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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-08-18
A .r,ue ssAKg sranY.-On the Fourth

A TRug SgAKE STeRY.--On the Fourth
AZ Iuix last one &c Wsrdsel's ''pets,"
while on = litlIe excursion into the country,
came upon large nocess'n snake. which
~ succeeded In capturing. lie gave Il TO
one Of The guards, who Gagged The reptile
and tried 10 domest,cate Il. Five weeks
have elapsed. aud during that time the
snake. although apparently 10 hrst-raie
health. has net taken mossel 81 food u
anx kind. She has. however, within few
DAYS nssf. assonished heg keeper oy giving
bif,h 70 forty rtco young ones. which are
now alive AID squirmiug. The youngsters
are as lively ~ erWkels. and may occasion.
sIIy be seen ia sqasds Of dozen or so al
! time going dawn tie throat " the fond
"oafienf." either ~ refuge from danger.
ar perhaps 10 take their meals 10 some 10.
con,prehensible manner.
The gentleman hsvirg this happy 'amily
in charge has been al lOss 70 know what %
iced them w,lA, and has not IS yet found
anyth,ug ihat they relish. A day or twe
400 : live frog vas put into the cage, and
II was tafd 10 tell whether frog or snake
va dc more frightened. A mouse wal
then pat in, bot thi, venture was Still more
ansuccessiul. Tor the mouse created panic
among the little ones BY desouring one o
their number, notwithstanding the victim
nurss eight inches long and armed with III
n6s " venom pointed iangs Rich
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-aHE.AD.

>,yhsr re- Is no organized political >organiza- |
ton II The Gifted States. The Radical !
psr,y ! already split into - many wings
that there Is very lille q bady lei,u, any
wis, taere Is holds nothing bur so'a'.--i.s
stomach. safchassea with the hNhy spohsl
/, an witch ii has been feasting
The Democ, atic party j. last losing rs
zane owiss d il analgama,iOn with %
MANY different patty eOiored factions,
so,he,. : no, Sufficient strength IN any
ooe eart, IL give even dignity 10 the acts q
4. administration. OF course ~ sueh ?
erisi. every man is for picking MS own
Masses u lead him 10 The haven Of peace
some ku-klux some join The league; whl'e
MANY still cling 10 the broken sass Z,
.lhrr dave aud hope for the coming again y
lie old fashion Law.
Bat Progress points ahead. no turniag
h,ek Ahead there NAV Be even the black
ness 81 night 10 pass through; out aneau
80 - marching. And marching too lake
.l,moralized squads. Staring Il The slgns
II The heavens AID on earth; feeling sa@e-
thing is ahesd-dOn't know ~ha'-d00
care What. Still On We wh'ri. Esch Le1
aay turns up sumo m"nstfoas crime o
singular happening that make Us wall 'n'
whites 81 our eyes-and then rush On y
the forward movement.
Bat amid this confused mass o. lamell0'
and iabbering ounces. willy kna'es' ah0
6rree. un,amed northumberland chose
,.w--solld in the christian faith and On
bending 10 the storm thai bows The resi- .
- n.or morials as shaken reeds ines
men are still untainled BY the degenerate
II The times. They are hard WORKING
T.ey are content with little. OF i''''
,h.y r,ye little to the poor. They =
M vain disputers given 70 STRIFE o Wo'u
.rhsv have no Ioaf 81 Office between the
laws. They have 10 phosphorus rsPa'
,a,ion that shines only IN the night ua
ike the bad penny Of burglar. bai mo-
e., and quie, they read The "oid iam'
Bible every night and morniSg and =
God 20 90 with them through The bufds
Of the day. /.
These are The men 10 whom Pfomo'i
will wei come as i went 70 Cine'nnAi'as
-
his pillow. For The character Of THIS q
.rnmentis fast going 10 rot. Paper eo'''
and Kid gloves and wine money aud CAV
and SHINES and ,Iebauched villains have =
,,gh worn lis ernined robes 70 irizz
And the time Is coming when @en o. y
h,.mished character and sober lniellige'
wiiI be forced from their now seeming
obscure and private stations IN 'fs 70
th.s covntry from The mire Of corrupt
into which il has fallen. The coan
anil, needs 10 fslI little Iawer the cot
nv only need. few more worthless men
" placed in olice-bsfore yoa hear
crack Of her ,imbers and the shrieks Of
motley crew calling upon good men
true 10 come and save the ship o. s'a
----~,---~~---~--
JOE.
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New Advertisements.

See N5S<e Of Sale.
! Kosxoo, the great Liver rnvgoratoF, Blood Purh-
er. and Renosasor. prepared BY d.. !. I. Lawrence
The celebrated Physician and Chemist, is sAsE
pIRAsASr and RErissLr .emcay. for The raKvssnos
and sunE Of al diseases caused By Torpid Liver
Impure Blood, Disorders o. he kidneys. Or Debility
of lhe Nervous system.
Il REsrLArEs the sssfetioas- EaAnIearfs ell Husoks
o. rasrs restores lest OF wasted nervous powef ana
). The same time b.ids up and ,aparis ions and e.
gor 10 me phoie sysien
To KExP Cool -Ddak thai Soma WArER o.
GArrs, s. cooL. So RKrRxsarss.
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Be sure and buy your HARDWARE
From Hickey Il Sublelt in Danxille-

From Hickey 4 subIelt il Dansilie'
n CALLUM a co at Company shops VIZ
pay 10 trade u moncy for any thing you nave 'ofs"
rYT. D. Tiunin 81 this place will py Cash i0r
100 Bushels Of Wheat.
The President ofths uaiversiiY gises notice o. ~
Agricultural Course il that College
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TAKE GRE.

The drought is upon Is There i going
10 be scarcely Of corn siuhs. We beg
our farmers as hey hcpe Tor heaven in the
other world to guard against spectators.
Don't sell 10 any man whose objse. u IS
10 speculate 10 bread stuIfs. You can tell
YOUR man. II he Is siranger-thsts what
he is aher. II your own county man-yeu
know him--you can Judge ~hsi be IS after
God knows there are enough poverty pinch
ed cries riding the blast no~. Have rs
gard Tor them or The meat you swallow will
set turn to The poison of asPs within sou
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-08-18

A friend from Morganton informs "
thar during court seek 10 that place 1oe
Farmer made speech that Vance declared
Le couIdn'. improve On. The Court bad
hardly sny hearers At all while he sss 'a'a-
ing Joe is hard to head. Many yeafs ego
he had case al Roxboro. A fellow vas IN
dic,ed for commitfng some offence against
,he peace and dignity o. that serene village
.an Main street. Joe wanted TO kno"
80. and what MAN 81 wsss A host
4 xaues.ss vas called bus ~ ..-..ors
,ss, didot kuOw sdzaeAly saa' ' .'"-
ny, -. s = ~h.r il ended. >" We iE'os
ss,l ,,rough and Joes man.
80 90 trader r. -
philip Z s'','as ~ ''s ..'ssls
,s, ". struck a'.' ~, !" VS. sSssly.
sc =, J, y, w.,,ss. CONT, ia '''' -
s'gp .. ..e.te, axe e'rs'
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1869-08-18

A GENTLEMAN who snasaed fof years from
N Nervous Debility. Premature Drety. end I'll The
effects u youlhiuI indisee.ioD wilI. for The sake q
snif.ring humanity. ssnd fee 10 ell sho need Il. The
receipt and directions Ior mskins hs simple remedy
BY which he was cured. snGeIers wishing 70 profit
BIZ the advertisers experiences. % ~ sddress.
liz. ID perfect confidence. iOiiN y. OGDEN.
no. ~ Cedar street, Nsw YORK.
May 2. Ig-iy
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We have formed party Of our own to
be called The Dan't Kno~- WHISTLE Bees.
The lirst plank 10 our platform is resolu-
lion sympa,hizing With Gen. Grant over
The loss Of bis fsvorite riding mare (Ada.)
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f,ne square of ten bees Gin this sas TYPED NJ ..
~ a., insertion and 5s cents ior each additional
! suuare 3 months So six month Slo- II mo- nv
I. =. SO Sls 80
!. q SIS I. $50 ssu
sI.,s .o,.,on j months $as 6 months $40 year $50
.aaa calamn ! months S45 6 monshs s65 year loO
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The papers ~ virginia are complaining
Of the drought. In Caroline county az cd
i,or Who Travelled twenty miles BY one route
and twenty two niles BY another says ne
saw fifty acre fields thai wouldn't average
a busheI cf corn TO the acre. In the nor
,hern part of Ohio a. well ss in Indiana, IL
linois and portions Of Maryland the corn
CROP is said to be failure. In Iowa. Kan
sss, Texas and Kentucky there has fallen !
plenty q rain aud large corn crop viii b'
made.
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RICHMOND s DaNYILLE RoaD.

We are glad TO notice The heavy ship
ments IF graia oow being made over this
road. We venture TO assert that no road
ia the United States has more efficient
aud intelligent corps 81 officers. from It's
agents up 10 the President. y is seldom
the case any freight is ever injured or los,
on this ruad. Aud 3hat few Instances We
can call TO mindful damage was 10 every
case made il clean money 60 the owner.
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.. n. HOLLAND. DANIEL GOLDMAN P. .. Law.
:. HOLLANDS WAREHOUSE"

DANyILLE. Va. August IA 1869.
SALES Of Tobacco made 81 Hollands Warehouse
- by 3. n. Holland 4 Co. since our last report.
1 Lat for Parham Booker, 20 lbs al $50 90
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M +. g. EVANS.
ADVERTISING RATES.

AtTwo Dorars per unnum .paidina Advance
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q ri Jones $50" 10 90
withs great many ether lots and Tierees
from 90 90 to $50 90
August iss 30.-iv.
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Attorney General iioar has decided tina,
'Gea. Candy shall enforce ,he lest oath IN
virgieia.
PeGning,on-the ire-sooI lemonade edi-
tor 81 what was cSce known as the Raleigh
Progress--is now President Of the EuiaIa
and Opelika Railroad 10 Alabama.
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DanvilIs va. May IS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
An Indignant Damsel.

We heard a good joke on resident OF
Dog Greek the other day. The party re.
ferred to is bachelor and lives on the
wagon road, A few days ago an emigrant
wagon from Oregon came along and
camped near our friends place. The head
of the family soon made himself acquaint-
ed with the proprietor of the premises, and
asked him why he didn't have woman to
keep house for him. The answer was that
he intended to marry just as soon as he
could find woman willing to enter the
bonds of matrimony. The Oregonian re-
marked that he could find him partner IL
he would take her The bachelor said that
was right into his hand, and the emigrant
invited him into his camp. The emi-
grant called upon a bouncing damsel of
about twenty years, and informed
her that the gentleman accompanying
him was "on the marry" and willing to
take her for better or for worse. The dam
sci, delighted with the prospect advanced,
and, seizing our friend by the hand, assured
him that she was glad 10 see him, and was
ready TO marry him at the drop of hat, "
while the old lady hastened up TO congratu-
late her "darter" on her good luck. Sur
prised and alarmed at the serious turn mat
ters had taken, our friend, who is constitu-
tionally opposed to the institution of mat
rimony, endeavored 10 explain by saying
that he was only joking and did not want
TO marry. At this the Oregonian became
indignant, and the would-b bride request
ed her father TO take his rifle and "drap
the yarmint in his tracks" At this aztec
tionate suggestion the bachelor left for his
fortifeations, the last thing he heard being
the voice of the Old lady consoling her
''darter" with the remark thatit was best 10
A" let the blk go. "-Shdstd, Oli, Courier.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
Keeping a Secret.

THE Newport Mercury relates capital
story of Stuart, the painter, which illus
trates finely the power which secret has
to propagate ITSELF If once allowed little
airing, and to reach few ears. Stuart
had, as he supposed, discovered secret
art of coloring-very valuable. He told il
to a friend His friend valued it very
highly, and came time afterwards to ask
permission to communicate it, under oath
of eternal secrecy, 20 friend of his who
needed every possible aid to enable him to
rise. .e---.. 81. p, -.,-..-. ,---r-r.
Let me see," said Stuart, making a
chalk mark on board at hand 81 know
the art, and that is--'t 4 tlaV abI
Gne," said his friend O afr
"You know il" said Stuart, making an
other mark by the side of the one already
made; "and that is" 90 =
1.-TWO" cried the other
"Well, you tell your friend, and that
will be-" making third mark
Three only" said the other
No said Stuart, sit is one hundred
and eleVen!" Q11). i.f..-H
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
How Joe Lost His Dinner.

In the town of Newcastle, in England
there was man who went by the name
of Patient Joe He worked in coal
mine. Hewas called Patient Joe, because,
If grief came to him, he would say, cts
all for the best; those who love God shall
good"
II all things went well with him,
Joe would praise God and il things went
illwith him, he would praise God still, and
say, God knows best what is for my good.
We must not judge of things by this life
alone, there Is a life 10 come after this and
things that may not seem good for us here
may be good for us there is
In the coal pit where Joe worked some
of the men would jeer and laugh at him
when he said, a" It's all for the best There
wasa man of the name of Tim, who would
miss no chance to laugh at Joe. sJ
One day, as Tim and Joe were getting
ready to go down into the deep pit, Joe,
who had brought his dinner of bacon and
bread with him, laid 1t ON the ground for
q moment Before he could take Il up, a
hungry dog seized II, and ran of.
" Ha, ha p cried Tim, "that's 0n for the
best, is IL, JOes The loss of thy dinner is
all for the best, is II, manl Now stick to
wy CICCui anu hlJy Us. ..l.lt
Well, l do say Yes" said Joe, "but, as
must eat, II is my duty to try to get back
py dinner, II get il back ii viii be all
for the best and if / don't get Il back,
why, twill be all for the best Just The same
God is 50 great, that He can rule the
smallest things as wel as the lafgests
,a So Joe ran after the dog and Tim, with
laugh and an oath, went down into the
coal pit. Joe ran a long way, but could
not catch the dog At last, Joe gave up
the chase. and came back 10 the mine,
thinking 70 himself that the men would all
have good laugh at him, -vs7eI n :
RGt he found them al pale with alarm
and awe. "What a narrow escape you
have had, Joe |" said one of them. afhe
pit has eaYed in, and poor Tim Is killed.
II that dog had not run off with Your
dinner, you would have gone down with
Tin into the pit and been killed too. ~ :.
joe took Of his hat and while his
breast heaVed, and his checks grew pale,
and the tears came 10 his eyes, ne hooked
up to heaven, but said not a word IAe
Nursery,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
4 World ON Fire.

Llr-T T 4 r
Onthc 18th OF May, 1896, a great con
| flagration, infinitely larger than that OF
London or Moscow, was announced. To
use the expression of distinguished
astronomer, a. world was found 70 be on
| fire. A star, which till then had shone
meekly and unobtrusively in the Corona
Borealis, suddenly blazed up into q lumi-
nary of the SECOND magnitude. In the
course of three days from its discovery in
this new character by Mr.. Birmingham, at
Iuam, It had declined to the third or even
fourth order of brilliancy. In twelve
days, dating from its first apparition in
| the Irish heavens, it had sunk TO the eighth
rank, and it went on waning until the 26th
Of June, when IL ceased to be discernible
except through the medium Of the tele-
scope. This was remarkable, though
certainly not an Unprecedented proceed.
ing on the part, of the star; but one
singular circumstance in its behavior was
that, after the lapse of nearly two months,
il began to blaze up again, though not with
equal ardor, and, after, maintaining its
glow for few weeks and passing through
sundry phases Of color, II gradually paled
its fires and returned 90 its former in
significance,
How many years had ELAPSED since this
awful conflagration actually took Mace IL
would he observation-disclosures 10 guess: hut il
must be remembered that news from the
heavens, though carried by the tleetest of
messengers, light reach us long after the
event has transpired. and that the same
celestial codrier Is still dropping the lid.
ings at each station IL reaches in snaoe.
until il sinks exhausted by the length of
its fight Now, when this object was ex.
anft1ed. No n was nrornntlv and eaysrly, nv
Professor Miller and Mr.. Huggins, they
found to their great wonder that II Welded
two spectra-tRe one imposed mon the
other, though obviously independent,
There was the prismatic ribbon crossed by
dark lines, which belongs to the sun and
stars generally, but there was another in
which four bright lines figured and these,
according tO the capons Of INTERPRETATION
previously mentioned, indicated that some
luminous gas (or Qases) WINS also mourning
out it's light from the surface of the orb.
Two of the lines spelled out hydrogen
in the spectral language. What the other
two signified did not then appear but, in
asmuch as those four streaks were bright
er than the rest of the spectrum, the source
from which, they came must obviously
have been more Intensely heated than the
underlying parts, or photosphere, from
which the normal stellar light proceeded
| And.as the star had suddenly famed up
was II not q natural supposition that it had
become enwrapped in burning hydrogen
which, in consequence of some great con
vulsion, had been liberated in prodigious
quantities, and then, combining With other
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
Anecdotes Of ROthschild.

80 .
RoTHsoHILD had few tastes OF pleasures
out Of the Stock Exchange and his count.
iBg-hOuse, in St. 6within's lane. When
Louis Spohr, the great German musician,
called on him in June, 1920, with a letter
of introduction from his brother IN Frank
fort, he said to him, II understand nothing
of music This" patting his pocket, and
rattling the loose coins therein, lis my
music we understand that on Change"
Money-making was the one pursuit and
enjoyment of ROthsehild's life, He cared
less than many do for the money when 1t
was made "He had no taste or inclina-
tion,H says one Of his friends, "for what
every Englishnlan seeks as soon as he has
money TO buy. it-conlfort In every re-
spect His ambition was 10 arrive at his
aim more quickly and more efiectually
than others, and TO steer toward II with
more energy. When his end was reached
1t had lost all its charm for him, and he
turned his never-wearying mind 20 some
thing else" II was inr the seTamhlipgs
and fghtingS the plots and tricks Of max
ing money, not at AL In the spending, not
much In the boarding Of 1t, that he de-
lighted. ~ f'ffHtV % ~ atHtl ft iitlfe flaf
''I hope said dinner companion to
him, ON one occasion, al hope that your
children are not too fond OF money and
business 70 the exclusion of more impor-
tant things. / am sure you would not
wish that al am sure should wish
thai, he enswered = :" 1 wish them % give
mind, and soul, and heart, ana body
everything 70 bHEinesa That Is the way
to Be happy. Il requires a great deal of
boldness and great deal of caution to
make great fortune and when you have
got II, IL requires ten times AS much wit TO
keep IT," sn'a ~
To all who weye willing TO work In this
fashion, he was after his fashion, good
friend BOme Of the wsalthiesl CONNER
cial houses now in London owe their pros
perity TO the readiness with which Ro;hs-
child, seeing good business qualities in the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13

young men around him, helped them ON
with his great influence There were
cases In which he went out of his way to
put exceptional opportunities of money.
making In the way Of his favorites. Even
his charities, according Co his own confess
ION, were eccentric, and chiefly mdulgcd
In for his own entertainment, Some
times 20 amuse myself" he said, " | givca
heggar guinea. He thinks Il is mis-.
take, and, for fear should find Il out, ofE
he runs as hard ~ he can. advise you TO
give beggar . guinea, sometimes, II is
very amuang.p
A saying attributed 10 him gives evi.
dencc, 10 true, Of some humor Once, Il
Is said, German prince, visiting London,
brought letters OF credit TO the banker.
He was shown into the inner room of the
famous Counting.hous In St. Swithin's
lane, where ROthschild sat busy with a
heap of papers The name being an.
uounced, Rothschild nodded, offered his
visitor chair, and then went on with the
work before him. For this treatment the
prince, who expected that everything
should give way 10 one of his rank and
dignity, was not prepared. Standing a
minute or two, he exclaimed, "Did you
not hear, sir, who ams Iam"---repeat
ing his titles. "Oh, very we'll" said
Rothschild, take two chairs then"
AT another time two strangers were ad.
mitted into the same private room. They
were tall foreigners, with mustaches and
boards such as were not often seen in the
city thirty or forty years ago, and Roths-
child, always timid, was frightened from
the moment Of their entrance. He put his
own Interpretation upon the excited move.
ments with which they fumbled about in
their pockets; aud before the expected
pistols could be produced, he had thrown
n great ledger In the direction OF their
heads, and brought in bevy Of clerks by
his cries Of murder" The strangers were
pinioned, and then, after long questioning
and explanations, Il appeared that they
were wealthy bankers from the Continent
who, nervous in the presence Of a banker
50 much more wealthy, had had some difi1
Guilty in finding the letters Of introduction
which they were to present. Fdm0U,
I.N,,.Ia.a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13
A warming 10 sunday Rarhers.

THE Morgantown (Pa.) Post is rcspou-
sible for this story A negro barber relates
that in this place q few Sabbaths ago he
was shaving man, and MS he drew the
razor over his face he realized that he was
doing wrong in thus violating the laws of
God by working ON the Sabbath day, and
the thought also occurred to him that the
Almighty, in His displeasure might take
from him the use of his hand if he still
persisted in shaving persons on Sunday.
While he was thus meditating strange as
II may seem, the strength of his right
hand and arm gradually departed. lie
has not been able to shave man since
that time, period of three weeks, and
has no use of his hand scarcely al the
present writing, nor is there any prospect
of its speedy recovery. Doubtless this is
a Judgment upon him for not remember
ing the Sabbath day" and keeping it
holy,