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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
NEW sER1Es-vOL. VII. No. g.

them il they can or sell them for bull
lion. Some unscrupulous brokers buy
them for shipment to Canada where
maximum and minimum weight are
not considered. and they pass for face
value. The government. however, has
stopped this TO certain extent by
stamping on the face of each the word
Eight" The silver dollar is called the
yagabond of all coins. as it is tamper-
ed with and counterfeited so much
Silver coin will not permit OF as much
tampering with as gold coin. For in
stance. take $40 gold piece. stamp il
and punch holes through it at random,
and if the weight has not been detract-
ed from tits minimum weight1 il is
worth its face value TO any gold-hea.-
er. II as much as single letter is
put upon a silver dollar. it IS bullion
worth from S. to So cents The latest
sWindle relating to spurious money is
The split bank note fraud \ $50
note is taken, and by some ingenious
method the note is split in two. and
the raw side "doctered up" and each
half is passed off as genuine 500 note
The work is done SO artistically in
most cases that it is difficult at first to
detect the fraud. Phl0deiphia Bul.
|ftiu
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Comfort.

HAST thou Ger the clear hes7cn Of thy soul
Seen temrcsts roll?
Hast thou watch'd ell the hopes thou wonld s+
have wo.
Fade, one by oner
Wait til tne clouds are past, then raise thine
To bla,r skies
Hast thou go1n sadly through dreary nistt.
And found no light;
No guide no star, 70 chee. thec through the
No friend save pain?
Wait, and thy soul shall see, when most for
lorn,
Rise n new nom.
yIas' shou beneath anothors stern control
Bent thy snd eou,
And wasted sacred hopes and precious tears2
Yet calm thy tcare
tor fhou canst gam even from the bitterest
\ stronger heart
Has Fate ocrwhemed thee with some sudden
Let thy tears flow;
'' '''"'' 7h'l ii7 dIo past TIE heavens
appear
More pure, more clear;
And hope, when tarthest from their shining
rays,
For brighter days.
Fiast thou found life cheat, and worn in vain
Its non chair
Hast thy soul bent hSreath carth's heavy bond?
Lo"k ihou beyond;
IT Ilfe Is bitter there forever shine
Hopes more divine
Ar 'hon alone! and docs Thy soul complain
1t lives in vain
Not vhnly docs he live who can endure
= be thou sure
That he who hopes and suffers here can earn
A sure return.
Host thou found nought within thy troubled life
>nve inward strife
linet tho" found all she Promised thee Deceit
And hope a cheat?
LuduH, and there shall dawn within thy
Eternal rest.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
A Letter and a Telegram.
Eternal rest

81 don't never waste words" said
old Mr.. Brown, in hard, driving
voice land h&jn't good at letter
Writin', but | reckon this'n will cut"
Its pity You writ it SO hard
father" said his young daughter,
trembling; it'll hurt her to the heart
she didn't never mean to borry that
$500, and then cheat You out o it,"
"She didn't, ch? Then why hain't
the money back in my pocket, safe
and sound, It's a year last Chris tmas
since she pestered me bout it, and
hain't seen hide nor hair ont yet; if
that hain't clear case O cheatin',
Fanny. I'll like to know what We call
1T"
The girl stopped churning a mo-
ment, and wiped surreptitious tear
from her eyelid before she answered:
"Call it nothing, father, but bad
luck; when Sister Mary borryed that
money to lift the mortgage, she ex-
pected to pay it back; but you know
as how Brother John he was took
with the rheumatics, and the overflow
came, and the crop was ruint and then
she couldn't pay; that's all, and God
knows it's enough.
"Twasn't my fault" snapped her
fufh w hn al IA
kitchen table to give vent to his an
ger. al never put it in the agree
ment to low for overilows, and rheu-
matics and sich Ike. and | never
would ha' lent her the $500 if it hadn't
been for your snflln' and pest term
And now We hear gal, not anuther
dime o my earnins shall they ever
smell. and III never forgive.
The girl sprang up from the churn,
crying, NO, father don't say it
don't. don't say it. father; you'll he sor
ry some day when it's too late; be
sides you're a church member, you
know
"You're right bout that" said Mr..
Brown, perverscly; I'm a church
member. and don't owe nary person
ared cent, and the Bible says, an eye
for IN eye. and a tooth for a tooth,
and I'm going TO have 1t.
He pounded he table again with
his fists. after fashion he had OF
wanting to pound something or some
body when he felt particularly aggres
sive. But the sound Of his voice had
scarcely died away. when there cane
"A knock at the door, and one of those
ominous. yellow envelopes, marked
with the impress of the Western Tn
ION Telegram Company, was handed
in Mr.. BroWD took it, and looked il
over in helpless kind IF fashion be
fore breaking the seal. How much
10 pay" he asked the boy, and passe,
over to him the change with tremb
ling hand; though it was characters
tic of the man that even then, Will
the knowledge that the telegram mus
contain terrible news, he was careful
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

every tree and shrub At last the
house was in sight; poor miserable
place enough, bat now, in the month
of June, sweet with climbing roses
and honeysuckle that the mistress's
hand mad trained TO the porch.
"Who-o-o, Dandy" The children
were in the yard; with shout they
ran to the gate, and as the old horse
stopped, somebody rushed down the
steps. and with cry. Why father.
why Fanny Mary in her famous
clean calico and apron, and cheeks
likes roses, with the pleasure and ex-
citement of the visit, was in her faith
er's arms her father, who held her as
he had never done before, and kissed
her with the tears running down his
face
MY child,' he said presently, "you
were deal, and are alive again.
Thank Cod"
"Why. ia'her?" questioned Mary
again. what on earth is the matter ="
And she looked with frightend gaze at
her sister, vaguely wondering if her
father were stricken with some sud
den insanity. For answer, Fanny
drew out the telegram from her pock-
ct, and gave it to Mary.
Its all wonderful mistake" ex-
claimed the elder woman, glancing it
over, and hugging father and sister
excitedly again. 1--WE have a neigh
Dor, Mrs. Mary Harris, who died last
! evening; she has a brother living some
where near you, and by the way, his
name is BroWn-Rlchard Brown
/ your name father. They carried you
the telegram instead Of him. What q
j pity he won't hear of it, so as to get
there to the burying."
And so. belwe hysterical sobs and
smiles. and everybody talking at once
and asking questions that no one
dreamed of answering, they went IL
under the bower of roses and honey
snctle, and presently John hobbled
from \tbe tield on crutches, and the
story was told all over again.
And when Mary slipped out into
the kitchen to get IN early supper. ole
Mr. Brown followed here and there
and she was folded tight in her faith
ers arms again, while the tear
streamed duwncd both their faces.
was us il she had been raised from tn,
dead.
"My child" whispered the old man
81 hain't been the best of fathers t,
We; ha' shut my eyes and my hear
when | ought to ha been the one t.
help We; never ye mind bout tina
money; don't ye say one word bout it
down tomorrow, and I'll show y
how to build house.
And so he did, and a very comforta
bic house it was, where John did no
have to stoop when he went in an
out of doors. And would you b 7liev
it? The letter, all the more harsh fo
being SO brief. never did reach its des
tination. Old Mr.. Browns chirc
graphy was of very inferior sort
and the postmaster couldn't puzzle OF
the address. much as he desired so t
do; then the letter was forwarded t
the Dead Letter Office at Washington
and in due time WAS returned to NJ
Brown, who quietly and satisfactoril
consigned it to the flames.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
ElcnhantS in Rurm Ill.

Elephants in Rurm1h.
A correspondent to the Providence
Journal, writing from Rangoon, Bur
nah, says:
| saw one of the white elephants
about two months ago at Wimpadaw,
on the Sittoung river. then about to
start for Mandalay. Rslo 900 were.
offered for the young animal. only
three or four years Old iiut the
young owner refused the 10000 and
was going himself to Maltdalay to pre-
sent the royal gifts, for Which he
hoped for Rs30,00O TO $1,000, as his
grandfather got 10000 some - years
ago for similar animal The animal
appeared to me unusually black ana
glossy five hundred yards away
said TO the owner: "Why. your white
elephant is exceedingly black =" les"
said he, "but sir don't you see the
signs?" pointing to scattering hairs
in different parts of the body. enc or
two inches longer than the mass, and
somewhat white or gray in appear
ance.
1t matters not how black the clc-
phant is if he has the signs" This
is we'll understood to the initiated. but
it makes the outsider smile. 1t should
be understood that the royal white
elephants" worshipped at the courts
of Burn ah and Siam are never
white" and need not appear even
whitish, and as matter of fact are
often darker than the ordinary ele-
phant. They have certain signs"
and peculiarities, which are very rare,
and which give them their fancied sa-
credness and value as "luck bearers"
to their royal owners. There are now
several herds of elephants within
one or two days journey of Ragoon.
was near one of those herds not
long ago. My cartman stopped has
bullocks and turned back 10 village
| and a Zayat because the herd WAS
within hearing, and soon men were
hurrying from it and warned us not to
60 on. The elephants were marching
in a solid body from a great Ela n
near the sea. where they find All ahund
ance of rich, tender grass. hut 10 good
/ water, to mountain stream full Of
| pools, not far away. to drink. This
they did in the hottest weather every
night, but in the cooler weather and
with rains. only once in two or three
days "By3 O'Clock in the morning.
said the man, they will have returned
from the pools, and the road will he
clear This herd is said TO number
100 to 300 Some put the number rs
high as 500. The herd at times, NJ
doubt, divides, especially when food ls
scarce. to Craze over wider ranges
They are protected by the government
"a heavy fine being imposed for kill
ing or shooting one. except in self de
fence If one should kill an elephant
the ivory. bones, skin and flesh mus
at once be made over TO the neAres
government official. with the proof q
the necessity Of the killing. Huma
beings are far less secure IN life an
property IN Burmah than elephants
And yet these animals are captured +
some extent | know OF an eIephan
that has in the last 10 years capture.
no less than Is Of his fellow beings
and a. he has now got his hand IN. hi
owners think him good for three o
four each year.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
III tMOROUS.

A great the telescope
A beautifully polished shoe may
hide d painful corn.
Loves sacrifice taking the smaller
plate of ice cream.
The pretty girl who is maid of hall
work is the door belle
A pound party the young womau
who is learning TO play on the piano
4 New Jersey man has been fined
fifty dollars for keeping a cow. The
cow belonged to neighbor
A bar in the river and bar on
shore have the same name. becans"
water is scarce in both places
A man does not ALWAYS consider his
barber on social level with himself.
yet he is angry if his barber cut him
The Gar of Russia is bnt forty
years old 1t is not proper, Therefore.
to call him an old Czardine
When you see a counterfeit coin on
the sidewalk. always pick it up. You
are liable TO arrest If you try to pass
it,
But Henry has talent father
May be, child. may be; but YOU can't
live on that without a little bacon Ia
mix with if"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
For An NhA Die.

The following poem WIS regarded BY Edxar
A. Poe a. the most beautiful and touching o.
is kind in the language:
1t hath been said for sn who die
There 10 tear,
SonIe paining, bleeding heart 20 s,Sb
Ger every hier
but in that hoe1r Of pain and dread
Who viii draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell tear.
Who'll watch the fast departing ray
In deep dsstsir.
And sooshe the srirs on iss way
With holy rray.-s
What mourncr round m, .oaeh ~ili come
In words OF woe
And follow me 10 my lon. home
Solemn and slow
When lying on my earthly bed
In icy sleep
Who then bv pure Affection led
Will come and weep
By the pale moon imrlans the rsss
| pon my breast
And bid il cheer my dark repose,
Ny lonely rest
Could hu, know whcr a,n sleeping
Low in tho ground
One faithful heart would then ~ Keeping
Watch all around
As if some gem lay shsined beneath
That cold so~rs gloom
'Twoud mitigate the e~ncs ri death
And light tho tomb
Yes. in that hour il | coald feel
From the halls o glce
And beany pressure one would steal
In secrecy
And come and sit or stand uy me
In nights deeP noon,
Oh, would ask of meInory
No other boon.
But ah, a loneier fate Is nine.
a deeper
From NIL I've loved in yonth- sweet time
soon must 20.
Draw round me my tale robes Of white
in n dark spot
To sleep thro' DEATH long. dreamle-s night
Lone and forgot.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

An English authority states tha.
unless SWINE fever is absolutely eIter-
minated from the United Kingdom
the disease will exterminate the pigs
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

! malden's lament
"No;Aer re ~As3 nasa heart tlla. neat
I<sl. - t."r slsQs. -
i o to44 the ..7cEs-, | !. segzs:
Iisis 20. 4 vov.l caaaas Know
I-av iilg la:al CT ;Iiy E-ss.,3.,s rEoa-
Sag sAs4t.@ 1.os :ross. 80. theme
c,scar as cosfs foF tao xees.s no~.
Ard acre. sal &c Cream -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

HAST thou DER the clear heaven Of tbv sonl
Seen tcmrcsts roll q?
Hast thou watch'd ell the hopes thou would
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12
cs.s q her ,nssan. .r.ry DAY VII rsss..

rest Of her ifetnna Every day VII repeat
the tbou ;hts Ct yesssrday
The gate opens She hears step On Tie
path-a mans step Size knows who's !. b
-she would know IL anywhere
@How can see hfmi she cries can MOI,
viii not But her fee: refuse to obsy her
when she wills to ny.
He cones II ant lSo4ss .Gbc.:. "A TIA twi-
Light.
Alice lie says gently, @are You herei.
Yes, l am here" she cries o. why
could You not have spared me this, Was
not my punishment en- u-h nireaiys-
Then Ter voice breaks sai cot tears come
Il have come to ak you il yoa kept back
that letter because yon loved nei' h, ssys
WAS it that:'
Yes she cries out in desperation ASK
what you will, humble nis as you will, de
serve it all. kept TIL letter back because
I loved you.
Then nothing win Lenceforth come be-
tween US, hs says. softly. aui gropeI about
in the twilight till he fms her hand ard
hollis it prisoner in his own s,roag palm.
But you fo-get.s she cries -Ycu csnno.
forgive my sin You mn 81 nate and dsspise
ne for il"
Il forget nothing" be answered sod
fOrgiveS rs .Ei loves Us after Srung-doing.
Shall not /. who try t. be Ike HIM in other
things, he Ike Him in this, AMI you did it
because you loved me, Alice Perhaps
ought not u think OF i III that way. but
can not help doing 80 neel you Come
t. ms AMI heip ms 10 tia WORK have under
taken
Il viii come if you sro ,3-e yau can for
give. sbe cries.
AMI shs SHOWS by the kiss he gives her
how great his gladnsss il AMI how glad
she IS you may unisrstanl. h1.s words II
mine caru : tell
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12
Election Proclamation.

In eeeordanee with the petition Of NOR. than
tvo-1hhs OF the residens taxpayers Of the city
ss.s. o. me 70 ami
couneiimen OF said dty on tho 9Th
day OF July, A. ID lss5. and n .ceordance win
the order OF said mayor and counciImsn, I'M
brsc;ng the terms and Conditions CT said peti-
ton on the presentation thereof Aforesaid.
notice 10 hereby gwen that u special election
within said city. by tire legal electors thereof.
On tuesday. she first day of September A - ISIS
upon the question VIII iher SAIL city shall sub
Abilene and Wichita Railway comIEny in the
sum OF thirty thousand dollars, aud II pay
me- n, for said subs ption. issue the bonds OF
said city in sums OF i've hundred dollars each
TO ,he amount of thirty thousand dollars.
pay able in twenty years from date 81 issue.
with intere>; yzhle sen i-snaualiy 81 HE r.tc
OF six FER crri per snnum; principal aai n
terest 10 be pSii a the deal agency .: TIE state
OF kApsas. in the city Of New York, the con-
ditiors upon which ssid subscription shall be
made being IS follows; That the said railway
company shall construct = railrost II standard
gauge and put in all Necessary side tr-cSs
and switches AID have the same y oPsrAt!
rom some point on ihe north L e Of SAID
eaid company shall have passenger ard freight
depot in the city OF Wichita, ant provided
further that said railroad sssli be 20 con-
strucfed and in operation from the north lee
Of the comfy Of Sedgwiek 70 the CRY OF
Wichita, on or before the thirty-hrst dag OF
December, a ID. lsss- Ard provided further
that said railway company shalt establish,
msintsin and keep its principal Offices sati Ia ad-
quarters st said city o. wichita
Those voting in favor OF said subscription
and the issuing Of bonds o; ssii city In paw
ment thereof, shall have written or printed
upon their ballots, ..Fdr Subscription 80 the
capita al stock of omahs. Abilene and wiehits
Railway Company" Those voting aeaiust
said subscription shall have written or printed
on their ballots. Against Subscription - the
cal ifal stock Of Omaha, Abilene and wichita
Railway Company"
Witness my hand mayor OF tine city OF
Wichits, this 18th day of July \. h. ISIS.
c5s-SN Il. " ALDEICU, Mayor
Attest: A. \. GLrSS. City CLERK pro tenn
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12

the Judges Office according to prom
Use. but when the marshal left the
room to summon some witnesses he
concluded he wanted to look at q corn
field east of town and quietly walked
away, and at this writing has not re-
turned. Martin was assessed 500 and
costs and says he don't do SO some
more. Both of these men appear to
be very quiet when sober.
Rev. Mr.. Beach paid au eloquent
tribute to the life of Gen. Grant in
his sermon yesterday morning.
Andrew Coleman is quite sick at
his Brother Wills.
James Ball and James Thompson,
drove one OF Suellen & shepherds
teams into a barbed wire fence last
night and cut one of them very badly.
1t is feared that they, too, were under
the influence of fire-water obtained at
Schroedcr's ST. Marks. The rest OF
the bows who were drinking did not
happen to any trouble.
1t il now thought that Goddard
wants cooler. Sunday vas certain
" a very warm day. NENEo.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12
/ story o! Gen. bragg.


l nave hearl a story al lie old army very
characteristics of Bragg. On one occasion,
when stationed at a past of several COM
panies. COMMANDED b. fell officer. he was
himself commanding ols Of tho companies
ard at the >auIa timo acting pot quarter
master AMI COMM ;sarY. He was q first
lieutenant at the time but his captain was
detached on other duty. As commander Of
tine company lie made a requisitIon upon the
quarternla, ter -himself-:or SOMETHING he
wanted. qIartermastrr he declined to
I'll the req1isitioa and indorscd on the back
of il his reason for 50 doing. As company
commander lie responded t. this. urging that
his rrqii sitio1 called for nothing but wnas
he was entiilei 10, and that it was tbs duty
of the quareerma ter To till it, The quarter
ma stsr still persi sted that he was right In
this condition of affairs Bragg referred the
whole matter to the commanding officer.
Tn. latter, when he saw the nature Of the
matter referred, exclaimed: MY God, MIR.
Bragg. you have qu.rrel'l VITA every OFF,
Ger in the army, aud now you are quarrel
iiis with Yourself Long ,treet was al en-
tircly different man.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12
ARGONlA.
ARGoNIA, August il, 1885

ARGoNIA, August IL, 1885.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
q. Il. shaw. the .Eolus Of Argonia,
developed procliyities yesterday he
was not suspected of possessing
Aside from his windy propensities in
a war Of words, he exhibited pugilis-
tie skill that would put to shame any
modern Ajax and single exhibit OF
his triccpS muscles was sufficient for
one Jenkins, who stood not in the or
der of his going, but with break-neck
speed made for the police Judges
Office. The last seen of Shaw he was
making tor Burgess sand hills with the
speed of briHdle steer. and to this
hour the marshal has failed to catch
him.
The frs: chapter of the political
contest ended last Saturday, AKA if
the victor is not served up with a good
round dish of boiling, after his own
habit, your correspondent is no
prophet.
George Bear went to Wichita Satur-
day to see his mother q.
Dr. Desn. the dentist, is here this
week from Harper.
Holland & Ryan have opened the
rink for skating.
Tho Dixon Bros. have sold their
stock of furniture 10 Nicholson Il Co.
T. " Bard. of Midlothian, was in
town yesterday.
Ia !, reported that Freeport Is try
ing to 90 b5cl, On building a bank,
but Pete Cline has the contract and
proposes to hold them to il.
Prairie chickens are not quite ripe
vet and there are threats of arresting
parties for violating the law. MINI
rods. Won had better look a "leetle
ont"
The Bible says the rain shall upon
the lust and the unjust. From late
Developments we are certainly entitled
to a shower.
Waicrmelcus are plentiful and OF
good quality. Burger has fifteen
acres and brought the first load 10
market.
Ezra Spencer, our efficient postmas-
ter, has new assistant.
Abbott's two-story building is near
u completed. JINKs.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-12
TIE BURIED MOTHER


IMaSazine ec Ar.l
Out BY the walls Of Danish town
Tue graves stood cold as the night cams
This Anselu; prayer had long been said.
Aad the beH toiied out the psalm for the
1t swung foE while from the darkeninz
steeple.
.out Of the dspthS,' said prizes. and people.
TErou.i all the close-set town and towers,
TIE 'ioori were shut for the silent hours
But IDot1er. buried for half a year
W ol,s with a crying in her ear
She rose with the vague sleep still in her
head
And clad in the shroui that wrap, the dead
And took the street {. her husbands haI.<
Sc FELT her long lead bosom ache.
For Ter seven cail iren vere ali awake;
And none had trokan them bread that
night
Or pourei them drink. or trimmed light
And none had laii them pillow Or sheet:
Toe dust OF tae dag was on their feet.
Two strove for an empty cup, and one
W a. cry.ag-that was her youngest SOP.
She washed and kisSe them, and hushed
their cries;
While tears pressed out of her long dead
eyes
But thsir father. who lay on Q lower floor,
Hal heard her stop in the corridor.
And be rose and came, and saw her stand
w lth the children cisnging 10 either hand.
She sail, The crying smote my heart,
II broke nv dreams of death apart
l was 10th c. leave these seven died
But when have l slept when the child has
Grief.
Take note. ers pas - my many dead:
Your children woke AMI had no bread.
No fire, no lamp; two were at strife;
One criei uncontrolled. Tell your wife"