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i.y nitJitiMi n ia;ri itntir ritr i-"m v 0V fl-Wipm Dltror.a. fcord. ft HAT 23 H. A. LONDON, Jr., A DVKltTlH I NI Our ili it , '!! liK-utV - KIHTOK M flfflMI T"l: l.Ki I. fl : vi TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: t r ') v, .hp cm . -i hit ropy ,-ti tin.iii!i one copy. Pure Mionti IMTTSliOK CHATHAM CO., N. ('., ()CTOi;KlJ 2:5, IS7.. NO. 0. KT l.ii"i ..! ill nn"ih li!.-i 1 1 . ,., i.t.nillh. VOL. II. r ii J Ctettom o c To the Bereaved I Headstones, Monuments AND TOMBS, IN THE BEST OF MARBLE, Good Workmanship, and Cheapest and Largest Variety in the Btato. Vanln corner Morgan and Blount atrooti, below Wynn's livery stable. Addreaa all commnnicatio'ns to CAVTON A WOLFE. R deign, N. C. Steamboat Notice! Tbe iMRlhof tbo llxpivHs stfumbimt Oimpa ny will run an rollnu-H from the tirwt f o-t.ibtr nul l fm tlit r uoti i . Hlcan or 1). Ml liCIUSON, i'.it. ,i.n.i iisiu. will liava Fayttti-vill.' mi Tnelav ami Friday nt h nctoiU A. 8.I.. ami Wilming ton voi Wu.'nxsdnv mi'l S:ilnriiav at 11 u'clii.-k r. m. fctonnicr YVAVII, Cant. V. A. hahi-suu. will lear. Kyf Itovil!..- ou M. inlaw Mid Tlilirn):i vh at uVI-k A. M., I'td Wi'iniiictoii on Tn.V lavasnd Friday at 1 o'c'eil, P.M., roniKotiiiL' wUh tlio Wuftrin Kultoad at Fie ettcvil!" en ' odiie-diiyii and Hiturdi;-.. it. n il l i t 'is ro. Aran'.H at Fiiyettevilb', N. C 65 BUGGIES, Rockaways and Spring Wagons l'i I. I m Hull l lit- Ti.i.. .M:u!." f tlit- b: ,-t mat'iislo. r il WKir.-iid' -I to j,-iv intiiy patiffn. uuii. I .M f. l 1 if it it v I . l i t; l. s r. l'v.' l'lM; ll .1 Cill 1 -ffp. l'Ml!H'. At '-, a full lot . f ' Hand Made Harness. A. A Mi KF.lll.YN a SON:, n .'4i!."-..iiM I'ninHfiillr. v. r. JOHN M. MORINC. Attorney at ,aw, Win - ti. . im.ii. i . i . -ell'. J It l;l . ( , . lav., i f I li:i!liaii. i if i -ln.., MORINC & MORINC. .V 1 r no y r fx t I..x-vr, ll till v i. -.. i . All l.tiHtii'tn lutoi-ted t'i II.O'i will n-e.ave prompt ittunliiii'. THOMAS M. CROSS. Attorney at Law, ni rnoni v i . Wnl praehee in ('hathriui and Hiiro.r.ii.l-.iig toiintieit. Ci'lli c'uuiof I'lsiioa a p.cih!y Kr.O(HI a BAUlUNiil K, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, l N-IKHtO , . I . AT1I.NI TUI. tOll.Ts IN ( HATHiM. t (V-ii-l HtlPiit.o.1 piveu In i-anuH III t lip Fed erti t' iitt.n'ii'i i ' l'i r '. ITArLbuN, Jr., " Attorney at Law, PITTNBOKU', .. . Jaf"Sppcial Attention Pnid in Collecunci. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF KALEHill, . CAR. r. H. CAMERON. Prttvintt. W. E. ANDERSON, l"i Trm. V. II. HICKS, S-v. The only Home Life Insurance Co. is the State. All itn fund loaned out AT 1IOMK. and among our own people. Wp iln not utid North Carolina ntoncr abroad to build npotliRr Btatea. It i? one of the moft euces-rul coru panic or it ago in the United titati. Its an wts are amply eutlleienl. All Iikwh paid promptly. EiKbt thousand dollars paid in thu Ian two years to fa:nilie.i in 1 hatbaui. It will ooot a man aired thirty yearn only live eenla a day to insure for one thousand dollars. Apply for further information to H. A.LONDON, Jr., Gen. Aat. riTTSBOKtV, N. c. J. J. JACKSON, AT TORN E Y - AT-L AW, PITTSHOMtO', X. V. l"All buaineaa entnited to himnillrfv ceivu prompt attention. W. K. ANDERSON, rrfldnt. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, OF KAI.KK.II. . . J. D. WILLIAMS t CO., Qrocers, Commission Merchants and Produce Buyers, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. Onl.v . Onl.- ,i l.nby. Ki wi and i urn 1, 11. L,tly b'. Id t" iiM'tl i '. (inly a rbild, Todi'lint; alure, 111 i(;l.ti Hint; lion' lie happy h'liue. Hilly n buy, 'rnnlKiiiB to buol. tkivtine l now by ati rm r mle. Only a jnutb, Liviu iu OiuauiH, Full of promiiio life now feini". Only a uiu, rattling Mith life, Hbarcd in now by Iowiik wife. Only a father, Isurdeuud with care, Hilvercd threads iu daik bimrn b"ir Only a (,Tyl'enrd, Toddling again, (irnwiiig old and full of pam. Only a mound, Iforgmwii with giana, I'r'.'aiim uurtali. ed rot nt bi-l . THE POT-POURRI. It waH jiint after tbo rosp.s lia I il"i:' blowing. TIhv wt'i'o nil xittitig I'j twi light iu the yellow ilriiwing-ruoni - ; !! how it hIwo.th Hoenifil twilight lutigi't thoro wheu it wus ilnik evet vwlu-ro flu; p.uil Kufiniuoud cut tip nud etirreil li;r pit puutti iu the old eliiret eolcreii ( 'iu'1 utii j ir betwee!'. tho wiuilows; uii'l mich fictt fniut oilur of ruao leiivos ct lr through the room that the olil people fell nH if thoy were ynutig nud the tinje WilB Jnuc ogttiu. 'Jt is teo powerful,' sniJ Mit-s ViiHti hiim, wnvitiR her licj peneoek-fenther fan. 'Ton powerful?' Riinl MrH, I'euu, put ting hwpv the I'ilvet ourl thnl the neiti boriug fuu bruehej iuto her r.oft lirowti cjes. 'Nit for uie. Nothing if co ph'iis m.t to me ni tho piit-p'uirri, mi 1 in i'u old jur, ton. It in uut tbo ro"e, out il in the memory of ho roi e. II brin;rh 1 a '1; all my youth. A 'id iil'hi.tijU iiije U k-.i ati eii -uijh ;ih it oomeft to me, yet youth .'.,' so very nwt'ft -so vei.v hmicI, t:iy li ui',' aii.l tho silver voice panged, : bile it hleuiler hand wtut peareliiti through the purple looin for uuother old hand, unit found it tho hull 1 of the ppenkeiV htihbaud. Tooplo tliink it ro wad to grow old,' she sai.1. Jut every caf has bleu to me like ntiothor (dt p ou uu j upward path to pr.rndiie. Oue';i vvititts ore erowiug all the way. Aud ouo Ii.sh j so ruueh to remember, to look ba -k ou wheu oue pailHCfi, to see in new light. I) i you Mippoae thai either of us w.'tild chnugo plaeoR with H jsutuoud Bud H.'lt rau theio, who hnvo life before themV' 'Not 1,' Ftiid the voie.i tliat it sp uded. 'Not that you would not be glad to live your peveuty mimruerH orer nain, riui?' '1 am Fttre of them uow, at nuy rate,' said ILe htinhnud. "I have theni. N'otb- iug eaii take them nway from uh.' A id we ask nothing more,' fihe Bind, 'tlinu to bii laid iu the fame grae when the Joug night comes.' 'Aud the eudleRN moruuig,' ho mur mnrerf. And even tho endless morning eau hardly be brighter thau somo of the moruiugoof our youth than tho morn ing when we Urst pjade the pot-pouri, Paul. You remember that morning, i'aul ?' Mo you remember it. Aunt 1'ersisV linked Ivmamoud. 'Shall I ever forget il?' nheKaid with a low sweet laugh. 'Why, when 1 am dead, remembraueo of that morning will bloom out of my gravo liko a flower! Aud yet it ws much Fiieh n morning an any day's last mouth only no glorious, ko gilded, o full of suuHl-.ine ! Hut what a gray and lowering, showering dawn it bud I If we had never had that little quarrel, r.nil. Ah 1 I was so sad when I parted tho curtains that day -break. 1 thought 1 was doue with life aud it wuh a pity I ho youug.' Hero Kosamoud pinched lieltrati's arm. 'Ho youug. Aud might have been so bleneed,' said her old auut I'ersm. 'If I gave, that morning, iist tho swiftest glance ucrosa that garden to Paul's win dow, and saw that ho sat there over his book, ho could not tell. Aud theu 1 dressed me; aud I thought of some young girl bciug dressed for her grave. Aud then I pinned up my white lroek, and went down to tho rose-garden to pick tho flowers with the dew on them for the pot-pourri that grandmamma had biddeu me uever to forget iu the tiino of rows.' 'It wan the time of roaee, We plucked them as wc went,' sang Hi'ltrau, half nnder hi brenth. 'And 1 plucked them ti'.l tho basket ou my arm was heaped. The rose-gardeu was ju t art it w to day, m a terrace higher than tho rest of the garden. Aud when I turned about I saw I'aul had come down, and was wnlkiug in tho pop lar alley of his grandfather's garden, bare-headed, with his hands behind him, and bis head fallen on his breast. Ah, how beautiful he was I eo tall, so dark, so liko a fallen star. Aud I loved him so; and we had quarreled. 1 had been miserable just forty-eight hours. It seemed to me that I hail never been hap py. I had lost my youth; I was old; I bad come into tbe shadow. There was another yonug girl,' sho said, after a vi ti t!i' H ii r wi i-f youth bad l!i ii i-1' li I rood now I i nn in" i . "'.b it wni "iHlH.'iillier ba 1 clio.-i ii f 'l bun !!!. r ry. I may rpi-ak nbo il it r. , I t'i pose; she long since wi d to c-:r: ; wn, nbe, in, luy ih-'H'st friend, .'inl I' it' has alwnyn loved h r m. a bv.itb r. Wie has hal many sui'i.r n:n-e; with one of them she plighted faith, and so sho him kept her tryct wi'h d'Hlh. H it. I--I thouuht b-c',oi'!0 1 iidoi-. d T hiI, i.ll the world wiin at bin fert ; and when hik grand father snid Ibis other was to bo Iih choice, with her great fortune at im maud, nud 1 remembered thai 1 had only this old house and its belonging", for my fortune, why, then I looked well after my lover. Yes, ho wuh my lover. I had ieii sure of that, although he had never said ro, uever osaL-tly said so in words, but wo do nut always need wordd. Aud uow, ull nt once, all iu a twinkling, as if the sun had gone out at noon, ho was the lover of another girl. And I i: uhl uot have believed or dreamed tl.ti the fortune would have made nay differ euce with I'aul, or the grandfather's wish, or heaven's thunderbolts eveu, before 1 saw it for myself. I saw it my self. I saw him go and dim the iuumc as she played upon the harp, and bend over it with the color cm his cheek, and an angry ti ro iu bin eye win u the iye fell nskfiuee on u:v. i caw him lift her from her Kaddle at her gale, jHt down the street, and go iu with hi r, aud stay till, ou bom afterward, a groom came and led tho liuiv-oa olV. I saw him loi toriug with her iu the lane, but they did uot know I saw, and I heard his mher able old grandfather come hobbling up our steps, rubbing Iuh hard hauj.i, nud t illiug to my father of Paul's lucky hit. And so I knew that ho bad forsaken me -me, tho child that had worshiped him from the cradle. And I meant to die an soou as I could; but in the mean time, if it killed me it-ell to hide it, they "lio'.'dd i ever know I cared. Vet I wii not nugry; in some way, somo ctranye way, it wat I '.ml who waa tmgty, who would net s" iik to ni", would no! glance at me, would mt .v:" tierr me, sni i ."iuiip and biltcv, p!:u :tit lus-uin, thitign in my pre enee, a id i.ieiii"d b try Vt hurt mc all hi-eon! 1. I! wan not in hi'i in;oi.iT, as if ho had found son)".) one still dearer to him than 1. but as if he hated ni , I thought, fur jiM t-sistiug now. Ah, well, ii bloke it uiy heart ! Auii as I gathered those roi.ct that ti ovu mg I reim ta'i ri d that w.: had been go ius to niiiRo .liiudmiimruit'is pot-pmurri together. In' I withered 'lien1 with my back tunic 1 to thai gulden across tli" high box lied ?,, and the dew ou those rosea wan sail. John, tho old house servant (he has been dead and gone thin many a year), eiinie bilging out the big Chelsea jar tho same ir, K isaniond. It Lax uever had a uick. I wouder if you can say ns mnch for it alter half a century I John left it, with tho spice boxes aud the dish of salt, on the mar ble steii, to b handy for me, nud I be f;au to shred tbe roses into it, Aud as I scattered the velvet petals, it swept over me iu u surge that just bo the days of my life had goii?, and I too wns a withered flower; and as I knelt before the j ir, nil ut once my nrius fell ncross it, nud my head, fell between them, and I was cry ing Fiieh a storm of sobs that 1 wonder no one heard tu?, Hut somo one did hear. Wired ly a shadow foil between me aud the sunshine, and a voice made my heart stand still, and rny sobs ccas.1. 'What does it menu"?' cried Paul. 'I demand to know. I will have no more of this. 'What are you uuhappy about ? Heeauso you have abuned me, because y.m have outraged nil my feelings, be cause .ni have refused c veu to answer my letter' 'What what letter?' 1 stammered, throwing back my head, with tho tenrs streaming nil over my face. What letter?' he criel. 'Are yen playing with me still? Hive you re ceived uo letter from me no loiter that I gave John? lo you pretend to say' - 'I pretend to say nothing, ' I returned, iu a storm and fury of irrepressible tears, springing to my feet, aud starting to ruu away aud bide mj face out of sight, nud pray that every fresh flood of tear might drown out my very bciug 'I prebvj.l to sly nothing but that you have. I rokeu niv heart.' Hut he bad ciugbt nn, and ho held me by tho aim, nud got my bauds aud kept them, nud would not let me hide my faco. 'I have broken your heart?' he raid, in such a grave and tender voice. I have not broken your spirit. Tell me why you spumed my letter?' I I never had your letter,' I sobbed. 'Never bad a letter telling you- tell ing you till y u knew without it, but as suring you th.it.graudfiither or no graud father, ouly you should be my wife; and if uot you, then uo one ? What, uever had that letter, little one? I t is mislaid, theu; and wo have had all this misery for nothing we, who worship each oth er.' Aud and well, ue-ver mind about the rest. There whs nobody to see us two young creatures stindiug iu the garden us tho Urst young Invert did. I dou't know that wo should have c-tred if there had been. All iu a breath, ns if the earth had ro'led round undor a new heaven, the sun seemed to be shining as it never shone before, the birds to bo si tig iug, flowers were fnll of life nud fra moment's pau .c, a i in i"o. th; w e Id e.at il ud i fid place, and we wci" on in-- '.. i;.es shrv.lding r.-s'-s by 1 1 .. i our il M pot-pourri , ir, and li.e y u l ''i unking with our laughter u I very oin'o in n wide Paul w is 1 i "! : : i - my ehiti with hit I'm o r to 'i!'' e mo lo I liii.i in lh" face with my cy s that ; 11 at oium .-lured no!, nud saying my meuMi w.nthenwrct esl rose of them ni! :h, ye.s v-.mi ..id, Pan! - aud tl.cn I o w.v. p:in:;:ii-g hand into the jar to Mir tic pebiK And suddenly bin fingers were tmichiugK imo thing like no heap i f rose leaves, and he was bringing up n pi'per, n letter- Hint vory letter which ho had given John lust as the old fellow was coming iu from emptying the i'tr of last year's loaves nnd spicos; nud he had dropped it there, nud forgotten il. Johu in so forget fu' I mean, of course, ho wa. Ah mi l what a duv thnt waul Wo trod on air, wo i!k"d in the mid-heavens. Have jou gone sound asleep, Paul? To be muc. And, HiHnuioud, If un want t!iv oll.cr liilc for pot-pourri the Puedii lt, yon know, i:iM it botch Dob' h Ah, what music thai is!' and die pan ;ed to listen. 'tlatbil ye nmobtids in re inny, Old Tinid in still a -I'viiig; And tl.it hhiiio tbiwer that sniil-n t" duv To-morrow will be dying." snug Heltran, stepping through ll'.e loii; window into the low Ii?ht of tho risinj; moon, the rich strain of I. if tenor seem iug to roll upon tho dusk sweet im fi a griaeo from a flower. II iSHinond lingered to lot sen her dre:: from Miss Villi if!liams chair wh'ch dc taiue.l it. ."ilisn Elhti;.'har.i was cry inn softly to herself. 'Ah, r-ee,' slio n ur mured, workii),T tho knobby lingers in tho lnee mittens, and forgetting wloe contemporary she was--'see how coltish ago in I She remembers nil her own part in it ; she forget i mine, l or I nisi: it is so loug agi: 1 loved rani.' Harper's Hi i :ar. The ItestiltMifthe (Jrent Mnltli. The total leceipts of the re-cent inter natioiuil wnlkiui; miiH-h iu N--w Yotfc iimotiuted to Of this sum the lessees of the building received twetdy pei cen!.. .I8, is )."". After nearly all the bill.'i had been un bted, it w;is foun-.! that tho total expense 1 1 the contort amounted, hm far as nscerl iiiied, to HIT, The principal items in tl'.i1. mm were sT.T'OO voted by tli" ii niniitlec of fifteen to themselves as t'l-iupeiip.-itinu for their sei vices; g.! .Ml) to Mr. Ho., a--gener.il maung. r; about .l ." hi tout teuiiauts iud wat-.'hmeii; -I.HMI for scorers; i0 to Mr. Atkins, ni; sj.iii lor damago to the building, and .-ba for tents. Dt'dlic'iug tho l.'i,0)7 of expenses from tho amount iu the Initios of the committee, ? lO,:!!!,! still renii-iued In be divided. Of this .?1 ,.'!t 'i wa- resei ved as a eontiugeut fund to meet any lit t lo bills wloch might still be outit?nding, re ducing the amount to bo npporti- ned among the winners to .:.i'J,(!(!0 out of .?7-i.02, against Soil 7:)ti ill in the March coute.-t for tho Astley belt out of 5ol,- I . After a long discussion the following scale of division was agreed upon . Unw ell, according to the original agreement, receives oO pel cent., Merrill li, H-i znel lPj, Hart 7, (inyon.i, Weston :!', I'.nuisJ.aud Kroline'Jj. Thih t'ivision gives the several winuer-s tln following amounts: Kjwell, fd!l mdes, ,l'.t ."ii ); Merritt, 515 riiles. S7.dl2 oO, Ha.ae:, o(HI miles, S-I.IO'J "0; n irt, IS-J miles, 8'J 7.'t(); Otiyou, 171 miles, .l,95'; Wes ton, t5." miles, 81, Wi; l-'.tiuis, )3o? tuile 81,i7'2 Krohue, 150 nubs, .-?77 r.i. Iu March hint K iwell received slH, ;i'.i;t :M for walking oiMl miles; and now Haznel only gets sM l'.i'J "i0 for going the same d'stauce. Weston obtained li) for walking 5.10 miles iu England. Iu addition to his share of the gate money Howell gets -?ti,ftM) in uirance fees. What the MicroM-ope licvcals. Lewiubeck tells of an insect seen with a microscope, of wnich 27,000,000 would only equal a toite. Iu-vets of various kinds may be seen in the civilics of a grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with branches leaves aud fruit. Hut'.cillies nrelnlly ftatheied. Hairs are hollow tubes. The mrfaiv of our bodies is covered with fcales liko a Hull ; a siuglo puui of sand would c ver 1,10 of these i cales, mid yet ca.'h sca'.e covers .lot' pores. Through these nar row opeuiuga the perspiration forci s it self like water through a sieve. The mite takes ."0 steps a second. Ivieh drop of staguftiit water contaius a world of animated beings, Nwimmiug with ns much iiberty as whales iu the sea. I'. ich leaf has a colony of insects gracing on it like e iws in meadow. A deaf and dumb girl iu Uorscy e,uu fy, Ark., has recently begun to talk in her sloop. There had been family prayers for the restoration of her speech. At miduight her mother heard her dar ling's v ice. Arousing tho old gentle man, she entered tho npnrtmeut where the child hy. The deaf and dumb girl remarked easinlly, 'Everything seems very wonderful.' Then turnin;? sudden ly in her bed, she ndded, 'Yes, the old time orchards are nlways. in bloom.' The iifTectiouate parents simultaneously em braced tbe maiden. She nwoke with a start. But she eoul I utither hear nor speak. "Silllicboil.l 1,111 cs le." 'J'.to or tln-i i urns iif-o tint sup"! in tr ii.h-id of I he L't'l" Watider-'rs' M .i : .. ii l; , n et i'. i d o:,e i-eoi i.,.ig n tfiiin-i-t fri.m lh-1 j'tdejo tied Ii" would c imo to the coti'-thotis". Ii" coiiiplied ibrocMy, a"., I found lliei' a fr-'iiii of sev.-n I it lo !',;i!.i, raggul, dirty nud forlorn, ln-yond what eveu ho wuh accustomed to see. The judge, pointing to them (utterly li'imoh "s and friendless), said; 'Mr. T , e iu yott takennyof IheHi ?' 'Cirtiiuly, lent take them all,' was tbe prompt rop'x. 'All! What in the world can you do with them.' 'I'll mnko women of them!' The ju Igo piugled out one, eveu worse iu nppearanco than the rest, and asked niiiii : 'Wind will yoti do with that one?' 'I'll niai-.e n woman of her,' Mr. T repeated, I irmly and hopefully. Tlcy were washed and dressed nud provided with a supper and beds. Tho next Morning they went i'do the school room with the children. Marv waa the unmo of the little girl whose ch moo for better things the judge thought, small. Muring the forenoon tho toucher snid to Mr. T , iu reference to her. 'I uever saw a child like tha. I have trie ! for an heur to get a smile, nnd have failed.' Mr. T - said afterward, himself, that her faco was the saddest he had ever teen - sorrowful beyond expressii.it; yet she was n very little girl, only five or sis years old. After school he called her into Infi of lice nnd mid, pleasantly: 'Mary, I've lost ni, little pet. 1 us-d lo have a little girl hero that would wait ou uie, nnd sit on my kuce, nnd 1 loved her uy much. A kind lady and geutlemiui l iiui adopted her, und J should liko for you to take hir place, and be my pt now. Will yon?' A gleam of liht flitted over the poor child's face, nud she begun to uudcr stot.d him. M-1 gnv-.i her teu cents aud told her alio might go to the itore near by and get sonic candy. While sho was out he took two or thri" newspapers, tore thorn in pieces, an I sedterod them about the ro"i. i. When she returue 1 he said: 'Mary, wii1 you oicnr up my ( Hi 'c a little for me, mid pick up the piper and see h.iw nice you e.tu make it look?' She went to w-rk wit'i a will. A lit tle ui'ro "f this kind of mauagemeut in fact, treutinrr her ns a kind father would wr.'H'jhl the desired result. Hhe went into the tehooln. e.i after dinner with so changed a look and boiring that the tr-aehi r win a- ti.niKhed. The child's face was absolutely radiant. She went to her and said 'M-iry, what is it? Wln't inuk:n you !i k so happy?' 'Oh, I've got some one to lov me,' the child answered earnestly, as if it were heaven come down to earth. That Wiis all tho secret. For want of love that little one's life had been so e ld and desolate tha she had lost child hood's beautiful faith and hope. Hhe could uot at lirst believe iu the reality of kindness or j y for her. It was the certainty thnt some one had loved her and desired her n Section that lighted tbe child's wed and gl.-ritied her fin c. Mary hnssii.ee been adopted by wealthy people and lives iu a beautiful hon. but more than all it'i beauty nnd com fort, runuiug like s golden thread throtiKu it all. she still Cuds the love of her adopted father and mother. lohaeeo Slaws. A w i der in ''i nth ma t' Mci;;i- zhic, who ably iltfeiid the moderate use of tobacco, relates the following in stances to show what a hold the balv.t may have upou persons: 'A city man Unit I know pets half an hour for his luncheon or dinner in the middle of the day; but ho raanugCB to cat a few bis cuits during ollice hours, aud spends his half hour walking up and down one of tlioouavs smoking. This man walks to tho city every moruiug from his home, j the distance being three miles; he also j walks home every evening; nud he i Bnioke.i iuec.-'suntly during the walks ! each way. He diues at si o'clock, and I then smokes without ceasing until bed- tune. ).! Sunday he smokes all day, j except during meals; he will uever nt- i tend n place of won hip, because it would curtail his smoking. He will i never go into company w ith biswi ", J and, indeed, will no' icadily talk to her ' at home, as it disturbs his smoking. In j nil other respects this man is a good . husband and a father. Another :io- j quaintauce of mine, who is n highly in- ! tclhvtual and deeply-reid man, will j tolerate nothing that may postpone his smoke. At dinner ho is in n perpetual . drive to pet done, so as tj begin bis j pipe; he wants no piidibnr, cheese or I dessert; taking these would involve loss of tune, nnd put off the smoking period a few minutes longer. Ht likewise re quires no ten or supper, protesting he is not hungry, nud thnt he does not wish to be disturbed iu his smoke. An- I other man that I know is iu a govern ment otVn'o, nnd when the ufuiiI public !.nbdiys occur, such ns the queen's birthday, Ins treat is to lie iu bed all day nu I smoke. The gentlemnu is mar ried, and always smokes his last pipe iu i bed. Lcghtning bus struck six times this rensou in one field t Tccnmseh, Mich. .New ami heap Telephone. 'i'he C.iiea..;o '';o . m.u: Mr. O. P. Ilolewny ba' ennui etc. I hi place of business with his residence, and twe other loeilihcs with n new kind of tele phone, vh i-'i. fur ihorl li-fiiuces, bus s: ver d pii.ui-1 of mperi ui'y over tho' of (iray mid P.i II. the eh:e.r po lit being economy. On Mr. H.iMiewny'n invita tion rtpnriir im-oc t. .l liiu tdrphoucs nnd found thnt tiny were ..nou'ilo of be ing very tm-ful, A bole six iiieh. s in diameter is out in a piece of board, arid a piece of drum head is Wc-U wetted and securely fasti u ed to the edges, of this l ole. An old-fii-jhioned copper cent is laid "i the center of the drumhead and a wire is fastened to the cent, or metal in: bi.tteii, or whatever it may be, mil pas-nl through the p.'tchiue:-.!, which is I I-t- allowed todiy with the board lyins, hoii routal and n b-'tivy weigh! iittiv'u-l to ttic wire. The weight craws the wet parehn:.iit ont into n fiinii'-! s..ipe, which it retains when by, The bunrd is then i i-t np porpondii u larly, and the line wire is emi nee! i d w i!h the metallic button. - . the si iiu.i is conveyed not by electric wavt s, but by the vibration of the wite, tho iiti" wne must bedrawu :ih tight ii' poi-sib'.-, niul tbo freer it is from t ur:.s t!ie better. It in supported by l"op: "f In ire or w it throngh v.l-.ich it is run. The sipi.-a1 is giveu by rajiping on the hoard. 'J lie speaker theu stands in front of I l.c ib ti n hind funnel, but need i."t stand v-.-i.t close to it, tin-l talks. Tho air waves statte.l by Lin voi-v : r. tal.eu up by the druui-i.e.'.d, trnu'-mit'.M! to the wire and deliver.'i at the oihci end with gvej! faitiiiulne It is niiesMirv to j i0 one':, ear to an oriiici and listen alb ntively. Any one within a few foot oi t!i ; re- iv.-r cvi Ii.-m. aud under favorable conditions Mr. Uathewin has heard rem irl.s c innnc over the wire when itaudinf; a iloycn feet aw..y. The voice soinid '. as if com ing out of .1 l"i;g and Ln.i'o spenkii.g tube. Thol-irgest I Mr. II ith. v ay has :s l.fiMlfM-t. H" n c i-ntid. Id tl et tie--telephotuM r.te not d f..r n n.i!o, an ' r availaldoai .ii-t.inee .if twoi.e.s -.vinn there is no wind. This devi ' h not !i invention, and then- i.: l.o patent ou it. It low i ' baMei- or nuchaiM-m, ! i- subiect b; no rent o: -ouoly. J I I pllblc of i.'i ::o: ;-o-i.i : 0:vlce ! tf't ;i man's homo -Oi l his store or Hli " wle-e not tjo f:o-iiay, or ! !".ee:i ,.;i i I1! i and k'.ioii or y.it.i, r bitwr-"! oi -i:.- store mid the nvi,! of p!:v:. c: n ,., nnd it ' lhei.-r.Mt merit of !.!.; quite ill! xpensive. A li'elic of Mar) Onceii "I Suit-.. When Mary ytieeu o! S.-ds was a prisoner in tlic cis'le of L"i hbtiru ri Hie winter aud curly spri-g of llos, slu? drew yotiii;; ( i orge 1 ioj!a-., tli - tr p ling bnthei o( William l-ndic, the yi vcrtior of , .ehi urn, into her fav-u for the puipoi.e of i .tV- 'mi.: b"f nc ij'e. 'I'ne youth : won e 'iple'ely. (:i t!i evening of the si ion ! of May, I'a. il.e keeper and his family being a' tai-, fi.orge seized the ki s and lied n-Tos-- the hike with Hie royal p- :-!. r. I' -r thl'l l-oli'Mtlt e alleiM.I'.ee I.i ici-U M'M preeented t.. I i -. r::e M inviii a !".-k "i her hiiH. Nriw it ro c:ini" about t li.it time ro!!, d on tl i- l--ck "f i edkcu tex turo and beauti u! ; ,:!e r1liiiru -w-i-f.'iin.t anieiig i-o-e...- 'nl papetH n' Vis haw.' on;' of the i slat.. of th,. ! i. : family. nd ns time again passed, w een the kite JohL Cillo!l P. rent visited tin-h'-te Mr-, Cuthuinc P.ie M -u :!, of Hise Hull, SMlhllid, a lel.lt. ve, l he showed him the lock, and, dyin-,- seven years Inter, iu 1M7, ''ccpicalhed 't to him. At the death of John Cor -1! Hrctit il tell into the possession i f his sister, Misr C. I. I':. -nt, of Washing ton, 1. C, who is uow at Hedt'ord SpriucH, utul who herself l.iudiy told the Lvnchburg .Yk. - iiII about tbe rct.e I Supposititious ( iic. An Auiei-c: ii ni China write-. 'I'u i v thing it'ic h cou!v.i::is he;-.'.' Thiii China is the p'a -e for ltie Ainenein t-.-ngriidnst. Jus' I "u : 1 1 !. of bviug in a houl wh re the sen iid i t I iplodcs ion! blows up Pic od can: white, rod. ad of tho mule kicking li e man to !c:ti e, t!'e m ill kicks the mule into obl.vion ; .uid tho chest nut tree fall f'.on the boy nud breaks its limbs: and the ciiu h. nt to liiuT,l.-m conic I c a-ase 1 da't k: the mail wrs loii.le.i,' and li-.c ice b: c.i:is through skater ni.d is dro-vued; and the editor's house is broken iuto by thieves nnd robbed i f Slid t'i 1 ' iu cash nud f ld,i Oil in jewelry; wlero the front pate - Put yo-.i Ln o our idea. Pour tifth.s of all the j ikc t Ii it hav hen prpetr:'ted iu this eomitry during the past fifteen years could be introduced soito'eor cr-Ai( i'. Cii'na, nud would pass for new. keep (lie Mouth Mint. The influence of nasal respiration ou the ear is illustrated by Mr. Geo. Cathn, in his history of 'The N rt h A-nerican iiidians.' Among two million Indian he found not one who was de-if or lire-.it lied through tho month, except three or four deiif-iniites; p.ud in the memory of the chiefs of bin tr-bes, n it one case of deafness could be remem bered to have occurred. T'h's is ex plained by the mother nlwnys cloiing the month of the child whenever it nt- tempted to breathe through i. II HIS OF liliNl ltAI. INTI1HM ' A Wisconsin man has exiiector.ilo l nu urubri !la tip ho swiilowed in 1ST. lV.t-'moke City, M l., hasa litlienegro child with one black eye and one blue. The S.m Antonio Fr,.r. Prr. ilecbires that Texas can produce better win" then C.ibfor'iia. A C r'veland b iv of seventeen ycum is six feet nine and a ipin.rter iia-tiee bih in his slookiiigs. Wi'rk on the Northern Panllc, west of P.-smarek, is now progressing nt the rate of a luile a day. I iver 1 11.10 persons in Olark ai d Wayne couniieu, Miss., earn their liv nc: by tbo tin f ; lit in' industiy. The evj.et-iiii.'Utiil " i'b"i fac'ory ' A' l::!d:l, (in , i-i ttilig cloii.T, with ..filers uh"r;. for i'.')",oo0 ytrda of ebitb. Mi i son e r h.i'i uu unlinir-lu d p.e'.tiro on lo-: . .oil for which Mr. W.llicm W. AMoriss.ii 1 to have p:i'd ;a-.".,l(Mi. While u man was nding a meal in n P,,l-b.io. Tex , re:-tan rant, a bit living about li.e r imo stniik him in th" ryn v. iih s'.c!i f..re -as to d. sf rov t!i" night. A in Jill visitor n' the Haltimorr- ety !:dl, deceived by th" purity 'da hiri I 'rcne'i ('la s window opening on n bnl eouy, ru-hoil fm-cibty out f"t u view, and hrelHliiX till j u::e, V.'.C l:)lh'te.l ot .-ij I. ( n i.plitthi': a block oT ic cut in olio of the Mi. hi!" S':it. s, n yoiinc black bass wiis f.'iii.d in a fr.-i'.-'ii condition. Al honh iuei.-ed in i''" for eight nv'tiHiH, ii ii vivo 1 a'el sw mi aboc.t lively a f.tw hours after bcii" phe-i in w it r. A e don.,'. u:an rcsfini! i-n t!i" galh.-Ty ri iin:r (' ii church in ttc'itlcnn, Va., fell :c-h-ei end topple 1 ov. r, p.-riously iiijminii woiiKin on whom he tumbled, .n.'.ker woniiin w is severely bruised by .me of the ni'oi's shoes 'iti'ikii'f; her head. A writer in Xifur pro) o--e- t!mt car rier p'geotis be Tisc ! to Lear news of nji-pr.'iicl-;oi- r'.oims, Tlic bii.ls ni".y bo carried mil to si a live hundred iu-!es by out go'oig steamers and dispatched with tic veroh- r news nliea ! -.f tl e wntbor it"-lf. A 1 "O:. 1 1: 'bii-l havoi" had the luisfor ttino t- lose by iii-e some ci.upoiu rt-jivc. c, i. ;,...; i-ovcru! Unwind i!olla; in in-l.-re-t. f c ward. 1 t!io ic-b- s to the treiu-ut-y d--p:ir'Tc'!it for re-l.-vj'tio:', "iiMe ns if they v re be-i-'- b:it!n Hi -id- de l.h' l tin y Ic. I no pow.-r h red--ni tbeiu s the c.'iit'.e s hal been dc'iic'i-d. Mr. tin- ii"'-" rVlrchdl the fn'ber of three c d!ef,e proM-'"'!1--. v . " ?in, P. r.-,t. i:.d K in: us Stilt- a ::"i."'t rid. - his so;e. i '-hs-y j. ..-,)fe.. in r at ! M .eh li.-iplio-it i-i n:-::' T u s ns i.ti.1 ;.:!!.! -,o;vo'. lege professors. Aniaf.Mir !:e--sp:ljier ted t ' the mails s so " o..''i! I adenl ai i cl.o-s in.diei , ii- 1 from f. known 1.' u'd-shi d bi .'ause t hey lire tl"t l'-' ii" l -Hi V of plibl.C'lt inll, -.O'e for the siissotrii.att.iii ot i be eii o-i.-t- r. :n.. I hto c ic .f snhsi .-ibers. Many t ti'S S have r'onu lip in -.vs.'f a pad -i,-M!i.-a-ite It. t tari'.ioi prac th" ,i!:r.fe. lu-VMni j-i-r biiii,. fcs. A hi 1y :n P, i:a ielo'-ia ;. :r. bcin:; .hhe hist w i -k . iini.' re i person who ooer..'. i.oek( t soccr" I h r p. ado t ! f-.i The I'inte lilit si her eO on MUtifl'l whir'll . The i ivoh on: i tdv but left b.-i. d 11 ' diltV'iei.j "il 't vabiisl d r"l mil'! Law sb'vic.l froto 'es H it., hidv uvi r h"i- e'lS'-e f-i ti this , k -h v -c. West Point nieti niak- .-. nn-t d-e in Uv-kinc up ii tirmy tipt-oiufi-i fr. -in e ivil life as nd. rlopers. Of thct.-ill' corpp, Me' i-ii nber of i.Tadu-t'i - "f Vest Point is j.'d, vi bile tl-eie me Js;i s).,ff olVt vra ..p: "iite l fr. r.i c;vd bfc Of tho line i ll". ;' i'c- I'l.nib.-r of We:-! Point grad nates is "e.'T, i.tol tin liiiiiilx r sppointed from civil hi. f.:;;. b e...rcl M.-Chdlnn was tin t'r"-i. Wi'-t P.eevt pbt.-.-d in eot. inland . f tho urn-, , A ;.-.C!ii-foti" catih- .Uahi, Ml. J -hll Tinnon, of il xas, who owns tliousMida of hen 1 oi eatllo niii'iiii' at 1 'ire, pub b-h.-s Puis i.oliee. 'Alt honest, food, industrious, p.n.r men, v. Mb families, arc welcome t ' kill an occasional cni of initio for food, provided they do u. t waste the meat, end :.il my honest neigh bors arc welcome to skin and hi li tbe hi Ic: of tny dond -itomais, but living nniiiiu'.f. must be tint '-n: he.!.' Mormon women having endeiiv rod to take adviiutage of the homestead law, he department denii d their rioht, de cidmiT tltut uo womioi who voluntarily m lint a 'lis and ncknowledges lu r posit ion to be that i f plural or polygamous wife sh, u'd be permitted lo make n lio-nci-'ei'.i or pre-emption entry of pub lic lands, as 'be very fact that idie retains such relation is eo-'e'ii-ive evidence Hint the entry is uot made in good faith for In r ejclusive use and benefit. A toiieldug incident of the plague in the South is recorded in Into Memphis papers. V, P.. M ushiill nnd .Tau", his wile, wore tnki u i'l nt nearly tbo saine time, nnd both died within b. df hour of each other. Murine their illness tin y would n'ln'v neither d dor nor nurse to at'-. aid thorn, and all medicine was r. -fused. Tlievwen. pieparod for burial r-.t tie- s ivoo tin" r, wer t 'Vo u t tho cemetery together. tonclii cirriiipo followed the 1 re.es t but ii contained uo ; mourner The 1. ii -h. oid mm wife were Ciirrii'O to their pr..v s nun ri: a irieiiu to folios ll y n il 4T - 1; i- fi '.-- S; ' lit J'i l s "S.SSfl"'"JW
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 23, 1879, edition 1
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