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VOL. XII.
lITTSliORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOI5KK 10, I8S!.
NO. (.
Hike (Iran.
Quoth llnlph to bis fath" r. the farmer,
Such hay there never was ispti.
How shall we cire for It, fathorf
Bai l the fa'.he", "My in, rake clean,
link" clean, rake clean;
We br.Tj need or ft nl , I n."
'Tut the mows hove not space enough,
father,
To h II mh a' lindanes b-twc3 1
Tl e fl"or and Ih n mb of tin buildin.''
y th the fa-mer, "My ion, rake clem,
Kak flea n, rake clean ;
We can oir for it nil, I wen."
Ttnn th- ni:n ft -w by (ind the hirwst
Good wvir that whit -r had ),
Ami again in the fl w re tli toilers;
Ami -lill -al l th" farmer: "links el nn.
lUkecl-nn, rake clean;
We I are n-'cl of it el', I ween."
Til the Ind pnjetl distressfully round him;
"L bay," mi l In, "never wia seen.
The citll" will surely bo stinted.''
Ouoth the 'arui'T, "My son, l ake clem,
K ke fli'in, rake el-an;
We shnll fl id there's sufficient, I ween."
OVoroe Vim ih Yofnj I'rnp'r.
ALICE'S PACKAGE.
'fliod morning!" said tho n;w
itstina agent.
"Good morning!" said Alio?.
They 1 1 rv I p.aited nt 11 o'clock last
night, i: i n rr strolled homo from the
concert together, and they had found
enough to talk nbout linn. H it here,
u.udcr the bantering gaze of the ox-stn-th-ii
agent, who hunted the tcciw ol
his foiiinT labors previous to hit de
parture for Iowa they wero tongue
tie I.
"Ii theie n package for inc?'' snid
Alice, fni ni illy.
' I'll se ," sanl ' iry Loom s, oxploi.
in ; with alacrity.
Hut Sir. S !ii!t (live l into r corner be
f re bin, bringing forth n huge, mpiirc
In; mile.
' Tbii il?' s.rd he. Thcro wns a
twinkle in hi yo. " 'Missj Alice Ly
inin.' Paid, tio H it, see here, now
Titt-butg!' Who's sending you
piosci.ti fiom Pi'tsbnrg, Ally?'' lid
twinklo w:ii luminous.
'It's not a present," Alice retorted.
Hut tlio ex-agent wns not satisfied.
"Pitt hi r.r," lio nuned. "Soetnt to
mo that surveyor follow hrtilo I from
IVtsburg, didn't he, Ally ? '
' Shall I sign her sni 1 Aiicj to
C ry I. oi iiiis over the entry liook.
"And lioardinj next dmr, too,"
mi 1 Mr. Ptaik, "w-y, ye; it's natural
!ia!ur.i! !"'
'Hi, no, it i-u't heavy, thank jou!
Why, lift it," Alio wns snying to
City, with a lanhinj frown for her
trrnientor.
"(iood lookin fallow too," said Mr.
B'ntk. ''Will, Ally, you'vo git my
consent for one.'1
"Thank you I" Alico I flushed, but
vcxf'lly.
H!ie had meant to fa soinn'.hing to
C'Hiy I.'-omis over and beyond the con
venation nliout the paikae for had
not the pleasant youtiir new stntion ardent
teemed already (piitu nttontivo to hei ?
but now tdio eou'il not summon a
w rd or a syll-iblc. If .M-. Staik went
at tlio bittom of tin ?ci!
"I don't know how Pittsburgh 'ill
suit you, Ally," Mr. ftark persisted,
meiriletsly. "They s.iy it'. smoky.
But I a'pose smoke won't interfere "
Alico wns gone, and Cary closed the
ledger with a ban
Were you joking. Stark," ho de
manded, "or is that so) '
Sinrk eyed him. He had a strong
serse of humor, an I he read tho new
ngent'a secret.
Without nlnoluto sta'orn vits. In con
vinced his young succsior that Alice
Lyman had flirted outrageously with
ths Pittsburgh surveyor; thnt ho had
been most devoted; that they we"0 un
doubtedly engaged, mid that the big
p.nkago from Pittsburg was proof
of it.
fnty bad grown n li:tlo nlo dining
the pu ce s, but so strong wis Mr.
8-nrk'ji liiinn rous sense thai lie strolled
fiWiiy finally with n widened grin.
t'.iry found his dinner saved warm for
1-..-1 ho: l-e went up to his hoarding
I ii'O Hoinewhat bite, and Mis. Divis,
huge nud cheerful, waiting to serve it
to, him.
Hut tod y neither hisdinn "r nor Mrs.
BaviH cheered him. II ate on" and re
sponded to the other glum y.
' Well, now; mayb" you nin't feel ng
just (mart. I've known change of nir
and water to make folks teal su k," shn
l az iided in com em.
, ' Oh, I'm all right," mi Ciry, sar
d ;nia'ly smiling.
' May I eyou need livening up. You've
been to the soe ablei a id concerts, to
be mre; but may be something livelier
Well, theic," sho bro'io off with
mo ner!y inteies, "there's tlio m isic in
lie park I on i hf ; I gucs you'll like to
hear tint. You better step over to
night," said his landlady inspiriting.?.
llo had no intention of goin-j. He
dee'ded, with a certain innlnncholy sat
isfaction, that he would sp-n I tho even
ing in his room, and without a light;
tl. at would I e the Riling situitim for
him and his dejection. Bhe would bi
in tho park, and perhapt tho Pittsburg
surveyor wi u'.d follow his package, and
I c there with her.
All the same, for such ii tho power of
p e.ty eyos and red lip, eight o'clock
found him in l ho park, llo would not
go near Alico Lyman. II ) strolled abou.
g'oomilr. All tho towu appeared to
hnvo assemblol. Tho band was, one
by ono, mounting to the band stnnd.
"O'i, Mr. Loo-nis! ' somcboly ex
claini"d with a pretty laugh, "I had
nlmost run over to you!''
It was Alire Alico with a loose knot
of you ig m -n an I miid vis, n it yet
paiicl off, but well connected.
lie joined t'am, of course; there was
no other way.
And a few minutes later, when t'ley
had paired off, an I ths band had struck
up, ho found him .elf o i a li 'nc'i beside
her they two nlono.
"Hume, Sweet Ilonia!'' said Alice.
"Dear me, M-. I. mmis, coul In' t they
have found snmi'hing a little newer!"
' It seem not," sail Ciry, nmnil
ingly. ' Bit how they flat!' fried Alice,
clasping her cars. "And that second
horn i u bar behind."
She wa in a g iy mood. Her dcrisivo
words wcr i mirthful.
"And they've been prnrliing all the
spring. Well, I could dj better with n
comb an I some t sMn piper."
A whiir from th-j syringu sin wore
was wafted to him.
II-r fine, in tho dusky 1'ghl, was
bright and yet soft.
Sho wns thi iking abm. hr surveyor,
prjlmbly, and langlu ig in lier sleeve at
hlin. We' I, le'. lier.
Poor C'nry felt su Idenly weary of his
anger. lb- was in love with a pretty
girl who did not love him that wa,
all. Hho could not bo blamed ho
would not bl a mo her. Hj c mtd hate
the man she did cire for, but he could
not hale lvr.
So, while the band bilnre l unmit i
cilly on, be bant toward and talked to
her gently.
Hn told her of tin really fino op'n
nir concerts ho had Inard at Brighton
Beach. lie described the odd, varying
scene the mass of people who throngel
the walki; tho long, crowded hotel
pin7, is; tho circular pnvilion from
w h ell tho nun c pourel forth; nnd
bounding it all, tlio grj.it still water.
lie f Mind Alice looking up at him,
as he ended, willi a keenness in her
eyes nil I n softer smi e.
"I havo never been nnywheie," she
snid, nbnott in a whisper. "I don't
know anything. Iwoider, Mr. I,oomi
I'vo won lore 1 more thnn once thnt
you cnie to talk to tin! J ''
But sho sai l moro than sho meint to.
He knew that her cheek t wero hot and
her eyes confusedly lowered.
1 1 :h heirt tliro ibod ha'd. I In got up
abruptly.
"l'nnt remsikabh m uch they're mur
der. ng is driving cvorybmly awiy," ho
remarked. "Shall we follow, Miis Ly
manl" ' I think so," slid Alice.
Her fingers prewo I his offernd arm.
A man, who hud b-on listening in his
halted b iggy, wheeb.'d about as they
stepp-d into the rond.
Ho was driving n colt, and a frisky
one.
Was it tho imivello'.is! bad music
which in id i t'u h 'no jinp ni In
turned!
Alico wns on tin p im of aierling it,
but he swerve I fo close that fcho sprang
back with n .'cream.
Smiehow the wliirli ig b iggy struck
her. It flew down tho road tho next
instant, but Alico lay in a prone henp in
the duity road.
C'.iiy L'lomis gionned ns ho bent over
her.
"Alice!" ho cried. "Alice, dniling!
are you hurl ? '
Ho raised her to hor feet, bis nrms
about her.
' N i, no! ' she protested. "Tl.at
bn'-k wheel stiu- k mo ns it tbw nroiin 1
'bal's ail; itdiln't even bruise me.
Only I'm dusty enough," sho ended,
liiu ,'hing.
"I am so sorry !" he murmured. "You
sprung nway from me so rpiickly that I
cool I not snvo you. You must, liu
hurl."
"I hnven't a fcratch," sho retorted.
"I I thine I will take your aim. Mr.
Loom is."
In a bewildered way ho withdrew
and offered it. Then:
"I o vo you an apology. Miss Lyman,"
ho said, itiffl .', as llie went. "I I
called you somothing. I w.n so starred
that I eallod you - perhaps you did not
hear mel"
"Yes, I did," she murmured, with
head averted.
"Well," ho burst forth, desperately,
"an apology, did Isay? Well, I npjlo
g:7., Misa Lyman. But I only siid
whit ai in my hear! I only siid what
I couldn't he p. Mist Lyman. Try not
to hlnm? me! You will hav a tijht to
tell the man you are pr.mi sed to, if you
choose, and he will havo the right to
hor-ewhip m? butlcoulln't help itl
Try to forget it! '
"I don't understand you," s ni I Alice,
turning toward him ni lait and squarely.
"What e iu you ni".in, Mr. Liomis) Tho
man I'm promisid tol I'm promised to
nobo ly 1''
B it she was promiio I to some'ijly
soon nnd in short order.
"Siark," said Cary ho was too happy
to lx sharply discerning and h regar led
Mr. Stark with bland cy ;s '' Stark,
you weio wring, let mo inform you
ah ut Miss Lymni and that surveyor
from Pittsburg who h'.irdol next door
to her. S io ii not engaged to him.
Sho never was, Stark, nil 1 mver will
be!"
"Sho, now!'' M'. S'.ark's long
coiurenanre beun d forth and almost
infnntilu bbinknesi.
.' Wal, I'm beat! '
"Ho was fifty or so, S'.nik, and Alico
hardly exchanged a dozjn word with
him."
'Now phaw!' aaid M . S'. ark, with
a wide gn.e of incredulity.
"No, sir, not a d '.on woid-! And
that package !io wis going to Pitts
burg, 7011 know, an I he hvar 1 her tell
ing the lady he boarded with tint she
waited a lot of wnsI'mIi, and some she
ci uldn't get here, and ho off'Tcd to get
them fur her when he got honij. And
he did. That's what that p.ic'.cago was,
Siark."
"Wa'," said Mr. S'ark, strokimi
his stubbly chin, "how I got it into 111
noddlo I 1I1111110 lon't for tin lifo ol
tne! I b ii i't been so took hick, 1
d ii 11 n 0 when ! '
Hut lie coughs I r leerly ns be wn'kee
away.
Mr. Static's sen.n of h inior wai nb
normally developed. Sihirli'j -Vi'iC
Neiv War I M ike Siiinr.
The first lig iita .ii;ir itlin'-rv in this
coiinliy ii all nr. ti be p i' iti'.o npeir.
(ion, an I if it ciniei out the expect a
lioiiinf iti prij'c ors, it nny revolu
tmn " the su ;ar in lu ri of the world.
The Keystone S i;nr Itdi ling t'unpiny
disestablished a p'nt at l v-snide,
Pel., en th" I'tiil il-'liliiu, Wilmiiiirton
A- I? illiiiuiie liiilioid. just this s ibi ol
Wilmington, and in n few diy (hi in 1
chiii'M-y will In put in 1110'ion. Tie
scheni'i is to utili.n tin was In from t Ik
m ilnsses hous'.M ktiiwnni "ol i"k strap"
nnd turn out a:i cxi'd'ent gradn ol
sugar.
The pr c -ss is the in von t i m of 11 tmn
tianic 1 Klc'iinan, a (ieimin, who has
superintend -;d the erec'i in of the 1111
chine;y nt the K versidn relin ny. lie
has one or t .vo I irgn relli-riei in t; -r-mitiy,
wnieh at prus-jnt are tin only onei
in tho woill. T.10 "blick strap'' is
thrown into a rcsorvn.r nil thinne 1
with wa'"i- n 1 I th "i 1 ir 1 ipi 1 it: I iei of
pnlveri.'d lignite iuo llir vv.i in nn 1
mix'.'lwith tin rufin; 111 pluses. The
proco's of purifying them t.ik-M place,
nnd nfter passing throu ;h a sort of press
th ; Ibni e an I sugar are s .'pirired, tiio
ligni'.o b.'ing turied out in blocks,
which can bo iis.nl 111 fu;l. By this
meins tln- 'o is absolutely no waste.
Tho lignite is 11 so t if coal and tho
company at presm' ii receiving a supply
from (b.'i 111 my, alth ni ;h it is found in
Ingi ipii'ititioi in this country. In
Vermont and Alabama thc.-e n o great
fields of it and il-po its of it are fmrid
in New Jersey, but there it is of n:i in
ferior omilily.
Tiie b ,i' k strap" is to In seemed
fiom m dasses houfes. It has idwnys
Iveu a pri li'em iu,ling the leliucrs to
tiril sunn way of u.in this wm-.Ii!, but
it never was solved until L-. Klecnnn
invented hi process. Tim "blick
s'r.ip" formerly win shippe I to Iviiop',
where it was u-e l for coloiing cordials,
milking rum nn I for oth-r purposes, but
tho product hi' always b'-i in cx:cs of
the ilemmd. .V York Jn. 1!,
Infants' Scndlitt Kycs.
In nn 11 it if e on "lllm luess nnd the
Blind'' in the Juriti' Ih' I'run i .
..s'iiV, Dr. Webster Kox refers, Mining
other things, to tho need for care being
exercise 1 with tegar l to the eyes of
young children. The eyes me more
soiii'iv.! to I uht in childlw l than in
min t life, yo' 11 111 il'i'-r or nu so will
often expose the eyes of an infant to tho
glare of the sun for bonis at n time
Dr. Pox holds that serious evils may
spi in; from this, ami be even r intends
that "the grea'er number of the blind
lose their sight from ciielcs nesi during
in fane.' Fiom the point of v;ow of
an oculist . ho protests against the notion
tint children should begin to study at a
very cailf nge. He thinks tMnt iintii
they aro between seven nnd nine years
old tho eye is not strong enough for
school work. When they do begin to
learn lessons they "should have good
li:;ht t 111 in j the:r stuly hours, nnd
should not be allowed to study much by
artificial light bcfoie the ago of Ion.
Books pi into I iu s-n ill t vp? should never
he allow j I in tin' schoolroMiis, ini.ejl
liss be real by iuu lli.-ieut liht.
( IIILIlltKVS (H .MX.
tiik nrxxwAT.
This Mli little rilunwav,
With flvinjf hair
And feet ipiite ten",
Slipp d out one showery Siiinni r1ay,
Wh l in iiiiin.i t ou;ht nsli-.i sh" Iny.
A pretty bird snn merrily
Anions the li-svei
II 'low the eaves
' Klin- Ir ips fnll thick. Im' .-m't tmn-!i ins,
The br. ok i full, e-aii 11 , lse..
"My lint i sits swiii ;m; iu tie- treo.
I n ler Iht bre 1 t
A s-ift roini I 11 st
An l hungry bir-li -s, one, m-.i thi s.
Witlioiit 1 featlir, cone-nnd
Anil then tin bird snim -jin-ilv,
"Her sh-es nil' y ilie,
Her ilnn,, is 1. a n, .- r
She's jiMt as w.-t ni sh-1111 - '
She 1 nn nway, come out and s 1. "
. "'iV 1'' ilt I;,, 1, ',!,'
IIKI.f.S KKI.I.F.l:, Till'. tll.tMl lilt K- Ml TIC.
Hi'b'ii K'dhr has a womleiful n, m n v,
and seldom forgets whit she has once
leirned; nnd she learni very i in kly.
Sho is a woinlnfully bright child, and
her teacher, in itead of urgin,' lu r to
study, is often obliged to coix H-l-n
nway fr.'in some example in arithmetic,
prcthertnsk, le t tho little girl should
injure lier health by w. irking loo hard
nt her less ms. I! it her miivbni. pio
gress is not du ti her die memory
alone, but nlso h-r gi-eat ipiick nus
of ien cpii hi, and to her remirknb'e
jiowcis of thought. To sp"ik a little
more clearly, 11 -Ion iiniletstnmls with
singu'ar rapidity, not only what is siid
to her, but even the f-clings an 1 the
state of mind of those about In r, and
(he thinks m-ne than most eh I lr 11 of
her nge. The "Touch" scho dinistress
bus done such wonders for h-r little
pupil tint you wool I scarcely
beiivvn how many things Illen
finds out, as w ith ch-ctiic i lie knes-1,
thiough her flugcrs. She knows in a
moment w hoi her her cmnpa ii us a e
sad, or frightened, or impiti"iil in
other worls, she has lemid si wdi
what moveme its peopl mike under lie
inllueiHoof iblb-rent fclings that it
times she seems to icnl nir t hough's.
Thus, wlioii she was walking c-no day
with her mother, a Iny explode I .1 tor
pedo which fr glil-n-d M s. K-!ler.
ile'en asked nt once, "What arc yu
tifr.ii I of?"' Some ol V"U nlieidy Know
that soiiiid (i. e., nn-e nf all s M t-) is
jirodr.ccd by the vibiations of the nir
striking against our organs of hearino
that is to say, tho curs; and dcif peo.
pie, oven though they cm heir abso
lutely nothing, nte still conscious of
these vibrat ions. Thui, they can "feel '
lou 1 music probably I ecau-e it shakes
the floor; and Helen's sen o of fooling
is so wonderfully mule, that she 110
doubt loiiiiis many things from these vi
brations of the nir which to in 111c im
perceptible. N, .V .-,(.',( 1.
uti: am 1:111c an tit 1 KAi.o on 111 :- irsr.
Most children have s n a bufl'1'0 id a
menagerie. T.ie e noble animn's live in
gieat Inrdi on the Western plains.
Hunters have used all sorts of strategy
in capturing th' inas game. Ono of tho
most cruel and de-tmct ivc mean ; used
is to get n who'e herd near a precipice,
and, by frightening them, drive them
over when they nre shockingly maimed
and torliirel. Tlrs is done by tho
hunters that they may se 11 e the great
er number of hi lei, a nl the more bones
! and meat to sell for money. Tho bones
i of tho bison are used for knife hi miles
I nnd to ma'se into buttons.
! Tlie male butTa'o is a very liati l onie
' nnimil, a' ! a grand lighter. l!os,
j you know bnlTiloei can't reason, and
j lighting is the only method they Know
j to protect tbeniselvs and fniiuliei.
j Tiie female is a vi ry p:i !, iligi.ili 'd
' animal, and though sic. en j iys looking
on at the most ferocious lights while
J they nie in progre-s, s!io never do-s any
I lighting heiself, nil nny ap u . v-vs 1 ho
j winning auimil wli 11 tho victory is cor
! t al 11.
j HilTi'o s ntn pri veibial for iintniiit
I bang'. 'I heii fnint of thick curly hair
is all natural, an 1 is therefore , rt be.
coming to their loiohead1, while tho
twinkling, miiii'1 black eyes shi ic through
the little openings of their cuily led
black hair. The main bulTdo is 11 mag
lutiient looking fellow. His long hair
around his head nnd neck reiches
sometimes neii'y to the groun 1, and
his front nppouiance gives b 111 tho
look of a giant in stie igth, while tho
hinder part of the aniiu d is only slight
ly covered with hair. Bnllil.ios never
give up in a light till one or the other
is dead or powerless. T.iey butt and
hook each other with their horns.
l'.very herd has a leader, mi l thU
leader has to keep his rcpul.it i n by
hard-fought battles, for every little
wht o some ambitious younger bull is
trying to get tin ascendancy mi l be
come leader; and whenever one lea ler
is bca'en by his opponent and victor tho
n'hor inline I a'e'y takes c cimau I, and
his victim has to hido away. i' h l
in iCt Ffitn-U
7A) EDISON.
He Talks of Inventions He Will
Some Day Bring Out
To Reproduce Imagoa a Thou
sand Feot Distant.
While Mr. I'lisoii, tho gient inven
tor, was in Paris ho was interviewed by
a repmter of tin Cmr.fr tht E'it
1'ii't n French paper published in New
Yoik City.
Tho icporler ns'ced Mr. Edison if it
was true thnt he had invoi'el n machine
by the :ii I of whiiha man iu New York
would lie able to se everything tint bis
wife was doing in Paris.
"1 don't know," said Mr. Y. lison,
Inugliing, ".lint tint wou'd Iu a real
benotit to humanity. The women cer
tainly would protest. Ho', spmking
seriously, lam at w ok on nn invention
wlroh w ill nl low a man in Wall street
not only to telephone, to n friend in the
Central Park, but to see that friend
while he it chitting telephonically with
him. This invention would be useful
nnd piaotieal, nnl I see 111 reason why
It should not soon become n reali'y,
and one nf the lirst things that I shall
do when I got back to America will le
to set up this cunt riv.inco between my
laboratory aid my tebiho'i'! workshops.
Moreover, 1 havn n'n a ly obtained satis
factory le-ults iu reproducing images nt
that distance, which is only about PHHI
feet. It would bo ridiculous to droani
of s-eing any one between New Yoik
mil Paris. Tic round for. 11 of the
earth, if ther- were 111 other diffi-ulty
in the way, would ini'ccth'J thnij im
possible." Speaking of th" phonograph, tlio ic
por'er asked if it had reached its high
est ib'giee of perfect i ci.
"Almost, I think," said Mi. Kdison,
"in tho Inst i i-trum 'tils turned out of
my work-hop'. Y 01 tiri't know that
the culinary photiogt aph employed in
comineioi' do's no! com pare with the
late-.! machine that I 11-" in my private
exp-r limits. W th tin- li'ter I can ob
tain a sound powerful enough to re
prodi"e jihia.'s of a speech that cm be
heard pcrfcitly by ;i large nndi'ince. M;
last iuiielior.it ion were the aspirate
sounds, which are th" weak points of
thn grnphophi lie. For S"ven months I
worl.i'd fr 'iu ei ,'ht"e 1 to twenty hours
11 day lipo i a sin ;b; sonn I Speci.i.' I
wmi'd say t 1 the instriini" it pecia, '
nnd it would always say 'proa,' nnd 1
couldn't make it say anything el o. It
was enough to make me nn.;. Hut 1
stuck to i! until I succee led, an I now you
can rea l a thousand words of n new -paper
at the rate i f l.Vl wor Is 11 mi into,
nn l the in-trum-nt will repeat them to
von without an oiniision. Yon inn i 111 -a
;me the I'lli 'l'lyof the task that I
.'iccomplisi.ed when I loll you that the
impros.iiois m i le upon tin cylinder are
not more than one millionth part of nn
inch in depth, an I nn' completely invis
ible even wi'h the nnl of 11 micr iscope."
K 'p ut-f -An I wh it 11 v di-coveiies
will be icinl in electricily?
Mr. Kdi-on Ah, that wo il I bo dif
llcult to say. We may somn day cine
upon one of the gr-at secrets of nature,
lam always cm th; lookout for Rome
thing which will help me to Ri Ivc the
problem of 11 aviga i tho air. I hive
worked hind up m ths subject, but I
niu very much di-e nagel. We may
lind something new before tint c.miio.s;
but that will come.
Mr. I'.'lrsnu further sail that the great
development of olooliieity will tome
when we lind n 111 -re ci ononitc d lU 'lbol
of producing it. During his trip across
tin co-.in he lenninc l for hotu 1 0:1
deck IooaIii; at the waves, a id bo says
that il nude him will when he siw so
much foice going t 1 wasie ' 15 it one
nf those days," he continued, "we will
chain aU tin1- 'lie Ill's ol Niarar.i as
well as tin wind' -I 'd that, will be tin
millennium of el r it itv."
The Curricle.
p is interesting lo nolo the variety of
c 111 i egos which arc dtivon now in the
lai go tonus of Aunii'.i That light
and l iiuiane vehicle, the buggy, has a'
nio'd. H oip emeil Irom t he I ash iotiab e
drive'. It was an easy -titling wagon,
and the lighle-t of vehicle) for a Imi-c
to diaw. Hut it c-iniot be said that
there is inn-h cctnf' it in the nveia;;e
boggy lor a man of stalwart or heavy
build. Dog -carts, bin k -boards, gigs,
mail phaetons, and the like have pushed
the biigjy to the wall. But, peiltaps.the
most recently imported of ehitles, nnd
one which l ids fair to retni 1 a l uge de .
gree t f fashion is the etiirlcle. This
has two wheels, like a rait, but it also
has a hood and a tumble I elnnd for n
(tenant, nnd two hor es nre driven to it
with a pole. The buggy is hung on big
'S ' springs anil diives very easily, and
it is one of the mod oonv 'ttient vehicle
for long drives in the d mtiy whi.h
has yet I 1 en de-igne 1. Be.-idet, il has
the nidi limbic b it v iluabln stamp of
U-hi ti lo u't'Jiuur.'r.d it to tho world.
Woikln? Ills Way.
A writer i i the B ston Tr-mwript
tells us of a y ning man who is likely to
make his way in the wirld: "Spen l
ing a Sunday r-cntly with a friend in a
delightful suiumer resort, we hnppnied
to be sitting on the verandn ns a milk
man's wagon drovj up. The milkman,
a sturdy young fellow i f ploisant face,
di-mouuted, rang a bell I y way of warn
ing to the ni lids of the v. ciu.ty to get
their pilclnrs 101 ly, an I then started
around with bis cans and his pint meas-
Aihe passed mound to the b.x k i
do ir of di cottage our iriend minted
him as one gontlciii 111 salutes another,
and when the milkman had gono tin
other said :
"That young man is n m-uiber of the
cms of illl.it uv.ird Coll-ge."
"Indeed f '
"Y s. llo is carrying li'mso'f
through entirely by his own exert.ons,
and ho tokos this way of helping him
self out. I d ue say he makes enough
money selling milk nt n go nl figure to
the people here i 1 tin summer time to
pay the gicn'or part of his expense
for the teniam lor of the year nt Cm:
br.dge." 'Does he wa'er his milk I"
' Not j orc.'ptibly. His very pond
m'lk, nn I I have n doubt he, is as hon
est as th" bu iiiess allows."
A young m m i 1 the homo who be
longs to the chin bnlow the ntiUm.n's
ill tho r 'liege tcs'iti d to the i xcell-nt
standing of ihoyming mil at Ibrvard.
Foolish Hlttls.
There ate silly birds n well as silly I
people. Tho Demois'lie fiane, of Af-
lion, Rit liist on one leg and iboi mi
the o'her, turns its bend to one side and j
tle'ii to the otb' r.dauc 'S a lit tie lince all j
!
ny ilseit, nii'i then st.m Is as stn as a
min s'er. It is a very vain, comical -
acting bint. The B 'oby is 111010 stupid
and quite as silly. It sits on the sea
shore and shivers an I shak"S Ha In inl
like 1111 idiot. Il will sit en I lo knocked
over with a club rather than to make
an cIToit to tl,- away. The Polli'i be
longs to the Auk famdv, nn I is not n
very blight bird. Luge numbers nf
those b id. congregate in th" .r vics of
the neks in lrgh latitn.l-s. Ti.ave'ors j
say tie can capture them by h" I dig !
down a rope, f.i; the bird louche I wilh j
it will grab it in his beak, and as it is ,
lifted from 1 iie earth monitor binl will j
sci.e the fust one's tail .and another o o j
thnt one's tad until n long 'Hog nf 1
them can be drawn liom the abyss bo- j
low. I
The Albatross cm ills i bo ciught with
a lino. Sailors bait hook, with salt p ok
nnd throw thorn into tin- sea. Tin- Al
ba'ron -wa '.low the bait, n nl riing in
the nir, isdiawn in lik i a Kite. Tne
silly part of tho pel b r intuit e is that
when let go, the bird sulb-rs itself to bu
caught again in the sinie manner.
A Successful linenlor.
O.ie of tho 1110.' t sin eessful inventors
of what somebody his iii.i' curit) ly do
M' ibed ns "uneon ;id rc I trill -s," is
that small and even in -ign itirtit -looking
in in who Room- to lej gazing with
some show nf interest al the chewing
gum box in a down-town "I," ro.nl sta
tion. Ills 11 one is Adams, and two
years ago, bis neighbors in B-onklyn
nowrciall with a lurring awe, be was
"broke." N w he has nn income of
many thnil tnnd t, and his pr.di s have ! kj,.uing with all fours, pro'entl in to
eii.abhd him to buy, within six m.-nths, i H an,i tmnn somersaults or indulg
a Bio'klyn real cs nto .l. il.-r -nys, at in )M,,sl ,.,.,,1!.,,. lonpn. In thn
Ic;s' fiO.iiO.l w. 1 h of c.ty lots. Young i ,ll(,.r , lull.,ut his nrms, dropood his
Adams nttenls to tin chewing-gum
business, while the elder, who con
ceive I th" itl-a of pulling il up in ouo
ccnt packages, and allowing il to issue,
for a cons derition, from a slot machine,
has won the right, at last, to enjoy life,
and does so rn cor I in gly. S nie Brook
lyn people think the Ad inisos 1.111 take
any kind of tie; gum, 1111 pie or what
not. aittl turn it into gold. AVi York
Hec7.
A Vol Old Lady.
When 1 oiiinianiliu-
III-1 I'eiines-eo
an invi'atimi to tinner wat exlen I" 1 to
(iemral Buin-ido b. an ebb'i I ; larnior.
The in vil nt ion was an opted At the
t . 1 1 1 1 - i.-it Iht- 111 th'i of the In. , a I.Cely
id I lady, but in iippearaiioe cxtieiin ly
old "Mollnr," -aid ti'o Oene:al,
mav I 11 sk jour ag. . You appear to
I e ipnte ol.l fot a person who ,1,1 got
around a liv-lias yni do." She
II plied: 'Yes, my son, I : 111 very old.
I l ave lived here all mv li'c I dnii'l
know ndai kly how old I nm, lur I
know that 1 am a little over a thousand
years old."
llo Mini None.
"I never speak to my inleri or," said
Reginald do Broknugh, haughtily.
"No," replied Smith, "I don't be
lieve you ever do. D tl yon ever meet
any ?"
Agreed vtith Him.
Smith ('in ling ni'wspapei) - - Thn
temperature yosteid ly was SS degrees.
That is, t'l" ill '.'ill tempo! a' lire.
Mrs. Sov.il: Well, I should say tf
was. Ihtrjtt I're: Vim
.Mflthrr and Child
'Where Is thj nirl that you were" snid tb
child.
And the mother smiled back to her lifted
eyes.
"She In es where the faded violets go,
Ami the old sun shines in the skies! '
Willi') last year's birds ting list year'
n nigs?"
She caught nt th" fancy, ns children will.
Hut if you shoull inevt with the girl that
yiu w ere,
Iioyou think you would know ler still"
' I le i-ember her eves nud II r wavinj hnirj
I s'o t'.iem now as I look at you.
My bttl" dnughtor, wh -n one l renin die,
Another sum tiin 's comes iruel''
"Mo h.-rs nre ln't er thnn Rirls, I think;
I hey w ipe your tears, and fin I out the
pun.
And -mile when you fmlte. I'ray do not ro
back
If yi u liave the chance ngninl"
"Ah' them i. no fear of t'int, my swot.
A Hint her for evenn i e nnd a day
shall be. We will V t th" ;irl that I was
Willi y.mr fa le I viol 'is slay."
II 11 ji, i x lln-'ir.
Ill'MtHMH S.
All up wilh them 1! 1II01 nists.
A baby cuts his t-eth before In i on
npeakiug teiim with them.
The blue bir I makes the best fight
ir ti irst the Iviglish sparrow.
Names exclusively for tho fair sex
constitute a no-tii"ii cla'ur;.
F sh makes brains, it is said. Wo'1,
it certainly strengtho'is the imagination.
"Dil yo'.t ever fall in lov !" "Yes,
but 1 got out -w ith the assistance of
her father."
'J, mt1ier of the modem girl says
,r daughter is like a piece of cheap
t..,ilt.0 lie ,,', Wlls,.
, , 4l .
Hid women aie tne ones to settle this
storage battery ipi",lion. Mm don't
know anything about preset vinjj c'f
ran's. Father to his sou: "I don't say that
you nie an nil"!, but if anybody ols
should say so, 1 would nit cut indict
him. "
C ni iirtteeiuau "Before engngin j
you for our pa-torato we should like lo
know it you can pieacli without notes,
Pastor "No, sir. ilan' notes is a
noces-ity wit Inio."
Ari. ina boasts of .1 w innn who "cm
di io a nail with a bullet at forty yar Is."
When Aii.ma cm pi oduce a wein n
ublo to drive a mil wi'h a hammer at a.
d stacc of otn foot without wounding
her fingers, it will have a curio-ity
worth boasting about.
i "To think tint 1 must leave the world
lb vile I y evorv tollgm,"
The culprit said. "I ilooi'y dread
This thing of being hung.''
"I'd Ilk" to live my boyhood da .s,
III harmless exiles to 01 -jr.,
To play baseball, but, most of all.
I d I ke to skip the rop'.''
- lt'osn'efr'oii ('1 fie
Antics of 11 Lemur.
No heist that I ever snw was nio.g
fond of play than the little Malagasy,
not even a lively kitten. Kiom the
moment his door wns opened till he was
shut in for the night he often gave hia
mind to a constant succession of pranks.
He scraped the l eads 1 IT ourdresi
trimming w.th his com b-likc toitli, nnd
he slappo 1 or pulied b 10 is or work out
of our hiui'is, nud especially liked to
frolic in one's lap, lying on his buck
head on one side in a hew Itching war,
luincil half nr utid in the air, and eaon
d wn in the spot he stnr'ol from, llo
whole performance so midden, apparent
ly so involuntary, and his face so gr.ivo
all the lime, it seemed as if a spr'n ; bad
gono olT inside, w ith which bis w II had
nothing to do.
A favorite plaything w ith the lemur
was a win low -shade. II ! began by
j imping up to Ilie fringe, so zing 1! .1 id
swinging back and foith. Hie day ho
It til no 1 by a ctdenl that ho could "sot
il olT," and tbou his cxticinc plca-uie
wasto snatt h ill it with so 111 e h Ion )
s to start the spring, when he iiislanlly
let go and made one hound to tin other
side of the room, or to the mantel,
whole bo sal, looking tin po'iire 1 f in-
1 noenoo, wlnl-j the rol. a ed sti 1 le t pia-,g
' I" the top and went over mil ovoi tin
i 'e-l. We coulil never picvcnt his oniry-
' ing out this lit tie programm , an I we
tl)"W down one shad i only to have h tn
slyly sot olT another the next ins a il.
l'-pn'tr ici ii-i Moiit'il-j.
' "
BwaiTeil for LiTe by Cold.
There is rather a peculiar rase tit the
c ty orphan nsylu 11. Th a is a colored
g'rl of e:ghtcen years. Ii infancy sin
was alius "I by hor parents, nnd wr.i
finally thrown into a snow I unk ono
night. She wns fcunid nnd taken to
tin nsyluni, nttd, tin ugh neai ly dead,
was si carefully treated that she lived.
Hut the brutal treatment checked her
growth, nnd she is now 110 larger thnn
n child of seven years. y-.tt 1 Liven
J'aUa.tiuin,