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At length tjuitic feel will I r. u l all heights now unat tiiineil Why not thine own? Press on; achieve! achieve! - 'Illla Wheeler Wi!eux. TALE OF A "PHONO." The little village of M , situated nt an cqui-ilislnnco mi I lie north, south, east ami west from several manufac turing; town-, was unique in its isola tion. I:s jn'fiji'.o were alaiil, slow-going and eunsei vative. The only com munication with the outside world was had through a weekly mail coach a jainshaekly" nll.iir drawn liy s pair of i'iiiinc! thai had hocn their lir-l days long before they were util ised in I be motive power of the singe. The inhabitants of the town and sur rounding country were perfectly con tented u ii I happy. Indeed, progres sive riliens of the larger towns, de siring to awaken their somnolent neighbors and enter the rich agricul tural legion lying contiguous, bad on repented occasions, surveyed routes for railroad through M ; but the townspeople mid country folk arose eu inasso in their opposition to this invasion of their patural pcaeoful nes, invariably defeating tho benevo lent eclu'iuej of the railroad mag nate. Such a tiling ns a sensation in the sleepy old town had lieeu unheard of since the la.-l ntleiupt to locate a rail road though ( failed. However, one Thursday, when the Mayo, at a mail's pace, ihv iv up nt the door of tho vil lage postollice and general liolion store, and a passenger alighted, an tiller stranger, bis np finance in the village created something :ikin to a sensation. Humor and conjecture as to who he Was and what he was were rifi', and when it was learned thai lie ivn to in habit an old two-' tory frame house on the outskirts of the tow n, that bad been vacant for t cme j eai , the. towns people were in a ferment of cm do-ity and inqiiisitivciie-s. In fact, tin; oid gentleu all t'ui'lii-bed food for go-ip ud libitum. When the turmoil caused ity the ad vent of Mr. Thomas I'. Hisoiiiuto the lllil-l of their contented little village sub-ided, life nmong ihe villagers went on a n-tial. In time bo became incorporated into ',! evcry-ilay rou tine of their town, and the interest aroused by hi- lii-t appearance anion;; them was fi rgolleii. Although nothing certain eiuld be learned of his ron-on- for ett!inj in M , it became a generally accepted fact that Mr. I'ison bad chosen this retired placo to conduct a scries of experiments, which lie had in hand, tho result of w hich it was very de sirable and important should he Kept secret. Of the spceilic nadiro of these experiments nothing could bo learned. No one was ever admitted to tho in side of his h m-r, and bow this rumor could have become circulated and nr. cepled as the truth was a mystery. Nevertheless it was a satisfying c plauatiou to the simple villagers. .Mr. )ison, outside of his homo, tumulcd with the people on a footing of equal ity, his tillable manner and genial tem perament cau.ig 1 1 i 1 1 i to be liked and esteemed by the whole town. Occa sionally, however, some one inoie bold limn the others would interro gate him as to the experiments ho was engaged in, but (bit atlcmpted inva sion of hit fecret would promptly be repulsed. When he had icidcd in the town some live or six mouth, no ono w as rash enough lo ak ihe old jjonile ln:iii the result of bis invu tialioiH, 3 I11lhoye.tr 17,-, when Mr. IVoii liad lived iu M three years, hit (;o!nj!s and comings were as unob served and created as Utile interest as thoso of the older inhabitants. One Thursday morn int.', when tho usual crowd was 'albeicd around tho postotlico awaiting the arrival of tho slago eoneh, Mr. liioii was found to be missing, contrary to his wont, from tho assemblage. I haven't seeo him for tbreo days past,'' said Sam Hall, the postinaslcr. Nor I, liOr I," half adoen in tho crowd ob-erved. A silenco fell over them, nnd several shook their beads oiniuoudy , though why it would be liard to I el I. "II ho don't put in nil appearance by the timo the mail conic- in, hoys. I juoye tbut we uiuUo a visit tu bis house nnd see if there's nnytbing t tic n. .liter," continued the po-tmasier. In a few minutes more tho plage pulled up, the mail was thrown out and distributed. "A letter for Mr. Thomas I'.. I Ksou," called out Hall, "lias he come jet?'' lie was litis wcrcd in tlin negative, and then said : 'Well, come on, gentlemen, we'll go to his house." The postmaster in the lend, with the crowd following, proceeded to act. Traversing the one long street, in the bright morning sunlighl, they arrived at I ison's home at the extreme end. As the house came within view, some what obscured from the sheet by largo locti.-t trees in the front yard, it presented, as the villagers afterward said, a weird and uncanny aspect. The w unions and doors were closed -not a sign of life was visible. Knock ing and receiving no nn-wer,tbey n at tered and went to work Investigating nnd seai i hing Ihegrouilils. A back door was found open, through which they entered, liinling theui-elves iu tin: room evidently used as the kitchen. Kirly dishes and cooking utensil were drew ii aroiiud ju-t as 1 1 icy had been left from their appearance three or four days before. Tim lest of tiie furniture on the flrt lloor was iu its proper place ami undisturbed. Pass ing from the dow n stairs to Ihe second blory, the soif.eoiisliluted inve-ligatorn found theinseves at the entrance of a loom opening oil' a hall. The door was li inly locked, ami, seemingly, the only one iu use on that ll nor. It was manifestly the workroom in which lUon conducted his experi ment. 'How Khali we get In, fellows?-' said Tom .lones, a big, strapping eounlry man. 'Ureal; in the door?' "Hold mi, Tom," Hal said, as .tones put bis should !' to the door, prepara tory In carrying out his suggestion ; 'maybe some of tho hoy have a key Ihet will lit tin' lock." Several men stepped rw ai d with biiiehcs of keys, and among 1 1 it' 111 one was found w hieh opened tin' door. S un H i l, tlo p.istiu i-ter, wu t'-O first to cross th threshold. As he nude a step or two he uncivil a loud exclamation and pointed to the middle of the room. l-)ing under a largo table was the body of llison. I'pon investigation it was discoivrcd that a long knife wound iu Ihe breast was the can-e of death, n!though probably not immediately. The ap.iiluieut was lorn up and everything in confusion, as if a desperate struggle for life bad liken place. A safe iu the corner of Ihe loom was blow n open, and the conclusion was naturally drawn that the crime Im I been coiuiiiitled for the purpose of robbery, tin the table ju-t above the deal man was a peculiar looking machine. The villagers had seen nothing like it before. When the excitement eaii-ed by the discovery of the murder had somew hat subsided, mi examina tion was made of the machine. The apparatus consisted of a lube having an open mouthpiece at one end, and b -aiing a the o:Ict end a thin dia phragm of metal or other substance, with a -harp point or stylus nllixed to tie1 centre of its outer surface. Au o'her apparatus consisted of :i cylin der aboii! four inches in diameter, having on its periphery a V-shaped groove cut spirally from end to end. Over this grooved cylinder a sheet of wax was placed and advanced till the point of the stylus lightly touched th". wax over the opening of the V shapi d cut. Tim cube w ith the iiiouihpiece was within Ihe cylinder, which had a handle for turning it. The instrument cau-ed a great deal of (peculation a to what is w i, but nothing eould be m ule of it, although it had tho appearance of b -ing used. m m . The result of the inipiet and a full account of the murder were published in iho county paper, bin no one np pcared to identify the dead man. No c!ue to the perpetrator of the crime eould be gleaned, the town a d county authorities doing all iu their power to ferret out the guilty person. Tl e deed remained u mystery. The own T of the house in which Pison had lived took possession , (he murdered man's e lice's, stoning away In the gurrd tin' instrument f niiul in his workroom, w here it was forgotten. Iu time the story of Iho only criin of its kin I ever committed in the village became a tradition and nothing more. Another mail day, three years af terward, and from the nppcarain 1 of tho town of M one would suppose Iho inhabitants of Ihe whole place were collect d around tho postnilice. Such, indeed, was the fact. A stn peiidous event bad takvii place in Ihei, i iliet little haliital. t.i.al intcrc-l was Jcpieie. I 011 the fuvos vf tiia a. peniblnge. Tiny vru waiting for their weekly papers. At hist the mail conch was seen in Ihe distance, coining up the imiiii street, the horses in a brisk trot a pace, it is safe to ay, they had not si ruck for years. As it rolled up iu front of tho store and the mail was carried in, the crowd beeaino wildly impatient. "b'ead the new out loud!" shouted the people. tine of the number mounted a barrel, paper iu baud. 1,'uiet prevailing, he read: Sam Hall, formerly storekeeper and posi master nt M , is convicted an enleiiced lo be hung. The story of the crime is one of tho 1110-t sciistilional 011 record. Three years ago, Thomas K. I ison, a well known inventor, wns murdered in M , 0 , U. the crime was dis- " vcred at the time and the matter died out. Some mouths ago, bow ever, William I. aureus, while travel ing through the sin ill towns of the state giving exhibition with the pho nograph, and incidental! explaiuiiiL' the winking of Iha invention, stopped nt M . After the entertainment, one of the townsmen, .1. ( '. Nettletou, approached I. aureus and claimed that he once knew a gentleman w ho had invented the phonograph prior to Thomas A. Ildison. This claim natur ally nioused the curiosity of the ex hibitor, and he asked for proof to substantiate it. Nclllclou look I .aur eus to bis home, nnd from n garret lit tered with rubbirih resurrected a 're ceiver' identical with Mr. r.disoii's. I. aureus, 011 examining it, perceived n series of indentations on the wax, in dicating that it contained a message. Mr. I.'iuroiis, learning tiie circum stances under which Nettletou I. ml be come possessed of ihe 'receiver' was eager to uso il in his phonograph. When the liiu'.er crank was turned this is w hat it revealed : ' '1, Tohmas K. I lis have been murdered by Sam Hall, the po-lmas-er of this town, for the purpose of robbery. Hill knew that I icceived largo sums of money through the mail. I have no strength to say mo. e, but if this wonderful instrument- which is the fruition of long years of sillily, becomes known, what I have spoken into the receiver" will tell who my assassin is. May tiod have merev on my sou', and for.' Such is the story of the detection and conviction of Hall. If I. miens had not given hi exhibition iu M , probably the guilty perpetrator of the horrible crime would have remained unknown for years to come, as the people in the staid little burg had never up In the lime of l.iiii'eiis' arrival iu the town heard of l.dison's invention for the traiisuii-sion of Hound. What makes it more remark able is the rll'rontorv and subtiiilv dis play! d by Hall. He it was, when Oisoit h id not been seen for several days, w ho suggested that a eirch be made for tho missing mail. Sii one sus pected that Hall was the principal iu such a terrible cl ime, find Ids arrest stirred M from centre to circum ference." Atlanta Constitution. A Man of Nerve. A pretty exhibition was given by the students id' Springfield Medical College under the auspices of tho Young Men's. Christian Association. It was the resuscitation of n man w ho hud been smothered by smoke. In a large hall b id been erected a wooden structure, which was tilled with Roman randies, lireci ackers and other com bustibles, la the midst of all these the unfortunate had been placed for suffocation and the building tired. Shortly af terwni'ifs the victim of tho ex per't.iient was taken from the honso of suioko iu a thoroughly unconscious) condition, lb; was put through a process of pumping and nibbing and in the course of thirty minutes was again walking around the ball. This Mr. Taylor thinks the quickest process he has ever seen for bringing to life n person who had been smothered 01 one who was suffocated from smoke. liiehiiiond I 'ispatch. What the Walter said. A witness was testifying that be met the defendant at break fast, and that tho latter called the waiter and said : One moment," exclaimed the coun sel for the ik fence. "I object to what he said." Then follow ed a legal argument of about an hour and a half on tl. ob jection, which wns overruled, and the court decided that witness might -tale W hat W as S lid " Well, go on and slate wh it was said to the waiter," remarked the w inning counsel, flushed with his !cv,al victory.'' Well," I'i'pli il iho white, "be -aid: -lliing me 11 be fslcak anil f 1 i'd 1 tvUtvC.'" Ili'Jslou UobO. j J nill.llltKVS COM'MX. ! null:. 1.1 1 1 11: I.I'.AX I s. j Viiiue, little le.-ivcs,'1 suid the wind one I day- 1 "I Vmie o'er the 1111 adnws W illi nn , ami piny. ; l'ut on our dresses of red and (.-old. t Miiiiiiii-r is gone, anil tin ditys irrow cold." , soon :i the leaves hi nrd Ihe w ind's loud I call. . lioA'ii iliey came llultei in', one nnd ail; liver tlu- hmwn Ileitis they ihinctd and Hew, hinging the -oft little smc.'s they knew . - I Youth's buiile r. Tin: .i V'.i Aii. Tie' jaguar inhabits America. It is larger ami more powerful than the 1 leopard, which it resembles in color, but has a black streak across the chest, ' ami a black spot iu ihe centre of Ihe rosclies. It is fond of climbing trees, nnd I'm. Is little difficulty in ii-ocmling 1 even when the hunk is smooth ami j tli stiiiiic of branches. j ( bases mon keys Mc,vsfu!!y, and is said to watch for turtles on the beach, and to -coop : out their 1! , ,y turning them on 1 their hacks and inel'ling its paws be tween thvir sin !!-. Nor does il contiuo its attention to the laities themselves, for il watches lie 111 lay their eggs and then scoops tlieui out of the sand with its sharp claw s and devours them. Detroit l ice Ties,. i 1 1 v M 11:1 s i.i'iih;, Mary ueen of N.'ots had a favorite lap, log. which is tabl to have bet 11 present at the m cation of its poor mistress in I'olh ringay Castle. After , Ihe royal lady had been beheaded the faithful creature it-fused to leave her dead body, and had to lu! carried out of tho hull by force. At that period lapdogs were the pels of men as wull as of women. I r. lloleyu, a relation of unhappy lietii Anne lloleyu, owned on,, "which," as it is written, "he doi d on." Anne once asked 1 1 1 1 11 to grant her one w idi, and in return he should have whatever he might de sire. Kiiowinu' In all'eciiou for the dog, she beege I ii ,f him. and of course t Iii- doctor had nothing; lo do but to give it lo her. "And now, madam," be said, "you promi-cd lo grant my icqiic-t.'' "1 will" ipiuth Hie (Jiiecu. "Then, I p ay you, give urn my tl"X ai'.tin." New York Advcr. ' User. A lit I II Mola. A Tampa ( I'la. ) cmie-p indent says: I Icorge Hell, keeper of l'lcni.: Island iu lue lower harbor, has two little girls tti v.'h 1111 a pel d t l beb liging 011 the island is iiiucli aha h ' I. The lit t lu t iw 11 follows one of lie! children wherever it goes. Wednesday the children stole n.vay from bji;ro to play oil the wharf, when the joungcr one aiviilcntly fell overboard. The lire;' at once jumped iu nfier lla' child, w bicli sunk out of sight. The deer then swam to the beach and ran to the keeper's house, where the mother of the chi d was. Il reared 011 its hhid feet, blow and snorted. and cut queer antics so as to a: track Mrs. Hell's attention. It then stalled down (Mi the beach 011 an excited run and jumped into tho water aain. Mrs. Itcll followed tho mgneious animal . which she s:nw plunge from the wharf into tho hay. One leg of her Utile girl was sticking out of the water ami when the rescued the child il was nil-const-ion. The child w .v. liuaily re-su-citatcd. Captain lb belt Warren, who owns the fawn, is so proud of the animal that he ha- ordered a hand Home collar and silver bell for it. lb) says lt'U0 would not buy it. n-11 r 1 1 r -iioiii 1 1 us. There is a curious li-h of the Indian Ocean, to which, although it hns long been known to naturalists, attention has recently been called on account of .omc now ob-ei valious of its peculari ties. It is fat and chubby, not unlike the ordinary sun full, nnd seldom exceeds seven or eight inches iu length. ' It is furnish' d with a short snout er mi.".'e, which as we shall tee, st ives very much the purpose of a spot Ismail's g 1111. It is fond of in sects, and its mode of capturing them has suggested js name of the archer. Swimming c'o-e beneath the surface il watches the hiilliant flies Hinting above, and, having selected one to iU fancy, 5ud b'lily thrusts ils mu.!e out, and with a!mo-t unerri-isr marksman ship li-charge several drops of water tit ils victim. Confused by the watery projectiles, and with its wings entangled umf ren dered temporarily useless, the insect : falls upon the stu face f the sea, and is immediately -ei, ! by its voracious ; enemy. The li-li i- said to lie able to bring down a 11;. in this manlier from j a heieht of two or throe feet. j Some of iho inhabitants of Java kccp.theso little fish in captivity for the -nke of w.il lilug them practise tin 11 1 ai 1 her upon 1 1 1 - 1 , 1 1 ' I mil sits i peinled above (iieui. j BHACII MOSSKRS. Th-.1 Curious Industry of A New England Town. Gathering Moss from Which Blanc Mange Is Made. Fair old Sciluale boa-Is an industry iu which, if in 110 other, it is the load ing town in the country. It ha, as none of lis more weall by sister towns have, ils moss. From ihe rocks that carpet its harbor and make its shore feared by Ihe sailor is gathered an in come vcry year that may not he princely, but is Mill large enough lo compeiisalu Ihe town for the lack of iioiy, smoky factories and .slnine. smelling w harves. When the 111 o.ss-gaihering industry began iu S'iiuale no one knows. I'robably the value of the ino-s W as first discovered by accident by some fisherman's wife. The gathering and curing of iuo-s for food began in Ire land ninny yeni ago. It was ll-ed principally by Ihe people of the south of Ireland near the sencoa-t. Many people have made the ilailn that they introduced ihe industry iu this coun try, but even the oldest inhabitants of Sciluale are in doubt as to who wn- Iff first. The pailicular locality where the business is carried oil is c tiled "i'eg gotti lieach.'' Little Peg-jotty village is bunched here, nil I here the mnssor. and their families ply their trade. There is no loafing, liven body is expected lo do bis share of Iho labor. While Ihe father is out in hi boat robbing the sea to put bread in hi f :n n i 1 v ' - 11 1 1 11 i 1 1 a 1 11 1 blauc in.inge ami jelly into ihe mouths of mankind, the w ives and daughters are wnd ng along the rocks near tho shore filling their nproiis w iili ,e smaller pieces of the in ss. The buys are at the same time raking tin I turning the patches of m iss thai are laid mil iu regular lots in from of each creel hoiisi. The veteran "niosser" i on the beach al sunrise. There is mm h lo do before iho tide "will au-wcr," and be uiu-sl watch the tide. Willi garden rake he levels oil' a atch oil the grav elled beach, alw ys being careful not 10 h live it footprint. 1 hen cti ti 'S Ihe mos licit hi- wife and dailgh'cr have washed .u( iho 11 old before ami spreads il on the smooth pm. It is of many colors, from the maroon, purple black, to n tle.icale ye. low. no cordiii"; to the wa-hiiigs ami bleach ing il hits received. The ( 1 lobe mail happened upon the best possible day to see the prooos. ,,f mossing. A low tide iu the morning lit it I a welcriy bree.e nol a wind is what the men pniv for. Out bv the rocks of Third Cliff the ibmole sprits and dories were already stationed, mid iim-ii were standing up iu tic boat poking around in the water with long poh s. In order to gel n nearer view the tilobe hired a typical small boy lo lake him out in his dory. "Ilow tin you know when yoi are over iiiii'sl''' wns aske 1 of a man whom the piidc culled father." 't h, I can tee il," was the an-w it. The uninitiated could imt distin guish one lock from another at the bottom, hut tho experience of years ( for some of these pe pie have been lu re as m in v as thirty year-i makes their sight wondcrful'v keen. The rake used iii scraping the rocks has a handle fifteen let t longli'ted in to a heavy iron bend. The teeili are tel very close together and are sharp pointed. Over Ihe back part 01" this head there is a guard thai keeps the load from falling back into the water. As much a- two pounds, of mo- can bo torn dV the rock at one shove of the rake. A good day's work for one man is U'o pounds of mo The cargo seldom falls bck'W To pounds. Should the niosser h'st 1 un of a rock which 011 ts a goo 1 yield, and the milled witters intcifere with his finding i', a be tile of oil is brought into requisition nnd a little of it is thrown into the Water to quiet the rippies. The ino-s gatherers are met on Iho beach by the young folks, and "creels'' holding A barrel each of the weed are filled to the brim at tin' boat, an 1 it is (hen spread to dry on the beach. To bleach the moss to the desiicd color eight washing must bo made; it is housed, when pcifecily thy, iu the shanties. This tca-oii the mcssers want live cent a pound, while the dealers do imt want to advance the old price of t :!-1 cents. The leghcsl price ever koowu was o cents a pound, and for ears it as high lis ten cents, even yvith the ureal sup ply. This yetiv hiis not been specially prosperous, vet all the single men have from l'.'t' to S.'io-i worth of urns. R'nl those yiili families can c uiut on jit"'" for tbeir season's work. HoMoii tilobt.', .Virlli America' Highest Teak. lr. J. T. Scoveil, Professor W. S. Illalchley of the High School, Tel 10 roi(e, Intl., Professor 1'. O. Cox of the Manknlo (Minn.) Normal School, and Professor Woolmau, who went to measure Ihe height of Mount Oriaba, in .Mexico, have returned yvith infr matioii settling beyond doubt that the peak named is tho highest in North America. When the time eauic to iiieaurc the height of Oi i.ib.i, lr. Scoveil went unaccompanied by any member of his party, taking only the guide w ith him. Th! guide made the si ps by which he climbed, and then I r. Seovcll could with ilillicu ly keep near him. They ascended lo n height 11, '" feet on tho mountain, nnd ill that point the mow was too soft f ir the levels to be placed firmly, Bud baro metrical calculations had to be used iu measuring the mountain's altitude. These-calculations mo not always re liable, hecuiise a slight variation in the. biiroiiieler makes such a gn at varia tion in altitude, but the barometrical measure me his were compiled ami checked as well ns the oilier measure ments, and (he instruments were tested by t Ii; Mexican I !ov enitueiit obscivalory insli uineiils after tho measurements bad been taken. tin August :ll the ascent was made again by lie. Scoveil and his guide to test the measurements Hindu on the trip duly '.".lib, and the icull of the t wo ti ips was that the height tif the mountain yvas found to be s,.'iiO fret. S ime triangulnlioiis leuiniii lo bo made when the snow bus grown firmer, to make the measurements more exact. 1 1 The best previous ineasui enient of 1 the mountain, which is now known to be higher than Mount M. I'.lia ( 1 T.t'oo I feci), and the highest mountain iu : North America, was made by a (ier ! man doctor w bo had not the advantage of the Mexican ob-ervalory instru ments by which to test his iiishit-iiieni--, and who nihil' the height about Is. "To feet S;m Francisco Fxam't- j lliT. I Making s,anil Musical. j Mr. Cecil Cams-Wilson ha- found a w ny of 111 ikiug -and mu-ietil. It i ' well-known that certain sands, Like thai of the .lebel N.igous or Itcll Mountain of Mir, or some of the ben Ins of Hawaii, ami other places nearer home, -in h a- Minllaml Hay ' and Illgg, yield musical Holes of ilif ' fctt'iit pitch when di-turhcil by the wind 1 1 r tin' tread "f a hy-p isst r. The ; Ciiiise of this sound is rather mysteii- on-, but Mr. t ai us-Wilsi n attributes il lo thi- friction of the polished sur faces of Ihe grains on one another. According to this theory, il is neces n.uy that ihe grain should be quite ' clean and of 11 certain feif, nnd "1 . isbetl. I iii I, or :i mixture of line -and 1 nnd rough edges, would pr'obabl) spoil the ell ct. Ii is it proof of his theory thai lie ha- rcci nlly been able lo im prove the noie given out by "musical sands" ami t 1 1 licit Holes from sand 11 ( musical, by carefully washing ami -ifiiiig t Inn 1 so as to get smooth grain of u favoiablo sie. M lCover, when -nch grains are placed in a porcelain cup widi polislnd -ides 1 hey arc very -onoi'oiis. 1 1 .oud on t ilohc. Tiny Town. Many people have been told tint ei gehlie-, '., is the oldest t Ul II ill , ihe 1 uioii. Hut Ihe) are misinform! rd ' 11 .'ennt'ss took out In f charier in I7"s. II.11 iford and New Haven, Conn., took out theirs iu er- 1 geuness. however, can truthfully I claim to be the smallest and most quiet ' city of the Fnited Ma' , as sh,. has a , population, after K'o j cars of city- hood, of IT..', souls, and covers n ter ; cilery of only I'Jt'o acre. Her bouu ; d o ii s are a mile and a half one way t au l a mile and a quarter the other. . ho has a mayor, a city council, a full , hoard of alitciineu and a umiplcie icily government, sav the ltoston Herald. There are office-, eiinig i so I ibiit nearly every man lu toys n may have one. lu this way ihe political , squabble- and scltish struggles for I power common to mot 1 incs arc 11- i iicly ovci come. Theie are ofhvo ! enough tii go around and everybody is 1 happy. New York Journal. ! Color-blindness From Fatigue. A Itu-siiiu physician, lr. M. Keicb, ; has tepoiled Ihe intere-tiug cute of a ! locomotive engineer, veins of age, I who Wits dismissed from service on j r.ecount of color-blindness. The 111HII was able to distinguish color correctly 1 1 and with confidence up to the summer 1 of lv. when over-work ami loss of ! sleep gave him a violent headache for I two week, after which for three mouths all object appeared red, and then all sensation of color dipr'0urcd. In May, IM' ', he again came for ex amination, ami h id fully regained the power to tl slinguish colors. jTivii tve. ,X. J j Aujerlvrn, I "lien My Ship Cornea In. j When my ship conn s in I Ah. w hen Hie iniil liin'of Hint day tsli.il I ris, Vhoe I1I1 sscd dawning long dt lny'd hatb been, When 11 M is;::iin'd which fortune now denies, When at luy ! i t I t siilijngiili d lies, How liriilianl are Ihe t'oij.iicMM I shall will, Win 11 in) ship cuines iu ! When my shij mi s ill ! Win 11 Impi sliiili sun e yvith iridescent brain, I h -1 ii i r in. lunger from his victim thin With gloiiiiiiK 1 vi- shall suck the vital etrcunn Nor rub tin hostt.ni of its fiiiidesl dream; Hut phnsiire shall her hales mi r in begin, When nty ship comes In. lo n m ship conn in I Fur u'er the svalers I can see l.cr sail: And ty In n thai sail In r th -tin'd port shall yy in, U hut rit in s shall he fnimd in 1 -very hale! No Iliad sea fruit w lui-c sty 1 ts nt Inst idmll fail, but only treasures yy hi re no tooth htilll teen. Win 11 my ship cuines iu. Win 11 my ship eoines In ! Ah. yshola'h not upon tin boundless tide .-onio .li'ani 1 -raft, mine Impe to life uk in? . ia yy hen reiuniii.;; Ii'iin its voynge y ide, I'll, yye shall siio; yyilh lie.iiis lu.yv gialllieil! And hi f tie-in ull grnuttd slinll have beiii. 1 H hen our -li:ps conic In ! Wil.i- l.cumii'd l.'iimah.iii. ill MohOl N. The bom of content ion is the jaw bone. The man who keeps bis mouth sluit never has lo eat. any crow. An old sad -i'n dog i- probably 11 dis mantled ocrnn greyhound. A leigning fo'ly- I.eiiving home on a cloudy day without an umbrella. The man who h.-t his watch in a crowd complained that he was pressed f..r ti ." li' ii a man gross h:. Id il is safe, to say ilial bis w ife'.s intbiom o is gone. She bus lust her pull, "I'm imt in it," sorrowfully snug the ino.sipiiio, as In buitl on tho Ulll-iilo of the Helling. "Fxciise my back,'' is what tho gentlemanly untie said to the driver after he hacked him user the eiubnnk Hunt. I locior I iltl you -liake the niedicino before taking? Pat lent - i cilanily . Ii wa- too late lo give il the shake af ter taking. Ilon-ewlfe If y,,ii i.rc nol iisvny from I. e:-e in two mii.u'r I'll send for 11 polit't 111:111. Hungry ll ggiu tiive me the iirranl, 111 1'. int. I ii hunt one iqi for en') leu com-. Fond Parent I fear, voung man, that yon Seek luy da uglil 1 r's hand miIcI) -f..r In r wealth. Young Man Will, look at her candidly ami kindly liieation w hat other qualifications she pOsse.--c. ss ill you ? It i- a Very cit-v m iner for a person to he in two place nt Ihe -ante time, even though those place ,,- thousands of miles 11 p:n t. tbte ficqiioullv hears of a until beiue; in a strange country ami home-ick. 'I lie Houianee nf 11 Trotter, The lemitikable two.) car -old Faglfl I'.ildeilt Moiibiis is cretl Ictl with another very fu-t mile. This time bo vent a inl'e in which caused bis ow lit is, Hi. hfieid .V l.ealht 1 s, to be lies e that he will break the tw o-y oar-old stallion record of Ibgnl Wilkes, which i- 11 ipiaitcr of a second faster than thi- trial of .Men bur. The bit-lory ol Monhar rends like a romance. I.e than a star ngo hi ow m i s placed him in ihe hands of n horse dealer to be sold for tfo.'iOO, While he wa good-looking cult, his hi ceding 011 his dam's -ide svas not siitlieieiitly attractive to eau-o any of the. hore fancier to pay the ooming. ly exorbitant price. Fortunately for bis owner, be was given to "I'liclo" lan P.rown to train, or rather break. Froyy 11 Wits driving for (ieoigo W. St. Clair at the lime, and about tlx twelfth time the colt w :ts haud'ed, be showed a quarter in o. 10. This fact was communicated to hit owners, who immediately raised tho price for the s minister to ..oV0. M.s. is. liitbiiehl Leather bad bleu importuned to buy the. youngster at is.'i.'.oii, but they did not see enough in him to warrant the expenditure of milch as .'ait'i When they, learned,1 however, that he had gone a quarter fo fast, they iiiiincd iiiely opened lip negotiations looking tow ai d his pur. chase. They svere not sy'tHitig to giva Sjoooo for him, but a fesv days later when M 'nh.tis hul gone another quar ter in O I'S they concluded to buy tha colt. When thev had met his owner ngnin the price had risen to 10,000, but so anxious were his present owu ers to obtain possession of the colt that they never ceased their impor tunities till Mmibars bnd become the!.' property at a private price. The other ihty these geutlenien wero of fered, so it is stated, $:IO,00 f(,r the colt thai, ten month ago, could have been bought for tJooo.-- l'mtcs-Oeiu. i ucrat.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 15, 1891, edition 1
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