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$l)c 8l)atl)(U Bfcoti). II. A. LlJNIOJN, EDITOK AND PROPRIETOR. Ctettam if ; '- HATES ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- 1.00 One square, two insertion"- 1.80 One square, one month 4 8W For larger advertisement liberal con tracts will be made. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanct. VOL. XII. PITTS1K)R0 CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPT EM BE II 26, 188. NO. What Th'n? Hare Te That Wake. Whit thing hava ye that wake for us that dream! What hour that In mors fnlr than hour that rectnr What pleasure thst shall vanish not in pain! What bli-nj to come that not pass again In dreamland ways lie all thing fain and fair; Thre muse lulls the sorrowing heart of eire; There she, whom love may name not, silent stands. With eyes unwondering and imploring bands. The touch of lips that here shill nver mast The strange, fair blossoms flowering at our feet; Voice, well loved, that stir th heart to tears With thought of oi l nnd unreturning years. There, nonj si sad in triumph that we weep That It wh'd" yj shall pas9; there, perfect "-'cep, Long ri-st laid heavily on aching eyes, Thai weary of I he mis-t and sunrise. Whst Ih'iig have ye that wike for us that dream Long li'e and little Inunhter. Ye thot dom Th crown of life sa I wi dom ai I despnir. We kn iw hi only, that ourdivam are fair. Heiliri t llnlri in IMna Tninsfiij't. THE BOMB. riY virTnniF.s funnitr. Ilnvo I ever done anything worth of praise Yes, I inn va n enough to be frond cf mi incident which occurred l ii ing tl c siege of P.iris. I I eg the render not to Inj a'nimed. I will not conduct him to the. ramparts, nor to the outp st, but simply to Tro vise street, nnd to the houe of my old fiicnd, 1 it.iiilv, the husband of nn cv ccllcnt wife, the fa'lier of n charming daughter, a successful manufacturer, slightly crezy on tho fiihjoct of poli tico, I'll', take him all in nil, one of the best fellows in the world. Although surprise I by the invest ment of I'ii ii, Mr. Dutailly, wie woman that i-hc was, had I uted herself to pre.vmon the hnus", wlu-ro she hn-l Collcclcd such nn nliund inco of fooil that if tho siege had continued three months Ion jer, tho fum ly would not have suffered from hinder. Liberal also to tho noody, tho Dutaillvs were greatly lelovcd in that quarter of the city ; o ju'ciolly by myself, bemuse I was wel comed to a place at their tahlo cvety evening, where I wai nblo to mako up for the privntioiu of the diy. Who would not have rejoice 1, in thnso day of scarcity, at tho sight A an omelet and other good things, washed down with ixcellent wino? 1 was not tho only guest teccivod nt this hospitable table. Young Anatole Hncb.ant, superintendent of tho factory, had a p'ace by my sid". He was a clever fellow, melancholy, delicate, some what timid, and greatly in love wi h bis employer's daughter, M si Oeitrude, who did not seem in li fT -rent to his at tentions. Although no fonnal engage ment bad been contrar 'ed, the union ol the two youti people was a thing tacit ly ngroeel upon by the parents, bu'. tin -loituiin'cly the war h'l I ad journed the i Hi inl ratification. Hr'ehint, cnrporil in ibe VoiuntcO a of tin S-inc, per formed bis military duties Inithfully, but without enthusiasm, rinsing the lengthy duiation of tho sii'ge whieh do. layed his happiness, and cursing the military npoin'ims quietly, ai wa. his manner, but not without bitterness. These atticisms did not fail to im ta'e Dutailly, who was a strong par tisnn of fien. Trochu, and things wcte still further oggravnteel by nnother cause. Tho Tima published at that period a scries of articles wherein tho author described thn military operations in the provinces, according to his wild imagination. D.ita 11 took the e dreams seriously, and predicted decisive victories in a short time; tho incredu lous Rriebnnt riskcl a timid objection; Dutailly became excited and angry, and accu-e I bis superintendent of prevent ing the realization of theie victories. The presence of another guest s'lll further complica'o tho situation. One evening I wn sir prised to spa my place at the right of Mr. D.itnilly nceu picd by an individual who was red-faced, noisy a id beast fill, llu wo:o captain's shoulder-straps on a fantastic il cat, which looke 1 ni if it might have been picked from the discarded clothing of s me theatre, and ha I on immense boots, after the manner of theatrical hero. I ti r ii i 1 1 7 intrrducel bim to me ns Captain Robillnrd, commanding the Lost C liiilicn of Courbrvoie. II -fore tho conclusion of tho first course I hud made up my mind about Itoiilullard, nnd was sure 1 hit bit mili tary exploits consisted in removing futnifuio from deserted hous"S in the uburl, f r fear that it might tempt tin etupidity of the enemy, and depositing 'it in safe places, unknown to tho owners. 1 wondered with dismay how the heavy rufR.in wes invite I to gnaw our part of the cheese; but Mrs. Dutailly presently gave me nn explanation, not without emotion. She bad ben out walking late in the afternoon, nnd bad fallen, liu'tiog herself consid rably '.i bein stunned for a moment. Roblllard, who was passing, hsd aided her to return home, and, In recognition of his kind nets, she could not do less than in vite ler savior to dinner. This exp'a nation reassured me, and I hoped that my first sight of the hero would also be the last. He said that the war had brought bim bnck to Paris, whose safety required his presence. As to his prow ess in tho suburbs, at the held of tho Lost Children, you can readily coneciv; that it passed all belief. 'The enemy could not stand for a minute. With 5)00 bucks like mine, nil the in vaders would be swept away," etc., etc. Mr. Dutailly listened c. in placently to tho enormities, and D-itailly himsilf was almost ready to believe them. A for the poor little corporal of volun teers, he soemod to be crushed b the p:escncf of this Mg fellow. I excus'd myself and left the house immediately alter dinner to escape the bluster of this G iscon, to whom, as I suppose 1, 1 bade an eternal adieu; but in this I was greatly mistaken. On the fo lowing Sunday I fou id him in the same plice, tbnn on Thursday, and dually a pinto was -et'for him nt all our ni"nls. The bo ids of the household were fascinated. Kibitlnrd hid cap ture I Mi. Dutailly by his jivial humor and Mi. Dutailly by tin intercU which he seemed to display in the military opeiations as cotidil -ted hr the 7'.w. Ana'ole lost ground visibly tit each menl in propoition as the captain grew in favor. Anatoli:'. discredit was especially marked after the Houtgel engagement where the poor lad bad fought bravely, and whence ho had routi ne I to us wounded in thn nun. Jledesriihcd the attaik, the retreat and all tho principal i 'tails of this heroic combat with so much discouragement that the captain was ready to treat h 111 as a deserter and coward. With what ii"ble indignation did U billaid prove that if thi Lost Children had been there the result would have been very different. There upon, becoming excited, ho sketched for our edification a plan of nlvance passage through Oise, match through R men and triumphal arrival at ll ivre which fi lei Dutailly with c.itbiisiasm. M '.-nil while Ihe despise I Anatoli sufT led greatly from the still bleeding wound. Next day A natoli) hid the fever and was r ntinod to his bed, anil was absent fiom our daily repn's for sovet.il weeks On tho evening of hU re' urn to the house, convilescnt nnd leaner than ever, Mis fieri rudo had red eyes, and it was ev.dont to tin that there had leui during the day some skirmish between her nnd her mother, who was nine in fatuate I thin ever with R ibillard. 1 believe I that it was tim to interve ie in the intereit of theie pwr cliil licn. It happened that th;s day wn tho Inst Sunday of the year, and naturally we talked of the New Y"ir, which we in t 'ndi-d to ielidu.i'0 as joyously as posi ble. Pudderily the captain said: 'dly .love! b:ir Mr. Dutailly, I must give you a surprise for a pieent." This gnvo inn tho idea of preparing my own little surprise. On New Year's Da Dutailly was ra diant nnd received us wi ll open arms. The strategist of tho Ii i.l j ist an nihilated the army of I't inre Charles on the outskirts of Kvreut, and Dutailly offered this pleasing- intelligence for our pieent. Anatole btought a hare, trapped in the devastated Islin I of Sunt Denis. As for tho captain, he pieented to Mrs. Dutailly a large bag of sugarel cbcitnuts in n Ooi man hem let. Dear madam," said be, with a smile, "I ould easily have given you this hemfet with tho owner's head therein." "What!" cried Mis. Dutailly, fi led with admiration, "did you kill him!" "Certainly I did, beauteous lady, that I might offer von this b.inbonniero, and I ventinc to say that everybody could not have accomplished tin d-nd.'' I pptire you the recital of tho adven ture, not adolnil of which was omitted by the romancer you may be sure. Care fully conraled, he hid tracked, sur- rise I and thrown the owner of the hel met, nn ndv ince I sentinel, whom be bad strangled so as not to attract the attention of the enemy by tiring bis re volver! Oil, how small di I the hare, strangled abo, look bc-ido this glorious trophy. "As for me, " said I, ' I would not venture to emulate tho valor of the cap tain but I also have my little surprise. It hai not yet arriv.d, and wo might as well go to dinner without waiting for it.' We sat down to table, and the meal was very gay. We were taking our coffte when a servant told us thnt a gun ner had just placed my present in the parlor. We went there and found up on the table an object wrapped in glazed piper and tied with blue ribbon. "What can that be?" said Mrs. Dutailly. 'You would never guest, tlsar mid am, but it is a bomb." "A br mb!" "Dutailly has often told mo that he would I k" to hive a bomb, nnd a real one 'ono wh'ch has seen service' and my fiiend Lolnnd, who commands n bnttery, has sent mo this, which comes from tho plainsof Avron, where it failed to explode in striking." As I spoko I untied the ribbon, tore off the paper, and the bomb was dis close I black, sinister and threatening. "My Jove! ' said Dutailly, "you de light me. I will hang it up in my cabinet of curiosities." ' Hul," obj-cted Mrs. Dutailly if it did not explode " "O, have no fear. It was agreed that Lolnnd would have the charge drawn before sending it to me. lie sides, here is a letter of explanation." I opened a nolo which was stuck to the sido of the bomb and prepared to rend it nli ud ; but nt tho firt lino my face must have expressed surprise, fol lowed by dismay, for every holy cried out nt once: "What is thn matter with youi" "My gracious! The matter? Listen," nnd I rend: ".My Dear Friend Here is the bomb for which you aked me. Hut I could not find a gunner beie who knew how to draw the load. Send it to the gun smith in Ope a Lane, w ho is nc u-tonie 1 to th s j(ind of work. You must bo very careful with it; don't let i! hit nny thing nnd bnnd'e it very cautiously. R' member, ibnt the least shock would make the I onib explode." I wa inierritp'e I by os of fear. 'Take it aw ay !'' screamo I Mr. Du tailly; "it is fiigblful! A loaded bomb in my parbu ! ' "Nonsense,'' faid I, evtending my hand. ' Ilicaiin; there is no danger. The gunner who brought it will take it away." "Hut, sir," sai l the servant, tremb ling nt the door, "tho gti'incr has gone." "Then," sa'd I, "I wiil" "I forbid you!"' interrupted Dutniily. "You nre. not strong enough to carry it. You might diop it on the stairs or in the hill.1 Mi. D it ail I j rlulchcd me. "N i, not you It is too daag-rou'. Not yon." "This," said D ilailly, "is a job for n robust soldier. Fortunately the cip tain is here." "1? ' cnid Robillard. "Why, yes, my dear follow; you nro ns strong as a Turk, ami you know how to handle those things. You 11117 p'ay with cannon balls an I bomb as a schol ar does with mat bles nnd hand balls." "Excuse me, excuse me," objucte I tho inj tain, who paled visibly; "you know that a bomb Thunder! Couldn't you wait until tomirr v, tiud hnvo it taken nway by n gunner!" Hut Mis. Du'ailly ciiel out: "To-morrow ! So that I shan't c lose my eyes all night. I would lather go to a hotel." Anatoln said quietly: "You need not leave the house, madam; I will cany" Dutailly iuleiiupted htm. ' Y hi ar. mad, my boy. Convales cent and with your wounded arm. Di you want to blow up the house?'' "In tiutb," faid I, "this is not a job for n sick man. " "Hut for the captain," continued D ilailly. "I wouldn't trut iiiiylmlv o!o. Come, enp'nin, stir yourself, nnd rid us ol this confounded nuisance." The captain nt this moment evidently had a tit of indigestion. H i. he was not n man to lei put out for so little. "Of course," said he, smiling, "I am the m in to do this job. I was going to remark when you interrupted mo that it would be rather dangerous for a pedos trinn to carry tho bouib. The ground is slippery, and a falsa step might be the men-is of killing a dozen peoplo in the street. Tho thing ought to bo transported in a carriage. (Jen. Schiuilz, who brought mo here, is dining at Hre baiit's, nnd his carriage is at tho door of the restaurant. I will ask him to lend it to inc. lie is a particular friend of mi no. The thing is as good ns done. O.vo mo timo to buc'tlo my belt and go thern. I won't bo ninro than tea min utos or a quarter of nn hour at tho most." "Hi! quick,'' said Mr'. Ditailly, I won't breathe until you return." "1 will slurry, clear madam." TI.ih sneaking, the captain took his cap aud cloak and departed. Hy tho manner in which ho went down stnirs it was evident that he was in a hurry. 1 returned to the parlor, where con sternation reigned. Mrs. Dutailly wa divided between iha desire to run away and the fear of leaving the bomb un guarded. I carelessly glanced into the moonlit street. "Y'ou ought to have let me take it," murmured Anatole. "Nonsense!" repliel Dutailly, some what surprised by the calm courage of tba young man. "It is much better for the captain to do it." "I hope," sighed Mrs. Ditailly, "that he won't keep na waiting long." "As to keeping y 111 waiting, deni ma lame, " said 1 to her, with a laugh, "Unit is precisely what he wid do, for he isn't coining back." Ho isn't oming back?" ' Ceitninly not. K bo bad intended to go to Hrebaat'sho would have tinned to the light, nnd he has jut turned tr j the left, in something of a hurry, too." "Indeed! What does that mean?" "It means, my friends, that your cap tain is a fraud, and I mil glad that I hnvo dismounted tho braggart's guns by the aid of this machine." Aud lacing a photograph album, I stiui-k a violent blow upon tho fuse of the bomb, which burst into a thousand pieces -if choco late). It was a chocolate Jionb and if strewed i.pou tho cirpet a charge of sugar plums, burnt almonds nnd pis tachio nuts. A roar of laughter salute 1 this explo sion, and I mny say th'.s denoeuiiient ; for three in' nths lute r Anatole mnrrie I fieri nub'. And none of us ever saw the captnin again. A Hull ritcber in Rattle. A San Francisco special to the Phila delphia Prei says tint some pnssengeis by the Honolulu steimer gave inteiest ing accounts of scenes nt the recent bat tle in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. Tho day was wen by a base ball pitclier, who utili. d his skill by throwing dy namite bombs into the btingilow that formed tho hembpi li ters of tho insur gents end brought tin 111 to teims quicker than rifle or cannon shot. Tie blip! jiekets kept up a di-astious filing all day, nnd it was finally decided to throw dynamito on the bungalow. Honib were qiiii-kly m d , but it was found that then! were no guns to tire tli-111. It wni a lon- throw, nnd in their dilemma thn king's gturd sound the srrrioes of Haywood Home, pitclier of the Honolulu hie ball r'11'1. House took up his position in the Coney Dland bu Iding, ju t ncims a narrow lane: nnd overlooking the bungalow. N attack was expected from that quarter, mid theie whs nofiing to di-turb thi bomb thtower. II itise stood for a few mo ments with a In mb in his hand, as though he were in the box watting for a bitsinin. He had to throw over a house to reach the 1 11 igalow, which he could ! not see. The first bomb went sailing over the wall, nnde a clow n curvo nnd 1 stru- k the sido of th" bu igalow about a j foot from thn roof, and Cie yell that i followed nm'nded ono of a day at the ! Haight street grou ids whe i good i pitchers were in tho box. Tho bomb j had reai-lto I them a id hirt a tiunber cf j tho insurgents. House con'ly picked out another , Imnb. Then ho to.ik a step bac k, made a half tu n nnd sent it wh .'.tag. It landed on tin roof of the I iripalow, smashed a hulo four men ccu'd havo dropped thtc.U'h aid scittered old iron among the rebels u itil they the light j they were in a boiler explosion. Tho j baso ball pitcher was too tun h for the rebels. He heaved one m ire be mb and j Wilcox cainci e nl nnd nu ieadeie I. j A Snow. White Owl from the Norlli. j A beau i fill live w'lite owl is on ex hibition at the music store of Smith it ' Dixon, in Louisville, Ky. It was sent there by Mr. L. J. Smith of Niagara Falls, and I elongs to a very rare species. It was capture I bv a young hunter in tho woods near Q icbi-c, Cnnadn. It was found in a l.ollow tiee nnd Hcurcd with a net. The habitat of the bird is in the extreme north, so Mr. Sin th wrote when ho sent tho owl, nnd only rx- tremoly cold wenlber drive it as far south as Quebec. So fnr as known only j seven of the birds have been cnptuied or killed in Canada in the last tin 00 I years. Tl.o one n exhibition is a p-u-- feet specimen. It is snow-white, and ' about the f 'irv anil sh ipe of the c 'mmon lnrgo owl. .Yen Yii'tSmi j The Hlggest f-old Nug,et. j Thera have been big gol I nugge's found in various countiies, but th'.- Inrg- 1 eit that was ever lise ivereel, thi Stlrrr ruVir state, wa fc u id in New S nit li j Wale, An tia'i i. It a unearthed on May U, 1S72 Its weight was IU) pounds, height I Icv-t 0 inches, width .'1 feet two inches, nverag-) theknes, 4 inrhes; snd it wa worth fd M S 10 It j was found imbe ldel in a thick wall of 1 blue sla'e, at a depth of SSI feet from the silt face. An interesting feature of its history was that tho ow.ieis of tho mino were living on c'lar.ly when they found it. Iin Cholera in Tennessee. Hog cholera ptev.iils in many counties of the state. It is estim ated that tli s disease annually d-stroys Irom $5)0,000 to f I, 000.000 of live property in Ten nessee!. The last legislature! pas e 1 a law making it a mi demeanor, pnni-h-ab!c with a fine, for peisous not to bu y or bum stock dying with this disease. The best method of disposing cf stock dying with this mala ly is cremation CHILDREN'S C0I.IMN. A SeiNO or filXPK.Nf'R. 'Sing a song of nixp-ne-e! ' 'Tvns Bob nnd me that found it. We wer e omiiiK 'e r us that meadow With the lieoeliwoo-ls growing 'round it. Off in th" nest die"! out the light, Ti:e stars were shining o'er us; 1 saw n fonvtlilng reiind and bright. And In the path b"fore us Lay the sijrp?nee. "King a song of sixp -nce!" 'T'aiis B 1I1 nnd me would s-p.'nd it. W M talc It to th village, Or perhaps to tow n we'd send it. 1. -ng htii-Us of ejmlv, svhito and red, We il buy, ami plums a plenty, A knife nph-e, n pain't 1 sl-d, And cakes eiiou ;h for twenty With "iir six) eno "SifiSa song of sixpine"!' Twin. Boh nnd me that drooped it; It rolled into the river We ii"Ver ei u'd have stopped it. And lio'i, Iidkiivs, "'Tib nil in vain; We may try until we're honry, But we'll ii"v r IWi it up again. " And that 's all the story Of th" sixpeni-". .Vete J'orA' iiiiVe'ii'fViif. rim WIIAI.R. The common whale is the largest ol animals, often over 100 f-iet long nnd weighing i'fiO tuns; bis spine tlikc thr trunk of a tiee, his main artery ns large ns a iii-in's body, through which the benrt throws twelve cr fiLeen gallons ol blood at each beat; six men can lie on his tongue, and ho can crush n b iat with Ids immense jaws. Yet this leviathan can spring out of the water, 1ash the sea with its tail till it. "boils li'te a pot." or dive bead dowtiwarls i, I'll) or 5.000 feet. HtF.XTV r.KlWF.F.N A nor. ' N D A HF.N. Your elog-loviiig readers may be in tcrostcd in the following instance of animal sapaeity. "Hob" is a line two-yc.-ii-o!d mastiff, with head and face ol massive stre-ngth, heightened by great mildness of expression. One day bo wns seen carrying a ben, very gently, in his mouth, to the kennel. Placing i her in one corner, ho stood (entry while she laid nn egg, which bo nt once do- I vnured. From that day the two hnvc ! been fast friend', the hen refusing tc : lay 1111 v where but in ' H ill's" kennel, i and getting her re waul in the dainty morsels from bit platter. There must j have been a bit of canine reasoning here, i "Rob" must hnvo found eggs to his lik- i ing, that they were laid by bens, and ; that he could best secure a supply by j having a h-n to himself. I.-mdin Syec-l Inor. A M'INKKY HP.rtri. 1 A nobleman ha I a favorite tnonker, a i large ouraiig-oiitang. Tnis monk y was ; very much attached to his ma-tor, and, to tin baby boy who was the pet of the , whole family. O te day a fire suddenly t broke out in the house nnd everybody : was running hero nnd there to put il j out, while the little hoy in the nursery was at most forgotten ; nnd when they, the 11 Ist of him the stniiciso was nil in Amies. What could he done? As they were looking u ; and won dering, a large hairy hand and mm opened the window; and presently the monkey appeared with the baby in his arm nnd carefully climbed down the porch and brought the child safely to bin nurse. Nobody else coul 1 have dono it, for a man cannot climb like a monkey and is not nearly so strong. You may imagine how the faithful creature was praised nn I pelted after thnt. This is a true story, and the child who was saved w is the young M.uquis of Iviblaro. 'ec'-ec'cee. HOW TIIK SiPMIleoWS WFIIF. MVF.rt. A man w is rec-ntly nt wore, plaster ing up a crack in the outside wall of n house on Dro'.et stre d. Tin la ly of the boil ie at the time notici I tho "cheep, cheep!'' of somu young sparrows, nnd rniii s'.ed tho plasterer to leave room for the old birds to come and go to nnd fr.mi the nestlings. The man re fucd. A littl-i lnt-'r the lady could not bear to hear the poor little things cry ing for fool, and lather than let them starve in their dark prison, she took a chisel, and working through nn upper room, finanlly reached tho net thn ugh the interior wnlls. In the meantime the old birds hail cemgreg iteil ; as soon ns the nearest window to tho nest was opened, the lady retired to n distance nnd watclicel proceedings. The obi birds at once cnteied the room and begnn to feed their young. This continued un til vcsteiday, when old bird? and young departed by way of the window which was constantly loft op-.vi. Jn the mean t i tn' the old birds had grown so famil iar with the family a to pay no heed to them no matter hov many might bo in the room. Tnis little incident is much talked of in the nei 'hborhoo I w here it occurred. Talking of birds' nests, an old soldier who irceitly vi.iited the government portion of St. Helen's I iHnd says that the surest sign of peace he ever saw i thee in the shape of a hint's nest full of young fklglings in 'he mouth of a canuou. A u RABBIT DRIVE. Wholesale Slaughter of a Flccl California Pest. A Thousand People Engage In Their Destruction. Tbo rnbbiti of fjiuthorn Californis are as vigorous and prolific as any of the other productions of the stale. In newly settled regions, says a corres pondent of the New York Tnhvn; they prove a devastating pest to tho orchard owner. In consequence there is a de cided hostility felt toward the pretty little animals, which has led to the in stituting of "rabbit dr. v s." One of these occurred at Rialto, a "boom-time" town near San Bernarlino. The "drive" did not, in results, compare with those which occur in some of the sections further north, where the slain number up into the thousands, but it was interesting in its way and wns a fair sample of the spo.t, as people here call a slaughter of nnlm tl, wh"iD the only sk ill required is nbiM'y to wie'cl the club. There were about I. .'"Omen, women ami children in attendance; on foot, horso, mulo and buerro, in carriages, carts and buggies. A special Iruin carried several hundred from Sin Her nardino, which put on tho festive ap pearance of a circus day; bnnds paraded tho s'reels and the enthusiasm wai w.dl worked up. The method pursued in this spartiato build a V-sl nped corial out of wire fencing at some suitable spot on tho plains, The d ivers then form a line as long as po s b!o with the end curved toward the en Is of the xvite fence. A noisy march then ensue, the country being thoroughly beaten. The fenco wings stretched out about two miles, coming together at a point at which wns built a slnughter pen, covering nbout nn acre. At le'ist a thousand nvn, wonie-i and boys took part in the drive, yelling, whooping, and suiting the "bunnies" from th-ir shelter. The great jack rabbits went bounding along in Kanga roo style, while the timid little cotton tail scurried hither nnd thither. Some times in their fright th-y would blindly mi right into the line of tho club swinging mob, nnd a rush would be made for them with club or cane, or perhaps n parasol. When the crow ! finally arrive I at the gap between tho wings of the fence, the excitement grew intense. It wa whack, whack, whack ; men and wo men wild'y rushed around pounding the poor creatines to death. Tho scene ran hnrlly be imagined, the weather wa veiy lio, the nieicur being up in the nineties, but that made no difference. The thousand neople were mad with the lust of killing nnd si well was their work elone that at the close, when the last nn mi il ha I been smashel to pieces the ground inside of tho wings for a distance of two mile was strewn with dead rabbits. II iwe-ver, from a non sent mental point of view the result wns sal isf ii toi v, for Ihe en I desired was ac complished. The people of IJi.illo piovidel the visitors with a luncheon anil did eveiv thing to display their gratitule aid hospitality. Tho whole affair wa a curious sight, not the lenst interesting part of which was th" en 'rev and vin clic tivono.s with which the women and girls entered into the amusenie it, jibbing and piking titeir gnu- to death. The hunt diiiionstiated tho thing, that the fair sex cannot wield a club wih elexterity, notwithstanding the a'lusions of the humorists to their hnbtt ol rotrecting husban Is with the aid of the rolling pin. Syrup from Melons. Colonel William Duncan of South Carolina propo es that the sii'p'us wa termelons be conveitel into syrup. K-.ii Ii a suggestion, savs Ihe New Orleans y'.f.'.c'cic, would bo entirely up propiiate in many of the Suithun Stales, w here tho melons ai e a I uiid.iiil, while the proces of pn-pnialiou w ui i be simple. The Atlanta Colts! it, thn; say : "The ilea was utilized iliuin;; the war on more than one phuitntion in the South, nnd in Put nam c ounty, nt least, watermelon syiu was no rarity. Pioptrly nude, it is clenrer than honey nnd hs sweet, nnd while the primitive ex'iiiiioiits to re luce it to rngar weie failures, there can be no doubt that the surplus crop ran bo made to take the place of the "honey sweetening" of commerce to a great extent. It mny be, i too, thnt experiment carried on in a more scientific way will result in the granulation necoisniy to make stigir. Couldn't Help It Omaha Teacher I shall have to punish you for being late to school. Tardy l y It was Johnnie Smith's fault, who live next eloor. li s pa wa goin' to givo bim a lioKin' and 1 had to slay and hear hiua howl. Meadow-Sweet. The meadow-sweet was uplifting Its p'unvdets of delicite hue; The clouds were all dreamily drifting Ab-ive the lilue. On the day when I broke from my tether, And f!"d from square and from street; The day we went walking together In the meadow, Be't. The meadow, sweet with its clover And ( right with iu buttercups lay; The snllovs kept eddying over. All tla'hlng and gny. I remember n fairy like feather Sniled down your coming to greet, The day we went walking together In the meadow, Sweet. A b I the meadow. Swaet I and tho singing Of birds in the b-iughs overhead I And your soft litth hand to mine clinginj, And the words that you said Wh ui-lold H the beautiful weither I Inid my love at your fp-f. The day we went walking together In th 1 ni'-ad iw. Sweet. 'duel's: ll'iiiur in l.nnrjman's. Ill MDRIU'S. When you can ge-t n horso nt a bar gain, drive ye ur bargain. Stiangc! is Binrig. It i just when you "get on" to u thing thut you 'tum ble. " It is perfectly safe to kiss a maiden when she drops her eyes. Thenceforth the is of liens ity blind. Lauta I tell you, Kmily, I will never innny the the man who doesn't love me! Lini y Aud I will never love a iiinn who doesn't marry me. Tommy "Pop, what's a philnnthrop. ist?'' Mr. Figg "A philanthropist, my son, is n man who would rather supply a el-iz ui men with n collar apiece thau give ono man a shirt." Visit r: So your sister is off on a visit, Willie? 1 suppose you feel very lonesome without her? Five-year-old Wiiiie (dubiously): Ye-es, 1 feel lone some, but I'm a good deal more coin foitnble. Fond lover, after a long-lelayeel pro posnl "Perhaps I hnvo been too snd cl'iii, darling." Dirlinggirl (regaining her composuro with a mighty effort) "Yes, Oieiige, it is very sudden, bu." and here she became faint ngaint "it is not too sudden." "Augustus," said Mi s llenpeck se verely, "I see n woman in New Jersey has been convicted of being a conim-m re ild. 1 should like to ?re nny bru'o of n man try thnt on me!'' Rut you nre no common scold, Marin,'' responded Mr. llenpeck, with a sigh. And Mrs. llenpeck is still wondering what ho meant. The Largesl of Meteorite. One of the l.-ug.-st meteorite which ha ever hi e 1 seen t'l fall oa thi earth from outer space i temporarily in the cillei lio-i of the Americ an Museum of Nit urn I Hi'tot-y nt New Yi rk city. It is a dark man of iron nud nickel, nn 1 weighs Iu7 1 2 vmn !. In shape it is iriegular, approar'img roundness somn whn', like a lump of snow or clny which had been grasped for tho purpose of moulding into n bill. Too same idea is suggesto I by the nppeinrici of the suifaee, wbi' li is pitted nil over with indentations that look like tho maiks of the thumb mil fingers of of some huge being who hid m uilded the mass of liqu d nutitl and Hung it nt some) enemy in space. The meteorite, with eighty three other specim 'lis, li:j. long to Itiorge F. Kunz, the mineral evpeit of Tiffany who is now n Pari with the TilTiny ivl'cction of gems at. the exposition. The collection of meleirites, which he bn offered to sell to the Mii-eum, is the largest private Collection known, and has been picked up, piece by piece, by Mr. Kunz from different parts of tho world. The Johnson Cuunl y m deorite, as the large one is called, gets its name from the place w ere It fell, .lolinsoi Cjiinty, Ark., nn Much 27, ls'- Us decent was seen or beard over an area of near ly Id) miles and caused great alarm. The loud rep u t was followel hy a long drawn hissing so l id, and c am" in tho i idille of a pleasant afternoon. Tho me 'eor;te cut through tic limbs of a tnll pine tree w it bin seventy-live yard of the house of Christopher Shandy, on ihe Arkatuns R ver. His w fe, who wns nt home alone, saw the limbs fall Irom the tree and when her hu-bind eamo bnck in the evening be foun I the mo teorile in thn ground about three feet Kdow the suifice, Ii was hot when they elug it out. In a few days thn ac counts id it were spread over the coun try nnd the meteorite wns putcbnsel and rxhibitel in el IT "ivnt towns before) it was obtained by Mr. Kunz. --AJ Vorb l'rib'i ne. Equal to nn Emergency. A clergyman, consoling a young widow on 'ho death of her husband, remarked that she could not rind his equal. "1 know I cau'l" replied the sobbing fair one. "Hut," sho added, with a heavenly smile, "l mean to try.''-- r.ck-Xe IV.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 26, 1889, edition 1
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