North Carolina Newspapers

rv d!)C tCljatljam Uccov& l)c tfljatljcim Uccorb. II. A. L.ONDOK, ED1T01. AM) ritOriUETOK. RATIOS TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One copy, ime year One copy, six mouth . One copy, thro month 2.00 f 1.00 SO The only civil pension paid by tho I'nttcd States go to the willows of Presi dents Folk, Tyler, Grant and Garfield, nd the widow of Iter. Mr. Cheatham, who was killed wish Ceneial Canby in the Modoc massacre. The former get ! ,000 a year, while the latter receive fl.COO. Tho London Tt'eir,iph tells of a curi ous custom among the natives of .lava in the neighborhood of the Bronio volcano. "His said that wheoovcr ni eruption takes place the natives as soon as the fire (the molten lava, no doubt, is meant! romes down the mountain, kindle at it the wood th'V uej as fuel for cooking. They kee,) in the tire thus mado for years, aud wheucver It goes out, through neglect or for aiy other reason, they never kindle it anew from m itches, but they get a light from tke'r nearest neigh bors, who-e lire wa originally obtained from the volcano. Thu Cres in use up to tho late outb.nst in the native cooking places were all c btained fro n the llromo erupt on of 1$;0." A peculiar cotucideiico is that related by a profes-or in an Kas'ern college. While in i oud n he had been trying to make a collection of Kng'.ish coins, and had met with much -u.eess lie ft ill lacked, however, a half-fartling. and all the means that he h id p. t forth to sc cure one had fa'Ie I. e ne i veiling a ho walked along u sticet, it being d irk and lie somen I. at lime, ho stumbled. On putting forth his hind to break his fail ho placed it upon a ha d, round ul stain c, which ho had the eiirioiiy to pick up. It proved to be a small o. i n, but it wa so m ilked tint In could not discern its tl.'iio'uini.t.on. Ar ivngat his hotel much to his wotul'-i inent. he fo and that it l lie coin he had so niueli iL-sircl a half farming. The Manhattan Lievatod liailroad '"ompatiy of New York, witii it f.mr lines uf road, car. h d 1 1 ", ill ', "iiU pus. singers during the via' ending Septem ber :'0, 1 Si;. This is equivalent to ll.in. IHMl per -ons dai y. The numb t of pas. sen crs car. ii d by a'l t'te sur.acc reals f r the jea-w is SIM. '., o.tl. Tiro ele vated roads to -eh c I an nvcrage of a little over six cents lor cai h passenger, their gro.s earnings being $7, li ;,-li, an 1 tho n t earnings f s'MKi, 10. from the latt t ij-l,"i !I,' Si was paid for inter est and ren'als. and S.'M.'au fo.- tuxes mid on structure Tile snug sum of 1, 'MiO,' IKI wa- aid in dividend , and S i!t,0 U cair o I to the stup'u a count. The mads could well lipoid to pay a large sum annually for thiir valuable frunchise. The headline- in n Chicagi paer run lis follows: "Sinfulness of London Kating, Prinking and Wickedness linn uiug liiot The I'cop'o I'aily Shallow SliO.OOO Oxen, '.',000,0 HI Head of Sheep, CO ,0 0 Calves, ;(., o Ml swine, s.oim.iiimi Head of fowl, SiiiynM.' 0.1 Pounds ol Fish, the Same of Oyster, and Any tjuanlity of Oilier Stud, Washed Mown with in i.rtOd.OiM Qu irts of liecr. ' A - cording to the last census re. ort Loudon ha 1 a population of about 1,0' 0, no in round numbers. On this basis of c re putation it would appear that eacheiti 7en of tho nictropili- on sanies every day one eighth of an o.x, half a sheep, scleral breasts of veil, n good si e 1 ham, two chicken, a hundred or more pound of fish, the same of oysters, to -ay noth ing of vegetables and other things, and worst of all he drinks fifty quarts ol be r a day. It is di licult to understand how famine i an exist under these cir cumstances. Baldness is rapidly increasing through tint c.vilra'ioa, particularly inthicouu try, owing. iw do ibt. to the coniplientcil and exciting mido.of life, which aug ment cerebral action, thereby augment iug tho tendeiiey of bio id to the head. The same causes that generate insanity, apoplexy, puialysis every form of pre mature decay and suddon death gener ate early baldness. Women are not nearly so apt to lose their hair as men, and when they do they have ways ol hiding thu loss that we hare not. A pos itively bald women, however, i- unusual, especially bef ire sho is forty. Hut men arc frequently bald nowadays at thrty, sometimes at twenty-rive. Rildncs which ought not to come until tifty-Hv or later, has long ceased to be regarded as a sign of age. In a company of a do. er men, whose ages will not avoragc forty, two or three will generally be found more or less bald. As a ruie the biggei and more enterprising the city,thc largi-i the number of bald men. New Yoik and Chicago have, it is said, more bald mci in proportion to inhabitants than a iy twi ,' itiesof the union, and Philadelphia anc iinston conic next. Americans are prom I i think that they altogether exceet other nations in capillary decay; bit when they go abroad they discover thu' the English, French, and especially thi Germans, are very formidable rivals i ondon, Paris and Berlin iissemblics look s far at the tops of their hoads are con crned, very much like New York asscm Miei. The ( ermans are about as bah I prematurely as we, having greatly in ; eased that tendency in the last twent; years. All things considered, theopinioi already expressed that the coming mai will I e a hairless animal is entirely rea onable and probable. Cot (ttettam mot. VOL. IX. Christmas Morning", What other day from ye ir to year 8 1 fills th-3 foals of men with etwer; What memo ios are half so sweet As those 1 h it in devotion meet. On Christnus morning 1 he ilew n upon the world's long niglil i f him lio.l sent to give it light llatti rpnni; of joy and b'.esseJne-'s Hist faileih not nor groweth l's On CbrMneis morn ng I ennao: h-' ir I he (.'lii'Mm i chini". Or li-t to I'lii i.linas singers' rhymes. Hut U'li.l ivr my spirit grow. An 1 gladness all lev ssHH'h o"ei flows. On l'hritiiias morning. ' I eaiinot nre.-t youiii; or o'd It if merry wishes inauifol I ' turn tome: for like nir ewn. AM I. earls appear w ale o.i theon a On Ctiristnni morning. Our hi wtnms itays "ii earth miy tss II uv fp.v (ij I knone'.b ouly He; i i t may cur lives so Chr stlike grow Ka-t'r ilav our hearts shall fivl tlc glow if Cliristin.ss mormn j. Willi ( 'hr'stni.ii oheer for all tlr voir, A h -art sot fre from car and fear. o ir su s may ripi foe A lvent grow, An. I t in. en -li voir more gl.i'lm'is kn w i in ( 'iiris'mis morning. - Ihivton V'-sl. UNDER THEMISTLETOE. I "There she is!'' A little thrill it expectation ran throu-h the tanks of fadiii'liable L 'II don men aud women gathered iu the great had of this hospitali e Surrey home stead. The chaiming old minor wa just now Blled with miest from i ellar touttio, nnl to-.iav they had bce.i pressed into active service. A fair i esiiit ! Th" uranil, o iU-ra; tr d hill w i u festive world m! -I siemMc Ici'.ly aii'l se: l it t berries, aud cheeiy, roaring, s.'a coal tiivs. "1 thi ik we h-ve done ' ' pretty K.tliel Steir. tt sai 1, looking slow ly around with bine, approving eyes. "Tuey nre the i-ry prctt:est ("iivisttur.s decoration I have There she i, Huldah:" And, d-spite herself, an amu vvl ex peetaney crept into her face. II. T liosto-s turtle I quickly a little nervously and went down with her uncle to meet their guest. "You'll repent this, uncle," in a low, Impatient whisper. "We'll be heartily aslianie 1 i f her- I . we will, A -ill fresh fr.-m 'he V I boil, uty bugs; And S i t'e. .1 L'ig.iton coming, too!'' ' It pent, wait and sec!" old Casper Finis answered, drily. And then the door was flum.' open, and a slender, girlish J'eruro, chid in black, curly, astrakhan from head to foot, ee.mct out of the gray, winter twilight and in to tin" long, tire-lit ha'l, the hum of 'lan guid voices, the challenging glances of cr.tical eyes. S i this was the dreaded visitor the tttitrt Ivi-h cousin ! "We'.com , i raldine! ' her cousin sail, wi'h a c -I I kiss. "Have you had a tiresome journej :" '"T-i's some? eciioel a sweet, fresh virce, with a faint, unniislakab'.e Irish Mvent. "N ; I I'oiin.l it delightful." I I -.il-l ih slnibbred. Il-r guest smiied a little. A smokv, jo!tiiig, winter jour, liey deligbtlui ! Tuey could not sec her face well in the uiieerlain, crimson tire light, l-ul thry scored one in her favor fur her ineiry nitisiiail laughter. When, ha'.f an hour later, she caiim into the long, lighted drawing-room, th y looked up in silt prise. "A Worth costume!" they whispered. A lissome, loumled figure, clad in soft, giay, shining drap.-ries; at the pretty throat some scarlet holly-berrics--a clus ter of the i.anio glow ing in the golden brown hair. S'lch a rwe.t, fresh, lovable face, with its blue, laughing, Irish eyes, its brows ami lush-, h ack as jet, its bright, snucy, smiling lips. Scarcely were the introductions spoken, when the door was thrown open. " Sir Cecil Leightoti I'' He mine into the room a tall, military looking young fcllow.of twenty-eight or thereabouts. Huldah Ferris came swiftly forward, a wintry (lush tingling her check. Aud then those present looked at each other and sm 1 d. It was an old story, that cf Misi Ferris' ;- o'i.iiif for handsome Cecil Leightoii. Miss Ferris was not a beauty. She had a thin, nervous face, fluffy , colorless hair, and very wide, open ryes, that Ik r enemies called green. "Ye!o imc, Sir Cecil ! Wc scarcely dare 1 hope for you before Christmas. In troduoiioi.s are iiuncc.ssary, I believe, lint stay! Sir Cecil Lighton my cou sin, M.ss Ferris. Ga aldine, still standing under the chande'ii.'i's fl mding light, bowed grave- y. A qu'ek fl ash of admiral ion Icape I in to hi eyes. How pretty she looked, in thoso gray, trading robes, with the vivid dash of scarlet at the throat and hair! How pret ty! "I am very happy to meet Miss Fer ri,"snid quietly. But there was a quizzical look in his dark ey s, a queer twitching arovud tho well-rut bps. At eleven they all trooped oft to bed, worn out with tho day's exertion. Qeraldine, standing at the foot of the stairs, looked up with rogish eyes. o o y w PITTSBORO '"Pieiise, some one," pathetically, "bring some sal-volatile for po Mr. Redden, lie looks exhau'ted." "Fact," the young Lm loner opposite murmured, langu dly. "Quite used up. Hardest day's work I ever had." "I believe you I" so emphatically, they nil laughed, mid Mr. R.'d len wondered vaguely if that pretty 1 ttie 1 ish girl could have m i.i' anything. Half way fie -"airs -h- heard an ex clamation of dismay : "We've f.-rg Cei the mist'etoe!' "Never inin I," some one answere I ;"it will do in the morning." lint, sitting by her dressing-room lire, half an hour later, her louse hair falling round her like a mantle, her shining eyes looking dreamily into the flowing coals, the force of habit never to leave to-night's work till to-morrow overcame her. S, thrusting her little bare feet into her slippers, she took up lu-r night Innip, opened the d ier and ran lightly dow n th.- Ssniiv. "I saw th- mistletoe lying on the hall table, ntiil the step-ladder and twines arc ju-t where they left them. Ililldah will be glad :n the morning to lin I it done." And a iiioiiiec.t later she was pe.ched half way tip the laddei-, in the great, old, shadowy ha'l. Such an odd, pictty pic ture in th greenery and gloom, with her snowv dressing-gown of cishmcfs and swans. lown trailing about her, the loose sleeves falling away from tin; white, up lifted nuns, that shower of golden browj hair lippling over l.cr shou'.d -i . Five minutes later, soma one leaned over the banisters ahave, only to draw back with a horrified gasp and shocked face. There was a cautious opening and shutting of door., a lew magical, whim pered words spread lioni Hp to lip, mid then every corridor in the manor seemed full of stealing, noiscles.i spectre. They were all moving toward thegrand stairway. "You're thine, HuMa'ti?" 'Positive! A pci fee. stranger. It is shocking!" But her heart was beating with exulta tion. Yec would le r cousin be banished i Now would the be Cipar Ferris' heiress? "Dear I'ncle Caspar look!" Half a dozen pairs of curious eyes peeped over the banisters, and saw - A great hull in shadow, save for the light ol a us. ill lump. In the con ".re of the apaiim X a step lad Ier. Ildt'w.iy up, a slight, white, iaiiv liguro. H. red ly overhead, a great hunch of mistletoe. It-'ow, hi-, head not quite reaching her shoulder, a young until -:: very hand some young man Sir C eil Lighton. He was holding on-: of the gin's hands tightly in hie. own. llei Icight hair drooped over his shoulder. Oh-h!'' from the stairway spectres. An irrepressible young lady, changing the tirst line to suit the occasion, mur mured, mischievously : -Over th- step-ia Ider b?nds a faeo Purling, sweet aivl Uvuiling; istii.lioily stands in careless grace Ami wateiies the pieturj smiling." "You w ili keep it a set ret? You won't tell?" iu a whisper, from li.'raldine. 'On my ho ior no! Now, my mistle toe kis., sweetheart." The lair head dropped; the rosy lips nu t his. "Oh-h!" The condemnatory sigh had risen to a f lint roar. (.Jeialdine started mid looked up. Good gracious! what was that .vhite phalanx on the stairs? Old Caspar Ferris and his niece hur. ricd down. ' 'Herald ine!" cried Huldah. hei voice trembling more with jealousy than right eous indignation, her greenish ryes Hash ing, "im" can you explain such conduct? And Kir Ceil strangei u perfect strangerl You leave this house in the morning." Hut Gerald ine looked more proud than ashamed, and blushed delieiou 'y. Sir Cecil laughed a hearty, ringing, boyish laugh and put one arm around her with nil air of happy proprietotship. "Not. quite such ctratigcis ns you think, Mis; Ferris. Our pli.ces iu Iielaiul join you know, and Geratdinc a.id 1 hav been engaged for three years. We were married piiv.fi iy a month ago, and liavi just returned from our wedding trip te Paris. We came down ttgether to-day, but this willful little woman took it in her pretty head to disdain her husband for a few days. Hut," dolefully, "set how soon her pie-crust plan is broken! Any further explanations," laughingly, "Lidy Leightoii will offer." And Lidy Leighton, blissful and smil ing, and pretty as a picture, came dowt from her perilous porch. Ilow hey tlujtiTed aruitid her, with ilieery laughter and tender congratula I ons, till the midiiilii, music of tin Christmas b-lls clanged over the frozen m w ! "My lirst and !nt plot," said Lad-G.t.-iI tine, "ho ruthlessly marred uiulei the mistletoe." "Many inciiy Chris! masses," my clear, laid Caspar F -rris, lovi :g'.v. And Hul dull knew how unwomanly shi had be-'i!,and how wholly her da. ker phi' had failed. Francis Murphv, the temperance agi tator, is having great success in the in terior tow ns of Ohio. CHATHAM CO., N. ( I'HILDHKV.S CM. CM M. ' nirhlrxoiis I1. I. V lin'i tins t heard of ym. Master P.ekl I !'n I yuu're up lo my ii trick; Wao was it h i' lu oar .'elm in the hyl Who tore the apron from t i 1 1 ! t Mog? j V m rough u'A fellow, what ha-l they ilone To injure you, i.i the way of fun." j W ho into the kitchen stoi- to ilav, ! Aud look what meat i n the table lay? What do you m nii by your l-ow-wmv ivowt You mean to-ny 'twa. th- kit u now I Com-, sir; w- know b'tter lh.ni that- i "I'nn. in! the kbtcn; 'twas not the cat. ! You must 1h punish -il, Master Pick! j I ho! von b i? otT. sir: thai' !s a iriek i j Yo-. don't quite hk Then what did you mean j j by bit in.; our Johnny; an I why uoie you ' j sas'II I I Tearing the apron from pe, v little M..; t'owii on youi kints, s i- l eg, sir. Ik';" ! .(- -,!; Amua null the .ntls "Amos, heie is ,i hammer an I a keg , of nails, I wish you, every time yon do n wrong tiling, to ihiveotlc of thesenaiil uto this post." "Well, father. I will," s:d Amo-. Alter a while A mis came to hi fathet and said, "I have Used ail the n ills ; the j keg is empty." j His lather went t i the spot mid fetm ' j the post bhu k with nails. "Amos." j said he, "have y. u done something j wrong for each of those nails," "Yes, sil," sai I the boy. "Amos," j,abl tin father soirov, fuiiy, "w.li you not tui n about and try to b a good bov ?' Amos thought i'.. i a moment, and tio t, said, "father, 1 !l try." "Very well," sai I his father. "Now take the hantine;, and every time you do a good act, t r icsist a wrong one, draw out a naii and put it iu th- keg again.'' "Alter some time the boy cniueto his father and said, "Conic father, see the nails iu the keg again. I havo pulled out a nail for every goo I act, mid now the keg is full again." "I am glad, my son," said the father; "but sec, the marks of the nails re ma in." Hir t Ii si lli uluc. When was the first bridge constructed, and what was it made of? 1 inn not able to answer the lirst question very h finitely, but I think 1 know what the tit -t bridge wa made of. U was not of .sood, nor of stone, nor of I rick, nor of iron, nor of rope. It ia- made entirely f monkeys-- live monk vs. A troupe if these animals in a S nth American forest came one day lo a stream which was too wide for them to leap across. They climbed a high tree, where tke lirst monkey selected a suitable branch, wound his long, powerful tail about it, and let b in elf hang head downward. The second monkey, miming down the body of the tirst, wound his tail about its luck aud should -is, and let himself hang downward. A third ami a fourth lidded themselves in succession, and otheis nfter tlieni, till the chain reached the ground. Then the lowest monkey, liy striking his bauds on the earth, set the living pendulum in motion, und in creased this motion by striking again at each oscillation, till it swung so far across the .stream that he was able to s uo a bran -h of a tree on tho other side. The line of monkeys constituted a bridge, by which the remainder of the troop quickly ciossed over. Th n the monkey which i not icm, ih most people write it) had been the tirst volunteer iu this en gineer corps, unwound hi taii from the branch and let go. What had before been the top of the pendulum was now the bottom; it swung across the Mream, and dissolved into its original dci-icnts, and the whole troop went chattering on their way. This took place before the appearance of a man upon the earth, and the long-tailed monkey - have been build lng such blidges ever since. It 'tween that primative bridgo of monkeyj and the hist and greatest of all bridges ever undertaken the suspension bridge over Fast K-vcr, connecting New York and Hrooklyn there is apparently a wide discrepancy ; yet the two are constructed on the same principle. The Mist bridge recorded in history was built over the Kuplir itos at Babylon, in the reign of .Jueen Nitocris. The course of the river was turned, and the bed laid dry, till the foundations were built. The arches were of immense hewn stones, clamped together with iron, and the whole bridge was roofed over. It was thirty-live leet wide, and over six hundred feet long. Horeinna. t of th s great bridge has been discovered in modern times. W'iile Await. One Law Ho Couldn't Override. Malt C.irH"iiter did not always bear an adverse decision with equanimity. One afternoon when tho Supremo Court of Wise- nsin had decided scvernl cases against him, and as ho thought against the law as well, Carpenter was walkiug down the hill iu a particularly savage mood with Judge Luther D.xon, of thu Supreme Court, when the latter slipped on if rolling stone and fell heavily to the ground. Carpenter walked on a step or two and thct. turned around to watch the efforts of the wise man to get on his feet. "Iain glad, Luther." he finally laid, "that there is one law you can't override tho law of gravitiit ou," fhdaJdjihU Tim. DKCKMKFJt 2.5, m. 'WITHOUT A SCAK. Remi'Vlng Superfluous Hair From Fair Fncost. A Simple tied Paiuless Operation the A'tl of Electricity. 7 A writer says in tho New Y'ork The permanent removal of hair from th" lace of a lovely cr unlovely woman I. a heretofore been considered an impossi. hie achievement. Now the removal of hair, even ii big moustache, an impirial, and whiskeis. cm be taken off without leaving a trace i r sear. Moreover, when properly performed by an expert ehctri cid surgeon or mrgieal electrician, which ever vi u choose to call th" Opciating doctor, not a hair cv.r grows iluiv again. I saw the operation pel formed by Pr. W. H. K'ng, ami was cnlighti ned at the same time r.s to how tho electrical current was applied nud undo to do its work. In the tir.-t p'aee, a pretty young girl of about 111, w ho was the subject of the operation, took her seat before a large window in the Pot-tor's operatin "chair. Mic was a little nervous at first while the Poctor was changing anil arranging his galv mic battery. A line needle, made especially for the purpose, was carefully in -crted into the skin of tho young lady'., upper lip, just where t;;o lirst hair to be cr.idicati d grew. "The needle is now in the hair toll i cle itself," snid the Doctor. "You see she has not fl nehed. It has given In r no pain to indent the needle, for it is too sharp ami tine to be felt. Now 1 will connect the needle with this nega tive pile of the battery, just so, wh.le this positive pole is connected with this flat p ece of metal, nil electrode, placed on her cheek. It can be placed on any part of the bodv, the object being sim ply to complete the eleetrie current." "Ah, it stings,'' cried tho young girl, but she did not move. "It is more i r less painful, ' continued the Doctor, alter a little toothing atten tion to his patient, "iicc.rdmg to the in eat.on of the hair ou the fac , and the iiirvou sensibility of the patient. L-'ok here; now tie re is a little frothing around the needle. I jU withdraw it and" H-J with liew the needle and lifted out the hair without giving the young lady any pain, tjuiel-.lv iiisi itii g the needle iu another lollicle he rep a'ed the operation, and this time the patient only gave a slight shiver, hlie smiled and said : "It is less painful, or 1 have become aoiustoincd toil. Go on Dutor." Tl.e operation was continued, the operator taking out from about live to ten bairs cveiy minute. This was con tinned for tiiitty minute, the length of time allow , d by pr. King for each skiing, both patient and phv-ieiaii need ing rest after that length of t.me. While the operation was going on 1 interviewed the Doctor tlm-: "Ilow long has it been since this operation was performed ?" ' I . George II. Fox, some eight M ars ftgo I think it was in l!7Krc,id be ore the New York State Medical Nu-icty a paper on the subject of the permanent removal of hair by electrolysis. Nnce then most of the electricians in this city have been making Use of Dr. -Vx s procc s. With only slight variations, the operatioll is practically the same es that tirst described by Pr. Fox," "I it a difficult or dangerous opera tion ?" "Neither difficult nor dangerous in the hands of a good electrician. It requires line eyesight, a good light, a steady hand and nerve, and great patience on the p ir. of the operator as well as the patient, if operated by a skilful Mirgeoii, it. can be performed in about as many sittings as will be required to take out from one hundred totwo hundred ami fifty hails t day. One sitting a day, half an hour long, is all that a judicious operator will allow." "Will not some of the hairs grow again ?'' ""es, a few. If the operator has skill and experience, there will probably be a growth of from five per cent, to ten per cent, of the hair removed. If a tyro per forins the operation, perhaps thirty or fifty per cent, will return. Then it w ill be only necessary to repeat the ope ration." "Is tho operation frequently per formed ;" "Yes; as it become known it is more frequently called for, ami the practice is on the increase." "Does it leave a scarf" "Not unless tho hair i coaise and deep set. Then there will be marks that will not disappear under a week perhaps, and perhaps in a few days. If the hairs are thin the clecliolysis will not cause more than a slight redness, whiih will dis appear in n few hour." The young lady who had been opt r atoil upon s-emed willing to have all of the hair removed in one sitting. About one-half had been t ken o!T, cr "lifted out," n the pocrtir expressed it, before she rose from th- chair, but Pr. King said th .t he nev r pe -milled a patient to t for the operation longer than haif an hour. So she reluctantly put on a thick veil to hide the half moustache which re mained on her pretty face. Of oour-e. .... ... A1 I, I". she pronii-ed to ret tun next "lay for the completion of tin- electrolysis, and of course she kept her promise. oict e.iiri Heds. The bcili o:ns in ail the Nmwcgian bin are the same small boxes, not largo enough to swing a chair in. Thiough out Norway the bed lire the same nar row ti Ilia", no wider than a s. earner i crib, with the same high side, presum ably to keep one from falling out, if lie should iiu lutious'v in ive or turn dui iii; th- night. To add to the t u inciit i f these berths, the pdiow is a II t feather thing that you ecu! 1 put in y in- pocket, and beneath it lurks a broad .wedge-shaped bolster arrangement that k"eps one s.i -ling down to the footboard, tinle-s In can ri tain his place by bracing at lull leiuth at an angle and attitude tiiat the human frame only au ms ou an mi Icriakcr's or a ili -ii-tiiig table. In one Norwegian itiuwh-rc tie-dusting III ii 1 w anted t i do her kindest she put il wedge at the head and foot ol my berth, mid 1 ilreanie.l that I lay in a hammock that touched the ground. The white spread tiiat c 'vers the bed in t ie day t . tut- like a pall, or a sheet ou sweeping day, i carefully put aw ay at niglil, and one struggles with quilts and blankets that are always too short and too w ide b r the nar.vw bunk, and can never be ma le fa-t to the footboard. T'iie-c are minor things, however, that on - ioii tend. with i very wlii ra ia the t ovns, vil lages ;i:i l on frcqui nt roads, and he must g ii tr the beaten track to find the true Noiwogiati bed that i-ot! lour feet long, very narrow and built into I h- s d,. of the room, where it cau b- shut up like a cupboard all day long. At Nystuen there wa an exalting F.nglishniiin six foot in stature who iiisi t. d on set iug the be Is le fore lie w.uil I take h s traps olT h s carriol". lb- found l ;ii-m many inches too short for his gaunt Irani'", and drove on to the ii- xt place for the night. A Nine Town In One Luil lln.'. Pal vi ii ever s op t think that in any one of the big otli -c buildings in Chicago there is a whole town; Take, for in stance, the Chicago Opera Ibois.- Block, not by any m- an the 'arge-t office build ings in Chit ago. On tl.e gloillid floor theie are a doen stoia s besides the big theatre. r.i-taii th r- are ;!ou t -noms. In tie so :to roonis tie re ar.' I-Vi C -n.iut, s'lb lcitiiig room or deks to others. Among the occuoatii are seventy-nine iiwycr, eighteen doctor-, live dentist, and so on. P iling on day l-i-t week s.11110 people u-ed th" f.-ur elevali r-. Al together there atu in ibis otic building mole than a thoiis.in 1 tenants and em ployes, equal to the bis tiess and pru-b-s.ional population of a town of oiioo p. op e. Ii ii h of tin or tin- e of the largest of the new i lliee bui d ugs now under the w-.-rkm n's hands in thi- city will when linishc'l mil liiuv leeupie ed contain "Jiiiiii pt-..p!e, i univalent to the business and protess.en i: p ,pu atwn of a city of tiuioo soul-, o i of the dhec Hons in whi'-h th" growth of Chicago e oii-p:cU"ii-!y tends is upwanl. (7io-,'.,u II, '('.'. lio.l languages Are forme'. r has been a p- rph M y 1-. scholar how such a vast var.ely ' I i.uig lage- and dialects can have originated iu our wolid, cspet.ia'lv :l they ail grew out ol one original tongue. Mr II i it i Pile ex-si hi .s.i,i,i'' th .t tin pci-'.i :iv will be remove i if sell-!. us will look iov enough, and take in thiidiin as weil a adult-. Ih gives si v. nil s -iking cases cf groups of clnhir. u accustomed tf play with each i tin r. and loll mostly to themselves, wh forme I language which they Used w ith p rleit freedom, mid understood with case, but which wen- quite unint' lliuihle I" others. It children could do this iu play, it w. tt'd In1 a simple mai'.er for a lo ts, p'ae'd in an isolated position, and en' i IT Irot, communication with the n-t ol lie world, to make a now language I'm their own In n-fi!. Mr. II lie ohYr some substantial argiiiu--tits to provt tiiat language-speaking men have im! existed in our wuld lor more than s( vol thousand years.- - Tout fix" i:u;t,i.i. The Tell Tale t.reenhiicl,. In speaking of a recent detail -at ion at the Troy post, tli e a gentleman said: "It is lo ver safe to inclose an old bill ir an envelope to be scut by mall. W'liy," said he, "in n who are cxp rts can tel w hi ther a letter contains n - y or noi simply by the sense of smell. If yoi. will notice an old greenbiu k it ha- i pecu'iar sm II abotp it that cm rea lit) lie pi ice, v d I Vi u il It bl' I 111 loci w I i iu a letter. Il is bitter to send a I -gis. toted letter or a postal note, or if you enclose a bill be sure it is a new one. That will not siiie,i.''--.-t', Kiv . , . . The fame of It dies I ucntlin ing. "In a new dictionary of biography, emit a long forty thousand names," -ajs the New York Ihr.ill, "all the 1! tu sehiids and Aston pu" together receive only as many lines m nre uccorded te Harriet R avhor Sluwo. C-irneliiK Van ileibiit reci lves less alt- ntiou than I'aga nini. and A. T. Sli-warl no more than P iniei L mi vrt. th f it iu. ia Kv ti the throe r.ch benefiict rs 1 1 lard, George IVi.bo Iv mi l S r M ses Montetiore united take less room tiinii John Wesley or Nathaniel Hawthorne, ADVERTISING One wiutirr. one insertion- fl.QO - 2.-50 One tqiiiire, two insertions jDiic square, inn" tin ti1 li - For liu-f-r ii'HcrtiM'ii..nt lil'crnl con (met Will 1'0 llllldt'. 1 The Silver Hrlilge. Hie sunset fades along tile shorn. And taints behind you rosy reach of sea: .Night falls again, but nit 1 no more. No m re. no morn, 1 Sly lovo returns to me 1 The lno!y moon bui ils -eft and slow Il-r silver bridge ni-ru s the main. Mill h.iu who si op the wave below l.ove wai s in vam Ah, no, ah, no He never conies again. Pu' n Icle some night be. ale the sea I wat h. when sunset's r il Itnsivasisl tohtirn, TI .I sdv - villi, o id sigh, "All, lue, .Vli, me, all. me. 11 never will return!" If. on t hat bridge of rippling I ght. llish .m'.'i.cd feet shoii'il liml th -ir way, 1 should not w , uilerat the sight, liil Iv sny, 1 "Ah. love, my love, I knew von won at tct stav!" III MOI.'OI S. V'low fi ver l ! reed for gold. Tin- in in that ought to suit yon well - your tailor. A few dosing word: "Simt up!" "Hold your totigii.-!'' "Mm-uso the liberty I take," remarked the c-caping convict. The i agio i a tough bird, but when it i- put on the back of a dollar it is legal tend -I-. Tie- work is easy enough when you sin ned in getting jour hand in, as tho pii a.p a ki t -aid. A phitician says "if a child doe not tl.r.ve on fresh niiik, boil it." This is too severe. Why not spank it. Win n an idh r enters the sanctum of a bu V i ditor, an i the editor says, "Iliad to s.-e yoii'ie back," what does he mean?-' "Was early man a savage.' asks a in iga.ino writer. That di pellils oil wn. thi-r the cat ly man had cold coffee for le.akfast. A dry -good-- ci -rk recently confessed that he h ,d told ;l, li lil, iiiio lies in selling lull 'cotton goods for all wool. Ibt c itil I not have been ill the business very hug, or t Is..- he was rein arkably truth ful. Algernon: "I should like vewy much to go for a d wive with you, old chap, but I ciihn't do it; 1 have to pwactice. A lolphu: "t ! wiieious ! You are not st ui lying any thing, are you;" A 'geruon : "No ileal' boy, but I pwactite all hour n day twving to learn to keep my cye-g!a-s in in ,- ,-ve. " The Wca'lhlo.t of Indians. The o.agc is the wealthiest tribe of Indians iu the I'nited Mates. This is el tie not so much to their personal abili ty us linani'ii rs, a to a succession of favorable ciicuinstanci-s and to the good guardianship of the I'nited Mates government. Tin O.age, long years ago, occupied the country about St. Louis. They were removed from there to a reservation at Wcstporl, Mo., near Kai,s,sCity, then to the valley of the Neosho, then to a reservation in south ern Kansas, aud finally to their present Inline in Indian Territory. The O sages wa r" a powerful tribe, and to get them oil' of ii Vcted lands I'ncle Sam seems to bale been willing to pay them more lil'i-r illy than other wards of the nation. In this w ay th'-Osage have com- into thi ir present possessions, which includes a tract of land in Indian Territory lifty mil. s,u no, or about l,."iOU, 0i.nl acre's, and an annuity of if '.'"Ml, not). This is the interest on I'nit"! Mates I,., nils given tin-in in exchange for their former hinds in aiisas and .Missouri, anil held in tiu-l by thegov. riinieut, which pays the annuity in semi-annual payments. Thjre are about 0i families, averaging about four to a family a total of about 1, liOil people. Out of this interest fund the ludiansilraw .f il" a vein lor each man, woman and child so that the larger his family the more the head of the family is enabled to draw. This system would apparently foster a rapid increase of population, but strange to say, the full-blood Indians are decreas ing in numbers. 'I he full blood families are small and the tribe is doomed to ex tinction. This is probably due to two causes the changed physical condition of tin li life and the loss of all ambition as a race. --liar .V.v'eti Jiirityi: Character in a Moustache, There is lots of character in a mous tache an immense amount of bad char in ter in many of them not, perhaps, in the moustache proper, but in its sur rounding. One does not realize how n i-issaiy is this aid t male beauty un til a moiist'iehe wearer sheds the orna ment. Then we see the mouth anil chin iu all its unpleasantness, and most of tin-in are unpleasant. The mouth issnid to indicate character more thoroughly than a iy other feature. It is odd, tucil, that on it so often give themselves away. Soi iety men by men I compliment the supper cub and canesiu-kers-dikp socie ty .iiimen run in grooves. If hur sim pleton returned from the cast leaves his beauty with the barber, our resident simpletons rush to their barber, ami we have a colony of inide-lipped youths in no Mine. With most of them, their face is not their fortune, so a trill' more or less il ugliness does not matter. The only n-s who guard their iiiotist iches as enre ii Iy us a mother a sleeping infant aro tor. It is money ir their purse. San ''i.i.eieiin.