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Orijc l)atl)am tttforb ljc tl)ntl)cira Hccorb. 11. A.. LONDON, ED1TOH ASD 1'HOl'lUETOH. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, KATES I $ H nt $ 2.00 $ l.Od 5(t llcjn ii ii I Memory. Why shmilil it bj tlit l.e misty put, Or the future yet un 00:1, In dearer far to tli heart, nhi! Tl aithe present wiiirn lies l'lwm With every 1 ul' of the h-nrt s reJ (low Is woven n .beam an 1 a sigh, For Ihe happy 1 ivs of tlio lon4 at;-", An I tht glad siviet hy and by. There is n wisdom in nature's way W h ch tli! ih nlitiiig ucirt ne'er l;nnvrs; We live 1 1 best 1 f our I v.-s t.irli day. From dawn to thoi sunlit clo..-; For tlio bliss wo In, I ii I nt j .11 1 ! 1 ti 1 1 springs. An I thi j y. which aro to h". Arel-ioiight each day on t tit ginoious Ming; Of ll..p and Memory. l-ViX'Hi Waterman in th Current. THE LOST DEED. "It's mighty ijii cr tibittt tliilt deed," Il"iiben Hill was faying to his wife, as lie w Ip'.d tlio jM tiiriili n from hi f . Willi hit li'il, polka-dolled handkerchief. "Nathan was so mciholical like ab'-it bin papei mil everything. l wa-n'l like liim to mis'ny it. lint I have looked through all tin- drawers of that old 111 1 hog.my il -k an 1 among his other pipers (if Xy t iines, 1 gii". 1 know hf m-atit the K-d F.iook Farm for O ear, 1ml ii that deed is never bum 1 I sui-e liis own boys v i I take it." Mis. 1 1 1 1 . w as betiding over the kit 1 In il Move with flushed fare, for the day was hot. Tie; od-r of fried ham lil.ed the air. Plie stool back and looked t IS 0 ben by the ('in n window, with a in-l;-tativo air. "It is q leer about it," 'ho r choc I. "It will b-ineriii cin ugh if II nr go's cheated mi! of a share in the ptnpcrty. Ho worked faithfully for N ithan till h was of age, 1 1 1 1 ro faithfully than his own hoys, mill Nathan thought ) minii ol 1 1 i in, too." "And mo-ii.t to do the sq laie thin-, by him," I! -ubeii mntiuu. d. ' V don't supjm.i; ibert or Wi I h id a i:a il in " K uhen inti rnide 1 hini'e'f to look 11 j . as a tlr.ine shad nv fell aeross the (iiarc if fiialii;ht in tin' kitrhen do r. A girl, a stranger, c-irryiir a valise, w.is stall 1 in,' llo r U r enine'y fare w is (1 inliid, and the seemed some A' lint ovn come with the li' at. Mrs. Hill looked at her with no en couraging s mile. The k'irl steii;:d in sido the doorway in response to the tnulti welcome. "Huu't you want to hiie a j;iil nt low Wae through the hot woatliei ;" she cui'lir'jd ahruptly. "We do our own work," Mis. Hill respon led. "Our own "jirN, Addie an I Lottie, nre both at homo this Minim' r. Have you roinc fai i You look heated. Won't you bit dow n w here it h eoo! ;in I test'" "I have walked from l nnelnink this forenoon," said thu girl. "I ain r tty tired." She Bat down in the Madras-covered chair by the open door. II -r eyes wandered around the kitchen as if sh rceoni.ed something f amiliarin thu sin rounding, although she was a stranger. ''Y'ou'vo eonie a pretty lomj sfreti h," -ubeii volunteered, jji viii! her a ipib k, shrewd fjlaiiec. Ho w as apt to he on the lookout for slranjj.jrs. Mis. Hill regarded her with the kin I liiotherline.s she felt for her own (,'irls. "You'll feel better after you have bad I some dinner with us," she said ".Just left a place, I s'pose," Iteuben commented. "Y'.s," said the girl. Sho spoke with a slight Scotch accent. Slio seemed a littlo embarrassed with tin; question, and her eyes wandered throu ;h tin; door to the hired men coming up to dinner 1 1 0111 the hay Held. "I I had a pretty good place, hut I wanted a change," she sai l, hriu.'ing lu-r glance to bear upon It oihen's face Indifully. "A girl oug'it to stick to a good place," he ventured. She inade mi reply t this "fee lor," but something like a ;mile tlit'.u I over her face. "Sort of odd 1 guess," was -alien's 1 thought. ! Mrs. Hill removed the 'M..ling" 1 spider from the hot stove, an I taking up ! the platter of brown slices of hum, bhe said to the girl : "('nine iu this way and take oil your lint." The girl followed In r int i (lie i--ol dining-room and gave the same peculiiir glanci around. .Mrs. Hill set the platter on the invitingly laid tahl'i and then conduct; I tho stranger Into her own bedroom B lj lining, where the high feather be I stood, covered with a p itch work quilt of pink and white "luiskc'. work." '.fust Iny your things on the hid and cotno right on" to dinner," Mr. Mil! s.nd. "ll.-ro's ti little gill who wants n place to wi.rk," sho said to Lottie, who just then cninu out of the luitteiy with lilt ;e apple pie, which sh" placed on tho table. "Well, there's enough work to be done here, dear knows," Lottie returned briskly, with a friendly nod to the new comer. "There's sewing enough to keep Addie busy six months, and that spinning I ilini" I believe you'll jet round to it befor Christ in is. It takes us both all tho time to potter TO 'UJ Vlth thu household, I do think One copy, ono year -One copy, six months , One copy, three months VOL. IX. ru's beals all tlio housei in tlio neigh borhood to pile up work. Yet we are always at il, late and early." Tnc hired men now came in and the family gathered around tlio table. On ar, a tall, rather good-look fellow, sat directly opposite) tlio girl. She was looking around upon tlio assembled faces with that stranj;o IojIc of half roc ignition she hail worn since she t Ms Bed the threshold, t-ho met the. eyes of Oscar suddenly. Slio colored ami kept h r eyes on her plate the rest of the dinner hour. Jn the aUer-diiiner conclave she gave In r namu as S.ira MeKsy. Hie hsd com.; to the "Plates'' from l'rincj Kl warl I tl ::ti t about ayear ugn, and landed '11 I'oitiaii'l, and found h'-r wiiy to Keimel'iiiik, where bhc had lived iu a family ever sine;. "I'd be willing to wotk fur iny board awhile, it seems so nmeli like home h re," she a d. 'Well, you're welcome to stay and help when you feel like it? Mrs. Hill respoii b; 1 for her heart had gono out to the stranger fri in the first. "We never I feel as if we can pay wages in the house, 1 I'cc.iiise we have ti k"ep hired help on the farm all the 111111;. lint you can stay I thtoiigli the hot weather, and 1 dare say I a place will turn up for you before j long." 1 "I can spin," Sar.i Fai I, eagerly. "All the g rls on the island learn to do that." "1 Ci uldii't draw a thiead to save, my 1 :if.-." said .VI. lie. Si it wa settled. The wheel and r el, go com noa in our grand mothers' lay, were bloiight out Mil l set iu the 1 -lied 1'f. au'i! it was to il. S ira . with the tlnlTy "rolls" heaped high on a 1 ha r b ii- v at her h it hand , drew out lo rtl.r -.il ai d liile l tin; spin II-ra pi 1 lv, with a 1.0:0 halaiice and easy com ihiiii I f the situation that won the .. i n i.i!ioa of tin; girls, it being HP' 1 all ur.tisiia! acroaiplishiii 'iil among them. A week we t hy. Sua w.u talkative a'" ait her iilaud horn", hut non-i oin ui.ttal r. g ii'il ig her f isoiH for leavaig the place in K unelm ik. 'Whatever it means sh';'s a good, nice ejiri,'' Mr. I.i 1 said to the girls piiv atoly. 1! ubeii Hill still rumimatcd over the i 1 1 1 1 carane .' of thu dec I. (Jscar cani') I into liisiii'als ipiietly, liavirg very little ! to say at any tiui ;. lb; had lived there sine" lie: itealll of Natllun ltd), si I months b fore. Once or twice he cnugfit I Sara regarding I111.1 with a curiotl-, fixed j epr ssion an I answered her w ill a I yrave look of imjuiry that brought the i furious blushes to her face. lie; day Sua had finished her dinner 1 and gone out into the shed, leaving the family to rise, ono after tho other, j ieisiiiely. The soft whirr of the wheel, j mingled with the murmur of insects in I tiie hot summer noon, ranched tho ! . lining room. ! "It's epieer how sho happened to conic , here," Addie remarked, r. Ibctively. , "And she's so secret about leaving j her plac," added l,Hth "Well, I do like to sen her round," Mrs. 1 1 11 s.'ii 1 in her ow n placid fash ! ion. j Mr. Hill, going out through tho shed ! on Irs way to the big barn, (.topped in ! consternation. Sira was sitting on nn ill red ( h -si in the corner, in great ' distress s.-emitigly. II" gave ono glnnre, (u.n hirriu , ,, , startling'y t!iiou,'h the kitchen door. I "Mother! girls! t.'uiie! Sara's in a I !" j T'l-'V came hurrying out with various i ec!.im it ions. II- r eyes were wido open, i".it ut.xreiti:.'. Her faro was working ' convu'slvely. "IVlhaps - he's subject to til III," stlg -! ges-ed Mis. Iliil. I "()c ir," said Mi-. Hill, ' icll Tim to jump on the gray mar.; mi l ride to tho ; corner for a doctor, liii-k now!'' Sun liecamu quiet all in a moment. I "Don't send for n doctor,'' she said. I "I'm not sick." II r cyet weve still open and unseeing, I hut her voice had changed, mi l was falling upon their can in grulT, familiar accents. "Nathan's voice, if I ever hoard it in my life," Itetihrn tol l the doctor after- waids. I) .n't you know me?" slio nsked in that familiar vnic. "I've been wanting to com" i.nd tell you about the deed. ' I hive never been able to como before. You've overlooked a secret drawer in tho mahogany disk. H is close under the hool.rise. Tile deed is there. do now and look." Like one da ! It' tihcn went up stair and seaiclnd fir tho secret drawer in the old-fashioun I piece of fur.iiture, a combined bookcase- and r. ling desk, which ha I been removed there, with other things, after Nathan's death. It must bo confessed that ho felt pretty nervous. How did Sara know about the deed I It had never been mentioned in her presence. II.! returned. "Theio ain't a ay drawer there," he said. "Hut there is," persisted S ira. "There is a sprin 1, the color of tho wood, nhout the s .u of a pin head, closo under the bookcase on tlio left of tho writing desk. I 'assyour linger nail over tho surface and you'll Ibid it." Ilcuhcn went again. It must hi nil muted Ilia', he felt a thrill of siip'Tjii i ius ft ir. lTITSP,OIM ITo did as she dirrrted, touched thu spring and the drawer flew open. There sure enough, was the deed. Ho went back to tho group, who greeted him with virions exclamations. Sara started, shivered slightly uud looked uround upon tlio faces with see ing, questioning eyes. "What lias happened?' ahu mkrd. "Have I been asleep? I felt awful ftranu'i the Inst I knew, and thought I'd tit down on the chest a few minute.'." ''Y'ou'vo bien us'ecp, or something," Mrs. II ill said slowly. Sara went to the wheel and, (akiug u tho thread sho had left half twisted, began spinning, with a rithcr shame faced expression. Tlcy all lookid al her an stinngc, and Oseai' eyes s-t-med riveted upou her. "II. iw did you know about the serrcl drawer?" K-uhcii nsked, abruptly. "Secret drawer:' Sari rep-ate 1 with a genuinely :.ysiilied lm k. "You were in sum" kind of n trance, I think," Mrs. HiM said. "I thought you were in a lit," said Addle. "And I thought you wire going cra.y," laughed Lottie, 11. w that hel feat was gone. Mrs. 11:11 explained about tlio deed. Sira lis'cned, then said deliberately: "I never told you how I caili" to leave my place. 1 thought you might think it was silly. It w:s nli on mount of a dream I had." The group were listening breathlessly. "I saw this hi'ii-c with the long pin. 1 and green blinds," she went on, "th ing barn, with the great donrs open, the bee hives, your laces, everything jus' a1 plain in my dream as I saw them when I came that day. I thought I was to c u lu re to help som ; on -. I didn't under stand what it meant, hut I awoke with tin; f -cling that I must c .in -, whether I wanted to or not. I had si n tlieh-ng, dusty read str. ti lling ahead of nn-. and the house .-Hid barn on the l.ill. ;n n I got the,,- I was half frightened, l ot you all seemed 11s if you ha I been ex pecting me. You male in" feel at home." "Strange," said Mrs. Hill, with a sort of awe in hr voir . "Aunt S.imautha would explain it," said Lottie. "She's been going to seances at the corner lately." I'loin the 1 lay that the ilccd was found O-car began to show upcu lire fere ncc for Sara. It was not until sh" became his wife nnd they were living . iietly iu the littlo house on the It-d 1'. k f.i-m that she confessed to having seen his face in her dream the plainest of nil, and Ilia', she had been told that she w as to marry him. K uhen 11:11 is not quit.; such a hard headed skeptic as form -rly. lie has to admit that there may In; stranger things in the universe than his philo.iiphy hat dreamed of. Vo givo tin) facts, as they canni under cur notice, without pretending to account for them. New York Mer cury. Tho Writing of Modern Hymns. Know that man? Ii's William II. Diane, and he makes .M,ilill ayear writing hymns, or rather tint's the roy nlly he gets. .; is engaged with l-'.iy A. Co., but in his leisure moment ho hunts around and li ; 1 -1 s a touching hit of poetry and he works it into a hymn. Oh, it's a paying business; heats any kind of w riting I evi r hear I of, hut it's not everybody that can cite. 1 011 to that sort of a style. It's harder than writing variety songs or even L-dgcr stories or detective yarns of blood and thumb r romances. You see, a m.111 must have some of tho divine 1 I'll itus mixed with a good deal of piety in order to be a suc cess as a by mnoli.gist. lb; lives in a linn rcsiilciico on Mount Auburn and some time ago he had a falling out with lohn Mitchell something about a boundary line. They f;ot the matter in courts, when Mitchell said he'd liv him, so he erected a long row of three story bricks right adjoining, lie said be was going to put up a hundred, hut he only got as fur as seventy. (Cincinnati Inquirer. Lafiyette's L1111I. There have been numerous inquiries ol Into as to whether I.-ifiiycttu ac cepted a township of laud tendered him by the United States government, and if ho did accept it, when; is the land located. These inquiries have brought out a statement of one w ho was ndeputy BUtvcyor in Fn rida, who says that after completing tho survey in s-." hu ro tinned to Tallahassee, where lie met Col. McKco. w ho Inn 1 been sent there as the agent of (ieu. Lafayette, then on a visit to the I'uited Slates. Col. Mr Ken was commissioned to select the pr. If.-red township, and ho chose one adjoining nnd northwest from Tallahassee. It is presumed that tho land has long sinco been sold ojj. What lie Caught. "Fishing yesterday, ch?" queried Yig wug. "Yes," ruplv-J Mil'olter, hoarsely. "Y'ou brought your catch home this time?" f.tcctlrjsly, 'Yes, and 1'to got it yet." "What wns itV" "A cold tl'o wrrrt I've had this sea son. Free Tress. ! CHATHAM CO., N. CHILIUIEVS (OI.IMN. Qtit-rn 15. fslie'.i a leauty, so sht is, ' 'i'js a fuel 110 one deun s, -With tn-r rosy -red cheek , And In-r lienmiug hajid . yes. She i- pretty and n-'ssw- t, Kn.in In r dainty, liancin l"-t To the cuiloii her f..;eln al lint bos. She's a bill fill 11 qii "cn Slie's a rlinrmiii princes.. In a hlui'-riliboncti cap And n Mother Hubbard dr.v.3. When I ni-'t her iu th lan. An I U-'sl t" know In-r luni.. Shvsaial In r lather rallel her V '" ' if it bat ennui ry , tbent" -a..l 1, ! xpe. tm on my part, Krom the moss at h--r f.s't, To .-eo fairy c..o start. Jtui sh.. lifted h-r se-t iy.-. And said, withgravf snip: is-, ' J in the ynt-ii ol in.- i.apVs heart.'' - IN.-. be M. ilanibrimt All I llu.tiittiis iltl.r. A curious story t. a -pnl- r is on rec ord which shows a mnv llnus power ol a Inptation to trying cinaiinslanee-. Its wheel like web w is in danger from a high wind. The spider therefore de scended !o the groiiii I, a ilisla- ce of lib mt m; veil lo t, and instead of attach ing its thiead to a stone or plant, l is tened it to a loose -t ii k, h oiled it up a few fe;t clear of the grmnd, an I (In n went back to its web. I'm- piece ofstick thus left fiispen led, rc'ul in a nest .id tunable manner, giving Micugth nnd s-.q pint nnd at the s un" time yielding part -ly to tin; wind. I'.y ncci b ut the thread became broki u .ill I the stick f -11 to the gr un I whe-i the spi 1 -t pi.mp:ly 1. peated his previous p rlorni inoe. In -i day or two win 11 tin- r"ii,h waaiher ha 1 leased, the il 1 t v : 11 11 1 n t i ! y rut tie thr -.-ul, nnd allowed the nov lis. b t 1 k to drop. SI tl I II! s. In olden tinn-s great people rho-e for themselves mottoes, which were nltach'-d to the badge, or to tla-ri -slif tin.' lami'y had no I. : Ige. Th" 111 dlo wii rli is .all irln-I to tin- I! ya! A'msof Migl'iud 1-, 'Delict in. .11 Ili a','' a Fn-r.ch sent. nr- uhuh mi.-ms '(Joi and my right,'' and is s:i , to hav bu n a batlh-rr so long ago as tin; tune ol lleniy Yl in the li ci 11 1 Ii r-iituty. S .me of tin-mottoes which nre sli 1 at tached to the rr --!s of our great families remind us id t!n.-wa:lk- times when they wi'ie ilii.s' ii, 1. r nisi nice, tin motto or the Dnl.es ol Athol is ' Forth fortune, and li.l the fetti rs;" that of the Mii.pi sof 11 istings is, "An I we, too, have 'catlered nriows;' while Karl Howe's 1 n-st shows round it the words, "L t Cm, hi hold what Curon hel l." These an; very good mottoes for war like t.me, but there are smii" which are good for all tini". "Tiv," the motto of the Dandas family, is tin v a grand one. It reminds, us of the old couplet, "Tlio liiivk got into Troy, there's no d. 11 v inn All things mo done ni th.-v d d Unit, ly living." It reminds us, too, of that wiT-known pi-cc of advice, whu-'i I daresay we all of us l.cuid many a linn- in our child hood, ' If you d'.n'l at tivst sin er-e.l, Tiy, try. tr. aj nn." How many great men tin-re would be in the world if every ...y who heai l tins.- words acted up to them.- -Chatterbox. Th. o tlirr's I'fl During the Crimean war a little cat, reared in the mother's cottage, followed a young Flench soldier when he left his native village. The lad'- heart clung to this 1 111 ill, dumb memhei of his family, nnd he gave pussy a seat on his knap s a. k by day on ti c march, and a connr of his couch at nigh1. She took her si at 011 her master's. knee and was a g m rt! p--t in the com- puny. D.i the morning thit his regi- nn lit was first ordered into action, the I soldier bade his little cat farewell all I left In r iu charge of a si. k comrade. II-; h id inarched about a mile from camp when what was his surpii-e lose" Miss Fussy running beside him II- lifts-1 her upon thu 11 nil seat, mid soon tin: engage men t coniiiienc soldier fall, but th hold. At last a slretchod him b'i field. No soonei Twice d-d tin cat clung last severe wound 'ding on the d pussy catch sight of t us blood tinning fr.in her m is ter, than sho stated herself upon his body and begau to Ink his wmin 1 in the most assiduous manner. 'Thin she re mained for some In ui J, till tin; surgeon came up to the young lad and had him enrried oil to the ti nt of the wounded. When ho recovore 1 ronsriousne-s his (list qii stion was: "Shall I live." "Yes, my good f -lh.w," win the sur genu's answer, "thanks to your little cat; for if she had not used her tongue so intelligently yon Would have been loo ' exhausted by the loss i f blood to recov er." You may be sure that pussy was well cared for, and contrary to all regu lations, '.0 was aliowed to nccompauy the youug soldier to the hospital, where she was regaled with the choicest mor sels from his plate and became a very distinguished char icter. The impc rtatioii of almonds into thi Fuitcd States am mills to about 3, 500, 1)0 1 1 pounds nnniia'lv. California imports no aim mils, but she rai-es about 2,00l), t - 1 vu. .-i.i of nsi vi. it uni'tu. w C, rlt'LV 11, 17. 'orr WITH HIS II HA P." Interview with Chinese High Exccut ici iers 111 Canton. Fnita! ami Epul'ivo Forms of Oriental Ptiiiiflliiii-'at. During our wanderings in Canton, says a writer in the I'.iH Mill i.i-.i-tte, our cars were availed with the Cathay synonym of the Kgyptian bak sei sh c ty, till the caverns of our brains lesoiind" I and rib . el with it. "Cum khaw! ciimshaw !'' yelled immature pos sessors of pigtails, nnd mature possessors ccho-d th" sound wherever wc went. Wln-n the youngster,' requests were not ci mplic'l with, tiny after a little invari ably changed their cry to "Fanq'iai ! fatquiil' 1 foreign d-vd, foreign dev. j. Wc marched into the magisterial y.miuu to the ni compiiiiiiii'-nt ol ths cum-haw tun-, ll'-tc wo wa re shown the instru ments whereby bamboo chow chow is given to the nadal cillosities of the wicked, also ratans and short b'u lgeons for s' ippliig the fncs of untruthful wit nesses, thumli-scren s and racks for evading confessions 1 10 iriminal can be ex. cnted accorling to the law s of t 11:11a until he has confessed his ciinni, c ii qu's, a sp :. of collar which for largeness 111.1l iiiicomfnitah ein-ss even niilstrip the misher-', and which :ue I ctringirar plains of wood with in ( k and hand li"!r'. Tin; gloomy, sma'l deposit, ry-ro. ill of thee t. rtulc inn I. m nts wo thought ti be a fair II 'presentation ofwli.it a K iropcaii 111 -d ji-vi' ihiml.i-r of "justice" his bcin. Wu were ii.;.i taken in our s' . in chars through a:i oven rowlmi busy p irt of the city to : la-e.' en ioa gi "iit.d, pissing on our way th- 11 w K man Ciiholie callic.lr il, whoso gigantic spires pierce the clouds. The excistioti gr. 11 id we !oii id to b. asm dl enclose. 1 ri ctangu r.r space, about li't.-ea yar Is by li ly, enter-.d by a gate. Ill tin right 0:1 entering ran a row of small ipii'id In-ii-es, the habitations of pot t. rs wlio.e r-.iigh, 11 ibake 1 work lay a'l about o 1 the gr m i l, drying in th" sum, bill iv w- ie iiifoim- l that it was e'ear.- I .i ay !i in v--r an ix.-cutii ii w -s airo-.it t'lt .k'- plac. Facing the poin ts' hnu-i s was a high wal', at wh s.. base and l"iining against :t were sum hirge croi k', r.l' of winch h.i I th'-'r in -u.hs e. i t! e.l over except one. I! -re our guide inll i 1I11 e l 11 to tw 1 p i.irly dresse 1 C.iin.i men, w hom we notic - I gamb ing at a f in tan table near th; gn'e 0,1 1 11 arri val. One, a big, leu :ih-ioi,kiug fel low with a villain, ii- cist in one of his eyes, w.u the hea I executioner, and the other I wu, who w.-r.; small ish im n, wcr-; III : issi,t:mts. Through our gill le we told the had rxecut.uri -r that we wished to s o tin- mstr nn -uts of li s calling.an I th remi In- pin lu e l a sh -rt, Vt'ij- he ivy twii-han b-I swonl and a Ion ; kir-fi-. 'I'll ; follow ing conv rsation wis allied 0:1 betwe u us a-nl tills "on,," through the in. -'111101 of our u .!: "How do ye 11 use this swi.r I .' Whi le is the block .' ' "Wo d-'ii't us" u bioi k. What we .In is to make tin; pr -lm-rs kneel down iu two rows facing one a iolh -r, and bend ing their heads down. I hen I lake the sword, and drop, chop, one on each si le, and the heads fall ulT; s. 0:1 trli ihei'r till di li", as you'd switch the tops of green weeds with you; wrilkingt.ck.'' ' II it you ibui't always chop a ln-ad off with one blow ;'' "Always." "What i i tin- knife l.n ;" ' F r I lit; ling che, or d -alii hy 111. iny cuts. W-; tic the inlprit who is con demned to this d -ath to that ca-it there (pointing to two ta n ;!i u-ibarked sticks r -U.;h'y crossi'il ), ria l we begin by cut t.ng oil the eyrli b, ems, mise, and soon, eliding by sticking the knife into the In-art. Tin cu'sv. i ,- iu number fromeight (o a htm lied nnd twenty, ,-n cold ing to the heiiioiisiicss of ihe 111 pi it's crim s." "What c'ass of 1 r 111 1 ti i s are l on leinni I '.o the ling l ilt " "I'.irrici'les, nmtri. n. s and women who have killed and mutilated their husbands form the 111 1 j inly." "Do the executions int. rfere with your appetite and sleep.'" Tin; llu-i'c exei iiiinners grinno I sir doiiii tliy nt this qii'-stion, so we asked : "I l-i w many p rsons have y ui cxeiut -ed ill a day !" "I have chopped twenty heads oil myself in two minutes. S e that dark looking place on the "i-uintl over there that's caused by the hi 00 I of the l ist 1 alch wo had." "What is done with the bodies.'" "The friend take the holies away, but we keep the heads in the crocks over by th-wall tier-, i.n l when wc hav a large number w hi. h tire no longi r recogii iblii we bury tiii'-n ; would mi like to see some of the heads;" We declined, and one rf my compan ions began to o iw pale and complain f not feeling w ell, so wc ordered tho guide to lend us away. "tientlcineii, give, twenty cents each, ciimshaw, to the executioners," said the guide, which we gladly did to escape fri 111 the slnrlng of the "buss" butcher's swivel eye; and so ended our interview with these High I'.xeeutioiiers if the tireat Chinese K up r" A flit failure A poor pancake. NO. 16. Ten Thing n Bnhy Can Di. It can beat any alarm clock ever in vented waking a family up in the morn ing. il.ve it a fair show and it can smash more dishes th in the iimst industriou" si ivant girl iu the country . Jt can fail down of teller and with h-s; provocation than the most expert tum bler in the circus ring. It can make mote genuine fuss over .1 simple brass pin than its mother would over a broken back. It can choke itself black in the face w i ll gr. at-r rase th in the mot accom plished wretch that was r.-r executed. It can keep a family iu a constant tur moil from morning till night, and night ti I morning, without on;e varying it5 tune. Il rinbercliel upon to sleep peace -fu ly all diy when its f .tin r is down town nnd cry persistently a", ni ;ht when he is particularly shopy. Il may be the niughtii.-t, dlrtie't, ugliest, iiw-t fretful bil.y in all th" world, but yon cia never make its mother believe il, and you had better not try it. , it can ho a charming an I model in fant win n no one is an '1 id. but when li-i'-.rs an- pri -inl it can t lirbit more bad ti mper than both of its parents to gether. Il nil brighten u 1 11 hmi-i- better than all the funiiiur- ever made; make sweeter nun c than tin- ti rest oichestra ttrg-in!;'. !; till a larg. r pirn- iu its p aunts' breast than they knew they ha I, and when it gm s away it ran 1 mise a greater vacancy and 1-ave a greater brink than r: I th - rt of the world put togetln r. I'niia Ic'j'lita N .vs. ,tn Impei tinea! Man. A1.-X. W ilk-i. el. -rii "f tho Cipil.il ll.t.liti I. ttle It ek, although a hand sonic young man, has In-t much of the bairth.it once oicapu l a prominent po sition on the top of his Ilea 1. le even ing recent y a well-dressed str inger regis tered at the hotel. at:d, just as he had comph tcd the xnl, of spreading his double great-prim r nam" on the b mk hcg'aiii cd at Wa!k-r, stepped back and said: "lire :t ( ic u ' Anoiii-r b ildhi iide 1 man! I' i- my in sf irtu-i", it s"eins, to be thtown with this class (.f m.ii. I .ei ;ht no'. I" say it, p. rliaps. I n I don't bciey.- that bill-lnal d men aro honest.'' "bank In-re," sii I Walker, "your remarks are personal and insulting." "I d.d h qi; tha' I would never s"o another bi1 l-h.-ad-I 1111:1," the stranger continued, "Inr. lu re 1 am ciinptlle 1 to stop with oil"." "(let out of tliisli.'U 1 !" Walker hotly exclaimed. The -s-ranger stepped back and took off hi; hat, levc i'ing the f act tint he had not ri hair on his head. "My dear friend," sni 1 Wa'ki-r, ex-t- 11 bug his I1111 1, "I have j -l received a box of II ivaaa cigars. C.nne around and enjoy y.. 11 self,"- .A'kunaw Trav eler. I'.iinlessuess of Throat ( nlling. The victim of despondency who hacks at his throat iu a persistent at tempt at suicide pro!" ihly inflicts much lost self tortile than we have b en wont tosuiip'se. Sveia' years ago Frof. I'nown Seq iarl announced that stimula tion of the iaryiiv produces roniplct" loss of .s n ability to p lin i-i tho body, lb' has sine - obs. rved that a similar, though slighter, elT.-ct may be given by uritati'.n of the wiinlpip: . r even of the skin eve ing the throat. liy hundreds of expi rmients, c-pecia'iy oil dogs and monkeys, this eminent pathologist has ib-monstrateii that, after simply cutting the slin, he could lay bate, cut, bruise, enlv.in:. " and 1 veil bin 11 the various structures in two thirds of the neck without caus.ng any great pain, and sometimes w ith no apparent pain, what ever. When he has killed do.s by cult ng their throats, d -ath has occuirc I willi. ni. c e.vul-io-is ami without agony. I Ark 1 ansa w Traveler. A Sympathetic Cmv. A Newtonian was picking apples on Moil lav, when an old cow ran up to him and then away, lining very strangely. Knowing In-r to be an unusually intelli gent cow, he suspected that something must be the matter and followed her. She led Imn to n cow in another part of the on ll ir 1 th it was lie arly ( linked to death with an apple. After h" had re lieved In 1 tin- ci. I cow fairly cried for j .y nnd licked the ulTi' ci profusely, an 4 when the latter was diiven into t. 0 barm nr. I w here she would be out of da. g. r refused to l-nve her. New Orleam I'.cayune. Teddy's lulei prelntlon. The golden text for a certain Sunday school was; "And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit." Luke ii., 10. Tho Christian ll-gistcr says: Littlo Ted's arm went up like a flash w hen tha superintendent asked: "Can any of theso bright, stnilinir little boys or girls repeat the golden text for to-day? Ah! how glad it makes my heart to see so many littlo hands go up! Teddy, my boy, you may repeat it;andspiak good and loud that all may hear." And they all heard this: "And the child grew and waxed strong iu spirit liko 2:10," ADVERTISING I One square, one insertion- One Fqiinrc, two insertions One (-quarr, one month - 11.00 1.50 - 2.60 ; For Inrrger mlvrrtiwim tits liberal coc 1 .tracts- will he made. All In Vain. As a desolat bird that through darkness lt lost way is winRinR. Asa lrai.it that i helplessly raised when lith's sickle is swinging. So is life! Aye. the life that lends passion and bn-sth to my silli ng. As a nightingale's song tha !fnll of sweet ness uiispek"n, As a spirit unbarring the gates of the skies for a token, So is level Aye, tho love that shall fall when hi . pinion is broken. As the tramp of the lesions when trumpits their chall. nce nre sending, Astheshout or tin-storm-god when light nings the black skv nre rending. , So is power! Aye, the power that shall lie I 111 tho .lust at its ending. So short is our life; yet with spnee for all things to forsake 11. A litter delusion, a dream from which naught can awake 11, Till I lenth's dogging footsteps at morn or at eve shall o'ertalte us. -H. liider Ilaggar'L iiiMoicors. A cheap thing in summer lints a 1I11 le's head. Tin; honey bee h a regular merchant. It cells combs f. r a living. Mexico's liabilities aro tf 1 "1 1. ojO.OOo ; a-sets, earthquakes and revolutions. The flower known as the bnchebr'S button must bo one that docs not stay on long. The oyster is like a innn in one re spect, lie is of little use until you get j him out of his bed. In n French agricultural school: "Tell me, 1 pray you, how to keep mult3n fresh." "lly never killing the sheep." Soni" portion of the milling operations in M-xtco, about which wc hear so much, consists in attempts to under mine the government. In Washington last week a prisoner passed oil a counterfeit dollar on ft po lice magistrate iu payment of the lino imposed. Ho knew that justice was blind. Some Florence ladies have given tho Qu--en of Italy an 10 fan. It is very beautiful, but wln-n Margarita wish- gi'tmino comfort she uses a two-cent palm leaf. Jack (bnckwiirl in his granimiri "I'apn, what part of speech is woman f' Fapa i fresh from a verbal engagement with mamma, in which, of course, he has been had'y worsted) "Slio Isn't any part of speech at a.', .lack; shr is the whole of il." Friers iu Ihe Obi Days. Ik Ib-dn. y, of White P.nins. N. Y , who was horn In 1 ' t tells whai farmers had to pay for fanning utensils heforu the war of and what they were paid for their pro lin e. lb; said : "Wheat in lr-1'.' brought seventy-five cents a bushel. Now it is ninety cents, lower than it has been since l"-! 2. Beef brought $"1 a hundred; now it brings 1 10. Fork brought if:! .VI tosfl; now it is worth .$?. I'utler was worth ten cents a pound, now it is worth fifteen cents. Cheese wai worth six cents. Ordinary dress muslin 11 c I to cost three shillings nnd sixpence a yard eighty-seven rent now it costs t- n cents. Calico co-t fifty and srv uty five cut a yard. Fins cost three shillings and sixpence a paper eighty-seven cents - -now they cost six cents. -c an F iglish spad we used to send three bushels of wh at to market, which brought A.'. We can get a belter one now lor fifty cuts. A scythe, cost $2, now a better one can be had for fifty cents. Nails were twenty-live nuts a pound, they cost now only e'ght cents. A cradling scythe used to cost $1! 10. Wages were then fifty cents a day. or ! $10 a month for eight months. Now J we pay rfl.'i an 1 $20 a month." j Ibcf Cattle and Fiaun. A curious result 111 the boom in l e. f I cattle is that all M isnn Valley is becom I ing filled up with pimmi. Kvery house j has a piano, and in sum houses there 1 nre two, one for the k itchen and another man w ho came in having gone over a small lot of be. f he came near not for the parlor. A from that sci I inn, there to look altel cattle, says that j getting to I lav tlioi ne in time lor tlio ! train on account of being delayc I at thu houe of the riinclier w ith whom ho was stopping. The woman of toe houso hammered out several tunes for him in the patlor, while he was supposed to bo waiting for his supper. When sho got through he was still oblige 1 io wait nearly 1111 hour beeauso the hi lp wero having a concert in lh". kitchen. I Virginia 1 Nev. I F.nterprisc. Jct Along Willi Economy. "You know, of course," said the old man to the young man, "that my daughter has $100,000 in her own right?" "Yes, sir." "And you aro not worth a cent." "I'm poor, sir, hut, grcit Hcott,$100, 000 is enough for two! Why, I'm economical to meanness." Ncw York bun. Consoling. Collector. "I am losing a great deal of time trying to olloct this bill from you." ljbtnr. "Don't worry about losing lime. I'm going to pay you in time." Siftings.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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July 14, 1887, edition 1
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