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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-01-12
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something ah"u; fael agents. and ,li-
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ing Coaches l.a1 heen stopped a. vari-
OTIS points on ~the line WITHIN week,
a4d II was pretty generally believed
t.at a ha>l gang Aai descended on the
ruate aa1 ",na sill ripe 10, business.
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al ,'.At sin2Ie eve hlazed IN III. dark
ass A.ea .>..e tar, hu. not word is.
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said MIA; he wun.d do in case the coach
was hakel. an ihi, brought ont the
others. l. was firmly decided 70 fight.
The passengers hal money Ia fight for
aid weapons T. iiaht with.
The man with ,9lc eye said nothing.
At such a tiiae ami under such circum-
stances There .ouil he but one ln,crpre-
tation Of sue. conduct.
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-01-12

heved myself by talking eibberish anl
Hindustanee 70 the frigid stars, because
] recollected TO have heard that it was
not r,.ous 10 swear olf Christmas Eve.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-01-12

Cao i et5r1Tei. NJ. by CIR gro22s.
-but -. .aarksg!v:l and III gncsi
.kazi. az. god Gct.,.. c.-.a laura
..ce ~i.h gocsi cheer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
True Dramatic Art.

Art consists in concealing art. No
grea. actor or actress that ever lived
was really natural, al though man
have pretended that they We're. If u
girl on stage approaches precipice
of cardboard, over which she is to be
buried on to concealed feather bed
she may portray the emotion of fear,
but she cannot really feel it. If she is
imploring some one to save her life
with whom she knows that she will be
gossiping five minutes later, she can
not herself imagine that her life is in
danger. In both cases she must simU-
late, and she is good or bad actress
in proportion as she does this effect
than the perfection OF art.
l remember once being behind the
scenes in theatre while Rachel was
thrilling an audience before the curtain.
When she came of she was perfectly
cool and collected. asked her whether
she really had felt what she had been
portraving. Her reply was to parody
the scene. That Miss Anderson might
with advantage throw little more in
tensity into some of her scenes is true,
but to expect her really to believe that
she is in the power of a savage, or that
her father is about to be enslavel, is
simply to ask her to be fool.
The 'sensibility' that Talma says
is the basis OF true acting is nothing
more than nervous organization
which enables its possessor to
simulate sensibility at will. Talma was
supposed to excel himself by the way
in which he pronounced the words he
might have died Now, evidently, he
had studied how TO say them, and how
to look when he did say them; and he
certainly never imagined that he was
actually the stern latter in whose
mouth the words are placed; if he had
he probably would have uttered them
most iuetTectively. Full! allowance must
be made on the stage for what may be
called stage perspective. Nothing is
more erroneous than to suppose that
natural acting is nitural. An artist
doing precisely on the stage what in a
ike situation would be done off it would
look ridiculous, except in tea cup
comedy
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
A special Vessel for STANLEY.

A vessel of special and ingenious de-
sign is being prepared for Stanley's use
in Africa. 1t will be propelled by a
stern paddle-wheel, and the hull will
will be arranged in such manner that
it can be readily subdivided into a num-
Der of sections, each being foatable and
provided with fittings for receiving four
large wheels. These wheels can be at
tached to each section while ahoat, so
that it can be drawn out of the water for
transport overland without difficulty.
Each of the subdivision of the hull
forms, when fitted with the wheels, a
complete wagon of itself, capable of
carrying the machinery OF the steamer,
merchandise, stores, etc. 1t is to be
completed by the end of this year. and
will be tested afloat under steam on the
Thames.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
The Percentage Of Active u d.
the Increase.

In young country like this, where
life is continually at fever heat, and
where action rather than reflection car
ries the day, Old age seems out of place.
In the staid old towns and cities Of
England, Hawthorne tells Us in his
"Old Home" that he observed that
old age came forth more cheerfully and
generally into the sunshine than among
ourselves, where the rush. stir, hustle
and irreverent energy of youth are SO
preponderant that the poor forlorn
grandsires begin TO doubt whether they
have right to breathe in such a world
any longer, and 50 hide their silvery
heads in solitude. But fast as
this country and this period both
proverbially are, it is fact that the
percentage of old men who continue in
active life, and who do not show their
years except to close scrutiny, is on
the increase. Erect and active octo-
gcnarians, even, are not unknown on
our streets, whose appearance still
makes them pass current as being in
the executive period Of life. The con-
stans improvement in the average style
of living In the matter of dwelling, food
and raiment, perceptibly promotes
longevity and increases the number OF
cocaa rs -
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

1 am taxing to tell this, the line of coast
was presented distinctly to our view,
every minute getting more distinct
The sea now began to ripple up sharply.
Ten minutes and we were passing the
coast line, and sharply darting toward
the other sea beyond. What sort of
ground are We coming down on?' said
Mr.. Small. Rugged rocks and stone
walls, believe ! said. Hold on firm.
Out goes the graphing irons At first
it would not hold, but soon it got wedged
into d crevice in the rocks, giving us
Just tether enough to pass over the
precip;ce and down On to the beach.
There vas Just room for us between the
receding tide and the rocks, and none
70 spare. Had we gone ten yards fur
Their and half second longsrwe should
have been i'll tho sea.
'We heard whispering near MS. In
q few moments a man and a woman
appeared, but would not at first ap-
proach us, fearing, l suppose, we were
some monsters. BY and by they gained
confidence, and then they told us we
were on Cap de Ia Hogue, the extreme
northwest point of France. We then
found that our informants were M.
Augusta Lavem, of Canton de Beau
mont. ACCOMPLISHMENT Manche and
his wife. They most kindly helped us
to empty the balloon of its contents,
and gave us supper and shelter for the
night. Next morning, at o'clock, we
went TO view the scene OF our descent,
and Mr.. Small photographed it. We
afterward proceeded to Cherbourg, and
thence home"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
Mormon wives.

The Mormon priests tell the Mormon
woman that plural marriage is the or
dinance of God! That all it brings her
of anguish is necessary self-denial to
win Gods love, and that to submit to
it is her duty. 4 CHASTITY burial cere-
mony that is practiced by the Mormons
rivets the hold polygamy has on the su-
perstition of these creatures. Every
wife that is buried has black cloth
laid on her face. and the Mormon women
are taught to believe that on the resur-
rection day, when the righteous are
called into the Joys OF their Lord, no
hand but that of a husband can remove
the cloth, and that unless the cloth is
lifted by his hand she must remain in
outer darkness forever. \ woman who
believes that-and the Mormon women
believe it-can't help behaving herself,
no matter how many wives her husband
takes. She has to keep on the right
side of the only man who can take off
that cloth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

81 know sporting man that bought
a coat, the ornamental skin of which
came from Maine. He wanted some
thing striking and cheap, and what do
you suppose he got? Give it up? Well,
he calls and thinks it Australian mink,
but it is good honest American skunk
o good fur, too, and sells well, only the
name ,.ould kill it if we retained it.
Over 800, 00O skunk skins are handled
by the trade every year. New York
and Ohio furnish the majority. They
bring from the trapper so cents to 81.
They are deodorized by new and salts
factory process, and are very popular
under fancy names.
What we call fur in the trade" said
the expert, taking up skin, lis this.
You see, by spreading open the hair of
this sead there are two kinds of hair !;
one, the fur that is short and lies close
to the skin. and another the overhair
that is long and what we see at first
glance of the animal. The difference
between the two is very great, the fur
being soft, downy, silky, and sometimes
curly, while the overhair is coarse and
TlSlu. IiCH HIS ID peculiar value III
many purposes, but particularly in
felting; the fine, upon treatment
TO hot water, readily joins in a
solid mass, while the long hair can
be woven and spun. When the animal
is alive the uses of the two hairs are
seen. The fine underhair keeps out
water and cold, while the overhair
prevents telling and entangling. In
some cases one is extremely valuable
alone. and in others the combination is
equally so.
The house cat is one of the most
valuable of the fur-bearing animals,
and when they mysteriously disappear
from the back fence they often find
their way to the furrier 1t is an actual
fact that in 1889 over loo, 900 house
cats were used in the fur trade. Black,
white, Maltese, and tortoiseshell skins
are most in demand. They are made
into Innings, and used in philosophical
apparatus.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
Heart IL rOLen bat Level Headed.

A lawyer for n husband who is being
sued for divorce had a visit yesterday
from the client. The client is madly
in love with his wife and believes that
she wishes to be rid os him only to be
free to marry another. II can't live
without her" he said to his legal al
wiser, "and am sure that away down
in her heart she has little feeling for
me. l am going to test her" He
pulled out pistol and said: 81 am
going to her with this and say Here,
shoot me down; don't care to live any
more.
"You had better not" said the
cautious legal man; ''she might pull
the trigger"
81 don't care for that replied the
heart-broken husband. II don't care
for that; have filled the weapon with
blank cartridges"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
The First Twenty -Four O'Clock.
lChicago Herald. !

A peculiar clock, which makes the
hours from | to "a, has recently been
completed by a Wilmington, Del, man
ufac,urer. The new time-piece is of
kind soon to be adopted by several of
the railroads. The most conspicuous
innovations are in the marking upon the
dial and in the movement of the wheels
which run the hands. The minute handt
instead of making twelve revolutions to
every revolution of the hour hand, as in
the ordinary clock, makes twenty-four
revolutions, while the hour hand passes
around once The figures upon the
dial are marked in Arabic, instead Of
Roman numerals. They are from one
to twenty-four inclusive, the spaces be-
tween the figures thus being only
half as great as those ON the
dial of the ordinary twelve-hour
clocks. The minute hand there
fore marks the half minutes as well as
the minutes. The railroads proposing
to adopt the new system as standard
will prepare new time tables, upon
which the distinction between trains
marked a. m. and those marked p. m,
which is often overlooked by care
less travellers, VIII no longer APP
pear.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

You want something to eat. do
you?" inquired man of lame tramp
at the back door of his residence.
save you phase, sor."
"What made you lame?".
at was the earthquake, sor."
IAN earthquake~
"Yis, sor. Ye see. I'm an italian
from the island of Ischia, an whin the
earthquake shuk up the surface NV the
planet it sprung me knee, an I'm unable
to wurk, which the same I'd be plased
to do If / was able"
When the bulldog made rapid exit
through the gate, he was preceded by
tie Italian earthquake sufferer
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
THE SALVATION ARMY.
A Fair Idea Of Its Eccentric Methods
Of Revival Worl.
London Cor. Courier Journal1

/
London Cor. Courier Journal
The official organ of the4army, The
War Cry, is hawked about, Sunday and
weekday alike, at all their services,
and it has tremendous sale. A
glance over any single copy of this pa
per will give fair idea at once of their
eccentric methods, and of the way they
are getting on. You will be struck
first, in reading the sheet, with the Pc
culiar nomenclature of the Salvation
lists They are blood and fire sol
diers" Their prayer-meetings are
knee drills" and those held early
in the morning are "hallelujah
breakfasts" The women of
the company are ''Halleluiah
heiresses to glory" otherwise called
Salvation magnets" Their process
sions are GLORY marches. Earnest
exhortations are "red-hot shot" a SER
vice for relating experience is q "Salva-
ton sharp-shooting meeting" and the
enthusiasm with which such gatherings
close is denominated "Hallelujah
wind-up." The personal names given
to converts are equally striking. Hal
leluiah Jacks are in great abundance.
Other male celebrities are Happy
Charlie, the Converted Gardener"
"Happv jim" "Hallelujah Cheap Jack"
one called six Feet of Salvation and
another bearing the suggestive title of
THE City-road Devil-dodger."
Then there is the "Halleluiah barber"
the "Hallelujah postman," and the
"Hallelujah schoolmaster" while among
the female sa.vationists are Happy
Charlotte" Happy Eliza and very
effective worker called "Welsh Kitty"
The testimonies given by converts fur
nish additional food for thought. One
tells us that he found smoking to be
his besetting sin, and he could get no
peace till he had dug hole in the gar
den and buried lis nine pipes An
other use to get so drunk that he once
lay down in tub of butter and
thought he was in bed" Another de-
clares: 81 use to be hard I'm before |
joined the army, but ever since then I've
been an angel" Still another thanks
God because he's saved from tobacco,
beer, snuff, and hell; = while, as a crown
ing proof of the benefits of religion,
another remarks, "On Sunday | used to
have nothing in the cupboard; now |
can take friend home to breakfast and
give him beefsteak.'
But the reports from officers, which
The War Cry publishes, give the best
idea of what is being done. They come
from all part of the field, and are in the
style OF regular war dispatches. One
informs MS that two rebels were shot
on Saturday night and four on Sunday"
From another place we learn that ban
ners are flying and the Devil crying"
Another says: "Open-air meeting
good. Capt. Lily Jennings beating the
drum Great CONSERVATION" One cap
tain sends word that with procession
of six he "stormed the town. Another
reports "a great smash-up in the Devils
kingdom;" and still another gives the
cheering information that "the Devil
turned and fled as we approached
But the best is that which reports 1.-The
Devil completely routed and host of
prisoners taken"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

There were recently three or four
great trade monopolies held by the
Spanish government - tobacco, gun
powder, quicksilver and salt. The last
1amed and most onerous of these-the
salt monopoly-is now repealed, and In
its place and with its name is levied q
sort of income tax, graduated, not ac-
cording to the consumption of salt, but
the means of the taxpayer The old
gabelle has, however, left its survivals.
Abandoned deposits of salt are to be
seen in many of the small towns. Away
from the large towns salt is never seen
on the tabh, uncleaned rock salt is
used IN cookery, and if you should call
for salt little of this will be brought
to you in piece Of dirty paper. Pepper,
mustard OF other condiments known to
the civilized world are not to be OBJ
tanned. For a wonder the monopolized
cigars are good-better than in any part
of Europe OF America at the same price.
One can smoke o very fragrant regalia
for real g cents). The money of this
province is entirely metallic-chietly
gold, 100 real pieces; silver, 10, s, 4,
and l real pieces, and coppers of vari-
GUS sorts, mostly, but not all on the
decimal system. In some provinces,
Catalonia, for example, the duodecimaI
coppers are preferred to the decimal
ana tho latter, although legal tender,
are refused. Bank notes circulate in
Madrid, but not far beyond it. Paper
money has had its day in Spain, and
that day, at least for a long time yet, is
over.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
The Climate for Good Voices.

An English newspaper says Ameri-
can singers have made a much greater
mark in Great Britain than American
actors, notwithstanding the conspicu-
GUS absence in America Of long estab-
lished academies and colleges of music.
"The climate it adds, clear and dry
as it is, will scarcely account for the
number of good voices produced in
America, for one effect of the Ameri-
can climate is apparently to pinch the
throat and cause the high-pitched tones
and the usual twang by which the
enumeration Of 80 many Americans 4.
marked"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
careful o Ais Character.

The Worcester, Mass, town records
show that, in 1879, 6-year-old boy had
his ear bitten of by horse, and the
selectmen drew mp a certificate showing
the manner of the injury and recorded
it on the town books, so that the loss
should not be prejudicial to the boy
when he grew up.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
LOVE AND FAN

The poets soul that had the honSy,0
From man and life. N'S
On eager wings had gone to seek h
Far from earth's strife.
Fame said to Love: "The poets so,
mine, y
IT'S mine to bring
To my eternal fields the voice divine
That thus could sing"
Low answered. Though thy claim l now
confess,
Twas / did give
His verses all the fire and gracefulness
Whereby they live"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
Pumping Out the Ven.

The Dutch at one time thought Of
pumping out the Zuyder Zee, and asked
Mr.. Bookwal.er, of Ohio, for an esti.
mate for turbine wheels to be worked
by the tide. They wanted 100 tur-
bines, which would have cost $4,000
each. The work may yet be done.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17
The Great Beauty O

There is story told of the late
Prof. Henry Smith that when explain
ing some new discovery in the theory
of numbers TO his Oxford pupils he
added the remark: And the great
beauty of the thing is that it cannot
possibly be of the slightes. practical
use to anybody"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

The total outflow of all tha mineral
waters OF France is estimated at 1884
gallons per minute.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-17

Nj. Worth, the Partisan drcssmaker,
10 So years old. fat and bald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-06-26

THE BARBARA FRIETCHIE SCREEN.--This
screen, of which mention has already been
made, is attracting great attention among the
art collection at the F. f. Seminary. Itpor-
trays nine scenes in Winters poem of
barbara Frietcho", painted on pieces of
satin once the property of Barbara. The
frame of the screen is 32X5O inches and the
screen 1stX29, set on pivot. On one side
painted on piece Of delicate shaded pink
satin, piece of Barbara's dress, is portrait
of the good dame in the centre oftwo flags
The other side contains the scenes referred to
above. "Thc clustered spires of Frederick
stand grcenwalled by the hills Of Maryland"
shows all the spires and domes in the city.
"Round about them orchards sweep" is re-
presented by a true representative ofDill's
orchard. "1n her attic window the staff she
SET" shows the flag waving in the breeze.
"Over the mountains winding down." is the
next in rotation and Jackson's army is seen
coming down the mountain. "Forty flags
with their silver stars" represents the city
with banners waving from the housetops.
1.-THE banner with seam and cash" shows the
old flag pierced ana rent In the scene, "She
leaned far ont on the window SILL" Barbara
is seen placing the staff again in position. In
the evening when the army had passed
Through the hill tops sunset light shows
over 1t with warm good night" the flag is
still in position. Barbara Frictchies work
is DER" and the painting is that of the grave
with "B. F." on the foot stone. "And ever
above the stars look down on stars below in
Frcderickstown," is faithful representation
of the "Etchison Building" with its decora-
tons ON carnival day. The work is that of
Miss Lizzie Quynn and is executed in a very
creditable manner-News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-06-26
Fertilizers
Fertilizing Materials
and Produce.

We call the attention Of the
Farmers of this and surrounding com
muniies to our fertilizer trade this year
We have purchased the exclusive right to
manufacture BiRELY'S AYmOniated and
Super PHOSpHATES, which we will
offer to FARMERS and ALL that are en-
gagged in AGRICULTURAL pursuits.
This FERTILIZER has been tested in
this and surrounding communities and has
given entire satisfaction, and will stand
the test beside any fertilizer in the market.
We guarantee our FERTILIZER to be
strictly what it IS recommended to be and
intend to keep our brands up to their highest
standard by having 1t analysed by the best
chemists in the State, we know exactly what
we sell
As zoe haze come among you az strangers
zoe respectfully ask a share ofyour patronage.
We also keep the following MATERIALS