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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

II your Back Aches. or you are all worn out,
good for nothing. it is general debility.
Browns Iron ~iltlerS " II cure you. make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good ap-
petite-toneS the nerves.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19
The Only One Ever Printed.

These Is a 8 inch display advertisement In
this paper. this week, which mas no two words
Ain e except one word. Tie same is true OF
each new one appearing each week. from The
Dr.. Harter Medicine Co. This house places q
Crescent" on everything they make aud pub
IiSh. LOOK for il. send them the name Of The
word and they will return you BOOK, bEACTI-
FUL I~iIHOGRAPHs or SAMPLES FREE
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

MALE German glass workers get but
twenty-f0ur cents and the women eighteen
cents q ,lay.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

IN thu beet sugar district of Germany the
men in su:nmer earn but thirty-fve cents a
dav and hoard themselves.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

II BEEN AFFLICTED with an affection
of til. Throat from chi.dhood, caused by
dluhtheria. and have used various remedies,
but have never found an y,hing equal y
Brow N'S BRONCHIAL. TROCHES.'-Rt q. VI.
+. ptou. Ptheton, kg. Sold only ID boxes
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

R%EEcHAN's FILLS will c41efwind ana pam
in the - oruach. giidine-s, fu4ntsS. d'ZZihtS''
drowrinc-S, chill- and lo>s of tppetite. G
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

The worst cases of female weakness readily
yield to DR.. swans Pastiles. Samples free
Dr.: swan. Beaver Dam. Wis.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

HI Denver Col. clerks are fined hfty
cents f.. smoking %nOn-union cigars.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

AT all times. in all places. on all occasions,
under all circumstances. tor att headaches,
use Bradycrotine only. Fifty cents.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

BROWNS Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia. Ma
1arla. Biiiousncss and General Deblt it y. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion. tones the nerves
create appetite. Tie best tonic for Nursing
Mothers. weak women and children.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

OVER 500, 900 orange trees were planted In
Mexico last year by planters from cahfor
MIA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

SWITZERLAND will have an international
Ycho~ ~ ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

MAYOR MATTdEw estimates that Boston,
Mas, will neeI 81, 94l.epp Tor this Years
running tvnsuS,S
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

P~AnEREW~Kt. the Polish. vlrtu"-o. say. w.
mata the i.-t pl9noS.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

TO cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner. when the Springtime
syrup OF FIGS. One bottle will answer for al
the family and costs only 20 cents; the. large
size 81. Try ii aud be pleased. Manufactured
Nv the California / IL syrup Go. only.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

THE steel rail makers of this country now
rails.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

OF the 70. 900 men>oers of the Kansas Far
mels Alliance there are only 13D whose
arms are not l~aOrtgaCed.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-03-19

If You would be corre,t>in pronouncing
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Laughter in the Bible.

The Bible contains no cheerful exhorta-
ton to laughter. For the most part. in
deed, it is referred to in the metaphorical
sense OF "scorning," as when it is written
OF Leviathan that "he laugheth at the shak-
ing of spear" But there are passages
also where the ordinary meaning is eyi-
IDENTIFY intended, and in almost every one
of these it is eyed askance. Solomon is the
great authority on the subject; let him
speak for himself: Il said of laughter, 1t is
mad; a nd of mirth, What doethits" even
in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the
end of that mirth is heaviness. Again,
"a fool lifted up his voice with laughter,
but wise man doth scarce smile little. y
Not very encouraging, truly, to those Of
hilarious prociivities. 1t may be legitimate
enough to compare the giggle of fool to
THE cracking of thorns under pot" but
it seems hard that there should be no word
OF approval for the milder merriment of
the few who may be supposed not to belong
to fooldom. Yes, by the way, there is one,
and only one: "a time to laugh" but we
may search the Scriptures from Genesis to
the Apocalypse without detecting any inti-
nation as to when that time occurs. Prob
ably Solomon meant the brief period Of
childhood, when ignorance is bliss, and we
are merry without knowing or caring to
know why. He could not consistently
recommend any such friyolity to those of
larger growth after having SO bitterly
commented on the practice in previous
chapters. Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13

The two Shafer brothers, who live on
the east side Of the Usage river and
some distance below Castle Rock, had
an adventure with blacksnake the
ether day. A dog had chased rabbit
in hollow log, and one Of the brothers
reached in the hole little way, when
he was instantly bitten on the hand.
Fearing that snake had inflicted the
wound, the other brother fastened to
house and returned with a bucket of
fresh milk and an Ak, the former to be
used to counterfeit the poison and the
latter as a means of investigating the in
terror of the log. After some work the
log was split open and huge black
snake measuring over nine feet emerged
The serpent was soon killed, and after
ward cut open. His stomach contained
five young turkeys and seven turkey
eggs. The brother who vas bitten ex-
perienced no serious results from the
wound. Jefferson City Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Infringing on an Ancient idea.

''There is no new thing under the
sun" Messrs, Robertson, of Long Acre,
in the course of their business of supply
ing artists with pigments, become pos
sessed from time to time Of remains of
the great Egyptians, to be in due course
ground up by them and sold in tubes as
mummy" paint. The firm recently
lent piece of the beautifully woven and
preserved linen bandages in which a
high priest and keeper of the baths had
been preserved to be shown at some con-
versazione or lecture in the Midlands
The texture and quality excited great
admiration among the audience, which
eliminated in something like astonish-
ment upon the declaration of manu-
facturer that this fabric, woven perhaps
by contemporary of Moses, contained
the same disposition of threads which he
had independently invented and patented
only year ago.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13

The National Weighing Machine com
pany has, 1t is said, just bought the right
to use certain lock on the money
pouches Of their machines, for which
they will pay the inventor the sum OF
50,000. This is safety lock, and its
purpose Is to prevent robbery of the ma
chine by the employees who are en-
trusted with collecting the earnings Of
the silent money makers daily. There
are %, 0o0 of these machines now iii use
in the United States, and the company is
getting ready to put 10, 900 more on the
market When a penny is dropped in
the slot it will roll into little iron box
and there remain until the collector calls
during the day.
The collector will be furnished with
seamless bag, the metal mouth Of
which he will insert into an orifce in
the cash box. There is q registering
lock in the mouth Of this bag, the reg
istered number Of which is recorded in
the company's Office before the collector
receives it. Inserting the bag properly,
he turns the key which he has Just one
quarter turn. This releases concealed
key in the bag, which is guided into q
keyhole in the cash box. A second quar-
ter turn unlocks the cash box, and the
money rolls into the collectors pouch
without his being able to touch it. A
third quarter turn withdraws the con-
cealed key, and the last turn releases the
pouch, with the contents Of the cash box
intact. Boston Transcript.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Atmospheric pu.t.

Extremely fine particles OF mineral dust
may exist IN the atmosphere, and do exist
tnere more frequently than is generally
thoueht, while they escape detection BY
our senses. The author, while making ex-
periments on the Peak OF Teneriffe. in 1874
round the knife edges Of his balance so
clogged with this invisible dust that the
balance refused to act. When wiped of,
the dust collected again in few minutes,
ana It was only by continual wiping it
away That he was able to 60 on with his in
vestlgation. Professor Piazzi Smyth while
on the Peak Of Teneriffe, witnessed strata
OF dust rising to height Of nearly
mile, reaching out to the horizon in
every direction, and so dense as to
Iide frequently the neighboring hills.
PROFESSOR $. p. Langley. looking down
from the height of 5000 feet on Mount
whitney, California, into d region that
had appeared clear from the valley below.
saw "a kind of level dust ocean, invisible
from below, but whose depth was six or
seven thousand feet, as the upper portion
only OF the opposite mountain range rose
clearly out of it..
Dust storms are classified by Or. Henry
COOK, according tofheir intensity, as atmo
spheric dust, dust columns and dust
storms. Dr. Cook has observed in India
that there are some days on which, how
ever hard and violently the wind may blow,
no dust accompanies it, while on others
every little puff of air or current Of wind
forms or carries with it clouds of dust
Or William Marcel in the Popular Science
Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
A BashfuI Governor.

One of Governor Hills friends was talk
ing with him in his public room at the
capital one day when delegation OF four
women marched in. Several members of
the legislature were waiting to see the gov
ernor, but the amazonian delegation pro
ceeded at once towards the desk.
Look at this procession" observed Mr..
Hill. 81 would you We're governor for
about twenty minutes.
The delegation in the meantime had APP
preached within ear shot, when the gov
ernor hurriedly arose and exclaimed to
his friend: +" If you will step back in the
private Office for moment / will show
you that picture we were talking about,
and before the astonished women could
gather their senses together the governor
and his friend were behind the closed door.
" merely wanted to escape those women,
he explained, deprecatingly. Verify a
handsome retreat in the face of deter
mined enemy.-Epoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Almost Side by side.

Two sailing vessels recently lay in the
Mersey that had left Liverpool on the
same day last year, and after voyages of
nearly 10000 miles for each returned to
port at Liverpool almost side by side.
They left Oct. for Astoria, Ore, and
arrived there March or 2, having been
in company with each other for large
portion Of the voyage. They were in
sight for forty days. Both captains had
their wives on board, and during the
forty days Of proximity one of the cap
tains and his wife enjoyed a Sunday
dinner on the other vessel. the compli-
ment being returned the following Sun
day by the other captain.
Both vessels left Astoria April 8, but
this time one vessel sailed for Dnnkirk
and the other for Havre. They left
these ports at nearly the same time, and
entered the Mersey within hailing dis
lance after voyage of 342 days.-Lon-
don Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Professor Fuckers Magnetic Needl.

Biologists are always ready to use work
done by laborers in other branches of sci
ence, and of late most interesting work
has been going on which shows the bear
ing one branch Of knowledge may have on
another. Professors Rucker and Thorpe
have been carefully noting the behavior OF
the magnetic needle in various parts of Eng
land, and have found that it is DETECTED at
times in most inexplicable manner The
detection was at first charged to great
masses of basaltic, or like rocks, the min
eral of which contains large amount OF
iron.
Finding, however, that this peculiar be-
havior of the ma, ynetic needle occurred
also in tracts where no such rocks were at
the surface, but which consisted of such
formation as chalk and tertiary beds, these
observers were led to conclude that deep
underground in those tracts there was a
mass of basaltie or other highly ferrugi-
nous rock that affected the needle. 1t seems
therefore. likely that Professor Fuckers
elaborate and scientific divining rod will
come into use for the purpose of indicating
what places are to be avoided in searching
for coal measures underground New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
An Awful Load.

An enterprising merchant placed num-
Der of brass plates cut In the form of hui
man tracks in the stone sidewalk leading
toward his door. He moved away shortly
afterward, and desiring to use the brass
plates at his new establishment gouged
them out, of course leaving the foot forms
imbedded in the stone.
One day an old fellow from the country,
accompanied by his son, came along, and
seeing the tracks in the stone stopped, and
after loud exclamation of astonishment
said:
bill, fur mussy sakes, jest look here.
Gracious alive, what load that Teller must
"a had when he come along here. Sunk
right down in this here solid rock I'll bet
he was either a-totin' yoke of steers OF
had filled up on that drug store licker"-
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
Abundant Halibut in Alaska.


1t was while On. the cruise Of the United
States steamer Favorita that we caught
the halibut. One day. while she was lying
at anchor in Killisinoe harbor, Dick Will
oughby came to me quietly and whispered:
1--WE found a bank near by where the
wild halibut disports himself True, he is
too tame to be game, but we can have
big day among the big fish"
Our men rowed us three miles and, with
in half mile of the shore, we anchored in
seven fathoms of water and went to fishing.
Had we been provided with an automatic
apparatus that would lower our hooks to
the bottom and Immediately haul them up
again we should have had better fun, for
then we could have simply looked on and
kept in out of the wet The bottom of the
sea must have been paved with chicken
halibut weighing from twenty to forty
pounds. Cor. Philadelphia Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
yoodooism in Trinidad,

In spite of the tenets of the religion to
which he is supposed to belong the negro
in Trinidad still clings to some absurd be
liefs and superstitions, and is under the in
fuence OF priests or Obea men, who some
times lead him into pernieious practices or
even murder. The stories concerning the
existence of fetish worship or Obea practice
among the negroes in America have been
doubted, so have been told, but as regards
the West Indian negro can safely say that
these practices do certainly exist. | myself
have seen undoubted evidence of them,
heard the negroes admit their belief in
Obea and have collected Information that
is beyond dispute. Whether Obeaism was
brought from Africa or has arisen de novo
among the ignorant negroes of the West
Indies it is difficult for me to say, but GER
tain practices seem to me to indicate re-
lationship between some of the West In
dian ceremonies and those of the priests of
ancient Egypt and modern lndia-Pro-
fessor BENZ. Sharp in Philadelphia Ledger
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13
THE HERMITAGE.

~. Aea jackson was elected president his
h I.'s said to those about her. "For Mr..
nsvs sso ~. sake | am glad, for my own
I,sna." lsned it, would rather be door
| dvpll j. ~ the house of my God than to
man - mat palace in Washington.
n,ti s'e ~ popular story that it was while
mm preparations for her departure
ees;v .ae ). hermitage that this gentle soul
DEATH A W we rude shock which caused her
svsn. enc was like mother to every
| HI eom ' ~ .ne estate, and wishing to leave
hN N aus Tor the winter, made trip
aahina SaViiie % purchase supplies and
k, W 'or Those who were dependent on
|ha,h cary from her shopping, she went
sa,sa parior of Il hotel to rest while she
Aek to ' " the family coach to carry her
snd y the Hermitage.
a'y she heard her name spoken in
hied i Il room, and her character as
tOr son,a e..s OF base and cruel calumny
dsenina VINE she sat there motionless.
shicb Ina u'he accusations against herself,
Rgn ans oeen circulated during the cam.
aNtpllnu which her chivalric husband had
npular tr MP from her knowledge, The
ater se,sS .'tloh adds that she was soon
hart OF . WIN spasmodic disease of the
sythat !, .his account the historians only
haalds ~ = not certainly proved, and Par,
asn avaina nat she had known of the Sian.
aeou Daa ner long before the fatal seiz-
aeiomh t.u - 1873, The inscription upon
usof presi resi- remains OF Mrs. Rachel jackson,
tsenber l S,s jackson. who died the I'D Of
aged sixty-one years.. Her face
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13

One of the most curious of inventions
was hens nest, constructed with u spring
trap at the bottom of the nest. The weight
of an egg was sufficient to press down the
spring and allow the egg to slip out, The
theory of this thoughtful inventor was
that as soon as the hen laid an egg it
would press down the trap door and disap
pear. The hen, as is her custom after lay
ing an egg, would rise and cackle, but find
ing no egg would conclude that she had
made mistake and would proceed imme
diately to lay another, and so on ad infini
tum. On this principle the owner of hen
would have had great monopoly.-Cor
New World Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13

IHE lOMb.
the cooperation of Mr. McAllister Mr..
llispenard Stewart, Mr. Valentine Hall
and Mr.. A. A. Conklin, who it is promised
will Introduce other attractive and novel
features
1t Is hoped that enough money will be
realized from this affair to pay off Il good
share of the option and that the promi
hence it will give the Hermitage associa
ton will result in raising the rest of the
required funds.
The mansion is literally crammed with
the most valuable and interesting relics
The wall paper, which the general bought
in France in 1887, is in an excellent state
of preservation, that in the great hall is
gorgeous in color, and represents incidents
and scenes in the life of Telemachus. The
pictures hang on the walls just as jackson
left them There are two fine portraits of
Mrs. Jackson by Earle, and any number
of portraits of Old Hickory, the most in
teresting perhaps being that taken by
order of the French government five da Us
before his death.
There is a quantity of General Jackson's
personal articles of jewelry and clothing
his watch seal comedian ring, topaz breast
pin, gold pen and pencil, tobacco box,
walking stick, slippers, flesh brush, dress
ing gown and II wonderful bead regalia
presented by Sam Houston, of Texas
There is the generals library, collec-
ton of several hundred volumes, nearly all
of which contain his autograph There is
marvellous collection of snuffhoxes, one
of which belonged to Lafayette and was
presented by himself There is wilder
dul nj
swords
There is all the beautiful old mahogany,
the rosewood the mother of pearl, the gilt
and the damask of those days, There are
pitchers vases, lamps, androns, gilt and sill
yer candelabrums which would send con-
noisseur wild with delight, beautiful clocks
and statuettes, silver servers and old MIR
rors, candlestcks, china and silver galore
There is a silver dish which belonged to
Decatur, letter from Jefferson, an eX
ouisite porcelain miniature of Mrs DE
Witt Clinton presented by herself and &C
companied by letter couched in the 70
mantle language Of that day, an armchair
presented by Mrs Chief Justice fancy,
George Washington's office chair, a small
panel from the floor of Napoleon's room at
Lougwood, St Helena, a piece OF candle
found in CORVALLIS tent at the surrender
of Yorktown and sent to Jackson with the
request that he light it upon every recur
ring sth of January, and a penholder made
from portion of the tree under winch
Washington first unsheathed his sword IN
defense of American liberty.
The generals state coach and his car
rage made of IL portion of the old ship
Constitution are also preserved. 1t Is I'M
possible to give an adequate idea OF the
extent and value of these relics, which hut
for the energy of few southern women
would have been scattered to the four cor
ners of the globe, And il is TO preserve
them enshrined in their hitting pace sna'
triotic Americans
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-13


Many years ago there lived in Maine
village Mr. c., who was the horse doctor
Of the village and country around. He be-
lieved that many Of the old horses impov-
erished the owner and that it was humane
that they should be killed: so In che alb
sence Of any society for the prevention of
cruelty, he sometimes acted as such. Nj.
b, who lived q little out Of the village, had
an old, feeble horse that had become sick
and he called on Mr.. G. and asked him
what to give the beast Said Mr.. O.: II
had one sick and gave him pint Of kerr
osene oil. Mr.. B. returned home and
promptly administered the oil. The result
was that next morning the horse was dead.
Mr.. 3. started at once to find Mr. G. II
thought you gave your horse 4 pint Of
kerosene oil. I said be. Il did, 7 said Mr.. G.
But" said Mr. B. Il gave mine pint Of
kerosene oil and it killed him., $50 it
did mine." the doctor replied. Lewiston
Journal