North Carolina Newspapers

TV A ITT H ; : - E. F. YOUNG, Manager. ' "LIVE AND LET Liv3." C K. GRANTHAM. Local-Editor. : . . t ' ' - -, 11 ' i . I. VOLUME I. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, TIIUKSDAyTaPRIL 2, 1891. NUMBER 6. - 1 1 1 ,y ' " . n : : Cite (Central &imc$. Published Every Thursday BY !E. F. Yoang anl G. K. Grantham. SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE: On' Year, - - $1.00 Sir, Month, -" - Thru Months, So ADVERTISING RATES One Column, One Year, i, " ". " . - . j " " " 5750 4O.00 ; 20.'00 10.00 Un! In"h, pT-Co!itra' t n'J vpni-mi!ts tartcn at pro port ionat'.ly rate. I.''al iio:ic, 10 cuit? a line. Tii l'ni-r'-l t l' 'Wr-r ' fhinn, A. C .-.. '-,. ' i-' itt'i: - . It has been stated that over boys under foartceh or fifteen, a woman can more r,v-ily txrreis'; a goo J influence than a man, and at Scottish educational confer (r.c held tlmyeir a move was made to t m: pltjy 'women a? teachers for boys and ini.v;H f J i-S' s. . ' A Polish drik prepared from honey i said to be gro.viug greatly ia favor in I'nghmd. A large consignment has just I r en dispatched from Warsaw to London. 'If the fact bo true that honey as a drink h becoming popular, then,'' observes the trail Fraccisco Ex.iminer, "nc are return ing to the simple tatse3 of our Saxon au-. twtor;. A statistical person in Washington an nounces that the proceedings of the Fifty-first Congress cover about 16,000 pages cf the Congressional Kecorck There ar? about 1500 words oa a page of that publication. Hence the recorded utterances of our statesmen during the two sessions amount to about 21,000,000 wordf. A 'leimau who lost a leg in the, United htates service at Bull Hun, and finding himself thus exempt from military ser vice in his own country, returned home nd has since resided at the village of Possneeh, near Jena, has lately received a pension and arrears, amounting to over. tM0n. The German papers, says tho J'i-"!nf, arc much impressed with what they call the muni6ccr.ee of the United States Government. The ffler of a bounty of 100 acres of land to the head of every family of twelve children in Quebec has rfcsultcd, announces th St. Louis Star-Sayingi, in at least three times as many claims as ex pected. The idea wa, of course, to en courage the immigration of men who had given an unusual number of hostages to fortune, and jugding from the fact that over lUX) abnormally large families have already entered claims, the idea was a remarkably good one. ' 'Over one hundred tools and pro Cfstts, which arc marvels ol ingenuity and scientific knowledge," fays the Koch ;!tr (N, Y.) democrat, "have been in - n'ed by safe burglar?. A recent bur Lbr' outfit, cnptuicd by the police, con .. jiittd. cf a little .iant knob-breaker, o 4- 'diainonil -drill and a high explosive ol th ratine of dynamite, but put up in the form of a powder. It would "open the "strongest bank safe in a half hour, s'.id without noiso enough to disturb peo ple in the crxt hou-e, while the entire outfit could carried in. the pockets of an ordinary coat." 4 Lxpcriments sre being made by the Fuitcd s?-atc Government,"' said Herbert W. Hct:hkis5, of Michigan', to the New York. Ttlfjrtvn, " to which spot in this cum try is the healthiest. That is, they are trviug to. find out by certain belts aud prescribed areas which part ofhe coun try has the lowest death rate. I am told that the long-life circio includes Grand - Traverse l?iy in Michigan, Dear Charle roix, and I cau say that it is a place of perpetual youth. I went there to die force years an Fn, &m now cnj0yiDg perfect htalih. There is no better place to build up in than there. The hospi tality of lumbermen is proverbial and any man who spends three months up there and does no: come out a new man bad better die at once. " . " There arc, remarks the New York .Si'?, about 'JO'.' tea tasters ia this city, a wcll- - paid class of men, most of whom iu tho course cf nature will die of kidney dis ease superinduced by their unwholesome occupation. The habits cf these men are exceedingly curious. Some of them refuse to ply their trade save iu the morning, on the ground that the sense of taste cannot be trusted after it has been bewildered by hour3 of work. Most of them avoid the use of tobacco and of ' highly seasoned food. Their accuracy of taste is astonishing. A tea taster will grade and price a dozen qualities of " tea nil from the same; cargo. All this ac curacy seems unnecessary, however, for grocers unhesitatingly sell the same tea to differeut persons at very different Tiices, o ignorant are most persons of quaL'ty in teas. ! LIVIHO AND LOVING. It isn't life" purple and gold, dear. That makes it best worth living; I Net alwavs the very costliest gifts Are dearest and best worth giving; The heart that beats in truest tiaie With the music of creation. Is happier far than his whoss will Can make or mar a nation. The little sunny gleams that prova Our dark cloud's hopeful lining - , " Are br ghter, dear, than if wj hal Walked always in the shining. I do not th.nk God loves us les3, Or frowris on us hereafter . Because- we cover up a sigh . With single-hearted laughter. There i no heart co poor but give3, If it but will, a treasure Richer than any kings may own, Greater than time can measure. No life cen e'er be poor and col J, Or craving some new blessing, That hata-and holdeth fairy gold, I Love's gracious self possessing. Love sounl-th depths that none may rsach With any common plummet. It leadeth up to heights beyond This work-a-day life's summit. - A little tender, human love, Jiiat at the right time given, Gees far to make this sad old earth Seem like a piece of heaven. Mattic II. Swann, Hn Detroit Free Fress. THE TWO ORCHARDS. ' BT AUSTIN C. BCRDICK. Solomon Watts and Stephen Green were two well-to-do farmers, and they both owned good orchards. Their fruit was mostly of a choice kind, and not only found a ready market, but commanded a high price. One thing vexed Mr. Green exceedingly, and was a constant source of annoyance. No .sooner did his fruit begin to ripen on his trees than nocturnal and diurnal marauders commenced petty depredations on his choicest grafts. "It is very strange,'' muttered Green to khi3 wife, "that those stamps will continue to rob my orchard. 1 Only night before last old Towser tore tlje clothes nearly off frcm one of the villains, and from the marks of blood that I found on the fence, I should think somebody must have got .pretty severely bitten; and yet last night some ore was in the orchard again. I declare, it's enough to make one run mad." 'It is curious," answerd the wife, 'and I'm sure I can't see into it. How is it with neighbor Watts's orchard !'' "That's just what puzzles me. They don't trouble hi3 fruit at all, and he hasu"t got any dog, either; and what's more, his fruit is some of it better than mine, and more exposed, too. Just let mc catch one of 'em, that's all." 4 'It's too bad, certainly," utterei Mrs Green for she knew not what else to s.y. "Father,". exclaimed one of the boys, who came running into the house, 'Towser's dead. Just as stiff as a log!" "Dead!' Yes, out in the shed." An oath escaped from Green's lips, as he leaped from his chair and hastened to the shed. - There he fouud his dog a real bull-dog, that he had bought ou pur pose to bite those who troubled him dead, to use his own expression, "as a door-nail." This was the most severe cut he had yet experienced, and for a long time his mingled feelings of rage nd chagrin rendered him literally fran tic. He knew at once that the animal had been poisoned, by the froth that had collected about the mouth; and he vowed vengeance most dire on' the perpetrator cf the deed, if he ever found him. It was several hours a!ter the above event that the family were seated by the supper-table. It was already slightly dusk, yet not so dark but that the dis tant landscape was visible. "By crackec, dad," exclaimed one of Ihc boys, whose attention had been di rected towards the orchard, 'there's somebody down in the corner hooking apples." Mr. Green leaped from the table, put on his hat, and then seizing a stout whip, he hurried from the house. He di-ticct y saw two young fellows under one of his trees, and having gained the road, he carefully crept down upon the other side cf the wall, until he had reached a point opposite to where the two boys, for boys they were were filling their poc kets with the fruit that had fallen upon the rround. "Aha! my voting scamps : shoWed Green, as he leaped the barrier, "I've caught ye, have I?" And a3 he spoke, he seized one of the unlucky youths by the collar, and commenced beating him most unmercifully. "I'll teach ye!" he growled, shaking the crying boy. "O don't! I only pickled up a few. O, I won't" "You won't, won't ye? No, I'll be bound ye won't. There, take that, and that, and " Before the next word escaped his lip3, Mr. Green felt himself hit in the side by a stone which had been thrown from the road" by the boy who had escapcl. .The excited man let go h'3 hold and spraDg for the wall, but he" failed to catch the nimble urchin who had assaulted him, and ia the attempt he lost the one he bad caught. Wheu the farmer reached his house he was not only enraged but he was really miserable. The ill-feeling he had ' cherished had poisoned every fountain of feeling and hi3 soul was the very gall of bitterness. Before he went to bed. that night, he had sworn that he would get a bear trap and set it in his orchard. "Can I have a few of your apples, sir?" asked a traveler, of Mr. Green. The applicant -was way-worn and weary, and he sat down upon a stone near the orchard wall, where the farmer was at work. "No," returned Green. "I don't raise apples to pive away." The traveler arose from his seat and kept on his way. A little further oa he came across the orchard of Mr. Watts. He stopped nd looked over the wall. There were ruaiy apples lying upou the ground, and he got over to pick up a few, not noticing that the owner was near at hand. "Good day; sir," said Mr. Watts ap proaching tho spot. "Are you traveling, sir?" "'' "Yes, sir," returned the stranger. ' "I suppose a little good fruit must be cheering such a day as this, especially when one is weary. Just step this way, sir. Here are some apples much better than those." And as he spoke. Watts picked up his two hands full and ex tended them to the traveler. "You are too generous, sir," ex- O r claimed the man, as he thankfully took the proflered fruit. "0 no, sir, I can never see a person want for a little fruit while I have an abundance. That is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment my abundance gives me to minister to the want3 of others." Then yours must be a happy heart." "It is, sir." The traveler soon resumed his jour ney, and the farmer again turned to his woik. That evening Watts and Green met. It was in a small shed belonging to the former, standing at some dstance from the house, and used in time of washing sheep, there being a large brook running by it. "Watts," said Greeny "haven't them scamps troubled yoar orchard this sea son?" "What scamps?" quietly asked Watts. 4iWhy, them fellows that bother me so." , . - "No one has troubled me." "Well, that's curious. They're romp ing around my orchard most every night. Last night they just about spoiled one of the best grafts I've got. I wouldn't have taken $20 for it. O, just let me catch 'em at it, that's all. "What would you do?" "I'd flog 'em within an inch of their lives!" ' " "Then I don't wonder that they rob you of your frui",." "Don't wonder ! What do you mean?" "I mean simply this: that you are tak ing just the course to bringdown the re venge of these boys upon you." "And so I suppose ycu would have me buy them off that is, pay them for not stealing." j "O, no, you don't understand me. You know that these kinds of early fruit that you and I have are great temptations to the boys and to even quite big boys, too. Now, they see the apples lying about on the ground, and it does not ap pear like real theft to jump over the wall and pick a few of them up. They see them lying there exposed to the bugs and grasshoppers, and cannot 6ay that I blame a person for occasionally picking up a few. It is certainly no palpable loss to us, and affords great satisfaction to them. Now, if you are asked for a few apples and.: refuse them, or if you find someone 'in your orchard merely picking up a few windfalls, and roughly drive them out, you may expect they will come when you don't know it, and then a feeling of pique will lead them to take as many as they can carry. In short, your orchard is a kind of glass house, and the more roughness you use to keep people away from it,' the more liable you "are to have it broken. You know the nature of boys as well as I do; and you know that harsh language and blows will make many, w ho are by no means wickedly inclined, do some very dangerous things. Now, no one troub les me. If any one wan t3 a few of my apples to eat, I give them some; for I have plenty to spare while they are grow ing and dropping from the trees. I take a great deal of real pleasure, too, in do ing so, for I love to see people happy on my bounty." "But some of them pizened my dog." "I can't say that 1 wonder at that, either." "Well, I must say you have some strange notions rf right and wroDg," said Green, in a bitter tone. "I didn't say that I thought it. was right. On the "Contrary, I think it was very wrong. But then you must remem ber for what purpose you pui chased the dog, and in what manner you trained him. I don't wonder that he was killed, for he has bitten a number of people since you had him." Mr. Green would have made some further remark, but at that moment his attention was arrested by the sound of voices from the path that ran along by the brook, and thinking that he heard his own name mentioned, he listened. "Did you know that some of the boys broke one of old Green's trec3 last niht?" asked one of the unseen talkers. No; did they?" "Yes, and they walked off with more than a bushel of his best apples, be sides." "Egad, I'm glad of it the stingy old curmudgeon. He wouldn't give anybody an apple to save their life." "That's George Grey's voice," mut tered Green. "I'll tell you a circumstance," con tinued Grey to his companion, both of whom had stopped uf on a little bridge that spanned the brook back of the sheep shed. "You remember my brother Frank?" "Yes." "And don't you remember ten years ago, when he was a boy, how he saved Green's life? Green had got into the mud-pond, and had already sunk up to his chin, and every movement he made to free himself, only sank him deeper. He had "gone out upon a log to get a duck that he had shot, and slipped off. There was np way to reach him, and co one dared venture after him. He groaned and cried for help. His mouth was soon under the mud. anc in a moment more his nostrils would be under too. His power to cry for help was gone, and just as we expected to seo him disappear, Frank came running down he had started from the house as soon as Green fell in and threw off his clothes and then got a man to help him throw a long board out upon the soft mud. Then he gave the end of a long rope he had got to the men who had collected on the shore, and taking the other end he ran out upon the board, then jumped upon the log and then sprang out to where Green was sinking. He soon made the end fast under Green's arms, and then, hanging oa to the bight, he sang out for those on shore to haul iu. Green's life was saved." 'Yes, I've heard of it often, and I re member it, too, for I was quite a boy at the time." "Well, to-day, Frank came home. He has been gone to Canada for most nine years. He came by where Green was at work, and asked for an apple, and don't you think the old wretch turned him harshly away without even giving him one. Of course, Green didn't recognizq him, and Frank didn't then choose to make himself known. The old skinflint must feel nice whsn he finds out who it was ha turned away." "I. should-think so,"" returned th other. "But Mr. Watts gave him as many as he wanted," continued young Grey. "That Watts is a noble man." "That he is. You wouldn't find any body troubling his orchard. Why, there isn't a boy within twenty miles of hero that would do him harm, 'or lay a hand upon anything that belonged to him, without permission. I love that man, and everybody loves him. Come, let's be going. It's getting dark." There was a bright tear in the eye ol Mr. Watts, as he turned to look upon his companion. "Frank Grey!'' murmured Green, while his face showed the mortification he felt. The lesson that had thu3 been given to the farmer was not lost upon him. -It had struckfhim too forcibly, too keenly, to be forgotten, that kindness could only be secured by kindness and forbearance' and a generous hospitality commensurate with his means. Yankee Blade. What "ModnsYlvendi" Means. Under the treaty of Utrecht, and "oth ers following it, the French claim that the right of catching and drying fish on the west shore of Newfoundland was given them, and that it includes the . right to catch and can lobsters, as "well Pas other marine animals. The colonists, on the other hand, maintain that the treaties cover only the cod fishery, that being the only one then known. -The French right to land at any time and" anywhere on the west coast during the fishing season is established by a BritT ish proclamation of 1763, which con tains no limitation as the kinds of fish to be caught. . France is opposed to British occupation of tho west coast, because, even though there be room for both na tions, there is no possibility of limiting such occupation. The colonists are op posed to srbitration in the matter, know ing that it must result in recognition of French territorial rights, even though the fishery rights be denied; and the recognition of the- French rigl ts as ex- elusive would deprive the colonists of the west shore industry. British pur chase of French rights seems, therefore, the only remedy. At the opening of the' fishing season of 1890, a modu3 vivendiP arranged in March, gave the colonists equal rights with the French for the present season; and provided that .the canning factories built last season should remain, but that no new ones houldhet built without consent of the British and French naval commanders. The modus , ence of British and French cruisers. Delegates were sent both to Ottawa and to London, to impress upon the authori ties the hardships due to the modus vi- ' vendi. Two bills aimed at restriction of' French fishing operations were passed by the local Legislature ; but under instruc tions from London, the. Governor with held his sanction, unless clauses should be introduced exempting tho Frenc.li shore from their operation. Protes,t3 have been made against the- attitude of tlie Home Government and threats ol an nexation to the United States have been uttered. The modus vivendi has been prolonged, and the islanders have been informed that England and France must ccme to terms of settlement, irrespective of colonial opinion. Detroit Free Pre.ts. The Spanish Man-Serraut. A Spanish man-servant is, indeed, a curious type. In grand, aristocratic houses, the footmen and flunkeys are the same all over the world ; but the "ma jordorao," or butler, is a person to be ' feared and-respected in his black cloth and silver chain. He is very honest if you trust him, and he does his work splendidly. He burnishes Ihe 1 silver ' plate until it shines like the sua at noon time, and he brushes his master's clothes until all the nap is taken off. But it is in minor questions of style or tact that a Spanish .man-servant or this class is deficient. He can never be made to. stand up straight on his legs; hia invari"- able rule is to assume a lounging gait lo lean upon a tacie or against a wau, while ne condescends to receive your Orders. He is, however, so good natured, and grins so heartily at any re mark overheard as he waits at table, that, you cannot find it in your heart to get angry with htm. He win .at times vol- unteer a reply to a question put by you v to a truest; and if no guests are present u , , , ' t tu wM he has been known to loin in the famtlv,; . J , , , mtA conversation. He is exceedingly fondof.f- gorgeous neckties and pea-jackets; and ; if you go the length to bestow a "frac" jj or dress -coat upon him, he looks SO- vi awkward and ungainly when he puts FlugerM BlaeUer. " on that you are fain, to regret the general jJ -impulse which prompted you to such V angel's wages. . munificence. You sigh to see him oacej mnrp in hi old clothe. This is a sort f 1 She let him flounder along through his of man-servant everybody has in Spain; : the poor fellow is badly paid, for he ! 4i : J. ij pesetas" a month. Boston Transcript. A Chimney 460 Feet High. ;! The chimney for the royal smelting H works of Saxony is to be 460 feet in j j height, and to have an inside diameter ji of twenty-three feet at the base, taoering j to 15 feet. A flue, 1093. yards iu- length, connects the works with the chimney, which is on a hill about 200; lid uiui luau uiw n vim wki iwfi JtfaJiuitit, .I THE MERR Y SIDE OF LIFE. it SOBIES THAT ABE TOU BY THE ' rTJNirX' MEN OP THEPBESS. Oat or It Fiery Fate of Burning T Vessels An Iflterestbijr Questiou i ConsclentlouM, Etc, kite. In answer to rrry questioning?, She told rae sire could cook; She's able, too, to darji ansew. Can talk lika any book. Bhe's healthy, wise afid wealthy. And as busy as a bee Bat what-concerns hftve I with her? She wouldn't marry me. , If'evo York Sun. J i if & - M . i j an nrrEStEsfrxG kJukstio:. J&adsby Mrs. Gowitt pronounces her DOfc-rnape a -feililra ' Grundy "Who jam., w . is the preferred creditor." Putk. r aie "Will J ou marry me?" i ;;She "How many ciphers are there in fur income?" fHe "It is all ciphers." Munuy a iteeHy. . . ' - j THE HETdjJT COUKTEOITS. pBableton "Now, if youTl take a fiend's advice- " x His Victim (sweetlyV "Certainly, old b ; it will be the first thing I ever got fjpm you." -Judge-. v ' HE DID IT YOCNCffcR. 'Cubbage (to ancient mendScaht) "You oight not, to be begging at your age." i'Mendicant "Oh, bless your heart, I hggan when I was a great , many years younger ."The Epoch. i . i -' FIERY FATE OF BUR25TK& VESSELS, iHe "Tell me what you think ot my jst pcem. I want to finish it as I have c 'her irons in the fire." She "I sliould withdraw the irons 'a;,jd insert the poem. Life. ; rti Yi FOR . REASONS. - . ij . . H 'Don't let Bronson write my obitujiry," n!)id the dying man. "Why not?" asked the editor. - "He knows me too well, "gasped the other.- Mun&ey' Weekly ( INTERMITTENT EMPLOYMENT. ; I "Why don't you go to wiork?" r "There, ain't much doin at my trade i "What is your trade!" "Pickin' flowers offer century plants." Vf-Life. u I J it -VI. POOR FELLOW ! "See that man over there?" "Yes. "He was worth a million cmce." "Poor fellow. How did he lose it?'? "He didn't. He has five millions fOW " New York Sun. f SHE HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET. il "Is there any sign by which your miss tfoff wife may be identified?" asked the htniei aeiecuve ' . 0 .I.J. - l' . U" "I don't know, unless '. this : She al tivays turns round when another woman fivith a new bonnet on passes her." i ; 6TJGGE6TED A SUBJECT. i? The be whiskered superintendent Seamed upon the class of boys. If ''Now, boys," said he, "what shall I talk about!" . t "Talk about a minute," exclaimed the ifcad boy of the chtss. Jeweler? Circular. CONSCIENTIOUS. Ndrah "Oi'm sorry to say, sor, thot if Miss Giddy isn't at -home. i I-" Mr. Colde (facetiously) "Why, arc you sorry, Norah?" shtory Oi ever towld in my lire." vPuck. v. A I0VEL COLLECTION. Kinersiey "Great ocotti oici'min, what under the sun are those bits of rags im that frame i" - l Bettison "That, my boy, is Towser's i private collection of trouserings sampled y from the various insurance, lightning -rod, tree and book agents. who have H Called. "Puck. HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN. She "Who is .that?" He "Mr. Markham." - She "How sad he looks ! Has he been disappointed in love?" He "Yes. The girl's father failed vthe week after Markham married her." , j Muntey't Weekly. ! , j. t - cotXDn'T stump him. , .iHow are the acoustics , theatre?" of that s3 "The what?" "Acoustic properties." , - "Oh, ah, yes; th3 acoustic properties. Why, it struck me they were rather gaudy."- Harper1 Bazar. ' THE MERCY HE ASKED OF THE COURT." s ..... . j ? "i broke into the store you earned off a lot , , . , , , - , of useless trash and left the money draw 'How cams it that when von untouched?" "Oh, Mr. Judge, don't you begin to scold me for that, I beg. I have heard proposal until he said something about- her being his "household angel through life." Then she asked life." Then she asked "At angel's wages, I suppose ?" "How is that?" 'My board and clothes. That is . all the angels get, is ii not?" Philadelphia Time. ECSTATIC ENJOYMENT. . Master "Now be sure to wake me at 6 o'clock sharp." - Valet 'Yes, sir; but beggin your pardon, sir, isn't that an awfully early hour for you to get up!" Master "I don't intend to get up, j man. I just want to have the fun of turning over and going to sleep again." Sprinqficld Eepublican. TTSE FOR A QUEUE. . Hank Broncho (of California) "I dunho what to do about gittin'- a new hair lariat. A thirty foot repp will cost six dollars. Reckon, though, I could shoot Chinymen enough in half a ,day to make one. What do you think about it, Liddy?" Mrs. Broncho "Money is nighty scarce, Hank." Life. BOOTD TO GET IT. - "Will you be offended if I kiss you?" he asked his Boston fiancee after they were engaged. "I cmnot be offended until somethi ng is done to offend me. "But, dear, I don't like to run the risk." "What is not worth risking for is not worth having." Philadelphia Timet. ASKXXO TOO MUCH. New Yotk Newsboy "All 'bout the horrible railroad accident on th' West Side! Paper, sir?" Customer (buying a copy and looking hastily over it) "Where is it? 'M 'Street car runs into a milk wagon, kill ing a horse. Narrow escape of driver.' That's the horrible accident, is it?" New York Newsboy (righteously indig nant) "Do you 'xpect to git a fust-class accident with a hundred lives lost and a ingine busted all fur a cent?" Mercury. THE USUAL WAY. M3. Greatheud-'What kept you so late at that meeting?" Mr. Greathead "I had to draw up a long set of resolutions for publication, complimenting Mr. Bullhead's great effi ciency as a member of the board and ex pressing our heartfelt regret at losing his invaluable aid and counsel." "Of all things! Why, you and the rest have been fighting for three months to get him out of the board." ? "Yes; but to-night he resigned volunV tarily." New York Weekly. I . TOUGH BEEF. . j. "SaVi" said a man to a butcher of whom he purchased his daily supply of meat, j'that last piece of steak I bought of you. must have been from a steer old enough to vote." ' . "Was it tough?" inquired the man of meat, j .'.'Tough! Weill should say it wa. I could hardly cut it." "Oh, is that all? Well, you ought to have heard another man kicking a day or two ago. He bought a piece that he said was so tough he couldn't get hi3 fork in the gravy." Salt Lake Tribune, where's your gimlet? Little Johnny Yerger has caused a breach between Gus De Smitha society gentleman, and the "Yerger family. Gus called to make a friendly visit after sup per, he having previously informed Col onel Yerger of the intended honor The whole family and Gus were in the parlor, when Johnny riveted the attention of all present by asking Gus De Smith : "Have you brought your gimlet with you?" V - ! "What do you mean, Johnny?" asked Gus. j , "I don't mean nuffin; except I heard pa say you were coming up this evening to bore us all." Tcxa Sif lings. HUMAN PERVERSITY. 'How long have young Swackhammer and Miss Peckinpaugh been engaged?" "About five years." "Fond of each other?" "Been sweethearts from childhood." "In good circumstances?" j "The only children of wealthy par ents." ' "Health good?" "Both sound as a dollar." "Then why don't they matry?" "Why, the old folks have go it down' in their wills that they're to marry; there's 20,0Q0 in bank that they'll get whenever they do; the plans are drawn for the home they're to live in, and the Swackhammer and Peckinpaugh farms join. There hasn't been any opposition. That's all." Chicago Tribune. OUR NEW MAN. The story jOn our fourth page, an uounces the Arizyna Kicker entitled "Bosinia, the Man-Eater," is from the facile pen of a tenderfoot from Denver, who is working for -us at a salary of $4 per week. We rather like the style, and it makes "phat" for the printers. "Year 1774." "Place, India." "Time noon!" . "Scene highway!" "Two horsemen!" "Two horses!" "One tiger!" "One jungle!" "A roar 1" "A shout!" "Report of pistol!" "When!" "Whoop!" "Bang! Saved! Hurrah!" "The above style is a little fresh to this country, but as it is only costing us 4 per week to introduce it, we 6hall give it at least three weeks trial." Detroit Free Prets. Mexican Meteorites. In an account of Mexican meteorites, Mr. L. Fletcher, an English mineralo gist, describes fourteen huge masses of iron which have beea found within a small section of the country. The largest has the form of a beehive, rises four feet above the ground, and is five feet in di ameter at the surface of the soil, beneath which it extends to unknown 'depths. The second mass, estimated to weigh 4000 pounds, is now in the National Museum at Washington. The Butcher masses number eight, pieces, weighing from 290 pounds to 650 pounds, and having a total weight of 4000 pounds. The Sanchez estate mass weighs 252 pounds. The greatest dispersion is sixty- six miles. notion Irarucnpt. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, . . Aluminum at $1.23 per pound is ia i the market. By the whetstone automatic system 600 words are telegraphed a minute. A boiler alarm that keeps automatic watch at all valves is a new invention. One . of the most admirable uses to which rubber has been put is for horse shoes. . . The running of steam from mills. to the sewer has been prohibited at St. Louis.'' American inventors still hold the lead In the use of compressed air for firing large masses of dynamite. An Australian .photographer is re ported to get excellent pictures of objects at a distance -of sixteen miles. ; In Scotland many small vessels are now prbpelled by water jets, and some of the Clyde steam lerryboats ; are thus driven. t ,. Seaweed is now made into a tough paper, which takes the place of window glass. When colored the effect Is similar to stained or painted glass. The newest boiler "presents a largo heating surface and takes up little room. 1 It is made of tubes. . Things seem to run to tubes and tubercles these times. Chicago has underground and success fully working 404 miles of electric light cables, 650 miles of telegraph wires and 60S0 miles of telephone wires and cables. The Royal Meteorological Society of London has received au account of u lightning stroke in Ireland which-shat. . tercd the 6hells of some eggs without breaking the inner membrane. Tho sheep shearing machines run by electric motors arc increasing in favor among Australian flock masters. It is claimed'that they pay for themselves in One season in the increased value of the clip. " ' Dr. Goropins, of the French Academy, once made a professional examination of a thirteen-year old girl wh? was ten feet four inches in height. She was probably the tallest woman of her age that ever lived. . j . A gigantic pendulum; a bronzs wire, a hundred and fifteen metres long, with a steel globe weighing ni&cty kilo grammes at the end has been suspended in the Eiffel Tower, for the purpose of demonstrating visibly tho motion of the earth. : ; j Dr. Broadbent tells- the British Medi cal Association that a mark ol a weak medical man is the indiscriminate use of stimulant3 in fevers, a ready resort to narcotics and sedatives, treatment di rected to symptoms only, and a fondness for new drugs of high-sounding names. A portable boat has been devised by Colonel Apostoloff, .of the Russian army," which may be constructed ! instantly by making a f ramework with tho lances of the Cossacks and covering with a 'tarred cloth. Two boats are Capable of carry ing thirty-six men, with their baggage and arms. , I ! A leprosy commission has been dis patched from England to India, which, afer an investigation of one year, is ex pected to report concerning the desirabil ity or otherwise of encouraging the vol untary partial withdrawal of lepers from among the non-leprous population ; of enforcing the complete isolation of all lepers; and of enforcing the isolation of certain lepers. It will also report on the best methods of accomplishing whatever may be decided upon. j A Money-Making Woman. "That woman is capable of making money was never more fully demonstrated than in the case of Mrs. Francis Zeep, of Atlanta, Ga., who died recently," said. Mr. Calvin McClure, of that place, who iB stopping at tho Southern. "Mrs. Zeep was a poor woman a few years ago," continued Mr. McClure, "and by hard labor .had saved up a few dollars. In looking around for a good investment she concluded that she could make money by going jnto the dairy; business, and forthwith she bought a cow and began business. It was on a small scale at first, but she prospered, and after a time she bought a few more Cows, and in that way kept adding to her stock! according as . her means and business would jastify. She was up early aud late After milk ing the cows she would prepare the milk for market and deliver.it to her custom ers. In two years after Mrs".' Zeep en gaged in the dairy business she was known by nearly every citizen. She was strictly business, and went wherever her business called her, no matter wher3 that was. She invested her money as fast as she made it, and her" investments invrxi ably proved good ones. . At the time of her death she left an estate approximately valued at 40,000, including a dairy farm of seventy-eight acres, well improved and stocked, near Atlanta. . , i "3Irs. Zeep was a widow,' without any children, and had no 'heirs except a young niece, who but recently attained her majority, and who Mr. JlcClare says will get possession of the estate. St. LouU Star-Sayings. I . Ammonia as a Fire ExlJn;nhherv Considerable alarm was i occasioned at Queensferry, near Hawarden, in Eng land, recently, by a serious explosion' and fire at the works of Messrs. J. Turner & Co., chemical manufacturers and tar distillers. A still charged with anthra cene oil, ten tons in quantity, exploded with terrific force, owing to the chok ing of the worm, and shot a volume of flame skyward that illuminated the dis trict over a wide area, aDd was yisiblo ten miles off. The burning oil scattered itself over "the yard and to the pitch house adjoining, where hundreds of tons of pitch was stored. The pitch ignited, and the conflagration assumed alarming proportions. Luckily, all the day men had just left the works, but three who were burned. The Sandycroft Fire Brigade was promptly on the spot, and, by usingammonia water from a 50,000- gallon,Tanfc, tney subdued the nre in an Jur and a tajf . Journal of Oat Light tog " . .. ' . it t i