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P, i ESTABLISHED IN 1878. HILLSBORO, N. C. SATURDAY JUNE 2, 1894. NEW SERIES-VOL. XIII. NO. 29 II Ml I III !,.:: '.':i !v...:i I-tr I dec-Lins th.v '..U bttsiiieSB'tO inter fT a country (Samoa r.' 'r tV'ir ba'." It sRm ;, i.'.m rr -. th" Now .OrIan "A:: ' 1 ' til? 'j i ;s nearer Amtr I'.:: 'I'lN It int' r-'-.tin to note Low close th ::.v- iit r of intent medicines ami t iit !' I- follow upon the heels of ;.-,. ic.t d ;: j vi rv. What the regular I b j f-lf ; h t: s nr" telling their private patients : .-lssing in medical pub-lifu:i'.:j-, liit- j tf-iit medicine m'-n of tli"- Kc.'jrcKMVt: M-rt are preaching t ;. public thr u;.;h a thousand n Ivertis chan im!h. Will CVrl' ioii has been analyzing la'-t v-nr's rr.-p of po.-try of the Unite 1 St.it s. lit- lin I that the total outmt " His has approached very closely to th iiHtu!).r of :,'))'))). Sorin-' Mu.ii', J.V,mo. l)-sp,i,rhn 100,000. !:- M.iit. Iit 1 ,'), Whil.j h-jt.u ,as hal !,- than d-vo'trd to it. "My Soil tn l I" is th- burden of 12)))) pro duct u,n. "'four So il nn 1 V,m'' of n-t i-ivM. "in'i;' D itv" is t-dd vol in .''") j.K. ticitl :!ihb ; ono solitary hit i,f rV" ,l,.:ik with ".My Duty." A soeh-ty which the New York Tri- 1 jim Iflievv-s would hava a wile field of m- .-fulness in this c juntry .would be on' of similar to the Shipwrecked Mar-iTi-rV Sn u-ety, of England, which has h-.i hju'irters in London and ageneie he tt red all ovtT the United Kingdom. By t ii- pay iii'-nt of Neventy-livo cents ay -if a British seam ui can. enroll him-w-lf;t- a :n . n'oer, securing many ad vantages f r hiinscdf an I his family ia h' llrii an I ;uiterial assistance iu easa of .-.uip.vreck of sickness. The railw tys tint hive been est ih-li-ii 1 in Aut:li'iu c 'onie-, an I -in-dee 1, in pr.ici ic illy all u.mv .eiutvie ha.' n.t, iri th" e.ti tint ion of th-i Hail way II. -view, yield'.' 1 results as a rule that were Mi'ii 'iently- satisfset ry f: enc.urae e tpital, eonsioere I nvrei? at tn hi s . ! lent. Ttk Austr.iii.-i as h i'i. iu j oint. In Victoria the (ev ei an,. nt r iilway o'ny r'turu "J.'il per eenl. ill til" fofill i n.t r.'V 'li:i n;j t lie "i u Vest.- 1 (Mptt ll ; ill L' 1 is'.an I tie- r turn is '.''", p t e.-nf ; ;u N.v Soe.tii Y ii. - lI.'iT p r cut; whil ' iu South Autr ili i th : aimrit rtes t I.';.", : .t e -nt A rMuarUablo los-i of patronago 18 r.-port'-d iy the Mercantile Library iu l'ii'.la leiphia, which is ono of th) 1 ir,-e-t and best in the United States. It is a pay library, and in 1S71 it hal ll.TS'i members and subscribers an I circulated 2t')S277 books. Since that y"sr which saw its "hiih water in irk," it. business has gradually ebbed nway to a liieju'.) -rslup (including 8'.ibs-rib- of lUir, and a circulation of s '."' ?, those hciu tlu figures for Is ' I. Tiiis asto'ii'nin; condition of affairs is hard to explain, a.Jmits the N. v York Mail and Kxpress, as no Kreat free library has beiu strirte l in I'uila leipliia to warrant th d creasj in the Mercantile! business. Are -Americans in danger ot becom i:i : a n iti.'n of coiYee-drunUarks? asks th" Chicago H-cor I. Statistics have r- v'ently 1. 4 n published by th Gov- rnmeiit t sh e.v th eonMvnntion tf tf i an 1 c , iu thix country. The t':.;ur's in iicate tier, wane th" domestic cou-.uuipl.oa of t"t remain-, per I'.n.t i, almost statin: iry, the uso of Co'V.-e j be :niu ' tn.'re an I more r il. d'lus sho-vs tht whil we nr n ? like th- Ka 'bh. a nstivm of t .- ir.:ikcr-. w e ar .: n ei t a 1 h ivie-t c Ciourner-s . .;!" v on th 'iob;--. I:i s . ;. c.:i .n:u..l 1 jM-ui ls of tea :. ! '. p iu is of c T -.' tx-r cspit.i. 1 ; . i" us; ; t io :i of t 'I l U r ase 1 verv i-islly Vald 1 ! w-i vi wo usd 'M 1 v ' te: an I si. - n.i n 1 o; Tiiere has be.ui since the-n a rd, but n f st-M-iy, de'!in- in th . ..ptio-.i of tea d.J t 1S.H, '.. '.h p :r capita c.miu untioa was p ' in is. Fr en ls,l the us? of ::rru.d until 1 . when the ''I'uprieu wis pounds per t. -iu li x thr. dat to IS 4 i :. i option his du-t utel b"-i- th it aniTiul an I abvjt 7 -i l In F.ui.iu the c-.-aumntioa 1 t x , n "f t a u ;i'o.it ." p.mu Is per cipit, :iu- t:i people us only abtut 1 uu l ofcullee per capiti. Possibly r-A-'. u f r tiiis is thit the Eilisa " is far better thiti tha American, lulv the American coffee is far betteJ tlan the Er-lish. HAH'Y PAYS. I Ring a ong o bappy days eoiln up th AH thountry Jiatenin' to th tinkllu bils o' hop ; Happy la tty raea'lows an happy ,j th ftryin, Aa Laf-pv in the dayllm?, an' happy In your 'reams' fin a song o' happy tinys elimbin' up tho Rin?in in the breoz an' ripplin in the rills Happy on the housetops, an' happy on tho so!. , An' the harpy worM a-rollin' to the happy gates o' Goi ! t Atlanta Osntt it at ion A GENTLE ADVENTTJEE. OBBY ARNOLD is an ideal friend o! the family. He is old enough to be a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Ilivington and young enough to be chummy with the daughters who 'are in Kociety. The other children, who extend in a petti coated procession from the nursery to Yasar, call him Uncle Iiob. He is prcfiseh- the sort of cavalier fservante such a brood of doves needs. While not wealthy enough to be con nidered a good catch by the young ladies, who have all the ambition that invariably prevails iu families made up solely of daughters, he is still suffi ciently well ofTto be an eligible parti in case any of them should fail to cap ture a prize. And the whole family like to have him about. Among the young ladies, like Rosalind in Arden, he "bestows himself like a riper sis ter," and with their father he plays a game of poker that allows the old gen tleman to win barely enough to keep him iu good humor. So when- JJolby's mint told him lie mik'ht have her box in the horseshoe of the Metropolian next day he im mediately thought of taking the, Riv- ingtou girl. Unfortunately they had another engagement. Then, like a true, self-saeriticiug friend of the familv he said "It is too bad to have the box. empty during? the matinee -perhaps the children would like to go?" "I am sure they will be delighted," said Mrs. Rivington. "It is so kind of you to make the offer. Otherwise they would be at home all day with the servants, ns 1 am going along to chaperone the young ladies" "I'll drive around for them at two to-morrow," said Booby, and so the matter was settle.!. Chief of thobevv of children iMiss Kitty. She is on bad terms with her elder sisters, 'or she feels that they are keeping her from her birthright. She cannot be introduced in o society for nt least a year yet, for her shrewd mother thinks it unwise to glut the market with beauty, and 'the nuptials of the elder daughters are still nebu lous. So Mhs Kitty remains in the background and indulges the blues. She feels aggrieved because her Vassar friends "came out" at the beginning of the seasou aud call occasionally to boast of their conquests. With the children she cannot associate, of course. In short she is a sort of feminine Ish maelite, with her tongue against every woman --which tongue is pipped with the impetuous venom of seventeen. Be fore their adventure Bobby ha I not seen much of Kitty for sometime. Promptly at two next day Bobby drove up to the door. It may seem odd to call a man of som- uncertain ao between thirty and forty Bobby, but everyone else does so and the chronicler presumes to take the lib erty. He found Miss Kitty ready and waiting fo him. ' The other children don want to e.o." she announced, "but I do very much an.l I ard rea.ly. ' "Eh?" said Bobbr. "They don't want o go." "v)h!" said Bobby, aud he helped her into tho carriage. "Isn't this jolly ?' Kitty exclaimed as the hor&es pranced away, then sud denly assuming great dignity ? . "Mr. Arnold, vou must drive around to Fallard's and order a tive-poand box of candy font home to the children right away." "Eh?" "I promised thc-:n that you would lefora they would agree to stav at home. I .wanted to come with von alone, so there !" "OhS" said Bolby. Thoa Lo or- dored the driror to call at Tallard'a. A minnte or so later he chuckled softly. " Well, n-ell, vr'at a pus yo i are ! Sir i" she exclaimed anarrilv "I mar be a pusw when I am in the muaery and wearing short frocks; but I wish you to understand that to-day I am a young lady?" and she added under her breath "What a blessing that Millie's street dress fits me so well." Bobby looked surprised. 0, yes she snapped yoti f.ro just fool enough to think that because: I haven't been formeily introduced into aociety at a reception, I am still but a child. I want you to under stand that I would have been intro duced long ago if I hadn't three older sisters who ore not smart enongh to get anyone to marry them !' ."Why, Kitty !" ''My name is Miss Cassie !" Then softening suddenly, "Here is Pallard's. Xow order the very beet candy they Lave, and if It is not there before I get home I may' get into a terrible rrow. Bobby did as directed and there was no more excitement for a while. Kitty was satisfied with assuming the air of a gratnTuaine and Lowing to occasional friends in the passing crowd. When they had entered their box they became positively friendly. Kitty saw many of her Vassar friends about, trained her classes uu their ;eeorf (nd talked as loully as a tlower while the opera progressed. Finailj her attention centered on' De Reszkc who was in particularly good form as Romeo, and like all dear girls she be came enraptured. Bobby was begin ning to enjoy himself in his rpiiet, cul :ured way, until Harry Van Pike came nouneing into th box during a wait oetween the acta. "How do, Miss Wivingtou, ho be- n. "I beg y)nr pardon! said Kitty. "I beg youah pawdon. Miss aw I mistook you foil mv fwiend, Misj Millie Wivington." Bobby hastened to introduce Harry and then explained: "This is Miss Millie's younger lister." "But," asked Harry, "haven't! met rou at some ball awpawiy wecently?" "I think not," said Kittv, who had Hzed him up and did not care for him, 'I don't go to nursery parties any more. " "Why, Kitty!" said Bobby." "Gwacious !" said Harrv. Kitty said nothing. She turnrd backe-a zowarct the stae and Harrv ut. "Now, really!" began Bobby. "Yon needn't begin to scold me for mnbbing that creature," she inter- upted, "if that is the sort o! a Imir- ?rs Millie has I. don't want to be mis '.aken for her." "But I am liable to have friends Irop in here at any moment and " "0, tell them you are giving the Rivingtoa nursery an on' inv, ant .lon't mind my being here. Why did you invite me to come with you if you were not prepared fcr the cense paences?'' "But I thought all the others wee, coming." , ' . "You bonght . the br'bo for which they stayed at home!" she said cx- uitingly. "But I couldn't help it." "Well, since you are sorry for it, I'll pay you back what it cost when I 'get my next pocket money." "Reallv, Kittv!" "Don't speak, to me again! My name is Miss Cassie ! If the music were not so grand I would go right home!" Bobby subsided. The experience was an altogether new i,ne. was beginning to dawD on him that there is nothing in tne- world so unreasou ible, so independent, or so bewitch ing as a girl of seventeen. But her unreasonableness might caue trouble. What would her mother say to all this? Would be ancrry? And while he was militating the conviction grew- ia him that Kitty was unusually beautifu';. Finally h. curtain fell oa tho last act and they prepared to go home. "I'm going on the street car, said Kitty. "But I have ray carriije ai the door. " "Idon'icare! You arc sorry yon ' brought me, and I am not going to be a bit Aiore obliged to yon than I can help." " " ' J3y this time they b reaehal tho street. Shesignaled a cable cr, but hiekilythe grip man saw a dray on ihe tratk couple of blocks aheal that he thought it would hs joy to collide with, so he shnte l "Take the next car!" By this time Bobby had collocte I lis senses, and taking a gentle but firm hold of Kitty'a arm he whispered "You must come to the carriage immediately." There was a look of determination on his face as sho looked np at him, and she yielded. He was somewhat sur prised at her submission as he helpel her injo the carriage; for it had never occurred to him that a girl's docility is usually as unaccountabde a.s her tan trums. As they drove along he no ticed that she seeme I very demure perhaps penitent so he could not re sist the temptation to give her a bit of his mind. "Your conduct today, said Bobby, "has been unaccountable, and I am sure your mother will think it rcry wrong." "Must you tell her?" asked Kitty with a slight intonation of fear in her voice. This was just the opening he neode l and he exercised his prerogatire as friend of the family to the utmost. Ho scolded until they reached her house. She sprang from the crriage with his assistance and ran into the house without even saying "Good-by 1" She was going to have a real good cry. Bobby drove around to tho club and thfetf allowed himself to glow with satisfaction because he felt ho had done his duty as a friend of the family in giving Kitty such a scolding. Bnt after a while he began to remember how beautiful she looked and that sho really didn't seem to be so much of a child alter allThen it began to dawn onj him that he had taken a mean ad vantage of her in giving her suck a folding. In short, he thought about the matter until lie felt very uncom fortable and decided that as a gentle man ho ought to apologize to Kitty. On returning to her room Kitty fol lowed her womanly instinct and had a good cry. Then sho exchanged Millie's dress for her own and went to the nursery to see uott matters stood with the children. On every sida there were signs of a little battle royal in which a five-nound box of candie had Twi-en severely to. stcd. One look at ;ho chocolate Hnie;wel hands, faces and dresses told her-that her guilty secret must come out and tears were her -refuge again. A'-tcr a time she came to the contusion that sho had i.seiTTTooTtfr -ArnohT very shabbily aad hiie sobbed lo herself: "I wish I could see hiimand tell him how awfully sorry I am. I was just horrid to him all day." ' At that moment Bobby was leaving the club and muttering to himself : "Really, I went too far with my lec ture. The little girl rnnst be very miserable over it all. I must apolo gize to her. " They both felt that they should apologize, which was a dangerous situa tion. It is always the situation in a true lover's quarrel. When word was brought to Kitty that Mr. Arnold wished to see her she rushed down to the parlor and enter in? with a most woebegone expression becan : "O, Mr. Arnold! I" "Really, Miss Cassie, I " Bobby was saying at the same time. They stopped and looked, at each other for a moment. "Kitty!" he exclaimed, as he took a step toward her with outstretched arms. j "O, Mr. Arnold Robert," sha sobbed, as she hid her tearful face on his shoulder. Then h1 kissed her and .they under stood each other. Will it be a rnaifh'' Let us hop so, but it must be remembers. tut h is Kitty V first an i r-Ii" h not introduced, into" ?;:-;v yet. 'c York Tratn. k -3oh3 Cave" in PenRSyhaaia. I a Lia-istir Chanty, Pennsylvania, ft-i a hilltop a short distance frota i r Farm-? Bridge, is lo?ti the fimris natural "blow hrle." It is not a tve, but a serie of fi&sares in tha r 'i, fro-.ii which a tli draft of air c.otinually ' iue. St. Lonit Re ;-.ld:;. CAMIXG SALMON. TIIK WAV IT H I05CK OX Till PACIFIC COAM. Catching the KUh and Preparing Them for Market An Occupa tion That Is AMomtns Great Proportions. ANN'ED aalmonhasof late years 1 become a table delicacy throughout the civilized world, yet few persons have any idea how it is prepared for market. Last sea ton there was a total packing on the Pacific Coast of about 1,700,000 cases, weighing about 81,600,000 pound," or 40,800 ton, according to a correspondent writing from Port land, Ore., to the St. Louis Globe- Democrat. This 'seems n enormous quantity of fish, yet it is but little more than a pound to each inhabitant of the United States, or to eac.h five possible consumers in Europe and America. The methods of taking palnion in the Columbia ijre varied and tome of them unique. There are gill net?, seines, traps and wheels. Ten years ago 800 boats captnred twice as many fish as were taken this year with 1304 boats, 34 1 traps, seventeen seines and twenty-seven wheels. Nets are used chiefly near the mouth of the river, though more or less in use for 150 mile6 inland and on the Willamette as well. A fishing outfit consists of a gill net worth about $300 and a boat worth $200, besides other accessories, and requires two men to handle it. This makes the average wages of the 2628 fishermen only $300 for the sea on. They are chiefly Scandinavians, Finns and Italians, hardy, reckless men, who earn every cent they receive. As the fishing season varies' consider ably on the different streams, many of them go from place to place. It is a grand sight on a clear, breezy morn ing at Astoria, to see nearly a thousand boats speckling the broad estuary of the Columbia with their spread, sails. The men usually go out so as to fish on the incoming tide, often remaining out all night. Not only is their occu pation a cold and cheer lesv, one, with none too good returns financially, hut it isexceedingly dangerous as carried on at the mouth of, the river. Fifty four were drowned last season, a mor tality of two per cent. In their eager ness to get the first chance at the fish they approach too close to the break ers on the bar and are capsized or their boat is overturned by a sudden sou all. Fish traps nre contraptions' of "piling and netting, so arranged As to take advantage of the salmon's instinct to go up id ream and impound him. He is led by a converging runway into an ante-chamber called "the heart," from its resemblance to that essential organ of the human body. From this he finds his wav through a narrow tunnel into "tne well," where he re mains until taken out. These trans A. are all located in Baker's Bay, on the Washington side of the Columbia, wide body of shallow water separated from the main stream by a long island I of sand. A few vears aso these were first introduced, and now there are 473 of them, each paying a hcenM? to the State of Washington of $10 a yAr. Seines are used in a few places in shal low portions of the stream. One end is carried to its full length out into the stream with a boat and is ttin circled down the river and inwards until the watr is shallow enough, when a horse is hitched to it, and it i dragged with its flipping contests upon the bank. Fish w heels are the latent product of inventive genius in th catching of salmon on the Coin mbie, and are only an amplification of the method ued by Indians for m&ny yer bfor . the white man set foot on Oregon fcoiL For nearly five milef, at a pomt H i miles inland, the Columbia t5 a nrro-v and turbulent stream, confined be tween narrow, rocky banks and ita channel filled witj mu& of r ck. Fifty mile fur;hr up ther i as- other &res of rao;d an J t-icd twenty-five mtla :c length. Th idace haTe ben th fishing grounds of the natiTes imcs the memory of the aborigine runa'fth sot to the contrary. E"he aalmon is combative Shf full of energy and determination to recrh th pawainjc ground at the headwatm uf the river. He loves a awif current aad laughs at ordinary cascade, leap ing up them a though it were great sport. For this reason he i t bo fonnd ia the rwift current swirling; around tbe base of the basaitia bluff that project into the river at variona pointa in the localities mentioned. The Ibvlians catch them in dip net. A board is laid on the top of the rock." one end projecting a lew feet over tho water, the other end being weighted down with heavy stone. Upon tTan nrrofMintr end a noble Indian stands.' equipped with a small net attached to the end of a long pole. He dipa thia in the water, reaching aa far upstream as possible, and paaaea it rapidlv dowuward. With great patienc hf! repeats the operation, perhaps half a hundred time, until he ia rewarded by a fish in the uet. Thi is his part, lla will not even tak tht fih out of the net. Domestic tiquet requires that, the lord of the tepeo uy11. hunt and fish and enjoy himself aud ihe squaw tdiall do all the work. CtcU.'ng tho fish is sport, but taking it out f tho net is work. The squaw does that. She also split it open and fpreads it -nt in the sun to dry for winter xin y while her lord and veritable master-, either catches more fish or lies lazily upon the ground with a pipe in his mouth. Indians al spear kalmon iu, the ahallow water at the foot of falls and cascades nearer the headwater of the streams, or else build weir traps, and drive the fish into them. j The fish wheel is but au amidiftca--tion of the Indian dip net. It eon-j sista of a wheel resembling the paddle wheel of a steamboat, the paddles le-( ing troughs of netting. These aro either fastened to a framework pro jecting out from shore, or are attached to a scow anchored near the bank. Thft strong current keeps the wheel iu mo tion, the nets dipping into the water sxtccessively, with their openings down stream, ready to scoop up every un wary fish they encounter, carry him aloft and spill him in a trough. On of these wheels during a goott run ol salmon will scoop up several tons a day. In this particular, as in many .T .t i oiner?, xne superior uu inventive genius of the white man en ables him to beat the Indian at hit own game. The process of canning is what in terests sightseers the most. A tour of a cannerv is verv entertaining. lnos institutions are invariably but a se ries of rough boar sheds built upon piling at the water's edge. One who' has been educated at the market to look upon sain) on as rather an expen sive luxury, la pot prepared to se tha way in which they are thrown about with forks with as little car on' would use m shoveling coal. They arj forked out of the boats and thrown into heaps in the receiving room, easli cannery holding several thousand a day during a good run. There is very little use for-in American about a can nery, save as a clerk or manager. The fishermen are nearly all foreigner and the liands in the factory are Cht nese, from tho butcher to the final tester. A few boys and girls find work in the labeling acd packingdepart ments. It does not take long to convert freah fish into twenty cans of cooked salmon. The butcher grabs him and with a few dexterous turns of a long, sharp knife, cuts off had, tail and fins, opens him and takes out his en trails. . He is pawed quickly to tho waahing tanks and then is seized and laid on a cutting table aad with one stroke of a series of. knives i cut ifcto chunks of the required length. Khher by hand or machine tbee chunk are stuffed into cac. and the cans laid on an incline, down which thy roll, their lids being automatically soldered on as they go. They are then loaded upoa trays and the traya placed in steaci boilers. After coming from the boil ers the cans are tested, then giTn a lacquer bath, then tet-l again, this time by tapping them with a nail, to judge of their aouadnrs. by the ios emitted, and are th-n Ubel-i aad. packe!, forty -eight in a casf. The can are mad at the same place, machinery b.n rmploved' in ev-ry 4taiio! th r-anufacture. Great care is taken to have them perfect, thorough examination and ttmg rat ing gien them at every atae from the sheet tin to the labeled can. Tne aggregate capital stock of United State railways is $4.b3,lP, 073, with bonded indebtedceae amounting to $ 1.000. 000, 900 m jrc
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