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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28
Egyptian superstition.

Iemerged to the surface Of the mummy
PIT after the scramble among legs, arms
and ribs, and found grouped round the
small hole that formed the entrance a
native gentleman with sun umbrella,
two native ladies and male friend car
rying lantern They were mere feliuhin ).
and the women, ole Of whom was young
and pretty, were not SO particular as
they might have been about covering
their faces. As from the presence OF
the lantern they seemed To have some
what they wan ted, aad l was informed
in the most delicate manner possible by
the leading parsonage that he was look.
ing for al easily accessible tomb into
which the Young and pretty woman
might enter. She meantime coy.sy cas-,
her eyes first upon the ground and then
! wistiully into the hole from which had
just emerged upon all ;our- Sir,
SAID my informant. ''ahe baa at preseu;
| the misfortune Of being ehIl1lesa, bu'
| half an hour alone IN one Of these cayes
will pu; tha. ali right. / explained thai
/ knew Of others more easy 10 get into
TO which recommended her 10 repair
and the party tro,,el OF, apIaten.l,
convinced that short period Of s@-clu
sion in mumhy -pi, vas an in,allibl'
| receipt fer a sou and heir. found tka
;uis superstition Was very common
one among the peasants and | nasi hard
/ ~ reached tie iua. when | becam.
aware o: another quite &, singular. 4
furious fight was g"isg OF bc:~een tvs
| 0. the crew. who we're 80 e1asIera.es
against each other iha: they ~e.. sep
arated with ss3Eae difficulty
On sDauriag into the cause II ,L'
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Let the Frost Help You.

Few fully appreciate how much Il free
zing of the ground does to set at liberty he
plant food locked up IN almost all soils.
Water III freezing expands about one
eighth of its bulk, and with tremendous
force. Water, If confined in the strongest
rock and frozen, will burst 1t asunder.
The smallest particles Of soil, which are
in fact only minute BITS Of rock, as the
microscope will show, if fiozen while
moist are broken still finer. This will 60
on all winter in every part OF the field or
garden reached by the frost; and as most
soils contain more or less elements tina,
all growing plants or crops need, a good
freezing is equivalent to adding manures
or fertilizers. Hence it is desirable to
expose as much of the soil as possible to
| frost action, and the deeper the better,
/ for the lower soil has been less drawn upon,
and is richer IN plant-food. Turn up The
/ soil this month wherever practicable
/ If thrown into ridges and hollows, in fielC
and garden, the :rost will penetrate s.
much deeper. Further, ploughirg o
/ spading the soil now exposes insects anG
weed roots to killing by freezing. Still
further, soils thrown W loosely will DIR,
/ out earlier IN spring, and admit earle
working, which is often q great gain whes
a day or two may decide in favor Of
successful crop.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28
Lamps.

Every paper tells Of accidents by using
lamps improperly. Care should be taken
to train the children IN handling them,
to understand the extreme danger of care
lessness III filling and caring for them. A
lamp should be filled and trimmed every
day if ii is used any length Of time. The
crust formed OF the wick is apt to cause
the chimney to break, besides giving
poor light Then the vacuem left by using
out the oil is liable TO be filled with a gas
that will explode. A child will snatch up
lamp quickly and hurry into another
and cooler room with full blaze on ; the
consequence is broken chimney or an eX
plosion. Often one will wonder why the
| lamp gives a little sickly light. when
the reason is that the wick is clog
ged. Take out the wick, wash 1t with
soap and rinse we'll, and see the improve
ment in hight. Lamps will often loosen
and come apart, and can easily be made
as good as ever by using plaster of Paris.
Clean the parts with soap and water, then
| mix little plaster with water to the con-
s stency Of paste; pat some IN the orif1ce
and quickly put the parts together, hold
Ing it in firmly; it will harden in few
seconds. Care must be taken to mix and
use quickly, as It hardens soon. 1t is not
healthy to sleep in a room where lamp is
turned down. See that the lamps are
always fixed and cleaned in the morning
as it is dangerous to be handling kerosene
after dark. Where mutton tallow is Sc
PLENTIFUL it is best TO run" quantity
for home UT fer the children to go to bed
with
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28
Goats.

The goat tlocks in the province OF An
CORA appear to be dwindli1lg away Ac-
cording to the latest official returns of
the numbering Of the hocks, there has
'een diminution in one year Of 272, :
$50 goats, or about twenty seven per
cent. the present total being 724 $50, as
against o97, 200 year ago. The imme-
diate cause of u considerable reduction
i'll the number of goats kept was, it is
stated, the shock given to the trade by
All increase of the goat tax, which rend-
cred it Impossible to make profit out
of flock. Almost as soon as the ad-
ditional tax was imposed number Of
| the smaller hock-masters sold their
stock for food; and although the decree
| increasing the tax was subsequently, re-
| vcked the goats were dead, and could
not be recalled to life. The locusts, also,
| by destroying the pastures last summer,
| have helped to diminished the number
of goats, as many died Of starvation, aid
others, to save them from like fate.
We're killed In the mean time the ia
habitants of the district seem likely to
disappear with the goats, for they are
stricken down by famine, and by all ac.
counts are Ill a ,leplorable condition.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28

Superintendent Of the railways aiways
take charge OF the train whenever the
Queen travels, and upon the occa&ion re-
ferred TO "the utmost precautions were
taken for the safety OF her majesty dur
ing the journey. very detailed instructions
being issued 70 the various railway officials
for the purpose. and it was distinctly stat
ed that on the occasion none OF the public
were TO be admitted, under any cirrum-
stances, 70 the stations between Banbury
AID Edinburg that the company's ser.
wants were 10 perform the necessary work
on the platform without nciBe and thst
no cheering Or other demonstration was ~
be permitted. the object being that the
Queen might be uudis,nrbed during the
night journey. The royal tram wN pro-
vided with complement, Of n..era, lamp
men and greascra, and WAS preceded by
q pilot eEgine; i, was furnished with
continuous brakes and electric communi-
Gators. A look out WAS placed on the
tender Of the engine with Instructions 70
keep his face turned 10 the rear OF the
.rsin for The pufpose 0! Observing sIgnals,
and similar orders were given - The guA, i
in the front van"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28
-Four Dollars short.

They We're sitting behind the CRATE
when all at once she looked up and
said
Richard, do You believe that people
ever labor under hallucinations?"
''Of course they do. he replied.
Il was Just reading of husband who
went to bed supposing he had 800 in his
wallet, but on awaking in tho morning
there was but SlS He at once charged
his wife with robbing him, and sepa
ration resulted. Wasn't it awful?"
''Ies rather
''1f you should suspect me Of getting
up in the night and going to your wal
let that would be awful. too, would Ii I
it :"
Not any too awful, for haven't had
a cent in it siEce / can remember" he
said as he turned to his paper
That was all she wanted to know. She
got up that night and went through tho
hind pocket OF his pants. and next NOR
ming he had hallucination that lie was
81 short
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28

Among the mos, popular games for boys
Is that OF Jack stones" Such is the
name used in Philadelphia, but the real
name Is ''Dibs.' The game Is also call
ed, according To- tie country, "knuckle
Bones" "Pebblf s" and "Caucks.' Vhe
boys hf Scotland say. Lets PLAY Fives.''
In the old times the players used five
small bones. one Of which is found a, the
knuckie end Of every leg of mutton: In
playing Dibs' begin by tossing the
whole tive into the air. Catch as many as
possible On the back Of the hand. Toss
again aud catch on the palm. Few boys
can go Though these first motions aad
hold all OF the bones both IN the palm and
on the ct' er side Of the hand The next
| move IS to drop ali the dibs except one.
| Then toss the bone aud while it is IN the
| ar scoop up the other bones from the tloor,
catching the tossed bone as it comes
down. Again, scatter the bones, throw
one up and pick up another, catching the
one thrown. Put tie first db aside, toss
the second. pick up third and catch the
second before it falls. In this way con
,nuc until al have been handled Three
! more variations now follow. In the first
two bones must be picked up, catching
the one ia the air; in the second three,
and in the third four. Another and very
clever act is described as follows: Take
a did In the palm OF the hand and hold
one between the finger and thumb Throw
up the latter, and before catching it placi
the other oLe on the ground. Immc d.
ate!y after again throw up the oaught db
and pick Up that placed on the ground
before again catching. Repeat increas-
ing the number of dibs PLACID on the
ground By one each time, until four OK
five have been laid down, and again pick
up together il the same way. How to
play SkioJaek. First get your skip jack
which is nothing more or less than q
string, stick and the 8 merry thought
bone OF chicken. Twist two strings
and tie the piece around the two arms OF
the fOrked bone. Insert thin piece CT
stick in the middle and between the thir
twisted strings. Make the stick long
enough to extend beyond the arch of the
bone, and, if the toy has been made pro-
rerly, the stick will serve as string
He1e are the directions given in "Cas
sells Pastime," for making the klp-jaci
skip: Push the stick up so that Its free
end may rest under thr "merry- thought,
, just where the stick touches the bone
apply small bit of f>asbblers' wax, 81
that the end of tie stick may adhere t
the bone; then place the tcy on tn
ground, and IN a few seconds the spring
of the stick will have overcome the ad
hesion Of the wax, it Will get free and tn
Jack will skip to a considerable height
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This IS the uarne gwen 10 specses os
Hibiscus growing in New south Waiea,
and remarkable for the snowy APPEARANCE
of i1 searie, aoxera Growing freely 10
any xind 81 soil, Lac plant Is frequeniiy
cultivated .os the doxers. which, vines
dry, are uted a. 4 substitute for backing
TIE aovers coa,A.n large proportion o!
mUcilag:nos.s juice, which, when evenly
applied. gives gsossy, vaynisb- Ike
appear aace, winch i, aid perfectly 10 re-
p!ace ordinary backing, with the advan,-
age ,hA; /; il e!e4nIy Ia usr and j, can -
applied la few uaomsn:A Four o. ave
aowers, with tie aHshers and pollen re
ulovci, acc required for each boos, and .
polishing brush may be applied ate vazdA.
il desired Chinese iaties use The juice
os the 3oxes Tor dseing ta.sr hAr and
eyebrows. Ia Java the towers arc really
used !or bl.cxing Ahoes- The plant 10 ,
naive u India, China and oshes parts of
Aaia |, would bc interesting 70 asesr
tain to wha, ex,en,, IL any. the Alibss.
u Hibiscus syr,aca, and The swamp hass
NaIIow, anEhrf member of the aitiscvf
f.uily, pJ.sess The ss.ss- propeFty.
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quarrel. | WAS informed that one ot them
had shortly before arrived with u mum
my's hand. which he had put into cup.
oard usea ay the crew Tor a,ow,ue
away food and other things. One OF
them had objected to its being p 1t there
aud hence the row. naturally inquired
what he wanted the hand for, and was
told TO put under his left arm a. curc
against fever. ] cross-examined Mohan
med III regard to it. and found that he
had himself secured foot, bat he AL.
mitted he doubted its efficacy: he had
no DOUBT from repeated experience, about
the haud- 10 had friend in Carlo who
had one, and he always borrowed it aud
put il under his left arm whcn he had
fever with unvarying success, but he
had never tried n foot / asked him
whether the hand of anyslead man would
do. but he said it must be mnmmy's,
and III goosl state ofperservation;bo bones
We're OF 40 use. One of the most inter
estlng caves | examined WAS also the
most difficult to enter The roof had
sunk SO much that il rested OH the
upper tier of sarcophagi. and these were
SO close together that had first to send
man in, then lie down Oh NV side and
make him draw me by my legs between
i two sarcophag,, which was far enough
apart to admit the passage OF thin
! man, and then only after lam that
threatened to rub the buttons off ones
-waistcoat. When did get in, and could
raise myself to my knees, found sarco-
phagi everywhere. The stone faces OF
some Of their lids we're most striking in
their majestic repose Ont Of about
thirty. could only find six which had
not been broken into either at the side
or the lid; but the spoilers had been
contented with thrusting in their hands
as i'll no case had the mummies been ab
stracted. Nor, what Disappointed Inc
most, was "A trace Of inscription To bc
found anywhere.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28

II may be startling to Europeans to
learn that no fewer than u 900 persons
were killed in En1ia during the year $50
by snakes and tigers. 1t is, too, at first
ssigh'. eminentlv unsatisfactory to hear
that this loss Of life, instead Of decreas-
ing with the advance Of civilization, has
actually increased during the past five
years; the number of victims IN 1876
did not exceed 1928 This statement
appears almost incredible, and requires
explanation. which will probably b"
found ii the greater accuracy with which
causes Of death have been returned IN
India i. receL. yea1s The largest !atil-
Ity from snakes and wild beasts occurs
III the Bengal Presidency, where during
hast Year II, ,otii persons are sa.i 10 hav.
died from snake bites. and $50 TO have
been killed b, tigers II appears from
the weekly returns issued Dv the SANITARY
Comnissione-- Of the paalab tina: during
the fortnight ending Augsis: =. LAST nc
fewer thai. 1l3 deaths from snake
bites occurred III tif;v two o' the larges
cities .; that provlnce-cqual to nearly
3,UD pcr au1l.n
As the .a.ali,. from tbs cause = proba
bly, larger iii the rural than IN the ioSI
districts, j, Is evidet, that the province
Of the Panjab mus. be responsible for 4
vers7large proportion Of the excessive
fatality from .Iis c4u>e, IL the Eenga
Prrsiic1sv
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and Mrs. Grosvenor staggered out Oil the
beach with ashen lips and horror st1ick-
en eyes.
'Get somebody to go back for Miss
Warren, quick" she gasped. ''She is
on Lily Island, I'll give YOU 500 if
you'll bring her back?" She turned
implorlngly to weather-b beaten old
fisherman who had watched ,hem
land
LILY Island! May God rest her soul"
and he lifted his ragged cap reverently.
Lily Island is five feet under water by
this time And Mrs. Christie's face
grew ashen with horror, while Mrs
Grosvenor stood claspine and unclasp-
ing her hands in panic of frenzy
''Josie, josie" she cried in agony
'You have given your life for me and
mine, and dared to think yon we.c q
coward
''She will not die DR.. Carey said
quietly, with throb of rapturous, re-
weren't thanksgiving i'll his voice, as Ii.
laid Josie's slender hand back on the
coverlet of Mrs Grosvenor's bed Ssh.
has been very near the gate of death bu
God will not demand the awful sacrifice
She will live"
And Josie did live to learn that par
ty of fishermen, had seen her OH tn
rocky point on the island, the waters
within yard of its summit; and founl
her i'll deep faint SO like dea tn that
was hours before she was restored to lif
and love.
Never again, even when Claule's wifi
grew white and agitated over trihes, di
any one make light OF it, for there wer
those who loved her dearly, who rea
lized she had elected to give her bright
sweet Young life for theirs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28

Amohg t.ie otatr ~ aring ana dls!rsc:
ing duties that help 10 make the street /
car driver lot unhappy IN Louisville. is !
that OF seeing that the fares in the seats
or hanging breathless by the straps equal /
and do not exceed the fares In the box.
At times this duty proves more migrate
ful than the steering of pair of lightly !
geared Mexican mules Of fantastic temper
through the streets. with an eye on either
side of the thoroughfare for halls, one
hand on his money box, the other on the
brake. while the reins are held between
his teeth, and the devil cheerfully take.
care Of the hindmost. There ar. times
when even the unruffieI temper Of the
driver breaks down and he thunders,
Another fare up here, IN tones that are
far from soothing, and covers each pas
senger with the stigma of personal sus-
plclon. The other morning, up hear the
Galt House, a car filled with business
men hurrying down town to work, ant.
few ladies aboard for early shopping,
was electrified by the driver pnttiue his
head III and making the statement
There are thirteen persons III this
car, and only twelve faces in the box.
Somebody send up his fare
| There was a CHASTITY silence, aud then
every one in the ear said positively to
his neighbor that he had paid. Each
unquestionably thought he had, because
1t was representative car loads and al
were above the necessity of shaving the
street railway company for income. See
ing that the wanting fare was not forth
coming, the driver stopped his car and
appealed for It. At orce there was a
unanimous answer to the effect that all
had paid
But you can count for yourself, :"
protested the driver You are thirteen.
and here are but twelve fares
| "Well, I've paid mine" said decided
business man near the door.
$50 have T.
"And was re-echoed generally.
"Well all of you haven't, :" said the ex-
asperated driver, "and I'll stop the car
here till the odd one pays.
He put on his brakes and stood lean.
ing against the rail with the determine
ton OF martyr IN his eyes. He was
right, of course. since it was apparent
that there was one fare missing. 1t was
equally apparent that he had on BOARD
men who were al satisfied they had paid
and wouldn't yield another nickel on
principle. 1t was n tough question.
The driver was certainly right, and eacl,
passenger was convinced he was.
There the car stood for ten minutes,
amid an Interchange of sarcastic remarks
between the driver and the passengers,
which skirted all grades of profanity and
only y,missed them out of Difference to the
ladies on board. Finally another cal
came plunging down behind the station
AIRY vehicle. 1t conld not pass. and ye
: Y must. All the passengers had evident
ly paid in that car and could not bt
8 detained for the failure Of passengers il
= another car. There was a last appeal
and then with much sullenness the de
feated driver las he'd hismules and started
on his way
1t will never be known who failed (.
;. pay his fare; but the driver has his opiI
ion OF the entire carload and a temper
=, trlfie damaged 10y the accident
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-01-28

ONE hitler, happf birt-
W.ta wArfgng 800 me,
1ut .ong- that nave ~ "b!i'
Ne, tnroagh AIi thrrugh NJ
one. ,.ee-. TIA, drop ani fi-r
WittSu ,he clover,
y n.r2 2,rNow bu,,trr"-
80 Vlanlug over
orn-e-, red and "hitr,
And lll..e-, shining
Ike gi.d,,i 4 'O!e'' hFi2h
Alth liver i4n.n1'
ta.ntpns "lnip" s'4i
,a,. worth the winlut
,,sf.rr me 81 ! be!it
,b1ye my spinning
,ri,I,-, on the SAM,
mat preak III bcant,
.,,.fI,.., that -tirity stani
Ike gn4rI, on duty,
,.reeu meadows where. ihis morn
me -..stle- were moving,
>.n -.pr--. where Der ne cor"
the wlni II blowing;
" nJtc r!.t,.., above th' ii.ii
mat -aii together:
Rich summer sctllt-, tha' NV
This summer weather;
Al! bring The rweet- yoa 'r l'"h Z
since nprn- beginning,
tna come and crown 'h"hl i'uH
Ny ial II spinning
, 1882-02-04
Gcog aph5eal S0ciety OF she
81 "a &. : Al a.

The. Proceedings Of the Royal Geographical
Society, London, for December last con-
t3in5 a notice Of the forming of the above
society, as follows:-"A new Geographical
Society has lately been formed at San
Francisco, under the title of the Geographi-
cal Society Of the Pacific. Professor George
Davidson. of the U. S. Coast and Geode-
tie Surveys, is the President; and our
associates. Mr.. Wm. Lane Booker, d. b.
NJ G)ljIt f., th9 S5l.9i Of llifornia and
O.3g)l, all NJ. G. Mitchell Grant are
respectively Vic3-Pr95idant and Secretary.
The objects of tn Society are to encourage
geographical investigation and discovery
to investigate and disseminate information
by discussions, lectures, and publications.
and particularly to establish in San Fran
cisco, for the benefit of commerce, navi-
Cation, and the general interests of the
Pacific slope, a place where the means
will be afforded of obtaining accurate in
formation respecting the countries border.
ing on the Pacific Ocean, as well as in all
other part of the world. The Society viii
, 1882-02-04
ia Golden Rock House is
70 II II + N 7
from 18th February.
APPLY To
f.. Il.
T E L E G r A M s.

ST. THOMAS STATION
New York, Jan. 28-The Blaine South
American correspondence is now publish
ell.
Mr.. Trescotfs cypher despatch is partly
uaintelI, chile bus shows that Chill is an.
Hloas to mlintlin friendship with the
Uliotl 5tltt5 although demanding exOr.
bitl0t terms from Peru.
Fttl:A Jt1pltohtS state that NJ. Gam
battl's flte is uDa,citmg. NJ. de FreJcinet
hls b,,I chlrgAl with the form lti0n of
n,w clbinat, which it is expected will be
composed of in llyIlulls Of business priu.
cjDl,s, AS the country is DESTROYS of quiet
progress.
>rr York Janulry 3o.-Washington
news stltr3 thlt an elrly decision will be
givea with regard to the appealed sugar
cases, W eI it is e,p33tel thu supreme
CJlrj WIi sustain the decision against tbs
ireaSlry.
At m intrrvia ' with Nr.Bllina he sharp.
Is criticised Mr.. FreIinghuysens reversal
Of til. S)1th American policy.
H. denied any wish to provoke war and
insists hit President }rt hur approx ed the
despltch,S to Minister Tr escott. The
English press compliment Mr.. Ar thur on
the course he is pursuing.
Ds3)a5cla5 from ireland report a fnan.
cia! plaie in Dublin.
~IateIligtnce from Paris announces that
strong names are spoken Of us probable
members of the Freycinet Cabinet
NJ. Lon say will probably be Minister
of Finance, NJ. Ferry of instruction, and
NJ. Goblet Of Interior and Worship.
New York, 30,h
Flour q brl. St. Lawrence brand, $40.
Meal best Brandywine, y brl. $50. to 4.
New Seasons Pork per brl Sl74.
Heavy Mess Pork 3Y brl. III
Crystals " ID "a to 81.
sugar Fair to good refining y ID u to :
English Islands Molasses p gal 3S to 49e
Exchange, New Yord q London, 4943.
London Jan. 30th,
CDemerara Crystals 81 6s. Sd.
sugar Muscoyado y cwt. 60 1875. Cd.
Clayed Havana, No. II. el IS Cd
aa0at.
Demerara Rum y gallon, 2s. Id.
Trinidad Cocoa p cvt. 24 IS. Cd,
Bank Of Ens5,enis Rate Vt Discount 5 pct
Liverpool Cotton HiIlling Upland p ID %.
3 per cent. Rentes in Paris, $3.50
, 1882-02-04

has any objection to make against the said
list is hereby in accordance with the Colo
NAL Law dated 9th November 1868, 5 %,
requested to state such objection in writing
to the Chairman Of the Electoral Board
with the reasons on which such objection
or objections are based, within 3 days after
the last mentioned date.
The Electoral Board for the town Of
C~hristian3ted, 4th February 1882
II. A. JURS,
Chairman.