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) I -1 - -A Hear instruction and be Wise, and Refuse it Not.' "VOL. I. GOLDSBOEO, N. C, SATUEDAY, JUNE 25, 1881. ed at the riKlofi(X at GoWshmro, A "is Srnmd-rla fi Matter. mniratimiB ou business BhouM Vie ros. . to Geo. T. Wassom, Editor ami tor, .ldoboro, N. C. 4 The Blacksmith's Sops- ''rontrVj the casement ro8a'o dawriit- ' i ' als tbr. -peering ray; uige, and wake the moru ,'rous voice and jocund lay! blow; and furnice, smoke; the glowing met . soon ! ?r, fall with telling stroke ! to the anvil's merry tune, Tong, pong riko while tho iron's hot." y stroke my hammer rings; jard I 'tis for your chubby hoy '.is mothor fondly clings, Us his cooing note of joy. the sweat that bathes my face, is of learning he shall tread, Ige make ' her dwelling place '"Hug's fair young head ? nected with a large pool, having equally high 'and muddy banks. To the left was alabyrintlrof similar ditches. Some distance in front, a broader and straighter crack in- the flat expanse showed where the river lay. The bank oi which I stood was a foot or two higher than the opposite bank. I de scribe the situation thus minutely in order to make the reader understand what afterwards happened. Not likinar to lose the prize so nearly in my grasp, I resolved to risk the jump. Laying down the gun, and tak ing my coat off, I made the effort, and cleared the ditch, only, however, by a few inches. I secured the heron, and smoothing its beautiful plumage, but ittle injured by the shot, threw it back jo the bank from which I had just come. Ihen, on looking around, I lound my self in a sort of cul de sac. The bit of firm ground on which I stood was an island, and the only way of escape was the one by which I had arrived. Hav ing "to take off" from a lower level, it was much harder to get back than it was to come : but as there was no alter native, it had to be tried. I did not leap ciuite far enough, and pitched with hands and knees together against the edce. There was no vegetation to . t . , ,V , . M 1 Hi 1 A 1. - vv .cb. noid oi. ana alter naneing ou me tf? ..o.'Vuce for a few! moments, vainly shing at the mud, I fell backwards, . a heavy splasn into tne water. ortunatelv, I am a good swimmer, at first, while treading water, the icrousness of the affair alone struck ; but when I began to see, that it ht be difficult to get up those slimy, hanging banks, I must confess I ther frightened. It was impossi- had cleared away, and tho moon, near the full, shone brigntiy. iiaa it Deen dark, my courage must have given way, and I should most probably have sunk. As it was, I cannot say that I quite des paired of a rescue in some way or other. If I could only hold out till morning, some one might, I conjectured, cpme for the purpose ot carrying away me ran sods, and might see my coat and gun, which would lead to a search. I had not much hope in any search from the village ; I had started in the direction of the cliffs, my favorite evening haunt, and 1 fancied tnat wouj.ci be tne direc tion the searchers would take. As the night wore on oh ! so slowly with the moon so calmly gliding tnrougn me atora ftliovn me. T fell into a kind of stupor, and I cau distinctly remember repeating scraps oi verses ioiauy un connected with each other. From this state, I was aroused by the loud note of some night-bird, probably an owl, and found my arms were stiff from holding on to the root ; while my legs felt like weights of lead suspended beneath me. While trying to change my position I fancied I heard the gurgling sound of mnninc water, and that not far off. I lintfinAfi intentlv. and lound it was no fancy. Water wa3 evidently running into the nool. and I saw bv the root that I was clinging to that the water had risen Hnme inches. A cheering hope sprang up within me, no it. flashed across mv mind that the tide must be rising, and that the pool must nave an outlet into tne nver. Tha t.hnncrht infused Mew life into me. pud T atrnnk nut in the direction of the sound. Then, to my intense joy, I saw Uefinpl-n' in hn clear innnhimt. thp ...-..- lf throiigb) ad pouring ifl. lily, through one of the reviously swam up. I tide rose another foot es, I could by treading ig up so high as to be lold of, the top of the " -n. I knew isiblv tfl it FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. Ex-fjongressman Reeves, of Green- point; L. I., is a collector of very large and .very small hen's eggs. The largest he has was laid by a cross-breed Brahma and; is 8 5-8 by 7 1-2 inches around, weighing six ounces. W. H. Southard, living in Rockville Center, exhibits a lien's egg measuring five by 12 1-2 inclj es, Mr. iieeves has one only i l-i by a 1-4 inches. Mrs. L. W. Hudson, of 'Mattituck has a dozen, eggs laid by on hen in as many days, which weigh together only one ounce. The tree which bears the Brazil nut is one of the finest in the South Ameri can forests. It often rises fifty feet or more above the tops of the tree around. Gathering the yearly crop is an import ant business to the natives, and occu pies several weeks. The reason of this is, that the nuts cannot be picked, or at least if they are they will not keep, so the gatherers must wait till they are ripe, when they fall to the ground. They grow sixteen or eighteen in a sort of box. which is round and hard, and as large as a cocoanut. When these great objects fall, they come with great force, and often bury themselves six inches deep in the ground. Of course there is great danger of being hurt by them, for the ones that fall must be Eicked up at once. When the wind lows and many nut cases are falling, the people stay in the huts they have built there, which have very sloping roofs so that the nuts will glance off. They spend this time in breaking the cnseaandi spreading the nuts todry .in the nun. The fresh nuts are said to be wry nice o eat, much nicer than the dry ones that we get in this country. , Odontorwithes or toothed birds is the name which Professor Marsh has given to a most remarkable class of extinct animals, of : which he has discovered numerous remains tin the cretaceous rocks of Kansas and Colorado. The specimens so far discovered have been grouped into three orders, of which two are represented on our plains. Of one of these orders' the Hesperomis, an Miuatic bird, b' W-volTwd nd a Ion Official Oaths. A comparison of the official oaths of several ctantries, apropos of the Brad laugh affair, says a New York paper, is not uninteresting. France demands no oath, nor even any equivalent formality, before hor legislators enter upon their duties. , Even under the empire the deity was not called upon, the simple formula being, "I swear fidelity to the emperor and the constitution." In Austria, also, there is no oath, but, in reply to a question from the presi dent of the reichsrath, whether the new member "promises loyalty and obedi ence to the emperor, inviolable obser vance of the constitution, as well as of all other laws, and conscientious fulfill ment of his duty," the new member sim ply replies, "I promise." The reason that members of the Ger man parliament take no oath is that many of them are under an oath of alle giance to their respective states in the German federation, and so a conflict of duty might arise if two oaths were in sisted upon. The Prussian member of parliament takes an oath beginning, "I swear by God, the omnipotent and om niscient," and ending "so may God help me." As if this were not enough, those who choose, it is provided, may add "through Jesus Christ to eternal bliss, amen." The Spanish deputies are put through something of a catechUm. The secre tary asks them : "Do rou swear to ob serve, and make other Hhe constitution of the Spit) JO Utuijjyay? Do you swear fidelity ft '' t the legitimate king of r 11. r Do you swear j behave in the mission by the nation, always thing seeking the v nation?" The ans "Yes, I do swear," tion is, "If you do so you, and if you do n. to account." Inl878 Sendr Castelar and 1 the Bradlaughs of Sp jections were not basec irreligious grounds. In Italy the president A enuties savs wUV -1
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