Newspapers / The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, … / July 5, 1888, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i- , ..... y (r)c t!II)atl)aitt HccotD. U. A. LONDON, EPITOU AK1) PKOPIilETOU. lje CljatJjam Record RATES ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- - $1.00 One square, two insertions - - 1.50 One square, one month - 200 For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will-be made. " mm TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, DOLLAR PER YEAR Strictly :n Advance. VOL. X. P1TTSBOROV CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY 5, 1888. NO. 44. i i ii ri ii The Same Foreier. Vi'r stands firm; no Mast of time, So hut i -'earn of earth's rude clime, t an -h:ke its heavenly steadfastness, i if ks?n its high power to bless. I look and live! Il ti.imi; from that tree of lovo r0till 'odV message from above, Telling, each hour, of cleansing blood Ami i totaling to the upward road. I hear and live I idll ,i. the Christ His face reveal, I s t l! f living joy unseal, Si '11 telling of His love and light, His tmvkuess, majesty and might. I come and live! still waxes ,ifes tree its glorious wealth, liddi ith everlasting health; With fruit and leaf D;vinely fair, And immortality still there. 1 eat and livel ril! from the reck the waters burst L urn lu-h the weary spirit's thirst; Who drinketh once will drink again, Who drinketh shall not drink in vain. I drink and live! LBonar. THE CHANGED HEART. 'Iii how can I help being neglected nd miserable, Ned? You scarcely look it ine when Miss Lovel is near, and sho s your pre Tut red partner in all things low. You walk with her, you sing vith her, you drive with her, you dance .ith her, and it makes mi very wretch el " "Now. Mollie, if you're goiag to bo jcaiou ! ' "I'm rot jialt us. Ned. If I thought rou didn't care most for me; if I fancied rou cand :it all for any one else, 1 lon't thi.ik I'd roimnstrato with you nt ill. I woul I jus, take oil this," touch- tig tlu- ili:imond on her hand, "and vmd it lack to y u. I'm not jca'ou, ut you are not very kind to mc, Ned' "My little p t. you do not see things i- I see thni. O.no owes something to society, especial y when one is at the ea-ide. If you would only remember lilt I love you too well to find fault with anything you can do, and if you voul I become a little more of a society .Ii meter yourself, I should be perfectly nppy. Why, you scarcely take the .a t attention from any one but me, ml .so many arc willing to offer atten 10ns to you. Now, dear, ki.s me once; I roust bo off; 1 am. to drive on the ooacVi with Miss Lovcl; not j-salou, my par "Not jealous, No I, no;" and she urncd from him, but without giving he kiss he had asked for. "She i i jealous, though!'' the young t i.ow thought, smiling as he watchel he pretty, straight figure going away .rom the nook in which ho had found i'.T, out to the stretch of sand, against v!iich the waves were rolling, receding, :.aving now a mass of seaweed on it, ::i"v returning and bearing it away i veiy coquetto of an ocean, now kind rid now cold, and always fair in tho iunlight. "Ned Tremaioo hurried over tho Uath, whistling as he went, and he presently caught up with his affimced, hIi in her pretty dres3 of cream and Mack, with the wido sun hat ushed a ittle back on her blonde head, was looking very beautiful aud animated ;nd smiling in the face of Lee Stone, tli? most incorrigible mile flirt at the each. "Whcro now, Tremaine?'' the latter called out, as with a nod he pursued his way. "For a drive on the beach; will see you later," and Ned had goae by, re--uming his whistle. Sir. Stone smiled a little and spoke a tow words to Mollie. She colored -lightly, followed tho tall form of her lover a moment with her eyes, then ave a gracious answer, and half an l:our later, whin N-d and Miss Lovel met tho pretty light carriage on the beach in which Lse Stono took his -lai'y drive, they received a pleasant nod from pretty Mollie, who was his companion, and who looked as though he was thoroughly enjoying hi society. "She certainly lost no time in follow ing my suggestions," Ned told hinvclf lulf in surprise, "and she had evident ly found tho society of Slone anything put boring." ' What a handsome couple they make,'' 31 Us Lovel sail, with a certain :;leam ia her steady, gny eye. Ned colored suddenly, but didn't quite know vhy. "Perhaps you didn't know that Mi3s Anuesii my promised wife," he said, a trill i coldly. "Oh, lut so many engagement are i roken in a summer at tho seaside; oae never minds tht very much." tho lan- Ji'iid belle said indifferently. That night there was a hop at the ho t"', imd Ned had made up his mind whil dressing to be a littlo more at teniive to 3Iollie; but t hi3 surpriso he uiun t hnd Mollie Am es shrinking uq- ler her mother's wine as ha I bean her custom. jV. number of old friends had arrived while they were at dinner, and tli y were about her, and while she t avc him (Ned) a smilo from the dis tance ho found it quite difficult to get ar her. Then a s'ight tap on his arm la'ormed him tint MUs Lovcl was a-k- tag him why ho was so preoccupied, -c ... 1 . . ... a jsiouie aaa otoue went uircuag by, joining the waltzers,ho followed them with Miss Lovel. A rather pronounce! flirtation," Lee lsugkcd, later, when he and Mollie stood on the hotel terrace, watching the moonlight on tho sea and strand, and ono solitary couplo pacing slowly along bc&ide the wator?. Both knew who they were, for a few minutes before they had seen Ned Tremaine placo that pale pink scarf a Lout the shoulders of Miss Laura Lovel f.s ho led her across the terrace, too much engrossed in his task, it wou'd seem, to notice Mollie or her companion. 'Oh, everybody flirts more or less at a seasido hotel ; one has nothing elsoto do, you know, ' Mollie answered Lee with a little ripplo of laughter, and ho looked on the pretty faco to which tho moonlight was so tender, his voice sink ing almost to a whisper as ho spoke to her. "It is a cowardly pastime for a man," he said softly, "and for a woman it is a cruel one." A- ain sho laughed, while arranging tho bracelet on her arm ; a touch of mockery was in tho ripp'.in voico. "And you is ,it pleasant to know that you arc cruel and cowardly?'" she questioned. "Ono is tempted to be come personal when such remarks come from one who is said to count his con quests with cruel pride, and to whom tho world gives no higher aim than to fascinate and rcnviin careless. Am I too plain? Forgive me." "I forgive you freely as I would forgive you all things, Mis3 Anuess: but neither you nor tho world fully uadsr stauds me. Imayaejm a trifljr; but were tho woman I Iovj to love mo in return no smile would be to so swoet as hers, no presence half so dear." Molho had been watchiag tho couple oa tho sands going slowly bick and forth, bs.c'x and forth in the moonlight; now sho lifted her swoet young face and looked at him with a sort of won dering pity. "Do we all wronrr voii. then?'" she asked, gently. "Havo you failed in your wooing? Can you not win where ycu love?'' His face flushed a littlo at her words. and she, watching it, wa3 struck by its strength and beauty. How did it chance that sho had never noticed it before? "I am not left tho chance to woo or win h r," he said, slowly; "sho h another's promised wife." "Ah," she said, pityingly; and she gave him her hand in a sweet, womanly sympathy, never for an i:istaat connect ing his woids with herself. II i lifted Ihj small hand reverently to his lips, and drawing it thtough hi3 arm turned towards the beach. As ho did so ho found himself facing Ned Tremaine and Laura L vcl, who were coming in from the moonlight, and he noticed that tho young man's face w is quite white, while there was a half scornful smile on the lips of the fair bcllo of the seaside. But the two couples passed each other in silence, tho one goiag down to tho stritch of the glittering sand, the other goiag in to the dancers. A week liter, and Mollie had just come in from a long hour, peaceful and calm, spent with Leo ia a quiet nook among the rocks that overhung the ocean. He had been reading to her there some of the sweetest poems given to the world by genius. Her heart had thrilled as ho read, and new, strange feelings had stirr.d it. When he closed the book ho had looked up and found her eyes filled with tears. And now in her own room she was asking herself how it was that what sho had com menced but for tho purpose of annoy ing Ned had in one brief week slain all her oil resentment against M133 Lovel and made her thoughts turn constantly, not to Ned Tremaine, who was her affi anced husband, Lut to Leo Stone, who was termed the greatest flirt at the beach. What was changing in her life? When sho now met Ned and Laura it did not pain her a? it used. Was it be cause a handsomer face, a stronger and a nobler f ::ce than Ned'3 wa3 constantly near, ready to turn to her with devo tion, ready to light if sho smiled? A servant broko her pondering3 by bringing her two messages ono a boquct of white flowers with a few feathery sprays of fern among their whiteness and one crimson rose gleam ing red from their centre, and in it was a note from Lee asking her to go for a drivo with him by moonlight; tho other was a few angry lines from Ned, asking if she remembered that ihe was be trothed to him while she .allowed every gossip at the hotel to chatter of her flirtation with L?o Stono. "I have been patient, waiting an op portunity of speaking to you," he wrote, "but you will not give mo one, so I write to ask you if you wish our en gagement broken; to all it wou'd siem so." Sho tremblod a littlo as she read, and her sweet face chmged color; but sho went to her desk, drew from it every letter ho had ever seat her, formod them and his ring i 1 a pae'eage, aad wrote him tho following note: It was I who first taught patience while jvy existenc was forgotten for one who was what you bado m b.'comj " society char acter,' Why should I fancy that you wish an interview with me of late? It is pot sj long since you coull not spare a moment for me from Miss Lovel. Do I wish our engage ment broken? Perhaps we both wish it. Ned; at least let us break it, since I eg displease you. I send you your letters and ring. I Then, although a choking sensation was ia her throat, sho penned a brief . note to Lee: ( "I shall be pleased to go with you,w j that was all; and in tho starlight the . moon roso ate sho went with him out over tho beach and far along the coun try. Was it strange that ho noticed she no longer woro Ned's ring? Was it strange tint ho told her of his love, and that sho listened silently, bolievingly, with a strange flutter at her heart? Was it strange that when they drove back, lingcrivg beside the sobbing ocean, another ring should deck her finger and another bond should lie upon her life? Well, two others walked upon tho strand, two whom the g03sipi called lovers; and yet whon it was told that Mollie Anncs was to placs her happi ness in the keeping of the "flirt of tho beach," one man who heard it turned as white as death and shrank from tho sight of tho beautiful woman beside him, although men called her fair, aud many said she had won him from his faith; yet Mollie was too happy to re gret, although she sometimes renum bers. Toledo Blade. Pet Problems to the Ancients. Among tho problems with which it pleased tho ancients to perplex them selves was one which bears in an in stiuctive manner on tho doctrine of limits. It may be thus stated; The swift footed Achilles st-irted in pursuit of a tortoise which was 10,000 yards from him, Achilles running 100 timos faster than the tortoise. Now, when Achilles bad traversed the 10,000 yards, tho tortoiso had traveled 100 yards; when Achilles had traveled these 100 yards the tortoise had traveled one yard ; when" Achil!c3 had traversed this yard the tortoiso was still 100th part of a yard in alvaace; when Achilles had traveiscd this 100th part of a yard the tortoise was the 10 000th part of a yard ia advance, and so on forever the tortoiso b;-ing at each stage in advance of Achillo3 by one hundredth part of the distance Achilles had traversed in the preceding stage? The tortoise then remains always in ad vance of Achilles by som ) distance however minute; anl therefore Achillc3 can never overtake the tortoise. But wo know that Achilles traveling faster than tho tortoise will overtako it. Therefore, Achillea will and will not ovortako tho tortoise ; which is absurd. Tho ancients were strangely food of problems of this sort. Thus thero was tho famous problem about the as3 be tween two ex-ictly equal bundles of hay, at exactly equil distancj. "This ass," says the sophist, ,4. il attempt to cat neither bundle; for, by whatever line of reasoning it could be shown that ho would turn first to one bundle., by a line of reason precisely similar it may bo shown that ho would turn first to the other. But ho cannot turn first to both. Therefore, ho will turn to neither." Another of theso problems was thus worded: "E;umenidc, tho Cretan, says that tho Cretans are liars. Now Epimeni les is himself a Cretan, therefore Epimeuides is a liar. There fore the Cretans are not liars. There fore Epimcnides is not a liar. There fore tho Cretans are liars. Therefore Epimenidcs i3 a liar. Thereforo," etc.. ad infinitum. Others stated the prob lem in a more simple form, thus: "Whon a man says I lie, decs he lie or does ho not lie? If he lies ho speaks the truth, if he speaks the truth ho lies."- --Commercial Advertiser. Good and Bad News. Bad news weakens tho action of the heart, oppresses tho lung?, destroys the appetite, stops the digestion, and par tially suspends the functions of the sys tem. An emotion of sh smo flushes the face; fear blanchcJ, joy illuminates it, and an instant thrill elect rifie3 a mil lion of nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse iato a gallop. Deiiriu.n infuses great eaergy. Volition commands, and hundreds of mmclc3 spring to excite. Powerful emotions often kill th? body at a stroke. Chilo, Liagoras and So phocles died of joy at th? Grecian games. The news of defeat killed Philip Y. Oil) of the popes died of . n emotion of the ludicrous on seei ig hi pet monkey robed ia pontificals, occu pying tho chair of state. Tho door-k- cper of Congress expired on heari g of the surrendor of Cjrnwahis. Em inent public speakers have often di d in tho midst of an irapas ioacd burst ol eloquence, or wdien the jlcc-p cnioth n thtt produced it had subsided. L grave, tho young Parisian, died when he heard that the music il priza foi which he had competed w is adjulgcd to anoth?r. - ' In an Old Boston Honse. M Phi a tterly (trying to maivo him self so'id)--What a remarkably strong, manly face your grand father hai, Mis's Phillips. Miss Phillips--Pardon mc, Mr. Phlatterly, but that's grandma. Juige. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. TTorhWh lr ITon Work. Work while you work, And play while you p'ay ; That is the way To be cheerful and gay. All th t you do, Do with your miftht ; Th-ngs done by halves Are never done right One thing at once, And that done well, Is a very good rule, As many can tell. Moments are useless. Trifled away; Work while yov A.-ik, . t And play while you play. - Youth's Banner. Jinr I.intl Oufcaioll. When Jenny Lmd, the great Swedish singer, was riding with a certain stago driver in this country, a bird of I rill imt plumigo perched on a tree near as they drove slowly alcng and trilled out such a complication of sweet notes as perfectly astonished her. Tho oach stopped, and reaching out sho gave ono of her finest rou'ade. The beautiful creature arched hi head on one side and listened delorcntiahy ; then, as if to ex cel his famous rival, raised his graceful throat and sang a song of rippling mel ody that made Jenny rapturously clap her haad3 in e cstasy, and quickly, as though sho were before a severely criti cil audience in Cistle Girdeu, sho gave so mo Tyrolean mountain straius that sent the echoes flying; whereupon little birdio tcok it up and trilled and sang ti l Jenny in happy delight tcinowl edgfd that ths pretty woodland war bler decidedly cutcarolod the Swedish nightingale. Thp Tim p. A poor laborer had pulled in his garden an unusually large turnip, at which everybody was nstonishel. "1 will make a present of it." ho said, "to my nolle landlord, as it pleases him when his fields and gardens are wel cultivated." So he carried tho turnip to his man sion. Tho nobleman praised the man's industry and good will and made him a present of three ducats. Now, another peasant in the village who was very rich and vc?y covetous, heard of this and said, "I shall go di rectly and make the nobleman a present of my fine calf; for if ho gives three go'.d pieces for a common turnip, what shall I receive for a beautiful calf ! ' So he lead the calf by the rope to the mansion and begged tho nobleman to accept it as a present. The nobleman quite understood why tho avaricious peasant behaved so liberally, and said that ho did not wish for the caU. But tho peasant continued to press him not to despise such a trifling gift. At last the shrewd noblemau said: "Well then,sinceyou foreo me to do so, I will accept your present. But, as you are so liberal towards me, I must not let you find me loss liberal towards you. I shall, therefore, make you a present in exchauge which cost me two or three times more than your calf is worth. Aud so saying, ho presented to the astound ed and discomfited peasant the well known large turnip. Dominion Churchman. Wnl-ljriiis; parow. There can be seen from the window of a country housonear PetersLurg, Ya., a sparrow'3 nest which upsets all the statements that can be found in all the books about bird3. About level with the second story window of the house, in the trunk of an old apple tree, two sparrows began a month ago to exca vate a domicile. They diln't go to work as they ought to havo dene, ac cording to the historians, and with twi" and leaf and scraps in goneral lace up a nest m the branches, nci. tiow away their little home in some cozy corner of a water gutter. They cast tradition to the winds, and organised a tucnelling company to boro a hole in tho tree. They elected themselves picsidcnl and vice-president, directors, secretary and treasurer, sublet tho contract to them selves, took all the stock at par, and, without evea a paragrapn in the papers to announce the event, stuck their bills bravely into the crumbling bark of the old apple tree. Day after clay they worked turn and turn about. That is. first Mr. Sparrow stuck his bill into tho tree, pulled ont as much of tho decayed, wood as ho could and then flew away. Both of them very deliberately betook themselves to neighboring twigs and spat out tho bill- lul of wood. In this way after nearly a week's labor, these jfcwo pioneers in sparrow engineering .contrived ' to carve out a room ia the - tree large enough to hold them, and stjh leave space for the 0"S in prospect. After tuo two had gone to housekeeping ia proper style, two impudent blue jays came rollicking along from the south, aud espying the extraordinary cave dwelling of the An glo-American birds, thought it would be just the place for them. So they tried by strategy and force to evict the sparrows; but they didn't succeed in their piratical endenvors. New York Telegram. A preying baud A gng of burglars. MAIL ODDITIES. Some Curiosities That Lodge in the Postal Pouch. Animate Objects That Come Under Postoffice Ban. Many queer things pass through tho mails. Some of them afford amuse ment for tho clerk , and others for a time ci.usethcm to forget their religious training. Every conceivable thing that comes under the uiles of mailable mat ter, and many others besi les, is daily nceived at every large po3tiffice ia the land. Mauy pickages are stopped bee uso of violation of tho law and are confiscated, whi e occasionally an unmailablc article slips thrjii ;li under the guise of something else. Speaking of tho matter to a Herald reporter, a Baltimore postoffice ofli ial said: The mailing of merchandise, samples and other things has reached such ai extent that I wouldn't bo surprised at any time to see a man come in and ask if he can mail a ton of co il to S in Francisco. A great many thing3 are sent by would-be jokers. A short time ago a fashionable up-town lady received a neatly- done- up and perfumed package from a point in VirgiSia. On opening it a garter snake jumped out and ran across the floor. The lady screamed, and when some of the other members of tho fam ily went to her rescue sho was standing on a centre table and. tho snake wa3 coiled up on a sofa. A few days ago when a mail pouch was opened a small diamond- back terrapin crawl id out. The littlo reptile was carried to Mr. Gus Warfield, who placed it on hi3 desk. It crawled about quite actively for a while, and then pulled in its head and feet and went to sleep. Mr. War field placed it on the d"'f 'f one of the clerks who had gone. When the clerk returned for lunch. j noticed the was a paper terrapin and thought it weight, and went on working. In a few minutes tho terrapin awoke, stretched out its head and crawled over on tho clerk's paper as if to sec wh-t ho was writing. The young man had never seen a livo terrapin before, aud, still thinking that it was a new-fangled pa per weight, ho picked it up to make a closer inspection. Somehow his right thumb got caught in tho terrapin's mouth, and a part of it stayed there. He now knows what a terrapin is, but is very careful about inspecting new de signs in paper weights. On a recent occasion a box full of lizards was found in ono of the pouches. They were thrown out. Very frequently commission men re ceive samples of all kinds of grain and other farm products, with inquiries con cerning their value. O.'ten ia the spring samples of strawberries are sent this way, but on their arrival they are gen erally smashed ' ao pulp. Hmdsome bouquets frequently make their way through tho mails, but on arriving at their destination, they are usually crushed and worthless. A watermelon came from Florida a few days ago ad dressed to a man on Pratt street. The carrier who took it down had tho mis fortune to drnp it just as he entered the owner's door, out it made no difference, as it was green anyway. Small orders of all kinds of goods are sent in every direction all over the country. The meanest tricks ever p'.ayed in this direc tion was when the envelop js for hospital day wero collected. Many of them were not stamped, and as the depart ment had been requested not to stamp worthless ones, they were opened and found to contain peanut hulls, bugs, sand, pieces of matches, potato parings, Bcraps of paper, pieces of bacon rind, horn buttons, tin, etc. One of tho most annoying things to the officials was candy, and recently a line was drawn there. That is, a rule was adopted thit candy should be put up in such a manner that it could not get loose among the other matter. For merly, nearly every pouch contained a broken box of candy and a lot of sticky letters. A Few Statistics. Interesting facts concerning ancient cities: Nineveh was 15 miles long, 8 wide and 40 miles around, with a wall 100 feet high, and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was 50 miles within the walls, which were 87 feet thick and 350 high, with 100 brazau gates. The Temple of Diana, at Ephcsus, was 420 feet to the support of the roof. It was 100 years in building. The largest of tho pyrami Is is 461 feet high, and 653 02 the sides; its base covers 11 acres. The stones are about 30 feet in Itnth, and the layers are 380. It employed 33,000 men in build ing. The labyrinth in Ejypt contains 300 chambers and 253 halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins 27 miles around. Athens was 25 miles around, and contained 250, 000 citizens and 400. 000 slaves. The Temple of Dclphoi was so rich in donations that it was plundered of $500, 000, an l Nero car ried away from it 200 stitue?. Th walls of Ronio were 13 miles around. Commercial Advertise,'. Mighty ltnins in Mexico. Surveyors who are examining the route proposed for a railroad from Dem- miz. iu xxew ih.ua.ico. to tiaao?. in me stito of Chihuahua, and from there to some point on the Pacific coast, havo gono already a3 far as the old 'Spanish presidio of Jano which is in the midst of the wild Sierra Mad re of Mexico, one of the least known districts of North America, but evidently tho seat of an ancient civilization of which no authen tic record has come down to the present day. In a canyon which was passed through by tho surveying party a suc- ssion of dwellings were encountered stretching along for miles, and being built up in terrace form, one above tho other. with solid masonry unlike the cruJo and pigmy like cliff-dwellers of Arizona and New Mexico. These dw.-ilinr3 had more the appearance of regular streets, being built above each other on the shelving declivity of the canyon, and being difficult of access, as if it had been done for purp)3cs of defense againt powerful cncmici The build ings havo their front walls constructed of hewa stones carefully comcntcd, while the rear portions are built into the sides of the canyon. All of theso ruins are in a remarkable state of pre servation, so much so that they deservo more tho name of abandoned dwellings than of ruins. A'ter this canyon is piss d and the open country reached an isolated mount ain of syaimetiicd proportions is reached, on the summit of which the ruius of a gigantic stone structure arc encountered, the app aranco of which indicates that it was either a temple or tho palace of a king. A portion of these ruins consist of a very hard con crete. At the foot of this mouitain are substantially constiucted tcrracod structures, plainly showing tin existence in former times of an extensive system of irrigation and storage of w.iter. The couilry for many miles in all directions contains some relic, such as mclatcs or stone tables, with appro priate pcstlos for tlio grinding of maize, stono hammers, various household uten sils, and in some instances, bronzj tools of such extraordinary hardness aud tem per that they arc equal to modern st.-el tools. Wherever the ground is turned up these relies aro found in unfailing abundance. Tho neighboring Indians know of these evidences of a former civiliz ition. The belief is that the king of all the Montezumns lived on tho top of that mountain, but at what time and what his name wa3 they did not know. Globe-Democrat. From Left to Right. Dr. Delauaay, a French scientist, as serts that centrifugal movements of the hands that i, from loft to right aro characteristic of intelligence and higher development; centripet 1', or the reverse, are indicative of incomp'ot j evolution. He suggests thii as a scientific test iu employing servants aad others. To as certain tho quilitios of an applicant 00k give her a phco to clean or a sauce to make, and witch how she moves her hand ia either act. Ifshj moves it from lo!t to right, or in tho direction of tin hands of a watch, you m y trust her; if in tho other way, she is certain to be stupid and incapa bly The intelligence of people may also bo gauged by asking them to mako a circle on paper with a pencil, and noting in which direction tho hand is moved. The good students in a matc raalical clas draw circles from left to right. "Down Eist" a similar test of "faculty"' has existed from tho earliest day. No Yaukeo farmer would hire a "hand," or "storekeeper" emp'oy a clerk who should whittle to him instead of from him. Eighteen Years Over the Centnry. There is living six miles northwost of Fiandreau County, Dakota, an Indian woman by nam) Hannah Weston (Cit anwinna). At prose it sho is living with her sixty -five-year-old grandson. Sho claims to have been about six years old when the Revolutionary wir brolco out, which would make her about 118 years of ago. She tells that her father was a chief, and fought with the English at that time. She wears a silver medal, which is three inches in diameter, and nearly one-fourth of an inch ia thick ness; on one side of the medal is a por trait of King George III. The medal was presented to her father by the King's agents at that time, and she prizes it very highly; money cannot buy it. She is totally blind, and has been so for a number of years, is considerably emaciate 1, and tho wiinkles on her face are finger deep. O herwise she en joys good health, and is a hearty eater. The Champion Butterfly Story. One oi the young I idy clerks of Ra cine, Wis., has a rare cutiouty in the shapo of a live butterfly, anl frho be came possessed of it ia a singu'ar man ner. She was walking upon tho lako shore drive last Sunday. Returning home the butterfly was found upon her hat. Close iasp:ction of the fly re vi.al"d upon it; wings in various color3 he firuri'S 1SS9. It is indeed a singu .1 freak o nature, and probaoly tho , o v curiosity o: tho kin. I ia existence. - Northwestern. Batynshko. From yonder gilded minaret Beside the steel blue Neva set, 1 faintly catch from time to time, The sweet, aerial midnight chime ' "God save the Tsarl" Above the ravel ings and the moats Of the grim citadel it floats; And men iu dungeons far beneath Listen, and pray, and gnash their teetb "God save the Tsar P The soft reiterations sweep Across the horror of. their sleep, As if some deaion in his glee Wera mocking at his misery "God save the Tsarl" In his red palace over there, Wakeful, he needs must hear the prayer. IIo.v can it down the broken criea Wrung from his children's agonies? "Gcd save the Tsar!" Father they called him from of old Bnty ushka 1 .... How his heart is cold ! Wait till a million scourged men Rise in their awful might, and then "God save the Tsar!" IT. Bailey AM rich in Harper. HUMOROUS. General training Railroading. Suited to a tea The cup and saucer. Tue book agent should wear a canvas suit. Is it all day with a chess-player when both k night 1 aro gone? A fountain head may very naturally have water on the brain. Tho girl who uses violet ink, wants her correspondence to bo inviolet, A counter-irritant A woman who prices everything and bays nothing. "I passed some queer' and here I am in prison all on accountorfeit, "he sighed. If you're to scribble what you hear, Then keep your pen behind your ear; If you write what you know of men, Then keep your ear behind your pen. "I will now take do sense ob de mcetin'," saiJ the "free lecturer;" but his audience had wild visions of a penny collection and bolted for the door. Other countries may spend moro money for guns than tho United State, but they fall behind the American nation in the high pricos paid fcr bat teries of the base ball sort. Judge The witness swears you stoie his coat, and have it on. I must, there fore, find you guilty. Tramp Oh, well, your honor, if you'ro going to judge a man by tho clothe3 he wears I s'posc I'll have to give in. A Usef jl Fioce of Furniture. Lady (looking at a city flat): And this is tho ice box? Ardent: Yes, ma'am. Lady (putting her"hand in it) : It seem3 very warm. Agent: That's because it is set against tho range in the adjoining flit. You will find it very useful, ma'am, for drying kindling wood and that sort of thing. "I think," said tho minister, who was visiting a parishioner, "that it is easier to coax children than to drivo them. Gentle words are moro effectivo than harsh ones." "I think so too," said the lady, tenderly. Then she raised her window and suddenly shouted to her boy : "Johnnie, if you don't come in out of that mud puddle I'll break your back." A Queer Mode ot Catching Fish. A lazy but unlawful method of ob taining fi;h from the ponds was onco quite common. This was stupefying or drugging the fish by means of some nar cotic plants. The favorite growth for this purpose was the devil's shoe-string, a small plant with extremely long tough, and slender roots. This queer plant, with its uncanny name, was much used by the Indians as a medicine, and is said to be the basis for several blood purifiers with long and alliterative names. A plentiful supply of the plant being obtained tho individual finds a log which projects well out into the water, and getting astride of it dips it in and alternately beats it with a stick or paddle. After every good beating ft is shaken about in the water and tho supply replenished, and this continued until the pond is thoroughly impreg nated with tho singular properties of tho weed. Tho fish soon commence rising to the surface aud gasping as if for breath. A few faint struggles fol low and then the fish lio helpless and inert upon the surface only to be gathered in and serve as a meal. It is said that the meat is not at all affected by tho treatment the fish have uadcrgone, but it is with considerable squeamishness and trepidation that a person for the first timo dines upon poisoned or nar cotized fish. Atlanta Constitution. The Turt of White Hair. The Duke of Simonetta, an Italian nobleman, who is making a name as a musical composer, is the descendant of a long line of dukes who have aslraogo peculiarity. They have jet-black hair, and just above the forehead a white tult. This they had for a long series of years, until the father of the present duke was bor.i some 60 years ago. Ho had a thick, curly head of brown hair, without a particle of white, and with him it was supposed there was an end of tho special mark. But his son is a tall, handsome man, with a herd of black hair, aal he has exactly the same, wtdte tuit, Timcs-D-jmocrat, imm
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 5, 1888, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75