Artlstle Carving fo Ilouaoliold Pecomtlona. Tlio nrthtio usq of ivc7 ia becoming so gonoral that nearly every veil arranged room lias one or mote pieces of work carved entirely out of or inlaid with this beautiful fiubslance. Appreciation of tho eU'ecla whic'i artistic f uniialicrs make out of ivory carvings has received a sincere impulse, and tin,, isesthctic cultivation re cently by exjJositionB not only in our American museums but m the brio a brno establishuients, wherp good imita tions of claiaical carvings aro placed on exhibition. . Formerly miniature sculp tures, of fino. execution and beautiful de sign, were tq to seen in all tho principal museums in Europe nnd America, but the prico- at which they wero valued riuido it impossiblo for ivoi7 eirvings to .bb.uscd generally as household decoi-a-tions. - . ." -..' .With improved . mctlioda ..of carving came a more general demand for Bmull ivory ugurcg which oould be used as or namen(s,.and, ns a tesult, tho subjecta became more varied and les3 coaven .tional. Tho carvings were no longer confined to a1tefn)ta to reprouueo-tho classical worlds of ti;e ancients, but repre sented every phase of tho present lifo. "Wo now have beautiful toilet articles with carvings of l!pwe and aratequo; caskets of ivory woxlhy to incloBO gems; little etctaoH cf gcnt-0 designs; birds and greyhoundii and 'miniature figures, of hu manity. Striking groups and scenes from life are 'carved out of tho whito Fubstance," and ' the wholo inlaid with differently covered ivory, which gives tho picture a realistic and. beautiful ap pearance. -. Tho more delicate carvings have to be executed by a trained hand and an artis tic eyo. T Many women arecmployed m this work, especially in the ivory manu factories of Europe, where they are paid good wages for their labor. The rougher work such a3 making billiard balls, rings for harness and ivory handles, is done en tirely by machinery, 'but' since tho de mand for fine household ornaments has "grown eo steadily, a kne number of gifted women have peon wren employ' ,ment in the manufactories to do the fine polishing and designing. The ivory used is taken not only from Africa and Asia and the fosfil mammoth of Siberia, but also from tho horns of the luppopotamus, tho tanks of tlio walrus and tho sword of the liarwlialc'. - V" " The grain of the several kinds differs very materially, and in proportion to the deucateness of tho lines ia tlio price paid for it. . The elephant tusk is tho finest Bpccimen vL ivory. W'hbu tho tusks wo brought into' the workshop they are cut in shapes necessary for carving by machinery. The objects aro designed beforehand, and a suitable piece is- cut from tiio sheet tit one turn ot tho wheel. Those pieces aro then taken by the artists, who design and polish them until fasr ioned ready for the store. Tho carvers sit at long desks facing windows of light,' and they use salt and water beneath the touch of their line tools. .-The polishing i3 accomplishing upon wheels or "buffs'! covered with' Canton flannel, and there aro vats of colored liquid for staining .tint When the carving is.' finally finished it represents exquisite work. Kew York ilail and Express. How ltacllol Met Iler Death. Rachel's death blow was dcall by her performance in -"Lea' Horaces" at the Walnut btrcet theatre in rhaadeiphia, when the thermometer was several .degrees Mow zero, and when not a fire was lighted ia the hottso except ia the star b drcssmg room. Hut Kapliael Felix, tlio brother of Eachcl, was to blame for that catastrophe. ' ne had taken the thcatro in -its entirety, assum- 4ifdl tlio egpoiiMa bgatiiig, Ifghticgf etc, ana lie uiougut it probably a ras ter stroke of economy to suppress tho f urn ace fires, or possibly he did not troublo his head - about them. But Rachel awoko the tiext morning, gasping wan pneumonia, ana lua savmg vx luel resulted ultimately in the death of his great si;(cr. I was present at that List representation, and 1 shall never forgtt it. The cold was intense in tlio house as .well ns on tho stage. Opposito me eat Mm Jumes Ilin-h, then tho acknowledged leader cf Philadelphia society, wrapped in en immense. Proline clonk, and she toki mo afterward that even in epito of that fur garment she suffered for days afterward from bronchitis caught on that occasion. A yoiing Philadelphia society beauty, a debtitonto of the soason before, caught, bko Rachel herself, a fatal cold, and died beforo tlie winter was at an end. New York World. Mil A Lite Exparleww. Rwraarkable aod ouick ctircML. T-rtiU tckmvm. BnJ. uuap tor sealed particular. Addresa D'. WARD A CO. Louisiana. Me. U1U Life In Itnyal Clrelrs. Tlie empress of Kussia Las quite as rigorous an. apjietite as any member of Ler family could boast of. Put she is an indefatigable dancer often tiring down all tlie aides do camp admitted to her dancing parties, and she accompanies the czar in bis walks and rides. This keeps Ler in health. If one eats heartily and does not take it out in strong physical exertion tlie ilia to which Ceeli is heir brcrJc out and bavo it all their; own way. IViv.il flesh is within the common law.. just tlie same as tho flenh of servants. who, when tuey rise from the misery of their paternal homes to good situations, think tbey Can never cat -enough meat. and to gc knocked over. A breakfatit with meat and eggs, taken In bod in the morning, a refection later ont a dinner, followed at 0 by a ."h&ir' Gvrman tea, and tl.cn a cold tray supper of an essen tially meaty kind, served at night in tlie toudoir, are too much for 'a fragile woman, wliether of royal or non-reyal lineage, and only arrvo, if slie be seden tary, to nourUi gouty and other affec tions. Fans Cor. ixmoon lruin. The Chlnrotbrmlittt of Pari; .. These gentlemen may be justly con sidered as the aristocracy of the criminal class. Thoy are mostly recruited from the- ranks of the best and- most highly educated classes of . society, and their favorite fields of qperation aro tho rail way ' carriages and the hotels'. Their method of procedure in case of the former ia E3 follows: They go to tho railway ter minus of ono of tho long lines and wait near tho ticket office until they catch sight of sorco traveler who, on opening his pocketbook to pay his fare, shows that it is well stocked. Tho chlorofirnust buys a ticket for tho samo destination, takes n seat in, tho' same compartment, nnd, after getting into con versalion, either iusks his victim to join him 4n a lunch, which he produces from a well filled basket, or offers him nn c.-cellent cigar. Both the lunch and the cigar havo been carefully "prepared" with a strong nar cotic, and if either aro accepted tho un lucky traveler' is. soon plunged into a heavy stupor. The chloroformist then opens a little vial, which ho generally keeps hidden insido his hat, aiid places it for a fow moments under the .nostrils of tho sleeper, gently applying to the mouth at tho snmo time a sheet of fine parch ment, having tho ehapo of a carnival mialt, for the purpose of excluding tho fresh air. . " Tlio victim fa thus quickly rendered .wholly insensible, find tho thief is ablo to commence bis operations m pertect saio ty. fie takes possession of tho pocket book and empties it of all its contents ex cept a few notes cf small value, and then replaces it in the pocket from which ho lias taken it, leaving tho victim's jewelry and coined- money Untouched. Having removed tho parchment mask from tho fare of tho sleeper, ho then leaves, tho train at the next big station. The trayclut on awakening rind finding hiuiself alone in the compartment instinctively looks'to see if his watch and chain and coined money aro nil right, nnd on finding them so does not usually tako the trouble of investigating hisocketiiook, ro that the theft has a chance of remaining uudis tfovored for several days. Frequently, however, tho victim does not awake at all, but dies' from 'tho effects of tho an ueathetic. Tlio authorities finding them selves in the presence of a corpse which does, not present tlio slightest traces of violence, and with tlie money, papers and jewelry apparently undiSturl)cd, can only attributo tho death to nn tural causes,, and as n rule do not even insist on an autopsy. New York 'World. Th Ladle of Lima. Tlio ladies of Lima are all eyes. They havo the reputation of being, as a class, tho most beautiful in the world, and nioeting them on tho way to mass in the morning or shopping later in the day one can see how they obtained it; but kno".iog them in their homea the opinion changes, and you conclude, after calm reflection, that they aro not so prelty as the wouien, xf New York. - It is the manta which they wear in such a coquettiuh way that gives them their reputation for beauty, for it conceals every fcr.turo except their bewitching C3res and lovely olivo complexion. No matter how ugly her mouth or her nose is; no matter how Ingli tier cheek hones or largo her ears; no matter whether alio is as scrawny as a scarecrow cr as bald as a bat, a manta will, make any woman with pretty eyes look handsome, and, like charity, it covera a multitude of sins. 4'his garment, which is peculiar to Peru, and js worn by ladies of all nges nnd social positions, from the president's wife to the laundress who comes after your linen, is a sort of foster ri-ster to the mantilla of Spain. It i3 B3ually of crepe from China, and 'costs any where from $10 to fcSOO, fir-cording to its quality. STORM EFFECTS ON MENTALITY. ' . , Col. Sellers Still Alive. John T. Raymond u dead, but Col. Sellers still lives. In ono of tho private pallors of tho. Fifth nvenue a miniature railroad, made of wood, has been built to illustrate the practicability of a "bicy cle railroad car. " A fcinglo track under neath and one overhead are all that is necessary, according to the inventor's plan. Two wheels ubovo and- below the car are supposed to lie sufiick-ht to hold it in place, while it ia run through the grooves like a shuttlecock at tho rcto of 100 mi leu an hour. The man who in re sponsible for this Lkrvcle car ia very en thusiastic over it. IIo was figuring on its prospective value tlio other day while talking with a capitalist, whom ho wanted to mtcTcstjn tho scheme to tlie extent of f )0. "Iwillgivo you $100,000 worth cf stock outright," ho went on, "and an option on $1,000,000 at par." "How much do you tstinwfo it will bo worth at the end of six montlto?" inquired tho man of money. "A hundred to one," wis tho f'p'7 "Every dollar of stock will bo worth $100." , "Let me gee," said the capitalist. '"If I took $100,000 now that would be $1,000,000. Tlten sunposo I called my option oa $1,000,000 of stock at par, that would bo ? 100.000,000 more, making .me worth $101.0t:0,000 in aix months. I guess I'll invest $00 as a flyer." Kcw York bun. Tba Bams of Mexico. The natives always nso burros for carrying unqu:te, and they trjdge be hind on foot. TljfTO is aotnetliing very pathetic about the four footed .inlubi tacts of Slexico. - Tlie eight of tho plead ing look in the eyes of burro nearly mikes me werp. lie always looks to downtrodd' n, so meek, ao oootemplative. Tlicir ponies excite equal sjjnnathy. Thty wear their heads Liw vry low and they alwara have bom in their tails. To u.lhrW is a-aneUiing appealing about hor with Lurra in bis tad. 1 csuse I cannot urjino a high Fpiritf-J bone, one who luJa an atom of family pride or adf n$Ct, haciag them there. EJ faso (Tex.) Letter. Cider la Variety. Every fruit known will make cidT, Tbat from pears is of ancient renown as perry, but pear juice is worth more for tirup or fruit honey, as it is rich in sugar. I'luni ewer u very nico, and grape cider will yet be the American.' beverage, hav ing the strengthening quality A wine without ita alcoholic spirit, and tasting better than anvtliing known in the aliat of drinks. There wouU ryt be a rrape too many in tho "United PUlej if Uie juice, frer.Uv drawn from the clustt.ra. undiluted, oculd bo placci on sale in cur cities. - Its doliciotia, rura refrcUimcnt ju.,til.ea ail tliat fjoeta have tncg and writers raved alxNit tha bloorl of the grai, while f.r beiv-Ct to Ovliie, con sumptive or bilious peoj'le ita efTi-ts out do iiypophoi.phites, a trip to Italy or Saratoga watcrsu In the Erie wine rrgions and otber Tineyard belts, when the grspfw ripen, scliow, Uvit congested people from cities take board where they can drink the "mnst" cf nrw wine aa it coma fmra the rtm, and return Kf.lt np fir the wb.fr'a ditirfpatkio. Con eumptivm. eperiiJly, ranrK do bettrr than to try tlie grape cure in thu form, and tlie vineyard eeawjn may jet be u fashionatle aa tb eeakide in July or Leucx in October. Vick'a ib-ariae. GenrRn Sand's Experiment In Kotel AVrltlng How Llteriituro 8 utter. It has been argued, with ruoro or less warmth, that ono's disposition is largely affected by tho Jmid of weather which prevails when ono is born. AYIiilo tins is possible, it-is aso fanciful, nnd but few put any faith in it. There- id, however, (mother weather phenomenon in which 1 believo; I am convinced that thought is influenced, in a very toonaiderablo do gieo, by tho weather, Jly not:cd .was linst dinwn toward this by a lino in cno of Voltaire's lettera, in-which ho oaid: "My work has been mucky to-day be cause tlie weather was mucky." From this time on I took close and careful ac count of my mental condition during various kinds of weather. I would begin writing, full of the encouraging impetus which tho weather gavo me, and glad that I was ablo to do sometliing which would be apart and separate from my nervous, "dismal self; and then a storm would swoon down upon me, and with dolorous scratch my pen wmlld clotho dolorous thoughts in " even inoro dolorous words. When tho storm, was cleared, and tho sun shone again, I would onco morfe find myself ablo to make the things which I wrote aa blithe and buoy ant na the weather. ' Storms always dis turb mo sometimes they depress mo, and mako mo feel tearful without know ing why. , It is very hard to write mots winch sparkle and glitter with mirth when one's heart is heavy and somber just es it it dililcult to writo dirges when one feela liko railing and joking. And so fair weather is be suited to tlio writing of comedies and foul weather to tho writing of tragedies. '' Once, as an experiment, I planned two novels to he worked on simultaneously. Tlio cno plot was shaped during a stormy period, and tlio other during a brief season of sunshine and summer glory which immediately followed. Whenever it was stormy I worked upon tho storm planned novel, and whenever tho. weath er was bright I worked upon tho other. In each instance I wholly surrendered myself to the moods which the Weather stirred up within me. and made no effort to shake off the good cheer of the ono or the'despoudepcywith which tho other encompassed mo. An a result, the novel upon which wa3 settled no shadow cf the storm taint was cheerful . and good humored; but tho other was so bitter, mournful and vindictive, that I "never printed it. In each cf theso cases, of carurse, I allowed myself to bo wholly moved end sweyed by atmospheric ten dencies; and though I lost tho profits of several weeks of literary labor, I learned an invaluablo lesson. I saw that by properly fortifying myself,, and by mak ing the right kind of struggle; I could nsist yielding to both tho dangerous flavor of soft sweetness which tunny skies induced and nluo,- hi the samo way, to the qiitcfubiess and melancholy which were the legacy and gift of tho storm spirit. That ia, I succeeded in partially overcoming the' influences and effects of the weather and at all timei in keeping my&elf in, a luentnl condition cf passable evenness. .'.'"' The coinplela and perfect disentangle ment of one's mental action from, such phenomena b, t'j me, an impossibility; und it in sorao degree enables me to understand why I wroto so much hi "Lelio" which I havo' sinco 60 often ro grelted. Why thoull it bo otherwise? Wo arc so bonsitivi ly conrtl tuted that wo miiKt, of ncfCBsity, be alfecteil by the alternations of storm and sunt.liiue. Tlio moro ex(jr.L-;te tho per sonality, the stronger the influence; and, in the case cf iuvaliils, the clftct is inoro considerable tlmii it is in persons of sound health. Women feel storm efTects more keenly than men, and the young KHtS" Ifi-eiil tlntii rfie.'ul'hnRf iet-tt are tho stjrm's most recLstleia slaves, and the phlegnwtic escape it altogether, Many writers never onco touch a -pen during stormy weather, and others can only write clearly and forcibly with a tempest shrieking alout their windows. Poets and artwts suiter mist from storms; the hitter far more than would seem likely on mcro casual thought. Jinny a picture has been spoiled by having its last touches 1 laid cm when it was storm ing. .Coloring, whether verbal or pig mental, takes much of its tone from sky and utmOEphnre. " " Literature, more than anything else, suffers undi-r tlio malignity of storms, be cause all literary effort ht H:c picturing of moods and euiArion'i in words. As chil dren resemble Uioso who begot tliem, so words ere bko those who utter them, and the words which aro wrung from us by pain are not likely to win us ninny smilm from tliose who- hear them. Ve sjieak as wo feel, and our feelings are tho re flection of our conditiotiu and circum stanres. Tlie sliipwn'cktxl sailor, " lialf drowned, and wet to tlio skin in some wild, wintry sea, will scarcely go Into raptures over tlio pleasures nnd Ifiii-lils of salt water bathing, and tlie man who writes of the wooing of young lovws, when a fierce blast seems Unt on beating in bis btudy whidriwg. cannot bo jut.tly blamed if wliat his hero whispers into tlie cars of bis heroine is som' thing after tlie fashion of a death knell. Uoorgo Sand in North American Review. An To Touching Temoa. As to touching pcrsciHt, tho rule is that they ait; not to bo touched at all, unh-tat they bo both d-ar and on a fair equality. If the love bo very great, or the nrntf!S cjther, this of Itmlf ucmality, as between partint and child who aro parted by a vaht space cf age and knowkulge. lint even herein, touch will be cautious in puUir, aqieckdly by tlto younger, lest due obttrvaiico and rcipcct be ovn-iiomfl. To be touched cither is very delightful an 1 wcvruie or exceedingly rcpuWve and liat 'ul, and always annoyance lias Uie day nnlus tlK-ro lo true kve. accord ing to tlie mensuro of Uie touch, what ever it may be. Wherefore it f. seen that penoiis bo are pressed togr-tiicr in a crowd er vtbicw move niirt as soon as they can; which is not for cotufnrt merely, but so as nX to "to tociclied, fur Uicy will d.) tlie sam in cold wrathrr, though the more pinched fur it. :Globe-LV'niucrat. , Lincoln's Old Silk Hat. v Tlio old silk hat worn by Abraham Lincoln when ho 'left Springflekl, Ills., for' Wasliington to be inaugurated, in 18151, is carefully preserved in this city. It is an antiquo tile now wlsen compared v. ith the latest Broadway "dicers," and it is but fair to presume that it was by no means youthful when its owner set out on that memorable ride to great neas and renown. "Tho fortunate possessor of tliia hut is Air. Ueorge Uibson, and it ciTine to him from his father. It is a badly battered and sorrowful looking old "ctovepipo," with straight, narrow brim, and fuU of dents and creases, such as might bo expected in a hat given to mid night roysterings; but in this case they aro partially tho result of honest wear in years past and careless handling since it was put aside as a relic, On the sido- lining, in the clear, well known hand of. the great president, iathe autograph, "A. Lincoln," and stamped in 'tho crown is the usuid gilt advertise ment of the Rpringfield hatter with whom "honest old Abo" was wont to trade.' When Mr. Lincoln arrived in Now York ho woro this hat, and its gen erally demoralized and ruflled expression did not fully comport with tho dignity of tho occasion. An enterprising liatter, discovering a splendid opportunity to ad vertiso his goodrj, had a fine, stylish hat mado for the president elect, having se cured a contour of his head. Then, as Mr. Lincoln was driven down Broadway from the Astor house. Lis headquarters during his brief sojourn hero, tlio liatter presented tho new hat, taking the old ono in exchange Eventually it passed into tho possession of Mr. Oeorgo Gilon's. father, a well known antiquarian and stained glass ai-tL-t, For years the hat rested under a class receiver in the mu seum attached to tho factory of tho elder Uibson, uptown, and lias attracted at tention. Many offers havo been mode for ita purcljaso, but Mr. Gibson prefers to retain tho relic, which carries much of tho personality of tho great president. It should be in tho -Kationnl museum, at Washington, New Y'ork Times. . UFfobN THS flANQE. An ti An Kgyntlan ApccIalUt. In tho presence of the khedivo nnd several French officers, tho "Wizard of El Kahra" thrice rqieated tho trick of ' making a handful of 'transparent balls vanish in mid air in plain daylight. Tho niis.-:iies were colorless und pellucid liko whito glae3, but as light es gum, and were rejieatedly submitted to tho examin ation of tho spectators. "'After pulsing them from hand to hand, the wizard put them in an open vessel, shaped somewhat like a short bundled diper, and leaning back till his outstretched arm nearly touched tho ground, he flung them straight up in the uir, where they could bo seen glittering for a moment like, icicles or large glass pearls. But nolxxly saw them fall down again, though the scene of the experiment was a large, level lawn; tlie air seemed to linvo a!orbcd them like globes of dissolving vapor. Could they havo evaporated or'dbisolved into a spray of minuto particles? Quicksilver scatters that way, but would descend in had of very iK-rocptibla drops. A sleight of band trick was clearly out of tlio question, though a moro tenable expkmation would have puzzled alchemist as much as an optichui. Febjc L Oswald in Cincinnati Enquirer. : ' " The nuney Illrcl of Sonth Africa. We came to a large piecoof timber,' and while pasting through it I had my firct experience with the -honey bird of South Africa., The curious littlo bird is, 'in sizo and plum.tge, about like an English sporrow, and gets his tianifi from the fact tluit tho little fellow, who is very fond of honey,' lieing unal.le to obbun it for Jii'm-sc-lf, will lead men to tho places where tlio wild, hcra Jiavo i j(!i iluirnUmitdt rlclt, wild toiiey. Whcnover this bird sees a man he will fly close to him, hov ering around, ultrringatwitturilig sound; then ho will go oil In the direction of the place (generally a tret') whero the honey is, flying Uickwnrd and f award in a ztg-zng-faahion. Then lack lie will come, twittering in tho siimo manner, al if to say "Come along; I'll show you where it is." These actions nro rttpeated rmtil the trcs is reached, when the bird will indi cate it very plainly by flying to it- and hovering ariuiKl it. While the los are being smoked out and the honty taken up tho' bird will hovtr in tho vicinity until tle job is done, when cf coiir;) Ids reward comes in tlio ijinjie of a ferwt on the fragments that are left. American Field. ' The Faithful Einil)ro'.Iul7. Much is usually said nlxiut the wrong of eye service, as it ulfcxd the einployer; but as thc) thought! aro rriix-cially for hired help, it i.i lx tt.. r to lxk at tliis sub ject fl-om the purely w-IfLslj, stauduiiit which an employe, curt fill only of bis own intrcstvtiiiglit take. If hired help try to do jn.-;t as little asixMsible, nut mly docs thii fact bt.-omo known, but it quickly fuiujs a bal.it which cannot easily bej overcome. T!:e conditions of sticceea any wImto nn? push, enU'nriso and a de sire to d if till that l possible. Men who aro accustomed to br.ld lick, fearing, they will do too much fi.r llu-.ir Mni'Uryer, learn slnwnciS and ttrdincfa so Uiurouguly that thc-y cannot drop thr habits even when tl:c7 come to work for t!vmjselvc3. To wwk li.n tily and chriT--fully for en cniplryor in, we btlicvo. eually hnportar:t for Loth parti; but if tlicTo is any difftrence, it should be of greater importance to tho workman, wIkmo liabits for life are being formcl, ratlT tlian f'jr tlie employer, who, at tlie clceo of a seawm, if not before, may discliargo the unfaithful employe and hire another in his place. Boston Budget. Cnwhov Clves a Little of His Cz- - pcrlenci On a liounil I'p. "Quoef place, for a cowboy isn't it?" grinned a rosy faced Wasliington market butcher tho other day as ho .sliced off 'a big hunk-cf round for a scrawny work ing woman who' needed no sign to an oounco tho fact that ohe kept a boarding house, and. at tho same time tried to jarry on a conversation with a reporter. "5fo, I'm no longer a tenderfoot," be observed, as ho gave an extra tough chicken a slap and a punoh, and evened off the top of tho basrcl, "but I believe I am as thorough a cowboy, I mean in experience,, as any ranchman on the plains, I followed - tho trail .for 2,500. miles through Texas, New Mexico, Colo rado, Wyoming and Montana, and dur ing that journey I learned what it was to go without kid glove3 and porter house steak, and to lasso and brand tlio most obstreperous steer J'.,, ' . ; - "By tlie way, how do you brand cat tle?" the reporter asked. ' ' 1 "Well, I think I can give you a littlo sometliing on that," said tho ex-cowboy settling lumself into an empty crate. "I was at that twice a year for three years. It is tho calves that are branded and not ' full grown cattlo, and for this purpose there aro two 'round tips each year, ono hi the spring and another in tho fall. "A Tound up' is carried on on' some what of a co-operative plan by tho dif ferent cattle companies, and each 'outfit' details a number of men for this work, and each body of men is supposed to take in a section of country at least 100 tildes in extent. .. v "People who imagine that a cowboy's life is a free and easy life are correct as to its being free, but tho easy part I'd hjee to see. When a party of fifteen of us would start on a round up wo took a wagon to carry our provender, but we liiut to camp on the ground in blankets. Each man had ten horses to care for, as riding after cattle is the hardest kind of work on a mustang, and so there must bo relays; ,. . ; - . "Our food consisted of bread, bacon and cof fee, and tho cook colled us at 8 in the morning to eat our breakfast, and then into the saddlo we went for a hard day's work." Sometimes wo were in rain storms for three days at a tihio with no shelter, and tlu4he cattlo would drift backwards - Yon can never get a herd of cattle to mako ' headway against- either rain or wind. "Wo always started at daybreak on tbo trail, and it took half an hour to get tho cattlo 'punched' up and in lino. The 'punchers' nro called 'pointers,', 'flank and 'drags.' Tlie cattlo niovo ahead, led by a big fiteer, who scem3 to take tho po sition by right of njiicrior Size, strength and length of bonis. If the herd does not want water it moves slowly, but if the cattlo are thirsty they move twice as fast and can smell water at least fourteen miles away. When in search of water. a herd of 2,500 cattlo will string out at least four miles. "When the water Is reached, the cat tle, with a jx'culiar instinct, . lay down for at least half an hour, and then some of tho boys would dine while tlio others remained on guard. Tlie cattle, after drinking, would graze a while, then move forward until sundown, when they were 'rounded nn' in a bunch for tho night. "At night tho greatest caro niust bo exercised to keep them from stampeding. Tho flight of a bird over tho herd will stampede them at night, and if they get to running then Uod help horses and men. Tho noiso of their hoofs flying- over tho ground is Ukp thunder. Ihey run till they 'mill' or get to running in a circle; then they stop and lay down. Some of these journeys were simply frightful. During one round up in June hint, when paading through Hock Creek IRiflB fri Buiilut tint jwm; uut tmuiu nine nearly lost Jn. a snow storm." New York Star Interview. ""TM 0t m Trifle tarf. Customer Ln't it a tri.lo large. Levi? Levi Larch, nice front? S'belp me jrrarions! uf yoa gocps dot-sLpring goat on, ut t yoor vile sees it, your bosom tiJ schwril tiiit pride so dot slie'll btf to set tfcm buttons forward. rocK. . Aa Eaormon Crystal. It is well known, of course, that Amcr fca. has long Xeen celebrated tho world over as tho homo of enormous crystrds, and the prodigioua specimens of apatite, bryl and oilier minerals have been tho subject cf wonderment. But among tlxna tlie crytfUbi oty,o!a3itie brought to vl'r by tho excavations in tlio Etta tin mice, in Pennington county, D. T., are believed to be without a rival in respect to ntA According t tlie it-port mado on this subject by FrofoaKor Blake, it arrears that oris of tlicse cryst.t!s is thirty-six feci in h-nrrth in a atrak-l't Hue. and from one to three feet in thickiKrw. - Tl th-ar- f age is aotooth and straight, but the la!eral j and terminal planes aredocribed as btlng I cbscure. New York Sun. - . j , The Demorallxetl Kni;llb Armjr. During last yetu no leas than 6,000 soldiers deserted from the ranks. In ad dition to this numbers purchased their discliargc, clleging as their reasons for doing so that there were too many rough diameters to associate with, too many maulers, diotcato for language of barTack room, deived by poster "advantages of the army" as to pay end rations, the offensive bearing of sotno of tho officers, rations insufticleiit and general disappoint ment with military liky could not get martied with leave, there being no pros pect i( a vacancy. Tho desertions friim the militia during tho same year num bered upward of 10,000 men. London Society. Ivory for Kb Ire. Tho ivory for knives is sawed by ns ciprocating saws, fed with water, and is then njxwxl for several days to tho sun light, under - glass, to bleach It. The bundles aro weighted bv means Of tf piece of load, wire inside of tln'tn. and tlie hole in which the wire and tho tang of tho blade ere placed L lined with a wliiUS eminent, to prevent tho dark mrtal from showing through the K-nutransparent ivra-v. Before tho handles receive their final finii.li thoy are smokrd, and a semper is run over thin and detects any slight djn-eiwions. Tliey are finished with whiting on soft felt wheclx Boston Budget. - ' ' ''- " Money la Jnvenll Books. A gentleman aswiciated with a Bostoa ptiblkihing hmno sakl: "Literature of a liir-li rlcss seldom para anything. Tha nitt muni"y h made in juvenile books. Our house paid last year about CT.000 to one person who grts up juvenile editions. A theme fa fn-n him atd be goes to tiis puUic Ulirary and fi-ids what ho wants, and between Ifts pen. his T-as-to and his tciwurs he makes tip a book which brings a much higher price than books cf tho imagination, U-ing iilnstrated and sold at a good fat rate fur Christmas tunes." Oath's" Letter. iw Jci is a variety of cc&L- TmHh Treatnetit. There b en oi l retainer of a family hi the western addition ti ho is always ccm plairing. "Well. Tim, how ore you to-day? asked the lady cf tlie house. "f.'-urr, tua'am, an 1'mV.ut weH, at aU, at all." . "Vh.ii's the matter?" 'fk-rry av tni know, ma 'cm, but I was thickm', ma'am, if you bud enr til medicines about Ihe liotise ns yea Ci.'n't wsi.t, I'd be nlgl.ty oblo",l to rci f.r tluuv." San FrancLco CluvuxiaJ IMITATION. If e'er a goat should dori the porons garb Beneath which erstwhile pulsed the fiery heart Of Bengal tigor; or. If some swift barb Should down tho rcsal lion, throwing cn the -' .mart ' ' - - - ' - - . The mnntln of his glory, to be bought ' ' ; And donned by weaklings oh, believe me, etill Remain the goat a goat: tho weakling naught From borrowed plume ho gained.' A thrill Of horror for tlie sacrilege Li felt . ' . Small oul, refrain! Ape not ome Splendid ho, Whose glory Is his glory. Earth shall melt In fervent beat ere euch as thoo canst ese -The extent Of all ite full orbed majesty. Busblighta dreartl not how great the great euD bo! -- ' ,' Era Marshall. THE CZAR'S "PRISON 'HOME. -The Great Catclilna Fbrtresa In Which , He Hide In Terror. , "Quia custodist ipso custpdes?" is the) reflection wliich siirings" into pno's mind on hearing tbo rumors as to attempts on the czar's lifo in his rural retreat at -Gat-china, ; Tho country house inhabited by" the autocrat of all the Eussias is nothing more nor less thai! & fortress surrounded by moats, with a strong garrison, and situated in the inidst. of an immensd camp, in which countless detachments of soldiers, horeey foot, artillery and even engineers, are quartered. Yet even" hero the life of the sovereign is exposed to various perils, chief among which is tho notorious disaffection of portions of hit vast army. ' -The time was when tho czar could at least 'reckon on tlie fidelity of his tfoops, and on tlie blind and unrea soiling devotion of the liberated serfs. Now all is changed. ' It ia acknowledged that tlie re volutisttary . movement has spread with appalling and - significant rapidity, even to classes which had always beOT regard as irnstworUiy. Meanwhile, however,1 T Alexander ; Uf has no alternative but to moke the best of the situation. Picked soldiers guard him dnv and niplit at Gatcliina. and the strictist discipline prevails in tho fortress castle," A, writer wlio a short time ago had the rare privilege of an introduction to tho presence cf tho czarina, gives graphic account of bis visit, and of tho Precautions taken to prevent any mishap, "raveling from St. Petersburg to Gatcli ina in company with Gen. Ignatieff and Gen. Bauragarten, ono of tho emperor's aides de camp, ho noticed all along tha route small detachments of engineers encamp9d in the open air at short inter vals from each other. Cossacks, mounted on their small horses, galloped about in every direction. The party were fetched at the station by one of tbo imperial caijringes, which started off at full speed, ami, after crossing a bridge, strongly guarded, arrived at a hngo gate way, at which the writer and his com' pardons had to show their papers. Thenca they were conducted to a wing of the) palace, where tlio samo ceremonial was) gono, through, after which they were taken through a perfect labyrinth of passages and staircases to rooms reserved for them. The writer was asked if ha would have luncheon or tea, and was then left to himself: until the) hour ap pointed for bis audience. At noon Gen. Baumgarten came to fetch him. On tlie way to tho central building he saw the steps crowded with sentries, who" in turn presented arms with such din tliat he shrewdly suspected that the noise) was intended to warn their: comrades further off of tho arrival of a stranger. Next a largo hall, in wliich 100 soldiers of the guard were on duty, was traversed. At the further end the visitor had again to exhibit his papers, and after ascending' a magnificent staircase and crdeaing a hall in which a gigantic Moor in' a superb costume, and two hugoTeherkesscs arined to tho teeth with dirks and pistols were stationed, he was introduced by a man servant into a small but elegant drawing room, whence he passed, under the con' into tlio empress' reception foom. After half an hour's conversation, in.thecooreo) of which her majesty remarked that there were some very impious men in Russia, the writer withdrew, but ere he tool: leave of Gen. Baumgarten tho latter, re ferring to tho frankness with which be nail fnmienn. torn nun mat no icusaian would havo dared give advice to the czarina, jokingly adding; '"Take care! You may be sent to Siberia. What can bo more characteristic than this rap proachmeut of the aido de camp's grim jest about Siberia and the precautions taken by the sovereign to avert all danger from himself end his family. Loodod Telegraph. . . . - Enjoying tho Plctwro. A lady who resides on- Delaware eve nue has a girl in her employ fresh from some region far removed from the Ihf atre. Thinking to give the girl a grand treat, and knowing Hint she had never seen a theatre, the ludy purchased a ticket for a play at tlio opera house. The girl went, but returned before o'clook. "What is the matter? Did yon net like itJ-ftrkcd the mistress. "Oh, I liked it ever so much; it's a fine painting." "But," inquired her mistress, why havo you returned so soon? Surely you didn't see it all?" ' "Yes, ma'am, I did. I went in and sat down' and looked si the large picture hanging up in front. People k"jt can ing in, ant-prctty soon there was quite crowd, all looking at tlie picture. Then flutw t iw i!r It m-a n,sl itn. nm ATwl women went to talking tip there where it had been aboat someibmg that duhrt concern me, so I gut op and came home. r. : a .1.. w.l.,. ton News. . - Prateetloa Fn , rirek An ingenious Buffalo man has invented device which he thinks will prevent the spread of fire through elevator shafts. His idea is to erot a stand pipe in one corner of tlio shaft with branches of per orated pi cf smaller siae surrounding tit well ct each iknr. Tee water can be turned into each of theae perforated pipes fciniuitnrwoujy by simply pulling a lever at a point remote from the elevator, thus Cl'ing the sliaft with a shower of spray, which, ho tliinks, will check the flames si that point. New York Sun. Throat Cattlaz Hot raiafaL Profeeor Erown-S(uard informs I.'j rtpdonts tlmt death by thnr.t cnttin? U ptunh--j from tlie moment the skin of tl, teck is severed, end tliat tSie se-r-!- -? r f t'e larynx prodacw con;; l.-tec:-. r v. 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The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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