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VOL. XXVI. MTTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, O COT HER 22, ('JOS. NO. in.
texim
Lj AJiatter : P
Jy' MILLIONS. Ju
By Anna Katharine Green, I Ao,h"r ;I J,', T.h"ir.or"ken
COritaiOHT, IMO. ROBIRT ONNfR IONI.
CHAPTElt IV.
Continued.
"ro no! speak of him, or of my mas
ters. I shudder lit tin- thought of their
anger niul I'liicl disappointment. I
have never been able to face thciu,
nor never can till I become nlile to re
imburse them for nil their useless ex
pense. As fur making another titleinpt,
1 tin r Is impossible. I had rnlher die!
At the mere thought of confronting
again that cruel sea of faces, the blood
Mops flowing in my veins anil the
World turns Mack before me. I was
not maile for a prima ilouna, or rather,
something is lacking in me necessary
for success upon the stage. Yet tliat
success is nil I have lived for, niul
without it, what am 1?"
"What are yon;" The voice of the
nrtlst trembled, bis eyes spoke the ad
miration he could not suppress "A
young, beautiful ami pure girl. Is that
not enough? Most persons would think
it wealth."
"It will not set me bread." she mur
mured. "It will not pay my debts,
thoso horrible debts, that weigh upon
me like lend. It was this thought that
made mo return to these walls so Id:-
tor If Wfla 1I1U tlmni'lit which itiiv hv- 1
.Inv forced .no into ... .le.mcc tlesmiir. !
till'nf hist 1 onlf lnnec.l lor drill..
.. ....i.,n . ,-,.," . , ,.i,,vii.- .,,,,11
pain. It was n Wicked longing, but it
was the only title I knew, so last night
I sent Annctta for a deadly poison tshc
bad often told me she could get me
ouei and believing that the powder
which she brought me was what she
said It was, 1 took it. and lay down mi I
my own little bed to die. The result I
Is what yon know. She deceived me
mid gave me a preparation which
merely simulates death. Was it wise
in her' Time ahitie can tell."
"Signorina!" It seemed the natural
word for 11 i in to use, though every
feature of her face and every grace of
her person proclaimed her to be an
American girl, pure and simple. "1
cannot doubt but that the Portuguese !
did will, i cannot doubt that the
future holds tor you all that even your
ardent spirit can desire. Hut- -" He
paused, affected by her leek. From a !
sad and despairing creature she had
Hashed. a ll were, into one till cheer- !
fulness and hope. The ch.iligo was I
marvelous. Hi- hardly knew the hi .tin- !
!ug face, the glowing eye. Had his i
hear; betrayed itself in his words': Hid '
she see and respond 10 the passion j
which every moment of this sweet but
dangerous iutercotise was deepening j
within him': He dated not search her ;
eyes to see. He was 1 onP-nl to feel her j
joy and t warm himself at the tire of j
her growing hop' .
"Viiu do not go on." she bieat lied. !
"You think we have talked long enough !
for to night. WeP. y.r.i nr.- right. You 1
have heard 1 noug't of misery and I j
have gain, d enough of strength to i
make parting bet went ns easy, jus'
Unw. So. good-bye. sir. till-'' ;
She looked up and smiled. Ah. how ,
RWeet thai sl.'.de was; I10W innocent j
and couttding. He drew back from '
If fore it slowly, but firmly; be had;
fears of his (.wn judgment, of bis
own strength: be would say good night
and come again when reason should be ,
more under his own eoturol. and he :
could Weigll the treasure he coveted
before he look it for his own.
Hut two paces from the door, a fresh j
thought strut k him. The mystery of I
her awakening had been revealed, but
not that which surrounded the lecture
he had hern paid to draw. Till lie un-
dersieod the purpose for which a copy j
of her face and form had been re-
quested from his pencil, he could not j
go. The sio.-y -he
lonely struggle and
had told of her i
lisasfr.ius failure
only made his desire greater. Since
there was nothing in her his
tory to account for this mys
terious circumstance. how could
it be accounted for? Were there facts
In her life which she had omitted to re
late? He must learn or pass u sleep
less night. Coming back, he confronted
ber again.
CIIAPTKIt V.
AS lMCHtiTl'NA T St 1TOR.
' Tardon me." he einteaied: 'iuti you
have not toid me w hat your pleasure is
In regard to this sketch I have made.
Shall I destroy it or deliver It to the
person who ordered it?"
"Person who ordernl it? 'ou con
found me." was her hurried response.
"I h.til forgotten tiie picture and -ill
comiecicil with it. How was it or
dered aud when?"
He took a crumpki ote from his
poc'."t and showed ,t fu her By the
cearl.r consumed randies- she read it,
puzzled and wondering, to the end.
"Andrei Montelli:' she cried. "I
know no sue!) name. It is all a o:ts
tery to nit:."
At once and without his volition and
encouragement. Hamilton Pegraw felt
hiuist If seized by a sudden doubt which
darkened everything before him. All
a tays'.ety t her: How could that '..p.
He looked at her and hesitated. Never
had she sieu.cd so childlike, so inno
cent or so pure. Her large eyes, turned
up to hint, were full of question: ber
very attitude was one of waiting. It
sei med as if silo expected him to ex
plain v. iiat evidently amazed ber. He
mastered his doubu and ventured upoa
a iif .v u.p'
"When I came Into tb room," tan)
he, "I found bending over you. ns ynti
lay upon the couch, a beautiful holy
with fair hair and aristocratic features.
She had come in a carriage which stood
before the door, and when I first -;r.v
her, was strewing flowers over the lied
and you. See! they lie withering imtv
in heaps upon tkfc Hour. I In- you
must surely know, fur both her beauty
ti in I her weal ih 111:1 led her conspicuous.''
"1 am sorry," began tin. slgiioriua,
"bill I cannot tell you who sin- is. I
might guess.
"That iiiny be sufliclciit.''
"Hut I cannot be sure. There Is a
lady, boili beautiful and rich, who
'once took an interest in me. She was
a pupil of one of my masters, and
though I was never Introduced to her,
I was given to understand that she
was watching my career and imping
much for its success. It may have
been she; but why she should have
sought me out in my despair, when sin
held herself nloof from nie 111 tin
time of my prosperity, and why she
tdioubl have brought flowers and
strewed them over my poor body. I
cannot explain. Hut p--rhaps Annciia
can. She was lu re and 11: .' have n'cu
something or gathered something from
tl' W which will help It
-'Uprehend th
meaning of her .'te
tions;" and bcckonln
lle Portuguese
toward her. lite signorini asked one
or two questions, which being duly
answered she turned oack to Mr. In
gravv and exclaimed:
"It must have In en the lady I spoke
of. She came without (lowers ;it lirst.
and asking for me. seemed to be great
ly shocked when I was pointed out lo
her. lying, as she supposed, dead. She
nlti-mptcd to question Ante lia. bin of
course got lie, answer from her. as
my good friend does not speak a word
of Fnglish: ami when the lady went
away she made a gesture that must
have meant that she would return, for
in half an hour or so she did come
back, bringing these beautiful tlowers.
which she ni otp-e began to strew over
me. That is all Anm-pa can tell.
Would you lik 1,1 question her
further':"
"I would like to heal- what s'ie has
to say about th m- candies and voitr
Ire mill 1 he drapery of your couch.
It may explain w ho .Monti 111 Is. ami
this you as well as ley-eh' ought to
know.''
"True, true." came iu a murmur fiom
the yi'iinjr girl's lies. "Aunt r.a must
be able to tell how i came t ho die' d
thus, tiioirg'.i the robe itself Is t:o mys
tery, being one o:' the cos: nine- pre
pared for my debu:. Hut the lights,
the drapery: all thai 1 cannot under
stand." And she drew the old iroiio nearer,
and holding her by the 11 ti t. put tp.
(ion after question, while the youiiu
man stood still, gazing from one to
tiie other, ilevuttiid by a ciitioi y that
the sigiiut ina's rapidly changing ."p
pcarance certainly tended to augra
vate. For ai the explanation whb b
the old woman tendered without he.-iia-tion,
the young girl's he.el sink lowei
and lower iu manifest i -ettfusi. 11. while
on her cheek and bio.v a flush lowly
gathered, which, if it mhieil to her
beauty, could not l.al add also to tin
watchful artist's lu.pa;iiii.e am! ilis
trust. "What is it. Tell tr.e." burst from
his lips us the Portuguese finally drew
back, leiiviug lite sigiwriiiu standing
by that forsaken couch.
"Ah, how can IV" was her cry.
though her eyes looked up fearlessly,
ami the smile on her sensitive inout':
was simply n deprecatory one. 'Ti is
such a story of of an unreasoning
passion of -of a hue of whicli 1 was
ignorant, and would never have counte-
u.mceil If I had known of it. that
He appreciated ber confusion; ln
loved her for its evident depth: but he
would no' help ber even by a word
to speak. This story, whateur it
was, he must know. She :av his lo.
termination aud sitmtuntv'd up her
courage.
"Antletta tells me." site began. that
for the last three months I have been
pursue.! by an Italian w i' ha been
determined to marry me. Site -.-m s he
found no favor in her eye, ami that
she was sure he would bud nolle in
mine: aud so. t 1 save me anxiety am.
pain at a time when I needed my tub
strength and liberty, sh,. h.ul jersi-t
eutly placed herself between us. ;.m:
by artitices ami stratagems of vat tuts
kinds suet ceded in keeping him out :
uiy presence. She says that, mi x; to
my preoccupation aud determiua : ion to
see nothing but my ar'. she was
(truDgeiy successful iu this, though
there were times v hu in . i: : isi
brushed my garments in the sfii-ts.
and others when it nearly took :h? a; a:
of the police to k'ep him away from
these doors. He had m'C me at t'a
tiieatre one day. and hid ieu bh:ud
the h"Xe or among the win.- (,f 150
S'tuety. had heard me sin?, and no.'n
ing toiil.l rob him of the ida that l.
was destined to ui.irry me and 11. ike ,
me iho lciil tig prima dotiiia o'
world: not e.iii my failure, for he v.:s
t'lvsi tit at that, nor my coiiscipietu per-s..-;tut
shriukiag from sight into tht
o'.sr-nrlty that beca'a." me. Xoflmr
aflc.'tcd hini or chaugeil his uiLn-t: atn!
while be whowed sotim sense in no'
tilteiuptius force at'UT this. Aunvt'.i
kLtw that, g.'Ur. ut later, he woulJ
Sad iom Biau lit crusting tUin
threnhold and oflfendins me with offers
she was confident would meet with 11
rebuff that would only add to the an
noyance and danger of the situation.
For he is ail ugly man mid course be
yond expression, though seemingly
hones' aud very determined in his
wishes. So. when she saw me sunk In
despair 11 ml anxious for death, she die.
not attempt to reason with me, but
rather humored me in my determina
tion, promising me an effective, puis
while secretly resolved upon furnish
ing me with a drug that merely simu
lated death. For If she could show ma
to this Montelli in a stale that forha.le
all further hope on his par;, she
thought his persecuiionu might cease
and that we might obtnln the oppor
tunity for escape which Kceined our
only security. Hul when the drug hav.
ing worked, she let the miserable ma.
tine iu and showed him the result of
ids importunity and my distress, he
was so overcome by what lie ple.ist d
to call the beauty of my face that his
passion took a new turn, niul he oniv
thought of having my picture painlei',
and, by means of lis exhibition, reap
that fortune from tnv features which
he bad failed to obtain from my voice.
"It makes me blush to tell you this,
but Annettii felt powerless to refuse
him. So merely eiieittna from hlin
the promise that he would leave me
hereafter undisturbed, she accepted
1 rum him the money which was iiccos.
sary to robe the couch as he desired,
ami perpared to receive you, whom
he designated as the artist be meant to
employ. That I should wake, nhe
knew; but she trusted that xve should
lind you a gentleman, ami we have,
so much so that 1 do not believe you
will betray us. even if tiiis fanatic In
sists upon having a painting completed
from litis sketch."
"A painting'.' lie shall never have
the sketch even!" exclaimed young Pe
graw "See your features in the grasp
of a course man anxious to make
money by exposing them to public
view! Never: Not if I have to de
stroy "
"Iion't'." she cried, grasping his hand
iu hers, for he bad made .1 movement
ns if to tear the drawing ho hail made,
"lie is a dangerous man. Annctta says
he is not to Ive trusted. If he detects
tiie deception to . liii-li this old friend
of mine has subjected him, what may
we mil expect in the way of persecu
tion? Indeed, I dare not (rust myself
to this unknown man's mercies. I
would rather he thought me dead
till- "
-Till what?"
'Till 1 can fly his n-ath or so merge
myself iu some other identity that he
will never dare approach me again
either as a lover or 11 friend."
'I'relty coward: Ami so you will not
trust me to manage lids man. 1 do
not fear him."
"You are 1101 a woman."
'True. Well, 1 will humor ihN whim.
I will take the picture, ami to-morrow
Annctta may semi him to my studio.
Meantime, may 1 hope that you will
slooti sweetly, and without fear?''
"(ih," she murmured, as she caught
his look, so unmistakably full of sup
pressed low: "h iw can I thank you
for your sympathy? How can I re
ward you for your goodness?"
"I'.y such sleep." he answered. Ami
taking her hand in his he carried it
to his lips, win-n. suddenly, from the
doorway ommuuicitiing with tiie other
room, a voice penetrated harshly
ihroitgli tin' apartment, crying, ith
1 marked foreign accent :
"And who may you be. sir, and what
is your business here?"
( llAl'TKi: VI.
a st itrnisi .
To the sound oi a scream front 1 lie
igiioriua's lips, young liegraw turned,
ftei'ore 1 1 i 111. in th- doorway I have
mentioned, he saw standing the slight,
dark and unprepossessing lintre 01" .1
man so evidently Italian in his appeir
.nee ami bearing, that it did not need
the hurried hound ami starihtl ex
clamation of the Portuguese for him
to recognize iu this menacing intruder
the Signer Montelli.
"So. so. we are to win. I up wish a
s.-etie." thought he: and ills; i net i ely
stepp. ,1 betive-n this s; ra tr.'er and t.te
shrinking figure of the si.Miorin;:.
Hut the precaution seemed needless.
At the first words uttered by the Por
tuguese, the Italian broke into a tt.vidi
laugh, and drawing the old crone after
him. left the room and shut the l....r
behind him. Mr. I'egraw. surprised
by this sudden departure, stood star
ing, while the sigt.orin.i tnml'lel so
that she seetnetl in danger of fal'.itlu.
"It Is very strange." ou..;h lh"
former. "He did not seem to liou.e
that the couch was empty, and t'cit you
stootl living ami breathing before him.
The Portuguese cannot lo s true to
you as you thought. Hie must lone
told him that you would wake
"Oh: oh: hush:'' broke frot.i the
young girl's lips. .it the doer op md
agaiu ami the old woman stepp. d in.
"I am so bewildered. 1 do not know
what to make of ail this." Ami leaving
him. she advanced toward the en tie,
who met her with a look that added
to hi surprise and her perplexity
A short interchange of words fob
lowed, and then the old wo nan drew
back ami the Mgtiorimi turned !'.. t
with what a different a'r and i t r
what a different look. You eg l-'gr.'.w
would hardly have known hu' fae ,t
he had not alrt i.'y s'.'eu it under "
iniluence of vanne emotions, .it'l
when she op u.'.l her bps. si'- sect
to find if so haul to p"ak. that in
mercy he wa g. 'ng to be .-in th t . u
versitiioii for her. when h. t--..u. ie
found a tougt'e an 1 sh,. e. I.i it.t :
"I cannot endure any more to :iig':;
,iu must go ainl let me tint! r.'"
rest Perhaps, to tiiorrow
"Hut :hl-i wretch." be niterp. -1 X
"Am I to le.ive you to h. mercy?"
To be coiitinu'd.
S.iui. -..- as it may stem, wbru a maa
ti 1 t-erc be leUcffi ccum w tbe j L.Lt.
JC0TTI5H nOOKS
F2R dflERKdNJ
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lfleli Kental l'alil For Few Wrekn'
Sport " Shooting KlrtU Carefully
lnrr(l Fur the Slaughter Soma
Curloiia FlRiir Mr. Bradley Martin
l ay '.1,000 for a ttrler Ktiaimn.
llNIH:il;iI.--I':wer Atner
leans have traveled toSeot
land this year than In
former seasons. The yacht
races are a stronger counter-attraction.
Mr. Itrad-
ley Martin and party, live guns, opened
the season on Aht'cnc ban moor, lnver
ucssbire. Although the birds were wild, still
tl bag" for the IgMh was fairly good
- I Hi brace of grouse, live snipe and a
solitary hare.
Mr. Thomas Newbold. of New York,
was not so fortunate in his moor of
Hallyotikan. in Perthshire. His party
sent to Haledniund Lodge twenty-seven
brace of grouse, one capercailzie, one
rabbit lind one hare.
Another American. Mr. F. W. Whit
ritlge, who again this year rents Iialna
keilly, iu Perthshire, had an unsatis
factory bag: but the birds were not so
plentiful on the moors in this county
its on former occasions. The Karl of
Ibliester. for a day's tramping over
Kiinlrochet, bad only twelve brace In
his gillies' bags. Lord Willoughby tie
Kresby had a capital bag of lis brace,
nil tine birds, to live guns.
The Prince of Wales opened his sea
son in Lanarkshire, starting from
l.eailhills. the highest village in Scot
land, and the property of Lord Linlith
gow, who owns the lend mines. P.y
six guns a bag of 1-1 brace of grouse!
was compiled.
Ketits for moors in Scotland are
getting higher. There wits a larger
invasion of Scotland this l'Jth of Au
gust than in times past. The first
.otittisli moor ever let to a Southerner
wits that known as Coigmtfetirn. It is
Hi 1,1 n in acres, anil was actually let to
11 Mr. Windsor for ::. or ?l."n. for the
shooting season, with SJ.1 to be given
back as luik-pitiiiy. It now brings
jlJll.UOII.
Another t-ftiuse moor, by name In
vereshie. ex : tiding to quite ijlUKin
lieres. was let to the first shooting ten
nut at a rental of only jcjoti. The Duke
of Kedford was the next tenant, and he
only paid SlUi'ti, afterward increased to
SlVlii. In ivvj the rental had In
creased to $oiiimi. and it would require
n long purse to tak-- this shooting to
day. Thwe are in Scotland about "on
moors of fair size, the rents of which
average over .S'.'ihmi for the short shoot
ing season. The bettor known ones
run Into largo tigures.
When the nmor carries aiotig with It
the right to live in the niaynillcent
sent of some Highland lalr.l. audi as
Kcaufort Castle, the iilicesirnl mansion
of Lord I.ovnt, who lets It with the
shooting to Mr. Thlpps. of Pittsburg
mid New York, the rental Is very high.
Most of the Highland noblemen give
the use of their cn-tles along with the
shootings, with the exception of such
magnates is the Duke of A1I10! or the
Marquis of P.reitdalliatie. Whore there
fire no old mansions, the laid.' have
ere. 'tod model-si fd.10-.tlns beiges, some
of hamKc.r.o ami costly design, others
mere boxes.
For P.nlmncaan. Mr. Hneilev Martin
pays P2.1.(iiit t. nil short season, and
lnineebt brings Slo.mx"'. The total
sporting rental of lnveniesshire Is
given nt hab' a million dollars, and
Perthshire nut far short of this. The
grouse season brings annually over two
ami a half maIUne.11 dollars Into the
pockets of the owners of moors which
were at one time regarded as practi
cally worthless barren bog and
I leather.
Deer fonsts tire mu'h more costly
than grouse moors. Army men and
lMittburgii lawyers can combine and
rent a moor, but only millionaires run
aspire to a forest. Invet.au'.d Forest
can be had for the season at .SJ.".0'M.
aud tilen Tana at S'JO.mm. Hut the ex
pense of keeping up a deer forest Is
much more than moors. There has to
be maintained an army of gillies ami
keepers :,i-..l foresters. Housekeeping,
too." is expensive in the Highlands In
the shooting season.
It is sport that lairds look to for the
welcome addition to their incomes, and
that hundreds of Highland families re
gard as their means of subsistence.
Very many comfortable homes lu the
rletis of Scotland depend upon the
deer, the grouse ami the
York World.
salaio-!. -New
Whj to M h We Ueaert..
The 1 lini'itic history of the ohl world
will repeat itself in America, says Dr.
Felix Oswald in the National .Maga
zine. If forest destruction, at its pres
ent rate of recklessti- ss. should con
tinue much longer, our continent will
have to dry up. So will an orator who
should venture to urge that fact upon
a boodle legislature in this era of lum
ber trusts. Hut the fact remains, nnd
its significant may be inferred from
the experience of the Mod'torran. an
coast hu-.d. where thousands of good
gartlCDs have been turned into fJeben
nas of wretchedness and desolation.
By tree destruction a'one a territory
of 4..vw squat t 'niles bas ben
withdrawn from the habitable area of
our planet The pltv-ical history of .1
desert tl'at originated somevvher- l;c;T
th.- ot.oUe of the Caucasian race in
p,a.-!r-:-.. orbaps. and spreading west
ward and southward, has blighted the
Ivletis of three continents like a de
vouring tire, and is t "W scon long the
west const of Africa and selitling its
vvitri' iig saml cloud- far out to .i .1
vv ard.
I wiity tfight day ar rvj.ui'
Uub tU eft ot ft Wf'aey.
'.I to
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LATEST ABOUT BRAINS.
OhtftrTHtloiirt on the Itt-litl ion tit skull
to the Mental I'liHers.
Man's curiosity is naturally bound
less concerning his brain, which is be
lievod to be tin! seal and the token oi
that menial power which makes him
the undisputed king of tin- earth. If
the bra iu were really such a box of
drawers as some phrenologists haw
assumed, with everything in its place
anil all possible faculties ill-counted for,
human heads could be classified as
readily as plants, ami nobody could fail
to distinguish between them any mop-
than olio can fail to select r s from
lilies.
Clin.- might predict absolutely from a
glance at. his head that a given young
man must become a great financier or a
poet or a philosopher, xvith no more
danger of a mistake than in assorting
that one tree will produce a corns and
another apples. Hut the shrewder sort
of phrenologists see thai this will mil
do. ami so they endeavor to modify ihc
bnsejj of their science to suit the inli-
liitety varteil lacis hi iiiiiiiaii 00 1 m
ami development. i
The real progress m brain stmly is
made by those who undertake tin
work, as far as possible, without any
preconceived a ml pit-perfected theory
to lead or mislead them. Dr. H Man
tiegka has recently published in the
"Proceedings of the Itoytil Scions die
Society of Holiemia," some remarkable
observation on the relations of tin
weight of the brain and the size an I
shape of the skull m the mental power
of man.
These investigations, says the l.on
don Hxpress. show tie- importance of
gooil feeding to brain development.
The brain cannot do its work without
an abundance of pure, well iionr.s'i.-1
blood, other things being equal, a
heavier brain implies greater mental
power, and Dr. Mantiegka finds that
persons employed In industries where
the nourishment of the body is apt to
be Insufficient, ami the muscular c-.ot-else
slight, show, as a rule, higher
brains than do more favorably circum
stanced persons.
F.Wcksmiths and metal workers in
general have heavier brains than
coachmen, but tin- latter ex ! car
penters in brain weight, an-l carpen
ters ex 1 persons employed in 1 loth
lug industries, v. hil- at the bottom "f
the scale stand those who are 1 ngag.-d
in the ;:ianttl'aeui f and sale of alco
holic tlriu'ts. who art- apt to do more or
less drinkii.g themselves.
It would also appear thai the w-ight
of the brain may b- increased by th"
direct exercise of its o-.vu function,
men of mental training showing, as a
rule, greater brain weight than others
it should be remembered that the -x-of
the head cannot be taken as a trust
worthy iuib-x ( the weight uf the
brain. Tin- organic quality is the main
thing.
stevenstoi.
He was tail. thin, spare indeed, he
struck me as almost fantastically
spare. I remember thinking that the
station draught t aught him like a torn
leaf flowing at the end of a branch.
Ills clothes hung about him as the
clothes of a iv-t h-s.-ent who has lost
bull; ami vvvi.l.t at'er long few r lb
hud on a jacket of brown velvet. - 11- I
cannot swear to the color, but that tie-
tell always b.-ek iu the 1 all-t
picture a thi.n.- l shirt with :i 1"---
necktie ncglig. nt'y bundled into a sail
or's knot, soun what faii'iistic.-il trous
ers. 1 hough r.o tioitl.t this elTe.'f was
.Tin- iti part to their limp aimdito.!-
about vvli.it s,-, ,1 rather the thin
green polt s fnmii'nr in tlahil.-. .ots than
the legs of a bun nil 1 feature. lie
wore a straw hat that iu its rear rim
suggested form t fulness on the art o-'
its wear.-,-, who hail apparently, in
sleep or heedless!, ess. treated it as a
cloth cap. The-e. IlitWeVt r. wi fe tie
tai'.s in the'.ns.-'.v 1 s trii ial, .-''.id v.'t re
f.o: c..;is.;.,i'.siy i,..t -t! till la'.-r. The
long, narrow face, th'-n almost sallow,
with somewhat long. I00-". dark hail
that draggh ti from beneath tbe straw
hat well ovt r the ears, along the du-ky
hollows of temple ilbtl thee'... was
what immediately attracted attention.
Hu; lite extra. .rditiaritn ss of the iu:
pressi,,;i was of a man who bad ii.st
been rc- -ue l from tie- sea or a river.
Fxe.pt f..r the fact thai his clothes
did not tlrip. that the h a:: black locks
nuns limp but m: moist, and that the
slnrt velveteen jacket was tli-fepr:
able Put no; damp, this impression of a
mar. just come or taken from the water
wa overwhelming - William Sharp, in
Pill Mall Magazine.
t.ruitni.ar nn-l l'i-.
A little bo.V Who lives in the
ciii part of the city ha- idea- -own.
which he sometimes t-xpres
the astotii-hmelit and iimu-cnu
his parents ami the tin tn' er 1
family.
si.iith-
.r Lis
i.f hi-
He is vcrv fond of sweets, e-p,
'of nie which bis mother makes
-.aliy
Th
other day liny had cherry pie tor
dinner.
H- had eaten one piece, when l.e
said. Mamma can I eat another
piece?"
"Yes." t orret ted his mother, "you
can. but may vou is the quest ion."
"Oh. pshaw:'' said the boy. "vol
know I always did like pie better than
grammar " Philadelphia Ledger.
t.lants' ..raves.
The cairn- or giant grave- .11 Rosa it.
near Eut-tl. ate being excavated under
the direct ion of Proiessor Kn-.n ot tli"
Kiel Museum of Antiquities. ii;i
grave has alr.-a !y been opened
! in which two urn- and a go!, I lea.-.'. 1
j twelve centimetre- in h-egih w t
1 found. A some grave ihr.-,- Ui !-
j long ami one hun.'.ie.l anil setemy t
tituctres with-. . -l 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 tig a skeh p :i
i supposed to be t.v.i- three tluei-a
I years old. was also laid bare. I
IVVoris is to be ct toi'.ll. tl a- it is .
posed that an am ietit ceuo terv
place it iaAi'.u. e vXtstc l ttu-i r f
j isik-v-j St James' -itietw.
mm gv
C'ltHINOJ
In tlic str,
liages haw.
i,f P.ellill
right of
carnage
vehicle is
tin
the F.uiperol's
w ben a doctor's
across its path.
1, ,11-1 p
about .
Fil'etlies are
women of Mi x
as jew
They t
Is by the
- Ibcm lit
little gauze bags and
put them in
their
11 Iso
and
cam-,
hair or mi their clothing
keep tin-Ill in little W if.
I hoy
feed tlieni on
nap:
sugar
A fa I policeman is rar
London. When one bccoti
its to make it a labor to
expected to train down b
shane. No candidate is
.seel, in
SO SlOtll
III he IS
gract fill
epled 01
',,r((. niter
lin,j j, milst r,.s
he i- twenty
:n alter I w enlj
-veil,
ears'
service.
In some districts t.f I mli.t tin easti m
parts of conn let 11 s are i-tuisiner.-tl 1 Ih
most desirable. The choice is ba-.d
011 the belief that the dead in lie east
ern sections will be first to I ie-c
Irom their graves brush tin- ibti I
their bones, and proclaim licit readi
ness to ascentl.
Ingenious 1 '1 1 i 11:1 mi ti in. luce m tis 10
hatch fish. They i.s ,,.-!. the con
tents of an egg through a tmy h -a-and
refill tin- egg with tie- spaw n of
the tish they want to batch. The holt
Is then scab .1 up. and the egg placed
under a sitting beti In a few tli.t-'
tin
ish ova are so I'ai
advaf ed ii:a
the sh-ll ill!
and the In'!
e has only to bieal,
1 ieralely warm wate
h spring to life at on
A report fi
in i;hi--
that
ooHl
ll diver has ,!js,-,, 1 1 .-.! a lr..-. re
loading cannon. 1'oitr ami a b:
long, dated 1.".';::. a s- onl 1. 1:. mi
pistol, suppose 1 lo be relies
Spanish Armada. Captain I'-'
Clasgow, with the perm:- i -1 .
Duke of Arg.vll. has ! n
Tub. rm-try Hay. wie-r.- 'he .
of Florence, in. i- "I the Armro
bl.-'.vn up. The r.-ii-'s will lu
ll I tie- i;psg,,.v Loyal liv : ;.
Vhlbit. I
I.lxi.O, Itv lite XV .III tl.
I:i an aruei in I l..rp.-r's U f -l.l.v en
titled "Wb'-re Minu'.cs C.e int.'' Ifai.i.
lin Matthews writes of tie- ui.... rn
man of affairs ami his cm;, mini effort
to crowd as 11 1 it 'li adivin as po.si:...
into the h-.-isi tn,,... t;-. M.-.tt I
of a phv si.-ian for wh-u.i tin
nio.lern lit'.- proved lata!
bail every minute 1.1 tie- th.y
befofehallil for his ,.;!; II.
t-Ws tc
rusii
He In
elle.illh
was t
pecially strong in i-..!wil';ili'.ii- liv.-iy
patient vvh.i failed . sc.- bin, ha I the
time fixed in advance wiih jnsi so
many minutes set apart for h oi.ii.g
him over. Th- physicia a cah-ulatt
1 to
the secoinl how long it look to get
people into his office, and how long 11
took to get tin-in out. lb- had his sec.
rotary calculate bow ! -n- it would
take his carriage to rc . !. .1 certain
place. hoW i-Ulg lie WlOlbl -1.1.1 Ihel'e.
and tie- exact minute b-- "--'lei r-a-ii
the next place, ji ml - - lb' t . 1 his
reading - for be was alwajs t.iaking
addresses and writing papers, being a
high official of lie- iinntr-iiy there
in bis carriage lie ili.-tatt-l hi- paper
to hi- secretary as ho dr.c .- from phv c
to 1. lace, aud I veil v cut -o tar ;i.. to
I Me bis meals served sometime- in lr-.-
rriage lie died miipa ra ! 1 v . iy
voimg; be bitt-i,. d out. I',- ,1 1 s . -In-
never too': nn ntn.' tor pla.v. never
s. euit'tl b. In
IV !.-,-. ire.
m.l in
he n
.hd have ;iiiv . Tl
his mistake II-
-.her.
adv
ev cry lalcr-suv -'-g 'b " ' in ih-.-' d .y
but le- til l it o,t!y I-i d-t all the mori
work."
lit iiiring
ilnn's T. tilth.
,c! -UHtltier 1
v.a!i- of Ihc
The t-..cpt;..ii:;ll.v we!
I011I -etiollslj t-11 the V. a
mansion at M-uint Ver
managers of the estate h,
fill that the s.ilidslol,.-
.Hid
oil It
loiindauoti lo g
The I'.iiii-l'.-l.
ago, on vv Inch t!
deeply cut. ba
it was found m
laove the stol
1 -rumbled pails
1'etUt .'ll.ll the
resting place.
The ohl tomb
live years ago
11,11, Pie
1.1. tl two
M..
li-lliteg-r:
ry receii
d than
the
il b.
Tin
in vv bi. b
the ia
Washing!
danger of
1 ami hi-
liilllg to I
w .1 e
l.as been let
preparation
th.
pr.
walls of 1'ir- turn
tre.-ltod for the -
I nt p.
walls arc dried i:ti -di
and then covered with a '
called nicoble. vv hich t- 'Inv
soft stone bv ;
Philadelphia I.e.
ittot:
beat.-
Hi
"I ilon't siq
it hi It
.e." ..ed- -! tl-e
poete-s. a
ab a ho v
I.Vboti.v ha- the -ilL'
bard it '- t:ow and
o is in th.- htcrary tf r
for one who :
express with
the precise --:i.f
12 the hit ii el f ha- 111 '
miuii I Lave worked son .-time-, t
hours or r..--re ttpt'vn a -icgle '.:tp
"Iie.ir me.' .-.mnr-titeil Mr Ma
brake. ai,ioin to be eomphltli 'l'
"yom- p.t. u - . 1 1 t re: d a- t
bestoWeil t'-e -ilgbt.-st lle.i:g
1
III. -m. I mean, of to-u-Th-it
is, tht y sc. m. you Ui
of or. rather v. .11 un.. :
l!
d ! ea t.
I v.ei sc.
that t
,.ti :
,1 .lot, t
o mil I,
: Hv bo!-.
v ell. Jim tis th'sl
anybody can see
think there's all..;
over lilt- V I' hi r.
C'Utsiiiv! Tt.Vx.Ui
THE TEASEL.' .. .
A Si,.,.iy ,r sltaurutelet Which On
W its tin linltisli v of Much Im-mrtanro. ,
h.itevt r may be said of Skan-
; les," remarkeil Mr. H. Tburlovv,
t.f Unit New York town of strange
nan -, it raises teasels, which for
ii.atij years could not be successfully,
pio.lii. ed in any other portion of this
bioail hind of all sorts of products."
Somebody wanted to know. .What a
teasel was.
It is a plant." continued Mr. Thur
low. -whose burr is used to produce
a pile on cloth, and for certain kinds
of fabrics nothing has yet been found
to pike its place. Forty years or mora
ago the teasel was in groat demand,'
ami as tiny could not be raised any
where except in a small urea about
Ska mil teles, the industry was very,
considerable within a radius of ten
miles of my town. Teasel raising be
gan as long ago as eighty years and
at one time it represented a business
of half a million dollars a year and
v.vt-r oii'i people were engaged in IU
To-day not more than a hundred nrn
in it. and the amount has similarly de
creased. This is owing rather to tUO
production of smoother cloth than the
adoption of a substitute for the teasel,'
because, as I said, the.v cannot get a
Mib-iii uli- for it. Steel has been tried,
but the lines! points ihey can make
nr.- rough and jagged compared with
tin- tini-hookeil point- which nature
tilts on the teasel blilT. mill which
I are necessary in producing the proper
I l.ap o, I he cloth.
j "The teas.-l is sown iu the spring
: s soon a- tin- ground is ready, find thu
I plant is left to grow till the frost kills
! ii down. The root remains, ami tho
i toil. iv. ing season the plant grows from
tin- and bear- the burrs, winch are
out in August, basketed and wagoned
to sle-ds. where they arc housed and
triti-tn-'d ready for market. An acre
..f ground vviil produce from J.jq.'HXl
t,. jo'mio.i teasels, running ten pounds)
:o the thousand end worth now sev
t nty -live t ents to a thou-and, al
though I have seen them worth as
lum-h as NT, a t le. if and. I remember
buying ::.iiii.i.ii.iii teasel- at fifty cents!
a thou-and ft a man who had hold
tletu for twenty-one years, and had
ai 1. ie- time refused S'J..n a thotisaiirl
f..r tiieiii They require three or four
year- to dry: then th.-y are trimmed.
lilt- s-e,:S li'.t to 1'bollt sjt; Ielll-S. aUtl
Ii at'.- pi
S The
I ill I.OXeS. IIIIHNI fll tlif
s vary in length from
.o.-h to sis inches, ainl Ihey are
designated by size- as 'Kuttous,
Medium-' mill 'Kings.' those of from
an in. h 10 an inch ami a half being
ho 00 . gn at many are shipped
.-'.r-.-td, at d si vt-rnl years ago I sent
a l..t p. Mo-cow.
"Some people say the 'bull thistle'
ami the lea I an- the same, but If they
vill exntti'm- tl:.- two they will 11 ml
th-ti the prongs of the vviltl teasel are
s'.i-.iiLi t. while those of the real thlntf
are hooked, w hi. li is all the iPITeretictF
.e tie- world f- r tie- work they have to
1 1 toe v Ion ln.il- a teasel will
!.' ;J o, it t wefity four hours, and some
of 1 he big mills of New Ktiglund have
u-ed as high as I, Ji mm ion a (lay. but
they don't 11-e them that way now.
Very cotntoi-table fortunes were once
in t. is, ra. sing. too. but tlint
tin..- is past also. Most of the product
i- now u-ed iu the making of blankets!
:.-;.! coarse cloths. S !;a Ilea t eh-s Is out
oi it. t . a l.-i'ge t-Meiii. as Oregon has
1. a.,- ii.-.,. tin- t'c-hl with even a better
(:.-, -I than we fan produce, and wo
a,, inn 1 . ..in- plowshares to other
ii- .--. Any visitor p. our town may.
--.- teaI farms ,.! the teasel clip-p.-rs
:,: ile-ir hem he- -nipping away
wiili tin;.' se 'or-, but the business
I- p-, i.,i,g, r what it once was. ami iC
1 imp-'
New Yolk Sun.
l ililltv Tlicoiv.
.. .Hid out liov
.1 the tlete.tiv.
Ill ll I'oof ili'opi
'i
that (ire
"A man
1 a match
the 1
ator
shaft. It went oft
torn and set lire to
oil
knov
skid the
man op sitsiucitiil.
I found he hud no
la That was Si 1 1 the
He had dropped bis
-. h ni
l.i.'t- 1 es ::l..e.tt
i l ,v I n c.le.l
I eh down that shaft."
won't ti..." said the chief, care-ti:-.,,-.
ilil. away th" stump of his
"liob'i yo.i know, you iguo
toat ii inan's l.i-t i:m ii-li always
1 V
by tins exposure of the palpa
t.d iv of his hyiothcss. the
I ,. ., . tive liiirricd away it
..f a new trail. Chicago
ll I ttlel enlillK lloitl'it.
te kit ell t'ect litl.V lltllgcd 111
:i . norino-.-.s shili of stone ill
e-.s. in Wtda riie I Fillisterel,
c Hi..-! over JIltNl nuelellt'
ig'.iin. about IJ'i pounds. A
! ti. ar.- of tin- time of
Mil Th-
t ancieiit piece
1"
the da
1:;. ami the most r"-
.11 In the latter year, in consc.
of tin- terrible famine wlibh
..ng a royal order was issued
; h were to surrender their
ml f.-rw.-i' d it to the mint to be
down. The tin g himself set tho
np-'t- d
eS'i- r-
le. bjjt crriritu provincial unble
ttl tin ir fortunes, nnd the coins
b;ive just been found tp-tirly
al- hit.-r- are bel.t-veil to hare
i pa"- of 1 he ui-tdt-n troa'.ute.
Civic HiitT to Hortel.
t.t -t:'!'ie;et-t that a
s', .ill 1 be .',,., -i.etl if
-i-o.-liv within his si
tnrn or
a h-.tse
glit. As
0 ii- :;i per -e. is should lake care
t s,:- 'l .: th'tig llt'Vi r t cent's. Of. if
es t -Ue plac- that it shoultl lean
1 ni hiiieiit. From a comnierciai
v. ' .-s hutnaite -t.it'alp uril a niunic
.,. -;i!'--t .- w in 11 wretched, broken
11 imr.-cv are employed in its tllol
v.iiUuaci isausjs City Times,