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2 II I UI 1 III m K W Ay ay 0 ESTABLISHED Di 1878. HILLSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1891. NPW SERIES--VOL. X. NO. 38. m , , - ,j , - - ' ; . Emperor William wants to nationalize the German railway?. He would like to ,ee the change made before next year. "i !.r. result of the census in Scotland eho'.v-. rin increase of population in the decrease in the rural districts. n.ne-fifth of the ten million families in Franee'have no children. As many more h ive only one child, and of those who 1, ivr as many as seven children the nucn-L-r is nnly 230,jf)0O. U.iring hltmhtri: were built in the I'iite-l States 5'Ji churches; ministers t i the ii v:;i.or of were ordained, i:u 1 ;i i.,:-r. ; -1 i I . iu nil denominations, of, 1 10.t').fiijU added. The 'tmn'r of New South Wale?, t,nc of th. Au-tralian provinces, in pro portion to it- numbers is three times that of Canada, live times that of France, tt:i't eight tint -s greater .than the trade of th'- I ni ted States. '"., total number of pupils enrolled in t:i: public .ehools in Canada is 108,025, :i ' ! attendance 23.",7'.0, per ceutage i.f ..rage attendance fifty-one.' In 1879 t:. - v.er.i-'e atte-ubtuee was forty-five per '-:k. ol tl.:' registered attendance, in l1-- it wh fifty per cent, and in 1889 it -. riiiy-ou" per cent. 'i.j.e ur.'l lands capable of . eultivatior r.'.- jiin ite I at 10'). 0m, O0U acres ) 31 I'oell, of tin: lrnited States Geo il Survey. They can l2 cultivated ny'throughrrigation. At proscnt the m!i - for reservoirs and irrigating ditches :!v withheld by Congress from settlement 'i Mr-. Margaret Stov,e,v,ho died recent 'vas probably -the first fern a": e' magi in this country. About forty vcar; he and her husband, John Stowc, sleight -of -hand entertainments ir, tr k ';;-. 'mouses and dining -ha Us of villages v. .:l !.;ive since become prosperous cities. v, as the mother of John F. and L'Munv, tin- circus owners. "The American girl of a decade ago l.-i- etTaec l L.-rself," says Charles Dudley W.irat ! in 'the Editors Drawer of llnr--r li-j'!zint . "She is no longer the iitr'niL," ..urageous creature. In Eng h'.v, iu France, in Germany, in It ly, taki -, us one may say, the color of t-'' itui. The satirist will find no lit -'i-f aU-oad th'i A merican girl of the oM tyv whom he ontinues to d.s vhl.e." ys Jo;cph lliis in "How the Other Hi'! Live": "All of the typhus fever in N' Vi.rU uny b; trace 1 to the tcne- ife.Hcs on the east side. This see- '! N' A York is more crowd."! than k i : . . ! i phtcv ia the world. China ' e"'pb'd. When Fast London was " i c. attain 1T., ("!() persons to the ' mile, the public rose up ami sr.id '' thing nuht in "topj)ed.' The ea t : New York contains ;i33,UU0 the jaare mile. Hivam J. Maxim, the English machine. '.'.ivontor, has been in Washington to Wu- living machines with Professor i.an-!cr. He said to a reporter: "If I f 'v frojn the coast of Frince, sail ':,vJ'h the air across the chaund, and u- i'.'f u ton of nitro-glyeeriue upon L'liAi cit y, I can revolutionize the w,ivl. I believe 1 cau do it if I live '.Mjirh. If I die, some oae will ' a.u- im who will be successful ViI fdletl.'' i'-l' the lack of faith n eertaia m Now i)rieaa, observes the Chi-th- pfviplc there keep up a ::i which is in,t-c:itive "of the deepest f.r the courts. Visitors to tha : '.tfe apt to f.H- una; r ch uns stretched i-.n.. ttaut stre-.-ts :t!1a tratttc sus- ittn reoa. Inquiry brings the an- 'iit the -street' is are oecavi"! ti by the c J I t S :i:ilt!i'.vt,1 When ccuri curt- adiovirn the -4 : :4r'' t"'- I aide and tr.itlic oes c- umrni tram ruaning froai ; 1 - ia-et".; with a new rni'm.ta.i. . 'mnute ZlT i:j n "l,:-aiu' flc- d-pVtu of -ca f vn i ia Italy, ic. was iaveutei by Sigaor Si- ' ..-1. . '"ere . ' ' IV. -'-oui, ,. afi.K j ,v"' used, d-.ia ' tha wori of a-- Vrru of cji!. Tae diicoverv v'"? Th-nvf-1 nukes I: a i litioa to the fnl 4- yield a britiuat gai. A SUMMER SONG. Ah ! whither, sweet one, art thou flei My heart of May? In vain pursuing I am lei A weary way. The brook is dry; its silver throat Kills song no more. And not a linnet lifts a nte Along the shore. Will thou return'- I ask the night, I ask the mprn. 1 The doubt that wounds the old delight Is like a thorn. ' ( ib, come ! I lean my eager ear For laughter's ring; Bring back the love-light cool and clear Bring back my Spring ! Clinton Scollard, ia the Century. How She Wore His Ring. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. "What is the matter with you, Frank?" saitl I; "I never saw you look so sulky before." "Sulky!" Frank repeated, "I'm in trouble,- ami you have no sympathy for me. So much for friendship." "Cood heaven?, Frank!" I cried, div ing into my pocket and producing a well-tilled pocket-book. 4,I had no idea tell me how much you'll have. If there's not enough here I'll draw a check. The idea of keeping it from me, when you know that if I had only a dollar in the world Fd share it with the friend who saved my life and an ungrateful wretch I'd be, too, not to do it." f "Oh, put up your pocket-book, Jac4c," said Frank. "Can't you think otiany. other trouble iu life but want of money? lour ancestors nave roueu lnxgoitLso long that I suppose you think theress-t of L us beggar3. There, I know youVe ti k;nd-hearted fellow anel my friend, but I'm not out of cash," he laughed. But in a minute more his face was as gloomy as ever. "Tell me what it is?" I said. We were sitting on the bank of the river fishing. Frank had come out to our place to visit me. We had been at school together, and just as we were N I about to graduate, Frank saved my life. I shaVt tell y-ou how, that would be another story, and I want to talk about this affair justnow, but he saved my life at the risk of his own ; was laid up for six mouths, and alwaj'.s limped a little afterward, and I vowed eternal gratitude, so diil my parents. We all adored him, anil we had been very intimate ever since. He was twenty-five by this time, and an artist. I was twenty-four, and as Frank often said, "disgustingly rich." He was usually the merriest fellow alive. I don't want to convey the idea that Frank was a sickly cripple. He was a very unusually handsome joung man, and his little limp only made him what the ladies caU interesting. It was quite in his favor with them, and I noticed that when he was intent on making a conquest, he limped more than usual. But as gracefully as possible, you may be sure. He made a great many conquests. For my part, my weakness was not the ten der passiou, and I rather laughed at his a Hairs of the heart. "I suppose it is a girl," I said, after a pause. He looked up at me with his long-lashed, gray eyes, for I sat on a rock some distance above him. "Jack, I don't believe you have ever been in love, or ever will be," he said.- 4 'Oh, I like the girls well enough," I said, "and no doubt when I am older I shall marry; but I don't think there's any of the Amanda Kosamanda, the world would be a desert void without thee' sort of thing about me." "I don't believe there is," said he, in a tone that did not make the remark sound like a compliment. "But, Jack, that sort of thing, laugh at it as you may, is solid fact after all, and hearts can break, and lives be shattered, and fellows go to the dogs because a woman " He broke down. 3Iy arm was arouud his shoulder in a moment. "Why, Jack, old fellow, all the wo men like you," said I. "You're sure to get her if you try hard enough. They're often like that, I'm told coquette with a fellow till the last moment." "Oh, she didn't," said Frank, "She I accepted me at once yes, at once. U was love at first sight with us. I met her at a dinner. I took her and her mother, or maiden aunt, or somebody in a cap and eye-glasses, to the opera. I met her by accident, and walked with her. I asked her ifhe could love me, aud she said, 'Oh, yes.' We were en gaged. I almost ruined myself to buy a cluster diamond rin aa,i we k&( the happiest winter that ever mortals lived through. Our wedding-day was fixed for October. Her father promised all sorts of amiable things, and I wa3 fool enough to kiss another girl. She rather dared me to do it you know the way some girls have and by the 1 most dreadful ill luck Jennie saw me; and, look here." He took something from his pocket and held it out to me. It was a ring a cluster diamond. t'She sent that back - last week," he said, "and I've wanted to die ever since. " And he rolled over on the grass and hid his face. "Oh, go and make up with her, Fran!.," said I. "I've tried," said Frank; "she won't speak to me she won't look at me.' Sue sends my letters back unopened. So; it's ' over, and I shall never be good for anything again." He seemed to mean it. "She's gone to-Washington," said he; 'and they say an old Senator is mvkirfg ove to her. She'll marry him; I know it is out of spite, but she'll do it." "Go after her, and cut him out," said I. "I start to-morrow for Mexico a business engagement, signed and con tracted for. I'm to do the sketches for i v:rk on a certain part of the country, 1 hope Til never come back," said Frank. ' - I never saw any one look so desperate. "Frank. " I said, . "if you really are as mad about the cirl as you say you are, I'll promise you to go after her myself, force her to be reasonable, an coax her to make up with you." "It's impossible to do anything of the sort, he leplied; "but it you could my God! if you could, I would lie down at you feet and worship you!" "As I'm not a Japanese idol, or any thing of the sort, I sha'n't ask you to do that," said I. "I owe you a little debt of gratitude, remember. I'll go to morrow, and you can depend on hearing good news." He shook his head. j "You're a dear, good fellow," he said. I "I don't believe any other fellow living would do so much for a friend; I don't indeed. And, Jack, look here, I shall be down in Mexico soon, jou know. Write to me, but don't mention her un less you should perform a miracle. Then then oh, good heavens! telegraph to me; send me those words, 'She wears it,' and I'll fly through-lire aud water, or, blood, to her side!" "Wears what, Jack?" I asked. "Oh," said he, "I felt as "though you could read my thoughts. --This ring; ;ake it with you. If she ever says, Til forgive him,' say, 'then put this ring on igain.' And when she does " "All right," said I. And he kissed the diamond, and put it in a little box uid transferred it to me. "And now her name and address?" "You don't even know what i". he cried. I did not tell him that he was desper ately in love with another girl when we last met. lie was iu real trouble and I did not think it right to joke with him, and he wrote the lady's name: "Jean nette Donald," and the hotel where her people were stopping on a card, and said again : "No use, Jack, no uae she said she would never trust me again. She rnea-it it." A week from that time I was ir Washington, and Frank on Iii s way to Mexico, and I had galled on Mr. Donald on a business matter, concocted by my father to help meout. Dear old dad was as deeply interested as I, and I had thus been regularly in troduced to Miss Jeaanecte. She was a beautiful blonde, with golden hair and violet eyes, and th- sweetest smile, and a little, pensive way that made me fancy that she regretted Jack. But I was very artful. I laughed and danced with her, and walked .with 'nor, and talked with her, and ma:".e her ac quaintance very thoroughly before I ever mentioned Frank. At last one day I said "You know Frank Lulwig, d- you not, Miss Donald? I've heard him speak -r 'I oi you. "I was once slightly a :quaiate 1 with Mr. Ludwig," she replied. Her tone prevented me from saying any more just then; but as time went on, I was more and more determined to do what I had promised. The old senator ha 1 been in the lUM when I arrived, aul I had been obliged Iq well, to appear to be very much ii love myself, ia order to drive him away, and he had said some very btter thingi about "young puppies" tifore he van ished. But no w he was paying his ad dresses to a young widow, who appeared on public occasions dressed principally ia bugles, and leaning on his arm in the tenderest fashion. In fact I worked hard for Frank's sake to keep other fellows away from Miss Donald, and to make her like me, and ! ,,u. t . , T , , . - j leel that I was a friend, and I had just got myself firmly into her ga$d graces, when with a horror1 which I have no words to express, I suddenly discovered that I had fallen in love with her myself. Yes in love, and ia what I had once laughed at as the "Amanda Rosamauda style." It was not a joke, but a serious truth that I felt that "the world would be a desert void" without Jeaunette Donald. You see it was the first time I had been so much alona with a beautifu". girl, and she -had been so sweet to me, and she was the realization of my ideal of womanly beauty, with her golden hair and heavenly eyes, and a thousand other things. HoWever, I was not a false rascal. All that made no difference, I had come to Washington to work for Frank, and I would do my best for him. Conscious as I was of my ;own feelings, I dared delay no longer, and that very evening I took niy way to Mr. Donald's house, determine! to plead for Frank as though he were myyelf. She was alone at the piano, playing softly when I entered their private parlor. She held out her hand to , me. I took it, aud could not help holding it a little longer than I ought. "Miss Jeannecte," I said, "I have a confession to make. My acquaintance with you 'seemed to come about almost accidentally; but the truth is, that I came from New York on purpose to know you." "Is it possible?" said she, blushing like a rose. ' 44 Yes, iedeed, Miss Donald," I said. "I asked you once if you knew my friend, Frask Ludwig. He who used to talk so much about you. Oh, Miss Donald, you ire so sweet, so fair, you look so gentle. How cau you be so cruel?" "I cruel! I do not know what you mean, Mr. Leslie," Jeannette cried.. "Yr hen a woman has won a man's heart, is it right to cast him away to doom him to despair," I said. "My pur pose in seeking you out was, from the tint, to'ask you to put this ring on your linger." " v rue ootoa pnoj v, tjil-a utoi oq prcnoQ pnjs u4araoo4amo3,, am .qi.nn? jppr.otTS tu uodn drjs Ajvaq ti " ,uou; oouOj, Aisi o r.oqB svm. j Scotch accent "come, come! You've beta very sly, young folk, but I was the same myself in my time, and I'm not sure I'll object." 4 We've not been sly, papa. said Jeannette. "Jack ha3 -never said a v. crd to me before." rut it on, lad," said the old gentle mam; "put it on her finger, and my ble-sing on ye both," What could I do ? I put the ring on Jeanette's finger. Nothing else was possible. The old gentleman left us together, her head sunk on my shoulder. I have often, wondered since what she thought of me, for I never uttered anfciier word the whole evening. , As soon as I decently, could I got away. I adored her ; I knew that I should be miserable without her, but I could not play the part of a rascal. Having stolen Frank's diamond ring ind given it away might have, been rather bad, from a detective's point of j view, but I did not think of thai. It i would seem to him that I had been false, j cowardly, treacherous, and had won his J Jennie after promising to make all right between them! I could never tell Jennie the truth ifier ail she said to me that night, thing that would have made me tLe happiest of men, if I had dared to be, and as. walked homeward I decided to shoot myself and end it all. I could write a letter of adieu, explaining all to Frank, telling Jennie how I loved her, telling my parents that without honor life was valueless. I had a pistol in my valise at the hotel. Weil, the sooner it was over the better. I was m an undescribable state of min d, fpr I lovel life, and I saw it bright and glowiug before me but for my lost honor. As I entered the hotel, I turned and "avf a last look at the long, beautiful street. Before morning my eyes would close on the worhl forever. "There's a message lor ymi," said the clerk as I passed his othce. 1 turned and took it. It was from the city of Mexico, from Frank, of course. I tore it open, these were the contents. "Don't go further with that matter; I'm m i--.Ie 1." So I was when he next heard from m- Family Story Paper. Fruits in Arizona. . , Fruit culture m Arizona has thus far but in the experimental tests already made it has been demonstrated that ca excellent quality can be obtained, and that, too, early ia the season. The orange, lemon and lime yield in abundance and are superior fruit in eyj-ry way. In Yuma County the fig has been rabe 1 with suc cess that stamps it as. indigenous. Here the grape is hardy, thrifty and adaptable --maturing from three to four-weeks be fore the California grape. The olive grows luxuriantly, but it needs a great deal ofcaie iu cultivation besides plenty of water. The plum cau easily be raised from the seed aud will'fruit early, but thus far it has not been of a quality adapted for table use. However, as stock for prune gralting it is desirable. The date has proven a success beyond all ex pectation. The soil is particularly adapted for its growth, and many fruit growers are now preparing to engage ia its culti vation oa an extensive scale. Apricots and peache3 will do well. The orange, lemon, olive 'and banana thrive well in Maricopa County. j During the next five years Arizona will take a rapid stride forward in fruit cul ture. New irrigation enterprises arc be ing pushed forward, and as a couse quencelanil is rapidly being. brought in to condition for orchard and vineyard growth. Irrigation Age. A Lizard for a Wedding Present. Among Kubu3 of Sumatra the tender passion is most prosaically dealt with. It would seem that delicate susceptibilities have but slight chance of development among so untidy, so thriftless a people. Their lives are seldom marked by pro gress; they seem content to go on their way exactly as their forefathers and fore mothers have traveled. Very simple indeed is the marriage ceremony. A Kubu youth, having set tled in his own raiud his choice, iuter viewa the parents of the maideu, men tioning what he cau offer iu return. If late bargains with the itinerant trader have been gratifying, he may have in hand a knife, a spear, or some strips of gay cloth possibly money, if he has acted as guide or burden-bearer to trav elers. There may also be dammar and beeswax, rare fruits and favorite animals for food (a dainty snake or nimble lizard), all most acceptable in the eyes of the father ami house-mother. Should this queer endowment fund be satisfactorily large, neighbors are called together, who are seated with due formality under a tree. The father of the maiden tben publicly i.nnounces his consent to-tfie betrothal, shows the presents receive'! from the yoing man, and expresses his pleasure. ..Yew Tori Journal. Queerest Thing Abjti Deep Sea Fish. The queerest thing about dep sea fish creatures is their arrangement for vi-ion. Fish that live at very great depth have either no eyes at all. or enormously bi ones. Indeed, there are two wits vou may get on in these gloomy abysses, by delicate touch organs, er by siht that collects tho few raysyd light due tr phosphorescence or vther accidental sources. Drwn to the depth of twt hundred fathoms, the eye -'et constantly .' biirger and bigger. Keyorid that depth, small-eyed forms, with long feelers, de veloped to supplement the eye. Lm:t still we find funct::-!e eye.; ttl ia most continued abyss-r.a! sp "d. th eve; have disappeared entirely. ' CuAi tutor. Illuminated by Fireflp. A special from Binggold, Oa., a wonderful phenomenon whicu :e:ls ot visite 1 that historic city th-; other evening. Millions upon millions of fireflies issued from neighboring mountain ridges and took down the course of theCbickanuauga River, which skirts that city on its south era border. The pyrotechnic di-play was grind. Trunks of trees skirting the river were plainly visible a quarter of a mile distant, and the i e-n'.ire ir.ouutain ide was illuminated, dps lurd-; of nre rlics' was fully forty feet highland it took a quarter of b.n hour to pas down the stream, exteodipg over a mile along 'its CURIOUS FACTS. Electric light illuminates .Trrusalem. A Ik rah UVr.n.) matHncubato 24,000 egs at a tune." Oroville, Ala., has a "boneless boy,' who is unable to stand. Ht-brji W women, on an average, are said t live? longer than those of any other race. The highest railroad bridge in tho F.nitf.V States is the Kih.ua viaduct oa the Erie Koa 1 o.l f0 - high. The oldest known journal of life weather was kept by one Walter Merle, a Fellow of Mert.m College, Oxford, England, durtng A. 1). lo37-il. The Michigan penitentiary has a claM of lit!) n in tetegraphy, originated by one of the prisoners. Each convict pur chased .his own instrument by working overtime. Joshua Atkins of Dead wood Hill, Peuo., has a curiosity in tho 'shape of a pig. It has t ight legs, four ears, and two tails, laeking only another head to constitute t.vo pigs '"grown together. It is the intention of the owner to place the l'ttle wonder on exhibition. Russian journals report that since their marriage the Grand Due MkJiel MekaU lovitch and . v. iJiMH , e i. i irve.ii mu : .nii-Tft 1 1 touut and Countess of Love. This ro mantic appellation is the literal transla tion of the name of the Uom auolT-!. The ways of the auctioneer in differ ent parts of the world vary greatly. In England and America the seller bears tho expense of the sale, but iu France tho purchaser bears the cost, five per cent being added to his purchase. Iu Holland it is srfll worse, the buyer being required to pay ten per cent, additional for tho expenses of the --ale. One of the most fre-quent complaints among canaries is asthma. This disease is easily cured if taken hold of at once. The bird-dealers sell a powder that is mixed in the water the birds are given to drink, and there is also a bird, tonic which is good for all the ills that bird flesh is heir to. Wheu a bird has the asthma the symp-J torus are a heaviness cf breathing at night. Canaries with this complaint have been known to breathe like human beings. Ilecentiv a workman, while excavatim for a levee neur Skelton, Ind., unearthed a mammoth foot, supposed to be of tho ostrich species. Thj leg was disconnec ted at the knee joint. The leg from tho knee down was intact. This relic wai -found aoout eight feet below the surface of the ground. The i ntire length of tho limb from the joint t the ind of tho middle toe is t-ix feet nine indie; the length of tlr toes is respectively' nine, seven aud U inches each. It is thor oughly petrified and heavy a rock. The first firearms used in Europe were cannon. Gunpowder artillery wm used in China in -."j, B. ('., but the arquebus to be carried by a ,-ldier was not'Q vrr.ted until ll'', A. D. Inventor not known. Char!'- V use I the musket in l ! '). Thev u-eJ match?1 or match locks, 'l ite w't'-e'-lock was invented in J.17, the tlint-lock about ICi, the cr-cu---ion principle by the Hev. M. For Mthe in 107. Speaking generally, .the early hand gnus were bteech lovlers. Fir-t parent in the United State for a breech-loading fire -arm wa to Thornton and Hall of North Yarmouth, Ma., May. 21. 1M1. ' The Pries of Peace. The oft-repeatc-d asv.-lioa that tho world is getting ies. warlike is true oaly in the ssns-j of the fact th tt the inven tion of gunp.:w jer hii mid pltchrd battles rarer an i I--.,, m jr i -ro n. Tho "tug of war." where G, ";"-. :.aet Greek, was often d' d iei o 'iy -ft -r the slaugh ter of four-fifth of the liferent of both side, an 1 t r: li..-trj more tliaa once attempted 'he ri:-V. extirpation of aho-tile tr'.b - a i tvulch wa acr tually executed in ' rue!i a Dolabella't campaign again -t th : S cnnonlan iial. But for nearly four huu ire 1 year th same Homan iat.-.t i vr I tue peace of three continent w.th i stai Lag artay varying from forty to tUty-five legions, i. e., from eighty thrinal V one hun dred and ten th'J iii'il men, while Eu- rore atoae n'w su:ri an aravr lorce " of 1,20','JJ. g'rrb.3-rl licw, beside militias and reserve. Warfare hai be come les destructive, but th? prepxra- inous; for neirly two centuries the price of pea? has yearly become taore exorbi tant. New Yuri Voice.
Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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