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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-05-27


1t was scarcely month from the day
on which the middle aged farmer heard
his doom, that he chanced to be cross
ing the bridge which spanned the river,
when All Of sudden he came upon a.
slight figure crouching in one of its en-
Dorothy Dale's figure.
Why, Dorothy. child!' he eiaculat-
ed, starting back.
Sl. pushe1 the dark hair ont OF her
eyes, and looked defantly at him.
Yes, it is L. >
You are pale he mutterod slowly.
''a1ld very, thin.
Yes" she said, "I-I have hard
work to live. Very hard work, indeed.
In Truth and in fact. am almost starv-
ed. :"
"You wouldn't t marry me?'
NO" she flash ed out, Il would
not
"Will you marry me now?'
"No."
lie looked hard at her.
81 think you're making mistake, ,
he said,
She was silent, still looking at him
| in the same scared, uncertain sort of
way.
'.However," he added, chats Meth
er here nor there. But Belinda misses
you. She wilLbe glad to have You back
| again.
"Aftcr-''
| Dorothy checked herself instinctive-
Yes. after everything. Let by
cones be by-gcnes. Remember that
Belinda wants you and that there's al
wavs home for you there. And as
for me, you needn't trouble. [ shall
not be in anybody's way" little
bitterly II am going up TO some
slate quarries that | own, aud Belinda
will be all alone"
"Yes," she sail 81 will 60. After
all l shall be putting myself under OBJ
legations to nobody. l shall be earning
nay own living.
SO she went back again, and Miss
Belinda received her brusquely, but
still vith degree OF kindness that went
to the poor girls heart.
Are the quarries very large?" she
asked, wistfully, one day, when she hao
been about month at the old farm
house
"Never heard.
"Were YOU never there?'
"Bless your heart, child, no.
docs Mr. Bruce often come here?'
Hes at home now, said the spin
ster.
AT home?'
Why, yes; only he's staying down a
the tavern He's a sort of notion tha
YOU don't want to see hum here"
He is very much mistaken exclaim
ed Dorothy. 'Iyf-it is horrible t
think cf turning him ont OF his Owl
house"
There he Is down in the Glove
meadow now with the men," said Be
linda. Hell be up this way directly
dare say; shall l call him.
IL think I ought to speak to him,
said Dorothy, with her eyes fixed on he
work
Wants to speak to me, eh" So,
Mr. Bruce. "Ycs, III be there in
minute.
Dorothy looked up minute later
find him regarding her gravely.
"Well. Dorothy, what is it?"
e Mr.. Bruce. I am banishing yo
from your own home.
: We'll, no, you are not. he answere,
slowly, II can be happy anywhere, Ii,
/ tie Dorothy, so that l know you a,
5 content,
(, MIR Bruce.
4 "Well?"
{ There IS no occasion for your at
2 senting Yourself from your home on m
| account
Z "May l come back, Dorothy?" b
, asked suddenly.
6 You know that you can" she erie,
! And YOU will stay here?
"Why should l noi2"
: Dorothy
YES"
: Couldn't We stay here together?"
! She looked up coloring. yet with
: bright smile.
:, Il have said no once, she said. :
you were to ask me again-
Y :Well?"
: Il should say yes.
# Then it's bargain, said lie qulesl
e IF you think you eau put up with 6
5 unfashionable old chap like me-such
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-05-27

WHKS nan cones hone a. evening
and puts Ihe ca. gp cn the table 10 carezz
her, and ste, waving be, IA! II the ecssa
cy o. enjoy u.en., ke:s - 8: sppendsge IL
10 ,ne blaze o. she hanging burner, she.
bound 10 experience . change os senil
men. and yell, and y0l bs, he hAcn's be-
a. ,ry 10 bod her from jumping.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
The Center Of Population.

The center of population in the Unit.
ed States was twenty-five miles from
Baltimore in 1890, and has moved west
ward at the average rate Of about fifty
one miles every decade, never deviating
to the extent of degree north or south
of the thirty ninth parallel. The great
est progress was between the years 1850
go, when it travelled eighty-one. miles
from point in Virginia to twenty miles
south Of Chillicothe, Ohio. T This move
ment was caused BY the settlement Of
the Pacific coast. The center. Of popu-
lation in 1870 was forty-eight miles
northeast Of Cincinnati. According to
the last census, the center had advanced
westward fifty-eight miles, and defect
ed to the south about eight, being near
the village Of Taylorsville, KY, about
eight miles from Cincinnati. It is an.
ticipated that the next census will find
it in Jennings county, Indiana. Sup
posing the westward movement Of pop
ulation to continue, the central point
should cross the Mississippi about 1850
not far from the mouth the Missouri.
It is considered probable, however, that
it will never 60 50 far westward, as
there are large areas in the west which
are only adapted for mining and, graz
ing pursuits, and will support but e
scanty population. The increase in the
region beyond the Mississippi, after the
close Of the present century may not
much moro than cOunterbAlAnee that Of
the rest Of the country, III which case
the center 81 populati ion will remain 81.
n1s
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20

Of several thicknesses over the psuucn,
after being saturated with Ill the cold
water that it will absorb, and over that
dry blanket. If the cold water Is prop-
erly applied, one will not have long TO
wait for q cure.
The Phoebe Record tells of Thomas
Logan. aged % years. living at St. Jo-
seph, New, who, ten days ago, under
took to destroy nest of red ants. He
made hole in the ground near the mes:
and filled it with gunpowder. He got .
coal of fire and, placing it in the hole,
got down on his knees to blow on the
coal. This succeeded admirably, for
the powder exploded, mutilating his
face in most horrible manner, COM
pletely destroying one eye. and possibly
both. He was to have been married
this month.
In the middle of Lake Chapala, Mex
leo, petroleum well has been discover
ed some thirty yards below the surface
of the water. The necessary reconnois-
sances were made by two English en-
gineers, and no doubt whatever can be
entertained AS to the existence of the
we'll, which has attracted general atten-
ton. The necessary machinery has
been ordered from the United States to
commence work. and it is expected to
take out daily about three hundred bar
rels of petroleum
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20

The farmers boys in tho northern
part OF Chester county use snake-skins
for cart-whips, the skins serving the
purpose remarkably we'll after soaking
in alcohol for q considerable time. Sam
uel Elliot, and John Miller, farmers of
South Coventry township, Chester coun-
ty, about twenty miles from Phoenix.
vile, have killed this summer nearly
sixty snakes on their farms. The other
day Mr.. Elliott was vending his way
from his barn through marshy mead
ow toward wheat field, when, nearing
tho fence inclosing the grain, he saw :
large blacksnake making tracks in his
direction. Now, Farmer Elliott II not
a coward, Is he told Record reporter,
but the way ''he got back to the barn
after . fence-rail was something re-
markable." Calling one of the farm
hands to help him, they went back and
dispatched the reptile, which measured
six feet in length and was Is thick % .
mans arm. The snakes abound most
ly near thick woods or running water,
and most farmers provide themselves
with stout clubs when working in fields
adjoining such places. A year ago Mr..
Elliott was bitten by = copperhead
snake when moving. Having occasion
in the heat of the day to stop his now
ing-machine near q clump Of trees and
rest in their shade, he was bitten in the
left thigh. The poison of tho bite en-
tered SO thoroughly into his system that
he was unable to work. He claims that
the bite still troubles him.-Philadelphio
RD~nsr2
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
A Sensible Boy

An intelligent boy sat on the steps Of
his father dwelling. deeply absorbed
withsa highly wrought and pernicious
book, calculated to poison and deprave
the mind His father, approaching,
saw at 2 glance the character of the
book, said: s.E.. .t.:s..33
''What have you there, Georgei" !.
The little fellow, looking up with i
confused air, thoug h Ills young mind
had already been tainted with tales Of
romance and fiction, promptly gave the
name of the work, an.
His father gently demonstrated, point
ing out the danger of reading such
books; and having some confidence in
the effects of early culture upon the
mind of his child, left him with tho
book closed by his side. 80" @,iari
/ In a. few: moments the father discov-
cred q, light in an adjoining room, and
on inqufring the cause, was informed
that it was George burning the PERM
.cious book ~ S@@s 3" Hs5
my son what have you done?''
Burned that book, papa nssq,
''How came you to do that?''
Because believed you knew better
than I.''* '"' 4 tf'>'' =; vi 49,.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
The Lost Locomotive,

There is now being retold the story
of the locomotive which ran through .
broken bridge on the Kansas Pacific
railway across .Kiowa creek. several
years ago, sinking into the mud at the
bottom and has never since been heard
from, though repeated efforts have been
made, by digging and boring, to recov-
er SO valuable property. The bottom
is a quicksand, but even quicksands
have limits, and it seems very singular
that the longest boring-rod has failed to
find any trace of the sunken engine.
By and by, the silent, mysterious opera
tons will drain the quicksands and
harden it into rock, and then long after
the Kansas Pacific road has been for
gotten and the Kiowa creek has van
ished from the map, some future scien-
tist will discover curious piece of
mechanism, undoubtedly the work of
human hands, lying under so many
hundred feet of undisturbed sandstone,
and will use the fact as basis for cal
culating how many million years old the
human race must be. Thus history will
repeat itself, as it often has done and
will continue to do. ..'it =. =. .9s:f.f'
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
A Queer Community il P Penn Il.

Elias Spieuel, Of Ohio, formerly o
member sof the E:t,nomite Society, Of
Beaver county. Pa, has begun = suit to
recover $50, 600, the value of his share
in the society's property. If the suit Is
successful il will DO followed by others
Of similar character, and draw a large
SUM of smoneyfro the Economic So
ciety''s well-tillcd treasury. In view of
this new attempt to establish = claim
npon this curious and in some WAYS
Mormon-like settlement, glimpse at
its history is interesting. 1t was about
the. year 1900 that George Rapp, .
farmer and winner, who, lived in, the re-
gion Of Wurtenburg, Germany, began
to preach in secret the gospel of the
Second }Adventists. He was 3 man Of
great personal magnetism, with q ready
command of plausible. lies, shrewd and
INSCRIPTIONS; SO he had strong influence
oyer the ignorant people whom he ad-
dressed. He told them that in order to
be saved from eternal damnation they
/ must leave the established church Of
their country, settle either in America
orithe Holy Land, and wait patiently b
few. years for the second coming Of
Christ, Rapp announced himself to be
their spiritual leader with divine authori-
ty,, and in 1905 he persuaded 1875 families
to sell their lands and accompany him
/ to America. These immigrantg found
ed the settlement of ..Harmony," near
fRelienope,t Butler county, Pa. Until
they reached their destination the famt-
lies had paid their own expenses and
held on to their own money; but thew
had hardly settled down when Rapb.
by lies and threatened promises, PET
suaded them to put their money in his
hands '''as was directed in the fourth
chapter Of Acts,r renounce the right to
form an exclusive home for each family
and refrain from marriage as q mortal
sin. He taught that man was created
physically dual, and that tho female
element was taken from him .'because
he envied the beasts which went in
pairs" Therefore, argued the apostle,
marriage is the fruit of Adams fall to
be. avoided lest ye perish. Rapp, having
succeeded in breaking the last tie which
bound families together, set himself up
as judge and jury, as temporal ana
spiritual king. over the tribe of Hat-
smony: Some Of the young men natur-
ally wanted to marry, in the course Of
years, and few Of them, Spiedel among
the number, left the settlement at vari-
GUS times, but received no share of it's
wealth as they went. Rapp meantime
had destroyed all written testimony to
the sums originally ..laid at his feet''
by: the people,. and had appropriated
as his own $500 in coin. When he
died he was succeeded by Romelius
Baker; and Jacob Heinrich, who have
kept up the, old custom. The society
has grown smaller by death and desef-
ton until now only few aged members
are left, and when they die the proper
ty,9swhich has grown; to q value Of
So, DOC, 600, will 60 to the State, unless
the claims of the heirs are allowed BY
the courts. ~,..-..s3, III,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
Jack and the Beams Talk.
By the Fat Contributor

Jack was bad boy, who loved to
blow peas and pebbles and things At
people through long tin tube and fetch
'em back of the ear or in the eye, or
anywhere so that it would hurt.
One day, as he was about to put .
bean in his pipe, preparatory to firing
it in the face of beggar not far off, the
bean said:
Jack, if you shoot ut the beggar you
will only waste me, for he is already
blind. Take me home and plant me in
your mothers garden, and this talk I'm
giving you now is nothing to the stalk
you'll get when I grow up"
Jack headed this advice, and after
hitting the blind beggar in tho small of
the back with boulder, he fastened
home and planted the bean.
Soon green shoot appeared, which
in a very short time grew to wonderful
proportions, being as thick ~ tele-
graph pole and reaching far above tho
clouds. Then Jack stole pair Of pole
climbers from telephone man, and
pumpernickel. bologna sausage and
mustard sufficient for three days
journey from saloon keeper, and If
ter setting fire to his mothers house ho
started for heaven, where he calculated
to steal q few pairs of golden slippers
and bring them to earth, where they
would do the most good.
Jack was much pleased with his trip,
his only regret being that he didn't have
. wagon load of paving stones to send
crashing through few houses, but he
contented himself by eating all Of his
provisions, and at nightfalt he crept in
to a rift in the stalk and fell asleep q
soundly as if he had been in church.
This was fatal to him, for in the process
Of the stalks rapid growth the opening
that JACK crawled through became
closed.
If this story teaches anything, It Is
that, although as Daniel Webster said,
there is always room at the top" it is
not always policy to attempt to got
there, and further, that II the attempt
be made, care should be taken not to
fall asleep on the road.
Had Jack been content to remain up
on earth he might have been . train
robber or bank cashier, and amassed
fortune in speedy and noteworthy
manner. In his last moments, howeV-
er, he had the consolation of knowing
that he would die with his boots on, and
that was something. Cincinnati Satur-
day Night.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
Deserted.

Bright sea, far flooding all the pebbled sand,
Fl1ng'ng thy foamy pearls from stone to
stone;
Thy lullaby, low-murmured to the strand,
Sounds like lovers tone;
And yet know, elsewhere,
Some other shore, as fair,
Thy waves have kissed, and left it dry and
lone.
Bright sunshine, cleaning on my cottage wall.
Tracing the shadow of an tvy.spray,
How tenderly thy golden touches fall
On common things to-day!
Yet, beneath other skies
Some land benighted lies,
Deserted by the glory, cold and gray.
Blitho bird, loud+warbling underneath tho
caves
An eager love-song passionate and shrill.
Ny heart is trembling amid summer leaves
With sweet responsive thrill:
Yet far away, dear guest,
There is an empty nest
Which thou hast left fOrsaken, void and still.
Fair sea, bright sunshine, bird of song divine,
too may lose the tide, the light, the lay;
Others may win the kisses that were mine,
My night may be their day;
Yet though the soul may sigh
For precious things gone by,
I shall have had my rapture, come what may!
IGoOd-WOrds.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
California.

Although almost an infant compared
with the original States of the Union,
California must be accorded tho van -
an industrial, money-making State.
Beginning its career by gold mining.
the development of silver mining, which
soon followed, proved almost Is remu-
nerative. Then wheat raising became
most fourishing industry, and now
we are told that the yield Of the vine
yards and orchards promises to become
OF even more Importance that the cereal
harvest. Nearly 10000, 900 gallons Of
wine are produced in the State annual.
~. No Trustworthy statistics can be OBJ
tanned Is to the total quantity Of fruit
grown, but the report says that 2,000.-
600 pounds of dried. 1885. $50 pounds
of canned and over 1000, 900 pounds Of
green fruit came eastward BY rail last
Year.-Stdr.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
The Hindoo Nose a Thing OF Two, :

The Hindoo Nose q Thing Of Two. ~
Il The Spiritualists have turned their
attention TO the East as 3 likely recruit
Ing ground, and are trying to seduce
the Hindoe into their ranks. But tho
Hindoo, under The influence f the Ene-.
lish, has become acute and intelligent
At q seance given At Calcutta a. few
weeks ago = Bengalee gentleman COM
rletely upset. the Spiritualist who. pre-
sided over the entertainment. IN tho
course Of the proceedings he was touch
ID on thesnbse bysa being said to be-
from the other world, and represented
8 his father: sNo,n he replied, .that
cannot be-, Ny father never washed,
himself, and the spirits hand smells Of
soap IS 81
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20

A pretty way to ornament a pen-hold-
er which is made of wood is to bore q
tiny hole in tho end and insert short
peacock's feather. It should be secured
with little glue, and this must be done;
with neatness. This makes a pretty
and inexpensive gift, and is better
adapted for use than the painted feath-,
or holders. ,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20
A Chivalrons5 Hero.

a SAAV0AAVUO AAoAW
]. i One evening. Garibaldi was seated in
the marble corridor which ran in front
of Morin's hotel, in Lima, drinking cot
fee and talking with his friend St.
Armand, who was q French refugee and
teacher Of music, on the functions Of
music;. and he said, among other things.
that all: such rubbish as the operas of
:'Lucrezia Borgia,'' III Trovatore, )" LA
Traviata,n and others, were disgrace
to music. He used some very. strong
expressions about women Of . certain
reputation, and Of the man who had
toldstheir infamous story in music. At
this point there came to our table but
terAy Frenchman, in yellow kid gloves,
q large Havana cigar, bright shining
hit from Paris, and a walking cane con-
tanning q dagger. The Frenchman, who
knew st. Arnaud, took part in the con-
.versation and made some observations
about: women generally which. drew
from Garibaldi the request that he
would not repeat those observations.
The poor TOOL, not knowing whom he
had to deal with, repeated his folly,
and added one or two commonplace
sayings on which our sailor visitor, in
his red: shirt and q most sweet smile on
his lips, told him to .'sew up his mouth
or. che would box his ears"
The offensive things were repeated.
!Garibaldi quietly rose and went TO carry
out his fatherly threat, on which the
French fool drew the dagger from his
stick, The stick was seized by Carl
baf,ii. and used: unsparingly on the poor
Frenchman's shins, who went away in
search Of : friend. The friend soon A.
ter appeared and delivered q formal
challenge to the man III the red shirt,
who exclaimed: Every well; I, then,
have the choice of weapons. Tell your
friend to bring his sword stick. He shall
take the IRON; I the wood; and I prom
Use lainithie. that Twill only fog him on
the back" OF course, it soon became
known to the French butterfly who the
man in the red shirt was, and, of course
the foolish fellow was spared 4 thrash
ing. london Spectator. 81. 4, =
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20

A boulder in Conway, N. H., b rep
resented to be little more than seven.
ty feet in length, thirty feet in height,
and twenty-five feet in breadth. Il lies
almost on the surface Of tho ground,
supported on . bed of small blocks az
granite, one mile from tho ShattiGoo
village. Its estimated weight Il ., Zoo
{ tOna
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-09-20

Ninety million postage stamps 'ars
sold in this country annually. Any per.
son who attempts joke en- the fact de-
serves the fate of tie stamps-to b
licked.
BY . law of Maryland, passed b. The
last Legislature, wife beaters are liable
to be whipped. A sentence Of thirty
lashes has been passed on ono who has
been convicted Of the offense, but he has
appealed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-05-03
MnrrNr AIRY. MAY Cd. 1892


The York road from Mount Airy to
Lambertville, is in a most deplorable con-
dition, no repairs of any account having
been done to It for the last two years. In
fact it is hardly rassable and, to say the
least, burning shame and disgrace to
any civilized community, and fit subject
for our next Grand Jury to take into con-
sideration.
Something queer on earth as we'll as in
the sky. Bread and meat are booming,
but wages remain dormant.
The electrical disturbance caused a
slight attack Of paralysis on the great
Atlantic cable, but nothing short of a
general smash-up of the world could put
the York road in any worse condition
than it is.
The p. Il. r. Company s building a
high, tight board fence around their lum-
Der yard fronting the river in Lambert
vile, in order to keep The shad from
gnawing the lumber,
CAPT. JACK.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-05-03

RESCUED FROM DEATH.-The follow
ing statement of William j. Coughlin, of
Somervile, Mass, is so remarkable that
we beg to ask for it the attention Of our
readers. He says In the fall OF 1876
| was taken with violent bleeding of the
lungs followed by severe cough. soon
began to lose my appetite and flesh. /
was so weak at one time that [ could not
leave my bed. In the summer of 1877 /
was admitted to the City Hospital. While
there the doctors said had (. hole in my
left lung as big as half dollar. Iexpend-
cd over hundred dollars in doctors and
medicines. | was so far gone at one time
a report went around that | was dead.
gave up hope, but friend told me of DIR.
VIM. Halls BAIsAM FOR THE LUNGS.
laughed at my friends, thinking that my
case was incurable, but | got bottle to
satisfy them, when TO my surprise and
qualification, / commenced to feel better
My hope, once dead, began to revive, and
to-day | feel in better spirits than have
the past three years.
81 write this hoping you will publish
it, SO that every one afflicted with diseased
| mugs will be induced to take DR.. VIM.
| HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, and be
convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE
| CURED. | have taken two bottles and
can positively say that it has done more
good than all the other medicines have
taken since my sickness. My cough has
almost entirely disappeared and | shall
soon be able to go to work" Sold by
druggists.