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n1)xuptly from dazzlingnoonday into
the blacltoeea of midnight The
surface of the moon is extreardOar-,
al> ronrh and uneven. It *a es a
broad plaina, Whit* are probably
the bettorna of et)igicnt. ;ties* ll4bat.
have now dried np, but these -boxer
only about two-fifths of the surface'
visible to us, and most of the re-
maining three-fifths are exceedingly
rugged and mountainous.
Many of the mountains of the
moon are, foot for foot, as lofty as
the highest mountains on the earth,
while all of them, in proportion to
fhe size of the moon's globe, are
much larger than the earth's moun-
tains. It is obvious, then, that the
sunshine,as it creeps over the Alpine
landscapes in the moon, casting the
black shadows of the peaks and
craters many miles across the Blains,
and capping the summits of lofty
mountains with light, while the
lower regions far around them are
yet buried in night, must clearly
reveal the character of the lunar
surface. Mountains that cannot be
seen at all when the light falls per.
pendicelarly upon them, or, at the
Most, appear then merely as shining
points, picture themselves by their
shadows . in startling eilhouettes
when illuminated literally by the
rising sun. -
But at full moon, when the
mountains hide themselves in light,
the old sea -beds are seen spread out
among the shining table -lands with
great distinctness. Even the naked
eye readily detects these, as ill-de-
fined, dark patches upon the face of
the moon, and to their presence is
due the popular notions that have
prevailed in all quarters of the
world about the 'Man in the Moon,'
the ' Woman in the Moon,' ' Jacob
iu the Moon,' the '.Hare in the
Moon,' the ' Toad in the Moon,' and
so on. But, however clearly one
may imagine that be discerns a man
in the ,moon while recalling the
nursery rhymes about.him, an opera
glass instantly puts the specter to
flight, and shows the round lunar
disk diversified and shaded like a
mop.—Popular Science Monthly.
Several days,ugo a stranger made
hie amarance at the Union depot
nncl :eked Officer Button how long
before the Grand River Valley
train would go out.
'In about twenty minutes,' was
. the reply,
' Then I'll have time to got a
drink won't I4'
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' X4• vill?
That's good. Ialways prefer to
travel on a stiff horn of whiskey.'
Ile returned in five minutes, wip-
ing bis mouth on the back of his
hand, and asked: •
`Has my train gone yet ?'
No, sir ; you still have fourteen
minutes to spare.'
' That's good ; I guess I'll go back
for a little brandy.'
When he again returned he felt
in good spirits,and ascertaining that
he still had six minutes to spare, he
said :
Now, that's what I call liberal,
and I'll lay in one More drink.' °
The last one proved more than
he could bear up under, and he was
not seen again for three hours. Then
be came around with a wabble in
his gait and an uncertain look in his
eyes and asked :
<' Shay,whet:time.does that Goan'
River' Volley train go out 1'
' In about four hours.'
' Fo' Hours I Why, that'll give
Me time to get drunk agin ; rued
'commodatin', railroad I ever suw,
eh'1'
'Yes.'
' Shay t I duan' want to be mean.
Go'n tell 'er -Superintendent he
needn't wait fur me any longer,'
'cause 'tmay delay others. He's a
zhentleman, he is, an' I'm a zhentle-
' man; I am, but when a zllentleman
bolds a train for me mos' half a day
I can't impose on him any longer !
Shay, do you ever cry when you
_ get zhrunk ? I do, and if you've no
jeckshuns I'll cry now.'
No objections _ being made, he
cried.—Middleburg (N.Y.) Journal.
•MAKING BUTTONS • OUT OF
BLOOD.
The country is learning to utilize
waste. Making buttons out of Mood
is in this direction. There is a large.,
factory in Bridgeport, near Chicago,
employing about 100 men, boys and
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girls; which waste animal blood
is coned into buttons. The same
4firm ht another large factory else -
a where. A man named Hirsch was
the fir ab� to introduce -the business
in this country some years ago. .He
lost $16,000 the first six months,
but stuck to it, and he is now im-
inensely wealthy. -There are a num-
ber of similar factories in England.
From 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of
blood •are used in the Bridgeport
factory every day. Nnf•hi.,a het.
t,ruod is used.
Considerable of the blood evapo-
rates during the process of drying,
but what remains is pure albumen.
•• Some of it is light in color and some
ark, .accord ing-.-to-the--elieroical-
• treatment ,given it. These thin
sheet's of 'blood ere then broken up,
and are ready to be worked into
f
w various shapes and sizes. Large
quantities of the blood sheets are
used by. cloth .manufactures for 'set-
ting' the color in calico goods. Not
• only aro buttons made from blood
in this way, but tons of earinge,
breastpins, belt clasps, combs and
trinkets Are made a `m%1Iy thero
from blood. It is a queer, edoriter--
• ous businesfi, but a paying one.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON•
SPLENtin, aIGHTS TO BE SEEL' FRO'
Vert t'. AN OPERA GLASS. .
The feat - thing the observer of the
moon will wish to see are the- moun-
tains, for everybody has , heard of
them, and the most sluggish imagi-
nation is stirred by the thought that
one can look off into the sky and
behold ' the eternal hills' of another
uplanet as solid and substantial as
our own. But the chances are that,
if left to 'their own guidance, 99
persons out of 100 would choose ex-
actly the wrong bine to see these
mountains. Unless warned 'before-
hand, they invariably wait until
full moon, when the flood of sun-
shine poured 'perpendicularly upon
the face of our satellite conceals its
rugged features as effectually as if a
veil had peen drawn over them. Be-
gin your observations with the ap-
pearance of the narrowest creseeeb
of the new moon, and follow it
gradually as it fills, and then yon
will see how beautifully the advanc-
ing line of lunar sunrise reveals the
mountains, over whose slopes and
peaks it is climbing, by its ragged
and s++�,nuwus outline.
Therobsorver must keep in mind
the fact that he is looking straight
down nun the tops of the lunar
' mountains. It is like a view from e
baloon, only at a vastly greater
height than any !saloon has ever at•
tained. Even with a ro•.verfui
telescope the ohm ver Sees the moon
et atlltapparent distance of several
,hundred miles, while with a Geld
glass, magnifying six diameters, the
moon appears as if 4-0,000 miles off.
1t til; the contrast of lights and
'shadows that not only reveals the
lunar mountains to us, but enables
useto measure their night. On the
moon shadows are very much darker
than upon the earth, because of the -
extreme rarity of the moon's atmos-
phore,if indeed it has any atmosphere
at all. By stepaing around the cor-
ner of a rock there, one might pass
while the .engineer acted in a tjazed
manner. Oncee, on tyle road. agarm,-
Bo4p'worth; began to travel fasteri.
until the train - a$ *waning at tlip
rata of 50. Mika an hour; Then
/klet•ts rea}izei that ocsworth'
waa3 deeangod, and duSt. in time
greened the lever and saved the
train from going through an open
switch. Faster flew the engine,
Botsworth standing by with a va-
cant look, and as they hundered
through Bacon the maniac gave a
yell and started to spring from the
cab window. The watchful fireman
caught him by the legs. While he
balanced him on the window ledge
he managed, with his feet, to stop
the train. The Conductor helped
get Botsworth bsok to the baggage
car, where he was carefully sailed
until the train reached Ottumwa,,
wbeft he was handed over to the
authorities there. It is believed to
he paralysis of the brain that ails
hint.
A MOTHER'S COURAGE.
It is a long time since we have
beard of any deaths being caused by
bears in France, but a few days ago
a little shepherd boy was killed by
one of these wild •animals in the
mountains, of. Savoy. The villages
decided on getting up a hunt after
the bear, and on the following day
they started i search but without
effect. On eir return home they,
however, perceived that the child's
mother, who had insisted on joining
their party with a gitn, had been
left behind. It was r:ow night, but
some of the people went back and
scoured the 'woods in every direc-
tion.
. When day dawned they found
the poor wornan lying in a'secluded
spot, her dress in ' rags, her arms
crushed and her face covered with
blood. At her side was a huge bear,
eel*. dead its head smashed by a
discharge f'rona the ' gun which she
had taken with her. The villagers,
after binding up her wounds as best
they could, bore her with many pre-
cautions to her home, and the saf-
er is -progressing sosatisfaet rily
that the hope is entertained that
she may eventually recover. But
the woman hasZnot yet bsen able to
give any account of the struggle
with the bear which bad ki.led her
child.' Tt must hive been a fearful
encounter, and the bold mountain-
eers are lostin amazement at the
peerage which she displayed. - It
seems -clear that afterthey abandon-
ed the search the mother had con-
tinued it, without giving• them a
hint as to her intention.
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Don't allow a cold in the head to slowly
and surely run into,Catarrlt ,when you can
be cured for 25c. by usint I7;'Chase's Ca-
tarrh Cure. A few applications cure in-
sipient catarrh ; 1 to 2 boses'enre ordinary
catarrh • 2 to 5 boxes are g'Garanteed to
cure chronic catarrh. Try it. .Only 25c.
gnd sure cure._, Salad by all druggists.. -
Children Cry for
THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY
BIG WORM.
Richmond (Mo.) Conservator :—
City Marshal Joe Golden tells a
snake story which he assures us is
perfectly 'true. Last Sunday after-
noon,while sitting in the court -house
park,he noticed a half grown -chick-
en belonging to 'jailer Divelbiss
picking at something in the grass,
with the evident intention of nuk-
ing a meal of it. On closer examina-
tion the object was found to be a
common grass snake about fourteen
inches long. The chicken picked
away at the snake furiously for a
few minutes, and then gathering the
head of his snakeship in his month,
essayed to swallow him whole. But
Mr Snake wa's not quite ready to
pet form the .ronali act, and obsti-
nately refused to go down info the
abdominal recesses of. Mr Chicken.
Finding lie could not swallow the
snake, which had tightly curled his
tail' around his bill, the chicken
managed to throw it off, wlaen,after
picking et it a few more tines, he
made a second and successful effort,
and his snakoship disappeared clown
the chicken's throat.
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WHEN THE CONGREGATION
NODS.
WITH_ .\ ,\IAD ENGINEER,
1)es Moines, Lis September 29.--
1'iren ii llol,erts, of the Wabash
road, arrived yesterday on his train,
and tells a thrilling story of his ex-
perience with a maul engineer.
When the train drew out of this
place Tuesday night Engineer Bots -
worth appeared all right, but before
they had gone far Roberts noticed
that his companion acted queerly.
At Harvey ho should have stopped
fur water, and the fi,•oman backed
thn train down to the proper place
pitcher's Castoria,.
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Iron aaid liardware Mereiant
Having bought the .EILAI IJ-
W, ;:HE Stock ot1.T. B. Swaf.eld,
will elell: it at reduced pricee4. Wow
is the time to procure
A bequest of Richard Doyery, of
Farmcots, England, dated 1659,had
in view the payment of 8 shillings
annually to .the chureli of Cleverly,
Shropshire, for the payment of a
peratio.to keep thh people awake.
On the 17th of April, 1725, John
Ridge bequeathed to the parish of
Trysull, in Shropshire, 20 shillings
a year, that a poor man might be
employed to go about the church
during the summer and keep the
people awake.
At Acton church, in Cheshire,
:bout thirty years ago one of the
church wardens' used to go round in
the church during service with a
huge wand in his hand, and if any
of the congregation were asleep they
were instantly awakened by a tap
on the head.
At Dun church,iu 1'Varwickshire,
a poison bearing a stout wand,shap-
ed• like a hay -fork at: the.end,stepped
sten thily tip and -down the aisles,
and whenever be saw an individual
asleep he touched him so effectually
that the spell was broken—this be-
ing sometimes done by fitting the
fork to the nape of the neck.
A more playful method is said to
have been used in another attach,
where the beadle wont around the
edifice during the service carrying a
long staff, at one end of which was a
fox's brush and at the other a knob.
With the former he gently ' tickled
the faces of the female sleepers,while
on the head of the male offencers be
bestowed with the k.noh a smart
L3ETTER GET MARRIED AT
HOME.
A Detroit despatch says : The Mar-
riage License Law went into effect
yesterday and caused a lot of trouble
to ministers and contracting parties,
A number of weddings bad been set
in the Catholic churches at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning, and the County
Clerk's office did not open until 9
o'clock. The licenses of these mar-
riegrc had tr. be /mule. Ont heforo
breakfast, Towards noon a Canadian
couple came to the clerk's office and
called for a license, having made the
journey here from an interior Cana-
dian point on purpose to escape the
marriage law of the Dominion. They
were terribly disappointed at learning
that they could not obtain a license,
the law providing that a license must'
be issued in the cqunty where one of
the parties resides. The would-be
groom called attention to the fact that
nothing was said about foreignersand
suggested that the provision-queted
referred only to reaide its of Michi-
gan. The clerk was in doubt and re-
fused the License, but telegraphed a
statement ofthe case to the Attorney -
General for his opinion, which has
not been receiyed. The Canadians
must go home disconsolate. The law
is believed to be a good thing, as it
will prevent many runaway and hasty
niarria-,ges ale" will gat) furnish reli-
able-data-
eli-
ab'le data l'or vital statistice.
NEW AND TERRIBLE EX-
PLOSIVES.
X-
PLOSIVES.
There is no end to the Perfectly
tabpldcal couppetition of the Military
powers of Europe in the the
of
dew chemical agents for the destruc-
tion of nianki:nd. It is reported • that
the Russian Minister for War has
just concluded a series of experiments
of,a new explosive compound which
bids fair to outdo the qualities of me-
linite, roburite and all other explos-
ives whatever in its applications to
all the present uses of 'gunpowder.
This new and murderous c imposi-
tion is destined, say many persons,
to revolutionize the existing system of
ammunition. The new system is the
discovery of a Russian engineer, and
has been christened Sleetover. Its
strength is equal t) that of pyroxy-
line, and has the imtnense advantage
of being ten times cheaper than ordi-
nary villianous saltpetre. Another
great superiority which it possesses
over all the known explosives of the
dynamite class is that when fired its
force does not strike downward, but
entirely in a forward'clirection,so that
it can be used for all the purposes of
cannon and musket charges to which
ordinary gunpowder is now applied
without any damage whatever to the
weapon from which it is discharged.
It is stated,'that ball cartridges loaded,
with it have been fired out of card-
board barrels as a test without the
least injury to the latter. 80 satis-
factory, indeed, has been the. experi-
ments that it is reperted the Minister
of War is about to have a special fac-
tory built for its manufacture. The
composition of the new compound is
a deep secret.
Mr. Billow--il, Chemist. -Dear
wish to testify to the merits of that eels
hratecl C.,rn lure of yours, I was
troubled with three very severe corns,
end tried every corn cnre advertised
without relief, but yours completely re-
moved them• and is worthy of the name
Sure Corn Cure, and is a great boon to
those afflicted with corns. 1 hope all
enfferiug with corns will follow my ex.
ample with same results. Yours truly,
THOMAS TAILOR, Tailor
09 King Street West, Loudon.
Chas, Page, who raised checks on
Jacques Cartier and the Bank of Mon•
treal to the amount of $35,00, has been
sentenced to fort°on years in i.eniten•
tfary.
THE POPITE AR
ryGoods Ho -use
Li1_44;3NI)ESIEDOnc..
OUR SPECIAL OFFERING THIS WEEK WILL BE
OOtS'a11 Shoes
Our spring and summer stock is completely shattered,
still we havo a number of broken lines, • that is to
say, :eight ort t airs of a certain style acid quality,,
?with some eizhs.sold out. We intend clearing out all these
broken' lots before the arrival of the fall goods, se that we
may commence the fall trade with an entirely new stock.
We have gethered together . those that are to be sacrificed,
and find about. one hundred and fifty pairs, various kinds
and sizes, which will be offered at prices that will astonish
you. Do not fail to call and see them.
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LONDERBORO
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WHOLESALE d RETAIL GROCER,
beg most respecttulty._to-direct--thc�-attention-of-fine--public-in-general,
that. we are still selling groceries at the lowest possible prices for pure
goods. During the five years we have been in business in Clinton, we
have endeavored to keep, the best goods in the market, and have estab-
lished a good trade by so doing. Our stock is large and well selected.
TEAS A SPECIALTY
A LARGE Quass Tv RS's ARRIVED.
EXTRA VALUE AND ANY QUANTITY OF
CANNED GOODS,°CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, &C.
SOLE AGENT FQR NEW ERA BAKING POWDER. HIGHEST PRICE
PAiD FOR GOOD BUTTER min. -Eons. WR -BUY ANY QUANTITY OF
ALL KINDS GOOD FRUIT
X X X
A..A-NGITS, 99 A j E E ,T ST
rHE PEOPLE'S
Harness c& Grocery Dpt., Lonaesboro
Shelf Hardware, Lin-
seed Oil, Glass, Paints
& Builder's Supplies
GROCER/ES { My
stock of GROCERIES is now complete
in all its branches. I have a large stock of
CANNED FISH, which I am selling at 13 cents per can, two cans for
.25 cents. Call and see my stock ofCOLORED GLASSWARE before
purchasing elsewbere,and convince yourself that the prices aro away down
MACHINE OIL --I have a large stock of Machine Oil of.
different brands, which will be sold at a small advance on cost.
HARNESS{
My..Harness stock is complete as usual with all
seasonable goods, such as FLY SHEETS and
NETS, LAP RUGS, DUSTERS, RUBBER HORSE COVERS and
BINDER WHIPS. I have a few TRUNKS and VALISES left.
WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, and all goods usually kept in
this line also on hand. Also all kinds of TINWARE on hand. Pro-
duce taken in exchange. Thaf`iking my customers for past favors and
soliciting a continuance ofutho sante.
GEO. NEWTON,
• LONDESBORO
BuyYourGroceries From
Thomas Cooper & Son
BVI: HAVE 'I'IIE LA GEST, ('LEANEST ANI) BEST AS-
tit)11'I'ED STOCK OF
GIR, 0CR.IES
In town• Our prices are as lots as the lowest, and we warrant
everything first-class. Solo agents for the celebrated "COOPER'S BAK.
ING POWDER." Best brand of CIGARS by the Box or Thousand at
Mannfacturers Prices. TEAS a specialty. Give us n call.
Thos COO PER• & SON
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TO ADVANTAGE AT
R M RACEY'S
Hardware Store, Clinton
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10 0,000,000
Men, Women and Children
WA.N'TD2)
TO+CARRY AWAY FROM--.•
Adams
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Emporium,
TALL and WINTICR COODS-
OUR STOCK IS $p -LL AND WELL ASSORTED IN
Tweeds, Flannels, Dress Goods, Meltons, Shawls, Blankets, Yarns,
Comforters, &c,
BOOTS dnd . SHOES of endless variety. FELTS and RUBBERS.
ROCERIES—Large stock and°$'nest quality. GLASSWARE, CROCK-
ERY and HARDWARE. MILLINERY s tock very fine and cheap.
All goods bought for cash and will be sold at the very lowest prices.
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R. ADAMS, LONDESBORO
Just Received
ANOTHER CAR LOAD OF
STEEL NAILS,
—ANY QUANTITY 'OF-- •-
Building Paper, Class,Paints Oils,
LOW PRICES. ANOTHER LOT OF THE
OELEBRATED DUFFIELD LAMPS
The largest oil light in the world. A wonder to
all beholders. 260 Candle Power,
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HARZLAN]D p,op...
SIGN OF THE PADLOCK, CLINTON.
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Any quantity of Good Clover
and Timothy Se.eds wanted.
Highest price paid.
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N. ROBSON. CHINA HALL.
What They Say.
Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars paid at auction tor the renowned trot-
, ting horst Pancoast, proved his oxelence, and so the
Leading Clothing House of FISCHER'S
Opposite the Post Of1iee, truly proves its superiority over all .opposition,
in Style and Fit it beats them all, and
FISCHERS Leading SUITS
Aro worn from one end of the county to the other. The Spring Stook
has arrived, and is ono of the finest in the town and vicinity. A discount
of 10 per cont from the 15th of Feb. till the 15tH of March,will be given
for cash. Prices low and workmanship unsurpassed. Terms Cash.
FISHERS Leading CLOTHING HouseClinton
NEW GOODS EVERY WEEK
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO GETTING NEWEST FANCY
ARTICLES. WE MAIZE A SPECIALTY IN
Wall Paper, Ceiling Decorations,' choicest pat-
terns, BOOKS & STATIONERY, great variety.
EVERYTHING AT CLOSEST PRICES. CALL AND EX-AMTNN'
A.WORTHING-TON,Olinton.