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M H 111 ll II I I SiTELISSED IN 1878' HP LSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY. AUGUST 10. 188!). M'i 1 th where souls are trl.j, I trse-ii Jionor finds. n i : r-. manfully, the hri.J it ruh-s in feehier rniri.i-s, -. U - not r'.st in life's career, bevrr.d the trrav-1; -. 'i;r.'('n js duty's nohi?.-t sohore- 'h.:t which idinrn crave. ""s ;i-;t th 1 or'i i i n t?" pine V ti ill V Strives tr) -MI1 tfT rriiinl, !m t fink.-i for g i : !) tn'-t jh -;tf! : ii')t twrpor of the vjui, inr i.ony within - f i -i a tr ' t t r"i'-h t h : : :i x n:i over sia. MA.HCCD On J IU '" ne'er t.iickwan! t,,r .... ' ' A..r .,n !,Seek.H in virtu-, wavs Ill-bought s.icoh-s h spurn " ' Look in bu Miow lu the fac "" f-"l'3 ima thre- . y.t ,rray hlp to Hit thVri.v ills band i-i quiek to share: :i'-k!y he takes life' daily tak Ar part of heavens great plan; :ih boo-i -aught His lenied-ne ask ! l'9Hmaulvin:i. ' Augeh attend on such an on. ' r A;"i1sta" their courses movU -o Iialit his pathway to h tbroa-A'-1 garnish it with love o:m- iro.an l. in Springfield Iiepubli.?aa. a : , i A k s- . c ... . , trc Gal I (3 ' I U Til Oil " V;M!Ui'i- u,l .san, like iaot oth er f ivilizo'l piac.'s ia th'.: liint'teeuth i-eiituiv h;ii tele- i . i i;ic.-n't seor.j SIX ij r,. ;i i . i 1ii:iv .Tn'i .nil j;runii, oi laily' mail coiuinu- ' nicutiou with th-i 1 Hit' world, I rest of h 1 1 a til doe to its iahalj- visitors. laud. Wait in a year, unless " l is i us!i forward to greet Home ; walk through u row of xrarioun i - '- o:i either side and u toward tho i-'t'i. Small native boys rush a-boufc t iesieg theni with" all manner of r.t'sts "Cirry your la, h:).ssV" ')rs. fo- you, boss?" "Doe-i you v-!t !.tv. iadv?"" 'y fujoii the excitement had luodor iv i, and we strolled down to th '..uf and pitched silver coins into ?'. fiear water thirty feet deep, to "iiail! boys dive and bring thorn U -;u th white sand bottom, where t:i-r !ty 'iear!y visible. ' vi rolled away from my eornpan-t-.-. and, jessing several small ir:-r.s daden with snones. Ivins.' two or th. a;, t perhi m V . I v lor anv; -ill and wrecks " Sponges and salt and wiwl;'" T "U hat manner of man oli:r be? "Vcs," continued my hostess, "it'3 very lonely on Watlings. You see tlon e arc only G7.", people on the whole island, anil of these only about 300 are white,, while I don't suppose there :uo forty know. We're miles from Nassau, ami although Tm tpln,, t a me r oay ; John to brine: me over ther l. I I - . ' - not iircan so ! come hut three times iiiucii as it now i th "A wreck?" I asked. "ies," she went on nonclalantly, "we don't have much luck now-a days. "We haven't hed a good wreck since the big Spanish steamer went down on Kleuthera three years ago." The situation dawned. My fair friend was the wife, daughter or sister oT a llahama wrecker perhaps pirate. "What's the matter? You seem disturbed." I murmured in a rambling way something about wrecking being a pleasant occupation. "Oh, E see," and she laughed, and a wonderfully musical laugh it was, too. "You are shocked at John's be ing a wrecker. John doesn't really wreck ships. Tie merely helps to strip them when they are wrecked." t felt relieved, but dire memories of eaiuiiioi a talc- or raise lights unci murdered crews would come in mind. "And who is John?" Tasked. .III, Willi !.- lilt" iiruici, .1 W UK I f . , I noblest fellow living that's John. 1 I'm sure you'd like him. " I 1 tried again. j "Wore you born on WatUugs?" j "Oh, dear, no. I was wrecked ! there. Wasn't it romantic to' be j wrecked on the island Columlnis iirat landed on?" j 1 miidiy remarked that I had been taught Columbus first landed on San ' Salvador or Cat Island, j "Oh, my, no. You're quite wrong. j-It's been proved he first came ashore i at Watliugs. Why, L often, on tine 1 mornings, get John to drive me over i to the southeastern point of the island ; where it is thought he came ashore. ''Theie's the loveliest white beach ; there, and the broad blue ocean i stretches out and away before you as ' you look eastward. make John go j away, for John isn't romantic, you I know, and then I sit down and close my eves and I see the pv.eer oid- i fashioned ships with their worn sails, j their high stern a-nd the royal ban I ners wauug, tossing at anchor be- voud the reef: I see the line of boats with flashing oars advancing; I see the dusky Indiau forms standing at the edge of the wood, and just above wiiere the surf breaks on the beach I see the old mariner kneel under the banner of Spain, his sword uplifted and his eyes raised to heaven. "Oh. it's a glorious picture, and I post in California, and decided to go there. A ship belonging to a friend of his was iust about to ail fnr th Isthmus; we wereofiered a passage on j her at a low rate, and m three days I time found ourselves at sea. I needn't tell you of the voyage. It was all new j and strange to us, of course, and we ! two girls were the pets of the ship. "1 saw with relief my father, who had broken much under his losses, im prove in health and spirits, and as we neared the tropics the glowing sunset skies were emblematic of our hopes of life in the new world. "We had been out some thirty days when one afternoon as the sun set inr a dark bank of clouds and the air was close and sultry, I noticed the captain looked anxious and heard him something about the 4lahama to the mate. "That night a hurricane struck us, and for hours we .were in what seemed a dull gray cavern of water and sky. The. ship plunged madly before the &ale. ami with our father we sat in the )nm T ! it t 1 i Bttiu, ami to:u mm yon wer sorrr, but he niusn't speak again " "Of course I didn't. You're like all men. What's the name of this schooner?" ,'Jjillian," I replied wonderinglv. ."Well, that's my name, and here," asa tall, broad-shouldered, roushly dfessed young man appeared on the vfftarf, a bunch of roes in his hand, and eyed me curiously, "here's my wrecker, and his name is John." reefs' f---. A NOTED DEWCY DUEL. lie Took th Kfl'isr or 1'rrM.lent .Tmc kon T Prom the Constitution' I!o. 'Cuptain Sarauel Dewey, who said he was a cousin 'of Admiral Dewey, and who had rigured picturesquely in American history, died recently in a tenement house 111 Philadelphia. lie was ninety-three years old, and passed away poor and a'one. . He was a native of Fa 1m 0:1th. Mass., the son of an army captain, but wlien thirteen years old became a seaman. He rose rapidly and became first mate e scarce less !ofthe KuiP '-Topaz. He followed the Suddeulv the I sea UDlil.Iie Avas. Uyenty-sevea years oki, ana it was after the last voyage that the picturesque incident occurred. It was in 1834 'when the recon structed frigate Constitution was launched in Charlestown, Mass. The commandant of the navv yard there j cabin, clasped in each others arms. j 'lhe morning broke j dark than the night. j wind shifted aud the ship righted and j seemed to stand quivering, like an over-driven horse. A few minutes passed when, with a wild roar, the storm was on us once' more, and we drove madly in another diror-tiYm There was a" sudden crash, my father j was Commodore Elliott, supporter of sprang, half .bagging us toward the i Anr-W Jackson. He replaced the companionway. I saw a huge wall of water rolling down upon us it fell ' aud all trrew dark. T remember n. son. ' satioa of sinking, of being whirled ' auctioned by the Secretary of the around, a dull, booming noise in my I avy- ears, aud I opened my eyes to find When it became known that the myself lying on a sandy'beach, two ( frioSte bore the figure of President rough men looking down on me, while j Jackson there was a sharp discussion a third and younger one, kneeling be- j tnrouf"t the country. The frigate side me, waschalingmy hands. FrTght- I was auchored in Charlestown Harbor ened, but too weak to scream, 1 feebly I an1 girded by two other warships, said: ' It was found one morning, however, " 'Where am I?' j tnat tlle figurehead had been cut away. " 'On Watlings fsUud. .Miss.' said i he daring act was performed by Cap- ship's allegorical figurehead by a like ness of the President. Commodore IT,. 11 1 : -1 1 , ' . iiiin wpuoseu 1 ins luea, out it was sudden!;; eompau- wharf -each with I'd childuen, a native or two, luos a saiiow-taceti, scrawny man, lounging or ehewing ''Arcane' I came, to. one deauer '.ui.; than the rest. She was buil'. ill the llahama Fchooner.s, wit!i . clippe" bows. : rounded stern, i s.:ih!I masts and spars. She wa v!y p.'.iuied, and on her stern were ' wo:-. Is Lillian," wit'n her h(!ie? "Witlings Island." I-- I stood looking at her, '. ie- woman came up'tho a '! 1 shii'i : i.'O'i '.ciy. ool-djiv," 1 answered. "Yott'vi oiiie ilistan.-e have you not?" she replied, "from th oi 'the out-irdand--. 1 sup v :. re from across the sea? ' amrmative reniv siio, to my i said: : lion was Ii vir. -'s j'au-t? f 'i'd s ilcarly love to see K!le:i ! " ' y i .' 1 arguerite. " ! .'d'i a moment's pause, during- i' 1 iciie 1 vainly sought to "fathom j mind ho w a woman on. a Can im 1 i seiiooner could have followed ! ": theatrical matters so closely, i 1 nv.'e her my uubiase 1 opinion of ; 'iiUter. tie was then sileut, and ? ;; -:i'i while had an opportunity to - :' iv t;ii l;:ihaina curiosity. s v as about t wenty-six years old, ti neatly dressed in au iuei- "'iMe light material. Her luxuriant fl;-. i a dark brown color, wus "tef.i'ily arranged, aud she wore a '' In immed. but not unbecoming. i-it. which had evidently seen . 1 the young man. " 'Yes,' aaid one of the older men, 'and a narrow squeak you had for it, too. If I hadn't thought it was mighty queer seaweed washing in over yon reef, you wouldu't have been talk ing now.' " 'Where's my father?' I said. " 'With all the rest,' was the reply. " 'Hush!' said the caaa liow wool.- qVio is'J "Then I fainted. younger man, 1 1L A 1 1 . mm wtjwev, men t weniy-eigu.t years old. He was audacious enough to carry the figurehead to Washington and present it to President Jackson. He engaged in the South American shipping trade as a ship broker in 183(5, with offices at No. 77 South street, Xew York. Having amassed considerable wealth, he abandoned the brokerage business ia 1845 and turned his attention to mineralogy uu -rfontiiv to Donticat aiauefa". "I awoke to find myself on a rude i He became a power with the admiuis- rot in a small cottaire. tended bv a native who only spoke a Spanish patois. The wreckers, for such they were, had earned me there. The sun was shining brightly aud the storm was over. Days passed, and when I could go about I learnt that I had been the ouly one saved of the entire bark's crew. The wave that had en gulfed her and drowned all but my self had washed me over the coral reef on which the bark had struck. The wreckers on the shore had seen me, and daring the waves, high even be tween the reef and the shore, had rowed out and rescued me jusc as I was sinkiug. "Utterly crushed as I was, I did not at first realize my position. I was told I could go to Nassau on a schooner in about a month, but I felt no inclination to do aught but stay j trations of Presidents Polk and Tay- 1 lor. ! He disco "red in Virginia the larg- est America"- d-imond ever found. I During a tram 0 tour through New I Jersey Le picket up the largest Amer ; ican ruby yet scoered. It is now : in the Accdem-'" l Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. " T.V ! '-( f er ' o :j see her skin was fair a:i.l "ler ' Is delicately formed. Her expres- ; 1 w.n one of demure sadness, au 1 ! 1 f-r niv ftudv 1 came to the couelu- ! : t hut sue was a more than ordm-( dv Iiiudsome woman, I decided to -twuie the conversation. "May 1 coaae aboard?" I ventured ' iy. i 'e; thinly, " was the reply. "John's sv.o t!t to the steamer and I'm keep-Ja- -vatv-h for him. 1 shall be glad to Uiw y,,a tell me tiie news. We g-t - 'Mr except when wo come to Nassau." " Wii,, is John?" I woudered, "aud much news can people get who ""'? !ely on Nassau for it?" ' stepped on board, however, and ;1!V fair hostess, excusing herself for i uioiueut. stepped down into the ' on and returned a moment after! xviUi two email chairs, which she ! days. Although much burnt, j never tire of calling it forg. Life ou Watlings, you see, has us compensa tions." As the woman told this story, ste unconsciously acted it out, rose from her chair, aud with flaming eyes aud cheeks, anew and fair Columbus led a fancied 'band. I bad grown deeply interested and I determined to know her history. "Tell me about yourself." I said, "and how it eotnes that you, with tout evident education and accom plishments, choose to live on a pla:e so remote aud lonely a3 Watliugs Island." She blushed a little, wa silent a moment, and then ia a low voice said: j "Well, I don't mind telling you. It's not a long story. I see I've given toii a wrong impression, for. indeed, although it is lonely at times, I'm I tte.l under a small awning which i really very happy atiil 1 wouan 1 j&deJ nhn'. nln.M with any woman. I am - - - ...... iur v w fjii. I &ai I obeyed. moment after we sat down. aud tutn K0011 Tl.';t ' -il m-ei '"Cancer. An article Dr. AY. R. Wil'iams, contributed -he London Lauctt, de clares that no other disease exhibits such an immense increase during the last half century as cancer, and that probably no single factor iaUM.Jo tent in determinating the outbreak of cancer in the predisposed than high feeding. There can be no doubt, he says, that the greed for food mani fested by modern communities is al- where fate had thrown me. Thevounc 1 loSe-"er om 01 projortion to tueir re- wrecker was very kind to me. ' quirements many indications, in "Meanwhile 1 grew well and strong j fact pmnt to the gluttonous consump in the soft warm air and under the I tlon of meat wlilch 1S snch acharacter tropic skies. I learnt to like the wild ! lstlc Mature of the present age as hkc life, and the few white people and all i lJ to be especially harmful in this re the natives half worshiped me. One j sPect- . I)r- Williams cites statistics day a schooner brought some papers; ! to show hat the consumption of meat and 1 read our bark had, been given ' ha9 for maU? Jea-rs beeD advancing, np as lost and my name was among ! untl1 11 has now reached the amaziog those drowned. These papers recalled j totalL 131 Pnds per head - yearly, me to myself aud I determined 1 j which is more than double what it would go to Nassau, and, if I could. ! as half a century ago, when the con- thence to England. "I told the young wrecker, who had become' my firm friend and companion, and whom I had taught to read, of my decision. ditions of life were really more exact ing and more compatible with high feeding. Dr. Williams remarks that when excessive quantities of such highly stimulating forms of nutriment Well, Miss,' he said, 'if you feel are ?geted by persons whose cellular it is so. I suopose you re ricrht. but I 1 .l, c, i or. hate to think of losing yon.' She motioned for me to be seate 1, an English woman, and I was bora There was silence for near Loudon. My fatuer was a civil engineer iu good circumstances, ana with a twin sister I had every possible advantage of education. My mother died when I was about fifteen, and as ay hostess paid, speaking very slowly j 'Jd with evident elTortt ' iou must think it very strange I spoke to you and have allowed j we hadnonear relatives we were much to talk to me, but I saw you were a KMiUemun, audi do grow s lonely sd bo anxious to see and talk with rueoui from the great world now and si. The ladies up at thehotel, if T K' up there, I do not know, and I up.ss 1 seem queer to them, for Willi enou OUi- ra" to father. London e wera near to run ia of aa &hle that there m a v thrui be eTcited o J l-.il -i i TKia I,; - ..v;,tfl,o .rmn, fnnni.fl. m loose pans oi iae ooQT wuere vuai me. and made me think whether in 1 Pfoef 8es are still active such over the world to which I was returning I j aidant and disorderly proliferation would find such simple, loyal devo-1 a9 ma.v reJult m cancerous disease, tiou as had here been mine. When i - the day came for my departure all the j A ,:,,r Church on-erin. inhabitants turned out to bid me fare- j An oflertory bag in aa English rural well. A queen could not have had a I church was recently found to contain more loyal leave-taking than the 'Eng- very rare specimen of a seventeenth lish Miss,' as they called me. The century token made of copper, which young wrecker went with me. He said bad apparently been dropped into the he had business in Nassau. That receptacle in mistake for a farthing, night a night so soft aud sweet it I The curio was valued by a local dealer seemed as if storms had never brooded ! t S5-"h1. A detcriptioa of the article there, the Southern Cross blazing low j and the circumstances under which it oa the horizon the wrecker came to "as found were affixed to the church where I sat on the deck of the little - porch. but the donor seemed ashamed chooner. tarn up and explain matters. A ' 'Miss.' he said, 'I am nothing but few days afterward tha clergyman re ft "Coach," a poor ignorant Bahama! ceived a typewritten letter from an ad native, but I can't bear to have you I dress a long dittance from the church, so awav. We all love you. and I more 5 stating that if the token were sent to thau all. I must ten you. You know our life is poor aad rude, that we are j far away from tae world, but if yoa won't blame me for even daring to hope. Miss, you. know I have the handsomest schooner of the Watlings rleet aud thebe?t cottage on the island. I am sure I'd do my best to make you NEW SERIES--YOL. XVIII. NO. :50. "X. Y. Z ..' cre of the householder. a recaittanceof $ 50 would be received in exchange. It was duly sent tn a registered letter, aad a postal order arrived ia return. OQCXOOOOOOOOCOOOCOOOOOOOCO FAHM TOPICS O00O3C0CCOOOOCOC0COOOCCOCC A New l'oultr Idea. Tt is said that the latest wrinkle ia poultry culture is that eggs lose weight as the hen layingj theai ap proaches broodiness. One fancier claims to have made, this discovery, and by taking a hen iu hand before she begins clucking to be able, by special feeding, to induce her to keep uii laying. No Cva K.r Working Tlcrto. It seems almost erne! not to givo horses a feed of grass occasionally, e ve :i w h e n t h ey are h ar d wor fc i n g at t h"i s peas-ou, when grass and clover are at their prime. Yet every farmer knows that if allowed to run to grass, even for a few hours, the working horse will have an attack of scours, will lose his apr elite for the folid food that gives him stit-nglh, and be incapable for several days thereafter of doing a full day's work. Horses are exceed ingly fond of grass and clover. Some times, if old hay is scarce, the farmer tries to economize by cutting some clover, and after drying it nearly into hay feeding it ia place of the hay. But even this has to be given very care fully or it will work injury. A horse at work should always be slightly cos tive. If the excrements grow soft it means that his efficiency for work is lessened. If there is too much cos tiveness a tablespoonful of old process linseed meal which will give strength will put the bowels in good condition. That is better than giving grass or clover which when green furnish little strength. It is not til! late iu the fall that it is safe to feed new hay to horsea that have hard work to do. evening to the theatre? and the opera; , forget your troubles, Miss, aad the lot tnton Ilf1. At the' beginning of every summer the wonder is renewed and increased that, with all our modern improve- w.hiln. nleasiat sociotv of our own; upoape Dshia is better. Miss, ind : wua an our unu iFo, we rd much saagaa i plaved a goodl there'r a good many wrecks yet, Miss meats, some one does not intent deal, aud rode cjatiaualiy. last autumn and I love you, -Miss. J practicable scheme for regulating the tlJ 'ook askance at me, and I haven't ! father met with a sadden business re- , eeli : and bn.hed 55, .. .. - . i 11 ...r..l rmnnertiva 1 Uf coarse To mv I Here she stopped aad checked her- ! temperature of our houses as eflec lively in the hot months as in w Later. courage to sreak to them. John j veres. Htt was otTere 1 a remunerative i "Of coarse ycu spake kia J.y to ; Providence Joornai. Gartleu a a Fart of the Farm. ' No farm isomplete without a kitch en garden. It is very late, but not too late, to havo a good garden. Let the ground get dry; then break thor oughly. Use all the manure your conscience will let you; Bpread it broadcast; mix it thoroughly with the soil. Throw up very light beds just enough to keep the rainwater from settling around the little plants. Plant your seeds, if convenient, ' just before night; cover lightly with hand, near the surface. Then be sure to press the soil tightly around the seed. You can do this with a plank. Lay the plank along on the seed row and walk upon it, or roll the beds with an empty barrel. This is easily done and does good work. If your soil bakes, loosen it up with haudrake each side of seed row. No work in tlip garden pays better than this rolling and raking. The roiling will nearly always secure a good stand. Ail gardeners know how im portant this is. The rakiug kills weeds of grass in the sprout as soon as up, and makes the soil warmer, which is very important to the health of voting plants. Turnips, kale, cabbage, collards, spinach and other salad crops should be sown in abundance. They are good for the table, the pantry, the pigs and the cows. Beets, beans, onions, cucumbers. salsify. cantelopes, squashes, peas, and others, accord ing to taste, can soon furnish variety aud plenty. Look after the garden. A good gardeu, a good cow, a few pigs and hens will almost support any ordinary family. Southern Cultiva tor. SclSv Iotato. Potato scab is spread in a number of ways. Scabby seed and ground oa which scabby potatoes have been gTOwn, will grow a scabby crop. Manure from stables where stock has been fed on infested potatoes, wiil spread the disease, for the passage of fungi through the animal system never destroys the germs. Surface water flowing from an infested field will carry the disease to lower land. Plows and cultivators, unless they are thoroughly cleaned, will disseminate the disease, if they have been used ia the cultivation of a diseased crop. Seed treated with corrosive subli mate can be planted with safety. The seed is soaked for one and a half hours in a solution of two ami one-fourth ounces of corrosive Bubliraate to fif teen gallons of water. The potatoes should be cleaned before being im raened. At the expiration of the time stated, take the potatoes out of the solution aad spread oat to dry. The potatoes may be cat before or af ter the soaking. A good plan of mak ing the solntian aad soaking the pota toes in to dissolve the sublimate in two gallons of hot water and pour it into an open liead barrel. Add thirteen gallons of water. Now put the pota toes in a coffee sack anif immerse for the time stated. Stir the solution from time to time. But no treatment of the seed will prevent the crop from scabbing if the ground is fall of scab. The only way to rid the ground of the fungi i by putting it to growing a rotation of crops, such a grass, corn and wheat. No root cr"p should be gro'a oa such foil. When potatoes a :& scabbed the dist-sfte will grow worer ail the time that they are tn the ground. Hence, dig jut as a as they are mature, aad store in a dry p!ace. The Epitoraisu OUTCROWN. I oajtfnJM far they'll tura br head An l make the Kvsi vain, Ueoaus her ehfk are ros-!af red; Her fTM lik sun-Ht rain. To tae sb oac would rua far prals Or sympathy wlien sa.1. Eut r.-n notwiy nowaday. I'm only jus rner dad.' h's tKen to school until !he knows . ' rar mow tbaa I; 'tis trnta. Sh'j hu a duchess whea ht ifoes Oat walking wlt!i omt toath. With ait? b" onee trol Irafy wuts, , Nor car 1 for any lad. I " liut I'm. nohod y uovradavs, ' 1'a only just "ut dadl Twa-i all ia vain I nnderihofc ; :orae talk ot Troek. Riid friUs And so to ?l)nco now rlobk " With rfer-nee ou th tili. " I treasure tili the old-tlw parage -She says 2H f.rai u !siJ. I'Ol olliv j.it 'He 1 no.i 1at! 'b-r dd. ' Wa-Sdnjrtoa Star. HUMOR Of THE DAY. Ed'.t'.i "Chappie is wearing a loolc of importance. Lena---" Yes, and it' a horrible misfit." Life. "What did rinnerty give tiio bride?" "Two lire-escapes and a jumping net." Cleveland Plaia Dealer. "I tiiought you wero going to havA your cellar made water-tight?' "C was, but I found a canoe was mttcla cheaper." Life. "So old Ya! isiev is den I, eh? WeJL well! Did lie leave anythiug?" "Ye. It broke his heart to do it. but he left everything. Tit-Bits. Timid Guest "Is this hotel liro proof?" Transient "Give it up. You sec,r they have never had a tir bere." Philadelphia North American. Von ay that ruin must our. Oh! tell us, Krntlrt sceptic. Are you it great 1 hliosopher Or just a plain dvspeptle? Washingtou Sfnrl Customer "What is the meaning of that sign. 'Painless BarberH?' Barber "The barbers in this sho re not allowed to talk while shaving. New York Journal. Th?re was an old girl In Nw Gtiine-. Who though short was remarkably ukuintji. In the season of drought She never went ougbt. Just stayed borne and looked wtet an.l played shutuoa. Yale Kflcrd. . Miss Topnot "Isn't it too bad about this Look:' s Miss Panhandle lop not VViyr 1 tt,.t,, i liinver Ira til I had finished it that I had read it before." Detroit Free Press. "William, wake up; there's some body, pounding on the back door." "Don't be scarred. Susan. I ordered our new stepladder delivered at mid night m the neighbors wouldn't find out we had one." Chicago lteeord. "The gentleman from Squedunk is a thief, a liar, ar.d " "Bang:" wont the. gavel, and the presiding of ficer exclaimed: "The gentleman will please address his remarks t th Chair." Philadelphia North Ameri can. "What does M. C. after a gentle man's name stand for?" inquired th foreign visitor. "Oh," replied th- man who considered himself a wag, "that can stand for a lot of things -'Mighty Conversational tor in stance.' Washington Star. "You break our engagement be. eauso I am poor," sue said, scorn fully. "If I were worth a million you would insist upon au early mar riage." "Certainly, for then I eonld support you in a style worthy of th woman I love." Detroit Free Pra. An old Coraiah women, who bsul prospered from small beginnings, wa asked how she had got on so well. "Ah! you see, sir," said she, "mutt people be alius thinking of what they, do want; but I and my old maa we hi alius thinking of what we can do without." How Wllhclm Htp1 Khxla. -' There is a capital story of Mr.. Tihodes aud the Ormau Emperor in To-Day. It may be too good to I true, but it is certainly good oooat torepeat. To the Emperor Williaui Mr. Bhodes was heard W say . "And why did you sead . that telegram; That telegram was the saving of axe. Every one thought I was rutaeJ. I thought I wa ruined. Then y'oor telegram came aud saved ta?." "Bal why," said the Emperor, "were thej so excited about it "Oh." replied Mr. Ithodes, "it was just like boys at school. When they are whacking m boy very often every oae will jom ua the cry against hix; but they wouldn't let a boy froaa another school joio in. More likely it would creats a reaction iu f-avor of the of fender. You were the boy from the other school, you see." To;Dayadda that, ao far from being offended by this plain speaking, tae Emperor ap pears to have been much impressed by it. ft Wins Tarn (Jaall. An enterprising young Missounaa ia Morgan Coaaly is said to hav built up aa extensive traffic ia Urns quail. They are. he claims.- more easily raieJ than chickens, and far more profitable, selling alive at $1 dozea for table use or when tamo t $"j a pair as pets. The eggs ha' well, either under quail or cor hens. The care aad food are like those of chickens, aad tt, prove hardy aud free fron The coops are only a foot ti el orer the top. aad are
Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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