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i I j Ml 511 m u I t'.i fi hi 11: Sit : H i 1 I Mr II 1 1 1 II IS lii- l! U If R Il ls is- if. S3 if if is 14 III ! i I- . It - f I f Succeeds The Pee Dee Hemld. TERMS .CASH IN ADVANCE. ' Oiuf Year Sue Months Three Months. . . . $ 2.00 1.00 50 ADVERTISING RATES. One squaw, fir Iwwtiojy 00 f Each suUBqiaaettitU.JX SO j Iocai MTerusemenH) per ixao, i j" Special rates given on application for longer time. Advertisers are requested to brine: in their advertisements on Monday evening of eagh Mk to insurefaBertkM isj next tssaa. ' r- "TIMES", HAS BY FAR THE Ij ARC EST CinCTtiATlOX OF ANY PAPEITTUBL13WED IN THBPZB BEE -SECTION. ' "PROFESSIONAUTJATIDS." SAH J. PEMBEBTOH, 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,' ALBEMARLE, N. C. rT Attends the Courts of Anson, Union, Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery and Rowan, and the Federal i;ourt3 at unarioiTO and Greensboro. 3EE . Alle DENTIST, VST Office 8. E. corner of Wade and Mor an streets (near the Bank.) 25-n. a. J. DAROAJf, J. D. PKJfBKRTOI?. DARGAN & P EMBERTON, ATTORN E YS AT LAW, WADE8BORO, N. C. IW Practice in the State and Federal Courts. J AS. A LOCKHART, Att'y and Counsellor at Law, WADESBORO, N. C. X3J Pratices in all the Courts of the State. ft. K. LTTTLC W. L. PARSONS. Little Sl Parsons, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. fiT" Collections promptly attended to. SAMUEL T. ASHE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. EST Special attention given to the collec tion of claims. r. n. walker. A. BUBWKLL. Walker & Burwell, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will attend regularly at Anson Court, and at Wadesboro in vacation when requested. CYRUS J. KNIGHT, ATT QUE Y-AT-LA W, SWIFT ISLAND, N. C. Will practice in the courts adjoining counties. of Anson and 31-ly HOTELS, WAVE ELY HOUSE, CHARLESTON. S. C. - This favorite family Hotel is situated on King street, the principle retail business street. And nearly opposite the Academy of Music. The WAVERLY under its new manage ment has recently been renovated and refur nished, and is recommended for its well kept table and home comforts. Rates $2 and 2 50 per dayr according to location of room. ' The Charleston Hotel Transfer Omnibuses will carry jcuests to and from the Hquse. : t- v i ft,T..ALFORD,,Maiiagerr;; PAVILIAN HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. This popular and centrally located HOTEL having been entirely renovated during the past summer is now ready for the reception of the travelling public. Popular prices 2 and 2 50 per day. Special rates for Commercial Travellers. fi. T. GALLIARD, Proprietor. YARBROUCH HOUSE, 'RALEIGH, N. C. Prices Reduced to Suit the Times. CALL AND SEE US. , JpCRCELIi HOUSE, WILMINGTON, N. C. Recently thoroughly overhauled and reno vated, .lirgt-clavi In every respect Loca tion desirable, being situated near all busi ness houses, Post-office, Custom House, City Hall and Court House. JUtbs,. 2 00 and $2 50 per day. Owr motto is to please. B. L. PERRY, Proprietor. D. J. GASHERIE, Proprietor. 3f" Convenient to all the trains. A full stock of Groceries and Con fectioneries always on hand. VENABLE WILSON, " Manufacturer Cl V I Boots & Shoes. Fine 'Goods'a Specialty. Repairing solicited. Work done with neat ness and dispatch. Call and see him, in the . -. - a-i . pan omce DUiicung;. . -r - J. C. Brewster & Co., RALEIGH, N. C. Wholesale and Retaill Orders promptly filled, land at the lowest prices. za-iy John Armstrong, AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER, .GF The only practical Binder carrying on Carolina Central Comp'y. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. OrriCE GlJTEHAL SXTPKBINTKXDEIfT. ) Wilmington, N. C, Dec 30, 188L On and after Jan. 1, 1882, the following scneauie wui De opera tea on tnis Kail way : PASSXXGER, MAIL, AND EXPRESS TRAIN. fjn i ) Leave Wilmington, 8 20pm 1 - 1liArrive at Charlotte. 5 50 a ra Trains Nos. 1 and 2 stop at regular stations only, and points desigm&iedin the Company's PASSE If GXS AS! XRXIO HT THAIS. e Wilmington at 5.40 A. He 5. Arrive at Hamlet at ( Arrive at Charlotte at 7.55 p. m Leave Charlotte at 4. 15 A. H No. Arrive at Hamlet at Arrive at Wilmington at 5.55 p. m Trains Nos. 1 and 5 make connection at Charlotte with A. & C. R. R. for Spartan- points beyond. Train Iso. 6 makes close connection at Wil inington , with W. & W. II. II. for ppints North.- ' , f. - . Through Sleeping Cars between Ralfligil and Charlotte. V. a JOHNSON. Gen'l Sup't. Raleigh Sr Augnsta Air-Line " Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SoPERiirrrjrpEjfT's Office, ) Raleigh, N. C, June 5, 1879. ( On and after Friday, June 6, 1879, trains on the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Rail road will run daily (Sundays excepted) as follows: No. 1 Leave - I Nj 2 Leave Raleigh, 8 00 p. M. Cary, 8 31 p. M. Apex, 8 5.1 p. M. New Hill, 9 14 P. M. Merry Oaks, 9 30 p. m. Moncure 9 56 p. M. Osgood, 10 17 p. M. Sanford, 10 44 p. M. Cameron, 11 27 p. M. Hamlet, 2 80 Hoifman, Keyser, Blue's, Manly, Cameron, Sanford, Osgood, Moncure, Merry Oaks. 3 14 a. u 3 37 a. M 3 54 a. if 413 a. M 4 56 A. M 5 41 A. M 6 02 A. M 6 25 a. M 6 42 a. M Vanly, 12 09 a. m. 12 29 a. M. 12 48 a. M. 1 14 a. M. Merry Uaks, b time s, Keyser, Hojfman, New Hill, 7 00am Apex, 7 23 a. II Cary, 7 59 a. h Ar. Hamlet. 2 00 a. M. Ar. Raleigh, 8 30 a. if Train number 1 connects at Hamlet with C. C. Railway for Charlotte and all points south. Train number 2 connects at Raleigh with the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad for all points north. JOHN C. WINDER Superintendent. Cheraw & Darlington R. R. CHANGE "OF SCHEDULE. Prbsioent's Orrics, -Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 28, 1880. f On and after Monday, the 28th inst., the train on. this road will run as follows mak ing connection at Florence with trains to arid from Charleston, Columbia and Wilmington both ways: GOING DOWN. Leave Cheraw at 10 30 A, u. Cash's, 10 50 " " 8ocietyHill, 1115 " Dove's, 1145 " Parlington. abnefto, ' 12 35 Arrive at Florence. 1 00 " COMING UP. Leave Florence at 2 35 p. M. Palmetto, 3 00 " " Darlington, 315 " " Dove's, 3 40 " " Society HiU, 4 05 " " Cash's 4 25 " Arrive at Cheraw, 4 50 " (Tinea connection made at Florence with trains to and from Charleston and Wilming ton, everyday except Sunday, v - ; w f R K TO WKBENP, President Cneraw & Salisbury Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Until further notice, the trains on this road will run as follows: Leave. Arrive. Wadesboro, T,l A. Jf. Cheraw, 3.20 A. M Cheraw, 9.25 A. M. Wadesboro, 5.30 p. if Making: close connection potn ways ai wne- raw. witn uneraw cc uanmewn inuu, nun at Florence with the Northeastern train. . B. D. TOWSfiKD, Jtesideat. North Eastern Railroad Co, Charleston. S. C, .ilaiwh. 32, 1882. ) On and after this date the following 3cie&- ule will be run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. .. 7.50 urn 12.55 p. m 7jQ0p.m.... 3.50 a,m 8.30 p. m 1.30a. m Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 2.40 a. m 6.50a. m lL35a.m 4 35. m 12.15 a. ra .9.00a. m. Train' leaving Florence at 2.40 a. m. will not stop for Way-passengers. P. L. CLEAPOR, r ' General Ticket Agent. J. F. DIVINE, , c General Sup't. w 1. jEC- HOBTOIST, JEWELLteE WADESBORO, N.C. Dealer in Watchfs, Clocks, Jewxxry Musical Instruments, Breech asdMcz zle Loading Shot Guns, Pistols, &cv 19-tf .... i METROPOLITAN HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N.fC.- B. P. BOYD, Proprietor; Situated on Tryon Street, right in the heart of the city. Table well supplied with everything in season. 20-tf TILLMAN & KLUTZ Barbers land Hair jDresersi (Opposite McLendon's Drug Store.) If vou want a nice, clean Shave,a late style rut ora BnamDoo. canon i rnuiau cv iuui. JOHN T. BUTLER, . AND JE WE LLETt, ' ' Dealer in FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Silver and Plated Ware, Spec tacles, &c, Chaklottk, N. C- - 20-17. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N." CL Newly Furnished and Entirely Renovated. Ramnlrt Room for Commercial Travelers. Terms, f2,00 per day. Special rates by the week or Montn. J Am iVIcNinch, Prop'r. 20-1 AH, Wanting: Anything; in The Caffbli orail(iasing, .CASUS AND WENT. As a twig trembles, which a bird Lights on to ting, tben leaves unbent, I So is my momory thrilled and stirred I only know she came and went As clasps some lake by gusbi niirtven, The blue dome's measureless content, So my soul held that moment's heaven I only know she came and went. As, at one honnd, our swift spring heaps The orchards full of bloom and scent, Sw etovrr heiMaytny ylatry sles-, m I only know she came and went j An angel stood and met my gaze. Through the low doorway of my tent ; ' The tent is struck, the vision stays I only know sna cazne and went r x T ; i? f Ojhen tkroom -ows slowly dun, j And lifers last oil is nearly spentT' One gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went . 1 Lowell. Her Lost Birthright. In ar corner of Ifadara FroiartTe bril liantly -lighted drawing-room,' watch ing the gay scene being therein en acted, sat Gertrude Meyer. For the moment, she was alone with her, indeed a rare occurrence, since she was both belle and beauty; but a slight sprain to her ankle a few days previous, had prevented her joining in the dance, and the little throng of men who all the evening had gather ed about her had for the instant dis appeared, many of them at her ex press command. The last had lingered r reluctant stilly to go, when "I am tired," she said. "I want to be alone." He bent, then, from his splendid height, and, with a glance from his dark eyes few women could have re sisted whispered a few words in her ear; but neither glance nor wbisper brought even a momentary flush to the lovely cheek or brow. She met both with a languid indifference amounting almost to haughtiness, and a slight shrug of the beautiful bare shoulder. "Elsa is without a partner, " she re joined. "I like to see you dance to gether. Ask her for this waltz." An angry light kindled in Frederic Houghton's eyes, and he turned ab ruptly away. The next moment, Elsa, with a pleased flush, yielded herself to his guidance in the dance ; and.-'-'with a half-sign, thougn she knew not wherefore, Miss Meyer sank back in her cushioned corner, a breath from Elsa's perfumed ribbons being wafted to her as the dancers floated by. Was she always to receive love, never to return it? Gertrude asked herself. True, Frederic Houghton had never, in words, declared his passion ; but every glance, every ac cent, liad tieeh replete Avith its inten sitv. "T3he fell sure that' he loved her." Hovr j?o.or and,meagre,was the cold friendship she might offer in return ! But if she determined to smile at least more kindly, he gave her no op portunity. Other men flocked back to her side. She-rhad sent him to El- sayElsa'he remained. . . One dance followed another, out he would resign her to no other partner; and only an amused gleam crept into Gertrude's eyes as she w&tcfce4 him, and fancied hp read, the tiqji whtch prompted his action a pique which in part reflected upon herself, as the next day and the next passed, until theT weekjhad3gonnjKl still Bbe neither saw nor heard from him. At the end of that period she again shrug ged her. shoulders, .and told .herself that she had fotgbtten him. It, was from Elsa, a fortnight later, that ste learned : his regiment had been ordered into active service, and was to depart in three days for the seat of wur. v! : . What should she say to him when he earner to ibid her farewell? She need not have questioned. She wait ed, but he came not. He left with his good by. to her, unspoken. It caused her no real grief, no heart pang, but a sort of restless surprise, which stirred some depths whose ex istence hitherto had been nknoyn- Three or' four days later, Elsa came to her with a shy blush. SheJiad always been the child's friend and confidante. Though in; reality but twelve months her senior, she felt herself the elder by long years. "I have a favor to ask of you, Ger trude," she began. "Frederic asked me to write him. . This monaioK-,t,re ceivel his ftrsHettier: TaWashamed to send him my poor little scribbling. and at school I remembered how beautiful always .were your composi tions, "and I said to'myself, 'TwirT go to Gertrude she will tell me what to say." I love him so much so very much, -Gertrude 1 I think that he, too, loves me. I want ito breathe in to my words just enough of my heart's perfume that he may know whfire to seek to find the flower it self." Gertrude looked up, amazed. "Is it this love which makes you so poetical, Elsa?" she asked. never heard you talk like this before.'.! "It is one of your own thoughts I borrowed," Elsa' answered, "and whose utterance it seems you had for gotten. But tell me, will you do for ma what I ask?" .,, . T . "You think it will be honorable ?" ' esryes 1 Why not! You can teU him nothing I fdo,not feelonly you win paint the picture so that be mayf a' murmur of applause and admira- lore to look at it" . A little longer Gertrude demurred.vj and then, drawing to her pen ink and paper, she testified to her conr sent . As she wrote, her reluctance van- ished. She fancied herself in Elsa's place. She imagined how some rose- . . . - - bud, wooed by the eun would one by one open its shrinking petals, quiver - open its shrinking petals, quiver- r ling 'twixt ecstacy and pain, to meet Tsaa ' a j - .... . me passionate kiss oi ine uay, vioa ; ana so neromaginauon iouna vent in j : ? i - r . m ' word 8. She covered the sheets with closely filled lines, aiid as she read them "Elsa pressed them to her lips. "Ah, they j will make him love me !" she cried, as; she ran with them to her own home, to copy them in her own handwriting; By the next mail came his answer. Elsa bad been right. The letter had strangely stirred his heart, Pulses ho had thought dor mant, he wrote, had leaped into mad, exultant life;. He had slept, he told her, with the paper next his heart. Again Gertrude wroteM and yet again, until she looked for his replies almost as Elsa. She who had never loved in her life found a strange and satisfying- delight in pouring upon the sheet the cry of a hungry soul while her own soul knew no hunger, the. passion I she had never felt, the ecstasy of albvje at which she scoffed. "So might1 1 feel," she whispered to herself, "when, like the sleeping prin cess in fairy -lore, the magic prince would bend and kiss my lips."- And so to! this unknown king she wrote. Thejreplies became more fre quent, more jardent, until at last there came a letter when Frederic Hough ton asked Elsa to become his wife. With tears of joy in her bright bluo eye, she brought this, like the others, to Gertrude. "Answer kjm," she said, "and tell him yes ! yei ! yes !" Slowly Miss Meyer read the letter through. From whence came .this dull pain at her heart? A mist swam before her eyes. Tlte written charac ters were blurred from her sight. By a powerful effort she controlled her self, and spoke with some degree of calmness. ! "Not this,! Elsa," she said. "This "Oh, no, jno! I cannot! Make it yet more beautiful than the others, Gertrude. The regiment is ordered home againj he writes; so there will be no more letters at least, until af ter we are married, and then there will be no further need of poetry. He will not miss its absence." "No need iof poetry?" Ah, thought Gertrude, was love's perfect fullness then but prase? "Let me be alone," she said, a loud. "This evening I will send you your letter." i Giving orders not to be disturbed, she seated herself at her desk, but one by one two! scalding tears fell from the beautiful, proud eyes upon the blank page spread before her. They were the unconscious baptism of her awakened womanhood. Then she wrote, j but it was her heart's blood, rather than the ink, which spread itself upon the sheet whereon she impressed her soul. ' I give ypu all," she wrote "my past, my present, my future. To me, in all the lexicon of language, I see. but. two wards husband and wife I They are erriblazoned in letters of gold within the j shrine where my soul kneels and j whorships. Frederic, I love you!" j Her pen dropped from her hand. Had she indeed written the words, or was it her heart which had cried them aloud in the stillness? A hundred mocking demons took up the cry and and echoed j it. She heard if every where around about her. She saw it blazoned in the air. She sank, trem bling on her knees, and buried her face in her shaking hands. She and her secret were face to face at last. She had sold her birthright for a mess of pottage. f In the evening, true to her promise, Elsa received the letter, but unfinish ed, i ' . "Add to it, what. you will," wrote Gertrude, "I could not close it fitting ly.'! i But Elsa sent the copy with no added words. Another fortnight and the regiment had arrived. A month passed, but Gertrude and Frederic Houghton had not met. Once he had called with Elsa, but she had not been at home. By a singular coincidence it was at another of Madam Froissart's charm ing and frequent receptions that fate threw them again together. For a moment her hand had rested on his, and his keen eyes searched her face. Then iusa came to claim nun tor a dance," and they separated: v Midnight had sounded, when some one asked Gertrude, for a song. Many joined in the pleaGivinga somewhat reluctant consent, she took her seat at the piano in the little music-room, the portiere dividing that from the dra wine-room draw aside. She hesitatied a moment, then struck the chords, and soon the rich, sweef voice filled the space. "It was dream," Was the song she had chosen, and the pathos of voice and words brought quick tears to many eyes. ; As the last echo died away, amid JrtSon. a man bent close beside her. - 1 "Come into the conservatory a mo- ffttent," he said. 'I wish to speak to J you?' I. She rethim'nTace'heftfand' within Lhis own, and lead her where he would Among the plants and flowers he ... jjturned . her. m- t . ,, v- I "I : 1 shall i SWaka t said, r f 5You shall know pbw I hare loved JOU! In another month, to teU you would be t sm. r -.- - .sk a . "is hot; your oetrotnai, - tnen, as sacred as your marriage f she ques- Ptioned "No," he answered; "for some times, Gertrude, I feel it would be greater sin to redeem than break my pledge. Listen to me! Yon know the old love I bore you, though I never put it into words. Oh, heart of ice ! had you not one throb for the anguish I endured? Coldly you sent me from you to another. She wel comed me with a smile you had dis missed me with a frown. She warm ed me m the sunlight you chilled me in the hadow. For a little time, I sought diversion and forgetfulness. In the latter I failed sadly. With gladness I hailed the outbreak which brought my regiment into service. Elsa's regret at my leaving her sof tened and touched me. I begged her to write me. Through her, I thought, I should hear news of you ; but, in stead, her letters gave me a wonder ing glimpse into a nature whose depths I had never suspected. How rich, how full, how true they were, I cannot paint to you. I read and re read them. My heart cried out for more and more, until I knew that its longing and its need were satisfied at last. How rich and exhaustless must be the mine which stored such jewels I With man's avaricious greed I longed for its possession. Is it only the ful filment of the wish which makes me fancy its treasure already is exhaust ed? It was Elsa's letter, not Elsa, that I loved. She gives me food, but my heart still is hungry. Gertrude, help me ! Tell me the right I" They were alone; the sweet scent of the flowers filled the air; a murmur from a. little mimic stream rustled past them. Through the dim light, she saw the white, impassioned plead ing of his face. She heard his quick, agitated breathing. Her own, heart KHHXV Bv .. . . j pressed her hand upon it. Her secret seemed to enwrap her in a tangible cloud. She loved, and here before her stood her king the magic prince had come at last ! For this only she had given up the birthright of her soul. One word, one little word, and she might reclaim it; one word, one little word, and her heart and his would know hunger nevermore,. The temptation stifled her. She gasped for breath. Then the mist cleared she saw clearly. 'Let us return to Elsa, Mr. Hough ton," she said, calmly. "She will wonder at our absence, and as for what we have been speaking of, re member the words of my song, "It is a dream." You have your letters they are the realities. One cannot al ways live in dreamland." "For the second time," he answer ed, "you send me from you?" "For the second time, and the last !" "Oh, Godl that a soul so beautiful in outward form should wear a case of ice!" Thus, man-hke, and in a man's blindness, he judged her. He went forth, in his weakness, to redeem his pledge. She, in her strength, took up her double burden, but that she bore it, gave to the world no sign. Leaving a Man in a Lurch. It was on a street car. A man with i . t i xl a very noarse voice looKea across me aisle at a man "with a country satchel between his feet, and said : "Wintry day, isn't it ?" "Hey ?" said the other, as he put his hand to his ear. "Seems like winter, doesn't it ?" shouted the man with the hoarse voice. V "Hey ? hey ?" asked the deaf man. "He says," began a man who was standing up, "he says it seems like winter." At this moment the hoarse voiced man rose up and slid out of the car. As he did so the deaf man rose up, laid two bundles on the seat, and called out : "Speak louder I'm deaf." "He savs it seems like winter !" bawled the man standing up. "Who says so ?" He turned around to the hoarse voiced man, but that person had skipped. "Who says sol" demanded the deaf man. . . .. "I-r-I why, I say so." 'Well, whak of it? Haven't sense enough to know that it's win ter, weather I Don't try any of your guys on me or I'll knock the top of your head off !" Then the deaf man sat down and the "middleman" sneaked out and dropped off the car and said he would spend the rest of his life looking for the hoarse voiced man. In countries where malaria is pre valent, or where the climate is sub ject to sudden chanees should be found in every house Brown's Iron Hitters. , ' : Chinee Funeral. The emaciated remains of Cha Af uch, a middle-aged Chinaman, lay in a simple pine coffin yesterday at his home in Davidson streets and the friends of the dead man had assem bled to pay the last tokens of respect to his memory, and perform the mortuary rites of the Buddhist creed. Full twenty five bare headed and tearful Mongols sat in the room in strangely embroidered "sues," black pantaloons and shoes of marvelous design . At the foot of the coffin a roasted pig savored the air, and all around it were strewn fragments of gold and silver paper that reflected the flames of a score of brightly burn ing wax candles. A few "joss" sticks protruded from among the flimsy emblems of temporal riches, and bright strips of colored silk were pen dant from the walls. In the midst of all this lowly splendor lay the dead Mongol, with ghastly, upturned face and folded arms. A few minutes of complete silence passed and three Chinamen entered the room. They were assuming the duties belonging to the Buddhist priests, and each wore a soft black felt hat bound with a strip of white crape. The central one of the three began to chant a prayer in the gut tural Cantonese dialect, and at every pause he made his two assistants chant a response. Sometimes they reverently kneeled, but they stood during most of the ceremony, always facing the corpse. It was a strange sight, this Buddhist ritual in the heart of a Christian city, but never for a moment did the prayerful voices flag, and never for a moment did the mourners remove their eyes from the face of their departed comrade. There was, perhaps, one of the as semblage who did cast greedy eyes at the roast pig, but it is said he was converted to Christianity two years ago. After the prayer to Joss had been duly rendered and the prayer sticks were lighted, the coffin was borne out of the house and deposited in a hearse. The deceased was ' a member of the Loon Ye Tong, or United Chinese Brethren, and the hearse was driven to the rooms of the society at No 18 Mott street. Here a German brass band was drawn up on the sidawalk. w ... IAJ Chinese colony the musicians played the dead march from "Saul." Then the members of the Loon Ye Long walked two and two from the club rooms ana iormea m procession behind the hearse. Each one was dressed in native costume and wore a whifte silk apron, upon which, in black velvet, was worked a square and compass-the symbol of the order. The first section of the mourn ers carried a red seage flag trimmed with white, which bore in white Chinese characters the name, age, time of birth and time of death of Cha Af uch. Behind these came two black banners, on which were emboss ed white hieroglyphics, which freely translated were, "Rest in Peace, "and was preceded by a line of policemen and the noisy brass band. When the march began there were fully a thou sand persons attracted to the scene, and it was with difficulty that the pro cession could make any progress through the large crowd. N. Y. Her ald.. A Jumbo of the Deep. There was considerable excitement in the New York and New England Railroad yard yesterday afternoon consequent upon the removal of a monster whale to the foot of Essex street. The huge fish is the same one which was caught off Provincetown in the mindle of April, and during the interval it has been undergoing the tedious process of embalming, preparatory to a tour throughout the United States and British provinces. It occupies two long platform cars and is said to be the largest whale of any kind ever brought safely into an American port. It is sixty-two feet in length and its estimated weight when captured was fifty-two tons. In the process of embalming three thousand two hundred pounds of arsenic were used, together with twenty barrels of plaster, eighty bar rels of sawdust, beside several thous and pounds of other material of a chemical and preservative nature. The monster is a veritable aquatic Jumbo, and the triumph of science in successfully embalming him is as wonderful. as was the difficult capture of the whale itself. Boston Herald. How to Keep Butter. The essentials in keeping butter in summer consists in making it properly and having a cool place to keep it, and excluding it from the air. No butter can- be safely packed in warm weather which is not perfect ly made, nor can it then be kept if exposed to the air. Dairy rooms cooled with a cheap refrigerator are cominer into use now among butter makers, both for settling milk and keeping butter, and with ice and salt secure a low temperature at small cost. The best packages for keeping butter a long tune in warm weather are made of tin, and wodd- lined. wnen niiea the cover is soldered on and made air-tight. Cor. N. T Tribune, A Word With Democrat. On January 17th, we reprinted an extract that Col. William Johnston and Maj. Charles Price had called on President Arthur at Washington. "These gentlemen represented that they were independents in politics and desired to see the Democracy of North Carolina defeated in the next election. As such they desired to re ceive the support of the administra tion in the fight they proposed to make. After their return both gen tlemen spoke encouragingly of their visit." Such was the. announcement of that date. Ten days after that Colonel Johnston printed card in the Concord Sun in which he stated : "I am represented as asking office from the President stating that I de sire to see the democracy of North Carolina defeated in the next election, &c. Now, I assure you, Mr. Editor, there is not a word of truth in these bald statements. They are utterly false." Commenting on this, we said that it was "clear that Col. Johnston brands it as a falsehood that he de sires to see the Democracy of North Carolina defeated in the next elec tion." And yet ever since that date, in regular consecutive order, Col. Johnston has taken every step pos sible for him to secure the defeat of the Democracy of North Carolina Working in harmouy with Doctor Mott, Colonel Cooper and other Rad ical leaders, he has called a conven tion to assemble at Raleigh on the 7th of June, to assist Dr. Mott and the Republican party to defeat the De mocracy of North Carolina. They have no purpose to aid the Democ racy in defeating the Radicals, but their sole aim is to assist the Radi cals to defeat the Democrats. This is too apparent to need argument. In the fight of these facta how does Col. Johnston explain his declaration that it was utterly false that he desired to see the Democracy of North Carolina defeated in the next election ? Colo nel Johnston is now seeking under cover of false pretenses to draw Dem ocrats away from their party, and to secure the defeat of the Democratic ticket at the next election. And we beg all Democrats who do not wish to be made catspaws by him and Dr. Mott, to give no countenance what- convention of June 7th is intended as a fraud, a cloak for the Radicals to work a nefarious plot. ' It will be composed chiefly of Radicals who will think it just so much gained if by that means they can detach even a few Democratic voters from our party. News and Observer. The Doctor and the Lawyer. A smart young sprig of a lawyer had a grave doctor bm. the witness stand in a' case of assault and bat tery, and he questioned him un mercifully. "Ah, Doctor," inquired the lawyer, "did I understand you to say the cut in the man's head was dangerous?" "Yes, sir," replied the doctor. "Well, Doctor, doesn't it sometimes happen that even a less cut than this is dangerous?" "Yes, sir." "And, Doctor, is it not true that even a scratch is dangerous?" "Yes, sir, and I have known of cases resulting fatally when not even a scratch was visible. Only recently a man died under 6uch circum stances." "Ah, indeed," quickly put in the attorney in a pleased and satisfied way, "will you be kind enough to tell the jury the facts?" "Certainly, if you desire it." "You say there was not a scratch on him?" "Not one that I could find." "And he died ?" "Yes." "Now, doctor, just tell the jury how it was." "Well, you see, he had the colic, and he was dead before I could get him untangled." The young attorney called another witness. Steubenville (O.) Herald. A $5,000,000 Railroad Extension. The contracts for building the Denver extension of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad were closed August 1, 1881, and by August 15 the construction work was under way. The last spike will be driven to-morrow. The construction has been performed in 219 working days. On April 10 a stipulation was signed by the contractors that from that date track should be laid at the rate of two miles per day. A force of six hundred men has since carried forward the surfacing and track laying. At times since the contracts were awarded a force of 2,000 men was employed in building grade and constructing bridges. The com pletion to-morrow will be four days in advance of the limit of the con tracts. The cost to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy of building and equipping its Denver line will probably exceed $4,000,000. The road-bed, which is pronounced of superior construction, cost at the rate of $17,000 per mile, making the entire cost about $5,000,000.-C7ttcag'o Times. An old "grip-sack" belonging to Jesse James, sold at auction for $20. A Child Cut In Two by a Trait.-" J The southward bound freight train, r No. 16, on the North Carolina RaU-. road, ran over a little negro child, t four years old, between the Yadkin river bridge and Salisbury; yester day morning about 11 o'clock. Sis Bryan was Jthe engineer, and while pulling along under a full head of steam, he saw an object on the track some distance ahead which he sup posed to be a dog. It appeared to be utterly unaware of the approaching train. And the engineer blew on brakes. At the first sound of the whistle the object moved, and Bryan was horrified to see that it was a child instead of a dog as he sup posed. The train was within a few hundred yards of the child and the engineer reversed his lever, and had all the brakes applied. Tho child began to crawl off the track, but on reaching the rail deliberately stop ped and seated itself astride of it. Tho engineer saw that it would be impossible to stop the train before it reached the spot where the child was sitting, und swinging himself out of the window, started to crawl along the engine to its front with the in tention of picking up tho child be fore tho cow-catcher struck it. He would probably have succeeded in this perilous undertaking, but a lunge of the engine caused him to lose his balance and ho was pre cipitated down an embankment. Ho had hardly regained his feet before a piercing scream was heard and lie knew that tho child had been run down. The engine stopped within its length after striking the child, and then the horrible task of pulling the mangled body out from under the wheels began. The body had been cut half in two, as cleanly as if done with a knife, the head part falling to one side and the legs to the other A shudder ran through the engineer when he picked up the head and body of the child, and the sensation he ex perienced when it broke into a cry were indescribable. He hastily laid it upon the ground, when it uttered the most agonizing screams for a full two minutes, before it gave a gasp and died. It was a 6t range exper ience, to hear a dismembered body crying, and was well calculated to make the witnesses shudder. ; over to its mother, who lived in a cabin near by, and whose careless ness in permitting it to play on such dangerous grounds as a railroad srack, was rebuked in such a tragic and unfortunate manner. Engineer Bryan says that had he known what the object was at, first sight, he might have stopped his train in time, and had he not missed' his footing and tumbled from his engine, he would have rescued the child after all. It was a brave act in the engineer, and calls for much commendation. Char lotte Observer. The Philosopher and the Boatman. A philosspher who wished to cross a turbulent stream of water, engaged a boatman to row him over. While on their way, he asked the boatman if he understood algebra. "Algebra!" exclaimed the boatman; " I never heard of it before. I know nothing about it." "Then," replied the philosopher, "one quarter of your life is lost. But perhaps you know something about - metaphysics?" "Met-a, Met-a what!" asked the boatman; "O, you wish to know if I ever studied physic! Not much, 6ir; I have no taste for such things." "You don't understand me," said the philosopher. "I wish to know whether you have any knowledge of metaphysics the science which, de termines what can and what cannot be known of being, and the laws of being ontology. " "I never heard of that word before," replied the boatman. "My father was a ferryman, and I. have followed the same business ever since I was strong enough to row a boat. I know noth ing of Met-a what do you call it?" "Well, if you know nothing of metaphysics, then you have lost an- other quarter of your life. But per haps you know something about as tronomy?" asked the philosopher. "I "know nothing , about those things," said the boatman. "I have had other business to attend to." "Then I must inform you that an other quarter of your life is lost. But what is the matter with this boat?' and why 'are you taking off your coat?" asked the philosopher. "Don't you see," said the boatman, "that the boat has sprunga leak, and , is fast sinking? Can you swim?" "Swim? No indeed I You don't expect a philosopher like me to swim, do you?" "Then," said the boatman, "if ypu can not swim, the whole of your life, is lost; for. the boat is rapidly sink ing, and will soon go to the bottom." "Ah mel" exclaimed the philoso pher, "how willingly would I now part with all my other knowledge, if, by so doing; I would acquire the art of swimming!" Newton once said : There are three things which will surprise us when we get to heaven : First, to find many there whom we did not at all expect. Second, not to find many there whom we did expect. Third, the greatest wonder will be to find ourselves there. ' i I : if
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