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l)c l)ntl)am Uccorb. l)c l)atl)am Ucrorb. II. V. I.O'l)ON,.Ii' I.HITOK AM) I'UOI'HIKTOU. KATES or AD VERTISIN C TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One sipinre, one inscrtioil 1 Otic Miiarc. two insertion 1 One siiiurc, one month - 11.00 1.50 2.50 One copy, one year I ni' copy, six months . One copy, three months $ 5.00 1.00 TV Q I ' 1'irger advertisements liberal coii- INlJ. OS , tracts will be made. VOL. VI. PITTSBOKO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 1, 1884. (That bam ttatss. How to fJrow Olit. Far from tbo storms that lire l.-ishii tin- nrrnn, Nearer eich il iv to tliu ili-ii.-Mt it llmni li;:lil -, Fur from tliu waves th t niu big with column lion, Under full fail nml the li.nbor in Mlif (jioin ohl t'lirfrliilly, CIicitI'iiI mill lnigli'. Fust nil tlm winds tint nr adverse mid cliillitu;. I "ast nil tliti i-hunls that lured tlu u to rest, 1'iihI nil the cm i ciil h tlmi lured thee, unwilliiif!, Knifroni thy coiiimc to !lm Lund til" tliu Illest . (rowing old peacefully, I'eaoefiil mid ule-t. Never n feeling of eiivy nor sorrow When the bright liiees of chilihcii urn nt'ir. Never 11 year from tU(i jvinij woul'it I lion liorrow TI1011 (lost remember what belli between: (Growing- old willingly, Thniikfnl. MM'eii-. Hearts at the pound i. thy routing nrr liht rued, Uondy itnd nilliiif ihv hand to lelievo; Many 11 face nt tli.v kind word liu.-Iirilitcnol ''It ia more Me ed to civil tli ili receive:" (howing old happily, (eiisiiiK to giicve. J-.yes that ki'ow dim to tin- earth 11 ml its (.dory llnvo 11 ptviet id 'iiiipen.-c youth e timet know ( 1'iirn tluit prow dull to the until mid it 4 M"V,v Itiink in the muis that lVnui I'liiuili-i flow: (iiowin;; old nciciiIy. (. Ini.-li lll-lll.C .'low. TWO IMPOSTORS. 'Tlnkton's boy, again ?" said Hannah 1'igby. "Now what du:'9 I'inkton's hoy want this time? Pidn't I give him half it mince- iiu and all the rest of that ( I'M boiled ham n( two hours ago? Thump. ng away at tho dour loml enough lo wake tlm seven sleep ors. when uncle lias just lad down for his ti;;p! I declare, I've 110 patience with that child:" "It's on an errand he's come this time, Miss llaunah," sai I Thyrza, the help. "At least tha's what he says. There ain't no hclicviu' 1'itiKt ins hoy, though." Outside, ill Hie atijrry re.l twilight. Iho March wind w.iihovvling like some infuriate ileni' n. Melting the hare tree tups lo anl iro, tin I ratling the loose window shutters against the side of the house, while under the hill the breakers of Lone I'.ay dung them selves like tiiinia'. e.re packs of artillery along the to.'k -bound shore. Hannah shudili r.-il when she stepped out on to the pordi, and confronted it dirty, red-haired little varlet. 'What is il, Ileehiah?" said she, sharply. "Now you can't lie hungry! mid 1 know you are not vll, for you lire weiring uncle's eld overcoat! 1 should like to know what sends you here now ?" 'IMca.se, miss." tad Ilezekiah, "it taint J; it bees ohl Mrs. Kesley!" ''Mrs. Kislcy, aLrain ?" said Hannah, w ith a gesture of tl -spair. "Why, it was only yesterday that uncle was there!" "It l ees ohl Mrs. Kesley," stolidly repeated Ilezekiah. "Hie be in a mar tial hurry. Her have got mortinl bad pain in her bones!" "Pshaw!" siid Hannah, more to her self than to Ilezekiah, who added: "Her told 1 to run! Then I runneth I did an the wind 'most blow'd I off the hill!" "Poor child!" i said Hannah. "Thyrza, give him a bowl of tea and a slice of gingerbread. Hut, till the same, I nin not going to dist urb uncle! He was out all night, and this morning he had to drive over to Castlo Peak, and he has only jnst laid himself down for a nap. I'll take a lag of hops and a little quinine and some aconite, and drive over myself, with old P.lacklo in the gig." "l?ut how will Mrs. Kesley like it?' said Thyrza, with a broad smile. "Oh, she won't care," said Hannah; "and besides, she can't help herself. I shall tell her that i nolo sent me." And with haste and speed, the doc tor's niece, bundled herself into a black, and-groen shepherd's .plaid shawl, and a hood from which her plump, dimpled face loake I out like a pink-trailing ar butus from a snow-drift. "Come, Thyrza come, Ilezekiah!" she said. "Light the lantern and come along. We'll harness up ourselves. Uncle must not be disturbed." Hannah rlgby was one of those bright, spirited girls who understand a little of everything. She led out old Jtlaokie and skilfully harnessed him while Thyrza held the lantern, and the half-witted boy lent ready assistance with girths and buckles, and was soon on her way to Mrs. Kesloy's house, in the face of the howling March wind. "I suppose nil doctors have such pa. tients," she said to herself. "Jlut what a Messing it would be if Mrs. Kislcy would cither die or get well." It was a long and dreary drive Hannah was thoroughly out of pa. tlcnca, brides being chilled through, belore she sprang out on the door-stone of Mrs. Kesloy's old brick house- "I'll give her a piece of my mind," aid Hannah I'resh us a rose she came into the room--nobody bolted their doors or turned an inhospitable luck on Ureen .Mountain bringing with her a fra grant accompaniment of pino wo d breath, and sweet hillside breezes. "Well, Mrs. Kesley, what is it now V" she said, tartly, as sho saw a figure huddled upon the broad chintz, sofa, just outside tho coral-shine of the fire. "I do think it is too ridiculous of you to be sending for poor l'iv V Zahn.m every ache and pain that you have; and so hard as he has to work, too!" A groan was the only reply. "Now, don't lie there, and gm:m in that senseless sort of way," said Han nah, undoing 'ho layer of the, black, and-green fdiepherd-plaid .shawl, "lle eati'e yon know it won't do a bit of good. I don't want to be cross with you, but--" "li'ess me, I Ian iter Pigby, is that you V" said a voice behind her; and there entered on tho scene a stout, short old lady, with a double chin over lapping her brown cap-ribbons, and a caudle in her hand none other than Mrs. Kesley herself. "Why, Where's the doctor Y' "He couldn't come," said Hannah, crisply. "He sent me." "Well I never!" said Mrs. Kesley. "Who is -that ?" sai l Hannah, with "piii k inclination of her held toward the prone figure to.iuy to ami fro on the lounge. "It's my husband's nephew from York state," said Mrs. Kesley "Law rence Neville. Larry, we've always called him, for short. Stopped here on his way to (.'oncord.and w as taken sick.' "Oh, what shall I do?" involuntarily exclaimed poor JIanti.ih, clasping In r hands. "And I have been scolding him like all Hillingsate!" "Mh V" said Mrs. Kesley, upon whom the (-lassie allusion was Iot. "It's fever. I cah.-nlate. Or p'raps measles I d'Jii't re.nciiilier that Larry ever had the measles as a child." "What will he think?" said Hannah, despairingly. "La! he don't sense a word yi say,'' said the el l lad1:. ' He's as era. v as a cricket." Hannah wer.t up to tie; sMf of the lounge. ! "Hold tin- c iii'lle, Mrs. Kesley," said she, as she laid her light, cod hand on j the fevered brow, and felt the hound ing pulse. ; "Why, you don't know nothin' of : doetorin', do you : aid Mrs. Kesley, i in ania.viiit'ut. j "Oon't I. though?" said Hamuli, j who h id, in very truth, gleaue I many i a pathological csperieuc among her; uncle's poor patients. "This is nothing ' more than a (wavy (oi l, Mrs. Kesley, i accompanied with a .slight sympathetic ! fever." ' j "La!" said tho oi l lady, again. 1 "Let his feet In soaked in hot tuns- I tard-wat r. and kept warm by water, j jugs" said Hannah, authoritatively. , "(iive him nine drops of tho contents ' of this ial, oiu'e in two hours. I'se every cl'toi t to throw hini into a pro. i fuse perspiration." j "Polks used to steain themselves ! over a teakettle when 1 was a gal,''' said Mrs. Kesley. ! "Ah," said Hannah, "that was the old system." "La!" again repeated Mrs. Kedey. "Hut," calmly added Hannah, "we have improved upon all that now. You'll be sure and not forget the mint- ! drops, Mrs. Kesley? The pulse is fre- j ijueut, but not alarmingly so. 1 think ! 1 should recoiumeii I cold-water i bandages around tho throat and on the forehead. And be sure he is kept very I warm How strangely he looks at me! You are quite sure, Mrs. Kesley, that he is delirious?" "As crazy as n croton-bug!" repeat-1 ed Mrs. Kesley, rather at a loss fori a comparison, and remembering a pc culiar v ariety of an insect which sho had known as a New York housekeep er thirty years ago. "Now ho is shutting his eyes ag:iin," said Hannah, passing her hand with light, magnetic'touches over his brow. "Poor fellow." "P'raps," suggested Mrs. Kesley, "I'd better get tho big sheers and cut olT his hair? It's plaguey thick! And if his head has got to be kept cold" "Oh, no, 1 wouldn't do that!" said Hannah. "It's such soft, curly hair Let it remain." And she applied herself to measur. ing out sundry camphor-smelling pow ders from a pocket-case. "I will call early in tho morning," said she, when the powders were all measured out. "La!" said Mrs. Kesley. Hannah Digby drove home, silently and meditatively, old Ulackio picking his slow way along tho dreary road, while the wind shrieked and the pines rustled mysteriously on either side of the highway. Now I have got myself int.. a pretty ; scrape, said she. addressing old she, addressing old Blackle's cars. "Sbull I teU I'ncL Xalnian, or shan't I? Will ho sodd, 14- won't he? After all, the man has . . . , ,. . ,, ii' .... only got a touch ol inllueuz.a. If con - irestion sets in Oh, pshaw, it won't. 11 mere is any danger 01 pneumonia lint the man bi-fathcs as regularly its a pair of bellows. No I'll risk it! I've begun the case, and I'll carry it ' through." While Larry Neville, smiling to him seir in the firelight, thought: "How pretty she was! ami how velvelv and cool her hand felt on my forehead! th, yes, I'll Hll the powders between Here and tm: .Mamo ( . s,a, , wrU(, ;l ,,,,,,, with a gilt line if she says so!" 1 nr ,slulll UUo no,,. j.per?" she The next morning, the patient was ' j,,,,, decidedly improved. lie waa sitting j ' ..yo!,'j letter tii!;e .,.e paper," re up in tho big rocking-chair, in front of j j, nJvkPi st,V(1((1;,. tl.e hre, while Pinkton s boy 1 lied on more logs, ami shuillcd back and forth on errands for Mrs. Kesley. "Hero sin) comes!" said Pinkton's boy, staring out of the window. "Who comes V" said Larry, uncon sciously parodying Oeneral Wolfe, on the Heights of Abraham. "The doctor-yottng-'oiuan," said I'inkton's bov. "Will 1 tell her vou'vo got well and don't want she no more?" Hut Larry only frowned at hitn. "Open the door for her, you young scamp!" said he. Miss Higby was as good as her word. She conducted tho case triumphantly through to its end. II is just possiblo that Mr. Neville protracted his convalescence unnec essarily, i.ut that is neitlior nero nor llll're- , "So Larry is going home to morrow," said Mrs. Kesley. "Well, I declare 1 shall miss the bov. "Yes," said Hannah, demurely. ' Jlut he is coining back again in May, he Fays." "What for?" said Mrs. Kcsloy. "To marry mel" said Hannah. "La!" said the old lady. "We had 11 little explanation, you see," siiid Hannah. "Ho confessed to me that he was not tit all delirious that llrsl night, you know, while 1 felt his pulse a:"l smoothed his hair. Wasn't thai dreadful?" I "Hear, dear!" said Mrs. Kesley. "And then." said Hannah. "1 told ! him I wasn't a doctor at all only a : wretched imposter." I "And what did he :-ay?":;;ul Mr.. Kesley. j "He didn't seem to mind it in tho ' le.t' t," Hannah said; "an I we are en 1 gaged. lie says he fell in love with I me that very first evening." I "La!" said Mrs. Ke-ley. I "And, after all," went on Hannah, ' "the whole thing can he traced biicii to , that ridiculous blunder of I'inkton's boy. To think that 1 should owe my life's happiness to Pinktou's boy." Pinkton's boy himself was not at all surprised when he heard that Mr. Neville was engaged to Hannah Oigby. "Yes," said he, rellectively, "if I was ii growed-up man, with a real goold wall h chain, I'd marry she. llci's the kind of gal to suit 1 '." Jh.'in 'o,y. if run-. Never Doze. The London J.ttifct discu se the subject of rising at the end of. sleep. Dozing, it declares, is not admissablo from any health point of view. The brain is the first to fall asleep, and is followed by the active organs, and it is only perfect and natural when .ha red by a'l the several parts of the organ ism. All the parts of the system are not cjually exhausted, and those least fatigued sootiest wak", while those most exhausted, are aroused with the greatest diiliculty. The several part of the organism should need rest at Iho ; sa.no time. To bring this about a per-1 son should wake early and feci ready i to rise; this fair and equal start of the sleepers should be secured, and a wise . self-manatrer should not allow a drowsv 1 feeling of the consciousness, or weary senses, or an exhausted system to beguile him into the folly of going to sleep again when onco his conscious ness has been arouse I. The writer declares that a man who will not allow himself to doze, will, in a few days, liud himself almost unconsciously an earlv riser. Advice to Young Men. President Porter, of Yale, recently gave this sound and wholesome advice j U the students: Young men, you are the architects of your own fortunes; rely on your own strength of body and mind, lauo for your star sell-reliance. ; lnscribo on your banner. Luck is a I fool, Pluck is a hero. Do not take too ! much advice, keep at tho helm and ! steer your own ship, and remember I that the art of commanding is to take -yiVt" giggled Mrs Spoopendvke. ! a fair share of tho work. Think well ' Anvthiug else?" : of yourself. Strikeout. Assume your j -'what are yon laughing at V" hovvl- own position. Kise above tho envious (,( Mr spoopeiidyke. on whom the in j and the jealous. 1'ire above the mark (.ongrnities of his letter had begun lo you Intend to hit. Don't swear, I ,., . what have you got that I Don't deceive. Don't marry until you J ,m.s,.y mouth of yours Vtretche I out - ,,.. I.,,,. truth n,l virtu... I. . ; men. Love truth and virtue. Love your country, and obey its laws. MIL Nl'ODPEXDYKh'. . He Dictate n I.illrr lo III. friend . I,e,.kirW.u. ,.NhWi my lU..ir :Ir lm,mm . lvl;(i .,m hh wlfo hw j,,.,,,,,. him up in lied, and stuffed some extra pil- h.ws under his shoulders; "now, my dear, take your pen and ink and 1 will dictate a letter to Spccklt wottle. If you will play amanuensis I don't see why I can't be sick just as well as n d." Mrs. Snooi.endvke puttered around ! , y wrltjn., materials. W,1W , Wallt , wnw nvey my ideas on ; a shingle I'd carve Yin in with a knife. 1 Now, gel ready, lor Pin going to start, tm 1 don't you interrupt me, or j you will put me out." 1 "A 11 ready, dear," murmured Mrs. : Spoopi iti'yke, dipping her pen into ! the ink, and contemplating her hus I baud, iin.xiou-ly. 'Mr. Peter 1J. Sl'Cckl"voot!e." coin- llllini.,l(1 jir. spoopendvke. j . IllVl.h- nam'e '11?'" asked Mr.-. SpoojK ndyke, resting her album on the table, her heal on her hand, and teeing her pen with the blotter. "1 don't think I like his name, any. w.iy. Peter isn't nic ," "If any other nttiiie oe.-urs to yoiif pnf it. in," observed Mr. Spoopendvke. 1 ,vit, . .,r.nvi You don't medio have I a man's right name in a letter. Put j j,, ilIlvthing, and hurry up, will you? I , i',,, ,.. in Kiisnense nil dav about who this letter is going to?' Mr :. Spoopeiidyke plunged into her weik and w rote hurriedly for a few moments. "Now, I've got him in. dear." "Out who in? Am body I know? Am I dictating , 1 piiate letter ton stranger? (jot some particular friend you want this letter to go to unbe known lo lue? Who's in there? I'm going to know who's at the top, be ''ore I put my name at the bottom." "Why. Mr qiccklcwootle, of course," said she, looking at him with wide open eyes. "Thai's what you said. Now go oa with the rest." "Have you got thedate and 'dear sir' in too?" asked Mr. SponpendyKe peevishly, for he was trying t ) think how to start his letter. "No. dear, you didn't say anything about those," replied his wife. "You only siid the name; but I'll put tho others in." Will, will ye?" croaktd Mr. Spoo peiidyke. ".-ticking on a great deal of credit to yourself for your kindness to the sick, ain't ye? Willing to yield your own preferences in favor of your suh'cring husband! Well, you can't fool me that much. Oon't put 'em in, hear nie?" "Hut I've got 'cm in," pleaded Mrs. Spoopeiidyke. "Then strike "em out," roared her husband. "S'poso I'm going to let you put those things in and throw Vm up in my face from the moment I get well till the day 1 die? Scratch 'cm out, I tell ye. I don't propose to have my life made miserable by reminders of your kindness when I was fishing around in the grave with one leg. Now, what have yju got ?'" "Peter J!. Specklewut'le," said Mrs. Spoopeiidyke, mentally satisfied there could be no mistake iu tii.d. "Anything to show whether he's a man or a woman?" demanded Mr Spoopeiidyke. "Any 'u is.' or 'esq.' haugiug to it anywhere." "t'ertainly," replied Mrs. Speopen dyke. It says "Mr. Peter 1$. Speckle, wot tie.' That's tlu' way you tdd me to w rite it, didn't you? Now go on with the lettir.' "Then put : 'I am dying, and 1 wish you --" "(ireat gracious !" ejaculated Mrs. Spoopeiidyke, dropping her pen. "You are not dying, dear; you don't want the man to think that?" "Why not," squealed Mr. Spoopen dvke. "S'pose a man is going four teen blocks out of his way to get tho mail for a man who only litis a told in his head? Yon put (hat I'm dying, or I'll drop over into that corner and write the whole business with one ap plication of the inkstand!" (lo 011 dear, cooed Mrs. Spoopen- (jvp 1 have got it so; only he may (ii,;,,); it strange that a dying man tiitouM write to him" ..pi,,.,, -1 want you to get my wM frolll ,'llt. ,!,.,., ;irl( t(u tieill 1 will ll0 ov,.r jn ;1 tiiv or two. Hot that?" .U- r, gaste,, graveyard or. ...nK 1 ,',I,U " """""" ' "" i. notion that this letter is some sort of a rebus? Well, it ain't, and it ain't a minstrel entertainment with a funny man at each end! What are you laughing at? Anybody in thi'i coun try know?" "I wasn't laughing, dear," muttered Mrs. Spoopeiidyke, with a .-narvelously straight face. "I was only sympathiz ing with you." "Was, eh?" grunted Mr. Spooj en dyke. Well, w hen it takes tho form of ii visage like you screwed up a minute ago, I want lo bo hung, in stead of being sympathized. Another lime you open your mouth like that 1 am going to put seats in and start a church." And cogitating on this vat improve ment in his wife's anatomy, Mr. Spoo. pendyke, forgetting till about his let ter, rolled over and went to sleep. Mohammed. iii'mii of To -day. Kvidences of self-denial for the sake of what i.s believed to be div ine truth are scarcely to be looked for in the arid pages of tliecivil-aceotint code. Hut at page ll'i of that dreary volume occurs the following clause in the rules relat ing to the management of district sav in s banks: If a Mohammedan de positor inak"S the express request that interest be not added to his deposit, a note to this effect should be made oil the index card, and the words No In terest written at I he top of his no nt in the ledger. Nothing could be uior unequivocal than the prophet's pr hibition against th- taking ol interest and usury; b it the Moham medan has invented s many forms ol compromise and ev;!si"U. w here I he precepts of the Koran run counter U. his wishes, that it may surprise smut people to leant that, in its care f. r tin thrifty folk of this land, government has to consider the scruple of tin pious. When the Mohammedan len Is, he is accustomed to speak' of an im aginary iiimiin- a sort of Hind"): partner in the city upon w ho e head the sin of lending al usury wiil .fall, while he himself reaps the proiif, as a true iielicvcr should. Instances of llit many shifts whereby the strict lettei of ti e law is tva led might ho multi plied to an almost indefinite extent but it Is satisfactory to gather, Ir.c the accountant general's proviso beforr quoted, that the Mohammedanism ol to-day is something more than a inert: observance of form, and that theri; must lie many who, for their creed'." sake, deliberately forego the possession of what, to others, would seem no nmrt than legitimate gain. ..'(, Imlin,) , j Mother Wit. A long list might be made of mer. who have owed their advancement in j life to asmarl answer given at the rigid moment. One of Napoleon's veterans, who survived bis master many years, was wont to recount with great glei how he had once picked up the emper or's cocked hat at a review, when the latter not noticing that he was a pri vate, said carelessly, "Thank you. captain." "In what regiment, sire?" instantly asked the ready-witted soldier Napoleon, perceiving his mistake an swered, with a smile, "in my guard for I see you know bow to be prompt.'' The newly-made otlicer received hit commission next morning. A some what similar anecdote is related of Mar shal Smi vol olf, who, when receiving a dispatch from the hands of a Kussiat: sergeant who had greatly distinguishec himself on the Danube, attempted t( confuse the messenger by a series ol whimsical questions, but found bin; fully equal to the occasion. "How many fish are there in the sea?" askec Sotivoroff. "All that are not caught yet," was the answer. "How far is il to the moon?" "Two of your excel, lency's forced marches." "What woiih you do if you saw your men giving way in battle?" "I'd tell them that there was a wagon-load of whisky just behind the enemy's line." ISatlled at al points the marshal ended with: "What is the di (Terence bet ween your colotic and myself?" "My colonel cannot make me a lieutenant, but your excel lency has only to say the word." "I say it now then," answered Sotivoroff. "and a right good ollieer you'll be." The Longed Tunnels. The Hoosac tunnel, the longest rail road tunnel in the Tinted states, has a total length of lour and three fourths miles. It was commenced in 1.M, cut through November 27, lsTd. and first train of cars through l-'ebruary '., ISTo, but regular trains did not onunencf running till the autumn of lsTtl. The original estimate of cost wns$l,.i s,...)7, and actual cost up to .January 1, issl, was if2'211,S I2.:fl. The Hoosac is the third largest tunnel in the world, the St. Oothard tunnel, connecting Italy and Switzerland, the longest, having a length of nine and one-half miles, while the Mont Penis tunnel. Connecting Franco and Italy, is nearly eight miles lontf. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. t'omla Clilinpniizerl. The keeper of tho chimpanzees at the Zoological (ianb-n placed a doll baby in their cage the other day. It was clothed in a red dress that attract ed the attention of the animals in a moment. At first they stood at a re spectful distance and hoo-hooed at it to show that they had not fallen in love with il at first sight. Then they began to stamp on the floor to scare it away. Finding this unavailing, the big one danhed up to w ithin a foot of the passive baby, stamping and chat tering; but finding that the strange thing did not budge, she turned tail and fled. The little one was not to be otitdonr, although she was evidently greatly in fear of it, so she held her blanket up in front of her while she approached, but she did not go far. After a while the big one was brave enough to go quite near, s 1 that with a straw she could tickle the new-comer under the chin. Tl:e doll never stirred. The end of the straw was examined and smelt of by the two animals, and nothing harmful being found, they ventured to touch it. They then scam pered to the toji i f the cage. After a while curioMty got the bi tter of fear, and they tn-iu I to the inspection' which was mostly ooiiiitied to sitting in front of it ami making faces at it. The keeper tied the ligure to a swinging-rope. The big one dragged it by the hem of its garment to the box in which they sleep. They placed it in side and at once executed a war-ilunee i n the top. The little one stopped her nd.-y sister with a vicious cuff and drew out the unfortunate. Then, sit ting on the lloor, she held it in her arms as if it had beta a real baby id' her own. After making evident fun of this soft - hearteilness, the other pulled the doll away and delibera'ely sat on iti hea l, striking the body with the palm of her hands. While she was endeavoring to regain the plaything the dress did not long remain intact. After this they hauled the body about the cage, up the tree, and on to the cro-s-hi-am, and then throw it t the ground. Due piece of the dress they used for a necktie, and another was turned into a head-dress, with which one of them adorm d herself before the mirror iu the rornrr. j'hil-'rf'lj'hhi (Mil. Inrrv'c liiilfa. Harry never tired of looking at his new penknife. He thought his big cousin Jack a very nice young man because he chose him so line il birth day present. And then till at once he blushed. No wonder Harry blushed. Here it was :) o'clock, iind cousin Jack's rab bits had not been shut up and fed yet! And such mischief as the little brown hungry rogues had made in the garden! And cousin .lack had asked him to feed them, give them a run on the law n, and then shut thcni in their pen- And there was cousin -lack just driving up from town, where he had been all day. He looked surprised, for ho aw lh rabbits leaping up th'- ter race and down again. Without a word he helped Harry catch the rogues and shut them up. "Now, jump in the carriage," said he. "and I'll take you where your knife was made." Harry was surprised when they stopped at the grim old iron foundry. Cousin Jack picked up a piece of iron mixed with clay. "Here's stuff for a dozen bright knife-blades." said he. Then Harry saw the men put the rough iron into a stove with limestone and charcoal and burn it. Then he saw the melted iron pour like a stream of lire from a hole in the bottom of the stove into beds of sand. "When this iron is cold." said cousin Jack, ' they call it pig iron. It is not nice enough yet for birthday knife blades. He-ides, it would break and crumble if they tried to shape it now." They put the pig iron into the lire again and heated it gently, so that it was softer. "Now," continued cousin Jack, smiling, "it is malleable iron. It can be pounded flat and shaped with out breaking." 1 Next it was pounded flat, then heat ed hot and cut into knife-blades, then plunged into cold water several times, then polished, then sharpened, and al last it was ready to be set into the handle. "Knife-handles," said cousin Jack. I "are made from elephant tusks, ox and buffalo horns, cocoa wood, and shells of pearl oysters." "Mine is a pearl one," said Harry, , "and I wish I had fed your rabbits and shut them up." l.ittli' M n :nl WallHII. Dangerous. It is not generally known, but it appears to be true, that the sweet ( spirits of nitre when kept for a long j while is converted from a harmless ' remedy into a deadly poison. Drug I gists should print on their labels, "I'so only when newly made." Why Is It So! Pome find work w here gome find re t And mi the weary world fined on; I Miiuct hues wonder which is twst; The inikwcr eoiiK") win n life i g". Some eves sleep when sonic eyes vvuko, And mi the ilrciu v iiinlit-lninrH K" Some lienvts heit where sonic lieiutt- hrcak, I iil'li n wonder why 'ti-cn. Some Ii mil- I'nM, where other hilluU Are lille.) luiively in the trife And so lino' iies mid thro' lunrls Movu on 1 lie two cxi renins of lil'o. Some leet hult while some feet tread. In 1 ire-less inarch, n th"iny way; Sotni. strnjj'c on w here some have (led ; Si mm seek, when others !mii tho fray. Some sleep on wlii e oihei Veep The vinil- ol the tine and hravp; They will not iei nil in.- ei-cp Around their name nhnve a (jriieP. l-ilhr Jlyan. imioitoi's. Pitr excellence A good father. Loiiicniher the poor. It costs noth ing. A shoemaker says his first work was his last. A hair restorer- ne who returns' lost switch. The hair of a lnr,e is sometimes his mane beauty. People of I'oti h origin should he shining marks. The young fellow w ho proposed to a girl and was refused, afterwards allud ed to it as a matchless affair. "Why was Nah tlo best broker of ancient times?" "lie could float more st' i k than anv other man" What will tl." coming g il wear?" is it query in a I'.ishioinblc magazine. Theqiie tioii really is what won't she w car. A bird rais r : ays that canaries ran be trained to sing airs a- well as a hu man being. If tin y can't be trained to sing airs belter than some human beings 'twere better to allow Iheiu to remain untrained. "Johnnie," asked a Marathon lady of an urchin, "why don't your mother sew up that h"lo iu your c. at ? It has been there two vv 1 ek--. now." )h, she can't. She's busy sewing on a era-y quilt to beat Mrs. Joneses." A man who claims to have investi gated Hi- matter closely says that more than half of the ladies of the country believe that the protective tariff is something to prevent a mouse from running under a woman's skirts. " This art craze is going too far." said Hroughue. when a pot of paint fell from a second-story window and struck him on the head. "No more decorated tiles for me," he mournfully added, as he began to scrape the yellow paint off bis silk hat with a jack-knife. Dutch Funerals. When a death occurs in a Hutch family, the announcement of it is made to relatives and friends in the neighbor hood by men called tniifjinkfrs, who are especially employed by the under, takers, and go from door to door bearing the melancholy tidings. The costumes of these functionaries is very peculiar. It consists of a black tail coat. black knee-breeches, silk Uockings and shoes with silv er buckles. A white .tie is worn round the throat, and upon the head tin enormous corked hat, with a huge rosette at the side, while two pieces of ribl on, each about a yard and a half in length, hang down the back. If the death is that of a child, the rosett" js of white satin. strangers no doubt often mistake these individuals for high ( ignitaries of the Hutch Church. They pur.Mie 1 their calling either singly, or two, three 1 and even four together, the number i employed being according to the posi ! tion formerly held by the deceased; but 1 it looks very much like ostentation for I a number of men to perform a duty j that might easily be done by one per I son. ) In the province of Hrenthe. on the j occasion of funerals, great feasts were I formerly given, and strong beer was I specially brewed for the use of the ! mourners and others. lleggars and ' vagabonds collected from all parts of ; the country, and were allowed to regale I themselves freely with the good cheer j provided for the occasion. Thus there were often scenes of drunkenness and disorder among the outsiders, which the police were called in to suppress. He Was There. "Were you at the police ball." said one citizen to another, as two met in I'nion Square, the other day. "I was." "You were not mentioned among the notables." "Yes. I was." "1 didn't see your name." "That doesn't matter: I was men tioned. The report, after giving th" names a number of gentlemen who were present, added 'and others,' I was among the others." "Oh, 1 sec."