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nnTTIP1 1 1 I j DEMOCRAT m m m m a c -is 3 E E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. su33:iipr:oNT si5D phi yzl OLIMK IV. SCOTLAND NECK, X. (, THTIISDA Y. MARCH r,. I m im:i: I he I ;it ward i j I j i 1 W.'l', il-t h'.t ' 1: ..i- for i !! th- if i.i.'.-.v 1hi- tor. s'ng- - i a w i i ! r. n : !. t-mp.-.-t b. v ur !r 'j .; 'V .il'lll, m "t ( !':ls givat jHiwor can ulcst storm. ft the midnight nag as he n, t ! ! ii' aine-t 'u!s t hat iM-a ;f ..ir. ! 1 .;!i.'1s tn -, world shall iiii'i m goal !i" e-,g! p i" i i -r ill. !ni .:i- of th stalest ". S 'had and A Station Agent's Stories. w ..s " sai l the man with th ah- "station agent on the . !;ii:r,);l,l f,-agood many years verul thing, ocrurrcd tlivro which ; th-- talk of the line and which you ' i d interesting enough to publLh. j a.;,,., was both m.ij:i Meant and ! l mt. Yv'hiic it was only a hamlet r i i n, i! was a raiif-a i crossing. v t r:-. i"i sei-mf 1 to le in a .-t t ii-,v;iv as fast a; possible;, all a i to take water or coal, and ha i to pull in on t lie long l'-t v-rinu, otli' r trains pass. ('.,; ul our road was nig T!e -bjvet w.ii v get every- ;. a 'i 1 to work cvjry man to My station building was : than a slud, and it: was im- get any lvpairs or i m prove - ha t Th- w.-o reotiiivd to net rat o'-. ticket sel i'.T. as telc- freight I !f I., -v. a id ah else, and did T C( ill' e ,ii my own. i a oihce, :lfd was on rail f. t in sound n:v in the ,1 and twenty s- roads I was ri a ly to i -h.-ui 1 have had a lirst-cdas at my station, but the rom- u'.'i not icianit it. I must the nork alone or get cut for l;o (a u'-i and xs r-' i ! J , and so : -i:ig on month alter month r ;.!'t--r ye:ir, aiways thin.kie.g i.iL", but never ir.aking up mv tuition was : :;c i v js uad( r de:-oat -hing an 1 ii a re. , rave nilar my Train !;OW, time i a:;t . ti ait r h-.-l 1.- d r. en fusion u-i r iuc -id nts occurred the station ab-.ut two . the f ; ; 1 1 of t lie year, ii of na-ty weather, and hiuuily iate. Tiie last :i our read passed me, It r- . r t ram to m-' t o:.r p: "'('! une, at 10 1- 2 p. m. m. and i-s:d at T.vN a. m. , and I that th; intervening l" longed to me. If the night i w.t (. n tim--, and if I did not t o: o.i thj instrument, anil if was no special on the line, and if other things di 1 not occur, I i i -.deep from 11 to th It may have a.iv i that my sleep was unbroken rh.-e nights in a year. n all other rights I was turned out from one to three or f,.:r tnr.es. The night freight : -h"uh 1 r ae'n nr; at l'2:0o live minutes a tier mi Inight. She never left nor t ok nil a ear at my station, leaving that for the day freight, but made a stop of s"ven or eight minutes for coal and wati r. If there was a speriil on the line, or if there had been an acci dent, the freight might have to si le tr .ekand wait, but such a thing was r.-.re. -.s a rubr, 1 was always asleep when t-.- ti. ijl-t came in, but somehow .r r I kn ?w c f her f.rnva!. I knew of i'. a i'ii i;t waking up, and next morn- i i'd have to'.d whether she was ill e (-r alt r 1 on time. 1 wenty-e uht minutes f. r time a passenger train on the other ro.td made th; crossing- this ro..sir was eighty rods above the sta te, n, and while I had nothing to do with tl;e tr.dns the otiier road, I natural- l i. ! ! track of them r. id knew whether I tley w i re late or on time. i, in,-tm. ' i"""- u .r i w i : I -a i 1. ,,' . r , r 1 , 1 went to bed .at to bed at lo. to. and p 1 - f-re 1 1 o'clock. At Teh '20 . 1 a we- I'he night freight !!l ' J had been sound I knew she had not. She n.mn'oo , v. rdtie, and yet '1 '-' '- a s a .d-1. This to some s- 1 1 of aeci J ( nt between 5 next s;ath,:i ,v5lich na'e; away. 1 ;-1 once .-allf, lev e-a. :ee ;,( ::- i tl was .l.-vf !; for the st.,t to-. I r: out. The; but th; operator hM the door and looked n'.e ran and u d n s e i reigut trains ar- s-Mom on ch- iuo- time, and I h ,d known those e;eurlineto be an hour late without 'xry ' "ver the fact. Ibovever, ;i th:s night I was all worry. The ni- a , e! t : my w: rai o- the (T.jssing, the 'fact e,i :ii I h-i 1, ti'u failure to - ;'h'(- at the station above t!:i in 1 "i" e-rlblv uneasf - 1 ;'-ht ol my lanten' put !:" '(r eoat, ami sj:l arted up the t i-e:. 1 J. . I not gone forty rods when I heard a hissing of steam, rail t'.vo or three; iiii iutes later I could see the glare of a headlight through the fog. Ir. a eon i!e of minutes mora I found our mi Irnght freight twenty-two loaded ears and a big lo omotive--and she was -tat:dniir directly ou the crossing of the I shouted as soon as 1 had made out the locomotive, hut no one answered me. I jiu-he 1 along to tlie eab, climbed ui, and found the enquirer and fireman on the floor of t lie t-nder, arms around each other. :md !a-f asleep or dead. At that -ame moment th'; passenger train on the ether road whistled for the cro-'-i ng. 'i Jim telling you, sir, that I lived a year for everv minute in the next rive or six. I knew v ry little about an engine, though I had seen how they were re versed and how the throttle was worked. If anything was done I must do it, and doit iiuickly. Why I did not pull ahead I do not I: now. It struck me that I must back up, a.u l ! thing over th ; bar, gave her steam, and she began to move. The steam had run down, and we moved at snail's V and even when I pul!el ,lCr l,tn' t!"' 1 n': h,C' K"!1,'ccl hiul lwer to back the heavy train. Wc (lid :"Vl " however, although it was foot by 1 could hear the roar of the passenger train, and I knew that every st ( ond was h isteninga t err ibh-c alamity, but I did not leave the engine. Back ! bark! back! we crawled, and of a sud den a great light tnshc-d in my eyes, there was a crash, an 1 I saw ears mov ing in front of me and di-appearing into the darkness. AVliat had happened '. Well, I had backe I the freight until the locomotive of the passenger train only carried away the; pilot as it crossed our line. That was all the damage done, and no passenger had a su-pieion of hit narrow escape from 'in awful smash-up. "When the train had disappeared and could realize the situation, I began to investigate. J ran back to the caboose but no one v.-as to bo foim 1. I shouted and screamed, but soon found that I was all alone. Thm, climbing back into the r ib, I sought to arouse the en gineer and his lireman. Dead? Xo. Drunk as two Lords! Yes, sir. They wen; drinking men, though the com pany did not know it. They had been taken oil another run two weeks before, and coming down the line on this trip hid brought a bottle with them. At the station above they had reached the i:nit, and in their drunken deviltry ha 1 suddenly pulled out and left a'l the train crew behind. The conductor Coii'.d not readily find the station agent, and when lie did rcut him out nn 1 get him to the olliee T was out of mine and did not answer his on:'. The t wo men had let the .steam go down, and the train had crawled down to the crossing and been ' i'i" d where I found it. The men were by that tim? too drunk to stand up, and ha I grabbed each other and roiled on the tl or to si 'en. I was vet jn the cab, trying to kick some sense into them, when tin conductor and his two brakemen arrived on a hand car, and after getting up steam we got the j train over the crossing to the station, ; The two drunkards ought to have, been Upnt to state inison. but for fear of the story getting into the papers they were allowed to skip. 4 'It was with this same night freight I had a start lin; a I vent ure the next summer. I had gone to bed and to sleep before it came in. It was exactly 11. oO, as shown by the clock, when I got a call on the instrument, and as I sprang out of bed I h ard the operator at K . a station eighteen miles be low me, dirking olT, 'For (lod's sake stop and sid.e track X . !! There's a runaway engine reining up the line!' 1 got this by ear, you understand, and I gave him an '(. K.' as soon as ho was done. In three minutes I was cut doors and had my Danger Stop!' signal set for the first time in months, and as I started down the track with my lantern j cout iear ti,P rumh!c of Xo as sl. crossed the bridge thre e miles above. She was on time and booming right along, lut it was clear and the red light would stop her. 'I should have to hi you that there were two tracks in front of the station. 0n - fl,e main track of ronrse. and ., . . . i i- .a. . ......x.i. tne oilier a louig Mcung wuii a swiicu at cither end. Xo. ! had the right of way at night, and, instead of side-tracking her, I proposed to switch olf the runaway. I went down over the i ti.s as hard as I could run, and just as ' I reached the switch I heard Xo. 5 blow for my station. "While I was un locking the switch, the engiueer called for brakes, and then I knew he had seen the light ami would stop. I pulled the bar over, and then picked up my lantern and ran back, reaching the sta tion just as the heavy freight wns coming to a standstill. My purpose was to run down and open the other switch, and thus let the runaway out on the main track again, to run until her steam went down, but I had scarcely moved a hundred feet when I heard her coming. It was then teo late, tied I stool on the platform to see her go past. She was tiuly a runaway. She had broken away lrom the accommodation train, which came no further up than G , and was coming up with a full head of steam and cv.ry thing roaring. Thert was gross carelessne-s in bringing about this r rci lenf, Lut it was covered up ami kept out of print. We cou'd hear the runaway a mile oil, and we cou'.d lorato her as she e:mic through the woods by the shower of sparks flying from her smokestack. (n she cum-, an I as she struck the switch it seemed as if she must go ever. There was a chekety rlash and a bamg, an 1 she righted and whiz. d past us like a fiery arrow. 4'We knew what would happen at the other end of the siding. There was a li .-Id beyond, and when the runaway left the rails she tore up a hundred feet of track, nir.de splinters of a score ed ties, and plou. h I her way into the field for a quarter of a mile and blew up. Had she encouatercd Xo. !i on the m lin track there imi-t have been a ter rible smash-up. At the spe-e 1 she was geh)g the runaway would have climbed right on top of the tram. Af ter the explosion I entered th ; station and called for K , to give him the news, but he could uejt be rai-ed. 1 could not get him until the usual hour next mom in ir, and then I learned some thing which made my hair stand ou end. lie had not heard a word of the matte r. He was not in his otlicc when the ac commodation p isscd, and he had heard nothing from J , the stalion where the engine broke away. I then called for the agent at !---, and it turned out that at " o'clock on tin afternoon pre vious, he had met with an accident b- which he had been made eleliriotn all night. "When they went for him to telegraph aoout the engine ho was in bed, and being held there by nurses, and they did not even try to make him understand what had happened. As a matter of fact and record, no living hand clicked that message to me. Every man on the line was examined, but all denied it. I heard it and understood it, and acted upon it, and it came from K . How de I explain it? I never could. I have hael people tell me that it was mind tele graphing to mind, but you can take any tlffory you wish. I was called for in the uial way, understood, fully what was Iring said, and hurried out to do what I have described. The matter has been a puzzle and a mystery for years, and I have no hopes of a solution. "How did I lose my leg? "Well, there was a mystery about that. "We hael changed our time and a passenger train pnsseel my station at 2 a. m. I awoke one night at 1 o'clock, feeling that the upper .switch had been left open by the freight train. I lighted rny lanteru and ran up th;re, and sure enough it stood wile open, ami a death trap had been set for the express. I closed it, and was on my way back when three cars which had broken away from the freight several iniie-, away, at the top of a grade, cam; whooping- down, and, in trying t get out of the vay, I made a stumble aud got my leg under the wheels. I elraggc I myself into the station and t ricfl to call up the cilice? above me, but could raise no one. The cars were missed, and hunted for from one end of the lino to the other, and, strangely enough, they could not be found. It was an odd thing to lose cars in that fashion, and before they got through searching men -walked over every foot of the line. It was six weeks before they were found. They had left the rails at a curve near a steep bank, and had gone over the rocks into a deep river without leaving a trace. It was as if they had been pickeel up and llung over by human hands. Ueinf loaded with hardware, they hael gone to the bottom, but the current rolled them along uutil they finally showed above the surface in a bend. "When hauled out none of the three were damaged a cent's worth, but it was a deal of trouble to get them back to the rail.st agaiu. Xexv York Sun. A Parrot That Prays. A family living near a church owns a very bright parrot. Every evening the bells of the church ring the "Angelus," and recently one of the little girls of the family was taught to recite th o ap propriate prayer at the sound of the bells. The parrot watched her care fully, and the other evening, at the first sounel of the chimes, dropped to the bottom of the cage, put down his heael and said the first few words of the prayer He has kept this up ever since and is adding other words of the prayer as the little girl teaches them to him. Chi cago Xews. The Wrong Kind. "Bromley, I've been going through my last year's vests." "Find any bills in the pocket?, Dar ringer .'" "Yes, one." "Good. A f)0 bill I hope.'' "Xo, a bill for 10.o3." "But there isn't a bill of that denomi nation." "Oil, there iu't eh? Bromley, it was a wash bill." Philadelphia Ca'l. They Matched His Head. "It's very cold,"' remarked Mr. Mo Corkle, as he came into dinner. "My hands are perfectly numb." "Then they match your skull perfect ly," was the unfeeling comment of his wife. Philadelphia Times. CUING All ROW. The Romance of a Chinese Ranch man and Miss Annie Freese. A Celestial Cattle fCIn-? Who Married an American Girl. Chh.g Ah ICow. a ("ninamin who ai rived in San i'r.inc isco about six months ;oro lro:n 'iVx is em route for C hina with a pretty white wife and t vo childr?n, was met on his return by an Examiner rcpoiter,- as h . was crossing the bay to visit me friends in Oakland in r impany with his f.mi!y and a ser vant. On being addressed by the rc poiter, A!i Kow nppc i red so a liable and wi ling to t ilk that tin -crib; joined him on the boa Wli.-n seated his -yes beamed with a sort of pii.zical intclli g.'tice as he remarked: "I ijuite understand your curiosity. You have noticed that I have a white wife and a pair of pretty girls, and you want to know how I came by them. Isn't that so?" "Well, I expjet you have guessed it," remarked his companion, "but a police ollicer at the ferry has already told me that you were a cattle king from Texas." "A cattle king? ' he exclaimed, "why, I have not more than a thousand, but I have considerable land." "How did you happen to make such an investment in that country?' was in ejuircd. "That lady you see over there, my wife, was the main cause, aad I'm not a bad looking fellow myself in American clothes, am I?" he continued, straighten ing up. The assent wa given that he was not. "Then you will admit that she was somewhat excusable in disregarding race prejudice'. Tin whole story is that I lived in San Erancisco until Kearney began to stir things up. Fear ing that memb;rs of my race would be molested sooner or later, and not de siring to return to my native country poor, as I had run away from a wealthy father in Hong Kong, I determined to seek a new locality. Gathering to gether about $500, I drifted south, an el continued to drift through Arizona and Colorado, until I finally landed in Sin Antonio, Tex. There I opened a Chinese bazaar, and sold my goods at such enormous profits that it was but a short time before I lial about o000. I was admitted as a member of the Social Club there, and became extensively ac quaiated. Among my acquaint ances were many ladies. Many of them gave me cause to think that my attentions would not be repulsed. To one of these I became at tached. Her name was Annie Ereese. Again. that's my wife. 1 did not then know that she owned in her own name 1000 acres of land not many miles away. It was what you would call a case of true love, and it ran smooth." At the closing sentence the reporter looked up rather suddenly. "Oh, I'm quite conversant with your literature, as is evidenced by my fond ness for Shakespeare and other authors whom, it is said, foreigners do not appreciate. "Well, to continue, I paid my addresses to her. Then a revulsion of feeling seemed to take place. 1 was acceptable enough until I desired to marry one of their native daughters, though she was an orphan, by the way, Dr. Y. JlcXear, her guardiau, maele it so warm that we had to run away and get married in another county by a Justice of the Peace. She was lit years of age and I was ",0 at that time. "We got married, though, all right, and returned to face the music. It was a cold reception that we got. I told her that it would be all right, that I had over ."0U0 and could make more. It was then that she told me that she had a thousand acres of land in her own right and a house an I lot in the city. She aelvised me to buy e-ittle and stock it. I then closed out my business to advantage, bought cattle and plodded along until I was able to purchase Jive thousand head of stoc k, which arc; in creasing. It is all paid for. The cow boys tried to kill me once or twice but I escaped." ' Why did you go to China?' " To see my father, whom I had not seen for nearly eighteen years." 'And you return just on tiia eve of your new year? ' "That is the main reason I did re turn. I married a white woman and I desire to become a white man, or as nearly as possible. Furthermore, mv business sadly needs attention." "How do the people of SanAntonio regard you and your wife now '" "Things are all right now you see, I have money; that makes seme differ ence,1' and Ah Kow wb-.ked. The boat arriving on the- other side, the fat Chinaman and his vigorous and rosy wife bade the reporter adieu, in forming him that the-y would take the overland train for the ir home that morn- Mlg. The family was the centre of attrac tion on the boat during the entire trip. Many people will remember the no toriety attaching to the marriage cf CLisg Ah 1 ai M.ss T;, am"; emi- the la tv l ' am; v. French Tun'rul Cii?'iih. When a person die la Fi.r.i . his i p resentatives inimeli i'.--iy o;t -.shit are cal'e I " Lvtttes d f tire piyt" t o ..11 fri-nds and ev-n slight ae.pi d itauce.8, iuviting tlnm t j a-sj-t L.t tv. religL-u service snppe-i i tier - is t) 1.2 on?) r.nd the buna! of th -as 1. Th--circumstane-'s g.-nera'iv ! ite th.t th" cortege nil! 1,,-- f..r:ii" I af the 1 us.' of the defunct. The m ae intimate friends assemble in th; draw ing room, where: tiny are received by the l e n-'st rela tives of the decease I person. Mean while the cotHa has be -:i plae d m tlT; doorway of the he u-e, which hi; be. n convene 1 into a s,..rt of chipeh Th ; opening is drao-d with heavy black hangings bordetel with silver fringe, and often embroider -d with the anus or initials of the deceased. If the ceremony is to b a religious one it is very rarely a "civil" one the friends s-piiakl.; the rollin with holy water, which is placed at th; hea l, in a silver dated ves 1, together with a bru-h. When the proccs-ioa is formed, the nearest relatives are the imni'liate followers of tin coffin. The m- n in variably walk, if they are able to do so; ladies follow in cariiiges. A priest, ae' companicd by choir boys, vested in cassock and surplice, "fetches" the body. In the country they go on foot aid chant, but in Paris they always heael the cortege with a carriage. The general body ef followers u-uai!y num ber several hundred. The men go ban-headed v. n in the burning sun and fa ling rain. As the bier passes the busiest and most e If r -vescent man acknowledges the solem nity of death by raising his hat. The ceremony in the church is plain or pompous, according to the position that the elead person occupiol in the world. In Paris there arc live "classes." of funerals. A first-class funeral is a very elaborate and expensive a flair. The church in which the service is held is profusely drapeid with black and silver. The catafalque is quit; monumental and is all ablaze with candles, and green flames arise from tall Iampadaires placed at the four corners of the catafalque. All the chanting power of the church is brought to bear upon the service, and professional singers ar; abo engaged for the occasion. The second and third-class funerals are also very ornate, but in the lie'.xt decent the difference is strongly marked. Finally we cemo down to the collin made of pine and the severely plain canonic il service for th ; dead. At the close of the service the chief mourners stand near the door of the church to rjceive the conventional shake of the hand from thosi who have been invited, to the funeral. --- IJotor Herald. Hunting Wild Ducks on the Chesa peake. When driven out of the (Ireat South Bay by the gunners, many of the wild fowl emigrate to the Chesnpeake bay, where the' are met with by sportsmen from Phitaelelphia and the neighboring cities. Although the gunners are just as eager there to get a few good shots at the birds the law is stricter than in New York state and the birds arc less merci lessly killed off by sportsmen, bey men and amateur gunners. Xoith of Tur key Point and Spesutia Island shooting is allowed only on Mondays, "Wednes days and Fridays of each week from the 1st of November to the 1st of January. All the gunning must be done between ." o'clock in the morning and sunset. Night shooting with any kind of gua is prohibited and no one is allowe I to shoot from a vessel, canoe, sneak-boat, or sink-box by day or night within half a mile of tin shore. These laws are strictly enforced and heavy lines are paid by those who break them. It gives Maryland a better chance than many other states, and all visitors to the ducking grounds havj to employ the resident owners of the boats, who make a good living in this way during the cold months of tin year. Many wealthy people from the cities run down to the feeding-grounds with their yachts on shooting days; but even then they usually employ one of the bay men to go nlong with them as guide and gen eral director of the expedition. Early in the morning the yachts and cat-boats can be seen cruising and mano-u verinf around the shore, waiting for the clock hands to point to the five-o'clock hour, when they sweep over the line in a dead race for the shooting grounds, each boat bonne to be the first on the spot. The game constable is on hand e ach morn ing, ami he takes particular rare to see that no boats cross the line until the appointed time. He gives the word to go at th. propter time, and the yacht race then begins. Harper's Weekly. A Hlessed Year. Miss Ethel And so you are really en gaged to Mr. Sampson, Clara Miss Clara (blushing)--Yc-3, it all happened last evening, Ethel. Miss Ethel---"What a blessing leap year is, dear I X I K.N 1 1 Kit' M K U'N. Lake Sup.- r". r ir.ei : - bh ; in the 1 w t 1 .! p .rt-i f-.-r the pa-: -. w ere ;t, : 7, .', J ; . r. in ;:o s" if it.: hiMU ii in 'I hi i: pr, die t. "n ,s be n o - in i- - r c .-:.!. Thl- y i- .i r '. h i:h ... i are t s. :-. ie.g on an c-u'p-.: if ': m ... " 1 t i; it i,i( e (..I t ''..s. I': b vh'v th - h I-',.:' pi.! : r. i -iral w au 1. t w r i : h w . 1 1 I ) '.i-ido lY.ik, in .1 h:-.k :. : it ., '1 x ie It is a b- , .'i'..: :!.:.(- 1 , ::-e) ft.,i j.u, ti e .-f ii..- -.;:!. lag count rv, an 1 t: th t ;. d :'. i a i-h.ir div, one can --, e i .ii t i c- ,.: I'I-1 n.ih-s u o lb; i t :. : ! ' ih .' r i w r. Dr. G.uii.ae- h :s in v ::! -! a" tier w hich he i' U t h !'..!!. g-.m," :. i.d which is lesira..,i f, , 1;i r ; .; - I; is brass, we-i-hs s.- ,. ) ty- i-ht p.e.ii-, 1' mounted on a tii, ..d w ith a : iv -t-.il joint, wui ks v. i much Ii'; th G t!i;i gun, roil wi l d-'ii. i 1 o . t )., ! a mi:, u! e in ;.e v 1 i '--i ! : -. i b . -. -, up e r d ow At a 1 it- m ci lg in I. -n 1 ?, I -. b P. Thw big st ite i that Am-; i. tns- at. more; susccptibV to th- i-: tines of Cuhol than lliglishm-', and :h;tth. are more affected by toluc o thin tie- Hollanders. Turks or ( hi This h supposes to be du; to a i i.; r as 1 -. n s it i y.'iu-ss i ,f t he r,. i . u s s -s m, i .. d : ed by the high -prerssii'-e li fe of t hi 'm: i y Tin foree ppuiar!v bhi -v .1 t- bi exerted by nit ro -g ; e-i hi r- and dv s.i mite, when explode I, is s one-'A h .' mi estimated. Thus, ep -rin-.ents -b w that the power develop.. I b th- pio-don of a ton of dya unit : is i .pi hi to - , ' 7 " foot -tons; one t.-n of rntio glycerinc, similarly exploded. w i'i exert a power of bf -l'i! foot-tons, an 1 one ton of blasting g.-I.ith;.', sj!ini:vr:v explodeel, show; a for--: of 71 Oil ton" Indications now p i it to the existence of a submarine volcanic ciater between the Canary Islands and the oa-t .f Portugal. From a cable-laying steamer in o't degr-es, "i minutes north, degreres, . 1 minutes we t, lie water was found to measure b'.uo fathoms un der the bow and s .') under the stern, showing the ship to be ov;r the edge of a deep depression in the a--:in bittom. The well-known great inequalities in the be 1 of th" S 'a of Lisbon are thought to be due to a submarine ehain of moun tains. It is rep uted that in l'etu and oth'i parts of S.nith A m -i ie i the j ,.i -f ye ar'- fruit has bee-n avoi led by birds, while it has cau-e l tin death of sh'-ep and cattle when fe 1 to tlnm in larg" iju iii tities. Tin-e ob ;eivat i- is h ive been cited as tending to show that the in stinct of birds, with lespeet to t h wholesomciR-ss of fruit s, is f r-q i -n t ' y ;i wDithy gui le for bum in being- to fol low. The pos-ibi ity i; suggested that the variation in tin fiuit of .lilb-rci.t years m iv have something to do with outbreaks of ehoiera. A mei'.icil man meitiom that, iike his father and pite.-rnal grandfather, he has always had the power of voluntarily ejecting food or fluid from the a?omach at any time. When troubled with acid ity etr nausea, the stoma'-h is emjtied at will without the slightest dit'ieulty, and may be washed out with several glasses of water. At college this faculty was used for gain, h:r o- doses of narcotic poison.9 being swiblowed for wagers, and afterward immediately expe'.lcl. An in vest igatmn is suggested to determine the cause-of this gift, or what voluntary muscles account :'er it. How Hilly Palterson Was Mrwk. About forty years ago, at one of the medical colleges of this country, the students had a trick of haing r v. ry new man who entered the institution. They would secure him hand and foot, carry hirn before a mock tribunal and there try him for some high crime with which they charged hirn. lie would be convicted, of course, and -enter.ee. 1 to be b d to the block and d'-capitated. A student - named "William Patterson came along in' time, an 1 wa.s put through the court and sentenced in the u-uii solemn and impressive manner. He w a. blindfolded and bd to the block, an 1 his neck phie-ed in po-ition. The execu tioner swung the ax and buried it m the block, allowing if, to be sun-, to go cowheie near Patterson's head. The students Laughed when the trick w.i. at an end, but Patters-on was dead. He had died fiow what we medical men call shock. All the stu b-r.ts were put under arrc-t, and the pie:-tion arose, 'Who struck Patterson?'' n the trial it was shown that Dobody f-truck him, buel the medical stuk-ats retained the expression, and it has come dv-vn through them to the present day. ( Ieerly Caught. Dobson---Helio, Jobson, old mar.. how are you? Oh, by the way, can you change a twenty -dollar bill for me? Jobson (please 1 to be thought a cap italist (---Certainly, my boy, certainly. Dolson---Oood, I'm glad to hear it. Then you'll certainly be able to pay me that five dollars you borrowed last year. And Jobscn had to pay. --'Somerville JournaL I..t Ni.-lif. t .; 1 f 1 ! -A: '.:! ! i :- A:i-1 . i.. t i 1 m . . . , s i , , u ... r e I i !.- (.-.! :: . .- ' . . n't.. 1 ! ! a . f . ..- ' . - ra . - o :!. r M a In1- ,: i.-..- .:' i. i . i ' t.l II llil M i 1 H - ! ,. 1. ! el It- : ' -A " , i .. t I . . s. .. I ' ; I e I e 1 1 !- Mt ! ; . i Al'-I I '-J I OiV. ie I 1 a ' e I !" a 1 i I : ! t .1- I 1 , i-l ti i, !:' in !i . oe :.,,-!.' i ! ! ' - ' ; ' 1 1: .la . I e r . i v . i . -., i I . ! - ! i !:., A it-1 t ! l ir.- . i -. , '. ' i . ' i ; . : i -1 ; 1 1 1 1 1 tl.. i. . A - I ' !.e ft ... t ai 1 1 ! 1 . 1 e -v in . t li.lV And !.io - tle' t... i I, if !. . i i . r .,.! b..;t. I !!. .1 s; . . ... I.,, Ii III", An.l ,.i.i:, ,; .,:r, . , , . ... I t! .. t --if t- -I I! - a- W h'-l e e t i I n ! ! m i'U .. - I.I-! 1. 1.-1 ' - ! ..- t W'i'io .' Mat 1 i e 111 MUKOl s. A goo j i.': k I! a :; ;- - i'a . Sic; stoops to i. ii.j-i r I h v; i-!r-r-w . mari. The d-SS,-s e,f Mi;;, ! y.ea.g 1 eli- - wi a i out s i ...I ( t a I .. u' the -a o -; . Womb r if a 1 ah., ,; -.00! ! b e if o t i ve if i ! w 1 1 e 1, 1 1 le i ! .': ; A IhlloO- I'I ll.i el h IS leaf! ed (O buk, su as to "-.iv tie- eyp n , f k'-t p ing a 'in.'. T.,a-t An lee.. tic t xvork ( I" i 1 I, w le n a:i led fat to' 1 a-bb-d( "And about llo o in .'' It i w lo n a in 1 n s: r , do v, n - u 1 b-n 1 v, I, l t 1 '. ill. 1 Si i , s I J,.. t I i 1 , ; s wh.it a hi: 1 , hud w r 1 fl.it 1 . T ,!,! ., !, ,, a Uieei t lo- - 1 ' 0: s . ;i ii - a iei h'-is a 1 . 1 n. j hi - h 1 f in I 1 ! r v ar-, w !ea of t h- 1...VS : l it' t h- i!;:- r ail !i -h beii i --, t :,. . :. .1 1'. c .no - p-;v . tfib hio.-lr. ' I t r i ! -ur la'e hn-b i'.-I h :d s-.i:. -thing laid up h.r a l.ony di '.,'' 'i-l a fii-i -i. "In-b . 1 h- bad," 1 j le d tl,., widow, with a fre-h bar-t '. ! it", ' i,e ha I seven no,! 1 ' 1 a s. .lohn was the ! h r i ! t ;e. t man ' t I 'e-.'' A Oncer hut Idlb ienl Hub-, I ( hi ago ar h lie. ! s J.a v- a o s i r v. a y .f ei-t iinatirig the 'oit of tlo- t'ei nn-1 t w-1 e t or v building" now b ' ; n g ' ret' . i til- r". They 1 i '., e 1 1,-; 'li"i'i-ij'i( and thai the exact i alia: cntent s. 'lien they say the buiidiTg, if pbikly I'm: - le d, sh'.ulleo-! e!"i'e:,ts a ( ibh- fo-,, an I not more th m '' o-',U if -la! .ra-'y li-d-slned. ' his i- a kiici of ''Kbe of Thumb's'' p'an whi'hthe boa laielot u-e to det ru.iiie tic; f i r r y i ' j e ' eapc.ty of their v"se. 'i ;.. f-.'e of t!:'.:.,b a said to b-; very e xr.'-f . and so i- t!.. rah; e,f tlie are h;'. ' not' ,) abov . Th-- i-'-of t he I u'e b v t he a: ' hi'' ' i U a' m- ' u'dver-.al 'ho, jgh-e.'. th- J; (., ab'es them to eorr.e "on. . here ?." ar th.; cyst of ? he b id 1 mg-i , that th-y t o llnd iut wh'-),r it is -.oith J.t ! to draw plans and n.ak.e --p i it-'-.j i-.-r, -. Co:.tra tot.- a:o u-.e the r th i. th'--,- cm gr. e a roVh ; "e -s nr.d d- i to wheth'r they v, i,i b alhe to -.'ry - it a large '';:.' ran. . .. ' i', , ;f ,!o 1 1 ;,r' . A Mirend f arin Ilaii'l. The N'-v Vofk Trii-une teds of i laborer who agreed to dig a farmar's j.otatoe.-s for j'.: p t-ito a h.li. 'J he ton trac t 'lid not roni-ne the labori r to a selection from ev h hill, so h- took the large. t wh'-r'.-vr fo. .:.). 'J ie '- average.-d about half a pound in weigh', and a-, th. re were 5oOU hills to the :j ft his -hire was ja-t one ton, r !-' u-.h-cl-. At .-it v cents a bu-h-.l th' y ame i-.t' d to -f-'1. He dug at the r .to ') o:.e;-f ourth of an a' re per day. : . h -lag his dady w.ig It took onc- four'h of the croji to pay hirn. A Warni ni". It is S -a 1 of a tru-'.e-; of h w hen onee vi-itin g ti.'; College, he left hi- boots in the hill at night, a, though at a hotel. ,m .' of the girl-, for tho j-,kfc of it, set to w r. and Lia' :: 1 th.:m, -nd then stud: a pre tty bompj-1 in each. This is le ip year. Keeep ytur b.ets in, 1 ger.tlemcri, arid don't be ! tr i . 1 by "din" boutom ieres in the toes of vo or ' siipp'rrs. M m have rights that t v.. a a i leap year girl ii bound to respect. -10- ttr-Oceaa.
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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March 15, 1888, edition 1
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