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eljc tlljatljctm Uccorb. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, She Chatham Record i MM -. RATES ' .'-r'-Ki. WW --SjV4 OF ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- - f 1.00 One square, two insertion - - 1.50 One square, one month - 2v6t For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will be made. vv Ay Ay aj Ay S DOLLAR PER YEAE Strictly ;n Advance. vol. x. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 10, 1888. NO. 36. a if G G The la! est figures show that there are lis HT.'IK) Suuday-School scholars in the Y.vib'. Tlure is a sa l reflection, moralizes the Sew York T.lyraiH, in reading the will of ti e late Joshua. Jones. Here was a una ith 7,000,000, and yet he had n.; a near relative in the world to whom he i;u il have his fortune. I .vVi.vi has eight home for poor wv-rk'uu L'it'K at which breakfast, d'n- j rcr a: i ti a cot only $t a week and i o:n u: owr 1 more, 'i hey arc said tWw'' r.ianngod and liberally support-'' -'.v charitable people. Th I nvest and moat inllucntutf news in .Japan, the Xidi-XLhi Mum or D i Hi Thne of Tokio, has a tiivulaiion of 1,000 copies daily. Its ,li;m:i- arc filled a'most entirely with ho:t Tories and political cs-ays, with ey litt-c, if any, news matter. To a'd in promoting the interests of tie manufacturers, the Herman la'lway authorities and shipowners have agreed to remit, the former 5) percent, and the latter i't per cent., cf the freights on a 1 good consigned to Melbourne for the great Australian Exhibition of this Year. The fat piece j of iron shaped like the letter S that arc seen on the walls of old brick building ara sa'd to be an ancient symbol of the sun. Their origin nny be traced back to Asia, where they were ia use in prehistoric time, and tha same sign w.is once employed on the official seals of Sicily and the Isle of Man. Illinois has never had a Speaker of tha House of Congress or a President of the National S.-natc, and no Speaker has ever lived West of the Mississippi, 1 bode Island and Delaware, among the l astera States, have never been honored vith the speakership, and neither Louisiana nor Alabama has ever had a Speiker. May Emily Bird, a colored woman who died at Centerville, Ttna., recent ly, wa for a long time a missionary in Liberia, Africa, and once received and entertained the world renowned ex p'o er, Livingstone, cn one of his most unable exploring expeditions. She speaks l'.uaitl; many of the n.itive Afri can lauua'-'s. At lv.e: ;e, a jury of twelve men w :e n.::th- duty, iot one of whom n e l t 1 t o. At a convention of bee k t j vr at Waterville, in tha same State, one of the fifty men who attended vas a Idicted to the use of the weed. A Iiing;r pipe; says it is doubtful if nny !h r part o; tin coautry uses so little tobacco us Maine. As an instance of the r.ston;shing way in whivh rabbits multip'y, it is related that in tin fifteenth century a female rabbit with young was left on the Mand of Porto Santo, in the Atlaut'c 'ceau, by the crew of a passing thip, and in a short time rabbits were so numerous on the island that the settlers were forced t abandon it. Inventor Pd'son proposes to present the first half-do.:en perfected phono graphs to t'.e ero.vncd heads of Europe, lie w 11 make the presentation address here, ia America, .-ml when the instru ments arc delivered, their royal re ripienU will have the pleasure of he.. in:ij the words of .Vr. Ldi.-on through l.ii won derful talking maca'ne. Mrs Patti Tyle Colin is employed by the Government at Wn-h ngton j;s a reader of "blind handwriting'' in the dead letter oTi e. She is an expert at this business, and is paid a good salary. She claims to read every known lang.iage except Russian and Chinese. One thou sand letters a day usually pass through her hind, but she only deals with the addresses. A correspondent writing from St. Petersburg, 'Russia, says: saw more drunken men in Peter-burg on the day of my arrival than I hid seen in all the rest of Europe during a four months' stay. The peasants of B.dgium have a poor, reputation for temp n ance, but I saw more drunken men in Petersburg on my w-ay from the station to the hotel the day of'm'y arrival than I saw in all Bel gium. ", An expedition is preparing in Eng land for the exploration - of the regions abut the-outh Pole. These are com- arativi IV-Vwknown. For the ignorance that exists in regard to them there arc Numerous Anson. They are far from l .... r. . m xierr. civui.atio.i ami:- o t iieja).m mcrcial routci of the ocean." The sourV1 era p rtions of the two confine. its areas far from the 'Antarctic circle as some of the most thickly settled and highly civilized. varts of Euroi c. For instance, lite South' She land Islands, whose dis covery was considered as remarkable, and which arc spoken of a in the South ern Po'ar region, are .about as far south, f the e uato: as EngJaud is north of it. Most of the islands which have been dis- overed, and which on the maps seem to form a sort of icy necklace about it, are farther from it tham many Northern egions which support considerable populations arc from the North Pole. Spring Morning. Sweet the air, Sky how fairl Day doth break' Misty cloud In a shroud Winds the lake. Mountain peak Heaven doth seek, Crimron tipped; 'Tis a maid White arrayed, Cherry-lipped! Chanticoeer Croweth near, Oxeu low, Birdlinss call, On the wall Squirrels go. Sun is up; f " Full tfie cjaip Of our day; Homeward walk, Cheery talk All the way. F. W. Batchelder. A STRANGE GUEST. "You're sure you won't bo lonesome, Jennie? 1 Farm;r John Harmon stood in the glow of the broal fireplace, wrapped in hh great-coat and irufH r, his fur cap pulled down about his cars, and his whip in his hand, while tho pawmg hoofs of his impatient horses crunched the snow outside. Ho stooped ai ho spoke, an I li.'ted hu littlo daughter's chia till the clear, brown eyes looked up, with tha frank smile which always warmed his heart. Nf, indeed, father I How cou'd I be loncscmo with such a little chatter box as Tony? II trk 1 I do bclicvo he's waking now, tha darling 1" "I'm sirry that Manda Lawson couldn't have come to stay with you, but, of course, if Jack's sick, it stands to reason that sh-j caa't leave him. But Steva end I'll Lo back before dark, never fear. Hullo! you were riqht, Jjnaij. Ilera comes the littlo gen era! 1 A chubby boy of throe ycar3 old ap peared ia his nijht-gown from the ad joining room, with cheeks rosy, and yellow curls tangled from his morning nap. Tho father caught him ia his stroigaim-, and held him, shrieking with laughter, i.b:Vj hi head. "Fathei's littlo "man ! Waked up to say good-by. He'll tako gool circ ol sister, won't he?" The child leaped into the young girl's outstretched arms, and hid hh face upon her shoulder. "AVell, good-by Jennie!" Ho paued a moment, a wistful look creeping over his strong, sun-browned lace. "You're liker your mother every day, my girl."' "Father! Father!" called a cheery voice outside. "Coming, Steve!" The door opened and let in a great wave of frosty air, and, as it closed be hind him, the sturdy farmer clan bred to a scat beside his son, and, with crack of whip and jingle of 1 clip, the laden sleigh slipped cheerily away. Jennie stood at the, window, still hold ing the child. Sha wai just fourteen, although her slight, childish figure made her seem younger than that by two or three years. The dc.:th of her mother when Tony was but a helpless babe had thrown premature burdens upon her young shou'dm, iurdens which she had borne with a patient, un selfish courage far beyond her years. Jennie was quite u;cd to bj left alone with her little charge, while her father and brother were away at work, so it was with no special sense of loneliness that she watched tLe moving sleigh un til it was lost at a sharp turn of the forest-bordered road-way. A3 the nearest neighbor lived a mile distant, she could scarcely expect visitors on such a day. She turned away at lat, and, taking her place on a low scat before the fire, proceeded to dress the child, making merry game of the task, as she told over and over on his pink toes the story of the "five little pigs." Then, when the ha I given him his breakfast of bread and milk, and placed on the floor a box of well-worn play things, she went briskly alout her own household tasks. Tho market-town to which her father and brother had gone, was fully fifteen miles away, and, onca there, they must wait for tho grinding of thair load of grain. 4,We shall have a long day to our selves, Tny dear," said Jenny more to herself than to the child ; 4,but thcruM be plenty to do, for tiiter 'must hake the bread and cakes for Sunday, i.nd k&thcr and Steve will be wanting a good burner tonight. "Torty hl1y inter!" lisped the boy. '' ."Yes, Toiryshall help sister, and sis ter wt.l fry ldQlpughn tit man." A.Ciappi g hiTOC&y 4iands, the child tlrcw Ids littlo cricket to tho table, w; ere, by climbing upon it, he could overlook hh si-ter's operations at her moulding-board; and thus, with frolic and clie?r, the bort winter day wore on. But the 6ky, which had been bright at early morning, grew gradually over cast with clouds, and Jennie saw fro:n the window a heavy mist filling ah thv air. A few feathery flakes came floating dow n as sha spoko, and theso proved to bo but the forerunners of a mighty host, as tho storm sett cd over the landscape. Hour after hour passed. There wero no longer any tracks to bo discerned along tho narrow road-way which was the only avenuo through the forest. It grew presently so dark inside the cabin that Jennie wa3 fain to pi ce a lighted lamp upon the table, and seat herself to listen for the first sound of distant slcigh-beils. Toaey curled him self upoa her lap, and soon lost himself in sloep. Suddenly Jennie heard the muffled sound of a horse's hoofs upon the snow. A shado'. darkened tho window, and a moment later a heavy knock resounded upon tho door. Jjnnio hastened to open it, with Tony still awakened, in her arms. The visitor, who stood holding his horse by the bridle-rein, was a large, power.' ul-lookiag man, dressed ia hunt er's garb, with a brace of pistols in his leathern belt. Some little city-brd maiden might have fainted with fright at so formi dable an apparition, but Jennie was well accustomed to tho rough exterior of the backwoodsman. Tho stranger looked at her keenly, as tho firelight shone upon her little figure with Tony's golden head nestled against her shoul der. "I've been caught in tbe storm. Can I stay all night?" he said. "Como it, sir," answered Jennie, heartily. "Wa aro all alone,-land the baby, for my father and brother are gone to town; but I expect them home every minute, and I'm sure they wouldn't like mo to let any one go on ia tho storm. You can put your horse in the stable yonder." Without replying, the man led away his horse in the direction indicated, whence ho soon returned, and taking his place in front of the hearth, pro ceeded to dry his wet garments. His face, which evidently had once shown fine lines, wore a hard and bitter ex pression, as tho flickering shadows p'ayed over his bent head and averted eyes. A vagua discomfort crept over the spirit of the little hostiss. 4I wonder if ha's sick, poor maul he looks so misei able-like," fehc thought. Then sin said aloud, "If you h.v-n't been tj i upper, sir, I could take you up some of the pork and beans I'm keeping hot for father and Steve, and I could make yua cup of tea in a minute.' "I don't want anything," answered thi n:a still without looking up. Li tie Tony, who, by this time, wa3 I r ad awake, had slipped from Jonnie's arm, and stood with great, b.u;', won dering eves fixed unon ilu stranger. It was something wholly new to Tony's idiort experience to find himself unno ticed bj a visitor, and ho was cvidantly pondering deeply the problem of this unsolved peroor.ality. IIo walked s'owly up and down the roorr, at each turn r.ppro- ching a little nearer the rim, silent fi ;ure before the hearth. At lat he p iiiscd, and Pepping yet closer, laid a final , scft hand upon the man's knee. S ill thero was no response. Thi child's breast heaved, his breath came thickly, and a- grieved expression curled his rosy lip. - 'Mas," lu said, with a trvir.u'.otu bal y accent, 'why don't 'oo love little boys?" Tha stranger stcrt-d, and a spasm of uncentrol able emotion swept ovr his bearded face. Ha turned upon the chi d, whose bright hair shono li'.ca a gl ry about his head, and with a swift, involuntary ac ion, drew hi:n into his arms. S mo marvelhus cl angc ha 1 transfigured his fiscj and softened tha hard liics like ice 1 eforc the sun. He held the child cIofc, murmuring over him somo inarticulate expressions of fondness, while Tony, on his part, accct ted most graciously tha ti;rdy homage, tugged at the stranger's watch guird, and lau ;h d so merrily that Jen nie could not repress a soft echo from her own corner. Th man looking up, transfixed her with tho same keen gaze as at his en trance, cnly that new some new clement was added, a qucsti miag almost pain ful ia its intw-nsily." Looking at him, one would have said that the man felt all his fate hanging upon the an&wer which the young girl ould give. "Aic you afraid of me?'' ho said. 'A! raid? ' repeated Jjnnic, in gentle surprise. "Why, no, sir! Surely you wouldn't do any harm to Tony or ma." "No more wculd I, so help me God!' II. rose and stretcdied himself t his full height, like one relieved .'rom tome intolerable burden. "And now, my ehl," he said, cheer ily, 47ou may give ma some of the pork and beans you spoke of, they're mighty warming on anight like this." Jennie sprang up wffch a pleased alac-'ity, and having placed a bountiful portion upon the table, drew a chair be si !e it. . "I can't see why father don't comci" .-ha said anxiously. A curious cxpri s ;ion flitied act oss the man's face, which 'she did not notice. "Don't you fret, child,'' he said, "the snow's driftiigso that 'twould be nothing strange if they had to ttop all niht at son.c- housa along tho road. But never you mind ! Til do the chores fr you-youve got tho cattle and ! things to see after, I reckon and then I'll bring in some moro logs for tha fire." ' How kind you are, sir 1 Fm sure thousand father will tha: k you a time3." "Thank me yourself, child 1 Pmnot doing it for your father. It's long since anybody had cau'Q to thank mo, and tho sound is sweet.' Ho opened the door and went out through the blinding snow. Returning a half -hour later, he replenished the fire, raking the coals, together till a red blaza mounted high ia tho great chim- ! ney. Then catching up Tony in his night gown, ha mide" him lau jh with a story before being carried oil to bed. "Your folks can't possibly get home tonight," he said, when Jennie reap peared, having left her littlo charge quietly sleeping. It storms hardei every minute. But they'll bo along bright and early in the morning, so don'tyou mind, but go and lie down with tho boy, and TU camp hero in front of the fire." "But you won't bo comfortable, sir." Oace more the pecu'iar expression flitted across the man's face. "Comfortable! I'll get the sweetest rest I've had for many a long night I" Janme did as she wa3 bidden. She threw herself, still dressed, on the couch beside har little brother. It was long before she fclept, for as tho storm beat against the window panes, she cculd not repress a sharp anxiety for the safety of those she loved. "What should I have dono if this man had not come?" she thought. "He may be odd, but he is very, very kind.' She lost consciousness at last, and when she awoke the storm was over, and the -sunshine streamed in at the eastern win low. As she sprang up, hardly able to collect the scattered memories of the previous eight, the sound of distant bells came to her ears. "They are coming I" the cried, joy fully. Hastily she opened the door of the living-room. It was empty, and the fire smouldered low on tha hearth. Her strange guest had gone suddenly and unannounced as ho had come. "He didn't wait to see lather, and ho had no breakfast," mcurned poor Jen nie. "What n.ust he havo thought of me to sleep so l .te as this?" She ran to the out?r door just as her father's sleigh camo in si.,ht the stout horses strolling bravely through the heavy dii.ts. A cheerful hallo rang cut, answirel by her own clear, joyful to.es. The sleigh reached tha door, and in a moment Jennie was ia her fath er's aims. "My poor littlo girl! You are safe. I was afraid hasn't anybody been lure? ' "Oh yes; we havan't bcea lonesome, either, have wc, Tony? A man cama ha had been caught in the storm and ha was so good! He fed the cattle and made tho fire, ' lut only think! I slept so long that ha went away without any breakfast." "Yci he only robbed me of my money, I suppose, and spared you. "Well, I'm think ful for that." "Robbad ytu fuller 1 Why, ho was a good man. He played with Tony and did all tho chores." John Harmon nicked un a scran of i paper on tho table, on which was scrawled, "Gaod-by, littlo girl ; don't tell your father that anybody came, and always be good to those that aint good themselves" "That proves it,'' ha said. "I saw that man watching m, yesterday, when we went over the brook, and he must have cut down that tree to prevent our getting back h'.st niht. He did it to r.)b roe." John Harmon rushed out of the room, Lut quickly returned, in a stats of excitement and astonishment. "Why," he said, "he hasn't taken it, after all!" Of course, they never could know the whole story, but they gucsod a part of it. The farmer had in his house a con siderable sum of money .vhich ho was soon to p y toward clearing the mort gage from his farm. Tho strange vis itor mut hive known this fact. He certainly watched John Harmon and Steve as they went away from home. Probably ho cut down the tree of which Jennie's father had spoken, in crder to delay hi3 return until ha had time, to get well away. Than he had come to the house, not became he was caught in the storm, but .because he had soma plan, which no One doubted was rob bery. John Harmon always balicved that it was Jennie's innocent fearlessness and perfect trust in the rough man that changed his mh.d, and saved him from the loss of his money. Youth's Com panion. She Had Him. "ine nappiest moment oi a man's life" he said tenderly, "is when he knows that he has won a girl's heart." "Is it?" she shyly asked. "Yes,'' ho replied: "now tell me what is the happiest moment in woman's life. She blushed and hung her head. Tell me," he whispered. . "You won't think ma too bold?"' "Certainly, not." "When she's asked to name the day." A QfT7C THARMPR rLLi jlULUl Lil. An American Girl Who Handles Big Reptiles For a Living. An Employment Which Re quires Considerable Nerve. Alna Don Janata, the snake charmer. 13 a New York girl, Ida Jeffreys, off the stage. The followiag extract con- cainifg her peculiar employment, is from an interpreter with a New York World reporter: The fat men and the loan men logged back tho red boxes to their resting place, set them down with much rever ence and caro in front of a roaring fire and then hurried away. Miss J.-ffreys opened the boxes and took off the dainty white merino blankets and gray wolt robes that wrapped up the snakes. She lifted them u-, fondled them and handed tham over for inspection as she talked. "How did I become a snake charm er?" she repaated. "Why, that isn't oay to tell. I have always liked snakes. I was born in New York, and this city has always been my home. I used to love to watch tho snakes in their glass cage in Central Park when I was a little girl. They always had a fascination for me. I didn't want to pet them, you know I don't sec how any sane person can care to do that but I liked to be nroun i them and watch them. My pao pie aie in the show budness, and whan I grew up I went to work a3 a high-wire performer ia tho circus. I saw the fa mous Dama Ajanta, the Hindoo girl wno cuarmeJ snakes ncro some years ago. Sht was tall and li'he and almost as slender as a snake. While perform ing with her pets she almost seemed to be a snake. She mcv-d and acted lik one. Seeing her r.ct started me thins - iag why an American girl couldn't do something in that way. I made up my mind not to imitate her, but to get up a snake act of my own. Ia the fall of 1878 I bought four little anacondas they were only six feet long each and began to pr etiso with them. I got them used to having me arcund and to Lcia handled. Didn't it feel creepy at firsi ? Yes. a littl . I suppose, but I've nearly forgottei about that now. When thev were Quite accu-ttomcd to being handled I began to twine them arouad myse f. Did I charm them? No I don't take any stock ia the the ories of so-called snako charters. I find that ycu can get along very nicely with snakes by ma rely handling thorn ntly. You ruu tn't make any sudden racv. mints win. re they can sec you, but let your hands glide r-ther than go quickly towards them. If you always remember that and never lose your presence of mind, you can handle snakes safely enough. "Many -people believe that the snakc3 arc drugged before being handled ia the circus. That i3 not so. Thoy arc quite a3 lively as ever, as you can see." So saying, Miss Jeffrey handed her vis itor a long, plump boa constrictor. The young man felt pale, Lut pretended to like the spoit The sensation was much like that you enj y when a proud young mother hands you a three-wesks-old baby and asks you if you don't thiak the dear little boy is qnitc heavy ior his age. Boa constrictors and babies are eo uncertain. Mi. taking the young man's hollow, mocking smi e for a sign of real joy, Miss Jiffnys put a forty-pound anaonda into his leit hand. He vras a cold, clammy cuss and wriggled unceas ingly. The 5-nakes. eyed each other liko roosters who want fight, and tha young man handed them back very sul denly, " It's simple enough, you see," said Miss Jeffreys. "You just take hold of them boldly and you'll get along very nicely with snakc3. I don't use rattle snakes or cobras, because they are poisonous. It's bad enough to risk being hugged to death without running the chance of being poisoned. Tho anacondas and pythois grow very fast. That long anr.conda measures fully fourteen feet. Ha was only six feet long when I got him in 1883. How often do they feed? About once ia three weeks I feed the snakes in this box. Three eat chickens, two eat rab bits, one eats pigeons, and two eat guinea pigs. I have to experiment with them till I fiad out their taste. That never changes. Of course, they tako their food alive. The snakes in that other box are a scrub lot. They come from the South Americai coast. They are roughly handled on their way north, and most of them refuse to feed. They simply pine away and die in a year or so. The good feeders were born and raised in Central Park under the care of Supt. Conklin. "Oh, yes, I get bitten once in a while. You see my hands are full of little scar. They are from python and and anaconda teeth mostly. That tig one on the mid dle knuckle of the second finger on my right hand was made by a 14-foot python who weighed 100 pounds. I was feeding my snakes a few months ago, and tho big python, in darting after a chicken that was getting away, accidently closed his jaws on my hanu. In an instant he had two coils around my arm and was just f bout to crash mo to death. I didn't want anybody to kill him, for ho was worth $175, and, of course, I was afraid of being killed, and I felt very uncomfortable. Old John Fulton picked up a drum-stick from the band stand and pried open tho python's mouth. That rattled him and he let go. .I've hal otner narrow es capes, but they're rather tiresomo to tell about. Do you know we have to bo very careful ia han'dling snakes that have just been fed ? They swallow their pigs or chickens without chewing them, and if they are handled within a few days after dinner tho lfees are apt to como ihrough the skin and kill Mr. Snake. They are very dolicatc, pout things, ia spite of their great strength." Undo Sam's Conscience Fund. A letter signed with initials and mailed at the Washington Post-office was received the other day at tha Post Offica Department. The writer en closed a two-cent 6tamp, with the fol lowing explanatory remark for the ben fit of the Postmaster-General: 'I received a letter through your offica yesterday ; the cancelling stamp failed to cancel the 6tamp. I tore tho stamp off and uied it. Now my conscienca has got the best of me. You will please find enclosed a two-cent stamp to go to the "Conscience Fund." As it was not money tho stamp was not sent to the Trea ury Department, where there is a specid fund for tho benefit of those who aro overcome by the pangs of conscienca. The letter was scat on tho official round and as much ink and good paper was consumed in recording its reception ia the depart ment and its final di-position as if it had been $10,000, instead of a sickly two cent stamp. It was first of all recorded in tho book of letters received in the Postmaster-General's office, and was then sent, as endorsed by the chief clerk, to tho Third Assistant Postmaster-Gen erab When it reached tho latter office it was referred by the Third Assistant Postmaster Ganeral to the Finance Divisioa. An -other record was made in tho book of the office of letters received and jacket ed. Then it found its way to tho fin al ce division. The chief of that divis ion pasted tho stamp on tha letter,drew two crossraarks through the stamp with his pen and marked under it the word "car. c-lied," and signed his name. This operation was witnessed by a cleric wno flixed his name as witness, and then thletter having reached the end of its red tape journey was duly and properly deposited ia the files,- where it will re main as an evidenca to future genera tions that this petit larccnv upon the government was regularly and officially - - J w atoned for. In case the citizen whose conscience was disturbed whdiis to es tablish the fact that he has made resti tution he can refer to the document3 in the case which tho postoffiaa depart ment will kindly prcsarvc for him with out charge. Washington Star. How a Horsehair Becomes a Snake. Dr. Page asked us if we didn't want to see a horsehair that had turned to a snake. We did, and he drew a bottle from his pocket, filled with water, in which was wdiat appeared to bo a dim- j inutive snake, five or six inches long, J Avrithing and twisting, as if anxious to j escape from the bottle. When put ia j the bottle it was nothing more than a hair from a horse's tail. D. Mathews 6ays the hair docs not undergo change, but that invisible animalcules that gen -crate ia the water collect on the hair and make it twist and squirm after tha manner of a snake or worm. It is held by good authority that many of the so called animalcules hiva bcea shown to be plant, having locomotive powcri something like animals; the motion, however, is not supposed to be volur -tary. But the horsehair makes a firot class snake all tho same. Hartwell Sun. The Ages of Criminals, Most criminals are young. It 13 scl- dom that a grave crinc, provided it bo the feet. The body wis taken i:n the firsd, is committed after the age of j mediately after death and placed on a thirty.- A careful statistician has pivot, to move as it might. Alter some proved that of the entire population of England and Wabs tha largoit propor tion of criminals is found between tho ' agC3 of twenty and twenty -fiv-.. Fiva j times as many crimes are committed, in the five years between these limits as ia the ten years between the aC3 of fifty and sixty. Dividing the whole popula tion into groups of those from ten years to fifteen, from fi teen to twenty, from twenty to twenty-five, from twenty-five to thirty, from thirty to forty, forty to fifty, and from fifty to sixty, it is found that from the age of twenty the tendency to crime decreases at each successive term thirty-threa per cent, ia the caso of women, and twenty five per cent, ia the case of men. A Blowing Well. Looxahoma, Mis3. , has a blowing well over which tho people there aro very much interested. It is 120 feet deap and five and one-half inches in diameter, and ju3t b.-fore a rain it emits a current air that carries tho sound of a harmonica 300 yards. Chr;Yilb (T n.) Chronicle, After the Battle. It was after the din of the battle Had ceased, in the silence and gloon:, When hushed was the musketry's rattle, And quiet the cannon's deep boom. The smoke cf the conflict had lifted, And drifted away from the sun, While the soft crimson light, slowly fading from sight, Flashed back from each motionless sun. The tremulous notes of a bugle Rang out on the clear au umn air, And the echoes caught back from the moun tains Faint whispers, like breathings of prayer. The arrows of sunlight that slanted Through the trees touched a brow white as snow. On the bloody sod lying, 'mil the dead and - fh(f drinir. And it flushed in the last parting glow. The dark, crimson tide slowly ebbing Stained red the light jacket of gray; But another in blue sadly knelt by his side And watched the life passi ig away. Said the jacket in gray, "I've a brother Joe Turner he lives up in Maine. : - ; Give him these and say my last messago Was forgiveness" Here a low mom of pain. Checked his voice. Then "You'll do me this favor, For ycu shot me" and his whispers sank low. Said tho jacket in blue, "Brother Charlie, There's no need I'm your brother I'm Joe." V. Stuart Mosby. HUMOROUS. A taking fellow The photographer. An international Bill William K. Cody. A waterfall knows how to do tho cataract. Professional decorators Prize fighters. Teacher In what battle was General Blank killed? Bright Boy His last one. A wcm'an tieats a man like atclcscope when she draw3 him out, looks hiin through and then shuts him up. An old woman may be an incorrigi ble gossip, but when you come right down to facts the peacock is the great est tail-bearer cf all. "Pa," said Bcrtio the other day, "why do they call a ship she?' " "Be- cause, my son, she is always on the lookout for soma of the buys." A worn-out society belle is liko old maple sugir. I. has a , cert di kind of sweetness, but has to ba laid on tho shelf when the new crop comes out. "I say, Bill," said one London street urchia to another, on seeing a dudo pass by, "that feller looks as if 'is 'cad had been fitted to 'is 'at, not 'is 'at to 'is 'ead." Mother And do you really feel so very bad, Bobbie? Bobby Yes, ma, I ain't quite sick enough to need any medicine, but I'm a little bit too sick to go to schooL A city girl, writing to her cousin in the country, sai I she thought it might be nice enough on a farm in the summer time, but she didn't imagine it was very pleasant in the winter, when they had to harvest the winter wheat and pick tho winter appld. First Club Man (heatedly) All I have to say is that I consider you a puppy. Second Ditto (coolly) If that wero the case I could take the first priza at the dog show, and that's moro than you can say. Fir&tlla How so? S.coad Ditto You lack tha n.ccisary pa ligrce and breeding. The gloomy winter's course is run, Up from the earth the daises peep, The base ball season has begun, The umpire's wife and children weep! Sleeping With the Head to the North. The belief that human beings should sleep with their heads to the north is said to havo its foundation in a scientific fact. The French Academy of Scioncas has made experiments upon tha holy of a guillotined man, which go to prova that each human system is in it3clf an electric battery, one electrode being represented by the head, the other by j vacillation tho head portion turned toward the north, tho body then re maining stationary. One of tho pro fessors turned it way around, but it soon regained its original 'position, and the same result was repeatedly obtained until organic movement finally ceased, Public Opinion. The Curious Little Seahorse. The seahorse is a curious little ciei ture. It is not an animal, but a fish. It is bony, has tufted gills and belongs to the pike family. It grow3 from six to eight inches long. The snout is pro longed and tha head elevated pos teriorly, very much resembling the head f a horse, the cars being represented ay a spiny coronet on the occiput. Tho tail is long and whiplikc and without a fin. It is with the tail th'.t the fish sus pend themselves to seaweeds and other submarine objects. The eyes are romi nent and can bo moved independently of each other and in opposite directions. In swimming these fish always assume an upright position. Forest and Stream. . rv5 i'. ;. mm. .-Si'.; ii- - , - "'-',". a'-J ..V -M- ,"-','r i. ;. 1 .-..',sH, '7 f$ -.'if -.v -j '.. --:-v .. 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 10, 1888, edition 1
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