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7 ! m E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPTION: Si 50 TIT. YEAR. VOLUME IV SCOTLAND NECK. X. C, THURSDAY, Al'lUh 2. iSSs. n i .im:i: riiTT 171 i P f 1 X The Kettle on the Crane. ITow many pleasant pictures does tho recol lection bring if Lome and bygone pleasures that around tho fireside cling! What tender reminiscences eorno thronging on the brain, When in dreams I hear the sinking of tho kettle on the crane Hear it singing, sinking, singing. Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur Soft and low. There's the broad, wide open chimney, with its roaring, crackling lire, Built i. j with logs of gen'rous iz3 to make the flan. e leap higher; And near, the waiting table stands, spread l.n'.iiitit'ul and plain, "WLil : cheerily the kettle sings anil sings UJiol! 1 he er.,li, jr .... ,t singing, singing, singing, J.m I nml merry, f..st and slow; lh.-.r it murmur, murmur, murmur, S .It and low. f Irandmother in the corner sits and softly to and fro .'!;e reeks, and dreams of friends and scenes in d ivs f lung ago; 1 ler face grows sweet and tender as the past comes i ack again. While listening to the singing of the kettle i n the crane. Hear it singing, singing, singing, Loud an l merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. 1 see th- children caper, as with gleeful l;iu;li and call They watch the dancing pictures of tho shadows mi tiie wall. An 1 hear the baby c oing to the mother's low refrain That follows the .'.-ft music of tho kettle 011 the era in'1. Hear it sinking, singing, singing, IiOi 1 ;:n l merry, fat and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. And. er th evening hour is done, with lingering step and slow, A youth a: d smiling maiden come, and in the embers" glow 'ih ;, r si tjie future story, and they see a wedding train, And bells clii n? with th? singing of tho kettle u the crane. Hear it singing, singing, singing, I.' a 1 and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. Thes. precious old time memories, they hold me like a seed The chick upon the mantel, where I learned the time to tell; The simi le, h mely furniture, the keepsakes few ; 11 1 plain, .And the murmuring of tlu kettle as it hung up. the crane. Hear it singing, singing, singing, h u 1 and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Solt and low. Oh! there's bliss supreme in Iwm?, when its joys are pure and swee And life's most sacred memories around the heartli-toa meet, And the tendcre.-t thoughts and snidest ones come borne upon the strain OJ the .singing of the kettle as i; hung upon the crane. Hear it singing, singing, singing, fyiud anu merry, fast and slow; He ir it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. Barbara Deane. RICHARD OGDEN'S DUTY Mr. "Wagner was superintendent of tie.; great Bessemer ISteel Works in P ni:syl v.uii.i. O.ic morning, about ten years ago, a young man came into his oilicv whom he recognized as Kichard Ogdcn, assistant book-keeper in a Phila delphia importing firm; Mr. "Wagner shook hands with him heartily. lie had known Ogdcn since he was a. hoy, and liked hi:n thoroughly. He was a keen-oved, doggedly honest fel low, and, unlike most young men, al ways haul at work. He had married lately, too. Mr. "Wagner had been at his little house and seen the wife ,d baby. ''Jlillo, Ogder.! How came you hero? Ia the busy season, too?" "It is not busy for me, sir," said Og d:n, gravely; 4 I am discharged. The firm, like all other Philadelphia firms, found it necessary to lessen expenses, ard discharged one-fourth cf their men. I was the youngest book-keeper, and had to go of course." "That is bad bad." (It was in the days when the hard time? were hardest.) "What arc 3ou going to do, llichard?" "I can find nothing to do in Phila delphia. There are twenty thousand men there looking for work. I came to ask you for it." "Me? My dear boy, our book-keepers have been with us for years!" Richard laughed. "I did not come to oust them from their desks, Mr. Wagner. I do not hope to get any work for my head. I must put my hands to it now. Is there no place in the mid for mci'' "Among the hands? You do not mean that, Ogden?' "Yes, I do," coloring slightly. "A man is a man, no matter how he earns his bread. 1 cannot afford to bo idle a week. With th? wages which you pay your pu Idlers or firemen, I can support llary and the boy in this village, where living is so cheap, at least uutil times mend." "Very well, my lad," said Ma Wag ner, after a moment's hesitation, "ycu are right. I'll find a place for you to morrow. IJy the way, you used to have a -ood deal of knowledge of chemistry. 'Yes, I thought of teaching it after I left college. " "Very good; I'll put you near Mr. Ferii . He can probably give you a few hints which may be useful; a son of Judge Ferri-, you know. Elucated as a mining engineer; but he has gone into the works, like any poor lad, to work his way to a practical knowledge of the business. He has charge of tho conveitcr," lie added, with a tone of respect, to which Ogden, never having heard of the converter, listened with in di 'Terence. The next morning Ogdcn, in a work man's clothe, -resented himself at the office, and Mr. Wagner himself took him into the mill and gave him his work, introducing him to Mr. Ferris in the tone which he would use in speaking of an equal. The familiarity was kindly me ait, but injudicious. "Who's that young cub old Wagner's making much of?'' said Jake Crawford to the man r.t the coal heap beside him. "Dunno; one of his pets, I reckon." Jake was one of the most drunken and vicious men in the works, lie scanned Ogden's gentlemanly bearing and white hands with a scowl of con tempt, which changed to a positive glare when Mr. Wagner shook hands with him saying, 4 'Good-by, my iad, and good luck !" From that time Jake set down the young fellow as hi- enemy, 'whom he "was bitind to overturn. Ogden pres ently noticed that thi; man shove l him unnecessarily when he passed him in the throng, and swore at him under his breath, but, supposing him to be a drunken fellow, thought no more about it. His iiidillerence but enraged Craw ford the more. Poor Richard, whom he met on Sunday's dressed like a gen tleman, going with hi- wife to church, became in his eyes the embodiment of the "bloated aristocrats" whom he hated so heartily. 'Til fix his lordship for life!" he said every day, and watched his chance to do it. Ferris, on the contrary, as Mr. Wagner had foreseen, was attracted to the young man, and gave him work near to him, frequently explaining the processes to him. Ogden's previous knowledge of chemistry made him an intelligent hearer. The - converter," of which Mr. Ferris had charge, is an enormous pot in which, the molten metal and carbon is subjected to the force ol a terrific blast by which the carbon is dissipated. At tho in stant when the right amount is left, tho huge vessel is overturned into a pit, where it flows into tubes prepared for it. Ferris's duty was to watch the lurid 11 lines of the metal, and when, by the change in their tint, lie saw the moment had come, to press on u lever which, by hydraulic machinery, overturned the vast converter. Every time this was done, steel to tho amount of tlx thousand dollars was made1. If he missed the time, was a second too early or too late, the firm were loosers to that amount. The men were not allowed to speak to him as the t approached. Ogden always stood near, deafened by the thunderous roar of the blast, but watch ing Ferris's pale, intent face. After a few weeks Ogden learned to distinguish the subtle change in the flame which marked the critical mo ment. He told Ferris so one day, jokingly aiding, "I can take your place now, on an emergency." "I hope I may not have to call on you," said Ferris, laughing. Jake Crawford was behind the two men. His cunning eyes sparkled. He followed Ogden home in tho dark, loit ering about until he saw Richarel's wife run elown the path to meet him. "How is Ben?" sail Ogden eagerly. "Better. I think it is not croup, only an ordinal y cohl. "Ben's the baby! Aha!" muttered Jake. "I've got it, I'll settle his lord ship, now," thumping his fist on his leg and chuckling drunkenly. Ogden's watch began at 3 o'clock ths next morning. Little Ben was cough ing and choking all night ;his father sat beside hi- crib until it was time to go, and then set off with a heavy heart. "What is the matter?" said Ferris, passing him. "The boy is threatened with croup. I think I could not live, Ferris, if I should lose that child," said Ogden. Crawford overheard, nodeled, and laughed. At nine o'clock that morning there was a blow to be made, About eight Ferris stepped aside to eat his break fast, which was placed in a tin pail on a barrel. He had some cold coffee, wdiich ho set in a tin cup to warm be side a furnace. "Look to that, Crawford, will you?" he said, and Jake assiduously bent over the cup. Out of his dirty pocket he took a white paper containing, not poison, but a nauseating medicine, slow and sure in action. This he hastily shook into tho eoRce. Ferris made a wry face, but gulped it down. He was hungry and cold. A little before nine Mr, Berringer, the principal owner of the works, came ia and stood near Ferris. He never wearied of listening to tho roar of the blast, or of watching the great ma chinery ia motion, and the rush of white liquid metal from tie caldron. "Arc you ill, Fcriis?" he said, com ing up to the young jnan, as he sat with his hand upon the lever and his eye upon the fiiry fluid. "Your lips ar blue." "Yes," said Ferris curtly. But I'll sec this through." Mr. Berringer watched him closely. 44 You can't doit! Your are near faint ing now. How long wilt it be until it i3 ready?" "About ten minutes," gasped Ferris, with a shudder of pain. "Is there noboely who can take your place?" " I I don't know," he saiel dnlly. Then he droppcel tho lever, anel stag gered forward. 4'I I cannot see!" he cried. " Great heaven! What h to be done?" cried Mr. Berringer. A quiet voice was heard from among the startled men, 44 1 think I can take Mr. Ferris's place, if you will trust me." "Ogden? Yes; try Ogdcn," said Ferris, as ho sank down. Some of tho men carrieel him out. llichard Ogdcn stepped up o his platform an.l put his hand on tho lever wdiich tho mill owner held. -Til try you, young man. It's all I can do. Remember if you fail by an instant, it is a loss of several thousand dollars to us." "I know, sir, I'll do my duty as well as I can," sai l Ogden calmly ; but he breathed a hurried prayer to God for help. The frightful roar of the blast drowned all sounds, the curious work men gathered around, watching Rich ard's eyes fixed on the flickering ilarne. It seemed to him as if the beating of the blood in his veins kept time with tho fire. Suddenly, distinct and sharp, he hearel, outside of tho window near which he stoo I, his boy's name. "Beany Ogden. he's dying of croup, wherc's his father?" "Great God!" He started wildly forward; then grasped the lever again with strained eye3 and clutched teeth. His duty. He had promised he woulel elo las duty. The next instant, the flame as if in pity for man changed its hue, and the lever sank. Out from tli3 converter rolled tho fiery flood. Rich ard sprang el own from the platform, white and trembling. "Is it Benny- you're goin' to?" said Dan McCarthy. "I'm just afthcr secin' tho bye go past tho mill wid his mother, an' its well and hearty he is. It wur Jake Crawford as playeel that durty tlirick on yees, zur," turning to Mr. Berringer; 4 'an' it wur him a3 eloped the coffee for Misthor Ferris." Mr. Berringer was a man of few words. "Soul for a policeman for Crawford. Young man, tho firm owes you something, anel we will pay it as best Ave can." They elid pay it. This was four yean ago. Mr. Ferris has been promoted in the works and Richard Ogden holds his place at a high salary. In one of the prettiest cottages in tho village you may find Mary and Ben, who is the big brother of two youngsters as fat anel chubby a3 himself. Youth's Com panion. Saved by Swift It tinning. At Iukermann, one of tho most stub bornly fought battles of the Crimean war, a young officer, who had learned at Eton not much from bocks but a good deal from its sports, was surrounelcd and made prisoner. While going to the rear in charge of two stalwart Russians, he looked at their long coat3 and said to himself: "They can't run." Watching his opportunity, he knocked one soldier head over heels, threw the other, by a wrestler's trick, into tho mud, and took to his heels. Before his guardians were on their legs and could fire, he had got over a good piece of ground. A Russian lancer made at him; he ran as if leading an Eton foot-race, and cleared a good-sized fence. The lancer cleared it after him, anel with lance fixed pressed the fugitive hard. A swollen brook, running fiercely, baired his way. It was seventeen feet wide, but the old Etonian had won the "long jump ' when at school, having cleared nineteen feet over Chalvey ditch. Ho now jumped the brook; the lancer refused to follow, and the young officer ran back into the English lines. How Gladstone Eats. It is reported that Mr. Gladstone ascribes his splendid health and lon gevity, to having early learned one sim ple physiological lesson, viz, to make twenty-five bites at every bit of meat. Although the twenty-fiva bites might not make any impression on the meat, in some cases the interesting process of countiug in evcrv mouthful must be a species of rumination very diverting to the mind, and congenial to the statisti cal bent of the great treasury minister. For the purpose of mastication, how ever, shaving the meat off thin across the fibre with a sharp knife would be more effective anel more favorable to sociability at meals. Most people cut it ia chunks, and so swallow it, after a treatment that is merely lubricative, like that of a serpent. MADSTOXES. One Which Earned a Fortune for its Owner. Curing tho Most Virulent Type of Hydrophobia. One of the most celebrated madstones in this part of the w rl 1, says the Des Moines (la.) Leader, is that belonging to Turner Evan?, of Paris, Linn county, this state. This valuable little stone was formerly owned by a gentleman in Virginia, where it is said to have effected wonderful curc-3 during tho past 130 years. It I...- been in the hands of the present own3r for over thirty years. During this time it has been tested several times and has always given entire satisfaction, never fahin-' to effect a cure. Tho word "cure" is perhaps not the word to use in this connection, for if I am rightfully in formeel it is always made a point to use the stone a? a preventive of hydropho bia before the actual appearance of the rabies. During the past thirty years this stone has been tried on not less than 750 persons, and a3 Mr. Evans charges $10 for a trial and $50 if it sticks fast to tho wound, which it is said to do if there is hydrophobic noi- sou in tho system, his income from this source must be considerable. In 1830 a gentleman with whom the writer was very well acquainted, was bitten by a dog thought to l.e suffering with hy drophobia. I refer U I). C. McGillen, who formerly worked in a harness shop in this city. Inquiries were made im mediately as to whore the possessor of a madstonc could be found. As soon as this Linn County man was located McGillen started on las race with death having no doubt that awful disease (hydrophobia) was at that moment sow ing its seeds of death in his system. He r.rrived at Cedar Rjpids the same night, was hurried into a carriage and taken to tho '-madstonc man" as soon as possible. After his return he gave the writer most of the facts which have been embodied in this article. He saiel that as soon as he arrived Mr. Evans scratched his arm with a iin (ho had been bitten in the hand) and applied the- stone. Before this, as a sort of prologue, Mr. Evans had informed his patient that if the hydrophobic germ was in his system the stone wou'd hold fast to the spot Avhich he had sacrificed; but if he had not been inoculated with the fatal poison, it would not stick. In t'lis case my in formant said "it stuck like a leech," and that when removed it was full of a greenish fluid thit looked "like scum on a pond in August." This the operator said, was the poison virus which had been taken from the system. When the stone had been soaked for a few minutes in a bath com posed of about one part milk anel three of water it wa3 again applied. This operation was repeated for about seven hours, after which the stone would not adhere, and the operator pronounced the pationt out of danger. McGillen described tho stone as a whiteish, spongy looking litth thine, not larger than a filbert, cone-shaped and full of fino pores. A Mr. Bunco of MechanJcs vil'.c, this stat?, had the stone applied something like seven hundred times be fore all the poison was drawn from tho system, the time consumed for these operations being something like twenty three hour-. J. M. Estcs of O.-ceoIa, it is said, is the fortunate possessor of one of these wonderful stones. Another is in the possession of John Nelson of Savannah, Mo. In May, 1883, Frederick Rerny, of Red Oak, wa3 bitten by a mad dog, as were also six others of the same city, all of whom went to try the virtues of the Missouri stone. I believe Horny was the only one that died of hydrophobia. He was bitten May 18, and showed no symptoms of the dread disease for thirty-four days, or until June 21. Ho died after three days of terrible suffer ing. I am unable to tell you whero the madstone is found or how procured, that is, to any degree of certainty, but believe it is found in the bladder of deer and other animals of that kin 1, perhaps ia the gall-bag instead of tho bladder. At any rate, I think it is found some place under the skin of that class of animals wh n found at all. It is rarely found, ho vever. Thomas Padden, one of the best-informe I men ia the south, says that it is frequently found in the south, but that most of the so-called madstones are of a very low grade, and are used on the bites cf snakes and stings of poisonous insects. He also leaves the reader in blissful ignorance of where the stone is fonnel. A Substitute for the Switch. One day Ernest had been seriously lectured by his mother, and finally sent to the yard to find a switch with which he was to be punished. He returned soon and said: "I couldn't find any switch, mamma, but here's a stone you can throw at me." Harper's Magazine. Bitter strife prevails b.tween Mil waukee brewers and their men. In other words, they are at lagerhoads. The Career of -'Eo Tweed." William M. Tweed was born in New York City ia 183. and die i ia Lidlow Street Jail April t, lTs. After re ceiving a common school education Lo learned the trade of chair making. Ia 1852 ho was made an alderuiia of New York, and wa3 soon after elected to congress, where he served from 13: to 18". In ls.VJ he became a suptrisor of New York and chairman of th he ard. He was a school commission or in 1sjG-7 and adepu'y strict commis sioner from 1811 to 170. From lv07 to 1S71 he was a state senator. Iu ls70 ho was appointed commissioner of the department of public works iu New York City. It was while ho was in thi3 office that a corrupt "nag," of which he was chief, was formed and vast sums of public money were appro priated to private inc. The building and furnishing of-tho new court house in New York were taken advantage of for these peculations, an 1 the money represented to bo spent on this we rk amounted to many millions of dol lars more than was actually de voted to this purpose. These corrupt practices were exposed, and in October, 1871, Tweed was arresteil in a civil suit on charges brought by Charles O'Conor in behalf of the city. Bail was fixed at $1, 000,000, and was promptly furnished. Soon afterward, Tweed was again elect ed to the state senate, but did not take his seat. Ia December, 1872, he was arrested in a criminal action on charges of fraud, but was released on $o000 bail. In January, 1S73, he was brought to trial, which resulted in a disagree ment of the jury. In the following No vember ho was found guilty of fraud, and was sentenced to twelve years' im prisonment in the penitentiary on Black well's Island; also to pay a fine of $12, 5o0. In April, 1875, suit was com mencetl in behalf of tho people for tho recovery of $0,000,000, and judgment was entered for this amount, with in terest. Tho view was sustained by tho supreme court that the cumula tive sentence of twelve year' im prisonment on twelve counts of the in dictment was contrary to law, in June, 187o, who said tho sentence was not lawful beyond one year. Tweed's rcleaso was therefore ordered. He was, however, held ia bail to the amount of $3,000,000, and in default of this he was committed to Ludlow street jiil. Oa December 4th ho escaped from the custody of two keeper- with whom ho had been permitted to ride in the Park nd visit his rcsider.ee. He remained concealed for several months, and then succeeded in reaching Cuba, whence he went to Spain. Here ho wr.s arrested by the Spanish government, and de livered to officers of tho United States. Lite ia the autumn of 1S7G hi was brought back to New York, and again confined in Ludlow street jail, where h; died on the date above mentioned. New York Dispatch. Natural WooJs in Vogue. The great demand for hard wood trim mings in the interior finishing of dwell ings has developed the art of staining wood until any variety is now imitated so perfectly that only an expert can distinguish it from the genuine article, years ago tho finest interiors were paint ed plain white. Very heavy enamelled paints were used and great care was taken to proJuco a pure, dazzling white. Then graining came in vogue. The fashion then changed to painting the woodwork anl walls in delicate tints, and now an interior is not correct unless it is finished in natural or stained woods. New houses follow the styles very easily, but it is a more difficult matter to keep an old house up to tho times. To change the painted woolwork of a parlor to mahogany or cherry- requires much ingenuity and skill. The paint is first burned off by means of a gas jet worked with a blow pipe. Then tho wood is scraped and rubbed until a smooth clean surface showing the natu ral grain is produced. Next the stain is put on and rubbed in, the wood is polished, and the room finally has the appearance of being done in solid mahogany. Old English cak, which is the most pop alar wood now, is very difficult to imitate. The grain of oak is so different from that of other woods that tho same effect is hard to obtain. American oak, however, is readiiy stained to look like the foreign wool, and nine-tenths of tho "old English" variety is produced in that way. Wal nut and cherry produced by staiciag are much handsomer than tho natural woods. ail &nt Expres3. A Singular Affliction. John Burges3 of Erie, Penn., is suf fering from a singular affliction. He i3 a railroad engineer, aud a short time ago, after stepping off his engine, he slipped on a piece of ice and fell, strik ing the ground quite violently with the back of his head. He was helped home, and now that he has begun to recover from the first painful effects of his fall and can raise himself up, he is very much alarmed to find that when erect he is totally blind. In a lying posture he enjoys his sight as previous to his fall, but as soon as he assumes an upright position ho cau see nothing whaterer. stirMiFu stuvrs. An Kn-lUh i " t XI. !C1 b tht a r c .; ; c eir.i crs may Le 1-. eating. B.ith, gy:n:;.it:c c'kal in.' p:v c pLysieia-: far he art u:i i 1 1 - - e . taou'-ti. It is m fl ate d d, let. Tie: t i V-' 1 : i r U a:. 1 A n e w in v : n ?i graph," h .s r .-r. P..ti. It is .u:h it can reTe i:iee b of document ia th 1 t -.A-.il- t.-d i:i 1 Mi. it 1 t!.! a : v k i u i te L an 1 vv r 1 1 i n.' of tl sender. A now method f wel lir. t m f d; hi le?n invented by Nicolas wn B rn ard -of St. Petrsourg, lius-si.i. It is dori" by direct application of tho eleettie arc betweea a pencil rarb m fur o : -te r minal and the tae t il to be wi led forth; other. The possibility of iafi (ion from di case germs escaping fr-un ho- ital win dows is attracting sonn at t "ntin, and a special inquiry is rec urnm nded. Hos pital ventilation mi -lit b s arranged that tho foul air would b drawn through a furnace before mingling with the outer atmosphere. Prof. Tti'.nas, a European physiolo gist, lias shown thit voaiitiag is tie) re sult of irntatiju of a spaeo i.i tho medulla oblongata about one-fifth of an inch long and one-tw( Iit'a wide, anl hc lieves that the brains of ruminant3, rodents, and other non-vomiting ani mals lack this "vomiting center." Experiments nro being main on Prussian railways with axle boxes fitted with bearing- of vegetable parc hment in place of bras. The chum is made that these compressed paper bearings make a tough material that is superior t metal. Such bearings are also in use in a Ger man saw mill, with satisfactory results. A powerful disinfectant, a liptrd to all purposes, has been obtai: c 1 in Paris j from coal-oil. It is a syrupy brown liquid, of a not disagreeable odor, re sulting from a peculiar saponification of tho oil by caustic soda. It destroys moss ind fundus on trees, and spoiigi:.g with j a weak solution keeps flies from horses, j While considering it doubtful whether ants and bee can hear, Sir j John Lubbock believes it to be quite possible that they may hear .sounds so shrill as to make no i in pression on tho human ear. A like fact may b? fruo of their perception of color. To insects tho world may be full of music wo can not hear, colors we cannot see, and sen sations we cannot fed. Torp.'do boats find it difficult to con ceal their approach to the object of their attacks owing to the large volume of smoke which comes from their funnels. At Nantes, Prance, an invention was: r..,-.r. f ..11 1 1.;,.!. I J 1 j j the smoke was so reduced in tempera ture as not to rise, but to spread over the surface of the water. It acts as a veil to conceal the boat from view. The annual loss caused by insects in the United Statc3 Is estimated nt about $150,000,000, that on cotton alono being $15,000,000. The insects increase with the advance of civilization, on account, doubtles-, of tho greater abundance of the food furnished them. livery vege table product and every variety of fruit and flowers arc attended by special parasites, each of which thrives on its respective food-plant. The process for the manufacture of celluloid is little known, yet very sim ple. Paper is sprayed with acids until thoroughly saturated, then compressed and washed with water and reduced to a pulp. It ii next bleached, mixed with camphor, colored, ground raid spread in thin layer- on slabs. Finally it is placed under hydraulic pressure and passed between heated rollers, coming out in elastic sheets. Kats Tap a .Honey TilL John B.ck, a druggist, of Pittsburg, has been the victim, from time to time during the pa3t seven years, of sys tematic and mysterious robberies. The thieves, however, havi now been dis covered. They were rats. At tho back end of the money drawer an opening of about two iccLcs from the top of the counter, and through which kv small-siz-.d rat could climb, wan found. Near it was a Led or nest made of a pile of gree nle.cks and other .'mad articles, occuj ied by eight small rat-, which were too young to make their escape. Several hundred dollars are supposed to have been lost n this way. House Poison. If tho condensed Lr:-ah colbcted on the cool window pane- of a room where a number of p-.-rioas have assembled Le burned, a smc-il as of singe 1 hair will show tho presence of organic matter; and if tho condensed breath be allowed to remaia on the windows for a few days, it will be found, on examination by a microscope, that it is alive with animalcules. The inhalation of air con taining such putrescent matter causes untold complaints which might bo avoided by a circulation of fresh air. Philadelphia Bulletin. ltr non-U Ni All N.d lln- ( jke. Iu l i I., I : t n : - 1 ... 'I ' kit, . . Jh-t lv 1 '.'; .'.'-A n'.t A -.'.- t . II r i,;isr .v e- j.- ..'''.. J e, I. ;..!. er ' : -I -. '.. . - k e- v t. . - : . ! : : 4 ' - ' N i . .. , ' l ". : ' ' . t 1 r w 1. i ! er e. . - '. ; 1 . Or ii i i i, i e. I, !.-'-. . ! ..' -:,ii.-r II vr d ft v !.- .Vl.d t Uted ;U. ". . 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If tlio pen is really n.ihti.r th. tithe sword, we wonder why it d)-a't ton. on some of the poets and ':' th- m t: death. ".Now, my .bar," K.id tie- te.iher, j "what is memory ', ' Tl; liitl j swered, alter a moment' n ib-eti-. is the thing you forget with." rl an- 'It " There i- another f ilii.r.ab'e in ht i -t nt ion that should he - ri t in," .- i 1 th lecturer on hy.,'i''ne, "and t'l i' h the 1 ustle." And eviry lady in the :.u'li ence gave V"nt to an and i ole tilt r. Mini ter: 1 So vou go to m boo' dc you, Bobby ( ' Minister: "J.et i;,bbv: "V. ir. 11 kit big B .at. " eom - '.'. (A - i i'i h 1 ; nnd me near v ten." Bobby "J i-' :.'ettin bov to spell k it ten. Try me ; ( lara -Ilnve you noti'd :i ve you not t i t ie pletc control that ero s 1 u Hattie' has ovi r le r' Wha'. a must have! Julia II : ha:,in !e Hattie' s awfi 1 v afrai i ' h b !e:t out of it. A correspondent wanti to 1. rcr-v -hr to go to take lessons on the r: ;rdion. Go down in a diving ' -1 a mile r two, though that will be pr tty rouh on tho innocent lb hen, but it won't Lot her your neighbors. Citizen to Coa! D . ib r - S ,y, I w int a ton of coal. Cwd I aS-r Ah riht. Shall wo send it up ri -hi r:v i en Oh, no. If it'.-) anything la-t, I'll jsiit call for it on my v. and carry it up in my ov- reoat p Citi kn tho homo ket. A Box on tin- Kar LuikN u Trout. Trout Creek i; '.uite t pnra ii for angler-. The li di are larg ', and i.'-corno quite plentiful when the w.t'.r, of Lnk9 Aia-lie. tire -: ; ! i.g i ' rj t ! y warm t '.mff them to seek a cooler rcfr'-r t in the i'ow iig stream. O.ao half of the- Morid which nre tol 1 of the c. it )' at thi p'.aee. would !i i volutn' -, b r.o.c of ,e h' lght these has yet. reached the- -ibli;: of what is claimed for a -:wi'l 1 ". near C jvsboro. The narrator's hero it him If. He "-ay- tij'at j'i '. w i:.t- r. b jag for on tired of salt beef an 1 v. r.ti., trout a change he cut a hol'j in t h v.". the lak Ho had e v; lentiy w for the fi-.h took l.h I ted a iit ' hard good day ra' idlv that was downright work to kee p m g tti'-.-.u f nt. e !, that before it -. r. ' cai'er were thy, b.l would jump for the bait even touched the they had Our f-portsmari was an invertjve genius and decided to profit by thi' phenome nal appetite. G.tti. g dovva on hit knee8, he dangled the bait about a foot above the liole ar.d a w-iit-.-d furth'-r de velopment3. A'.mo-.t imme- 1 i a t -i y a fin trout jumped for it, anl promptly re ceived a dexterou box on the cars which landed him fir out on the ice. So numerous and j-o hungry were the fidi that tho angler's hand was kept con-tantly busy slapping them as they jumped for the alluring bit of red pork which hovered over the opening in tho ice. Every slap yielded a fi-ii. This continued until sheer fatigue put an end to the novel pastime. A conservative edimate placed the quantity of fidi at somewhat over four barrels. American, Magazina. n
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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April 26, 1888, edition 1
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