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VOL. XIII.
IMTTSIH)UO CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVKMBKU , 18!)0.
NO. 1.5.
(tfattem
Oar Ship Tlmt Never Cwm3 Iu.
There's n prctlv li-iniuo In fl f:ir off sra.
By the beautiful Mi . ul lb si;
Where tin- ivuvp forever ilunee in tilos
On tin- oi i nii'i pellm-id iTi'i-t.
The mermaids -i n in (m.is '.vnt
As th"1 notes i f tlic mandolin,
1 1 nt vvr wait on tin1 slum- in vain to grrit
Our ship that never conns in.
This fairy ship we ran iihno-t !fp
In ounlay i!rc mis idad anil It .1 i f .
It is freight' .1 down with tin' gifis that we
Arc wishing l.y .lay or nidit.
It in Id'.-d with the htarl'n own pri-.'i.iis
p.M.
Anil with never a touch i.f sin,
Ati'l k'II w .nt fur nyi' th it r may behold
Our ship that never coin s in.
- ; hirago Post.
A BAD MISTAKE.
iiv ni l us I in;i:i r ui: r.s.
MVIi to i I. lis?" said Mr. t'lytii'T,
'.olli-hly. "It lines seen as if wo
wore perpetually losing sight of her.
I'll never take charge i.i" niiy one again,
while I'm traveling, us long s I
live!"'
Mi s. ( "yuier was dressed in pearl
gray n.nliair. willi pet -fi-c-i ly-fil l inr
gray gloves, distingue eyeglasses, and
boots thai 1 1 :n I eoiue f-l la iu III from
Paris.
Adele 'Iv mor. with hair nf crepe
gold, deep dimples in chock and chin,
and u jr .' n thai represented tin1 very
latest l'a-liinii plate, stood languidly
at h.-r side, w iih a .vkyi' terrier whin
ing in her arms and n sc-nt-bottlo
dangling from lu-r wrist, nnd little
Mabel's yellow curls mid Mapping,
brimmed ( iaiiisbnrough that brought
lip the t ear lint iiiipic:ni c.iic1y.
"Lois is m odd, liiaiiiina," said she.
"Lois is holding that cross Imliy so
that its nurse, rail go In I lie l-i l'rch
ineiit omuiler nnd get a out. of ll''..
The mother h is got a t u o-year-o!d
rhil 1 on Uer lap llial she can't leave."
"Ooodno.s tin' ! Ami sueli in til' II
pe.iple!" said Mrs. t 'i ;, iner, willi an
Hilary tlntler of h t fan. What ran
Hie child l.e t li i uki n- of I' ( 'all her,
Mabo!, at onee !"
'r.ul they're such pretty children,
mamma!" pleaded M ibd, w illi wistful
glances at lln other end of the great,
echoing slati'ni.
lo he ipiiet!" said Mk 'Inner.
"Adele, tell your e.m-iii I desire she
will join n :il oner in tl.r drawiii
room ear tiie (liceola. 1 believe it is
called."
''I'heie is sueli a erow d at tint end
(if the lle;i 't," -aid A ielr. n:i i;,i:iL:l .
"And I'uiilo is so re.Vs! t'.in'l
Mabel j:n. luaillMia? '
The ijates ivrt e u, rin d at that m
inent. :i::d in her letine 1 ntiiely to
avoid eoiitaet with 'lie vnhrur e.nh
and crowd. Mrs. (hme;- hatened
tbroii"b, closely followed by Adi le, : ami transfixed .the speaker with a j
lendeily cairyingluedl-eontriileddo';, rstotiy sliiro, which madis her blush I
I'onto. who w hined perpetual protests. ' deeper than ever. '
'This is something like comfort,"! "How dared the woman speak to i
raid the oold-visaged matron. she ' uw':" she said to Lois, in a very audi-
nettled down into "Clair No. 4,",le undertone. "We are diawiii"- !
?plea l out h'-r -kilts and oj enod her I room pa-senyers." j
fan. "Mo sit down. Ad. -I,-. and itive . ..nd. carrying I'nntn's box of crack- j
ronto a ch.'colaie. The Utile dear is
to frelfiil! r.irter. ptiil down tn' '
lhade and bring mea foo's ool. Adele.!
your hair is all eoiuimr out of crimp j
W ith the heat. This weather is per.
footly unendurable. What can have i
become of Mabel".
Oh. hen
comes :
"Mamma." whispered Mabel
ting her cl.errv lips clo.se t
put
tier mother's wi-ll-powilered ear, "I.ois
isn't going to travel iu the drawing
room car."
"Not going to travel in the drawing- !
loom car! And why not. I should I
like to know r" cried Mis. Ciymer, !
bristling up.
Lois Wardour hcr.-elf appeared iu !
(he luxuriously curtained doorway of
the '( )s, eol:i" to answ er this ijiiei y . j
.she was a la!'., slight girl with an
Ivory pale complexion, huge blueeves, I
full of pleading lights, and 11 serious,
sweet mouth. like liaphaol's Madonna,
and she wa dressed w ith a simplicity
of I'lexprn-ive attire that ci'iitrastc 1
cr.rioiisly with the elaborate toilettes of
her cousins, the Clymers.
"Lois," cried the fretful matron,
where on earth have you been? Yon
keep me in a constant woiiy. Posit
down and be quiet for a few minutes,
if you ran! That's your sea: No. 7."
indicating th-1 least comfortable one,
next tilt! sunny window.
"Thank you, Cousin Llfrida." aid
Lois, (juicily, "but, if you don't mind.
1 will not go iu the ( )s( cola ! The other
earn are very comfortable, and."
slightly reddening, "there is a consid
erable dillorence iu the faro."
"It's H dollar an. I a half t xita in the
Osceola !" shriliv put in M ibel. !
heard tbecoudi'.ctor tell the tat man -,o
lt now."
"And," added Lois, "a dollar and
half is some consideration to me.
And there is a recently -widowed ia !
in the other oar, wilh a gieat luaai
little children, to whom I cuu be ofj
nw, If yon don'l tnitid, I'll go buck
into the ordinary car."
"lint I do mind, veiy inneh,''
faid Mrs. Ciymer, tossing h r head.
"We Clyniers arc aluave accustomed
(otii'.vtd llrsl-rlass:"
"1 inn not a Ciymer," .aid Loi,
with n faint emile.
'And 1 fhoitld bo niorlilied to
d'ath." charply added Mrs. Clymor,
"if the friends we are oin to visit
should knnvv that any of our parly
were in a eomimm ear.
"Let us hope thai they will not
make llni appalling ditenvery," said
Mint Wardoiir, with uu utmost imper
ceptible fclicnr of the shoulders.
"IWiod-by, Cousin F.lfiida! I dare
say Adelc mill Mabel will be plenty of
company for you not to mention
I'o to"
Mrs. ('Inner looked after the irraec-
fill, rrtirinj; li.mire with a Medusa-. ike
glare.
"If I d du't know that it I be
impossible," said she, slowly and lts
tiiir i,-, "I should nlinosl be tempted
to think Ilia' she wa laughing til
me!''
"I'm so voxe 1 lo think that papa
insisted on sending her in our parly
just because she happened to lie a dis-
liint relative," said Adele, eros-ly. "A 1 jsl. muse, and I don't know what I;
common .-choolleaelier, too, icily think ! ihould have done hail II not been for j
of it! Well, mamma, never mind I her kindness." j
perhaps people won't know tha' she. And Mis. Cl nier inade hasle to in-,
belongs to us. I f she is mean enough ' troduee her coit-in. Mis Wardotir."
to w ant to save her dollar ami a half. Lois Wmdour pa. ted w ith her new
why, let her!" j ma le friends then and then', going
"ISiit it in't proper," crinl Mrs. 1
Ciymer, "for a girl of I er age to sep- I
arate her-elf from her chapi rone in
this way."
"I dare say slie'n tjuile capable of ;
taking care of horse f," said Allele,!
drily.
Then:-!" cried Mis. Clyui'T. "I
knew some trouble would come of il !
Mabel put tli bo of dogs-rrnckei's in
Lois' shawl strap, bccail.se there
wasn't room for it among our things,
and the poor pet is half starved. (io
ptiek. Adele, mid get il before the
train st.ivls.
I'liwilliuly eiiotieli, Adele emu- j crick I'erceva! or his sister, Kalherine
plied. I Ken!.
"Tlii! do-ciaekeis (Hi, yes!"j Mrs. IVrecval, of The Manor, was
said Lois, laughing. "I had a most 1 polite to the Ciyiners as eM,.sts, hut,
forgolten them. 1 1 err they are. You : that was all. An iiivi-iblo tilin of
see, Adele, how com t'ortable 1 am i polite reserve inierpo-ed iSell' pet-pet-
here!" ually beliveou herseif and all iutim-
Comforlable ! "sneered In-r cousin, j :l,'.v-
... , . i- . -i 1 i-i ' "I'm unite -.lire that baleful, spite-
W nil a swarm of dirtv ciulren like , 1 1
., . v., ' ! 111I voting widow has told her brother
till-.-' 1 l . r.
Tin! ladv seated next f, Mi-s Wtml-! ,,,"m' l lllr ,,,ihl!,k" 1 ,im,l,''M
o, o,vd deeply at this nule re- j ,lM A,,rl- "A".! our litlh-campaign
ii--t.i-1. j here is cut ii-' ly frn-trate-l. She has
his very .lusty traveling." said j '"is "'" ''ere .very S.turday,
she. "and my little ones Lave come a !'' I j""1 ish you cmld see l-'red
ioiiif wav." 1 Percivtil look at L-:s! I'm sure he's
Allele Clviner lifted her ev.-'dassrs i fulling iu love with her.''
ers ;.s if it h id h.en a sceptre, she
stnlk.-.l out of the car.
"i;d 1 do wrong in addressing
,,.y- IU ,, . little widow, with a
,alf-te: rith-d air. "It w as only that I
didu". like the children to be called
dirty, when their appearance is really
only an accident of travel."
Lois lauyhe.l.
"I'oift mind her." said she. Here
is a llask of cologne and a clean
pocket-handkerchief in my lug. If
.lohnnv w ill eet a little water in this
tumbler, we'll soon brighten the little
faces up. Put back your bond and
rest. I w ill see to the children,
"How kind you nre!" said the pale
little lady. "If I had expected to
meet sueli a benefactress, I shouldn't
have dreade.l the journey from Ala-
biini.i halt' so iirteh."
And thanks to Loi Watilour's gen
tleness, she foil into a slumber, deep
and refreshing, that lasted until they
reached the depot at Albany.
"Its utrageous porleetly out-1
rageou !" saiil Mrs. Ciymer' s voice. ;
raised to a pitch somewhat above the I
low tone' which is generally eon-I
siderod "a ino-t excellent thini u I
woman." "Here I have to leave
Pnnto nnd the girls and come all this
way into this horrid, crowded, stutly
place to extricate you. Lois Wariiour
from the common moo oii have
elected to travel with! Pisi down
that dirty child! It's the business of
its mother to lake care of it, not y nirs.
And come o,uick! The carriu'.'e is
wailing and. goodness me, here
cullies Mr. Perceval! I wouldn't have
him llnd you in Ibis car for any t hiug.''
Tin' pale Utile lady, Mid leuiy
a wakened from th? depths of her
sluui'iei's, sat looking up with a trrri
lied uir. as she clutched the 1 rylng in
fant whom Mis. Ciymer had lake 1
from l.i" Up with no gc. lie touch
and Icimled - er to her.
"I am sorry ," she s'ainuiered. ! J
"Oh, Fred:'
'Katie, mil it be pimihle tlmt this
i is yop? Mv darling my dear little
sister!"
Audio M; i. Clyiuer's deep diseoui
fit lire, the saw the personage whom in
her mind she bad set down us "thai
dowdy litt o widow," clasped in M r.
l-'rederie Pprrevul's nrislneratie arnu.
In n second her fwu became dressed
with smiles.
"Yo :r dster!" she cried. "Keally,
my dear Mr. l'crecvitl, this is a genu
ine snrprisa! If we had only known
it before! I am so phid tlmt my cou
sin. Miss Wardour, has been able to
be of use to her!''
'We have been expecting Kalherino
1 from the South for some time,'' said
Mr. lVreeval, who was Iho sou and;
heir of Ihe wealthy and well-horn I
family whom .Mrs. Ciymer had come '
to Albany to visit. "I!ut we hardly I
knew when she would come. My j
il ollnir 1. 1. iv tii-e.l v.ii lo .1- v .t I
Ihis young lady'' with a glanei; at
Lois "is she the governess "
"I do not know who she is," said
the young widow, her s;l'i brown eyes
shining full of gratitude as she raised
them to I. lis" face. "Hut my govern
ess left me at Philadelphia wilh only
directly to the educational institute.
which had pr
ed her services, bill
not until she had promised soon to
visit the Southern widow at the stately
mansion of the I'erccvals.
! have oiilv mv 'alurdavs and
Siimiavs." said -he. ! :
work-
ing woman, you know."
"You tire an iiiiucl." said the young
widow. "I am ipiito sine of that!'
Mrs. Ciymer (when she pleased)
was an adept iu (he art of making her
self agreeable; but mil till her smiles
nm! graces were able to make any en-
I trance into the le-art of either l'red-
"It serve- you tight." said shrewd
little Mabel. -You ought to have
been kind to Mr. Knit oil the train,
b'o!"
"s, ' should if I'd had tiny idea
u wa-."' said candid Adele.
"Hut if people expect to be treated
'''villy. they .night 10 tiavvl iu draw-
ing-rooui ears;
"She had ha 1 her pocket picked,
you know," said Mabel. "She "
"Oh. lh -re is 11.1 u-c going over and
over the old story !" said Adele, im
patient y. "If she had traveled in the
O-ce.da. it would have been all right."
Mabel laughed.
"Whereas now," said she, "it'l ull
wrong!" 'Saturday Night.
A .In pa 11 est- Mint.
There are about ;'' hands employed
at the mint of ed.l-. Japan. When'
the men enter iu the 111 .ruing they ate
made lo divest themselves of their own
clothes and put on others belonging to
t lie mini. At Ihe end of u day's work
a gong sounds, when the somewhat
curious fpciiade is presented of lino
men springing from die ground on
which I hey have been seated, throwing
oil' their clothes and rushing, a naked
throng, to one end the yard. Here ;
they puss through Ihe following ordeal i
in order to prov that they have 110 !
silver on them: their buck lia r is j
pulled dow n and examined, I bey wash '
their bauds and hold llieiu 11 1 to view.
they drink water and then hallo, and j
lastly they- 11111 to the other cud of the I
yard, clearing two or three hurdles on 1
their way, after which performance'
they are nl lowed to no to their lodg
ing. Cnicago Tribune. .
Handling Molten Metal.
In a car-wheel foundry iu Holroit,
Mich., u very ingenious system for
handling the niolleii metal from the
cupolas to the ll.i-ks .-ml carry ing the
wheels o an. 1 from tiie soaking pit-',
bus boon introduced. The work is
done by machinery out in ly , a aeries of
nv ei head trnleys moved by a wire
rope connection currying the ladles,
J:ikK and w iiee's. The foundry has
a c ipacit j of too car w heels .- dity,
and about l.ei loiiti of metal can bo
handled in sj heirs bv i- m-w sys
tem. ",( 'otiricr-Jutmiui.
('IIILIK.'.S (OI.IMX.
lilr i:i:is-on n.
When I was at (In- pnty."
Saul I'.' tly i:i)'' -I Mist (mm,
A Utile eirl fell ..tt' le r hair,
lo.li! iluwn iii'iii tiie ll'Mir;
-n I all I lie ntlirr bit. i- 1:1 r si
II. l' 111 t" liiiij.'li. leit lie
l'li ln'l iiuu'h a Mlu'e hit,'1
s.ihl Id tty. s- ri 'ii-ly.
"Wh imt."' her niMihi r aski d rior,
fill! of .lelK'Ilt to tin I
Th it Pe tty --lili'ss h' f lit t U- heart ?-
I l.ul lii'OII so sw 1 etlv Kill !
Why .li.hi't y.ni iii;'li..l.rliiig.
ir .I'lii't yen like t" n il:-"
"I 'h'ln't luu'li." Maid ISitly,
'1 ' .11-e it wa in, tli it fell!"
(Mary II. Ilia.lh ), in St. Nicholaj.
'i 1
I'lllN.
1 ", IMl ""' l"lp""i 1 9 re-
k;,,'1'' f'"' 1 lll '"rmous nmuher of
il hl' "" ''" 17 "''"Is'
f""""1 " raeli wde of both jaws,
maUing '.' in at'. Il is a lively and
p!a fill aiiiuial, averaging 7 feet in
lelitflb.
Heine.- f
11 verv sociable na-
ture it i
en atone nut pre-
lers to a-siniate in lit I If llorks which
are in the habit of accompany ing ships
for coii-iiii'tab!'' distances, tumbling
nnd loapinu about iu the most frolie
siiino luaniier.
The iiiotlier-dolphin is exceedingly
feud of In r little ones and nurses them
with the greatest tetnlerne-s and care.
Hetloil I'r.e I'lO-s.
A w i-i l't;i;iil.
Il is aiii that animals can n il who
Ion tin 111. and it would From that a
! Memphis parrot was e.pially diserim-
biatiii:;. A l.ulv w h
ited very I'rcipieli!
lisliked pi ts vi-
a friend who
owned a line parrot, and was one of
the lew vi itors who did not make
friends witii tin' bird, who always 11
inaiiieil sileu; il'.u'ing her visits. All
bad noticed how the parrot seemed to
know- that this particular visitor wu
no admirer, but it astonished every
body one day, when Ihe lady arose to
sav farewell, bv calliliL' out "t.ood-
, " . ', . ,
bv, liiirrv up: I tun glad you are
ifoin . !" I'icavitne.
i AN nl.'NAMIAf 1 tin. 1: i;ti;ts( mki:.
! lo von want to make a n-eitv oi-n.i-
nienl o( the milkweed pods? If so, !
buy a yard and tlirec-ipiarters of col
ored silk veiling. I'dd i! so as to
make a receptacle at each end with
two raw edges of the goods iu the
middle, and sew the selvage edges to. :
gether. Make a row 1 I' ::erritig-bone ,
or fern stitch, with embroidery silk
all around the outside edge; then till
cieli etnt Willi luiuwce.l seeds am
plume-. ,1 sr the tw o raw edges ill the
mi. bile, lio a ribbon around them, at
1 tach la-si Is at intervals of an inch
apart 011 each end. and hang the
beautiful thing on some picture,
bracket, or projecting .-'n-lf. The
milkweed pods sl.oii'd be kept un
opened until put ins'd.- the veiling;
then rem ve the outer h i-k and liber
ate the plumes; (he brown seeds will
settle iu fanciful shapes around the
edges. ---Ilrooklyu Citicii.
Mil lnl.i SAVKIi till IISAIN.
At Parkersbtirg, W. :i., the other
l.y, a fast passenger train from Cin
cinnati to New Yik. on the Balti
more .VOliio Sjiithwcsiern railroad,
wa- s.-m-d from cerlaiti destrucl ion by
ti e iiitelligouco of a dog. A mule had
M raxed on a hi" h l r.-i h-w ork and hud
become entangled among the timbers.
A fanner's dog in the vicinity, at
tracted by the braying of the mule,
went to the trestle, saw (he predica
ment the mule was in, and ran back to
his uiiistei-'rt house, where he set ry an
unearthly how I. The howling awoke
the farmer, nnd he followed the dog to
the t'ostle just iu th:.e to flag the pas
senger train, which would have surely
bc.11 deraih'.l and thrown into the gup
beioy.- had it not boon for the dog. A
silver collar, aid for by a purse
raised by the passengers on board the
train, now ornaui-'nts the neck of that
pal lici.lar dog. " Chicago Ncv.
I said : "I doubt if vn-v mauv persons
two km. wiv. mi 11... : give Mr. tio. ild redd for generosity
A kii. sman. in Texas, writes us fol- , (lf !II1V Kin.l. I can t say that he is a
lows: We have iu our corral twenty- gre,s man iu busim-s but who i.?
two mules, and cadi mm uiiig one of lhaveulwuy- bad a warm side for
the iniil.-s. a most ru-cully fellow. ' ,. Hule man smco I L ai i-d w hat In
vvouid be out. The corral is about : ,i, f,-,li, nk's widow. I is, wa
round and composed of barbed wire, 1 ,. dress parade member of the old
too high for a mule to jump over and ti,-m of Oould .V 1'i-k. while tiouid
too iow for him to eruvvi under, so wc was the money maker. I i-k h i; :,b
th..ui.l. Still the mule was out every sutelv nothing, but tioii.d uave hi-
liiornii.g, s. I put some of the drivers
; on the Wiit.ii too. toll the fellow, which
they did, and -aw him lie .low 11 and
actually roll under the fence. Not
I much for Jack. ..no would say. for he
1 is a cunning ra-.-al ; but he has suc
ceeded in getting his mate out, also.
For iho la-i thro..' nights (iuinbo bis
also rolled mil. These two mules me
very mil h atladie.l to each otl e.', and
I 110 ihub Jack has tnld (ilimtto
j "'tvvasii't iin trick at all, ' and has suc
coe led iii teaching him the way out.
I 1 Fie; v. lie.
FEATHERED FISHERS.
Cormorants Trained to Catch
Fish in Japan
After Swallowing tin Prtzo They
are Made to Disgorge.
From an article entiih-d "An Ari-t's
Letters from Japan." by John La
Large, in the Century Maitaine, we
quote the following:
At 110 gnat distance from its, per-
i haps a quarter of a nnle, a light tli.-k-'
I'l'cd over the water. n our approach
' we could distinguish a man cntiueeied
with it, who apparently walked on the
'dark surface. He was evidently a
j iisheiniuu or a shrimper, and his
I movements had till the strangeness ,,f
j some, long-leuged a.pialie bird, lie
j knew his path, ami. far out. followed
1 sumo truck of ford, lidding to the
loneliness us d .es a crane iu a mar-hy
laitil-eai 1
ipe. I'lieu I saw him no ncre.
for ho headed up the river low aid- an
opening bel w een the hill-. Suddenly
a haze of light round. I tin riu-r of
the nearest mountain, tl grew into
a line ot lire coining toward- us.
Above the Ill-tie of the liver's
course and our own against it, came
the heating of a cry iu uui-oii. T.
line of flame loose inioinany tires. ainl
WO could see till! boats ru-hillg .1 11
upon us. As ipiickiy as I can write it.
they came iu an even line, w ide apart
perhaps 1 1 1 1 y feet or enough for
u- to pass between, whereupon we re
versed our movement and drit'ed
tiluiig with them. In tie1 front of each
boat, hung upon a Pent pole, hlacd a
hugeerosset tilled with pine knots,
nuking above a eloud of smoke,
starred w ith -parks and long needles
of red cinder.-. P.clow in the . -in-le
of each light, ;.nd on its nuior rim,
swam many birds, gn-y black and
while cormorants, straining -o at tin
cords that held them that tlev ap-
i peated to be 1 11
1
the boat-. As
thov spread like a I.111 before tic dark
shadow of the bow - the cords which
fastened them gli-teued or were black
' '" ""'
Each string ran IhtougU tl.,- tin v-i
of the master-li-hei- nl tin bow-, and
was fastened to bis waist and l"-t in
the gli let ing r . w ,.f his rai -sk'n.
Ltffe'n foiii-iii-li.u.d driver, ho s.-rm.-d
to feci his birds' iunc.:;eul. His
lingers loosened or tiglii.-ii.-.l, or, as
suddenly, with a dutch puli. -l back.
Then came a rebellion- llu; tei ing. and
I the whit.-glitter nl" ti-h in the 1 aks
disappeared uu ivaiiingly : each bird
was forcibly drawn up to the gunwale,
and seized by the no. k encircled by it,
string-hearing collar. Th -n a .pie. e
awhile tis, giittcrcd out again and was
thrown back into the boat. The Lin!
scuttled away, dropped bark into She
water, and, shaking it-.-if, wa- a!
work again. I'le-y -w .1111 w itli 11 el;s
erect, their cm-- uppurciolv looking
over everything, and so in-llll'i'triii to
small mutter as to allow tb" big cin
ders to lie uiilloileed 011 their oii. fla'
head-.
Hut cv.-ry f.-w -o-oiiib nm- would
stoop lloW 11, thou throw I, .irk its !;, .;,
wildly with a li-h 1 ros-wis. in its
liinulh. When that li-h was .1 small
on.-it was allow. I bv )u m i-t. r of
the bird lo , uiiiin iu tl.. e , , a, -ions
pdlrt. M-i.-h pack
bv
varied in number-, hat 1 ,-.unlet I '.
fastened to the Who! of the li-h. In m
nearest l u-. Behind I iin s ... d an
other poiing : th. n f. .rib. r b:i k an ap
prentice, with on. single bii.l. wa
learning to manage bis f.-.u b. 1 . d tools
In tin- st.-rn si I the -t, , t-.man using
a long p..,1, . Every 111:1:1 shouted, a
huntsmen .11. no ajine a pa. k. "Moo!
Hoo! Hon I" -making Ihe civ who-.
rhythm we bad heard wh. 11 tin tbitii'a
bore dow 11 upon u-."
1 Jay l.eubl 11 nil Jim I i-k's iidnw.
In conversation je-;criliy w ith a
i gentleman vv ho ha- had e. u-id. 1 .doe
I business with .1 iv t.oiild he
w idow ..'."... n '.:n in government bun I-.
It wtis a big pile of 111. .iin for lom in
thoe days, although it vv ui d lo
s. areely a Ilea bite now." Now
ork Press.
) A Boom in 'I nnle.
I Mi Zfr How much are ;
mg
to churge me for this apple?
I lcu!el I won i chalgo y oil anv thing
for that.
Mi er Thank -: and -in. e you are
o rtasonable I'll lake two III -re at the
suuie price. ' I IpauU.
( til Mass.
The sparkle and hriHianoY .f plaM
Is very m,;el, increased by ,.' process of
called --glass culling." A gl'eal vari
ety nf patterns is used in cut uiass
ware but all are worked out iu es-en-tially
the -aine manner. A giass-eiit-liieg
machine consists of n wheel in
Iu 1 ge factories usually several feet iu
di iiiielei generally made of wrought
iron tin. I turned by some motive ; ower.
Over Ihis wh-el is sli-peudeil a re-or- ; All brainy iii-n aiel -1 ..tesnn n. I 'd. us inoil
Voir containing a mi xt lire of lino sand , ' '"" statesmen ;n
... ..111. 1 .. .. . .1 Hut foim-liie.v. ia this wi.-k.-d w. ul. I. Ihey'va
aim ,aii::, 11 101 11 01 "p- s,.,,l IM
rovo.ing wheel. The glass, after the
design has bee, draw .,. it. is
,
1M'I"-I f "-his w 1. I 1.0 sa.ui cuts
aw ay the glass, j.nd thus the pattern i-
. flit out.
i When the culling is nplep d the
: , , . , . ,. , , , . .- .
1 W lole nrtlc e is po'isbe.l. It - lir-l
1
I applied to a Wood' ll Wheel -llpl-.K-.l
I with emery, which grind- tin- glass
ferfeclly smooth, and then lo a wheel
iipplied with puity powder, which
proiiuees a brilliant polish.
Tie- greate'-t care i- talo-u lo s,-. et,
; for cut 1 ing. gla-s which i- with uu
Haws or air bubble-, s; ;,,.. ;,n
air bubble or 11 1 w can b - cut 1 w ay and
thus a valuable e of ula-s saed:
I but again a lit I. - air bubble may make
w r dilcs- the labor of many .1 n.
several ye.u-s a-;o I saw iii a l.iclory
il bciiiilil'ul I ieee of gla-- y.-rv mu-.-in-alid
rut ill e.Vjin-ile di'lgn. w hidi had
i.L'en inad to order for a e Y ' -l is
lil'lll. The clltlei- had spent weeks upon
i il and il errlaiiilv sho.M'.l the w 01 k. It
1 , . , i- 1. Il 1- the locomotive that whistles at
was aim st a- bniliaiil a- a diamond :
but it Wii- r..tnpar.!lv"ly valu.-l -, for u "' '"
: in one ci 11. -r was a little hole tm l.uger hile we have I no!, am in Amef-
tban a point of u iieed.e. I: wa i ieu" there is Aiit-werji in I'.eleium.
, caused either bv an air bubble so small j T. liing a liair-i iii-iug -m y tn a bald
that il wa- 11 t discovered, or there I 111 111 i- a dcploruM-- in-lutice of misdi-
was seine little iiuevci.nos- iu tie- -or- ! ri etc. I energy.
la.-e of the gla--. Whatever the cau-.', j ,,, m-itter how weak mid wasted a
; the led" w as there s-. smill that it 1 ,,ian tutiy become In always possesses
roilld bo diseovercd oniy by Iho fa.-t j s. length en. .ugii to kick I he bucket.
thru th- v.-.-l leaked, and a new ;. .,.. ,,,,, . Mn.,'lpox, 1
piece had to be mad.. Yol.1 1,'s Co.,,- ,. lviJ.V(... s.,,,.-,, ,,,.,,..,1
! l''llil""- ; although .-h'- isn't worth so much
i I ast Bays .r Ileiieillct Arimbl. ; """ "
I Ail the family tradition e.,.-s to i A Paris niillin.-r has made a len
! s!,..w th- t tiie last jour, of Pei.. din -triko by t. idling In-r parrot to say
' Arnold in London were year. ..f bit'. -i- every ;i.ii" a f.dr ell.-tit enter-, "Oh,
: i.-iii. n -o and self-reproach. The great -tint you ju-l lovely'''
name which he had so gallantly w.11 .-p., be tah'-u al 'tor each lui'til," read
' at.il .-) wretdiedly lost left i.i 111 11. 1 n- in;..-uii.. a- lie' . I ic.nr 1. ft die pre
! pose bv night or day. Tiie iron fra'.i--- scrit'lion: "1 -boiild.i'l think .-in- dose
1 whidi had with-tooil the fitigin- .. so ., d:r. vvou.d In p a !' I w up v. ry
I many trying btitil.-li.-id- an. I s'ill more fa-i."
irj ing iiiarche- llir.'Ugli the w ihierne-s,
1 broke dow 11 at last tin or the
' torture 1 f lost I'rieud-hips and merit'-d
disgrace.
In the last ai day. in London, iu
.little lMil. the latuily tradition -;iv
llial Arnold's mind kept levelling to
hi- old fi I. '11.1-100 wilti Wasl iugtoii.
He had always e-.ivl'it-iy pic-.-rved the
A.tii.iicai: 1 1 it i !' -I'm which l.o wore. .11
tlciliy wli.-li be made hi- i-,:i . I.
th- Vu.tur : toi l now-a-, bt-'io-u iu
-p-:l! and w i"i:- of '.if--, ho f.-.i ti,.
:l-t lii'imelit- r' 'tiling, lie r.i.i.-d fo
lios un'.f.'i til and put it on, ami I".-,
oi.ltrd hilllsolf Willi til" epti.i.. t.i-s and
-wo! il-k 11 I which W.ihingtoii had
given liiin after the victory of s;ir;i:og:i.
Let 1110 die." s;,i, be. --In this oi-l
itnil'oriu iu which I I - ; 1 . ; I my btntle-.
May tiod forgive lue for evi l pulling
on anv other!" ' A'l.iuti.- Mout'ilv.
A Swiinaiiim Sclmul lor ) .iiimr Seals,
l. Paul I -liiiul is one ,,f lb" . 'net
rcsoitsof tin-seals in lid. ring s.-a.
l-'ol- about six I, Illi. lie I feel 14. I ioui
the W.itcl the gl-oltud slope- 'Je'iliy.
Mid 1 1 i- along this In 'line I b ill- es-
tahli-b thelil-elvc-. the co.-.s- for-U-
lieli miles solo.' sea-o lis l.ei llg I i 1 1 r 1 1 i V
bl.-.ck wi'h the aiiiniii s. I I..- in i!e.
are v .1 ipiair.-i--.ine an I I'.ghi f.-t
their positi .uu, u. ai.it -g a din a uio-i
. I. .. t' 1 , 1 1 1 - . which may be In aid I'm
mi..--. lb-,.- the y..u.ig -e.iK are barn
and nil. -cl for a few .lay - b. th.
I.I -I li.'i-. vv ho then ih-sei 1 then, to M.
caret for In li.e ..'her ma . - until lb. y
tin i.ig on. muli to -.hil'l fr th.-in-. I
Toe a"ii. - "I Ihe young wh a- 1 in n
ing I., swim are highly :i 1 1 1 1 1 -. nu - They
tloiiuder about iu tie' water nl Iii-: a
lotililv belples. iis a kitten. Il is noli
over, however, the -" i! being tiie tuo-i
graceful of sw iin nieii,. - - hicagi
I lor. ild.
A ailb-ss llnrseshup.
The late-: form.. I the n.iii.es. horse
shoe can be -peine! tii inly to the ho.d Mal.iiu: Silk II 1 Willi Hemp.
without either nads or screws. t i- j Na einiirii Sakii-aboro, a druggist,
provided widi .lipping niaios , of 1 1 il.otie. in bui . Japan, 11 f tor many
ll.uige-. w hidi p "i-. i upward :it an i ear- of experiment nnd patient rein-
1. nation fin m I b.i-e of 'h" -I j search, has succeeded ill i-oiiverlliig
vv hi di hitter is open at ihe link, ib-j wild hemp into a substance po-so.s. ing
opening being 1 1 i I,--- I bv ii damping
screw. Tii" -'. 1 - applied lo lie
hoof an I the 11 .!i;. - are pressed dow 11
up ui il. Th rew :ii the back is h -r.
operated lo I'll I the s 1 1 . liinpy to iho
b ...f. split or ci... is.i i I Ii .of, an- thus
.1 010 awaj wilh. Too shoes rui l.o
put oil ill tin- 111 -irning uu ! tak.-n n''
at liiehl. tin- elo. 10-. ing ud enoiiii"
! " boot-. - I N.-w Yms leiogram.
A Wail of (he I'iiniirecia1e4.
I
j rin 1 ts all l.sv i-.'-i,' ih.-ir soI1R, in tones
(if tiehiin- n ami all tiiat sei fur inuiitless
years alul days.
I mil 1 iliiuk it almest lime to niake I'eRnsus
pr:,ii.-e
In riii.iii' iii -..me ivii'-l f.ir them as neer
h-i.l 11 chance.
f ki-ow a o .en felluws new that soluelmw
.tayi-d b, hia I.
Ami why, no cuM ever lei', for tliey
n as men ul min i.
iiiM-r hail 110 sh'.. .
' ",r """""' -
o:ejres rmlil In-lay,
e h;(.,i. n, p . uw,s
. make it pu ;
11M never
Cut w h. n it cmiirs t 1 1 ri tt. er internal rev-
eiiue
I Now what "hi 'bin lie il.u-.n'l know am t
1
worth a-looUiii tl.ri.ii.'h.
! l!ut p.e-e ..! i .bin .a bra;m man. as I have
I s-ii.l l.i-..r.-i.
1 An-1 si vela: In. 11 . iii'vu l.n.' 111. . set nuuid
I tli. .;.-,. - -I T.-.
' And tie re we run Ihe oeimtry. iic-opling tn
I ear :;.ht-
i And we iL-.-cr le w the w.irliii;;'liian i- K.ln'
i all his ri .hts.
It. it yet w.th all ieir -n... har I i nw. some
;..:i I an. I wiielv eass.
. .111 pa' a -i.i'i tin' r.ill.ir '-a. au'l r.ii.e a lit
tle fas..
And every l.ti.ly 11' I, - t 1. i ill : I holds him
I., lie- -l.y.
And haves us m.-n -f seiid worth plum
sti-iind. .1 lil.-li a. id dry.
' i .ci:ati.U'..lis .loiirnti!.
llI MtH'Ol "i.
1 ,.,.,; t,,,-- . the cashier inr"
Pre-ident N o: be ha- ;;-ine nw av."
j (ion.- I'.-r a rest I
pie uiue." Pi -id. ut (-iidly) "N-o;
to avoid arrest."
" i-i t ! Ynu ou jlit not to keep the
pigs so near iho Ir-u-.-." t '.uintry cu .
Why not." V. - --It i- md healthy.'
( '. O. ynu arc wrong; why. those
pigs have m-ver had a -i.-k day."
"Iio.tor. I bay.' r.-l Hindi ready
nioti.-v. iii y hi take your bill out
ill trade';" " 111. v . s. I iblitk that in
call arrange that but what is you.-b-.-iM--s;"
'-I'lna eoinct player."
( nil g. .y e ( fb ov tug hi- ell! i.i-ities )
Tiiis is an In. tii.n hatchet I dug front
a mound iu Ohio. Mis. I'.ingle llov
int. re-l ing ! I have r.u.1 that I lit
Indian- viri.-iu the habit of biirjilig
tie batch. -I.
Ihe 1 so of ( ouipress -il Vir.
Tl..- u-e of 1 ompr. i air as a me-
cl. alii, ai force. its trails)', fence throuyl:
undei-gn nnd pipe- i 1 1 -t ;i- if it wort-g-is
or wat'-f. it- uiea-tiremout by
no '.-r, It- ,-asy rnpa'dtv of bring
1 111 :,. .I oil ..ion w hen vv ante I. so I hat
there 1- 110 waste all tbi- III iv bt
s 1 11 nil a grand scale iu Pari-. In
lino l.iinl also, a beginning has been
made wilh th.- municipal u-e of t'.iil
aerial force. llii iniiigliain has j -. 1-1
bad four miles ,.f . .impressed ail
pipes e..ni b-ted for public cnusiiiup-
liou. Prof 1 r Hal court :n that
soiue pi op!" hav c ai 1 ctolv moved into
I bis pai t icular .llsti iel of Birmingham
for the conv eu-.-ni o nl hav ing power
without b.-ing obi go. I lo erect a boiler
tin. I 'hinir.ev ." Iu nther xvo .ls, the
force may be made l do itr work ul
longdistance miles even from the
spot w here il i . -.impi e.sed by tht
engines; and the l-ss by "leakage,"
friction, eic, is u-l iii -1. 1 ttigl v suia.l.
j Picuy line.
all the essentia! ipitiliti-s . if , ilk. Noth
ing i- said about tin- process, ,m j js
u--i rted that :i trial of the thread ha--been
made nl lln- -i Ik w. Hvi'.g e-lal-lishmoiit
in Kioto and oilier factories
with ex. el!nt re. ill- in every case.
The p'ant iu (ite-li .;. grows wi.d on
moors and hill-id. -, lis liber is strong
and gln--y, iu no wi-o inferior lo ei I k
vviieii properly pri-oarod.