North Carolina Newspapers

!)c Cljatljara tWrorb. -AJ i I J . AY LOIV DO IV - HATES EDITOK AKD PROPIUKTOH. ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, OiiC square, one insertion One sq wrc, two insertion" One square, one m mth - $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly !n Advance. VOL. XIV. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTEMBER 24, 1891. NO. I. For Itr?.!! advortiseini no lit-l cr :act vi!l in In wipiti Tlio Homestead Spring. IIow well I remember tlie spring, The homestead spring, Thut gushed from the foot of the bill Ami ran, in an oft winding rill. Through the beds of sweet smelling mint lie! worn patches of tangled grass. And raugbt, ns it wandered, the glint Of the sun o'er its pebbly pass. Then the sheltering ipringhouse, too, 1 seem to view, M'MIi its stone walls ami mossy tnves Half hichlen jn mulberry leaves; The pidgin that bun;; by the door, The gourd vines that climbed up tbc wulls, Tans of milk nml of cream on the fl-or. And platter of gold butter balls. Ah! cool, limpid, chattering spring, Time on its will); H:is carried me fur, far away From tbc rcene of my chilluwid's day, Hut (be cbarui of yur crystal flow, Sung low in the fulness of choice, Is s treasure of long ago, Like tbc tones of a dear lo-t voice, I think that if fortune should brirg, Kit for a king, Her rarest of dust-covered wines, Her choicest of south-bearing vines, And offer my feverish lips Such draughts that a poet might sing Their delight, I would leave such sips For one quairt the homestead spring. How oft in the e'osc-erowded street, In summer's heat, Or yet in the hot dusty square. Fiercely ki-sed by the nun's bright glare, Has the vision, distinct nncl clear, Killed my soul like a holy thin;,', With Its memories, sweet and dear, Of that fur-off old homestead spring. MRS. HERRICK'S BABY. It is a "hot, dusty Minimcr day, and along 1 lie whole struggling length of the otto street of tlio littlo mining camp but two living creatures mo visible:. From ti p open windows of tlio Mermaid mid White F.lephunt sa loons comes a hum of lazy voices whoso owners urc doubtless playing frcezt'-out for tlio drinks; nsido from tliis, the motley cluster of log houses nml "A"' tents partakes largely of the tilenco popularly nttributcd to a cemetery. Of the two intimate objects on tho street, one is " Gawgo," tlio huge F.thiopcan who olllclitos as presiding (renins of the ciilimiry,dcpnr(incut lit l'otrr Hoskin's boarding bouse, near by. He, after the fashion of his race, is lying on a bench face downward, taking nn audible siesta, with the dense rays of the scorching sun beating un heeded upon his broad back. The other creature, is tho saddle horso be longing to Ioc! Starr, tho physician from the neighboring camp of Ami cotida; this ii ii i in ul, tied in front of the oiip-story and two-room residence of Homely llerrick, is busily engaged in brushing (ill' the torturing armies of lies which beset him. Homely llerrick is a leading oitiz m nud a very impoi taut personage, in. deed, in Carh rville and all the camps mound. Not that be possesses any unusual eb:u ins of mind, manner or person not in tho hast; for bo is lazy, ugly, drunken nml shiftless to a tlogi eo seldom known. Hut, fellow -citizens, is the fact thnt bo is the proud husband of the only woman within a hundred miles or inoiv benco he is a person to bo looked up to, nml bis opinion, even at bis drunkest, is nc ccplcd ns tho utterance of nn oracle. Mrs. llerrick is not a goddess, al though nny man in C'arterville or any whero else who says anything calcu lated to cast a shadow of doubt upon the divinity she is supposed to possess might as well select bis last resting, place about tho time be utters tho fnc rilog ions words. In fact, this fair creature is n coarse, densely ignorant Cornish woman, who is ns unprepos sessing personally as her spouse per haps mo ro so. Hut she is n woman, nud, as tho sole representative of her sex in this wild little cnuip, is gazed upon by tlio 40 men of Ciirlerville with feelings akin to worship, nud tho lucky man who is so fortunate as to receivo tlio lady's gracious permission to carry her bun dles homo fr m the store is for days thereafter the object of vividly green jealousv on tho part of his companions. A figure emerges from the front door of tho llerrick mansion. It is I)oo Starr, who hastily mounts bis liorso and gallops wildly up tlio street, followed by a swirling cloud of white dust. "Gawgo," snoozing on tho bench, awakens from bis slumber and ga.os at the coming horseman in blinking surprise, for Doc Starr is usually mer ciful unto ids beast, nud this un wonted lias'o on his part, on such a hot day, astonished the colored gen tleman. " The physician draws rtin nt the Mermaid, throws his reins over a post and rushes into tho barroom, where he brings nil tho miners to their fect by yelling. In a mnuner entirely at variance with professional ethics: Mioys! Iluby at Derrick's!" I There is a wild rush, and tho bar and the card tabhs are deserted, the hnrtondcr coming with the rest, and they almost crush the ben or of tho wonderful nows iu their eagerness to get near hi in. "Sho!" IKjtclU ' "Great SsottP "lly gosh!'' "Why in Texas don't you givo Doc a chance?" "Hoy or girl?" (T lis last hesitatingly.) 'Girl I'' yells Doc, proudly, "bora last night. Come on, boys let's liquor up." Hut in tho wild shout which followed his announcement tho invitation passes unheeded. Then I hero is a brief consultation with tbc physician. Yes, Mrs. ller rick is silting up, a id is well enough to receivo visitors, ho thinks. Tho news spread like, wildlire, nud In less time than it takes to loll it, there is an excited mob of men almost threo hundred of thorn ii tho street, whith er thoy havo flocked from saloons, stores nud boarding houses. Doc Starr, Polo IIoskiiM nud Heavy Fnirbauk, the rotund proprietor of tho Mermaid, nre appointed nil interview ing committeo to appraise, the happy parents of the intentions of tho mob ntul nro hurrying down the street to wards tho llorriek abode. They re turn 6oou witli tho desired permission, and the eager but now quiet procession moves rapidly along, headed by the committeo nud Clip-F.ar TomkiiiB, the gentleman who runs the White lie pliant. The, doors of the llerrick home nre opened wide, the one for tho worship pers to enter by and tho other for an exit. The processin h nml tlio four gent lemon leading it enter to lake their look at the iit'ici rid. ugly, blinking thing which Mr, llerrick pivu 11 y holds in her .vms. Doe Starr has seen it he f pro and may sco it again any time, so he does not linger; Hoskius ami Fairlaok, be ing bachelors, merely look curioii-ly at the little creature and pass on, feeling ipi cr. Hut Toiukius Is said to have a wifoaud family somewhere, back in tlio "States," nnd a hungry, hrart slarved feeling swells up ia his bion-t and two big tears s'.art from tho keen eyes that havo not known tlirm for years. Toiukius looks long and wist fully then the crowd outside lolls him to hurry. Ho stoop hastily over tho babe, kisses it bashfully, and, wiili something like u sob, grabs n hand ful of coin nml nuggets from bis pocket, throws it into tho lap of tho astonished Mrs. llerrick and says, :;it sometbiu' forth' kid," nnd rushes out. And so all the rest of tho afternoon the wondering curious throng goes iu nnd out of the little room, each one leaving a remembrance b. hind him, until Mrs. llerrick's lap ovct Hows, and then n vacant chair and ft wooden latilu arc sticwu with littlo sacks of gold dust nnd littered wiili nil gctsaud coin. It is more money than thu poor couple ever drc.iiu-d of having all at once, and Mrs. llerrick sits in stupe lied amazement an 1 her wondering spouse hastens down slreot to spend part of bis suddenly acquired fortune for whiskey. And the inineis come in, four at a time, to seo nnd bo conquered old men, young men, Ignorant miners nud men whose faces if shaven would be token their owners gentlemen by birth and education. Married men, sotno of liicm whoso throats feel choky and stilled as they looked upon this tiny creature and think of their own littlo ones at homo far away, nnd they leavo die house lingeringly ami sneak off by themselves to have a good ones ;ine, comfortable think. Young men, souio of them hardly moro than boys, nlso come in and see this baby with slrango feelings in their hearts, nnd go nwny ashamed of themselves, somehow, though thry know not why. As they join their friends afterward they en deavor to assume an air of cheerful uonchaleuco they nro far from feel ing. Thcro is no procession hnrk up tho street. The men who marched togeth er down to If ei rick's awhile ngo go away alone, or in quiet groups which soon separate. Somehow nol.-dy feels sociable, nnd Heavy Fairbank and Clip-Ear Toiukius as they sit be fore their respective places of business in the evening, think a great deal, but do not uotico bow dull Irado is. Tho littlo red biby, in tho midst of plenty w hero poverty bad reigned be fore, squalls nud howls, and makes night hideous jiltt as other babies do, never knowing how many hearts she has softened, nor how many sweet and lender recollections she has caused to wake in tho rugged breasts of tho throng of hardy, reckless, careless men who gathered this day to do her honor. And Mr. and Mrs. Homely llerrick havo issued "P. P. C.V verbal--lo 'i ir many friends. They nro gf)!Rg i ek to tho " States," and Curterville mourns, llarrisburg (lYnn.) Independent. Tho Leopards Liked rerfume, Recent investigations seem to show that certain animals, notably panthers and lions, havo a distinct fondness for souio perfumes quito devoid of such suggestions. At nny rn!o experiments in this direction have lately been made, witb bottles of scent ami bunches of cotton wool, 11,1011 tho aniinahf of the London "Zoo" with results, r.s do. scribed iu thu Spectator, substantially as follows: Lavender water was tho favorito scent, and most of the lions and loop, ards showed unqualified pleasure when the scent was poured on the wool and put into their cages. Tho lirst leopard to which it wa3 offered, stood over (bo ball of cotton, shut its eyes, opened Its mouth, nud screwed up its nose, rather liko tho pic! nro of the gcnlle innu inhaling "Alkaratu" in tho ad vertisement. It then lay down ami held it between its paws, rubbed its faeo over it, mid finished by Ling down upon it. Another leopard smc't it nml sneezed; then caught the wool iu its claws, play 3d with it, thou lay on its back and rubbed its bead nnd nock over tho scent. It I he a fetched Miother leopnrd which was nsleep in the cage, nud tho two milled it for some timo together: nnd the lal comer ended by taking tho ball in its teeth, curling iis hps well buck, and inhaling tho delightful perfume wiili half-shut eyes. The lion nn I lioness, when their turn came, tried to roll upon it at the same time. The lion then gave the lioness a cull' with his paw, which sent her oft" to tho back of tho cage, nn 1 having secured it for himself, laid his broad bead on tlio morsel of scented cotton, nnd purred. Boston Commonwealth. A Singular Incident. An Auburn lady tells us this s'ory that is true, nml which sho thinks proves the unconscious communication of seuls. Sho says that a lady visiting in Auburn this summer had lit one lime ns member of tlio family nn adopted sister who left homo years before and went into another part of the country. Communications ceased by degrees. Addresses woro lost or lapsed, nml when tho la ly came to Auburn to visit sho had not heard from her sister for a number of years and did not know whore she was. Things were in this condition as she sat in the library of the homo of her Auburn friend by the open window. Suddenly there flashed over her the remembrance of the sister and she seemed almost to havo felt iier presence. Then sho thought sho would write a letter to her and inclose, it iu ono to Mrs. H., who would know nil about her. She gath ered her writing materials nnd pre pared to write. She wiis about to put her pen to paper, when she heard her sister's voice, clear, loud and jjyons. It seemed in the room or ut tlio open window. Ghost? o, not at all, for looking out of the window sho saw her sister sitting in a carriage at tho house across the way. The meeting wns nipturou, nnd all the explanation to it is that tlio sister was visiting over in Now Gloucester and I'olan 1 or vi cinity, and If d driven into town with lies hostess to call upon another lady. Strange? Well, that's according to how you look nt it. Lcwisiou (Me.) Journal, August 8. A Flood of Honey. The pretty littlo Episcopal church in Han ford, Tulare county, Cat., has been ruined by a flood of honey. It seems that bees had se".cet''d tho loft of tho church over I ho chancel for a hive and storehouse. Hoes make honey rapidly in southern California, whero tho ground is carpeted with flowers, and they soon had literally tons of honey laid away un der tho roof of tlio church. Hut it wns a hot place, that loft, in tho recent warm weather, too hot for tho good of tho was, and one lino Monday it began to givo way. Down ran tho dripping sweetness, oozing through the plaster, trickling down tho walls, and when the church was opened on Friday, carpet, pu'pit, Hible, pews, everything, was saturated with honey. Tho church will have to be refurnished and ibo loft will bo made bee-tight. Picayune. The Best Light to Head fiy. Dr. John II. Payne, a celebrated oculist, says: "Most persons who uso tho incandescent electric light liko a new lamp, because the light is whiter and moro brilliant than after tho lamp has been in uso for two or threo weeks. This is wrong. It is this daz.'ing white light that barms the eye. An old lump is tho best, for in theso tho light has become changed to a pale yellow, wh'c'u is tho ideal color. Just as in noonday brightness human sight is not so clear and far renrhieg as at the yellow sunset, so a new in candescent burner is not so good for, tho eye at tho old ouo. CMLDKEN'S COLUMN. St'NKKT AND Kt'Mtlsi:. low your beads, daisies while, dailies white; How your Utile heads, purple clover. And shut your eyes up tiUt. for soon It wil.' be night The sun Bits, and day-time is over. Lift your little beads, daisies while, daisies white, And open all your eyes, purple e'over. For the sua Is coming up to cover you with light. And to tell yo'.l that the iiiisbt-time Is over. -St, Nicholas. .lotiwv's Aiiii Mi-.N r. Johnny's mother went ottt when the table was set for let, leaving him alone iu tho room, ami raying taat she would only be ono live minutes. Sh.' maid nearly half an hour instead, mid when sho returned she at once noticed a dc tieieney iu the preserves. Johnny,'' she said solemnly, "you havo been at the preserves?'' "Has it shrunk?"' asked Johnny anxiously. 'Yes, it has. There wai twieo as much thcro when I went out as theic is now." "Yes, but you were gone twice as long as you expected to b?," was the clinching argument of the young hope. ful. Detroit Free IYe:s. a itottsr. wiiii -ii n:ti ins n:u.mv. A correspondent of O il' 1'iiinb Ani mals tells this horse story: A team of handsome horses was standing in front of my door. The nour horse was munching some grass oonten'ediy, which the ( 11' horso could not reac'i. Suddenly, t) my astonishment, the near horso raised bis head with his month full of grass, ami held it near bis companion's mouth. The ofT horso accepted tho apparent invitation to rat, nnd took the grass from the other one's mouth. Alter turning and eaUng awhile on his own account ho repeated this uiameuvre, and I then called in tho other members of my family to waicli Ihcin. Thcro could bo no mistake about it; tho horso which could reach the grass fed his companion at sli rt iuiervals as long us t ey stood before the door. I A l:l..'.t.VHU WII.K Mill M UN l.lo.N. A remarkable story of a child's nd venliirc with a mountain lion comci f.om lb , town of Limpazos, in the I Stale of Xuevo Loon, M -xic . i A little hoy, six years of age, was playing wilii the lambs near ono of I tho corrals of a ranch a few miles j from l.ampazos, when a powerful mountain lion bounded from an n Ij i- cent thicket and seiz'd one of the lambs. The child mistook the lion j for a dog and struck it with a stick, whereupon, dr-'ppiug llri lamb, tho lion u night the youngster by bis dress i nud carried hint into I he vard of the ranch. Xoiie of the limit were nh mt at the lini'. A woman who had witnessed she entire proceedings, gave the alarm, and several women ran to tho child, whom they found unharmed, whero the lion had deposited him. The lion returned to tho limit nnd dragged its carcass a 1 ng distanco in to the thicket. New York Press. now m hi; it wt. (bice upon a timo Ihcte v:i a king nil) had u littlo boy whom ho loved very much, and so he look a great deal of pains to ma e him hippy. Ho gave him beautiful rooms to live iu, and pictures nud toys and books with out number, lie give him a grace ful, gautlo pony that ho might rid i just where he pleased, and a row boat on a lovely lake, and s.'rva its to wait on lii in wherever he went. II.; also pro. v.ded teachers, hu were to give him t'iu knowledge of things that would make him good nnd great ; but, for all this, Ibo young prince was unhappy, lie wore n frown wherever ho went, and was alwajs wishing for something be did not havo. At length, one day a magician camo to the court. Ho saw the scowl on the boy's face, and said to the king: "I eau mako your son happy, and turn his frowns into siuilos, but you must pay me a great price for telling him this secret." "All right," said the king; "what ever you ask I will give." So the price was agreed upon nud paid, and tho magician took the ooy into a private room, lie wroto some thing with a white substnnco upon a piece of paper. Next bo gave tho boy a candlo and told him to light it nud hold it under the paper, and then sei what he could rend. Then ho went away. Tho boy did us ho had been told, and tho white letters turned into a bcuiif ol blue. They formed these words: "Dia kind'iess to soma ono every day." The prince made uso of the secret, and became tbc happiest boy in t!m reaim. fChildren's Record. JAMLS BUCHANAN. Why the Bachelor President Never Married. A Secret of His Life Told After Fifty Years. A Minneapolis lady told mo the other day the true reason why James lttiehaniin, the lifieeuth President of (he I'uited States, never married. She used to live iu Lancaster, Point., and it was near this littlo city that Presi dent litichanan lived (when "at hotm:') and died. I quote her own word-: " When I was a young g'.rl and a young lady nt home I used to know Mr. Buchanan quite well. Father w as one of bis intimate I'rieu is. and used to sper.d a good deal of bis time liearly nil his Sunday asiernoous at his country plactf, Wheatland, about a mile from Lancaster. Hu was nt my sister's wedding, and I remember the expression on bis face and tbc twinkle iu bis eye as he quoted tho old saying to my oldest sis'er: When n younger sister is married lirst tho older has to sit on the feiicu an 1 await hor turn. You must dance in your s ocking feet tonight.' "Hi! was u lall, lino looking man, with silvery white lair, generally dressed in block broadcloth, black satin vest, and wore Iho old fashioned high linen collars. Ooo great peculi ar! 'y of his was carrying his head on one side. "Ho toll my father about the hvo litl'alr. l'v heard it doz ius of limes, lb? was engaged to Miss Coleman of Iincas'er, and there, too, lived Mi -a it .so ilubley, a!fo very niu 'h in love with him, ami morally j 'iilotisof Miss Coleman. Tha c mrse of true love was mailing sum t'dy for t lie two lovers until Miss Ilubley came be tweeu them. Mr. Uilchauati bail been out of town on tftime business, re turned late one af i rimoa to the city, nnd on his w ay home he pass.-l by where Mi-s Ilubley lived. She caied him into tin: b tise, ami ho was there some minutes, nud then went directly home to get his nrqier. "As frequently happens, some gos siping noigliboi s either saw it, or Miss Ilubley herself tO"k pains to inform .Miss Coh man that Mr. Ibiehanan bad called at the other la l)'s hoiiu lirst although engaged to her. Sim ri scnted it, and when he went to call Upon her, declined to see him. The next day be went up to l'bii. d.dphia on an early train and with her t'other. Sho w ent up later i i lie d ty t go with the two gentlemen to the ill " lire in the evening. S ie did n t appear as us'tal. not at nil like he; self, and finally dec ined to go to the tbca'f', or even see Mr. H.I -hanaii. Wlreu they returned, she was a corpse, and was b.oiiglit to Lancaster and bu ied there. Heart disease was given as tho cause "The other lady liwsl to be an old maid and s itlcre I an aw fill fa;e. She was standing before an open grate, wanning lu r l.aad- ht-oiud her, w hen her e o bing cugh'. Ii e an I she w as burned to death. M . Itachauau never forgot Mis Coleman. When he died he saiil that he wanted 1o be lmried in Woodiawu Hill Cemetery, because when she was living they us,-d to wa'k out that way logethe. lbs was a very modest man. The Presh lerians had a silver plate pu' on his p,;w with his nanio on it, and tho lYcsi lent didn't like i', for ho did not liko so much O8tcii"rioii. Minneapolis Triluiae. Two Woaderfiil Feats. "1 witnessed a wonderful feat nt the last Atlanta Imposition," remarked a geii'leni m to The Man About Town, "in illustration of what it is possible to accomplish in a few hours this dny of inventive genius. I there saw in one day cotton picked from tbc boll, taken lo the gin nnd ginned, carded nud tpun Into thread, woven into cloth, cut and made into a garment which was worn in the evening nt a banquet by the Governor of the State." "That is pretty good for Georgia," remarked a Philadelphia gentleman pio-cnt, "lint let mo givo you its equal iceeiitly performed as an exper iment by the proprietor of the Phila delphia lie-cord as to the lime required to pi int the llecord upon the paper direct from tho ttcc. His record was like this: Chopping ono and a half cords of poplar wood and stripping and loading on tho boat, three hours; timo consumed in manufacture of wood pulp, twelve hours; inaiiufac. luring wood pulp into paper, live hours; transporting to liccord ollice, one hour and twenty minuses; wet ting paper, .preparatory to printing, thirty minutes, printit g lO.IHM) Ileo oi d-, ten minutes. T tal timo from tree to paper, twenty-two hours. St. Louis Itcptiblic. The (.'cranium Saved Hrr Life. The father and brother of a dear little woman died of consumption, and she firmly believed sho would soon follow them with tlio sumo dread dis ease. She had a friend who believed the invalid had inherited her mother's stronger constitution, and if she could , , , i,i . i i.. i ; ,, ,1 omy be aroused, and the idea ban.!., d IH'I IIIIIOI lllilb ISO; ..iilit'i die, she might bo a well woman. Arguments were iu vain, and as the friend was going away for years, she gave a geranium to the dear little woman, with tho request that sho would take cue of it, and also, that lie would work out in the garden through the spring and summer two hours a day. "1 might as well do i',"' said the invalid, "for 1 shall not live but a few weeks or months nt the longest." Very feeble were bo lir-t attempts nt gardening, and she would often my on coming in, "1 shall die now, anyway." Hut the next day found her out again. The geranium was cured for, and grahi'illy other plants wore added. Sho became very much interested in gardening, and her mind was taken up railing the many good floral magazines and ia caring for her flowers. In the winter a bay window was full of bloi ming ph.nt". It is now threo veins since sho brjitiu this new cure, a:.d it has worked wonders. She is a healthy, Inppy woman and says that "women stay in the house too much, are afraid of their clothes, nod II. e tlglil-laeing makes a short breath, and then ;h y say, 'we are not strong enough lo wo:k iu a garden.' " SI. ill up the pill boxes and throw nwny the. boil!e. l'.reathe the fresh air and liil.ejoiir medicine nt the end of a light hoc handle, and sco if you don't save doctor's bills. Vick's Magazine. Ileal inif the Joker. A young man iu New York city re cently married and settled down in a little vlnelad cottage iu the suburbs. Not being i ccii-tonicd to gardening l.e asked advice of some of his shipmates as to tho best kind of seeds to plant for s:.la Is. Siveral renlies were given and ono young man from lloboken I who thought he was smarter than the j others brought him some ladMi seed , next morning. Tim new seed were j taken home, and while the hu-baud ; was preparing the ground lib' w ife . opened the paper and at once studied ! tli! odor of lii.li. Shi callelhei hus band's attention lo it, an I In' quickly discovered that Ins friend had given , him some dried roe of a hening. lie, j however, sowed it as directed. Four days later the budiaad in eared some of ill ? smal est li-h be- could gel ami ! jo.-t of attack for years by natives and cut oil the lead.- an I si nek lli 'in in the travelers, is still found in vast num soil with the mouth aid eyes jo-it, ln-rs in all the rivers of Africa within above lb;- mii face. NYxt day he was j o, degrees of latitit le north and south, asked by the j ',i r how the seeds were ! (1f the equator. Il ranks second to getting on, ami told him that the lir-t ! tin' elephant in weight, and is about crop was jitt piepiug ibro.igh the fourteen feet long, in hiding the tail, ground, and invited him to come out ! to see il. His curiosity was aroused, i and he got oil that afternoon wiili his friend and went out to investigate. , When shown 1 1 1 .- small heals protiud- ' ing through the ground he Inn!, to his heels. He was beaten at his own iraiiio. Will the llnrth's Motion ( ease! Is the motion of our cm th and oilier planetary bodies perpelua ? A super ficial survey of the field w ouid e mvey the impression tha1 such motion will continue forever. Tlio earth w iili its mass of :', (HMO, iKin.iiirO, Ol o,im n tons for a long timo defied all atlcinp s to detect its loss of speed, but. with the friction i f the tides continually at work, it was shown that such loss must take place, an 1 now it is pretty certain from calculations of Prof. Adams nnd others that the earth loses about an hour every l!l,0tii) jcars, and is slowly but Purely coming to n stand-still. The experiments nnd in vestigations of modern scientists nro proving what Sir laae Newton be lieved that the motions of all bodies in space nro (tillering retardation, and that their velocity is becoming, less and less and will iiltimVe y c -use al together. Then the whole planetary system will fall through spaco ever lasting St. Louis Itepuhlie. Dodged the Umpire. A seedy looking individual knocked at the door of a house on Cass avenue, and when the girl opened it he said : "Judging from your expression, yon mistake me for a tramp?'' "Yes," "said the girl,'' judging from your appearance 1 do." "Well, you wrong me. I have had a wrestle with Fato and been thrown, but I am no tramp." "I'll let Towser decide," said the girl; "ho never makes a mistake." Hut while, Towser was getting up the cellar stairs the "tramp" worked his way out of the neighborhood Detroit Free Presa. rny-Dreams. Who says that noon is not tbc hour of. dreams? The breezes drowse amid the lifeless leaves; The swallows rest beneath the sheltering caves, And languor-lulled are all the meadow streams in i-iiesse, imi'icii irum uu.ui.ii, the bar,oy Blv. C No toarinir note the steeply siienc cleaves, And for a space Time slumber-fettered seems. :.gue visions haunt this still enchanted hour, When e'en the bee, drugged by the poppy, droop". And the sharp locust in the tree-top broods; ire:inisiiiits borrowed from nigbt' charmed dow er An- these dim shapes, these shadowy, shining groups. Fantastic forms in airy multitudes. ; iinton i-'collard, iu Frank Leslie's. iiijiouors. llarth has no greater joy than tho discovery of a quarter iu a cast-off vest. "Don't you think the barytone's voice has unusually line timber Y" "Yes, I some chords of it." It is s atcd that in many of tho seaside hotels lb:' chief end of the waiter's existence is becoming thd tip 1 end. I) z.leWhy do they say truth is , stranger than fiction? Ili.zle Htf 1 cause some people sen so little of it i , j that it seems strange. Amy I guess t' iiisin llez.ekiah was nfraid our food would get away at dinner. Alice Why? Amy Didn't you notice how lie boiled it? Wooden Now I havo an idea that I wool I like lo h: ve you help carry out. Miss Sin'lax Oli, i should hardly think it would need two. Tho fact that a man has not cut his hair for leu or twelve years need not nei essaril imply that be is eccentric, He may be bald. "It's strange bow marriage chnngos a man. You recollect bow Mildly was a' ways complaining of his deafness before his marriage?" "Yea. "I muiee now lie never seems to think ji' an. nlHVtioii at nil." .-I ).,e!or," said a grateful patient, j.,.;,,, the physician's band, "I shall ,1(.VI.,. flrjrpt that to you I owe my ; f,, Y.iil exaggerate," returned tho doctor mildly ; "you owe me for onlv fifteen visits. That is tlio point j 101,c J ()U u;u ,,t f.,ji to remember." - Hippopotami Still Plentiful. The hippopotamus, though tho ob- iul.ige speimeiis. lis method of defense is its powerful juvs, which, being armed with teeth of extraor dinary size, make it tut object to be dreaded. The While le is fatuous for its man killing hip popolami. On one oc casion some villagers wore) waiting the return of their sheik, who had been on a visit of ceremony across the river, when, lo their horror, a large hippopotamus appeared, und, rushing upon the boat, seized it nnd the sheik, crushing both. On an other occasion a man had entered tho water to bathe, when a hippopotamus, which hail been iu concealment near by, rushed at him, biting him in two as a shark might have d ine. Tho ac tion of the animal is simply wild rage, which causes him to attack anything without regard to si '. A well known oflicial reported that all bis boats had been damaged by these animals dur ing three years' experience on tho Nile. Chicago Tribune. Illevatltig Frrj boats. One of the ferries on the Ciyde hag in use a novel boat with elevating decks, by means of which passengers can be landed on a fixed dock at nny stage of tho tides. This vessel is built of sleel, and, and in n Idition to the usual main deck, she has another deck, running the full length and two thirds of Iho width of the boat. Hy means of screws worked by steam, this deck can be raised fifteen feet with its load of passengers and vehicles, thus rending lauding stages and inclined planes unnecessary. Tho vessel is eighty foot long and forty three feet wide, and tbc inovablo deck is seventy-eiglit feet long by thirty-two feet wide. Time's t'linnges. Pcne'.opo (sighing) All! tho men are not what they used lo be. Tout harry I'd liko to know why not. Penelope They used to be boys, you know.