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HE DEMOCRAT o E. E. HILLIAPwD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPTION: SI 50 PIR YEAR. VOLUME IV SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1SSS. Nl MRKR ! W. A. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAV, SCOTLAND -NECK, X. C. Ir; L i i-- wherever his m-iv ", arn l'quir .1. f.bLMy. VJ. H. KITCHIN Attorney and Counselor at law, SCO I LAND X HCK, X. C, -tv " Mli ( : 'o iii ! Main and Tenth Stitc 1-Vly. T. E. WHITAKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, Practices wherever his ei vices un required. Cnjit. W. H. Kill !. in v. ill appear w ith ir.e in all ae. '2-o-l v. DAVID BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, KXFILT.D. X. C. l'nx-t in s in all the Courts of Halifax .tn l :nlj 1 1 1 i 1 1 14. counties ami in tin Su preme ami F deral Courts. Claims col lected in nil part-of the State. tJ-S-lyr GAVIN L. HYIY1AN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, X. C. oiuis: Halifax and nd joining couu tics Collections made in all pats of the Mate :i-S ly. W. II. D.w. A. C. Zuli.k oih.u, It. :axsh" Weldon. TI t;.J. rs.in. Wei. Ion. Day, Zoilicoffer & Ransom, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, W EL DON. N. C :J-s Iv. S. S. ALSQP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD. X. C, 1'iai t i s in the Courts of Halifax and ad j' uning counties. All business will receive prompt atteu ti"n. :) 1-v. THOMAS N. HILL ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, X. ( . Practice- in Halifax and adjoining munties, and the Fideial and r-eipieme nut-. o-s ly. EDWARD T CLARK Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX. X. C . Practices ulii'ivvcr his services arc re quired. SM'i .-d attention to collection '1' claims. :;. i ,-, 1 v - DEALER IX Grain, Mill-Feed, Hay, Clover And Grass Seeds, IMPROVED FAEM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. Call and xruTiiiic Disc Ilairow and S.e.k-1, UVlK Grass Mower, a mode! of I'ei fecti-m. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. jano-1 v. I. J. XI iKUCJiJR, lilCHMoXD, va., Lumber Commission Mercbant. Civ' jet-onal and pronip'. attentioa to all consignments of Lumber. Shino-U-. Laths, Ft,-. janl-lv. Til OS. F, i)A(i! LY Coal, Molasses, Salt, Genniae German Kainit VM)-- Kovi Scotia Land Plaster. tjuot.at ions on Application. febll-lv. INVENTION i-oi at ionized the iurinsr the last Half Not IfMst aiuon-' Ma' u j. a s ,!r.-!, tj . ,. jroi"?s is a method ar, 1 r-v-ti in of wo:k tii.r. i:;in ! irnoi'med all ' r til-- country '.vliWoui .separating the workers 'nun ; rf homes. , Iluet'al: any oiif can rio '!i'-vn';;;:t-liiirj(x, joiing or ol'.t: no speeul it'i;. roijuii tai. Capirat not n-'eih.i; you ai'i) t'o;-a free. Cut llils (Mir iOHl return in'us and wi: win -enii you free. ).;iir of ro.it vu!uu liiip.ii'tinre to ynn. tl-t wtll sl ut, yi.u lu ta-iiicss. wjileii will t,-ri jch in more money, t'.iht away, than ainilin e.se in the wovi.J. 'y itjii ouitit free. Ad-iress '1'rue i Co., Auu .t, Ji.liir'. :j--2-lv. el fl 1 1 ! l ! are I tins whr llinl I 'ins and th.-n ;,;; i,,-y will UliL I 1 n i ; i : i'.hle eauii'pvm, ui lliit J;('l t jio-lie-a, ri'nai t!e ir h iai s a'ci fane 1 pi-.-iits are l.u-e :ur: sure lor f t-rv la read rind will lies. du.s- moils nersnr.; inaiiy liav in. me are -i ilrliiL; hf-va-ral huiKir.-i dollars a lpontli." ,-'Sv tor any one to ia.i;o H aii.1 uiovar.s ", w.'in is willing to work, Nl her sex, y. l!OW It is per I'.i 1 1 4" ' "i; . a)iial not nri.-..,j; we -i.-it. you Kv o.iu new. No S)o(),i atiiiit? iMq-jir.-a- cier, ear. do H as wa ll as any one. Wrii a! one.-. ((r full o r, ' ! ul irs. wiil.-n wh V- " I. e to 111 -ill i. lie. ''"e. Ad Jif.-s stias.di ,v Co., I'ortian.l. M. DEEPS Wntiilci'S f Xlst ill I l.oo-s.i n1 r.t mis. l,in, at" surpa-s.-d ,v u)e ,llrt'.. Is fit Ini'roillnn TIkum .... . ... i, ..-! ...... . ... . ' " in . o .u poai..!..!.- woi k tli at can l.e done whi'e t , 'o' !' onees-nd fi ir address , 1 "- '''"'laed. Maine atul re vive nee, fuaintonu.tioii l, .,v eauer.s.-x, of all s.ges' PROFESSIONAL. LAWRENGt, The MIra;e. Thy tell us that when weary travelers dm They view through quivering heat across the sand Groat rocks for rhadow in a weary land, Aul clustering palms, and fairer yet, the glea in Where smiles lu hht to laugh in sound the stream. This is a work of tame enchanter's wand, but that refloi-tt,-d hero truo visions stand Of fur-oil things that c-lo-e Lesidd them seem. So, worn with life's hot march, when near at hand A happier world we see upon us lee:n, Where death and parting need not be our theme, None, here by toil forefought, by grief uu manned, .Prophets of M-Meni-e, hush your stern com mand. Oh 1 bid us not to hold it all a dream. The Spectator. RED AND WRTTr. bv i; V CI s i I :. "How's Northwestern thi morning, Uncle. ZekeP asked Dick Spriggs across the restaurant tabio. "Slumped oil six points, blame it!" Cowling viciously over his paper at the ifceak brought by the waiter. Ezokiel Spriggs laid down hi-? paper, and picking up his fork, stuck it iuto the meat. As he withdrew it and saw the rich, red juice oo.e out, his face brightened. Spriggs was somewhat of an epicure. "Six point's a pretty big drop," said Dick, possessing himself ot the papjr and alternating between it and his breakfast; "liow d'ye come out?'' But Spriggs was bu?ily engaged i i tearing oil huge pieces of steak aid chewing them with much the same ex pression that a chicken exhibits when taking a dri ik of water. Business was business, lut breakfast was breakfast Just then, and while Dick chattered and seal extracts, Spriggs turned his eyes to th'j ceiling at every bite and gave himself up to soulful enjoyment of what was before him. Dick skimmed, lightiv over the news, took p. cursory glanco at the editorials and paused at the lower corner of the page, th-n he read aloud: ''Possibly the reason why, when a red headed girl appears on the street, a white horse soon makes its appenraneo wiJI have to be sought for in history. Away back in tho early Graek and Egyptian days, re l luiro 1 girls were justly prized above all "Whudz that f" interrupted Sorigg, Spriggs was a bachelor and though rich was not especially addicted to thu fair sex. Dick loaned thoughtfully back in his chair. "It's a dodgasted funny thing, Uncle Zeke, but it's a fact, never knew it to fail; straight as a string, too." "Well, what is it?" "Why, don't you see, (he saying i-: that where ever you see a red-headed girl there is always a white horso in sight. I believe it now didn't at first. Why only Lst Suaday night I went to church with Mns Audci you ought o see her, Uacle Z.-ke ---" IVick paused with a pier i of steak ha f-way to his mouth, and gaze I yearningly at the blank wall. "Well, as I was saying, I went to church; coming out I saw di rectly in front of us a girl with hair just about ms red as you h id it. One of the rules of the gnu is tint you must always go somewhere th t i. ac cessible to thii hore after soeiag the red hair, so I madj an excuse about a short cut and dragged Mabel out the side door. I thought I had the white horse sequence dea 1 this time, lut just as we came out the door, sure enough the in evitable white hor.e came trotting rou id the cciv.cr. There wasn't another fctir legged animal ia sight anl I didn't see any the whob way home. I've tried it every chance and never knew it to fail. ' Spriggs grunted an inaudible repponse and rose from the table. By noou he had forgotten all about it but the si-ht of a red-haired girl brought the subject to his mind. In spite of its evident ab surdity thero wm something odd and uncanny about the notion and Spriggs almost unconsciously bjgan to scan the passers-by. Turning the corner he came plump a ;ainst another mai l with fiery hair and sure enough there, hitched to a post, was a rnthr scrawny but an unmistakable whit-j horse. This was the beginning of his tK vn'all for thero and then he determined to s-ce exactly what was in the saying. Now Spriggs was nothing if not methodical. A long life of single blessedness and business training had made him so, and he en tered into the investigation in somewhat the fam: manner as he would some reat business question. The major part of the next day was spent in keeping tally of the horses that passed his cilice window; and the fol lowing day in an extended hunt of red headed girls without regard to their so called accompaniments. The result was that while one horse in every fifteen was white, only one female in thirty-one had red hair. A series of afternoon sit tings at his club window brought out the remarkable fact that for every seven women that passed, two hor03 were in sight. This was to be the basis of the test. Springs reasoned that the chance ftgaii;t the sequence were cbcut twe to 08$, iQt &occr4iag to bU Qfesej Yti3a In the ordinary day's run, there were twice as many red-haired girl? as white j horses. This or course did not allow for unusual occurrences or for night travel, when there were fewer horses on the f-tretf. At the end of the tirt we.-k the. re-ult wis: failures, one; verifications, forty eight. Spriggs did not quite be'ieve in the thing yet, but the next week was even more convincing. The record stood: failures, none; success, seventy four tim js. By this time it ha I be come not a definite test to prove the truth of the saying, but a wild hunt a.'ter an instance where a failure could be recorded. Night after ciht Spriggs prowled nrouid the streets peering into the faces of the pedestrians and fre quenting localities wlo re there would be little likelihood of finding quadru peds. The fever had grown to such an extent that he was forced to admit to himself that there must bo something in it while he professed to believe that the truth needed further investigation. One day Dick dropped in and taking Spriggs aside, with much hesitation and stammering, couri led t' j fict that he was engaged to bo .named. "It's Mabel Austin, Uncle Zoke, a beautiful girl " "Light or dark?' asked Spriggs with a quick look of interest. "Well, I guess you'll call her a bru nette, for she has the loveliest black hair lu the world; but I have promised to bring you to see her tonight. Siy you'll go, Uncle-Zke I'll call for you at S, shall I?" It had bean many years siuce - Spi iggs had "one out calling and he was loth to begin now, when he needed all his time for his investigations; however, he promised and sent his nephew away rejoicing. Spriggs found Mabel all that Dick had claimed for her, and was well pleased with his boy's choice; yet the evening dragged somewhat, and his dress suit made Uncle Zike overly con scious of his society shortcomings. lie was st.iudiag near the window for a moment alone, when In heird his name called. Turning quickly, he saw Dick approaching with a vision of loveliness on his arm. One look was enough, aud tin next iistaat Sarigjs had wheeled about and i.-rked a-d la the hangings. Trottiug slowly pat, and directly uader the street lamp, was the inevitable white horse. Then he r. membered that Dick posi b'y wanted to present him, and, drop ping the curtain in great haste, ho con fronted the pair. The vision had a cold and haughty look, aud Dick was clearly embarrassed. Spriggs appreoiat -ed his awkward o itiou fully, and with a great effort made himself exceedingly agreeable. Indeed, in his abject hu miliation he was so devoted that Dick was led to whisper to his tiaacee; " Your sunny-head-'d friend seems to have caught U icle Zike hard." When Spriggs went home he sat down ft -id went over the eve its of the evening. The vision was certainly handsome aud could talk as few women were able, but he shuddered at the thought of her hiir. Tt was an unmistakable red. Nevertheless, ha had asked permis sion to call and it had i-een g.-aciously granted. Spriggs called and then called again. In a short time his leisure hours were about evenly divide 1 between his investigations and the vision. Spriggs was struck hard, so hard, indeed, that when in her delight ful presence he almost forgot his hobby. He invariably hired a white horse, how ever, when he took her out driving. Once he had the temerity to try a bay horse, but he never tvpeited the experi ment. He was uneasy the whole time, for while hi heart a .d s ml wera with his companion his miud aud eyes sadly inised the familiar sequence. One evening as matters were ap proaching a crisis, Spriggs found him self seated in close proximity to his inamorata. He had fully made up his mind to settle the matter at once and have done with it. There was just enough of manly conotit about him to make him feel assured that his suit would not be unsuccessful, but it was with considerable trepidation that he approached the subject. The conversa tion had drifted, as lover's talk invari ably will, to the personal, and Spriggs was expatiating on early struggles and ambitions. "I had a hard time when I was young," he was saying. 4 My nature was not one to make friends readily, and female friends were exceedingly rare. Indeed, my mother was the only woman with whom I felt really at ease. Then, as my business grew, I had so much to attend to that social pleasures were almost unknown." There was silence for a moment; both intuitively felt that the time was al most at hand. The vision was seated facing the deep bay window with her head just touching the curtains, while Spriggs sat so that his back was to waids the street. He generally sat that way when in her company, to avoid the temptation of looking out when he heard a horse pacing. Then Spriggs p.editative'.y resumed: "Until lately t ih&j-;ht tuut 1 should l?fyi OYg aigcg ;jj iq rut l h&4 fallen iuto, Lut now I am bold ecoujb to hope for something infinitely letter." As Spriggs in his earnestness leaned forward his q lick ear hear J tlu dutant pit-a-pat of a trottiag horse. Hii lirst impulse was to turn and look out, Lut with a mighty effort he restraiuei him self, and, leaning still further, ho groped blindly, excitedly for her hand. Nearer and nearer came the horse, but Spriggs now had a firm grasp on her hand. "I do hope for something infinitely better, and and " "Well," softly breath ?d the vision, while her glorious eyes gaz.-d dreamily past him into the deepening night. "And and now it all rests on a single word. Canyon will you dear Miss Lucy--is thnt a white hor ef" Dick Spriggs said the other day that if he did not reaJ the papers for him self every morning he would imagine from Uncle Zjke's appearance that Northwestern had slumped of! about GOO points, Detroit Free l'ress. A Man Attacked by Squirrels. Col. J. L. Culbertson of Edwards port, Iud. , tells this story of his expe rience in 1854 or thereabout, the time of the great migration of squirrels from the east to the west. The EvansYille Courier, which publishes the story, says that the colonel is a gentleman of "un questioned truth and honesty." He was a young man then, and one day took his ritle and went about a mile from town to hunt. He was going through the woods when he met the army of squir rels. They became so thick around him and seemed so fearless that he stood in amazement. Finally he struck one with a stick. The squiir-d uttere'd a sharp squeak and instantly myriads of squirrels from all directions rushed to the defence of their associate and at tacked Mr. Culbertson, who kicked them off and clubbed at them with his gun. They climbed up his legs, jumped upon his back, and on top of his head. He fought desperately, but the more ha succeeded in hurting the louder the chattering and screaming around him became, which only brought greater numbers of the infuriated little animals to the attack. They bit his legs aud anus and gashed his face and neck and lacerated his hands, fairly scrambling over each other in their fierce assault. He dropped his gun and retreated as fa9t as he could, fighting desperately as he went. Blood streamed down his face and neck and hands. They bit him through the ears, and held on until they actually toiJ their hold loose. He got out of tha woods, aud still scores followed him and clung to him until they were pulled off by the c'.eik and others in a store i lto which young Cul beit on rushed for assistance. Some of the fiLnds who helped to pull off the squirrels, and who saw him come into town literally beset with them, still re side at E Iwardsport. V friends washed his wounds and stajed the flow of blcod which trickled down his legs and back aud gushed from his faco aud neck, and, with good care and atten tion, he slowly recovered. The American Mule. No monumeut has yet been erected to honor the memory of the Araericau mule. He is not a bad subject for treat ment in bronze. His colossal cars, huge frame and expressive countenance would make up extremely well for -let us say- a pedestal in front of the War Dept.; nay, why should not at least one coin of the Republicbear his image and superscription, as was suggested in the following eloquent passage from the Fourth of July oration of Mr. Gecrge W. Peck, delivered at La Crosse, Wis consin, in 1878: "The bird that should have been selected as the emblem of cur country: the bird of patience, forbearance, and perseverance, and the bird of terror when aroused, is the mule. There is no bird that combines more virtues to the square foot than the mu'e. With the mule (Tmblazoned on our banners, we should be a terror to the foe. We are a nation of uncomplaining hard workers. We mean to do the fair thing by every body. We plod along, doing as we would be done by. So does the mu'e. We, as a nation, are low to anger. So is the mule. As a nation, we can occa sionally stick our ears forward and fan flies oil" our forhead. So does the mule. We allow parties to get on and n le as lonorasthev behave themselves. So does the mulj. But when any nation sticks spurs into our tliaks and tickles our heels with a straw, we come down stitl leTrred in front, our ears look to the beautiful beyond, our voiei is cut loose and is still for war, our subsquent heels play the snare drum on anything within reach and strike teror to the hearts of all tyrant. So dojs the mul: !" A Curious Fact About San Francisco. A curious fact about San Francisco is that it is about half way along a line running from the easternmost point of land to the westernmost owned by the United States. By drawing a line from the western end of the Aleutian Islands to the eastern end of Maine, it will be found that tha Golden Gate on tti P.dSe U iu feb9vit th jbU41 ? it, OCEAN OIL WELLS. Where Oil Abounds Under Waters of the Pacific. the Some Submarine Springs That Have Been Encountered. With the pilot el. ait for NuViiu' er last there was i Mj-;d a stat;n:ent rt'.i live to the possible exist nee c f m:1 -maiine oi! springs - ms indicated by vari cus reports received from shipmasters on the Atlantic and in the Gu'f of M'. xico---w hi h, in view of the possi bility of their commercial value, made the matter of ge aeral interest. Mention was made in this connection also of a well known spot near S.tbino pass, on the gulf coast, called t he "oil poud," where small vessels run in and anchor dining heavy weather, tha water there being comparatively smooth owing to a quantity of oil or oily mul, which rises to the surface. It was also sdd that no such repoits had been received from the Pacific coast. Si ice then, however, as a result of tlu in terest elicited by the announce in mt, several reports h:;ve been received which nre iucorp rat -d in the monthly report of the hydrogr aphio cilice for February, brief! , as follow-: Tin atteniioa of the hy 1 ograph rs was first called to n letter from Thomas Iv. Griffin, of Sin Francisco, published pi the New York Maiitime Ib-oisler, in which he states that submarine ,.oil springs exist 0'.i"ihe Pacific coast. The most pronounced is off what is known rs "Coal Oil Point," a' out one and a quar ter miles west of Go! eta and ten miles west of Santa Birb.ir.a. Mr. Gritlia sup plied information from several masters of vessels who have cruised in 1hoe waters, and their reports are so clear and consistent as to leave little room for doubt of the existence of such subma rine oil springs off that c list. Captain Van Helmes, of the Ameiiran steamship Los Angeles, says that win n a vessel passes through tha io.don of this spring the sm:!l of oil is so strong as frequently to can e nausea among the passengers aad crew, and ia certain spot3 the oil can be distinctly seen bub bling up on the surface. Captain Wallace, of the Ameiiean steamship City of Chester, Captaia Ingallg, of the American steamship Santa Rosa, and Captain Alexander, of the American steam hip Queen of the Pacific, testifiy that there are other similar springs on the Pacific coa-d, though not so pronounced as the former. Captain Wallace locates the largo spring about eighteen miles wc-t of Santa Birbara. Cab, and states that the sur face of the ocean is frequently covered for miles with tlu oil. He has also seen oil floating on the water to the noith of Cape Mendocino, from three to five miles off shore, and 1 Links there is another spring there. Captain Plumber, of the American steamship Gypsy, who has sailed seventeen years in these waters, confirms the above statements, and says the belt of oil abovo Santa Barbara can hi seen the darkest night when sailing through it. A very full and inter. -sting statement has also been received from Captain Goodall of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, who refers to the fact that Goleta Point is known to ma-ters of steamships as "Coal Oil Point" on ac count of the oil breast of it rising from the bottom of the sea. Oa a calm lay the water is covered for miles with oil, bubbles of which can be seen ridng to the surface aad spreading over it. Al though it does not seen to smooth the water like animd oi', yet, jr. a windy day, you can see a slick of oil on the surface This spot is so well known by shipmasters that the smell of the oil is rued as a guide in foggy weather, the petroleum smell being so stroag that a captain "can never mistake his position when off that point. Captain Goodall says also that he has noticed a small flow of oil from the bottom of the sea off Cojo Point near Point Conception, but there the amount of oil is very small. It cannot b? seen bubbling up from the bottom, but is often vi-ib'e oi the surface, the odor being very per ceptible. Bitumen is known to be generally dis tributed through the coast ranges to the southward of San Francisco, and pe troleum wells and tar springs have been found at plac-.-s. It sec-rhs probable, therefore, that the oil-beariag strata crops out here and there at the bottom of the sea off the oast, or else that the oil escapes through the crevices in the overlying strata and rises to the surface. Such submarine oilspriags ar-e known to exist at certain other places, the bay of Cumana, Venezuela, for example, where petroleum rises and spreads upon the surface; and it is said that, off the is land of Trinidad, West Indies, there are submarine volcanoes, which oc casionally boil up and discharge a quantity of petroleum. Commercial Advertiser. Grandma (coming ia unexpectedly) Whvf Tommy, what have you bet-ti do ing to Poll? Sae looks as if she'd had a conniption fit! Tommy Polly jail Bomalhing about wanting ia to cracit Ur, as4 I dU. J An Old Weather KfcorJ. j Mr. J. D. Whiten givti tie CLicaga Toum.il th"e inrn.ora::d t : loJ, dry ".earner; f -l.wirg !rr very cold; i.-: J I is dies. very L. t summer ; winter ..'.J-e-t ever ki.w n. ISkj. :i?T.ige 'iKtimer; wii.t-r teljSely c .1.1. hwrsge summer; wint.r v.ry c .Id. l"t, drv sum r;cr ; w iit r intt-r.se'j (Old. 1"00, HVerjge sU nill.T; mil 1 f;.ll; win ter cold; HX weeks' b ighing to March 1. l-Mil, hot summer; w inter cold ; sleigh ing from December lo to April 1. l"f'ot. mild and dry nmatu'r; wn.ter cold ; the: m meter S 1 J bcio zero, and cold to February I V 1 "3 GO, h A a td dry summer; very evi l January and Fe binary. l'roT, dry summer an 1 mil l fall; win ter set iu D.-cemb-r 11 1, and rad 1 t ill March 1. ltiia summer hot; severe winter from November '.2'd to J.inu u y b. lj'G'.', Mirnmer v. ry dry; winter from I) -ember 1. steady ai.d coll. l!r71, very diy frill; winter -t in D -eeie.ber 8, cold to "piing. l87f, dry and mild fall and pbsa:;t; wiuter et in November .'", and ( old to April -..M ls7tl, summer hot and dry; winter very cold, ice 2r i.ali .. ls0, dry Minimer; sovera witter, December Vl'J e xt r : me col 1, and .V be low z ro in Texas. lSv(l, average summer; winter very cold. November ice ten inches, and suow from Mai ae to Virgin h. 18'.', dry summer; winter mid, De c;n la r 8, Is?' below, severe winter. dry and hot suuim-T; severe winter, February 1, 14J b-l w. 1881, average summer ; coll winter. December 17, 1J Lclow; January 2" to o-)"1 below. 1 So, average summer; severe winter, I) (-ember -jo3 below. 10, dry summer; dd wintir, De cember, ice Id inches, Januaty X'o" be low. 18x7, drv s immer; w infer t old f iom D ember '20, ice '2:'. i it lies and cul ler went l.er predu tc;d. A New 1 nt c mat ion al Language. A common language for tlie wholo civilize I world has been for several cen turies one of the dreams of poets, philosophers and religionist's. It had been one of tho-.e ideas that woii'd not down, but which in spite of failure after failure has continued to recur at inter vals with new claim-i f r interest a na tions of the world have been knit c'o-er aa l closer together. Leibnitz tried tlu task of formulating such a lunguage in the latter part of the seventeenth cen tury, but give it up in despair. Bishop Wilkin', Abbe Sieard, Bachmeier and M-zz ifnuti have at iut rivals continue I to rekind le tho world s interest in tlu scheme. L' ibni!, Bachmeier, and M- z zofatiti all hailed from Germany, and iron the same philological nation comes the latest apo tie, the inventor of Vula puk. Volapuk (pro louueed folapiek) is an attempt to invent aa international lauoiia "e draw n in pait from all c ivi.ized tongu s. U-i gram uir is almo-t noth iug, consisting in a Jew simple rules which have uo exceptions or irregulari ties and which, wh.-u printed, makos a sin ill four-page leaflet. The Vocabulary embraces now only a few thousand words, those of most common use, but is steadily growing. Interest in this country has hardly been awakened as yet, but in Italy, there are alrealy seven Vo'.apuk societies u id others ia Spain, France, G.-rmany, Austria and lowir Russia, numbering lid ia alb Pamphlet has followed pamphlet, lecture his suc ceeded lecture, and nine periolicais are publisho i in Volapuk exclusively. The inventor i- a hu able Catholic priest, Jo hann M. Sehb-yer, living at Contance, G.rmany, oa a jieusion of a year, who has takei advantage of his retire ment to atuly more or less thoroughly sixty languages aal di do ts.--- Voice. A line IMiuifr. The Njw York Gnphic teds about a fine dinner for ei rhteea j rson, at which "the center of the table w;is fiilei by a large, low glass receptacle some eiht feet long, which whs im bedded in moss aad ferns, anl in which swam gold tidi and terrapin. Iu the mid be rose a fountain whose spray reached a!mo-t to the chandelier. At each lady's p' ate was a uniquely beauti ful bouquet -a palm fern forming the background for a sp'.endi 1 bunch of La France roses. L ich place was desig nated as belo-vgiag t ) agui-.t by aa ivory tablet, oa which the name was era bosse 1 in silver. Toe table was orna mented with many nre treasure, of sil ver aad chiaR. Ljoh suU-cel'.ar was a silver swan, and ia each was aa 'apostle spoon,' Mrs. being the fortunatf possessor of a set of those beautiful examples of the skill of silversmiths of the mi Id'" a. .res. Tankarls three or four hundred years old ornamented the occasion, aa i a Nuremburg driaklug horn of a very curious workmanship ap pealed to a more hardy thirit than g nt'.eiaen NV York ciiaaer partial The MMle Lratr on th Hill. Tbrv" . a .. :. d- fi wr. W t.i-ro i a -..:;.!.., i '.'..r k : a ttrn ; S Lore. ! lira. & r...i::-i t ; t r w t d, A Sii." ci ac.o.l , s-te. 'Il-a j'.iUt tus I in:frxsji,!cl A a l:!u ta 1 o 4 w.l !. " ct t:, ' !.t - r ! erwl ll as - T!a the grv b'.tio ! In winter, !a: th.it n . !- :, I 'a l "Heat !i a !,: a 1 i f n. . Lut i uut t, Ui m.tiiii. fn-sb an l t, 1 Lc it j iu- a ti 1 e ; n w ; And uVr ;t the n:iii!ner t ! t Uv, W i!L it flr;k an I liiild, Ald :t.- IU!l!i:!M dfl.I h'C the kit trW Thut m i-i it Uxt'.v i hiSd Al-.d r-ry yo.ir l!-t ' n rsU tt em-, hn the iireiiiti t f Msv l iiijh, Ai. l t -a:! Ss p. : in . I 'Mid thr e'ni tils-' I i muii h:;h, ANlth Imt I .---. 1 s-t l y tha l.i.nr h trn!, An it Ly the vtno lgniasl; 1 Vl haj who kn w f t I it n rn,;il eniii- To the rao f that htt V hi id. Y. Millie'.. -) ' In lie hi. I si- I theft", Soint" lis'.thel js "i-s-jan In V am Fvr, tli eh enrs ti; iv i . t!ir ni. l eii n.ajr K". "l' lii !X' er e !.. l.i.-k ft,". 1111 Yet Ide s li re t w 1. i d n in -at h. The pale hi;.; uodehi.-d , c' me r ..id t i Hcain, j ei i l,;uio run thl. e.l, J'Ln! t em- .f a iotle i hod. Jlt'MOKors. The j.ublic wi-d mi rely sour on th vinegur !nn'. (hdllancs frequently ; i to t!.-r und make tt par h r iniiti h. The purb.r i p-obab' v th': most fre (juented of all ( ..ur ! ro. m. Don't iudg'- hy nppi -.ir.rj s. A brand lit w coat may mer a woe duiitu.y. It 1 1 a 1 1 a ! 1 1 il j i . r i ' b i i a ! t 'cc i cargo !)f salt I not it ed under the h ad ol Jm eh arrival-. The ign "U warr of the ,, i f.t hu-ig Up ' I h at h- vv h ) l II l-" in IV te.'l,'' but "llott he who read-. to..v t-i i. ' It is a II t::L'e but that however ( h-an'v seau.e.i ;:iay le a th- water tie v have a tl-c i led I i -1 i tt being wa-hed ash'-te. At the club J.c -over there la t he e.,i ; buried ia lie a .!.'. --1. o id 1'rown r. i.i:!. V ; J...:ie" Ml ht V shallow g l h ve, n I a" t it ,' Perhaps "nine of the peop'e who tiro l.l ikiag lor 111' f, l it jol.S OI!d i' MC ( ( into odated il ill -v Woiill apj.ly lit H laid ri n -let in ' -tali i-diiio-nt. 'I'.ijii, w ! i . '- A t in "Atoii,-? I don't l.:.oW, my boy. Yee. m an A lh lit, pioi-ably." "N", I mini Ahum-1 Lo ! 1 ihoe where tverylliiti ii bb .vn t "1 here is S'.iir t tiiog abi-ut you, Mr. H . ( nt.ddo. I f, w hi ii toils loo Ihut yioi must have had a lo-ai t-hi-t ji v ! ' nnd dm gj. -d Upon hllll with i;.teie-c, Miulflll eyes. "No, m'm," h" hiiid: "I ain't just ri.;ht there, but it's o cites." i 1,'nr- llie Story t.l a Kan- Plant. Years ago Dr. Asa Gray was ttu lying in Pari', and in a h -ibaiiuin there auio ucro-,3 a small, broke-n and i:njit-rfcc:t spec am -n marked simply "From A in er ica," which inter-stel him much. From tho fragments before him he recon structed the who'! p'ati!. Hi work was appro v r I by to : hot aid -Is a'o it him, and he n irii" 1 the little poit ''8horti i ahicifo'.i i" ia honor of Dr. t'ii.nlei W. Sljort, the distiiigui-h ,d loluiiii. I5ut no live spet :m"rn of flu jilaut cou'd b found. Years pai-o-d on aud it hid ii'-ver b -eu -een. Al last a botani't at work ia .1 q.au found and named a jilaut which seemed to lie of a geiru c'o-.eiy alii'.d to the Sliortis. Dr. Gray c.jrre sjioudel with the botaniit, Mid it wa coicludel that the doctor had been in t-rror aa i had mi-taken a specini'm of th; Jiit:.'r.e genu-. 8o tlm Miortia wai generally l jl? o ;t of the Ih.t of i! mts by sy-teinalic botanists. Bit twenty y ars alter this, as Dr. Goo bile and Professor Watson were one d .y in the lihrrtry of the L':i' .;rir.y, th-v heard a ho.it of tri iiiijih from the heibatium ur.d ni"hed in to fiad Dr. Gray waving a arcaii dact fi'tj .ut in the wildc-ot -nthun im. "Look at it! Wiiat is it? ' he cried. The two botanists examined it as direc'.ol arid rerogni ;d tho charncteristics of thi rnuch-di-cu-ie 1 jilant. "It ii tho Shortis," they e-if-'aimed. The iy,iCi. men had been sent by a hous in th S'.uth which nude a b a-inss of j, tatting up medicinal h'-rbs. It hil bea brought ia from ionw hitherto unex plored nook in the moo .a tains by cne of their cobc t ora, and seat to the pro fessor for i b-ntihcation. It roved in deed to be th'- Short ia, which was there fore once more reiastate 1 m the iloral family, greatly to Dr. Gray' delight. Dr; Gray afterward visited the ioci'ity iu which the pla-.t Wttv found, and pro cured aiiviag sjaciineu for the botani cal garden. New York Tribune. A I nLind ( lit. "I hear that you are engaged, M mie f ' It is true. " "Then mother was right." 'What about f "She said you would Le engaged te fora leap year wm 6?er," Cvifier, 5
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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May 17, 1888, edition 1
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