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PITTSIU)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUGUST IX, 181)2.
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l)e ljatl)am Urcorii.
Ctettem
jrl II .
Aits.
gind Id speak ill kindly gulsa,
.ViiiI s-mllic wlir'rr we can;
Fair speech should biod llio hum in )ni:i.l,
Ami love link man In man.
Hut stop .lid at t In' pi-iitie words;
l.i I -hods -.villi language dwell;
The o'ic wliu pities starving birds
iSliniilil M-.ilii r rrimi'M as wi ll;
Tim mercy that is w inn an I (run
Must leii'l a li!iintf hand,
I'm- llinse tint lalk. yet fail to ilo,
Hut lniiM upon lie siiinl."
A BICYCLE ELOPEMENT.
i;i ii. i'. i i i i . i : .
I lnveil in j- w lii il to distraction.
Ethel In vi-il her wheel, also, to dis
traction. ( 'iiiieiHi'iilly tin: attraction
of this distraction united our souls in
single thoughts and caused our hearts
to palpitate on llio unit plan.
( If course wo w cro "engaged'' mill
loohit.g forward to :i honey moon of
nil wheel and no wii :t mid in tin!
meantime enjoying almost daily bicycle
trips through the lovely country about
our i ural low ii.
No earthly sweolress could surpass
Ihosi! blissful rides.
The flagrant flowers nodded, Ihe
tail liccs bowed, I lie breezes whispered
ond llio wild birds sang their most
plorioin serenades to us as wo two
turtle doves mi wheels, passed before
them.
Rime Niiur: in lier gayest dress
smiled cvi ry l ine she paw in, and so
did a good many other folks, no
doubt, but as we were too much "en
gaged" to heel their levity, they
sini o 1 in vain.
It vt as no wonder that Ethel nnd 1
became romantic and scutiineiilal
when lo ih-i purest j y of courting was
nl led the next he.-t delight of cycling.
S.ieh a coinbii'ti! ion was indeed calcu
lated lo in lias love's young dream too
bright to last.
There seemed no obstacle between
lis and pel f t ct l:appino-s except the
consent id" EhoTs parents to our
union. 1 ti n ur.iily felt timid about
asking for ii and w.inlod Ethel, who
was iim.'h belier acquainted with
t lit-in , to pe;ik first. Hut she insisted
that it was my place to make tbo open
ing addic--, and utterly refused to do
anything in tho matter beyond vig
orously seconding the million.
"Well, dear Ethel," I said, during
pun of our cycling trips, "you might
lit least tell me tho finest way of mak
ing your faiher like mo before 1 tunic
to the point. II w would it do to
start a little poli.ical discussion to be
gin with taking his side, of course,
and nf-tir gradually drawing him into
au excitement--thou while he's in id at
the o. her fellow--", oil t to btvouio his
t oa-in-law and vole against the ras
cals with hint;' '
1 h idly I link that would work,"
said E he! sobeiiv, "for no one knows
liow pa i- at present. He his been a
lb-public in and a I'ein ocral and a Pro
liibitiouist and a M.igwump. 1 heard
lately be was on a fence whatever
that means. I f vou didn't strike him
j.isl right, you know we would he ti
ta'ly ruined.''
"Suppose 1 talked bicycles to loin
don't you think that would arotto
nil enthusiasm and m ike tit lit want me
to be his conip anion in the glorious
spurt ?"
(), not for the world," E-hol cried,
"l'a one toi k a hi adcr and the eear
is on hi- no c yet. 11c ultoilv detests
lb tt superb eiij u ni -ul."
"TU'll Ethel.'- I Mild sully, -I'll
lit.Te to come out Mil fooled and ask
him to bless us. If h won't "
He -hail," bravely aiiswoid Ethel,
"oly don't iticu'ioii politics nor cy
cling." Assuming a boldness that 1 did not
feel, that very night I sought a bu-i-iicss
intei view with my lute's fuller
in the iarlor of bis In mo.
As h ! entered he room I, nerved
for the awful ordeal, I'o-e and. with
my beat bow, wished him a "good
evening.''
"(i Jod eveniig ! Taken sea', sir,"
he said iu rather a too dignili d tone
for my ctTmfort. "I understand you
want to tee mo on very important
business."
"Yes, sir," 1, trembling, replied.
I tun here to n-k you for, tor "
"For what, young in.u.l" lie spoke
pretending not to notice my blushes.
"For your daughter's hand.''
The old gentleman gazed tit me in
cvii'.ent surprise at my temerity.
"My daughter's baud," be slowly
repe lled, "which haml, nrght I usk,
do you w am':' "
Why, both, sir,"' I stammered
"1 love her to distraction and
and "
'1 he stern pad lit eyed me from
bead to foot and then olcmly shook
his bead. "Young loan! " he s-igidv
remarked, "have you given this m. t
ter duo consideration ? Are you able,,.
with your salary to support a wife?
Do you know that my daughter's
dres es alone cost, last year, live bun
dled dollar.-?"
The old gentleman thought ho had
mo there, but he didn't.
"Yo, sir!'' I answered meekly,
"I advised her to get them."
"Ah, ha 1 1 sec. That accounts for
the young lady's extravagance. In
time of prosperity you wero pre
paring for adversity at my expense.
Thought the old man a good goose to
pluck, did you? Vill, my nob'.o
youth, while I admire your foresight
and business capabilities I must eon
fess you aro altogether loo smart to be
my son-in-law. I distinctly and de
cidedly have the pleasure of inform
ing you that 1 intend to keep my
daughter's hands. Hut if mine can
be of any assistance iu helping you
down the slops here llley aro."
That ended the unfortunate inter
view. It was a long, long week befor. 1
saw Eihel and her woful face was a
picture of distress. Mine was more
so. "Ktbel," I groaned as we de
jectedly rode aloiigjoti our wheel", "how
can wo live without ouch other?''
"We can't and wo wont," she
bravely exclaimed, "pa is jut too
horrid for anything. I'm mad enough
to elope."
'Hurrah!" I shouted. "I'm with
yon rain or shine. Let's elope on
our bicycles. Xevor was done before.
Strictly origin il. Patent applied for.
We'il be famous llio world over, and
your pa will be proud of is."
"Yes but," thoughtfully spoke
F.thel when sho roeovored from the
shock, how can we manage to take
my live-year stock of drosses. You
won't bo able to buy mo any till you're
in tho firm you said."
"Easy," I answered. "You cm
sniiigglo them in the barn, wearing
ono ut a lime under your every day
dress, and place them In a trunk I'll
have bidden in the hay. Then I'll
put wheels on the trunk and we'll tw
it behind when we elope. What a
team we'll mako."
"And what a capital contriver you
nrc," cried tin dear, innocent girl;
"but you'll havo to pull the hardest
though."
"Never fear," 1 laughed, "only
nainc tho happy night." -
At the appointed time I stood iu the
shadow made by tho full moon undei
Ethel's window. As tho clock struck
midnight Lthel poked hor sweet face
out and whistled softly. Q lickly I
raised a bidder to her casement, and
willi a K iiuoo's ardor helped my fair
.luiiot to ihe ground whore our glitter
ing, iron sleed stood waiting impa
tiently to be oil'. The loaded trunk o:i
well greased wheels was down by the
gate ready to hitch on behind us ami
tho minister iu the next town was
waiting according to arrangement to
lie tho i"!! dollar knot when we ar
rived. Although lMiel said that both hor
p.i and ina were soundly snoring when
he left her room 1 knew it wasn't
s.if i to linger so, wasting no time iu
saying "good byes" to the old home
stead, up we leaped on our gallant
steeds and away wc flew down the
cariiage drive lo tho front gate almost
forgetting the invaluable trunk iu our
mad haste to cn-ape. Stopping and
slipping its rope harness about my
waist anil working like a steam en
gine to haul it over the sin "tli, iu ic.nl
anu.od r.md we lied iu the direction
of my friend, the pirson.
Oar brave cycles needed no whip
and spur to make l hem go. They
seemed to fool Ihe awful resp in-ibility
thrust n poll them ami did I heir leve' j
best. j
Still the trunk hand cippod mine lo
such an extent that soon I wished I
hadn't urm'd l'.thel to secure so many
new dresses, but it wis loj late, to re- j
pout. I
0:i wc wont with a long leu inifes j
between us and victory, and a short i
one mile between in and K hoi's pa,
who might wake up at any moment to j
pursue and capture the trunk and )
Horror ' a clatter of advancing hoofs j
from behind (old us the threatened
danger bad ariived. O.i the straight
moonlighted road not a half mile oil a I
man on horseback F.t bid's furious pa
without a doubt was in full chase.
"Fly! Iavi'! Fly!" I cried to inv j
frightened sweetheart, .'is 1 leaped j
from my wheel ami pushed tho h 'tivy '
trunk into a roadside thicket. "Fly j
for your life!" I shrieked when lj
gained her side again, "wo liiitst go1
. , i
lo tbo minister lu-t. :
How wo llew. Our wheels never 1
touched the ground; thev bounded
through tho air; like ligh.iiing, like!
ky rockels they whiz. ul. At. the 1
same tinio our pursuer Ethel' pa to '
a ceit.iiniy was near enough lo ycli ,
for us to stop and gaining, for it was j
uphill before in. I
Hut wo reached tho hill (op ere 'ho
caught us, and away wc Hashed like ft
pair of cannon balls tired from
dynamite gun and followed by a tor
nado. Ono mile, two miles, threo mi'es
wo raced, pursuer ami pursed, neither
losing nor gaining, as in silence wo
all streaked past woods and fields) and
scattered farmhouses lining the dreary
way.
"Twos the greatest test of speed and
eniliiraiico ever known between horse
and bicycle. All records were broken
and hurrah. The wheel kept ahead
as usual.
At the sixth mile the borso began
falling behind in spile of its rider's
elloi Is. At the seventh milo Ethel's
pa was out of sight.
Two milos tnoro of tho cycle's
lightning speed and wo reached our
temporary haven of safely, tho min
ster's where its sleepy owner was
Billing up and praying for out; safo
arrival.
Iu we rushed and in leu nil miles
our matrimonial knot was firmly tied.
Then we went out on tho piazza to
louk for "pa."
He soon came along on bis tired
horse and seeing our wheel at tho
parson's gate stopped to find out whut
it meant.
F.ihcl, aided by me and tho parson,
told him mid the sensible old gonlle.
man not only gave us his blessing
but afterwards traded his hone for a
wheel.
1 1 is neodlo?8 to say that ho now
loves it to distraction and thanks his
dutiful son-in-law for the same
.Chicago Sun.
New "Siamese" Twills.
That strange freak of nature known
as "tho Siamese twins" litis, it ap
pears, boon repealed in Orissa. Tho
"Orissa twins' aro described ns two
lii tic 1'rlya girls of about live sum
mers old. 'Whoii last heard of they
wero leaving by stoiunor for this coun
try on their way to tin World's Fair
at Chicago, though they will first bo
exhibited here. They are, it is stated,
liruily j lined together, and if one is
fed both nro satisfied. When they
were in early infancy ut Iloapura, in
Ihe interior of Orissa, tho nativo vil
lagers looked upon them as the incar
nation of the devil, and their parents
were boycotted by thoir casto people.
The story is that the father's first im
pulse was to separate them by cutting
tho sau which joins them together, and
the mark nude in tho attempt is still
visible. A wealthy tehsilder of tho
district, however, intervened. Keller
N'aiek, the father of the twins, is re
ported lo be now steadily growing
rich. The SiaiiiCs-o twins, Chang ami
I'.ng, were, it will bo remembered, of
llio male eex. They werj born in
11 1 ami died iu America within two
hours of each oilier, iu .lauuary, 1874.
London News.
(went Haul of White Flepliiinls.
New happy hunting grounds havo
been found by Mr. Savi, the renowned
superintendent of llio elephant khed
d ihs at O ic.ca, willi the result that ho
h i-; br night down this season the
enormous number of '.'nil of these un
wieldy animals from the heart of the
. ai o 1 1 i Ii s. It is probable that they
bad nover boforo soon a human being,
ami they were certainly unaware of
the ai'l,s by which elephants are caught;
for hitherto this large tract of country
bad not b 'en hunted, owing to tho
ditlieulty of making a road by which
to get out tho now captives. It htl
become important that tho old hunt
ing districts should have a rest. Now
thai the (!aro Hills arc brought, within
roach by Mr. Savi's enterprise, it is
thought the risk of exhaustion iu tho
old haunts will be minimized.
The Mandarin Tongue.
Tho most widely spread language in
China is the Mandarin. It is used in
one form or another iu fourteen or
fifteen of the nineteen provinces com
posing China. There aro also North
ern and Southern Mandarin tongues.
The best Northern M uidariii dialect is
spoken iu 1'ekin, while the best South
ern Mandarin is sp kcu in Nankin.
A third in irked form of the same
longn-J is used iu West China,
especially in Tsien-Kiang. l'ooplo
w ho speak the various Mandarin dia
lects, however, can understand ono
another readily. If we estimate the
population of China at olio, 000,000 of
people, at least :lo.i,0'HMioO uso tho
Mandarin tongue. All persons, from
whatever part of China, who desire to
enter poli'ical or ollicial life, lcaru
this tongue.
It is estimated tha'. :i..V0,0O0 theatro
tickets aro issued in the country every
week at fifty cent each. The total
sum expended every year fortius
form of amusement would amount to
.fo, 1,000,000,
Mill. DIIKVS rOU MX.
A ItlCC'l-ll'T.
Take n lol of gnlnl nature tniil plenty of fun
Anil stir them. ti often toetber,
'J uen once in a while ii-ld a swrct, sunny
smile
'Twill nuke brltfhtiieis in dreariest
weather.
, Youth's Voinp.niinn.
tA I ISIIKIIMAN s srii.liMil-; i'l;r
An Astoria fisherman has a tame
sea lion which follows bis bout as a
dog- irols after his mastcp. He brought,
up a baby sou lion iu tt net one day
durijig tbo fishing season, and Ihe
helpless little creature, bleated so
plaiutivoly that he. took it ashoro and
cared for it. All. through the winter
he. fed it and it bocaqf3 greatly at
tached to him. This season the sea
Jion has aecoinpiiiiii.4l him very fre
itently. It swims astern of tho boat
aii tukes a lively 'interest in the lisb
ing. When the net is hauled iu the
qucct' pet comes alongside and barks
iu its strange w.lv ,mii jt j,t,ts aj.
lowaucO of lish. Now York Adver
tiser. "
..nTmai, ai i i.i hum.
Julia Iiiy is iu love. She is only
three years old. The object of her
iill'ection is I ocl., a largo setter dog.
These facts will not appear so sur
prising when it il stated (hat Julia is
a filly, and out) of the specdie!, that
ever speeded over n Western twiek.
Julia's paronts, 'he mighty Springbok
and tho peerless Easter l'lanet, were
burned to death hi the Mcgibhvii stock
barn, near Cy iithiuui. Ky. Julia was
saved and brought I.alonia with
the stable. Tim lilly; was a "ctTtck"
as a two-year-ohl, but despite the. as
siduous ntleiUioii of her Inline' sho
seems going back' in form nt present.
This is due to her astonishing- fond
ness for Ioik, the. setter.
Julia wiil not cat unless Dock is
perched on the mtiugor. She cannot
bo induced to gallop unless I Kick ac
companies hor, and she eviuees gen
uine distress when the dog is mil of
her sight. Mr. Megibbon is puzzled
and is thinkieig of killing Hock ajulof
sending Julia back to (he farm until
she recovers from her strange attach
incut. Xevr York Ii "oorder.
A JKAUH'S l ow.
A few years ago 1 had a qnicUmilch
cow, "Hose," , w hich was fond of
Thomas, tho slablcuian, and also
showed an aversion In dogs. Ono
morning I bad just begun to dress
when I heard my puppy barking iu
tho cow shed. The ncxl minute 1
heard a roar of uninistaknliloj fear and
anguish a human roai. I dashed
down stairs, and at the sntfino moment
arrived my sou, pitchfork, in band.
There lay Thomas on iijs face in a
dry gutter by the side oftho road to
the cow-houso and the . cow butting
angrily at liini- We drove oil' the
cow and poor Thonut scufllisd across
the road, slipped through a wiro
fence, stood up njid drew brotutb.
"Well, Thomas" said 1, "what's
the matter with Hose?"
"Well, sir," said Thomas, "I hoard
the pup bark and untied him, and I
was just coming out ( of ihe eowboiisO
with the pup in my arms, when Hoso
camu round tbo coitier. Ske knocked
me down and wouIiV have killed mo.''
Thomas luul, indeed, bad a narrow
escape; his trousers were ripped up
from end to end, and red murks all
along his legs showed whore Hoso's
horns had grazed a lung them.
"Well," said I, "you'd better not
milk her ibis moiling, siuceVslio's iu
such a fury."
Oh! I'll milk her frght enough,
sir, by and by ; just give her a little
lime to settle down," said Thomas,
h's oniy jealousy of that 'ore pup, sir.
She couldn't abide seeing mo a-fondling
of it "
In about twenty minutes Thomas
called mo down toisco tho milk. Tho
cow had stood quiet omviigh to bo
milked. Hut the milk was deeply
tinged with blood, and in half an
hour a copious red precipitate had
settled to tho bottom of the pail. Till
then I had doubted Hit! jealousy the
ory. After that 1 believed. Lou
don Spectator.
He Was Kcully Fishing.
Friend Whoro is your husband?
Hostess He is oil' on a trout fishing
trip.
"Oh, yes, I've heard such stories bo
fore. How do you know bo is really
Ii liiug."
"I have proof. Ho sent mo some
fish."
"Hub! Fish can bo bought in
market.'
These weren't. They were such
miserable liitlo bits of ones no uiaikot
would sell tliein." New York
A LOST CABLE.
Mow It Was Fiblicd Up From the
Atlantic's Bottom.
A Marvelous Triumph of En
gineering Skill.
AI a dinner given the late l 'yrus W
Field by the New York Chamber of
Commerce, on November 1", ISCti, be
told about Ihe recovery of the Atlan
tic cable which was lost in tbo ocean's
bed, iu these words:
"After landing the cable safely at
Newfoundland, we had another task
to return to mid-ocean and recover
that lost iu the expedition of last year.
Tills achievement has, perhaps, ex
cited more surprise than the other.
It was the triumph of the highest
nautical and engineering skill. We
had four ships, and on board of them
60HIO of (bo bent seamen in Kngland
men who knew tho ocean as a hunt
ter knows every trail iu the forest.
Thero was Capl. Moriarty, who was
iu Ihe Agamemnon iu IH.'m-.
"He win iu the (ireat Eastern last
year, and saw the cable when 'f broke;
and bo and ('apt. Anderson at once
took their observations so exact that
they culild go right to the spot. After
finding it, they marked Ihe line of the
cable by a row of buoys, for fogs
would come down and shut out sun
nnd stars, so that no man could take
an observation. These buoys wero
anchored a few miles apart. They
were nuinbuiod, and each had ft IhiLr
b t it 11' o ii it, so that it couid lit! seen by
day, and u lantern by night. Thus
having taken our bearings, we stood
oil' threo or four uiilci, hi as to come
b!-oadsido on; mid then casting over
(ho grapnel, drifted slowly down upon
it, dragging tho bottom of the ccoau
as we went. Al first it was a little
awkward to lish iu Mich deep water,
but our men got used to it, anil suou
could cast a grapnel id most as straight
as an old whaler throws a harpoon.
"Our lishuig lino w as of formidable
eiiM. It was made of rope, twisted
with wires of stool, so ns to boar a
strain of thirty tons. It took about
two bonis for the grapnel lo reach
bottom, bit! wo could tell when it
struck. 1 of ton went to iho bow and
sat on the ropo, and could feel by the
quiver that the grapn 1 was drageiny;
on tho bottom two miles under it-.
Hut it was a very slow business. We
bad storms ulid Palms a id fogs and
squalls.
'Still wo worked on day tit er day.
Once, on the 17th day of Aueii-t, wo
got tho cable up, and In I it iu full
sight for live minutes .i long, sliuic
monster, fresh from ihe m of llu
ocean's bed; but our men ! egan to
cheer so wildly lluit it -coined lo l o
frightened, and suddenly lnvL- away
and went down.
"This accident kept us at work two
weeks longer; but finally, on the last
night of August, wo caught it. We
had cast the grapnel thirty times. It
was a liil'.u before midnight on l-'iiilav
uigbt that we hooked the cable, and it
was a little after midnight Sunday
morning when we got it on board.
tVhat was the anxiety of thoso tw enty
six bout's! 'Iho strain on every mui's
life was like the strain on the cable
itself. When finally il appeared, it
was midnight; the lights of the ship
and in the bouts around our bows, ti
they flashed in the faces of tbo men,
showed them eagerly watching for the
cable lo appear on the water.
"At length it was brought t lb"
surface. VII win were allow.". I to
approach crowded forward to see it.
Yet not n word was spoken; only th
voices of the officers iu command
were beard giving orders. Ail f.-lt
lis if life and death him- on iho is-oo.
It was only when it w a . brought uvei
the bow mid on the ih-ck that moo
dared to biea'.hc. Even then they
hardly believed their eye-. Sinn
crept towards it ui feel of ii, to h,
sure it was there. Thou we carried
it along to Iho cleeti iciaiis' room to
seo if our long-sought tieasine was
alive or dead.
"A few minu'fs of suspense, and
and a flash loKl of the lightning cm
rent again set free. Then did Un
feeling long pent up burst forth.
Some turned away their beads and
wepl, others broke into cheers, and
tho cry ran from man to man, and
was hoard down in the engine rooms,
deck below del;, and from the boats
ou the water, and tho other ships,
while the rockets lighted up the iiatk
ness of the sea.
"Then with thankful hearts wc
turned our fncc&nguiu lo the west.
Hut soon Ihe wind rose, and for thirty
six hours wo wero exposed to all tho
dangers of a storm on the Atlantic.
Yet, iu the very height and tiny of
the tralc, as 1 Sat iu tbo clcctiiciaiis'
room, a lla.sb of light came up from
ihe deep which having crossed lo Ire
land, camo back lo inc. in in id-ocean,
telling (bat Iho'c so dear to me, w li-on
1 had left on Ihe banks of the llud.-ou,
were well and following us wiili their
wishes and their prayers.
"This was like a w hisper of Ood j
from tbo Sea. bidding me keep heart
and hope. 'The (ireat Eastern hotel
herself proudly through tho storm as ,
if she knew that the vital cold w hii h
was to join the two hemispheres bung
at her Mel ii, and .-o on at urday , Ihe i
7lh of September, we In ought our
second cable safely to llu: shoie."
Firemen's Nerves.
A Iraining-sehool system for lire- ;
men is one of the interesting features
of llio fire-lighting department of ,
Chicago.
New firemen are initiated and old j
ones skilled in the dangers and neces-
silies of their calling ut the engine- .
houses where bonk and ladder com- j
panics are stationed. At these plac ts 1
what is known as tho "pompier drill'' ,
is gone through, says the Tribune,
and here, too, the various devices do-
signed to ensure ihe safety of human
life arc tested. And al these places
also the ncivc of a new liitiu is given ;
a thorough ti ial.
'To Ihe lay observer the pompier
drill is a thrilling sight. It stirs one '
to seo a yoO pouiid man run up the
wall of a four-story building by no
other menus than a -kcleton ladder,
twelve feet long a device that ap
pears to be unable to bear tin: weight
of an average youth. Yet I his is doue,
and done so quickly as to tako one's
brrt'th away.
Attached to each engine-house is a
three lory tower with window ledges
on the sides. 'The pompier bidder is
curved at one end, and the new fire
man is taught how lo rent this on the
lifsl-story ledge so that it will not slip :
while lie is climbing. After be has
ictiched the first ledge he draws up
the ladder and hangs it from the lodge
above. 'Then he climbs again, repeal
ing iho process until Ihe lOof is
reached. 'The lad h i -having no safe
grasp on the ledge, is likely lo slip
unless skillfull.! managed. Tbo firo- I
man's w eight ' must hold tho ladder
uTiiroly in pkuw A siight shifting
of bis weight to one side would raise
one of the curved prongs resting on
the ledg', and, ibis slipping, bidder
an. I fireman would fall. It was by
au accident of this kind that n fireman
Ii st his life a few days ago at the
engine-boiise ou l'aeilic avenue.
'The object i f perfecting firemen in
lids dtillislo make Ilium skillful in
-caling buildings lo the roof whoro
time is a valuable considei alion. An
expert lii email call got lo the top of fl
building long before a truck ladder i6
in place.
Another drill is thai nidi the steel
net, a device for catching anyone
lumping from a building. 'The fire
men uio taught how to hold Ihe net.
an 1 tests are made by having persons
jump from short elevations. In thus
drill a system of signals is used lo se
ctiro prompt and uniform movement
on the part of the men. 'This is to
enable iheni to move together al a
captain's signal so as to catch a falling
body.
'1 lie I nivcrsid Mosimi'o.
"I have been as far south as 1'ata
goliia, and as tar north as 1,-ciaiul,"
:iid Capl. Frank Howeis, now at the
I. acidic, "and 1 have yd to lintl a
ootinliy that is net infested by mos
quitoes. It is the general opinion
that these pcMs are e Hil'med to warm
countries, but that is a mistake. In
the short summers of Iceland they
fairly swarm, and man mav get all
the bites ho can lake cure of in tho
.vraiis of M igellan if ho goes there ai
he proper tini -. Mexico was a terra
incognita to tic mosquito until a few
years ago, but he is plentiful enough
there now. It is said that they wore
imported, with much other undesir
able live stock, from the Fnite.l Slates.
If that he true 1 do not wonder at Iho
dislike wiib which ihe descendants of
the Montezuma regard the Ameri
canos.'' M. Louis (ilobe-l'emocrut.
His Only Enemy.
When Jones was at college he was
a most excellent fellow, and only bad i
one enemy soap, lie was called
lirlv Jones. One day the vag,
l'rown, wciu into hi rooms, and re
monstrating with him on the untidy,
slovenly and dirty state of everything,
said :
l pon my word, Oirly, it's too bad;
the only clean thing in the room is
your towel!" l.oudou Tid-Hits.
In America, us iu France, the aver
ago si?o of f.imilios has been steadily
decreasing for the last half century.
The average is now l.'.U, vvheu in 130
it was o.oO.
"The I.iiihI of Utile People."
Tis, Ihe lund of litlll- people is s lovelier Und
tliun mil's,
With its mine of new-found treasures, mossy
glii'lcs and fairy bowers.
Eirtii, her robe of choicest beauty spreads to
Woo the tender feet.
And !hc angels whispering round llieni thrill
the air with aeci-nts sweet.
Mi iimry brings no pang of sorrow, troubles
lightly pass away,
Hope liiirizmi is tomorrow, and the sky is
bright today.
Kory moment has- its blessing, sweeter
thoughts and fairer flowers;
le-. he land nf little people is a lovelier
land I Imii ours.
Hot from o'i r the silent river conies to us s
purer glow- -I'mi
r t'H'ii thiui Ihe sunbeams that the little
pi epic know;
And tlie lovi soim ol ihe heavens stenlsupon
the wearied ear,
Hwei ti-r than the angels' whispers thill tho
litlll people hiMir.
And the wanderer, ow rstriw'ii, bumbled OS
ti little child.
Knows tie- past is all forgiven, and his God
is recoii'-ili d.
When around Ids faltering footsteps comes
the blessing of the dove,
From Ihe fairest world of niiy. from the
home of truth nnd love.
i-. W illis, in New York Advertiser.
Ill .11(11101 S.
Nothing tires ihe soul of a ninn
more I ban a shoe peg.
Many a woman who cannot drive a
nail or a horse can drive a man.
A row of pins umounts to a great
deal lo the man who sits down oil
them.
Hob I don't fee bow you can stand
that follow Iilinkingtoii. Claire I
can't ; I sit down on him.
'('bailey Thwiggins! How dare
yon?" "You said you'd ho u sister to
me, didn't you?" "Yes." "Weill al
ways kiss my sister whenever 1 feel
like it."
'There's only ( lie good thing about
a clam," remarked young Freddy, ns
he ilex trotisly removed a handful of
gravel from his mouth, "he never
loses his sand."
Mrs. Yi'tt,:guife fat breakfast)
'There is no bread ou Iho table, Nora.
Nora Sure, thero' s none in tbo house.
Mrs Youngwifo (severely) Then
make some toast.
Slit-always used to shake my baud with a
touch as light as a feather.
East nigh! 1 suid I hoed her nnd she shook
inc altogether.
Smith (with cH'iision) Hello,
lb-own, is Unit you? 1 heard you wero
drowned! lirowu (with sadness)
No it was my toother. Smith (thought
lessly ) - vVhat a pi y !
Miss lrop Why 1 wonder what is
Ihe matter with my eye? 1j they
seem to have a filmy appearance? Mr.
Swiftleigh-.1 nst about us usual my
ilea;'. They tilt mo w itli rapture.
"I have jii-t gained your mother's
consent, Clara dear." "Hut, Mr.
Swift, I ti t n so yoiu.g, I renily "
"I don't think il wil, make any dif
feionco, ns 1 am lo he your step
father." lie had brought ho: a chair, then A
fan, tlu it an ice, uml us in- went after
her shawl, her f t U nd remarked:
"Yon scio to think u great deal of
Mr. Sliuiiuiu." " es," was the re.
ply, "1 lii.e him for bis fetching
ways."
A Swell ( hiiiese Hiuiier.
(lOtteral Wong, commander of tho
Chinese troops in the neighborhood of
I anion, has been entertaining tbo
foreign con. u s, the commissioner and
deputy commissioners of customs, tho
chairman of th- municipal council, and
others iu the Swatow (luildhali. Tho
bill of fare w as as follows I Hird's
nest soup, pigeon's egg, sharks' this,
fried quail, stewed piyoons, mush
rooms t!ewed(, meiitcukes and chick
en soup, roa-t chicken (rolled), whilo
futigu", boiled mutton mid onions,
chicken, walnuts und mushrooms,
roast in ut Inn. dolphins' mouths, suck
hit: pig and roast duck with garlic,
cucumber and patties, crabapplo tea
an 1 cakes, congee with ducks' eggs
and salt turnips, boiled rieo and a
variety of sweets. In tbo iniittor of
liipiids, a varie'y of "the best stun
sho 's" were serve), together with
foreign wines, including chumpagae
Ice .iter Without Ice.
Here is a way to get ice-cold water
in places where there is no ico. Wrap
a jug; a porous jug, ono of tlioso
common earthen things iu flannel
wet tlaoiH'l: wrap il all around, leav
ing no phu'o exposed lo tho air; placo
it, tilled with water, in an open win
dow exposed lo all the air there is.
Keep the flannel wet. In au hour
the content of the jug will bo almost
as cool as if they had been iced.
'The M'thodiits of this country pub
lish 117 pap-is, ihe Homan Cuil.jlic
ll'7, Hiplists U'l., I'resby toriuns 3,
l'roto-itapl I'.iiisroiials 17.