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04L "v t EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. VOL. I. NO. 15. RED SPRINGS; N. C THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1892. Amonsj the various re'iziout bo lies be 1onia to th Eranelical Confessioa the greatest iocrne has. taken place, ac rHin to the Chicago Herald, In the !'rcilTtrUfi, Methodist aid fuiker 'mmiinities. Thee are from three to three and ft bslf times s'rof:rr han ip la a rc-cottm22,Qs ardcle on ' Veg etable Diet," the atiilir makes the ttate tii? fit that thera ii aa Met thatlcaocer U ciuicd by Citing tainted met that It, n limit brought distance and being ia arjexhv-iite 1 aal elmoit dying coaditiou liefore they are killed. The writer of the paper aLo aiserti that regeUriaos.at rule,have unusually, cletr aid beautilal r oinpleiioni, which cla!ro,tf it could be ubftaottated, would probably hare more Influeico, at lent with wo.me i, thta ths first ttitenent. DrevJ of disease does not seeir to balance deiire for cleir tkio. - It U stated ia ons of ths Swedish pevrspapers, as a compsriio: beHsesa American and Europe! buiiaeit methods, that a bco njtir for oas of railways of Selcn was n-ralel ia a fcurry. It was foun 1 that in Eolaai or Sweden at loast a year would be require I for th- flllin'? of thi order. It w& therefore contriited for with tin Bald- win lorornotire shp, of Philt lelphla, wh'ro it ould bo hl in two months and a half at acoit of $ 9i'), delivers 1, ( considerable reductioa upoa , tht European prioe. It ia not that Amrtcaa locomotive work employ more mea or for longer hours as a rule, the Chicago Oraphic xplaim,but the moit lrn;roved methods sa l ratcbloer obtain, aal there 11 clow tppMcatioa during working houri, aad itore latetiient labr, erca in thote portion of tho work ctattel a 'UQjkUled.H IL . ii -El ..... l! ' It is a coMfortablo ttcor, which, to the Chica o Xewi, aopeir to bq without ubitaatial fouadatioa, that ia this couutry there it peculiar teoicacy making afilast th perpetuation of great family fortuues. It is the common tiyiaj that jcster.lajr's inilliouilro ii to-day'i aupcr. Yet tho really gre vt estates ia -iatri'"4 nr hzli together not low tea nc uuly ttn.i tk'sj 01 Kagliai. The Ai.H, V.m r:rVlt4lH,iincl.fltfrs,Scher. luerhurns, (toulcU u-i I llsboo it have iiauilci do n their fortunoi froia father to noil, an I tlu-ro is no rMioo for bo- lioyiuu' tht h'Tf jflcr a dilferont policy will bo purmt; h The jrcc it rej re-nentativi-n 'of thco opulent home will tr&ntmit tlnoi irvxt propcrtict iotictto their heir., no l thrse in turn, with here aal there an ncrptiou, will iloubtC's lire within tlior iucarnei a;iiJ bepiat!i the numente I principle to their chiU Ircn. The cotlipte of th I.it!m oinal, the t-tntic scheme of I)j L:4'iep to coau jot the two ocein, siemi neir at ha 1. Its overwhelming tlnnri trouble are pretty thoroughly wU kuown the r.iriliic! wirll orer, and now they hTo toea iijp!em -oted by a serious dittute between th rami coupiay and tho Colombian t) verti'n'nt. Tho cjaopiay, in order t prevent merchant miog its rhsnncl to orry thvir lu n'?r an I prixloc t tli cait, pl.icjl a chtia , aTOs. Tw ('olonbian (bTornmeit, deeming .hii aa interference with it n in dustrial atliirs, ordere I the t'ltia's re movsl. Thrt"ip in the r i npiny place I th t h'tin a'-rK the t-tial itelt. The Oolouituan J iverument, it is Mid, is now rriotlj cuiMiocrin w'.it-.h r it will not revoke the ott.viiou to thcco.nptnj oa . the ground tht th latter his violated tht.term of if cntr,ift bv n.dln pjrt of iu machinery. What the outcocn- of the mstter wi'l be ran only be surmi" I, bat !it tnr the e nf-ion l r -voke 1 or r tntinoel the fs"t rerm-n that th einst :'i"n.' h thi- m t colossal of Isslure I n tetrit tree i"re retntrai: "Tb alrtning frejueacy o! sulJeo destb ha. iatroluc -d a aew isier into the prosecution of serer.il branches of the world's business. few t;jm ao the death at his pot of the wheelman of a Brooklyn ferryboit co;ap-llei the rompaoies, a a niure of precaution, to change thir regulations so thtt the pilot house should never be left in charge of a single rain. A similar casualty ia the case cf an engineer on one of the Hudson Itiver ferries is likelj to result in the employment of duplicate engineer on all such boa'u tn the future. The risk, is too ureal to be takn. In the case referred to the eniofer was killel by accident, and there b?in no one to answer the pilot's signals the buat struck the wharf with great force, injuring several passengers. Such accident ars uncom non, but the chance of one occur tag, or of the engineer' dying irom apoj.lexy or heart failure ia so great that it really is not sn'e to rua with a single engineer. Thetv are other situation! w her the risk is equatly great; and the demand of the aje is that ti such situa tions the public thai! be protectel by the en" of an) extra hand. TUE MARCHIXO OP THE QBAM&. a? Jtxtr i. turn. O the marching ot tb Graaa t 0 the lor that comes to pas When the mighty silsnt army Uh reen Vsa- Dras the Wtoler from hie throne! " Coaqncrs all his shining Talleya, climbe the rampart of the hill. Me! hj h'-mlv wyid hedge, fords ths river t-road and still. Tn'Wmitfes tb fortrs forest, ovsrtopa tb cattle wU, Hwtft iatadiog wins the citlas. and the hamlH rown and email. Till the whol wide world la eaptnrM, kn 1 the soul of man enraptured. Thrill with patftion of delight S'idot morn sod dwy night; A ad th jojf. rythmic pulsing nurketh time in U'l and lass To the marching Msrching Marching i Of the Orass. O the matching of th Orsss I Fsirer things may come to pass In the K-'ld-o dart, of ammet; ross drunk with wine of June: Hitting wild birds all atune With th borons brathod dawning: wondtona tBptry of flowemi Bslm of mcco.ei iet of h.dow; tangl4 veil nf jw.-l.. rhnwers; Hvmning f Loir f hsppy mnsic backward fr-m er1h to iky. Th fnll l"anty of cotnplt-nss ia rich churns Iilt-1 high! But what ni'-sns itrgsl eplndor To the lov 1t mhy and tndr With which Hope, tbelilest, doth chim; Iu insu's pulnea niarki ig time TotLohtnnt. ' gladness that doth c .h" go, aiaa! With the marching. liarg, 'v Msrrb Iirrhlnc -f vi sne ursss. ' fj Independent. CRONIN'S DAUGHTER. It pas a still, dear, cold night In the heart of tho Maine woodi. Mary Croniu drew her flayed shawl closelv ov r lt.iuud arnd bhoulder m ehe cloiid the door softly undsteppe! out luto the nfcrht. She wua verv tired. for the dy 8 work hud been hard, and hT Invalid mother had needed more totru than usual. The dishes had bten washed and the table reset for breakfast ' the pall ft. is . ' - nu t uecn iiiteu at me ice encircled spring ou tho mountain road, her rn-ther'a cAuol hud been made, her Leduootnd up, and Mary bad sun cite 4;ir.c af'cr anu'bur, eu she held her lii.herlH'nst.f i,Wid. tUHSlcep entno iu tho sufferer. I he uirt slod niotiouloss on the Joor-sjtom utid l(nk'd eugetly at all th" nt-rk. lluoub tho windows and door of the ra-tiiiK-toorn, which wet this Dt'reinber nlirht. n Ik-ry Klratu shoue from the red-hot iiou running through the molds. Now and then ratnc a sharp explo ln, with a superb jday of tire-works ni'-und the mouth or the furnace. Tin- vi'. let, rrange, green and crim h'U stars did not attrnct Mary's at tention. It was an old story to her, und h-r lu-ait was too heavy for her eyes to r any beauty in it. She looked above the casting room up the high brick chimney to the "t p h.u-e," which was lurched on an im meus staging Jut at the mouth of tho i hitnnoy. Her father was there-for it was his tiiL?ht on- and he had been drink iti--'wh''n became home to Mipper. I'oitunately her mother was asleep, and hud be--n spared cruel anxiety. M -try's heart stood still a-i her father l"ok l.m Inneh can, without his usual kis-i or the "(lood-night, Molly! take g' .. iaie of your mother,"" which ina-lo hei hnppy. every night. He h i I f-tutiible i over the rag mat, and uttered a ure under his breath. He n v. r did this , unless hm had be-u Itiukitii; ht-avily. lv.r .Kdin t'ronin! His anietite f'-r lio,ior and hi weak will had III-. . I It I II t st - I - in.. i -inn iu worK !.. - to another, from city to city t i i iiotn Mate to state, rarrviog ith him his wif and only rhibl 'I h' faetory quarters of St. LouK Pitt-burg. Newark, and other manu f.u tiiiitig centers nr wofully alike, m l had it not been for her mother's . ne. Mary- th little girl-would h tl Udb'veil th whole world paved and ut into narrow, dirty strrt with a streak of wxity sky alcove, Ctoe.J witli i oth'9 lines. Her rrother eame from the Catskill Mout.tains i -;ion. and her nature te sdted at th wretched pta-es the had Cttlb-d home. The unnnv rd buck farm-house, built In the Tutcb w.y. the fertile llelds and crowded twitn yard. grandmother'- flower gar den R"'!"? the road, the mountains 'taming the little .rale, th peace, th cleanliness, the stability Mary knew thrni all through her mother a" rord? an sigh and t:irs A gieat resolve had crept Into the rlul I's hntt te try and reproduee that p-Morful lif'. "To be respect able and stay in one place" was what sh lited fot If oulv her father would not drink There came a day to the child when frhe leg in to see her way clear. A letter arrived fn m a ruti with whom bet fattier had worked befot hi mairiage. in a Penob.-cot lo-cging camp He wrote of an opening for a fAinily at th" Katah Jin Iron Works. Id Ma: tie fair wat?--s and u comfortable home weie ready. When J hn C'ronin read the letter all his idd love for the wood came laek to him. Ho could feel the cvdd steel of the gun-barrel and the supple rod bend in bin I land. Iteforw Ions the ni'ney was got .together which carried the family from Boston to Uitngor, and from ther to the works, sixty miles north. Six months bad gone, every day brought new beauties to Kauhdin. Now and then the child left th works, with its black, unsightly build ings, long row of charcoal nouses, heaps of purple-Unted slag, threfus of the Iron and a res of dead tree from tho sulphur fumes, and explored Pleasant river, leaping from one flat itone to another; and gathering in the cardinal flowers along the bank, Bhe wandered beside Silver Lake, which reflected old Chair back and Saddleback Mountain upon IU poll labed surf ace. Her mother would nol let her venture far. Two fierce bea cubs In their cages at the hotel told wiuit tne oxis contained. Under Mrs. t'ronin' lonch thg pi? in woodtn cottage grew Into nonie. I here were a few pretty pict ures and ornaments snehadbrougb with her the remainder of bette; lays, and Mary helped arrange them n the bare living room. The car- Utlns of the windows were coarse bu thite and the new stove-shone re pl?ndeht with Its silver plated orna- jienranon ana letterincr. "The Star of the Eat. Bangor, llalne," Mary read on the oven door bud v times n day. " Srott.er' she said, holding her itove-nu In her hand as she knelt be- ore the range, I always give the lame an extra polish, for it seems to uean so much to us. Tblsis our first eal home. Nobody under us and no- wiy over n, and such heaps or room Ul round I" Mary's intense delight (a all she ;uw, and the deep Rratitude she ex )ie6eWor all that was done for her. nade every one anxious to give her pleasure. Sho was thoughtful and iu3oinsn ana tbe whole settlement earned to lore "Cronin s Daughter.' Was a child unruly? The mother vould call Mary in to help her, and oon the uunappy little one was list ning with oen eyes and dirty month xpaudiug into a smile, to her account f some St. l'atrick'e day parade, or a fourth or July exhibition Of Are rork.on Boston Common. To Marv er.-exl in uty. lore and sights, th ountry was one thing to be desired: ut the Kutahdln children, tired or nonotony and loneliness of a life in li wood-, could never liear enough f th crowds and noise. So "Crouin'b Daughter" became the dory-teller of the settlement. Uften he workmen stopped and Joined the drele of children and crowded around lcr in the summer twilight and list ftied to herstorv. "Seems a different place, some low, since "Cronin,'s Daughter :am. eaid many of the people. 'The children don't fight half so mu-n as tuey aid, nor torment the ?rittcr3. They're nice folks, them ?ronins." Before her mother was taken ill. Mary's hands and feet and head had o-en at the service of the whole set tlement. Every one loved, petted tnd tyrannized over her. Iu sidle of her mother's sharp but thort illness, from which she was now recovering, the summer and autumn had pass'-d happily with Mary. Her atner had kept sober, ana no one insis ted his past shame. John Jromn waa good workman and soon from being a driver of the four- iore tagons which carried the ore iown from tho mountain to the oi k?, to being is-' top-man' Ihe duties of the top-man. were of a Tcry reionsiMd nature. IJtrht Mines an hour the elevator, built be- dde thf chimney, came creaking and jroaniug up to the top house with its ioad of ore and limestone. The top nan fastened the elevator with a bolt, and the car to the tear mouth ol the chimney. Over this the car rest il whilo the top-mati pulled a chain which opened the bottom and preeip tated the n.ass of ore ana rock 1 own the chiuiiK'y and into the fur lace below. The car was returned to '.he elevator, the bolt pushed back, a ell rung, the man below started th Machinery and the elevator began its io toward journey. All this requited methodical can ind wakefulness. The children of th ettlement had told Mary of an awful night, two 'vinters before, when w ing to the neglect of the night top J nan. an explosion had occurred whicc sreckedaud burned the works anil jrouirht all the m n in the top-hou to a fearful death. No wonder Mary's hart stood still vith fright when- her father reelec dirough Hie door, nor that she re tolved to follow him to the top-house 'o make .ure that he had not fallec tbep. She ha t watched the furnace tnd knew by the shower of tpatks h it were sent up that th- ore wa.s be upr duinpeil regulatly; but at any iioment sleep might overtake him thepthat means dismissal and dis race. and p-ssitdy tleath to himself tnd other- The road was white and lonely, rite frozen river had uo word of en ouragement as she ero-sed the old red btidire. and the stars were fat tway and odd. She avoided the front work-. f-r fear of t-eir: en by som ?f the night force in thecasjing rwui. round the charcoal-house and hroub the thirk sntoke. up the hill. vei the bridge and up the ladder the hlld went, with billed hands and 'eet, but with a heart warm with love ind le"perati n. Surely that is the elevator rattling ip beside het. Now phe stops foi bteaih on tlie landing, waiting for welcome oot-e from abov..- that will Irive h r fens away. How herfathei ill laugh an I kisher. and, with a beery woid. send her home for the cht. ine intently edd air may a ve brought him to himself, the 1. ks. 1 -t? was an ominous silence above and 'he child hurried up the iadde'r fohu t'ronin lay asleep on the floor. Marv h id no time for thought. She' Irew the l.dt and eecured the elevator Vhen -he seized the handles of tht Mr and wheeled it toward the fiery it. The heat grew more and more .nteuse. C uld ;-he guide the car and dump it" Ik-fore bc knew it.it was Jone. The car was replaced, the U)lt pushed back and the bll rung. Th levator hsl g ne down and the 3-ot hajl Wd r piio-i. 'Then "Maty crouched tside the 1-eping mati and mmnel and cried : ) father! fatht-r! Wake up! I an't stay here ail nij-'ht! If I call !or help you will be dismlsei. I'm tfraid to stay here alone." The man eiept on It was impessi ole to roue him. Marv had feared ne weakue!. uut suddenly she be ame on scions of her inner strength. he knew that he would stav here jutil morninx a.-d h-j--l that by that ;iuie her rather could be rou-ed" and Jiat they might home without suspicion. The elevator wa coming again, and isain she ruut nerve iicrsrlf to roll the heavy car at that awful brink. Well he had done it once svnd she Wild do it ugain. Again an 1 nain Sho had Iteat hN telf to tbe he ivy ta-k. The houri ent by. Maiy counttd tiicn by tbe ioads - "eibt to au hour. At first the went quickly, jtoz sU readexi the le tarn of the enr ; bat the night wore on, the child !c&m! onscioa of an overpo werutar ieaire i steep. The dreadful setifeft cf responsibil ity, the lonellEfes anx unnaturalness left her. lihe even began to forget her desire to aave her father. All tmotioa was swallywed up by the S'a or sieep, wucn sargea arouna ner, making her tXJit ondgiddy. At lastshe became conscloul thai hemustdd something. She etrug gled to the cejt damping, and then opened the door of the warm-house, which was Inclosed on three aides, the fonrth side open Miff tn the cului nev. She closed It behind her. Id rder that Ler father, might not feel tie cruel cold, and . tat on ti.e icy platform and looked down, down on the shapeless works beneata her. The intense coldness revived her ind f eemed to freeza the sleeu out. The December moon thone steadily, ind the wind, now flslng. blew the charcoal smoke away from ner. rrom this great height ihe settlement lee med crowded at .her feet, Kach Jiouse stood out from Its pure white lurroundin, and Mary thought of the friend in each. What would it be to leave them all aad go back to tbe 9ld wandering, disreputable life ? Ifer eyes traversed over the road till they tested on her own home het first home! Then bomethlng blurred them, and the old frayed shawl an tvtered other purpose." Her patient mother was there her mother who wou!d have died In the city, the" Brownsville doctor said, had this 111 aes overtaken her there ; her mother, who would i ee 1 the fresh, bracing, talsa'ru air of the mountains for manj l long day, and all the comforts that her father's good wages could buy. For her mother's sake and for het father' sake the mut go on. "0 Qod. keep me awake J" was the fer rent prayer that went up in the frosty fr. A shout from below, a rattle of rhaiDs, and again came the elevator, :reeping up tho chimney like some gigantic beetle. Mar went to work Aithtjewenthtisiasmr-Between trips, he at outride and tnfferer! with the sold. -But such suffering was positive joy, after the deadly numbness she bad fought within. 4 The worst hours from one to three -were past. Tho moon set and tho i tars began to pale. A faint pink light spread through theeast. Lights lDneared here und there in the houses below. The men of tho ' day fcree" were bcintr roused; and the women were preparing thetnornlng meal. One more, load fwas dumped. II must be half-past Are, Mary thought, bat she was not sure. She mf?ht have lost co-jnt once or twice. Yes, the had. for there woe the bell clang ing below her. v It lacked five minutes of being fix. and Jim Brennan th other day top man, would come In five minutes. " Father, cet-ssf r'-Mary called. In clear whl?tcr, as she shook his shoulder, "lather, do you hear?" Wmilil Iia niiiv-A rr had her nwful night's work been in vala? " Why. Mary, have 1 overslept ? said he rising suddenly and leaning on l is elbow. Then like u lightning flash tbe truth fell upon him. the liquor drank In the woods the afternoon before: his return to bis home to supper; his difficulty going up the ladder, at which Jim Brennan had unsuspectingly laughed ; the first few hours which he foucht the stupor that was coming on ; this he remem b -led, but what had followed ? Hush, father, don t speak n word. Jim Biennan is coming up the lad der. The furnace is all right. Jim will think I have just come to toll you how mother i. No one need ever know, father dear." John Croum was on his feet in an instant sobered for life. He took Mary's hand, grimy for her work. Open tl.e door," he said, huskily. "or I'll choke.' Jim Brennan's face appeared above tho platform. ' Well. mate, how coes it? Hello, Man-! blessed If you didn't scareme. 'tiainst the rule, you kuow, to bo in the top-house, but I guss the bos won t mind as long as there s a sick mother in the ia.-e. Had a hard nijrht of it. didyou, young 'un ? You look all beat out. There, go 'long, John, putth child to bed; I'll tend to thi load, though it ain't mine." ' I hank you. Jim. said t-Tonin. 'Come.Mary. you must be tired." Not a word was sioken between the pair as they went down the ladder and hurried down the hill. The fur nace men were lounging on the floof f the furnace-nom. Blesl if here ain't Cronin and lis gal. Hope the missus ain't no w.vrte." said one. "She's probably been up all night with her. Never seen suchr a plucky ittle woman as that gal in all my ire. eaid another. B.tck over the red bridge Mary went, with her hand tightly cla-ped n her father s. She gave his hand a ittle squeeze once, when she felt a hot tear dtop ou her own. There w i a smile on her tired, pale face, and zreat content in her heart, l ather. mother, friends and reputation all saved! When they had ta-srd the group ol lou-es that clustered near the bridge. and the w.-ods were b fore them, het father said : " Mary, does mother know r No. Don't let's tell her. She wiU think I went to mert1 you, if ehe i- a .take. "If. vou'd not followed me last eight. Mary, d j you know what might cave happened ? ' Mary nodded her head vigorously She could not (eakC Mary, you have saved my life tou bate iaved tbe works. As God hears me. I will never drink another drop." And he net er broke the vow he made. Mary cried with Joy on her fatber'f oecje. " All the terror, loneliness and tabor of tbe night were over, lUe bad dieam. Best of all, the burdei. of ceaaeleas anxiety, which had weighed on her and tier mother, vtt laid down forever. Never agalt would she listen to his step, ia the fear that it might b uncertain, of wajk with tired fert seeking him thiouffdi. the slumi of a city. Th4- softly opened the door and found the mother sttll sleeping. Mca opened the damp is of the "Star ol the Yjk it, and suon a good breakfast was in preparation. Jobs Cronin told his wife of bit resolution, as he tat by her be4sld fter ilary had gone to bed, but h 4ld not tell her then at what a fearful post of suiTering to their child it had been bought. . Ills Intelligence and perseverance won him tho position of foreman, and lo-day Mary and her mother, who Sba recovered her health And gaiety n Katahdin vYtods, rejoice in their oew " house, which exceeds Mary's lay-dreams. " That's a fine man, that Cronin, aid some one In authority the other lay. " He and his daughter are itudying chtmistry together, and he baa some first-rate notions about toasting the sulphur oat of the ore. shouldn't be surprised If we had a rare find in him." "Thegirlisi pretty tnd ladylike one, too, said another. " The whole settlement seems to be fond of her." John Cronin. passing on the other fide of the red bridge, himself unseen, heard the words and smiled and thought: " Where would Cronin bs to-day if It were not for--.Crbnln's Daughter'?" Annie 8. Tackard. in New England Magazine. OLLA PODIDA. There are said to le 1S3.000 families in London Using in single rtms. Kb ct ions In France are always held on Sundays, in order to suit the Convenience of the workingmeo and peasants. Ibe great battles ef the civil war were Gettysburg, Spotteylvanfa. Wilderness, Anti'etam, Uhancellorstllle, ! Chick manga, Cold Harbor. Frederickebnrg. Manassas, rhiloh. Stone , Itirer and Petersburg. Gettysburg ns the great est battle , of the war; Antietatn the bloodiest. Tbe largest army was as sembled by the Confederates at the seren days' fight; by the Union at the W ilderness. ! Of the ritere now known to geograph ers, 23 bare a total length each of 1,000 miles. There are two over 4.X0 miles long, the Mississippi being 4.-U0 miles, and the Amazon 4,0-0. Four others are m-ro than 3,000 miles the Kiang, in Asia, extending 3 PuO miles; Yenesci, Asia, 3,5); Nile, Africa, 3 -MO ; and the Hoang-Uo, Asia, 3,010. Feien range between "J.OiM and 3,000 utiles tlid Mack en '.ic and l'io Bravo in North America. 1'lattv and KLo Madeira in fo tth America Volga in ll ix-ia, Araoor In Ana, nnd Nij;er in Africa. Tbuse between l.Otxt and 'J.CfO mil- are the Arkansas, Ked, Ohio and St. Iw- renc in North Awrica ;; llio Ncjro, Orinoco ond Fruguay in Sulb Amer ica ; nud Euplr.ite, Tigris and tijines in As a. Most rcutarkahlo of all tho gr at rlrers I-the S. Iawrcnce. It is 1.4j0 mils Ion:, ond. with the great laics and tributary rivers.-, its system Covers an area of about 3,0')0 s iuare miles, and contains at 1- ust .0.000 cubic milos of water. This ia : by far tio grentift body of fr -eh water on tho globe, on ido i of its vastnrss being con veyed in the estimatu ofl Prof. U. C. Uinwii-iio that forty years wouia on re piired for it to pour uer Niagara Fulls. Girls Who .Study Abrosd. Vatlna Anne Davi, the younge daughter of Jefferson Davis, in an article upon " The American Girl ho Studies Abroad, " makes ' a strong plea for American training for Ameri can git Is. She maintains that, to a woman instructed exclusively in Ku- ropean sch-ol., the monarchical sys tem i usually very dear; iiurtuted on the diviue tight o! kings as an unan- iwetablo hyothcsis, aud aazziea ty iliint'es of couit splendor, s!e often learns to look upon a republican form af government as a c rude, expedient if a people In the transition tate le- i ween barbarism and monarchy. Her brain is filled with the gorgeous pa geants of great kinys and suj-erb con- uerois, thatdefliM in glittering pro cession through the history of older aatious, but alas! abe etutnbles over the battle of New Orleans, and Is not uite sure whether it was aning tou or Gen. Grant who commanded. Here the resources of her Own coun try are simply represented to. her mind by a great pink or ytdlow siot on tbe map of North America, the whole continent being drau tn her itlas on no larger a scale- than that levoted to some French arrondisse- ment or Swiss canton. She may, If '.xceptionally well Informed, re in- trtictel that the Indiana do not dep redate the suburbs of New York, or the buffalo roam over the thorough fares of Chicago: but she will, never theless, learn to look upon her coun trymen and women through some ucrt f-pectacles as Dickens wore when he wrote his " American Note-. " She will expect bombast instead of Ie- gance, and braggadocio for merit, f course, an intelligent girl will te- pair thrs4 deficiencies by subsequent tudy ol men and books;' but, study as she ma v. the clamour ot her cmi i- Uh Imagination can never . rest on Ihe ta3t d her own country's history. She will not b able to' believe the Washington story a she. accepted the myth Of William Tell. Tbe critic al faculty once awake feeds on the bom- of dead Ideals; the clear spirit uality cf a conflict of ideas will be as tastele-s to her, full as abe is of the personal interest which animates the war of older worlds, as cold spring var would be after wine. - AE0C5D THE II0CSE. In whi, pin? cream. don't let the bester touch the lottom of the bowl, Never leave a spoon in anything re- 3 aired to boil quietly. ITie spon aja nets the heat away from the liquid. To keep lemooa fresh pat them is cold water. fU, If applied immediatetr, will sore ly prevent win staio. To give a fxd. oak color to a pine floor wash ia a solatioo i one poaaJ of copperme diseolved in en" gim of strong lye. To test natxnegs prick ihem w'.h a pin, if tbey are good the nil will iaatantlj spread around the puncture t has. made. SSaaBMSSWHSWWMMHMSWMWSM- The aaoet elevated railmad ia" ' the United Staiee ia said to W tbe Deater k Sooth Park Hailrwad. a branch of the Union Pacific. srtc t A'pUe Teooel reacbea aa altitude of ll&r , feet aWe ths Uvsl of ths sea. Yoa must hare streamers oa all yoat bats. ; Veils for lsrgs htti sre very lonj aa I wide. Tbe Watteau fold U revived let dresses. Chip hats ire aala tatroducel as as novelties. The Alpine straw hat It s itrooj rival J of tbe sailor. Tbe cult of clothing places womtti as far asuader as the poles. The fashionable stick pio it s fold pearl, surrouoded by diamonds. Tobacco brown and pal blue ia the most plcuiog combination of ths season. The number of women la Massachusetts who earn their own living is placed at 300,000. I It is ths fad to wear one lar;t riaj if jou have U in preference t several smaller onee. Gaiter tops can to obtained only - six buttons high. . These short uses are much cooler for summer. The white muslins with flowers ts them, such as our mothers wore, bars gain appeared in tbe shops. Though1 Anns Dickinson is only fifty years old, sho has bees before the public for nearly a third of a century. rTbe lore of vuitiog cards require! that If s married son btrt the same naue as bis father the mother shall add "Sr." to her name. The fashionable ihoe for women's wetr at tbe resorts this summer will be the patent and colored leather Bluchers in an Oxford tie. j The bride of to day refuses to wear spick sal spto new clothes on s wed' ding trip, but disguises herself in second best clothes. The salaries paid io women librarians tn this country range from $240 a year to f 1500, which makes tbe average sal. are about $570. , Re v. . Florence E. Kollocb, the Chicago womst preacher, wn viewed with great curiosity at Cambridge because she wai the first woman ia holy orders ever seen there. j Secretary Noble's wifs sod her two sitters, the Misses Halstead, resemble each other so closely that casual ac quaintances sre unable to tell them part. A well known Parisian beauty attrib uted the sustained radiance of her eyes and complexion to the fact that she ate nothing but oranges and bread for weeks together. The late Amelia D. Edwards was a precocious author. Het first store was whttcn when she was only four years old, and executed io capital letters ex clusively. ; Edna Dean Proctor, tbe Boston poetess, is a charmiog womao just past middle life, with griy hslr sod s soft voice. She does but little literary work nowadays. f Tbe laundries of tbe summer resort hotels will he tated to their capacity this suavner for tbe reason that fashion has stato recalled linea collars sod cuffs for la lies' wear. Tbe long Spanish ' lace scarf has re turned to favor sffaio, sod is wound picturesquely about the throat twice.th ends reaching nearly to the bottom of tbe dreas la froot. The latest development of the souvenir spoon erase is found io club life. A certain woman's club has s souvenir s pooo of its own open to be purchased by members and friends of members. MisiNaocy Cornelius, who has just graduated from the Hartforl (Conn.) Training School for Nurses, is said to be the first Indian who has flltei herself for such service by scientific traiolog. Mrs. Potter Palmer of Cbicajo, has s generous scheme which simt to profile women of limited meaas, who may at tend the Worl i's Fair, with good living accommodations at fifty cents s day. Miss Helen Gladstone, daughter of the ex-Premier, is the Tlce-Prindpal of Newnba-n College.thf women's annex of Cambridge University. Miss Gladftont is forty-six years old aod of a very re tiring dupoaitico. f Mry Sheldon Barnes, wife of Profes sor Earl Barnes, of the chair of educa tion in the Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cab, has beeq made assistant pro fessor in modern history ia that Institu tion. This is coeducation with a pur pose. Worsen have beea sdmittel ss stu dents at Johns Hopkins Uni vert ity, Balti more, since 187'i, the pioneer amoosf, them htTiojr.bjea Miss Christine Ladd, who, by special vole of the faculty, was permitted to stuJy mathematics. The loaz reet ikiiU are goiog out of fashion, and in their place i a prettily s!iapeJ round skirt, whicn juet toocbet th ground. ; Demi-trains are forcalltnj and njve wear, and Ion? trains appear oa! on very elaborate occasions. French women have suddenly devel opei a crate for ci ana-ma. Eferythiai mutt be flavored with it, Um the a ppl sauce to tbe salads sad sweets. Tbe boa boonieres which were formerly sisei for r anting tiny candle now hold small ihs-rrs of cinnamon. ! Elisibeta ILibbins Pen sell learned to ride the bicycle about a year aro her husband, tbe artist, beinz something of aa enthusiast for the wheel aod io th meantime she has rid Jen oa it from Cologne to Vienna, sad all through the Transylvania country. Tbe Princess Mary Is emtrxiaf from the depth of o which the uatinaely destaoftbe Duke of Clarence plaice! her. A few days sxo sht roiael s oleas- bts party at Alee, Italy, and tor a wool afternoon was qui to ber old joyous self, to ths gnat delight of thf Docheas o( Teck and the Princes of Wales, who were of the party. There are 3X1,000 wotnea eatjel la Industrial pursuits ia Maawachuaetta, em bracing twenty different occupations, the larger perctaj being domestic and tnanafacturiog. Two-thirds of the work lag women sre under thirty years, ia Uit physical itrtnjth, sod only one fifth are over forty, which leads to ahow that marriage is the great close which takes aomea oul of Industrial life. . SELECT SirtlMiS.. fc There are said to be t000 Vlads f botterflirs. Granite is the lov est rock ia the earth's, crust. It la tbe bed ruck el tbe world. 1 One pound of cork is amply suflaeot to support s man ef ordinary sire is the water. A North Carolina woman only lcaroed to write after she ha ) passe 1 the as of ;elghty-two. . No cbsmleal black ink hat yrt beta made which will write black Imnsediattly on exposure. The combined debts of all tht Nattaat la the. world amount to more thaa f J'V 000,000,000. PaUy Sears, of Howard County, Ind., ,aged 103 Tears, has been a churth mem ber s hundred years. Except In eookinV their scanty mal the poor Italians ackiem have a Are even in the severest winter weather. A gentleman ia Fort Smith, Ark., hat (hanged eighty persona sentenced to death by the United States court. ' Cornell University has epened a diary school, where cheese and butter making breeds and feeding are the subject for ( .study. ) ! The agricultural society ot Paris U tt perirnsntiag U the making of artificial ' clouds to preserve plants from the e Sects of frost. , Wax came Into use for cn diet la the twelfth century, sad wax candles were esteemed s luxury ia 1300, beioj but! little used. It would take forty years for all tht' water In the great lakei to pour over Nl-J agsra at tbe rate ot one million cable feet s second. Some of ths African tribes pull their, fingers till the Joints 'crack as a form of salotatioa, and one tribe has the curl- ous fashion ot showing friendship bf standing back to back. Tbe booea of Jumbo, liar o urn's big elephant, that was killed a few years ago at St. Thomas, Canada, weighed even 2100 pounds. Tbe toat weight ol tbe body, boost sad all, was alx toot. The law of evolution works In lav gueges as well as ia other things. Twen ty thousand words have been added to the Eoglish language io the department of biology alone slace I) iiwin'i discover ies. " A double-bodied lamb hat reads Its ' appearance la Pitot Knob, Ind., and it, owned by Alexander Kicbtie. Iu heel, aod neck are perfect; but attache! to the' bead are two perfect bodies, which have' two sets ot legs. Ths chemical inks of the present art, of too recent Invention todttermioa whether tbey will last, but U U q-iit probable that moat of them will bt as legible st thf end of fifij or scveo'.y-flvr jyears st they are to-day. O. Boooier, Professor ef Botany at ithe Paris Sorboons, disputes the preva lent notion thai the mis tie toe la injurious . to the apple ot other tree oa which it grows. lie malatsloa not only that this' is not ths case, but that rt is actually I beneficial to iu boat. Not notil the tenth day Is the Zam child put Into the cradle. .The baby's arms are placed by IU sides, aod it is so strapped ia its cradle that it caosot move a hand. These cradles have hood ahaped tops, and ovet the whole thick coverings are placed, and It Is s wonder the child does sol smother. In England in the reixa of EI ward IV., 141, riders on post-horses went stages of tbe distance of twenty miles from each other, la order to procure tbe king the earliest intelligence of ths events that passed la the course' of thai war that had arisen with the Scots, sad Richard IIL Improved the ipUm ef couriers ia 14 S3. Tbe retulU of the great Japanese earthquake ia Gtfu ken. where the dam age was greatest, are thus ofikially sum marited: ibM death,. 12,314 persons wounded, 44,203 dwelling houses com pletely and 21,578 partially demolished j 23,37 damaged, aad'4U9 burned alW collapse, ia sdditioa to 1744 other build i ogs demolished or damaged. A cat bom la Germany with only two lege (tbe hinder pair) la health, and guca about easily, tbe body In the nor mal condition. Wbeo startled or watch log anything, it raises Itself to the atti tude ef a kangaroo, using itt Uil as a support. It has twice borne kitum, la both case two, on of which ha I four aad tbe other only two feet. Fes a 4 Prodigal, Feaay Ptstrtsax. Tbe late Marquis of Westminster was as liberal is Urge affairs ash was saving ia trifle. A clergyman, who had bees to London to coaaalt a doctor, was din ing with bias. "What did the doctor alviser asked the aoblenua. "Too abturd.my Lord. Horse exercise. "The why don't you Uke itt "Beeauee 1 nave not s borse and caat afford to buy one. Hare yoa a stabU and a pad doekr Yea, my Lord.- 'Thee I will giro it s horse. The next day s i room rode op t the house, leading a fine horse. Tbe grateful par soa offers 1 teosaa a hXft-soTereige, (fifty cents) but the groom declined to Uke snore thaa twelve cents, say lag that U would be as much as hi aituaiioa ma worth to accept more. Bat, please air," he sd Jed. "g.feme fair eeett for ths tars. Mte sate. Mis lordship tpeoal'y told mi t b tor tc a for tbe four ceats. lbs Argosy.
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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June 16, 1892, edition 1
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