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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-10
A Strong Denial.

NEw YORK, March GA cablegram states
that Carey, the iniormer. testified that one
John McCafferty, a Californian, ostensibly
IN London placing mines, furnished the
Slnyincibes" money and instructed them
now to use knives in the california style.'
A John McCafierty, therefore, writes the
Associated Press;
"lnasmuch as for many years mast have
boen actively engaged In mining oper-
atons IN the territory of Arizona,
and elsewhere, and am well known on the
Pacific slope aud throughout the Atlantic
states and to Sdpe extent in Europe, espe-
cialiy In Londc1 m connection with min
ing operations, rVDSlre simply to inform
my friends ! am not The person sought for
as mo. l." said to be implicated in the
tragedy enacted In Dublin, the 9Th
OF May last. Since my discharge
rom imprisonment by the Brit
tish government, in 1871, / have
not been connected with any Irish organi-
zasion or any movement, or connected with
Irish affairs; in fact, have applied NV
efforts diligently, and to some extent sue
| cessiully, In advancing my business inter
| ests, and, II mistake not, shall continue 40
doing until l shall have accumulated
sufficient to enable constitution shattered
by cruel imprisonment in British dun
geons, to survive peacefully many bitter
disappointments of the past and any villa
calumny of the present. If such denial
can be necessary l totally deny thought, act
or participation in the affair referred 10 by
carey, or any connection Herewith
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
CURRENCY.

What orbs, Sallie?' "Orbs? why. as TO
how. Maggie? Who said sou "Well, YOU
,hnow that city chap was sparkling me last
@;ght. an be looked me square in the face
aud sung out:-"Ohl ii | could always bask
in the efulgence of those bright orbs."
Hump | guess it must be what they call
eyes that squin;, but what do you suppose
he wanted Of a a basque$
Jones is proud OF his wife, and with rea-
son, for Mrs. Jones is pretty as we'll as
smart. She was lectnring on tenn
perance reform in Whitecnapel and got
n~a'urally worked up as she rehearsed the
many things that should De done, but which
20 one seemed ready 10 do, "Oh. dear she
exclaimed. Il wish | were q man Il OBJ
ject,' exclaimed Joues, rising from his seat.
/, brought down the house.
He had brough, her the very things she
wanted from the supper table to her safe
retreat on the stairs, and she was moved to
Ay half lasghingly-iou are q man after
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

There are four hundred varieties Of plants,
three hundred OF them from Ecquador and
one hundred from Asia. Some OF the spec
linens coJ two hundred and fifty ollar
There are forty varieties Of the pitcher
plant from Madagascar. There are one
hundred varieties of crotons from the FIJI
Isianda, Eve hundred varieties OF foliage
plants from Central America and the East
Indies. A collection of ferns from Central
and South America and the East Indies
numbers three hundred varieties. In sum.
mer many Of the plants are ia beds outside
the observatory. The flower garden com
prises three acres, and the vegetable garden
four acres. There is also a vineyard OF
two acres, and a large orchard containing
some four hundred apple trees aud i've
hundred pear trees. There are any quaint
ty Of strawberry vines. gooseberry vines etc.
An importation Of rare plants from Central
Africa is expected to arrive soon Mr..
Gould will 'expend this year one hundred
thousand dollars in the drainage of bis
place, and millions have already been spent
to make the place what it is.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
A Noble Example.

Peter Cooper, who has ranked so long as
the greatest philanthropist Of the United
States, has never been beguiled into politi-
cal ambitions. Even in his candidacy for
the Presidency he was led by the goodness
Of his heart. He was nominated by the
Greenback party on account of his opposi-
ton TO the financial policy Of the Republi-
can party.
He was the friend of the laborer, and his
work was. to elevate him and hep him
through the difficulties through which he
himself had passed. The Cooper Institute
of Technology is his monument. He has
not only done the world good within money.
but his talents have benefited mankind.
He has made important inventions himself,
as we'll as moved t. completion some Of the
most conspicuous inventions of his day. 1t
will be remembered that he was constructor
of the first American railway locomotive.
On his ninetieth birthday Mr.. Cooper
was interviewed.
First tell me how you managed to live
SO long; what advice would you give to
young people to help them to live to be
ninety p
Il should put it in two words-live 80
berry and righteously," said Mr.. Cooper.
Zone more question, Mr.. Cooper. How
did you get rich?'
I'm the first place, l learned three trades.
| learned to be a brewer, a coachmaker, and
a machi4 st, all before | was twenty-one
years old. worked three years at 81 so a
day, and l saved enough out of that to get a
start in life. l was making machines to
shear cloth. Then l bought the patent
right OF the machine, and made them for
sale. This was before the war of 1912.
What general rule have you adopted in
business 7? was asked.
My rule was pay as you CO. l can't
remember the time when any man could
not have had for the asking what | owed.
Another. thing l wish to say. All the mon
ey | ever made was in mechanical business
and MOTH speculation.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
The Law of Finding.

One hundred years ago, the law Of find
ing was declared by the king's Bench in a
case in which the facts were these: A
person found q wallet containing a sum OF
money on a shop floor. He handed the
wallet and contents to the shopkeeper to pe
returned to the owner. After three years
during which time the owner did not call
for the property, the finder demanded the
wallet and money from the shopkeeper.
The latter refused to deliver them up on
the ground that they were found on his
premises. The finder then sued the shop
keeper, and it was held as above stated. tina,
against all the world hut the owner the
title of the finder is perfect. And tie
finder has been held to stand IN the place
OF the owner, so that he was permitted to
prevail IN action against a(person WIZ
found an article which the plaintiff had
originally found but subsequently lost. The
police have no special rights in regard &c
articles lost unless these rights are confer
red Dy statute. Receivers Of articles found
are trustees for the finder. They have nc
power IN the absence of d special statute e
keep the articles against the finder any
more than the finder has 10 retain the arsi
Gle against the owner.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
Odd Stories About Animals.

A Toronto man while hunting in Esques
ing, near Milon, Canada, shot a pure white
squirrel.
AS Stacy G. Sherman, of Stockton, Nj,
was about to shoot q rabbit. an eagle swoop,
ed down and carried it eff.
A chicken ventriloquist Is one of the Gu
r%iosities of Concord, Ky. He crows with
clear notes and then makes echo-lihe
repetition of them, gradually dying away as
if at an increasing distance.
The owner Of a large Newfoundland TO-
in Louisville had him sheared, much against
the animals will. After the operation was
finished the dog sprang to his feet, 'rottei
away a Short distance, looked at his Aanks.
and fell dead.
Augustus Green, of Chesterfield county,
Pennsylvania, got lost in the woods while
suffering from delirium, and died there.
When found his setter dog, in an emacia,ei
condition, was lying on his body, and could
hardly be dragged away.
"A Noit pup DtiOuSiiS W d SHtpHtIu ~
San Antonio. Texas, Will put between .seo
and 200 sheep in a pen without chasing OF
crowding any of them. When penning he
sheep he has to work them down a long bill
| that slopes to a flat upon which the pen is
built.
A Saginaw horse was sick one night re-
Gently, and breaking out of his stable, made
its way to the stable of a veterinary surgeon
who had before treated him for sickness
The surgeons stable was closed, and tie
sick horse. after standing at the door tor
hours, died there.
Among John G. Longs chickens a, Col
umbia city, Indiana, was a hen with a brood
OF eight little ones. Her coop had besa
raised nigh enough for her to pass in and
out BY me ans Of a small piece OF board. d
'args owl entered, and the frightened len
and her brood hastily ran out. The hen
then flew against the prop which fell, and
made the owl a prisoner.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
Missing

Owing to the innate predatory habits Of
the animal man, his sndlen ,appearance
does not necessarily point to accident Or
death A desire for liberty too strong to
resist leads him to fresh fields and p4sturts
new. One Of the best men | ever knew
Ehere-a man of sixty-tive' years, who loved
his home and family dearly, and who had
no reason for eccentricity-slpped away
one afternoon, went to a distant city, and
for two years drove a car there, remaining
away because he felt his wife would manage
his affairs better without him. He never
intended to return, but vas seen by chance
arrested as a lunatic, and given his choice.
to be confined in an sylum or do his duty.
He came back. and after two happy years
at home died in his wlte's arms. In another
case that | remember, a gentleman was sup
posed to have committed suicide BY jumping
from a st .amboat. His wife made no fuss
but kept the matter quiet, because she alone
never gave up the idea hat his suici lie was
a sham, aud for three years she hunted him
down, and finally restored INN 10 his home
and business. She knew his nature, and
gained her point in the end
A third case OF which / had personal
knowledge was that OF a dry-goods merchant
who was ABSENT twenty year. and who re-
turned wealthy, made himself known 10 his
wife, who had been married in the mean,ime.
sought out his son and gave him ten thous-
and dollars. and then vent his, way as he
had come. He said he had left home be.
cause he wanted to, had no, married or
cared for another home, and liked the lie
OF q Tanderer much better than any do
nestle ties These Instances 90 TO show
that the cases Ct alleged dis ppesrances
may sometimes be accounted for without
any necessity Of preaupposn n. robbery and
murder.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

| little girl she lived with her crapdno.,.
who was proverbial for her faith j, s.
and omens, and regulated the bus;nss.
the day as much as the old Roman. AZ
Now, Mrs. Brown would be VERY -
offended if any one should call her snn..
s%titious- She processes to have no fa;,I
old time omens, yet unconsciously exn-
day of her life she ia influenced BIZ III
She would be disturbed by the ticking ..
little insect in the wall which some call =.
death watch or the coming of a bird -.
the house, or the bowling of a dog a, nigh,
yet none the less she would exclaru H..
she was not in the least superstitious"
Early impressions are har'i to &c, rid =.
Education. cultivation and the sxpsrisn..
of hfe never fully undermine them.
| have known very intelligent peonl. ;.
decline to sit at q table with thirteen sus.,.
lest one would not live the year out.
Nobody ever thinks Of passing a hor.s-
shoe without picking it up for good Ines
and this has led to the craze fss horse.ho.
decoration.
Farmers allow the moon to r~egul.,. y.
time for sowing, planting, and WORK n
various kinds. and any departure from ola
established rules is sure to bring Ill luck
With some h~ousekeepers the breaking =,
"A looking glass is the occasion OF a eloomv
~toreboding the unlucky urchin who break,
i, is doomed to a life Of misfortune, ana
seven years of back luck will rest on ,bs
household.
Peacock feathers were formerly CONSIDER.
Cd as bearers Of sickness; yet fashion of
late has introduced them into house decor
alton, and that, too, without any serou,
consequences ensuing. All of which pr5se,
that fashion masters fate.
The Greeks and Romans Of ancient times
put implicit trust in signs and omens, aai
never undertook any enterprise Of mouen,
without consulting an oracle. Though
sometimes the response would bear opposite
interpretations, yet their faith in tie oracle
never wavered-the fault was always in tn,
interpreter.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
Why Girls Dance.

Shall | TIL you why | dance and way
seem SO infatuated with it 2 asked a young
lady, a few days ago 1T is this" she
was a beaAnful and accomplished girl, the
daughter Of wealthy parents and apparently
had everything necessary TO make her
happy. Il nave no aim in lie that can STIR
me to enthusiasm, and | have the DiGes
continually except when | AN dancing.
Music and a good partner is the only thi8g
| know that drives them of. The thea.er
Is dull and every new book only confirm
my q sirust 81 human nature | am no. .
'Dlightci beng, the more ! see aud knox
the less | care Tor married HE. | ,hinkite
distaste Tor married HE DOES moi; exis, 50
much with young men a many suppose u
there were any Of the right kind OF young
.men-yo!ng men with noble principles an1
superior intelligence "a we'll a. personal
graces-it nigh, budiEereni, but .ae race
seems dying ou.. With my present tastes
and views. | am not likely TO u airy az
one. so ] just dance because / get nos
enjoyment ID. Of that than anything eie
There is no difficulty in getting par,En
aud that 10 all | think society men are gooi
for-,o dance with
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
A Woman Talks.

People may eat stryehnine. true women
don't All the stuff with reference to tight
lacipg and kindred appliances, that ladies
are alleged to use to beautify their form
are falsely described and maliciously RI IL
culei. This is the spirit of the age. | want
to be saved from such an age.
They say, do these womsnly 'rsducers
of women, that eyebrows are colored and
pinched and painted l say it is false. If
they choose TO select demi-mondanes for
average women, and describe their habits,
armen and ~falsities as those of.an every
day woman, the world is as foolish as the
pen painters are knavish, aud am satisfied.
But the world don't believe them. believe
me. Not much, Beauty is power, women
know il, and seek to be as beautiful as pos
slble. Some false means are trken to i'm
prove the. real. Art has reached such a
perfection that it improves On nature. But
such hideous art as these newspaper women
describe would show It's hideousness.
Beauty enhanced by fair means is fair
beauty. After all, whose benefit is this
very beauty for? Men, We nave only them
to please. They take care to fight each
step by which we seek to become independ
ent actors in the world. They don't sue
coed at all times, bat they make An honest
effort. I'm an average woman. Am |
tightly 1aced?' The reporter said he didn',
know in such an innocent way as to cause
the quick glance Of suspicion that was saft
at him to become calm.
The fair speaker answered the question.
No I'm not. Women are not, as a rule,
the lat er qnalifyingly. Some women may
be, but not even a small part Of the sex,
Women cannot battle but they are written
up. | believe that is what you call it? Our
perfumes are ridiculed. Let them be
Flesh brushes, nail-cleaners and glycerine
are held up as the articles with which q
woman is to deceive poor mankind aud
ruin him. It's all bosh. A woman may
have a slight mous,ache. She pulls it GU
or destroys it. Good for her. Men use the
razor to get one. Each sex thus follows its
own natural road. What decorates the one
distorts the other. Appliances, made by
human ingenuity, makes things even. GOOD
for human ingenuity say |. Aud now lei
me tell you something. | Am going te
battle, use perfumes and glyeerine destroy
hairs that grow on my lip if they grow, anc
use every lawful means to make myself
presentable to humanity, especially mascu
line MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
THIS is a Dog story.

4. sportsman living in Alton, Chenang)
county, New York, is IN possession OF a dog
for which re has refused 800. whose gen.
eral knowledge of what is required of him
while hunting can't be equaled by every
canine. He aad had a coDtrivance made
which is fastened to the dogs back. in
which he places his sho, gun. both barrel
loaded heavily and the hammers at full
cock. 10 the triggers is fastened a string
which is placed in the dogs mouth. When
1t is all ready the dog starts fer q flock o.
cartridges, and when within q few yards he
crouches down and pulls the string. The
hrst attempt be made he bagged fourteen
birds, and since the first trial be has killel
over fifty III this manner
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
A Wonderful Flower Garden.

A reporter lately visited Jay Gould con
servatory at lr%vington, on the Hudson,
when was built TO replace the one destroy
ca by fire over a year ago. Mr.. Gould :
hobby is horticulture, and with limitless
means at his command he pursues il with
The same enthusiasm that other mel bestoy
on fas, horses. Last winter a list Of ney
plants, covering almost every variety Of
an enormous collection was imported. 1t
Is Mr.. Goulds intention to have at least one
specimen of every towering plant known.
Tie main building is over four hundred ictf
long. 1t has several wings eighty feet long,
the tempe ature in each OF which il regu
lated independently Of the adjoining &c
ions. BY this means trui, and grapes can
be insured all the year round, as the vine
can be KEEP, in differ n, stages Of ieve!ope.
ment. The conservatory contains over four
thousand different varieties OF plauts. lk,ere
is room for twice that number. The gard
ener estimates there are from six 10 egat
thousand In the CONSERVATORY and on In.
grounds, which are five hundred acres 10
extent The majority OF the plants have
been brough> from the European conserva-
'ories, especially from Belgium. In one
room there are one hundred varieties O,
double geraniams 10 full bloom. One sec.
ton eighty fee, long is devoted to roses, o,
which there are four hundred varieties
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
Captain Jones' Ghost.

Speaking about ghosts, sald Old Cap
tain Jones, Il haint exactly superstitious,
YOU know, but the dismal roar of that
treacherous water, and the sullen gloom Of
those storm clouds hanging over it, remind
me Of 4. similar night long since past. when
was knocking about in an old-fashioned
.chooner on Lake Ontario. You see /
have been a sailor pretty much all my life
sad he, as IL ,ender!y shifted a very large
chew ot navy plug INTO the other cheek,
and | have had some mighty tough times
of it, you nay calculate. Well, as | was
going to say One fall | shipped On board
an Old schooner from a port on Lake
Ontario We were engaged In the Timber
trade. had heard from some of the older
sailors about the port hat the vessel was
haunted, but | was young, aud not being a
believer in ghosts. paid but very little at
leutl0n to the rumOr.
we made two or three trips and every
thing went smoothly, but one afternoon
while pounding down the north shore ofthe
lake we detected signs Of a storm coming
up from the nor west. We made all pre-
p~aration for a night of it, and if ever a
creature Underwent a tough one we did.
The wind rose as the night came or, and
the old lake was dashed into a perfect fury,
while the darkness was fairly s%utfocating in
its intensity. OF course all hands were on
deck and each man had plenty to do.
Suddenly the nan at the wheel started from
MS post, and with a wild and terrified
exclamation SAID
'Look up there :
"All eyes were Instantly turned alott, and
the sigh, which met my gaze. was scared
and burned into my memory for all time,
| Standing erect in the cross trees Of the old
hulk was one of the most frightful appari-
tons ever seen by mortal. 1t was the figure
Of a mar posing as silently as the rock OF
Gibralter. A dim, unearthly light sur
round the mOtionless form and shed a pallor
of death over it. It's right arm was raised
and the fingers pointed steadily irtothe very
teeth Of the storm. The face was white as
marble, and a look half terror, half madness
gave it an expression Of indescribable hor-
ror. Its hair was long and wild, and the
furious winds hat shrieked through the
rigging tossed it in confus on around the
head and shoulders. We were fairly
benumbed with fright, as YOU can imagine
and every man aboard The vessel stood
ooking spell bound at the awful visitor. |
can t say how. long ii remained there, but
after what seemed an age, the light sur
rounding it grew fainter and fainter, and
finally the CHASTITY spectre melted into storm
and clouds and was lost to sight.
After the first sense of terror had left
Us, a ,rizzled old sailor remarked to me
tina; the ship was doomed as sure as fate
and be was right, for we went ashore thar
night, and all but two of US were swallowed
up III the frenzied lake. The schooner was
battered all TO pieces, aud with her cargo
proved a total wreck. | learned afterwarc
that q sailor had lost his life by falling
overheard from the vessel some years pre-
vious 10 her destruction. Do | think it was
his ghost Well. if il wasn't, no man ever
saw one.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

What they do no, say He-"Your father
mus, De worth at leas, a million aud Won
would enable me to go through life in a
style | never could hope for wilhou, YOU
90 not love you, i, is true. but-one cauno:
expect everything. SO lie, u. marry. II
father fails | can crawl out OF i. some
how she-Very we'll! You viii neve,
amoun to anything, bu, you a.. good
enough as far as yod go. I have ,riaed
WIN so many men that NOS, OF them bate
me and | may not ge, = better offer. If !
DO | can break the sngasenent"-Li Life
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12
Are We Superstiuous ?

Mamma said ny ten vearold May.
why does Ar.. Brown k-ep that horrid
looking and mischievous Cat tia, came 10
them las; winter? | have heard some one
say thai q strange cat brough, good luck.
Do YOU suppose she is .ure,sti.iou.7'
NO. but her grapduloiher was
Her grandmother ? said May. why
she has been dead ever so many years
VIA. can she have 10 do with j, t.
OILY thix When Ar1 Brown WAS q
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

Deal very gently with those who are on
the down-hiil Of fife, Your own time Is
coming 10 be where they now are. You too
are stepping westward. Sooihe The rest
lessness OF sge by amusement by corsid-
Grafton, By 0 interference, and by allow
ing plenty Of occupation 10 fall into the
hands that long for IL Blu, lie, 1t be 0. their
own choosing. and cease TO order ;he:r ways
or them as though they wers ehilerea.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

The colored preachers ri New OrIeans
have appealed to their Pensioners TO q
4accina'ed n overcoming their pEejadics
against the operation. The board Vi heath
has heretofore been unable 10 reach ,nen.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

ny o~n heart, Mr.. b "Jast:what l am
after he answered. q1ick a. fash, cover
ing her with confusion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-12

Velvet will be worn all summer. alce'I
is weigh, and warmth make il is,o.srk
bic