North Carolina Newspapers

fcljc l)ntl)ntn tttcorix I J .A LOM)C), EMTOK AND ruoruiicTOH. AT Ira LDf HATES TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- $1.0 Oue square, two insert ion"- l.M One square, one ni'iDtli - 2.50 For krger advertisements) liberal con iscts trill do in ide. $1.50 FEE YEAR Strlc'.ly !n Admct. VOL. XIII. IITTSIH)K0 CHATHAM CO,, N. (J., JANVAliY 22, 18.U. NO. 2.'5. A II Hie Spider Wilt. I ur'itnu lie In!"; nijli. ' ," With skilful nrt from humv to sprar hr ,;n.,v IIUs'ni liT thread, while hidden from t lie A ti'l 0:1 an ancient pattern Im: ' tliern Jli- al!c in the air. A n l still lie II1.1114I1! new limit' .ml what th ;il I bi there- of 1! in. Of the tli .ir friend., tint he would shortly w in To dwell there, and of all that should be It u-dit 1 f b:inty, to in ike de!i :iie mi l fair Hit ca-tlc in the n r. hca the lil-l o ruse Hi- v. irVc u;u done; which from stem to Si. Ill, I.iJii.l by i linn leliir of peirl ami gem, A" ! !i '.ii:-ii' 1 In.' witii a tleu-aiiil raia'Kov g'.o.M: A:;. tlieti mountc 1 by a m!mt stair Hi- ial!e III the nil: Whe.l a -pting bin r.i". Ih. an. I t.ttiii-.t him ruddy to the ;r.-.::; I. .ii:t 111 his fent h.ul reached the t.-mo,t IVIIIlil. -siatcle tl 1.1V his vi h frein the yrirr.ra trees' And left the ImiMer seekiiu ervwln re Mis rtle in the air. A BAG OF DIAMONDS. He had si rewed hi courauo to the slicking point. After all, wiint ood to tl.'c old man wn that hair of cius? Whit iii : except toe, hum tivr, 111:11 k their twinklint; facets, li ..1 over their valiii', and laimi al ilio-e uho iiiiLfht covet tlnnt. I.n-i.il li -gers would sink ' :is the M.-iu-s of the chamois skin treasury wit-- lapltiiinisiy uiiiieil. 11M1I a iiionn in"s life nnd energy lhll into pinched cln ek ami fa Id etc. a !. - lie- ii-i run e.;i 01 ii'iio.ii wcaliii woke ill a w Hin le.l he is t its 1 ..nK- .iiiiivii,,, .... 1 ,,, I.... ...I,,,, I Olll r'UMtlllg p. I" on. I, lit llHI 1 pM'.iii. lint wlm! good to the world or In lie' man W; thai l .ief minute of ce-lasy 'f Was it not paid for a himdri' if Id b. iiighl of fear nnd for . h.uliii-- of robbery that made lif" il p.-ln:,! horror 'r How often bad I'.i".! !,eai, hi um ie wake from 1 i- iinmiiil" imp with n 1 'i ilre:imi:ig er : "My diamonds, mv ! 11 tii.'llllotlils, i- '.h it you I'lllll? I tho'.lh: it was 11 10 bi-r." His thoiii'lits were to eome inii to- night. I'anl tried to persuade him- ! (.elf that the trea-ures he hid set his; heart 011 belonged to him ns mm-li i ns if they had been lying in a mine, the pi ie of the lir-t tinder. Then cann: another thought. His own poverty ami his great hive. His ii!i"le's ward was as tr as hitn-elf : pour, proud and henutiful. Such flowers only grow in hard and soli tary place: in the ni; nitig air, and j uiicrouded even by the obtru-i veuess j of Ion. Straight, blender, full-lined ! ns a rose, uith a big soul beaming in her face a:id cm s. with meek, silent ways, and bearing unflinchingly the blows of an old man's hi u'al tongue, this girl had presented to the poet' mind the iuiugeof power, of profound passion, of untiring constancy such ns had enchanted him an.) transformed his life. She had been liisl -hy 10 him then wistfully tender. a if she pitied him. ll was in the arbor at ti e foot of the garden, where he was seated now. b.' hilid Hie hedge of ripped M W, that she had nestled close in his arm-, ami they had know i! (he t'rst nioim ui of happiness in t heir il'-.ei ie,l lives. "We liill-t be patient, I'nill." Patient, did -be say? They had been so lung enough. His plans were ripe now, nnd he was watching the light in his un.-lc'fe window. The old mail would sleep well, he had taken care of that, to-night. If he awoke? Well, that too, was provided for. O.d men me not lurd lo siuother. The night. dark ami damp, suited dark thoughts. And the sling of long oppression, the blind feeling ufier revenge for jears of rn:c! .lights nnd insults, had long engendered un h thoughts. And now came a vision of an earthly heaven, the hope of a new lifu beyond the seas. 'Yes, I will lly with you any time you ask,v the giri had 6iid resolutely. Wo shall be happy, rieli or poor." N 1! not poor. He would provide agaimt tin.!. Tho lights in the windows of the mansion nrogone out. liven the win dows oil tho gr jii.i.I ll .oi. which open on to tho pinzia. are dark. That is his uncle's room. Paul rises from his seat. The dripping jasmino spr.iy that strikes his cheek as he leaves tho liiile summer-house makes his heart stnp fur a moment, llo fenrs even the faint crunch of his footsteps on the gravel. There is a dog baying in the distance, s if conscious that thieves are about. He steals past 1 ho big pear tree at the corner of the piazza, and tr.iiup ling n the soft mould of tho tlowi r garden, where her jonquils and tuiips prow, he creeps breulh!e-ly lo the back porch. The outer door is quickly I opened. He thrusts out his hand to And the knob of the leui-c door ami . Ukiujf a luUh-kvy from h.s vc.t j pocket, lio opont it loo. At ihf end i'f the li'ill i his uncle's loom. The i ho.i-c is silent. Hut linrk! liil In? ; . hour a footfall? l! must bo. a heavy footfall that is heart! on the thick ear- ' pet and steady floor of oak. lie hail ncv.r before explored this old rum bling dwelling in darkness. It w as always to him 11 sail an.l dreary place; a place f failed hangings, old fashioned and tasteless bric-a-brac, painting insiiid in their tarnished frames, and hooks that eeh el the fuuey mid c ii 1 i 111 of a dead jc no ra tion flavorless as yesterday's news. llo has reached his uncle's door. There he produces a dark lantern from under his clonk. Drawing up the slide for n itiotiient he flashes the cone tif light over the hall and up the stair case. Jt lights up for a moment oaken wainscoting, crowded hat-rack, C.. ...ol.,,. n-n.l.....,l no, I ll,., Onliii, ,., ' , ' , , ; ot ' UH l,:l,"l il8 a t'tio.-t. nnd thou falls on the stairea-e. As it does so I K. t-naps dowu the slide nnd all is dark a'iiiu. Ye, .J! is dark and niiint. Tlicro is no witness to his crime. What v Hid she wy or think if she j saw him cowering and iTOtieliiiijf tit ; I : i..v .1......V 'I'l... ,i...,...i . .,t 1 i ' rises like a iihantoni 111 hit iniml. slie is till in uliiie, yet calm, resolute and beautiful -an angel in contrast w iih the Infit'ito f hi own troithl.'d thoughts, ami yet it dvpetis his n -o-hniotl. He is the marlr Mvinif the j i.n, m ! re,r"r" " v:i ,t'",,', hi ,'.v,"i- ''' '" I" ' -". I '. I.. .. 1. 1 ' -eeii.- to I11 lit be woiint Hint mi c .e im 11 tiom the tori nre and shamt' : 1 . : ... .. lb' would b.itl:i 1 - ' cleansing water, a stcoiid baptism. " ' Her siiitlc. Iter lrnt lii!ties. the inusie i of her voice would be a heaven in which he might ba-k and i.t. and l'or"i l his fiand ves, even his blood , Lllilliln's-. He turns the handle of the door J iii' tly, gijidim'.ly, ami enters. A del- j lite seeni as l't' jiii the folds of silken ; Ltai nients si t ikes his senses. li'll lie ' does in 1 hear a Miig'e. rustle from his ; uncle's lied. The old III 111 sleeps indeed. Tl he draws "l1 "'C '"h1 "f his H'uiern. Soviolenth. with s.t h treuiblilig agilslioii dors ho close instant afle:', that the fulls rlallrring tJ the I 'an I turns and rn-lies it again, the J whole thin ground, and through tho room. Im( has ho (cen to overcome him ,vo,iUI tail and supple as ( ptrni-eyed as t 'lyleuiiicitra and I mioite limes n fair, wilb bhiek huir ! miil mui'l.l.. urin. nvm of f 1 ! iwr,.,l violet how of'.c 1 had ho doted on 1 1 ii' in ! How often had he feit his heart swell with pity, with admira tion, willi unspeakable love, as the soft voice tremulously remonstrated .villi him. We uiii-t be paiie-il, Paul.'' And now Ihis saint of his life, this virgin ll Wef of woiueii, ibis one who was to be the salt ami salve to his sail i wounded, outrage I and rebellious , hi'tirt theio tin' niaiids, her light hand under th" pi'low of the tine lu scious sleeper, her left armed lo btrike hint down, if he awake! Paul passed stealthily into Ihe gar den again, lie went with bounds across the parterre, fiercely Irainpinig the (lowers and borders: rursinir me'inwhile. in his heart, with bitter ! voU' 1111,1 ,,l,ve '"'"l"'atively liitlc po rage and execration the an,.. !. 01. j htical influence.- Picayune, sooth! who was thief and murderess. Then he laughed a w.ld trembling . l"'iTesse.l the IJovei'iior as a Janitor, laugh such as 01.lv grief that horde . Tl'0 l v' M ,0" W- ,' ' "" on frenzv finds utterance in. ' k,l0,v" '"'fe'''"!, "f ""wr. Col., That night h he sat till dawn under j lCl" nil,u",n h" i,U !,t "'' ,,U ,nili . , 1 , larv career. During the war his reiri- Ihe iiimuiing poplars, and over ami ..." t.. . . 1 . . 1 . 1 .1 i ment got 111(0 -Nashville one morning ovc ' fi"a n i'l nea lei I to li s 1111111I llo ' n hideous incidents that he half believed 10 be a drc'iin. love turned lo hate, as fuel to ashctt, as a flower to the blood red poison. It was foe love of no' " Im tiine. mured' for love of n.e-ah: th .t 1. the blow (hat cuts the deepest ; tor i whv? that love of hes i, loathsome . ' ., , "That was forty j ears ago,"' said Miss Perry," and it seems only yester dav.'' She looked from the ay area of ihe , Casino at Narragansett, out over (hi bine, dimpling eii, where a yacht wus just coming to anchor. The wrinkled old general who di- j ree led the taste of the wealthy New I York spinster in the titling of her art j gallery wiped a tear from his glass eye. ' It was a telling gesture, though the j tear was not a tear of sensibility. j liut how did you find out that it was ho? ' he impiiied. si..iy. Hand me that fan and 1 w".! 10'.' you. I nail come down .tuirs, Hear- 1 jug a Ii nse and thinking of burglars. ' I was I rave in Hi- .. -. u id -eie i a htivy pair of s.iitois, wiiicli I var- , I rlcd dn,:i;rrwise. I v.ut to my uiu I clc's room, !"' t u mli his piilo.v u:id Was relieved to find III" bag of dia monds safe. 'J'Iicii there viis a nio- nienltiry ll.ish of ii'li!, a eh.tler of a lantern drop c I in darknes ., ttnd the sound of reecdin.' footsteps. 1 never saw I'anl ujjaiii to this day. 'i'le.' hi 1 tern was identified ns his. I felt re litVed at his tlijrht at the inonient. Ittil, ( ietii till, you and 1 arc old peo ple, and for my part 1 can love only once, nnd you must not rpcnk to me n0'ain as you have done today." The Kpocli. The Conqucrer of Cotisuaiition. l'rofessor Ivoeh, tho eminent Her man doctor, whose recent discoveries have concentrated the public gne upon him, is a small yet sturdily-built man, with a full, gray beard ami large, lum inous eyes, hut overmuch microscop ical study lias dulled their luster, and he wears tripled glasses, which give him ft somewhat sternly-solemn ex pression, which, when In: talk, is he lied by a bright, cheery manner. Mis complexion is s:ile nnd his skin dry as p'lrchmciit, for iluring tho la-t cix inoirtlis he has lived ,) constantly in nn aiin"sphere impregnated with tuhircitlar haeilli ih:it linally his hinirs I . . ... ... .1 have liei'ii aitaekeij kIso. Me is laci- I turn a- Yon Mollke, being known j among medical men its the man "who i know - how to hold his tongue." j lb' has carried on his expel iments j for the years without mentioning it. ,M (i(t tlie scielltilie student. working in the ftune laboratorv iih I,!,,, ee..e !.,. Wa- ill iv inir al. He is eons(r,iitiy b. i. jjed be Inc. il eal men beaiiug letters of iutio liietion mei rcipiests jor persoiiitl interview p. , ,,. m eive one ;. . . , ,. ., ' hi nilleil :isklllir I he eonrli caller in a :y, or even glance al the shoals of letters ad-dres-i'il to him. lie has already i lieated ftoini; 700 cases, lint ill -f- f uses to divulge the secret of hiidis- cov ry, and disclaims n'sponsibility for the stHlpinenls put into his moiith by the press in regard to his experl luenis. He bus been accused of surgi cal plagiarism, nnd decorated with the tirand rossofthe Order of the l.'ed i:igle. Onee-a-Week. (overnmcnl Clerks, lie 'eiitly Ibere died at his post in the treasury department 11 1 Washing. , cle1. f,., , (,al.s (,f w(o ,u, been uu employe of the government for twenty-six years, having been ap pointed during the Lincoln adminis tration. There me clerks in tho de partments now almost ns old as he, automatons they might be called, who would go all to pieces if they wcrr 'clilV0il from thrif desks pel- HlttllCII t ly. liven on holidays it is hard to keep them away from thci.- ofli.es, and there are eome who have been absent scarcely n day, except Sundays, fi.r a decade. The departmets are the tombs of many broken hearls nnd dead aspi rations and blighted lives, the asylums for the deserving und the undeserving, for the good and the bad. There are clerks at . ItHiti or $PJOO a year who were once millionaires; women who once lived i:i nllluencu mid were lenders of tho society in which they moved are now supporting their children on fT." a 1110 ilh. Some of the best clerks in the departments are women, and yet women are largely discriminated against in the appoint and the following morning he was told to go and relieve Ihe guard at the ( apilol. He look up his company, and was told the first business was to put the prisoners to work to clean out the ,le "!''' " ork with mo-'s' l"liU '"' ''ooms, and just as hcy H'e e f"irl' llt WO,k a J10"0" came up lo him and wanted lo know I what he w. s doing, making such a ; noise. "Here, I don't want anything ; of lh.it." said Mr. Heed; "just git I xour In 00111 and help these men.'' ..i),, vou know WI10 1 ., ..v0. t don't know," and he told, him again to get his broom mid pail and fall in (in ii k. Then he introduced himself Andrew Johnson, Military Governor nf Tennessee. And Mr. Heed excused l,im. r.New York Tribune. . , K Huge Kuralyptns Tree. Some ii' a of the growth of the eu- eslypiu r Australian hiue-guiu tree in ( 'alifornia hi iv to caiued from a tree, nineteen years old, just felled 111 Santa t la -a. This treo reached the height of U.) feet, was four f tot In . i ooei an i tw elve feci in cirrmuf, 'i- vuw.- -Nc oi Trihuue. (IllI.DItEN'.x (01.1 M. A jiiuriKf rotui'J tin- wi'iM l.ran Hy luking but one pace: J'ut not tooetiRcr, httlenim, In enti riug the race. 1 he mites incrrascd. be not disturbed. Plan wisely, delve ami ili The oak jour ar.ns no longer fc'lrd Grew from a slender twi;.. T-il bravely on; in p.ilinicc wail, And hy ti e moment Ihe: l house rather to be good than .rent. And guiii Ihut you luny gixc. ii orite 11. tirillitti. r.tiips in Tt it-i'i -wAii. Two sparrows 0110 big. the other little simultaneously ewoojied down upon a piece of cotton cord 11 froul of the City Hall the otk r dijy. lloth wanted it nnd both polled, but wilhou! visible advantage to either bird. Then began a real lug-of-war. Uf cottrso the uniiHer bparrow w : heavily handicapped in the mutter ot weight, but this he more than made up in i-kill ami strength, l'or a few mo ments they stood firmly braced on the asphalt walk ami pulled with all their might, l-'inding their cll'o'.ts against 1 !i oilier futile, they, with a com mit inipnl-e, flew upward wi lcon relaxing their hold upon the coveted object and continued in midair the ali ug-ie for ihe -triiig. (Inn' oil' the ground tin' -mailer sparrow appeared to funic more con spicuously, for while lii- f ie .seemed to fancy that weight would tell in Ihe end the lit lie liinl adopted shrewd lac tic . When I he big bil l li-W he ll 'W w 'nii him, nnd when he darted upward or .ig-zagged from side lo bide h- was with lii 111 every time. In fa -t. hi le I the big one c.t on' all the work, and il was plain lo lite crowd of people who stood watching th- strife that the bin bird was wearing him-i'lf oul" This proved to be true. Suddenly the little one. seizing .1 favorable opportu nity, made a -harp downward rush. instantly followed hy n quick upward lia-h, Had the cord was jerked oiti ol Ihe tired hi ;.k of his rival, lint in nisking the etl'ort the prize fell from his own bill. For a single second it floated in the air, then the little victor quickly seized il .".ml with a tiny screech of triumph fleiv away iinino lested by tho larger bird. Thii Utile tug-of-war only lasted two or three minutes, but it was n show worth seeing.--Vow York Her ald. an iNjrimvi: 1 isn. Many interesting stories are (old by divers of their experiences at the bot tom of the sen, and the curiosity iti'in-ife-tod by fish is one of Hie themes or which they dilate with satisfaction. The fact that certain species offish tire of an inquiring turn of mind has been 1 ; 'Veil beyond ail doubt, and a cir c im-tance in connection with the re pairing of the water pipes in the Nar rows adds confirmation. When Divers 1.1. -vell 11 and Mellirdy first began work on the broken mains they ob served a lish which looked as if it be longed to tho black cod species swim ming about I hem nnd frequently going iu and out of the broken pipe. They did not pay much attention to it on tho Hist 11 ad second days, but when on going down the third day thev saw it closely examining the pipe they were then working on they began to givo it more consideration. On the fourth day he was again at the spot, and they there and then dubbed it the inspector. It wa always 011 the spot, either w I. -ii tho divers got tin re or it eanie immediately afierwa'd and remained till they went away again, and during the time they were at work it observ ed them with lie most serious atieii ti' u. always shifting its position as th. divers did theirs, in order that it might ob-erve exactly how thing w ere done. The men on the steamer became very much interested in it. and always made inquiries when the divers came up as to whether the inspector was satislietl with the work done. That it does not slay about the spot except when the divers are there and that il knows the time of their arrival, is sh wn by the fact that on three different occasions when they had to go back unexpect edly tho inspector was not there. lie always turned up n-jxt morning, how ever, as usual For seventeen days now the inspector has been watching this job, nnd if any future accident should occur, he will, 110 doub!, apply for work at the company's oflice. Anyone doubting this sta'eineiil of fact can havo i verified by Mr. Nixon or by the divers, Llewellyn nnd Mcllardy. Vancouver (Itrilish Columbia) News- Advertiser. An electrical gyroscope has been de vised in Paris nnd has been applied to sh-MV the rotation of ihe earth and to i..'i reel ship's coiiipHSkts. Till; WORLD'S FAIR. - Many Strange Tilings Coining From the CriiMlt. Ameer Indus Trios to be Rep resontod at the Great Show. "1 received mv credentials on Sat- unlay as cnmini-Mom r for the world's fair to Turkev. P'-vpt. siria and Per - . nil, said 1 r. C rus Adler lo a repie- 1 tentative ol Ihe Washington star. "I fail to be absent for The vojed m mv irip in ,e nisi place, to arouse interest on ihe part of the goveriiiuctils of tho-e 'ountries in th i coining cNposiuon. 10 ,i,tain comriou- lions In the s'.ape of exhibits ami m make observations of life and ntl'aiis iu the orient. An important feature of the great show- 111 ( hicago is lo re present the ea-t, its people, its mat, tiers and its products. Instead of gel ting together a Jot of oriental goods and putting them in !l:is-cnses for the edification of the in .lliliiile, lhe:e will be a boulevard with cross streets, each of which will be made to tepri s-nt with as much accuracy and vividue- as possible an actual :re( t in an ea-t-eni city. "It is largely f. r the p.irpo f making sinh nlisei v.i! ion-a- viiil en. able me to properly roiisirHii Ih-se glimpses of eastern cities that I am about t" lilai-' ihi jeirney. Tin' -tl'i'i ts will be liciual I'ipies of lea! ones that are iuo-t Ivi ical iu I airo. Damascus, p.agdad. li. victilh. .lem- sllh'tn, Ali . 11. Ilia, ( oiislanlillople ami elsewhere. I -l. iil visit each of (hose towns ami shall obtain lie nec essary data on the sji 1'. With such -urroiindiius visit-i'. 10 tlie fair will be made jo feel a- if they were jour neying through the orient. "Turning ground a corner from a street in Hag lad limy will find them selves in Damascus, wlicn.-e another turn will lake theni into Jerusalem, and ,n throughout an iin:i"inarv joi.itiey in ea-'ern lands. They wili have presented to theni in Ihis way ; picture of life as ii is lived iu tlm-e f.ir-a wry countries, M the shops along Ibe way ih -y will gaze upon l!ie people 1 ngaged in their naiive occupation-, and in -iilcntally Ihey will be- hold ihe actual on ducii n ol the 111:1 1 -uf ieluti'S p'aeed 011 view. "l'or cxiniplc. die g! is, workers of , llcbreii wili be s 'en making their j fan oils ware a tier ,e same methods ' thev hive piaclic-d fir thousands of ' yens. Daiiiascus, mil i,r .illy, will be presented hy its iii initfacture of cut- lery, tor wine 1 tluoitgli - ) many ceu luries it has b.-eii tallied. From Syria will conic the makers of stlk and car pet wools, while the Igyplians v ill show w hat they can do iu the way of making furniture mid tanning skin?. "An oiicptal taniieiy will piobabii be a point of illicit si. iu the exposi tion : lil.cw i-e an ca-lern theatre and eating hmt-e. Tin' curing of fruit, the manufacture of preserves, and the preparation of piune fur inirket wiil be among the things urih seeing. Hut the e are only a few of the idea which are liLe'y to be carried oul. I can tell you better when 1 come back alioul the wonder, nf that distant part of the w er.d which the Columbian fair may be expected to display."' The Oyster Industry. There are thirty oyster barges w hich supply the New Yolk market. The owners of these barge- employ from twenty to fifty men apiece, and each man is expected to open from .'hmiii to 10,(11.11) oysters a day, being paid at the rate of S 1 u thousand. Theie are ac cordingly several millions of oysters opened daily in the markets, while rart anil wagon leads tit' oyster, in the shell are abo sold for the city and .ountry ta'iide. There me on an average between fifty and seventy boar, a day thai come to the Christopher Street ami West Washington markets. Fnch boat brings from IT'"! to boo baskets, each basket averaging HOO oysters. Most Df the oysters sold iu the market are sold by count. The ojs'er openers, ranged in long l.nes, are teutcd 011 wootlen benches thai extend the onlir, ) length of tho barges, licfore tlcin i piled up the oysters lo h; opened, in heaps of OHO. These they drop into pails capable of containing seven gal lons of oysters and two of ieo. As inou as a pail is filled it is closed, scaled, and ready to be packed oil' West. Fnlil within a few years ago Chi cago was the greatest Western market for the oyster. To-day Kansas City and St. Foil's are the largest eoiisum. ers. Oysters are now also sent to San Francisco, wheie it is said they arrive in tine condition. Win 11 a i t p li ter expres-eo his at. loni-buient ,v. th'' quantity of oystet' ! used, s. 1-,1'ge dealer said: "Why, bless voursoul, we could di-iic.ac of threo j times thai number. You must not for- getiiiat there is an immense iimountof oyslers canned and that these aio pent j to all parts of the world. Why, in j l.lmia, Imlta, Australia, let alone 111 I all Ihe F.uropean countries', ihey havo ! American ovstcrs." 1 "Is ihere anv proiit in ov-tcrs'-'' .... '. , , ', . , " liv, cerlainlv, and a big one. I 1 ,. . ' , ,. . , , . , sell the-e ovstei's, the lie -t taken, tit ' ,. , . ,' , . in. .1 ; '.mi cents a basket, and all iiie counted, , .. , .. . , , . i According lo the size of the ovsicr is I the nuiiitcr, but take them nil around thev cost "1 ) n thousand, or two for , oyiU. wjn ho ,,, ; j ri,,l:ll,......, ...... ....,. ! than a dozen a plate, at from 'Jo to .'i'l lvnU ;. ... x- ... vo.... ....... j ,.., ,m OIIB ,.lk,;t aljne. and von will see thero is money iu the oys ter." lir.ilways Ciuietlie Most ( ripples. Considering the iiuinber of persons who wear tbein, one may justifiably iillir.il Ihut wooden legs are quite fa h ionahle in these times. A New Yorker who deals in artificial hinbs says that tlu re are as many as Pmi,ioii persons iu this country inch lacking at h'ast one liiiib, and thai of litis number ub'iul 'so per cent, are either one-legged or f.llogctbcr saort of nether extremi ties. 1'roni llii- il would appear thnt about .",".11,111111 of the American people are more or le-s deprived of the power of iocoiuo) ion by natural mean-, and il may be taken for granted that every one of these persons, if he has been :i,,!o lo ,l0 ' '' I'-'i''"1 '' mlilicial upp lam es to tis great an exlenl ns possible tin- damage which he has sus tained by amputation. The railroad is the eiit'-lest and 1110-t pei-i-tonl ampiiiator. The wo-dt 11 leg iu iker would starve if 1 lie railroad should by some process be m reorganized that the iiiiililatiou i. hutiniii beings would not be one of its chi"f functions. Ninety per cent, of Ihe ampiilal ions w inch take place in this cou.itry are chargeable to the rail road. ( oinpiircl with the railroad, war is of very slight consequence as a cot t abator to the ranks of the loaim-il. Into one of the artificial limit estab lishments of this t; ty come every luoriiiug clippings from newspapers sent in by a new-pap. r dipping agency, ll is largely iip-u the basis of f ids furnished by lie e clippings that the :i Hi : uiadoti as lo lb-- crti-i work done by the railroad is made. In six months 10.";ti ea-es of less of hubs have been leported in llice news nper Clippings, ami out ot Hits j number over H.M'o have been railroad I The prosthetic art, a the luriuufac- : Hirers of artificial limbs call their line 1 j of work, is nut, strictly speaking, a i new thing. In Ihe Museum of the I Hoyal ( oilege of Surgeons in l.ond-11 I there i- exhibited an iiiiiticial leg ' which was found iu Capita iu l".'). j afler having been iimleigroii id since 1 the early Unman I lines. Now York I Times. A I. nke of Itoiling Water. There is a lake of boiling v, ,i'er iu the Island of Dominica, liu in the mountain behind Koscc.hu, ami iu the valley surrounding il are many sol. fnlaras or volcanic sulphur vents. In fact the boiling lake is little better than a crater tilled with scalding water con stantly fed by mountain sireaiu-, and through which the pent upgassesflnd vein ami are rejected. The temperature of the water on the margins of the lake ranges from lbo degrees to ll'o degices Fahrenheit. In tho middle, exactly over the ga9 vents, it is believed to be about IIOll degrees. Where this active i.ciioti lakes place the water is said to ri-e two. three, or even four feel above the general surface level of the lake, the cone often dividing so that the orifices through w hicli the gus escapes are legion in number. This violent disturbance over Ihe gas jets causes a violent action over the whole surface of the bike, and though the cones appear to be special euts, the sulphurous vapors rise with equal density over its entire surface. Con. trary to what one would suppose, there seems lo be in no case violent action of the escaping gases, such us explo- iiolS ,. ,'etona'ions The water is 01 a dark gray color, and having been boiled over mid over for thousands of years, lias become thick and slimy with sulphur. As the inlets to the lake nie lapidly closing, it is believed that it will soon assume the character of a gc ser or sulphur ous crater. Yankee Hiade. A Kisnpimintlnsr ttiff. Manic (lo her sister) Susit, what did Mr. (ildcrslccve give you for a birthday present? Susie Himself, dear. Maine H'm! I think he ini :ht have given you something of some Mile?. Fpoch. The Miifj-er onir. iove, (lie ll.ii f. I lulliei I ''-l a dl.T Near the bees t :i::-'rt. When a naughty one. they say, Mimj: li t til on the lin;i r. Oh, the woiiml. it liatl him '. lloiv he blew and shu-U it '. ll-iv he stomped ami italic.- 1 i:h 'i'lieii to liiothrr took it. Spreading .ill his lingers Uc ,s.,bl.i . to AphMditc. "Votle r. liitlc is the bee. Put its still;; is nibble 1" Thm Ihe tiucti uf l'a--i )ii smlli il. And sin answcri il nierelj : ' mi are small ymir-i my chiM, llllt Voll W "illt'l .-el en '' . ' I'l-m tin linek -l"l beocritus iii'Moitors. The road-bed rails at the e omoiiv for running over i!. People cros-ed in love are apt ! bo very cm-- afterwards. As Ihey ptir'ed A la-s," sighed he. "All, lie 11," wepl she. The pcr-oii ho can !c oftt 11 mo-t v. i! !ing to ; piece of his 11. im!. Ill order to stand i:p t tlilp' it fletpielllh- In -,.11 pare 1! I olhci's a r misl'o:--loccssa.v to stand up one's fi iemis. Jt is easier to manage a s ildt than a train. This i- a fa-hem le'lo or a railway item, ju-l ;;- m-i i l-a. Teacher What i- ab-oluiely neces sary to enable a man to get along well in ll.!- wickid world? Johnny .V rattling good pair of leg-. The watchmaker is donned to per petual apprenticeship, liven w hen he pit tends to be in l.u-im I'm- himself he is real'y "serving hi-time." I'liptcjudiced s; mpaihy i always with the under d-g in the light. In a cat light sympathv for i n' under cat is misplaced. The urn!-. .".u:i::a! is in scratching position a.d ha, t'e- best of i:. '1 1 nn my I low much will -11 charge me for a biejele far :his al'.ernoon, Mr. Wheeler? IV-mricliir Fifty cent- for the lir! hour: twenty-live cents an hour al :cr that. Tommy Well. I think I w ill come around hero an hour la'er. ..IexJc.111 MtCii l of Tliresliivg. lift .Veen tlmil.e;. - and l.ii'll i- divi ded also the work of bunging to mar ket loihbr from the threshing-floors1. The M 'X'can I'letiiod of ihiohiug -,tve 0:1 a f"w gti"- haciendas, where American mac.,ini'ry i- u-t d is of the scriptural smt: Ihcgiaiu in the ear is laid on ihe threshing-M -r. ami horses and ealile ,,r -oats are t'livcii over it; after which lie straw is removed and the .rain is w iniicw ed from the chad by throwing boili tege:h-r by the shovelful into the aire, hen a brisk wind is blow in.'. The si , a w : bus ob tained, being softened an I bioken into short lengths, is eaten by :if-i s mill even by lior-es wi:h relish indeed, a Seiiolls objection ill Ibe pall of Mcxi. can funnel h to Ameiican threshing machines is thnt the threshed straw leiuaius unbroken and hard. Iu order to bring i? to linn ket tho fodder is baled in a li-lli'.ig of cords, and a the bales are large and are packed solidly Ihey 1:1 ah. a load that no one but a profc ii.mi! burden bearer could carry far. This whole process is very l.l ' liar pursued In the eoiith nf Fiance, w hoi e t he grain is threshed on a threshing-floor by drugging il over a hcavv wooden roller, and is winnowed by throwing it against the w ind, and w here the bruised straw is brought lo the barns baled iu sheds: but iu France Ihe bales arc loaded on w agoti. not on Ihe backs of men Harper's Weekly. Tree Hhisliiif;. The engineers conducting the sur vey of the Ibn in .h railway lines havo adopled a novel method for removing the gigantic forest lues oh-tructing the projected route thr-iiojli the jiin. gles of the lrrawiitidi KiviT. In stead of felling Ihe Inv by the slow pine : ss of axe-work, they blast it out of the way by ineams of tl mimile art ridges. Their method consists in lir--i tiring a rifle-ball Into the trunk of the tree, pcneliating the green wood to a depth of bi.x or seven inches. Into that aperture they t hen insert an explosive rarliidgc, attach a burning fuse nnd step i.side: the result will '-p. inter and overthrow a tree six feet in tliuineter. Ministers Are Like Cats. A prominent elergi inati gives this description of the life of a minister: "My experiences willi churches make me think that minister are like cats. When you go lo a new phicQ lit st ever) body says: Coma pussy! uotue pus-y ! nico pussy,' and you come. Then they begin to rub your fur anil say : " -Poor pussy ipoor pussy !' and then thev say, '-cat New York 1 Tribune. 1