North Carolina Newspapers

, Buffalo is about to build a driveway the whole twenty-seven miles to Niagara Falls that is meant to be the handsomest in the world, and the local papers have a lively fight as to -whether or rot he shall be stvled "the Boulevard. " m The announcement being made that an enthusiast has "discovered perpetual motion" after spending $30,000 in ex perimenting on the subject, an exchange remarks that "coming right on the heels of the disclosure that the world is going to come to a perpetual standstill in 1900, the news is rather tantalizing." . George 1L Graham, of New York, was the founder of the old Graham's Maga- Tin Viaa Incf tirn fnrfllTlflR- and fcitr. V Ul U V .1 v j aftir several years of blindness, has re-covered his sight at the" age of seventy five. With a heart full of gratitude,and with all the confidence of youth, the old man has again taken up his pen with the determination to enter the literary arena . and make a living. A Brazil paper reports that an ox suf fering with carbuncle was killed and eaten a short time since at a place near Conceicao dos Garulhos. The result at last accounts was that two persons had died with that disease and some ten or twelve more were attacked by it. It is said that many animals were suffering from carbuncle in that locality. Later advices stated that seventeen persons were under treatment for .this disease, three of whom were in a serious con dition. "The Bohemian oats swindle has been succeeded by the hay-fork game," are the words of warning issued by. the New York Graphic. "This consists in storing a lot of forks in the barn of some farmer, whom the owners tell that if he will take care of them and sell 'them he shall have a commission of from thirty to seventy-five per cent. On this representation the farmer-is in-" .duced to sign a receipt 'merely asa matter of form,' and in a few weeks the receipt turns up in the hands of some other party and proves to be an agree ment to pay about four prices for the forks. It is generally cheaper for the farmers to pay than, to fight the swind. lers." ": - The face of the late United States Attorney-General Brewster was disfigured by burns received when a mere child in the rescue of his baby sister from a fire. A newspaper story, current a few years ago, embodied what purported to be Mr. Brewster's own statement. Qne of the lawyers during the trial of a ca?o had -8 bad taste to allude to the marred features of his opponent. Mr. Brewster, in dig .nified and simple language, told of s faithful nurse, wearied with, untiring la bors, who fell asleep while holding a lit tle child; the tired arms relaxed, the precious burden fell on the hearth and when the little one was saved the face oi j her rescuer "was burned as black as the heart of the man who could twit anothei of a personal deformity " - THE BEST THING OUTr FRUIT AND 7BGETABLE. QT is used by grocerymen in displaying end de ft liverlag goods, by farmers to gather and etorfi II f rait aud vegetables, and market gardeners to ti&ainport products to market. AS A BERRY CRATE Jt is made !n tvro eizea to hold twenty-four and thirty-six quart baskets respectively, with hicged cover and racks te keep the baskets peparated, and beia4 ODen allows free circulation of air, so fruit is Jeea liable to decay. ; Inane of b?pt material, are light, durable, and superior to baskets, or any other crate made . SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND PRICE LIST L! P. ROGERS, WARREN; PA. vMM . Z3 c5 c I Z r n 5 ft -O a U-5 a s gS cc - ss I1! I? il p - ON THE THRESHOLD. The dancing, joyous brooklet free, Babbles onward to the sea, Flowing ever, Resting never, Ringing gayly till at last, Ocean's billows hold it fast As the brooklet winds along, Oft it murmurs in its song, A soft " Farewell!" A long "Farewell!" Ill en it hastens on to meet And swell the ocean's billows deep. We have passed through happy hours, We hare gathered fragrant flowers, Trusting ever, Resting never, Binging gayly till at last, Childhood's joyous days are past. Annie L. Buchanan. A KITCHEN QUEEN. BT nELEX FORREST GRAVES. The pleasant February sunshine was weaving its brightest in and out among the stems of Miss Alice Xetley's geran iums ; and there was an atmosphere of spring in the chirp of the blue bird, and the frosty sweetness of the outside air so much so, in fact, that Alice felt the heat of the little wood stove in the cor ner of the room almost oppressive as she came in. "Why, Lill, you are roasting here!" she cried, to the pale, pretty girl, who sat with some lace-work in her lap. "Wouldn't it do to leave the window open just a trifle? Ah, I forget, you haven't been exercising, like me ! I'm a selfish thing -I'm always forgetting!" Alice Xetley, even in her faded garnet merino and last year's style of bonnet, was very fair to look upon a radiant, rose-cheeked blonde, with living sun beams coiled in her hair, and the blue of the sky itself shining under her bright lashe3. Lilian, on the contrary, was pale and slight, like a flower that has grown Jh the shade, and there were dark shad ows under her eyes, and a downward droop to the corners of her mouth. "You're not working, Lill. Have you finished the pattern?" Alice asked. "Xo." "You're tired, then. Let me get you a cup of tea. Or is it your poor eyes that ache? Oh, Lill ! pleaded the younger sister, -moved inexpressibly by the sight of a single crystal-bright tear stealing down the delicate cheeks of the elder, "what is it? Tell me, Lill!" Lilian brushed away the tear, and tried tosmile, after a feeble fashion. "It's only what I have expected this J long time, Alice," said she. "Doctor Creamer was here to-day. He says that pain in my eyes is not the result of a cold, nor yet of any neuralgic affection. He says I am losing my sight." Alice stood like one stunned. "Oh, Lill dear Lill !" she cried out, "and it is all my fault for letting you work at that hideous point-lace for the Woman's Exchange, that perhaps no bod v will buV when it is finished."' "Hush, Alice it wa3 ray own idea!" "But I never should have allowed it. I should have known better. Ch, Lill ! what are we to do?" Lilian put one hand tenderly on Alice's bowed head. "We must trust in Providence, Allie, and do our best." But the yellowFebruary sun had gone down behind the woods, and the twilight shadows had gathered around the room, before Alice had wept the fountain of her tears dry. And then she went spiritlessly up to her room and looked around her. "Something has got to be done !" she murmured. : "Up to this time, I've had only myself to think of now I have Lill, also. I have never been taught any trade more's the pity and there is too much competition in this town for me to earn a living out of any of the genteel professions. But we can't live on here like tine ladies. If Lill goes to that eye hospital for treatment, I have got to earn money to pay her board and her doctor's bill. But how? ' She kept her perplexities to herself, declaring, brightly, that "she had a plan," in answer to all Lillian's wistful inquiries. She sewed diligently to put her sister's wardrobe in order, and sold her little gold necklace the sole remaining orna ment of former days to buy the. railroad ticket to Philadelphia for Lilian. "I wish you were going with me," Baid. Lilian, clinging to her sister's hand as they stood side by side on the plat form, waiting for the train to come. "I wish so, too, dear," said Alice. "BUt the fare is high, and city board higher still and every cent counts. We can1 not afford it, Lill." When Lilian was gone, Alice went back to the old home dismantled now, and being cleaned and whitewashed, preparatory to the moving in of a new tenant for her little carpet bag,, and left it at the cottage of an old colored woman who had once been a servant in the Xetley family. "Whar be yo' gwine, honej?" said Aunt Flutilla, taking her pipe out of her mouth. "To earn my living,aunty," said Alice; with rather a forced laugh. - "But whar :" persisted the old woman. . "I'll tell you, when I have begun to earn it." ' And Alice went straight to a hand some brick mansion in the centre of the tewnu house with a close-cut lawn in front of it and a pair of marble vases, V filled with the earliest pansies of the year. Mrs.Yalandor was at home; she would see Miss Netley, said 'the white-capped maid who came to the door. And Alice was usbeied into therecep. tion-room, where sat a pale, tall lady, writing notes at a desk. "Ah, Miss Xetley I" said Mrs. Valan dor, with a curious mixture of the cour tesy due to one who had once been on her visiting list and the coldness which she felt toward a "reduced young person" whose sister had mended lace for her queenly self, within the year. "Very sorry, I'm sure, to hear the sad news about your sister's eyes !" "You are very kind," said Alice, go ing directly to her point. "I called here to answer an advertisement which I saw in the papers from this house." "Ah!" Mrs. Valandor elevated her bright eye-brows. "Yes for a woman to cook, wash and iron. Is there any one whom you can recommend to me?" "Yea.!' Alice made answer, with com posure. "1 would like the place my self!" Mrs. Va'andor's pen dropped from her hand ; her large light eyes glittered like sickly glass marbles. "I believe myself to be quite com petent," said Miss Xetley, with a calm ness which astonished the fine lady more and more, "as I have taken lessons at the Cooking School in Xew York. In the matter of washing and ironing, have had plenty of piactice at home, as for the last few months we have been unable to pay a laundress. As I am capable of doing my work well, I shaE expect fair wages. In regard to references, this is my first situation; but, since you have known me from a child, that ia, perhaps, of little consequence. " ' "Do do you really mean it?" stam mered Mrs. Yalaudor. "You Colonel Xetley's daughter!" "Is there any reason why I should not mean it?" said Alice, smiling, : calmly. "I am compelled to support myself. My father's army title will do little toward that. I could starve genteelly in giving music-lessons; I could visit my distant relations, until I had exhausted their coldly-extended hospitality; I could post myself in the dreary army of gentlewomen who are endeavoring to obtain 'situa tions not menial,' in every intelligence bureau in the land. But I don't choose to do, this. Xothing is menial that is well done and honestly done.n "I I but it, would be so awkward!" aid. .Mrs. Va'andor," clasping and un clasping the bracelet on her arm. "Why awkward I You want a . cook, don't you? And I want a situation." "I expect my girls to wear caps," faltered Mrs. Valandor. "Very well. I am willing to wear t rap3. Why should I not?' "And then, of course, you would re quire a separate table" "I shall require nothing of the sort. If I am to become a wage-worker, it would be the paltriest affectation to feel myself above my fellow wage-workers," said Miss Xetley, with a quiet dignity that Mrs. Valandor could not under stand. "But Mr. Valandor is so very particu lar as to the table," went on the lady. Alice smiled. r; "I will engage to suit him," said she. "What wages do you expect?" "Eighteen dollars." Mrs. Valandor lifted up her hand3 in dismay. "Eighteen dollars!" she exclaimed. "Why, I never paid but sixteen before to regular professionals !" "Weil, I am r. professional," said Alice. . "I am going to give you first class cooking, and laundry work that a Chinamen couldn't excel. And at the end of the month, if I don't suit you, why, then you may discharge me." So Mrs. Valandor engaged Alice Xet ley a3 cook and laundress. "It seems a queer sort of thing," she said, feebly, "to hire, to work in my kitchen, a girl who danced here at the last ball that I gave. But I couldn't very well help it." "Fudge!" said the squire, a fat man, with a husky voice, and a bald head that glistened like an ivory billiard ball. "Why is it queer? Men have to do i that; why not women? I've got a man in my lumber yard that was once a pro fessor of French. Your new cook is a sensible girl. Here she has a good roof over her head, a nice room to sleep in, and plenty to eat, with eighteen dollars to boot. Isn't that better than sewincr at famine rate, or living on the charity of one's relations?" "But , it isn't usual!" sighed the lady. "Hang usual!" roared the squire. "Who cares whether it is usual or not? What difference does it make? And she's a crack cook ! The crust of that chicken pie fairly melted in my mouth at dinner to-day. It's just exactly the sort of chicken pie that my mother used to make. A nd the cream pieand the coffee ! I tell- you, Sabina, she's a genius ! By-the-way, I've ordered brook trout for breakfast. - Let herprejiare it in her own way. It'll be good. And tell her to give us some more corn bread. One can eat such cooking m that." - It was true. Alice wa3 a genius in the culinary lice. She got up a little gastronomic surprises; she never allowed a med to go by without some exquisite, ited dish. She concocted artis .hus; she sent up delicately -fla-ssl mis and fricassees from yester s fragmented And when the shirts, "Wllars and cuffs came up in the weekly wash-basktt, the squire's satisfaction culminated. "Raise her wages!" said he. "We never had things done like this before. And who d.d the cooking Monday and Tuesday?" "Alice herself," said Mrs. Valandor. 'She said she had arranged her work in reference to it. She declined to accept the chambermaid's help." "Humph, humph !" said the squire. "I'm glad of it! How does she get along with the other girl?" "Capitally!" said his wife. "Mary Ano thinks that 'the lady-cook' is an angel. Alice has shown her how to mend her clothes, and taught her a fancy crochet stitch to do of evenings when they sit together in the kitchen." "What doe3 she do in the evenings?" asked the squire, curiously. "Writes to her sister in. Philadelphia, " said Mrs. Valandor. "Doea fancy work Keads a book, from the library." "Do you suppose she's contented?" asked the squire. "She mr.st be," said his, wife. "She sings about her work like a lark." "That lobster salad we had on Sun day evening was perfect," remarked the squire. "And the oysters were fried as brown as a dead leaf, without the greasy tang the last cook used to give 'em." So things wTent on till John Meredith came back from the fort in Arizona John Meredith who had always been called "Alice's beau" in the old boy-and-girl days. "I've had some luck," said the cap tain. "I've been promoted. I can af ford to keep a wife now. What has be come of Alice Xetley?" "A-workin' out," aaic old Aunt Flu tilla, "at eighteen dollars a month, a-keepin! Miss Lilian in de eye hospital in Filadelfy." "Humph!" said Captain Meredith, "Whv didn't I know tbi before?" "Well, I guess co3 ye didn't inquire," said Flutilla. "Was you thinkin' o' marry in' her, boss?" '"You've hit it, aunty," said the cap tain. "I reckon there's fortune telling blood in your veins, eh?" "My mammy was de seventh darter ob a seventh darter," said Aunt Flutilla, solemnly. "But dis yah what I'm gwinc to tell ye ain't fortin' tellin,' boss. It's facts. She's done 'gaged to Squire Xet ley's bruddcr, de judge. De Judge, he cat some o' de raised biscuits I gib her de receipt ob, an' he made up his mind she wa de wife for him." That was Aunt Flatilla's account. But Alice Xetley could have told a different one now Horace alanuor, lying ill in the house, had been nursed by har.care, nourished by the delicate dishes which she had prepared how he had an nounced that be should not leave his brother's house without Alice Xetley ! She listened almost incredulously to his suit. It was a home for Lilian, a safe shelter for herself in the haven of a good man's love; but these things were secondary in Alice's heart. "If I loved you w sh began. "Take a year :o consider It." said Judge Valandor. "Jacob served seven years for Rachel. .Ought' I to be un willing to wait cue-seventh of that ti'oie for so precious a prize as you? r "But I am only the cook 1" "You are a Princess in disguise !" said the Judge, with eyes so full of devotior. that Alice could but blush and smile back to him. Then came Jack Meredith Jack, whose gold shoulder straps and brilliant black ejes'had once annised her girlish admiration and then Alice knew that she had outgrown that phase of her life. His boisterous admiration annoyed her; she did not like it that he so boldly claimed her allegiance. "TVe can be married to-morrow, if you like," said Jack, eagerly. "But I donH like," said Alice. The Captain, retired, discomfitted, to the frontier, and Alice married th judge. " And me, as has to put up with John ny Reilly, the plumber," said Mary Ann, with a groan. "And she is a judge'i lady! Sure, things is onaiquall" "That's just it," said the new cook, who had been taking lessons of young Mrs. Valandor in the daintier branches of the profession. " A lady's a lady where ever you put her." "And that's thrue !" said Mary Ann. Saturday Night. Giles Williams, a Wall street broker of note, who died recently in the me- tropolis, bought a square of ground years ago in the centre of Chicago. It cost him $000. He sold it for $40,000 and was exceedingly proud of the bar gain he drove. Chicago tax lists show tfiat the same property is worth $18, 000,000 now! The King of Xorway and Sweden is said to be the only crowned head in Europe who refused to send congratula tions to the Pope o,n his sacredotal .jubilee. According to the census of ISSO, there were only 810 Catholics in Sweden, and a proportionately small number in Xorway. . - The Famous "Bel! Buzzard" Shot. For the last twenty-four years people living in different parts of the South have heard strange tinklings of a bell, frequently in the most unaccountable places. At times the ringing seemed to be far off in space, and then again, in an incredible short time, it would seem to'hover near in the trees. Many were the explanations offered at first for the presence of the bell, as great fear had been excited among the superstitious and timid, who regarded it as an omen of some great danger or calamity. The real cause of the strange occur rence was discovered to be a buzzard of enormous size on whose neck a bell was fastened, and which, with every flap of the wings, gave forth a tinkling sound. After that it continued to make its ap pearance in varioqp arts of the South, and at times not only confining its visits to one State, but making extended ex cursions over most of the South, always returning to Tennessee, where it had evidently-been reared and of whose his tory it became a part. The bell buzzard was known in all parts of the State, and the people spoke with pride of their feathery friend. While Alexander Johnson, of Peacher's Mills neighborhood, was out on a hunt ing expedition one day recently, and was walking through a dense woods, he came upon what he first supposed to be a huge eagle flaping and fluttering about on the ground. He raised his gun to his shoul der and fired and the monster bird fell, beating the ground fiercely w'th its wihgs. Johnson rushed up to it just as its wings gave the last trembling flutters, and lifting it up by the neck he saw to his greatest astonishment that a bell hung to it, suspended by a small wire chain, of which some of the links had been worn almost to the thinneiss of pa per. The bell attached from which the clapper was missing was round and about three inches in diameter, bearing this inscription, evidently cut with a knife or some sharp instrument: "C. W. Moore, Alabama, 1863." The absence of the clapper accounts for the buzzard not having been heard for the last few months, leading many to suppose that the bird had left our regions, or had been killed by some one. On reaching home Johnson narrated his story to his family, who assisted him in measuring its size, which was found to be 5 feet? inches from tip to tip. The bird has been sent to an experienced taxidermist at Cincinnati, who will mount it, after which it will be presented to the Historical Society at Xashville, there to remain as one of the greatest curiosities of the State." NashiUle American. , White House Pets. Xellie Arthur had a spotted Indian ! pony for the apple of her eye. Mrs. Pierce was very foad of the black nasr that her husband rode. . ' Mrs. Monroe brought the first white rabbit to the Xational premises. Harriet Lane hid a large stag hound that was presented to her in England. "Dolly" Madison's " particular pet was a fine saddle nag,v At Montpelier she had a pet sheep. " Mrs. Adam3had a great goldfish and one of a bluish tint, sent her by a Xew England sea captain. Mrs. Hayes had a magnificent im ported Japanese cat that was-, presented to her by a naral oiticer. . Martha Washington's chief pet was a beautiful green parrot. . Mrs -Washing- 1 ton was also very fond of a fallow deer. Mrs. Grant had a "strawberry roan" cow that was a superb milker, and sup plied her table with milk and cream. Mrs. Bliss, President Taylor s daugh ter, who presided over the White House until her father's death, had a splendid white owl. " Miss Cleveland's pet while at the White House was a beautiful rose which she f jund in the conservatory, and which now bears her name. An eagle occupied a cage at the man sion for a part of President Fillmore's more's term, a gift from a pop-tica! ad mirer, and the noble bird was often fed by Mrs. Fillmore. Mrs. Jackson never presided at the White House, but a large black and white coon that had been caught when young and trained by one of her faith ful slaves had the run of the household. Lower California is reported to be ex oitec. over the discovery of immense deposits of free gold in white quarti, assaying from $300 to $2200 per ton. If the truth of the reports should be veri fied, declares the Philadelphia Record, this new gold field may exert a marked influence upon the currency values o civilized natious. It is proposed to convert about 5000 acres of land in Twiggs County, Ga., into a national hunting ground, with a hotel, club houses, etc., and make it a great resort for hunters. The tract will be stocked with all kinds of game. Governor Gordon and other well-known men are interested in the scheme. The Senate of the United States has recently passed a bill appropriating $100,000 to erect a monument in memory of the colored soldiers and sailors who lct their lives in tlv? Union service dar ling the hte Civil War. CURIOUS FACTS. Engraving on wood was invents 1490. ec:e(1 "V Pcstofficeswere established inEnekJ in 1464. 1 Latitude was first rlpfrm; v . uy urn. parcnus, ot Is ice, about 162, B. C. The first knives were used in England, and the first wheeled carriages in France There 13 a five-year-old cow in Clay county, Dakota, that stands ICi hands high and weighs 1888 pounds. Bears have r.lave l h 1 --j - - "ifcu iae Canadian Pacific telegraph lines at Grif. fin" Lake and Revelstoke, Quebec. Four wildcats were captured by a party of hunters from Millbridge, Me., the other day. The largest was four feetaad ten inches long. Firearms were made at Perugina, Italy, as early as 1364, the discovery of gunpowder dating somewhat earlier the same centurr. : Two Xashville men went to law about a job of work that was worth about seventy-five cents, and spent $700 be- The Druids in England headed the Britons in opposition to Caesar's first landing, 55 B. C, and were exterminated bv the Roman Governor. Suetoniiii - , Paulinus, A. D. 61. The first glass cups came from Venice during the sixteenth century, and from that time on society began to lose rx.any of its primitive ways, and became ia a sense more refined. A. hospital for the treatment of sick or . disabled birds has been opened in Chi cago by Mr3. A. F. Moir, and there ara already a number of feathered patients undergoing treatment in it. An important member,of the Alpena rT?ri "PirA Tlpnnrtmpnt. is n. lnrrro ftf v i i o - Bernard dog which turns out ; with the firemen at every alarm and has man j 1 1 A smart dog lives in Springfield, Mo. wrl . i r 1 1 . 1 J? 1 wnen me nre Durns low in xne nrepiace before which he is accustomed to lie, he goes to the woodshed, gets a stick of wood and puts it on the coals. The biggest silver nugget in the world was recently on exhibition in Xew York city. It weighs 6061 ounces, and was found at the Greenwood group of mines in the State of Michoacan, Mexico. England took its name from the An-, gles or English, a Teutonic people, who, with other kindred tribes, can over from ! thg mainland of Europe and won for themselves a new home in Britain. An elevated riding school is an innova tion in Xew York. It is located in the third story of building, and on account of its elevated position is said to possess advantages over schools on the ground floor. , Mrs. Catherine McMahon, of Green, castle, Ind., is 103 years of age and has lived to see the seventh generation of her kind. One of her brothers died at the ao-e of 100 and another at the age of ninety-eight. TV. G. Sterling, of Greeley, Col., re cently shot in Jvorth Park a magnificent specimen of the golden eagle, one of the largest seen in the States for years. It measured seven feet from tip to tip and was evidently of great age. Er. Crowther, of Baltimore, probably owes his life to a narrot. The cries of the bird awakened him at 3 o'clock. in the morning. He discovered that his house was on fire and barely had time to arouse his family and get them out be fore the building was completely wrapped in flames. A Mythical Snake. The glass snake is a widely believed-in-myth. Even well educated people I have found to implicitly accept the stories told of being f.actured into in numerable pieces and reuniting itself again little the worse of the experience. It was my good fortune one evening to see a fully accredited "glass," or 1 'joint," snake, certified to by a white man and a negro. We were walking on a tramway one evening in the summer when I espied a snake about fifteen inches in length in the dust of the road. I carried a small gum switch, with which I struck it 8 smart b'.ow, when it broke in three pieces. The snake was very prettily marked, and the forward half propor Seeing it was about to wriggle away 1 struck it again, disabling it, and then examined the section carefully, but without finding any indications that the fracture was different from that which would follow a hard blow in the case of anv small snake. This specimen anu several others which I after killed bj . breaking, did not , reunite the st-vera) parts. Country Gentleman. A contemporary, says the World, explains that the Queen usual! leaves a drawing-room before the f'JtC tion is over because her Majesty eot stand for any length of time. Jl quite a mistake to suppose that the Q'eC really' stands during a drawing-room-In reality her Majesty sits upon a sori -stool of crimson and' gold, which arranged that to those who pass bwJ fear she appears to be standing Six huntlrea ami 101 , yearly States. r;ou!t;T protract 01 ' it