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The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
Making Love in The Choir.

She sat on the steps of the organ loft,
Just after the second hymr:f
And through nave and choir to the cool
gray spire
The sound rose faint and dim.
AS they settled themselves in the
church below
For the sermon that followed next,
And | seated myself at the altos side,
AS the parson took his text.
l marked the tender flush of her cheek
And the CLEAN of her golden hair,
The snowy 'kerchief round her neck,
And her throat all white and clear,
A throat 50 white that indeed it might
An anchOrite entice:
And l family heard the parsons word
AS he preached of paradise.
Myarm stole gently around her waist,
Until Our fingers met:
And a fitting blush made the tender
flush
OF her cheek grow deeper yet.
Snowy and fair the hand beneath
And brown the palm above,
And the brown closed softly over the
white
AS the parsOn spoke of love.
All, who is wise, when deep blue eyes
Meet his and look cOyly down ?
Who would drink, or care to think
OF envy's jealous frOwn ?
Twas but to bend till l felt her breath
Grow warm on my cheek, and then
My lips just softly touched her own
AS the parsOn said Amen.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
An Alligator Woven il Feathers.

Hundreds Of of people within the
past four days have visited the house
of Mrs. John Smith, on Mclean av-
enue, attracted by stories of witch
craft in connection with the death
Of a number of her children. Mrs.
Smith, a woman Of fair intelligence,
was seer to-day, and tells the fol-
lowing remarkable story, which is
vouched for by her neighbors.
II have been married for nineteen
years, and in that time have become
the mother Of twenty children. Of
the twenty only three are now liv-
ing, the births and deaths having
averaged one a year. The last death
occurred a few weeks ago, the child
being an infant. A week or so ago
a neighbor, Mr.. Caffrey, who had
been sick for some time, found a Gu
rious formation Of flowers, roses and
crosses in the pillow Of his bed,
made of feathers. After finding
them he became better. | came
home and looked through my pill
lows and featherbeds. Ny husband
had been ailing for some time, and
in his pillow I found an alligator
woven out Of feathers. It was about
fifteen inches long and two inches
wide, and the feathers were SO tight
ly woven that | could hardly pull
them out. / did not know what to
make Of it, and asked some of the
neighbors. They said it was the
work of a witch. | kept the curious
piece of feather work for a day or
two, until ] became annoyed by the
hundreds Of people who came to see
it. Some wanted to buy it. [ burned
the alligator with all my bedding yes
terday."
Strange to say, there are scores Of
superstitious fools in the neighbor-
hood who are greatly excited over the
marvellous story. and are consulting
witch doctors on the subject, of whom
no less than three thrive in Pitts
burgh.- p HtsbMy Paper.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

BUBBLE PUDDING.-One quart Of
fresh milk, five eggs, three table.
spoonfuls of corn starch, one table.
spoonful of sugar, nutmeg to taste
pinch Of soda in the milk. Scald the
milk, stir in the corn starch, cook one
minute, and pour upon the beaten
eggs and sugar. Season, whip uJ
well, pour into a rOund-bottOmed
mold well buttered, fit on the top, set
in a pot Of boiling water, boil Three
quarters of an hour, turn out upon a
dish and eat with sauce.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
The SOLDIERS HOME.=And u

THE SOLDIERS HoME.-And now
comes the Tarboro S0utherner and
add it's subscription Of one hundred
dollars to the fund for the soldiers
home. Who next, gentlemen ? The
fund is growing; the proposition is
taking shape. Let us hear from you
next. Don't wait until the last.
Spending a hundred dollars this way
will give you more real pleasure and
qualification than will spring from
any investment you can make. 1t
is a debt we owe to the poor, Grip
Piled and manned soldiers. It is true
that we are late in paying it, but
better late than never. Come, let's
have your name. The old soldiers
will bless yoQ. And what soldiers
North Carolina did have Where
arr their equals to be found? On
WI lat page Of history are recorded
more true heroism, more bravery,
dash and self-sacrifice?
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
DEATH OF JUNIUs BRUTUs BOOTH.
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DEATH OF JUN1Us BRUTUs BOOTH.
-Junius Brutus Booth died peace
fully at Manchester-by-the-Sea N.
H., on the 18th inst. Nj. Booth was
the eldest son of the famous actor
whose name he bore, and a brother
of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes
Booth. He was born in Charleston
in 1921. the year of his fathers first
appearance in this country. His own
first appearance on the stage was in
1851, in Pittsburg, where he played
"Tressel" in Richard III. He play
ed in New York in the same year at
the Bowery Theatre, and then visit
ed California and remained there till
1854. In November of that year he
appeared with his brothers in "Juli-
us Caesar" at the Winter Garden the
atre in New York for the benefit Of
the Shakespeare monument fund. In
1857 he became manager Of the Bos-
ton Theatre, and in 1877 he retired
from active dramatic work. He was
thrice married, and his third wife.
who survives him, was Miss Maria
Agnes Rocks Of Sydney, Australia.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

Cold MEATs.-Take the remnant:
Of any fresh roasted meat and cut u
thin slices. Lay them in a dish with
a little plain macaroni and seasn
thoroughly with pepper, salt aRaa
little walnut catsup. Fill a deep dish
half full; add a very little finely
chopped onion, having previously sat.
urated the meat with stock or gravy
Cover with a thick crust Of mashd
potato, and bake till this is brownin
a not too hot oven, but neither lett
be too slow.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
Proposed Opening Of Shakspss:re's
Grave.

The vicar Of Stratford-upon-Avon
has signifed his willingness to allow
the remains of Shakespeare to be ex-
humed. The object is to compare
the skull Of the poet with the busts
and portraits Of him.
Shakespeare has been dead more
than two hundred and s~ixty-seven
years, and there is not the remotest
probability that the skull or any
other portion Of his body survives
for the inspection of the reverend
gentleman's curious friends. The
g~rave-digger in Hamlet" replying
to the question Of the melancholy
prince, How long will a man lie in
the earth ere he rot?' says: Faith,
if he be not rotten before he die, he
will last you some eight year, Or nine
| year; a tanner will last you nine year.
His hide is so tanned with his trade
that he will keep out water a great
while; and your water IS a sore de-
cayer Of your whoreson dead dody."
The grave-digger, though he pro
nounced the skull of "Yorrick,"
which had Lain you in the earth
| three and twenty years. would have
| laughed at. the idea that anybody's
| skull could last two hundred and
sixty-seven years. However, so far
as S~hakspeare's mortal part is con-
cerned, we have pretty good evidence
Oh this point. In the sketch
Book'-originally published in 1920
Washington Irving, describing his
visit to Stratford, says:
"A few years since, as some labor
ers were digging to make an adjoin-
ing vault, the earth caved in so as to
leave a vacant space almost like an
arch through which one might have
reachedint his shakespeare grave.
No one, however, presumed to med
die with his remains SO awfully
guarded by maleliction; and lest any
Of the idle OF the curious, OF any col
lector Of relics, should be tempt
ed to commit depredations, the old
sexton kept watch on the place for
two days, until the vault Was finished
and the aperture closed again. He
told me he had made bold to look in
at the hole, but could see neither
coffin nor bones; nothing but dust.
It was something, [ thought, to have
seen the dust of Shakespeare"
If, say in 1912 or in 1915, there
was nothing bnt duSt in ShakSDeares
grave, is the skull likely to be there
in 1888? But aside from these con
siderations, there are others which
should bar the proposed elimination.
If a skull should be found there
would be many who would insist
that it never belonged to Shakespeare.
If it corresponded with this Or that
portrait or bust the opponent of the
bust OF portrait would dispute its au-
thentlcity. Moreover, the poet HIM
self-who seems to have foreseen the
designs of the vicar of Stratford-
said a few vigorous words on the sub
ject which are cut deep in the stone
that covers his tomb. We give them
as they are written:
"GOOd friend, for Iesus' sake fOrbear,
To digg the dust enclOsd heare:
BleSt be We man vt spares thes stones
And curst be he vt moves my bones"
If this emphatic order from head
quarters is not sufficient, then the
authorities Of Stratford, Or, if neces-
sary, the English government, should
interfere to prevent a Dissertation
as outrageous it must be useless.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
Does the World Miss Any One?

An exchange gives the following
truthful and beautiful answer to the
above question: Not long. The best
and most useful Of us will soon be
forgotten. Those who to-day are
filing a large space in the worlds
regard will pass away from the re-
membrance Of man in a few months,
or, at the furthest, in a few years
after the grave is covered over the
remains. We are shedding tears
above a new made grave and wildly
crying out in our grief that our loss
is ir~reparable; yet in short time the
tendrils Of love have entwined
around Escn6T supports and we no
longer miss the one who is gone.
So passes the world. But there are
those to whom ID loss is beyond re-
pair. There are men whose memo
ries no woman's smile can chase
away; ~recoilections Of the sweet face
that has given up all it's beauty at
deaths icy touch, There are women
whose plighted faith extends beyond
the grave, and drive away as profane
those who entice them from the
worship of their buried love. Such
loyalty, however, is hidden away
from the public gaze. The world
sweeps on beside and around them
and cares not to look upon obtrud-
ing grief. Il carves a line and rears
a stone over the dead, and hastens
away to offer homage to the living.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

AN ANCIENT CHURcH.-The In
glesia del San Francisco is thus de-
scribed by a correspondent: It is of
Moorish architecture, and surround
ed by an adobe wall almost as high
as the church itself. It dates back
to about 1896. Its roof was still Of
hay and Spanish dagger leaves as
late as 1853, and a roof was substitu-
ted Of Sabine beams, topped by heavy
arches Of solid adobe, which seems
capable Of defying the storms Of
many centuries more. It's great
wooden door is worm-eaten and rick
ETY.. Grass cactus have sprung and
faded through a century of seasons
upon the roof, and among the arches
a young tree is growing thriftily in
the drifted dust Of $50 wears. It's
old tower, reached by an outside stair
way whose stones haye been worn
hollow by many feet, contains a
chime of bell.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

Corn LoAF.-Four eggs, whites
and yolks, beating as light as posi-
BILE, separately; II quart Of corn
meal, quarter of a pound of butter,
two quarts Of boiling milk; a tea
spoonful Of salt mixed well with corn
meal. Melt the butter in the milk
and scald the corn meal With it, beat
ing and stirring well until it becomes
perfectly smooth; then add the light
yolks, and lastly the stiffiy beaten
whites. Bake in a quick-oven. Half
the quantity will make a good=sled
loaf.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
General Intelligence.

Prolific FLocKs.-For two prizes
offered in Kentucky, there were
ninety competitors from II States.
The first prize, $50, was awarded to
J. r. Kemper, Of Augusta county,
Va, for a flock Of 189 ewes produc-
ing 245 lambs; and the second $25
to J. H. Maddox, of Shelbyville, KY,
for one hundred ewes producing 1874
lambs.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
The Household.

BAKED CUsTARDs.-One quart of
milk, four eggs, five tablespoonfuls
of sugar beaten with the eggs, nut
meg and two teaspoons of favoring
extract; seald the milk and pour upon
the other ingredients: stir together
well; favor and pour into stone china
cups; set these in a pan Of hot water;
CRATE nutmeg upon each and bake
until firm.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

BLOOD FOR AGRICULTURAL PUR-
PosEs.-The value for agricultural
purposes of the blood of the 10000
900 animals yearly slaughtered in
France is estimated by a French
writer to be q, 600, 900 francs. Va
rious methods have been proposed
for treating the blood SO as to pre-
vent nuisance.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

BURNING MINE.-Traveling from
Bismarck to the Little Missouri, |
saw a burning mine. at gives off so
s%ulphurous an odor that [ at first
thought the heat due to the decom-
position of sulphide. But the glow
is red; little sulphurous acid is
formed; you can stand over the Gre
vase without fear Of either burning
or suffocation. Sulphur is votalized
and crytalized on the edges Of the
creyices. There is no smoke; the
air q%uivers with the heat. The burn
ing area is from ten to fifteen rods
square, and has been Oh fire since
the first visit by white men, and no
one knows how many centuries be-
fore. 1t is only one of a number Of
fires that are known on the Bad
Lands" The writer goes on to say
that the Bad Lands are probably the
ashes Of extinct coal fires.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

A THRIVING O1TY.--The city of
Devils Lake, Dakota, is not yet 100
days old, but already choice lots are
sold at $1,000 each. 1t has seven
large hotels and two banks.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

AMBRosIA.-Have ready a grated
cocoanut and some oranges peeled
and sliced; put a large layer of
oranges in your dish and strew sugar
over it; then a layer Of cocoanut,
then orange and sprinkle sugar; and
so on, until the dish is full, having
cocoanut for the last layer. 1t
should be prepared an hour OF so be-
fore wanted for use. Pineapple can
be substituted for the orange.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
HARD SOAP OR SoFr.-Take good

HARD SOAP OR SoFr.-Take good
soft soap, any quantity you chose,
bring it to a boiling heat, then add
salt gradually, stirring coitstsatly
till you observe it separate, some
thing like curds and whey; and then
let it cool, and you can cut it into
bars and take out, leaving the I've in
the kettle. To purify it furthr put
che soap again into the KEITH, and
for every five pounds Of SOAP one
fourth pound of rosin; make It boil,
and again add salt as before. When
cold cut into bars and lay it up to
dry.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

CARRIER PIGEONs.-The German
War Office keeps trained pigeons i'll
efficiency by continual exercise;
Lately a special exercise ws held
from Cologne to Hanover, The pig
cons started at 6 a.. m. The ftst
made the journey in 3 hours and 80
minutes, an average rate Of fight oil
1913 metres a minute; the seconaJ
3 hours 4S minutes, averas, Liz
metres; the third, 3 hours 80 mInt
utes; the fourth, 4 hours exactly
the fifth, 4, hours / minute: tlf
sixth, 4 hours IS minut&; and tfe
seventh, in 4 hours and b ningTTf,
an hour longer than theIfrt. le
average rate of this last Ipigeon VS.
$50 metres; the average pf tbe "he
lot was 4 hours = MINUTES,
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

THE WIRE FENCE IN Texas
The w~ire-fence war will engage an
extra session Of the Texas Legisla-
ture. Some Of the pastures are
fenced without a break for forty
miles or more, and the only choice
left to travellers is either to drive
two days journey out of their way
or cut the fences.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

To THE CoLoRED PEOPLE OF North
CARoL1NA.-Whither are we drift
ing? The headlight has gone out;
our great friend has left US. 1t is
true that he led us by the side of
still waters until We could do no more
for him. Senator Bruce may handle
the treasury notes of this country.
Although he is a negro, he will be
apt to handle them at least as honest
as the North Carolina bonds were
handled by this latter-day saint. Now
to you! Let us in the future vote
and act as Independent men. | say
this for the benefit of my own race
| have never cast but two Democrat
ic votes-one for Gen. Cox and the
other for Z. B. Vance. both of whom
have proved themselves to be true
friends to u Watchmoa, IN
Neus and Observer.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26
SToNEwALL JACKsoN's WIFE AND

SToNEwALL JACKsoN's WIFE AND
DAUGHTER L1oN1zED.-Mrs. Gen.
Jackson and her daughter, Miss
Julia, IT still in Boston, the guests
of the State of Massachusetts,. They
are not allowed to spend a cent of
money for anything and are always
escorted about by some distinguished
attendants. Carriages and street cars
are always at their disposal free, and
they are always given private boxes
in the theatres. The greatest atten-
ton is being shown them wherever
they go and Boston is lionizing
them. Truly the r of reconcilia-
ton has begun and the war has
been forgotten. formal Observer.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

THEATRE OF THE PALAIs CARDIN-
AL.-The Municipal Council of Paris
has Just had a marble slab affixed to
the front of the house 2O2 Rue St.
Honore, with an inscription which
informs the passers by that the
theatre of the Palais-Cardinal erect
ed by the LIE Vau in 1871 stood on
the spot; that it was occupied by
Moliere's company from 1861 to
1878, and by the Royal Academy Of
Music from 1878 to 1881. NJ. Au-
guste Vitu, distinguished art critic,
thinks that the inscription might ad-
vantageously be amended in some Of
it's details. In the first place, he
says, the theatre of the Palais-Card-
inal did not stand on the spot occu-
pied by 2O2 Rue St. Honore, but on
a totally different site, to the right
Of the Palais-Cardinal. In the sec
ond place, it was not built by LIE
Van, but by LIE MERCER. In the
third place, Moliere never acted in
it; and, lastly, the theatre built on
the site of 2O2 was only occupied by
the Academy Of Music from ITO to
1881. With these exceptions, the
inscription is perfectly correct.
The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1883-09-26

ToUaHENED CAUSE.-THE follow
ING is Prof. Lebisch's description of
toughened glass: He immerses the
article, while red-hot, in a hot bath,
taking it out again when it has near
ly lost it's redness, and allowing it to
cool very slowly in an oven that is
heated nearly to the temperature Of
the glass. As the bath does not re-
quire to be much above PIP degrees
F., solutions of the carbohydrates
in water are used-starch, gum, or
the like. This bath does not soil
the surface Of the glass, as is the
case with fats, oils, and bituminous
substances, Glass objects subjected
to this operation aye found to resist
pressure and shock just as we'll as
those hardened in oil, but possess
this additional advantage also, that
they can be cut with a diamond or
polished and cut with sandstones.
The original method Of producing
hardened glass, of which this is an
improvement, consists in %immersing
the article, while it is still red-hot,
in a bath of oil heated as high as
three hundred and ninety-two de-
grees F., and allowing it to remain
there until it has cooled down to
that temperature.
The Mineral argus., 1883-11-15
Farming Paragraphs.

A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
tleman reports a new enemy to the po-
tato in the shape of a weevil which
preys upon the stock, entering it near
the ground, consuming the pith and
causing the stalk to dry up and DIE.
The editor advises burning the affected
vines and roots, as 500 as the insects
work is noticed.
The New York Times reminds farmers
that smut is rapidly increasing, few
crops being free from it. RESOLUTION OF
four ounces Of blue vitrol-sulphate Of
copper-dissolved in a gallon Of water
for each five bushels OF seed, VIII Oh Is
steeped in it until u is absorbed, has
been found the most effective to destroy
the minute spores which produce the
fungus.
Provide a variety Of feed for the hogs.
Do not feed corn alone. Feed the
pumpkins that you raised among the
corn. Pick up the potatoes too small
for market and the fallen apples not
wanted for cider, and feed them to the
hogs. Swing your large iron kettle IN
/ the hog lot and cook those turnips you
have raised on the early potato patchi
mix with t%urnips, bran, cOrn-meal, and
I a WY AAANAl salt AhA wv IL 49,
See that the hogs get ashes, charcoal
and salt regularly. Save all vegetable
scraps and greasy water and refuse milk
for the slop barrel, which keep one
third full Of bran and cOrn-meal. Begin
feeding the hogs three light meals per
day.
No farmer, says'the New York TiEes,
should omit TO steep his seed wheat in
SOM caustic solution that will destroy
the germs of rust and smut. A s luton
Of four ounces Of blue vitTiOl-sulphate
Of copper-dissolved in a gallon of water
for each five bushels Of seed, viii h is
stepped in il TIL il is absorbed, has been
found the most effective. Strong lime
water, salt brine, and old chamber I've,
which contains a large quantity Of am.
monia, have all been used with benefit
Smut is rapidly increasing. Few grain
crops are free from it, and all we can DC
10 help ourselves to prevent it is TO use
these precautions.
The Albany Evening Journal. In an.
swer 10 the question, what holidays
farm hand that hires out by the year Il
l entitled to?" -discourses pleasantly
about the duties and privileges Of iaru
service and closes as follows: "A farm
: hand is entitled to AZ many holidays a
the season and the work can spare 4
, him without causing real loss; OF cOursI
} Ne h supposed to DO the work involve,
, In caring for live stock seven days in thu
? week; and a. for hours, he should be- a
; willing 70 work fifteen a day in the stres
J Of haTvcs. or shearing II he Is 20 wOTl
three sno a hall In idle winter weather
The Mineral argus., 1883-11-15
Old Chairs.

With the revival of old furniture, the
straight-backed rockers of our great
grandmothers seem to find a place in
modern homes. 1t is quite the fashion
to fit up the old chair which used TO
stand in the chimney corner seventy
tive years ago, and which hds rocked the
children Of the past generation. If an
heirloom Of this kind can be made pref
~ and attractive, why should il not be2
The old chair metamorphosed so that
our preat-grandmOther W. uld never re-
cognize it, perhaps, Is a reminder OF the
dear old people who endured many
hardships in those early days. The first
thing to be done to modernize the an
cient piece of furniture Is to
take sf the old paint and
smooth the rough wood with
| glass and sandpaper. After this process
has been gone through with very care
fully, a coat Of the best black paint is
applied; this dry, it il rubbed down
with very fine sand paper and another
coat put on. If desirable, lines of gilt
are run around the legs, or wherever
they will add to the general effect. The
chair itself renovated, il is next or. a.
mented with handsome plush cushions,
One is fitted to the back and fastened
on with bows of ribbons at the two up
per corners, while the other, fuller and
softer, just nicely fits the seat. Very
elegant cushions recently made for a
chair Of this kind were of gensd'armes
blue plush. The one for the back of the
chair lad two sprays OF golden rod with
ferns and bright colored maple leaves
embroidered on it in arrasene. The
whole effect was charming and the old
chair chair compared favorably with it,
elegant neighbOrs.