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l)atl)am Utrotb (Mr CitEm II. .A. LOISDON, EDITOR AND rROl'KlETOll. RATES ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- fl.(Xl One square, two insertions L5 One square, one month - 8M For largar advertisements liberal con wets will bo mode. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAH Strictly In Advanei. VOL. XV. PITTSBORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCKMBEU 2ft, 181)2. NO. 18. Al SunvJ. It !n't the thing yoc lo. oenr, It's the thing you'v left undone, Wblcb gives you a liit of hcarlatdie At the setting of the sun. The tender word forgotten, The litter jou "ljt write, Tbe flower yon might. Ir.vc sent, dear, Are your haunting (rl.tiits tuuiliU The stone jo i) mijibl have lifted Out of a brother's way. Tbc bit of bcart-ome counsel You were hurried too much to say. The loving touch of the hand, dear, Tbc gentle and winsome tone That you bml no time or thought for With troubles enough of your owu. The little act oj kindness, fo easily out of mind; Tbosc chances to bp angels Which every mortal ttnds -They come In night and silence Lach chill reproachful wrath -When bopc is faint and flagging, Aud a blight has dropped on faith. For life, is nil loo short, dear, And sorrow is all too treat, To suffer our slow compassion That turrits until too late, Au J it's nut the thing you do, oVsr, it's tbc thing yon leave undone, Which gives jou tbe bit f heartache At tbe setting of the Mm. Margaret K. .Saiif-ter. In Fraternal World. THORPE MANOR, r TIeas FnANK : I have found I lie very liouse for you Jabobean period and almost original. I was a trillu spoiled by sotn0 Fhillsline individual Hliout thirty years since, but with your taste ami the aid of the local rcbiteet everything can Ik; put right. This pour I of homes goes by tbe u:imc of Thorpe Inuor, and l, of course, haunted, no you Way lehevc the monotony of country life by a genuine ghost hunt. T'ver your, lolfX HlllorWAY. , P. S. The house ir in Surrey, about four tailcs from Wintmi station. Von bad better comedown at ome, as I hear some one else Is after it. At that time I was a fairly good looking, wel- to-do bachelor of thirty five. My ample In. sine I devoted to antiquarian researches, literary work mid ihe collection of 'curios'' I hud lio relatives and few friend, and I lived an almost solitary nnd pcifoeliy happy life in my chambers. Among what some people called my 'craze' was a:i nthu-iusm for ancient Louses, and I had deputed John Ifidg Vvay, mi nrii-t friend of mine who lived in .Surrey, to find mc a genuine Old couutiy houso a dreamy, ram bling place- wlit'i'o I could spend the . Btimmer. Hence his letter. As the tram steamed into the little Station al Wiiilon, John rushed up to hiy carriage and clasped my hand. Dear old chup! he quite beamed with Joy al I lie prospect of showing nit his wonderful house. "Charming eld place! I've had my bye oti it six m"Uth!" he 6uid us lio Walked over the common. Then lie produced Hie inevitable notebook and pencil u:id was (,0011 rtrawing plans and explaining de tails. As wo passed through the village tve called upon tin homo agent nnd took him with it lie was a prosaic man, and evidently thought we were a couple of mil I lunatic-, so excited did wc become when suddenly turn ing a corner at the foot of a steep in cline we stood in front of Thorpe Manor. It was a quaint old house, standing buck a Jit 1 1 o from t lie road and its walls were as perfect as w hen first built, but mellowed and beauti fied by time. Wc walked up the prim gravel path lo the wide doorway with it fantasia carving. Hero our ag nt prod need a huge, rusty key and unlocked tiio door, which swung back easily 011 its large hinges. Wc entered and went through the rooms, which had low ceilings ana broad window seats. Most of these had panelled walls, though some of (hem had been covered with paper which, of course, wo said must coinc off. One of the bedrooms which I thought from the elaborato carving on the high mantel shelf and the beautiful oak panelling had orig inally boen the slato one was perfect. 1 fell strangely attracted to this room, 1 know not why, and at we turned to leave I lingered behind the Others for a parting glance. Then I lowly weut dowu the winding stair way. "Seen the ghost?'' a'ked dohn, jest ingly. The agent looked uneasy. Ghosts ire tiresome things, apt to militate Very much against the chances of sc turing it good tenant, but I reassured Lini by remarking that I rather liked hosts, aud llmt so far as 1 could see the houso was exactly what I wautod. Of course, thero were many details to be settled about tlm lease, repairs', and 6t her matters, and 1 stipulated that I lliould be allowed lo mako some alter llions, such as removing the staring p ale glass with which 1 lie late owner bad modernized'' tho windows of the kiwer rooms. Six weeks iator I i m installed in my new resilience. Tho alterations were not nearly 001111 bled, but declin ing tho llidgwnys' pressing invitation lo lake up my quarter with tliein, I occupied two rooms in the old house and engaged a woman in tho village to conic daily and attend (o my simple wants. On the third evening after my ar rival I was smoking my favorito pipe by a wood firo in the oakrooni, w hich 1 had made uiy bedroom, it was nearly 12 o'clock, but being accus tomed to lato hours 1 did not feel in clined for bed far from it. 1 de cided lo have one more pipe, and hastily taking up my pouch 1 began to refill uiy pipe. Suddenly I stopped fcho.t, and with my little linger still rammed into tho bowl of the pipe, left my chair and walked to the oppo site side of the room, for 1 could have sworn 1 saw the panelling move ever so slightly upward. Nor was 1 mis taken; for very slowly tho whole panel disappeared aud in the opening stood tho tig ure of a womau. The room was dark, for the wood tire had begun lo smou'dor, so I could not sco what she was liko -young or old, ugly or beautiful. 1 was not nervous I had a pro found disbelief in the supernatural so I simply wnicd lo sec what tho in truder proposed to do. Sho advanced into the room and cuuie close to my elbow, then raised her hand and beck oned me to follow licr. Of course 1 went, and she led me through tho aperture and down a sleep wooden staircase. It was pitch dark, but I stiuck matches at iutcrvals. My com panion went on quickly, never looking behind her, but 1 smiied as she raised her skirts gingerly from tho dusty stairs, aud once I saw the woman shudder as a rat scuttled by. 'No ghost this," thought J. On xv 0 wont down tho wooden. stairs till at last wo came to tome stone ones all green and humid, owing to neglect. We continued our course, going down flight after flight of damp slippery stairs, tiil at length. to my relief, my companion paused before a heavy oaken door, thou opened il and entered. Following her, I found myself in a low, vaultlikc chaiiib.-r, more liko a cell than any. thing else. The floor was stone, the valis were bare, but it was apparent, ly inhabited, for there wero a few articles of furniture a rickety, spindle-legged table, a couple of liigh l.nel.ed, worm-eaten chairs aud a bat lei ed horsehair sofa. In tho grate, too, burned a small tiro and a couple of tail, white candies in tarnished sconces were ou tho narrow mantel shelf. In the dim light afforded by these caudles and the fire I closely scrutin ized the woman who had brought me there. Mic was tall unit sleiulcr, ami wore a long russet gown of an old fashioned cut, but Iter face was pale aud sad, with sharp, elcar-cut features, and a mass of rough, reddish hair was care lessly twisted into a long knot at the nape of her neck. She motioned mo (0 0110 of the chairs-, taking tho other herself, and she now sat bonding over tho lire, ap parent !y loo deep in her own bitter re flections to bo conscious of my pres ence. The expression 011 her thin, worn faco was very sorrowful, and her hand were tightly clinched in her lap. But, though thin and worn, her face was still lovely, and at I gazed 1 thought how lovely, it would be were tho hollows tilled out and ttio deep lines smoothed away. .Suddenly, with a littlo resolute ges ture, sho turned towards uie aud be gan to speak in low rapid tones. "I brought you hero because I wanted to tell you my story, and I want your help, if you will give it." Then, with voice rising and falling with varying emotions, and with deep gray eyes fixed on my face, sho told her sad tale. The beginning was com. inoiiplace enough a beautiful wilful girl; astern unyielding father; two lovers, one bravo and handsome, tho oilier morose and unattractive; a pro posed flight ; a sudden death ; a broken heart the last three wero ibe tragic elements. "And 1 saw them carry him by tho house dead," sho said speaking 111 a strange, dull Way, "and for 11 longtime I think I must have lost uiy seuscs. When my father still insisted on my marriage wiih the wretch lie had chosen for my husband I raised no protest. 1 viewed the preparations for the wedding with indifference. I seemed turned lo stone. lint a week before tho marriage my reason returned, and I realized tho horror of lie coil which was slowly tightening around me. Then it was that I determined oil what was virtu ally a living burial. 1 was born in this dear old house, and t knew every uook and corner ol 11. Mr fster mother had shown 1110 (he sliding, panel in (he room above that which 1 then occupied, and sho and 1 wero the only living person who knew tho secret. JSlic was devoid lo me, and ( al length won her over to my plan. "On the night before the bridal day I fled down here, and here I have re- i 111a i nod ever since. For eight years I j have been dead lo the world. I had 1 valuable jewelry which had been my ! dead mother's; (lint has been gradually j sold, and on the proceeds 1 havo sub- 1 sislcd. My foster mother comes daily ! and brings mc food not through the J house, of course. There is a secret path and door of comuiuuicatiou in j tho garden." "And tho ghost?" I queried. I "Oli," she said, with a queer little ; smile, "I nm the ghost! You see, 1 j wanted to keep the house empty, so that 1 might wander about the rooms j and grounds; but now 1 am tired of this unnatural existence. Life will i alwajs be sad for uie! I have had u ' dreadful gi ief and all my dear ones! arc dead; but, in spite of all, my j youth reasserts itself, and solitude has at last lost its charm. So I wish to return to ihe world, and you can help me lo do so. Will you?'' ! Of course I helped her, and within a week from that time tho Thorpe! Manor "ghost" now laid 1'orevei was sato under tho k t ml wing ol .lolin Hidg way's homely little wife, and by ttic time tho roses wero blooming in my sweet-scented, old-fashioned gar den the "ghosl," too, had bloomed into beauty, and 1, sober old bache lor, had fallen in love quite hope lessly, I told myself, for her heart was with her dead, and yet it hap pened that otie Juno afternoon, as we stood alouo by tho sun-dial on tho sloping shady lawn, something gave me courage. Perlmps it was that she looked so eweel in her fresh muslin gown, with the flowers in her belt, or perhaps because I caught a strange, fleeting look in her shr gray eyes; anyway, I know she murmured that she loved the dear old home, with its many gable9 and pretty garden. Then 1 whispered: "Need you ever leave it?' And looking under the broad-brim mod gar den hat iulo he.- flushed, happy face, I added, 'Conic, sweet ghosl, aud haunt tho old place forever!" And she consented. Muuyon's Magazine. Food Supply of the World. An article at the end of the report of the judges of the International Ex hibition held ut Paris in 1N89, the London Mark Line Express obseives, bears 011 the food supply of the wor d. It is from tho pen of M I, mis (ii an dean, member of the t'onsci! .Supjri eur do i' Agriculture: The total popu lation of the (lobe, which was 1,-101, 000,000 in I8HO, wasc timated in WM at l.ttn, 000,000, 1111 increasu of 7!, 000,000 in ten year, being 5.6 1 per cent. The known production of wheat and rye has risen to il, 4 10,250,000 bushels annually, and that of maize to 92, 700,000,000 bushels, one-third of which is used as food for man. By estimating 087,500,000 as the amount of other cereals which are used as food, 0110 can give tho flguro of l,'J50,000,Ouu bushels as annually consumed by mail. If this sum is divided nuiong the inhabitants, it will be found that each person consumes about 8 1-'.' btnlicls of cereals a year. Tho annual production of wheat in the world is about 2.131,250,000 bushels, which oniy gives abiut 1 bushels per head a very insufficient figure while rye allows scven-eiglitlis of a bushel per head, making a total of the two latter of 2 1-4 bushels per head. Country Lads. Boys who are fortunate enough to be j born in the country have unmistakable i advantages over city lads. Tho conn- try is the place of nil others to bo born in. The associuiious of yonth, ot home, of school, winter, and tho farm work and play mixed together 111 a neliglittiil tangie, aro never rooted nut, but grow deeper into tho character and become dearer to tho being whilu life passes and the revolv ing years hold out. It is worth more than a university education to have been born aud brought up 011 a farm, of well-to-do parents, that supplies what no learn ing from the bjoks ever can. That is a resource that stands by. It is some, thing to feed upon. And if the boy as a man engages in business or a profession, he has a stock of health an I a sound constitu tion to draw up-ui that wd I bo sure to arry him triumphantly through when I he city boys urn giving way all along the road. Moraily mid physically, he has by far the best of il. Sew York News, ( IlII.lUtKVS (OI.I MN. I II ItsTM SS .UIHMM'!. The dearest things of iii1. tl r.is. About the ChrUtuias time. So full of mirth and music Of story, song ami vlivt.ie--Js that to little children It brings enough of eln o Jn homes that cle were ai y To last tbcm all tbe yrar. Yon hang a dainty sto'-kiM: Within the hearth-tire's vow. That sent a trail of siilcmlur Across tbe drifted siiom . Hut in tbc crowded city Arc many children swtei Who Fcarre bayc shoe? and stock in;:s For chilly little feet. Does Santa Clans for,. 1 'bun'' The brave old .alnt - not he! He heaps their pretty presents n the pretty Christinas tree, And after Christinas hours. In many an attic dim, Are glad and grateful children Who send their loe to him. - Margaret I., iran'tvr, HlilMM AS ( AWU . Sturdy Jack an I little Ned listenr 1 eagerly, as mamma read them a sim-y of the sweet, quaint custom of chil dren in other lands how thev go from houso to house 011 Christmas tve. nnd sing their Christmas carol- of "Peace on earth, goodwill to iii-jii." "Wouldn't that be j ut splendid '" breathed Jack, utter mamma had tucked them into bed. "Splendid! '' echoed Mod. Tbe house grew still as they talked it all over, and the lights went out ; 0:1c by one. I Pretty soon they crawled out of the ! warm bed. ; "Let's only put on our itcckings ; , then we can get into bed quicker,-' I chattered Ned. Then they opened the door, and j 6lood shivering a minute upon the mat in the hail, i "Don't make a mile of noise!" coin j mantled Jack. j So, hand in hand, tliey went softly j down tho hall to mamma's door, j "I I guess we won't go out under j the window," whispered Jack. , 'Cause, 'cause we ain't dressed, you ! know, Ned, and it's awful cold out j there. I guess this will be just as 1 well. Sing now, Xed. Sing 'I want i lo bo angel.' " j How quickly mamma's door opened, I as their young voices rang out in the ' dark, silent hall I "You blessed children!" she cried, . ns she drew them into tho warm room, j 'You naughty boys I What docs lids j mean?" i "Christmas carols!" said Jack j winking hard to keep back the tears ! for ho was a big boy, yon know; he was eight years old! "Christmas carols!" echoed N'ed, . who always echoed what Jack s.iid; but he was only six years old, and so ! he did cry. You will be angels sooner than wc ; want you 10 be, if yo;i run around this way," laughed mamma. with teais ; in her own eyes. "Don't you know ; that you'll both have the croup?'' ! "Tcs'in," said Jack, meekly, j "Yes'm," echoed IN'cd. "Then run bnck to bed this minute, '' 6aid mainma. "Tomorrow yon shall put 011 your coats and mittens, and sing carols under the window as long as you like." And Jack and Ned, standing knee deep in tho snow under mamma's window, with the warm sun bright around them, were sure that it wns the nicest way, especially when mam ma gently raised the sash, and show ered peanuts and candy into their caps. Youth's Companion. A Vast Difference. A furniture van stopped the way in the Wcisscnbuigerslrasse, Berlin. A little boy stood by the horse nnd gave it some bread to cat. The driver looked 011 with a broad grin. "That's right," lie saiil to the young benefactor; "always bo kind lodumb animals. Look how the horse enjoys it. But docs your mother always give you big chunk1: liko th;it?" "No," replied the youngster, "t didn't get thai one from uiy mother.'' "Where did you gel it, then?" "It was lying in the van.' Here the carter flew into a temper and bawled out: "Why, that was my breakfast, you miserable rascal, you The poor lad, doomed thus early in life to a practical experience of the suildcii vicissiludus of popular favor, fled weeping from the scene. Ber. liner Tngeblalt. A Happy Outlook. Newly-made Bride Mamma says fho doc not think we will cvor quar rcl as she aud pnp.i do. (room Never, dearest. Newly-made- Bride No; sho says you will be much easier to manage than papa wa. Harper's Baxar. HUNTING TERRAPIN. A Profitable Industry Along Chesapeake Bay. Curious Ways of Catching tho Toothsome Tortoise. A Ualtimoro correspondent o the ; New York Times was told by a dealer i thai terrapin f; 'ni the Chesapeake sold J al f'U a dozen. The correspondent goes on to say : T'ie senior member of this firm was ! the first dealer to regularly sell terra I (lin in Baltimore. That was about ! forty years ago, and he received ?-S a ' .lo.u for the best. The difference . between and .5q shows how much 1 tho terrapin Iiih advanced in pubiic appreciation. 1 In fact, tho liiiih cah value of the i terrapin is modern. The records show ; that the Indians caught and roasted them, but they wero lo.iked upon as j very common food. At Vorktowu, Washington and Lafayette ale a dish of terrapin because the supplies were low at the lime. In the annals of two i ounticsof Maryland there are cn I tracts in which it is stipulated that -laves should 110! bo fed 011 terrapin iiioiy than twice a week, and t hoy 1 once rebelled because they were given terrapin instead of pork. Mr. Clay ton of Delaware, who va Secretary i'f Mate during the Administration of 1 President Tayior, use 1 (o buy them ut 1 for an ox-cart loud. ' The best of the terrapin, ami the ; most of them, me found in Chesa j peake Uiy, from which 600 men tako 1 neaily C'00,0''i0 every year during the i season, which is from November to April, inclusive. Tho method by ; which they capture them is as intcr i esiing as (he terrapin itself. ! Along Ihe bay, which extends nearly 20O miles, with dozens of large river running into it, are immense niursho, : mud flats and shallows, 011 inauv of 1 which grow the water cress, which : gives to iho terrapin and the entiv.t : back duck the flavor that makes them eo attractive to cultivate! nppjtitcs. If you should happen near some of these place you would probably find : an old colored man wading around ! with a stick pronged liko Neptune's trident, prodding into the 111:1 1 and I looking very like a person who had : lost something valuable in a queer place, without exactly knowing where i lo seek it. lint so experienced is ho j that the slightest sign of a terrapin j leads al once 10 a quick investigation ! below, and generally to a quick trans 1 fer to the large cotton sack which the old man carries. This is one way. There are others, the most successful being the dragging of loaded seines along the bottom, I Many terrapin arc also ciught in the ; oyster dredges, aud all find their way to market 1 In the autumn tho terrapin begin I lo get ready lor their winter sleep. ! A Maryland man buried twenty-six of 1 them 011 the 1st of d ine, and dug j them up on the 1st of December. In 1 the six months ihey did not lose an 1 ouneo of weight, unl every oiu of : thoin was alive aud wvll. You can j take a terrapin and put it in the cellar I in the autumn, and without receiving food or drink it will be all right in tiio spring. It is, in fact, about the cheapest boarder in the entire auitii il kingdom. Several have tried to raise terrapin : in ponds, but they have not made much of a success, far the terrapin do j not like captivity. An interesting thing j bout them is that they luve so much i curiosity that when they are routined : in these ponds they can be trained to I come to the surface when their food ; of the crab-moat and dough is ready. Boys along the Clicsapenkc catch terrapin. There is not much spoi l in 1 rapturing them, but Ihey aro very well satisfied with the proliis. Many terrapin are caught along the coast of North Carolina. One of the curious methods of catching them there i that dogs are ucd, which in Minimcr track them from tho water's dgo to the grass where they go to lay their eggs. The way in winter is to bum the gias In swamps. The terra pin, mistaking the warmth for spring, come from their hiding place and nre captured. B lh of these plan, how ever, are considered Inn baron. Hummer Snakes) In California. A letter from Dr. E. E. Brown says he and party have inado a most won derful discovery up in King's River canon. In crossing a small creek they came to a beautiful canon or basin of about three acres of level meadows, sin rounded by perpendicu lar walls some 300 feel high- A fine stream of cold, clear water was flow insr into the little meadow, but there seemed lo be no outlet. There was no way of gelling down i u to tho valleys but quail and rabbits seemed loiiiliub il the little basin. A pair of opera glasses brought to lilit n number of snakes basking in I !io sun on 1 ho flat rock. They were from one lo three feet in length nnd had heuds shaped exactly like .1 bia-.k-smiih's hammer. While the parly were examining with the gla-s the iiiann::ivrc9 of a number of the snakes crawiing through the grass a very large one was noticed making a monk on a cotton tail rabbit. When within about two feet of the rabbit t!;c snake stiffened tho front half of its body and bcnl into n light angle. Thru his snakcship siraighl-itied out suddenly, bringing the rabbit a swinging blow on Iho side of its head which iaid bunny out completely. Another snake was observed to creep onto a quail silting on n scrubby tree. This snake twisted about t'oui inches of its lail along a limb of tin tree and used all the re-t of its i,dy for a hummer ami handle to w hack the quail on the head such a stihging blow that it died without a thrtd ! its wings. The snake seemed to have the wonderful power of lengthening its body out nearly double its noiinal length and as sniall as a whalebone whip, the heaviest part being next to ihe part wrapped around the lire. After killing the quail and lablilt the snake hammered tho bidy juio a pulp, bones aud all, with lis head, and then swallowed the wh do business. Tho swallowing showed that the ham mer part of the head could be laid back out of the way while the .-wallowing was done. Every effort possible with tho appli ances they had with them Was made to get one of the snakes, but they failed. Selma Irrigator. Extinction of BinN. Dr. Morris Ijibbs, in analx Aug the causes of the decrca.se in the numbers. or tho absolute extinc tion of certain of our bird says that the lighthouses of otu great lakes and coasts sncrilice many thousands euch year, and possib.y hundreds of thousands, the birds killing themselves by dashing against the lights when migrating seasonally, lb! doubts whether there exists an in vention, with the exception of the gun. more deadly to birds than Ihe electric light. Another i 11 d i"t men I is brought against the headlight of the locomotive, and also against the tele graph aud other wires which lorm n network through the country. All llicso causes unquestionably contribute in a greater or less degree to the de struction of birds, but it bus boon conclusively proved that when the milliner of birds destroyed at any p.u ticular place by any of these age ncies has been carefully determined by a series of daily rcc nds the re'ttit has inevitably bceu such as to lead to tlx) belief thai tho accounts generally given of the aggregate desi ruction of birds by various forms of 1 1n electric light have been greatly exaggerated. Chicago News H-cord. A Tale of Two Ilarus There was a ltinu named lliiibs who bought a fuvlil, built. .1 large Malt ly dwelling at the end of a long shady avenue of mapies and settled down 1 1 enjoy the comfort and independence of a farmer's JilV. lie. built a ctvy little bam of logs and shingled it with clapboards. There was another man of the name of llulib, w ho bought a farm in 1 he same neighborhood, built a c isy little dwelling of logs, shingled it wiiii chipboard and settled down to the hard, grinding monotony of a far mer's life. This man Ilulibs built a large state. ly barn nt the end of a long shady nvetnic of maples. At the end of ten years I hubs' big house had broken him up. And IIiiLbs' big barn had enabled him to buy Hibbs' stalely dwelling for aboui half price and move il over ou his own farm. Hubbs has a big dwelling and a big barn and lepresonts his county in (he state iegilal ure. Hibbs has a littlo log cabin and a little log stable and is trying to sell out to Hubbs. He wants to quit farm ing ami travel wldi a peddling wokau. Chicago Tribune. A Patient Pole. The K'issiaii character teaches pa tience. A Polish miner went to sec a doctor nt 0 a. 111. ihe other day, and was told that the doctor was from home and would not come back until late in the evening. "I will wail," wa the reply. When the servant went into the wailing room the next morning to sweep il sho was astonished to see the Pole sitting still like a woodeu pole in his chair, waiting foi the doctor. fChicago Journnl. The Standard of Value. I kniiw- a bright young pott t hose soul is as pure as his verse t And (kid- not ditties show It), J'.tii !.e carries a very light purse, lie i- I'.i'pahle poor, and wherever He v.oi s the people comment; oil. jc:', be is very clever, ll.it he isn't worth a cenll" I know a se;i'sh mis.er W ic.se In art !s as bird as bis gold; 'f ail 1. utile things a desplser. lie wallow.- in wealth untold. And the (.-lovelling multitude ever Ksjll him as Mammon's high priest And s ty : "lie's not w ise, good or clever. li.it -he's worth ttn millions at least!" IV. V. Smart, in Detroit Tree Tress. HUMOROUS. II ittl'y fair Tho brunette. V. 'i litilit a innicli to make it burn, Mid V"i burn a match to make it light. I he ica'on that rich men have so 11 a .y iiiciuN is that they sre capital 1. I1-IW-. I la ic's a highflyer," said one man to ;.nt ''.licr. "H ipid yoitllil'" "No, Aeron.tti'." A 1 lock is very different from a 111:111. W'i.eu 11 strikes il keeps rigbl "i w 01 king. What tia-h is Bellows engaged in'-" "The carrying trade.'' "The . arrving trade'!" "Vcs: new baby at his house." N.daie Jumble is a very clever iiniia.or, in fact, he can tako any b-t'ly til. Mlrs rspk'er 1 xvonld so in.ioy having liiiu 1 01110 in while you a 1 c here. I'.t her W hat would you advise me t ) do with my son: his pronouncia tiou is perfectly terribie? Teacher n t him a position as brakeman on a 1 aiiroad at once. I he kc ''ream season's endf- " hen tbe tvln UT zephyr blows. I' u this brings no relief, youuy man, to .- a : I- t ! :.li'i "f jour affections bns inquired until sin' Wni'Ws M hi re it the must to get nu oyster r'i v. l'.i or, is it true that extreme io i vir.i-no- will produce nausea?" Yt -: i on' ,; suw a car full of people lln.nv 11 1 iheic hand when two train i. Iili.-rs covered thrui with ihcir pis tols." The Ki.Inig Master Have you learned to trot et. Miss Manuley. Ms Mannlcv ( Hi, yes; I could trot all light if it weren't for the horse. The plauey thing keeps jog ging up and down so. Mrs. Pinner I hear the dealers are -oing 10 vaiso thf price of sealskin s.ici(iits tlii winter. Mrs. Slimpurse I h.'pe they'll be more successful than I am. I've been living to raiso Ihe, piiic i't one fi.i, the past ihreo years. A; tlm lecture ou "The Decline of Literature'' Iho eloquent oralor shouted. Where are tho Chancers, nnd Shakespeare-, and Mi'tons, aud Spencer-, and Macauleys? Where tire they. I say?" And a voice answered sadly fioiu the gallery. "All dead." Atlvautinre of lining Bnrehrad. A correspondent complains that he cannot take his walks abroad with his head iiiic'vcred without being exposed lo gibes ami flouts and sneers and be ing '.mated as a lunatic. "And yet,' ho a-k, "who but the hatter would suffer by the almost complete disuse of tho hat? The advantages would be many; we should entirely avoid bald ness (which our hats induce); our heads would be as cool as our faces ( which wo novel think of covering, though they are Uss protected with bail tliaii our head-): vn should save our money ami n great deal of trouble. In this climaio wc may not be afraid of sunstrokes, nnd we should avoid colds in ihe head. It is a mistake to suppose that either chimneypot hats or bowlers shade the eyes. They 00 not do so any morn than women's b'juiicts. Butcher boys and Christ's Hospital boys find that il answers to be hutluss. 1 ,tllr that Mr. Arthur Balfour goes without a hat whenever he can. lie is a wiee and knowing man." London Telegraph. A New Medical Discovery. A ease of tuberculosis has beon dls. covered in a cow in one of tho city dairies of Toronto, Canada. When tho nflected cow was discovered there was sonic doubt as to the nature of the disease, and it was not until the animal bud been inocula'ed with Koch's tuberculin thai a positive con clusion was reached. This is the first occasion 111 which tuberculin has been used here, aud tho experiment was watched with a great deal of interest Veterinary surgeon are of the opin ion that a new light has been acquired whereby tuberculosis can now b diagnosed beyond a shadow of doubt, St. Louis Republic
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 29, 1892, edition 1
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