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fcljt l)oil)am ttfeor EI)c l)atl)am Hrrorb. II. A. H)NDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. HATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one month 1.60 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly !n Advance. For larger advertisements liberal cm racts will be made. VOL. XVI. PlTTSBOllCr, CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEP I EMBKH H, 181K5. CWtam no. :'. The. Wnyshle rump. '.Slmkii hands ! " says tin- wayside pump lti'Bt of friends on a summ.-r day. Anil Bwi'oti'at talker you oyer knew, Although, no iloulit, 'tis trim He speaks through his nose in a narcloas way 1'lnit a'iiiiM make a pn-'isinii jump! 'Minks hands! " 11 tw lis nnn of oak Ptri'ti'lii'K mil, us you draw n-iiigli! All hi" ask In mi easy stroke, To pour you mil, as i-.i.iotli us nnok, A sweeter mvlar tlian y.iu i'oiiIiI Lay. What! ilo yon doultt it.' only try! Take that up from tin- rusly nail, Hold il under tin1 Ktirjli lit; spout. Well, how goes it, this Adam's air? - I'litnp away : you oali'l pump him nut! Hearts liko his weren't made to fail. 'J'liri-o full cupsr Ah! you need uol U 1 Whether you Ilk- him ill or well. B he stands liy tlm dusty way (lod'sown landlord and wniis lo sny: "Drink your till ; there is naught to pay! " Thirsty horses, with nostrils n idi', rimiKfl thi'ir ln-ad in his mo'sy trough, Drink, and erop from the em. 1 wi-li-ddti A hunch of K-ni-s and thou n'liMeon. And now tin" d'ep-t'liost.-d oxen conic, And drain the trough at a single draught. Thrlr great eyes gli.ai, though they an' diiml', And thank the pump f"r lh- no-tar quaffed. The smoking foam "n--.it !i tin- load of hay Lovingly tuin tln-ir eys that wav -They too shall drink, f.ir tin- axle swings, And tin- outs'. n t -h'- l n. mis ki-s tin' cool, Hwt-i-t stream from tic spout that springs Ijikii a uiounlain hi ! in a ino-jsy I. The farmer's dog with his loliin; tiiugirj Laps ninl pants, till In- hips lii.i llll. Then tin creaking wheels from tic rut arc swung. And lh" fragrant loud sways up th" hill. Dir ohl w.-i v-i I ' frii-n-l. Doing p.iod in thy line an I pla -i", F ill of t'h'"-r us a goo I noni's fa--o, O "rlIowng with i-iuipl irni -i 0 giving what -'or th m ha -t to spend, Would that I wi-: at tnit- a niaa As thou ait pump, -hi thy hu n I .l.-r plan Out of my liand-i kin I i.-v, wm'-l '"; (lilt of my In-art 'i-t .no would II w: liouful 111" all noiiris'i.-d lift- would gr nv; And i-v'iy pilgrim with thii'-t oppn -:. Would i:;..p to ,.w. in-' mid to I..- hh-si. .llMI.S I'.I'lKUVM, ill Y 'lUh's C Hiip,oi, THE CRUMBS OF DIVES. HV J.lMi:s lltlKIMM. Marion Wilbur 1 1 1 nut like In r first month b experience us gov.-riu ss of the Miss Pcrrins. Sin- was patron ized, Sllllbbeil, looked doWII u i n 1 1 . Even lu-r two young tiiiils treated lmr like nn inferior. " l'ln y Minimi' thi'ir favors ns Dives lltmr crumbs to Laznru," thought Marion. 'I'lit' girl's refined, Hi-lf-rt-s tiny; nature was WUllllded. Sill- ll 111 IlllllOht lUlldc tip her in i n 1 1 to return home, whether asked to remain or not, nt tin- close of her mouth's; probation- wlu-u sonic tliiiiK liniiriit'il. SoiiH-tliiii- l'ri-iiii-iit-lv linos hijijii'ii nt ctiti.-il mi nt f ill lllll-'a Hfl. Tlic i-bn-slintli'il stn-i ts i.f tin- i-itv of New IIuvi-ii looknl foi l.inilv il. st-i toil, for it was Miration tiim- at Yule, ninl the bovs bail n -ai lv all i- ilti-n- l to tln-ir homos. "I am roiniu mi tic twi'iit v-piolith," wroto la i-lit- I'liiin, "ninl 1 sb'.ll b-.-in with mo tlic in tir-i-cal np"i" of tbo i-olli-;ri-, tlio voiiuu' Huvtiriuii pianist. Mm I'.uua. Ho mi l 1 have struck up rrcnt I'l ii-n-lship, nml I Willi! to in ik. h: i ii:ttoi tt llnu-u n jicrfi ct oatio:i. !' coiiiv-r, iiiotht-r, Voii must u'it nt I- a.it on r.ui 1 iiiii hicab', to which tin- oi'iniiw and faihioii of the metropolis, itli.ill be invitfil. I'.iina wants t m -ct of tlr- reat Bitistn of his proft-.-ii'ii, an I tli v all willlic il'liv-'hlo-l.t i in t li'iu an I to hear liiin 'l i,v. Ill- Kiro.i-in faint wiuil'l give iiiui a to t!i cliiii-cit Ainerii-nii music. il circles auv w !i. -re. " They ciinio - leslie tun I Ma aiiil the l'el'iin liiausiuii lin'.,-fl it.-, wi Icoine to them with nil tlio hplriilors of venltll. It was such a joy to have Leslie home a.ain - .-uii-h au honor to entertain his distinguish, -il fi ieml ! Marion oazeil out of the backu i-oinnl with woiiib rino; nii, '.liiiiiuy r i s. think ing herself lllllloticeil. And so indeed i-lic was, foini' ily. She was not intro illiceil until tin- ViolllLr nit n eanii- ilowu to liiuiier, and lin n onlv in the most ilistiiut ami ' -1 1 in 1 way all the wav 1 from th head to the foot of the table, J and to both yoin.tr men nt the same time. I'-ut it was an inti'inlui-timi, ! UeM rtht Ici s. nml a little of the htiiifj j Of Cotlsl-illllS lll'oll Ct pllS.Ktl Kilt Of tilt' i girl's fii-1 1 in:; heal t. After ilium r I'.iinu plaeil to them, j Oh, it was divine! Mari"ii sat ami J drank the inii.-ic deep into Ipt wml, as a llower drinks Hiinsliiue, had m-M-r in all her life, In anl or iln aineil of such music. It lilted In r out of herself, it iiiinle her utterly oblivious to h -r s'trrouiidiii-H. Hut Kinlileuly he was awakened out of In-r dream. You an- foml of music. Miss Wil bur?' Ij 'ilie l'eriiu was beliiliue; over her. The full, rich tones of the pim.o were rlyiti; away on the air. Eittia hail whecleil upon the stool and was a btressiiisf Mrs. l rrin. "Fomlofit? Oh. I H-biro it such nmip asthat!" exclnimeil Marion, tho rich blood rusliiuv to her cheek. Mrs. lVrrin glanccil that v..:y iiu-l f ircnw tiie iiDin-u-liu tftc-a tot?. "It is nearly time tlic girl.s were at work on their inoriiino; Ichkouh, 1 think," hhe Hiiiil. ".MiHs Wilbur, you will please go up ami lilit the gas in the Kchool-room?" Marion went, obedi ently. She lit tlic (tin ami Kitt down to wait for her pupils. They did not come. Fifteen - thirty minutes piisKeil. Then the poor girl realized thu decep tion of which nlie ha 1 been made the victim, and, laying li T head upon her table, burst into tears. Ah soon us aim could control her emotion hIic roHc, nml stealing aileiitly to her own room, locked lu-rself in such beauti ful music! But Marion could not lis ten --sic must not listen. Oil, how bitter it nil was - how bitter! invitations were out for tlm grand mnninar. It was to In th.' must bril liant social affair of tlm season. Ev erybody of note had consented to come. There would bi' simply a blaze of wealth, geniim, ami beauty. The day arrived. Such prepara tions! Such profusion of rarest How era; such store of the choicest re freshments; stieli magnilicetice of plate ; such splendor of appoint in cuts ! Leslie and Max helped, Marion helped, i veil Mr. I'errin helped. The servants did not need them, but they helped simply because they could not escape the infection of it. Such occasions engulf a whole household ; the excite ment is like n whirlpool. "Max, you will tire yourself out !" cried Losljo. 'tii up t i your mom ami rest. member that you am to be the lion of the evening. ' "I shall not go unless you do, moil I'rere," replied Luna. Hut just then Leslie was hoi din-; ii ponderous vase while Marion tilled it with llower. How could he go under such circum stances? To be sure he might have set the vase down. Hut that never oc curred to him. Marion did not know whether to dre.-s for the eeiiiug or not. Hut at hut her longing heart nvercainu her and sic put on the one line gown she had a cream-colored silk that had been her III-flier's, but which a ciin liiii x ll ind h i-l rem i 1 'led for the lovely daughter. How she longed to hear the woiiileifiil in -i -.il and look upon the great musician , whose uaiiies to her w.-re like t'e- nam's of d-.'ini-gods ! And then, tli.-ro was another reas n why she longed to go down-stairs. Marion would not openly confess its power, but it sitrg -d about her heart like a sea of rapture, Leslie I'errin had said, us they separated after din ner : "I hope you will come down-stairs to-night, Miss Wilbur. 1 shall not en joy the evening unless you do." Just as Marion was putting llm fin ishing touches to her toilet there came a t'ip at lu-r door. She rustled across the Mo il- in In-r rich, old-time silk, ami turned the door-knob. There stood Mrs. Pcrrin. resplendent in diamonds and lac '. For a moment the vision of radiant loveliness before her seemed to st ike the self-possessed woln ili of the world tle.mb. Marion looked like the picture of some (pieelily colonial beauty who had stepped down from her ni'is-ive frame of oak. The girl's glorious hair w is pil -d high lib ive h'-r forehead in tint regn! way of the old lime belles, and tli" low-cut frill about In r miowy neck suggested the st.-it' lv I-1 1 ft" of Martha Washington. "You wish. -.I to speak to me!" Mar ion said. "Yes," replied Mrs. I'errin, coldly. "I nrefer you would not come down stairs to'-nigbt. It w ill be a very dis tinguished company, and you would have to be introduced. I do not care to have it said outside .that llerr So-iMid-So, the eminent composer, was in vited to Mrs. I'i -mil's to be introduced to the governess of her children." Every word was like the thrust of a iliigg'-r. Words an- the steel with which women slay each other. Marion's face changed Hot a muscle till Mrs. I'errin hail turned upon her heel and gone. Then the sensitive girl clos 'il th door, Iodic I i, an ! Hinging herself on the Hour b.-side the bed, buried Ii t face in the counterpane. How long she crouched there she did not know-. It might have been an hour it might have been an age. And all the time she could not shed a tear, thoiign her (laming face thirsted and In-r aching In-art cried out for just one just one. She was aroused by a rap at the door, but this time she did not heed the summons. Tin- rnp was repeated. Marion only shivered from head to foot. Then wns heard a man's voice - soft, pleading, tender. "Marion !" The girl shook like Rn nrpin lea f. Her h inda clutched the counterpane. Her breath ciime thick ami fast. "Iienrest Morion! Won't you an swer me?" A tremulous sob like- a child's, broke fr-m the kneeling jjirl. Thsnk God! the tears had come at last. They rained through tho suft tinprera, they slid ilow n the w hite arms. A storm of weeping overmastered the pill. The sound of her convulsive sobs tilled tho room. "My poor child! Won't you open the door to me? I want to tell you something." There was no force, not even the turning of the knoi, no eoiiiniaml. no piisKionute entreaty. Only that tender, pleading request. Slowly Marion rose to her feet, j blinded by tears, nml groped her way i to the door. She could not have gone astray even in the darkness. Something drew her thither something stronger I than will, something mtivr than sight, j Her hand foun 1 th- key. Il was but the turning of a wrist, ami - Hut still the door opelli d not. He Would Hot enter until she opetuid to him. Marion's heart stood still. Should sh"? Should she! Her hand ! was on the knob. She listened intent- j ly. It was so still outside. Had he , moved from the door? Was he going ' a way? Had he gone? "Oh, Leslie !" with a little longing cry Marion threw the door open. Ami j then - j Dives, Love is your beggar now? Will you dare throw him your crumbs? 1 Frank Leslie's. j CM New r'nglaml Almanac. The oldest alniaiiae in New England 1 is still published aniiuallv bv David i . A. Daboll, a rural astronomer nml j farmer of the rocky country town j of Ci-ototi, in New London ; county, Conn., and is entitled l "Daboll's Almanac nud l'arui.-r'i , Friend." Thi exceedingly quaint calendar was begun in ITS') and has : been published each year since. A re- j cent iuvestigali 11 shows that it wiih established in that year by Lemuel ! Wurreii nml printed by .lohu ( Trumbull "at the printing ollice i near the courthouse, Norwich." For several years tlu-real'ti r , it appeared as " Hicker-dafT's New ! England Almauak," though in IT'.td its title was changed to that of "New ; England Almanac and Ladie..' Diary." j The name of " .lohu Weatherw iso "up- , peiired on its title page as being the author and compiler id it, and iu liSlld, besides its astron- ! omical ami weather news, it ; had " an affecting account of the death of Miss Folly nn 1 Hannah Watts," and other reading, "curious, ' useful and i-nt'Ttaiuiiig. " Tho work did not come into the han.lt of the j Ibiboll family until in 1MIS, when Nathan Daboll, author of Daboll's Arithmetic, which was the standard ' mathematical text-book in New Eng- ' land for half a century, bought it ami continued to publish it until the time of his dentil. After his death his sons continued to issue it. The publication 1 still retains iu a largo degree its nu- ' titpieaiiil curious character. It still has its odd ' w ise saws " ami Yankee pre dict inns iihoiit the weather, as for in stance: "Expect a edd storm of snow or rain about this time." Then there arc such remarks as " Dog-days j begin," " Di-o-iliivN end," " Moon ' runs high " and Moon runs Iow." William Harvey, of l'laiiilit Id, has probably the only complete tile id the iiliuiimic from ITNdto lfcjo. j Another old iilinitii.il- that is Mill running is t he "( lid Farmer's Aliuan ne," which was established by Hubert H. Thomas at Worcester, Mass., in IT'.W, ami is stfll published at that town. - New Y'ork Tribune. A I'niipie Musical llcilsteail. A Hombay man his constructed a bedstead priced at 10,0111) rulers, and the Ironmonger appends the dea- : criptioii ns follows: "It Inn at its four Col liers four l'illl-siei gaudily-dressed (ireeiau damsels, those at the head holding banjos, while those on the right and left foot hold fans. Hem-nth -the cot is a musical box, which i-x-i tends the whole length of the ct, ' and is capable of plaviu,' twelve different charming airs. The music begins the moment the least pressure ; has I n brought to bear from the I top, which is created by one sleeping or sitting, ninl ceases the moment the , individual risiss. While the music is ' in progress the lady banjoists at the ! head manipulate the strings with their ' lingers and move their heads, while j the two (Irecian damsels at the bottom , fan the slee'r to sleep. There is a j button at the foot of the cot which, after a little pressure, brings about a ! cessation of the music, if such be the desire of the occupant." i Sad H.uor. j Wef-trn man - " We h.id a terrible ' conflagration in Dugout City last week. I Only seventeen houses left standing." Eastern man - "My goodness! Ilow many were there before the fire?" Wecteru mill "Nineteen." New York We"kly. HILDKEX S rOM MX. Hll' funs. The little ones question an', "How does the corn, S i yellow and hard lu-fore. Il 'i-oini' so white anil e.-lsy t-i liili'V" Ami I tell in their lo'vi-'l fiiirv lop-: Within cell gold kernel Here tlw -IN a was fay. S v his hod and so warm ! Hut when It grows hot. wiii -h he wishes 'twould not. Poor fay is half wild with alarm. lie l-e.-ils at the walls Uii r. 's a t rash, find he's free! Tics -rash hut a 'pop' is lo nsi And On-down from the ln- l win-re the tiny fay's head lleposi.il ere this terril'l- fuss, Flies out in a ilia?, nil puffy nud white. Ami i-haiiKi-il liy the fay's ma-;i--spell, ll h ines erisp and sweet, for small aioil.il- to l-.'ll Tin- pop i-orn tln-y all like so well. Ni vv Orl-ans pi.-aviiin-. w ii vr Tin: Mums saiii. One hot day a little buy and a little (fill were out upon a lake gathering wilier lilies. As fast in they picked theln out of the water they would pull the lilies apart, carelessly throw ing the white pet ils in the water and scatter ing the broken pieces of stem. Tlu-y were so absorbed in their work of de stroying the Mowers that they did md hear a coiivt isatioii which was going on upon the bank near tle-m. Hut if they hud listened, this is what they would have heard. It was a frog con versation ; but frogs can talk very well soniet inn s : "Oh, dear! " said the first frog. "Ilow sorry I am lo have mir beautiful j summer house taken awav ! Thai large ! lily which the little girl has just picked was the one upon which I always swing my little frogs to sleep on hot even ings." "Yes," tiiuaneil the other frog sym pathetically, "and that lily which you see the little boy pulling to pieces is the one on which 1 always hop to eat ; my dinner. It was so high above the i water, and so drv, that I could enjoy I cut ing a nice weed there without IVar of the water washing it uway." "If only those two children were going to take the tlowers home to their mamma," said the fust frog, ! should md have cured .so niiicii. ISut et-e! Th-y have torn the beautiful lilies apart and are throw ing them in the water. Alas, for my poor cradle! Alas, fur my poor little frogs!" "And alas, for my diniier-table ! I'oor lovely lily! There go its leaves floating by." New York Ledger. a kin'u s ntti:.nri i. iii:ki. Not long ago there was terrible ex citement at the court of Annum. The King, Thauli-Tai, who i. imw fourteen years old, was missing ! Etiquette re quires that the Aiiiionese king shall never leave the royal grounds. He is a kingly prisoner. And that the king J should not only be absent from tin palace, but that tin one should know where he was, coiistitut'd an event ol such direful conseiiit I that the whole court was in dismay. Hut the young potentate was not hard to Hud. Though In- was a king, he was a boy; and it is natural for a boy, w hen he has some money iu hii pocket, to want to go out ami spend it. That was exactly what the King of Annum luH done. Entiivlv alone, he ha I started on a "..hopping'' expedi tion through the streets of Hue. Ol course no one knew him, because he had never shown his face iu public. He was simply a boy, like any other boy; ami this is exactly what he want ed. Hut he was treated with great re spect by the shopkeepers, because he had plenty of money. Curiously enough, the thing which seemed to at tract him most was a head-shearing machine, or hair-clipper, and when the frightened nobles of the court dis covered him at last, it was with this singular implement in his possession. No doubt he intended to alllllse him self by shearing the hea ls of all his dependents. In fact, h" had already begun an attempt t ' experiment w it h it on the heads of several small street boys, who were proving rebellious subjects, when the courtiers approached him, pros trating themselves upon the ground, and making alarmed outcries. Thanh-Tui was restored to the pal ace, but the aged regents of the king dom at once sent in their resigna tions. They could no longer serve a monarch ho hud so disgnced him self. It was with the utmost diflieiiltT that M. tie Lam-ssan, the French resi dent au 1 real ruler of the country, could restore peace ami order at the court. The king no longer goes out shop ping, but he retains his hair-clipper as a souvenir of a happy tiny of freedom with the street boys. Y'ouths' Companion. CARI: OF Till: HYHS. Hints Concerning the Preserva tion of the Eyesight. Tbo Eye Is a Delicate and a Mar velous Organ. Sight is without doubt the most val uable of tin- senses except the general i-eiise of touch. The man who loses the sense of smell or the sense of taste limy regn t the loss keenly, but it de prives him of only one form of pleasure and contracts to only a limited extent his usefulness or ability. Even the deaf man continues to get along very well by other menus of communica tion with his fellow men, nml though he has lost one of the melius "f happiness, can be contented nml almost mh efficient as ever, but tin-blind inn n is not merely cut off from enjoyment of tho keenest character, but he is almost as helpless as if he had lost nil other special senses togeth er. Yet partial or complete blindness is far from rare. This results more frequently from the complexity of the organ of sight and the delicacy of its uiechaiiisiu than from any inherent du feels. The eye ns an optical instrument is very defective ; as an organ of vision it is a marvel of man els. Within the narrow space of the globe of the eye an- included II series of the lin'st deli cate organs, and it is scarcely won derful that these are liable to seri ous derangement from various causes - some well undelsl I, some so iiidiliiiite that no tenable theory has yi t been proposed to ex plain Iheiii. Hereditary defects are the most common causes of impaired sight, ami of these inequalities in the curvature of the cornea or clear part of the eye lire the most common. The cornea with the lluid behind it acts as a simple lens, and any nuuked defect ill its pel feetness results in all imperfect vision. The result is nec essarily imperfect vision, but fortun ately the remedy is nt hand through t he use of glasses adapted to remedy the error so that the defect needs only to be recognized to be repaired. The multiplication of the number of people wearing glasses is Hot due to any in crease in the liumbi r of those afl'ecteit with defective vision, but merely to the fact that these defects are now more easily recogi-.ied ami more read ily and accurately repaired than iu former times. Color blindness, another hereditary defect ill the eye, is, so far as is at present known, incurable, but is not n serious condition in that it never leads to loss of sight. Many other defects can be remedied or removed by small but very delicate surgical operations, and while much remains to be ilm.e in this as iu every other branch of medicine, opthnlmology may easily claim the palm as being the furthest advanced of all medical I; now lodge. Those who have perfect vision or those whose vision has been brought to per fection by surgical or mechanical in-'nns should exercis- the greatest care to preserve this great gift of nature. This is not to be done by advoiduig the full use of the eyes. It is the abuse md the use of the natural function of any part of the body which gives rise to deterioration. The use of the cm is actually beneficial to it. provided it is not iu an abnormal condition. If abnormalities exist they are quickly reported by fatigue or pain. With such a delicate organ as the eye, these are of more than usual import, and call for skilled care to discover their cause. The cause once tiiscov erod, the remedy is well known or the result of the trouble can be predicted with a fair degree of accuracy. The care of the eyes is not to be left to inexperi enced hands, but demands the highest degree of skill which tin- medical pro fession can offer. I Halt i more Sun. A Hunter's Adventure. Captain .1 . N. Daniels, a prominent citien tif San Antonio, Texas, has re turned from a ten days, hunt ing trip in the mountain lOd mi les northwest of tln-r e. He made a wonderful disci tv t ry and had all experience which nearly cost him his life. While separated from his companions he came upon au opening on the side of a precipitous canyon iu a most rugged nml moun tainous section. He managed to reach the cave by letting himself down from above with a rope, which he took from his saddle, and expl Ted it for a dis tance of half a mile. Iu it he found some pottery, a half dozen Indian stone hatchets, and jur.i filled w ith ob sidean arrow heads and twenty hiimnn tkulls. At the lower part of tho cave a stream of water llo-vs, in which are plenty of fish resembling perch with sightless eyes. His light being blown out, the captain was horrified to find that his matches, which hail fallen iu tin- stream, were spoiled ami lie was ii darkness. 1 n endeavoring to liud his way out he became utterly bewildered nml grappled about for many hours, until cofiipleti ly exhausted. He laid down on the rock floor nml fell asleep. Awakening, he continued his search, but he had gotten into a part of the cave that was very low and tilled with great bowlders. He became discouraged and gave up hope of ever finding his way out, yet knowing the danger of remaining in active nnd brooding over his situation , he made another effort ami finally came to the stream. Histoiigue being swollen and parched with thirst he jump' ed into the water and drank a great quantity of it. It occurred to him to wade down the stream, it being only a few feet deep. This lie did nml soon the way grew lighter. I he stream made a sudden turn, ami proceeding he quickly came to where it emerged from the cave. Pushing aside the bushes that thickly grew n bout the open ing, Captain Daniels looked up to sen above him the blight sky. He niatb his way with dilVculty to a ranch, which In- reached late in the night, ex hausted and weak from tin- lack of food. He wasiu thecave from - o'clock p. in. one day to about tl o'clock in the evening of the following day; all IliHt ho had to eat was a handful of ol'U'oru found iu ari Indian jar ami a small tish, which he killed and lite raw . --New Orleans I'ieavune. Damage liv Lightning. j During the year IM'1 0-"i lives were lost ithat we know of) iu the I'nitetl States, east of th- Hoeky Mountains, di rectly through the iiclioti of lightning. How many were lost indirectly, and how many eases there were of shattered health ami inure or less permanent in jury, we can only surmise. The t'miiu cinl loss due directly to lightning was , certainly not below one ami a half million dollars. To get at something like a commercial eslimate of the dam age done by liglitniug in the past few years, in this country, 1 have made use of the Chronicle Fire Tables for the six years 1 mh,, - 1 S'.IO, and liud that some JJ'.':! tires, or Lit per cent of the whole number, were caused by lightning, and the total loss was 3o,:!Hli, HM or l.'Jo per cent of the whole amount lost by lire. During! lh'.l'J we have a record of 2','J lives lost. The damage may bo est iniatedat as high ll figure as in 1 Kit I. These losses arc more appalling when we recall that the year is virtually less than six mouths. Over ninety-live-per cent of the casualties duo to lightning occur between the months of April and September. It is therefore quite pertinent at this time to discuss the question whether or not we are able to protect ourselves from lightning. Some live years ago the question would have been ans wered readily and with all sincerity, " Yes. a good electrical connect ion with the earth a stout continuous copper roil, for example -will suffice." To-day no such answer can pass un challenged, for reasons which we shall see. Popular Science Monthly. , To in at o Leaves. A use for t'-malt' leavts has bei n discovered m ustralia. It iippou that a number of trees in a peach or chard were attacked by curciilio, and the owner placed tomato leaves nioiiii 1 the triinksand brances to protect them from the sun. Next day, on visiting the orchard, the man was agreeably surprised to find that the trees treated with tomato leaves Were entirely free from insects. Acting on the hint thus obtained, lie steeped II quantity of fresh ti'lllllto h-nves in water and sprinkled the liq uor over some pencil, rose and orange trees, w h i-ti had not previously hern prott f ted u ith tomato leaves. lit two I tlavs he was gratified to find that the numerous insects of a" kinds that in ) tested the trees had tolally disap- poured. ! If further experiments confirm this 'statement the tli ivery will prove a ! most valuable one to all fruit growers. ! New York World. Slreets That I. run. Says the Si Louis street engineer: Some street paving materials grow and move at an astonishing rate after be ing laid. Wood blocks are the worst, nud should, in my opinion, neve: be used on the streets of a city. In tho winter time I have measured two and one-half feet of ci neks measuring the widths of the apertures, remember iu olli) feet of wnoil pavemeut. I have often seen solid brick walls and curb stones pushed a foot or so out of plac by the "grow ing" of wooden streets. Heat and cold and dampness all affect every kind of paving material. That least disturbed is granite. I'etroit Free Tress. The Thought or Her. i "aro nof whether the skies nn- 1-liu', Or tlm clouds hend iilick nl-ove nu -A swoi't thought conitm with the thought of you Voii lovo ino, ih-iir. you love ire! When the world Is fold and its friendships few. Ami loll senilis n vain eiiijenvor. A sweet thought sinus to my soul of you And the world is sweet forover! I And Iovp -my love with the liriglit eyes treo j And th rd lips kind with kisses, There is no love like my love for you - No j..v in th world likn this is! i And whether the skies nrf hlnek or blue, I With stars or slorms aliove me, My life will nhiiio with tlm thought of you -I You love me, dear, you love me! H'rniik b. Ntnnloii in Atlanta t'onstitulloii. HiMoitors. A light nfilietion a gas bill. The mosquito is built to sit lightly, bite dee', jump high nml come again. Tln-re i-i nothing that causes so much blundering, misery, ami heart ache as an infallible system. Winn the suspicious man sees a balloon sailing away toward the clouds he iH jiisrtiitil in thinking there is Something up. Professor -"Tell m--, sir. why it is vou smile so persistently." Candidate; "You ask such ticklish questions, Heir Professor." Maud (with partner;: "Ilow do you feel, Ethel?" Ethel (sitting alone): "Fine nsn liddle." Maud (smilinglyj : "What ! without a ln-nil?" Among the vain mnn w hom we meet, The vtiiii"t one of nil Is hn who Leasts of his little feet, Wlcn his Ic.-id is jut ns small. "What a sweet, birdlike voice Miss rtudley has," observed Mrs. Hotoii. "Yes," said Miss lludley's rival, 'Vho has n birdlike voice. It's like a screech owl's. " Huston Woman "Oh, I do so love the fields on our New England farms !" New Y'ork llirl "Why?" Huston Woman "Hecause tln-y are so culti vated, you know." "There, 1 knew soiiu thing was in the wind," said the western farmer badly to himself as, through a crack in the cellar wall he s'lvv his new burn sailing along on the crest of a ey- el..... . Traveller -"1 fancy you must bo lonesome living up hero among- the foothills where you nevt r get a glimpse of anyone going by !" Native --"No, we're not. We can sen tho mountain pass at any time." Mistress "Ilow is it one never hears a sound in the kitchen when your sweetheart is with you of an evening?" Servant girl - " Please, ma'am, the poor fellow is so bashful yet ; for the present In- docs nothing but eat." beni Peddlers of Ccylun. I was hitting one afternoon on the beaut i f til n ide vera nda of the (ialln Face Hotel, Colombo, in Ceylon, says a writer in Donahue's Magazine, 'lhti roar of the breakers pounding upon the beach made pleasant music, and in the translucent emt raid brine some laughing natives were splash ing merrily. A light hand touched my shoulder, ai d a bale looted Cingalese stood beli.ro me. ' Would you like t" buy soma stones?" heiiskttl, in his pleasant voice. These peddlers of gems are veiy numerous in Ce.v I. .ii and threaten t- become a nuisance to tho tiavtler. They arc not allowed to enter tlm hotels, and 1 o nee saw olio of them actually beaten out of the Oriental in Colombo. Hence il was that before addressing me my Cin-tuh-he friend glanced furtiv.lv up nud down tlm long veranda to see that he was unobserved by the millions of the hotel. He took from bellealll his blouse, bundle of white cloth, which ho opened, displaying about a pint of rubies, cm bum h s, moon stones and cnl'si vis. As I had nothing to do I looked through them, after explaining to the sable merchant that 1 had im intention of buying. The collect ion must have been worth many thousands ofdollars, judging by iutliv itlual specimens, but ' apart from his mi rehand se the bsre I footed vendor, costume nud all, might have been assessed at about five nhill'iigs. A Sure Cure. Mr. Nnbor (to his wife) "My dear. Mr. Crosslots wants to borrow one ot the twiuR. " Mrs. Nabor (in horror) '' Why, what does the man mean?" I Small girl 'at the door) "Yes'm; pa's got th insoinnier, and he says ph ase leu 1 him the one that cries all i night ; he -wuiits to wulk it awhilo," Puck.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 14, 1893, edition 1
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