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spend the hot season pleasantly when i
in necessary to leave tlioir homes oi
change air, that tho failing health ui
sonic loved one may be restored, wi
have laid out
A NEW TOWN
and arc now offering for sale lots it
probably the healthiest section in Nortl
Carolina. The town is located on a
bountiful
Flat Mountain Ridge
'22 uiilecs rest from Dunbury , about |
of a mile from the celebrated I'iedmom
springs; about tho same distance U
I'cpper's Alum spring's , J of a milt
from Smith's Chalybeate spring, ami
two miles from C. K. Moore's Sulphui
spring, while the location present *
The Finest Views
of Moore's Kuob, tho Hanging Rock
and other promincut peaks along tht
Sauratown mountain. Tho lots an
well eoyercd with large and small forcsl
trees, which will afford shade iu suniuioi
and fofm
llcantiful Qrovcs.
The whole is
Surrounded by Springs
of the purest mountain water, entitling
it to the Indian name, "Cumaea," t
land of springs, which, together witli
tho pure mountain air, would bring col'
cr to the faded check, and strength tf
weary frame, oven if there was no rea
mineral water within a hundred miles o!
the place.
The «ndersigned propose also to eroc
a saw-mill, planing machine, &e., tha
they may build cottages or furnish lunt
ber to those who wish to purchase lot!
la this healthful locality, where no ma
laria aver conies, and a case of typlioit
fever was neVfr known, exoept it wa
contracted out of the neighborhood.
The jrioo of lots this season, 50x10)1
feet, will be s'2s each. For fur'ho
particulars addres,
N. M. k \V. R. PEPPER,
May 20, 'HS. l>anbnry, N. t.
»>()TIII!V(r 811CCEEI>H IJKK scccesh."
BANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1886
10-WOH«aW.
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!T. TiJUtT OItNF
Tomorrow / Dowedr ' *" on own,
We. thro* xv I lose f,j 1. sff
will run ?
Back to no chaos ro.. . sun;
Xot heaven, nut carlli, will hold an Anarch's
throne,
Whatever comet* gleam, or meteors full.
Ominous tremors shake this earthly hall;
? Rain-strewn Egypt, Lurmah's fervid zoi.e,
. Snows by ♦ho Kussiau giant tracked with
i«*nr.
Poland, whose aslics glow with Dlsmai ck's
tread;
Ireland, whose hunger moans disturb the
air:
f While labor quits his mine and loom, to
hear
Satanic whispers* Vet, Jod is not dead,
The suns '.t cloud.* a bow of promise wear.
To-morrow's name is Hope. Away De
spair !
—Philadelphia American.
How 3 Proposed.
Wo were seated in luxurious arm
chairs before tho cheerful open tiro in
Jack's mi Up smoking-room, enjoying liU
excellent lluvanas when my host broke
tho silence which hid lasted for several
minutes with tLo surprising question,
"Did I ever toll you where and how I pro
posed to my wife ?"
, I tioddcd a negative reply, well awire
as I did bo that 113 knew he had uot
told mo, but had prefaced his talc with
an interrogation according to his usual
custom.
"It's (juitc a long story," said Jack
in a warning toae. rcn«M»bcru>g my av
ersion to lenthy yarns as told by anyone
but myself.
"Ah! but such a subject," 1 ans
wered, settling myself wore comfortably
in my clmir, and drawing tho box it
. Havana." conveniently mar. "I sh.i!!
be delighted to hoar about it, but what
will .Mrs. Taylor say to your telling me?'
, I added, kuewing lion tho partner of my
[ lot would feel on the subject.
1 "She has positively forbidden mc ever
1 to speak of it," said ho, laughing, ''and
t 1 have obeyed her until now—with one
r or two exceptions—but its too good to
> keep."
My curiosity was now fully aroused,
and n» Jack wtuld tell the story, of
course I was obliged to listen ; and if
you think that in repeating it i am act
ing unfairly, I'll stop a', once.
"It was during my second year at
Harvard," began Jack, knocking the
Bike* from his cigar ; "how long ago it
seems, but lat mo see, its only oight
yours, Yes, it was during my Sopho
more year, that I accepted Frank Wil
son's invitation to spend the Kaster hol
idays with him. He was awfully good
company, and 1 knew that 1 would be
sure to put iu a jolly weak at his plac-.
Jlesidos, there was another very strong
inducement.
"1 was iu love at that time with his
cousin, Helen Wilson, who I had ascer
tained would be of the parly. 1 believe
we used to write to each other.
1 kuow 1 used to spend the greater part
of :uy tiinn composing vorscs about her,
many of which, however, I had not the
courage to send.
"When 1 U#ard that slie was to bo at
X 1 was delighted. I determined
to go to New York and see if we could
no: arrange to travel up together.
"When I arrived in that O'ty 1 went
directly to her home; but at tho door I
learned that she had jost left for X
having decided to go a day sooner than
she had expected.
"I inquired how long sho had boon
gone, and tho servant said about fifteen
minutes. Hoping to overtake her, I
rushed up to tho (jirand Central Depot.
There was not an instant to lose. Hast
ily buying a ticket, tore frantically af
ter the already slowly moving traiu, and,
1 owing to my leugth of limb, succeeded
boarding tho last car.
"Panting, perspiring, but exultant, 1
went through oach oar, in every seat
expecting to find the objeot of my haste.
' "I had gone through all but one when
' we entero.l tho tunnel, and I was begin*
1 uins; to tear that after all perhaps she
■ might not have ti ken this train, when,
I as I was standing, by the door, tho ray
1 uf sunlight which cumo in through the
occasional openings in the tunnel revoitl
* od her to ulo seated alone at n> great
r distance ahead of mc.
'•My heart gave a bound, and scarce
ly realiiting what I was dning, I rushad
! up to her, and grasping tier hand, said
" 'Darling: I thought 1 bud miasm!
you."
"'What Jo you mean " ?hr exclaim
ed, in a tone of mingled indication and
fright "Lot go my hand yen have
made a mistake !''
"I oboyed her, thinking that she was
angry at my DIOIO of addr «.
' '1 beg yur pardon,' i •ni.l. "I
should tiot have spoken to y u ns I did,
but I wad so rcjoiecd to fiu«l you that I
did not remember where wo arc. But
asj hare begun, I may as well finish.
UarnHg, moving a little nearer, 'will
you many mo? You must knnw (hat
1 love you ; 1 I avc so for ages, ev-cvor i
since my Freshmun year."
"Kut the mention of that astonishing
pirnc of constancy produced no rti"ilt
in luy favor. She tuincd her back vipon
mo, if possible more couiplctily than
j she had done before. Hut 1 would not
give up.
" 'Can't yon love me a little *' 1
inquired, tenderly, tryinp to take her
hand. Hut she snatched it away, and
declined cither *o turn her head in my
direction or t» answer tuy question.
"As the train wa» making a tremend
ous noise, 1 thought that perhaps she
couldn't understand me, so I repeated
my woids at the top of my luugs. Sho
made some reply, but 1 didu't catch
it.
" 'What do you say, dear 1 ' 1 bawl
ed.
"I don't even know you," she an
swered, in what sounded like a shrill
whisper, but the tone wa.i in reality a
shriek.
"I thought 1 could not have heard
aright, and to convince myself that it
was my hearing which was at fault, 1
planted my glasses more tiruily on my
nose, and took a closer inspection of
h«r.
"«1 tell you I don't know you,' she
ropeatcd, bringing her foot down on
tainc with much energy ; 'leave roo thin
moment, or I'll *
"llero tho train amerced from the
tuuol, and you can picture my amaze- I
ment, horror, and mortification; when 1 |
tell jou that I found that the _'irl to j
whom I had been screaming out my love j
was an utter stranger to tur.
"Dazed and .-Cai'loi, 1 »v%e iVoUi fliy
scat.
" 'I begyour pardon,' i said, remov
ing my hat, 'I have takon you for sonic
one else.'
"Not observing how my apology was
received, 1 retreated to tho smoking-car,
wiicrc 1 remained until we reached X
"Whan I left the train, in looking
about for some sort of convcyai.ee to j
take me to the Wilsons' piaoc, 1 found, |
to my increased embarrassment, that j
the gill to whom 1 had s recently offer- j
ed myself was standing n the platfyriu, j
apparently waiting for soineoue.
"That sho saw me 1 could tell from :
the expression ot not siting jie which !
sho immediately assumed. As she
would not look ot me, 1 had plenty of
opportunity to observe her, and saw that
she really did resemble Helen in many
ways, notwithstanding she was both fair
er and smaller.
"But my object was not to admire
her, although I assure vnu my inclina
tion was; so, fluding (hat there was no ;
hope of obtaining a vehicle, 1 started
on foot, fortunately geiting a lift over
the greater part of the way
"Arrived at '.be bouse, I was welcom
ed with much cordiality by my host nnd
his family, and iutroduceO to the other
guests.
"I imagine my feulings when, in the
course of tho conversation, 1 lcarued
tfat Frank's sister T»*s expected home
from boarding-sehoo. that afternoon by
the very train on which I had cauio.
"It was tben to her 1 had been mak
ing lovo, instead of her cousin. My
disposition was to turn and run, but I
knew I should have to stay and make
the best of it, so I smothered my noti
fication, and when n few minutes later
the carriage arrived bringing Miss Wil
son, and I was presented to hor, I think
that of tho two sho fouud the situation
the mora awkward.
"Tho next day the tardy Helen arriv
ed, aud explained how, returniug to the
houso for something she had forgotten,
she had missed her train and hci escort.
«' During the entiro week I was impa
tiently waiting for an opportunity to
offer myself to her, but bafoio 1 oould
do so 1 teamed that a large diamond
ring which she had been wearing for
several months was tho pledge of engage
ment to some Other fellow am), to my
anrpire, discovered at the s'line time 1
that the knowledge did not trouble mo
verv much.
' ' I Mip|. is" s>■« Hiiu'r that i halt 1
in lovo with tho sister, bat insure you
1 was not. I considered her too young
tor mo although now I think her just
right fur uio ia every particular. and il
wan tit', until ; oral years later, who;:
I met h-r .giir as charming young
lai'y. that 1 i :..i>,i'i' that I had accidcn
i tally j-r ! : cd t-i tf.' v.* ian an whom cl
ail others 1 il' tot my wifo.'
--Anna 55m, gu in Tid-Uits.
WHAT IS TuUHTNINii !
Lightning is the discharge ot atmos
pheric electricity, w'nch may bo cithoi
j between two clouds, or between a clout
and the earth. More distinctly speak
ing lightning is tbc illuminated flast
produced by a discharge of atmospheric
electricity. ()nu farm known as.ih.u
or heat lightning appears iu freqaem
flashes around the edges of clouds , il
is either the reflection of distant flashg
un the clouds, or the weak and silenl
discharge of electricity from the clouds
especially in summer evenings when
the air is moist. It is unaccompanied
with any report of thunder. Tin other
form of lightning is seen during dorms
"darting its zigzag lines across the dark
clouds, dividing into one or more forks
and frequently striking toward the earth
and rarely from this to the sky." Light
ning cuts tbc air, in a sharp and well
defined line, with almost inconceivable
rapidity—being visible, according to
Arago, not tbc millionth part of a sec
ond, and "leaves a vacuum behind it,
into which.the surrounding air rushes
with great force and with a loud crack
ling sound which wo name thunder."
We always observe the flash of light
ning before we hear the thunder for the
reason that light travels so fast that it
reaches our vision almost without por
ceptiblo expenditure of time, whioh the
sound of thuuder travels at the rate ol
1,125 feet per second before it reaches
the oar. By noting the number of see -
onds 'bat intervene between the flasl
and the thunder we can oalculate the
I li. tancc of the scut of tho discharge from
| tho observer. Thus on interval of
, seconds between a flash and the rcpnn
! would correspond with a distance of 1-1
miles of tho lightning from tho observer
It is Reldojo, however, that a storm is
heard at a greater distance than from 1
to 10 miles, while tbc average arc rarely
beard over 1 or 5 miles off.
DANOHR FROM A CAT'S BUUATII. 1
wish for the bcucfit of those who allow
a cat to lio in the cradle with a child
you would give this note space. I nave
lately read in your paper two articles
|on the subject, nnd 1 am surprised that
i none seem to realize the harm the cat
bes The cut will not suck the child's
I utoatJi,but tho child will inhale tiio
i breath of tlio cat, which is very poison
!ous 1 remember not many years ago
ccirg a sat loving child made very sick
j with torriblc fits oripasms. Site could
always be found with the cat in her
arms. Finally she took the oat's breath
by kissing iu the mouth, and immediate
ly full into fits. 1 have never allowed
a cat around my house since 1 saw that.
1 suppose if a cat covld thus kill a child
it would then gorge i'self of tho child's
flesh, as it is known that a cat will try
•o get whero thcro is a dead body if it
can. I know of no being cats will seek
to sleep but with a human being, and I
think they have thepowor to kill a per
son in tho way mention d above were
thoy left undisturbed. I would udvise
that all eats be kept from the cradle
aud also that children be not allowed to
carry about a cat in arms. [Washington
Star. J
FUN AT HOME.
Do not be afraid of a little fun at
home, good people. Do not shut up
your house, lest the sun should fade
your carpets; and your hearts, lest a
laugh should shake down a few of the
musty old cobwebs that are hanging
thcro. Young people must have fun
and relation somewhere; if they do not
find it at their own hearthstones, they
will seok i* at other and less profitable
places. Therefore let the fire burn
brightly at night in winter, and let the
wiudows and doors be cheerfully thrown
open in summer, and make tho homestead
delightful with all tliosn little arts pa
rents so well uudcrstand. Do not re
press the buoyant spirits of your chil
dren. Half on hour of merriment with
in doors, and merriment of a home, blots
out tho remembrance of many a care
and anni.yaneo during the day, ond tbc
best safe guard they can take with them
• into the world is the unseen influences
j if the bright little horn" sanctum ,
' Ffinn and Fireside
CUOIJ.MLERS THAT IvKKP
GKEEN.
Take throo gallons of cucumbers; wash
thorn, j '.t theui in pickle for .six or sev
en day changing tlio pickle orcr or
twist) during ih.it time; saald vinegar
and put in u u imnp of alum as largo
ur; a butternut. I'raiu the piikles, paok
into u jar, and pour the hot vinegar over
theui. j'iok borne grapo-viae loaves
and lay over theui. Close the jur for
a week, then pour off thin vinegar, which
will not do for another lot; seald fresh
vinegar in which souie green pepperi
have b"en placed, some horse-radish,
mustard aucU, apices and celey seed.
Lay or. tiesh grape-viiie3 and pour l the
vmtg.i on hot. Keep clo.iod for u
while u:;!.! thoroughly cool This re
cipe in good anil given hy a lady who
has made pickles the sauie forty
yean .;nd never fails to have the best.
They aru groen and firm, 1 may add,
nowevcr, thnt .-lie makes her owu vine
gar bv living upplo {tarings and core?
in n stone j.u and keupiug covurod with
warm water. It is clean and good.
She sometimes adus a tcuspoouful of
white sugar.— L'arui tti'd Fireside.
MAKING VICKI.ES.
First put one peck of eoarjc salt in
a barrel, and one pail of water;, wash
cueun.l/Civ, always leave on about one
inoh of the stem when l'raui the vinos;
put theui in tlio brine and lay all over
thorn a piece of woolen elotb, a round
cover that wil go down to the bottom of
the barrel and a stone to keep them
under the brine, pick cucumber."' every
day and put in until the barrel is full,
adding water to keep them covered.
Now the only trouble in keeping them
is the scum that rises; put into the
' barrrel about half a peck of horse-radish
root, throughly washed, and you will
have no trouble of that kind; without
that you must rinse your flannel cloth
every lay while you arc making yout
pickles. To prepare them for use ; .ioak
thcin i.i a brass kot'.lo, changing the
water every day until quite fresh to
make them green, put a piece of a'.aui in
every water while you arc soaking the in:
wipe theui drv, put them in a jar and
pour hot vinegar over them; put spioM,
cloves, etc., iu your vinegar
Farm and Fireside.
Wkioin'u latkht. Professor E.
Stone Wiggins, the weather prophet,
insists that the great storm ho predicted
for this fall will be on hand, lie aay»
he doos not antioipo'' any further groat
change in the weather until fall. "Sep
tember," ho says, ' will open cold and
stormy, premonitory to my great storm
commencing on the afternoon of Septem
ber 20th, anrt tli.' great war of the ele
ments will oonte as ure as the sun is iu
the heavens. It will be a storm of un
paralleled violence, and after sweeping
across the Atlantic and traversing the
country will exliaust it* energies upon
the rugged front offered by tho llocky
Mountains. Fisherman in the maritime
provinces and in Newfoundland have not
been slow to appreciate my predictions,
and 1 have already received intelligence
from many that they havomado artang
monts to bo in port on the date of the
destructive storui."
01JK NEXT LEGISLATIVE.
Thi'io ar« three important subjects
which will be brought to the attcntiou
of our next Legislature fur its consider
ation and action.
Firit —Tho inauguration of a system
of Industrial Education for 'he masses
of our people.
Second . —A better system of working
onr public Koada which shall embrace
OQiivict labor.
Thtrti; —Such modification or change
in our i'opartinont of Agricnlturc ns
shall biing it into oloscr and more prac
tical relations with the farmers and oth
er industrial classes of our State and
make it more useful to them.
Three-fourths of the intelligent voters
of the State arc a unit on these subjects,
and aspirants for legislative honors,
would do well to defino clearly and
equivocally their views and positions
in respect to them. Progressive Far
mer.
It is said that tho lino nud aromatic
ttViaeo of Cuba is growing souroer ev
ery year, and that its degeneration is
due to the exhaustion of the land and
the abuse of Peruvian guano a* a fertil
izer. The li uited States produces yoar
ly about 200,000,'000 pounds, and to
make cigara 7,000,000 pouuds of tobac
co for fillers arc bought in Cuba.—Phil.
Record
I
TfiT FLCi'.u- wuICCTJON
NO. 5
The gifted Funny Kcmble despised
the and its applause, and in the
midst of a tremendous fume, and at not,
more than twenty-three years of ago,
wo think, she left it an J forever. She
i" now an old woman of more than sev
enty and is singularly accomplished—a
i charming writer—and sho holds the
same opinion of the stage now she held
nearly fifty years ago.—Wilmington
.STAR .
Fanny Komble manifested no predi
lection for the stage, she adopted the
profession und made her debut, at 18
yearn of age, being iuduoed to do so
in consequence of the embarrassed cir
cumstances of hor family. She is now
about 75 years of ago. iJho did not
as the STAR think", leave the stage forev
er m 1834 when she was married to 51r.
JJutlcr of Philadelphia—a wealthy gen
tleman—f.»r >ipon ber return to England
in 1851 she reappeared foi a brief peri
od on the —KKFCIITKR-PUST
REMOVING OJIJEUTS FROM Til K
EVE
We fli.d the following in an exchange,
and oiler it for those who desire to try
the experiment, llorc is one way ot
removing objects fro it the eye: 'Pake a
horse-hail and doubie it, leaving a lo«p.
If the object eau be seen, lay the loop
over it, close tho eye, and the mote will
come out as the hair is wilhdrawn. If
the irritating object cannot bo seen ratso
the lid of the eye as liigli as possible
and place '.h i loop us t.n us you oan,
close the eye and roll th-j ball around a
few times, draw out the hair, and the
substance which caused the pain will be
sura to come with it. The metod is
practiced by axe-milkers and otfcer
workers in steel.
They arc laying Georgia granite on
the streets of Ciucinnati and using In
diana limestone in the walls of the new
Georgia capitoi, and Maine granite waa
used ID building the Atlanta postoflioo.
Verily, it seems that stone gets cheaper
the further it has to be hauled.—Savan
nah News.
And South Wall St., Wilmiugton
N". l. ix boing pared with granite blocks
shipped from Philadelphia; and tk«
court-house at Jacksonsville, Fla., is
being built of grauite from Maine.—R«-
PORTER-POST.
THE NKWTKEATY.
Tho new cxtradintion treaty between
England and thu United States is gup-
I plementary to tho treaty of 1842, signed
by Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton.
It contintics m force article 10 of that
treaty defining extraditable crimes, and
adds four more thereto, namely, man
slaughter, burglary, embezzlement or
larceny involving over SSO and malie
cious destruction of property, which
endangers tho life of others. The last
provision Is meant to cover dynamite
outrages.
LATEST NEWSPAPER POSTAL
LAW. Tho latest postal law decision
is to the efleet that publishers of news
papers can, under the law, arrest any
man for fraud who takes a paper and
refuses to pay for it. Under this law
it u dangerous trick for a man to all
low his subscription to run on from sii
months to a year and a half unpaid, and
then tell the postmaster to mark it "re
fused " or send the editor a postal card
to discontinue the paper.
A novel loeoiuotivc is to be built lor
trial on ono of the l'renoh railroads.
Seeing that big driving wheels wore good
tor speed the inventor proposes to build
a locomotive with six coupled wheels
8 1-4 feet in diameter. The tender and
coaches are to have wheels of tho same
dimensions, and the calculation is that
with such a train a speed of froa 72 to
78 miles an hour can be obtained—Ex.
ON ins FEET AGAIN.
"The doctor said he'd put me on my
foot again in two weeks."
"Well, didn't he do it!"'
"He did, indeed, i had to sell BJ
horse and buggy to foot bis bill"
"And you've been ( footing it e*«»
sinoe?"
"Precisely."-—Ex.
A girl who had encouraged a yenng
man foi altout two years, and snddeblj
told him that she could nover be store
tlmn a sister to him, reocived tbe reply
that lie had two sisters in Heaven and
would under no consideration have on*
f>n earth.