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l)c l)atl)ain Hccord.
II. V. J.OISDOIV,
ElHTOli AND l'ltOPlUKTUH.
i.atks
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
Ono copy, one year
Ono ropy, six months .
On" nuv. t' " r months
$ 2.00
t.oc
Sin-Snn;?.
V ing of the bobolink hid in t?.''Vof ;
King of the summer winds lost out Io-m;
Sinj of blue skies and the clouds that that
over.
The old days and gol.leu that once used to
b
Sing and b glad, clasp hands anil sing on
Of the days of your youth and the years that
are gone.
S.ng of the old fashioned lullabies.
Croon' d by ymir mother above her first
born; Never again will such sweet melodies
liroot life's weary pilgrim, bent, gray and
forlorn ;
The e's rest in the region where the r sos
once grew;
There's nnce in the thu .h' as i: drifts
back to you.
Sing of the land w here the wheat fields are
glow in ; ;
Sin- of he gieen lamiered ciin and t ho
breeze;
Sing of bronzed woikers who sing at their
mowing;
Sing of the birds and sing of the trees.
Sing of life's morn ami its glorified Mays
While your lit art travels luck over old fas'i
ioncd ways.
song or a sigh may make you touch fin
gers With the youth that i giiie, and let you
ola-p hands
Wi.h the maiden lung dead, whoe memory
ll'l-er.
l.ik- n p-rfum" blown buck livm life's
l.-iiry lauds.
Sin; and be .;!:-I.c'.isp bands and . in ; on
1 1 111.' d ivs "1 jniir youth aud Ih" years that
ill c ",o..o.
- H.'i'iiiinioM.'iiP'i-.Hif.
TWO OF A KIND.
"Bargains, oh." si!, Mis. Pilkington.
'Cit'-ss ', have a look at 'i in."
tH' all tiling. M,s. Piikii'glon was
least able to r.'-it a bargain.
'I'lie oi l Pilkington f.irm ln ii-c at home
';e, craiuineil fuli of "baiaaiii-" pos ihlo
ami impossible. The burcaii - diawers
ovcitloweil w ith "bargains" w hich Wile
of no u- tn anyone; the trunks wore
pinked full of "b.igiins."
Ami here, on the crowded curb-stones
of firand Stroit, the swinging pasteboard
sign of "Cnat Il.itgaius Within:" at
tr.ieted her attentioii. Inn ri-l though she
was with the manifold, i ri'.. n. Is width y . t
rctnaiticil incomplete.
She had a lot of damaged table-linen
under In r arm, ami mine cheap hosiery
in her bag, and a dozen towels with mis
printed borders in her pocket, and here
she was crowding into the Grand Street
store to buy a blue-spotted pongee neck
erchief for eighteen cents!
"It'll do for Sua Janetta to wa'ar
aroiiinl her neck of a cool cvenin"," s;1id
Mrs. l'ilkington, "ami eighteen cents is
really vtry chrap for real pongee."
Mrs. Pilkington lived in a little brown
rolled farm house on the Hoiisatonie
Iliver, and her main rrraml up to town
had been to buy a "store carpet" for her
best room Hour, ami to exchange an o il
sewing-machine for something of a newer
order.
Her cousin, Mis. Bruce Babbitt, who
had spint the summer mouths at the
farm, ami made the most possibe trouble
for the least possible pay. had also en
gaged to hunt her up a "help" from the
nearest intelligence ollice, and have tho
same on hand when the "live-four train"
left the tiraml i ntral Depot that after
noon !
And sure enough, when the lady from
the country arrived, rid ami panting, at
the depot, with disheveled hair, bent
bonnet, and shawl draggc 1 all awry, a
modest young gill stood at the door with
n card bearing the name of "M. Bruce
Babbitt" in her hand.
'Is it Mrs. l'ilkington?" said she.
"Yoii ain't the new sewing -machine,
be youf" said Mr. Pilkington. rubbing
her nose with a puzzled air. "Nor yet
the eighteen yards of carpet from Stoney
biidge and lb mice's
"I am Phoebe," said the young woman
--"I'lai'be, at nine dollars a month, if J
am lucky enough to slid you, nm'iim?1'
She was a pretty. blue-eyed lass, witii
n fresh complexion, and a neat gown of
green and white scer-siiokcr, and she
wore a bonnet of In r own trimming, with
a cluster of butter-cups on the side.
Mrs. l'ilkington looked dubiously at
her. She had prepared herself to expect
a stout, ri d hainlcd drudge.
It did not secui possible that this delimit-
little apple blos-nm of a girl could
be a servant-of all work !
But there, sure cm nigh, w ere her cre
dentials, and the bell, even then, was
clanging for the closing of the gate.
"Come on!" said Mrs. I'ilkiiigtoii, and
she rushed through, drugging I'hu-be
after her. ''It's strange, though, that
the carpet and the sewing-machine ain't
here."
"Did you expect carpet and a sewing
lnachine, uia'iim?" Pho-he asked, respect
fully. "I bought 'cm and paid for 'em," said
Mrs. Pilkington, impressively, "and I
don't see why they ain't here."
"Perhaps they will be sent by express,"
suggested Plm-bc.
"I declare to goodness, I never thought
of that !" said Mrs. Pilkington.
And she skurricd through the crowded
car tn find a seat.
It was the dusk of a chilly May even
ing when they reached Blackbird's Hob
low, and alightc I in the midst of dense
pities and sighing tamaracks.
"If Pilkington hain't remembered to
tonic and meet us, I s'Il be mad!" said
VOL. VIII.
Mrs. Pilkington, stretching her neck fop.
waul the better to survey the glimmering
curves of the road. "And l'ilkington is
always forgetting! My goodness, gra
cious tne! what's that !" as Phu'be stoop
ed to recover something which she had
inadvertently let fall.
".My handkerchief, ma'am!"
Mrs. Pilkington m ule a grasp at it.
"Your handkerchief!" she screamed.
''Mine, you mean -minx! thief! good-for-nothing!
my pongee haiidhen hii f, that
you have stolen right out of my bag!
Well, I never!''
She shook I'luebe vehemently. Plucho
began to cry in mingled terror and re
seiitnient, and jut then up drove the
farm wagon at a gallop.
"Hello, mother!" said Kra Pilking
ton's cheerful voice. "I'm afraid I've
kept you waiting a bit. but the linchpin
came out of the wheel, and I had to stop
at Tony Dcephill's to get it fixed. Now,
then!"
He drove the stout pmiy close to the
raised platform which extended away
li'oni the station.
Mrs. l'ilkington pushed I'luebe into
th- back seat, and followed her with
lightning ha-te.
''Not that .vay!" -he cried, grasping;
at the reins, as Kim w ould have headed
for the highroad. "Drive straight to
S.piiie I'tiltency's. Tins gal's a thief!
I'm going to have her arrested before she
is a day older!"
"I'.h!" said Kra. staring from his
niolh' r to l'ho-'ie, and tlu u back again.
"Sin 's stnle my spotted pongee handkerchief-
-my handki n hief that I bought
a bargain on tiiaud Street this very morn
ing !" shrieked Mr-. Pilkiiigion.
"It's - it', ,,, handkerchief." faltered
poor Phiel'C, feeling as if she Here in a
terrible nightmare from which there was
no aw aki ning.
"A liki ly story!" clamored the enraged
housewife. "I've always hoard "f the
w iles and tricks of !u--e city minxes, hut
I never realized it until now. Drive on,
Kr.i drive ipiick! She shall be lodged
ill the county jail this very nighl !"
"Are you uro you ain't mistaken,
mother;" said kind l!ia, compassionating
the look of paliid niisi iy in the young
-ill's face.
".Mistak.-n. indeed!" sniffed the old
lady. "Mriveoii, Is.iv! pon'l lose any
more time, or S.j.iire I'ultiiiey will have
gone home for t:ie night."
She her -i If took possession of the reins
and she spoke and chirruped to tin'
hors's.
'Hut, mother " pleaded l-ra.
Kvcn as he spoke, however, poor
I'luebe, driven wiid by vague terror and
an instinctive desire to csi ape, had flung
herself from th" wagon to the ground.
'Stop -for heaven's sake, mother,
stop!" shouted l'.ra. "Don't you see
that her dress is caught in the wheel-;''
The little horse stopped, lie always
stopped, on general principles, whenever
a suitable opportunity presented itself
and the very slightest "Whoa!" would
invariably bring him to a dead standstill.
Kra sprang from the wagon to disen
tangle the helpless figure in the dust, aiid
Mis. l'ilkington scrambled after with a
vague idea that I'luebe might yet get up
and try to run away.
As she jumped down -her satchel fell
prone into the road, and bursting open
the overstrained latch, disgorged its con
tents on the dewy grass of the roadside,
first and foremost among which n a
spotted pongee handkerchief.
"tiood I. and o'Mo-cs!" piously inter
jected Mrs. l'ilkington, "if there ain't
the dratted old pongee handkerchief,
arter all!"
And she stared helplessly, fir-t at its
prim and undistiiibed folds, and then at
l'ho-be's haiulkerchicf--exactly the same
in color, pattern and labric.
"She ain't a tuief, arter all!" said Mrs.
l'ilkington, her whole nature overllooded
by the rising tide of remorse, "poor
child! mid I'm afeard she's hurt a-tiyin'
to run away from nothing at all."
Plui-be's inikle was slightly sprained,
that was all, and by this lime she was
able to smile and answer kindly Mrs.
I'ilkington's numerous questions and con
dolences. "Can I ride homo.' Oh, of course I
can!" said she. in reply to Kra's interro
gations. "My ankle is only the least bit
lame."
Old Farmer Pilkington was anxiously
looking out for them, w hen, considerably
later than he had expected, the wagon
drove up and Mrs. Pilkington made haste
to explain everything to him.
"And ain't it ipieer." said she, "that
me and I'luebe should both liev bought
pongee handkerchiefs just alike on
t.rand Street? If ever there was bar
bains, they be! Half a yard square, rial
China goods, with a hem "
"Fiddlesticks!" said i Id Mr. Pilking
ton. "If there's anything I hate, it's
bargains!"
Little Phivbe Primrose stayed on at the
farm. She liked the daisies and red
clover, the sound of running brooks, the
smell of the cows' breath. And Kra
Pilkington liked her. Vii;i t'orrmt
Or met,
A windy conliibutiir cut is an edito
rial roo n. "Whew," said he pint ng,
"tha' long stairway nukes me blow !"
K litor--".Mi, if that's what makes
you blow I'll h ive it taken dow n. 1 am
glad you have discovered the cause."
Arhiitt'UD T:tnlh.: '
' Coke, nnrf How it i Mailt.
Coke is tin- solid product left when all
the moisture and gaseous matters hava
been expelled from bituminous coal.
Tin re an- two kinds: gas coke, which is
obt lined from the retorts of gas w oiks,
aft i T th" gasses have been s,.p -.rated ; and
v u coke, which is made by burniugtlie
c al in a kiln, w ith little cxpo-nro t the
air. t las coke produces but a feeble
h'-at. and though it is used to a con-id.
i r.ib'.e extent a fuel in cities, being a
cheap sort, it is regarded by maimfait
iii i rs us mere cinders. Oven coke, on
the i th T hand, is capable of pro lm ing
intense heat, and is valued for use in
fut trices or smelting metals, and also in
locomotives of underground railways,
where the smoke of bituminous coal U
very uiule iirable. At mines of bitu
minous ioal, roke is made in large
quantities, as in its manufacture
. all the line refuse coal, screenings
and coal dust, that would otherwise be
thrown away, can le utilid. Two
tin (hods of i king are in Us". One is,
by burning the coal in ovens of lire brick
made for the purpose, these being u-u-ally
about twelve feet square and t -n fed
in heieht. A door is ma le m ar tin-top
through which tie- cal is put in. space
bcill; left b-r it t" swell, while holes ill
the coverings of the i.vell all 'W till- cs-
ai f the gases. Tic co d is (hell ig
nite I fr.uu b ' low, and a trench under
j tin- oven admits the air ir. ci -s uy for
roml'ii-tion. A 1 lit l'ottv eight hours
j are live s-iia tii c iinpli t" the cooking
proce-s. fin- other method of tu iking
i coke is by burning it in the open le ap,
i It is piled in long ranges, often contain
I ing many liii'idn-d Idis over a shallow
' tr-nch or air passaoe extending their en
1 lire length. T:r: heap is then liivd. an I
when it is once thoroughly alin- coka
j dii-t or a-hes is heaped upon it. an 1 w In n
I thoroughly covered in this way the lire is
I h it for several days I sm other an 1 i I.
j This is a wasteful process, as much of
j the heap beconi". a-h'-s before tin- rest
ha- been thoroiighlv coked.
In s Hue
sou! hern
found. -
parts of Virginia and other
-tat b.-.ls of natural coke is
CAo-i." '.;'. ci.
Social Free l.tincliiii;. '
A Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans ci'i says: I know of
a woman in Washington who m copied a
small, daik, in-ide room on the li.th floor
of a tolelali V fashioliaMc hotel. S ie, to
Use a theatrical cxpr-ssion. faked out
her meals. That is, s,.. a-i se at 10 or l'.',
bought a sei-ond-haiid newspaper for a
cent, and wended her way to a small sa
loon on IViin-yivania ave., wlio-e pro.
prietor has grown rich by m iking a spe.
i ialty of delicious oVe ; n 1 Yi una nib
and line butter. lb- charge; ten cent-)
for this little lunch. This Madame Iten
erant would breakfast on her cup of
colbe ami roll. Tlu u she went up to
Congress, invariab'y riding in the three
cent car. There is a bob-tail car run
ning up to the Capito , the fare in w hich
is only three c ut-, and some folks are so
aristoeratielia y are .ishani' d to be caught
ruling in it.
M id inn- would visit a few of the mem.
bers, loll for awlole in tin-ga'lerv of tin
lloii-o, and sit iu-t long enough in tin
Semite gallery to secure recognition by a
smile or bow from such of her Sctiatoria'
friends a happened to be on the floor,
and alter picking up a lew choice item.
of gossipy new -, the conversational coir,
with which she paves and pas her soi i i'
Way, my M ulame Itinerant gets back by
'i o'clock to her dingy inside room. A I
:t she c Hues out resi!einl nt in a nonpa
reil velvet dre-s, ail I, cud ca-e in hand,
stalls on the round of calls. She goes
from house to house, and daintily and
deliberately cats her lunch at each place.
In the course of ten visits ma. I. line Im
mure than sati-lie.l the cravings of In i
stomach, and has dined and supped fo
the day. Do you womlel that 1 call this
"faking out one's meals;"
The Shop or II. nana.
The shops and cafes of Havana arc
' surely more bright ami in ton -ting than
i tho-e of any other city. Among the
shops you w ill find no great establish
ments covering a half-acre of ground,
I half a doen stories high, and giving one
1 the fooling of despair to enter; but tin y
are all on one floor, high, cool, pretty,
land many ladies have a habit of shop
ping from their carriages. In America it
is the clfort of merchants to gel goods of
every earthly description under on" roof.
Ibro the shops aremor' characteristic
1 and individualized, as a rule. One will
leal in silks and trimmings; another only
in velvets and velveteens; another may
show superb lines of linen; gloves, falls,
parasols, and umbrellas may be found at
iir.other; again a shop will sell woolens
! exclusively ; another prints and cottons,
and rarely will vu liud the notion store.
So, too, outside of the textile fabrics
! these divisions in trade are rigorously ob
served. A photographer is not an nr-ti-t:
bronze goods, do not include pottery:
the jew eler sells jewelry, not clocks and
watches; the woo lenware, ironware, and
htskot-ware merchants are not each all
: tin- others; ami wine-merchants do not
sell soap. Ill all those shops there is a
richness and taste, but not obtrusiveness,
in display; and from one end of the city
to another the neatness, brightness, light
noss, ami airiness of the shop form inner
of Havana's attractiveness. I'hicmjt
AVim.
ITITSIU )!()'. CHATHAM CO., N.
,,m.iM:vsom!N. I
A I.MllftlM
l!"hind the inoiinla'iis in the west
I'h" l usv sun is slowly crc-iiij;
The I'ig round moon is in th" sky,
Tli - little stars are brightly -"ping;
The Ihinersilia' oi"iied with the day
li no shut lle ii-evi's a-well a-they
Must link- folks bo sl.-ping.
YultUl S I "MlrlflIOI.
Tltr l.ltllr yi ilkiiiniil.
Ilos-ie lived on a large farm in thn
beautiful country. Th" house was
very old and the trees around it wore
id 1 too. Hut such cherries and p ars and
apples Ir-ssie thought ii' Ver grew any
where else.
There were a great mniy chickens and
cows in the farm yari.. I! -sie used to
play with theiu all. for they seemed to
know that the dear little girl would not
do them any harm, lint her pets were
the big d ig, Ib ro, and the little eat .Jet.
l'.vcry morning and every evening
w hen the maids were going out to milk
tin cows yo'i might have se -u I! -s-ie
walking behind then., she had a big
dog on one side and i little black cit on
the other. In one hand sin- e ini"d a lit
tle p ill and in ih" ' h -r a milking stool-
Old I! -s. til" genth s cow. Who kll'W
that a very little milkmaid wa- coining
t-i her. and two lit'h-hall Is would soon
b" working to till the tiny pail. The
i ov would stand still, not even kicking
the flies away, for fear of hurting the lit
tle dairymaid.
The pail would be full of foaming,
creamy milk. Th -n it would be poiin I
into a deep di -h for Ib ro and .let to
iliinK.
Papa had i hanged the name of the
dog to Ib ro. dace, when H -ssie was a
liny little girl, she was playing in the
grass with the dog. then ipiite small and
ca'l, d 1'ido. A big. wicked-looking dog
had come running right toward ISessie,
B it l'ido would not let his little mistress
be hurt if he could help it. lb- put
hitus"lf tight in fr oil of her and barked
as loud as he could. As the big dog
tried to go past him he caught him by
tin- t ill and held on tight. The dog got
many a bump and some pretty hard bites
before Bessie's mamma could teach ti i
aid drive the intruder away.
Then they all petto I l'ido, and papa
changed his name to Hero, because he
had been so brave. Kver since that time
I'.es.ie loved him more than ever. She
never forgot that bo liked bis breakfast
and supper of nic new milk served by
B ssie's ow n hands.
One day Ib ro found the little black
kitten away down the road somewhere,
and he brought it home. He laid it in
B ssie's hip, while be looked in her face,
as much as to siv: "Ph ase take care of
him, for my sake." From that time they
Were alwavs together.--"f I.ittti- (h,.
Teaching to Memorize.
A prominent man, who professes to be
a teacher of memory, says; "In a few
lessons I i nabh ne to memorize the
mo-t ditlieiilt things without an ilTort."
"How can that be done. ' a-ked a re
porter for tin New York M ii' "nt
"t h. it'-a matter of association. accord
ing to a system have vvoilo- 1 upon for
twi uly live ears. It is b. 1 upon the
alphabet and numbers. 1 I ike a person,
aud in a few hours can get him to repiat
or reproduce a long poem which I have
read to him twice, or at. the most, three
; t iiiios. Me can repeat It luckw aiil or
I forward, and give you any line you may
I call for b niinib r. I h i I a boy once
I on. twelve years old, who, after loani
' ing tin-st-m, w.-nt to hear Beecher
! preach, and afterwards rep ated the ser-
nioii to an audience without having taken
i a single note. Of course, he did not give
every word Mr. leeeher u-ed, but he
i coveieil overs point in its regular order,
j just iis the preacher had done, curtailing
it to be able to deliver it ill half the
time it originally took.
"D nrir.y e.inie t you to have their
faculties cultivated ;''
"Yes a gn at m ine or all classes, some
students, reporters, lawyers and preach
' i is pri a hoi's and law u rs particularly.
I The former to acipiiivati aptness in tnoin
oiiing si rnioic. and the latter to mem
i op ze aut'i eit i s and dates. Orators a' so.
w ho memorize their speeches. 1 hen.
p rsons who are going in for an examina
l.oii conn- to me so s t i cam to memorize
dat- s and event , location and rivers,
l.ist-'t ica'. sa-ish al :'iid practical facts,
lie. I had a nav ,- llici r hole not long
a o who was preparing for an examiiia
ti hi lo-- piomotio". and he pe footed him
sc !' i i the system so that he could with
out d'lli ii ty reineiiil'i-i' aiiyt .iug ho do
sin d. The o is an old lady between 70
and so years i f age who, wiTi herd augli
ti r has :ake!i instructions, and she says
she linds no ihfli' il y in remembering
and repeating what he leads. She says
she i in iae tin poems she has read and
repeal th in alternately, a line from
each."
A Sudden Change of Opinion:
Smith I heard Drown speaking very
highly ol your neighbor Black yesterday.
.loin s Brown is a fuNum flatterer.
S lb- also said that he thought you
wcr ii-of the most estimable of men,
a kind husband and father and a loyal
friend.
.1. - Oh! or - Brown said so h'in. I
thought you meant White. Brown is an
excellent fellow, honest and icliabl1.
lt'stoii Cu'iriir.
C, J cxi: 21, mi
S IJTTLK CiAMli.
Tho Young Mini Who Wasn't
Particular A bout Wmjos.
An Agreement Wlrch Proved A Dims
trousone f-T the Eaip'ojer.
Year before last a bright looking
young man entered our counting-room in
response to an advertisement for an as
sist nit shipping clerk. He told the
Usual t do of how ho desir -d a position
more than wages for the time being, and
was willing to accept a r.oiuinal -a'ary to
start in on. The old man was feeling in
paitietilnr'iy good humor that afternoon,
and said pleasantly to the new comer:
"Well, sir, what would you consider
a nominal salary! What would you be
willing to accept in beginning;"
The young man picked at the lining of
his hat with his lingers, and deb n-iitially
replied :
"1 want to show you, sir, that 1 moan
business, and 1 will work for one cent
for tho remainder of this mouth, pro
riding you think it would not be too
much to double my salary each month
thereafter."
"That's a novel ptoposiiiun, mi-'I.,"
said the old man with a smile. "Do yoii
know what you are talking about, mi
dear hoy."
''Well, sir, my principal aim is to
loam the business," responded the young
fellow, Mid 1 would almost be w illing to
work for nothing, but I'd like to fee!
and be able to say that 1 was earning
something, jou know."
"I'll take you," remarked the old
man. "Ono cent, two ci tits, lour cents,
eight, sixteen," ho enumerated. "You
won't get much for awhile," he added.
He took him up to the cashier. " This
is .lolui Smith," he said. "lie will go
to work as an assistant shipping clerk
to-morrow. His salary will bo one cent
this month. Double it every month
from now on."
"In consideration of my working for
this small salary might I ask you to as
sure me a position lor a deli lite period.'"
iinpiired John Smith.
"We don't usually il
the governor; "but wo
on v on anyhow, I goes
like an honest fellow.
tint," replied
an't loose much
and you look
How long do
you want employment :"
"Three years, sir, if agreeable to you."
Well, by .love, the old man agreed,
and young Mr. Smith, on pretence of
wanting some evidence of stability of
his place, got tho governor to write out
and sign a paper that lie hail been guar
anteed a position in the house for three
years on the tern 8 1 have stated.
II" worked along for six mouths with
out drawing a cent. Ho said he would
draw all his earnings Christmas, The
cashier one day thought he'd figure up
how much would be coming to the
young man. lb-grew so interested in
the piojeot that he k -pt multiplying f. r
the three years. The result almost stag
gered him. This is the column of figures
he took to the old man. Fir-t mouth,
HI; second, ."'.'. third, .0-1; fourth, ,os:
fifth, .lit; sixth, .".'s' ; seventh, tW eighth,
$1. .'; ninth, tf'.'.-lii; tenth, lf"ilJ;
eleventh, tlll.'.'-t ; twelfth, $( l. ls; thir
teenth. If H. '.Ml; f. Iirleenth. tfsl.'.i-.'; fif.
teenth, $ii:i.N; sixteenth, $".'7. IW ;
seventeenth. li-Vi. tl'i : eighteenth, $1.
III I ;-.'; nineteenth, if -.', H'.1.!. -Vl ; twen
tieth, fi.'.'K.iisi; twenty-liist, $0, !i,.
i!; twenty-second, tf-.'U.ilSS.HJ; twenty
third, ft l.'.Cil. ii ; t w enty-fotii th, ifs,.
I'-VS.'.'-, twenty-til'th, !fli;.V!liiii.."iii; twenty-sixth,
$:S:l l.Mo.l'.; twi nt v -s. m nth,
$':!. I'l'.'ii. '.'4 ; t w only - eight h, if I , o.'T. '.'"ii. -IS;
twenty-ninth, $-.i'i.V1,.iii I. flii ; thir
tieth, f t.tiO'.l. (Mill. !!'.'; thirty first,
(iS,(ll(t.s4 ; thirty-second, f 1 T. '..ti'i,l' !;i..
(IS; thiity-thinl. $;t.,.7'.',o :!s; thirty
fourth, fili.SH I, loii.Ti; thirlv-lifth,
f l:t7.sss,;u;t. II ; thirty-sixth, f'.; Y T TU. -(i'.'ii
SS; total salary for three year.
f"i.V,,.Vil.'Wt.tt.'i.
The governor nearly fainted when he
understood how, i v n if he w as twh-e as
rii h as Vaiuh rbilt. ho would bo mined
in paying .lohn Smith's salary.
Ho concluded to discharge the modest
Voting man at once. Smith had tliired
Vp how much would be due him, and re
minded the old man of his w l it ten
agreement. Kather than lake i bailees
in courts and lot cvciybedy know how
he hud been duped, the governor paid
Smith f.1,000 and bade him good-bye.
I've hoard he ttied tho same dodge in
Chicago after leaving lure. -C'umciVt
J''irint!.
Business Cu'iiplle.ii ions.
A Dakotian met an old friend wlfcle
on an Ivisteni trip.
'T hear that Poll Applejack who
went out to jour country has faded in
business."
"Yes."
"Hard times I"
"No."
"Too much competition?"
"No, I think not."
"Too lit.le attention to business!"
"Oh, no, he worked hard."
"I don't see why he failed, then."
"Well, you see, a few determined
goi.tloineii on the board of trade got
a now- inch rope around his nock
and forced him to make an assign
ment.'' "Hoi ses?"
"iieIs-s."-f:(W,,,iy n,n.
M). 1
i'h soil by a Plant. '
One of the mo-t familiar plants in
Southern California and Arizona is the
tumble-weed. In the fall the gardens of
some localities are covered with them,
the plant being a low bush, about two
feet in height, and spreiluig out t" sev
eral feet in width. So small and weak
lire the roots that when the plant goes to
seed the breeze detaches it and the plant ,
goes rolling along like a ball, so;. tiering
its seeds bi-oadca-t over the land miles
I rum where it originally grew. In A ri-
'iia the I mill ib - weed soim-tim--s attains
mammoth proportions. I have s-on them
live feet across, and s,, bulky that one
would easily unsit a man when traveling
at a good rate of speed.
The following incident shows that a
man may be chased by a plant: "I I
was travelling throng i Ariz nia on hor-c- :
back some years ago," said the narrator, '
"and one day found my-elf in a ib s.-rt j
plain almost ib -stimtc of vegetal on. The '
only thing in the way of a shrub were
numbers of dead tumble weeds. man of
gigantic s;e, and. curiously enough, tin y
Wi le pio, j;i great h-aps as if s-'llie one
had hauled them together to burn tlr-m;
but as thee- was no object in ib'ing this, ,
I concluded that the w in-1 h el done it.
and I found later that my suppo-itioii
J Was collect. j
"I had gone ahon' t-n miles ;M this
j tumble-weed c ii y wle n I noticed a
I storm coming up I , th w.-.t. There 1
was Hot the -lightest -heller, so I kept I
! along, but liually saw a big pi e of 1 1 1 111- :
! bh weed an I ill ob- for it, thinking to
j get under it- lee, ami I ju-t about made ;
it when the rain commenced. Th" pile j
I w; s ab iiit ton foot high, and I thought I ;
had a good shelter and dismounted; but j
; 1 had hardly reached the ground when a ,
j gust if wind came that shook the heap:
as if it had be. n uridc of paper, and a j
bg tumble wool on top rolled otT out i j
the horse. Fo: innately I had not left I
i bin id as ho leapt back and reared I i
i. ung on and in a second was en his ;
back, and not a hit too soon, as thou the !
gale struck us, and the way that heap I
dissolved partin iship was a caution in,
sinn-rs. Mv horse was wild with feat
and w as olf lea ling, while behind camel
thirty or f.nty mammoth tumble-weeds,!
lolling al- ng lik" gigantic oannon-'ialls.
I nevi r saw such a sigh; In my life, and I :
soon found that 1 Was being - chased bv !
hundreds ol lb. in. 1 looked b n ii audi
saw one jump twenty feet into the air a-
it hit a rock, and every litt'e prominence !
sent thcin up where the wind vvuld !
catch tlienialid howl tin in like foot ball-, j
I dodged several and at last got out ol
the s.piall. I h iven't the sljghte-t d ubt
that if I had been struct by one of the '
plants it would have knocked over hor-c
and all - in fact. I heard later of a m.n;
that was caught in such a squall and ac- '
tiially bowled over bv one of them." -.s.l
'.(,-'. ( '.ill.
Origin ol Billiards. 1
Billiards wen- invent, d, -ays a goo,)'
autho'ity, by a pawnbroker. About tin
mi-1 1 ! of the sixteenth iciituy tien
was one William Kew, a pawnbiok. r,
who dm ing wit wi ath- r was in the h ib. ,
' it of taking down the three balls, and,'
with thevnid measure, pu-l.ing tin III, '
billiard fashion, from the counter il t'
! the s;..s. n tin,, the idea ol a board
With sidepookei. suggested itself. A
bi.i. k l. tt -i MS. sais: "Master Wi! '
liam Kew did make ..i:e board wiicicby
a game is p'ayi d with thin- bails, and
all the young lie ii w.-r- . u-atii leorc'od
tlleleat, lhiefl the Ruling C I. ; g I lie
llolll I'.iwlo-, beta e e,e o e -if..:,,.
was named a Canon, having boon 1" ,.nf
of vo same c'eigvineii invi lit -d. Tlr
gaine is now known by vo u aim- i f bi I
yard, because William or 'It!.!' K.. w did
tir-t pl... e w Ith his yar b-nieasun . TU
stick is now called a kew or kue." Ii
easy to coiiipicheiid how "Biliyaid" i..o
boon modernized ml" I'.i'.'.i o d, and tin
t rai.-foi nuit ion of "kew" or "kin" ii k
cue is c.pinliy apparent.
Fire Customs in China,
I The foil .wing .xtiact from a h tte
! from a li-ly in P. km, f'iuni, wii:t.i
to a tii.-u l in Chi. ig , will intei.st :
good in my pe-.p!c : "I. i-i w eok th- r-' w e
' i-.i:lo a lire '.i-'t v. ty far from Us. .prt - a
( umi-ual thing 1 am to'.d. for tin ImiM
! ing. are of bi :ck w ith tile lo.-f.. N'lii.i
: sor. - binned, and thr o tin u iv.n
1 niitu -1 to d-'aih. A strange , ist.-m ia
i couiioi tiou Willi au lire is, ihit-ii- .ovi.
' or ol the loiild:ng wh.-re th III'- b..
: o.,t is t li.oii t-i th" vat in it: i pi ii ol no
j lie business, police court, e . ) eei
I sec. ri Ij beat, n, 1 -iij'po-e tie- i.h'.i b i i ;
that he iniisi h ni boon c ir. h- s . J,..-
j h t it happen. In this cn-o t!,-' niiin w a'
hurt at the tire and did from .lie b. v.t
! iti'i. Anotler -tiiitige thing is, that a'l
j the stores uo.-ir, for several d..y- . ;-p
j obliged to sell their goods ( Ilea p. out
of gratitude tint tiny did not b.;;-.i
low ti too. - C'l.-.e" ,,Vi -I' r.i'i.
Miirh Ton Aff h!i.
Mrs. pereec.t. - "M ijoi Sinker was in,
bar, while you wcr- out, anj he win
ipiite alT.lble."
Mr. Percent. "AtTulilo was he i h ?"
Mrs. P. "Yes. dear, he kissed the
baby and ma le himself ipiite interest
ing." Mr. P. "Did ch ? I susiected h(
wasn't able t" pay his note, now I knon
he's going to ask uic to renew it."--.
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Now.
iTe me now ' l.ovohas u.-h n little minute,
1'av crowds on day with swift and iioiso
l. ss tr-ad.
f.lfe'.s i-ndooniesere fairly we U-giii it.
Pain jostles joy. and hope Rives plaeu la
di---.id.
I.ovo me now '
It wilt lie too late w h. ii wo are dead'
I.ovo mi' now ' While wo still lire young
together,
While g'a Ian I brave tie- sun shines over
h - id
Hand loekel in haul, in lilti". smiling;
weather,
Si ;luug were sill, iin-l variance ill bestead,
Il Will Ik- too late when V-.ll lirede.-el
i.ovo in- now ! Sliadow-s hov.-r in the dis
tance; fold winds at tiling, gi i loaves must
turn led,
I-'i ow n.-si th. in, my I.ovo, at this sad in
si - on. .-'
liven tin-til--tii -nt may the lai t be sped'
l."o in now :
It w ill I..- too l-no w hen I am dea 1'
Ill MOIitll S.
A'l pla.M -I out i i. :i air cono rt-.
Il"w to make ii..il, ,--... m ,t .1 -n't
bu any bom-.
The girl w ith I h- -w.. t ...t 'j In comes
tin- woman with t In- i'.i'.-e eie .
lei Idogs are a'i accepted 1;.p" of
colli- go, bill Wi ha "e known the low'y
aud di'spi-e'd kitten coin.- up to tho
si rat eh.
Il may ii" -upp 1 tint the man who
has ,..,.n si nt t.. 1 1 oil- of ( 'ori-ectlon
tWolllytlitVo s. j. not .chained of Ills,
convict ions.
I'ncl" lieogo And -I von g.. to
school now, Johnny; What pirt of the
exorcises do you like best; Jolllltly -
The exercise we got at roe ss.
"The I! ,st,,ii base ,,l ,,1. has four
pitchers." B it patr. n.iz.es a cm respond
ing number of tuuibl- r--. ac predict that
it will not win tin championship. But
perhaps the pitcher- are not oi'tea lull.
"Are you tning tn thick of s,,mi thing
funny, my dear;" asked th" paragraphor's
wife. "I am," In- said, as he hove a deep
sigh and ran his lingers through his long
hair. "Then suppose you think that you
at'" g--ing to buy no- a now b-.nm-i, my
dear; that ivili he something tunny for
oil to do."
Till: w ii. v m Mill:-;.
No lover al all had tin- maiden ,;a,
Sle- wore no eitu :eui.-n. r.e.g.
bill sli . Ii in -Ig a ti I II an I - to pl.-iv,
And tliii- had a I....- o . tl..- s.-, ,
"Ono-Maio" B trrcls.
Flour hau. Ih r- and others ivli i u-e bar
rob are interest.- I in a "..n;---1 ive" bar
r. I. ri iiiutai tur. d ! :r.';, Wi.il.
tin- .,, and sh ei ti.i- barrc! ..v.- tlf
same as the oniimiry kin I, the liodv o!
the tut rcl c n-i-ts of a s:i!..,!e in . t ol
timbi r held b ho. -p.. I l.e t.n.l. r u .-.
is i 1 n i , w hii h is .Ii. ,,. au-1 .I'liii.d.n".
Canada is the main i .i- t.!' -:i ..!..
TIlC logs Wiil be I,,". , .... ; .1-;-, ,u (
s.-asoii of I. ai i.et io '. -,,el I'toi: h: bv
rail in w int. r t'lm . i ii 1 . ;.ik n
ft- iii the I in or yii.l i i' . lie -aw:. .id
ioid cut i n t o I w I. a-, . ! e ,;!i -. I In or
th.-v go int-i a -t- on . ... - 1 :,- ;:,t
n main liuiil th. i.un ley b am. I. In
this condition t!i.'...g i- i . . : : t - 1 i i -. I -thin
sh- i ts, or v n. . , i. ,,, th.
body ol the b.rr. '. I'.y a -re ml ;,; , e.s
a two toot log' be, -in. , i .,!-. , f Wo. ,h n
sh' . 1 1 ng iii :i inn. :.:'- t -i.io. Tin r.- n -li.aliis
up.. a ih. n,., . el an i igh: i-i Ii
i - .so, w h,. h is iii.;, -1 ii, , i . . 1, 1 ; i g : en i- -I
heels. Th, s, !. .; ... eM ,., ., . ...I.
ing m n b'.iii , by wh oh I- .h --i- - ai.
male p.it'.ii'y sm, . oih. A"..i p,- ing
thio'l ih ii iiitlne, ,-. d gi .ev'ng iiii. iii'e
th. y a:.- s . , ,i bv a j : :ng ! i 'liii-.o a- io
adapt th. in t lie- ' . :' ii barrc'.
Then. .- t! y g,, m ;. ,,-, . ; i, ... I'.,. m
tho.by ho-i-e the;, -o i-. :!i,--,, li.-. ;,. s,
when- th. y an- i .1 '-.. .1. -!:,-. I length,
win il they aiei-a-ly !'..; the c-,-.,ier -lion
. r I'...- s),,,,,,,. - ie v -hi.y,..; ;
blliid'.i .111-1 il. lie- "nil le'Ul" Li lip
put up iit tie u- polM ..f -i, -: iiiiii ion.
Thru' thousand ol i Ik :ii i an lr--.i-,.
and foiwardid ii :ci i rdieary box e:u.
The ho nilii::- in, . -, in ',;,:r, I-..
A-e, .' .,-.'.
Tub iccn ami the Ilye-i.
The N. w -oik Mn ;:! .''... -ays;
D . I yru- 11 1-en's, p.: i.e.. that tin 'e. out
poisoning ot the tew of ihe ii.nk s.y.
nil:: i. :-ii-1 t '.- .i-1 .oii.,'itiviiiv i-ph:ha!in::i,
Weil- die to tie I . es-iv. ll-e ol t.,. ic.-o,
has i -tn w e.l th- I- i v .-1 .,( th.- a-.l t,,i,;..-.
CO-tist -. I'.-l V o li s I! ! ., . be ., i, ;, ,.', 1 t-i
sii'gooi.s that .-I'm- o t il-.! c i nan ii a I
to I Mil. .-I -ij.hi. ,eid 'hi- fa I ha boon
lll.ele I.y ll:e an! ..;-,' . ,,i It.
'II- ' -' ' V, , . - ; a low yens
a ' .' .-!:' 1 . w ,1, 'v ,ie- led Ultieo oil
th- p. i whi. ii i; . ,.i I:
"II. the 1 p. It of l'.:tv c, set, of 'o'eic.
ce .-: ,ip'y,-. :i by Mr. Sh-:tis, of ,-Ti r-p,"-l,
it ai p ills that ai'u.ip' y of iii, up.
lie nerves is very r:-.r. ly no t v. iih tlic
result of xi--lv,' 'i-.ioking, although to.
bi-cco is tiie i sscn'.i-d ng. nt in producing
failure f 'il.i. t;ie:.t niodoration in
smoking a-: I i -;i -'lalle the i i:ip',-.y:aent
i f lofllls of t .bin e.i, is id! that is lleees-
::,r,- to iu-uie vecoviry Workinou in
tobacco fi.i toii '- do tint appear to bo
!c.b;iet t i il-ii" ioratioti of eye-ight. In
ot.e la:i;e numut' I. t '.I V where H.llll.l ineti
an! woiiieti are eiupl'.y.-d, Mr. Sean has
f iiiinl that n -t a sin;!e ieison on tho
preniises ' iitloro l from failure of eyesight,
although ri iiiv of the hands ibid been
working there tor ten rears.''