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3Fhi Chalham Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., torroR avp rnorRiCTon. EATEB or ADVERTISING. On njtiars, on Insertion. Onetqasre.two lnnertloDR, One iKinare, on month, l.6 LI TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: fin r!. yr, f.ro Oiinsojjy mon'1 - i,rm One c--py, thio inontus, ,tn VOL. IV. rnTSBono', Chatham co., n. c, march 2, 1882. NO. 25. Vnt lifter aAvtrttaeiaentii literal contracts wlB Coming Round the I'urvr. Thcr is a clever max m, Which I would on you impre-s", Whlher tn joy or sorrow, In pleasure or distress, To keep your wits about yon, And faithfully observe To look out for the ennln". When it's rowing round the curve. f hould business cares oppress yon, And timet) seem hard and dienr. An honest heart and 'sunny srmh Will all your future thoer. f'ut on th8 brake's, keep a sharp lookout. The maxim well will serve. If you blow yonr whistle lively When you're coming round the rune. If a kv I'O'i'ie'te should ch irm you, With eyes and hair like nij.-li. To make your poor hoiit flulf-.r, And telescope it unite. You bring to mind this nnvni, And then million' resev i To Imint the danger niiiil rth D who's ronnm; i"Uiil the i-urr1. To do ynni duly manfully, T 1 have iinti t!.e lixlit, Will make life nil the happier An I vonr p a will be more br'.yhl ; If you leave (ho wrong behind you And fumi the right ne'er swerve, The engine will not harm you When it's coming round the curve. And when the grim deslm;, er Hluill stare you in the Jii, Imoinher that Hie lot or all Is a html resting place. Pi n't b't lliii thought unman you, Jltit 1o man of nerve, And look nut for the engine When if going round the curve. LOVE AT FIRST VIEW. Ah Mark Tiffany, a bachelor, and n member of tho town school committee, filtered the room of the centre grammar school of Hingham, over which Miss Hanby presided, bis eyes fell npon the fneo of n new reholir, who was regis tered "Ncl io Hunter eighteen years df oge." "Remarkably protfy," thought he at the first glance, nor did ho change his mind as he sat on tho platform the next half hour with his gazi fixed upon her, while he appeared to he talking to Miss Hanby. Tho fact wns, he was a little crHt eyed, nnd it happened to be very convenient to him just then, us Miss H'inby whs dt luded into the belief tint ho wou looking lUreclly nt her, whereas his gnz wtii Used on a for roro beau tiful object in a different direction. It is not supposed thnt cftioials are chosen and pid to visit schools for the pntpofo of looVhg nl pretty faces by the hour; nor did Murk Tifl'.iny nmko this a practice. Rut this girl's face was tho ideal ono for which he had been looking ft 1 any yew, And ho availed him elf of I ho opportunity to make her per scntl ac juainlnneo bofnre he left the ii liool room. Miss Hanby made a wry face as ho walked around to Nellie's desk, ami inquired after her studies. Hut eli) brightened up us sho looked at hi n, mid saw, as clio thought, those deceptive eyes, Mill beut upon her, wlnlo ht? wug talking to Nelli". Then she eongralulaU'd herself on being a eohoolmnrm with so eligible a bachelor for ccmrnittee roan. Still, feeling a little uneasy in regard to the notice ho had takeu of Nellie, she said to him as he was about to loave, "Mr. Tiffany, our new scholar is quite a trial to me ; being wholly bent on mischief, it is impossible for her to learn much, and at tho same time 6hc is a great hindrance to tho other scholars." Mr. Tiffauy was satisfied that the teacher had somo cause for complaint, as, turning toward Nellie, thongh not appearing to look at her, he saw her making gtimaces which nearly con vulsed a few of the older scholars with laughter. But hi only reply to Miss Hsnby was, ''Well, leavo the case in my hands, I will call ft gnu soon," The mischievous girl was at that mcjnent making the learned bachelor an ' object of ridicule. Not bnt she thought him poiiahod, handsome, and in every respect worthy o? admiiulion ; bnt her extreme love of fun and cari rntnre exceeded all sense of propriety, so much so that there was no object so grand, or scene or thome so sacred, thut she could not find somo ridiculous fentnre about it. Mark Tiffany did not admire this frait in the girl's character, and when ever hn visibid the school, which wai very often, he spent considerable time a her desk In Irving to prevail niton her tn Ixu onio more attentive to her studies. But the mischievous eyes and suppressed laughter invariably assured him that there was little heed paid to his counsel. HUH he could not relin quish his efforts, siuoe there was never a porson for whom he had cared as much. Altera while Mifs TJanby saw she was not the object of attraction to him he once thought herself, and to witness his unflagging interest and devotion to Nellie, seemed more than she could endnre. ho, brooming angry with her one day, she ordered her to take her books and go home, never to return to that ichool-room again. The next time Mr. Tiflsny visited the school he was told of her dismissal, ami replied, "Yon have done very wrong. Miss Iltinliy," and the frown tbnl confronted her pro dieted her own dismissal as n lenehor in the near future. Fearing this, she anxiously asked - "With your sanotion, cannot eho be recalled ?" "I do cot give my sanction to any such measure." You mutt consider she was very try ing, Mr. Tiffany," said the little school mistress, tearfully. "No doubt," he replied. "Why, sho often laughed right in my face," she continued. "I presume so." 'Still she never was saucy, or obsti nately refused to obey me, but was so persistent in her fnn." "Yes, I understand it; sho has tried ( my pulienco in the same way;" then looking nt his watch, he said, "I must bu going. Good day, Miss Hanby." After ho was gone, the look of despair that came into the face of tho usually hopeful teacher was noticed by most of her scholars. "The little jade has stolen his heart from me," thought she, "what is worse, will prevent me from continuing In this school after this term. For it will bo just as Tiffany says, and Idonotbtlit vo ho will allow me to remain. How it is that a man of his sonse can bo so taken up with that foolish girl is more than I can account for." Miss Ilanby's conjectures wero not unfounded. With tho ending of that torm came her nolo of dismissal as teacher of the school over which she had long presided, a yonng lady who was an entiro stranger to her taking her place. Nr Hie returned to her desk a little sober er, and wiser than before, yet full of fun nnd mischief, and far from a studious girl. Mr. Tiffany, with nnabatod inter est in her welfare, kept an oversight of her studies, giving her private. Iassons in French. Having called at her home a few times, he found she was not altogether to blame for her lack of scholarship. Her mother, a vivacious, pretty womnn, though quite unlearned ami with slight knowledge, had rather discouraged than encouraged Nellio in her attempts to mqniro an education. Often when she saw the girl with a book in her hand she would Fay, "There is no sens j in a girl's spending her whole time over a book most of them are lit tle more than trash at the best." Then Nellio, who, as wo have seeu, was not over-fond of her studies, wonld throw aside her book and perhaps would not bo seen with one again in her ruothor's presence for a long time. Tiffany saw how matters stood and insieted that whenever he found a dull, unappreciativo scholar tho blame could bo traced buck to the parent or parents, who gave the child no time nor encour agement to study, "None of the men that have become dtMtingtii-thed for scholarship have had such mothers, whatever their fathers may have been. Why, I have known women to persuade their eons to learn fancy needlework, when they knew every momont thoy worked at it should have been spent over their books, if they ex pected to keep along with their classes. Had the time been spent in muscular exercise for the benefit of their health, there would have been some excuse for them ; as it was, there was none, only showing them as women of vapid minds, unfit for the responsibility devolving upon them." These were the words of Mark Tif fany nnd doubtless ho was in the right of it. That Nollie might ba under betler influences, he pleaded very hard wilh tho mother to allow her to attend a Itoarding school, a conplo of terms, which he knew as a model one. She went, and at tho end of two years, in stead of two It rms, was so greatly im proved, that Mr. Tiffany was proud in chiming her as his bride. Miss Hsnby, who still remained un nim lied, and was teaobing in an inter mediate school in Hingham, neverthe less declared that it was the most unaccountable thing in the world that so dignified, well educated a man as Mark Tiffany could wish to marry euch a rattle-brained girl as Nellie Hunter. 'nvcr!i Min'izinc. A Jewel Robber's Trick. An audacious robbery was committed recently in Paris. A man styling him self Colonel Gaston, and representing himself aa an American, went into a jcwelh v's shop, chose jewelry to the amount of 43,200, locked it np in a leathern bag, and tendered a check in payment. On being demurred to, ho said he wonld cash the chesk at a money changer's, and quitted the shop, appa-ently leaving the bag on the counter. Tic did not return, and on tho bag being forced open it proved to be full of worthless articles. It is sup posed that a customer who entered du ring the negotiations to buy some studs was an accomplice, and brought him a second bag, and diverted tho jeweller's attention while the substitution of one for the other was being effected. UIK IIOMK IMK I OR. !'. destroy tho black points, floiib wni m!, or comedones, whii-h aro fci'nd on the fiiiy, nnd especially rer ibt n'Hrilf, Dr. Unini pn hcrilws tlio fol lowing ; X.iolip, four j aits ; glycerine threo parts ; noetic aiid, two purls, with or without tho addition of a nmn.ll quantity of somo clhr-risl oil. With this pomado the parts affected nro cov ered in thn evening, and if need bo, dm iag tho day. After several days tho con edones can bo easily pressed out of the skin. Biin lnp.i i with vinogur or loiuon-juic.o or' diluted hydrochloric anid hus much tho s uuo effect. 1 A medical titudent of good physique nnd healthy purculiwo suffered from short ness of breath, dry. cough, general wenkness and despondency. By lirao ticing regularly deep "and prolonged breathing ho wa;i relieved of his lung symptoms, no acquired, by this prac tice, a difference of live inolios in tho measurement of his chest. This is a kind of a pulmonary gjmiinsiics which can usually bo prescribed in cases ol "weak chest," and it is to encour.ige and facilitato this practice that wo of fer in our premium lint the Dickenson Inlmler. Dr. Ftmtv'x llc-i-lU Monthly. Old and yonng persons uro often sorely troubled by small, hard particles of matter that get under tho eyelids. Whon children suffer in this way, their parents may cot even suspect tho cause of tho trouble. The irritation may go on increasing for years ; for tho influni ation st.rongly resembles catarrhal conjunctivitis, which has quite a oil ferent caiifjo. Tiie enr junctiva (as the termination His in ineditino always means "iuflamation of," conjunctivitis means inflamition of tho conjunctiva) is a mucous mnmbrano which begins hear the edgo of tho lids, upper and lower, lines them, and then turning back, covers nlso the eyeball. It thus forms two sues. It is exceedingly sensitive, and is very liab'o to iuflama tion of various kinds, all painful and some very difficult of cure. A foreign body beneath tho eyelid soon in Humes it. Such a body beneath tho upper lid is not as readily dctocted us one beneath tho lower, and it is harder to remove it. A child that had long suffered from what was supposed to be catarruhal in flamation.and for which it had been ener getically treated, only to grow worse, was brought to Dr. Urooi-a, professor of ophthalmology in tho Noiy York Uni versity. Oa tinning back tho child's upper oyclid, the source of the trouhlo was found iu a small bud of n cherry tree. Koiief and euro followed its re moval. In all such cases the main thing to do is to overt tho I'd. Tne lower lid is easily tnrnod over tho linger. If tho partiolo is beneath the upper lid, press tho lid against tho eyebrow nnd have the patient look down. T:ien seize tho eyelashes and'edgo of tho lid and tmii tho lid quickly over tho thumb. Re move tho speck with a handkorchiof, and show it to the patient ; for ho will often feel for some lime as if tho objoct wero still in the eye. Hon the Chinese (iron- .Hiiiature Tree. We havo all known from childhood how tho Chinese CMDip their women's feet, and bo manage to make thorn keep ers at homo, but how they contrive to grow minatnre pines and oak in tlower pots for half a century has always been much of a secret. They aim first and last at the seat of vigorous growth, en deavoring to weaken it ns much as may bo consistent with the preservation of life. Tako a young plant, Fay a teed ling or n cutting of a coder, when only two or threo inches high, cut off its tap root as soon as it ha.s other rnotlots enough to live upon, and replant it in a shallow enrthtrn pot or pan. Tho end of the tap root is generally mado to rost on a stone within it. Alluvial clay is then put into tho pot, muck of it in bits tho size of beans, and just enough in kind and quantity to furnish a scanty nourishment to the plant. Water enough is given to keep it in growth, but not enough to excite a vig orous habit. So likewise i3 tho appli cation of light and heat. As tho Chi nese pride themselves on tho shape of their minature trees, they use strings, wires and pegs, and various other mo- chanical contrivances, to promote sym metry of habit or to fashion their pets into odd fancy figures. Thus, by tho ure of poor Eoil and littlo of it, and little water, nny strong growth is" pre vented. Then, too, the top and side roots being within easy riach of tho gnrdenfr, aro shortoued by his pi nning knife f r soared with n hot ii-jn. So tho little tree, finding itself headed on evir side, gives tho idea of strong growth, asking only for lifo, and just enough to look well. Accordingly each new set of leaves become rue re aud more stunned, the buds and rootlets are di minished in proportion, and at length a balance is established between every part of the trees, making it a dwarf in every resqect. In somo kinds of trees this end is reached in three or four yjars ; in others ten or fifteen years are necessaiy. Bach is fancy horticulture among the Celestials. Technologist. FOR THE FAfR SEX. Vounu Toleirmi'h" Operator, Uronn County, Texas, nmy propcily claim tho youngest telegraph operator in tho world. Tho operator, Tlnllio Hutchinson, is o little girl nine yearn of age.' She handles her instrument wilh tho success and precision of on old opera tor. Recently, when election returns wero coming in and tho whole country was wildly excited to know tho result, littli Halite sat at her instrument, her eyes nglow with intelligence, and gath ered in tho news from all over the Union, while dozens of brawny men crowded around to hear what thejlight ning brought and to admire tho won derful skill of tho little operator. While controlling the wires as sho doe, Hnllio is not unlike other liltlo girls of her age in hor habits and in clinations. For instance, ono end of her operating table is piled full of baby dolls, and sho spends a great deal of her leieuro tiroo dressing and nursing then. Railroad ISoeiabilly. "Speaking about the sociability of railroad travelers," raid the nun with crutches aud a watch pocket over his eye, "I never got so well acquainted with tho passengers on a truin, ns I did the olher day on tho Milwaukee fc St. Taul ruilioad. Wo were goino; at tho rato of about thirty miles an hour, and another train from tho other direction telescoped us. Wo wero all thrown into oach other's society, and brought into immediate contact, so to speak. I went over and sat in tho lap of a corpulent lady from Manitoba, and a girl from Chicago, jumped over nine seats and sal down on the plug hat of a preacher from La Crosse, with so much timid, girlish enthnsinm, that it shoved his hot clear down over his (shoulders. Kverybody seemed to lay aside the usual cool rcKorveof strangers, nnd we mado ourselves ertiroly at homo. A shy yonng man, with an emaciated oil cloth valise, left his own seat, and went over and sat down in a lunch basket whero a bridal couple Eocmed to bo wrestling with their first picnic. Do you suppose that reticent yonng man would havo dono snch n thing nn ordinary occasions? Da you think if ho had been at a celebration a home, that he would havo risen impetuously, and gono whore thoso pooplo wero eating by themselves, and sat down in tho cranberry jolly of a total stranger? I should rather think not. Why ono old man who, probably at homo lod the class meeting, and who was as dignified as Koscoe Conkling's father, was ratinp; a pieco of cnMard pio whon wo mot tho other train, and ho left his own seat nnd went over to tho front end of tho cir and stabbed that pices of custard pio into tho ear of a beautiful widow from Iowa. rVopIo traveling, somehow forgol tho austerity of their homo lives, and form acquaintances that sometimes last thro' life. Liiidmir Boomirioirj, New York llouse. Tho luxury aud perfection of detail in New York dwellings is passing iato a proverb. Nowhere in tho wprld, probably, is ho. much time and money expouded upon tho furnishing and or namenting of tho homes of the rich as in New York. Tho draping of curtains has become a distinct branch of art, aud eveiy decorator and upholsterer has one or more employees whoso solo business it is to arrnngo in graceful folds tho draperies, which aro now indispensable, at doors, windows, end flreplnre. Even tho banisters must now bo fit u find and tui fed and draped on either side with heavy fi ingo. Ceilings aro frescood and painted in the studios of distinguished artiVtH, and thou transferred to the houso.s that thoy nro to embellish. Hun drods of women aro employed, at an ex pense of thousands of dollars, upon em broidery and art needlework which aro to adorn thesumptuous palaces in which our rich men live. I'aintingii, statuary, carvings in stone nnd wood, tho richest fabrics of French and Indian looms, in deed, all that is rate and beautiful in nature and art, aro brought to bear npou tho decorntion of these republican pal aces. Even tho stables in which tho horses, coachmen and grooms aro to bo housed are far moro lnxurions than the simple homes in which tho fathers of onr race passed their lives. Tho nowly- fintslied names ol Cornelius underlaid in Fifty-eight street, Ur outshino thoso of tho Roman emperor whesotumptuous appointments havo bocomo a mutter of Jjistory. At the exhibition of tho Women' Silk Culture Aosociation in Fhiladel phia, Mrs. Rebecca Taylor received tho first prize of $200 for tho best cacoons, which counted 157 to tho quarter ponnd ynd yielded 1J ounces of silk and 2 ounces of waste Mrs. Taylor lives at Kcnnott Square, Delaware county, ri., and is the mother of tho lata Bayard Taylor. A New York man was imprisoned thirty days for stealing fifty cents. Served him right, the miserable rascal. He should have stolen half a million dollars and bought in the court. run MR SCI KMT. 1'iof. Forbes and Dr. Yciu.g have do lerniined by a number of expo-riwiits that the r.peod of a bluo ray of light cri coids that of the red by about ono per cent. Director Bnrchavd of tho United Statei mint estimatos that tiloal 1H por cent, of tho nunual gold and silver pro duction in thoUnited Stales isconnimed in tho arts. Late measurements of tho carbonic acid ex i ding at co:.nidorablc Leigh's above the earth's surface appear to show that the gas i 1 protty evenly disti ibiited throughout our atmo'-pher . Lead-pencil murks cannot ho rendered indelible, but if tho liucis nr-) washed over with a clour solution of ono-quartor of nn ounce of gum arabic in hix ounces of water they will not rub o il. easily. Violent atmospheric disturbances nre always attended with electric mnnifvsta tijns; and, in a rocenl paper, Dr. Rog ers is disposed to consider tho prevalent theory of wind as crronccin, and l.'o lieves the real chuho of air currents to bo eleciricily. It may not bo generally known, mivs he London Truth, that a man wearing dark clothn is more liable to infection from contagions disease than he who wears light-colored garmontrf, because particles whijh cmannto from diseased or decayed bodie are much more rapidly absorbed by dark than by light fabrics, Thiii ii easy of proof. Expose alight and dark coat to the fumes of t ibaeeo for live minutos, nnd it will found that tho dark ono smells stronger thm the other of tobsoco smoko. It is well known that a black ol j.-el on a white ground will appear to be much larger than it really is. A white stripe, for instance on a black surface seems broader than a black sttiyo on a white surface, although both be of tho same width. This phenomenon of sim ultaneous contrast is physiologically ex plained by Pater Scherffor in this way: When ono of onr ponsos receives a dou ble sensation, ono of which is nctivo and strong while tho other is weak, it will bo found that the latter is not felt. This must bo particularly tho caso when both impressions are of the samo kind, or whon a strong effect from an object on ono of tho sensos is followed by an other of iho same kind which is milder and weaker. How Onr Court is Opennl A Washington lottor tells in the fol lowing how tho Ur.itod States Dishict Court is opened: All courts aro to the laity queer places. There is acertiin amount of ceremony and procedure which, to the casual looker-on, has neith?r rhymo nor reason. As an in stance, I will cite the "calling" of a de fendant or plaintiff when it is well known that he is absent and cannot pos sibly respond, but is "called," and tho record is mado up ngoim-t him. The peculiar formula used in opening cuurt is another queer thing, and here iu Washington it is wonderfully queer. Just imagine that before the court bo gins any business what over, a man of medium size, but with lungs liko 1 lie bull of Bashan, steps up to the end of the judge's desk, taps with hi-; ki-.ife-handlo, and in a voice that cui'd be distinctly heard in a hall of 2tl,f I'M, c ills out, "Oomo to order, gentlemen; I.a's off." Ho waits a moment, glances around tho court-room, lnys his left elbow on the desk, stiaigtens himself, drops his head upon his breath, closes his eyes, fills his lungs with several cubio foet of air, then he says in n vol ume of voice as big as the British cyelo pedia: "flo-o-o-h yoes." He pauses and gathers Lis breath again, and the second flood of sound nils out: "llooo-h yoes." Thoso who aro accustomed to it turn to thoso who are strunccrs ia the courtroom and tay: "How's that for a voice?" And tho answer is: "Why, ho conld bo hoard a mile. Meanwhile tho cryer is swelling up tho next thundering utterance, and ho belches out: "Ho-o-o o h yces." no pulls in o mighty breath and bellowt: "Si-w-w'l pers sa-awing bees inisfcr' thou bull ju-u-dge s'prome court th'decs striokclnm." Ho gathers himself 0311111, his chest expands, his ryes . close, nud he goes on: "Na a-a-ould dingocrimnal term." Another gathering of tho Borcau forces and: "Draw-aw-aw near, gun give ver ten dunce tho conrtsuaw pen!" As ho utters the last part tho thunder runs suddenly down to a zephyr all muddled in together, and he is half-way down tho steps. It took ono man, ho was from Ohio, four days to traindato the cryer'H conun drum. By those who know what his business is, to-wit, to open court, no ef fort is mado to gnots whether hois call ing "oldrags" or "so 00 ap." They let him wind up and rundown, and then go to business. Tho result of a c ireful investigation showed that tho call never vaiies. Like tho cogs in awheel the words move in the groove every time. When tho Ohioan had finally wrestled the conundrum out, he found it read aa follows: "O yes, O yes, O yes, all per sons having business before the honor able judge of the snpreme court of the District of Columbia, now holding its criminal torm, draw near and give your attendance. The court is now open." 'I lie Uiiilerl Stntrs Senale. To 0110 who visits tho city of Wash ington in tho winter, a chief point of I'.ttraelion must always bo the socne where Iho laws of the nation are made. Uvon to (hose who take no special interest iu politics, the two chambers t;f tho nulionl Congiess present curious nnd instructive features. Our Republic has provided sumptu ous and imposing quartets for its log ilntoiv. Those who see the Capitol for iho first time, rising, wilh its mighty dome and its broad white wings on tho crest of a hill which overlooks the entire eily, are templed to p:clairn that, before it, tho most famous palaces and buildings of Europe scorn inferior and commonplace. The interior of tho noble odifict haimoni7.es with tho beauty of its outer aspect. On entering tho great doors, nnd penetrating fiom the rotunda to tho many corridors which rudiato in in every direction, you cannot fail to observe tho nost expensive decoration nnd tho most elaborate beauty of adornment. Somo of thoso corridors are frescoed in tho choicest colors and devices of Italian art; even tho walls of tho committee-rooms aro hidden beneath this brilliant and artistic hand work. Tho Senators bit at mahogany desks, ranged in a semi circle ; and arc pro vidod with ample armchairs. Opposite this semi circlo riso tho mahogany desks, first of tho clerks of the body, nnd above this, of the presiding oflicrr. Iu the area below thoso defks nro tho boys who serve as pages; and who, when a Senator raps on hi i desk, run a race with each othor to boo which will reach him first. On either side of tho presiding officer, and below him, sit, on one-sido tho fiargeant-at-arms, aud on tho other the door-keeper of the Senate. A '.es-sicn of the Senate is always in teres! ing to tho newcomer, even though no lively exciting dobato bo go ing forward. Tromptly at noon tho President rap3 sharply on his desk wilh his gavel, and calls tho Sonutors to order. Just beforo, thoro has been much bustling and buzzing nf voices in the chamber ; for u to the hour of beginning tho session, every ono who chooses may go upon the floor and talk with tho Senator.. As soon as the gavel is heard, however, all must retire except tho members and officers of the body its-df. As 30on as tho Senators havo tikou their seats, a brief prayer is offered by tho chaplain. Then a clerk reads in a clear voio. tho record of tho previous day's prt.ceedings, after which begins the regular business of tho day the pre senting of petitions and bills, and tho discussion of tho measures befo'o the. Senate. Tho first part of tho p-oooed-ings is seldom of interest to the spec tator ; and while it is going on, hi has leisure to look around the famous as snmblago, and to take rrnto of tho p.'r snnol appearance of its mof eminent members. If he is wise, he will have bought, for ten ecnts, at one ol tho btauds in tho corridors, a littlo plan or diagram of the Senate, which tills him the seal of each Senator. Ry aid of this, he cau readily find those rvnators ho desires to see. The Republican meinlci sit together, on tho side of tho centre aisle to the left of tho presiding officer ; the Dem ocrats on that to his right. Many men of national cell biity may thus be seen and recognized, e.s they sit, conversing together iu low tones', or busily reading or writing at their desks. The Senate is quiet, sedate, orderly body. Its bust s. 1 illy go is on snno'.hly ail somewhat niouotonously. It rarely heats what wo should call "a great de bate." Tho "field days," such as used to bo had when such men as Webster and Clay wero members, seldom take place in those more prosaic times. Tho debates are moro often dull and tedious; and it is rather a place to see and ob serve tho political leaders of the coun try, than to listen to fine and llowery ex amples of American eloquence.--l'unth':. (.'( Hiptmion. Same of I lie (ireat Things. The greatest thing in tho world is tho fills of Niagara ; the largest cavern, the Mammoth cave of Kentnchey ; tho largest river, tho Mississippi i.oyo miles iu extent : tho largest valley, tha of the Mississippi its area 5 OOO.OOj square miles ; the greatest city pnrk, tha. of riiiUdidphia, containing 2,700 acres ' the greatest grain port, Chicago; the largest lake, Lake Superior ; the longest railroad, the Pacific railroad over :i,000 miles in extent ; the most huge mass of salid Iron is Pilot Knob of Missouri height, '230 feet, circum ference two miles; tho best specimen of architecture, Girard colloge, Phila delphia ; the largest aqueduct, the Croton of New Y'ork, length 40 miles, cost $12,500,000; tho longest bridge, tho elevated railroad in Third avenue, New York ; its extent from tho Battery to the Harlem river -tho wbolo length of tho eastern side of the Manhattan Island seven miles long or nearly 40, 000 yards. TLo longest bridge over the water, however, will be that now being constructed in Rnssia over the Volga at a point where the river is nearly four miles wide. The most extensive de posits of anthracite coal are in Pennsylvania. Wlnningr. He n insal liiHt, who bnil'ls hi trust In loving word hii1 actions just. The winter hlat in trn an I col rl, Yet summer has it. hrvot gold. row ami rIo-uh tho foul inv mot, V I love wrings triumph from defeat. The clouds may darken o'er the sun, 'r, rivers to the oran run. I'.ailli bring the Mltf-rm sd of pain, Yet worth the crown of peaeo will gain. The wind nmy ronr among the tree, Yet great ships tsnil Iho stormy Bead. full oft we fi 11 the suiye of lours, Yet joy hus liijht for all tho years. fin every banner bl.i,: u biigul, ' F01 toil, and truth, and love, we fight." J I E.MS OF IM KI!i;ST. The New York circulating libraries lend 70 per cent, works of fictian, or two and one-third times as much as of all other classes of literature. Another Indian war has happily been averted. Two boys aimed themselves with a Bovou-barreled revolver, and were just about todepirt to slaughter Indians when nipped by the nnromantio police. Jonathan Brcisford, aged 81, and Miss Elizabeth Kirby, aged 70, both ef Zanesvillo, Ohio, urc soon to bo married. Tho giddy things I They quarreled sixty years ago, and have just mado up. Same old story of never too late to mend. A watch stolon from a San Francisco lady moro than a year ago was returned to her last week, the singular faot in , onneotion with its recovery being that it was sent back from t'liina by some person thoro who had received it as a present, but was not satisfied with its stylo. The shares of tho New York Chemical bank capital .ivIOtiKIO, aro quoted at 52,000. This is probably the highest quotation of bauk stock in the country. Tho bank has always been well man aged and has enjoyed tho dopoeits of James Gordon Bonnott, A. T. Stewart and some of tho Astors. Hl.MDKOlS. There is this to bo said in favor of the ic'thotic kneo br -eohos : Thoy won't bag at tho kneo. Ui'-t'o J'xprem. It is now believed that tho fixed stars wore placed so far away in or ler that tho patent medicine man couldn't get there to paint tho rocks. New York Pert. A scientist claims to have discovered a kind of wasp that doesn't sting. He must havo had a heap of fun experi menting beforo ho found it. Lowell Citizen. "When I grow up, I'll be a mn, won't 1 1" as'ted a littlo Austin boy of his mother. "Yes, my son ; but if you want to bo a mau 3011 must bo industri ous at school ond learu how to behave yourself." "Why, mamma, do the lazy boys turn out. to bo women when thej grow up?" Sitings. A bear undertook to break into the houso of a Wisconsin man one night while tho man was out. The man's wifo hoard tho bear, and, in the dark ness, thought it was her husband coming homo late. When the bear got away he didn't stop running until he got nine miles, and you couldn't coax him to go within a thousand miles of that woman again. Aud if she'd known it was a boar, and not htr hus band, sho would probably have fainted aud been devoured, and the old man is awful sorry it didn't happen that way liooton 7'n.vf. TlieHiirhl Soi l ir Men As a rule tho men who are favorites with their own sex nre tho truest and best in their relations to women. The men who like sometimes to "go away with the fellows" aud have a rousing time on tho water, tho mountain or the field, arc tho men wo mean. Women need never to four to trust their happi ness to those whom men, good and true, esteem as good fellows. But if a man is avoided by mon, shun him. He i tho man who, when ho marries, wrings his wife's heart, if sho has one, and spoils her temper, if bhe is naturally an angel. Manly men are the best lovers, the bost husbands, the best companions for women, just as womanly women are the bost sweethearts and wives, What do we think ot women who shun their sex, however charming mon may find them ? It is seldom, if ever, that yonr men's favorite ill-uses his wife. Perhaps t may be explained in this way Friendship of a sublimer sort what love becomes after a year or so of marriage, and he who is friendly to the very depths of his soul enters into this state happily, and is ready for the happiness hat follows. But a man who is capa ble of nothing but a fleeting affection which ever pursues a new object, and cares for no woman when she is won hates tho domestic ties, and becomes detestible in consequence. It is the man who wonld die for his friend, and for whom Lis friend would die, wLo makes a miraculously happy wife of the woman to whom he scarcely knew Low to make love when Le courted.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 2, 1882, edition 1
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