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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, APHII2, 1896.
NO. 32.
(Jrowlb.
Blow, winds, your rage but shakes tho true
And roots It surer in its place!
Scatter your rain, ye, clouds, and froo
Tho luds that wait your frowning grace !
Boll down. O river, to the sea
And wldi-u In your onward ra"o!
Feace- through a Runny span may keep
HI garden In some, quiet glen,
Whilst others now for him and reap
And tend his flocks on moor and fen ;
Tho flowers of Pence are death and sleep ;
Tho strife of living makes us men.
Ah, Joy It Is to win tho goal
lly tireless work and dauntless will,
Yet may the lifo ibn orbed und wholo
From cloudcel hopes, md loss, and 111
Our hauled tolls upbuild the soul,
And failure uo Is victory still.
A. St. John Adeoek.
Sarah Bartou's Pension
HY AMIllEW DuWNlNO.
It is not believed that imtriotimu
nlono prompted Henry Uarton iu 1802
to enlist iu an Illinois regiment. In
fact it is recalled by Homo of tho
neighbors that ho and his wife Suriili
did not "get along well" together
ubout those days,
Tho tMtiHO of contention if such
there was in not known, snvo that it
might bo summed up, perhaps, in the
word "incompatibility," a mysterious
something which often drapes very
thinly n closeted domestic skeleton.
For ho was au ignorant, Hellish
man, lunch given to causeless jeal
ousy. And Sarub was tho very oppo
site in character, being patient, dis
creet and womanly. Moreover.shu was
well educated, and tho marriage would
fcoem to havo boon ill-asBortcd. Rut
1 will tell tho story and permit the
reader to draw his own conclusions.
The man enlisted. The little wife,
with tearf. il eyes aula heavy heart,
bade It i in good-by, und lie was noun at
the front. Left alone, with two hiiiiiII
children, ari l an eighty-aero farm to
euro for,nud with rather idouder menus
ut her command, it is no wonder that
hho thought to hersi If that her Bervico
would bo tho harder of the two. Lint
she was plucky and resolute, und
would do her best.
The soldier was spnring of letters to
his family. Sometimes weeks and
even months marked tho intervals of
Iheir coiuiu.-j. And very little money
was enclosed iu them.
In July, 1 Still, tho regiment was at
Nashville. Mrs. Itartoii had received
uo letter from her husband for nearly
three months ; but one morning tho
uews cauio through a neighbor homo
on furlough from tho samo post that
Burton was sick iu tho hospital at that
place. A lion t u month later she re
ceived notice from tho hospital sur
geon th.it the husband was dead and
hud been buried iu tho Nashville com-
j l!ut Uarton was not dead. In truth
i bo had been very sick with typhoid
' fever, then convalescent, and liuully
j was ordered to report to his oaptuiu
:? for duty tho following morning.
lie did not sleep well that night, but
lay awake for Lours pondering schem
ing, it would s jciii. Upou tho wall,
at tho head of his bed, was tacked a
card giving his name, Henry Hat ton,
his company and regiment, and tho
nature of hit sickness. This rule was
generally observed. Tho cots wero
close together, there was just room
enough to allow the attendants to pass
between them. liartou was in tho
"Typhoid fever" ward, ns it was
Called.
Sometime after midnight ho awoke
from a doze. Liitlostdy bis baud fell
upou tho cot nearest him, upon which
w is a Pennsylvania soldier. His fin
gers touched tho man's face. It was
cold. He investigated nud found him
to bo dead. Notio of tho nurses
seemed to have discovered it.
Almost instantly ho formulated a
plan, and, about as quickly, began its
cxcctitiou. Ho wanted to desert from
tho army ; it would appear that ho
wished to leave his wife also or
rather that he did not mean to return
to her. , The plan was a hhrowd ono
nud everything favorable to its nc
complislim ut.
Rising from his couch, and dross
iug himself hastily, ho lifted tho dead
man from tho cot and placed him up
on tho ono ho himself had vacated.
The ligtits burned dimly and ho suc
ceeded iu liually getting out of the
building unperejived, and finally out
of tho city.
The next morning tho attendants
of tho hospital discovered that the
Illinois soldier known by tho record
lit the head of his bed was dead.
Search was made for tho missing man,
and as he could now hero be found, tin)
Pennsyiviiuiau was reported, otlicially
as a deserter, while tho Illuiosiun,
Henry Uarton, was recorded as
dead.
I have said that tho plan of the de
htsi to rwas a shrewd one. Let us
auulyizo it Tho ouly chauvo that
could prove unfavorable to the
venture was that the nurse, who had
waited upon both patients, might
detect it. But he was awaro that tho
hospital was crowded and tho attend
ants overworked ; that tho dead sol
dier would bo buried, probably, that
day without being seen by nny ono
who had knowu cither of them
and ho was willing to take tho risk.
Ho realized, too, beyond a doubt,
that being oflieially dead nobody would
pursue nud arrest him ns a deserter;
and further, if they arrested him as
tho Pennsylvania!! he could not be
idcntilicd us that individual. He
luado no miscalculation iu tho matter,
aud wub soon hundreds of miles away.
Years afterwards Mrs. Barton filed a
claim for pension as tho widow of
Henry Uarton, submitting the usual
evideuco to substantiate it. In due
course of time the pension was granted
granted nt tho rate of twelve dol
lars per month for hersolf and two
dollars per month for each of her
children, with arrears, at tho samo
rate, from tho dato of tho soldiers
death. This allowance placed her in
very comfortable cireuni-tunc ;s. She
was enabled to lift the morlgugo that
was on tho farm, nud deposit, besides,
quite a goodly sum in the bank against
tho "rainy day" wo havo nil heard
about.
Meantime anothervery worthy little
woman in ono of tho valleys of tho
Alleghany Range, in Pennsylvania
and whoso husband also had beou a
soldier diil not faro ho well. Re
lieving herself to be ft widow she,
too, applied for a pinsiou; but
her claim was speedily rejected on tho
ground that record evidence in tho
Pension bureau showed that tho sol
dier deserted from tho urmy Iu August
1H(!3, while an inmate of tho Nash
ville hospital.
When her grief was yet new Mrs.
1! il ton had resolve 1 Unit she would
have the body of her busbau I re
moved from Nashville and buried iu
Illinois as s ion as her moans would
allow it. Rut the lapio of years and
tho cares of her daily lifo made his
memory nebulous au I dim whenever
it happened to rise before her und thy
idea of a re-interment was abandoned.
She reasoned that the expense would
be great, nud that it would do no
good; ho was dead, and miny others
who were even better husbands and
oldiers th m be m ist sleep in H iiith
cru graves until tho return olion
morning. She would not disturb
him.
So it is, ever, nud has boon. How
soon, after death, even tho greatest
man dwiudh s into siguilioauee. How
speedily und surely, when ho is asleep
iu his little dormitory in tho church
yard, do the people union?; whom he
walked iu life whoso activities und
recreations, joys aud sorrows ho
shared forget him in though he
never existed. How soon even those
near und dear to him lose sight of him
or at best are bound to him by only u
ghostly and fitful rem iinbruuco grow
ing fainter and fainter as tho years go
by. Is it not better so?
Some months ago uu nr.ny comrade
met Hirton upon one of tho crowded
thoroughfares of S in Francisco, and
know him. "I urn aware that you
Irive been deal for thirty years," he
Raid to him, "but all the same you are
Henry Barton and you wero iu my
regiment in tho army 1"
Aud linrtou, tiu ling concealment uo
longer possible, tol 1 the wholo story,
and it was speedily transmitted to a
prominent attorney in a Western state.
That gentleman who had beeu their
colonel iu tho army, succeeded,
through ft deal of correspondence, iu
straightening out the matter in the
pen-ion office iu the interest of right
uu I justice. In other words, tho
rightful and ouly pensionable wid
ow iu tho case, the Pennsylvania
woman, now receives a pension, while
tho niiino of S irah hat ton Las beeu
dropped from the rolls.
The attorney told mo the story. He
says that Mrs. liartou would havo
been prosecuted for criminal practice
iu the matter, but whou it was shown
to thj officers of tho govern
ment that, nlhoiigh technically
guilty, she had perpetrated tho fraud
iguoriiiitly ond unintentionally tho
husband being the real offender tho
case was dropped. And uo attempt
was made to collect from her the
money she had received as pensioner.
I am glad of it. Yet, somehow, I can
not help thinking that in this particu
lar instance tho bliud goddess will
never havo her scales properly bal
anced until 1! ii ton, the deserter, shall
have received his dues, nud tho little
old womau iu Illinois, and that other
little old woman iu Pennsylvania,
whom he caused so much trouble and
sorrow, shall know "for sure" that
his Nemesis has overtaken him. Rut
I may bo wrong. Monthly Ulustra-
1 tor.
Smallest Dog I), ad.
Probably the most novel funeral ever
soeu in New Jersey occurred iu Rail
way on Sunday afternoon. Tho corpse
was that of a dog, said to bo tho small
est of its kind in America, if not iu
tho world. Victoria was a pure black
and tan terrier. Her history is iu
tercstin g. About lifteeu years ago
Mrs. (iirbouctti, of Rah way, who was
nt that t i in o a performer iu Baruum'a
ciro.is, w is cngn ged in a tour of Eng
land with the show. Slio wai excep
tionally olever iu bundling horses, und
she freq ioutly received presents from
her ad nirers. () to day iu Manches
ter a man sent bis compliments to tho
fair rider, accompanied by a basket
which contained tho smallest mite of
cuuiuity sk o hud ever beheld. Tho
dog ncconipnniod her on her travels
ull over tli ) world, and th-ugh it
never grew to robust siz , it was al
ways healthy uu I i-he became siu
cerely uttaohud to her put.
In coursiof time Mrs. flarbonctti
left tho sa.vd:iit rinj and settled down
iu Rili.vay. List summer she was
thrown from u buggy und killed, mid
her husband, who is a farmer near
Rubway, presented tho dog to Miss
Mary McCaiin, who was with Mrs
Oarbonetti who n tdio met with tho ac
cident. Victoria was ubout six inches
long, and her head was less than four
inches from the ground. She weighed
about eighteen oit'tcjj wLeu iu good
condition. She was not capable of
learning many tricks, but after years
of piiticiit training her mistress suc
ceeded iu teaching her to bit up uu
her hauuehes und biicczc. Tho lat
ter accomplishment, it is said, was
responsible for her sudden death, and
she sneezed sj iniieli that asthma set
iu, ami ufler uu illness of less than uu
hour she died. As a mark of regard
for the departed canine, Mis McCaiiu
hud made u miniature collin, which
was covered with embossed plush.
The collin was nine inches loug,
livo wid) and four high and Vic
toria was urr ingi l in it in if she was
tilting h:r diily nap bihiul the
btovo Reforo the body was commit
ted to the grave au amateur photog
rapher was called in and so. oral pic
tures were taken of the animal. Tho
dog was buried iu Miss MeO.iun gar
den, and the berouvjd woman says a
monument will soma day mark the
ranting place of her departed Irieii'L
RuU'alo Express.
To Prove His Innocence.
On the wall of cell No. 7, in tho
Carbon County (Peiin. ) jail, appears
tho imprint of a hand. Aud of this im
print a strange Htory is told ft utory
that is vouched for by leading citizens
of tho county.
Iu 1877 Alexander Campbell, one
of the Molly Muguires, was confined
in this cell. Ho stoutly protested his
innocence, but was found guilty on
tho confessions of several of his com
rades. O.i t o night before he was
hauged he stood upon his prisou cot,
and, placing his left hand upon tho
wall, hu slid that if he was innocent
the impression of his hand would re
main upon the wall so loug us the wall
remained.
Little attention was paid to tho re
mark ut the time, but it has beou
brought before tho public iu u vivid
manner uiauy times since that night.
Although nineteeu years havo passed
and iu spite of many attempts to ob
literate it, the outline of Campbell's
hand shows us clearly on the wall to
day as it did on tho night he placed it
there.
Tho walls have boeu whitewashed
many times, but before tho lime is
dry tho outlino reappears with start
ling distinctness. Yet other m arlts nro
obliterated by the lime. Tho strange
phenomenon has beeu witnessed by
many persons, but no rcasouiiblo solu
tion to tho mystery has beeu nd
vauccd. The cell is looked upou
with fear by other prisoners iu the
j ail, and if any of thorn becomes un
ruly, tho wurdeu threatens to lock
them up in No. 7. This threat usually
has the desired effect. In fact, pris
oners prefer tho dungaou to oell No.
7. New York World.
A Novel Smoko Coiisumor.
A new Binoke consuiniiig devicj his
jnut beou tried in Pittsburg. Tho
construction of the devm is simple
and inexpensive An automatic ar
rangement is attached to the doors ot
tho furuace, aud is regulated by the
steam pressure to iucrcuse or diminish
tho iugress of air to tho firebed as
needed. When the coal Lai become
incundescout tho amount of air is di
minished by tho idotiiug of tho vents
to preveut tho cooling of tho fire by
tho air blowing over it. Iu the eentei
of tho firebox is au arch, which
becomes incandescent, and tho heat
from which burns the gases contained
iu the smoke when the proper amount
ofoxygou is mixed with it. Nom
York Telegram.
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
FKllTIHK.
Threo ,111- girls are weary.
Weary of hooks nud of play;
f a l Is thf world and dreary,
Klowly the time slips uway.
8ix little ft an aching;
Jlowerl is Pivh llttb head;
Vet they are up and shaking
When there is mention of bed.
liravcly they laugh and chatter,
Just for a minute .r two:
Then when they end their clatter,
Uleep pomes qui rkly to woo,
81wly their eyes arc closing,
I 'own aain drops every head,
Three little maids an- dozing.
Though they're not ready for bed.
That Is their method ever,
Night after night they protest,
Claiming they're sleepy never,
Nerer in lieeil of their rest.
Nodding and almost dreaming,
Drowsily ea"h little head
rtill is forever scheming
Merely to keep out of lied.
--Chicago To!
1IOW HJ'OMiKH ill')W.
Fiponges grow iu the bottom of tho
sea. An I are made of tho bones of
animals. Some sponges havo beauti
ful forms somo are like n top, cup,
ball nud wo have a piece iu (school
like small branch of a tree. Men
stmul iu boats and they have lings tied
around their waist, then they go
down to tho bottom of the sea. They
take long spears nud cut tho sponge
off tho rocks. When the men cani.)
up from tho sea they put tho sponges
in their arms or iu the hags.
When the men bring tho sponge?
up from the hcii they aro nli covered
with soft j -lly which covers tho homy
fibers. The colors of them are red,
yellow, ami green. Tho men can only
stay down ill the water for a few
minutes. And they can only dive
down about sixty feet. When the
sponges aro alive they form a little
Colony of tiny aniiiialH, then appears it
suull yellow e,;g sn winning iu tht;
water aud il. is a real egg.
Then a tiny uiiimal i n I a number of
them looks IiUe a mass of jelly, then
arc openings inside is to let iu some
food.
For ft long ti.iU- peup'.u Used to
think that they were plants, but now
people know that they arc made of the
bones from miimals. New York Mail
and Express.
TIIK KNOWISO OAMi:i ll(K.
We all remember the Htory of the
Athenian ortist who painted cherries
bo naturally that even the birds were
deceived aud came to peck at them.
A modem incident illustrates in n
somewhat similar in inner tho powct
of pictorial art to deceive, mid at the
same time- seems to show a good deal
of reasoning intelligence iu at least
or.e member of tho feathered tribe.
Mr. Seott Leightoii, tho Huston ar
tist, tells the Htory of a pet gamecock
which he kept iu his studio. Having
nt one time to paint the portuit of a
large-sized gamecock for ft patron, Hit
pet suffered ft great deal from the dom
ineering spirit of the larger bird, nud
got ho that ho never could see him
without Hying into a rage. After the
picture was completed and the feath
ered model had been removed, the
canvas remained iu tho studio, stand
ing on tho Hour.
One day the little gamecock wnt
picking his way about thostitdio.wheu
he suddenly caught sight of the coun
terfeit presentiment of his formci
enemy, With n scream of rage hf
gave ono leap, nud, Hying nt the pic
ture, stuck his spurs into it again auc
again. The next timo that ho was
given an opportunity, ho repeated the
attack, and it became thoaimost daily
amusement of thu artist and his friend:
to witness theso impromptu cock
tights between u live bird und r
dummy.
At last ono day the little fellow,
resting a moment after nn unusualy
spirited Attack, happened to cook bin
head on one side so us to got ft look
behind the picture. For an instant
he was dumbfounded. Ho looked in
front and saw his old enemy, as large
s life; another glance behind, and he
was more thau ever puzzled He thee
deliberately walked behind aud
around the picture Beverul times,
carefully surveying it, and filially,
with n spiteful Hu t, and with au air v!
disgust that would havo dono credit to
a human bciug, marched away auJ
Lid himself.
Never after that day could be b
persuaded to attack tho picture, or in
deed to pay the slightest attention to
it. Ho had penetrated the shnni, 11111'
would have uo more of it. Our Aui
mal Friends.
A Clear Case.
Fmzzfuzz. Tint sayiug, "Marry
in haste, repent ut leisure," is ull
v, roiig.
Sizzletop. -Think so?
Ruzzfuzz. Certainly. After a uiuu
Slurries L has uo leisure. Puck,
NEARLY WIPF.I) OUT.
Existence of the Few Surviving
Buffaloes Threatened.
Bringing tho Yellowstone Park
Animals to "Washington.
The scientists of Washington nro
much alarmed ut the possible extinc
tion of tho buffalo. Mr. Lingley the
head of tho Kmilhsouian institute,
writes Frank ii. Carpenter in tho
Washington Star, does not think that
there ure as many ns 100 buffaloes
left in tho United States. There are
a few hero iu the National park, and a
small herd at Philadelphia. Austin
Corbiu, the New York millionaire, has
several, and it may be that there are
some small scattering herds iu differ
ent parts of the west. Of these, how
ever, tho Smithsonian Institution has
no record, and such ns exist nro pro
bably half -breeds. Tho only pure
buffaloes outside of tho above are
those of tin; Yellowstone park, which
two years ago numbered about U'lit
head, und which are now reduced to
fifty. Mr. Langliy has just
received lottcia stating that
ten 0 theso annuals liuvc
beeu killed within the past four
mouths, nud tint the others are iu
danger. Tho chances ure that they
will lust only n short time, and Con
gress has beeu notified that if some
thing is not done at once this wonder
ful uiiimal will disappear from the
faco of tho earth. There are no other
buffaloes on the earth but these. The
small herds of the East cannot be
made to perpetuate the buffalo without
inbreeding, which will deteriorate tho
species, und its only salvation is the
bringing of these from the Yellow
stone Park to some point where they
nn be carefully watched and cared
for.
It is Mr. Lungley's idea that they
should bo brought to Washington and
put in thi) National zoological park
here. The main purpose of purchas
ing this park was for the protection
of such things ns tho buffalo uu I of
other American animals liable to lie
liner. It contains plenty of ground
for a good buffalo park, uu I if these
buffaloes can bo put iu it, they will
xerve ns a neueles for the raising of
huffiiloos, which can be supplied to
the different zoological gardens of the
Putted States uu I furnished to col
onics of them over the country, by
which tho Hpecies can bo pi rpetu ited.
Professor (ioodn, the head of the Na
tional museum, says that we ought to
have at least 100 buffaloes iu order to
maintain the species, nud Unit there
should bo herd i iu different Hectious
nf the country, the minimis of winch
might be interchanged to previ nt the
deterioration which tho inbreeding if
a single colony would certainly pi o
duec. One of tho largest buiV.iloi s ever
known was shot by Mr. Jlnnia iay. It
is now preserved iu the National
Museum. It is live feet eiht Indus
high at tho shoulders, and is ten feet
two inches long from nose to tail.
Many buffdoes weigh over sixteen
hundred pound Tit 1 natural lite of
tho animal is about twenty-five years.
The cows usually breed once a year
nud begin breeding at the iig.i l two
years. Tho bulTilo calf ut birth is
covered with red hair. This hair
changes after a time to brown and
then black. The hair 011 the head of
a buffalo is very loug. Many a woman,
in fact, Would be glad to have ns long
hair ns that of one of tho stuffed buf
faloes iu the National museum, which
measures, 1 nm told, twenty-two
inches. Tho buffalo cows weigh less
than the bulls, a good fat one weigh
ing from n thousand to twelve hun
dred pounds. They have small udders,
but their milk is very rich. It
requires, in fact, tho ludk of
two cows to satisfy ono buffalo cilf.
Tho best time to look at a buffalo is
iu tho fall or winter. In the siinmii r
he is as ragged, ugly and dirty as nny
animal on earth. He sheds his hair
every year, beginning about February.
The hair comes off a little at n time.
It often hangs in bunches to his black
skin, and he will light you if you touch
it. He is troubled by the llies at this
time, but he goes off to the nearest
tiiudhole nud rolls in it until he has
plastered his body with mud. If the
hole is not deep enough he will dig it
out with his horns aud h. a I, nud will
then get in and roll over until his en
tiro skin is coated. Ho curries such
coats of mud throughout the summer,
and ubout tho first of October In
comes out with it fall suit of beautiful
black hair, which thickens as winter
approaches, mid which affords him
wonderful protection from tne cld.
Tho value of buffaloes has been in
creasing more rapidly tha i anything
iu this couutiy. About twenty years
ago they were ft drug iu th) market.
Thousands of them wero killed for
their tongues, but a good buffalo is
now worth at least SeOO when dead.
Its skin is worth from 810) upward,
according to (pi ility, and tho head is
worth from $-1 )') to go) ) for iiioiiut-
ing and preservation us a relic of this
great animal of the past. Such is tho
value of U dead buffalo. Live huf
fiilm a for broiding nro worth much
more, und I am told that th : govern
ment buffaloes are worth from 1,000
to !?li,0 J apiece. At this rate the
lifty in the Yellowstone park are
worth from 85 ),000 to 100,0 ) ). They
are worth 2.),)00 to the hunters who
can sneak iu nud kill them in the
wilds of the Yellowstone park. Sup
pose there were lifiy c'-'Ddeor in the
Adirondack mountains ; how long
would it bo bef ire tiiey would be
killel by hunters, no nutter what th)
laws might be? Tho Yellowstone park
is twice us largo us thu Adirondack),
and is lifty times as far from civiliza
tion. The country about it contains
people who cure nothing for the buf
falo or other game, ex -cpt for the
money which they can get out id
I hem. When you think that half
dozen such 1111 11 c mid clean out this
herd iu one day, provided they could
find it iu one of the many wild val
leys, and thereby make ?2o,(i0 out of
the job, you get some idea of tho dan
ger which exists.
A Story Ah nit 'I'll;' Sii'l.i'i.
Why does th ; Saltan allow what was
unco a resp ;('tablo il set to rot to
pieces aiieliori.il off Stamboul ?
Simply beciu.su he considers nil
ironclad a dan ;eroui iiistiu u 'iit iu
the ban Is of any Minister or the
resolute C niru uider.
It is true tint there are no hhi H
to guard his coasts, but also tin re
are 110:1! to steam up the R nphoius
mid t lirow a shell into his place, and
that is the liist object to lie thought
of.
The incident which h d 1 1 th.: order
for tho extinction of the Tin lush navy
was us follows: A transport was
bringing a number of time-expired
men home, whin tiny respectfully
mutinied, aud begged their ulli.tcrs to
go below, as they wished to do Home
thing w hich might not be approved of.
Some hoii-couimissioiicd ollieers then
took command and anehured off
Doiiua II igtehen, und after tiring a
sin ill salute, began slioutiuj. "Ljug
livo the Sultuii !"
This demonstration caused iniiin di
nte confusion nt the pulnce and vari
ous high officials were dispatched to
parley with tho mutineers but tin y
insisted on seeln;; the Minister, 1111 I
when he at last appeared they said
they knew the Sultuii had given
the money to pay them, but that they
hi.d not received it, nud they would
uot budgo until they did.
No arguments were of any avail,
and the money hud to bo sent lor and
distributed ufler which tin- linn
weighed urn hor with 11 cheer, and
gave up the ship again.
The Saltan, however, tetlected that
w hat a transport had done peiieeabh a
heavily-armed man-of-war might- di'
i w i t Ii evil intent, and failing lli-san
j Pasha to him, he d clurcd that he
j wanted no more navy.
In this light-he irte I manner a
' branch of national d . feu-te, w hich has
j been the pride of its olli rs, was
Hiici ilic id to t he r ival fe us fur per
i '
souul safety, and llas-au Pacha, who
, has steadily carried out his m.-ister't
J program, has rvi-r since b. en in
j high favor, and is, to all int -nts mil
purposes. Minister fur life. L onion
1 Standard.
It 11 vd. ui Peasants Huts.
The 11 ior of a II issia i peasant's hu,
lis cither the hare earth or that dv
J cred with some straw ; the walls an
l white-washed. The general appear
i unco is I hut of cleanliness. Jn uiu
corner of the room a small lamp 11
suspend d b 'f, ne the lliou. A lrr;,"
I stove t ikes up one-ipi irb r of tin
I room. If tin re is more than one rooii
i in the hut the stove is built throngl
the partition wall, so ns to heat tin
' other room as well,
i The stove is ulso whitewashed am
, fed with straw. It is fall of lillh
pigeon holes, int 1 which article cm
; be put to be w.u 111. d au I dried. Finn
I it a platform of wood, standing twi
j and a half feet above the lloor, ix
tends t the opposite wall; on thu
I the peasant sleeps nt night. Thin
! half of the available space of tho roou
! is taken up.
I Cloths liang from the roof. Renin
th; wall run: it shelf, mi w hicii.amotii,
1 other thin ;s, uro tho durit browi
: loaves of rve.
Old Orchard, Me., bin 11 wnmai
painter of a new kind. She paint
houses and burns an I fencei, and due
it for a l'Viiif, and makes a iood hv
iu' ut it.
Youth and Age.
When a0 the world is young, niy il ut,
Ami ull the world is guy.
Your praise shall be on every tongue,
And stvaiiis sltiill thri.ng your way ;
r.le'll yolltll Volt meet will derm vol! --WH't,
And all your charms be sung.
And life will serin .-t ; liiiimi r day
Win n all lite world i.- young.
When all the world is old. my "b ar,
And your brown loci.: nr.- gray.
No more your praises wiil l etoM,
Nor lovis round you stay ;
tied grant that lin n one lute ol' ns n
Shall you lis helpmate hold,
And love make sweet your winlry day.
When all tie- w,,r!d is old.
- Vile--nt Howard in Mui:.-' y.
RLMOROL'S.
Teiicher Wiiut was Joan of Are
maid of ? ihight pupil Made of
fitist.
If you wish to bo considered a man
of "grout bhitkei," contract fi v r and
itgue.
The first love and the first shave are
two things that only happen oitci! iu a
man's lifetime.
"Why does he follow her n with
his eyes?'' "I belii -vo hu ha 1 some
difficulty with his fed. "
LlHo--Jack, tii)ia said we must not
Bee each other nny more. Jack In
deed! Shall 1 turn the gas out.
A New Jersey man has patented 11
stove that explodes nt 10 o'clock lit
night. lie has four daughters.
" Wits your v isit t 1 the bank en
tirely fruitless?" "Well, 110 ;l stopped
011 a I iiuiina skin ju. t as 1 hi lit old the
door.
".Maine, what is classical uiiliie?"
"Oh, d m't -yon l.n .w V It's the kind
3011 I. ,vc to hke whether you like it
or not."
I. idy of th,. house Would vou be
M il. lug to worlt if you hud 11 chulino V
Wniiy Willie Jlow remote i;i the
chance '!
"WIiiiI'h the dill'i 1'eiico between no
toi iety and fame ?" "Well, if a mini
is iiolorioii-ho is still alive; if Ii-j'u
luinolls he's dead. "
"Hannah, win-re did. -til t in e. 1 In ol-1 11
dishes come from ?" "I dropped the
tr. y of indesli ue;ib!e china,'' meekly
llliswel-ed lliilililth.
"Mali wauls but little I,, re bo,nv"
So run- He- g I ,,ld song :
ll lie bill a IVrltW.-. Ilnll-h,
lb- d u i want tin; I ui
"lo you notice any chat 111 1'Uiti
ley ?" asked the tail in in. "No, I
don't, snapped the other sourly. lie
was I 'iiuiley's tailor.
"Ib'ldget, why di hi') you heal my
room In Iter? It' only filly ,1, -rives. '
"t h, I thou :ht that for such a i-mall
room Inly deerics wot. id be i-n..ii!'h."
"N ni '!" tiiid the man fr-.m New
port. "Neivi? Why, that f, How
would ;,o into a hv, i v tlab.'e nud n.-.j,
them t-i h t 111 111 leave Ills bifveh: H 111:
litem.''
Authors limy lie din. led roughly
into three eroiips-lhe good, the bud,
and the popular. 'I In- tiisl make lame,
the si cud lu ike books, uml the thud
male luoin-y,
"Mankind," says nn ob.si rving
philoMi; her, "is ih ided j ii 1 1 I wo gr a'
classes -1 hos w !... w ant to i;et into
the papers 1, lid tho-,,. who tile only
liltxioiis to be kept ollt.
"Wnat did .vou buy this piece 1 I
lnii-ic for?" asked Mr. l'ailey, cross
ly, us he took lip 11 shel l from tho
piano. "1 bouejit it for a sou;,', " re
plied Mr-. ).u ley swi etly.
' 'A h ! t hal's a great strain!" ex
claim d the tenor, who wu- fri ci-iii.'
his v oce iu his ludtuoin. "Agliat
strain il i-," replied his room-mate,
"oil those who h-.ve to listen to it."
"Every experience of your lite, my
friend," said the solemn-luced v isitor
at the j ill, "is for you to make the
right u -c of it. Piter 110 coiii hiiui.
Hear yiiir punishment iu silence.
Take tilings us, you find them." "I
alius ilu,' s ud the d -j -eted vagabond
behind ill bars. "That's how 1 go!
heii."
Viuniice-t Daughter of a Putrid! Snhlict
Tin- oiitigest dim ;hter ut a K vo
lution .r, soldier, s far n known,
was di c iv.red ut L bi-i i-i, I'ltiii,
I-, c -iit.y, mi l mlded to the member
ship .1 the Wtilim antic chapter of tho
I in- liters ot the Revolution,
Si- is Mi,. Augustus Averp is only
,V.t ear.-- u'.d. Her father was 71 years
o'.d al : ho time of her birth. Ho was
doubtless one of theyoun geit soldiers
iu the war. There nro only eight
other dauht ns of It -vol utiotiary
soldiers liidoiie.ing to the old r.
lii i'ilkim; it Ut iitly.
Little E 1 1 Papa, I I, now what I
am going to give you for your birth
day. Father What is it, chil 1?
Ell 1 - A beautiful shaving cup.
Father W by my dear, I have nl
l'i uly t ot one.
Kill --Yes, but I broke it just uow.
1 WIMI-'
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