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C K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
1 VOLUME I.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. Ce, THUIiSDAlY MARCH 12; U891.
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' East ride in . New York City is the
.most densely populated district in the
fworld, China cot excepted.
The Sultan of Turkey lives in con
stant dread of -assassination. He never
leaves the grounds of his palace except to
go once .a week to a neighboring mosque.
Once a year he pays a visit to Stamboul,
but his rouic is never known fn ad
vance. - "- '
A shipment of lifty-two natives of
-East Anca arrived at Hamburg, Ger
niany, t'ac other day, and - wileuier the
L service of the Woeraiann Line of steain-
shins as fir.emcu. This is announced as
- the first experiment in utilizing a serai
savage people in thi3 kind of labor. ,
One cail .appreciate tha. perfection at
.tained by thc'" modern science, of Wall
street rumor -"inongcring, ; soliloquizes the
JXerYork'CnnmerciallAdvertiser, "when.
1 ' Le, learns that the leading' railroad
, manipulator of Wall street was shadowdd,.
. ; on hiireceat Sduthern trip by as-py in
" v-v". tQ-pVy-tihe jear"cO:iibinrftionk whoso
: ' .Vrtutv itXaV?to!ele;raph his..' einnloers
Agny unfavorable- news abdMheJhcalth of
the tourist. .
The lak.c marine is undergoing great
changes,, notes the Boston Transcript.
Sailing vessels arc fast giving place to
steamers, aud "the new steamers are
larger than thc;'ipx predecessors and are
steel. In 1SSG the net" tonnage on the
great lakes was 034, G52; iir-1S30 it vas
82C,oG0 tons, while the . valuation of
vessels rose from $30,39",430 to $5$,
123,500. Whereas iu 1SSG there were
but 21. propellers on the lakes "of over
1590 tons; in 1890 the census expert
found 1 10. .''There were 6 steel, vessels
' afloat pnhe-lakes in 1S0(, now giere
arc OS vied at $11,95 1 000. Of lha
i!cc raarie .1153 were steam vessel?,
and 902 used sail power alone, or -were
" employed as barges. . .
"The census returns show oue feature
of 'American life .which is not encourag
ing,' lamenbj the Sm FraociscD Chronicle
v'iThey prove that with the exception f
. . ii.'i ii . i
women in iiew Eoland th-.m in any otlcr t
! rinre mere are more c:muie:s marneu
nart of thc world. Oac-Sfth of the naH
tive married women in '-Massachusetts
have. no childrea, while - throughout all
the Eastern, States", where population is
most deuse, small families are tho rule.
This means that the increase of popula
tion bVjbirth is not keeping pace with
immigration, and that the children of
i a , ' -
foreigners are outnumbering the prpgeny
of native?, as' hc pcrc?ntage of childlesJl
mlrried women of foreign birth in this
country is only a little over hafi that of
Americans.. '
According toa rpoTt of the Stalisti-
- cian of "the Department' of Agriculture
about one-tenth of our agricultural prod
ucts is exported. . The sum is, however,
niatle up from a very few articles. These
are .cotton, tobacco, meat, breadstuffs
and cheese. Seven-tenths of .the cotton
product goes to foreign markets. AU
other articles except those above stateH
when put together are but three per cent,
of the export. The exportation of to
t bacco is not inc?easing materially or so
rapidly as hom! consumption. More
Cheese could- be sold if its reputation for
quality should be kept up and there were
more disposition to cater to fastidious or
, peculiar foreign tastes. Butter exports ,
could be made larger if they were of bet-
tcr quality. Our great American crop
corn is chieflj consumed "on the spot,
noc more than one-ixth, it is said, going
beyond the" boundary of the county in
which it is grown, and only two to. three
per cent, being now exported. Nearly
', two-thirds of this crop is produced in
seven States Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska,
few others tK.odueing -more than is re-
, .quired at home, and the larger portion
liiving a deficiency to 'be supplied by
those seven States, i .
v a.ew iorK paper.
n, r" F''grapn stating that
100,000 men are out of work in that city
and right below it is another giving the
total salaries to be paid the New York
baseball players as f 50, 100 for the co---iig
souou; What' a - combination of
poverty and pleasure!
LOVE'S PARTING. ,
Be stood before her, and his eye?
As sampler stars shone bright and fair;
The twilight deepened in the skies
'And leaflet stir was in tha air. ' ' '
Within his own her pretty hand
Lay, soft and sweet as summer rose;
Her pensive brow, by zephyrs lannJ,
Flushed crimson as the evening's close.
lie Btocpod like some gay cavalier
And kissel the lips of blushing red;
He saw within her eyes tha tear
That told of merry hours now dead.
"My love, you may not weep for me, '
Thoujh darkness lingers where I stray
Brave and true;-"my love for thee
Will fling a lightness o'er thy way."
They stood till darkness,' creeping down
Veiled all the land in sombar gloom;
Hi s. hand caressed her tresses brown,
His lips npon her soft cheek's bloom.
Tlicn, as toe moon danced o'er the hill,
And starlight flickered on the stream,
And one lone chirp awoke the still
The holy calm of their young dream.
He stole another parting kiss
And 'sadly passed, nor dare 1 look back;
He knew that partings oft like this
Left tears and sorrow in their track. .
The leaflet rustled at his feet,
And one sweet voice came singing low
"O heaven, bekind;until we meet,
("uard ray true love, where'er he go."
71 F. Itoicland.
.110)7 I SAID "YES."
Br AMELIA E. BA.RR.
My godfathers and my godmothers in
my baptism called, me "Olive," and they
lived to be heartily ashamed of themselves
for it, for never was their a child with a
more mistaken name. A belligerent state
was my normal condition. I do not re
member ruy nurses, but I have grace
enough to-pity them. The mildest of my
teachers considered mo "unruly," and
you can ask Geoff rev what he thought of
me a year ago. fynv it is different. "I
have found my imatcr, and. I believe, I
rather, like J it. ffnis is how .it 'came
about f
' Geoffrey hadasked. mc three times to
marry him, and three times T had said
"No," in !thei mpst decided, ' manner.
Butthat never rtaVle the least difference
to him. Ifo- only laughed and' said I
woulycw fif&oivn mind beiter pt
"I suppose'I idyou
met to. ask
"Is that enough?'
"Too often, a greatftJee
, "Well, then, wc' will say once in six
months, Miss Olive." ' f
And then he walkedsmilingly away,
and began some nonsensical talk with
father about. Doctor" Koch and his be
wildering theories. .
This last asking was just at the begin
ning cf warm weather, and fathervho
thought Geoffrey's opinion infallible,
asked him where he would advi3e us to
go for. the summer. , v " . i
I bad made up my mind to go to Long
Branch andI said so, very distinctly; but
Geoffrey proposed" someout-of-the-way
place in the Virginia 'mountains. Theu
he painted it in such glowing colors that
nothing would satisfy, father but a ' per
sonal investigation. It was all Geoffrey's
doing, and I told him so at the railway
3tatioD. "
"It is your doing, sir," I said, "and
I shall remember you for it."
I "wanted to speak unmistakably to him,
-but the train moved, and I felt that it
would be only waste material.
At the end of the second (lay we got to
t our destination. It was a pretty place: I
must acknowledge that. Nature had
done all she could for it, but art and
civilization had passed it by'. The men
were simply "frights," and the women
were well, none too good for the men.
The' houses were log-cabins, through
which daylight peeped and the wind blew
ns it listed. But there was, of course, a
big white hotel there always is. I have
to doubt if wc had gone to Stanley Falls
or Guthrie we should have found a hotel
and proprietor the institution is ubi
quitary. We procured rooms, and my
trunks were, with some difficulty, got up
the hill and the flight of wooden 6teps
into the hall.
'I suppose," I said, with a resigned
iobk at' father, "ther is no use in taking
them upstairs. J can have no use for my
dresses here!"
.. "As you like, Olive," ho replied, in
one of his meek and mild ways; "as you
like, dear:' that gray thing $ou Save on
looks pretty well; and it does not show
the. dirt."
After this remark,of course.I had every
trunk, bonnet-box and satchel taken up
stairs; and the noise and confusion, and
even the occasional bad word their sire
and weight called forth, were quite grate
ful to me. :
"It is not my fault," I explained. Vlf
people will build stairt like corkscrews, 1
am not responsible." ' . '
In this amiable mood we took posses
sion, and I think, if Geoffrey had known
what I was thinking about it, as I did up
my hair and put on my white evening
dress, he would have lost a trifle of his
self-complacency that is, if men eve
do' make a loss of that kind. The tirst
thing that pleased me was thjs supper.
It really was good, particularly the ber
ries and,'creamf which are a specialty
with mei ;
"But, sir," I inquired, "are there any
Christians here besides ourselvest"
"It is to be hoped so, Olive. I saw a
little church , in the Talley."
"Pshaw, father! I did not mean
church Christians; I mean society Chris
tians." I ' ' '
Ah,. they are different, are they?
Well, hat do you think of Augusta
Pennington" ior a Christian!'
MAugusta Pennington 1 Is she here?"
I asked' amazed.
" No,' she is not, but her brother lives
within two miles, and he has aaugh
ter about the same age as yourself. Mrs.
Pennington wrote them we should be
here to-day; they will doubtless call in
the morning.
k Well, I did not care it thej did. The
dresses in my trunks were sufficient to
inspire any woman with. comfortable as
surance. The next morning I made a
beautiful toilet, but neither Mr. nor Miss
Laccllcs called. Just after supper I
heard a little stir and bustle on the stairs,
a rippling laugh, the rustle of silken
robes, and, leaning -on her father's arm,
Miss Lacelles entered. She was beauti
ful; I saw that at a glance; tall and
pale and lady-like, reminding you of a
fair white lily. Wc soon struck up a
friendship a girl's friendship I mean.
Some one has said that there . is no
friendship between the sexes, and some
one is' mistaken, I tHink, for the world
holds no safer friend for a woman than
an honorable man. A womac's friend
ship is very likely to be the result of
convenience, contiguity, or of being, as
my father, rather saeeringly remarked,
the only Christian within hail of each
other." Mary showed me all her dresses
and told me her secrets, a'nd I returned
the compliment, mindful of Burns's ad
vice to still "keep something to mysel'
I wadna tell to ony."
Life settled down into an unexciting
but endurable routine. Mary and I vis?
ited each other and arranged our next
winter's campaign, for I had invited her
to pass the cold weather with me in New
York. One day, in the middle of one of
these pleasant chats, a servant came in
and handed me a card. The name on it
roused at once all the antagonism in my
nature. It was, "Geoffrey Gardiner."
, Now it so happened that the existence
of th'-s gentleman was the one thins: I
had kept back in .my confidences with
Mary. So I had now to explain who and
what he was.' I wanted her to come into
the parlor with me; but no, she would,
go home first and dress ; but she prom
ised to be back to tea. '
I disliked Geoffrey, yet I was glad to
see him. My mental faculties were rust
ing for want of attrition. Father would
not quarrel with me, and Mary was. my
only face card. I could not throw her
away. Besides, I rather liked to see his
great, handsome figure in the rpom. He
was so full of life that he seemed to
vitalize even the chairs and stools; they"
tumbled about aud got out of the way in
the strangest manner. I told him. about.
Mary Lacelles ,j and warned him that, he
would los his 4eart. UeJgraveMtold
xnejio naa none to losc. .-. rfr
' fafaarine six ieet twis Ifenes
hoopwitljoutta heart !
rf waited: tea for Mary",, but she did
tea. j dihi snevnaa peen detained Dy
company,. buS I knew bettet than that.
She was dressed with reference to candle
light effect, and would not loseits in
fluence on her first appearance; 1 never
saw her look so lovely; her rose-colored
dress, with its broad shimmering bands
of whitT silk, wonderfully enhanced her
charms. Geoffrey looked delighted, and
she gave hrm the full benelit of both her
upward and downward glances,
" When tea was over, I left the room a
few minutes, and when I came -'back,
found Gbffrey and Mary sitting opposite
each ojrher,4 with the chess-board' be
tween . them as an excuse for flirtation.
The move had been so rapid that I was
astnjshed, and a. little angry, too; and
father did nof improve matters ,by
whispering, as I passdd his chair:
, "Checkmated, Olive!" x '
. It wrt not a pleasant evening for me,
and itvas the beginning of many un
pleasant ones. '
"How it came let doctors tell," but I
began to like Geoffrey just as soon as hie
began to like Mary. I called up pride
to the rescue, but it did - not help me
much, and I suffered a good deal in
watching Geoffrey's attentions to Mary,
and listening to her prattle about him.
I thought her supremely silly', a,nd I told
her so. She was astonished at my
petulance, but I don't think she sus
pected the truth. Only father did that,
and he looked so: "Serve you right,
miss," that I longed for him to be a
woman for an hour or so, that I might
talk back to him.
One day, after Geoffrey had been a
month with'us, a riding party was pro
posed to the top of the mountain.
Father and I, Geoffrey and Mary rthat
would be the order, of course,; and 1 as
prepared for that; but there is a last
straw in every burden, and my last straw
was this incident: They were mounted
and waiting for mc, when Mary dropped!
her glove. From my window I safc
Geoffrey pick it up, put it on the hand
laid so confidingly " in his, and then kiss,
it. AJfer that I was not going to ride
for Kingnor Kaiser. I sent a positive'
refusal to all entreaties, and as soon as
they were out of sight indulged in a
good refreshing cry I cried myself to
sleep, and woke about dusk with a new
born purpose in my heart which com-
forted me wonderfully, the kyy-note of
which was: "She stoops to conquci."
Yet I did not dress again. I knew they
were to take tea at Mr. Lacelles's; so
I threw my dressing-gown around me,
and taking a novel in my hand, I ordered
a cup of strong tea and went into the
sitting-room. As I walked in at one
door, Ge6ffrey walked in at the other.
"I came to take you to Mr. Lacelles's,
Olive," he said.
"How do you propose doing it, sir?
For upless you bind me hand an 1 foot,
and get a couple of men to tote me there,
I really don't think you will succeed." .
"I could carry you myself."
"Could you! I don't think: you would
enjoy the journey."
. "Will you dare me to do it!"
'Not to-night. I should like to insure
my life first." -
"Olfvc, you have been crying."
"I have not, sir," indignantly. "And
if I have,, what is that to yon!"' reproach
fully. - ' -
"A greal deal. .Ob, Olive", yo'd teasing,-
provoking, bewitching little mortal!
How often must I tell you I love you!
How often must I ask you to marry
hue?" . V . .
"It is not six months since the last
time, Geoffrey."
"I don't care; - it seems like six years.
And, oh, Olive, you know that you love"
me."
"I do .not."
" "You have loved me ever since you
were emhtieajs old." '
oi man-
'I hive not."
"Now you must
take
me forever oC
I hare askectj
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' . J
leave me forever to-night
you three times before."
"Four times, sir." -"Well,
four times, then.
Qdd nam-I j
bers are lucky; here is the fifth time
You know. what I want, Olive your!
promise to be mine. Is it to be! Now
or never!" ... if
I suppose every one has a good angel.
Mine must hare been at his post ' just
then, for a strange feeling of humility
and gentleness came over me. I glanced
up at the handsome face all aglow with;
love's divine light ; at the eyes full o
gracious entreaty; at the arms half.M
Etretched out to embrace me. Yetpridtf
struggled hard with love. I stood ujj
silent and trembling, quite .unable tfi
acknowledge myself vanquished,- until "tj
saw him turn away grieved and sorrow-
ful. Then I said:
"Geoffrey, come back; it is now."
That is the way I said "yes," and
have never been sorry for it. If I live t '
the age .of Methuselah, I shall never bei!
meek woman; but still I suit GeoffreyL:
and I take more kindly to hi3 authority,
than ever I did to naternal rule. Fathep-
T&ughs with - sly triumph at Geoffrey'!;
victory, and he sent me as a weddinjf
present a handsome copy of 4 'The Tamf
ing of the Shrew." The Ledger. j
" ; ' '
Locks on United States Mail Pouches,'"
"It is a very risky thing nowadays foil
a mail-agent to interfere with the locj
on the mail pouches in his care," 6ai
Assistant Postmaster Gay lor, as he lianj
died a burnished copper lock which laf
upon his . desk. "This lock makea ip
practically impossible for any interferj
ence to goundiscovered. Examine thi
lock, and you will see that each timjf
you turn the key, Ihe register moves u
one number. I lock it on the numbe
1231. Now you unlock it. 6ee, th
number is now 1235. . And you cannof.
get it back to the first number, do whati
you may. .All our' locks begin at 1 any;
stop at 9999, giving them a life of serj
6ive of thirty-three years. When thci
last number is reached tha lock will nd$
work any more unlelfc it is sent back t
the factory and 'upsll. r.-This fatfvtf waij
unknown to the rtiute agent who ran be.
tweed Altioona andjHarrtsburg in 1881
whenhe lock was first adopted -iy tht$"
Government. He had , no difficulty Iq-
a key to opteji' the lockjandt
figured that M he couWiraanagAio' sm
through the contents ,'ousNpo.uch, ani
by tne lise of a turning iabje, which hy) ,
took in the caiwith him,, he could soof
send the numbers flying till he would gefrj
DacK to tne numoer cnarged agaiust niti
on leaving the nostoffibe at JIarrisburte, 1
It was mail lock No. 102, registered n"flif you'd only use the light of her eyes my
on No. 23. After going through tog -',
contents of the pouch and getting a goo"L
swarr lie rnacea nis iock in tne
lathe
and commenced to turn. ; It didn't .ara?
very long to make 9000 revolutions cT
the lathe, but when the'iock refused"
go pass "9999, the fellow got frightenefi L
and, tnrowmg nis booty down on iije
floor of the car he jumped off and tootc
to the woods. This was a warning fp
others, and we scarcely ever her of any
attempts to tackle this lock. It is tie
best kind of a protection against so-callefj
honest fellows who don't mind stealiijg J
a iew nundrea ii tney nsit noining i-.
lows who are in positions of " trust. f:jb
simply keeps watch, and if one of ttte
men acts dishonestly, it just tells on hiilj.
That's all. Bat it4ells every time a.ntlj
can't be bribed." -New York World.'
Books One Never Heard o).
There is no doubt that there-are hufi
dreds of books in circulation to-day
which the general literary public hns
never heard books which have sold inj'la
the hundreds of thousands and broug
their authors - and publishers mints t
money. These books are sold by suf
scription and never penetrate into' tfjo
cities. They are sold to country familicft,''
sometimes a hundred in a single smsil
village. Not long ago I came across tH
list . of a subscription publishing hovie
which printed the number of copies sOid ,
of the books on .their catalogue, ?liiC
figures were amazing. . Of twenty-eigt)
books not one had sold less than 50,0(10
copies, and several had exceeded 30(1,-;
000. Yet I had never heard of one rfr
thei titles to the books. I recall t$a
manuscript, of a technical, book,, on mjjt-f
cbinery being handed in.onco into a larger
publishing house. Thefirm declined fit,'
and it met the same fate at four btljt
houses. Finally .the author setat it tja
large subscription house, and tft lf
snapped at it. , The publishers who hd
resected the manuscript laughed. But
thpv livrd tx baviAthe lansrh turned nv
theni. I saw the author's royalty fitaje-
ments on tuat book about a year aj o,
which showed a total sale of 70,0
copies of that book ia three years ! Jijio
York Commercial Advertiser. 1 ;
-u.
A New Dynamite Gnn.
Louis Gathmann, a maker oi mill PA
chinery, exhibited in Chicago, recent jy,
a cannon of his invention, which, he
says, Is to be tested in the presence! o
United States army officers at Fort Shri-
hdan within a fortnight under instruc
tions from War Department oflicialspal
Washington. The wear. on is nine an(f a
half feci long, and is designed iojttt
discharged in rapid succession thousands
of times without becoming overheattd,
throwing shells three feet long, fitjd
with dynamite, nitro-glycerine, or-iy
other high explosive, a distance of $ve
miles," the projectile exploding by .(lii
concu?sion when it strikes the object.
The chief novel feature is the uej'oi
liquined carbonic acid gas, delivered
tomatically along the entire length ofjlu
bore at the instant of discharge, not Oly
as ah absorbent of the heat genewf e
but as a "cooler" after the charge laa
left the gun. ; . : if
By another new device pneumatic ptes
sure is produced with the use of powtjjerv
Mr. Gathmann claims to have a Ira id j
made satisfactory tests with a siU
model. Should .the! invention prpy"?
success, be expect that the existing i
tens of-jcoKst darease particularly wo kid
be reYolutjoniztd. Ma if and Exprtsy
I THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STOaiES THAT ABE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY ICES' OP THE PBS S3.
His Light Pnt Oat Upon a Wheel
Kncourajring Carious Transfor
mation Yale Gallantry, Etc ,
He had worn a colored blazer on the Kile ; J
lie had sported spats in Persia, just for style;
With a necktie quite too utter, in the streets
. of old Calcutta, he had stirred op quite
, a flatter for awhile. ,
The maids of Java thronged before his door,
Attracted by the trousers that he wore,
And his vest a bosom Tenter shook For
mosa to its center. And they hailed
him as a mentor by the score.
On his own ground, as a "masher" on the
street .
He outdid a Turkish pasha who stood treat.
lie gave Shanghai girl thw jump,and their
cheeks stuck out like mumps, at the
patent-leather pumps on his feet. . .
But he called upon a Boston girl one night, -With
a necktie, ready-made which wasn't
right; -
And she looked at him, this maid did, and he
faded and he faded, and ho faded .and
he faded, out of sight.
Chicago News. L
UPON A WHEEL.
"Just come in!"
"Yes."
"By rait!"
'No bi-cycle. " . Tan lee Blade.
AT THK CARPET STORE.
nc "What do you think of. this
carpet I have selected for you, my dear?"
. . She "It would be hard to beat, my
love." Drake" Magazine. -
YALE GALLANTRY.
' Cumso (in chapel) "Do you believe
in 'Looking. Backward!'"
Bumso "Yes, when there are girls in
the gallety." Tale Record.
REPENTING AT LEISURE.
Mrs. Dore Barlow "Are you going to
the YanDyke wedding to-night."
Mr. Dore Barlow "No; Ave have been
to One wedding too many already."
Life. .. '
WENTlirM pinS BETTE
rEit.
t "There goeV
a. -millionaire who,started
'fife w'rtiiout a cent to his' name.
"Yotvsee that man opposite? - Well,
he's a mtlliontrc and h statted life
without a name." Jjsicdtri' Virzularf.
EA ILLUMINATION.
Willouglaw "Let mo bask in the
- light of your dear eyes 1"
Her Papa (from above) "Young man.
gas bill wouldn't .be so dear
Judge.
EKCOURAGrNG.
Charlie 'May I . talk to
Mollie!"
you,
Miss
A
Mollie "Talk away!" .
Charlie "I've come to stay
Mollie "Stay away V Bedford's Maga
zinc. '
A FATAL OBJECTION.
Aunt "My child, you can never
L marry Charlie Hunker. 'y-
Niece "Oh, 'aunt, surelyou doshotr
mean that he is dissipated?" :
Aunt "No, but his fortune is."-
Mumes Wtelcly.
AFTER THE PANIC. .
Miss Neverpay "Why does paw look
so glum, maw! Did the bank he keeps
his money in fail!" , '
Mrs. Neverpay "Worse. The bank
he is supposed to keep his money in
didn't fail." Good News. f
BENTENTIOUSLY LOGICAL.
"Did you know that Miss Smiler was
going to marry young Smith!",
"I know it; but I cannot understand
how a girl as intelligent as she is can
consent to . marry a man stupid enough
to marry her." Chicago News.
THE GROUND HOG. -
"The ground hog is not eo much of an
American institution as we claim. Ger
many's got it, too."
I never knew that.". ' j.
"Yes, only it takes it in the shape of
sausage. ,DaiZy Commercial. - .
- v , MEN S TASTES.
whV
Mr. Jrubbs "1 don r see why yau
should spend suclx a pile for clothes. "
Mrs. Grubbs 'always supposed men
lite to see a woman well dressed."
Mr. Grubbs "They do when rome
other
man pays the bills. "-7 New York
Weekly,
A MARTYR TO PHILATELY.
wow!" exclaimed old Jun
"if I haven't had'more "n twenty
til
kens,
"It was no doubt well meant," was
the opinion of Fogg; "tE&y probably
took you for a stamp collector." Boston
Transcript. . '
TOMMY FELT SAFE.
Mrs. Figg "Tommy! Tommy! That
is no way for you to talk. f Even if your
little playmate is wrong in what he tays,
you should not call him a liar."
Tommys "Why not, nsa! I can lick
"him easy enough, an he knows it."
Chicago Tribune. '
. CURIOUS INFORMATION.
'What's that bird over there!" asked
Araminta.
"That's a parrot," answered the
dealer.
"I know that.
itr
"Oh ! It's an
I mean, how much is
eagle." Puck.
A' DECOY DUCK.
'She 'So Jack Doming was married
to that beautiful Miss Hatton to-day.
How did be ever manage to win her!"
He "Oh, Miss Ransom managed it
for him. She engaged herself to Jack
and then set him to flirting with MUs
Hatton after the announcement.
Judg.
BEFORE BX WAS BORX.
Young man complaining to his baker
of .the bread "See here! . Your bread's
so hard I can't eat it."
Baker (indignantly) "Young chap, I
made bread long before you was born ."
Young Man "I don't doubt it,sir, and
I judge it's .some of those same loaves
you've been selling me." Epoch.
A TRUK 8TORT.
"You slip' in quietly and I'll slip in
after you," remarked the young man at
the front door to his best girl after a
walk. ;' '
"A-pair of slippers,"-grumbled the old
gent behind the door, and he slipped
up stairs and put on a pair of heavy boot3
to greet the young- man with. Daily
Continent. ..
THE TlpfE FOR DISAPrEAKESO.
Brown .'There's something strange
and incomprehensible about this unseen
force!"
Fogg "What's that!" 1
Brown "I-was speaking about this
electricity which moves these cars along."
' Fogg "Oh, I see ! You said 'unseen
force,' you tnow, and I thought you re
ferred, to the police in1 a locality
where a row is going on." Boston
Transcript. ' i
BEEN THERE HIilSELr.
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A policeman, who was investigating a
dark hallway on Grand River avenue,
heard some one snoring in the darkness,
and he rapped with his club, and called
out: . '
"Now, then, who is it!".
- "It's me," replied a voice," as the snor
ing ceased.
"Who's me!"'
"Oh, I used to be on, the police force.
Go along it's- all right,.- There's only
room for one of us here I" Detroit Fra
Press. - ' -
HIS' HIGHEST . AMBITION.
Visitor ,; Are you going to be agre,at
man when yiu grow up, Willie!"
Willie "You bet! I'm going tobo
an Arctic explorer.'.."
An Arctic explorer s life is full of
hardships, Wrlliee" ( "
"Yes ear. But I can stand em, J.
-reckon," . i
H like vonr snfrit. mv bov. There is
? .y 1 j j j .
a great deal of glory to be gainejdin a
career of that kind." VS :' , r
'Yesci. 'Atjiyoa donlttiever hive
to washjVour fac" Afaswf. V
IT WAS NOT .HE Tbt WORRIED.
"Now . sir," cried : Mr. Bagwig
ferociouly, "attend to me! Were you
not in difficulties a few months ago!'
.. "No." :- - -
. "Now, sir I Attend to my question
Iask you again, ani pray be careful in
answering, for you are on oath. X'necd
hardly remind you." Were you noiu
difficulties a few months ago?"
"No; not that I know of."
"Sir, do you piptend to tell this court
that you v did not make a compromise
with yor creditors a. few months ago?"
A bright smile of intelligence spread
over the ingenious face of the witness as
he answered: '
"Oh! ah!; That's what yojncari, is
it!: But you see, it was , my creditors
who were in difficulties, and. not me."
Green Bag. , . ..
Indian Ideas of Fntnre Life.
The Iroquois and Huronsbelieved in a
countnr for the souls of the dead, which
they c"alled the "country of ancestors."
This country lies to the west, from which
direction their traditions told them they
had migrated. Spirits must go there
after, death by a very long and painful
journey ; climb many mountains and
cross many rivers; and, just as the long
sought haven appears in the distance,
the spirit must cross a long, narrow
bridge and fight with a monster dog.
which stands guard at the west end.
Weak souls are ' not equal to this task
and many ' of them are pushed over the
narrow edges of the bridge into the rush
ing waters below, to be swept through,
dark canyons and over immense preci
pices for ever. This road, according ta
the ideas of the two tribes mentioned
above, is all on earth; but several of the
Indian tribes, consider the light band
across the heavens which the astronomers
qall the "Milky Way" to be thejpath of
the soul. The main body of the stars in
thi? milky path they suppose to be hu
man souls on their journey to heaven ;
the smaller one lo be t$e souls if dogs
and other pet animals which are4accom
panying their masters to the land of
bliss. It is curioiis and interesting to
note that the British Columbian tribe of
Lthe Shanakons have a soul belicfiwhich is
an almost exact counterpart of that cher
ished by the old Israelites. They be
lieve that every being has its double or
shadow, a thin, pale figure, seldom or
never seen by mortal eyes, which after
death descends to an abode beneath the
earth and there leads a sad and gloomy
existence The Israelites called this,
place Sheol; the Shanakons know it as
"Eotea." ; - J
Some Arizona and old Mexican tribes
believe that the spirit is carried to the
moon by a coal-black, monkey-faced
owl; that upon arriving there it is met
by its thousands of ancestors, who come
with, a long train of white donkeys; that
the spirit is then escorted to a large cav
ern in the centre of the moon, where joy
reigns supreme. St. Louis Bepxiblic.
Unique Body of Troops.
France has in her territorial army s
unique' body of troops for the protection
of her railways in war. '. Mft of them
are men living near the eastHSlndary
among them 7000 forests and cu?tom
officials able to get in the field at a few
hoars' notice. Two weeks ago this rail
way contingent "was mobilized, so that
its efficiency might be tested. The mo
biUtation was not very successful. Half
of the men could get no overcoats, be
cause -there was "none for them.- The
Ministry of War is now planning a thor
ough overhauling of this service. iks-
1 tm Transcript,
WEER FISH FROM JAPAN.
DRIQHr HTJED,
BCAISL&SS
DOUBLE TAXLEIL,
CREATURES.
Tbelr TLonj Jonrncy Over Land and
&e& The Cans TIi?y 'tfravel In -w
Aqnariam Fish.
Hundreds of beautiful ifish gold,
fllver, jellow, orange, red,1 black and
green swimming lazily around within
their glass-Lined prisons.. Some of them
have journeyed-half around the globe to
finally find a temporary abiding p'.ice in
the-store of the ' New York aquarium
dealer, behind whose windows they are -displayed.
This is what the dealer says
of them:
"We arc having a big call since, we
got in this last consignment from Japan, f
fn that country the breetling cf queer
and handsQ,me'fisi3 brought down to a
very fine point. . May ba it has taken
them hundreds of years to da it, b.ut
they beat the world,' in one thing", any
way, aud that's in the raising o queer
fish. Dealers 6end all the way to'Japau
to get them. It took over seven weeks
for this last lot of ours to reach ns. Six
weeks of that was the trip by ship across
the Pacific to San Francisco.
"The living fish are put up by the
Japanese in twelve-gallon tin cans. .They'
look something like small editions of the .
ordinary - American milk can. In , each
100 fish are placed, with water enough to
almost, but net entirely, fill" tho can.
The cans are now inserted in wicker .
baskets filled with straw, and in the top
of each are punched a number of small
hole3 to admit air. Oa the trip across
the Pacific the water is occasionally
changed by tho steward but on the
journey by rail across tho continent the
shaking the cans rcceiva when going -around
r curves and over steep grades
keeps the water plenty fresh enough. . In
fart: thnuTh vou mav not know it. fish
j -i y
fcan be kept alive almost indefinitely iu
an aquarium, without . changing - the -water,
by your simply taking care to
occasionally shake up . tho water by run
ning your hand through it qtflcly from '
sideto side. The movement makes the
water" fresh again, some of the outside
air getting into it. ' . -
"In the lot just received there are 300
Chinese carp. . They are little fellow?,
of a silvery green" color, iridecut in
certain lights. None, of them isV a year
old yet, and in size they run from 'two
to six incbcj. They aro much more
beautiful Snu the German carpi which .
are already well-known in this country. ,
Ualike tho .German fish, which havo
nearly straight slomachs, the bread bas
kets of .thtj Japanesa fish project down
ward considerably. In (act, t'acy have
well-marked 'bay windows.' 1 hey are '
thus very plunip Ipoking. : - .
'"ThetailS and fins are cxtro"rdinarily -
long and fringe-like.r..Moy have fau
tail?, or double tail joined at the, top.
..In some cases such a. fan tail 'splits apart
as tho fish groTS older, swita tne result
that the fisli gerrt wo. separate tails in
stead of one.. This overplus of tails,
.howeer, sf cms to cause no inconveni
ence. The little carp apparently propels
himself along just ns "happily with two .
tails nar he might with one.
"We have also received 300 Japanese
scaleless fish. ' In color they arc much
like gold-fish, but are absolutely desti
tute of scales. Through their bodies are
symmetrically marked s fcud apparently
glisten with scales, ifjyou catch ono you
will find it as soft and mushy as a polly- "
wog. There are no scales, only skin ani
so thin is it. that you can easily see
thiough it and pick out' with the oaked
eye the heart and other internal organs. -The
scaleless fish occur with fan tailr,
andexhibif the beautiful, long fringe-like-
finsso characteristic . of Japanese
fish. The Chinese carp and seal t less fUli
are the most interesting, ov course, but
I mustn't forget several hundred1 gorge-,
ous-tailed Japanese gold and silver fish
. just come to band. They are handsome
in form and of far brighter color3 than
the ordinary goldfish bred in America.
"They have beautiful double tails and
Jong, delicate fins like the Chinese carp "
and scaleless fish, and also are plump, .
with stomachs of aldeVmiinic tendencies.
Their colors are exceedingly brilliant.
Though in Japan they are bred in varieties
containing shades of blue and green, we
have only received combinations of ted,'
yellow, silver and back. Hotels, restau
rants and.; other public places wb'ere
aquariums are -often placed find tho
Japanese fish, with tucir brightfir colors
and curious forms, far more artistic than
the? ordinary American gold and silver
fih. "Private keepers of aquaffiuais,too,
like them. ' The price' ior aauariutryflsh
show great variety, ruauingj for single
specimens ajl the way froni nve cents up,
to more than $1. " For the scaleles3 fish
and the Chinese carp we charge $1 each.
Fine" examples of tli3 gorgeous tailed
Japanese gold and silver fish bring us in
the same price. Ordinary American gold
fish are worth ten cents each, while other
American fish, such as sticklebacks -which,
by the way, can be ma le to breed -and.
build nests ia the aquariuaii sua
fish, rockfish. etc., are sold at from five
to ten cents each. "Polly wogs fetch a
nickel each. Sometimes ve have small
alligators in stock. They ran in price
according to size. We ask' $3 for one
l feet long, while one 2f feet long we
f ell for fc."Xeto York San.
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A Morable ConWer.
There has been discovered about half
a mile west of the 'BargytOTs-n Ledges"
a twirling stone of about five tons weight.
It has always been regarded as a boulder,
and from the way it is poised ba the
rock beneath it no one could see. why it
should not rock. Hundred have tried
to rock it in vain, and the surprise of
the. man who first felt it more pndcr
pressure may be imagined. It fmoves
hard, of cbutse, but it move, th fiTr r
informs us, rouid as if it was placed upoa
a pivot. It has been carefully examined,
and, while it looks like a boulder, Sev
eral allege that it must be a ceremonial
stone set there by some prehistoric race.
This rock is creating great interest
among the boulder hunter of .Lastera
Cossffcticut, Kermth (CVnn,) Bulletin,
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