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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
Milk Trees.

-. DR.. Spruce. the renowned South
American traveller, mentions a tree, a
member OF the dog bane family, the
jsice of which is used as milk. On the
bark being wounded the milk flows
-abundantly, and is Of the consistency
OF cows milk, of the purest white, and
sweet to the taste. The Indian mode
of taking it is to apply the mouth di-
rectly to the wound, and thus receive
the milk as it flows. DR.. Spruce says
he has often partaken of it without ex.
periencing any i'll effects.
In Guiana, the natives employ The
milk from q tree belonging Ia the
sarne family "a the last named; in the
v~ernacular it is known az hyahya, and
to botanists as Tabernaemontana utilis
ESQ named after Jacohns Theodorus
Tabernaementanus, a German phyei.
clan and botanist). The milk has the
same flavor as sweet cows milk, bnt il
rather. sticky, on account OF its oon.
aiming some caoutchouc.
In Para, Il lofty tree, belonging tn
the star apple family. attaining q
height of 100 feet, is used in a similar
manner to the others mentioned. In.
cisions are made in tho bark, and the
milky juice flows ont copiously, nbou,
the consistencc of thick cream, and il
4. were not for it's taste, which is some.
what peculiar, could hardly be dis,
tIuguished from il. -Chambcrs's Jour
nal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
Burials Among n Race OF Giants.

Behres, who visited the Easter ISL
ands in 1892, says: Tho men Of
those islands average twelve feet III
height, and are broad in proportion.
The tallest men on board our vessel
could pass bctwees the legs % these
children of Goliath without bending
their heads Lnts discoveries in the
islands mentioned goa long way to-
wards establishing tho truth of Beh-
res's assertions. Their burial places
are huge mounds of stones covered
over Will. immense stone platforms,
the whole surmounted with images of
human beings carved in stones, these
statues, III some cases, being rs much
as eighty feet in heiGht.-St. Louie
Republic.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

all the ages, sayin-. This is a faithful say
sJ~sus CAME insc;he world 70 save sinners, o.
whom / am chief.
Once more, | learn iron this subject that
ft~r- il - sr-merdo1. reality in religion. II
II md fess1s a mere optical delusson on the
roaf 10 Damascus. sas not Eau just the
man 10 find I, QUIZ Ii it had been a sham
and preeense. would he not have pricked the
bubble? He was q man Of facts and argu-
meEts, Of the most gigantic Intellectual ma
sur... and not q man OF haiiucina;ions. And
when / see him fall troH the saddle. blinded
AM overwhelmed. [ say there 10 HAVE
been something in II. And. my dear brother.
yosl will find that there Is something In re-
licion somewhere. The only question is.
Wherer
There was a man who rode from STAN
fer! IN London, nin.sy-lye miles, IN five
hours on horseback. Very swift. There
horseback a thousand miles In q thousand
hours. Very swift. But there are those
h~ere-aye. ALI OF US arc speeding on at ten
foli that velocity. AT n thousand fold that
rate. toward eternity. May Almighty God,
from the opening heavens. fash upon your
soul this hour the question Of your aernas
,i.siiny, and oh, THAI Jesus would this hour
overcome YOU with His hardening melcy as
He stands here with the pathos OF a broken
heart and sots into your ear "I have come
for thee. / come with Ny back raw from
bleeding. come with My feet manSiei
with the nails. l come with Ny brow ach.
ing from the twisted hrambie, l come with
Ny heart bursting for your woes. l car
stand it no longer. l am Jesus whom thou
,..rca>fffest ~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
To Cteau Brass.

The Government method prescribed
for cleaning brass and in use in the
United States arscnals is claimed to
be tho best in the world. The plan is
70 make n mixture OF one part common
nitric acid and onc-half part sulpnuric
acid in n stone jar, having also ready
n pail Of fresh water and box Of saw
dust. The articles to be treated are
dipped into the water and finally
rubbed with sawdust. This immedi.
ately changes them to a brilliant color.
If tho brass has become greasy it il
first dipped in n strong solution o.
potash and soda In warm water. This
cuts the grease 80 that the acid hal
free power to act.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

Everybody knows the pretty little
forget me-nnt and likes tho flower
more perhars because Of it's name than
It's beauty. How was it SD called? The
German account for it bv quite a
ipattetic romance. 1t seems that once
u.,on n time knight AMI a lady were
Walking by che bank of the Danube
when the latter naked her gallant
gay to pluck for her a tiny blue
flower which she saw growing in the
stream. No sooner said than done,
but the knight, overwhelming. fell
INTO the river and owing to the slip
perry nntnre Of the bank and the weight
al his WI armor was carried away by
the current. AS he threw the flowers
ashore to his Indy he cried out with his
last breath, "Vergiss mein nicht!"
c"Forget me not!") And ever since
the flower has been looked upon as the
emblem of fidelity. - Philadelphia
TIN es.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Instead of jaws the butterfly has a
turled proboscis like that Of an ele-
plant.
The v~egetarisns contend that the
animals that do not eat meat are the
strongest.
A year on Jupiter is equal to eleven
years, ten months and seventeen days
on our globe.
A correspondent of the London Lam
Get points out that when sugar is part
~ burnt in a gas flame it is destfuc-
tive to mice.
A traveller in India attributes his
immunity from fever and sunstrohe
during five years to having the lin
ings of his hats and caps made of yell
low material.
The bee can draw twenty times its
own weight, can fly more than four
miles an hour, and will GEEK food at a
distance of four miles. by q beanti-
full mechanical adaptation its wings
bear it forward or backward, With up
ward, downward or suddenly arrested
course
The current wei the Mersev bar,
Liverpool, since the extensive dredg-
ing operations has been found to in
crease, much to the surprise Of n num-
Der of engineers engaged in the work,
who have thought that if the channel
we're deepened the current would be
more sluggish.
HOLSTERS are not peace-abiding crus'
taceans. They cannot be persuaded
to grow up together peaceably. Ii g
dozen newly Matched specimens are
put into an aquarium, within a few
days there will be only one-a large,
fat and promising youngster. He ha'
eaten all the rest,
The helicoid thermometer is said t.
be quite independent of friction 70,
all excepting light winds, but it is no
SO simple in construction as the cut
form. The air meter consists OF /,
single screw blade formed Of TIM
aluminium, and made as nearly as pos
sible into the exact shape of a portion
of a helicoid.
BY placing two iron bars at seven o
eight yards distance from each other
and putting them in communicate
on one side by an insulated cope
wire, and on the other side with
telephone, it is said that q storm ca,
be predicted twelve hours ahea
through a certain dead sound hear
in the receiver.
We IAN now talk any distance, hca
at any distance, write or draw pic
lures at any distance. 1t only remain
for US to see and feel at any distance
The problem Of sight is now nearl
solved and within ten years it will b
possible for a man to sit IN his roon
See the opera, hear the music and rea
his own newspaper at his own firesid
at the same time.
Some very Industrious students
microscopy, as applied to medic'
problems, have been offering prett
strong evidence that parasites n tn
origin Of malignant and cameron
tumors; SO the PathologicalSociety {
London appointed a committee to il
vestigate the evidence, which commi
tee unanimously reports that, notwitl
standing the labor expended, tt
point is not proved-the parasites al
not demonstrated.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
Firms Loss CT Gain.

Iuc', OF tie old !oyoasness OF the
rr->a. has vanished The old stores
an i legends mr. rarely toll row; pok'-
s:ca Z n trail ? al,soro I'll the c~oavcrsa-
ton. The narrative 81 ny.cac clories
AMI sorrows. % 81. Patrick ani BRAN,
Of the great O'Neil, and Of the acssi'
lines. and IS anl the famine, have
-ivea place 10 United 1reland, The
Nation. and the vulgari''s~ of A'cs
Nepuaie.
Inc crossroads are deserted where
formerly in tie long summer evenings
the bows and girls gathered To dance
10 the fiddle's nGaver-tiv;ng music. You
nav still sec ttt giyls milking the
cows in the %crofts, morning and nigbs>
l,.t YOU hear no more the plalrtive
hallai and come-all-ye - make cha
ihrinin dim let her milk down easily.
70 the non-politician 1t seems as II
this were duo to the all-perTading
political faint. II appears. to him tn.
plan It campaign has hanished the
'.geod people," the rise aud fall q!
the butter market put tic milking sone
out o. time, and disconte e made the
heart too heavy for the heels TO be
light. To the less sentimental OBJ
server the signs are o. brighter omen.
If 1.-THE people have less of the old
careless gayety. they arc grown
steadier. II they are discontinued. Il
is not Inere g%rumbling shiftlessness
they want something higher than they
have, and that. with the power o
saving money, Is what brings men AMI
Nations to the top of the tree.-Nest
minister Review.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
august.
Flower

Zone Of my n%eighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery-
He was horribly emaciated from the
~inaction Of his liver and kidneys
It is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state OF his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. 1t restored
him to perfect health to the great
establishment Of his family and
friends" John Quibell, Holt. Onto
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
Virtues OF the Onion.

Boiled onions taken about an hour
before going to bed will usually relieve
any Int the worst cases OF insomnia.
The heart Of a hot onion placed IN
the ear will often relieve an earache.
The syrup obtained by sprinkling n
sliced onion with sugar and baking 1t
in the oven will ordinarily relieve a
croupy child, Eating raw onions viii
generally check a "cold III the head"
Chicago Herald.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

remedies and doctors
with but little or no re-
lief, ! p~eTyuaded her TO
try Dr.. Pierce's Favorita
Prescription and Cold
en Medical Discovery
She Was % out Of heart
abe returned the answer
that IL would Be like
Ill the resf-of no good:
but on my accouct sho
m.d she would try II %
] Tot ono bottle each
and before she had used
halt OF . boutc she felt
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly rsed. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the Taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of ! perfect lax
stive effectually cleansing the system,
disPelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs il for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it 10 man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you viii not
sccept any substitute if offered
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

Malaria cured and eradioated from tho sy<
tenn by Browns Iron BttterA. which enr.chss
the blood, tones the nerves, aids liEesti on.
Acts Ike a charm on persons In general III
health, giving new energy and strength.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

country than all Other diseases frit t6kfther.
aud un}ilthe last few years WIS supposed y %
ineuraole. For a great many years doctors pro-
remedies, and by constantly falling to- cure
with local trea, ment, pronounced 1t incurable.
Science has proven cs.arrh to be 4 sunttta-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by FL. Cheney & TO-. Toledo. Ohio,
is the only constitutional euro on the market.
1t is taken internally In doses from 1odrops to
and mucous surfaces of the system. They cher
one hundred dollars for any case It fails To
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
free. Address
F. ]. CHENEY4 Co., Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists, s5c.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

P~HILADELPHIA's new mint Is to be built on
Broad street.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
CURES OILERS
q Z. g. ManhaIe

n. W. sCoTT. ESQ Of the U.s: AarshaiIs
Clsce, atlanta, Ga. writes: For many
years my wife has been a constant sufferer
from indigestion. sick headache. nervous pros
male sex Is heir 70, and. after trying many
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

her. ard abe has continued 70 improve ever
slacs.. and now thinks Il the ncsR wonderful
reFaesir or earth for hcf SEX. AID rrcnnEecds
i: - all suffering femAlsA Size has LOT bceu
80 gvF.i "a tn years
write this without any solicitation and
VIA Erce. good vii. 90 that yuv MAJ let all
vhfs fasy suffer know what IL has done for
he ~Dld by medicine dealers every here.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06
EVERY. MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR,

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SOS Page Profuseiy Illustrated.
The book is written in plain
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n 70 tie readily understood by al
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Not only does this I.ook con
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~ gives a Complete Analysis oi
everything pertaining 10 Court
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Correct use OF Ordinary Herbal,
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

/ Beecham's Pills correct bad effects of over.
seating. Beecham's-no others. 3csnts q box
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

THROAT DISEASES commence WITH . Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat. Dromn's Byonohid!
I,oches" give Immediate relief. Sold only I"
AOres. Price 25 cents.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

brown UNIVERSITY has an enrolment O1
667 students and q faculty Of sixty-hvA.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

For Dyspepsia, indigestion and Stomach dt1.
orders, use Browns Iron B~itterS-ths Hsse
Tonic, It rebuilds the Blood and strengthens
the muscles. A splendid medicine for weak
and debilitAted persona.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

FIVE New York companies have paid OIL
an aggregate OF $3.50, 900 for losses oecasioned
by the late cyclones and high winds.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-01-06

THE Missouri State Treasury holds $500 600
for distribution among unknown heirs.
The mirror., 1894-11-01

ANY DEATH is sad, but how much
more so, was that Of the young man
who deliberately took his own life on
the 25th instant, in the city Of saltwater
Sad to the dear old widowed mother
who in sorrow and desOlatiOn is left to
mourn alone; for he was her life, her
light, all that remained on earth to care
for. and cheer her declining days. Sad
to the host of friends to whom this
Young man had endeared himself, by
his honorable upright character, manly
bearing, warm and generous heart, and
his many personal accomplishments. 1t
is but just to say Of him, none knew
him but to love him" Born and reared
in Saltwater his life was an open book
to all: and on none of its pages can
there be breathed one thought that
would cast blot upon his personal
character and business attainments;yet,
in the very beginning of most useful
career, some inscrutable power has
snatched him from life. The body that
so short a time ago adorned society,
that was so active in every channel of
business and social life, has returned to
dust, and the name of Charles McClue1
is but a memory. But it is one that
shall ever remain surrounded by the
kindest thoughts that man can have
toward man; as one who knew hin
from infancy says, she was atrue friend
a loving son, a liberal and progressive
citizen and a man whose honor wa
above reproach;' no higher compliment
can be given man. And while friend
miss and mourn him, what can b.
said to assuage the grief OF tn
widowed mother whose husband diet
but three years ago. and whose onl
desire. for earth was her loved boy
Words cannot convey ourde deepsympath
for the mother who loses her boy: sti
there is comfort in the thought that h
left an honorable name to the worlC
there is comfort in the assurance of
happier life in that world where theI
is no death, no parting. But what ca
we say to comfort the mother who's
boy is dead to the world, though posses
ing life; whose body is cut Off frol
society, and lost in the maelstrom {
sin and crime? Death is sad under tt
best of conditions, but when surrounde
by dishOn0r and crime it is horrible
contemplate Man should ever striN
to maintain an unblemished characte
good name.
The mirror., 1894-11-01

my own strength am determined to
shun all these influences and be man.,
and does so, is hero, and the world
contains very few of them. Such men
never call on relief societies, they would
scOrn to receive assistance. The only
safe way to reform man of his evil
ways is to remove the cause, and when
strict laws are passed, barring the ex-
convict from saloons; making it a
criminal offence to give or sell him
liquor; such laws as govern the Indian
the number of eX-cOnvicts returned to
prison will be greatly diminished. Why
cannot all true friends to the reform of
the convict unite and inaugurate a new
departure: have laws framed that will
take the ex-convict out of the hands of
his worst enemy the saloon keeper, and
by so doing force him into new associa
tions, away from the evil haunts that
caused his downfall, and in the majority
of cases manhood will assert itself, anC
he will become good citizen. 1t is not
what the ex- convict has done in the pas
that the world fears, nor is this why they
shun him; it is what they fear he ma!
do in the future, that keeps the doors
of the shop, the business house close(
against him; and this fear arises from
the influences liquor and the salool
may have on him. Out of 500 inmate
in this institution, THE MIRROR feel
safe in the assertion that the majority 0
them would hail with JOY law tina
would compel them to shun thes
haunts, that would keep them fror
liquor.
The mirror., 1894-11-01
<<doNFQ|:A!!R3E EX@'eXl!Sl&ISs:
LZEyET ..'-::~>.> :s:<. >Gt 4

'sI saw man saved from life i'm
prisonment or hanging once by one
wise man on a jury, who stood out
against eleven FOOLS" said L. j. Steph
ems of Baltimore at the Laclede. "The
man was found standing over dead
body in field with knife in his hand
and blood smeared over his clothes. He
swore he had found the man lying dead
and had drawn the knife from the
wound where the murderer had left it
sticking. 1t was shown that the men
were enemies and that the accused had
even threatened repeatedly to kill him.
On this and other circumstantial evil
dence eleven Of the jury were for con-
yiction. The foreman alone stood out,
and so steadfastly that at length, one
by one, the others joined him, and the
prisoner was acquitted. Many thought
the man guilty, and he finally left the
country because of the cold shoulder
he got from old friends. Years after
ward, when the foreman Of the jury
was dying, he acknowledged that he
killed the man himself. It was in self
defense, but he had no witness to prove
it, When the innocent man was ar
rested he managed to get on the jury
determined to save him, and he said if
he had been unable to do otherwise he
would have told the truth.'-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The great heroines are not always
found in books and verses; Many &
little woman acting bravely her part
all unknown to the world, is uncon
sciously, perhaps, waging and winning
a battle against adverse foes, just az
though she were a Joan of Arc leading
hosts on to victory. The girl who la
bors in the kitchen in order to supper
herself and stay the hand of poverty o
infamy is acting the part of heroine
The wife who, with an invalid HUSBAND
or trif1ing husband, sustains hersel
and little children acts the part Of
heroine. The widow who relies on he
industry for alivelihood, with orphane
ones to whom she must be both fathe
, and mother, acts the part Of heroine
: The young girl who braves the fash
ions of life and attends school in he
shabby clothes amid the sneers perhaI
, of her companions until she has file
= her mind with useful knowledge has
= her the elements of heroism. III
young woman who qualities herself ft
= business, that she may help an age
- and afflicted mother, or who prefers
make some money that she can call k'
own, rather than defend upon har'
- working father for all that she receive
- is worthy OF being called d heroin
= Hundreds of such heroineS are to
j., found in shops and factories, in store
~ in kitchens and schools women WI
y y go forth to labor.-New Orleans Pic
. Vune