fijjMsAini imifini niiii i Ohafham Record. w i$t (!'h;i.f!;nn croijd. JJl ) A.) VERTIHINO. One iquare. one insertion. fl.M Ooaequkre, two Insertion, 1.50 Doeequare.oue month, . 1.(6 NO '50 Jnrlr(er4ertleinenU liberal contracts will H. A. LONDON, Jr., MHTOK AND J'HOI'RIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Onoc"i y, mie j-rar, ' tiuorupjr ,rx iimiii'i Due cupy, tint iuuutl J, s; vol. v. WTTSBOKO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, APRIL 5, IHm:. II A II o Romebodj'g Darlings Tli bUowiuj liuee were written in 1864, by tin. K. ti. Spmnue. now of Wyoming, H. I., tnil fii-l iippum-il in tho H iroy .Vwjiiti it. I'lm.v wi'io .uggrsted by n-cing a yoinitf drummer-buy lying aoBil in Ijovvll (icntnil Hospital, at I'urt inoutli lirovc, 1(. I. Into a wurJ of tho wliili'-wn.licl liull-i, When.- the thini nml tlin dying Iiiv Wounded by hiiynni't, shells iilitl bulls, fsoliielio.ly'a tlnrling wiw borne ono ilny. Sotiitjhotly'j darling! so you:ij.' nnd no lirnve Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face, 611011 to ltt hiil by I ho dun of I lie prove, 'Die lingiTinj.' luht ol'liis Imvliooil's gnice. Mnttcd and dump tin- tlin ciiiIh of gM, Kis-inc; tin- snow of that fair young brow; 1'nlo iiih tlin lips of uVliiate mtilil, Somebody's darling is dying now. Hack iVuni I liu bciiiltilul, bhic-vi'ini'd brow llru-h ull the wnuileriug wave of gold; Cm.-.- his h;mtti 011 his Ihi-oiii now, Somebody' darling it Mill nml told! Ki-s hhu oin-c fur Miiiii liiiily'i sake; Murmur n prayer, will mid low; One bra'ht curl IV. nil il fair mates lake, They wit' miiiu'I yon know. Soiiiebotly' haml lialh ii-.-lcd there! Wan il a mother's, nifl an. I while? Ami Iwvc I hi- lip- of 11 -i-ler dear Uctni I aptizeil in time wave- of light? litld k.loU hit' if Ollirbu.ly'.'- lovi'J Somebody's heart r-n-lii itn-il him there; Soiiu-liotiy wiil'it I hi- limn- ubave. Nielli ami morn, on tin- wing- of pniyor. Soim InkIj wrpt iln n hi- inarched away, l.n"klngso haml-etui-, In. no ami gniuil; S.iiin I101IC- ki 011 hi-1'. 11 tin :nl lay; Sum body el ui;4 to hi - palling haml. Sonii body's wailinu' .mil vv -itt lii nvt for him, X. i inniiu t" b'il I 1 1 i 1 1 ai'aialo hi'rhrarl ; Anil iIiiti' In- lie; with hi- Miif i yi - iliin, Anil hi- MiiiKn;.'. hildlike lip- apart. Tenderly Inn j lb.' lair, young di ad, Pausing lo ilmp in hi- ernvi- 11 ti'ar; Curvi- on I In- iMii .b n -lab a' hi- In nil, "Sinnch -il'- -lulu -lour i-r- In-rp." The Country Doctor. Ir. r.'iti Icy belongs to the noble irmy ul 111. 11 1 yr- and heroes known as 'country doctors." II. was the sort nf 111:1:1 yiii could 1'ivo if you loved aim; otherwise you would irnliali)y lislihe him, for he was very pcriiliar; pviiylniily aiil so. Now tliorc art' 5i'i'ial ways of tiring in -uliar, aibl tho iloi'tor'a ways wen1 nut always pleasant ways- iml! ;s y.m l.'Vi-il liini. His wire ha I ! ' - 'I liini. ;rnl lnT In- li b! S'-ellle.l liie U t prrlei t ol He'll. lie s.iili"! lei- aibl .'he :-nit i! him, ami limy !ei l la-en mtv !iapp. It lutlst Hot lie snjeioseil that her I Ii.tI Ihm'. 10ft! -loin'r Kitel. Perhaps the 'loel' i wniihl 11 t have injoyeil that. l.n!:e:( I'.e.Uy lejnieeil ill liialili; I liri-hl. spiey, inipieletit remarks to le r tiushanil. Ii'eniarks whieh iii.ple his tiiij hrnwil eei :-p:i:kh' with illliirht; then he wutilil meet lier hall way, ami they wotiltl litrlit Hip liu t inleretin little iluels, I'ollowt'il ly the most aflec tioiiate recoiiei!i.i!iiiiis. I i 1 it. it was nov 'hu e loiij; yens sinre poor I'eeky h.i 1 lieen re-tiil:J ill her (piiet pave ami the l. e'or'.s I'len.ls li.nl ileriiled fiat he neeileil 'oiiie one to ke"p house for him. Alter intieli per-ma-mm he hai' )oen particularly introilu- ei to Miss Delia Mvan. "What a name!" thought the 1 .. lor. hut as he lookeil at her he saw that she was lair, gentle, healthy ami I wrutytbLx. "A K'mkI, seiisihln asp; iiiusUI b neat nml unlerly," was his veriliei. Ia a moiiieiil of enthusiastic m-lliSiiii'-.s he hail prupeseil to her, ami in a hi. in. nt nf enthii.-iastie devotion Bhe hail aecepli il him. They were luarrirtl. She liveil in his hoiisp, blip poiireil out his tea ami police, she eiitertaineil his friemN, ami overyl'-'ily snidr "Oh, how inm h nicer she was than that other woman'."' She was very popular with everyhody, but Khewasn.it at all 'popular with the doctor. To him "lint other woman" was still all thP world and the brightness thereof. So lumii less did he feel in the presence of this much nicer woman that M i -its to Itecky's grave were the only happy hours i f his new life. Alter awh'le be became more accus tomed to Melia. and then be began to give her free and freipieiit lectures on Heeky. "."she" used to say so and so, she used to do this and that, and as she bad been right then, she, must bp right now and forever, and in every thing. Delia had married "from a sense of duty." and deserved to be punished, but it sermitl to her that her punish ment was greater than she deserved. Slip would not have wished that her husband should forget the wife of his youth, but slie had expected that he would have some regard for thf) woman whom he had invited to pre side over bis household, and she had hoped to make him comfortable; to "do her duty by him," as she expressed it. Part of that duty she had performed in the most admirable manner; nevpr had the doctor's house been so clean; never had his shirt bosoms shone with such luster; but the heart which beat behind them she bad been unable to coiupier. as it her fault ? Had slip not tried to bp kind, to bp patient, to be iriPek? Yea. but It waa the trying that had spoiled it all and sltf lacked the sweet boldness which love alone can give. She was almost afraid of that un gracious man, and bhe was jealous of Uecky, much loved, happy Heeky. At the end of six months of such a life the doctor noticed that Delia looked pale and thin. "You need a little more fresh air," he prescribed, "diid I shall take you out as often as I ran." Not without some in ward fear, but attired in her very best, Delia sat in tho buggy by the side of her lord. It was a balmy spring afternoon, nature looked so fresh, so bright, so happy, that a little of this happiness breathed itself into Delia's sal heart. The d'lelur must also have 1 n touched by these benign inlluenees. fur never before had he been so kind, so at tentive to lnr, so talkative. she smiled several times; twice she abso lutely laughed. she sat a little nearer to him, her cheeks bloomed anil she was beginning to feel ; u it comfortable, when, as link would have it. they happened to ride pa-l a verj- small cottage, so very small that Delia said, "ih, look! I wonder how people live in such a tiny bit or a house V" The doctor's brow grew dark. "In such a house a this." he said in his most impressive manner, "in jus! such a house as this my wil'e ami I lived in the greatest happine.-s when we were lir.-.l married." Had Delia been .suddenly shifted from India's coral strand to (ireen land's icy mountains the shock could hardly have 1 11 greater. "His wife," she thought, tie 11 if she is his wife, what a. 11 IV" Peculiar reasoning, perhaps, but Delia knew very well what she meant. All that evening -he sal silently sewimr and answering the doctor's remarks with a primness of I'iirnily that sur prised him. Hill be scd no ipies tions a'i'l took rel'iiire in thoughts of the old days Io n Heeky s;it in that saint chair, seving too, hut w'th such bri-.:M, loving look-;. Mich an iiitere-ting way :' xi.hig t'iug-! And now, vth.il a t". i'V. in m ! V.'hal, in truth, was (his woman to him? Xot a wife, not even a companion, only a housekeeper. And he ':ae,l at her rc! .i lively. II I p..-ned that Delia, who !:i bell le.lkiliir desperate efforts to om y mic her sulky mood, looked up ;' tiia mo ment and caught the lull iiicanin" of the doctor's eves. Had he slanped her face she eoiil I not have felt it more, but she give no sign. With white linger: t ! : : t trembled a little she folded h t woi'; and said, "1 am tired, 1 will go t 1 inv room." Delia did ii"t sleep numb that night. "I must leave him." she de cided at last. "I will not live with him unless I am really bis wife. 1 cannot." Leave him; but how? She would not go back to her mother's house where questions would be asked whieh she was determined no' to answer; and besides it was loo near. Where could she to? A few hours afterwards that question was answered. She received a letter post marked "Denver, Culm-ado;" it canu; from "dear cousin Mani'o," and as she. read her letter Delia's face brightened; "it is just what 1 want ed," she said to herself. tine evening, wlcn Jhe doctor eauie home, Hridget met him at the door and said, "Missus has gone, sir: she had to go a kind of sadden, but she said she would write and tell you." "All right," answered the doctor, "tione to her mother's," he expl'.lined to himself. "I suppose there is some sort of fandango going on there." lie made himself very comfortable. It was a cool evening, and he smoked his cigar, and put his feet on the stove, with "no one nigh to hinder." Hut what the doctor really liked was to be hindered; he enjoyed watching the mild shadow of disapproval stealing over Delia's face: if she had frankly and briskly expressed her opinion, then taken it back prettily, be might have fallen in love with her: but Delia alw:ivs relapsed into meekness, and all was lost. As the days passed the doctor begun to miss his housekeeper. "Why does she not write? Cold-blooded creature!" The eold-blooded creature vvro'e. Ilcr letter was dated from Denver. It taid: DKAK Silt - I thought you would be happier without me. so I came here. I am visiting cousin Mamie. With best wishes for your happiness, I re main sincerely, Dl.l.l A l'.UINsl.l v. "A pretty letter and "dear sir' to me! (ione to Denver! Who could have supposed she had spirit enough. for that? Little goose! flolielo Den ver, by .love!" The doctor laughed, he blessed him- Bexf, he was delighted. The next ; evening he was on hid way to Colo rado. That same evening, in far-off, lovely Denver, Delia and Cousin Mamie were comparing notes about their husbands. Delia had been very cautious and Mamie was enthusiastic about the doctor. "If he was my hus band I would llirt with him and make him fall desperately in love with me," she declared. "Flirt with him!" exclaimed Delia. : "Certainly, it would be all right, and so interesting! Now, John is so good natnred ami always the same, I some times wish he would be a little bit ( cross, just for a change." "What a sadly funny world this is," tho ight Delia when she was aiono, "no one is really contented and happy." Then she became very home- . sick; no! only did she miss the doctor, but she also missed herself, she had always been so prudent, so .submissive, ami now she had done such a wild, wicked thing! Had she not promised i "for belter and fur worse?" I ( )ne morning there eaine a tremen dous ring at the door. Delia knew that ring, she heard it a' I over her and turned pale. "Hound to get in." said; Mamie, ms she hurried lo the door. "Is Mrs. Hi insh-y in'." askeil a big voice., Mrs. I'.rinsley was in. She came forward smiling, rosy-cheeked, collect- cil and transformed. Sim held out her hand; she was glad to see the doctor; she presented him to Cousin Mamie. They sat down. "Where are you slopping?" asked Delia. "At the Windsor." And she became as deeply interested in the Windsor as if the doctor had come expressly for the pur pose of ending his days (here. Hut Dr. lirinsley was not altogether defense less. "I came to see if you would take a ride vvilh me. The carriage is at the door. Come just as you are." "Oh!" said I lia. And she went. The mountains wi re "perfectly mag nilieenl," as D lia remarked, but th duet or made quick w ork of them. Ilovv so.ei will you b; ready to come home?" be asked quietly. "I don't know. I iul ended to stay all summer. I think I think" I Hut she could not tell him what she j thought. She was glad he had come; j she wanted to go back with him; she loved him, now. Hut tli. I he love her? . If he would only be a little more gentle, more lover-like. The doctor j was not very gentle: his manner was j clear cut and decided, but if she would only have looked at him! How soon will you come home?" be repeated. "I want you to come j home." j Then, slowly, she lifted up her eyes, to his. Was this the way he used to; look at Heeky? Not quite; no one j shoul I ever see that look again in the doctor's eyes. Hut Delia did not ' know that, and it seemed very good to I her to be looked at in this way. "I w ill go whenever you like," she . answered at last. Then the doctor did say something I, gent ht ami lover-like. They were married already. Let us hope "they were happy ever after wards." Soma strantro lleliefs. The Chinese hill tribes believe that man has only three souls, and these are ; satisfactorily disposed of. Oneappropri- , a'ely ami conveniently remains in the ' ravc, another takes up his position at , (he ancestral hoard, and the third roams about unrestrained in the spirit world, and not ue.-essarily upon earth- , Many of the hill women are fond, as ' in India, of giving their de.td child a dog, or (by dint of prayers and suppli cations) the departed spirit of an old : and experienced person as a guide, that the wanderer may not miss iti way on the path to the spirit world Pur this reason it was that the Moa. golians sent slaves to accompany their dead princes. The Chinese, however( have a more humane idea. They be- j licvcthat since it is likely that the lead man will he unable to liml his way safely to the world of spirits, and may as probably as not stray Ironi the right path, the kings of the under world would furnish him with a little devil load the part of guide and ser vant to the newly-disembodied spirit on its journey. The Poles used to have a notion of a similar kind, though they, like the Chinese, did not display it in such an unpleasant way for sur. v ivors. It was I heir custom to lay bears' claws in the grave to serve tin dead man as hooks, w ith the help ol which he might ciim'i the gnat glass mountain. According to the common notion a nongthe Karens the dead re new as "plii-pho" in the world of Phi. under the sovereignty of the great King Coot ay or Tle-cdo, the o 'i upa lions which th'V bad followed whib as yet in. riaN upon earth a curium hint at the a-ie sy-lein of the tlin ','os. which i a-. !i" place with the Ka. :,us while they aie alive. Condii.! Magiine. Peculiarities ef iNevicatis. Among all classes tli re is too much of the idle "rest and be ihanM'ul" spirit. Nature has been hoiiiitifiil; the nec I'ssaries of life are easily secured; the need of exertion is minimized; a few heans or a handful of corn, a little fat, 'liu! some chillies vv ill form the unvary ing diet for weeks. Hut all are in veterate gamblers. Although soine timestoo la.y or Improvident to provide pven comfortable food. He y will sit for hours over cards or dice, mid in their infatuation pawn everything mi which Ihey can raise money. In selling their chillies, their eggs, poultry, or tither produce, they seldom have any fixed price; their demands are mainly graduated by the apparent rapacity or generosity of the purchaser. Contract ing to supply milk, for example, to the railroad construction gangs, alter ar ranging for a very ample remuneration, and going on for one, perhaps I wo, weeks, they will i iplain that their cows are doing badly, gel, a lew extra cents per gallon, ami perhaps a week later make a similar stand for a further advance. The mercantile classes in the towns, although they seldom have much capital, are tolerably sti nit for ward, endeavoring to i t tln-ir en gagements, ami have a wholesome horror of a protest el bill. P.very vil lage celebrates, at least mire a year, its ; lirsla, where dancing, an extra amount of gambling, cock lighting, and some- times bull-baiting are the entertain- incuts, and where the liberal eonsiiinp. j tion of cheap intoxicants bring business j Into the Court of lih aldi or Justice of ! Peace. The Mexicans are generally I more pusillanimous ail super.-! iMous 1 than the Indians. Secret societies j exercise a good d'al of authority, j P.oth ill Did and New Mexico the ! Penitates count their numbers by j thousands, and eiij'-'n among their ! votaries fasting and humiliation, from which, however, exemption is freely accorded on payment of certain doles. Cn occasions, !-i il'-ilagclial ion ami stripes inilieted by brother devotees are proceeded with until the infatuat ed victims are eoeie with blood. 1'ur several bun. lied y;t-i along a path thickly strewn with prickly cacl us, others go on b pels and knees to pro-Irate themselv.s before I In cross. Hearing a cross weighing several hundred pounds, with arms outstretched ami .secure. I, others toil for miles, usually to some sacred chapel or almost inaccessible mountain top. When the poor cnthusixst, l.piiting under his burden, is about lo drop, at tendants place their shoulders under the arms of the cross, and afford a temporary support. These perform ances shatter vearlv the health of weakly devotees, ami J.owl'iit Tim i s. kill some. Diseases From Il.nl Teeth. It appears not to be generally under stood even among the cultiva d people, although the fact has been dwelt upon with emphasis by the best medical authorities, that the presence of carious, crowded, or asymmetrical teeth in the human mouth is the pro genitor of a long train of nervous dis eases, comprising not only facial neuralgia and its concomilant troubles, but diseases of t he ear. iiiilainmatory as well as functional, eventuating often in part ial loss ol' bearing, defects of visioll, iiaso-pharvngcal catarrh, and, other tormenting maladies, one of' our acutest and most successful spec-, ialists in the treatment of nervous dis- ' cases has become so f ull v cm v incedbv long experience of the , art pUcd by defective teeth in the development, not of neuralgia only, but even of the intire obscure neuroses, thai he always insists, as a condition precedent to the accept nice of the case, that a thorough examination of the cav it y of the mouth shall be undertaken by a competent dentist, for, he su.vs. not only may a single diseased tooth result in persist ent nervous disturbance, but disease of the brain, decav or perversion of the mental faculties, even epilepsy and tetanic spasms olti ii have their starting-point in dental natations ; ami hi has observed cases in v inch, while lay ing the foundation for a long (rain ol nervous troubles, the irritated organ itself gave no sign, either by local pain or vague iliscontent. of the agency it was constantly exerting to produce serious disturbance at some distant point. In common with the most aural surgeons, a distinguished special ist, of this city, has long since adopted the practice of examining the teeth of every patient brought to him for treat ment of ear trouble, particularly of partial deafness and general irritation of the organ; ami. speaking the other day of the large number of pupils from the public schools who attended the public aural clinics at the hospital with which he is connected, "it is.rare," he sani, "to liml a single patient in whose case dental irritation is not to U- con sidered among the prominent causative factor. "Ntw York Times. TIip Jliiibi:: !eo;pcrtir. ' The genus pit -q icctor, a man of im-diiim bight, a rather lightly but lirmly k'lit frame, age auv where be tween tweiily-live and thirty-live, a line face, g' litl-- but linn, broneil with exposure to many a lien e .-toi'in, stamp ed wilh tin- unmistakable expression impressed on t he feat un-s of t hose who, day afttr day, i-taud lace lo lace with danger ai d death, a f.e e that a girl in dist less vv ill t urn to w it hoi it hesit alioii; that a rowdy will I urn from with tea ami hatrfil. His lir-t movement bo t rays the front ierma. i. A rapid pierc ing glance around the park, neither 1 1 ii i nan foe nor edible game being in sight, his next glance js to I he sky. Apparently salisiied with lln- inspec tion, l.is liis! care is to . -1 : . I b. his jack or "bill in," to u-e the li it I t :i ' 11 phra:-e; then having lil im'i d tin burro with a drag on the end of his r - t hieh vv il' effectually prevent his -li.iun from that park, he turns lo hi- lire, blows il into a hi, t.c, mils on his i nVepot to boil, and t lieu to his toil"!. I hrn; inches of comb, two square ine1 es o' looking glass, a cars" t w I, a pie e of yellow sua 1 1, a tooth brn-li. an I the toilet table is furnished. Now follow him to the dressiiig-r o. a doen ; ti ps down t he creek takes him to when-a litlh- dam has formed a e. v .t il pool. Down on the nio-s-covi n d rocks govs tin- broad while ha1, the eo!;;r of the blue flannel shirt is r :! d ha 'K d's los ing the neck and che t of Mil athlete. Dh how cold, how rcfrchimr. how in vigorating the water is, fresh from tic Show above. The toilet is finished, breakfast is the next consideration. The coffee hav in-; boiled is pl:c-t"l on one side to settle; the bacon I'li' i!. the batter for a pile of ".-lap jacks'" l.ea'cu up. In- fries one of tin' aboiiiin.it ions throwing it into the air and catching it on the reversed side with the precis ion of an old timer, ami now he plunges into the tent and emerges vvilh the "chuck box," or in lingU-h, "ine.s chest," into the iimernio.i id essi s of which he dives, ami from the comd .in" elation of cartridges, b i -1 '.in tin tigs, sli el traps, iiccilies and ll-iva I. sailor's palm, mineral 'im n , t1 . . or four letters, a book very torn ami dirty, a pair of Mexican spurs, odd a: ! ends of string, etc., etc., prod! e, - ;i s.':::ill canvass sack of salt, ditto (.f sugar, a half gallon can of syrup. I breakfast is ready and the table is sit. In dis patch (he meal takes bul a 1:1 1 1.' while. Short as Hie time h, howi ver. it is not wasted, for observe the upturned f.i' e. the eager searching glance, peak alter peak is scanned, formation, color noted, until apparently . salisiied wi;h the in spection. The meal is finished, plate and cup washed and put away: the morning pipe is lit. am I sinoki d w bile he goes through his pockets to sec if his outfit is complete, matches, cithpa s knife, magnifying gla-s, all safe. Catching up the burro and picketing him on fresh grass finishes the morn ing chores and w e are rctlv for the day's work. t.vlng There is a stoiy of a candidate for a Yorkshire borough addressing the elec tors in flattering terms, and telling them that for "the hope of being their representative be had given up valua- ""'prospects in ui.ua. am. iravrm-u "'"'' hnndrcds of miles." -What a j""' f""1 .v"' ""lst ,"'.' t1"' sv inpatheticremark of mi-of tin-crowd, Tl"' had. in fact, r-t urn.-d to Pngland because his j.rospe, t- in India ni"' rrm,' oemsne. i:aggerators of lies class have been held up to deri sion for centuries. Lando t sixteenth century) tells of an Italian eccloiastic who was so given to drawing the long bow that bis friends openly derided his tales. He at last hired a simple "ountry lad, whose whole duty it was to stand behind his master's chair ami corroborate his anecdotes. The boy did his work for a time; but at length ,,is employer ventured i tale so amaing that the honest servant start, led the company by exclaiming. "Nay, master, take back my liv ery ; I cannot swear to that." Iipi''ii'hs offer a very usual Held for exaggeration. Pew imitate the sensible conciseness ol an inscription in a Hampshire church, where the survivor merely adds, alter the name of the deceased, "To those vv ho knew him a narration of his virtues would be needless ; to those who knew im not it would be tedious" a fact too ulten lost sight d hv t ie writers of monumental inscriptions. Pacts themselves may be presented in a light which exaggerati s them to the listener, lloswell once praised the profuse hospitality of a gentleman who "never entertained b-ss than thousand in the course o" a year. That is to say. about three j ersoiis dined with him daily." Hoth "ways of milting it" were true, but tin y v. mv i y 1 widely difftrent mrj)Jiio..' J.on ' 'on Qlobi VEKV DIMEROUS. Vlilt lo a Mii-o-lilyfrilne Fftory.-A I'lnre Where .tltn'a l.lvre Are In (uilant lltiuuei'. Near the village of Tweed, Canada, a-ul at the water's edge of Stoco Lake, is a fair-sized, unpretentious, isolated wooden building, the appear ance of which w ould cause a stranger I i inquire why a good building was creeled in such an isolated locality, and it was so closely guarded, as a s ilitary twatchman, day and night the year num.. criecks the steps and in quires the business of the curious as Ihey stray near. As the eye passing upwards reads "Nitro-glyeerine ta-tory -very dangerous," in big letters ibove the door, the use for which the building is int'-nded and the necessity for watchful care i ap parent. At the door were seen lying iron casks sheeted inside with lead, ruul in thes" casks are imported the nire glycerine and mixed acids used in the factory. A cask of mixed acid is hoisted by machinery to the upper story and dumped into a mixing tub, in which the mixing blades are turned by a man who is stationed in a tight box and has in front of him a thermometer. As the glycerine runs into the acid a vapor is engendered in which life is scarcely supportable, hence the man lit the crank is stationed in a close box. The acid and glycerine in their admix ture rapidly heat, and tin mpoiind has to be toned down by cold water or ice; hence the greatest watchfulness is necessary at this point. As the heat is allowed (o run up to SO degrees, and nitio-glvcerine explodes at '.ttl degrees. Cu re remains bul 10 degrees of heat j between the men and eternity.or, as the manager remarked, if the heat run up to degrees they would not have time to pucker their mouths to say "good-by." It is needless to say that, while the work is going on, strangers are never allowed to i n'"r the building, as it is lu ce.sarv that every man should have his imli i'lu.il attention a such times upon his work. "Mricl rules govern our men." remarked the manager, "as the lea-t venture at experimenting would leave ii-t one to tell how the. v ridciil h.ipp 'ii -1." The nitro-glyeerine thus maiiula. t iired has an explosive force ten limes gieater than that of blasting powder, ami is used on very heavy work, but we sell very little in lh.it shape, remarked the manager, as it is run down a tunnel to the room l-clovv, where it is manufactured into dynamite, dunlin or vigorite, all of which have nilro-glyccrine as their bads, bul are known by different names to d -sigmite the degree of power. As rapidlv as possible, the nitro givecrine is mixed vvilh charcoal, wood pulp, or other mixtures, and reduced into a commodity more readily handled; for although dynamite is understood to be extrt ini ly dangerous to handle, it is rammed into the cartridges with a stick with as little apparent fear of the result as would be the case were the substance so much dirt. The cartridges are made to hold from a pound to two pounds each, and are carefully packed each day and taken to an isolated magainc owned by the company. The on' put of the factory i-. about I n H pounds daily now, but the cap; rap owners expect to increase the e ii v to meet the requirements of a ally increasing demand, as this is onlv faetorv of the kind in Ontario, and the development of the mines has rapidlv increased the demand, as blast ing with powder has been almost en tirely superseded by the use of dynam ite, which is not only more efficacious but -aler to handle. The manager re inaikcd; "1 have to pay my men large salaries, although the work is compara tively light, as a very slight accident would put them out i f the way f draw ing their salaries. I have worked at the business lor the past live years, and own a mill in Algoma as well as this one here, but in this business life is the result of v igilance." - Manu facturer's Oacltc. tiL.tSS EYES. IIimv Ihrtr IfrUralr Optical Irlnloni Are Matte. Artilicial eyes are not of recent in vention, for the early Egyptians used many crude specimens, the erblephari ami the by pohlepharia. The former was formed ol a circle of iron which passing round the head had at one of its extremities a thin sheet of metal covered with very line skin, on which was painted an eye with eye-lid and lashes, thus forming a kind of painted bandage which concealed the cavity of the lost eye. The latter exhibited somew hat of a likeness to the method now adopted, but was made of a metallic shell something liko a walnut shell on which was painted the iris, the pupil ami the white of theeye.and was placed in the orbital cavity and kept in place by the eyelids as is now done. 1 ho gn at objection to this waa the weight of the metal and the constant fixity of the lm k. The data of the introduction of glass eyes is not recorded, but they have, been found in the heals of mummies staring with unearthly light. In olden days solid glass eyes were used, but the artilicial eye of to-day is if shell-like formation, and in its construction remarkable nicety and skill is required. With the exception of a few small modilications in detail and finish, the manufacture of artilicial eyes has not made any particular steps forward in the last half eentuiy. Lath manu facturer has a secret of his own as to the combination of the material used and the mode of applying them. This secret, which in most cases is handed down from father to son, is jealously guarded, and strangers are rarely permitted to witness any of the processes of manufacture. The artifi cial rye being only a light shell of enamel without any precise form, since it has to be suited to the dlTiereiit sizes and shape-i of eyeballs, is pla-ed under the eyelid, and is n imposed of two parts; the one exterior, which gives th lors of the iris, of the sclerotic,or white on the eye, as well as the blood vessels or the healthy eye; the other, the interior, which lilting into and capping the stump, receives movement rrom it. The manufacture of artili cial eyes consists in three distinct operations, as follows: The artist seals himself at bistable with a lamp or gas jet before him whieh is blow n by a bellows and blow pipe, worked by the foot, and gives a pointed jet of llai f the .strength he desires. Within reach of his hand are placed rods of enamel of different colors, lie begins by taking a hollow tube of colorless crystal, one of the extremities of which being s i.m melted in the lire of the jet forms a ball when blown. As the color given by the crystal has no re .enil lance to that of the sclerotic, usually called the white of the eve, his first labor is to color the ball in such a manner that it may be of the same hue as the natural eye. To attain this rc-uit. In- applies to the ball, eviin -1 id different colors which amalgamating wilh the crystal in a a,sty slate, gradually gives it the desired tint, which differs in each individual. This tint obtained, he makes a circular opening in the center of the ball, destined to receive the globe of the eye. When the hole is made the ball is put on one side. The globe is made by lirst funning the ir-s, which is done by the use of sev I eral amalgamations of enamel aerord S ing to requirements of the case, i Theiris finished, a spot of black eiiame i is placed in the center to form the J pupil, which is then encircled with its aureola. The inlinitcly smab libers found in the iris are tin n drawn. The globe when finished is soldered to the sclerotic by means of the lamp, after which the .-.tti.l recti lies any small imperfections which he may observe, and it only remains to pare the ball in order to obtain a shell, which, rounded at the edges, may perfectly resemble the living eye with w hich it is lo be placed, not only in form but also in color. The enameled surface of a well-made eye is really lovely, and when even closely exam ined il has every appearance of Un natural, eye both in brilliancy, depthj and light. Prices varv from ifl'ito $.i0, aecord- ! ing to circumstances, although allaie equally well finished. PEAK1.S OF THOrtillT. A felicity that costs pain gives dou ble content. Money is well spent in purchasing tranquility ofjnind. There is no deeper law of nature than that of ehangiv Indolence is the rust of the mind and the inlet of every vice, A passionate woman's love is always overshadowed by her tear. Wrong none by doing in juries, or omitting the ' benefits that are your duty. Time should never be squandered. Every man should havea noble, worthy aim in life. There w ill alway s be something that we shall wish to have finished, and be, nevertheless, unwilling to begin. A gimd man will be doing good wheresoever he is. His trade is a compound of charity and justice. Foolishness places itself in the fore, most rank to be observed; intelligence stands in the hindmost to observe. There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works. In idle ness alone is there perpetual despair. If you wish to appear agreeable in fuxiety, you must consent to be taught many things which you, know already. r

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