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II. Jk." LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, (ft I RATES OF $ 2.00 $1.00, 50 postal cards T in the United States in 1872. nonrlv a - i 1 j 240 millions have been used, the exact value of them being $33,393,220. The success of irrigation on the far "Western plains and in the foot-hills tends to make the man with the hoe encroach more confidently and persistently upon those lands that arc said to be fit only for stock grazing. A remarkable balloon ascension has been made at Faris by the aeronauts, Cap'ain Paul Jovis and M. Mallet, in the celebrated airship Horla. The aeronauts started from the La Villcttc Gas Works, Paris, at 7 :15 a. m., and after rising to the altitude of 0,000 metres, or nearly 23,000 feet, subsequently descended in Belgium. This is an extraordinary altitude to reach, and will compare not very unfavorably vvithlhc highest levels ever reached by aeronauts. The Ameer of Cabul is a real 41 Arabian Nights'' kind of a ruler. The editor of London Truth says that the Ameer was recently afflicted with a boil while on a country excursion. On returning to Cabul the principal court physician was summoned, and he applied an ointment, which was no doubt intended to be highly cilieaeious in its ultimate results, but at tirst it considerably aggravated the Ameer's anguish, and, having passed a sleepless night, he ordered the instant execution of his medical adviser, who accordingly was forthwith belief ded in the courtyard of the palace. A trade statement estimates the los tt farmers b; can-- of the terrible Western drought at !O,000, 000. These are dolorous figures, but there come reports that in some sections of our country cxtra ab:mdant harvests arc the rule. Many farmcis will be sadly reduced in means, no doubt, because of crops failing, yet this shortage will render it possible for Turners not so unfortunately circum stanced to obtain higher prices for their products. In this way, the deficit stated above will, doubtless, be largely reduced ; although this fact will not lessen the loss to those who have seen nearly their whole season's labor rendered worthless. 4,When it is noted that nearly 000 people have been either killed outright or injured since January 1, 1887, in rail disasters in which a bridge figured, it seems to be time," in the estimation of the Boston Times, "for public opinion to demand at once new methods in bridge building on railroad lines. In genuity and skill have done many things to decrease dangers on the rail, in the way of air brakes, automatic signals, etc. The greatest danger now seems to lurk beneath the train, not in it. Until wooden, and iron bridges even, are sup planted by stone structures wherever it is in anyway possible, the country will be periodically shocked by accounts of accidents which resemble in their details the horrors of war. The reform cannot come too quickly. With the disappear ance of the car stove and the oil lamp should be chronicled the appearance of the stone bridjre." According to 3Ir. J. II. Dodge, the statistician of the Agricultural Depart ment at Washington, the value of the dairy product of the country this year is $480,000,000. The number of milch cows now in use for dairy purposes is 21,000, 000. Calculating that each of these gives 300 gallons of milk per year, there is annual milk yield of 7,3:50,000,000 gal lons, of which about 4,000,000,000 gal lons is consumed in making butter and 700,000,000 gallons in cheese making. The quantity of butter produced is esti mated to be about 1,350,000,000 pounds, aud of cheese 0,500,003 pounds. The butter is almost entirely consumed at home, but the cheese shipments last year to the English market amounted to over 8.",, 000, 000 pounds. On the other hand, we import large quantities of fancy foreign cheese. In this country, notably in Connecticut, of late years have been made some excellent imitations of Uoqucfort, Edam and Cheddar cheese. The New York Timet says there are two new additions to the list of profitable products of the farm which promise to find employment for many farmers who have the requisite facilities. These arc due to foreign notions and tastes im ported chiefly from France and Germany along with the numerous adopted citi zens who had from these European shores. One is the grenouille, so called by the French, who esteem it as a choice article for the exercise of culinary skill. It is now served up at the first hotels and restaurants in the large cities, New York c-pecially, and appears in the markets as n regular article of wile. The animal is easily bred and reared, and feeds itself and thrives most abundantly in marshes. The other is called eseargor, and is used for making stews and soups, but is eaten also boiled and roasted. This animal is also easily reared, and requires no feed ing, but does better when a pasture is provided for it. Known in common Parian, ., (lc first ftsJ th(J ffog other as the snail, these readily acclimated animals have never until now been cou riered as of any value, but no doubt her.after will furnish special busmesg h ie, as they have doac for many years l i Europe, to thousands f farmer. One copy, one year -One copy, six months . One copy, three months VOL. X. Heroism. Wot on the b ittlefield, I deem. Are deeds the most heroic done; Not where the sword and bajo let gleam Are victories the grandest wen. Not in the plague infested town, Where stay the few the sick to sa o And for their lives their own lay down, Shalt thou behold the world's most brave h In acts of great self sacrifice, Of wbicn all men with wonder hear, A secret inspiration lie, That stirs the soul and conquers fear. To do the duty few shall know, And knowing, scorn what God requires, The menial duty far below, The task to which the heart aspires. To do such service, out of love, Unmoved by either praise or blame, And with a steadfast soul above The reach of either pride or shame, Displays a courage that alono In one such act doth far outshine All other earth had ever known, A cct rage Christlike and divine. Youth's Companion. A GOOD CATCH. BY EMILY LENNOX. "Mr. Ainsley Arbuthnot" was the name beautifully engraved on the ele gant visiting card which a servant pre sented to Evelyn Ogden, as she stood before a tall pier-glass, admiring the sweep of her white satin tram, aud the wave of her glossy black hair. "You arc ready, I suppose, Sybil?" she asked, with a disdainfid glance at her shy little cousin, whose modest toil ette of wine-colored cashmere hardly suited 3Iiss Evelyn's elaborate taste. "Oh, yes!" Sybil amwvred, promptly. "I have been ready for some time." "Why don't you put some white lace around your neck?" Evelyn asked, criti cally. "You look so oh, so plain." She was going to say "count ryficd," but repented of that and amended her speech. "I haven't any lace," Sybil said, frankly. 'Til lend you my fichu," said Evelyn, !csi in a spirit of generosity than in a wish to have Sybil look semi-respect able. uianks," was the gentle reply, "but I would rather net borrow any fine feathers, Evelyn, dear. Don't mind me. I couldn't look anything but plain if I tried, and it will suit me better to creep into a quiet corner where no one will see me. I can eujoy your triumphs, cousin, for I am sure you will have them You look beautiful to-night." "Do you think so?" said Evelyn, with a conscious glance toward the mirror. T am glad this dress is so becoming. Mr. Arbuthnot adores white." "I almost wish I hadn't said I would go," observed Sybil, looking down at her own plain dress. "I am afraid I shall disgrace you, Evelyn. I don t even know how to behave, for I never heard of a progressive-angling party before.' "Oh, it's simple enough, "said Evelyn, Duttoning her long gloves. "There will be a lot of tubs, or punch-bowls, probably, and we will all have gilt fish ing rods and lines, with hooks on them Ihe hsh are hollow and have prizes in side, w e all hsh for them, and nobody knows what he is going to get till the fish are opened. There is to be a gold ring in one to-night, they say. It Avill be like wedding cake. But vou needn't worry, Sybil; I'll tell you what to do." K.rl.:i i ? r,. -jfuii nua not worrying. one was perfectly quiet in fact, so much so, that Lvelyn fancied her brilliant escort would not be at all pleased with this uncx pected addition to their party. Sybil had come to the city to try and get a position as a teacher, and Evelyn did not fancy taking her out in society, but Mr. Ogden had a tender feelinj? for his sister's child, and tonmanded his daughter to show her all the honors due to a distinguished guest. "My cousin, Miss Weir, Mr. Arbuth not," said Evelyn, presenting Sybil to the gentleman who awaited them in the parlor. Ainsley Arbuthnot's keen eyes had swept in an instant over the white satin gown, with the mental observation: "Overdressed!" They rested now upon the slander, little figure in the soft, rich-colored cashmere, and they lighted with genuine admiration. "I am pleased to make your acquaint ance, Miss Weir," he said, with that quiet yet impressive manner which is such a valuable gift. - Sybil murmured something, but her eyelids fell before that magnetic glance. How handsome he was, and how per fectly self-possessed ! It was no wonder that Evelyn was always talking about Ainsley Arbuthnot. He was rich, too, they said, though Sybil thought very little about wealth, save as some far-away thing which she would probably never possess in all her lifetime. The 4 'progressive angling" went on at Mrs. Bayard's house, where Sybil felt as though she were in fairy-land, among flowers and fragrance, and parti-colorcd lights, that shone on a crowd of elegantly-dressed men and women, who moved about in a scene of rare beauty and splendor. "Must I fish too?" Sybil asked, nervously, as she looked shyly at the PITTSBORO', superb cut-glass bowls, in which arti ficial goldfish were swimming in per fumed water. "I would rather not." "Don't be afraid," said Arbuthnot, kindly. 4 'They all make botches of it." 4 'Aren't you going to fish, Arbuth not?" called out an exquisite youth, who wore a primrose and an eye-glass. 4 'It's no end of a lark, 'pon honor! It's such fun to sec those stupid little tin things wriggle!" "Is it, really?" said Arbuthnot, with imperturbable gravity, while the speaker began to dangle his absurd little line in the water. "Do you know what that makes me think of?" he continued, in a low tone, which only Byl il heard. 4 'It reminds me of a deli ution which I once heard given for a fishing-rod 'a stick with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.' ' Sybil broke out into a merry laugh, which made Evelyn turn around to see what the fun was. "Won't you trv now?" said Mr. Ar- uutnnot. "There are not people at the table." very many "Yes," said Evelyn, sweetly; "Ictus try now, by all means. Do you know, Mr. Arbuthnot, there is to be a german after the fishing, and we ladies have to fish our partners out of yonder bowl?" "How momentous!" Arbuthnot. ex claimed. 4 'I hope heaven may be kind to me." Evelyn smiled at him, and Sybil, hav ing a sense of being in the way moved toward the table. "Come, ladies!" cried the youth with the eyeglass. 4 'There are as good fish in the sea as ever yet were caught." "Allow me!" said Dick Travers, a brother of the hostess, to whom Sybil had been presented, and she found her self in ossession of one of the gilded willow rods, which e ; gaily adorned with bows of ribbon. She cast in her line, -and almost im mediately the others were cast along side. I am fishing for you, Miss Weir," said Dick, boldly. "I want a good partner, and you look as though you danced divinely." "I am very fond of it," Sybil said, modestly; "but I don't know much about the german. 1 think I should be almost afraid to try." Evelyn frowned and bit her lips. What a fool the girl was! "Why, Sybil!" she said, pettishly. "You are fishing on my side. I want that little fat fish. I'm sure he's jrot something nice in him." "You are welcome to him, I'm sure," said Sybil, abandoning her game very pleasantly. "I d rather have that slim little fellow. Perhaps he hasn't any thing in him, and then I shall be al lowed to look on." "Anal" cried Dick, whose skilled hand had hooked up the first fish vnat nave we got here? No. 17, Amv, what is No. 17 gentleman's prize ? "lou dance with JAss Irwin," said Mrs. Bayard, putting a box into her brother's hand. Dick groaned. "Never mind," said Arbuthnot, laugh ing. "We are only going to have six figures. Let us see what you have got." Dick produced a very pretty leather pocket-book, which they were all ad miring, when Miss Evelyn's cry of tri umph riveted attention on herself "I've got him!" she exclaimed, lifting the fat fish out of the water. iiut great was her chagrin when she found that it contained no prize at all, and the name of somebody whom she did not like. I'm afraid I shall not catch anybody," said Sybil, who found it quite difficult. "You don't go at it right," said Dick. "Drop your hook down deep, and then bring it up slowly this way. Try the little fellow over there. That's right Gently now. There aha. What did I tell you? That was well done, wasn't it, Ainsley?" "Excellent," said Ainsley. "Open him do. I am consumed with curi ositv." Sibyl obeyed, laughingly, expecting notmnsr. "13y Jove!' Dick cried, 4 'She's hooked the gold rinsf." hure enough, inside of the slim little fish lay the shining band which every one coveted. "It is like the Arabian Nights," she said in astonishment. "How pretty it is!" And see this French motto inside 'Mariau femme, Panne portrait.' " "That means you will be married in a year," said Arbuthnot, sailing into her shy, little, flushed face. "I don't think that's likely," Sibyl replied. "But I never dreamed of get- tiug the ring. I wonder how I ever happened to." "There is no great mystery, as I can see." said .hvelvn. with a disarppnWo laugh. "A brother of Mrs. Bayard's ought to be able to prompt one effect ively." Miss Ogden," said Dick, quickly, "I hope you do not think that I knew where the ring was?" "Oh, of course not," was the sarcas tic rejoinder. "Ah, Captain Clyde, is this you? The music is playi?ig. I sup pose we may as well go into the ball-loom." CHATHAM CO., N. C, Dick Clyde suit th re I an exclamation as hs turned to Ainsley with a curious look. "You have not fished yet," he said. 4 'There is plenty of time," Arbuthnot answered. 4 'There is Miss Irwin, Dick. She looks appealing." "You always have your own way, Ainsley," Dick said, resentfully, aid went off to find his partner. Sybil and Mr. Arbuthnot were left alone by the table. 4 'Aren't you going to fish?" she asked. "No. I am to lead the german, and it is my peculiar privilege to choose a partner. Will you dance with me, Miss Weir?" "Oh, Mr. Arbuthnot, I shall disgrace you." "I will run the risk," he said, offering his arm, which she took shyly. 4 'How pretty that ring looks on your hand ! Do you know I have a strong desire to put it on with a wish?" 4 'Well, I haven't any objections," said Sybil, blushing faintly. So Ainsley took her small white hand, and put the ring on it. "It will come true in a year, if it comes true at all," he said. "Now, come! The german begins at ten, and I must tell you what figures I have chosen." Everybody wanted to know who that quiet little thing was who danced wish Ainsley Arbuthnot; and the next day Dick Travers brought a friend to call. He found Evelyn Ogdn alone in her glory. "Miss Weir has gone out to hunt a place," she said viciously. "She wants to teach school, I believe." "Ah, you don't say?" said Dick's com panion, who was the yonth with the primrose. "Do you think she would take me for a pupil? I am not much on most things, but the fellows say I the very deuce at geography." am A month slipped by, and Sybil went 1 J! i 1 Hume uisappomica. it was the wroncr time of year, they said. She might get a place in the fall, but there was none vacant now. "I'm afraid I'm not of much account, Aunt Hannah," she said, despondently, as she sat by the little old study-lamp, thinking it all over. "I might as well have stayed at home, and not spent the money going to town. Indeed," she added, with a sigh, "it would have been a great deal better." It was an odd answer to her observa tion, that there came just at that mo ment a ring at the bell, which brought her lace to face m the doorway with Ainsley Arbuthnot." 4 'I have followed you," he said, hold mg the hand which she gave him. "I found that I could not be happy away from you, and I came to ask, Sybil, whether I might not stay with you alwavs?" "Come in," she said, leading him into the parlor, where ouly the firelight shone. 4 'Excuse me," she added, hastily, "I will get a lamp." 4 'This will do," he said, detaining her. 4 'I like this best. Sybil, you know what I came for. I love Will you marry me?" you. She was a natural girl, without any art or coquetry, and she answered him, out of her heart : "Yes." "Then my wish will come true," he said, lifting her harftl and kissing it where the gold ring spanned her pretty finger. "Do you know what I wished, darling? The ring said that the year would bring you a husband, and I wished it might be me. " It is needless to say that Sybil did not look for any further position. "She ought to be satisfied," said Eve lyn Ogden, when she heard of the en gagement. "Ii is astonishing what good fortune some of those plain girls have. Mr. Arbuthnot is the best catch of the seasoc." Saturday Niirht. Without Injury. The other day a reporter saw a black smith examining an ax, from which he had been asked to remove a portion of the handle, which had been broken off close to the iron. The wood could not be driven out, and as nails had been driven at the end it could not be liored out. "What will you do?" asked the reporter. "I'll burn it out," was the re ply. "But you'll injure the temper of the steel," suirjrestcd the renorfcer. A Well, maybe not," said the smith. He drove the cutting edge into the moist earth and built a fire around the pro jecting part. The wood became charred and was easily removed, while the tem pered part of the ax sustained no injury. Philadelphia Call. One for Him. Our Artist Do you know, Maggie, you're a pretty girl and ought to let me draw vou?" Maggie And do you know, sir, you're a pretty gentleman and I will let you draw me a bucket or two of water. It was washing day, and she kept him busy. Puck. Talnable in an Emergency. Jack Is that a valuable ring you've got on, Gus? Gus I've hung it up for $75. Jack You don't say so? Gus Yes. Seventy-five times. I'ollar each time. New York Sun. SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. RINGS IN TREES. What Measurements of Forest Growth Have Disclosed. The Rings Declared Not a True Test of a Tree's Life. Every day some pet theory, long held and honestly venerated, is being demol ished and sent to the limbo of myth with Tell's apple, Washington's cherry tree ana other old acquaintances. Now the age rings in trees have to suffer Unioni zation, if the word may be allowed. Mr. R. W. Purras, an agent of the United States Forestry Department, who has given much attention to the age of a tree as indicated by rings, as well as to the period at which trees of different species stop growing and that at which the wood is at its best, has reached some con clusions of general interest. He says: Concentric or annual rings, which were once accepted as good legal evi dence, fail, except where climate, soil, temperature, humidity and all other sur roundings are regular and well balanced. Otherwise, they are mere guesswork. The only region within my knowledge where either rings or measurements vcrc rpliable indications are in the secluded, even and regularly tempered valleys of the Southern Pacific coast." Annual measurements of white elm, catalpa, soft maple, sycamore, pig hick ory, cotton wood, chestnut, box elder, honey locust, coffee tree, burr and white oak, ulack walnut, osage orange, white pine, red cedar, mulberry and yellow willow (nineteen species), made in south eastern Nebraska, show that "annual growtn is very irregular, sometimes scarcely perceptible and again quite large," and this he attributes to the dif ference in seasons. As trees increase in age inner rings decrease in size, some times almost disappearing. Diminished iuiu iu giuuiaiier a certain age is a rule. Of four great beeches mentioned in .London, there were three, each about seventeen feet in girth, whose ages were respectively GO, 102 and 200 years. Mr. Furras found twelve rings in a black locust six years old, twenty-one rings in a shell bark hickory of twelve years, ten rings in a pig hickory of six years, eleven rings in a wild crabapple of five years, and only twenty rings in a chest nut oak of twrenty-four yeare. An Amer ican chestnut of only four years had nine rings, while a peach of eight years had only five rings. Dr. A. M. Childs, a resident of Ne braska from 1854 to 1882, a careful ob server for the Smithsonian Institution, who counted rings on some soft maples eleven years two months old, found on one side of the heart of one of them forty rings, and not less than thirty-five anywhere, which were quite distinct when the wood was green, but after it had been seasoned only twenty-four rings could be distinguished. Another expert says that all our Northern hard woods make many rings a year, some times as many as twelve, but as the last set of cells in a year's growth are very small and the first very large, the annual growth can always be determined, ex cept when from local causes there is any particular year a little or no cell growth. This may give a large number on one side. Upon the Pacific coast of North America trees do not reach the point where they stop growing nearly as early as those of the Atlantic coast. Two hundred years is nearly the greatest age attained on the eastern side of the con tinent by trees that retain their vigor, while 500 years is the case of several species on the Western coast, and one writer is con confident that a sequoia which was .1 A At A , mcasurcu was noc less mac aovo years old. At Wrangcl, a western hemlock, six feet in diameter at the stump, was four feet in diameter 132 feet further up the trunk and its rings showed 432 years. But in the old Bartram Garden, near Philadelphia, not more than 150 year3 old, almost all the trees are on the down grade. The Qucrcus Robar, England's pride, which at home is said to live 1000 years, has grown to full size and died in this garden, and the foreign spruces are following suit. Silver firs planted in 1800 are decaying. The great differ ence in the longevity of trees upon the western and eastern coasts of continents in the Northern Hemisphere seems to be due to the wa:m, moist air carried by strong and permanent ocean currents from the tropics northeasterly, in both the Pacific aud Atlantic oceans, which make the climate both moist and equable in high latitudes. In Sitka, as much as 100 inches of rain have fallen in a year, and the harbor is rarely frozen enough to hinder the pissage of "boats. In some winters scarcely any ice is seen. Lumber World. Taking Time By the Forelock. The celebrated Dr. Schmidt gives every 3Ionday gratuitous advice to poor patients. Mo3cs Levy enters his room. "What is the matter with you?" asks the doctor. "In reality, nothing," answered Levy; "but I have heard that to-day you don't charge anything perhaps something is the matter with me, after all." Flie cende Blatter. NO. 4. How to Act at a Fire. Mr. A. W. C Shean recently gave the following simj c lircctions how to act on the occurrence of fire, before the So ciety of Arts: 4 'Fire requires air; there fore, on its appearance every effort should be made to exclude air, shut all doors and windows. By tl i means fire may be confined to a single room for a sufficient period to enable all the inmates to be aroused and escape; but if the doors and windows are thrown open, the fanning of the wind and the draught will instantly cause the flames to in crease with extraordinary rapidity. It must never be forgotten that the most precious moments are at the commence ment of a fire, and not a single second of time shou'd be lost in tackling it. In a room a tablecloth can b3 so used as to smother a large sheet of flame, and a cushion may serve to beat it out; a coat or anything similar may be used with equally successful result. The great point is presence of mind, calmness in danger, action guided by reason and thought. In all large houses buckets of water should be placed on every lauding, a little salt being put into the water. Al ways endeavor to attack the bed of fire ; if you cannot extinguish a fire, shut the window, and be sure to shut the door .when making good your retreat. A wet silk handkerchief tied over the eye3 and nose will make breathing possible in the midst of much smoke, and a blanket wetted and wrapped round the body will enable a person to pass through a sheet of flame in comparative safety. Should a lady's dress catch fire, let the wearer at once lie down; rolling may extinguish the fire, but if not, anything, woollen preferred, wrapped tightly round will effect the desired purpose. A burn be comes less painful the moment air is ex cluded from it. For simple burns, oil or the white of egg can be used. One part of carbolic acid to six parts of olive oil is found to be invaluable in most cases, slight or sevtrc, and the first layer of lint should not be removed till the cure is complete, but saturated by the application of fresh outer layers from time to time. Linen rag soaked in a mixture of equal parts of lime water and linseed oil also forms a sood dressing. Common whiting is very good, applied wet and continually damped with a sponge. Cultivator. Handling California Wheat. In no country in the world can wheat be handled as cheaply as in California. During the harvest season there is no pos sibility of rain, and the wheat is put into burlap bags and stacked up in the field until the farmer is ready to ship. When sent to San Francisco it lies on the wharf until a ship is ready to take it on beard. No shelter is needed, and there are no elevator charge--, the bags being placed on board ship just as they come from the fields. In addition to the profit resulting from cheap handling, the own er has his profits considerably iucrcased by the gain in weight made on the voy age to Liverpool. When the wheat leaves California it is dry as tinder, and in ex actly the condition to absorb the mois ture of the sea air ; and, consequently, on its arrival in England a cargo of wheat will be heavier by many thousand pounds than when it left California. Wheat is never shipped in bulk, but always in bags, as when loaded in bulk it is about the most dangerous cargo a ship can car ry. No matter how lightly it may be packed at first, it settles considerably within a short time, and then it is very liable to shift. When shifting takes place a ship is as good as lost, as the change in the center of gravity throws her on her beam ends, and she is nearly certain to go to the bottom in the first moderate gale. Many ships were lost in this way, and now the shipment of grain in bulk is prohibited by law. Globe- Democrat. A Scotch Courtship. A young Abcrdonian, bashfulybut des perately in love, finding that no notice was taken of his frequent visits to the house of his sweetheart, summoned up sufficient courage to address his fair one thus: "Jean, I wis here on Monday nicht." "Aye, ye were that," acknowledged she4 "An' I wis here on Tuesday nicht." "So ye were." "An' I wis here on Wednesday," con tinued the ardent youth. "Aye, an' ye were here on Thursday nicht." 4 'An I wis here last nicht, Jean." "Woel," she said, 4 'what if ye were?" "An' I am here this nicht agan." "An' what aboot it, even if ye cam' every nicht?" "Wliat aboot it, did ye say, Jean? Div ye no begin to smell a rat?" Dub lin Nation. Satnrn's Moon-Circles. Further marvels of Saturn's rings have been noted by M. Stuy vert, of the Royal Observatory of Brussels, and other as tronomers. Dusky notches in the edges of the rings, with evidences of variabili-' ty, are indications which support the view that the singular hoop-like appen dages of our sister planet are made up of small satellites so closely grouped that the spaces separating them from each other arc not visible at the earth's fHfttannA- ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- $1.00 One square, two insertion - 1.M . One square, one month - 2.60 For larcrer advertisements liberal con tract will be made. Lost Lost many sunless years Upon the road of life; Old, faded relics, stained with teara. And scarred by fruitless strife. Lost, never to be found Gone, gone forevermore; Swept on the ebbing stream of timo, To an eternal shore. They vanished one by one, Each bearing on its bre ist A life not lived, a work undone, A treasure not possessed; Something for which it seems, My soul has vainly sought, The waking truth of happy dreams, That time has never brought Alas! the weary days, Unwelcome in the past, Are with me yet; my skies are dark, And night is gathering fast. I strain my tearless eyes To pierce the thickening gloom, And, mid the shadows, seem to rise A vision of the tomb. And is this all is there Beyond life's troubled wave No healing balm for broken hearts, No hope beyond the grave? No haven of repose, No bright abode of rest, No land of promise for the soul By earthly cares oppressed? Oh, yes; poor, fa nt'ng heart, By stormy billows tossed, There is a better world than this Whose years are never lost. Believe in Him who bade The raging tempest cease, And while eternal ages roll Thou shalt abide in peace. Joseph L. Butler. HUMOROUS. High strung Telegraph wires. A poor relation A blood-and-thunder story. A railing woman is like a swordfish. She carries a weapon in her mouth. An enthusiastic meeting two girls who haven't seen each other for an hour. The British peorle are chiefly inter ested in two bills, the land bill and Buffalo Bill. "Now is the accepted time, "remarked the poor young man solemnly when his girl told him she would have him. A firm who advertised for a boy "to do heavy work" received but one appli cant and he came in charge of his father. Husband (attempting to sing) "My voice is rather h-hus -husky to-night." Wife "No wonder it's husky! You are full of corn." Newman Independent. A young man named Darling lives in Bridgeport, and when any one calls to him in the street, every young lady near bl ashes and looks around, gently saying, "Sh, sh." 4 'Darling," he whispered, "did you ever experience a fluttering sensation of the heart an inward sinking, so to speak?" "Yes, love," she faintly mur mured. "Why?" "Because, if you have, I know how to prevent it." "Oh, John, tell me how." "Why, just use plenty of pepper when you eat cucum bers." A French Frog Farm. The French frog farm is much like one of our cranberry meadows a swamp laid out in broad ditches with grassy banks between them. Wc remember years ago passing one of these farms in the vicinity of a large French city in the early evening, and being drawn to notice it by the deafening music from the thousands of fat fellows sitting in the damp grass and now and then splashing into the ditches and continu ing to sing their lays as they protruded their snouts just above the surface of the water. These frogs were a special breed, Rana csculcnta by name, but differing very little from our handsome, slender specimen found in marshes, and having bright green and brown spotted skin. Our common bull froer is said to quite as delicate in flavor, and more ac ceptable in point of meat than the escu lent species of Europe, and as the natu ral stock of them is fast disappearing before the nets of the hunters thousands are now imported from Canada for the supply of the New York market. Con sequently the time has come for the skilled culture ofthcm in connection with other aquatic products, as brook trout, carp, bass nd other fish, or water cress, which can be grown con junctively, and are very profitable. New York Times. Improving Her Mind. "Improving your mind, I see," said the nice young man yesterday as he found his Sunday girl buried in a small vol ume. 4 'Yes," she answered, putting her finger on the line and glancing sweetly up ; "I am devoted to reading. Isn't it glorious to be an - author and sway mil lions of hearts by beautiful language and thrilling description?" 4 'It must be; what are you reading now?" "Stuttering Pete, the Demon Detec tive." Nashville American. The Lost Child. "Please, sir, have you seen a gentle man without a little girl?" 4 'Well, and what if I have, little one?" "My Uncle John has lost me, and I thought if you'd seen a gentleman with out a little girl you could tell me where he was." Harper's Young Folks. . - o A 1V"'.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 22, 1887, edition 1
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