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VOL. XVI.
rrrrsuono', Chatham co., n. a, December ii, ism.
NO. 16.
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In tli foil nl rjr.
Bud Ii'h for tli mMin s")iiv,
Night (or tli" Whippuerwill'v!
The morning I'.'miim
I-'i r the H -out of tinner;
Ami joyous chirps ami trills.
Ami nil tli" diiy from dawn till night
For warbling birds and flowers bright.
)nrk hours fur tlcMvhlppnorvvill,
I.lghl for tin' robin's voice;
Ami nil thv timo
For lilting rliyni"
That makes thf woods rejoice :
And nil Ihi' time huiI all the hours
l"r s-mg iif birds jiii. I bloom of flower.
I fSt. Nl. liuli.
BOB'S WAGER.
HY MADUR HOBKItTKOV,
Ho had often tried to propose to
her, but she wn: such a very flippant
young person Hint he found it hercu
lean to reduce her to a sufficiently se
rious frame of mind. Then, too, he
was by no means certain as to her feel
ings towards himself. Some definite
assurance either way would, he felt,
have been grateful, nlthough it is safe
to affirm that had such assurance been
unfavorable to bis hopes he would
none the less have been anxious for
further informal imi.
However, he whs denied the satisfne
f even well-grounded suspicion. She
had such a hullling sort of manner.
Never had he been able to surprise her
into an admission of anything, how
ever trifling, which might bo taken as
an indication Hint he aroused within
her emotions of any kind whatever.
It was certainly very dillicult to know
what to do.
Many time had he almost taken
adxantngo of a momentary silence on
her part. Times w ithout number had
he nearly clasped her in his arms as
sh! pirouetted past him, but she was
too quick for him. The boldest effort
on his part had lieeu mndo ouo even
ing after he had brought a friend to
fill on her. Minna, Bob and the
friend had all sat in the kitchen and
pulled tajly. Next evening Hob said
nhcepishly :
"Do you know, Minna, what Ikey
Was telling me last night? "
"How could I know without, you
told me?" returned Minim, witli spirit.
She was washing dishes, and she clat
tered them in the pan.
Ho was asking me if I wbh going to
lnnrry you. "
"And what did you tell him?"
"I told him I didn't know."
'That was right," said Minna, swirl
ing the dishcloth around.
"And he - lie said I was a big fool
if I didn't."
Minna went oft into peals of laugh
ter. Then she Kobercd up.
"Didn't what?''
"Didn't rnnrry you."
"So you would be if you got the
chance!'' was the prompt reply,
"That's what I told him if I got
the chance, but I can't get the
chance," dejectedly.
"What right had you to tell him
you couldn't get the chance?"
" Thiihc yon ain't ever give it to
nie. "
"No, nn' I ntur will," returned
M I it tiit w ith einphnsis.
"Jos' what I th light," said Hob
dismally, "(itiess I'll better go."
"Guess ye had," remarked his
hostess hospitably. As she spoke she
wiped out tho (lisjipan and hung it up
on a nail behind. If I was you, I'd
learn a few things before I came court
in'." "Hill you're a big sight clever'u
lno," answered Hob meekly.
"That's so," said Minna laconically
as Bob passed dejectedly out of the
kitchen door.
On thinking over flic interview on
the nay homo Dob thought that on the
whole he had not made much progress,
A few days later hope returned,
bright-eyed and smiling, and Hob de
termined to iimke another attempt to
secure the elusive Minna. In the soft
dilbk of the early rummer evenings
ho went thoughtfully across the held
towards her father's cottage, now soft
ened of its dny time angularities, and,
to Hob's iniagi nation, nestling confid
ingly in the trees.
"House ain't much like Minna," he
reflected sadly. "Wisht I could think
on Pome way to cotch her."
As be walked, crushing down the
moist grass, he revolved a dozen
schemes in his mind, all of which had
sootier or Inter to be dismissed as ini i wtin on:
practicable in view of the uncertain' "Poor sister can't go to school or
nature of the damsel in question. If , uotliin'," locking hiresolf to and fro
he could only lie sure of how Minna j apparent deep grief, "an' there's
would take an thing. Hut he Hover ,, wood got for the winter" here ho
could be. She was as wayward as a W(..,t Blood, and seeing this, Minna,
summer breeze. j 1lH1( W(.,t aloud.
Suddenly, in the midst of his j.on- j )!,, Hob," she cried, "how could
dering, an idea came to him - a heaven j ynn , KO .. ,' H,o burst again
Ht nt inspiration, so beautiful, so' nito tears.
clever, that the cunning little god him- j 'i)Ui.no, Minna," he said in a ohok
aelf must have been hiding in u blue- ; jK voice; "but there ain't no helji
bell along his path. Hob gave nn em- ; for it ll0w. It's all got j go-funa
liut'c clnp to hi log, ttii'l tlia listou- i aU' u,"
ing iupiu nngni nave iicnrn umihii
chuckle, followed by n (blighted ix
elanmtion. "(iosh! Hut that'll .1'. it!" n the
wooer sped along tin' ntli. Minna
herself met Hob nt tin door nml gave
him a cliitir outsido beneath n fragrant
honeysuckle. She tint down near bim
on tho doorstep mid leaned her head
against tin; casement. Slut looked
very pretty, her blaek even darkening
the lids and her face pule in the dusky
twilight, h-r hii'r curling in moist
little ends around h"r small face. Hob
looked at her, and his heart failed him.
But ho remembered n eertflin Thomas
Andermin, who report said had loitered
beneath the honeysuckle for the last
few nights, mid thin brought baek Iiih
oozing courage.
"Thoy wuz talking about you last
night down at tlie pump," ho renin rkt'd,
with assumed cheerfulness.
"Talkin" about nie?" said Minna an
grily. "How dared they?"
"Oh, lawn!" gasped Hob to himself.
"If she gets mad before I begin !"
"They wuz savin'- savin' "
"Well?" sharply, "what wuz they
savin'?"
"They wuz savin' how asyon'd never
marry any one you wuz that uncertain-like
and Highly-like."
"Who an id that?" Kiiid Minim, turn
ing wrathful eyes upon him.
"1 don't exactly remember," faltered
Bob.
"Most likely yourself," disdainfully.
Hob could not truthfully disown the
remark, as he. had made it frequently,
in confidence, to Iiih near companions
in the village. So, after this nncx
peted home-thrust, he remained un
ci unfortehly silent.
Minna pursued her advantage,
"Nie doings them, fur a man!"
kIii- went on, contemptuously. "Talk
ing about (iris when they can't talk
back for themselves!"
If the reported conversation had not
been wholly imaginary, Hob would
have been stricken t. ith remorse. Ah
it was, however, although inwardly
trembling, he saw an opening and
took it.
"Hut I spoke baek for yon, Minna,
I did."
"(Hi, you diil, diil you?" was the
discouraging comment. "Since it
wuz you said the worst, seems to me it
WI17. all you could do."
"They said a lot inore'n I did."
Hob continued, with rictitioiisooiirngo,
"They said as how I needn't be hang
in' nrotind hero, fur ye'd alius scorn
me till the jodgmeiit and li't marry
nie at all."
"There wuz some truth in their re
marks," remarked Minna siiuhbiugly.
"Hut there's wusser imr that," he
said, with well forced gloominess. "1
said as how I ktiowodyoii would marry
ine"
"Who made you so w ise?" inter
rupted Minna sarcastically.
"An a man bet mo you wouldn't,
an' an' I bet him you would."
"Beasts!" ejaculated the lunch in
censed Minna.
"An' I bet a fearful lot, Minim,
tiosh! I'm seared to think of it. If
I got to give him all that money the
farm nil have to go sure."
Minna looked frightened.
"How much?" she asked faintly.
"Wonder how much she'll stand?"
Hob asked himself perplexedly. Then
he looked at her tentatively.
"I'm most nfenred to tell you.
it'a gosh ! Minna it's $1011.
"Oh, my I" ejaculated Minim.
It's
"ion
never did."
"A hundred dollars!'" repi;aU-d Hob
c'lokingly, and overcoiinj by the feel
ings he had aroused lie buried his
h"ad in his hands. From this safe re
treat ho continued disjointed remarks
broken by emotion.
")on'l care for myself. (Sigh). I
don't, want to live anyway, but tie:
farm nil have to go sure, and poor
mother and father." (Sob).
"Oh, no, no," said Minna tearfully.
"They're old now to start over agin
di protracted sigh), but I kin work for
'em. I'll do it" and Hob's shoulders
shook with nobly suppressed emotion
-"it nil come hard to lose the old
place now (sob) alter all them
j years.
j "Oh, don't .don't, don't. Hob! I
j cin't bear it!" gasped Minna, choking
down the tears. "I'll - I II''
Hob waited a moment. Then he
"Never 1" paid Minna hysterically.
"I will marry you-- I will!"
"'Taint right to ask you," Bob said
sadly and hypocritically. "You don't
care noihiu' about me."
"I didn't afore," said Minna, tear
fully and shamed-faeed, "but that was
an aw ful lot of money to bet on mo.
I like you for it, Bob, I do!"
"An' you will marry me?''
She nodded.
"Thank you, Minna." Hob said,
mournfully. It'saw -fully good in yon."
A moment elapsed before he started
on the real business of courtship he
had to proceed can fully and in that
moment Hob looked up at a very jester
of a twinkling star and silently ex
changed with it a Knowing and pro
digious w ink. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
liiiiiilcsl Xnisc Kver Hoard mi t'.inlli.
No thunder from the skies was over
accompanied with a roar of such vehe
mence as that which issued from the
throiit of the great Mdcaiio in Kraka
toa, an islet lying in the Straits of
Suudn, between Sumatra and .lava, at
10 o'clock on Monday morning, August
J7, kh;i. As that dreadful Sunday
night wore on the noise increased in
intensity and frequency. The explo
sions succeeded each other so rapidly
that a continuous roar r.eeineil to issue
from the island. The critical moment
was now npproaehiitg, and the out
break was preparing for a majestic
culmination.
The people of Hatavia did not sleep
that iiis'ht. Their windows quivered
with the thunders from Krakntoa,
which resounded like the discharge of
artillery i'i lh"ir streets. Finally at
10 o'clock on Monday morning a i tti
pciidoiis convulsion took place which
far transcended any of the shocks
which had proceeded it. This su
preme effort it was which raided the
nighiest noise ever heard on thcglohe.
Bat'ivm is ninety-five miles distant
from Kritkafon. At Cari'inui, Jnvn
.'l.Y" mile away, reports were heard on
that Sunday morning which led to tho
belief licit there iini.si bo some vessel
in tbo distance which wan discharging
its guns as signals of distress. The
authorities sent out boats to make a
search ; they presently returned, as
nothing coiiM be found in want of
succor.
The report1 were sounds w hich came
nil the way from Krukufoa. At Ma
cassar, in Celebes, loud explosions at
trneted the notice of everybody. Two
steamers were hastily sent out to find
out wh;'t was the matter. The sounds
hud traveled from tho SI raitsof Siiuda,
a distance of (HiO miles. Hut mere
hundreds of miles w ill not suffice to
illustrate the extraordinary distance
to which the greatest noiso that ever
was heard was able to penetrate. The
figures have to be expressed ill tllou
siuds. This seems almost incredible,
but it is certainly true. In the Vic
toria plains, in West Australia, the
shepherds were startled by noises like
heavy cannonading. It was some time
afterward before they harued that
their tranquillity had been disturbed
by tlin grand events at Krakntoa, 1,700
miles away. - Youth's Companion.
Tlie Parent Apple Tree,
The most valuable fruit tree in the
temperate zones is the apple. I'yrus
mains, the parent tree of iw thou
sands of varieties that are known in
orchards, was probably a native of the
northwest Himalayas, and tho genus
is represented in North America by
five small trees and two shrubs. The
first of t In species described is the
familiar wild oriibnpplc ipyrus coron
ariu), a tree of elegant habit, with large
and fragrant Mowers which do not ap
pear until after the blossoms of other
apples have fallen. The fruit is still
more fragrant, and it hangs on lung
stems and r. mains on the branches un
til after the leaves hale dropped.
Tin- southern crab (pyrin- iingiistifula)
is i. till more beautiful, indeed it is not
surpassed in beauty by any of thes
smaller North Aineii an trees when in
early spring it light liji the gloom of
the pine forests w ith its bright flowers.
The Oregon crab (pyrus rivnlaris) ro
senibles the first named, nnd its fruit
has a ple-isiint sub-acid flavor.
Testing a 1'iickiiiir-Stonl.
An ancient ducking-stool for scold
ing wives is still presere-l nt Ford
wieh. The other dny some antiquar
ians, anxious to test the appnrntus,
found a youth who was willing to don
female attire and go through the or
deal. The apparatus speedily ducked
tli. lad into the river, but refused to
pull him out again, and but for timely
assistance he would hiivc been drowned.
New York Dispatch.
An F.nglish firm claims that with its
outfit of caskmakiiig machines a cask
has been made from beginning to end
staves, head! and hoops and put
together in about tivn iniliutvU.
TlflLMlE.VS (01,1 MX.
1'iMMY S H"I1M.
Now Ht tlie twilight's llir'i' el-v "
Tom's in his IhmI ilowui-nst.
Ami on his horn to pass t !i tinm
lie's Mowing blast on Must.
11 socmH the signal - w U"ii tin f";J
Lies on the water gray -To
giiMe the ilnring mariner
Serenely on his way.
He Mows away, ami ii"W w kn-w
Th" fog Is off th" sen.
IV'-HH-'.I' till lilllsl so sllllli Hllil sill ill
Has i-ea-eil most su-l-lealy.
Ami 'in-iith a neefnl. .'ctnnt slur
We know lie sails nwiiy
Across the sen of sleep into
The jH'Icii port Day.
Ulien A Week.
FOUTV I KKT liY A UOPK,
Tin .loumnl's item regarding a shep
herd dog which was saved from a dry
well by clinging with his tei th to a rope,
lowered him, leads a correspondent to
send the following slorv : A kitten had
fallen into one of tic ventilating lines
in the walls of the large sub-treasury
I apartment in the post ottice building
of this city, and had been incarcerated
! five days without food or wafer. Tim
j flue referred to is forty feet in depth,
I from till! ceiling level of tho iqmrt
! incut. Notice of the kitten's misfor
I tune was brought to Architect (i. !.
I F. Bryant Into of a Saturday after
noon. The cries of the kitten could
be faintly heard, and Mr. Bryant's
I first impulse wns to cut in through on
the marble facing of the apartment
in which the Hue was located; but a
suggestion being made that perhaps
j the prisoner, in its desperation, might
seize the end of a line weighted and "f
n bulky shape at its lower end.thisex
I perimeiit wns tried. Strange to say.
the nearly starved creature almost in
stantly took fust hold with its claw
when it was very carefullv and slowly
j drawn safely up the entire height of
forty f-et. and safely delivered. No
southern rn.or-bnek-pig was ever thin
ner than this liberated little kitten,
yet with wnrtn milk administered at
intervals, restoration soon took place.
-- Boston .fonrnnl.
A Turn ANKl'lOTK.
The hero of the following true
anecdote is a broken haired ti-rrior of
tho most common type, with nothing
in his appearance to r-'comini nd bun
except a pair of honest browu eyes,
which look from under his shaggy
eyebrows with a most pathetic expres
sion. In color he is blaek, with light
tan paws and chest, while a sprinkling
of white on his head ami face gives
him a venerable look to which he has
in reality no claim, as he is now only
eight years old. But "Rough" has
never been young ; from his infancy
his gravity of deportment has been
such as would become a dog of age and
experience.
One day some yours ago he was soon
coming up the avenue, followed at a
short distance by a poor, starved look
ing dog, who kept gazing about with a
timid air, as if uncertain whether to
advance or not. "Hoiiyh." who was
evidently encouraging him by every
means in his power, at In-t succeeded
in getting him as far as the kitchen
door, where a basin of water wns
standing for the use of the dogs. To
this basin Bough advanced, as if to
draw the attention of the stranger to
the fact that there was water in it. The
hint was enough for the poor, tiro 1
beast, who at once began eagerly to
drink, Hough standing by, wagging
his tail gently, the deepest satisfaction
expressed in every hair of his wiry
coat. When thestranger had quencln-d
his thirst bv drinking every drop of
water in the basin his courage seemed
to revive, and he looked ready j
to follow Bough, who now marched
into the kitchen, walked straight up i
to the cook and wagged his tail, I
looked alternately in her face aud nt ;
the starved dog, who had followed '
him closely. There was no mistaking '
the expression of Bough's eyes, and !
the cook collected some scraps of cold 1
meat on a plate, and placed them be- j
fore the strange dog, which began at'
once to devour them hastily. While j
he wns eating. Bough stood by, still 1
wagging his tnil and evidently much
pleased.
When every morsel had disappeared
he once more invited the stranger to
follow, and this time it was to the draw -ing
loom that he led theway. On being
admitted there he introduced the out
cast to the lady of the house, and after
looking around on all present with
much apparent satisfaction, and once
more wagging his tnil, Hough left the
room. He seemed to think the strang
er's fortune was made. I may add
that Bough's oolitideiioc was not mis
placed, for a good homo was found for
the wanderer. New Yolk Telegram.
Ilibralter is regarded as the strong
est fortress in the world, entirely iut
prt'Kiiahlt to military Httnok.
BY FXKCTRIC LIGHT.
Illiiiuinatiii tho Interior of the
Human Body.
Great Usefulness of Electricity
in Surgery
Kleetricity is finding n wide field of
usefulness in surgery. By its aid, mvs
the Washington Star, the interior of
the human body is aetually illumina
ted, so that the physician can gaze
upon the internal mr-chauism of thu
patient mid find out what is the mat
ter. For example, suppos-! that th"
digestive org ins of a child go wrong.
Perhaps the difficulty may bo due to
some object swallowed, like a penny.
It is an easy thing to settle the ques
tion by lighting up the stomach from
within. The instrument devised for
this purpose is ns simple as it is in
genious. It looks like nn ordiuary
ruhher tube, to the end of which a
hulh of glass is attached. This, with
tho bulb end first, is pn-sod down the
throat of the patent, just like an or
dinary stomach tube. There is no dif
ficulty about swallowing it, as one who
has never made such an experiment
might imagine. A loo; of copper
wire extends through the entire length
of the tube. Its two ends, projecting
from the other extremity of the rub
ber worm, are attic-hcd to the battery.
It isbut the work of a minute to
puss the rubber worm down the pa
tient's throat. The electric current is
turned on, and n light j t i-t 1 in power
to two caudles appears within the
glass .uilb. This light illuminates the
inside of the stomach so brightly that
if can actually be seen through the
front wall of the body, which exhibits
a rosy glow. If any foreign body h is
found lodgment iu lUo organ it will
appear by an opaque spot. In this
way it is often possible to H:cl out
what ails a person whose illness mmht
remain a mystery.
The digestive fluid'! net so power
fully ns decomposing agents that or
dinnry substances mv quickly dissolve 1
by them. Thus most foreign bodies
that find their way into the stomach
and ciimiot pass out through the in
testine canal ar" soon eaten up. Ac
cordingly the notion commonly h- ld
by ignorant people that a fi"g or a
ftnrd can live and grow iu a person's
stomach is a very funny one. Nor
need anybody entertain a dread lest n
cherry tree or other vegetation do
velope in his inside.
Within n very short time the opera
tion for cutting out and removing the
so-called vermiform appendix has be
come a very common one iu surgery.
The little nttn .-huieiit to the hum in
intestines frequently makes trouble.
Something gets into it and lodges, the
result being an inll i'iim ition which is
apt to be fatal. The onlv thing to do
in such a case is to cut open the wall
of the abdomen and remove the npen
dix, which is of ii" use w hatever to the
human economy. Incidental!,. , th"
surgeon must examine the intestines
t see that they do not require mend
ing. He must have .pb-nty of lii;ht,
and so he has fastened to his foi ehe id
an electric lump like a dark lantern,
which projects its rays through a lens
into the abdominal cavity of the sub
j (.
Electric motors tire utilized in sur
gery for various purposes. One of
those is to drill away a diseased grow th
of the dividing wall of the nose. A
saw driven by electricity is similarly
employed for operations on the bones
of the jaw. Hut perhaps the most re
markable novelty iu this line is the
telephonic bullet probe. To one end
of the wire is attached a nickel-piated
bulb of metal ; at the other end is a
steel probe. The bulb is put into the
patient's mouth. Accordingly, when
the probe enters the wound, the cir
cuit is completed thloiigh the body of
the patient. To the wire is attached
a hearing cup with a diaphrngm nnd
a horseshoe magnet inside. This the
surgeon puts to his ear w lnle he probes
for the bullet. When the latter is
touched the contact is made known by
a distinct sound.
Slip Kiihurixcil His Knrs.
A would-be flirt had an experience
yesterday in a Market street car that
hf; is likely to remember for some time
to come. He was ninde tho laughing
stock of nil the passengers nnd the
butt of his joking friends.
With two others this particular
young man boarded n west bound car
nt Hroad street station. All were nice
ly dressed and behaved well until the
car reached 20th street, when two
young women got on. Both were
pretty and well dressed, nnd one had a
portfolio and the other some books
under her arm. The bright. Mailing
eyes of tho girls took in nil the jas
sengeis at n glance sud finally rested
for n s' " I on the th'ee young men
Opposite.
The young iro n looked at each other
sll, and winked knowingly. Then
the .-.ould-be flirt hitth'd down to
business. Ouii of th" girls looked out
of the window while the other becamo
interested in her surroundings. Tho
llirt curled his mustache, adjusted his
hit), tie nnd eolbirscveral times, looked
at his feet, saw that the creases ill h's
trousers hung over tin shoe properly,
nnd th'-n smiled openly at his vis-a-vis.
The young woman stood the smll" ns
long as consistent with propriety, nnd,
taking n pencil from her hnudhng,
opened her portfolio and began mak
ing rapid strokes on a piece of cnri'
board. Her friend became interested
at once, and watched the tace of the
young man develop rapidly. When
ll rtist made half ft dozen up aud
down strokes both girls tittered. The
yon,' man became confused as tin- ar
tist's eyes Ihe.h'-d up and down over
face, and finally he begun to squirm
and w rigide.
At I lancaster im-nue and Market
street the girls b it th- car. the artist
dropped her sketch on the door. One
of th.- flirt's friends picked it up and
nearly exploded with laughter. The
young man's portrait was perfect, but
that which caused the laughter was a
pair of Jong ears that would have
made Lieutenant Henry's donkeys
green with envy. To make mutters
worse, tin- picture was passed all
around the car. When the young men
left tin- car the passengers wore expan
sive smiles. Philadelphia, Press.
Straw Pasturage In Hitllaii'l.
Tie- jreat dikes w hich keep back the
s -a from a large portion of the coast
of Holland have caused the country
much expense iu their construction
and inaintennnce. There is one very
large dike along the Zuvder Zee which
connects sand dune with sand dune.
During summer the son retires for a
long distance and the uncovered shore
becomes tine pasturage.
Hut not nil the fanners along the
const are not benefited by this provi
sion of nature. The privilege to pas
ture cows there was bequeathed to the
residents of three villages by a Coun
tess who died iu the ye.ir 1012 and
each descendant of a resident of one of
the vilbtgesiit that date has inherited
th" I mid to pasture seven cows. This
privilege OPU'iot bo bought or sold.
When spring comes the cattle arc
driven to the pastures and the owners,
who generally live miles away, have to
make two milking trips oaoh day -one
at midday and the other nt midnight.
During tin' summer there is no dan
ger from the sen but the northerly
g iles nnd high tides of autumn put the
pistur -s miny fct und-r water.
The uprising sometimes comes so
sw iftly that the cattle ai" caught in it
and drowned. So nt I he beginning ol
September watchmen are always sta
tioned on the dike to keep a sharp
lookout on th sea. Wh"ii the set
rise-, th iii-iii on the dike hangs up n
lantern and if tie- sen rises more he
hangs up two. which is it danger si-u-il.
Then similar balds me flashed
fioiu church tower to church tower by
watchers ill III" belfries. When the
sea rises last the man on the dik"
hangs up three laiifeiiis, which menus
"come quickly."
Alarm bells nie rung in every vil
lnge nml soon the roads nre crowded
with people on foot nnd on horseback,
all going to the rescue of the herds.
It is bard and perilous work which
the have to do aud they heave a sigh
of relief when the cattle are safe at
home.
(rainy .Men l.he bong.
Cabins M. Clay, M years old is still
in excellent health.
Humboldt lived to he !0, Herschel
SX, Mary Somen ille ('hcvreiil, the
chemist, 10'J, Peter Cooper t2, Simon
Caun ron 00.
A majority of the College of Cardi
nals nre now over 7" years old. Fight
are over SO.
Charles Macklin, the jjreat actor,
lived to be 1H7, Macrcady SO, Boger
Kenible SJ.
Neal Dow is S'.l, Kossuth HI, Pr.
Holmes St.
Befoi uiefs are frequently long lived.
I.ucv Stone dud at 7.,Mis. Stanton
is 77. Mrs. I.ivermore 7 J, finrrisou
lived to be 7. .Inli'i Ward Howe is 71.
Wordsworth lived to be K0, Von
Banke, the historian, 101, (iuizot, K5,
Hnneroft, 00.
Shocked.
"1 wns very much shocked," snid
Harlow, meeting .Farley on the street,
"when! saw Hroiisoii this morning.
He looked fen years older than when 1
saw him lart."
"When did you see him last?"
"I'ronson? Oh, I guosH its beco
some fifteen yeitrssiuci- I'd seen Bron
hoii last." Harper's Haitiar,
Soup to the Western Wind.
Western wind, when will you blow,
Soft ami sweet, that I may know?
Khe snf-1 when April's western wind
lllew through the woods incarnadined.
And sun of spring uneloudeil Bhono
That I might eome nnd claim my own.
Western wind, when will you blow?
Western wind, wheu will you blow
Western wind, wheu will you blow.
In dulcet measure!), sweet and low?
'J'hy lisht wing on the valley green,
Or rippling o'er tin river's shuen.
Or on the violet scented lea,
Will a u far more thun lifo to r
Western wind, when will you Mow.'
Western wind, when will you Mow?
Western wind, when will you Mow,
While busy brown bees come and go?
The days laK slow, the nibts ho long ;
Impatiently iimong the throng
I )() aii nit each daily task
My heart concealed behind a mask '.
Western wind, when will you blow?
Western wind when will you blow?
h. W'-t 'Ni wind, when will you blow
Jlehind Tiine's winding she 't of su-ovi'
And In-lit the cruel winter scars
And lUM anew the glowing stars.
She t,d me -ah, each tr'-asuretone
Then I niiclit cine and claim my ow n '
We-cru wind, when will you blow,
oti western w ind, when will you blowy
- M. K-'I.som. iu Atlantu Journal.
ii r.MOKors.
It must be his long head Hint gives
the horse sense.
When n limn bilks into a telephone
what he says goes.
Jason says many a mnn's reputation
wouldn't know his character by sight.
In some houses there is nothing
thought of ixcopt to give tho baby a
chance ( sleep.
Advertising for a situation, a mm
explains: "Work is not so much an
object as good wages."
"Willie iievi-r does n stmkeof work,
j but his pari-ntsseem to think tin.1 world
'of him." "Yes, he's the family idle."
I
"Well," observed Blobbs, at tho
shore, "the bi-ncli is dirty with wroek
i iige, but wo can hardly say that it is
i not tide y."
I "Have von nny idea why she frowned
1 on your suit?" Light-top "I sup
pose because my trousers were not
J turned uji at the bottom."
Miss I,aura--"Did you ever piny
i tag when you wore a boy?" Chollio
j "Haw, vans. " "And were you always
'it' then, as you are now'.1"
Mr. Flnthouse "How long will it
take to brt'iik the now gill in?" Mrs.
Flnthouse "At the rate of six dishes
a dny, about three weeks."
"Oli, I say, why is it thnt whenever
I Wopples is referred to you always
speak of him as a friend indeed?"
j "Because he's always in need."
I (iooibiinn "Do you ever think of
j the good old saying that it's more
j blessed to give than to receive?" Pug-
sley "Yes, when I've got the boxing
! gloves oil I do."
j Oratorical eloquence is well enough
but nil the tine speeches in the world
i can curry conviction with them no
! more surely than the criminal's sim
i pie plea of guilty.
J "Young Npluigi r used to be quite n
blind at draw ing before lie went to
college." "He is yet." "What does
be draw on most, architectural plan?"
I "Nope ; on hi - father."
! Bane Deceiver. St illi ngllcet : "How
' could Von conscientiously tell Miss
, Kbler that she is the only woman you
ever loved?" Tillingbast : "It is n fact.
The others were all voting girls."
i
.lohtnn "Pn pa, ciin a wntcl.
'jump?" Father "No, certainly not;
I what m i I--yon ask su-h a foolish
j question?'' dohnny "Oh, only be
! cause I've seen many a watch spring."
Madame," said the postal clerk,
'this letter is overweight. It will
take two cents more." "Then I'll
take it back aud scratch out the post
script. It isn't worth two cents to
me. "
Miss MillHtt : "Is it true that you
bicvele riders soon get attached to
your machines?" Mr. Wheeler : "It
liasn't worked that way with me yet.
1 can fall off my machine without the
! least trouble."
Sqiiiblig "What are you reading,
MeSwilligen?" McSwilligen (closing
the book)- "This is 'She Who Must
be Ob - vcd.'" Squildig- "Great
Scott! I didn't know my wife had
written her autobiography."
Mamma : "Harry, didn't I hear yon
teasing ( ieorge Jones?" Harry : "Y'es."
"Was that doing unto others as you
would have them do unto you !'' "Yes ;
I just wanted him to try it on me,
'cause I knew I could lick him in a
minute."
"I wish, sir, to ask for the hand of
your daughter in marriage." "Hut
are yon in a. position to support a
family?" "Oh, I think so, sir!"
"Yes; but yon must, consider the.
mutter pretty carefully, for there orn
ten of ns,"