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ljc (JEljatljcim Hecorb. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. $l)t Chatham Berora RATES WW OF Ay AyAyA Ay ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions -One square, one month - $1.00 1.50 1 E B0LL4R PER YEAR Strictly fn Advance. vol. x. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, APRIL 19, 1888. NO. 33. For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will be made. 1 ii ;ii I 1 1 tg G G Who Is 3Iy Friend! Who is my friend! My little song shall say, r that I do not find fcini every day; Th-'i'S-1 tna VtXtfd name alono I jii'.os d, nu'tK'.v multitude might pass the test, !-, to my ear, their speeeh its guile bo unty. I ni iv not gunge true friendship in thatway; Tin' laN like pure gold shines in Fortune's niv; In it til ipso and shade I may know best Who isniy friend. Siiif ' -l .t 't in ores oft fail the fire's assay, in rKing jewels, in the glooms, grow tav. Give ti ' 1 hargeful bosom for ray resj; Stive 1 1" it warmer throbs when I'm sore j-n s-m - .An I '; ! wott faith shall prove beyond Who is my friend. L Youth's Companion. WILLFUL MADGE. BY 1KENE PKESTON. "Tlny'll not treat mc as if I wero a ;rovii-up child. They'll not select a luidmud for me. 1 detest Mark Thorn ton. I'll i m away if they doa't stop p.'sdeiing mc about him." M ulgc ha -I ru-h.d from the presence of lur elders, with rather disrespectful haste, had ordered Brownie, aid was arranging her-elf hastily ia her riding habit. II r eyes were flashing, and two red !-pots wire I urning in her dark cheek. Slic d icoinl d the stair, holding her he..d like a yiu:ig princes?, uot deign i:ig to lot k li.ht or left, aad passed out into the sunshine. Tom held Brownie bide the bhek; Madge sprang into the sa Idle aid galloped of! down the r a I in the direction of Sixonville, a s-iei ill i ail way a'ul post-cllicc station a l'.w miles distant. Mps Mny aad Miss Martha watched t'.u angry clou I of dust settle away, and then looked at each ether helplessly. Tnry ir.car.t well, they were painfully c-n-ci.ntiou-5, after their light, but si'iiv.how tiiey lacked the tact and wis dvia t govern this t-irl, whom their b. t":cr h i 1 foun 1 in the south, shcrdy u i:i th : close of the war, a homeless, fri.':-.d!ess child, aad had brought her hiiv.e r.nd adopt , d her. She's so hi;h-Jtruig and willful, 6igh.d MUs M try. "I w' tre would come horn?,'" roaarktd Mis, .ALutha. "Kverything h:n gone wrong since he went away, lie Ins a kn:.e'c of smoothing things over. TIij more we try to smooth the more we rulll her, and she's never been tiie a:nc iinyway since she came homo lroiu th;t visit ia the we?t." Mi-s Martha would have been still m ro u::happy ha I she known the exact louadatio:i for the fact of her last as s rtioi. Madgo had formel tho ac qudatancc of Alfrcl "Winship during that vi it. Sho had kept u; a secret correspondence with him ever since, which was easily managed, since she nhvuya rode to tho (flice for the mail, and was t day expecting a letter. "I iim old enough to be my owu mis tress," she thought, all the p tty rc-j-traints that had chafed her wilful, im perious spirit from childhood corning uppermost. 'I will not submit any longer. I would like now to gallop on an I on away into freedom. I am an alien any way. I feel like a caged bird all the tinr. There is wild blood in my veins, I believe. "Whatever my parentage I never came of ti:ch hum d: urn stock as these people lever! ' II. t thoughts touched upon Mirk lhornton. lie was owner ol the e?Ute au joining inac oi ..Mr. lii-mop. lie was ten years older than fhe, a .d had made no secret of his preference for her. She liked him fairly well until she found tint Miss Mary and Mis Martha wished her tc marry hint, when hu began to treat him with freezing civ.lity. "Tame and coramonp'acc, always roadiag and studying. "What do I want of him?'' she questioned spitefully, giv ing Browuic an extra touch with the whip. I want vi;n and dash of spirit. II v Alfred Winship" fSlie had reached the station. She rode u; to tlio window, through which the l'MoiiKe c.eriv iianucu ncr mail as u-iial. Shi repaid him with a dazzling s'nil'j as she ciught sigh? of Alfred's h in 1 wiiting, lifting him into the seventh li v-;i, for she was beautiful, and in her g.'aciom moods irresistible. She let her reins fall upon Brownie's while she read Alfred's letter. Her h ait givo a great bound. He was com- f cut, would be ia Boston on the Ifi'h. "How delightful it would be," ho wrote, 4 if you could git out of your ' for a week nnd meet me th n I suppose tha dragons would as oon give you permission to visit the in oon without an escort; and yet w ' ould have a delicious time if you could .1 ia mc." II id some evil clairvoyance conveyed to Alfred Winship tho present state of M dge'smind? In her unreasoning reck- I'-hs mood, with her ' "balance wheel, George Bishop, away, she wa3 ope a to ''y g ;estioa that hd a spico of free 'ioin ir) it. ''Why not break lco.s-j from chis re "uatut at once aad forever? "Why not meet Alfred Wnnhip a ho suggested? She knew ho was desperately in love with her, and she had never seen a happy moment tix.cz sho parted from him. If I had any privileges liko other girls," she thought bitterly, "I could invite him out to see me, but Mis Mary and Miss Martha would bo scandalized at the mention of such a thing." She glanced over the letter again. He had given her his Boston address, and, good gracious ! tomorrow va the 16th. He would be there tomorrow. Acting on a sudden impulse, she turned Brownies head again towards tho station, walked into tho telegraph t trice and deliberately wrote this mes sage : "I shall leave for Bos.'on on the 11.30 train. Meet me at the depot." There! It was doae and not to be repented of. She galloped home and took her place at the dinner table with a silent, subdued air. She spent the rest of the day in her room making a few preparations, mti' ing upou lur grievances aad picturing the meeting on the morrow alternately. She was allowe.l to remain unmo lested by the sisters, who were used to her moods. There was a dash of Spanish gypsy blood in her veins, as she herself sus pected. She had a daring disregard for conventionalities, which was now, under high pressure, overflowing its boundaries. Yet she was high-principled and warm-hearted at bottom, and would be easily governed by one who uacerstood her complex nature with its seeming contradictions. When Miss Mary and Miss Mirtha saw her gallop off. the next day they little jrucsscd that she wore a traveling suit under her riding habit, nor .that she had stolen oat tho evening before and secreted a wcll-fiilcd valise among the brushwood under the trees by the road, half a mile distant. Making sure that no one was in sight, she secured the valine and rode on again until she came to a strip of wood land not far from the little depot. She n moved her riding habit, then, after securing Brownie and lavishing parting caresses and a few tears upon him, she walked around the "bend" to the station, and was soon steaming over the road to Boston. Excitement kept her up until, as the train ncarc 1 Boston, sho began to grow nervou. Suppose Alfre I should not meet her? Suppose the telegram should have miscarried? Was sho not doing a reck less thin-? She banished reflection. She strug gled against a home?ick feeling as she walked up the long platform of the depot and found her way to the ladies' room. She sat down near the door. Surely he would come soon. She had a lonely, uiprotcctcd feeling. Men pass ing the door gave her bold, rude, ques tioning glances she imagined. At length, with a cry of relief in her heart, she caught a glimpse of Alfred's face at the door of the waiting room. He stood looking around uncer tainly for a few moments, then, with rather unsteady steps, he crossed to where she sat, held out both hands and sail, familiarly, "Ah, here you are, beauty. I vc been looking for you this half hour." Madge was on her feet in a moment warding off his touch, lib handsome face was flu died and thi quality of his glance and smile was insulting. The oJor of the potations ho hid imbibed sickencl her. She could hive sunk through tin floor with shimo and dread of him. He had undergone a metamor phosis. She had never seen hira thus when she met him at tho home of her friend. Something like disgust she felt, which was quickly succeeded by a rlish of anger as he laid hi? hand upon her shoulder and said rather unsteadily, ' Come and have something to eat. You must be hungr'. You you are under my protection, you know," he finished with a meaning laugh. The effect upon Madge was madden- in. She scorned him and herself for her folly. He quailed a little under the lire in her eyes, as she shook off his hand and stepped backward, with an imperious air, that natt m eiiect upon him. "I am not under your protection," she retorted, with a certain desperation in her voice and manner. At that instant she saw Mark Thorn ton coming towards her across the marble floor. Her first sensation was one of dismay that Mark ha 1 found her in such a com promising situation. The next moment i she had rallied her forces. ''They have sent you after me," she said recklessly, after this quiet faluta- tion. "If I return it will not be with you. "I came on the train with you, but I was not sent,'' he returned, "and I have not the slightest intention of asking you to return with me, I thought you seemed in trouble, and I merely came to ask if I coul I be of service to you Madge looked up at him.' Ho seemed so grand and grave ana master. ul m contrast with Alfred that a su Idea sense of his tuneriontv came to flange like a revelation, whi'e a fear that she had compromised herself forever ia hi3 eyes cane over her as Alfred said sneer ! ingly: I "I thought your engagement wa? J with me, but it seems I am one too many." j With that he walked off. Madge's ' defiant mood broke dowa utterly. She was wretched, humiliated. Mark stood regarding her gravely. "You will despise mc," she said. "1 agreed to meet that man here. I made his t;cquaiutanco in the west last winter. They they are driving me mad at home," she finiihel with tears o: vexa tion in her eyes. "I understand,'' Mark siid slowly. Ia those few mitutes he had found the keynote to the actions of this sweet, loving, willful, imperious creature, whom he loved so tenderly. "What am I to do? How am I to go home and answer their questions?" Madge asked, looking to him ia her ex tremity as a strong tower of protection. "Will you leave it to me? Will you trust me to make it all right?" he asked. "I will do anything you say,'' she answered, humbly, "if you will forgive my rudeness to you a few minute ; a;e;o." "And I will retract my statemcut and ask you to go home with mc." he said, with a smile. "The train leaves in h df an hour. I will account for your ab sence. It shall never be known that you met any one." How Midge's grievances diminished on that homeward ride! W.iat a haven of rest her quiet room would seem if she once reached it, and how gentle an l deferential Mark's manner was toward her! Miss Mary and Miss Martha, who hal been half frantic, were greatly relieved to see Madge under tho protection ol Mark Thornton, who pursued a high handed course of exjilaa ition. "Miss Madge and I have had an adven ture today," he said, airily. "Will you ask no questions for the present and let Madge go at once to her room? Some day later I will explain. I am only sorry for your uneasiness." The good women accepted the situa tion without a word. Mark was a sort of paragon with them. Madge was safe and there had been no alarm raised in the neighborhood. They could not be sufficiently thankfu". Midge learned her own heart tha dav. She now cniy.s full freedom as the wife, friend aud companion of Mark Thornton. The Old Oaken Bucket. Science goes for things dear to u? without mercy. Everybody who has lived in the country and who knows tho old well loves the "old oaken bucket." Wc all love it because we have read what the poet says about it, and in our schooldays we choic the poem as our "piece" and spoke it. AVe have quenched our thirst from the old oaken lucket with its contents afte: carefully looking into its dubious depth? for "wigglcrs" or worm?. We have bal anced the rusty, dripping inconvenience on tho euro and submerged our noses i in the "nectar" we gulped. Wc have spilled the "crystal"' on our shirt front and profanely growled as we felt it trickle dowa insi.le our collar. We have seen tho leaking drizzle, from a hole in the bucket, spoil our five-cent shine. We have longed under these circumstances for a cheap glass tumbler or a common tin dipper, but in all our tribulations wc never thought the old oaken bucket an iron-bounl death dealer, but it seems that it i, for a scientist tells us thit it is "a compound, condensed masi of nitrogenom and phosphatic fi'thincss, the home of tho microbe, and the all-prevailing bacte ria." Martha's Vineyard Herald. Cnre for Biliousness, First, on getting up and going to bed drink plenty or cold water. Eat for breakfast, until the bilious attack passes, a little stale brcul, say one slice, and a picco half as largo as your hand of boiled lean beef or mutton. II the weather is warm, take instead a little cracked wheat or oatmeal por ridge. For dinner take about the same. Go without your supper. Exercise freely in tlio open air, pro ducing perspiration, once or twice a day. Ia a few days your biliousness is all gone. This result will come even though tho biliousness is one cf the spring sort, and one with which you have, from year to year, been much af flicted Herb drinks, bitter drink, lager beer, ale, whiskey, and a dozen other spring m dicinesarc simply barbarous. Dr. Dio LcwK The Age of Fishes. Crows are commonly said to live for a hundred years and turtles are said to Jiavc even longer life; lut if Professor Baird be right the greatest animal lon gevity is possessed by fishes. Professor Baird says that a fish has no maturity, there is nothing to prevent it from living indefinitely and growing continually. He cites in proof a pike, living in Rus whoseagc dates back to the fif t " h century. In the royal aquarium . t St. Petersburg there arc fish that have been there 140 years. The Twin Cross. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. He Wever Told a 14 e. Once there was a little boy, With curly hail? and pleasant eye- A boy who always told the truth, And never, never told a lie. And when he trotted off to school The children all about would cry, "There's goes the curly-headed boy The boy who never tills a li And everybody loved him so, Because he always told the truth; But every day as he grew up, 'Twas said, "There goes the honest youth." And when the people that stood near Would turn to ask the reason why, The answer would In always this, "Because he never told a lie." New York Journal. VTby Dolls Are Hn Hauieri. I am almost certain that every girl who reads this has at some time or other played with a doll. Very like'y t he older ones have outgrown 111: ii dol s, and only. keep their favorites as souve nirs of childish day?, and pretty play things for little friends and guests; lut perhaps even they, tall and womanly as they arc, would be puzzled to te 1 why we call it a doll, and nut, as the French do, a puppet or paupit, or, with the Italians, a bambino or babv. What is the meaniug of the word doll? To explain, I must go bark to far away times, when it was tho fashion all over the Christian world lor mothers to give their little child i en tho name of a patron saint. Smo siiids wcr more popu'ar than others aad St Dorothea was at one period perhaps the mot ponulir of all. Dorothea and its quaint E. lglish variation, Doro thy, have, as my little Greek scholar know, a very pretty meaning "Gift of Go 1." But as few people like to call to Idling wee thing by a long and stately ram", the Dorotheas were short ened in nursery talk to Dolly and Doll, and from giving the babies the nick name it was an cay step to give the same to the little images of which the babies were so fond. Wide-Awake. Womler of IVouriciaft. Of all the feats common to hunting life and woodcraft, none oecm to mc half so wonderful as tracking or trail ing. As practiced by man, tracking is wonderful enough ; Lut far more mar vellous is the power by which a dog or fox can follow its prey at full speed, guided only by scent, without erring or being led astray. To us tho word scent has but little meaning; it is the name of a power with which man is, comparatively, al most unendowed. We go into the woods and see nothing but a leaf-strewn ground, thinly scattered over with herbs and thickly planted with trees; we see no quadruped, and find no sign of any, pcrhaj s, save the far-away chatter of a squirrel. But our dog, merrily career ing about, is possessed of a superior power. At every moment of his course he is gathering facts and rea ling a won j derful record of the past, the present, and even the future. "Here," says his j unseen guide, "is where a deer passed j a minute ago," or "an hour ago;'' "this I was the course of a fox a week ago;'' "that was the direction in which a rab bit flew by a few minutes ago, and, oho! there was a weasel after him!" Such is tho curious record of scent, revealed to the dog but hidden from the man, and even inexplicab'e to him; for though we have a theoretical knowledge of the subject, it is too imperfect to make us fully understand that not only has every kind of animal, but each in dividual animal, its own peculiar scent. Thu, the clog can distinguish not only the bucks, does and fawns of the deer tribe, but can pick out of a d zon the track of the particular luck that he is following, aad never leave it or lose it. j Moreover, he can tell by the scent which s way the animal is going, and ho is j never kr.owa to run backward on a trail. Now, when we compare this won derful power with our own feeble sense of smell, we will be ready to admit that it is a faculty of which man, compara ticvly, has little. Let us suppose that you were to awake some fine morning and find that, as in the old fairy tales, a mighty genius I had conferred on you a new and won derful faculty, that enable you to go forth and read the runuing records with even greater accuracy and case than can the hound what a marvel it would be, and how intensely interest ing its exercise to a lover of nature! And yet this very miracle is what actually takes place every year in our northern country. The great genius is old Boreas, and the means by which ho confers the new power is the first fall of snow. St. Nicholas. A Hopelul Man. "I caa never be more than a sister to : you, said a buxom wijow, tenueny, ! to an old bachelor who had proposed, j "Ah, madam, yes you can," he rc i sponded. gaiantiy. "Jam not a maa j to loose hope-." "Ye?, but I say I cannov," she per sisted. You have daughters, madam," he sai I, "and you may yet be my mother-ia-hv.Y." Washington Critic. A SEAL HUNT. I Description of an Expedition in Quest of Sealskin. The Animals are Surprised and Killed With Clubs. Seals once having takon to a p'aco will never desert it unless frequently alarmed. Here they periodically return to Lreed. and thence the old ono3 never wander far. Three expeditions, of two nights on each occasion at most, arc uiado yearly, aad as only one attack is possible each time, great caution and ex perience are necessary to ensure a good bag. The oars have to be muffl id, and the island approached according to the wind; for seals are not tho sleepy crea tures one associates with the 200, but post videttes in comminding positions, and on tho slightest alarm there is a rush and a splash, and good-bye to your prospects for that night. Having dis embarked in silence, the men, armed with heavy clubs somewhat resembling though longer than a policeman's staff, are poste l at intervals of two or three yarch on the glacis by which tho seals invariably come ana go. Wnen all is ready every one begins to shout, and then comes a rush like a thousand sheep, and thwack, thwack, right and left, as hard as you like, and tho more the better, followed by a splash, and every one makes for the boats and shoves off. For the old bulls, often six feet and seven feet long, are very dangerous and will often follow a boat knawing at the gunwales. For purposes of commerce the old ones arc absolutely worthless, and attention i3 only paid to the small est ana youngest. We started at one a. m., the writer continues, for tho seal island. A glorious mo en made every object as clear as day, and in about half an hour wo found ourselves alongside about as difficult a landing place as can well be conceived. Imagine then, a rather steep glacis, as slippery 11 l . ia .. asasuaeanci extending without one friendly foothold for about twenty yards. iut our nimuie companions lost no time in the ascent, and in less time than it takes to write it, we found our selves seized by sturdy arms and in po sition at the top of the glacn. "Hoo, boo!" intermingled with shouts such as none but Afrikander lungs could possi bly emit, then rent the air, and then a roar such as I can only describe as that r i rit -i . a nuaurc i oxen, louowea by a scampering of what seemed a thousand feet and a literal avalanche of seals came tumbling past us and dashed furiously into tho water. Personally, I was too excite 1 to do justice to my club; I struck about, re gardless of all instructions, indisenmi- , j i naieiy ai oia ana yoang mat came within reach, and was delighted to find when the counting began that I was the proud exterminator of four. The ex perts had, of course, done better, and our night's work for thirty-two clubs was represented by 316 seals. To make for the boats and shove off was thc work of au instant; and, having laid-to for a short time in case of attack, wc again landed, collected our victims and re turned to thc guano island. Thc night's work, however, was by no ineaus over; and after a hearty sup per, the skinning process began and continued till well into the aftennon. The preliminary preparing (or braying as it is called) of thc skins is somewhat peculiar; and as the fur known as seal skin is an undergrowth, all thc bristles have to be removed, i. e. : pulled backwards from the inside. In the very young animals these bristles have not appeared; hence, the value of thc seal the younger he i, and the absolute worthlcssacss of the old bulls. O 1 tho following night tho seals wore to be left ia peace; but on the Thursday wc re peated the attack, with much the same experience and an addition of 207 to our bag, making a grand total of 523. London Field. The Olive In California. The olive is to be a source of great wealth to Northern California. It will flourish here better than in Italy, where about 2,000,000 acres arc devoted to the tree. We say "better" advisedly, be cause in the new soil of this state tho yield is fully double to the acre attained in the warm soil of Italy. There is r.o tree worthy of so much attention here. It is pre-eminently adapted to tho foot hill region, since it thrives in tho dryest and most rocky soil without irrigation, and in such situations gives oil of a finer quality than that obtaiacd fiom olive orchards oa rich alluvial soil. But both valley and foothills are suitable to the olive. OroviHe (.Cat.) Register. A Leip Year Explanation. Griggs "Sec here, S.imley, a word with vou before vou go. You've been 1 V calling on my sister for three month?, and I think it's about time to ask your intentions." . Slimley "Perfectly honorable, Tom. She proposed tome to-night, anl wo' 11 he jaarried soon. " Si f ting3. The Virtues of the Tiolln. In power, volume and variety ot sound, the organ is j ntly entith d to bo called tho king of m i ical instrument! But in two importaLt poit.ts it yiclds t j the violin and to the other members of the violin tri c -the viola, the violon cello and tin double las. W.icn some ono asked Mozart to state what w is req uisite to constitute a goal pi ino forte player, he touched his lingers, his fore head and his breast, thcr by iudic iting that the pianoforte-player ncuUbiain, feeling and dexterity of haal. Now, given the feeling, the piano is naturally so cold an instrument that even tho most skillful porfonncs on it find a difficulty in throwing all the feel ing of which they are conscious mto their playing. The violin, on tho other hand, i a warm and sympithctic in strument, and readily respond i to tho mood of the performer. In other words, the connection between the performer and the instrument is more intimate in the case of the violin and iU congeners than ia that of any other instrument. Next, all other iastruuunts- lack tho power of "dinging." In this respect, tho piano, the harp, tho guitar, and its first cousin, tho ban jo, are notably dificient; since, rightly considered, they are mere ly instruments of percussion, an.l cannot even sustain tho notes which they imi .. The flute, the organ, anl all other wind instrument, on the other ha . d. do pos sess this sostcneute capacity. B it they cannot, like the human voice, fill in, so to speak, tho gaps in the g iinut. But are there any gaps in the gamut? Mostun. doubtedly there are enormouj gaps.' The octave at present i 1 use among all civiiized nations comprises but thirteen distinct sounds, all told. But in the scale constructel by scientists Ilelmholtz aad others and hence called the Philosophical Scilc orGimut, the numher of distinct sounds u seven teen; and even this gives but a very faint idea of the almost innumerable degree of tone, distinguishable by an acute ear, between, say mi Idle C and its octave. Now, the humu voice can render all these shvies of sou id, an I so also can the violin tiiho. The music pro-iuecd on these instruments miy, therefore, most aptly be termed "linked sweetness long drawn out." Casscll. A Pet Ostrich's Mishap. When, r.s sometimes happens, a soli tary chick h reared at the farmhouse, it becomes ab urdly and often incon veniently tame. O .ic called Jacki.was the terror of all the little Africans about thc PlaccJ for as thcy sat ou thG ground Wlth plates of rice and puiup.m in their laps Jackie would bear down upon them, requisitioning from oae plate after another. Occa -ioaally he acted ia such a menacing manner that thc young sters dropped their plates and ran away crying. Jackie would then squat on his heels among the debris and regale his enormous appetite at lci-ure. But one day retribution came. IIviig spotted the pot in thc kitchen out of which tho pumpkin an I nee always came, no tliou'lit no would auacu til! fountain head, so plumping 1. s head into tho pot, he greedily scooped up, and, with thc lightning-like rapiiity of ostriches, tossed down his throat a large mouth ful of boiling rice. Poor fellow ! the next moment he was 'dancing round the kitchen, writhing ia agony, sha dng his head nearly off, and twisting his ncclc as if bent on tying it into a knot. Finally ho da-hod wildly from thc house; and the lat that was seen of him was a little cloud of wdiitc dust vanish ing on the horizon. St. James Gazette. Sunshine a Remedy for Obesity. But here is a secret for women troubled with obesity, which wc anticipate will carry some weight, namely, that bodies exposed constantly to thc sun "gain such activity of tho blood forces as to prevent any excessive forming of adi pose matter." It must not, however, be supposed that, on thc other hand, plenty of sunshine is conducive to lean ness. jHot so, ior tnc rcauy neaiiniui condition is neither fat nor lean, but shapely and plump, and thc sun's rays quicken the nutrient functions, pro ducing a beauti.'ul and elastic roundness of form; indeed, thc constant action of the sun upon a hum in body is like thc effect unon a plant, vitalizing and strengthening to every part. Press. A Well Endowed County. Randolph County, in Wc t Vir; has many things to be prou 1 ef. Its area is nearly as great as that of Rhode Island. It has the highest mountain in thc state- Mount Bayard. The Wilson veia of coal is thc richest in tho world. The Scott family, oa Raring Creek, will outweigh any family in the United States, and Winchester Park, in the county, is the largest game preserve east of the Rockies. New York World. Past Mending. Bjones That fellow Gagley tried ' " - borrow five hundred dollars of me this morning. Smythe Five hundred. He must be cracked ! Bjones No, he's not cracked. He's 1 broke. Life. . The Hollow. The hollow in tho old oak tree, Where happy children play. Where woodbines climb and cling amid The roses' clustering spray. The hollow in the old oak tree, Where happy lovers meet, To linger loug and whisper low Upon its mossy seat. This hollow in the old oak tree, Where old men feebly come To toll their tales and crack their jokes Or ore they totter homo. The bellow in the old oak tree One haunts it when the moon Gleams on tho dewy wood walks, closa Beside the streamlet's tune. Upon the roughened birk to speni Hot kisses, passionate tears; To murmur to the old oak tree Lite's grief for Love's lost years. All the Year Round. HUMOROUS. A scratch race Barn yard fowls. A promising band Tho engagement There will be no eclipse of tho honey moon this year. Tho Envelope Trust docs not appear to bear thc stamp of public approval. A Michigan girl has found 2125 four- leaved clover?, aud is not manied yet. "I'm stuck on that girl," said tho court-plaster. "Well, she breaks me all up, too," remarked tho peanut candy. Stranger (to workman driving rail way spikes): Arc you working for tho eontractor of this road? Pat: No sor; Oi'm workin' fcr tho extender av it. It is in thc highest degree improper nnd unjust to ridicule a man on account of his small stature. Because he hap pens to be little it isn't right to belit tle him. Thc hen, fool though she is considcr sd, pessesses in a marked degree tho faculty of miking much out of little, feed her corn by thc pint and sho cats it by the peck. Thc original elements are carth, air, fire and water. Fire is thc most de structive and water is the most power ful. Fire-water, therefore, forms a com bination that is a teaser. A young preacher picked up Bishop Pierce's hat and put it on his own head, anl it was exactly a fit. "Why, Bishop," said he, "your head and mino arc exactly the same size." "Yes," re plied thc Bishop, "on the outside." It is not always safe to reason by analogy. Because a water -soaked clothes-line becomes fearfully tight it loos not necessarily follow that every intoxicated gentleman you meet upon thc street is a confirmed cold water Irinkcr. , A lady who had been abroad was describing some of the sights of her trip to her friends. "But what pleased me mo3t of anything," she continued, "was thc Strasburg clock." "O how I should love to see it !"' gushed a sweet companion; "I am so iatercstcd in such foreign sights. And did you see tho Watch on the Rhine, too?" One man can boast a pedigree; Of his descent, he say3, he's proud. Another is self-made, and he About his rise talks long and loud. Effect of Glare upon Eyesight. It appears that Professor Plateau, of the University of Ghent, while trying to abscrve the effects of the irritation of the retina gazed steadily at the sua for twenty second-, the result beiag that chronic irido-choroiditis developed, ending eventually in total blindness. A number of cases arc known in which choroiditi? and retinitis occurred in persons who had observed an eclipse of the sun. The .single flash of a sun-reflector has been known to cause retinitis, j and other temporary visual disturbance of a functional character have been fre quently noted. M. Reich has described a curious epidemic of snow blindness, which occurred ;imong a body of la borers engaged in clearing a way through the masses of snow which obstructed the road between Pas ?anaur and Mttti in the Caucasus; tho rays of the sua reflected from tho vast stretches of snow on every side, pro duced an intense glare of light, which thc unaccustomed eye could not support without the protection of dark glasse?. A few of the sturdiest among the labor ers were able to work with impunity, but thc majority suffered so much that among seventy strongly marked cases ! thirty were so severe that thc men wero absolutely unable to continue work or to ; find their way home and lay ! prone on their faces, striving to hide their faces from the light and crying out from pain. Recovery was gradual but complete. Japanese Oranges. The Japanese seedless orange is now being introduced into California, and is attracting attention because this dwarf to , variety is more hardy than ordinary ...i. - i m r Si ui -i. ti ; Kind!?, inc iruii, aunougn smau, w j remarkably sweet. Should it thrive oa this coast it will extend thc range of ! citrus fruits, for it is claimed that it is hardy enough to resist considerable , frost, Pacific States Weekly, I m
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 19, 1888, edition 1
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