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.' f T 1 1 M o SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 PER YEAR. W, EC. KITCHIN, Owner. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. VOLUME III. NCMBKh U. SCOTLAND XECK, X. C, Fill DAY, OCTOBER 14. 1 DEMOCRAT Roses. me lio whore tho roses grow; liet them their fresh green branche3 throw Around my mound in the grass. Iiet them lift, in their fullest glow, Their faces high to laugh and show A welcome to those who pass. But let no sound by mo be heard H-ibhlo of stream, or song of bird, Be stilled in the calm earth's breast. In the quiet gloom 1 me lio, When the tired ear and weary eye May take their well-earned rest. Tho day is gone, so long and drear; Sweet it i i to be resting here, In tho long and silent night. F'r fear and grief away are swept; Bitter tears are no longer wept, While 1 wait for endless light. Light to reveal the chenVied dead In lands from which all ills have fled, And the ruins whieh death has mada Bands which never shall hear a sigh, In which not bin- but death shall die, And the ross never fado. Temple Bar A HASTY CONCLUSION. "Very proud faintly, these Eeltous?" said Frederick liaynes, interrogatively, as lie stretched himself on the grass near the stream where he and his friend, George Lyle, had been fishing. "Oh, yes, very proud can't touch 'cm with a forty-foot pole," laughed George Lyle. "Oh, you needn't laugh. You know what's reported in town about them is true. Mother and daughter are as proud as Lucifer." "That's it exactly, Fred. PeopTe from a distance can always tell you more about your neighbors than you know yourself. But what if the Beltons are proud? That doesn't take any from the attraction of Laura Belton. I tell you she's a beauty, Fred, and you must not go back to town without an introduction." "Now, George, I came down here to fish, shoot and have a good time with you, not to make love to your pretty girls, and least of all to Princess Belton. Xo introduction for me, thank you. Not that I object particularly to Being intro duced to a pretty girl, but you see I haven't read up my pedigree of late, neither have I my credentials with me. The fact is, I never could find any use for your grandees your high-toned families, who will not proffer the tips of their lingers until they know who your great-great-grandfather was.'' "Fred, you're prejudiced." "All right; we'll let it go at that," said Fred, laughing. The morning after this conversation Fred liaynes, who was fond of the sad dle, probably because he was handsome and dashing, and looked well in it, started for a canter before breakfast. "Not very partial to riding out before breakfast in this part of the country," said Fred to himself, as he rode about two miles without meeting anybody. But presently the sound of horses' hoofs coming tearing along a by-path he was approaching fell upon his ear. lie reined back his horse and the next mo ment a young girl, splendidly mounted, dashed out on the road, and on before him. As she appeared, Fred caught sight of a bright, handsome face; her figure was perfect, and she sat in her saddle like a born equestrienne. Fred was quite charmed hy the young girl's appearance and gave a free rein to his horse once more. How he managed to lose control over his horse, or how the horse managed to land him clear across the road in an in sensible condition, was something Fred never could make out, unless it was that he was paying too much attention to the girl on before him and too little to the spirited creature lie was riding. What had happened was painfully im pressed on Fred's mind the minute he opened his eyes. He tried to move, but he "Toaned aloud with pain. His shoul der and ankle were loth dislocated, and what under Heaven was he to do here on this lonely road, where he might lay all day, perhaps, without seeing the face of a human being. Suddenly he thought of the young girl who was before him on the road when he fell. Did she see him fall, and not turn back to render him any assist ante ? No, she did not look like a girl that would play the part of the Leviteof old. "Oh, you have recovered: I am so glad," said a frank, girlish voice. And looking up, Fred beheld the girl of his thoughts. The train of her habit was thrown over her arm, and in her delicate white hands she carried a stone jug of water. She knelt down on the ground beside him, bending her bright, handsome face over him, a she said : 'Oh, I'm so glad 1" "Thank you," murmured Fred, and he forgot that he had a shoulder and an ankle, "but I cannot understand how it is that I find myself in this condition." "You were thrown from your horse," she said, dipping her hands in the water ami bathing his brow. "I think you are severely injured.'' Yes, Fred thought so, too, for he moved again, and the pain of his shoulder and ankle made him wince. "I believe my ankle is sprained," said Fred. "Then it must be attended to without delay. Belton Villa is not a grer.t "way frpm here. I will go and. report your accident and Mrs. Bolton will send the "No, thank you, I would rather not trouble Mrs. Belton. Is there no other house near by on this road? Are we far from Mr. George Lyle's? My name is Frederic liaynes. I am a guest of Mr. Lyle." "Ah, indeed!'' ami the voting lady ojwned wide her beautiful brown eyes. "Mr. Lyle's is a considerable distance from here; but if you are satisfied to go to any house on the road, why not go to Belton's? I never heard of any of the family refusing assistance yet to any one in need of it." "I suppose they wouldn't turn away a suppliant at their door, but do you think the proud Miss Belton would do for me what you have done?" paid Fred, earnestly, as he looked straight into the brown eyes bent so curiously upon him. "Yes, she would, if she took a notion," and the girl laughed, ar ;he took her handkerchief and wipe' he dripping water from his brow. "I shall never forget ;, r:r kindness and t lie trouble you have given yourself on my account." "Now please don't mention the trouble. You are in need of more assistance than I can give you, and that, too, as I said before, without delay. Do I understand you to say that you refuse to go to the Belton Villa on principle?" said the girl, laughing as if her own words amused her. Fred nodded his head. "Then I will go to Granny Myres' cot tage, where I got this Avater; it is just round the path, aud tho boys will come and help you. Once at the cottage, you are all right," and before Fred could make any reply the girl was oil. "I wonder who she is? I thought she would tell mc her name w hen I told her mine. I'll ask her, when she comes back," was Fred's mental comment. But the young girl did not come back. Two stalwart boys came instead, and helped him up to the cottage. She was waiting for him, though, had the sofa ready for him to lie doAvn, and when he was settled comfortably, she despatched one of the boys for a doctor. "Now you must keep quiet, and if you have no objections I'll sit down here until the doctor comes," said the young girl, drawing a chair over to the sofa. Fred murmured something under his breath about an angel, and he said aloud : "It is a pleasure to have you near me; I forget all about my pain." "Now, don't be too complimentary," and the brown eyes were fixed smilingly on his face. "May I ask the name of my kind ben efactress?" The young girl colored to the roots of her wavy brown hair aud shook her head. "You must ask no questions to-day," she said, ami Fred saw at once that she wished to keep her name from him. The doctor came, attended to Fred and coolly told him that he couldn't leave the cottage for a week. "You heard what the doctor said; will you come and sec me again through the week?" said Fred as he held the young girl's hand in his as sin: was about to depart. "I will come every day," she answered frankly. "Don't tell him who I am, granny," was the warning the girl gave the old woman who owned the cottage as she mounted her horse aud flew away. "What is the young lady's name?" asked Fred of the old woman the mo ment she appeared at his bedside. "If the young lady wants you to know she'll tell you herself," answered the old w oman in a tone that stopped all further questioning. Fred was mystified. All he could do was wonder who the girl could be. "Well, this is a pretty state of affairs. So you've been trying your best to kill yourself," said the hearty voice of George Lyle, as he entered the cottage about an hour after the accident. "George, I consider myself the luck iest fellow alive," said Fred. "Because you were'nt killed, I sup pose," answered George. "Because I wasn't killed. No. Be cause I've made the acquaintance of one of the prettiest one of the nicest girls in creation." "Yes, I know; she called at the house and told me all about it." "Who is she?" asked Fred, breath lessly. "Miss Belton." And George Lyle walked away, Avhistling. "Miss Belton!" cried Fred, and he started up in a manner that threatened dislocation of the shoulder the second time. But George Avas merciful; he stayed away and alloAved Fred to ask himself a feAV questions. "Miss Belton, before you sit down, say that you forgive my foolish talk of yesterday morning," said Fred, when his benefactress called to seehim, bright and early next morning. "Don't say anything about it. I have forgotten it," and she placed her cool hand on his feverish brov as she con tinued, smilingly: "You know I can't help being so very proud." When Fred recovered he didn't think the Beltons too hih-toned to visit, and the acquaintance that was formed in so romantic a manner ended in a marriage. Dogs' Biscuit. Twenty years ago the business of mak ing dogs' biscuit was represented by v. small shop in Ilolborn, nearly opposite Chancery Lane, in London, and there Avas a weekly sale of only one or two tons. Now there is a vast factory near London Bridge and another in New York; and the two factories have a daily output and sale of from thirty to forty tons. This dog food is made of Avheaten flour chiefly that known as middlings oatmeal, dates, beet root, and prairie meat. Dates avcic the first article of a vegetable or fruity nature introduced, and have had the anti-scorbutic effect so desirable in the feeding of dogs. For many years dates Avere the only addition to the food employed, and at that time it Avas advised thai fresh vege tables should be given twice a week ad ditional to the biscuits. A searching for something that Avould obviate the need for this addition led to the discov ery that the only vegetable Avhich did not lose its distinguishing properties under the great heat to Avhich the cke is subjected in baking is beet-root; and as it has all the desirable elements, for some years past all the biscuits sent out have contained beet root. The last ingredient is prairie meat, which is not as many persons suppose, tallow, greases or butchers' refuse. It is meat from the Avest and South America. From it all fat has been removed, but the most vahuble gristle and bones re main to be ground up and is not only of the best quality from a feeding point of view, but perfectly SAveet and good. Analysis has shown that it is much more nutritious than the beef usually sold in the butchers' shops for it contains only five per cent, of water. When the Moon Change. During a long storm persons Avho are well Arersed in Aveather lore are often heard to console themselves Avith the prediction that there Avill be a change of Aveather when the moon changes. Nasmyth and Carpenter characterize as a popular error in its most absurd form this belief that a gradual turning of the moon's face tOAvard and aAvay from the sun could, at certain points, upset the existing condition of our atmosphere, generate clouds and pour doAvn rain. In England (and the same may be said of America) the weather changes about every three days, and there is a change of the moon every seven days, so that many coincidents must occur. Those avIio believe that "the moon rules the Aveather" always credit such coinci dences to lunar influences. But the theory is untenable unless it applies to every case, and unless the same effect is always produced by the same cause. To suppose that a change of the moon Avill turn dry Aveather to Avet, or Avet to dry, indiscriminately, is the merest childish ness, and contrary to all meteorological records. Philadelphia Inquirer. On the Congo. The celebrated explorer Grenfell, avIio has just returned to Europe, says that the scarcity of food on the lower Congo, which so greatly embarrassed Stanley and compelled his large force for some Aveeks to live almost solely upon hippo potamus meat, Avas not the result of a failure of crops. The Bateke, avIio in habit both hanks of the river for a long ways, prefer to live by trading their ivory for goods, raising barely enough food for their own use. The great de mand for food this year exhausted their meagre store. They have gone hungry themselves and have been driven by short supplies to put more land into crops and to extend their fisheries. Mr. Grenfell believes the lesson will be salu tary, and that the Bateke, seeing that they can make food raising as profitable as the ivory trade, will begin cultivating the land upon a large scale. The princi pal white stations are uoav encouraging the natives near there to raise food to sell to the Avhites. Why a Tramp flicks to a Railroad. "And say, young man," he continued, if you ever go travelling like me, aA'oid steamships. I Avent as a stowaAvay one time, and I'll tell you Avhat happened. After three days out at sea I Avas dis covered. The captain said to me: 'Young man, you'll have to go to Avork.' He set me to scraping oil paint for nine days. And at the end of that time Ave reached port, and, instead of being al loAved to land, I avas placed in irons and kept there until Ave left, Avhen I was liberated and set to work again all the Avay to New York, Avhere they allowed me to go. I never Avent to sea again. Railroads are good enough for me." San Francisco Chronicle. As Directed. Old Lady (in drug store, to small boy) What am I to take this medicine in, sonny ? Sonny Take it in your mouth, mum. Tain't to be rubbed on. Ncav York Sun. SLEEPING WONDERS. Feats of Some Men While in the Arms of Morpheus. Falling Asleep at tho Stake and in Battle. Sleep in most individuals lasts for the space of eight hours. Exceptions to this statement are numerous; Avhether these arise from duty or laziness we shall not venture to examine. Sir E. Corrington, the famous naval olliccr, aa lien mid-hip-man, could Avatch on deck for nineteen hours; this left only live for sleep, which in his case Avas most profound, so pro found that no noise Avas sufficiently strong to waken him, Y'et if the word "signal !" was whispered in his car he awoke and was on deck instantly. Reporters of the House of Commons require great exertions to keep them selves from sleeping. A few years ago a distinguished member of the "gentle men in the gallery" took down a speech while he Avas sleeping. His statement rests on his oath. Calvin tells of a friend of reading aloud to him while asleep. The organ of vision was alone active. Coleridge, the dreaming philosopher, composed "Cubla Khan" (one of his poems) while fast asleep. Next morn ing he was sure there had been an ac quisition to his literature, but was too negligent to Avrite the stanzas. A feAV days afterward he attempted to recall the verses, but they had for the most part fled, and the poem as it noAV stands is but a fragment. Every one knoAvs that extreme fatigue induces sleep, and this in spite of sur rounding relations, which under ordi nary circumstances would hinder any one from resting. Previous to the short ening of the hours of Avork factory chil dren frequently fell asleep Avhile Avork ing at the machines, although Avell aAvare that they Avould incur severe punishment by doing so. The North Americau In dian, at the stake of torture, has been knoAA'n to go to sleep on the least remis sion of agony, and Avill slumber until the fire is applied to awaken him. It is on record that during the heat of the battle of the Niie some of the over fatigued boys fell asleep upon the deck, and during the attack upon Rangoon, in the Burmese Avar, the captain of one of the steam frigates most actively en gaged, Avorn out by the excess of con tinued mental tension, fell asleep and remained perfectly unconscious for two hoiirs, within a yard of his largest guns, which Avere being Avorked energetically the Avhole period. Habit and time, place and circum stances, predispose us all to sleep. The celebrated pedestrian, Captain Barclay, Avhen accomplishing his extraordinary feat of Avalking 1000 miles in as many successive hours, obtained at last such a mastery over himself that he fell asleep the instant he lay doAvn. The doctor's wife never hears the door-bell during the night, although the noise is sufficient to rouse the Avearied husband ; but should a child in the nursery cry, then the mother, oblivious to all other sounds, hears at once the i a f ant's voice. It is related that the Abbe Faria, avIio acquired notoriety through his poAvcr of inducing somnambulism, Avas accustomed merely to place his patient in an arm chair, after telling him to shut his eyes and collect himself, and pronounce in a strong voice "dorrncz," which Avas usu ally successful. There seems to be no limit totheAvon ders displayed by man in sleeping. Con dorcet, the mathematician, solved one of his most difficult problems Avhile asleep a problem, too, Avhich puzzled him during his Avaking hours. A professor of theology in the University of Basle once Avrotc a sermon while asleep; he found it on his desk next morning. The preceding night he could not grapple with the subject as he desired, but the performance of his sleeping hours Avas quite satisfactory to him. Jenny Lind Avas one of the most cele brated singers of her time. No one could ri'al her poAvers except a factory girl, a1io sang sometimes better than the famous Jenny. The girl could not at tempt any difficult piece Avhen awake, but Avhen sleeping she sang so correctly, so like the renowned artiste, that it w,; difficult to distinguish between their voices. On one occasion Mile. Lind heard the girl, and even tested the ac curacy of her powers by giving her a long and elaborate chromatic exercise. This the sleeping girl performed, much to the wonder of the famous Swedish singer. London Telegraph. A (nick Filter. For a quick filter, take a clear piece of chamois skin, free from thin places, cut it of the desired length, wash it in a Aveak solution of sal soda or any alkali to remove the grease, aud rinse thor oughly in cold Avater before usinfr. Tine tures, elixirs, syrups, and eATen muei lages,are,says a writer in Druggists' Cir cular, filtered rapidly. A pint of the thickest syrup Avill run through in four or five minutes. By washing thorough ly after each time of using it will last a loag time. The World's ;uld. Gold is dispersed ever aim -t all the I Avorld, in one or other f thusc vari-.-u forms, litLcr in aurif-ivus quartz, ancient river gravels, in modern allu vium or on the beds of stri.mi-. la Britain a lure large quantities exist i:i the form of so vert igns, u certain am- nut of local gold is found neai I) o'.ge liy, dis posed through veins or quart, but hardly in sufficient qualities to repay crushing. In Scotland a few of the streams in Sutherland, tributaries of the Helmsdale riA"er, bring down small nug gets from the neighboring drift. In Ire land gold occurs in places among the Wicklow hills, but none has yet been discovered in the natural matrix, though a feAV specks have some times been observed on rocks in different parts of the country. Europe as a a. hole, how ever, is poor in gold. A little has at times been mined in the Thuringian forest; considerable amounts cxi-t in Bohemia; Hungary and Italy yield fair quantities; and a moderate amount is found in the Ural mountains, both in original deposits and in beds of river sand. In the last-named case, the specks arc too small to be separately visible to the naked eye. In Asia there is far more gold. India has a vast amount, if you can only get at it I do not wish to encourage reckless speculation chiefly by crushing very solid rock. Siberia also contains plenty of gold, and other outlying countries come in for their share. But Avhere Africa's sunny fountains roll down their golden sand, or, to be more precis-, on the gold coast and elscAvhere, still richer deposits have long been known, while the Transvaal just at present forms the neAvcst Eldorado of adven turous miners and still more adventur ous, not to say foolish, investors. In America there is gold in California, gold in the Rocky mountains, gold in the Al leghanies, gold in Canada. And in Australia there is more gold still, though the yield of late has steadily fallen oif, and the mines of Victoria have begun to shoAv symptoms of gradual exhaustion. -Cornhill. The Old Man Was Too liasty. A staid old Ilubbardston farmer came to the Hub yesterday to do "a leetle trad in'," and as he meandered down Washington street "headed for the Fitchburg depot," as he said, he sud denly halted, gazed excitedly at a sign in front of a clothing-house, and then darted into the store exclaiming-, "Well, I vum, that is good !" After due deliber ation he selected a $10 suit of clothes, tendering in payment just $7. "That's the right change, sir," said he to the astonished clerk. "But I don't under stand it; I told you that suit Avould be $10," argued the clerk. "Yes, I know, but don't your old sign out at the door say, "All avv'j Avant is 70 cents on the dollar?' " and picking up his new pur chase the honest old Ilubbardston far mer hastily left. He trotted along con gratulating himself on his wonderful smartness, and Avas heard to mutter, "I guess I'm lively enough for these 'ere city folks." But a sudden change came "o'er the spirit of his d reams" after he had Avalked a short distance. A look of utter disgust overspread his face, the bundle fell from his arms, and in a mournful tone he said, "Why didn't I look around a little before I bought them clothes?" The cause of his con sternation Avas another clothing sign that read: "Goods sold here at half price." After studying the situation several mimites'he resumed his journey depot ward, saying, "I might have saved $j just as Avell as not if I hadn't been in such a pesky hurry." Boston Post. Wooden Shops. The Avooden shoe? in use among the French peasantry, haA-e, I see, been in troduced in London for children's Avear. The Avooden shoe is not in very free use Avith us. French workmen in certain classes of factories and shops Avhere the floors are ahvays Avet have adopted them and you can buy them in the French quarter, Avhere they form part of the stock of every small grocery store. Like snow-shoes they require that the wearer shall bo educated up to them, and no one Avill ever wear them avIio can afford to Avear a leather shoe. Leather uppers with Avooden soles are worn by many workmen at Avork and these are clumsy ami ponderous enough. When it comes to a shoe entirely of wood the Anglo-Saxon foot must kick. New Y'ork News. "Now I Lay .Me." The authorship of the little prayer "Now I Lay Me," is thus accounted for in an almanac of the year 1091, in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The advertisement reads: "There is now in the press and Avill suddenly be extant, a second im pression of the New England Primer, enlarged, to which i added directions for spelling the Prayer of K. Edward the VI., and verses made by Mr. Rogers, the martyr, left as a legacy to his children. Sold by Benjamin Har ris, at the London Coilee House in Bos ton." From this notice Ave learn that "Now I Lay Me," is among the verses made by Mr. Rogers, the martyr. De troit Free Press. i rniNTinc SCRAPS. Recent ir.vi-ttga!; the. coram -a b .hf n 4 e '.i-q it iz: zing pur:: 1 av lit r. U:;u-.;:.k'!v low wat.-r i.i I. the C starter ha- b.-i-a Hinging h-ht ns. ; v the valu -.ble a:: ! inlcrr-iiug rdi prchi-torie lakc-dwt Her-. An Afiic.i-i arrow -p'i-ori. thus prove to be a jk.vh rful ton:.- m ; diseases of th- heart, and t!. prednle-a , is made that it ill supi r-rde digit ',.-. Its properties were fir-! oioaght to notn o j by Prof. Eraser of Edinburgh University. ; A late oberver, Mr. E. Sar.dford, re- potts having made a common -nail carry 1 a load of two and a quarter ei::in up a perpendicular wall, its ,,wn weight being j but a quarter of an ounce. A -mid Aseighing a third of an ounce lire w a load j of seventeen ounces on a horizontal table, and supported four ounces while craAvl- j ing on the ceiling. It even climbed a tint, ad with anotlu r -nail on its back. j The increasing difficulty of adding to the world's -took of knowledge of the j Arctic region- is turning the attention j of explorers to the more di-tant but fresher fields for r search lying about the South Pole. An Antarctic expedition is now being fitted out by Baron Norh risk jold, and is expected to leave Sweden in the autumn for an absence of eighteen months; Avhile it is probable that during the next few years several other expedi tions Aill be attracted to the unknow n seas of the Southern Hemisphere. M. Mandin. a di-linguihcd natural', tells the French Academy of Science that severe earthquake phenomena only occur i n districts destitute of fore-t groAth Avhich might serve to discharge the at mospheric electricity. Earthquake phe nomena he therefore attributes tothe re sistance offered by the earth's cru-t to the elect ric ity general d in the globe itself. Whether these facts accord Avith those in association xvith Americau ex- j pcrienoes, Ave are not prepared to state. Recent discoveries have settled the vexed question of the former existence of lions in Australia. Bones from the Wellington Caves, Ncav South Wales, are regarded by Professor Owen, of the British Mueum, as being those of a mar supial or pouch-bearing lion, fully equal in size to the exi-ting African species. These remains were found in connection Avith those of the Tamanian Tiger and Tasmanian Devil. Quite curiously, Pro fessor Owen many years ago expressed the conviction that certain ancient herb ivorous animals of Australia mu-t have been kept in check by a co-existent race of lions. How Indians Poison their Arrows. It Avas a long time before Friday c ame, and I began to think that he Avas going to disregard my summons, and was get ting angry, when he suddenly put in an appearance. I e xplained to him Avhat I Avishcd to know, and xvithotit the slight est hesitation he said to the venerable arrow maker: "Tell my brother all about the poi soned arrows." "Well," said the old man, "first Ave take a bloated yellow rattlesnake in Au gust, Avhen he is most poisonous, and tie him Avith a forked st i k to a stake; then Ave tease him until he is in a rage. This is done, by passing a switch over his body from his hea l to his tail. When he threshes the ground Aith his body and his eyes grow bright and sparkle like diamonds, Ave kill a deer, ante lope or some other small animal, and tear ing out the liver throw it to the snake while it is Avarm and the blood is still coursing through it. The reptile Avill strike it again and again, and pretty soon it Avill turn black. When he tires the sn.ake is teased again, and he- is induced to sink his fangs jute, the soft fi.-h until all the,- poison has been r x t rac fed from j him and tlu- live r is re-i-king with it. He j is then kilh-d, and the liver liff el with a sharp pole, f()r se dang'-niiis is it ji one dares to touc h it. The liver is let lie- for j about an hour, Avhen it will be a je t black anel emit a -our sme ll. Arrows are j then brought and the ir irm he-ads pusheel into the liver up to the shaft. They are left sticking th-re for about an ; hour and a half, when they arc; with- ; drawn anel clrieel in the sun. A thin j glistening yellow scum alheres te, the arrow, anl if it so much as touches the ! nrv lb -ill it is certain to poison it to ; death." i I asked if Indians still use d poisoned j arrows. "No," he re-plie-d, "no man, ; Inelian or Avhite man, for ye ars past has been shot Avith these ari'ius, anel they' are no longer made. Omaha R' publi- j can. i Diamonds in (icortri.i. A diamond of conside rable; size, we are inform d, was foiim! in this county not long sinc e, that has Ven varh.u-ly "w,-r'; K'-'-'iring fragme nts of the stone up etimated by experts to be worth from on which Smith's h-ad was p!aoe,l to re $1200 to $noO. It i-i feeing set in 1 ceive blow s from the clubs of the In ks rough state, ai;l will be on exhibition ) dians, it seem- a pity to w.-ave out facts soon. Fiue diamonds have been found j that wouM mar the !egei;lary lore that in this county and large quantities of flexible sandstone, the; matrix of the diamond, appears in many places, jt 3 , therefore reasonable mf- r taat many of th'-e precious s(;,ne s will yc-t be founel h'-re Avhi never they are -emght for by those would know them viita seen. 1 Gainesville (Cia.-) Record.. Thf lllchwaym!. lk! t-..u ever :n' a n-bU r.'Witb pistil and a knifo, Wh.m prompt si! ivrli! cre.-tinj H "Yon. u: iH-y t y-ir hf :"' Wh.x. h;!. v,u !rf..s lrvta! li!i;.w i!h your h;ud alvp ) our l-v!, Te k your p! i, .t grimly ojT- nn; t- jy mi in ex.M lew 1 1 Well. 1 orvo lift a robUr; I -in;; hom to t'vi: Th- way w rather lotwly.thouh n-t y-t t thirk t n Th.st tho !ur lv rocU' who oppod ttio then w.v- ery fully rm-l; Hut I iu li.'nt m ntuuitamui,; th ! I h la t f 1 a!araio.l. Ho wa jvntin h:rA fm rur.ntn, m I, l ui,: ti!l uH'lautitsl, Very 1 ! 1! V fa-el the J:-e.il nwl ileTnau.le.1 li.it he "U)'l. I w as quite as bic tit be wa,, nn 1 wa n -l out of I ron! h. Sj I (b in t tV.ir Im Mvotin,; me, er oUbMn,; xiio to tl.nth. In answer to my quti n the highwayman iri-l an nnu An. I iint-l it ctraiht at mo, though I Mill felt !i alarm . 1I did not u-k for mooy, but what ho ai I a thi, "You cannot pn-v, papa, ual -s ou jri vo your lv i kiss-." All-u (. Mip'lovr, in St. NichoU. jii'Moitors. A board bi?l---The carpenter' ftate ment. Canada will oon thir-t f-r pence if she goes to war on codli-h. A squall makes sailboats capHo, but makes a baby's m..uth one size larger. If some men knew as much as they talked there wouldn't be any sale for tho encyclopedia. At the rate centenarian arc- increas ing in this country there will ! soon no young people left. Tramp -"Are you p.oing in bathing sirf (ieiitleman- "Yes." Trantp---' 'Shall I hold your pocket book " Recent stati-tics show t hi t t he ex por t atioa of c he ese from t his count ry t Eng land has attained mity propor t ioti. "Two knots an hour i-n't Midi bad time for a c lergyman," smilingly said the minister to him-c lf, ju-t after he hud united the second couple. "John," said tin- wife of a base-ball umpire, "Tommy ha; I c m a very bad little boy to-day." "is that of' he, re plied, absent-mindedly. "Well, I'll linu him twenty-five dollars." Alarmed Pedestrian (picking up a painte r at the foot of a ladder) --My poor man, ate you hurt muc h? Painter Only thre e- ribs broken. Hut 1 went down with colors Hying, elidn't It "How old are you, my son !''1 asked an old gentleman of a "tot" who was cele brating his birthday. "I'm 1," was tho reply, "and I'm mighty glad of H; I was getting cry tired of being ; all tho time." The Capricious Camllc. Put a lighted candle behind a bottle, pie;ide: jar, Move: pipe or any other e,b ject having u polished surface, then station yourself about twelve inches from the object, m that it hide- the Hamo of the candlej from you, and blow with your breath. The caudle will be e ry easily extinguished, in evm-e qu n .of the currents of air that you have r-atnl arounel the object meeting roar t flame. With a board r a sheet of card board of the Avielth of the bottle, n tinctieju would be impossible. This expe-riment has a counterpart that has been communie atcd to use by Mr. Harrnand of Paris. Take two bottles, inste ad of one, anel placer them alongside- of ea h eithe r, - n as to leave a space; e.f half an in li I I ween them. Place the candle oppo-ite- thi-t space, and, preserving th; --aiue el i -t ,00 e ! as before bet ween your mouth v:d the: canelle-, blow strongly again t tie- tlauio. Ne,t emly will th'- bit t ' r n -. cti:; gubhed, but it will ine line HC'Ltly te-. xvard yem as if thremgh the; c lb t e.f sta tion. This phenomenon, whie-h H analogous tothe precedim, i. clue to tho fact that as a ertiem e,f the- air carmet pavs betwee-n t h; bottle, it lhws arounl the ir e xte-no, ami return-t t lie op-rator. i I,e ( .he-re he ur. Where Captain John Smith Mas Killed. "Why don't you people lo'ate; the exact sp'jt where: the Italians pi i el Captain John Smith upon the roe k to kill him? ' I a-k'-el of two ge-iitb-ru'-rr ejf an aiit ie juarian turn who were: p ruling some old Virginia recnls. "Well," ansAvcred one of the rn, "that 3-s a hard question to sc-ttle. S'mi e t ime i we have stre.'ig reasons for locating the speA at Powhatan' just behnv the city; then again Ave think it ought to be; further clown the riv-r, but -ine '- -u many relief hunters have chipped pie-ce, fnun a big rock at -Iowhatan' be lieving that they ; has so long clustered about 'Powhatan' anel the 'stone in the yard.'" Ambiguous. "Ariel lej'.v did you iike America, Count "Ah! ze longer I stay away, ze better I like it." Life. 4
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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Oct. 14, 1887, edition 1
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