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W.C. SMITH. N6,
p“rrr W\" r v . “t- r' t? ,i t*
IV. it . . .
A correspondent rs the Chicago JVf
' sc r\ljs attention to spontaneous cerrn
, hu-.ti.iu in thb origin of fires, which ho
thinks is usually underestimated a la
■ causa Os conflagration* Ho says: '
little experience y>f my own may be sug
gestive. Haring ooest on to stain sonic
wood work in my store after business
boiled linscqd
3ilfi£ral3±
ovt*
of an ho»r
.iiiX(«w^WegmMo|ii
■*!-':m a* itoMl^itfertwiwwtt wq»mijt4
t»v o-> tt<— i
i wvu Tia v j
• '-.td IrjfOT IT i
V "huii the 1-V«ed judge|^eMaa)|la(o
»Hy w«« !l «¥* ke
toon borteav d*-
cUcot w pblltAdhhon Ms.
part to raUifddtSSe UliUi-a Shilling. Ha
was onWod I !bf '• laferfify* Vnd .tclod on
that- ohhrgd. Hourteetr judges ini ill
’ lure wre»tJe<HfpfOe <itifsi'ibi|'»hethjr
i the defend*:# gn* Sirl{yof larceny 'for
not. and they are •>(« illy diridod. Loiid
Jii'Ucc Stephen#' hpids 'this atrsy rjho
i.-i.iond rhastAaof|>r^^^^^^i^
; Ills a»s,Kdates|iwfctd|i(A : tWlt , , A Hhowgh
■ shoenpiuol iBfH ol ihemnn ama la#
ful, Hio doflUAtJ did .not lake. |t
until be knirrSpSav a sovcrtlgn and
■ • »»dr up -Wis mrnd to keep ft; dad.
... that he was thaeafnea gnilty of lab-..
*VrnV.' ’The quetlioaiuhgoa apoa-wieta
the ■ or yproraign sctspslljy
* •*« urrert,. . I .aa 1..... i V
• ” * - J "
• arfield’s monument at Cleveland will
hr completed, it U orpectrd, during tlie
eoming oummrr. IS lookl as.m’erV like
a liphthoaiwasiNiythlHgelte.' The credit.
f .u iis appearaq e lielongs L’ the Monu
ment AasooUUm, ol ‘jfhkft tKncral
If. Uayea is Prcsi^iU„-.^(i.%Pci»'i'>b
. l.oso the *ainlid(»( plaiw
*hat were priratolv SnSkßdlSßtY.. Tim
whole matter was rnraeg ;U . he/oro Shr
f.iHie wat taken Into the cddMento of
•he association, ipatteuidirrr the Cleve
land Civil f agineeva 1 CMobdeeided that if
the moaurnent w ere l oqttructsd accord
ing to die plans of the architect, Mr r I
KVfIM, of Hartford, Come., 1t woteld b* !
..ntafa, aa it was built upon a clay kanll ; {‘
which, the club said, waa unable to b '*yj|,
the weight. . The association decided to
shorten the ntoßnmtut ntvonly fi'B
.feet. This decision was reached look
ester the monument was under way J
Naturally, after losing to much of itk
height, the mnnumeaf Will not look *•
•he architect deaigaed. P»wi4p*t Gar-
Aaid'i body will be placed in W wing
•be com ng fall. The body It MR Ik
the public vault, which it always guarded.
It was rrmoved from the Hchoietd
last June, when the soldiers were ra-.
Ueved from the duty of guarding il.
The embalming of tho body it said to
have been done in a very unsatisfactory
meaner.
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suit. ... „ ...o.hSUUKIUtIAAid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. SATERDAY. KEBRL.VKV 26. IsW.:
i I . OUTWARD or homeward.
: gun Srs the ?hips that iu haven ride, I ;
1 ‘lWtMfcg fair winds or a turn of the tide;
Nothing they fret, though they do not get
i Piit Oh theceenn wide.
iP) Wild hearts, that years to be free, ,!
! Look and learn from the ships of theses!
„ JJrV*** tlw •* l 'p a •" the tempest tossed
nSW- 0,6 " nva 4,11 sea bo crossed;
Not (o deepair of the heven fair, 1
t Though the Winds blow backward and
laagues he lost;
O, weary hearta that yearn for sleep,
Lookr and learn from the ships of the deep!
n~F, W. Bourdiiiotu
BUSTER BILL
:t• ' ■
ii 'A yr.-Mv,., * * .. *
‘'Ho! By Jupiter!’ - said Buster Bill.
ft might have sounded harsh from any
other inhabitant of Gold Jinn, but com
ing from.tbe lips of Buster Bill it was
different; for Buslcr.Biit had deep blue
eyes, and llijs. jbjlow hair curled into Is
tppknot .Oft his small, round head; and
Buster Bill, had not yet attained to the
.Cfif! df .'c»sip|li being but eight years old.
Also, Biistpf Bid, witli his yellow top
knot protrudin' through the hole in
Kcno Dick's cust off sombrero, and his
-sturdy little knees smiling through the
‘heftes id Paddy Noonan’s discarded 'over
alls, was as irreconcilable with the ! idea
of harslintis as oil wiih water.
|‘By G.torge! I'll bet you my biggest
ch spa Von can't do it 1” went on Bill,
decisively.
The*two perrons so unconscious of his
seorp'would have made—well, without
any exaggeration, seven of him. And
they hiig.it have been trusted to make,
revive' Out of him. bad they beard his
crushing verdict. 1 But Bill, when he
wokCiip in the’ old, SHnny gold pocket
bn th*# hillside, and Ward the two tough
nutf;Af; the camp planning for the rob
hery 'of Kcno Dick's cabin, had sense
enoilgit to lie still and save his TCmarks
till 'lidtic but the yellow poppies could
nod'detianco to'him.
Id the course of his six years' residence
among the pine trees and bowlders ol
in Id Hun there had been nobody tc
whom Buster Bill looked upas he d.ci to
Keno Dick. Although be was on inti
mate terms with the whole camp, there
by procuring for hn mother a monopoly
or., the washing on that portion of the
High Sierra, it was to hick alone that be
turqed in his extremities. When he had
forgotten to bring his mother the box of
starch lor which tho was waiting, or
when.tile aew bar of soap had accidentlly
■lipped from ki» pocket down to the
■omw es tbe shaft he had been superin
tending, it was Dick who had stood at.
the door of his cabin while Bill dashed
under hi* arm—a wall firm and secure
•against tbs Female Avenger. It was
Lick who remarked that tho next fellow
who icll down the sump would come up
cleaner tb*n hie had bean since he left
the States; and it was Dick who fished
out'from Ih# storehouse under his bed
thatwjh to Billy bar of soap, and sent
ths 'Avenger homa rojoicing.
Afad D ck had been out On a prospect
ingibur for two days, and was not ex
pecWd back until to-morrOw night. Bill
had ; (Mended to accompany him, but
Bill’s mother wse of the opinion, that he
might be wantin’ ftr sumthin’ eUc, and
w'at time bad vhefer ter be runnin’ ar
rants? So Bill bad Hayed at home, and
this afternoon hn had been cautioned not
toiset hit off the MU, for indsdeshe was
not blist Wid the TOiee of a mrat
whustle. 2 ' ■
Therefore h* bad crawled into'tbe da-:
sertid pocket, and, until half nu hour
ago; had slept tils sleep slapt oa|y by the
boytrlio knows hit mother wants him.
Th». he hsd started wide awake to listen
to the robbers’ p’ots, i ad the plot* were
against Keno Dick.
BIH stared alter the retreating figure*,
dimly seen.** the bottom of the Mil. and
then sat down to embrace his tao-eolored
knees and arrange for ths night’s work.
Host people would have announced the
bewain opea misting at the Gold Hun
hotel that night, but not so Buster Bill.
for such tame affairs ho had thus
tiers christened by the will fn camp*
Wat it for this he hsd learned; of Wild
bilk had yearned for him, and dreamed
ofhlml No! It should never be said
that he profited not by his teach
ing. The yellow topknot was a most
convenient handle, ami ho reached ths
top of the hill witff almost painful ce
lerity, for, alae! carried away by his
apostrophes. Buster Bill had forgottec
to sotlie to his hole in tho ground, aud
■ Use avenger was abroad.
V|j, . ” ».« * tit a
Ihe night wo* gloomy snd the witd !
sjgbid through the pines and whistled
in tbe xhaparral. The tallest branches
whipped serosa the trail, and seemed to
In are fluster Hill to be trying to scoop'
him up.in tbeir dark arms, who strng- :
gled with tbe Old shotgun be had pur.
loined from under the Avenger’s very
: nose, as she sat nodding after supper.
had belonged to h * father, and
Ire wondered, as it caught iu the trees
I pbd burijbv, sad thV holes in Faddy
' Norman's overalls, kbwne had ever car- ;
rihd it wi:e& he was weak and sick. And i
' by ps'iised snd considered why he had
brought it with him to-night, lie had
not flip slightest isteorion of using it, i
but Wild Bill always cairicdjsgun. Thi s i
j tbe broncjies mads another scoop at it. j
Snd the trail kept getting mixed up with
tire ro. ks. and Buster Bill was (sin to
thro# up bis glory snd sit down to weep.
He bad always regretted the distnoco
between bis * w n residence and Dick s.
but ho was sure the trail was bewitched
to-n*ght, snd Dick's bag of dust, which
he had hidden so securely in the sack of
n w sack? would be stolen, lie had
heard them say that they woold rip
everything ’ opstf, end they would he .
Blest if beep Dick could hide his dust
.flow them They h»d mentioned inci
its **»..//«' | ,fir** '■•'l •',>*'■ * »»
jm) roiwl J» BUiri'J iCiif UiiiA hi? mi..i ,
dentally that they were going to rob
another cabin, but that did not concern
Bill. . Oh, they were going to rob Dick.
Nobody but reckless Kcno Dick would
have loft such a haul in the lonely little
cabin, and Bill hid shaken his head
doubtfully when Dink laughed add said
that it was all right now. He shook it
again as he struggled on. and suddenly
discovert d that ho had reached the cabin
by nearly dropping the shotgun into foe i
gulch hard by its door. Buster Bill had
left his breath far back on the trail, but
there was no time for it, and he dug uu
dcr the rear of the cabin with a velocity
only acquired by constant practice in
eluding the Avenger.
A providence unusual in the cose of
small boys enabled him to drag the gun,
barrel .foremost, luccessfuily after him. /
He felt el! tbe flour-bag. l’he dust was
there Oh the side next the wall, where a
slight rut would get it out. The sound i
of feet outside aud a few low-spokeD
word", and the door gave way!
. Every esc, on entering a dark rtfom,
-knows the momentary feeling of irreso
lution; and it was while the men were
fumbling for their matches and whisper
ing in an awe-struck way, that they
heard the low whimpering of a grizzly
cub. Yes, it was unmistakable; and as
. their knees began to knock together, the
grizzly mother answered as a loving
mother should. But her Slumber-song
awakened no responsive chord in Dick's
lone cabin, and when the mother rubbed
against a leg, and a hand reached outand’
felt the hairy body, there was a yell that,
jatred the flour in the sack, and the trail
emoked with the flying footsteps of the
departing braves.
And Buster Bill sat in the middle of
the cabin., engulfed in Dick’s old: baaf
*kin, and while his yellow lop-knot
Sfobd upright from fear, he laughed, and
growled, and whispered, and hugged his
gnn.
“By George, I hain’t sneaked round
the old bear’s den on Bald Peak fei
nu*hin’!” said Buster Bill.
, <• V * »
The next morning, when Keno. Dick
rod.: over tho summit, twelve hours catj
lier than he was expected, ho looked
down on the camp aud beheld a scone of
surprising activity. Itxvasono hourafter
sunrise wh n he arrived in front of the
Gold Run Hotel, and listened without a
word to thestupendous news. A couple
of Mexicans had robbed Mike Dorsey’s
cabin and vamoosed. Dick’s own cabin
had been broken open, but everything
was in order, except that the bear
skin lay in a h ap on the floor, Buster
Bid was mining, and his mother was iti
hysterics; if he listened, he coul l hear
her crying on the hill.
Keno Dick listened with the immova
Me face that had characterized him at
the table, and then turned the mustang’s
head toward his cabin. He wasacjoni
puiicd by a sympathizing delegation,
who. knowing his iovc for the Buster,
suggested that he drop in and console
the mother. He refused curtly as her
“och hones ’ floated down to the trail,
and the procession took up its march,
presumably to show him the tousled
bearskin.
But Dick made no comments, for a
dud -atispicion forced itself upon him and
would not be put aside. Os course noth
ing had been touched; he could sec that
for himself, f f course not, but hp
would look anyway, and make sure that
the dust was safe. And as he turned the
sack over, the flour sifted through the
slit cut In the side next the wall?
I Then the dark suspicion that he had
put down as shamelul danced around
r qim, and cried out: “I knew it 1 I. told
you so! Nobody bit Buster, Bill jiaew
; whero you kept your dust, and Buster
Bi I is missing!”
The boys glared disgust at Keno Dick
for his surly response to their sympathy;
but at last they went away, and he
walked tho space in front of the cabin
like a tiger. Kcno Dick hnd prospected
in u strange place this time, for he had
spent the last two days in Georgetown,
where Miss Bessie Worth lived; and all
tho way up the summit coming
home ho had calculated ho.w much
dust that bag contained and how
much it would take to build an ad
dition to the eabiu pud to furnish it
in the style befitting another and an an
golic occcupant.
But the bag was gone now, and Buster
Bill was gone with it. His hands!
clenched in his pockets and one of them
touched something hard. He drew it
out. It was tho ohispa ho had got for
Bill over in Georgetown. He hid been
j intending to tell him he found it on the
j summit, for Bill was sharp and it was not
I best for him to know about the George
town'claim vet. lie to-sed it into the
I gulch with nil oath. B it.aftcr all,it was a
I thispn, and the foundation of a new bag
■ must be la : d soon He climbed down
| after it with feverish haste. A jagged
' igtjtrtz rock cut his hand; lie was glad,
‘j and he struck it against tho rock, lfc
wouldn't have minded the loss of the
| dust so much, but—Bessie, and Bill!
! Yes, it was sorrow that Plied his eves and
! made him stumble. Oh, little Bill, how
■ i ould you do it! Another stumble! Take
I care, Dick; you bad better wipe your
i eyes, if you want to And that ehispa.
j “What! 1 ill t Little Hill, lying here!
; Look up! Look up! Oh, liltle fluster
Bill, forgiys me!”
i Tho Luster opened his cycsnnd smiled.
“ b, l id, 1 see it all now. They scared
i you info telling them where it was, and
then chucked ton into the gulch!”
Thu Busier sat up straight. Y isions of
Wild Bill, tbo great anil noble, Dusted
through bis bruin. His honor was at
aLaks. Whut ( and he for a broken arm
of a swelled and aching head!
“Scared me!” There was a world of
Sorrowful scorn in his tones. Then he lay
back in Dl k'ssrmtnud toldhis talc; and
at the end Dick ttw that he was strug
gling with one of the deep slit* in the
aide of Paddy Noonan s overalls, and
after many efforts be drew forth his hand
. and Said:
“ And it was so blame dark that I
walked intotbepu! h -but the bag went
lU.uiiiJ , jji u>J ■
with me, fer I 'lowed that they ihlgtit go
through the cabin any xva'y, so I jisf i
'slippeddt'into myipbcket.:” bp'o'di I
„, And Kcno Hick boyred; his »»ij V
wept. ■[
“But by George; -aren't-them fellers
swear when they reads it in the papers!’’
said Buster Bill n-t-Mity Goojier ini Argo- !:
. ■'< y, ,irlj j■!
How Pretiels irc JHtdeV ' l *’ “ ■
The lower f oqr,, pr bnk<gy flipped
where the pretzels' are kneade(l aim' 1
cooked, is a pretty-Wot plkce, tihe- tern-,,
peratuic standing,at ninety to nipety,-ilve
degrees This heat is necessary to “raise” 1
the pretzels. The most striking features !
of the scene are a verticalhnilqr, a steal* i,
- machine like! ..a big clotbes iwringer, a'
few men with long-handled shovelS':
working sit blazing ovens, a dozed boys.
rolling little Bits.of .dough into.:pret>.el"
shapes, a vat of. bojling lyp, ,aqd a great
rack of boards covered w th" pfcuilsi.
First the dough is. 'kneaded, in a great'
kneading-trough, the- only ingredients
being floqr,yeast, qaltjjaad, water.
The dough is much stiffer than that used ’
Mr ordinary bread. W h dn-'w el Ik neatlM -
it is jisted in.grPSt i 1 limps and run f,or
about fifteen minutes through the stcfim
rollers, a machine thatworfel exactly -fikp f ’
a steam clothes-wringpr-, Titis makeb
tho dough mue consistent and puttj’-Lke
and leaved it itt gV.-'at- sheets about an j
inch thick. TKeiiTtis cut in strips and-,
these strips roltedi ob' thb ldrgc baking-,
boatjs. The strips qrer abppt tl;req feet'
long and an inih in aiilhetcr. These
stiff, round strips .are then ran through a
cutter, which cqta them,,.into. spctipp|i
about an inch long. The boys’ work con-i
sists in makiag ti.cSa.-oct-ioim inlo pret
zels. Each section is rolled by hai>4 -ob
the board aatil.4t.is-the shape of ii thick
lead-pencil,: and then by a., rapid twist iit . f
is made into the pretzel form already do
scribed'. ThA prertzcls are then luid-oa'-
hoards and the j
each other as high as the ceiling. They
are Ifeit thus abbut! -Tut!f • an'bout, by
which time thpheatof the atviosphcre
has madeth-’m pretty stiff and dry, whilp
the yeast has begun'ifs work nnd swollep
them out to some extent. Then, they are
thrown in the vat of boiling lye, and in
about a minute and q hidfjbey float to
the surface. They aresk mmed off with
wire ladles as fast as ihey rise, snd are
then spread on tho blades of lpng shovels
and sprinkled with fait. In this wav
they are thrust into the oven and baked
for about twenty,minutes. Tho oven is
kept at a heat that would burn loaves to
a cinder, a very strong heat being neces
sary for pretzels. iThey atp then .put in
wire boxes and left for half a day or so
on the second floor'directly on top of the,
oven, which dries them thoroughly and
leaves them. ready for use. Then they
are packed in boxes which hold about,
seven and ahaff pounds, or over aO'J
pretzels, Chicago. Tribune.
■. ii T. ■ ■; • - •/ ! *
The Color of Birds’ Eggs.
Matiy birds make their nests in lofty
. trees in on theieffgps of pteinpitxjus eliffs.
1 Os these, the eagles, vultures, and crows
are conspicuous exampWs'.' They are,,
for the most part;.too powerful to be
afraid of tbe marauding, magpie, and
ooly fear the Attacks of beasts of prey,
among whom they doubtless classify the
human race. , The vxely fpr the safety of
their eggs on the Yriacccssible positions
of the nest."' Many of them also belong
td a still largor .group pf-bjrda who rely
for the safety of their eggs upon their-.
own ability, cither singly, in pairs, or in
colonies, to ffefpnd them againqt all ag- )
gressOrs. Few IfolonieS'ot birds are more
interesting thhh those Os herdns, cormor
rants, and their respective allies. Thesß
J birds lay white or nearly white' eggs.•
i Nature, with her: customary thrift, has
| lavished no color unon them because.
1 apparently! it would have been watted
| effort to do so; but the eggs of the gui I
i lemot are a remarkable exception,to this
rule, Few eggs are more gorgeously
colotcil, and no- eegs exhibit hnch a va
riety of color-. It,> iroppisible tq. sup-'
pose that protective selection can have
prbdtrccd edloW so’ cotispicuouv ‘dn the
white edges of the chalk cliffs; and sex
; ual selection must have been equally
I powerless.' 1 It Wfluld’be too ludicrous a.
suggestion to suppose that a cockguille
mot fell, in love with a jilei.n-cploreff h en
because he rcthembeVe'd thai last reason :
she laid <a gay-colorod egg... It cannot
be accident that ‘ cause*.the
eggs to bo so handsome and sd varied.
In tbe case of birds brecdiaglA holes se
; cure from thp prying pyes of the maraud- . |
| ing magpie, no color is wasted whero it
is not wanted. a " 3 A
The more diop'y nature is studied,the
more certain seems to be tho conclusion
that all her endless variety* is the result
lof evolution, ft seems also to be more
ai d more certain that natural selection
| Is not the cause ot evolution, but only
i its guide. Variation is the cause of evo-
I lution, but the cause of variation is un
known—Nature. s
—~|— 1—:- . .
Drawing the Line.
“Everybody draws the line some
where, and 1 draw mine at Sunday night
concerts,” said a man, who, neverthe
less, spent his day of rest in hurse-racing
and Various similar amusements! Ho bad
thus gono through tho farce of compro- !
misc with his conscience by yielding to
her in one point, but that one involving
only an indulgence which offered bins no
very strong temptation.
“I wonder bow you can bring your
self to wear false hair,” said a lady who
w»s watching a friend, as she deftly
rolled the detatched puffs which formed
her head-gear. “It seem* soinsinper*!”
“I never thought of that,” returned
the other, “Pernapa you feel about it
as Ido shout artificial teeth. Nothing
woold ever Induce me to wear them.”
I “Teethl Why, ray own tre false!
1 I'm sure no one could be expected to
go sbont toothless!”
1 60, time after time, does the world
| decide for itself, condemning that of
which ithsa no personal Died.— Youth't
\ Cmrunim. , „ . ..Mix., |
in >mm fjii list** H nan * Ijo»/ * i
‘VtamUR BiOTlMfAl* Ot&m
■Mini .«! lON’hYOtima QTtLli. / uwi ‘
nd ai eTiitorilaivtrpybrf"lo ilr.mi mlt I.!
a Bffifssfirsass ns
* QAmdk.-'* •»> oinimm iuUt r, .
A recent number of the St. Louis-’Ae
publiean says; .-Dr ..EK.Yopnkin, tbe well
known practitioner and editor of the
1 Atnerkate 'Hfedtial -Joßntfffj' returned-yes-..
■Jcrday, f r on* a prp fpspipqql, tiipito Ijljnais;
wherein he wii confronted with one of
1 tire most remarkkble cates in the history
,-of medical pimtjce.,,|/ran)f4if<lAW* Mn r^'
, porter tho.doctor lust night gave the fol
-1 '!‘dbfng”-'.secAunt‘ ,; o l s ‘tbtf’calso: 1 few
days hg« I Ivsm cffUqdintqlllinoJs: eighty
mi lea south, of St. Louis,, and on learning
‘that There
iet'simdck’.inAbe vicinity,. I determined •
IWM£aW!ISSS
maiden > of' deh /summers, with a mis- !
■ - strong risemblnttcfe td a- fr'dg;' ot' toad. !
:T*>e littfcgUl wy. PCfjfelJy lcrmed and (
hsd pever Been seriously HI and was
pretty,‘Wit ht'the Wight dfthb in formed I
; jpfW s ter.’»''f lea dk Ipflking. out. from the
scat pf .rcasou. one’s; first impulse is tq
| shrink ;: fkiitti‘ it' ■ kid shudder’ W CU
■ .bxougbt.. tflddlenlydo cppftpnt a reptile,
, I drew near, lipwever,and examined and
1 iWs CbavifftCd. ffiar the top Os the
hcad.i Qb thm,ieft,,'par|ctal bane, there -
vyas.a patch destitute of.bair, in thecen
tre of Wliifcb HiM Bfttfathd the toad. I
I looked again and it appdared!more like a
frog w.bcn it floats pn the smooth surface
of the wafer,'with'its head aiid shoulde:*
ia J sighit. 4 ’ .ngslloo eilt lean •
• mal was above the general contour of
■;‘K , scqljv.but. the,legs seemed to be !
buried in the cranium, just as they
wC'uld’Mi itt ’-water'. if > the' animal was
Swimming. The bead and mouth are
weii detiued. hut the eyes are missing. ”
‘'‘Yoii'say the mdufh is vtcll-defined)” .
‘i'YFes, eiriT opened it with my own
fingers, and felt almost afraid it would
bite me, 'although the teeth were not
visible. There was a mucous substance
perceptible, that added much to it* nat
turalness, and left hn impression that it
could eat, just the same as any other
mouth.”
“What is the exact position of this
additional head on the child’s head?”
“It is situated on the left side, on ths
Earictal bone, rather near the top of the
cad, and when pme sits on the right
sidqipf. the little girl and, looks, at the
frog, it looks for all the world as if it
contemplated springing directly into the
, beholder’# face,”
“How large is this bacterian growth?”
i‘ ‘“At prosetit lt'is about half the size of
the natural frog qr toad, and for half an
inch around its body there is a smooth,
epithelial border, destitute Os the hairy
grawtn.of tbo.scaJp, The remainder of
the head was. covered with a thick cov
' erihgof aubfirn haiir, and'the little girl
- enepihb eveti proudci of her ‘toady,’ as
6he called it, than she did of her beauti-
Rn'iifcts.”"
i . ihlGf what ootoif i» the. frog?”
. -i- ‘uEKwtaf of true skiD ><
but uie parents informed me that during
ii a wet or-ralffy time, br seasons of even
cloudy weather,, it turned a little purple,
as if wanting te take to water, its nalu
" tal Clement. - ' ' *■
, ~..‘TsJhq,seneeof touch communicated
I freely from this to the brain?”
u Yefc, : the'sympathy fs complete, and
a probe Os */ pftnetare .of ‘toady’ pro
duces pair) as iqstantly as would be
CaUShd bJ'tbuChirig any other member.” i
“Doyou think this ‘inCubns’ can be
removed, or has it a vascular connection
that, would make that operation unsafe?”
• • “Itihas no vascular connection, as is I
often tbo caso in sim lar freaks, .but can
' be removed at hnytlihe without danger.
. I offered to remjovo it, and, g,:*ranteed>
complete and spqcdy restoration, but the
little girl bbjected to parting with her
- pet,, and some country: physicians had
told her parents, that it would not bo
safe to remove it,and so they objected."
“How itb ybu explain this curiosity?”
“^Vell,,,sir,,fthas long been a question
among thq medical’ fraternity as to
: thefd was awy-mch thing as a ’
‘motbpr.'s .mark,’ and I;Vave heietpfqre.
been ailoubtltig Thomas,bat since Ihave
seen this, anil.'ManLthe mother’s story,
I.will comq down.o‘l th* fence and ad
-1 mit that St is piissible sor 1 the mental to
! mskbk lasting ltsprmsion upon ihe phys
, jeal nAlqre.” ~ ~ u
“What is the mother’s story?"
bSimply this: 1 Sh* states that while
walking through a wood, she accidsnt-
I ally stepped ona. toad, w hich gave her a
great iricht She was at the time bare
foot, and at first thought It wiie a snake.
, As she ]ockx;d down, she saw the toad
sticking half way frpm beneath her foot,
with ItsbeSd protruding ' This was on
doubtedly tin: rw-oniof tbe mark on Uu
; head of the child,"
r •-• > ‘ »' * 'j
Tbe Drowed Bqcf Business.
Colonql Sqm Br°Wn, ,who hails from
1 thp blue grass region, in Kentucky, sup
-1 plica the f'tilMdelphia and New York
markets with a great deal of live cattle.
Standing in the Girard House corridor
i! the other rtlgfht, lie raid: “I can remem
ber the time When .175 rarloai 4 * of live
cattle were brought to this city and sold
i every week, but the sales h.vc fallen off
-i to about 100 carloads. Wby? Chicago
1 dicsscd beef. Nearly JOO carloads of it
1 come here every week The drotsed beef
. . busiudi* is ioereasing right along. The
; population- of thq city is growing so rap
;, idly that the demand for Chicago dressed
bkef 1* incrtasiiAg wondeTtully. There is
: an immense ppiQunt Sent to the little cit-
I ies aro iad Philadelphia. Camden, Ches
ter, Wilmington, Norristown. Reading,
: l-anc«sUr a*(t* number of other placos.
’ In New England there it au immense
3iisntity of drowed bCef''received every
| *y frtm I hitaigo.A-f/’Atiiit/tintin Timm.
tip* <uo-iiaq lu ivtiniuu a ]|iuti«r< jjIU
A m per Aimfon. cetis. 7*
i!ii
Does the road wtndup-hUI air the way# '
11L Iti* liiWW VOflOM! .*t*> 21*1
the whole long
!:i )■ 4ay?' : , f.»oji*»f>!w
?•( Fronmom eight, my trUoA* <4
mmsmm
:U oj fi¥k ::i" 5 U yi- u:v:.ri:f
Mey not the darkness hid* I* froej my face?
You cannot miss tiiat Inn.
frj m'frv'mHW,. »>
Those who nave gono before.
Tb'A'mito'tii&tf orVmd.Wheel}oM *o
sight? .XT/qim/f
They will not keep you stan
door.
Shall I,find comfort, travelaor* and wqak?
Os labor you shall find the sum. ,
Will there be beds for rto aad'aff WW kW«
f YSk, beds for all who comi ol o?»*(r!4
?t.R.d ol it,;:;, LIvSTPH
|i 1 : —r-z-; --y-rz —•. ,
HtIMOR OF TBE. PAT- . (1 ;
1; The' oredlAbf liberty is at solid an its
rock*.^-Picayune. ; . .
The most trade mark—fi. —
Merchant traveler. ’
Who wants a chest protector most?- •
• A miser.ferJlM**: Cmt/rfa. ; Mo) v»M
. The buzz-saw has an qff hynd wyy
with new acquaintances.—Triton SuUe-
Ww .■ i*li o\ yi'i.i;. otic
A mustard plaster ia yfry symnatbet
tic. When it can’t do nnytbihg etse for
yen' it draws’ yoiir at ten tics,’-—fftsrßeq
ton #reePr<s. i 1., - pitnom 0111 nl)
After rolling all night in his bextb the
steward got a boot thro wh’at hlfit When
he asked the sick• passenger if ha would
have a roll for breakfast. .
Mm curse the Wind so ehilt and raw
■ !!■•; ciThathriut:s!l|lie'fl*Cofistorpv• :
And then when things begin to thaw
! t They kick henausa it/s warm/ 'ju
: —Merchant Trareler^
Teacher: The wisest man' that ever
lived said: “Thereianothingaesiniader
the sun.”. Little Boy, (enthusiastic*^):
But I'll'bet they never had a bafcy st
his house? 1 '
A poet has written some Unea entitled
“I Owe No Man a Dollar.” TM#. j? true,
is conclusive evidence that he 1* engaged
in some other business thsn.Writug
poetry.— Norristoun. Herald. ...^
An up-town merchant said to a farm
er; “A dollar will go faHher than it
use to,” “Yes,” tho farmer quickly re
plied, “and it makes the distance in
quicker time.’—Hudson HepubtSiah.
The curfew tolls the knell Os parting devi
The painter bpld windaslowWo’er the lea.
And, as he goes, on fenCex doth display
“Take Jenkins’ pills end from eil) ill* be
free!”
,i • > —S». Louis Magazine.
•fay Gould is said to have gone through
life leisurely. Indeed he has. It hts
taken him fifty-two years to get this ftr,
and we know plenty of people who
reached 1887 in less than half that time.
-life. " Tr ' rL '°- “ i ' J
They say that a man can leave an um
brella out doors in Norway ».nd, find it
there at any time. This does hot show
so much that the people ar* positively
honest as it does that they seldom havt
rain in Norway. —New Haven Neiet. ■
“What kind of rake do you cell
that!” asked a young husband st the
tea-table. “Sponge cake, •» it“ Yet;
what kind of cake did ydu think it
was? ’ “I thought It might be atamarh
cake ” ‘You ere real mean, to you ar*. *
'— Tid-Bitt.
The bull-dog in the shot* whose pert
it was to seize the villain by the throat
and hold on for dear life, succeeded st
i Cincinnati thsother night in dragging
from under the player’s collar the piece
of liver which coaxed him on. snd,
taking it before the footlights, he sat
I down and quietly ate it, while the vil
lain escaped. , ;
The Price of Pearls.
Although a pearl weighing one grain
Is worth only about, one-eighth of the
price of a diamond of the lame weight,
it is very easy to spend a large amount of
money for pearl jewelry. There is bow
lih the market, a pearl necklace worth
! £35,000. , I have seen another worth
• £6,000, and one was recently sold ter
; about £B,OOO. , These large prices are
caused by the difficulty of obtaining par
i ticular sizes and colors that may be
I wanted-! .'J : r ■/..1{ ’ ■
The most expensive collection ol pearls
! on record is that owned by thd Gountdie
' cd Dudley, which is .-far tsebe'valuable
; than the celebrated pearls belonging to
1 the Queen. The Couht'ess hat i coronet
of pearls. Ths top it composed of pear
shaped pearls. There ?s a very large oqe
in the centre, and the others are-gradu
ated in tire down to the smallest.
In order to get these pear-shaped pearls
in tire-requisite Mzef and Colorsdhe Jew
, elers were obliged to oui,h| an enor
mous quantity of pearls that when the
famous necklace, was completed with
’ earrings, bracelets and brooch, and fin
ger ring to match, they hi nl £7,\000
wotth of odd pearl* left. 1 A pkif of
matched pesLabsped. pearls. Weighing
110 graiat. were rei ently sold for £1,340.
• When tho' Princess Royal es England
married Fxederiek William of Prut*)*
she received a neckla e es thirty two
pearls,' losting £ijf,3oo! "‘ln T7BU <he
French Government’ possessed: pearl*
*»lued at ££o,ooo. One that weighed lpu
grains was valued et £B,OOO. Thd that
were pearvehaped’wete Velahd ’et £l4;-
.000. ;: ~. ~ .... I! ■ 1, , T -lilt
The black pearls bring very high hncOs
at present, but genuine peiarls may be
bought that an wMte.| pink, or gray.
The peculsr color which is c4)ed pearl
is a sort of transparent drab. There ft
at present a greater dtmaod for peuh,
as there is in fact for all kinds of jewql
ry, than them has been known foe e Mag
time. The plstatitlilaeu of imiutifins
does not appear to destroy the vmlqe,p(
the genuine article, —landon AntaMv-
I hsr’t Gazette.
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