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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
King Alfonso, Of Spain, die

king Alfonso, Of Spain, died
at Madrid, Nov. 25th.
The King of Burmah has sur
rendered to the British.
Glen. Fitzhugh Lee will be in
augurated Governor of Virginia on
the LIST day of January, 1886.
President Cleveland's mes.
sage to Congress has been read at a
Cabinet meeting, and is pronounced
an unusually strong paper.
-Congress meets next Mon.
day. The death of Vice President
Hendricks gives the Republicans
the presiding officer of the Senate.
THE vote on the division Of
the North Carolina Conference al
Charlotte, last Monday, resulted as
follows For division 90; against
division ZIG, The next annual
meeting of the Conference will be
held at Rcidsville,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

The result of the election last
Wednesday, IN Fulton county, Ga,
which includes the city of Atlanta,
was a victory for the Prohibitionists
by a majority of 2l9 in a total vote
OF 5000. The city was carried by
the "wets," but the majority was
overcome in the rural precincts.
The law will not go into effect until
August Isl, 1886. Prohibition is
much stronger in Georgia than in
any other Southern State W.,
mo'gt0n Star.
Of the 136 counties in Geornia
more than 100 have already taken
advantage OF the local option law,
and have declared in favor of prohi-
ton. The new law is so strict that
1t prohibits the prescription of
liquors by physicians, who must
now administer alcohol pure, if at
all.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
"A dispatch from Indianapoli

"A dispatch from Indianapolis,
Indiana, dated Nov. 18th, says
Vice-President Hendricks died very
suddenly at his residence a few
minutes before 5 O'Clock this after
noon. He came home from Chi
cago early in the week and COM
planned of feelingunwell, but nothing
serious was thought of it at the time.
Last night he and Mrs. Hendricks
attended q reception at the residence
of Hon. John J. Cooper, and after
he returned home he complained OF
pains in his side and stomach. This
morning he was no better, and his
family physician, DR.. Thompson
was called in. lie gave him ar
cmetic, and later in the day an in
lection. Mr.. Hendricks remained il
his room all day, and most of tn;
time in bed, although he sat up a
frequent intervals. He received M
callers, but about S O'Clock Mrs
Hendricks lett his bedside to see
caller for a few minutes in the par
lor. She was detained longer thar
she expected, and when she return
ed to the room she found that MI
Hendricks was dead. His deaf
was caused by paralysis Of the hear
Mr.. Hendricks was buried Tue:
day at indianapolis with imposin
ceremonies, participated in by thol
sands OF distinguished men from a
parts of the country, and by a
branches of the Government excer
the Executive. President Cleve
lands advisers thought it best to
him not to leave Washington, an
he took their advice.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

An exhaustive treatise on Sexual En-
cesSes, the diseases arising from them.
and their treatment and cure also a
brief lecture on Epilepsy and other
Nervous Diseases, showing the relation
ship existing between the Sexual and
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MoND, st. Joseph. Missouri. Price
Sl.5o. Fully illustrated and elegantly
bound. containing over 80 pages.
This wonderful book reveals the in
nermost secrets OF nature. and is. in
fact, a key which opens the book OF
knowlege. and plucks leaves OF healing
from the tree of lite. 1t treats Of sub
Jects which are OF immense value to
every man, woman and child in the
II and will. III all probability. save
years Of sickness anu fortunes in doctor
bills. Agents wanted everywhere. both
male and female. Send at once and get
agents circular.
IS SAMARITAN NERvINE for
sale by DR.. o. HOOKER, Druggist,
Hilt>boro. y. &,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
STATE NEWS.

The u. S. Circuit Court for the
Eastern District OF North Carolina,
is in session at Raleigh.
Gov. Scales bought his blankets
for the executive mansion from the
Ieaksyille Wooden Mills.
The new building for the Su-
preme Court and State Library, at
Raleigh, is rapidly progressing
Worhmen are now engaged on the
third floor.
What the Democratic revenuers
will find. The Newbern Journal
puts it thus They will find that it
is the law itself which the people
oppose and not SO much the c'an-
ner of it's execution, if executed at
all. They will find that a "moon-
sinner is Just as mad when a demo
crat slaves an axe into his hogshead
of beer as he is when it is done by a
republican. Better repeal it,
Raleigh Visitor The Tax Com
mission authorized by the last Leg
i~slature to investigate the subject OF
taxation and report a bill tor listing,
assessing, equalization and collection
of taxes, &c, met in tie State Treas.
urer's Office this morning. The
Commission was appointed by the
Governor and consists of Mai. join
w. Graham, of Hillsboro :; Ex-Judge
Howard, of Tarboro {; and T. G
Patton, Esq, OF Asheyille.
+ On the 25,h day of N November az
the west bound freight train fron
Asheville approached Deep Waite.
iron bridge, near Warm Springs
the engine struck a rock which ha'
fallen upon the track and turne'
over into the river in water fort,
feet deep. Engineer Geo. Parrish
of Lynchburg, Va, and tirema'
: Whi,ford. went down with tn
wreck. The engine and cars wer
out of sight with the bodies of tn
dead.
Raleigh Chronicle BY the frs
: Of January the Durham Furnitur
. Manufacturing Company will be i
full blast. Ample capital has bee
invested and with the new year tn
: new enterprise will be furnishin
h North Carolina beds for North Ca
ollnians to sleep on, North Carolir
chairs to sit in, North Carolir
tables to eat on, and North Carolir
: cradles to rock North Carolina b
J. bies in. That's what the Chronic
calls true progress.
II Winston Sentinel Judge GRAY,
has just decided an important stoe
law case at Rockingham Court.
r. was the case of State VS.. Kernodl
4 where it appears that some stock
Mr.. Kernodle crossed the Guilfol
line and preyed upon the farm of
Mr.. Herbin, in Rockingham, ar
- was impounded. The case was ca
ried to court on the plea that the
being nog fence built on the Gulito1
line, Mr.6k. was not responsible f
the depreciation of his stock. Juds
l. Graves ruled, that notwithstandir
n the fence had not been built as co
te,nplated by special act, the la
said the act should go into effect Il
s. LIST Of April, and the BODYBUILDING
a the fence did not prevent its oper
d ton, aud the Guiltord people W
have to keep their stock on the
side of the line.
n
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Just published and for sale by the med
zeal book dealers, or may be had direct
from the author.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

The L. S. Circuit Court for the
Eastern District OF North Carolina,
is in session at Raleigh.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
TAKEN CP

TAKEN Up
~ nay hone near Jesse Coles store
. STRAY BOAR HOG. with Il >mooln
crop On OF right ear and a lit ID ths
>auie. The owner can have the hog y
pa ing for this advertisement and otaei
charges.
III S 2lst day Of Nov. 1885.
MILTON SHARE
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CHAPEL HILL, n. G.,

DENTIST,
OIlA. b'' illl1l'' ~. -,
Offers III. of..i,,, .r,i.. ,
people OF Orant" AMI acknowledgement
,l.. Al pp''''',''> '"''"'' II, me
best material u>.d.
yn,\fS, T>\>S,, TAxEsr,
i
will attend a, follows 10 receive
Five Forks, T.,nrs.l,y. Dec 1mh
| H,llsloro. Saturday Dee. l,:L
Chapel fIitl, Tuesday. Dee 18th.
"h''e cross Wednesday, Dec. 10th.
~ s Gates, rhn,.a.u ~. ~,
Caldwell, Monday, Dec. 2la
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

~ Georgia proposes to tax every
Il COS base ball game 800.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
Swearing Sword-fsh.

The fish are always harpooned from the
end of the bowsprit Of sailing vessel.
All vessels regularly engaged in this
fishery are supplied with an apparatus for
the support Of the harpooner, which con-
sists Of Il wooden platform about two feet
square, upon which the harpooner stands
and an upright bar OF iron three feet high
rising from the tip Of the bowsprit just in
front OF this platform. At the top of
this bar Is bow of iron in a nearly circu-
lar form, TO surround the waist OF the har-
pooner. This structure is called the
rest" or the "puIpit,' A man is al
ways stationed at the masthead whence,
with the keen eye which practice has
given him, he can easily decry the tell
tale dorsal fins at distance Of two or
three miles. When fish has been sighted
the watch sings out" and the vessel is
steered directly toward it. The skipper
takes his place in the pulpit, holding the
harpoon with both hands by the upper
end, and directing the man at the wheel
by voice and gesture how to steer. When
the fish is from six to ten feet in front Of
the vessel it is struck. The harpoon is not
thrown; the strong arm OF the harpooner
punches the dart into the back of the fish
beside the dorsal fin, and the pole is with
drawn. The line is from 80 to $50 fathoms
long, and the end is either made fast on
board the smack or attached to keg or
some other form of buoy and thrown over
board. After the fish has exhausted him
self by dragging the buoy through the
water, it is picked up, the fish IS hauled
alongside and killed with lance. In the
meantime several other fish may have been
struck and left to tire themselves out in
the same way.-[F. A. Fernald, in Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
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"The Saving Remnant" in Syria.

| cannot eonscientiously say goodbye to
nv Arab enemies without making ac-
acknowledgement. Before leaving Syria |
encountered single solitary instance OF
the unmercenary spirit, which will remain
perpetual green spot in the desert Of my
Levantine memories. was riding through
a field with Mr. Floyd, and being over
taken by thirst, We stopped to get drink
Of water from peasant garnering wheat.
The water we sucked out Of goat-skin by
means of a hollow reed, and it was deli
cious | tossed the man half franc,
which he took, bowed politely and said:
You are quite welcome to the water
without paying anything"
At first staggered under this revelation
of unexpected unseltshness. Then tide
of home memories swept over my bosom,
and | wept | had almost forgotten that
benovolence, courtesy and generosity exist
in the world. The circumstance, little and
simple though it was, carried me back over
the seas and deserts to that land where
such acts of hospitality are not phenomenal;
where, indeed, people sometimes refuse to
take money at all for draught Of cold
water Alas that in the country where
first was proclaimed the blessedness Of Civ
ing the refreshing beverage OF nature in
His name, such a circumstance should now
be 50 exceptional as to cause maryeIing
! do not want TO represent the race 50
totally hereft of the gcntler graces that per-
tain sometimes to the Occidental humanity,
and. therefore, feel that this acknowledg-
ment is due \. O. Times-Democrat
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

THE ROOM BENEATH THE RAFTERs.
Sometimes, when have dropped 10 sleep,
Draped in soft, luxurious gloom,
Across my browsing mind will creep
The memory of another room,
Where resinous knots IN roofboards made
A frescoing of light and shade,
And signing poplars brushed the leaves
Against the humbly sloping caves.
Again. fancy in my dreams
I'm lying in my trundle. bed;
l seem to see the bare old beams
And unhewn rafters overhead;
The hornets shrill falsetto hum
l hear again, and see him come
Forth from his mGd-walled hanging house,
Dressed in his black and yellow blouse.
There, summer dawns. in sleep stirred
And wove into my fair dreams wool
The chattering of a martin bird,
Or rain-drops pattering on the roof.
Or, halt awake and half in fear,
| saw the spider spinning near
His pretty castle, where the fly
Should come to ruin by-and-by.
And there I fashioned from my brain
Youths shining structures III the air;
l did not wholly build in vain,
For some We're lasting. firm and fair;
And am one who lives to say
NV life has held more gold than gray,
And that the splendor of the real
Surpassed my early dreams ideal.
But still live to wander back
To that old time, and that old place;
To thread my way o er meinory's track,
And catch the early mornings grace
In that quaint room beneath the rafter,
That echoed to my childish laughter:
To dream again the dreams that grew
More beautiful as they came true.
i Ella Wilcox, in Youth Companion
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
Cooking q Girl.

Earle, who wrote very readable, IN
telligent and but little-known account of
the Maoris very early in the present CEN
fury, speaks of the gentle manners and
kindly ways of New Zealand chief, whom
afterward he discovered to be an inyeter-
ate cannibal. He relates that he visited
the place where he was cooking the body
of young slave girl that his friend had
killed for the purpose. The head was sew
cred from the body; the four quarters,
with the principal bones removed, were
compressed and packed into a small oven
in the ground, and covered with earth. 1t
was case of unjustifable eannibalism.
No revenge was gratifed by the deed, and
no excuse could be made that the body was
eaten to perfect their triumph Earle says
that he learned the flesh takes many hours
to cook, that it is very tough if not thor
oughly cooked, but that it pulls in pieces
like bit of blotting- paper if well done.
He continues that the victim was Il hand
some, pleasant-looking girl of -, and one
that he used frequently to see about the
pah. To quote his own words
while listening to this frightful de-
tail we felt sick almost TO fainting. We
left Atoi (the chief who had killed the
girl and strolled toward the spot where
this disgusting feast was cooking. Not
native was now near it; hot steam kept
occasionally bursting from the smothered
mass, and the same dog that we had seen
take the head of the girl now crept from
beneath the bushes and sneaked toward
the village. To add to the gloominess of
the whole a large hawk rose heavily from
the very spot where the poor victim had
been cut in pieces. My friend and l sat
gazing at this melancholy place. 1t was a
lowering, gusty day, and the moaning OF
the wind through the bushes, as it swept
around the hill on which we were, seemed
in unison with our feelings"
Earle goes on to relate how he and three
other compatriots whom he summoned
from the beach for the purpose, with the
Englishnaf's usual impertinent inter
ference and intolerance of customs differing
from his own, determined to Illustrate
Atoi's intention. They together visited
the hill where the flesh was cooking, and
destroying tie oven buried the remains in
the earth They found the heart put on
one side for the special delectation of
their constant friend and companion, Atoi.
Earle was afterward -humoredly told
by the chief that their interference had
been of no avail, as they had found the
grave where the flesh had been buried,
and opening it soon after he and his
friends had left, had finished cooking it and
eaten all \. St. Johnston in Popular
Science Monthly.
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For all those Painful Complaints and
- Weaknesses 50 common to our best =
EEMAIE POPULATION. ~.

For al those Painful Complaints and
- Weaknesses 50 common to our best =
FEMALE POPULATION. =
n WIFI cr-pr rxrrpr,v THE wopsr ropv
-i'i- ~. ---'
OF EN- ALE OoM fLAlNIs ALI w KHAN if'ou-
BLEs, INFLAMMATION AND LIBERATION.
FALLING AMP DIsPLACEMENTS. AND THE CON-
srorFST SP1vAr, WEAKNESS AND Is P.RrIC-
.n,pTcn no Tur Cu,vcr or TrFr
-NtAi ~ * LIN VI . '-
\
IT WILL DISSOLVE AND EXPEL JUNIORS
FROM TIE UTERUS IN EARLY STAGE OF De-
vrropur,rr TurrrNDzv,.- ro CANcFPor-s
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
HAVING SOME FUN.

"Now, boys, | will tell you how We can
have some fun said Charlie to his com
panions who had assembled one bright
moonlight evening for Shedding, snow-ball-
ing and fun generally.
what is it ," asked several at once.
Z" You shall see" replied Charley.
"Who's got saw?'
a have. So have T. replied three Of
the boys.
"Get them; and you and Fred and
Nathan each get an AK, and | will get q
shovel. Let's be back in fifteen minutes"
The boys separated to 90 on their sew
eral errands, each wondering OF what use
saws, axes and shoyels could be in the
play. But Charlie was a fayorite with all,
and they fully believed in his promises,
and were soon back again for the fun.
"Now," said he Widow Bradley has
gone to sit up all night with sick child.
A man hauled her some wood to-day, and
l heard her tell him that unless she could
get some one to saw it tonight, she would
have nothing to make fire with in the
morning. Now, boys, it will be just as
easy for us to saw, split and pile up her
wood as to make a snowman on her door
step, and the surprise of the first will be
better than that of the last What say
You, boys ?"
One or two of the boys objected, and
could not see the fun, but the majority
went for it with the inward satisfaction
and JOY that always results from well-doing.
1t did not take long for seven smart,
healthy boys to split and pile up that load
OF wood, and to shovel q good path from
doorstep to wood-pile They felt great
pleasure ard satisfaction over their fun,
and then all went to a neighboring carpen-
ter's-shop, where shavings could be had for
carrying away, and each brought an arm
full then they went home with light and
joyful hearts
The next morning, when the poor, weary
widow returned from watching at the sick
bed, and saw what had been done, she was
astonished and the tears of gratitude ran
down her checks. She wondered who had
done the kindly deed and when afterward
told, her ferycnt invocation, God bless the
boysw would have richly repaid them
could they have heard it Youths L Z
aminor
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

FT1HE NEXT GRAND FIRST-CLASS PULLMAN
| PALACE CAR EXCURSION PARTY TO
SAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN, under the
auspices of the Missouri Pacific Railway Con-
pany, will leave Chicago February sd and st.
l ouis February !. 1854. splendid inducement
to Eastern people to visit California. Tickets
good for six months TO san Francisco and return.
Rates from Chicago Sil7, and from St Louis only
Sl10. All other Eastern points in proportion.
Would suggest tn Californians having friends or
relatives in the East DESTROYS of visiting our Won
derml State that they write them inclosing adj
vertisement of this rare opportunity for doing
so r. ost reasonably.
Arrangements can be made TO have ladies or
children coming to California without escort
placed under the personal charge of our Travel-
ing Passenger Agent who viii accompany this
party.
For all further information call on or address
JOHN F. ENNIS,
Travelling Pass and Land Agent Missouri Pacific
Railway Co.. 100 Clark street, Chicago Ill, or
II. b. SMITH, in,
Pacific Coast Agent Missouri Pacific Railway Co..
COS Market street, san Francisco
d3Dja3.1O.17
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03

Our great great grandpapas has schooled
Your fancies, lita, were you born
In davs when Cotton Mather ruled
And damask petticOats were worn
Your pretty ways your hooking air
Had passed, mayhap for SatanS WieS-
As fraught with danger, then and there,
To you, Us now to us your smiles.
WHY not? Were inquest TO begin
The tokens are not far to seek:
Uegl-the dimple OH your chin;
HSm-the freckle on your cheek.
Grace shield his simple soul from harm
Who enters your Irritation niche,
Or trusts in whispered counter-charm,
Alone with such parlous witch
Your fan a wand is. in disguise:
1t coniureS and we straight are drawn
Within witches Paradise
OF music, germans, roses. lawn.
SO through the season, where you go,
All else than Ijta men forget:
One needs no secOnd-sight to know
That sorcery is rampant yet.
Now, since the bars no more await
Fair maids that practice sable arts.
Take heed, while pronounce the fate
OF her who thus ensnarcS our hearts
In time you shall a wizard meet
With spells more potent than your own,
And you shall know your master Sweet
And for these witcheries atone.
Tor you at his behest shall wear
\ veil, and seek with him the church,
And AT the altar rail forswear
The craft that left you in the lurch;
But OFT thereafter, musing long
With smile, and sigh and cionscience-twitch
You shall too late confess the wrong
\ captive and repentant witch.
IF. c. Stedman, in Harper's Magazine
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03

CAN Hor WATER DRINKING BE
ABUSED ?-Gaod Heat. says Its use may
should not be continued longer than the
conditions requiring il are known to exist.
There are various conditions which indi-
cate when its use should cease: Excessive
irritability Of the heart, causing palpita-
ton tendency of blood to the head, which
is increased when hot fluids are taken into
the stomach liberation or extreme irri-
liability of the muscous membrane of the
stomach is another indication.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03
A DINNER AND a KISS.

." have brought your dinner. father
The blacksmith daughter said.
As she took from her arms kettle
And lifted its shining Id.
" There's not any pie or pudding
So 1 VIII give you this.
And upon his toil-worn forehead
She LEFT q childish kiss,
The blacksmith took off his apron
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food.
While playing about him were visions
Fun of prophetic bliss;
But he never thought of the magic
In his little daughters kiss.
While she. with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged away,
stopping ut sight of & squirrel.
Catching some wild bird lay.
And I thought how many q shade
OF lie and fate we would miss,
II always our frugal dinners
We're seasoned with such Il kiss.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03

BRUGN As A FIsHERMAN-A CORE
spondent of the Lewiston Me- Journal
tells the following anecdote of bruin:
came suddenly upon very large bear in a
thick swamp, lying upon large hollow
log, across a brook, fishing, and was so
much interested in his sport that he did
not notice me until had approached very
near to him, 50 that | could see exactly
how he baited the hook and played his
fish He fished in this wise There was a
large hole through the log on which he
lay, and ne thrust his forearm through the
hole and held his open paw in the water
and waited for the fish to gather around
and into It, and when full, clUtehcd his list
and brought up handful Of fish, and sat
and eat them with great gusto then down
went the paw again, and so on. The brook
was fairly alive with trout and red-sided
suckers, and some black suckers, 50 the old
fellow let himself out on fishes. He did
not eat their heads. There was quite pile
of them on the log. suppose the oil in
his paw attracted the fish and baited them
even better than hy-hook, and his toe
nails were the hooks, and sharp ones, too
and once grabbed the fish are sure to stay"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-03

Here are a Peck of Peas, sweet Peas, if
you will Perseverance, Patience, Prompt
ness, Proficiency, Push and Foliteness. Add
to these DR.. Pierce's " Pleasant Purgative
Pellets and you viii get well through the
world without much trouble. The Pellets
prevent constipation and surplus of bile
which lead to many different complaints.
Enclosed in glass, always fresh, entirely
vegetable, promp; and perfectly harmless.
Any druggist.