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IMputhcrU, SaU-
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black vomit had taken place. The wonrf '
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Impure Air made
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CuiitMKion destrived.
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2;: THE LAND WE LOVE."
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SCOTLAND NEGK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUSTSrt883(
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NO. 50.
Pot PREVENTED
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snal!-pox. I used the
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1 r. t delirious, was not
v'acd. and was about
s -.-v.. sc acain in three
w-ei.-i, an 1 n others
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Erysipelas cured.
Burnsrelievedinstantly.
tcars prevented.
Dysentery cured.
Wounds healed rapidly.
Scurry cured.
An Antidote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, - -
used the Fluid during
our present affliction with
Scarlet Fever with de
cided advantage. It is
indispensable to the sick
room. Wm. F. Sako
vobo. Eyrie, Ala.
The physicians here
use Darbys Fluid very
successfully in the treat
ment of Diphtheria.
A. Stoi.lenwbrck,
Greensboro, Ala.
Tetter dried up.
Cholera prevented.
Ulcers purified and
healed.
In cases of Death it
should be used about
the corpse it will
prevent any unpleas
ant smell. '
The eminent Phy
sician, J. MARION
f-lMS, M. D., New
York, sap: "I am
convinced Prof. Darbys '
Prophylactic Fluid is a
valuable disinfectant."
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. As a disinfectant and
detergent it is both theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with which I am ac
quainted. N. T. Lufton, Prof. Chemistry.
Darbys Fluid is Recommended by
Hod. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia
Rev. Chas.- F .-Dbems - D.D., Church of the
Strangers, in. t.;
Scarlet Fever jj
Cured. : I
THE4.0ST CAUSE.
AN UNPUBLISHED POEM BY CECIL AFTON
TOMINONA. ' :
f . V. n . mmt HI - -- AMi- T oil
Thou whom I've loved since merry child
hood a day, v -
And whose fair face doth rise at memo-
. rv'scall.
MlNONA, tome, inspire my simple lay,
Thou art w tluni UarK lite the only ray
Of light-wy star; my glory, my desire
So hover nar, all clouds will fade awa.
Mv soul will burn with the cele'stial fire.
And to th sacred name I'll tune my
loneljlyre.
- A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
THE APPARATUS CONSTRUCTED BY
SWISS WATCHMAKER OF NEW
.'; CASTLE, PA.
For 'tis to th?e my verse 1 consecrate,
And to the Aemorv of that happy past
Which ever ives, though storms of wild
est fate
Have o'er a loyous life dark shadows cast
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, this
city, thei offered up prayer, afte
which Hon. Uharies u. Jacobs, on
behalf of the city of Louisville and
the South, bade the President of the
United States a hearty welcome to
our midst.
Gov. Luke P B'ackburn, of Ken
tucky, tbe'd introduced the Hon.
Chester A. Arthur, the - President,
who arose and spoke as follows :
"I count mvself fortunate that 1
am uDon the borders of the beautiful
citv of the South on a day which tie, and is about fiye
must henceforth be famous in its his- and eleven feet high.
Newcastle. Letter. ;
Theodore Rohrer, a Swiss watch
maker of . this;jQjty.liaB; just complet
ed an automatic jclock, which for in
tricate mechanism surpasses the eel
ehrated timepiece at. Stra9burg. It is
huilt in imitation of an ancient cas-
feet in width
On the top is
INDISPKNSABUE JO.ETEKT HOME.
Perfectly harml.ss. Used internally or
externally for M,a or Bast. ;
The Fluid has been thoroughly tested, and we
have abundant evidence thnrk has done everj-thmg
here claimed. For fuller injormation pet of your
Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors,
J. H. ZE1UN & CO.,
Manulactoring Chemists, PHILADELPHIA
tory for a great undertaking; an un-j perched an eagle holding in its beak
dertakinsc or national interest and a pendulum: ' Beneath the bird is a
importance enters here and now upon J globe encircled by a" dial plate of
its career. I congratulate the pro-1 twenty-four hours, which, in its revo
0 my first dniam of love will be- my last, moters and managers of this exposi-1 lution of once a day, gives the tifhe
Thou wert mine idol 111 life's suni.y morn. t;on tliat even at the verv threshold at an v meridian. At 4 o'clock, dials
And now the noon of life's approaching . is evi8t.pn(.ft .t, ffiva hiinrlnnt ulacerl on each side nf IIir stand nn
1 j tl x -1 I u : -i . 1 . a.z ir-i l
fhy smile and thine alon can e'er adorn Peages 01 sueoess. x uo .eat arm en- -u ,.hl.u,ihS u.ru rests, rejiis-
And beat the lonely pathway of a life tliusiasm wiey nave nispiayen in tueir ter ine nine ac v asnington, an
.. . - - lis a .1 . 1. . r I -. .!.. W a . 1
lorlorn. la 00. s 01 prepanmoii and tue irequent r rancist.o,iout4ou and ri.recrsnurg.
tidings of encouragement and cheer I The machinerv. is so adjusted that
Us which those labors have been I at the hour uf 1, two figures, repre
lightenod and made gli; the splen senting Roman soMiers with shield
did tnumi)hs of American genius, and sword, announce the dawn of
activity and skHl which are arranged I time, and man's entrance upon the
within these wall ; the presence ot stage of life, rive minutes later a
the eager multitude who throng vhese mall door near the top of the clock
hospitable streets, all are tokens, flies open and an almost life like bird
that the enterprise here inaugurated I appears, and in exceedingly doleful
will be crowned with bnllifnt, far- notes chants the "Flight of time."
reaching, enduring results It will Another five minutes glide by, when
multiply the arms of industry and its the door of another apartment opens
operations ana elevate its standards ana reveals a Ifttle babe, which re-
of attainment by suggesting new mame five minutes At different
wants. It will invite new actions.! periods until he next hour fiere
It will disclose national resources as j come and go -figures which represent
U come anil sweetly smile where all is vet almost unexpiorea, ana point tile tue .uiui, juuiu, man 111 uis sirengui,
dearth. wav to tlteir-DromDt andnrofitable in his decline. helDless age. and in
Come, breathe thy spirit round my slum- develonnieht in "countless wavs. It his last long sleep.
v "h. )::i.,a .n ntaB nf i,ron,i will promote the arts 'of peace and During the entire day and night a
11 v. U rv - lilt "'tJ uiir. lu iiv.n vfi I l,i . . . . . , , . . - 1.,l . r 1 ,
And kindle in ;av soul the ecstatic fire peace.proclaitmng harmony ard good iry prepared tor him. ana tiaits ana
And til! that life in twdight close its eve.
Mv breast nu other ioiiu can e er en
shrine.
And what I've been to thee, O still believe.
For ne'er can 1 foreet love like to thine !
Thy memorv like a glorious sun will
shine, .
Dispelling all the gloom of future years.
O purify mv thoughts my dross refine.
And gild the clouds above this world ol
tears,
Thou blest in'memory.my soul thy power
reveres.
Again. I call upon thy blessed name,
Ml NONA, purest, fairest of the earth,
Let thv foud spirit lurht the sacred llanie
Kevealinc; all the things of heavenly birth.
inspire.
(.ilendower 11a'!,
in
Isor. N. C.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
SCOTLA-iD -lECK
Mayor W. H. Shields.
Commissioners Noali Biggs, M.
Iloff-
man, R. M. Johnson, K. Allsbrook.
Meet first Monday in each. month at 4
o'clock, P M.
Chief of Police R. J. White.
Assistant Policemen C. W. Dunn, Vf.
. Whitmore, C. Speed. Sol. Alexander.
Treasurer R M Johnson.
Clerk K. Allsbrook.
CHURCHES :
Baptist J. D. Ilufham. D. D., Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11 o'clock. A.
M., and at 7, P. M. Also on Saturday
before the first Sunday at 11 o'clock, A.
M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday
night. Sunday School on Sabbath morn
ing.
Primitive Baptist Eld. Andrew Moore
Pastor Services every third Saturday
anu ounaay morning.
Methodist Rev. C. W. Byrd. Pastor.
Services at 3 o'clock, P. M on the second
and fourth Sundays.'- Sunday School on
babbatn morning.
Episcopal Rev. II. G. Hilton. Rector.
Services . every first, second and third
Sundays at o'clock, , A. M. Sunday
School every sabbath morning. '
Meeting of Hible class on Thursday
night at the residence ol Mr. P. E.. Smith.
Baptist (colored.) George Norwood,
Pastor. Services every second Sunday
.- " . i. a "a -. w-v .
aiii o ciock. a. ii,, ana y, r. xu. sun
day School on Sabbath morning.
-O :;
COOTY.
Sperior Court Clerk and ! Probate
Judge John 1. Gregory.
nferior Court--Geo. ,T. Simmons.
. Register of Deeds J . M. Grizzard.
, Solicitor A. J. Burton.
Sheriff R. J. Lewis. f-
Coroner J H Jenkins.
Treasurer E. I). Browning.
Co. Supt. Pub. Instruction V C Clark.
Keeper of the Poor House John Ponton.
Commissioners Chairman , Aaon Pres-
. . 0 1 " T 1 .
cuti, otening uonnson, j Dr. VV. K.
Wood, John A. Mortiiet, and M
Whitehead.
Superior Court Every third Monday
an March and September.
Inferior Court, Every t'urd Monday in
February, May.AugujfJ and November.
Judge of Iuferior Cohrt T. N. Hill.
OUR LOUISVILLE LETTEa.-S0. 5.
En. Commonwealth : The South
,ru Exposition aI Louisvill' (Ivy:)
wh-s-ibnnall. opened to the world on
Wednesday. August 1. I'resi'ieut
Aruiur, ari :. iCM ty sev ral meiiioe's
of hi- cubiiie ari'i ui h..r. govt rnm Mtt
Ufiuiais. was on haul, t'id the Pre
sent pronipux ut noon on ino ap-
'ointed dav u.clured the ExiKhitioii
"airly opmea. Quite an lntercsiin
and varied progr.mnue iiad been ar
ranged The weather wa. pleasant,
while the crowd, enthusiastically de
ous ot making the any a success.
and evtrvtmng passed on without a
hitch anywhere. A grand enterprise
has been inaugurated, the dawn ot a
new era has arisen, and may God
speed it in its progress.
Several, days betore- the opening
Hon. Charles D. Jac "bs, mayor of
Louisville, issued a proclamation de
claring August 1st a holiday, and
urging all good citizens to observe it
with appropriate patriotism. Every
iouse. office, store, and puiuic build-
ng in the city, from cellar to garret,
was covered with gay streamers.
flags, buntings, mottoes and Japan
ese designs, making the entire city
one vast and variecr pai.orama ot
beauty and gay colors. The pro-
gi amine, of the day's proceedings is
as follows :
Shortly before 11 o'clock, the pro
cession whudi was to escort the Pres-
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(Established 1852.)
Should be Read M Every: .Fireside in
Western rtlrCarolina.
Full of News, FurGenerar Information
and Something t Interest Everybody
Send 50 cents aid try it three months.
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Which thy fond spirit, thine alone can e'er will and brotherly kindness through I turns as natural as life. At each hour
out all the land, unto all the inbabi- there appears a figure representing
tants thereof. TGreat applause.! 1 the different nations of the earth-
now declare that the Southern Expo at one o'clck the Russian, at two the
sition is open, and mar God speed Prussian ; at three an invisable or-
t he-fulfilment of all its lofty and er-1 chestra mystifies the hearer with
. - I - m . . . . a
nobhng purposes. Immense ap-1 most excellent renditions ot choisest
plause. -.. I selections; at 6 two doors in the
At the close of his speech Presi chapel open and a s.xton sounds the
dent Art .nr reached out his hand chimes, which are set to form perfect
and grasped a silken cord, and pull- harmony, and several beautiful selec
ing it, be opened the throttle of thejtions are rendered; at 7 a represents
great -Corliss engine, thereby putting lUve of trance bows to the lookers-on
in motion all the machinery in the la-id then marches on to make roo i
l.uildiug. All the bells were run?. I at o tor the Spaniard. At y the or-
x.j i 3- a
the band and orsian plaved. and the cheatra is again heard. At 10 red-
grand chorus of: five hundred voices I coated Jo'niny Bull steps forth, am
broke forth with that glorious hymn, lis followed at 11 by Uucle Sam, who
'America. A long, loud and deaf appears from the rear ot the ciock
emng shout arose. from twen.tv thou, nag in band, and performs the re-
sand throats, and the exhibition was markable feat of climbing a . pole on
fairly started on its way. - ' the top of th vlock. He fastens the
So far it is a grand success. The Stars and Stripes to the top. descends
city of Louisville is filled witULstran-laind disappears. While this scenePis
gers, and the displays and exhibits going on drums in the interior are
in tht buildings are very fine. Manv beating merrily.
of them, of course, are as vet iunom. At 12 o'clock large folding doors
j i . " .
plt-te, and manv, too, who have ap-lare opened and a sacred scene is pre
plied for and secured space have not sented, which is still mare wonderfu
I
et put in their exhibits. It is usu-j than those already mentioned it
ally the case with such enterprises, shows the Saviour in the presence of
1 he exhibits which are already in the apostles evidently giving them
the building are. howevfer.verv varied their instructions, as it U His last
r ' i
anl interesting, and are well worth night on earth He moves about an
seeing. Your correspondent was! addresses each one of His faithfu
particularly struck with the dazxlino- followers in turn, makinsf life like
beaut v of the electric light disolav. I cesrures. After thus having deliver
The largest plant ever put down - ed Himself, lie lies down, surrender
over 4,600 lamps makes a scene! of ms? Himself to His enemies. The
unsurpassed brilliancy every light, aoostlesthen withdraw from thescene,
It can be seen for miles and miles. followed by the traitor Judas, wh
Uoftirol narfiaj 4V- v XT.r-.4-l P v I -- Karr nnnf o ir. inrY thirt D T"l i f 0 Q
ident and party to the Exposition Una have .. f 8ecured of silver, strikes five bells as h leaves
space for exhibits, but there areas thescene. The cock on top of the
et only three firms who have theit clock then flaps bis wings aud crows'
exhibits in tue .building. There is three times. During the time Christ
nothing to be made and a good deal is instructing His apostles Satan ap
lost by waiting. Hurry with your pears upon, the scene twice, as if in
displays, or you 11 get left. doubt to his act. on s. This scene
personai mention. closes, when two trumpeters appear,
Mr. Davis, of Monroe, IS. C, has and raising their bugles to then lips.
on exhibition a cotton cleaner, which proclaim the close of night. During
is his o wn invention. the twelve hours the clock plays three
Other exhibits from North Carolina musical selections, and 2,022 auto-
are here, but are rs vf-t inonrnnlete. matie movements are made. Of
aud I will defer an account of them course, the machinery is so arranged
until mv next. as to permit the entire performance
Mr, W. W . Moore, of Charlotte, is of the automatons taking place every
stopping at the Gait House, in this fifteen or twenty minutes.
city. The inventor of this wonderful
Mr. Geo. B. Everett and Mr. Smith, timepiece was burn ir. Baden, . Ger-
both of Salern, N. C , were here on many, in 1846, and serving -an ap
Uie opening day, as was also Col. prenticeship to a watchmakeMn his
Pat Donan. at. one time editor of the native place, went to London, where
Raleigh Sentinel. He is now living he remained six years. Ih 1871 be
n Dako a, where he is considered a came to this city and secured a sit-
mnut. Ilv.t'ii) oiirl nrnat.rnne r-iri-'on lin.Mnn With Mr. J. C. Hanna, where
Messrs. Everett and Smith will go he has since remained. His wonder
with Col. Donaffi to Dakota, in a few ful clock he constructed in spare mo
days.' and will probably join him in ments, in the mornings and evenings,
the working of a valuable silver having commenced; work on it seven
mine, in wbifditho.f-nl-.nel ia inter, v ears aero. He bas always shown re
ested. ' ' f ' "markable ingenuity, having several
I would he triad to see nil visitors vears affo made a miniature clock
to the Exposition from North Caro- whictt he wears for a shirtstud, and
lina. I . nn Iia fniinrl ot nn v time at. whiclll keeDS Correct time. - ; v 7.
the nrean room in the n irt.h end of I This invention caused considerable
Hie main buildine. which is in charge talk iri scientific circles.as Mf.'Rohrer
of Mr. - M rton Cassiiav. of the was the first person who soceecded
Courier-Journal. ; ' in demonstrating the fact that a pen-
Mr. Clingiron : W. Mitchell and duluin could be made to swing while
wife, , of " Wintonf Hertford county, the time piece lay on its back. The
N. C, were . also here, but left last dial of his -shirt front" clock is held
Friday foi home. - "N. C." in the pin hole nearest the collar,
- . - ' while the lower part of the mmature
. ' , . v : I onrern annears about one inch be-
10 win . connaence we muse
grounds began to .assemble at the
Gait House, on Main street. A de-
tachment of mounted police rode at
the head of the column. President
Arthur, in a handsome carriage.
drawn by four beautiful bays, came
next,' and following him was a long
line of carriages filled with distin
guished visitors, among whom were
Secretaries Folger and Lincoln, Post
master General Gresham, Commiss
ioner ot Revenue Evans, Gen. Phil.
Sheridan, Commander m Ciiief of
the Army of the United States ; Gen.
Basil Duke, of Confederate fame :
Gens. Eikiii ., Tompkins and Pres
ton, ot tha U. S. Armv : Senators
uayara ot Delaware, nnd Marley of
Ohio; Gos Blackburn and nntrvr
Beck, of Kentucky, and Congressman
Perry Belmont, of New Yok, with
ocuers. Next came the Loufeville
Legion, a .pltndid local company, as
uiiiuttiy cori 10 tue President, and
another detachment oH-t.hirtv-t
bcemen hrcught up tlie rear. T'ne
sidewalks, streets, houses and tiouse
tops all aloug the route of tlie pro
cession were lined with eager citi
zens from ail over the country, anx-
TSrU-get & l00k :it he nation's
chief otheer. At every street cross
ing, where the crowds' were thickest,
the 1 resident was bailed with loud
bursts ot applaud,, and each and
every tirne he o'uld rise and bow to
tliepeopl. in rf, ornition andWnnra.
thvlr courtesy anl patriot-
THE SOURCE OF MATHEMATICS.
i
Dr. G. Ebers, in Contemporary Review
Algebra is an Arabic word, denot
ing the science of combining the sep
arated. The Moslems in Cairo zeal-
usly cultivated it, and after they be1
came to know Euclid thev became
great mathematicians' on the basis of
the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus.
and also great astronomers and ge
ographers. In this province, too.
ley owe to the ancient Egvptians
more than has hitherto been acknowi-
dged. It is by no means accidental
that the greatest-mathematicians of
lellenio antiquity were styled pupils
of the Egyptians, "or thatit was said
f them that they, bad lived on the
Nile. Thales (600 B. C.) is reported
to have measured the height of the
pyramids by their shadow. Pythag
oras lived long in gypt. and stud
ied particularly at Heliopolisv He
is said to have been master of the
Egyptian language, and Onuphis and
Soti'diis are mentioned as his piinci
al teachers. In the same city of
scholars was trained, under Nektaul-
bos I., Eudemos of Knidos (3'7). who
is covered, among other things, that
a pyramid was the third part of a
prism whose base and height were
equal. It is well known that Euclid
wrote his "Elements" in Alexandria
under the first Ptolemy (Soter.) The
great Eratosthenes, who was the first
o measure a meridian of the earth.
owed his success in doing so to the
previous investigations made in that
lepartment by the Egvptians, who
were already able to give with toler
able accuracy the distance in a
straight line from Alexandria to
fyava. In all this there is nothing
that is new to mathematicians ; but
few of them have any acquaintance
with the records that make known to
us the state of mathematical science
among the Egyptians in the begin
ning of the second millennium B. C.
rhe Rhind papyrs, preserved in the
British Museum, may be termed a
hand book of ancient Egyptian math
emaacs. It was written by a certain
Aahmesu, under one of the last Hyso
kings, and shows that the science of
ancient times continued to exist even
under the bated conquerors. The
Heidelberg Egvptologist Eisenlohr
has published this remarkable codex
and a translation ot it, with the assis
tance of Ivantor, the well known au
thbrity the history of mathematics
Some of the mistaken renderings of
these scholars easily excusable on
account of the great difficulty of the
matter have been pointed out in a
most acute and stimulating paper b
L. Rliodet. which we recommend to
the attention of all mathematicians.
The Rhind papyrs establishes the re
markable fact that certain processes
of r.-p,konin used by the writer of
that very ancient document are iden
tical with processes found among the
Greeks, and through them among the
Ar.ihs and the Western mathemati
cians of the Middle Ages, to whom
the writings of the Arabs were mad
known, for the most part bv Jewish
scholars. When we find, for example,
the arithmetical process of the false
stating" to have been practiced from
the time of Aahmesu (about 1700 B.
C.).down to the sixteenth century A.
D-, that seems remarkable enough;
but it is more astonishing still to find
that certain examples of progression
whi-di extort a smile from us on ac-
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HINTS TO SOUTHERN WOMEN.
Young ladies who wish to earn a
support, let us us urge you to learn
to write neatly and plainly. There
are often positions, such as clerks,
book-keepers, copyists, etc.; that can
be had by persons who know how to
write neatly and plainlv. No matter
how poorly a man may write he will
not pay salaries to have his books or
letters scrawled off in a cianky and
illegible hand. We could name cases
where men actually needed help, to
write up their books, and make sever
al thousand copies of circular letters ;
but when ladies appliea to do the
writing, the partb s say they could
not permit it even if the work were
done for nothing 1 tOf course vou
and I can read their handwriting.but
there are many uneducated people
who would puzzle over it for a week.
Besidps it does not look business
like. If I should get such a letter I
would infer that the writer was a
twelve year old boy just out of school,
and I should hesitate as to sending
him an order."
Many a teacher has killed her ap
plication for a situation by the first
glimpse at her ragged and unsightly
script.
A nother thing : Why cannot
ladies learn to begin their sentences
with capital letters?
Some of the most talented corres
pondents in the South to-daj run
through whole pages, with onIjr a
comma dividing the sentences, one
poking its nose into another, so that
tne wjest "Devil" in the office could
not avoid mistakes. . J wo or three
times a day our printers have to stop
work and come to us to inquire about
sentences, and often we ourselves
cannot decide whether the words be
long to the tail of one sentence or the
head of another. Either would make
sense ;but one would mean one thing ;
the other the reverse.
No one has a right to inflict such
labor, and loss of time, on those who
receive his letters. If he don't know
how to make a capital letter, at the
beginning of eacli sentence, he can
at least leave an inch of blank space
to show division into sentences. Ex
ALEX. STEPHENS AND THE COUNT RYMAN.
Atlanta, (Ga.) Post-Appeal.
Sooij after the entrau ce of the train
containing the Great Commoner a
countryman was sighted on the rear
end of the back car, prominently
perched on top of the bumper; gaz
ing with a look of mingled admira
tion and awe into the face of Henry
Grady, who .was making his exit
through the doorway. After a minute
and gratifying survey of the noble
physique of Apollo of the local press,
lie lost all conscicusness of his hum
ble station and gave way to the
heroic prompting of a patriotic spirit.
He ventured : "Governor can I have
the honor of shaking hands with you,
neein as I ve come a good ways to
lo it, and might not never havo the
chance of approachin' you agin?''
"Certainly, sir ; but 1 am not the
Governor here he comes now."
"Is that him?"
"That is Gov. Stephens."
"Well, I'll be derned !"
"What did you remark."
"I'd hern he was a prodigy ; but if
that's the biggest mtn thev could
trump up for Governor of Georgy, I
think we'd better leave the State, for
the country's degeneratin'."
" W e don't estimate a statesman bv
his physical, devolopment, it's the
brain ; the Governor has the greatest
brain in Georgia."
"I don't care nothin' about brain :
but the idea of a man bein' Governor
that's got to be carried arouu' like a
bundle of old clothes."
WE haW on hundred town . lots for
sale iij this town. Some of them
are very desirable. This is a rapidly
growing torn, and persons wishing &j :n view tl TV -
secure good places for residences andbu' V e ble"y Regiment Band,
mess stan
ments, will do
ciation oi
ism. .
Immediately on the a-rival of the
party at the grounds thev proceeded
to a stand erected in the middle of
the mam building opposite the grand
organ. The stand was beautifull y
aud taftetully dressed with air varie
ties of hot house and tropical plants
a..d flowers. An t.he'Trooirl.-.t .-.
places lor residences and bus-' r v J".' fana,
and to make good invest-; ' ew Yrs trnck tip Hail to the
lo well to call on us. Chief " and-'tbe tw6nty" thousand
KITCHI.i & DUNN, .people before the stand cheered hi s
ituy and well. Rev. Dr.' Perkins; of!
trustful ourselves,
the' evil it fears.
" Suspicion breeds
concern appears about one inch
low. where tne Denuuium is seen
swinaing to and fro Mr. Rohrer in
tends putting bis latest product on
- i
v T , gorge in xhe Yellowstone re
gion, where, it Js said, the atmos
phere does not e.dnvey sound, would
be a good place to start a telephone
company. A.
exhibition throughout the country.
Let your wit be your friend, your
mind your companion, and ; your
tongue your aervant. i.i -
onht of the heterogeneous character
of tbelr arrangement, are contained
in the writings of r ibonaoei (L onar
do von Pisa) about the vear 1200 A.
D., in exactiy the same form in which
thev are gjven by Aanmesu. mis
" . ' 1 T- t A .
fact, discoveren oy jxnouei, is so re
markable, so easily understood, and
so striking to thfl eye, that it will in
terest even the lay mind. The Egyp
tian example is stated thus : benbes.
7 ; cats, 4y ; mice. 343 ; measures ot
. . . . i 4 """
corn, z,U4i; ousueis, xu.oui n.a,t.
1U.607. That is, there are i scribes,
and everv scribe has 7 cats (49) : and
everv.eat. catches 7 mice (343): and
everv mouse in a given tune eais
measures of corn (2,401) ; and every
measure when sown produces 7 bush
els (16.807). How much is tne whole?
19,607.
A CLOCK MADE OF BREAD.
Milan. Italy, recently became pos
mianH nf treasure in tlie shape of
a clock which is made entirely o
bread. The maker is a Peruvian, who
for three years has been employed in
the construction of this singular cu
riosity. Too poor to purchase metal
and with only a certain allowance -of
bread daily, he deprived himselt reg
ularlv of the soft portion ot hisioaves
satisfvins his hunger with the crusts,
lie u sea a certain salt to soiiaity ins
material, the various pieces when dry
thus becoming perfectly hard and in
soluble to water. The clock is ot
-c.om-.- aide size and troes well. The
case, also msue oi uarucucu uii
rUanhivQ oreat talent m design and
j o -
execution.
SUDDEN DEATH OF BETROTHED
LOVERS.
Findland, Ohio, July 31.
One ot the saddest anair. to occur
in a loa time is reported from
Orange Township, this county. Miss
Alice, the charming daughter of John
Montgomery, Esqr., wss courted by
the beaux of all that section, but was
won by a bright, industrious young
man named Will Swank, who had
lonr been devoted to her. There en
gageraent was known and arrange
ments for the wed.linjj were in pro
gress, when young Swank was sud
denly taken ill. The symptoms of
that fatal raalady.quicU consumption,
were early developed, and his fate
was sealed. Miss Alice was just con-
alescent from an a?tack of measles
and insisted on seeing her lover, as
he continually talked of her when
occasionally delirious and asked
about her in rational intervals. On
her way home she was caught in a
Irenching rain, which resulted in
t i ni
pneumonia being aeveiopea. me
two voting people now talked only of
deth and repeatedlv asked to be
buried side by side. The first of the
week he breathed his last, and the
next dav Miss Alice followed him.
Their request was observed, and their
funeral was the largest ever known
in that section of the country.
DDES THE WORLO MISS ANY ONE.
An exchange gives the following
truthful and beautiful answer to the
above question : Not long. The best
and most useful of us will soon be
forgotten. Those who to-day are fill
ing a lare place in the world's re
trard will pass awav from the remem
brance of man in a few months, or, at
the furthest, in a few years after the
orave is covered over the remains
We are shedding tears above a new
made grave and wildly crying out in
our grief that our loss is irreparable
vet in a short time the tendrils of
love have entwined around other sup
ports and we no longer miss the one
who is gone, bo passes the world
But there are those to whom a loss
is beyond repair. There are men
whose memories no woman's smile
ean e.has awav recollections of the
sweet face that has given up all its
beantv at death's icy touch. There
are women whose plLfhted faith ex
tends beyond the grieve, and drives
awav as profane those who wouia en
Hta them from a worship of their
hnried love. l.ucIi loyalty, however,
is hidden away from the public gaze
Th& world sweeps on beside and
around them, and cares not to look
noon obtruding grief. It curves a line
and rears a stone over the dead, and
hastens away to offer homage to the
NO SPOTS THERE.
Detroit Free Press.
It began to rain again soon after
dinner yesterday, and a disgusted
citizen who-came down ou a Wood
ford Avenue car beside an old man
remarked : 'I presume this is owing
to those spots on the sun.'
'Hey?' called the other, as he put
his hand to his ear.
'Spots on the sun !' yelled the oth
er. Hey? Spots? Where are the spots?'
'On the sun !'
Hey?'
'On the sun !'
The old man rose up crossed the
car and looked out of the window
and squinted around for a nr.n.ite,
and then returned and said: 'Can't
see the sun 'tall. How did the spots
come there?' -
'I don't know.'
'Have you seen 'em?'
'No'
'You have eh?
I said no.' .
Oh ! you hav'nt? What was your
object in tellin me there were spots
on the sun? I am not so old that I
oermit any one to make a fool of me !'
Tlie other now looked out of the
window and assumed a careless air
but the old man was right after him
with : 'You come to a car when I am
minding my own business and begin
to talk about spots on the sun. Who
are you sir? Did you want to get
me up to pick my pocket f
They say the rainy weather comes
rom the spots on the sun," explain
ed the other.
"Who says so? Name the man !
'in arouud all the time.and I haven't
leard of any spots on the sun. If
t. .
you ttiniK you can wont any game
on me you are badly sold."
The citizen got up to change his
seat,, but the old gent pulled him
down and said :
"You want to work some sort of a
r . W
game on me, and i Know it. ii i
ever catch you within a rod of mo
again, I'll tie you up in a knot in
two minutes ! I'll put spots on you
till you can't sleep !"
The citizens made a break and got
out, and though he had no umbrella,
he dropped off in the midst of the
living;
i-n-oi-r indeed, has one erring
mortal the clear right to visit unmit
:-,f. a -.on cure imon another. As to
culpability in morals, it requires om
niscience to judge infallibly righte
ous judgment. We may sometimes
'bit: it." : but who knows when. 1 .
B. Kingsbury.. 7; ;
HoDe softens sorrow, brightens
plain surroundings, and eases a hard
lot.
Sleep walking used to be consider
ed a strange thing, but since police
men do it and draw pay at the same
time the novelty tuts worm oft
.. i i
ram with tue iook oi a man giaa to
make the exchange. He bad just
reached the curb when the old man
came to the platform and called out :
"Took me for a greenhorn, did
you? " I wish I'd walked you right to
the police station ! Ah, vou miser
able swindler ! Spots on the sun !
Maybe you made something out of
sweet-oiling around me !"
Every young man should under
stand that he should not care a but
ton for his likes and dislikes, but
should do what ought to be done, in
spite of any disagreeableness. The
lesson of self denial is far beyond
any other in importance. It must be
repeated again and again.
You will not be sorry for hearing
before judging, for thinking before
8peaking,for holding an angry tongue
for stopping the ear of a tale-bearer,
for disbelieving most of the ill reports
for being kind to the distressed, for
being patient toward everybody," for
doing good toward all men, for ask
ing pardon for all wrongs, for speak
ing vil of no one.for being courteous
to all.
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A medical man once told Voltaire
that he had made one of the charac-1
ters live too long after, receiving a
certain wound. -True," replied the
wit, "but you should recollect that
bd waft not attended by a pby.eicua."
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July 5th, 1882.
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