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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
A Fragm ent.
What if, while ! sit her q one,

What II, while sit her q one,
A vo.ce ! have MT heard for years
Should IT ct me in the low sw, ct ;ono
That once va, musi 10 my ears;
And / should start from menory's sway,
And, turning, find you sitting there
Unchanged, rs though twere yesterday
Your feet went tripping down the sta r.
Or II, upon some summer day
MID song Of birds and hum Of bees,
should 90 down the W olland way
To our old tryst beneath the trees:
And, sfartiag back in glad surprisa,
should behold You Whiting tn re,
The Cd light shining in your eyes
The sunlight tangled in your hair
In vain shall not see the glow
OF winc-brown eyes or catch the smile
OF ruhyliPs; but yet | know
That You are near me all the while.
For | 50 Lowell you in that rane
or sunny years that my poor heart
Would Heed afresh nnl count it .trange
TO think God held IL, far apart.
hnd so, when evening shadows creep
And night falls softly DER tho lea.
You touch my cyelidS and ] sleep,
And sleeping, dream of heaven and thee
And when some summer morn shall break
That finds me chilled by deaths cold dew.
You need but kiss me, shall wake,
And waking be in heaven with YOU.
jean mgle5ide
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
THE ASTROLOGER'S DUPE

little old woman, gray haired and
trembling, sat little while ago in the
back office of a Wall street stock broker.
Her @azc was fixed on wide blackboard,
where chalk figures showed the drift of
stock market quotations.; there was no
iu,trc IN her eye; her whole aspect was
thato one cdumb(oundcd, brokcnhcartcd.
She had a sad story TO tell were there
only spirit enough left to her for a recit-
al. a year ago She came to this same
brokcrag" office. Her purse was fat with
bank PilIs and she gave an order for the
purchase of 800 shares OF a stock which
had been active long time. The broker
advised her against the. purchase, and
told her plainly that he had what he be-
leyed excellent reasons for expecting a
heavy decline III the particular stock She
had selected to buy. Bat she persisted
in her determination, declaring that she
had information which cailld not be
wrong that the stock was bound to 90
up good deal very soon. She had her
way, despite the coun~cls that plainly
predicted the loss of her money. She
left s., 600 in cash as a 10 per cent mar
gin to protect her interest and went her
way with Il calm confidence shown on
her cQuntcnaucc IL shall make Il GOOD
deal of money! She said as she left, "lor
the information have comes from the
very highest authoyity.' The stock per
pcrvcrScly declined forthwith, and cacl
day saw some fraction clipped Off of the
preceding days quotation. Within u
month the original $1,000 margin had
dWindIcd down to 81, 00o, and the broker
was obliged to call for another deposit
from his customer 10 protect her interest.
shc came down town with the same self
satisfied smile, lnd with the same expires
sions OF confidence produced her rounded
purse again. Four thousand dollars she
left in the brokers' hands this time.
The advance | am told. has been una
voIdably delayed little while" she said.
with tone full of assurance and faith,
"but ii is bound 10 come soon now, and
i feel a, rc'that my money Is safe as if
l had all in bank awaiting my oricrs. -
This was in response to further grave pre-
dict:ons from the broker, who, by much
argument tried to convince her that She
was being mislei. Another short period
elapsed, and another enforced call was
nude upon the sunny faced old lady.
just a bare suspicion OF disQuiet Was be
ginning To show itself, but ,here was no
bachdoHn in her action. out cams
more money. And 50 Little l";"r d'
more still follow. Then not long '91
She came yet again; now she brought ner
bank book. She showed to the hroNei
mat year ayo 1t credited her with dc.
P'S''S "f $4,000, OF which hut E2,'o5
rclnAinc'; and that $2,5oo-every penny
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

source you received the false information
op which you relied SO implicitly anl
riskcd 50 much money!" This was tie
brokers' question.
Upon an astroloccr. This was her
amazing answer, and she named Ina3
whose "card" is Haunted publicly in the
metropolis There was a stupcfcd broker
a broker who got mad. lie didn't say
'Fool!" but he looked it. The old lady
talked then freely. 1t was no new thing,
| she said, for her to seek the advice Of
this 'tastrologcr," her husband had done
the same before her and "a score of her
friends, she said, had implicit confidence
in the revelations Of the seer.
"Ill give you 81, 900, said the broker
hotly, eff you'll promise me one thing"
The old lady's tightening countenanco
showed that he need have no doubt Of
the promise. ''Ncvcr come into Wall
street again and have no more to DO with
this blankcd scoundrcl whose lies have
cost You so dearly"
The promise was gladly exchanged for
the money, and the old lady went her
way. But this was not the only sequel
to this speculation. Three or four days
ago dapper little fellow with face
weazened around a pair Of twinkling ad-
! der eyes thrust himself into this same
brokerage office. He sought the mana
/ ger and said he wanted to buy some stock
on a margin. He had brought a one
thousand dollar note along to put up as the
necessary deposit. lie was just ready to
hand over his money when Of a sudden
he looked into the brokers' face and jac-
ulatcd, "You'vc got bright eye; may
draw this bank note across them lust for
a second" The broker was astonished,
but to humor customer, whom he sup
posed to be only in jovial mood, he
consented, and the bill blindfoldcd him
momentarily. The customer closed his
own eyes, withdrew tlc bill, and cjacu-
lated as if to himself alone Correct
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

"Shrouis" exclaimed aa old lady
who was listening TO an old sca-captain's
story, ''what do you have them at sea
forl" ITO bury dead Gains In"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
A Joke on the Barber.
San Jose Gal } Times.

Well-known young man who is en-
gagged in the real estate and insurance
basiness took a seat in the BARRIERS chair
For convenience he will be called Joe. He
IS very fastidious young man, promin-
ent in exclusive society circles, is a native
son and has private cup in the barber
shop.
Joe laid back in the chair, and dreamed
of large stacks of hay he would insure
during the day.
The barber reached for Joe's private
cup, and after considerable effort he got
enough lather out of the cup to shave
once over his face.
The barber made two or three strokes
of the razor and Immediately thought he
detected queer odor on oe's breath and
said
"What kind of liquor you drink dis
morning?"
IT don't drink, STRIP
After few more strokes under the chin
the barber said:
''You vas had barty last night, may
PEI"
''No, SIR
The whiskers were then scraped from
the other cheek, and the barber again
said:
Your stomach IS out of order some,
guess?"
''What's that?"
The odor was very strong by this time,
and finally the barber said:
Il can't shave you until you take some
thing for your breath. 1t smells like a
sewer"
Joe jumped eleven inches out OF the
chair, and said:
''What's the matter with your own
breath? It would stain furniture. I near
~ had the cholera while you have been
shaving mel"
And the young man started for the
washstand, while the barber stood with
the cup in hand wrapped III thought. He
placed the cup mechanically to his nose,
and stencil struck him that would cause
the blush of shame to mantle the cheek
of the open sewer ditch.
Two comedians had put a job on him,
but did not anticipate the result. Yester-
day morning they had cut a piece out of
turnip IL the form OF cake of soap and
placed it in his shaving cup. He did not
come to the shop yesterday, and the vege
table became sickly. Enough lather had
remained in the BRUSH to shave him once,
and the joke was to be on the barber,
when he would break his arm trying to
raise lather out of a piece of turnip.
No CleY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
FOREIGN.

THE Bulgarian government is nego-
tiating with French firms for loan of
100000.
The German Iron Founders Associa-
ton has declared against the participa-
ton of Germany in the exhibition at Par
is in 1889.
EDMUND Leamy Parnelite member of
Parliament for Northeast Cork, has an
nounced that he will resign his seat
and devote himself to the practice of
law.
ALL the officers implicated in the revol-
utionary outbreak at Madrid have been
sentenced to death. Loyal troops have
been sent to the province of Toledo to
capture two bands of rebels.
The Vienna Neue Preie Presse says
that the Austria German alliance has been
much overrated, and that it is unable to
prevent Russia from injuring Austrian
interests.
M. CAMILLE DREYFUs, member of the
French Chamber of Deputies for the De-
partment of of the Seine, has submitted
to the Budget Committe of the Cham
Der proposition for an income tax to
provide for the deficiency in the revenue.
ENGLAND and France are approaching
an acute phase in the communication as
to the evacuation of Egypt on one side
and the occupation of the Hebrides on
the other. The Australian colonies are
again stirring up the home government
and forcing the New Hebrides question
to the front.
The Bulgarians rejoice that the Bull
garian question has assumed a more in
ternational character. They think this
tends to avert the danger of an armed
occupation. The Bulgarian deputies are
anxious to know what candidate for the
Bulgarian throne would be acceptable to
to the powers before proceeding to the
election of Prince Alexander's successor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A CONFEDERATION Sunday at Council
Grove, Kas., destroyed property estimat-
ed at $15O,OOO.
FIRE Monday night destroyed the best
business portion of the town of Green
field Md. Loss $4,000.
A TORNADO at Decatur, Ind, Wednes-
day wrecked buildings and destroyed
other property, causing heavy loss.
HAILsToNEs are said to be as large as
hens eggs broke half the glass at South
Bend, Indiana, and ruined all the tin and
slate roofs. The damage is estimated at
100000.
COUNCIL GROVE, Lam, twenty five
miles north of Emporia, was almost
swept away by fire on Sunday afternoon
entaiIing a loss of 100000
DURING squall Sunday sloop yacht,
name unknown, sunk in Boston harbor
Another boat reported that the Inflated
craft seemed to be full of passengers,
but no bodies have yet come to the sur
face.
TERRIFIC storm swept over Joliet, ILL.,,
and did great deal of damage to proper
ty. Two persons were reported as killed
outright and number Of others were in
jured.
A BOILER explosion at Springfield, ILL.,,
caused the instant death of Barney Filing
and Patrick Kelly, working, and injured
several others.
INCENDIARIEs fired $50 cottages at a
camp-meeting near Reading, Pa, and
twelve of the houses were totally &C.
stroyed.
A LARGE three-masted schooner has
been wrecked off Nantucket. Four hun
dred bags of flour marked ct. c., N. Y.
Co." have been found near Tuckanuck
Beach.
FRED MArHER about 20 years of age
was accidentally killed by Floyd j. Tap
pan, at McCook Lake, in Dakota, while
hunting. The body was taken to Tomah,
Wis, for burial, where the parents of the
young man reside.
Lightning at Lima, Ohio Thursday, set
fire to several oil tanks the flames from
which destroyed the machinery of many
wells. Barns and houses were burned, and
three persons were stunned by the electric
fluid,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
GENERAL NOTES.

WELL digger in CISCO, ILL.,, found a
hollow log twenty eight feet below the
surface of the ground, and in the log a
vigorous frog.
THE nephews of the late S. J. Tilden
have commenced contest of the clause
in the will of the deceased which gave
trust fund to New York city.
THERE are between thirty and forty
cases of typoid fever at Ispeming, Mich
igan, and the disease seems to be spread
ing. Four deaths are reported.
HAILsToNEs six inches in circumference
fell Thursday morning at Madison, Wis,
breaking 10000 panes of glass, and de
nuding trees of leaves and twigs. In a
few instances iron roofs were riddled.
AT Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, the
director of the Charter Oak Life Insur
ance Company applied for the appoint
ment of a receiver, owing to the disap-
pearance of the President of the concern,
George NJ. Bartholomew, whose accounts
are 1857, 900 short.
The manager of the Soldiers home at
Grand Rapids, Mich, who is caring for
over three hundred veterans in temporary
quarters refuses to accept further guests
until the buildings are finished.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, now in session at Boston, elect
ed John H. White, of New York, as grand
sire; L. A. Ross, of New Jersey, grand
secretary, and A. Shepard, of Pennsyl-
vania, grand treasurer.
WHAT is said to be subterranean thun-
der was heard Monday night at Columbia,
S. c., the detonations shaking houses and
ava ERnInp SlapDIDp citizens A cold
wave accompanied the phenomena.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS
WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY LAMAR has had a vacation in
New Hampshire. Gossips assert that he
is about to marry Mrs. Holt, handsome
and wealthy widow of Macon, Georgia, to
whom he paid attention in his early
years.
FCoMMIssIoNER BLACK has started west
ward on public business. He will VISIT
the Soldiers homes at Dayton, Milwaukee,
and Leavenworth, and inspect sevearl of
the pension agencies.
The collections of internal revenue
during the months of July and August
last amounted to 81 ,342 ,276, being an in
crease of 81 ,55O,646 over the collections
during the corresponding period of last
year. There was an increase of 1858, 953
on spirits, of 1921, 900 on tobacco, and of
$443,228 on fermented. The only de-
crease was $13,455 on miscellaneous
articles.
The terms of commercial treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain were some time since agreed upon by
both parties, and the document is now
under consideration by the cabinet at OF
tawa. 1t amicably settles the fisheries
question and deals largely with recipro-
cal trade with Canada.
CONSUL Gilbert in Trieste, in a report
to the Secretary of State, gives a series of
tables showing a rapid falling off in the
imports of American petroleum and a
corresponding increase in that of Russia
since 1880. The price of the American
article is $50 forms per 100 Kilograms
and the same quality of Russian only lie
forms.
FIGURES compiled in the Office of the
assistant postmaster general show that
the cost of the star route service during
the last fiscal year was $5,414.8O4 a de-
crease of $62,623 or 1.57 per cent, as
compared with the preceding fiscal year.
The steamboat service was also reduced
in cost during the last year from
$563,005 to $446,419 or alittle over 20 per
cent
THE United States Treasurer has Sc
cured from the bureau of Engraving and
Printing double force of pressmen and
other operatives necessary in the work of
completing paper money by impressing
the treasury seal upon the other perfect
notes received from the bureau. This
increase of force will enable the work of
completing the 81 and 50 silver certif-
Gates to be kept up night and day until
the urgency has been met
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30

has been brought. He claims to be in
nocent of the charge OF embezzlement.
The date of the execution of Brooks.
who murdered Preller in st. Louis hotel
was postponed for sixty days, to permit
of an appeal to the Supreme Court.
MARTIN Irons, the well known Knight
of Labor, was arrested at Kansas CITY
Sunday night on the Indictment charg-
ing him with tapping Mr.. Hoxie's pri-
vate wires at st. Louis.
EDITOR G. S. HAYES, of the Traver (CaIO
Tidings, was shot dead, Sunday night, by
some person unknown as he was chatting
with his bethrothed in a residence at Lee
moore, Cal. A man who was known to
/ be jealous of Hayes has been arrested.
G. W. FOSTER, an alleged banker, doing
business at No. AZ Broadway, New York,
has been imprisoned charged with whole
sale swindling by giving drafts on fc-
titious London banking house.
MARTIN IRONS reached st. Louis Wed
nesday in charge of deputy Sheriff and
was locked up, pending trial for wire
tapping. Irons was already preparing
to start for st. Louis when arrested in
Kansas City.
y. ". FOSTER, the swindling New York
banker, now in prison, was convicted in
the United States District Court at
| Chicago, Sept. 10, 1877, for mailing and
receiving letters to effect scheme to de-
| fraud.
JAMES LAMB and Albert O'DeIl were con
victed at Fort Smith, Ark, of numbering
Edward Pollard in the Chickasaw nation.
The murder occurred in December last
but the body mas not found until about
| two months later. The murdered man
was farmer and the murderers were
boarding with him aud killed him that
one of them might marry his midow.
IT is said that Bartholomew, the fugi-
! tive President CT the Charter Oak Life
Insurance Company, has been stealing
right and left for years from the concerns
in which he had been interested. Hart
ford banks, it is alleged, hold 100000
of his paper, and the Schuyler Electric
Light Company will lose 100000.
| In Philadelphia, on Wednesday after
noon, councilman John R. Lloyd and po-
| lice Lieutenant D. B. Roche, both intoxi-
Gated, accompanied by band of police
men and wardworkers, INDUCED in in
discriminate shooting at political oppon-
ents in saloons and on the streets. A
negro pas fatally wounded in the back
and Charles Petroff was beaten to insen-
| sibility with black Jacks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
William and the Gladiator.
Detroit Free Press.

Bright and early Monday morning a
farmer-looking man entered Detroit es-
tabHshment where steam-radiatOrs are
kept on sale, and after squirting around
few minutes and asking for ''the boss"
queried:
"Was my son William in here day or
two ago?"
He might have been here" was the re-
ply.
'Tall fellow-a little stoop-shouldered,
and sort of chain-lightning look about
him"
II think he was"
81 knew he was. He came Ill town to
look for coal-stove, and some one asked
him why he didn't buy radiator. He
came home all upshot about 'em, aad
nothing would do but must come in and
see 'em. This is radiator, is it."
"It is"
Cheat goes around in all them pipes, I
take it,"
eyes, sir, the circulation is perfect
civilian said he could git one all paint
ed up and marble slab on top for 1even
dollars"
eyes, I'll sell you one for that. Don't
you want but one?"
"Oh, I guess oneIl heat the sitting room
all right"
you are not going to put in boiler
and pipes for inst one radiator, are
your"
''What biler and pipes?"
"The boss had a confidential chat
with him for about three minutes, at the
end of which the farmer remarked:
II thought it odd that William couldn't
remember where you put the coal IN, or
at har To h11r7 +no
Say, mister!"
eyes, SIR
II said suthin' about William having a
chain-lightning look. I want to take it
back. He don't know huff to chaw peach
stones, and I'll make him cut corn all
night to pay for this!'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
WORK OF 0DD.FELLOWS.
Officers Elected by the Sovereign
Grand Lodge Now in Session
i'll Boston.
Denver Selected as the Place of Meet
ing Next Year-The Business
Transacted.

Boston DIsPAToH-I the SOVEREIGN
Grand Lodge of Odd-FeIlows, to-day,
representative Underwood, of Kentucky,
from the committee of patriarch militant
degree, presented an exhaustive report.
which was referred to the finance com
mittee.
representative Kadle, of Missouri, on
behalf of his Jurisdiction, invited the
Sovereign Grand Lodge to hold the SEES
sion OF 1883 IN st. Louis. Representative
Wilkinson, of Missouri, addressed the
Grand Lodge on the subject, when the in
yltatlon was referred to the next session
of the Grand Lodge. The hour for spec
lal order having arrived, the Grand Lodge
elected the following officers for the next
two years:
Grand Sire, John H. White, of New
York; Deputy Grand Sire, j. C. Under
wood, of Kentucky; Grand Secretary, Z.
A. Ross, of New Jersey; Grand Treasur-
er, A. Shepard, of Pennsylvania
The jurisdictions were called and a
large amount of business was presented
and referred to the several standing com
mittees. A resolution was offered to ner-
NIT the state grand instructors to be pres
ent at this session to inspect the secret
journal. After considerable discussion
the matter was referred TO the committee
on state affairs. Representative Gibson.
of Colorado, presented an invitation to
the Grand lodge to hold the session of
1887 IN Denver. The invitation was ac-
cepted.
Constitutional amendments were then
taken up. An amendment to article /
section 4, on the matter of appeals to the
Sovereign Grand lodge, the decision ap-
pealed from to stand until reversed by
the Sovereign Grand lodge, and giving
every member the right to appeal. was
lost. An amendment to article II. by
striking out the word annual" and insert
ing the word ''biennial," so that the Grand
lodge shall meet biennially, was indefn-
itely postponed. An amendment to adj
nit persons over Is years to the order
and leaving the question of age to local
legislation In Australia, New Zealand and
other countries not in the continent of
North America, was lost by vote of 81
to n. An amendment providing for the
reduction of representation was indefin-
itely postponed. An amendment giving
state grand bodies the power to construe
the intent and meaning of the laws ADOPT
ed by them for the government of their
subordlnates and provided that their de-
clslons shall be final and conclusive was
indefinitely postponed. An amendment
leaving qualifications as to age and color
to local legislation was also indefinitely
postponed. committee was appointed
to take into consideration the change in
the visiting cards of the Bay City lodge.
Daughters of Rebekah, of Mich, and Mar
Sha Washington lodge, Daught ers of Re
bekah, of Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-30
a Fresh Mosquito Yarn From Florida.
Indian River Sun.

We have to give it up. The toughest
mosquito yarns come from down the
river. It is told of one of the crew of
the steamer Rockledge, that after they
got into the inlet, when night come he
went to sleep in stateroom, the window
to which was protected by a-screen. He
had scarcely fallen asleep when he was
awakenen by sense of suffocation-th
mosquitoes had thronged the screen and
stuck their heads into the meshes till
they hae excludey every particle of air:
He frantically kicked out the screen and
now he does not know whether he would
rather die of suffocation or mosquito
bites. Another veracious statement from
below is that young man went to work
for the first time on his homestead, pro-
v1d1ng himself with good sandfy nett
ing bar. The first night he pitched tent,
hung his net, and went to bed. For three
days and nights he did not sir. The
mosquitoes had SO thickly covered his net
on the outside that it was perfectly dark
inside-he did not know when daylight
came.