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1 1 t i 1 t ! ; 1 ; '. H-.I ! 1 . I; 1 i : f ) " t ? i . 1 (i - f in '1 i - ii; w-k:m. :mmm tmm-m mM m m rM . .k l .. a . . n i :k IliVOiy.1 't . : . If- f:.Pii..P PITTSBOROv -NOTHTSDAYy DECEMBER 15 il887. V i 1 T" - i THE: HOME. U ' ' It I' v! I V rCBLlSIIfiD KTERT THUIlBDAy AT' TUB Home office, oar mixBBouo stbe&i. j, linl ' 1- I .1 -i- -; t .v. .1 -v: - t "i -, iJif. MERRITtJ JJdllor & Pro? rietor. ; W HO SHALL.BE FA1 REST ? TRIOIM OF U!CilirTlon. One dollar per yekr id advance. Not otrictly month. I in ,ad ranee ten cent KATES OP AUTEKTJHINn 1 1 uliillM .I t n 1 I - I ' I 1 1 P(jQar, 1 month, 1 , 4 . l I I Rquare, 3 month': , ; , u t .1 1 jaare 6 months, j J t .1 wianre 12 montha, i -t v Unfr.n. l. 1 per $1.00 ' 1t - be "fairest H "WhosBallbe rarest! Who shall be first in the songs that wo sing? "flf-hen Fortune 19 blindost,l uearlng Uirough wintar the blooms of the .it-.- tl;' fTrin''r - 1 1 ; " Charm of our gladnees' C -$ f '. :"Friena of, our sadnes -ry .t,Js Angel of feiwlUapledcmjyA wing I v:: ;i- f&e shivU berart. Ii' Bhe .shall Ibe first in the sonsi that we singj . TVhd fchall be nearest, Noblest, and deare ,tj me and aD&ce.' ntp for; 7.60 12.00 any I- n i : : UDD'I A WY a the Editors are 'not resDonsible ' or and would not be tnderntood aa endoreinff the View of contributors! to the. colnmns of Trtt HoMt, and thy reserve the prerogative of withholding tl. names of contributors if it should be doemod proper. Ho commoni cation will bt allowed a place in the paper union accompanied, by tho name of a rre ; ponsibl party. No1 indecorous persdnali-' u ties will be published. OUta.iry notices to the eitentof eifrht lines wilt be admitted ' free of charce. .Tin centa wilt be chartred ( for every lino in efceos of this number. Con. ;' tnbutorsare requested to write on only one . ide of theirmauuscripts. We do net-prom , J9 tore turn reietsted tnanuserirtn. Address R.D0 j Named but witn honor an I prie evermore He, the undauntu t, j U. ,yhosj banner is p'abied On Glory high ramparti ani; battlements Tiarlqis of danger, To falsehood a stranter. Looking iiot "back while thei's duty boforH He shall be nearest, Hie shall b3 deiret, ' He shall be first in our hearti evermore! A; .MEXICAN l-j ' : " :.: l , HUME." j;;. ! j. . !: ' - . i "Pittsboro. H. C.f- - l, ' : ' ,4 ' 1 -1 .. 1 - j A justicfl - fit h cace ia,,San Jose!!1. Cal., lias surpassed the ' record of the ; clergyman Wlro Aiarricrl. himse'4 offi-i cially certifying an acknowlcdgcrnqnt p'f lus own signature to a mortgage. ; , ' (-'i'-l :, , -j p 'JA paper published; at Sauk Centre, 3linn., is snccC jSfirlly gunning. its presses ljyi the;, aid of j power" communicated to 1 them by .moans of a wmdmHl. 1 bis 13 ! rrobablv the ' oaly instance of the kind in the country. Mr.! Kano'.coo' Bird 13 giving what ri msj;ht be: called long distance. pianoforte . performances iii England. I Hc'rcccn-tly iayci more xnan. ininy-six nouFSjWiin ont , stopping, be.iting his own previous bvi rocortt by ctcven Hours.; , V i-i" DICK TITI1P1N ncorgc'; William Cirti3 gave a new grouping; of thoiagfiirita of civilization in L'l -.1 1 J..L 1, ill.'.. TT'-.j'. r C 'i.LJ. ty's adilrd s'at tl C'ornmerc dinni pot,! the spellin New- York C hamber of r. " ihe lSibie, the tea- book and the bath-tub," Mr. Edsrar Wood had t wo , thousand silver dollars in tca-doliaV irolk nicelv packed in. a vuli.-ic ; with, a few. tolct articles, auaxwcive tnoiuanu aoiia s. in bank nojxs t4ad bUlibf. exchange snugly sewed into a turn belt worn nbout his person, j In f.n butsrUa Ibclt, elegantly embroidered lie wore snprrbly jewc ed revolveij warranted to ye useful as & weapon.jat loiig range, in the hand of a self-collected man' resting under safp shelt(r. I ' . ' ' . :- As to other personal fui niture, his com fortable! tiguire wai ado.nei with a fine 4-gold watchj ;poss(6s3ng a,' national repu tation for beauty and vilue throughout the l'cpubiic of . Mexico aud a hat- covered, with gold lace ad Imncjlcs that made it the envy of all , the beaux in town ;...!:.:, ;;. ,,;i ;.f.:;j i-;-. I Under, these, conditions Mr. Edgar iWood entered the ten-mule stage' that stood in theijHitid of the! Holel Iturbide, for a trip idownjthej country to pa oil three inousana laborers amonth's wages. The stage started , putt amid 1 the usual hubbub. The duver gathered up his lines, siioiutci at all the mules together and at each mule by name. v T he assist ant driver seized the woMand added its reiountjiing cracK; to n js vociteroas en treaties) and denunciations The two outriders ran along the sides of the team, shouted, and swore, and pelted the mules with'stones,' wniie ten bows of Cow-bell?, suspended above fthc te:i collars, added i; - 1 . 1 1 . . t hej gres oa this continent. 4- faid, 'have been the pioneers of pro Bcvcrat pmobth ioff-6ouodrel9 are securing the signatures of Western farm era oy prettnuipg toigatnur .crop sihws their clangor .to the confusion, and the whole j cortege rolled O' rer . the roughest cobble-stone pavement onj the American continent, awakeningf a 1 ahgry city from its comfortable slumbers, j - ; : . The! wealthy contractor was alone that mornpg4.j5.t1d ot the fetage in such rapid succession and -variety positions iiiut, Mexico had been twice remonstrances against ' The signatures after. tics andj jcjettinj high taxation . wards , turn ujS aitaehed to promissory notes,1 which the farmers hare to pay. -i .-i i ! JA 1 ' ' ' Senator!, fcftaftford, of California, is re putcd tbhave more money invested in ibrscf!oh f 'than . . arty jother man in the duntrv. His stab!c3 fit Falo Alto icpyer which was. he must have bee exchange. . Your trou crs: too, will fit ! me nicelyj- andiyouriboots,. even if "a utue larirev wm ues uutter. t,nan iac-e. Have the goodness to, be seated on my bid coat, and we will assist you in remov ing thcrii ; we are ex jerieueel valets.; .10 have observe! the ' idee 01 Mr. Edgar Wood, now," you would have thought he was engaged in a frolic.' tie used to ;say, in te!l:.ng his story, that he felt all through the performances as If he were being joked by friend. ; ; ; ."And now.'? continued the ladron, 'fwe will trouble you," renor Wood, tp pass b jt lyour va'iseitiyo'u will be!? so . : Mr. .3Vood hesilaed for the. first ime, ana lookea arouna,; but - there was no merc v ; the muzzles uf three pieces looked into his ieyes, while he replied : ; "Very well, gentlemen, tf you insist" ".lie banded lout the heavy valise, which was ta ken ablde br ihei Ale xicans, while th DgU&rlboluriflf th1ef kept; giardthe; stage dobr When ' the -precious cargo' was removed to a short distance from its bwher; the sentinel , mntter.d to him in lEoglish yo 1 g'.ve iue two'thousand dollars, unseen, from your belt you can save the ? rcstf otherwise JTi fix every dollar; you've got." f ; : , . "Mr. VVood felt sure he had somewhere seeh thi face,! of Wh'chtbe mouth knd chin were exposed, tat if he suspected ihetrutih, hej kept-it to,: himself, aind quitetly haiidedover thts,, inohey to :the man. ' ; . . ' :-,,7 ' . .. .. i' , In a few minuter, the nearly empty vjatse wjas returned, and the party bade the traveler adieu, iand wished him a safe journey. In his disagreeable fix he coiild only ride till he met the return stage, and- go with it to the capital, under te shelter of a shawl lent him by a sympathetic lady j among -the passen gers, with whom, ai noon, he entered the initio, from which he hd so exult- f ingly sallied .in the early morning. The idle i populate, as usual, rushed in with the st age, and w tuessed thejdis coinfiCure of . the An4cricah,!ashe darted across? jthe ' pavement : to ' the I nearest entrance of the hotel, a,nd made his way talus rijoin;' i"i';W-j':; " "'!"V " : ; ; i 1 Whca Mr. Wood emerged therefrom, he made his way to the English banki to deosit;the papers saved in his belt, andi there encountered the Tsei-ond surprise! of the day. j The teller who received and credited i him with the amount was the counterpart of the English robber of the mornipg ; v but he had no beard, nor could hVood recall that he had eyer seen him adorned with that svmptom of man- hood.tlt was impossible that he should be a tilron his position, in the bank,' his dasy, self-possessed manner, not brazei,but natural and innocent. No. , it wasj i mistake. . j . Thq fnext ' day, there l;e!ng several l-MeAi(5ai merchant 5: to start for Vea Cru2,iMr. IlenTy 1 ofke, of Wood & Co., was dispatched with them in the morn- mg stage, lie went ; weii-armea, ana had th name of being a lighting man. Hul iilJyeV o.croV40f li.le.t wjahl pas sengeslnas frightened)!' band of robbers from jits enterprise, and so, at' 'sunrise, York Idiscovered two small squads 'of horsemen b aring down on the stage from ppposite directions. 1; . . Thpr4 are six of them," he said,, "and ,we aee nine, men, with only one woman. ! Are tp fight, gentlemen, or-shall we: sur render If' plement of Mexican men,' having commer- cial. relations with Vera -Cruz; would! travel, l and Went accompli ied alsq byi two Amencansj armed'i-wita : rifles and revolvers; rv .-'?ii--1 The Fnglish detective, with a compan-j ion, both. well, armed, ro 'e out in the! name direction a half-hour after the stage left. : The road had not been so infested, of .late,' Jjut the Americans under tood the! lmrMi i A nliifiV lrt -n ' A r n.rl 1 1 the transportation of treasure, and made their disposition accordingly Mr. Woodl and ot companion occupied the .front) se.it of the coach,, looking to the rear the thli'd man of the, party sat with the driver, being a cracki-shot with' a. Win-V cheater rifle. 4 ifti "- v When they stopped for coffee, at eight, o'clock, no one had "appeared to molest. the stage;, or create suspicion.' 7 As theyi left the little inn the detective appeared! in siehfcibut thetaife made no delavJ. IflEARDINKipUSTRY. CATC OIK Cl AJJD CAN NINO FRENCH ' t . '3AHDtNE3' IN U&.INE. r,:!!:0-?! iL.1--!' T "' 1-V s : ' f Tho ; Down: Cast 5 Herring ln . dustryr that II Driven the Mrdl - tcrranran PishiVFrom th Market. "l Aside frpni the pleasure one finds in stwlyin the Incidents of herring fishing and the lives and ways, of herring fishers there is extraordinary interet attaching tt the gTi?at secondjarindustry growing out of herring JUh 1 rig itself. i Ycsrago the millions of us living away from this reach bf.kUore but a speck! upon the 'enormous distances of American and Cans adiad "coait 'Iine-had ' uo bt-ttcr tion of ; the; herripg' the affairs of life than 014 oil from great cans into each of thi ' 1 1, t'- M ' - ... t , open boxes, Iaa$ ot. fish are oonstaotb W learn maay tLlas in ooruurpey being set Iie:or these women and gins la cfcnre, Ta lore and In art, " who handle Ihe delicate 'morsels wit! marveioas-aexlcrity and care,i cuing 1 lxk and adjusting th? lid in the twink ling of; an. eye, for which the avemgi case 01 jot of : chatlcr. tasicd to th( nrice-paiu is ten cents, pc iK) xcs. r r rom ; this room laughtef and toil, theare ealing room: 5.000 to'lO.OOy boc at tinie "are then f subjected to ai "team, ot boiing watcn bath,3 of Habout tbrct hoilrs' duration; they are sjgaie 'cooled, then 'teed," jlhen fh'ovxled lack and forth In great! banks Of ,cma; Mwdust until the boxes shine like polished &lTer, f market, good enough ' for anybody for nucr tnq more ly tnperioi 1 " 1 i in sigh t,-but -.the tagfe made no delay. and the 'partt 'weragin;.their way. J "''Suddenly the inside vp Asengeris ' de-j tected the effort of the driver to. stop his cumbrpds team, and heard the voice ' ofi the American by his side shout to him, I Vlf vou stopril kill Tou; drive'on and drive hard." Then a rifle - shot ". and another shout' as 'he passed down hia rifle, and called, for a fre3h one, which he received at once. ' t ii 5-. i i ''r Mr. Wood and h;s companions,"" look- ing from the coach,': saw '! they were pur sued by eight horsemen, ''who were no wj withTn two hundred yards at the rear.i Leaning ffOin he coach-window he cried ouMo the "driver, 'tjH those fellows" catch us, you ate a dead 'man!" The" threat told wonderfully in thespeed of the team. ' '- v - f;; U f ' Mean while the band approached, and the three Americans jfired i together, throwing the ladrones into confusion, and forcing a halt; but! they rallied at once,- and six horsemen of the eight were drawing near,-when th6 driver's com-' panion by another shot brought a man ! to the grouud-";! At this .moment the de tective and his i guard appeared in thai rear of the band, and Mrj. V ood ordered the driver .to slow d)wh. , The roblers discovered the ffrick; fcjr, taming, they saw the reinforcement in their rear, and lost no time in leaving the road,1 and making ol across the valley toward the (.mountains. r The stage met no futtlier adventure, and '' Mr. Wood was able to return i to Mexico in a. week. The) afternoon of his arrival, he. accompanied tjhe. English. Ifank manager and the detective to the hospi tal of Guadalupe, and found there, to the .surprise of th-j manager, the'fcllcr, Mr. Corlos Watfils, suffering from a shat tcred leg. lfi nathls were tried by no means certain herring, or , the pungent aornaa a ism: ing the pretenca of th? Jtnotly , pine-' box of Brooked herring hr the-; . woaderfully tniscellanebU3t corner; groceries of' our youthtide. : But when it is' remembered that this product has nearly driven French U tlJS' whkt they really areT but unile . ...k?-i! q " p rn n xro nc h 1 sardines. i, .... -IT l.l rlimwe into nnnavnrv tuhi f 'nirVlrd 'lu"7 ,x iv" r . -. . . , 1 H 1 " . ing from fifty cents to r''" "; f cents a box at retail,- ? ? aJ l Q UK 4 a. f! r10 that they have become, l,uw1"""V i 'V " ti 1 in"ii 11. wiv nnir 1 n n rw x nnrn tit nniiiri. e alp ' twit . These men. I .ni pct ori rtwmmu it might; be wrbng,v eo -I asked tho time of kn employed standing byl; - 'His watch orroboratcd the . clock, and I '.' walker I away .mystified. ..The -hotel -clerk i in formed me itliat the Hate, line marks the' merid'an where ""eastern' time i change to i?"ceninti lime." "Jae; irginia,nait rojtid trains run by eastern time, while those- in Tenneswe ran' by central! I don't know. whether the clerk put j(l in the Dill, but he gave ms. a, great deal.ol information after he, was. on :e started. a radius of thirty rnilet of tht-se iniciialitics are five Statra. , Hrla- a population or :l.vki anq uota- if the city of as broad as it 1 a disagreeable jelly tyefore reaching the suburbs. As it wasr however,.- the grand exhibition of style ind enterprise was sobn.over, and the team settled down to the coaifortable habit of the count r v. a verv slow trot on rather soft roads, while" the mssenffer K - Mexicans -never surrender'? Cried settled himself in the! corner, lighted a ' one qf them. ' 4 Wo will tight to the last cuuntrv.! Ills 8tabiC3 fit . ... . tch acres andquntain 800 horses,' arc earca lor uy attcnaants. of1 his Wv 1 ro j " i. raceri arc.valued.as high asGC - ; - :ome ,000. Vera Cruz igar, and began to indulge in the pleasures of imagination. " J his month," he, cons dered, "will M)st nie tien1v thonefand (inllnrs frir which loutlaiy the Government oavs me killefl l..L .t? a ii.L,.... i bi... ....1. one uunurea xnonsana potiars, wnicn is vwe my inousanu aouars ciear two more Ifehall be in good answered the other dropbfj blood." eiirhtL II shall be killed: !bh. I shall be f shrieked the frightened woman i.1i ill -Vlpfo.nil villi i.frnrfi thpw gain. ' in cleoiireu. ihe horsemeu drew near trim, and ; All were m isked and armed. ' One party Ttordpr Line At Twj States. A" corrMnodennotcTHlltiT fact that tho State line which separates ' irginia and Tennessee runs down the middle of sardines out of I thetAmeriran market: ? ..." tt i AAinnX . ' ,1.i KJ Woodson and Bristol.- - Iln letter ftdds: been secured! that the American con- 1 Thc tct is not the only sumnllon of sardines, in' view of i tht ir WW 1DB 1"?8 5W0L11 Ue. own gradual cheapen cvep as low as ten has resulted; and instead .01 a luxury to the rich, a common article of food among all who labor and earn, the proportions of this single and generally unknown industry can be easily comprehended,; Millions upqn millions of boxes, indeed; one , might almost say of cases of 100 boies to tho case; are an nually prepared here. There is no end to th? Fupplv, no diminution of demand and no cessation of j annual 'increase in number and capacity of factories.1 ' , Here, .then,- is the ; herring fisher's home, and his market at -home. Each factory "has its 'b"atmeri." it iivi 1 i i:ivi iraiiT 11 fu ciu uoi uvi w uva a . Lub?c; iire-'gfaduatc Quoldy fishers. I "M" Iopuiauon oi They have their Qudddy boats and crews, -v J andf their duties ire to scurry about!.4 tort goreronietiU art, entuxlTdis a no'ng the weirs and keep their factories , L e elections, of, tho supplied with herring at the lowest "r cities are held on diffcteat days, sible price, but always supplied. . The 1 W clegtmn, lng be d fi b are usually purchased is low as $Ti 10 Wf Jhl,J lh 7?7? per hogshead, but of tener ai $:10. aver- re.e,.1 eJcn J6" .ooef ft1 V' ..i,,f a nvr-;nri K;ri;T,'crttial elections are held at the Sime Sff'ff about o, while excited ibiauing .. i , vr 1 v..,iV. ... ,kL 1 1 time on Iw.th sides pt Mam street. 1 $ rr ..k..i.i, i- . u ,,.ri .Za - I ; A story is told- of tho old man ,who acu M9&ci9 uiaivc a - uvurnvtwi. uu a . i, i -.1 i . . , 11 I ho-shead of herring will usuAlly make f c Y .wua "? wul' 1 alut fonrtr ra ( 1.400 hitl of ftn4"cr Ca. uecn uvpoMU 01 pru- sardincs. for. which manufacturers 6traae stories of yronderfnl wisdrjm, j ! AnlpooW Uxtm deep la otir bart4 There are tale of mynterkMU tnining I'Wfeoae Import we straggle to loo-,' Batthestnm$et Uiinr la beawaor ta earth . Are tboA wonderful thiazi thrl aiat bo. . we raca pet to pre? the ImrizxKS , Arri puD down' tbe. rainbow in youth, And believe a tluoip oralor! rpt-ches , , The vry quinUw-sence of Crut i Bat we sooa ktow oVW in wUJora, I ; .OnitAMrlr "w all lara ti limw 1 I The roort eloquent facta of tin orator's vrTcn : ; Are those wondarfal things tb-vWiaT. o. We Vara madytWng In t5iirrf ) IrJeffrebel out bf a viga4 eye,! Froth the rock r(Ned of thf UnH. . .To the air-Woveo jhoof . the s.v. J Tbey are f id iof a? uwOioo ai wonder, i -,Tbey arRtarULn tai tbri8ingIknow, Fat ihm jrry. best t-J vlx pJJirt, I " 'Are than wonderful thint bit aint ko Abl Ifair ar toe words of the lorr, " iAal sweet tbe replies of the maH, Taro' the green of thogjeo and the d; Oh, tbe thrilling ton or the lovers vjwa I Ara iweot-r Ihko moiir, I IboVr,' B the lst Ule be U&s hi ' the! tlUr uS 1 Am iImm wbmlerfnl Uilnn that aiaf t,iK? -"-.5- -, i' - - " ' V ; j- 1 ) : We anay Joast of ixir KplndH rLievenWxta,! , Hew we've LaUV"! with oUaclcs great Lite Atax defying lk lidttin ' ' Cr ftVt on the nostril of rk? : We HI oaf a-lyentarea and Lr'uniphi ! Jf ull of roinan',a, of jny, or of ,w. j 6nt the rtvjst starCing facU WeiiVj-ito V or tLawoodirfal thiigt tbalnt no ..; -in .' .1... . rlo!".k 'IHCMOH OP THE HATj i. t "'- , ii tCalntfa I' 11 V, l! v i iari fin 3Iexico," it ,is that a conviction could be secured undori those la. vs." It wav indeed, a chance might not be made to had '-not r.ttarked them. Mr. Wattils In was men who this view of the case, sent across the jwater With -the ; English o3icerr Z and . hayingbnJconvicicd, in London of the crime of was-sentenced to twenty servitude. Argonavt if the Americans suffer Xor killing counteifeiting, years penal r m-HpiI In mnVR thinrm Hrelr. 1 lie vn re- : - ltB. . -. . , 1 ,1 - . proceeding to. give tao citixns a iui it- ccive at the factory the average price of , l . , -.,finAJ.W w.. ihtirrontwl 85 ier case. ' undoubtedly by an olhccr, and thj performanoo had to Industry. An English woman, Mrs. M. EParker, Home, La., 2 thin KSi she has a scneme that wil he'p to solve the Chinese jirob . km in 'Cal for! pt.ice the C nnnrl ir iforpta.f ninse"uoi la. bhe proposes tt omestic servants from Engli gentlewomen! . i re- ith nd. then 1 Shal ask bid Juarez for Emilia. passed it he coach, wheeled, aQd instantl v I think sheiadmired me last night'. when j . returned. Meanwhile. Yorke sprang I said my adieu;" and 1 he looked at his fronf the stage, which had stopped, ant pistpl,.his hjne .watch, and elegant; hit, ! calliingjto I his fellow-passengers to join ed through the ; himl filled his rine a:t the nearest of the by a command Doubtless therare not a f ew bachelors such an order inn the Pacific the change.! lope who would welqomo The leading j iSewsppcr man in Jfpan is Mr. ' Mutayriia. Nine years agk he started jsi&ijuntbri ( which, being in- terprclcd, is Jtiuni SunZNem) at Oshka. and and a riflb' ball whist! coach window, followLd of .Tafarsc!" (halt). ) ;' There is BO discussim given uhdep such circumstances It was notJKssible for Mr. 'Wood to say jusfcjhoir he looked, but he felt very pale,. when a pleasant,! gentlemanly voice "at the window inquirec : ."Have I the honor !of ! addressing genor Edgaro Wood?'?, b :..'. :"f -i 1. '-;;? "That is my name, sir.f g and; killed him. He then began discharging his revplver as they closed in "$n liirri, and,' looking about for, hii coronations discovered them all in their seafe, pallid ; spectators of his reckleis j nesf. jTn another instant a pistol ball stnick 5iim down.' If ,'. lvidently, the ' I4 Iro ies had only con terript Jfor the Mexicans, for they rode dirf ctly forward to-jthe' fallen American, .whose ! body they mercilessly h.icked in 'It now bas'a irculation of 35,000, tnft rtgcni of tJiB cditbrj innd proprietor; is in this country to b for the AwAil ShimJmn. : It is part .-1 bis t rated, cent..' and sells for fSo !; mc 1 ju improved presses yil- 1 or a four-fifths people ile attain age ,in KuseiaJ, In the pire, with ho )cis than i obituary are upward ac ; l'j0 j arc above an cxtraord whole Russian 0,000 of.the nary Em- hum. of eighty, yea 103 tears of ;; from fifty to fifty-tiye' are abo"ve 120 years twenty are upward of 130 years,eight are more than J l :s. - years; if age, and tjvo or thtec are reckoned on to reach fron 140 to i.jjj years, i . "Ah, Uon Jfcidgaro, 1 : am so; sorry to pieces with their sabres, for a warning have to' molest you in your iournev, but won t ypu do me the favbr to alight for a moment?', J .; -; -i JnowJ lfrthere was o ich I that gentleman more than I on another, periority" o C his man ners, as the polite. American berrying annually, at third part iif the 80 Pmptly, but his motions were not N of -Mi age, to all who resisted their robberies. ? 'I'he (entire ; treasbire of Wood & CoJ wa taten from the! person :of '.Yorke: and his val Ise ; and ! the; passengers, the lady noi" excepted, were robbed of "every article f they ; possessed,' even . to their outer clothing. ;') ' -:. "' : ' "- ' 'T ' When the stage, returning, j entered the pajtid of the Hotel Iturbide, ' with th body of Mr. Yorke, it wasj met' by Wood , j to whom the lady" passenger de clared that his partner had been killed bylan Englishman 'of the band." whose eo . gratelul as usual: there seemed a lower face was rnddv. narrow and thin. tremulous bxpitement,! almost a stagger, i endungi in ia littlelshadowy bcaird : that in his movements, when he loaked about ! he hadireached ihtb the roach, and shot so, when addressed a 'simple; request in such courteous terms, he ply- K i !. - -v; He therefore alighted, One quality on prided himself it was the su4 He was known of Mexico, land was fain to coal- W . 1 ' - - . 1 - .r and tried to do The Mushroom We have for many years advo ated the growth of mushrooms is a regular market product? It would seem from the fre-; quent allusions to this ' esculent in tho press bf to-day; that it may soon be an accomplished - f apt. Ac rd;n, to the La Salle (111. ) P. est a company nas been formed in Chicago to cultivate them on a large scale. Of mushrooms in ,n wild state,, a correspondent of; the Ilcrn'd of a few days aga writcsrVIn speaking of mushrooms in the Iferaty yesterday, you said "they were only used in Chicago as a concomitant to a rareSteak." In this I think you slightly err. .For' one, I should dislike very much to destroy the delicate, and savory taste of.the mush room with that of a beefsteak, however tender' and toothsome jit might-be, I think I speak within bounds when I say that there has been gathered. in the near vicinity of Garfield Park, Chicago; at least one ton of most ibeautiful muh-" rooms since the first of Sleptembcr. - Th:s may seem a large amount to many of your; readers, but I desire to say that there have been many. at work! in the' harvest.; Boys have done a good deal of th-; labor,: and have found a ready pnaTkct for them at the rate of $1 a peck,! or $1 tier busheL Those who hve been ab'e to obtain a good . supply have eaten them because they relish then ,. above all other vegetables, and they have been u-cd only in rare ? instances to "savor meats,", or aa innuT , i-vuinu niv I l.a: . i .u- -r" r wholly or partially dependent on-sardine ZI? tZtZlZZ luaaiut: to uwvu iivi 1 if uwi tivi . j . t - e tfc2.af - a . empioyca wunoui uisiinci.on la ous processes of the work. Keg ployment by the day " is f urn is but few; nearly all the labor is d .iL . .11 v r a. 1 j -i-u: tbqDld Dominion and tho other in UUNIBl BirilUUIVVt IU J tVJIll II 1 Ilk for the "catches " and conseijuent buy ing of herring arc dependent on thecver changing tide is , anuounced by tha u:n u:t.i- t . 1 rr-i . v. hamlt whirh i., at everv bonr an'.n. P"1 of h hotly from ithef de. parently deserted village, seems suddenly t waitin? for him. and be. hastily atartetl ff JS'Jsgala for VirglniaTonly to be coafrod'ted 1 J . I 0"nill U J 1 IFU111.CI11AI1. . IIIVU.VI Hiau .nw one oy i i . . Tcn- nt ssce, and thiis aianding. IiktJ a'clothes pinion thc Mate line, lie lL-ticl Dotn po lice officers, a-id tlcclart-d that be would sue; the man who attempted to' remove a a a a m other mer. vegetables. 'himgo 3 ' The White eeth of; Three hitndred verst? Prairie Far- ths Siberians. from Yakutsk, says John i. Jackson, in the Ne York Mr, I saw; men of sixty and ' seventy with sets of teeth smalliand pearly white and polished and licalthy as those of the himil , J -Four' men, armed with cutlasses, nfies, jfihd revolvers, stood ready to) receive him. Ihe upper half of ; each jface was covered with, a black mask. They were evidently natives, ,savo one w nose - neaa, , Droaaer Yorke iin the' ; back, through ; the ppen dopwa;y of the opposite side, as he was firing rapidly at the gang, and that, as j he withdrew his head, his beard dropped from his chin, and she had secured it. At ten o'clock uiat morning ne:went 1 i! Last year upward of 100 t comrlanieS . :.werc organized in the liogebec iron range . of Michigan with a capital ofi $00; 000, . ' t i. it i. . . L '.. ,L t. J-w VI III 1 V , 000, Speculation there is completely ; brokcti down. and-sttwks which s6d.for 1 i:-iKa fiewjnonths ago !re ' now to bp had for twenty tie;- cents 'r '.'.y.sges' have swamped . . I .-- . . . 1 1 1 . j panics. The labor attracted thrtaer t it - obliged Jtq,. sock Ceraployment elscft heTeJ Carload! of mining machinery, and' camp " arco u t cr me n its nro bei ng" shi picd! from that lqcahty totXtttle Hock, Ark. than the others at the temples' and ruddy ! to the English Bank with the woman in a rninv! ana preseniea a:cnecic lor payment, as ending ..face below the mask, froutly, tqw-colored gatee-rsef med to ( the teller laid dowh'the money he saw a indicate ah Englishman, i Mr. Wood, little wad .of beard on the counter.' noting him i careiully,! ' thought he had ' pickediit up, and, looking at it curiously seen him before, but laded in every at- , satds VWhat is thisi .At the-sam Attachments fof ja gtcat many com- ; i The yheat growing interests of the j Northwest, the mining interests f the ' fF-Wcfet, and the cotton-growipg inter '. ests of the South are counting on ii Irreat : increase in demand frqm home soui ces on account of th8 spread of populat on in ' thoso regions." . The 6w price of wheat ! for years past has kept the farming inter- csts close to the wall, but with thejspread of industrial capacity toward the jltocky " Mounta!nbrighter prospects are lopming. 1 up and better price 'are in iight- The same influences are at work tempt to plaCe him. . : Sepor Wood,'.; said the spokesman, advancing! J4 'I am. 'pleaded, to meet you, itnd regret that you are notable to recip rocate; therdial sentiments'I entertain" same moment Mr.-Wood discovered that"; his companion! trembled violently, and was becoming alarmingly pale,'" and lbH - no timeiinj leaving the bank.. -I ''. . .-k-ht .: The woman was sure of .the identity reponu'.ated. ; ' From every quarter, and almost from miles away; appear erst in visible hosts. The place seems bewitched and as though all its folks were mad. Half dressed, frowzy women,' bold, -bad boys and the sauciest, handsomest g'rls' you ever beheld all join in a wild endeavor for precedence, j As if by magic the old shed of a factory swarms with panting racers 'and resounds with the hum ot j voice land the merry chatter and clamor of welcomed toil. (From the sloops the herring are unloadel by rope and tavkle npon ttic wharfs one basket at a time, ' tally " being kept by both jthc boatmen and the " boss " bf the . cutting shed. Thess baskets are i hustled jto the shed with whoop and hurrah, and while the methods employed in sardine packing slightly vary at different factories, it you followed the handsome herring through different stages of it' transformation into a sardine, this is practically what yoh would "observe j ' ' -j - '' j - Under the, cutting shed are a large number of cutting tables, around which are gathored bid and young! of all sorts,; though smart lads are in thc majority. The herring are dumped !npon these tables promis.-uouslv, and -j the - cutters spring to their; worK witn wonaenui celerity, their knives Dashing tavageiy,' ana every 'chck 'itipon iue raisea eagc of the table completing -its. work ii; on one fisli. To the right or each is a box holding about one-third of a bushel, and to the left a barrel, j h, ery time the knue descends the tail end of a flier ring flies into the box' and the head j and entrails into the barreb i Cutters are paid about five cents per box for this work . The speed attained !by some is) remarkable. and there is no cessation of effort until Tbe offlccra held a council of war, and as Virginia had the prior claim the Bristol oltiper gavp the old raan a push, and he turn led info the waiUc arms; olthc Goodson ixliccman. . ; I ; ' I I tome times the lawbreakers escaje even after being arre ted. ! ' An aniusingl in cident occurred last week that j set (the whole town laughing. An oTender hav ing escaped from the clutches of a Bristol representative bf the law ran across Main struct and.! climbing upon a pile of boxes, began, to taunt the oiliccr, who was pow crless to rearrest him without a! requisi tion!.' While the refugee was joking the officer unmercifully a friend of the latter gavfe the boxes a shove, precipitating the marl 6vcr;the line, where hw pursuer .loat no time in pouncing upon hm.'. ' 1 1 m, ' I , ' i The BeTiral orJltoois.! ' ' Fpfty years ago boots had the prefer ence.'.., To-ay, shoes.. Formerly, in! all '! fThe fly. is xrenerallr acknowledged to b4 an aspirant for the I crown". ) nlcn To make i a long" Wory'. i idvrt cnd it td the editor . of a cewtpa1rr.3--iJ1.rJ1 13- trton lot. kho c l into tho preserve closit! fNaturdaf iaVcry aick. lie I couldn't .stand the &xtUuHiivftA Frt? Vrst. : ' 1. t1 t ! I 'Inlrifiir bi.t fiinf fire and wanted to know bow hi managed Lxi Frx prt$ K . ?A EurHngtotti T I of a now! to do it without burning 4b.ero.pe, Y o aaysthit "aolhmg pulls a raaa dawn like nhl8ky,T We haTenHq been told that nothing.llevaic" rSun like whiskT-JVWtafrLvvf.. I I jj brute t!3f fcavchtiVysimd, I !j t nica au of smst own MmMoniuine; Now a moiuocoaiamiag piano ; . . j ;! 1 IaneeJod to belpoot th Uom. '' i 1! , y'i-fin. t ! l'l ; . m aav. a v av v w v w a stand, he began, when hi 4 wife Intrr- fupted him , Only one th!ng, tay datr he said in amazement, and. ha fired his paper across the room and exchanged fcli ners foe bbota.--Jr fn. rTbe future now look brighter, Afwfbetter da; s are a Igh, For iinm but ore we may tn 4 toast turkey ani minoa 1 U'athinjUn. CA handsomest American girl of sixteen. Jf the last herring is! disposed of. In the to you that 1 am. sure there'will ' Wocid. he was?, confounded., but he did t meals. The mim or rosin is so? and objection to an exchanged See 1 the customary thing, and seTah English i prepared by a:l apothecaries in' Liberia poor thing! wear, and so uasuited r detective on the: track' Of Mr. Carlos t and is much use i by K' ss an ladies. If lnrt,,Pnort Li f Vk-' biu accept it m uiii asa it u a r. 1 11 111 w a n 11 111. a - )-: i 1 '; ,1 " : T ,7r,30,fenoF ,latlmire jour coat $ for you I must say,-Amiguilkvyou wear-, of the man, end would listen to no po si a charming bat ahd such things are fo i bility bf her mistake. ; ;: As for; Mr.l Edgar common be ncij what a to my years and position itf society I It Watfils the teller of the English Bank fits well, too. And also, Sehor Wood. 1 of Mexico.4zp -'t:f "-?rt''"V'v!;-!' you are fadto possess ancxtellentwatchi The faext payment went to the line in that, nr. woaia be an extremely con- charge!of a paymaster and a mounted vement article to have in my profession, 1 guard, of whom the ch:ef was one of the that I may be .prompt, in meeting the , most successful ladrorut of Mexico; he stagej and! thus avoid tiresome watchinsr. I wA 00! fo JAna4iiaf'r':BVa.'tKB''frttCnva' fr I wiU; accept it, with your, per mission, f i whieh he was well paid. pfZHiA- MrJ Wood was rapidly, learning to t. Ttvo: months passed. ; .No outward sign indicated any depravity on the part of Decav and suffering and unsightliness and loss.are actually unknown. . ,",: . A physician -of Yakdtsk told me that he believes the reason ofj this phenomenon is to be found in the hajbits and kind of food eaten by the natives, ai well as to' certain care taken by them' from child hood up.- 'In the first ;!plaee- the akuta do not touch sugar in any formi Tor the simple reason mat iney cannot auora 10 purchase it.'; 1 Secondly.1 they are in the habit of drinking daily large quantities of fermented scur milk, summer and winter,which h an antiscorbutic, arid is . 1 c - I ; 1 r - .1 a V. - very uencnciai in ire,eiin iue ieiu. And lastly, they have the-habit pf chew ing a preparation 'of "the Tosin of the fir- tree, a piece 'bf which lasting like tar, they mas' u ate after every m a i n . order spejiallv to, clean thc teeth and gums of 4 parti r le3 - of food th a t r ma t fema i n a f ter adapt himself to circumstances.' - He knew; he must submit to being stripped, SO. handingover the watch with the best grace possible, he said; with a smile and abow: "May I present you with a MstoL- as good as there is in the-re public, except your own?" - Ah, scnor! now- you flatter accept it in your name, Amiguiilo Mr..11Watfils.!UiOr1lied.;.molMly7'M anyone would make lhn' an exhaustive study," and publish the results of his ob servation he would,. 1 imagine, confer a Listing benefit on sufferinit humanity. : 'Kelica of the' :Stone AjeC Z ; There have' recently been discovered kin the Jiigh Alps, hear the.sumihit of the great St. Bernard, five large -granite al tars and a number of ether relics of the stone age, such as axes," knives, "etc, used in the pagan epochs for sacrifices. ' Swiss writers emphasize! the historical import tanee of this discovery. . In, that it xs a seemed a retiring, .rather studious man. li s o!e dissipation was his horscback r'deJeach morning and night. : ". " .' -. " The time had come- for another pay-1 proof that St. Bernard : was a r place of i . " - ment to the men of the contractor,-and sacrifice in pagan times, and abo that as me; -I iigaiu Wood determined to ga in. person t fir back as the age of; stone. the Canton am): jwtii iue uiuney. i uy - .tui'i vaiais was lULaoucu uj . jjuxuuu uviugs let m itime, he selected a day whn a fair com,- -PtiUie Opinion. '?Zr?.Hk H;- 'i--1-..-Slw ';S:'i.::3TS - .:.-.L -"- meantime other processes are progressing The barrels of waste" arc carted to the "presi room," j where it is boiled to a iellv. cooled.' pressed and a low gradte oil extracted,' while, the residue bi-comes land dressing, worth from $10 to V per ton. ;. As-fast ,as the cutters .boxes are filled, the fish are sorted. There are two sizes, "oils" and mustards." . .The former are the smaller, ; delicate, fish, packed in oil, 100 boxes to the case, and the latter comprise the large herring. preserved in j reparations o French and German mustard, fifty ta the case. They are now .-iransierrea to me picmng room" and placed iin half hogsheads of brine,. where they remain nearly. half an' hour," and ' are then -"flaked. "Flak-' consists of-partiallT dyingthe 681 This is done.br placing- the herring in single layers npon vakes'T about four Icet square, maae; oi irianguiar wnii beech slats held together by light wooden rims. This is. done either in the sun or id gigantis ovens. After! the flaking . .ir , 1 rrt c comes me "irying; procesa. lue iisa are Spiled npon perforated : iron- or wire screen-like pans, two or. inree tiers aeep, when about , a . half dozen oi tnee are lowered into great cauldrons of, boiling on."--'.-"-. -! ! ' ' i - "1 "There they remain lot perhaps half an hour. - They are then drained." thor ouffhlr cooled and' . then- conveyed to the packing- tables. .At these you will find scores of the gentler sex in all stages? of development and decomposi tion. .--But most'; of the faces are young and glowing, and all of "the fingers are deft and nimble. Beside each packer are exeat piles of shining boxes with loosened lids." Small boys constantly pass, from table to table saucily squirting a portion weathers, the .boot was worn outside of th3 trousers. ! i o-aayf wncn worn aan, thellegsof; the boots are coveted .by1 the lcg4 of the trousers. jThe whirligig of time is bringing bootsj into the fashion again, at least' for winter wcari and it seems to i Per in tne interest i poou health. It stands' jto rcson jthat t shohld be so 1 Every body respects j the force of the fgencrarhyj.cnici pririciiJc tlial it is necessary to keep tbe bead cidI andj the feet ,warm u j goodh aith is sough, ii jBools cover not only the fee i uuti tne anicie ana, tnc ioer. u-gv mu he nee hgnt on rheumatism, inn aeugQia in attacking lhse ait. Woolen tock- ing' are pssibly too' heating and rnake the! feet persn rcT .With a n5 of icood boots, cashmere socks are better. - ' Tha sole of a winter boot fchouldj be thick; burl being thick,'it Jsn't nece-ary that it should bi beavy. -i 'Cork sofes are ex cellent, and theymak a light weighted boot, while protecing!1 'he f-xit from the wet 4 A par' of fsn;y leather tops, say of the best ,'morco, will last many years,- and bo, wi,h fating, toots ctcb uallv cost as little as shoev-kThe boot legi should fit as snugly to the bmbs as fhiivA of the feet will'neimiL "This ri . . . .". .. makes the legs oi ine.troukerspt ine bctler. . Eschew golosh-s. . j They injure drawing? ALct the thick soles stcrve r purpose.' 'If. the feet get wet pot them into cold water, next dry. them thoroughly, and then with a. change of .i i : 1 1 r : .! r .1 .,itm aocaa. tun: win iiiit warmth. A York Titm. 1 by the -1 The Kind of Pe.ari She Waa. ' At CSraceville the ptber.'day bee of the bovs who always uses 'thn l.nca and a half to register his name, was anxious to find out the name of "a new waitress who hadi been employed at the house since be was there! beforel' She came op to th table to get his order, arid leaning ver he said:-! ' '-: i ;'- ; Vhat shall we call your ; j". , ; . ""Tearl, sir." was the modest reply. :4,Are vouthe pea I of great price P; he venturcd.r" .... . : ;' ' Wo! air. was the ouick rejoinder. I am pne'bf the pe&rla cast before swine. Hra.HCrirasoabcakf-' I'm soCtiritl that ;I should, like to retire an 4. just alctp for V the rest ior my "hre.T Mr. Cnmwebcik ,We,i; that's just what 76a will do ' foir sleep is just that ihing,' Jjutt tthat tiling!'' j- ''The rest ofj your! life,' wish Ti'kncrw .now io preentmy !' j ba r fr m falling jout, said a ;ooe j day bvhef hubaniLl "WtU, I wish you. ' could prevent it frori falling SiO' al the . bosban I as 'he drew one about ,ii foot long out of ; the buckwheat be wiB eat ' r 1 :i 1 ' 1 ', .. The Uicloa of Honor, Since 'Xapoleoa fpundtd tbe onifr of chivalry of the, Ixglon of Honor in Jf92 it ' pat -1 undergone j vanoos . alterations . wbkh need not here le: ootedJ: The j decpr4tion'isMiIIsuppb!d to be awarded ooljr to j those whfi; have tend ertiljd is-;, .tinguUhfjd: WTficcVjto tbe ftatej So the-; army, ia srtsy rcicrice and letter or in - the public aery ice. j To merit Itj jone-- ; unlets engaged in active military service , -4must 'give twenty years of dittin-f , gmshed MrvKi There are tire grades , chevalier, 'officer, j rammaQdcr, jCTand i officer and grand cross. t The number of 1 the'higber decorations are limited (grand , crose, .0; c,rand I officers, i3p0: l corn. ; mandcr 1.000,' iand-officer, 4,000), tint ,' fortunately !an undeter.-n:ncd ronnber j of I chetMter ' are ; admitted.1 though according td .decrees, they should not ; exceed 3.-,0op. 1 As a matter of fact tbfyA nambcrPerrjruoubie Ihu. i Threo-fifths of.' Hie legionnaires .in cach crade tnutt. be m'lttary prrtoot, the others cil ilisns. The brevet of the legion cods a cavalier 1.' and ihe prje riaes with the grade, i Military legionnaires rcii-tve annual pen- ; kioas 4 cbeval rr, franra : an bHloer, SOU franca; a conprtaadcr.! l,0jp frsncs; a1 jrand officer. & i,v0 francf. t and ' grand ;cn-ss' -franca.. l3i pen- aion list comes to about' halloa million Stirling. iCiv.il lrgioonaires itr pot pensioned,' Diiughtrra, abler and nieces of tho chevatiers.aod mcaJbcta bf the legion. ;u ; ihe number ,of e00,rreve free educrtioD.; . Many foreigners rrccire deco.-atlorit; but'thfy dd not 'count ia the general tota! ? jThey are-lmltted but not received , - v , f " tA ecore of women haVe' lecn aSpiitted 4ntpthe I-cgioa of Jlonor. ,Tbcm)'nty of them have been tiatcr. wboj-rlmd ampoxLant aervico during war lif hotpi A Dentists Hpltaph Tr t He Leted llenz Dfan finds any amount 10T fuU with a ' woman, yet worka tooth lid natt to gtt her." He calls her extravagant, yet reams to pay her bill. 1. She's hcartlet;, bathe LdevOfcs months to finding the ipclS here - tit heart fihoUl be., Sb' fickle ethe stmggles for: a place bit her action. , She 'a timid, mtne,! uobte. rreatu-b, has i cburage .for two. She a' fmu-I, i Uit a ThcyhaVe put up an "epitaph in one of the I London cemeteries -which" e jua!a .in pitrj and exactitude any thing of the oldn time. . ()vcr tho grave of a dentist thererun these .linear.; f ' t' . j . - 4 View this gravestone with all gravity, t J is fill us his last cavit f. - darling. SaeV a 'goose,' She'; but ltick. ; ae's "eTjjppyand swecLt In L,ct, tie's chhrnleon, ia" the Terv bttcit. ttv!o of , itriot ah'IVIot and fcriih'rs and rf.j.ing. MieYlilhe graceful and dainfy, and ," de;ir and cbatrgeatMC a the wind. 'Yet . Lhii'j arrvjsi iifT.n.e aru.-k.j.crjse- h'o'.d'.faroUhlng, .and irZ're tr.r2hfy ' few men who want to get'a'oug "rt'ioot btr, chanie con in a bust'c though the be. i'an l'tncM llfjri. 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The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 15, 1887, edition 1
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