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'. F- .J 1IIIIM.1UII L II m. Mi ll I nil , , a l.iiijll -., i j t ,l i i mi. Ill) N. II I. u ,.111, ,i .11 , III ,,. ! 2 R. H. COWANEditor aad Proprietor. T2a.e XjTDej.-Lo of tOa. Press m-derb "te Preserved. HaxLoooiu TERMS : $a.oo per Year 4 VOL. II. An Times, Succeeds The Pee Dee Herald. TERMS .-CASH IN ADVANCE. (Ms Tear 12.00 Six MmdKM 1.W Tkne Months....... 50 ADVERTISING RATES. One square, first insertion, $100 Each subsequent insertion,. 50 Local adTOrtaflements, per line.... .. 10 Special rates given oa application for kmgsr tua. . . Advertisers ar regatedto brtn In tSerr advertisements oa Monday evening of eacn rek, to insure insertion in next issue. 0 BUT THE "TIMES HAS BY FAR THE LARGEST CIRCUIiATIO OF ANT PAPER PUBLISHED IN THE PEE DEE SECTION. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SAM J. PEMBERT0N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBEMARLE, N. C. tsp Attends the Courts of Anson, Union, Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery and Rowan, and the Federal Courts at Charlotte and Greensboro. IR. Allen DENTIST, Office S. E. corner of Wade and Mor an streets (near the Bank.) 35-n. A. J. DAROAX, J. 1. PEXBERTOX. DARGAN & PEMBERTON, A TTORNEYS A TLA W, WADESBORO, N. C. t& Practice in the State and Federal Courts. JAS. A LOCKHART, Att'y and Counsellorat Law, WADESBORO, N. C. ; fjy Pratices in all the Courts of the State. R. K. UTTLK. W. L. P ARSONS. . Little & Parsons, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. Collections promptly attended to. SAMUEL T. ASHE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. f-T Special attention given to the collec tion of claims. F. D. WALKER. BVRWELL. Walker & Burwell, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Will attend regularly at Anson Court, and at Wadesboro in vacation when requested. CYRUS J. KNIGHT, ATTORNEY- AT -LA W, SWIFT ISLAND, N. C. Will practice in the courts of Anson and adjoining counties. 31-ly HOTELS. WAVERLY 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 day, according to location of room. The Charleston Hotel Transfer Omnibuses will carry guests to and from the House. O. T. ALFORD, Manager. 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 t'2 and 3 50 per day. Special rates for Commercial Travellers. . T. GALUARD, Proprietor. YARBROUCH HOUSE, RALEIGH, N. C. Prices Reduced to Suit the Times. CALL AND SEE US. JURCEL.Ii HOUSE, WILMINGTON X. C. Recently thoroughly overhauled and reno vated. First-eUua in every respect. Loca tion desirable, being situated near all busi ness houses, Post-office, Custom House, City Hall and Court House. Rates, $3 00 and $3 50 per day. Our .motto t to please. B. L. PERRY, Proprietor. D. J. GASHERIE, Proprietor. ' Convenient to all the trains. A full stock of Groceries and Con fectioneries always on hand. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Newly Furnished and Entirely Renovated. Sample Room for Commercial Travelers. Terms $2.00 per day. Special rates by the week or Month. F. A- WIcNInch, Prop'r. 20-tf VENABLE WILSON, Manufacturer of Boots & Shoes. Pine Goods a Specialty. Repairing solicited. Work done with neat and dispatch. Call and see him, in the Pt office building. 2-ly. J. C. Brewster & Co., KALEIGH, N. C. uwwaie una ttetau. - Orders promptly filled, and at lowest nncea. o the Tor Dyspepsia, ColtlTll(, C hro m 1 a XMjtr- Impurity of the Blood, Yetor sad Ago, XalailaV and an Piseases caused by ! 1 Liver, Bowels aad Kldaors. STKPTOHS OV A DISEASED UVEA. Bad Breath: Pui in the Side, rtiira the is fctt under the ShonkVr-bUdf, srittahea for umatisa: renerml loss of anoetite: .Bowels generally costive, sow ctisars aUersarJag with tax; the head it troubled with pain, is dull sad heavy. wna co toenunc Mas or Benory. aoooaapantes waaspaMtularinafiimnea mitoxlooetoe ii I HI nl i aw bcc dcTa ilnh, eryc od Smbr J an is annmiawaa amailaae. nrimtra for consanpoaa,; the patiem roaintaiBa , of wearioeia and debility; nervous, easily MarUed; fact cold or burning, aomrtinw a prickly araiatioa of the tkia exists; spirits are low and despondent,' aad, although satisfied that exercise would De bene ficial, yet one can hardly ssnuaoa up fortitude try itin fact, distrusts every remedy. Sevefesl ' of the above itn paans attend the disease, but cases ' hare occurred waea but few of them existed, yet examination after death has shewn the lifer to hare been extensively It should b aawd by all persona, old and young wkenever any of the abova symptoms appear. Persons Traveling or living . In Un healthy localities, by taking a dose' occasion ally to keen the Liver in healthy action, will avoid all Malaria, Butoas attacks. Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness. Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but Is no ia toTlratina; beverage. If Ton have eaten anything hard of digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less st night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors' Bills will be saved by always keeping; the Regulator In the House I For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never be out of pUoe. The remedy is harmleas and does not Interfere with business or pleasure IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects. A Governor's Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander II. Stephens, of Ga., says : Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. "The only Tiling that never fails to Relieve." I have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never nave found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. I sent from Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. Jaknxy, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. TV. IZavson sayss From actual ex perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in my practice I have been and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. ( JjQPTake only the Genuine, which always has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark and Signature of J.-H. ZEILIN A CO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. SCHEDULES. Carolina Central E. R. Comp'y. . CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Office General Superintendent, Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 30, 1881. f On and after Jan. 1, 18X2, the followinsr schedule will be operated on this Railway : PASSENGER, MAIL AND EXPRESS TRAIN. i T TTi'lmi'nvn 82flpm 5 50 a ra L' i Arrive at Charlotte, 0 Leave Charlotte, 10 10 p m C Arrive at Wilmington, 7 32am 55o. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 stop at regular stations only, and points designated in the Company's Time Table. PASSENGER A!fD FREIGHT TRAIN. Leave Wilmington at Arrive at Hauilet at 5.40 A. M NO 5. Arrive at Charlotte at Leave Charlotte at 7.55 p. M 4.15 A. H No. 6. I 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 burg, Greenville, Athens, Atlanta and all points beyond. Train No. 6 makes close connection at Wil mington with W. & W. R. R. for points North. Through Sleeping Cars between Raleigh and Charlotte. V. Q. JOHNSON. Gen'l Sup't. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Superintendent'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 Raleigh, 8 00 P. M. Cary, 8 31 p. M. Apex. 8 5J 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. Jt. Manly, 12 09 A. M. Blue's, 12 29 A. M. Keyser, 12 48 a. m. Hoffman. 1 14 A. M. No. 2 Leave Hamlet, 2 30 a. Hoffman, 3 14 a. Keyser, 3 37 a. Blue's, 3 54 a. Manly, 4 13 a. Cameron, 4 56 a. Sanford, 5 41 a. Osgood, 6 02 A. Moncure, 6 25 A. Merry Oaks, 6 43 a. New Hill, 7 00 a. Apex, 7 23 a. Carv. 7 59 a. M M M M M M M V M M If M M Ar. Hamlet, 2 00 a. m. Ar. Raleigh, 8 30 a. m Ar. Raleigh, 8 30 a. Train number 1 connects at Hamlet witn 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. President's Office, ) Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 28, lsSO. , 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 and from Charleston, Columbia and Wilmington both ways: GOING DOWN. Leave Cheraw at 10 SO A. M. " Cash's, 10 50 " " Society Hill, 11 15 " " Dove's, 1145 ' " Darlington, 12 15 P. M. " Palmetto, 12 35 " Arrive at Florence, 1 00 " COMING UP. Leave Florence at 2 35 p. ic Palmetto, 3 00 " UtXl JJJlgWIl, " a " Dove's, 3 40 " Society Hill, 4 05 " Cash's 4 25 Arrive at Cheraw. 4 50 c I It Close connection made at Florence with trains to and from Charleston and Wilming ton, every day except Sunday. B. D. TOWNSEND. President. Cneraw & Salisbury Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Until further notice, the trains on this road will run as follows: Leave. Arrive. Wadesboro, 7.15 A. H. Cneraw, 3.20 a. m Cheraw, 9.25 a. u. Wadesboro, 5.30 p. u Making close connection both ways at Che raw, with Cheraw & Darlington train, and at Florence with the Northeastern train. B. D. TOWNSEND. President Silver and China. laws s. &c. house; FINEST TRIPLE PLATE AND CHINA WARES. 33-ly A Matter of Sentiment Aunt Remember Mordaunt was a queer-loo king 'little body like a bugaboo in tbe children's nursery book, "her nose went out and mouth went in." She wasn't much larger than a irl eight years old and she had fallen down cellar and broken her wrist, been thrown out of a carriage and put her shoulder put of joint ; and being as bald as a baby , she wore the funniest of email russetr fronts1' un der little "mpb-cap,'" aa that it was tro wonder ?ple' looked a her and smiled. Her shrewd, twinkling eyes U3uaHy smiled back. Aunt Remem ber cared little what people thought of hen She was much more occupied in deciding what she thought of them. And let me assure you she was no insignificant person in her circle. No pairygodtjrother ever was more fear fully looked up to no, looked down to than Aunt Remember. She was shrewd, she was witty, she had a sharp tongue of her own more, she was the richest woman in Peach lands. She lired with her brother Paul and his wie, who Lad three daughters, People said Aunt Remember would leave her aioney to one of these daugh ters, and Aunt Remember said that she should, "to the one who pleased her best." The thing was to know how to please her. She found fault first with one, then with the other. Marion was self-willed, Mattie was lazy, and Mollie well, Mollie had red hair. I do not think it a sin to have red hair, but Mollie thought it was. Had she hot been reproached with it since her tenderest years? To-be sure, it was as soft as silk, and an artist might have considered the burnished ripples rery lovely, as they swept a way from a complexion. whose pink was prettier than the tint of any sea shell ; but the color of her hair was a sore subject with Mollie. She' was never quite happy, unless she had al together forgotton the matter, and as Mollie was usually exceedingly busy, she generally had very good success at forgetting. Marion was a brunette, very fond of stylish dress and very ambitious. Matrtmoriially, she "had Hxea her goal very high. She intended to marry a man, handsome, distinguished, and able to support her in good style. No other would she look at. "Ah, my lady," Aunt Remember would say, "you will go through the world and pick up a crooked stick!" Marion, the eldest, was already twenty-four. Mattie was twenty pretty enough, good enough, but "Mattie '11 never set the river on fire," complained Aunt Remember. 1 think myself that the latter was fond of her importance careful to keep up this uncertainty regarding her preference, for nobody could be certain regarding it. But it kept the small house at Peachlands in a con stant state of agitation. The house itself belonged to Aunt Remember, though she had virtually given it to her brother, ten years be fore. After her husband's death for Aunt Remember had had a husband she had transf ered it to her brother, when he came "West with his young family. The furniture also was given him, with the exception of a parlor suit, which Aunt Remember was supposed to have sold a suit of mahogany and gray haircloth, which she had owned bequeathed by her mother when a girl. I say supposed, because Aunt Re member was peculiarly reserved and secretive regarding her "doings. She never asked counsel of her relatives, or of any one else, but planned and performed according to her pleasure. She required her connections to sometimes execute commissions for her of which they had not the least understanding as, for instance, dur ing the last few years, since Aunt Remember had dislocated her should er, one of the girls went quarterly to the office of C. Everard, said office being attached to a furniture ware house, and paid him some money. He was a young man, very business-like, but with pleasant hazel eyes, which Marion declared "just splendid !" but curled her delicate nose at the suggestion of Aunt Remember, that Mr. Charles Everard's acquaint ance might be worth cultivating. ' 'Nonsense ! The idea of me marry ing a man who keeps a little furniture shop down on Bond Street !" she cried. "Who are you, miss? Your father is only a poor farmer. " "I don't always intend to be poor, if father is. I shall marry for money," returned Marion. "And not for money only I must have every thing." "Humph!" ejaculated Aunt Re member; "when Sir Perfection comes courting you, let me know f ' But nobody took offense at Aunt Remember's sharp speeches. Mattie was requested to carry the next quarter's money to Mr. Charles Everard, but dawdled so long at get ting ready that Aunt Remember, bade her take off her bonnett and sit down, and sent Mollie. "You're smart, if you have got red hair, Mollie," she Baid; and, with this doubtful complirrient ringing in her ears, Mollie set out. As I have said, the color, of her WADESBORO', N. ,C.; hair was a sore subject with her, and, when Mr. Charles Everard first saw her, she had drawn her veil of soft gray tissue down bo as almost to cov er it. But he beheld a pair of limpid brown eyes, a j pretty smile, and a dimpled, rose-red cheek, and thought he never had met any one half so lovely. I "Well, how did you like Mr. Charles Everard?" asked Aunt Remember, sharply. ,j ' " I think he la very nice, " answered rMollie,jAkf ng off her bonnett before the glassand wishing her hair wasn t red. j "I suppose you wouldn't marry a man who kept a little furniture-shop, ; either?" remarked Aunt Remember. "Yes, I wonlcl! if it were Mr. Ever ard, and he wanted me to !" laughed Mollie, blushing!. After that, the quarterly sums of money were paid Mr. Everard month ly instead, and Mollie carried the en velopes containing them to the dingy little office down in Bond Street. Mr. Everard told her, xne day, that he wished it wasn't so dingy for her sake ; and, another day, told her that he did not like! storing and selling furniture, but he had a mother and invalid sister dependent on him, and could not follow the business he liked, which was architecture, but must continue in his father's shop, at least for the present. It seemed to Mollie that never was 6uch a pleasant spring, for in one way and another she came to see a great deal of Mr. Charles Everard, and his hazel eyes mingled with her dreams very pleasantlyi. One day he told her that his deceas ed father and Aunt Remember had been engaged to marry each other when they were very young. "Then you know Aunt Remember?" cried Mollie. ; "No. I never saw her but orsca twice. She engaged me to store some furniture for her." "What kind of furniture was it?" asked Mollie. j "A very old-fashioned, gray hair cloth set. Have you ever seen it?" "No," answered Mollie. "It's queer; ages out of style." ; "Why does she keep it?" "A ma.tt.ftr of sentinient, probably. In value it's worth a hundred dollars or so, while she has already paid twice its value over for storage." "I never knew that Aunt Remem ber was sentimental," laughed Mollie. "She dpesn't look so, that's a fact. But do you know I fancy the look of those little bright eyes of hers!" It was an eventful summer, for Marion and Mattie both became en gaged. Marion to Squire Dillon's son, Mattie ta Rob Barney, the butch er's nephew, a young fellow as roly poly and as easy-going as herself. Regarding the prospects of the lat ter couple, Mattie and Rob had promptly contented themselves with the thought jthat Aunt Remember meant to leave Mattie her money, and forthwith took no thought for the morrow, j The other 'couple, thinking very sharply of the morrow, hoped that she would leave it to Marion. Marion gave 'Dudleyj Dillon every reason to suppose so. I "He has ajfortune, being an only son. I shall be sure of that, anyway !" she said to herself. As soon ast her bridal outfit could be prepared, j she hastened the wed ding, for Marion did not mean to be five-and-twenty until after her wedding-day. The next marriage Mat tie and Rob-4followed shortly." "How are you going to live?" asked Aunt Remember of Marion. "Dudley lias means," replied her elder niece, j "How arejyou going to live?" she asked, subsequently, of the squire's rather rakish son. "My wife ivill have means, I sup pose," he said, with a rather sharp glance at Aunt Remember. She volunteered no information on the subject.jand the wedding, which was close at hand, took place. "When are you and Charley Ever ard going toi marry?" asked Aunt Re member, j "Charlie can't support two estab lishments at present; so we must wait," answered Mollie, cheerfully, though the limpid brown eyes had a regretful look in them. "Then you don't calculate that I intend to leave you my money?" said Aunt Remember, grimly. "No," answered Mollie, qoitely. Marion was no sooner married than she learned) that her husband had had a quarrel with his father, and could expect nothing of him. She was too proud to let her family know this, and then commenced a desperate struggle to keep up appearances. Her dignity and energy shamed her unprincipled husband, and he soon began to make better use of his talents ; but, as far as her expectations were concerned, Marion's marriage was a failure. She became a hard, bitter woman. Mattie ahd Rob went to live with Rob's uncle, the butcher, and though he was poor ' and unsentimental, he was good-natured, and suffered them to share with the rest. But the old saying was true that never a house was wide enough for two families. When Mattie's fat, good-natured baby was born, Mattie THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1882. i became desperate to have a home of her qwn, and, tired of waiting for AuntRemember's money, and long ing fr independence, she infected Rob with her tardily-developed ener gy, aid they went to work to make a homeland a living for themselves. Ther had hardly done so before Aunt Remember, who had been silent ly afliag for a long time died. Mollie, who jwas no nearer marriage than she .pad- been three years before, though a little graver, as well as sweeF-fo patience and duty well performed make people lovelier as they grow otder Mollie tended her faithfully in her last illness. "My will is in the escritoir!" were her last words. When it was read, what did they find? The old estate legally secured to Paul Mordaunt and his wife. To Marion, one thousand dollars ; to Mat tie, one thousand dollars; another thousand to fat little Robby; but these were the only moneys mention ed, and, as I have told you, Aunt Re member had always been considered the richest woman in Peachlands. What did it mean? To Mollie she had left only the gray haircloth parlor set. "We can marry now, Mollie," said Charile Everard, with a rather sad smile. "I want to gee it," said Mollie. So they went into the great storage chamber, and took the wrappings off the queer old furniture. Pinned upon the back of the sofa was a letter, which, to Mollie's astonishment, she found directed to "My Niece," in Aunt Remember's cramped, stiff hand. The letter read as. follows : "I do not know which of my three nieces will get this in years to come time must decide that; but it will be to my favorite. In leaving this set of furniture to her, I leave a legacv which I should like preserved for it is surrounded by associations I have never spoken of. This furniture oc cupied my mother's best parlor when I wa9 a girl, and many happy hours I spent there when I was engaged to marry John Everard. The furniture of the old parlor, where we spent our' evenings, is all that is left ine to re member him by, for I sent back his gifts when I foolishly promised to marry a rich man. I tried to be a good wife to my husband ; but I never have been happy never! I always bw regretted that step. During the years I was a widow, with large stuns of money in the house, I used to fear rotbery, and at various times con cealed bank bills of different denomi nations beneath the lining of this sofa, where they will be found enojgh, I think, to secure the finder from any fear of future want." Breathlessly they ripped down the rusty linings, and what a sight ! The old sofa was literally stuffed with bank-bills of the highest denomina tions. If the same amount of money had been concealed in gold in it, ten mei could not have lifted it, Mollie thought. Gratefully she accepted her legacy gntefully preserved the old furniture, wiich will again become an heirloom tothe children she and Charlie Ever ard proudly call theirs; and this story will be handed down from generation to generation, little as the little wom an's favorite niece had suspected her of "matter of sentiment." To Marion, let me add, a little daughter was given later in life, of whom she says : 'She shall never marry for money. I will warn her !" Mark This. Did you ever know a man who. grew rich by fraud, continue success ful through life and leave a fortune ai death ? This question put to a gentleman vho had been in business forty years. After reflecting awhile he said : "Not one. I have seen many men become rich, as if by magic, and win golden opinions, when some little things led to an exposure of their fraud, and they have fallen into dis grace and ruin. Arson, perjury and suicide are common crimes with those who make haste to be rich re gardless of the means." Boys, stick a pin here. You will soon be men and begin to act with those who make money. Write this good man's testimony in your mind, and with it put this word of God, "He that hasteneth to be rich, hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him." Let these words lead you to resolve to make haste slowly when you go into business in the manner of mak ing money. About Girls. When girls midway in their natur al girlish habits and attire, don long skirts, shoot up their hair, and affect the airs and dress of young women, they would often be surprised to know what their elders really think of the improvements. One such young miss went to the dejxt recent ly to meet an aged friend of the fam ilr, and was surprised to find herself not recognized upon greeting the visi tor as she stepped from the car. " 'Don't you know me, auntie ? "Why, this isn't Maria, is it ?" "Certainly ! Don't you think I 14ok better than 1 did last summer ?" j "No," replied the honest soul, look ing at the girl; "to tell the truth, I don't I Go home and let down your hair, and be young while you can, for it will not be many years before you will be glad to have people take you for a girl." Exchange. News from the Sun. It appears that some very interest ing observations were made during the eclipse in May, but beyond that bare fact little has been heard from it. At a time when the study of solaf phenomena is attracting every body's attention, on account of the theories of their connection with ter restrial meteorology, this ps unfor tunate. ' The newspapers are ahead of the scientific organs in giving in formation on this subject, and some of the latter hjure hoan obliged to bor row from the-' newspapers, in order to satisfy their readers. The new ob servations seem to show pretty con clusively that the influence which produces sun spots is powerfully felt In the upper regions of the solar at mosphere, where it causes wonderful phenomena. Sun spots go in periods. Once in about eleven years they reach their maximum, or become most numerous. There was a solar eclipse in 1871 during a sun-spot maximum, and another in 1878, when sun spots were very rare, and the astronomers observed a decided dif ference in the form of the corona or great gaseous envelope that sur rounds the sun and blazes into sight during a total eclipse in the most fan tastic and wonderful forms. The eclipse of this year fell in another period of sun spot maximum, and it is an exceedingly interesting fact that the corona again presented the ap pearance seen in 1871. The most striking difference in the form of this magnificent atmosphere of the sun as seen at sun-spot maxima and sun-spot minima seems to be that when the spots are fewest the envelopes of glowing gazes are deepest at the sun's equator, and also exhibit striking forms about. his poles, while when the spots are most numerous, as at pres ent, the corona extends away from the equator, and is not so conspicu ous about the poles, but au enormous quantity of hydrogen appears in the solar atmosphere, glowing with the most intense heat. What a wonder ful thing the sun appears to be in the light of these facts ! Instead of a round, solid body, glowing with a white heat, we see in the sun a globe of gases subjected to a temperature and a pressure almost too frightful for the mind so conceive a fiery globe in which iron and the solidest substances we know are not merely melted, but turned into a whirling mass of vapor which is heaved and tossed with awful convulsions, while around it all, outside the sun as we see it, there is an indescribable at mosphere thousands and hundreds of thousands of miles deep, composed of glowing gases, some of which if con densed over our heads would set the world afire with red hot rain. Then we see, through some cause which we cannot yet understand, this ball of flaming leases, which is rushing through space like a hot shot hurled from a cannon of infinite power, lashed every eleven years into seven fold fury, until its glowing surface is pitted with tremendous chasms, and jets of flaming hydrogen and other gases leap from it like gigantic gev se rs of fire and set its great upper at mosphere aglow. Another interesting result of the re cent eclipse observations is the evi dence obtained of the existence of enormous quantities of vaporized cal cium in the corona, or upper atmos phere of the sun. If this is so, then we see an element which, in limestone and other combinations, forms whole ranges of solid mountains on the earth changed to the condition of a shining vapor, and serving to make up part of the atmosphere of the great orb of day. The existence of calcium in what may be called the body of the sun was recognized long ago, but heretofore there has been no good evidence that this terrestrial mountain-making element was float ing at a tremendous elevation above the surface of the sun. Again, the recent observations have, it appears, gone far toward proving, what has been for some years suspected, that the chemical elements as we know them are not able to withstand the tremendous temperature of the sun, and that they are thus split up into still more ele memtary substances, an achievement far beyond the power of our chemis try. If this is so it is a great advance in the spectroscopic study of the sun. These are only some of the discov eries made by the astronomers in Egypt, and which have been so slow to leak out. There are a great many other things of public interest that they could throw light on; for in stance, the sword-shaped comet which they discovered close to the sun and photographed, and the dis covery of indications of an atmos phere in the moon, the particulars of which would interest everybody, es pecially if they can give us any hope that the moon is not a dead world after all. N. Y. Sun. He who lives happily through the short rose-days of his youth, and far away from envy and complaining fitnvmj to ha crood. still eniovs the A n -.rot svF Vtia ir-ttltV wVion fhA wintAi uwiD vm. uiu j vuwu . - of life approaches, and contentment and virtue scatter nowers aiong ms path. Without fear and without anxiety he can look before and be hind. A Novel Steamahtp, Robert Fryer, of New York, has invented a novel steamship on a principle heretofore unheard of which is a kind of Marine velocipede on three wheels, her hull not being in tended to touch the water. A model of this ship was completed some months ago at a ship yard on the Harlem river, near McComb's Dam, and has since been sent to Hastings-on-the-Hudson, where a large ship of the same design, Jto be called the WQoeanic, iIjrr?rburVding. The singular point of the invention is. that the support of the ship the float as it were, and the propellers are one and the same. The vessel floats on three spheres, made of sheet steel, one, forward and two astern. Each of these is fitted with flanges which surround nearly the whole of its circumference, and act as paddles. The splieres are so arranged that they can be worked backward and for ward, or one worked backward and the others forward simultaneously, so that the vessel may be turned completely around in her own water. With such a rapid power of turning no rudder will be necessary. The interiors of the spheres are divided into compartments for the purpose of increasing their strength, and decreasing their liability of sinking in caee of accident. They are also proportioned that only about one- sixth of their capacity is immersed in the water when supporting the entire weight of the vessel, serving in that way to keep the ship at a sufficient distance above the level of the sea to prevent the hull being brought into violent contact with the water in the roughest weather. The spheres are provided with a flanged keel to adapt the vessel for use on rails in case of crossing an isthmus, or for being run upen land for repairs. The upper works of the ship are to depend upon the spheres that are to do the propelling, and will be as light as consistent with strength. Three watertight domes, or wheel- houses, are arranged upon the frame work or bottom, which domes are connected by an arch subdivided in to 'compartments which serve as state-rooms, cabins, etc. The state rooms are to be in the after part of the vessel, between the wheels, or the second and third deck. The whole is made watertight so that in the event of the wheels or spheres being broken or disabled, or the vessel capsized, it will still possess sufficient buoyancy to prevent it from sinking. The vessel is designated only for passenger traffic, and it is claimed that its peculiar construction gives increased accommodation, greater safety, and a higher rate of speed than that now used. The "Oceanic," now building at Hastings-on-the-Hudson, is to be 224 feet long and 130 feet wide. The spherical wheels are to be 24 feet in diameter, drawing 5 feet when load ed. Recently, the inhabitants of the Twenty-fourth ward of New York were considerably astonished upon seeing an extraordinary looking ve hicle with three wheels, weighing over two tonp, steam its way across land from the Harlem river to Spuy ten Duyvil Creek, near the Hudson river, and travelling to the water's edge, not stop, but continue on over the surface of the water as readily and almost as rapidly as it had trav elled down hill on land. This was the model of the "Oceanic." on its way to Hastings. The model was easily guided by hand, and propelled by its own power. As much differ ence is claimed by its inventor to exist between it and an ordinary boat as between a wagon mounted on wheels and one that should rest on the ground, and be dragged along the surface by means of wheels attached to ' its side3. Says the Nautical Gazette: "The invention ceitainly presents some . intensely interesting rjroblems. If successful, it must M. revolutionize . passenger traffic by water, as the vessel for a given amount of this traffic can be built for what the ordinary vessel would cost, and will perform double service. Nothing can be more unsinkable than these buoyant globes; nothing can be stronger or lighter than the whole vessel made, as it will be, out of steel, and presenting at every point to wind and wave the arch. Water is the great roadway of the world, and wheels the great vehicle. v A perfect combination of tho two perfects transportation. "Father, you are 'an awful brave man," said a Detroit youth, as he smoothed down the old man's gray locks the other evening. "How do you know that, Willie?" "Oh, heard some men down at the store say that you killed thousands of soldiers during the war." "Me f Why; was a beef contractor for the army." "Yes, that's what they said !" explain ed young innocence, as he slid for the kitchen. A wire fence, running from Indian Territory west across the Texas Pan handle, and 35 miles into New Mexico, is projected and largely under con tract. Its course will be along the line of the Canadian River, and its purpose is to stop the drift of the northern cattle. The fence will be over 200 miles long. NO. 41 The Origin of the Sleeping Car, Mr. W. Baraet Le Van, M. E., of Philadelphia, says: "From all accounts, no doubt. Napoleon I. used, in 1815, the first 'sleeping, dining room, and parlor car' thatver was built This car, or chariot, w4 taken at Waterloo, and was present ed to the Prince Regent '.of England, by whom it was afterward sold to Mr. Bullock for $12, roo. It eventually found its way to Madame Tusjsaud's wax-work exhibition, London, where, itfimay still be aceiu Thi. vorj curfoua and too enieiUcluario of the First Fmperor was built by Symons, of Brussels, for Russian campaign, and is adapted for the various pur poses of a pantry and a kitchen, tor it has places for holding and prepar ing refreshments, which, by the aid of a lamp, could be heated in the carriage. It served also for a bedroom, a dressing-room, an office, etc. The seat is divided into t wo by a partition about six inches high. The exterior of this ingenious vehicle is in the form and dimensions of our large coaches, except that it has a projection in front of about two feet, the right-hand, half of which is open to the inside to receive the feet, thus forming a bed, while the left-hand half contained a store of various useful things. "Beyond the projection in front, and nearer to the horses, was the seat for the coachman, ingeniously con trived so as to prevent the driver from viewing the interior of the car riage, and yet so placed as to afford those within a clear sight of the sur rounding country . Beneath this seat is a receptacle for a box, about 2 1-2 feet in length and 4 inches deep, con taining a bedstead of polished steel, which could be fitted up- in a couple of minutes, Over the front windows is a roller blind of strong painted canvas, wnicn, wiien puilea out, excluded rain, while it admitted air. (This might be an advantageous ap-' pendage to our present car windows as well as carriages.) On the ceiling of the carriage is a network for carrying small traveling requisites. In a recess there was a secretaire, 10 by 18 inches, which contained nearly a hundred articles presented to Na poleon I. by Mario Louise, under whose care it was filled up with every luxury and convenience that could be imagined.lt contained besides the usu al requisites for a dressing box,mo8t of which were of solid gold, a magnifi cent breakfast service, with plates, candlesticks, knives, forks, spoons, a spirit lamp for making breakfast in the carriage, gold case for Napoleon's gold wash-hand basin, a number of essence bottles, perfumes, and an almost infinite variety of minuto articles, down to pins, needles, thread, and silk. Each of these, articles were fitted into recesses most ingeniously contrived, and made in the solid wood, in which they were packed close together, and many ono within the other, in such a narrow space that, on seeing them arranged, it appeared impossible for them ever to be put into so small a compass. At the bottom of his toilet box, in divided recesses, were 2,000 gold Napoleons ($7,700) ; on the top of it were writing materials, a looking glass, combs, etc., a liquor case which had two bottles, one of Malaga wine, the other of rum; a silver sandwich box, containing a plate, knives, pepper and salt boxes, mustard pot; decanter, glasses, etc. ; a. wardrobe, writing desk, maps, telescopes arms, etc. ;a large silver chronometer, by which the watches of the army were regulated; two merino mattresses, a green velvet traveling cap, also a diamond head dress (tiara) hat, sword, uniform, and an imperial mantle, etc." Progress of The Hudson Illver Tun nel. The accompanying diagram shows the progress of the excavation of the tunnel under the Hudson River. The advance during tho past six months on the New Jersey side has been very rapid, tho North Tunnel having been caried forward over 500 feet beyond the point indicated in our isure of Feb. 4. The completed tunnel now measures 1,200 feet. The character of the river bed continues to be the same tough silt encountered nearer the shore. Owing to the descending slope of the tunnel, the air pressure has been increased with the advance of the work, so that it is now 30 lbs. to the square inch. The tunnel is divid ed by two bulkheads, the first about 450 feet from the caisson, the second about the same distance in advance. No work has been done on the South Tunnel. On the New York side, the difficult nature of the grouiid has prevented any rapid advance. The earth is a mixture of sand, gravel, and small bowlders, requiring the most careful and skillful management to prevent accidents. The heading is now about 35 feet from tho caisson. A lawyer said sneer ingly to a clergy man : "If I had a stupid son I'd make a minister out of him." The clergy man thought a moment and then quietly replied : "Sir, your father was not of your opinion, was he t" Dyspepsia, heart-burn, nausea, indigestion, etc., are always relieved by Brown's Iron Bitters.
The Anson Times (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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