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VOL. IV.
I'lTTSBOlKV, CHATHAM CO., X. C, OCTOM5R 27, 1881
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The" Hose.
After a nmlit of crystal rnin
Had drciu-hrd tho hilltop ami tin- plain,
And ma le the old earth new again.
A roup, mifoldius; rruni (lie sheath
Where she bad lain like life in death,
First felt t lio morning's dewy br. atli.
Whito a' thn votnri' of n bride,
Aud niri an anew at Christinas tide,
Klic l.lohsonipd in htT tiuidn'n jTiil".
A pearl lay in hor heart, as pale
Aft moonlight KlcamiiiR through
Or shining n a distant nail.
A poi't, you must guess his name
Along dip garden alloys came,
Together with hi dreams of funoi.
Hp hw tin' rose upon llio stein :
Sin' lipnt h kiss his garment' hem,
And lust Iht heart's most precious koiii.
Hp passed upon his way lo greet
Rich IdnMHKiiiH that around Inn feet
Let fall th-ir petals hniicy-swop I.
Whilo she snt drooping in tin- sun
I'lllil the It'iinV'K. mip l.y ,
llal fallen, and hor lifp was don-.
The pod s i.pirits Inn t its Lais,
And healed of all it- earthly s -.iis,
Now sings anions thr morning tar.
The. rose, though long ago in dn it,
Will, like tlip iii-iiiiny of tlir jiiMl,
tjiill hlossom in my urto, I final.
A BRAVE WOMAN.
In spito of tho liigU opinion which we
entortainof fcniiuiue courage in general,
we must lie permitted to doubt whether
yon all, ladies, fool yourselves ctpable
of imitating on a similar occasion the
heroino of the following little story,
which we cau recommend to your tit ton.
lion as entirely true.
Madame Aubrey occupied with hor
husdaud a large old house, in tho village
of D . This homo s'ood entirely
alone, nt tho loot of nn imnioinse garden,
far from neighbors, ami had uo otlnr
occupant than Monsieur and Madame
Aubrey, their bou, nn infant of twelve
moLthd, aud a domestic, recently al
niitted into their service.
Oae evening in tho month of Novem
ber Madame Anbury wis awaiting with
some anxiety tho return of her husband,
who had l.eeu gone since morning to u
town distant a fe mile from D .
n is business was to collect a debt, mid
he expected to bring home a 1 irgo sum
of money, and his wife now remembered,
with a feeling of uneasiness, that she
had Been him arm himself with a pair
of pistols. It was about t.i o'clock, aud
Midanio Anbrey went to her chamber
accompanied l.y the domestic, with the
intention of putting hor little l,.y to
led. Thin apartment, larg aul high,
was situated on the secoud lloor, look
ing into the garden. The oaken wood
work, turned almost black with age, the
old-faahioned furniture of grotesque
form and gloomy color, and some family
portraits in ancient dress aud severe
conntouances. gave to the room sonio
what of a forbidding aspect. A deep
alcove beside which waa placed the
cradle of tho infant, occupied nearly all
tho bide of the room opposite to the
fire-plaeo. The curtains were drawn
across tho front, but one corner, having
caught upon somo article near, was
raised sufficiently to show the foot of
tho bedstead, mudo of the same dark
wood with tho rest of the furniture, and
carved in the curious fig urea and gro
tesque lines iu which tho artisans of an
hundred years buck were wont to in
dulgc.
Tho night was a true November night
black aud gloomy, with torrenta of
raiu, which beat continually upon the
windows. The trees of tho garden, bent
by the force of tho wind, from tinio to
time drew tho linger like ends of their
branches across the glass, making a
fantastic and melancholy concert, in
which mingled no human voico no
sound which promised human aid,
should tho want be over so urgent.
Madame Aubrey sat upon a low chair
in the corner of the 11 replace, holding
upon her knees the little boy whom she
waa undressing, whilo the servant nt tho
other end of the.rooin executed certain
orders of her mistress. A blazing wood
fire, aided by a lamp upon the mantle
shelf, threw a strong light upon somo
objects, left others in intense shadow,
and upon others again cast a wayward
and fitful gleam, which caused them to
assnmo grotesquo and unreal forma.
The baby bad ceased his laughing play
and had closed his drowsy eyes. The
mother threwher eyes toward the cradle
to assure herself that all was prepared ;
at this moment the lire blazed up sud
denly and threw a strong light upon the
corner of the bed exposed by the lifted
curtain. As Madame Aubrey looked,
she almost fell from her chair ; under
the bed, close to the cradle in which
she had been about to deposit her sleep
ing child, she now boheld two great
feet, shod in coarse brogans. In an in
stant the sense of ber situation flashed
across the mind of the young woman
as if shown by a flash of lightning.
This hidden man no doubt waa a thief,
perhaps an assassin. She waa alone,
without help present or soon to be ex
pected, for her husband waa not to re turn
until eight or nine o'clock, and it
was now but little past six. What
should she do? How should she de
fend herself r
Madiimo Anbrey had uttered no cry
she had not oven moved, but. she feared
that the servant, making the samo dis
covery, might not show tho same pru
duenco. Tho thief probably intended
to remain in his present position until
the middle of the night, then to issue,
forth and possess himself of tho sum
brought home by Monsieur Aubrey.
But if prematurely discovered, and hav
ing no opponents but two women, he
would probably make his escape, first
securing their silence by their death.
Then who knows but the Hervant her
self was an accomplice -suspicious cir
cumstances, hitherto disregarded, re
turned with renewed violenco to tho
mind of MadAine Aubrey. All theso
thoughts passed through tho mind of
tho young mother in less tinio than I
have occupied in tho telling, licforo
many iirnutcs had elapsed her dimness
htd entirely returned, and she had de -eided
uinm hor part in the terrible
drama, lint she must got ri I of tho
servant.
"You know," said she, without the
least tailoring of her voico, "you know
tho dishes which my husband prefers,
and I think he will be well pleased to
find a good supper ready agiiust his re
turn. 1 had forgotton to tell you about
it before, but go now and begin your
preparations and bestow attention upon
it."
"But," answered the servant, "uhall
you not want mo here, as usual."
"No, I can do everything laynolf.
Monsieur would be displeased, I aui
sure, if after his long ride in such
weather he should not lind a goo.l sup
per uppn his retnro."
After somo attempts at delay, which
redoubted in Madame Anbury an un
easiness which she was obliged to con
ceal, the girl quitted the chamber. Her
lootstups died away upon thostairs, aud
her mis; loss found herself alone with
herchildandtho.se two terrible foot,
whi.'h, half seen iu the now dying light,
s emed immovable as the beadhtcad it
self, she still reuiaiifi'd sitting near
the chimney with the baby upon her lap,
addressing to him, almost mechanically,
cariesing wolds, ai d soothing liim to
sleep, while hor eyes never wandered
from the mecaeing feet. The little fel
low, tired of his position, began to eiy
for his cradle aud its soothing motion,
but the ciadle was close to the alcove -
close to my feet. The young luoiher
conquered herself by a viobnt effort.
'Come then, my child," said she, ami
lising from Lor chair, she forced her
tittering stops to be llrm, aiid wont to
ward the alcove. Behold hor close to
tho ouiii o.rs f.-et I she placed tho baby
iu the cradle, aud with a voico which all
her resolution could hardly keep from
treuipling, sho commenced to sing her
usual lullaby to the unconscious child,
aud as she sung the idea was ever in her
that each word might be her Inst. At
last the boy slept Found ly, and the
mother returned to her scat by the
fire.
Tho clock strikes seven. Ono hour
more and Madamo Aubrey may expect
deliveronee. A deep silence reigned iu
the chamber. The infant slept peace
fully. His mother, her hands convul
sively clasping each other, her lips
apart, her eyes lixed upon the menac
ing foot, remained immovable as a sta
tue. From time to time, somo noiso iu
the garden would cause the heart of the
watcher to leap with hope, but it always
proved to bo the rain, the wind or tho
fhaken trees. It seemed to the unhappy
woman that tinio had stopped, aud that
she was alone with those haunting feet.
Heavens ! They move ! Is the assassin
about to commenco his fearful work I
But uo it was only a stight movement,
indncod no doubt by tho constrained
position. Ho resumes his immobility.
Tho half-hour strikes. Tho auxious
watcher could have almost sworn that
it was two hours since it struck last ;
but no, she knows that the clock is
faithful, aud there is still another w-.ary
half-hour before she may expect ber
deliverer.
Mamamo Aubrey took a book of re
ligious meditations from the chimney
pioco abovo her head, and attempted to
read. Vain effort ! Her eyes wandered
continually from the page. Suddenly
a thought crossed her mind with the
sharpness and suddenness of light if
her husband should not return I His
parents livod in the village to which be
had gone ; what more natural than that,
seeing the severity of the weather, M.
Aubrey should allow himself, by fond
persuasions, to be detained until morn
ing I She could neither wonder at nor
blame him. But then what would In
come of herself and the littlo ono
dearer than herself ? her braiu reeled
under the thought. Eight o'clock sound
ded, and nobody had come. The sup
position then was correct ; tho unhappy
woman gave herself up for lost. Sho
was about to seize her child and fly
from the room, when a noise resounded
from the gravel walk beneath the win
dow. The eager listener dared not trust
ber ears, she had been sonfteu deceived
but now tho door rolled upon its
hinges and then fell heavily back in its
place. A well known step gay ly ascen
ded the stairs the chamber door
opened and a man appeared a man,
handsome, strong and vigorous. It was
hoi At this moment, tad M. Aubrey
been tho ugliest of men tho worst of
husbands ho would have assumed, in
tho eyes of his wife, all the graces, all
the virtues imaginable.
Ho had only paused below to take off
his dripping clonk and lay down his pis
tols. Ho extended his arms and his
wifo rushed into thorn. But immedi
ately recovering herself, she plnced one
linger on her lips, and with the other
hand pointed to the feet.
M. Aubrey would not have been wor
thy of such a wife if he had failed in
decision or snny mitl. Ho gavo a glance
at his wifo which said that ho under
stood, and said aloud,
" One moment, my darling, and 1
will return ; I have left my pocket-book
down stairs, and I must show you my
riches."
Vith those words he left the roem,
but iu a moment he it-turned, holding
a pistol in his haud. Ho examined the
lock, approached the bed, stooped down
and with his loft hand Fcizod one of the
two feet, the finger of his right hand
resting on the trigor of his pistol.
" Jlosist, and you are a dead man !"
ho exclaimed.
The owner of the feet did not seem
disposed to risk the cveut. He suffered
himself to bo dragged by the foot into
tho middle of iho room, whero he dis
closed a most villianous face as he
crouched before the pistol pointed at his
head. On being searched, a daggar
was found und newly sharpened. He
confessed that tho servant was his ac
complice, and had told him of tho
booty which awaited him.
Nothing remained but to deliver both
to justice, Madame Aubrey indeed
begged her hiubaud to let them escape,
but the public interest demanded tho
sacrifice of private lenity, and they were
delivered up. 1 Miring all this time the
unconscious child slept soundly. After
some little time Midame Aubrey related
the events of the evening.
"I did not think you had been so
bravo," said lar husband, embracing
her.
But in Hito of her bravery, tho
events of that night brought on a ner
vous fever, from which our little hero
ine did not lecjver for somo weeks.
A Volcanic Frnptioii In Idaho.
The recent report of volcanic eruption
in Idaho Territory is confirmed by an
Eastern correspondent who visited the
volcano iu company with a representa
tive of a Walla Walla newspaper.
As seen from ('anion Traiiie the
column of smoke rising from Mount
Lupwai was like that of a steamer be
yond the horizon at sea. Tho mountain
is two days' ride from Cima Traii'Io.
Omitting unimportaul personal details,
tho correspondent's account ruus as
follows :
"About 500 feet below the cono a
large column of smoke sprang into the
air hundreds of feet and then folded
over to the east. Flames s'ot up to
a great height, and a seething flow of
lava was at that timo rushing down into
a small valley to tho west and emitting
a strong, sickening sulphuric odor,
which mado it impossible to remain by
it any length of time Tho lava had
moved a distance of oue mile from the
mountain and was gradually making its
way toward tho Salmon. Tho neigh
boring hills were covered with ashes."
Tho visitors wore informed by a Lap
wai Iudii'U that the lava flow is intermit
tent. With the wind on their backs
they climbed tho' cone when tho crater
was quiot, though greatly disturbed and
sickened by tho sulphurous odors. The
crater was about 5(K) feet below the rim
of the cone, and appeared to be abont
an aero in extent. When tho flow ceased
tho visitors went down to the edge of
the crater, after covering their faces
with rubber folds and their eves with
glassea. The heat was great. On one
sido it was possible to descend twenty
feet into tho crater without being nau
seated, thanks to a favorable wind. The
lava poured into the crater from the
sides, and, when it was full, bubbled
over and ran into the valley. The sur
rounding country is volcanic, aud the
Indians reported a recent ernption of
Mount Idaho, a largo peak a few miles
from Monnt Lapwai.
The visitors spent twenty minutes in
the crater. At 5:45 P. M., the flow be
gaii again, and they hastily retreated.
Scientific parties were fitting out at
Tortland, Oregon, to visit tho volcano.
Mount Lapwai is ono of the Blue Moun
tains, a low range crossed by tho Snake
Iliver.
Tho burgular Ben Browu, alias Bob
White, now in jail at Charlotte, N.
C, awaiting execution 'or burglary was,
it is said, a United States deputy mar
shal in South Carolina, during recon
struction days, aud was one of the most
notorious colored olitical characters in
the county during all that dark time.
Worth has caused a war in Paris by
his attempt to revive moire antique, as
leading inevitably to a resurrection of
the much detested crinoline.
Superstitious of Scotch Fishermen.
Besides those supeiMtiti ins common
to all Scotland, t here n re beliefs current
amongtho fisher part of the population
which seem to be peculiar to themselves.
Fishermen and sailors are provcrbiullv
superstitious, and those of the east of
Scotland are no exception to this gen
eral rule. Grout ceremonies were ob
served at the launching of a new boat,
and the greatest cure bad to avoid do
ing anything that might bring ill-luck
to tho boat or tho fishing. The boats
were liable to lie aftVolod by an evil eye
or an ill foot, likenny land undertaking,
but there were evil influences to be
dreaded that wove local in their appli
cation. For instur.co it was believed
to be unlucky to have a white stone
among tho bulla, but this was only in
somo villages. Great earn had to be
taken to avoid any one who was believed
to havo an "ill-foot," and, if any ono
got this reputation, he was d retire 1
and shunned by all bis neighbors.
There is an amusing stoiy told of two
men in one village who both hud tho
unenviable distinction of having ; an ill
foot without being themselves conscious
of it. They both set out earlv to arouse
the village for the fishing, and each
meeting tho ..'her and knowing his ill
repnte, they both turned back, so that
a lino morning's fishing whs lost to tlio
village. Indeed th in were so nv.ny
nutowa'd cirouiu itiinees that might pre
vent the success of tho fishing that it
is quite a marvel how they t er con
trived to catch any ti.h at all. When
wo road that a flshei in in would h.ivo
returned, under fear of being drowned,
if anyone asked liim where lie was go
ing ns he went down to his boat, one
cannot but wonder bow he over con
trived to eludo that very natural in
quiry. Odder still was the b.iu put on
certain wir.ls, as will bo seen from the
following extracts from McGregor's
"Folk-lore": "When at sea the words
'minister,' 'kirk,' 'swine,' 'salmon,'
'trout,' 'dog,' and certain family names
were never pronounced by the iuhabi
tants of some of the villages, each vil
lage, having an aversion to one or more
of tho words. When the word 'kirk'
h id to be used, and there was often oc
casion to do so, from several of the
churches being used ns luitdniui Ks, the
word 'boll house,' or 'bell-'ooso,' w;is
substituted. Tho minister was called
'the man vi' the black quyle.' A min
ister in a boat at sea was looked Upon
with much misgiving. Ho might be
another Jonah. v' It
was accounted unlucky tj utter the
word 'sow or 'swine or pig,' particu
larly during the time when tho lino was
being baited ; it was sure to be lost if
any one was unwise enough to speak
the banned word. In some of the vil
lages on tho coast of Fife, if the word is
mentioned iu the hearing of a Usher
man, he cries out 'Col 1 iron.' Even in
church the words are uttered when the
clergyman reads the miracle abiut the
Gaderine swinery. Sii'tnl-it i:. r,-,'
HerrilitAry Criminals.
"Heredity" comes oat strong in
case of criminals stronger, perhaps,
than in case of saints. For the offspring
of sniuts are often" fnr from saint like,
while the children of burglais and
other criminals are almost sure to pay
their ancestors the honor of imitating
them. A few days ago in a Now York
criminal court George Lyons, a slcuder
youth of 17, was brought up for sen
tence for an attempt to commit bur
glary, he having been once iu the
Comity l'euitectiary. " Lyons," the
Recorder said, "your father is in State
Prisou, I believe ?'' " This is my case,
Judge, not my father's," the hardened
youth replied bluntly. "Your mother
is also in State Ttison ?" " Yes she is,"
"You are come of a bad stock. I am
informed," the ltocorder wont on. " I
suppose I do," Lous answered. Tho
Jndge remarked that Lyons wanted to
go to State Prison, as a graduation, but
that ho should allow him ouo more
chance for reformation and send him to
the Elmira Reformatory under charge
of Mr. Brock way. "You'd bettor have
mo hung, Judge," was the sullen reply,
lie' expressed, however, some dread
of the discipline of the reformatory on
his way there. Uis father is Ned Lyons,
the desperate burglar, who hs beeli
sick of a wound iu Connecticut and has
now gone to tho Stato prison there.
His mother, Lyons wife, is uot by any
means unknown in these parts, although
her son is mistaken in thinking that she
is just at this moment iu prison.
She happens to he out just now. Young
Lyons is the leader of a gang of sneak
thieves in New York, aud Mr. Brock way
can vary his own patent reformatory plan
on him. iVnn'l J-'i fe Pr,
Governor Roberts, of Tixas, exorci
ses a personal supervision of tho pris
oners in the Mate penitentiary. Most
of them, he says, are young men fuuu
the North-west, East and North, who,
having strayed from home restraints,
have fallen into bad company and got
iuto trouble. He tolls them thst good
conduct w ill shorten their tonus, and,
if, they behave themselves pardons them
out.
POI'll.VIt St ll-Xt F.
Fishes havo hearts resembling those
of mollusks.
The pressure of tho blood current
diminishes from Iho heart.
Of all ani'uul products used as food
sugar is found alone in milk.
In penetrating the earth I'rof. Everitt
finds that the rise in temperature is
more rup d in the older and harder
rocks.
The inventor of the screw propeller
was tho celebrated artist Leonardo di
Vinci, and he first applied it to n rial
navigation.
The electric light has been success
fully introduced iu the Muthildo CI
liory, in I'pper Silesia. The work was
done by Siemens A Halsko, of Berlin.
Prof. James Ltw, in tho lln.'h.'m t,'c
S'lt'uxnl Htm,, I if Jl. ilili, states that in
Ivinpeand llliidoi.stun variola is so
comruuu in pigeons and poultry us to
constitute a veritable plague.
To utilize old rubber the pieces are
heated in contact with Mcani, when
t'io sulphur is volatilized and the caout
chouc melts, and is collected as a liquid,
iiKo.l iu preparing waterproof covers,
etc.
The Japanese telegraph system, cs
t iblished 10 years ago, has now :i,i2'.
miles of line and f, Ml.", miles of wire.
Twenty words are sent i'.1) miles for less
than two cents. Last year the numtier
ot messages transmitted was 1,272,7511.
There are .'t IS Morse instruments in use,
2'1 single needle-blocks, at.-l - ' Bell
IclepliOIICS.
It is sometimes necessary lo bore one
or more holes in porcelain, but the
usual way of doing this is not easy.
If, however, an ordinary drill be liar
deued and kept moist w ith oil of ter
pentine it will easily penetrate the por
celain. The di ill commonly employed
in connection with scroll cutting ma
chines answers very well.
Electricity is now employed in the
rectification of iuferior alcohol.
Hcrr stebler's researches do uot con
firm the theory that light hinders ger
mination of seeds generally. He ad
mits tlio probability, however, thac
light may not bo advantageous in the
ease of seeds that germinate quickly
and easily, such as clover, bonus, or
peas. H says that the germination of
certain seeds, especially those of the
grasses, will no! take place at all or with
great ditli ulty in darkness.
Whom ot To 3iarrj.
Women who love their husbands aro
happy and at rest. Those who do not
aro disturbed and restless. They are
always seeking for some means of kil
ling time. They aro ready to flirt at
a iy moment. Their children are, ac
cording to their moans, either hidden
in nurseries under tho care of French
Ao ., or handed over to Sally, the
slatternly nurse, toskake, and slap, und
stuff with sugar, as her wisdom dictates,
while society aud amusements of all
sorts occupy their mot Iter's timo. Home
is not happy lo thepoor woman, because
she has chosen her mate foolishly be
cause she trusted to that " love after
marriage" which mercenary old people
promise those who make what they call
a sensible match.
Sid as a neglected wife, who loves
her husband well, must be, I believe
she is fiappicr than this poor restless
creature, though she be worshippud.
The love of ono we do not love becomes
simply a bore, especially in the close
intercourse of home life ; aud she who
does not give her heart to hor husband
is not likely to care much Tor his chil
dreu. So, girls, if you do not love your
lover, don't marry him. Remember
that marriage is a serious step, and that
when you give him jour hand that he
may encircle it with a wedding ring,
yon seal the happiness or misery of
your natural life. Dou't marry unless
you are sure of your love for him, and
his for you.
Comet I'-neing lor Tin1 Sun.
Two comets aro now approaching the
suu, F.ncko's, which is no stranger, as it
revisits us once in every three and a
half yeais, and the uow one discovered
iu the uortheast on the night that Presi
dent Garfield died. Neither is yet visi
ble to the naked eye. Eucko's rarely
becomes bright enough to be scon with
out telescopes, bnt the new comet has
possibilities. It would not be unpre
cedented if we should have two bril
l'ant comets this year. Two of tie
grandest comets on record ui.po ued in
the year 1102. At the very time that
the enormous comet of BUS was scar
ing Europe, auother huge comet was
visible in tne southern hemisphere.
It was also a mistake to suppose that
lssl has furnished an unprecedented
number of comets. Only four new
comets havo been discovered this voar.
In 1S5S. the year of the great comet,
! no less than eight comets wore seen, of
; which six were new ones. In Is-If. there
I were nine comets visible, of uliich
eight had never been seen before.
, There have been many years in which
! four and live comets had been seen.
, So, whatever may be claimed f.ir ls.l
on account of its other maivelc, it
certainly does not yet take the front
rftuk as a comet year.
All Abiiiil Dolls.
None of the millions of China nnd wax
dolls which aro sold annually in the
United States are manufactured here.
Germiiny, England and France supply
the world with dolls, and the manufac
ture or control of tho same is in such a
smull number of hands that they can
manipulate the market to a great de
gree, and can create (treat famines or
run corners, to suit their convenience or
profit.
Go into ono of the great toy cstab
lishments, and while rows of patterns
will be found of the most exquiste cast
and feature that one can conceive ; faces
that seem unparalleled for beauty ; yet,
these models arc the exact counterparts
of liltlo children, which the maker has
found in home country or clime. It is
his duty to examine the successive gen
eratior.s of the human nop, and select
tlio most beautiful for reproduction in
wax and plaster. The models originate
all now fashions iu dolls. Fashions in
dolls ono exclaims. Yes, dolls are as
changiable in style as the model n
woman. The modelers arc scientifically
exact in reproducing and molding the
facial expression.
The urtizan sometimes gets into
tiouldt'. It is related that one of flu.
profession saw a child of surpassing
beauty in the street. It had a more ex
quisite cast of ciiimti nance than he had
overbefoio scon. When no one was
looking ho coaxed the child u slo:it
distance, and rapidly repaired wiih it
to his quai tors. It was not long before
the country wus aroti-cd over the mys
terious disappearance. Rewards were
ficely c ll'ercd lor the ncovory of the
child, ;i.d threats against, the abductor.
Meantime lie fashioned a model of more
tliaururo beauty, and, fearing the con
sequences of abduction, ho dispatched
the child. The dolls were manufactured
and scut to many couutnes, meeting
with a remarkable sale. One day a de
tective discovered tho face of the lost
child Mumped en a dell in a toy store.
The w hole matter at once daw ned upon
him, and I'm guilty person was traced
out and punished.
The wax dolls are, of course, the fin
est. It ri quires groat skill to make
them. The material is sold to work
men who have nudels at home. A
figure is hist made out of lime und
plaster of Paris.' The eyes, nose and
mouth are cut out with a knife. The
figure is then dipped in rod-hot wax and
dried. The doll is next painted, after
which it is sent to the hairdresser to
finish, and finally given to girls to dress.
A good quality of doll will have a thick
coating of wax. Cheaply made wax
dolls invariably crack iu cold weather.
The wax which is used comes from bees
and "perlin." Tbero are whole villages
iu Germany which do nothing else but
make dolls, of which Stonoburg is the
most famous.
China dolls are made in factoiics.
They are first modeled, and burned iu
ovens. After this process they are re
moved, painted and glazed. This ope-r.-Mou
involves a great risk. Suppose
5,iHio to be in the oven at ono time. No
mutter how much time there is given at
baling, they are liable to come out ju
all sorts of shapes, from which perhaps,
but 1,000 first-class specimens will be
secured. If the tender sleep a w iuk or
bo inattentive tho whole lot may conic
out bnuclcl. What becomes of the
spoiled ones? They aro sold to cheaj
stores, which retail them u tirst-class
at uu enormous profit to a victimized
public. They may be found flooding
fairs and similar resorts. People who
want good dolls can only tii.d them ut
tirst-class establishments. The poor
goodj generally have Muck spots, or a
flaw iii the shape. Polls are found in
eighteen dilleront sizes. Number
eighteen is very large and requires a
strong child to carry it. One factory in
Germany owns six ovens, into w hich
150,000 dolls can be baked ut once.
It requires one week to bake them
properly und thn fires must be kept go
ing day and uight. They require cou
stant care. If a draft of air be admitted,
or if a certain temperatuio is not kept
up, tho result will bo disastrous. The
doll manufactories in Germany alone
employ 200,000 people. The finest
dolH, however, omenate from Paris.
One firm in Germany 1ms been iu ope
ration 125 years, and is the oldest in
the world. There are uow said to be
one thousand different models for dolN.
Thcro was such enormous demand in
ls7'. that an actual doll famine occurred
und the American foreign supply was
cut oil.
Thrilling Incident : Adolphus' cour
age was up. Falling on bis kuees he
cried : " Angelina, dearest, make me
the happiest of men by accepting my
heart aud hand." Casting one look at
tho grout paw Angelina thrilled in every
fibre assho replied sweetly : " ( h, Adol
phus, this is more than I expected."
A prominent clergyman, being asked
w hy he accepted tho call (one of many)
with the largest salary, replied that " lie
desired to go whore there was the most
siu consequently located whero the
money was most pleauty."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
It is a curious arrangement that com
pels poople to go to bed at night when,
they aro not sleepy, and get np in the
morning win n they are.
General Wallace, our minister to
Turkey, drunk coll'eo with the Sultan.
The cups wore without, handles, and
were crested with diamonds.
We have seen ladies who wero insuf
ferably shocked at the sight of a man
in liia shirt sleeves; and their own arms,
were bare almost to the shouldora!
Women aro strange creatures.
Thirteen female physicians are pia
ticing in Clayton, Iowa, and at a recent
lire there were net well men enough in
the town to run tho engine out. It is
one grand incorporated hospital.
letecties are still busy at Washing
ton frying to find out tho size of How
gate's defalcation, but it doesn't seem to
havo occurred lo auy of them to try and
find Howgatc. I'liiliil' 'jihi'i 7Vi".
A Southern jrurmil says Ihis year's
rice crop in the Gulf states will reach
one hundred and fifty million bushels.
It is predicted that the rice industry
will soon rival thut of sugar growing in
Louisiana.
A .Matrimonial Clincher.
"No, George Jones, I ciiui'd marry
you."
The speaker was a fair ,'oung girl of
scarce thirty sninmeis ; the tono was
sad,M-t unyielding.
"And why not, Maria?" answered
( icorgo Jones, whose dcopblackaud blue
eyes and flusht d face showed that bo
bad not boon too good and groat to havo
made a dizzy run with the dizzy boys
the night before. "Can Jauios Smith
or Tohn Ribinnon make you a better
husband than I, fair girl?"
" 1 .isten, ieorgo, I am, as you know,
the only daughter of a daring specula
tor iu low-priced slocks. My father,"
said the devoted damsel, with a far
away look of filial pride, "has often
made us much ns Dillon a single turn
in Washoe fancies. He is now," sho
addt .1, with a deep blush, " bulling the.
market. If things fall his way ho will
wallow in wealth. I nnderafaiul from
non-oOicial sources that you are poor;
that you breakfast on a free lunch route
aud dine at two-bit rotisseries con
vincing proof of Comstock poverty.
Farewell, leorgo ; it can never be."
"Stay, Maria, aud know who aud
what I am. My Storey county hatchet
j-i sunk deep iu the cherry treo of truth,
and like my illustrious initial namesake,
I am no dazzling economist of facts.
Five years ago I arrived at Reno per
emigrant train, and walked over the
(ieiger grade to this city of stovepipes
and other men's wives. Since then 1
have worked in tho Scorpion, sat pa
tiently for three mouths as inner guard
in the Carson mint, and never missed a
pay d iy ; twisted brakes ou a W. aud T.
giavol train ; graded for a week on the
Pay ton narrow gauge ; I have been a
waiter at Evan's; started a daily paper
ut Genoa; taught school in tho fourth
ward ; in common with about four miU
lion other scientists, I have discovered
tho present comet, aud now I am no
longer poor."
What! lo I hear correctly you
! Mve, g0 j"
j .. Ve, proud girl,
L ,!
and a pocket check
Bank."
" Oo you belong to the railroad ring?
Aro you building a narrow gauge or
working tailings at Dayton ? Have you
struck a copper mine in tho (loose
Creek section? Are you running a
quart mill at Red Canyon, or a smelter
ut Carson '.' Tell me, George, wbonco
came this wealth ? I perspire with anx
iety." " Two weeks ago 1 had a dead point
or stocks from .nn insider ; ho gave it
as a great favor, and told me to buy
everything"
" Well ?"
"Well, 1 did not. 1. coppered
him "
" And so"
" Yes, nnd naturally I'm uow richer
than he feared or hoped I ever would
be."
"Then, George, I am thine thine
till death, divorce or your bankruptcy.'
Mahoucy, tho Gallic county clerk,
issued their marriage license to-day.
Too Old.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones were starting for
church. " Wait, dear," said the lady,
" I've forgotten something ; won't you
be good, now, and go up-stairs and got
my goals off the bureau V
"Your goats !" replied Jones ; "what
new-fangled thing's that?"
"I'll show you," remarked the wife,
and the sailed up the stairs, and down
again with a pair of kids on her bands;
" there they aro," said she.
" Why, I ca'.l those things kids," said
the surprised husband.
"Oh, do yon?" suappod tho wife.
" Well, so did I once, but they are so
old now, I'm ashamed to call thorn any
thing but goats."
Then they went to church. The next
day Jones' wife had half adoten pairs
of new gloves in a handsome lacquered
box of tho latest design.