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l)c tfljatljaw Record II. .A. JOIVTOjN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. (III IE G mm RATES or ADVERTISING ip ii TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions -One square, one month - ONE DOLLiE PER YEAB Strictly In Advance. vol. x. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY 19, 1888. NO. 46. For larger advertisements liberal con -SMa tracts will-be made. .' i'-vVa 1 1 1 it 11 ii ii He and Sho. "If I were a king," ho said, "And ycu wero just a lowly beggar inaid, V ilh my strong hand I'd lift you to ray side And mwn you queen; and in the great king's bride Men would not know, Or would forget, the beggar maid." If I were queen," she said, "And you, a careless, wandering minstrel, strayed Ti my fair court, Td set you on the throne; ,i;d being there, the greatest king e'er known, I would kneel down And serve you as your maid." .Elizabeth Bisland in Outing. A HUNTER'S PLIGHT. Twenty years ag, before the disap pearance of the buffalo, and beforo the power of the fighting tribes of Indians was broken, a white man could get al most any sort of adventure west of Omaha at a very early hmr ia the morn ing. The Bluo M untniii couatry of Oregon, ia which riso two of tho branches of the Columbia river, was once a hunter's paradise, and hero it was tho cinnamon and the grizzly bear grew the largos t and wero always ach ing for a row with some oac The first white men in thero after pelts chancel so many perils thit it was almost a mir acle if any of them got out aliv. Tho Indiani were numerous and watch'ul, bears and nanthers a) thick as mice in i a farm home, and an advciture of some sort was sure to occur daily. I h id been ia a bit of cove or valley on the eastern side of the mountains for ten or twelve days befora I got any thing like a scare. It was within forty miles of the south line of Washington Tenitory, and the country for a hun dred miles around mo was in the tame savage state as when Columbus dis covered tho continent. The Indians were further east, on the S take river, or further west, on tho Co'umbia and its branches, and only detached parties were to bo feared. While this was a great burden off my miud, the bears and panthers were so numerous that I was ia a state of constant alarm through the day, and, dared not shut both eyes to sleep at night. I had a pack and a riding mule, and on the tirt night of my arriv.il, whi e I had a bright fire burning, and the animals were tethorcl within a stono's throw, a panther sprang upon old Bob, my riding mule, and c'.awod hiji iu a tcrrille way before I could get near enough to settle him with a bullet. Three or four bears prowled around my camp all nijht, a id the screams of a panther kept my eyes open until daybreak. However, alter I had thinned out the colony by a dozen or fiitcen, tho varmints began to t ive me a rest. On the 10th or 11th day of my stay I le t camp at an early hour in the morn ing loaded for bear. I followed tho val ley up for a half a mile, and then turned into a ravine which wis tho bed of a creek during tho mcltiag of tho snows. It a-cended very gradually, and I had been following it for half an hour, when it took a sharp bend to the rizht. At this point thero was a hole in tho right hand cliff, and as I halted to look at it 1 wondered if it was not tho homo of jorac savago beast. I had move! on about 500 feet, when a grizzly, which had been lying down among tho broken rock, suddenly rose be'ore me. I was looking for his kind, but his appearance was so sulden, and ho showed fiht so quickly that my heart was beating alto gether too fast as I pulled up for a shot. It had to be a snap shot, for not more than 30 feet separated uv. Mino was a single-barrelled rifle, and I also had a knife and revolver. Thi bullet struck bruin in the left shouuicr, am ho spun around a dozen times like a top. I was reloading when ho got ready to form a closer acquaintance. Ho had worked up the ravine and I had worked down, and we were now 10J cct apart. I knew I could not finish loading before he reached me, and thero was no other way but to run for it and hope that he was too seriously woundo J to overtake me. In those days I could run like ahorse, and I was accustomed to all sorts of ground, but I hadn't made ten jumps m this occasion before my foot 8 ipped n a stone and I went down with a n ish. Old grizzly was within twenty f!vt of me when I got up. and I pitched my rille into his face as I took a now -tart. Tho roar he uttered lifted mo a foot high, nnd I made a dozen extraor dinary leaps, but it wasn't a minuto be 'ore I realized that he was holding his ground, if not gaining a little. No man can u.'ss how far' a wounded and cn i icd blast will pursuj him. I believj I could have kept clear of this I car wn to tho mouth of the ravine, but if ho pursued me far enough ho would bo crtaia to overtake me. I made up my laiad as I ran that I wo-' 1 -y the hole in tho cliff. It was Inr? snough for me to enter, and might bo lrge enough for tho bear, l.ut onco i '""e I could turn and use my revolver. CNd grizzly was hardly more than a rod behiud me when I plumbed into ?- No'c and scrambled ahead on hands and knees. After going in about ten feet tho ho'e turned to the left and nnr rowed co si i cmbly, and seven or eight feet lurther on I carno to tho end. As I did to my hand encountered something soft and furry, and there was a his and a spit that told mo that a kitten panther was present. I felt all arouad mo in the black darkness, but tho kitten was the only living object. Hi was a little fol low, not more than four or six weeks old, but ready to bito and scratch if my fingers touched him. Tho grizzly did not follow at once into tho cave. It wa3 five minutes be foro I heard him working his way in, and by this timo I had re covered by breath and nerve. I was certain he could not reach ma ' within six feet, and was rather glad to hear him wheezing and snorting as ho pulled himself along. By and ly I saw his eyes shine. He could come no further. His claws dug at the rocks and his roars of rago deafened me, but I was safe. It was now my turn, and I gava him two shots from tho revolver which caused him to redouble his roars of rage. For about teu minutes I folt very queer over tho situation, but all of a sudden it struck me th 1 1 had gained nothing by the change. In placo of being a fugi tive I was a prisoner. The bear showed no disposition to retreat, and I now be came awaro of the fact that tho cave had a rank smell and that the body of the bear prevented the fresh air from enter ing. I felt that I mmt drive him out, and I did a very foolish thing. I eded nearer to him anl put four bullet into his head, and after a long-drawn moan ho closed hii ey -s and dLd. 1 congrat ulated myself for a moment, but then it dawned upon mo that I had choke I up the passage to liberty with the carcass of a bear wti hits at least GOO pounds. I thought I might bo able to push it be fore me. but when I made the attempt I could not stir it an inch. I had done an idiotic thinjr. and there was no wav to repair the error. I was wondering how I should set out of it, when I heard the scream of another animal at tho cntranca of the cave, and in a moment more realized that tho ir.other of th cub pmther had arrived. It was well for mo that the body of the bear blocked tho entrance. Tho panther went wil I with fury when her kitten began to ciiL Sao bit and c!awed at the bear, aad by a great effort p illcd it back a f.-w inches. Hid n t the space been so contracted she could probably hivo drawn it out, but sha did uot havj a fair show to use her strength. II it eyes looked at ma over tho body of tho bear, and if one ever saw fury it was in those orbs. Igjivj her a couple of shots, hoping to drive her off. I think I wouaded her n the hiaJ. for !-hc set up a terrible t creaming and ran out, mil in iwo or mrco minutes sne was back again with more fuy than ever. I now j u -hed her kitten forward, hop ing she would be appeased at its restor ation. It climbed over tho bear and reached her, and she took it in her mouth and backed out. I was a plcasjd man over this rosu't, for tho cave was as hot as an oven, smcllod powerfully stout of panthers, and tho powder sm ko almost stifled me. Bcin? a bit rattled had brought on an iutejso thirst, and I felt that I had cot to do something pretty soon or suffocate. Pretty soon I crept for ward, and began pushing at tho big carcass, but had not been engaged over two or three minutes when tho panther returned. She had carried her kitten to a place of safely, nnd wa3 now bent on revenge. She realized that the carcass must be got out of the way be fore sho could com ; at me, and had I not scizod tho grizzly by the car and hung on she would have pulled the body out of the cave. She hung to it for half an hour boforo sha quit tho job, and then sho retired in a way which left no doubt that sho would w:.tch at the entrance. When the panther had gone I struck a match and looked at my watch. It was nearly noon, and I was really suffer ing for water. There was a damp spot on tho rocks over my head, and I licked it with my tonguj and in that way got some-relief, but I would haVb traded my whole outfit for one glass of cool water. I felt that I was in a bad box, and as is generally tho case in such instances, I thought of every way out of it but the easiest one. I reloaded my revolver and planned to wait until tho panther would leave the neighborhood, but about 2 o'clock I suspected, from tho move ments in the tunnel, that the one I had encountered had hunto.l up her mate and brought him to tho front. Such toon proved to be the fact, but as only one could enter tho place at a time, it was no advantage to them. They took turns tugging at tho carcass of tho bear and tho new comer would hive dragged it out in short order but for my inter ference. There was a space of about six inches between the body and tho roof of tho tunnel, and, though tho fumes of th'3 powder almost choked me, I shoved ray revolver along until close to tho panther and thea put two bullets into him; ho let go his hold and backed out, and tho way he di l rivj'up and down that raviuo made my hoar stand. I had wounded both aad neither of them ventured iito tho place again. For a'cut an hour I hear I ihjrn growl i nrd -:inriiii u silf, and -every c'uk of their tlaws on thj rcis wai plainly nudibl ; but by and by they gave it up as a ba I job aad went aw ty. It was now close on to 3 o'clock, and I went at the carcass with tho detormi- nntion to push it bc'orj mo. It was too late; tho limbs had stiffened liko sticks, and tho fcot caught at every inequality and resisted my efforts. There I was. a man of 30, a gi-int in strength, a born hunter and Indian fighter, penned up like a rat aad just a9 halp'eis. It camo to me, even with all that meat before me, that I was doomed to die of hunger, and it was only as tho sun had almost b2en lost siht of outside that common sense returned to my aid. Tho way to rid myself of that carcass was to cut it up. It ought to have occurred to me at tho very outset, but tho race and closo pursuit had upsat me. I had a stout hunting knife, and I had just begun work on tho bear when I heard the voices of Indians outside. I also heard them inside, fcr one of the fellows crept into tho tunnel a few feet, and shouted in his own language to his friends outside: "It smells very strong of bear in here, but thi beast doesn't seem to be at home." He bucked out aftor flinging several missiles at the rear of tho cave, and irom tno voices ana movements 1 was satisfied it was a hunting party number ing eighteen persons. They sat down right thero for tho niht and built a camp fire, which reflected right into the mouth of tho tunnel, and kept their chatter a-going until nearly mi 1 night. They had three or four dogs with them, and tho miserable curs took turns at sticking tueir heads into the opening and trying to raise an alarm. Oae of the Indians eicouragd his dons to enter and the animal came almost to tho dead bar, and raided such a fuss that had the red men been the least suspicious they would have investigated. I did not get a wink of sleep that long night, and was a thankful man to hear the Indians move oil in tno morning about sunrise. They had no sooner departed than I fell to work upon the bear, and in the course of half an hour had cut him up so that I could i-quccze out. As the Indians had gone down tho ravine from the mountain, expected they would discover my camp and lie in ambush for me. There was also a likelihood that tho wild bcasti had killed both mules during the night. Luck was with me, however. Tho Indians crossed tho valley too high up to discover my camp, aud I found tho mules safo and sound. That afternoon, as I was looking after some traps set cn a creek about a mile from cimp. I found a panther dead ia a thicket. Hi was an enormous fellow and had two bullet wounds, and it did not neel much cogitating to convince nu that ho was the male of the pair which sought to get at me in tho cave. One of the bullets hal gone squire into his head, aud almost any other animal would have died at onco, but ho had net only survived it for two or three hours, but had traveled a long five miles from tho cave. New York Sun. The Manufacture of Ribbons. It is known that the manufacture of ribbons was fairly established in St. Eticnne, France, in tho eleventh cjn tury, and that tho place rom iins to this day the centre of industry. During the attacks of the Huguenots in that coun try, many of the St Eticnne operatives went to Basle, Switzerland, and estab lished tho industry there, where it be came second only to Eticnne. Tho third most important centre was Coven try, Eiglaadr but Crefeld and Vienna aro also large producing centres. Today there are manufactured in the United States quite as many ribbons as are mado in St. Etiencc. Tho products of Swit zerland consist mainly of plain stylos; that of Franc i largely of fine and fancy millinery goods; that of Crefeld mainly of black silk and black velvot ribbons, tho latter a specialty ; that of England largely of p'ain goods, while tho United States tries everything with much sue cess, though dependent chiefly upon Europo for tho lead in styles. It is a curious fact that for 500 years ribbons were worn mostly by mon rather than by women, especially dur ing the long period of effeminacy in the male attire. In the fifteenth to tho seventeenth centurios their use in Eng land wis restricted to the royalty and gentry by statute. In tho time of Charles IL and James II. the whole at tiro was covered with ribbons. A fop in those days was describod as "wear ing more than would stcclc half a dozen shops of twenty country peddlers." It is another curious f ict that in tho manu facture of ribbons tho self-acting loom was inuso 100 years before Carlwright's invention, and that in more rocent times little new has been added in that branch of the silk industry. London Times. Looking for Something Choice. "Eany good but'er? ' inquired an old lady of the grocer. "There's never any flies on our but ter, madam." Thon the old lady, whoso knowlcdgo of English i very limited, said: Well, if flies won't cat it, 'taint .,ool 'nou ;h fcr me," nnd sho wont across tho wiy where only the choice bran Is are sold. New York Sun. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. What Arc Tom TKitd Ol t :What are you made of, Maggie dear?" Maggie turns from Rover, With the strictest reverence (Just her grandms. over!) In the truest, bluest eyes, Back of sunny lashes, While the earnest answer comes, "Mada of dust and ashesl" " What nro yon made of, Johnnie boy?'' Boy stands still a minute; If there's any misehit f round lie's the one that's in it. " Twn't dirtf His brown eyes gleam, Aad lie archly reaches Towards the basket's dainty hoard: "G uess I'm cream and peaches 1" "What are you mado of, Taddie pet?' Taddie's eyes aro glowing, Two whito hands push back the curls, Two white teeth are showing; And the smiles, they twinkle roun I Like a band of bliss js: " 'Cause thy takes tbem all the time, Gutiss I'm made of kisses!'1 Youth's Banner. Swallow on Shipboard A rather curious tpi-ode ia natural history occurred tho other day on board tho French steamboat Abd-cl-Kidtr during tho passa ro from Mirscilles ti ! Airier?, Just as the vessel was jibout two hours out tho skies became quite biae'e with swallows. It was then about G o'clock in the evening. The birds alighted ia thousands on tho sail?, ropes and yards of the Abd-ol-Ka Icr. Alter a perky survey of the decic from their eminences, they descended cooly oa deck, hopped about among the sailors and passengers and iventu lly found their way into tho cabins both fore and aft The birds were evidently fatigue I after a long flight, and allowed them selves to be caught by the people of the ship, who gave thorn a wolcoui: recep tion and provided them with food which they enjoyod heartily. The little winged strangers remained all night on the vessel and in the morning at 7 o'clock the head lookout bird, had, no doubt, sighted tho Balearic Isles, for the whole flock made for land, having spent a comfortable and refreshing night on board ship. London Tele graph. Tu Ii nrd Ilr. At a country station oa one of oui railways, writes General Porter in the Century, a pi used to bo a constant visitor, and drove a thriving business in picking up stray grains of corn which dropped from tho bags as they were loaded on tho cars. One day tho pi's greed so far overmastered his discretion that his tail got nipped between the brake-shoo and the car-wheel, and when tho train started the tail was jerked out by the root. Tho victim of this sudden catastrophe wa3 now con fronted with the dismal prospect of having to navigate through the rest of life with his steering apparatus a total wreck. He continued coming to the ition after that, but whenever he heard tha clatter of an approaching train, he hurried off to a safo distance and backed up closo anainst a brick wall till the cars had pissed ; ho was never going to permit himself to bo sub ject to the risk of such an indignity .i I, i again, evjn inougn mere was no longer any tail left to De pulled out. He had acquired sufficient railroad experience to appreciate tho magnitude of the loss of terminal facilities. ACamcl'it Rrvpnfff. An Eiglish traveler in the east gj-'es the cam :l a v rypoor character. Ac cording to his recount tho creaturo is from first to last undomcsticatcd anl savage, rendered serviceable not by tamcness, but by stupidity, Oac passion alone ho possesses, name ly, revenge, in the carrying out of which he shows an unexpected degree of far-thoughtcd malic, united with all the cold stupidity of his u.ual character. One instance of this I well remember. A lad of about ft urtcen hal conduct ed a largo camel, laden with wood, to another village at about half an hour's distance. As tho animal loitered or turned out of the way, its driver struck it repeatedly, and harder than it seems to have thought he had a right to do. But not finding tho occasion favorable for taking immediate quits, it bode its time; nor was that time long in coming. A few days later the same lad had to reconduct the beast, unladen to his own village. Whon they were about half way on tho road, and at some distance from any habitation, the camel sudden ly stopped, looked deliberately round ia every direction to asuro itself that no one was within sight, aud finding the road clear of passengers, made a step forward, seized the unlucky boy's head in its monstrous mouth and lifting him into the air, flung him down again with the upper part of his skull com pletely torn off Having thus satisfied its revenge, the brute quietly resumed its pace toward the village, as though nothing wore the matter, till some mon who had ob served the whole proceeding, though nnfortunatcly at too great a distance to be ab'o to afford timely help, cme up and killed it. Youth's Companion. There is timo enough for everything in the day, if you do but one thin at ace. A RAJAH AT HOME. Story of a Visit to an Indian Potentate. East Caste Prejudices as They Exist Among the Hindoos. I went through a labyrinth of dark corridors and frowning gateways, and fou id tho king in a little room with a mud floor and whitewashed walls, ne had not thought it r.eccssary to put on his brilliant robes and jewels of state for an old friend, so I found him sitting on a bed with a blanket wrapped about bi n and his turban by his tide; but a3 his servants approached him they took up thj dut from the earth and placed it against their foreheads, and even a portly uncle who came in with me touched tha king's feet by way of salu tation. When I had taken my seat I offered him a cigarette ; he watched his servants leavo tho room boforo ho ac cepted, ad di ig by way of explanation: "These people think that I ought not to put into my mouth anything that you havo touched." Ths rajah was fond of smoking and he mado an arbitrary dis tinction between cigarettes and any thing else that passed his lips. Ho would have been horrified if I had laid my fi.igtr on his hookah or touched his drinking-vessel, but to the unclean hands that hal fingered the Egyptian cigarette that ho was smoking h j paid no heed. Such xcejdions to caste Tu'es aro growi igmori? numerous every day. All drus and in Uicines havo long been taken by Hindoos without blame, and ia some places ice and soda water are consumed by rajpu'.s who would not drink water drt wu for them by an Eng lishman irom Ui8 welt. Uasto preju dices have always been capablo of adapting themselves to necessities or very strong desires. The Hindoos are an exclusivo people, and many ca3te observances aro devices to exe'ude foreigner.'. Evou if a Hin doo leavj his homo anelscttlo in another province his family will not always re ceive him back into caste, though ho has kept all the observances; his sojourn amoi'g a strange people has made him a foreign e: ia their eyes. As I was talking about these things with tho rajdi, :n ancient nurso hob bled out of the womca's apartments toward us. Her bent back and wiz zened, suspicious face would have made her fortune as a witch oa the London stage, but the agcl dame had not out grown her tasto for ornament. Enor mous gold ear-rings hung at tho side of her face, and in her cose was a largo gold ring, through which tho withered lips smiled me a welcome. She brought mc a plate of spices and perfumes with a pretty speech from tho ma narani, say ing that everything in tin palace was mine, and hoping that I should uot be put to any discomfort in their poor home. She added that she had never seen a European, and was very anxious to, so that if I would walk into tho courtyard eIio would have much plea ure in wa'ching me through the trellis. S the rajah led mo to tho courtyard. Behind tho pierced stone-work I could hear the lit tle ladies tittering and tho hurry of small feet but could not catch sight of anythiug more than tho deep rods and golds of their shnwl. I displayed my self for a few miuutcs from every point of view, but found it difficult to main tain a proper look of concern and natural dignity, for tho rp jah was twist ing and skaking with suppressed laugh ter. At last he fairly bolted and roared immoderately, and I had to leave the stage precipitately for fear of com promising the dignity of tho British na tion, of which I was at tho moment the accepted typo. The maharani sent down to say that she had been charmed, but could not help wondering why a rich Englishman should put on clothes "iike an ass' skin." I tried to excuso my gray tweed coat by saying that our poor northern complexions would not bear tho gor geous colors wuicn lookeu so lovely upon her countrymen, but I found out afterward that I had struck a wrong note, for sho would rather havo been told that her own complcxim was as fair as mine. As I was taking my leavo of the rajah I offered to shake hands with him, as we usually did, but ho drew back, saving: i uavo lust uatnea ana am going to eat my dinner. If I were to shake hands with you I should havo to bathe again before eating. Y u won't mind?' Pall Mall Gazette. A Wanton Crime Miss Bellina Prior, daughter of the late Colonel Prior, was arrested recent ly at the residence of her mother, Vicar's hall, Armagh, Ireland, aad charged be fore the magistrates with having drowned Ann Slavin, aged 3 years. Tho evidence showed that Miss Prior enticed the child into her house, gave it sweet meats and then drjwncd it in tho kitchen boiler. Prisoner said she com mittad the crime becauso she was tj-a&ted unkind v at ho no. and she did not care if sho wore hanged. Com merci-sl Advertiser. Wild Tribes of Bnrmah. About the wild tribes in Burni ih wa have some interesting details, civen in the Saturday R viow. A yuag staff officer fresh from a fort near tho plateau of the Southern Shin tribes de scribes tho country as abounding ia wood and water, and the Shans them-1 selves as addicted to blood feu Is of a not very alarming or dangerous kind. Two clan3 had fought for thirteen days consecutively without coming to closo quarters, and with oily ono casualty. The Northern Shans aro divided into somo twenty-four semi-independent tribe, always squbling and li lin-.-;, Tho Burmese exercised over these c'.ans a sov rei jnty which varied ia oppression and weight accor ling to distanc . An other tribe, that of the Chins has its homo near the head waters of tho Irra wadi and the Chindwin rivers. A curious fable about th: origin of the human raco from 101 eggs is too long to quote or ana'yzo. That these Chias have devoted most of their energies to the preparation of khaung an intoxicating drink, wi'hout any prompting from the English pioneer, is a very melancholy fact which we com mend to Cauon Farrar. Tho details of this mixturo are rciulsive. Bark, the root of the egg plant, b.ans, pepper corns, garlic, tho entrails of a porcupine, and rico flour arc all mishedup together in ball?, exposod to tho sui for threo a days, then buriod with pa-boiled rice. and dilute I with water. The prepar tioa is now fit to bo sucked up through tubes liko American drinks and is pronounced "divine." Indeed, by rea son of its excellence, it must be first of fered to tho Nats or spirits. The system of cultivation by burn ;ng strips or terraces of land is, liko that of all tribes on the cast era frontier, wastef ul and improvident. Women do all the hard work and be come prematurely ugly and old. Mar riages are simple in lc-a. and are ac- corapanied by a large consumption of fowls, pork and liouor. D aths and & a burials aro equally tho occasion for sacrifice and toasting, lhe corpse is first burned, and the calcined bones are kept in a pot for oae year, and then de posited ia tho family Luria'.-plac. And it is curious that those who have boon killed "by shot and steel" are wrapped in a mat and burned in the jungle with out rites. - Facts Abont Ilouitoii Lace Honiton lace has a curious checkered history with many fluctuations, says tho London Saturday Review. It is said to have been first introuccd by the Fiem ish, who took refuse in England, to es cape tho pcr.ee uioas of tho Duke of Alva. Many Flemish names aro still to bo found ia tho ncijhborhool of Honi ton namely, Stcc'icr, Murch, Miynard, Trump, etc. In 1660 thero was suc'i a demand for it that Franco thought it nectary to issue a royal ordinaci providing that a markshoull be affixed to imported E iglidi thread lace. Two great fires at H miton in 1756 and 1767 gave the first great check to its produc tion. Q icon Adelaide tried to re vivo it after 20 years of severe impression by ordering a skirt mado of sprigs, copios of natural fl wers, omnicncing with the initials of her nme, for a very dc- b?ed and hideous set of patterns had ccroe in. This does not seem to have produc d a great nvivalof tho trade, and whon cur present queen required her wedlin- lace it was tou id dirli :ult to provide workers; but eventually a dross worth 1000 was mado at the small fi-hing village of Beer. The Eng lish royal family have boon most con stant patrons of Uonitoa lace, and havo dono immense good in keeping the trade aliv. Three (iold Dollars. At a meeting of tho Missionary Socie ty of tho women of thi Southwest Mis souri Co lfercnco a letter was read stat ing that three gold dollars had been sent to the society, the doner request in that one be sent to the missionary in Brazil, another to China aud the third to Mexico. Th: history of these gold djllars was told. About forty years ago a littlo girl and two brothers were each presented with such a picco Ly their mother. When the war camo oa tho boys had grown to manhood and entered tho conflict. Both were killed and tho gold dollars passed into tho hands of their sister, now an aged and infirm woman, who treasured them u til a few days ago, when she sent them there to bo disposed of as above stated. Tho Independence auxiliary, when this report w is nude, requested that it bo allowed to buy these gold dollars at $2 each and that it would return them to tho Treasury, only wanting tho coins long enough to cxhibi: them in tho dis trict meeting. This was dono and a similar proposal mado by tho Lexing ton auxi.iirv. throu :h Mrs. J. B. Silver was also accepted. Chicago Times. Not What It Used to Be. Womau (to tramp) : "You must find life very easy. Tramp: "Eisyl Why mac am, the amount of brain work that I am forced to do to obtain fool, an I to partially clothe myself, would kid a weaker man. Competition, ralan, has wncied the profession, --hi lucn When Wire's A-go'n' Away. JSomehow yarns around the grocery Ain't so funny as before, An' Tm all the time forgottin' This or that 'ere little chore; W hen I git out in the kitchen, Want to hang around an' stay; Guess Imi foolish caus this ev'nin', Why my wife's a-go'n' away. She's a-fixin' things up for ms With a thoughtful, lovin' care, Tellin' me that soniethin's here, An' sometb in' else is over there; Lookin' sober, speak;n' low voiced, Though she hasn't much to say; Keth her eyes on me all dim like Guess she hates to go away. Wish 'twas over wish 'twas way oft Wish we didn't have to part; That's jisfc what I keep a tltinkin', An' afeeliu' in my heart. P'rajs our speerits see much f urder Than the partin' of today. An' jest hint what they can't tell us, When a loved one's go'u' away, Calls to mind another journey, By an' by we all must go. Wonder who's a gettin' ready For the train that moves so slow? Brings the tears so think about it. So I git nigh her an' pray It may bo my time for startin', Jest when she's a-go'n' away. Omaha World. HUMOROUS. The latest out Tho bay kopt aftor school. Tho anatomy of mclaacholy is boiled old hen. An office that seeks tho man is the police office. The silent wntchi of the night are not Waterbuiy. When the captain want to stop the vessel, doc-s he hoist a sUy-saP. Even truth itlf is not nlwtys vera cious. It lies at tho bottom of a well The man who is alwuys in a picklo doesn't preserve his iwmper worth a cent. There are two things thtt a woman will always jump at a conclusion aad a mouse. "Is life worth living?' has become a society question. Wo answer; It de pends on the liver. "One good turn deserves another" was. never spoken of the paper collar at " this time of the year. It is no new thing foi a popular man to bo bangueted at a hotel, yet soma people would call it a modern inn ova tion. When tho spider described tho boau tics of his parlor to the fl h j forgot to state that it was furnished on tho in stallment plan. A musician recently submitted a song to a publisher, entitled "Why do I live? ' After reading a small portion of it, the publisher wrote tho composer as follows: "Becauso you sent it by a messenger boy." At the circus rccontly the leopard be gan teasing the elephant. The elephant boro it in majestic silenco until tho thing ceased to bo amusing. Then ho growled, "Hush, child, or 111 knock tho spots off youP Correct diagnosis. Doctor (feeling patient's pulse) What is your husband's business? Patient's wife Ha is a pro tographer. D. Has he been working hard of late? P. W. I don't know, doctor. He took tho portraits of four babies, yesterday. D. H'm! Brain fever. Fixing tho Blame Judge "You say that your father died from a sudden shock to his system. Was ho an elec trician?' Prisoner "No. He fell from a scaffold." Judge "Oh, a brick-layer, was he? Was it his own fsu't?'' Prisoner "I think it was tho sheriff's fault, ycr honor." The President's Proper Title. In the first congress under tho present constitution, in 1780, the question of tho titles of tho president and vico president was much considered, and a joint committee of the senate and the -house reported that it would cot bo proper to employ any titles but those "expressed in the constitution;" and such was the conclusion adopted, though not enacted in a statute. A special committee of tho senate, however, anx ious for something like monarchical gorgcousncss, proposed that the chief magistrate should be calted "His High ness, tho President of the United States and the Protector of their Liberties," but the level-headed republicans of that day wou'd not see it. The appellations of "His Excellency" aad 4His Honor' were spoken of, but thoso who wished for distinguished titles did uot hold them adequate. The debates on tho proposal were animated and the result was that the official titlo an I the et i qucttical address of tho president have ever since been those of the constitution alone. Ho is the president of the United States, and ho is addressed simply as Mr. President. That is the usage and the unwritten : law to this day. No foreign minister,' no member of tho president's cabinet, and no officer of the army or navy woul be allowed to employ any other form of speech. It is tho form of official, legal politeness, and the custom of good so ciety; and everything boyond is snob bishness. New York Sua. -TVS it ! -V. ft Aral, , I r . i 5& - 1 1 u Mm
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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July 19, 1888, edition 1
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