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-: V -J 7 IE ? - If is Established in 1878. HILLSBORO, N. 0., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1885 NEW SERIES-VOL. VII NO. If: -7) ipwlll JJ To-Day. ' sweet, To-da.v! too weet to last Beyond a faw shcri vimfii:' epace, And thn vision of thy ac Ii"Ootnffl a memory of the Hst. nUy thy fk-etiri Joet, I pray, -A littln longer, tsweet To-day. ) wweft To-day! why mu-t thou go? 'Hi- fckv is blue, the earth is fair, A nil fctmimcr'H lurking ererywher 1;,- V iniinfc in the Mrsr.ibi t.fmt l.low. Ah' htay thy flying feet, I pray, A iittlr; longer, Hweet To-day O QWrt To-day! 'tim not too late; J would not Jnn then yet a while; Thxrc'i plnannre in thy Minny nmile; I'm hHi-py and ran luugh at I'jite. AH11 Rtay tuv flying fe:t, I pray, A little longer, sweet To-(1kv. O . ' 1 To-duy, fhr4t onre wuh swt! Tlie -t is pom- orid ichU; The lnOr; I within a bll, No reore thy dear mtme f repeat. i vain I hepye-1 of thee to f-tay A little longer, hweet To-duy. .Mtiriii Ilmnrr in ''ii"i Tojirt THE LINEN CLOSET. "For my part," said Aunt Sylvia, "I don't, admire the young man." Minnie Hartford's pretty head dropped slightly, and she thought within herself how little of the sym pathetic element existed .between old maid aunts and 17-year-old nieces, and wondered it" there ever had ben a time, when Aunt Sylvia, too, was young, with the fresh electric current of love stirring in her pulses! Minnie Hartford was a hazel-oyed, cose-cheeked little witch, with perfect ly arched eye-brows, and a mouth as fresh as the. freshest rosebud In all the garden bowers, and her white dress, shining faintly through the summer Pwilight, seemed to float round her like a cloud, as she sat there, watch ing the stars that glimmered indis tinctly through the purplo deeps of the sky, and thinking how very un reasonable Aunt Sylvia was. "No," said the elder I-tdy, jerking her knitting-needle into its. sheath with an emphasis, "I do not fancy Herbert Anftnlel !" "He is our guest. Aunt Sylvia." "'Von are mistaken there, Minnie. Me ran it- here uninvited, with your itrothet s friend, Mr. Lee." r,it now that he is here. Aunt; we inu? treat him with courtesy. ' 'I've no objection in life to treating 'Jm with courtesv, child; but I've a I Hurt of an idea that, he would Hk1 you to treat him with something warmer ind more enthusiastic !" How thankful Minnie Hartford was ;t that moment to the friQmlly dusk u'liit h veiled the erimon blu-hes that suffused brow and cheek at Aunt sal via's rleverly aimed random shot. Had it then come t that' as he, indeed, learning to love Herbert Arundel? And a thrill of strange, inexpressible happiness eddied through her heart, as her inmost consciousness answered: "Yes." Alas! poor Clarence Lee! The pa- tient veais of devotion, during which ! j ho had waited tor the rose-lvid of , Minnie Hartford's beauty to expand into the perfect blossom of womanhood- the loyal love, the unfaltering constancy how lightly they weighed In the balance ag ainst this stranger's easy address and dashing fascination of manner. The way o the world unalterable, yet how strangp! Aunt via listened for an arswer. but none. came. Minnie hardly knew what reply it would be be-t to frame. "I think, Minnie." said the old hdy, after a moment or t wo of silence, "that it would b-' better for you to accept Antonia Wyllis' invitation to spend the month of September at her home. It will at least separate you from the companionship of this young man, nd " "Rut I don't want to be separated from him. Aunt Sylvia." Minnie spoke with spirit and ener gy, and the color deepened visibly cn her cheek. "Minnie!" "Aunt sylvi ." "Has it gone s, far a this?" 'I don't know what you mean by Mt,' " responded the girl, biting her lips; "but I do know. Aunt Sylvia, that I shall not run away from Mr. Arundel as if 1 feared sump strange contagion in his presence. This is my tertain mv 1 f i it hni o t t n w t w-t,.w4v - - - - - a best I mav!" "lrrespective'of consul uences?" 'Yes: entirely irrespective of con- sequences." Aunt Sylvia remonstrated no fur ther; she saw quite plainly that it would be of no use. Minnie, like many another spoiled child and petted beauty, was determined to have her own way. Aunt Sylvia was no logician; neither did she pretend to the magical power&i o.f vision belonging to the "seventh daughter of a seventh daughter." but she knew quite enough of human na- sneering sound, which made the blood large building in town, says a Xan ture. in its various manifestations to j boil indignantly in Minnie Dartford'a tucket (Mass.) letter to the New be sure that Herbert Arundel was un- veins. York Hun. The -building Is the Cus- worthy to wear a jewel like Minnie "You always did play the deuce ; torn House, so called through tradition, Hartford's love upon his heart. j among the girls," he said. "So she's i for no vessel ever enters this port from "An empty, feather-brained fool, j in love with you, eh?" I foreign lands now, and there can be with no more heart than a stone im- "Yes. It's quite amusing to watch- no customs to collect- It is conducted age!" was Aunt Sylvia's inward ver- i the progress of her infatuation.' hy a number of superannuated old diet. Nor was it altogether incorrect. ( answered Arundel. "I haven't pro- ! sea captains, who smoke all day and Meanwhile Minnie, with her j posed yet, simply because I don't want j weave tremendous sea yarn3 for the thoughts and fancies drifting sweetly away upon the fathomless sea of a young girl's reverie, sat at the win dow, still thinking of one personage Herbert Arundel. "Aunt Sylvia is foolishly prejudic ed," she thought. "He is as true and noble as he is handsome, and none but the carping and entdous could j : -.x , tlaw in his character oi demeanor. As if I would go to Antonia U'yllis' and leave him here! How graceful he looked on the 'croquet ground' yesterday and how well he rides. I wonder if I shall ever see Magnolia Hell, that sunny home of his which he describes : o eloquently. I don't think it is altogether impossible, for I think yes, I am quite sure he loves me! His lips have never spoken words to that effect, but there is a language of eye and manner, and " Minnie's mind was absorbed in these fancies, when a knock came to the door, and the old housekeeper put her head into the room. "Miss Minnie, the sheets is ready for the linen closet!" "The'sheets!" Minnie shrugged her shoulders a little impatiently. "Why couldn't old Peggy have waited? Very well, Peggy, I'll see to that, presently!" "Hut they ought to be put away now, miss," persisted the obdurate old servant. "I've strewed sprigs of lav ender and dried rose leaves between all the folds, and if you'd please to j put them on the shelves now " j .Minnie rose witn a scarceiv sun- pressed sigh. She knew Peggy too well to hope for any peace until her behests were fulfilled. The heap of snowy linen lay on the hall table, white and fragrant through the toils of Peggy's skilled digits, and, taking a pile-on her arm, Minnie Hart ford went to the linen closet, a small room, .opening out on that allotted to the present occupation of Clarence Lee and Mr. Herbert Arundel. She glanced timidly in before she entered, to make sure that neither of her brother's guests were in the apart ment, and then hurried through, t place the linen in its nook. She had scarcely reached up to de posit the pile on the high shelf above her head, when voices and footsteps fell on her ear, and. with a palpitating hear. Minnie felt that she was like a caged bird, among the shelves, laden with sheets and pillow-cases. Mr. Arundel had entered his room the spicy odor of his rigar already pro claimed the fact to her olfactories, even were there no other witnesses, and with him a stranger had been ushered in. Minnie stood quite still, hoping that their incursion was but for a moment, and their withdrawal would presently leave her free to beat a retreat. The door of the closet was partially drawn j to, and she. was at least sure of not j I being discovered. The color rose to j j her cheek at the idea of thus invojun- i tardy playing the part of eavesdropper; ! but what else could she do? j i "S-t down. Lewis." cried Mr. Arun- i del. drawing forward an easy chair; I "make yourself at home. Your cigar j in't out, I hepe?" "No, it's Ml right," said the strange voice. "I say. old fellow, speaking of making one's self at home, it strikes me that you are practising the thing yourself ratnejtextensively here!" , Arundel laughed. "I am at home.'-' he said complaeent- ly. "Why, bless your heart alive, i Lewis, the goo.d people here think I'm ! the greatest man alive." "Thev'll find their mistake after !ltvhl IP ; ..Not unU1 j.Ve made i ..0t until I vc made a.sun thing : of it." answered Arundel. .-what do you mean?" mean that 1 am going to marry j the girl." "What, tlie little heiress?" echoed . the man whom Arundel bad called j Lewis. I "Well, yes, if you choose to call her so. Xo great heiress, after all; but I j dare say I can find a use for her twen- tv-five thousand dollar And, to crown all, she's desperately in love with me." The other laughed hoarsely a ; to precipitate the moment Bless you, ! she jump into my arms to-morrow if I ! were to pop the question!" "She'd jurftp out again quick enough, if she knew you half as well ; as I do!" jeered the other. "JJut she don't, you see!" said ; Arundel. " 'Where ignorance is bliss, i 'tis folly to be wise' you know the old saying And the best of it is that ! to tell you of our trip around the I've somehow contrived to cut out j Horn, although that was rather lively another lover, who has been hanging j and we did lose two men overboard, around after her ever since she was a j but will get right down to the bottom child in bib-aprons a man whom any j facts of what I started in to tell. We girl ought to be proud to attract ; had already killed two big whales, and Clarence Lee!" ' I were poking around about four hun- "She's a fool!" was the muttered ; dred miles north of the Sandwich Is comment. lands, when we sighted a big fellow "Granted," said Arundel lightly; i a-blowing not a mile away. The first "but then you and I know that all j mate and myself put off in two boats, women are fools." j but I had the likeliest crew, and "Not always, Mr. Arundel," answer ! struck the .whale first struck him ed a calm, quiet voice, and Minnie i hard, too, because he was spouting Hartford stood before him, her white J blood in five minutes. Just then we dress shimmering like the robes of a ! saw another whale and the first mate phantom in the semi-darkness, "for at put out after that one. The bark least the lesson of their folly may tried to beat up in our direction, but a teach them to be wiser in time." j squall came on and we lost sight of "Miss Hartford!" echoed Herbert ; her. The waves were so big that we Arundel, dropping his cigar as he I should have been capsized if we ' ad started, aghast, to his feet; while his I companion looked on as it he would very much like to disappear through the crae'es of the floor. "I have unwillingly been compelled to listen to your edifying conversation of the last few minutes," Minnie went i relentessly on, "and you yourself can ! easily imagine how completely I have j i been en icrhtenert therehv. snnnosA i rt mj -ww I I ought to be angry with you: but I can only feel thankful for the fate j which has been averted from me. ! Good evening, Mr. AjcundeL and good, j u.v- ; And, with alow inclination of her head Miss Hartford passed from the room, and Herbert Arundel never saw hopes of seeing the ship, and at night j hartshorn for a few seconds, or give translated. Mrs. Benkert refused to re her more! , we burned some blubber on the back j him a teaspoonsful ot aromatic spirits i turn to Ani'-riea and t Ij composer died He left town the self-same evening. of the whale,' but no help came. When ! of ammonia or tincture of mnirer in in Philadelphia of consumption in isrr. carrying with him the interesting consciousness that he had overplayed his part and thwarted his own plans. And Clarence never knew what had opened the eyes of his capricious little charmer. He only rejoiced that she had once more taken him into favor. "Hell, said Aunt Sylvia, on the i r i . i l. i ti morning oi uie uay on .wmcu .Minnie Hartford became Mrs Clarence Lee, "I do uu,l"c " "" T"-" vi tr 1 1 c can "And I'm the happiest young one, Aunt Sylvia," laughed Minnie. "So there is a pair of us!" , ? So Marrying There. "Samuel," said. Mrs. Tolblitter. as; they were walking home froju church, ; "how did you like the preacher's de- scription of heaven ?" 'First-rate, my dear," said he, with energy. : "If what he said is all true, and of course it is. what do vou think vou will like the best when you get there Sam uel?" "The arrangements for securing peace." said he. with glibness. "Xow. Samuel, what do vou mean by that?" "They don't have any marrying there, ray dear." said he, edging off a little. The discussion took a warmer turn at once. 'Jhiuvjo Lf lgei. She Wa Imposing. Several gentlemen were standing about the door . at a swell reception when a fine looking lady passed dowa the hall. By Jove," said one, -that's a mag nificent looking woman." Very imposing, indeed," said an other. "You bet she is." aiJ a third: "1 know. for;I've been h-r husband for I ten years." Merchant Trartttr. : TALE FOR THE MARINES v The Yarn that a Guileless Old Sea Captain Spins, gox a Big Whale Towed a Boat's Crew ; Many Miles to Land. A Hag with perpendicular bars of j red and white floats over the roof of a j benefit of any city man who may chance along. One weatherbeaten old sait told i prize story lately, and now the othersxare racking their brains for something to surpass him. He said: "I left Nantucket on May 15, 1811, as second mate of the snug bark Anna Snowdon, Capt. Keziah Cofiin, bound for the Pacific Ocean. I'm not going not kept to the leeward of the whale, which we had killed before the squa. struck us. Its big carcass formed a sort of breakwater. Besides that the oil that oozed from its wounds seemed to quiet the waves. We were afraid gome big waves would fthrow the whale on top of us, but by keeping tlfe oars going we managed stay at a oofo ,ticton MM KJ VlU V v "When the storm passed over not a I Bign of the bark was to be seen. There we were anchored to a whale out in the ; - - - . - I middle of the Pacific Ocean, with not more 'than two days rations of bread j i and water for the seven men in that little boat. We waited all that day in ; morning came and no sail could be j seen, we knew that there was no hr.pe , of finding our vessel again, and there j was nothing to do but to pull away I j in the direction of the Sandwich Is- j j lands, trusting to reach them before a ; j .violent storm should overwhelm us. j j -ve cut our harpoons out of the whale, ! .... . i because we didn t know when we ; n,itrht need them. There is one of ' mem in me comei tueie iiov. wuiu- Guid- 1.,... ,..;u T lIltriiiMiti ii i ,i I f 1 1 1 1 I l. WllMlli.- i i lllg LUO WlLll tl tUlIllJrtSS WUH.I1 X , - - always carried with me, we pulled j away for the Sandwich Islands, We made forty miles that day. and the men were terribly tired e slept by watche?, off and on, . and by pulling now and then perhaps gained ten miles during the night. The next day the men were worn out, and the sun was so hot that they could not i work their oars. Our -chances of reaching land seemed very poor. Toward noon I wis standing on. the bow of the boat looking around in hopes of seeing a sail, when I saw a fin-back whale come to the surface not more than 200 yards away. It. was no use to us now. but tlie whaleman instinct was too strong within me to be resisted. "'Give way.' I cried. 'There she blows.' "I picked up a harpoon, and as the prow ol the boat almost Umehed the whale 1 drove the pomi deep into its side. It tailed to reach a vital point. and awav the tig f w vent. The line ranout so fast a, nrst th-u it maie the rail smoke, and 1 raided the hatchet ready to cut it. lor 1 icared the whale would draw us. under. But the strain Iac-:-ned after a little until the'? was onlv a molerate pull, arr. l giving the end a twist around a rowlock i let the whale tow us ai ng. "V- 'Th:5 is tHrtlvr nur rowing s"Jd jl;e. - cs. and i.'s going in the right dr t t.'.ou," s.:d another. "They were quite right. The whale was taking us in the right direction we wished to go at the rate of fully twenty miles an hour. We bowled along merrily all that afternoon, and about 6 o'clock we heard a hail,1 and saw, not far away, the mate's boat. "Hold on !' they cried. 'We can't. Throw ua a line,' I re- plied ; "We caught their line as we swept j with a beautiful girl and the day fixed by, and then the Avha'e had two boats jjfor their marriage. Before the ap in-tow. The men in the other boat 'pointed time arrived the war broke were worse off than we had been, as out and the young man enlisted. Tie they had pulledf longer. They had was on the field when his wedding day given up hope when we came along- approached. It was on the eve of a side. You may not believe it, but . great battle, and he wrote to his that whale kept straight ahead all that i sweetheart asking her to postpone night and the next day, and in the af- j their marriage. This she refused to ternoon we sighted land. I thought do. The young man preferred to trust the critter would run right up cn the to luck in regard to the marriage to shore, but he came about when not ; being considered a coward in running more than a mile away, and would uwav from his first battle, and he re have taken us out to sea again only I mamed in the field. , His lady lcre, cutthe line. however, was so piqued at his seem- "That harpoon in the corner which ! ing neglect that she persisted in the I spoke of before is the very one he ! rejection of his suit and married an carried away with him. You can see '. other. Filled with gloom at his loss my name on it, if you'don't believe me. The ship Anna Rogers of New Bed ford killed the whale two years alter. and finding the. harpoon in its back sent it to me. 1 was sorry that whale i was dead, because it had been a good I friend to us. I never used the bar- j poofl again, but kept it on land as a ! r-jlic.' Something About Sunstroke. In a circular issued by the Xew York board of health occurs the fol lowing in regard to sunstroke: Prevention Hon't lose your sleep; ! sl'eeninacool place: don't worrv: don't I get excited; don't drink too much alco hol; avoid working in the sun if you can; if indoors, work in a well-ventila- eed room; wear thin clothes; wear a light hat, not black; put a large green leaf or wetcloth in it; drink freely and sweat freely; if fatigued or dizzy knock I off work, lie down in a cool place, and j apply cold water and cold cloths to your '; head and neck. Cure Put the patient in the shade; loosen his clothes about the neck; send for the nearest doctor; give the patient 1 cool drinks of water or black tea or black ceffee, if he can swallow. If his skin is hot and dry prop him up, sitting against a tree or wall; pour cold water over the body, and limbs and put on his head pounded ice wram.Pil in a elnth nr tnwel Tf vnn aVAKVj' vw v. -v ' vr -A ft ' ' can't get ice, use a wet c'.oth and keep freshening it. But if the natien? is pale and faint and his pulse is feeble. i lay him on his back, make him nmell t wo tabiespoonful of water. Ir this cse use no rohl water, bt rub th hands and feet and w-arm them by hot applications until the circulation is restored. How to Kill the Blus. Generallv sneakinir if vou hire trou- , . . I - j i . l 1 l , I , "the blues,' and cannot tell why, you may be sure it sprigs from physical weakness. Instead d lying !rt tVl , ,,.,;.. i,i.lu i IIH. IIIIU I Llili I'niltlHI IMf I , -r vml , vou arp nesnairing ioer. a j hvphln,lri;l, or a valetudinarian, j v;u shon51 ho upan(, birring vourself. j n( a llie,H!ir.nol; ,nari Js thick and slow, creeping sluggishly through the veins, like mu Idv waters in acanal; the blood of your merry chirping philosopher is clear and quick, brisk as a newly-broached champagne. Try, therefore, to set your blood in motion. Try, rather, what a smart walk will do for you; set your pegs in motion on rough ro ky ground, or hurry them up a sts-ej), cragged hill: build stone wall: swing an axe over a pile of hickory or rock maple; turn a grindstone; dig ditches; ra' ti' e -ground and lofty tumbling;" pour v.iit'-r into eiv-s with the Danaides. or, with Sisyphus, "up - the hill heave a huge round stone." in short, do anything thjtt will start the perspiration, and ou will soon cease to ha-. e your bra:ns lined with black, ai Burton expresses it. or to rise in the morning, a? Co -a per did, 'like an internal irog out of Acheron, crowned with the ooz and mud of m e 1 a n c h ol v. " F rof. Ma t h e ws. There h no blank' so blank a? tht blank tliat appear, b-fore a man when he gets ut. in a public as,emb!j and forgets what he was going to say ..i..., ; Mn- wk;k U.1.CTS3 ' .. Ui'i ajip" 113 j.. ire un .'i'i.ate;i r i' a skating-rink when his leg tgi.n to spread and he don't know which one to follow. Concerning a Famou 71.. origin o( the well known soap V- 4 1 . . m. I iZlZiiLe M w.rU-. wo afM; sc.. has long been 4be subject of dispute. and a Washington correspondent re- cently ave great publicity to the story that it was written by a gentU- man who now resides in Washington. According to the story he wan in love the rejected suitor is said to have written the melancholv song. A ladv who lives in Burlington. X. J.t and who is familiar with the origin of the song, said to a Herald reporter' that it. was written by (ieorge Felix Benkert of Philadelphia. There is a romance:' attached to the song which is? vouched for by several prominent cit izens of Philadelphia. (Ieorge Felix Benkert was the son of a wealthy shoe manufacturer, and his relatives still conduct the business in 'bestnut street, Philadelphia, Voung Benkert displayed a talent for lnusic. and in 18"r he was sent to Berlin to complete his education. While studying at the German capital . he fell in love with a niece of Mine. Henrietta Sontag and was married to Th'.v 1,1,1 ae t,l,il,l. in 18,w Benkert returned to Philadelphia with hhj family. The convulsions of the civil war were felt, and the young wif fearful of a repetition of the German rebellion, returned with her cliill to Berlin despite her husband's protest. Benkert grew dispondent af;er his wife had sailed, and wrote the s-.ng which gained such popular favor. I tring the war Benkert returned to Germany in quest of his wifeTllB sailed oti the same steamer with .len nv Lind, and thev inaugurated ocean concerts by giving a benefit for the seani'-n. The famous songstress was much tai.en with Benkert' s song, and M 11 I"n h'"r return to t.ennanv. nan a IIi widow and child are still living in Berlin. 4tr York HtntfrL Tatching a IMne FUh. fiVader. did you ever catch a blue fish? A school in playing off to lee ward, an 1 you feel yuiir 120 feet of lin carefully: there is a moment of almost breal hies- waiting, and then. 3h the M, seie the flannel concealing the hook. u. oft-repeated question arises-forcefully, whether a man. "can pull fater than a li3h can swim, for the blue-fish usually makes a dart for the boat at one, apparently to slacken the line arid gt off. So it is easy v.trk for a few moments, and then coms the tug of war; the line stretches to jtK utmost, there in a startling vision 4(f )Ving suddenly an ! igrmmmiously hau!d overboard: a few frantic strug- ph-s. a.i a ten-pound beauty lies gasp- jng on the quarw-deck. That in pp-rt to make the blood rush to the cheeks and tingle the very finger-tips. Outilrj. The Camel ExpreM. Of all varieties of Indian letter ear ners, clothe! or unclothe!, non are. so picturesque, Rays Miss Gordon Cumtning. as the camel express inev riger. The men wear a serviceable reel uniform and iarge green turban, embroidrwl with gold thread. From thejr girdle hangs a curved saber in a red sheath. 1 h1 camels are adorn! with trapp.ng f gay cloth an 1 tai &is. ornament :th blue bdA and cowrie sheds, an i "small brass rwi!s roind the neck to give notice of their swift annroach. It is sa d that their . rou?h an,J rmJ trotting, sometimes at the ratfe of ehty milt a day. is so trying to the riders as to -horten their Two heavy mail bags hang tc ri2ht and left on each side bf the " camei. i und the sal t! i so arra;:g inai a paiugrr .a- hind the postman. i S p li -Is i -(j I H j I: - f r1 Oi i . V -s 'i 11 j -A i 4 i P fi ff ii i 4 :