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" pi " JL JL A JL XeThILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FCR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. O "T t ? si ) ?z y SCOTLAND XKCK, N. C, THURSDAY. FLBIU'AK Y m Miu;i; VOLUME IV. : i : 4 ? v ; ?i t ? I 1 Truth and Love. There are ..nt two tiling true, dear, Bmce time hre-nri to run His won i.. .us ia.-e rijrht through, dear. Tne worll an i round th ri, th-st; t j things v swoct, dear, Jul sni hi I'm aUive The grass Ia-ik: .tu my left, ir: Truth and Ix"ra. Titer r .a two thill''-, fcwoot, deir. !-! ever md 1 on y -lor is in..oii,i!,-. eVir, J.ii fall tlins pa way; il ri.,. : t'.u. ;- I - dear; A re ev r as r ' ajt h ; Tuy t j 1. "i i '.irl I clin;.;, dvir: Live and Truth, T.'.t ri -h evr now, dear, J :i sj.;:c of lit and death. I o-c tiui'li on our br.w, h-ar, nd invij is in my hittitti; Ai.d 1 vo w:ll U- v. it h truth, dear, ;. i tiuth wj!i 1 with love, Tfj ie reef w our youth, dar, 1 "p above, John Eiiicst McCann. Eold Numbsr Twelve. BT LIKE SHARP. "Oh. v.-m hnrd ab.i-.it that A1 on? i Who tol I voui ' " ;,t over forty miles ua hour, wai no "Cli .r'.ey Il.-a-isco-n-, the conductor. j"- JP said he was ru luiag th train at the "At 1 c;,m'5 to thc cn' of the l'ft" tiuie. " gage i ?.r and tried to jell to IVtc, whom 'S.) h: was. Whit did ho ny about I saw flier: holding ua thc lever, but itj'' my voice s cnu d gone. Tlio firjinan, I "IP sai l ft was the most daring 'orget his name, was ?h )vLlin- in o d. thing he ever knew a follow do. You I gath red myself up and made one see, we w r.) ad ii his nun talking gran I leap down on the tender, la .din ab ut raiiroil e-ctns and that sort ol on n' i';i"ds and knees among th; coal, thia-jr, d tiia Lj toiJ hj.v you savjd I trawled over into the cab an 1 said in !h" train." a voice so hoarse that it iounded strange "Jen so," replied the telegrapher, to iy-elf : tith. ut seenii ig to hi very w :li pL- i,e 1 '"iJ iek her, P t-, for God's sake; th it i.U i.erwi,m hi 1 been the subj -ct of there's an-ther trun ahea I.' e ive-ition. "N'j'.v, ho lor baric, "Then I k(e!ed light over where I did t'l lu 1 i anything bv ths way of stood and fainted dead away. The p' ition to the story?'' strain ha I been too much for mc. "X . Wii it e.J muti i ould thiro cuu jut remember Pjte's cnreJ ' You did save th- train dida t you?" face as he saw a coal-begrime 1 tramp, "Ou, 1 save I ti4t. train ail ri dit dripping and wit hout a h it, apparently er.ouh. O lailey is a ;:ood sort ou fel- ju;,,P down on hini irom out th clou 1 low, I tel! you. Ye-; hi w m Conductor but he didn't lidt:.te a mo neat. Jut on No. 12 at that time, aid he might)1"5 1 went oil I heard the scream of the have ud k-d sora.-tU:n t the st ;ry of i;ir l'r.ki, and noticed that Pete flu. g her..i,;u that Wo ;id have beea true li r -dean over. enoagli, yet it shows what a goo 1 ! " Pste wasn't a man to a?k ay hearted fellow he is not to ha v.- tol 1 it.' 'questions. II : dwnyi did his bu iness ' Why, were you to blame any about the dispatch? I understood him to sny :hat ic was no .a.i.t on your part." "No, it W!is the train di-patcher.s tau t. IIj shuild have let m know sooner. I don't bra.' much about th.t t-j.i-oh-, but I'd ted you the whole -U.iy. " Tiie operator jaused a moment and 'eemed to look h,.ek on that most ox- .ltmg pen a! cf his hiV. Tiie telegraph in: cane cluit.-rod away ou thj table, but tiie UioBage were for ome other ) .! e. "You see." h.- be in. "No. f wis due here at 1:4 a a.m. She stopped ! here, for water, an 1 for orders. Sh was the fas u,t train on the hue at t h it tinu, a-ui Hritriscom : did the ticket -calping on hoard. That rd;ht it was ad dug c its and -log-, wh.-n Charley a:ne in with ids hntern lung ou Ids arm. and st -ad at the ded-c till P.te noAC- I the engine from the water t ink. 1 h' n he- s.i; i. 'notiiing for me, eh? and I sdl ih le wis nothing, and he say, ' well; so !o-.g. then,' an 1 out he Went. At t:.at moment tliei,.- was a call for ir.e jo tiie in-trum .at, ami I answered it. I crdy wuted to hear thre-j words of that mev,age. but I ted you thoe three words ju-t iaide my Lair stand on end. They were: " ' II A 1 No. 12. ' "I gave o le garner out the window aa 1 iw the la-t P.dduaa .sleeper slowly pissing. The- remainder of that instant was tik n up in (-pui-iag clear over that counter and bolting out on the ph.tlorm. Luckily we ha I a long plat form at that station and I guess I made th ij'.fckeit t.me up that set of phn.ks tint was ever male along that na I. You see on a day irain it would rot be so bid, lor the coada tor always swings bi n c f on thj last c ich but on the night trans e-peci diy at tint h ur, ev rybo ly 1 1 thc sleep n t rc sleepers .hems i ves, ari l so he gets on 1 he last reguareir, which ii aeout the mi Idle of the train. No. 12 gen rally had thu e 'leeper-. Sh : liad four on that night. "Well, I swung on the platform of the last slcepjr just as it wis passing the end of tiie stition. and I was never o thinkful for anything in my life lor ttiftnin wai beginning to go pretty fast, nr.il it wa- that or nothing. "I knew ih it even th -n there was not a erond to be lost, a. id I mint confess that I was pretty bad y rattled. A' though I ha I on y heiro the first three words of the di-patch I knew that some where on the line, near or cloe, there was another train coming, that expected to pas No. 12 at our -idiag. "I tried the door of tin sleeper and was horrified to had it locked. I kicked and i e it at the door, but the p rter wa at the other end of the c ar, probab y podshing up someone's boots or ve y likely asleep. Then I tried to break the L-lass of the window so that I could put in my arm and judi back the door catch, but you know how thick tho plate g ass is in a car door, and I h.-id a' thing but my elbow to break it with. Every moment I lost wm patting me in a frenzv. I give one despairing kick ai the do.,r hoping to break it in, but it , was no good. 1 The nextir.-b.at f resrfvel to get at Pet", the cngi .er, Ly climbing cvci the top -f the trun. How I ctt got j up there I do i 't k ow. I du.n't believe! I c if d d it now on a stan ling car ti i ive my li'e and by this time, tho train: uai rutt ing along at forty miles ua j h.ur swiri'dag around th se curves in a ! I Wii v tli at took mv brent h nwav. ' " "i'iie top w:is hhp ry n ith th wet nml thcrs; was nothi.; to Uobl on to. I I ftirtei to rui aiorr the top wi h lh(.' ij!iridi i'r smuk-j nnd spirks l) my -vt-s a:;l reia-rnb -r-l, when I sprawl d iu'A length on the roof, thd there were iroa p.pji to let out tb.3 stove mok e. 1 vrcnt th: rct of the way on my hnnds nnl k !ec. Tho e:nl of the car roofs, nS joi know, ro:ne cio-se topcthjr nnd there w:i no difHrvi'.ty about ettia over tho junction, yet, I tell you that j was a territ)ie tr iwl. It wa as dark as bla k cats and th- rinoko was biiudin , i I esides the t-u Iden j -rks around th'j I curves and me on tho-e blipjvry roofs with nothi g to lio.a on to, ana au tins tir-t and left the talking until after ward . "Pete and the conductor helped mi into try room .niter they had side tracked the train. Wide he waited there I to d th m all about it. Th -a Charley looke I at P t ; r.n l P. te looked at Charley. That look hat a peculiar meaning. " ' What's the matter?' I sfti . 'Don't you believe th- re's a trai i nhcalf "'I gu :-s so,' answered Charley. 'Hut why did. ft you pud the bed ropj lroin the end platform ' " 'Ye-.' nut in Pete, 'or kick tho underpinning iroia thr semaphore c ami show the re Tl. I I 1 d light ah -a I of m: lit. i vout i nae sloii "Weil, 1 felt pretty cheap, for tidier of those plans woul I have worked all right if I ha 1 had my wits about me. "Hefore I nm d say a word, althou h I don't know lint I had anything much to say, the sp: cut cam.: pat with a ru-h a::d aroir th t. shoo ; the d pat and Cu u'ley sai I as he picked up his lantern, 'Wed, neve- mi :d, oid f l!ov. It was the brave-t thing I ever knew of aud anyhow you sav -d 'he train.' "So you see, as I told y u, if Charley di 1 not tell th.t part of it he is a j-retsy good -ort of a f I'ow. don't you thiak io?" Detroit Ficj Press. T!w Hill H as Too J.nrgr, He stepped into a restaurant for din ner ar.d a waiter spread before him tho printed bill of fare. The ryes of thc novice opene 1 wide- ash - added the fig ures at the rijht of the page indicating prices; then spri n g i : g t o his feet he in dignantly eiied: "What! a 1 this to pay and I ham t e t a n.out.d' il yet? ' The outcome we si re not told, bi.t on a sub sequent vhit the g":,tlemaa cairied a pail of victuals with him fioai home. iLcwistoa Joarna!. Quite t lh t p Interest. A young lady on Houston street had scVirai callers the same evening. O.ie remaine.l rather hit1, and at length, edging hn chair toward her, asked, "Mi-s , I am sure you h ive an ia- tere-t ii my weifire." She was yawn ing behind her ha id, and got the word titvl in .a knot on her tongue as she graciously replie I, "Why, Mr. , you know I t ike a great interest in your farewell." Chatt inooga Times. " It i a I'oor Jl tic," Etc A Dexter five-year-oid was put to bed the other night a little earlier than sho herself thought desirable. Soon after the called for some bread an 1 mi k, and got it. Alter eating a few spoonfuls, she looked up to her father with a most unconcerned air aud remarked: "Papa, I believe I've heard you say it wasn't a good plan to retire imme liateiy after eatinff. I guess I'll get up." Dexter (Me.) Gazette. True. She John, what is a coastwise Bteamer? lie -One that knows how to keep off the rocks, darling. -"-Puck. PICKPOCKETS. The Methods Pursued B' TtlCSO LightfingcrcJ Individuals. An Inmate of a Prison Cell Loosens His Tongue. A Sin Frnnci-co Post reporter has been inter vii wi.i an imj risou.-d jiick potket. "What is your lcitimnte liue ot work, as you call it ? ' rked the re porter. The pri oner rep'.Ld: "Taking care cf pursj3 nnd such things for pcojdo who iou"t knorr how to ta've care of them tli 'i'ase'.ves. It a man studies his business Le need never ct caught pickinuT jWV-ket It is sim ple and nice ii.tit work for gen tic men who dou't cart: ai;ov.t doing hard work. You probab y don t know it, but the professional dipper studies his work j ist the s,amc as a lawyer studios law. Take tho E isteru sale crackers, H mdall, Thomas and Ileiaz, who were out lu re a couple of years ago. AVhy, they've got their buduess do.vn to a sennce. Th -y know ju-it wtiro to look for the combination in a safe, an 1 with one 1 ore theybre.k thc tuubl.r and lock into pieces. It U put of thrir bimues- to .Htnow these things, and they never have fo pry the door off with a crowbar. Thai'-, net sife craekirg. and I'edows w ho ilo bungling work ought to goto p: i -on. "People think thit a pickpocket rushes up to a man, dives his h m l into his ockct a: d grabs the purse. Tint s not so. To do neat woik, a pickpocket mu-t have good Stal s' todo t n C udi,' and he mu-t b aide to tel. what ki d of a man he has selected to ro . The Stalls' are helper, and elo the rough .vork while the pickpocket is getting ih; pi:re. When you work in a ciowd tacre ii not one chance in a thematic! that you , id get caught if the 'stalU' under-tand their bu i ics. Now when I worked the th eater- or the fe ry lainl ing I aiw.iy- hid twog od h elp-r. V'e uaufd go to the theater aid wait u:.til the end of th first net. O! course, we never noticed c; eh other, and when the oth -: gentlemen woull go out to get (doves we would ro to. The St. ids' ! then commenced their Work, md 1 would st in 1 back and study. Th y would size up men who .o keel as if they had more money than they needed, and would brush up c (-: to th. in. Y hi.e they were w u'kmg in a id out around the bar I would i e stu l-in "The m-rvous man who is always on guard against icing robbed was the one I wanted. Now, the cautious fellow who feels for his purse as soon us he hail been crowded, shows two things. First, that he his got something worth Heal ing aid then that he wid go to pieces and lose his htad when jammed in a c; owd. When I selected my man I would give the Stalls' tin sigrl and we w oul I go bac v to the sh v. When he was leaving the theatre the Stabs' would mai age to get around him, one alu ad, .Mid one behind. I would walk by his side and I knew just what pocket i i,js pur,c. was in for I i.otieed that when he feit for it at th.' bar. Taeu waea he got ii.to th.- j mi the Stalls' would com mence the cru h, that i ;. squeeze him i ctweeu them. Tne m m ahead wctthl 'accidentally' push him buck, while the one behind wou d "crudi" hini ahead. As soon as he felt the crush he would get nervom and excited, raise hi-, hands up to iii ike hi-way through the crowd and wiigglefrom one side to th: other. The Stallf woul I only squeeze bi n harder and then I would slip my hand ioto bis x ckit and get the puise. A cough would be a signal to the Stalls' tint I was through, aud then they would stop squet zing him. "As soon as we r leased him from the crush it was funny to see how he would "vig-le to get out of th.-crow d, and w hen he got there he found that his purse was gone. Of course, you can work tha way in any crowd, but you it u t always ta.vu a nervous man. T;ic one ol these cool fellows who does ft think of getthgl robbed, and who doesn't mind the crush, and 00 times out of 100 he wid catch you." " Hut how i- it that you manage to rob li lies, win n cdten imes their pockets arc cov .-red by their skirts (" asked the re p -i i r. "Just the same as a mm,"' answered the prisoner. " Tiie 'stads' give them thc crush,' and the one b hind cuts the dress at the same time. Why. it is ten times easier to rob a woman than a mart, for they are all fidgety. When they get into a crowd, and are jammed, all they think of is their dress. They ure afraid that it is going to bo torn and dragged out of shipc, a id they get so angry and excited that ou could put your hand into the pocket 50 times without being de tected." A Bitr Ferry Boat A massive ferry boat, built expressly with a view to its ability to crush heavy ice in the Straits of Mackinac, is being constructed at Detroit for thg Mackinac Transportation Company. It will ply between Mackinac ar.d Point St. Ignace. The boat will be 233 feet long, 52 feet i in breadth and will havo compound ' engine of 0,000 aorssvpow-ar. IYarl Ojstcrs. The Irtisiacss of cutting t'.ic pear'.a out of ryitcri is a to cr..b';y d:a -rce.i o.c one. The oysters are ihruwa !ar-c ves-si-Uand l-;!t to di, whe-n th- Le!U o;va of their owa ncc-T 1. Th: s.L-;! are then rr:noT,-d, but the oy-fer them- Se.V :-s sr; i-oriic c stirred, ail th3 uiy bj !'!?. ii Liick-t- till th-.-y be- -m-'osi i i.,.n . .... w : T.'l" pearls si r.::i".aiador is k to the bo-to-n, ! ur d cff. It readily inferred th it the d r in tiie camp of the pea: I hjckirs is more powerful than de. si;.t. Tne pearl hal its origin i-i the c IT rls of the oyster to prote.-t iteif Irani th? irritation caued by thj rr-s-ace f some fore'g i body between the thai a.nd its maatl?, as the soit skia of the oyster is t- ch.i:.. I'.y t- r.i.eu. Ton.it ig ite the sulTL-rin g caws d bv this v -- an kis intra I r, tlii uj-t r thereon a coiti igof th .- am depo dt -i mat i ri tl as that of which tli . sh di i com ! d, and when one: this pro:-s his begun it continues till in ti m- the pearl grows larg : enou ;h to kill thc oxster, Liinxut, the "father o.' n. turalist-,'' received tho ho or of knighthood ior demoost rat iag the po-siid.it v of arti-i-cinl y ia lucing tin formation of pe iris ia the peari-beari i g m i s '. Hat, ns has been the c.i-e with other Ear-.p -aa inventions of whit h we hive thou - lit a good den!, it ln since ninie i ut tint John Chinaman h is bee i d on ; this t hi ig .or a cou; 1 of th u a id year or so. 'Idle Chinese i:v:hod is to t . k the mi;--sel lr. m thc liver, carelu ly 1 ne toe shells h little way apirt, a id l i-ert be- I tween tin mantle of tin oy-t r and (,i,e J of the sheds a lew littlj pe.let- of clay, j tiny pearls or foreiga boii-sof some kind. Wiien this has b en d me, the I oy-ter i turned uv r, an ! the poor fel- ! low n ou'ige l to su aut to a si r.H..r tri comfort.tid ; pro.-ovs on id- other side, lie is then put b ick into a pond, wlu ro he is kept wed ua i fat by a diet more nourishi ig than nice. Alter a few month, or sometime -i a yeir is again taken fioru his bed. a:e iak.-n out and he i, ea'ea Ilerabl. r t .., he his pear. 3 1 Ij atoa N it u re' 01 Press. According to Pro e-sor L. L sky, th? buried bed of vegetation which has l e- c me wh..t i cow known ane d tiie Pittsburg coil be 1, tweivo feet thick, tr.u-l have origin illy bee i a- many as loO feet in depth, it having b -en c o-a-jnessi-d to its present size, nc the coal led, by the action of heat :-t 1 the res Mire of the- .-trat t, or layer- of -;i -d which w r : depo oled up .a it at d i IT r ut times alter it was cov re 1 with water. As this coai b( d is !ar i.bove the oil sand-, it is thou dit that the b .1 of veg etation which it now repr -seats iu:i bed the oil and gas now being lound, but that they have been forme 1 from other feds, busied below the oil sands, and which may have beea of even greater depth or thicknes thin I this one: pres-o I down I . 1 I lions w.-i .ht of th Ini'M v the trerr.cn- nnd th o :- i sands of feet of sand, grave!, etc., which now form th-? nck s'rata above them, ar;d heated from Pelow by the internal heat of the earth to a veiy hih degree the-c beds of vegitation woi.ll as a result of such forces, ic chingcd in p.rt into oil and g ts, which would escape upward to where it is now found, the parts not so changed remaining and being ch in god into t eds of coal. It n supposed that i i this way the gas has Oeeu pro duce i, and, possibly, is still being rod a d, from bed, of vegeta'ioa buried below the oil san is, and :' has found its way in company oil perhaps, up to the porous iocjvS or oil sands. tint with 6aad Th Tales TuruJ. Old Jacob Buke-, one of thc onr'y j Sights of W.ll street, or.ee took offense j at some action of his ank. A few ! days after lie pn mf-d $4 .bOO ia tdds j a much larger amount .h ta the same fl ,ures represent i.owa iay - aud de- ' m mded sp ch; lor them. The l ank of- ; ih'iais were oil d to ti emergen V, out n elves f,,r the thou -ht to revenge Tl scare H.rker he! give i them; so in y rode. I out 4') Kegs of ifbiO'f e.el, the tell er explaiai i r that tin Kegs were fi Ud with 5 an 1 10 cc:t id Birker saw the oiut, and ju-iili .d his re put ti.nf'.T sharpness. lie t.rd re i tlo- who,..- 40 kegs to be ip he.ohd on th- spo. took a careless handful of coin from each keg, then calmly -aid tint In- desired to have tin remainder placed to his cr, dr. The bank had to lose his v.iiu ible custom or take this money, so it e hose the latti r ; but the tediou- count of the forty kegs' contents consumed many a profitless hour. Thickness of Clonals. Cnpt. II. Toynbec, of thc London Meteorological S .ciety, has ariived at the conclusion that clouds cf less than 2. 00 feet in thickness .are seldom ac companied by rai-i; and if thc-y are it is rery gentle, consisti rmi-.a. Hmnc " i in i ii a i u 4 i t i With a thickness of between 2,000 and 4.000 feet the size of the drop; is moderate. With increasing thickness comes increasing size of th-: drops, and at the same time their temperature be comes lower, until, when the thickness is greater than 6,000 feet, hail is pro j 3urd. TLACLS OF TIIOI GIIT. Li'e U shrt Jay,bui it it working day. J hough many gnts rc a!cat, the cheerful man we mis-. (ore bccau vou lov? to g've li the Cower pours forth its jv-rfuia. A (hi'.d wh s"i deceit around it will rarely mike an honorable maa. Wh re there is room la the heart ther e 13 always room ia the house, F.me comes only when deserve 1, end then it i- ineTita'de as deitiaj. G od intcr tions will not h?!p a man Ci. his way if he takes the wrong road. Ad the events of our Ufa arc mate- ri:.s out of which wc may make what We wid. Grand temples are made of small fta:n- nei I .rr.-of lt.-.o m.U nr, f.f w- ...... - ' ' . 4.V 4 . 4. .1 U4 U 444 14 J I tm ill events. edod-.'sty and the dew love the shade, Ei4.li shine in the open day only to be cr'a ded to heaven. T dents are best miturel in 6o'itude; clia-actcr is i.est formed ia tho stormy i.low- of the world. Even reckoning makes lasting friends, .rui the way to mike reckoniags even is to make them oltea. Costly followers are not to be liked; le : while a m m makes his train longer, L mi.kes his wings shorter. A di uno id with a fl iw is better thin . I. le without. Rat thc Caw adds! b thi i to the value of the diamond. The use we mik- of our fortune de-t'-rn.iaes its sufii ieiicy. A li.tle is cnouerh if used wisely, too much if ox peude I foolishly. Though reii ling and conversation may far aidi us with many ideas of men an 1 things, yet it is our own meditation Uiuit form our ju Igrn.nt. Belief is aa edifise never com pit ted, because we do not comprehend its plan, and every day some workman brings a liew stone from the q irtrry. Willi books, as wi;h companions, it is of more consequence to know which to nvoi I than which to choo-e; for good books are as scarce as good c unpaidous. It is beneath the dignity of a sou! that has but a grain of sense, to make chance, and win Is, and waves, the arbitrary dL-poers of his happi-ms-. Grief or misfortune i-eems to be i.n-di-pensable to the development of intel ligence, energy and virtue. The proofs to which the people are submitted, as wi; h i ulivi J uals, are necessary to draw them fro n their letlnrgy aad di.elo.-e their character. The three lessons that ad are the bet ter for knowing: Th.t che-?rfulnes- cm change misfortune into love at. el friends; that, in ordeiing one's self aright, one i helps others to do the same; and that the power of fir.di.ig beauty in the hum blest things makes home happy and life lovely. Variations of Shi pit' Caniipas-.cs. "The variations ol the nee be, ' say Sir Thomas Browne, "may proceed from unit tions of tho earth, by sui.terrane in fires, fumes, mineral spirits or other wise, which, altering tiie constitution of the magnet ical parts ii process oi t inie, dot h vary the vaiiilion of tin p ace."' II id the noblv ioquent ex plorer of "vulgar error." hvod ia these el iyi. he w aild hive a lde I otvrs to his list of the causes of the d fl.-ctions ol toe needle; and not tho least strange item in th: ca'alogu: woul I be thc v ai iag of electric belt s by rheumatic cr dobilit it d sailors. ' One or air crew here, writes the rra-t' r of a steam -r at S nvrm, "Ins a magnetic b- It. I g t it :rom him one day in t voyage and t .king it on tiie l.:il;e I found that all th-'-e c mpa -s wre very much affect". I by it; in fict," j.d 1 the cap ain, "th- hi dte-t con. pass of ihe three wei.t reeling round aud u id." The moral h- desires to p hnt is that o so at le.i-t he says thec belts are luuca wor i by seafiring m-n. .nd fire im: ii i particifar. -naster s'a iu! t be car--fu t i ii d ..at want m iga t- th-ir cie w or pas-er g r- in iy hapoe to h .- with them "either in tne ihape of Ix-'tsor in j any iorm," for he iustl v fi! r? pr- r ts ia tiie com;ia-s the (': rre ut don ti-o s into tcrrioie a':cid J.nt-. 'Jyy.: Ted A Kcroliitiouarj Hero, On of th.- h-ro s of tha H -to! uticn Ttia-p d.-eds are not recor led in his;orv w..- William Goff of Gray, Me. When n. ws came of th : attie of L-xingtoa h- was chopping wood, with his gun Conveniently near him, rea !y for any ft ay gam,- that might app:ar. lie at or.ee d opped his axe, picked up his gun, s opped at his home a minute to bid his wile goo i-i ye. P ! . rt TT- . r. j n " LLi I tO fl neighbor's und rrow-d son.c buiiet mot-is run wnat lea i t-g t.-Ji l.-.to - h-id into ! ui- lcts, and walked to Cambridge, getting there jusl season for the batt of Banker Hill. When asked r.ftc-r til-lattl-i in wht company he was ecrolVd he p'Otr.ptly replied, "William Golfs.1" U- coDtianed to serve hi count rr 'intil 1777, when he fed th battle tJ i i EBjntowrL sci r. nt i kic stiurs. A r '. ". w ' -j rtu t vl (k'T- .a i- i , 1 1 i 1 l . a." I i :;d th" r -.-. t ! .1 - 0: A T. v. wid :. 1 ' I : :n I. ' -to ',, u. . 1 i ; -.I..-.' i nam i s Ii". J g 1: i- r. . ( he I g tree may b-'-. a .1 t :-:-.. ! thin ll.i:!vaa aiwn bv TM-.-it.f driv" straps is often dor.. i f to 17'. f-'. t e. b r : Tt. a p a f ;t ..: Tl. - .irt : t w '. h rs. a n air : ' -'h pi .- bv tornado.--- iris. ii- ! t v a mile an h air v A farm, r r - sod. K . :i partly of : , rubbed ag.-ti-ist to the h.e. a ,d In Eagli-h n.r v d i id i . i - i- t . At. hi i '. iy ili a made t. f th- Wi.e. is . a k, tting fi rc s, roburite hi" e r r i o , - ( w i b r e a b -o . u'. ! v trt f n-lt rs u i po w d i r i ; pp. von o.ju ... r i in bl i-ti-ig ' tT-- ts. v. hi' from i he th. me t hat r i so daiigcrou-i i the i res i ce of e xohMivc g; se-. Hecer.t exjM'nmeiits hav- d m-.r.st ruti-d that an iiu aade ca lit clntnc 1 i lit of I Uio-candle power. m::k twes.ty foot in th e.'Ceaa. w id liiumin-ito th - furhiee mllieieiitly to oisj m-Miidi obj. c t - wnl.ia b radius of ) b i t. Co.d-tar pa: up in tiny t v'.hts or in fluid fonn is slowly con da g into us in England for sw.a teidag ta aad c. !T e. It is less bulk V than 'Ugir and i "-ai i to be entirely Laimhs- to d:io tie i.nd other invalid- to whom sugar r -t t i--t ly forbidden. Electriedight pi opl ' an i ::d l in n t at i s-or V ie- ii r ut the roma -k P Vi nna that th .t light d anag-s bcK.ks by di -color ia the i ajs- r, an I b n t lit to me in libraii's. Th y s(,y that sun light does the sarn : t hi-'g, a d tint it i only the arc light that di.iol o- paper, any way. The iacan k--. -i.t .igi.t. they claim, is perfectly h.trsoi -s to Jklanv lutesi ai w. i.s sp ,,t: w t. r i-oki a heavy pc.-un, jnt an weds ftnd the g:i- order a several h'.ndrrd poiiri i t :i..iev gas 1 1 s i; i a: ot ire the s... inclt. This wnt r powi r i- u-id ia many places in Franc by ia-ai.s of tur bine w iu-eds, and it is probable ihat vou th- gas pressure might in some cases also be uti.iz d In v-ry le ; aitesian weds the heat of the water is itl.-o uti.iz el. An English writ r urg.-s th ance of thorougifv aiting r lmport- oolljs U'ld r.-turn of aos ::ce . 1- ofleu inn -ii the i ii k e - p. this i i not flushing all w.i-t 1 1 ' S ( ( I t I a family alter a ...i-i o from home. The shot-up filled with noi-erie ga- tl evajinition of the w at. r w the sewer trap- operative, in necossa.lly revealed by an od r. M.ny cases of sore throat hav b c-n trued to a neglect of th" pre. auti -y, mrntioro 1. Tho gov Tn-nect cxj. -ri'n year ia making sugar fr o:. t said to have b -en u - fnir sod the vi d 1 of i -.r . age of twelve tons. Th nv of su ;ar per a' r- w is I. e:t 1 " and of syrui) lb) gtlio.ai. 1: - ,ts tlfis .di-i-u are -bp. 3 s-!i .'iver a yield ) pounds, n c ; ai aie-d he pr-s"r,t that at this r:t", r-v-n at th- p low price of su ;ar, th : i - ir.---- of ing sugar from sorgbuai w- -j d , profitable. At the time of the -b - th of m k -vi ry II' ri a a. Krupphehal in Inn 1 (or sot g-un for tin Ita i n G v : has just been fpjl-h d Th weigh IIS ton-, i 4". 1. t ' r:i-rt g'l , wnii h :.n -. ar.d its oali re nu-ariy 10 i h s. It and throws a strcl pi .joti, nearly a tori, w i' h a ch irg- , powdc r. Ta : sh 't f a r. pen t r arm r pi ite i:o 1 -. thi- at of the gun, or 20 l . ;.t a '1 1 - r -1! w n hi g c a t. of .I-- a sf, rl i m -ulh i.t.L .P.' Of t any ar id h: i a irn.c. It is net I mored shia ia tie w fire from uch a gun. . 1 V- -. i c A r.ov-.ty of t h Inunch wlndi o-.v.-t!ic ex j.i i-. - v o boa Su:h a- I- t r i; : - a r fo ' a r ! is t to tin. ' c - 1 f. -. B ' ' o: Am-1 ic m on -i u-e a p-t ro. a a The U-'.t i star?. j ing a i rn j tir.i-ui-h d .r. 1 t to st l -! 1 pi- u T:;e .-f 1 tho . a .t of F. l.'tlt a. cn nor i Ui' rf T ! r"": 1 ,c " " 'ir-T ?"' ' w"rK' '''-' ''"" m ich "I"fJ'- working r-igin-. Sated By His ife. Thc exr '.orer Ibl.b. wi -t rP d on has .it- d lor 1.13 as 1' d Cer.tr 1 A f r. a with wedding 'lay, t w turn-d to ':e -:: . staying th it ' u a d .z.-n times ;r, Zimb"si but fr r hi ha 1 never b-.'or wore skirt- or long i ; h his i ., r i d ' n ii- I 1 r t ' -c '. 1 ! ar- ud f.'i'-v ie 1 up'-ir.e.turol in i r. under tri bg de- gar led Mr-. H al s a iiite O le;ng, who ha ! : b h--r irnii! r.rotec io- sired her for their qu ' r., bard that shfe would remain a rred nh tnem. 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' .vrse v .'h hi'Ti a . u-ui'v r ; h t h b i 1 Ho i'" I ' .r V 1 1 ' 'U O a- ; r I- t', S y T'l tr- .t-r.ent f'r hi- '-n out th pr ; r- C . li'eivei !. let it If o ,, h WaS c .' ' r . : I or. ; ' ' ' 1 - ' . 1 v b v i i ' a' i i a a 1 'l.u.'i.t-r on ii hU . .1 flv- yeri ago. fj A..loS I; ' I - -V A Natural ele. lion. '-; ; "; .t iiii'. 'a h - i . a f i i : tn r. p'T to She .'... ' r d ght to the . j f; t ,i I, ";. I h Cl v ta.--1 t'. ra.'s?' Th'- p the gentleman r takss the j ni wel 1 rea 1, a, In i f. d , of tho r of jo .r hi ru and el". Wi.O , - 1.) il .';. a.d ;. -t ' a at, u-t r to d: "A pa i s : f.it pi a Ti:h the tl 1 that is the d ctor I wait '' tr at me end my family. " Piiiiadolphia C-a-f
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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Feb. 23, 1888, edition 1
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