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HILLSBOROUGH, X. C. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1SSJ.
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The glfttcoor of the after-light
X-ty clesr snd fsir al tl e efcy.
And n ade the r &thwy very bright
As Lome we wandered tbou ai L
The mcadow-mia's wers Jjios: low ;
A tLaiow hell the river side ;
The watr took the western fclow.
And peace, gray peace, epead far and wide.
Aober hfartcdness was ours
So AM the earth, tt sky so strange ;
And we had M.en in su iny hours
j Our jtuthful hearts their widest range.
yfe lingered in the meadow-path
Touch d by the tw light silent spell,
fVhtle from the sen' fleet aftermath
! A nubile glory roee and fell.
Dim, wis ful, thoughts within us grew,
TuuSr dli.gs of the :ife to bo.
Tiil with a sullen thti wo knew
Time's touch of imm rulity.
For a'l the wen ler and the awe.
Far-widening w.thin the west
Stf-oe l with a mjtic pcint to draw
Our hews into its k aJly re-1.
V(t mi ill it fader, faded fast,
And nifeht cn it i:p li e eastern slope ;
I'ut o tr our lives a ivrengin had passed.
And ! fi us w.th a larger hope.
Ilo'ilis turned away silently, with white
lips and clenched teeth.
W by was he blind to the wistful glance
Impel toned by Sbow
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prove such tjla!i:-t p-ma n Ui i'ot'rty. Wo want
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us rl.ht iu th lr own I'.ca itie.i. The 'buMnes-a
win p,y gof- tiian trn t in'i rdltury want's,
we turpthh ati fx p.-n-iv outilt and ail th.u you
nerd. tre'. No oin who riu'atftto jail - to m ike
rnoupy very rnp;"ly;- ou can -ut vote your
whole t.hl lo the work, or only your paro mo
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that shone through Harriet's lashes the
uncertain quiver of her lips.
He was gone
Armour smiled with satisfaction.
The field was ciear.
He advanced, a little nervously.
'Harriet'
To his astonishment, she burst into a
passionate flood of tears. .-
'Don't tpeak to me,' she sobbed,
come near me."
n 11 v.
4I dc n't wish to hear anything !T
'Harriet!'
4How dare you call me Harriet, " Lieu
tenant Armour? Not another. word!'
She burst into tears again.
Armour was undecided.
'Go,' 6aid Harriet, 'and never come
near me again."
That decided him.
He was beginning to feel filed.
Mie pointed to the door.
Lieutenant Armour walked oufwith all
the Gignuy he coul 1 muster, xle was not
to.be extinguished so easily, by this
minine water-fall.
A letter from Albert Lea. Minn,, tell
this experience of a snow-bound train :' The
engines six in number were all short of
wood and water, and it was with creat dif
ficulty tbat they could be kept from 'dyine
and leaving us in a hopeless condition" No
water tanker well was near at hand and
wood was very scarce. Snow h&d to be
shoveled into the engines, and it was a
very tedious way to make necessary water
The train men had taken no rest for thirty
six louts, and were in i o condition to per
ioral rauor. -1 ne etorm was increasing in
fury.
Saturday morning found no change for
the better in the weather. The passengers,
of whom eight were women and children
and.nfteea men, had by this time become
quite accustomed to the situation, and were
doing theibest to keep the train men and
wukc"iVin-good epiiits by showing, no ua
reasonable amount of impatience. In ftcf,
all accepted the situation ts a bad one,
which could not be bettered by beeoaiiuu
discouraged. Jokes were plenty, and mauv
a hearty -laugh followed some questions
Tasked by a passeuger of kis partners in uis-
aress. ionuucior Jones was out in the
At Death's Door.
! 'Nothing but a private a common pri
vate 1'
Tit wuld be in vain to attempt to pof
tray Llie Laily Macbethian scorn which
curved proud Harriet Dearie's lip as she
f dpone the sentence.
' John Ilollis, albeit he was quite con-
Who would ever have thought,' quoth &.Tm wi.qay long uoiug an that could be
the Lieutenant, as he walkad away, "that ?-one lo .P !Le MX -r anive, v.nicn
I ue Buoceeieu iu num1'. iuc lury oi me
&torm wasupou us all clay long. To move
the train or engines was an impossibility.
A thousand ineu comd.uot have opened a
mile 1I track long nough to have moved
the train. The air wa full of buot, tail
ing or drifting, anol a distauce of two rods
was about :alar as" could be seen during
the)'day. . liealtzing-the' exLiui?iCd condi
tion oi the. employes, the male passengers
lMiroVw1.i7iiliir WHV'w nnl imu tu f.,r n
rri, n-n,.ln rli i:i : l 1 1 I fc"u o. J .
nuius iuii iie nieauiugics juS1e ing them o nlght cace mucu p0s,ltjle,
Olsoumi on John lkl us', earSii6 on, -,iur, .f.P mtdm.ti.iht .....t
she was such a confounded little vixen!
'You might take off the upper arm here,
without '
'What's the use ? He won't last out the
day.'
I'm not Certain of that. Where's' the
ether?'
iou want no ether. He is totally" in-
sensible.'"
Our Motto : The beat work
loweNt possible prices.
at the
BOOK AND JOB 1'KINTIXG.
t' Is srarcr-lv no o-sary for us to pay w are
I o' T r r-pa 'i'd lor work in his line tli;in any
tfllie In rhe MufP, tor ur wo, k is kn.wn
thr u'lioui Noith Cmollni. 1UU w wish to
nil i tent ion to 1 1 e f.i t that our fact lies ate
mi Ii as to i at'ip ;s i n mpt-o with any h u,
N-rtho -ourii, in irood work and low rcrs
We liav- the I'., st Hook and Job Presses. 11. e
l-areht YnrUty ot Mattr.ul. The tnt. e m
p t'tf Asoi t hi' nt of rup' i. Etnpl y.tlie t
romp tt'io t.rM'.H-n an I ihcieio!' r.trcly lal'
vi gilnif our p..lioi. piTtccl athjIaCl lou.
BOOK BINDIN(i AND
Tl'iilNG.
MANUFAC-
sv( reMnd books c f every kind lu the neatest
sty le of tho aru
BLANK BOOKS
tr every s'.'
di'irt UotlOe.
and quality, made to order od
st ious of nut deserving the-kcen edged con
tempt, qturiled beneath it
iiui, i-iainet
i 'Hush 1' said the imperious beauty, hold
ing up a warning finger, T want to under
stand This matter. Gilbert Armlmr was
promoted to be second lieutenant, was he
noif
; 'Yes.'
1 'And you are his equal in all respects?'
! 'Yes.'
; 'Might you not also have shared the
honor he obtained ?'
'1 n ight, I suppose,' said the young
soldier, fixing Iris ci-hn, dark eyes upon
her lair, Mushed face, "if 1 had chosen to
elo so at the expense of poor Talbot, who
earned l.ii shoulder straps long ago. They
should have been his by every right,
mouths' s.ncr, but poverty and ob
scurity are not the I. est place-winners.
Either Gilbert Armour or 1 must stand
aside to see a wrouged man righted. He
did not chooe to sacrifice promotion to a
scruple. 1 did, Harriet was I wrong2'
Oh, of course, it's nothing to me,' re
plied 3Iiss Diane. 'Will you be good
enough to hand me that work basket?'
John llvjlhs iookeet at the pretty creature
around whom the love of his strong na
tuie had been entwined with a fervor rare
enough in these matter-of-fact days, in
wistlul peiplexity.
i tfliin.ng auburn hair, parted from a low,
pearl pure brow, deep blue eyes, and a
mouth whoe; intense ciimson was like the
j luside leaves ol a rose Harriet Deane was
by no means disagree ble to hok at.
ilollis was epai'? aware of the fact.
'liania ?' he began.
'Excuse me,'', said Miss- Deane; "I am
particular,- busy counting these stitches
please don t intenupt me.'
; Unversed as he was in the devious
windings of icuiimne nature, he felt that
this, was intended lor a dismissal.
Til uy again te-night,' he mused, walk
ing homewaid.
The clear January sky was jeweled with
in a weather hesitf-tt shd.
There was no volition do understand
ing of an ylhhing going on around .hlml -All
at once there came a sharp, sudden
pain, as the surgeon s knite clett the arm;
then followed insensibility.
Ten to one he 11 die,' sai I the surgeon,
as he wiped the glittering knife. 'It's not
worthwhile, lalbot, to bandage him so
carefully."
But John Ilollis elid not die, the surgeon
to the contrary notwithstanding.
and saw that they rendered honest service
for their compensation. It was ledm Wash
ingtou's training of George that u.ade the
Jailer a thorought woodsman and of .partic
ular value iu alt military opera' i1a$ of pre
revolutionarv days, when th lndbu, a?
will as the French, were crowding the
English colonists.
John had been in the British navy, and
was for some lime on the West India sta
tion, but Ue preferred the life of a planter,
for which reason he resigned Mis commis
srtm and settled down at home in Virginia.
where he appears to have paid special at
tention, to. his brother development. It
appears that a better instrument could not
uave been found to fit George for the great
duties wh.ch awaited him far in the great
tuture. but which John did not live to see,
though he may have fancied great, honors
in s ore for the name Washington.
The war coaimenced between Virginia
and Gaaada was dcfctiueil to draw i mo its
vurtex the forces of Great Dritam ana
Fiance', and one'of its most important re
suits was the creation ot such uu eu.i.y
Lciween those two countries that France
was ocly too easier to beecu:e the any ot
the colon.es when they revoded against
the .British government. In u Ihtug can
ihe hand oi providence be more clearly
seen lhan that war which was brought on
by John Washington! The active maid
ot ihis wouderlui man appreciated the im
portance oi the laKes in itieinteWt of coai-
uierce. lie conceived aud orgaied the
western laud .company, aud, it appear?-,
adopted a piaetice I slid in vogue in th.s
ji'ouuiry to insure the'successof his scheme.
He muue Gov. Dinwiddle a stockholder,
a.d induced h.m to send out au expedition
or the establishment of a post on the shore
oi i-.aKe ir.e. l ms js. was .to be maue
-ii base of supplies lor ifie fur Trade. Ves
sels cre t!t ru.se upon the lakes ' visiting,
all Uiw'lrioes ot lncuaus to be louiul ou
meir bhorea for trade ,iu furs, 'ihe furs
were to be brought down to Fresque isle
and trom that pjiut transported overland,
and by melius of canoes ou water eujuiies
toVirgmia. George Washington wai iirst
sent out to make a report oa the co intry
and on the best locution for the chain oi
yosls necessary lor canyiug out the piaii.
l'he result ot these moveuieu s as to aiann
We have a fonirb'te Bindery In chnrsre of a
thon Ufc-t.lv t oii.p t nt man. Kei or i IKxika, -l
o k- t. Index bo ks I.di'is, l'ay Uuoks. AV
mad'' at New itirk r.irs.
send us yotjr orders and we will ycu 3at-sf.u.-tory
jol4 and price-.
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ai. lutn.tsJiea ne. Audrey 'lKl'K co. au
guta, Miuue.
frosty stars stats, and the solemn old
church clock hud just chimed nine from
its dim heUry, wheu he entered the bright
room, with its mossy blue carpet and hang
ings ot azure silk, aud Parisian statuettes
hiodeu by vases ol vivid roses.
It was not empty, however, as he had
hot, ed aud expected.
Lieutenant Armour stood in the middle
of the apartment, decideoly ct nscious ot
his hue new shoulder straps, and patroniz
ing a dozen pretty girl?.
lie iiiKided laughingly
went on wth a sentence
trance had intetrupted.
'Leap year to be sure
may as well state at once
reaiiy to nceivc any propositions
ladus u.ay have to n.ake. '
'Nonsense nonsense,' s;ud May Elp-
hihstone, his tvustn.
Web, It generally is nonsense, but 1'li
be considerate and make every allowance
that is pos.-ille. I thmk it's a great shame
that the girls don't jump at the chance,
when we. poor men stand as ready and
wi.ung ieiUiS a blushes
glancxs.
He looked at Miss Deane as
had m earnest, half jestingly.
( John lL'lhs eves followed the
of las, as it by fascination.
He saw the tlusti mounting impulsively
t llio'tiel's t net k,' and the blue eves hid
t.cu ly their wnite hds.
lK w H jUia ttttl there, with a gid
dy paiu surg.i through his brain, he cud
hot know.
He was aroused by the breaking up of
the altie part tne sound oi merty Voices,
and play I id adieux;.
llatiict Deai e was standing ucder the
Chahdclur. one hand resting on the carved
back ot a Gothic chair.
GiiUn Ariucur lounged on a sofa, where
the tiue shk curtains swept over an eu
trahce to a bay window.
As lu Lis pressed fotwasd to cscaixr
lus.le and Lot e, Miss Eiphiusioe
lur h&nd gently e n his shoulder.
.o, Lo, the whUpered, archlv,
ou tec it's au unc.cr$ttx.i matter between
GilLert fend Harriet 1 Give me your arm,
and take me home, kr Gilbert will not
give me another thought to-night."
and timid
he spoke,
direction
The fresh breczcddying fantastically in
the widl, open hnel window, lifted the
eiamp masses of hair on John Ilollis' wast
ed forehead, as he sat in the chair beside
casement, aud passed its cooling pressure
arounel his burning temples.
'A common private those were her
very words,' he murmured, with a faint
crimson spot burning on his wan cheek,
"and now crippled for life I Ah, it was
well that 1 drew back when 1 heard her
step in the corridor. hy did they bring
sine here of all places in the world ? Must
1 drink the bitter cup of humiliation to the
very dretis? if I had elied never waking
troin that unconsciousness ! But now a
common private With only one arm I'
lie laughed bitterly.
'Ouly twenty-six, and weary of his
life!'
And the beautiful sunset grew dim as he
gazed upon it.
Johul'
He turned round listlessly, without look
ing up.
Yes, mother; I can guess your thoughts
you are afraid I will take cold silting
so long in the draught.'
xV gentle hand was placed on his own;
he pressed it to his lips.
"1 must live, uear mother, for your
sweet sake 1
'And my sake, too, dear John!'
John storied looked wildly around.
A figure he knew well was Kneeling be
side him. Harriet Dean's auburn hair.
goideu in the glowing sunset, had fallen
over the arm ot the chair where the fair
head had dropped.
Tiairiet ! Not there, dearest not there.
Let me raise you.'
'On, let me kneel here, John,' she cried,
and, and and don't send me away from
you, will you '
The sweet, pleading face, with its bright
eyes sparkling througn tears what a new
loveliness it had won to to John Hoilis'
happy vision !
Mid he was determined.
' Harriet, "Jie said, with an effort' "I
cannot will not accept this sacrifice."
'Do you wish to kih .me?' she Bsfted
suddenly.''
j no
S:
'Then you must consent toxnarry me !'
His loiebead led on his shnuder;he was
sick and dizzy with the Mvod-tUie of hap
piness! bhe put her arms lovingly around his
neck, i - "'
'You need not suppose, ..sir,' sit, ihe
said, with a pretty cemeef tuat -bemie
her no less than the tearful humiliation of
a miaute before, 'that 1 fcLotrld- have 'rtme
courting you.- it you had m been sick and
ii and if ' " '-
Wchr
'If it hadn't been Leap Year ?'
six
watches was devised, and a list of giiarus
autl store ittendants was made.
'Thtrccaehes had &en .used as sleeping
cars for two nights, and, by the ingenuity
of all, had been " made quite comtortabie.
It would have surprised our friends at home
to have looked in upon us aud seen the di
vision pt apartments, spring beds, cover,
ings, etc. used. The driving snow had
crept in arounel windows and doors, aud
through the roof, in som way, and w as the tVeloch, who were at thj', time trading
melting at all timea duung &aurday aud
the night, making a presence which we
should have been exceedingly glad lo have
dispensed with. All hands were dodging
the uroDDinsr water: the car Moor was iu
Worse snape than ti kitchen Moor in process
of mopping. Fatience was severely tried
but proved strong enough for the occasion,
because it was no use to gel out of patience.
A gxd supply of coal was near by, aud the
cars were kept hot, which was tne only
'preventive of severe col is. - Fortunately
no sickness was occasioned by the damp
ness, change of diet, or condit'ou of the
beds. Five-tiavthug ' men did much to
prevent discouragement among the passen
gers by their good-natured joaes, stories
and music. Oae of tnese geuileu.eu, rep
lesentiag a Ghicago firm, dispensed seveiai
pieces ci tirist ciaas music lioui au mstiu
ment called'a 'zither,' whicn gave much
satisfaction to till. Sociability was not
wanting. Sunday uiormng lound no change
in movement. Great drills oi snow tea or
twelve feet high were all about us. Engines
were nearly out of sight. Cuts were t wice
full, and the snow of twenty square miles
teemed to have oeen gatheretiby the w.nds
and cast around us to prevent our forward
movement, fcixly hours in a dntt has test
ea palienC6 severely, it holds outlet, but
iheru is no knowing how much more can be
borne. It being Sunday, a "barber" is m
demand, and no sooner spokeu of, than a
traveling man hangs'out his shingle in ihe
baggage car and snouts "next."
Our ,-W lnnipeg lady prsteager has un
packed her Berlin wool aud already has
liuiohed the crochet work lor a hood. A
traveling man is holding skeins of wool for
her to wind it into balis, i rjiparatory to
'setting op " a-Jacket, The night watches'
are regularly appoimed in both cars, and
one is icmmded of army days by ih-i regu
larity, authority and piccisioa exercised by
the guards, liow we shall be able to oc
rnnv another dav is a Duzzie. Tae nati . i-
r , r
uniajjesLed in the Western country, aud
lUey not only resisted the advance ot the
Vugimans, but loralied their route liuiu
Lue lo Venango. ''"'Ihe Virginians' first
Stand was at tn junction ot lue Allegheny
and Aloaoagaheiu, troai winch thwy wue
driven by tae Ficnca. Tins led to the
Biaddock expedition) as Gov. Dinwiddiu
round Viriiiiua uuaoie to cope alone with
ihe Freucu oppMsidon to the trading aad
coliuizdioii soueaie w hich had been set ou
loot by Joha ashiugtom The mother
country was called ou lor aid, and huaay
lae bienca were driven out iroai tae Norm
west territory to Canada. Tans it appears
lhai, tae origin cd' me colonial wur was due
to a business enterprise of Joan Wa-hing-lou,
who had trained up his brother George
to carry out sucti seaenies; aud liaady tin .
alteaipi oi John Washington to take ivs-
sess.oa or taai leriuory, wua a vie- 10
monopolizing the lur trade of the lakes,
created "au enmity between Frauce and
HAiglaud waicu caused France lo give tae
coijnies very iiup.rlaa: aid in the war lor
independence.
All Mad.
Another tl-clnt .
A ctrTerondt nt writes : A cave has re
cently been discovered oa 'Clew Fcrk, oa
the lan I of Th.:uas W alker. Having
heard of thU cave I, with nne ethers,
determined to explore it. Leaving Mr. A.
B. Sh4wer's and traveling several miles in
an. e-asU'tly direction, we reined up our
steeds at the r ndcr.ee of 51 r. Walker,
where we provided ourselves with tights,
matches, A:2., nece-sary fvr the exploratioa
of such a huge, deep cavern, some other
ol the uuu.e-diate vicmtty7 acctmpanying
us. We som arrived at the entrance,
which is about' twelve feet in diameter.
After descending flity or sixty feet by
u.euns ol'a ile, whirti waj at an angle of
sixty-five degrees, we found tnirteivr-s in
ihe mam cave. 'I h. first thing which at
tracle I our nttenjiou was a lot tf lone,
among which were some skulls, w hich sio
no doubt the remains of human bodies
tuat were lhruji into the cave by ttu In
dians or some other umivilizexl c!as of
lv.pie m ancrenl ttaies. After citag
ihcse a careful exaauuatioa we moved
almt to efutmne the pefificil suakes
ti-h.-s aad k th.T phenomena which we were
not able u solves ss we kit theai with the
mysit ry hnger.ug on our minds. We soon
came to an entrance lead.ng taty a neatly
lurnt-iiAl nt.)iii eintelhsued with a choice
selection of natural ornaments far superior
to any artificial work which we had ever
beheld. There was in it a sulliciciit quan
tity of furniture to Mil up 'the interior of a
drawing rau From ht:re we went lo a
more desOlale patt of the cave, where tho
jaggetl, fiiiiXaStic rocks looming up out of
die drkiic-ss, Kem to threaten danger,
liere we spent a long time hallooing and
listening tarnirtoaesicvhoiug and reecho
yi4e Sudden calcrns. We then pro
ceeden w ant. w Ilea suddenly we came
lo a "high step-oil, but not so sleep but t'ml
we cdutel -get! own without much drticulty.
When we tml to the foot of the step-off wo
found the cave to be mtic ti wider and we
could see as far us our liglits peruutted.
Here we noticed a mall hoie in ihe bed of
the rocks, into which we dropped a stono
ainl listened for several necoads, when at
laT we heard it drop w ith a loud uplaih
iuto a pool of water. We were now fully
a mile from the entrance, and had been
walking two hours without reaching tho
extremity of the cave. Becoming wtury
lroia walkiug and King oppressed with the
dump, heavy atmosphere, we decided to
return aad were soon inhaling the pure air
iryia wi.hout.
A a meeting of the Detroit Ladies' Be
nevolent Society, held the other day, it was
ie&olved that a committee of four ladies be
aipointed to canvass for donations, aud in.
ihe course or their perambulations tins
.committee "droped iuto Mr. Wixham's
olhce, Hc.received thUk as a gentleman
shouid, and after the usjuI formalities one
ot them began : '
Mr. Wixham, we are asking aid for b j
nevolent purposes.''
"Ah, yes. Beaevoience is a bump which
should be cultivated. An; ou loading after
ptvr lola.s?"'
-vt,ears.'
"Very proper very proper
have children ol your own f '
Oh, yes."
You all
All of them are well fed, well clothed
Uiogiuphy, politics and religion ol each aad well cured for, are they ?" ,
passeUfeCr ana train-man nave oeen cuu
vatsedT At hist'reliet came, and the truai
moved.
les, sir. .
"That's very pre per. I presume their
stockings? ari proieriy darnee', - buttons in
iXmip places, and they say their prayers
when thev to btlr Am I correct f '
John Washington. Georges eder brotd- & WJtV and then -at hua, aad one of the;
rr -wns the-real lather Ol ms country iu
h shiu ton b id other John.
A flat footeti .' ohl-tasianed Western
merchant, baaing from a country store in
Michigia, was bayiag st c-c in Mew York
recently, aud the Una took ail vantage of
ihe oceu :ou to m ike luq lines c mccriiiug
some ot iheir ctw.oaiers around hi.a. W uca
tlajy asked about S.aiUi, ol Cadivilte, he
replied: k.
,-:?aiita 1 Yes, he's in tru te yet, but $6
just uiarnetl a second w.le, uud shen faug
inrougli his wealth like sadpytre. He'll fail
ill ICSS II HiX HI Hit!H I"
"How abjut Joaes, of your town?"
"Jones? Well, J ones is pegging along
after the old style, aad he's bought him a
bicycle, and everybody hay.-, he'll g ) to the
wall iu a year."
"Aud htoAiut So:i are theiy all right?'
.!. . ... I. t f ,1 .1 .. .
iioAji r-ou . ieii, iney may Keep
along till spr.ng, but I d ubt 11. tJhiBrowa
has got so uear-sightett lb it liu can't tell a
sheep fie It lroai a coa sKiur and the boy
is dead "stuck oa agudow vrmu w ho never
wears any tamg le.-3 thta six-d iltr stock
ings. But Davis is d ang a good trade, isn't
he ?" .
' Davis! ..Well, poty fair, but he won't
last, lie rented the upper part of hu store
to a Clue-ago md.iacT, ami sue broke up two
' families uud caucd a preichcr. Every inniy
j blames Davis, aad his HulcsUst week. only
looted up a p uud of su.cratus and a wajsh
iMjard." '
"We.!, you are the only customer out
there, and, ol course, you are a;l right !"
"Me I Woli, I'm ail right just now, but
things may cuange. My wile belongs to
three ikcrary sM ieties aa i Ijj th big toad
at chaich festivals, while i'vetxjught a'i.'l'J
irotter and learned to l ay rial ftiedgv. You
net da l te,6urpttetl any dy t:as wia'.er to
hear that I've been bunted from garret to
Cehar ; so dean, that creditors Can't fin 1
enough dry good to w seabu y uvscotu t
3!uic rrodut rd ljr Mroe.
t wrria Off by n I-slr.
the
laid
"Jcn't
Stories have olten been told of eagles fly
ing away w ;th ch.lur.en, but there are very
lew autheiiticateU instances ol the kind.
Last week a gcbuiLe cus of this sort ot
child abduction took place at Mutoa, N. C.
Ihe ihlant chdd ol Major W idiani Daniels
was kit by its nurse ai the ki.chea door.
An cag e swot ped down and picked up the
taby. who leufch: desperately, but wiJaoul
avail. Ihe esie found ihe chili lather:
hcay ax.d'Luu uifhcbUy m ibiug into tn";
air with 1:. When about six leet above
ihe giouLd the ehiid s drtts gave way and
u lun.bkd to the ground, wtiae the esg.e
llew ell Wi.h pail ol ihe ures in lis talons,
ine batv was tome what bruised, but not
badly hurt. 'Ihe eagie was o3n alter
shut and u.taiuied bevea feel from tip to
tip.
having made George what he was. Jehu
Washington was a carelul, methotiical -tus-meas.Bian,
and he had a methodical busi
pess nau of George, He taught, him cure
luliubits, to keep an account ot every ih.ii
nv received and exnendtui. tha rescHfoi
which is seen in numt-rous memoranda
kept iy that great nati for gruieiul coun
try. w nie h ai w ay s pays the nighest -ric
for autographs. George was-a;o piirj-tt
ieajn survey ing, not thiit heshou.d became
a professional surveyor, but id order to' til
hun lor the carter w hich haT broUicr in
tended him to pursue, that'ot oie"ranng in
lands. How well John succeeded in izi
may be htm by a relerence to any bwgra
phy ot George, wmch wiliv&Lo thai he
had a greiat ta.ent for sekctiit good laad?,
and he" exercised aiiveiy tae&iy m tbiutu
mg theia. fcay w ha; you will George
Washington hud an eye to ihi main
chance, and it seme ot "ihe puihe men ol
tliis Cay : tiioul J te lound appioprmting
pubLc laads as he did there would douai-
kibea :howl against the Ujonopoasi
and a demand frooi the cppusitioa preaa for
an investigating comniUiee to cud Vr
persju3and tiapers,'' and, unless the
members of the couioiittec were furnished
with a share or ihe pork, they would U
very apt io get out a report oi b-.J lo Uiw
paes ai the exptJSse ol the , ax payers. 1"
iater hlc W asiiiLgvoa LaJL. sigcnis oat ii
various parts ot the counuy survey ing ana
iecuii: g ;viuabl triici ua hi stcovmi,
umI he uiaaugtd to gvi tne very bet ttta.
was to be had lor a shilling aa acre, 1
early lite Gtxrge W&sUiDgtou nt ou.
wua tu surveyors and pioneers himsc.l
l.apy for any
coatriau-
said: r
"VVe eLaT 12
tioa." . - '
' '-i'es'm, 'ein. You d)n't want this 1
Cen5fibuihjulvr your o A'n . taJiiae. eh ? '
"No- sir I' answered four voices in cho-
rui "
"Vle ll, 1 am some what inclined to Ixe-
r.evolence, Hardix a day,-jajteesi that I
dcnT cfo smetuiug for cliarny. He-re's an
o.d - aK-Odftr eft -fc; " aguitiSt " 31 r. . i
.ki4.Jjea haijl up'and having a tlo-etitne
to get t4 jiu, aad veserd.y 1 cunceiei the
dtrbUn "
Oeujf Ike ranvte-sers turned red, white
ana blue, and lootu d ou 01 lae wmj.
That was Ler husband, and Wixham didn't
know it.
"''AneI yesterday I found a poor, fori or a
1 iking iiititt boy out heie crying with hun
ger aad cold, lie said ins tiasne wa Tom-
luv . anJ-he lived a; s:rew Ik
Litlu'l eea washed or cemU-d for a week,
and I f til sad for tilOL 1 wsw -.Aaz to take
aim hou.e and te.d Lint, but he s!
O-nVidcraVe inter est uas txen aroused
in Genasn "musaat circles by Fnednch
K'Sj'trier'i pyropn rfi -i, no' being ethtbtled
in a large joiui adjoinmg lit: C-iiVer-tioa-iaulof
Jiadca-Bvha. The i.iiltru
tiienl resembles aa cita la construction
and Bpi-earin-ee-, as far its kcbiard
and piins are c acefhol, Lu. the latter
' are lajkde o! g as in:ea-i of metal or
t.wrnxf, and "tLS loaes they gte forth in
obedience loathe pressure ot the plsyer's
! Ii g rs ou lhikyi are pr;iuce.i b the
action of flmtft- u;-jii their afmophcric
'c uteits. " Jets f lihietl ga, ehVided
! :aio a curtain nimUr ot smaii fismcs, are
I f reed m'.o th-.; g.a.ss cyln.dcr, the
length aad diameter 4 which re regula'ed
iu ccordxM-e ;t.th-i depth or height of
I ihe note desired to be priuced, and the
I re?ak is a rtgri r abd jrft-ct scnes cf
j sustained micu! souad-s, peculiar ia
juu:y, but Lsraiiag nruc atilaity to those
e..c;Ul fro.a aa ordiiiury
ler the
ts!! ue'ner 'A the
ay.-
Aaother wonian suddenly looked out ot
the window, i'Sd tier pube ran up Vj ose
nundred axd twenty a minute, tmt Wix
i.aui w as as itxinxxat as a laud; of any
knowledge tLat it sa her boy.
--lu JbJ Uru suu Hatit exp fled.
2rSA3;,Uui; tef aiid p-ra, tXi?ried,
flii.t4J.242 ; cotton 11.1 bale, expjried,
i:,evo,eA,J; oii ad silver, produce
ol 15, U,tAU.tAJ; tobacco and it
uianuiactue, txp.fieJ, $1,1-2,27,
i.eiroitutii, expvitttl.ior fu-M-ai tr,
$3,2o5,C2u.
blaat organ
sxtioal or
I ixiabx mop. l lit pyrophiuc a; prescat oa
- t. ....
Vif a; Baileti-tiauta uu t capais oi
oa y to o.taVe3 ad a half, aial coa
iuralile free t r quant to manipulate
the keyboard, tiwia to the weight of the
I a pipes set ia iuouoa by eaca presaxc
i litaArr ttst the 'tnAdtuou ot a note.
, s .. m
-was o: ft glass pi;tss are eight feet lougy
ad the mavita-iui itng.h of the sound-ge-ieraung
rUme adauturd to theui is six.
ieeii fbctea. The e-eet of a rformaace
upu this curious laatrumea, whicn Has
ua& vmxx ia wa.ch i: u set up wuh liht
as wed a sound of a ttrsage aad uaeanidj
enaia.-ter, is described la Gerinaa rausxeai
J journals as txirea.eijr laiprcaaive.