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0WIEILIL.,
STATK-MKHTS.
.Ldenton Farmer: The etorm of
last week was quite severe, espeeaUly
iu our harbor where considerable
damage was done to wharves, small
boats &c.
Bethel Voice: It will bo iritereBt
iug to many of those who attend
the Tarboro Fair next week to also
Bt-p the knittirjg factory tn' the cot
ton mills of more than 6,000 spindles.
Roanoke Patron: Mr. John War
ren from Norfolk, Va., in passing
through our county i-topped iq our
village a shor; while. Hej delivered
a very good talk ia the prayer me t
ing here Sunday night, and ah-o in
the Good Templars' Lodge here
Monday night. Ue informed u
that his special mission ia the casn
ef temper ante.
Charlotte Newt-: The
giiaf.' mill at Concord wi
new bas
soon be
ready to begin ope-. tions, as the
roof is now being put on. The main
building is 354x126 feet, jwo stories
with basement. It w U operate 5uU
loor for weaving cloth j for bugs,
tweules 15,000 Bpnidles with ail the
necessary preparatory
Five hrmdreu hands will
inachiuM-) .
employ -
e-i, una zu baies of cotton wiil be
worked np j.er day.
Goldsboro Argus i
train from
Raleigh has been
time several lime-
to much behii.d
lately
tba' tue
Newbern train did not wait
tbeiehy
"UMUg nuu passengers in m
cne west to iie over for tweuty f ur
L . ' 11. . rT I
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uuur in mis cuv. xn s cAuses foiuc
woiry and trouble to the ieonie Iiv-
iDg along the line of the A. & N.
C.
R, K. and no li tie
HUHtuanu. u w
t
! he devil his due. The coons are
ii4 to blame every time, j The fault
if fault there be. lies nearer home
But something "had orter be did
Raleigh Call: A young lady re
c ntly enteieJ a railway -alread oc
cupied by three or four members of
the opposite Bex. One df thtm in
the familiar style we know f-o well,
pioduced a cigar and his j match b x
nud said: "I trust, madam, that
smoking is not disagreeable to you?"
"Really, sir," (with the sweetest of
smiles) "I can't tell, for a set no
gentleman has smoked in
my pres
ei.ee
Asheville Democrat: Lat Satur
day night the train ran over and
killed an old colored woman named
Priscilla Jones, who seeoed to have
been sittimr or lyine on I the track.
She was demented aud the testiaiouy
of her son before tbe eorLner's jury
was that she was in the habit of
wandering off. She was 80 years
old. The aocident occurred about
one mile this aide of Loog's station.
Fayetteville Observet:-!-JIr. Alex.
Bolton, of Carver's creek, wa iu
jesterday, and is mnchj deiigiited
wi h his nrfct experience with cUutas.
Ho bad under cultivatiun this yar
or.e acre, from which Ik- e!ls us thai
t.e fattened 1,000 pound- of pork,
besides giving several I bushels of
eed to his neghbors. We must ad
mit that Mr. B's experiment with
ehufas is far better than that of me-t
people.
Scotland Neck Demo-ra': On
last Sunday night about 12 o'clock
tLe beef market of J. Di Hill was
brtken into. Some one hearing a
disturbance inside, went, to see the
tause, and it was fonnd that there
was some one inside I he houe.
Several persona wt re called up and
the house entered, when a negro
named John Jew was found on the
inside, trying to make h.is escape. ,
He was arrested and carried to tne
lockup. On next morn ikig his case
was heard before the Justice's
court and he was sent to jail to
await his trial in the Superior Court
next week. 1
Henderbon Gold Leaf: Mr. Pear
son has a method and manner pecu-
li rly bis own. There i nothing of
the sensational about him. He does
not try to work upon the! feelings to
create un Jue emotion, but in a strong,
forceful and logical manner he argues
with men and women as rational,
sensible beings, always I etatit.g his
points clearly. He goes jto the root
of the matter and gives iacis, baed
upon the Scripture?, which hequ. tes
freely and fully, to sustain him. He
impresses you with his great earnest
ness and his own directj plain and
simnle wav of DUitintr the case bis
( V o
ifords carry conviction if not re
pentance to the most indifferentr
heart. j
Raleigh Call: Deputy Marnl a' A.
H. Temple went out oq a r.impnge
in lower Granville county yesterday.
He was on a sua nnrt, iOi-t no e?
pecially successful He t.rr. stt
Frank Beck who is eh ijge l witii re
Ui ing without license, and biouht
him here where he will have a hear
cr hefore the U. S. Commissioner
this evening.
"Wilmington Review: A gentle
man in this ity, who is willing to
back hi opijiion with l is money, of
fered this morning to bet a suit of
clothes that the Atlantic and Northwest.-rn
R. R. Co., wotiM begtu
work on their ivad at Southport in
18 months from dale. Thero were
no takers.
Goldsboro Argun: A f . w coloied
"exousters" ttu-k then- departure
fr-.m this depot y sterday : but after
the sound, solid advice of Rev. Dr.
Hartzell, in his splendid Bddj ess Sun
day, to the colored peorle, iLat the
white people of th;s t-ecsioa are their
best friends and not, the snaking,
hired railroad emmigratio:! agents,
it is likely that the back-!. n of the
of tLe exodus is broken.
Stte Chronicle: The Foot Rc
on Friday attracted great attention.
The put se was $50. Five entered
the race. The lieat was 150 yards.
Two heats were run. On tLe first
the time of T. C. Daniels of New
Ben e, the winner, was 16 spcortds.
Ou-I.e second l is time was 15$.
Ra tiers came t cond and T?iooVs
i thd. Daniels is a stud-nt of Tiini-
tv College, and is th rm-n who beHt,
the S nrb Caroiin. miner nt Hi"
Fitt u-an's To;jrnament twi months
ago.
Wilmington Stur: Railnad peo
ple say t he tide of travel is begin
ning t turn Konthward, and gieat
reparations hra hehifmaile all, Kmn
tbe Imp for tbe
r tbe accommodation of
Northern tourista. It i predicted
that the coining Winter will be a
vere, and this and the fct that the
Fioiida towns and cities have been
entirely free from yellow fever, will
of people from tLeir "wiV""'. crowds
hornet, wh-, last year braved' iu
snow aud w inds of the liighe Uti-ude-i
on ajeount of an i n iiuary
danger from this Eource.
Wilmington Messenger: James
Fuilord, steward on the stenm tug
Philadelphia, while engaged yester
day in thiowing a rope to a scow,
ace. dentally stepped itto the coil
h ing on the tug and had h;s foot
i. rn eff by the lope which caught it
as it was pulled through the chock
on the side of the vessel. The force
was sufficient to j-rk the injured
your g mn from the tug onto the
scow, the ir jury was snch that the
amputation of the wounded member
wafc ma e necesaaiy. Mr. Falford is
a yt.ung nmu end lives in this city.
The act i u i t icenrred d jwn on the
Qtpe Fear where the Government
improvement of the river is oing
on
Robe.-or iat,: Gen. A. E. Steven
son, 1st, Ast. P. M Geo., under
Cleveland's ndministtatior, ws in
town Inst Mo. .day. tha truest of his
friend, Col. Rowland. He remaiued
but a few hourrs but iu thar time he
wa- accorded a reception in R jwlan i I
& Mcl.eon's 1 iw office, and most of
the prominent men of the t wn call
ed upon him. He is a superb fe low.
Rev. A. G. McManaway w rs also in
town, the guest of Rev. P. R. Law.
He lectured in t.h- Y. M. C. A. hall
at night, on what he f-aw in Europe.
His lectu.e was unique i i that he did
uot ma'.ce! a specialty of rord-pain-i.
, though not e possibly cr uid have
done it i etter, but contested himself
in te ling what he saw, and he did it
admirably.
Itrricu tural ami Hecliauil
'Olc'KC
Tl. fuiiiituie. d-ske. elc, for
tb
Agricult ui-
nd M ehxiiicil College!
are duly a- rmng.
A. d-bnting fOCiei v
has been i?-n zed and thi la?e Dan
, o .,,,. i ,. ca
grrunn-. are pe.n- .a.uLi i-.
at lr-istr.e tinn-p. Raleigh Visitor.
A Ktriiliins Fowl.
It is kno-n hcie th d Dr.'Eugti e
Gri soni is intensely h siiie to Gov.
Fowle b c-iiise the Goveint.r packi d
tbe bomd so as to secure G'issoin's
removal as fcu;eiiuenlent of ihe
A-ylum. The ot'ier day seeing Lieu
tei ant Governor Holt here discharg
ing tbe duties of Governor while
Fowie was iu Wushinglou City, Giis
oom sent Holt word if he would
rea'ly like to I e Governor that he
could secure th -t boon in a very few
dayf; thtt it was only necot-sary to
furnish Gov Fowle with a bunch of
peacock fe thers and put them in the
prope place in the every oay atdre
of the Governor, and that Fowle
would straightway strut himself to
death up and down Faye teville
street The town was convulsed st
this j st, knowing as all Ra'etjhites
do the ini,rdinat. vauir of Govem
er Fowie. -Raliih Con: Winaton
llcji.b ican.
The Portsmouth rJnti prise-Times
does not appre .e.s l ny d-nga of
Virgin a goit; epublican.
Rale -i: seen s to be infested with
buivh rs
HI ADS TP
GENERAL HEWS.
Norfolk Landmark: Mr. Glad
stone and Mr. Prnell predict a tri
umph for their party iu the next
general election in England
Wilmington Star: A contempor
ary asks "What's the ma'ter with
our politics?" Too many republicans
are mixing up in 'em. That's w list's
moftly tli9 matter.
Wilmington Review: A "n .f so"
Is very tei.acious of life, and one of
the most provoking of those in the
oft repeated story of Thomas A. Ed
ison's having married a telegraph op
erator, who worked for him, after
two years' courtship and thn forgot
for forty-eight hours all about his
wedding, his bride Hnd the lapse of
time at eome work in labratory.
New York Sun: Just as the
clock hands on the Pennsylvania
ferry hou-e pointed to 4 yesterday
afternoou, the gales swung open
and the btate 'encibles of Philadel
phia, 200 strong, marched out ticrof s
Wet and into Courtland street led
by the Metropolitan Band "playing
"We've All Been Tu ere Before Many
a Tjme."
State CI roniclt : Governf r Lee
says he will not accept the superin-teudefj-y
of the Virginia Military In
stitute, owin to business ei gage
men! s. A legal notice sent fiom
London has been published in the
C'nsrleston News and Courier in the
nature of an advertisement for "Ma
bone Williams, late of Brooks, Bun
combe county, N. C." who is wKnttd
to ctHim a fortu- e of 3,484 2s 9 1 of
solid gol 1 money of the British Em
pire. Oxford Day: The Hatfield-McCoy
hieil "WeiU llllltr,- - - V. mJrx Turn
have won the world's base ball
championship. Tbey defeated the
Brooklyns by a score of 3 to 2. The
aeries consisted of eleven games, and
the New Yorks having secured six
vicroties out of the nine games -al
ready -played are entitled to the pen
ant. WORK-SHOP ECHOES.
Protectixo for coal at Monticello, IlL-,
has been abandoned.
PoRTLiXD (Ore.) Chinese laundrymeii
have organized and raised prices.
The Riverside iron works at Wheeling
contemplate doubling their capacity.
Tan Lake Superior ore mines will be de
veloped to the extent of 5,000,000 this year.
A public library for the exclusive -use of
factory workmen has been established in
Houtzdale, Pa.
Thk Kansas penitentiary mine is raising
10.000 bushels of coal a day, and reputable
mine owners are wrothy.
The daily increase in the wealth of the
States is f'2,500.000. This sum is one-third
of the gain in the rest of the world.
A carpenter's union which has been
formed in Birmingham will shortly build
itself a hall to be used only by labor unions.
A co-opekativk cotton mill is beinp built
at Atlanta, Ga., for 250,0C0. There are
2.500 shares at $100 per share, payable tl
per week
The BuildingTraues Council of Richmond,
Va., will ask Congress to discontinue the
granting of contract work on Government
buildings.
Thb Union Malltiuble Iron Company, Mo
line, 111., has started its shops again after a
year's inactivity. The capacity of the work
is 15,000 tons.
The bricklayers, plasterers and stone
cutters are not in the Central Labor Union
of New York. Tbey fix -wages and other
matters by the year.
What is thought to be a natural gas well
of great power has been struck at Tuscola,
111. The flame is thirty feet high and of
great brilliancy and heat.
It is reported that the ceal companies in
which the Pennsylvania Railroad Comparer
owns a controlling interest will not restrict
production during the winter.
A Pittsbit.gh eorrmanv irrinds blast ftuf-
nace slag into natural cement and makes
; farst-class ceUar ana laciory noors, sioe-
t
! Every important state in Europe has its
. t department, which yields a net
revenue, fciaxony gets a revenue oi
from every acre Of forest, and Alsace-Lorraine
about as much.
A great many mills and factories in the
West Virginia and Ohio gas districts have,
had to discontinue tbe use of natural gas on
account of the poor supply and have re
turned to the use of coaL
Negroes used to be about the only
barbers in New Tork. Germans havettno
almost worked them out of the trade, and
lately Italian barbers are shaving for five
cents and gaining large custom.
It is reported that the Burlington road la
to open up a new coal field in the Black
Hills. The coal is said to be of excellent
quality and easily mined. A branch of 100
miles will have to be built to reach the new
field.
The first yard of cotton cloth ever woven
in Iowa was turned out at Dos Moines re
cently, it being a superior quality of brown
sheeting. The mill has a capacity of 10,000
yards a day, and 'will employ from 150 to 200
hands. .
At Ashland, : Wis., the Minneapolis &
Gogebic Mining Company have jnst opened
up a vein of quartz fourteen feet in width,
and there is no doubt but that it is several
hundred feet in lensrt.li. The quartz runs
nigh in galena and silver.
Thirty years ago the redwood belt of
California contained by far t ho most valu
able bodv of soft timber in the world. But
it is doomed by: the manner m which it has
been treated, and nothing can, now Save its
forests from extermination.
An English syiuiL-ate will shortly de
velop, recently, purchased tracts of coal
lands in Fayette, Walker and Tuskaloosa
counties, A. a., and another English cent
yany is about erecting extensive works
1
ue Felkner farm, seven miles west of
Centerville, Ia., on the Milwaukee railroad.
One of the newest devices for li'tilizing
sawdust is the scheme of a Canadian me
chanic He claims that by grinding the ref4
uso into a uniform fineries, mixiij? it with'
the refuse gas tar from the gas-house and
compressing the substance into cakes, a
fuel can be made in every way superior to
soft coal for open tires.
Thk combined carpenters' unions of the
Brotherhood in St. Louis and vicinity have
made a formal demand for eight bears as a
day's work, and J3.25 a day as the minimum
wages, to go into effect April 1, 18S. Cir
cular notices to the above effect have been
Bent out to 3S8 contractors and builders,
and to 74 architects. The St, Louis unions
are all growing splendidly.
Micajah Heslev, of Richmond, Ind., a
wood-sawyer, improved a crude roller-skate
made by a poor fellow-townsman. He pat
ented it, and after hard coaxing cot some
moneyed men to build a factor forth man
ulactore of the skates. In two years he
was worth f250,000, and owned a big house.
About thirty factories were erected at Rich
mond to supply the demand. To-day all the
shops are closed except one, and it ia only
making a few.
MRS. REBECCA TODD.
Tbe Remarkable L.if oT tbe Oldest XjYiag
American Woman.
Mrs. Frances Ann Rebecca. Todd, living
four miles southwest of Novi, is supposed
to be the oldest woman living, writes a De
troit correspondent. She wa3 born Decem
ber 29, 17G9, aud is of Norwegian descent.
Her father, Simon Todd, was for many
years an officer in the Norwagian army, and
won honors m the battle of the Rhine in
ltti. After her parents' death she was
brought to America. She married Slocum
FiUermax in 1S00, and bore eight children,
five boys and three girls. He died some
time after the war of 1S1A Finding herself
the mother of so large a family she decided
to remarry. Her second husband's name
was iJomerviiic, of Schenectady, N. Y.
Their married life was not nappy, an din
1816 she was granted a divorce. She added
four more children to her family by this
marriage, one girl and three boys. She ac
quired a small piece of land from the Gov
ernment in 1S30, through th" "d . of 1
She used TO nflara "-wct Mimim
kets, and carry them fortv-six miles oa her
back to Buff alowhare be sold them at
fair prices. Her experience fin the wilds of"
New York would HU a 'volume. Indians
were plundering the country, and more
than once she aimed the fatal rifle at the
red man. I a 1837 she again married,, and
none other than the f anions "Buckskin
Joe." He died six years later, leavicsr the
widow with three more children to care for.
The loss of the third husband did not dis
courage her. She finally removed to her
present farm of three Jicrcs, where she has
been since 1S44. .
She claims to have walked to Detroit and
back sixty-seven times before wagons could
be run. She has a very tender way of tell
ing her life, and tears flow copiously down
her care and time-worn cheeks. She
chews and smokes, but never drank a drop
of liquor except once, after she had lain in
a snow-bank six hours, and when found was 1
nearly dead. Mrs. Todd is quite feeble and
can't live much longer.
S P I C E OF TH E SEAS O N .
The Christmas time comes on apace and
charity begins to hum.
The prettiest thing in a stocking Christ
mas morning is a pretty girl's foot.
Wed Kris Kringle comes down; the
chimney it soots Kris and the children as
well.
Bast a Claus is said to be of German ori
gin. His favorite oath, we presume, is
" By Chimney."
Thb pawnbroker knows that Christmas
is coming; and so does the young man and
so does the girl.
A AOKTiotJS divine got so many Christ
mas slippers that he said : "Do ladies think
me a centipede?"
A Christmas belle The girl with the
ring hi her voice who will always chime in
when any thing is tolled.
With many people Christmas presents
win only come through the imagination,
which wiil enable tnemto exhibit great pres
ents of mind.
There is nothing the matter with the
small bov who presents his mother with a
pair of felt slippers lor cnristmas. tie is
just a smart boy, that is alL
Thb custom of having a rousing big Christ
mas dinner is not only an ancient one, but
it is the most universal of any;cnstom
known to the civilized world.
Talk about oil trusts, rubber trusts, coal
trusts, etc, as much as you like, but what
we want about holiday time is a turkey or
goose trussed. Bottoa Courier : ,
Remzmbxb that a Christmas gift . gains
nothing in significance by being costly, and
that to seek to outdo others in pecuniary
outlay, simply because yon have the means,
is wigar.
"Ah. mv son." said the minister, "I'm
glad to see you in the Sunday-school at last.
t -v.- 4t nnil Vm. air."
! this vour first Sunday!" " Yes, sir.
"How do you like it!" "Oh, guess I kin
stand it an til after the Christmas tree."
Tid-Btto.
As Christmas approaches, the young
man who has been toasting his toes, and
lounging on the best parlor sofa, tjdes
to get up a quarrel with his girl so as to
escape" bankrupting himself on a Christmas
present. "
Mosztart: Clarksby " Good morning
Mrs. Gadby. Shopping, I see!" Mrs. Gadby
"Yes; I've been picking up a few little
things for Christmas." C "I haven't
seen Mr. Gadby on ' 'change lately." Mrs.
G. (laconically)" I have I"
A Railroad Man's Theory.
A correspondent of the Northwestern RaQr-
reader sXlvanoes a curious theory for the in
creasing prevalence of floods ana ram-
Storms. He says that there are over 30,000
locomotives in nse in North America, ana
estimates that from them alone over 53,000,-
000,009 en Die yards of vapor are sent into the
atmosphere every week, to be returned in
the form of rain, or over 7,000,000,000 cubic
yards a day "quite enough," he says, "to
produce a rainfall every twenty-four hours. "
Estimating the number of other non-con
densing engines in use at eight times the
number of locomotives, the total vapor thus
sent into the air every week in this country
amounts to more than 470,000,000.000 cublo
yards. "Is this not," he asks, "sufficient
for the floods of terror! Is there any reason
to wonder why our storms are so d&mag-
JJIEIF
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FEMALE SHOP-LIFTERS.
Ways of Telling1 Them from Inno
, cent Customers.
Ifany Are Very SkniTul, Bat CMldraa
Make th Moat Cttnniar Thlevi
How the raUty One Act Wh
Called to Account.
"Do you never make 1 mistakes in accus
ing people in your store of shoplifting!"
asked a New York Tribune reporter, of the
manager of a big Sixth avenue dry-goods
house the other day.
" Never, was the reply. ' You may think
that sounds rather boastful, but it ia not doe
to any superior detective genius ; it is only
the result of our determination to let a hun
dred thefts from us go j unpunished rather
than risk insulting a single innocent cus
tomer. Again and again Our detective has felt
morally oertain that women were robbing
us, but as neither he nor any of oar clerks
had actually seen the theft, he has. let
them go unmolested, well knowing that the
loss to ns would, tea chance to one,' be
less than would result from an illegal arrest,
a public scandal and th$ consequent fright
ening away of many customers who would
not feel comfortable j m a store where
people are accused of theft on mere suspi
cion." j
" You lose a good deal, then, don't you,
by these light-fingered visitors!" - ?
"Yes, a good deaLj The great crowds
which throng our counters S&d tie lsvish
way In which we have to display for goods
to attract custom and to compete ;with oar
rivals make our stores in the hnsysesso
an easy hunting-ground for professional
shop-lifters and puts temptation in the way
of silly women, who steal, they don't really
know why, and are the class most generally
caught red-handed," 1j .' .r,'i).ii - !
"Then are women the only shop-lifters!
"Practically, yea. What is taken fiom
us by men or children n a year; t of no
consequence. , .Few ltehJldren Are , bold
enough, and men don't think it worth their
while. There are some precocious little
girls, however, who are trained and sent
oat to steal, and are unmercifully beaten if
unsuccessful. These generally are not tall
enough to steal easily; from the counters,
and they work principally upon our cus
tomers, stealing from their reticules, catch.
4ajeUD parasols that are laid down tor a
Held in the large stores, rowerer, rvr our
detectives keep a sharp eye on children who
eoms in alone, and generally turn them
SighS oat, and if they come accompanied,
the face of the woman with them is gen
erally known to the I detective, who d-'
tails a cash, girl to follow them. When
they see they are watched our bargain
counters speedily lose their interest for
that .pair. But we do not suffer alone
from - the outside. Many of our own
elerkSTOb us constantly. Not of much at a
time, but a succession ; of trifling pllf erings
whioh in the aggregate is a serious consid
eration. Our detectives have to keep just
as sharp watch on those behind the counter
as those before. During the holiday season
the big stores engage from one hundred to
five hundred extra clerks, and many of
them come to us fully determined uo make
all they can put of us before their engage
ment ends. They can not take much out of
the store themselves, but there are many
ways, difficult to detect, of allowing an ac
complice, in the guise of a customer, to carry
off laces and other valuable goods in small
parcels." j
"What do ypu do: .with those yon dp
catch!" i i : ' i iiit
"That depends ;'pphs circumstances; a
clerk or a professional shop-lifter is prose
cuted to the utmost, but many women.
whose friends are respectable, are spared
for the sake of their relatives. This class
generally take little things of small value,
and are overwhelmed with mortification
when discovered. Many a really agonized
appeal for mercy I have heard in this back
office from the wives and daughters of men
who would have been, thunderstruck at the
revelations I threatened with stony cold
ness, but had really no intention of making,
A good scare of ten -; knocks.' this , silly .voce
oat of their heads altogether, and they al
ways want to pay twice over for what they
have taken. I never allow this, however,
but always insist on their going and putting
the goods back just where they got them."
'-How do they act when first aeoased!.'
" In, as many ways as there are wooes,' I
think. Our detective generally says:
'Madam, will you follow me to the man
ager's office, he wants to speak with your
Now a professional knows what that.
means. 'Sometimes she refuses, knowing
that we would suffer any thing rather than
have a row in the Store. In such a case
Bho is allowed to roam around at her will,
and is not arrested till she steps out on the
Bidewalk. Often she drops het oooty be
fore leaving the store, and then sometimes
we have difficulty in proving the theft! An
amateur i generally overcome at once by
her euiltr conscience, and goes along,
4rembunrsnd meekly. Sometimes she
breaks down and confesses at once, more
often she makes a poor attempt at feigning
surprise, or makes a number of ridiculous
excuses: She was just taking the article
over to the light ; it got caught in her dress ;
ahe thought it was her wa parasol; she
saw a friend at the other end of the store,
and was going oversjto show the goods to
her; she had picked it up in mistake for her
purse, and had never looked at it or no
ticed the difference ; jshe will pay for it very
gladly; someone who hated her must have
Slipped it in her pocket, etc, generally end
ing in a good cry and a promise never to do
so again. Some get! very angry, and scold
and threaten, and some such an, air of .re
spectable injured innocence that, if it were
not for the positive 'Hkvidence of our eyes,
we would not dare search them. It re
quires nice tact and discrimination to deal
with this class of people, and there is per
fect safety only in j one invariable rule, to
suffer any amount of loss and never to
make an arrest except where have act
ually seen the theft Committed. ; '
Once Was Store Tfau Efiourh.
The Augusta (M) Journti is Indebted to
a Maine ladv for the following true story
"My old nurse was giving me a few
sketches from her life's history one even
ing as we sat alone, when her conversation
drifted to a certain night's experience a
ahnrt. time after she' was left a widow, and
while she lived entirely alone. I will relate
it m nearlv as possible in her own words.
changing only the names of persons and
places. 'When I lived at the " head of the
lake," after Mr. H-idied, I used to spin a
good deal. Sometimes. being soi lonely I
would work all night long. One night about
twelve o'clock I left my wheel to make a
cup ot tea. While doing so I said to myself j
"1 wish Mr. H. could come and lirmK a cup
Of tea with me." While the tea was draw-'
Ing I went back to my wheel to spm while I
was waiting. I took up a roll and as I
placed it to the spindle there stood rur husband-right
at the head of my wheel.'
Without waiting for her to goon, I broke
in with: 'Why, nurse, what did you do?' 'I
said: O, Lord I"" and he vanished, but I
saw him as distinctly as I see you . I drank
my tea alone, and though! have done so for
many years I have never since that night
wished for the dead to accompany me.' "
THE GIRL GIGGLED.
flow a Kiev Old Man Jeopard! z0
Integrity of m Trousers.
the
He was middle-aged and grey haired, with
gold-rimmed spectacles, and a benignant
forehead, and, says the Chicago Journal, ho
would be worth interviewing on the con
sumption of cosmetics by the elite of the
South side.; Well, he sat in a cable car and
looked as if he might have stopped out. of
one ef his own show cases. Presently Lis
eye caught a tiny thread on tu.- outer side
of the right knee of his pants. It was so
very short It was hard work for his gloved
fingers to pick it up. Across the aisle was
a pretty operator who works in . the rooms
of a sewing machine company. Her eyes
twinkled as she saw the gentleman succeed
in bis efforts to capture the thread, and, as
It proved to lengthen in pulling, he began tc
wind it around his fingers. He thought he
had bold of a simple basting. She kaew
that upon that slight thread hung the integ
rity of his new pants. An expression" of
fcnild wonder overspread the face of the In
tfcllectaal gentleman a3 the thread continued
to eome at his gentle pull. He bent his
near-sighted eyes nearer to discover the
source of this thread supply. Apparently
he found it, for a look of horror catno into
his face. He clutched the skirt s of his over
coat tightly about him, hurried off the car,
and, probably, headed for a tailor's shop.
And when that pretty little sewing machine
operator got off at Thirty-ninth street, she
was still dimpling with suppressed lasio-h.
tar.
The Deadly Cigarette.
During a discussion in the American Asso
ciation, Prof. W, S. Durtleyescribed some
experiments which he had made on the in
jurious effects of ciRaretto-siiioking. He
showed to$8&rZ destf-e-fTecr tot )
tOWf is inhaled, that is to say, it is
breathed into the lungs: whereas, in smok
ing pipes and cigars, the saioke is simply
drawn into the inouta and then expelled.
In experiments ou small animals, iu whioh
they are caused to breathe air containing
cigarette smoke, it was f .undthat after a
mouse had smoked one au-i one-fourth cigar
ettes life was extinct. Kxa, filiations of its
blood showed tbiit it had .l'-d from the ef
fects of the carbon uionujuilc, whicK was
contained ia the smoke, and not from the
nicotine and other vohr i'" products of the
tobacco and paper.
- CAN ANIMALS CjJ . .
A Pelican Which I"....e, I t;
of. Associa til 'X I!-;is.
Houzeau de la Haie tells of
livlne in a fisherman's family
I t;,- i.tulty
a pelican
at Hanto
Domingo that was fed upon ihe refuse of
the fish-cleaning. Looking fir its food, it
went to the ,shore every clay and waited
for the boats to come bac'.c The fisher
men rested on riunday, and the bird ac
quired so clear a notiou oi the return of
that day, wheu it had t . fast, that it
would not stir from the tree on which it
Was accustomed to spend its tiiuo. It is
not necessary to suppose that the pelican
had learned to count the s x days at the
end of which its master. would not ko
Ashing; but, while it really estimated
daily the time wnen it must make its ex
cursion to the shore, it was informed ot
the return-Of Sunday by observation o
what was coin? on in tho house, as, fo,
instance, by the fishermen putting on
their Sunday clothes; in the same way as
the dog knew when its master was going
to hunt by rseeing him with his gun and
game-bag. -In such instances, animals
show -that they have the f acu Ity of associ-
t atinff ideas, f observing consecutive
facts, and establishing a correlative con
nection between them things which have
been proved hy abundance of other evi
dence, and whichvdemonstrate not less in
telliftence Vhan acquaintance with the ten
signa exposing the first ten numb3r3. or
the use of a system oi numeration to .ex
press larger numbers. Mint. Clemeiic
Hotter, in Poindar 6 aence Mouudu.
0Mer Sort of a ueuv
A Philadelphia girl was expect ing her
bean the other night. When the door bell
rang she stepped to the door and openea it.
A strange man, apparently weu aresseu,
though she could only see him indistinctly,
stood ia the vestibule. The young lady was
a little startled, nor was she much reas
sured when the stranger lifted his cat ana
said, hurriedly: "Excuse me, madam, but
I thought you would allow me to have a fit
m your vestibule." Ana, suiting tue auwou
to tbe word, he fell at her feet in a ht. The
young lady. thinks hereafter she will let
Bridget attend to U d;r.
t witK
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Ooiled.willbe dainty and wholesome, and may
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Rkcmpt. One quart of flour: thoroughly mix with
it three teaspoons of Royal Baking Powder and a small
teaspoon of salt ; rub in a piece of butter or laid the
size of aa erg, and them add one large potato, grated in
the flour; after the batter is well mixed, stir in milk and
knead to the consistency of soft biscuit dough : break
off ju of dough large enough to close over four
quarters of an apple (or other fruit as desired) without
roning, and lay m an earthen dish (or steamer) and
steam until the fruit it tender. Bake if preferred.
;Ib all receipts calling for cream of tartar
and soda, substitute Royal Baking Powder.
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tizing and wholesome food and is more economical.-
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A FewPacts
A NECESSITY IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD
A BOTTLK OP OtIK ' j '
Genuine French Brandy
BUY GUINNESS' PORTER.
Binke's Bottling, Imported
BUY OLAUSEN' PORTER.
For the Best Domestic.
1 HAVE A FINE LINE OF I
From 10 cents a bottle-upward.
MY LINE OF
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At lo.ceuts per can, has no equal.
FINE HREAKFAST HOMINY, I ;
TRY OUB FINE
SARDINES,
With a key to every box.
WE KETA1L NONE BUT STRICTLY
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GUARANTEED.
1 00 kegs Old Dominion Nails.
Hay, Corn, Oa's, Meal and Bran a
spec.bltv.
D. LICHTENSTEIN
I
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THE rURLIC. ;
am Prepared to do all work
the
Undertaker's Business,
at the shortest notice. Having con
necte.i with, my shop the repairing
business. All work Left at my shop
shall have Prompt attention. ;
PRICES MODEBATE, l
Also a first-clasa HEARSE for hire
Thankirig my friends for . their
former patronage, I hope to merit
tb same, should they need anything
ii, the . ;.
Undertaking
OR : j
Repairing Business
Stf Place is on Pitt 'Street Thre
Dccrs fiom the Corner of Main.
JjMPUlE STOIIP,
Of 11 si Mil TON,
II. II MLSUUKT. Prop.,
Keeps
ment
i ,-un ly ' hand a Nice Assort-
DIM i00DS, I
MOTS AND SHOES
i. - 1
READY MADE HOT III A (J
(l.i articles usually k pt
is
FIKSr-OL.VSS DRY GOODS 31 ORE
DRESS GOODS.
1 ! av ii hud a uicf lot of lad' fine
D i . 1
t.OODH "hub
AT
ni selling
Rock Bottom Prices.
SeayK,mufcrs desiring supplies on time
v. ' Ui nished at motlt-in'e prices.'
1 uiu agent for sevet a) a; st-class brands
i n.t. h . genl"f-r ihe Norfolk S- Uth-
t- v ii ii.lw$d at this place whxh have two
I... . - etkcular, 'Tuesday nd Fr isy
niah's tnakit g CQni-cction ' w ilh Ihe if..
S. K Ii , st EdenfuiUKi that any one by
leavuij? here Wednesdsytjr Saturday morn
ings u hv r ti'-h Norfolk the same evening.
B H. SalsburyJ
..i't.m. N. C June, 18, '88
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