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EI)f tffjatljam tUcor&, lic Chatham tttcorb. II. .A. LOIVDOIV, EDITOR AND PROl'METOH. ADVERTISING ! Our s.pinre, one inacrtion- tl.OV ' ('One square, two insertion- l.M I One square, one month - 8.M TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advanoi. For hrger advertisement!) liberal con lHets wili Do in i' U'. VOL. xin. HTTSIU)li() CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCKMI5KR IS, 180. NO. I. Chattel AniliHioii. ThoOirrman F.n: on.r nml t Within tun self-same year were horn, Pnne.itli llu self same ky, Fn the clf-sanio ninii), A kaiser lie, of liib estate, Aii'l I tho usual chance of f.i'e. father wis a prln t; ami mill" Why. just a fanner- -that is all. Ftat'9 rt 1 1 . n l" star', allliuinjli tome shine, And suiiie roll hid in midnighTs pall; Hut argue, civil all yn can. My (.ire was just as pood a man. The Ucrnrin Kuipcinr and I Kat, drink, ami sleep the selfsame way : For bread Is. brei I, nml pie Is pic And kini.M can eat lull thrice a day, Ami sleep will i.nly com to those Whose mouths nml stomachs aro tint foe. 1 rise at six ami go to work. Ami lie nt live, mid 1 'cs the same. We both have c-i-e we ei pilot shirk ; Mine me fur hoed one; his tor fains lie may )i i- hist, I cannot tell; I'm Mire I wish the k user well, 1 have t wife, uud ha he. And yet. If plctur s do mil err, At f:ir us human iI;ht i',in see, Mine Is hy ien,' m!is twice as fair. H.iy, "ou'd I trade those eyes dark broyvn.' Nut lor an empress a-i I her crown. A ml 9. the e'liporor s"d I I Ml t his ".ie poi it c mi d ne'er ajreej Mnrioer. we will iu er try. His frail suits him a:.d mine suits me. And though his ms o.ie day may rule, Mil ert ill Is l in the public school. t-o lit the K ii. r have lii- sway, IP. I kin and nations tuiuhle down, 1 haie my f'ccilniu and my say, And foil' no ruler a i I his crown ; l or I. unknown to fame or war, Five here c.i di man Is em eli'r. ' tid . liii!ey in I'.oiott Mobe. THE CRATER CITY. 'There's ;i groa! many curious Clings in thin world." said my friend, Andrew Johns, a he removed liis cigar nial l"ho 1 meditatively into space. "Ami ymi look a- though you with seeing some of lliein," I answered, nulling at his abstraction. "So I nil in my inir.d. 1 sen a fund i iiiler fai in a fiver in liulia. In-iilr of thi ili-ui il Imlo i- II Inisoi alile vi I'l'ic, .i'iii!im by iui-ei aide in-li-il'iliiii he ftit on, solierlv. "Then- no i caic, no hop.' for tlr in "ln-y me ili - it i i I I '.hi wail : on s-liall licar tlic sti'iy. I liavo a notion fur leiliiifr it lo-niiilit " He lliiew away his cijjar ntul was rilriit for uiie niotiiriils, while liis wife, a flilil, dark woman, inoveil to n seat lv his -i,l,- ami laid one haml rill isi 11),' y nil iii-. AiuIh'W li:nl mat'iii'.l her nluoail diul hail iie i-r levi'.ileil oi'i-natioiuility. 'I t ill tell you of a ttrnno nilvcn luie uhle'i lu ieli a -a frietnl of mine i Hal Ainlri'ws. It liuppcncil vt liilo j lio was ,toiiin at Itenaies, thr kiirrcil j city of the Hindoos nml the Mronehohl i if idolatry i nd MiperM iii"ii. when I makiiii; a Iny plea'iire loin of Aia. ! r.ciiaii's had H iei u i.tr ficiuat inn j foi him. a I lie ohlest kimwn hiihita- f lion of li i : 1 1 1 on the j.dohe. and the (niif.'C'., the i-;:i i od i i vor, vns ot-1 -riully attriiilive. "More than oiiec !n vv. itched the I'tu ninjr of liodu' tiiimi tin- fiiui'ial pyres ailing l!n river. Tlic-v pyr. hj in r of loes the hiitti.nii ones live feet ! In. with hhoi icr oik s across, until lliey reach the height of t!iree feet, I then the naked hmly is (dared thereon, I more lie- arc added, and all i.s set on lire. When hui iied the in-lins are cure- fully collected and thrown into the ! (iiii";f. "Widows were formerly burned alive with their dead husbands, but it is now a malicr of choice, and Mruno us it may fcem nuuiy of thmn rhoosf that huniliV ileatlt to the livitifif deuth of hciliif without eii-lc: or friomls, ae a widow mu.st. "One morning as ho was wntrhing f uncial piep.iratioiis, the corpse intk tleuly showed hin of life. 1 iiMuntly lliere whs a fctartlml comnintion among (lie howling I'elativiM. "Mud hiiHiih- thrust iulo nose ami mouth, Inn slid the uiiyialclul inaidcii would not die. "At last he tat upr xlil. unit the relatives fied, the spceuiloib hhni-5ed their blioiilders ami lir.ieil awnv. und font' native polire advaiicod and hound the mniden, in tjiito of her ctiesand f iitrciities. i '"Will they kill her?" JIal askitl, IndiguHn ly, of a bytdamlcr. "'Oh, no!' the 'iiiliU'ereni an wcr. 'She is aireaily dead, nml innst go to the t 'rater ( "it v. " 'I there, then, a ritv of the (lend where unfoi (iiiihIi's who cTipc the pyre are kept until death tcaliy claims them?' nked Hal njjaiii. " 'Then' is.' j "The answer w u jf'vi'ii irliictantly- "Where is it r " persii.ted Hal. " 'No one can tell.' , "The ain-wer was Mnilio-iul and deeikive. j "You mean no one will tell iin; liut ! will li'id out I" crieil II il, hotly. Ji i a shaine- an ullage!' ! ' 'Very hkeiy.' j "And with nnoiher t-hrt: of the fihoulilers the man turned away, after Riviner Hal a few hist words of ad vice: "'Ion't say too much about it while you stay in India.' "Hut the Pi-eiio haunted Hal. Th,i innidi u wa younjj and beautiful, for I 1 idoo wotneti nro ntnon tho most beautiful on earth. "'What a horrible clrnlh in life!' he milked, a4 he mounted hislioru ami rode out into the surioundiii country, followed closely by llaba, his native servant hoy, who was devotedly at tached to hint. 'Ilo followed along the course, of the (inn-jes, and his thoughts were with tho lovely maiden, who bad re covered from the etnbl.nre of death to meet u woi'pC fate than lliu funeral pyto. "Suddenly bis horse, shied and flashed madly ahead, reiranllefrs of all cflorlsi which Hal male to control him "Habit uttered a cry of dismay, nml dishing nlonj; as fast as posi'ilde, tried to keep him in f-ilit. "Onrii-hed the Jrililened horse, w hilo Hal tried in vain to check him up a nloupiic sandy ridc, then alonx tue rise, ,M.i..-..a. pi.vo , ,u increuiiious surprise i.ue inivsi! nion eii, and turned to flee, the sand i;ave way under his feet, and Hal knew no more after the full. "When he recovered consciousness enoiiuli to feci an interest in bis sur rouiKlinss, he saw n w rt tcbed village stirii'iimled hv a natural harrier of sand on three sidea, and by the river in fnnit. A number of half-naked people crowded curiously urottml him. and anions them was the maiden of the funeral pyre. He was in tho city of the de id! ..!- 1 1 -I I.. -1. 1 i llieuay passe., mow., rnnupi, mm ; niht ciinie. j "A lliil wa meditating upon the ; chances of escape, a soft voice near him kaiil, in broken I'.iiiisli and llin. duo, of vrhich be knew enough to un derstand (he meaning: Ho you wish to e..cape? Tl is useless. This is tie: city fiom which none ever return.' -There i there mint be some w ay if escape !' cried Hal, impatient !'' The sand ban ier pivvcnta all es. cape by land; and see,' the. maiden onf.iiued, lending him to the river bank . The river was tilled with number les crocodiles great, wicked-looking cieaturci waiting viciously for any j attempt at escape: and. besides thepo hideous .entinels, a boat tilled with j native soldiers was anchoird near by. "You tin. l.-i-t-in.I ?" said tli ! maiden, signilicantly, as Hal sank J back witli a groan. j "Two davs misted. Hal made des- ! penile attempts to scale tho fandy wall, but in vain, as the maiden watched him w idi sympathy, and the rest of the miserable 'creatures viewed hi- struggle) with tin' calm imlitliTC lire 1 orn of the despair resulting from kimilar trials. "The third night came, nml as Hal j paced the circuit of the inclosure, he heard a low whi-lle. ' Looking up. he saw Eaba's eager : face peering over the nndy bank, j while a coil of rope ft at his feel. i "A soft sigh nearby told him that) his companion in despair had seen his 1 chnnee of e.-cape, 11U0. "(Jently with swift, eager fingers Hal fastened the rope tin nml In r WIlli.1, Hllispciuu a jew till cciiwiis, j and gave Haba the s glial to draw her "She reached the top safely, again ' the rope fell, am) Hal took bis own turn, not a moment too soon, for from , all points of the miserable village, j eager, howling wretches came hurry- j inj to lake the chance of escape fiom i him. ' "Hurry, master!' said Haba, ex-; citeilly. 'Tomorrow's sun must see ' you far from Itenaies, for dead pen- ; pie must never return to mingle with the living, mid you have seen tl.u mysterious city.' "I'Vi'hful Haba! He had diso. beyed the laws to save hi iniiMer, and 110 wonder that he wished to leave the place. "There i little mire to (oil. He reached they reached the front if.- in safety, for the maiden ac ompauied him. If she ! ad remained, she would have been returned to the 'beaded Crater City, or else doomed to a living death upon the funeial p re." "What more?'" I demanded, as he ktoppe I, wiili a, aignitioavt glance at bis wife. N'olhingcxcept this.'' .0 nil. siveied. emphatically. "My name la Henry Andrew J hn. Sou el i i,a 1 have pa-.ed lrider the name of ll,' Andrews, and mv wife was a lliiiii.w maiden, before an F,ng.ih rducutiuu clinnped her views of life." Sunir duy Mjjht. Japanese ns Metal Workers. The Japanese are pat ni i"lers in tho trea in i' n t of alloys, both in texture and color, ami no better trnidea exist, says the .leweleis lleview. 'J'hey tifhiivo their uraiul results by tho simplest means a judicious blending of various metal :, inlaying ami pick hjX. (.'oi er is tho basis of (heir chief alloys, and by incorporating with it certain proportions of jrold and silver they obtain lemarkable results in color throiieli the prickline process. It nt not only do they ret striking cll'eels from their alloys and picking, their mode of working up the metaU " a thinp to be studied. For instance, they will fake six nr (seven plnles of ditlerent mi'lals ami alloys, weld tlieiu to'clhi r, and then, by drilling, punch in up and filliie.'. pet a citrfacn in which all the metals show in :i maimer which is truly wonderful. Hy the raujii! of tints at their nun. mand they can woiU out on a nielal sin face scenes of animal life, land seapos, etc., with crteet never dreamt of by nnital workers In the western world. Anions some exarples iv cenllv shown in ji"lan I was a knife lilll(,1Pi w,li(.h .( ,.,,,,..,.,.: of a duck dipping its head under the water of a stream on which it was swiimuiiijr, the tirraiijjemeiit of the different alloys by which it was coin posed and the pickim; boine; so well nrianifed that tlr; neck of the dueU was seen as under tins water when the lia die was held in n certain 1 i 14 lit. Another example was a sword hill on which some minnows not more than oiie-sixleeiith of an inch in leu;;! li.aiul each having a pair of gold eyes, were swiniiniu upon a gray stream, the etl'ect of their heiu actually be'ow tin: surface of the water hcin sii 'e-ied wi, ,narv'ous Imit,ions of WOOt j.iain a,l marbles were also su,Wii. Fvoltition of a i'uriii II 11 ml. F.ben ). Jordan, the famous dry. poods merchant of Hoiton, it like s i many prosperoui people in Ma-kachu-sells, a native of Maine. l.i ft veiy poor and fatherless in an obscure vil lage while a boy, he was bound out to a farmer in the nciglihnrlioi d and got a rudimentary education at nn adjacent district school. At 11 he went to H is ton to seek his fortune and eventually found it. (iettiu nothing to do thero nt fust he went to work on a farm in the vicinity at $i a month, and, linen years later, was employed in a mer- eantile house in th-'city at '.'7' a year, whic'.i he considered iilllue:;ce. He fore twenty, In; had awakened a s'rong intereit in Joshua Stetson, then l'tiiii; drygomls me: chant, by hii industry, energy and intelligence, and 'c'0!' Inh ked him in tolling 1111 in a tulM business for himself at Hanover nod Mechanic sttiets. TI10 steamers from Maine and the provinces then ar rived at Hoston very early in tl.c morn ing, and young Jordan, in order to secure the trade of the ine tiling pas sengers, opened his .-Imp by 1 o'clock, und thus did coiiider,ib!e business be- folc breakfast. As a result it becamo I,0Plllal' "lil,lc money. Ho ad- vauced step by step until his present ,"l,',n WRS fanned and housed in Milk "'reel. pi eseui uig es tablishment in Washington street wa occupied, and has gained a national reputation. Jordan, now 07, has ! made up for his hick of early advam ; tages by reading, asocia' i"u. expe' 1 rience and travel, and has shown great publio enterprise ami large pii ate benevolence. He is descended from Koberl Jordan, a clergyman of the Church of Kiigland, who emigrated t wo and a half centuries, ago. New York Commercial Advertiser. Kiprnlqg l.eii' ons in Florida. F.iiglish lndii-.lt ie. slate that a novel business, resting stiictlv nn chemical principles and needing lodliing but a little capital to develop it, is said to he piaclistd in Florida. It consists in avoiding dependence upon the slow and imperfect ripening of lemons by the sun's rays by picking the fruit while green and exposing il t to the fumes of burning sulphur, ( whereby its color is changed to a rich i golden yellow, infinitely more atlraet I ive than tin- natural hue. I "i! is true that the interior of the I lemon is practically free from juice, . 1 fact which the hypercritical might j reckon 11 slight drawback: but this is, I after all, 11 trivial matter, atlecting I only the consumer," is the salve applied to the conscience. She Was Talkative. Sanso Mrs. Cumso always nea the right word in the right place. Kod I She could hardly help doing bo, teeing that alio n-es every word in ihe l niguage in every place. New York Herald. tUlLDKKX'S ttMM. a QITFII It'-v. fie doesn't like study, it "wi aken his eyes," But the "right sort" of book wid insure a surprise. Let It he about Indians, rirates, or Hears, And hi-'s lost for the day to all miindaiif af" fairs; Hy sutilintit or frns-ight Ins vision Is clear. Now. is n't Unit nm er! At thought of an orraml. he'a "tired ns u hound," Very weary of life. :md of "tramping around." Tut if there's a hand, or a cimis in sushi, He will follow it Kladly from moruiu;; till ni;:ht. 'I he show man will capture him, some day, I fear. I'm In- Is s i iiiei r. If there's work in Mi- i;ardi 11, his hen. I "uclics lo split," Ami hi I'lO'l, is mi liiuie ih it he "can't d:jt 1 bit." Hut mention I' l-e-hal!. -in I Ie s 1 are I " ry soon j And he'll ill.; for a wen-, lui.-k tin- w l.;! Ilflet'llOoil. I'o you think lie "plays 'i-e-siim:" lie si 1 ms ijuiic si 1 : r. ; Imt- i-n'l Ie '1'ieer. -st Ni. hol.is. Mlllll. I t;tl MI'll-s f III ! V I NMII.'f.. ill the iiiiiiii!,'iiii di.slrict i of 1'inn sy Ivania two w rens ha I built their iiet under the eaves of an old fai in InuiM'. They lived together huliuo. Iiiously and caught the early wot m, nml in the course of time hud a fam ily. Among the .-niacin's of the li'i ui ( t'V household was a w hile eat, and, when tin.' wrens became ,-o came lii it they used to hop mound the pia 1 ill search of 4-1 11 111 Its Unit wen- daily thrown to 1 Ik-ih. the cat, in a murder ous spirit, would lie in w ait for thciii, ami m: vera I limes came wihiii au ace of catching the old birds. When the fanner not iced ibis he kicked, 1 he cat whenever she was detected in her murderous work. It didn't take the cat very long to learn that it wasn't healthy to fool w ith llioso birds and thai they were as much a pa. l of the family as he was. Toward the middle of the Slimmer, when the baby wrens in their nest under the eaves were big enough to place themselves in peril by chambering around the ne-t, one of them one day fell i ul, and in s,ie of in frantic llitltet ings came lo the g. i uud. and, being too weak to run ami unable to fly, lay helpless in the grans. The cat saw the accident, and, following tho first Instincts of her kind, ran rapidly to seie the bird, lb-fore he got to it, however, she seemed to 1. member that this was a part of tin- family which she was taught by the fanner's foot not to touch, and so w In 11 .-he got near the little helpless thing she touched it daintily once or twice with a paw in which the claws were sheathed as though inviting it to play, nml then lay down and watch -d it. A yellow garden snake bail seen the bird come down, and came wriggling through the grass toward it. Il- bead like eyes were (rU-nuting. iis forked tongue protruded, and when it got within two feet of the bird it curled iiself and jrot ready for a spring. Now the .-at .vas old, and when she knew that khe must not ea' ill" bird and that, tin- bird was too young to play with her she had dropped oil into a doe. Sue was awakened by something flul lering against lnr face The little bird, alarmed at the approach of the s.iake, had lied for sue, or to the cat. The lirst thing t hat at tracred the atleu 1 ion of the cat w lien she opened her yes was the upiaisid bead of the make. She realized the Munition iu rtantly, and, rising t" In r feel, she fpat and ct rink at the reptile w ith !n r paw. This was an enemy the snake didn't appreciate, hut still It was hun jtrj and was bound to have the Mid, kO it dn' tcd forward and nilcmpted to seize il under the very shelier ef the Oat's bead. Like a II isli the rat seized the snake, ust hui;k of the lead and with one Into killed it. This happened nlong in the afternoon, and after supper Hie farm er came out to Iced the cat. lie stood on the piazza and called it, mid heard tho rat reply; he called axiiin, an I ngain heard the cut. He went down to investigate, and there found thfl cat crouching in the grass sheltering the bird, and ten feet away was the dead snake. This mad'! it clear that t! e cat had carried tin1 bird away from the snake. Tho old wrens were hovering around in the air in a very anxious state of mind The farmer restored their baby to its nest. New York Min. The lesser of Two Kills. "James," exclaimed the proprietor of the store, angrily, "put that gla.s ovvr hack on lb'- iiinburger cheese." A customer came in smoking a cig arette. James." vociferated the propris'nr, "take, that cover off the Iiinburger cliBt-se airain !" 'Chicago Tribune. Peru spent iu the year 1S&LI $7,S89,. 741. CURIOUS KHMHDIliS. 2ucer Tilings Utilizer! as Medi cines by the Chinese. Peni le for tho Livor and Saltod Scorpions for the Smallpox. The medicines of Cait' iisiau civil, za tion are derived from many 11 i-mimis origin, but if you want to thnl funny things ulilizi-d ns remedies ftir disea-e, you will discover them iu the Chinese pharniacopipia. Medial science in that eniur ry has been somew hat impeded by the respect w hieh the 'hiucse j ay to a deiul body. Win shipping their ancestors as 1 1 i.-v d... their pliysicia .s would never think of cu'linif ill" a corpse. Const iiuciiily thev know nothing of amitoiny. Sin-li knowledge on the i.;ibe, j as lliey re lend to possess j.. d. ' ive. I, nci-nid ng to their ow n ace nut, from 11 nn . Imi 11 some ci min- cs ago, who had tin- tui - -foilnne to be of a tl Miisparent e,i isj.. Icney, phv.-icady speaking, in if lie wen. made of glass, S i that it vt 11s pos sible to see jusi h"W things i!it 011 in li: iiisid's. From obsi rvalion "f t his et ram i li II in fie ak il w as diseovci ed t t..il cer tain channels 1,111 to each part ami ' Miciuity of a I 11111:111 being ainl tb.it b ili'se 1 hatinc's it was pn-sillc l-i convey any icnn'dy thai tniht be ii'-cc-sii y to any organ or ineiiib. r iv ipiiring Ifeatmi'iit iiiiermiliy. Tver since then celestial doctors liuve bei'ti able to lei: jut what soil of j.iils nr dec 'el ions w ere in;ende, for the cure of this or that ili-ordcr. Tin- lass man doubtless hullercd fria tl x- I eriiueiii tried upon him by science, but medical know ledge w as bciu liieil i an n pressihiy. I'robably the Cliiue-e phai tmioo; ii'ia is 1110; e elaborate than that pos-i .-, d by any other people. I'iij -i.-i.-iu-. iu the ilowrry kingdom mix up t.'getlu'r sii"li 1 xtiaoriliiiary things for reiuidial pillpo-c as we should neverdn am of. lne of their cures for liver complaint is obtained by a. Imi iiii-teriiii; tin- fossil teeth of various animal-, which .110 know n t ) thi-ui as "dragons" teeth." Anteloj.es' horns, powdered, they be lieve lo In; excellent for rheumatism and glue from the hides of asses is supposed to be nn admirable tonic and d. luetic. The shell of a certain fresh water turtle made into jelly i. a sure thing for '-in scry in the joint -." A decoction fiom the hedge log' hide is excellent for skin di.-eases, nml ligciV bones mixed wiih hartshorn nml ter rapin s shell iu the shape of jolly is a fli-si-rate tonic in cases of disease of the bones mid of ague. Pried snake", the Chinese believe, are yood mediciii" w here a complaint is ilillieult to diagnose, for the reason that t'ne serpent in life inserts itself into all sorts of holes and crevices and is likely after death to seek the utter most parts of the body. Such concre tions ofliniy mailer as lire formed in t'ne gall bladders of 10 v cure St Vitus' dance and smallpox. These same con cretions are the very things that are known by peopie in ibis country as so-. abed "mad-stones," Used for ap plying to snake bites. The piu-laih d orientals believe iu the cllivlive-ncs nf dried toads as a tonic and think thai caterpillar lire a sure remedy for bronchial troubles. Salted scorpions, they assert, ate ad mirable for smallpox, ami silkworms, as w ell as the skins w hi li lo.-iisis , .ive on 1 ices 011 va.a'ing them, ate sup posed to Lave wonderful :: ed i ca! vir tues. Hones of the cuttieli'li or sepia are believed by them to ln.ve virtue in th tieatiiieut of came". They think that the sepia is a I'li'd trans formed into a fish. They use dam shelU for a catharlic nml tnn'gol" to cure dysentery. I'o w.lere.l fossil nabs are, in the opinion of ihi ir ph si. iaiis. n.i antidote f. r poisons of all sorts and seed peai!. cure troubles of the hen 1 and liver. A favorite ( hine.i rciiu-'ly for various disorders ,s 111.de l.y in. '..sing any sort of bird or other aiiimi! w ithin a case of inoiit clay and burning i' until the body of the creature i 1 e" ilii.-ed lo charcoal. The dial coal t bus obtained is iidininis'eie.l with ovpe.-ia-tion ns to its clT.i t accidiii"; to the nature of the animal tun ia,. Hut uf ail remedies believed in by the people of China the gins"iig takes the lead. I M miicli so. in tact, tlinl ft . (ion, i. i'o I worth of ginseng is exported from this coiinti y lo ( 'iii 1111 every j ear. All primitive tnces which linve a'iy in 'piaiulaa -e with the rented nil valor of the ginseng regard this peculiar "ooi with an especial awo l.ec.uise ..f the rude likeness w hich its shape hears to the human tin u re. Tim most prized ginceng root of China : cars :i reallv surprisina r setnhia nee lo the human form, .will brings n m. ich higher price t!,u: Of Aineiica'i product 011 that ac count. Fhysiciuns among the celesti'lg di v .1 Ie 1 p t he root anatomically, as '.t rtele, ple-eiibi ng put lions of the body for this ei'tnplaiiil. of the legs for that disease, of the ni uis for another and so .hi. - I Washington Star, American nail Knglish I. iris In (.cniuiiiy The ( lecuian girls are I. .-ginning to - 1 1 j lit i 1 with iislilernble bitterness. Holes llugi lie Field ill the llicago News, that A merioni nml llngli-h girls are cn.Tonohiiig; upon their pre serves. Very many A 1 1 1 1 i.ans and llnglish send their .lauyli ;crs to (iei niaiiy to lie edin rted ; the pretty dears not only master tho language iu a -h'-i'l lime- 1 j 1 ; 1 1 0 us ipi'n kly and as easil, they make n compic'l of the hearts of ih snscept idle .erni:i:i elli cee. iio muulici' of n' tny olli. ers in to'i inanv with Atnericiiii and I'.nglish wiv cs is very large, and the fad ap peal s in he im i easing. In 1 li esdeii. pal li. il'ai ly. Ihe bullish and Aluei i ;.ans:iie in great deiiiau l ; the native liKoblnii (be she ever mi pi city ) -celiis : lo have no cliancc at all. In l'"'i li 11 ; lln-ie i- 11 fancy for a peculiar s.e of : f. 1 1 1 iii nt beauty ; the Herliner ndtnires brown eyes and hair mid a dark, clear , oiiiple.x i n ; these fealnics argue ; iiuiia''iiii , fnlelily and gentl'" breed ing;, t ley claim. The I term .11 gii Is .'oiiiplain that the American girls aro ' natural udi i's in atl'.ilis of the heart--tiuil they seem endowed by nature it . ail the arts, the audacity nml the (onliilcin e of tin average vouu widow. Wi itrint: Slioesi Alternately . It is ti n" eeiniouiy for every person to h.nc several pairs of shoes, and to wear ih. 111 ali-Tiiiitely. In the first place, hy so doinir, corns ami other soiiiie.s of iln i member, may he ton co:iii. ruble degree avoi 'c 1. These come li,. iu coiiti'ious friction or pres sure at a certain point, and. as no two pair-of shoes "bear'' on Iln; feci iptite alike. I he change break" up the continuity and obviate, or pre vents the unpleasa it result. Il ii-al-o heller for the shoes them selves, s.iys (i. .1 Housekeeping. ! imt wear J Iii-iii in o:ili:;arv weather, if tie- best -eivice is desired, more than three or four days, m a week ir most, be fore g iving lliein a chance lo become thoroughly dry. Many, if not most feet eiilil siiHi -ient inoist-.no to affect the sine, giving it the sticky, unpleas ant feeling which is so f uniiiar. but to which we not often give a second thought. Contrast this feeling with th:(t of 11 shoe w hich has been stalcl insr unused for a week or a inon:!', and notice haw grateful the feelinjj of thorough dry n-ss in the last named. Perhaps the reader never thought of that before. The Cut in Kailro.iil Construction. The cat iu railroad construction is something new. el a little girl's pet tabby was successfully impressed into the service of the cable car company a d.iy or I w 0 ago. It was tieceary to get ,1 line through the main pipe through which llie cable ia I" 1 1 11. Where the cable tracks cross the Norihoi 11 Pacific the thing became a puzzle. A mini could not crawl through, and there seemed no way of sti cti hi ng the cable. The cat was then hrouu'it into ser vice, a long suing as lied around her neck , she was put iu I be main pipe, and s. one 0110 yelled scat." Away she went, ami in a jiffy she as clean tbroiih the main pipe. The s'ling she had pulleil tliiiiiigh wiih her was at tin In d to 1 he rope, and everything was lovely . ' :p.kaiie ( Washington ) Spoki Milan. A Froen Curpe. In tin- 'leoiv. ay of a furniture stoic on Howard siieet, iu Baltimore, Md , in plain view of paers-by, stands an ordinary-looking red igeralor that con I tins, an I s.ii.t Aug '.'1st has con tained, the dead liody of an infani. Although nothing ha- been done in the way of eiiibnhning or o:Iieiwisc I n f-er . i ng the h il v, the lli-s.li is just i,s solid and odn !i-.-s as if death hud taken place a few hours befoie. u this fa' t llie inventor bases his claiii a l.i ,liiis valuable discovery. Hy a very sim;ile nrriinLrenienl ho has ob 1 31," iiii I I bis startling re-ult at little ex pense, lie expects to apply it to a ctliii. !au I'lanei.co Cliionicic Whiili Crow Faster, Hoys or (.Iris! lieieiei ha expressed the opinion that, as a rule, h s iu grow in keep ahead of girls, but recent measure, meiits of "I ,' child' en of both sexes made in the Freihe-rg (Saxon') distrio are int'i: list this conclnsioii. The boyr, up In their eleventh year, were fou-i to run about ".t'. to ti.O centimeters taller than the yiils Tiny were then os eitakeaby the pills. Who sill passed them in height till their sixteenth ve.ir, v l .n the boys again yrew faster ihur the girls Mid came to the front. The Fast Sweetheart. Qrau'pa's locks are bite as snow, Tlmse he still possessc-. Ghosts of curls ef lung icjo. lnHlis of hoyliood s tresses. Wrinkles o'er his features thin Zigzai! without pity. I. ike the streets and alley in I'limons l!osion eitv. l ime ha- I" nt his fonn with years, And his li i;s 111 thinner Ai d less comely than the sln-ar I'sed by any tinner. I.n-ty was he oiiec and piv, I 11'.! of manhood's --races. Hut of that hue: vanished iKy 'I'll, re an- now few trices Yet he in Ids youthful pride I'.'ea-e l tl.e fair sex creatlv ; Many ias-ies for him -igln d. M my linties stately . IP arts mice thiuhbeii aind a.-hel ,,r hi ill, i ears wet si. ken lashes, I'll tlioseeyes in ih aid aii'doii i.d th"si In arts an ashes. I .ran'pa ha- one swe tin art y el . I laiuln ! of. r.itures, U h"e two eyi s , t ,..,..i..t ;et iippp ve his (eat, ire-. N"1 e i In r inline, y ,m s,.e. lei ll I lellielul'i r kill her ;.K,. i.. she "s Kir." i III..' tune list I '11'. iiil.ei '. .ft I:. 1 hand, so 1 hubby fair. 1. er Ins f.i" -In- pas,, s T.enlei ly. an I itli (.-e.il .'a: N"l to' I I, hi- Lia. - 1 Tl hS ,.rni I'v. seen h- 1 scan nd I've eauuh' her s.iy 111. "(rali'pa'." such a i 1 :m I - 11 1 man"- -Thus In r hue 1.1 tr.iy inj '.i..r... II.. 1!. u j. In. lb raid. IH MOliOl . IY'iik .1 by nig!:! The pigs : A front sioop - How ing lo your ; pat ttn-r. ! How o get totuo large bills for a I snriil one - (in to la w. It is a habit of n i ills nml pugilists to h" -i n.iig iu the riubt. Families ace a good deal like clocks. . Too much i.gula'i.'ii may make thetn go wrong all lb" time. j lie tried at w Iii do-rs. then at beard - I'e.nl failures did they droop. I lie's only now 11 lone mustache j And e'en dial's "in t in- smipl" Landlady "That new hoarder in edn't try to make me think he is n bachelor. Hu' either married or is a widow r." Millings "How can you 1 1 '. i .' " l andlady "He always turns, hi hack to me when he opens his pocketbook I . pay his hoard" Old 111 1 It 11. n i (at his daughter's wedding) My dear. I don't see how I am to get along without you. Kirdo Never min. I, pa. -in.e the cere mony was perforin. ul my husband has confessed that he ha-u'l enough saved to go housekeeping, so you may not lose me, after all. 1 met a p. iet niieca worthy man. Who after years had w oil the f un. ut sotc-lil. ' I wished him .toy. lie bin-he I mid w runs; ! my Intel And iieirowed dollars fi.1111 me on thfl pot. ew York's l ire Chief. Hugh Itoiiin r, liief of the Fire I leparlnietit of New York City, is tail und broad-chcsicd. lie i ipiile tho ideal hero in appearance. His man ner i agreeable. At a tire he is tho incarnation of aiitlmi ilv, coolness and d elsioti while activity is needed. lieu llie danger is over the Chief re tires pel hap t" I he -he'tered seclusion of a eii. enieiit doorway, and cans tiny gctieial silua'.ioii until satisfied that I hen i- nothing left undone t 1 pievent a recni rence of the conll igrai on. tilclll.lll's l.fc is one . f UeVel'-ei a-illg; w at. 'if iilne-s and ;!io 1 blef, in partic ular, is ra. ti''.i!'v never i ll duly. No work is mo: e 1 1 y ing than hi. Hugh P. 1 1 11 t w .1- I'oin in Ireiaiiil. but bo came t" ibis country when yet a child, and he is a llioroiigji . mi l i. a u III rominon with most ni"iiibei of tint fol'.. In- has oveia'i ea.l.ilil lesiiieH lo h: ci ed.t. il is let g,. -rally known, how c 11, that !. is an invent or. "i:ii o the iii"-t osi l ,i; appliances in the del ill tli'.i'til W ere "I'lu : I a I'd l.v hi ill. Among lliein. an especially iim ful oiui is a i ll', nl in net I'V which persons ju .1 pins: from roofs or windows can be c-iu'.-hl with eoi11p.11 ati e case. Tl then is the roof-culler, by thu use ot which one man can dons much woikiisha'f a dozen formerly did, l!u combined battel iii' -nun and will! bicakcr. the cellar and -III. .cellar pipes ingenious c oitriv iti. i s thai enable tireinen to direct a stieaui of water into cellars so densely tided w ilii miokc a to be absolutely inipenetra. ble. A device which I'lovides a new thread for Ihe nozzle of a hy drant, in rasu the tin end has been tw isted for. tnerly a verv fieipu nl source of dan gerous delay- is not the least valuable, of the Chief's inventions, which aro far too many lo catalogue. llpoch. The I nexpeeleil o-iictinics Happens. "Here. liobbctt. Here's that ten dollars I ow e you." "What? Well, I declare yon at .1 genius. You're always surj-iislng your friends." Epoch.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1890, edition 1
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