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&i)t il)atl)am ttccovi. ljc Cl)nil)niu tlccorb. II. A. LONDON, EDITOH AM) PKOPlilKTOU. KATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Oup (queue, one incrtioi ;One iunrc, livn umertii 'On nquiiro, otic ninnth iM.no - .'. VI One copy, ime year One copy, six mouths . Oil"1 rnpy, three months 2.00 I. on VOL. VII. ITTTSB0110 CHATHAM CO., X. C DECEMBER, 18, 1884. NO. 15. Fur larger advertisements IiIkt.iI ii , tracts will lie made. Hefiiro Hii Ibivniiug. Tw IS jlis Im"u1C III!' d ill llill, 'I'll I'il-I.l'l Uil- i'j'll'. An ! I'mm il ilcpili- I he jntvrtl .slioim I K" ii l. I'll nil slur. I'pnii il In v llii lilil 'it' day I'kiiii Hi H Infill world nl il. f siimI, tun MI I- tn l:ll;ci We.llll I .'Hill's ii'l'lrliiwll'd sl.li-! O Ileal 1. ttliu-r lr Ii'iotiuii Miulc Ii tun- :i paiiidi-i-' Sweet I'vci ivhuli slmiii' with luvo iiluiw. '1'Iir light o dem ly pii.c. Jlei lil'i' wii-i mi ei airjel, Tin' itii- uf puin -lie Ihhii With such n patient swriTnis; "I ill I'll llll till' OlIlIT -llllll' 'I'll!' 1:1 I I". IcilsH u n-t mid pe tco ( runiii'il licr Inrcici'iiinre. To fill III T Hp ll'S jemd-.. The K i ti;; in luty entile; Till llcte 'III summons grei'lillg, Mm Ini' itlii il tin' pri'i iuiH nam"; I. v u ! I ;i nl mmi.'s limn mmi'l tlmiiin Hit IiIi'.-si1 ihss prmi lini. 'J In- luulit mid sliiniii; piirtiit I'lll III ! 11 lis opened Willi'. I'"cir Iht ulio. 'rn u- moi'tal, Un r. il III uiu n'.ui died. Tlii' nihl hi- p!i s il lur Iht nt lust, W'r riillll'i' s;iy she I i d. I'm- hi'l llli' III! eternal I- mill jii-t III Hll ; I'm In-; ii- ''i.wn nl yliiilnn -'iui' in- i won: Mir il'ii I. in aie in endless d:iv ; III' 11 nil earth is dime. ('line I.. Shiirklivl,-. " FOR FUN." "What, has Im-.-ii i 1.i it ii 1 for to-mor-iiiw evening':'" cried a chorus .1! voices, at a small company of young people, camping out among the New 1 1 am p shire mountains, were about to separate lor the night. Several plans were iij"yt ml, hut noiit' "I tlfin met with unanimous approval. "Mr. Carlson, what. lo you tjtink would ln pleasant?" asked one if tin' yung ladies. "I, Mi-s Mary?" answered the young man, who had lii'i'n :';ittiiir in differently against a tree. "I am going to the villa,'!' to-morrow, and probably will not ri'turit until tin) following day." "Mr. Carlson must havu fotiml sunn' modern Mini MiiIIit, who hITits ut trai'tioits mini) Hiipcrinr to ours elsi hi) would not make smii rro'pifttt journeys to tin1 larto ini'tropolis uf Mi'inlville." 'litis ri'in.irk was inaii in a very sari'astic tmti? hy a ynunjr lily who was stirring the dytn em lnTS nl tlu camp lire. The Mood in milt i I liiifh into Caii m m'a liu", and ff ii'hi n nut his hand 10 brush ilT a spark which had fallen on tho younj la ly's dress, hi' said in a low toil''. "Miss Thurston, what mat ters it to yu if I ir,) nr stay?" P.ut, h.'l'ori she fiuld answer, t'ati ' t's siiter eried pi'tula'tlly: "Oh! let tit id gt Arthur will never lire.ik an a;ip iintiiient. uiili'ss, perhaps, fur a wedding or funeral." "Here! here!" tried all the gentle men, "who will volunteer to have a wedding on Carlson's account?" "1 will help you out in that. Cousin John," cried Miss Tliurslo:. "I have lit'cn ut ' litatiit marriage for some time, ami this i the litsl opportunity 1 have cared to eniliraee." "Hut, Margie," replied her Cousin John, as if greatly perplexed, "you see, nut anticipating this v en anil never having been encouraged hy you to 1'iinsider luyseli' a candidate for sueh honor, I have spoUeu to another girl 011 the subject." Kvcry one joined in the laujh at Miss 'Jit it i.sti iu's expense but Arthur Carbon. "Miss Thurston." he .said, "you have been jilted; allow me to offer you reparation. If it is only the opportunity yott earn to embrace, a change of groom can make but little difference. 1 will return to-morrow evening with all necessary prelimina ries in time for our wedding." "You are certainly very kind, Mr. Carlson," replied Miss Thurston, haughtily. "I'eoplo who are so gener- ih seldom expect their generosity to to accepted, but I shall surprise you by agreeing to your proposition." "1 was in earnest when I made the proposition, Miss Thuiston." "And 1 wiu in earnest when I ac cepted it, Mr. Carlson." These two were ever at swords' points. They had quarreled together since babyho.i.l, and although, up to this time, each had guarded the secret jealously from the other, yet it was evident to most of their friends that the two were dearer to each other in their quarrels than many other people in their friendships. When the party breakfasted the next morning Mr. Carlson was already on his way to tho village, Jt was agreed that part of the day should be epent in preparing a piece for the murk ceremony. Miss Thurston was the gayest uf the gay. In the late atternoon her friends came to dress her for the wedding. They draped her in the same fluffy, white dress, which Qlled out the girl ish white form to the nest, coiled the luxuriant hair around her head, and placed a hunch of simple mountain (lowers at her belt. Never before had she looked so beautiful or so defiant. A coinmot'on outside the tent an nounced Carlson's return, and Miss Thurston, surroundcl by laughing friends, went Mit to meet them. At this moment Mr. Carlson canto up. He, too, was pale, but his eyes burned with an intenso lire. "Miss Thurs i-i." 'm said. "I was in terrible earues'. , 1 1 I said what 1 did last evening. In proof of which I have procured licnse and minister. Will you bo my wife, for fun?" The very demon of recklessness took possession of Miss Thurston. If Carl son had ask d her, before Ihein all, to marry him for love, she would have turned away -hut for fun; yes, sh would d.iro as much as he, and she cried in a laughing tone; "Vn, Mr. Carlson, I will marry you for fun." At this moment the minister, whom Mr. Carlson had iecnred, stepped out of his tent, and the young couple took the place which had been prepared for them when the mock ceremony had been in view. My the tiuti' the ccrcn iny was fin ished the audience had cotuiude l 'hat the affair had been pi, tune I before and in secret, and that they were I liednpes of the joke. Accordingly, never was company gayer than theirs that night, and the merrymaking was c ititiuued into the mnruii'.g hours. -it Two fcccks passed aiti rtheir return, in which Arthur saw but little of his wife. Judge Thurston's summer resi dence was a number of miles from the city, and the gentlemen cutld only run down for over Minday. On these days (he two were as iiiie'iinfoitable as p 'S-ible iu each other's presence and avid led being left alone together. lint on one ",il hi !i evening Arthur came, mil of the judge's library with a pale fac" and set lips. Ascending the slab's with faltering steps he sought his wife's rooiii and kuockel at the door. "Ciiine iti," said a low Voice, lin'i ring, he saw Margaret silting in low chair, with Iht light luown hair falling about her shoulders in great profusion, lie had never si en her so before, and some great mental emo tion prevented htm from noticing the look of glad surprise w hich Mashed into his wife's face as she perceived who her visitor was Mr. Carlson cheeked the impetuous word; which rose to his lips. "Margaret," he said, advancing to her side, "you and I inado a great mistake. I take my due share of tho blame; but even I would never have dared to do this if I had not thought but no matter w hat I thought. We were married for fun, of course, and now we do Lot lind it so much fun as we anticipated. I have been speaking with your father. He will not hear to ii divorce.nor isthcrc suilicicnt grounds for one, if we desired it. Hut he .agrees with me that yo.i and 1 cannot live in litis mutual state uf utihappi ness. It is necessary that one member of our firm should I vc abroad. I shall liaeall my arraii'einciits completed by next week to sail for K 11 rope. This is nut ho bard for uie, for I am a titan, but for ymi-tiiid forgive me for what " "You mistake, Mr. Carlson." jnler rupted his wife. "It is the easiest and in st appropriate thing that could be done." rthttr waited a moment as if to hear some word of farewell, but the figure before him never moved or spoke. Then, gazing intently at his wife, he turned and left the room. All night long Margaret sat in the little, low chair. Only unco she stooped to pick it) a crushed llowt-r with which he had been playing and pressed it passionately to her lips. Two years now passed away and the following wint'-r lound Judge Thurston and his daughter under the gentle skies of Florence. The Judge wits suffering in health, w hich some said was due to Margaret's unlucky marriage. Several days after their arrival Mar garet met her landlady in the hall, just coming out of the room opposite. .Stopping to inquire if any one were ill, the kind but gossipy little landlady began to tell in broken Italian of tho young foreigner who had come to her a few weeks before, and who shortly after had beeu taken ill with a fever, and now was very ill indeed. She conducted Margaret into the room. The curtain was desely drawn, and coming from the light into the dark ness she was blinded for a moment. Not so with the sick man. Looking up to greet his visitor he uttered a sharp cry and the one w ord "Margie!" Margaret stood as if stunned, and then advanced rapidly. The sick man was Arthur Carlson. He raised his thin, wasted hand and tenderly stroked the bright lucks un the pillow beside him. "Poor little Margie," he said faintly, "you will soon be free now " Then. Margant never knew how, she forgot everything cni nei ted with the past; sheotdy remembered that the man lying there, sick unto death, was her husband. At last the proud spirit was liuiublnl, and .she confessed what she had kept so jealously guarded in her own breast for so long. "Oh, Ar thur," she cried in her agony; "oh, my husband, only forget the past and try to live for the future. (iod helping me, I will yet win your love." The excitement of the moment gave Arthur lack his strength. liaising himself nit his elbow, he lifted the bright head beside 1 1 i til until he could look into the love-lit eyes. In one moment they read the mistake of those years in each other's face. F.ach had loved, each had misunderstood. For many days t he Dickering Maine of life burned low. but it was fed from the fountain of love in tic breast which now so often pillowed the weary head, and at hist death was con quered. I'li-suiiMliti in llauilnriliiiir. Persons wiring naturally 1I0 so without thought 11 g.irdi'ig thepicu liar construction r.f tluir .1 ruing. The hand operates the pen as it wi re auto matically through the sheer force of habit, by w hit h till Hie iuituiiiiTable pi rsoiialities nr. unconsciously imparl ed to wilting. 1. ennuis and formers think respiting their writing, ami hence, the more still and formal style uf their w "I k ; t hi re is wanting (hi: easy, graceful llnw ,Tppai'"itl in habitual or thoughtless writing. Lines show more uf nervousness and hesi tancy, while the whole construction ul the w riling is mure exact and f ur inal; and, Inside-, every different handwriting abounds in well nigh numberless halitual peculiarities, uf which the wider lui'sed' is III n- scintis, and, cannot, t lion fore. avoid. Thus, two other insurmountable, dilli cnities are pla nl in li e aynt the forger. liist. lo observe and iiuitato all the ihitiacti ristic:, of the writing he wniild simulate: and M ci lid, to note and avoid all thehabiiu.il character istics uf his own hand. Habit in writing becoiius so fixed and arbitrary (tint to mention the gnat artistic skill required to exactly imitate an utipracticeil hand ). tua 1 do not con ceive it tube possible fi.r any one to simulate the writing of another, 'r to so dissemble his own w riting, in any considerable quantity, as to defy de tection through ;i really skilled ex per; examination. -'' ' mi nlhi'j U-imii. How the iiiniiksiriintr Turkey Oriiri lulled. In 1VJM the Pilgrim Fathers had been eleven mouth planting their little colony in the w ilderness of the ' Xew World, subduing the forest and Indian-, and enjoying their civil and religious liberty. F.steeining their progress to be a success, they resolved to set apart a day fur public praise and thanksgiving to the (bid who had pro tected ami delivered them frutii the : perils that bect their lirst work in 1 freedom. Having made a treaty of ' peace with the Indians, they decided ' to invite the chief. Mas-asoit, and his associates, to partake with them a public Thanksgiving I tinner. Just ; here they found themselves embar rassed in properly supplying tluir table w ith e hides suitable for the oe 1 fusion. Corn, potatoes, turnips and pumpkins uf their summer production were decidedly inadequate for the en i tertaiiimeiit of their guests. So tiov I ernor Winthrop dispatched four I hunters into the forest tn procure some I game. In due time they returned I with a supply of wild turkeys, which I probably made the must enjoyable I dinner that has been spread from that I day to this. And inure, that turkey I dinner has been imitated now -li'J I years, and w ill be for years to come. I And while the Pilgrims praised their Cod, the Indians bb s-ed the turkey. A Fortune from a Flower. The gorgeous dahlias which so bril liantly ornament the gardens, and are so effectively used in decorations, are of Mexican origin. They were lirst introduced into ( iertoany by Haiti; their name was then "Hidens Magnilici;" afterwards they were ci.llcd dahlias, jn honor of the. man who found them. They were, when discovered, quitf single, having only one ray of petals about a golden disc; the colors were scarlet, yellow and whip, the hitter being distinct from the others, having smaller flowers, and being of a dwart hanit, with leaves much divided and fernlike in 1 harai tcr. The F.nglish were the first to attempt the doubling uf the Hahlia, which was prized by royally, and so jealously guarded that those in ch rge of them were sworn tc secrecy as to their cultivation; it wa considered a great pri ilege even tc see them growing. In a few years senii-.louble ilnwes appeared, and ul timately the perfect double dahlia was obtained, which snld tor live guineas a plant. One grower netted I'Oii.iHKMn tw o years from his crop. Pl.V.KT SniNI) INDIANS. 1 A borirj 1 nal Hop !''. Im-i s of tin' Far NortlixM-.t. j ; Servitude of the Wives and Gambling Prn ! jtensitios of tlio Bravis. 1 ' Kra Meeker, said to be the largest j hop grower in the w orld, had """ j Indians engaged in picking hops Ibis 1 season. The average number in a ! yard is 'Jod. It is interesting to vi.-it ' them. They form a motley crowd, j The "Klutchmen" ( Indian women ) 1 are considered by their lords and ; masters to be little bi tter than beasts of burden; hence they perform the work, while the "braves" take the money. They pick un an average a box and a half a day. making $1. ''. In the evening the weary pickers return to their tents. An hour later and the .savage element appears in stronger relief. The brave, in lazy : enjoyment, bask before the blazing embers while their women prepare the 'evening meal, Fish is the principal dish, baked iu the ashes, boiled or dried. Cakes o dough, together with 'wild crab iipi h s and claiiis, form the I bill of fare. '1 In- diiiereitt tribescainp j by themselves. A Klickitat from the j liir Cascades, strut s around in his new 1 blanket and challenges his Alaska i tillicuuis to a gambling game. Hut ; they are not yd ready. They are I seated around the council lire in their bark lodge. The Chief Loolish has .charge of the cuisine, and from an immense kettle d.'.ds out their repast. The dishes 1 oiisist of wooden trenchers shaped like b i.its, some two feet long. ' Two men possess ono of these in common, from which they eat with I enormous spoons, larger than soup j ladles. Some of these spoons are ; beautifully wrought in ehonied wood : and mother nl pearl. Their wives i dutiotisly wail on theiii until the repast ! is over, wlf-n th.y and their children rec i vc their share. A vesper bell ibrates on the breee ; calling the faithful to prayer Toward ;i large tent I hey wend their way, I where, falling mi their knees, they offer theirsupplications as earnestly a if iu pillared church with white-robed ! priest. It is an impressive scene to 1 watch the dusky faces turned heaven ward. Hut "Ha llaile' is cried and the gamblers assemble in the center of the campus w here tin y prepare for the night's dissipation. A lire is built. Two pules are la d un either side, ' behind which those who engage in the 'game Idee their places. They beat upon the poles with sticks, to exorcise the had spirit -. chanting a -Mild song resembling the ( iimese gambling ditty, but ten Lines intensified. The money or other articles ill stake are placed nil il pile. Two bits uf carvel bone are ; the means by which 'hey gamble, a id i are used by being swiftly changed from one hand to another while those, n the ' opposite side attempt to guess in w hich hand I hey are held. If successful. ' they gain one point ; if nut, they lose one. This is repeated lirst by one side then bv th other, unMI all the points are held by the one side, when I hey . receive what is at stake The Indians ' are passionately loud of this gittne. Twenty uf them will gamble a whole night for a single dollar. The si cue 1 reminds one of "Mantc's Inferno." As . they grow excited it is not safe to tritle with them, especially ii (hey have imbibed a little lire water. Sunday is their gala day. Then, mounted on their 1 ayuscs, they throng the thoroughfares or engage in races. An occasional dance is held, especially at the close of the siasnti. I attended the "Chi.e Tutu T11111" lance uf the Alaska Indians. At it signal from their chief a large circle w as cb'arcil. On one side w ere ranged a sea of dusky faces; on the other the native orchestra, consisting of a dozen luen with curio sly shaped drums and wind instruments, upon which they played. 1 Suddenly a figure sprang into the ' center of the ring, whether man or i b ;ist was hard in tell. Hare feet and arms, a rube 1 railing the grntiiiil upon which were all manner of hideous ! dragons, reptiles and birds. Above this towered an enormous head sur mounted by a gilt crown, underneath which peered out two great horns, a , mop of shaggy hair, gleaming eyes, and four rows nl shining teeth, With a yell he rushed from side to side, imw en his hands, then un his feet; jumping, dancing, crawling. Hinging hi lingers into the faces, other grotesque figures ' join iu tin- w ild ergie. As they grew exhausted they were escorted outside i the circle, but to return more frenzied ' than ever, i he scene was one wild purileiimniuiii, but to these savages it was a sign uf it friendly heart. ' ' t'fllliri.vo H'lllt till. j If it is j art i f nidi-nee to face I eve iv claimant, and pay every just j demand on y our 1 iui", your tah-nts, or I yo ir heart, a! way p.i; f. r, lirst nr last, you mas- pay jour entire d"1". A (Jiicer Coasf hiir-IMace. Ciizco, the ancient capital of the old I nea Knijiiro of Peru, is situated high ip among the Andes, at a point so el vated that, although under the tropics, t has the climate and products of tin temperate zone. It still has many re mains of Jnea architecture, distin guished for its massiveiiess, which are likely to endure for centuries to come, "n a hill, or eminence, nearly a thou sand feet high, overlooking the city, ire the rem tins of the great luea fort ress of the Sac-sa-hiia-inan, in the 'inning of which Juan Piarro, the brother of the conqueror of Peru, was slain. This fortress was built of gi gantic stones, or rather rocks, and their great size and the accuracy with which I hey are fitted together astonish all who see them. In front of this fortress is a curious, dome-shaped mass of rock, called the lio-da-dcro, and sometimes also , I'itifru Lisa, or ".smooth rock,'' because its convex surface is grooved, as if tho rock had been squeezed up, while in a plastic stiite, between irregular and unyielding walls, and then hardened I into shape. A ma is uf dough, forced j up under the outspread bauds, would J givesoiiiethingof the same appearaneo in miniature. Hut the hollows of the grooves on the Peruvian hill arc smooth and glassy. It is said in the old chron icles and traditions, that the I nea youth, long years ago, amused them selves by coursing, or sliding, through these polished grooves on festival days and holydays; and this custom i still pract icpd by t he modern yout h of ( itzco. There is uno a Ivantiige, and it is a great one, too, which these boys pos sess over the northern buys, who live in the hind uf ice and snow, and that is, it is nut necessary for them to foil up a lung and slippery hill, dragging itfter them their heavy sleds, which grow heavier with every step they take, so that the longer they ride the harder w. irk it is to get back to the starting-plai e. The Cuzco buy sits down ;tl the top uf the ruck in one uf the grooves, and. with a slight start, away he goes with all the speed imag inable, until he reaches tie- bottom, landing in a Bolt bed of earth; then he picks himself up. nuts around to an easy place ol ascent, and is tip again in a minute to rep -a' his ride. A'e- I'lV. SiimtI hy 11 line. Some time since ;i blind gentleman, well known iu the north of Kngland, went for a walk of several mil s, ac companied by his dog. He Knew the road so well that In: did not strap up the dog, but let it run loose. lie had gone nearly five miles on his way, and was crossing some fields by a footpath, when his dog gave a peculiar whine in front of him. He was about, to climb it stile when another whine was heard. This startled him so he crossed the stile its can fully as he could, leeling every step. Just as he got over t lie stile, the (log gave a louder whine ol alarm, placed his forefeet upon his breast, and held him fast against the stile. He tried to push the dog aside, but it would not let him proceed. The strap was therefore put around his neck, and the wise creature at once led its master by a roundabout way quite out of the ordinary path. It appeared that port of the footpath which lei past a si ream had been entirely wash eu aw..y by a lino I so that, had flu gentleman continued upon the old path he must have met with a most serious accident. What made the sagacity of the dog nil re conspicuous nil this occasion was the fact tli.it it had not been with its master for eighteen itiont lis he ha ing been laid up for the whole of that period, and the dog living with a friend during the time. - I. it1, '.,, M(ijn:iiii. j A Singular Ituutl Iteil. j There is a vast bed of rock salt in ; the Colorado Hescrt, near Idaho; and J the Southern Pacific railroad in laying j the track to the salt mine have been ! obliged to grade the road for twelve hundred feet with blocks of these ' beautiful lumps uf salt crystals. This is the first instance nt a railroad road bed b-ing laid and ballasted on salt, of which we have any knowledge. The sea that once mllcd oxer this place dried up, and left a vat bed of salt about fifty miles in length. The quality is -uperb, and the supply in exhaustible, (irasslmppers of enor mous size and giant centipedes have been pickled in this chloride uf sodi um, and iire to-day, after the lapse of centuries, in full size and perfection of shape. This vast salt bed will be valu 1 able to the reducers of ores in Califor nia, Arizona and New Mexico And can : be supplied in boundless quantities. Virtue will catch a well as vice by contact; and the public stock of hon est, manly principle will daily accumulate. OR IF.. XT. Three Mu.hHs ff 1 )inn tonrts Funnel 111 fin Irlol. A Throne nirl Crown Together Wortr rurty-Two Million Dollars, Augustus Hamlin, in his "Leisure Hours A ninng the (i'lns," fays: The history of gents in the I'.ast is the hi. -tory of the governing prim is, lor so often hits the cntiise of his'ory in the Orient been affected by mtl jeues about precious stones that they assume a stiite importance. The traditional diamond in the Fast is the ;reat Mo gul. The original weight of this stone was 77 carats, but. by cutting, il was reduced to 0751 earats. The stone dis appeared at the last Tartar inv, s on, when treasures to the value of $:l"", 11 1' 1,1 11 11 1 were captured by Nadir Miah. it is believed to be sit. present hidden away in some oi seme fortress in Asia Minor, and it may be recovered at some future time. Mime idea of the abundance uf precious stones in the Fast may be gained I ruin the fact that when Ma'iiiioiul, in the eleventh cen tury captured s nat. an idol statue was broken open and found to contain 'hree bushels nl 'diamonds, rubies and emeralds. Ala-ud-deeii uhtuinci! lion the Kajii uf Main-atlas lilty pounds o1' diamonds and rubies and 1" pounds of pearls. hah Icha'i, the greati ! of the Mog'il sovereigns, left a tre;.s lire of iiu alciilable value iit his death, a throne valued at ifdiHiuiMinn and a crown worth 1 1. 11 ".' 1,11 '. The throne Wils the cclebra'cd peacock throne, so called from the images of two pea- loeks which si I in f ire it, each mad" of precious stones so iu. itched jn color and in position as to resemble the nat ural color of the bird. The throne was six feet long and four feet wide, of sohd gold and crusted with diamonds, rubies itml emeralds. Steps uf silver led up to it, whde a canopy of gol.l, fringed with pearis, supported by twelve pillars, emblazoned with gems, Buriiiouuteil the whole. Oncach side was asa'Toi umbrella made of velvet, embroidered with pearls, the handle being of gold inlaid with diamonds. !t was the tuo-t costly work of art ever made. Itr only rival was the cerule in throne of the house of Hahnieiice 111 the N'isani. This was built in flic seventeenth century, was nine feet lung by three feet w ide, was made of ebony covered with plates oi gold crusted with gems, and was valued at ji-jo Jim 1,1 mil, , late traveler in the Fast. Mr. Fast wick, has recently given a ijraphie account of the magnificence uf the Persian crow n jewels. In the jewel room he found treasures valued at $:."i,imo.iiiiii, among them the crow n, a mass of diamonds surmounted by a ruby as big a- a hen's egg. The King s belt is a wonder id barbaric luagriili. ccnee, weighing about twenty pounds and composed of a solid mass of dia monds, rubies iiud emeralds. As Per sia is th" native land of the turquoise, it is but natural tint th" linet stone of 1 lus desi -r.pl inn is to be found in its cnllection. This rnyal specimen i four inches long, perfect in color and without a flaw. W hen the shah wa in Furope. some years ago, he w ore a variety of diamonds and other pi ee oils stones that kept the detectives in a constant lever of tear lest he should be robbed of some of them, for one even of th" smallest, would hav e be.'n a fi.rtune for a half dozen thieves. The buttons of his ma' were live in number, and each button was a dia mond larger than the Ixoliinonr. while ev cry part ! his clothing seemed to be useful, not as a coveting for his body, but as pi tees to hang diamonds The l.oconiiitiiiii uf shells. The great conch, or strombus, has a veritable swn d that it thrusts out, sticks into the ground, and by a ions, iiilar tffort jerks itself along, making a decided leap. The squids, that are the brightest formsjof mollusks, loap entirely clear of the Witter, often several feet. They are the ink-bearers-and front their ink hags comes the sepiii used by artists, while their bone is the cuttb-iish bone of commerce Many of the . oekles have a method of living through the water that is quite novel. They aie generally beautifully colored, and have long, st reaming tenta. ' cles, and suddenly, without warning,' they dart up Irotii the bottom, and by a violent opening and shutting of their valves rush away with their long, red- j dish hair streaming after them, pre senting a very curious appearance. The shell know n as the Lima Nians is particularly remarkable for these ; ilighis, audjill the scallops are jumpers j and leap -is. When placed in a boat they have been know n to leap out, and th" nrdit'ury scallop has been known i t jump out of ii pot when placed ! upon a stove. A descriptio i uf the i ih'l'eietit methods by which shedls iu e would till a volume. Viii inn-iti GI-MS or T Hidden. riown jn mil hafdioui titcinlou vilioio suitieliine- stray, i la-iil-Il lone brook, out of liientli. Illuming suay Tu hide fiimi nl I I lie pi hi;, eye (ifyin isti rlii.is, And. iiii'ler cov eii u-isUaii'l ui-liev Siu'iiiK it- luv. V el 1 M! s sii'i ei -ky li :iiiii"l in Us faro A- on it w ent ; M'i-ie n- mil ol uin l- mi'l 11 in To il m:is lent : l'l ItlU .iliee nl' liioililliiill . iili'l 'll'i'. 11-' iU W ii- III It- -ei lll. An. I I'-nun Hi m ei-yi en- on its hank III e.lil'1 eolltetit. An I tl.il- II lifMitle 1111111111- lite, t'llkll' llll ithlOil'l. M.iv lih'ss some still -ci lii'let ini'ik Seen hut of I .o I -N i'li tcml.T llnw nl heiiiai iimi'i, 111 mull- -lit red. Willi lili-l.iliee i.l ,-.'lc-ti:i Ii." 11,1 III .'ee I I ivt-'l. And iiiii-i.' ol III. un-. I - ii.n,'. set I', life". , 'ml.!. .SV,'; It'llli'l if liniOKOI'S. Ninply iiiimi'iise Ouviil Pavis. A -wect thing in en ck ry -the sugar bowl. A slow iuii?i'h pa rk ing. but never popping. The plumber is the man win pipes a lay as he lays a pipe should a iniHtanl plast.T be classed a ng draw ing materials ? A promising iiii ig man one who gets his clothing on credit. "We're just dii ven to deaih," re plied the undertaker when asked how his hiis'iics prospered. A lean young man who fell in love with a very Meshy young woman coii-fc-seil that lie was infatuated. The head ch-rk in a We.-tern re corder's nlliee is a beautiful girl of seventeen. A so: t of recording angel, its it were. A bank cashie and a gun are alike in one respect at least. There i always danger of t heir going off pre maturely. stern parent " Another bad re. port, my son." " Yes, papa, you 111 11 st re illy talk to my teacher, or he wili keep on doing it." An Fnglish editor rca i in a Cana dian paper that a train had 1 11 tin own from th" track "by a broken trog." whereupon he wrote a lear.ied article on the pee uliarit ie of toads. "Is your ehiilii a close st ttdent V wrote a father to his son in college. "Vou bet be is, father," was the reply. "You couldn't borrow a V oil him if you were in the last .stages of starva tion." Natural Fly Ciurcs. In describing certain "iiiiccr Flow ers." in t be "Popular Science Mont hly, ' (irant Allen luenliaiis several which temporarily detain the Mies that enter them. One of th" most remarkable of these is the wild arum, or cuckuo-pint, a Mower allied to the calla: "This familiar big spring Mower exhales a disagr. cable, Meshy odor, which, by its meat-like flavor, attracts a tiny nudge with beautiful irridesceiit wings and a very poetical name, I'sjiiliifln. As in luost ol her ( i ;es where Mies a re specially invited, the color of the cuckoo-pint is usually a dull and somewhat livid purple. A palisade of hairs closes the neck of the funnel-shaped blossom, and repeats the lobster-pot tactics of the nit i rely unconnected South Furopenii birch wort. The little Mies, entering by this narrow and stockaded door, fertilize the future red berries with pollen brought from their last prison, ami are then rewarded for their pains by a liny drop of honey, which slowiv ooc's from the middle of each embryo fruit as soon as it is duly im pregnated. Afterward, the pollen is sited upon their backs by the bursting of the pollen-bags; tho hairs wither up, and open the previously barricaded exit, and the midges issue forth in search of a new prisnn and a second drop of lmney. This is all strange enough; but stranger still, I strongly suspect the arum of deliberately hocusing its nectar. I have often seen dozens of these tiny flies rolling together in an advanced stage of apparent intoxication upon the pollen covered Moor of an arum chamber; and the ev idences of drunkenness are so dear and numerous that I incline to believe the plant actually makes them diunk in order to insure their stagger ing about in the pollen and carrying a good supply of it to the next blossom visited. Ii is ii curious fact that thesp two totally unrelated plants (birch wort and arum should have hit upon the very same device to attract insects of the same class (though nut the same species.) The trai mimt have been independently developed in tho two cases, and could only have succeeded with such very stupid, unintelligent creatures as the flies and midges," I, . f T i st. ft y H- x 53 m I I-: m n m lev i
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1884, edition 1
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