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THE HO MR ! M rcansiiEb EVttHY THTTRSDAY Home office. 03T hlLLHBOUO jjjTBEET. H. MER1 ditor & Tro irietor. u I, ! ' 1 TRIIAIM OIK HpllH CKll'TI One dollar dap nin iinnii Not strictly ib j ad ranee inonia. 1 aaare.' 1 Mm. a nu un i . miirii si . . , i square, b months, 1 square $ months, 1 square 12 months Contract at teiouaot4 mvvcineq lune aid space. J ! I I !s U- Li i rrhe Editor are net rMnnriiK! -. would not be understood as endorsing the views of jc6ntr.btltprs .to j the j. Columns of Tob Howrj and thoy reserve the prerogative of withholding tjhe limm'es of contributors if it should be doomed proper. ! No coarmani ci lion will k allowed a place in thei paper unless accompanied; by the name oil a re- lien will ber t)nhliUhr!. i .Klrno... the extent of eight! lines will be admitted ret ui viinrje. i iea cents will 1 be Charged fur every line in otcmunf tKinnn,i,.L si - - -r - uuuiucii VJUU- tribntor8arrod.ihe9tedto writeon orily one criwo nivjf luojujuacripts. vye uo not prom- ia toretara roeciea manuscripts. AJddress. THE .HOME, FJttsboro. N. O. Many Arab mendicants! are flocking td this country. Jt is said ' that newly S.OCJO are Already here!1 and they arc coming in Mfcadily increasing num- iru cue brs.; ' w t .Ik - i : The Art hb dhon of- Tn r;---' v ii 1- i n rrimate ofj tho,'Kngiish Church, snVs that i 1 I I -f-'LT VAAVrf oijic of the gfi-atcst evils' by which the M orkingc .issUrc afflict ed.' 13 tlie cua -It- ' '.MIL I -j II ,T. torn of car ijarriagcs. y ni -j Ivcrosofo lniipi turned down so as to 1 I. . '.. . . ..I . . HI I )urn iow Foon posioa tne air bf aroom.1 friii jiraitico IdhoUd never ! bc-ailowed i. 1. -:t! .' , ! ' '.i .T . ; i huusu now. ccriainiv notin sloenrncr rooms oc fiickrropms ' 1 -. 1 1 . 1 ' L ,1 I ' " i The; New York special warning 1 ouni ot Health gives against the practice The- annual CcinVfirv . 1 1 . . exhibition re-1 The fittest ex ecu tly opened in Paris. 1 i . . i. n 71 j liibit wa. a exposition sculptured in1 inuttop fat an i(l lard, of the fl'Sufcide of Vntcl," the f lous cook who itabhfid himself bfjcausq the fish was Ujte Jfor the! liiuur giycn pjy.onaeto Louis XVI. ! the Unhcd StiUcs there are not quite 1 r . r J iiiimqujia jq A LIIU tiniiiu i,n run 'I r. tnniritn.n too wbp nrc.tl;Shialined by biro br sick-, 11 lie s for ferrnt'if Work. TIipra hAA ih; fumilies receive from the gene .-al fund an kvcViige of !r2;J0 eftch'l rij .' II;. L 11 j '! church yearj! J'ho purposo o '. 1 ; i i 1 ' 'i L the proposed $ 1,000, OOp furd is to doilUo thi v.earlVPnJ-nn 1. i( i ' ' il T There' Ss a; wonderful brown and gulden b rd in iuexico, a species of beef martin, tl at w'hs a icnarkabiy enertbee catcher. He has a way of ruiling up the feathqrs on top of his heu tf so lhatr his !rrct look- cKtictly like beautiful 1 flower, i WhcK a bee' eomes 'aloii gto sip; hiney frbm thi 4 delusive lilosso m it is snapped i aud'deVoured I ; T - M 0 I 1 The iritrodhetion of najtiral gas at Pittsburgh hi gh hi3' displaDed the uc of 4, r"0,00D tc-nsiqf coal a year. Ond-halt of he 50,00b holusls in Pittsbur-rh use the Ii.atural taa for 1 . I I . 1 ' .1 I! . fuel I and lighL Thd f apacity jsf tlb'e natural-ga piie lincl reaching Nttsbu gh iij about 5)0 OvHOOd cubic febt everv .twcntv.fnni' 1 1 1 , Jl f 1 i t' r-j. v r j-urnijr iUe wjnrer reason all tbis e.is ii coasumeij whild in the sunlmer there w 1 a surplusL! Theft hr th: i L : l.i i i 1 the c e: through t ranee or Uer-Ji iny, in C'of war, will at tern pS a rush; r. j 1 UelgJiiih, La. insi ircd i Ihe Bel-- glans lo tremendous exertions td prcvenl ,euch a cal Pamitlt, The new fortiicationfl on the iieufe ;taa vol been pushed, until now tbo ;u;ii:acrs i.ave nrrivpd nf t.hfa Becond t construction. two forks' of t. At the river, to1 wit, ai Kamur J and Liege, 0 erected normoua wo: k4 with, steel faciriffs brisl- hax wit M . 11 , I Iho annduricement of an 'infallih remedy"Jorscfsicknes8,observes1lthe Nerr York in)ncMal 'A hcrtli duirht to prove diners Mt T joy to a great man w r . I l people 4ho in tbo pursuit of buiincrs or pleasure arc compelled to experience ( i 1 i I i .. . this. 1 rib nr'tiScbl ulatiohil The latest ciiro is an ftlkitr.i,1 nf .! ,nn ! which, . .; . 7"; tome fbur Knoir, 0 r Germany, extractid frnm iniit tar. "V liethci; he drug is; pldasant or disasrccftMcl m the taste: is not merUl tioncd. Jl Cut 4 ijjt is scarcely poible for any mei;c;nc tor be more nausebus than iiiu na 11 1$ intended to present, th tircumsianco paunot be of great import nncc. Carro 1 P. Wrightj Chief bf the United States liiircau ,bf Labor .: Statistics, says in illustration '.of the innntil informe'd pi-ole to! cstimate fjroperlyj that a railroad iPresident andsel eral con- servalivbj bus il ess men leccntll gave it as thcrin deliberate 'opinion ' jtHat three thousand mcn!:wero but 'of i 'cmblovmnni in I iwrencc, 1 . 1 . -: 1 1 r ' J" : Massachusetts, a city of unrty, thou who. inhabitants, search ll'v Kn 'fciA.irA L T ot,ii Careful; could find only three haddred men whej wanted irk" t If1" calla aenticlh to the! fact that the t: State- Board of Chkritics of Massac!isctt? j officially annoulcedthk tiro e .wt-rc 8ixy-twa thousand iramps in the State. :ju accurate census discov ered only one jthousand one hundred. AT TDK J I - 'l USA -ij Y : ! ten cm is nAr ... i i 1 li' i; . - ;" . I. I si.oo ! M 2.50 : M ' 7.50 i Vatea for any l V J hlf :if! U ... : . I 1 1 !" I BYGONES. T 1 doubts and fears that once we knew, f Te bitter words of anger born; ' jYc 1 thoughts uakjnd arid deeds nntrue, ; 'iTe feelings of tnistrost and scorn: j Against your memory we rebel Il V e have outliyed your foolish day ; Np longer in our hearts you1 dwell j ,ffrbv,B ujuuesi past HWtlJ 1 j i I But oh, ye joyons smiles and tears, -naearments fond, and pleasures past; Y hopes of life's first buddin? years, : x e loves tbatj seemed too bright to last; xe cnarities and, words of peace, ' Affection's sunshine after rain: 0i, never let jonr blessings cease-! Eygonesl Bygones! come again i j Charles Ha&k&if. SOMETfHNG BEHINI) IT. !! ' .. !- IP : 'mI Ii! j:, :.M f BY KOKMAN I G. STEDMAN. ' y VCh, yes, mother! you're always eay Inig, 'There's Something behind jit.' I'm glad Pm not so su pk iousof everybody arid every thing. I believe there lis such a thing as disinterested friendship!, though it, is not as common as it used to be. I give everybody credit fdr meaning well till I .find ou they don't; I'd hate to thiuk people were so selfish -as you do; y(Jju can't take any comfort in your friends so, long as you think there's something beh nd everything that's said arid done," amd Mr. '1 homlas Martin leisurely changed tljie position of his feet on the foot-rest before the tire where, encased n heavy, gray woo'en socks, he ' was ''toastino ;em " and settled himself a litt e deeper iu the old rocker that had held his mas Bive form for twenty years, and bade fair xo do so for another twentv, judging fr m the ironjbolts which had been-used to brace up its departing strength jjMrs. Martin, a pleasant-faced little Woman, considerably younger than her husband, satf by the window darning socks; similar;! to those rmentioned and made no reply to his . remarks, j But he neeaea no response by way of e4courare v n t- ii i i"' 'i O i I "Nobody d ioes ycu a favor, but that doci j uu nuuuur what's behind if.; rft rtnti s a ;y thing a little out of the! ordinary ! nan win out you say there's shmfithinfr tuhind it; I don't toll tj6 see me without you nsk YV hat did he ,-tautr just as though anyone jwouldn t (onie to see me uuless he had aa ax to gri.'id. You're said it so mlich, you're getting me all ri!ed up 'gainst evervbody and eVorythidg, and 1 don't wa'nt t"o lose Xaiihiin humauitv as you seem to have I 'vAVcllr thi-n, rill say; no more about it, hue I don t lik to see you so often fee .iyed aa td the eal motives pf people, Who pretend to be Actuated by friendship V.I. II 11 . O not ost faith in humanitv. for the poor fjouls kinnnt hpln bz-rnn. cif' feh, and thei half of ' them doh't know tjhciuselves that c 'tis lelfishiiess that prmpt3 theit acts. You saji I always ask, f; Whit did hoj want;' Well, in nine fcases outrf ten, didn't; they want somj favor of you, some help, or some ad Tice : . ,.;i .., .. jj Mr. Martin made no ahsworli j "I am going i to the kitchen now to shoy Kate a'out the baking; if you want fcie you must calij; if you dohj't care to; read,; take a nap before dinned time."' , i j I-oft to hmse!f; he leaned: his head! back and clps'sed hid eyes for a nap, but his thoughts were too busy with his wife's! ; words. Ileipicked up ja paper! but could! ;BOt g(-'t interested in it and laid, it down jjg.iui with the va n wish that he might pe down at the office, br moving abbut the factory, j A sivcrely-sprained anklet kept h'm prisonerj at home. j !! To his great relief he heard steps upon! the walk and, turning his head, he saw through theKind)v the venerable Uea-! ton Whiting approach the door and heard his slow, important knd.?k. The peacpn was.;an did acquaintance, who h id moved from the neighborhood a few years before o a farm some three miles put on the prjairie; since when Mr. Mar tin had seldokn seen him. "1 j A feeling jf gratified pride in his visit showed in minne!i and A-oice as he called put: "Comenn," and rose, with the aid pf a clumsy, home mide crutch, to wheel jip a chair fof the lDcacda. j g't up, don't git up,j I kin help myself,".and;the ea:on, shaking hands jvery cordially, seated h mselfi near the I "Tolerab.e cobl weather io-in now jm:ddlinV hard frost last night; leetle Imore snow. $n to!p thiaj freeze! an' we'll fhve good sle.ghin' an' that'll nvike things U-.ely; folks kinj gU 'round then jtotown' and meetin.'UWe hal aright puian numDer out to meetin last Sun-i jday an' I sez then,, aiter meefin,' I wuz: A'UU1U"U Ly see you, an"! tnen 1 heerd you wuz la Jup an' se . I, all the better; Til ketch him to hum, sure." ft- l j During these sentences drawled out deliberately; Mr. Martin had been think ing rapidly. So the Deacon had derided Sunday toe 11 on him. .:iifar'i h t,n... of his accident : evide jtly tMn he had not co tie for the! sole pmposo 'of f wllow jnjr the in "unction, "v. ait tKrti h the horrible susp-cion flitted across his m nd that the Deacon hal ;fan ax to grind." ! rielc ndd take no nterest in the rambling ulk that, followed, for he! expetted; every moment that the "ax "j would be brought forward, but no- a half hour passed and the Deacon rose 'to! go: Mr. Martin's spirits rose!; here was1 direct refutation of ' Mothers" theory;! hero was a i cae of a ' friendly call, for fnndships ; sake,! not; for self-interest The, Peacon stood with his hind on the! door-knob. .- -;j , - - j ' ;j: I "Ah! I kim near furgittjng my ar jrant.'!' He came back and! drew his .chair a little nearer hi friend . ' Vou ;tec, we're a tfyin' to build a itin' honsf ni.t in1 U.i. vlu. v. ,i r incctin' house out in our ravburhootl.' an' we can't fix on the spot fur it. I bar s a sandv jciffhty acre piece.! that he sez he'll give ood'a spot As tbo 'em. Now 'taint as good cross-roaa corner m my fihld,? but I can't see my way to give 'cni the land; anu 1 ue irus.ees sez seem' mine's- thn nan'sumesc spot; t hun'red dollars for they'll give mef a r it,' if Til; raise fifty on iti nmoDrat ! inv frtflnrta An t bem s we d allers been good friends; .ou'd. give rne a lift." f ; ,. ; ; ;- .;Mi:l j The revulsion of feeling was so sudi den and so complete that he could only say,! "ies, yej I'jl think of it." - , I ; 'fartainly, sartainly, you may want to think it over 'H hnt h'a f 'disappommfent his words belied. -"They won 1 seme tne matter for sometime jit. iWa'al, cood-dav. takn Voof 1 11 - I , 'Humph!" grunted Mr. Martin, slow ly rubbing; his injured ankle and chang ittg'the position of his feet; "I'm glad the doors were all shut;! I wouldn't had mother hear the Deacon, for a farm." ; I Again he picked up a paper, but the silence of the room and drowsv wnfmrh Qf I'the fire were so invitiri tn slnmlur that his head drnnnpd Kl- him dropped open and soon discordant sounds f toef orl 4-V f !i r 1 . 7ivvo1 icuianty o; his Dream- inr - ft jt .1 mr. Mrs. Martin comlnirin 1fttr fniinr. isim thus, and was just in time to admit a tall, cadaverous looking individual, with ants tucked in hoots, a rawhide under his arm and 4 powerful odor of tobacco permeating all his gahnents. He . was the owteripf a saw mil onrTurkey Creek, arid had; frequently sold lumber to the Mirtin Harrow Company, and thus formed the acquaintance oJLMr. Martin, iri a business way. This, he . evidently thought sufficient to allow his appear ance at the house of tM President of the Company.) . ' 1- j ; ; ; ; Mr. Martin woke with a start as in stentorian! tones the man shouted rather than spoke, "Howdy, howdy. Is the old man to hum? I heerd he wuz sick." j j Being very deaf, he had, in common tvith all similarly afflicted people, the firm belief that all other people were likewise deaf, and he pitched his voice accordingly., : ! 1 jj ; . 3 fi Mrs. Martin eave him a chair and" hp- ! fat down,! placed his hat on the floor by I his chair, and began to unwind slowly j a red woolen "comforter,!' which en- yejoped his neck ! anqT head. He put ! jthis tieside the hat anil leaned iorward, Witn his e.bows ou bis 'knees and his hands outspread to the fire. I 1 "I briinj? a load of lumi:fir nn this forenoon,! an' h'cfrd liyes'day as how you'd hurt 'your leg, an' I 'lowed then Fd cum to see you to day. How du times sarye you? Pooty ruff, heyi" j ji Mr. Martin kept up his part of the con vers itionj which was limited to nods and smiles, as i best he could and was secretly wondering if this honest, simple back woodsman had "an ax to grind" when the dinner, bell rang, lie could do no less than ask his viwtor to dine With hint. ;' !!.'' ; "Wa'al, yes, don't keer if P do. 1 lowea When I started up 'twarc most eatrn-time; for I se : tb my woman afore .1 -ot Out this mornin', when she sez 'you'd better take a bite,' that I'd reckon on strikin' you 'bout dinner-time." ! ! j Alas! for the honesty of the simple jmillmanlj Another doubt as to the ex istence of "disinterested friendship'! was lodged in his ho t's bosom, and he . was ; not sorry! to have his euest denart. soon after dinner. j-. I "I here, mother, was an illustratibh of your side of the question ; mine : will come later; I'veoot lost faith yet." i He felt a little twinge as he thought of the Deacon's call, of which she khiw nothing. ! The short I December dv was rapidly darkening when presented himself. He another cal lei- bowed errac:e- fully to Mrs. Martin, shook hands with Ir. Martin, begg ng him not to move, ftnd expressed great concern forhiswe:i being. He was an agent for a large iron jfirm with whom the Martin Harrow Co had dealt .'of several years. ' j Well, Mr. Martin, how's trade ? Boom ing, boomingj if half T hear is true, and I don't see any rea on to doubt it. You folks have eot the! best hmmw owr .made, without exception.no doubt of it. s:r. ir S;tne ieaaing harrow ah through . " r - ,u4.u,ivoij , j n nisi c jit's introduced, in fact. 1 I just came irom your 6ce where thev told me of your accident. Good thincr it wasn't more serious. Hard fate for 'robu-t man like you. hy, you don't look a? 1 if anything could ailect you."! ji"; The most interesting topics to Mr. Martin were his harrow and h's physical appearance ; six feet" injhis stockings, broad shouldered and mristular, he was ji fine specimen of manhbed. He wa3 never khown to! express admiration of any man unless m the words:. "He's a ine loolcing fe.low, about my size." Could! this caPeuhave known the gates o hh interest and golod-wili that he so ea lily d ite ed them? ; It may be; he lad known h'm in a business way some rears, ahd many! men (are read by an cute observer. ; '; j j;;; . r. i The ascent was not slow in following up the advantage he had gained, and by ;asy transition led the Conversation to ;he-ironltrade. . I h'i - .!' "Ye-lj my trade is good, too; can't lelp, but be good ; when! manufacturers lavegodd trade. I have any number of pruers on my dook tor tu s trip. I have two new customers town." and he drew riht here in ivour his book leiburely from hTa nnr.lrpt. an A idly ran his eye I !.-..' I ! '!l a . S i i 1 ! aowniti pages. the difference in firms in ordering; some order six months! in advance and others run as close as they dare. J was talking withj the other meml bers of ; the t omiany down at the office, and they say you have atout a month's 8tipply.! They ddn't order this trip, said they wanted to consult vou first, for you always (Ordered the iron.'and I'll be round gain before many days." He closied his book aid sat slapping his knee with it in an absent-mindedv way. Mrs. Ma tin glanced; uj) with an amrisled expression, but Jailpg to catch her ! husband's eye, beat over her sewing agiin. I I ; He-was all business in a moment. j ! t'Only a month's supply? That's close enough to run; I don t like to run too Jow. 1 1 might as well order of you now y !we shall want the same brand as before." "Ah-a-hadn't you better wait till you1 have seen the other members." "When do vou have themtv?" !;;!! "In ah hour ;; my business is all done, i r , , i "0,, 1 u UP so see you a moment ; it didn' seem natural at the factory with out you.' j j i . j i . "Bur,j" persisted Mr.. Martin, "I won't see McLamn until- fi bnnsrs up the jmaii; and by that time youli be gone: I guess: I'll order now.! ! Somethin miffht happen, and ! it WOUldn t UO to rrrt. antiroixr nnf . . - . .1- r ,f "Well, just as you think best ; I'm always glad to fill aa order for you.7 jl He put the boox in his pocket ; with an order for several carloads of iron to be delivered within the month, and soon left to j catch his train: - Mrs. Martin smiled softly to herself after his depart ure. ;-!L --v:,f yl:' : f : t j "What's ud now. mother?" r i "The cleverness of that man in 'grind- irisr his! ax.' " JIXt illwl till BiniCU. I I' 4 f I -! "Why, he ground no ax; he asked no favors.1' , - 1 1 - i "Didn't you order iron from him'?"; V Ye-e-s, but he didn't ask me to, and didn't seem to care anything about iL T.V. 1 It j w-ii . .. 0 . . r A. 344 a TT I I don't believe he thought of it before He came." ' 1 1 I . - ... T- , .' I ; xicveruieicia, x am convinced ne carne fol- that very purpose. Just wait I am convinced hi and seel -rnere s . not ; something be- hind it. ! Promtbtlv at Six.' Mr. "MVT amn 41 TirkA o Mil He reco unted the events of the day at the factory md said, as he handed him the mail: " Saynor, the iron man, was round to-day and wanted another order, but we thoughl we had better wait till you had een Msrse & Son's letter; they offer better rms than Raynor. I told him about ii , and he said he couldn't dd any better t y us than the old figures until he had hea rd from his firm. He said hed be roan d again in a few days, and wanted us to w lit as long as we had a month's supply. , "What doyouHiink we'd better doi" . -:v; . j .: 1. ; Mr. ifartiu's face was a study. . Ie positivi ly could not meet his wife's eye. "I he came up this afternoon and I gave him an order, not knowing,! of course, of this. Well, guess we're in for it this 1 lriie. It's too bad; I'll look into things iiore sharply after this." j That night Mr: Martin had a curious dream. He stood in the midit of an open plain, arid" all the nations of the earth c&me with shining axes which the ground upon a stone Which lie; rinceasi irigly, vith labored breath and aching backj timed round and round. Chicago : Uurren V. ' He Saved His Lesr. I E.. McKay tells how he -nrftTpntol iln loss of his leer, writes the MilfnrH sponddntof the Boston Globe. He was a co.poril of the First Massachusetts Heavy Art llerv. and while taki nor niarf, in the battle of Hatcher's P. nn rirt. 07 1864, he received a compound fracture in the eft knee joint from a piece! of shell. Thestoijf is to.d in John D. Bill ings,' volume, "Hard Tack and Coffee." the ai thor of which is an intimate friend of the subject of this sketch. Mr1. McKay was taken to the" hospital, which stood m Capitol Hill, before the bloody repuls i at h redericksburg. One of the surgec ns decided that it would be best to have the leg cut off. The nurse was" accordingly instructed td prepare ithe patient for this surgical operation, j Iri his absence the corporal consulted a wounc ed comrade near by, and the! re sult w!as the corporal decided that the legmiistnot come off. He induced his friencj to loan him a revolver, which he put ujider his pillow until the surgeon and his assistant appeared. The latter brought a stretcher and were about to appro ich the couch of the patient, when the wounded corporal spoke up and askedj: "What are going to do?" j "My boy, we will have to take your leg of c,' replied the surgeon. j "Nbtif I know myself," replied!the wounledman, in language that made the surgeon understand. ! Ths surprised-the medical student.! He stopped as if dumbfounded, but soon demanded the assistants to "takeithe corpcral up carefully." In an instant he pilled the revolver from under j his pillow j, and poi.ited it at the surgeon and attendants, exclaiming: "The plan Who nits a.hand on me dies." The men stepped back, and the surgeon tried to coax the corpcral into submi sida, but to no purpose. He told him h's life could be suved in no other way, but ithe artilli'ryman insisted otherwise, !and added that if he died "it must be with both legs on." The surgeon lost! his temper, and consulted the sugeoa in general, in whose company he .soon re turnei to Mr. McKay. Th.eat3 were made which faile '.; persuasion was tried, with no more success. An effort jwas made to procure the revolver, but the corporal would not have it, and in a fit of mfidness the two M. D.'s turned away, one ekcltiiming: "let the fool ke -p it and c ie." At this time thefe was a new fanghd cure introduced iuto Uil hospi tal, Letter known as the "water cure," by v hich a can rilled with water iwas arranged over the wouqded knee so U to drip on the rubber cloth which i en-; wrap 33d the knee. '1 his was to be kept running day and night, which' resulted in ii ure. . Usually in the hospital! was employed a class of men known to the membe.s of the Grand Army as "army bumners." The. were afraid to go to the ront, and rather than be compelled to do that service they would almost do anything else. When a surgeon wajiteot anything done right he would threaten these men with active service.' and; this -was how the can of water over j Mrj McK ly's knee was kept full all the time: Strarge to say, Mr. McKay's love for his limb caused him to be reduc ed to the rank of a private, and as such he was mustered out of service, j Ai African King's Testimonial, j It is not pften that circus "artistes'? find 1 heir wiy into the realms of a South African native, chief, but when theyjdo it would seemjthat their reception is likely to bs very! enthusiastic, sas th? Sti Jamei' Oasetc. A "strong man" jfrorri a Cape Town circus recently journeyed to th 5 far-off regions of Ama-Swazijandj and there gave a display of h's skill and power before Chief Imband.ni at! his "grei t place." So pleised wasUmbani dini i it the performance .that he f Orthl with dictated a testimonial gratis Here it is: ; ' i I j "We gladily certify that you have perf form ;d at our F.oyal Kranal, Swaziland onriigs, poles, chairs and sticks; that you j lso have played with an iron tree and 1, lso carried a large cannon on your back and fired it off your ba k in out presence. "We were astonished and gratif' lied j.t the wonderful acts that you; and your little son. performed. We dp not belie ve that you will ever die. Gijcn at our Boval Kraal this"! thd ber, IS87. Umbandini .(his X mark) King of Swaziland.";: t i A Close Shate for His Life. The barbers' assistants of Naples, Italy: out on a strike ' A Hrh Kno-Hal.: man ber. arriving at a hotel askvd for a bar!- I T" "1 M . . I .tseinc: miormea of the strike: bu bent upon makinsr his visits without Ha. lay, he offered t 100 for a shave i i Thak is rnre than a barber can make by fshavi ins: all dav lonff for ! twelve mnnttw t Naplfes. it is not astonishing, therefore, ja man was found willing to' timV rules of the union and tvwVai- nn vearis sa'.arv bv one shave ' TK fo.f KL - 1 - . J - . 4. tv iv-s came known to his olleagues,- however, V., V. A ! ..... .3 .1 4L i. 4. . 4 ' . . t uu prvuceueu 1,0 uii9CK : me apostate with stilettos. Helwas taken to: the hospital - with twenty-seven - serious wounds. More than twentv Amtd UMAUC. jt - - . FLOWERS OF THE SNOW. 2ZAXIT3 FQITND BLOOHIITCI 11T THE i 1 AKC.JJ SSGIONS. About Fifty Specimens tn the Fro- stenj Zone--Cold Tints Dwarfed In Growth Norway' Barf r. Lieutenant Schwatka writp in TVitnra t)( Arctic vegetation. Among other things he remarks thit an English bota nist estimate that the tropics Lave from 40,000 to 50,003 st ecimens. of plants, the north temperate xone a'.out 2'000 species,1 and the Arctic give about 1000, swith some 2000 amon-r the Alpine flora, or about 3000 species e.i joying (r) aa jArctic climate. Small as this cold weather iclass is,; it amounts to more than most people give it credit for having, the popular opinion being that the polar regions and snow-clad mountain ;tops are practically devoid of vege tation.! It is singular, too, that while there are 762 kinds of flowers in the Arctic regions, within the Antarctic Circle a flowering flint has never yet been found. Everything is against plant life at t' at end of the e irth's axletrce. The weather is more severe throughout the year, and there are few tracts of land of great extent on wh:ch plant life can flddrish : and We have already seen that it is well inland on Large land areas where such life flourishes the best in the Arctic, where.it can absorb some of the little heat that is coming down, without being chilled to death by contiguous ice fields. " . But of thee 762 kind of flowering plants in the Arctic, only gone 50 of them, as far as we know, or about one fifteenth, are wh lly residents of that zone. ; Thus it is seen that a nival or Alpine flora, as compared with that of the Arctic, is a much more distinctive one, or has more species wholly its own in proportion to the total number foutid. The polar flowers seldom have any per fume and the few that exhibit this de lightful quality, however feeble, are, I think, from that class that have crept over the cold border marked by the Arctic Circle ; orj in short, none of the fifty mention d Esquinicau flowers we might call them in a popul ir way have any Appreciable Odor. 1 he colors of these b .real blossoms areenerally of the cold tints, as if iri harmony with the chilly surroundings, instead of the warm hues that would break in upon the desolation with double effect by sheer . contrast where so few cheering sights aie to be seen. White and light yellow predominate, and these colors seem assoc ated with frosts and cold weather, for it appears that those flowers we call "everlastings," and which are the longest to defy the nipping of the (omirig winter wc-pthcr, are mostly tinted like the northern snows and yel low northern lights. T is in the depths of Cld Ocean that we find some of: the largest expressions of plant life in the polar zone. Here, within a short dis tance of shore, arc co'ossal kelps and other life that grow throughout the yctar; of course, vegeta:ing the most in the short summer months. Land plants, as already sa'd. are pig mies compared with those of the sea, or e en the corresponding class in lower latitude, and this dwarfed condition, a naturalist tells us, is not duo so much to the intense cold in the Arctic winter, as to the fa t that they do not get enough warmth in summer to develop them; perfectly. Pr. Joseph Hooper mentions it as a rare property of one of the graminee (the gra-sesj, Tricstura Subspicatum, that it is the only Polar species known wl.ich is equally an in habitant of the Arctic and Antarctic re gions: Nearly all of the plants of these cold countries arc of the biennial or pcren nid sorts, ns ti e se ism is too sho( t to g've annuals the who'.e length of time they demand for the matunug of fiuit to insure the next season's growth. These pcrjnnials act like our hirdy spring flora by rapidly pushing their growth before the snow is ail o:I the ground and with the very first cssatioa o;' the yerna' cold. I have i-een flowers in bl do n so clo e to the snow, oa .King William's Laud, that I think the foot could be put down and leave aa impres sion on the edge of the snow, and crush the t!ower at the same step, while Mid dendorf, a Siberian traveler of note, says that he has seen a rhododendron in that country, in full flower. , , It is hardly to be cxpe .ted that any useful or cultivated plants fhould be found within the limits of the frigid zones, and yet both are known in this unexpected locality. There is the scurvey grass, a rough cruciferous plant that is famous for the good it has; done among explorers in that rough clime, in conteud ng with the terrible . disease which has given it its distinctive name. Barley is grown in good crops as high! as Altcn in Norway, in . latitude seventy degrees north, or about 250 miles above th? Arctic Ci cle. It U June, July and August in growing, and the rapidity of this polar growth under a never-setting sun may be plainly shown by stating that these bvrley stalks have beeuj known to grow two and a half inchps in twenty-four hours. . Where the heat! is held by little valleys this Jfor wegian bartey, may, in favorable seasons, be rCady to cut in about two months after sowing, and. thus two crop3 secured in one summer, just as California brags of its two crops of certain growths in one season. But what would California think of bleak Norway' as a competitor in raising three crops on the same piece of ground in one year? ! There is a tradi tion in the province-of Thelemarken the rdace from whence comes the cele brated snow-shoemcn of Norway -that a certain farm kndwn as the Trisct gets the first syllable, tri (threpj, from, the threj crops once reaped on the l.ind in one season. Rye. which is not so hardy is cultivated in Norway for 150 to 200 miles above the Arctic C'ucle, and even in Sweden it is carried! up to that line. Barley was raised in Iceland from 870 to 1400, and then abandoned for more pro fitable rattle raising, but in again being cultivated io avcid famines which, arc weeping that land. i ! ' j : While a heard of cattle ; were being dnven through a piece of woodland in Maine 'three bears were encountered fitting in the roadway as if waiting for them. Without a moment's hesitation the oxen in the herd charged ahead and drove the bears before thsw until ihcy were lost in the forest, i ' One ox pursued a bear for nearly a mile and tossed the animal with his horns a numer of . tinjes. SELECT SIFTINGS. A barrel of rice weighs C00 pounds. The first steel pen was made in 1830. A span is ten and. seven -eights inches. Italy signifies a country'of pitch, from its yielding great quantities of black pitch. , Baltimore boasts of having a wealthy society young man who can bake bread and cook a delicious meat ; A handsome Maltese cat, taken from Norfolk, Vs., to Staunton, traveled back home, 2:0 milej, by itself, in a few weeks. A Texas paper esys that a somnam bulist went out and hitched up his team and plowed nearly half an acre before he woke up. ! A hugh black fish over tiirty-flve feet Iri length was seen in the waters of the bay near Wbatcom, Washington Tcrri-to-y, recently. Paris is the city of est. They live in colonies near, the markets and war oa the rats. Lately they hive become very numerous and ferocious. The present national bank system of the United States was organized February 2o, 18fi3, to jrive uniform ty to the tspcr currency and the banking lawi of the country. , In 1526 Wales was incorporated with England, and the Engl'sh laws and liber ties were granted to its inhabitants. Ire land was rabed to the dignity of a king dom in 1542. Illinois has a law prohibiting the sa'e of tobacco in any shape to children under eighteen years of age, and the Mayor of Chicago has set about rigidly enforcing it. The relative distances of the tun and the moon were first calculated, geo metrically, by Aristarcbus, who also maintained the stability of the suo, about 2iS0, B. C. The fruit of the cherry laurel increases at the rate of ninety per cent, at night and enly ten per cent, by day; while ap ples iucrcases eighty per cent, at night a ad twenty per cent, in the daytime. - Had dot tbe wife of an English papcr fliakef accidently lota blue bar fall into a vat of pu'p, blue laid paper, the inven tion wh'ch brought a fortune to tlv'-paj.er-maker, might have still to be invtuied. Arthur chleman, of Sanford, Fit, killed a rattlesnake the ether day, and found in it a large rabbit. The "animal had evidently been swallowed only a short time before, for it was still warm. A colored man in Anderson county, S. C, fo md a live bat in the middle of the trunk of a huge pine tree which he felled. There was a su all cavity in the center of the tree made there by chipping the pine when small. A farmer of Sumptcr county. Ark., swapped his homestead of 1G0 acres Tor five acres of land, twenty bushels of po tatoes, one sow, four jugs, five galiocs of syrup, four hens, two eggs, and r. huge chew of tobac.o. Samuel Morrison, w". o died in Indian apolis leccutly at the age of nicety, was the o'dest b-ira ludiaman. ll.'s father was a Levolut'onary soldier who settled on the present site of Aurora, Indiana, in 17if, the year of Samuel Morrison's birth. A Buffalo man hung his watch at night over a pan of dougli in the kitchen, and the ne .t morning it was musing. He of cou 82 thought it had been stolen, and wascons'dcr.ibly surpris-jd at i-upper time to see the lost timepu-cs toll out of a loaf of bread his wife was cutting. A peculiar feature of Long I skc, in Wexford Coucty, Michigan, is that it gradually rises and subsides once-ccry few years. It has been rising for the past four or five years, and the Urand Hapids & Indjana l.ailway has been obliged to abandon its old railway along the fciiore. Jim liobcrts, of Hartwell, Georgia, owns a roos cr which swe led up to an unn.atural size the other day. "Out of curiosity . im punctured the fowl's skin with ajpenknifc to find out if its great bulk were due to air beneath the 6kin. The roo ter at once collapsed to ite nor mal si e and is now all righ. On Benjamin Pran kiln's Birthday. At tha list annual dinnerof the Typo theta?, the society of master printers, held in New York oh Bcniamin Frank lin's birthday, Col. Thos. W. Knox, thu well known traveller, was called oa to respond to the toast of "The Author. He made a plea for ju-tice to the Ameri can author by passing an International Copyright Jiill, which would free the American writer from an unfair competi tion with stolen goods English books for which the Euglbh wrker has not been paid. Col. Knox concluded his brief speech with an apt anecdote of a friend, who had fpent the summer in a country village. One day he met an old colored man peddl ng strawberries. The berries were very fine and my friend bought and paid for foiir quirts, which the colored man was to deliver at the house. They were not delivered, and meeting the peddler a few days later my friend reminded him of tbe delinquency, which was frankly ackn -wlodged. When my friend, with an elevated voice, asked: '"Whit are you go ng to do about itf the pcaaler calmly replied: Dunno, dun no; got mor'n fifty Jest sich cases." Now, I've got "morn'n fifty jut such cases," but time docs not permit me to give thrm Let me urge e-. ery man pres ent lo ue his influence to secure justice to the Americans who write, the printers who print, the publishers who sell and the readers who read,, or should read! American books. And it will be not only a measure of justice, but a measure of patriotism, as it wi;i t.-nd to develop American literature and extend the ideas (t the New World in place of those of the Old. - As a measure of honesty in paying for the works of foreign authors when we rise the n I beg you will consider the words of James Rus-cll Lowell, when he says: "If you take' the book I hare bought, it is theft if you take the book I have made what is it." And I further commend his other words: 'In vain we call old notions fndfe, . And bend our rofuc ence to our tleaXlnz. Tbe Ten Commandments will not bade, And utealing will continn stealing," An authority on hog fcUtes that if we take ail the hogs fattened in the United States in a year, and change ths time of fattening from, cold to warm weather, one-half the grain now fed will make all the perk. 1 his would be a tavisg of at least $7",0:3,0J ; p r year. THR SICILIAN VESPERS. Bdence o'er saa and earth j- With tb rea of tvenin; fel, As the oonvent tower Mt dorp! forth The chime of tbs Temper LeQ One moment, and that solemn sound Fell on tb willing ear; - 1 Bat a sterner echo paned around. Which Un bcOdcst shook to bear. Ths startled mxikt thronjrd np ' ' . In tbe torchlight cold and dim, 4 And the priest let fatl his Inosnn rap, ' And tbe virrin hosVd ber hrmn For a bodinj cUsh, and a claajisj tramp,' And the summonins voice were heard, And fretted wall anl tomUtone damp T the fearful echo stirred. Th 1 peasant board ths sound," As he sat teids U hearth. And the Uujh and dance v ert bushed around And ths fireside tale of mirth. j Ths chieftain shook la hii lannered hall As the sound cf war drew n z j j And tbe warder shrank from tbe casUe wall As ths gleam of spears went by. 1 Woe, woe to tbe stranger, then. To the chief and ma Ird lord! They were gathered tb r- thcie doomed men. 1 o ue Harvest of the sword; For tbe wounded prid of an in hired land Had burst its Iron tbralL And vengeance cri?d, wiib a blood red Land, " oe, woe to tbe sacs of Caul! ' Proud beings fell that l.cor. The younj and r&ing fair. And the flame went up from dome to tow J ne avenger's arm was tfaere. Then the morning son, with a quX stuilo. Shone forth o'er bill and g'n, O'er ruined temp and dtxn and tile ' Anl the ghastly funi.s of men. Aye, the sunshine iwecllr smiled As iU early g.anoe cam forth; It had no sympathy w.th the wild And terrible thugs o! earth. And the man of bloc! t'jat day might rwuXj in language freely given. How ill ths dark and midahtdee-l Became thalibt of heaven! HUMOR OF THE DAT. Freh he'r The new kid. Ill-fitting garments Law suits. A f till hunt An internal revenue raid.. Why call a man a crank, when no one can turn him 1 j All men are not homeless, but some men are home less than others. i It is not altogether strange tbst a bee trothal should "lend to a honey -moonJ Or-iphie. 1 .1 The Signal Service is not always posted ' on coining rain, but when a blizxard is traveling the bureau generally gets wind of iL Hereditary gout is a mont n-jnst dis ease. The lather has had all the fun and the son catches most of the pain, 2cvt Yvrk AVir. A Chinaman named Ah There has jutt gone down ta florid. He likes it so much he thinks he will stay theie. J York Tri vnt. One of the Western ranches is owned and managed by a woman. the Is probably the cow telle of the West. UuUsn ISuVt'in Amelia is es nest snd trim j As maiden well can be; I In private siuiis thirty-one, I la public twenty-three. I lioilvn. Budget. A Michigan man has a chicken which is sixteen 3 ears old. Sea ed proposals for the purchase of it will be received from boarding house keepers. JIutei Mail. j Jones "Fbh are spoken of es the fishermen's bsrvett. Why is Ihatf" Mniih- "Because the fishermen have to plough the waves to get them." JiokloA Cuur.tr. j "Yes, ws.tcr, lama magnctist; would you like to see me tip the table i Walter ".o, tab; but, if it's all tbe same to you, tah, tip do waiter." Sew York utaphtc THE CRAXK. ne wouldn't when be should, At.d be would Wbea b shouldn't; He couldn't v. L. a he would, Ani be wout 1 wLon bs cxrolln t "Mercy, Bridget! What's the matter with these cakesP "I dun know, ' mum." "Tbey t.te of soap." "Yes, mum. I couldn't find the soapstone griddle, an so I soaped the iron one.'" ' llarprr'd Bazar. j Mr. Fogy "Dreadful weather,' isn't it, Mrs. liifly! And one feels the cold so at our sgc, too." Mm. llifiy HJh, it seems quite wa.m to me, I assure you, I am below f rceting 30 lat March, you know. Sitt llaun Stvt. ; j The late Dr. Pcthune once asked a moros? and miserly man how he was get tiug along. The man repl'.cd: "tYhat business is that of yoursi" Said j the doctor : 'Oh, sir, I am 5ne of thote who take an interest in the meanest of God's creatures. " : j Livery Man Shall I put In onJ or two buCsloesP Dude "Well er I think if you tould just let me bsve a horse, it wotdi be bctler. 'You ce, I have never dii.ca abuffalo, and I would be rather timid, doa't you know." Uarytr's Weclly. , if. 'Nellie tells her engagement with great pride to her brother, and concludes: Now, don't tell any . one."- Brother (who does not think to well of, it) "Oh! j-n needn't le afiaid. Vm as much ashamed of it as you ara." Harper's MaazLte. -.m j j I hope I dont distarb jou, madam,', he said as he was squeezing pst her to go out let ween the acts. "Not at all, tir,t she answered with a charming smile, " not at alL I am plrascd to se you go ing out. My bntbaad keeps tie saloon nearest the theatre.' ILmten Ceurirr. Mrs. Meddler "What a sad thing poor 31 r. Smith death was! People may tay what they like, bat I firm! believe that ;ast oprratina killed him. ow, don't you think so:" Dr. J.is muth "Well, no, I isn't say I do. iBut perhaps I'm prejudiced you see, I per formed the operation. j j A good story is to.J of an English local preacher. He was declaiming one of Mr. Sporgeon's sermons unk town, of course, to his bearers in a bethel cf miniature dimensions, which did mt even possess a gallery. Towards l he dote Le e.ectriflcd the little congress: ioa with the sentence: ' And now I turn lo yuu, hundreds in ths gilLrg ; 1
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 12, 1888, edition 1
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