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M Chatham ,21 H. A. LONDON, Jr., EOITOB AND FBOrRIETOH. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: CitEm AUVEHTIHINO. One sonare, one insertion, OnesnniM-H.tw.: Iii.tiiioii... HlCi'I'ire "-H- I's-ICN i.i 1ST o-e ri , onsynar, ouseopr .siimoDihs tM copy, three mooUu, . tie LOO VOL. VI. ITITSH01) CHATHAM CO., X. C, XOVKMliHl. 22, 188;;, X ( ) . I I . " '"H" Mreniumcuii libera: contrscTS will Ripened Wheat. vTe bent to-day o'er 11 cc fli ml lotm, Ami our tears lull soltK i'ovn. We looked inn- last on llio iiyod face, Wilh ilslork ol pence, it p.iiirnt giace. And hint- like a silver crown. Vt'e touched our own to Ihc clay-rolil I and, From lile's long labor lit ti st ; Anil among the blossoms white and sweet Wo noted a bunch ol golden wheat Clasped rlo90 to the. silent breast. The blossoms whispered of fadeless bloom. Of thelitnd where lulls no tear; llm lht ripo hnt told of toil nn 1 . -no, Ihe piitirnt waiting, tho 1 1 uM ii;r prayer, The garnered (im l of the year. We know not what work her hands had found, What d pi ice her feel; What clot. na tier, what blackness ol niubt , Wo saw but pence, Ihn blossoms w hile, And the bunch of ripeneJ wheat. LOST HER PLACE. A STORY OF WWMIIMVpiS 1.11 I "It's onlv a six-hundred ofl'ioo!" said Crocus Graham, with llushoil chock and glittering eyes. "Anil when my car-fares are iuiI, ami my dress pro vided for, then- isn't so much, after all! I'm sure nobody need covet it!" Mrs. Graham looked at Ii.-r daughter with folded hands anil a troubled ex pression of countenance. "Yes, I know, I 'rni us," sin- said, in that soft, tremulous la! . (In of hers. 'Hut six hundred dollar is six hun dred dollars, and, after ail. these public offices aro a deal nunc genteel than H-hool-tcaching, or dress-making, or any other way hy which a friendless woman may earn a living. And this Mrs. Altaniuiit has powerful politic al friends, and tlmy tell m- a place must he found lor her, at all li t 'aids." "And so," cried indignant Crocus. "I am t" I'c flung and yon with me, mamma helpless upon the worid!" "Not helpless, Croeus, dear!" "Mamma, hmv can it ho otherwise?" said Crocus, looking pitifully down on her little white hands, pink as to th nails, and dimpled as to the j..inls. ''We cannot dig--. t bog we are ashamed!' IJttt I never will mean mvself to ask favors ol the depart ment. I have always done my duty faithfully, and earned my salary. And now tu In-displaced for i ho sake of a dashing society w idow with lig'cyc, and rouged cheeks is it nut enough to make one Mush for one's country?" "It's the way of the w.ill. Cmcus!" sighed Mrs. (irahain. "Tim weak must stand aside, while the chariots of the strong roll on!" "Hut I couldn't have believed it of the auditor, mamma!" urged Crocus "He was poor papa's old friend, and he was always so very, very kind to me!" "An auditor, my dear, has .-oinrthing to do besides to stud t" do besides to study the welfare of every one of the clerks in his department,"' reasoned Mrs. Graham. "I am sorry I bought that new dross now," said Crocus, regretfully. "I didn't really need it; hut the pattern was so pretty! pink moss-ros-huds on a white ground. w.i ; only twenty five cents a yard; hut there was the making, and the ribbon-hows and loop?, and the buttons. And I have sHved so little out of my salary! Oh, mamma! how could I have been so improvident? What will a hundred and seventy-live dollars do toward supporting us now?" "Look, Croeus!" Mrs. Graham, sitting by the window, j had chanced to perceive an open I barouche rolling leisurely down Penn sylvania avenue under the bowerv droop of the trees, with an elegantly dressed lady reclining among its satin cushions, and a portly, red-faced gen tleman seated by her side. "I see," said Crocus, slightly frown ing, while a scarlet : pot 'came into either cheek. "It is Mrs. Altamont And that is her cousin, the senator' Hid you see the diamonds flash in her ears, mamma? Oh. of course. Senator Staikcup can demand any favor ho pleases from the government, for any needy relation he happens to have! And I -poor I am to be the scrapo goat. I dare say, the six-hundred-dollar salary will do very well to buy gloves and boots and can de cologne for Mrs. Altamont. To us, mamma, it was a living." Crocus Graham Mas the daughter of a gallant oilieer, who had died in his country's service- Sho had been in a boarding-school when he died, and her first experience of the real world was in the public olliceat Washington, where she was set diligently at work. 8he liked it. She gloried in thus supporting herself and her mother, in stead of sinking to tho level of millin ery, Imarding-house keeping or genteei beggary. She engaged board at tho cheapest place which was consonant with her dignity as a lady. She mended her gloves and made over her mother's caps, and rejoiced greatly in that she was independent of the world which uses widows and orphans so hardly. "Mamma." said Crocus, suddenly' "I won't wait to bo discharged I'll resign!" "Would that bp wise. Crocus?" said the gentle widow. "We'll go West, mamma," said Crocus. "I'nclo Joseph took up a government claim h Dakota. We'll raise chickens and bees, and turn farmers there!" "Hut, darling, what can two women like us do?" pleaded Mrs. Graham. "Two women, mamma!" cried Cm- , cus, trying to laugh. "Why, there's j nothing in all the world that they mu'l j do! I may be returned yd as one of j the representatives of some hitherto j unnamed territory; and in Unit cae. I'll do my be.-l to pass a law that .no j political influence shall drive a hard i working girl from her place, to make I mom bT an overdressed widow who j wants to earn a little mom pin- ; j ln"n,'.v "Crocus"' ! "Wouldn't it be a good idea, mamma '.' Hut now I must sit down and count , the money I have li-rt of tliis month';. salary. I am not by any (m-ans sin e that 1 have enough to tsike us t j I'akofa Unless ilid-ul we Were to sell i the old pearl brooch that lrlonged to ' ymir mother. And I' e a sort of fancy . : that luck would do.erf ns if we parted I with that old pearl brnod,." ! I if i in the altenioon, tSroeus Gra ham put on the pink iim-sn.-e gow n. : with a pretty little hat of rpse-ooloii d crape, which she ha I hcif"li' ma le and crept out under the shadow ol the great lime-trees in thoeapitol grounds, to hear the baud play. All the world was there Che belles ofthegre.it city, the fa-hionaMes, tlm notabilities. Klegant c.irriagies block- ' ed up the drive.'.; rain ho v groups studded the vch et lawns; ami almost the tir-l thing which Crocus .saw was the tall figure of the twenty-iii'th auditor, standing beside Senator ; stalkoup's carriage, while that rubi- cund personage ge-ticulated vehement- i ly. and Mrs. Altamont leaned smiling- j ly lorward. lu-noaMi the "Hen-slinilovv , of her amber-lined par-nl. "My cousin be provided for, I don't you see?" said (lie senator. ; "And Hoy teil ni" that your depart- i ment is the plea -ant est. place in the Treasury HiiiMing; and if there isn't any vic-incy ju t now, why, you must wAy one! Nothing itn be easier, I j am sure." . , "Von think so?" said the twenty- J fifth audior, w ho was a tall man, with i Indian-dark hair and eyes, and a ' Napoleonic conformation of brow. "Think so, man? I know it!" sail the senator, "flotation in ol'iiei that's the only safe rule. Keep Urn wheel turning - m;ike matters livejy" Just then the line of carriages be. gan to move slowly on. The auditor stepprd back; Mrs. Altamont waved her cream-gloved hand, and the roseate countenance of , Senator Staikcup way; wafted from i view. As the auditor turnrd into a path, sweet with rose? and shado'ved with t lie "dropping gold" ot laburnum, he: came fie-e to face with Crocus, sitting j on a rustic h-uu-h of twisted cedar-i boughs. "Mr. Harrington'." sh" exclaimed. with a start. i "Miss Graham!" j I I onlv came out to hear tho I band play, and get a little breath of fresh air, ".faltered Crocus. it is a beautiful place here,' said Mr. Harrington, gr.uvcly. Me had known .Miss Graham for two years now. He had seen her daily at her desk; ho-hal exchanged courteous salutations with her, as she came, every morning, out of the yellow. Southern sunshine into, the cool arcades of the marblc-pillarc I Tre.t-ury Poind ing, with r.'.ses in her bo.-om, ami the soft flush of youth an 1 health on hnl cheek. Her dead fatle r ' ad been good to him, as a young man, and he had never forgo! tin ihis. And besides Hut Crocus' heart sank piteousjy, as he looked do v n it her with that seri ous, observant eve of his. "He is thinking how he shall break it to ine," she thought to herself. "Oh, dear! oh. dear! 1 wish it were all over, audi was safe on the Dakota farm, with mamma and tho beehives." He spoke at last, after what, seemed an interminable silence spoke in a low, earnest voice. "Miss Graham," ho said, "did you ever think of leaving the depart ment?" "Of giving up my office'-" uttered Croeus, quickly. "Yes,", he said. "I suppose, of course, it would i.tnount to that." Crocus rose and stood playing with tho tas-el on her fan in a nemuis sort of way. "It is very kind of you to lead up to the subject so carefully, Mr. Harring ton," said she, "but but I know all about it already." j No looked at her with puzzled, in tent eyes. I do not see how that can be possi Mo, Miss Graham." said he. "Oh, 1 am quicker-sighted than you think!" Crocus answered, with a forced j laugh. "1 have seen U coming tor I some time. It is scanely neees.ary. ; I suppose, to ask my opinion." 'Hut it necessary - very necessary, indeed!" .said the auditor. "I am some j years your senior. Miss Grahaui, but I , believe I could make you happy. At j lea-t that is t he ci-ie lu.sioii a' which I j hae anived, alter many days and j nights of reflection n the subject, j And if you will decide to look favor ably upon my suit " j "Hut," cried Crocus, with Miming i chee!;s, "I was talking about my olliee i in the department!" "And I," said Mr. Man it.glon. "am talking about ,''"'!" If the winged god Mercury had i oine down from hi- marl !e pcde-tiaiauiong the cataipa-trccs if the ma rnd'n ant statue of t,e "Pioneer" had d. - ended from the pr rtico abo.-, a:,. I adod for her love, ( "roc have been liior I'm afraid I Harrington," s you mean to a; s Gr.ihai uld not taken by s.ii rp: i am very stupid, e said; "but but , ni" if - " Mr. did "If you would marry me the t wenly-lil'tli auditor, eo "It iloesn't cm no-sible!" said o- r - cus; and then, in her bewilderment t happine.-s, sic began to en. 1'our, little, human wild-flower! she never had auticipa'ed any such sun shine as this. Si Mrs. Altaim nt got. the six-hun-drcil-didiar oilic. and ena!or stalk cup was -ati-li -d. ud tic Dakota farm project remained a nn th. And .Minn times when t'rocu- conies to her husband'.-pri ate oiiiee in the department, a .-weet-lae.d niatron in silk and jewi K she looks pityingly at tho lady-clerks, with Mrs. Altamotit in their mid.-t, ami wonders if it were po.-siblo that slii was once one of them. "It seems so long ago," says Mr.. Harrington "oh, so very, erytong!" -- l'li II I 'm: s! t, i n !.. i iie Si'cnnil Greatest Mm. If we are united in the opinion a to which is our lust month, we aro equally of one mind who was the greatest man that the I'nitcd State has produced. That has become a traditional article of belief. Hut the question now is. Who was or is out second greatest man? This is a que.- tion which tho Oravver refers to the autumn and winter debating societies ; for solution. It will be a good exercise for tho young gentlemen and voting laoies tor we reuiemiier wnat age we tire living in, that we are living in a grand and awful time, and perhaps it was a woman to bring forward their candidates for the second honor, and to refresh the mind of their audiences with the virtues of tho.-e ri v al claims to great m -ss. The quest ion is an old cue, for we learn in Judge Curtis'sabie -Life of .fames ISuchaiian" that it was asked in lS.'i-'i in the Alex and r Institution, in Mo-cow. In on" 'f his letters Mr. Hu.-haiian .-ays that j he heard the boys examined j there, and to the question. "Wh was ' I the greatest man that America nad ; ! roduced?" a boy promptly answered, Washington. Hut on the second I flups""- "Who was the next in great- j ness?" the boy hesitated, and thoqiios- ; tion has never been answered. The I same boy, who might have settled this I question if he had not hesitated, was I asked who was the celebrated amba-sa-J dor to Paris, and instantly answered, ! as if he had been in a civil service ex I animation, Ptolemy Philadt 1; bus. Hut j he at once corrected himself, and said j Franklin. And the Drawer thinks that, Franklin wouldn't beabad second j to start u. llirji('s Mnin: hi'. j Three TIioiimiikI Snakes. According to Srim,; the number of snakes killed near Falls City, Neb., during an overflow of the Nemaha river is almost beyond belief. They were driven by the water from the bottom lands to the higher grounds. and especially to the embankments thrown up for railways. It is estimat t'aat more than otMO snakes were kill ed within a mile of this town. They were chiefly garter -snakes, but water moccasins, blue ra'-ers and rattle snakes were also killed. A horse was confined in a pasture surrounded by a ire fence in the ov erflowed district, and when released it was found that several snakes had taken refuge in his mane. Since my residence here 1 have, traveled nearly all ov er this country, yet tip to tho time of the present overflow, I had failed to see half a doen snakes all told. The overflowed district along the Nemaha would not average over .1 mile in width, :yad it is astonishing where so many snakes found hiding j laces. Nearly all the snakes in this country are confined to the creek and river bottoms. EARTH TORPEDOES. An f nvrntlou Which la Abont to Iterolu tlonlie Ihe Art of tvnr. Tartieulars coneerning the earth tor pedoes which were lately tested at , Tliur have been published by the Geneva papers. TI.e result of the e- perituents was considered so sat;.-!.e l j ory that the Swiss military authorities l have advised the fc-deral council to ! purchase the right i f making the tor j pedoes and the secret of their const rue j lion from the inventor, Lieut. 1'eodor i von .uhowitz of the An trian army, j The Zubowit, torpedo, according to several high military authorities, is ! destined to effect a partial revolution the parties interested. There was al l in the art of war. especially f defen- J ways an air of superiority worn by 1 1 1 she war. It renders possible do lav ing, in a verv short time and bv com tnon workmen, (if a series of powerful mines, any one of w hich can be made, as circumstances may require, either hat tides-or arranged in such a manner as to be evploded by a shock, a train of gunpowder or an electric wire. In fifteen minutes sixty men can furnish With these torpedoes a line l'MMI yards long. The sy--(i m, moreover, oilers great ad ant.i.es for strengthening the outworks ol permanent or tempo rary fortiiiea' ions, barring d-Tiles, pro tecting an expo-ed flank, rein forcing a barricile, covering ;i weak detack- i ment or defi nding a line of retreat. ; The perfection of this engine of do . struct ion occupied Lieut. Zuhowit j seven year.-, ami it. is said now to have ad the pi-opcitii s wlm h such an inven tion ought to possess certainly of ef fect, cheapness, simpl.city of construc tion and t,ase of manipulation. After a series of searching experiments it was warmly recommended by the en gineer .-oction of the Austrian military c, miiiis.-ioii and was used w ith succe-s during the late insurrection in tho South of Paluiatia. On one occasion ten men etnnph tely barred, in seven teen minutes, the pass of Han with fifteen torpedoes. In appearance the torpedo is a sort of square shrapnel. The charge is explosive TrauUel gela tine, and by means of a simple interior mechanism, can b" burst either above ground, under a laver of earth or under water. The torpedoes are made in series corresponding with their charges, which range from four pounds to 10' i pounds, and are classed respect ively according to the use for which they are destined, as torpedoes of ob serv ation, of contact and of percussion. The two last named sorts are meant to be exploded by the enemy - involunta rily, of courso. The contact torpedo may be put in any place where its ex -istence is not likely to be suspected -in an abandoned cai riage, placed across a mad, behind a doer or a gate whii h has to be opened, tie- mere removal of the obstrcle being siitlicient to cause the explosion. Th" percussion torpedo is hidden a few inches beneath the soil or in a drain, nad explodes readily under the weight of a number of men or the pressure of a vehhle or the tramp of a horse. Tie four pound torpedoC3 are for in-tant use. and being easy of trail.-port, may be taken almost wherever troops can march. Twenty-live of them i an be packed on one but iiitile. A single torpedo of this caliber will br, ak up an ordinary read to its lull ividth, and three or four torpedoes along a road are sulH cicnl to render it impassable. They pulverize evervthing within a diame ter of seven and break everything ' within a diameter of thirteen metres from the centre of explosion. They Miead against the floor. The thuinp tnay be buriei", under four or five cent '" proce-; continued until the by imetres of earth without detriment to 'slanders pulled llo.-s off and allowed their destructive ellect. It is onlv the t,p other to e-cape. Alter that there larger engines that can lie buried d eper than this without impairing their efficiency. I"p to a distance of three kilometres explosion can bo produced mechanically without the aid of electricity, either by design on the part of the operator or involunta rily by some ad of the enemy. As touching the tiuio required to place these torpedoes under a layer of earth five centimetres thick, it has been found by actual experiment that in fifteen minutes sixty men may sow in this way one hundred and twenty en gines in three or four lines over one square kilometer of ground, thereby rendering it absolutely impassable. A regiment that would attempt to march over it would bo simply pulverized. '" ! 4 Whistling Tree. j the deep and almost impenetrable ! fortsts of X tibia is found a tree that ! utters at times the most mournful and plaintive notes. Sometimes these sounds are shrill and clear, at other die away to an almost imperceptible whisper, as if some captive spirit were comp'aimiig of its lot. The effect is singular, weird and startling, until the cause is known. Thetreeisa species of Acacia. and the sound is produced bv cap-shaped galls or secretions of some insect. The wind in passing through the tree produces the Whistling noise referred lo. & WAR RE.MIMSCEME. flow a Itmulnr Officer Wat Tliumprit Into llmuect for the Volunteers. Heading General Lew Wallace's let ter tothn eleventh Indian rigiment, defending his course at .-hiloh, I was reminded of an accident, which hap pened shortly after that conflict, said a et, ran of the warto.t represi-nt,".-thooftho linlinnapolis .hunxnK it happen-da' Louisville, and (eneial W allace and the late C. ie ra! I".. (.'. ' 'rd. his Mn ( w ho acted as one ,1 his lather's aids i. and Major .'amcs K. lio.-s', of this city, who was at the line' acting as Wallace's ai d-de-i amp. were orticers of the regular army towards those of I lie vol unl f er ser e e, ami tins j feeling was so l itter mi the part of some as to be the i HUSO ot a feeling amounting almost to positive hatred. (rd wasageuer.il of I he regulars, and his son was a li utenaiit in the same sen ice, of equal rank w ith lo - -. a vol unteer, ami young nr.! occasionally too; occa-i"ii to snub his comrade, but the la'ler wa- n Ha- Ki el of a man to toady any one. I' w as all"r die battle ol hi!oh and a iiu.i.bor of geicral I'flicers and lucmhcis el Heir stab's were at Louisville, wl'h le ad quarters at the Louisville hold, anc'tig the number being General ('rd and hi. son. Tiiey never oin lied an ojp iitu uity to speak sue, ringly of lo-n- ral Wallace, or for that matter, anv vol unlet r oilieer. 'm-night young 'rd was engaged in placing biliiards in the billiard-room of the hot,.', and bis father was in tho corridor talking with some other ofl'ici'is. It was pro posed that the parly take a waik about tho city, and as the night was cool the general turned to Major I and in a tone of command, said; "Lieutenant, go to my room and get my ov ei-'-oat." The young oilieer turned sharply, and, without offering to obey the command, replied, jerking his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the billiard-room: "There i- an artist in there sir, who can ad as your servant." The general said nothing, but as forced t" make his son stop playing to do the , errand orriimb tin-stairs him.- If. and 1 the foi ncr course. Iter (,,. occurrence young (trd was cm :i Mom overbearing in his demeanor towards Ibi-s than ever before, and the feel ing of animosity between them was greatly emb, tiered. ne night short- i ly afterward General Waike e was standing in a group of oibcers a' the hotel, and near at hand was young Old with a mixed party of soldiers an I civilians. Some , ne in the party singled the General out, and addressing Ord, asked w ho that oilieer was. "( !). that is Lew Wallace, the man who tried so hard to lose r-hiloh,'' answered ' the lieutenant, scarcely had he lini li ed speaking when Il"ss, who had in advertently heard the remark, stepped briskly lorward and struck the com mander's slanderer a stinging slap on theiheek, following it up with a blow vv Inch sent the young man prawling on tho floor. "You have itlumipv slandered General Wallaiein par'ie nlar ( thump i, and the volant, cr dier in general," (thump . shouted Loss, "until I have i thump i stood all I can of it thump;.; and now i thump i I propi.se to show you i thump i that, there is at hast one volunteer oil! cor ( thump) who is mure of :i man a regular of equal rank and buinpcty-Mimp went the young man's was a greater degree of respect and de ference paid the volunteer arm ef tho service by at least that, portion of the regulars. 1 was an eve-wit ness to tho occurrence, and can testify to the truth of the storv. u riinstenlntiiiiis Kuler. The French people, it is claimed, are naturally ostentatious. They like parade and display, especially in their rulers. Hut the president of the re public, M. Grevy, is one of the in st modest rulers known to history. lie lives in a large house, the Chateau of Montsons Ynudray, which has twenty live guest moms, to which, however, in. strangers are invited. His daughter is married to Mr. Wilson, an Fnglishnmn. Their child is the do light of the domestic president of the republic. M. Grevy rises at eight, works until the afternoon, li.-hes for an hour or tw o on the banks ol the Loire, which is famed for its abundance of tin' linny tribe. After dinner, he plays billiards and enjoys his familv life. At twenty minutes j-a-t ten all the lamps in the chateau are extinguished. M. Grevy is not a verv brilliant man. but he is a good and solid one, ami vv bile he may not be a second Washington, he has many of the good traits of chaiacter which have given such an enviable fame to the lirt American president. i' mv.v'. STREET SWINDLES. ft IVetr Turk oi respondent's Account of a llowet y JJiiconiilrr. i Near the Howery, in Canal street, is No. 1C2, with a gmggory in the base ment, a number of rascals in the gmg gcry, and a variety of curious wih s in the rascals. This is a kind of head quarters for operators known as street fakirs -prize candy pedlars, three-card moiite icon and otln r petty swlndh-rs. Tiny are usually on va'a'ioii while here, ha'-.ng n turned 1mm trips to liui-e i .-pes, country fairs and other occasions of concourse. Jlut when their money runs out before then play s,ii ihe-, they soHi"'imeS go to ; work el by. 'I ha- ciretitustanced.iio J.oubl,wa i the b'V -biow e l. unshaven, i greasy -coat ed chap w ho to day opo:!od a black l ag mi a tripod at the outer edge of the sidewalk in I mot ,,f P.''. , He had about two do;cn .-mall cubes, wrapped in white paper like caramel-, lie t.,k ,eVera !-1 and nJ duller bills from bis po'k.t, making,!- reb a display a- possible on a mc.ej,, capital. "I am going to r 1' tin- 'ere ici, mund this Ym bio k of wood." b said. .-nit. ng b:s action to the w -rd.-. "and theie ii i.-. nil done up neat', aid I holds it a'vvixt my thumb and Ijn per." wl.; -h e unquestionably did. "Now keep ,,!ir eves on it. b r I'm . o ing to fool yi. it. I t lii ow s it into t In pile or blocks and ver , an't toll now w hich it is. Hut we could, for he had dmppel it quite separate from the rc.-t, and si slowly that there cotild be no doubt about its identity. Then he asked a I y-tan-ler- whether a stool-pigeon or not made no dilTeri m e to the game ( pi'-k mil three of the wrapped bio, k-. 'I hi- was done, and, of course, the .-i lei tion include-1 the ,,no containing ' !e money, lie laid these in a row. and at that point changed the prize for a blank by deft "palming." "Now, I'll sell the thne for half a : dollar," he sai l, ami rallied ah'iig v i? h , nonsensical argument uidd a fool, made the pun 'a-e. The crowd laugh ed at the dupe, v h. u I ju-ned II- parcels and bum 1 n,, bank le le; and vcf it so,,;, pro-, i-b-d oiler pMvhas, i -. aiel in I llcll'itc- tie i i al had I, do 1 in shi. A policeman sauntered by, br.l did not interfere. A scowling pal, bv driving off all the b.,vs. previiited tie crowd from reaching undesirable pro portions. The seventh deal was in' progres- It ii int- ntly w atched 1 y a fellow who was fully a font taller, proportionately broader and ineompar- i ai-ly In aw opt than the gambler. IDs chara'-ter was nnnii-takal 1" bv any body in the least familiar with New York types. He was a Howery slug ger If n ' rmpl.wcd to whip or eject di-turbt r- in some concert hall, it wa.. simply bciauso he had temporarily given up i iisiiii .-s to go out on a spree. His condition "as palpnl-H that of an imduiotv which, by long duration rather than present intt nsitv. . filled him fr-un the tot-sled hair that stmk through bis 1 mken ha! to In - , toes, that threat lied a similar escape ' from his muddy shoes. His trouser. poohets were empty, ev ept br hi-hand-, judging by the sie of tie-so maulers when In- pulled tlnm out. but an exploration of hi- vest resulted in the discovery of .Vi cents. He tender ed the coin and reached for the three cubes that the swindler had tempting ly displayed, but there w a-a sudden tendency i n the part of that individ ual to reform. "Mind. I di n't say there's in this 1 lot," he said in a foiccd. even gha-tly vein of pleasantry, "III gmrantce vou I that there ain't." ami he winked club- ' (irately at the slugger, a-, much a- to say confidentially, between thcinsehe-. thai of course it w,, only a sucker that would foo his nn -u.-v away. The slugger wa- not to be n-peile 1. lie had made up his mind to play that game to win. He held his half-dollar, for a second aloft, with a gesture that made bis biceps di-tend hi- coat sleeve significantly, and then made the silver ring among the little paikcts. "You. I.e." and In re si me of Irs personal!, ' descriptive words are net quota!,;, "tin re's a $2 rag in one id 'cm, and don't you make no mistake. I'm a buying 'em, and the money's right in- ' side." He waved his big forelingi -r j close under t-ie swindler's no-e. i "This game is for greenies," and th,-wolf-iurni d-lamh Ideated cry mildly. "This game's for me right now ; and I'm awaiting." was the uncom- , promising grow l in l e-ponso; Ti.r e for i lit-llof a dollar. Toss 'i in over." The suindler parted rather with the two dollars that he had than tale tin- ! shipping that he did not want. He! hastily manipulated the three cubes. : and eringingly handed them to the slugger, who controlled his li-t wiih a visible elTort on finding nothing in the :irsl that lie opened, hut he sloachid iway mollified after taking the requi Kte money out of the second. Address to a Sea-BIrd. Oh, wild wave wanderer. I'leclplce p'Hiderer. Haunter of heaven and searcher of aeas. Stoon -cnnier, Ihuiulcr-liorn, '1 liniuh clouds ii.-imder torn, Thou not lor wondei born. J, ''Hi s ol hnir ir, w ith sicklo-like ease 'utle-t I by silent swarlb, Fierce, uniiliaid. When the hone fpiiverini; liKhtnins sting, shivering, Diutslo tho dmk eaith The snake ol its blade. I', lur snows siioiv on theo, J'nipii" winds blow on Hire, li-inpi -t and terror lire stung with delight; (Venn's broad billows To line hit thy pillows, Vn-1 Iim'I.c.vc I heaven thy chamber at niiiht , .- uin-e and inoonri-e and wildcring wa- ll'l'S, V idiiibl's pale shadows, the cloud's sil i daughters1, AH upon ihi-e a.id envy thy flight ; I 'rei- limi ilsell in its colons bight, ( i ii's lie is mine in his mien and his ttlUll! ' lltLirlarnol's .Mugazint. iii'Moitors. I he net that is most popular with blonde youth- brunette. Long courtships are to be avoided especially when they last until three o'clock in the morning. A noted physician says that nearly all women have smaller chests and trunk-, than they ought. P.aggagemen don't think so. When a young man escorts his girl home alter ev ning serv ice, he finds that the longest way mund is near enough for him. "No trouble to have my ears bored," remarked th- young lady w it h diamond pendants. ! have it done at every party I a'ti ml." "The difference." mused Twistem. 'between a ii ssary adjunct of the kitchen and a Int party going up a ladder i- simply this: ( die's a muffin pan, the other'.- a ptitlin' man. Little Nellie, six years old. who lias been at school two weeks: "Mamma, I am next to the head of my class!" Maiamai-Ilow many scholars are thorn in the class, Nellie?" Nellie- "Two, mamma!" The young lady who considers it an endless piece, of labor to sew on a sus pender button, goes into ecstacies of delight, over, and thinks nothing of niiiking a quilt containing about four thousand pieces of silk. "Can you give me a bite or two?" asked the tramp. "Certainly," replied the farmer. "Here, Towser, Towser!"' "Never mind," said the tramp as he cleared the wall; "don't go to uny trouble about it. 1 thought you had it handy. I'm not very hungry now anyhow." Gut in Manitoba a couple of leading oit.i ns had a race on foot about which tie re was considerable betting and excrement. The local paper in its heading, "A Foot Itaee," got in an "I" instead of a -t." This did not suit the competitors to a "t." Such an insinuation was not T'-cgant. Strange Hallucination Cured. Malehranche, it celebrated philoso pher of the seventeenth century, wa.- for a long t hue the vi, tim of a singular notion. The London Journal says he fain ic 1 that he had an enormous leg of nontoii attached to the end of his nose. A friend would shake hands with him and inquire, "I low is M. Malehranche to-day r" "Pretty well, on tho whole; but this horrid leg of mutton is getting quite unbearable by its weight and its smell." "What! This leg of mutton?" Yes. Can't you see it hanging there in front?" If the friend burst into a laugh, or vent tired to deny the existence of the strange phenomenon, M.'Ue braneho would get angry. At length a colleague of his, a man gifted with a sense of the humorous, determined to cure him by some moans or other. Calling upon him one day he affected to perceive the cause of his trouble and inquired about it. The imaginary patient, overcome with gratitude, ran to embrace this first believer, who. stepping backwards, uttered a cry, "What! Have I hurt you, my friend?" "Certainly; you have run your leg of mutton into my eye. I really cannot understand why you have not tried to get rid of that awkward appendago long since. If you will allow me with a razor an operation performed with out the slightest danger" "My friend, ii iy friend, yon will have saved my life! Oh! Ah! Oh!" In the twinkling of an eye the friend had slightly grazed the tip of his nose, and producing from under his coat a splon. did leg of mutton, he flourished it. triumphantly in the air. "Ah," ex claimed Mali branche, "I live, I breathe! My no-e is free, my head is free! Hut but it was a raw oim and this one is cooked!" "Why, of course; you have been sitting fur an hour close to the fire!" From this time Malehranche ceased to be haunted by his leg of mutton.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 22, 1883, edition 1
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