toaskittQton flmgrese.
PROGRESS PUBLISHING CO.
Many women in California are getting
rich by cultivating fruit farms, them
selves doing much of the work, picking,
packing, butter-making, canning fruits,
making jellies, jams, marmalades, and
crystalizing figs and apricots.
A cotton-picking machine has just
been constructed at Richmond, Va.,
which will gather cotton from the stalks
and put it in bags as the machine is
drawn by horse-power along the cotton
row. It will pick from 3000 to 3500
pounds of cotton per day.
Modern warfare is returning fast to
use of weapons which were long ago
given up as useless. The lance is being
restored, Roman soldiers once carried a
spade; English troops have recently
done the same. The dog has yet to
figure in a war, though the pigeon did
useful work in 1870.
The earth contains something of value
besides coal, petroleum and gas. The
production of gold in this country dur
ing' the year 1886 is estimated at $35,
000, 000, and that of silver at $51, 000, 000.
The total amount of silver taken out of
the old ball in 1886 in all countries was
of a value of $124,000,000.
General George A. Sheridan of New
York says he got more money for less
actual service than any other man who
ever served in Congress. He was not
admitted to his seat until about three
hours before the expiration of his term,
and he drew salary, mileage, etc.,
amounting to about $14,000. In that
respect he thinks his Congressional fame
will be immortal.
The United States Geological survej
will collect all attainable information re
garding the recent earthquakes in Ari
zona. Circular letters of inquiry have
been sent to residents on the area affect
ed, as usual. The disturbed area seems
to be a circle of some four hundred
miles radius, fully one-quarter as large
as the Charleston earthquake, and nearly
one-third of the area of the Riviera
earthquakef last February.
Managers of drug store soda fountains
in the cities report that the demand ia
increasing for phosphates, ginger
extracts, and other preparations
for toning up the system. Mineral
spring waters are not now so much
sought after. Women seldon call for
nerve drinks; they prefer sweet extracts.
But the men usuallv ask for something
to brace them up something to wind
energies usually the result of excesses
in the use of liquor and tobacco.
The farmers of Texas, Arkansas and
Louisiana are arranging a scheme of co
operation which, if properly carried out,
is expected to benefit them greatly, and
speedily drive out the crop mortgage.
The idea is to construct cotton, cotton
seed oil and flour mills in differ
ent centres, so as to enable the farmer to
get a local market for his produce, and
be sure of obtaining a fair price. The
mills will be owned by .the farmers them
selves, who will act as their own com
mission agents, and manufacture with
their own produce.
Although the thug3 of India have
been long since exterminated, a Hindoo
writer in the London Standard tells how
they have been replaced by professional
poisoners. These people make use of a
poison extracted from the seed of the
ahatura, mixed with opium, and travel
from place to place; now poisoning a
traveling companion for his money, a
laborer for his oxen or a host for the
valuables in his house. They are dis
tinguished from the thugs in that they
will kill women, children and pilgrims
which the thugs would not do. The
road poisoners are organized secretly and
great efforts have been made to exter
minate them, and thus far without suc
cess. A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times makes the following extraordin
ary suggestion: Lay large cast iron pipes
under ground from Philadelphia to the
nearest point of salt water, and through
these pipes force the fresh sea breez33 to
a large reservoir in a central part of the
city, to which small pipes could be at
tached leading directly to private dwell
ings, and we could thus enjoy a "breath
of good salt air," without the trouble
and expense of a trip to Cape May or
Atlantic City. What a boon this would
be to invalids, to infants in hot weather
and how comforting and exhilarating it
would be to the aged and others who
from want of strength or "material aid"
are unable to leava their dwellings. If
you will permit me to intimate this
matter in your paper, I feel confident
there are those now living who have the
ability to mature the plans for the en
terprise. There may be those who will
treat my suggestions as offspring of a
bewildered imagination, but the project
is feasible, and whoever lives a.quarter
of a century will see and enjoy the bene
fits of it. Mark my prediction.
Indian Summer,
The punlight, in a warm and mellow tide
Upon this Indian summer day descends ;
Earth, sky, and all the view of waters wide
In silent and harmonious beauty blends.
Al ng the southward slopes the aftergra s
Still shows the emerald shade of summer
time;
With lingering pace a troop of zephyrs pass,
And oft repeat a vere of mystic rhyme.
The vapor ships that slowly cross the sky
Are smooth and fleecy, like the clouds of
June,
And only trees that leafless meet my eye
Remind me earth has passed from Nature's
noon.
A. F. Browne.
A BACHELORS KEWARD.
BY GEORGE TRACE.
It was a cold January day. John
Sieele sot alone in his office, in the midst
of a deep reverie.
It was seldom that he was idle, as he
was at the present time, but this evening
the memories of the past came flockirg
upon him like ghosts from another land.
John Steele was a bachelor of forty.
He had been born and reared a poor boy,
in the little town of M-
, and had
never felt a desire to leave it. He had
studied law and plodded along year after
year in the dingy, grimy fiice, in which
we find him now, and had grown rich.
He had no crsonal friends, and lived
alone in a large, old frame house at the
outskirts of the town, with a man ser
vant as cook and general man-of-ali
work.
Years and years before, when a young
man of twenty, poor and aimless, Steele
had loved a girl whose parents would
not let her marry him because he was so
worthless. In his rage he blamed her
for this and would listen to no reason,
and from that day had hated women
and had led a solitary life. It was this
scene that now held John Steele in his himself, and then started again for the
office chair, as the mantle of night j kitchen.
gathered over the town. "William," said Steele, when he
"More than twenty years ago," he ! entered, "here is the key to my office. I
mused, "and I don't believe I have ever I wish you would go there and bring me
spoken to a woman, except on business, j a packet you will find on ray desk."
since that day. They say she married j William Ml in the trap without eus
a no-account wretch after all, who has ' picion, and was off.
'unk down to poverty and want. Well, Sieele seated himself in a dark corner
well, 1 must not waste time thinking a;ul looked at the woman. He could
about such things now. I was only a see his old love in every feature of the
boy then, and did not know what I ; face. He was stmngely excited and
wanted. I must be going." Where- j knew not what to say.
upon he arose, buttoned his coat about , "You say you lived here once?" he
him, locked his office and trudged on began.
his homeward journey. "Yes, when I was a girl," she 6aid.
Rumor had it about town that, a!- "And bad fortune has overtaken you
though by her parents' iufluence, Katie sine. Perhaps you knew my cousin.
Drew had married shortly after her re- then. John Steele.''
lusal of Steele, that she had loved him ; "Yes," she said, "I knew him. Is he
dearly. This was most likely true, bu not here now?'1
as twenty years had past, the matter had "No, poor fellow," said Steele, feel
faded from the general mind to give w;.y ' ing guilty as he spoke the words, "he is
to more lively gossip. j dead."
Steele ate ids supper in silence. Wil- "Dead !" and she leaned her head on
Ham, his man-of-all-work had a very her hand and wept.
good meal prepared; for, though Steele "Yes," said Steele, feeling like a mur-
was close-fisted he believed in good eat
ing, good clothes and comfortable liv
ing. "Now, William," said Steele, when
he had finished, "if you fix me up
enough food to do me to-morrow, vou
may have a holiday. And here is your
money and five dollars to have a time
with. No holiday for me; I don't need
any and don't want any."
"Thank you, Mr. Steele, for your
goodness," said William. 4iBut, Mr.
Steele, don't you never take any little
extra pleasure at all? You know 1 j
used to know you when you was a little
fellow; and I can remember seeing your i
good mother holding you up at the old I
church so you could see the Christmas
tree. And you was a wee little tad
then, and you clapped your little hands j
in glee and your mother would kiss your
baby face and talk baby talk to you. It
don't seem like that was near iorty years
ago, Mr. Steele, but it was."
"Confound the fellow," grumbled
Steele, as he sat down in his room that
night to read. "If I should listen to
him he would upset me. I don't know
what is the matter with me this evening
anyhow. I never felt 'so queer in my
life. I guess I am using too much to
bacco of late."
He read until bedtime, and was in the
act of taking off his boots, when he
heird a knock at the front door.
"Wonder who that is," he thought.
"Something unusual at this place."
He listened a moment and there came
another knock.
"What the deuce can that; William be
doing that he don't go the door?" said
Steele. "I want to go to bed, and it
may be some one that wants me. To
borrow money, I guess. Well, unless
they have good security, not a cent do
they get."
At this juncture, William opened the
door. Steele heard an indistinct con
versation and then William conducted
the visitor to the kitchen. After some
moments William came walking into the
room.
"We'd, what is it?".
"Excuse me, Mr. Steele, but there is
a poor woman in the kitchen who needs
some help badly. I'm sure she does, for
she don't look as a common beggar.
DO
She says she has walked through the
co'-d all the way from the last town, -and
is most dead."
"Yes, that is what they all say
Give her something to eat and send her
on.'
4 'But I wish you would come and see
her."
"Bother these beggar!," mumbled
Steele. "But I guess I'll go down to
act rid of her."
Steele saw a black figure sitting by the
fire.
"Well," he said to her, when he en
tered, "what can I do for you?"
She turned toward him. Her face
was not that of a beggar. Although a
trifle pale, it was the face of a pretty
woman of thirty-five.
"I only wished to get warm," she
said. "I was &o cold that I felt as if I
should freeze. I am sorry to disturb
you. I have friends in the town, and
am sure I can get employment of some
kind there. I used to live there years
and years ago."
By means of a few questions he Teamed
that she was a widow without any re
lations in the world. He was deeply
touched by her story.
"What was your husband's name?''
asked Steele.
"Carter," she said; "George Carter."
"Wait here a moment," he said, and
went up to his room.
He went to his desk and took out
some money. "I so seldom give," said
he, "and can afford to be liberal to this
poor woman." He took two ten-dollar
bills and started back to the kitchen.
"She said her name was Carter. Car
ter Carter? Where have I heard
what I Carter 1 My God! That was
the name of her husband. She said she
used to live here years ago. It must be
she. It is Kate Drew ! It must be!"
Steele shook like a leaf. He seemed
young again. He remembered her once
more as the sweet-faced girl, and the
heart which had been slumbering so
long seemed to spring into new life.
He sat down on the stairs to compose
derer as he sp ke, "but none who knew
him were sorry for it. He ha 1 no good
in him, and live 1 a selfisti life."
"Poor man!" said the sweet, sympa
thizing tones. "At heart he was good. "
Something seemed to move Steele.
He got up and stoo 1 by her chair. His
hand, by accident, touched her. Ic sent
a thrill through him that seemed to
make a new being of him.
"Katie," he said, "don't you know
me ?"
She looked up, started, stood erect
and got a good look into his face.
"John!'' she said, in a scared way,
and hid her face in her hands.
"Yes, Katie," he said, "it is John.
I was thinking of you tc-day, and it
seems as though heaven has sent you.''
"This is such a shock to me," and sb.3
sat down again.
Steele's heart was throbbing wildly,
and he quivered with excitement.
"Iam old, now Katie, and perhaps
awkward in my speech, but I I can't
help what I am saying. You have no
home, I am rich, and you are the only
woman I ever loved. You are welcome
to ail I have. My life has been very
lonely. WTith you I would be happy.
You cau't love me, I know, after all this
tin e but I do not ask that."
She arose as if to go. Poor Steele'!
heart seemed to he bursting. He un
consciously put forth his arms and
touched her. With a sob she fell into
them and rested her head on his shoul
der. "Katie!" he cried in joy.
"Oh, John, how can I speak?"
"Say something, Katie."
"I feel so guilty. I thought you
would never forgive me But but but
I have"
4 But what, Katie?"
"Oh, John, you know I loved you
then, and it was not my fault. I have
loved you all these long years. I am so
happy, if jou will but forgive me."
"Forgive you! Dm't speak of that
again. You are homeless no longer
Katie. I know what love is at least.
i You are in my house now, and you
shall never go out of it except as my
wife."
"No, John, not"
"Yes, don't object. I know it don't
sound well, but I don't care for that.
A preacher lives close. Won't you con
sent?" "But"
' "Please don't refuse, Katie."
"Well, I guess"
Ju3t then William came in. Steele
nearly ran over him. "Hang the pa
pers!" he said, as William offered them
to him.
"Here, William," ho said, as he came
down stairs putting on his overcoat,
"fix the front room and light a fire.
Don't you hear, you idiot? Don't stand
looking, move about."
William did not know what was the
matter. He had just got the fire lighted
when Steele came stumbling in with the
preacher. Arkansas Traveler.
Grains of Sind.
The manufacture of sand is an impor
tant industry, which has Pittsburg for
its headquarters, although the sand is;
not male within the limits of the city.
There is considerable traffic in Monon
gahela sand, which is scooped up from
the bed of the river, to be used for com
mon building purposes; but the manu
facture of sind is quite another affair,
ana the product goes into quite a differ
ent commodity, which is glass.
Practically glass is almost pure sand,
other substances used in its manufacture
for fluxing being consumed while the
sand is transformed to a greater or less
degree of transparency. The sand used
in glass making is almost pure silica, so
neany pure that mere is less tuan one
per cent, of iron, magnesia, and albumi
num, to ninety-nine per cent, of the
other. And of this sand which is quar-
. I j.l 1 A 1
,i,d out of the hills and ground down
to varying degrees oi nneness, ana
washed to varying degrees of whiteness,
eight hundred tons are manufactured
daily, four hundred tons being cousumed
in and about Pittsburg, and four hun
dred tons going into E istcrn Ohio and
Westr Viginta to Wuceling, Bllaire,
Columbus and all points within a circuit
of one hundred and fit ty miles from
Pittsburg. 1 Popular Science Monthly.
Starving the Teeth.
Teeth arj just as easily starved as the
stomach, said a lecturer in Boston the
other night. "The fact is that you and
your fathers have from generation to
generation been industriously stirvir.g
your teeth. In one way it is a blessing
to have been born of poor parents,
What food the poor give their children
is of a variety that goes to make strong
bones and teeth. It is the outside of all
the grains of all cereal food that con -
tains the carbonate and phosphate of
lime and traces of other earthly salts
which nourish the bony tissues and build
the fram up. If we do not furnish to
the teeth of the young that pabulum
they require they cannot be possibly
built up. It is the outside of corn, oats,
wheat, barley and the like, or the bran,
so called, that we sift away and feed to
the swine, that the teeth actually require
for their proper nourishment. The wis-
dom of man lias proven his folly, shown
in every succe ding generation of teeth,
wnicn oecome m .re ana more iragne of Geneva, Switzerland, some disused
and weak. wells, it is said, have been hermetically
How to Cook Sniils sealed and devoted to the novel purpose
This is the way to cook snails accord- j of serving as barometers to the people,
ing to Jay Gould's formula: Boil them ' In this arrangement an orifice of about
first in their shells; then submerge them I one inch ia diameter is made in the
in a highly-flavored sauce, and finauy j cover of the well, by means of which the
roast them. They are served in the j intern!l1 air i9 Put in communication with
shells, which by this time are thoroughly j tlie -'xt-'a!- When the air pressure
browned. When eaten, they arc piled ! outsidu diminishes on the approach of a
hot on a plate, after the manner of storm tbe air iu the NVel1 cscaPcs aud
roasted clams, and the eater extracts j bloW3 a Avhistle in connection with the
them by holding a shell in his left hand, j orifice and ln tllis simPle wa7 notice of
while with a fork in his right he gets ! a storm's approach is duly given to the
the curious morsel out. The taste is j inhabitants. But if, on the contrary,
pleasant, if one isn't squeamish, and a ' the pressure increases, a sound of a dif
liking is easily acquired for the "es- ; fereut and well-understood character is
cargots," as they are called in the res- produced by the entry of the air into the
taurants where they have been this week j well and -the probability of fine weather
suddenly introduced. S mie of the is announced
I'll i f i
snails eaten in New York are brought
from France, but the bulk are gathered
by boys in the outlaying districts.
the southern hemisphere, and is com
Lses for Tine Needles, , . e . t Ti
, , ,, t . ., nosed entirely of convicts. Its comple-
Another ue for pine needles beside I 1 ,
. . . i ment averages 120 pieces, and the whole
that of spreading an aromatic odor 1
, . , ..... is under the direction of a former leadei
through the fancy covering of a pine pu- !
, , i i t j i ! in the Grand opera, who is "doing life-
low has been developed bv a new south- 1
, f. , " . , i time" for murder. Twice a week on
em industrv. One product of the Dine
needles is a remarkably strong oil 'that Thursdays and Sundays-the band plays
possesses medicinal virtues. Another is three hours in thc l)ubiic sluare and al1
nine wool, which is bleached, dved and ! the offic,ah and buslness elcment of the
woven. The. wool is a fleecy brown j caPltal make use of the time and place
mass, possessing a pleasant odor, which J as a sort of clearinghouse for their social
gives it value as a moth destroyer when ; obligations. Thc band plays music of a
used as a carpet lining. A strong, cheap j hiSh cliW and as in 1834, Noumia was
matting is made from the wool, useful I the onl-v Place in the southern world
for halis, stairways and offices. Chicago j where Wagner's music could be heard,
Tjnjes. many music lovers came from Australia
Strange Kind of Hen.
"My dear," said Mrs. Ferguson Mont
gomery to her husband, "why do they
keep that hen in the dime museum? I
don't see anything about it different
from the ordinary fowl."
Ferson opened his eyes in mild sur
prise. "Well, well, didn't you notice? That
hen is one of the most interesting fea
tures of thc Dime. It hasn't any teeth."
"Is it possible?" meditatively replied
the spouse. "Well, I must go down
again
-Minneapolis Journal.
Itepartee.
"Good gracious, Jane! why didn't
you marry a monkey and be done with
1 !t?
"Oh," smiled Jane, "I thought you
might want to marry some time, and I
wouldn't take. your last chance. ' Wash
ington Critic.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS,
Owing to the increased electrical in
tensity of the atmosphere, which is in
duced by the continual evulsion of steam
and smoke, Dr. Andries estimates that
the danger from lightning is from three
to five times greater than it was fifty
' years ago.
Rjcent delicate scientific experiments,
says a writer oh earthquakes, have dis
covered the fact that the surface of tho
land is never absolutely at rest for more
than thirty hours at a time. Thus those
great earthquakes which make epochs in
history are merely extreme manifestations
of forces that rarely sleep.
The yellowing of paper, according to
Prof. Wiesner, is due to an oxidation de
termined by light, especially by the more
refrangible rays. It is greater in wood
than in rag papers, and in moist than in
dry air. The electric light, rich in the
more refrangible rays, has a greater dis-v
coloring effect in libraries than gas.
The Fall River (Mass.) mills have a
new device for stopping the engines in
any part of the mill. An electric wire
runs from ' the engine to each room in
the mill. There is a box in each room
from which, by the simple turning of a
j-eV) tne engine may be immediately
stopped. A convenient contrivance.
A less restricted diet in athletic train
ing is being favored in England, and, in
stead of the large proportion of meat
j former,y rigid,y insisted 0Q physiolo
gists now consider a variety of food es
sential to the best results. T.ie Cam
bridge boat crew, in training for the race
with Oxford, were this year permitted to
eat fish, puddings and dessert, though
still forbidden sugar with pastry.
How much influence do fish exert on
eace other? Wr. A. Carter, in speaking
recently on "Marine and Fresh-Water
Fishes," mentions a shoal of carp follow
ing a siugle one acting as a leader, which
conducted them a long distance to a con-
j siderable amount of food
Trout some
times seem to follow a leader which
swims along at the head of a tribe. Both
fresh-water and salt-water fish appear
I to show the same characteristic. Herring
j and bass have frequently been observe 1
following an apparenily-chosen leader,
j It is a fact worth noting that no
j comet, so far as is known, has ever come
j in contact with the earth, or mingled its
! substance with the earth's atmosphere,
The nearest approach ever observed was
L.xcll's comet of 1770, which approached
! to within 1,400,000 miles of the earth,
j and subtended an angle of 2 deg. 23
! minutes, the largest apparent diameter
i yet observed in any comet. It has not
I been seen since 1770, though an orbit was
j computed for it of only five and a halt'
j years, and astronomers are of the opinion
j that perturbation by Jupiter may have
' changed its orbit to one of long period.
In the village of Meyrin, in the canton
An Orchestra of Convict ?
The island of Noumia has what is ac
knowledged to be the best orchestra in
script.
c a. jji coo i j iv Jiiiu ii. uiiuu A rail
Vegetation in Mexlca,
Through the acquisitions from the Old
World, the richest flora and finest va
rieties of fruits and vegetables abound
in Mexico, such as apples, pears, cher
ries, peaches, oranges, figs, grapes,
pomegranates, East Indian mangoes,
papaws, the passion-flower, cactus
fruits, etc. One will find in an Indian
village of the temperate zone a truly
delightful landscape picture, surrounded
by heavily laden orange-trees, banana
stalky and fruits of every imaginable
hue, and by blossoming shrubs and
flowers. Mexico has the markets ot all
the world constantly open. Plants of all
the different zones, from frigid to torrid,
are encountered in the ascent from the
coast to tableland, and indicate to a
nicety the different degrees of altitude
and temperature. Frank Leslie's.
CHARLES U. HIL r
Attorney and Coimsellor-at- i
Washington, N.C.
Special attention paid to collection
claims
Affi
VSllilV All vvtu l- no JSC
JOHN H. SMALL,
Attorney-at-Law.
Washington, "N". q
Office on Market Street.
E. S. MMONsT
Atorney and Counsellor-at-La
Washington. N C.
Office on Market Street, uear Court lir..
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IB.
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Attorney-at-Law,
WASHINGTON, N. fj.
J. B. ROSS,
TAILOR
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at reasonable rates.
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will be continued. 7 :i .1,
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burgeon uen is
Washington, N. C.
All Work Executed al Short Notice.
Teeth Extracted by the Use ol
Gas Without Pain.
Bank in g House
OF
c.
. BROWN
Mil Street, Wsiigton, H. t
Collections solicited and remittal!
made promptly.
Exchange bought and sold.
Any One Wishing to Place
a
Monument, Tomb-Stone,
OR
EMORIAL
Of any kind at tbe grave of a deceased
friend, will find it to their advantage to
call on the undersigned, who, represeni
iner one of the largest monumental work
o
in the United States, is prepared to fur
nish any style of monument or head-stont.
at the lowest possible price.
For proof of workmanship, elegance w
design, &c, see the many handsome spe-
mens in tne churchyards ot this town.
All Work Guaranteed.
R. G. MONTGOMERY,
4 :10 :ly Washington, N, C
fc
How Men Drink Farms.
The Plowman, in a characteristic
tells how men "drink farms:"
My homeless friend with the chroma00
nose, while you are stirring up the suj.rar lD
that ten-cent glass of gin. let me give you
fact to wash it down with. You sav y08
have for years longed for the free, inilepe
life of the farmer, bat have never been able
to get enough money together to buy a far
But that is just where you are mistaken. Hr
several years you have' been drinking a
improved farm at the rate of one hunilr
square feet a gulp. If vou doubt this ta
ment, figure it out yourself. An acre ot
contains forty-threa thousand five hundi"
11.1 s a ,v s mrfj Twr. m v-r 1 mo t i n cr 11 1
venience sakp. thp lunrte at. 3UX Stf Tier w
TTfn will riw. 1 XI- 1 ,1 i- Tiif iW
ru " aa w mm urmgs tne ianu iu ju
mill per square foot, one cent for ten u4
leei. now pour tne nery dose, and nr,i
yvu are swanuwing a sxrawuerrv pau". - j.
in five of your friends and have them
you gulp down that five hundred foot gar
Get on a prolonged spree some day, an 4
how long a time it requires to swallo
pasture large enough to feed a cow. J
down that, p-lnss nf oHn f.hovo'c rlirt in it- 1 v
hundred square feet of ood, rich dirt, ffu
$43.56 per acre.
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