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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14
Ahead of Lesseps.

An article on the subject of inter
oceanic canals, written by the Hon. H.
Wheaton, United States Minister 10 Ber-
lin in 1913, anl published in this coEa-
try in July OF t4at year, says that
canal was at that time in actual use
through the transversal valley between
the rivers Atrato and San Juan, on the
Isthmus of Darien, perhaps 200 miles
down the coast from the scene of NJ. De
Lasseps's present operations. 1t was
ing hr the cHratc Of the village OF No
via. United States cf Colombia, who IN
l7SS persuaded the Indians cf Lis parish
10 begin the work. The canal was called
Raspa,lara, from rav:ne of that name
through WHICH u Ta.sed. Il began Al,
the head q navigation on the river
O1lb2o. a branch Of the At9a.o. which
tmptied into the Guit Of DaricD, an1
ended at the head of navigation on the
nio Ncanama. or San Juan, which emp
ties INTO the Pacific. 1t was not navi-
gable for seagOing boats, bat the abun-
dant supply Of water enabled the natives
70 float oarges across the year through.
There were no locks, the numerous
rapids in the river being overcome by
force Of muscle o9..v.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14
4 Story Of FickIe Fortune.

The Hartwell (Ga.J Sun says; Last
Tuesday handsome Old gentleman. +
eet + inches high, with broad shoulders
and grizzly beard, seventy-seven years
ci. w4o had just walked from New o.
leans 10 Hartwell. stepped in to se4 Oh
=, and said: In 1889 you knew our
house as the bigges. grocery and ship
Ping establishment in Charleston. l
was the junior partner. l left CHARTS
tc1 and did successful importing
business il New Orleans. but the VIZ
leitme Hat. an now footing II back
10 the Oil Palmetto STATE He seaued
delighted when informed that !. was
only SIX miles 10 the Savannah Eivcr.
Ghe State line.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14
4 STORY FROM MONTE CARLO.
Gambling Going on While Losing Player
il TAXING His Life.


A correspondent VINO happened tn be
there in the winter of 1884 sends us
the following experience Ct Monte Carlo
and its tragedies: Il hal strolled," he
says, into the Casino IN the afternoon,
and was standing behind . table watch
ing the players. My attention was ar
rested by the luck OF an old lady w2ou
| saw win tie same stake Of ,000f. Ii
times running. At the same time l was
lndlstiLcsiy aware Of a young man who
rose from the table few PAGES off on
my right and went to sofa near q win
dow close bv. A minute later there
came q sharp report from tfe direction
of the window, and on turning TO see
the ca1se ] found that the young man
had rolled fron1 his sofa, and & pistol was
lying on tDe ground beside him. Tue
cro9piefs sal at the tables unmoved, brt
the players started and shut1i Il, and in
few moments most of them had risen
hurricdly TO their feet Several women
went out of the room crying. The great
or part of the men gathered gaping in
d semlcirnle round the wounded man,
who lay on the floor bleeding fast from
the stomach; but no one offered to help
him until an English officer stepped for
ward aud raised his head, when l took
bis feet, and between Us we lifted him
on to the sofa, and staunchei his wound
as we'll as we could with handkerchiefs.
After several minutes two Or three Off
cials Of the establishment appeared
carrying al armchair, on which they
placed the victim, and carried him out.
with looks Of grave disapproval and af-
front.
"Afterward I found that, whatever
sympathy might be extended to those
whose losses induced them to make
away with themselves respectfully at a
distance. in their lodgings at Nice, or
en- N the neighhoring aolitudes Of the
mountains, suicide or the attempt al
suicide within the precincts Of the estab
lishment itself was held at Monte Carlo
an lnexcusable breach Of etiquette. By
degrees people returned to the tables
! and III about twenty minutes from the
moment of the shot play was resumed
/ The word was in the meantime passed
! round that the pistol used had been {
| toy. unloaded, and the pretended act O
suicide o mere ch0ntoge or trick to ex
tort money. [ had reason to know
better, and when | went ont among til,
palm and cactus and geranium walk
above the sea, those alleys of paradis,
had for me somehow changed their as
pect, and ] was glaqt>neNt day to trave
further. Some time afterward | ascar
tanned the sequel through that excelen
man. NJ. Adam, the Senator and frient
of Gambetta, to whose exertions abou
this time the origin OF the agitatio,
against the gaming tables was in grea
part due. It turled out that the victim
in the present instance, Pole, had
after three months painful illness, re
covered sufficiently to leave the Princi
palitv, having been first tried, as simila
offenders when they recovered Away
were tried, for his misdemeanor
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14
TINS BROKEN HEART.

r'N"~, Mary dear, you're foolin'T
r." speaker was II tall, broad shoul-
,icrgt youne Irislman, with straight,
clear features, frank, loving eyes and
= well shaped, intelligent forehead, from
which his curly black hair was brushed
ylrc:c.s!y.
! he young girl addressed was, % may
&c opposed, Of the same nationality IA
himself, bat one might have gone good
way tn iind a prctticr damsel than she,
VIII her rosy checks, bright, sparkling
oy.a and Wavy brown hair. Her white,
plump arms, that many ballroom
belle might have cuyied, were thrown
over her head and her eyes were snav-
ping with cCqucttish mcrriment.
Now, Mary dear, you're foolin' T. and
Inns black eyes looked lovingly into
her brown eyes.
no, indeed, I'm not, Tim Mnrton
I.roan what | say Y retortcd Nary,
with toss 'ef her head; $50, DO go
aion{ and don't bother me |"
"Ah, now, Mary, Jewel, just name the
"" CIV, o. pe1'i''0" ILL.,
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14
HARNEY'S RACE FOR LIFE
An OClrcs'- EeeoIiections OF IN Interesting
Episode During The Florida indian Var.

In 1882 Gen. Harvey had a post with
two COMPANIES oi the Second Dragons
on the CaloosaEateh,e river, sbolt ten
or fifteen miles above Is mouth. II
enters the Gull Of Mexico a Sansbcl
Island. The men were mostly III tents.
There was small stockado, . suffers
store ~na temporary 7store-house IL the
encampment.
In the middle of ho< night forget
the precise date-the SenlnoleS, nun-
bering three or four hundred, under
Arpiaka, the fish Eater, and Billy
Bowegs, surprised the post. Col. Har-
ne7, in consequence of the heat and
mosquitoes, had taken lis blanket and
eft his quarters 20 sleep on Il knoll onz
the river bank, where the cool breeze
swept over the water This alone saved
his life. He was awakened in tne dead
Of the night by the yells of the indians,
the firing of guns end the shrieks Of his
dying men. The houses an@i tents were
fircd,. the soldiers killed before they
q massacre Of the soldiers--Lot AN In
dian killed in the whole affair. ! -
Harre+, in his shirt and drawers,
without weapon, could only run for
life. Capture would be death by the
cruelest torture. He ran down the
river, through dense swamp, the In
dian yells filing the night air, and he
| believed them close on his tralL For
niles he kept on, the scanty clothes he
wore torn all to tatters on the branches
as he plunged through the brush, and
fast as he went he heard crasis behind
! him. He was pursued. At las:,
GREATNESS, worn out SO he could run 70
further, he halted and turned | give
his own words to me of What then oc-
Cured
II heard the red cusses close onto
ne. ] knew 1t was death, but thought
La die game. | squared of, clinched
my fists and shouted Come on, you
red devils, confound you, come on /
'Howly Saints, is that you, Kernel I
cried ono Of my own men, the only man
besides me that escaped, as he halted
within NY reach. [ was that mad, to-be
scared by a white man, that / knocked
him down on the spot It's a fact.
Then felt ashamed of my act, picked
aim up, and told him [ was sorry"
The two then crawled on through the
,wamp and got down by daylight L
;aEabel Island, swimming across The
narrow channel to its sandy shore. The
lext day we ran in there for water IL
the Otsego, and found Harvey and his
soldier alncs: stark naked on the beach
both hungry ard thirsty, but thonkfu
for life
And this is known in Florida war lis
tcry as the Massacre on the Caloosa
nafchie." The reason Of the surpris
VAS, that there was temporary true
between tie Indians and whites, an
feeling 70 danger, the sentineis wer
few and careless. After that Harnc.
, planned and carried out raid into th
Everglades, IN which twenty-sevcn buc
Iadians were killed or captured-anfta a
Of them hung as soon as in our hands
We captured about thirty sqnaws an
children, who were held as prisoner
til sent West. I was On the raid |
II the late Gen. Ord was shot throue
the shoulder. He was then a secon
lieutenant in the Third Artillery. Ger
. Sherman, now retired, was first liet
: tenant in the same regiment at tt
time,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14

WHAT VIZ FIND IN THEIR C0ftet>s
To SMILE OVER.
The New ~iSn-fu m Express uf'iee-Th@
frotirsotne Itaa-fu uard f.acA-Did
lie Lese Tier etc. etc.
had 40 TIME.

oficc Yesterday and found no place t..
hitch hA4 norse called to lootblack arc
asked If he l,,d want 10 earn nickel.
Cant do !, inst now" replied the -
lad; I'm goir~ up tho alley To scc
Singing match"
C,;--a Il lis heels was another boy.
and the ccn.ieman addressed linn With
tie same inquiry,
On c"'i-dh s''i' u minute F
'es'''' 'i!e E-,'4''''' - one % '''
0t -
ffer f+e>s
THAT ESfEfss NATTER
\ poP-eyed darkev rushed into 81
tnsjin Ell :e>s-otlice, ard asked e1cIted-
~:
us dar any express package here Tor
MAJOR Jones
"HaEe you got al order
NO, san.
lyon can't GET any 'hlhe out OF AH'S
without an or':er.
The colored gentleman went two miles
and back on tie double quick. Once
more he stood he'"fe the desk ran'inE
and blowing, and tanning himself with
his hat.
'heah am de order, sab.
Express agent to clerk. ANY package
here for Major Jones :?
NO. -Ie|"S oD'"'0S.
AEW LEAF.
He Eut re'I'E. my dear, INST think
hotv small E7 income Is. Instead OF
buF Wing a new dress, why not turn the
oll one?
>h"-Iurn the Old one, indeed Your
income IL plenty large enough II you do
not sped 1t aliSat the club. l'n better
dc little tuning Yourself
, He-l? Why, what can turn
/ She-Turn over new ieaf.-Pdild-
GrJph q CuU.
lIE LOVED HER.
/ "Do YOU love me, dearest p she asked
/ Of her crusty old husband.
'Did you pay those bli's yesterday
Eyes, but do you
"Is there anything You want l'~@'p"'
larry to-day :.
"No, hht 90 You love mo, dearest!
We'll, l guess DO he ohen eau
tionsly replied, as he care.nliy place'
newspaper over the pocket Snc'c hS
carried his moAey.-"]oI"''''
srzELESG TT.
.Jcptha." asked Mrs. Jones, who
sas wlitu, j letter home "IIow do YOU
spen sign
"S i-n-e." answered Jones, who al
wava spells l,v eoanl.
II ,iou2it there was q in it some
whore, 'TenarGel Mrs. Jones, ,dcuofnIly.
That woul; r4akc singof 1t. Sine
spcil- Sgu."
''fAat'o -. said Mrs. Jones proudly,
/ and wrote ifme that her husband had
aew sine I"i',1" ioF h1s store -1's*''"
rae f/t@&
sh''S D'iS 7 HIT H.
There we're thfce or fonr OF rs ID
grocery sore IN Macon "hch '"'''
so:e'an lo"E'ng negf" ehteFed ana pre-
scnted written order Tor - worm "
goods
'Iid Col. bnniap give you 'hH
order p? sharply yiofnrcd the grocer
The negro scratched DIS he"l ana
looked n"c2sT.
odd lie s:6n tor you 7
Say, bos., slowly began the man,
has y"u any doubts dat hernnl Dunlap
signed dat ar oricr =
.tOf course have r.
Den Dat settles dc case an / doan
want 10 t:aic If my son Julius can't
DO better Ia. lat ar'er practicin' far a
hull wee;. IL r"lae home to tell him
: dat ned better Trap edacashun az pick
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-02-14

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I,''. = s. 9,"'o ~, Aei
Io7n W 's
eeno no,, sool,n .h;.h ,,o
:.,,., ,;l-o ., -, m -,
e .oI;ot-s----'
.To he au,oIdo lad - ro,1;aa ,,;to
..on4 80 IN toll ,o, bon - o.
,,oc, oao;, - |
"Ye will, Mikr. Yeneated Tim eager.
IL, ooh nm, xon,re b,eseo5 ,od -
,.o,u 10 .ho, soo, r. I'm
nu;c,, ?,
.von r;a.o ,n@,, 49,, ,,;-
ceeded to unfold his idea to Tim. who
at The conclusion Of it buoyed him ,iha
q hear
"Fai,h an vonre q Jewel ~ how
Mike :" he exclaimed ecstaticallv. 81
hate to trate the purity creature So
Unit"
"She deserves il, an it's no more than
fair, interposed Mike calmly.
''TelI, good-by. then" and whistlinp
gayly, lin went off toward his home.
The next dav "a Tim was sannterino
ocross the fields 70 his dinner Who
ob6pIa ba Goa tr;nn;no alo,o ovox Tho
ore,n LOOKING TO, e;n,e, nrat,;or and
..,o,> H. -, -.
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:-Lt - ~ ~
~
o. ,,. . ~ ''''4,,
aataI;,,r hor IN bic orn,s ona 1,;.a;.
49, .l,,.;rox ohoxr,,1i,,a H.. 49,
C -,
oecioeo iilih' "lso ho ieSoi'eo 70 lolio"
ms friend aoVlce.
me l'o' was bliss fhafy ilao lelI
,''''o "O0.'' 90 W "l1"' 10 l1'uo ~ nei
''o' '''n,"6 .ol'o''S y 1ii-'i oa'iuen'
oi poor I'm higi' oe' ohe io'ed MN
"''''S' "N'' A'''' ''o4ie ~ 1oAo 'o'oio 'ne
momentonS question had been falterlngiy
prorounded by brave Inn, who hadn't
been absolutely certain whether he stood
on his head or on his heels for as much
as TWO hours after; out she was such a
way~ard little sprlte That she was bound
to torment HIM to her hearts content,
and let hlm see what a sprlghtly little
VIII she had OF ner own, when she chose
to exercise II.
que eApec'eu 'iia' he "ouio step III
dllu ste Hpf OE utE way TO WOrk that
lnoIh'ng' aS he nao oeen wont TO DO;
oo' 10 'iio 6en'ienian iaileo 10 make MS
&Il'eAIance' Mary began TO fear that he
hAa taken her Wofds7 III earnest, and SO
at dlhher-tlme she Threw on her bonnet
anu tripped across the flelds, to intercept
jhlm, anu bring HIM into allegiance
/ again by one OF her captivating smiles.
Accordingly she hurried forward to
meet h'm, but, to her surprise, instead
OF waiting for her to over1ake him, Tim
walked lelsureiy and unconcernedlv on.
ana when at last she reached him, al
flushed and little ''spunky,' he lifted
his hat, and sald, IN very polite, bu
cool tone:
Coed morning. Miss Mary.
Miss Mary, indeed !" echoed ou
heroine, greatly surprised at this unex
pected greeting, and Struggling he
plump shoulders; ''for how long hav.
we heen such great Strangers, Mas,e'
Tim?"
"I believe you have broken our en-
gagement, so that is enough to make u
strangers. replied Tim, coollv.
Broken the enlargement! fiddle
sticks - rejoined Mary, beginning t,
get little alarmed at the cool, uncon
cerned manner of her usually impetuo''
lover, although she would not hay
shown it for the world; "what are yo'
taking such nonsense as that for
Tim 2
'Iou told me SO yourself, last night
ma'am, responded Tim, composelly
'1've been thinking the matter over, az
I don't know but what the plan woul
oH
The Dillon tribune., 1885-02-14
Ghe Dillon Gribu',e.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

!, Anyone who takes a paper regularly from the
Observation-Disclosures directed to his name or an.
,,crs, or whether he has subscribed or not-is re.
sponsiblc for the payment.
ia person orders his paper discontinued he
,,s. nav all arrears. the publisher will continue
, send it until payment is made and collect the
.hol. amount, whether the paper taken from the
).tutiCc " n0t
, The courts ha,r decided that refusing to take
w., newspapers periodicals. from the postoficc, or
c,,ovin- and leaving item uncalled for, is fri,na
,c,. evidence OF intentional fraud.
p,pcrs ordered to any address can be changed 20
,,othcr address at the option OF the subscriber.
Rcm:;tarccs by draft, check, money order, or
.,iscrcd letter. may be sent at onr risk. All post
listers arc required to register letters applca.
The Dillon tribune., 1885-02-14
DEPOSED by A BABY.
Two Jealous Little brothers Try to Drown
Their Baby Sister.

Their Baby Sister.
\ bare headed woman, with scared face
ran up kensington street on the city side
OF Harrowgate Yesterday afternoon. She
was followed by stout policeman and
train of citizens At Clearfield street the
woman stopped, and pointing to two little
Boys carrying market basket ON the ice
.ha, covered pond just below the Frank
lin cemetery, screamed:
40 stop them, somebody! They'll drown
it: know they Wills
The bows were Harry and Willie Vain
right and wears old, and the frightened
woman was their mother. When the boys
saw the fat policeman dash gallantly to-
ward them over one corner of tine pond
they dropped the basket and fled. The
silicer weight broke the ice, bnt he t1oun-
dcred on up to his knees in water. The
policeman picked up the basket, raised the
cover and peeping in, yelled to the woman:
Shes lrgh," When he reached Mrs.
wainwright she lifted plump girl baby out
ct the baSke, and nearly suffocated it with
kisses.
The boys are brothers Of the baby, and
hey had become so jealous of the atten-
ton she received from their mother that
they coolly resolved to drown her IN a
basket, as they had once seen their father
dispose of kittens. Mrs. wainwright went
to the store Yesterday, and during her ab-
.encc the boys popped their objectionable
little sister into the basket and started for
the pond The mother returned, found the
cradle empty, surmised the truth, gave
chase, and saved the bahy.--Philadelthia
Times.
The Dillon tribune., 1885-02-14


The process of washing out the stomach,
a novelty few years ago, is coming quite
in vogue: "a Maryland physician en-
ploys the method very extensively in some
cases of dyspepsia. The following is the
modus otc,umdi: A soft rubber tube is
passed gently down into the stomach quite
to the pylorus, with which is connected
about a yard Of common flexible tubing
and glass funnel, which is hello on lev
el with the patients breast, and tepid wat
.r is poured slowly into the funnel, until a
ersation of fullness is experienced; the
unnel is then depressed to the level OF the
waist, and the fluid is allowed 70 syphon
ost The process is repeated until the
water returns quite clear.
hone ton (a,ooo pounds avoirdupois) OF
gold or silver contains 2o963 Troy ounces
and therefore the value Of ton Of pure
gold is $6o.,79o.ar; and ton Of pure silver
is worth $377o4.74.
The Dillon tribune., 1885-02-14

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-03
,,cysoraIs and Rrief-.

The Hon. A. IL. Stuart is in the
city stopping with his son in law, DR..
Hunter McGuire.
Yesterday Colonel Thomas j. Evans,
one of the most popular members OF
the last House of Delegates, came into
the House during its session. Imme-
diately half dozen or more OF the
members OF tie former House, and now
reelected, came forward, greeted the
Colonel. ard offered him their seats.
Mr.. G. W. Smith has gone on visit
of inspection over the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad, Of which
he was recently elected vice president,
but he has not yet severed his connec-
ton with the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway.
The Virginia Literary and socis'
Association gave their opening ball al
Sanger Hall Tuesday night, and it was
a brilliant affair. All the couples were
in full dress, and the young ladies were
the recipients Of many compliments
The ball will be remembered as one oI
the most pleasant affairs in the history
Of the Association.
Professor Reade will give one Of his
humorous entertainments at Corcoran
Hall tomorrow night. This is said
positively to be his last appearance be-
fore Richmond audience.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-03
Manchester Notes.

A commission Of lunacy, consisting
of Justices Perdue, Martin, and Round
tree and Doctors Archer and Ingram,
examined Chamberlayne Moody (col-
ored) yesterday morning and adjudged
him lunatic. He was committed to
Jail to await admission to the asylum.
Moody is forty years old, and has spent
the last fifteen or more years Of his life
here. Most of this time he has been
employed at Dunlop X McCance's mill,
where he remained until about a week
ago, when the first symptoms Of lunacy
were developed.
During the month Of November the
clerk of the Hastings Court admitted to
record twenty-five deeds, and issued
two marriage-licenses-both to coiored
parties.
Rev. DIR. Hatcher will preach at the
Bainbridge-Street Baptist church to-
night, preparatory to series Of meet
ings which will begin next month.