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I i fri i -l Si i i pqUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. VOL. I. NO. 10. RED SPRINGS, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 18f2. W. i UJtltr.XlLI Editor RED V i v n n vi TV rrt Worth Gizelte predict that jYvihg to fbe cenu f JiXK) Texa -" Ixr entitle I to a larger representation I t Congress thn all the other State lo t!if Union combined. M. ZoU, the French novelist, speaks lightly of the Anarchist movement labia country, anl intimate that if the An ar hist continue much longei the people wilt lesort to lynch law. r.pTiTTiici rnaj aoraetime nave com-p-mtin-j advantage! undreamt of by M iiUriana, moralize the New York Sua. Thus we re I thtt in coose jueoee of the prnlmce of small pot at Meltlngen, ia Sit rltn.l, the h?al authoritie bare ; tided legal proceedings for debt and fr 1'idilerit bankruptcy. The Government of the Swiss Tyrol hat xMel a bill impoting heavy fine oa per k'iui who tnay be C4iht while selling simple of thcVbeautiful and rare Alpine fber called edelwei , whlca hat beeu pulled up by the root oa the mountain f. w aa extent that there I danger tit' plant becoming extinct. The peoplv r tmpl'ila thtt tourist) are rapidly killing out that and other Alpiae pleats, and pervm beat on mooey-miklng hare helped on the destruction by gathering the plant for travelers. The o lor of mailt Uai been known to r H140 people with sensitive olfa:tory i,.-rrVi to faint away, but it il moat aur prying to learn, oberve Harpers Weekly, that the perfume of flower can affect a singer's foice. Madame Patti 's m lid, however, raakea the statement that t!i perfume of violet causes a hoer9 urn in the diva' throat such a might be due ft bad cold. Consequently no plant of any kind, and especially no cut flowers, r ever allowed to remain iu tho prima donna' bedroom. Kvery yeir a novel fliwer show is held in I'iiii lelphia under .the patronage of t .10 Ger ntntown Horticultural Society. The cthiSit are on flood to wild flowers pickc I in th'i suSiirbi of Philadelphia. It ii atid that thrrd are 700 spacie with in th, county limit, and in order to en courage the locil study of botany, the society tuoatiouo 1 off-jr priza for the beit collection of tlifj doner. That the sp'-cimrn arc convnin enough may ha j'i Jgcd from '.he fact that 100 luvo been k.t!iere 1 "by a ptrty of amitetir botanist in tho cotir" of a d.iy. The IK'troit Krce t'res grow sarcii tie at the evpense of Kahlua I. It says; Mfixoiflccnt m have bocfr tho donation" ff thi coutitrj to the atnrrin Hinsiitoi Arncricitj nre not tlio only people vrhov) bo i't nn tonrhf i by a talj of woe. TluTi1 hm b'-on :t terrible nrnojnt of suf fering in No fouridl.'iri I, owiii to the h rt ritch of fWli, which ii tb" imin food rclitnt-f of tho p-ople. The British Uovcrnin'-nt lia, howi'ver, romo most nolilj to the reicii'. of tlio iiitfi-rio one :nA aliipp-d tlu'in ixty barrels of flour. If there are not too niiny of th suffer rs thi tirni'ly bo i will relieve thera for twvaty-four hours nt 1e:it." N- Tl! lit i rem n taken hil trou ble with their Iadims. Tho Indian are d-Morib 1 b.iti-j, not mnaturAlly, rery ei'iriou to kn.i.v whit the census wa for. At o;n pUce they would deminJ to bf piii I for tfivinv: th?ir ni ua, an I at an other the cnuiueritor hvl to bribs theoa with tob.-jo before they wo-ild tell the .name of children and other who were out hunting or borrfin? in the woods. At a village of IIow.iial.to Indians, where a white man had neUlo.n been M-ffi, the whole population surrounded toe puty -leiutii Im eiplanatioa. The chief siid the priett hs I told him that the I,)rd hal raise I them out of the rlaj and iiven than the Ian 1, sn l he sitpoe I that the Government was now trying t) find out their numbers to at to do vv.iy with them and get their land. O.ily after u hour' hard Ulkin; through t!ie Indian interpreter the chief was per le i thtt nothing but cxl wat ia tended. A rport iuaj by the Indoa So iict)- for the Prevention of Cruelty to I'hiitiren ha ciued a aenition by the statement it contain relative to the cruel and oft time inhu-jwin punishments indicted upon children. Tae society ha ioterfrrel with derj;faieo, oflcen, bar rister and other member of the gentry, who it had learned were treating their rhiidrra iohumauly. Ainn the pun- ihment pple of thi clasta indicted upon the helpleA children are mentioned itickiug pin in the n, placing lighted matches up their nostrtU, burninj 'wounds upou them with matches, break ing ye limbs of two-year-old babies la three places, tying a rope arjjn l a six-fcir-old boy dipping hiro into a canal repeitedly until he was exhausted, keeping a child ia a cellar until it lies a turned green, tying cord around the thumb of a child and then tying it to a bedteid and beating it with a thora-bush. ".V.1 SCES TE LUXA." Ijk mnw fair iirvafj miiiartdit, Pe--ful and 11 tta li, Aiid j'urpl burn t-BHMiipaMi ii. A h'tl- l-bl-r ilfrr Ut t jn its toMMtin l alloet. raft. ni.-tai.l by iuJ tr J, Hlip. out a r.M the twilight bar; Tbri'iiKb iy rn. tuft ab $ltdr,, l by a "inxl- ilt'ar: TV itb iliaJooy Mil and fairy crew, U- ilrift akrti4 the anuinw bine. tf'n fill-l frm Umu to nl-nj itU flower, And Iof aii l and llapi!u". Will oii(Lt of what b-brin K b ultra? AU iut! if i .hiI.I ouly (u-a! Klf l. lllnMr; abl f1HAn, Tbia IiciIm l-(jl-r ailr-r biet. --JTrauri Wau, iu the tatfr. WHO RANG THE BELL? (hia it tint straiimt alories I have heiirl was told im- by an aged enllcman h bad jw nt ), vo-ith iu the pro in int city nberr llo- et ut related by him Lad oi urnd. I will iie tlm history aa he t.ld it to in., only altering the nume of tin- rim I Hdor in th terrible drama aud suppn-ain' that of the town. 1 may add that tlii auppresioii ia not, in this 0i tin- iner.' trick of tin? proft-flsioual lu tioii.at. 'h,. actual u iiue ff thti crim rnal nod tUi bar- facta of bis crime, may found in anv ntalii. of fuiuOiS trial. Hut 1 t!iau bt-loiigi'il to h re pfctnbk fan.ify ; urclatitnof his fa bin dny ii fusliimiuble litterateur and pop uliir li itif f4niid it adiis kble lo nn dily liis own )iiotiit u to veil no saj a coii lUTtioii. a nd it is oiblo uay, prob ubli- id it Mom, of iIh- line tiii" turvivs who uiiht bf pninrd by nuy public re turning of tl.ii. .lark pnn of their n-o ord. Therefore, wo will ghe tLo fuinil siuiue us Mildou, nui their abode us the p -)u..iM mid g iy l.wu of X . l lo- ! ading part in the little dram i il ploy I'd by one Clinrb-s .Mi I Jon. a fashiou. abb- oiinp rtitkin in, miiiiiiarespect alil aM'ify, of opiil.ir minuent uu! iiimiiv ni i i.iiij.lisl.in.iota. but alo, nnfor tuiitttelv. of extr.uujjant habit-. nid, il ee.ns cl,.(ir, of ,M.f dirker hn.le9 ol i e which f riieut ly ii'derlie tlno. li-. itl.oii- in" .iiir, genteel lotlj;. iu'. wlieio il uppers Hint tlio rharac el hi- iiiaint.iiiH d was fairly cMd. If al tiin ho uo into d.-ht. In"- prrn. nlly out o it, i w iug to the iriNid oflices of n old l.ai ht l-r uncle who had rwprateilly t' hi n-aoue; but whm- 't i.'iiC, )'"' e Mildou f, li.wns fust weuriug out. "I hiH. i-ncle. Mr .MiMou, r.. inhabit! o "mull honi in a lielv. wi-ll frioiifbteJ part ot the lowu. llo an 'drly innn. KliKlilly cripidi-d mi I otlo rwis no in uli. led that In- n r lofi tho upper fl.Mi of bin abode, where h' wn a rd iiikJ uffni.led by u fuitliful old ona( ki i p r, wliT. hid I -. with him tor inmv r-nrs. ln ujkI hi r iiwd niHt r w re the volt ili'iiibilaiils of tho I'.wel'iii. I Ii- ro ram,' a time i wn rathei- lutt oiot .iiii whi n people pa4-in bv tin- nbodn of Mr Mild ii. Sr.. becauit Mwarn ol" -inals of li n as from tin !ir-l ll.ir window. 1 lax ini; rueciedid is iirrcstitfg soni body's nltentioii, the oli iitl.uiMii, in a very vxcilcd inanuor prorifilcd to explain tl.at h fell urt then- was soim tliing grievously amiss if h s ...i,-r pi. in.-, s. mid to r-.net th l a-si-litiii o .oi!d b- fl?! o 1 to his r.o- ne to outer his hou-o on I disco cr tin Iriif xta' of m ilter-. . A curious auJ eng. r rrowd mi ni -ivnrrd the pri'seuce t tin- r. j r f iiiK'tionarifs. I'hy pro .. li d tobr.-ak opu Ho hall JiHir, think in.', pr.d.ubly, to romo upon nothing r-. tlian mi iio-briitto cook or the d. MiKtntions of a !tiiiffliii burglar. Ibil a siturlf ''l.ili-'f r.uiild tho interim change. th,. ;ia,f, t of thinic. I'ai e giMv p.ilf and nob inn, unJ ,bfviinive ini-niv a wi re untyped, the 0 itfd crowd wa pii- l buck, niid'fnrther help suiii iiio:i. d I n I llll to llioulh H Ilia I..T VI ., r.l..r ' 1 went the griuj In Ii ! t Int ii half mi lioiu it was noised ubread nil im tr lint a terrible and ni sii'r.oo- tniif ! v mi l ! i n enm V'd in the lion,' of old Mr. Mildou. His bo ISt keeper dead IhhIv Imd le'ii found iu-t behind the b ill door, ai.d farther up the pn-SHgf, nt the head of the kitchen -tat'-, lav the ioi p of another person, r.n.lilv ideiititie-l ms a n-pe. tnble o!j bodv who hud o casionallv viaite.1 Mr. Mildou , llOII'l Imk I IT ItHiiSolilv to if exprcted lla' the old pMitli'iniwi s neidievt was speedilt ojilrmnn i no -ene i i:e succor ot Ins ai;t aul infirm relative, -o aHfnfly left alone, uaturnllv demnnded that Itut oiiii.' Mr. Mil.bm had also some information to voluutoor. Ibrrinc t Ii o iift.Mii...n of that duv, Le liitd liim-elt' i-itej his uncle. He re membered the eai t hour of his airiial. for while awaiting admittance be hail casually glanced at the clock in :. neigh boring steeple. The housekeeper had opened the il.-or as usual. He bad uwtn e iK-tliini: special attout her. ' but tieii he had not'n iil little, going str light up stairs to his uncle With biui he had sat ( hatting for m arly an hour, dur ing whi h lime be hal obst-tted no un usual sound iu th house. Suite sounds, howeur, heolsird, urgtit easily pa.- onnoticil. owing lo the Mar of trariic in the street ldow. Hut he Lid further to narrute that lis isit lyvlfVi u brought t a premaf lure ciiicliisiou. and he thought that thi might -bed s..ine light on ' the my at err bile be u I hi uucle had been con- tersiug, the doorlll had rung violently lli uncle had wondered w ho the ringer iiiik.-ht be. aad they had loth listened fot the opeuiug of the door, or. rather, for its closing, as it shut heavily, reverber ating through the boos. They bad 1st-em-d in vain, and young Mr. Mildpa tliought be would go down stair and see if the summon had been attended to. He bad gone straight to the strset door, ' had opened it. only to find no tody! I'h nking that th ringer might hate retired a lew pa era, young Mildou Said he bawl stepped out into the street auid looked to the right hand and to tha left, but iu tain. While he was doing thi the hall door had suddenly closed be hind him, banged a he had then believed by a draught ot wiad. Ui$ hat ha4 been Ibat within the hocse, left, in short, d chair in bis trade's room, lla had, bf Kaid. Lesitatod for a moment what h I bould .'. He prraumed the boos keej i f bad gone out marketinir, ptsbly taking ad an 'age of bis tisit to do sJ without l4 iug her master alone; thete foif an ring n on hi part would be a 1 utile us the runaway ring bad been. M l.e l. I decided lo go uietly and katlee to his owu lodiogs, which were, fortu u..tely, iiot fur otf, intruding to retosa to the course of th i-n ttinir, wbea th l.o .skopr would, hair resumed bar He had actually beeii on bt Way lo u ib - rii'iteineut iu tha street buk npprisil Liiii of the horror which hal I,.-, u , u i' t.-d in his uncle's bouse. Young Nr. Mildou' Co nmunicatiod was certu.nlv iuijiorlaul. 1 ; opened up t.wor three i.ittrs: Ha l tho hiuaekecprr really been ab sent f ruji the Uousu at the time of the run i way ring! ' If not. whit hid Le-u the hiudrauce ! her aiisn eriu ii? Vo-iiig Mr. Mi:. Ion was asked why he I. id no: cil'ed In r instead of answering tbu i!,or liui-elf.' Was it In-caus he hud iho'i.'ht il likely she wat out? He iiusttere I a' o u-.- iht he had not thought iImmiI it Tho bell had rung aud it lu l been n -le. led. He hid goue to liie door simply us the mSt direct aud natural thing. Another i ust ion was, "Who ran., the bell?" Was this mvati rious runaway the name who suhse jueutlv returned aud commit ted the dreadful crime? Had his heart failed iiim on the first occasion? Or had he g lined an inkling that th- house jolt then had a alalwaft- gueat as well a it usual feeble and nged occupants? He bin. s If had not approached any of the windows during his visit. His uncle had sit in his aocustoined hair by the win dow, u watcher outside might have ob served the old geullemau turu to speak to somebody iu tho room. Itut tin n- had certainly Wi u uothin to show that this inti r!ocutor was other thtiii the old sor- Viiut Mr. Mildou, the uncle, confirmed his iM-phow in everv respect. There wet oiing Million's hat ou the tl.uir, where he had fe ft it. I he old gentleman bad littln to add. After his nephew had mil nun to utteiiu lo tlic ringing Im II be ba t beard the street iloor slain sharply, apd, looking from the window, hud ac il his nephew go ot)', bareheaded, and had guessed accurately enough at iho apparent state of matters. He had returned lo his newspuper reading and had no: troubled himself further for soma time. Then it occurred to him that his housekeeper was late in bringing up his ti ii and he had rung his bell hud rung It a'.iu' nod ii'.iiu. with us little ell'ect us Hid runaway ring hal produced! At last he had managed to Imbblo out of hi ro on iiml a- far us hi-stairhead, whence looking o t-r the bunister he ha 1 caught it glimpse of the skirls of the woman be hind the hall door. His only idea hud Imcii that his old servant had been seized with ii fit. and he hal at onco girni th alaiui. t roin the ntairlie id it wua im po-!ite tor liiui to peu tlif otricr pros, trnte figuie at the lop of the kit(ho stairs. Voiine; Mr. MilJon expressed thw live lo st interest in tlio myti nous ringing oi the bell, llo seemed to lav great importance on that .point Another difficulty was prno iitly found nttaihiug to tins tragedy. It was nn pos-ible to j;aiii any com lusix o idea u to what had bi eii tho wiapui which had prolui-ed su-li dcadlv results In the case of cuch woman the fatal wound had bv. n u blow on the skull sj direct, so well aiimd. and so iucisiv that il had m eded no repetition. Hu doi'tors tlitl. red us to what instrument win likely lo crl'cct its purjni-e in the peculiar way manifest. It seemed that no clue to tlio i.iftitity ot llo- criminal whs likclv to come from this direction. Another moot point was the posnibl motive for the crime. Its two victim wt-re respectable old womeu. little likelv to pro oke eiiinit v of tin violent kind The motive could scarcely bo plunder. for nothing in the house had been re. iii'ii tit or evi ii lumpercii wun. spoons midotln r silver luble artidiM lav on the kitchen dnssei, just iu the rder iu which tl.tf hoiiseki epcr herself had evi oeiitly arrancil them. .Mso, tin re wat a large sum ot nuuiev on the premises. tor the i l-Ier Mr. Mildou hud consider able Ihmiv prop, rtv in -, nn 1 as it wat us! after ouarlcr day his rent receipt .ad Ik-cii lare and bo ha I ih-lnvt-d to bank them. a fuel which in f bt wet. hate bciti suspe.tfd by many people This money was kfpt iu nn o!d-fahioiied bureau, at the back of Mr. Mildou' It was found intact. autthe ol cent if man lum-ell coil. I testily trial there had been lo utteuit oil the pan of auv stranger to enter his apartment If iiiivIhmIv bad enlere.l the houae with ibis otject ' "Iu had be ut ctVi-cled iti The cripple 1 iuvalid upstairs would hav to en een more e.isily disposed of tha tl.e old woman below. One detectiv lurestil that tho old eiitleuiau hal u r left bis chair by the window. l ence any d. e 1 of io- nee might have bei ii seen by pasrb. Hut nnoloi replied that -u h a murderer aa thi would scarcely have been ''eated in this way. in e a few inenio is sjunJ au thf atairhead would certainly hav easily d-cov ed the old man lo the door of the apartment. "lientb men," said the younger Mr Mihlou. "the irre.it uorstioii is Vbv rang tbe ln-ii: Among the dettxtives and leal fuoc tionanrs who met in conclave with th very few witnesses who had any testi mony, to offer, there was one voung maa wbo nlU-d such a aut-rj'mate place that be had scarcely any ruht to speak in the councils of b'S seniors and superior, and certainly he rec-ird very little encour agement when he vtntured to suggest that he had his own doabts a to the in uocence of young Mr. Mildon himself. The others scorned him. Had not young Mr. Mildon come on the acs-oe ot his own free will avnd volunteered aatata meat which set him in the line of sus picion! 'He could scarcely help that." murmured Le of the doubt; "for, even ii his ancle bad forgotten or overlooked bis visit, bis bat would have been fotind ia tha boose and be would have b"n caviled upon to account for it." It was farther urged that the aingalai absence of apparent motive became, ia the case of young Mr. MiUoo, aa b Dene of all motive whatef.- He, of alt fcXopU, was moat likely laow'of hj taoorj hi nncla bad Id lba boose, and Vbara L4 kept It; yel tw bawl certainly Lean la lb old gaattemab ' room, every IhLag there bad bed atfbil mercy, and Itill tha Invalid was aafaVdd bt sttfra In tact. To thesa pleaa t) young man, wboea w will esdl Talfurd. could find no tuaawer; yet be did not say be aarrendered hi saspiciooj. lla wat ail -need bat Do euovloratl. Months passed on and tha great crime coomittal In tha little boae ia X aeatnesi Ukelj to be relegated to the list of uuaoliad mysteries. Talfo'd himself Lad ceased to take any active interest bj th matter) and the intpresioa . wbi b had one bn so slr-ag apmi his rain was wearing faiut, i that probably. ii time, be himself would have grown iu. creduloos of it I his Mr. Talford bod a watch which :ave bim a good deal of trvmble, and at ut he took it to ' a friend, a skilfu) auecbaaiciau, who. be thought, migl.) rure its aberratious. The man hN.keJ Bt It carefully- laid I f thnught be saw what wrong a rather peculiar defect -and prooeeded to rummage in a drawel for a tool i needed to remedy It. He Jid not readily find it. an 1 sutnuioued his wife to his aid While they wer looking for this minor implement he re marked by the way lhat he did not se Lis In at hammer either. Talford, whj was standing idly by, was aroused by th woman's answer, which ahio in the foriq of this imjuirv: "Have vou ever had it since you lent i to yoaug Sir. Mildon?'' Her husband thought not, now he -arrte to think of it Talford struck int the con vernation: '"JVIiat was the bam. aier like?" "I l, not an ordinary hammer a watch aiaker I ainiuer like this," and the thopkeeper produced a UxA which Tal ford aaw at once was well adapted to proiluoe those fatal;.d jeuliar wounds which had aroused., much speculation. "Do vou use these tools much?" he asked carelessly. "Not very much, or I sliould have missed my best one sooner. I should think it is marlv a year since I lent it to Mr. Mildou." That signifies that it had been in hie possession fot some time befero 4 ho murders. Talford took leave of the .friendly thopkeepr and hasteued awny His old impression was now as vivid as ever, and be had something more tangible to bnck it. llo was resolved on a lold stroke. He would take counsel with no body, but would v suture, a grenl deal and win or lse all. Ho put n pair i f handcuff iu his Kocket and made u comrade accompany im on u pie- e of Important buslue-s.. They wended their way to the street where tho younger Mr. .Mildou lived in lodgings which he bad occupied for a lojpi; while. Talford left his comrade tj wait on the a'eiiient, aud repaired to the house alone. . "Was Mr. Mihlou at home?" he asked of the woman who opeiied the door. cS, he was at home in his owu room. Then tho isitor would go to him there; he need not be atuiouno. d; h. n .Mr. MiMon was him he woufd iiuderstaud. Youutr Mildon roe from his writing ilek on the entronce of his unsuspected guest. His face was perfectly uncou scious, without citlnr surprise or alarm. For one moment tho two meu looked at each other in sib nee. If Telford's con viction wavered, Ocrtainly his detcrmin. utioii did not. Laying tho "darbies" on the table h aid: "Mr. Mildon, I am prepared fo violence, but you will oblige inc. if yoq will ijuietly produce the watchmaker's hammer with which you murdered vour uncle's housekeeper and her friend." Whether it was the sudden revelation of the d scovcry of the much-debated weuMiu, or an idea that Talford would ne.t r have acted as be did without some strong ei idence to justify him, cannot be evplaiuod. Hut young Mildon. without a word of protest, turned on his heel, went to ii chest of drawers, uulocked one, a .l uispiaveu to lailoni iiieierrtuie im plement ft lay among hi-handkerchiefs an I neckties. He had never even cleaned it. lry bloI was nn it, and there wen- one or two adhering hairs. Vet what seemed such nn utter careless, ness l.al corn- nearer to achieving security than any amount of n-allesa pre. caution inih' have done. The who'e of Charbn Million's origins', account was proved to le perfectly true ! He had only omitte.1 its m-t iuipor taut parts ! It was true that the old housekeeper hid admitted bnn and that she bod ap. peared just as usual. He had omitted to say that he had in stantly felb-d her In tho ground with a bi..w which needed no reHtition. That ho bad ueit beeu startled by the appear ance of another old woman otnmg up the kitchen stairs, but that his surprise bad not unnerved him for the prompt comuiis-ii n of a wou 1 murder, which bad fonned no part of his original plan. Then be had paa-eH by ti e two dead women and C'ne to Lis ancle's apartmeot. He bal found the old man scaled at the window aa usual, but m this be had reckoned, aod had laid Lis plot record, iugly. Af er a. little couiersatiou be had aske-1 for a small money loan. His uncle had often b. en cocnplaiaaul that lie had little fear of a re bud. ' Had the ancle left the window to take a few sovereigns from bis bureau bis nephew wold have felled bun to the ground and Mesl himself of the whole l.oar-1. Itut to his sorpris and (Lsooaifiture thvr -s I a a - X uiu fremiecnea roeu evverir xjaraie) Insteailof lending th tnwbey be gai bim a lecture Liadin; him with re- proacttes. The nephew ab-ed a sab- tnissive front, woodering all the while what other d-dr h ooukl mvrnt torn lice his uacle froea bis window seat. (n occarred to him at last. Aaamiousanl despoodent man is often thirst v. He knew bis ancle kept diver liuwors In a cupboard at tie back of the roxa. "Well, uncle, be seul. sadly. "yo can't think bow your words apart me aod your m erily la such a uiaf paat- meat to me I real y irwl qette lauaL. l a won't git me aey more help y.-w say? I ill not ask it. I will- only ask for a drink of something even a glass ol water. Yoa w.'I n refuse t that" 'Vou may take it for yeirv f." lit fencle kid declaml. Vou know wber lb bottles aud glasse are' kept. It la part of your abominable idleness tl it ad actl.e womtg felkrw like you abou d sit there asliug a poor e-H cripple to Land him adri.ik.'' ; To keep np apprarauces TOunc Mildon Lad gone to the cupboard1 and hslped himself to some beer. Then he Lad re sumed bis seat. To wait for bis uncle to more, could be, of course, but ques tion of time, and the stakes he had already risked were too terrjble to allow of any impatience. Ieai log -personal In terest aside, he Lad striven to divert and iuterest the old grutleman in local gossip cnJ o!itiral debate and was Hatteriag ! i.ioH-lf that be was allaying kla ancle's Irritation In the riMist satisfacttrty man ner, when be Lad lcn . suddenly cou fownJed by a brisk, eTeniptoTy ring jug of the street dovr bell, lib uncle bad at once vaguely wondered wbo It waalikely to bt. coming at that partica lar hour,, when he was l4om distorted. The nephew bad wondered far less vaguely what course be bad better par si e, ioc he kuew too well that there was no living person below to attend to lhat belLt uf coarse, Le eiieete J a repe tition of the ringing. There had teeu a sound in the first as if the. person pro ducing it would uoj brok long delay l.or readily give up. - t Iu bis f de )H-ratiou, Young Mildon taught at his uncle's wonder who it lould be,, and reiterated If. Then he made a feint of listening.' and remarked that as the housekeeper did .'not seem on duty, ho would go mid attert 1 to thejdoor himself. ' Accordingly he rushed aay, past the two corpses iu the hall, aud had opened the do r warily, that tho caller should not catch a glimpse of the hor rible sight within. He bad trusted to some dark ln-pirat:oti of the moment to get Uit of tho malapropos guest. To hl astonishment, nobody- stood on th d.orstep. I'robubly thi soinewhnt sl.oik even his iron nerviv fr. Instead of retiring again, with "the sufficient v' plan itioii of a runaway ring, he had teppi-d out upon tl.o street to recon noitie, not, -howuter. forgetful to draw the door behind him fnirl vcl.xo. 'I hen U hud nua' coiintublv alauiTned. and re t.oit. hutless mid utterly defeated in his j'efarious objcc:s. had bctti the ,nly -t'ursrt left him. It b id. ut -least, given It i ii op Mtrt niiil v to con-id r his ixisition, and tie-uine tin part of ail Miuocc'ut wit ness. ' : I uco fairly at bay, under the energetic oiiii.titu.il of 'I'ulford. la ilrooped bis pr. ma k f.rter. And b subsequent pas- ge to cnei iitiou-was icrv Krai'ht and In rt. .;. I here i- much t n tloct oa ii; such a b.ry. Did ti e door bell fiug only iu yoini Mildoii's g ai It v imagoialion, and was his idea vivid enough. U cording to Soifi' liiohru iheoties. to i imprers bis uncle's ir i nl wi b u ind'ar id ea; fraught will olleii close . a do.r left lightly ajnr. There is nothing unual li ra I or even uuusual ill that.'. Suno will loinoliued totally to dismiss our tele phonic suggestion and to full back on the simpler one of a mere runaway ring. Admit this, an 1 wc have at once, in its Hum and circumstam e. u mnrv clou co liicidcbcti with the nenl iif tho chtii ion. : ' And then we hive to sxlmit auotl.er ouincidciiie iu the slamuiing of the door. Neither that nor the ringing of the bell were in the least remirkahte in them selves. Thev weie the most common- place of occurrence. All their wonder V in the pait they played in this Irug- I toe a iiot the multiplication of C unci- deuce tend lo suuc-sl the ivi-t -i.ee of a law not fully manifest u ,A whole phi-lo-nphy may underlie the iiiiswer to the f jestiou, " ho rang the bell. -tAr- gosy- Foreleu I'o-lal Saiings Hank. Tho llritih postal saviijg bank are open lot; t lie receipt ami- payment ot moey daily to depositor, and one shil ling twctitv-fiio ci uta i-r ' an v n imber of shillings are r -ciicd. Wf a person desires to lepo.-it less thai out? IiillitLa; he may 1 purchase penny stamps mid aste them mi a c rd. and when the nuiii er rcacln-s llo ainouut f one ahillii thi make tho d-p.s:t. The number of depoits in the I'oslal Snitigs Hanks of (inut llritaiu iu the yo r 1!M, amounted to .TI..m;, thi aui'.unt mi ilepoaite- being more than lUf.si. The nuinUr of depositors nnd the aufount of money deposited incrensed from year to year. In Kulaud an 1 )Va1ea, one in dividual in every seven makes deposits, the average balance due to ea h depos itor being aln.ut f 7.Y The regulations (ermil p riMii depositingat one I'ost olice, V drew nciin-t tueir -dejHrsit at any other PostofhYe. and thirty per cent of the trail ictiona are made iu this man ner. The mplovi r of labor eacoiiraife the use of the I'osb.flice Savings Hauk. In Italy the jM.tal saring bank yetem was t-alabliahed in I?)). In l.v.i tho uutnber of deHita wava oivr J.t a a i.i s standi beam unt depositel 11,. ii..H,7 ll lire. Iu Austria the number of dejositors in lKt was iht.T?. and the number of Hejoaits u.avle during tl-,vear waa .im .'iiiting to l.H.ir.,i florins. In Hungary. Kua-ia and KinLnJ joe. otlice savius bmks are also in iik cm ful operatiou. Iu inarly a'l of these soII .lepsita may b- niadi? by purciias ing stainHi and arliiiug tbeui to a card. I be officials of nearly all countries where ista! saving banksare in opera tiAn state tt;at they di bo io'erfrra la any way with oth r banks, but a the contrary; n- gtorrally fotta. helpful to Lai. In nearly all case low rate of intertst. of from two to thrre r cent, ia paid. The I irector-'JeoerJ of Poet a jf France says; "Far front interfering with private saving tanks, this law contains a number of proiisWos by which ibeae beaks have benefit!. 1'itstal saving banks have not been rstabliabed to cmf with the private beaks, bsit with a view to giving evinga banks to loca'.ities where ;they do not list and where they probably never would bate been rtabUa'ed by private effort. l. Iie Mar-Sayings. A small tuft of whit reees are fre qoently a sol in place vf th regalatioq oraot bloesi'ms. Heliotrope is the favorite perfume. Iled ia extcntirely us4 la milliner. Never wa there a season when so much lace was worn. The faddish maid a Is now making a collection of belts, j Ulack lac scarfs are worn, tied with long end at the back. 1 Grecian women bad longer feet t&ao the average man baa now. Fine cotton fabrics are coming to tha front more and more every day. A Kentucky Episcopal church ha elected two women as reatrjtnen.'' A patent has been issued to a woman for an improved fattening for shirt but ton, j. Portrait of aix American women bang in the present exhibition of the Paris Salon. i A summer school for female students is to be cittblished (a the Eiffel Tower, Paris. j Thi summer lace dresses will b worn by many women, as; they bar been la the past. ' Faahioa ha set her foot upon th graduating dress ami kicked off every article of lace. j The girl bachelors of New York are movJy artists, writers, editors, doctor, and detigners. j Tnequare toed shoes and slippers are avoided by ladies who do net take kindly to severo style. Ltd Malet, the wife of Sir Edward Malet, has a collection of 1000 pairs of shoe ot all kind. I . .The Hussian blouse I made up for children of all a'jei, from well-growa girls to tiny tots, j Satin will be wora by most bride, and already the modiste have finished some most exquisite gown. White alpaca a a1 material for dresij gowns has brea brought to the (or by no le an authority than Worth. Linen cuff have been recalled Into the ranks of fashion, and will be worn with link buttons with tailor gown. It looks very much as If our young women college graduate of tho near future will wear the ''mortar board." a A brown stiaw bat trimmed with blue is about a pretty and serviceable aa any thing that can be aelecKi lor a Calld. The woolen and flannel blazers are to the front acjaln. Tbey will be worn over a muslin or wash-silk skirt and a leather belt. Two ladies only hire obtained th de gree of Ma. Doc., otrnclj, the IMqccii of Wales an i Mits Annie Patterson, of Dublin. j The Punch of Metbo iroe, A at trails, is edited by a women, li Murphy, who i said to be b?lb brilliant and , beautiful. ;. Dlack U slill worn in preference to crjlor i:i uu lerwcir.by insny Americta women, anl boisery in black has the largest sale. Diucet, Worth, Felix and tb rest of the Pariaita. designers are uinj greeo In hht aud leader aha le la all summer gowns and bonnets.' Abrarn Gaar, a WexHhj manufacturer of ariculturtl implement ia ladlsos, pave hi daughter a check for 1100,000 on her welding day. Very high effect of puffed balr, with the wavy part of the front hair drawn up over thee puff by being held up by small ornamental comix, are now seen. A pretty gown forlijht mourning re cently seen wat of kibite serge. A band of wide black ribbru wa oa the bottoai of theakirr, an l the jacket wa trimrsel with black ribbon, j la a recent parlor lectore which she delivered in Chicago, Mrs. Custer,widow of the ill-fateTJ cavalry General, said that she wa the first wjmao in this country to shoot a buffalo. 1 Chiflon ii so geoenllj the corerlog for parasol that some women wbo want to have a jetty one, aod wbo aisi have skill, are covering their old parasol thanuelves with the chiffon. It may interest the extravagant yooaj woman of small means who sighs for silk rinding ia ber dress to know that some of th very best cutoners of th uptown modiste prefer cotton lining for their street suit. , For summer gowns, the mst faahioa. able fs'xics, are clinjiog silk crepoos aad stripped greavlins,. Tbey ar to be mvje up very plainly with trimmiags of embroidery, gjipfire or velvet and more eipeciiil with ni li;ht list near t!c fa'-e. ThirtccT utl ral iatr fr:i Mooat Auburn (OiioVun L1t laUtut bauj let?! der'yi ig iu errry pitsi'i! wa the unas of er.l. j Tusj walked nnder a ladder, l-rokeenrr-. r rlumbrellaa, bvl thirteen waiter ai l caused th or chesHra to pUj Pjirttsj i pim. ' Mr. Cclia 1 lUatter. the poeires. kf dfty -vca year oi-1. Hit i a tail, bauad jie womaa.! witU dar a I are, dare eye and to white hair AppUdore, 11 ssf Oboe's, was her hKi wosra he waa teas jean old, aad It baa beea ber laaasr bom ever tiocc she was sixteen. Christiaa Ni'.ssoo, the prima dooaa. La a clever wojiaa of bastaesa. Mm. Mod ka, th PUsh artrMr plays ChopU oaxl ipnu a llf doaea Uguage. Patti i verj proul of her needlework, speci ally of Ut darning. Albual, th slag, cultivate th doovelic art aad writ eatertaiaiag letters to her friend. A great deal it lac will be wora this season, aad oaoy ar th device resort ed to to mak tv style out of th molti tade of old tad familiar lac drtasMwlth which v bar soe bca daiasd. Dot a lac dree is tx comfortable aad coQvealeat to b dispensed with, and the feminine fair must hare them whether or no. AUc M. Bacon, of New Havsn, Conn., has for nearly tea year taught without a salary ia the Normal School tor In diana and colored children at Hampton, besides caring for a Utile motherless Japanese girt, supervising the new Dili Hospital and training school for colored nursea, which she hi founded, and doing editorial work on the Hamp ton school piper. Mot a few wires, of prominent Amcti can of to-day bar beea trboolcurm. A aotble Instance Is that of Mrs. Job a W. Mackay. Mrs. Mack ay speot her earlier years la Virginia City, Nev.t as a school teacher before she met th "llo naaxa King." Doubtlea she Is indebted to that period of her life for th coa SAimmate tact la ber social affairs which ha mad ber the leader of the American colooy la Pari. Otigla ef Oar ITrewa. Moat of our weed, like ranch of out vermin, hav com to u from Ujrmd these. J net how they emigrate la evrrj case will never be known; some came as legitimate freight, but many wers towaway. bom entered from bor t der laada upon th wings of the . wiad, oa liver bosom, la the stomachs of ml rratlng birdr, cllogiag to hairs of pa log animals, and a hundred other way beside by maa himself. Into the N England soil aod that south along thi Atlantic seaboard the weed seeds Orst took root. Also the native plant, with strong weedy nature, develojed lut , pests of th farm aad garden. Many ol th native weeds are shy aad harmless ia comparison with the persittcnt and pug. aackus one that have like vagabonds migrated to our shores. Why should It be that pleat of another country not only find their way here, but after ar livtag assert themselves with a vigor fai surpassing our native herbs? Dr. Oray. Ia writing upon this point, says, "A the district bar la which th weed of th Old World prevail was naturally torttU clad, there were few of it native herU which, if they eoald bear the exposure ' at all, were capable of competition in the cleared land with emigrants from the Old World." The EurojieaD weeds had through long ages adapted themselves to tfce change from forest to cleared land, aod were therefore prepared to fiouri! bar la the rich forest soil that wa sud denly exposed to the sun and subjected to other new condition by the felling of the trees. Popular Science Monthly. Are riaata Degenerating? ,Tbe curious theory Is advanced bv Tro faaaor W.-IU Lsuenhy, of th Ohio Ex perimental Station, that cultivated plants are degenerating. "To this degeneracy be ascribes the increased losses from blight aad Insect injuries. To a limited extent this is probably true. Ieftt of nutrition caused bv imjwmUhcd l0 eijxne trrn to disease that on well fertilized land they escape. It is known too that ou climate does not develop tho heaviest weight In iprlog grains, so lhat seed oati have to be brought to this country from Europe every "year to reuew iti vlgotoui growth. Where potalove are grown for a long aerie of Tear from set the plaat inherit lea and lea vitality, and thecrcf is helped by renewing varieties from thi seed 111. flat In the corn crop, wher more car U taken than in any other, in selecting th best art for seed, there is s constant tendency towards Improvement. It shows that this is largely a matter ol careful seed selection and "good fanning. Boston Cultivaior. ' A Grim rate. A native diver descended Into thf wafer to see wb'.ber one of th piers, then ia course of construction, had set. WhiU he wa engaged In this work, a great Iron cylinder subsided a little, crushing hi band between it aod the masonry. When, on a sigosl being' given, another diver cam down, be found kla unfortanai corarad Impris oned under water without hop of es cape. After a few moment! of mute despair and harrowing uncertainty, a speechless decision was. arrived at, aod the new corner proceeded with chisel an 1 ham mer to back off hi uahappy companion a band a the wrist. The prisoner was thus liberate!, but died, soon after reaching the surface, from th shock. Never, I thlak, baa aa opium eater in Li dreams Imagine! a snore pitiful spectacle of hopeless human offerisg. Travtls ia India. Becoming Extiaet. Th pinnated grouse are now confined to the Ulaod of Nantucket, Maasachu tta, where, oadr the name of 'heath- bea" or heaihena,M as describe-1 ia th proclamation just Issued by th Government printets they ar preserved. Th Carolina parrot, th on indigenous parrot of North America, I also vanish lag, and will aooi become extinct, like the Palla cormorant la the Islands of Bering sea. Th last survivors of this th largest of th cormorant, are thought to hav perished, bk th last of the rtftfowl, bf lh41destroctloa of Iheif -Ulaed by a veJcavao, aad their disappear aace eaa hardly be laid at Ue dove ef ' Aaetican seamen. Ch ieago ' wa. Tie ( ablt The length of the ancient cubit, s flea refer red to la sacred aad other erritiep of early data, varied according to the race. Btrfctly, tt was the distance fro th elbow to th Up of the middle finger. I Leers t Investigation prove that the Roman cubit was 18.47 inches ia bagta. Th Greek, 18.20. The Hebrew rarisd from Si. 14 to 12.03, th varie tiosas being da to age and locality. fVtw biblical scholars believe that JtVana ark nauremeat were cubits ef ebo&XM XttV-eta JVC1 Ikpus ...
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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June 23, 1892, edition 1
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