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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSIiOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 20, ISIKJ.
iNO. 31.
(Spiteun
Jnst From (ieurgia,
TILL so.Nii TIME.
Long till)))
Till sung 1 1 im- i
Bill lilnlsaro mi f li wing,
Ail' wlc-li I In- green comes crocplu
An' violets arc poopin'
WIicik now Hi" snows nri' sli-opin
You'll Inur tin1 sweet birds sing !
I. hi it; tiiiK!
Till song t f III.' ;
J!ut wii hi thii ilaisy'll spring,
An' In til"' brightest bowers
Ymi'll murk Him days with llowera,
All' lovo'll nil" tin- li'iiitH,
An' all tlin bells' ll ring !
Atlantic Constitution.
Uncle Sambuq's Fortune.
Trophiuu Gogolin, Kouornlly known
in tho district iih muster Trofiuiio, had
no often related tUo story of Uncle
Kamhiiq and lii fort mm that bo Lad
finally come to believe it himself. The
simple truth of the matter was that
Peter Jambiiq, u ne'er-do-well who
luid given his parent; no end of
trouble, hud shipped as an ordiuury
Seamen on a three master one fine
day in the year of grace. 1818, and had
never been seen or heard of since.
These hard facts wore too ridiculously
simple- for the worthy friends and re
latioiiH of the vanished l'eter i they
coul. I not iiiiilerhtiind how nuyonu
could wet out fur America without
reaching that continent mid making
his fortune J ho the worthy people
gradually evolved the ideu tlmt Uncle
Jiiinbuq had gone and done likewiae,
mid would ou! day return rolling iu
riches: of course, to die in duo time
And leave hi-i fortune, to them.
So the years rolled hy, nud uncle
Muinbuq'.s fortune grew bigger iu the
imagination of his people. The older
relative died, and muster Trefuine bo
c.iine heir to his nude. Now, it hap
pened one day that Trot'iimo niut a
sailor whoso iieqiiaiiitanei! he hail
made a year or mi previously. This
man had just returned from fi voyage
to the .state-', it lit 1 Trcfiimo Hei.ed the
opportunity to asU liiiuif he had heard
of uuele Suinbuq while on tho other
hide.
The sailor, probably out of polite
ness, and iu order to pleus.j Trefuine
nud his wife, informed them th.it lie
hal a distinct recollection of having
on sevi i .tl occasions met itu individual
ui the' quays of New York, who was
undoubtedly wry wealt hy, and was
the exact linage of Saiiiliuq. That
Ki ltie. I the matter; there could no
longer bo any doubt that uuele Sum -lui
had reached America and mado
bis pile, as any reasonable person
would llo.
A few months passed. One morn
ing when ho was least expecting it lie
received a letter from New York. The
letter bore the hckI of tho French em
bassy. Trefuiuo curricil that precious
letter about uitli liiiii all day without
breaking the seal, iu order to show it
(o Irs friends. Not till llie i enmg, in
the presence of his wife and cliildnn
his hands trembling with excitement,
did he venture to open it. It. wiih
somewhat bulky probably it con
tained bank notes. Tlin papers were
carefully taken from the envelope, ami
proved to be Saiiibug'sileat hccrlilicatc
and a brief note with it from the em
bassy. .
"ho ho is (lend? re-marked his
wife.
"Of
fume ;
course ho in," replied Tie
"doesn't the ambassador miv
ho?"
"The ambassador doesn't miy imy
thing about the fortune," observed
Trofuiiic' s better half.
"1 suppose you want him to tell iih
all about it straight oil' before tho man
is fairly dead," replied Trot'iiine sar
castically. "We can Wait, nud ho
knows it. He'll write again in a day
or two."
15ut, strange to Kay, tho ambassador
omitted to (trite that other letter. As
the time went on surprise deepened
into anxiety j a veritable fever a gold
fever took possession of them; they
lost interest iu everything. They
could think of nothing but Sumbuij's
millioUi and wonder what hud become
of them. At length their anxiety
rtaehod such a pitch that Trefume
announced his intention of undertak
ing a journey to New York a decision
which met with the full approval of
nil concerned.
"I shan't be away more than n
mouth or two," said Trefume, "and
the Loy can look after tho bout. A
few hundred francs won't break us ;
besides I know I bhall ho ill if I don't
go and seo what is going on over
there."
I have said that everyone approved
the decision. I may add that had it
been otheiwise it would have uuide no
difference Wheti Tiefuuie got an
idea into his head it wanted sumo get
ting out.
He traveled to II ivro an 1 embarked
on a vessel bound for New York. Ho
know aUaolutoly nothing of tho great
city hi ras approaching. He could
not speak tho lungungn ho was
helpless an a child ill a wood. lie be
gan to get very anxious, and looked
around for Homebody to confide iu and
obtain assistance from. Ho tried the
uudor-stewurd, a fellow-eoiilitr) man,
but tho latter whs too busy to be
bothered. Trefume, however, refused
to be shaken oil', and the under-stow-ard,
in desperation, glanced about for
Homebody to whom he could refer the
persisteut 1'mhcriiiuu, aud so get rid of
him.
"Here!" ho said, pointing to two of
the passengers. "Thosu iiro tho the
men to help you. They know New
York so well that they could lind
their way blindfold any where iu the
city. Try them,"
Trefuine looked at tho men and
thanked his compatriot heartily, lie
was delighted at tho thutlght of meet
ing two pooplo who wero so well ac
quainted with Now York. Tboy wero
two shifty-looking chaps, who had
been li ft severely alone on tho voyage.
Ho went toward tho two passengers,
who, after changing a word or two
between themselves walked uw.iy be
fore he could reach them. Trefuine
walked after them, but they still
avoided him an 1 begun conversing
earnestly together. Tiio fisherman
hesitated; he thought they had some
thing private on, and he did not wish
to intrude. It never entered his
head that they wero avoiding him.
He did not intend to lose his chance,
ho he continued t walk after them at
a respectable distance. Two or three
time-, when he thought the moment
opportune, he approached theui hat
in hand, an I attempted to bpeak to
them iu his best French but was met
with a scowl and growl which made
him retire.
The two moil wero evidently much
perplexed ut the h! range conduct of
their fellow-passenger. They were
worried about it, too; so, finally,
they spoke to tho undcr-steward con
cerning TrefuiU". The olHeiul was
more busy than ever, but ho was fond
of a joke, nud thought ho might as
well enliven the routine of tho day by
a little fun.
"You know there lius been a big
robbery in l'liris?" ho suid in u coii
lideutial whispuK "Well, 1 Wouldn't
iiiiiid belling that this liiaii is Jean
P.ruost, the eleven st di tceiivu iu
France, who is on the track of the
thieve.--, mill has disguised himself as
a lislieruiuii from the South."
The two men looked at each other,
thanked the under-stewiird.und dived
into their cabin, from which they
only emerged when tlin i-hip was ac
tually alongside the quay. 1'oor Tre
fume looked for 1 li-in in vain. They
got oil' thi! Meaner unobserved by
lii in, and he was left to find his way
around New York as best he could.
How he went through the rest of
that day, where he lodged at night,
he never knew. lie began on the
following day looking for the cm-ba-sv,
asking the way in his provin
cial I'l l neii, and being laughed at and
treated with c uitenipl. as an imposter,.
until sick tit heart, and thoioii ;hly
discouraged, he sat down on a door
step and began to cry. Unelo Sambiiq
I i i 1 1 1 have join neve I to his native
country to die, and thus have made
thing easier for his heir.
After a few minutes ho plucked up
courage and determined to try again.
Ho had just reached the cud of tho
street when ho saw olio of tho men to
whom the nndersteward had referred
li i in on the steamer. Ho had changed
his clothes and cut off his beard, but
Tri fume was positive it was tho sumo
mail.
"Monsieur, monsieur;" ho cried,
running towards the man.
Whether the man heard the words
or not, he took to his heels iih soon as
he saw the Frenchman running.
"What !" said Trefuine to himself
in an indignant tone. "This mint
knows New York as well as I know
K loninc, unit ho won't help me ! I'll
sec about that."
Away they went, tha stranger and l
Trefume. Iu vain the former doubled
this corner and that; lii-i pursuer
stuck to liini until, thoroughly ex
hausted, tho btranger took refuge in a
bar and awaited tho arrival of his
pursuer.
"So I have you at last!" exclaimed
;ho Trench in a ii. "Why did you run
away and give mo till this trouble ?
Now you must "
"Hush!" interrupted the man, turn
ing palo in ftpito of the violent exer
cise. "Don't mako u fuss," he con
tinued, in excellent French ; "that
w ill be of no us . Come uud sit dowa
iu this c i i-.er. "
"Ah! that's better," thought Tro
f i ii Fut he simply looked know
ingly at the man mid took a scat.
"1 know what you come to New
York for," said tho man.
"Good ngniu!" thought tho fisher
man; but before lie could speak tin,
idr ill;o r cotit Hilled :
"We can arrange this little tiU'iir,
can't we, without any further de.
lay ? "
"Of coiir-i! we can," exclaimed Tro
i ii in.-, thinking still lliat tlio iiiau
was talking about unelo Sambuq's for
tune. "That's agreed. Now how much do
yui want ?"
".My fair shure'rejilied the French
man. "I'll give ou tiiis pocket book it
has one hundred thousand francs iu
French notes I have not had time to
exchange them for 'American money.
They me good. Y'ou need not bo
afraid that they are bad or stopped.
Will that satisfy you ?"
One hundred thousand francs. It
It was nil immense sum, but was it n
fair share? How much was uncle
Sa in I u wot th ?
"Is thai my fair share '?" asked
Trefume.
"How much do you expect ?" naked
the other irritably. "It was a gooc
thing, but it wasn't a gold mine, and
there are several to share it. Hither
that or nothing.
"Well, I'll take it!" said Trefume,
bog inn iter to fear that ho inijht lose
all.
"Very will! Now, you have this
on condition that you go back in the
lirctagne, and the Itrelagno starts in
two hour-. And remember, you havo
never seen tne I"
")oiie!" said Trefume.
The pocket book was handed to him
mi I he set ut ized the notes. They were
ail right. lie tried to explain it all
to liiins If; he was not clear on sonm
points; but the more he tried to think
it out, the more c.iui'nsed ho would
becoiu-'. Only one thing was clear;
he lul l iU.-ceeded ill getting a good
slice of nude Sniubnq's fortune and
was a rich man.
They remained where they wero for
an hour, then the stranger went with
to procure a ticket, saw hint safely on
board, and watched him until the ship
started on its voyage across the At
lantic. Thus it eanii) about that muster
Ti chime, having had the good fortune
to bo taken for a dclt ctive,heculiie the
heir of uncle Sambiiq, who had died
penniless in a hospilal a few weeks
before !
As to Trefume, he was never able
to arrive at any proper understand
ing of tin- nll'.iir, but he did not worry
himself much on that head. L iter on
when he hud given up work and
doiiiied a truck coat, he used to shake
Iiih head an I ib dare, with much
gravity, that iu business matters those
American fellows wero far ahead ol
any other people. See how quickly
they settled that (ho little mutter oi
uncle S inibqu's fortune. From tho
Franklin Strand Magazine.
War lo ln Fought on Wings.
Although much remains to be ac
complished before cither submarine
or ticrinl navigation becomes so per
fected as to come iu useful for pur
poses of war, it seems pretty safe to
predict that by the end of tho twenti
eth century they will be regarded
much as we view telephones and elec
tric light. It is little more than halt
a century ago since tho idea of pro
polling vessels across tho Atlantic by
steam power was not only ridiculed
by the learned in such matters, but
proved to bo absolutely impossible
There is no impracticability iu living
under water or iu the uppjr airjgiven
proper appliances and both are well
within the scop' of human eudeuvor.
All that remains, therefore, in to dis
cover trustworthy meaui of pro
pul -ion and nf steering, of sinking at
will iu the one case and rising ut will
iu tho other. Such trilles as theso
should bo tho merest nothings to me
chanical science.; indeed, claims aro
already undo on behalf of certain
talented inventors that both problems
arc practically solved. Wh it warfare
it will be when one power holds su
premacy iu the air and another power
down among the Italics! That would,
indeed, be u practical illustration of
the gi im Disinarckiau j -st about tun
whale and tho elephant. I'erhaps,
however, by that tuuo the winged sob
dier w ill bo rendered c ipable of div
ing as well as of Hying, while the sub
marine warrior may be given tho fly
ing lish faculty of shooting into th
air. We make sure that we shall sooo
hear these elainis also put forward on
behalf of the miraculous F lison and
tho little less miraculous ttoubet,
Loudon Graphic.
Telephone Versus Telegraph.
It h is recently bjen poinu-d out,
saysTho I'll ; 1 in I f 1 1 1 ! i i i Inquirer, that
already tho telephone ii iie-d, by
actual count, ten tiui is in mueli astho
telegraph theaiinuil figure b -iug put
down iibout 75,0.h1,0it ) 'telegrams auJ
"jJ.OOO.OiK) ta'ihono talks.
uhi.iiii:vs t on m.
fur. im-rrssY hash.
The Do fiiiinv ktinls live in I -funny land,
A ilear little pie as ever y- ii kie-w ;
Willi lips aiel W illi liaiel, what no one h.i
plaiiueil,
Th- little li i-fue.iiies will rt.-iinl.v do.
They .l.oi'-i-lnul they play, th'- whoh- sunny
day.
Thi-y 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' with laiichler, I ln-y sin.',
they sin.;,
They W"rk wiih a will, tle-y iiey-rare -.till.
Ami the dearest of p. , ires they l.rintr
they brim-.
Through Do-fai.i l mints, ih" um-les .-m l
aunts.
And fathers aii'l mothers rnium-d long,
long u;,"i ;
Now eueli mill .enjoys til" girls aud the
.. "-
the little Do-finuiies. you know, yon
know :
Sued miinies are tle-y, at work or at play.
We w.-it'-h them with laughter, uiel sini;
iiiel sing.
"Th"y aild to our e.ire, hut I .11 1 .1. - .ur
share,
Of pleasure and joy by the love whieh
tin y bring."
Womankind.
A si.viT.ssiTn r.io-iifKir.it.
'uptaiu C, J. Melliss, of the Ninth
llombay Infantry, is surely one of the
mod successful of mo b-rn lion-hunters.
Iu his book 'Liou-Hunting in
Somuliland' we have a plain, uiivur
tii.slnil account of a shooting trip
some 2'M) miles or so into th-; interior
from the Somali coii-t. There seems
to have been no lack of gaum of any
kind, an. I certainly tho number of
lions that fell to captain Melliss's gun
-hows that the king of the forest is by
no means extinct iu that region, what
ever it limy hi elsewhere. On; of his
feats, .- i far us be know, has been
rarely, if ever equalled. Within a
brief hall'-lioiir he managed to bag live
full-grown lionesses, and lives to tell
the tale. Of course he had hi nar
row Oscipe-, but that is part of the
fun of the thing and n lion
hunting expedition iu which there is
no pei-Minul ri--k would, we take it, be
a very tame affair. Not the least in
teresting part of captain Melliss's
iiarriilivo is where lie tells of the cap
ture of two cubs a lmilo and a
female :
".My little captives became inmates
of my tent, and nlVoi-ded me much
amusement in watching their little
lion-like ways. It seems so nliMird
thai such soft, llulVy-hnircd little crea
tures could ever develop into the
mighty king of beasts. And yet the
truces wen.' nil there. Iu their solemn
little fiices you saw the lion's grand
head. In the stealthy manlier they
moved you saw his prowling gait. As
evening fell they loved lo prowl forth
out of my tent into the darkness at the
cud of their long ropes, calling to
each other with most diiniiiul ive cries.
Tin y would eye tho very milch gout
that was obtained lo suckle them us il
about to j lo a stalk on it, ellciliuo
shouts of laughter from my men, v. ho
would crowd round to see the lions
fed."
Later captain Mclliss discovered
two more cubs, and look them to
camp. They were bigger than those
ho hud ai ready secured, an I were so
savage that ho had to keep them sep
arate from tho little ones. The unite
soon died, nud the female remained
unapproachable, till one day his ser
vant took the two littl.: cubs to where
sho was lying, when the savage little
u 1 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 1 became transformed:
"The delight with which she wel
comed the small strangers of her own
race, rolling over on her back, ns if
to play with them, purring loudly,
uttering cries of delight and caressing
them with licks, was a pretty and
touching sight to sec. So they were
left together, and a very happy family
they were while in camp, and the big
female cub became so tame that she
would allow me to take her up on inv
knee that is, so long as a little one
was taken up with her, but separate
them, and she was in a fury once
more."
How Natives Conceal Hiuinnuds.
A native was recently charged be
fore the resident magistrate at Kim
berly. South Africa, with unlawful
possession of din lids. The caso was
a very peculiar oue, as illustrating tho
manner iu which natives wiil injure
themselves iu order to conceal stones.
This boy was found to bo suttering
from ii wound iu oue leg, which cotil I
not be made to Ik-uI, and, upon the
wound being probed, u small parcel
of diamonds w as found. Ho had iu
llicted tho injury solely to have, as he
thought, a secure hiding place for his-ill-gotten
gains, and, having cut
through oue of the leuders.it is thought
ho will never recover tho use of the
limb. Ho was couiinittod for trial.
Chicago newspapers aro after o ai
dealers of that city who in tilling
country orders for th relief of the
poor, deliver only Md pounds foi hull
ton.
SHIP Wkl'CKHRS
Foiiiliirous Appliances for Saving
Straml'iil Vessels.
ngoriioii:; 1'ontoons ami II
Floal in;; Derricks Used.
Tho recent stranding of the St.
Fiiiil brought out prominently a p.-eu-iur
class iu the community --the
wreckers'. No business in the world
lias so many remark able pha-es about
it, depending entirely upon tho mis
fortunes of others.
Its singularity and unreliability are
well illustrate I by the fact that the
wrecking companies that finally pulled
the St. Paul oil' have put in a claim
approximating nearly half a million
lollars for their work. As the big
iiner was only stranded ten days this
is at the rate of '." I.HOO a day as
lunch as the president of the United
Slates earns iu a year.
"Hut," as one wrecker said to a re
porter for the New York Journal,
"the-;o things don't coine every day,
llld when they do we've-got to Make
hay while the sun shines. Tho last
irood thing like tiii( that we hud," nlid
tin! wrecker smiled with lu'i.-ii niiis
laetloli. ".(as over seventeen yours
ago. That was when the French liie r
Ann-riipte went on the sand iu pretty
much the same pine.; where the St.
Paul got into trouble. The AmeriqU'
salvage was lias d on the computation
jf ir'11,000 on every million. She was
do such ship as tin; Si. Paul an I ha-1
no such c ir o. Th" Si. Paul w as
loaded with gold, an I was altogether
worth close to r:-j,OiM,0 M. "
In the cis - of tie- Si. Paul the g;ti
.'riil iinpri-'-.ioii was that she was
pulled oil' by tugs. As a matter of
fact the lugs had pr.iciie illy ti (thing
lo do with ti ! 1 1 : i ; her oil'.
"All the tugs iu New Y .rk harbor,"
as the wrecking lniin put it, "eoiildu'!
have pulled the Si. Paul oil' ill nine
vears. l'.veiy wa-h of tho sea that
forced th-S:. Paul lurth -T up would
have forced the til ;s back just as well,
:iud just when they were getting in
(heir best licks t ' I n e big wave would
Rome along and undo in a minute
everything th y might have accom
plished in hours. "
Instead of the tugs the method em
ployed w.is thi-: A huge anchor
weighing 7, o'lil pounds was dropped
out to the sea about the stern. A si
ineh cable was then run from this
anchor on board the slop, win-re il
run to some moii-ter block uu I tackle,
or pulleys, ns I hey are generally
called. The machinery of the ship
was then used to shilt her inch by
inch, pulling toward tho anchor. The
cable was carried around tin Hum id'
the hoisting maehiuery, and at each
favorable action of tie- wind and
waves power was put on, the cable
being draw n in.
Souieti s, when the e uidillolis
were pai lieularly good, the iimihli-r
ship might giv ' a couple of incle-s at
each effort of the machine. A ;ain, as
she g-d further and further out to sea,
and the hold of the salid( became less
and less lirm, the progress w is r. u
more la pi I, and toward the last, just
before she finally slipped oil", she
Would go a foot ut a time, finally
reaching a position where the tugs
Could drag In r out into d 'ep water.
This system of drawing her oil' the
sand put no such strain on tiie hull ot
the St. Paul a- would have b en the
case if she had been jerked around by
a lot of tugs. It is due no doubt to
this fact that she went oil' the sand
practically uninjured.
There have been a numb, r of in
jtiinees in this harbor where compara
tively large vessels have been sunk at
their docks or out iu tin- F. ist or North
river. In cvi tjf one of these cis, s
the vessel lia- been ra sed and Honied
loaiu at comparatively small cost.
The chief damage in th ci-es is to
the cargo, w hich is pi act ioally ruined
by immersion in salt water.
There me two distinct systems of
raising vis-els that have gone dow u.
One is by pontoons, and the other i.
wi'h huge floating d riick-i. The pon
toons are iu on-.t. r box ; built of hard
wood, uud bniit with straps so that
they can be tided with water to sink
tliein. Alter th.-.v are. sunk they are
pumped out, and in rising to the sur
tace bring up the ship with them.
The pontoon method of raising
ships was weil illustrated iu the ease
ut the steamer Wells City, which sank
on Feb. Id, Inst, i iY Christopher
strict, iu eight lat bonis of water. Sl.e
had mi board 1,'.M) tons of cargo,
wh.eh was tir t taken out by divers,
who wiiilo d .by and night f ir nearly
two mouths. i iie cargo, as it v.n
I. ins. ncd in the hold, was lifu-l to
lighleis by small steam dcriie'is.
Much id it was of uu imperishable
iliar.icter.aud with some little trouble
was nnl'ie mill l.i table again. A soon
an tin- r-urgo ! el been renew. I tho
pontoons w.ie Mini, iiloiig-iie and
f.l telied w Itll chains to tin- Vessi l
sub. Then i n- pumps were put to
work, and the pontoons - re soon
lilpt led.
Il I i quired Coll idi Table u-. i-lutic ;
f I 111 above by he alls of i-t .mi
tt inches lo 1 ii-i' the Millio n Ves-el.
which had heeoi.e- liriu.y i n. 1 . i I - I ill
I In-sand of l h.- Noit :i river. Lut the
pontoons finally brought lo r up. Sin
was then pumped out as much us p.,-.
si'.ile, and stlli iu tie- I ili't'l .'CO of ' -e
pontoons, was to.d d to tin snio yard,
where she win restored alter some
trouble.
The derrick system is io n- rally em
ployed where the ve-sds .-o down in
less than four or live fathom-'. The
derrick, u monster ntl'.ur weighing
thousands of tons, is lloiitcd a'.'-iig ole
and chains are peso 1 about th" v -s-
I sel's hold in such a wav as to make a
i
safe parry. As soon as t?,e eiiaius an;
j propi-rlv iidju-ted the derrick machine
is set iu mot ion, an 1 without undue
haste or strain tin; ship is slowly
I'ni. ed. As soon as on-; end of h-'l'
I ciiines in sight a tug is set along de
I with powerful iru) s, and sic- is
I pump, d out, t.li ii -in-.-iug iu th-.- tm
; bra r tn- I !'! e-k.
I If tl.e injury is u eh iraete, so
! that she may be ll .,it d wiih a litli'e
patching, tiie job is i! on-- tli ii an I
j there; if not, sin- is lu id-- a-- d:y as
possible an I can n-d to the . liio yard
direct hutwci u pow.-rfu! tug -.
( ill hills iiinciileiie.-s.
"Sim al.iiig of cut i ei . i- .ii. -i.b-iic s
of our everyday Ii.c, two Into- ih.ngs
happened n short tine- a .- i, tiiit lire,
perhup-,worihy of repeating,"' said un
in.-urauce mail to atiotli- r. 'My wife
hits ion;; wished for an olive lock.
We ha 1 used a lable fork un I had
theti subs! itulcd a pair "I C.I lid V toll
but in ilher proved to b - tl.e rigid
tning. A few tv liin "- before the
holidays my wife a-ke 1 in 1 to buy an
olive fork, but I w is i't .iw; -b.;;-d -lied
with money at the time, a.. 1 much
against my will, I was obiig. d to ask
In r to wait a little. As 1 was about
to slop into the utile - budding li- xl
inoiuing 1 saw din et ly iu liont of me
ii small jeweler's box, and inside il
tin-re lay the identical folk my wife
wuiitcd! I -cut a note to the j. w- b r,
telling him tin- ow tier con I 1 have it In
calling at my house. No one wi
came and nt pris- nt il is iu active sei
v ice on my dilolig I ooin table.
"Some time lulore tiiis a onii:
girl, who had becouie eng ig-- I In a
(hum of lniin-, w int. ,1 a sn, aii elias, I
gold ring iu lieu of a soil aire dia
mond. Ill Olll' iplesl, W(! l-ld'Tid a
I shop, and ill one of tin- eases we saw a
pit tty ring. N in n v,e ..o. , at it,
we noticed in tin- iiis d some en
graved initials, which plow. I to be
those of my chum and his at'i ine- d.
! The .salesman sal I loat the ring bil l
j been ordered several ui o :i t lis previous,
' but had never been eall.il fur. My
j flielld never told the incident to his
! betrothed until alter tln-ir marriage.
.Curious ilistaliei s if coilieid. lies,
were I in y not '!" Niw York l i iiuii.e.
j A bright Dog.
' lb-. John Clark K.dpath, the his
torian, bviu' at ti - i- o'istl ', has a
; rather remarkable dog, known all
I over Putnam county as Pake. lie
' seems to have absorbed some of the
rare intelligence of ins noted master,
(biedliv D'lM-was sent to tiig butcher's
, shop alter a basket of m -it. II- se
cured il and st irted ii 'in . On the
' way he met u follow canine that was
j determined to have s mi .- ot th it m al.
I After worrying with the highway-m :n
1 for awhile, lbike decided that uiore
le I o c nil aseies were in iv suy, an 1,
jumping; upon a stone t.nc - in-ni by,
he deposit. ,1 th- b .skel , ul of hat ill's
way, leaped t i til e'- un i an 1 wal
lop, d the !l!e out o! i. . 'inv. Wt.i n
tic latt' i- vi Ui bowling nw-iy, l.ii..
secured i I- ba-k- I ot lneat and In to d
i.o.liewaid. II goes to the p -l. tiie.
after the tn i.l. li" asks for n by
placing his tore feet on the ddiv. ;
, win low and lurking. i'iii' net he
i performs sivii'al trues a da, newi
loses a letter mi l in vi r foi g, ts what
time to He almost invariably
1 eats at his master's sid -. In tact the
bites of meat ll. ti I'll. lb- between his
. looii'ih and !.'. Ui.ipaili's. It-- i - a
j collie and c in do a sere of odd tricks.
llldiunapoll- 'lll.
Tr. ing t Please.
"Yon had better scire un a few
rebels and pull o'V s ene s irt of a b it
tie tomorrow," said the Spanish (icii-
i ral.
! "1 will do the b st I can," replied
th ; adjutant ; "but what's th-; neces
sity? i " I'-.v.i ie v. war c-o respoii b uls ar
rived tins ui u iiing.uud 1 want to give
theii loaie sort of t run for tiieit
! money. " Puck.
Wi ut her Iinlicatioiis.
"1 think il wiil rain." lie- pi-oplu-t says; "I
I l int ji ii) ruin, yu I- lew:
I I : i . ll -.till tain I. -la.-., good folk, pro-
!! -.1 It il." sll't -now ;"
.1 :,i ill i, I, .-Hail - t-i hi- il'-ii tib.ft t" iioto
I w lie- l.r--:"-i I. low.
I il-in'. i! wit! sn- w." lie- prophet says,
I ..... I o a -toi-in pi-epar--:
I i'. in!, ti -,i. - ,v ! tii-.-lit. : I folk, pro-
V i ! -I il bll'l t.li: g"
An I ll. -a h eii t , hi,- den aloft to look
at t li-- rain ggoig I here,
Tee w 'iC'.'-r'H I,-- fair." lie- prophet says;
Ih-- .v.-a-!i -,'li he fair and warm:
Tin- wea-h -r !l I. I'.ii.- t..-lay. a I t'-'ik, pro-
-, i e I it .(... . ii t sori.,:"
An I then I !i-nl- to hi- 'h n iib.fL to see
h- w lie- - loii. I banks form.
I think il will storm." tie- pr-.h'-t says;" I
think it wiil storm to-night:
Th- wind will I-I--W a t'-rrihl" gab-, provided
I've hit it right ."
And tie :. I liml.s lo hi- den aloft lo ia-o ir
th - slars are bright.
I blink le- is right." the critic says; "I'v"
followed him it'l along;
I think li- is right to-night, g 1 folks, pro
vide I In- isn't wrong;"
And thai i.-Hi" view I take g 1 folk tho
I'ohit of my litth .s.mg.
Chicago Post.
Ill MOKOI S.
The man has horse sense who bri
dles his tongue
Misery lov s cotnpanv , hut company
loo oiteti makes ii, miserable.
The she.-p ill woll's clothing is fully
us annoying as the other combination.
A man who sits nr mnd and boasts
of his ancestors makes a mighty poor
ancestor hiin-df.
The great objection to most of tho
line writing of the l cut day is that
it i-n't line reading.
"Man wants but little hero below"
--soil. - -.diple, indeed, tire even satis
fied w nil ; ' .-mseives.
"Why is Mis.s Proper' picture ho
sevorcV" "Tin; photog' 'plier asked
her to look pleasant."
It is pii-tty hard for a man to uti-ilei-tat:d
how the rest of the world
can Ii el all right w hen In; is sick.
The only difference we have been
abb- to find betwien literary people
an- easier victims for the book agents.
"Young man, you should never fgo
10 bed owning any man a cent."
"Wlu ro would 1 I e able to sleep,
father?"
"I'is a tin f insidious d-rror.
When tl,e strongest ,.f ni,.,, holds his
la- -.iih.
V-Hi :ir-' 'lodging a sunstroke one nioiiieul,
ll I I il.- I: -M o are five;-ig ),, ,eat).
".seieiit i-ls say now that hand
shaking coiivevs disease." "Of
.- iiii-se, that is the way the grip got
started."
I'll rhinoceros doesn't seem to git
along In tti r than any other animal,
even though he a-ways carries a still'
upper lip.
W hy is a man so inconsistent as to
-ay before he marri. s a girl that ho is
willing to dn for her, ami then refuse
after ih.-irria -c, to ,-at her lirst bis
cuits. "Iii Italy, "he was telling her, "they
male- ll iir out of chi st nuts. " "Do
llu-y," s'ne answi re I sweetly, "What
11 great boiiiiii.u (oil would bo to
Un in. "
"Well, here's a new one; doctors
are now prescribing ice cn-aiii as a
medicine." "Groat Caeser! Don't
let in wife know of it; she'll never
know a wed day. "
Diner I wish you would be more
careful, waiter ; 1 am sure your thumb
was in that soup when (oil brought It
along. Waitei - "That 's all rig hi, sir;
il was not hot enough for to scald
me.
Wife They say that Sarah's suitor is
a man of very l lob-id faints. N that so?
Husband On iiie eontriii'(, my dear,
he lsn hard worker. W.I'l In what
'.in? Husband We'll, he has tho
hard. t I. ii,-l ot work trying to live
w it 1 1 eii .bun an ( t nine.
ahsey -I saw aie.lie one of those
s! -ri- about a iiiau losing his watch
a -i not liudiiig ii tor two yeari, and
when he d-d hud It it was still rnil
i Mud:;.. - Well, I know I found
an old taiior's bid I bad mislaid seven
yo.it- ago, and it was still running.
Ph'cuiiN ;ts Teleirriipli Messengers.
Tin- i tliei. licv ed' ig- o-. as tele
graph ill sst tigers wa- again demo!;
strut d during a r-ciit Udel l Ui ion
of tel- graph coin inn t.icnt ii m be
tween Sim I', l ap d and Sepa- tool.
Til" distance between the two stations
is about sjyty n r-!-, or a little over
j i.ty miles. During the interruption
t legrauis wore, our dcs-n cori i-spoiul-i
id state-, in ail eases safely carried
by these aerial no -si-ie'rrs, the time
oce-ipie I in th -ir tbgld iiverag'iig
from lifly ininiit. , to mi h"iir. Tho
e'aie! .1 tug. r to car, ii r pi -us in the
Taut I I ( is t lie bu g numbi r of hawks
at. I eng!es wii'eli hanut tin- Stciip-j
tn. -Is London News.