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VOL. XI.
rriTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, KKBIHTARY II, 1889.
NO. 21.
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The Priili-i Vh?.
The ty are iliirk and cold mid still.
The ty p- :iri' black nml prim nnd ilull,
Yet il'inii.iiil in tlms" nliji-i'ls rliill
Fxprcssinn liiv-i in slumber's lull.
Tlii' diamond- in l!n pltmuiy mint',
Anil those iikiii tlii sitvcrcipn'.- ernst
Willi most inii'iii:il brilliance shine.
So penis "f thought and w ixlmu rest
Within llir ease.
What words nf pain nml senni nml woe,
Wlmt words tif j.iv nml love nml bliss.
What iii"uiiinp word- fi-'nn cruel blow
That slrikt - n- down. Iii-oolhiii,; hi-s
From Iiivi- div in.. ti li -ni il hat"
From du k il.sp.iir tn hop" mi hipli--Wlmt
winds i .f md or hriplilcr fate,
What vvomlicus words do -ilcut ho
Within II H i-.
The li I i if alia ii.it ii Ih.iiipht,
Tlii- w.ir.l-.. mcl. il nml sag",
Th" la!", "f li;i;n in inl"ri"-t wrought
Hv- li.-li hi ma -lei - ..f Hi" an";
Th" tin lo- n a -Im ied past,
A Sli il.i'-i" ii-" ami a Villon's ln'st,
A nation's i fr.Mii lir-l tul.i.t,
I'rmii a to i in inii l p-t
Within Hi- r.i-".
HI3 SON'S WIFE.
"I'm all. lid 'le'- a pool, feeble clee-
tiu, sii I ,.. Mr. I.aylil.. -11:11,111- liis
head. "'I'i 'i i.'i I-U M lay m. i ti i n ur.
ami llic w.i Mn ; lin'l mil m. It ain'l
thr way jinn in .tlii i 111-I In keep inm-i.
Hector. '.: how.' Nhc.c ye puill'
now?"
Hector HaylilT linl loft III'.- ox y oke lie
Mas tin iiiliiu. ii'i'l eio.-rd tlii- prim
thim yard v. I ! 1 . lipid step, to take the
heaped up clothe I : k.'l limn the hands
nf a pitilv, . mlor Mump woman who
ll.'ld jll-l fili'l I flout til" kill lull ll'i.'l.
The old 111 tn nt ten d an audi1'!" snort
( f disput.
'Wi ll. I ... wi I" -.,1.1 l . -'If lll'l'
t -. hain't i-i't !ii- work It wail on dial
w ife o" his'n ! It , lin'l ,1 in in'- woik tn
carry clothes out, in 1 way mui can li it .
If jam io il on.-.-. .n lu- expelled tn
ilniltwirr. Ami 1 1 rloi'- w il" i , (hall
!'i"iliil .-I'l' iilv. Il ain'l tin- way I 111.111
ii';ri matin- whin wa. tir-l inairinl
to Hirtni-'s tii.th.r. What y hull
iloin J" sh.11 ily, a- thi- niiii'.; mail re
tiirni'il to hi- uoi k.
"'I'lial hi-ki'l w r- loohi ivy lor t y 11 -tliia
In 1 arn ." 1 i -1 1 1 - -t riirlly. '-
wish I iouI.I a If. inl In kni a uiil for
hrr."
"A pill!" Ml llihll"s voir,; licliay.-il
ininlr.i a-toiii-hinriit anil ti m t in 1 1 .t .
'"A fjh'l ' Vmir inoilict- "
"Vis. I know, fathir," intcrniitril
Ilirtof. "Iiiil Ihiii'.- have chanu'ril
sim v then, mnl i. rliai. innther wnuhl
have lii'i n , ilhe iiiiw if the lnni-ework
h eln't wniii Iter mil before her time."
'That's a ilnwiii i'lil lluie,' ill the faee
of l'roi -1 1 nee! " v.ii, yr. It t vl i IT. reil
ilenitiL; to the in il- of his stiff, iron ray
hair. "Il w.i- the I,ori's will that
yoiii' in. t I ir i -hoiilil lie look away, ami
Ha're ain't ;m -nt o' iloubl but that
she's hitler oil'. Ami Cynthia won't
never -Ian. I in In r -hoe , mi way you 1 an
look at il !"
lli et n I! n lilf in nle 1111 reply, but
took up hi- n joke ami went aero the
liehls with it.
"Father may say what he plea-e-,"
saiil he In hiin-ell'. "Init mother ilieil of
0. 1 rwork a nl uiiili iraie, nml notliin
rise. Ami the I1011-1 lioi ilutie-are Ion
heavy for Cynthia, ami I 11111-t M-e what
can he ilnne In lighten them. No
woman shall be ilnnlui.1 tn ih-alli iimliT
this roof now."
Cynthia lloii.'h h.-el been a pretty
ynunj; faetmy jirl when Hector Hay I ill
hail inariieil Inr. She hail been ig
norant of all the iletails of hmi-i keeping,
but -he hail exerte.l herself ililiycntly to
learn.
t)M Mr. HaylilT, however, was an
cxaetini; eritie, ami the liayiill farin
Ihiiim' was a bi;j. rani'ilinu', iiii-ouvenient
place, where one 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 work haul all
ilny ami have very little In -Imw for it
nt the end. Ami the tireil look in her
pvtvi, anil the weary llu-h on her elicck,
went tn Ilei tnr's heart al times.
'My ilailinj,'," saiil he, "I wi-h I
couhl make thin-i ea-icr for ymi. "
"(III. they are ca-y eunuch," saiil Cyn
thia, brightly. "It's only 1I1 1' I am too
Mlipiil to tnaliau'e as I onht."
Hector shook his heail. He knew that
umiethin- was lacking, hut he iliil not
iptite coinprehi in I what.
Hut she ilroope.I sn that he viw some
radical ehantre was necessary.
"Cynthia," saiil he, "this won't ilo.
You must Lfi In stay with your mother
A week or two, ami rest ami recruit."
"Hut what will you ilo.llectnr;"
"We'll keep bachelor's hall, father
nml I." saiil the ymui man, cheerily.
"What lines il signify to us, a little in
convenience, so loiij; as you are bene
fited? "
So, rather unw illiu-ly, Cynthia went.
Old Silas Hajlilt shook his head forebnd
ingly. If this is the way yoii'ro pnin' to
bahy that wife of yoiir'n, Hector." said
ho, "you'll liev her playin' sick the
whole time. I don't hold to leltin'
women think themselves too important.
Now we nhall he oblecircd to hev Mary
Jenkins here to do the chores an' cook,
1. nd it'll cogt us a dollar aud n half a
week at the very least. Taiil't what I
rail economical hiiu-ekeepin'.''
"That depends upon what one calls
economy," said Hector, quietly.
Hal when his neiirhliiir, l.uon l'ei
kius, drove pa-l that afternoon, with his
wile. Hector called them ill, secretly le
ji di'iliLC that old Silas was down ill the
swamp lot, cipliirin a refractory calf.
"You're not in a hurry, l.uon, are
you?" said he. "Sit down 11 minute. 1
want to a-k ymir wife's advice."
A pretty thin tn do," laughed Mrs.
Perkins, "when you've pot a wife (,f
your ow n."
"It's about her that I want In cnn-ult
ymi," said llectnr. "The work here is
Inn heavy for her. She don't seem tn
pet alnnp with it. And I don't know
why. Now, Mrs. Perkins, ,.k iirnund
tlii- kitchen, and tell me what ymi would
do to it if you lived here."
Mis. I'eikius took a lei-urely view of
the pr. :iii-ei. letting her eye- rest on
one p irtiou after iinotlier with medita
tive -low ne .
"Well.'" -aid Hector.
"In the lii-t pi. n e," said Mrs. l'er
kin , "I wouMu't have tlii- loom for a
kitchen al all, if I lived here. It's
damp."
Damp!" echoed Hector,
"As blue 111. 111I1I." undiled the oracle.
"The icllar under it i-n'l properly
liaincil, I am ceilaiii. And the win
dows look tn the mn I II. ami I don't sup-po-o
there's an hour's sun-hine in il all
day. No make a stoic place or some
tliinu of this 1 11 mi, and take the siltiup
iimm for 11 kitchen, where there's a
brh:ht lookout to th-south, and a p I
cemented cell. ii' underneath."
I lieu r tlioi.;hi of that." said Hec
tor. "Well, what el-cf"
"W lu ie dn you fit t your water.'"
! asked Mr-. Pel-kin-.
J "l-'mm the s,iiiii,', under the hill."
")n von mean thai your wife has
In In in;; all the wale" you Use up that
ihiii;"
I "Kvcept the wash water. That she
I dip-mil from the hoi;-head under the
1 caves," lAplaiii. il I lei lor, rather iliscom
; lit". I.
! "Mv !;.ioiiic lue!" said Mrs. Perkins,
1 . :
I w 11 n-4 m:r In r plump hands in comical
dismay: "that'- eiioiih tn break any
woman's 1 .nisi ii til i . : 1 !"
i "It's what we've always ilmie," .-aid
i llci Inr. "I brill:: a cmple of pail- in
1 the n 1 . U' 1 1 i 1 l; before I pn to wink and
j alter I eniiic home, but
I "Nonsense! a mere drop in the
J Inn ki t!" said Mrs. Perkins. "Whit
you want is a sink, with water pipes laid
I frniii the -prinir. and a fimnl cistern,
1 w ith a pump in the K i I lun. and a wa-h-I
injr inachiiic
j "What's that ?" said Hector.
I "We'll show you one if ymi'll come
I over to mir limr-i-;" -aiil l.uon Perkins,
checi fully.
"And stal' naiv tubs in I he cellar,"
; added Mis. I'eikin.. "and a hot wahr
j boiler back of the -love. That's th" way
to break Hoik down ia-tiad if lellin it
break ymi flow 11. "
I'll dn ii." -ii, ll tor; "I'll havc,all
these thin"- iKed up while Cynthia i- nt
her mother's, it you'll ju t help me with
your cpel ienee."
"Mrs. I'crkiii- nod. le i approvingly.
"It will add ten years tn Cynthia'.s
life." said she.
Old Silas shook his head nmre stienu
oiisly than ever, when he heard of these
new plans.
"Hector." said In1. "I believe you're
ffone crazy! The old ways waspum!
eniiiiph for your mother; 1 should think
they'd be p I clinuph for your wife."
Hut lleelor was firm, nml the old man
lost his temper at la-l.
"I can't slay here and see you tnakiii'
ducks and drakes of the old place," said
he. "If you're ejiiiu' to set your wife
up for an idol and worship In r. I shan't
stand by and see il. I'll pn tn Ohio, ami
visit my brothel- I'.ltia! ban's folks; mid
we'll see win re all these tine not inns will
brine; you up. Anyhow, ymi needn't
look to my money to pet you out of the
pi lorhiiiisc."
No, father, I will not," said Hector.
And after lie was pone, the repairs and
improvements commenced in poo. I
earliest .
Silas Hay HIT had intended to stay a
year in Ohio; but either the climate did
not apree with him. or he didn't apree
with brother F.hiathan's folks, for he re
turned home some months before he was
expeetnd.
There ain't no place like home,"
said Silas. "And, bless me, how hripht
and nice thinps do look here! And I
declare, Cyiilhy, you're like another
woman! Your checks are as red as
roses, ami you step round as spry us any
r.'ickct !"
"Yes, father," said Cynthia, "this im
provements in the house have made
cvcryihinp so much easier for inc. I
pet the work done ill half the time, and
wilh'n ipiarter of the trouble."
HaylilT looked around.
"The improvements, eh?" snid hp.
"Hut they cost a sipht o' money."
"Yes, they certainly did," owned
1 yuthia.
"llnw ini.ch. now?" said Hay U IT, with
an intcriopative iiptinninp of his specta
cles. "Five hundred dollars," said Cynthia.
Old Hay lilT could not repress a pioan.
"The iiiietesi mi live hundred dollars
at six per cent, is thirty dollars a year,''
said lie. "Thirty dollars 11 year is a
round sunt: and all dup into theprouml,
as ymi may say- in pipes ami drains'."
".Not iplite, father," said cheerful
Cynthia, npeninp the table drawer.
"Look here --my work is done soia-ily
and iiiiekly, nowadays, that I have a
deal of time to myself, mid here is my
wmk from the shirt factory, button.
Imle in.ikinp ami puttiupmi the lini-hinp
touches, you see. I lake it up when my
dishes are washed ami the wmk is over.
I haven't hern at il half a year yet. nml
I've earned a pood deal mme than thirty
dollars. Look, here is my snvinps bank
book!"
"Well, I declare!" snid Silas.
"Hector objected to il at first," went
oil Cynthia, "but when I prmcd tn him
that I should Mill have plenty of time
left to nail and parden. nml walk with
him, he let lue po on with it. So, you
see, the improvements are really an econ
omy." "Well, I de dare!" said Silas. "I
diinno but what ymi'ie riuht, Cynthy!"
He walked out to the villape biuyinp
pioiind in the y cllow llu-h of the I w i
lipht, that cveiiinp. while the iiis-cl
leaves wele iliillinp down 011 11 Military
mound, nml Mood there silently for
awhile.
Perhaps he wa, thinkinp of what
miphl have bu n, if he had been more
considerate in th" years pone by to the
I r woman who lay there!
When he went back to the hollM', he
met lleelol.
"Ib-i tor," said he, "you did ripht to
lix up the limi-i' to suit Cynthy."
"I mn plad ymi think so, father," said
Hector HaylilT.-- .,,,,, A.,.
A New Chinese baiulilinp Inline.
A brand new nu-llmd to play the fan
tan ha- just been in 1 1 1 lii it by c nn- en
tcrpi i-inp Chinese :;ambleis 111 Moll
street who expect tn elude the police.
The panic, as is well known lo most de
ei lics of the Sixth Waul, is usually
played with a lot ol little Chinese coins
upon a Imip table. I'.y this new method
it is played with a box full of Mandarin
oranpes. which the dealer luiy-al whole
sale rates from the fruit dealer-downtown.
Hue who doc, not know the ins and
mils of the heathen's civilialimi would
think he was In line a Chine-" fruit
dealer peddlinp out his oranpes by retail
at nn immense rale of prolit.
This 1 111 i j paiubler carrie- his box of
oranpes on one aim, while a -harp-poinle.l
knife and a -iii.ne ihoppiiip
boa H I are also pail- of hi- '.piipmcnl.
With the-e he :;oi - from one -ton- into
aiml In r. or wherever he si- a irowd of
Chinese laiimliy men. but iii-. ad of sell
inp tin- fruit he lays down the elmppinp
board and select- a p I -i.'ed nraiipe,
removes the skin carefully and places it
upmi the board. In the middle of this
board m chopping block is the lipiuv 'in.
The painbleis bet on the nuiiibi r of
seeds ill the oralipe, twenty bcinp taken
as the iiii-iii . It i- "even" 1 icy where
there are more or h-s than twenty, and if
the player is sn di-pi I he places his
money mi that fipurc il-e'f and wins
three fur one if there are ju-t twenty
seeds. The dealer pets 7 percent, com
mission. When the bets are laid th"
denier cuts the oralipe and counts tin;
seeds. Those who lay money on the
ripht of the fipurc play for less than
twenty: those mi the lift for mme.
Their money is not taken in ease twenty
wins. !y a curious Oriental irony the
heaviest loser pets the fiaplucllls of the
fruit.
One fellow on Molt street .li-poscil of
half a diieii boxes of oranpes in this
way and won $ln. New York World.
Krnen Wheal fur Seed.
There is a le-t bcinp made which may
be of preal value to wheat raisers next
spiinp. Many of tlmsc w hn have sown
their wheat have devoted a porii f il
to secfliup with froen wheal, smile
elniininp that the perm is neither de
stroyed nor injured by bcinp fiocu.
Should this wheat prow promptly in llio
sprinp it will relieve the farmers from
preat expense in procuiinp seed the
eominp season, it bcinp evident that
pood iinfroeii No. 1 hard will be held
bv a few, who will, followinp in the
wake of more in tl in lit ill and wealthier
"trusts" drill. 111. 1 a hiph price for pint
seed. At all event t.ie sccdinp has been
done, and the wisdom of this tally work
ai-d the fiiestion of froen plain for seed
will in a few weeks le settled for
North Dakota. - I Minneapolis Tribune.
The Small Hint her A pa in.
'I)o tell me about It, Miss Clara,"
snid Snippy, caperly : "I am all cars."
"Huh!" said Clara's little brother;
'that's a chestnut. Clara told ma you
were nil cios last nipltt. I heard her."
j liazuf.
IIII IHIKN'S (Ol.l .MN.
Ilei-i' They 1 'nine.
Ten milium Iiiil" fan i.-,
I 'lime Hilling li-.nii th" I, -,
On ivliilr-1 hltle
A sailing lightly by.
They wouldn't Stop to t.'ll III"
Why lh"v were fin th" win ';
lint nil were surely lia tin ;
A preeinlls pift In brill;;.
bill iii tin. early 11 1 ! 1 1 1 ! 1
YoluiJeVi'S VV'Tr I f I ; I -1 1 .
All tlovriii-j lii iulit al o. in;
Wh.-ii. lin y had b" 11 iiIm.iiI
Ilo. Imr what .-iioi a.. shout in;?,
What frolic, fun n i l nois-!
I Hlltcll d III. 'Ill from le window
A doen merry h..v -.
Those preeinlls little tail i"S ,
Had lab..i". nil tl i-hi
Tn pit.-11 j illv simw bun';
ISel'niv III" m.-riuup lipht.
--.vyfiff Ihitin; in Ihr hiil, y.ul, : t.
iMiee Itiirplari.e 11 Itild Cape.
A New I .f 1 li I' 1 1 l( 'iinll. I citif'll -us
peeled that mice were visitiiip hi- innary
bird cape, which il-uiLiled ul tin- end of a
chain six feet from the floor, above a
stand of tall, slender plants, and he set
a six holed trap mi the botiom of the
cape. Somi thin:; had eaten the seeds in
the bird'- tiny ve el- eiu h nipht for a
week, and llimiph il was hard to believe
that M i-mill could s. alc the lofty perch,
il was Mill more imn a-nnable In su-peel
any other pilferer. The trap wa- a feint
in the dark. On tin- tniirninp fidlovviup
the scllinp of the dap the pent h man's
cleverness va rewarditl with four dead
mice in il. The thieves had leal lied the
cape by limbiiip the sway inp plants,
leapinp from the pendant lips In il- but
loin, ami Iheii suichip their bodies be.
tween the wires. 'file stand of plants
was removed, and then after the canary
pl'aliaiies were -nfe. Ce,'.;,.
A Itallle tor 11 I'.al.
There was a "inoukey and pairot
time" ill tile caple lloll e of tile .oolopi
cal panlcii !ie olher day, and il nil
piew mil of which bird should eat a rat
that had been ihrowu into the cape.
While il is called the caple I -c" it
alsn contains in addition In a larpc cnl
leelioii of i-nples, several liiizanl , two
prillin vultures from Alii. a. .1 South
American comlm- and a h iimd owl. All
the Tuts I lint arc cauphi in the uardeii are
thrown into this cape. When one was
pivcii to the birds m I' the African
vulture- made a swoop for liini, bill his
enjoyment was brief, for the condor
dived from hi- perch ami l.rii-lied him
away. Hut he did ma have sense
en.iiiph lo keep hi- prize. Im while he
wa- apparently ploryiup our hi- victory
the buzaid .tolc up In hind and uabbid
the rat and bepaii plckim: at il. Then
the owl pot jealous and made .1 dive for
the rat. II "li.nl no net- seized the
prie than the caple made a da-h for il,
and went with sin h force that he knocked
olT one of Ui-horns. The whole ihinp
wound up in a peneral lipht. anil it was
only throiiph the elTorts of II. ad Keeper
rivrnetli.it peace wa. n -1 1 ! . -I'lni-lil'ii'i
lo ."..
Ilnvv a llaliliil Wa r.iiin il.
The rabbit was cauphi on the dnwiu
when a few days old and inv mother
iiudcrtook to try ami rear him. allow inp
him to live for a time in In r pnckel and
fecdinp him constantly with milk from
a teaspoon. He prevv fa t and soon be
came ipiite friendly, bcinp led n-piilarly
on bran, fresh leave-, bi n k oats, and
any pieces that he could pel pivi u liiiu;
fur lie always knew the unal hours and
would collie and bepswutly by the -ido
of every mie round the table lie lived
loose about the romii, only bcinp put in 11
box when we were out. We were livitip
in a "rial" at the time ;unl he was never
allowed down stairs and no cat was ever
allowed up. lb- would always come to
the call of "Hun. bun. bun," ami would
jump onto our laps, and, if we allowed,
would eat out of our plates. A favorite
place for him to -it was on one of mif
shoulders, where he would sleep lo
Innus mid sometimes nllv nibble an
car. lb' took pn.it delight ill a
cabinet in the room where he knew
that t ake was to be found and would
scratch nt the door till lie had opened it
w ide eniiuph tn pel in; but, soon learn
inp that when he made a noise we heard
him and -cut linn away and lucked thu
floor, he took to doiiie it as ipiii tly as a
mouse, and more than nuee, thinkinp
him unusually ipiiet and pood, we have
pot up to see w here he was anil have
found him in the 1 abim t. pn cilily de
vourinp cake. He had a hundred pH t
ty , clever way s, but. much as we ov, d
him, we were a pond deal tried by lifiii.
Hi- deslructivciie wa- M-rimis; bunts
and -lines or baps, il left unpil.udeil,
would be nil. hi.. I lour I in a very -holt,
time, and I H int inbel well my inolhi i s
look of dismay oil limlinp I hat he had
eaten larpc holes in her petticoat, when
-he had only ihotiplil him a-h-cp mi her
lap. uiiilcr lit 1 tlr.r s for warmth I'lmm
A. ' ,.");.
A club hmise The polite stativ0-
CANAL BOAT LIFE.
Sccnesat the llibornaclc of Arti
ficial Waterway Navigators.
Tho Cnnallcr's Mode of Life
Whilo in Winter Quarters.
Vi
nav ipatioii "s -lu-t up lipht
an' jammed; t Jul" won't hi nrv a boat
throuph the canal till May 11 I iter."
'flic speaker was captain, in ile.bo'sun.
carpi -liter nml one third of th" crew be
Imipiiip In a hip, nall-ided, while
painted canal In. at that lay in the old
Morri-Canal Ha-in nt the font of lien
deison si reel, .I11-.1 y City. I'o- nearly a
1 1 1 . 1 1 1 -- of u mile in eithir dilution
stn tched the v i-ta id 1 anal boats that
had lied up for Ihe winter. To the 1111
initialed lln v all seemed of one si.e and
shape, lull the Hue can. ill. r is as proud
of hi- boat's lines and individual idctiti
ty a- any yachtsman alioal . and tn mis
take one canal boat for another is to
make cut mie-of both captains. Hut at
this time of year tin y nn rpe pnife- i 1 1 : 1 1
jealousies into the effort for peneral coin
I'm!. Km I to cud and side to -idi lie hun
dreds of canal boats, the inner one-, or
those nearest the -hoi dock, afford -
inp. by means of a loiip plank placed
fnun rail In rail amidships, act cs- tn the
laud for those who are mi the edpes of
the prill cl'lll licet. Hut woe betide the
luckless eanallcr. who. with. ml I'mannl
and loud-voiced invitation, ventures In
depart from Ibis plank and set lout upon
the deck proper 1. 1 the hint he is eiossinp
on his vv ay tn -lime. That law is irre
vocable and mini are hardy enmiuli to at
tempi ilcliance. "i:f vve want yet we'll
tall vcr." i- the rule as expressed by the
aullioiil ies. and it is dominant .
From the mi. Idle of Decciuber until
"May 01 later" these boats lie torpid as
far us t'oiiimcrcc i- coiicerued. They
pat her in several places around New
Ymk. Sonic in the I'.rie Ha-in al Smith
I'.roolJvn. -time at l-'oiiilceiilh -licit,
llobolicn. a lew al Coculies Hip. New
Ymk. and the 11 1 il t he Mi .11 is Canal
Hash,, m- as it i-now lallcdtlie .ler-ey
Central lin-in. despite the fail that il is
collllollcd by the l.ehiph Yalhy Iiiil
niad. This latter b.-i-in has been used by
the canal boat- ivt r -imc war liini -, but
win 11 tin- l.ehiph mad obtai I eouttol
ihcv cleared out every canal boat and
I'vl'ler. For a liui.- tlieyk. pl away,
but tin railroad, limlinp thai they t oiihl
not utilize the b.-i-in In any belter ad
Vanlape, renew eil llm am ienl pt rinis-ion,
and the boats Ik. eked back to tin ir old
ipiarler.-. More than half of lln ni ate in
habited by raptain- and their lauiiliis,
and a. a ic-ull the hip licet is a liillc
city in il-elf. Altlioiiph then- an no
bat k fences ovi r which lo cxt b.inpe pos
sip and pa'lier Inml Im eriliei in of
liciphboiinp habit-, the vvmthv wivis
Iiml il jii-l as easy tn talk mcr I In pun
wales ..f th.ii' rc-p. 1 liu ah.i.lcs, and so
far a- nv 11 oo, inp the .itliniet of the
liciphboi inp family i- .met mi d. the ab
sent c of fence or wall i- .1 I n in-lead
of a ih privation.
When a boat ei'iiit - in for tin season
-he is pivcti a berth, made fast seciiu ly ,
ami 1 In -1 1 all hand- I inn to I1..11-. than
inp. which, in opposition .- tin p. nci.il
rule, i- done in the vv inter lii-to.nl of the
-pi inp. 'fhe iiicn w a-h out and linn
nilphlv ventilate lie hold, while the
wiiiut 11 1 lean and -ciiiii the taliiuaiul its
appurtenances. Stores fur ihe w inlet arc
briiuphl aboard and the family settle
down tn their hibernation. If there arc
children they are -cut to one of the tim e
school- m ar by in .1. r-cy City , for the
eanallcr i-ton true an Ann lit an tn n-e
mi i.piiirtiinity f..r dinalinp hi-ymmp
one-.
Froin a linam ial ioint of view the
biisiiie-.s is iml v . 1 y 11 tuitiicial iv c. if
the captain is also tbc ovvm r be may . by
careful iiiauapt ineiit and p I luck.
make ifsalil ,1 ytar above expenses. If
he is an 1 niployc he receives a day for
his -crv ic. s. out of which ainoinit he
inis pay his i n w and all his i xpin-es
save Imrsc hire, stablinp ami blacksmith
wmk. Thai is d.uic by the owner.
Ibirinp the war and liel'ore the railroads
sn iheroiiphly cnveri d New York Stale,
it was not at nil ilitlieiill lor a canal boat
captain tn make a thousand dollars in a
run, which occupies about twenty days,
providinp. of course, that he owned his
boat. Hut limes have very much chanpcil
ami there is not nearly eiioupb work for
the number of boat- nllo.-it which is pel-
tinp fewer every year. At.f Ymk
f.''Ky.Ae.
toinil Cause fur Silence.
Miss Itapley You are very silent, Mr.
Pmisniiby.
Poiis.inby Ya as. 1 make it a point
lie vail tn spt.ik mile I pet all itlcali.
Miss Itapley tardily I- Ah! now 1
know why you so seldom -peak.
Iinicitini'nce.
"W hat time does the next train leave?"
"Where are you poinp;"
"None of ymir bii-incs-, you intpiisi-
I live thing.''
A Youthful lb I'! Waiter.
Spiiliplield Mo., leal.es boast of !".V
iil" the vi ill',"! t bead waitir III the I
country, and the I on I i mbablv vu II
b did. Ti.iu lb 1 who put up al the
'l.ark House I'nr tin- til -t time l'n.Ucuilv
slop to -tare in nmazi ineiil when, on in
leiinp the dininp romn. tin y si c a hand
so , lipid hailed, bliie . vid boy -land
inp m ar Ihe cenlie i.f the n 0111 n ady to
place I iii-m at tald". Il is a dipiiilied
younp-ler, tlri's eil in Imip 1:011-11-. 11
clo'clv blitliim il -nikcoat. I weal inp
a stand 11 1 collar of the latc-t style. A
sinple 1 11 i:; lit i'i'i-Tt I lloHi rof soini -"it
i-always pinned to his coal lap. I. As
each pur-t ciilei- the lad bow- politely,
draw t a chair Irmn a table and a-si-t the
piii sts n -it tl.uv 11 w illi a much ca-e and
place a-one tan find anyvvlieie. II not
hurried by u lil-h of pil. sl-. he plai t - tin1
bill of fare by the plate and pour- a pla s
of water. 'fin 11 one of the seven ytuiiip
women vvaitiisin the rooin is ilirecled
w ith a Imw tn lake tin nn It r.
All thmupli the unal he ha-a keen
eve for every lliinp in tin- room. No
piles! need 1 1 t'tiii 1 nn a L'la-s ia c. 1 1 1 M 1 'Ii
.Missouri hotel I ia I .it 1 to a 1 1 1 ai I a vv a it cr
herc. The hid sc. - thai -iimelhiup is
wanted about as ipi'u k as the want i de
vclopcd ami if the waiter docs mil -ce il
also a wave of the hand or a bow attracts
In r ill t . It! ii hi . 'fhe look in the lad'- face
when he thinks :l waiter -nlnt -whal loo
attentive to any pin-si h coiuii ally -evere
but clTet'tivc in nialliiip the ymmp
woman to her duty.
'flic name of the u.unp man is l.oiii-
1 (.VK.1 ,.
lli- falht r i- iiia-ler 111c-
ehaiiie of t he 'Ft i -1 1 line mat bine -bops
at this place. The boy is I I veal's old.
lie bepan work at the 'ark two y cars
,-i"o as bell boy. Then he ciiti 11 d the
tlininp loom to a--is tin- head waiter.
Two month- sipo he had dev doped so
much tact in the nianapenieiil of the
mom that he supplanted his t hief. The
tlininp 11111111 has eleven tables 111 it ami
thirty six purl- are often sealed al I hem
al once. I.oilis pel- ."i a month and
board for hi-services. 'New York Sun.
! Fhe ('enei'aliiMis.
! A k :, t ,, in. id. at. both of ...
pevily and the unbroken pit m rvalmii ol
si vei.il L'riier.'ilimi-. reei nl ly 1 .line In Hu
ll. .lice of III. h'avv linp- of Sandelsv il!c.
lie wa- called in to m. an old lupm
livinp about two mi le In nn andeiv iiic
named Al.iam Mai -hall, who wa- - ii k
j 1;1v ,,,, .,,,,, ,. nature of
j llmis ,;.,, ,. , In.
ratio's --icitiuul phlhi-ic.'' old ape.
Ihollpll siii !i wa t tin ea-e. 'I'ln old
mpio hid a colon I worn 111. even
more aped 1 1 1 111 liim-i If. in alii udauce
upon him. The ilo. Im chain i d i-k
who -he wa-. and to hi- a-loni-liiin lit
wa- inl.'lliied that it wa- Abi. tin's
luother. 'flu 1 lima X wa n.nlnd. Imw
ever, whin in 1. .111 -col 1 miv. r-aliou tin
old woman. In 1 - If V1.1 a-u illy ninnkid
that Inr nn. I hi I --wa prlliu; 1 .it In be
blc imw !" Ipoii in.iiiv. il w.i- I 1 1 in I
thai -In- wa- '.''J year- of ape. and ha
lm .1 to I Mr her plc.il I'i'i at pl'.'Uld'
ch i 1 1 i ii 11 1 'Id A I u am i- 1 nl of li'-nip
able to have .iiaoi. Imn I l It a prand
imi it In I and pi.ni.b hildii 11. while live
pern lalion- aie yi 1 alive in the land. -;Columbiis
.lia 1 Fn.iiin r.
A ( in inn- I i(y.
Im ipinc a t il v with nn ol it- -1.111-naiiow.
luuddy and ciowil.d, whin llic
si II. r of loth ty li In t I ilo tin- place
of the 111 si..v . vv li. n Ihe p.iv 1 I-of the
,lll l t. the I oil. lilt .. of Ihe tat-, thtl
clelk . ill the store-, the pol l ellll II oil
their I" -at-, tin d I it r with hi-niii-k. ',
the lun loolt.d nn n and vvoiu. ii who
piddle tin ir wares and the veiv In ppais
at the dni'ivvay- all -inok.- tipa:.tn , m
I ipars. The s net tai-t.irry Iheiolliiied
tlc.nl to the 1 1 im til y . vv it li tin- tin mi i" 1 -in
the tars thai bdlow. Milt, vvoiu.n
and 1 hil.ln n. half naked and w ithmtt
shoe-, bear the biir.h n-lhal vve put upon
drays and wapmi-: watt I lani. i- peddle
the limpid llnid fn-iu tin- a.pn I to I- In. 111
house to hmisc l.vciy otln i vv..iii.mi h 1
a baby dauplinp 1 uilt nte.llv frmii a - n k
upon hi l'baik. Im apine ihe pit t tire ami
Voll pi t a plllllpse of the -tit 1 I -1 em -
that ymi look up.ni :i I 'H I the preal plaza
facinp the c.-lly pai n " and (In- map
I I i tit t 1 1 1 cathedral td the City of M. xico.
; Albany .bmiual.
Statistics uf .li se Vaiinf'ai tnce.
The lnauufai lure of corn -t m il
supar" or "start h sup
i- ju-t imw attraetiii
ol' piUe.isi,
miii h .ill. lit i"ii.
A iis-ian ihnui-l discou-rcd in IMI
; that by boilinp with ililuted sulplnnie
acid, start h was eonvcrtetl into supar.
j On A up. I. IWI, I" plu.osc fact. nies
were in operation in the I nitcl States,
' eolisiiniitip daily alinut '.Ml.tilili bu-hi I- of
! corn. h has In en c-titu.itcd that in
! May, 1SS1. the total i-oiisiimplioii ,.f ,, i u
! in supar luakiup was about :i,i.nilil l.u-h
j els daily. The faelories :,re so arranped
that coin may he enlivened into starch
J or supar acciu'ilinp tn the demands id the
I market. It was estimated that 1 1. nun, -
tHIO bushels com would be llsetl in these
j factories in ISM, and doubled in lht'J.
j - J'kavuuc.
TI10 S wee I est Eyes,
I are the sweetest ees lityoll'
Win
Th
i" blown, whi'if tire nml lanpnor meel
siiiinv. laupliinp rye-nf Iiiil".
Th
n
bla.-k. wuhplai -hv and licet!'
..-lllle. W idl ell.'.llpeflll hue,
;'l'".v. where mind with beauty vies,
inlet. S.I soft lllld tl'll"
II mn. which are th.. sw.el. st eyes?
lai'lin,: bent her siiuuv li- ad.
I' r.nti -ii, I ft se.-mi'd liall ill v III",
" Wi. test CVes to III"," I said,
tin.-, thai I.B.I; vviihlo,.-. in mine."
I. I hi himiii in .liiii fcn.
Ill Mtll.'OI S.
Mm of all I v pi ( 'oinpo' ilms.
1 1 irkiie.-s that i tell Derby hat -.
A 1 all In arm a wail Ir a baby at
'.' a 111.
The -lllll eollltlel ol a yniiiip woman,
like Dan Cupid'- vvcapniis, i, a beau ail'l
a narrow .
A Imr-r is unlike a man in mie re pect,
it I. a-l In doc-u'l like In be hacked up.
"( ..-e the llonl ilnof s. , as tn I.I cut
ml .ball-." said the bulla red banker ti
In- . .-.shier.
"The churn tnti-t pn." say - mi apri
cull oral cxehaupe. of r si- it luu-t. ill
'inlet thai the butter may mme.
He -initiy , pirls, be sunny," sayt
Fill Wheeler WihnX. We llntl't
.ee Imw they can. but still they dauphti.T
lie.
The Mare Maud Navv-Yard is to bo
put in commission for rcpairinp steel
-hip-. Il will he a pood plate for drill
inp In .1 se marines.
A man that marries a widow is bound
to pive up siuol.inp ami clu winp. If slm
pives up In 1 weeds I'm- him, he slmiild
pive up the v.". for her.
Mr. brow ne." saiil the milkman,
you -. lit me the vvioiip check. This is
haw n I" tin order of the Hoard of
Water Ct inmi-sioiit is." "Why. sn it is,"
replied Mr. I'.n'wii. . and then lie added:
Natui.tl mi-lake, lliouph. Mr. Pump
v i ry . "
The Kinp anil Hie Heppaf.
A sial.lv old pchlh lu in vv ith pailllt,
-allow fealure- and pold riinmcd cye-pla-st
- ovt r the bridpi' of hi- nipiiliun
1 wa imuinp down in the tlt valoi
..I 'Nn. .'.V.' Ihoatlway the olhu day,
win n In b it in vain for a mulch. Ilo
eked a -iianpi r I'm a lipht of his cipar,
vvhi. lt he pol. and tin u .ipolopizul for it.
in thi- way :
W In 11 I wa - roiled St iles Minister t'
l.i-l under I'n -idi nl Pit n e, I fell into
the balm, so common in that cinmlty,
of a-kinp i .i-ual at .piainlanccs for a
lipht. and I can't rid mys. II of the trit k,
lliouph pi rhap- ymi may think it.
di-. ."ill. 011-. Ibil mi the tni ls of
Lisbon I have actually -c I f thu
lapped, -t hi -pal- in ihe Capital stop
the Kiiip. win. was walktiu! vvilh Ivvii
ai.N ,. camp, and a-k him for a lipht.
lb pot Ih. lipht."
'I'h. ilipnil'nd old pent Ii lu.aii vv a as
11111I 1I1.1I in. offi in . vv oiil.l In taken. and
with a 111 ipni!ii 1 nt bow and tlmiiish he
pn-, nt d hi. 1. lid. Il.-vva- Ibm. .luhn
.1. ( I'Millivan. A". )'.". .s.c.
Sunllovur fuel.
A ipiii r kind ol fuel i- now u-. d by
.nme of the people of Wollillp
fi'iilmv. li i- ii..thii.p nioie imr h
Ih in iinllovvt is. Ana, 11 id simlliiwi 1-4
will, it isas-iile.l. 1 1 1 1 1 1 i -1 1 fuel for mm
-tovi lor a whole year. W In u thy thu
-I ilk- are a- hard a- maple wood and
111. 1 1- an exci Hint lire, and the seed
lamb, vvilh the seed in-ide, are said b
burn In Iter than the be-t hard coal.
As -null. .wets will prow aiiuo-t aliywheie,
it is b, In v. d that there is a way by
which -on f the tfccl. - plains and
vail, y - of ( f!H iiia 1 in be made In y ii Id
l.-llpc supplits id excellent fuel. Mil
Flam ... ( hioif. '".
Hie Czar's Haz.zlinp Palace.
f-iikoe Nine, tin I i 1 1-- i.i 11 'ar'-i
pat 11 e near St. I'llif-burp. -land', in
pimi'id- 1 n.'hlrr 1 b - ill cm limb n nee.
n the pal ice there i- a 1 1 known an
the l.pi- lazuli 1 n. the llnor of which
i- cboiiv inlaid with m. thel of p.ail.
'flu n i- al-o an amber loom, tin walls
of vv hi, h an of the lini-l amber pit ki d
mi! in a multitude of exquisite desipns.
'fhe vv alls of the palace 1 1 in ne.' .Inn It am
lump with the rarest lapi-liy and silk
curtains, 'fhe baii.piet inp hall is lint
chit f atlrai lion of the palace. lis walla
are enu red with pold, and ils ci ilinp is)
tla.-liiip vv ith the same precious metal.
Value of Persimmon Trees.
The farmers around Flbeiimi, (Ja.,
know the worth of in 1 -im no n-. and
b n yt ai's have made it a point never tn
cut ilnwn a persimmon tree. In places
so many trees have been left standing
thai the liehls lock like orchards, ami
indeed they aie, pcr-imiunii orchards,
the tries of which be v line crops of
fruit almost a- valuable a- coin for fat
tt ninp hop-. The farmer- -ay that thn
pt i-i in 11 ii n tn e draw - but lilll" -liiiipth
or moisture from the soil, and that
excellent cmp- arc prownivcii hi ncatb
their shade. Sue 1'vrL Hun.
im. in 1 w