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PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 12, 1896.
NO. 21).
VOL. XVIII.
nets will be made.
Is Life Worth Living.
Is life worth living? Yes. so loug
As spring revives the year.
Ami hails us with tin' cuckoo's song,
To show that sin- is lion' :
80 long as Mny or April takes,
In smiles anil lours, farewell,
Ami wilil flowers dapple all tin1 brakes.
Ami prlmnws tho ih'll :
While children in the wooillanil yet
Adorn their little laps
With ladysmoek and violet.
And ilalsy-ehain their caps;
While over orehard daffodils
Cloud-shadows float and Meet.
And ousel pipes and laveroek I rills.
And young hunt buck and Ideal :
Ho long as that which bursts the bud
And swells and tunes the rill.
Makes springtime In the maiden's Mood,
Life Is worth living still.
Alfred Austin.
"A HOUSE TO LET."
It was advertised in Hit? papers after
this fiiHhion: "A bijou residence,
uitnlilo for sin ill family, charmingly
situated on one of t ho loveliest
reaches of tlin Thames. A house if
titiiijito design nml exceptional Mili
tary arning-'iiieiits ; sloping garden to
rivor, bout, limit lions-, stabling, fruit
garden, etc."
Yet despite 111" alluring character
of tli in announcement, the bijou resi
ilotioe went through two seasons unlet
its notice boards leaning lower nml
lower aa the. seasons went 011 over the
(done bo-fringed garden walls, with
put In t ic ii responsibility.
At. length, simultaneously, one
morning in laic July, two people
Cntlght t ho low of lli;it 11 11 tli 111 iifi:
111: lit from oppoito corners of Kng
laml the oiiu 11 iiiiiii, the oilier a
woman, nnd they lirnt their faces in
its direction.
A geographical lis well iih 11 railway
tillli! hook, tlisp, tlsalion decreed also
them two people slmuM make their
debut hiuiulatlieoll-.lv nt the little wny
mle station, situated suiiie 1111I0 ami 11
ball" from tho li.jou residence 111 qiu-s-tioii.
After that, h"u much fate or
destiny had to do with it? How mueli
man? How much woman ? It -mains
problon1atie.1l. 1 defy two people of
tbo opposite sexes to wnik for 11 mile
nml a half along a boxed-in country
rijl m. nnd not be oppressively conscious
id of .veil other. I defy n iiiiin possessed
of lie- '1 ghtost moiety of taste not to
pick out the various beauties of that
woman if she have them, and briefly
tubulate them on the retina of his up
!rorintion as ue walks. I defy her, if
she have tigrniu of that coquetry whieh
is said to be innate in woman, not to
display those beauties to the best ad
vantage for his especial delectation.
And wh it woman ever walks along a
country road rich in wild flowers with
out Mopping every live minutes to
pick some.
Fiuiilly, the two drew up at tho
garden gate, if not simultaneously,
almost so, the man pushing the goto
wide for her and waiting, nod they
arrived face to face under the trellised
porch.
The worn. 111 had put a huucli of
scarlet rowan lo rries (iu her lint, 11
corresponding bunch in her waist
band. She held sutlieii nt wild gras
ses mid flora iu In r arms to decorate
a font ut 11 harvest fustiv.it. Iter dark
gypsy face had caught a glow from
these berries ; her dark eyes shone ;
bite was not young, the man thought,
but extremely attractive.
The sound of advancing footsteps
footsteps presumably of thu caretaker
roused him from his temporary
nberrntion. II occurred to him that
speech was the only thing possible, to
save the situation. lie raised his lint,
displayed a grizzled but patrician
Lend, nml smiled.
"Is the house let then?'' ho asked.
Tho woman showed a gleam of teeth
under the rich undulating eurvo of
bt-r red lips.
"That was jn d tho question I was
going to put to you," sha answered.
"No," he said I have merely come
from Dorchester to look at it."
"And I Imvo come fiom (homer."
In the pause of whieh announce
ment, n woman, 111 Hun-bonnet nml
clogs, with that retieeuen which the
call taker exhibits when she does no'
want to let tho house, slowly op. -nod
the door. Sin) moved back, tanking
room for them to enter, making at
the Kami; tine 11 depreciatory move
ment with her bare nrui". "It's all
Very nice 1111' convenient, like," sin:
tciid, indicating tun tiny dr iwing-i 00111
on tho right, the tiny iliu;iig-roo;n 0:1
tho loft, the Lilliputian kitchen in per
dpcetive the narrow stairway inter
vening "fur 11 bachelor, or 11 spinster,
but not fur them as is married. For
them us is married nu' I flatter my
self as I knows, being myself n mar
ried woman, this 'ere bijou residence
nin't 'all, ior yi t quarter largo
enough. A man may be i s fund o"
his wife es ever it is possible for 'iiu
to be; a woman mny be es fund of her
iisbsud us 'it ever ken be, but they
don't wunt to be knocking up ngiu
ench other nil the livelong day."
Here tho figure in the rowan berries
summarily disappeared into the tiny
drawing-room. The tall pntriciau
man, preteruntm ally embarrassed,
strode into thu tiny dining-room
and the garrulous caretaker wns left
to finish her speech to empty beeches.
She imagined herself to bo a woman
of singular penetration, however. It
was her boast that she could grasp a
situation at n gla lice nnd take it all in.
Thercforo she win by 110 means dis
concerted till a flutter of skirts smote
her ear, mid tho woman with the
rownu berries reappeared, tho man
having gone upHtairs.sayiiig in a whis
per, with indignation tracenblo iu
every word :
"That gentleman is a perfect
stranger to me. I imvo never seen
him before today in mv life. Wo
i chanced to arrive nt tho station to
I gel her. And now you can go. There
' is no occasion for you to follow me
' over the house I prefer to look it t it
' alone, Hy the bye," she added, "1
should advise tho owners to put it in
other hands. You evidently don't
j want to let it."
It does not take long to look over 11
: six-roomed cottage. In ten minutes
i the m. 111 was out on the slope of gar
den in the rear looking idly uli- inl ol
i him across the reach. Ho hud seen
j in n flash through the rtair e.ise win
j dow tho rowan berries going upstairs.
He caught in 11 ll i-.il now tho rowan
: berries coming down.
"Would she go st r.iight out by the
hall door?" h.i a-.k.-.l himself; "or
come into the gai d mi?''
A rustle of the silk skirts coming
down the path towards him, n glimpse
of a coup ly figure silhouette I momeli
tnrily against tho pendent ivy, was the
ngleeable all-aver to tills query.
"As we have both com.; mug dis
tances, and indisputably upon the
Mime quest," she begun, "it is but
fair, in leed, the right and civil thing
to do, I think, to it si; you if you have
come to any decision about the lions.?
I believe" hero her eyebrows went
up and she nlinwc 1 a gleam of teeth
"in all business mutters man takes
precedence. "
"Hut iu matters of sentiment," he
interrupted her, "woman."
".Sentiment?" she said. "Do you
think, then, even in her business tran
sactions, 11 woman is necessarily senti
mental?'1 "I certainly do," he answered.
Sho moved on down nearer the
flagged edge of the resell, and stood
looking away across it to the green
meadows opposite, eaeii detail of her
: charming person duplicate I in the
: water with distracting iuv irucv.
'Ah, if yon knew me better," she
' said, "you would lind that I 11m a
most prosaic creature. 1 threw aside
seut'tneut ten years ng 1, when 1 threw
aside my youth. My b-'iid nt this mo
ment, it you could s 'e the workings
of it, is full of the prodest specula
tions as to tho dr. linage of the cot
tage, the exact character of the soil
on which it stands, lor 1 haw a strong
siisjiieiou th it it is built up in ciav.
1 am propounding, too, whether 1 like
the kitchen rang-. Tho scullery
: sti liics me iis having been thought of
nfter wai (1 ; and about the bathroom
. fittings I am j 1st wondering. It
; seems to me they nre inadequate, as
j compared with the flowery suggestion
df sanitary perfection conveyed iu
tho Daily Telegraph ; and, well, the
drawing mid dining rooms nre cer
tainly rather circumscribed, aren't
they ?'
"Yet, nt the same time, you nro
agreeably pleased, 011 the whole?" he
suggested.
"On the pliticiple that nothing,
even in six-roomed cottages 011 the
banks of the 'I'll ones, eau entirely
reach the fulness of our expectations,
yes. "
He smiled, nml sptvnd his hands.
"In that respect tho b.'st of in am
lis little children, ever si'.irehing after
what is abs ilutoly impossible in this
world -perfection," hennswere I.
"Yes, why is it? We should not like
it if wo could get it either. Yet we
search, search, search, and waste our
whole lives."
Sho turned her arch glance towards
In 111 and waited.
"It is our disease. I'eihnps it is
put there purposely, that we should
not grow too fond of living. ISesides
and hero comes tin) irony of it if
everything were perfection wo should
not know it."
"No, wo should wnnt counteracting
foils, like mile-stones, to dnnv us it is
perfection." Her eyes traveled up the
green slope towar d the house, and
n'.:e ii-lded, levelling to it. "Hut you,
urn nlso like this bv no menus fault
h s. b.joii residence. Yes, 1 cull H-'o
by your luce your face ii-sur'S me
tii it you hive seen something today
I hat pleased you."
He dropped his hazel eyes upon
her nnd lenucd on his cane.
"Yes," he said slowly; "I have cer
tninly seen something that pleases mo
today. Hut," he ndded quickly, "1
mil willing to waive priority, if I have
it, which I doubt, in your favor and
buck out of all competition with re
gard to the bijou residence. After all,
whnt docs it signify? 1 inn a bachelor,
anything will do me."
"And I n in a spinster," sho said
with n smile. "Why should not any
thing do for me?"
"For all their never 'nvin met till
this Yro morning, they seem to bo
mighty friendly," observed tho care
taker, watching their depnrturo down
the shady road together later. "It
koi ins to mo to be more n quest inn of
taking each other than tnking tho
house. They nin't said nothing about
tho house one way or t'other, but they
have said n good deal about cacti
other judging by their eyes."
Tho woman picked morn wild
flowers ns she went back, the m ill as
sisted her. Midway ib wu the dusty
lime they rested oil n fnileli oak, the
victim of a recent cyclone, and told
each other their biographies. At tho
inn, close to the railwny, they
lunched together in the inn parlor,
criticisng the pi opi ietor's ideas of
ni t nftei wards, a task ol elastic quality
according to the degree of opportunity
for lingering desired. And she sho
never looked prettier, even iu her
palmiest days.
Have you ever traced the genesis of
an acquaintance? It may be quite ns
capable of wide advances and un
dreamed conclusions in I he genesis of
speech. Yon may begin in the Tropiil
of (lane. r iiu 1 end in Siberia; or you
mny begin in Siberia, and end iu tlni
Tropic of Cuii'it; it's all a matter of
chance. Hut this man and this woman
beg-in and end". I iu t h Tropic of (.'an
cer, nnd so there was a maiiiii:;o in
the papr; but the bij-m residence is
still unlet. St. Paul's.
J.qii i's SI 7, !):.H: ('.itlicilnil.
When foreign architects visit Japan
nnd see the cathedral of Id iism for
tho lirst lime, they nro g uera'ly as
tonished nt the inaguilie nt structure.
It is ex 'cut d in pure oriental style,
and is richly oriiaui Mited with cirv-
ings. 11. Ito, a fmioiis builder of
Xagovn City, designed it. The struc
ture wns commence 1 in I S7-, tin I w is
completed last year. The cost h is
been estimated at seventeen million
dollars. It would have greatly ex
ceeded this riinoii it had not ntriihcls
of l!u ldhists worked wituoilt any
I-i colilpelise.
As tho striie nre neared completion
tho committee linviug the work iu
charge was niu.di perplexed ns to tire
insurance. TIhv found that no com
pany would assume the risk on such a
valuable wooden structure, the dan
ger of destruction by lire being very
great, and thus the premiums would
amount to an enormous stun of
money. At last the committee decided
on n design devised by Dr. Taiinb.'.
Numbers of powerful fountains were
constructed, boih exterior mil in
terior, which can be made to piny on
all parts of the structure at the same
time.
Usually only one great orunniciit.il
foil ii tai n is playing, rising to the
great height of l."7 feet. This is pro
bably the largest artificial fountain iu
existeuc , emitting S'i.OSd gallons per
hour. In case of lire all the water
pressure is directed through the num
bers of exterior and interior foun
tains; thus every pait of tho structure,
both inside nml outside, could noon
bo drenched, nnd any conllugratiou
soon extinguished. Washington Star.
To l'reveiil Smallpox Pitting.
The human skin iu a condition ol
health may be mllamcd by light of
great intensity, and iu nu-illpox tho
already inll inie.l skin seems to bo ns
sensitive to the ehennenl rays ns n
photographic plate. This discovery
has led to recent exj diluents in tli6
exclusion of t!io actinic rays of sun
light from smallpox pilictits, to pre
vent suppuration and pilling. From nn
account by Dr. X. K. I'imeu, ol
Copenhagen, it app-eirs that the treat
ment should be com meiieed ns early n
possible, thai, the chemical rays should
bo caietully shut out by window gbissj
of ii deep rod color or bv vetv thick
I
curtains, that the patient may safely
use weak candle-light when taking hii
meals mid that uiitiual divliglit must
not be admitted until tho vesicles have !
dried up. This treatment does not!
interfere with any other that in ly be j
considered necessary. In several
eases of unvaeeiiiated children suffer
ing from smallpox, one physician, nl
first skeptical as to the iiiflimiieo ol
Hie red light, was surprised nt the
favorable course of the disease, as tli
vesicles did not siipperate, there v.u
no secondary fever, and no pcimntiiu
pitting resulted.
imi.lHtKX'S COLUMN.
t.ini.K rv-AM-nr.
Little Mr. Ily-imd-By.
You will mark him hy his cry,
And the way he loiters when
( nlleil again and yet again.
('In in if he must l"iive his play
TIioiikIi all time ! holiday.
Little Mr. lly-aud-liy.
Kyes east down and mouth awry!
Iu the mountains of t ti moon
He is known H Pretty Soon ;
And Iii'"m cousin to Don't Cure.
As uo iloiihl you're well aware.
Little Mr. liy-and-liy
Always has a fretful 'Why'.'"
When he's llskeil to enlne nr Ko ;
Like his sister - Susan Slow.
Hope we'll never you nor I--
lie lik.-Jlr. Jly-niid-liy.
Cl.iroN Si'oi.laiiu in St. Nielinlas
( A 1IOI.I IA V IlINSF.K.
Hurrah! Washington's birthday,
and no school. Outdoors they
all ran Jimmy nnd Jacky and
Chubby nnd Fidgets. It had been
thawing all night, nnd tho snow was
soft and sticky, jut right for snow
balls, nnd perfectly splendid for snow
men !
Jimmy rolled up tho snow, .lucky
shaped it into figures, Chubby ad
mired, nnd Fidgets b irked. Soon
they had quite a group of snow slat
lie's. Here was ieuer.il Washington
with his cocked hat and cue; the lace
was carved with an old kitchen knife,
mid miinima said it was really a like
ness. (.' rii wull is hung his head, be
cause he had to surrender, and Helie
diet Arnold looked so cross that Fid
gets growled at him.
"Now for a statue of America!"
shouted Jacky.
S ion a stately figure towered above
the rest; nil t hat was wanting was a
sceptre iu her hand.
"Take n cob of corn," suggested
Cubby. "It looks so goldy."
So America pointed her corn scep
tre at the Revolutionary heroes. Then
the children ran into dinner, they
were so hungry !
Hut what do you think? Mrs. Red
Squirrel was keeping holiday, too,nud
she was just starting out to do hei
marketing. She peeped from hel
door first one way and then the other,
and when she saw that Fidgets wns no
where iu sight, she gave a chuckle.nml
slid down from the oak tree.
She cocked up her snucy little heinl
nt Washington nml the others; then
she made a bold dash at America, and
knocked the seeptro right out of hel
hand. Next she gnawed off some ol
tin; corn, and stuffed it into her shopping-bag,
which, by the way, was In i
mi ii little mouth.
"My dear, what a baigain-liiiiitei
you lire!" said Mr. Rid Squirrel when
she came home.
He even curled up hit, tail iu the
latest style, ami started out to help
her carry home her bundles. Up mid
down the tree they scampered with
their cheeks pulled out like rubbei
balls, till they hud brought iu the lasl
loud. Just as their tails w hisked ii
at the hole, out rushed the children
agai ii.
".Somebody has stolen Amoricn'j
sceptre!" i-creained Jacky.
"Somebody has gnawed it all up!"
piped Chubby.
And Fidgets barked.
J. nt the squirrels lay still in t hull
hole, nnd didn't care a bit. They ate
their holiday dinner, nnd chuckled to
themselves. - Youth's Companion.
Carious Fraudulent Claims.
A curious state of affairs is shown
by a report of the State Prison Asso
ciation. Itsnys: "It may seem strange
to those who hnvo never given the
subject much though, but thero are
men to-day posing as ex-convicts who
hnve never seen the inside of a prison.
"They know that the friendliness ol
such men provok-s much sympathy,
anil they lake advantage of t his k now I
edge. They frequently eomo to tho
Association for help, but are detected
immediately by means of our records,
lintsj of names which we receive every
month from various prisons, and
through questions as to prison life,
commutation of time for good behav
ior, Ac. "-New York Herald.
A Mo led z ir.
Although the v iung , ir has been
on the throne for more then a year, it
was only the other day, that ho donned,
for the first tim-Mho ep iiilottesnml in
signn of n general. Until now bo has
contented himself with that simple, and
unobtrusive dark-green uniform of Col
onel of infantry of the guards which he
was accustomed to wear whilst still
e.iiroivitz. Ho would doubtless have
continued to remain simply n colonel
hud he not been urged by Ins miliary
nil visits to nssnin Iho rank of a gen
eral a sinoio -'el'lting one who, by
virtue of his imperial crow n, helds ipso
facto tho position of generalissimo ol
nil the armies of the Russian empire,
Till: REGULAR ARMY
It is Small Numerically, But of
The Highest Grade.
Wliat the Applicant Must Do to
Get Into the Ranks.
It seems to be tho general belief,
perhaps beennse the United States
in my is Hiii till iu number, that its tile
is iiiiulo up of rather inferior men.
I'robably this idea was always wrong.
Certainly it is today entirely unfound
ed, for the very good reason that tho
standard by which applicants for en
listment nro mensured is higher in the
United States than iu any other coun
try iu tho world, nud tho boys who
wenr tho blue are as line specimens of
healthy and intelligent manhood as
were ever mustered under a ling.
(July unmarried men between twenty
one and thirty years of ago aro now
accepted, and most men nro at their
best physically at that period of life.
The applicant is allowed to state
whether ho wishes to go into tho foot
or the mounted service, mid his de
sires nro generally respected. For
infantry n liinu must not bo loss than
live feet four inches in height, nud
weigh not less than 128 pounds, nor
more than 1!M) pounds. For cavalry
the height must not be less than live
feet four inches, nor more than live
feet tell iuehoH, while tho weight and
chest Measurements are as follows:
For a mini !i ft. 4 fn.tall.wdfrht las pounds,
ele-st :L 1-i luetics.
For a mil ii 5 ft. 5 in. tall, weight l:ia
pound?, chest .'I I indies.
K ir a man ft. ii in. tall, weight 1:IJ
pounds, chest :n 1-2 inches.
1'i.r a man 5 ft. 7 in. t ill, weight 1.14
pounds, chest .14 lliclie.s.
l-'or a man 5 ft s in. lull, weight HI
pounds, chest .'It indies.
For n man 5 ft. !' in. tall, weight 14H
pounds, chest :t4 1-2 inches.
For a man j ft. 10 iu. tall, weight 1 ..')
pounds, chest .'ij inches.
If tho regulations should be
stretched so as to let in a taller man
than tire feet ten, then his si.j must
increase in similar proportion to his
height. For instance, a man, six
feet one in height must weigh 17i
pounds and have a chest measurement
of lid 1-4 inches. Indeed there is uo
judice against tall men, but they
aro scrutinized very carefully and
must be symmetrical also.
When the applicant goes up for ex
amination he is weighed, measured
nnd described by a sergeant, and a
blank tilled out whioh when complete,
reveals every possible thing about the
applicant's physical structure and con
dition. This is scrutinized by the
recruiting oflieer, aud then the appli
cant goes before tho surgeon and is
stripped that tho iupilie.il men may
verify the previous examination. Thin
is done iu the most minute way and a
certificate that is as exact as may be is
given. If he bo accepted the recruit
is sworn to the service by the recruit
ing ofli-cr, nud if the enlistment be iu
New York he is scut to David's Island
and from there to tho command with
which he is to serve.
Men are not enlisted especially for
the artillery, but tho most intelligent
of those who go into the mounted
forces lire selected for this nrm of the
set vie.) w hen there nre vacancies in it.
The artillery, therefore, is composed
of picked men, and this accounts for
the splendid bearing of these soldiers
whenever they are seen ou parade.
The term of sorvico in the army is
now three years and tho number of
men about 'JD, 000; and therefore it is
necessary to securo each yonr by en
listments and re-enlistments some
thing like 7,000 men. About 1,000 of
these are re-enlistments of men who
become attached to the servieo or who
acquire what might be called tho nriiiy
habit. Tho examination of a iiinn
w ho has served one enlistment or nmie
mi 1 has n good record is naturally loss
severe than that given to a new re
el nit, tor the man of ixpiiienec may
have acquired bieinislu s as incidents
of his service and these, unless di bili"
tiling, nre quite propei ly not counted
agninst him. The man of experience,
too, is eoiisi b red n much more valu
able soldier tlinn the novice.
The m In me of the statute under
which recruiting is done, while it en
courages re-i iilistineiit, also provides
for tii" pi-obiibln return of discharged
niidieis to civil life. Now, when a
ii. .in is discharged he is not re-enlisted
li'itil three ninths niter that time if
he cue lor such n furlough, so that he
cm have a t.isio of c:il life, and this
peiio.l is counted ns a part of his ser-
l if.'.
I'i ovi -i ii la mid' fir the retire -ne
n ; of soldier-, after thirty years' ser
v.e, mi tt'ii i-loortln pay and three
foil lioi iiiiiutatioii for clothing and
mil .! iiiotine, tho allowance to bo made
i n ilni b.if-is of the pay that was jre
r4 iy.1l hen the retirement occurred.
Thus ft was s a il that tho government
looks after the old soldiers with much
consideration.
A privato receives Sid a month for
tho tirat two years of enlistment, and
814 n month for tho third year if ho
has served faithfully, and thi writer
was informed that a careful man
could easily save 8:'00 during the three
years. This would seem to bo impos
sible, but it should be borne i:i mind
(hat n soldier's clot hing, quarters and
food ure supplied to him. Consider
ing theso facts, in connection with tho
advantages of the post schools., libra
ries, gymnasiums and canteen, a term
of service in the United States nrmy
cnuuot be considered as other then a
wholesome and beneticial experience.
To those who fret nt restraint nnd who
cannot submit themselves to discipline
an army experience is likely to bo very
valuable unless the lawless soldier be
driven to desertion.
Thero are less than forty recruiting
stations at present in the Uuited States
nnd these nro scattered over the
country from Boston to S in Francisco.
Last November uhont I recruits
were secured and Hoston supplied
more than any other station, N- w
York next, St. Louis next, then St.
Paul, then Albany. For many yi nrs
after the civil war the majority of the
enlisted men were of foreign bll lhaud
many of them were not even cit.i ti-.
Now, uo mini is eligible who is not a
eit zeii or who has not made legal
declaration to bccouio a citizen nnd
can speak, read and write the English
language. J ml 1, the groat inijoriiy
of the recruits to-day nre native born,
though many of them nre of foreign
parentage. There are post schools nt
which soldiers who desire it can ac
quire, free of cost, a fair F.ngllsh edu
cation. Not ninny enlist fur the sake
of this advantage, but very many
young men, once in the service, take
advantage of these schools mid on ac
count of the instruction received re
turn to civil life much better i quipped
for self-support nn I the exercise uf
intelligent citizenship. Detroit Free
I'ress.
Cocaine on the Itnce Track.
, Within a recent period eocnine has
come into use ou the race truck, as a
stimulant. Horses that are worn and
exhausted, or are uncertain as to speed
and endurance, arc given ten to lilteen
grains of cocaine by the needle under
the skin nt the time of starting, or u
few- moments before.
The effects are very prominent, nud
n veritable muscular delirium follows,
in which the horse displays unusual
speed, ii mi often unexpectedly win
the race. This ugita.ioii c.)iiti:nui.,
nnd the driver has dillicul'y in ".slow
ing down" the horse after the race is
over; not linfiequeut ly the horse will
go half round ngain before he can be
stopped. Tlie exhaustion which fol
I.mvs is not marked, except iu the great
thiist and loss of nppetit". Hut good
grooms give unusual attention to rub
bing and bathing the legs in hot water
and stimulants. Tho general effect on
the horse is depression, from which
he anons recovcis, but it is found es
sential to give cocaine agai:i to mike
sure of his speed, ,1'he action of
cocaine grows more transient n the
uso increases, and when a long p riod
of scoring follows before the inc..' be
gins, drivers give a second dose se
cretly while in the sad.Ur. Sometimes
the horse becomes delirious and un
innnngenble, and leaves the track in a
wild frenzy, often lulling the diiver,
or ho drops dead on the track from
the eocnine, nlthough the causo is uu
known to nny but the owner and
driver. Some horses have been given
as high ns twenty grains nt a time,
but this is dangerous and only given
to worn-out animals, who may by this
menus wiu a race. It appears that
cocaine is only used in running races,
mid us a temporary stimulant l'"r the
tune. It is claimed that the d ishing
eves and trembling rv -.lenient of the
hor-i is strong i wdi n v f the use of
cocaine, 'iatei . .1 oniinl of Ine
briety. rresiilcntla. oineidence.
John Adams was eight years oid' i
than his successor, Thomas JeUVrs.ni ;
h eight years older thsn Jinm s Madi
s m ; he eight years older than Jaiin s
Monroe, and he eight years older than
John Q. Adams.
ti 'org. Washington ended his l-rni
as president in his sixly-tifth year, so,
too, did John Adams, Thomas Jelfer
s. .11, James Madison and James Mon
roe. Thomas Jefferaon and John Adams
both died on tho BHino day July 4,
IHJil, exactly fifty yonrs nftar
the signing of tho Declaration of In
dependence. One other president,
James Monroe, died on July 4. His
death incurred in 18:11.
F.very president, it is said, with tho
single exception f William II. Hnrri
toii, has, hud blue eves.
Crnas ml Fbi'.'.
At his feet they placed the Hag lie loved,
At his head n Howry cross j
As if to say that liberty
Means sacrifice .-ind los.
I'll" flowers lost tln-ir sweetness ;
I'he stars licgau to fade :
And doillitiliR hearts the lesson rend ;
III vain the light was inmle.
J t : it through the years tic friigranca
uf duty done endures ;
And Hunts the Hag, with added stars.
Atiove my ileiel and yours!
- lico. T. Packard iu Youth's Companion.
IIF.MOKOI S.
Mr. Mnchmoney I love you for nil
that I iiiii worth, darling. Miss Hit ld
That's just whnt I lovo you for.
"lilykins has his own way iu h
house." "Yes, his wife always tells
him what it is gointb be before
hand." Mrs. Fogg Yon should bo careful
about that cold, David. Mr. Fogg -Careful
about it? Just as lief losu it
ns not. "
"Your uncle died of a complication
of disease--, did homd?" "rtttVr'-that
or a coinplietion of doctors; 1 mil U'd
mho which. "
"What's thif frtlferneTiTiTrweT-n no
toriety and laiii -?'' "Well, if a man is
notorious he's still alive; if he's la-,
no ois he's dea l."
Muggins -1 went to two parties
last night and lost my umbrella. Hug
gins - I went to three balls yesterday
nud I haven't S'.'i'n my watch evi l
since.
"Can't I interest you in accident in
surance today? "No, sir; I'm in no
need of it.' "K.etisi! me; I iruler
htoo 1 you w-.-ro learning to 'flny tho
I'd '
Hi own Your w ile's mother helps
her a good d' lll, doesn't she? Smith
Ye-; she has gone into town now Ii.
buy n dress to mutch muiio buttons
In r mother gave her.
Lucy -The wretch! Ami s'o'he has
been proposing to both of us? I wish
we could think of some fearful way
of punishing him. .1euiiIof,-Tfiiivc nu
idea. You ninrry him, dear.
I'll" glorious charge nf the Light llrign I".
Ily TetlUys.in l.lllioilsly sling,
s it" thing to that whi-li my doctor innd"
For Ink in g n look at my tongue.
"Uncle ieoi'go--Wns Diogenes a
tramp?" "flint's what we would call
ii i :n in this enlightened age, my son.''
"l'heii the tub he lived in couldn't
have been n wnshtub. Could it?"
Young iiislniH;ton My meaus are
not large, sir, but I think that, with
prudence, your daughter and myself
-"Old Oa-My My dear boy, don't
be an idiot ! I can hardly support
that girl myself !
"What are you doing there?" ex
cliiiine 1 tin; iiate parent, as he sud
denly i. p lied the parlor door aud
found William in the act "of kissing
his daughter. "Killing niicrobes.sir !"
was William's, ready response,
Y.-ast Who is that richly dressed
lady coming out of that Iiiidiioiiiiblo
restaurant ? " Cnmsuiiheuk She's nu
artist', model. "And this seedy-look.-ing
fellow coming mitof the Ireeluuch
saloon?" ",!, he'.s me artist."
"My 1.. nr," he said to his ladv love,
"I've been busy all day not manual
labor, ymi know, but brain work,
wh.eh is the hirdest kind." "Yes in
deed; I know it must be for you," and
there was a ten b r look of sympathy
iu her eyes which aroused him.
Mrs. Wreaklnird (the landlady)
How is it that you aro taking your
medicine after dinner? I thought tho
d ictor told you to take it beforo
meals? Mr. H dbonrder Ho said it
didn't make any difference, ns long ns
I took it on an empty stomach.
"You advertise to pull teeth with,
out pain for fifty c.-iils, " growled tho
victim "and In re ymi not only half
pilli'riiy head ..II', but want me to give
Up a dollar. '1,.at ilo you - mean by
it?" "I eiiai gel you Ihal extra fifty
cents lor y.-brig so," said tin; dentist.
"I bet y.OI dloVc IIW.IV 111 I till) pllSsiblo
eiistimiii s within four blocks."
Moustai lies In Oflice Honrs,
W I. -n in.. ii .laches fust eimio into
fashion in this e mntry the authorities
of the Hniii, ot Mu'-Jaiid issued a man
date Ihat tin ir clerks should not wenr
them "ii inn ; nffiei. hours." A de
cree of -o iii what similar import,
which has i. e. udy b. en published by
I he ier iiiii n VI mi nil it v. is en using con
sieiiint ion among the barbers of
Wiihelm dinfcii and Kiel. In future
th ; i.tlieeis and men of the Imperial
Navy me either to be clean-shaven Or
to wear full beards. The iiionstaoho
is ol..'ilil...l, npi'lil entlv, lis a Worth
ies'; o iinpi imiso. lint the hairdii srrs
are up iii anus, foreseeing thai thoir
naval customers, when forced t-
el.o ee In twa en a smooth fncu aud a
fuli b n:d, will adopt the latter alter
native. -London ttlohe.