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(jjlhalham ccord.j H. A. LONDON, Jr., EATEB or ADVERTISING. EDITOR ASI l'lioritlETUR. One tqnju, one Inxrrtlnn. Onoqonrn.twoliiM'rtloriK," TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Orpfs-rr, on year, Out copy ,U iiimillni - Out ropy, throe month.', l.W IN 2.0O J.nn VOL. V. PITTSBOllO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 11, 1883. NO. 18. For larger drrtlMm.nts lltoritl coalmen will Ah the Willi) III. nvs. 1 1 ; wind iiiivs ninth, the wind bhm-B Bouth, 1 ! e v i-.d Ho:i ran and vrst: No rr.l ti: how the free wind tit.nv. Some will laid il best: r:ona' n o out on the wide, wi.le .0.1 Kl'oi!' with n li ijipy nir, "llo! shipmates, Iki! net all the fails, 'I ! c viul i l-l -.vli!4 f.iivV' 0:i" lii. .--.:! . i ill j.in 'la- c.i; t. A Put her to tin- i -I: One Iikn P Ktnisgle l't'ii". and Imr.l, Hy the wiml ami wavs oppressed, Cutler linrr masts tessed ti and fro, iy rain inul : .ill -pia v.i t; 1 I., ii tin- llii i"! Mf lin' .:! W nil nil In r white Mil- .!!. "O uiiul, O wiiril, why (! si 1 i -n L!ow, Ami out to ocean ru ir, W'l.pn I uocld k'i'it my little fink Toward Mimr plra-aiil Mump? W hat liotinr will il be to thee If down beneath the vvav My Minple craft and 1 idiall 'is 1 A cold, forgut It'll Reive?" "O foolish ono, why will tho'l sl-.-r AgainM the mighty gale? There nre ten llu.ni.-and a.lo ;t Upsides thy tiny fail. If tlinu would.-t llo it o'er pica ant .'."!'. ppose my will no more; l.ei I hlmv slant ward, then do thou hail also to the shorn. "Vi I .'if thy will with mint' imi.-t Mi ivo. Iu thou the 'it-t thou f in; Acniin-t try n.i,:l:t i t nil t :-y skill. Ami light i'i" like a m in. Keep by P"' win: I, Mtvr -leadily. Keep watch ah.ve, bisuu; Hm h I. fails will ii: !!:( the p ills they f?t li. No njnttei what wind.- blow." it ;'. UVt'i;. A WICKED LITTLE SCHEMER. j w as bashful, but the marriage would Charles Algernon Smith, financia1 ! ,,' ,i-hl ,wo ffnIly-f,,Tisl. hearts," agent, tert.nd lloor, suite of olli. es, it) ! b,,ltl''1 fr"n apartment, leaving Cash Terra, e, was in love with Mabel I thfi ,'r"'u'r ,1,Pn'a.v discussing the Denslow. ) r-tty, industrious, but j.ot.r. Nlni,'V "f ,lis Grange h" Tessie Roland, dau-hter of a retired "He's here." broke out the old man, merchant, rich, notional and strong, minded, was correspondingly situated in regard to a young man she had met once by chant e, who had rescued her from beneath the wheels of a recklessly driven omnibus, and with a polite bow, deprecatory of thanks, had disappeared without i vni tellm her bis name. The love of the linanri.il agent was a realty, that of the capitalist's daughter a memorv. vet she cherished it all tin- more fondly, and the ivmuuc" grew mere intense when riieum-t. lines c, her into the role of a pi-e.iit, ,1 maiden. For papa Roland, iiioiciiou . Ict headeil and determined had announced to her on his return front Huston, that he had a delightful visit with his old schoolmate and fii.'inl, Jabe Smith.! He descanted enthusia- tii ally over the old time fiiendship, over the hunorcd Smith name, and over the valuable Smith political and linaucial inllnence, and evidently believed he was giving .Te-Fic a delightful surprise hcii he in formed her that Jabe had a son, a handsome, well behaved young man, fn 1 that the two fathers had decided tha' in no manner could the old family friendship be maintained so pleasantly and constantly as by Jessie's becoming Mrs. Charles Algernon Smith. Old Roland's eyes opened to their widest, however, as Jessie heard him through, burst into tears, ; ml rushed precipitately from the apartment. "Sentimental!" he aspirated, with a prolonged whist le of amazement. "Who'd have thought it? (ui. t Jessie, like the rest of women, eoger for a match, but delighted to cry. laugh and complain over it for the excitement of the thing." And honest in his conviction that ' when the two met all would be well, I the scheming father sat down to indite ' a letter to the son of his Boston friend as her agreement with the latter, who had already written to Charles Algernon 1 setting forth his wi-h that lm should ' meet the daughter of his old friend. ' Jabez Smith w;h of a harder typo of 1 mankind than papa Roland, however, i for he informed Churles Algernon that j there must liononon.sen.ee. Marry and nt jh'uiu M'liii'iiiuiiii toruine. reiuso h.tinshine. Half a dozen vi.its w ithin ',":iSIP' "m J 11 frgive you a-you are and lie might be a linaucial agent to I a fortnight had led to the exact result ' ''"l'py- And all this comes ,.r f. rg. t the endof thechajder. I .1.1 Roland had anticipated, and the ' ti"P the nam,-Algernon." "Dear me." murmured Mr. Roland, happy lovers were enga r-1 -n gaged 1 "And substituting that of Albion." pausing in jierplexity, as he placed the both in heart as well as in ;:ai .e. ! murmured the young wife, fondly, as letter he had written in anenvelooe. I But one niirht in the inei,i..ni-.i 'she clunsr closely to the shelt'-rintr an.i "What is his middle name -Charles Albert, t harles Andrew, Charles An- j gustus, Charles A- - something, but ! what ah ! 1 have it Charles Albion J Smith. I knew it was a "Komew hat i unusual name." j And so the letter went through the j post, directed to Charles Albion Smith, Cash Terrace. j Alan for the well-laid plans of the ! eld veterans, who had determined upoi a marriage, to suit their own ideas, j The faithful postman follow s technical ', accuracies, and nothing was more natural than that when he t ame to ,. 10 Cash Terrace and sorted out the Smith letters, he tlclivtrnl the Charles Albion Smith missive at llie obsriire box of an olliro in the tilth story, bear ing on the plate on the door : "Charles Albion Smith, broker." "An order from some city customer. I suppose," commented the plcasant- I'.tceil ilejiler in stocks ami bonds in a small way. "Halloo! what's this?" His ryes grew start led as he perused the: strange missive from papa Roland. "Dear friend," it read, "as theschool niate of your esteemed father, I can claim you as such. I shall be pleased t have ymi rail at mv residence in Slieilield K..w to-morrow" evening, and v. ill take pleasure in introducing you to my daughter, Miss Jessie Roland. . " J ruly yours, "Mkhton Roland." "My father- Roland -what does it mean?" and the perplexed broker read and re-read the letter of old Roland, with no additional clue to its signifi cance. "It's a mystery to me," he decided finally. "But mavbe it is somo old friend of my father, wh j has searched me out. lint the introduction well, I'll settle the matter by acknowledging ! the invitation," and forthwith he in i iliteil and disiiatched a brief, but 1 . courteous acceptance of Mr. Roland s i . . . 1 .,'.' . . . . Mr. Rolands precip.tato haste pre. vented an explanation upon the very threshold of h.s j-lan to please his old fnend Shown int.. the drawing-room Ill" lli'lilllil lll,(lt'lll II1C HCAl IIIOI 11- ing, Charles Albion Smith found him- self ron fronted bv a blustering, good - ""ht 1 ..l.l ....n x. . i i. i.:.. ' 1.0 M.OOK ... hand warmly, enthus.a-stieally referring frlnr..!..!.:.. r... i.: . r..iu i ;.. 'P.ot ., is ...in,-..,,,.., . lint t.m.ri ;K ""'"-""B ""- voting man s amazed ear, that "Jessie a.) he met Jessie coming down stairs. Her pale face and tear-haunted eyes did net dampen the old man's enthusi asm. "Must I see htm, papa?" she fal tered. "Must you see him?" blustered the old man. "Ain't it all arranged? ! """'n't the young man know all about j U,p ,":,t,l'? Won't old Jabe. Smith , -'"" .t,,,,ir '" "'' his boots to have so pretty and good a daughter-in-law? No si hi inn nt, Jessie. If I had the pick of the ciiy I coiildirt lind as ham'. M'lue and acceptable a M,n-in law as th" young man in the parlor there." "My daughter Jessie." he said a iiuk mcnt later, "Mr. Smith." and with a i "" satis.actmn wavci i jus naini iicnc uccni v anil .lenartci as the two young people bowed to each ",1,.,,r-. M'smc had not ventured to lift her i.ice to ipt visitor, jstit lie, coining eluse to l,nr ti.l.. I ., 1...1 1..,. l... ii... . ' "Is it possible-" A little , tv of 'jov. su,,pres.sed with ! b tier success than'the blush whief. re- I called her to a sen-e of propriety, broke from her lip. "My friend of the accident." .she murmured vaiuelv. "My reckh .ss ladv of the street cross-I iug." and Jessie forirot the hateful ! marriage contract, and was secretly hapjiy tiver the strange combination of circumstances which had revealed to her that her hero, the lover of her ' dreams, was the son of her father's old ; friend. ' AVhat a delightful evening! How . swiftly the hours Hew bv, how shvand , happy Jessie, how (lushed and joyous ' ti. bi-oier o,i..r ti. v.......i.. ;,i ! ,,f a first love ! old Roland never intcri-uufcd the interview of the lovers. It was enough : for him to know, from a slv peep into ! the parlor, that affairs " were pro-! gressing famously, and he rubbed his hands gleefully as he mentally pronounced : "Jabrz and me are old ! schemers." j A for Mr. Smith, life seemed to i thang. from the monotonous shadows i of dry routine business to fio.. ,.. .i ' course of conversation Jessie lb-land made a discovery which seemed to drive the 1 lood to her heart like ice. Vneonscious that he had assumed the place of another man. Mr. Smith had revealed to her that he was not the son (' Jabez Smith, of Boston, was not Charles Algernon Smith, but plain iqi;liU.s Albion Smith, broker. He was content to receivo Jessie's assurance that her serious face meant a slight headache. "T'lis is too aw ful for anything," murmured the enlighten.'.! maiilen, ! appalled al lu-r discovert, as her lover "Foiir-aiid-t went v ," w as the pr I n- left tl b 'U c and i-hr sat down to rr- ply. "In that rase." said the forrestcr, licet mil' the complication the case "may I request you to slay oy.r to had a-Mimcd. ; morrow and stand godfather for th- Il ain't his fault" she pouted, "and t wctity-lilth ?" his Fxr-ellemy 's fa -, I h; n't ti ll iiim "f his mistake. But it II. but hr complied v i!!i th- rc.p:cst thr real Mr. Smith, w hat w ill pa wy of his rival, who ha l beadn hiiu ' win ii be linds rut." i one J.on. "Pa," radiant and somewhat flushed with after-dinner jollity, came into the room at that moment. "Well, my dear, my choice was not so bad a one, eh, you little rogue." "Xo, papa," replied .Jessie, demurely. "If you like him." "If I like him! I tell you. Jessie, I ; nf,vr mxv " J''"R Wl" ,l""- sense. He obey his father." Jessie winced. "One good point, he suits you." Shu smiled fondly. "1 like him better every time I see him. I wouldn't have any ono else for a son-in-law if he had millions.'' "Sure, papa?" "Certain," replied Mr. Roland, en- I thusiastically. "The sooner tho w edding the better." ' . ' .'. i ,.n.', Jessie gave a littleseream of affected Oh! papa, how can you?" Can I what ?" Talk of sending me awav." neml you away are you t.azv. : x- , ., . No, no! Slav here to turn vour old ; father out of doors when vougetpos- : , R .. he' ,avfullv )aiJfihe(, .. yyc ; yo ,wc lhis vom)(, lll)in ,, ,0 lovns vo r w;lnt' flJ MirpriiW, ,nv old friend Jabez. What do you say t Si oilier. tvpHrliurr cmiti V V,, ruriln lint ! .... . '. , T i i a 1 III V lat ion to o il .T:i ii'7 to in.'ikp lino visit a, (j,,,,., ww r(.ltiim jn ,h(1 faniI , .. , ,,, Ro, , ' ' )al ho( hjms(.,- ia(o r ,-, of ! j humor as Jessie flittivl to her room. So it was arranged, and a week later a quiet wedding took place at the Roland mansion, with old Mr. Roland insisting that bis ron-in-law was a credit to his father and a man in a thousand. Jessie started and paled r-lightly as a ring came at the door 1- 11 as. after the ceremony, they were seated in the parlor, papa Roland in h's must amiaMc mood. "Jabez!" Tied the old man, with both hand, extended, chuckling "Vei the surprise in store for bis old friend from Boston, as he greeted the l iMn warmly, a he was ushered into tlu room, "But who is your friend?" "This," said Mr. Smith from Bos ton, turning to the young m.ri at hi. side, "is lay iiudlitiful son ( b.il Ics.u le never call", 'tt you it se -ins aller ali uur trouble to make him a happ future," The severity in old Mr. Smith's voice, the courteous bow of his sun. Wire al. ll(S, n Ml. ,.,., as h ,M,.k Li studv in its bewilder. j amazement as he gasped "Your son!" (Vl-t.lilllv Whv tvh-lt'u tin. i.eit. i ter wj i rith vou ?" The storm broke. Roland turned t the newly-married couple. ButihcouU Sh,"1 wh l'l'c, I'Vitement - 1,'( ,''""1 ""l Sl",;,k' ""pin. SM.,., Jessie, coming forward Iron her bus the storv j band's siile.and briefly tellinj: "f h,,r ,,,"'tship and marriage A" i'l'l''viug smil" wreathed the ,il,s "f Mr' Algernon Smith; a look of disappoint inent crept over his "father's face, and Roland seemed ready to rave and storm for a week. "You shouldn't blame mr, papa," said Jessie, demurely; "you know vou said you wouldn't have nnv other .v,,,,nK ,,K,n f,,r son-in-law, if vou coin. I. Fairlv cornered." said Jabez.Smitli. good-nat iirodlv. "Come, oh friend; !they,.ung folks are happy, and p.-r. ! is fur the best." Charles Algernon turned to his father. "And Mabel Denslow ?" he said gently. "I suppose I must consent, circum stances are against me." And three happy faces, smiling faers beamnl upon old Roland, as he mur mured: "You're a wii-ked littl" schemer. of her husband. A minister of the interior in Ger many, who was fond of boastingof bis numerous olive branches, arrived whir traveling at. a small town in a moun tainous district, where he came across aforrestcr. whom he inv ited to dinner. "Are you. aware," he said joviallv, "that you are dining with the most abundantly blessed-father of a family in all Prussia?" "m I, indeed V" ex claimed the man. '-May I a-k how inauv children vour Fech in v has?" LADIES' DEPARTMENT. rnnhlon Notr.. Dancing dresses are short all around. The rage for yellow has not yet run its course. High colors are much in vogue for evening wear. Tin' 'avnrite corsage flower is the small yellow aster. Wliite tulle is used in the place of an I nd Lockwood, of the FJeveiith and invisible Ii it i r net to keep the front I Twenty-third infantry, with twenty hair in girn shape. '"lie men from the signal corps and 'dinner.. ;,n, merino lmse in the I army, started for Lady Franklin bay. popular ( lectiic blue ami burning red ! Their purpose was to establish a me color are much worn. teorolugical station, which the govern- Some New York ladies wear violets I 'n,'nt proposed to maintain for three fur corsage bouquet all the year round, regardlessof the cost. Colored nuns' rloths and liue ra-h-iii ores are used now for evening dresses and they are most charming. Fine black cashmere costumes are triinuicil wild inri-i ..,.ii.. r ri.i... n.i satin or velvet, covered with black ! .rVi,,l"ns ''''e"rd"gy, magnet ;,,.e. ! isu, ocean iMrrent. tides, structure of M.ny Fan.hon and -ap.it e bonnets i i,'P' '''nsi,.v "I "'' " . He It is are trim .1 with rm lies of lace and ,hp'rst I'lactical and united effort to tiny (lowers or lo..pi of ribbon inside 1111,1 ""' wI,i,t ,1,p f'reme n-.rth has to I lie l.riei, i reveal in these bratp hes of science. There i; a f.,n.-v n present for house The observations began a' the chain of .lies,,.; romp,,;,,'! of .i solid-, olorcl !sl;l,i,,I's which were est ablishe.l around joc!,et ,m. a blii'lit ulaiil or novellv i l"'1" ,n" 's 'f August. The f.-ibrie skirt. 1 t v. o i,i;:,is n la'-p on one cisllii.ie, bonnel, or piece of neck lingerie is good fa-mi and ( "rrect ta-te at pre.-enl. T'l" llte.it e,i:,i iee is to fa it.en tipthe flolll of ll.iritifl r,,(, r,,j(s u.jt(, str,i.t of .,ii !,.., pa'ising through '('I I" : ..f th" .a A I rrnrli I'eiiiiniiip I'lillnnttirnTili . M....I. . : , I,...- ' ; ' 1 ,,M " 'M'r-'-i "mi regard to ttie bestowal of the' ' oi me i.egion oi nonor upon .viinc. Mess, who has acquired stupen- '"ii- can ii as M inior or t'ie nair wa-Ii w hii h bears her name, l.au dc lbs-. By the sa!c of the wash she has 1'U' lne on" o( tip. greatest capitalists f tie-1 it;.-, and the inauipT in which she disposes of th,. wealth thus ac quired form the siihjcit of universal admiral ion. Wh. n a -iked by the mimi- ijiality "for a liM le assistance" fur the pe ir, .sh" sends ,i -l -iiin even to the aiienmt of one hundred thousand francs. She pr ided lor an immense number of starving w..rkmen and their wives ilnriiig the sieije. and took upon herself the payment of all necessaries forthe wounded brought in from the fortifications. In recognition of the: sen ices tl,eniunicip.il.,v of Paris had a gold medal struck oil in her honor. J and this. w,th Jut n inatioii asoiliccr j of the Aeademyand other t-stimonials. eposes ueneain a glass case upon tne i same ncKcty wooden table upon which she prepared the lierh, when about to make the lir.t trial of the hair wash. Thctable stands in the middle of the room now filled with the most costly artistic furniture, and surrounded with the tin.'st collection of pictures by the old masters at present existing in Paris. Mine. Iless possesses tin- most extra ordinary instinct of and has formed the artistic beauty. . most wondrous gallery oi pictures and brunzes dart; ever beheld. So great was the natural ; ambition of srlf-improvcmcnt evinced j by hrr, that although long past youth when this great good fortune fell upon ' m r. ami she na.l never learne.1 even to ; nad and write, she immediately set I about acquiring instruction in litera- tare and art, and is now regarded as a ' high authority in both. And while thus she iiultilgrji her taste for the beautiful, she neglects m it the chari table duties imposed upon her by her position, and distributes large sums daily to the deserving poor. I'rofe-sor Cnid.'lli. of Rome, out ill the ', ti'iuif r that th points keep-' iug of plants in ill-ventilated rooms may cause iiialarioii.-, infection veil in regions where malaria is unknown. Professor Fichwal.l, of St. Petersburg, r ports the ease of a lady who at t i' !.cd by true intermittent fever while living in a room containing plants, yet alter the removal of the llowerpots a cure without relapse was elf re ted. The iinwholesoine itiJluence is s,,i, t,,, he due not to the plants, but to the damp earth in which thry grow. The number of higher arithmetic required in th" public schools of th ..i ssi...... ;.. 1 "-.iliuin. ...i " uu.rs.s , ,'"", ... in oiiciies, i lower. o.T.'ii'.i't1. algebras, oOiI.ihhp ast iolioloics, 7 'U.OOO; buuk-keeping. .'it t,lMK; ropy-books, 1 h ( 1,1 M t, t; coin-position-hooks. l.mHt.iHtO; etymologies. :.iMi,u.h; geographies, .i.NNi,tuiii; gram, mar-. 'J.timi.t'u': histories. I.ooii.uiiib tialnial philosophies. ."i.inni.innI; read ers, .'i.i I,'. i,i mii i; spellers and d. liners. :.','. i i. The annual cost .,( s, ... I i th ',,! I.V.I 'I "I. A-l S .'-a -re !1 pi'. V ..'if 1 i . is is estimated at (a:. u in California has for the t wrltt -two r--w ere latrlv lem r.l at ;. i whirl; P.i:k, Yor: t ANOTHER ARCTIC SEARCH. Tb (iovrrnmrnl la Kenrrh for I.lriitrnnnl lirrrlrj anil II In ( oiiipunlont. The I'nited states (iovernment has another Arctic search on its hand, which will be begun early next sum mer. A year ago last July First Lieu tenant (Jreeley, of the Fifth Cavalry, and Second Lieutenants Kislingbary years. The station is the northernmost of a chain of stations established by the governments of the I'nited States, AustroHungary, Denmark, Francs, (Jermany, !reat Britain, Holland, i ,l,u- '"'J'. Sweden, and Russia. " 1 purpose oi taking simultaneous other station established by the I'nited : tateaf Point Barrow, Ala-ka. is about as fir north as any station established ; by the fowign governments. The party , at Lady Franklin bay is in a very inae ressibl.. p!a -e. Th" intention wasthat it should ,o vi.-ited every year by a relief ami supply expedition, which i should take u;i to supply the pla-es of those who might be ill, or , who might have die I during I lie vear. ami fresh f io.Iand. thing. It is now- over II vear sinee -mt l I.mi.f 1,-w lnn ir.(n fri. rum Lieutenant (ireelv and his ,nrV They had a large double. walled i, r , " . " s'lpj'i oi provisions iur two years, audthev were near abed of coal. It is prosum M that they are safe, but nothing is known about them, be.ause the relief expedition sent up this year faia'd to re,i"h the station, the ice being impassable. Tim ev pei-idieo for tin last folly years ha; taught the m.i-ti Ts ! of whalers that Lady Franklin bay can , be reached only al. ml otiee in seven ; y:r water, t'oiigrcss, iad'-cd. cauu v ery near lea iug the matter uncared fur eniirely, lor it was tic -JJd of .luiu ! before Iheappropriation was mad''. and lietieral Il.ien was about to engage a j ves-cl and hi li. - ,,ut on his own rcspoiisihili' v, when Cotiirress recol ,.,,, f,at the e, nntrv had t went v-liv t men depending o its action for', ,. frts ilt1d necessaries. As it w.is. tin expedition was delayed a - eck bv'thi- inaction f Congr The expedition of next summer is to get off not later than the 1st of July. While it is not expected that any harm has come to Lieutenant (Ireely and his party, the "xpclitiun is to start out prepared to winter if the straits are impassable, and to reach Lady Franklin bay with sleds. The secretary of war is taking great pains in theseleetion of an oilicer to command the party, and (..-neral Terrv has been asked to name s .uie of they iger "Mirers who have become used to all the hardships of the w.-at hr; f the northwest. They w ill not c bark until thry find iireely and his party. The Swells of London. Olive Logan says in one of her Lon don letters: Althognh it is universally cone, -ded that Fuglishmcn as a nation are the best dressed men in the world, and that there are nowhere else to be seen such perfect "swells" as stroll to and from theirclubs in St. James street and Pall Mall, nevertheless there are a I great man v llntoiis . and great Britons 'hey ai", too. - w ho habitually dress the very reverse of "smartly." i;ial-'.mc is very careless in ins dress and 1 have seen him frequently w ;th frayed t ails and collar to his ,-hirt. '1'he Duke .. Westminster is pretty nearly alwavs seen in a colored shirt in the daytime, and with no pretensions to elegance in the rest t.f his attire. The last time I was in assembly with his grace, the Prince and Princess of Wales honored the meeting w ith their pieseiic. and I confess the thought for a ileeting in stant i nteied ii iv mind that if I were the Duke of Westminster and had even less than his estimated income of f.,ur million dollars a year I should have bid . . I my vaici to encase my ducal lorm in a w hile shirt to greet the Princess ,. Wales in. Nevertheless, white -,i,jt I or bla'-k shirt. I feel sure that I n. v. r should have mistaken the status of the Duke of Westminster had I met him even in my most green and alad davs. I might not have know n he w a- a duke; I could hav e sworn he a a g. nt Ionian. )V vai,.t loenea A church in Bavaria aecomin. .da ting 1.t'"tl people ha ; been aim. st , n tiivly built "I i!per iii.c he. whi.-h can be suiplie,l at a est a btt!" above thai of plaster. If .-an b- ma e to imitate the tines! marble, as il tai.es a polish sii'.erii r to s!a' e. CLIPPINGS FOR THE Cl'RIOS. The princes and princesses of th early Egyptian dynasties were buriet in small pyramids which rlusteret about the larger ones devoted to th kings. Subjects were only allowed ti have truncated pyramids. The Parthenon Athens' famous tem ple is so built that there is not a rec tangular form in the whole building. The hides and the front curve very slightly, the columns do not .stand quite upright, and all the hori7"iitaU ui e upward slightly. A scientific writer asserts th" lung current belief that the coneetit t ic rings "f a tree art: a record of its age, each ring representing a year's growth, is a mistake. A series of experiments have shown its falsity. In the I'nited Slates there are only three venomous suaues. Tin- rattle, tin copper head and the ii'.o,.asui. 1 he Fast Indies are full of venomous it. ikes, and in British India nearly twenty tl.eu-and person. arc killed eveiy vear by snake hit". The energy of the human In art. werkingday and night while life l.t-t -. is enormous. During an .i, rage work ing day a good climber cm on'y r.ii-e hi--own weight I .' f'it an hour, v, bile t he w ork of he lo art is i ! inn led to be , .iii ali'iit to rai -'t'g its v. u weiefbt. leu unnces, l:!.-,'.'i lei t liirb in ad hour. This is ,-t! t I'm- times the ellel'.'V of tin- lie i: I p.' lie' .le.llll ,11 L'ili" ever le i 'e. T'.jiivc an id -,i of th'- t'ai'v indn try in France. M. Ileive M.iiu.'o!i nc. idly . state,! at an aari, ullurai ga'lierinsr that I he milk produced in t !r ciiotn would if collected, form a r.-aiii -i leci I i inches ia width and 1 foot 1 iu-'i in depth, (lowing night and day ail ti. i year with a mean velocity of ' ('.( I j inches fT second. Y"ting airti a! ! drink a I'art of this eiiorni"i's vuiii,i" ' of milk, man takes a good part of it, ; and the rest is transform,..) int., , r-.s; and butter. ! An opera hottsp on wheel: is t In I atest dramnt if novelty, and a company ; with hea Iqii uier. .,' Kansa.- it has been org iiiu.-I to build and iuau.iL"' it. ! It is to consist of right railway c;m'-. w hi. b can be c pan. led by ili'enious me, hani-ui into . l i ,i j H i struct uie, with auditorium and it ige complete, and is designed for the benefit of roni niimities which do imt possess facilities for the product ion of jd.iys. It will run from place to place on the railroads and carry a portable track, upon which it can be switched off and transformed into a theatre. Variations of Climate. Dr. (Toll attributes the great fluct uations of terrestrial climate, us dis played by the former cxten-i.n of glaciers on one hand, and the existence of coal seams and corals in the now ice-b eind shore of Orcelilalid en the other. t variations in the earth's orbit, and calculates the periods of three cycles, extending r. -pect ii ly over ITiHMHt, .YO.iMid and H'enuti y , ars. I am unable either to coni.i m , r refute these calculations, which may or may not be correct, but quite outside, or rather within, these there have been curious lluctn.itii'us of terrest i i,d cli iii. ite hitherto unexplained. The name "Jroiiland," whiih we literally trans late "Crcenland." is itself a record of this. It was given to that country when colonized by the Scandinavians above l.tHUt years ago. M was then fairly described by ii s name, and the remains of human settlements discoy. ered by our ar tie explorers in regions now imhabitable.coiiliini the. .Id Noise sages, which describe these colonics When Ing df, w it li his n tainers ami followers, settled iu 1 elind. A. D. .Tt. that i-land nui-t have ttij.-vnl a very different climate from that which it now eiiilmcs. or it could n. t havr becouie so popular a r. lotiy as to al .rtii King Harold the Fair h.m. d -.gr-atly as to induce him t i Ii k tin- emigra tion by imposing a line , ( lour ae es f silver on all intending emigrants. The growth of its population moil it became in the cl, m nlli and twellth cent II l ies the I'" lis of I'll repeat p oet ir literature, w le n it -.gnat port, Sii'-rro sturleson, attended the meeting- of thr Thingvalla or i-land Parliament, "with a splendid retinue of H armed lueti," when houses and ships were built with native timber, of w hich re mains are now to be found, all indicate a carious t hange of climate. I could quote many other cv id, nces of this if space peimittcd. -- '' utl man's J..vn- The sand industry of Long Island has grown In xt i :or.lin.iry roptr tions. Five years ago there were only f. or I'u ii, s c:iu.ig' d ta it whose invested capital did not ex, red eighty thousand dollars, while low the capital in vested in the business exceeds two mil lion dollars. An av . rage of four thou sand live hundred 1 his of sand are shipped in boats to New York daily. Dear Man. Is. Thp toneliPsiif ,er hands are hkp th fnfl Of vHvi'l wnw fluke.; Ilk" thotnuel' "f down Tbn pencil ju.t bnir-lipst 'j-ninst the garden wall; The fl.-y fondlings of the thistle wi-p C'anclit in Hip crinkle of n leaf of hrowi. 'I'lif lilightiii) frost has turned from preen to cri-sp. Sell a. thr falling dusk at liiht. The touring of her hands, and the delight- The t.'Melies of her hand! The lunelie- of her hand- are like th.' dew Tli.il fall- ..i sofily down no one e'er k,.e.tr 'l lie touch II,. aeon save lover-like to one -tr.! in lipids where ranged Kiidvmion. t I!,, rarely -nfi. the touches of her haiel-. " il;ir.-y zephyrs ill eiiehaiited lands; Ir pnl-e of dying day: or fairy ilr ; Or in betuecn th" luidliig'iil and the dawn. When long uiire.-t and tears and fcaismo gene Kb cp, siiioothiin: down thp lids of weary ryes. - t. If. .'.7p. PI'NfiENT PAKAf.RAPIIS. Ila.'kmrn - Butchers. Hanging lire- The chandelier. Man advertises, then realize?. The best press - A press of bu -in v.. "Come down," said the young man, stroking his upper lip. Tin' u-e of iron cannot increase the running qualit ir of a dog, but tin ran. M-n w ho liavr iiioney to loan take tin-great i -;t pos. ible interest in their bll iue.-s. Mulligan horse ate t, n pounds of March without feeling v ry imp Ii stu-'k up. Freckle, are not so bad. H it aid that one girl ilo'- .tlol ol.je, t to erring them on another gi'Ts ta. e. S .ice o( th A' iatp-s ;iv 0'V cool.. ingihiir meal on American st..e. I'hi s is prelel '-aM.' to the old s' vle of .serving uti American' "U sjatic stoves. marine disaster. "Yes." .aid I'm ! captain of th" " c.'i'i Mo.r.i.sliip. I h id a very xp.isA tr, this; time. A'l IT little C,l -jet, pC. p , . I !, IT, S ;it.. fright icily . " Women are -ueh .pi. er i real are s that no la. in ., in iih.b r 'and them. Indeed, it ha, been gum -rally conceded that the only w ay (. I'm. I a w an out is tocall w hen she is ii, a in. The papers very kindly t ! the p,.r man how to make a nourishing soup out . a small pi.ee of meat. If they would only ti ll him how to get the meat his wife Would be much luofn obliged. A Vermont lawyer has printed a hook to prove I hat the carlh is .Vi.iidioiiM) years old. and thai thrrr is no reason why people shouldn't be a thousiml years. Probably they don't just out of she, r laiiu'ss. ".lulia, my little cherub, when does yoursistir Kmma return':" Julia "I don't know." ' Didn't she say ant lung In lore she w cut away?" Julia "Sim said, if ymi came to see her, t hat ;.b'l g..ni. t i ,.iiisiay. A mailer of mulplii ation . Teacher "Why, how stupid you arc. to be sure! Can't multiply right right by t w elity r .' ITIwagiT that Charles can doit in le-than lei ilne.'" Pupil "1 shouldn't be siirpiist.il. Thry say that fools multiply very rapidly imwa days." The reason that an express train alwas proceeds a milk train is not be. i rise its speed is gnat or. It is I.e. i an si- the cow -call ber on the engine is ii-ed to cat' h the , "W - in lime to be milked hi Cut- dark. A ft. r they arc . aught tltoy an run on the side tr.uk. the cows, we understand, doing the ,-w itching thenisch . s. A medical journal s,i s that when a man wants to sneeze and cannot, if he go. int. i the sunlight he w ill pod 1 1 1 ce. t i ,iial to that of .-null, '('be in- folic, lli. .11 lllllst pfoe. gleat Colllfovt to. i man whi n aurlusivr :-m e..r sri.es bis u.i-.il organ ai out '.' i.'.l.uk P. M. He . all make .lt:ip to :..,le lolliiliy where the sun is shining, or ih Ii r tie sue. e nut il next morning. "Have ymi seen the new style of sleeping cars'.'" inqtiirnl a diumiucrol the en. bo tor. "No, I think not," he replied; -w hat are they bl e'" "Well, they differ from any 1 have yet seen, a:;d I don't they will I.,. very popular." "What are they called?" "Prohibi tion ears." "That's a sotuew hat singu lar name," thoughtfully mused the t id ct laker. "Why arc t bey so-ealled ? " "Fn cause." said the mite roiomrrcial traveler they won't have any porter aboard." TIMT TIITI X'ISII tAMf. Ill rlnldbood days, pre jrt she knew 'Clip words tif gifts, slif'cl fieely take The prefi nts sweeliiifiits, toys mid .iich )h' ortereil fur her fi ii lulsliipV sake. In l iter year--, wl.en older grown. (nUe different things she took like Huh : Hi- aim at parties- liat mid click ln u'er he raited,- perhaps a kiss. Ill turn. dir took hi. purse, his time. Jb- love, this thievish danif. Net then, it M i nis, wn. she content : For be-t of all -lie took hi- name. I I- ii... ft H r- P L t,V'.1 El ft'"