THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER
VOL, 111. NO. 7
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Address,
W.C. SMITH, Charlotte, N. C.
A great eflort has at lasi l>rc:> ma<lcl
olve the enigma which for ages ha • re
mained a mystery to man. It is thegrea
Sphinx, of Egypt, which is about to to !
! veal its secrets and why it was ere.-ted.
I A company of explorers,under the dim-
I tioa of Maspero. have been excavating'
| for some time back around the ba-c ol
I this colossus. These excavations have
I disclosed a temple which is said to be j
■ the oldest in the world. It has no re-!
I cm blame to any of ih - other Egyptian
J temples. For a few months the marvel
I ous Sphinx of 1 1 hi/eh will remain, |er
I haps for the first time since the days of
I Moses, free from the earth in which it
I was buried, and we shall perhaps d's
a cover the reason of its existence.
There arc in the United States thirty- :
■ three counties whose agricultural pro
■ ducts amount in value to over $4,000,000.
I Os the thirty-three the State of New
B York furnishes fourteen, l'ennsylvania
■ seven, Illinois six, California and Massa
■ ehuselts two each and Michigan and t'on-
H nectieut one each. Os these rich eounlics,
B Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, leads ali the
Brest, her agricultural products, according
■to the census of ISSO, amounting to
■#9,320,202. It is important to know ,
■wliat is raised in the rich counties. Lan
■caster raises vast amounts of tobacco—
■twice as much as any other county in the
■United States. The county also raises
quantities of corn, oats, wheat, and
■about 40,000 cows make enormous quanti
■ties of milk, butter, and cheese.
I The French census recently taken is
most unsatisfactory. In Paris,
Bin particular, people strongly objected to
■filling up the paper-, especially in the
quarters while the j-oorer
■classes did not understand lew to reply
■to the questions, and students and prac
■tical jokers return'd most ab-urd an
■swers. and utilised the census papers as
■a field for drawing caricature-. N arcely
■any returns could lx obtaim d from the
and in some quarters from .
nine to eighty per cent, of th>
gave no replies whatever.
father of a family answered the
by the suggestion: "'Ask my
r-in law." another wrote: "You
too curious." la stating the proses-
i oro'i uputi -n.-i fa i timis liepubllran
himself "Expelh rof Princes,’'
his neighbor state I that be was
Jule; berry to admire his
■■A p rout was taken out in Wa-hing-
neently to reni alel and enlarge ihe
i BBti-'- tei ntly purchase I by the- Piesi
on the Woody lame road. Till
Pens a. prrp.vid by the a'ehitei Is | rev
for the addition f> the present
Jlucture fath rd story of a very o' a t
* Uleutal and handsome design. The thiol
will be m the high pointed roct
' w ih d one- wind' ws. the ravel
over -< ui-- feurtee-n feet, tlmt
. forming the roof of the I torch in lit*
story. Tin re will lie double.
iw'lvr f>e' wide evlrnding on
and wi st and part of th- ra-t
K? of the t'o i.i I pon ih' stone walle
f
rill le* built ibis high, overreach
|j w tb the • tenor i ovrierl with
Hgb panted oil. 'tier will lx- a
ft lit k building erwtrd for a
& i and sort in's quarters, and th'
will be remodeled and fitted up
s'yl*' to i Tr- sp.'nd tn the ptellv
'le.i -1 "t a till Ige, which the
r will then assume.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1886.
AT EVENTIDE.
tt tn ‘light hour, beneath a tree
I lie, and breathe the fragrant air.
VII nature aeems to smile on me:
Hy mind is free from earthly cara.
Yu- in the West the waning light
Is struggling with the twilight's haze.
Hy soul drinks in with rapt delight,
The fairy scene that meets my gaze.
Tow silent is the summer air,
A solemn, ztdlnoss, silent, grand.
Tie rephvis playing through my hair
(seem strangely like a fairy’s wand.
The creatures all have sought their rest;
The songsters sang their lest “good-night.’>
rheowl now leaves his gloomy nest,
And through the twilight wings his flight.
Ihe marsh resounds with croaking frogs;
The crickets now take np the cry,
While o’er the surface of the bogs
The swallows skim, and wheel, and fly.
And sochi the ehoms swells complete,
And wierdly sounds The day’s last light
Departs, thn deep’ning gloom to meet.
The veil of darkness falls. ’Tis night.
—is IS Sfiasoii, fa Leisure Moments.
WROUGHT BY A DREAM.
Mias M. is a pretty heiress, whose name
for obvious reasons we must suppress;
Mr. K. is a young diplomatist who fan
ties he has every chance of becoming an
smbassador before the last of his short
t replied locks has descried him. Mr. R.
1 ad heard of Miss M. ns being the owner
of a wonderfully beautiful diamond neck
lace. and also as possessing more personal
attractions than are supposed to belong
to any but interesting paupers. Miss M.,
ou the other hand, had been informed
that Mr. R. was a very decent sort of
fellow, with the smallest amount possi
ble of foreign olticcr swagger. They
met for the first time under Lady R.’s
roof, ami surveyed each other with mu
tual interest from opposite sides of an
elnbm ately decorated dinner tabic. The
necklace came up to Mr. R.’s expecta
tions, hut their owner surpassed them.
Not only was she pretty, but also viva
cious and evidently amusing—not a
painted, dressed up doll, like the woman
beside him, got up for admiration and
incapable of conversation. Not being
accustomed to admire without some sort
of return, lie left (he doll to the tender
mercies of his left-hand neighbor, and
devoted his attention to Miss M. They
had grown quite, friendly over five
o’clock tea, and now exchanged tele
graphic signs across the table about any
small episodes that arose during the din
ner, Sir. R. thought he was getting on,
and became so engrossed that he ne
glccted his favorite entree and had
scarcely time to do justice to the saddle
of motion. But when the regulation ice
cream had made its rounds he noticed a
fiiddcn change in the g : rl opposite to
him. She turned as white as her own
handkerchief, and leaned back in her
chair, silent and abstracted, with wide
open eyes and parted lips. For the rest
of the time she scarcely talked at all,and
seemed incapable of rallying; but she
shook her head when he made a sign that
he was ready to assist her out of tho
room, and kept her scat till tho ladies
lose acd filed slowly through the door,
lie would have given much to follow
thorn at once, because his curiosity was
vividly roused. He was sure there was
some mystery behind the scenes, for she
looked as if she had received a shock—
seen a ghost, or discovered an unwished
for friend. As soon as he could get
away he looked round the drawing
room, and seeing Miss M. sitting apart
from ihe other ladies, and turning over
the leaves of a photograph hook in evi
dent preoccupalion, he made his way to
her, and standing before her, so as to
shield her from observation, asked in a
low voice if ho could do anything for
her.
She looked up in surprise. '’Thanks,
I don't want anything.’’
"But you are annoyed or ill—one or
the other. 1 shall never forget yeur
look at dinner.”
“Did anyone notice it?” eagerly.
"Not a soul except myself. Os course,
I don't wish to force your confidence,
but if I can lie of any service to you—”
“No one can do me any good,” hur
riedly, “Only I wish to heaven I had
never come. ”
He lookid at her with genuine com
passion, for he saw that she was shiver
ing from head to foot.
"Shall I fetch lonly R—?”
“Not for ihe world! I would 101 l you,
only you would think mo so foolish,”
looking around to be sure that no one
could overh; ar.
“I promise you I won't,” earnestly, as
he look a chair and sat down juzt in
Iront of her, so that she should not have
to raise her voice. "I’ray, tell me.”
"Ii was only a dream.” wiih the ghost
of a smile. "Last night I thought I was
being murdered for the sake of this neck
lace.” playing nervously with thn dia
moods round her while throat, “lAid I
woke up struggling with a man -a man
with a long ehin and reddish hair. I
felt 1 should know him anywhere, and I
mw him lo day at dinner”—with a shud
der "handing Ihe liqueurs.”
“Why, that was Bird, the butler. You
couldn't be afraid of him.”
"I am,” looking up at him with terror
in her pretty e es. "I am sure he will
try red mtirdw me to-night. I can’t go
to led. f should never close my eyes,”
and -he shivered again.
“You can gu to Tied and sleep in per
fect confidence I’ll tell you what 111
do for you,” and Mr. K. smiled, feeling
II at lie nas making a noble eflort. “Our
ionics lie on the sunn corridor. I bare
hcai s of loiters to write—worse luck -so
that I must ait up. I’ll keep my door
ajar, whit h won’t he noticed, at there is
a light in the passage, and my ears are so
sharp that I would defy any one to pass
without my knowing it. Will that con
tent you!”
“You are very kind; but he might
wait till your letters are finished.”
“That will make no difference. I
promise 10 sit up until my hot water’s
brought. Will that satisfy youl”
“Oh, but that’s too much.”
“Not at nil. If you.tell mo in the
morning that you've had a good night,”
with a pleasant smile, “I shall feel amply
rewarded; besides, I can do with less
sleep than most people, and I’m sure to
take it out before luncheon.”
Miss M. expostulated, but he would
not listen, being quite excited at the
idea of rendering a service to such a
pretty girl; nnd when tho guests separa
ted for the night ana lie whispered: “I
haven't forgotten,” she gave him so
charming a look of gratitude that his
heart fluttered like a schoolboy’s
* ». * . + *
Two o’clock, a. m., with a decaving
fire nnd without the solace of a pipe,
lie had written two or three letters just
lo save his con-cience, but the effort had
been so great that he wouldn't have be
gun another to save his life. In order to
rca-sure Miss M., who might be on the
lookout, he left the smoking room on
pretext of a headache, and established
himself in his room about midnight.
Smoking and sleeping were both out of
the question, and two longer hours he
had never spent in his whole existence.
He heard doors opening and shutting
down stairs, a suppressed laugh at the
last good story told amidst tobacco
smoke, the tread of several pairs of feet
in different directions, and then silence.
Miss M. being no longer there with
her white face and her small figure all of
a tremble to Work upon his feelings, he
began lo feel his position eminently
ridiculous. His excitement had cooled
down, his compassion had waned like
the moon; but, infinitely bored and in
tensely sleepy, he was bound by his
promise to a girl. And all on account of
a dream! He asked himself, with his
fingers running through his usually neat
hair and his mouth distended in an un
conscious yawn, if anybody had ever
ueara ot a young man being victimized
by Bomcbody else’.x dream. It was arrant
nonsense, and he was a fool to give in
to it. No, not quite that, with a throb
of compunction, or the girl would have
worried herself into fits; but he ought to
have reasoued with her, or sug
gested that she might have a dog
in her room. Lady B. ’s Fidget would
have been sure to bark if a mouse
hud squeaked, and would have howled
the house down at sight of a burglar.
A pity he hadn't thought of it; but sup
posing he had, Miss M’s gratitude would
have been given to Fidget and not to
himself, and he rather wished lo win it.
Another yawn, till he thought he had
cracked his jaws. The tire was dying
out, he was afr.vd to stir it, but ho
thought might tickle it with a poker. He
got up cautiously and was stretching out
his hand for the poker, when he heard a
sound in the passage. He began to think
his nervous system was deranged, for lie
had never believed there was the smallest
reason for his watching. But the sound
was repeated, and sent an unmistakable
thrill through his veins. He got to the
door noiselessly, thanks to his" slippers,
and without opening it any farther peered
through the crack, lie could scarcely
believe his eyes when he saw Bird, tho
butler,carrying a pair of tiny high-heeled
boots in his hand. Was there really
something in the dream after all? He
wailed till the man actually stopped at
Miss M's dooiand placed his hand on the
handle.
Then with one stride he was by his
side.
“What are you doing here?” he said,
in a stern whisper, staring the butler
straight in the face.
The man started, turned perfectly
livid, and let the boots fall from his
shaking fingers, but he made a great
effort after composure, and tried to
steady his voice as he said: “I had for
gotten to send up these boots before, sir,
and I was afraid the young lady might
want them the first thing in the morn
ing.”
"If she did it wouldn’t be your busi
ness to bring them. You must be mad
or drunk, and 1 shall report you to
your master to-morrow.”
The man’s under lip shook and his
eyes shifted uneasily. “I meant no
harm,” he said, sullenly, as he stooped to
nick up the boots.”
But Mr. R. stopped him on a sudden
impulse. “Leave them here and go off
at once.”
Bird seemed inclined to remonstrate,
and even stretched out his hand again as
if to take the boots, but Mr.
R. signrd to him to go, with a significant
frown.
The butler slunk down the passage,
giving a backward look before he turned
the corner. Mr. B. w atched him out of
sight, then picked up the hoots and carried
Ihem lo the gaslight. Nothing in the
first, a dainty, innocent covering for a
pretty foot. But something hard rattled
in one of them as they dropped on
the floor, anil he was not surprised to find
in the se-ond a long, pointed knife.
As he drew it out and scratched his finger
with the sharp edge, his blind turned
cold as he thought of the girl's white
throat and a etitnson gash.
If it had not been for a dream that
girl would have been brutally murdered
tn her bed.
* * * » * *
Mr. R. thought it right to tell the cir
cumstance# of the case to laird snd Lady
B. Mist M. agreed with him, but said
>hc would go home before he spoke, to
svoid a fuss. As soon as she lisa left the
house the story was told, snd Lady li.
nearly went into hysterics. Lord B. said
there was not sufficient evidence to sup
port s charge of murder, but hedeclinM
lo have his enterprising butler any longer
in thn house. He therefore dismi-sed
him st once on another pretext, and Mr.
George Bird is now on Ihe lookout for
another place, where he mav cut a throat
when he feels inclined, with no trouble
some third partir to interfere. A nice
thought for those who are about to en
gage a butler.
This story is true, only a few trifling
details having been altered, and the
proper names suppressed. Mr. Bird is
the only person concerned in it who
would be able to bring an action for libel
against me, but for his own sake he is
likely to keep quiet.— London Life.
The Yellowstone Geysers.
The geysers are the most remarkabh
manifestations of this region; but I shal
not give much space to them, says a let
ter to the Boston Herald. Your readers
all know what a gfcyser is. Its opera
tion can easily be imagined, and the
photographs, which arc frequent, gives
an excellent idea of the appearance of
these eruptions. I was prepared for
them, and they created less of wonder
and admiratidn in my mind than the
coloring, the conformation, and the per
manent agitation in the springs, to which
I have given more attention in this letter.
There is but one of the greater geysers
that the visitor is sure of seeing in a
limited sojourn—Old Faithful, which
spouts every hour, and is hardly sur
passed ia effectiveness by any of the
others. The others go at longer intcr
tervals—some of several days. One is
pretty sure in two days’ time to see a
number of minor ones, as did we. Wo
were fortunate enough to witness an
eruption of the grand geyser also, which
in its breadth and power is magnificent.
The Castle we missed, much to our
regret. If we had included that also, it
would have left little to be desired. The
landlord who lives in front of it told
me: “There is just one word to de
scribe it—it is awful. It makes a noise
that appalls you, nnd it shakes the earth
all about; we look for it with hope, but
we are glad when it is over. ” The cra
ters built up around these geysers are
great curiosities in the form which tie
deposits have taken, and it is very inter
esting to visit them all. One of the
chiefcst, the (fraud, covers no basin at
all that would be observed; others, like
the Castle and the Grotto, are large and
peculiar. The whole area within view
of the hotel at this upper basin is cov
ered with sDrings nnd geysers from wiiich
the effect toward twilight is the best of
all. I saw a curious combination of the
practical on this yiajestic scene no I
strolled through it aloue. All at once I
came upon a man and his family wash
ing for the hotel in one of these springs.
He removed the heavy soil from the gar
ments, and then sot them to boil in the
spring. I took a handkerchief from my
pocket and it was cleansed, ironed and
back there in five minutes’ time. This
man told me a Chinaman lmd established
himself at another spring some time
since, but he put so much soap in the
water that he created a small geyser, and
.John decamped hurriedly, thinking he
was in the infernal regions. We tried
the experiment later with a pound of
soap, and it resulted in throwing up the
water with great violence five or six feet.
—Correspondence Boston Herald. ■
The Original Weather Prophet. _
An almanac maker in London named
Partridge, who flourished in Queen
Anne's time, was the original weather
prophet. Like our cherished Old Proba
bilities of the Signal Service, he foretold
storms iu March and December, showers
in April and May, hot weather in August
and frosts in December. Dean Swift be
came disgusted at Partridge’s preten
sions, and determined to put him dowu.
Walking around London one day, he no
ticed over a smith’s shop the sign, “Isaac
Bickerstaff.'’ It struck his fancy, and
he stored it in his memory for future
use. In January, 1704, Partridge came
out with his almanac as usual. A few
weeks afterward London was astonished
by the publication of a small sheet which
purported to contain the predictions of
J saac Bickerstaff, astrologer. It made a
profound sensation, and the sale was
great. Instead of the vague and definite
hints at futurity which Partridge’s al
manacs contained, it foretold foreign and
domestic events, with thn greatest par
ticularity, giving even the hour of tho
day when deaths of famous men great
victories and defeats should occur. But
one statement created the most talk; for
at 11 o’clock on the 29th of March it
was predicted that Partridge; the alma
nac maker, would die. Partridge him
self stoutly denied its truth, but it was
of no use. On the -70th of March another
pamphlet came out giving a circumstan
tisl account of his death, after a sincere
repentance of his sins and a confession
of the worthlessness of his almanac.
Evciybody believed he was dead, and
Partridge was never able to convince tho
public that he was still alive. It broke
up his business, and in a few years he
really did die. It is a pity that the Dean
isn’t still on earth to deal with Vennor
and Wiggins. A good dose of ridicule
is probably the most effectual weapon
which can lie used against them, and the
Dean was a master of. the art.— Ben: Ver
ity Poore.
A Monster Lobster.
Searching along the Winlhrop shore «
few days ago for whatever was to li<
found contraband in the lobster trade,
Deputy Fish Commissioner F. R. Shat
luck came upon what might he termed a
stunner ill the |M>sscssion of Belcher
Brothers, who bad just brought in from
their t aps something wonderful in crus
tacean life. It proved to be an exnmpli
of the size a lobster can attain if left un
molested a long time. Unlike the avei
age large lobster, it was symmetrical, m
much so sb to cause remark in that re
gard. It weighed 11 j pounds; lengtl
over all, 29} inches; length of large claw
II inches; small claw, 10} inches. Tht
question of the age of this sample ol
what lobsters might attain is an inter
eating one. Commissioner Shaltil l k
who is making the lobster a study, sug
gests that he may bo twenty live yean
old.— Boston Transcript.
The young man full of promise Ire
oucutlv turns out bad pay.— Picayune.
FOR VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL
THE METHODS USED IN A PRTVATI
HOSPITAL FOB WOMEN.
Drunkenness Classified as a Disease
—How Patients are Treated—A
Striking Peculiarity.
“The patients here are all women,’
said the manager of a quiet, unobtrusivt
private hospital in the neighborhood ol
Central Park. From the outside of the
building nothing could be seen to indi
cate the character of the occupants, and
it could easily have been taken for the
home of a business man of means.
“What are the special features of the
institution?” continued the manager.
“There is only one disease treated here,
and that is drunkenness. Drunkenness
a disease? Undoubtedly, the same as
any other disordered condition of the
body. Alcohol is a poison and people
who take it habitually suffer from chronic
poisoning just as the man does whe
works in a white lead factory for any
length of time. The patients are all
wealthy here, and, confidentially, this
place is nothing more than a high-toned
inebriate asylum. It would never do to
call it so as it would ruin the business
entirely. It is a peculiar thing about
many of our patients that is, those who
come willingly, that if there were any
thing said about this being a retreat for
drunkards they would never come here.
They are sensitive on this point, although
they know what is the difficulty with
them. The hospital is always full, and
in fact, patients have to be turned away
every day, and I understand that places
similar to this have been started further
downtown, to tike care of the increase
in the business. I can't say that drunk
enness among wealthy women is on the
increase, but there is no doubt that the
number of people seeking treatment is
larger than it was a year ago. Some of
the cases are bad, and women who have
formed the habit of taking morphine to
quiet the nervous condition induced by
alcohol are the worst. Some are brought
here in the wildest paroxysms of delirium
tremens, after the treatment of the fam
ily physician has ceased to be of benefit.”
“Are the patients cured? That is hard
to tell. The object of the treatment is
to break the habit. Patients have been
sent home seemingly strong and all
right, who after a time come back worse
than ever. But little medicine is given
in the plan of treatment, and no substi
tute for the alcohol. Medicine lo take
away the appetite for alcohol is nonsense,
for by giving something for this purpose
another habit will usually be formrd
equally as bad. Whatever tends to
strengthen the body is used, and no
patient is safe to discharge until the in
flammation of the stomach caused by
alcohol has been removed. Fresh air,
baths, exercise, light food and agreeable
mental occupation do the work if a cure
is possible. There is a class of patients
who do not want to stop drinking. They
spend a few weeks with us, get patched
up somewhat and go back to tneir ex
cesses with the vigor of youthful indul
gence. All the patients are benefited
by treatment, unless there is too great
an organic derangement of the kidneys
and liver. I know of some absolute
cures but they are but a comparatively
small percentage of those treated. The
trouble is that when they leave here, as
soon as there is a reaction, however
slight, from the cessation of tonic, they
feel depressed and take a little stimulant
to drive away the dullness and counteract
the low vitality. When this is done
once, it is only a question of time when
stimulants are taken in large quantities
for every little ailment. This sets up an
inflammation which is the cause of the
craving for alcohol, and the habit is
formed. I have had patients under my
charge whose relatives would willingly
pay any amount of money to have the
habit broken. It is not a question
of money at all. Millions could not
cure a person who did not have a strongei
desire to stop drinking than to drink.
This is the real secret of a radical cure.
"The patients cannot as a rule be
trusted. The will lie about their con
dition, make themselves appear to be
well nnd strong, only that the restrain)
they are under may be relaxed, so that
they may have a chance to get something
to drink. Even when they are brought
here physical wrecks, trembling with
shattered nerves, wild eyes and wander
ing minds, they will declare that they
have not drank in months, and claim that
they are being persecuted by their fami liei
or friends. There are many sad case?
where the habit of drinking has been
formed innocently and perhaps undei
the advice of a physician. Then there
will usually be an honest effort to break
away from the grip that is tighter than
a band of iron, and tho mental torture
induced by the effort to keep straight
and the luck of confidence in the ability
to do so is something horrible at times,
and can only be appreciated by those
who have seen cases frequently or under
gone the agony themuelvca.
“There is one striking peculiarity
about alcoholic patients. They will
agree with every statement made con
earning the injurious effects of alcohol,
nnd will acknowledge that drunkennesi
is the woret habit that could be formed.
They will deliver temperame lectures tc
each other by the hour, and weep freely
as they recount their misery and suffer
ings. (iive the most earnest protestoi
among them a chance to get a liottlo ol
whisky, aod she will seize it eagerly
Tito thought of whisky starts the ma
chim ry of desire going so strongly thal
nothing can resist it, and usually, until
a gutient's stomach is healed, she will
drink whisky, if she can get it, until in
sensibility ia produced."— Bets Tort Try
bune.
Tho Corean Government has Issued na
educational law which requires all chil
dren between eight and thirteen year* of
age to attend school
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REQUIESCAT.
All night the land in darkness slept,
All night the sleepless sea
Along the beaches moaned nnd wept.
And called aloud on me.
Now all about the wakening land
The white foam lies upon the sand.
I saw across the glimmering dark
The white foam rise and fall;
I saw a drifting phantom bark,
I heard the sailors call:
Then sheer upon my straining sight
Fell down the curtain of the night.
What ship was on the midnight deep?
What voices on the air?
Did wandering spirits call and weep
In darkness and dispair?
Did ever living seaman hail
The land with such a hopeless wail?
The flush of dawn is in the sky, •
The dawn-breeze on the sea,
The lark is singing sweet and high
A winged melody:
Here on the sand, among the foam,
The tired sailors have come home.
Their eyes that stare, so wide, so wide,
See not the blessed light;
For all the streams of death divide
The morning from the night:
Weary with tossing on.her breast,
The sea at last has given them rest.
— D. J. liobertaon
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Why is a bald-headed man like a hound ?
Because he makes a little hare go a great
ways.
When the summer resorts fill up it be
comes more difficult for the boarders to
do so.— Statesman
“I do my best to bring mankind
higher,” as the elevator boy said, “but
some will keep going down.”— National
Weekly.
“Say, I’ve got the hiccoughs. Frighten
me, won’t you?” “Lend me a five?”
“Thanks, it’s all over now.— Burlington
Free Press.
There are two things in this life that
can be depended upon to stick. A po
rous plaster and a stylographic pen.—
New Haven News.
“Wh<*re is the best place to get fat?”
asked a thin housekeeper of a neighbor.
“All over,” was the unexpected reply.—
Pitblnirg Chronicle.
“Law Without Lawyers” is the title of
a new book. That’s nothing strange.
Lemonade without lemons has been an
old thing ever since picnics were -in
vented. — Brooklyn Engl '.
Boy—“ Father wants three pounds of
steak, and 1 will bring the money around
to-morrow.” Butcher—“ Wait until to
morrow comes, bub. and then you won t
have to make two trips.”— Judge.
Smith—“ Have you forgotten that S2O
I loaned you, Brown?” Brown—“No,
indeed. I’ve made a note of it.” Smith
—“Well, if you cannot give me the cash
I’ll take the note.”— Lowell Citizen.
“Do you hire college dudes to wait on
the table at this house?” asked an elderly
gentleman as he stepped up to the desk
of one of our summer hotels. “Well,
yes, we do, but Fm afraid you're a little
too aged to come under that head.” The
clerk saw that he had made a mistake
when he glanced at the afternoon paper
and saw that the lion. Josiah Jumper and
seven daughters were registered at the
rival hotel. — Tid-Bits.
‘•Come live with me
Dowu by the sea
Where the mermaids are combing their
tresses,
Where the shining waves kiss
The shore—ah! what bliss,
And the sunlight the sea-beach caresses.”
**l cannot, mon cher,
Too strong is the air.
’Tis ’ard,” once remarked Mr. Eccles.
“Now, dearest, you know
I gladly would go.
But I’m terribly frighteno.l f<*r freckles.”
New York Journal
The Goat.
The common or domestic goat was
originally a native of the highlands of
Asia. Naturalists generally regard it as
having descended from an animal found
in the Caucasus Mountains and the hill
country of Persia, called in the Persian
language, the paseng. Its legs are longer
than those of the common goat, and its
horns arc very much larger. It is not
always easy to distinguish between the
species and varieties of goats. The com*
mon goat has existed as a domestic ani
mal in Oriental countries from the very
cdrliest times. From there it spread all
over the world, inanifcttingarcmarkablo
adaptability to climate and circum
stances. In this diversity of surround
ings, a great diversity of breeds has ap
peared, such ns the Angora goat, the
Hyrian goat, the Cashmere goat, the
Guinea goat of Africa, and many others.
No quadruped, except the dog, hat
shown such susceptibility of variation.
These differences show most markedly
in the quality and quantity of the hair,
i and in the relative abundance of the
, two coats, the long, silky outer covering
I aud the softer woolly hair beneath it.
Goats are fbund wild in mountiinous
! countries only; they are very sure-footed
| on narrow ledges or iocl:s, and show
| great strength and ability in leaping
They also prefer as food the leaves and
! branches of shrubs and the herbs found
on mountains to the herbage of the
, richest lowland pastures. Among the
Greeks and Romans the goat was sac
rificed to Bacchus because of its ten
dency to injure grapevines bv eating its
young tendrils and leave*. The goat is
! not found wild in extreme Northern
i countries, but when under domestication
thrives as well within a shed in the
Northern districts of Bcandinavia as in
the hottest parts of Asia and Africa.
AH the gpecios of the goat arc natives of
the Old World. The Rocky Mountain
goat, so-called, of North America, really
belongs to the antelope ssuiily.— Inter*
Ocean.