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": I 1' AIRY If- ' vl t VOLUMEX - r N. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1880. NUMBER 24. VT! " -: sit i V.v 1' S&fV 'P J b , , hi- Mi It J ;, Sir ti sfr 1 -ill" Every Trtursdat 1? ; :S ' MT AIRY, nI C. THOMAS L. HENRITZE, editor and Publisher. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements will be inserted in oux ertuiotfijif the following rules: f . '"f7" One ejrsBB (10 lines or less) jinls in- eertf n . t... .V, . .!. iii. One a10jae or lees) first insr- JifVt-' . . . . . ; .75 Ea$ Subeeqt.iasertion . . je.dQ Bosinem) Cards, $10 per ananm." j.v SpeeiaV rates given on application at this LegaT; Advertisements "will only be Inserted at the regnlar rates. f i MT. AIRYSURRY COUNTY, fi. C. r i ' Will practice ia-the tountiea ot Yadkin, ' Allfghmiy, Surry and Stokes," an4 in he Fed cial Com I al Greensboro. J; J. .' . N. B. "WilP be at .Dobson, tolatjteiul to Iivff-ss:onal business, the second Monday in each month. ja J f f ' . Collections a specitilty. R. t. HAYMORE, f Attorney at Haw, MT. AIRY, SURRY COUNTY, N. C. Will pnujtice in the Superior Courts df Surry fen 1 atl joining Connties. Collcctions a specialty. t BANNER HOUSE , Mt:Airy, N. C. w. mbj Propi(Btor. t bow opeti ip the irayeUnK nubTie: immolation of the it of my capucity to acoommod I'tjel y call on me. . Myi, trv aObxdsi fJharges uoasbnable. Rnurvui do suuvu the best, the coun- . Goo& and ;'oomlortable Stables, Horsese'eare4 fori Jir XS '4 ana J Dobson, Surry County, C. ' : I j R. SNOW, - Pi-opriotor. This house having been recently ?eflttd and nJarirshed, is now open tor the accom modatiou of euests. ;, Good Stables, and Horses well carejd for. gjgg Terms mderato. ii : ... Ti Only Organ Factory at the South. THE Lowry Organ Company, :"""'HT. AIRY. N. C.,f Parlor, ) Hall Organs. Superior in Quality and Volume o !Tone, Solo Stops, Designs, Utterance, Finish and Variety of Styles. ; j? ' ' Beat for the Farlov, Church, Musjo Hall, and all places where it is desirable to, hare a perfect Organ at small cost. i The XO WRY ORGANS cost very j little more than inferior Instruments, and possess doable the Musical Value, and will last life time. This is the only Organ Company in the South, and we appeal to Southern patriot ism tor encouragement. Beiore buying an Organ, please write ns for Circulars and Price List. . ' I ; Agents wanted throughout the South and West, to whom liberal discounts will be made. Circulars and PrioeList mailed free on appli cation. Address, fi i LOWRY ORGAN CO., Mt Airy, N. C., And mention that yon saw advertisement in M?.Aibt Times. f W. S. TAYLOR, M. D., MJ. AIRY, N. C5 Drugs9Medicin'es9 Pamts, Oils, Dye Stufls 9- 8ewlg KaeUne Oil nd Caster Oil In 44aamrJ "f;" 1 ;. Keeps constantly on hand a rail supply ol Toilet Articles, such as jt - ' Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Oil, etc., also Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes,. "5 'etc., etc. j- PATENT MEDICINES, -. . i 1 Bop Sitters, Alutn Mass, CKerry Pectoral, Perry Davis' Pain. Killer, Simmon' m Liver : Kegttlator, Etc., Etc. ! ; " Dk. Tatxob, when not absent profession ally, can be found at the Drug Store, and will attend promptly to all calls. Prescriptions Carefully Filled. ' -THE JilTAIBY TIMIS MA Tl IN HOUSE 111 Drnggist &potbecary Paul gjtttnsBlake. Said Paul: ri twoaty-ono, Aud I'm bouM to hTono fas, For I'm tijped ol apron Btringi A nd sacfawittlizlAg things, . So thi efaa will tot irlBjl 3 Hi' But he make one great mistali This aal -Atigaetns Blake, In tho step that he did take fc On Ihat day ; r 9inR yery jMiteyub; Where they used to call im " Bnf When away. He drank l.ard every night, ' And was olt in such a plight That bis name in bl ack and whi . Led the van. . ! J. And when .trieada would xaoarn sincore For the one they held most dear, ' lie would cry " Dotft interfere; - I'm a maa! like the famous " red, red nose, Were his eyelids and his rose," And quite seedy grew his clothea Day by day; . .'131 the young man clean and neat, ' And the ladies fair and sweet, J Shunned bis presence on the afreet; I:-" ': So they say. Though our poor, unblushing Paul, Uandiug up against the wall, .. Is, I'm sure, full six teet tall - - . ; Natnro's plan ; Though his age, now torty years, And I toll it you witn tears, He has never, it appears, Been a inant Mi s.M. A. KidiLcr, in Temperance Banntt A SARCASM OF FATE. 1 A yery elegant looking letter lay in little Minnie Velsor's hands, a letter that bore a delicious perfi me of violets a letter addressed in a hand and the envelope of which was stamped with an intricate monogram, that unless Minnie had known she could never have deciphered as Mrs. Paul St. Eustace Carriscourt's initials. The girl's small, pretty hands' grew just trifle coldand trembling as she took up the letter to open it because so much, oh, so much, depended upon what was in the letter, because it meant cither a new,' independent life, in which she would not only earn her own liv ing, but very materially assist in taking care of the dear boys of five' and s'ven, OT it doomed her to the old? tiresome routine, out of which Minnie , felt at timessne must fly. , '' ; ''X--h x Mi looked vp ftom , stock ing she was darning, and said 'nothing, .seeing the' nervons -glow" In Minn ie's eyes. : Then, witbl a little, halfdesperate Isdgh; the girl tore open the-.tbipk satin envelope. "It's almost like an ice-cold plunge bath, but here goes, mamma!" She hurriedly read the short, friendly note, and by the quick tearB that gathered in her eyes, and the smiles that parted from her lips, and the flash that bloomed like red roses on her cheeks, it was quite plain that the news was good news. .Then she dashed the letter on the floor and rushed over to her mother, and kissed her, laughing and crying at the same time. . , . . " Ob, mammal Mrs. Carriscourt has given me the position, and she wants, me to come immediately to-morrow f ist think! Five hundred dollars : k" and she assures me I must niakfe myself perfectly at home in her house; Hnd she says I am to have a room: to myself, and to eat with Pauline and Pauletta, in the nursery. Oh, mamma, it will be just glorious! Aren't you glad. delightedP" Her blue eyes were dancing, and her cheeks glowing like a rose leaf. Mrs. Velsor's sweet, sad voice was in such odd contrast to her child's eager animated tone. "How can I be delighted to have you go away from me, dear? Besides, I am so afraid you will not realize your vivid anticipations. The outside world, which seems to you so rose-colored and golden, will not be what you think." un, mamma, wnat a job's com forter you would be! But how can I help being happy perfectly happy, ex cept being away from you in New York, in a magnificent house, among people of wealth and distinction, and ; with their two sweet children my only aref Mamma, I will ride with them. and I am to make myself perfectly at home, the letter says, and you remem ber what a charming lady we thought Mrs. Carriscourt was when she was visiting Doctor Mansfield last summer Mrs. Velsor sighed softly. It seemed bo cruel to pour the chill water of dis appointment on Minnie's bright hopes ; W ell, uear, pemaps i am grow in. cynical as I grow older. Certainly you deserve a fair fate, an A now, to descend to matters of earth earthy, suppose you see if the beans are boiling dry. The third day thereafter a day fra grant witbr the smell of frost in the air -a day when the leaves! sailed slowly,. stately down through the tender, gold-; en atmosphere and the hush of mild I Ontjober was over all the earth and sky, Minnie Velsor went away Irom ujp little cottage where she was born ana had lived, into the worldl waiting to re- ceive her all her girlish dest wing, all her rosiest hopes on glad- dreams burst - It was a splendid place, Mrs. Paul St. Eustace Carriscourt s palatial rest dence on Fifth avenue-4-a house that seemed to Minnie's fancy like a trans lated bit of fairy storyjwith its pro fusion of flowers and lace draperies. its luxuries and elegance, of which she had never dreamed, and of whose uses she was equally ignorant. Mrs. Carriscourt received her with a (hurraing graciousness and patted her on the shoulder, and told her she hoprd she would not let herself g;t homesick, and installed her in her beautiful little room, with its pink and drab ingrmn carpet and chestnut suit, and dimity curtains at the windows. Then Minnie made some triflin? little alterations in her toilet, ami pro cceded to take literal nd vantage of M Carriscourt's invitation to inako her self et homer ii the great, beautiful par lors teiow, where she' made a charm ingly sweet, little picture, as she sa. nestled in a huge silken chair, the color of the roses on her cheeks, ahd at which Miss Cleona Carriscourt looked ju as tonished, imperious disdain4, and Mr. Geoffrey Fletcher in undisguised ad miration, as the two entered the room at the furthest entrance. "By Jove what a lovely girl! Who is she l Miss Carriscourt P" he asked in a tone of unusual interest. Cleona's eyes 'looked unutterable anger from Minnie to Mrs. Carriscourt. "What on earth is she doing. here, mamma; is sue orazy f" Her sharp, cutting tone was distinctly heard, as she intended it should be. by Minnie, who flushed painfully as sh rose, venturing just one glance at tiic haughty beauty's face, and Mr. Fletcher's eager, admiring eyes, whoso boldness startled her. 1 am sorry to have made such a mis- tiiko. I thought Mrs. Carriscourt meant. I was. to, sit here a little while. Pieaan excuse me; 1 will not come again." Her voice was sweet, and just a little lu-rvous, and she instantly crossed the room followed by Clsona's cold, cutting words, every one of which brought a si jar p thrill of mortification and pain to her. "Be careful you make no more such mistakes, gir. xour place is among tic? hired help, not in the parlors. Bo good enough to remember that." And even Geoffrey Fletcher's callous heart gave a thrill of sympathy at t!.e si ght of the scarlet pain on the Sweet, young face. Once safe in her room, poor little Minnie fought and conquered her first battle with fate. " I'll not be crushed by my first ex perience, sue aecidea, resolutely, an hour or so after, when her breast yet heaved with convulsive sighs and her eyes were all swollen from crying. "I will not give it up and rush home to mamma my first impulse. 1 will endeavor to construe people less liter ally and keep my place." But there came a flush to her cheeks that all her brave philosophizing could not control, at the memory of Cleona Carriscourt's cool insolence. " I'd not have spoken so to a dog, mlnnie said, as she repressed the bitter tears that sprang in wounded indigna-. tion to her blue eyes. After that there was no shadow of an opportunity given by Minnie for Mrs. Carriscourt or Cleona to lay any blame to her charge. She performed her duties as no governess had ever performed them, and the twins progressed to their mother's complete satisfaction. Minnie never was seen in the rooms of the family, but lived entirely to her self, takinz her solitary little1 walks when the day's duties were ended, and disciplining herself into an uncon sciously unselfish, brave, patient woman. ' Her letters home were bright and cheerful until one day Mrs. Vesicr was horrified to learn that her darling was dangerously ill; that the fever had come sudeniy upon ner, and that in fear and selfishness Mrs. Paul St. Eustice Carriscourt had insisted that the raving girl be taken from her house to the hos- pitnl. v 'It will kill her to move her," Dr. Ithbridge had remonstrated, mdig- nantlv. 'What nonsense, mammal" U loon a retorted, looking fiercely at the physi cian. ' It will not hurt her to be re moved nearly as much as it will for us to keep her here. She is nothing but the children's governess ; she had better die, even, than to risk all our lives any longer. You will please superintend her removal to-day," she added, im- . periously, to Dr. Lethbridge. He looked coldly, almost furiously, at Miss Carriscourt'e face as he spoke. Then he bowed, and answer"l. quietly: " I beg to agree with you. as poor, suffering child had better to die than to remain among such inhuman people. And Dr. Lethbridge personally super intended Minnie's Jxanrfer not- to the hospital but to his own house, where his lovely, white-haired mother and sister opened their hearts to the girl, and nursed her back to health and strec 3th, and the sweet happiness that ever comes to a girl's heart, for Hugh Lethbridge asked her to be his wife. And the memory of those brief days was hidden away beneath the glad sun shine of her beautiful new life, and Minnie in her new home was proud and .honored, and beloved as a queen. .a'he years passed as years have a trick of passing bringing their burdens of joy and sorrow, and to Hugh Leth bridge and his wife they were only land marks of content to mark their flight. Three dear children had come to them, and matron Minnie was even fairer and sweeter than the maiden baa been, for she had been benefited by the stern discipline of earlier days. And as the years went by Doctor Lethbridge grew famous and rich, until theie were no comforts or luxuries he was obliged to refuse to his wife or fam ily and one of those coveted luxuries was a resident governess at the home of " I remember my own governess days so well, dear," Minnie said one day to her husband, when they were discussing the feasibility of securing one. " I feel as if I never could be kind enough to any one in such a position in ray hotise. And yet all the happiness of my life re sulted from my position in Mrs. Carris court's family." And she looked the great unutterable love she had for him, and Dr. Leth bridge kissed her lovely upturned face tenderly. "Then I will take this widow lady, whom Allison recommended, shall I, Minnie P He says she isef good family, and in Very reduced circumstances. Her husband was a miserably drunken ' fellow,, and the has to rapport both herself and her invalid mother It would be a charity, I suppose; but of course we must also iook to our own interests.1' But the decision was to employ the widow lady Allison so confidently re commended, and a day or so afterward' an interview was arranged. . It was just at the dusk of a winter's afternoon that the servant announced to Dri'Liethbridge and his wife that . lady wished to see them in the parlor the lady Whom Mr. Allison has sent and Minnie and her husband went down to meet her tall, pale, bearing the un mistakable traces of misery and sorrow on her face Cleona Carriscourt. Minnie gave a little exclamation of astonishment. " Is it possibleP Miss Carriscourt " She interrupted quietly t "Mrs. Fletcher Mrs. Geoffrey Fletcher. And you are little Minnie Velsor. I had no idea I had no idea I had forgotten Dr. Lethbridge's name of course I cannot have the position. It would hardly be natural that you should wish to befriend me." Mrs. Fletcher turned toward the door, her face pale and piteous, her voice bitter and wailing. Dr. Lethbridge looked sternly after tier; but Minnie shot him an appeal ing glance before &he stepped towar the departing woman. "Wait just a moment, please! I was so surprised, Mrs. Fletcher. Pray sit down, you are in trouble, and if we can be of any service I know the doctor will be glad to assist you." Mis. Fletcher's lips quivered a sec ond, as she turned her pitiful eyes cn Minnie's sweet, happy face. "I am in need of work, but I do not expo t it of you. You can only de spise me and hold me in hatred and contempt for what I did, toyou- But. that or something else has come home to me. " " I do not hate or despise you, Mrs. Fletcher. God has been too good to mo for that. Stay ! Doctor Leth bridge will indorse my forgiveness! am sure, and we will make you as happy as wc can. We will forget all that was un nleasant and start anew. Do stay and teach mv littlegirls, Mrs. Fletcher. And Cleona sat down, overcome with passionate tears, while the doctor, with an indulgent smile, and a nod of the head to Minnie, left the tw.o womrr alone, under the strange circumstances ittio which the scarcasm of fate had led Meant Him. When a railroad passenger bears this whistle sounding an alarm it is his first impulse, to look out of the window, but this impulse is always restrained by second thought, except in the case of green travelers. A few days ago an old man and his wife were passengers on a Lake Shore train, and as the section men were making repairs on the line in various places the whistle was sounded pretty often. The old couple were fully alive to every " toot," aud each time the nld man wonld stick his head out of the window. "Does it mean anything, Samuel P1 asked the wife every time his head came back, but he could give her 'no satis factory explanations. A traveler be hind them finally warned the old man that he ran a risk by sticking his head out, but.atthe very next toot he was at it again. He wore a plug hat which looked fully twenty years old, and its loss would be nothing great. Prepara tions were quietly made behind him. and everything was all ready when next the whistle sounded. 44 1 wonder what's on the track now ?" Queried the wife, as he moved around uneasily. " I dunno," he replied, " I bcljeve we've run over as many as a dozen men Bince we left Toledo." I ( rA 1 1- ... 1 1 4 ii- wiAona 1 UK XUUK Ullu uuu o-y yy nan in uacuic, she continued. Outwent his head, his face toward the engine, and'a smart rap with a cane from the next window knocked his hat off and sent it flying into a swamp. He pulled back with such a rush that he almost went over his wife into the aisle. " Land a stars! but did it mean any thing P" she cried, as she crasned him "I should think it did!" he yelled " It meant that I was a durned old fool, and have got to go bare-headed a!l the rest of this cummer !" The hard-hearted conducted refused to stop the train and recover the hat, and at the finis of a hot discussion the hare-headed victim brought his fist down with shivering force and ex claimed: 44 Waal, now, I want you to under stand that if there is any law in this land this 'ere railroad has got to move its fence-corners back. 'Spo?en them railfl had given me a wipe on the jaw I" Df f "The Park Hcrse.9 1: The origin of the term 44 dark horse " Is explained in a matter-of-fact way by the Cincinnati Enquirer. OnCeupona tune there lived in Tennessee an old Chap nanied Sain Flynn,- Who traded in horses and generally contrived to owlia speedy nag or two, which hS used foi racing purposes whenever he could pick up a 44 soft match" during his travels. The best of his flyers was a coal-black stallioll named Dusky Pete, who waf almost a. thoroughbred, ahd able to go in the "best of company. Flynn was ac customed to saddle Pete when approach ing a town and ride liiin into it to give the impression that the animal was merely "a likely boss, and not a flyer. One day he came to a town where a country race-meeting was being held and he entered Pete amne the cdtrtest- ants, . The people of the town, not knowing anything of his antecedents, and not being over impressed by' hia appearance, backed two or three local favorites heavily against him Flynn moved among the crowd, ahd took all the bets offered against his nag. Just as the "flyers" were beicg saddled for the race old Judge McMinamee, who was tiie turt oracie oi mat pari oi the State, arrived 'on the course, and Was made one of the judges. As he took his place on the stand he was told how the betting rani ahd of the folly ol the owner of the strange entry in back ing his "plug" so heavily. Running his eye over the track, the judge in stantly recognised Pete, and he said: " Gentlemen, there's a dark horse in this race that will make some of you sick before supper." The judge was right. Pete, the f 4 dark horse," lay back until the three-quarter pole was reached, when he went to the front with a rush and won 'the purse and Flynn's bete with the greatest ease. Gathering Salt. Cheshire has long been noted for its salt springs, but these are of mild qual ity compared to the brine springs that rise in the rock-salt localities. This natural brine supplies the best salt. It powerful engine, and conveyed into a huge oisteir . and from thence into the pans prepared for if. Under these pans, when fulU fires are, kept burning day enough to take a hurried look at the vast pan in front cf us filled with boil- .ing brine, on the top of which the salt lay in a thick, scum, remaining .105 an instant on Uieurfac, oi-4benrtnking slowly to the bottom. Stahding'onf a raised ledge beside ? the pan ; was a shaggy, foreign-looking mac, stripped to the waist, and perspiring at every pore, who ' held a long-handled rake, with which he drew to the edge of ths pan the Fait which Iny in masses over the bottom. Having raked together a considerable quantity of salt, he took another tool not unlike a giant; spade, perforated with holes, with -which he lifted the salt from the pan. The qual ity of the ' salt varies according to the time at which it u ,'' drawn " or lifted from the pan. The finest, or what is called 44 butter salt," is drawn when the brine is at boiling point, the pans being drawn two or three times a day. The courser salt is left much ongerat a lower temperature, being drawn, in some cases, two or three times a week, and in the case of " fish " or preserving salt only once or twice in a fortnight. A morsel qf soap or glue is added to the heated brine to assist in the purify ing of the salt. The courser varieties are never packed in tubs, but loaded straight from the shed on to the barge, or fil led into specially prepared- sacks. The finer salt is carried into the drying- room, which is kept constantly at a temperature trying to ordinary human nature, and here it is formed into neat blocks and packed for exportation. This being clean work, much of the packing of fine salt is done by neat, tidy women and girls. The coarser salt is carried loose o the barges on the river. Unwers Magazine. Bird's Rests. Doctor D. G. F. Macdonald writes: The time of year has arrived when woods, coppices and hedgerows are searched for bird's nests by lynx-eyed urchins and; prof essionals. Every likely tree, shrub, bush and tuft of grass is closely examined, and when a nest is discovered it is at once pillaged of eggs or nestlings j with a shoui of triumph! Surely it is a pity that thousands of eggsr BUUUIU ut3 lancu anay t,j i-ro uiunui and put on a string like beads, rendering them practieally valueless. Surely it is Wicked to capture fledglings that soon die for want of proper food. Surely it is cruel to; leave their disconsolate parents to mourn over the cold, deserted nest, since tjirdi sorrow ast keenly, aa deeply and sincerely as any man or woman who ever lost children. Poor little birds! iThe very sylvan beauty of their homes lades before the dimming away of their grief. No doubt evil ia wrought by Want of thought as well aa want of hearj;. Allow me, then, to ask those who desire to protect the eggs and callow broods of our pretty little feath ered friends to be on the alert and do all they can to save them. Blackbirds, thrusjes, finches, larks, linnets and robins will repay us with notes of thankfulness. They will charm our ears with grateful and pious songs. Let us watchfully protect them from the ruthless hands of the spoiler. A young man boasted that he had a well-stored mind, whereupon a youc lady murmured : " What a pjtv we c' t find out where he stored itl" -Del Free Press. ' FOB TOE FAIR SEX. Yashlan If otee. Japanese pongee is a summer novelty. Shirring grows more and more fash ionable. I Cheese cloth dresses are worn again this summer. Children's ccrllars nearly cover their shoulders, f Small children wear shoes matching their ribbons. Even the drooping brims of hats are lined this year. Garden shawls of India muslin are trimmed with lace. , lAdies' riding-hats are of glossy dark silk this season. White lawn jackets are substituted for dress Waists. Stockinet mitts are more, fashionable than those oft lace. India mu8linis trimmed with gold lace and made into tics. Bugs, flies and beetles form the border on some kerchiefs. Heavy box-plaited flounces to the knee are much worn. Soft-tinted blush roses make the pret tiest flower bonnets now. China satin is a light variety of Lyons satin. It drapes admirably. Belts of yellow satin ribbon are worn with lace sacks and tunics. Ladders of bows are used to fasten the tails ot coat basques together. Lace mantles are now drawn together and fastened high on the left side. Egg plums and gooseberries are used to trim some Tuscan straws.. The embroidered lisle thread stock ings are worked in Irish convents. The princess effect is the 'prevailing style of full dress summer toilets. One feather is considered sufficient rimmiqg for a fine Tuscan bonnet. Muslin mbroidery stitched on net is used for.cUrtains and toilet covers. Dark trimmings on light dresses or light on dark are equally fashionable. Biding habits for summer are of dark gray or navy blue or dark brown cloth. Ironclad lisle thread hose are the proper thing td'wear at tho mountains. White silk sunshades with white 'lace covers are only meant for carriage use. j Long linen f mantles are worn for dusters bv ladies who object to the ulster. f - Panier and baek draperies of Surah silk are frequently "added to faille cos tumes. ! ! . Lisle thread gloves with buttons are more fashionable than those with elastics. Soft twilled silk squares with floss embroidery on the edge make pretty kerchiefs. i Black Spanish lace sleeves are de risrueur with black summer toilets of ceremony. 1 White or cream nun's veiling and Surah make.an admirable combination toilet of ceremony. The nopuiatiob of Ireland,! which has been generally increasing since the be ginning of the century, is now rapidly falling off by emigration. The summer traveling dress for brides is of Chuddah cloth of coachman's drab or biscuit shade; made up over a silk skirt of the sanie color, and trimmed with drab or biscuit Surah silk. Elaborate double trains and high- wire 1 Medici collars of pearls or crystal beads are adopted for bridal dresses, When the wedding is " at home," in the evening, large, ahd an occasion of full ceremony. J Ifewa Notes for Women. Miss Longfellow, the poet's eldest unmarried daughter, is described as a clever young lady.with a strong, clearly marked face, much resembling hex father's. She sat in the state dining room at Mount! Vernon the other day wearing a gendarme blue dress with brocaded ribbons, a curiously beaten trold oen. confining the lace at hei c r throat and a broad, black hat. The. smaller tlie husband, the bigger the bundles his wife makes him carry. Mrs. Margaret Dodson, of Houston county, Texas, islseventy-four years old and has fifty-one great-grandchildren living, I A Georgia lady! not yet forty (so she told the census man), has buried four husbands, and on the thirteenth inst., mairied her fifth! . A New York correspondent tells an interesting story Ibout four women who go to dinners and. receptions to talk and to help the nostess eniertam utr gusus The price for their services is $25 an hour. 1 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, who died at Corydon, Ind.. a lew days ago, was 104 Years of age. When she ws a girl her father moved into the country of the Shawanoe Indians and she witnessed manv encounters between the pioneers and the redskins. 1 in no court, says liomlon Truth, are more beautiful women to be seen than in England; but it is to be regretted that more pains arc not taken to teach graceful waiting.! Even in a ballroom, what with highfheeis and tide back skirts, the art of progression is far too much neglected by Englishwomen. The length of time that that Snifkin rirl will spend over a five-cent plate of ice cream, when in company -s-ith her Charles Augustus j while at home she'll im through two complete editions of pork and beans in half that period, is a subject worthy scientmo invesiigauon McGregor Aetos. The Beyerse. " t will return," the swallow saia "To my old nestonoe more; My home beneath tjhe spreading eaves Of yon gray cottage, framed in leave3, Awaits me as df yore." She sped across the scented land ' - One blue and breezy dav; ' But where the house wa wont to stand A henp of rains lay. "I will return," the rover said, " To my old lojro once more, So true ehe is that well 1 know v - The heart that, field me loTig ago Awaits me as of yore." He came, rhen soukh winds sighing pass O'er fields of cowslip gold, But underneath the! t rembling grass Her heart lay still and cold. ' ' Sarah Dowiney, i I ; . - ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Straw hats show Which way the wind blows. Is a clothing store a coterie, a pantrj or a vestry ? In England all the noprlity live va heir castiles. A sweeping change Buying a new broom. Iiijgs. : The fisherman- who catches no fish has no fish to clean. The sparrows are little -thieves, but they don't do the robui. The present American flag wa adopted by Congress in 1777. The first Sunday-school in New Eng land was &tablislii(l in 1812. if lour is sold in the Skagit mines at the rate ot $'20 for a fifteen-pound sack. A beautiful' young girl is confined in the Vermont Static prison lor hors stealing. Two Virginia Baptist ministers have been pastors in the same churches more than forty year. Tt. is not difficult to do good, for the means are constantly clustering aboutj every man's 1 ps and hands. A-o-nid tpdiikus circumlocution in lan guage. Words, likefcannon balls, should go straight tcj their !mark. It is now said tliat cue remainaoi jx. .... . i. r Ik T. Stewart have never yet been found though a belief to the contrary ha3 pre vailed for some time. Th Marchioness iTseng. wife of the Chinese ambassador to England, is netite. plump, rather pretty person. The marquis 1s a man forty-two years old, and an accomplished scholar, taKing lively interest m art, science,.ana literature The Church Missionary society, the irreatest of all missionary societies, haa 408 clergymen in its foreign fields, ol whom 218 are Europeans. Its communi a.nta number 28.51D. Its receipts the past year were $1,108,615, the largest amount .ever received oyany missionary society. Lockiawis one of the most terrible diseases to which mortals are exposed. A California exchanee' Asserts that no one need be in daiiger of such an attack . from wounds Caused by rusty iron. The worst caseot inflamed wounds may be cured . by smoking the injured part Willi Duraing wooi or wooieu nuui. . i . i 1 -v4 !- Kate Field savs that George Eliot is about sixty years old, with sandy hair nd hlne eves. She is neither gray noi wrinkled; owing to her high cheek bones, she has an equine loot, one nas no children, lives a very secluded life, is bashful, abstracted, low-voiced and 1 lovable. She has n independent for tune and receives the- world every oun day afternoon. A Ttftlmta. man bias an old Indian relic in the shape of Sa perfectly-formed skull, with an arrow-fhead shot into tho eye and piercing the brain. i -Rats. Rats are a great pest in every city and town, and, indeed, everywhere in this country. It seems nearly impossible to get rid of them, and any method that promises to secure this most desirable . end is worth trying. Somebody recom mends covering stones, rafters and every oart of a cellar with ordinary white wash, made yellow with copperas, put ting copperas in eyery crevice or cranny where a rat may get, and scattering it in corners on the floor. He has tried it repeatedly, and the result has been a general retreatf of both mice and rats, not one' of which had at last accounts returned. It is said that a coat of this yellow wash, given each spring to a cel lar, will not only banish those vermin, but will prevent fever, dysentery or ty phoid. Everything eatable should be carefully secured against the ravages ol rats, which are so intelligentrthat they will soon abandon premises where they get next to nothing to eat. The rat we are most troubled with is the brown rat, much larger, stronger, fiercer and more ravenous . than-i the black ' rat, which has almost entirely disappeared, having been driven off or exterminated by the more formidable species. The brown rat is frequently called the Nor way rat, from the erroneous impression that it came from Norway, which coun try it did not reach untl it had become abundant in Britain and America. It appeared first at Astrakhan in the be ginning of the eighteenth century, and gradually spread over Western Europe, whence we have derived it. It was once known as the Hanoverian rat, be cause the British Jacobites were pleased to believe that it came in with the house of Hanover. .1 it
The Mt. Airy Times (Mt. Airy, N.C.)
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Aug. 12, 1880, edition 1
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