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ftljr -Xljatljam Uecovb. KATES iEljc l)nll)am Record. fife II. A. J.OINJXOZN, KDITOK AND PI.oPMIKToli. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING One tiiii:ue, nnr inerttoii On uii. tn iimnrtloiis -Oni sqniire, one month 1 .0i i .an - 2.00 One copy, one your ( tn' copy, six months . Oil"' copy, three II t ill t 111 2.(10 i? I. "Hi Tin For hugor advertisements lil" lUtiflK will In' imide. VOL. VII. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY I, 1885. NO. 17. mm Now Yoirs. A vrar ill' lifn I is i; I i li-il hy, 1 li.irc i's run -s wall Ihniuliil'.il eve; I'm- rt'li in ; li.i.n it I . I'- shines wild licit ks nl lie i utily love--Jl v l iillier'i. Imp. Voin ilnv tu day, hv hifii were ejveii Ivil-ll raliilly I I. e I'll ll i ill' heaven; Nnr did ills lliill I I'm lertinll spall', Hut e'ru Hi-t-lt ts'iai-ti-'. pmvcd IlinttUO Ml lalh 1- f..le. All I now M r II- ii !o;c in" t llldl, The tilline lliil I n in it. li iii'K; I klliiu lull ' :ll I III IV dis'liisii, I til I (III tvllfl I OI's .III. s..,, -in , no IV j My hither knows. ( ".li. l.l Ii, Mini. I uill I'.'tr In in 'i t the Ms li t ill llm i':ir; lis rli in lollow Hi- trim ml ; I Kieiw tny limn lire in His hitiiil -.My I 'nt In i ' tin ii I . . Tv I."-cc slim;, llll'l I lllll went;; Hut help divine I still llliiy seek; 1. 1 1 ik lli, lll.V lie li t . till I lear II" harm, . Mini, hi v sir. nlh is in I lis m in My I 'it! Iter's tirin. I'm-lis His luv ) ll'ltll noil let s dune, toil iis III) spa I'c t not His Sun ; l.nl d IIIV Illll.eUel lellllive, Nnr let me ever ,ln i!.i lh,il hot; .My l'ath-i I ive. An 1 when inv .lavs an. I yolM mo past ii-l nil I l"'- traitiinu emU at lasl, M r. I. . riii4.l, Ihiiin-h Mi- "rice, It 'tlnl I. I.ir evermore Mi- taee Mv Cut Iter's l.t.e. ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. "Xmv I winder what that means?" said I'hilo husk. Hi' had just ruiiio back from lii.si Hiowy tramp to tin1 post oMiee, with ttii- weekly paper and mo letter. Old Mrs. l.tisk hail brought in tint lighted caudles, ami piled an extra lug nil the lire, ho that (he low -ceiled kitch en was all aglow with rtuhly light, while the smell of stewing apples, ami (he song of the teakettle, which hung 1 rum the iron crane, lent si practical i lea of comfort to the sce'ie. "Tuxes, ain't it V" Haiti Mrs. Lusk, whoso eyesight was not so good its it liail boon. "Mo, it ain't taxes." mechanically uttered her son, still intent on the eon tents l' the envelope that ho hail jtlsl torn open. "Well, then it's a letter from your Aunt Suplirony, out on Long Islaml, asking fur money." 'No, it ain't," saiil Pliilo. "It ain't a letter at all. It's just a card. 'Miss Valeria Whitman. At home .Ian, 1, 1I."" "I. a!" saiil Mrs. l.usk. "She wants you to eall there." "(iet tut!" saiil riiilo, witli a sud den aeeess of shoe pishnc.ss. "Why shotlhl I no there?" "Well, why not?" asked Mrs. Lusk. "It's what the city people tin, I'm tokl. They make, a big oak,' anil draw a pitcher of eider, an-1 set down in their best. lollies (o see company. Valley Whit man is dreadful enterprising. Nn; means to lead in the fashions." "Am I to eall there?" asked I'hilo. "Why, of course," said his mother. "What else does it mean! 'Miss Vale lia Whitman. At llmne.' " "She's at home most days, nin't she?" said I'liiln. musingly. "There never wasauythitig ot the gadalmtit in Valley Whitnun that 1 ever beard of." "Oh, but this erc's a new kink!" ox plained Mrs. Ltisk. "New Vear'a May - don't you see?" "I'tl lal' tilated to take tlieoxen on to Niidgc Hill and gttib stumps out of theclearin' on New Y ear's May," saiil I'hilo. "The next day will tin just as well for the stumps," said Mr. Lusk, en couragingly. "One might as veil be out of the world as out of the fashion. " Meacon I'olgrove got one of Miss Whitman's cards also Spiire Hart, hi fact, there was not a widower or old bachelor, or eligible swain in all tVdarville who was omitted from the list. "I ain't as young as I was," said Miss Whitman to herself. "It's high time 1 took steps to establish myself." So she put fresh muslin curtains to the windows, made herself a new gown according .to the latest fashion plate, ami prepared for tho festive Initial May of the year. Miss Valeria Whitman had jmt passetl her live-and-fortieth year. She was stout and ruddy, with the very best stt of teeth that the Cedarville dentist could supply, and a perpetual Htnile riveted on her lips; and she was very tired of living alone and sew ing on vests to earn her pin money. An I she had determined, on this particular occasion, to make a coup d'etat and win a husband. So she attired herself on New Year's May in ik green satin dress cut low in the neck and short in the sleeves, and pinned a bunch of chrysanthemums at the left side, and puffed her newly inted hair in the most elaborate style "l do declare," said Miss Val to her self. "I don't look a day over twenty!" iVacon l-'olgrove was the first to ar rive -hard handetl, hard-headud old nviw, with a complexion of leather, and the keenest of twinkling black eyes. 'J. got a letter Iroinjyuii, Miss Whit- i man," Haiti he. "1 s'pose you want to j consult me on business." "I. a, tleacon, what a very Btrange Idea!" said Miss Whitman, with a gig gle. "No, indeed! I only wish to promoto sociability during this festive i .season." "Well, then, I guess I'd better be j'oin'," said the deacon. "I hain't no j time lor no : i -h I olery." j "Don't be in a hurry, deacon," said Miss Whitman. "I do wish to consult . you." ! "About what?" said tho deacon, j looking dubiously at the chilled should- crs and purple arms of the lady. "Marriage!" sail Miss Whitman. "Would you advisa me, dear deacon, to commit my future into the hands of I another?" i ... "Mi ? said tho deacon. "Had nn oiler'." Ves," said Miss Whitman, driven bv his directness into at! absolute lie. j "Then, if I was you," said th" deacon. "I'tl accept it. 'Cause it ain 1 likely you'll have many of "em." Miss Whitman ml re t under till the rice powder. "Jbil, deae m," she stammered, I "what if I don't love t he man ? what : if I love another who " i "I'lir!! don't accept hi in," said th ; deacon, "lint," suddenly becoming ehvtnca 'ly aware of) his danger as M si Valeria moved her chair a little (loser to his, "my horse is gctlin' droa ll'ul uneasy outside, I guess I'll be going No, (batik you,'' as Miss Whit man took up the plate of cake. "I don't never eat nothitx' except at my reg'lar meals, (iood morning!" And thus the deacon escaped. "Kh! what's that noise? If it's the cat jumping at my canary again- Hut it sounded like some one laughing, and cats don't laugh. Who's that? I'lido I.iikI-, I declare! W.dl, he's a likely young fellow -not as rich us Siptire Hart, may be, but Oh, come in Mr. Lusk -conic in! I am so glad to see you! Lovely day, isn't it." I'hilo Lnsk silt down, with bis hat in his lap. "I received your card. Miss Valeria,' said he, "ami 1 am here in response to it." o Kind of you!" said Miss Wbif man, with a smile which not even the fabled "cats of Cheshire" could excel, tilt hough they are reported to be good at : miling. "To tell the trul h," said honest I'hilo, "I wanted u little talk with you " "Indeed!" said tho lady. "Won't J'ou come here and set by me on the sola? It's more soci able-like." "Oh, ves, if vou like," said I'hilo, obeying her gesttiro of invitation. "You see, my mother is getting feebler every day, ami we fool the need of someyoutiger person at tho farm. And I am eiglit-and-t wenty now, and the place is iu prime order, and I've money at interest, so that I've pretty much made up my mi id to marry," Miss Valeria let the puffed and friz zled head fall on his shoulder. "Mear-st I'hilo!" she exclaimed. "Yes exactly," sail I'hilo Lusk, moving as far away as the arm of the sofa would allow. 'So, if you thought that your niece Holla would have me " "My niece ltella!" gasped the elder lady, the immovable bloom never alter ing on her face, although her heart beat wildly and her lip. blanched. "Yes," slid I'hilo, "1 hoped to have :ieen her here to day." "No!" :iid Miss Valeria, aharply. "She has gone away; ami if she hadn't, she wouldn't accept you!" "Is - is she engaged to some one else?" stammered poor I'hilo. "Yes," saiil Miss Whitman "to Me ter (iregson. tut. I'hilo, do not grieve; 1 am ready to entertain your suit, although Holla despises you, ami " lint she doesn't. aunty !" said a clear, distinct voice; and llella herself en tered from the adjoining room. "On the contrary, she loves I'hilo Ltisk deaily; and she refused Peter Oregson, as yi'.i know very well. Oh. I'hilo," with a reproachful glance at her lover, "would you have believed her false hoods?" "How ca.no you here?" screamed Miss Whitman. "I went to Mrs. W diet's hous'" said Holla, and shu had gone to spend the holidays with her niece at Medbtiry. St I came back home." "You are a dreadful minx!" cried Miss Valeria, nearly suffocated with liitliguat ion. "(ieutly!" saiil Phllo L"sk, interpos ing in Hella's defense. ".No calling of names please." "Ami you shan't stay in my house another day!" added the indignant lady. "Then she shall come to mine!" boldly asserted I'hilo Lusk. "Come, 1 Sella darling mv sleigh is at tho door, and it holds exactly two. We'll I go to I'arsoti Meadows and get mar ried this very hour." And they did so; and Mrs. Lusk, senior, who was waiting at the Varm- hoitso door to receive her sou, was do-i lighted bevond measure. "If it hadn't been nie," said Media, laughing mischievously, "it would have been aunt Val; for she was de termined to marry I'hilo!" "The Lord forbid!" said Mrs. Lusk piously. "And after this," said I'hilo, as ho led his bride in, "(he lirst day ot tho year will be a double anniversary the I.......:.... ..f i... x ' ,.x ii, . pi oi nn ipy .tiiv J uai m us, en, , ,, ,, 1 im-11,1 ; The Horseshoe Luck, iiw th at the horseshoe, as a pretty symbol of good luck, forms so much a part of household doc iration, it may not be amiss to say a word about its signilicanco in tho oltlon times. Tho horseshoe was anciently believed to be an effectual protection against witch craft at; I witches, who could no more overcome the sanctity of its semi-circular form than they could the movement of a stream which even the most pow erful could not cross, if in tho shape of a running brook, as witnnsstho race of Tain O'Sliauter, w ho, pursued by t Iii-iii. passed the keystone of th bridge himself, while the tail of In? good mare, on tho wrong side thereof. Iieuauio the prey of the pursuing war locks. We h ive seen the horseshof nailed to tho lintel of barns and mash of vessels, for a witch, mounted on hoi brooms-tick, might take it into hoi bead to descend upon some unlucky, raft, or she might call up the surging! waves to engulf it, unless it were pro tooted by this holy symbol. For fl Imrse to cast a shoe w as a bad omen when a gallant, knight was about ti start upon some expedition; hem e, il a Imrse stumbled, w hich he would be sure tu tin if imperfectly shod, was un lucky. We do not, in our day, believ( much ir. witches or bad signs, but everybody is pleased with the gooi1 luck implied in t he finding of a liurso shoe. I! i 1 ii lif.'tf.'vo'. Concerning Sealskins. "The season is just opening," said il dealer in furs to a MulTalo reporter. It promises to be a very busy one. Seal skins will take the lead in fur goods just as they h.ive for years. Mo you know, when sealskin sacks were first introduced they were looked upon with great disfavor. The lirst sealskin sacpieever made was, I believe, placed on exhibition iu tho store of A. T. Stewart in New York City in lsilj. It was made very much like our present I silk circulars. The richly dressed la-1 dies who looked nt tho new garment J made nil sorts of comments on its an-j pcarance. One said it was too heavy!' another that it w.ts clumsy, and one lady declared it looked like faded cali- j co. To-day they arc all running wild to possess a garment made out of that sort of faded calico." "Where do the majority of tho seal skins used come, from?" "From Alaska. The hunters, inauy of whom are employed by companies, : pack the skins iu casks, about sixty to each one, putting in plenty of salt to keep them. They are sent tit San ; Francisco, thence via New York to London, where they tire cured and dye I. 1 understand from a magazine article I was reading a short time ago. hat during tho lirst week iu Soptom- j tier there were 1 177 casks ot sealskins received in New York. This makes in all about sS--" skins, iiiite a number ; for one week. The London people possess secret method of dyeing that their American brethren have not yet, and probably never will learn, that is, 'f the F.nglish dealers can help it. 1 A Ciiiiiuis (iciibiirical Formation. In what is known as the Orange ' Mountain, X. .1., within fifteen m les of Xew York city, the opening of a ipiarry has brought to light a counter, part of the famous (Haul's Causeway, in Ireland. Indeed, Prof. Conk, of the (leological Hun an of New Jersey, de clares that this Am 'l icau series of columnsof basaltic trap rock surpasses iu extent an I geological importance the Irish causeway. The format ion is evidently duo to repeated volcanic eruptions that forced the trap rock while in a molten state through the old retl sandstone upon which it now stands. Tho columns are from fifteen I to forty feet high, as perfectly cut as it molded in forms, and owing to their hexagonal or pentagonal shapes are considered bv geologists to be of erys talline formation. This curious freak of iiiit ure is attracting a great deal ol attention from all parts af the coun try, and tens of thousands of people will in time pay a visit to tho Ameii can prototype of the famous Irish (iiant's Cause wav. lt-mnrt.it. The Croat Salt I.ak a rding to Flder ( 'anuons. contains enough salt to . supply America for centuries. HI K ST)RY()F MTTLF. JOK. Whut. Wns in the Ft i hi t ieris maii's Dig HtmIU. A Littln Boy-IIuro who was Lijnw.l in Saving tho Lives of tli Miners. Passing through town night before last was a frontiersman who bore in his anus a great bumll". The careless observer on a hasty glance could not have told what it contained, so unlike was it to anything in particular but a collodion of shawls and blank ts. A close inspect ion, however, would have revealed beneath tho folds tin; wasted form of a child Sitting in the 1'iiioii depot waiting for tht! train to tho Kant, the w stern, or held his bundle carefully so tha the gaslight would not reach the lad's eyes. As he was shifting his position he said in re,ily to tho iiopury of a by stander: 'Sty, he ain't sick, mister. He's just hurled. Didn't yon never bear of it? Well, now, that's ipteer. It wns in all the newspapers in the J'.laok Hills country. This here is Lit tle .loo, of the Hoinestake claim. Nev er heard of him ? Leiiime toll you something, then, ami don't you never i forget it. Will you?" ! "Never," was (lie response. "Well, sir, away back last February, w hen t!'o snow was t luce-foot deep I ami the blizzards was a-howling, our cabin got aliii! one night, and it was l just as miiel; as ever that we got out j of it w ith our lives. 'u wore about j nine miles fiom 11 adwootl ami we set out on fool for that town Alter we had gone a ways we found that the snow was so almighty deep that we was liable to ho stalled. There was a crust on it and we'll break through up to our nocks in places. ( bily little .to : got along all right. He didn't weigh much uiore'n a hag of dust, and he Si.iiiun si along on top li e. a liy. Fi nally, when we couldn't go no further in the cold and the snow, ho says: 'You ju it go back, boys, and keep up tho lii and p . hack hero iu less'n twelve hours with grub and li.pior. ami I'll have the boys in Mead wood come after lis tn-innrrow.' "Cod bless his little soul! I mind just how le looked tha' minute. Ther wasn't no use of one trying to go aln a I, so we lot him go aloiio and we , went back, and heaping wood o the ! lire made by our cabin tried to keep warm. Along toward midnight we I began to get powerfully hungry, and i to wonder what bad become of .loo, j when all of a sudden we heard a j faint calling. " "It's a bird' some one says. I '"No, il ain't,' says I. 'It's little ,loe.' "We listened and hoard it again. I I he wm l was whistling aliuightv I cold, but then " re was no mistaking his H ' or three of us sprang out ', " 1 voice. Two into mc simw anil made as last, as wt i could towards the place where we ; thought the voice came from. Pretty : soon w e heard it again off to one sjdo, I and wading through the drills, wo l found him. lie hail fallen into the boles we had made in the crust iu th,. morning and was .so weak ami stiff ho eoiiltln t get out. So he lay there ami i yelled, lie had grub and li.pior strap- pod on him, but 1 picket him up iu I my arms and we carried him in to the lire. Hothof his feel were froen, and ho was unconscious when we took his burden off of him. All t iat night we rubbed him and cried ov.t him, the little cuss, and the next mot nin ,', when the boys from Mead Wood broke through with their bosses, wo load, d him up and took him to town. The doctors bad to cut oil" one of his feet, but he mended rapidly and soon got so he could sit up. This fall we had a meet ing a tl i Icon led that doe should not stay at the mine this winter, but no easr ami no iaicn heer oi at a Hospital in .ew l oi'K, an, i mat s wn.it l m tin ing now. We'll have him back iu tin spring, and if there's any! lung iu th camp he wants, it's his for all time. c( .-.. i llntil.1. An Ironclad Cattish. A bov. while fishing in Lake Hutts dos Morte, felt a nibble, and. draw-in; his hook tow iir I the shore, unserve! a half-gallon fruit can trailing on t tit bottom. Having .secured the vessel lie was greatly surprised to find that ., huge catfish had taken up its abode therein, and remained until his in creased dimensions did not admit of egress. lie had evidently Mopped around in his tin pirlor until a hole was made in tho rust-eat en bottom, through ,vhioh his tail protruded. 1 i this condition the catfish had pow. r 1 1 navigate from one place to another, and must have been regarded by his aquarian neighbors as a kind of iron dad monitor. The bread now baked at Naples is of precisely the same shape as the loaves found if Pompeii that were put in the ovt u 'Jit i vears ago. ''Young Mini. He Serious." Senator Tom Corwin hail a wonder ful sense of humor, ami many of his jests have gone into history. His pow er of making people laugh ho deprecat ed as his greatest enemy, and shortly before he died ho said he feared "men would remember him only as a jester." His remarks upon this subject were humorous, and there is hardly an old friend of Corwin who cannot repeat one or more of them. Once, it is said, a young man , inked him how be should act to bei oiiio like Corwin. Mr.Corwin replied: "Young man, be serious: if 1 had boon serious I might have, been president, bnt now I'm nothing ''t j t.lint tasl,.rllhy embroidered with g Id r,,rvv'"-" : lace, separates the apartment from the At another time, after a remarkably ! rp.r illl()Ut 1li(hvilv liuiiior.c.s speech, ill which ho had; The ladv has boon Hoatetl at ;( small kept the audience for hours In shouts t.1(1(( whi;.h (.()Ilt.lins ;i mrmoranduiit ol laughter, he was noticed sitting in ! l(Mik ani, n;l.s )h, visjtor t.,,ii,liy, his room musing, with a very sad ex- ! r(,tvjving in p(.rtlctory way a bank prcssion on ,his wonderfully mobile j (if lljl)f) r(i1 ,M.rj tlle'othor passing face. Holng asked for his thought, ho lhr()UKlit()(horearil.irl(ir The visi. replied: "Tho world will always lion- j ,or tiliU Ul(, n.ar .,,,.., mi.nt. furnished ot the teacher and despise tho down j the same as that just left, only the Would toCodl had never cracked a ' !.,,,, ,v. willlIow isii,.,l with joke; bul now every one expects me to t int .-! glass, and the colored light or be funny, and I'm foro-d to do so." nominating the room adds ome- Toin Corwin . lied with a. joke m his; Hiing of tho mvsteiioos to the scene, 'ips. Th-story has boon told before, - j.,,.,, Ult! apartment ntav bo unoc but it's long forgotten. He had just p,,,.,,. ,,t.ria,,s iH,ies ln;ly bo lolling returned from Mexico, whore l'ri-i l the easy chairs or reclining mi Un dent Lincoln had sent him as I nited ! 8(lf.lHi .No one seems to bo conscious states Mini.-tcr, and ho was giving his : of tll0 wlhen N,. ,,,'om to be dream views of the country to a crowd win: ; , ;lwaVi .,t1MI-s s,.,.,n to be had gathered round, lie was especial ly addressing his remarks to an old 1 friend, and a lull had opeurr. 1 111 t,"! : eon versa: ion to t his frieiitl At this ho had turned i Ar)y ,jstei amsness or unruly dcuion Whoso hair had grown 1 nirall.m ami il,. i,l,.;isinit-iuarinercd remarkablv thin V;lr ! and saiil, l'm sorry, imror, 1" s-- that you arc growing bald." "Yes," replied the major but that ' does not matter You know Pa-sarj was bald." "As for that," returned Corwin, "Ca-sar had fits." While the crowd j wore laughing at this retort, Mr. Cor J win was struck with paralysis, and a short time after this h died. Hnstmi Hi mill. Fiirhtiinr Sleep with Tea. The practice of taking tea or coltee by students, in order to work at night, is downright mildness, esp 'cially w hen i prcpnrin ; !'r an examination. More than half of tin1 cases of break-down, loss of memory, fainting, etc., which occur during severe examinations, and far more I'rc.piently than is commonly known, are due to this. I frequently hoar of promising stu dents who have thus failed; and, on inquiry, have learned in almod every instance -that the victim has previ ously drugged himself with tea or coffee. Sleep is the rest of the brain; to rob the hard-worked brain of its necessary rest is cerebral suicide. I .Mv old iriemi, tl i ... .'., . ,. i YA right, was a victim 1 , . , , lollv. Ho undertook Mv old friend, the late Thomas tim of this terrible tho translation of the "Life of Julius Ca-sar," by Na poleon 1 1 1, and to do it in a cruelly short time. He fulfilled his contrai l. by sitting up several nights successive ly by the aid of strong tea -r collee ( I forgot which). I saw him shortly afterward. In a few weeks he had aged alarmingly, and become unite bald, his brain gave way and never re covered. There was but little differ ence del ween his age and mine, ami lni; for this dreadful cerebral strain, rendered possible only by the alkaloid t for otherw ise he would have fallen to sleep over his work, and thereby saved his lifei, he might still beamiis ing ami instruct ing thousands of read -ers by fresh volumes of popularized arohioologioal research. I'mtuhtr 7 i ii ' i Mi m li I ii. Traeliin-r Flephiinls Circus Tricks. Adam Fo-epaitgh, dr., says that Af rican elephants are more intelligent. imitative and cunning than the Asiat- ; j(. , trainill;, ,.,'phaiits the best method is to win them ma r by petting I and loedinginem wun sometuing nice. I always have, a cake . r some delicacy to give one of them w hen I take him out for practice. cotise.piently the beast is always glad to see me. and is "i"' atienuve ami .mono man ne ,- erwise would bo. I .lephatit s never forget anything they recollect their stage husine.s" and "sit n il ion," and tin not vary an inch one evening from another in taking their positions. It requires about five months to train an elephant. We practic from ti o'clock in the morning until il o'clock in the evening. They are drilled singly,! hen in s.piads. and then taught their vari ous "specialty" acts and tricks. Ele phants are more imitative than any other animal, perhaps, and are very cunning. While practicing they are lo iing for an opportunity to'vut up," and w ill reach back and kick the train er, and then look as innocent as a tru ant schoolboy. They seem almost hu man enough to talk. Tho imp uta- tiou of elephants has increased ten-fold vvithi't the past decade. OF MolxIMIINF. Oi -si ; 1 1 it ii o i W. mi. -n Pon Who i I d.- Di IKJ. Luxurious Ap;irlmeiit,s Where Ladies Fay to Dream the Hours Away. A correspondent thus describes, a visit to an estalilishnit nt where women go for morphia injeitiotis. Pa-siiijr the attendant, th- visitor finds In rsolf jli the presence of a middle-aged, well presenod Herman lady of marked dignity of manner, and well-dressed in silk. It will then be iib-crvcl that a heavv. rich, dark maroon velvet our- in mental anguish, but still with a certain dazed expression in their eye indicative of a tranuiiilizod spirit. (ierinan ladv who so graciously rc- ....i.-..-! hr v-Uii,.rs lu-.-omos a liaufss in strength, and firmly removes the . nir,.,,,!,.,. (,, t he: aintrtiiniit, and 11UVP1. tl,ereafter is she permitted in j the room, but is consigned toil private room up-stairs, where the prices are ! high. The charge for the room d. scribed is $'1: the up-stairs rooms on the first il ior bring i, ", on the ground jd. It is seldom, however, that any of the visitors or subjects arc thus affect ed, as it is generally those who are pleasantly affected by the drug who Seek its lulluetu-c. The hiisti s- gener ally follows the visitor into the rear room, and the lady, having selected n seat or sola and removed her wraps and bonnet, the other haxing previ ously taken ii hypodermic syiitiiro front a lot in a handsome rosewood cabinet, approaches the subject and adminis ters the injection on the calf of the leg. The Herman lady i a carefully educa ted ph sici;in,undcr-iands her business thoroughly, studios the constitution and temperament of her x isitors. and conse.iiently administers the proper iIom'. If the subject is in one ot the I private rooms she attends tin in there, , the process being the same. In the I private rooms some of the ladies make themselves more comfortable by dis robing, and often in the lower rooms they remove their oiib r garments. I The effect of the drug varies; some of the patients go to sleep at once, I while in others the nerve tension is ; almost painful to behold, however j evidently pleasant to tho subject. Tic ultimate effect of the drug on the cou nt it nt ion is as disastrous as opium ; smoking or arsenic eating, and will in i time undermine the nerve energy and vital force of any organization. The proprietress of 1 1n establishment is the wife of one of the most profound Ceriiian scholars in (he country, who somehow has never been able to earn a living. Several years ago bis w ife bethought herself nf this institution, mid has not o ly coined a handsome , living, but iiccii n tinted money aa wc!l- Halm for the Habl. According to a French paper there Is a Cei man professor who maintains that the reason why the sheep is so in tellectually backw ard and stunted as we know ti i i ii to be is. that the strain which the growth ot his coat iui uses on bis organism absorbs its cut ire stock of energy and leaves none to support itto mental fundi. ms. And so it is with the boar. The saga, ity of the animal world is, the professor insists the appanage of the hairless creatures, ami lie instances the elephant and the serpent, in support of his theory. Extending his observation to inani. mate nature, ho po tits out that the grander and loftier mountain sinmmls aro totally baie of vegetation, while it js only the tops of lulls ami niontilaiiis of the second class that aro coveted with verdure and arc susceptible of cultivation. And applying his theory to t hi- human race, the professor under takes tti denioiist rate that baldness is a mark of intellectual superiority. It Is a result of intellectual ferment at ion in the brain, which gradually bulges out the upper surface of the skull. Mald ness is not simply loss of hair, as is vulgarly supposed; it is caused by the excess of cerebral energy, which forces he skull through and causes it to grow above the hair. VICTIMS tile four Seasons. , l.lllhill--, lt V. le :m I lllll I'o in Utrnw-I .v.ilkili. ... I .! i If., hi. J-illU -till" el IIH'llllll :, s;l' !.M HIII4 kie-. in.' I. hi ul --i ihvi-ll. A le 1 no l.i-ve's ees ijnes llie siiiiitnei. I'm!' Ii-nveil illi.l -ir.ili. Ami -.. I.il-.l'- '..--i. Ili vhtii.l i.ni;. in- hl'l. stM-4'l h.iliey 'I II ll mi t "il" V ill. re I. Ii-'l l.i-e-. And nit Love's lil"- When Anliinili .seatlei- I he I. aves ,11111, ll.l piled sheaves I Mil V Ihe l..i;..l wheeled null SillU llnlei of llarve-t W here men ri-oi"-e , f-ill r. .llll'l- "I te Ipels. And my l.'ive'H voice. I '.ill when Comes Wllilef With hail iiii'l storm. And red tire r.iarin And mule Matin, Sini; lirst a. ..in 1 1 Itietids l!i it pail ; 'I ii.'ti -ilex uia I lii'-. i! i'. And mv Love's hearl Iiilni ll iiii. iimouors. Clothes observer -Tailors. With Patti the making of j?.".. ) is a lucre song. F.xeuse the girl who eloped with her coachman "1 was driven 1" it." A Host, n linn advertise, ".-.hoes for elopement." They don't sipicak. A mail with a i old in his head is like a waterfall. Me is catarrh-racked. The railed Slides Mint is the only business place which can m ike money Without adverti dug. To keep apples I r un decaying put them in a cool place - where there is a large family of children. in Thibet a w.uuau may have four husbands. Iu this country it is ;:fl much as ;i w in can do to rut wood for one. so nc one asks bow the great men of this country began life Wo are under the impression that they gener ally began life as in fants. "Muttons are e-'ining in again." says an exchange, .loti 's. who Listens Ids suspenders to his trousers with a shingle nail, says. "Il's about ti They have been coining off long e.ioiigli " It is hopel.-.s for a short man to ever expect to b a tall man. but a tall nan can ci-dlv becune a .s'nirt man. This fin' is so obvious that it isM-nrce-. ly worth mentioning. The nmst depressing news we have had lor a long time is the report tha' Asiatic cholera and O-c.ir Wild- will roach America next year, strict .piiir antine regulations against Ocar should bo enforced. Showers of Hlnnd. 1 i old chronicles and histories it i3 i j iuioii to read of showers l blood, i i many years since one was roj orl ed in Texas. Cregury of Tours speak of one that occurred in tin reign of Childcrbcit, and greatly alai'incd tho sup rstilioiis Franks. The most celo brated one occurred at Aix in Iiiss. The inhabitants for miles around were in a state bordering m supersti tious panic. Tho walls of the church yard and houses Were covered with what appeared to bo spots of blood. A learned man of that day, M. d Peirese. tieitod tho matter as a fable. He investigated and traced the spot to butterflies milking their metamor phoses, lie shu- up a chrysalis of one of tht butterflies in a box, and, pro ducing the red spot, solved the prob lem. In bis. while the cholera W;H raging in Merlin. Mr. I'.ckard win shown some potatoes which, having; boe-i boiled i:i their skins, wcrc'place.1 in a new cupboard, and which con tained spots resembling blood as well as m ildincss. Tho same i-p t wer also found on bread ami meal placid j in tho same clipboard. sp ciuiens ul Ihose bloodv articles were lorwiirdod to Prof. Khronherg. the eminent tni croseopist. and he gave tho subject iMieful study, lie found that the red 1 uess was produced by a minute insect ! which he named "monad prodiginsa," ' :ir the purple monad. History records ! many instances where those insects ' have appeared before and given rise to ! -rue! persecutions ami most ridiculous' ipiiiiotis. (in one occasion, about Him) ! vcirs It. C, their appearance led to tho piittitigto, loath of 170 Roman matron in the charge ol poisoning. 1 ho per secutions of tho lews in the Middle Ages were often caused i.y the appear-j incoof these minute insects on thu hosts. In 1M1' the dcit li sentence on; twenty-eight dews was executed be cause they had tormented a consecra ted host till the Mood cauio. Viii' iii li'iti I'liii'iinr, A cider mill in Massachusetts usei, iPHI.ihh barrels of apples every year. SnllU nf 1 1 -II spliliL' p im vi-.,. V 1 III.'... 1-ss.PI I ItsfJI mMmmmwMimmm
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 1, 1885, edition 1
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