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MKLtUJIT, Editor Fro? rletor. ollar peil year in advance Xot strictly 'in aqvance ten cents per inonth.:j;v ; KATBHFt ADVERTI&INtl 1 BqnHre, 1 timJ 1 sqanr'tl, 1 moothr.' 1 square, 8 months, 1 equare 6 months, 1 snnnr 12 months. i $1.00 2.60 T.50 ' 12.00 Cotitrncts. at eaebnaolo rates ror any cpecinou time ana Boace :cia nht Editors ar no!t resbbnsiblc ! or and would tint be understood, as endorsing the of contributors to the flolnmns 'of Tne Homk; and they teserve the prerogative nf withholding the names of i contributors if it should be d'jetned proper. i Jio commoni cetion ill be alowed( a place in the paper unless aCfompaiiied by the name xt a. re uponsihfo party. No jindecorons piersonklii ties wiUjbe publijshedJ Oblta'ary notices td the extent of eiiht lines I' vill b admitted f ree of cjharge.v TTen ientii vrjll t e! charged for everyililre in excess of thiinnriber. cnJ tributorjjire reqdaated to rrite on nly one Bide of (eirmanspribts. j We do not proin-; ine toretjit Ited ipaiiusoripts. (Address. Will' 1 w; IIIIJ r ! . :1 IFltteborio, N. OJ era. ine jiiindrcH "I . i.-! PT -an na twenty-pewt'nkPca s ' were passed bM. thb iUniten Mrtes i jdnato one day recently n ninety lu mutes It is 1 iit.cd ; tliat a j least loo4 000 tons of cijinHiercial fertilizers are now annual ly used Ift this country,! at a coat to buy- trs of suo.oao.doo. IN ' i i In tnc L nitcdj'Sta'cs the:e is one; min ister .1o 700i nionlei in ChinaL one orl riaincd missionary to 1,000, 000. Of the rO(Oj)0bo6 pFjirrira, j4O,fJp0,C00 ,ha4 not been Wehcjd'by Ohristain eacheri! The Unite I States has $6,000 p -eachers while India, fwith five timethe nonulal tion ha 00.;orc.iincd inisijjnares.-1 J tl'l .1 It , . ': 1 IVIis Eliza' Garner, of Charlbston, Si C, .whoLiinnounced that she would be a nandidara fo.f tUipo3icebf County Schoo (Vmraisktoner, is the ;first !adV in tho 8out)i, sjpj far, as is known, to run for llice. Blic is possessed of independent ine ins, IBs a nartt student, ana has been uuiuiui-u, in, enujen and! io 6l work! The o y ben tor who now habituallt of -tl I ' r " little bladk skull caps wears on mat wen SOfrOMi mon among the Benatars ft few ear: sard a: hd 1 is o. isj rnatdr Ejlmundsl whose Iw so bald as be very sensitive lo.the draughts abput the cor riders tnistotp the- Seriate! Chamber, i Thb wearing the caps wa'si 'star tea.'1 rnsiilfk and was quite fashionable for a time nenerk Boulaager; the Ido of the Fnnch ftopuiac.is now jut fifty years bid IJe j3 noted for, his grace and gaHantHrJ and more f i r i 1 thari amy I other Frenchman is the csuccial hefp '. . .. i b the lailies. Js'o one! else it an o en mt ft lan or remove a i'ady's cloak or mo restless j horse in. so graceful and charjmin ga way, : uu ine'saoie (u;u.iuei are : said to charap tcrize aU his miritiry1 rictio ns, JL i I I , M CamdeL N. if j; comd's to; tiofr bntwit aco optrrilttve lurial pUipany t rcrtifionVib nil ihft wav'fr'rirn! V til fit issues! . . tol$10b! lhat will eUabld their holders to be put away, ai 'plainly . or as stylishlyjas they chooso. 'As allliipplies aro'lto be manu factured by the company ! and fjirnjshed st wholfcsale.ratos, it may ba reasonably hoped member' will got the worth of iVinill mrirtw''; I I I ' ll ho has in . 1 4 J .TT " J' I mharacterist cs nd sur roundin" that the .... 1 .,1 h- ' j :i I i of centenarians, savs he found 1 average qualities were! a good fani'ly h story, a well made frame, Pi i- U.I' .J I .. I'l :f !. ! average 8 at ore spare hrather than stout robust, with gOod health,' appel ito arid (ligestionj capable.. of exerti go slcdpersv ?, ,:'a!"': r'f.i nt and good intelligence, w!Ah ud little consumption . littler heed for of alcohol and animal food. ' Embalmed geese, turkeys with painted t - 1, and diseased chickens, instead of healthy 1 untainted poultry, are sold i . , . 1 i r . ..1. , . in extensive J .. , I : . 1. r markets . 'I A. y.m, li rans. market poison' rfer rccentl di4drifrptti.bloodi( WomJid bite f ah' insJrfr;whiMi 1. . , ; 1 rr tt 1 :rw .. t- i was practice 6f erhbalming longdemided b'n'df is comparatively of moderri origin, but the painting of turkeys leg3 ks old. Per Chatipeileire made a fortune dut of it: He foijpd thaVfresh-iilled; 'Ifurkjeys had, black shvny.Jeg, but, later I thet would io j uiKy urown j voion lie in veuiea a peculiar varjusn, ana nisservicct were requisitioned in every arket The euect oi his varnish was si conclusive ll.i it deceived experienced cooks and iuai ii aecetvea ex per housekeepers, who often boiight tainted food in pteferehce to hcwly'kil Ms. 'l kit i A.M. 11 One (I n relet Knl id cin routc0(),0003; pcop e t tUrougl out tjie worjd. j !. y ,- j . 1 The stalistic orij toHacco show thiit Mainj i -os l'ss pf jtKo! v cl .han'ary other fc1 :le iif t le Ujnion. i .. ' ; j - Acco ling! t( an cstimitd :n Braci--treetV, fhef tpl di m)er o stiikes last involving iH0,8Ll labor-1 ' Ah KiWish vesticratod ; the 11 As fades the night With morninz liahfc." i 8o winter creips away; ;i ' ' And in his place with sunny pace j There shin's the sun of JMay. 4. Fromover all tbe-dody palii f J i ' Of chilland darktfess dreads - Is quick removed, and pring'is proved I ! Her warmth and light are here. . iFrom out the couth with perfumed mouth. ' The summer whispers. "Here !' And sweet and low the breezes blow . I As soft she treadcth near Day after day the Bky is gay With tender tints of blue: On afty 'wings the robin sinlk i And wooi-birJs call and cioo. Within our hearts, toor life imparts L'.j. A gentle throb and thrill, j j And bitter strife no longer rife, Peace. Love, our bosoms fill! 1 mort l, L WOMEN OF GRIT. We were Well into the Gulf of Bencral. bound for; 3Iadrs, when one! norning, j just as night was; fading inW !down- taougut 1 acaia a voie hailing Us froift the surface of the sea. -Therfe are sea birds who Cry out almost lik0 human be- lOgs, and although I M as sta tied by the ha 1', I 'dismissed' it after a fevr seconds as the cry of a bird. Scarcely ttiad 1 done Bp when it same again, and knew it was the voice of this time I a womaDi There was ho need to! hail the mate or watch, for he had heard the cry as well AVe were jogging along und jjrj easy sail and he seizM the glasB and! ran up the fcnenggingi ; There as a edrt of stcahi rising from fhe water, but the mate had not tlimldl thirty feet when down he ; came J again, and in One breath Ordered the ; ship into the jwind, the Captain aroused and a boat lowered. We of the watch had no doubt that the sh'p had -been 1 hailed by castawa s, but the boat Was down before any of us had trade 0!ut' a'ibrle wpman'- in a sort of a cano ituii.uuoui. xwo caoies lencta awav on Our port boW.! She had neither paddle noi.oariftud iter craft was vas driVin" with the wpd and sea, while she sit cowering in the s'.ern. Our boat was soopj alohs:sido of her craft and woman and craft were !1 soon apoara, ine Aanural iNcl on. The watch below i had been turned up, and everybody vjfas on deck to se(f what was going on, ! IThe Vv oman was white, and,' we sctottjasjcertairied, American. ; I say white but brown would belt the better term, for itf jwas evident she had long been exposed to trbDical weather: Rhu was pf medinm size, regular features and ; about 40 years of age, and at one time ' hadbeen ifObdlo0king. " i :i )i L"Who Ta the Cantaint" shesnaDned ka,! otic lUlltUtU iUC UCL 14.. j ! i r. .,, .. .1 1.- 111 !- ' : Here, ma'am," replied our old man, &s he stenned forward. ! i III !i "1 want to talk to ou iU vour cabin." she continued, her finsrers working nerv ously and her eyes snapping fire: i l j! They had not been gone a quarter of an hour when both leappearcd on deck.!! I was at the! wheel, and therefore heard all that was said. . It appeared that the wvrtman, whose name was Mr3. Thomas. owned and ( sailed a tradii . . ... . 1 . Sjhooaer, which had been left her at her! husband s ! death. It was a strange vocation for a Woman, but it seemed she ike it and j also ; had a good business hel on her, bhe had a crew of six, her mate being anil! Englishman and the othjers Liscars, and 1 one uu uuc4 filing uetweeni nearly au;; the towns on the Gulf. ( Three davs be e I; mi. li .i " i il fore we picked her up, "her 6cBooner had left Sumatra bound for the Indian coast. The crew seemed to be pertctly quiet and content! b t at 10 o'clock : of the previous night, headed by the-mate; had suddenly laid; violent ha ids on her and sent her adrift without Kvaterfbod, or a; paddle. Thle intention was tt . run aw.iy with the schooner and cargo and sell them, and this plan might i have been carried out but for her rescuel 1 She was the spunkiest little, woman I ever saw. ' She was so mad she cou du't stard still, for .three -seconds at a time. What .she wanted wa.s for ourfship to go in pursuit, jj Her schooner was armed! with, two; brass j six-pounders) while "we had four twelves, and she expressed her entire willingness to see her craft sent to! tnu ujiipmipeiore tne mutinous crewj should beirtfit by their acts.! j Captain Wheeler was! pretty wed along-in years, very careful, on the question of insur ance, and hi mind .was hot made up un- n alter preaklasr. tilafterWkfastvThen he;decided b;!fever.V We hadhsepn much of his wife luff 1 up toward the Andaman Islands 5 up td that time but uow!she. was every- in! search of the schooner, and he Hlmost, promised tojgive her a taste of our metal if I she was sighted and would hot sur render. I !!. j ,; ,' .The little "woman managed to eat a dpzen mouthfuls of breakfast,1 and then returned to ithe deck to almost "assume control, j She oidered. a liian' aloft, bossed the ibb of castinB1 loose! thu o-nn j aid ge'ttinJup powder and (shot, and every ten! minutes she was hailing the lookout to ? Know it anything was m sight ; Luck was in her favor. While we had bcn jogging,, along i !all night, ovuw"c;i uciunt luiLuci i luu east,. . had been alrnost hrfftimpd ftiWo I her almost dead ahead about nOon, and. as tuck would ihave it. acain we had nlr-ntv of wind whle she had none until the ves sels were nqt over two nvles apart. The schoohor !cpald have no suspicion that the woman; was aboard of us, and we fiew a signal that we wanted to speak her. ' She ak; johcC lay to, and Jas, we. ran down to herj I -iaw Mrs. Thomas gat her tectb clench . her; bands! land show others evidences ! of: her ; feeliShgi. ' She had borrowed ; the: , "mate's Ik-shooter, donned a hat and coat to- disguise' iier selfand! as we flay to aliput a pablo's length away no eye could have made out herse-lS'f-"! f.l,1-J :A l 1 ' !. j I "schooner ahov !' called our. captain. i 1 'ifVAyp sirMTJaiA;ia'ahefam-y; I 'Lee, bound ft out Sumatra: tor ithe main- U Hand.'' 4 - "Arc joUthc Captain?". j'tKd, sir.jj HeVvery sick in n his berth." ;. 'rllun but those gun3 .' whispered! the! lid man to us, and down went i the i big baikers, and ijsuch of ithel crew -as were i btat!the Iguns r rested U iheM:ai!uskets ; aidpg.the rail. -u-M-i-lpi:, t: " , "I've got jo.ttr Captain here land-she'll pe put aDoara oi you i s-nouiea our.uap- ,f taip, you attempt any .1 . 1 - ''-. . A A. " . ' 1 - " resistance. I'll sink youl" ! ;The Englishman ordered his crew to one of the suns, hut tney remsea to obey. ry maa of them skulking forward and aisappearmg iown jne narcn.ii ;i ne lei- jow lett tne aecs . long enougn. 10 arm himself with a 'cutlass, and aa we low ered a boat he called out I hat he wjiild split the head of the fir&t matl who at tempted to board th$ achoonerr" CUr first ma'-e, the boats walo. and two of Us ftJrer mast hands Went in! thb bbzt with ' UH 4 nomiw ana as we. npoKea ,on to me schooner's chalusf tbe boatswain fjulted a revolver and climbed In oter ' the bows. The mutineer retreated afr and then we all boarded. The Woman hadnotspken a word since leaving the. Snip. ' bhe iwas pale as death, and her eyes glared like a tigcr'si 1 ; As she dropped frdm the raif to the ddck she cocked the weapon in j her hand, walked aft and right' up to the mat, jand as he flourished his cutliss and commaudfd her to keep ol, she shot him dead in his tracks, fi j' T-," kv:t i'-i:- fit's the law of the sea,' she quietly remarked, as she turned to us. "Kow to rout out those Lascars!" i :'!'. "JLJut you won't Kill them I ' said our mate. ir:.; -2; . -v -"ltl - ij". - ' .. j;.;.1!''-.-! j;l 2fo, not quite t' waiter grjm answer, as she handed him the l smoking rfeol veriv,v j;I '-!l-- - - ;: ; - Casting a lock at the dead 1 mutineer) to be f sure that he was dead, she werlt forward, took a bebyirig pin Out Of the port rait, and, approaching the hatch, sne caned aown: 'On'deckheie, every matt of yoU, and be quick about iitt" . They came up one after the other, and as each, man touched the deck she gave him :'a crack" dyer the head which, made him see stars, j They went down on their knees and begged for their "lives, and after Knocking them about in a liberal way she. finally agreed to extend pardon. Under her direction the mate's body was learched, and, 'as ehd had anticipated, aU the . mfjniv aboard the sihoofler Was foundi' J She then Ordered the body fitlrig overboard, and as it touched the" water one 61 the biggest white sharks I ever saw sei; el it an3 bit it in half. While the Lascars. were cleaning the deck the little woman ran down into her -cabin and brought up a da en bottles of wine, six boxes of cigars' and a lot of dried fruits for us to take back to! the ship. Then she gave each of us a shake of the, hand, and as we chtered the' vawl she sprang upon the port rail, held ft to tuc maitt sriroUas with lone nana, ana shouted to our (Jap am: I i j "Good-by and God bless you, Captj Wheeler I've got. my eraft back, thanks W jou ana i n Keep ,uiy evej open aiier .this!' Then she jumped jflown and went to the wheel; and gave! orders to get the schooner on her course, and in a couple lof hours the craft was lost sijrht of be- hind one of the: islands as it, made for the Inside of the route. iTwo years later A saw me w oman at, pingapore, ana sue i811'1 owned the schooner, andvas said to have a comfortable fortune irTbattk. A year later I heard that she had sold her Srhnnnilr r1trMidcerl A h r. nnrl Tilltfi nrr I nvnwuvi, j,i.ivi.. i. '-."-.-j in a cargo oh her own account, had sailed for homes . ;; :t '. ' - r A WOMAN KEPULSES, PIRATES. In the fall of 1857, having been paid off at Cape Town from ai English brig which .had been condemned, 1 shipped aboard the bark Rescue, Captain Moore, bound to several ports in Madagascar and return. . We had a small but excellent crew, every man but the cook being, ' i... 1 . . i L Jt 1 i i " A ....... , wnue,. ana an uemg jngnso, Ameriunu, : or Swede. Thri ' d:v before' we sailed th Pntitnin'a wi f inamft I aboard, atlfl T BJlw at dnce that she iwas a sailor. She Was about thirty-five years old, weighed hot an c-Unce over a! hundred, pounds, Und. her movements Were those of a rr r . n. i. - -J - fsne wa3;iust sucn a little, Woman as you plight expect to hearjscream out at sight of a moUse and to see faint away if f-he j saw a raj;. As a rulel sailors are opposed! to women folks at sea .They are all riebt as nassenEfers. but when a-Cantain J 'i "... .r , '.,! u , r, i growling in the fo'castie. 11 It is taken for ri ii ri i w t f1 M in,, ir I nurn iiB 1 mnrp tr n.a i i i?r.inted lhat the !"oldi man" will be less I bn' decki , and leave more to -the mate?, and instead or "cracking on" and carry- jj ing all sad to. make ii short voyage, he will go-slow and look oiitxfor squalls. 1 W growled about the Hvomdn coming aboard, but, at. the same tune, e ery old tar vowed her aniangel and hoped good luck for her, 1 1 ; i , ' -i x V?c Crept aldng the Coast as far as Port pllzabfeth,aud then' took a departure for the big island to the. northeast, a matter pf 100 miles, before We could 1 sight its southern end. J We ';had, light, steady winds and vfair Weather, making easy work for the crew; but oh the third, day 'nut fhfi !:f!n.ntftiri :wa4tt.nkfin ilnwn witli where in an hour. Although' we had a fir.it mate who iwas .thoroughly Compe tent, the little woman took full charge of the ship. And wte soon discovered that shcj was entirely 'competent td do so. ; She could stand by the log. prick off. the ' l', -i:ri. j .1 j - ' 1 : 1 day's j run, ; figure drift and dead reckon-' uuu oruer sain tec t or reuucea or reaucea as smartly as any man l ever saw, and the mates had sense enough hot lo sulk over it. Her husband owned a three quarter interest in the bark and her venture, and it was Only natural that the wife should know it She was 'doctor, nurse, Captain and counselor a'l in one. and things could not' have; gone better had the old man been on deck. :l ; . " - , All went we 1 until we were within sixty or seventy miles of the south end of Madagascar, when the breeze! died away ih the forenoon until wa scarcely had steerageway, and almost at the same time we sighted a felucca on our star board lowland abdut ten miles away. In those days there were-p'enty of native tea rovers hidden uway in the bays and rivers at the lower pna .of Madagascar. and they had no :hefeitatipnMn plunder- ing, "scuttling. "and throat-KJuttingi C We naa ? no i sooner j made out they strange .craft than the little woman called us all am ci.ua ccaxva. ...?-.. 4- -; . j ., - t- very ill.if -Yonder native craft is a pirate, ah'd Ts coming down to attack us. j If we surrender, not one of us will live an hour. If we dp our best,-we may beat her off and escape.; .ITiere ; may' be sixty of them ; there are only thirteen-of'Us. Wilt you fight or surrender?"; : 1 1 'MX :! -! ; H "Fight J Plghtlllipt Hurrah t"Ishouted the crew in chorus,, and,1 after thankinir no change in the weather could be looked for. Wc had two c?mnon, nine - pound er., -one on ui-uer uniausiue, ana thCPe were uncovered and loaded with Solid shot, yl iickily. among, the cargq was a icousignment of 'mbskjet'a), !;!and we jbroke out two boxes of fifty each. :They were Us, the woman gave oreers to prepare for tionV are owned by Dr. Charles E. Westl the attack. i rir Uit fe Alexander Balmano,:R. II. . Lawrence,) i Theky was cloudless and the breeze Iloberi. Uobart Smith, and Gaston! 14 still dying away,! and it was certain that Feuardent. of New York. . ' The fihest chUp affairs. Iculated triMc. but! aii were sure Ufe for ar iew. rounds, l was bne df the'eanjr told oXtdi load them; and 1 know we' loaded th8 eved hUndrdi ' This Would gire us a tnattei : of seve'a shots aoiece without rfe'.OidirJ"1. One-half the muskets were carried aft tt ' the iuar ers, and fhe others distributed along the i bow atd , waist. Fdur cut lasses were hUnted up and served out. ana men tnere was time , ior one more pirccautidn; The' felucca! was coming ' down sldwly, urtfeT by hef sweeps and a man dloft with a glass . reported; thai she was full of men and, had. two si ppjanders on her decks." ;The head Of I th bark pointed pretty stcaiily to the ! northwest, for there was neither j wind nb" sea.' ' The felucca was coming down from the northeast, and we could Ithere fore figure that she1 would board lus on the starboard bow. l Orders were tfiven to, search. for.-and bring on deck bottles' of -every kind and sbpe.. I think We routea out hfty or more la the fo'castie, while th jcabin furnished a hundred. These: w ere broken in pieces on the forward deck, and a fine niess the j made df it We could walk dyer the stuff with dur leather soleS, but Woe to the bare feet which leaped off the raij. The FelUcca I people did not sus rect dur canndn until thev trot ii shdt t 1 v o from the starboard gun which made the splinters fly. Then they changeditheir cpUrss and pulled for our bows, and we J:1J1a a t couiu not iramagun to Dear upon incm. T brined rplnjirl nnr mm with . ianMrl shot, and we had scarcely finished jtvhen the Felucca was upon us. She grappled Ug ; ust where we had figured, and, under the little wdmaft'a orders,. We made no effort to prevent, it he had foreseen, that if! driven back the Felucca eoUkt take positidn dn dur bow pf stern and pjound us jto pieces with i her six-poanders, wnue we wouia not be aoie to return a shot. , : ' : i ' jWe weredrfwn up in line acros th& aecjc aoatt tne ioremast, witn the ..spare muskets lying behind us. The captain's wife was at my left, armed with his re volver. Mind you, there wasn't a shout , 01 shot as the fellows boarded us. They pulled down to us in a grim, determined ! ' -J - 1 r A : . , k T way. never a man opening nis iipsj ana as the grapnels ciught they came swprm ing over the bows like a stream of giant ahts, each.man armed with cree3e alone. Thdrcwasn'tja yell until they struc the deck, and then there were a hundred in chofus. , Every man was barefooted! and every one was horribly cut. We opened fire it the same moment, and downWent .the first gang. The second was wiped out almost as quickly, ana men we rushed forward and each man went n on his own hook. It whs a picnic for us A! few musket shots Were fired at us from aWay aft, but the bullets flew arnong the rigging. We rested our guns on the and fired right down among them, in tea minutes from the beginning IT" rtti 1 ana of the fight all the pirates alive sought she! ter below. .We had fourteen jlead on c ur deks, and there were twice Jthat nfrmber in sight- of the - feldcfca, while npt one of us had a scratch, r i. 1 saving three men to fire away at any head appearing above the hatches, we cast off the grappiings and pulled tho feluoca along Our starboard side until tho eanr.on would bear. Then we fired a shotl through her deck aud bottom, re lqad 3d and gave her another, and then cast her adrift. She rubbed around our stern, drifted off about a h.uudre(i feet, and a a quarter of an hour went to the bottom. Perhaps a dozen living paen cdmi. to the surface and swam td the bark, but not one of them was allowed to bpard. You may think it a blood-thirsty L. if hnt ... e wiped them out to the i,Z f ' ..v. thout any twinges of fcon- scicrice, and I've always been glad of it. 1 , ,. navH.ueen cut in no umc. vve lay an . i . . . . . - thatjday without moving half a rnile but snnset brought a breeze, and we finished our Yjoyage without further adventure. The excitement of the tight mane: the Cuptain much worse, but he recovered in aifew weeks, aud was able to take command again. Aew York Sun. Valuable Coins and Coin Collectors. i i . : Said a noted coin co'.lector recently, in cpnvisation with a New York Sum re porter: "jjo you know that, strange as it! m4y seem,- the oldest coins are not j the rarest, and are the least in demand by numismaucrans r I Thi? reporter was not awaieof the fact, and inquired why such was the casej i "The vagaries and caorices of the col lector cannot be explained," replied the connoisseur. "Why a man should prefer the scarce American dollar of lbOi at $00 (which is the market value pf a good specimen), to the beautiful ; .dCgina com, the oldest and most -artistic pro ductnof the Greek mint a fie copy of - which may be had for $8, is as difficult a question to answer as why the handsome and talented Montague Brown married I the unprepossessing Miss Dobbs r "There is always a lively demand; for the Scarcest, coins," continued the 'col lectof-, "and" it seldom concerns thel en thusiast wnetner tney-are beau tu ul or not I It is well nigh impossible to bf gin ! now and make a complete collectiott of our American coins, i o doit one would havefto possess, beside a knowledge of f, American numismatics, the patience! of 1 LJob and a purse as long as a Vanderbilt . The colonial coins alone are worth ai for good specimens of early American cbinage. The Pine Tree shilling is worths fromlO to $20, and in later times there ! is tM Washington half dollar, valued to day at $30. The dolli; of 1794 has sale.! The half cent of 1796 isdifficu!t toll 1 get at $15, while' the half dollar of Ithe'! samedate readily sens, at $30, - The I rarest however, of all the smalfrjieces. is1 the half dime ofjious, wnich recently sold for f6(K',':- ;-.!.-!vf'J i-'V J "WThere do all tho Id coins go queried the. reporter. -I "To the same place that pins and Lt tons do, wherever that may be," replied. the: collector, "Of course, : all, unique Copies and the: -finest specimens sooner or later find their way. into public orj private collections, or tne Hands of the: 1 dealers; .The largest and finest! collect collect on in." the world is that of! the - I British' JIuseum in London. f. . - Last year 41.852 cars were turned . ir : 1 - at car shops. Thirty thousand more .heeded," and tho car . works have order! for months to come.. s. TJIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.1 i 'iC- -.if' 8T0&IE3 THAT ABE TOLD v BY THE tVltit'X MElJ OB1 TUB PBESS. if l! .VV An Actdstid Oracle-lid Had Read vtlifcm Coi-idas Coincidence A WHO is the man on whorri the pedple's eyes 1 j u u nirn next ralll V e only can surmise: tSVj sure whoe er the nrlcelessDriM shall train OITR rountry star of nations will remain. i iiAi autumn when we ro voting who shall m I . , . . . , PRFSIDBNT? WTienifl VetySUt irtui THE rartv strife, lei's keen frttm rtai' IftHL -MAN risverid butalwATStabdblesti . -i WHO is our next, n dotlbt. will be tatf btJ 18 it not grand a nation's choice td be. ' . ELECTED by the suffrage of the free , . -1 Hoston Vourur, ..i He Had Read Them. "I don't believe any man ever read alt 01 unoweas a booka,: aaia carper to an admiring group at a literary reception. ' t ,MI have," assented a meek-looking m i u -i gentleman at his side.. 1 -"lou have, eh?" said Carper, and who, may I ask, are youf f '-' "I am Dhowells," ssid the meek-look4 ing matt. Puck. . ! . S Curiotn Coincidence, i . " "I see," he said, as he : laid aside a paper he had been reading in a tobacco store, "that a very c inous thing hapt pened in Iowa the other day." : . . borne one asked him what it was. j "The wind b!ew! over a house. j "What a coincidence!" gasped one of the loungers. "On that very same night the win blew under ; my! house, . hun-i d red 3 of miles distant" Detroit Fret A Wise Precaution. Brown. "What have yoa got ih the ootue, noDinsonr, Iiobinson. "Ether." Brown. "What are'you going to do wit -ther?" ' ; .! . . ,t I l.odinson. 'That big, duffer .Jones has threatened to whip ma cn sight; and as soon as 1 sec him coaung I'm tm'ntr f take it. I don t propose to sulfer if . I can help it." TuL Bit. '. Easily Understood. ' Mrs. Penn "William I read an ad vert'sement in one of the papers statiog that ior a dollar in stamps the advertiser would send by return mail a sure way to get rid of rats in the house." , : Mr. Penn "Weill", ; . j : Mrs. Pe.nn "I sent a dollar in stamps; William, and received an answer." j Mr. I enn "What was it?" ' i Mrs. Penn "William, the cheat told me to move." -PAUaJelpUt Call. ' Following; Instructions. , .Now, James," said the grocer to the new boy, "our stock is first-class in every respect; there are, no flies on it and never will bcT and you musn't hesitate to crack it ftp to customers. inen James, profoundly impressed. went to wait on an old lady, who pres ently went out without buying. "Whit did she want, James," inquired th-j grocer. "She asked me if we had any fly paper I could recommend, an' I said yes, that there was no flics on our paper, an' never would be. JSets iik tun. , A Natural Horn Politician. Mother "..'ohnny, don't you hear met Co aud bring me an armful of woxl this instaut. What are you and Agnes do ing?" i ' ! Johnny "Holding a convention. I'm tryin to get Agnes to vole for me for chairman." i Mother f'Why j don't you vote for him, daughter, so he can do what I told him to-do?'' i ! Agnes "Very well, Johnny, I vote for you for ch Jrraan." "1 hat elects ine. The chair appoints Agnes a committ e to bring in the wood. Areola Uncord. j A Double Knt end re. j Jones had married the prettiest woman in to.n and iirown had married the homeliest and thought she was beauti ful. One evening they were talking about their respective better-halves, and Brown remarked: i I "I say, Jones, I think you and I marl ried the two prettiest women in town." .joncs looxea at mm in surprise a mo t e.ti.'i 3 menr, Dut lie saw ue was serious. "Weil," ne replied, cautiously, an with pride : "I guess you are about half right, old fellow."! ! Brown didn t see the point until he told his wi f e. Wathinjlon Cri'i Medicine Can't Cnre Ir. ' "Good-morning,l Mr. True. Wha makes you look so down-hearted this fine UiUl UiliU i "Because I am sad. ,i I'm sick where medicine won't he n me. "What is the cause of your distress, Mr. Truer' ' "Why, last night I proposed marriage to Miss Punster, and instead of coming out flat-footed with a Xo,- sir, she whined out 'I thank you, sir. for your offer, but I'm too good to be True. Ohl it's such sickish things as this that make: me wish I'd been born a mud tuit'e, so ! u i myself ; and d e."- rBWr'Drc M' ; TJnlncky Horscsboea. "We had a rum customer in our jai recently," remarked tne shcntl of an ad loining county in hansas. "1 was away when he arrived at the jail, but a day or (wo iaier,wucq 1 was mnivju hue ruuuus. I saw him in "his cell." . 5 here fort" ' i f "' - "Are you the sheriff ?" he replied. 4Ves,".said L V i t if,Well," he teturncd, 4the community in which you live and rn which I was so unfortunate as to -sojourn is tho most intolerant I ever heard of." "How so?" I asked. VUave you any thing to do w'.th the liottor traffic?" ;:,"Xo," he replied, but they arrested ue for superstition, aud there 1 am in jaiL The idea of arresting a man for nipcrstition. This is a free country. Hasn't . a man got a right to be super. ititious?1 v "Why. t guess so." I replied." "What was yo ir superstition V - ' ' "Well, sir,". said - tho prisoner, my mother always f to d roc to pick up a horseshoe .whenever . I found . one, fop ?ood luck." I nickid up.' four in this lown; they were found in my possession; and I was arrested, tried, convicted, aaC jatled.7. .. ..;... . . . 1 I guess you'ie lying.' eaid I, an with that I went oat of the jail and xne the prosecuting, attorney. :. I asked hint about the case and he said : . '"'Those four horseshoes had. a horn fl&tened to tbent. That fellow is Um most notorious horse thief la the Slate. Kansas Ci'y Journal. r . f " . t- - ' - - .. s 1 i . Ihe Name Lacked Charm. : 31iss Maud, exclaimed .Harold Yew de Yere, and his voice vibrated withtbt earnestaesa of a man pleading for anothet extension of linety daj VI Jiave nerei cpurted. notoriety, nor.fvntht to bring hiyself prominently before the public ic any way inconsistent with the dignity ol a self-resfcecting man.' have IP : I believe not,- Mr.' Vere de Vcre softly replied Miss 'Petherbiidga. . T do yoa justice, I hare never looked upoe you as a gentleman of . inordinate ambi tion for mere fame..- j'. f j .,'r 'o.,, said the joung maii with greil humility, "you have never seen me among theVice Presidents on the platform at reception giTen toanj famous pugilist and my portrait does , not g'mreat yon from the 'advertising column "of every p.ipcr in the country as th idistingnUhed manufacturer of a celebrated three dol lar shoe. I do not thirst for thd ap;lau of the Cekle multitude. Miss Maud," h( continued, with a, far-away, look in bit eye, and yet.Iconfcsi .to jou that j I cherish a deeply-rooted pride. To ymi it may seem vanity or weaknes, but from my childhood I haye been proud of th name I bear. . : The young man loosened ,his collar 1 tnfle and went on - 4 The name of Yere de Ycie is an old, I an honorable one. It is well known ia Old World anna's for centuries back, and has never been ass ciaed with any thing dishonorable, unmanly, orun Vert de Vercan. In the history of this coun try, while it may not "hive p'ayed a strikingly coapicuons part, it has aV ways Uen found on the side of the up right, the, hi vafrous, and tho. correct The name of Yere de Yere, Miss Maud, is in itself a heritage to a young man. "It is indeed a most t prepossessing name," murmurca tne fair young girl. -v ""I am very nappy to " hear' you say so, Miss Maud," exclaimed the youth, in an agitated voice, "and this brings me tc tne real purport ol my visit this even ing. It has occurred -to me as 'not un likely that the- name of Yere de Yere may commend itself toyou as a not alto gether undesirable substitute for that of Petherbridge. Ii never think of your name. Miss Maud, without a thrill of of sympathy: and an u n con trollable long ng to replace it with that of Yere de ; "Excuse me for interrupting you, Mr. Yere de Yere," said the young iady, with a somewhat frosty smile, "but may I ask you if your prospects ia life will enable you to mn 11 tain in becoming style the dignity of your family rimc!" "I I'm Miss Maud, my family name is, as I. mar already have intimated, xbj principal heritage " ".Mr. erode ere," again interposed Miss PctherbriJgcin a voice and niannct decidedly business like, "while I am deeply sensible of 1 he honor you do me in offering to confer such a heritage upn me, it ii my duty to tell you lhat I have received a simil.tr o.Tcr fron Mr. r'wack hatnmcr. The name he proes as a substitute for nvne is not as musica1 as yours, but at the bottom of a bank-i-hcck it is good for about six figures, Mr. Vcro de Vere, and I have concluded must you go so early? (Jood-night" Wilh a crumpled and forlorn aspect Mr. Vere de Yere left the "Petherbridge mansion and melted away in the gloam ing,, feeling that his family name was four sizes too large for hin. Chiciga Triliunc. " ' A JDig That Sleals Cheese. A writer for the BuTalo Court? r has discovered a dog with a most rcmirkablc appetite. The other day the dog's owner bought a dozen cheeses, and when they came they were set on a sliclf in the laun dry, the weather being w col l ihat it was not necessary to put them in the re frigerator. A few hours " later, when it came time to place the checks on the table, they were nowhere to be found. The dog had a don't-ask-me-any-qucs-tions expression on his face, and it was believed he had stolen them. Still, as they were wrapped in tin-foil, it did not seem as though the dog could have relished them, and beide the cook vowed that she had not seen the dog near them, and that if he had attempted to steal them he would have attracted at tention. The d.sappearance pf the cheeses, remained a mystery for quite two weeks, when the mistress of the house was one afternoon attracted to the yard by the barking of the dog, and on going to the side door she saw the dog pull out from under a pile of rubbish one of the missed cheeses.: He then care fully unrolled the foil with his paws and devoured the contents with undisguised gusto. The remarkable t bsrt of it was that the dog had had sufficient sagacity to store the cheeses and partake of one of them each day, instead of disposing of the entire number atone Sitting, as most dogs and probably all children would do. His love lor cheese is accounted ior by the fact that his grandparents (or one of them)' were English bulldogs. ,'Machlie-31ade Wind. 1 "Window glass is now made by ma chinery," said a dealer recently to a re porter for the New York; Sfail and Kx jrrtM'. "For a long time various schemes have been suggested to j assist the glass blowcr,:whose occupation fs a Very un healthy one. Tho mschitoe that U now in use in Germany not ionly assists the blower, but aboliuhe j the cylinder blow ng altogether by means of a" roll-" ing process. A'grcat difficulty lias bee a experienced in being able to. roll the glass thin enough so as to nave material and avoid expense in grinding it down to the desired thickness. ; At the Bcsaon works a scries of rolkr have been placed between the tank furnace and ' the an nealing kens and leera.' Through these, in a way similar to that in which sheet iron is rolled, the molten glass is con ducted into a cooliog table by means of a a'u'ce or canal from the furnace. Kronr the tab'e the gjass passe through sheet rolls, and afti r being nHled lo the de sired th ekne ji the sheet u confeyed on rollers Jjctweei two large cylinders and cut into the requ'rel size." .' , An electric dog cart is one of the i utest novelttes. l n a. bunu There b ever a song aoai whvra, my dear; -1 TbT b evr a aocmthui; tlnt alway; -Them's Ueaonjof tb lark when UMkt are dear, -' ' ' ' ', ' 1 And the souj: of the threa' wbealU ikiw are ray. - ' . , . . - i .. :, . Tbe swihinssbowersamwthecrala, '' ' And the bluebird trQU la tbe orrhard tree: . Aad in and out wbea lbs eaves drip rata. Tho swallows are twittering ceaaalesly. Tbre b ever a song somewhere, my dear, , la the midnight bW-k ar the midday blue; The robin pipes when the sua Is here. " ' " J And the crk-ket chirrups the wboU mliU ?-i thnxuh.i; : .i.j....,, V- m .i 'The buds may bkrw and the frait may grow. tha automa laavea , drop crirp aa J , Bat whether Um saa, or the raia, or the There It ever a eonj somawbtr, tny dear. II UXOR OF TIIE DAT 1 I Always cornel out on (op hair. I No ho4rough-fare---An oatmeal dinner. A copper trust getting credit for a cent"'' j ' . : -i -. Money is aa enigma that evcrjbody no t give up. . . A chess tournament is alitayt played ' on the square. ' " ' The canned article that goes the quick est is a dog's tail. . v, A dentist will fde vour teeth but Dot - I0r rcafj reference. When a man da'ms the earth It k time to unearth his claim. 4 . 1 Something that should be looked into pretty girl's eyes. It is unfortunate that a little money doesn't go a long way.- ! If thirty-two Is the faring point, what is the squcezing-pointf Two. in the shale. A good many women ' who liave mar ried dry gqods c!erks have got twa yards ;of jHkision as a pi emium. s. ... , , . . He"Db you beb'eve in high license, FannfH" 8he-"Wbat kiad of liccpset Marriage licenser lie ' changed:' Iho anbject i . , , u"Who is thafmanr "nc'a the acr vant of old Smith, the undertaker. " "Ah f then he's the valet of the thadow of death.- Town Topic. A PitUburg man calls his wife by the ucauuiui title " Irtuc," Ikauw she is her own reward. Mic dcs all the bouso work and gets no wages. Graphic 'One swallow dees not make a sum mer,"' but it may have occurred to you that one grasshopper makes more than a ' dozen springs, Acro'tO'isa UeralL . . I like "print better than the fall, Said Kobimon to Iirown, . . ' ' Because la fall the stove's put up la spring- it's takan down. . . ioito Catelle. Mr. Agile to Mr. Etoutman. who was running after a horsear "Why, old boy,I thought you were too laty to run.w Mr. S. "Lasily expUint-d ; laxinc runs . in our family. A warrant was recently Issued la a North Carolina town for the arrest of a . mm for committing an assault 4with a deadly weapon, to wit, a certain vicious t and large bull dog." The West Chester Xevt suggests lhat a man can hardly trut a signal service report that predicts calm weather when he has to bold his Lat on with both hands while he read it The candidates boomlei now buaghnly i bortnth, ... And bashfully laiwtb the brxsarly Lmk -In the bulge of bis towt it busily taummeth : A song like the sob of. the ad sounding aea Chii jo Tnl'M. ; A Congressman, on receiving his hat from the Cjoan-roora, asked the waiter how be knew it .was Ms hat nd was promply answered: I didn't know it . was your hat; I only knows it wuxihe hat you cub to me." ' Daughter "Mamma, wouldn't it be jnst lovely if we only had ne ks like a giraffe;" Mamma "Why, my child? What advantage would it be to us!- " Daughter "We could .taste our ice cream so much longer." Tid-Diu, i Mamie "Mamma, can't I go over to Kitty'I house and play awhi'eP Mamma (.hesitatingly) "I don't know, dear. I yes, you can go for just a little while." Mamie (demurely) Thank you, mam ma, I've been." Urate's Ala gazing ' .Which I rise to remark, And my language U plain. That for ways that are dark And tar tricks that are vain. This climate of ours is peraliar. - Lincoln (.Wo.) Journal. Trtmp (piteoosly)- -"P!eae help a poor old cripple." Kind Old Gent (handing him some money) "Bless me, why, of course. How are you crippled, my poor ie'lowf Trmp (pocketing the money) "Financially" crippled," sir." tThe Bun. j You have a very sour look this morn- ing," ' remarked a cucumber lo his Dcighbor.a dyspeptic strawberry. Yes, was the tart reply; "one Is necessarily, unpleasantly affecled when' compelled to sssociate .with such, a seedy party as yon ire." "Cauliflower by any other name 'twill ' smell as sweet," shouted an onion near by, with a peel, of laughter. AVst York Hutu ' . . ' - ' j - . . ' Cse No Sngar On OataeaL I ' "Be careful how you eat oatmeal," said a doctor recently to a reporter . for the New York ilnil and Erprm. Oat meal ir ft very heathfui food ? if taken properly. No food Is healthy, if inv . properly used." ..;f - f : flow should it be eaten?" ; I "If oatmeal Isealenin excess of the needs of the body for proper nutrition it " ov.-rload and taxes 1 he system. It must not be eaten partially cooked. Flour. . corn . meal, rice and other approved art! clrs of wholesome dirt are not fceahhy if . half cooked. If an esceM of suar or . otbef sweets is used it will disagree with . many people,- dsaslpg Indigestion.' If eaten with an excess of "cream it Will not , be healthy for some persons whose ' stomachs are too delicate to stand a rich food. , Oatmeal is a heaithyfood whea not used for, over-feeding, when mi- ficiently cooked and when not used with an excess of cream, or sweets. ; Ojstyeai ihould be eaten wllhput "any .tweets,, using alitUe reiTk'orcreani, a little but--. A Scotch do," . . . : v 4- . -A 1:1 JiK. V, S-ft :
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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May 24, 1888, edition 1
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