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and the chemist has tried it in his Iabora-
tory; he has hammered and drawn, and
melted and hardened, until every quality
is known, but still the price must make
it rare. 1t costs one-eighth the price Of
thirty years ago, and still it is 400 times
the cost of iron. So it matters little
that it stands third in quantity of all the
substances Of which the earth is formed,
that it lies about us in every bed of clay,
or shale, and that nearly every rock is
but an ore bed with wondrous possibili-
ties; SO long as nature holds the secret
key by which it can be unlocked and
freed from the combinations in which
we find it, it can not take the place of
iron. That this may come in time is not
beyond the range of what can be re-
garded as a possibility, but it must come
by slow and labored steps; meanwhile
our iron will hold its own and be used as
heretofore, while aluminium must be a
laboratory metal for while, and get oc-
casional application In the more ex-
pensive implements of science.-Power.
The '.Pocket-PIece" and ''zSest-Egg."
The superstition in regard to pocket
piece" for luck is older than profane his
tory. The English folk lore explains it
ON the assumption that if the purse ever
becomes empty the devil will get in and
it never win be full of money again. 1t
is supposed that the idea of the power Of
a single piece of money to exclude de-
moniacal possession came from the fact
that a large proportion of the earlier
small coin, thus retained, bore cross as
a legend on one side of the piece. We
find, however, that Misrepresentation ante
dates the use of the symbol, and we sug-
gest that it had a moral natural origin.
The expression "nest-egg" best ex-
plains it. A fowl win continue to de-
post her eggs in a nest that is daily
robbed of its treasure as long as one is
left; but if all are taken she will forsake
the nest and prepare a new one. The
pocket-piece, always kept, was the nest
egg, designed to prevent its desertion by
Fortune, who might be driven away by
its utter emptiness. To him that hath it
shall be given, and a nest-egg is per-
petual invitation to the tickle jade to add
yet more to the little deposit. - -
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Chicago has a heroine over whom the Chi
cngo newspapers are making much ado. She
is the talk Of the town, and her praises are on
every tongue. Her heroism is the theme of
the club room, and bumpers 10 her good
health are drank standing. Panegyrics nre
pronounced ut the ingleside, and in the even
ing prisons her name is mentioned with bono-
diction. And all this applause is showered
upon the Chicago maiden because she had the
courageously good sense TO appear at tho
opera house the other night without hat
Here's health to her-St. Paul Globe.
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MuLruM m PARvo.

Mary Anderson's father died in the Con-
federate service, and his remains lie in Mag
nolia cemetery, at Charleston.
Autumn travel into the Yosemite has been
/ very heavy. Three-quarters Of the tourists
were Europeans.
There Is said to be a great scarcity Of grass
| for winterfng cattle In Montana.
Simon Cameron Is the only survivor OF the
senate Of Pelks administration now that
David L. Yulee Is dead
Mr. Poure- Hopkins, who introduced steel
pens into France, has just died, aged 50 years.
The Pasteur institute fund, Paris, reached
the sum Of !, 442, 900 francs
Ramon Vejar,. of Pomona, Col, killed
four-legged quail, which is now In the hands
of a local taxidermist.
Gen. Lew Wallace is writing his romance
of Turkish life at the rnte Of $50 20 800 words
a day.
Dwight L. Moody viii this winter pursue
his cvangelistic labors in the south. q
The mountains on the upper San Joa1uin
river, California, are covered with deer,
bears and lions.
The Rochester On. " Democrat speaks OF
double apartment nest found in that vicin-
ity lately, with two broods Of American
sparrows, separated by a horsehair partition.
Minister Pendleton is said to have become
closely attached 20 his home and duties In tho
German capital
Ono thousand negroes have joined the
church at Columbia, s. c., since the earth
quake.
As a statue Of Miles Standish is 10 DO
erected in Boston, it 81 proposed that Pris-
ella and John Alden be similarly honored.
1t is now said that there is little actual
suffering in the ten counties In Texas in
which the drought was for q tiTno so severe.
The Phoebe CTev.) Record says tho smallest
Indian agency in tho country is located In
that county. There arc no men, no women,
no children and one agent.
Preliminary surveys are In progress az
Mayfield, Cal, 20 secure "A site for the greas
Stanford university. Senator Stanford gives
his personal attention 70 the work.
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One of Names many cranks lives in Lewis
ton, who thinks he is the Saviour. He is over
60, has long white hair and beard, wears a
long coat and cape of bright red, a tall white
hat with a broad white band and flowing
ends, white trousers and moccnsins. He
also carries q white umbrella and very
gorgeous horse blanket for cold weather. He
makes an occasional dime by selling bis photo
graph, on the back of which is this inscrip-
ton: "Elias Cove, Emanuel the Prince Of
Peace, Jesus Christ, who baptized himself
with the aid of the Holy Ghost, and is the
son of Dorothy Jane Cove, who translated
his spirit from God. New York Sun.
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Method of Arranging the climax.


Miss Gushy (at a literary reunion)-I
often wonder, Mr.. Hack, how you sue
coed so well with your stories. You must
be a regular genius
Mr.. Hack (blushing slightly That's
what my friends say; but I attribute my
success to patience and hard work.
Miss Gushy (unconvincedl-Bu hard
work alone won't surmount the difficult
ties of authorship. My greatest trouble
is in introducing dramatic scenes and
describing those thrilling incidents upon
which the plot of the story hinges.
What do you do in such cases, may
asks
Mr.. Hack (confidently)-Oh, 1 just run
in lot of star marks. You must allow
the reader to draw ON his imagination a
little, you Knoxville Judge.
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A Marriage Lottery.

The Chicago marriage lottery, new matri-
monial scheme, has been introduced into
Texas. Every purchaser of IA ticket is sup
posed to send an accurate description OF his
or her personal appearance, which is recorded
opposite the number Of the ticket issued Re
Gently William Carothers, a bachelor, Of
Atascosa county, Tex, 20 years Of age, and
worth at least $4,000 in sheep and lands,
drew a ticket that had the description Of Mrs,
N. NJ Kaiser, 64-year-old widow of Stevens
Point, Ia They correspondent, and the re-
suit was that he sent FOR her, and they were
married in the Central hotel in San Antonio
within twenty minutes after her arrival
New York Sun.
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Gen. Banks daughter Maud, who Is play
ing in emotional parts in the eastern states,
is me ting with considerable favor. 1.-THE
secret Of her success, says recent critic,
seems 10 be a simple earnestness of feeling,
combined with an admirable enunciation, a
distinguished stage presence and much quiet
dignity, which never degenerates into self
assertion" No genius is alleged, but this
does not initiate against her. The world
does not insist upon genius in an actress
now.-Philadelphia Times
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Two welI KNOWN Charaoters.

Two well known characters among the
Onondaga Indians have recently died. One
was Aunt Cynthia Farrar, famous for her
wealth. She kept a bank account at SYRIA
cuse, loaned thousands of dollars, and bought
the lands Of her debtors when they could
not repay her. Sho owned, after the Indian
manner of title, more than 500 acres Of
land, worth 800 per acre. She began her
career as q manufacturer of bead work. The
other celebrity was Aunt Dinah, an Onon-
daga of pure blood, and believed TO be 1O9
years old when she died. She was feeble and
totally blind, but had good use of her mental
faculties York Sun.
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The fact that six editors Of Boston have
lived to be so years old or more-Maj Bon
Russell having died at 70, Joseph F. Buching-
ham at 81, William CIapp at 81, Nathaniel
Greene at 80, Nathaniel Hole at 78, and John
s. Sleeper at Sos mentioned as Indicating
that Journalism at the Hub evidently pro-
notes longevity" Those who remember the
papers of former years win readily agree
that there was nothing In the conducting Of
them that tended to shorten life.-Detroit
I,-aa Tr,ooe
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{ Gnme in WISCONSIN.

There's plenty Of game up in northern Wis
consin, said hunter at the Northwestern
depot. 1.-THE forest fires drove heap OF
bears and deer into the woods up around
Ashland and the Lake Superior country. A
friend of mine who got back from there the
other day says that dead shot with rife
can make good living and enjoy rare sport
in the timber not touched by the fires. Snlpe,
prairie chicken, plover and Ncks are as
numerous as ever, and once I'm n while you
viii strike a big drove Of wild turkeys or
flock Of geese. There's plenty Of sport in
store for the hunter in Wisconsin this fall
and winter. Chicago Herald.
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The man who is always looking fol
trouble is disappointed if he does not
come TO grief.-New Orleans Picayune.
The old gold mines in ths mountains OF
Monroe county, Tennessee, viii in the near
future be more extensively worked than ever
before, by the erection Of stamp nails and
other modern improved machinery.
Mrs Custer has taken no summer outing
whatever, but has been busily occupied at
her home in New York writing her book on
Kansas life during and after the war. The
general and she spent several years there
during those rying times,
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Rome has started an attraction to rival the
fasting man, Succi, at Milan. This is man
named Ranzani, who has not slept for eigh-
teen days. He exercises the callings of house
porter and shoemaker, and, after working at
his last all day, walks about all night, keep
ing himself awake by plunging his head from
time to time in cold water and using smelling
ts-ChicaQo Times
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Peanuts VIII bo cheap.

The small boys may be grateful TO learn
that peanuts are likely 20 DO as cheap, If not
cheaper, for the next year than in the past.
The total available supply for consumption
to Sept. 90, 1887, is 8, 479, 700 bushels. Tho
consumption last year was 9, o05, 600 bushels,
thus giving un increase in the supply Of 574,-
700 hrshals
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A New sIoop.

Mr.. n. P. Kingzland, of the New York
Yacht club, has new sloop, the Florida,
which is 17S feet 0 nine inches long Though
resembling very much an English cutter in
design, she carries a centerboard. Her main
boom is Go feet long, and she ranks in import
ance with the Mayhower, the Puritan, the
Priscilla and the Atlantic.
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Several years ago gold badges, Mt a cost OF
$40 each, were presented 10 the members OK
the YonIers CN. " city council for some re-
markedly good ordnance that they had
passed. Tho gold leaf having worn OH tho
honest aldermen find themselves IN possession
of lpadon ones
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An .EpItaph C1nb. ;!

In Sioux City, the youngest Of Iowa towns,
and at tho present time pretty near the most
enterprising, they have what they call an
"Epitaph club" Everything good that a
member of it does for the city, to advance
its growth or TO add to its civilization or
charity, is treasured up by the PEOPLE to be
placed ON his epitaph at death.
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George B. Thnyer, son Of ex-senator
Thayer, of Connecticut, who started from
Vernon, Conn, on April 10 on bicycling
trip, has just returned, after finishing 1924
miles on his wheel. He went as far as the
Pacific coast, made about sixty miles a day,
had no adventures, and spent but s275.
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Rumors arc aaoat that a large illustrated
paper Of the literary type Of Harper's and
Ieslie's Is possible in the near future. Tho
popularity of it viii be that the Ilustr. tons
OF the day arc TO be in cOiored plate like
those which are now used for cartoons in
The Judge and Puck.-New York Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-11

OF his leisure moments while abroad, Sun
set Cox says: "Havo 1 done any literary work.
Yes, a little. have written two email books
called My Summer at Prinlipo' and Among
the Princess Isles, on the Diversions Oh :
Diplonat' ] do not know, though, that ]
will publish either Of them as yet.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-11

Tho Duke Of buckingham recently got up
at 1 a. m, helped man Il fro engine, and
worked energetically for five hours 10 save
neighbor's hayriclSs and barns from being
burned Philadelphia Times
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-11

The warm summer and carly fall in Cali
fornia interfored seriously with salmon hsh-
ing in tho Sacramento river. The fish seemed
too languid 20 bite and sought the deep, stin
holes, where thoy lay on tho bottom and diet
Ia large numbers.
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Professor whitney, Of Yale college, has
been wording too hard on the new diction-
airy, and, in consequence, viii have 10 give
up his classes in the Sheffield Scientific
school for several months at least
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-11

The executive committee on the Montreal
winter carnival has decided 10 hold tho car
nival the first week In February Tho ice
palace is TO bo grander than ever before
Frank Iaslie's
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Senator Malone.

Senator Malone win bid farewell 10 poll
tics at the expiration Of his term as senator
and win go into the real estate business at
Washington, where no has recently made
large investments-Ch Tribune.
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BROOKLYN, Nov. THE Rev. T. Dewitt
aimase, D. D., preached in the Brooklyn
tabernacle this morning on the subject
"Aceldama." The opening hymn was:
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"ACELDAMA."
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON AT THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

Tho Great Preacher Denounces Gam
bling in All It's Forms-Church RafIes
Come Under the Same Denomination.
Tho Great Extent of the Evil.
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DaIrunore turImen own sOU raCe nOEyeF "a
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ratio is almost the same. n proportion
10 native population there are lore people
BORN in North Carolina now lting il the
State, than in any one Of the ld thirteen
States, or in any OF the States asst OF the
Mississippi, except Florida, VT Virginia
and Michigan
viii YOU pardon me for th,,e dry fig-
urcsl | think have made nc mistake III
my calculations, but if 50, stli Toe glad
to have it corrected and shall not get an
CRY with anyone for pointing il out
Foreigners do not. for soma auSe, seek
our borders. nor do the natiy,S of other
States come in large number. but som
now the children, Heaven bles them.l DO
flourish III the good old State and keep her
increase above the average, rot only OF
the native born population Of the hited
States, but of all the Increas including
the millions of Foreigners VII g mostly
TO other States. | wish that al Fho nave
left would return and all born would
remain, for | verify believe tha ere IS no
State where ali he blessin reedom,
among vlrtuous people, eau rnJoyed
in higher degree.
am sure, Mr. Editor, you viii thank
me Tor bringing this to close prom
lse you not to worry you .l with
figures
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ENCOUR AGING WORDS.
These are Among the PIeasantest W ord :
That Ever BIotted Paper
Especial Cor STATE CHRONICLE.

ROCKINGHAM, \. c., March 27.-Permit
me, an humble citizen, to congratulate you
on YOUR success as editor of the CHRONICLE
and to commend you for the bold stand
you take on the right side of every ques
tiOn of public interest. and for the able
and honest manner in which you discuss
each one Of these questions: Educational
bill, civil service reform, local option
(withOut a third party, extreme penalties
on gamblers and evil dOers generally. Your
treatment of these, and other matters
which are of vital concern to the public
welfare, Justly entities you to the unqual-
fled support, moral and pecuniary, Of all
the patriotic people of the State. Another
feature of your paper which is worthy of
all praise-both for lis intrinsic merit, and
also for its rarity in these degenerate times
Is the courtesy and fairness extended in
its columns to all those who entertain and
wish to express sentiments at variance
with your own. This is indeed a practical
illustration of the liberty of the press"
in its broadest and best sense.
Your correspondents, too, are sprightly
and furnish instructive and entertaining
matter for the thousands of your readers.
The one at Washington keeps us posted in
the sayings and doings of those who have
been sent TO make laws for the government
of the people in our whole country The
one in New York-with the exception Of
an occasional oyerstepping the bounds Of
prudence in some Of his utterances, TO the
regret and disappointment Of his friends
is regarded as fluent and incislye wrl-
ter and his weekly contributions are read
with profit and delight. Although his
plain y-eXpressed views on some subjects
have provoked many, editors and others,
throughout the State to hurl = shower Of
darts at him-many of them dipped III
poison -ascribing TO him all manner Of the
basest motives, and heaping upon him the
most Opprobi0us cpithets-yet he moves on
III the s-eyen tenor Of his way and exhibits
no bitterness Of spirit towards those who
malign and endeavor to destroy him. Some
have vainly tried to find inconsistencies in
his brief career, and subjected his record
to unsparing scrutiny in the hope of dis
closing some kind of crookedness.' The
same diligence in searching the past record
of some of his traducers would not, prob
ably, prove so barren of results. These
seed falling into the hearts of faIr mind
ed public viii inevitably yield harvest
after awhile.
Continue, as you have begun, to write
fearlessly, honestly, and fairly on all these
matters that affect the public welfare, and
be assured the upright people all over the
/ land will sustain you.
| ROCKINGHAM
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An Egyptian Legend Showing How
Mummy Could BE Terminated.

Special Cor. STATE CHRoNICIF
BANKS 2. o, n c., March 95.-Mr.
Pages recent allusion to the mummieS, re
calls to memory several legends, which
have become almost extinct. One is this
In a pyramid Of ancient Egypt, lay a mum
my, says the legend, whose soul was held
in bondage, but if a ring, which the mum
my had lost, while living, could be found
and replaced on a finger of the hfcless
hand, the mummy would be reanimated
and again become the habltation Of a hu
nan soul. The moral Of any legend may
be plainly discarned. Mr.. Page has called
tre attention of the CHRONICLES readers
to our own native grown mummies. While
their existence may not be denied, still
let IS hope that Mr.. Pages pen may prove
to plssess the quality of my ring of legen-
Diary lore, and be the means of transport
ing tier souls into living, energetic bodies.
Whittier or not youth is a reprOach
appeaH to be difficult problem for the
elders If every age to solve But, as Mr..
Walter oage remarks, of what Importance
is ques ion of youth or age to all those
who labo; for a broader day in the ''Old
North Stae Should we discover that one
of her sons has il his possession the power
OF reanlmaing the mummles, let US en-
| deavor to gEe him every aid in perform
| ing his nobl mission. Again, North Car
olina has wol the sobriquet of ''Old Rip
Would II not &c appropriate to change il
to that OF the Sleeping Beauty?n Ever
tho our State .ometime slumbers, she ap
parently understands when to 'setand
still" When hr safety has been imperil
ed, or her aid rquired, the ring and the
kiss, which wakel into life, have ever beer
most readily produced, placed upon hel
beloved finger, IMPRINTED upon her beloy
ed brow.
If s.slumnerous sobriquetn she mus
wear, by all means lett be that of SLEEPING
Beauty In concluson, l extend thank
to Mr. Walter Page f. his explicit expla
nation of civil service eform, which, pre-
vious to his article, wss very difficult 70
the Youths of our county to comprehend
PATTIE n ,KINNIE SMITH.
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Every man is III danger of becoming sell
fish and sordid and nard- hearted, and if
any man finds himself growing more sell
fish, let him take the train and spend a
day in the oxford Orphan Asylum. His
sympathies will be broadened, his heart
will glow with love, and he will return a
better citizen, Il kinder father, and more
devoted husband.
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Throw Away TrusseS

and employ our radical, new methsd, guar
anteed to permanently cure the West eases
of rupture. Send 10 cents in sisnps for
references, pamphlet and terms. Worlds
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Friday morning sudde. cold wave came
up and with the usual Mach gale it was
very unpleasant. 1t is reptted that there
will be some cold weather May, but in
the meantime Spring will be ,ild.-[ Rocky
Mount Talker.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-06-18
Tragedy In Hartford.

BELAIR, Md, jane 17.-Last night
about IL o'clock Caleb 6picer, a farmer,
living near Kellville, Hartford County,
was shot anc killed by his son, George
Spicer. The ball severed the jugular
vein, causing death in q few minutes.
The deceased was about 53 years OF
age. He held q position in the Balti
more custom'house during Collector
Thomas first term, and was subse-
quently deputy collector Of internal
revenue. For several years past he has
been more or less addicted 10 drink,
and his domestic relations were made
unhappy in conseque 81.
At the inquest Mrs. Spioer testified
that her husband came home under the
influence of liquor, and when they
were about to retire he became abusive
and caught hold of her. She called hel
son. When he came In her husband
let her go and caught George by the
arm. A fcutfle took place and the
pistol was fred.
George Spicsr testified that he heard
his mother calling for help, and upor
going into the bedroom his father
caught hold of him and tried to throw
him out of the window. To defend
himself and his mother he drew hii
pistol and fired.
The coroner's jury summoned by
Justice Price rendered a verdict tha
Caleb Spicer came to his death by 8
pistol shot fred by his son, Georg,
Spioer.
The deceased was a prominent Re
publican politician. The son is about
q years of age. He is now in Belail
jail.