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. -""-ir""" Ii t; I 11. A. LONDON, EDITOK AND WiOl'HIETOll. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. ffitatpm KATES ADVERTISING VOL. XII. ITTSIK)K() CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 21, 18.M. Ko. :v.. 11.0(1 2.00 One square, one insertion One upaare, two insertions One square, one month - For larger ailwtiscmenU liberal con rue ts will be made. 'rass oiid Roses I looked where the rnsca were blowing; They stood among grasses nnd I mid, "Where such britulios are growing. Why sutler these prill ry weeds'"" Weeping the pour things faltered, "IVr have ncit Iht beauty nor bloom; AVe HIT hill glass ill (1111 roses' garden- Hut nur Master give us tills mom. 'Til'' slaves of ii generous Master, Hornc from a world above, rami' to llils place III Ills wisdom -c stay to this linur from III" love, "We have feed Ills 'nimble' creatures, We lme served Him truly and long; He save mi grace to our features -We bave neither color nor Ming ''Vet He who has made the roses Placed us mi the self Mine sod; lie Kiioam nur rcn-nn for lieing We nre grass in the garden of God." - lb v. .l imes Freeman Clarke. A CAPE HORN INCIDENT. Ii V W, l l.MiK KI SsM I.. On :i liocetuboi morning, in the year 1:t. ;i in lit sieamcr, homeward hound from n Now Zealand port, was ap proaohin; the meridian of the Horn, lull on :i parallel more southerly than il is now tin' eii-loin of steamships to take in rounding ilm' stormy, ice-girt, desolate ami tiio't inhospitable of nil henillamls. I'eeeiuher in those distant regions is midsummer, and the weal her of that morning was n fair anil still a a brcoeles April day in this ronntry; hut the sw ell of the vast track of ocean run ceaselessly, reniiiiiseent respira tion of a gi.iu ess whose conflict with the heavens is eternal, and whose breaking pan es are very few find far between indeed. Over this lung, dark blue, wo-loriv swell the long metal fabric w out sweeping in long, floating, launching curtsies, whitening the water astern of her with a mile of milk-white wake. The frosty sun, w hose henms in thai sea have some thing of the silvery brilliance of the electric light. Ila-hed a score of rnn atcllulioii mil of the gill and gins and bias- about the steamers bows and quarter!) and decks. A number of passenger were par ing the long hur ricane plulfirm. Far away on the slurhourd beam, pojcd, star-like, Upon the keen blue rim of the ocean, was an iceberg-!! 'biIi of crystalline light agnin-t the airy sky that out there, low down, wore the deiie ite hue of the opal. Otherwise the, ocean swept miked to its confine, a plain of rich, deep blue, with the heave of the swell shouldering the morning glory under the sun as it ran, and making thai part of the nV"p magnif icent with flowing ligh. The chief officer was on the bridge; the lirsf break fast-hell hail rung, nnd the captain, f-mai t as a naval olli er, in buttons and lace trimmings, quilted tho chart-room and joined the male to take a look around before going be lnw. The skipper was a man of eagle sight, and instantly on directing bis ryes over the ship's bows he ex claimed : "What is that black object v under?" The chief mate peered, and the rap tain leveled a telescope. "A ship's boat," said he, and seem ingly full of people." The boat, when sighted, was some three or four miles distant, and the speed of the steamer was about thir teen knots. In a few minutes the alarm in the engine-room rang its re verberalory w arning, sending a little 'In-ill of wonder throughout tho ship, so rarely ii that telegraph handled on the high seas. "I count eight men, sir," cried the rhief mate, with a biton ular glass at his eye. j Again the engine room alarm rang out; the pulsing that for days lad been ceaselessly throbbing through the long fabric, languished, and in a few minutes, to another summons of the metal tongue below, ceased, and tho (real steamer floated along to her own impetus, slow ly, and yet in re slowly, till the boat was within the toss of a biscuit on" tho bow, with the passen gers crowding to the side to look, and sailors and waiters and steerage folk blacketing the rail forward. The occupant of the boat consisted of eight wild, hairy, veritable scare" rrows of lil.'ii. dre-scd in divers fashions Scotch caps, yellow sou' westers, sei-boots, toil-worn monkey jackets, and the like. "Host ahoy!" hailed the captain, as she slowly washed alongside. "What is wrong with you?" A fellow, standing up in tho stern sheets, cried back. For (iod's sake, sir, take us aboard! Our water's almost given tint, ami there's nothing left to eat." "Look out for the end of a line," bawled the captain. " Are you strong enough to get aboard without help'-'" "Ay, sir, we'll manage it." A rope was thrown, mid one after another the fellow-, came sw inging and craping and scrambling up the clean side of the steamer. The passengers crow ded round and gaed at them w ith curiosity and pity. Their ; mpnlhetic eyes seemed to find famine painfully expressed in the leathern countenances that stared back through mills of hair. We must let your boat go," said die captain. ''Can't help il, sir, thankful enough to be here, I reckon." answered the fellow who had called from the stern sheets, and who acted as spokesman. "Anything belonging to you to come out after?" "Nothing. Let her go, sir. If sailors' sea-blessings can freight a craft she ain't going to flout long." The boat was sent adrift, the engine bell rang o'lt, once more the great mail steamer was thrashing over the long, tall heave of the Cape Horn swell. "How came you into tins me?" inquired the captain. The limn who hail before spoken gave answer : "We're all that's left of the new of the Huston bark "(ieorge Wii-hing- lon." She was a whaler, a hundred and fui tv davs out. It were four days ago. I was the first to smell tire sonn while utter two o'clock in the middle watch." "It wanted ten minutes to six bell exclaimed a man, and a general, em phatic, hairy nod followed the inter ruption. "I w as the fnt to smell lire," con tinued the other, "i all il w hat hour yi like. I gave the alarm, and all liamb turned to with hoses and bucket. Itut there was a deal of oil in the hold, the ship's plank was thick with grea- besides, and that gave us no chance. Hv ten o'clock in the morning the Humes had buMed through and wa 1 shooting up uin-t high, and then we calculated it was time to look to the boats." The others stood listening with hard, stolid. leathery faces, generally gazing with steadfast eyes at the speaker, but soineliines glancing askance al the cap tain and the crow d of others w hich stood round. "There was an ugly sea running," the man went on. "and the wheel being desal ted, the ship had fallen oil' and ran in the lroue.li, and the lower ing of the stern boats whalemen though they was who had the handling of 'em. cost our company of twenty eight souls the loss of all hands saving them as stand afore ve." "A bad job! a measly, cruel, bad job!" here broke in a long-jawed man whose brow and eyes were almost con cealed by a quantity of coarse red hair. "Well, tl right men got away in the boat." proceeded the spokesman, "bringing along with us uoihin' but a small bag of bread ami ahou six gal lons of fresh water. We're b 'en a wnhing about since Tuesday, and now, the Lord be praised, here we be with a chance of getting something to eat, and what's more pleasurable still to our feelings, the opportunity of comfortably tarning in.'' A murmer of pity rang among the passengers, several of whom were Indies, and there wa more than one somewhat loud whisper to the died that the captain ought really to send the noor creatures forward at once to get some breakfast, instead of holding them, starving and drv with thirst talk. The ea"h'-eved skipper, how ever, asked several iiuetions before dismissing them. "Since by their ow n confession tl tile gave them plenty ot tune to escape from the bark, how wa il Ihev left her so ill-pro isioned as they represented?" This w as in M saii-tactorilv account ed for. Hber inquiries of a like t lire were responded to with alacrity mid intelligence. K.very .sentence that one or other of them let fall was corrobor ated by the rest. Their tale of Miner ing, indeed, in the open boat was al most bariowiug; mid the captain with the first note id' sympatiiv (hit hi voice hud taken, ordcied them to gi forward, adding, that after a giod hot meal had been served them they might turn ill and sleep for the re-t of the day wherever they could make a bed At the breakfast in the siloon no thing was talked about but the whaler that bail been consumed by lire, the dreadful drowning of some two third of her rrew, nnd the miraculous d liverance of the survivors from the in expressible perils and l oirors of an open boat in the solitudeof the stormi e-t part of the o can the wide world over. A benevolent gentleman pro posed a subscription. Itefore the lunch eon-hell was run,' a sum of th'rty pounds had been collected. The incident was a break in the monotony ; and w in the eight men re-appeared on deck dill'- obliged them to recite again and yet again their melancholy a lory of mar time disaster. On the morning" of the third day, following the date of this icsciie, a ship was sighted almost directly in a lino with the vessel's course. As she was near.'d she was seen to be rigged with stump, or Cape Horn top gallant masts; she was also under very easy canvas which gave her a short-handed ook in that quiet sea. Orcat wooden lavits overhung her sides, from which dangled a number of hoats. She pre sented a very grimy, worn aspect, and had manifestly kepi the sea for some months. It was observed by the chief officer, slan. ling on the budge of the steal that the eight rescued mei who were look'ng at the pml ahead along with some of the crov and steeraue passengers, exhibited several symptoms of uneasiness and even of agitation. Suddenly the stripes and stars, with the stars invert ed, w ere run aloft to the peak-end - a signal of dish-ess! The engines were slowed." and the steamer's head put so as to pass the vessel w ithin easy ha ling distance. A man aboard the bark stood in the mi.eii rigging. "Steamer ahoy!" he roared through his nose. "Hallo!" "I have lost a boat and eight of my men. Have you seen any thing of her?" The captain, who had gained the bridge, lifted his hand. "Hark ahoy !" he cried ; "what bark is that?" "The '(ieorge Washington, ' whaler, of tostou, a hiliidred-:nid-eighty-foiir ('JIII.I)REVH rOI.I'MN. A SAMsr. AMUNC lvH T. Tho commonest of beetles is in pro portion to its ai'i six times Wronger than the horse, and nn eminent natu ralist tells u that if the elephant were ns strong for its size as a stag-beetle is, it would be able to tear up the stoutest trees and kifjek down moun tains. A TM.KIMi AN VliV. A rare curio-ily i owned here by Mi s Ida Colvin, in the possession of a Hart, mountain canary which talks. It was brought to its present home al about the time a youtii; parrot was purchased. The two hii Is have been in their respec'ive cicjes, side by f-ido always, and while tho parrot has caught some of the singing notes of the canary, the latter has learned to t-iiiim-iutc plainly from its feathered friend. It has learned thu far only two sentences, which are "Sweet little lieky bird!" and "IHi, poor Hilly!" but they are spoken with startling dis tinctness and proper intonatim Providence ( I'. I. ) .lournal. ainkitig, and pretty soon I got over it' so when I rested I climbed down."' Hut just us he reached the foot of the rock the strength born of despera tion gave way, and the brave boy fell senseless into the Professor's arm". Ratllirifr With Infuriated Birda on a! He was fearfully torn in the head audi A DARING PEAT. A liAD'S ADVKMIItK WHII.F. KOmilNt. AN IvMJI.K'S NKKT. Lofty Crap. lavs out." The captain of tho steamer con- liolled a sour grin. How came you to lose your boat and the men:" They stole her one middle watch I sneaked away from the ship." Hie cap'ain uf the steamer uttered i laugh. We have your men safo here," he shouted, "(ilad to learn that you arc uol bi'int down to the water's edge, and that th rest of your crew lo k k considering that they are I row tied men. Send a boat and you hall have your sailors." Twenty minutes later th. eight whalemen were being conveyed their bark in one of their own boats, m st ot mem grinning as they locked up at the line of heads which decorated the sleam- sides: mil, indeed, there was some excuse for the smiles, for among them they were carrying away the thirtv pounds which had been sub scribed for them. It would be inter esting to kn w what their skipper said when he learned that they had lost a line boat for him: hut ocean mail liners have to keep lime, ami the steamer could not wait to send a representative on board the whaler to report tho many elegancies, of sea-dialect which mav reasonably assume embellished h?r skippers rhetoric. New l ork Independent. t offee us a Disinfectant. An old colored man living in a dis trict where the disease often prevailed once told the w l iter that (die of the best preventive measures against yel low fever was infusion of cotl'ee. Some years ago tic passed inrougn an epid 'inie of that g rave malady under the wort possible conditions. I'or nt least a mouth he occupied the quarters of a large number of sullerers, pass ing night and day among them, eating and sleeping in their midst. Ii'ecalling the hoinely advice given him he faithfully tried entice ns an an tiseptic and drank freely of a very strong infusion live or six limes a day. an I continued the practice all the time he w as under exposure. He was for tunate enough to escape contagion, but never altached much importance to the use of the cnU'ee. Considering the results of recent developments, it would seem that the old negro was right in attributing antiseptic proper ties to it. A series of experiments conducted by a tieriuaii piofessor has proved that they aic quite marked. Several dilVer eut forum of intestinal bacteria were experimented upon, and their develop ment and growth were found in all cases to be interfered with by the ad dition of a small quantity of codec in fusion to niitr nt gelatine. In pure infusion the bacteria were rapidly de" stroyed. The question as to what lonstitiienls exercise the antisepiie efiert raunot yet be fully determined. The caffeine is certainly active in only a slight degree; the tannin lo a somew hat greater ex tent ; but, presumably, of greatest im portance are tie substances that are developed by io;.sting. It is interest ing to note that a cup of colic, left in M VIIVI MM riM US. A spider has four little hag "f thread, such little bags! In every h:ur there are more than a tlioti-atid holes, such tiny, tiny holes! Mil of o:n h hole thread runs, ami all the threads -more than four thousand she spins together as they run, and w hen they are all spun they make but one tluead of the web she weaves. There is a member of the family that is lier-elf ie bigger than a grain of sand. Imagine what a slender web she makes, and ot that, too, i ach thread s made of four or live thousand threads thai haw passed out of her four bags through four or live thousand of the linie-l holes. What must our very finest lace look like to one of those marvelous spinners? iMroit Tree I're.s. AN I I I I'll AN V Uf Ml Mill. US l-HMM'. All elephant attached to WouiweH's menagerie w as H ealed in loiicc.-ter shire, England, by a drugges' for in iernal spasm. The animal recovered and duly departed from the town. This was in 1S70. lint in s',':i, w hen the druggis' stood nt his shop door to watch the menagerie imam enter the town, lhi3 elephant crossed the street, advanced to the man of drugs, placed his trunk in his hand and grunted ngrecably to show his remembrance of past kindness. At night in visiting the menagerie the elephant drew (he druggist's attention to her side, to which a blister had been applied nine years before. In lM the elephant again entered (he town, lovognting her chemisl friend in the audience, she lifted him gently oil his feet bv means of lieV trunk and dn w his atten tion to one of her forelegs. The keener exiilained that th-' limb had been lanced bv a veterinary s ii gcon and that apparently she was comparing mdes of the difference between the gentler blister t f her friend and tin procedure of the surgeon. It is not often that services are so long and gratefully remembered either by quad rupeds or "the paragon of animals'' himself. I .re Hemingway, an orphan boy of sixteen years of ago uf New Hrauti frls, TVx, had an adventure a few days ago wilh two American eagles, in which bebarelv o cuped wilh bis life. Profe-soi Mclnory, Hie we!-knon naturalist, w ho has been Incited ill that neighborhood for the last few weeks in th interest of his: ornitholog ical collection, ottered l.eo $.".o for a ni'St w ith living eaglets or eggs in it. Although rather early for these birds to halt h their young, l.eo was soon able, ly watching the movements of a pair, to find whfie a nest had been made. I!ut ns it was on the summit of the liig Injun. an almost iin-iirmoiint-uliic bowlder rising nearly I '.'' feel in the valley of the ( iiia.laloupe. there was no way ot securing n except n scaling the sides of the rock, which, however, has in the course of time be come (dated by several fed of earlh, and lire covered wilh a tangle of vines, .Vc Il was a daring feat, but Young I b-iiiiiigrt ay is a plucky lad of a stal wart liuild, and who, dependent on his ow n cxcilioiis for a livelihooil, found the money olb red a big consid eration, and agreed to attempt the feat on condition that the Professor would keep wat. h with a gun for the j leliirn of the parent birds. With a I basket furnished with a lid dung to i lii hack in which lo secure the eggs or young eagles, he managed, by climb ing, scrambling ami pulling himself up hainl over hand, to reach the top of the Hig Injun, where be found the nest, ns he bad expected, with young birds a day or two old. Wearied out wilh his exertions, he rested f r some little time, then placing the nest wilh its contents in bis ba-koi and strap ping it In him lie began to descend. lie had scarcely ace .uiplisbed fifty feel of this when he heard the report of tho Pi olcss ii s (iiiu. and saw the two eagles returning. I'lihnrl, tiny paid noattetilion to the s'ed, but after alighting and I'm. ling the nesl gone, made at the boy with outs rd lied wings and hoar-e cries of fury. Urn-king bis head to keep their power fill beaks and claw s out of his eves, I, re attempted to heal them oil' with one arm w hile be clung to the vines with the oilier, but they s ruck at him repeatedly on the head with their beak, each time bllllLIIIL' tbe lilooil. which towed into the Ihiv s eves am face, but the former wounds are for tunately only skin deep, and. with tho exception of one long, deep gash in the cheek, just below the eye, which is healing slow ly, his face is nearly well. He is obliged, however, M keep his bed yet. so bruised and sore i- In- from the building In- received. I.'emarkable as it may seem, the young birds in l.ee's basket were livingand uninjured by Hie fearful journey (hey had made. The Pr ifessor, iu consideration of the da-Igor he underwent, and for the two birds not bargained for, has presented l.eo wilh $ii, and the bov is the hero of the hour. -n. lobe lieiin-crat. A Horse's Sense of Smell. The hoise will leavu imi-lv hay un touched in his bin, however liiimrry. lie will not drink of water olijoelio i nhle to his questioning snitl'. or from a bucket which some odor makes of fensive, however thirsty. His intelli gent nostril will ividen, quiver and query over the dainties! hit oll'ered by the fairest of hands, with coaxings that would make a mortal shut his ces and swallow a nauseous mouth ful at a gulp. A iimre is never satisfied be either sight or whinny that a e..i i- really i her own. until she has a c.-rlilicd na-al certificate to the fad- A blind boi-e. now liiint:. will not allow the up- , proach of any stranger without show ing signs of anger not safely to be dis- regarded '1 ho distinction is evident- ly inado by his sense of smell, and at ; a considerable distance, blind horses, as a rule, will gallop wildly about a ' pasture without sinking the surround- : ing fence. The sense of smell informs j them of its proximity. libera will, j wlu-ii loosened from the stable, go di- j rcetlv to the gate or bars opened to j their accustomed feeding grounds, and j when desiring to rd urn, after hours j of careless wandering, will distinguish 1 one outlet and patiently await its opeu , ing. The odor uf thai particular part I of the fence is their pilot to it. The hor-e in browsing-, or while ! oHllierini herbage with its lips, is I guided in it choice of proper food en- (irely by its nostrils, tinnu noises no not make mistake-in their diet. In the temple of ( i lupus a brone Imrso was exhibited, at the sight of which six real horse experienced the most violent emotions. Ael'uin judiciously observe thai the most perfect art could not imitate nature siitliciently well to , i produce so sinner an illusion I. ike i No Show. Joe r.rnl 'ud srt upon a kfr, liown to tin- groe'ry ston. an' tbroir One leg ripnt over 'tother If. An' sw.ar he'd nfv.r hud no "how ; " ih, no," ssid .bip, "Hain't had no show" Then shift hisiptid to 'totlK-r jaw. A n' hw. an' . haw. an' -hn. II.- sal-1 he got li" start In life. liidn't git mi money from his dad, The washln' took iu by bis wife Kained nil the funds he (-vet bad; ' fill, no." said doe, 'Hain't hid no s,w" An' then he'd look up at tin-clock. An' talk. u' talk, an' talk, an' talk. I'm- wait"! twenty jear- h-'s see Ye, twcnti-foiir. an' never Mruck, All ho' I've sot mini' patieiitlv. Tin fu-t tarmisbioii streak vr luck. li, no," said .loe, 'Hain't lied no show" Tl.eii -ne k like mucilage to the spot. An" sot. an' sot. an' sot. an' sot. I've conic down regerli r ever' day f,,i- nvi ntv v.-ais to Piper's store; Tv. -nt lo re in a patient way. So. hain't I. I'iper?" I'd"'! swore, -I n il v. . .I,.c. Ycr liain'l no show : V.-r to., l.huiie patient." Ho r bull rati J. st lalhil.aii- hub I. an' hilled, an' lifted. --!. W. 1-oi-s, in XiinUe lllade. JH'MOKOl'S. by autumn. lot in life and 8 nearlv blinded him. while thev biilli t ted 1 1 i in unmercifully with their great ing the afternoon tin v w ere promptly j a room tor a week or more, remain, approached by the passengers, w ho almost free from inicro-orgHuismi, i mi t l ) lo si.it iiit; i-1 . The Hying squirrel ililb-rs from com mon squirrels principally iu the expan sion of the skin between the fore and hind fee , by means of which the ani mal sails iu a descending line, suit ported as by a parachute. The com mon (lying squirrel is about ten inches long, of which one-half is the tail; the color above is light yellowish brown, the tail being rather smoke colored and white beneath: the fur, as in all the species, i very line. It is a nocturnal animal, rarely appearing af ter sunset, at which lime its gambols and graceful flights may he often seen In places, frcqu"!itcd by il ; the large eyes indicate its habits. It is harmless and gentle, and soon becomes tame, eating the usual food of squirrel. There Is nothing resembling the ad of flying in its movements, as seen in the living ft-h. It sails from a high to a low er point, a distance of b' or .'m feel, and when it w ishes to alight the impetus of ils course enables it to ascend iu a curved line to about half the height from which it descended; running quickly to the top of the trie, it descends in a similar manner, and w ill thus travel a quarter of a mile in the woods in a few minutes without touching the ground. Flying squirrels are gre garious, six or seven being found in a nest; the food consists of nuts ami seeds, buds and even meat and young birds. They produce from three to six young at a birth, and have two litters in the southern statesin Mav aud September. This species extends from upper ( 'a- ada and northern New York to tho extreme southern limits uf the United States.-jTieayune. wing s. Profcs u Mclncry waited until one of the birds was fai enough from I ee for him to take aim without danger of hitlil g hill), t! en tiled, lllld succeeded ; iu killing the eagle. She for. a wa afterward us. ci turned, be had -h.it the female --fell into a small tree, or what wit scarcely inure th .n n huge sapling, which liad sprouted fr..m a good-sicd crevice in the rock, about eight feet above where !. bunt: . and seeing her suspended just above him gave the boy an idea to vvbii h he owes hi life. With tie strength of despair he dew himself up to the tree b (he sen-e of touch alone, for his eves were full of blood. Once there he brin ed himself with hi- feet, and, wiping hi face. bound hi handkerchief about hi brow in order that it might absorb the blood. Mo then caught the dead bird by the fed. and. wilh this weapon, lie turned on the living eagle, which had never, .eased to beat and strike bin . Al the u xl sweep l.ee struck it a hard a he c nt I 1 dare, n t to endanger hi posi tion, and i ontiiiued to meet ils attacks in the same way until, rendered furi ous and incautious by ils enemy' re sistance, it flew directly in hi face, with claw distended and beak striking right and left. The hoy caught it with both hand about its ibroat, and with all his strength hold it. in spite of the furious healing" of its wiiimc until, eh-iked to death by his grip, the idva! bird bung lifeless, when he dropped it at the Professor's fed. This gentleman had watched the desperate struggle, unable to help the boy. except by ran lom shots, hoping thu- lo frighten the bird away, which, however, ha been said, he failed to do. Voting Heiuingw ay hung in the slender bram hc the liitle tree for nearly an hour, battling exhausted na luro now with the same courage lie had displayed toward the eagle. Speaking ot h s adventure, he says: I fell as if I a- going to faint, and I knew if 1 did I would be killed by lht fall, mid 1 hadn't fought those plagued bird-so hard to give up to anv such women doings a thai, so I just kept lighting against that aw fill i I'linv and Pau-Biiius. I onsoqiictitly allirnis that "in easting the statue a magician had thrown llippoinaues up on it." which by the odor of the plant deceived the horses, and therein we have the secret of the miracle. The scent alone uf a buffalo robe will cause many horse, to evince lively terror, and the llo.-uing scent of a railroad (lain will frighten sonic long after the locniioc e is out of sighl and heariii":. - ! Iloise and liable. Fatal fall imlie Kverv man litis gait to it. I'.xlraorilinary phenomenon in na ture - a feat of arms. I. as i going up." as the M-mmiut said when he cut the balloon rope. There are smue men to whom a loss of their repululioii mean mighty goud Im-k. A city p. ili.c sergeant is to be tried for being drunk. He should have ar rested hi- appetite Sqiiinips-llow's the new baby? denkins -How is he?-- He's a Imw ling success, and don't you forget it! F.vangeline How pale the moon is, Louis. "Yes, love; il has been up until quite late for several nights." There is something annoying about n gl.is eve. The man wearing it may know il's a fraud a..d still he can't see through the fraud. quigg-: "I never see you and 1 Miss Mary Ann out together anymore. Have you quarreled?" liiggs:"N'o, not exactly. We're married.' ! "Why. Mr. French, you bilk to mn half the time as if I were only eight I years obi." W ell, Miss Newall, votl ; must remember you never told me jtisl j how old you are, so I hope you'll rr 1 don me," Mrs. Arties -Good morning, Mr. I Palette. I've but a moment to spare ; j can vou tell me briefly the secret of : your ail:1 Artist Paletti Certainly, Madam. You have only to select the right colors ami put them on the right 1 spot. Mrs. Ariless-- Oh, I see. Thank 1 vou verv much. tjiiluine Intoxication. Iir. Lewis A. sayre of New Yoik savs that there are many cases on record where a use of quinine ha caused a disarrangement of (he mental powers, and lo Mich an extent thai tho sufferer did ii"l know w hat he or she was about lii-tances are not few where patients who w ere given large doses of the drim becanii' dcliriou- l'lie-e symptoms, however, passed away when tbe use of quinine wa discon tinued. Il i possible w hile under its influence for one to ad Ms in cspoiis'. bSy a- when in liquor. That quinine nllecls the brain is evident from the fad thai an overdose will utuc severe hu.'ing in (he eat - and olh ii tempo rary deiiflie-s. Pbv -i - ians cannot he too i mel ul iu prescribing quinine, for what i one i man's meal i another man's poison. I have known one grain to have iiime elb'ct on some patient- than liflceii ! grains on ( lln-l The same can be said of tool pliine. Two grains of lid ding w ill cause many intense in hing sensations, with parched tongue and throat. On the other hand, I have known patients, even those used to morphine, to take much busier doses without showing any evil e!hVt. There i a little doubt but (here are quinine habitue- as well as slaves to chloral, morphine and other narcotics and drugs, yet it use as a stimulant has not become general. logical liciisonine. Tcai her - Who was the richest man of ancient times? Freddy I'angle - Methuselah, Ma'am. What? V es ; be I ad ui vre time than anyone else, and time is money, you know F.poch. How t iililo-rrilius Are Tninsinllteil. With the first long submarine cables great dillictilties vv re encountered in -muling tbl gii Ilium a current of elei H i. ily of sulli ielit power lo record the mes-ages rapidly. The methods for overcoming these ditli.-ii'dies and iu ii-e at present are described a fol low s : Keys, which, when .lepres-ed, trans, mil positive and m-ga ive current.-, aro rmploved at the sending station in c intie. lion with the regulation battery. The . urrent of I he battery does not pa- directly into tin- cable, but into a colideii-er. which pas-es il into ilm submarine lil.e. This i really increas es the force of the current used and serves to di! oil interfering ground iiirreiils. The intruiiicni fust em : ployed in receiving .ablegiams was a icl'citiiig galvanometer I poii the magnet of thi- iusirunu nt is cauied a small curved mirror. A lamp is placed In Ion- i he mirror and behind a s, reeii iu which there i- a verticil slit. Flash s of liuhl moving acro-s this ' -Hi a- the needle- moved from h ft to rioht. indicated to the trained eyes of tl pci aim- the letters iu the message I being mui-mitled Hut Ibis method of recording messages was foim I to lax I the ev esight of the operator .-evcrely.it ; few veai- Work often rendering Ihein i almost if not totally blind. Uecogui - 'nig tin- fact that there mii-t be hoiiiii j thing wrong with such a system, in I venter set about repairing the defect, j which resulted in perfecting the sv phon ! galvanometer, which has all hut super , scdod all other receiving devices. In the y phon receiver t i move ments of the needle are recorded by mean- of ink spurted from a fine tube. Thi- tube i attached to a coil suspend ed between two lived magnets, which swings to the right or left as tbe pulsa tions pass through it. The syphon galvanometer is a great improvement; is not hard on the eves and enables tho operator to receive much more rapidly I him with i he old flash receiver. St. Louis liepiiblic.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 29, 1890, edition 1
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