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- Minin-rtntfilrf""1- " ' iAifirii'T-i-"'"l,-"''",-',t" l)c l)at1)am Hccor-X II. j. LONDON, ED1T0U ANU PKOl'HIETOU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, tEljc iCIjatljam Wttoxb katks One copy, one yenr One copy, six months , One copy, throe months $ 2.00 t.00 fiO A Man 1 L'ke. I Hire a man who all mean thing! deeptset, A man who bus u purpose firm and truo; Who faces every doubt as It riso , And murmurs nut ut what ho Uuiis to do. I like a m m w ho shows tin- ncblo spirit Ihspluyed by knights of Arthur's tublo roirid; Who. luce to faio with life, proves his real merit, Who his a f.-w! tbnt dwells above Iho ground. Ami yet, one who run understand tho worry dt sfinu chance brother fallen in the road, And sprak t'i h m a kind wind 'mid the hurry, Or lay nil easing hand upon his load. Largc-henrled. bravt souled men to-dny nro needed, Men ready when occasion's floors swing wide; (rand J, men to i-penk tho Counsel that Is heMed, And men in whom a nation may confide, lln world is wide, mid broad its starry Ul I lll'-l, But lagging inalcon'cuts it can not hold; The way of life to liim who upright mure lies lias eliding in u fur-otf street of gold - M mlHh AVWvm. MAN, OR PHANTOM? A W Ml I ulllil l'lN!KN TP STOItY. I 1 1' i 1 1 tin' Franco-d rmnn war I rep resented a leading F.ttglish journal, whirh, by the way, exchanged its reports with an AiwKian paper of national pinintnencc, as war co respondent. I" poll my errival in l iormuny soon after the declaration of war I presented my cre dentials to the proper authorities, and iifb r nun h delay wih itt f iled to the Royal Sixou Army Corps, as brave a body of wuriiors as was i vr gathered together fm purposes of destruction an 1 carnage. I followed the frrtuti"s of the gallant corps through the full campaign nn 1 was with them at the siege i.f 1 ".iris. It is iiiiiii i i s-aiy to pay a tribute to the bravery of the. noble Saxon lads who, after repelling the savage attacks of the courageous cur my, shared their scanty all'iw.iue of pea-sausage and rye bread with the half Marvel French guards who had In en fortunate enough to be Iptlili d. A-. might be expected my constant presctf c at In adipi.it ti rs and my unvarn ished lcpoilsnt the doings i f the corps seuii.-d me the friendship of some of the IV: -i r, while other i found it haul work to conceal the pi. pie excited by my let ters. Among mi th-nrcs: friend.-, and defenders was L cut. Baron Ludwig von 1. , an adjutant to one of tin- regi. m nts at lulled to the imps. It had If n my good foil me tu lender a slight s. ivii e to the li-titcnant during the opening days of ihe war, and with nn enthusiasm which was itiexplif lid t to me, he defended my every action and let no opportunity p i s by to sound my pra s .. It was but natural that such disinterestedness clial'diged my ailniira -tioii, and so in our friendship had ripen ed into an intimacy such as can only be i stablislud amid tho surroundings in which we were placed. Nothing marn d these pleasant relations until Christinas F.ve, when a -tray shell from one of the forts struck the tent in which the lieu tenant and I were celebrating the great German holidav. In a nn mint I realized that he had oeon s verely wounded, while I had escaped unharmed. An ex amination of tho wound proved thai his life wa tin imminent peril, and the start surgeon c included to send von I. to his homo in Saxony. In pursuance o the doctor's directions we parted then mid there, and tho c.it'y morning train boie my friend to the amis of his anxious family, while I contimi'd my exciting life among the sanguine sol lieiy. The week following this incident was devoid of interest, owing to the inac tivity of tli i French, b it on tho n'ntli day the forts opened lire, and from wins peicd conversations at headquarters I (i -aiicd that the morrow would see a sanguinary conflict. In order to be prc prepared 1 left iho tent of the most ad vanced S ix. in i utpo-t at 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the pin pine of preparing topogiaphieal note. concerning t' e prob able lield of c: rouge. My work wassoen onip'tti d. Silenc ; and solitude, inter rupted at rare intervals by the cheery ''Qui vive?'' of tli.; Freni-h utpo-ts or the guilt "Wtl tlaf" of the (lerman s minels, tempted me to r-st under n pro tecting shcil, and before I real ized it I had settled down for a little nap. When I awoke the darkness told me that tho evening had far ad vanced, and looking around I saw that A terrible snow storm ha I covorcd my tracks. Kirape impossible. I knew not how to reach my friends, an 1 to fall in the him Is of the French meant dis grace and perhaps dishonor. Making the best of mt ugly situation, 1 drew my heavy fur overcoat closer around roe, pulled my cap over my ear", and retreated once moie within the sh d. Hcnrcely had I settled into a comfortable position when I was a palled. Was it possible! Yes, there at Ihe r ckety floor of the shed stood, real as life, I.ii-til. von I, , his right arm exte uled, his left hand resting upon his sword. belt, and (.peaking in a low but di tinct whisper: "Ilewiire of the FrinetireursI" Sud denly as ' the apparition appeared it vanished. Imagine, my feeling; 1 cannot de scr.be ttem. I verily believe that my VOL. IX. hair stood upou end. Afttupor fotloweu this fear and a trance-like slumber. How long I remained in this condition I knew not at the timi', but Well do 1 re member the awakening from the trance. My nervous system was totally deranged, my hands refused to do service; in lact I hail not the strength to light a match to look at my watch. With a groan I sank back upon my bed of snow. I tried to sleep, but in vain. All I could do was to think. Had I seen Ludwig von I. , or his spirit .' the real man ut a phantom; At last relief came. I could not be mist iken. I heard the footsteps of a small holy of men. They approached the shed. Ves, but not with the steady tread of the soldier. Heavens ! could it be the Frani tireuis, those bloodthirsty guerrilla and hyenas of the batlh li-.-ld ! 1 tried to fortify myself for an attack. 1 tried to arouse my physical self. Hj fore I could rise or make a inov tin floor of the shed was rudely peilcd. A rough face showed itself. It was thai of the leader of a noted gueinlla band. The Franctireur end red. 11: ap proached, rocked his revolver, and said with mock politeness, in broken Ger man: "Monsieur, prepare to die.'' Making an i (T n t to r aeh my own weapon, at this moment 1 was Marticd by tho words; ''Not he, but you !" Looking up I saw the pallid ami frightened face of the Franctireur, and by his side could it be possible ? Liuit. vim I,, pointing a pistol at the heart of the iissa-sin. The cxi itc mi nt proved too much for my shattered nerves, and just as I In ar 1 the explosion of a pistol I lost consciousness. Win n I revived it was S o'clock in the morning. My my .side .-.tood Maj. M , commander of the advanced outposts, and a detachment of Sixmi infantry. "Wi ll doi.e, ii ty lad," said the M ijor. and with thai he pointed to an object lying by my .'ide covered with u lie d blanket. "What do you tin an, M.ij-ir ?'' 1 in iplired faintly, not iinderst.iii.ling his re mark. ''Well, 1 mean that you have dis patched the worst hound of a guerrilla who ever disgraced a country." Like a ll '.-h the invsteii nn appnr lion pr seiiti d itself to my mind, and hastily calling a Cm p i il I bade him ext i.ii'l the bullet from the di ad Fian tin ill's wound. Th"ii I pro bleed my revolver and found that not a sh it h i I been tiied from it. I i 'impaled the bullet-U-i d by me with that i;iacled fimu tin w. iiad. They were of ililT r-nt v. eight. Tie.; mystery was unsolved. Who h i I shoi my enemy i The I nitle pr.;dii le I by the stall i ni cer was not fought on that day, and I was glad of it, :or the exciting .scenes of the previous night compelled me tu ret for some time, (la the lilt I day alter my adventure I received a lettei from S ixony. Here il is : ' .My IKn Sit; ir di ar son I.ud wig bri-atlicd his last at four this mo n ing. I on his ariival heli: the doclois ronoiiiiced his ease hopeless. I'p tu S o'clock la.-t evi .ling his iicoveiy seemed a-siired. At that I our he suddenly grew ii-stles-', called out your name three or four limes and excla niing, "II ware of the Fraiictireurs !" fell into ii deep shun ter ur trance. He remained iti t li i-s con dition until 8 o'clock, when he arose up with a Mart, lell back upon the I I uu i on.-clous, and at -1 o'clock died in his mothers arms. "With best wishes, "Your obediei t servant, ''l.Eotiori Ai.k.xv.mu.k Von I, .'' My story is finished. 1 need only add that the lull extracted from the hotly of the Franctireur corresponded in weight with those in the revolver of my deceased friend, and this discovery made the mys tery still darker. I'p to this day I cannot explain the strange transpirings of that night before Finis. Canyon? Ihtriil Free J'rtst. V err Ileer Kims in Kills. H irtmau says iiihisnew book: "What would Munich be without beer?-' As a ship stranded. Tiie capital of I! ivaria float on an ocean of foaming beer. Peo ple ilo not in common conversation spec ulate over the weather, but ask at once: "How is the beer to-day i" The Bava rian ilocs not drink l eer becauso ho is thir-ty, "but b 'c.mso he enjoys it, and because he enj iys it he drinks much.' F.vory man in Munich gu.'es his four iptarts per diem. There are thousands who swallow their eight (punts and many who will nvill their ten and twelve rpiarts. I knew one man who told me he had been drinking sixteen quarts daily for year. A stu lent will manage at one sitting from ten to six teen quart., which would till about six ty of our glasses, A congress of Maid scientific fellows met at a Munich festi val and each une drink i) (1-10 quarts during a short sitting. HI m lick an ! the lliirgoin .si r. I'rincc llismarck, delayed at a railroad Million between Fra.i.Tibad and Berlin, at Heieheubach, inquired of the burgo master of the place if the sausages and the beer wero good. Having been answered in tiie ntlirmativc, the burgo master said : "There Inn been u fear of w ar, but it is not yet so near, is it your Kvcelleney?" "tiod pre set vu us faf from it," said the chancellor; "you liavn time enough yet to read Goethe's 'Faust. " riTTS150!J() THE FAMILY I'HVSICIAV. Hint, tu lvlr if lc Much of the v.t'ue obtained from mut t iii depends upon its cooking and previ ous teudi rue-s. Ilsluuld bu kept till tender, and the time will depend upol the weather. '1 he ten-bi ii"ss of incut and its fool ing cause the fi'ires thereof to be more easily broken up in the stomach; it i thus digested without delay. 15 efsteak should he next tender before le ing sub mitted to the proees.i of cooking. Il should always b- done or rather under doneover a ih ar lire of coal chid rs or coke, which is better still. The dyspeptic will do well to give hahes and slews a wide berth, unless they are exceptionally well cooke I. Tiipcis an ea-ily digested and most ' Hi euleiit supper dish. N ut as t i pork. For a man who i in good health, and has the opp utuuity of taking constant evicts J in the open air, this foo l is goo I and nutritious, but t!ie invalid and dyspeptic must bewar of it. II nn or baemi, with eggs, in tin morning, howtvi.r, is tolerably easilj digested. Si is pig's liver with bacon: mid col I pig's check is good either as a supper or breakfast di-h to those if oidiinuy health. After pink comes veal in the scaln o! indigestibility, soth.it, on the whole, my hut advice to the dyspeptic is to luivf both a'.oiie, with the exception of friz.lcd thinly-cut bacon as a relish in the morn ing. Sweetbreads, whether calve"' ot sheep's, are very nutritious and tovjist in the digestion of other foods. O.i the whole, the 1 -allli-seeker will t!o well to make the llesh of the sheep and o, in moderate quantities, his .staple, so far as albuminoid feed is concerned, but he inu-t vary this constantly with chicken, game and fish when in sea-on. II- will hardly need to be told that be -f and mutton, when goo 1 and proper ly cooked, give Ii i tu life and energy, and therefore comfort, and to a great degree happiness; but f may remind him that an undue proportion of animal food ren ders him more liable to inflammatory troubles, whet her at ute or chronic; and again, if .-ubj. i t to rheumatism or other bh od complaint, he inu.-t be cautious in the Use of such viands. Lli(7'a .!" ( riiilosii.iliy o ' lite Falling Leaf. L aves an: tho mod important part of the plant. A portion of the food which plants require is conveyed through the toots, but by far the larger portion is ab-oib d through the leaves. Leaves perforin for plants a like lunr lion, to some extent, to that which the. stomach docs fer man and the otlc r orders of the animal kingdom which possess that or;an. They assimilate the plant's food, i inverting inorganic matter into organic. Leaves are green because it is only in gri en in liter that assimilation occurs. The food is gathered by the leaves from the sunlight, air and moisture, or ruin. The larger the lean's the more food they absorb if exposed to sunlight at.d air, nnd, in some case.', tin: iivne rapidly the plant grows. At the i u 1 of the su miner tin- leaf beconii s loaded with solid inor ganic matter and its functions are im paired. Its color then becomes modified. The green hue changes in the case of leaves of trees into yellow, brown, scar let or other color, depen ling on tho variety of tree, the condition of tho at mosphere as respects the moisture and the presence or absence of frost. Where the air is drycsl and frosts ionic earlied after tic leaf begins to change its color, the hues are the bright est and most varied. When the green color has vanished the leaf, being then incapable of receiving foo 1 from tho elements, dries up and dies. Hut not one leaf falls unless wrenched oil' by ixteinal forces without leaving behind it in embryo the bud which is to unfold into a leaf and perform a like service for the plant in the succeeding year. I.mo Me, loto My Dag. "Will your dog bite, Johnuiei" asked Johnnie's sis cr's beau of that youngster, us he met him with an ugly cur tied to u siring. "Nary bite," replied Johnnie, coiiti dcntly. The young man put nut his hand to pnt the brute, and the result was a n snapped linger. He jerked away his hand in a rage and exclaimed: "Why, you miserable little rascal, you said that nnsty cur wouldn't bite." "Oh, no," said Johnnie, coolly. "Yes, yoit did; confound you." "No, 1 didn't. You said, "will your dog bite Johnnie!" and I said ho wouldn't, and he won't. He never bit Johnnie in all his born days Hud it wouldn't be good for Mm if he did. Ilet your life that dog knows what to bite," and Johnnie went off whistling, w ilh the dog hotting along at his heels, looking back over his stump ti.il at Johnnie's sister's beau. TU Hit. A Jag or Farts. I'ngley. "That dog oi vo us is do" of parts, llailey." Hiilcy. "Yes, indeed. How did vou come tu notice it f" Bigley. "Well, he took part ot my coit-tail yesteidny. If y.ni think he has any ui! for the other I'll biing it around. Jwlg. CHATHAM CO., N. I IIILDKKVS (OLl'MN. I u Tli Ki'uiiiit Why Joy is in the parlor, Fan is on the stair, I Lustlu in the kit, hen, ! (Mors in the air' i L iu,hter in each ilimple, ! Smi e in every eve' Happy little maiden, Can you tell iu liy ' I Vm-les, aunts an I emi-m. ( 'uuiing gailv in ' What a glinl inie i vi ! What a joj ful 'lia ' 1 Si e the hearty "jvet ngs I (iiven one n-i I nil. j l.i.s'en to tin !,o.. ' Hinging through the linlb ! Oh it's glad Thanksgiving: .loy of all the . u i Not'iinn lmli .i Inppy Nullum: hair s i dear: Sonj and mrf ami 1 aoiio : .Make the .ioui"iit- fly Happy hearts and thankful - Mrs I'. V. Turner. i lai.i-rfl (liteei t unc. It was a co wiiit.-r night, seventy ' eais ngo. Lilt c 1 'oily had a "breath hole" oil the fri.-ly window pane, so she ! coul I peep out and watc'i Jonas watering ; the rattle at tie b;ook, and sec the. red j famsct clouds; and there- was grandpa coming houi" from the woods, with an i fix on his shoulder, and a cane in his other band. He came into the lar ;e, warm kitchen win rc she was, a few minutes later. "lb-re, I' oily," he said, "conic and see ! my ii- w cane.'' I I'olly ran to examine it. It was Mcn- ilcr and tapering, the head looked just i like a snake's head, and it was striped ! and spotted like a snake. j "It looks just like a snake," said I Folly, "only it is too straight and stiff. Win re did you get it, grandpa:" j "I found it in a hollow log I was chopping to-day. I thought it would make me a line cane, so I walked home I will) it lo-nigiit; and il did very well. It's ii little slender to be sure; but it seriiH stoul, and I don't b lieve it would break very easy.'' ; "It's nice nil smooth,'' said I'olly, "and it's pretty, ton, if it didn't look SO ! much like a s-i:il.-, 1 ilou't like .snake, I very well." "D-in'l vou ? Weil, set il no in the corner, lew, and put I he hail s about the ; table I sec .lona; i.-ming in and I I want my supper." I'olly fit tin cane in the comer j neir the groat til -phn- , and just , then grandma run- i.i li nn the back ; buttery, with a bowl of apple sauce. Jonas came m with a ) i I of milk, and j soon tiny nil sal d omi to -upper in the I plcasanl lirelighl. They had jut lini-lnd citing, when tin re was a little noise ia the corner. They all lookul .-nonnd. but, no cane ! .'-tool there. last.-a I, a snake was I squirming and twi-tiie.- on the floor. "For the land aki-s!" cried grandma, "how on colli di-l that snake get into the hoii-e ;" "I found him fi n up stiff in a log,'' said gran-lpa, "a-id w ill-.e I home with him for a eaue. lb- in id" a very good cm-, but now he h is ili.einl out, Jonas, 1 guess you had b II. r take him out aud chop oil his head." Which Jonas w is very willing to do. Tommy' I right. M ary thou :ht it w is time her rabbits had their bu akfast. Tli-n her chickens iiiil-t be fed, too. ay w.ii a faithful girl, and did not fm-gei p r pits. She put some corn hi a little basket; this was for the chicken.. Some pieces of carrot went in in-it for the rabbits. "Come, Tommy, and carry the basket for me," ,,aid Mary to h r little brother. Tommy was d -li;htel to bu useful. He put on his Scutch cap, with a feather in it. Then he followed M iry with tho basket. "Oil, goody!'' cried Mary, as she peeped into the rabbit house. There were several little rabbits in the corner. They had been born during the night. "I must make them a. fresh bed," said Maiy. "You wait her a few minutes, little man." Mary lifted In r brother upun tiie flat roof of the r ibbil hous . Ho would br out of danger there, she thought, and Would not soil his clothes in the mud. Then isho ran to the barn for some hay. Soon two great ijitsc si rolh d into tin ynril. Tin y man In d up to the rabbit hois; and Hi Iclied their long necks toward Tommy. "Cooah! Cooali I" tiny tried. Then they bowed and nodded and screamed again. Tommy was frightened and began to civ. lb' stiuek at, the grcese with his cap, but lin y only screamed the louder Mary now came running back with tlir hay. ' "Cooah!'' cried the geese, and "l'r-r-r-r!" roared Tommy. "You poor boy," said Mary, laughing, "if you had given theni mhiii' corn from the basket they would have been happy. They did not want to hurt you. They were mi'v very hungry." Toiiimv stoppe I crying and threw out some corn. Then the geese stopped cry ing also. Ton inv knows more about geese now than he did b -f.ne. --Our J.H , (hie. Life is short, b.ii it isn't half so short us some men are through life. DKCKMIJKU 1, !;. ST. KILDA. A Curious Lsland Off tho Scot livdi Const. A Place Whero Sua Birds Form the Support of tits lull ibit iuts. "A curious bit of laud is S'. Kilda," says the l.'iii'lun A..-. I' lies sixty miles bevotid Harris, and is I I'l miles distant In. in the mainland. Near it aie the bird-infested ides of S eiy aud 15 ireray, but St. Kild a alone boasts human ten ants. In issj ill,. j. ml contained nineteen families, or seventy-seven per sons, tliii ty-lhiee m iles and forty lour females. Tiny live in a little green val iey which slopes to tin- s..;l- 'j'i,L. island itself forms part of the ancient estate of Danveg.'iii. O.ii ' upon a time the vil lage of St. K-lda b-ok -I like a Hold n tot "kliil." The huus.-s were huts built of loose sloin s an I lull, and lilled with an atnio-ple re of pan unial siuoke. Now thing- are b. to r ordered. The houses are built of sb'iie w ith roofs of galvaniz' d iron, nn iinprovcni'-ut due to the generosity of M icleo I of M icleo I, the hi red itaiy po,.esor of the land. No pait of the world is more famous for its bird i ii li. ib tints than this desolate oceanic patch. Ibie the solan geese nestle in thousands. The fulmar, the ganiif t guillemots, put!i-is, eider ducks, and other s.a fowl i xist in countless swarm-. Tln-e birds form, in fact, the stay and support of tho St. Kild.t folk. The isl.-eideis s iv thai the fulmar, or stiii my petrel, gives Me-moil for burn ing, down fur tleir lmls, wholesome meal, nr.il ;in oint nicnt or salv- for their infirmities. There .are no hens on St. K:Id I. The s,.i bird- supply the place of tho domestic fow l ci mpietcly, and the housi w ives ol the lonely isle are re lieved by nature tnon the car. s and woiries of hud t.-ndiiig. The women look like "tealheied Mi n uries, f,,r tin ir "hoi .," adds this writer, "ate made of ganint's s- k i 1 1 . " ' Tin- leall.eis are valued at 7s per ...ie ( pounds) for the him k i.ullin v-irii ty aud lit "i- for gray... The fulmar oil sells at Is a pint, Ihe i lotl ide by tli..- inhebitants at :U per Sc. Hill ill, while ihe cattle ate -pec. illy rated. I'i r eight or nine eiotilbsat a time M. Kild i may have no intercour-e with the onti i world. Life ill the island wags shiwiy and peace fuih, if inonoiouoii-'v along. Tie- storms sf the outside iv rid all -. t not tie St. Kild I folk. Tin- i-lin.bi- ai.- i i III it i i oni consumptive trouble- a fail held liy some i-uthii-i i-Mi' doitoi-. to be din I" tin- iii in isplicte ol pe.n suioke nmid ; which St. Kild-i at huge lives ;,nd breathes. Hut tin ir bibles are liable to I be killed "ll' by a uiNstirious iiilnnnl about the eighth day ol lib, and the i people are said to be .-object to a spi cies i .1' 1 1 1 ! 1 . 1 1 1 1 . i , whiih i-niy appears when1 -Irangeis vis.t the isle. Nobody knows how this ailment is conveyed or what il is. N) 111 f - -1 loll i- ple-lilued In be carried Iroiii le visiting s(( imer to the -lion ; but, iievoitheles Ihe St. Kilda folk begin to sniitll and to -m-i i whenever the tourist season sets in. It npp ars ill it the inhabit ants ate ac customed to send iiie-sagos in-iiled in bolth s, or in exteinp o i.. boats, to the mainland. Tiny coiniiiit their wishes to tho wave-, and tui-l tu favoring gales to wait their desires ashore. A strata gem of this kind was leeitilly put in lorce by the Free church minister who has taken charge of tie sp:-,inl nlTaiis on t he island, lb m-iiI a . . .i incs-age w hich, after some Weeks or mouths of wandi ring, contrived to be i as ashore and to be brought under the notice of some benevolent person, who forwarded the nn -singe to ils di .stination in I" liu burgli. The reverend gi ntleiii in in this t utu n 1 1 1 1 L i c.it i i ill to the pliui ip il of the Fri e Church college in the Si -iiu.-li metropolis spoke of tho disastrous period through which his people and himself hud piis-cd in st. Kilda. They Wi le out of i veiything, in lact, if the liu ssiige was to be belt. Ved, and Weie anxiously awaiting help fiomthe charity and benevoleiic,. ol tin- mainland. This help was duly disp itched to them. The Jackal, a gove liinent vessel, was scut to the island, aud an olio ial of the board of supi i vision w is depiiMeil, along with the -uigi on of lie- snip, to li poit upon tin -t id- ol things in the island. Th infotinatiou in e -iiou lias now come to hau l. The npoiur ti lls lis that he Iniin 1 from fi ur to six hun dred fulmars salted ami -ducil as provis ions in eat h family. As a single liilma n ft i ids a fuli meal I'm an adult, il loi lows that from n;lit to twelve hundred meal lations are contained in i aeh house in the island. Then lollows a record of salted mutton sinulai,y laid by for Inline use. There arc i i hi. cn tows on the island; there are potatoes in pl- nty; and accitain Mr. M u In nic, who is said to iiupoi t and to tela I the luxuiiisof life in the shape of te.i. sugar and tobacco, is repot ted as doing a brisk trade. In each family c,n 'e, the reporter tells us, he found lapital to the extent of i'ill. One recent emigrant from the Tliere is one palln lie sciiienee in the naval doctor's n poit on St. kdlu which nil si net be omitted lioin a iccital of the lite of the northern islet. Aid r recount ing the liking exhibited for tobacco and NO. H. spirits, the absence of condiments scarcely required where salted food is so c iminoii and tho want of vegetables, tho doctor advocates the institution of simple and lively games for tho childteu of the island, the cultivation of singing, and the practice of instrumental music. The worthy medical man speaks in tho innocence of a kindly heart. He do s not know that instrumental music, bag pipes excluded, is the horror of these lioitherners, that "human hymns," as the ordinary poetic compositions are called, are i si-hewed in the chun 'ies of the highlands, and that the very mentioi of games for the bairns will be regarded with grave suspYion. "At present," adds the doctor, "whistling is strictly forbidden" on St. Hilda. No S ii ilp iper. Detective John Webb was passing the liutcs Street end of the vegetable market, three or four days ago when a slrang'-i itiosted him with: "Say, 1 i time, in town the other day to git my boots li.xed, and J was looking ui i mid 1 1 this place u little and l"?t a silver dollar out of a hole in my pocket.' "But you did n't come back to look' for it, did you?" "Yes, I did. 1 think I lost it right over tiiere, where 1 dodged a wagon. H ive you hear I of uuy one pickining up a dollar?' "No, sir." "Seen uuy advertisement in tint You'd better s.ive your time.'' paper: "No. "Why?" "Why, man, you ar. n't green enough to expect to get that -luliar be k, an you (" "Of eoin-sa I mil! Wasn't it mi n i l..n't 1 lose it ?" "Weil! Well! Some one ought to sandpaper your head !" "They had, eh;" queried the in ui as lie searched around the stieet. "I lo-t il just iib iut here, while I wm jumping out of the way of u wagon. If anybody tries to rub any sandpaper on my head I'll--!" lb- male a dive into the dirt and li-he I up a silver dollar, and as In' held il bet ween his thumb and linger a-.d d ine d around he cried : "Here she is this is tiie very one! 1 know it by the nn k I cut on thr elg ! Ought to have my head sandpapered, had 1! Well, ou just b.t 1 knew my gait, :t u 1 I'm a dollar tih".i.! b'- lucky forme, hough, that you didn't till il. Vmi look Ul 111-." a m in who'd hive chucked ii into his p-nkit and let tn go to luin. Siii lpaper! II w would v m like I.) bid a file!" Aud the abashed detective couldn't say a wold in his own defem e. - J). i, W J-",:- W The Fiirmrr'if Boy. The ceiiiitiy boy or girl is face to face with pi actual realities. lie s. i s how slowly money is made on the faun; lie is taught from youth up the need of cionomv; he has Ihe nature of saving first explained to him rvety day in the wick; he is not exp.se! to the templa lion of the saloon or ball -room, and he is ii"t so miii h of a lady's man before he I has occasion to use a razor on his downy cheeks. lie may be a trill- rude; he li, ay not feel easy in company, but in the long, closely ronltste I raie of life it is the chap that, ttudgis to school barefooted in summer mid stogas in wint.r, whose mother cuts his hair with the shi ep sheers, who leads the chap that goes to the city school with the starched shirt, front and fancy slippers, and whose head is shaved with a lawn mower nl the batber shop. Such has bei n our observance, and we think we i know what we are talking- ubcut. 1'iir i JIjiic .. ol. I Too Much of n Intuil Thing, '. The story is told of a good Methnlist I brother, an itinerant, who sought shelter j for the night ut a certain farmhouse. The . woman demurred, but there had been a long drought, and when the mini tcr : suggested that his prayers might move I the Lord to send the rain, she cons' iiti d j lo lit him stay. Uuiing the night the. j llooils citiie, an) when the good woman . ' i nine down in the morning and iound ' her fences and ch.i kem-oops had sailed I ; nil for paits unknown, su: was mm h i cast down. "I might have known bet- i I li v," said Ihe poor woman, a -he ca t a t nn fill giant e out ot the w indow ; "1 I might have known better than to let a j Mi lliodisi come into my hou-e, for they I always go into everything with all their I might, and I don't want am- ol in to pray any inne for ram dt my hem fit I no, in x i i -if the land diies up till it j cracks open." -11 ir-rr's Ih;i Co til iiinl No Account. Sonic of those quiet lancbes contain people who disdain any claim to hu mility. In the central part of Kansas livts, on ii wc It-stocked inode-l rum li, a tall, soldierly, white-haired penlleman, with grave, elegant nianiiersund a fluency with which his limited F.ng ish eaiinot keep pace. His name, even if it could bt remembered, is much t -o long to print in a paper wheie the space is valu able, but he is a Frenchman who says of himself, with a vivacious toss of his hull. Is : "In France 1 was a count; in America 1 no account 1" Chiciyo 1'rilninc. ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- tLOO One t iiinre, two insertions Otic square, one n tli - - 'i.r0 Fttr larger ii'lvi rtisemi tits liberal cor onets will lie made. ' Tin Cry of Ihe Uicu iier. ! J em tired of plaiui ng and toiling In the crowd -d hies of men: H urt weary of building - mid spoiling An I s oiling an-l l...i:l bu-' aaiil. j And I Ion,; lor lie- d ar "id l iver. ; Where I divaine I my. !!'!! away; I" : a di earner h es Jorv .vr. ; And n toiler di-s in ad i uin -iK .. I In , . -lii.iig, '! a h!e Hi it ,- 1: ut a h.e. t ! tin- l,i Ii I w Hi - li-iniug In tin ihi-ongs tint I. ui i , by. I "i on ll y.j.lo.. (', u;liis' endeavor, ! I wi.ii.d . o : !.!( ti.e eluldieii play; For a ib-e.-itiier l. e, top v. r, A' d a toiler l,e- m a day. - I fi-l no pride, bu- p,ty I'oi (lie liii-d.-ns Hi-, r eli endure. lh"le - Uo'il ll: sweet U the City I nt ih - iit;.-ut lives ol tiiu poor. ( Mi. the little l-.i i. l-t. .Lliflll. An I ih oliiM mm. I , ,,., H-idi werl .! 'j 'he d.-oigiitei sin-ail grows wilful. And ih-l.-i-liW, le u l thin bl-elsl N i, no' fi-. ui th sto-i-i-.s i !.! bustle. I "mill th - to i-loe . ,! ,i!.-i rt and slug ', I would Mi- l-Mle- '.v.. I .-. low in tie, And tin- ine.-id'oi .s l:in-ll page. I.. I ui ; dre nn as o ..;. by Hie rner. And In- It.. I f r t!i . .lie on abv.iy; 1'or il lire lill T III!-. Joi-eci'l , And r. I.e'ie di.-.s in a day. . ...' ..,. O Jl. illV. Ill M OK0 I S. C A i ks -iiou.it s...i ; ,- in ( ireero. i.o-l thing t ' --harp -u -Tiie water's edge. Ihe old cha.is who wore armor were tie- i'i-- tu it! i a: ri- i -. A turtle ii a :a'v ! ii-e.v, and yet he do, sll'l have ,-i ...ill s. lj . A gue-t at tie- !n;:rriaoe of a deaf-ami-dumb couple w ii lily ami gallantly wished lliciu un-p- iikable bliss. A m.in of short -tature give-, ns area mi fm- hjssiuudd gi. wtii that he was I roiiglit up as a ihi'd on condensed miik. Frog's , os ',, , s.iid to be unusually b gh. This is not on account of the l-'iein h influx, but becai'se the legs were nl w ay s on the jump. Pro'', Wigweovrt: " 1 hi 1 1, what was it t'i it tu i h- the Town- of Fisa lean?" I.ii h It d. rt Bucket : "A lamim in the land m i-1. it I, : i . -ir." An i xehange g.v. .i long list of rea sons why ,.n shouldn't .snub a boy, but oiiii: tie piiiu pal one, whi li is that nine Inn. , mil o t. n it':., n w..-te of time io In. Tin- --ting of a leiiii'i'ei.ec contains only a till" -th pat I ol a iiop of poison. II i an't g.-t ! : ;i v 1- ,.ii to be lieve that. II-'! in i-l on at least a a Mu d oinn e. A I'd i b ll . In i Ii., . t it,e,i . ui a patent for a in n h in- t,. i , i n , llmir bugf. That's ali light. Why s! hln't the II --.ir bag w. :n i limps ... long a, the flour barrel ha- hoop .- A-iionm .ets t. ii us in their own siru ple. i'ld bigihi - wn th.it the gi nluill lengthening of tin- d ,y i- due to the "obliquity o lie- i . ii I ic of the ter rest rial hori.. ui. '' 'I hi- ought to set at -( the foolish idea that the days are Ion ;e b. i .'iu:-e I he -un 1 is.'s cal In I and S. s h,t. r Hie ( ir Semis lor Ills Fill fill III. When I'rinc,; Wi iiaui of Fi'Ussla visi ted the liu-siaii I'mperor on the occasion of the recent ;mpcrial hunt ut Brest Lid v-k, iln; ('a;- iound himse.l with out Fiii-sinn iiinlni in, and Ihe conse quence was that a nn s-cngor had to travel all the way from Si. I'eter-burg by speciiil train to repair the d, liei-'iicy. The('ai di-, ov, r, d his Lis, the after noon hcloiv Fiiuee Wil i.im'.s arrival. S ling word tu his valet to have a 1'riissiuu uniform in leidiins-, tor tho inuir-iw, the man appeared to say that by Lis imperial master's tu lcrs nil uni forms had h. .01 h-ft at St. Peters burg. An aide. de-camp was sent for. "A l'ru--iau iinifoini innat be le ie by 7 o'clock lo-ni ii low morning." It was then I o'i lock. The anle-de camp des patched two telegrams, one to the inas- e ot the illioel iai War lloile at St. Petersburg, i. n-1 tiie oilier t i the rail way autlioi il i,--. and al.oiii ll o'clock a locolliol ive s, i If from I he l,s,iun eapi tul currying the iu---s,ii-ger eiitin-ted with tin- required dies. Fr.-sli lucnn.o tives wi vc in leadiuesi at Diiiiaberg .uul W illi ,, and tin distant e id '.I VI kilo, mi Ires was liav. iseil inthiitccii i oilis, a rate of Td kilonn tit's p, i hour, so that the uniform wa- in readiness tor the Ciir at the lone fixed. Sn eleucil Aim till'. An Fnelishinan writes to the mayor of ( liarie-ton i ininu neat nig s un . newly disciiveied lads r g.iidiu.f the making of lii'-rtar for Imiid.iig, wnich le believes w ill be of great iiupoi I. un e ii, a city subj.ct to eailh.pi.ik s. . says that tin a, Mil, on of saiihuine matter, such ns molasses, intiisiou of mail, etc., to the moll ar, iucicises its strength to nn extraordinary degree. The hardness of till' old linnail iiinctit, w liicli is equal to that of III" -tone it binds together is believed lobe due to the raid d ion of saccharine inail -r. Water to which segai has been a bled will dissolve lour b en and a I ail tunes a. much lime as pure water. Itent cxpiliie I will r 1,-teiie iiioitar have pioved that walls Inay be I itilt so strong -hey i.omot be bn ii down Willi anything but exp.osivis. - llvtlun J .'iliiw'i I, i ,s- i : s -i" St I A.' Ir.-. t; ". I
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 9, 1886, edition 1
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