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H ALAA'IAXCE EANER VOJL, XIV. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL. 26, 1888.. NO 13. ADVET1SEMENTS. PROFSeilONAL CARps. ;.- ' ; JAS. E. BOYD, . ' ATTORNEY AT LAW Greensboro, Jf. C. -VT111 be at Graham oo Monday of each week a attend to professiooaLbusineEB. Sep 16 F. II. Whitaker, Jr." C. E. McLean. WHITAKES & MoLEAiJ, - ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , GRAHAM, . .. . . Ar. J. r. IC EENODLE "ATTORNEY AT LAW - iK4iiiin, nr.c. I'rsetices in the State and Perioral Com . T.I fsivhfullrand promptly attend to all uu inutrcateii lo dim - . - DR; G. W. WH1TSETT, ' Burgeou Dentist, GRL'ENSBOKO, - ' . "". N, f3 Will also visit Alamance. , Calls in the .country attended, Address rr.e at Give nplioro. ' ' . . dec 8 tl T: BIRTHDAYS. " ..- Why should we count our life by yeara, Since yean are abort, and pass an ayt -. ' Or, why by fortune's smiles or tears, Since tears are Tain and smiles decoy 1 Oh, count Hy virtues, theso shall last ' '- When Ufe's lame footed race la o'er; ' . And these, when earthly Joys are past, ' May cheer us oa a brighter shore. . Sarah J. Bala. LITTLE "WASP. ADVERTISE ME N TH. JFIO, STEWAHT. JS - '.. UKAIIAM, N. C, 'DEALER IN - . 7 SLi,l TCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY. . Kopafrinirof all kinds promptly done. P-ao ronnsre solicited.- OnU. on Mm one door wes s. of Harden's Drug Storo,. marl If, Real Estate Agency. "SLUTS, is EEE1T0DLE,' Agents 'GRAHAM, N. c. . 1 X plantation one mile from Me Qh"ane,in Alamnnce county, containing 8(13 acres 45 acre In original growth. HO li pines, UX)1n cultivation. . The placo Is well w:ared."a creek and two branches runniir? Ihrouirh lt. A nn orchard, 8 good tobacco barns, 2 tenement houses, good feed barns, an-8-room dwelling with basement and L. -and cood well of water., are on It. I'onyeniom t churches; school,' and a good new mill In X 'mile of tbehnuse. It Is a desirable fa.-ir adap'ed to th growth of tobacco, erain, ani frasses, Ploceeis seeded In vkeat and oats, oeseeslon irtv at once. Price $2000. flunllJ DONT BUY Sell or exehiitiije any kind of new or second band Machinery, Biiawles, Ac., before oh tidnlntr Prices from" V. R. Burgess, Manager, 4rr.enabro, M C. MArge line f taurines, Hollers, Mills. Shafting- Wood-workinir Ma rhlnerv. brfshcrs. Cofton-t'ins, Presses, - IJjriit Locomotives. Pole Road LacomotW'.-a. Bolier-fi-edera, Lubricators, TobaceJ Ma chinery. Oils, almost anythiDK you want at - wholesale prices. . '". Sy fh.i jinn want, insntSon tl'jf paper and save money. 'Jfey- ,a 8'-'T SUFFOLK ColeMats Institute r - VI CHARTERED 1872. Preparatory, Practical of1 Finishing in . . Clami t, Mathematicx, Sciences ... and tie Fin Arttt - P. J.mNOSLS. A. II., Principal, Terms reasonable. jJoth.sexes admitted In dii-'iiict deiartt.icuts. The next session oiien Monday, Sent. 10th. 1&ST. Write to the principal for catalogue at bnttolK, va. . ug. ii. u. FREEIAI1; CO., BUELINOTOX, - - N.C. ComjOTunJing preocriptions lind fninily Recipes a specialty. Ord?rs Ij . mail answered prornptly..Full . line of dnlf, medicines, . it paints, Ac. Fall line of roods' on 5 and 10 cent counters among which are some grand bargains. : novzl ly V. G. HUNDLEY, . Insuransa Agcat, - - GREENSBORO, N. C. Fire, LIES, Accident. s3L-0fflc oppoaiu the Court Hausr, Tfortb Elm Street. Oct 13$ FOR SALE! OLnt witbla mfporau Itmiu of Graham eon Unlis 9 mcnri S room eouajre on M. wejt, dairy, h.rn. (J selmioa JroU trees aaa frij rinrs. Apply to FA-LKER 4 KERXQDLE, Agt. "Do you think a coquette can ever be true?" : ' ' - : ' ; . -. - ' . This remark"' was addressed to me by 'an old schoolfellow with whom I kept lip afriendship. '" ' - ' ' ', "Do I think a coquette can be truet No; but Little Wasp can." v "But a greater flirt neve? lived!" cried my companion. "She talks to all the fellows about, and I dare say. half of them think she is in love with them7 just as I do," he said, dashing the ash from his cigar against the five barred gate over -which we were both loaning. . "I don't think Little Wasp a coquette, in a real and true sense," I observed. "She talks to every fellow, I know, but she behaves all the time as if unconscious that she's doing anything out of the way. But then American girls are not like English girls." "There again," said Jack, facing round and looking at mo as if I were h'm bit terest enemy instead of the most forbear ing friend in the world, andjndced I had proved myiself this; for hadl not listened to his meandering talk about Littlo Wasp for hours together, and never pronounced myself bored? - ' " It Will be judged from this that I was not one of the lady's favored gentlemen; and indeed I was not. I got none of her smiles, and a great many of thoso sharp little answers which had gained her her nickname; answers .which, coming through less beautiful lips, might ha-e exasperated a man. But her innocent air and exquisite loveliness mado every thing Rhe did or said appear right at the moment. It was afterward, ujjon re flection, and when her face was not there to lewitch one, that one called her cruel and unfeeling, and all sorts of other names one would have been ashamed even to think in her presence. But I am digressing. t I bad spoken of - her ieing American,., and Jack had turned upon mo angrily with, "There again! she and her mother have come from no one knows where, and are no ono knows who; and here am I, belonging to one of the oldest fami lies" Here I interrupted him. I had no particular - ancestors to trace' my de scent from, and no coat of arms to brag about; and as I knew by heart all Jack's ancestors as far back as Adam, I did not want to hear any more of them; which Little Wasp would have said directly was jealousy. : ' - ' "All right, old fellow,", said Jack. "I'm not going to give you the tree this time, and yon come of a better stock than I do or yen wouldn't bo what you are." , ; . . . .. I was considerably mollified by this remark, and relaxing the severity of my countenance, said: "You were about to observe" . - "Yes," said Jack, "I was about to observe that I am ready to die for that girl." 'In what respect," I replied, "you aro not so distinguished from your fel lows its by your tree.": "Very likely." he answered mourns, felly., 'Bitt after all, the questjon at issuo is, which of us is fhe ready to die for?'.' . . . How I remembered that remark later on; wh"n I knew tho end of the story! "Littlo Yasp die!" I said, laughing. "She'll live her summer day life and then just dibpppear, to make war and anarchy in heaven once more, thejittle witch! Wie cannot tmnK ot Littio mrasp djhig.'1 . "Well, then, which of us will she live for?'' asked Jack, with some asperity. "I wfonder how many of the fellows havo asked her?" I replied with great calmness. "If you mean busiriess, I must fay you're taking it uncommonly cool. Somebody will be carrying her off, Bting and all, while you aro thinking about it. There was Capt. Eshr round there to-night, as I passed tho gate." "Look here," said Jack, 4TU go round there thi3 very night, and the old one's so anxious to marry the girl off her hands that sho won't dcr.y me admission ; and it'll bo a bit of a teat when I tell her I sail bo eoon for llelboumo. By the way, "he eaid, breaking oT suddenly and lookiri;' at me with a whimsical puzzlement on Lis face, "I hope the old one won't want to Lo included in the bargain." 'On that point 1 can set your heart at .rest, 1 replied. "Iheold one has car ried off her own prize Thomson told mo about it. She' going to be married ouictly." .'So nmcb the better, "said Jack; "and if you'll excuse me, old fellow, I'm oil. "Always tlie way," I said to myself. "where the girls are concerned. Never so much as asked how I was going on; never asked if I'd got the appointment and to banged if i U 0.11 Lim without I'll just present myself to see them off when they sad, as cf coarse tliey will. Little V.'asp, for All her baby looks, will know better than to throw over a man of his property and position." And trulr I was trying as hard as I could to tliii.k her nwrcmary, though I have learned bow desperately I must have been en deavorin to quench something so much warmer for ber in nfy heart. I would go and see them off, and then when tbe man should call out, "All visitors on land!" I should just stick there and let them find out I had taken tnr passage. I "was disappointed at this piece of diplomacy, fur Jack came op to my lodging very lite in the evening, and be looked eer bourant and hajwiy tliat I knew it was all settled ; and why shouldn't it be? (this latter a Lttle admonition deliv ered internally to some part of me that would sigh in thinking of it). Yes, it's all rijcht, old boy," he sai.L clapping aw oo ton anoukler, which I a little roK-r.irf, for the weight ot his f.t was not b;,ht; "and the bes cared for me ail along and thought 1 was never coin totok ber."" The douce aho hs," I an id, slicking a knife i: to a locf of Lread in front of me. for I Lad bevn eatmg my snjjrr. H kaokf-d a UUtd suq,rid at my ex rmkm, bat be was too f ull of )us own Laj-iati fa not me Buth, and rvUlad on, seating himself upon he .table in a manner which would have alarmed my landlady could she have seen him, for that article of furniture was. none of the newest nor the most modem. It was ipund, and stood upon a center pedestal, and had a great tendency to lurch;and 1 had discovered three different catalogue numbers of solus upon it underneath. But I am digressing. - "I want but one thing -to complete my happiness," Jack said; and the table creaked under him, and caused the cheese to run a race with the knife along the dish. "If only you could get your ap pointment and go with us.1' -. - . Now was my time. I looked up with an injured air. "I got the notice that I was appointed tins morning. " "Why in the name of all tho'goda didn t you tell a fellow)" "I should like to know what chance I had," I replied. "For tho last six months there has been only ono subject of .conversation between us, and Little Wasp has" ' Here he interrupted me, "Locijc here, old fellow," he said; "we must drop that absurd- nickname. Her real name- is Ellen." "Absurd l" I ejaculated. "Little Wasp. is Little Wasp anii ean be nothing else to any cf us who have known her. But ot course," I added, with some dignity, "she will have a new name to be culled bv eoon, and I shall u--o that." . "Nonsense, bid fellow," replied my friend, "we are not going to make a stranger of you, and you are welcome to call her Ellen hko mo, , I. thanked him with a little of a sneer in tone, I am afraid, and respectfully de clined. ' "As you like," said Jack, giving the table a fearful wrenoh.' . In fact, sucli was the" danger, I was comprlk'd to re monstrate, and suggett that there- were chairs ia the rooiji, even if not of the most desirable shape and softneea. "Ah, to bo sure, I thought it was rick ety," he said, deecemling from his perch and seating himself next upon my camp stool, which collapsed under him, result ing m bursts of laughter from both or ,u. It's only getting my hand in for the Bay of Biscay, and hang it if I eare for anything," he said, seating himself with some care hi my "arm chair, "now that angel has linked her lot with mine." ' "What are you calling her an angel for?" I said. Somehow I could not bear to hear-lnm run mi.. - "I II allow she s. a very pretty little sinner." i "Sinner!" cried Jack,, knocking down my cigar case from a cupboard near his elbow with magnificent indifference. "I like that! She who is as stainless Tlere I interrupted, him. ""Don't go on," I said, "I know the rest; and you know we've all been so used to talking of her lightly"- (and thinking seri ously), I add.?d mentally. "Far too lightly," said Jack with as perity, "and I won't hear .nny more of it. Sho'll bo Mrs. Fcrcival in a few davs time; and if that captain shows his nose near - . "Don't threaten," I eaid. "The land lady ia nlways listening at the door, and when I open it she's always just going to knock. Besides, it would look like 4ia" trust to bo behaving in that manner, end I don t think that s fair to her, coquette though she has been." , "Well, it can't matter much, for we are all going away,' taid 'Jack, risE and lighting up. .' ' Tho scene had changed; and I, who thought myself practical and fn-e of Efntiment, while others made love, or fooled, as I termed it, around inc, was now feeling, as I leaned, not against a five barred gato this' time, but against tho poop of a vessel with the raging Bay of Biscay all ' surrounding us, that I had a great deal of sentiment in me after all: and indeed there is nothing liUe a great storm to bring out fie truo woman in a I m,m. wjjjch is there sure enough if t can ov.iy be aroused; just as By rooT"UttlC Wasp proved there was plenty of the man or manly courage in a frail, sweetly nature-painted littlo woman. Sho was with her hifband below now, cheering r.r.d consoling him, I was sure; for she who had on coming on board shuddered only kwt black beetles might bo in the cabin was now (strong and firm, and even cheerful, eiiic-p tbe captain had told us he feared we could never weather tho gale. There were many pascngera on board, I don't know tho number, for I could never raid tho newspaper accounts. , tut Ellen 1'ercivaL, in her blue serge, was hither and thither, consoling niotherg," corafortin-; children, and even hiking oil little trinkets for them to play with. And how those children played on the verge cf etcmily! They were not tur rifled, tho maiority of them; and if they wore. Little Vasp, with her gentle vciw, which had no sting now for any one. coated them iato happitieKS and hid away in her own great tender heart all r she mast havo been feeling then. . "Have you no fear?" I said to her, as a lifeboat was launched and wis r-cn to go to pieces instantly hi that tyrrible tea. . She was fctaudins with her liUsbcud'a arm eht-nt Lcr as I spoke. "Jack ii here," was all her reply. Tho battered crew of t!ie Lftlxat, res cued til tut on, persisted' tliat they would m.-ike no further attempt. Tiny resiVu-d the cspU in's command to l-rtir.c!i the iron pilinncc, which would hold f souJ No. they would go down with Ui' old craft, they satd doeuly.' And now, to make m-ttirs worse J;r!f the crow, who were' Jlalays, rcfird t do anything, and went to thr-ir bi rtHx, and it became neccseary for the rn-"-n-gtrs to take thr.r places. Jack atd I were strong, and we went to tlie r umps. The storm coainued with rcd'itLJ-.d fury. The water was rWng rar Wy in the cabin, and there the .stewcrdua helped the parr nU to place tlieir chiklni y01!n higher t!un the water, thus puuingot; j (!m ' It was now resolved that tEe pirn-ve should be bnrered by means of the davits. But only three of the fmmrnjTi were willing to entrr it when bunched. Tliey bal hem b-rrllVd by the fate of the l.fc boat. I was on of t lie pawn g ra, and I almcet feci guiity ia wri:ing ii, aetin; thst tliev wrre not tbe otlier two. Few will brieve bow great a sacrifice I made for the old nxXix-r at honte it pend ing oo me. To tave dd with her as lie did would hare accnivd Vum to me. 1,'t.t my life Idotiid to taj ml moCxx at - "There is little chance fof you In the boat' f1 thacaptuin to the first mate; "hwo thero is none, You huvedoneyour duty. God Bpeed you. Do what you can for t!i o little cruft," and the two shook lands as for eternity. ' The pumps had been abandoned, and Jack with his arm around his wife stood near and heard. "You will go, Tom," said Jack, "you have your mother. Wo," he said, glancing with a kind Of rapture at the wistful little faoe leaning against his pea jacket "we will not be separ ated." : . ' I still hoped, as I said "good-by," that they would join us; but the crew,- find ing the passengers held back, had come on to the boat and taken their places, at which the- captain smiled grimly.' He smiled even more, as one of the other passengers went over the eido of the ves sel with a black bag carefully held, to think he should enrefor his possessions at a moment like this. There was no time to lose, for the good ship was settling fast. We had some biscuits and a com pass, but no water. , "Thrro is room for one more. Fetch a lady," said the mate as we were about to cut ourselves free of the ship. I iHunrdiately regained the ship to look for Eilen and her husband. "There is room'for one lady," I said hurriedly. "Go both of you and caro for my mother for mo." They t-hook their heads, both of them, and Jack said, "I could ncvei face your mother wiiVrsttch a talo; but," ho added wiiih a sudden heroism, "it is the pio mei:t to tell the truth. Tom loves yoa, Ellen, I, havo teen it all along. Take her," he eaid to me, "marry her and uiako her happy. It Is so dreadful for such a sweet younrr lifo to be broken off." I felt myself choking, but I needed not to epcak a word, lb lie laid her soft check against bin, and clung to him so desperately, with n face i?o full of radiant love, it was answer enough. . Jack looked at me with a happiness I can never describe "You era a coquette ran bo true, " ho said, and tue3 wore Ids laht words to nio. Tho moments were so precious I had only lime to fling myself over tho side and into tho boat, for the ship was set tling down eo fait tliat. the loat, if not cr.t away immediately, would bo sucked down. ' . ' Ellen Perciral I see now as I last saw her, ctanding upon the deck of that doomed vcfwel, ciieerful and like herself even in such an hour, sometimes peering forward through the gloom lo anxioiifly watch our venturo through the dashing foam and spray, sometimes gazing at her ha-band In a sweet contented way, and that I might sco her tbe more plainly, the run shone out for a brief moment amid angry banks of black cloud, and lit her face with a sort of chastem-d glory. It may sound strange, but I never saw" more perfect hnppinees than was la tho face of both thor two at tliat moment. It was but a nionient," f or the bow of tho ship roea right out of the ecu, and the sudden rush of air from below flung all the rasceiigero forward together. Itwtis all over now tho once mighty craft sank suddenly and completely, and around us wa3 the raging sea. It matters little to tho reader how I escapnd and the rest of us. Wo were picked up by a ship after wo had en countered entno privations, and it was long Lcforolcould reconcilo myself to lifo after that last adieu, to Little Wap. Jennie Gwyuno Bettany in Home 'Journal. - Children's Trlse fltarles. The Chicago News ottered a prizo for tho beet story written by a pupil in tho Chicago public schools, and as a result was dejuged with ell sorts of produc tions. It printed jnany of tbcm and re jected more, but that its readers might not bo deprived of considcral.le enjoy ment, it printed hort extracts from some of tho rejected manuscripts. Here nre a few of these extracts: "Cera Brown was WHAT THg MATTER Kte. Cavsaa at Nervousness, Insomnia, Worriment audi Dissipation. We' bear 'and read much of late of an increasing tendency to nervous disorders and Insomnia among men and women, and even among yoietg people. It is. lad symptom, indicative of growing phyeio&l infirmity, the cause or causes of Vinch art-well worthy the investigation oi yie BCienust anu ins meuicui export. Probably our social customs umtTur gen eral habits of life have much to do with it, and probably our over devotion, our over exertion and our over anxiety in business and in ambitious pursuits are in a measure responsible. Most of us try to dp too much, and some of us break down in the effort before suspectingwhat the matter is. Better to have health than wealth; better to linger at the foot of the mountain with comfort than to exhaust and cripple ourselves trying to climb to trie top of it for the mere soke ox the gratification of getting there. But some of us who, ailing, do not know what the matter is, not only over work and over worry, but drink too audi, eat too much, or indulge . too much in other dissipations and bad habits, that wear and prematurely n feeble end exhaust the body, and the mind. , Wo are so apt to yield to the cravings Of abnormal appetites, to an over indulgence of the possionn, CS the gratification of the desiro for plcaurc, and to the pressure'of worldly ambition, that we become victims of our weak nesses beforo we are aware of it, and find ourselves going tot physical wreck and ruin at a time of life when we ought -to bo at onr very best. We call in the doctors, but it is difllcult for tho wisest of doctors to diagnose the adments of their patients without knowledge of the inducing causes, and suil more clil.icuit to treat their cases successfully for th same reason, the iiatieuts keeping their own secrets and' thus baffling tho physi clau's judgment and skill It has often been said that we of the present generation, in this country, "live tod fast;'' that we do business too much on the steam engine principle, in our eagerness to bo rich, and that this U why we aro becoming a nerve shattered, debili tated and prematurely exhausted people. That some cf us "live too fast" ia no doubt true, but we seriously doubt the assertion tliat many of us break down or kill ourm-lvea prematurely by our rteaai engujo methods or work or businens. Among the healthiest and strongest of our merchants, professional men. me chanics and others within tho circle of our acquaintances or observation are those who work the hardest, the longest and tho most energetically. WorriuH-nt and exceptive indulgence, much more frequently than overwork, are tho causes of nervous wrecks and physical and in tellectual break downs. One hour- of fret and worry is more wearing opart body and mind than a whole year of hard work, and the excessive uso of stimulants, exoecsive indulgence of the passions and pomistent excessive dissipa tion of any kind hasten more men and women to premature decay and (loath every year tlian either overwork or over devotion to the legitimate pursuits in lifo. Chicago Journal. . , JlHnalclyJlMj. jinisfTStir Of ,11 LfftJl'lisY. j for she was tho daughter of rich f rirn!3. j "Nomian was a' dmr, bright, but thin, little boy." "But oil this time a cloud was gathering over Wr3. Delaney, which gTcw larje set yenra went by, and thbt cloud w3 full of graschoppcrs." "Eva was a pretty little girl, but not r-mart. being an only child." "fclie fell' down. scattering her rx-nees in every direction." liy father desired ess to marry tank president, a handsome, reckless man, fond o.f ntmght save the gaming table." "Tho mi::inU.rs wife had nine email chJ- dren, each of which was one year younger than the oti;cr. Though poor, alio was a diiijent woman." New York Sun. A Counterfeit Klchr, Terrific pine forests and btiih fires broke out, or, rathr-r, wtro set out, to the northward of fthaMa tlie other day. Tho sun ehotio to dimly for snsral days that noon at-Parcd as deep twilirriiU Tbo Indians tpearing fish on t!:e Sacra- tnir.M bung tlirlr catch tmJio b-uzhes to uliiizo this pre, ailing smo!:c, end butch era and otiicrs who had beef and bacon to smoke a rung tlx-ir mi st up to take advantage of the litoation. Lamps and lanterns were lighted in tho nidtilo of f!e aftmioon, and the toot carried in sua- j fw-nfion in the inky aimo9:here was so : I tft'k, and Ukj dc;oit was ro great, tliut j tlMre was h'.tlc C.si jicl.on between Cau casians en I cur fellow citia-naof Arionn dcotit. Tho tnicke was so hecvy that it Lid tho dtiirt. chickens stayed on their rort ail day, and the whole coon try for ni:Irj erourwl ttacllcd like a tnr and rurpentine factory. Shasta (CaL) Couricrr- - The Armies of Enropa. "The bloated armaments of tho great military powers of Europe" display their proportions in a very striking man nor in Col. vogt a work on "The European Ar mine' of the Prcjent," Tho mobilized strength of France in set down at 3,051, 438 troops, exclusive of tho territorial srmy, which is equally large; that of Itassiaat 1.C23.403; Umnanv, 1,403,6, an4 Auatria-uurigary, 1,03'5,035. Tlie military strongth of Italy lies now at tained proriortidns that would havo teen deemed incredible ten years, ago. In cludlngmilitia, it U alleged to amount to I 8,S37,Uaa men. If, however, a timilar I inclusion be made in the core cf Bus- ia. i tho miliiary 'ctrcn);th cf t!iut power, will jroiiau:y tio iir.tnu to pxewi ck:i that if the trench rupLohc. Compaicl with these 0,-tirc the numerical proportions of the BtKirh army ouht elmost to sat. iiify the iuemlrsof tho I'eaco society. Including our militia and volunteers, as well as tho Indian army, we can just muster 781,077 troops. And these have to serve for tho def.-nso of territory dis tribiitod over a very much wider area than that ruled by any of tlie other pow ers. Court JwuniaL A 0'mple Minded Clrryma. It In eaid that a Jlaino clesfyroan, a man of greet rimr.lirity of oliaractcr, tcld a friend cf the diificuhy they had hi ret ting their joungcst ehlld to go to el'ji. "Di-I you ever try ono of your "rinous on him, doctor?" asked tlie friend. Jok ingly. "No," s,-J-l the parson, fccriouly, "I never thought of tiiat." A few days afterward, p.iii meeting his parthkBicr, hoanvli "Oil, do you know, I adopted your sugr-stion of readiug one of my sr-nnon" to my boy, and it worked Lie a charm.1 New York Sun. . -. XatraonJInary vTater rower. On'tbecunst of Uie Grecian L land of Ceplialonia am a Lir-o cumber of fi sures'or J-Iu, iu wlikh tlio contained frrah or fail watrr ri-s and fills li!;e the eta c-Jtxdi-, tlKirish the water kvrl i.-r-.le ia four feet lower t.'mn r.tiUl !o. V.li.t is still more ra;iiarLaL!u ii that Uio its raa not I fill.d by runnint; wau.r Ldo tlxm, nor emptied by tlmairig it out. Tl.b ainTik;r di.Tcitra of level has been utdizi-d Ly cauiting a fiow f watt-r from tho sea lo chive a water vlteri f h.otvi m one of tlie pit. Arkamuw Traveler. A -Dmc-kmm urn. In an envtlepe Twntly opened at Warhington u a ( bill, which Uw acndT said hal lcn cxpotl to eon tarious discsisr, and, ahlicnghfuniixtrd, hr.d better receive careful hitnelling. 1 wfniari whopolvel it ; it is told the drorfcd 1 the UA with a tcrrzm, whicb Lrou,;l.t j ti!Cr rthrr yean-? wouun in Uie diviuaa 1 crowding arouner bcr attit, - t- liicao Tiroes. Indians and toftaera. Chippewa Indiana are annoying tho W-wynirtin loggrrs. They dividu up into baneU cf ton and fifteen, $a:fr tlir -n;;!i tlto force's and pitch their U i-t always in the rwish'jorhood of a kipping camp. This wint r they hare b-cn bollcr arl hare even compelled tho cooks in some of Cie camps to prepare theta amJt wbx-n tltt crew was aheeat from tho ihant New York IYraa, Spaelat Branches at tba- "taw. "What special branches of the law are the most difficult?" "Tbe most difficult branch- or tlie law of real estate, and tho particular depart ment of it called the law of trust, Tbe law of trust is very complicated, it generally presents . itself and leads to grcst refinements. It is difllcult for a man to practice -it unless lie has an ethical sense and is quite observant of moral distinctions. Men who are quite successful in these branches reach the higher positions of the law. There ara also some branches of the law ttt con tracts that are difficult and perplex ing. It should, however, be remarked that tlicae difficulties exist mainly for those Vho are not willing to pay the price of overcoming them. Tlie price is thorough ttudy and close application, and with these' the difficulties vanish, lis in such brancesos tlicso, particularly, that, tho advantages of a thorough legal training in early fife aro most manifest The student who undertakes to acquire thorn without the aid of instruction is apt to be confused and bewildered, and ho may work his way out unaided, yet it is an espenditure of too much time and effort. It ought to be regarded in education as a wasteful thing to use more timo thaii is necessary to accomplish a given purpose. It is just as truly waste ful aud infinitely more pernicious than to use more fuel in a manufacturing es tabliuhment than the needs of the busi nce require. Bince the waste In educa tion can never be made up, it is the loss of tho most precious investment pos sible the loss of time.'" New York, Mail and Express Interview with Profes sor Dwight. ' . ' "Methods at "Letter Steaters. . ' During a service of eleven years as as sistant postmaster, I had 'occasion to in vestigate the methods of letter breakers in ihe postofilce and on the rail, and I came to the conclusion that no one could st'al from; tho mails very long without getting caught. In nine cases out of ten, perhaps,, in my experience, the thieves destroyed - the envelopes apd letters by sending thorn on -a jonrney through a sewer or by casting them into a fire. That was done, of course, to give out the iinpresRion tliat tho letters had been lost in transit, and it took careful work to trace tho - stealing to the right man. However, it was done with unerring ac curacy, Steaming the envelope at tho scaled part blackens tho envelope somowhut and leads to discovery. Then, too. no envelope can be opened under the softening influence c steam without cracking tho edgrs of tho flap of the envelope so raised. The wholo flap is cracked in slight checks or chaps under steaming, the mucilage . Is weakened, and the wholo job is so apparent that It ia not hard work to detect that the letter has been tampered with. To open a letter dry with a . knife blade also makes fractures iu tbo edges of tho flap, no matter bow carefully the knife is worked under the edges, and leads to discovery. I don't understand why any employe of tho postofilce department will tako the chances of robbing a letter under the present system, as he Li bound to be caught it. Globe-Democrat. Postofilcrs In Msxloo. Speaking of postofllces, if you gJ into ono almost imywhero in tho land of "Dies of . Libcrtad" nd ask in English for a letter, the oblir-ing postmaster or one of his deputies will toss out the wholo stock addressed to foreign names, whether it bo a jieck or a btishe-l, and allow you to select for yourself, quite indifixTent as to whither you confine yourstdf to your own or other people's mail. Although my countrymen are proverbially hoiuv.t, that, la .allowing ratlicr too much lall tudo,' as has sometimes transpired, both in matters of love and lucre. I notice Light Work Pone by Hosts ot Frett ' Otrls with KlmWe Flncors. From lower Broadway away up to Seventeenth street may be found bun- dreds of stores where handsome, glossy feathers ore exposed for sale. In them. ( ara employed twenty .times tho number of pretty girls, whose occupation, from. 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning till long: post 5 in the evening) is to smooth and curl and steam the ruffled wings of the feathered tribe brought from all parts ot , the world, and in ail shades, sizes and conditions. - The primary object in steaming feath- ... era is to limber the quills and lay the ruffled, tiny feathers that are the compo- . nents of not only tho completed bonnet, but of the price itself. And, indeed, th husband who would be so cruel as to re fuse his wife such a lovo of a thing as is made out of these vari-colored article doesn't deserve to liave a wife. Steaming feathers seems simplo enough. "Just hold .them over the steam. " But tho xiovice would get hist , fingers burned and burned again in the) attempt, and then well, then, ' the feather would be worth throwing away Tlie old fauhioned way of doing the work, s which is still in vogue in the smaller stores, is to fill an ordinary tin kettle, having an extra long and straight nozzle, ' . with water, end then Jieat it. When th j boiling point is reached and the steam issues forth the work of tlie pretty cteamer begins. The feather is held in tho steam, and with disengaged hand tho girl smooths the ob3tinatc particles until they shine as briglitlyas the eye of tho worker. This is all the work there is to it. Still, it is a long, tedious occupation, ' which strains the mind as well as the hands. - Ia addition to being' steamed tbe feath ers, aro dyed, curled and finally prepared for tho milliner, after being glued to the -regulation wins pin, much after tli fashion of the flower from the florist. ' Dyeing a feather is like dyeing anything else, cave perhaps that it costs more, be cause there is so littlo of it. The curling; Is done oyer a hot fire, deft fingers again playing a"t prominent rait in shaping tho twists and turns until they represent, so husbands will claim, about $ a twist. Then the wing feathers aro attached to the wire pins .or handles by means of paste and a heavy, thick strip of cloth, and then tho gocds are ready for the) market. Juut how long it takes to steam and prepare each feather is a question that even skilled- workwomen cannot answer. Tlieir Intuition and knowledge of the article is a help in determining, but somo . feathers ore just as obstinate about getting steamed and polished as their original owners were about getting caught, and they will not down. But slender fingers finally coax the wayward tips and 'than tho work fa finished. Of courso in tbe larger houses the method of doing this work is much simpler, though prebably no contrivance has yet been devised for supplanting the girls and theirdeft Vork with machinery. Indeed, it is doubtful if there could be a machine invented to so thoroughly got at tho little details with which tbo work elxiunds, and this may be the cause of . tho girls' constant good nature. Near -York World. - 1 Pictures of Cfflitral Africa. ": Professor Drumtnond gave some graphic pictures of Central Africa, in hi address before tbo American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was surprised at the utter lack ofTCgo-, table and animal lifo but a short rcmovo from the wafr courses. He says: "Not a tree, a shrub, or Lla-lo of gross relieves -the glares of the- sunlight upon the whiter and yellow sand. Tho unending silroco r becomes solemnly, weirdly impressive,. esneciallr at nhrht. when ono razes nnon that they never uo unit way wnti any dus i 0 boundless sea of sand broken into bil forcignent' letters, tho Mexicans thtm- lows by occatlonal rocks. Possibly at isclves bcinj moro carefully served from j intervaLi, In the distance, may be heard t.fseon hotts-'fiphabttically anunr-rd. I -rel.i nf fh hvima or the far stray fht4!iyiW4!MUijMaateufiaj jastla of a fcaf they are unwilling to tike extra trouble j or the hum of an insect is an unknown, sound. Inland trips were terrible. To . move was pain and prostration, and yofc fot"ouWdo barbarians," or liecause they know too well their own little peceliuri tin, Is a matte rof conjecture. The laws against opening other jwoplo'a letters nre even more severe in Jiexico than in iUc United Stalca, but they nre enforced only among thoto cf Mexican birth, and Americans need expect no retirees here for wrongs of any kind. Troy Time. Kativea of the Congo Country. Tho women, as in all heathen lands. have a'.l tho heavy work of tlio family to do. Tlio r.jcu do tlie sewing for the fam ily, but tho wonu-n do all the farming, bring :U1 tlie water and wood, and do the cooking. They do tho farm work with tlie baby cf tlio family tied ou their back, as ft ruto. It is wonderful what checr-li-g lraiu they develop even In the face of all thin. The hulond is often the httelwnd of many among tlio better class. A ninn'a wealth can tidily bo known by tho naml lievo I to keep in motion was better than to halt. Sleep was hnjxjesible, even under canvas. Over tlto plains tlie quivering heat rices in waves as from hot iron, wldle tlie mirage mocks the sense wilb life like pictures of lakes 4nd rippling: waters. The journey was day after day through narrow, oven hot valleys, over Oa!d hilltops, with here and tliero a grove or jungle scattered like fcdeta amid the waste." Magazine of American History, rng-IIsti GMMkecpers. , llany gamekeepers are unspeakable blackguards. In the village ale Irouse their language is a torrent of obscenity and blasphemy. Tlwy are not fit company for any but the lowest rouglis. Yet they bold a position of immense power. They carry tbe tittle tattle of tlie hamlet to their masters' ears. Tbcr sneak Lnto con- imUr of bis wive. They all be- j fidences, convey take and ruin without n tiio ai.liily of a "witch" to tako remone the cottagers who offend tlicm. ' away Lfc. I am told that it is common f lien of thiscbttsare at once detested and tocull an uganratdoctor; what we would ; feared by everybody on tlie estate, from call in the s-ju'.Ii "a wi:rh doctor") for a j tho steward' downward. And yet they sick pt-rBon to havo tlto spirit found, are often arrant cur. It was the common Tills doctor often Cmls tlie spirit in a talk in a Tillage with which I was well tree, a pk-ce of wood, or stone, and acquainted tliat tlie head poacher of tbe sometimes Li another rson. 1 the place, an undersized and bandy Ircced tick da-, then this , pcrsc! in whom tlio j fellow of about five foot four inches, spirit dwelt ii cdi.Li (witch). Often a ! used to send a nieage to tbe cr.tne- peraon dies without an upanga. In this j keeper, a hulking piani cf over six fccC cxicthe u;anga woM bo sent for to find tliat he was coming out "on a ccrtaio, otit who f i ndoki. Congo ilisbionary in Clinctian Kecorucr. "Maonvsrs' cf Silk. The discovery of silk is attributed to ono of tho wives of the emperor of China, Hingti, wlio reigned about 2,0CO years U feire tl Cluvtian era, and aiaco that time a special sjxt lias beeu allotted nigni, ana utat it wouia ineTcrore oe ; prudent for tlie gamekeeper to atay at , home. Each a message, tho villa gen sniil, was never disregarded. Georg Sumner in Outing, , Qmmlltles of Alnotlntmu All the good qnalilicecf the ruetah" " teem to bo contained hi aluminum, and In tlie fardr-ns of the Cahvse rovol palace engineering will bo amazinsly benefited 1 . . A nittT af IXMpsUM, The ri?y of Crrfeld. in Ehetiiih rrue sia. Laa- jot fc?.5! 3 ii.baSitanu (unlena aome one hs e'iol tiiTw this rtem came a tots the water) anl tl je;lo are in a ; Cultrref untu inotiiio na tt wluit pattiutic i Cilip-n "a.iil U-r4iie Die bapry faUicrof ' tlieclu'U t'.jt wiil round out the nujn- ' bor to an even 100,000, Kew YV j .rcnmg mono. II XV mm r-rtlr4. t Some proplo are d?uH.'uI about tbe profTiety cf small oor.trilutions wh"n tlie j Lite is paned in c'lurch. A trniul boy had one out fir this purprae. lis foarcd tlie aniall sum woo:. I rot tbe worsted, until Cjc mfc-tcr announced tho rc-Mi" of the cobcrtion as 1 50.01. Tito Tottth- to the cultivation of tne mtUlwrrr tree- called in Chinoe the "oUen tree" and to Cie keeping of silk worms. Chicago Ikrald. Six riacl Oomrmtl. I-a itLrtcartrr cornitv. Ta.. ihera la fanj!y in which there have been five , boilers, hulls, 'et., by the use of a mctrJ if it ca:i be clieaply proehiced. It is only one-third as heavy as iron and yet very tough. It has a Tery low melting point, end hence can be cast with great facility, and. tcsidon, it works well under tlie hammer. Tho changes which would bo permitted in tbe construction of engines. rrm-rations of six fine-rrd portons do i accj Ll in a fnirf.t Lee. In a cok-red ' fauiilr cf (olani'.ta county tour guccre- ; tiona have LoeQ fu:gerliss. only one-third as heavy as iron can l rca.!:!y Imagined. Tlie solution cf arri. 1 navi;itirHvif ever rpached, will proU'.:..' dcjod tijain tho use of thin mtuiL U:'.cago News. fal mini was then. nlMrred. W Yck ! M '' ''nda ,r Kansas. TrfiAine. ' -'e Uie uiu-aliisi law a. Eri:bh lsnd cotrr.?.n!e arr d'srorim ! 1 . ' ' l . i . . f . T.1 . "T ' Las Lxxa aii pcJ Lt-iu lialy to Cm
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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