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i r $lje Cljotljam Record RATES ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- 11. Oi One square, two insertions 1.64 One square, one month 8.6(1 For larger adrertisementa liberal ecu nets will be made. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanct. rrrrsBouo', Chatham co., n. c, February wa VOL. XV. J II. -A.. t-ONIjIOIV, EDITOU AND PROPRIETOR. NO. 21. I.orc la not Free. Love Is not free lo talc, like gun and air, Xor given away for naught to any otio. It I no common right for men lo share--I.Ike all things precious it Is sought anil won. So If iinothcr i more loved than you, Suv not, "It is unjust j" but say : "If she Han earned more love than I it it her due; When I deserve more it will eome lo nie." Bill if your lon-inp he lor love indeed, I'll I each ytm how to win it a sure way ; Love nnd he lovely, that I all you nerd, And what you. wh-li lor will he yours name .lav.' -ifUMiu ('ooliile, In Household dim-lnnion. THE DEPOSIT. In one of the great merchant cities Of Southern (i.'nuii'iy dwell the Lady Liu, fatherless an I inohorlets daugh ter of (lie highly revered Itiirgoni.-islcr I'lOllriilii ini. lieait iuil, rich, Iter Own indulgent 1 1 1 1 ( 1 1 i :s , sin; could not waul for aiders, c iiispicuous uuong whom wvio Ihrco youths un equally ;ifl v.-il with the gif is of for hi ne There could bo no question ol the wealth of Walter, son of Ihe most Ipulcnt jeweller of Hi'! chy; or of the overly of Alexis, who seemed to pos loss not 1 1 1 1 1 but the paper on which ee was continually inscribing a new J raft of hi one sonnet, never to be fluish"d in tins world. Jlnt of A lelbert's properly men Only surmised thai it was risked in idveuturom spcciihi'imis. and that hi. fortune altoruuiely to ivnl and flagged like a pitching kite, Perhaps, how ever, iliise who knew most would isve marvelled lnt at the expression of ubsolu e despair which darkened ,i Is eouiileiiiiiire its out) ilny he cropl nto n sombre thicket of yew, u pistol in his hand. It i over!" lie cried. "She has Attn -oil me to my face! Adieu to the list hope of repairing my hisses., np ?ini I n 4 my or .blurs, mid withdraw .ng lh.it. fearful ilepnsil ere tho day of reckoning, now so Hear al hand! I tliould .lie of luinie thou; better die f shot nun !"' And lio pres.od llio mil..'.) of hi pis'ol lo his tennile. He was in dim lamest another moment would have oeeu bid last when (ho pistol was (vreiii'bed from liis hand, and a woll tuoivu voice exclaimed: ' Hold! or at least declare first, for ihi! into; iiialioii nml, il may be, (ho lonsoliiiiou of thy f i io.nl , whether Lin has rejected l bee." She lias nut, Waller," reurncil Adelberl. '-Nut tho pang of uiire ipiiteil love, lull the goad of accusing uonseieure, chases mo from Ibis ter raqueous world. Hearken, Walter! it imports lli-e lo know, for thy in fieriluucu wid he curtailed by my ini nrobity. Trusting in the liouor of ais old friend's si n, thy failier has tlvuneed inn fiO.OOO ducats upon (lie lecurity of a sealed packo', whose cou ,tnts I have f.iblod to be family wels, mysteriously iiiiiu-tod to me. i)h, Walter, Walter, tho sweepings of iho streets were precious in compan ion, Now go and denounce mo to thy father ;jo and betray m ) to Ida. " I am a gentleman," said Walter, n i 111 v , itnd walked hwiiv, carrying die pistol with hiin. The wretched Adeiljci l li in. lined the pley of Idi till ing thoughts mi il a dismal sound li i n i lv upon liis ear, and ho 11 'il pre cipitately a Aexis entered the grove reciting llio latest version of his son net. When Walter, on his part, bad quil led the spot, he was tingling all over ivilb the glow of a magnanimous ac tion, or at least profession, which in its oiled on the inner man is much the tame thing. Hit had not, however, proceedi! 1 fareie he encountered a black ami a white personage, neither pf whom, indeed, ha 1 quitted him during his inlet view with Auulhort, nr any of Us ,u any period, but of whose presence be then became dis liuo ly conscious. The black spirit thought thai .")(, 000 ducats w 1141 great deal of money, to which hit while t'omrade assented, bill added that hon or win peril cily inestimable. 'I In; black spirit h id much to say About Adelbuit's iniq dty, and the while al ou: lis lelribiiiioii. The ques tion of Walter's duly In society win fully considered from opposito points of view; uud then the black spirit in Iro'uccd the Lady Ida, and, by de picting her in the character of Add heit's bride, removed (ho debate from the 1 calm of ratiocination lo the re gum of sensuous perception, where liio white spirit was at singular dis.nl van luge. And a the arguments of the black gentleman ami people ot hi serl are in variably found to gain in weight the longer one is willing to listen to them, thou wilt not marvel, judicious leader, 10 me.t Waller next morning in Ida's saloon, making a clean breast of Adeb bel t's breach of honor, o n silent as to his own. Ida, however, soon made him con fess thai his knowledge of the secret was derived from Adleberl himself, and intimated very plainly tint she considered his Hie m-ainr action of the I wo. Oh. Lady," pl.aded the impas sioned Waller, 'allowest thou nothing for tho overwhelming might of self forgeliing love? Wou'dst thou have thy slave sit stupidly beholding thy innocence cnliifgU'd in the wile0 of a swindler, iu blind allegiance (o con ventions nay, even to sanctions other wise imperative':' Not of such clay is thy Walter fiuhione.l. Show him the law (hut rest ruin, the obligation that debate him from seeking ihy weal through evil report and good report, an d be wi 1 lend Ilia I law and spurn that obligation at he. shutters this ves sel mil tramples upon Ibis quadru ped." Ida's vaoe if llowers lay shiveied upon the floor, and her litlle dog writhed and howled beneath Waller's supoi incumbent boot, lie was evi dently beside himself, and Ida ould only recompoi-e him by connnaiidinpr him to depait her presence, and never return unless he brought the false packet with him. "To what end, Lady? When it lias been opened iu court tl'c i hcal will be manifest to thee and to tho worid." "And how know I ilint it may not have been tampered with meanwhile? Produce it tomorrow, or see my face no more." Waller mocUy represented llml tin.' deposit tins not in bis custody, n argument mauifesily devoid of weigh1, lie promised obedience and departed. ( )n his way homo he had much com munication with his black companion, anil ere the prescribed tiiiiD litis ex cellent young m tn had possessed him self of tin! ;acket by means of a false key. He liitriinl lo Ida with his prize, and placed it. iu her hands. She wavered him back while she broke the seals. To his am :.eiiiiml,ll)0 first iuitii'iiii 11 of her sentiments was a tit of laughter, but her expression be. c.iini! tragic when she had salislied h,relf that the contents wo ti indued but piper. Mn turned liercely upon Wnlter.wbo found it advisable lo quit her presence with expedition. "How awfully feud she must be of him." he soliloquized. 'Would I bad known it etc I suti lied my finest feelings for her sake! And yet what a scrape 1 have got in to! The packet is in her bunds was, llial is 10 say, live iniuulet ago; for by this lime il is probably ia Ihc lire. What will become of my lather ivhen il cannot ho produced? And, more especially, what wid becouui of me? Wretched Wall, r! lucky Adelberl ! un grateful Ida!'' M ike a coiinierleii," advised lb black spirit 'Confess everything," leeoinuieud od the white. I am sure I cau'i," replied Waller 10 llio latter miggesiioi; and "1 don't think I can" was his responso lo llio first. He was, nevei lluilest, revolving 11 scheme for llio ncquisiiion of Ad.-I-bort's seal, when a ku k came to bis chamber door. K ilcr," he cried, and one of Ida's iloiiii'stics presented the packet, with the seals so 'mntiiugly restored as to leave no (race of opening, nlong with a bidiit from his mistress. Walter read : 'Forgive my impel uosiiy. Iu my agitation I did not slay lo gauge I lie intensity of thy atlecliou bv the enor mity of thy turpitude. Whensoever the contents of the packet are publicly evinced mere paper, account me Ibine." Wid er heaved a sigh of tipi-ci bless joy, and hastened lo replace the pack et iu his futliei's roller. At the seine it 1 o tn n' Adr.lbei t, alone iu liis chain, her, u as holding a phia1 of poison lo In.: lamp, whose rays lent a baleful glitter to (bo adder-hued tlni I. An empty globlet gaped for llio deadly potion. Auilheil's lingeis 1I11I ied 1 with the cotk, when a hand smote upon the door wi'houi, and bo hastily thrust 1 lit- phial into a draw. ; 'Pardon the iuti usion," said Alex. I is, entering, dint thou mayest probu 1 b'y wish lo hear my sonnet, which is ! now . oiipleted lo my satisfaction, ! excepting thirteen lines. Moreover, j the Lid; Ida has intrusted me with a I letter lo thee." j A Iclbort e.igci ly broke the seal, I The missive contained notlHiig save I a delineation of an anchor, tho em 1 bleui of hope. 4 I e she, can she ' know?" he peculated. 'Ts she a witch, or is Walter a traitor? How- I beil, tho phial may re.t where il is?" 1 j The great day h.ul arrived. The ! (Oiiit wa thronged with merchants and lawyers. The parlict concerned j woe piesent with (hair notaries Adelberl pale as ileal h. Wullei' father Hushed and fidgety. Waller sardonically culm. A magistrate read lb.! forutut notice !hn, the pledge not having been redeeuic.l, I he packet was now to be opened mid its contents made over to Waller's father, toil'j"el to three days' grace of redemption. Adelberl's heart might have been heard lo b'til all over the court but for the bu.. of excited whi sperms.'. Trembling widi eagerness, the old jiiweller broke ihe sealu and cut M o silken strings, nml held tip a mass of paper, scored with blotted and erased characters. "A exis' sonnet, by all that's blue!" cried Walter. "Is this all, wretch?" sbou'ed his al her lo Adclbeit. "Wretch, I say, is this nil? ' Adelhert made no reply. "Ida has mocked me," be thought, with inexpressible bittcructvs. "Villain, you shall swing for this! '' thundered the old man as he dashed Ihe papers on lo the table. A ring as of metal mnolc upon every ear, uud one of the fifty outstretched hands grasped uud held up a brilliant ob ject, Ihshiug and spuikiiug in ihe sunshine liiat si reamed thr ugh llio court window. Heavens!" exclaimed Ik aged lapidary, "llnse are the family j.-wcls of Ihe house of Trolieiiheim ! " ' Which," said a clear voice in the remote pari of the court, "I leui lo Heir Adelberl that lie might impledgo iheni for the sum lie ueedud, ami which my lawyer will now redeem foi ihe siinii) with u deed of interest. " "I.adv!" shrieked Walter, "how long have these gems " but bis father checked him angrily. Id 1 hur ried blushing from thu conn mid Walter sank back murmuring, "Aw. fully fond of him." The word was taken up on nil sides, nml as ihe stunned and slowly reviv ing Adelhert found himself surround ed wiihold and new friends eongralii luting him upon his Iriuu pit uud tho near prospect of a wealthy and devoted bride, he could not but repeal to him self, "How she must love me!" He escaped as soon us he could nu.l hastened lo Idu. He full at her feet and thanked her for his life and honor. Then he urged her lo wed him. "Not for the universe, Adelbeit,'1 answered Ida, very sweetly. The discomlitted suitor could only slu miner, ''Wherefore?" "lidcause compassion is not neces sarily love; because 1 may hnve de sired to humble, even more than lo help Ihec; because WiiH'f would un doubtedly hang himself; lastly, and this, indeed, is tho principal and mod conclusive reason, because I have been Iheso three, week privately married lo Alexis." Illustrated News of the World. Ohl-Tlnie ( airier Pigeon. Thin e it nothing new under Ihe sun, not evou military pigeon posts. An old account of a voyage made iu thu Kasl, thai of L tbrogniere, our Paris correspondent says, is soon lo be pub li.hod. M. Lilifur, w ho edits il, con tribute 11 preface, iu which he says thai in Ihe IH1I1 ceulury these birds were used iu Syria and iu Kgypt for the rapid transmission of news. Tim Caliphs mad.' the pigeon post a regu lar inslit.iiion in the Nile delta. I'tolemetes had a department at Cairo for Ihe registration of the genealogies of pigeons. Hour Kd.liu, in llii'J, made a pigeon-post code, and ordained that the central ofttco was lo bo u tho citadel of Cairo. Tall towers and pigeon-houaos were built along tho route of his whole empires and to its utmost extremities. The towers were to serve to enable the pigeons lo ici'oiinoili'u from cages the neighbor ing country ami the pigoou-liouscs f or breeding. I'eiiallies were imposed for killing a pigeon nnd prices were set on the heads of hi ids of prey likoly lo molest I hem. There were six pigoou-pos's butween Cairo and Damascus uud ten bet ween tho lal'er city and Hehnessa. London News. The Maw of I'urls. There is no ci:y in Ihe world thai keeps such accurate leeord of the entry of food and fuel supplies within its binders as Paris. This is due lo I the fuel thai a high import duly is I levied on almost every article of do mestic use which is brought to this city. 1 hiring 1H!U the total amount of coal consumed in Paris was o,i7!, 000 grots tons, of which 1,512,000 gross tons were brought lo tho cily by river and canal; 1,7157,000 gross Ions were of Pronch origin, ti 17,700 gross tons came from Belgium, 418,000 from Kiiglaud, and 12D,!I00 from Car many. The small amount of charcoal used as fuel in Paris will bring the total consumption of fuel 10 throe and one-half million grots lout. The yoarly consumption of roal iu Loudon Is twelvs million tons. Uoslc-n Trim script. .,,-.. .H,Li,.a:.vs(OL,Mv. ks'dw ri.owKiis. Whir in); and daucinv ill nn. Hi. All ninht lonu the snow tlukes w. r: bu-y -- H:ty s Iks", are busy in clover. And bee. lire busy tut) wide World ovi r. Tired iillle siinwli ikes, in shy. s -ft ni-is g, Kesliii 011 hvis and branches uud (ri asse-, Wee Dorothy WMlchhm il hi iir,r:e, II iliyhooil'a woud.-r in her eye-. Looking .nit 011 llie woild .0 hit-. Wise with wisdom out of our sulii, H ihy bellies il all in a minute It's winter s Harden w if snow llow-r in ii 1 ' Annie II. Donne'l.in Yoiith'r i oinpaiiioii. Mo. HUSH I'l Is. Tlie little Moors play with turtles insteu.l of with en's aud dogi. A Moorish b y and bis turtle go to gether, Just us 1111 American boy has bis dog or his pony by his Hide. A little Moore d ags Ids pet along bv a siring w hich is fa t me. I around 1 he Ini tio's bo.lv. L !'lg T. ' 'I It A 111. IK." II 11 one was Jens Carl Julius Veil ing N'.-isou, hut il was shorleuel to I'li.iiiie f ir everyday use. We had never seen a leal sailor before, mid used 10 i'en in open-eyed a-loiii-li-m in o his strange yarns." He wss a diver at one lime a ul 11 eeeine.l much more real to hear hiin tell that the bed of the ocean was hiily aud covered with grass than to read about it in our geographic. There is 0110 range of hillt en I ed .lej Newfoundland hills thai extend from Newfoundland iu 11 southwesterly di rcclioii nboiil u) miles, then turn a 11 ost directly west and end about 3"0 tniies from New York Cily. In April, lM, a ship (he called r. the Caeserj with 8J0 men oil L' Hal was wrecked 011 these hills. "Lvery man vas diowned but two. I 11' a year afler. w'eu we come down d'-re,'' said Charlie, "wo see nil dese men, the eap'n 1111' a l, staudiu' round sbiisl like ifdey's a ive. ).'i! eyes viisopeu; look like dey vas io.ikiu' 1 fter u.s. Oh, my! dot inakiu' us feel so had, wo go quick up again, else wo drop down like we vas dead.'' He meant it made them faint. Seeing our incredulous U ok he asked ; "You doii'l believe dot? Dot vug sliure," he declared with an emphatic, nod of Ihe bend. No languuge can describe the thrill with which he pro nounced some of hi. "r'," nor ihe way others were rounded, lie wat us lied. lluw could 1 hey stand up when I hey were dead?'' "You ace, w'en de ship sink, dot's goiu' so fast it make deiii up slraigh', II n' down in de bottom i'j salt keep 1 111 fiom fulliu' down." DiJ you ever so a ineruiaiill1 ' (Hi, ye", loll o' time. Id; lirsl lime I see it, il make luc skuiit. I I'ou'lil dot vas a woman dead." The Danish name for luei maid it 'ocean lady." How tall aie they:1" " Tionl four feel,'' aixweiel Char lie. "I).) head is small, shust like a baby's, on'y it got long hair, awful long hair, like a woman. Yes, it gut arms un' linn's, 11 n' h ilv to here,' nnd he rented his hands on his hi s. "den long tail like a lish." Did you ever hear one talk?" saked one eager lisleuer. "N, course; I cau'i hear nodding wit dot big t ing oil my head 1111' de ocean mako so much noise. Hut ilev do lulk; one man, hundred years n,'o, he cult h out) tin' put it iu valer 111 de ship un' ho hear il lulk," sdd Charlie. "Could he uiidcrsland ii?" I asked. "Yes," ho answered with tho pecu liar drawl with which he always pro nounced the word. ' It use do sumo kind lalk we do ou ocean.'' 'Oh, pshaw!" exclaimed some one, "you can't make mo believe, that until I see some 011.1 ilmt has tried it." "Well, dot's sluice, " said .Ions Carl Julius Yelling Nelson, with unmoved conviction. I suppose that i is one of the numer ous fabulous legends of his native routin e. Fai m, I'eld and Fireside. Horses .Sen I by Express. Sou. ling horses by express teems a rather novel and expensive method of transporting such bu ky livestock, yet A. P. Kims of Chicago and Washiu' - 4 ' ton, 'who owns a valuable pair of nags, as well is a gold mine iu Mary land, has liio J this method and up. proves of il. His horses wcie in this city, and he desired to send them quu'dy and safely to Chicago. Ficight transit was too slow, so he made ar rangement with an express company, v luff by they furnished (wo padded itallA iu one of tin ii- cars and a givoni to at lend the animals en route. "They arrived safe and sound iu Chicago," he said, "a'tiiost as quickly as I could get there myself, im I the whole bill was only $l(" Wash ington post, thi PHANUT TRADE. ! An Interesting Chapter on a Great American Delicacy. j The Peanut's Adaptability to Many Useful Purposes. The news that tl, re is a shortage in liie 1 enniit crop is likely to ngiiate a jrrout many persons iu (j ' un, where the habit of eating peanuts is moro general in certuin districts than iu S in Francisco, Chicago or St. Louis, which Are the three foremost livals to the metropolis iu the consumption of the leguminous nut. The peanut enters of the great cities are provided for chiefly by tho crop yieb'ed by the pea nut farms of Virginia nnd North Car olina, This crop, it is announced, has this year fallenMiort of 40,00,000 bush els, and I hero is n consequent advance iu the wholesale price. Tho quoted market rate is now live cents n pound, but ihe numerous Italian Counts who are interested in Ihe retail trade still u.lhcie to last year's rate of ten cents a quart, an I are Ihercforo entitled to uud will iloublleis receive ihe gratitude of olhuin's peanut fillers, particu larly ou ihe liowery, where ft supply of peuuutt has from lime immemorial been part of (he theatre out lit. of ihe humble mid euthutiattic patrons of the drama. In times gone by eciiuiu residents of the mctiopolls, sullering from lack of knowledge of the great American pea. nut, have nil'ecrd to despise it, uud lo scorn the lasle of those who chose il us a delicacy. ISttt il is worth noth ing thai, ihe p.'Hiiul has risen supeiior to this mistaken prejudice uud has forced the respect of many who thought contemptuously of it by be coming un object of nrl ns it were. Ivvery New Yorker ticcus ouied louse his eyes around holiday limes has seen (h ! proof of this in novel ornaments that have appeared in the shop wiu d iws. With n paint brush skilfully handled, and bits of bright colored cloths or silks, artists have been able 1 1 metamorphose the peanut into an oiijccl that unites humor with an inherent beauty of as pect that is remarkable. Peanut dolls uud other things have now a recog nize I market value ns curios, an I it is a fact to Ihe eternal liouor of llio low ly nut that artists of local renown Imvo not thought it derogatory to their art to busy themselves iu the absorb ing pailini ; of peanut decoration. Peanut dolls lire found adorning man tels in many studios, ami elaborate art works, iu which the peanut has p'liyo I the most important part, arc ex ib ted in coatly gold f mines. Those who think slightingly of the peanut forget its adaptability to many useful commercial pin 'poses. Tlie nut bus long been valued for its oil. The seed contains a lluid that is an excel lent substitute for, and is often sold at olivo oil. Ity healing the seeds be fore prossiug them another tort of oil is secured thai is useful iu the making of soup. The seeds thcimelves have also been used in making cerinin kinds of chocolate. Those who would speak contemptuously of the peanut lire undoubtedly ignorant of ihe fact Unit the vine that bears the aet is in it self nn interesting curio in Nor I horn climes, quite ns much, indeed, us Ihe cotton bud and branch. If the dried vine bo varnished and painted nnd the nut gilded, a parlor urniiiu ml is obtained that is sure lo alt rnet the iu lercs'.cd interest of the owner's visi tors. These decorated vines nro so seldom seen iu New York that they may be da-sod as veritable curiosities. The mero method of growth of the v.ne bus always been an interesting sluil (o botanists, and especially to those who have acquired a liking for thai fascinating science. The vine grows a peculiar pod, which, uf.or the vine has flowered, is graduully forced down into tho ground by a curious propul sion ot the vine slock, (luce safely under ground (he pod enlarges and grows a thick, netted shell over the fruit. No other plant has ibis singu lar method of developing its fruit. Added lo its many other uses ihe peanut has of late revealed a properly us a preventive of intoxication that has won for it the respect of those who are accustomed lo dally with Ihe flowing bowl. As a turnip will ab sorb water, so tho fruit of Ihe peanut lias a comprehensive faculty for ab sorbing alcohol, ami preventing it from demoralizing the nerves of the stomach and upsetting Ihe thinking machine. It is estim ited, for rxain plo, that if a man drinks a quart of champagne and cats a pint of peanuts, the peanut will overcome ihe inebri. tiling quality of the wine without cur. tailing its exhilarating c fleets. At ten t ents a qjtart the population of this city arc getting something which, con sidered as a luxury, is well worth the money. New Yoik Sun. The (ireut Wall or ( ulnu. The scenery from the (ireut Wull Is very liii'.-. Tho walls is here a di viding line between the high, rugged bills of China, which tower above us oil the one hand, nnd (he great sanrty plains of .Mongolia on llio other, with dim mountain. summits beyond iu the far disinnce. Over these barren, rocky spurs and acclivities, ascending to tneir very summits, wit ding about iu irregular curves uud zigzags, its serried battlements cleat-cut ugainst the sky 011 the lopmost ridges, des cending into dark gullies to appear nguin rising on the other side, the endless lino of massive ttoi.e nnd brick runs on and on until lost to sight behind the furthest range. And so it goes for miles and miles, east, ward to the IVebili Ctilf, and west, ward, mostly iu two great, rambling lines, along tho border of the Gobi Desert and Kansii, until it ends among ihe foul-hills of tlie Nan Shan range. However we may regard it, whether us a grand conception for the defence of an empire, as an engineering feut, or merely as a result of the persistent application of human labor, ii is a stu pendous work. No achievement of liie pie-cut time coin tares with it iu magnitude. Hut it has outlived its useful less. The powerful Tartar and Mongol hordes, whose sudden raids and inva sions it was built to resist, are no more to be fen red. The great Genghis and Kublui could not lead their people 10 gory conquest now as they did cen turies ago. Tho Chinese civilization bus endured, while Ihe once conquer ing Mongols, the pcoplo who in theii brightest days established nil empire from the Ib'uck Sea to the China coast, and u court at Peking of such luxury and splendor us Marco Polo described, are now doomed to pass away, leaving nnlhing behind them but the tradi tions, uud records, and ruins of a brilliant pal. The wad stands as a sharp linn of division between ('10 tribes of Ihe north and the Chinese. Tiie latter, though repeatedly sublue.l mid forced lo beur a foreign yoke, have shown 1111 irrepressible vitality (u rise like a phie.iix, nnd to reassert their supremacy and Ihe superiority of their civiliziiion. ( 'enlury. Chinese Notions of Color. The philosophy of Chinese house painting is truly curioii', though per haps tho interest which nttachos to this subject lies more in the restric tions imposed upon Ihe man with pot and brush than iu tho freo exercise of a decorative art. for among Iheso Celesiials art is eminently utilitarian. We enjoy our colors; the Chinese put Ihelis to work. More, in huuse-pniul-ing, green and red me, so lo speak, de riguour; other colors would be uu propilioii", unlucky, ill-omened. And even if Ihe average Chinaman (bal ancing himself ns best be cm upon the superstitions and practices of ages) is ignorant of the precise grounds of his belief, ho adheres 110110 the less rigidly to the canon. As I'ythngorns I might that music whs Ihe lirsl cause of tho universe, so the Chinese have pinned their faith to the absolute efficacy of color, endowing it with powers quite beyond the laws of chemistry or physics. Indeed, poor John may be said lo live and dio by the color scale. No color, not even imperial yellow, lies so near the heart of (he Chinese as red. True, they do not, as did the Hebrews, smear tiie blood of Ihe lin tel, but they have a custom of much the same impoi I. Any one even su perficially interested in this curious people must have noticed the littlo pieces of led paper red peach papor 11 is called by Ihe Chinese which, covered nil over with characters, are attached lo the door-posts of their dwellings. The impression is general (hat those bits of paper iu some way indicate the business or employment of the orcupan'. ltut Ah Sin him self will tell you tint lli"y are "just lucky." This is as satisfactory a reply ns could be ex p. "ted from him under the circumstances; the mystery of life is not easily cxpresse I in a couple of words. Hut why red peach paper? Harper's Magazine. Keu Seme Men are Vain. They were talking of ihe vanity of women, and one of the few ladies present undertook a defciise. "Of course," she said, "I ndinit that women arc vain and men uro not. "Why," she added, with a glanco around, "the necktie of the hund somoit man iu the room is eveu now up the back of his collar.'' And then she smiled for every iiiau present had put his hand up behind his neck! jDrakVj Mag'izine, A Love Sonjr. Why do I love thee so. sweetheart' I cannot tell, Love knows no why. I cannot reason, hut I know The love I bear thee cannot die. How do I know I love thee, dear? love's signs are know n to all the world Bo plain that he who runs may p ad, His banner always Is unfurled. When thou art yone, dear heart, I tee No beauty ii: the fairest thins", No melody in soii of birds, No music in their rustling wings. How do I know I love thee, d ar' liy what thou'st inii.lt this world to me, liy the new joy I llnd In life. Ily all 1 mean my life to be. Hy deeming of all womankind I'erfect and pure, becau e of thee. By finding life wortli living, dear. 1 know Ihou'rt all the world to me! - Florence A. .lours. HL.MOKOl'S. Horn leaders of men Women. Visiting a chair fair is like going into the highways and buy ways. Montrose Whatever came out of your engagement with Miss Tone' Van Wiilll :s I did. The man w ho is so poor lliat he can not get credit, has a very fair chance of one day becoming rich. Teacher In (he sentence "Tlie sick boy loves his medicine," what purt of speech is love?" Johnny It's a lie, mum. Venerable Gentleman (patting Jumio oil the head) And how old is the litlle man? Jamie (with pride) I'd he 10 iu less than five ycurs. Mr. Muiitt (lo his daughter) 1 sup pose this foreign suitor of yours hasn't a cent. Miss Munn Oh yes, lie has, pa. Ho has a lovely Kugliali accent. "Mr. Scruggiiis was very affable when 1 called 011 him." "You must have struck a lender chord." '-No; 1 paid a bill." "That's what I iiieau'l; a legal tender chord. "Are you aware," said the man iu Ihe rear, fiercely, "Fiat your umbrella is poking me in llio eye? ' "It isn't my umbrella," replied the man in front with eq-ial firmness; "It's a burrowed one, sir.'' William," she said severely, "how 111 my more limes are you going lo ask in.! lo many you?" "Clara," said he, I cannot answer that question, but I think I'll not bother you much longer. One of tho other girls I'm proposing lo shows signs of weaken '!,''" Tact and ' Itnd lireuks." I'.li Perkins says : Tact is the l ight thing nt the right time. When a young collegiate stepped on a young lady's fool in a Harvard street car the beautiful girl was ohVndcd, but when thai collegiato bowed sweetly and said modestly : "Ileg leu thousand pnnlon", Miss ; your foot is so small I couldn't sec it," why, she could have kissed him. How different was it with Kcubon kbiiilshnw, who had never been oir of Ihe old Lilchlield faun. One day ho mcl an old flame, Lucy Bradbury, in Hartford. lie bad not seen her for fifteen years. "Well," said Ijeuben, taking Lucy warmly by t lie baud, "you arc still Lucy lirndbnry, nro you?'' Yes," she replied, "still Lucy lliadbury." "It isn't your fault, I know," bo rejoined, meaning to say something coniplimenlnrv. "That is," ho added, nervously, feeling that he hud not ex pressed himself exactly in the way hu had intended. "I mean that you nro not to blame, you know. You couldn't help it cr (lint is, It was Ihe fault of the young men. They, you know," ho went on, breaking out in n profuse perspiration, "couldn't be expected if 111! ha lo or well, I must bo going. Kver so glad to have met you." Si. Louis K -public. A I'hisiological Fancy. Ii is surprising how many people helive Ihnt the entire body of 11 man is renewed every seven years exactly. This used to bo taught in books and, although not orthodox now, is still ae cepied as gospel by many. To show its inaccuracy one has only lo hit a nail on bis linger hard enough, for in that case the injured object will comn off nnd bo replaced by an entirely new nail. If Ibis process occupied seven years such an accident would be a very tiresome affair; hut ns any mechanic will toll you, it only occu pies very few weeks. The growth is more rapid in summer than winter, but never taking more than four inoutht. So far as the nails are con cerned, then, tho renewal process is repealed about twonly-ono times tim ing tho regulation seven years, nnd the thoory is thus destroyed, even if no other proofs of its falsity were forthcoming St. Lonis Globo-Deni ocrat.