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15 (hatliam fCotd. Mil or ADVERTISING. One iiinare, on. Insertion, One square, wo 1njprtlnni, Onainare.iiif nn-ntl, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: fn tff. n year, " Omcrr .sit inoiitkt as cupy, three mnntki, VOL. IV. PITTSBORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, FEBRUARY 16, 1882. NO. 23. For larger advertisements l'Ir:il ewtrjet w ill mads. iOFhq Cjhalbsu Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., editor as rnoruiCTon. Mike's Confession. Now Mike was an 'ostler nf very good parte, Tet ely M a church dioiiso was ho : Ami he rams lo confess to the new parUb priest, Like a pious and true devotee. TVhcn his sins wero reoled off till no more could bo found, Raid thn priebt : " Are von sure you've told A'l? Have thsi moulba of the borers never been greased, So tbey couldn't cat oate In the etall ? " " TViib rspsbt to yer riv'rence," said Mike, itb a grin, " Sure for that ye may lave me alnne : I've scraped till there's niver a sin left behoind Me conscience is clane to the bone I Bo absolved, happy Mike went away for more sins, T 11 the day came around to It'll all ; And the very first thing he confessed, be had greaxed The mouth of each horse in the stall '. " Flow is this ? " said the priest , " when hero, but last week, Ton never bad done this, you sworo." " Faith, thanke to jar riv'reuce," said Mike, " sieh a tiling I niver had lioiid of before" On the Midnight Express. "Of all things, a night journey is the ninNt tedious," said Clarence Hat iii'M, r.s lie lrl himself full heavily into thn Miff and uucouifortul.it sr.it of the railway car, with its failed velvet cush ions, and its bock at exactly the wrung anglo for approaching the luxury of a nap. "I my, Clifton, do you think we might smoke ?" "Well, I rather imagine not," said I, with a motion of niy head toward the other passengers. "Theio appears to bo ladies on board." Hatfield shrugged bis shoulders- "Such ladies I' "Well," laughed I, "they dc n't op pear to be particularly stylish in manner or coHtvtmp, but nevertheless, my dour fellow, tho divinity of their sex hedges them oroutd like a wall." "Divinity of thir humbug;" shortly interrupted Hatfield. "An if those iJl drossed dowdies, with babies and band boxes, coulc possibly belong to the same world with Beatii -o Hale 1" To tl.ii I mnde no answer. It did not seem to me exactly appropriate to lug the sacred name of Beatrice Ilale into a discussion in a place like thin. Tet whit oould I do, except to feel my cheeks flui-h and the roots of my hair tingle. For I was unmistakably iu love with Bee Hale, and so was Clarence Hatfield. If 1 were to waste quarts of ink and reams of paper in trying to di scribe her manifold charms and excellences to the reader, it wouldn't do sny good. Such things have been tried before, and failed. Let him imagine the fairest brnnette the sun ever tdinno on, and he may come somewhore near the mark. Suffice it to say that she whs as beautiful as a dream, and that Hatfield and I were devoted slaves at her feet. Which of us did she like best? Ah, that whs the question I It war socio thing Wo the children' old game of Bcc-saw : "Up I go, down you come." Sometimes 1 fancied I ha 1 had the ghost of a chance ; sometimes I was con vinced that Hatfield was altogether the preferred, and that I bad better emi grate to Australia at once. "Hello I" ciied Hutfiold, breaking nu ceremoniously upon tho thread of my musings "there goos the whistle. We shall be off dheotly. Thank goodness for that 1" And he put np his foot on the opposite seat, and prepared for as comfortable a four hoars' ride as pos sible. Clarence Hat field and I, be it under stood, wore employes in the extensive business of Messrs. Jenkins, Jumper ton & Co., kuctionoers, and had been down in the country "putting up" a sale of swampy lots, out into streets and squares, according to the most ap proved metropolitan methods of doing such things. It had been a dismal business. November is not an inspiring month at the best, and a three days' fog bad con spired against the success of "Mount Morra Park," aa Jenkins, Jumperton & Co , had christened the new speculation. Tet we bad done) reasonably well, and were now thankful enough to get back to New Tork. As the train gave its starting lunge, the door flew open, and in came a talk old lady, in a prodigious black bonnet and a far cloak, surrounded by a per fect chevauZ (is friie of squirrel oages, leather bags, brown paper parcels, and sandwhich boxes. She whs followed closely by a younger lady dressed in black, and closely veiled, and paused hesitatingly in front of our seat. "Young nun," said she, in a low voice as gruff aa that of t man, "is this seat engaged ?" "Tea," said Hatfield ; it is." "For your feet f "No matter what for," superciliously replied the Lead clerk of Jenkins, Jnmpterton A Co. "Please to pass on, old lady. Tou will find Keats enongb beyond." But this waa a stretching of truth. There were no seats, beyond, aa the old lady could easily perceive, unless she choose to sit direct upposite a red hot coal fire or upou one of those corner arrangements close to the door, which are equivalent to no seat at all. The old lady hesitated and changed her heavy carpet bag from on) wearied arm to the other. I thought of mv good Annt Polly at homo, and roso at once. "Piny take this seat, ma'am," said I. "And let me put your parcels up in the raok for yon." Clifton, what a fool yon are I" cried Hatfield, in an impatient totfo vocn "Why couldn't yon have sat still and minded your own business ?" ''It is my own business," I answered, brusquely, "to see that every lady is mnde as comfortal le as it is in the na ture of things to be. Now the squirrel cago ma'am it'll go very well nndor the scat I think," Hatfield uttered a contemptuous grunt but lie never offered to take his foot off tho opposite cushion, although the younger woman stood in the aih un comfortably swaying baokward and for ward wi'h the motion of tho car, until a woman, beyond, observing the state of affairs, drew a sleeping child into her ap, and beckoned the other to take tho place thus vacated. By this timo my old lady had estab lished her: elf to her entire satisfaction, uud epered her sandwich bos. "Much ob'ig. d to yon, young man," suid she. ' It is easy to seo that you have a mother of your own at home, aud you're in the habit of doing rev erence to her gray hairs. As for this porBon" with a nod of her poke-liouuot iu the direction of Mr. Hatfull "if he's got a mother I can't say much for her bringing: of him up. Perhaps he :uay be old himself some day, and idnnd in need of a little politeness aud consid eration from the young." "When I'm onxions for your good opinion, ma'am, I'll let you know," Mr. Hatfield retorted rather flippantly. Tlio old ludy could only exress her self by a vehement sniff. And even I was a little annoyed at his mnnner. "Hat field," said I, in a low tone, "you mii(ht behave like a gentlomua." "Ho I will,' he rttortc.l with a shrug, "ivhi n I find myself iu company that calls for such measures. I said no more, but leaning np against tho side of the door, prepared to make mysolf us comfortable as possible, until the train should stop at Stamford, its first way-station, and some descending passengets might make room for mo. Reader, did you over stand in au ex-. press train in full motion? Did you ever feel yourself swayed backward and forward, bumping cue of your pbreno logical developments against one side of the car, and bringiug tho base of your spinal column against the top of a seat at the opposite swerve of a train ? Did you ever fcrasp blindly at nothing for support? Did yon ever execnte an involuntary "pas se ul,"by way of keep ing your balutico, and then grin I your teeth to see the two pretty young Indies beyond liup.hiiiji utyour nntics ? If so, ymi will know how to pity me during the hour mid a half between B and Stamford. Hatfield went to sleep and snored ; the old lady in the gigantio bonnet ate sandwiches and drank from a wicker flask of excellent smelling sherry ; but the young lady sat as noiseless as a Muck-veiled statue ; fretfnl babies whimpered ; old gentlemen uttered strange sounds in their sleep ; the lights flared like sickly moons overhead, and the shriek of the train as it flew through sleeping villages sounded like tho yell of a fiery-tnroated demon. "Stamford I" bawled the oonductor. At last I suoceeded in dropping my weary and stiffened limbs into a seat where slumber overtook me in just a minute, aud a quarter; for I had bean asleep on my legs once or twice, even in my former disadvantageous attitude, aud I could soarcely believe the evi dence of my own souses when we finally thundered into the echoing vastness of the Grand Central depot in New Tork. Huttleld, alive to the necessity of patching a car before all the world of travellers should crowd into it, stum bled over the old lady's ankles with small ceremony. "Oh, take carol Ton've knocked the squirrel cage over I" cried she. "Confound the squirrel oage I" shout ed Hatfield, gnashing his teeth, as the aueient dime placed herself directly in the aisle to set the furry pet np again, thereby completely blocking np his egress. "Serves you right, Hatfield I" ( aid I, as I stooped to assist. Just then the yonng companion of our lady advanced, flinging back her veil. "Grandma," said sue, "the carriage is wating. I'll jsend Thomas foi the parcels. Mr. Clifton, I am very much oblige to you for your politeness to my grandmother, who is unused to travel ling. As to Mr. natfleld the less said about his courtesy the better." And Beatrice Hale's black eyes flashed disdainfully on Clarence's cowed visage. "Miss Hale," he stammered, "if I had the least idea who you were" "Ton wouid have regulated your oondnot accordingly," impatiently inter rupted Missnle . Thanks I prefer to see people in their true light. Mr. Clifton," turning graciously to me, "you'll oall and see how graudma stands her jcurney, tomorrow, won't you? Oh, thank you I the carriage is close by." And to this day I believe that is the way I won my wife ; for Clarence Hut field was a brilliant, showy sort of fellow, who far outshone mo in gen eral sooiety, and I think Bee had been disposed rather to faacy him until that, night But she was disenchanted now for good and all. And Grandma Hale comes to see us every Christmas with a hamper of good things from Halo Farm' Influence of the Soil on Health. The influence of the soil upon the health of those living npon it in brought out very plainly during tho prevalence of epidemic diseases. That mularial diseases, like intermittent fevers, origi nate from the soil, is already accepted and the mere exact studies, in recent times, of the manner in which cholera, abdominal typhus, yellow fever and the plague are spread, has convinced muuy that these diseases, also, which were formerly considered independent of the soil, because Iheir epecific germs are communicable and are actually commu nicated by human intercourse and trade, are still ia so mo way connected with it, although tho nature of the con nection is yet to be found ou The ex planation of the frequent, sharply defiued local imitations of cholera and typhoid has been sought first, ia influ ences not of soil but of water und air, to which the germs of disease, have been imparted from men ; but a clear and impartial examination of tho local prevalonco of these diseases in circles of greater or lesser extent, hss now fur nished ei leuce that iu many cases air and water cm no louger bo maintained to be the catisos of the localization, but that the sonroes of tlio epidemic must be sought iu tho soil. In tho occurrence of cholera on ships at sea, where any influence of soil would seem to bo absolutely out of the question, that influence often makes itself apparent ia a striking; manner by tho fact that only pers ns who have come from certain places are attacked, while other persons on tho ships do not even have a diarrheal, nlhough they nro a'l the tiuaa with the sick, and use the same food and water and uir. Ships at sea may be considered as ia themselves safe from cholera ; nsually sickness .'irousht upon them in indi vidual cases dies out ; and ic is regarded iu seafaring practice as an excellent prophylactic moasure to go to sea. taking the eick along and breaking up all communication of the men with the infeoted port or shore. Exceptional cusos of epidomics brojkiug out on ships cannot be regarded as arising from contagion from person to person, but always from previous eommuuicv tion of tho ship cr its orew or passen gers with somo plae.i infected wth tho disease. Popul ir Scitnc Mm thly. Japanese Medical Practice. A physician writing from Yokohama concerning the medical practice in Japan, states that thn physicians there are of two classes, the old and the new. The old school there comprises tho Chinese physician, and thoso physicians who have adopted the practice of Europe aud America are said to bo of tho new school. Most of the large cities have hospitals conducted on the plan of ours. Though tho physicians of the emperor are all of tho new sys tem someof bis Majesty's household have little or no faith in them, and send for the adherents of the Chinese school when ill. One of the most curious facts noted by this writer is that although the garments and apartments of the invalid may be of tho richest material and kept scrupulously clean, the invalid himself is permitted to become very dirty in a long illness by the careful avoidance of the nse of water even for cleaning of the teeth aa 1 the failure to cat the beard or the nails. Even the doctors of the new school do not dare to insist on personal cleaulint:" least they be dismissed from attendance on tho case. Borne attention is given to to diet in sickness bat not with good judgment, a'd many of tho sick die from inanition or starvation when they might have been saved by the use of sufficient nourishment, tonics and stimnlents. If the Japanese aro not wholly wise in the treatment of the tick they are ooitainly in advance of us in disposing of the dead by cremation; and, though they have not the advan tage of the most approved furnaces they nevertheless manage to effectually cremate bodies at small expense and without offense. Dr. Foott'i Health Monthly. After all the argument about cheapness and quality it appears that Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in the beet remedy for the cure of Coughs and Colds ever offered to the public. The prion is only 35 cents a bottle and every drnggist in the land sells and recommends it. FOR THE FAIR SEX. Anrlrni (plnnere. Tho following is an extract from a law respecting spinning, passed by the generul court of Massachusetts, in the year lCc3 : Be it Ordered, By the authority of this court, that all bands, not necessa rily employed on other occasions, as women, girls and boys, shall be, and heroby are, enjoined to spin, according to their skill and ability ; aud that the selectmen in every town consider the condition and capaoity of every family, und accordingly do assess at one or more spinners ; and becauso several families are necessarily employed the greatott part of their timo in other business, yet, if opportunities were at tended, some time might bo spared at lcat by somo of them for this work, the said seleotmen shall therefore assess such et half and quarter spinners, ac cording to their capacities. And every one thus aforesaid for a whole spinner, shall for time to ooiuo spin eveiy year for thirty weeks three pounds a week of linen, cotton or woolen, and so pro portionately for half and quarter spin ners, nnder the penalty of twelve pence a pound short; and the select men hall tako special care for the execution of the order, which may easily be effected, by dividing their several towns into ten, six, five, etc., to take an ac count of their division, and to certify the selectmen if any be defeotive in what they are assessed, who shall im prove the penalties, imposed on snob, as are negligent, for the enoonragement of those who are diligent in the work. FnsMon Iieinn. Stripes of white and blaok and white and color are a feature in new spring goods. It is impassible for a woman to look as dignified in a short skirt as in a truined dress. Long white mousquetaire gloves, em broidered iu silver and jet beads, are worn with "second" mourning dress. Feathers aro again worn in the hair with full eveuiug dress matrons wear ing them to tho exclusion of floral gar niture. The jaunty Hungarian costumes are exceedingly pretty for childien, made of C'raigievar tweed trimmed with dark bottle-green plush. Now C.istilian breakfast caps of gold lace and Manilla glass Meltings arj fas tened to the head by long gold-headed pins set with onyx stones. DrcRses in tho stylo of the First Em pire, with very short waists and skimpy skii-tn, will, it is predioted, tako the load among the now spring fashions. Shoulder knots of white satin or watered silk ribbon, fastened by a rose or delicate spray of flowers, take the place of the floral epaulets worn last winter. Di-nppearance of the School-Teaclicr, It is the excessive amount of system in our wholesale methods of teBcliug that prevents tho best results iu any department. Tho pressuro of quantity does not give tho teacher time to mold character. Dr. Arnold himself could not have been Dr. Arnold if ho had been required by a board of oducation to teach the groatest possible amount of arithmetic and geography within a given time. It is probable that Dr. Arnold would have heen considered wanting in the requirements of an Ameii -nn school-teacher of the present day. It is cortuia that he would have found himself hopelessly trammeled, as many au inspiring teacher finds himself trammeled, by the expectations of his employers. The toacher who wonld fain be less of a maohine who would liko to take time to do some thorough training, and to delop the men and women of the future gots nc oppor tunity. He must btiag tholargost pos sible orop of arithmetic and geography at the end of the year ; all his better work ir building cha'aoter will count for nothing with tho "Board." Then there areho!b-rider.i, seekiag to drive into tho already over-crowded oourse some special study. The arts of design aro often useful ia a business way, therefore drawing shall bo universally exacted of the pupils. Music is charm ing at home, therefore the vocal teacher must have place, In one considerable city, a wealthy merchant in the board of education, who found telegraphy valuable in his own office, has succeeded in putting every boy and girl in the town to clicking telegraph keys. But, no matter what is put into the coarse, it is rare that anything is taken or.t. The school master finds no place on which to stand. His individuality is ntterly repressed, ne is a mere cog wheel in a great maohine. He sink down at last to the level mediocrity which machines always produce ; he becomes a hearer of lessons, a marker of registers, a worker for examination week. It is not chieflv his fault tbats he does not do higher work. There is hardly space for it, and there is no market for it. "Topic o th Timt,' Century. THE OPIUM HABIT, Some of the Terrible Efforts ol Opium Hmokliig VlTldlr Described, The increase of the consumption of opium in the United States for the past ten years has been amazing. According to Dr. H. N. Kane, who has written a brochure on the subject, this firbt white man who smoked opium in this country was a Californian named Clotidenyn. This was in 16CS, and it was not until 1871 that ho found another to smoko with him. The habit spread rapidly among gamblers and their associates, but it was not till the end of 1875 that the authorities began to take steps to suppress the growing custom. Now there are opium dens in all the cities and lurge towns of the Union. Com mercial travelers who ure addicted to the habit find it unnecessary to carry their sraokinp apparatus with them on their journeys, as they have no difficulty in Uniting them at opium resorts, well known to all users of tho drug. Jn 1880, 77,196 pounds of opium were imported into the country, paying a duty of frjoni one to bix dollars per pound, which was an increase of 17,000 in ono year. Tnis increase is not owing to tho growth of the Chinese population, for, as ex Minister Seward has shown ia his re cently published volume, thero Las been no material increase of Chinese in this country since 1)70. And Chinese smokers consume less than American, and most of them use au inferior and cheap article. The apparatus for smoking opium is much more complicated than that fur tobacco. Dr. Kaue fays that hardly any ono would smoke opium alone, for the mere pleasure it imparts. It is emi nently a social vice. This fact explains why opium smokers gather in deus for indulgence, and the dens aro usually vile places. Strange as it may seem, American womau often frequent these miserable rt sorts, and there become practically oblivious to everything but the enhancement and languor approach ing stupefaction the indulgence brings The physical effects of opium smoking are less marked uud destructive than those which follow other method of taking tho drug ; but they ure pro nounced and unspeakably damaging and when the bubit is once fasteue i upon a person it l.s practically impos sible to break it. It holds its vic'iin in fetters of steel Sometimes it takes an old smoker threo or four hours to induce a languor which lin ceased to have ono particle of fa-cinu'iou. Tiie power of this tyrant over its victims is shown by what they ill rik and endure for the sako of its grat ilka! ion. The appetito for it becouio iu-urpottablt and almost rouddens them until it is appeased. Of course it breuks down the physical systtni, makes it peculiarly liable to diseases, and brings a troop of physical ills in its tram. But its moral effects are more disastrous than its pbysicsl. It prostrates the a ill, and destroys tll power of resolution. It produces moral obtuseness. It deadens conscience and all the finer sensibilities. It creates a drtamy insensibility tc the calls of natnrul obligation tr hoin., children, kindred and friends. It para lyzes the human in tho nature of its victims. All the fino and deliatn senti ments peculiar to woman aie burned out and bieared by it. And it is not strange that the Chinese, knowing what a deadly drug opium was, pro tested against its introduction into their empire, and finally engaged iu a war with England to put a stop to its impor tation. Tho opium trade with China was begun by tho Portugese in 1767, aud the first English opium was introduced into the country in 1773. The latter country now virtually monopolizes tho trade, and how great it is appears from the fact that over five hundred tons were imported in 1867, and over seven hundred tons were usod. What this means can bo imagined by supposing that 15,000,000 of people were to become virtually intoxicated every day. Chris tian at Work. Monkeys. Joe, a monkey at the Lr.idon " Z oo," oonld never be got back into his cage rrben once he was alio we 1 his liberty outside. Bli t he had ' one weakness that of curiosity and tho keeper, look ing down a dark hole, attracted the attention of the monkey, who slowly approached him to find out the cause of the investigat ion. Suddenly the keeper would Start back and the monkey's courage, deserting him, he flow to the shelter of his cago when the doer would be shut. This trick was successfully played on him every time, month after month, he never seeming to learn it. Another monkey, "Miss Jenny," that came from india, and parted her hair in the middle, smoked real tobacco, and wonld snatch a half-smoked cigar from a visitor and finish it. She wonld also hold a bottle of ale with her hind foot and take long draughts between the puffs of smoke. Johns Irwin Haiser, who recently witnessed an execution at St. Louis, has gone crazy from the efforts of the horrid sight. Lolly Architecture. New Tork is beojming distinguished for tho height of its building-". For a long time the underwriters objected to taking risks of this kind, but they have been compelled at last to submit to the irresistible progross of (ho age. A few years ago four stories was considered a good heieht. At present, however, eight and even nine stories aro common among the new commercial rtrimtnres , and even this is by no means a finality. After the great fire in 1815 (which laid 23 acres in ruins) the new fctorrs were carried np to tie unusual height of 55 feet. Now look id tho difference, jfhe Stewart palace of fashion is 88 feet to the cornice, while Chflin's store is al most as high. Arnold, Constable .v Co's store is 95 feet and th't store, 355 Broad wav, is 100 feet. The Fifth Avenno Hotel is 90 feet high. The Ot and Central is 123 feet, including 30 feet of Man sard. Tho GiUey House is 100 feet to the de;k roof, after which you have the M mstrd, winch is 30 feet additional. Looking at bnsiness structures, there is the Equitable, which is 113 feet to the deck, while the Botcel building is 115 feet, aud the New Tork life building is 129 feet. Turning from Broadway to Nassau street, tho Morso building over tops all tho preceding, being 116 feet to tho cornice, while the tall tower of tho TiiJnni holds unrivalled distinction. The insurance agents, however, still maintain that 60 feet in tho limit of dis cretion, and for every additional 10 feet they add extra rates, though hardly suf ficient to meet the tUk. This change bus chiefly taken place within th last 10 years. The U-r ild building (fin iihed iu 1G5) now has a squatty ap pearance, and if rebuilt would be car lied up f iur additional stories. Ben tio't is said toko annoyed at this defect, and no doubt an additional elevation will yet be attained. Xm York fi tter. Fasting Sixty Hays. In regard t. the casj of Mis? Chloe AunViilot, who dial ia Alexandih V.i., recently, aftor a voluntary fast of sixty days, Dr. Alexin rii MoWillurus, who attended her, stated in aa inter view with u Washing jn $tir r -porter, that tho fas'; w is oxuh'juim I oa the 4th of Noveuriur la it, Miss Violet haviug ho mi for h mil yeirs o.V. oi her mind iu in conseq-ioueo (it is supposed) of the death of her bro'her by drowning. S'io elaiw.l t'lit sh ) h. I received aa hspiiu'i m t'ut. if s!n would n it eat n nioro siio w.) nil be suro of heaven. Dr. M.iWiUi.iun states thi every con. eoivjHli! ni'Msure s Hostel was tried to induce h'?r to break her fa it, but slio ro.iisto 1, uud would become furious when they uttenpte I to force food on her They eudeivorel to givo her liqni 1 food ia her witer, but she was not to Iu deceive 1. Tho only fool they snoceo led in getting her to take was two teaspoons full o! milk tho night before fhe died. Dr, MeWil- liams regards this cas; as a genuine one of long fasting, and taken altogeth er, the most singular case be ever saw, for she did not at any timo claim that she could not eat what wns set before her, bnt iiaid that sl.o could eat at auy time, but would n-.t. Minute Workmanship. The S-tlem (Ma-s.) museum has iu its possession a cherry stiuo containing one dozen silver spoons. The stono is of tho ordinary s'3 , the spoons being so small that their shape and finish can be distinguished only by tho micro scope. This is the result of immense labor for no decidedly useful purpose, and there are numbers of o'her objects in existence the value of which may be said to bo quite as indifferent. Tuns, Dr. Oliver gives au account of a cherry stone on which wero carved 121 heads so distinctly that tho naked eve could distinguish those belonging to popes and kings by their mitres and crowns. A Nuremberg topmaker enclosed in a cherry stono which was exhibited at tho French crystal palace, a plau of Subas- topol, a railway station, and the "Mes siah" of Klopstock. Pliny, too, mentions tho fact that Ujmor's "Iliad," with its 15,000 verses, was written in so small a space ai to bo contained in a nutshell. j The greatest curiosity of all, howover, was a copy of the inble, written by one refer Bales, a chancery clerk, in ro small a book that it could bo inclosed within the shtll of on Eaglish walnut. One Mile Square. A coi respondent wishes to know whether there is any difference between fne square n-i!e and one mile square. There is not. Either xpression de notes a squ ire surface, each ono ot who?o sides is a mile in length, There is a considerable diffeience, however, between two square miles and two miles square n differenco amounting to two squire n.iles. The difference between three square mile.4 and threo roihs square is six sq iare miles, and so on. If, instead of saying "three miles square," the proper expression, "three miles squared," were employed, the obscurity of thought about the matter would for most persons disappear. Tennessee made a profit of 829,590, 000 on her various crops loU year. Oscar Wilde bylhe Sen. A cross-eyed pig and a bob-tailed cow, Asleep by the moonlit sea, In tb village inn a timndtriug row. Conic wander, lovo, with nie. For yon a walk on t'ie ebining sands, (There's narhc in the air,! For me tlie road, with fo u-in-hand, (I'il bet on tlio old gray maro.l Two hurd-biiilud cb'frs and toast for yon, iO!i, palo is ilie pointer pup,) For inc some brer and a taddio-rock stew, (O, mother, dear, shut up.) hems of imitrsr XJEoat owned by a Georgia judge has long horns on his legB as well as on his his head eighteen in all and he will probably form the nucleus for a fine Odd Fellows' lodge. A Micbicun girl tried to commit suicide by swallowing thirty-six shirt buttons. Fortunately her digestion mistook them for railway restaurant beans and sho was saved. He understands liberty aright who makes his own depend upon that of others. True liberty does not permit the enfranchisement of one's self through tho enslavement of some one else. The Parisians have found out how to make false eyelashes. Thoy actually drav a fine needle threa led with dark hair through the skin of the eye-lid, forming long loops, Bud after the pro cess i over a splendid dink fringo veils the coquette's eyes. Tho operation is said to be painless. An out-of-town druggist entered a Boston apothecary shop und had a sim plo prescription put np. The charge was $1.50. He remarked that it was rather dear, bt cause, as ho was a drug gist himself, he knew the price of the ingredients. "That alters the case," was the response ; ' seventeen cents, please." Elna May Brall"y eloped with Pear son, a married man, of Dallas, Texas. Her father followed them to Denison, and talked of using a pisti l, but waa pacified by 81,0,"0 uud a promise of 8Gi;0 mote, for which he let bis daugh ter go. But the l'uiul payment was not made, a pion i was seized to satisfy the claim, und the whole matter beoame public. Cry for SI ore Oyst-r. At tho same tune that the more thoughtful and observant nro utforing protests against tho extinction by wholesale drud-ing, of the oysters of the Chtsaprako und its tributaries, thero comes a cry from England for more Amencin oysters, iiie iMew York Herald quotes from a private business circular which has found its way into the office of that paper. The circular in quehtiou is a piteous appeal to be furnished with nioio oysters, on the ground that the supply in the English market falls below tho demand. Tho trader iu questioa stutes that nearly twenty-eight million American bivalves wero eaten ia England be tween the middle of October and the day of tho new year. Between March and May will bo the season for plant ing, aud when tho demand on this account is supplied it is estimated that no less than fifty millions of our oysters will have been eii'uer devoured or naturalized in Great Britain. This exibit only makes it more apparont that the oyster beds of the Chesapeake and its tributaries tho chief source of supply for tho most succulent bivalves must be protected from depletion, if an industry promising 6nch large proportions and valuable returns is to be fostered. There is food ia this English circular for tho Marylaud and Virginia Legislatures. Watermelons in January, The family of Feter Matson, living near Bnrlington, N, J ,eat watermelons for dinner every day, ard have done so all winter. Mntson laid away 250 melons during the season, preserving them by a process which he professes to have invented. He varnished eaoh melon all over and then sealed np the stem. Not long ago be invited a numbei of bis friends to dinner and brought out tkree watermelons for des sert. His guests a'l united in saying that they never tasted more delicious melons even in the regular season. The new of Matson's preserving powers reached a large fruit dealer in Phila delphia, and a representative of the dealer went to Burlington and re quested the privilege of tasting some of the. fruit. He pronounced thm de licious, and at once negotiated for fifty of the melons. He hesitated some timo, but has at last oonelnded to part with a portion of his stock, an the price offered was very large, They are to be placed on sale at fabluons prices ia Philadelphia in a few days. Thj dealer wants Matson to preserve several thousand for him next summer or else sell him his process. Local physicians declare that the varnish used to pre vent the melons from spoiling is suffi tiont to have poisoned all those who have partakeu of them, yet the mem bers of the family never enjoyed better health. ft ft 0 I
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 16, 1882, edition 1
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