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(Chatham llecortl. Cljatljtua IWcorit, 1 II. -A.. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, RATES or ADVERTISING Oce square, one tnseruon Oce square, two insertion! One (quare, one month - 11.00 1.50 .o0 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanci. NO. (J. For larger advertisement liberal cc n VOL. XIX. PITTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, OUTOIiEIl 1, 189G. raotJ will be made. THE CHINA DRAGON. BY IIRLKN KonilF.ST CinAVHS. "Do go for it, Clmrloy !" siiid Rosa lio Maury to her brother ; "for, if 1 don't have it, 1 can't go to tbo bull." "I'm not n dressmaker's errand boy," replied Charles Maury, rather ungraciously. "Rut you're going directly past there," Mid Rosalie, plcadiugly. "Do step in nud boc, nt least, why Miss Wallis hasn't sent it !" And taking her brother's siloueo for assont, Miss Maury added radiantly: "Oh, thank you. Charley, you ul wavs wore a good-iuitured fellow." "I say, Rosy," mid ber brother, "do you know of any place whore th-y sell old china cheap? Cups and saucer1', you know, or odd plates, or nny mieh things? Miss Raynesford is wild about old china, and I really think it would bo n good investment for ine to soud her something of the kind." "They Imvo them at Sauvito'diV," said Rosalie. "And they chargo their weight in gold for 'cm, too," said Charlos, with a distasteful shrug of the shoulders. "Isn't there any other plueo where the prices are a littlo loss Htunuing?" Rosalie contracted her pretty brows iu intense thought for u minute or two. "Not that 1 know of," siid she. "Just like n woman!" ileelarod her nugrateful brothor. "Never knew olio yet to know iinythttig that was worth knowing!" And ho walked off, w t'j his hands in his pockets. Half uu hour later, down iu the crowdod purlieus of the lower part of tho city, ho suddenly remembered Rosalie's commission. "Nearly forgot Rosy's littlo dress makor," said Mr. Maury to himself. "Lot mo seo where was it? Oil, No. 19 Lamb court! and Lamb court must bo somewhere just ai-omul here." Meta Wallis w is stitching a-vay for dear life, as Mr. Maury tapped at her door. "I've come to seo why you didn't lend Miss Maury's ball-dress homo," ho said, with scant courtesy. Mr. Maury did not belong to the race of Chevalier Rayard's, wlio defy all women, simply bee.iuio they uro women, irrespective of rauk, ago or station. Meta colorod scarlet under the bold staro of his eyes. "It is not quito finished yet," said sho. "My sister lias been ill, and 1 liavo been put buek in my work. Rut sho shall have it, without fail, boforo d ink." "Look hero, now," nrgued Maury, "don't you kuow it isn't tlu thing to Keep people waiting." "I am very sorry," said meek Meta, who, between overwork and nervous ness, was roady to burst out cryiug, "but I could not help it !" "Hello !" said Mr. Miury, h'.a oyo suddenly falling ou a eitrioui green-nud-gol.l chin i ni nister on tuo man tle; "What's that: Wueredid you got it?" "It belonged to my grnndf itho.-," said Meta. "Wo have had it many years. " "Just precisely what I'm looking for, "siid Mr. M iitr.a Ivanciirg bold ly into tho room tho room to scruti nize tho little pieeo of ceramic nit. "What'll ye take for it?" Meta tinned red and white. "It his no money value," said alio hurriedly. 'Not much, I d.iro sny," remaiked the young man disparagingly; "but I'll give you a dollar tor it. Come, 1 wju't bo meau---s iv a doll ar and a liuif." Indeed, sir, it isn't for sale!" pleaded Meta. "It li-is been ia our fiinily a hundred y-e in and more." "Aud what earthly K "d ion it d ii" you?" coar.soly iutvrnipte I ('iiilei Miuiy. "Poor folks h ve u biisi liess to indulge iu beutimcut. Will you take five d idars ? " "I l'ad rather not sell it. sir," pro tested Meta, g uuuioly distressed. "Pshaw !" eaid Mr. Maury; "I want it. Aud if vou caro to keep Miss Maury's custom, you had better bo a lit do moro obliging !" Meta looko I up with startled eyes. With rent behindhand, trades people w.ixing importunate, and sickness put ti ig in imperative demands, she darod not run any unnecessary risks. "Oh, sir!" faltered she, "you would not be so ungenerous so " "I mean what I say!" sharply in terrupted Mr. Maury. "Will you lot me have that china dragon for five dollars, or won't yon?" Meta looked in bis faoi and mw no sign of pity or melting softnois. Her eyes fell, blinded with tears. "Ah, that's sensible," said Mr. Maury. "Here's your money, cash down--nud I'll just wrap tho little worthloss concern up iu my pocket handkerchief nud carry it oil' iu my cont -pocket. " lie took his departure, secretly elated nt tho birguu ho had made. "At tho rate S luvitolli charges, tho thing wouid be clienp nt seventy-five dollars," chuckled ho to himself. And calling nt Miss Raynesford's house, he presented this new offering nt the shrine of her attractions. "Of coiirso it is a mere trifle, " snid he, magnanimously, as Rachol Raynes ford's dul; eyes glistened nt tho sight of the nutiipio treasure, "but I knew you liked that sort of thing." "Like it!" cried tho heiress, with pretty clasped hands, mid lips apart. "I ii. lure old china and this is a perfect gem. Is it from your own collec tion. "()!i, I don't pretend to know any thing about such relict," said Mi'. Maury, carelessly pulling hismius tache. "It has been iu our family ever siuec tho Revolution, I believe. My groat-unclo brought it from China. " 'The possession of su?h things de notes refinement and luxury," said R ii'htd, softly, ns her eyes h!io:io grat itude upon her suitor. "Relieve me, Mr. Maury, I feel flittered by you presenting me with a gem like this." "What fuols women nro about china," said M. Maury to hinuelf, as he walked down tho street. "Rut I believe I've made a long step in my tickle little princess' favor today, thanks to tho greoli-a.id-gold china, and my pluck iu securing it." Hardly had the front door closed behind Mr. Maury's departing fuul .steps, before Miss Richel Riynesford rung tho bell vehemently. "The carriage nt once," was her order. "My dear," said Miss Rothsny, her sage companion, '-where are you go ing?" "To tho dressmaker's immediately," saiil Rachel "tho little dressmaker iu Limb Court, Miss Rothsay, that made your purple satin. She has got au old china mouster th it will match this to a charm. I saw it tho day wo were there, and tried to buy it of her, but she would not sell it. I must have it uo-.v at any price !" And straight to No. 19 Lamb Court Rachel Raynesford weut. "Where's that dear, delightful little 0 iina dragon?" said she. "I am sure 1 can induce you to pnrt with it now. The match to this." Aud sho drew out her uow treasure, cirefnlly wrapped in silver piper and cotton WOul. "The match?" repented Meta, vague ly. "Why that is the very dragon itself!" "Rut it can't be !" said R ichel, posi tively ; "because this was giveu to mo by a gentleman this very day!" "And I sold it t i a getitleiuia this very day." said Meta, quietly. Rtehul opened her prelty black eyes. "Was it Mr. Miury!" said she, breathlessly. "It was Mr. Maury." Met i replied. "He told me it had been iu his family since tho Revolution !" cried astonished Rachol. . "Then ho told yon what was false," assorted Meta, firmly. "If you look on tho bottom, you will s-o the ini tials 'W. W..' for Wilheliu Wallis, my grandfather." And turning tho china ornament upside down, Miss Riynesford ouid easily decipher the two letters, dim and discolored with ag-. "He gave m live doHirs for it," said Meta. "lli tin-! it'Iied iu with the with Irawal of hi sist -i's onto n in caso I declined to ko 1 it. ()j,Mts Riynesford, it win like parting with a drop of my heart's blood to lose it!" and she burt iuto tears. "And you 6hnll not lose it," snid gcuerous R icbel, putting it into her lap. "IL.-re it is again. Do you think I would b privo you of it?" "He he is not your lover?" quia- tioli"d Meta, looking wistfully up iuto the tlark Spanish faco of tho other girl. "My lover? No!" with a gesturo of scorn, "Nor never will be." "Thank God for that," said Metfc, fervently; "for tho woman who trusts her future to a man liko that is lost 1" Mr. Maury cnllod tho next day on Miss Raynesford. Ho had resolved to push Lis suit briskly. "Weill" said ho, "what havo yon dono with your china dragon?" "Oh," said Richel, smoothly, 1 have given it back to tbo little dress maker. " Mr. Maury's lower jiw dropped. "To what drofs.uakor?" asked he. "The ouo you bought it of for live dollars," said R ichel, with a wicked sparkle in her black eyes." Things como around very strangely, Mr. Maury, don't they? And truth won't stay nt the bottom of a well forever. And now, if you'll excuso me, I've a particular engagement with Miss Roth say." "Confound it all!" thought Mr. Maury, walking out of tho drawing room liko a whipped cur. Aud that was his last iuvesttneut iu old china. Saturday Night. Oild Vessels Dpsigneil for Speed. A curious vessel was liuishod last .Tune and lay ut a privato wharf in HL'iiuii for soino tunc hue was named tho Howard Cassar I and nick named the "R i. or-back. " With i length of 22.! feet, sho had only lt' feet buani. Her equilibrium was maintained by an oxtremely heavy keel and some H J.000 pounds of ma chinery below tho water-liuo. Tho rii'Mrlikc sharpness of tho b.iat gavu it a curious look, nn I it was ex pected that when moving through tho water the sharp prow would cut it liko a knife, thus reducing tho resistance to a minimum. The narrowness of her beam necessitated somo economy in her interior arrangements, but this was euccessfully overcome by adopting somewhat tho idea of a sleoping-car. Rut tho Howard Casmrd wasau exper iment that evidently has not been successful, ns tho claim of the designer to cross the ocean iu three-fifths of tho time now required has ns yet not been fulfilled by his odd craft. Probably one of the strangest idoas iu marine construction was that of tho man who proposed placing in tho stern of a vessel a uumber of com pressed air cannons. Tueso were to bo lired one after the other, tho forco of the air striking tho water and driv ing the vessel forward. Somewhat bimrlar is tho idea of nnothor engi neer aud inventor. It is to ruu a seri'.s of hollow hot pipes through the entire leu ;th of tho keel. Tho pipes are to 1 1 cuivo the water at tho bow slid carry it to the centre of tho ves sel, where it is shut off. Then a powerful pressure of compressed air is brought into play, and tho separat ed body of water is shot out of tho pipe in the stern, tho power of the contact driving tho vessel forward. As tho water is to be received aud dis charged alternately, there would bo no j "rking motion. Harper's Round Table. Clear Waicn of Lake Superior. "I have often road of tho wonder ful clearness of tho wators of Lake Superior," said R. F. Lano of Han nibal, Mo., at the Cochran, "but I never realized it until I saw it about three weeks ago. I was at Marqitett mil took a sail on the lake, going forty miles. As we ucarod tho shore, tho bottom of the lake was so nttractivo w ith its whin: sand I ft It that like wad ing in to shore. Tho water appeared to be about two feet deep. I took off my shiies and stoc'iiugs, rolled my t roir sits up to my knees, nud slid into tho water. Iu a moment I was completely submerged, mid it was s unexpected ill it I di I not close iny nioutli nud swallowed enough of the liquid to ren der me powerlesi to swim. 1 was uu conscious when they pulled me intc the boat, nud wIil-u they revived me and told me the water was eight fee deep where I stepped off, I realized tho deceptiveness of a clear lake wit.'i a white sand bottom." Washington Star. The Plot That f ailed. "Did you try that scheme of ring ing a bid! on dolinsm when ho was iu tho middle of his speech ? ' "Yes, and It ti.l-d. Johnson waj a street csr conductor ut one time." ! ..W,dl : " I "I made tho mistake of ringioi twice and he took it as a complitneut Thought it signal for h'm to gi ahead." CicmQti Enui1, GRIiAT SALT LAKH. 3u33r Result of Bathing in the Big Saline Sea. rh3 Good Swimmer Thoro Makes a Show of Himself- It may seem preposterous to talk of tho fiuost sea bathing on earth a thou sand miles from the oconn but truth is no less truth becauso it appears riisurd. Tho sea bathing in Great , 4alt lake infiuitcly surpasses anything A the kind on cither tho Altautio or Pacifio coast. The water contains aiauy times more salt and much more joda, sulphur, mngucsin, chlorine, uromine aud potassium than any ocean woter on tho globe. It is powerful iu ftediciual virtues, curing or benefit ing many forms of rheumatism, rheu matic gout, dyspepsia, nervous disor ders aud cutanoous disensos, and it acts liko magio ou tho Lair of those iinfortuuatcs whoso tendencies are to oald-headodness. It is a prompt aud potent tonic and invigorant of body and mind, aud then thoro is no oud of fun iu getting acquniuted with its pe culiarities. A first bath in it is always ns good ns a circus, tho bather buiug his or her own amusing trick mule. Tho specific gravity is but a trifle less thnu that of tho Holy Lind dead sea, tho actual figures with distilled water as unit being, for tho ocean, 1037: for Salt lake, 1107, aud for the Dead sen, lllfi. Tho human body will not and cannot sink iu it. You can walk out in it where it is 50 feet deep, aud your body will stick up out of it liko a fishing cork from tho shoulders upward. You can sit down in it pcrUelly securo where it is fathoms deep. Men lie on top of it with their arms crossed un der their heads nud smoko their cignrs. Its buoyancy is indescribable aud unimaginable. Any olio can Mont upon it iu tho first trial; there is nothing to do but lio down geutly upon it and Mont. Rut swimming is au en tirely different matter. Tho moment yon, begin to "paddle yoir own exuoe, lively aud and to tho lookers-on liilrth-provoCiug exercises ensue. When you stick your hands under to makoa stroke, your feet deelino to stay nnywhero but on top; nnd when, after an exciting tussle with your re frnctory pedal extremeties, you again get them beuentk the Mirfac, your hands tly out with tho splash nnd splutter of a half dozen flutter wheels. If no accouut of voiir brnius being heavier than your heels, you change to turn a somersault and your head goes under, your heols will pop up liko a pair of frisky didapper ducks. You cannot keep more than "ua oud of yourself under water nt once, but you 6oou learn how to wrestle with its novelties, and then it b -eo nes thing of beauty nul a j y" for any summer day. The water is delightful t the skin, every sensation is exhilarating, and ono cannot help feeling iu it liko gilded cork adrift in a jewel-rimmed bowl of campaign imneh. In the sense of luxurious caso with which it envelops tho bather it is uurivaled earth. Tho only approximation to it is iu the phosphorescent waters of tho Mosouito Indiau const. The water does not freeze until the mercury tumbles down to 18 degrees above zcro.or 11 degrocs below tho ordiuary freeziug point. It is as clear as crys tal, with a bottom of snow white sand nnd small objects can bo distinctly seen at a depth of twenty freet. There is not a fish or any other living thing in all tho 2,500 or 3,000 square mile of beautiful and mysterious waters, ex cept tho yearly increasing swarms of summer bathers. Not u shark stingarco to hcare the timid swimmer or floater, not a crab or a craw 11 di to nip the too of the nervous wader, not a minnow or a frog, a tadpole or n poilvwog nothing that lives, moves swims-, crawls or w ig ;les. It is th ideal sea-bnthing place of tho world The I'tahnian. The Tniirhholf Left. " 'Here,' suiit uu old gentieninu t his young friend, 'is a family relic o which I am proud, and tho night which should inspire in your uenrt foeliugs of tho loftiest patriotism. is a musket borne by my fnther in th revolutionary war aud, before its dead lr aim many a ro Icoat has b.t tin dust iu that struggle for human 1,1 erty.' 'Tho young m in h milled tho v t erblo relic tenderly and ri-Tereut.'r After long and patriotic conteiiq tion h at length ventured to ask: " Mint where is the bayonet?" " 'Oh,' said tho old man, 'one of the b y was poking for a coon in a hol low treo and broke it, aud the pieces are lost " 'Where is thernm-rod?' 'Why, tint wai splintered so badly that 1 hud n new one made of iron nt the blacksmith shop.' " 'Rut, 'said his,, oung friend, 'ihese look like fresh marks ou the stock.' " 'Oh, yes,' was tho reply, 'Jim broke thi s'ock ln4 year cracking hickory tints, and I had a new one made.' 'Why, this don't look liko a very old barrel.' 'Well, tho bnrrel bnrstcd Inst hog kill-ug time, so I've got a brand new one.' 'I didn't know,' snid tho young mnn, 'that they used percussion locks in tho Revolutionary musket.' " 'I believe,' responded the old gen tleman, hesitatingly, 'that tho touch holo ia left.' "Louisville Cotiricr- lournal. A I' teak Pup. J. Pierpout Morgan is tho owner of a brand now collie pup, which is a curiosity. Whether tho great finan cier is pleased or not lit tho addition tohisUennels at Highland Falls, N. Y., nobody knows. Mr. Armstrong, his manager, telegraphed Mr. Morgan that a new puppy having only throe legs enmo iuto tho world with fivo others. Tho pup comes from the highest brood of collies in existence. I ho greatest caro was taken that no taint of iuferior blood should be trai.s nittud to tho descendants of R slyu Wilkes. When Rob Armstrong saw that tho young dog had only three legs he felt grioved aud Mr. Morgan promptly was informed. Itis one of the hind legs that is missing. Otherwise tuo nog is no different from the five other puppies its own age. The b'dy shows no n of tho formation of a fourth leg. R'ltdyn Wiikis, the dog's grundsire, committed suicide a few years ago in a shallow pool ndjicut to the kenn !. It was tho first c ise kn mvii of a dog committing suicide. Now i ork Pro3s. California's (inluVn Trout. "On Whitney creek, iu California, at a lieight of 10,00 ) feet above sea level, are found the only golden trout lever heard of," said R. W. N.ciiol- sou of Pasadeun, ut the Slioreluim. l'heso fish ruu from six to ten inch es iu length, nnd nro of a bright gid I- color, flecked with grayish purple, the tails being a creamy white, marked with regular gniyish- purplo dots. They show a 1 of the characteristics of the ord.- nury mouutaiu trout an I tas'.o liko them. Whether or not they grow as largo ns tho speckled trout, I do not now- Tho stream they were discov ered in is shallow, and the largest yet caught weighed only twenty ounces, but it gave as much trouble before i', was landed as nny tin eo p niuder ever ciught. At tho place whero they are found tho uil is so cold that water freezes the warmest night of tho year, which may or may not havo something to do with the peculiar celor of the ti.sh. Washington Star. Phosphorescent Starch. Mousieur Henry of the Paris Acad emy of Sciences has invented a phos phorescout starch with which surprise mg effects can be pro Ineed. L's I as a face powder, it makes the counten ance glow iu a dark room w ith mys terious radiance. Recently n "tivi, o'clock tea" was given iu Paris aftei dark, no light being employed except that Mipplied by phosphorescent starch sprinkled over everything in the room. The carpet, tho ceiling, tho pictures on the wall, the furniture, tin teacup--, the ll iwers, the faeos, shoulder and dresses of the la lies, m iking i spectacle that was nt once startling nun beniitifu1. A Ki to I Jinnee. "I have c.ille I to see yon, Mr. Gold by," said the repoiter, "to g t a:i ex pression of your views ns to tho politi cal Mtuitio:i." "Wed?" "Wind do yon think of ir, to 1?" "I think it is," sai 1 M-. G ddby. The rqi rter looked puzzled. "Is what, sir?" he asked. du-t nl t tint," said Goldby, "just about 1 1) to 1. " "J'.ii! ah li'tto 1 what?" "Sixteen chances to on my deal boy, that you won't get au exprcssui-. of views from m. I'm going to riu for Congress, my frienl." H upvt's lta.ir, As ilvprtisel. IS lil,y (to Druggm') -Your sigi ny, "Soda water; all the flavors, tivt cents. Druggist (engagingly) Yes; which do you wish? Hobby (promptly) I want 'em nil. Tuck. SKIX GRAFTING. Savin;; the Life of a Girl Who Ha3 Been Badiy Burned. More Than Eigiity People Con tribute Their Article. Skin grafting has saved tho life of Je.ssiu Pioudfoot, nu eloveu-year-old girl in Sm Rifael, CM. Fifteeu months ago she was playing nround a bonfire iu the yard when hor clothin g caught fire. In uu iustant sho was enveloped iu flimc, aud b.fore the lire was extinguished, sho was very severely burned, and it was not thought that she could possibly l.ve. She was a frail, delicato child, aud large areas of her body wero roastod, and tho skiu and flesh sloughed off, leaving tho minoles exposed and cth iug much bloodiug from tho seared veins mid arteries. The worst buru she received was ou the hip. It was sixteen inches long nud averaged nine inches wide, covering one hundred and forty-four squire inches of her body. Thoro was a burn ou her shoulder three by four inches, ouo six by six on her side nud other smaller burns about her body. Despite the fears uf ber rela tives nnd the doctors, Jessie clung to life, and finally tho despair of her mother changed to hope. Three months after tho accident tho smaller burns on her nrm and side had healed, but the deeper nud larger buru on tho hip refused to heal. Tho surface was too large for the skin to bridge the seared flesh, and Dr. W. I Joiics decided to try skin grafting. Since then there his been hardly a week that patches of skiu have not been taken from other people aud at tached to tho burned spot ou Jos-de's thigh- In many instances the new skiu has sloughed off or dried up nu I refused adoption by tho new owner, but the progress of covering tho bum has been steady and the wound will bo c ivered witliiu a few mouths. In the meantime Jessie is ablo to be out of bed and sho does not havo to remain on her right side, as sho did for so many week after she received the burn. Twice tho entire wound Ins been covered by Dr. Jones, but the centre of the burned spot refused to let tho now skiu grow, and now new patches of skin are added around the edge. More than eighty people havo sub mitted to haviug sm ill pieces of their skin removed to aid tho brave little invalid, some going from Sin Fran cisco to aid her by their self-sacritice. Her brothor Joe, six years old, has teu tinios contributed from throe to tour squ ire inches without a murmur, her sister Kihol has given twenty throe inches of her cuticle altogether. I he mother and aunt havo given ol their skin until they havo littlo moro to give, nu I neighbors au I friouds now are depended on for the miterial that will make Jessie a well girl. A l"si for a (Juci'ii. Recently (jueeti Victoria received a petition from a little girl which was quite irresistible in its way. The let ters ad Iressed by unknown persons do u t usually meet her eye, as their number is great and their character often indicative of unsound minds; but the epistle from this child tho queen's secretary deemed worthy to bo brought to hor attention. It began thus: "Dear Queen : I let my doll fall iuto a hole iu tho moun tain ; nnd as 1 know that tho other side of the world belongs t you, I wish you would seii I somo one thero to find my doll." The little girl believed the hole went clem through the earth, and that tho q leeii could easily have the doll hunt ed up oil llie other side. The q leen was much IllllUsed at this p liliou ; an I til iit'h she was unable to ;;rnii! i', siie could scud a new doli to the little gul, n:id thisshe proceed ed to do. Youth's I'onipilliou. Skull of Papier Maclie. In making atiinuil skins into fat rugs and iu the manufacture of various articles Hindu of fur, imitation skuils are often used in place of the natural skull. The imitation skulls nro made of piper ntiiclie, the lii.l ie f the month nnd the tongue being wax c inti'd ; tho teeth are of celiilh.i l. When tiiouuto I, the nuiuihls kid sup plied with artificial eyus. Tho imita tion skulls are m.idelle I from natural skulls, nud I hey lire atrikiugly chin Mctcristie iu appear nice- Th -y are iiiado Hi ureiit variety i.s sii'islitutes ,oi- the i. i Is ,,f man .- Humi d-. - New Yoi kSn. At Th iruton, 1". igiiiud, a 8",OJ0 or t;i;i h is been pi toe I in the church to eoiiiniem irato the birth inline tonu of C uiilutto aud Emily B route. Tno Aims, tin wm'" nt eonqiii'sla, ilreami'd r.f fam. A ii't yf-nnieO for lienors, lamia snl gold ; for tlie.se. wliih! lung years went and enm, His manhood prime lu gladly sold. and Hitting past him. trooped they on, 'J'lu se gundy phantoms. Trail dwells. rill speedily they all were gone, lie stood where prim" with old as" meets - I'lien lived to conquer, siuxl not tnm lint yearned to do and he his best ; And. wond'rously, to him there cam With this wish granted all tho rst. - lteatriee Clayton. HI'MOKOl'S. "I second tho motion," naid the uiun ou tho rear of tho tnudein. "She had a livoly race for a hus band." "I heard ebo married a run down noblcmau." Cynthia (looking at photograph) Hiram, just turn your head a littlo. Hiram You have turned it already. Miss Huggins-My father is very good nt rending faces. Mr. Lissnin Then I had better not print my kisses there. Artist That mnn Rencou offered me $12 for thnt largest paiuling of mine! Caller Oh, theu you've had it framed. Inventor I'm working on a cyclo meter. Frii ud Whnt is tho apecinl feature? Inventor It registers tho number of timts you fall. "If you don't do something ou this bill before tho loth, I intend to sue you." "Ah! nnd will you permit me to recommend Sharp .v Steele? I re ceive a percentage ou all they got out of inc." ('rummer Nothing impresses mo more thnu tho littleness of greatness. Gilieli.nd Tho greatness of littleness impresses me more. Nothing can bo more profound than thu observations of unimportant men. Proprietor of Restaurant Chicken tough, sir? Impossible! (indignantly.) Look here, sir, d'you kuow, air, I first camo to this restaurant twenty years ngo aud - CtHtomer Did you bring this fowl with yon? When I ln m-p'tiry's n r-print-T 'Twill eool you if you try T i reiiH'inlier how last win'"r Made the e.,nl pil" fly. "Hand ovcr.aud be quick about it I" said tbe"boldtip,"as ho put n rovolver to tho head of tho belatod man. "Rut you held mo up last week aud didn't get anything," remoustrated tho vic tim. "Well, band over whnt I didu't get tueu." Daughter ( in tears) Oh, papa! why did you throw Reggy down the front steps? Father Why, you didu't think I was going to throw him up tho front steps and iuto tho house again, did you? You're as hard to satisfy ns your mother. Guest -See here! The rates charged iu this bill ate very much higher than I agreed to piy. Proprietor Lake View Villa True, my dear sir! Rut the weather has been very much finer than either of us anticipated when that arrangement was made. "What nro you doing here?" 6aid the woman to the tramp, who had go over the wall just in time to escape the bulidog. "Madam," ho said, with dignity,"! did intend to request some thing to eat, but all I osk now is that, iu tho interests of hiimauity, you'll feed that dog." Suburbs It' I should build this house, you nre suro it won't cost moro than your original estimate? Archi tect Quite sure. Suburbs Oh I I forgot to state that my wife will re vise your plans! Architect In that c isc y, n will have to add another thoiisau I for t tra cupboards. Costly t.aine Hi-ails. The head of the uinsli ox is tho liloM com i v u inoniitt ii nuiui; iieaiii, and next Is the head of the bison, or biilV.il Fine l ull'ilo heads, well nioii ited, br.ng from Slot) to SoOO. A head ftt 3" ' however, would bo ono exceptionally largo and choice; and a line head can be bought for 2"l. Fifteen years ngo well-mounted buffa lo heads could ho bought from S"0 to SI Oil. The increase in price is ac count -d for by the growing scarcity of the buffalo, which has now prncti ci'.ly disappeared from tho I'nite" Slates. The wood bisons of the Great Slav - Like region of Rritish Norlli Auietici, which inhabit woodland, or mountain d Htricts, are rather more nnni roiH tii in the prairie bnffiios of I his c Hill! I -. , but their uinubers are honied nu I decreasing. Tho wood bison is not so Urge ns the prairie buf falo, ii,l its hair is strut filter, and vev bl.ic!:. Mu-h ox bends are held nt 3300 nud upwird. Onii mttsk ox hea I owned by i tuxidet inist in this city ia value I -t 75). New York Sua.