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v-JI. -'v'-' ! . . y r y . -y- b I -' I'-- .'. - O : 5 y '" ' ': '.' -"yl y yi'-'y .l-jy :'..yv y y- j ;.' '. :; -.. j ) - . y! ; .. ! , :,-.',! y -;.-y 4y vp.: :i.pjfj:." -';:.' " --: ";- -4y . yy j ! ;.lyy .- ; y"i j I ?' . 1 "y"' ; i ry .y y 'I'-fr'jK if-'tfe :"-yff t-' 'vy.:- --y V-H-- ty:;' yi t "-' y'-; -y i- " -, -.'.Vr y. ;, 1 --1 immmmymimmwsBAtf; October 27, isst, Jfeyywy 1 ( . i i r NO.'4G. v- i.-yOL- 'IV : ,! ;; v- JJ ,; : ; -r: ,-. m TSJJUKUyJN; g.-niUKSDAY,' OCTOBER 27, 1887, I ' :l J.--.'., :y J .' EE THE rcftl.lBHED! EVERT THURSDAY AT TttK . - . . IToMEOFriCK, niLLSBOllO STREET, A. II. ME 3 UItT, HOME: Editor & l'roarletorJ One dollar per year in advance.! advance i rate cents vi-:: for $1.00 2.50 B.00 7.60; 12.00 any Not utricly month. S ,'. ; y UATEM OF AUVERTISINU 1 eqoare, 1 fimei 1 eqaare. l tnonth, , 1 Bqnare, 3 months, ! i square G month?. 1 Bqnare 12 inonthejl Contract at reaBonable specified tiine anl tnace.. ; '; :. 'iv i j - 4- y I SPECIAL RULE(4j I he Editors ar not responsible far and, would not be understood as endorsinff the; Tiews of . contributors to the i columns i of The Homb. and thev reserve the DrerocratiTe of withholding the iiames of . contributors ii it should. be deemed proper i No commnni cr tion willlbfc aUowed a plac&iin the panoc aniess aoumpaniea oy ine name oi aj re sponnujie pprtyl Wo indecorotis personali ties will bofpubUshed. Obituary notices ,td the extent 6f eipht! Hdcb will be admitted f ree of chargeJ Ten cents will be charged ior every ane in excess of this number. Con tribdtorsare requested to write on only one siue or the tr manuscripts. We do not prom- se toretar rejected mmuBcrintsJ Address ';:.: h; j ' j, Pittsboo. N. jo. . O. KRON BURR'S: WOOI From the 'commandant's xfuarterson ".. West- The bluq bills of Ramapo lie in full sight; -On their! slope gleam the gables that shield 1 . . t 1 ; IT wartr- the Hudson's be Bat the redWatk are war 1 ;- , ;tweedd . Through the camp runs larjest: yThere's no -i ' '4 monj 'twill bedark-r- ; , I't'is odds little Aaron will go on a spark' And theftoalst of the troopers is: 'Pickets' A California court, has cl ended that. 5 deed to real estate from u husband i 1 . . . .1 . . wife, whifref 1' lok;e ftad affection " nitmcd as khd coimdetationjT3 Void -parties dq hot liv j in Jiartodaj there jus; uu v.huuu e iuyu uau aaecuoa in case, ana tin 6t;itiite requuinj consideration dilute requiring p ;-y ."yf n;na ta vaUitibl The ixdfrant proved be a letter ...York PostofBde a certain mndii trrlment iw'oba a cancel 1 nf w letter frokthe wmi tne jimmc i," '. I- Ji 't - 1 - advertising are on fde at which ihb the 1 1 picCiofTered to n 1--J..V.' ' I'- or 1 wo mo - irh khtibl a .btainpod wpon.it lice duriiia of the pate it 1 rid o a are tiiJ wefi ' Nevi 1 osvners ol ihebov M l USB O out cjverj hat ytrm mcdicint itie tfovprnhient of; Japiri hjis iniitcfi "sevcrai scnti ic bodies to ap wjnt a comrni'tteb ' to cxnmine and report the type if buildings best calculat isisi shocks 01 canni 'asp. inis is view of tho fac housci ; vere woou, m;ionry joto use, fspec public buildings. it) ici iniE wnereas jantneA loifmcrly coiistructeil di L T! I ' v ; '"ol"J Eiallyjin the consthiction dl )ist r inieveji are (ao30iuteiy gr 1. uieiiiti!. ,t j m esttrn ; ounriar reiuseci tt carry off 'plunder JTom a house after ht i' -Ait . ..! r : : i t niscoverea tnat its; owner w.i a mamri A Georgia tjujf gj'ewj consciencl-ttricket and returned a large sum of monev. !Am3 now,-. to papjtha climax, comes the case os New York: mcknocket. whoso tendei heart would riot stolen watch vrhi to ihis dfJuirhten i and tnspcctoi rawing sent deppe hi$ blade. lie 1 r And good luck to the Colonel arid Widow 11.-. tJ-.-J-lm ,- ' r ; U.:i.' "Il l Eight miles, to the river pe gallops his steed, Lays him bound in the'barge, bids his escort make fcpeei, " , , ! j. - iM'fsi;- Loose tljeir words, sit athwart, through . the Not a wbrdi Inota plash oi the thick muffled Once acf os3,once again in, tpe seat.and away Five leagues are soun over when love has the Andi'OidPut,' and his irider a i bHdle-pathf . Mow ..- yy-y- To the Herrnitage Manor of Madame Pre vost. 1 it'. 1 -- : !; I' ' . 1 Lightly idone but he baits in the grove's doors were thrown open, aridyhe court herald announced in a loud voice that her royal highnerwoiild novr deign to re ceive offers; and; that going: in' Buitors would: please take the right hand door, and coming out the" left-hand door; that thus collisions 'of a painful and disturb ing nature might be avoided, and thatf furthermore, no suicides were allowed In the royal presence. An immediate rush; ensued toward . the entrance, i which opened directly into the great hall where the fnncess sat upon h?r thrqne,' with thousands of cushions lying '.before her over thcfloor, ; that suitors might not catch cold from kneeling too lonir unon the marble pavement, while' huge hogfc-heads.s- filled with .Tikdilv-colorpd and f glade, Ties his fiorie to a brph, tHms his 'que, sUhgs y Wipes tjjio dilst and tne dew from his smooth' hamdoma 'face.f ' ';' j i. . : - ' Vy With this kerchief she broidered anj bordered Xnen sltpstnrougn the box-rows am tipj at. .. . . J . V . . I -i 1: I. - tne nau, l . p..: : 1 1, i Bees the; glint of a wax-light, a hand white I ; i- ana small, . i A'ndthd dobr is - uubarrei bv herself all agiovtt-:' . -,- yv-y- Half in smiles, half in tears- Theodosia Pre- 'vost. Alack', for tjhe soldier thati's buried and gon9 WhatVa vqUey bov hiihja wreath on his IT KtnnJ r wife ,for Compared with sweet life and a i one's view '; -;j''T; ' ;') Like-this dalms ripe and warm in . ; fichu !-, -r. :(--. ' , ; She chides her bold lover, yet holds him more her India her doors t ion from, Mathcj allow him to keep eh contained an inscrip who Byrnes. reiirned li-t- 1 j- Creasing; through Btatishcs Ishowj that blindness vefy and blindness . 1. rapidly in the' is in Unite and 188C gtates. ;Cet.wten the! years 1870 I the population increased thirty per cent! nd wag-oVthH ud. a year to sustain nn army of ' bliiid pe6plo 6n the lowest basis; of cosj (his infliction Assisted fby irhmigiation many infectious diseases, of the country.! j . . j ' 1 1 For theldaring that brings him. a blight-rider I Jiere;r . j.; ' iv I British gallants by day ;thrpugh ' come land go.' "' :l '' : But a "Yankee's the winner of Theo Pre vost . ;t y , ii ! .'.i-.-n , 1 ! .. ; ... Where a th& widow or maid with a moutli to Mkist. .r. -.1 When Burrlcomes a; wooing, that long would , resistf ' j . Jbights $nd wine on the beaufet, the shutters aU fast, i" - f And "01d Put" stamps in vain till' an hour 1 has flown past But an hour, for eight leagues, must be cov- . . Lj J jJ..: ' I- - i 1 ! . ... ciitu ore unjr ; j- j. JaughsAaron: "Let Washington frown; as !, . he may, ;j y. -y ,j:,; vvnen nfe hears of me next in a raid on the tie H rqreWe thismsht's trvst i with t-h Widow Prevost!" 4 i i E. C. Stedman, in Jtarpzr's TJIE B GRA("E OF LOVE and we drearri an 35 Have, and hia 0 It costs $25,000,00fi overj 50,000 would have The chief cause of the ranid snread o . J- ... ..M i .1:,.' -A.-t .--.'!- ' " i is said to be contagion beeri earned which ubring the eye T If L ' i VT Twelyje' Morhiort families Vive heard rfcecn in already the;!Dominion oi intd soon ii-. settle aft ha rulers have with the Ca- 1 - t :cuiea ax ; Aiberi,j m i panada.'iand t others will Medicine Hat. The. ITdrorito Globe that the IMorinoa correspondence I-.- . . n 1 -i-. .. 1 . nadiaa i,Oovcrrunent on the subject,, of - colonizing in, Canada, and thatthean jBwers they received were not such as to prevent' their endeavoring (;o effect their d,on't Wish them any harm, r York. Tribute, but all the ' , . -i : - ' i- 1 : came we should rejoice "to get rid of1 the Mormons. ; : j'; . , j;- purj.iosc. Bays the We New get ri filled ; with Tiiirhlv-colored various-sized ! mittens, were artistically in the background. 'Jieautif ur is no fit word wherewith to describe, this Princess. - Had Webster of Worcester or ,ariy i othery dicepnarian seen her, be wbiild : certainly , have in- venceu some worn on, the spot more ca pable of expressing1 the charm and crace and perfect, proportion of feature, form and soul which went to make nn' this are ana wonaenui maiaen. - . . ? - : And now, one after another, with dif ferent degrees of assurance, ecstasy, sen timent and; pride, the crowd of suitors: made ;their efforts; extolling their feeveral excellencies and advantages over each other and everybody else, and modestly Mi.tMfu liny vjuw mose, points wncrein ney Did dehance to the human , race at large and aspired to be divinities; But to-day, as - jesterday, none was ifouncT superior to the Princess. . One Jiftcr an other was duly admitted and dismissed with a consolatory cigar, -and Ihe promise that his name should not he handed in to Mrs. Grundy, who, pen in hand; satin the reporter's chair; and still the little Princess waited sm'ling and peerless, upon her throne, in royal . but .wearying single-blessedness. Yet all this 1 white the ; stransre vouhff man. who had come in with the rest, said ne ver a .word to press phis suit, and while the others! were praying and groaning and making no end of a to-do, he alone stood tioncrht and silent, and ' held his head straisrhfc arid high as if in proud disdain. - ; ;;j lhe little rrtneess was only a woman after all, so, of cousse, she grew- piqued at last.- f;1.-'"' 1 ' J "Pray . why do you come here, you." she said, pointing her tiny ivory finger at him, with an inimitable mixture of grace and . scorn, 'if n X to woo me with the rest!'y y vy'y : ,y , ;: ) '' ', . r i "I come to wed, lady, not to woo," he answered gravely, and moved forward with unbending head; yy ij .; ll 4 ,1 i 4 'To wed?? echoed the Princess, with a laugh that 4 rang -" lorth s64 delicipusly"' sweet,- tnat to hear it wa to thins only of the ripple of silter waves against shores of the purest crystal. "And pray,, f j-iend, is that your, wedding garb?" 'She whom I love will. look" to the heart rather than to the raiment, f an swered , he, as unabashed - and gravely as before; and the Princess felt. rebuked, aud bit her sweet lips. y ' ! " Yet you briDg no gift in your hands," she said." "How dare vou ask. aught of me?" - '. ' i it He looked at her and smiled, and she saw that his smile was sweet. ; 1H5 4 1 'Lady, I;claim but gift for gift." I bring you my heart. Give me therefore yours." 4. -- , ;'. . L4' GRACE DEN IO LITCHFIELD. . -V"" 1 , - I snp. RAtri "Hfrar tnav I Iiafpn in such a A gvfeat while;ago, there once lived a praver?" V ; ' very beautiful and very rich little Prin- "Lady," he answered and he looked Cess, j BO beautiful and SO' nchishfii wna tall and noblft' standino- linrinrbfc jilnnp that suitors from 11 parts of the world amid the sea of bowed heads around "1 came iocking in shoals to her palace, do not kneel, becarise I come neither to wearing oiit pantaloons by the million lit bear nor to pray, but to demand mv protradted and agonizing kneeling at her right.!' ' , tiny fet. j ; - i , . 1 "How dare you !" cried the Princess, f Notwithstanding the glory of it how- frightened at "language so strangely un- ever, ; tjhe little princess did not ! much softened to meet her delicate royal ears, enjoy this sort of thing; for. whereas .-I "How dare you?" ., . y j . other younff ladies could SDendtheir 1 "Love dares all.' or is no love."! nn- time ;i4 mlaking delightful slippers arirwered he -"and smiled still. ! 4 '44 comfortables for their friends, this1 noorl 1 .Mt have sworn that I will wed donis little thing had to. emplov all hers in 1 save him who is in .all mv superior. " knitting everlastmg ; mittens (which are T said- the Princess,' arid looked at' tim vei7 '4wkv'ard, ;i disagreeable things to j furiously; "Do you call : yourself my mase, Desiaes Deiug never pleasantly acr j superior r Are you so vamr' , And he ceptedir so that manv a time did 'she drew ud her exonisite head, an laiiVhpd Wish she iriight onlv have been born mar-! a' low fiirfflfnor lano-h. - 4 ! 1" : lied, arid thus have been spared this con- f ' 'No," he answered ! "For love is tinual worry and vexation of soulyijFor f humble ; yet as humility is superior to ishe wa4 a prbud, 'fastidious littleiPriny vanity, 4 you : are inferior, to me in to far cess,- and had declared that t-he never as vou claim superiority." i , would j marry 4 until : she 4 had ; found ff- "A m I vain; then?" asked the Princess, One who was in mwre Wnv Tier snnon'ArV i h a rrTicvofl Biirrrlao v i - . : " J j r name. v'Ldyc lstoodiilike "-. a jeweled crown above his f orehekd; . ' And ' the Princess uiu uer iace in ner nanus ana soloed lor. ; yiiave found, L6ye at last, she sai "It- is he for whom I have waited long, andiearchfed srj far and wide Onlv Love dared claim ine.- "Only Love knew how to win me.j Only Love could teath melo lve againy'! '": - ' : ' ; 1. Anu .rnen 00 pent over her,: ana folded hef in hi close, istrong arms, and cew away with ier ngnt into the; far-off, wonderful Seveiathi Heaven, where nOne but those! who! Love ihave ever heen.' And the. spit unstayed behind wi h their mlttens.and their cigars, and their prom-isesihat- none jphould ever know their names, and werej.sulky,and pretended to outsiders that Vtihey never .could tell what it was so immensely superior that the Prin- qesn saw in Jhafeiio w H , Unluckily the world's echiescannot reach so far as up to the'' Seventh Heaven," and the little Princess never fteard what, they Baid.-7- independent. j .y ' v ; :. 1 GERMAN SIUDENTS1 DUELS. r-l. AVAQE FIQHTU7Q AMONG YOUNG HEN OF EDUCATION, j : '-- '. . - tt ;-'- Terrible- Strnrale for the . Mastery , I Bctwefk -Two Expert , Bwors . ; jmen .Vividly Desurbed. - j '.. r , A jouhg German whos face is teamed with .scars and who barticipated I in twenty -seven duels while a student in Germany, said to a St. Louis correspond ent of the Ch'cjgo Herald . ;. j "1 i . - "In order. lb. give' yotii an idea ojf a Germ m 'mcnsur,' or duding meeting. I may as well describe k what occurred the first time I was an active participant. On Saturday afternoon, iu the autumn of 138f5, in compa-ij with a 'number of iny corp brothers 1 went to a small village in the neighberhoed of (Leipzig ior the purj)OFe..pf -fighting my first dneL- t)n entering ,the tavern that; waichcenl as the scene of combat, -I found-the large room filled with a throng of some 2u3 students, 1-reptvpresentmg the various corps of the University. 1 Therc werei to boa number. 01 duels during the day. SCIENTIFIC AND I5DUSTRIAU :'i h. 1 f - - 1- ' ' I 'Applying rcrtsin measurements to a scarcely ' vw)ble film of silver, I Herr Wiener arrives at the conclusion that no less than 121000,000 molecules of silver . 1 a ? 1 a j : t i- . muse ue iniu, in line louncwuni u tntiu- In a collection of poisonous fishes 'now at Jlavre! 1 a very pecu- TELX r AGAIN. y Human Remains as Medicine. In truth, to jjthis day we find among and as If ..entered", the first combatants 'ourselves some SuryivalSj of the old super- were being prepared for the fray. This st tions still lingering in out-of-the-way is an operation that consumes a good deal ImPN . iTVlnai Jfi ?a nnlir V fom irnan, if 'time. . I .It i i since the skull- df a ! .suicide Was-used in I ii An attendant first slipped over the f. -il. V k.-l-,. . . 1. .'. ..t1 ... .. 1 vainness as a arinKing-cup ior the cure J ngnt arm or tne aueust a.BHKBieevc, of epilepsy, tir.' Arthur Mitchell knows i thickly w added with cottbn. Over this, of a case in whih the body of suchraone J from the wrist to the shoulder, stripsj of was disinterred in order to obtain her sil. Were wound.-. until the arm assumed skull forths piijrpsel . .. ' 4 '-. the proportions pf-a robufct leg. A'hetvy ? It was," however, accounted a more fenc ing glove was nc"xt assumed, a! thick sure specific fpt epilepsy; to reduce parfe ie;ithcrn pad fastened ove f the heart, and of the skill fd powder 'and swallow it a similar one beaeath the armpit.. A silk Even the moss jwhtch grew on such skulls ci-avat, stiffened with the blood that tad was dcempd- a,r dertain, cure for ' various "Mowed from the wounds of previous corn diseases. yNorjj was thi simply a popular batjnts.was' then iwou ;d " around 4he superstition, j jthe 46fficial pharmai neck, and the eyes were protected by a copoeia of the'pollege oli Physieians;of pa'ij of Iicavy gogglctn The 'pau(ck London, aLxd. 167?, theTskull of a man hosen,' on! ghting brqcciVs, were next who has 'died 'ft- vio'enf. death J'and ffie 1 db'Rricd !thce 4be.ng mi le of leather. on exhibition liar Tetrodori from the 'Japan 8ea,which is sometimes used a means of luicide, It give sensations like those of morphia, then death. . I" ' ' ; Though d scovcred n 1879, saccha rine Is just peginningitobe manufac tured on a, Urge scale, bear Magdeburg,' Prussia. ; Haring 300 times the sweet ening nowcrif cnr.e suar. this remark s- i ble product ii ad ipted to raahy uses." It is expected Ip be especially valuable in 1 medicine on! account : 'of its absolute ; liarmlessnessi , . " j ' , C . j . . In addition to 'supplying cropa, with necessary "rociUtu re," Tao -has- a, oistisct msnunai. value. At ltotnamsieaa, tne well-known farm of Sir John B. Lawer, it i has been shown that,1 with an annual rainfall of a little less than 32 inche, each acre of lan I receives every year in thf tnin "wntflr nvrr 1 4 -nounds of Inure chlorine, and between, two and three . me onci; 1 Tell me oocs aaia ' ; . . With teoder, lOTing roios, t r That At Hks somhlns siW ralo And soak my sool re Jofcca, TeU me once agaia t.4 .'i.i.s'!' - .When changta; yart bT Sown That in your huart a Iot will rtigu Which I soay call my own.' TeU me one again. .5-1 Tell me ooc-e again Wbn UnH's rtJe&Ueas frown 1 : Has chilled p correat'of my life, And chatted my locks of fervim, -4 That JH within thins Tea ' r)r - My own may f oodly gaaa I-. ; And see that still within then shines Th light of other days; ; .'j ' TeD tne, ohi Wl dm once arsini r 1 '- ' .!' : TeU me oms again . X .?'t ;'1 ; Wben 00 ny dying oooch '' Yoa will bj there to soottw my paUi With love's carescins tooch, ! ' , i AndknecUngbymatheai pounds of ammoni 1. 'a t J a. An Fnrrtisll invpntnr InmnnlM trt im prove, by condensation j and hardeaing, tne barrels oi,fmau arms, runes ana me: like in their finished state; this to.be ac-j coroplishcd by subjecting them io a.res-j sure of 500 or more tons whilo they are immersed in water in a strong vesseli tbej operation being perforated byi hydraulkj pressure caused by a heavy hammer ifll4 ing on a pistin which closes said vessel J ' Artificial refrigeration is proving of great economic ya'ue. ; ; pesides its api-li-j cation to the manufacture of ice in warm countries the principle is well adaritedj to the cooling of , air, ind rooms. arJ fit-j ted ud, with toils of pinie by which 'ant! ' desired temperature can jbe continuously i.L.. sill .ii.. iV. " Will breathe a fervent praywr That He who watches over i m taae ma 10 uu cars; 4 Tell tn, ohl tell me once again. ill. 1 ! 1 1 ..4 j. i ; I . Tell we once again r . bhoaia gatwr me into tus ioia : Ana to uis Dosom ciasp, i That yoa will on my tomb A lArinir (riMit la v ! And memory's era implant tbereob Tell me, oh! tell me once again., CiAcinnatt ; l y IIDJIOB OF THE J)M hi s A kidnsppert panqrc 1 I t 11 ,1.' - a eiauiC guTcnuncofc s wiopiu ue ono hrri nt a ,Sn!-i.Wi !aiiui n I linnt llr '.V.lilwl avon1inU f rrtm iVi n nwat t QCSirCa le proved Tnediciries. 'Again, in f 724.-the to the knev, &nd'b!ack wTth the clotted I kept up, either just above the f reeling i i . . I i.i j i . j .1. . ..i.L. rri ij. -i tvii nt or V, ion$ unicorn a l oiooa oi uunn c.is or ngnis. i nc swops, r- . same pharmacopjeia mention! horn, .human fat,: and ! human skulls. toads, vipers, iand worms, among the really, valtiablej j niedical stores The pharmacoikvia livas revised in 1742. and various ingredients were rejected, but centipede?! vipers, jand lizzaiua w'cre re tained. ! jf- . - ; I - 4 Nor were tnepe, strange; compounds prepared fsr hjmai subject' only. In the "Ang er's fSadp Mccum," publbhed in 1G81, ariglei!? are recommended to use An o ntment fo;r the luring of fish. Con sisting among other horrible ingredients, of man'p l fat fcit's fat, heron's fat asatcetida, i nntly 'powdered mummy, camphor, tbii o lavender, etc. ; and it was added thai muij's fat could be obtained r it. t' ,i A: i iuiU iu? ijuuuidu cmrurgeons concerneu m suaiuuiY.T-i'ui'jKtr aztence jaonmiv. i i ; - huna e ls of hghts. 1 he swot or" schlaegers,' were then handed to 'the ant:i;onist8y heavy blades, about j three feet in lcnjith, with blunt point, and for. some eighteen inches Joijg each edg as keen a a razor. The bandaged arm and the ; heavy: swords were j supported j by; friends, as .to sustain the i weight would fatigue the duelists, whe ! in a tew tno-i ments would need all the t strength for attack and defence. The. point -of attack is the head and face, all other parts of, the many decrees !lclow it. - Ccear that " is ruled Tbj 4 horse Vourur. 1 - : T steamers arq how supplied with this ap paratup, and the temperature of the fiou is kejit so loW that fresh meat and pron visions cab be tMiisportea for the longest voyages witnpui mjury.i : , The equilibrium of thit air is frequently such that thq undvT.snrfacc of the cloud j is iiKe a cei 'I think I'll give this country the sciise.-Lfe t sign, whethe: land. One mountainous d.ng. It I ii- a fair, weather 'j upo .th sea or upori tha in . a iy Jreauentiy see it districtj when the body being protected by t,he armor. I have clouds settle down, and t blot out all the A Sailor's Wonderful Escape; Walter Thompson, of, the pilot jorougnt to oavannan l Jhe pre nervation 'of forebts is a favor ite theme in this country just now. 4 As tie Richmond Slate well says : V Hardly a iweekii passes), that we dp not: read of large tracts of land1 at the South having been bought simply: for the, timber 4that is,on them, lit is j only a question ,of a few years when, there must be a timber famihe in certain sections of the South If the waste places ;aud worn-out. laricls treci the day wi 1 come I crop will be a most valu able one. A: few1 days in each Tear'-set owners for afbori are planted in when the 1 tree ! apart by Southern land culure would prove time well expended, iy Tpe .; ' champion1' hangman in the jUnitcd States is George Bj Halidooof tl ort Smith, Ark. on the border Of the Indian-Territory.- !IIe has be5h acting as inn, executioner forj the Jlnited States! Marshal there 'since 1873. j The 4Unitedj ja(cs t'durt in' thi Territory Js scarcely ! more than a criminal court, having "juris "(iletiou of all crimes committed in that region. .This man j has, in his official Vapacity "worked off ", fifty-two mur-. 'ilcrcrs, hanging forty-twoori the same gallows. This celebrated executioner is fty-two' 'years of age a Bavarian by irth. but an f American by residence for lie greater portion ' of his. life.: He is iid to Le a jolly good fellow. ; Captain boat .Mary recently the nejws of a remarkable "escape ot a sailor from a ihornble death. The Norwegian-barjc tTelemach was1 lying at Venus Point wiiting the arrival of Cap- ram iiiompsoq t pnot ner to sea. A sailor named Tobias Turkleccn, a Nor-, wegian, was sent jal oft, and while he was pn the maintopgallant yard he lost his described. Tho i opponents advanced to the i center of the room, each "frith his second at his left side. The seconds were artned with basket-hilted swords, with which they struck up the bladqs of their prin cipals upon the cry oi tlait:' rine students crowded around in great) ex citement, ; as the antagonists were both famous swordsmen, whose comparative kni hair long . been a tjbeme of warm discuision throughout the university. Klarus, Senior, or President, of Ithe Westphallians, was- reputed to be the best swordsman in Leipzig, and had been hold and to the" dec times, but ell. .During his rapid flight : heft fuck the rigging several at last fell a distance of 30 wonderful ; quickness Hcinemann, Senior of He the his tops of the mountains without one Deck of vapor goiiig. below a given line which runs above eitry valley as uniform as thh sea level. It is probable that in'fai weather the latmosnhere alwavs lies in regular strata in this way, and that it i the displacement ana mixing up oi meso by some unknown cause mat proaucea storms. 1 L ' Kn rrvrtr'r v rf Eiinorco-lSnfT hnrM hv M. iw .v-v.mv4w w. v ....w- 1 J I iBlectricity onUtrect railways is still somci thing of an open question, but it is not likely to retrain so long.) Much that n:i been claimed in this direction, says an eminent electrical authority, has hardly been based or practical fact. Professor? Reckenzaun says thit jin the present condition of the storage battery system not more than forty . per. cent, of the power collected from ft he steam shak!,"! remarked the malaria, aa it pre- ; pard for business.; ; ; I 1 - j-1: - is one who never inflicts pain."! ; That ' settles it, then! The watermeUn is so gentleman. SlaUtman. j ' f u j "What is "more lovely than a peaceful grandmotherft asks an exchange.?- Her granddaughter. . If this is not j the right answer, we give it up.- 0hiax W orld. lie could talk of art and artists j in a manner .quite intense; j"rj . He could draWn perfect hly,( ft ! Bat he oouldnt paint a fenceJ f ' 1 WfuMn&o Critic Miss Blinki fYhy do, you, marry Tom BloodgoodI He is .well off. in years." Hiss Jinks- "Yes, but ! he i aUo well off in money. n-BurlUgton, Fne Preu. ; r- . J , y!'- : ' What do ypu sell (that ribbon foriM asked a young; lady in a dry goods store. "Eight dollar a week -oh; beg pardon' 5u cents a, yard, miss. Washington . . . . i " j i , ... - Vrttte, l . j . , i A New York brewer is aaidf away to his warkmen forty keg of beer a day. He must be busy. At least this , looks like an evidence that ha 4 has bis hands "falLn-j-aina.; ' 1 M TH 4 He was. eulogizing women. . 'What there in the wide world." said lhe, 'so H4-i ; iid; id giv feet'-clear ,f tbtjehing nothing until he struck the! decli. ! The Captain and sail- ors rushed; to him, expecting to find no thing but his mangled remains, but in stead theyjwer surprised to see' him arise and stand lup. H He was as pale as a dead man, twit no boiies.were broken.. , Tuck lecen was too badly scared, to speak for a while, but afttr a moment he said he did not feel huilt anywhere. He had not lost a -drop of blood, and he 4id not seem to be suffering from any internal injuries. - IHe was stripped and carefully examined, and ihejonly marks upon him were a few redpots that had been made by the ropes where he struck the rigging ine .uapiatn wanted to send the man back to iSavaanah, ; but he i protested against being jjeft! there, and finally; he was permitted tb continue on the voyage to isuenos i Ayrefs as an : able bodied sea man. i urKiecen is a very - large man, weighing in tlie heighborhdod of 175 pounds,. He fell 9p feet. i 4 victorious in a score of encounters, was a tall, graceful felloxv, noted fori great rapidity of h.s blows," and of eye,,;. while Saxons, was less known in Leipzig, but bad come ffom Halle with a great reputation, and had beeu considered almost inVincible in that fighting -university. Hcinemann Was some four m?hes shorter than Klarus, but of immense breadth of chest and strength of limb, and Was known; to I yet in the state of experimentation, ancd inrof the loved, bot Husrerinr aire, and possess a wrist of a molt unparalleled there are thdsc ; who be.icvc that tht exciaiinedt "Wiiat hoi basa t craven. onAnfvth nn1 oimnl kn ata I hik 6nmilllf A, I . . t - .11. . 1. .. . t . I. A r..,..-l . ... ( . . i. . r ; uvm6iuUuu dwj.jmw-oo. . ..vUwuwib .preseni comparca wim iuu. ui iuc iuiuic come hither to thy res perixn tjuh. -4- scarcely mora iiTuniuii iubu- uiu hib, engine and applied tb the dynamo can be recov-j I pure and noble and lovable 'as woman i' ered in'workj But this! he says, makca l And just then1 a voice in the audience rt the storage system cheaper than horse plied ; i "Two, women.w-fi,jraf?JS;r. I iraniuu. - i uiwsui iiikuuuu, i. "v, 1 1 A Chicago hopelul who was verwd m many other?, I is a be never in the future; the my8feries of the drama, beitg aked of the so-CMlled storscts batterv. ill is I u - -,:.v:- i - . ,A A IT. .!' r xr . l. . . v. ! kettl with years latr. the as. wasK' oi course, all .extremely right -J No rtthundered. the crowd of suitors 4- and proper; only, thotigbr all kinds pfxlfehind.yi'N the death paragons, came to woo,.5-omehow or other with him who athrms it! JNo! JNo-Ii A none ofthem ever proved superior enough 4 tbusand times no !" , , -to suecped in winning the little.Frint ess , ; "Yes,'! said the young man who stood for his bride. It reallv va.i riit.iahle thane . lTfifnre .h'ftr; and "thonrrh he. snnkfi isr lnw , . - . v . I ,". y .; , , : o i r -r.-y -.. so many fine fellows turned off daily ; but she heard him above all the rpst arid the Pripcess was become so accustomed . hung her lovely head. : v " i i; to it tht she grew quite callous-hearted .! "At least," she said, ''how can you vie pn the iubj'ect; and when she heard that : with, me in birth? I am a princess and oi the thousands rejected, seven or eight sit upon a throne; and you". i tncmseive?, ana : hve or six felt. "xour throne is senseless marble and c or four cut; their ; wis 4cpld, dead'stdne, ae or two stayed single," ; al woman's heart' " said he, "and rnirie is shot bad,r and "ihree" dom teeth, and one all for her sweet sake, she never; shed a i "You are poor, v isaid she, ' 'arid t am tear.;;,! y ' ,41" yi y -y--4:-..- Hchj'V:; y.: ry,4Sy-"4 4 -'1" f But one day, as, a hundred or so stood i "Nay. iVis you who are poor.' he rq in the outer court of the palace, ,squecz- plied, "since earth's sorest poverty is the ing on their gloves, aud nracticing ;ten- having onlv self to love: and I am rich, der glafacesTan sighs peparatory tp eny for loving "is wealth, and I have loved .. vuo.o (uweme,; !! jyuug long ana wen. i man, 04 vefy uuierent appearance from the rest, came quietly . up and tnem 301 rpm iyj But I am wise and learned," said she. ned .j "jl have studied Much and profoundly. Van you Know more than"! yYes,'? answered he; learned that I am-ignorant, arid -earth's n , you ; highest wisdom can teach: no moi.'?." "Save ? -I "But I am beantif ulhe id,awitbV "(Inntmt If nnw TnnrA than T 2 'V - : WeUti ftllow. said the others iJwhat errand brings yoii here V 1 y ?J; : 11 I hrt finfno ' aa that rn I wKiK ii . v ui iy . mo .iuim. vii yj JU4Via come," answered he, tranquilly, s inatisnausucceea where you will fail. I , blush that spread over het face like the T , f . . - .v- ...-i ..-;s r"-: ,4 sunset giow over a my. - And tou i ';,o44theylr-cxeiaimed in choru?, A beau ty that ees but self isblihd,? looking -at lam with, scorn, for he was i he answered, " and blindness' is a' de- plainly pressea anri oi Tunimposmg as- f0rmity. It is I therefore who am beauti- pect. f'loul- lou pretend to be herful, for you so fill my heart that wherever - k! am, you are present." "For , 1'They sayl am good, stammered the :i '.-'Hlittt Prinffs no n final rfot r . s A nvl tn.ni .... . ... . ... . - - : ,.,'1-. . - ---v - Jf'- - - ""W WIS uously.j- .-y a4':y::4:-i3,4;;Theouri; man came nearer an smiled "Just ber the fool ? cried onevyThis lagain and in his smile s were only pity, gracelels beggar dares love I'M I and tenderness, and loveiy " Yet by your ! v "Putf him - outl" s.creamed another, "own showing, youjire selfish, 'arid vain "The cut of his mantle is antique, iand and iweak,11 he said" softly. . ' - "'' he has no buckles on his shoes, nor paw- . "And vou?V asked the Princess treiri- derito his hair; y Bah! , Ittis scandalons "ililouslv. vetsmilinsr un at r him4. as h T nnvA mm - annnt i"-.: "Let him stav," said superior? You indeed?" t VI am," he replied, unmoved. 1 love her, ai.l love ennobles." had been looked forward) to with great . T r 1 ' . -1 inieresr, as aecisive oi woo was enuueu to pre-eminence among the Leipzig .swordsmen. !. 4 - j The antagonists faced each other, the umpire gave the word, and in a second the keen blades .were flashing, through ihe air, falling heavily on the bandaged arms that protected the head, clanging against the iron guards of j the swords, or UlCCblllfci 1U UJ1UU llJbUn IUUU VI09U. UTJ 1 k o ... . - I viTAr m TPrr blows came like lightning; but so quick - - . - .j was the parry on: each side that for several minute3 neither was touched, t At length the Westphalian'sj second cried 6team -engine of h i Bathing In the Adriatic. fifty' to j provide . ! - ' it .. . ti ii. - - - - - Isew Guinea! probably the second spOke are you so much better .than I?" AQ T H coin . r-v I onn - T AVA ' h.wn a third with a shrug. J i'lt is as .well toi have a; valet at self, and what is there upon earth that is one's back.H i; -.i- '-"-4 '4'y y 44 y-.truer and stronger and purerand ibetter -The man at whom ; these sneers were than Love?" - .;y ?y Ll t i :41 " j! y cast smiled ; composedly. "Fortunes And- tJie little ' Princess, . looking at change," he said, "iou who call mo him. suddenly saw a great glory flash out yalet shall yet see ine carry off the Priu- in his face, ad his quaint garbftell off, cess to-night before your very eyeu." - 4 and he stood bafore her clad in robes c-f A murmur of derision ran through the . scarlet and gold, arid a fkirigly acepter crowd. -,h But at that moment the palace y? S in Ms hand,aQd hehad.t?-ings such a Laiidl'ofi Darkness. island iri size inithe world, is less known to civilized man than an v other region of equal size. Until i Recently eveni-thc-prin- rpai tcatures ot the coast had not been actually detenttined, ' and 'the "interior still.offers an extensive lield .for explo ration, f iguring! the present year anex- peaition uoaer jpir.r i heoaorc Ueyan has successfully souirht' a water route to the inland mountains, discovering two mag-, nificent riversi liwitii'numerous tributa ries.- .The mairj streams were nahied the upugias ana tne j Ubltee aQd -were navi gated for 130 and 110 miles.' rThe course led into a country of superb Jnountain scenery, through fertile- lands5 in which saco, ' bananas, f bbacco,: breads fruit and sugar cane Werffifodnd to be indigenous. The island proved i to . be practically nninhabited1 except within a few miles of .the coast. JS Seven tribes of natives were encountered near the Gulf of Papua, the largest nuriibering 400 to 500 men. The climate .was not unhealthy, the tern-; perature yaryinjjifronr Seventy-two ; toi eighty-six! degretes during the aay.'-r Ar-i kjtisaio:.TmreierLfhi , Tlfrl'S .14 . -., Halit$ of the Gall. u y - Mr. William prewsterLnptes some in- tcresting;features -in the habits -if a young Kittiwakl gull of : the 4; St, Law. renc?. . He brought home a young- one,' its -mate having p icd of - thirst, the other one surviving through the accidental dis-. covery that the bird drank only salt-wa ter I- Both the birds obstinately refused to drink fresh Water. ; Observations on this bird by4Professbr A.'IIyatt showed how slowly and, timidly it "acqoired the art -of - swimming and flying. The bird when first forceft to fly was thrown into the "air," and, to ihc surprise of Prof essor Jlyatt, flew wita- great rapidity and "pre"- cision, "circlingf about ; the house and through the apple-trees " and, 'finally, flew near him several times in the great est agitation till--he caught the bird, which wa$ completely exhausted. For a long" time j. the bird went through1 this raanoeuvrd, 6how;ings that while it knew how to fly it could not alight though it finally acquired jj this faculty. Popular Sciencz MonthluX '. 4 " Haiti: the blades were ftuck up,' and . , - ' ' ' -i , j! 1 1 tne arms were caugnt anu supportea oy -the attendants. A strcare of -blood vas seen trickling through' th Saxon's hair, which gradually spread over his face ind dyed his shirt a bright crimson. Klarus, by. one of his famous strokes in turn, bad reached completely over bis opponent' guard,: and cut a gash sojne two inches long itt his tea! p. , The doctor glanced at it pronounced it not serijms, the umpire gave the word, 'and again the. fight went on.1 As the combatants: jiecame heated they, became "more eager j to sirike aad less careful to guard, ; and! soon the faces ipf iboth ;wctc masked Xi the 4. flowing bldbd, : which clotted 4iboit . their : neck cloths and stiffened pn'thqir shirts. Both had many wounds but the quicknesi of the Westphalian had provecl. too mucbi for she Saxon.' who was bleeding In a dozen places and1 would soon be;Jobtiged to give up the "contest, unless by some great ef fort he could regain the ground; he pad lost. His pride 4 was : aroused to the. highest 1 pitch; his V eyes j fairly ' blazed through the heavy spectacles, and I could see the muscles ' of nis ; legs contract aa he nerved himself for a great effort.- j y ''He rose on his toes and aimed a blow atl the -topofr his opponent's head. Klarus raised his blado to ward it, when "in an-. instant the direction of the bJow wasthanged.byadexterous turn of the wrist,' and, instead Of striking in tierce, the Sixon's bladej in "quartre, came full upon the unprotected cheek of his " Op ponent, laying it open frorii the temple to the chin, and fairly rattling against his teeth, two of which were struck-but by the force of the blow, j The ; swords Ycnice is fist becoming the most pop ular bathing jresort ia ; all Italy, says a There' is ncj finer ,bathing than the Adriatic affords at the Lido Island j The salt and deliciously warm. and the Italian's bath is a fall hour in the waves, rit is eight minutes by steamer over to the Lido. The boats run every, twenty minutes. A round tripL with' bath, costs 80 cent, j This :is, all toldJ the boat trip over and return,' theihorsd : tramway across tne lsiana ana oacx, use : of bath house j private, of course Jand i good bathing suit .from; neaato loot; ,The bathing tostomes are of thick linenj in colors, checks and etnpes, ana ai- waya fresh and j clean. ; I have never seen at any resort such precautions) taken for. the safety of. bathers. Beside the ,boati, squares are bounded by topes all about, and men attendants ire constantly in the water to lopki affar Inexperienced bath er. -. V t Dxduth Parajntpher. j ; 1 ' It is serioxulv rroDosed each night policeman in 4Dglana with a large dog.1 It has been a matter of sur prise to us that this has not , been! done before. It is difficult to comprehend how an officer can dog the tens of a criminal when he has no dog.' The dog supplies a long-felt want. Texn$ Slfllny r ' I I ; Tortnrai IsliadJ . -A i i V I i ' i Commander Ullmaan' a retbred bfficer of the Hungarian army, who is now tray-' eling in this country, is the owner of the Tort ug as Islaid, about .which the Hsy tian and Britihh Governments hid quite a controversy some time agoJ Tortugas Island is considered valuable fr a naval station, as it has the best advantages for the large ships of war and several natu ral harbors. Great Britain. I it wis' said. : i ii! coted the island for, this purpose, and other bathing the United States were ilso interested. in it for this reason. . The j British; t.overn ment threatened to reizeithe bland on ac count of a ,claim of $1,000,000, but this paa a a ilnA ' K tV.Jk ravriMfll f 1f.O OOO The Hsytian, Government owned, the, isbmd, and Was In need of iunda.' When they were pressed for ',the. claim they SDeedilr raised the jnonev in Paris, and I-the next thing w hear is that' thi island was purchased by1, Commander! Lllmann. . He regards his purchase as a valuable one, as it commands an easy mode ot travel to the Panama CanaL The new owner of the island is anxious, for the Vailed States to assume the dominion i of the island. lie has offered the island tb this Government on very, easy terms.! ' Tha island is ycry Jertile, and has on;t large tracts of timber land. It will be a valu able purchase if the United States Gov J: . ' l .-ii.i ' "i.'i-J After: the- cath one. may sit on the ; terrace, so called here n piazza oyer the water, giving a lovely vie w, of the Adri atic and its 'colored i sail; boats.. At, the same time, iij the aifterric on, there will be a fine concert in Ithe' big hall of h.e cafe at the other -side. For the franc and a half one gets' the visit to the is and, sea bathing nnd an bour of good music The Lido is: brie place in Italy where no fees are allowed.. jThe! penalty Is dis missal of attfendanta.- Alt jaiuables are taken care of without chirge.and in each bath-room - ate' printed reirulations In Italian, - French and' English. , jThcre seems no niw aour ior Dim ng. ana quite -as man t are seen iri the sea during. the afternoon jas in the morning. - iui ax all times a rope forms' the dividing line between the men and women.' -r ! Jhe Cblaatnin's Calealatin? Bax. : : The most curious thing in a laundry, is the calculating boxi It b about nine inches long and about six wide, wilhia r.a in,.n in.riia ldi ,rtff crossnicce running lengthwise of the a i saaI war ' I in ior surgery, ana iieinemann aeciarea ine ernment bnya' it-J DemereUs . - i -. . i - Adfertbe Welt victor, after the fiercest fight that had taken place for years. The victory was a costly one, as the victorwM bleeding from no less than seventeen cuts, the scars of which he will carry to his grave. '. But he regarded them with indifference, as he now stood f a' 5 the best iwordsmanjin Leipzig, ant" .tie fame of the encounter, and the dc.terous stroke by which the victory had been won, spread through the corps of all German universities and made Iieinemann famous, j - , ' ' "Seven or eight duels were fonght ion the same day, in one of which I figured and got this scar on my cheek." - ' A recent estimate places the peaai t 'larvfstin Virginia at 1,COO,000 bushcK box!.. On each udeare thirteen epindl, on which are wooden button?, two on each spindle on one side of the cross- piece ana Ore on the other. ine only thing ii use in (hrlstcndom re sembling this apparatus is the case rack in a faro bank. L'psn this '-figure box" as John calls it,' he will do any sum in the four rules 'of arithmetic that you mny give him. Upon this hewill add long columns of figures as rapidly as the'ouro ber can be given." More than one smart clerk has tried his slrill with the !h ta- man s box o-iiy to ni-u iii n-e:i bcaiea bxdly. Therq hae Wen at Icaf-t a dozei cplanatiors nubl'sLcd a to I he mannpr i i wiucli the lo i doul.tfrl w'.iuiiCr s orcraiea. int it ii .ty of 'them a.e cot- AdvertiM well! tha secret of glory, stik to this principle fan as a leech ; Think of Hi names tbat ars famous la story; s ndrertiM well is the lewon tby teach, llow hare tamt corapwwwd to wide a ronwtv ; tion, made ' the worki swallow tbrir nos- - UnmsstwHl! 1 x .i ' ' Tis that by ctnstast and eriaaa rrSectbo, " advertise well is tha principle sUIL y : 1 .;-" "! y- y t ;t Advertise well ! you wi3 never repent tt ; noth ing" more rvm can a uaLamm man do. 6tick to this motto, and never fort it; ertisewell it wtJ puHyoaMLrUmx!a. AdvertUe well: do not think what twiU tct yoa; publisher s bills art but trttnd ia diogniN. i , 1 ; i , How do yon know what your cautlaa lt I . yoa I Would yoa be wea.!by, ycu cx.-t ndvertiM. - j . ,-' ' ''''!''""''" -'". - Advertise well! tboorh btilsews be pend freest n tut, win ia tu - Um who end. Up and bedolajf! no for tvmTp'a-iniisr; mjrX tor youriif , arvi Le your own f rwa 1 Advertyra well! all line hate a t::rr : - notbinj pay bt!er Uian an J trk. Tbousajvl who laiy tlaa rrK. uo ar r um- tez. CdI t.Ut it bru:r tl.rta to tr. rxj tcy'a Lruiic i Ydfti rrn Go! r - ? ; i 4i' 1:!' 41' 1 1 t
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 27, 1887, edition 1
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