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ESTABLISHED IN 1878.
HILliSBOROrGH, X. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1881
NEW SERIES.4-VOE. I -NO. -25.
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Orange Gounty Observer,
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
JOSEPH A. HARRIS,
Hillsborough, N. C.
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be made lu a week at any ordinary employ t-,ent.
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CIA Oumt lurrdsu'-a tu.4 i--
tlU t ructions itr tvr.du, tic tte most
li.tuie tuslarss that auv tue t'iu fcra..;e in
1 : f tus.ros I. 5J e.?-y to "!'. a'y1 ttr tJ
t: a. tiv.ns are so simple and r'ii'C tint ai.v
ci.e u:i n;ake gieat pn tit - frew oL Wij :art.
N-'-t-a iatj jatr who s w ilMng to w 1 1 k. Vi ix'n
a v a u c ssiul as men. Heys and gir.? aa
aiu 'ari,e sum:. Many have made t iLebus.
n t-s over cue hundred eonars in a s nk.lt i- t-s.
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nae are surprised at the eas? and lajldl y
w,m wnich ih- y are able to m ke morey. i u
an engage in this business dutlcg ycur rpaje
iifae at great pror.t V. u do ret Le to lnve-t
capital in it. We taLe all the-r.s. 1 hose w ho
u.ed rtady uietey , sLou.d wnt? to us at etc?.
Al. lurii'.&hed frt. Aaares TUl'E CO.. au
fcUjjia, Maine.
i TURNING GRIT. - -
Life's 8fcnd4 axa running fast apraj,
Tae buoyaiiVetf p of yontb ba gce.
The falling hair !a turning gray,
And time aeema non to hurry cu
More fleetly than in days of yorfe,
Before t!.G Lesrt becaxe ita prey.
Before 'twis eadier el" to tte core,
before the Lair waa turning fray.
Vh, turning gray! age coxes like sr.ow,
A still, an l Cirves each careworn Lne;
It wnnkles on the Lrow will grow.
The L'sir with eilvery streaks wTl shine.
The eyes their brigLtntes lose, the land V
Growa fir? end trernu'.oua and thin, '
For l.t, aJan. i-j qiickly panned
And death ltd gateu coon closes in!
Ah, turning tfray! we vain would hide
Thin t-in how long with time we've been;
These deepened wrinkles s:de l7 fide
Tut by the Borrows wa have 6ceo
For feeble beatd the betrt as yea-8
More thickly cluster on our head,
As autumn rainrop-i ban? like tears
On scnie fair llowtr that's nearly dead!
Like perished petals from the flowr
Our hopes and wildest joys are laid,
. Eoni enly for a day or Lour,
8weet gambols Ly the fancy played-
As age comes on we long for rest,
i As sainta near sbrinei will long to pray;
But still we love tLat time the beat;
Before the hair wa? turning gray!
Honcstj wins.
The hour-hand of Philip Acre's old
fashioned silver watch was pointing to the
f gure ft : the smuk, red curtains shut out
the rain and darkness of the March niht,
and the hot fire cracked and snapped be
hind the red hot bars of the i(tle grate in
a cozy and comfortable port of way, cast
ing a ropy shine into the thoughtful browrn
eyes that wen: tracing castles and coronets
in the brightly burning conls..
"If I were only ri' h," he pondered to
himself. "Ah, if"! Then good-bye to
all mended boots and turned coats : and
all the ways and mcaus that turn a man's
life to wretched bondage. Wouldn't I
revel in new Ixxjks and delicious paintings
-and high-stepping horse. Wouldn't I buy
a get of Jewels for Edith not pale pearU
r sickly emeralds ; but diamonds, to blaze
like i links of fire upon her royal throat.
Wouldn't I what nonsense I'm talking,
though V he cried suddenly to himself.
"Philip Acre, hold your tongue. I sup
posed you were a man of.sense. Here you
are, neither nth nor distinguished, while
Edith Wyilis is as far above your moon
struck aspirations as the queen of night
herself! She loves me though she'll
wait and the time may one day come.
If only Dr. Wyilis was not s distrustful of
a fellow. Hello ! -come iuthcre, whoever
you are!' q
It was only the serving maid of the
lodging house, carrying a letter in the cor
ner of her apron, between her linger ami
thumb.
"1 Mease sir, the postman ha? just left
it." ;
"All right, Ivity, Now then," he ad
ded,1 as the door closed behind Kuty's sub
stantial back, "let's Fee what my unknown
correspondent has to say. A biucU seal,
di?, Not having any relations loi)e 1
tiin not alarmed at the prognostic. '
He broke the seal and glanced leisurely
over the rhoit, business-like communica
tion wuh a face that varied from iacredu
lous futptise to Hidden gladness.
"Am 1 dreaming T he murmured, rub
bing his eyts and slaking himself as if to
insure o:i I(.te 1 i.sscaiori of his senses.
',o, I'm wide awake and in my light
mind; ii's no delusion no part of my
weakening visit n. But win would ever
i:upjM.-c' that old Tii unas Mortimer, whom
1 haven't seen t-ince 1 was ahoy uf six
teen, and jinked him out of the liver half
dun lruui tramp tin i flight, would die and
leave me aii his money : Why, I'm not
the shadow of a relation; but thui I never
heard the old 'man had any kith or kin, so
that 1 can't imagine any harm in taking
advantage of his odd l:eak. nieh am i
really to be rich f" Is my -Aladdin vision
H. be an actual intt ' h Edith, Edith !"
lie clasped both Luud over his eyes,
rick and tidily, with the thought tht the
lovely, far-il star of his adorati m would
be b: ought t him at last by the magnet,
ci Id. AH these ytars of patent waiting
were to be bridged over by the strange od
aii-vr't lietpiest, and he might claim Edith
How full of heart sunshine were the
weeks that littted over, the head of the ac-
cepted lover, brighteut
HIU..C biautiful by tl
1 by
e s-1
Edith's smile,
ft radiance ot
Edith's love. There ik only one lowering
shadow, the almost impercv ptib'.e touch of
.iUtrust and sur,u-ioii with which the stem
old Dr. Wyilis regarded m future son-in-law;
Ah, he ftared to trust h:s only child
to the ketpmg cf any n.a:i who had not
been proved m the hcry turnacc of trial.
It, was precisely a week, be I ere th.' uay;
appiLted lor the wedd.ng, as tin
lights.
v. il.d bv shatiest.f lilass. luit iik'ht.
td in Dr. W yl.is's drawing-room, where
Edith sat among her white roses ami heii ?
trope, working on a bit of cambric ruiSj
and' ringing to hi-rfelf. .She was a slender
btauiitdi girl with vioiel.cy.. s, a blue-veined
forehead, and glossy, abundant curls of
that pale oid that old painters love to por
tray. 1
"I wonder if Mortimer PI we a so very
lovelvf" the said to a silver-haired lady
who sat opposite. "Phil is going to take
me There whin we return from our wee!,
ding tour; he says it is the sweetest place a
peel's lancy can devise, with fountains
and tfcrublery aud delicate Copses. "Oh
shall we not be -happy there!"
the started up with i bright, sudden
ITu&hi i'-T even while the wcrdj were
trembling on Lxr lips Philip Acre came
mho lim room, ghis face looking a little
trembled, ytt cheerful withal. . Mrs. Wyi
lis, with an arch ii at lier nieoe, disap
jtared into the perfumed propecijve of
the conservatory, leaving the lovers to
themselves.
"You are looking grave. Philip " said
Edith, as he bent over and ki?d her
cheek. ;
'And I am feeling so, darling. I have
a very unpleasant disclosure to make to
mirht our marriage must be postponed in
definitely. '
"Philip, for what reason?"
"To enable me, bydd igeo labr at my
profession, to realize sufficient meaas to
support you, dearest, in a manner satisfac
tory to your father's expectations and my
own wishes."
"But Philip, 1 thought"
"You thought me the heir of Thomas
Mortimer s wealth. 80 I was, Edith, a
few hours since, but I have relinquished all
claim to it now. When I accepted ths be
quest I was under the impression tint no
living heir existed I learned to-day that
a distant cousin a worn in is still alive, al
though, my lawyer tells me, in igiiorance
of her relalioKship to Thomas Mortimer.
Of course I shall transfer the. property to
her immediately,"
"But Philip, the will has made it legal
ly yours "
"Legally it has, but Edith, could I
reconcile it with my ideas of truth and
honor to avail myself of old Mortimer's
fanciful freak at this woman's expense? I
might take the hoarded wealth, but should
never respect myself again could I drea'n
of legally defrauding the "rightful heir.
Nay dearest, 1 may lose name and wealth,
but I would rather die than suffer a single
stain on my honor as a Christian gentle
man.". "You have done right- Philip,'1 said
Edith, with sparkling eyes. "We will
wait, and hope on, happy in loving one
another more dearly than ever. But who
i3 she ? What is her name ? "
"That's just what I didn't stop to in
quire. 1 will write again to my lawyer to
ask the?e questions, .and to direct that a
deed of conveyance be instantly made out ;
and then d trlin?
n
His lips quivere4 a moment, yet he
manfully completed the sentence : "Then
1 will begin the battle of life over again."
And Edith's loving eyes told him what
she thought of his noble self-abnegation
a sweet testimonial.
"Hiim!'' said Dr. Wyilis, polishing his
eye-glasse3s magisterially with a crimson
silk handkerchief. "1 didn't suppose that
young fellow had so much stamina about
him a very honorable thing 10 do, Edith.
I have never exactly felt sure about Phil
Acre's being worthy of you before "
"Papa!" .
"But my mind is made up now. When
is he coming again?''
"This evening," faltered Edith, the vio
let eyes softly dropping.
"i'ell him, Edith, that he may have you
next Wednesday, just the same as ever.
And as for law practicing why there's
time enough for Unit afterwards. Child,
don't struugle me with yonr kisses, keep
them for Phil."
He looked after his daughter with eyes
that were strangely dim.
"Tried and not-found wanting, ho
muttered instinctively.
-
The perfume of orange blossoms had
died away, the glimmer of pearls and sat
in were hidden in velvet caskets and trav
elling trunks, and Mr. and Mrs. Acre, old
married people of a month's duration, were
driving along a country road in the amber4
glow of a glorious June sunset.
"llalio! which way is Thomas going ?'
said Philip, leaning from the window, as
the carriage turned out of tho main roi I.
"I told him the dirjetion to tike, Phil,"
said Edith, with bright, sparkling eyes.
"Lot uvi have my own way just for once.
We are going to o ir new home."
"Are we f" sa:d Phil, with a comical
grimace. ' "It is to be love in a cottage, I
suppose,"
"Wait 'until you Pee, sir," said Mrs.
Acre, pursing her little rosebu i of a mouth.
And Philip waited dutioasly.
"Where are we?' he asked in astonish
ment when the carriage drew up in front
of a stately pillared portico which seemed
to be not unfamiliar to him. "Surelv this
is Mortimer Place."
"1 snoukln t be surprised if it was. siul
Dr. Wyilis, emerging from the doorway.
"YSalk m, tuy boVcoo;c Edith. Well
how do you like your now home?''
"Our new home!" repeated Phil. "1
do not nnderstaud you, sir."
"Why, I mean your little wife yonder is
the soie surviving relative of Thomas Mor
timer, although she never knew it until
this morning. Her mother was old Mor
i timer s cousin, but an absurd quarrel had
caused a cessation of intercourse between
I me i wo uranencs oi me iamuv. I was
i H"e oi me iact ah alonir, but 1 wasn t
; "i Ui avail myself of the opportunity of
I -eim: what kind of stuff you were made
of, Pod Ace. And no, as the deed of
convcy.i..v. but mile or. ve, I do r
suppose your lawyer need trouble himself
ab ut it. The heiress won't quarrel with
i t t .
vou, i a be b i.ina.
Phil Acre's cheek flushed, and then
! P"C A" Pa!e wilh hidden emotion, as
he looked at his lair wife, standing beside
him, when the sunset turned her bright
hair to coils-of shining gold, and Lc
thought how unerringly the hand of Provi
dence had straightened out the tang ed web
of his destiny.
Out of the darkness had come lizhx.
Laj t yesr Idaho produced $5,000,
OOu iu gold and silvsr. .
lhe tueen cf Sweden ii travelling
Incognito in England.
Kecent floovl have caused immeme
destruction in HoilaaJ.
M. Gambetta is one of the members
of a Cremajion Society.
The Duks of Westniiu!:er is the
richest man-in Eagianl.
The echooi expenditure in Michi
gan last year were $3,ltj,il5.U.
Public school real estate in New
York State Is valued at 3i,0j0,ejO.
Aaron Itrr OaajLter.
The jfate of Theodosia, the beautiful
daughter of Aaron Burr, ha? been one of
the appalling mysteries of sudden disap
pearances at sea. She was highly cultured,
the idol of her father, and adorned by ber
grace ol manner and witty conversation
every circle in which she moved. Her
fac from the best artist evidence, was in
a high deeree classic, reminding the be
holder of some of the Hellenic models
pain ed by the old masters, and occasional
ly reproduced in flesh in Corinth, Athens,
and o'dier parts of Greece to-day. There is
about the "counterfeit presentment" a
calm dignity and serene beauty which By
ron calls the rapture of repose. Theodo
sia Burr was married to Gov. Allston, of
South Carolina, a name distinguished in
the early annals of that State. SJae sailed
from Charleston for New York on the ship
Patrio:,! Dec. 2 1812, on a visit to her
fatiicr. I The vessel was-supposed to hav
been either ingulfed or capture t by pirates,
for no soul survived to determine the aw
ful doubt as to its fate or that of its pas
sengers From time to time various con
jectures, or evenasumed reliable accounts
have found their way into print conceming
the fate of Theodosia Burr. One account
particularly arrested public attention, and
that was the purported!confessi n of a pi
rate, Dominick You, which Ch ides Gay
arre incorporated in his brilliant romantico-
philosophic "Ferdinand de LemosC" It is
bo graphically drawn that very many per
sons thought that the fate of Aaroa iiurr's
only daughter was known. Perhaps Gay
arre, weil posted in the history of Latitte
and his piratical gang, who reudevouzed
among the live oaks of Barritaria islauu,
ami at times at Galveston island, and the
adjacent mainland, really found such a
tradition as Dominick You's accouut of
the death of Mrs. Allston among the sail
ors of the gulf. Yet, if a later confession
be true, there is an end to the tragic story
of Latitte's Lieutenant. An old sailor
named Benjamin F. Burdick died a short
time ago a pauper in a Michnran noor-
iouse. On his death-bed he madj the
startling confession that he was one of the
principal crew that captured a vesel
named the Patriot and, participated in the
murder of Theodosia Allston at sea; indeed
he declared that it fell to his lot to pull the
plank from under her. She came iorth ar-
raved in white, ho.ding a Bible in one
hand, and with heroic mien took her place
upon the slender instrument of death, and
without a shudder or quiver of a muscle,
was precipitated into the waves, lhe no
ble, uublanched face, erect and airy form,
he said had haunted him all his. subset men t
life. The date of the vessel's loss, Janu
ary, lots, was correctly given uyisuruiCK,
and the name "Odessa" Burr Alston his
only error, and yet not an error, lor the
name of both father and husband are suf
ficient identification. The corruption of
Theodosia iuto "Odessa" would be natural
to au ignorant sailor, and; if anythmir.
tend to prove that he had "not been read
ing up to make himself a sort fjf death-bed
heio. At any rate, the confession is plan
sible, not because it was extremis, for huge
lies are often told with the dying breath of
criminals, but for the reasous hitherto
named.
A Lifa at Htaxe.
"Have you never heard the story told
by Jerry O, liogers, of skating the whole
length of Lake Huron i No! Well,
will give it to you, merely prefacing that
he recited it to me last summer while
was a passenger on the eh g.iut steamer
N'yack, of which he is chief engineer. It
was a lovely nig'at ; the moon was ehiniug
brightly and wii were cleaving its silvery-
beams rejected on the broad bosom of the
fcetene Huron, when Jerry, who had been
dreaming over a fragrant Havana I gave
him, turned to me and said :
"I never pass through this Jake that a
thrill of horror does not shoot througa uiy
veins.7
" 'Ever been shipwrecked on it ? I asked
" 'No, but 1 have had an experience
such as I hope my bitterest enemy may
never have.
'Wlifit WMt1!' I ftclro.-V rnimnf from
the languor thaHiad possession of me for
sjme time. There was something in his
m muer that had told me as plain as words
could that his story was worth listening bo,
ami I squared myself bo as to assume the
attitude of an interested listener as he re
I have an hour before ray watch com
mences, and as I do not care to turn in
will tell you. It was in the fall of 17,
late too. that the steamer 1 was engineer
on was frozen in at Sailors' Encampment
in the bauit Me. Marie. Vhat toal was
it ? The Atlantic. Captaiux Miller. We
reached the canal in season to get through,
as we thought but cold weather set in aud
when we reached bailors' encampment e
could proceed no lurther. 1 thought
. t i .. . 1 t.
uau been out m com w earner ueiore, oa
it was f-prit -g to what we got then. Why,
it was so cold that the orders Captain
Mil.er shouted to the mate froze and fell
at the feet of the first effirer in irregular
cake?. We hadn't grub enough to la-t
until spring if all hands remained, so it
was arranged that some of us should start
for Mackinaw Island. In company w ith
the cierkj Mr. Malt by, tho -chambermaid,
a colored woman, who waj dressed in male
attire fur, the occasion, and two or three
deck hands, I started. The day was
pleasant, the air keen and cold, and
although we struck out at a lively pace it
was uulicult tu keep our blood in circu'.a- t
. ' - .
Hon. 1 he L it-rk became ctnwsy anu 1 tso
to secure a switch to keep him in motion.
i Just before sunset we marched into the
1 John Jacob Aster House, and were wel-
ceUiea by Jun t.aDle, the proprietor, wno
left nothing undone to m&se us comfort
able, la the morning I said to Jim:
TIjw are we going to reach b
,ef
Croso over to the mainland oa the Michi
giui Side and strike an lnd-aa traiL I arid
send a icoul who knows ; tie cu.ntry to
pii-t you and la four or rive days you wui
reach the railroad,' he replied. ThAt woald
not do rue, and I told Jua so. I bad to
rvat-U BuiTi'o ia two days' time, as I was
to act as bet man t a friend who wu to
be married, ar. i I sked Jim if he could '
lom me a raair of ks.t . ?skt, '
blowed,' he answered. 'What could vou -
do with skates V Why, skate down Uke 1
Huron, wa my rep! v. He tried to Itvh ? s
me out of the u otiou, but when he sa v I j
was uetermined. and in earnest, he brought !
forth a pair of old-fashioned turn-overs
which he said his grandfather had used oa '
the Connecticut river. The rest? of the '
bartV thought to i!iinr.'n tt , l.tr lL-:-,
ab.ut wolves, but I smiled a: heir fears,
strapped on the skates, filled my pipe with
plug tobacco, lighted it, and bidding gtod-
bye to my friends, sprang oa the ice. cut a
spreadeagle, cut my name underneath and
dashed off. was m excelienripirits, and
the f pin to Like Huron made " me fairly
glow. The wijnd was fresh from the north,
and when I gilded on the beautiful field of
ice that eovereeLthe laie as far as tho eye
could reach, 1 was going without much
efiJTt at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
That was rather a fair pace, but it would !
not carry me through by daylight, so I de- :
ternuned to put on more steam, which 1 J tu l"c uu 4U" lutTV was m u,c l
did, aud soon increased it to thirty miles, j li' 1 bought a at the time. I kept get
About ten miles to the northward of ! Uu Ulurc l,aus and buckets and lard cans.
Alpena, I wis startled by a voluminous low
bark, and casting my eye over my shoulder
I 6aw a sight that nearly halteil me with
fright. About two miles m my wake was
a pack of not less than two hundred l?ng.
learn lank, hungry wolves coming for me
with au eagerness that was anything but
pleasant t y contemplate. Were you ever
followed on a trackless waste by barking,
snarling, snapping, growling wolves? No?
Y ell, I pray that you may never be. On
they came, and although I whs crowding
my fires they were ginning on nv. It
would not do to put for Alpena, for it is,
us you know, up in the bay, atuKihe ice j
near the shore was piled in hummocas
that I could not skate over, so nothing was
left for me but to tlouble n.y efforts. Holy
horrors? Whit is that ahead f I ei-icu-
lated ns I b okt-d ;ill1llt ft toil' in nitviiiri
and saw a clear stretch of water fullv fifty
leet wale and extenumg as far as the vision
coultl take in at a glance. It would not be
possible to change my course without being
trapped, for th. whelps were tl inking me,
tueir red tongues hissed ai they lapped the
frosty air ; their t yes burned and glistened
and their white teeth glittered as they re
flected the sun's rays. Dta'h or a mighty
leap, Jerry, I mentally repealed a the
water neared. i did in t fancy beinr ele-
voured losing the number of my mess to
nerve and muscle and attained twh speed j
tliat i leaped the opening without much j
effort and landed on the ice right side up. I
As soHjn as 1 could hut II slcam, 1 halted
and turned about to see whit had become
of my pursuers. There they were in the
wu'er, every one of them, aud in less time
than i am consuming to te l- you, the ice
closed and shut th-'in out Iron: further pur
suit. Do you see th j- gray h lirs iu u.y
forehjcks? Thy bieach.d iu llu few
minutes the- wolves were on my heels.
Well, to make a long story" short, I
reached sjarnia that same alteruoou at o. 13,
just b hours and 2'J minuter alter leaving
the Island and look the Great Western
train for Buffalo, arriving home the nxt
morning bright and eaily. Did I report
at the office i No iud- ed, lor I knew the
cierks would chaff me i: 1 toll my story,
su I just kej t shady until the rest of ih'j
patty camt; to town, when 1 met theui, and
in defereuce to my wishes they mid noth
ing about my feat. I never tid tiie stoiy
before and would not have t jld you if it
had unt been that you caught me ia t'ao
right hum )r.
Turkey CarpciK'
, , 1
The manufacture of Turkey carpet is in
an unusually flourishing condition. The
towrs which export the largest nuuiber ot
them are Ouchak, (juardts and Koul.a, in
Asiatic Turkey; and the first ot these pi 1-
ces alone conso.oo, atinu-i Ay aut 1 j,oOo
OOO pound's (4 w!. Ttiere are at Ouchak
2000 factories, of which a!mt Goo are kept
t work ail the year round. In them are
employed i.ooo workmen and vv vk women,
excluding 3oUJ women, 50 girls, and oUu
inwii who are not employed iu the weaving,
but only in washing and dyeing lhe wool.
The annual production of tic factories ha
greatly increased during the last fe years,
and now the total is a!out HO, "AO fcU'iore
yards of carpet, of which about -i.ooo
yards are taken for Turkey and Eypt, the
rest being exported. Great uruain uii
ports aljout oO.'JOO yorti;; France, 2i,0J ;
und the United states about 17,'JOU. The
carpets are cnietly male by the Turkisa
women; in fact it is oniy of late years that
the Greek women have been allowed in
the factories. Tne threads are knotted on
to the loom by hand and the end after
ward cut off at the required kngth, the
whole ma4s being moved between two cyl
inders in fr iat of the workwomen, who suT
in a row at their work. They are elescritjed
as possessing wonderful in ui ries, so that
once having ie.uri.eei the pattern they are
desired to earry our, tuey cea work iu the
t hf ends of eacu col j: at they are requirui
without any hesitation or mistake. For a
carpet 17 led w.de .x women are gener
ally employed, au-i each of th -m is usual
ly abi', to turn out in a day a pice of w.vrk
measuring 2- inches -iri breivlth and from 7
to V inches in length.
What a j;llr ad car Will Hold-
Taking 2'Xfi piuad as
fi-Jr p.v
esajc
lcd th-ordinary rai rua 1 freight -.car w.ll
h.li: Crn, 4'0 tuhtjs; barley, i ou b-trL-els:
a :') Lu-hcLs; rye, 4J buali-U,
whvut,42D bushels, brao, l.'o busht-ia,
tiaxeed, So J bushel; apple, i) bushv.-s,
piotatoef, 4"5i Lush-Is whisky, .'bar;ci-,
sa t, 7'J barrels; imcr 7o hxrrcLa- fl jar, V 0
barrel; our,
2J tvaCiis. Ca t.e, 10 L:Ht
- 1 h -gi, bead, ;h.t:p. aj ia-A-i; Lord w.j.jd,
j 6 cord.-; toil
ui, 7 'cvrJb; so. id l.'arli.
,ljn:
exi;
lu.ubcr,
0,000 feet, green limy?:.
let:;
jo.:, scaat.
tsV
aad .rg luaaar,
AHintTboMwtMul )i.
"Am ; it
a cun-His thinr
thl nobody
ever isces a mule ur i remarked an ohl
teamster a Gumtxrt and Webber's saloon.
Rin living ever &.w a mule die, I
aa remarked Mr. Daniels, l ihtirur a
re&il cagr. "la
J J 1 w as raining on
the Yuba, and it came
lhe fork of
m turn lo for my gng. We took
lura CAcl1 'k, you knw. Well, I was
going to show how economical 1 could rua
the. commusary. I went and bought &
IKck of driest apples ; they wcre'all- stuck
tegethcr in a lump, but I gtt 'cm sunned
into ttic pot, poured in some water and
started the lire. Preset tly a few of 'em
began to ri to the lop of the pot, and
1 bkiaimcvl 'cm u2 and put 'cm in a pan.
Pretty sooa some mose tulgol up, and I
skimmed them oil and put Via in th pan.
The first thing I knew, after 1 had skiuimeti
that blasted pot a while, 1 had to get an-
otner pan, aua then another, ami by lh
ume 1 haU &ot our P4113 beajn-d up full.
m SKm 11 u,trc waAn 1 apple
j and ail the while p.umb frightened to death
i for fear some of the bos would come in
and see how extravagant I was, for I had
been blowin' on how cheap I could run the
mcis. The blasted apples still kept a
comm' out of the pot. 1 put some pajcra
on the floor and covered 'era with lruit,
and, by Jove, the place-lewked like a banta
Clara lruit-dryiug establishment, and tho
p.t was still bilm' lull,"
"What has that got'to do with a -mule
dyin'?'
"Wai. a minute, I'm 0.111111' to the
mule. Mnally, 1 got -desperate anddumpmi
vcr twelve bushels of apples back of the
cabin behind a tree. In about au hour 1
heard a devil of a nei-e and ran out. W hat
do you suppose I found r"" Why, a tour-hundrcd-doilar
mule kickiu' in the agouie
1 ef death. The aj.p'es was gone; the umlo
Utarl-V fco-, ,u' . ! M a ba.oejn,
and the lirst thiu 1 knew he bustetL
Pledge my wrd, g utlemen, lie exploded
like a giant poweki bjat, aud brought the
whole camp to the place. 1 kepi still;
they could not iind lhe mule, and it ct
em jfclU to utlvtr.ise arevaid for him in
the Sacramento Union. About two weeks
afterward they caught a couple of fellows
hanging routid, and they hung 'e.u. I wu
there', but did not say a word fur Tear tho
boys would find ouVhow extravagant 1 had
run the
thiiii;.
commissary.
Lel
s have soine-
Coudcniifit Hldtorf of Moon,
About 2S0 year', B. C, Hero, of Alex
antlria, formed a toy which exhibited some
ot the powers ot steam, and was moved by
its power.
.luolo, A. D.,v an architect arrangel
eeverals cahlroiis of waters, each Covered
with the wide bottom oi a leather aulx.
.which rose to
1 narrow top, with pipe ex
afters of a i a ljomtng build-
tended lo the r
ing. A fire w
Us kindled beneath the cal
drons, and the house was shaken with tho
efforts of the steam ascending the tubes.
'This is the first notice f the power of
steam recorded.
In Ibol, June 17th, fiasco de Garay tried
a fcteamboiit of 200 tons with lo:crab!e sue
cess, at Barcelona, .p-iin. It Consisted of
a caldron of ltodmg water and a moveable
wheel on either side ot the ship. It wa
laid aside as impractic ible. A present
was, however, made to Garity.
In ICiO the first rah road vvas con
structed al NewcuAtle on-IyLe.
The first idea of it steam engme in Eng.
land was in the Marquis ot Worcester'
"History of Invention,' A. 1)., li6s
in 1701 .Newrin made the first engine
in England
In iTCl James Watt made the first per
fect steam engine in England.
In 1770 Jonathan Hull first tet forth the
j idea of s emn navigation.
; in 177 Thomas Payne first proposed the
j application in America.
In 1 7 S 1 Marqais Jo uflrey constructed
I steamboat on the Sa-tie:.
! In l?bl t-o Americans published a wot k
i on it.
. In 173 Win. Symir g'.on made a voy
i age v.th one on the Fori hand Clyde canaL
in I '2 thin expenmeut was repeated.
! In lib! Kam-scy propelled a boat by
' steam at New York.
In 178'J John Fitch, t.f C -nnecticuT, navi
' gated a lni by a steam eugme on the
Delaware.
; Iu 17U4 I iobert Fulton first legaa to ap
1 ply his attention to rlea.:n. "
In 17-U .iver Evan, a native of Pniia
delphia, . -Tuf ted a steam eugtnv to
travel uu a . i . uie roa l.
I he first t: . t v i tiv' ev-r crol
the Atlantic w . ; , Savannah in the
month of
J une.
.1 (.firleitO:i to Utcr.
laktol his (Umiib.
A dishing y 1 mg felio recrn lr
ve;v atUent ve t a voung taiv who didu t
jsecfily fav -r hi attentions, and who' is
blc-r-en wi h an o's rv 1 ig ht'.ie lrotner f
sonlv a f w ut;:ii'.-r' growili. The l'!v s
a-h.i;r-r vin hr a Jew Us a;o,
' wh.-n tje hitle chi; broke into their prea
enc, an 1, m.e'ut.tng tl
tia&litug young
ir.a.i's knee, kx:
i liven': yrxi got a i;o
prrtjdly repiie! th?
yes I'
leUow
.: J t v
ds-hiog v v'la
ev.-le:.
Al
,yu..
reuar't eeitg,
as he
4 ougt.., n uk 1 1 retina; aef, a op-
rrtuti;ty to make a favorable impretaioa
on in: ri-ter, ht g&re hi niouaUich aa
extra and reiterate! Lt
rcu:y
with
e::iLa-i 'Ou, yes,
a very fin''
roooi !"
i'bm.L. o.T fcii 1 th- young hpeful,
r-tiiag:y. "B-i wh:-;ua-Je you .iLiak,
s f" aske-.l thi y xiag U 'y 'i a iaiirer, his
curio it
tv tbl UZiK beiag luiiy S'OUlfd.
i:ikc-ifte,
i tit: crus-iag reply, iiltr
iz iitiu se, i.kea your rojta ixiisr
-
Lau your coaij a ay.
To it-fie a bras, htL It up to a
cherry ri snd piunft It Into wwr,
v