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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
An Answer That Every One Wishes.

People often wonder what becomes of the
old tomato cans. Wagons can De seen on
the streets almost every day, filed with old
tin cans Of every description. picked from
vacant lots or streets. They are taken TO
to Newark and sold for fifteen cents a hun
dred. The price is small, but cans are
numerous, ana the gathering Of them pays
handsomely. If our informants tell the truth.
Tie Newark purchaser sorts them out, and
puts them into q furnace, which sottens
them SO that they can be rolled by machi-
merry into plates. These plates are artistical-
iy blackened and present a smooth polished
surface. The trunk makers buy them to
bind the edges aud bottoms of trunks, and
often to'cover up defects Of woodwork. In
THIS manner old tomato caus become a
most useful as we'll as ornamental material
The process of heating the cans also has
ia profitable result, for the solder. runnlny
trough a gate into q receptacle, IS sold for
Twelve cents a pound, it almost paying, i, is
claimed, aii the price originally paid Tor the
cans.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
. Setting Hens.

This is The season when hens run mad
and viii not be comforted unless they can
hide away somewhere and Sit day and night
on a wooden nest egg or an old door knob.
Several men were discussing this question
IN a grocery store one evening recently. "A
man who owns p large flock of Dorkinss
remarked, Not even an act OF Congress can
break up a settll hen
Ever tried janmin EN- under a barrel
an pourin' water Oh en- demanded the
man on the sugar barrel
Yes said the Dorking man. I've
poured water on EN- tll they grew web
footed. like aFolamed duck, and afterwards
found EN- imam old coal nod settin away
Oh Jumps o coal"
"Tlear rag on one wing" said a man
who " eating cheese and crackers.
The fix EN-"
NIGHTS well offer en- q chromo," said
be Dorking man. i tied a whole red
wooden shirt to one last spring, and dog my
cats if sne dldn, make a mes, IN it and Sc.
three weeks "a the buttons"
Then the grocer said it was time 70 shut
up, and each mar slrdei up hls loins and
SLOWLY E.sd on.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
a Dinner that will be Served for Seventeen
Until Sixteen Die.

"A novel banquet took place q. the Hotel
Bellevue. 1t was the third annual dinner
Of the Las, Mans Club. formed ~tbreeyears
: It has seventeen members. Each
member ust attend the dinner annually.
Death serious Illness or separation By great
distance alone excuses. 4. every dinner a
place IS kept for each absent member.
whether livluS or DEAF, ana j she's and wine
are served opposite their empty c airs. tn
same as /. they were present 4 curious
ana elegant tankard OF beaten silver. SLED
wi,h wise, is passed around the table and
qaafed By each one present an.il enrtied
As each member dies his nana al te en-
graved on The tanksrd until finally tie lss-
man. surrounded by the overho.iug plates.
the full glasses and the empty chairs, viii
drink to their memory alone. Then the
dinners will cease and the tankard wil! De
come the las. mans property.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

a ghost-only ghosts never look pretty.
She gave me- one look. then started up aud
sprang into my arms Ny n ar, was so
fall | couIdn speak al first, oui | thought
| | must DO something, so | slipped my arm
around her wals. as Jack recommended.
: NV | fit sure of her. and Of all the hap
,;ness the world conli give an, as nv
breas. s1eiled ,rolilv began to bear q
little malice.
.Ah AM e-o.t.s..1- ,- o"1
.ad
She ,;ch.onos
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co,..
rr
III, ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
A Terrier Saves 4 Baby.

A woman left her baby, X months old,
~ the floor Of the front room playing with
is toys and a little terrier dog that Is it's
constant, companion. The mother was
away just three minutes. bn' when she came
back and opened the door. her ~ufant's head,
arms, and shoulders we're hanging beyond
+ -'ore ill Of al open widow. and near
t. vi,h BIS fee, on the chair stood the
little dog, holding on TO the child dress for
dear lie. Her child unconscious OF Any
danger. vas growing at some object in the
yard. while the dog holding on to the dress.
locked q mute appeal for haste and help.
Il an instant, she vas By her babys side
and the danger vas passed. When the dog
had been released Of bis burden be p.arced
around the mother And child xi,h a deli2h,
tha. VA almost kan,ie.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

: The old man had gone to the Argent
Mountains OF New Mexico. seven years ago.
IN search o. that which had 20 persistently
-vaded bis grasp from his youth up"
'hough an industrious and honest toiler 10
he humble walks OF life, It seemed he said.
hat twas no, intended that he should ever
Dc one OF the lucky ones" Alas my old
,rofher. how fes OF earih's toiling millions
re intended to be lucky ones.
Yes. yes that Is true to true he said,
Often | nave ;ond!y dreamed ofluxnries and
'Hlence-as often awakened TO find it bu,
a dream Har,i and INCREASINGLY RS | have
labored for those tina, are dearer to me than
life itself, scarcely nave | teen able to give
them the ordinary comforts OF life. Toll,
anxiety and disc ase rave nearly finished
their work, but | am almos. home. The
rain will reach L-Sta;.on. when | got Of
early tomorrow morning. Ny wife will be sad
expect she will weep xhen-she sees how
enaciatsd | Arm. She will hardly recognize
this wreck Of my former sell. | will, TOR
her sake. try r. suppress my cough. GONE
What My BOY aud girl, too, will be grieved
10 > G their father thus 80 fail. so weak
get. II i. a grea, 10y TO be almost home a
greater III be AT home
The Cd miner sank back. apparently
exhausted. His breathing was short and
heavy. As,he night wore on, be seemed to
rest more easily. la the early and chilly
dawn, the sain stopped "A; L-S,ation.
crossed the aisle TO wake the silcn, sleeper.
De did not need my kindly .ervice.- He
replied TOT TO VIA, | said. His train Of lie
had stopped. TOO. aud BE- va. =, bone.
-Texa- S.!lin.s
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
Benam.

To the s~oloarne- 10 London a visit to the
famous Be,hlem Hospital. a home for the
insane, is full of inseres. About three
hundred patients can BE- accommodated IL
the hospital Onehsif is the annual aver
age OF the reccvarses- The present phys
can believes much IN q good. su6stanfiai.
and variable diet Once a week there Is a
FISH dinner, another day the iare is com
10 I'd OF a s;rcnx meat soup and plum
pudding; SIX ounces for Inc males and Ave
tor The females IF roas: or boiled 10. al, with
vegetables and beer, constitute the principal
meal. tor the rest OF the week. Indoor and
outdoor amusemen,s are well supplied.
There Is a bagatelle IA DE. and tao lawn
tennis courts. A bail and concert room j.
situated. Oh the female side, l wa
surprised at not being shown any workshop.
sud bought how much better i, wa. 10 be
occupied a, some neesile~ork. "a the female
parents generally were. than tn lie idle
like nearly all their male fellow sufferers
OF all The recent, methods Of treatment
which have been tried. the mos. succ, sstui
seems 10 have been the Freuch system Of II
prolonged bath OF eighty>Gve degrees con
t~inuou>ly duriHg eight or nine hours Cor
days together. Things dc not always run
smoothly IN the ASYLUM. Patients get
suddenly violent and have 10 be put in The
refractory rooms These are v~ariously
padded. some with a sort of cam,ullcon.
against which l should not like. under an,
circumstance. to strike my head some with
mattresses, and one, Oh the female side,
with a mellow, inviting India rubber. Wha;
a NICE adjunct 10 Il nursery would such h
room be, These rooms are frequently
occupied by refractory ones. The female
side 0. Be,hlem is brighter and better ap-
pointed than the male wards. Things look
more cheerful on that side, and patients
less gloomy. With rare exceptions these
were ali employed a. something or other
Some were sewing. some were cutting out
materials. some were writing letters or
r,adirg, others we're engaged II. converse
non. giving TO the roo Ms the comfortable
appearance Of home. Mos, of them we're
ladies. /! the least skilled ph~ysiognomis,
OF men led blipdfoIded into the mem wards
would at once have recognized the sort OF
society be had been taken into, the keenest
observer. under the same conditions. nigh,
.iaye been considerably puzzled in thu
female quarters. Sad sight two or tLrs e
very young aud extremely pretty girls were
'he7e, but they cooked uncoucerred. The
happier, no doubt. As whal we called their
lnisfortune-tbeir loss OF reason-was the
more utter One %! them. however, as We
! passed ceased to read she lifted up her
eyes she reused herself. she looked wildly
frightened at something Perhaps it va
one al those moments when her reason, not
quite destroyed. woke up, and Sc, OF her
doom. Has any Que ever fathotned the
horrible distress OF q human being becom-
ing suddenly aware Of being shut up amid
l%unatics, and being thus confined 10y nigh,
as we'll as by day rExchanye
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

A MIl~aukee hotel man having grown
tired Q: numbering BEDROOMS now names
tha n. /, is rather Startling % hear the hotel
clerk With biz quill tooth pick in his mouth,
c~aitout' Take the zentlemans ttycase oct
o; Ireland and send it up to Siberia 1--WE
the large gentleman and HE BRIDE TIE Nam
mott Gaze" give him Hard Luck" u.
him IL tie Chimney" Pat him IN the Sal,
Greek, or ii you psvfor yoa can 20 To hades.
Among the names are SkowheSan, Sky
Parlor, Gehanna, Vienna Eaderland. May
Flower. Plymouth Rock"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26
DEATH IN THE PIT.

made up ny mind tina, ~oulc 20 and have
It out with Amy l set out with q brave
enough heart, but just as ! reacehd the cot
,age, who should come out but Amy herself
looking pretuer than ever bat Appearing
20 suddenly she dashed ny 5prlt and !
hadn't q word 70 say to her.
Why, Charley. what u the mater She
crled, in q frightened sort Of way.
We'll, it is ju-t this | saiI. Ani there
l came TO a full stop
ia anything wrong VIII ia : she
asked, eagerly.
Jack
Yes; he ia down 4 The pit ard they aay
i. is foul, nch makes mother and ~ ~
easy. You We rot heard anything
No answered. stesd.ei now hat ]
could comfort her He L ell tight Yen
musn'. ulind what the lid wuAca .ey. a-
you'll be looking for a blow ~ eve,y H., IN
tho year when there is nothinZ more than
common. ! haven't cour aboai J4ca. it j.
about Uyseii'
anu enc turned away.
Il want to tell you how i!ose "a Icau"
sag ali | want 70, Dut here ] am, and
wouldn't change ,or 8 Alug u you ~il! take
:
an YOU ""ut Oh" ~" ~ pam -e'
'nu
Don: say that Amy but # yoa have
p"J '' :
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"a
.-a-m y mimi, ,etore I came to |
..os round rte otis mouth, but
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"A the village IN u stream. Inc
We pi, almost threw NE down as
ad | had 70 get my breath a
Snree 81 tour Of US cIept Oh 10
End looAed down lhe expo
.stroyed the cage, but 1t hadht
signal-rope hence ii NEAR OF
cation rema ned for an one IN
IL below. As soon a. | al this
ed &c rls q cross bar, aud presently
ready
I lover me gently | NAV pick up
Two, If there 8 any near. | sand iotwo
men,
,u can, 90 vet sad the yiewe.
many are there IA the pi p
ALI an hour AGO there e,re. Gtty. bu,
hankfnl 20 .ev they all cane IN bat
reniiad the ,nakeeper
And .hev ara lc.t iar i. :. v;D h.
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v,ewer
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sp6 # nobody lower me- an numn down"
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

Never marry ba. tor love, bot see ia;
thoa ovest what ID Low : b.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26

4 sound suggestioa-SeTe, turn q deaf
ea- to the ;elepboae-S. I. Adverusa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04

their work with spirit equal to their
masters. For each to seize a red war
rior and drag him to earth was the work
OF moment, and the whole body of
savages was soon in confusion. For a
time they had all they could do to de-
fend themselves against the unlocked
for assault of the fierce animals, and be-
fore they could beat off the dogs the men
OF the fort came out and Joined in the
attack, so that the women and children
had time to make their way inside tbe
gates, only one of them, Mrs. Phillips
having been killed.
The men, of course, had to follow tha
women closely, as they were too weak
IN numbers to risk a battle outside. II
they had done so, the Indians would
have overcome them quickly, and then
the fort and everybody in it would have
been at their mercy, so they hurried
into the fort as soon as the women were
safe.
But the hero who had saved the people
by his quickness and courage was left out
side, and not only so, but the savapes
were between him and the fort. He
had charged entirely through the war
party, and was now beyond their line.
alone, and with no chance of help from
any quarter.
His hope of saving himself was very
small, indeed; but he had saved all those
helpless women and little children, and
he was brave enough fellow to die
willingly for such purpose as that if
he must But brave men do not give
up easily, and young Haden did not
mean to die without last effort to save
himself.
Blowing a loud blast upon his hunt
ing-horn to call his remaining dogs
around him, he drew his pistols-one in
each hand-and plunged spurs into his
horses TANKS. In spite Of the numbers
against him, he broke through the mass
of savages, but the gallant horse that
bore him fell dead as he cleared the In
dian ranks. Haden had fired both his
pistols, and had no time to load them
again. He was practically unarmed
now, and the distance he still had to
90 before reaching the gates was con-
siderable. His chance of escape seemed
smaller than ever, but he quickly
sprang from the saddle, and ran with
all his might, hotly pursued, and under
terrific fire from the rifles of the saw
ages. The gate was held a little way
open for him to pass, and when he en-
tered the fort his nearest pursuers We're
so close at his heels that there was bare
ly time for the men to shut the gate in
their faces.
Strangely enough, the brave young
fellow was not hurt in any way. Five
bullets had passed through his clothes,
but his skin was not broken.-GeO
cary EggIestom, in Harper'S Young
PeopLe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04
A Scene of Human Degradation.

Mrs. Scott-Stevenson, in her 'On
Summer Seas, gives the following ac-
count of Russian pilgrimage to the
shrine of st. Nicholas, at Bari, in Italy:
''They were all dressed in kind of
uniform, the men in gray, barefooted,
with stats slung over their shoulders,
on which were tied bundles of clothes
and pair of boots; the women wore
blue serge skirts, gray jackets and red
handkerchiefs round their heads, and,
like the men, carried bundles, with
water-bottle and tin mug, on their
backs. They were all slowly crawling
up the steps with bleeding knees and
torn, travel-stained garments, mutter-
ing prayers and endless litanies as they
toiled upward. On entering the church
we saw a shocking sight, so painful that
| hesitate to describeit. Four pilgrims
were on their knees, with their heads
bent down to the ground in the most
unnatural attitude, their eyes shut, and
the swollen veins standing out like
cords from their crimsoned foreheads.
A man walked by the side of each,
holding one end of handkerchief,
while the wretched penitent held the
other, and was thus guided along the
pavement. For few seconds we did
not realize what was taking place, but as
they crawled onward we noticed four
marks like dark ribbon behind them,
and it dawned on us they were actually
ttcbing the fo0r! And such floor.
Thousands of only half-civilized human
beings had been in the church since
day-break, as the tainted atmos-
phere but too plainly showed For
over eighty yards these wretched Great
ures kept their tongues on the rough
pavement, over every pollution that
came in their way. We were chained
to our seats by horror and disgust, and
in spite of ourselves stayed till they at
last reached the altar steps and were
permitted to rise. Their faces haunt
me still; the small cunning eyes turning
stealthily toward us, and as hastily
turned away; the half-shame- faced,
half-ferocious look; the coarse, dirt
smeared features, the matted heads of
hair. and the lolling, lacerated tongues
bleeding over their chins. And these
were fellow creatures, these benighted
wretches, looking like scared wild
beasts! What religion can that be which
permits such frightful exhibition,
such loathsome scene of human de-
gradationr'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04
The First Quality of Manhood.

You want to know, Tom, what is the
first quality of manhood? Well. listen.
| am going to tell you in one little word
of five letters And | am going to write
that word in very loud letters as though
you were deaf, so that you may never
forget it. That word is TRUTH"
Now then, remember, truth is the only
foundation on which can be erected Il
manhood that is worthy of being so
called. Now mark what | say, truth
must be the foundation on which the
whole character is to be erected, for
otherwise, no matter how beautiful the
upper stories may be, and no matter OF
how good material they may be built,
the ediiice, the character, the manhood,
will be but sham which offers no sure
refuge and protection to those who seek
it, for it will tumble down when trial
comes. Alas, my boy, the world is very
full of such shams of manhood in every
profession and occupation. There are
lawyers in this town who know that they
have never had any training to fit them
for their work, who yet impose upon the
people and take their money for giving
them advice which they know they are
untitled to give. | heard of one lately
who advised his partner never to have
anything to do with law books, for they
would confuse his mind" There are
ignorant physicians who know that they
are ignorant, and who can and do i'm
pose upon people more ignorant than
themselves. There are preachers with
out number pretending to know what
they have never learned. Don't you
see that their manhood is at best but
beautiful deceit? Now l want you to
be man, and that you may be that,
want you first and foremost to be true,
thoroughly true. L hope you would
scorn to tell a lie, but that is only the
beginning of truthfulness. want you
to despise all sham, all pretense, all
effort to seem to be otherwise than you
are. When we have laid that founda-
ton then we can 90 on to build up
manhood, glorious and godlike, after the
perfect image of Him, the perfect Man,
who said that He was born that He might
bear witness to the truth. Bishop D1td-
Leu
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04
Elaborate Funerals.

The curiosity that impels people to
attend funerals is generally of NOR
bid character, although many persons
are attracted to the house of death by
a desire to see the floral contributions.
There can be little doubt that the fact
that many go with this object in view
is the unacknowledged cause of many
elaborate funerals.
Not by any means the object of least
interest is the corpse. There seems to
be fascination for some people in gaz-
ing on death. Therefore the under
takers art is called into service to make
the body of the deceased look its best.
Horrible as it may seem no scruples are
considered in adopting means to secure
this end. Some undertakers, notably
in our large cities, make a specially of
giving life-like and attractive appear
ance to the dead by the use Of cos
metics and various methods known in
the business.
Then, too, the practice of decorating
the inside of collins with brilliant colors
of velvet and satin has come in vogue,
until the poor lifeless clay sometimes
looks handsomer than the individual
ever did when the strong blood of life
was coursing through his veins. There
is something repulsive in this tricking
out of the dead, but then fashion viii
have its way even in funerals Harris
burg (Pd.) Patriot.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04
Carries.

Babua seemed to fancy that I, as a
zoologist, must take an equal interest in
every class of animal life, and that,
therefore, their application to the end
and purpose OF curry must be an i'm
portant natural problem. So, if on
Monday the vertebrate were represented
by some delicate fish in my curry, on
Tuesday this was replaced by noble
prawns and shrimps or by small crabs,
as representing the crustacea. On
Wednesday cuttle-fsh (sepia or loligo)
would appear, the most highly organ
lied of the mollusca; while on Thursday
we condescended to some edible uni
valve or to baked oysters. On Friday
the worthy race of radiata We're repre-
scented by starfsh or echinodermata,
the eggs of the seaurchin, or the gela-
tinous texture of holothuria, (trepang.)
On Saturday | fully expected to have
come down to the zoophytes, and to
find meduse or corals, sponges or
actinie in my bowl of curry. My cook,
however, clinging to an antiquated
system, evidently regarded zoophytes
as plants, and supplied their place with
some winged creature or birds, or
sometimes the feshy bodies of horned
beetle or moth. On Sundays, of course,
he laid himself out to give me some
special treat, and my curry was of the
best, containing fowl or a fat iguana,
occasionally even a snake, which at
first mistook for an eel. Babua was
evidently convinced of the close af-
finities of birds with reptiles, and
thought it made no difference whether
he sent the earlier or the more recent
type of sauropsis to table. Happily
for my European prejudices, l was
gradually initiated into the mongrel
mysteries of curry, and commonly
knew nothing of its constituents till
after l had swallowed it in blind res
ignation. Besides, the thick sauce in
which they were disguised contained
such a mixture of spices, with par
ticles of roots, fruits and leaves, that
nothing short of anatomical analysis
would have revealed the nature of the
first elements, and this l carefully
avoided Visit TO CeyIon, Haeckel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-08-04
American Lawyers.

The London Times says about Amer
lean lawyers: 90 In no country in the
world, said Burke, fully a century ago,
with reference to America, is law so
general a study and this remark still
holds good. Law is, and always has
been, regarded there as road leadfng
to all greatness. Usually about two
thirds of the members of Congress are
lawyers. They swarm in journalism.
They become railroad men or great
financiers. They pull the wires. ORGAN
ize parties, and play u political part al
together out ofproportion tothat which
lawyers, even the greatest of them, have
rarely had more than secondary
position in politics. On theother hand,
from Hamilton's time to our own, the
same class in the United States has al
ways been in the very front rank OF
party warfare. 1t is, moreover, much
more numerous class than with us. We
have, to be sure, no lack of lawyers. but
an average American town will contain
three times as many members of the
profession as an English town of equal
size. American lawyers. might claim
with considerable cogency that they had
cultivated not merely the graces OF
their profession more assiduously than
the English bar, but that they were ac-
customed to look at new legal questions
raised by the circumstances of modern
society with freedom and breadth OF
view which is very rare here" ...