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E. F. YOUNG, Manager. "LIVE AND LET LIYE." C. K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
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Toothpick Fnn
One of the moA picturesque of the
t-otiii'kk tricks 13 calle 1 "The Explo
sive Taft." It can
"fck l e formed -with
eight " picks in
this manner :
Firs?, cross two
jl'-k, place an
other pick on top.
, Aft Dd hold the
I ee. tirmlj wi'.h
J your thumb and
Tur rxpinsivE n a ft. tinger; then in
eIt auother ick under the two at the
t'V and over th one in the center, and
do likewi-6 yvith thoe at the lottom.
Then the raft half completed. Turn
i4 around, place another pick across
tho center and wedge two more sticks
nr.der and oe.- the cn-.ls of those at the"
Tlien the work is tinished and the
little affair is ready to Le blown up.
Of course there is a "gte it deal of ten
sion on the picks, l.ut this must Te re
leased with a lighted match. Apidv the
1 ame to one of the corners, ar.d'in a
few moments ro i viU witness two "ex-plo-Moas"
that will rend the raft apart
and burl its timbers in the air. This
prove an unfailing source of
amusement to the little ones, whose
deft fingers will probably -have nodim--mty
m makicj? the skeleton like raft.
cxt comes " riia
M. r.-, - II
. . -'biniu. 1 111,
trick consists v
making the lettir
"X" aud "V out cf
four pioks. Tli,
wonld be a verv
simple thirrg to U
"were it not for th?
fact that the letter
must l.e interwoven Trrr monot.pm
-in such a manner that th-v will not fall
to pieces when they are lif.el up H
) done in this fashion: Hold one' pick
the left hand, place the end of auoth
on it near tho 11 .v.ir.:.... .
i - b1 insert xne thud tick
uie n lit and the deed is done AVitK
? little patience and a t v hand il
1 easily performed. J naud it
-anufaTtureJ VZTl
Tract cal W nfr Tti
excise duty, XShVreTS,n ' th
the representatjt Y iFerS a
tive ti? hlJ "wi 'ated,,nlthe le8U"
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MA
TKT
O DEAR lO-DAY.
T ou are min?, all mine. O, dear, to-day.
From the earliest gleam ol your golden
dawn. ;
Till the twilight takes joU forever away.
And the hours that you promised me now
are gone.
' Oh, what shall I do with you, dear, to-day
Shall I hold you close, and never shara
The bliss that come3 with your sunny light
To my seeing eyes with the blind man
there?
Oh. what shall I ask of you, dear, to day.
More blessings still for my goodly store
The gift of a hundred happy thoughts,
Or tha love and the trust of ona heart
more"
Oh. w hat shall I say tj you, dear, to-day,
As you glide so swiftly and silently by
That I'm glad, so glad, that you came to me,
Auc! sorry, so rr to see you di?-
Ob, what shall I be to you, dear, to-day,
When the cold, dark night shall bid you
flee, .
And the hours of another morning stand
Relentless and stern 'twiit you and me?
Ob, what shall I make of you, dear, to-day
In the chain of my lift) another link,
That shall guide with other radiant ones
My path to ths Beautiful River's br,ink
Era Best, in Detroit Free Press.
UNCLE BEN'S MINERALS.
BV HELEN FOBREST GItAVES.
"Alix! Alix! where are you?"
Alexia Ames stood like some avenging
Fatoin the middle of the square room at
Amescroft Farm. She had pulled up
every tack in the well-worn ingrain car
pet the one ' store carpet" that the
humble establishment afforded and had
flung it bodily out of the window, where
it had descended with crushing weight
n the fiery-red blossoms of a monster
'burning bush.'
She had opened evert casement wide,
eo that the yellow light of the gIoriou3
May morning streamed in, a flood of
crystal glorv.
She bad tied her auburn hair up in ah
old towel, and stood on a wooden chair
teat, brushing cobwebs from the ceiling
with an ancient broom, like the pro
verbial "old woman" of the nursery
rhyme.
At the sound of her sister's voice she
stopped abruptly.
"I'm. here," said she.
"What are you doing, Alix??
"I'm trying to civilize things a little.
"All alone by yourself, Alix?"
"There's no oue to help me?"
"Can't you wait until Bridget Reir
don comes to-morrow?"
Alix shook her toweled head.
"This is one. of the cases," said she,
"where patience has ceased to be a vir
tue. Iso, I can't wait a day longer."
Ellen looked anxiously around the
room.
"Why, what have you . done with
everything?" said she.
"Cleared them all out. "If we are go
ing to have summer boarders, we must
get ready for them. Uncle Eben occu
pies our best bedroom, and i3 likely to
for sometime; consequently this must
be fitted up for boarders."
Ellen sighed deeply.
"I wish we weren't so poor," said
she. "I wish we could live without
filling pur house every summer with a
crowd of noisy strangers."
"Why don't you wish for Aladdin's
lamp, or the Kohinoor diamond while
you are about it?" sa'id Alix, scornfully.
"Alix. why have you grown so bitter
of late?" pleaded the gentler of the
sisters. "I don't hardly know you!"
"Am I bitter?" Alix stood still and
hesitated for an jnstant or so. "Well,
perhaps I am. But is it not enough to
make any one bitter, this constant cur
rent of disappointment?"
"I don't know that we have aDy mor
nore-
to Lear tnan others, Alix."
"You do. too!" criei Alix, .spring
down from her wooden chair, with
burning cheeks and eyes alight. "You
know you do, Ellen Ames! Ilere you
pre engaged to Henry Lucas and can't
marry until he can give you a home;
here are we weighed to the very earth
with poverty and care, and this old
uucle of ours, coming back from a life
time of shift'essness in New Mexico, to
place au additional burden ou our
Ehouldeis."
"He is old and poqjflix."
"Very well, I'm young and poor.
Where"a the difference? Of the two, I
maintain that he is the better off."
Ellen looked at her stormy-tempered
filter with troubled eyes.
Evidentij she thought it best not to
continue the subject.
"What have you done with the little
case of butterflies and birds' nests?" said
she; "and the cabinet of minerals and
the paper box of stones?"
"Tumbled thtm back of the goose
berry bushe?," said Aiix. "I can't have
the room cluttered with all the trash he
brought back in that wooden chest of
his."'"
'Couldn't you have stored them away
in the old chest itself?"
"Nonsense! Such stuff as that? And,
besides, it would have been quite impD?
sible, for I've had Billy chop the old ark
up-into kindling wood. He'll never
kilo-'!"
4 Oh, Alix!" ?
4,I don't care!" flashed out Alix, with
a tcckless toss of her head. "It's too
bad! Everything goes wrong with us,
ifqd mother is utterly overworked, and
InWdcar discouraged, and and "
AH of a sudden her factitious courage
broke down. She sank in a little heap
on the floor, her head on the wooden
. chair-seat, and her masses of auburn hair
escaping wildly from the towel, while
her whole "frame- shook with sobs and
bright tears trickled down her cheeks.
At the same moment Mrs Ames's soft,
tremulous voice was heard, calling:
"Ellen! Alexia! Where are you, girls?
Your tr.c!e is took dreadful bad! Itun.
one of you, for the doctor? And t'other
one, come and help me lift him!"
Ellea flew to her .mother's assistsncj
Land Alix mechanically tore the towel
from her curls, exchanged it for a boa.
net and hastened to summon Doctor
Dcdd, who lived at the other end of the
village.
i "Is it my fault?" she asked herself.
"Wa it because I repined? Oh, dear,
oh dear, what a wicked girl I must be I
But , everything seemed so bard and
cruel, and and I couldn't endure it."
Late in the afternoon she peeped into
the sickroom, shy and shrinking, like a
frightened child. "Is he worse?" she
whispered.
Mrs. Ames cam to the door, a slight,
soft-eyed woman, like a human dove.
"You needn't speak so low, daugh
ter," said she. "He can't" hear you.
He's quite unconscious."
"Why does he keep muttering so?"
"I think he's wandering in his mind
poor old Uncle ' Eben ! Oh, dear oh,
dear! And I can remember him such a
portly, handsome man," added the
widow, wiping her eyes. "He was the
youngest of all the brothers. Come in,
Alix, and see him. He's spoken your
name two or three times. Don't look so
startled, dear. He seems quite happy
and composed. He's talking all . the
while about those curiosities of. his the
minerals, you know, and things."
Involuntarily Alix's eyes met the
gently reproachful glance of her sister's.
The sudden scarlet mounted to her
cheek.
"Oh, Ellen, don't look at meso!"ehe
exclaimed. "I brought them every one
back yes, I did and I put them ex
actly where they were before. Do you
. think I could have come into this room
if it hadn't been for that?"
And she went up and stood by the
bedside, her eyes full of tender tears,her
voice pitiful and low.
"Uncle Eben," said she, "do you
know me?"
"It's Alix, ain't it?" crooned the old
man, after a moment's .silence. "Alex
ander's oldest girl. The prettiest one.
Yes, it's Alix and she's to have ray cu
riosities all of them, mind! Nell has
got a lover, and that ought to be enough
fpr any girl. But Alix is alone, and Alix
shall have my curiosities."
, "Thank you, Uncle Eben!" said Alix,
as the invalid paused, expectant of an
swer. And then he began to prate of South
American forests and the ruined mission
Houses of New Mexico, and shortly after
he died.
And when Alix finished cleaning the
spare room, she left the poor little treas
ures in the drawer of an old-fashioned
book-case there.
"I couldn't have the heart to throw
them away a second time," said she, "af
ter what he said to me. It was like a
child giving one shining pebbles or
wilted buttercups, with the idea that
they were precicu3 treasures. But I'm
glad he said it. It seemed to softeu my
heart; and, oh, it was very hard and bit
ter just then! And I didn't know how
could-1? that I should miss him so
much!"
It was latp in the summer when one of
the neighboring girls came in.
"Miss Alix,"- said she, "you told our
Beckv she could have a basket of goose
berries, didn't you them purple, prickly.
berries, that grows down by the garden
wall?" '
"Of courss I did," Alix answered,
crisply. "I knew your grandma liked
gooseberry jam."
"Well, look here," said Fanny Rice,
oneninr her closed hand. "See what
I o
she picked up there."
"A little sparkling stone, isn't it?"
"It's an opal." said Fanny, in a mys
terious whisper.
"A what?"
"An opal."'
"Nonsense, child! What are you talk
ing about?" cried Alix, scornfully.
"But it is an opal. John Lytton, who
works at Tiffany's, . in New York, is
dowu visiting his mother, and he says
it's a real Oriental opal in the rough.
Now the question 13, Johu says, how did
an opal ever get amJg your gooseberry
bushes? Is there a jewel mine hidden
down there?"he added, half jestingly.
Alix turned first red, then white. She
knew well how it had come there.
"Ask John Lytton to come here and
see me. Fannv." eaid she. "I have at
least a dozen stones like that." 1
It was like the ending to a fairy story.
Not jewels turning to ashes, apparently,
but rough pebbles ranking, all of a sud
den, as precious jewels.
Uncle Eben's minerals, disgnised in
the dimness of their conglomerate sur
roundings, were opals of rare" tire and
o '
value.
Whether he had picked them up in
New 3Iexico, among the ignorant traders
there, or brought, them direct from South
America, no one ever knew. But opals
they were. .
"And to think,' said Alex, with a:
9 little, ratchinrr to her breath, "ho-
I . C3
I near I came to throwing all my inhent
! ance away!' Oh, what a wicked, evil
i tempered young virago I was! And no
thing but Ellens sweet, genue wcras,
saved me from the consequences of my
own follv. And so Ellen shall have half
: of my inheritance."
j And for some weeks the gooseberry
i bushes at the foot of the Ames garden
I formed a sort of Mecca for sightseers
! aud curiosity-mongers.
! "We ain'l used to berry bushes as
1 l.pnr nrecious stones." chuckled old
! Gaffer Gerdis. "Not in this part of
j world." Saturday 2fight.
the
Weight on Various Planets.
Oa Jupiter, which is a much larger
and heavier body than the earth, a man
would weigh about 484 pounds whose
weight on the earth would be 200 pounds.
TVii? man would wciirh 218 pounds on
we find that he would weigh less than
on the earth. His 200 pounds would
shrink to 174 on Venus, to ninety-two
on Mercury, to sixty on Mirs, and to
thirty on the moon, while on the little
asteroids, or telescopic planets evolving
between Mars and Jupiter, his weight
would be from two to four pounds only.
The matter depen is 011 th; mass and at
tractive force of the planet. Chicago
Timet.
WISE WORDS.
The more important an animal is to be i
the lower is its start. Man. the noblest.
is born the lowest.
Without seeking, truth cannot be
known at all ; and seeking it can be dis
covered by the simplest.
Grif is not to be measured by the tears
shed, nor does the loudest mourner de
serve the largest bequest.
Every incomplete work is a monument
to human folly. Whatever is worth be
ginning is worth ending.
She was regal, she was haughty, she
was highborn and distinguished ; and Uke
the rest of us, she was clay.
In things pertaining to enthusiasm no
rran is sane who does not know how to
ffe insane on proper occasions.
It is the crashed grape that gives out
the blood red wine ; it is the suffering
soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.
Each man can learn something from
his neighbor; at least he can learn this
to have patience with his neighbor, to
live and let live.
Think you that judgement waits till
the doors of the grave are opened? It
waits at the doors of your houses, it waits
at the corners of your streets.
'Tis nature has fashioned some for am
bition and dominion, and it has formed
others for obedience and submission.
The leopard follows hie nature as the
lamb.
Good thoughts are blessed guests, and
should be heartily welcomed, well fed
and much sought after. Like rose leaves,
they give out a sweet smell if laid up in
the jar ot memory.
Life is not made up of great sacrifices
or duties, but of little things, in which
smiles and kindness and small obligations
given habitually are what preserve the
heart and secure comfort. t '
To be full of goodness, full of cheer
fulness, full of sympathy, full of helofull
hope; causes a man to carry blessing of
which he is himself as unconscious as a
lamp is of its own shining.
Nothing can ieasen the dignity and
value of humanity so long a3 the relig
ion of love, of unselfishness and devotion
endures ; and none can destroy the altars
of this faith for us so long as we fee),
ourselves still capable of love.
Fine Points in Cannibalism.
It was formerly supposed that the
relishcvith which certain savage tribes
ate their enemies arose from the gratifi
cation of the passion of revenge. With
in the last few years, however, it has
been clearly shown that some of the bar
barian man-eaters are really fond of hu
man flesh for its own sake that they
enjoy it as a civilized epicure enjoys
turtle soup or roasted ortolans. Your
Frji Islander thinks the greatest praise
he can bestow upon any edible is to say
that it is "as tender as a dead man."
The Fijians have plenty of provisions,
but they consider "long pig" their
pleasant, name for human flesh much
finer than pork, beef or mutton.
The New Zealanders, on the other
hand, do not consider man's flesh as a
delicacy, but cat dead heroes and "wise
men" (whether they have been friends or
enemies makes no difference), with the
idea that they imbibe the valor and in
tellectual qualities of the deceased dur
ing the process.
The "noble savage" of Terra del
Fuego never eats any of his own people,
except when other meat is remarkably
scarce, although always ready to "take j
in" the shipwrecked stranger. In severe i
winters, if we are to believe the 6tory of j
a British admiral (Fitzroy), the Terra- i
del-Fuegons, "when they can obtain noj
other food, take the oldest woman of
their party, hold her head over a thick
smoke, made by burning green wood,
and, pinching her throat, choke her," ;
after which she is served up to- her
friends. The barbarians, on being asked
why they did not eat their dogs instead L
of their old ladies, naively answered that
their dogs caught otters, but that their
venerable grandmothers and aunts did
not.
Probably the majority of even the
lowest order of savages prefer fish and
yams to human flesh, but it is neverthe
less true that there are several tribes in
Australasia, Africa and the South Sea
islands that actually hanker after it.
There is some consolation, however, 1
in the assurance given us by travelers :
that most of these anthropophagi prefer
colored persons to Caucasians as table
luxuries. This fact is certainly encour
aging to the missionary interest. New
York Ledger.
Ancient Inks.
The ink first used probably was soma '
natural animal pigment, such as the
black fluid obtained from various species 1
of cuttlefish ; but the limited supply of thif
material soon led to the use of a chemical '
mixture of water, gum and lamblack,
and the characters were painted rather
I than written, by means of a broad -
pointed reed.
As ink of this simple nature was easily
removed from the surface of the parch
ment by the mere application of moisture,
I it was early found necessary to contrive
i some means of forming a more durable
ink, and for this purpose the expedient
was adopted of treating the mixture with
some substance such as vinegar, of the
nature of a mordant, which would pene
trate the parchment written upon, and ,
form an ink not liable to fade.
A chemical dye, consisting of an in
fusion of galls with sulphate of iron, was
afterward used, as from its vitrious na
ture it hit into the medium employed;
but a compound vegetable ink, contain
ing a good deal of carbon pigment, was '
subsequently adopted, and was very
generally employed down to the middle
age?.
With ink of this sort the best and most
ancient manuscripts which have been pre
served to us were written, and the sepa
rate leaves, after being allowed to dry
slowly, were bound together in vol
umes. Pliny and Vitruvius, as well as other
writers, give receipts for the manufac- i
tuxcofinks. Chambert't gurnak
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
1'UNMY MEN OP THE PRESS.
A Serenade Reflection oa His Busi
ness Met bods A Cynical Sugges
tion A Sad Cse Etc., Ktc
My love, awake!
On ron still lake.
Where shine the moonbeams
There waits my boat
deer,
l nere let us float
None save ourselves is near.
To-nifrht with me
"Wouldst thou but flee
With naught cur souls to clog!
But hark 'bow wow r
I'll leave thee now
Tve waked that horrid doar.
New York Herald.
H EF LECTION OK HI8 BUSINESS METHODS.
Lady "You look like the same man
that was here for cold victuals yesterday
morning."
Tramp (deeply hurt) "Madam, in
the five years that I have been a travel
ing solicitor this is the first time that any
body has ever accused me of doubling
on my route."
A 8AD CASE.
Papa "Well, has that young spend
thrift beggar promised to cease his im
pertinent attentions to you?"
Penelope-f "Yes, sir."
Papa "Well, what are you crying
about, then?"
Papa "I'm afraid he'll keep his
promise . ' ' Mvui tcy'i Weekly.
wizzle's great head.
"Our young friend. Wizzle, must be
improving rapidly. He tells me has
many compliments passed on his poetry
nowadays'
"Yes, Wizzle has taught his parrot to
cry 'how beautiful!' 'what feelingj' and
so on, every time he reads one of his
poems aloud." Munsey's WetUy.
WHAT HE OTJGHT TO GET.
Poet "How much ought I to get for
that poem?"
Editor "Oh, I should think about
ten"
Poet (with a sickly smile) "Yes; I
know what you are going to say: 'Ten
dollars or thirty days.' "
Editor "No, sir; ten years." Jude.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Tramp "Can you give me work?"' .
Materfamilias "Yes. I p.ty a dollar
a day."
Tramp "All right; hand it over."
Materfamilias "Ah, I never pay in
advance."
Tramp "Great Scott, lady! and do
you expect me to work for you in ad
vance?" A CIRCULATING; RING.
Alice "I met 3Iinnie Renee to-day
and she showed me the engagement ring
that Horace Fledgely gave her."
Gwendolin "Is it a pretty one?"
Alice "You remembei the one he
gave you and me?"
Gwendolin "Let me think. Oh, yes!"
AUce "It's the same ring. JeweUki'
Circular.
OVERHEARD IN THE LUMBER TARD.
"Hullo!" said the Pine Log to the
Hickory Log, "How've you been?"
"Pretty well, thanks. What has be
come of your brother?"
"Oh, he has gone into a large import
ing house in New York. Where5 is
yours?"
"Doing picket duty on a back yard
fence." Munsey's Weekly.
RESPONSIVE CORDS.
Algenon Spoons (who has poetic as
pirations) "Alas! this sordid world!
Shall I never know a sympathetic soul!
Can I never touch a responsive chord !"
His 3Iother (distinctly practical)
"Welt, there are about fourteen cords
out in the woodshed that would probably
respond if you should touch them right
with an ax." Boston Courier.
HE KNEW HEP..
Wife "I've just had a letter from
mother."
Husband "How is she?"
Wife "She's miserable." 1
Husband "I'm glad of it."
Wife "Monster!"
Husband "Not at all. I know your
mother. She's never happy except when
she's miserable."- New York Press.
A QUICK CHANGE IN VALUE.
"AA, is this your house?" How much
do you consider it worth?" .
"That house, my friend, cost over
610,000."
"I see. I am the new Assessor for
this ward, you know."
"Oh, ah what did I say? I was
thinking of the next house. This one of
mine cost about $5000." Lovec'l Citi
zen. .A CYNICAL PUCGESTION.
Yabsley "Of course, you will admit
that woman, a3 a rule, is far inferior to
man in reasoning power, but she seems
to have a sort of intuitive sixth sense
er I don't know exactly what to call it
that, as I can testify from personal ex
perience, man is lacking in."
Miss Liura "Do you refer' to com
mon sense, Mr. Yabsley !" Indianapolis
Sentind.
FRIVOLOCS FIREMEN.
"These firemen must "be a frivolous
set," said Mr. Spilliins, who was read
ing a paper.
"Why so?"
"I read in the piper that after afire
was under control the firemen played all
night oa the ruin. Wby didn't they jro
home and go to bsl, like sensible men.
instead of romping about like children?"
Texas Sijlingt. '
A PAIR Uf THROATS.
A iouracyman &'i08ma';er wa? seized
wirii v. v'jolt'nt til of c:ugain. at tbs dia
uer w.jitr.
4,What is the matter with you?" said
his master.
"I have got something down the
wrong throat," was the reply.
"Look here," rejoined the gaffer, il
can't do with a fellow who has got a pair
of throats, now that everything is sa
dear." Obterla usiiztr Dorfuitung.
THE NEED OT PRECAUTION.
"It is our first dinner together, darl
ing, and I have invited our old fritfnd
Dr. Safeleigh, to dine with us."
The young wife was quite satisfied.
The doctor came on time, was excellent
company, and the various dishes, all pre
pared by the bride, apparently appreci
ated. It was not until the physician had
gone that the wife suddenly grew
thoughtful.
"Thorras," sho suddenly broke out,
"why above all your friends did you in
vite but one man and that man a doctor
to dine with us to-day f Oh, Thomas,
Thomas, to think that you were afraid
to eat your first meal ot, my cooking
without having a doctor at your, very
elbow.' Philadelphia Times. '
THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART.
"Oh, Marie, Marie," pleaded the pre
cise mother, "why do you use . such
slang?"
"Why, mamma," explained the girl,
"I cant't help it. Everybody does and
I am forced to do it in self-defence." J
"But, my child, you shouldn't do
wrong because everybody else does.
You should obey a higher and nobler
principle than that."
"Well, mamma, I hadn't thought of
it just in that way before. I can see
now that I have been led unwittingly
into a fault which neither right nor rea
son can sanction."
The mother's eyes filled with tears.
"And you will never use slang again?"
she said, bending forward and kissing
the soft white forehead of her child.
"You bet your sweet life I won't!"
exclaimed the impulsive girl, and was
silent. Detroit Free Press. '
TESTING A TRUNK.
A slim-faced man with a erravevtird
couffh
was inspecting some trunks in
front of a Grand street store yesterday.
when the proprietor of the place ap
peared and asked:
' "Looking for a trunk, sir?"'.
"Y'es."
"Here's the best $4 trunk ever made,
and I'm the only one that sells lem at
less than 55." 1
"No good," raplied the pale-faced
man with a sorrowful shake of his head.
"One of those trunks wouldn't stand
the iourney from here to Poughkeep
sie." ,
"Wnat! I'll warrant 'em to go
around the world! Take hold of one.
and bang it about and convince your
self." "Do you give me leave to wrassle with
one?"
"Of course I do. Take right hold."
The man with the graveyard cough'
drew in a full breath, called out: "Sche-neck-ta-day,"
as if warning a car-load
of passengers, and then reached for the
trunk. Rip! went one of the han
dles r-i-p ! went the other, and as he
stood it on end and upset it and flopped
it back again one hinge busted loose and
the cover 6plit in two With a twist of
the wrist he gave it a slam-bang which
completed the wreck, and, with a bow
to the trunk-man, he joined the crowd
and disappeared. ,
"Upon my soul!" gapped the proprie
tor as he viewed the ruins, "bjt I made"
s big mistake in him ! He's a baggage
master instead of a dying traveller."
New York. World.
HE HAD MARRIED ANOTHER
GIRL.
you Mr.
"My dear, let me present to
Brown, one of my oldest and
dearest
It was just after the ceremony at the
urch and Sir. and Mrs. Jones were
church
receiving the congratulations of their
friends at the bride's home. Jones and
Brown, young lawyers, occupied adjoin
ing office3 for several years. Jones usei
to write long letters and every now and
then he would show the top line to
Brown. It usually read ; "3Iy darling
Carrie." Then Jones would break forth
in one of those rhapsodies to which
lovers are heir. Then Brown left the
city for six months and returned the very
day of the wedding.
Now, Brown was quite a dtstmguished
r in t rlroca cmf- nnrl .Tnnpa man trio
man in a dress suit, and Jones made the
presentation in a voice that attracted
general attention. 1 .
"I'm happy to meet you, Mr. Brown,'
said the bride, sweetly. "Jly husband's
friendswill be my friends, I hope.
"Thank you, Mrs. Jones," responded
Brown, gallantly, bending low over her
hand. "Do you know, if I hadn't taken
the privilege of an old fnend I shouldn't
have come to-night. I didn't get an in vitation,
and I only returned to town an
hour or so before the ceremony. But I
used to " j
"Didn't you get either the invitation
f or the letter I sent you? broke in the
happy bridegroom, nervously.
"Ob, don't apologize, old man," said
Brown. "That's all right; I've been
: moving around so much that they didn't
find me. Now, as I was going to say,
Mrs. Jones, I felt as if you were an old
friend too. I used to see now don't
shake your head at me, old man, and
scowl, you know I did I used to
Mrs. Jones, your hubband writing
tee.
"I say, Brown, won't you step into
the diniujr room and take some refresh
ments?"
interrupted tne bridegroom,
desperately.
"Presently, thank you I uacd
vour husband writing long
te see
letters
to '!
Mv dear, here are Mr. and
Mrs.
j Smith waiting to speak to you!"
T "to his 'darling Carrie,' and'
i ( -
sir: taia tne onae. my name n
Elizibeth." Chieag-j Tribune.
It h..s been estimated that the Ver
' ir.ont raap'.o sugir crop for the season i
i7. -')'.&') rounds. About forty jr
j cent, is syrup.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
England has an electricallaunch.
Wool is mado from wood tree fibre.
Vermont claims the first electric
motor.
Detroit undertakers must wear rub
; ber coats when they handle diphtheria
! corpses.
i The manufacture of starch from ar
j row-root is a new and thriving industry
i in Florida.
I At least one person in three between
I the ages of ten and forty years is subject
to partial deafness.
! The most .elaborate dental apparatus
known belongs to the sea-urchin, whose
jaws are composed of forty pieces, moved
by forty separate muscles.
J Certain peculiarities in the spectrum
,tf the sun are thoahi to indicate that:
much of its matter is still in ele
mentary forms owing to its intense heat.
I The steel works at Hierde, Germany,
: have introduced a new process for de
sulphurizing' pig iron, and it is said that
; many of the largo work are applying for
i licenses to use the process.
i A new mineral has been discovered to .
which the name Sanguinito has been
given. It is bronze red in color by
; reflected light, and upon analysis is
j found to contain silver, arsenic and
i sulphur. '
j It has been discovered that platinum
at a white heat will consume tobacco
, smoke and keep the atmosphere of a
! smoking-room perfectly clear. Lnmps
I with a little ring of platinunr over the
! flame are used for this purpose.
Some English manufacturers are
bleaching paper, without impairing its
strength, by an electrical process. A -I
solution of magnesium chlorido is u?cd,
j which is decomposed by a powerful cur
j rent, with the evolution of chlorine and
j oxygen. v
j Inquiry into the subject of explosions
in mines being caused by dry coal dust
! has led to some very valuable ex peri -
ments and plans for clearing the galleries
! of foul air. One of these consists in
i moving7 opn water butts thrrough the
i affected 1 l ies. The coal smut col- .
j lects in the water, aud tha air is thereby
; cleared bcfoie the danger limit is
j reached.
j A new apparatus for water has ap
t peared in the form of a still, which is de
. -scribed as consisting of "a series of large
j flat disks of metal, placed upright and"
j kept in position by pipes running hori-.
! zontally on the top find bottom. Water
is boiled in a vessel and the steam is con
ducted.from the same to the dish through
a pipe. The 6team rao a tig from . the
water is condensed in the disks by a cur-'
reDt of air andthe water U collected in
the bottom pipe." The size of still de
signed for family use has eight disks and
is said to distil a gallon of water in an
hour.
Professor R. A. F. Penrose, Jr., of the
Texas Geological Survey, says the finest
of clays suitable for the manufacture of
firo brick, earthenware, and even fiao
china ware, arc to be found' abundantly
in East Texas. Two companies are now
engaged -making pottery at Athens in
Henderson County. The articles manu
factured are fine brick, tiles,' 6ewer Dipea,
'jugs, etc. The clay at this point is of a
light gray color, becoming almost white
when dry. Equally fine' clays abound
near Jeff ef son, in Marion County, and
near Rusk, in Cherokee County. It is
thought good openings are offered over
there for manufacturing the finest of
wares. .
. Snakes Attack a San of Horses.
While Frank Oldham, a young farmer
living southeast of PendletontJnd., was
harrowing a piece ,of new ground he
aroused from slumber two ugly and enor
mous black snakes, measuring about
twelve feet, that immediately showed
fiffht. Thev first made a rash at the
and tried to coil themselves
iroun0d his leg8, but he escapC(1 frora their
,. , rL ' j Al. ,v, r
a rapid rate, closely pursued by tue ser
pent. When the snakes saw that Frank
was out of their reach on the fence, they
returned to the hones, which had been
left standing, still attached to the har
row. Soon the horses were noticed to
be rearing and jacking and performing
acrobatic feats that would surpass Bar
num's trained equines.
The man, mustering up his courage,
armed himself with a fence rail and-
. d ar)Und f
I .. .
leg of one horse, and the other enaice
around one of the hind legs of the other
horse. The serpents struck the defence-
less animals repeatedly, while the air re
sounded with a peculiar . hissing noise.
After a struggle of about thirty minutes
the farmer succeeded in besting off the
reptiles and releasing the scared team.
He then mounted the harrow and a chase
commenced, the horses at full speed
dragging the harrow and Frank with the
snakes in. close pursuit. The fleeing
team raised a cloud of dust, and when it
reached the opposite side of the field the
snakes were lost to view. . A patty with
guns and clubs was quickly organized to
search for the snakes, but was unable to
find them. Jrtdianapoli$ Journal. 1
Weijrhlnjr Machines.
Weighing machines and scales of some
kind were in use 1800 B. C., for it is
said that Abraham at that time ; weighed
out" 400 shekels of silver, current money,
with the merchant to Ephron, the Hit
tite, as payment for a piece of land, in
cluding the cave and all the standing
timber "in the field and in the fence."
This is said to be the earliest transfer of
land of which any record survives, and
that the payment was made in the pres
ence of witnesses. The original form of
the weighing scale was probably a bar
suspended from the middle, with a board
or shell suspended rom each end, one t6
contain the weight, the M other to contain
the matter to be weighed. "The steel
yard was probably so called from the ma
terial of which it was made, and from, its
former length. It is also known as the
Roman balance, and is of great antiquity.
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