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ftfje Cljatfjam Bfcorfr. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND rKOrKLETOlt. HATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one iusorfion- 11.00 i.eo 9.H9 One square, two insertions -One Bijuare, one month $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. For larger advertisement liberal cob tracts will bo made. VOL. XII. iTnsiK)uo Chatham co., n. c, January 2;, ihdo. no. 21. Don't Stand in the Way. "The world is too crowded," The grumbler declares "I don't like i's labor, I don't like its cares." If you care not to wmfc, sir, And much rather il:iy. Why, do us you please, lint don't stand in the v ny. The sowers are comiug To put in (he seed, This army is sea-cely Enough for our need; You can lend us a band Fur an hour, or a day, Or stand tike a post, But don't stand in the way. Life's summer and autumn They glide nn apace, And then the ((la 1 reapers Will fall into place. But if you have not laborad, You can't expect pay; And the harvest is theirs! So don't stand iu their way Keep moving, keep niovinc, There's good work for all; Tut u hand to the plough, Or go back to the wall. The young men are coming, And old men grown gray. The world needs them all; Friend, don't stand in the way, Tin Jliniur. THE NEW MIRROR. BY KATE M. II.EAI.V. Soy yes, love!" 'Hut, my dear girl " Niw, Charley, don't be cross!'' Hu was only u few months miirie I. Hu was he id over can iu love with hi wifo. And just now, when he felt tin touch of tho i-oft, slim fingcis on his hair, and lonkcl up into the pretty, petulant, coaxing face ulnvc, lie found it liarl to rcfu-c any requ.st of hers, nn matter how unrcaiouablo. "Inn not tho least bit crocs, dm ling," be t-.ii J, leaning back in bit chair, and putting both her arms down around hi J neck; "but don't you think two hundred dollar is rather high foi f ( in .tiling wc do not really nc ll'' "Oil, but we do, Charley!" she in sisted, eagerly. "A person must haw n cheval glass nowudays. And this is a beauty. B vclol French plate, of course, nn I nil framed in mahogany, tho real roi mihogany, you know, and finished with p. lull'! I brass. Why, Charley, it is n baiguu nt twj hiiidred dollar-!' 11'! Slllilo 1. The fuini-hing of their pretty horn had alien ly cost a god deal. It was a handsome three-story hems'", on one of the most (adiionablo residence blocki of the city. "Mrs. Cyrus Cannon lini oio,'' purrc 1 on the ciittcating voice, "not a, handsi inu :i3 this, though I am suro it c .'St more." She paused, wailing for tho cITcct of that I ast shot. In her scheming cm iciousness tho wai well nwnro no more effective argument could bo rescu'c I. For bad she not refused Cyrm ("union to marry Charloy Merlon? He rose, with a lenient laugh, from tho rithly-nppoiu'c I lnc.ikf.ist table. "1 Hippos'; you inuit havo your way, you little despot! ' ' Oh, you darling!" she cried, rapt urously. And she promptly paid him for hii permission by g ving hj in half a drz;n delighted k stus then and there. Ho went into tho hail for his over coat and tamo back frieze-en vjlipj I, and hat in hand. "I'm pretty pisitive, Etna," he taid, "that not a looking-glass in Chicago will have as sweet a face to idled as will youts. It ccitninly ought to feel flattered. All tho others wou'd be jealous if thoy knew." He was too lately married to have ceased tho hon ymoou habt cf making pretty speeches. Mrs. Morton blushed in the prettiest manner imaginable. ' Yi u deserve an other kiss for that!'' she declared. She stood on t ptoo to give it to him. Then he foi led up the morning paper, thina it in lii pocket, put on his hat, an I went out to catch hi? cur. Ha was gin 1 he had not refuse I to grn'ily hi, wife's request. Indeed, tho genial g'ow which follow) a gneraus act kept him nil day long more, cordial with himself and the list of tho wpi II- Hardly had Ciiarley Mulon left homo when bit vic'or ous brida in, lied up (fairs to dreis, previous to making hr coveted iiirihaso When ilie dose-end ed to her coupe, ipiite a vision of fash ion and hvi'liu'.'J in her leaf brown i pludi an 1 co-t'y fun, ;die wii a very! proud woman ii'he! proud of lit r j homo, her hubanJ, and tho beautiful ruiiror she win going to In,'. Audi when sha had ordered it sent to her residence, she thought with satisfact on of tho pleasure she would take in show ing her niuuisitioa to Mrs. Cyrus Can no. As she left a restaurant, after a dainty lunch, whom should she meet but Charley's particular friend, Divid Kosao. At least he hud been the par ticular friend ot Charley' bachelor dsjs. Now young Mrs. Merton was very wise in her way. Sho had heard and read that a brido usually estranges the friends of her husband, and thu. inditcctly arouses the resentment of tho latter. To this rulo she had re solved to prove herself an agreeable ex. ception. Bo she gnvo Mr. Iloseo bcr band and a gracious smile, and invited him up to dinner tho following even ing. He had feared that his comradeship with Charley Merton must cud with the mnrriagc of the latter. Si it was with reprcsscl surpriso and cxpreised grati tude that he accepted the invitat ion. "It's a pity," she said, with a com passionate sigh, as she was whirled along to the mutinco, "that poor Mr. Hoseo basn't a nice wife and boms likj Charley!'' Which reference evidenced tho fact that Mrs. Morton possessed a proper appreciation of her charming self. The curtain had just risen, when a lady entered the theatre, and was uih ercd to the scat nljoiniug that of Mrs. Merton. "Why, Edna!" "My dear Millie!" Though several years older than Edna, Mdlio Joyce had been her favorite friend. Hut it was a lonj tim) since they had met. A few weeks before F, loir's wedding Miilio Joyco had re ceived a summons to the beliiij of a sick I r j t h e i i:i DAoto, and ha 1 only lately returned. Bo very pleasant, in deed, bith ladies found tho meeting. "1 was just speaking to ano'd friend of Charley's," said Ms. Merton be tween the actJ. "I'm mt mho that you kuow him. IIn nun) is Kiseo.'' Millie's i:itii:r liUl fico 11 nhcd brightly. ' Div d Iloseol'' "Yes." "I met him at. W.iuke.ihaw five years ago," rho said, a trill) nervously, Mis. Mi rton imigiuc'l. "A casual aripi.tiutanc")'' "Wei!, n i!' Tueii iu .i burst of ron ii Idiic;: "Wo weio cug.ige 1 for three months." "Ymi were!'' interestedly. "What lucke it olTi" "Oh, be grew j-a'cii", and thirn'ii the curtain ! Very tilths indeed dil Mrs. Morton hear nf the last net diplomatically busy was th it bright brain cf ben. "Can't you?'' she asked Millie, as to g' tlur they passed out of tho theatre, "ci mo over to dinner tomorrow even ing? ' 'Tomorrow? Lot mo see! Yis, I'll come." When Mrs. Merton reached homo she found her precious in'rrnr there before her. Plio wns still admiring it when ( hr r ey rear be 1 homo, Bho called to h iu over tho haniitcrs to com up and sec her I re a tiro. "lun't it lovely, Charley!" "Lively ! ' ho nsiculcd. II; was grivcly regarding the eathu s:a tic face iu the glass. "II it I mean the mirror." "1 d' n'l !'' htaumhly and adoringly. II; put his arm i ai"in 1 Inr, and they went down to dinner together. When they were aloni in their par I'T, which, by the way, pi,se-,-i!l the re!r-'ihingiy bright, if un.c thetic, look imported by brand n;w fuinituro and draperies, she broached lior little plot. 'I met Mr. Hjsco to-lay," she sai l. "Y- u di ll" "Yes-; ptnl I a-ked him to ccmo up to dinner tc-morrow. " "That wis nice, of you, love." "And at tho mitinca I met M llio Joyce, nn l I nski I hei to c inn, a so. '' "But, dailing " "Wclli" "The woro engaged, once." Bho nodded. "I k io-.v it. Th it was why I asked her." "Hut tho embairassmoat! Neither will" "Oil, you stupid boy!" she laug lied "nait aid see!" The following evening, when Mr. Mei ton cnin; borne, ho foun 1 his wife's filt 1 1 s sited y tho log t'ue, which it was fa;hionaldu that w inter to iilf'Ct. !lio looked uncommonly well in liei artistic gown of absintho sibi, cut to show the full and whitj throat whicli was her chief beauty. He bn I just spoken a courte ius wcl cc ni!, wlien tho door-bell rang. A'mi-t immediately after Mr. Hiseo us irduie I iu. II) was a tn'l, soldierly, woll piescrved msn, gr.iy-hairo I au I band oni'?. Ho iturlc I at sight of thu tigurc by tho fireside. Then ho went forward. Charley met him and said : "Awfully gla I to see you, Divo. Mis Joyce I believe you know." With qutckcue 1 heart-throbs Hive H)-cofai'3d tho music. II i was tre mendously glad to moot Millie Joyce again. Dinner was announced. To banii'i the restraint each dreaded, the con venation was kept up with persistent gsyety. Hrldea'y occurred a startling interruption; Jf.ing! Fiercely, sharply outraag the report of a levo'ver. All spraag to their feet, lilanky, with blanch "1 faces, they looked an u id. Charley Merton start e 1 for the doer. "Oi, don't!' wildly entreated his wi'e. "You will bo kill.'d, dear! Don't go." At that very moment a secoul shot swis heard. Morton dashed out and up the stairs, lis wifo following him; and flown dropped Miilio Jjyce in a dead faint' When she revive J, she found herself seated in the host's chair, nu 1 David Risro bending solicitously over her. Hu was gently bathing her forehead with water fri m the carife. "Are you better, M llie? ' "Y'es, thank you, Divid;" her coW ming back with a rush. "I was nil nrong a few years ago, Mdlio." ' I was toa La ty, David." "But I've loved you ever siuco, Mil lie." "An I I've refused two off.rs for your sake, David." "You ango!!'' Wlion they fmal'y decided to go up--tain and discover tUo came of tho cnmmo'ion, they found Mr. and Mis. Merton at. full r.'gaiding the ruins nf tiieir mirror, which was frattuied from side to si lo. "An attempted burglary," explained M'Ttnn, indicating a half-open talchel i.tar tho window. "The fellow had .','.( his big filled with j-'welr, silver, l"i!et ai lic'ei, anl whatever be could puk up, sbcu ho obscive l his n II ;c' ion in tho minor, anl th.nking, prob.ibly, lb it h j was dofcele I, tire I at his sup. pit'd enemy the shots wo heard." 'fs e!' eric I II Inn, half hysteri cally, "here are the marks of bis feet on tho wiiidovv-ledg". If- must havo gut out that way - lid down tho porth pidar and ccacl. My poor, dear, lovely chev.d gl i- !" Well,'' ii d Meiio'i, with a laugh, "h I ns bo g'a l be d;d not gel away with hi' plun lei ! ' L-i'c ih'y .'at di'i using theafTiir, and when they tin. illy broko up it was Divjl K i o wiio saw Miss J -yco boine. 'Ciiarley,' ri slatically confided young Mis. Merlon to her husband, tho following nir;ht, ' Mdlie h.n been here, mid she and Davi l K i.-eo are going to b married! And it's nil n account of my in it rot !" H'isv's that, dear?" Why, if I hadn't bought it tho burglar wouldn't hava shot at it. And if ho ha In't shot nt it wo wouldn't hnvo iu i up. stairs. Anl if wo hain't run up-stiiis lie wi.n'iln't havo had an opportunity to in ilia up." (barley laughe I in! in he n ty amuse ment. "I ically believe I was inspired to buy it," nvonci EJu.i, solemnly. "Ye, darling," meekly assented (J .arlo. li.it ho groaned, rcmi!mbcring tho check h) bad drawn in favor of Tobey. Besides," l-.o cried, convincingly, "il tho mirror had not lie:u thcro you'd have bren killed, for that awful man was trying to shoot you.'' To this reman able argument Charley returned tho only r-iply a woman's logic should ever icccive a kis3. I hi L:dj,.r. The Acme of Valor. The presentation of nn American flag to the grammar fchocdi of Bangor re minds mo of a sim lar occu renco which took plrei in a Maine village in tho summer of 1803. A company of vol unteers, being ahou', to depart for tho stato capital, was drawn up on tho green to receive a flag that had been in ml o by the patriotic members of tho local sewing circio. The v. lingo pastor made a tonsiblo presentation speech, an 1 tho b:.nner was recciv ;d by the cap tain of the company, svho handed it to tho t'dor-bc rer, n witty Irishman. Tho ii, facing the woith; pastor nnd his ta r (lock, the embarrasse 1 in;itain pro c e led lo acknowledge tho gift as follow-: ' IJovcren ;d sir and bid ins: This beautiful tl ig which I see beforo me- " ' It's behind ye., captain," inter 111,'ted the color-bearer. "Which I see behind nip," nmondo 1 the blushing otli. er, "stand for sonta thiiu; more tlnu th u mbiein of a power ful nation. I', is b auty's tributo to valor, and as such it is doubly dear to tho gallant hearts mound in 3. In thanking yi u for your gilt, ladies, wo pie Ige oui-.elves faithlu ly to defend it. At tlio close of tho campaign, thoso of us who are spare), w ill briug this fl.rj back to you, iinli si it is blowa to atoms by shot from the enemy, in uliich i vent wv'l! we'll" "We'd bring tiiim bee the pole!" shouted the enthusiastic liishman, to the delight cf the crowd and tho relief of tho superior officer. L'Uii( n (.Us ) Jurii'. t JllLDItKV.S COLUMN. Tin: HONKST Ol.li TOAD. O. a queer little chap is (he honest old t'eid, funny little fellow is he, Lh ing mi'ler the stone by I ho iddu of tho r-a-l. 'Neath the shade of the old n illon tree. He is ilre-s d all in brown from his toes to bis crown. Save bis vst that is t-ilvr ry white; He tnkei a lung nap in the beat of the day And walks in the cool, dewy nigbt. ' Kaup, youp'" says the frog, From bis home ,n t, i,,, Itnl the toad be says tuner a word, He I rim to b good, like the children w ho should lie seen, but never li bear'. When winter grows tn r Mr. Toad ncs to bed, And be sleeps as sound as n lop, I'.ut wbeii May blossoms I'lllowSofi April showers Heroines unt witli a skip, jump and Imp. He ej.iii;;es bis die s only o co, I confes.- Kvery spring, and his old worn-out coat, Willi tiiei.s r; aii'l uai.-ti ojt, he rolls in a lull, And slults the i Imle tliiiiK down !;i? throat. ' K-rnik k rrok!" says the fr jr. From bis home In the b g. Ii i' Hu- toad he says never a word; He tries to be good, like Ihu children who should )'' -ecu. but lie , ir be benrd -'...-'..,'."--,. F.N C I If II AO I Sri F. X A M I'l.E A contributor lo A'i'r recounts tho following iri-tance of uuiiii d ympath and instructive example : Home, years ago we bad two call, a tal-by and a pnwi.ilul loin, perfectly white Mil over. Or: day I happened t Iu in thu iillie, and no'i ed tin III g i out on tho s a'e", when Tom jump d across tho yard to tho next roof. it appeared to me a splendid b'ap, con sidering the width of the yai I and the height of the roof. When Tabby r line lo the '.'Ige of tin slates her eoura go failed, nn I she uttered a iry of distress, whereupon Tom turned louu I a id 1 ape I buck, an I, giving a ih'iiinl mew, at inu h ns to sny, ''Link bow easily it coi In done," j'liiipe I ai ross again, this tune followed by Tabby, to in great do light. THINK IIFFOIIK Vol! STIil I s; I lenieiiibei reeling in m l iylior:d, fays a wr ier in I'-d'e; lll,n'ict nbi iil a merchant travelling nn bor-eb.ick, ac companied by his dog. lb; di-in u ited for sumo purpose, and iicc.dci tally dropped hi i package of money. The dog saw it; the murchiiut did not. The dog linked to stop him, nnd as he rodo farther, bounded in front of tho horse, and bukod loud -r mil binder. The m -reliant thought hu bad gone mad, drew a pistol from bis holster nnd shot him. Tho wounded dog crawled back to tho pac ing ', nil I wliei the iiieichant discovered hit Ins tan I rods back, ho found his dying dog lyino then:, faith fully guirding the treisure. T.ie following tit t lo story, told by a fiiend of mine, is not as painful, but adds forcu to tho thought, "Tuink be fore you strike any creature that cannot speak :' "When I was a boy, I woiked for a farniT, and was given a spin of hoi ;es to plough with, one of which was a j fcur-year-old colt. The colt, nfter walking a few steps, would lie down iu the furrow. T.ie farmer w.n provoked, and tol 1 mo to sit on tho colt's head, to keep him from rising, while he whipped ! him 'to break him of that notion.' as ! he said. Bat just then a neighbor ! c .iniby. Ho sai l, 'Tliere's som ilhing svrong here; let him get up, nn I let in examine. ' He patted the colt, looked nt bis h iincss, and then said, 'Link at Ibis collar; it is si long and narrow, and enrrici tho harness si high, that when ho begins to pull it slips back nnd chokes him so ho em't 1 rjntlie.' An I so it was; nnd but for that neigh bor, wc should havo whippet aikiil a creature as sve had on the farm, because ho lay down when be coul 1 not breathe.'' It was only tho otber day I hoard of a valuable tst. Bernard dog being shot, j bnau e, having n wound on his head. I concealed by tho hair, hu bit a person i svho handled him roughly. liovs, young nn I id I, please leincm- lei that these creitures aro dumb. Toe? ' j mvy be hungry, or thirsty, or cal l, or faint, or sick, or bruise 1, or wounded, 1 and cannot tell you. "Think hcfoic you sti iko a ay creat ure licit cannot speak. " The Home of Hie Jersey Cow. Jersey Island, the placo from which. wo obtain the favmita Jersey cow, is a small spot of laud. If fipiared, it ii t' miles each way. Yet this liitlo island , has a population of t! 1, 000 human I c- j ing, and has over 1 1i, 000 cuttle, and has had that number for the last twenty years, for the census cf lStil gives 12,037. And yet they txport on an' average anuualiy 2000 head. Koughly speaking, on this island thoy manage to Eiippirt one heal of kino to every two ' acres, whilo in Englaud thara is only one head to every ton acret. -J'j)n!ar ' (scUihc Atif j. I A PROG FARM. Raising a Dig Family of Croak ers for Western Epicures. The Frogs Kept in Three Large Ponds and Fed Daily. The fubjett of frog culture is attract ing con -i ler i bio attention ol late year and a g iod many frog farms have been rsiabli-.b'd tit diff treat p'acos through -ni'. the I'aitel States and the C'uiadi -; but fiiiluie iai been Ihe rule lather than the exception, and in iny a sanguine, proprietor of costly ponds and pislures has dr. ppe I a snug little fortune iu his ii'leinpL ig iuntji'c our French fucnls iifioss the Atlantic who tiul in the busi-ii--s of frog-raising something of pleas ure and no little ir jtit. It is, therefore, noteworthy that M:ssrs. George. E. Steven nnl Cliaihs J. Bnau cf the JFnnedilo pet stoik farm, at ft. Joseph, M ch., havo sun cede I in this industry to a degieu highly satis ficioiy to themselves and p.ilruus, al though their knowledge of frog-i n,ing has cost them many bar l-carned dollar, and several years of faithful slu ly an 1 cl -e obsei vat ion. Mr. Stevens tikes great pr.do in his p.t in lu.'ry and never tiros of showing visitor) about tlio ponds and explaining the habits anl diar.er -tcrist:ci of bis bigf.iinly of croakeis. M . S'evcni onus .seveial acies of land a l piil iij th i i'y el SI. J iseph on tho son' h. '1 hi i ii'h the f.u m i una a largo ravine, nt th" bea I of wliic'i i:ro nev r failing ppiiegsnf puro water. At suno dii tam e below tho s-piings are 1 ;i itel the frog pon Is thieo in number. W ilei is supplied to the pondi ttiriugh n pipe from a Inr.-c, deep lake formed by a dam pi; c d ai rosi the i.ivino near the springs. Tlio largest of the pon Is is sved fi le I witli lily-pads, Canada beg ni 'ss and i tln'r varieties of water plants sai 1 lo be ei e itial to the lilu of tho frog. Tin! sm-tl ler pondi are fringed with these plant3, wliilo tin: centres aie kept comparatively i b'.ir. Mr. Pleven. i cstimites that tVrj aie now no less than '-''I ) , 0 " M tailpdei, polly svogs an I finall frogs in the luro pond', and his statement is undoubtedly corieel, a, the bottoms of the pmdi am literally covered with thnie pee i'.iar- look ing li'tle fellows. These will bo ready for the marlcet early next summer and will hting anywhere from $1.25 to a dozen. Most of them will ba shippo 1 to Chicago and will find their way into tho fa-hionablo hotels and rcstautauts. Frogs fir breeding purposes, which are ra se I on thiii farm in gnat numbers, bung $ a d- i. n. Tli' ie are in tho pondi about do) full-grown frogs kept for breeders, and these aro led by band nt regular in er vnls t) prtveut them from devouring tho sin tiler frogs. Every day acr'am number of th;tn are fou id out of tho water waiting for tbr: r meal. They are fed on beef liver ly minus of long polo svith a shirt string attached. On the end of tin siring a piece of liver is fattened, which is dangle 1 before thu eyes of a hungry frogg,-, wh su cures it by jumping. It is said that ono feeding sati li-s a frog for about two weeks, 'lh.-y nro viry fond of bii Is, nnd often siicom 1 in cap'uring a sparrow that may chimeo to alight on llio ground near where a big frog hap pens to be silting. Tho mule frogs are stvaga fighters, nnd when two of them meet (hero is sure to bo a conflict. There are several frogs in theso ponds that arc badly crippled by fighting. Oio has lost a foie leg entire, and nno her has a broken nnd mutilatel bind leg. Tho lurgest bull in tho pond is c tiled Sulli van, and be is sai 1 to bo ablo to whip any 'd tho other grena Ilea le 1 pugilists on tins picmisos. Tiu frogi live in families of generally ouo male and not less than liva females, cu'di hcu niudd occii ) m ? soiiio ahclt ir.i I uoj'k along tho sh.iio of tho pond. The ponds nro protec'nl from tho en cioaclimeuls of thi publio by a high board fence, which id-o prevents the frogi from escaping. Mr. Stevens clniins this to bo the largest frog (arm in th:s country and that tho stock is all fn tn the finest imported breeds. The frogs are captured for market after nig'it by tho light of a torch or lantern, as nfter dark they are always found bit ting on the. banks, and can oisily bo ap proached and jinked i.p. In the day time they are (jiiitc shy and can only bo caught with difliiiilty. Chicago AVirs. A Cabinet 0111 rt's Life. A Cabinet ullieer, tiding a Washing ton corrcspoii'lent n ha' his daily routine is, says: "I got up at 7. ih) o'clock this moining, and sat down to breikfa'tat about 8 o'clock. Beforo I had finished my private secretary cine with a bundle of letters. As fa-t as I re: d them I dictated ntisw'-rs and was, perhaps, three-iii utew of an hour at the task. Jii the roeaatiui?, five people, old friends from my state, had gathered in the parlor to seo me before I went to the department. I gave coch of them two or three minutes and then asked ouo, whese lusinc-s was really im portant, to walk along w-ith me. 1 got to my oflice nbout 9 40 o'clock. There were thirty or uioie eoplo in iny room waiting, and tho crowl was as numerous until noon, when it wai tins) to start for the capitol, and I was obliged to dismiss the rest of my caller1. I then attended a hearing given to some attorneys on a case of imprta:ie. This lusted until 1.30 o'clock. "My daughter was going awny on the afternoon train, and I thought I would go homo to luncheon so as to bid her good- by. While sit ting at luncheon I got the carls of livo people who hud cither seen me go home or had learned my wherei bouts a' the ihpuittuent. Ouo of them wis b riner ly the head of tho dcpaMuiont over which I preside 1 nnd was, of coiii-c, entitle! to respect. Two oilers wo to a committee who had come to invito nn to make a speech at a bniifj U'-T. Idis mi scd them as soon ss I could, bu! by that time ii was 3 .'! ) o'cVr'f. J hur ried to the ilepar ineiit, where my desk was (oveud with le'ter', which ie 'pine 1 my slgni'me. I had to icad each ono u-o full y, of coi.r o, a id lin-i.-bcd the last ono nt 5. .TO o'clock. Then I walked homo tired out, with tho in lotion of taking a little imp before 1 wont to a dinner engagement. H it no nap for me. When I got to my Ii ius there wero three Senators nnd two mem bers of tlio II in;'.: wailing to."."! in', and il was 0 2) o'clock befo.e I go', th'fitigh with tin in. Then my wife assisted rue to dress no 1 bun led me otl In dinner, from which I have just ic luiiiei. Tim is a fanipla of all my days." What Veu See in t lie Slionlins Slar. A small body, perhaps as Inige as a paving stone or larger, moro efleii per h.ipi not so large as a marble, is moving round tlio sun. .!:l ::s a mighty planet involves in nil eclip'o, s) thli small ob ject will move round un l n u id in an ellipse, with tho sun in the foeu1. j There nro nt the present moment mc n-ei-iv.ib'e myriads ol Mien m ile rs mov ii.g in this manner. They aie too small and too distant fur our telescopes and we can never see tloui o.xeept under ex Ii -aord iniiry ciioumihiiiie;. Ai the tune we see the meteor it is u-tiilly mnvin with enormous velocity, so thin it of'en traverses a distance of moio than twuty miles in a second of tune. Sub a velocity is almost impssnihhs neir tho earth's suifi.ee; the lesistaiit j of the nil would picvetit it. Aloft, in tho cmptinnis of spare, there is no uir to losi-d tho meteor. It may have been moving ronn 1 and round the ! in f or tbou-ands, pubaiis for mil l.eiis of years, without let or hindrance; but tho Miprcir.o moment urrivis nnd tho meteor perishes in a streak of splen dor. In the couro of its wandering the body comes nenr tho cnrih, and within a few bundled miles of iti sur face, i fciiiiiso, begins to encounter llio upper surface of the ntmosphc o with which tho earth is inclosed. To any body tnov.ng svith the itppnlling veloci ty of a meteor a plunge into the mm 13 pbcre is usual fatal. As the 1110'. cor ru his tliraugh the atmosphere the fric tion of tho a r warms its surface; it be comes red h it, then white hot, nnd if final ly driven eft into vnpor with brilliant light, whilo wc on rnrth, 100 or 200 miles below, cxclnim, "O, look, tbcte is a shooting stnr." .1 "$ ( V. 1'. ( Jjurnnl. Thn nnarfs of Central Africa. Tlie fact now srenu clearly demon stratcd that at various sp its across the great African continent, within n few degrees north and south of the equator, extending from tho Atlantic c.ea-t to near tho shores of the Albert Nyaiua, nnd perhaps even further to the cast, r.10 scattered communities of these small negroes, all mi ch ro'imbling each other in si9, appeal anre and habits, mid dwelling mostly apart from their larger neighbors, by whom they are every whet e surrounded. On infor mation about them is still very scanty, and to ot. tain more would be a wot thy object of ambition for tho scientific traveler. In many parts, especially at the West, they aro obviously holding their own with difficulty, if not nctuilly disnppeniing, and thcio is much nbout their condition of civilization nnd the situations in which they nro found to indued us to look upon them, like the Bushmen of Sauth Africa and the ei( ial ly diminutive Negritos of tho Iud s Milnyaa region, as tho remains of a population which occupied the land be foro tli3 incoming of tho present domi nant raic. If the account of tit Nasamoninns bo accept' d as historical, tho rivor they camo to, flowing from west to east, must have been tho Niger, and the northward range of the dwarfish people fur inrre extensive twenty-three centuries aro thnn it ii at the present time. i?aav'i Timtf. A Lullaby. Bleep, my child, soft night-winds woo, Over thy ciadle wakes the coo Of mother love: Stars iu the blue peep one by one, Toil is over, and day is done, Sleep, little dove! Hileii- e deep holds the day-throbbed world, Tho h ris in their trim nests are curled. Tiieir carols hushed. Only the west wind' music rings, S'jo'irno; d'ean.s to 'he soul it brings, l!y sleep wave rushed. Dream of birds and Dowers and trees, Of d-uwsy li'.'in of Injsy bees Without alarms: Tbn w hen die East with red is flushed, And until re's bice with gold is brushed, Wake iu my anus. .Void (ok, in Detroit i'V 'ri HUMOROUS. A swallow-tail Tho story of Jonah and the whale. The green apple is dendly, but not so deadly ns the electric currant. Know thyself. If you can't get tho requisite information, run for oflice. First Small Hoy Wo had a fire at our liouio list night. Second Small Uiy That so? I' S. H Yes. Pa fired sister': beau. Amy What an absurd habit that is of young Dill's, always sucking his cme. Susie I think it is a good plnn! It keeps him from ta'king, you know. TIh.ic ii a demand by James Owen OC Minor f ir "protection for Ameri -ciii .le'ori." How would an egg-intercept:!!!.; si m:i:'i tit tho froat ol the stagu d)i Fon t Mo' her You should ie member, my ln!d, the 1 1 1 Liu birds iu thuir nests agre i. J jhuiiy But every once iu a whi'e one of 'eiti fills 1111', I'm that one. Tom B 'okstavtr (m bookstore) How do you liko "Looking Bicksvard?" Miss Mi Fiimsey tfludiing slightly) I only just glanced around to tee what she bad nu. A good many people publicly thank the Lord for t heir pi op"i ity who would be very mad if somebody should nig-r'-st that liiey wore not mainly respon sible for it t hemscl vnf. The Cedars of Lebanon, Tin t c l.irs of Mount L:b,mon are, piibaps, the be-t known iiioiiuiiiiiiit.s in the world. Distinguished men havo visi'ed them, and their story is told over and over again. There ai-o grnvo doubts, however, whether tho codiir so often mentioned in tho Biblo was tho tree now called the Cedar of Lebanon. There is no doubt that tho cedars of Lebanon in more modern times havo b en the objects of vuiicraiion. Tlio most experienced obseiver who has seen Ihe cedars on M aunt Lebanon is S.r Joseph Hooker, who visito l Syria in 18t')(i for tho purpose of examining the grove, in rrgaid to which little was known scientifically up to that time. An account of this visit wns published in tho Sttural History JhvUw in January, lSfi2, with tho author' views upon llio specific rank and theoiigin of tho dilTi-reut specios or (onus of the genus. Tho number of trees is nbout 400, nnd th-se. nra dis posal in nino groups, corresponding with as many hammocks of tho rango of moraines. Tiiey nte of various sizes, from nb nit 18 inches to upward of i0 feet in girth; but tho most reniArkablo and significant fact connected with their size, nnd consequently with tha age. of the grove, is (hut 1 hero is no tiee of less than IS inches girth, and no young trees, bushes or even seed lings of a second year's growth. It was supposed, until comparatively re. cent times, that all the cedars left upon the earth wero in this famous grove, but now the lira known to occur upon different iliains of tho Tauius, where, with other trees, thoy form extensive forests; while ns Into ns lPl'iSMr. Josup, nn Ameiii-in missionary, discovered five large groves in the Lebanon itself, three east of Ain Zihalleh, in tho Boutliern I. bauon, ono of which was said to contain 10,000 tree. Other groves were also discovered at this time, so that upon the Lebanon alone tho ccdnr is known in 10 distinct localities lite Oldest Observatory. Tho ohst rratory at IVkiu is the old est in tho w 01 hi, having boon founded in 127J by Kublai Klian, the first Em peror of the Mogul dynasty. Theio nro still in it three of the fust instru ments of obi ivation. T,ieo weie used for the observation of Iltlley's comet in 17-IS, and may nis i bo used when, twenty-two yeais heme, this comet again appears. The oldest observatory in Europe is that founded by King Fre lerick HI. of Denmark, on the isl and of llveen, in the S nm I, nnd whera the famous astronomer Tycho ltratie car ried out his celebrated obsei vutiuns . among ethers that of the "bright" tar in Ca-siopua. Tue Paris Observatory was established in lti?t, and that of Greenwich threo years later. nylit
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 23, 1890, edition 1
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