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2 Qjjhailpm Jcro;;! or AJDVE UT1UI NO . One squ.in. fine tiK-r?iori, - Jl 00 One square, tun lu;ei:iiti. ne square, one inuitth, ".SO TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Onarofv, one voir, OnAnpy ,atx mntim - One copy, thivcmontti., f?.nn VOL. IV. PITTSBOlMr, CHATHAM CO., X. C, JULY 13, 1882. NO. 41. SFh djlhalhnm Record.; H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOR AND rnoPHIF.TOK. ! T(M Much Style. Love had its liirlli in n cottaRf, But soon bopan putting on airs, For he said the uM liumw was homely, Anil needed too many repairs, The ceilings were low, and the pallors Ununited to stylish display. 80 Loro with hia youthful partner Determined to niovo away. Love purchased a modern dwelling, Where, everything was en suite, A very palatial mansion In a very palatial street ; And out ot their rural cotlagn Pid Love mid his hettrr half Depart, with im pang of sorrow, To worship the golden call'. Nhe went to wedding receptions, To parlies, concerts mid balls, And the rest of her lime devoted To Klicpping mid inaKiug calls ; Was haiid-atid-glovi! with old l'lutus, Wlntiiod hia beif, I'll i iig:'g", To make this couple imagino They lived in the Golden Age. Ho had his otubs and hia dinnois, Where ladies wire not received, And among the breakers and broker.! Was oil ol'his e.ii-li relieved ; Anil Live, that ly many a tokm Its tender regard displajs, Was taught In he civil-spoken And free from edd-fashione I ways. Their i hildn u were watched 1J nur.-cs, And kepi in such regal )ioinp. Tin re wasn't a chance for a frolic, No, never a chance for a romp ; And the prattle of youthful voices, And the clinging of haly arms, For threes very ntyliah parents Had no very special clianns. And Lovo-who is never formil - On being Iff t 111 Hie lurch, For a clirery 011 1 cony corner One morning began a mar -li ; Tliere were daman!; aul satin curiaius, Velvet and plush around, Anil ovt r the sately in uisioii Lh'gant things Were, found. Mirrors that cam1 I nun Venice, Clear aH Dalian i-kn s, Itug in their depths concealing Tilikish and Tyre.ui dye- ; Treasures from loom an 1 ipiatry. Glinting with many a iqmk. Like flash" ol lightning play n,; Liko ellin sprites in the dark. I!ut never a cosy corner Where Love eoul I mule su ot .!i lay, I'or-i tiing th" 1 s-o. au l rm- All 1 trolll'lesoine can s ol tlie tlay ; And hack to his unlive ebv II014 Went Love an I he h ghid the whil". And Maid, "There isn't a place lor me In a house where flier i's too much style, MIRIAM. "Tliat is a sweet voice very ! " n:iiil dipt. Mayell; "and with inoio cultiv'u tiou, too, thuu cue i.s ui t to find among the general run of itinoront minstrels." Be was s anding on tho comer of tho street, waiting for im uptown car. Somewhere downtown there wus a "block" of vehicles, anil tho car was (low in making ita appearance ; but whilo he waited, Cant. Mayell listened to the wild street ballad, wurhlcil by a fie-h, oiquiaitely truo young voice, to tho fitful nccjuipuuiment of a cracked violin. A little crowd Lad gathered nr.-viml the corner. The blind old tiddler, in his tattt red velveteen coat and iic turesquo whito beard, pasted Lin hat aror.nd, and tho singer, with her face half voiled by the folds of the black shawl, which was passed over her head and ft 11 ia long, nun like folds about her slight person, stood holding tho violin. As her large, liquid eyes fell on Mayell, ho advanced, a d holding out a tilver coin, spoke some laughing sentence in the musical modulations of tho Italian language. She took the money with a murmured word of thanks ; but the shy, surprised glance denoted that tho had not understood him. "So they aro not Italians, after pll," said Mayell to himself, as he sprang on board tho car. " I was Mire that that olive-skin, and thoeo deep, melting eyes, could only have canght their glow under the skies of Italy. Well, it only shows how easy it is to be mistaken. At all events it was a fair, dimpled little face, and I hope her grizzle-bearded old friend will reap an ample harvest of pennies." And, in searching for the abiding place of his old friend, Mr. Castleton, the decayed artist, he completely forgot the little incident of the evening. "No. 41 Sea court," he said to him self. "Yes, this must be the place. And yet," glancing up at the mildewed brick walls and indescribable ehabbi ness of the old tenement house, "who wonld have expected to find Wardo Cas tleton here? Warde Castleton, tho descendant of a long line of ancestry Warde Castle ton, whom I can remem ber as the master ot Castle Iiall I Bad management, extravagant living, mad investments this is what they have brought him to. Poor follow I one can scaroely offer charity to him ; and yet, what is to be done ? " And groping his way into the hall, where sort of Cim merian darkness reigned, he managed to inquire his way to the floor where Mr. Castleton lived. The majestic, old artist came forward to receive him, in a tattered diessing gown which had once been ruby velvet, s cap of the tame material on his head, and a mahl-stick in his hand. "Ab, M'iyol!, my old ftiend!" ho cried, grasping the hand of the unex pected guest "or rather tho young friend of my old days yon aro wel conio I You find me rather indifferently situated ; bnt we all know that genius is, at times, under a cloud. Walk in walk in I Here is Mr?. Castloton, and Beatrix, my eldest daughter. But whero is Miriam? lit do Miriam, the bounty and the rnuaway of the flock. Cull her, Trix ! Tell her to get us some supper. She will bo hero directly." Mrs. Castloton, a little old lady in a laco cup, who had lost the use of her limbs, sat knitting, in a wheeled chair, by tho adly insufficient fire. Ilor poor r.oso was blue, and tho hand which sho held out to Clarence Mayell was cold ns an icicle. Beatrix, a palo young woman of twenty, diew an old Hereon before the tulle, on which was a plato of cold miiiih and a pitcher of thiu tea, and m:idc hasto to a 1 just tho easel so as to hido tho cot bed in the ctrner. Mr. Castloton pointed to tho easel with n grind flourish of tho hand. "You boo, Mayell,'' said he, "that I still cling to tho old habits. My hand is Hurecly as steady now as I could wish, but it seems necessary to sell a picture now and thou. Trix, where U your sisttr? Why does not Miriam eomo in? We have scmo wealthy ao ijnaintnnces, Muyoll," tho old man con tinued, "who declino to buy my pic tures, nud who contrive systematically to ignore, us. But lam told that Miriam frequently goes to them. Well, well, I cannot wonder tho child is young, aud this," platiciiig contemptuously around tho room, " i.s hardly tho place to at tract a girl's eapi icious faucy. Tiixy hero is true to her old parents." " 1'itpa," taid Beatrix, coloring, "do not blame Mil ium. Slio " " Have I blamed her ?" Tho tdd artist shni.Tgi-d Lh shoulders. "Sho is youtif'-slio is very young that is all. At I w.'s saying, Mtyell, I sill a picture now in d tlicii, iiml so we manage to keep alive. Just let mo show you some of the ideas I havo i-kutchrd en canvas." Wiiio Captain Mayell turned over the n!il mun's portfolio, und cogitated within hiutclf iiow ho niiht best oiler to purchnso a picture without hurting the i-ensitivo prido of tho artist, the hiieiit Beatrix put mora ccul on tho dying lire, spread a clean cloth on tho tatilc, and set forth a meal which had evidently been purchased in hasto from tho shelves of tho nearest cheap restau rant - half of a skinny, cold duck, a lit tlo dab of muddy currant jolly, a pile of bread and a potato salad. When tho unappetizing meal was ove-, and they sat shiveriug by tho fire, tho door opened und in glided n slight, small liy lire, like a shadow. "li's Miriam," 6uid Mr. C.tstloton ; " uiy youngest girl. Como in, pet, and speak to Cuptiin M;iytll I" Milium stopped abruptly ia the door way, and lirst turned rod, and then pale, bel'oro sho advanced and held out an unwilling hand. M lyell rose, aud bowed ovor it ; but as their eyes met ho smiled a little. "Miss Castloton," said ho, "I am very harpy to meet . on I " Miriam hid hornolf away bohind her mother's chair, close to Beatrix, and, do what Captain M lyell would ho could not succeed in drawing her into tho conver sation. "I will make her lookup," he said to himself a little chagrined at the stead fastness with which the dark eyes were bent toward tho lire. Turning to tho artist lu asked, care lessly, "Djcs your daughtor sing ? " " A littio, in a wild way, like a lark or a nightingale," said Mr. Castleton. " She Lad a guitar once, but it is lost or broken, or something. Can't you sing for us, daughter ? " Tho ruse was successful. Miriam looked up in a frightened way, her eyos glittering, her cheeks glowing in red spots. "I I cannot siug to-night," sho said, hnrridely. " Tlease, papa, don't ask me ! " Bat when Captain Mayell had taken leave for the night, and was groping his way down the stairs, he was suddenly and unexpectedly confronted by Miriam herself, wrapped in the black shawl, with Beatrix at her side. "Captain Mayell," exclaimed Bea trix, in a low voice, " what must you think ? For our own sakes, we owe you an explanation." " Hush. Trix !" cried Miriam, exci tedly. " All this preamble is quite nn nectsary. I will tell him all about it. Papa doesn't know that I siDg with Bartimeo in the streets but mamma does, and Trix. They' know that Bar timeo takes excellent care of me ; and I wear his daughter's dress, and and we cannot let poor pppa starve." "And," soberly added Trix, "we give papa the money, and he thinks old Bar timeo has sold a picture for him to somo of the Italian dealers downtown. Poor papa I and it makes him so happy I And, indeed, indeed, no one speaks to Miriam except in the greatest courtesy and kindness. Aud we hope you will I not betray our secret to poor papa. as ho wonld niv.fr, never forgive us all I " " Tray," cried Mayell, genuinely touched, "do not imrgine that I could be guilty of such a dishonoieblo thing. Be'ieve me, Miss Castloton -" Miriam, vory white and cold, was looking at him with eyes thut flashed scornful lightning. " Here is tho wretched coin yon gave mo," said she. " Tako it back 1 " "Why?" he asked, confounded aud hurt. " Because I hato you I " she answered, abruptly seizing her sistor's arm. "Come, Trix, let us go 1 " But he posted hinu'elf directly across her path, determined not thus to part. "But why do you hato mo?" said ho. "Because 1 lespect your courage and good sense, and honor your filial duty ? " " Because you despise mo ! " sho re torted. " Never ! " ho cried, taking her hand in spito of herself ; aud then aud there they became fast friends. " I urn coming to morrow," ho said, " to order a picture of your father. Will you also bid me welcome, Miss Miriam '!" And she answered, shyly, " Yes." But she went out singing no more. Blind Bartimeo aud his violin were un Hccor p-.inied now. Warde Castleton died the next summer, entirely unaware of tho deception that had been prac ticed upon him. Shortly after, Captain Muyoll Ubked prolly Miriam to bo his wife. "Do you know, darling," ho said, " I havo lovod you ever since I saw you singing on the pavement iu thut pictur esque Italian contnma? ' Aud among h. r wedding gifts wus a diamond -studded gold lockot, iu wLich was set tho tiny silver coin which he bad given hor on that blo;-k November afternoon when tho twilight was vorgi:ig into dusk. The Intensity r Arctic Cold. Tho chronicler of Lieut, h'eliwalka's expedition in search ot the remain-i of Sir. John Franklin, records somo inter esting facts regarding tho grout cold of tho Arctic regions. The lowest temper ature met with by tho company was one hundred and throe degrees below the freezing point, or scventy-ouo degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, a degree of cold almost impossible to imagine I y the people of more temperate climes. The effects of such iutenso cold upou the human system were not so marked in the lieutenant and his compuuions us might be supposed, and even duting the month in which tho avirage tempera ture was sixty-five degrees below zero, tho health of the party remaiued unim paired. Tho men adapted themselves as much ns possible to iho habits of the natives, feeding largely upon blubber and fat moat, by which the vital heat, was sustained. Plenty of game was found by tho adventurers, who were able to Eccnro with their repeating rifles enough reindeer at ouo timo to lust them for several days. Tho difficulty of approaching theso animals was very great, for in the still cold air the step of a man upon tho snow coujd be heard two miles away, aud tho grating of sle -) runners resounded liko the cloth ing of tempered steel. It was not au easy matter to keep guns in working order in this climate, for at sixty and seventy degrees below zero, strong oak and hickory would break liko icicles, and all lubricants harden and interfere with tho working of tho locks. When tho guns were brought iuto the warm atmosphere of tho huts to be cleaned, they would at onco become coated with moisture, and every part had to be care fully wiped and dried, lest the hunter on stepping into the cold air again would find a useless block of ico in his hands. A bottle of whiskey which was in the stores was congealed to the con sistency of thick syrup by the intense cold, and the cup from which one of tho travellers essayed to drink actually froze to his lips. Tho low temperature of this latitude permitted some of tho Esquimaux to practice a terrible revengo upon some wolves which had attacked them. They set upright in the ice sev eral keen knife blades, and covered them with blood. These tho wolves licked, slicing their tongues, but being prevented by the cold from feeling tho wounds at the time ; and their owu warm blood tempted them to continue until their tongues were so scarified that death was inevitable. Lying in Weight. The son of an Austin butcher experi enced great difficulty in comprehending fractions, although his teacher did his very best to make him understand their intricacies. "Now let ns suppose," said tho teach er, "that customer came to your father to bny five pounds of meat, and be only had four to sell what would he do?" "Keep bis hand on the meat while he was w sighing it, and then it would weigh more than five pounds," was the candid response. (Sifting. fashion on:s. Cloth lap robes of dark green, brown or black are used for open carriages in in the park. The wide white mull neckties that ladies have abandoned are now worn by littio girls with their street dresses. The pale gray and cream-colored rid in. g habits so fashionable in Enropo have appeared in Central Park, but aro not liked so well as tlioso of dark green, blue or black cloth. Tho prinii ivo palm leaf fan has suc cumbed to tho decorator's art, and is now colored sombro gnvu or in dull blue, and ornamoutcd with esthetic lilies or the "gundy leonine suntlowor." Tho flatly-folded scurfs worn by gen tlemen aro much used by ladies with their Norfolk jackets aud tailor mado clu-voit dresses. Thrso of foulard pique are inoit liked for tin present season. Iutenso cnlors arc limited to tho acces sories of summer toilets. Tho dresses tlitmsehei aro tf tho most delicate tint-", but huts, libbons, gloves and hosiery are of the glowing hues which aro said to give character to tho whole. Currents and peaches are tho fruits mi nt usod this seusi n for millinery ornaments. 'Iho strawberries, frnpes and cherries so fashionublo lust year have disappearol, but tho whito blos som'! of fruit trees aro the caprice of the n.omeut for trimming d uk straw bon nets. Tailor-mado overcoats fur ladies ore the latest no.'eliy for traveling. Thoy imitate (he English closo ulsters in shape, are made i f rough Scotch cloth, are entirely without trimming, aud tho effect of tho garments depends on its tine lit and neat serving, pressing and general finish. Full bodices shirred in surplico style are used for tho thin summer silks that uro preferred to grenadine for tho coolness-. The. twilled L'juisiue silk and tho silk biivuh aro used for the-e, but satin surah is considered ton lustrous for a summer dro.-s. Tho ledingolo suit, with its long ample ovevdie'-s, is a 'elii f to tho cyo now thut panniers and drapery havo bo-c-iiue eummoti. Thin long, simple over dress is made of the richest fubrics as of plain wool stuff for traveling dresses, ami is bocomiug both to slcndir und full figures. All beige tints such us ecru, cream llavuue und ia:i color renniu iu favor for tho woolen costumes that will bo ti.s.il for summer j nirneys, and for morning at tho sea-.hlo and mountain redorta. Seal brown and olive aud bot tle f-rcen uro the colors that huraionizt) best with these light shades. New dresnes for summer aro entirely of one material, ns tho combination of two fabrics bus becomo suggestive of an old drrss furbished up wi'h now stuff, and therefore without that fresh nesa so desirnblo to summer toilets. If nu old silk dress is used at all it is ns a foundation skirt und wart lining ; it is not visible outwardly, hs it would detract from the stylo of the most ex pensive costume, 1 lie Origin of Fencing. From tho lirst invention of the sword down to tho period when tho fifteenth century was druwing to a close, tLis weapon had always been used as an aim of offense. The person wielding it thrus' it or hewed it iuto tho body of his antagonist whenever he had a chance, and the only defense against it was stout armor or nu interpoEid shield. It is not to be supposed thut an ancient war rior, or ono belonging to tho earlier Middle Ages, never thrust asido or par ried with his own blade a stroke of his enemy's swoid; but this method of de fense was not depended upon in those days; tho breast-plate, tho helmet, cr tho buckler was expected to 'shield tho soldier whilo he was endeavoring to get his own sword into some unprotected portion of tho body of his antagonist. But about tho timo of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, the science of fenc ing was invented. This now system of lighting gavo an entirely new use to the sword : it now became a weapon of de fense as well as offense. Long, slender rapiers, sharpeued only at the point, were tho swords usod in fencing. Armed with olo of these, a gallant knight, or high-toned courtier, who chose the new method of single combat, disdained the use of armor; tho strokes of his oppo nent, wore warded ofl' by his own light weapon, and whichever of the two con testants was enabled to disarm the other, or to deliver a thrust which could not bo parried, could drive the sharp point of his rapier into tho body of his opponent if he felt so inclined. The rapier, which was adapted to com bat between two persons, and not for general warfare, soon became the weapon of tho duelist; and, as duels used to be as common as lawsuits are now, it was thought necessary that a gentleman should know how to fence, and thus protect the life an 1 honor of himself, his family, and his friends, St. Nicholas. A Child Yoydtrcr, Children furnish mere than one-hnlf of the world's purost joys, their beaut i ful deods breaking in upon ns cfteu times as delight.'ul surprises ; and stDpid would we be, if we fail to be roused from life's torpor by their pres ence, their needs and their (xpression of them. As we stepped upou tho plat form of the cars on our way Went, iu tho middle of the night, wo heard a man say : "Here is n little girl. Will not somebody take euro of her?" Some body responded, and wo U-ought no more of it uutil the next day, when we dropped our " sleeper," und entering ono of tho other curs s-iw the sweetest little child form wo ever looked upon, fast nsleep. so sonndly sleeping as not even to bo heard in breathing. Such a head of dark, brown hair, lying all loose over her shoulders, back and faco, wo never saw; features us if the choice of art from a thousand beauties; her loDg, dark eyelashes lay aeio.-s the openings into a world of beauty, and her form was in adaptation to the ideal of her face. Wo could hardly wait for her to wake, for we felt sure sho was the lonely child of whom we had heard the uipht befure, aud were impatient for tho history of this interesting but solitnry voyager across tho earth. After a while, the conductor stood over her, as if drawn by her beauty and inno cence. ITe seemed unwilling to waken her, as if sho were an uiif;el whoso re pose it would havo been irreverent to disturb. "Whose child is this?" he afked. No ono could tell. He turned nwuy, and went on gathering his tickets. W'htu he finished he came back and sho was awake. Ho stooped down to her and said, "Whoso littio girl aro you?'' "Mamma's," sho said, looking up trustfully into his fuce. Where is your mammn? Show me which ono is she." " Mamma is net on tl;o cois ; sho is in heaven," she said, gently. The gentlemanly conductor grew more anxious, and mid, "But yon liao a father aboard?" "No, sir; my father is in heaven n long timo ago. When I was u little baby he wus in thotimy. Mumma used to tell mo about hiiu, Sho called hiin her poor soldier boy." " Aud whero did )our pi'pa and mam ma live?" "In Ireland, sir." "And where did yon como from, my dearost 'ittlo maiden ?" "From the same place, sir." " Not from Ireland ? " " Yes, sir.-' "Who come with you?" " Nobody, sir, but (!od. Ho kept n.o on tho st a when it was stormy, nud X was so sick I thought I would die." Tho conductor, puzzled and surprised, said, "You did not eomo all Iho way from Ireland by yourself ':" " Yes, sir ; God was with me ; my aunt prayed for me, and told God to take euro of me, on tho forecastle of the ship ; and she snid, 'Precious pet, don't bo nfraid, for God will go with you all tho way ;" and somo peoplo on the deck made mo sleep by them till I got to New York, und they took mo to the railroad station, and a uieo old gentle man got my ticket for me, Here it is, sir," opening a queer, old-fashioned Irish carpet-bag, and pulling out a wnolen petticoat and putting her little hand into tho pocket, sho took out a t;ny pocket book, tied with a piece of linen tape " he gave it to me and told mo not to be afraid at nil, because the people would bo kind to a little stranger orphan girl. And lo said when I wanted anything to nsk the man with tho band cn his hat. Aro yon the man ?" "Yes, my little pet." " I wan't jou to tako care of me, sir, if you please, will yon ?" "I will, indeed. I had a littio girl about your ago, bat she died." She will see my papa aud mamma up in heaven, won't sho?" Ho said " I hopo so," and then he turned suddenly away. By this timo half a dozen men had gathered about the elild, no woman Imp pening to be in the cars. Tho men were rough, good-hearted souls, and seemed to be fidgety to do something for this strange, beautiful child. Ono turned up a tag which was fastened to a bine ribbon round her m ck, and on i' was written : " Effie Mc , of Ireland, aged seven years, is on her way to her aunt, Mrs. Mc , Fort Kearney, United States of America. Kind friends, be kind to this child, sho was her mother's darling, who died the 11th day of December, 187S. Tnis poor child is all that is left of her family, and her friends are sending her to her aunt at Fort Kearney." One rough-looking man asked her if she had anything to eat, to which she replied showing him a few cakes, and said, "Do yon thit k these will be enough until I get to auntie's ? " " Give me your reticule," ho said, and ho beguu to fill it out of his well stored ba-ket. ) hers brought In tlieir sup plies, until tin ro was more than she wu'i ublo to curry. An old gentleman, about eighty years of ago, said he would tako euro of her us fur as Kansas City ; a black man said he had nothing to give her to eat, so ho gave her half a dollar. Sho became more and more a theno of interest for hundred.! of miles, until wo seemed to have forgotten the space, when the cry, " East S'. Lonis I " star tled up, and revealed the fact to come of us, nt least, that the journey had ended. Wo parted from this child in tenderness with players, for sho was fust asleep with hor littio testament, which she could rend, in her hand. All wore tho better for her presence ; nil re gretted Umt she eoul 1 not journey on with them alone; tho way of life. f i-dici'iiicu's Vliiip)iers. Why is it that fishermen tell such whoppeis? A good-sized book c juld be made of iHi stories. " Tell the weight of the largest trout you ever c.inht," wild iui Eastern man to a native ol Nevada. Will," was t!;o answer, " I can't exactly tell us to the weight, but J on folks can figure on it. Now, you know it is over two hundred miles around this ycr lake? Put that down. As 1 said before, I don't know the weight of Ihobiggtst li-ili I ever yanked out, but did haul ouo upon tho beach, and, after I lad landed him, tho luko fell threo feet, und you can see by the watermark over yonder thut it hasn't liz since." Another fisherman, giving his oxpcii ence, sus ; ' This lisli begun to pull nwuy, and eery little bit lh') line would slack up, and then th.' pullm;; would be twice as heavy. At la-1 it f. It like n locomoUv. was i.t t!io other end of tho line, und then 1 lo-t my presence of nii'ol nud jeikod. It took prt:y lu.rd jerking, too, but ut la-t I landed a lb h about shtecu feet. long. 1 took it off the hoi k, and there w is aunt her ono on about two feet t.ir.irtei-, und so "U until I took o IV ni'io nf them, nud then cume the bait, still on the hock. You see, tho way of it was this. Tho fir t lish that grubbed und swallowed the hook was two und a half feet Ion;?. As soon as ho got fast u biger one swallowed hiro, a larger oi;o swallowed I hem both, und nj) until the ninth swallowed the whole eiht. If 1 had only wailed i hey would luvo kept en until I would have hud a wh lie ufur a while, and the whalebone would have scld lialily foi two hundred dollars." This will compare with a Georgia tish story, told in-isl appropriately by a gentleman nuti-o 1 l!as. Lie said he caught a cattish, a squirrel and an alligator nil upon the ?uuie book at the same time. Th li-h probably eiiught the squirrel while swimming across the hike, and ufierward caught and swal lowed an alligator, about a font in length, and t'.en found and swallowed the bait upon a set hoo't. When u cat-ti.-h starts out upon a fotain expedi tion ho takes in everything-, fri.m u wheclbuirow lo a saddle-blanket. Margaret, the Mother of Criminals. At one of the meetings of the Assoria tiou, when the subject of preventing pauperism by civini; a proper training to the i hildren of paupers was under consideration, Pr. Elislia Harris related tho terrible- story of "Marnrot, the Mother of Criminals." It has been pub lished iu the newspapers, but can prof itubly be read ugaiu to illustrate the great i in por' unco of one branch of the Association'.? work. Margaret was n pauper child left adrift iu one of the villages on the upper Hudson, about ninety years ngo. There was no alms house in the place, and she ai made a subject of out-door relief, receiving oc casionally food and clotliiug from the town ellicials, but was i.cm r educated nor sheltered in a proper home, she became the mother of a long race cf criminals at.d paupers, which has cursed the county ever since. The county records show two hundred of her de set ndiints who have been criminals. In one generation of kr unhappy line there were twenty children, of whom seventeen lived to maturity. Nine served terms aggregating fifty years in the State Prison for hish crimes, and all the others were frequent inmates of jails and alms houses. It is said, that of the six hundred and twenty-three descendants of this outcast girl, two hundred committed crimes which brought them upon the cjurt records, and most of tho others were idiots, drunkards, lunatics, paupers, or prosti tutes. The cost to the county of this raeo of criminals nnd paupers is esti mate d as at least one hundred thousand dollars, takiug no account of the damage they inflicted upon property and the suffering and dogredation they caused in others. Who tun say that all this loss and wretchedness might not have been spared the community if the poor pauper gill Margaret had been provided with a fcood moral home-life while she was growiug up to womanhood? Silv;ition. The waves unbuild the wasting shore, Where inoiint.ojiH towered the billows swoep, Vet Mill iln ir horriow.' 1 spoils ics torn And mine new duplies lioai the deep. So, while the iloodn of thought lay wasto The old domain ot chartered creeds, Its heaveii-appoiute l tide: will hasto To chape new homes for human needs. lie ours to mark with lo irtn uiicliill"il 'J'lie change au outworn age deplores ; Tin. legend .-.ui..-, but l'.iith ball build A fairer throne on newfound shores. The Ntur hall (,'low iu Western skies That shone o'er lictlilViii's liallow'd shrino. And once a'am the teuiplu no That crowned I he rie-h of Palestine. Not when tho womlonnjj hhophcr Is bowed J'id angels i-iiiK their lal-t smin, Nor jel to Israel's ku eliu : croud I'lit Heaven's one i-acrcd dome belong. Let priest and pr pliet have tlieir due, The l.i i to count.-, hut hall a uiuu Wh o-e proud salvation of the Jew i Shuts out tho (ioiil Sa ir ,il 1 1 a li 1 riiotiuh Hcatt' ii d far the dork may stray, His ohii l!i- Shepheiil still shal. claim, I'hoH.iiht-' who never h ai le d to pray, Tin Irieti Is who in v i- spul.e llm n '.me. Hear M i'l' r, while we hear Thy voice Tint say-, '-The triit i-h.ill uiaki you free," I hy li'vaul.-i i-lill, by loving choice, Oli, keep us t.ntlil'iil unto i'hei 1 Ol.PT.lt Wl VIU I.I. HoLMI.. FILMS OF I IF It KM. There aro fifty raco conrsos iu Ken- tuc'iy, und quite u number of smull col leges. There never was a law iu England forbid ling a man lo kiss his wife on unday. Probably it never wus needed. President Edward A. Haight, of Vin- CeUUes University, has ilesirted his wifo and children to eh po with a pretty music teacher. It is claimed that some of tho beef now sold it impie.'uatcd with garlic. I'hey have to strengthen it so it cuu hold up tho price. 'i'he Belgian government is about to adopt p'llveiizod meat for au army ration. One pound of the article is said lo bo equal iu nutritive power to six potu.ds of fresh bo.-f. "In gratitude for his LindnosH and urbanity," an inmate of an English workhouse, aged 7s,r ooutly bequeathed his body to the attending physician. The bequest was not accepted. t is now reported that the egg which Columbus inude stand on eud was of a very iu'evior quality, and that it wai not tho feat that surprised tho men of science ho much as the odor of tho egg. A concert at public cost is given on Boston Common every Suaduy after noon iu summer. There was opposi tion by the oithodox ehuich people at first, but it has died out, and this ytar it is fashionable to go to hear the music on tho way to evening religious services. Two joung couples of Coshocton, Ohio, thought it would bo a romantic idea to elope down the liver to Marietta by moonlight in a rowhont. The trip ni only half made, however, when tho men were arrcsie.l for stealing tho boat, and tho girls were sent hono aloue and nnmuvrio.l. Hundreds of fanners in Pennsylvania have turned their attention to fish cul ture Many have stocked ponds and streams, and in most cases thoy have been successful, esoreially with carp, nud iu a few years they will por hups depend upon tish for a subsistence as much us up?n any other farm product. " When I m irrie 1," said ll.ggs to a party of gentlemen who had been brug ;;ini' of the snc.-esnful marriages they had made, " I got a fine hou; e and lot." "An.l J, gentlemen," exclaimed Mrs. Hoggs, txteiing the room just in timo to hear her husband's remarks, " I got a flat, the top story of which has always remained vacant." Ill MO KO I S. The front door mat is always ready ti scrape a new ui'ip'iainluneo. Girls, liko opjiart unities, are all the more to you after being embraced. It is conquer or die with tho good doctor ; but tho patient is expected to do the dying. Doctors and mackerel havo this iu common : they nre seldom caught out of their own schools. The pig has sometimes been com pared to a musical instrument. The corn i t seems to hit his ease. " Docs poultry pay?" asked a stran ger ot a eitv dealer. "Of course," wai the reply, "even tho littio chickens shell out." A Dutch Judge in Nebraska on con viction of a culprit for having four wives, decided : " He hash bnnishment plenty : I lifs mit ono ! " Electricity and pneumatic tithes r.re taking the place of cash-boys iu various cities. They don't talk back nor bide under counters to escape calls. Pare old whiskey used to be spelled with an "e" before they began adul terating it. They probably knocked oit the "o" to let the drugs into the barrel.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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July 13, 1882, edition 1
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