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Z)C Cl;atl)am tticorb (Or II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. RATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one month l.M $1.50 PER . YEAR Strictly in Advanct. Kor larger advertisements liberal 001 rai'U will be made. VOL. XIV PITTSIK)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 5, 1812. NO. .50. mm ii f ii ii n ii fViirinlli Dip Month Wind HrlngsUi. Shadow on the valley resteth Hut siinlkjlit gleams on the hill, ilulo arc the stone and jieiililfB, Hut iiiu-i.- dwcl's in the rill And war mill I In- south wind bringeth To drive away winter's chill. The nest on Iho lough is empty, And i u fur (he mailing Mill, lint songs of the erstwhile !lnlglin's The woodlands Willi meluily till. All! wa luth the south wind bringelu To drive away winter's chill. The dream of your youth hnth vanished, Hut deeds now your busy days till, Win n the voice of the thrush is silent The mucking lilr.l sings on the bib. (hl warmth tlie smitli wind bringi-th To drive away winter's ehlll. (irieve not fur vanished pleiure. There are others their places to fill, When Unlit of duy lint Ii departed Ni.ht hriiiKftli the star-shine still, Anil wiiruilli on the south win I eonieth To drive away winter's chill. -Ionise T. Hodps, in Atlanta Constitution. DAISY'S MILKING STOOL I.V ANNA VII I 1 1 t S. Daisy Metcalf nud I 111.11I0 our np. pew mice in this worhl of ore upon llio sumo day, mid our 111:1111111111 being old friends we became from wee child hood fast friends and companion. We went to school li-re(!ier ; wo dressed each other's dolls ; we entered society together, but under different circum stances. In llu- eighteen yearn during which wo had grown from in fancy to womanhood, Saul Melcalf, Daisy's father, had made one of those liianiiiiotli fortunes that result from successful 1110 In 11 speculation. My dear father, 011 the contrary, had heen treading the path that lends dou nwnrd in the nice for t'oraiue, and o were poor folks compared to tin) Motralfs. D.d-y, being an ouh child and a little lieauly, entered society lis a hello and hciioss; her co-dumes iniported from Paris, her j.'wcls of the must costly description, her carriage, horses, sur roundings of every hind those, thai only wealth can procure. When 1 say wo were poor folk, I do not mean that wv wee reduced to sutlering poverty, but we lived in n very quiet way, kept only two Ser vants, and while I economized in the housekeeping department, Fred my only In-other, worked at rleikiug inn wholesale drug store, and helped my uvcrwoi ked father in the family ex penses. We were invited out mid had our share of guvrty, but my costumes were the woikot'niy own lingers, the same material often serv ing for two or three dresses, and my jewel-box n;n my inhei iiance f roni my mother, and but a slender stock of p.etty trinkets. I don't know when I fust silspee'ed that Fred was in love with Daisy. We three had been so much together, Fred being only three years ohler than Daisy nud myself, that it was it matter of course for both of us to depend upon Fred us an escort, mid to fulfill the duties of a brother to Dai-y as well 11s to his own sister. One block only lay between our modest dwelling and the superb brown-Mono front i.f Saul Mrtcalf's stately house, an'' not a day parsed that Daisy's fort or mine did not trip over that block lo bring us together for girlish chat and ex change of confidences, I think it was the winter when we both came out' at a parly given by Mis. Metcalf, lo introduce 1110 as wcli as Daisy lo society, that I first noticed a change in I'red. lie Logan to plead nuother engagement quite frequently when I was g"ing to Metcalfe, or wanted him to act in Daisy's escort as well us mine, lie 110 longer hurried homo when Daisy came to dine nud fpend a quiet evening nt our house. The duels they had learned ingctle'r lay untouched for weeks upon the music-rack, and I no longer saw 1' red's name upon Dui-y's hall-programmes for four or live dances. And as he grew graver and some of iho boyish delight died out of his eyes, Daisy, too, lost something of the old girlish brightness, and her step no longer (lane d and sprang as if froiil mere overflow of joyoiisnoss. I might have noticed more if my own heart had not g uie out of my keeping diu in, that w inter, and the manly fascinations of Harry Wiliuor engrossed my own dicams. This is not my love story, so it snlliecs heie to say that at Las'er I became Mis. Henry Wilmcr, and look possession of a handsome houso and shared thu large income of 11 wealthy husband. Daisy was one of my bridesiuuids, and looked lovely in cream-w hitu eashmere mid riehe.t luce, though I fancied a look of pain eaiiie into her soft brown eyes at the formality with which Fred tilled his poviii ill of lies! man, avoiding rather than lourting Ilia opportunities 1 lb-re. I to pay e j eciul intention to Daisy. It had hastened my wedding a little that my father nud I'red hud a most favorable ollor to go together to Sacra mento to open a branch business for the linn who employed Fred. There eemed to bo every opportunity for making money, and t hoy we 10 both anxious to avail themselves of the offer. So the old homo was broken np, and n week after my wedding fattier and Fred started for their new home. On tho last evening, Fred took me a little into his confidence, not frank ly and fully ns he bad in many less important matters, but letting ine guess much of the love tilling his hcuit, the prido biiul.'ug him to silence. By nidi half-confidence, 1 felt sure that Saul Melcaif's great wealth and bis own uncertain pros pects kept him from letting Daisy see. tho love he cherished, almost without hope, for he thought she only felt the sisterly uiiccliou of long intimate friendship for him. liven this little he would not have told me, but he did not daro to (rust himself to make a farewell call, and intrusted to me hi mespage of imperative business pre venting bis saying good-hyc ill per son. "Daisy will think yon very unkind not to spare her five minutes," 1 said. 'You do not understand.'' ho an swered, impatiently. d am not un kind; I am on y miserable. There! I don't want any pity. It is all right; but there lire some things ft fellow cannot stand and not betiny himself. To bid her farewell, for years, per hap, calmly, quietly, as a mere friend, is beyond my strength." 'Hut why not tell her yon love her?" Who said I loved her? Don't be r mnniic. I am not going to figure in Saul Me:calf'si eyes as a fortune hunter, .lust tell Daisy I cannot get round, ami say good-bye for hip." And before I could answer Fred wa oir. The next morning Harry nud I bade my father nnd brother good-bye for an indefinite time, and, as it proved, my pariing from my dear father was a final one. Two years later he died, and it was six yeais before I'red re turned home, and then only for U brief visit to inn, in the winter. It was nt the very height of the fever for art embroidery, and my pal lors were crowded with spiei nous of work gifts, many of them: somu the result of my own indue'.iy. though m 1st of my ow n (Hurts went 10 iuhrn 1 he persons of my first-horn, Harry, and 111 y wee baby girl, Nettie. I challenged Fred's admiration for ail my pretty I lilies, until 1 led him to a most elaborate 1, Hair in hand-painted satin, plush bands and ehcuillu fringe. This," I said, "is the gem of my lot of art work. You would never guess that wus only a common wood en milking-stool, would you ? Ju-l such a stool 11s our grandmothers used in the country years ago. Did yon ever see lovelier painting, mid such lino embroidery as there is on the plush bands ?'' "Who gave it to you ?" Fred n-ked, trying with brotherly good nuluro to seem interested. I bought it." d should think yon had enough without purchasing any," my brother said, laughing. Yes; but this win to help an old friend. I bought it of Daisy Metcalf. You remember Daisy ?" I continued, not nothing the sudden pallor in Fred's face. M10 thus this t.ort of work for a store in New York, but they do not half pay her, and her old friends order pretty things they do not actually want to help her." "What do you mean?'' Fred cried, his voico sharp with pain. "You knew Saul Mctcair ivas dead, did you not'r"' "No. You mu-t have written that in some or the letters that were losi while I was in Japan." "It was just about that lime," I suid. "I surely w roto it to yi u. We all felt so sorry for Daisy. Her mother died a few weeks before her father and was spared the trouble that followed. Mr. Metealf's fortune, that Wits supposed to amount to millions did not cover his debts when the es t.Ue win settled. Kverything was so'd, even Daisy's jewels and grand piano, "Why i she not here'r" Fred said, walking up and down the long rooms, to Iho infinite peril of my spindle, hirged table and fragile bric-a-bric. You professed to love her. Why do you not give her a home?'' "Itecuuse she won't take it! You need not look at loe as if 1 were a monster, I'red! I tried every way to make Daisy coma here. I even oll'ered her a salary to come as nursery gov erness for Harry and Netty, and made her laugh out us merrily as she did in our old girlish days when she bad not a care. Hut she is as proud as as sonio other folks I know, ami would not take, charity, even from mc." "Whero is she?'1 "Sho is boarding at 427 L street." "1. street!" my brother cried, "There is not a decent houso in tho street !" "They are -smalt, poor houses," I said, "but they aro respectable. Most of them aro boarding-houses for clerks, shop-girls and nccdle-wo-nien.'' "And Daisy lives there! Daisy, who never knew a want in her wholo petted life!" "I'oor little Daisy !" ho mid, pres ently. "Think of "" Vi '"ff 'c eyesight upon s.i.. e J-"' (li, . "Yes," I said, after wailing some tiiuo for the conclusion of the sentence "you?" 'I not a millionaire, ns Saul Met calf was supposed to be," Fred said, "but I mil on the road to wealth, and I am already a rich man. And it is solid money, not gained in speculation, but laid up dollar by dollar in fair, honest, commercial business. Our business is flourishing and I am at tho head of the lirauch house in Sacra mento, as you know, with every op portunity to push 111 v own fortune, as that of tho firm. What time is it ? Nearly eleven! Too late to call auy whorc now." "I should say so," I said. "Tomorrow " 6nid Fred. 'To-morrow Daisy dines here," I said. Sin; comes to dinner every Tuesday, mid Harry escorts her home in the evening. Ilo might, however, bo persuaded to resign that duty, for once, to-morrow. " We chatted a few miniiles longer, and then Fied went to his room, car rying Daisy's milking siool witli him. Wether he sat up all night cointcm p w oi k of art, 1 nui iinalilc to say; but I do know Unit the next afternoon, when pale, little, Daisy, in deep mourning, camo into my sit-ting-rooiu, expecting to find me alone, she hud 110 rcufou to complain of Fred's coolness. Ling, hmg before I gllefsed the si.eret of her rejected 6llit- r, and the interest she took in my Sacramento letter. Hut I never hint ed at my suspicious, and I looked on at that r.ipturoiH meeting and said nothing, even to Fred, of the added color on Daisy's cheek, or tho new brightness in her eye. After dinner, tin: old duets wero rummaged out of a long-closed drawer of old music, nnd at ten o'clock Harry made 110 movement when Daisy went lo my room for her hat and wrap. Tho course of true love" ran very smoothly for the next month, the time of Fred's visit to me; and when ho returned to Sacramento, it was not alone. Daisy put her pride aside nnd let me provide tier trousseau, mid tho wedding, at my houso, called together all her old friends. There was a very handsome show of wedding pieseuts, but mino was most carefully packed by Fred's ovtl hands, and was presented at his re. quest. Harry gave the silver tea ser vice 1 had selected in my gift, for Fred begged that I would give them Daisy's milking-stool. Tho Ledger. Ilatlier Long Wait. "What's apothecaries' weight, pa?'1 inquired Waldo, looking up from bis lessons. About forty-live minutes when you aro in a hurry to get a little medi cine for the baby's colic," responded his father with a been there often air. ""Chicago Times. A ( iirions War lnciT. Theie are many curious but true in s;ances of presentiments such as the f illow ing, which is (ol 1 by a Penn sylvania jiu ist, under w hose pergonal ; observation it occurred: (11 Sunday morning, May ;, 1M'.:1, Mrs. I.ansford F. Chapman, w ife of t'le gallant soldier who was then in ! Virginia an 1 in command of thu Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Hegiineut, attended services in tho, church to which she belonged, in Maueli Cniink. Shortly afie.1 the ier vieo had begun she was suddenly taken very ill. Friends camo to her : assistance, anil when she becime able I she gasped, Tlio Major has been killed in battle.' " I his statement was found aftor- j ward to be strictly correct. He wa killed while leading his comrades in a charge against the enemy at Chancel- 1 hiisvilie in tho midst of llio severest fighting 1 f that sanguinary engage ment. Ho was killed, so far a.s ran bo learned, at the very moment his wife became ill. (ieneral (ieary, eommaiiding tho division of which the I I w cnty-eighl h f irmed a part, saw i him tali, and dismounted and marked inn spot where be fell." Harper j oullg People. ( HII.DKEVS OM MM. wiiicii r.Nn was k i er. Thert nub two little kittens, a lil.u k and (ray. And L'laudinnniiiin said with .1 frown : "It will never do t keep them i.c.th, The black one we'd better drown. 'Don't cry, my dear," f tinv Hrs, "line kitten's enough to keep: Now run to nurse, lor 'tis (.'rowing i.uc, And time you were fast asleep.-' The morrow- dawned, ami rosy and swell 1 ame little lies.' from her nap; The nurse said, (in into inaiiiniR's room, And look in grandma's lap." "i ornc here," said jrandiiiauuna, willi smile, From the roekiiiK-chair here Bhe sat, ''old lias senl ;,(iu two Irtle sisters: Now, wlntt do you think of that V lc lucked nt the l abies a monii nt. With their wee he.nl., lell.ov and I.r. v 1:. An I 'hen In i.'i alula nuiiii 1 soberly said. vVhicli one are jmi ftniii to drown '" - Ni v. Orleans i'h awio' . A Ml-- o f'MTAtil:. Twenty years ago a young farmer, whom we shall cull .John Potter, sold the laud which his father had left to him, and with his wife moved into the city of New York. In a farm, he t ld his friends, his money brought him only four per cent. I In could double that in trade in town. At first he ventured cautiously into business; ho reined a cheap house, and ho an 1 his wife lived as simply as they had done in the country; but as tho children began lo grow up, he was anxious that they should dress fashionably, go lo pchool where they would meet the children of rich men in a word, push their way into what lie considered "good society." In business, he said, he was making only six per cent. Hut by speenhi'.iug in stock! he could easily turn i: is money over tweniy limes a year. lie became a spcetllutor, and was i'.u y un ci ssful. The Poller bough' a showy h(inse( alul began tin: frantic tl niggle for place in the fash ionable world. Kvury dollar which was made w as spent lo attain this end. To obtain an in ;tatioii to the I 's ball, to visit Willi the II "s, these were tho obj -els of lit'o Willi father, mother and daughters. lint ilohn Poller, ivinu he began this work of caniins fortune ami position, forgo! 'ha! he i.ad invested in the business not 01 'v hi-, money, but his menial and phyV:il strength. In a few years Ids health begun to fail. No percentage could pay for that failure. lb: had been in yout'- a strong, hardy fellow, '.villi high courage and a sweet temper. At forty years old he was grav. bent, bilmus and irri table. I lieu camo allnel.s of n. 1 vou pivstrnth'ii; thenpuiii.il paralysis. If I '-1'iihl go Lack t" farm life, and give ii v brain rest, I should it cover," ho said. Hut what could hi- delicate city. bred daughters do on a farm? How could lie, used now to luxuries, heat the rough, simple couiiMv life? Tho bargain h. had mi. do e as irre vocable. He won his pel ventage ; lin paid his life, dying sudden'; of 0110 of those ni) slei ious In-, to diseases, to whi.'h so mary ovcr:.i-i ed Americans fall victims. He hi quoathud 10 his daughter rosily tasics and habits, a -mil of luonev i;o i lli !,( to gratify them, and nervous, enfeebled bodies. if he hail chosen in hh heahh and youth a simpler life, .via t from iho struggle for money mid fashion, bo would in all iiriilu.biiitv now bo a strong, helpful, happy man. surround ed by healthy, vigorous children ready to undertake whatever good work (loo had set theiil. There is a story in the Hihle of a young man, tin heir to a destiny which would have set him and his children apart from all o'.heis throughout tho history of the v. old, who in a uioiuen. tary lit of huii:;er sold his birthright for a mess of poitauv. Few young people think of the stor now, perhaps, or attach any signifi cance to it in their own lives. Hut every biy who i crowding into the eiiy, w illing to sacrifice health, ner. vous strength, moral principle and quiet happiness ; ;. Hl'm i to gain money nnd 11 pi:..-- in the fashionable World, is selling for a incs of poitagi a heritage as noble as hsau's. I Youth's Companion. Modern aiiiiihalKui. Miss beacon Hii. - I .1111 soi i v. dear Mrs. Wngstatl", liiii I shall never seg )our uncle l.'.icoc. again. He is a greal loss. Mrs. Wagsliitl (in evident surpiise) Why, what do vou mean ? I nele w as here yeslerd iv. Mrs. Huacou Hoi (sighing) Yes, yes: that is what 1 refer to. Caroline .aid that you had your undo Hosi for iF nncr yesterday.--(dim per's Ha.ar. COST OF BAD ROADS. Heavy Losses Entailed by Badly j Kept Highways. Farmers and Country People the Chief Sufferers. We have in the I'nited ."Mates some thing like 1 10' ,'" 'J of horses and mule above tho ago of two years upon our farms, and tit the moderate estimate of '.'.1 cents ns the cost of feed and care of each of these animals, we see at a glance t hat thu aggregate ex pend! of maintaining them is about Doo.iiiiii per day. If, by a similarly moderate estimate, we say that tin y lire kept in the stable in a condition of enforced idleness by the deep Hind of spring and fad for a period averaging '0 dais in each year, we in .y easily compute thai the loss, in this respect alone, will amount lo m 1,111)11,0011 j.i year, a sum siillicienl to build 10, WJ miles of excellent highway. Of course, considering the great variety of conditions, ami the consequent number of lartora to bo regarded, it is impossible by mathematical formula to compute the loss en tailed on any community by the con tiuued toleration of these dirt roads in their present condition ; but iho error in tho result of any compulation is moro likely to show a loss smaller than actually exists, and in whatever way the matter be regarded, it is cer tain that with the imposed burden of extra help and extra di aft-animalsi loss of lime, wear and tear of wagoiis and harness, the drawing of linht loads, and tho depreciated value of farm-laiidi, we tire pursuing a short sighted policy in permitting the pres ent system to continue, besides the actual loss, which a moment's relb.-c- tion will sprvo lo show, we are gain ing nothing and saving nothing in that great department of agricultural industry to which the condition of the dirt road is of such marked im- I porllUK-e. Hy dwellers in cities tho actual con dition of these country loads during the wet season is scarcely known; whllu with farmers, (o whom all rond ure dirt roa.ls, mid who have never seen nor known of a highway better than that which they have u-ed from boyhood, the dirt road is an accepted fixture, which long habit and Use have impies-cd upon them as a natural and necessary adjunct to fain, hf.. In Iho spring of IK'l in the state of New York the country newspapers wero printing long editorial c dn- I plaints of the hopeless condition of Iho mini highways, ami the e uisc qucnt paralysis of country trade, while commercial reports we e published from week lo week, in which business embarrassments and failures were charged directly to the impassable condition of the count ry roads. Half-loaded furm-wagon-were stalled in deep mud aluio-t in the shadow of the magnificent twenty-lnillion-dollar capital at Albany, w hile, ns if to show to what rid. minus ends tho perversity of the human mind will sometimes lead us, the good farm ers of Albany county were actua.ly sending telegrams to tho Legislature, asking for the ad ji.ti: nmeiit of a com mittee hearing. In cause the roads of Albany county were too bad lo per- I lil t them lo get to low, 1 in time to I oppose a bill which promised to make I thciu better ! The fcnliiry. Largest Human Itrain. The brain of Tourgue net!, liiii II i. ian novelist, is said to have been the largest ever weighed, the indie dor showing that its weight wa- ex.ntlv "Ol" grammes. llu' cMlaoiilii.a y sie of this brain will he belter uudei stood when the lea lor i inl'oimed that the average human 1 ram dues not weigh above l.'i'.'n gramuit. In point of si.e the brain of f uvi 1. the lia'uralist, comes next, it weighed 1S00 grammes There are many aes in which an extraordinary intellect has accompanied heavy brain wciijii, but the records show that men whose mental abilities have never been questioned have hud Initios uud r the average in both si and weight, l i e cast of Raphael's skuil show s that it was very small, much sntal er than tho average. Cardinal Me danti, who understood more language than any other man w ho has ever lived, had a very small head. Soo, loo, had Dickens, Lord Hyron and Chaih-s Lamb. From this it would seem that Ihero is more in tho quality than the quantity of the brain. St. Louis Kepublie. Kvery Man Has His Price. Mrs. Hrown D.i you think you could learn that lesson if ' gave you ten cents? Little .lohnnic No, ma. Hut I'm lure 1 could if you gave me a quarter. A tjucer Place fur a I Mi. Tiavellers in fun did Africa during the hot season often follow the dry ,J,',,H of 'iv "" creeks for miles to j oliviato the necessity ol cutting their j way through the heavy jungles w h'ch j everywhere abound. Africa is well ! known to be tho native land of many extraordinary things, animate as well 1 as inanimate. This being Ihe cae, I the first explorers paid no attention to 1 ! the thousands of bails of hnrdened , I mud which wore strewn about in all i ' profusion in the beds of these dried up streams. One day, however, when a detachment of the Cameron t xpedi- I lion were exploring what in the wet 1 season would have been 11 tributary of the Nile a woodman craeki d mm of 1 the bails anil was surprised beyond measure to see a live li-h tumble out of the centre of tic ball and fall gap- 1 ing nnd lloumlei ing in llo' sand. This curious discovery led the explorers to make 1111 investigation, whereupon 1 every ball of hardened earth, whether i huge or small, was found to contain an odd-shapid specimen of thu linuy j tribe. These spherical mud ''houses," ! w hiclion account of their likeness to the ' carl hen easos fabricated by many spe- 1 eies of caterpillars and elhcrincets and , worms have been called cocoons," , are perforalid by many small lodes J and limd uiih a mucous from the fish's body, the mucous keeping the , dried hull damp upon the inside, the I holes being used for hi entiling pur- j poses. 1 For want ( f a more euphonious I name this queer species of pii-eus has ' been dubbed "mudfish,'' which is 1 x prcssive of the fish's curious habits if not a musi -al and high-sounding cog nomen. The remarkable instinct whi.'h causes the mu ili-li to roll himself in a 1 ball of mud when ih dry season np- proaches i a wonderful provision of I nature, intended sole)', it would seem, 1 to prevent the extinction of the spe cies. The most interesting fact about this fish is that it breathes by means of gilis when in its Mitivc eh -incut and iy means of lungs during its vol untary imprisonment in the inn 1 co coon. M. Loui- Republic, 'I'lie Orange dii es Afar. He was in his 011ug manhood and two or Ihn e fi ieiids were bidding him good. bve, la-t night, at the Karchiy street ferry. Tie' hectic llush,. the ra-piug cough, and the touch of death up ni his pal id face told the story of j h's young days oon ended, w hen life j should hai e ju-t beun. "( mod-bye, Tom," said 1, grasping I his hand and looking into his f;ice in a w ay th it words could in ver ex press. "liood-bye oid fiieud," he said siiu ly, cuoml.ug his hall I and smi," ing through hi- tears. A tit of c. lulling sei i him, nnd it was some minutes before lie could articulate again. "When you get dow 11 lo Florida," said a second, "don't forget lo wriie to me." "S ion, as soin as 1 iret there," l.e replied I'ce'.oy. looking out into the tiiht. There was the black river, robing on to the sea; the strange noises 011 the wharf and the river; the glimmer ing of the far-oll lights, and the lap. pin; of the waves ag iiasl the pit r. I'll - night was starless mid black us ink. Then the ferry swept to the tunn ing- : people passed and and by t lie boat w as to w as t he last one aboard, be w cut . I lo tin ned, back, said: Tom, in case 1 1 1 cpasscd : by" cast oil. lie coughing 111 and looking lo not reach t'.c orange groves Ye?"' "t 'beer up my m iiher, for inc.'" will you, Yes, o.d fellow. "' Tell her not to orr : tell her Fii soon be home again." Then ihe chains rallied free, and the boat swept mi: into the dark stream, bearing lulu away. As his friends went away, one said: Poor .lack ; he w id never reach the orange groves." " That is true," -aid the other, ''but it will always be sweet for me to think ihiil tiis last words were' "Yes." of bis mother." New York Keeo.der. I he Sab at inn rni) I nifiiriu. According to Mis. Itrainwell Hoolh, ihe salvation At inv drc.-s was dt vised, bit by bit. It was not in the early .'ay j so distinctive a uniform as it is now. j The bound used to be small and had j white strings, but those soiled easily, A large bonnet w as found beltei ' suited to elderly persons mul thosf with large faces. It also protected the hair, which was a point to be con sideied. The dress at 0110 time could be bliin or black. t!ue is now obli gatory. New York Sun. HUJWOROl S. High water The source of profit )n milk. Some talk is innde with tho bnrk on t and other talk litis tho bark in it. 'I he book that makes the greatest stir in society is tho well tilled pockct jook. "Consistency, thou art a jewel." There aro paste jewels, but they aro jf a consistency of their own. When the old gentleman of ninety proposes to the old lady of eighty-five It is the "court" of final resort. Miss Yellowleaf This new bonnet just mulches niv complexion. It cost seventy-live. Miss Cor.ique What the complexion? Noil ly There goes Wuilnian, kit ing along like a deer; I wonder if lie is liainiug for a run? Oddie No; jii the contrary ho is running for a irniu. ."lie is ns fair as mortals are. Hut still she'll iicu r do for me. '5 Jlreause iu conversation oft I hear hi r intcrj. e.ing 'seel-'' Ono of the peculiar facts about hu man nature is thai after a man ha lost 1 -ything he has himself lie be gins : feel competent to give bit friends sure tips. Wifi I used to enjoy those little dinners so much we had before we were married. Husband I'm not .urprised they seemed nice after tho cues you give me now. Let your ideal he a high one. Hy following the directions of the cook book you may not produce a cake as light as thistledown, as ih-'foin prom ised, but you will doubtless succeed in getting one of less specific gravity tli in lead. Poetry illlsl Prose. Prartical Father o you want to marry my (laugher, eh? Poeiieal lover Yes, Bir. 1 would lie down and die for tier ! Practical Father ll'm! Would you gel up ami work far her? filar pel's Ha.'.ir. He Hated to Say. Paw," said liule Tommy Figg, "1 neard Mr. Waits say that gieat men' sous never did any good. I ain't a gi eat man's sou, am I ?" I p to a late hour Mr. Fogg's mind had not found a siilllcieiitly diplomat ic answer. Indianup ilis .hmrual. A Pro I active ti" . Howard County beats the world for pi'-idueiivciirs. Ike Merideth, living north of Fayette, cavs that he has a cow si years old and she is iho mother of fifteen calves, and one of them is the mother of twins. Who can beat it ? Fayette, Mo, Adver tiser. Willi! She t.ol. lie w as a Chicago grain speculator, and for a year past mdhiug bad been coming his way except expenses. Misfortunes never flock by them selves. One day his daughter informed him iu a cold and unfeeling manner that if ho did li d give her a diamond tiara worth at least SloOO spot cash she would elope with the coachman. "C line to my arms, my darling child," he exclaimed, as tho tears of joy coursed down his wrinkled cheeks, "come to my anus."' "D.i 1 get the tiara"'' she asked, hesitating ere she accepted his invita tion. "Of course no', " he smiled: delight ed. y: "you got the coachman. I owe him eight mouth's wages " That ended it. -Detroit F'ree Press. An L'xtiuct Newl'iiuiullanil Knee. The lioeliiick Indians of New found land, at one time ttio aboriginal in habitants of the island, can now only bo counted by one or two skeleton and a few skulls, so completely have they been swept away. The French emploved tho Mir Mac Indians of Nova sc tin to tight against and ex terminate them. According to an ae-c-'unl iu the last issue of the Tiansac tions of the Canadian Institute they w ere a peaceable and quiet laee, given to hunting and fishing. They u-ed anies mad of birch rind and of skins of deer, like the Lsqui maux eavak I bey u-ed no pottery, and used uteii-i s of birch sewed together, but they ciiipbn ed soaptoiie dishes as lamps, iheir fm in being similar to those :imoug the II q umniix at Ihe present day Tncy cai ved deei and wa rus horns and the bones of the seal in o ornaments, which they wore on 1 heir die.se-, and ornamented their heads w ith combs. The curving arc iu triangular patterns, and out of the large coiledioiis in the museum a1 St. John there are no two orna ments having the saiuo pattern. Their stone implements were more rudely constructed than those of the Wfsteril Indians. Uo-ton Tianscript.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 5, 1892, edition 1
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