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E. S- WARHOCK, Editor and Proprietor. We Froudly call ours a Government' by the People. Cleveland. TERMS: S2.00 Por Year. VOL. A ll. WADESBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1886. NO. 3. , Ansokt Time! TerraafCash m. Advance. One Year Six Months Three Months $2.00 $1.00 50 ADVERTISING RATES. One square, first insertion - ' Each subsequent insertion Local ad vertisernenta, per line - "Special rates giveu on appllcatlo onger time. Advertisers are rrertcd to brin in fTvcrtLeiuuuts on Monday evening of week, to insure insertion in next issue. $1.00 MO for the', each PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J ohn T3. porabexton. ATTH'RMT'V AT T A Ttr ' 1 KJUPi Hil ill 1j A VV , WADESBORO, N. C. tST Practice Courts. in the State and Pedera JAJIE3 1 10CKHART. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, WADESBORO. N. C. t3T Practice at all the Courts of the States K. LITTLE. - W. L, PARSONS LITTLE & PARSONS, ATTORNEYS LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. Collections .Promptly Attended to. II. H. DePew DENTIST, WADESBORO. N. C. Office over G. W. Huntley's Store. All Work Warranted. May 14, '85, tf. DR. D. B. FRONTI3, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOE Offers his Professional Services to the citizens f Wadesboro and surrounding country. Oi lice opposite Bank. A. B. Huntley, M. D. J. T. J. Battle, M. h Drs. Huntley & Battle, PHYSISL4HS MB SUJ.QE0KS AYadesboro, N C ruce next to lianic Hay 7 t! I. II. HORTON, JEWELER, WADESBORO, N. C. Uealear in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, MiLsi Instruments, Breech and Muzzle Loadim .Shot Guns, Pistols, &c. Anson Instityixte, WADESBORO, N. C. D. A, HcBBESOB.' PEHICIPAL. J. J. Burnett, A. B. J. W. Kilgo, A. B. Assistants. Miss 31. L. McCokkle, The Tpring Term begins Monday, Jan uary llh, 188G. Tuition In Literary Department, $2, and $4 per month. Instrumental Music, 4 per month. Vocal Music, $4 per month. Use of piano for practice 50 cents per month Board, $10 per month. Contingent fee, 1 per year. For Catalogue apply to the Principal. Morven High" School, JAMES W. KiLGQ, A, B., Principal. The Fall Session begins on the 3d of August 1SS5, and runs through five months. TUITION, PER MONTH. Primary, Intermediate, Advanced $2.00 2.50 3.00 Board finmi.$3-T0 $10 iser month. For furtbEr particulars address the Prin cipal. Foods Liable to Adulteration. The following foods have been found by the chemists of the Massachusetts Board of Health to be especially liable to adulteration: Milk Addition of water or coloring mat ter, and abstraction of Ci earn. V Butter Sub titu tion of foreign fats, and addition of colcr.nz inattcr. Spices-Addition of , starch and other for eign powders. : Especially true of pepoer and mustard. Creaqaof Tarter Substitution. sTstarch, gypsum and other cheaper sub viaSs. Baking Powders Alum and other" injuri ous ingredients. Eaking powders have no legal standard, other than that of freedom from harmful ingredients. Lard tresen:e oi cheap fats and oils. Olive oil Substitution cf cheaper oils. Jellies and Preserved Fruits Substitution of cheaper fruitst and addition of coloring matter. Vinegar Absence of the required amount of acetic acid, and addition of coloring mat ter. Honey Substitution of cane sugar, glu cose, and other substances. . Molas es Addition of glucose, presence of tin or ther foreign substances. Sugar Glu:ose, poisonous coloring matter. Mapl) Sugar aad Sirup Giucosa. Confectionery Te.-ra alba, poisonous col oring matter, lusel oil, arseni al wrappers, etc. Coffee Mixture or substitution of various . cheaper substances. Canned Fruits, Vegetables and Meats Me tallio poisons. t SUNRISE. The East is blossoming ! Yea, a rose, Vast as tbe heavens, soft as a kiss, Swoet as the presence of a woman Is, Rises and reaches, and widens and grows, Large and luminous, up from the sea . And out of the sea, as a blossoming tree. Richer and richer, so higher and higher, Deeper and deeper it takes ita hue; Brighter and brighter it reaches through The space of heaven and the space of sta'-s, T;,l all is rich as a rose caa ba,. A:.d uay rose leaves fall into billows of fira. Then beams reach upward as arms from th sea; . t . Then lan-cs and arrows are aimed at me, Xh;:i iancec and sr angles and spars, and bars Are b: eken ru: 1 ih vered and strewn on the sea; And, around and about me, tower and spire Start from, the billows like tonjue3 of fire.. Joaquin Miller. OUR BOARDER. "There's the cottase at Harlem." Nell Baid in a timid.. toneT as if she half ex peered to be annihilated for the sugges- : tion. i "Go.d gracious, Nell 1" Fanny cried. "There's the coal cellar," said Aunt I Sue, imitating Nell's voice to perfection. But the touch of sarcasm roused the ex ceedingly small pugilistic spirit Nell possessed. 4,I don't consider the suggestions par allel at all,' siic , said, flushi ng a little. "1 know the cottage is very small, but it is hab. table." "Habitable P. cried Fannie. 1 couldn't swing a cat in the who! I "We, will let-tho cats -exist 1 swinging, them' said Nell, '.'You : house I" without stoutly. '-tu utre: we cam live ncre any 1 longer 1" , ! ' No,'' Aunt Sue answered, ruefully, "not for the present, at any rate." "Our worthy guardian having ab sconded with all the property he held in iiw I I iir i i : trust from our father,, including your twenty thousand dollars, Aunt Sue, we must look for some means of existence : more h ruble than this 'big house and two thousand a year income.1' , "Oh, Nelil ' and bcre Fannie's blue ; eyes oversowed, "how could he?" "leant tell, my dear sister; but he did. That's the important question. Now, as we cant pay the -rent of this house any longer, I propose to take pos ses ion of the little cottage at Larlem, that we own, furnish it out of this house, sell the tables and chairs remaining over, and look out for some work. I suppose i -aA can do something," she added doubt- ; fully. j Something of Nell's courage inspired ' Aunt Sue, for she suddenly straightened ' up an I said : "Before brother James, your father, 1 my dears, made money and took me to his home, God bless him, I had to work for my bread. I made caps, and I could i teach you girls now." j "Millinery f" said Fannie. j "No, caps for the army and navy, and boys wore them then, too; more than j fhey do now." "We'll decide about the latter," said Nell, seeing Fannie'a face fall aain, "but now we must go over and see about the house. How much money have you got, Aunt Sue?" "Ninety-seven dollars.'.' ; "And you, Fannie f" "Two dollars and sixty-five cents," , said rann e, after deliberately counting i the contents of her poite-monua e. j "And I have over twenty dollars, i Quite enougji to move, you see, inde pendent of the sale of furniture. We don't owe a cent, that's one blessing. I will take .;ano over this morning and set her to cleaning, if you faill s6.e about the ; carpets ai;d iurniture; decide what is ! best to take, I mean." i "You and Aunt Sue arrange it," Fan ! nie said, we .rily, leaving the room. "Poor Fan." Nell said, her whole tone of voice changing, as she looked alter, j her sitter. "It is harder for her than ! n r T7 K r . 1 vr ' ' ''T Hnn'f cao . TxrViTr j rather sharply; "she oiuu auuii o lie, has gone . about looking like a ghost ever since that old : Ecamp Norris ran off, but I am snre he j took your money and, mine as well as i hers." "Oh, Aunt Sue, are you blind? Don't I "you sec that Mr. Norris is i red.'s father, j and Fred. has also mysteriously vanished ; j and, oh,- didn't you ee long ago that Fred, was in love with poor Fan., and ! her great blue eyes brightened for him j as they did for no one else?" . "I never thought of that. Fan. never ! said a word." ! "How could she! Fred, never actually i propo-cJ to hctbut he surely, surely -wanted to, ;;nd scrlh tended." ; "I d like to hang his father I" T And after this -energetic declaration i Aunt. Sue joined Nell ia a ramble over j the house, deciding upon lhe best ttispo j sitioii of the handsome appointments. Many a heart-wrench went with the de cisions to sell objects endeared by years i oi association?, but too large or hand- ? some tor the tiny home they proposed to occupy. Fanny helped by tits and starts, j.but, as Nell surmised, the girl had a heart-ache to carry that far surpassed the pain of pecuniary loss or change of for- J tune. . ! She was a tall, slender blonde, very pretty, and of a gentle, loving disposi tion, never possessing the energy of j brown-eyed NeU, whose beauty was not I nearly so great, but who made up for a j snub nose and big mouth in the sunniest ! disposition and a quick vivacity that i was very attractive.' . Fred. Norris, the son of the guardian who had so foully betrayed the trust of i the poor girl's dead father, had brought ; his haudsome fa:e and winning manners ' often to the house ovef which Miss Susan j Do: rimer presided., and had left no power of persuasion untried in his en I dea'vor to win pretty Fannie's heart. He j was partner in his. father's law office. winning hi; own way to fortune, and no j thought of Che blonde's patrimony i te rpted hm. It was a pure, true love j that softened his voice for Fannie's ear, v shone in his eyes wh?u they rested upon her, ar.d brow .lit him often to. her side. J And the love he coveted was given j iiim, though - no -vordi had yet been sp ken, when I lerbcit "Norris suddenly j Kcd,- and twenty-four hours later his son i was nls mi-sincr. It was all leasing, .Nell said, that' they ! choos:? the spring weather for their jour- . uey. a the cott ige ia Harlem was cer ; tainly m t tempting, as it stood, for a ; winter residence. It made a larcre tola the furnitu:e, to nut the old house in re. tne saie ox pair, it having b?en empty for a long ! t.m?. Ami t'vc.i when it was newly j ., painted ana pa crcd.anl brightened bv : the pretest of furniture, it looked verv aairow ana poor, contrasted with thi borne where the girls had lived from, childhood. The piano had to stand all askew, to fit at all in the little parlor, and the easy-chair-; and lounges looked all out of proportion. But Nell worked rvi - a V'-'ir the "flittin be- .ciii- a Jju.l; and even Fannift was in- terested in wedging bureaus into irapos sible reces es, and finding accomrnoda tion for the contents of the great vans at the door. "Just imagine, wo 1 avc a spare-room;" cried Nell, gleefully; "here is Aunt Rue's, here our, here otic for a servant, if we ever again indulge in euch a lux ury, and here a rn ;giuiicent apartment, handsomely furnished to letl All the rubbish and trunks c::.n go in the attic or loft, or whatever you choose to caV the sky parlor, and the whole lower floor can be devoted to parlor, dining-room, pautry and kitchen I Fan, seriously, I tike it. It is ours, that is one good thing, and We can have lots of fan cook ing and cleaning." "Fun!" said i r.n, dolefully. "Yes, fun! Come, I'm- going to give Jane her wages, row we are all fixed nicely, and we w 11 get dinner. Ain't you glad now we learned to cook at Unc!e Rodney's. How we hated it !" Fan. sighed over the memory of twe years spent with their mother's brother on a cosy New England farm, while theii father was in -Europe trving to bring health back to his wife, who died under Italian skies. But Nc 1 would not let her mope, and the summer days were coming to make the cottage garden a new interest, and a long walk to the boat or c ir only a pleasant country stroll. There was a little money to put in the ba k for a rainy day, when Aunt Sue ob taii.d employment at be:: old trade, and the ' girls' undertook embroidery for e largo dry goods establishment. Junt had comj when one morning Aunt Sue received a lette::, asking her to take a bo;rder. "A boarder!" cried Fannie, aghast "the man is craiy ! ' - For the letter was signed "John Har ris!" So it wa-i a man. "He is an inva'id, and wants perfect quiet in a private family. He offers ten dollars a we 'k, Fan." "And he'll be twenty dollars worth oi ; bather Just imag'ne a sick man to fuss ; over." ! "Ten dollars a week," said practical j Nell. "It would nearly keep the table j for all of us " j Discussed in all it bearings, the prq ; posal was finaliy admitted to have its 1 advantages. The old family physician was given by the wr ter for reference, I and the;e was the spare room "fairly j yawning with emptiness" NeU' said. ; So John Harris was graciously pcr ! mitted to take up his summer residence l in the little co.tage. He was a white i haired o'd gentleman who stooped badly and had large soft eyes, as blue as Fan 1 nie's own. From the time of his arrival his devotion to Aunt Sue vas so marked as to excite the mischievous raillery of ! the ffiils in spite of the little old maid's : blushes and protestations. . j Was Aunt Sue in the summer-house stitching upon her caps. John Harris was I sure to be found, reading aloud the in : teresting portions of the daily newspaper. ! Was she in the kitchen stirring cake, or 1 rolling pie crust, John Harris was cer ! tainly leaning against the window-sill, making sage icm :i ks upon tne Djans or j. tomatoes in the wee vegetable garden. Did Aunt Sue remark her love f r a j flower, behold the next day a wagon from town with a whule garden ready to be transferred to the soil of Harlem, under John Harris's direc ions. He wa? very kind to the girls, but their youthful charms evidently faded before Aunt Sue's mature ones. It was a pleasant summer, in spile oi Fan.'s heart-sickness and the many . pri vations that were now a duty. Poverty had not bitten deeply into the nest eis i at tho bank, thanks to the supply of ! work and1 the board of John Harris. ' Upon the plea of poor appetite, this in- valid was constantly sending orders tc I the city for supplies of dainties for the I table, that aided materially in lessen:ng the culinary expenses, and he set the girls to embroidering such a pi!o of handkerchiefs with initial letters, thai NeU declared he could never want an other if he spent the remainder of his ex istence blowing his nose. He liked carriage exercise, and hated to be alone, so he kept an open barouchfi at the livery stable and the whole foui rod every ' plea-ant day along the coun try roads. He insisted that a servant was needed for his multitudinous wants, and Jane was reinstated, to her own pro found satisfaction. But the crowning act of kindness came when thqpctober winds were sweeping round the little cottage, and afire in the sitting-room erate looked cheery and f homelike. The Dorrimers were.expecj- 1112 every day to hear Mr. Harris an nounce his intention of returning to the city; but he lingered day after day, as ii loath to leave the cottage. One bluster ing day, when he had be,en in the city aince early morning, he came home aftet iusk. Nell thought there were iwo pairs of feet on the stairway, but concluded she must have been mistaken when Mr. Harris entered the sitting-room alone. Fannie was sitting near the window, and Hie old man took a seat very near her aa he said: "I heard some news in town to-day." Everybody looked interested. ' "Herbert Norris died in England two months ago. Dr. Garner was telling me about it. He had a eon, a noble fellow, who left the city after he did, to try to find him,' and persuade him to restore the money he had taken. But, when he did find him, he ascertained that he had taken n. thing J The money, his own, trust funds, everything was invested in unfortunate speculations, and it was to avoid ruin ana disgrace the man fled! His son stayed by him, working for him, stri ring to make him return and face the consequence of his imprudence), but his heart was broken, and he died. Died in poverty and grief I But his son came home to face the misery and disgrace from which h:s father fed. He brought his clear brain and legal knowledge to bear upon the complications, and he has succeeded in getting affairs into training.' It may Ve months before there is any re sult, but Fred. Norris faces tho world to dav as an honest man. free from anv m tne monev t'7rt romplicitj in h!s father's disgrace. But he is v-ry sad. I think if ho had a ic' ioviag w.ards to cheer him on, tli: thv.ighttbat hehad not altogether for feited a love he strove, hard, to win, the hope that success in the future might mean a wife's love, a happy home, he why Fan!" For Fan. had risen from her seat, her cheeks glowing, her eves radiant. "Where is he?" she'said. softly. "In my room. I will call him down." But Fred, lingered in the hall till Fan. wnt o it, softly clcs'ng the door. They tamo in presently together, acd Aunt Sue and Nell gave the young man cor d"al welcome. When they were a'l seated again, John Hirris said suddenly: ".Miss Dotrimer, had you ever a bro ther John, who went to California many v: ar3 ago a scapegrace boy. who do serted Home anfi incnas in a spell ot go'.d f -er and nc ercame home again?'' v I had a brother John," Susan an swered, softly, "who was very dear to me. He went to Ca iforniaJbut he wrote now and then." "You know nothing of him nowi"" "I wrote to him lass-spring, but I think he never got th& letter." "Why?" ' "Because I (the girls did no know), I to'd him of our trouble (it was so hard for the girls to loe everything, you see), and I am sure he would have answeredif he had receive J the letter." "Is he rich?" "I don't know." "Hut I do, and I will tell you. For years and years ill-luck crossed him everywhere. He made money by dig ging iind was robb d. He" grew rich in business and. was burned out. 'Whenever prosperity came; misfortune followed close at its heels. So he was ashamed to write home and record his failures, hop ing at sometime to have a different tale to tell. He was right; the tide turned, and he made a fortune, agood round sum, safely invested. Then he heard of trouble at home, and he thought how pleasant it would be to have a home. Bachelor as he was, lie craved home love and life. He thought tendcly of the blue-eyed sister he had ieft a slip of a girl, of "tho nieces he had never sren. So he ar ranged his bu-iness and came to New York. He took one man into his confi dencehis brother's obi physician he came out to the humble cottage-" Here the speaker was interrupted. Sue was in his arms, sobbing: "To think I never knew you!" Ncli wrs executing a .species of war dance r.;iiud the arm-chair in which John Dorrimcr.sat, and Fan. was beading over th wh te head, her hand softly caressing the snowy" k ca Ilclore h? winter came tbey were all in the old h e aatn, th cottage being by unanimous vote r'a.n-d for a summer residence. Fan. was married when the New Year dawned. Fred, was working manfully at his profession. Nell, who was twenty at Christmas, says she is an old maid, but Aunt Sue thinks she need Tnbr, rorrimr. nalU himself an invalid but Fan. savs nothing ai.s him bat an inordinate dfi e to-have Aunt Sue pet and humor him. Neio York Neus. Ducks in Underground Ponds. Panther Creek is a stream in North eastern Colorado. One of the sources of t The rails are of maple, and trains are saia the creek is a shallow, sedgy pond, from i to run overthem with remarkable smooth which the witer pours over a miniature nes3, at tho rate of twenty-five miles an precipice some ten feet iri height and hour. Another wo d en-track railway, live or six in width. The pond is the j more than fifteen miles long, has been resort in their season of a great many j constructed on the grading of the aban- wiid ducks.who feed on the sedgy plants crrntclno An ifc mnrrrina nnn ltft Khfl C W bottom. Last year a neighboring ranch man coticed that on disturbing these water fowl, in place of flying to a dis tance, they circled about for a few mo ments arid then dashed through the veil of water formed by the falls coming from the pond. Though a good deal astonished, the ranchman had then no time for investi gation of the singular circumstance, and n it until a short time ago did he .ollow and one-half inches broad. On this one the tracks of the ducks through the fall- j rail were to travel the wheels of the lo ing waters. Beyond a slight ducking comotive and the carriages attached, but he'experiencel no inconvenience in pass- j it was intended to braaa the engine and inc' behind the falls. Once there and ! the Uv4 car in tbe train' by obliquely the way was clear. Opening before him was a passage three fe.t in width, and of sufficient height to allow a man to 'pass upright. ' The walls of the subter ranean way were dripping with water, and undoubtedly passed directly beneath the pond. He had riot gone many yards before the sound of a great quacking fell upon his ears. Hastening his pace he soon came UDon a large cavern, in the center of which was a lake. The surface of this lve was thick with ducks. .The water fow l was mostly mallard and teal, though several other varieties were rep resented. On the approach of the intruder the ducks arose in an immense cloud and disappeared through an opening beyond the lake. Our adventurer followed them and found another and s'milar lake, covered with wild ducks. Again the fowl arose, and with frightened and clamorous quacks throDgdlthrough an other passage way.- jthe pursuer found the.largest lake otL and the end of the subterranean water chain. The ducks now took the back track, and he could hear the rush of their wings and the sound of their harsh notes growing fainter as they sought the safety of the outer air. Gheenrie Wy-) Leader, iKilliii? a Porcupine. On Tuesday n'ght at Shebley's station, on the railroad, tbe furffeui. ha; king of dogs caused Mr. Shebby and his son William to go out and investigate, the latter taking with him a gun. The racket was near the high railroad trestle, and upon arriving there it wa3 discovered that the dogs had some kind of an ani mal at bay that could not be well distin- guishei in the uncertain nght. Jbncour D v - it 11 1 J i .-- u MA;n rnPn,ir. aged; the dogs went to the attack, but ach one returned enving with pa:n. A well-directed shot soon killed the "crit ter," when it was found to be a large porcupine, which weighed about twenty two pounds. The continued distress of the. dogs after the animal was dead, caused an exaininationto be made, when . it was discovered that the r mu zles and hflds vwerefull of porcup:ne QUI lis. Some of the quills penetrated deeply and had to be drawn out" with pincers. l took all of two hours to relieve the dogs of the torturtng quill3 that the porcu pine had perforated them with. Mr. Shebley has the skin ia this possession arid will put dt through a tanning pro- I cess. uras hiiUey ivai.j nvm. SOME NOVEL RAlLEOADS TBAORDINABY WATS IN WHICH TBACX3 HAVE BEEN" LAID. A Ilailroad on Ice Tracks Laid on Tree Stamps, in the Air and Oth erwise. Ia a small book entitled "Wondeii and Curio ities of the Railway," the au thor, Xt. W. S., Kennedy, touches on the anrmalous and entertuini g features of his subject in chapters bearing such sug gestive titles as "The Lightning Har nessed," "The Locomotive in Slippers," "The Luxuries of Travel," and "A Handful of Curiositcs." The average reader, who has not made railway-building a special study, will perhaps be as tonished to learn "that, there have been railro d, not only under the ground and in the air, but among tree tops and on the ice, while the-model of even a sub marine railway has been exhibited. It appears that some time ago a loco motive on sled runners was constructed in Scotland, and employed for drawing passengers and fre:ght over the ice be tween St. Peter-burg and Cronstadt. The two driving wheels in the rear were studded with fharp spikes, whereas the fro :t part of the engine rested on a sled wh:ch was swiveled, and turned to the right or left by, wheels working in con nection with an endless screw and a seg ment rack. From this locomotive, w; ich is said to have run eighteen miles an hour in any direction, the transition is natural to railroads whose ties and track have been laid on the frozen sur face of rivers. Mr. Kennedy tells us th t in H79, when the mercury stood twenty degrees below zero, a train of the Northern Pacific railroad passed over the. .Missouri River on ice three feet thick. The pressure which the ice resisted may hestimatd from the fact that thetrack laicl on twelve-foot tie, and thatthe cars carried over a quanxny oi raiiroau iron as well as a number of visitors. About a year after a similar road was built across the river St. Lawrence at Hochelaga. In this instance a rough road-bed was first leveled in the ice; then crossbeams were fitted in, and upon these were placed longitudinal beams which were themselves crossed by the ties that held the rails, water being then pumped over the whole structure to freeze it down. Even more novel is the idea of grading for a railroa 1 through a forest with a crosscut saw, and laying the ties on the stumps. This has actually been done in Sonoma County in this State. Here the trees were sawed off and leveled, and the tics fastened on the stumps, two of which were huge redwoods, stauding side by side, and sawed off seventy-five feet from the ground. So firm is this support that cars loaded with, heavy logs can. pass over w.th perfect security It is not generally known that in 183U.no less than fifty-two miles of the projected road of tho Ohio Railroad Company was laid on wooded piles which were from seven to twenty- feet 1odS. A n f eet apart in four rows. No train,however,was ever run over this track. Several wooden track railways, on the other hand, are actually operated in the United States and Canada. Cne of these, in the prov. ince of Quebec, is thirty miles long, and is used in tho trMnsporrat:on of timber. . aonea boutn t. aroima emrai nauroau, ju o,rut;r v carry me jji uuutio ui iuijw tine distilleries to a market. Still more curious are what Mr. Ken nedy would call the bicycle ra'lways, where the car wheels run on a single rail. Cne called the 1 'steam caravan" was begun in SyriayGetwecn Aleppo and Alexand etta, but apparently never fin ished. In the case of this experiment the rail was raised on a wall of masonry ' twenty-eight inches hish, and seventeen placed leather-covered wheels, runnin along the sides of the wall, which wheels were further to 6erve as breaks. A single rail, or b'cycle railroad, has a'so been built in the United States, and was in operation at Phcenixville, Penn, in ltf7t. Since that date a two-wheeled locomo tive has been made in Gloucester, N. J., for an elevated railroad in Atlanta, Ga. With these bicycle engines may be com i pa- e 1 the railway velocipedes, many of whi h, we learn, are used on western railroads. These, which have a wheel on each track, can be propelled by the feet and hands of the rider at the rate of twenty miles an hour. There is nothing specially new in the project of atmospheric railways, or, in other words, of propelling carriages along a large tube by producing a vacuum in front and applying atmospheric pressure behind. This device has not proved of much prrctical value, though a tubular roal of this kind was for a time in actual operation at the Crystal Palace, Syden ham. The tube in this instance was of bricka quarter of a mil long. nne feet high and eight feet wide, and ths car within it was used only for the "conve nience of passergers. The piston that propelled the car was rendered almost air-tight by means of a fringe of brht'jes, extending nearly to the surrounding brick-work of the tunnel and to its floor. A fan, worked by a steam-engine, both exhausted and cc mpressed the air. The motion of the car was pleasant, and the ventilation ample. In connection with this branch of his subject, Mr. Ken nedy tells us that "a flying locorno tive" was made t justify its name at the aeronautical exhibition in .England in lew. Je engine weicneu mineen 18k. Pn and was made to jilft itself with forty pounds in addition, to a a I height of six inches in continuous flight around the room, ine contrivance oi a wind -driven chariot, or car with sails, to which Milton alludes in his "Paradise Lost," as .having been employed on the plains of Chica, has, at various times, bepn made use of on the. level roads of Holland. Mr. Kennedy recalls the fact that recourse was had to the same method of locomotion about 1830 on a railroad from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills. But a mnh more successful sil-car was in vented for the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and has been used for years as a hand car on that road. The mast is eleven feet high, and the triangular sail has two boom. On the plains a speed of fcrtv milc3 an hour has been attained by th's car wilh the wind right abeam, the sail close-haul cd, and the road full of disadvantageous curves. Argonaut. The -Gloucester Fishing Fleet From an article by- Franklin D. North, in the Cinturiy we quote this incident: "There is always great rivalry among the vessels of the fls ing feet, for the skipper, who catches the most fish is hign-line,' a title of no 1 ttle consequence on the Banks as well as Cape Ann. The attributes of a 'high-line' man are iron nerve, fearlessness, ay, recklessness or a perfect contempt for danger or death it self. No doubt there is such a factor os luck that goes to make up that sum of qualities which, taken together, produce this specimen of manhood ; but it is not counted upon, and is that description of luck that at tends the hero of a hundred hotly'con tested fields, in all of which he recklessly exposes himself. It is said that the greatest 'high-line' of tne haddockm fleet between a -January and a May lande 800,000 fish f all kinds, valued at 300. Each of his crew of fourteen men received nearly eighty dollars per month after all expen es were paid. "The struggle for the honor of 'high line,' besides encouraging the 'Banker' to Dattle with the tempest, sometimes necessitates a resort to sat tcrfuge in or der to prevent another from divkling a school of fish with him. Thus a ( eo: ges skipper who has struck fish, if seen, -will be beset by others passing to and fro on the Banks, and, unless he misleads th new-comer, his success will cc great y interfered with. Therefore, the crew oi a vessel that is being rapidly filled with fish will sometimes be ordered to puil in their lines and desist when a sail is made out coming up. lhe fish are quickly thrown into the hold and the crew or dered to man the windlass, as if prepar ing to leave their anchorage in disgust. " 'Are you getting any fish 2' comes from the skipper of the stranger as he bring his veseel up into the wind. 'No!' grurily and sarcastically shouts bask the other skipp-T, 'I'm getting my anchor!' At this the stranger generally Srheers off and squares away for past"re? new and less sterile. "The crew of the anchored vessel heave away at the windlass as if they intended to leave, and thus keep up the delusion. But the anchor is not disturbed, for their shrewd skipper is paying out the cable as fast as they heave it through the hawse-hole. - . "When the mackerel fleet fished with hand-lines the pursuit of this industry was often attended with much excite ment. Occasionally, when massed to gether in great fleets, the vessels carried away their main-booms, bowsprits, ib booms, and sals by collision in whit might not inapprop i::tely be (ailed a hand-to-hand encounter, and when the manoeuvre of 'lee-bowing' was the ordei bf the day. A fleet of sixty odd sail de scry a schooner whose crew are heaving and pulling their lines. The gl'stening scales of the fish sparkle in the sunlight. Tbe lleet ns otic vc-aci txim-i rjxicvy its heel, and there is a neck-, nd-neck race for the school. The first that ar rives rounds to under the lee of the for tunate craft, the cr. w heaving the toll bait with no nigsard hands. The now arrival now shakes up into the wind close under the Ice-bow of ihs lUh catching vessel. The fi-di forsake the latter and fly at the lines of the new comer. Now comes up the balance of the fleet, and each vessel on its arrival performs the same manoeuvre and lee bows its predecessor. Those to wind ward, forsaken by tho fish, pu-h 'their way through their neighbors, till away, and round to under the bows of those to leeward. The hoarse bawling of the skippers to their crews, the imprecations of those who have been lun down and left horn' da combat, rend the air, while t: e crews setting and lowering sail nd haul ing fish freely exchange with each other language not to be found in any current religious work." Prescription for a Dyspeptic. General John A. Li was at one time fche'Uthappy victim of dys epsia. After seeking in vain for relief, he was at length led to consult the famous Dr. Abernethy. After listening impatiently to his story, Abernethy interrupted him with thes words : . "Sir, you are pretty far gone, and the wonder is that you are not gone entire ly. If you had consulted common senee instead of the medical faculty, you would probably have been well years ago. I can say nothing to .you excepting this : You must take regulir exerc'se, as much as you can bear without fatigue, as little medicine as possible, of the simple. t kind, and this only when absolutely necessary. and a modest quantity of plain food, of the quality which you finji by experience best agrees with you. NT man, not even a physician, ( an prescribe diet for another. 'A stomach is a stomach,' and it is impossible for any one to reason with safety from his own to that of any other person. There are a few general rules which any man of common sense may learn in a week, such as this: That rich food, high sea-cning, etc. are injurious. I can say no more to you, sir; voir, must go and cure your self." ; It is needless to say that,Generat Dix was rewarded by restored health and a gocd old age. The Fastest Trotter. The best index of the progress madi in breeding the fast trotter is the tablt that is published each season showing the reduction made in time from year tc year. No single State in Amirica hat made more progress in the productioa ol fast tijotters during the last thirty yean than Kentucky has. Up to August 1; IBS'1, jthere are Jo" I horses who havt trotted in 2.20 orjbettcr. Of this u-.m ber Kentucky ha3 furnished fifty-nine, and the rest of the coantry 102, showing a large proportion for a single State. Oi the 101 trotters ia 2.20 or better, onh 13 have trotted in 2.15 or better : Maud S., 2.03 3-1: Jay-Fye-See, 2.10; St. Ju Ban, 2.11 1-1; Rarus, 2.13 1-t; Maxy Cobb, 2.13 1-1; Phallas. 2.13 3-4; Gold smith Maid, 2.15; Clingstone, 2.14. Trinket. 2.14; Harry Wilkes, 2.14 3-4 Hopeful, 2.14 :'-l; Luln, 2.15, and Ma jolica, 2.15. Of these thirteen, six wen bred in Kentucky Maud S., .Tay-1 ye See. Fhalla?, Trinket, Harry Wilkes and Lulu, nearly one half, a'nong who.n an the king and queen of the trotting t 'if NeioiYork Mail and Express, SHADOWS AND "MX ST. I watched the shadows of the night Crush out the day on left and right Till with the birds' last lingering croon The shadows deepened, and the moon Rose sad and white. Rbse sad and white, tbe moon, and pale About its head a misty veil; Or was it like a sainted souL Blessed with a heavenly aureole Pure, radiat, frail f Pure, radiant, frail the mist appears " 'Tis rain" I thought. In after year I fcutid rnat in our lifetime's night An aireole s faiut, heavenly light F-et ';cns tears. ' ' -JulTe Si. Liimmnnn. Jn-venoenf. IIU5I0 OF THE DA 3ftves hi the best society A fanf The conduefbr is a ladies' man. nels dways after the fare: Awcm liuljct. , No longer dc-th the uii ripe apple With the small boys in'nard grapple. - Boston Courier. A tourist without money is a tramp. " i tramp who has money is a tourist. Silings. A debt of gratitude is too often com promised at about ID cents on the dollar. . Kansas Of? Sjiil. The next Congress will be Lth Con gress. I et iisvh pe it will also be an Lthy Congress. l.ojrt!l Courier. "What is the matter with yo 1, John jon. you bark so?' "Oh, nothing, only I slept out inde-r a tree lat niht.'' ' Carl. l'ntuV TTc My. . An .agricultural exchange, thinks that the old fashioned plow isVo n destined, :o become a thing of th" pas. Wchave Dftca thought it was being. run into tho ground. Burlin-jt' n ' 'Prc. An out oHown paper tells, its readers, how to pre ervc ".fruit. 'auy .new-' fangled ideas are set forth, bht none better than the ancient custom of leaving the bull-dog unchained. Grat Jii': , ., . A wine merchant who had madcaJfor tune and retired onte re narked : ' They' iccuse ine of having a thiist for gold, On the contrary, I have the gold of thirst!" French Fun, in 'T'-fih DISCRETION'. Said Tom, when kicked And valor seemed t j la vk,' "A nian can't hel; ( What's dun? behind his I n -k. , Judge.l 01 eighty girls landed at -C ast e Gar den recently fifty two vi-ere red haired. -As they, all went We-st, scientists will, no doubt, soon begin to see and 'diagnose red sunsets again.; JjinjUariitoii liepub luan. ' J It is the general belief that the poet is always soaring j-n the clouds; this is fal la y. There is not much soar to him when the landlord comes in by the back way with the monthly rent bill. Iks'fon Courier..' "How can a worthy young man get a start in life?'' This oft-repeated question u eaxifii us Wc ..are. alili- t-a think .of:, totaling at present tnat gets away with the old-fahioned bent ,Yn.Ji'irlinrjton Free Press. When aman suddenly takes' to wear ing a plug hat and has an insane fond-, aess for shaking hancUwith people upon the street, he ought to be carefully watched, lie is developing symptoms Df political ambition and is after some otfice. Fall iiicir Jit-raid. Family Lore, "There is but one puro, good idea which is common to all 'men and ani mals." says Poynlz, ancf that is tbe iamily." One of the wisest and most prominent of living American statesmen once said : "W hatever power I have of in uencing other men, or- of controlling mvsclf, I c u ncd at home, amon.my h others and sisters. We were a large family, with di.iering tastes and characters. The re strain t, the fo:bearance, the. 'tact neces sary for a peaceful life With, each other, fitted us for friction with tha world out side." . Boys and girls arc apt to. look upon the lamily relation' as a matter of course, as inevitable and fixed as the rising f the sun or moon, without recognizing its effect upon themselves. How necessary and penn-nent this elect is was shown' in England lately by an experiment which wa made by some well-meaning reformer-. A large number of children were r moved from wretched homes. ?tnd.. brought up in industrial s-chools under a scientific and moral regimen. AN hen the girls were old eneghhey were 1 ut out to service, but, in every in stance complaints were made of their . cruelty to children, of their ingratitude, and of the impossibility of winning their afTectiou. "The human nature in them U utterly dwarfed," wrote one observer. "They are only morose, ill-natured" ma chines ' Better that a child should i be reared in a bad family than in no family at all. Brct'xrsand sisters often find it im r.ossibk to feel a deep, true alfectioa and admiration for each oth&r. There may be awi ie discrepancy in character, ta-tes, and habits of .thought between them. After a ', the dove does not ally itself with the crow. But there is -a genuine !oa!ty which -can take the plaoeof spon taneous sympathy. Beside this there! is no mortar to bind ' ditferent parts of a household together like kindness and unvarying courtesy in trifles. , "I kmw his mind wa? affected, for he. spoke v, ughly to me, "said Castlereagh's Videt How mauy sisters could .tnus testify of their brothers? Youth's Com y.c.nloii. , A Remarkable Fungus. : While we are upon the Pacific coast, writes Ben C. Truman in the New York lime, we will visit an abandoned silver mine in Nevada, where I once came across a remarkable fungus. It was growing from a beam 400 feet below the surfaceofthe earth, and was threi feet four inches in length, and wa a light buff color. It consisted mainly of a three-part stem, two or three inches in diameter, attached by means of a disk eight or ten inches wide. The stem was divided into sho t branches, greatly re s?mblin? in shape and arrangement the voung antlers of a stag the three ter minal one3 being much the most( vigor ous and conspicuous, forming a perfect trident. This plant is called by tae Ne vada miners the "Lily of the Mine," and has been named by the naturalist first describing t Agaricus tridena.
The Anson Times (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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