North Carolina Newspapers

(Lln!!;;:r.i ;hrcci;i H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOR ASH r:;o;':iKTOK. One squaic. inn; l.-tMiwi Out square, i.im i!. 3uq eiiare. mi. ir.-'uiiu TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ) ill t .V One fit) r, nne yi-nr, - !!,00 Oi.e ,M nuiiitl LOO tt 17 One cow, throe inoatUi, .... Jtd , VOL V. pittsboko Chatham co., n. c, apiul 12, isss. no. :n. SFh (tthalham Record. yn ii . . . yti n . .. . ji 11 . . - 1 . . . . . xn. tug pipm miotic TIlC Llul. T e lit li ti n: il' iii'H h i tin k' l on r Ins limits, All lni4lii in .1 1 1 ili ir li:irvct irMi-: lie loiinttii' il jili- li ih 1 t-imifl t.i liia Iimi'h, lint liomw 11 1 :i icl nlio blood at hi n.! F01 iUmi 11 Ik 111', tin "J4.I1 riclics ineiia-c: And 1I10 r lid in: j iiim in tnn-uim Unit re.ise, But tlif ir lio8t im:r-i 1 ii'l 111 inoiiiiiinp!. Juolh "llio we i!:li ' my fair li.-hU tocm- I mill IioiimI, ami rut n hilu ilio yi-nrg roll on: And I'll ItniM Imwli r I ur n'' Imt a vnico ljr ke din iln mi i-i-. Ami lii-i fliHli'.l i-lift-k wi ll tciror liiineil li i:nr I mi l w.iu. Ford 111I1 units nut, tlio i-li r.clici iucrni-e, Anil tin- lioj t h it (I .ttuiw 11 niin-r'ii piuco Ih the lnpi t!i.i. e 1 1, 1 1 in i irnc-. Mint iii-ht. Hill mill 1 ol I. in tlio sili ni-e il in O. his st.it 1 ly c'Iiiimi iff 1I10 r eh tini-i In y j Ami Iih linn, mid Ins lmrve-i!, wlutuio tlu-v to l iin? Ami wIiiiku was his ncnltli when hi foul 111' I nuMj? For ih-ii h unit not, tlion-h nVhrs i .on n-n, Nor tin- -id ot lln ini-ei cm I n v him iilu;-.r, Win n llifiiliy of lii .1. oal c'limrs in in. mi niii.; Thcion Brown. The Belle of the Bakery. It was not one of your common 1 'akcr ies. It was a very genteel bakery, iu doid, with a solid plate-glass window, Mini "Parties and Weddings Supplied" gilded in sprawling letters across tlio front. Tlio floor was f chequered marble, and the walls were frescoed with peacock feathers and half-open fans. And Mrs. Biggs knew nothing at all about "the business," but came in and out of a private dour, and Miss Kdelgitha, lnr ilaughtt r, was taking lessons on the i piano, and in arrasene work, and read I "Jsrai-H'.-j novels. As for Mr. Biggs himself, he was in visible half tin; clay in the bubterrauean region, whence he would occasionally emerge, with a very red face, ami hair and whiskers powdered with Hour. ' They ain't notion like the master's eye," Mr. Biggs would observe, with a noblo disregard of grammar, which was peculiarly aggravating to Kdel fitha, his daughter. Then there was Mary ' roily," as Mr. Biggs called her. .Mary Biggs had come to visit 1-Mclgitha, and bo eduea l.'d with her, when the sudden death of her father hit her unprovided for, and till but l'ricn'K s.s. "She's lito;;t educated, ain't slieV said Mr. ligg. "l'el '11 jml her through and make a teacher ol her, eh, wileV" Tray, Jlr. Uiggs, don't go to putting such nonsense into the child's head!" laid Mrs. Biggs. "It's a deal too ex pensive, and il will bo three, years al Ic.iHt before sho will be tpialilied to leach. And we lan't board and eh. the , hei all that time. 1a t her go ilow n Into the bakery and help you. You vere complaining only yesterday of being short of haails." "Jiut it's most a pity, ain'L it j''' naid Mr. Big0'S, who wa-i a kin.l-heain d soul, 'uch a brigut, smart little tivc tiir 03 Tolly is." "l'bhaw!" t.iid Mrs. Biggs. "You u-ant bright, sm iri ereaiures, tlon't J'OU?" "But I fomeliinv e.di ulated to give I 'oily the Siiitu i.dviintages as Ldel tiiha," uracil the baker, wrigyl.ngliiie an uneasy eel "Then you calculated entirely with out vur host," observed Mr.N Biggs, tartly. "We are not Uotltschilils, atid S'ignor C'antvoh charges eighty dollars .' quarter; and I've pokon to a l-'reiieh maiu'sellealioutdaily lessons in conver fu'.iod at a dollar a-piece. Bcsidts" with a sudden change of base "Mary w as telling me, only yesterday, that she pined for soim-thiug to do. She has ulways been tued to such an active life." So Mary, in her black calico dress, vith the mist of tears still heavy on her eyelids, went down into the work i joins, to help her uncle. She was a brink, eilieient girl, who hml what Uncle Biggs called "a level bur.iness load." Shu was a good ac countant, and kept the books below btairs; and once in awhile bhu amused herself with making up a pih of dain ty, Gnow-white meringues, i r a batch of old-fashioned doughnuts, fur the fnoro It was lonely dowu there, to be sure, among the busy workmen, and iilio sighed at times when the heard her Cousin Kdelgitha practicing the 8-:alen. "It is rery ungratttful of me," 6hc fit-jri to herself. "I ought to he glad w.v thankful to help good Uncle Biggs." And it never occurred either to Mary or her uncle that if she hadn't been so very much prettier than Kdelgitha she never would have been banished to the basement of the bakery. 'VEdelgitha must marry rich," said Mrs. Biggs. "We have prepared her to adorn any station; and Mr. Lilburne, certainly was very attentive when he met her nt the private view of the pic ture gallery. I really think he likes Edelgitha." He's a queer old fish !" said the ba ker, meditatively. 'But he's rich," .nid Mrs. Biggs. "Well, then, h t's ask him to supper, and leave him and Kib lgitha alone to gether afterward?" suggested Mr. Biggs. "That is, if she likes him." "Biggs, don't be a goose!" said the lady, irritably. "You haven't a soul above one of your own flour-barrels no, nor you won't never have." So Mr. Biggs retired, and gave his whole attention to the checking off of a load of St. Louis Hour, which was being delivered at the alley-door. Mary Biggs had come up into tlio storo to whisper one of her uncle's iii''ss:igea tj the stylish young woman behind tho counter, when a servant girl hurried in and emptied about n peek of little, Ha', brown cakes on the ghi: s t ) of the show-case. "Mr. I.ilhurno's compliments, mis.--," said she; "and they're trash!'' "What!" said the shopwtmian. "Mr. Lilburne's coin; diluents; and they're tradt!" repeated the maid. "He said they wasn't ginger-snaps at nil; they was only lard an, i molasses. He wanted the kind his mother used to bake, of Saturday mornings. The very first one ho tasted hn threw on the floor." "Well," remarked tho shopwoinnn, loosing her head, "if our ginger-snaps don't suit the gentleman, then it's im possible io suit him. That's all!" "He's been sick, you know," said the maid-servant, ajndi g tieally. "And he's just pitting better, and his appe tite's dreadful uncertain, and Mrs. I'tigsley my missus she thought she was sure to tempt him with these 'ere. '(iinger-snaps!' said he. 'Just what I've been a-longin' for. My mother used to bake 'em for me, w hen 1 was a child. Yes, Mrs. I'ugdey,' said he, 'you may order 'ein for mo.' But," with a mild sigh, "missus might ha' known they wouldn't suit. Xothin' suits when a gen'leman's just off a sick bed." "Is it Mr. Lilburne?" said Mary. "Oh, I remember him. He came here once, and went to sleep while Kdelgitha was singing, 'Oh, Summer Night!' I liked him. lie talked to me about the country. He knew all about calves and chickens, and cranberry swamps and robin s '-nests, lines he like ginger-snaps? I'll make .'.oine for him. 1 know an old-l'a-ihioned receipt that, is always good, t'otno here to morrow; my good girl," to the maid, "and I'll have some ready for you. l'oor Mr. Lilburne ! I'm sorry he's sickl" Tho smart shopwoinan stared as superciliously as List or O.opin might have done if a vii.agis bugler had vol unteered to th;iu the ti r.-t principles of music. A country-girl, like that, opect to compete with "Biggs's Celebrated Bak ery!" Well, really, the shopwomaa did't Know what the world was com ing to. But little l'olly hurried down flairs again to where Mr. Higsis, till powd red with flour, was laving down the law to some of his suteililes. (linger, my dear?" said he. "And flour? What you l.ke- what t,u like! As I was tell.iig viiii,,lii!iu:on, a barrel of prime llottr b.ii to be humored. You can't drive it. Flour is flour, and must be handled accordingly." Mr. Leouidas Lilburne, stalking un easily about his sick-room, and anathe matizing the sluggish current of the hours, wai seeiilly making up his mind to get married. "After a man has once been sick in a hoarding-house," he :a'd to himself, "he's a fool if he don't look around for a homo of his own. 1 am forty next month. It's high time 1 was thinking of -settling in life Kh, who's there?" "It's me, fir, please!" said Mrs. I'ugsley "with s me ginger-snaps." . i'shaw!" Miid Mr. Lilburne. "l'ling 'em out of the wii.dow! (live 'em to tho dogs! I don't want any more of your city humbugs!" "But please, sir, these are unite dif ferent!" Mrs. I'ugsley coaxed "made by a young woman from the country, as works in Mr. Biggs' 1 akery. And I was to ask, would you be so very good as only to taste 'em?" "Oh, yes, I'll taste them!" said Mr. Lilburne, sarcastically. "It's no trou ble to poison myself, just to oblige people 1" And Mrs. I'ugsley, entering with an apprehensive air, put the plate of round, golden cakelcts on the table. "I really think, sir," said she, "if you would only taste them " "Hum 1 ha!" said Mr. Lilburne. "These are quite a different article! These are the kind my old mother used to turn out! They're ambrosia they're food for the gods! Who made them, I say?" "I I don't know, sir, I'm sure," said Mrs. I'ugsley, rather discoinlitcd ley this direct address. "Some young per son in Mr. Biggs' bakery." "Orders carriage!" saidMr. Lilburne "and bring mo my sable-trimmed overcoat at encc! I'll go and see that young woman. I don't believe .there is another persi :i on tho American continent that inn make ginger-snap? like these, now that my poor old moth er is buried!" Mary Biggs came, laughing, up from the btibterranian deeps of Biggs' bak ery. "Oh, yes, Mr. Lilburne," raid she, "I inralo the snaps! Hon't you remember mo Kdelgitha's cousin ?" "But what are you doing down hi re?"ilciuanded Mr. Lilburne, in some amazement. "Karning my own living," Polly promptly answered. "And they to! I me you didn't l.ko tho store snaps, so I baked soino alter my grandmother' old receipt." Mr. Lilburne looked at l'olly w ith the respect due to a maker of incoin para'!') ginger-snaps, mingl-d with chivalrous pity for a desolate m.'vdeu. "Miss roily,'' said he "that was what they called you, wasn't it?" "Yis," said Belly, "I hat's my name." "Perhaps I ought to warn you that I'm going to be a little abrupt," said he; "lmti should likoto many you." "Oh, d.-ar!" !a!d Polly, .-tailing back in amazement ; "I couldn't think of. such :i thing!" ' "Yes, you can," said Mr. Lilburne. '. "Thir.k of it, that's all. Think of it for a week, and then let me know your ; final decision. I'm not ea-tly what, the world calls a gay young lover, but I can give you a g 1 homo and an honest, loving heart. Your uncle can tell you all about Leouidas Lilburne. : There. I won't tease you any longer. . Just take my proposal into consideru- , tinn, that's all." So ho went away, and Mary, in her perplexity, went in among the flour- barrels, and took counsel with Uncle. Biggs. ! Uncle," said she, "what am I tj do?" ; "My dear," ;ii'l the good man. strok ing her lu ad with floury, yet not un kindiy, hands, "what do you think? Could you learn to like him r" "I think so," confessed M iry. with dow ncast eyes. "He spoke -o ph asant ly to me, and he has holiest brown (yes. "Then I re 'opiiiien 1 you to say yes,'' said Uncle Biggs. Lilburne i a good, warm-heartid fellow, if a little eccen tric, and his wife w.ll bo a lucky woman." And he thought of Kdelgitha nnd sighed. A week subse uenlly. Mr. Lilburne gave his landla ly warning. "I hope I haven't failed to suit you, sir," said she, plaintively. "It isn't thai, Mr... I'ugsley," said he. "But I'm going to be married.'' i "I'm sure, sir, 1 congratulate you," ; territory peopled by hostile tribes Siiid Mrs. I'ugsley. I'ai.ith. , r,adv to shed blood f r its possession. "You may well do so, ma'am," said ' r,j(. f.uno. ivory is frequently very Mr. Lilburne. '-oln 's as lovely as j diihYtil! to gel, ar.d w hen. by the oxer Venus, as dime stic a; Dorcas, and Hso of strength. einhi:aiieo, watchful she nuke- g'ng-.--snaps such a. my j nossaml cunning, the duky natives poor mother once d-.d! Yes, Mrs. Pugs- j,,lvo Proitght it ti the shore, they ley, I feel that 1 have gaitu d a prize." j deserve a substantial prieo for tho So lM!y Big ging. r-stiiips won j the tr-iiotre which M.ss Kdi 1 tluis, rrills a:id l-'rciic'i cotiM-rsa.ion had, tusk s ill one we-k itt Liverpool b-nn powerless to rce-h. j weighed not less than 1 10 pounds, and "1 really can't sc.- what Mr. Lilburne , it can scareely bo sai l that the Afri saw to fancy in my Cousin IVl.y!" said I r;,.,s yoke is easv and his burden she, with spiteful tears. And Mrs. Biggs could not enlighten her daughtcr. -7i Un l'orrn-t Wi-unt. About Authors. Bnxter was oio' of the most volumi nous writets in the Knglish language. Ho wrote no fewer thiiu ICS sejiiiratti works. Dr. Owen published seven volumes in folio, t went v in -puirto, and about thiity in octavo. He wrote so care-i lesslv that Hubert Ball said of him;' -He is a Dutchman lloundcrin; in 8 continent of mud." Samuel Clarke was an indefatigable worker. His edition of "Ciesiir's Com mentarics," his sewnteen sermons, hit twelve books of tho Iliad, etc., provt the fact. Otway performed an immense amount of literary labor before ho had attained his thirtv-fourtli y ;ar. Doctor Lar.lner was a voluminous writer. His"Cridibilitvof thefiospol Histo.y" alone comprised fifteen vol- umr9 ! William Cobiiett wrote more thaD ono hundred volumes. Thomas Miller author of "Fair Hosa mond," "Laily June (Irey." etc., wroU ono hundred volumes in twenty years Theodore Hook produced thirty, eight books in sixteen years, ami its h was during that time editor of a paper nnd contributor to the magazines, hi may well have been considered a grcal worker. Jacob Abbott, author of the "Holh Books" wrote more than one hundret volumes for his juvenile series. rr t ih : i :( ; :i. iVhcn a t iii.i is :. 1 ' aim: si I. a!! Ini.-hcd. P.- ipl.-'.s i:i!e.ii - l i i ( i.b'd bv t heir ci'lid n Happiness is lil.ean it ani icrs to your ( ail, but doe. r. ,t cent Cilic., f cce ;.t-'W . ;n ! i:: talka'.ive aad t li!".' L r : : i also make tli-'tn arti'.ei.il. lViend.-.iiip is t!i" .'.i misfortune-, 1 u', in :i i!:t i the fount tin of all g ."hi- M;ike no . ne vie. : . j or that ; it. s!i evs but th- f-i r ill v ! this m:;Mi, and m ike; t'i ri ! .i V We j ! I.fc o n .-h. , !.. capable of i!'.i:ig. win! 1 us by what we have alri A rrreat seen t i f e !i!ea :i I d;v-li. w ' V. w e fi el o'h. rs judg' t'i make tiie cxereis".s of (he b .ily ;ui l th the mind servo nlwits as a re. r to c e h other. (li s T itiii.n a;id e.pi riele e '" to t'-a-'h ti how s,.i:i!l it iii'l - f i ciiients w hicii e!e 'pi T life eiin I: told. There' i'e it b"C .ni-s l'i ' to enjoy witii o-purihuiiy or l - of i'ioii ob'ne ee in- ' I', rc- wise Stiller wilh foftiiude whatever ha'fpeas. It is an argit r,i:it of it caadid, iu penin.s mind to delight in the good name and e .liin::; iiuittiour, of ollii-rs; to I'as.s by their defe.t s and take initio of tiieir virtu -. ami t spr a!; or hear willingly of t!i" latter, for in this indeed you may bo little less guilty than tho evil rp-'aker, in taking pleasure in e il. though you speak it not. Think not you are tho only one who has to endure, and who dreads tho hardships of life. Kase and comfort are t!ie l.atur.il de-irn of the human heart, and there are thorns, real or im aginary, in ev ry oae's pathway. But sitting down ii'id brooding w iil never bring power to nvi ronie them rather be up and doing, thankful for the blessings m t remaining. Knife Han lies. An lvory-hafted knife to the ordina i ry diner-out, says a London paper, is ; simply a piece of ta'ilo cutlery, useful id lie :i!s, bill (l ' .-oi, of romance. He wonders not at tic ingenuity that i liiiido the ste :1 and fashioned the blade ith its kcnly-euttiiig elge. In his eyes it is only a kiiife-handic and ho ! docs not allow its antecedents j0 jn(.r. I fere with his appetite. But through I what an experience this bit of ivory, so smooth iind shining, has passed! It ! once fornc'd part of an elephant's tusk nnd was probably dug out of the desert or found in soine dense African forest, while the jackals or the vultures j were feeling on tho animal's carcass. . It was most likely carried hundreds of miles over ii trackless coiinlry and precious loa I that has fatigued their limbs an 1 made th"ir shoulders nehe. light when ho has to toil along, in tropical heat, with an elephant's tooth in his grasp. But the obstacles to be overcome in getting the ivory to ii civilized region are not entirely responsible for tho present high prices in the Knglish market. The elephant is defunct in Kgypt, nnd tusks are only obtainable there by dredging in the sand; but tho leviathan of the woods is by no means extinct in Africa and India, and would possibly yield an abundance of ivory if the demand only grew as slowly as his teeth. Tlio Sniall-SIzeil Jiijh. Doubtless ha I not the long centuries of seclusion from tho outside world c-Hnpcllcd the Japanese to marry and intermarry among themselves as they have, they would show a much taller r;nc than they now do. Kvery species of animal life is dwarfed from the same cause of interbreeding. The cattle are small, and tho horses nrp much smaller than the California mustang; in fact they can only be .'' I hero may, perhaps, be vet another ase for the short stature of the race. Their internecine wars have destroyed the lives of myriads of the fighting population. It is known that the Wilis of Napoleon served to shorten the stature of the French peo ple very materially, and doubtless tho destruction of lire caused by war has effected tho saint! result here. 1 he Japanese are a warlike race, and w hen they fight they light to kill, using the moiit effective edged tools ever mado for tho trado of war. Sl'lKXTIFIC SWAPS. Photographic, plates have proved that light pene' rates clear water to the depth of :i u f.. t. and it is thought that rays powerful enough to exert a -a influence on tho lower forms of life may reach to greater depths. Diamonds, A. Ji. Crillith consid ers, hill been forme I by the action if h ghly-heatcil water or wator-ga. aide I by great pres-tiro on the carbon aceous nia't r of fi sils i:i the s'-d;. iii'iitary r-!', r il wed by coiling and consequent d-p.i -ion of ea.'o u i'l the ciy.,t'illill" e.ilidi'i !!. 'I'he (b rm ili t iir-ii.-y eagi.i'-i r I..1M nice e led in adapting and p--rlecin 4 thi-ele t ri i' phi t. graph appnr.i' us to ! e pla -I'd in a ball mi fir o1.,o,ymi th ( lieiny", cainp. el -. )l v, ill lake , a per fect photogr.r.h of th- n.nutry b-1 iw in the fiiii-; i.ni of a s-ionl when th balloon is at a-i el--.a'io". r.f -In. m f.,t. Oae of th- largest brains o:i r- 1 is that of an iilit-r.ite. not very intel bgent miiliit .0 of Cobimbus, (.)., wh reniilly died a1, tie1 ag- of i"i ycar. iiiid whose citse is report d by Dr. li d tleniiia in the 'in -innat i t.'tif.t. His bi ;i:n w 1 iglcd sixty-eight and thre.--ipi irleis oirices, or nearly live i.e.:!-!--, luori' than th" fane 'is b-.iin of Cuvier. The case wiis iii.-ntioa, d a few iimnUis ago of a bii Mayer who m-iid neither reader write, whose brain weighed s Aty-sevi-n ounces. An Knglish inventor has devised a huge listening trumpet, by which 11 sound at sea is caught up and n ti llered audible to aa olli-cr on ship board. Such iin apparatus has been put up on tho Ninth suiileihuil pier, and it has been found that if n ship is hailed from this pier, the person hail ing can hoar quite distim tly, through the opening in the vibrating funnel, the reply .-.en. Ii crimen-, are yi t wauling to l-.-t tic cl!'c a-y of this simple apparatus in fogs at s a. Mexicj is m.iLiuj a si inly of the culture of th- ri.bber-pheit. The hardiness of lie plant is said lobe SU -ll that its on! lire is 1 ce. du.jjh simple and inexpensive where the climate and soil aiv Mol.il.le. In much of the Mexican ca .1 n -ion o'most the only expense ii ilc wc -ditg r--quired w hen tin- j I i t ' : t i iir young, to give theia a 1 hiia to grow an 1 strengthen. Inf.i t.it iseirt.iiutl.it! properly set out, iho phmt will grow and iiiiitur- in s)iitc of fie wee-Is, but are so retarded that it p.ty.s well to give thelll ciliellll iltlolilion. Col toil ciin ha culliviiti'd siin iliiiiieotisly between the rows, and the cup.iire of the cotton is siiilii ient to car- lor the rubbci'-treis aNo. Haitils of Seals The inhabitants -d bibe-l relate many aiev lo'.e.s of tin- se;d-. i-r st.;t dogs, puriicuhu'K tin'. s ;vie: called the laud-st'iiii'. Tiny -:.y ilia! tluse aninuils are er ob-enaiit; when they perceive any new object upon the shore .n y approach toward it which has suggested to the inhabitants (lie id a of ea'chiug th.:n i'l two ways. 'They spread nets in Hie straits and bins through which the seals pns. and tlcn on a dark evening i!n- uiak--a lire on the coast w ith sha in..- -. horn, an I olh- r comba-aiMo su'o-':iri.-: s, that exh.ilo ii strong sine;-, t!,,. M.d, ;it-tra-ted by the sc. n.. s ioi toward the lire, ii i I is l.iken i:t t !i - i--t s. J hey lire easily l.i ned, iiu l t'i,- nolo put them, wie n young, into p ei .'s, and feed th 'in daily, by wh eii they become as tr.ti'tabl" as a com 11.1:1 dug; run about the y.ir I. and I.H e.v t!i master of tin- house, or anvh I v 1 1 .e w'uii may call them by 11a lie. In seine vears the seal is iil.n is! stiirve I. When for iu staiico, the wiul -r is severe, li-lt an 1 insects ii;e scire an I t'i.' mm weed by which (hey are tiouiisliet is carried off by the ic il l I br ii'o 1-; tin 11 they are no lean :in 1 weak tii.it il is iiupossi i!e for thelii t 1 esc.ip , il l 1 1 hey i,:v easily tiiken; their bit is coiiseqiie ul. wa-t-d, and nothing is foii i 1 in t 1 ir stoma In but Uliliilli' plains and stoa s. Southern Houses, The Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta 'Ca.i (himiii l write-: The style of ardiiic dure ha changed ma terially in tho la-t live or ten years Bight alter tho war we had an inunda tion of North era architects, who planned luuisrs suited to cold -Northern climates and wholly untitled for our warm atmosphere. They made close houses, with small rooms, narrow stairways, without halls, and w .th only scraps of veranda ami porch. The little cuddles ol rooms and labyrinthine arrangement of interior were the very culmination of disci mfoit lnr our hot climate. The philosophy of a true Southern dwelling is roominess and a chance for a lie ze. We need wide lulls, some porches, and hu ge rooms The new atil improved sy-tein of Atlanta architecture recognizes these climatic necessities. The Kniflnecr nt a Concert. "I was loafing around the streets l.'ist night," said .Ti'a Nelson, one of the oldest locomotive engineers run ning into New Orleans, "and as 1 La i nothing to do I dropped into a conceit and heard a slick-looking Frenchitian play a piano in a way thai made mo feel iill over in spots. As soon as be s;it down on the stool I Ln-w by the way he handled hiinsi If that he uiidor : t 1 the machine he v. ;is riuneiiL,'. I Hi tapped the l.evs a way up 1 lie end 1 just as if (hey v. i-i-c i-a ii- s, arc! v,,'.:t j cd to see if h- ha I wa'cf etio'i-ii. j Then he looked 1 p as i! po v inti d to : know l.-w in e h siea'ii he v.. is mrry. j ing. ill'd the 111 At llioiui i:t he polled j open the throttle and sailed out on tho I main line, jus! as if h w.r. half an j hour la'e. You could Liar her llm:: j dor over culverts ,-in l briil-os. atid gtt j ing faster and faster until the b 1 ! i-ivv rocie l about in his scat l.ke a eni ; !' -. Soil. eh. .w I thought it was old j 'o-'i' pulling piis.ii-iigi r tiiiin am! .cel ling out of the way oC a "special." Tho ' fellow worked the keys on the middle j '!.v-.--o!i l.ke light iii-i". 1 then be 1 Mew along the iim-h end of the lino j until tin; drivers wen! around like a buzz-saw. and I got iNeit-l. About the time 1 was, lixing l-i tell him ! i-ut her oil il little, he kicked the ilahi e.s under the machine w ide op -n. -i!l - l the tliroi-1- away back in tie- tender, :i!i I, Jerusalem, jumpers! how he did run. I couldn't stand il any longer, and ydlcd to him tii.it she was 'pound ing' on the L it si Ic, and il he wasn't careful lu-'d drop his ash-pan. But he didn't hear. No one heard me. K very thing was llv ing l id vvhiving. Tele graph poles 011 the side of the truck looked like ii row of coi n stalks, tho trees appeared V be a mud ban!-:, and all the time th" e!cin t of th- ! ! ma chine sound" 1 Iih-t im bum of it bum bl -be-. I ti i- ! to yd! .ail, bet ley tongue wouldn't in ive. He went aroutul ctii v 1 : l:h- a bn'ict, slip;-., d :i.i eccentric, blew out hi. s ill plug, '.vent down gra 1- s pt'iy f.-i I to (lie mile, and lO't il 1 l iiki s- '.. i- lie well? bv the meet ing-po'ii! at ii mil- and a half a miniit", and eiihiu ; f. r inore steam. My hair '! I up li it ciii's tad. be cause I knew the a:ue v,.ij iii-. Sure clioim-h, del. I a!:e;i I ot 11 : v, ,1 1 (ho heil.ili-.i'ii'. of I In- .special.' Ill a daze I heard the cra'i as t'e-y stniik, and saw tho cars shivcre I i:i'o i.l-ons, pi u-ph-liia-hed ;ind nia-i-l I ii'i l ideeding iind g.ispin,' for w.i'i r. I heiird another cra-h a the I ren h professor struck lie- d- p key. a.vay down oil the Lover cad . ! th souihi-ru division, and then I i',n:i. t 1 si n es. J'.'iero ho was ii! a dead .-'an. '. -'.iii, with the door of the iii el -V if the lull liino open, wiping tuo p. ! -piiiitioii oil his face and bowing at the pc-j le bi b re 1 1 i m. If I Iim- l I'e a l.'n iis;ind yi ::rs old I'll never the ii,e that i'rclichiuan ;'ilV e ol il pi.ll-,.'." l!i'ii:.iikii!ile Tree. Tln-re is a uc' r. mai 1 a'd-1 fir tree in the fetct of Aili . . a'd niof Yaml. It is 11 iir tin- 1 nth of A Ilia, at a hight of ilbl lit L.o 1 le t a' iVl- the hotel I ."i0 fret a'n.v . the ii. surro.iude.1 by a finest 1 1 .11 -. v !:'. ,. ,t ov orlops by liioic that; tl.ii I Ic (. l b il Milk is .1 little M". - !':: '1 tli-i. I- ! in 1 ireum !eii !l ' !! 'V- 1 1- -. At ,ib..i; a x : i ' 1 Ir I 1 ti: ,.. c!,'el i . j lit s rill, oil tin! M'llth .id-, sc. li oh -lo ' i ., n hich have p'liun in' o 1 riinhs :i . ' -. ij,g ;u id i gi ir ons its thoe of too ; 1 1 r ir. is in the Ion st. I'm lit and glial led nt the 1 lot to ti. t hi so side trunks . o i;i -t i .lighten iiul rise pi rpei; In iil-irl;- an I parallel to the inair. sti m. I los . ;.i mv i not, perh iis, win illy iinp.i'.' oh led, but :in oiiur curious I :u-t i- the.t the two largest o the side t ru.ii at- clilns ted VV ith the pi lliei ill : t' III bv : -lii.qll.l ilMll- guliir bra-' s i r-ciiil'l n j g rili r-, I ho Space I !..- ' I the I1-:; I lloollllg fori nod by lie- - ...v. m- lo.-th'-r of the oll'shoots, ill then' pent ol ih pit I nr.'. and the ..u'd r bmlis, i ; lar-e t uoie,'h to admit i f i -1 1 1 1 I i 1 1 .r a comfortable hcriiiil's hut itluil it. An Audi nt N.itiim. At Hie departure of (he children of !sr;nl from Kgypt, China was so-. huiiilrcd years old; and when Is;.; prophesied of ln r she ha I exiii-i-lift ecu centuries. Mil- hilS sun ii,,. rise and decline el a!i tiie-riiit nations uf ,-iit iqiiit y. Assr;a, IiaLyloii, Pei'siii, tireeec an I l.'oino have long since followed i nch nt her t o the dust ; but China sldl remains a solitary ami wonderful lie num. nt of pa'rinrchn' times. Then look at the population of the country, roughly estimated al four hundred millions, ten times t he popula tion of the Undid Mates, more than ten times the population of (ire.it llritain and Ireland. Kvery third per son that lives and breathes upon this earth is a Chinaman; and every third grave that is dug is for a Chinese. I Kelm Simg. I ell 1 1 ni-ln.-a tin- loilin;; l.iill. j "l i inicint.i.n-. I. ...n yo'if -lei i :iv:il.fl O -tt).M 1... 1.- y-iil- -1-m.li.v li-'i 'I;, ! Ji": i-.iiul - w-1. -.. :. e..-. i-i.; '.;' Ai..l In:!.' th- I: ic .1 -!i i-. ' m . Ill ::c. -il - 111; the t.-:l . I' -. :l. I, I li .:,h :lol, ;. 1: ishe..; ic.-, i ' I - 1 : " I . 'J'hiTi- hn' 11 Ih Vy it l! h I -!c-sp, j A'hivc wli-- .- I.iiii. ': '! n- : sivrllj i '1 he li.ihhr ; . ft!,. .. i, . li. 1 li hi, J Ii. '. in.-.:i v . ',' it inc. :'i.c -'i . ji ; 'j i. - tij. th- v. ;-i ; ;-::.. : ..:'-. imi, ? ::.l..-j- 1... U I. ci. n !u ri-'. nil. I, - 1-b r-.ile,,l la - .-. :. V'1ii-ii. cai - ih- 1 ' . ' ;.;.i:i crwtii coast, 'j lie ti In-.- I.-. h .; I: i:-: ' lioiC, ' V.- Ii ;iei -1 :, ic .... :.!! ..-.i v. 1 :i.- i.e. i-..i is,. ;,- ;. , .. 1 : : . . i -a. . .: ., .:. . ( 'I ISell'li I .ue I. 1 :.i iifi.-..-i: . 1 - - ;!l A...! I 'on . ' '..i V i; i- 1 - 1 1 i : . - ;1 l''..liii-s l. . .!' '. !" . ' ; ! .o i. An I. !i-.o . I a-' - I.- .. i I. : in. ii..-,. i -i j:. i, .'-!:;. i 1 1 ... A .1 f'"l.! .!.- 1 -',.' '.. ': , J il. -! . ,. Aa l-lci- f r. . ii--i U . I , :.. i .y. - :. mi I ! : j.v.r.-r -ri, ; . . i . t ; ': , li-.ii-. - I-.I I: . . .. : I i .:. - j. i-...-' -v.. r..--c.'.. I r. i:n t l vt: '.';:; ti'i; s. A bill that v. il . Ai.; .- .-I ba-ik bill. A try iie; qui ti- i ' iiL'v'. "i" C"t guilty .-" No ban', :!,-.! b: v ii'.-i' ':'.. t pn-t-vt'-r. V.'ben il lliiiil 1 !ii I ih-e -, e.hci':-! (": es it ;. .. In tic-...- ih:y-. Ii -1, ul 1 be cLang'Vl ar.ie.inl :.. a t-i i-i I. "Vi le e th- i'e's viii t!c-;e' :i v a ' : . Ic. ah ii." ' vv i; in. a c :i! an i'-pe We.-l v. v. h".,(.-d.- I' !.., 1 (J-n M-icnt :;i ,--!ly ! ;, i i :.i tin r-! i. 1 1 i! i i i r m -ic ..' . o.e ' ihiii.,cr v. then ,i in .; ..p. i, v, i.. .: --.v. 11. li. vrr- in iii- VJiii,n;-T.-i!-shi ot.. i:ig-tle -.it ;!.'' .; - hi - hi.1 lc-b y'.s-hi ad st-'iy w .11 b... !. ;., i t , i,...,,- thi.t. thero iicin.ilb a a ti I. r.ivt w ii ii.-tanding th- ic ii ... la lie i f, in p..:l the littlo' 1.. .....; ,r.-v!.-ig :liV. there wa i not. And cv. t; i -.iiy i n-ws tle-re was an 1.1. pl-. It i said I hat bti-i'i' n is so rare in Seany miiii'v, Ail.., that -i lawyer call. I n- t make :i :i ing id his j.riielico if In- w.-re t. receiv i- ihl the fees on both si hs of ( v.ry .-.iv. When a man has any t ro-.il lc . .th ;i u -i-hhor in that ' Colin! -. ! ..ev 'go ..!- iili'l - Hie it Willi shotgun . Tlu-r- is a voting i..dy in s-u Friin r isco v ;.. i- - x t t four inches tall, ond is in: a ... I I.- sua rried. The ,nau whe ".v. n h r di I il in these v.-. rds: I 'i'i'y b a..ty ..t ; my soul aglow- I'd 'Aid thee, i. .le or wrong; a li.ii'.l wants but little lnrc KloW, btl'. w,ui'..s that J.i.;.- ;: '." (titccr Cile'i-Pc iiuies. Many I the "...hi- ;,:;.'; ii'lists," liko thi nil! i '.'lit.l - '-. :;l liha.-l rs of some si !.! an.u -i ol- i.l I . the ubiie. One of l hi c w and- i ' l-i .-liilid iii ly-st i-. '. '. and h ,,'.v - , 1 1 no -ie f.om il tin i-.,ic 'I his ipl.iiii' instru ment w ,e. J i- I ed vv ;! .1 es, the luil sician i ! n iuio fie -; . i , i . iind skilful ly gov i ! in d the ". . . i :e rs' w ith his liie.'i r. Aunt!. i r. 1 f wild aspect and alibiing speech, n ia I iioti ii mill h Simpler lnlsC, lie i,o lied II Cl'iivy (icl'liian olieeriiii.i. vvliuli he del le it play, and probably co d I not. What he did do vva. to pull il se:i lily ill iind out, an 1 pi '' In e a leu rid lice-haw, nut il be w as past t" e.o ii -,v ay. Thl.i bhie .mini, lor it w a In i h- i l-.o, ho re i" i v ed wilh I 'o- : o! i I coin, l.u.eiiey of il descrv uer In i.l. No b.i .','ipi s ever hai i .isscd a 1 1 ci I ii e.lec! a. illy. A n i ;;' h i ly doli-nut i n -i tumim-nt w ;is ii-id p .--Il.ly i - . -i ii! iipplcd by a Stout in. hi ol d -'iiiii" I !'.. nee. Hi Would walk solemnly into a r-.-taiirant or b:ir. and would stop si'ddenly before any knot i I thiee r four peo ple be might ha;- eu I i see. A'bell they turned their eyes no m him, as they il il'iliilly Would d , Ic proeei.-ded, with great gravity, to unliiiltoii bis waistcoat. I'lie result I t . . i - was tho liselosui .-o an i to i no 1 1 Loan! some two feel i.l !en-tli. tic ,.vver part (if Which WilS kept IUs e the Waistcoat Whe-l Imt l eplil e l o' pi . d essioliill uirpose. lb- would I lien, alter re ceiving any eoiunn ills with perfect silence, button up his waistcoat, and hold out his Imt. lbs w hole deiiii-anor seemed to say, "Tlii truly inajiiilieent, heard speaks for itsell; no words of mine run add lo its I o.i til y. and if you haven't sense enough to appreciate it, and to drop a copper in tic ow ner's hat Words would hw wa-ted on you" i London Cube. Ti""'