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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 21, 1890
NO. 39.
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Hie Annkr-iilng.
With a joyous riiHtl'i am! shiver,
"I wake !" cried tin1 r 1 In the river;
"I am tlirnll to tin dark 110 more,
I ran sing to the shore.
Ami i'Uii fling my vernal mirtli
O'er tlm Holds of eurlli !"
With a buoyant l.'einor ami tlirlll,
''I wnku!" cried tho urns on tho lilll,
"I am fri'n from the 1 -j- hold
Of tho vandal cold,
1 1'an urge my jubilant stavo
As I surge mid wave ! '
With a little gurgle of glee,
"1 wak !" cried tlm laid m th I"1" ;
'From tlm gloom of the Miter night
I loap t tlu- light;
And tn grief there's an ind, nud wrong,
Ju my lrf. and souk !"
With n strange, sweet, passionate start,
'I waki !" cri"d l.ov ' in the h-art j
'"And unfold my immortal llowi'r
For a deathless dower ;
Willi its l.r.-atli into life I bring
4u elcuinl spring !"
t'liiiton Scollnrd, in IVnionv-l.
THE CHORD OF LOVE.
BY MAPI) II- 1'ETEItSON.
Miss Van Cortland drew tlio small
tea table nearer, nud rearranged the
dainty cups with lingers I hut lrotnllci
in spite of herself. Onco or twice sho
glanced tit tlio clods ou 1 lie mantel
nervously, expectantly. Then she n:it
down and began to think to think of
"him," of tlio yearn that had llown
since Inst (hoy met. And he, niter a
silence of leu yearn, h id written in
her that lie would call today. It had
been like a voice from the past. IS he
looked thoughtfully into tho glowing
coalti in tho grate. Would he II ml her
changed? How would ho look? Did
he Btill cr.ro? She hoped not, for time
is a great softener of nil things ; nud
then ho was married !
There was a ring at tho door. She
rose and stood before tho mirror that
hung above the mantel and looked nt
horsclf. Time had dealt gently with
her, but then she was only eight and
twenty, after all. There was a knock
nt the door. She turned suddenly and
heard Parker's bland, well modulated
voice.
"Mr. OeoflVey (ioddard to see you,
ma'am. Khali I show him up?"
VYch."
l'nrker bowed, mid the curlnin fell
behind him. Miss Van Cortland stood
where she was, with an expectant face
turned toward the door. Slio wond
ered how (die could bo ho calm. The
slight nervousness of half an hour ago
had vanished completely. Sim hear !
stops on tho stair. Yea, she was glad
sho had arranged to see him hero in
her own httlo den alone! It was
inoro cosy than the librnry.less formal
than tho draw ing room. A figure stood
within tho doorway for it moment,
pasbivc, still, until l'nrker hid an
nounced him, and left. Then ho ad
vanced out of tho shadow of the cur
tain, went straight to her, and took
her hand.
"Eleanor!" was nil ho said. It wns
...only a word, but in spite of l ho con
trol ho had put upon himself, there
were in it nil the ngony ami regret, the
passion nnd tho love of a lifetime.
"Eleanor!" he repeated.
"It is good to sea you again ten
years is a long while for friends to bo
parted," she said quietly. Her tone
nnd gesture were cordial, but that
was nil. Ho could hardly have ex
pected nnythiug different, and yet
"Sit down here," she weut on "and
tell mo all about yourself. What
liavo yon been doing? Whero have
you been living? An I your wil'o 1
hear you nro married."
"Yen, I am married," he said. "I!ut
yon uro Miss Vau Cortland slill.
Why? '
Eleanor looked nt him, and a slight
flush roso to her face.
"Oh, you sec, I nm such nn old
maid now, no one will hnvo me."
"Nousenso," ho replied seriously.
After a moment's hesitation, ho went
on. "Wu nro old friends such oil
friends ; will you not tell mo tho real
reason? is it because you onco loved,
and nnd it ended?"
"No," sho said, speaking without
emotion.
(Ioddard loved with u cup and saucer
ou tho table. Miss Vau Cortland con
tinued. "It is only in novels tint men ami
women remain single all their lives,
mourning for an early lov . It is not
Bo in real life." The mini dropped
Lis eyes before her sternly gaze.
"You seo that sort of thing is roman
tic nud unnatural," she ndded.
"Is it V " he nuked absently.
Theru was a long silence. Miss Vau
Cortland lighted tho little alcohol
lamp be n rii th I ho copper kettle.
"You must have a cup of ten," sh
said "Afternoon tea is such n sociable
custom. Don't you think so?"
Goddnrd did not answer. He rose,
weut ovoi to whero sho sat, anil laid
one hand gently nn her owu.
"Eleanor," Le said, "why koej up
this furco ? I huvo come to seo you,
to talk about yourself, myself, tho
past. You must listen."
"Geoffrey" -it was the first time
that afternoon that alio hud called him
so ' 'oh, Geoffrey, can't you see it is
not right for you to do this ? Your
wife
"Mho does not Iovo me," ho replied.
"I do not love her. We nro wretchedly,
miserably unhappy. I love only yon,
Klcanor. I have loved you ull my
lire !"
Tho woman roso nnd faced him.
There wu a touch of scorn in her
voice.
"And yet you left me for her."
"Yes, 1 was mini, blind I"
The woman looked into tho firo. She
spoke softly, as to herself.
"1'hal summer you uud I tho lit
lie ring I"'
"Whero is it now ?" ho asked.
"Locked away," sho said gently
"locked away with the other childish
things 1 have outgrown."
"You did wear it, then after 1 weut
away?"
"l'"or a tinie.ycs. "
"Then you did care?"
Eleanor resled olio hand on the
(able, and looked dow n upon it.
"No, I did not care," sho said.
" 'Care' is too slight a word. I loved
you as I thought no other girl had ever
loved before."
There was a silence. Tho faint
humming of the little copper kettle
was the only sound that broke tho
stillness of the room.
"We know eaeii otiier always," sin?
went on; "but so:n -how I never
thought of you as anything more than
a friend. You were in no like my
brother until thai summer. "
Goddard bowed his head Ho did
not speak. He could not. Til ! wom
an's voice went on so low, so ten
der, yet without a note of passion or
longing in it.
"And then my heart awoko and it
was good to livo to live nnd love.
You went avjay, nud I waited for you
to conn; back. Every day 1 learned
to love you more. Hut you, man-like,
forgot. "
(ioddard's face was palo nu 1 drawn.
"Ami you have no reproof for ino?"
he asked.
"Not now."
"Will you answer ino ono ques
tion?'' ho asked.
"1 will try."
"If I were free again, and I camo to
you today and asked you to bo my
wife, what would you say? "
"If you were free and should como
to mo today," sho answered gently,
"ami ask mo to In your wife, I should
say no."
"Are you sure, Eleanor ? "
"Yoi, qiito sin-). In tho first
months of your married life, when I
schooled myself to do with ut you, 1
did not learn tin) hard lesson in vain."
"Then if some otlr.'r man were to
come, and you found you loved him,
you would marry hiiu?'
"Yes."
"And tho reason you hive remained
single is because ho Iris not cum?"
"Yes,"
"I hope, for your hake, he may soon
be here, and ho stooped and kissed her
on tlio forohiud, t in lorly, reverently.
In nuother in in ii In he was gone.
Eleanor went back into tlio empty
room and stood gazing thoughtfully
into the d ing embers. Then she
crossed the room and extinguished the
little lump.
"Happiness may como to him yet,
hut, Iovo is not for me," she said.
From a distant corner it photograph
looked down upon her ns shu spoke.
It was a man's likeness. Was it bill
the flickering of tho dying firelight, or
did it really smile?
A year coiled round, nnd lo ! a mas
ter hand came nud .struck tho chord of
love, and its music was more mellow
and more sweet fur lying luuto so
long. Muu-ey's Magazine.
A I. nag Knoleil linilh.
A veteran Bangor d -utist lays claim
to being tlio hero of it good joke.
I'.it came to his ollieo ono day with
his jaw very miieii swollen from a
tooth which ho desired to hnvo pulled,
lint when the sull'-ring sou of Erin
got into tho dentist's chair uud saw
tlio gleaniln , forceps, hi positively
refused to open his mouth. Tho den
tist hit upon nn effective scheme, how
ever, lie g.'t hit otiioa boy to jub
I'.it Willi a pin, and when ho opened
his mouth to yell ho grabbed tho
tooth and out it came. "It didn't
hurt as much itsyou expected it would,
did ii? ' the denlid asked, smiling nt
his ruse. "Well no," replied I'at,
hesitatingly, as if d i I t i 1 1 tho truth
fulness of his admission. "Out" he
ndded, placing his hand on the spot
where tlio boy j tbb.)d him with I lie
pin, "I didn't think its roots wiut so
tar down ut thot." Dungor Coituner--il.
She Owned 2,000 Pojj.
Probably tho largest "asylum for
friendless dogs" in l'uris or its sub
urbs was broken up the other day,
owing to the protests of tho peoplo
who lived iu tho vicinity. The "usy
lum" was tho freck of an old lady.aud
her grief was great when sho fouud
that sho would have to part with all
but two of her 2,000 pets.
This old lady, who is alone in the
world nnd possesses a largo forlnue,
conceived tho idea nbout two years
ago of establishing a refuge for the
homeless canines that wander about
the streets of Paris. 1'or tho purpose
of collecting "bonrdeiV'fur her home,
sho nnd men she employed used to go
out early every evening nnd pick up
every stray dog they could get their
hands ou.
Cats were rigorously excluded from
the establishment, not even tho pleas
ure which tho dogs could derive from
worrying them being deemed a suf
ficient excuse for their admission.
Tho number of dogs rapidly increased
until, as bus been said, it reached tho
other day tho ustouisuiug total of
'2,000.
The eccentric old lady had to give up
u substantial sum each year to the gov
ernment in tuxes on her pets, but iin
ully tho neighbors wero so annoyed
by the continued chorus of barks and
growls that camo from tho "asylum"
that they complained to tho police.
They could stand tho noiso fairly
well, they said, except on moonlight
nights, but then it became some
thing teirilic, for every benst
seemed to sit ou his hind legs
and give tongue. Tho discordance of
the concert may be imagined when it
is stated that tho canines ranged iu
size from the tiniest of "toutoiis," or
lap dogs, with sharp soprnno voices,
to great mastiffs nud hounds whoso
voices wero of tho bass order.
Finally tho edict went forth that tho
old lady must relinquish nil tho dogs
except two, nud as soon as this news
became public there was a wild scram
bling among tho people in tho neigh
borhood as well as among dog fanciers
iu tho city, who saw a good
opportunity for obtaining Homo
choice specimens out of tho collue
tioii. When nil had been distrib
ut d there still remained a trifle
over a thousand dogs to bo dis
posed of. These tho municipality de
cided must be put to death, and they
wero thereupon carted away and dis
patched, soui'! by drowning, some by
chloroforming and others by boiug
himply knocked iu the head.
A Tamil's Deadly Hit p.
Tho bite of a pet parrot caused tho
death of William J. Morden, a well
known capitalist nud inventor of
Michigan avenue. Home weeks ngo
tho bird indicted a slight wound on
Mr. Mordeu's forefinger, it soon
began to fester uud thoii;h tho best
of medical skill was summoned, noth
ing could ho done, as blood poisoU
ing hud set in.
The parrot was the pet of tho house
hold, being a bj.iutil'ul creature of
brilliant green plumage, nud is usual
lye inlincd in a largo brass Cage. H !
ceiitly its wings grew so long that
when it was released from tho cage it
llew about two freely, ho Mr. Morden
attempted to clip its wing feathers.
Holding the bird with his left hand,
he tried to use a small pair of shears
with his right. The parrot screamed
angrily, nnd su Idenly gave it vicious
peck with its beak at the hand holding
the scissors. A small gash was in
dicted near tho end of his right fore
tluger, hardly suflieient to draw blood
while the pain was insignificant.
Air. Morden placed a piece of court-
plaster on his linger and thought no
more of the mutter until next day.
wheu it began lo swell. Tho swelliug
extended to his hand, which iu a few
lays grew to several times lis normal
size, anil his arm was iiuewiso af
fected.
Skilled physicians were called in,
whoatllrst diagnosed tho diseaso us
erysipelas, being loath to admit tho
possibility of blood poisoning. The
pitielit suffered excruciating pains
until death camo to relievo his agonies.
It is supposed that copperas from
tho brnsH wires of the cage was a
factor iu Mr. Mordeu's terrible attack
as tho parrot was iu I ho habit of saw
ing with its beak ut the burs, and iu
this manner same of tho deadly tilings
reached tho dead man's system. Chi
cago Chronicle.
Wttrkiu g OffOhl Stock.
'I'm going to tell my I'a ou you,"
said Johnny Smithers, ns the black
smith pared sonio of tho bono away
from the horse's hoof.
"Why? Whit have I doue? "askod
tho blacksmith.
"You ain't got shoos to fit Dobbin,
an' you're whittliu' off his feet to suit
those you havo got," Loudon Telc-
laeh.
tiik u i ilk koi.ks' nirsni,
There's a wonderful country we all of us
know.
Where tli. strangest tilings talk and th
ii"rcst tilings grow, .
When- tin1 fairies nnd ISrwiiies'gmiril every
thing nice,
And delight tie- small -li i I Ip'h W illi charm
ing advice;
Where there's lloliody ri"h there's lloliody
poor,
For nil ur nlent, light of In-art and se
cure. And Hi" iiaine of this country where all
these tilings l-e
Is iniio-'eiit liali.vl.ind. land of tin- wee.
1 lived in this Main land Imig years ago
( We nil i-f us lived tie r - at smile time, y.-u
know i,
lint soiii-'lio ly kept m- one morning from
play.
And took me to s--h-i.il in they called it that
day.
I sung as I went, for I guessed nothing lle-n.
And thought myself wise with my li"ok ami
my pen.
Oh! little I knew ns I danced on in glee,
That I had l-rt r.al.yland.land of the we-.
Tlicy taught me to read and tln-y taught un
to write,
They lllled my in-a I so that it thought in the
night,
I wanted to go lak to li il.ylaml then,
And have no mere bother of thinking again,
iiut try as I would to reni'-iiilier the way -"l'was
lost and forgotten forever that day.
For none may return once tlicy leave it, nnd
see
Tlu lr innocent llaliylaiid.laiel of the wee
Oh, little folks, living iu liahyland now.
King with the birds as they sing in tin- hough
Dunce with the lilossmus Unit dance at your
feet.
I.augli Willi each other wherever you meet,
rdi-cp, and iu dreaming know naught of the
, care
Kept far away from your Ihil-ylaiid fair,
Know tliut our hupjiic.-t hours must In
While you uro lit pl.iy,in the laud of the we.-.
-Maud Wviu.in.
KITt'S AS AN AID TO l'LUlll'l'.
Some are studying kites us au nid
to llight. Lawrence Hargrave of New
South Wales Las made a great number
of simple and successful models tho
latest being driven by c impressed air,
nnd flying over three hundred feet.
Ho has lately given his nlteiitiou to
kites; and iu November, 1S1M, mude
one that carried him up along a string,
and brought him safely down, lie
claims that this kite, which looks
like two boxes, without top or bottom,
nud fastened to each other by sticks,
will carry a man up nnd bring him
down safely, and thus offers nn ex
cellent chance to try any uew Hying
apparatus, SI. Nicholas.
A fkw ToNiii'i'.-TwisrisrtJ.
Most of you prob.tbly nro the pos
sessors of a limber tongue ; but if you
want some good exercise for it just
try to repeat these sentences rapidly
several times iu succession. You can
a'so derive a great iL-al of fun getting
your friends to do tho same;
Six little thistle slicks.
Flesh of freshly-fritd fish.
Two toads, totally tired, tried to
trot to Tedbury.
The sea ceaseth, but sullieeth us.
Give Grimes Jim's grout gilt-gig
whip.
Strict, strong Stephen Stringer
snared slickly six sickly silky snakes.
She stood nt the door of Mrs.
Smith's fish-sauce bhop welcoming
him iu.
Swan swam over tho sea.sw im.swiiu,
swim ; swuu swam back ngitiu ; well
swam bwan.
A haddock, a haddock, a black
spotted haddock, n black spot ou the
black back of a black spotted had
dock.
Susan shineth i.'noes and socks, socks
and shoes shineth Susan. Shu ceas
eth shining shoes and socks, for socks
nud shoes shock Susan.
Y'ou kuow the tongue twister l'ctci
I'iper, but there are many other jin
gles which are harder. One of the
simplest uud best or worst is, "mixed
biscuits. " Try saying that rapidly,
mid if you succeed, say this, a sen
tence which Londoners frequently
huvo to use: "Slop at tho shop ut the
top of Sloauu street." Atlanta Con
stitution.
FANNY TUB "wEIMk" Don.
Fun, tho "Wedge" dog is one 1
tho celebrities of tho water front.
Fuu is owned by Joseph E. M irlinez,
dockmubter of Cousins' dry dock. The
cuuiuo is a fitll-bloddcd Irish water
spaniel nnd poh.si sues ull the intelll"
geiice uud sagi.city of her species. Sho
has saved hundreds of dollars to the
employers of her owner.
Fanny will go into tho wnter on tho
coldest day of theyenr to bring a wedgo
ashore. Whenever a vessel is docked
she is ou watch. Tho wedges aro
used iu shoreing up u vessel, mid as
soon ns the dock begins to sink tho
wedges drop out into tho water. It is
then that the work of the dog begins.
As soon as dock master Martinez blow
his w hi.stlc ns a signal for the dock
hands to go ashore Fan runs dowu
(he gang plank and takes her posi
tion under the shores. As the wedges
drop out she picks them up iu her
teeth and carries them ashore.
It is impossible to fool Fan with
drift wood. She will pickup nothing
but a wedge. She knows her business.
Small boys have thrown sticks into
the bay until their iirnis ached in their
efforts to get (be dog overboard. The
spaniel learned her tricks wheushe
was a pit j i on the Mel chants' diy dock.
During their leisure time the em
ployees threw wedges into the water,
and it was nu easy matter to induce
the dog to jump alter them. Iiythis
means Fan grew to know the differ
ence between wedges nnd btieks which
had no commercial value.
The wedges nro worth live cents
ench, nnd from thirty to forty ut' them
lire u-ed every time u ship is docked.
Most of them are lost ut other docks,
lint Fan takes care of all that nro used
by Cousins, The wedge dog is par
ticular ns to who goes on the dock. A
seafuriiig mini of any description can
pass unmolested, but she growls ut tho
well-dressed man, and if he is not
properly introduced, bho reaches for
the ci'.-itso of his trousers. Sho seems
lo realize that from thirty to forty
men nre likely to be employed, mid
any one villi a nautical rwiug or a
scent of bilge may go scot free. San
Francisco Examiner.
wish is TUB WOI.K.
The intelligence displayed by somo
of tho lower animals is remarkable
and if the many stories of them were
not well authenticated, ono would bo
very much inclined to disbelieve
them.
Tho widf is n dispised creature.
Lean, scrawny nnd hungry looking, ho
is generally held upas the embk-m of
starvation. Yet this samo wolf is ca
pable of great ingenuity, both iu his
manner of securing food mid escaping
pursuers.
A well-known hunter who has trav
eled over the greater part of Europo
nud Asia tells an amusing us well ns
instructive story of how he saw a wolf
get his dinner.
At one end of a small lake a flock of
ducks were disporting themselves nnd
catching tho many small animals of
which their food consists. Suddenly
he happened to look up, and there on
the opposite side of the pond he saw
the head of a hungry woit', looking
longingly nt the ducks through nn
opening in the reeds.
After watching them for somo time
the bend disappeared, but reappeared
it few liioinenis Inter at the windward
end of the lake from the Hoc!;. In his
mouth he held a smnll dead blanch,
w Inch he ill opped on the surface of
tho water, letting the wind carry it
over mining the ducks. Seeing that
I his did not alarm them, his wolfship
got it small branch covered with leaves
and launching it tho same ns before,
he slipped into the water, sw imming
with his noso only above the surface
and that hidden by the li lives.
The ducks, not suspecting the inno
cent looking liraiieh, went on eating
and quacking, but alas, when the
blanch was Hear enough, "simp" went
filer Woll's jaws, nud he hud n line
mallard for thai day's dinner.
Wolves have nu ingenious manner
of crossing a stream. Ono of them,
generally the leader nnd patriarch of
the pack, leads the wny, swimming
slowly; soon another follows, nnd
taking the leader's t ill in his mouth,
swims directly behiu l him. The rest
of the pack follow the same way, go
ing in one at it time till they uro nil
"iu the swim," ns it were, and ench
holding the tail of the one iu front iu
his mouth. Thus tho weakest is en
abled to keep up with the rest, nnd
they are prevented from becoming
separated.
A figure of a do,: n wolves thus ell
guged was chosen by tho nuuielit
Greeks to represent the year, each
one Mantling for n mouth. This
litjnre was called ' Ljcabus; or. tho
Much of tho Volvos"-r-Ngiv ' York
Journal. ,. .
FOK TIIK IIOrSKWUK.
COOKS MKASI'HKMRST.
It is sometimos convenient to re
member tho following items of cooks'
measurement :
One pint of liquid cqiiuls one pound.
Two gills of liquid make one cupful.
Pour teaspuohfiils m ike ouo tuble-
RpOOflflll.
Two round tablespoonfuls of floor
will weigh nil ounce.
Half a pound of butter will make
one cup.
F'our cups of flour will make one
pound.
Two cups of granulated sugnr
in uk o one pound, but iu powdered
sugar it will take two and half cups to
make one pound. New York Sun.
HOW TO I'l.KAN lillASS TIIAVS.
i'rass trays are kept iu order by
simply washing them iu boiling led
soda soajisud sand then leathering them
Well, II little soaj. being used if they
aro very dirty. Ou: way of cleaning
tlioin is to sift line brick dii-t till it is
a very fine powder; take up n good
portion of this on half a lemon (.re
vioiisly used iu b inouiide or sherbet
making) mi l rub I he tray well over
with thia, carefully going over any
stains till removed, and then rinsing
uud letting dry. Treated iu this way
trays keep clean mid nu admirable
color for a long time. Metal polish
uud such things spoil the color, giving
it a yellow tinge quite different from
the golden brass it looks when cleaned
with lemon juice and lino bric-dust.
-New York World.
CAItU Of I-TiOoKS AM) FfllMITRK.
Miss l'ai loa emphasizes the need of
method and thoroughness even in M)
simple a thing as sweeping a room.
All ornaments and furniture should be
removed or enrcfuby c ivercd, nud
even tho pictures should be protected.
Open tho windows wi !e, sweep the
carpet with a soft, light broom, al
ways with the nap. l'r.iu or bits of
dampened paper are better to gather
the dust than tell leaves or salt, either
of which are apt to make diseolora
tious. The walls should be brushed
with downward strokes, the broom
being covered with soft limine!. Kugs
should be beaten face down with a
rattan and not shaken. I'.nisli the car
pet lightly n second time and then
go over it with a flannel cloth wrung
out iu tepid water to which a little
household ammonia has been added.
Water should not be used on a pol
ished floor, except lo dampen a cloth
slightly w hile soap need not bo used
ut ull. One pound of wnx nud a
pint of turpentine miike nu excellent
polish for furniture. For pianos or
buch highly polished suafaces, use rot
ten stone nnd puralliue oil, but pow
dered pumice stone mid water will
nnswer for other fiiriiiture,uiiless there
should bo deep scratches, when water
must not be put near it. A piece ol
felt is generally used for this, but old
haircloth is even better. Oxalic acid
will remove dark spots. The natural
colors may be brought buck where the
wood is chipped by a careful Use of
burnt sienna, burnt umber, lbsiuarck
brown, yellow ochre, or whatcvei
shade is required. Take a piece of
cheese cloth rolled into a hard ball,
wet it iu thin shellac mid dust with
the color desired. Uub light ly nut il
the surface takes on its natural gloss.
If a btickiuess remains nib ou a little
alcohol. American Cultivator.
ltKllt'KS.
Swedish Cake Cream One-half cup
of butter, slow ly a Id one cup of sugar,
one-half cup of milk, the beaten yolks
of two eggs, the beaten whites. Sift
iu one heaping cup of iloiir, one tcu
spoonful baking powder undone table
hpooul'ul cinnamon, liikeiua mod
erate oven in pally tins.
Veal Loaf -- Three pounds id
chopped Veal, iiliL-half pound of sail
pork, three eggs, oil" teaspoonfiii of
black pepper, one teiispoontul of salt,
snge to taste, a pice ) of butter the si.n
of an egg, ami live Itoston crackers
chopped tine; stir with the eggs; add
tho butter iu one cupful of hot water;
bake three hours.
Sweet Potato Croquettes For eight
croquettes use one-half cupful hot
milk, two tablespooufiils butter, one
teaspoonfiii suit, two eggs, euoiigh
boiled sweet potato to make a pint;
broad crumbs. When tho potatoes
have been iiiashod smooth nn I light,
bent into the in the hot milk, uud then
the suit nnd butter; next bent one ege,
until light, nud beat this into the
mixture, which should bj sliupod into
croquettes; beat the second egg iu a
soup plate; cover croquette with egg
aud roll thorn iu bread crumbs ; fry iu
fat till they turn brown. Serve at
onco.
A Summer Song.
Ah! whither, sweet one, art thou fl.-d
Jly In-art of May'r
hi v tin pusuing I am h-d
A weary way.
The brook Is dry; its silver throat
Kills songs no more;
And not a linnet lifts u noto
Along the shore.
Will thou return';1 I ask tin' night.
I ask the morn.
The doubt that wounds the old d-lighl
is like a thorn.
Oli, conic! turn my eager ear
I-'or laughter's ring;
firing back tin- love-light cool and clear-
Jiring back my spring !
-Clinton .s-olliird.
HIMOKOIS.
When (lie doctors disagree, the nu
dertnker is never iu any doubt.
When a girl thinks she is looking
pensive her mother thinks bho is look
ing bilious.
Clara Mr. Nicefellow said my face
was clit sic. What is classic ? Dora
Oh, most anything old.
She Poor fellow! O.ily on i eye.
How came you to lose the other?
Tramp A-looking for work, mum!
Sinithei" I wish some one would
'.c. cii me to mivi money. Miss Hope
On, Mr. Sinii h. is.this is so sudden.
New York Press.
She Why, Charles, how can you
iall Miss James plain ? 1 wish I was
only half us good-looking. He You
are, Hatty, mid you know it.
It is a common saying tint lovely
woman cannot keep a secret, but who
besides herself knows wlfeiu her
) lei.'.t is? Somerville Journal.
.Mrs. Fisfuz Three minutes after
the lire broke out iu the hotel thous
ands of people were o:i the scene.
Mr. Fisfuz I suppose they wanted to
see the lire escape.
lii ;iuog Z:bIoy, your face is a
sight. Did you cut yourself wh-'lo
shaving? Zipli-y Not exieily. Per
haps it would be better to say that I
shaved myself while culling.
How daintily across the si reel
A woman trips w ith gra -i mpl.-to,
W hile man. inferior iu ail,
aii never trip without a fall.
Mrs. Gossip Mr. Piillington says
that he is wholly a sclf-mado mail.
Miss J i r I i It is commendable in
1 1 i in to ow n up to it ; many a man
Would have blunted it on his wife.
lluel 1 Inula good joke on my
coal in it today. 1 told hiiu ho hud n
pretty heavy coal bill nud he disputed
it. Nuit - Did you prove it to him ?
Hazel You bet. 1 told him to weigh
it on his own scales.
He I had it queer dream about you
last night, Miss Louisa, I was about
to give you a kiss, when suddenly wo
were separated by a river that gradu
ally grew as big us the Kliiue. She
and was there no bridge or boat?
"After that," rem irke I the young
s'.im who had been telling nu iniuio
ghost story, "my mill 1 was it blank."
"That accounts for it," c iiuiuetitud n
sharp voting woman, au I there was an
interregnum of profound silence.
Mr. l'uiln-11 Even the worm will
turn up. His wife (scornfully) You
are scarcely a worm. Mr. Uiubell
Possibly not now my dear, but I can
remember away back yonder hear
ing folks say something about nil early
bud w hen you got me.
"Say, t Mil in in u-, " he said thought
fully, as he gazed at lite golf players,
'Mere's no tt-i 1 1 li w hat . deu swells'll
do." "Wat's do mill tor wit' 'em
now?" "Look nt 'em mi' see. Dey'ro
phiyiu" shinny. Dey'll be shootiu'
iiiui bles iiu' llyin' kites next."
"Moral cour ige," said the teacher,
"is the courage that makes n boy do
what he thinks is right, regardless of
the jeers of his companions. " '"Then,"
said Willie, "if a feller bus candy nnd
rats it all hissi-lf, an I ain't afraid ol
the other fi Ib is ciilliii' him stingy, is
that moral lage ?"
Only lea l iiini hi America
Carolina rice is said to be the best
in the woi Id, and the Cotton raised iu
that section is also of a good quality,
but a new industry is bein ; developed
in a "tea plantation," which promises
to meet willi future success. Dr. W.
I. Shepherd hits ou his farm. "Pino
Hurst," near Siimmerville, what is
said to bo the only tea planta
tion iu America. Experiment!)
iu raising tea iu this country have
been tiled elsewhere, but Dr. Shep
herd is so far the only man lo start n
lea farm with the idea of making it an
industry that will produce profit. Dr.
Shepherd bits many acres of this pro
duct of the far east under cultivation,
and he has no difficulty in disposing
of tho leu when it is ready for coii
aumption. In fact the supply is not
equal to the d ni ind. The tea ii of
good quality ami rendily retails for
$1.25 a pound.
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