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Ori)r Cljatljam flecoro Ctotfiiiii II. A. 1-OINTI30IV, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. It ATMS A D VERTI8INC TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two lnaertioni Ono square, one month 1.68 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanoi. Forlargar advertisements liberal con rn'ts will be made. VOL. XV. PITTSM)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, TICIiKUAKV n;, IHIKI. no. 2;.. Iliiil.Umr for OthTs What if 1 biiidl'or others. And 1 1 if Malls uf llic tnuMiiij; Ht itn.I Long after I am buollco By the ihvil'i rs wiiliin tin laud. Long after tin- buildings li no crumbled That we;c founded up in Hie nl V What If I build fur otlier. An J the building shelters rut noi, And within the home I have buililrd j I shall haw- ihi pari or lot, And (lie dweller?, who have ilieir homes t fieri' Tliroujih all tin- tune shall know ni" not'' Vet when tin1 years shall have faded, ' And beneath the roof tree shade. The children of neutral ions i In tlit-ir childi.-h day.; have played. And have passed from under tbs roof tree ' And vanished into the shade; Some dwellers bentath t lie roof tree, Thinking of when ii was new, May say as his thoughts turn backward Keepln: Its age in view, ''The builder who built this building Budded Letter than he knew. And I, though 1 huve passed onward, Hearing the Master's call, May know, tho'mli It may not matter To me what the. buildir.g befall, Jt is better to have buiided lor others Than riot to have built at all. - 'R. V. fiuunUon, in Hoston Tianscript. HOW THE ICE BROKE. I V I MM A A. Ol'1'l.l!. "They'll never get acquainted," said Mr. Wood win d "never!" "Who-( 'ul and Ltuy?' Mr. Wood ward queried, absently, busy with his lminngmriit of ilm coll. They were going- to town on noees-f-ary buniiic.su, and Lucy I tanner, .Mr. Woodward's pretty niece, and Calvin Tierce, Mrs. Wood ward's con-in, who wore simultaneously visiting them J.ucy mid Calvin left at liotno. "Of course !" replied Mrs. Wood Ward, who was ambitious niul cner-gct'-c and motherly nil together. "They will nowr get acquainled. (,'al is so dignified and quiet, and and all flint: ami Lucy is so thy so very sweet, but so sbyl They've been 1-crc ii weed lod.iv, but--"' "You're aching to liateh up a ro luauee," said lier husband with an uu syiupatheiic snort of laughter. "Lit 'em alone. Can't a girl and a fellow ruiiio near ouch otber without " doe," said Mr. Woodward, willi 'care in her Uind eyes, 'Cal is such a i-plendid fellow, and so rieli, and I.ucy Ii n dear "ill and a poor school teacher!'' I let- voiej broke. Tf tlicy could only break the ice once! " blio said, despairingly. Mr. Wood w orth raised liis brows ami gave tlio colt a cut. Mr. Woodward iv us not ii inateli maker. Lucy was kneeling by the window in her room. Her hands dangled out of it. Her deeply blue eyes had a luilit light in then), anil !ier sweet face was healthily flushed. One week of new milk and fresh eggs had dono wonders for her. How green and shady and delight ful was llto yard below! 11 jw pictur esque were tlio barn, with its wide optn doors, and i lie red beehives, and (lie woll-houso, and the grape arbor 1 It was a little lonesome though. I .ucy was accustomed to a flat, and the faet that tbo nearest house wiish qtinr (oi of a mile away sometime startled Iter. Uncle doe and Aunt Kate, were uwny this afuriioon, too; they had iut gone. Where was Mr. Pietee? Lucy eouid not see liim anywhere. Had lie !;one ofT, too? 0:i, dear! ft hi' knew he hud. And the hired man was away off hi (he "north Jot."' Visions of trumps and other for midable ob'reU rose before Lucy's startled eye. She wa trembling a little. She rose and went I'lilti'iing down Hairs. Mr. Tierce was not in the parlor. She called him timidly, without result. Then she stepped to (he porch. ".Mr. Pierce I'1 she repeated. lie certainly was gone. She went down the walk and through (he east yard and the leafy back yard, repeat ing hor frightened call with Ireiuulous frequency. "Wlint made him go off she re flected, indignantly. "He knew I'd be nero all alone. He's perfectly " Horrid trembled on tier tongue, but lur tongue refused to utter it. A tall, masculine 1'iguro ivih coming up the road a figure with a bundle on its back. A tramp a tramp, of course! What We? Lucy sprang toward the front door. A shrub impeded her, and she almost nipped on a root. She sped on, out of breath, and w ith her soft, hair fallen loose, and brought up wiih sudden violence under (he tallest elm tree in the east yard. Mr. Pierce sai (hero serenely smil ing, with a book faco down on hie knee. "Did you hear me call?" Lucy g.1j'cd. Mr. Picrcc'e smile broadened. "I'm afraid so," he tmtrniured, with an irresistibly drolly-api!ogetio ga.e. "You did it purposely!'' said Lucy, reproachful and incredulous. Mr. Pierce looked (ho comical tin. bodiuiciit of humiliation and remorse. "You must bo tired, lacing around like that. Won't yott sit down?" be begged. "No, I won't !'' sa hi Lucy severely. And then they laughed heartily in unison. The "tramp" went past slowlj old Mr. Milis, with a bag of potatoes on his back. Lucy pinned up her disordered hair. Its soft tints took on golden beauty in the sifting sunlight- "Do it down!" said Calvin Pierce. And be cprcad his handkerchief on the gran beside him, and lather near lo him. 'It wo dreadfully moan of you!-' baid L icy, smiling down upon him. "I know it. I'm horribly sorry. Do sit down," he supplicated. "I'll go iu and yet my scarf," 6aid Lucy. "My dresi is thin.-' Mr. Piorco went, (oo, and took her arm to help her up (lie porch steps. "Hello!" ho ejaculated. The front door had blown shut in their faces with a resounding bang. "Now we're caught!" lie cried, glee fully. ''That door locks when it shuts. Miss homier. Now what are you going to do?" Lucy (ried it. !sho was smiling considerably; but Mr. Pierce did not 6ee if, her face being turned away. "Dreadful!'' she cried. "And 1 want my scarf, and my hat, and Iho rest of my box of candy, and a dozen tilings. I must have them!'' "The back door is locked, I'm cer tain. They always lok it when (hey go away," said Mr. Pierce. "lAit's see." The back door, when I hoy reached it, was locked. "We'll have lo sit under (ho elms till they get home," Mr. Pierce averred, "or get through a window." "Wo must get in," said Lucy, de cisively, "and get the door open. 'They may not be home till suppcr tiiue. Wo Musi!'' "Your word is law," said Mrs. Woodward's cousin, with emphasis and a look. "Thank you," said Mr. Woodward's niece, faintly blushing. "The front windows are locked," Mr. Pieeo observed. "1 saw Kale lock them.'' "And this one is rather high," said Lucy. "Kithcr,'' he agreed. "1 should need a hook-and-ladder.'' "You might try the pinlry win dow,'' Lucy suggested. "It's too bad to innke you, but ' "It is nothing," said Mr. Pierce, gallantly. "The pantry window? All right!" The paulry window was not locked, but it hold a wire screen. Mr. Pierce, standing on his foes, strove to re move it, and failed. "Wait!" he said. lie went lo the barn and came back w ith a wooden box und a In miner. It was a serious undertaking. He hammered and pulled for five min utes, bruising his lingers and fro-vu-ing. "I'm so sorry!" Lucy murmured. "Not nt all," Mr. Plerco responded) with cheerful haste. Tlio screw had yielded. "Now 1 can vault in, I think, without any trouble." "Don't vault into the pies," said Lucy, catching sight of them on a shelf within. Mr. Pierce sprang; Lucy heard a. soft, oin'iious crash. Sho was not looking, however. She turned and ran swiftly around tlio hou-o and straight in til Iho front door; then, after a short, in.Uiu tive pause before tlio hall mirror, she walked demurely into the pantry. 'Oh, dear I" sho said, sinking into a chair, in spasms of helpless laugh ter. Mr. Picrco stood in the middle of the pantry, still and straight and un smiling. A tin pan had rolled into a corner, and a fair share of its con tents had rolled there, too eggs; oggs crushed, eggs cracked and eggs uninjured. And Mr. Pierce bore the shocking marks of them on his here tofore immaculate trowsers yes, even on his coalslecvcs and his shining cutis! "I am sorry 1" Lucy cried, aghast, and yet in obvious straits lo suppress her laughter. "It wasn't your fault," Mr. Pierce rejoined, promptly. "I miscalculated and landed in the eggs that' all. Why why" his fucc grew suddenly blank. "How did you get in, Miss Donncr?'' he gasped. One hand fluttered tremulously to Lucy's laughing lips. "through the front door,1' she fal tered. "It wasn'l loekedj (he catch Is broken and doesn't work. But when yon said we were lockod out, I thought I wouldn't dispute you. 1 - I didn't dream you were going to gel into the eggs!" Her restrained mirth bubbled forth, "Well," said Mr. Pierce, slowly, "wo arc even. Miss Donner, areu'l we? We'll call it 6quaro, shan't we?" llo looked at her rather long sc long (hat Lucy grew pink. Then he look u piece of apple-pie from a plate on a shelf ami ate it. Hit eyes were shining and (winkling. "I didn't know Miss Donner Mi-i-Lucy," iio said, that you'll excuse mo that you had so much fun in you I've been rather afraid of you all thh time. Do you know it?" "And I of you," Lucy answered, al but interrupting him, and feeling a" though n big cloud had rolled past and left uupecked brightness. And w hen Mr. Pierce held out his hand, haif laughingly, half seriously, hut wiihal. rather greedily, sho laid hers in it. A delightful, mingled odor of cof fee and frying poiatoos and toasting bread greeted Mr. and Mrs. Wood ward when they drove into the yard at a quarter of 0 o'clock. Lucy came to the kitchen door. "Supper's ready," she said. "Thanks lo nic!" said' Mr. Pierce, looking out over her shoulder. "My goodness!" Mrs. Woodward uttered. Hut her husband chuckled. "I guess the ico is broken,'' he ob served "cracked, anyhow." Mrs. Woodward drove on t" (he barn with him for the purpose of say ing something. "Joe," sho said, (rcmblingly, "I believe I do believe '.hat they have begun to like each other! If they could if they would! Oh, Joe!" Joe looked back at the pair in the doorway with careful contemplation. "Yes, I know the signs," he said, quietly. "Yes, dear, they havo begun. And 1 don't mind owning that I'm little glad myself." Saturday Night. Where Authorities Differed. The reading class was standing in a still row upon the floor of an Indiana schoolhousc, and a bright little fellow was drawling a paragraph about a Ko. man massacre. The president of the school board was present ou bis regular tour of in spec'iou, mid he pompously requested thai the boy "read that verso again."' The "verse" was read again. "Ah! hm!" said the great man i"l a loud voice. "Why do you pro nounce Unit word masa-kcr?" The boy was silent. "It should bo pronounced massa kre,"' continued tlio great man, with a palroniing smile. The boy remained quiet, but the teacher finally spoke: "Pardon, nic, sir," she said, "but the fault is mine if tlio word was mis pronounced. 1 have taught the class to pronounce it 'ni.issa-ker.' " Hut why? " insisted tlio great man, as a look of surprise was followed by a look of pain upon his bouigu fea tures. "I believe that Webster favors that pronunciation," said the teacher, meekly. Impossible," said the great mail. The dictionary was brought, and the president uf the school board turned over its loaves until he found the word. There was a breathless si lence us he looked up. "I am astonished, inudain," ho said al last, "that Maniel Webster should have made such a mistake as that." Har per's Young People. Mninpcdiiin (Ken. "Many people who have been much on lli plains in tlio nnte-railroad days havo seen stampedes of mules and horses," remarked L. T. Otero of Santa Fe, to n group of friends al. tlio Laclode, "but by fur the worst stam pede is that of terrified oxen. When ihey ro loose (hoy will, if frightened, run over a precipice if it comes in thoir way, but if stampeded when hitched to wagons very few will os cape. Once when ou tlio Cimarron ono of my ox tenuis became frightened, what at I never knew. The six oxen staited ofl at breakneck speed, and the contagion was imparted to two other teams. The men tried to 6to them, but they might as well hnv tried to check a mountain torrent Tlio oxen went ou right across tlic, country, with the heavy wagons rat tling at their heel, and ran until near ly half of them fell dead from ex linustiou. ! used to think that a bloodod horse was the only animal that would run itself lo death, but after my experience I learned that it was no uncommon thing for a fright ened ox lo do." Si. Iouis Pout-Pis- . piih. ( llll.lHtKV t W.l"l. I III I lllsl I F s, ,m i ! listen, all b s Ii" en re .. h m i f patriotic deed, How once a nh ml litlie paini Its country s not in io n I When hardy Pane louirhl sMn lv serl Could hold hi own in mM. A well roiientled pl"l he la'-1 His camp lo storm al inuhi WHtchful and silent crept tin- I'.ok over the soft peat toil Till one brave youth wlt'i nnke.1 teel I "pen n (bailie tre I. Then with inch will tin toi-tli plans, 'be youth oried uut in p un. With migtahty shout mid bloiv runt. The Scut drove ba k die I Vine. And this is ). eoilnid The thistle since it dear. I his why the? chose it s tbe.r I'sdu1 To carry arid revere. - MViruit f re ' V'-'i i I-' A!i'wn n It is generally supposed to t.- a Mgn of wet weather h"n snai!s go about without their shells. Ono spovie of snail never takes us walks abroad v eep Iwhen rain is at hand. Some climb trees two days bcfoic a downfall, settling upon the upper side of the leaves if a storm is to be of bhort itu ratioii, but taking shelter o,i the under side if it is to last some time. Slid uthor snails turn yellow before rniu. and blii'i when it is over.- -.ir Ani mal Friends. AlMil'IFP ot'Ni Mb I". Aboard the steamer Wilmington, which arrived the other day in the harbor, is a rat. She has tho ma ternal instinct developed to an extra ordinary degree. Some months ago, so the cfliccrs say, and ilieir word is not to be doubled, sho adopted iho kitten of another rat, which bad died. Slill later sho adopted another orphcii kitten, but her latest adoption took place only a week or so since. In rummaging tlio ship's hold she discovered and killed an old female mouse which had two littlo mice. These tho eat adopted, and up lo two days ago raised them as her own. Then her large family bocaino a nui sance, nnd hail to be destroyed. Se attle (Washington) Press-Times. HTONK m STONI-. Tom and Robert were walking through tlio woods ; they catno to a stream of water; both stopped, de liberating what was best, to bo done. "I am going to leap it," said Tom. "I am going to work my way over stone by 6tone," said the in re pendent Kobert. Tom leaped and, missing his foot steps, fell into the middle of tho stream, whilst Kobert, working his wuy carefully from one etoiu to an other, lauded sale and dry on tlio other side. Hoys, learn the lesson while yet young; the shortest way often sp pcars the longest ; do not try to leap across (ho stream of difficulties that separates you from the shore of sue c 'es. Perseverance, diiigeuee and deter mination are all stones cast a:ross the stream of life a leap will bring yott down among Miem wounded and bruised; but conquer them stone by stone, and ultimately you will win the other shore the i07cted laud of success. Remember, boys, do not leap, but work your way across the si i cam slono by stone N'cw Yoik Observer. A UTTI.B Ql KKN'si I'll. When Queen Victoria was a littm girl, before thoughts of tho Lnglish throne had ever entered her baby head, she was the owner of a very fine coop of Cochin China fowls. There were very largo white roosters, beautiful, plump hens and downy chicks by the dozen, for the coop was a very large one. Uut the pet of all the pets was a big rooster, who had learned lo know his little mistress and to follow her around the inclosure where he was kepi. Many photographs were taken of Iho Cochin China fowls ; anil later, when the little Victoria grew lo bo a woman and was called to the Lnglish throne, she took her Cochin China fowls with her, and had them installed at (irasxc, one of her country seats. They are still at Orasse, and for a generation (he queen's children and grandchildren havo played with them and admired them. Last summer, little Lady Alexandria Duff, the queen's littlo great-granddaughter, was taken to (irasse, and one day her nurse led her out to where there was a coop of beautiful Cochin China hens and chickens, all descended from the oues the baby Victoria played with Ho years ago. The Ledger. The municipal expenses of New York City for ltW will be tS7,."u(i,-(HH). SIRANCii- STHAUNIt. Oncer Ways of I hieves Dcm i ilu-d by a New York Mln i.tl. Ono Chip Arrosled ?R Time For Pilfering Coats. I'aviilS. itch, who has been clerk iiiul I'dieial stenographer of I he ('ouit of Special esious in the New York Tombs ourl since recall in the Sun of that cily sonic interesting ic miiiisccnos of pecutM and ingenious forms of theft which have come under liis observation during that time. The Court of Special S, , ions has i tried more than i .'0, 000 cases," said Mr. A itch, "during tho twenty six years that I havo been connected with it, and I have kept a record, with a tunning comment, of all of theut, Some of which arc peculiarly interest ing. "There was one disreputable-looking old man, a wiry, keen old fellow Willi a pinched and shrunken face, who was brought up uot kss than twenty-live times fcr tho same ofTenee. Ho was never known tosleal anything but coats. Ho would hang around where a gang of workingmcu were paving the streets, and w hen they had laid asido their eoals he would point to a particular one and say to sonio little fellow : "Oh, sonny, bring mo , my coat over here, will you?" and the boy, thinking ho wa,s one of the work : men, would bring the coat to him. "Al Thanksgiving and Christmas I the turkey Ihicf plies his trade, in ! which, by the way, he develops un i usual ingenuity. The most frequent case that hai came up of Ibis charac ter is of the thief who carries a hooked : polo on his shoulder, and as he passes a grocery store deftly captures his ' turkey, and whistling, jautitly swings ou by. It is more difficult now than j formerly lo work this racket, how 1 over, as groccrymcu huvo learned to 1 keep a sharp eye on the man with the pole. "A number of cases havo been ! brought to our noticoot clever Knave I who impersonate policemen and arrest defenceless peopie, and then extort ' from them all tho money Ihcy can get. : One man kept this up for mouths bo ! fore he was arrested, and worked the scheme in every pallet the city. Ho ' would even let them off for fifty cents, ' or n quarter, if he was convinced that 1 this was all he could wring from them, , and most people rather than have any i (rouble would pay him. He was a! ' ways particular y slnewd in selecting I his victims. During public parades the shop thief is always ready lo dike adviu- Inge of the excitement, and fieqiieutU- gets in his work in beanlilii! style. One nrni was ui rested a tin .be i of I imcs for sl-aling from a j n n I i , at the same tunc purposely distrm ling the attention ol Iho shopkeeper lb whs known to raise agieat noise in tbo stieet, and then di-oippcnr in the crowd with n ham or a turkey. 'There is an old Creek who keeps a small store on Duaue street who has developed great skill in appropi is'ing whatever is brought into the store, replacing it with something of inferior value. Only ycUcrdny two girls went into the store carrying a basket con taining a couple uf chickens; upon leaving they discovered that tho bas ket was much lighter, and upon in vestigation found that I heir good chickens had been exchanged for scrawny ones. "The stage thief, I believe, has been written up a number of times. He confines his operations to the Fifth avenue stage. Ho always chances to get a seat next to the nickel box, and politely offers to acconirnodalo passen gers by placing their fare in tho box. He is a vory suave gentleman, and al ways manages insiea l to let the money drop into his pocket." Foot-Binding in China. j Still further proof that the Chinese : woman is riot a labor-burdened slave i wc find ir .lte custom of foot-binding, i This heathenish attempt to iuipiove i ou Cod's best work of creation is said by ono tradition to have begun w ith P'ati Fei, eonciibiiic of Iho On'i dv ! nasty, "''M . . , and by another to 1 have begun wiih Yas Ninng, a beauli i fill conciibiuo of the last ouiperoi of , the Southern T'any dynasty, '.".' . i., whose foot were "cramped in thcucm- bianco of a new moon." Tradition also says that it originated with a I b"autiftil princess who had club-feet, j and by resorting to this method coin pletfly concealed l.er deformity. Still ! another tradition says il was resorted , to by a crusty husband to keep his ; wife from "going a-gadding," and as I it worked so well, it w as resorted to by others, until, becoming a fashion, j it was adopted by all. Wherever the iilom may have oiiginatcd, it is but lil'le worse tli in I lie e'l.oni ul ladies li.ciiig in civilized i uiuiiies, and adds ; as little in bciiii'y In the person on I whom il is pi a, 'i-ed. I lio best evl i ilrin i! aMi ib ile il lo Y is Nillllg. 'J he c ii- i, f i'il-baulmu' a. in i deed, ibe evils ol an) ibio thaliiitur I en ii, tlx- natural development of h:M ii nl pronounced good could uol perhapK be exaggerated, but (he ; pain i viiiiie, led with it might be, and perhaj s has been. I here is pain, gn at pain, when the feet ure first bound, but if we judge from what wo eeo about us every dny, namely, little girls at play, and little begger "iris running after us on (he street j begging for a cash-for the beggars bind their feet wc are compelled lo say Unit il looks uk if die- pain ton nwed wiih it it not severe. It is perhaps somewhat sim ilar to that con nected wit!i the straightening of a o ub-foot; and as the bandages are not taken oft at night, thero is per haps not much more pain suffered from il (lining; a whole lifetime tbau that suflerod by our 1 ulies w ho wear light boots. While we would not exaggerate the pains of foot-binding, il i9 only just to say (hnl nothing can be faid in its favor. It no doubt adds to (he wo man's beauty in Iho eyes of (ho Chinese, for it is an all but universal custom, but it takes away till her grace of movement and much of her usefulness. She is compelled to walk on her heels, her knees being entirely stiff. It impairs her usefulness es pecially among iho country people, for she helps to plant and harvest the grain; but as a mother, which is her principal business, it matters littlo whether she can walk or not. In deed, wealthy ladies usually have a woman on each side of them to sup port them; though this is (he result of fashion as much as of weakness. Harper's Bazar. Whims, Children are supposed to be the most w himsical creatures in the world, and yet there have been grown men who Yvcro -plilr lo nioeb so uny child that ever lived. The writer knows a little girl who cannot go to sleep unless she has a piece of rubber held between her Ihiiuib and fore" linger, which some persons consider to be w biuisii al in the extreme; but what have these to -ay of Haydn, one of the gieatest of composers of mime, who could not put two notes together iliiiil he had dressed himself in his best suit ami had hi" hair powdered, ami who declared that without a cer tain diamond ling, the gill of Freder ick II. of Prussia, ou his linger, lie could not begin lo work, sinco be i could not summon a single idea into his I, end.'' Oilier ompoM'rs have been equally whiinical. I f .luck it i said that when he felt liini-clf in a humor to i (impose l.e had his piano forte tarried in o a benu ifnl incuduw , where, witli ,i bottle ol cliinupagno cv cither side ol him. he was able to do justice to hic muse. Ano'lnr writer of music, S.mi, could compose only in a dark room, Ml by a single caudle. This peculiar ity showed itself in his work, fot most of ii iudicAtea that lie was a man of gloomy imagination. I ho best work of Paisieilo was com posed while that genius was in bed, and S echini declared that he imvct had any moments of inspiration except when his two favorite cats were sil ling one upon each shoulder. Har per's Bazar. A "W Ruin Story. F. W. Aldrich, a hotel proprietor ii, Fiiehburg, never lost an opportunity to play n practical j ke or spring some witty story on his guests. One miserable rainy morning I was sitting in tho hotel office talking idi Aldrich while waiting for breakfast, when a limn rnlcred, whoso appear ance indicated that he bad been ti--lie,l out of n 'In, U pond Tins man nu nvrretl to the name of I'm liciuis. On this pailiiulai morning he came inlo the othce nnd, after selecting a desirable seat near Ihe stove, be said: "Well, Alditih, this is n cold, wet rain." Aldrich looked nl him nnd "inilcd, and iheit, a happy thought sinking him. be remarked : "Yea, it is? but did you e ver hear of a warm, dry nun?" "Well," said Hemis. "I should nay I had. When Cod rained lire and brini hlone on Sodom and CoiuoithIi. I should call that a warm, dry rain.1' Boston Post. Farmers in Marin County (Cal.) ure complaining of a weed which the cows eat and which gives a peculiar tasle to the milk, so much so that in some districts die milk is unpalatable. Hearth Song, before the hearth 1 dream of .nany things. The red eyed i mbers glow, dull down, expire ; An cianeseent life in each, tliBt bring Sad omens for the l ife thet men desire. Will II in t end in asaes like the fire? N,.t tenth is here, but chuu;: Ka-'h spark that g'.eains Is pent up sunlight, in.d the back log's lllll' Kepeats the music of the woods and streams. Mend low and listen; It Is nature's tune, Singing of summer, chanting of soft. June. Kicbard Burton, lu Independent. IIIMOROIS. sisters of charity Faith and Hope. To err is human" and to 6tick to it is more so. pdgg What's the nerviest tiling von know?" DiggsbyAu aching lootii. Some men uio so conscientious : that tluy never put off anything till tomorrow but the bill collector. Rosalie- Is your fiance generous? . ijaacc-Well, 1 shoud say so. He's jut mortgaged his bouso to buy me j a ring. j "I catch a cold every tiuio I spend 1 a night in oik- of those. sleeping cars," ' s aid Smith. "A l'u'iuaiiniy trouble,"' obse; cd Hi own. j In live minutes a woman cut) clean j up a man's room in such a way that j it w ill lake him live weeks to find out i were she put things. i If you'd stop jour wife in her scolding. ' There'!, only one tiling you might do; .Hist make your wife an allowance, And she il make an allowance for you. ! Teache: Arc there any classes in a I republic liko ours ? Hoy Only two. i "Two?'' "Yes'in: thcin wot'a got ' cr pull an' them wot ain'i." j "Hilt what will we do with Thomp ! -on at i ur banquet? llo can't do any tli'ug but tell chestnuty old sto ries.'' "Make him loastmaslcr, of course.'1 i Burglar ltill We arc perfectly safe, old man. Pilfering Pete How do j you know? Burglar Bill The paper j says thai the detectives are working ' on a most jmpor i nut clew . ! "Mistress (.angrily)--See, Bridget, I can write my name in the dust." ! Servant (.admiringly) Oil, mum, ' that's nure than 1 can do. There's nothin' like tddicatiou. after all, is I i here, mum? J There was company in tho scliool- loom that morning when the begin I ing class in geography was called. ! To the question "What is a cape?'' every hand went up. "Nannie may I tell," said the the teacher. "A cape I is a point of laud objecliug to the I water." Statistic of Statesmen. ie House of R -ptesentatives Ihe In i man wi'.h the longest name is Arthi j bald Hemic sof Arlington William ; of North Carelioi. The hen vie? ir in i John W. FS if of Pennsylvaii''. . A special chair is ; provided for h. rse. ! The haiidsouuf nan is Allan Cath i viut Ibirborrow, 1-., of Illinois, i The botnliest ( .-u is William 1 . i I'arrclt of Indian- The oldest man ' lldwnni Scull of Pennsylvania, lie A'as born in 181C. I be youngest tit: -i is Joseph W. Bailey of le.vas llo was born Octo i ber t;, isn;;. The best dressed man is 11,'iny H. Biuglniiii of Pennsylvania. I he wildest man is Tiu-ui.t Brack et! Ib-e-l of Maine. I he lallest man is .Newton Martin 'hi Us of New York His height is 6 feet C inches. Hie shortest man : John IJ. Fel lows of New ork. I In- i -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .-1 man ib .lames D. Rieh itiison ul Tennessee. I he i ii best I'l.in is John L. Mitchell of H isconsin. His wealth is cstl ai I l oin ,Mi,i, lino to $So,. The -t story teller is John M. Al Mississippi. -- Washington Fosl. Ned n Substitute. Win augo marmalade was hist introduced, it was quite extensively advertised as an "excellent substitute) for biiiter." A New Haven fishwife seeing (he advertisement thought sho would try a jar of the article. Next morning sho presented herself to the shopkeeper in u state of great wrath. "You ftiild villain!" she exclaimed; what did ye moan by selling mo that stuff Inst uicht? I needy poisoned oor John wi'l." "lloo wos that, niii'uin?" "Iloo wos that ? Did ye no say it was a substitute for butler ?'" "Yes." "Weel, then, I used some o't to fry i bit of fish wi', and it made us a' us sick as cuddies!" (Tit-Bits.