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4 A i Ay Jfcr V ESTABLISHED IN 1878. HILLSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 1891. NEW SERIES-VOL. X. NO. lit ar7 yrv The Spe hkfv of the Japanese Parlia rr.fjit and the Chairman of the Cotamit- t.; - of the Whole are. Christian!. . Tti ths 4fttn T Barom fiauamana, fans lo?e the architect .who, with the assistance of Napoleon IIL, made her so beautiful. It cost a great deal of money, remarks the Cincinnati Knfjnlrery but in t:;e l'mc run it paid. Montana claims by analysis that her mgar beets "uru the swecb t in tin; wide, wide world," oV-o:ve the "Washington S'ar, "and that ciirprl-iug you.ig Stato propoes to go into the sugar industry and eclipse creation.' ' Ptatilie. -how that at the present time in the Unite.'. Stales there are en- , . ,. , ! gai'cd in diiTcn at empiovments twenty- ; H 1 J I lx wo.neii t ) wry IU ) m -a. In Pail - d Iphia the proportion is fifty to 100. f J I ilf a cent u: chusetts onh ago there were in Massa seven occupations open to womcli. Now there are Twentv- t v o lead in: ities iu the country show z occupations m wmcn . women tin employment. America is credited with many labor saving devices, but, there are s'jme of fcinglish origin, a knowledges the Boston ''riinsi'i'ijit, that lii row our be-t into tho ihade. One; of these for the benefit' of iuthors -is dc-crioc 1 in an F.nglish con emporary. There are persons, it says, 'gifted with no faculty of writing, who "or a small sum are .prepared to contrive ,-ou all the invo'iUt ions and evolutions of i story, with a full complement of heroes, .iihit'.s, lovers, heavy fathers, scheming JIOUK arid a'l the rest f it." According to the Philadelphia Le:oril in lfcSS there we re 4,000,000, b.ishclsol oysters received at Baltimore from the Chesapeake Bay beds, but this season the receipts to the same date hnvo fallen be low 2.000,000 bushel?, while packing houses throughout the Stato are closed, and from all parts of the bay comes the lory of exhausted beds. The- violation of the c illing law, aui tho consequent destruction of tho young oyster, is ro pponsib'ie for this condition of things. The law is a dead letter, and a great in dustry is being ruined. Nearly ten yoar.s ao Professor Brooks, of Johns Hopkins University, uttered a warning against the wholesale depletion of tho oyster beds; but the work has continued, and even now the oystcrmen do not' seem to realize the inavitv of the situation. h'r:ua:iy will yet regret, predicts the ."hiea W,thut it ever showed a dis courteous spirit toward t!it American 'iog. This want of civility to our grace ful pj:ker will lcirdly plurrro the two j itinis into a bhxidy strife. But it may i'raiu the dip'oui:1.' ie gelations for a time, because the hog is a universal favorite in ihe land of the free and the home of the rave. Tin: Swedish hog, the Norwegian j iog and the Denmark hog all enjoy tho! freedom of the Kaiser Empire. The prohibitions against them hao been raised and they can ome and go accord -to their pleasure. The American nog alone has been singled out for this imgenthnuuly treatment. But time evens all things, and the day will come vhen the now despised hog will mako i tiiumphal entry in U rlin amidst tho ri'utes of the German artillery and the au..is of the Herman popnluce. ltir S ' , librarian of the Iloyal ciety, Uju ion, in his '..T.t phieal t;.:.V "A! Africa," in ri'itr, ! :'; "In the tln.il scra'uble for Africa, ft Britain has ru. umged to apr iopriate 111 i u-y s::iu:tory share. outli of the . t'.iihoi she has obtained nearlv all that is worth hain-. and here we see in the kiittlg whit iu the future may prob o:u" ;i gu'at English-speaking .My b nation or c ji.fe i ration. In the center .-r the conth,, r,:, aaia, thanks to" the public spirit of Sir William Mac kintion, her domhi on , N? ...,is (vor tiin-0 groat lakes which give . rigi-i to the ile, and the lnagnhheu: platens wit!i their 'Plciid population; aro.sa 1 then. Oa the oiher side she ha cj'mvuau of he Ni-CtT ami the thickly ii. . . populated and La.: ivuted count r:. to -wlih-h that t- .i. i , .1, .... . . "k,uM.rst thing she knew the clock in the " - 1 " ac.'cs. i.i:g..a:i.J is upreme ia 11-ypt. a ad will probably let no other qam a b. .t;ng iu these upper Nile. c U!t:'i,i "huh are at pre sen: terrorized 'Vt r by the Mah li. Tho history of t iitr.il Africa may only now be said to lave begun. The problem here is very 'herent from that which has had to be " iu Atarica. ia Australia, ivA even ;- Aa, v.-hut will b the final outcoiijf ' d, vd;a C"kJ tUi'' IF WE HAD THE TIME. If I had the time to find a plae, And at me down full face to fare With ray better self that stands no show . . In my daily life that rushes so; It might le thn I would see my soul Wa stumbling still toward the shining goal; I might be nerved by the thought sub lime, If I had the time! If I had the time to let my heart Speak out and take in my life apart. To look about and to stretch a hand To a comrade quartered iu no-luck land; Ah, (iod! if I aiight but just sit still And hear the note of the whip-poor-will, I think that my wish with God's would rhyme If I had the timef If I had the time to learn from you How much for comfort my word could do; And I tol l you thru of mv sudden will .r , . , . . , :., ... lo kiss your feet when I did you ill If t be tears aback of the bravado" CV.iM force their way and let you know brothers, thesoulsof us all would chimo, If we had the time! llichard K. Burton. ALMIBA'S VALENTINE. i:y iif.i.kx iohi:i;t cjkaves. Down in the valley, the clock of Os borne Church had just struck twelve, the sounds coming in mutTled throbs through the waves of feathery, fast fall ing snow, and Miss Almira Brown, mak ing her way across the deserted church- -yard, stopped to listen, with one hand behind her ear. "Sounds dreadful natural," said she. "Seems like only yesterday I was here instead of eighteen good years. I wish it wouldn't snow so! It's sort o' bewilder in'. I believe I'm of? the true path ag'in. I don't really know if I'm close to the north wall by Deacon Linsley's grave, or down under the hill where Squire Dewey's two daughters are buried. I wonder," witha little shiver, "if there is reallv such a thing as a ghost? And if there was, wouldn't it be strange and sort o' creepy like to meet one, spookin' 'round here in the snow on Saint Valentine's Eve? Most folks would say that was a sign of speedy death; and the Brcwvns never were a long-lived family. Oh, here I be!" as she perceived, through the glimmering veil of white, the black outlines of a rude stone. stile. ' "J guess I'll find my way all right now." Carrying her carpet-bag in her hand, Miss Almira made a plunge for the high road, and presently stood under the porch of a pretty, old-fashioned house, a story and a half high, with brooding eaves that- came nearly to the ground, and windows barred with wooden shut ters, painted red. "Hum)!" continued Almira, stamping the snow from her substantial calfskin boots, and changing the carpet-bag from . one hand to the other. "Zenas has had the fence repaired and a new gate put in." She knocked vigorously at the door. No reply came. She knocked again, still with no better success. ".hist like Zenas," muttered she. "The most absent-mindede-it crcctur that ever lived to go off the very night he ex pected his only sister to come home. I uevMi'd ha' left Canaan Ceutre to , come back here au 1 keep house for him if I'd 'a su-pected such treatment as this. How ever, doctors have got excuses that other folks hain't, especially country doctors. I dare say Zemu had a sudden call, and I guess likely I'll find the door-key in the old place. " Shr stooped down, aud lifting the corner of the door-mat fished out a big brass key, wherewith she proceeded to npeu the door and admit herself into a little caroeted entrv where u .kerosene , , , , ' . , i laino mimed low on the table. "I do declare," said Almira, "he P things real nice. A carpet on the floor, and new paper on the walls. I gu'ss he meant to give me a surprise. Here's the teapot on the kitchen stove. Zenas always was partial to a cup o' tea and a rood fire. . too. I'll iest set down and dry myself a spell before I look aioiiud. Zenas'll be back directly, I hain't no doubt." The warmth and quiet of the cozy little kitchen acted as a soporific on the chilled and wearied traveler, and the corner was striking one, and turning with a' sudden start, she saw a short, stout man on the threshold staring at her. "What do you want?" she demanded, curtly, remembering, with a pang of ter ror, that she taad forgotten to reloclAhe door, in her amazement at the nfiw pa- per and the striped carpet in the hall, "The doctor aia't a: home, sad I doa'i knew whea fce'U btbask," "I don't want the doctor, "fsaidthe short man. "Then," said Almira, rhtSOgfiolthe emergency, "you're a burgiar?, and vou'd better clear out o' this!" She seized the poker and advanced resolutely toward him. "Look here, ma'am," said the4 stran ger. "I won't look." shrilly utter id Miss Almira. "I'm in charge here, an3 " At this moment she caught the fctoej of the calfskin boot in the thrifty ragrug that lay iu front of the fire and stumbled, and as she did so, the poker flew out . o her hand and went hurtling throug'Ahe air, hitting thestrauge man on theside of the head. Miss Almira waa appalled, as J she scrambled to her feet, to see him sbigger backward to a chair, with a dullVrtd stream trickling down his face. ''Good land!" she ejaculated, "I've killed the burglar!- I'm a murdererand never meant it, nekher! "It'i your o'wu-fault," sh added. "Why did you comexburgliug herej Be you much hurt? Oh, dear! oh, dean! why don't he speak to me? Why dont Zenas come? Where's my camphor bot tle? Oh, my goodness!. do hope he ain't goin' to die right here on the kitchen hearth I" The sound of sleigh-befti iUMft chimed joyfully upon her ears. She iaid the strong man's head carefully down on a pillow improvised out of her own carpet-bag, and rushed wildlyout, holding the kerosene lamp high above her head. "Come in, whoever you be!" the screamed. "Help-! hoip!" The passer-by drew .rein. "Hullo!" said he. "Ain't this my sister Almira Brown?" "Why," cried the bewildered spinster, "it's Zenas. Where have you been so long?" "I've been to see a sick patient," the country doctor made answer. "What's the matter, Almira! When did you come?" "I've killed a burglar!" faltered the woman. "Do come in quick, Zenas, and see if you can do anything! I don't s'pose they'll haug me, do you, if it was done in self-defense? And I didn't do it, either it doue itself." "Here in this house?" "Whv, certainly! Where should it be?" "But what was you doing he-e, Almira?" 'as he slowly unwound himself from fur robes and buffalo-skin cushions, and dismounted from the little red cutter with slow, cramped movements. "Doin'herel Why, waitin' for yoi." "For me, Almira?" "Good gracious, Zenas, I hope ou ain't gettin' hard o' heariu' in your jld age! For you, of course." "But, Almira, I don't live here!" Miss Almira had nearly dropped the kerosene lamp into a snowdrift in her consternation. "Not live here?" she echoed. "Why , no. I live in the old house a quarter-mile further on don't ye re member? under the old buttonball tree." "I thought the old buttonball tree had been cut down!" gasped Almira. "And this is just the same sort -.o' house." - . "It's one that Silas Safford built, after the same gin'ral pattern," said Zenas. "A reg'lar old bacheldorT-And he lives here by himself. Do you mean to say, Almira, that he is hurt! ' . vjjful variation of its magnetic powers By way of an answer, Almira energetl- cally pushed her brother iato the kitchen, I where by this time the injured man was j sitting up on the hearth, looking vaguely i around him. j "Eh said Zenas Brown, cheerfully. j "What's the matter? . Just a little skin S cut that's all. And you're weak with ' loss of blood. I'll soon fix you up. A 1 pretty Saint Valentine's Day you Ti have, -; and ali the mails to te sorted out! 1 "For he's the postmaster, Almira," be added, to his sister. "Been here two years now. Felch in a bowl of warm water, and just hand over your jocket- handkerchief, Almira." "Oh,- dear, can't I sort the mails, Zenas?" faltered Miss Almira. "I used often to do it Canaan Centre, when the postmaster was busy invoicing railroad freight." "I guess vou've done about enough al ready, Almira," said Zenas, with a sly chuckle. All night long Almira sat up, chang- iag the bandages on poor Silas Safford's ; tezaptes, fet-Jl tug the fire asd stteadiog ' to urioui Uutihold carti, asd when Zenas came around, , at about ten o'clock, he announced that the invalid fco longer needed her care.J "He's all right now," said the country doctor. "Am'tyou, sir?" Silas Safford nodded, cheerfully. "She's been proper good to me," said he, with a glance at Almira, "It wasn't no fault o hern. She s'posed this was your house and that I was a burglar. She did quite right." "It warn't me!" almost sobbed Al mira. "The poker flew right outen my hands like it was bewitched." "And," added Zenas, "Abiah Crook he's took charge o' the postofEce, and distributed the mail, and sent out the bag?, and all that. And here's a Valen tine for you, Si, all lace paper an' roses; an' I'll bet it's from 3uur old sweetheart, Sally Dawson, at LumV Settlement!" But'Silas made no attempt to open it. j iiv.,, n-iii :i " v f...i u UUSCU3Cl ut "ogracieusij pushing the missive away. "I don't care nothing about no valentine. And, be sides " "Eh?" "Your sister she was the first woman I caught sight of on Saint Valentine' Day," sheepishly remarked Silas. ,-"Well, if we come to the rights of the thing, the poker was your valentine, I guess," chuckled Zenas. And Almira, choking with rage and mortification, hurried out of the room, caught up her bonnet and shawl and went home. "I never shall dare to look him in the face again!" she Bobbed, as she went to work to get dinner for her" brother. . But she did: She took him a bowl toothsome chicken soup that very noon, and by common consent they avoided the question of the poker. A month passed by six week9. The April wild flowers began to peep out from under the layers of dead leaves in the woods, and Almira had a pink and fragrant cluster of trailing arbutur in her hand one day when she met Silas Safford coming home with the key of the postof fice dangling over his finger. ' "You're fretting about something, Al-miraf-saidhe, pausing to greet her. "Yes," said she, frankly, "I am. Ze nas he's going to be married to Widow d'arlet, and he ain't no more use for me. I've got to go back to Canaan Centre, and" . ' Silas deliberately put the key in his pocket, so as to leave boti bauds free, and took Almira, trailing arbutus and all, into his capacious grasp. "Stay !" said he. "Don't" go. If Zenas can get married, so can you. I meant it, Almira, that day when I said you were my valentine. I mean it now. Don't go back to Canaan Centre. Stay here with me!" Almira s eyes bright, cheerful brown orbs (they were sparkled; smile dawned around her lips. A Magnetic Plant. India, tlte land of poisonous serpents, immense jungles, fabulous wealth,feveis, cholera and mystiscism, has again come to the front through the recent discovery of a strange . plant with magic powers equal to a dynamo. T6.attempt to pull a leaf from this marvellourplant is to in vite an elecric shock equalo that pro duced by an induction coil. If a compass be held within six meters of this lightning-charged vegetable the needle acts a3 strangely as if it were be ing held above the true magnetic pole. Its electrical qualities, however, do not cause more amazement thau the wonder j which are most manifest at 2 o'clock ia the afternoon, gradually diminishing un- j til at midnight, or between midnight aud ' 2 o'clock a. t., when it can hardly be noticed. ; Day after day these wonderful changes j take place, the plant gradually losing its j magnetism as the darkness become most intense only to have the current renewed , wjth seBQing increased vigor as the sup j mounts the tropical skiea. A thunder- . 5torm augments' its peculiar qualities a . .iozen folci an(j, even though sheltered. f ,t drops its leaves and branches as if in ' the last convulsion of deatiTl Birds and insects shun the plant as do the natives of Java the deadly upas tree. r)ae Qd naturally suppose that the ; pint would be found growing in a region abounding in magnetic metals; the contrary is the case. There is neither Iron, cobalt or nickel found in the noma of the wonderful magnetic plant. l According to th Mail an I Kijrm thf ( United States now leads the worliuthfe productics of pig irca. FIJI ISLANDS. noblk spkcimkxs ok max hood si:kx tikui:. extraordinary H n i i d res i n jj A llo-' biantit- and PU'tnre&que l and J'he ltH)pl arc Fond of Musit. The Fiji Iland are, as far ns my ex perience goes, one of the most romantic and pictureque localities upon the face m i lit- liioov, rue a rornponucuu oi the New York 7'Wj. Their masses and outlines are rugged and stern; they ate volcanic in origin, aud show everywhere abrupt precipices and sharp and unexpect ed K-aks inland, and bold promontories where the land touches the sea. The piles of up-heaved earth and rocks which form the main part of the islands. are' frinued with broad and level beach nf ,-nn.l nd sand, outside of. which lie the shallow and placid waters of the lagoon enclosed by the bristling reef, against which th heavy swell of the Pacific beats unceas ingly with a steady and muriled roar. The edge of the shore is thickly set with cocoauut groves which form natural tivenues and arcades of surpassing beaut v ; scarlet and green parrots scream and chatter and iris-hued wild doves coe iu the feathery tops of the palms; crane3 aud egrets, variously garbed in blue, blaek and ivory-colored plumes, explore the shallows, and graceful tropic birds wheel in the sunlight', while the frigate birds float on motionless wings at trior- mous heights in the meltiug sky. Looking inland the prospect extends along a series of natural terraces set with an almost impenetrable iumrle of llower- 1 z- i ing trees, creepers and vines set with blooms of every variety of brilliant hue. Peeping out from the cocoauut groves are numerous villages, whose houses, made of 'plaited' reeds and thatched with grass, are set in picturesque irregularity along the banks of the streams that flow from hidden fountains in the hills, and surrounding these are plantations of yams bananas, taro, bread fruit and pineapples, which respond profusely to the scanty cultivation whichiis. bestowed imnnrtnm in i, i . i , ! branches, for they have no musical in upon tnem in the rich, red, violcanic soil. ! ' J rp. aor,. i .i btrumcnts whatever, if we except the na-. heat, and by its soft breath gives tho j finishing touch to the charm which ex- istence affords in this luxurious country. The pec pie who inhabit the villages above described are a splendid race less athletic and finely moulded, perhaps, than the Samoans, but next to them un doubtedly the most interesting inhabit ants of the South Seas. They are gener ally tall, of lithe yet muscular forms, amiable iu countenance, aud as honestly emotional as children. I their homes hey are neat, and show much artistic taste in the manufacture of various uten sils of wood and clay. The houses are carpeted with beautifully woven rugs of grass, and their walls hung with mats and with tappa cloth stamped in fanciful patterns. Their beds consist of piles of these mats, which are cool and as pleasant j to lie upon as a hair mattress. For pil- j lows they us'; small logs, or supports j made of cocoauut woo l, which are often elaborately carved, or set with beads and shell4; in fanciful patterns. This peculiar and seemingly uucom fortable species of headrest is made nece sr;ry by the elaborate manner in which the male Fijians arrange their hair. Do- ing verv little in the matter of clothing. ami not practicing tattooing, as do the Samoans aud many; other ' of the island j tribe", they expend upon their head- j dresses all the love for display which', seems inherent in the barbarous breast. As hairdressers the Fijians are the most expert jeopIe in. the world and show al j most as many styles as there are iudivi- I duals to display them. The practice o! i bleaching the hair by coating it with a! j paste of powdered coral and water is uni- t versa!, and by changing the naturally j j black pails to every sba ieor brown, re I, i &L.d yellow produces most singular ef I feet. This piste is; applied thickly to the head at regular intervals 'and is al- , lowed to remain for several days. It is j then washed out and leaves the hair stiff t and wiry aud standing straight out from ; a mystery to him what becomes of alt tho the head in every direction. By mini- guns made. They are not perishable or pulation aril dres.-iug with coeoanut oil, j sily destroyeJ, yet year, after year the it is arranged in various fantastic styles, j great manufacturers have increased thtir In one case it may be seen twisted into ; "works until the number of guns and pls hundrcds of little wisps, which look like j to Is that are made each year is something the strands of a mop when that utensil is ! enormous, and the trade instead of de . violently whirled; in another it is ar- j creasing is constantly growing. ranged to stand up from the forehead, a ia pompadour, and to spread abroad like the tt-p of &3 umbrella; 1 - ; n! an umbrtna: m a. iniri u u crimped to form a wavy ceverikg which projects boldly in every direction; in fourth it is combed stiffly out on the sides ami top of the head, while lxhind it U arranged in a series of ringlets which fall below the nape o f the neck.' The Fijians are a taU ly people, ?e- date and dignified in their movement, never iu a hurry, but by their . free and untrammelel gait getting over the ground in a manner which would some what trouble a white man to keep . up with them. Thfir walk is poetry personi fied, and. I suit for hours uuder the hotel ( port h overlooking the road alosg the shore admiring the ene and grace with which they stride aloug with the heavy burdens which they carry on thoir heads or their backs or at either end of a long jMile suspended over their shoulders. Kvery moveVf the Fijians is graceful and free, their Mant attire allow the per fect play of every muscle.'and one may see in scores on every street ami mount ain path models of manly beauty which might stand without alteration for the gods and heroes of antique sculpture. 1 have not seen in all Fiji a man who Was in any way deformed or who seemed to be MitTering from disease; tvea the very aged and white-haired patriarchs who are to be seen in the remote villages will show the visitor iu a surprisingly vigorous manner how, in the days of their youthrthey hurled the spear and brandished the jonderous war club. The Fijian women are distinguished j for their devotion to their families, many ' of them arc exceedingly pretty, although I'ke the women of most races which live in warm climates and upon an nearly exclusive vegetable diet, they incline to j corpulency as they approach middle life, ' they are in youth very graceful and symmetrical, and by their lively and cheerful manners make an agreeable im pression upon the visitor. The young girls are full of fun, and the best-looking among, them are as finished coquettes as are produced in Paris, Lqndon or New York. The Fijians, like the natives of nearly all the other South Sea Islandi, are a pcople fond of music and with a remark able ear for rhythm. Their practice of the art, however, is confined to its vocal tive drums. When, however, it is an open question w hether the civilized drum j is an instrument, of music or torture.it may well be questioned whether the Fijian substitute of a hollow tree trunk ih to be included iu the outfit of Poly hymnia. The Fijians also Lave tho conch 6hell. which they pick up on the beach, and by judiciously making a holo in tho side and blowing therein produce sounds of great power and lugubrious-' ness. It is their cheerful practice, on a steamer being signaled at night, to parade the town in large bodies, loudly sounding these infernal machines in all sorts of discordant keys, whereby pro fanity is largely promoted among the white resident. In farmer times the conch shells were blown as accompani ment to the native drums when a canni bal feast wa to be held, and must have dote much to promote the. bideousuess of the orgio. Quarrying in Winter. The Vermont marble quarries an worked iu winter, although perhaps with less result thau in the summer. I Due would suppose that when the exca rations are carried far down below th feurfa'e there wiuld Ik- frost en- ! countered; but, notwithstanding the walls of tle-s,; .,U trries are draped with colo.sai icich s r fro.eu cataract, whict imparl an extraordinary t fleet to thl cavernous gloom . It it not so j.!-asant for tne workmen, who have to climb the slippery ladders, ami are not keenly inter ted in pictur es qu effeft. What m urious isth&ttht marble itself at those depths icom Jro'-n. and nee Is ?o h thiwed before it t vi f t-.ken out, otherwise it has th btitto-r:ts of gl.av. This is 'done by carrvlu p;j" d n, and dreuching all th t lianti' K. u bv ;. mv hsne with j ntvii until t'ii" fro-t U driven oat. A Belgian gun manufacturer says it is Mrs. William Astor, of New York City, has a gold diaaer ierric Yfeluedt f5U, 000. t
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