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fit A l tr WA HUSHED IN 187R. IIILLSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1893. NEW SERIES-VOL. XIII. NO. II Ml I -t nunk in Arizona lias issued i ffdloU i:ig nr.iico "This tank ha .- i.u.-.-ted; it owefuhe people 3C,000 ; t!.J- people owe it .?."5,000; it ig the 1 , A(- vhn bpj busted; when they pay Oil j 1 H V. T fiii of Europe is, in the r !-:m of. tins New York Herald, riir. ;--t tn -d l,y Italy, which, practically i - i' i; , h-r people poverty strieken ! : '.i 'itented, might find at lca.it 5- ..; .'Miry valval ion in war. A "massage stone," i9 coming Into use i:i England that is made of un '!) 1 chin arid provided with a sort of dorm! lump for holding in the hand and has the rubbing nirface lightly -undulated, not to say ridged. 'J he stone is white and even when used on recently washed skin it soon be comes darkened, showing that it wpji-c'eH a good deal of material Uaia tho pores. Doctor Baker, Secretary of the Miehigun St'it Board of Health, has le-n making a thorough examination and study of CuiiH'.imption and has . t'oine to the conclusion that it is a communicable disease. He accord ingly recommended at a meeting of the Board that it be placed upon tho list of communicable diseases and treated nti Huch. This the Hoard decreed, and hereafter consumption will bo knowi a. a communicable, disease. An ingenious lire alarm was exhibit ed at a recent Hireling of the Paris Academy of Sciences. -hollow ball of aluminum is supported at one end f-,Mn arm, with a counterpoise at th other end, the whole being in tquili brium at the ordinary temperature and previsure of the air. Thv apparatus is purpohely mah; not sensitive enough to show the. ordinary natural change of preure, i.ut if the specific gravity of the it ir becomeH diminished con ideraldy, either from a rise of tem perature r an admixture of ccud ga in sutiicient quantity to become ex plosive, the bal.iuc,', is destroyed, and the hall in fulling completes an eleo trie circuit by which an alarm bell is i-et ringing nut il the normal statu ol all'air.s is .-igaiii established. The varieties of sh-igh hells this sea Hui will le larger than ever, announces th ( 'hicugo Jlcrald, and manufuctur- rs will cater more to luxurious tastes. As one can now pay or njore for a whip, hi), eati he give .?10 for a body Krap of la lls. For that ho can got a fctrup coven-d with Alaska sealskin, with sixty silver, bras.-;, gold or nickel br lis, the metal not being, of course, ho precious as the names indicate. Somewhat cheaper straps ere made of heaver or mink, wool seal, kangaroo, ooze calf or Persian Iamb. Or if the pleasure-seeker wishes, he can imitate the -tastes of 'tho Russian, tho Lajv lander or the Tartar. In foxtail plumes he can And the upright, the drooping and the hanging plumes, or some elegant horse hair plumes, for $10 per pair. Says the Now York Tribune: "Jn vajiilo blackguardism constitute the .principal theme of discussion iu the new annual report of tho Howard Prison Association, which contains a good deal of interesting information concerning those organized gaEgs of young delinquents, which are among the greatest curves of all great cities. The 'toughs' of New York have their counterpart in the corner-boys' of Dublin, the 'scuttles of Manchester, the 'hoodlums' of San Francisco, the 'hlm d tubs' of Baltimore, and the 'larrikins' of Australia and New Zea-hiu-l; who in certain cities in New South Wales and of Victoria even suc ceed iu terrorizing the police. Many Hit : boils have been suggested for deal ing with the problem, the most, satis factory and efficacious of which t-eem to he that adopted by the Canadians,, which is locally described as the 'cur few bell' plan. Driven thereto by the intolerable behavior of the young row dies, the Canadian police now lock up in jail for the night all disorderly or bating lads found in the rtreets after the ringing of the bell at nine o'clock. The effect of this stringent regulition i" sh'own to have been highly satisfac tory in Canada, i but it is doubtful whether it would be possible to earry ut any such drastic measures in so We a city as New York, where iaore ovr the juvenile crim'nals are far liiure wideawake than their 'pals' across the borde." MEW QUARTERS. 1rtrtr1rtretirtrttiriirtrerer - Fancy (ioods, Novelties and all kinds of Books. Times are hard hut we have flie hard time prices. Hocking Chairs, Stands, Book and Hat Rocks, Picture Frames. First 5. Scissors, Dolls, Toys, and Fireworks. . - y V See Our TEN CENT Counter for Little Folks. N W ring us your Produce. Made a Cal False Teeth. The cat that owned the false teeth had lost his ow n, and had his jaw broken besides by a drunken w retch who beat him with a cobble-stone. Something must be done for him, for Ife supported on "spoon vittles" was a bugc'n ftnl a young dentist in the neighborhood, who had become greatly interested in the unfortunate cat, re solved to try the experiment of mak ing him a set of false teeth. Taking the east for the plate was a terrible jiiece of work, as Captain ob jected to it wth all his nii.ht, but it was nothing to what followed when the teeth were fairly in. If the animal had plunged and scratched while the plate was being fitted, he acted like a ma 1 thing when it was firmly attached to his. jaw although it was well made and fitted perfectly. He could not understand that 'it would enable him to continue the luxurious feasts to which he had been accustomed, and for several days he was furious over it. Every possible and impossible scheme was tried to get the uncomfortable thing out of his mouth; he. tore at it with h-is claws, he shook his head violently to make it drop out, he butted against heavy pieces of furniture, and if any one came 'tear him he grow led and scratched at them. There seemed to be danger of his go ing mad. and his friends were sorely mizzled to know what to do with him, when, greatly to their relief, he calmed do--, n and appeared to have come to ihe conclusion that his new possession as aftt r all a blessing in disguise. He was once more gentle and affectionate, as he 'had been previous to his mis fortune; and the plate was now often taken out between meals and put back du'iiiu. Iu this way it was worn com forta'bl r for over a year. San Fran cisco Cnriii In his Year Book of the TJnirersities of the World Doctor B. Kakula states that there are now 147 universities. That in Paris leads with 9215 students, followed by Vienna with 6220 and Berlin with 5527. Tbe smallest on the list is the university ftt Fourah Bay, Sierra Leon Afnc with twelve students and fie iaMructors. is & ilhe mtWMmMWEM The Largest Assortment of Xmas Goods eV6f seeu in Orange County M w ft Age of Trees. Elm, 300 years; ivy, 335 years; ma ple, 510 years; larch, 570 years; orange, 630 years ; cypress, 800 years ; olive, 800 years ; walnut, 900 years ; Oriental plane, 1000 years; lime. 1100 years; spruce, 1200 years; oak, 1500 years ; cedar, 2000 years ; yew, 3200 years. The way in which the ages of these trees have been ascertained leaves no doubt of its correctness. In some few cases the data has been fnrnished by historical records and by traditions, but the botanical archeologists have a resource indeperdent of either, and. when carefully used, infallible. Of all the forms of nature, trees alone disclose their ages candidly and freely. In the stems of trees which have branches and leaves with netted veins in all exogenf, as the botanist would sav the increase takes place bv means f annual deposit of wood, spread in an even layer upon the sur face of the preceding one. In the earlier periods of life trees increase much faster than when adult the oak, for instance, grows morj rapidly between the twentieth and thirtieth years and when old the an nual deposits considerably diminish, so that the strata are thinner and the rings proportionally closer. Some trees-slacken in rate of growth at a very early period of life, and layers of oak become thinner after forty, thos vf the elm after fifty,, those of the yew after sixtv. New York Times. Chinese Paper Weights. The odd little paper weights, cap?, eais. Trays, bowls, teapots, animal figures, idols and knickknacks in soap stone of various colors, which travelers bring from China are made, for the most part, from the output of mines near Wenchow. M'hen the steatite is taken "out it is verv soft, but hardens quickly ia the air. As to the colors there found tht British consul at Wen rhow enumerates purple, red, mottled red, black, dark blue, liaht blue, rray, white, es-gshell white, jade color, beeax and "frozen" color. The white, jade color and "frozen" are considered the finest and bringliigh prices. There are 2000 miners and eitrvers in these mines. New York relegrain. .BR pice : off fti r Imw ft own & Offer you a Full line of Hired Relations. One of the curious national branches of industry which have grown to enor mous proportions in Bucharest, the capital of Boumauia, is the noble pro fession of "hired relatives," which undertakes to furnish to everybody in want of parents, brothers, .sisters, aunts, etc., the necessary persons to represent them. Persons who desire to get married for instance, and have no oarents to j-figure- at tljfeir respective weddings, j or who are in possession cf such who decline to give their consent to the marriage of their sons and daughters, -need do nothing more than station themselves near the entrance to the Marriage License Bureau. Thfre they will soon find themselves accosted bv some 4 gentleman" or "ladv" who for a moderate sum of money is willing to take the place of the absent parent. For twenty lei quite a respec table-looking father can be hired. Fifteen lei is paid for a brother and a fashionably-dressed mother cost? the same amount. Investigation has dis closed the fact that some of these pro fessional mothers have figured at mar riages fifty times a year. The police department is jnt de votingconsiderabie time to the sup pression 6f this nefarious business, which has been nourishing unmolested for some time. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Heroic Work by a Servant The heroism of a servant girl paved a span of valuaV.de' hoisrs for John I Moser. of PerKiomenviUe, I enn. Tne j large ""bam on. the farm was set on tire, and the men, wLt-a they discovered ! the fiarnes. feared to enter the stables 5 to release the horses and four head of V. Seattle. The daring girl, however, I dashed into the burning building and freed tjie plunging horses and was ! : burned! the hands and face, thouch ; not s?nonalv. She w&sgreatlv cher-d bv the men who watched the brave' j deed. The barn .was destroyed. ? Philadelphia Rec t 1 ' H In 1 V) Gilbert r.-corded'that oifcet hKbr. l.ules amUr had J-TOpertite. (ftLASS FRONT. i Liffe. ! best quality of Cioods at - Class Pocket Knives and I, eo. General Merchandise. . A KemarkaDie hast. The tenth of Mrs. Charles Peck, eighty years old. of the county town of Lyme, Conn., terminated a remark able case of involuntary fasting. Mrs. Peck was taken sick fortv-nine dav before, and a strange feature of her illnets manifested itself at once in hex inability to take any kind of nourish ment, even fluids. At first she had little inconvenience on account of her enforced fast. Her general health was not seriously injured,' and her weight was not materially diminished. At tho end of two weeks, however, she became emaciated, and finally was Tin able to quit her couch. Skilful phy sicians were puzzu 1 on Recount j her aversion to fool, and were at their wits' ends to afford anv relief. Dur ing the last two weeks sh" was uncon scious and reduced about to the con dition of a skeleton. The doctor were amazed by her wonderful vitality. One of them managed to force a little water down her throat, but afterward she could not take even water. She died of starvation on the forty-ninth lay of her fast. In view of-her great' age and feebleness at the beginning of her sickne.w, br family physician believes hr fast tht most wonderful one in-historv. New m York Tribune. ic-President Crocker ef the Southern Pacific, has announced thatJ bis company does not propose to make any fight against the hordes of tramps who are beating their way westward oa freight trains. He has arrived at the conclusion that it ia useless to un load the Hcketles tourists, becauM tboy get aboard trains in rutScient a ambers to overpower the trainmen. Therefore Mr. Crocker believe that time can fcaved and bloodshed averted by allowing the tramp to ride so long as they are peceble. No prociama- tion to. that effect has been issued from the company headquarters, bat it is to be mutually understood that the trainian axe not to molest the "hobos" except in self -defense. It is likely, remarks the Portland Oregoa- i&n, that the other lines extending from the Rockies to the Pacific will foUow tbe Southern's example in this xtepect, if they hare not already dca. tj QC ? o m a ojuet wax. CURIOUS FACTS. Maps were invented by Anax Inlan der, a Greek, about B. C. 5. A woman in Tanner, W. Va.t gave birth to her twenty-ninth child u few days ago. A grouse recently flew into a stor at Eugene, Oregon, and was cap tured alive. , x Four rings were ued in the mar riage ceremony of Mary Stuart to ihe unfortunate Darnley. The preliminary surveys for the Pa cific Railroad required four seasons, and cost over $1,000,000. The first woman's face represented ou a coin was that of Pnlcheria, the Empress of tho Eastern Empire. The laagest known specie of night flying insect is the Atlas moth, a resi dent of the American tropics, which has a wing spread of over a foot.te- A New York cat whose teeth ha I been knocked out by a drunken ruf fian, had a false set made for it by a dentist and wears them comfortably. A bar of steel costing 31 nray be worked up into $350 worth of needles; made intoknife-bladcs.it is worth made into balance-springs for watchei the same bar would be worth $250,000. The natives of Botorudes one of th hottest regions of the earth, behevv that heaven will be a land of cool streams and shady groves entirely"' cleared of all underbrush ami cac tuses. Tho only genuine skeik is the .4iov ernor of Medina. His office is sai l to date from the time of the Proph t. I, is now generally applied as nn honor ary title to the head man of an A rail village. Tho watch that Admiral Farragut carried through the war is now in tho possession of a California cadet at An napolis. The citizens of Vallcjo gavo the timepiece to Farragut in 185 when he was a naval captain. Baron Felder, of Vienna, ha occu pied his time for many yeara in gath ering rare butterflies, Recently ho sold his uncommonly beautiful and almost perfect rollcetion to Lord Bothechild for the miiu of 5000. A peculiarly severe punishment in ni among the Chinese is the loss of sleep. The criminal iH kept awake by hU guarduntil he dies. Thf sufferer live two weeks under the torture, and almost always becomes a raving ma niac. The original designation of the Rus sian ruler was autocrat, u term bor rowed from a title of the Oreek em perors. The title czar was taken firt by Autocrat Waldimir about l l'jo. The Russian rulers were called czar or grand dukes until th-ixteenthe -ntury, when they claimed the title of Emper or. V The censor had charge of Roman morals, and waw alwav kept busy. There were twocenors, and their ofiice was held sacred and regarded as su perior to all others save the dictator ship. It was a part of their duty to preserve a register of th citizens and their properly, and they acted partly as superintendents of the census, part ly as assessors. A recent writer a-sks T.hether ants talk, and relate that he aw a drovo of small black ants moving apparently to new quarters. Every, time two met they put their head together although they wre chatting. To iuvt-sti'ity the matter he killed one, and th eyo witnese of the murder hastened away and laid their heads together withv-ry ant they met. The Utter immediately turned back and fled. The Ocean T!ephoe PottiMt. Profesor Silvanus I. Thom-on in one of tho who believe that ocean telephony is not only j)Aibie, but that Ihe means of attaining it are within our grasp. Telephone cable for the deep sea will, however, rjuir to te made on a different plan from the existing telegraph cables ; thit is to say, n single conductor of stranded copper insulated and surrounded by an iron sheathing that comes btwrn the outgoing wire and the wat-r whioh serve a the return part of the circuit! The going and return wirs will Lave to lie side by side within the sheathing. Moreover, the whole eireait will prob ably ha-re to be broken up into section which are car able of acting upon each othrr by mutual induction.-- London Globe.
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