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CJhatltwm 3ccml. Cljatljaw Hecorb. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND TROrRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, BATES Of ADVERTISING Of iquere, one intertion Oc square, two insertions One square, one month 1.00 1.60 .B0 $1.50 PEE YEAR Strictly In Advanei. VOL. XVIII. PITTSBURG', CHATHAM CO., N. C, APRIL oO, 18. NO. 3G. For larger adrertiaemeats libnl ten riotn will be made. Cows in llio Meailovr. Whnn springing mends nro freshly tllght, And trees nw enf"d throw searest n slii-low. The green iirth shows no fairer sight Thim soft-eyed kin" iiml Mowing meadow. Tooeolm for van', ton slow fur mirth. Amid the shower, omld the glenm, TIio great, mil. mot ler creatures seem Half-walking forms o' the dreamy earth. Ami down tin' pathway through tln em s TiiHi'liiml I tn merry children puss, Kinging a rliynn In th" April morn, lloiv Th"ri'H r"il for the furrows, nml whit". for th daisies, Urnwn ) for the brooks, for th" trees crumpled horns ! WIiimi ii i vt-ri ii j leaves make leaves nf light Ami luith th sward ln'iieatli thi'in dapple, When Mny l uighs cream hi curdling whit". And strawberry cream doth flush th" apple, Thi greot mild ni itlnr creatures lie, And grow In ii'is'ri'" nf tin1 sun. Oni' Willi th" iii'inn mid slurs, mid nun With nil fry elniid nml hushed durk sky. Ami ilnwn the pathway through the gra s Tn sell nil th ni-rry children pass. Kinging h rhyni" in the morns of Juno. How There's whi'.e for th" ,.,,udlets, and Ida ! for Hi- darkneis, AtI two pili-h -l hini'f ir the siv 'e slekle moon, Vi.la briss. A Matrimonial Campaign. ltV IIKI.KN rtlltltl'ST iuavi:s. Tho ol I village clock was striking f i K 1 1 1 in its liuilll mI, asthmatic way, when Mr. ISiiJg. field camo 11 t lie garden path with a piper nf moist, tirown sugar under on ! arm, ami half n pound uf parnlli 10 caudles tniiler the other. On coch side of him rose up plump hi'H'U of c.tl)Im;OH, nml blue-green swamps of onions. A thrifty hop vinu was waving its taiHols against the porch pillars, n:id n bed of parsley w.is growing rankly by tho goto. Tor Mr. Hlidgclielil was a firm believer in the In nuty ol utility. In the days of hit deceased wife thero had lieen a faint ntteinpt at morning-glory vine', clov.i-piuks ami Johnny-jumpers orouul tin.' house, lint Mr. lilidgoliold soon settled th it matter. "Fudge !" ho hail ruthlessly crieil. "l'lmv ain't good to neither stew for cougrf-iuixturcs, nor to uoil up for greens. L inks? What do I care for looks? Ain't a squash blo iui cvarv liit as pretty ni a :n irrgold, IM like to know? My iliughter m ist lie. lirou.jht up not to care for empty show !" Ami ho all Ihe wilil, fantastic bciuty of n it ii ro liii.l 1 -i n nirrowed down into vegetable borders and potato patches, iiinl the souls of the Kii, Ice field children h id he u na'r iwe I lie Cordin ;ly. Money! moii y ! ninny! Th it was tho go 1 of Mr. Ibidg.'li eld's ilolalry. Ho went to church on S:i:i.l i v, and oat out the servicj in his hard and cushioiiloss pew, lull to him all that tin choir sang n:id tlm pre icher preached was money ! Ho attended the pMyer-meciiiis punctually, lor he was a inemlier of 4 lio chundi, lint ho never put moio than n copper penny in the pi (. "Jf every man takes care of number one," he 8aid, with a hurl compres sion of his liguum-A itro lips, "(lie wholo world wiil In took cue of!" llu rose up early to economiz tho sunshine, and lay down late for fear of wasting time. He kept a whole al manac full of proverbs on th-j tip of his tongue, and denounced "shiltless noss" as if it weio one of tho seven ordinal Kins, Dancing wasau instru ment of the Evil One ; n ivel reading was the opening wcdg.i to D.inte'H I'uigatiirio. Anything in tho Hhape of innocent recreation was a direct Ik ing in th'! f icj of Provident; . And tho Uj.lgcliuld children grew npgaiint, careworn and prcmatiir ely idd under the system of training. Mr. Hliilg.-lield'a lirst ivifo had dropped quietly nml obscurely into her grnve befiiro anyone fairly com prehended that she was not in high health. Hard work nml a relentless taskmaster had fairly worried her tint of tho world. And nil tho neighbor hood marveled, when ten years after ward, Nancy Jiloom married tho wi ' ower. Xaliey was tho village selioo'-tetch-cr a bright eyed, buxom young woman of twenty-eight or thirty. She had taken a fancy to tho little Jilidgetields, and she was tired of teaching, a:id wanted a home. "You'll Iiml Hen Hlidgelield a hard nut to crack," said tho neighbors, wai iiingly. "I'll risk it," Nancy had cheerily replied. And ho shn married Ml. Iilidgefleld, "mid went to the funii-housii to live. Tho Nix young ISii lgeticlds had born told that a stepmother wiih a f'.ulul thing; but to their surprise, they found Mis. JJlid ;elield, Number Two, a revelation of delight. "She allowed me how to boil jnolosdes-caudy with hickory -mill cliopp'dup in it," said Simeon, ft weird child of eleven, who was popu larly Ktippofiod to bo ignorant cvou of the notion of a humming-top. "Sho givo mo apple-Bass on my bread," whispered Marion, tho next. "We're to havo pit) every day," chuckled Mosos who liked goo I things to eat nml drink. "And I'm to lay up tho berry money for a blue muslin frock nil of my own," ml lod Adeliua, who never hail worn anything but hor mother' fuled ohl calico gowns scantily cut over. "I'm to havo n bran-tiro new tool chest if I raiso tho rod heifer o.ilf," exulted (Soorge, tho tallest boy. And Ljroy, tho elded, who had Ik-cii scolded, Hiiubbjd an I kept down all his life, felt, with n thrill of hap piness, that his new stepmother bo cretly symp ithiz.'d with his cfTirts to rise in the world. "Now she's hero," thought L.Toy, "I feel as if I ejttld tlu inoU any thin,'." Mr. Iliid elleld had sciroely been minie laweekwhon Id enmo homo mi a raw, rainy night, with th) pack ets of groceries uu ler his arim, and a dissatisfied frown between his brow.-t. "Two cunllos," he mid, peeping gloomily under tho ball-fringiid win dow curtain. "And chicken for sup per and applivs iss, nml dices ! An I every ono settin' round, and nobody doin' no work. This won't do. Nancy must learn better than th s." Ho opened the door and walked grimly in. Dead silence fell upon tho children at tho wet-blanketing app irition of "lather." lint Nancy looko.l cheer fully ii;.. "Vou'ri late, nreu't you, Ujiiju mill? ' said she. "What'B thti?" said Mr. lliidgc tield, igiioriuij her tpiery, in he glared around. "It's supper," Haid Nancy. "Sit down, my dear, nml help yourself." "Chicken !" croaked tho farmer, and spring chicken at that, when they're a-f:tchiu' (I ) cents a pair at the hotel 1 Sweet cake, sas, and the beat knives 1 Moses, put them fowls b.iok in tho cupboard. There's plenty o' cold pork lelt from yetterd iy, I calculate. Ad'liuy, blow out cine o' them c iudles. The way we burn c.iutlles is retliok loiis .Hid store candles, too! Why, wo in v t thou lit o' 11 ii it' anything but tlip caudles when " "Mos's, let tho cliit'iioui nlono," said Mrs. I5li lgel'ield, in H.it'tly delib erate ii':its. "Adelin i, tloa't med dle with the c indies." "Whit," roared Mr. Hlidgetield, b urging the pack ago of sit ; ir down on tho table, an I rattling tho e indies benido them liko a sin ill sp 11 k of ar- t lery. "I thought pnrhips you hid for got ton tiiat I wis homekcepoi' here," (aid Nancy. The children turn .' I as m iny c dors n th i raiub iw ; M is 'S, wh w.is con stitution illy nervous, got behind his id.'puiothcr ; Simeou ctl ;ed a littl; na.irer to tho jioker;M iriou sw.dlowetl h r I ist morsel of cake with such precipitntiuii as ii 'arly to ch iko her self; A leliu i be.; in to s b an I snivel uu ler h r breath. "Mrs. lSlidg.'ti dd," siitl the irate farmer, " will 3011 bo so good as to explain yourself? " "( Mi certainly !'' said tho lato Miss Nancy Jiloom. "As lon ns 1 am 111 1st r. h here 1 intend to consult my own inclinations. I s iall undertake to givo you good food, nntl to keep yourself nu 1 vo ir children comfort ally clothed; but I shall choose my own method of doing i. " "Midntn," said Mr. Jbid 'cfluld, loosening ihe folds of 1i,h cravat, ns if tin ro came an nioplectio pn-BUire there, "you wiil obey mc, or you will Ion vc my house. " "Oil no ; I guess not !" s lid Nancy serenely. "It's my house now. You put it in my iinmo tin day after wc were married, tooscip) taxation, lint you wero mistaken th;n. 1 intend to pay the taxes regularly on it myself. H is 110 part of my policy to evade my just debts. And I've money enough saved frmu school-teaching to run the farm wry nicely, with the help of L ;roy and Coorge." " I'h-y shan't st iv Ii tj!" shouted Mr. Hlidgetield, t li veins starting out on his temples liko ragged whip cord. "Of course they nrc nt liberty to take their own choicj about that," B'lid Naticy.calinly. "I'll stay with stepmother," snitl (r.'orgonnd Ljroy, in ono breath o( chivalric engeruess. "So'll I!" npie'iked Siinion. And the three girls clung, withns s hit tions of tho fondest affection, aroiiuil Nancy. Mr. lllitlyjetielil eyed the tableau with impotent rage. Mrs. Uiidjeliehl (milled superior. "Now, H..'ti," said she in tho conjt. ing tone with which one cnjoles a lit tle child, "don't bo a loo! ! Yon know perfectly well tint you nro in tho minority. If you chooso to stnv here nml conduct yourself as a decent Christian man should, I'll do my very best to mnkc your hi mc plensnnt. 11 not" "Well!" shouted Mr. ISlidgofiold, Htill tugging nt his cravat folds. "WjII, mud 1111, and what then?" "Why, tlim'sii l N.mcy compos odly, "you cu go nbjut your busi ness." Mr. Ulidgofl'ild ro in ii iliid tu c mtjU tho matter no louder. II') strolo out of tho home, banging tin) door b hind him, by w.iy of pirtiuj; benodio ( ion. "I'll consult n lawyer," Htid h "I never, novt.'r w.n so treated beforo in the whole course of my life!" Ho consulted a hiwyor, but tho ver dict was not favorable to his sido of tho matter. H ) r.;:u mi id o itsido tho fortress for a wjek.viinly hoping that Mrs. Hlideli dd an I tlu garrison would capitulate. lint they didn't. And then ho lowered his own colon. Nancy had be. -n too much for him. lint sho never twitietl him with his lack of niil'cjss. S.'io only smiled a gracious welcome. "And I must confest," ho afterwur I added, "that I never win sj comfort able nforo ns Nancy makes 111". " The children poor souls ! said the same thin;. Their stopm-dlier hail brought a new sunshine in tho dreary old farmhouse. Sho had even civil ized their father, in so;no degree. And tho neighbors nil wondered how it was that Nancy Itloom got along ho nicely with that old crab of a husband of hers. Situr liy Night. (Jiiccr Republics. The tpieer little Italian republic of S.m M irino, with its M sipt ire miles of territory and its population ofti.OO') lies up in th) eastjru spurs of tlu Apenniuo Mount tin t. It is governed by a (Ir.ind Cjuucil of III wh t nro elected for life, an I tw IV..'d dents. 0110 of whom is appointed by the. Council, the other eleete I by tho p ;o pie. Tho littlo republic hn nu army of !)")() men, who nro employed only as policcuijn. S 111 Marino is tho outy country in tho world that prohibit the iuti'oiluc:iou of I ha printing-p -ess. Tho city of Sin M iriu i. with a population of I'd), is 0:10 of tin) queerest old towns in tho world. It has undergone no ehui ;o 1:1 -)) years. This republic b -gnu in Kill. A little bit larger than S in M u-in ) in population, b it six tinivs at large in area, is tho republic of Andorra. It lies in a valley of tin) eastern Pyrenees b it w.mmi l'Yino) and Spiin. It boon no a fro st.it in HI'.). It is governed by a Sovereign Council of 'J I members, eleo.e I by tho p )op'e, and a Syndic, or president, chosen for life by the Cjitaeil. It has nu army of 1,10(1 men, and 0:10 hi gun planted in tho e.'iitro of the republic. This gun cirries a bill twenty miles, and E iropo trembles ut tho thought of its Icing lirel. In An dorra, the capital istir; palac ) -.1 stone building s 'vend hundred years obi. Hole tho Ciuneilin m mo.t. Tho ground-floor is the stable where their horses nro kept an 1 led by their ms t:rs themselves. - Harper's Hound Table. i "cso Tint M ill" an KrliniP. " vVhilo I was on a hiiul iug trip Inst mouth nt lam in, Km. I saw a sight which few sportsm n h ivj ever scon," s tiil ('00k H Tin in. "O 10 iiitsvlit just ns it was growin ; 1 1 ink otir pirty was hunting on a lake w'.iero wo had bocn hnving good ruccss with tlti.'k. S id tlenly the nky 80"in .'d to lu clou led over so tint wo thought a storm was coming up, but on looking to seo what was the causj of tho sudden darkness wi diss lvornd that immedi ately over us was a (light of wild gecso which literally covered the sky ns far as the eye could reach. I tin not be lieve I would be exaggerating if I was to say that the geese in that flight wero numbered by tha thousnuds. For half nu hour wo wntchetl them living by foruiih ; all sorts of pietur eaipio groups liko maps in tho sky, shifting rapidly from ono combina tion to another. They wero Hying just high enough to bo out of gunshot reach, but I managed to kill one of the tired stragglers, which had fallen be hind one of the big bunches and ven tured where ho could be reached by a long shot. It was a sight which I shall never forg ;t mi l I 11:11 stdl re gretting that we could not lnvj got a crack nt them. " Kansas City Jour nal. A Kansas man has been buying thousands of j ick rnb'iiis a! live cents a head t j Houtl to the una iitU ut ail tho large tantcm cities, 0 -r-rjp-r-rr--rr:---" ""W 7 1 . - IIKOINNIN'IIH. A tinv S" " I dmppi. I on ill" waltini; land In fiitur" years may rl " a kpni! idtn lr"" Krnml. A noble tliniiitht ulterel with careless art May kindle ilwdi-that thrill 11 nation's h"art. Nauiihl Is too s nail in id's eternal plan To make or mar th" eve 'll' ii"" of man. Ami who to ranks of honor would Ih'Ioiii; V i w.iP'h lii'Kiiiniims of the right and wmiiK. --Anna M. Pratt In Kunbeaais. FISIIINO nut It ATS. Tho prizo fishing story has just come to light, ns related by ono of the keepers at tho "Zoo." H ) declares that on several occasions during the past, month th lion house nt the "Zoo" has been ill ill, m! iih a llshing ground by a number of youngsters who were eipi ppcd with hooks, lines, mid bait. "What tin you suppose they fish for!" asked tho keeper. "Tho game is rats. There nro lots ot th .'in around here, an I tho boys sit on the benches just in front of tho c iges, b. lit their hooks with ch 'eso or a bit of meat, cast tho lino under ono of the cages nml wait for a bite. They don't usually have to wail long, nu I I have fioen m iiiy a rat c 111 ;ht in this way. Sometimes they nro as gamy as trout. The boys always bring a tin kettle dong to put the catch in, nud thus" hat an; h lokod are turned ov-'r to us; give them to tho snakes.'' Piiila ilelphia 11 .'Cord. Tin: iu:.vi:u s tiiait.s. Tho h.javer is found in the northern part of E iropo nud Asia, but more ot thoui are found now in the northern part of North Atneric.i. It has two layers of fur. The under hair is gray and very short, tho outer h lir is chest nut in color nu I is long and thick. Jackets nn I cloaks nro inn lo of it be cause of its warmth. Tho hind feet of the beaver are webbod. Its tail is lik) the rud ler of a boat. It docs not have fur 0:1 it, but is covered w ith scales. Tho beaver is a gnawing 11 11 1 111 il. Its foo I is the bark of treot. it is two feet from the noso to the root of tho tail. The tail is over ono fo it in l.ni 'tii. When they build a dam they I'm 1 :i suitable spot, where there are trees 0:1 the sido of tho st renin si that they can gnaw them. The beaver gnaws a tree so that it will fall across tho stream. If it :'s not largo ciioiigu they wili gnaw niinther one. This is tho foun dation for the dam. They gunw more trees so that they can float them dow n tho stream. When they reach the other trees they are ennght mining the branches nml packed with 11111 I tin 1 stones. It goes on this way until it is high enough. They do this becau-e in very cold couutiics tho shallow streams freeze to tho ground nud 111 the short hot s imniers they dry up. Their houses, which nro near tho dams, are undo of branches of trees, nioHS and mud. Two or three beavers can live in ono of then.) houses. They dig tlcep ditches so that they can go into tho stream without going over the land. 15 -avers cut a number of small logs an I ftt"ti them near their houses so that when th -y are hungry, they dive) for ono of these logs and strip oil' a piece of tho buk and eat it. Trenton, N. .1. American. Tttit'Ks ri.Avru nv plants. lr. Eun Isti tun his recently de scribed some c ises nf nil 'gt.'d plant mimicry. The cultivated plant known us calendula may, in different condi tions, produce at least three different kinds of fruit. S hive sails nml nro suited for transportation by the wind, while others have hooks nud catch hold of passing animals, but the third kind exhibits a morn desperate dodge, for it becomes like a c ttci pillar. Not that the fruit knows nnythiug nbout it, but if it be tuiflioicntly liko a caterpillar, a bird may cat it by mis take, tho indigestible se di will be subsequently dropped.nud so the trick succeeds. The nextcieis moro marvellous. There is a very graceful wild plant with beautiful delicito flowers, known to man ns the cow wh"at. Ants are fond of visiting the cow "trheat to fenHt tin a hWeet ban quet spread out upon th) leaves. Ir. Luiidbtroui has observed one uf these nuts, mill was surprised to seo it mak ing off with one nf the seeds from nn open fruit. Tho nnt took tho seed homo with it. On exploring some nut nests, tho explorer soon snw tfint this wns not tho fust cow wheat seed which had been similarly treated. Many seeds were found in tho nnt nurseries. Tho nuts did not cat them or destroy tlnni; in fact, when tho nest was disturbed the nuts saved tho seeds nloiig with their brood, for in size, form, color nud weight, even in niiniito particulars, tho seeds in ques tion resemble nnt cocoons. Oneo placed among the cocootis, it requires a better tlinli nn nnt to ill .titiguish tho tares from tho wheat. In the excite ment of Hitting, when the nest is dis turbed, tin) mistake is repeated, and tho seeds lire nlso saved. Tho trick is found out sumo day ; for the seeds like the cocoons, nw.iko out of sleep. Tho awakening displays the fraud. The s soils nro thus supposed to bo scattered ; they germinate nml seem to thrive in tho ant 11 -sts. A Sf.AVK JIAliK A lll.illOl'. American travelers in I'iighind, ns a rule, make n pilgrimage to tho an cient cathedral of t! interbiiry, which is filled with nssoei it ions of moment to the historian mil th ) Christian. Il'.'i-e the Crusaders kept vigil Indole departing to tho Holy Eiul. Here llocket was murdered. The stone ste'S nro Htid here, worn in deep hollows by the knees o.' countless pil grims in pnst centuries. Evt ry stately pillar and carved stone has its record of dim, f ir-oir days in English history. One scene, however, which has boon witnessed in this great minster, is more significant to Americans, vexed ns tiny nro with th ;ir racj problem t, than nny mitrd t or coronation. IL-re b'I'ore tho high altar, with nil the solemn splendor of the ceremonial of tho E iglidi church, a poor freed slave, with a skin as black as coal, was con icerated the fu st bishop of the Niger. Adj 11', n Yoruba Imy of twelve, was taken prisoner with his mother by tho Fou'n'i tr.be nnd foil to Pottigese slave-trader'. His mother was left in A'ric.i. An E iglisli m in-of-wnr ran down the shivc-ship, nnd brought out from the hold tho wretched prisoners frantic with terror nt tho nhito skins an I bhto eyes of their rescuers. They mistook tho cannon-balls on deck for skulls, nnd the carcass of a hog in tho c.iok's c ibiu for a bum 111 body, nu I tried lo esciipi from tho supposed cannibals bv iiimpiii'' into the S"n. The boy, Adjai, was sent to the j mission school at Sierra Leone. There lit! wa.'i taught the Christian faith, nud trained to be a carpenter. Ho was baptiz .'d under tli! name of Samuel Crowther, but kept, too, his own liamo Adjn, saying proudly: "I 11m Christian. Hut I nm always black nil I Yoruba." Ho proved to bo so faithful nml practical, both ns Christian and Afri can, that he was sent to England to iniiko known the condition nud wants of his poopl , Ijirge sums were given him, which be used with much sagacity for Ins rue. The queen sent liihlitf, Prince Albert n steel corn mill nnd other farming implements, which Adjai taught Ins people In v to use. On bis second visit ho wns mndo bishop. He returned to his ow n tribe, nnd niter a loiii search found his mother. Ho took her to his homo and she became a devout servant of Christ, and lived to a groat age. Hut she persisted in wearing always tho Yoruba costume, nnd in speaking that language, answering all arguments by saying : "I nm nn African. Jesus will know me in my own skin nnd in my blanket." No man in Africa served the Master more faithfully than Bishop Adjui Crowther. The thoughtful reader in the story of his life can find a mean ing which rightiy used, will uplift his own. Youth's Companion. A Uncntgcu Romance. An Atchison woman is w riting a love story in which the cathode ray plays a prominent part. The heroine turns the cathode ray on a young man's pocketbook and finds it full, nud his heart empty. She at once makes nd viiuces, nud the young man follows her lead. He tnkes trick lifter trick by his skilful plays in the gamo and is about to ask lor her hand, when a friend suggests that tho girl has nn-olhi-r lover on the string. Ho turns the cathode rays on hor heart nnd tin Is that ho occupies a very small space in it. Ibsciiut aged, ho commits suicide. Atchison, (Kan.,) Qlobe. AROUND Till- WORLD AODmplete Circuit to bo Made in Forty Days. Effect or the Cim ileMoii of the Riilroa,'! Across Slborla. U ports from the lino of tho Trans Siberian ratlroal ind cite tint Central Asia is so ill to feel sotno such impulse of growth ns c 11110 to many pnrts of our West with tin development of railroads beyond the Mississippi. Th'.1 cities of K mrgane, Tcheliabinsk, PetropavloyHk, O.usk, Tomsk, nnd others nlong the lino of the new rail road havo already felt tho impulse. Crowds bogan rushing into the coun try Inst summer nu 1 autumn, and al though tho lino to Tomsk was opened only in December, tho city now hns electric light i-i iti streets, and there nnd at tho other cities naimd new stono lioiiHOS havo been going up. Even tho S.lienan winter c odd not entirely cool tho nrdor of the Kiissinns. Hut nsido from tho spectacle of a sudden development of modem civiliz ation in Asia, tho Tr.ms-Siberinn rail road has an interest for mankind from the fact that this line is materially to shorten tho journey round tho world. It is only about twenty years since a journey round tho world in eighty days soeuiod remarkable. It is now ensily done in sixty-live days. A Hhipof the Peninsular nnd Oriental line sails from Ilrindisi, Italy, every Sun day evening for Bombay. On tho Friday evening beforo tho Peninsular nnd Oriental express, cro9siug tho Con tinent by rail to lirimlisi, leaves L u don with mails ami passengers for tho eastward boe.u 1 steamer. That steamer reaches Aden 111 nino days nnd Hum bay in liftcon days, so tint on reach ing tho latter point her passengers are usually sixteen nnd a half tlayn from E indon, as tho vessel is duo nt 8 a. m. These ships, though not especially swift, arc extremely regular in their time of arrival. doing on eastward, tho passenger reaches Hong K mg thirty-ono nml a half to thirty-twiiau I n half days from London, nntl Yokohama on tho average forty-threo tlayj from L union. Tho journey the no to L union, across tho Pacific, tho continent of America, nnd the Atlnntie, has been male in twenty 0110 days, so Hint if tho traveler makes close connections ot Yokohnma ho ac complishes his journey round the world in from sixty-throe to sixty-four dnys Most of this journey is mido on the ordiunry sehsdiih tinu of railroads aud steamboats, though tho twenty one days' journey from Yokohama to L union was the result of n special ef fort. The ordinary schedule tiro"! for that part of tho journey is, however, much faster thin tho schedule timi of any cqtnl distnncn on tin journey from London to Yokohn ni, because the ships that cross the Pacific are swifter than thoso of tho Peninsular nml Orieutnl company, while the train servic ) across this continent is the swiftest in thi world for such n dis tano, nnd, of course, there arc no swifter m reh ml sVps thin tin Inst of tho Atlnntie Itn ts. Thero nro no delays at ports in tin- voyag :s neros9 the Tacific and the Atlantic, ns in the tortuous voyages of the Peninsular and Oriental ships through the Rid S:a nnd aroirid tin continent nf Asia. There aro about 1 1 ) degrees of east longitude betwoen L union nn 1 ' iko hama, and it requires forty-three days to make tin journey, while Intwojti Yokoham 1 and L in lo:i are 2i) de grees of Ion 'itinl i, 11:1 1 th'so nro covered in from twenty one to twenty, three dnys. Of course tho distance actually traversed in tho first pirt of the jour ney is nearly ns great ns tint in the last part, nnd much le of it is by rail. It is the hick of nil communi cation ncross Asia tint makes tho journey round tho world so long ns it now is. E iropo mil Asia being trav ersed by rail the whole remaining water journey would bo mndo by swift ships with few stops. The journey by rail from L indon to Moscow is now m id i in from three nud a half to four dnys. The journey from Moscow to Tomsk has already been made in eight days, w ith several uncompleted bridges between Oms. kau j and Tomsk, nud delays some times of many hours at intermediate stations. When nil is in proper run ning order the j inrney from Mosoow to Toimk w ill bo made in five or six days, in spite of tin; very moderate rate of speed rtteniptvd on tho Trans Siberian line. Tomsk will then be about iiii" dnys from Loudon, and when the Tnii. . Siberian line is coinplet -d, the journey fro:.! London ncross Amh will be Tiinde in about nineteen or perhaps twenty days. The journey scroti the sea of Japan from Vladi vostok, the terminus of tho Trans Siberian road, will not oecupy more than twotl iys nt most, mi I with swift steamers such as thoso in service on tho Pacific, could bo shortened si OS to bring tho nearest seaport on tho west coast of Jap in within forty hours of Vl.nl: vjstoek, and Y ikohiun with in twenty-two or twenty-three days of Loudon. Add to this twenty-on e days for tin journey eastward from Yohohama to London, nnd tho trip aroiiu I tho world id mado in forty-throe or forty-four dnys, or in tho ti:n ) now ocoupie I in the j inrney fiom L union to Yoko haiiiu. Aimnttha whole gain is m id ) by reason of tho Trim S bjri 1:1 railway, which makes the route vastly moro direct than at present. In fact, tin grenter pnrt of tho journ !y wiil tlnu In made within th) bait lying between the fiftieth nud sixtieth parallels of north latitude. This cilculation is based u.iou tho mo 1 srato spend of tin) Trans-Sib 'rian railwiy. C mid tho speed of it express triias b5 m 1 lo to approach that of our fastest Trani Cotitinontal trains, tin journey might he shoi teiie I by at least tw 1 d ivs, an 1 might by special expedition nt nil points bo brought tl iwn to half the tun i of Mr. l'ogg's famous journey. Th to is a possibility of even further . expedition of the journey by m 'a:is of swift steamers directly from Vlatlivostock to s nnt! port oil tho western coast of this continent. Wolves ill Tin North Wun-K Only sine bounty was paid for wolf killing in Maine in 18'Jo. This wolf was killed at Audovor, mid wis tho first killed in Maine for many years, and will probably be tho last for some time to come. Thero was n tinio when Maine wolves went deer hunt ing in packs, and many a living man has seen the hunted deer p'.iihgo into the waters of a stream or lake to es cape the blood-thirdy brutes trailing after. Thirty years ngo no soiin I was moro common in tho deep Adirondack for ests nt night thnn the long howl of u wolf, nnd in the early darkness inaiiy campers have listened to the call nolo of tho leader wolf assembling his rob ber baud for n rmo uft-.T tloer. Tin wolves were plenty, but in tho early seventies a bounty law was p-is.scil.nii'l all of a sudden tho wolves were gone. Thoy were not killed, for only n few bounties were paid. They simply dropped out of all sight and heat ing. When it wns reported In -t summer that a wolf had been killed on Webb's game preserve the story excited gen eral disbelief, ns it had been years since n wolf had been repotted by trustworthy parties. Hut a wolf was killed nil right enough, lor Mr. Webb himself snitl so. Ho wns first hoard howling for several nights, then nt tlnsk one tlay he wis seen drinking I from n lake, and n bullet ended him. I Previous to tips some woodsmen in i northern Herkimer c unity had re ported that they h id heard wolves 111 the Mooso river region, an I sino then tliero havo been like reports. It, is not improbable th it there are half a dozen or even a score of wolves 111 the Adirondacks now. If tin re nro they havo learned tho provcib that "nilence is golden," or at least bunt nml howl only in the utmost depths, whero men seldom venture. 15oou ville, Me., Herald. Thf Oldest lli itish Trees. The oldest tree in this country is tin yew tree nt Hnibum, in Knit, which l said tube It, Oil ) years td I ; while at Fortingnle, in IYrthhit-, is one nearly ns obi. At Ankerwyko house, near Slninos, is n yew-ireo which was famous at tho tiate of tins signing of Magna Cuarta, 1 1! 1 and later was the try sting place of Henry VI 1 1, and Anno Holeyn. Tiie threo yews at Fountains Abbey are at least l,'jl)t) years old, and beneith them tho founders of the Abbey nit in 11. 'W. There aro no famous oaks that rival nnv yew in age, i!,0 III years being tho greatest ngo attained. IVimorey's oak, in 1) 'vonshirc, which was blow n down in 17 Id, had this tli tinetioii. Cowthorpn Oak, near Wetherby, Yorkshire, is said to bo l.titlO veins old. London Star. After a Itiirgnin. "A dollar," she exclaimed when t!:3 cicrk hnd told her tho price. "Why, that's exorbitant." "We can't afford to sell it for any less," replied the clerk. "Well, 1 know whero I can got it for les," sho returned, "and 1 am too good a business woman to pay moro than a thing is worth." And thill she unuchcd out of the store nntl paid 11 cents for car fare .to go to a place where she could g. t lip- sauiij ting for 99 couts Chicago Post, .
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 30, 1896, edition 1
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