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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
A TRAMP's TERRIBLE RIDE.

We have often heard how persons who
were .ryirg 10 steal their way over tbs
Union aud Central Pacific Railroads had
secreted themselves on brakebars, under
the cars. In the fire-boxes and boilers Of
new engines, and In other perilous posi-
tions; but the experience ofa man who
wasrecenily attempting to dead>beat his
way from the East To this State eclipses
anything of the kind that has ever come
TO our knowledge. IL seems that he
boarded train at Omaha, and after
he~isy been elected from several trains,
he succeeaa3 in getting 10 Green River in
Wyoming Territory. Hero the train men
became inoie yigiiant, and the man saw
he would have 10 find very secure hiding
place. Accordingly, while the train men
were brsilyi engaged, be crEwled into the
iire-s,ux Ola stationery engine that was
standing ~.cn !. iat car. and which was
going through to San Francisco. Soon
after the train started, some one-pur-
posely or not, we don't know--shut the
1N&fN@ hNA1f @ffA tbr thnh Hu1 ~ Wf~1yuNis
The iaan's position was Q terrible one.
He eousd not sit down. and could scarcely
turn around, and in this way he rode for
four days ahd nights. without mouth
ful 81 food or drink, excepting few
crackers he had In bis pockets. When
the IRAN. arrived at Verdi Nevada, dis
taDee Of nearly Eve hundred miles from
Green river, the man managed ioattract
the attention Of the conductor by scrat.
ching ON the insi ie OF the engine With
his finger nails. he was liberated from
this a~ iui situation, aud was almost dead
with cold and hunger, and from re-
naining 80 long ins cramped position.
He Mas properly ared Tor nj Verdi, and
Al last accounts he was In fair way 70 10
coyer. IL Is safe 10 conjecture that he.
will walk after this. rather than attempt
to beat his way over railroad.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
FIGHT MORE AS DwELyg.

A farmer let his lands 10 an oil con-.
pany last spring. on cundiiin ui recsiv-
ing one. ighilr Of the oil produeel. The
vel proved to be pretty gnod one. asa
the farmer begaI 10 think that lhe oil mes.
should give him better chance, aud ven.
tired "a tell them -. 'rhcy asked him
what he wanted lie said they ought II
giye him unn.twgii,h. The agTeemonl
was 6nsily made. with The understanding
that the farmer was not to tell any nne.
All went smooth until tbo next dsiS,M
day came when uur friend sas early ~
hand 10 see how much he,ter be would be
ct under The now bargain. Eleven barrels
we're ,oIled 10 one side Of the oil men.
and one Coz him. This did not suit him.
flows dish .'ssys he. I thiuk I was 10
get mors rs before. By jinks yoa make
mistake I, The matters we're explained
TO him. that he formerly got one barrel
u every eight. but !. was bis own propo-
sition 70 only take vas % every twelve.
This revelation took him abaek lie
scratched bis head. looked cross. and 70.
lieved bis swelling breast Of feelings Of
self-reprosch By indignantly renlsrking
We'll. dat ish de FIRST time as ever
know'd eiqal vas lnprs rs dwelye.
dsrness of . wossbippips husband.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
THE SCARLET FEVER.

II is MS unnecessary fora child to die o:
scarlet fever, says Good Heaita. as it Is
that j. should be blind with cataract. Lei
us sec: .At any time before the body has
finished its efectual struggle We are able to
help il, not by wonderful medicine. but
BY the knowledge af anatomy aud the ap-
plIcatiun VI common seuse. We consult
the sympathetic nerve. and do what II
commands Us TO do. We must give this
child salt when il wants IL; We must give
IL acid when II has feyer--not vinegar. but
lemon juics. because the first coagulates
albumsu aud the latter does not on account
VI the surplus VI oxygen which il contains.
To initiate the soothing mucous in the in
testiues. which is now wanting. aud 20
give sumo respiratory food At the same
time. We add gum-srabic. To restore and
relieve the injured nerve We apply moist
warmth. In practice We can fulfill all
this with the following simple manipuIa.
tons: Undress the child and bring il u
bed at the very 6rst sign Of sickness.
Give it. if it has already fever. nothing
but warm, sourish lemonade. with some
gum-arabic in it. Then cover lis abdo.
men with some dry flannel. Take a well
foldsa bed sheet. and put is In boiling ho,
water; wiring it ont dry BY means u dry
towels. and put this over the funnel ou the
child's abdomen. Then cover the whole
and wait. The hot cloths will perhaps re.
qrirs repeated heat.
According TO the severity ef the case
and iis stage u piogress. perspiratiou will
commence M the child 10 from ten minn-
tes 10 two hours. The child then is saved ;
it soon fall ASLEEP. Soon after the child
swskens it shows slight symptoms Of re-
turning ipclination Cor isoi; help les
bowels, II necessary, with injections Of oil.
soap aud water; and us recovery will be
as steady as the growth of . gresn-house
plant. il veil treated. OF course, IL the
child was already dying nothing could
save il. or IL has cffusiuns in tbe lining oI
the hesit or brain il is much better J;
should die. But IL the above is spplisd
under the eyes and direction Of compe
tent physician will guarantee that not
one in hundred childrsa will ever die u
scarlet fever | know this will startle
some ~ my readers. especially those whO
have lost children already. but | shall 70
still further. | maintain that child will
never get scarlet fever IL properly treated
II "a child has rUrrectly mixed blood i
will not ca'ch the disorder ifput in bed
with u sick child. This is still more START
ling. but nothing Is easier Of proof.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
From the Goldsboro Messenger.
RETURNING BoARDJOBRADLEY
ArK-'JoE BOWERS

sfy name Il Is Joe Bradley
orthe iats Returning Board;
And to tell you how the old things sn
lean very well afford,
III tell you how ! 60 there,
Aud what I was told 10 do;
And how the late Returning Board
Put Hayes aud Wheeler through.
The loss Of John A. Logan
We could very well afford,
II by this hocus pocus,
We kept Davis of the Board
The fiffh man then would be me,
Joe Bradley, that's my name!
And the verdict any one could tel
Long long before 1t came
But now the things decided,
And Hayes will get the Seats
While Tilden gets the honor
or election and defeat.
He knows, alasl you bet hs knows,
The Board contained some scamps,
And the result has besn accomplished
BY the liberal use Of stamps.
Ny name It 10 Joe Bradley
ofths U. =. Supreme Court;
l wac put on the Commission,
And told TO hold the fort
How well Ihave succeeded
Let future history show,
But TO 20 behind Returning Boards
IL not the style for Joe.--
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
SUCCESS AS A PREACHER

Mr.. Moody's success i. q preacher II
due In part to command Of tbs Saxon
sIementof The language. He uses the
simple, holnsspun English OF the middle
classes. His text book is the Bible. and
his speech Is saturated with Saxon idlioms
and dIction. The simplicity and direct
ness Of his style are well illustrated in this
passage from sermon In Boston: A little
child dying said to Its mother. What
mountains do SEQ yonder?' There are
no mountains In front Of the house, my
child Yes there are. mother; don't you
see them? Won't you take me ever In
your arms p And the mother go. down
aud prayed, and told her boy that Jesus
would be with HIM. Ana then the child's
eyes frightened, aud he said: 'Mother.
don't you hear them " Hear WIN, my
cbild?' Hear the angels, mother They
are just on The other side the mountains
Carry me over the mountains, mother
4 can't do that, my child; the Saviour will
tnke you over. Jesus will be with you.
Look 10 Him. AMI then he breathed
prayer, and said. tioad bye, mother.
Jesus has come to carry me over the
mountain; and then tile little sufferer WAS
gone. OH, sinner! Christ has come 10
carry you over the moaftain. Hs will
fold you TO His bosom aud carry you unto
His kiny,ion.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

We have discoyerssl n piece of poetry In
that loyal paper, the New York Tri6,ae,
the difference between the cuIored loyaiists
Of the South and their PATRONS IL the
North. The latter ''pick up thingsn hes
canse they love PICK mp, The fe,nlerplrk
up things, because tho raven du not feed
them. as they did the guod Elijah. We
give: M 4
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
lMAcKwoODs
Edinburgh Magazine.

The lsriti~n Quarter, e. give % the reader well
digx~ied inforniation upon the great events IN
ranlemporzuceus history. and contain ma-serly
,fiticisms on ~ that n fresh and yalsrhle IA "
frrainrr, as we'll NJ " summary ~ the triumisss
~ sricnre and art TIE wars likely ta r,nyiilse
all Etiropr win firm taplcs Cor disrus-ion. that
win br flrarri with q fnorpnghness and ability
posher ei-e 10 le found. iilackwcadis Mssa-
zine is famous FOR stories. Essays, and >krtchr.,
Of tle HiyLesf Litesuy Merif.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

The Story Of Salvini's marriage is.vsry
interesting. She vas . poor sewing girl.
working IN London for her daily bread.
when salvini found her. having been CON-
missioned BY lady in Flopsnss TO deliver
her package. lie s,rsightuay fell IN
love With her. and soon married her, and
the magnificent house 70 which he has trsss-
ferred her, be treats her with the distinc.
tion accorded TO princess. with The tea
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
UNCLE seD's DErExcE.

4 ONttk WE'D UnFESSE
My bredren an sisters. I rises for tn 'splaif
Dis matter dat you's ,alkiR 'bout-I hop,
TO make Il plaiu.
rs berry sorry dat De ting hab come be-
fore ihschurch,
Fob when I splsins II you see dat 1t an
muffin much.
My frisn's. your humble spsakah. while
trablin here below,
Hab nebhsr cared 10 hoard up gold an
silver for 10 show;
ws's only stoppin' hers aspell; We all hal
got TO die,
And SO ! always tries 10 lay my treasures
up on high.
Dar's onring that posters ME. an 1t IN,
dis, you see.
DE ravens fed old 'Lijah. but de critters
won't feed lns.
Dey's g't above dar business, am jes.' goes
swoopin' roun'.
An never turns TO look at me waitin' ON
dc sroun'.
I waited mighty ssrtaln-like; my faith
was pow'ful strung;
I reckoued dat dem pesky birds would
shually he along.
But oh my friendly hearers, my faith it
cotched = fall;
De eggravain' fowls went by an nebbsr'
stopped at all.
De meal an -four was almost gone, de
pork bar'I geitin low.
An, 80 one day 'cluded dat, / lad better
go
To Lru,I,ler Johnsons' iaier patch, and
borry jest a few.
Twas ev.nin' fore got 10 start. had so
much 10 do.
II happened dat de night was dark, but
dis didn't min,
knowed de way Go dat ar patch, twas
easy nuff to fin';
AM ,ieii didn't ear too meet dst John
son, foh kuowed
Dat he would sass ma bout de mess oh Ia
ters dat owed.
I got de baskit full at las am took 'etn an
nv back
An, An w.. vxln. IA ,.ke I'm, ,.,,,ne
w,,sn s,,ms,,,,., w.,,, s..w,,.eI
,hanvh, /, 49,. . ..a,.,,, ~, 4 -, ,.r,.
"a -, - 4. N
m I,,hn.o,,,s als ho..-,a.,ot = ,,,,n,,,,
straivht n me
r ,ri.,, y, .r,,fv wid HIN. nolor,z.,, !.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

IOysrmcn, lsnd in Texas costs one
dnlIar i'er acre, aud whiskry two dollars
pcr LaltIr. H"S many iasn slis landless
wlio, during their lives, have swallowed
fwo townships --trrrs and ALI
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

"Maris what's tsai strange noise al the
front gate p Cats, SIR Cats. Well.
when Wa young cais didn'i wear stove
pipe hats aid smoke clgan.'
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

A postal clerk IN Dubuqus Opened .
letter Just tosee liza CERTAIN girl was very
sweet on certain fellow. She was, and
the Government Is also very sweet on The
postal clerk.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
THE LOAF on BREAD.

Tn time of famine. rich man allowed
,wens, IL ,hc poorest children in the town
10 come 10 his house. and said 10 ihem.---
:. In this basket there isa loaf Of bread
lor each 81 yoa. Take j.. and cnme again
IL The sane hour every day. iilI God send
better times.
The children poanced upon the basket
struggled and fought over ths bread. be-
Gauss each wished 20 hsysths largest and
bet loaf !; and then they went away With
out a word Of thanks 70 their friend. !
Bas Francesca. little girl mcanly.
though peaftly dressed. stood ats distance.
and gratefully tosk The Loaf that was leit
In the basket. which ~ss the smallest then
ki~ed the gook mats hand and wen, qaie.
tly hams. - ~
The nert day the children we're just as
naughty and ill.behasrd; and this time
there sas LETT for pour Prsnccsca luai
that was harlly half as large as the Others.
Bnl when she reached homr. aud her mo.
,her cut the bread. there Cell eut nnnlber
n new pieces cf silver. The muiher was
frightened and said, Take back the money
th:s moment fur Il y i~ces,sinly 'niha hfesd
hs mis,ake. francesrs took \ back.
Bat the kind msn ssid. : u n no mis-
take. my good child had the money
baked II the smallest loaI in order 70 70.
ward you. he always nc eonienied and
yielding % sou pow are. lie -ho Is cons
tented with the smallest loaf. rather than
quarrel ior the largest. viii receive asun.
L.. ht-..;,,g. . -cL;ffrsss Prize.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

A Newark husband who. when be court
ed bis wife, sss constantly signing Cor be
Sweet bye-aEd bye dossan think 20
much of u nov THAI u has attained. lie
compluins that i has besa buy and buy un-
Ill be 10 about disgusled..
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

l,ala headed genslsmsn 10 The rarqas'.
10 yaane lady ~ The drs-s circle, daring
an affecting passage - the p'sys' irsspses
ron emotion, madam. boz you are shsdd-
i,.a tesrs on Ny head
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

Can Jou see mo dearest ? said Chiea.
20 man to his dying wife. " Tell ne, can
you zee me.' NJ. shs family whispered,
bu: can smell your blosth.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

The rapsrs relate "A snsclote Of beau.
iiful yvung lady. who bad become blind.
having recovered her sigLl after marriage.
II Is no aneomInon ,Aiag Coz peoples 6, ,es
70 be Vpesed " inatriwOby.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

A criminal in Cincinnati court. he
Ing asked whether was guilty, answered:
II guess am. judge, but I'D like 10 be
tried all the same
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

Adam and Eve. We suppose. were The
first TO start turning over sew lcsvss.
They did it 20 keep op with the fashions
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

whena Quaker sendss challenge tn
fight dueihe says, "lf thou wilt pst
:.welve unIiw apples before breakfast, ]
win Do the same, and We shall see who
survives
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

4 mn inuoceatly spoiled sermon 'snl
prayer b. cxclaiming. while the tssrs iol.
led down his ehecks Lord. Thsn kpowsst
| have been m awful sinner--the chief
among ten ,LOusshd and ono altogether
lovely"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
PRguTusfS

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:s,S snsv ksv~. wIfisa,i; charrr. the nunsberrfor
the i.-t quarter Of ls.S Of steh periodicals as
hoy maj -nis~erii~ fer.
<eifh~r premiums 10 sub-crihen nef diseotint
q rlais can he allowed unless the uinuey = re-
lnitfed direct 20 the publishers. No premiums
cirrnl.r- With 'ar,her particulars may se had
on application.
The Leonard Scott Pub. Co,
Al Barclay 81. Nsw York.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14
,ssxs rruel.aiay !, rosags.l
cLuBs.

A di<esunt 4 swsuty pr -ent WIN Ne allowed
rspir~ ct 0s&-kueed OF cf one Itesitw vii ~
scs.t 10 nr addrrss cor ta. -. fstir copies offhe
ssur lt~s3e~r and Bi-sk Cor ess and 80 on.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-03-14

Annld lady, reading nlmui More Arms
for Turkey lenarked that she thought
u would lie better 10 give them more legs
Tor n there were DOZEN children nj q
llnnsr table where there was rossl
turkey, each ene was SURE to ask fora leg
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18

"Uncle Abe, what does this mean 2"
asked the court of an aged colored gen.
teman, who hmped out and looked
around as if he expected to see ghosts.
" 1t means dat lie in bad fix, boss, 7"
replied Uncle Abe. "Ize done gone up
de spout onless you goes light on me.
You got tight, / hear"
"Waal, sort o tight, but / knew who
l was all the time, an could keep de
sidewalk like book"
You were trying to enter a vacant
building, they say. The officer thinks
you meant to steal the door knobs and
lead pipe. y
go de Lawd, boss, but dat amt my
style, nohow. lie bin hangin' around
Detroit mos twenty years now, and dis
is de first time [ was ever 'spected of
wantin to steal. | members bein' aroun'
dat house, but jess what fur 1 can't say
| 'spects j was drunken dan | lowed to
be. Doan' be hard on de ole man, boss,
kase dis was hard winter on us po' folks,
an / re jess pickin' up flesh a little
now"
eve have the machinery here to saw
you in two in four seconds"
L know you has. boss, but l obiecks
to de operation. lie willing to make
promises.
"Will you promise not to drink any
more liquor for a year,
60 Sartin' | will.
" You mean that, do you ?"
81 jess do, sab.
"Well, then, you can go. L shall in
struct all the officers to keep an eye on
you, and the first time you crook your
elbow you will be hash for my mill. -
" De same, sah-de same; an now lie
gwine up home an hoe in de garden an
enjoy liberty. "-DetroH Free Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
Naval Architecture,

A recent lecture by E. J. Reed, the
chief authority on the construction of
vessels in the British navy, shows the
great rapidity of the changes in naval
warfare. America has not built an iron
clad for ten years, but she has revolu-
tionized the naval architecture of the
world in that time by raising the torpedo
into a respectable engine of naval war
fare. Mr.. Reed says that there must be
no more big iron-clads, long and deep,
with ports well immersed in water, since
all such vessels are badly exposed to tor
pedoes-"a problem which had not yet
been faced" Vessels of 10000 tons, like
the Black Prince, Mr.. Reed now con-
dennis. He spoke very highly of the
practical working of some Chinese gun
boats only 10 feet long by "a feet broad,
and wanted all new vessels built "smaller,
faster and handler" Thus even the
British navy, after expending millions
on floating continents of iron, is coming
around to recognize the value of small
swift and weii-handled vessels. As the
shallow hull reduces the power of pro-
pulsion by screw, he also favors the use
of sails. He still insists on iron; twenty
years ago there was not an iron vessel i'll
the British navy, to-day no vessels are
built of wood. -Sprinafeid Repubticdn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
RuSSia's Motive.

1t is idle to deny that the chief motive
which has inspired Russia to precipitate
tins war is the lust of empire. The only
instances in which she made war without
the acquisition of territory was one III
which defeat made Peter glad to get home
alive, and that other episode of gratui-
tous ferocity i'll which she trampled the
Hungarians down to oblige Austria. Nc
other military movement ordered by a
Gar was begun without the expectation OF
territorial enlargement, or completed ex-
cept upon its fulfllment. Russia occu-
pies now one-sixth of the habitable globe
She rules eighty millions of people.
But much of her territory is unfit to sup
port, much less to enrich, the hordes
which are in more need of harvests than
of room to plant them, and in seeking
new dominion it isnot area but fertility
that the national instinct Demands
Chicago Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
The Immoralities of Bucharest.

Miss Berger, an English lady, has pub
lished a book on Bucharest. entitled :" A
Winter in the City of Pleasure or, Life
on the Lower Danube" which gives a
rather astonishing picture of the excuses
practiced by the people of that region.
Bucharest is painted as veritable mod
ern Babylon, far surprising Paris in
making business of frivolty: " An ig-
norant, superstitious clergy, without a
shred of morality; criminal intrigues
without love; divorces without restraint;
husbands without wives; wives withou,
husbands; families divided and scatteredt
the sons with the mothers, the daughters
with the fathers; fortunes eaten up by
loans estates burdened by mortgages;
rich men without penny of cash; long
streets without houses; splendid man.
.sions and villainous novels; fine equi-
pages and filthy cutters; magnificent
dresses and scanty linen; Aubusson car
pets and distempered walls; princely fur
niture and nothing in the larder; such is
Bucharest ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-05-18
POlygamy i'm Utah.

We have no statistics of the number
of actual polygamists in Utah, but the
figures of the last census prove that they
must be comparatively small. Nothing
could be further from the truth than the
idea that majority of the Mormons
have more wives than one Readers who
have not looked into the facts will be
surprised and perhaps startled when
they are told that there are more men
than women in the Territory of Utah.
But this is nevertheless the fact, and n
fact which is obviously inconsistent with
the supposition that the practice of
polygamN is general in that community.
The census of 1870 gives the number of
males in Utah as Al, 121 and the num-
Der of females as 1865. 1t is evident
enough from these figures that the ma
jority OF the Mormon men cannot have a
plurality of wives. Even with one wife
apiece there are not women enough to
go round. -Ne,O York Herald.