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. : : . c t .3 . r i i -j . ; :i : v tlie .. .'ly t f t-:a 5 ..r IS, 3. lifl trave nwn j v : 1 "worn i; e fray" had herol ( LaSt'd if.-r four years with an s:.ua-t .lsiviawj.i'.le foe.-The devawta-; t'?v? i.-u4;n'c(s f the Civil War were vv; vw.i-re epparent throughout the I i . :,i,ri. Numbers of the Iheroks ' Con f0 orates were suffering from the actual necessliiies of Jife for food and , raiment tut An spite" of all this, and 1 esninst great odds, they exhibited euMh heroism as the world has never saen (parallel od In amy conflict. Oonoral Robert IE. Lee, the commander-in- lfsif of the Confederate forces, with j ' eye single to the -wed fare of fete Ibrave troops, realized that further re-1 eistance was useless. He caw that his men couttd moid oat no longer. Bather . than eaOTtftoe the lives -of fcia brave eculdilers and subject them to cruel butchery, foe decided t vgive i op II j saitisfactory terms could 'be made. As : all -who are tfamiOdar with hdafory knew the urrender of General Lee j to General, Gramt ocouinrcsd at Appo- i matbox, Va, 6n tfhe fttib day of April, tiea--- The tsunrender tut lApptamattox ia . usually referred to asthe last ' . those times that "tried ma.t t soula." , But not so. ''sit may (have paved the wiv for the final drop of Hi curtain, Rn-1 caused wiiat temahicd of the brave Southern, troops -under General Joseph (K. Johnston, mhj w?ro riis- - heartened, ! to lay down their arms. their beloved oonimanidr,. had surrendered and there.'-i'Wlii'n'Utght etee foe,:theirn .to l nof 'burt vte ifoJlow , Ms exarnjple.- i It was on North .CaffO- Mmv. soil that the laot Burreflner of the CIvW War totk place, and by.frea-j son of this ifaict there 4a cot t. more - bjatjorlc tpo In the whole country,! lit . la of this memorable place and the i . occurrences coroncrted with, the -teat surrender .that, wo inritt;;, ' ' About .iforee and :' oite-ZhaVf Sr'aJli 1 west of Durham,- In th county of ' " Grange, occurred the, last" at in tB tragic drama of the Civil War. It v .vas at -.the residence vi James en- ' ett, on the public road eaikir trohv k Durham- to Mllaboro, that Vgirtm Ms ayed war envoothed tho- wrinVI fixxrat," and General joeepfc .SEL? Jdhn - Bton, one pif tftwCnfe4eraw eornnad ens, laM down hia aotms and ffurrend ered to Oene.ral W. T,. Sherman. ' Thla , was the 20th day Of April. 1865, anv '," enteendaye affter ithe memorable aur- ' tender of Goneral Robert E. Lee to General C, 8. Ginarvt, nt .Appomattox, Va. At thla pilada old farm ihouee feiil ' ' tb curtain upn tho laert act of the teTJle vdrama, nd ,h dark 'cloud that had so lon (humc over the ihe&ds of wit ipeoipla began ito clear way, and a (new era. commenied to dawn upon, the Sourtih. .-. r'.'C-4:;: General Johnston; with the remnant of Tits flieroio . troops, waa encajreped at . Greensboro. : At itOie same tbne, . Genwat Sherman, oat (his , fsummia "inarcHi to . ha eea," Vas encamiped ai RalKlf'h. Jonnvon mvvU down to " miktboro, and wth 4s (trwps took tip caiimp there. Shorman'e men mdveij ' to Durham, t!hon am Kpreten4oni3 v!dla wtth not more than two hum- - dred 4na'bita.n.t3 and at that time known as Dunham's Station, twenty six. .mdlea want . of Raleigh, on ; the North OaroHna raVtroad. r From Ra- - lelsh' to : Groe-nbwro, a dtetancej rif rtgty-one mH:;boHv armies moved " liidlsortataately, ) Johnston saw hat Wg 'In gray line" was at the strain - :' fng point wt endarance an sent word to Sherman this desire for a oomfer-mce.-v On th-. strengifch of ittils - an a'rmilBttce. ct -ten. days was declared. , Generals Bherman and Johnston, tihe former from. Dirham aiid the Matter fmqn'IlUMboro.' started out for a con-? sultatton. They met fa "Beno&M; ynace, - -wftiere an s' asTeemen was reached . and articles f- of r surrender Ter drawn up. While tlie terms of surrender --cre aftreed up'in at the above nwnttoned tlace, tlhe orrender ;of Johnston traps coaurred later at Greenelboro. ' ' ' ' " ' lAs aited above, the WsUorlo "Bn , titit ''Place, was at that - time the ftouso of Jams Bennett, lira. EMza Ch.rtstxypher, now deoeatsed, was f A , dauKhter 'iof ' Mr. Bennett. A .-- fw years ago some gontlemien who were visiting &t that (place, stated to har ; that it 4rad been denied by sumo, pre- tendiirtgly Knowing ones hat Generals Johnston and Sherman cvw. met at ths house of ft-ar father. : She, there upon stated that -haw- the tw . (fenerals meet at the srate,. dhake hands, an d waiVk sldo"by side Into the hovsA taliknif earnestly aW the wWla. Th fact "that these two officers who had been s -vigorously lighting each t - other for years, were then so friendly "and gehtlemnly toward each oflheov made a rlvld and lai4n Impression U'pon her. - - -nr. , - - , - While the articles at surrender -were oeng drawn up Mrs. Christopher saw the two generals take a drink of , wnlskey from a "Uttla black ibottle. tier father also took a drink iwlth ; them 9Jrom, the same bottle. On the ., iSEh iday of -May, W4, Mrs, Ohrtsto , . pTier sol tJhe oibov mentioned bottle . to Mr. Thomas D Jones, a prominent leaf tobacco dealer of Dunnam, now deceased; At 'the tlms Mrs. Clvr&sto- pher made affidavit to the following: , - vi- (Nnrth Carolina ; lirij-ii-DarhajmCuDty, f Mrtr4telsa' Ohristophe'r, (being duly ! sworn, deposes and soys tJhfrt she Is a daughter of James Bennett, Who ro sided during his life time on the HlUs boro? road, three and ne-half -miles west of Durham." That she was (pres ent at (her father's house on the 261fh . day of April, 1863, when Generals W. T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johna , ton met Shore and arranged all the stipulations of the surrender of Johns ton to ShenmaiC That while ths ar . rangements .were being- made tshey - drank rom a hottle of wnhiskej, and that the bottle Was sold to Mr, Thom as D.' Jones Is the identical one tfroun - wlhili:to they drank on that oceasioru' : ELIZA A. CHRISTOPHElRi " ' Sworn and "subscribed before ma, this the flfteenBh day "of May, 1884. v ' . . ' f C. B. GREEN, J. P. " The bottle' was presented a few years ago to the museum of Trinity College, Durhaim, N. C, toy (Mrs.,Mat 'i tie B. ' Jones, widow ok the late Mr. Thomas D. Jones. The "llttlo .(blawk laottlo" Is still In the Trinity museum, Sind (has tbeen. seen by mrmerwus vll- y n fajff- -j, i ''- : ,J ' -- "''' '"" .ftis - "Bennett t House" Vis a a plain - unpretending structure chat has ever been devoid of paint without and within. In order ' to (presterve tWs historic old Ihoune" as much as possible and save it from the ravages of, time $nd - the toeating storms of .winter, a efielter has lately been erected over the lioiise and it has been iniclosed in. Not only dos this (protect - the house from " the , weatner, but also from -Uhe ruthkws (hands of relfcs hunters, wtho have car ried awsT twrtt" tn timbers of the feuljdlng " as- memencoes. . A 'few years ego the : place . was purtfhased by .Mr. Brodle I Duke, of Durham, and will be kprpt as a historic rel.fc, where ail w!k desire to rft t can ds no. , For - many years the "Bennett Place" (has been a mecca for numer ous vls'.tors from the Nortfi a3 many ; oJher sections of the tanmtry. - Earn- - est endeavors wl'l be made to ke?!p the eld "plae in a good state of (pre- , ,.craitta..-mJX ctjso xraxtxSty t'o.tfto 1:;:. :::r-, thriving cl'y t.f Durl. in. i-s it e.-i-y to rci : :i, hc-lr? Jivs taa an .lio-ur's drive over a good ruad. The armiPs of fhe.rman anj Johns ton, in their maaruli itIi.rou(;h h:l3 sec tion did Durham a greater service than She at any time knew or had any Idea of. The kite Mr." Washington Duke, wflio at that time was serving In the Confederate navy had a large quantity of tobacco stored away. Prior to -his enlistment (in the navy, Mr. Duke converted a;ll the means he had earned by yeans of untiring en ergy ' Into tobacco, rented . ut his farm and received his rents 4n tobac co. TWis tjobaaao or mulch of it was carried away by Che; Northern; and Southern ' troops, and thus was the fame of the weed of the bright tobac co belt spread abroad thrOuglhwut the Union. PantlomJarty was this the case with Sherman's troops, who spoke of Its excellent amfrklng qualities and traSscd It throughout the North. Numerous letters and JrKjulries were received -here after-she Northern sol diers returned home ffor supplies of the same kind of tobacco. This was the' starting point of the great tobaio.'O manufacturing Industry Ohat . has made Durham famous the world over. Mir. Duke's first ' f aotory was a : "or house, sixteen by sixteen feet, sltwrnted at his farm. Here for years he fimnu fact u red his own gooda, wlrtah he (ped dled over portions of : the country, working on a ertrlctdy cash (basis. In 1 872 .Mr.' puke moved to Durham and erected a three-story wooden struc ture, - forty : by seventy feet, . on the north ' side tihe North Carolina Railroad, and ffom-tha first (factory ereed by him la Dnirham has grown the Ammense business of the Ameri can Tobacco Company of the present "Equally as great aa advertisement for Durham as . the taking of Mr. Duke's tobacco by the Union and Ochi federaUs, troops, 6he taking5 af cruantlties of tohaoet), belongdng to Air James It. Green.,: Abwut two hun dred yards from the depot at Dur ham's iStatlon stood a two-story 'frame f aotory k arid , in this factory was stor ed large qiuantiltles w tobacco, ready for ish'jpment. , During the ten days' armistice agreed upon by 'Sherman and Jtfhnston, tbe buMding rwas com pletely ransacked ' by ithe so'ldlers of bxtfb"'agea.'a4ma'ad''thetraTni fires they amtoked the "pipe of peace. " When the : terras of surrertdor were oonsumated the " soldilors, plentlfuJly swppHed wath tobaoeo, marched .home ward. The fame, of , Mr. Oreen's to bacco was thus spread abroad tfrora Maine to Texas, In eamei'i.as was the case of Mr. Duke's tobaioco. Numlber's of the oldiers,' upon reai?h lng their home, ordered more of line same kdnd, many ? letters , (being re ceived addressed to the raiUnoad agent, postmaster and other, persoma. SpeakUng of the famous "Bennett Place, Mts. ' Christopher, the lady mentioned above, ? for many years owned the tabde that was used ' by Generals Sherman and Johnston in drawing up the surrender papers. The table was a small one, but 'was prised most highfly by Mrs. Chrlatopiher. On one otteaston, tn referring to this In slgntftcaflt little table, she said; "I have had numerous offers for it, but none sufficient to Induce one to part wltth It; !but I wflH seta it tor enough money4 f We have no knowledge of whether Mrs. Ohrtetopher ever sold the table, , or what disposition was made of It. or whether It Is now in ex istence. In a book (case for a long 3me Mrs. Chrlsforiher kept (between the -pageH a detapddated page tit Harper'e Weekly, dated May S7: 1865, that contained a perrect reipresenta tton of flhe extertor j wf the ''Bennett" house, as weMas the Interior of the room .that "was .ooaupied by Generals Sherman and Johnston, these gentle men, being seated at the .table sur rounded with papers, (writing ma terial etc., the. most , coa?pMus object, however (being the "little blatok bottle." , , , Mr. C. B. Green, the present Clerk of tho Superior Court of - Durham county, before Whom Mrs. Chrtftopher made affidavit aa to the genuineness of the (battle, remembers well having seen the table, the bottlle and the copy of Hanper's Weekly. - , v During ttie time that the two Gen erals were .agreeing on articfles of eur render, thow who wore the blue and the trees, laughing and talking, relat ing Tthedr ': war" exptoltt," narrow es capes, etc AlTOordilng to Mrs. Chris topher's aooiunt -of It, they acted to ward each other more Vke.a band of brothers than- enemies who had lined up In battle array against each other during the four years of carnage and strife; , AM hardifeeHngran d Wtter nees were , cast ailde, , and the muse of a common brotherhood rtHgned supreme.-" - Sherman's army had been pictured : by some wrltersv aa being overbearing, uruel' and ' unrefleniting In most portions of the South through Which - they marched, (but according to Mrs, Chriitfcpher, (Bhey exhibited none of this spfirlt: while at the "Ben nett Place," Even grim and stern General W. T. Sherman himself, not n'neur ff. '.Tft.YW 'uopswaxa pe)onb -1W e4 epnu xyqM mm m n p seems -. to have been : Imbued with the same friendly pirlt towards Gen eral Joseph EL Johnston, that Johns ton exhUblted towards him. And the same can be said of the o1dlers on both ' -rides. Such friendliness Ms worthy of note, , and characterised hose truly . brave and heroic men. The world cannot but hrtp admire paJti an exhibition of friendly spirit Thereafter there was to b more of war's strife and carnage or the rattle of miusiketrf . No North or South, but one united country. Peace from that tkme on would rttign supreme., Even to tale day nothing bo? ever occurred jnat tn me least would Indicate , ec Civil War God grant that there nev er ;w4I toe another such Tour years In the United States as were witnessed irom ixiii to lsts. i xniEx joust crsns lived. - t f r', '" " ''' ' t 1 Strango tnscrlpllon on His Tomb Near r Old Arlington Mansion. Youth's Companion. . - , V- Among the tombs near the old Ar lington mansion on the Chesapeake Is the mausoleum of John CustU, the father of Martha Washington's first husband. ' It bears this suggestive in scription:.' ' - " ':,.:-(,!" Beneath this Marble Tomb Iks' ye Body -of the Honorable John Cuetls, Esq. - Of the city of Williamsburg and Par ish of Burton , ; Formerly of Hungart' Parish on the Eastern Shore of Verglniaand the County of Northamp ton the Place of his Nativity. Aged 71 years, and yet lived but seven years - , ,' -, Which" "was the -space of time he kept -' A Bachelor's House at Arlington On the Eastern Shore of Verglnl. ' , It i said that before his marriage Ctistis did have a free end easy life. Ills marriage was of Importance to his country, for he was the progenitor of several wading families.; One would like to know Mr CustU version of the life they had together, which he regarded as unworthv to be called vuving, i: - cot:;-,- v. - . : i r r ::-.:: - i . r. 1 :-; . a . : ' . 7eJ a prov'un.. 'y wc-U kr.ovn n f -.t that the one u3 an ; .ti :,c c i .amiitoiiian-if-m run mad, and the o;her of ultra democracy run amuck. Mr. Hamilton auvocuted no such consolidation of power at Washington as preached by Mr. Beveridge. He had no such loose views of the consti tution. r Mr. Beverid'ge believes that whatev er is expedient is constitutional. Mr. Bryan believes that whatever is popu lar is Democratic. .- - ; - In answer to The New York World's question, "What Is a Democrat?" Mr. Bryan said; ?'One who believes In the rule of the people." He said further. -"If a man Is really democratic in sentiment -that , is. If he really be lieves in the rule of the people, this belief dominates him In the consider ation of all questions that come be fore the people. , "He looks v at questions from the standpoint of , the whole v people and . - not from .the . standpoint of a few. . ; His 'conception of society is that it Is built from the bottom, not from the top. While the aristocrat pictures ' prosperity as dripping down to the masses from the well-to-do, the Democrat cannot Imag ine a prosperity- that does not begin with the producers of Wealth." ' , That sounds well enough as glit tering generality, hut 4t Is really ob servable (that Mr. Bryan believes in the rule of t'the people", in the sense of ; all the people the great mas-g moving as a body. That may be call ed : uttrardemocracy, but it isn't Jeff ersonlan Democracy. - Ours iff not a government of unbri dled democracy. It Is a government by the people, beting not in the mass, but by, representatives chosen by the masses,';? j..--.' - '"-i Not only that, It Is a (government by States, each State : controlling its own affairs. The Fedteral government la supreme only lnts sphere, that sphere being delegated by the States, and : mapped out In the constitution. Whatsoevrr'ls national is to be con sidered from the v standpoint of the whole people, but by representatives from the States.. , Such questions are limited, and not reserved to the States, "i But v the individual Democrat must ;ilook mostly through the medium of his State. The interest of his own State, when in conflict with another tSate, must con trol - mm. . vjonsequentiy yuu vauiiui under our system Of government na tionalize the. Individual.. To do -so Is to make him a socialist, . Socialism is much nearer to ultra-democracy thajJ is JeffersonianlBM, ? Much that, in the I abstract; is democratic Is not Jeffer sonl'an Democracy. v Jeff ersonlan De mocracy is not ; antagonistic to our form of government. It is our. form of . government ' for Jefferson ' was a pronounced exponent of Its, federa tive system. He favored the constitu tion, and canvassed " Virginia ?- with Wiashlngton and Madison for its rati fication. Patrick Henry opposed it, not that it was too aristocratic or too ple beian, but because, he wanted inserted In It the right of free trade, contend.- ing tflt in time the North would dose our southern ports Dy means or-a high tariff as effectually as Dy a blockade of warships. , , 4 Contending that the citizen must be nationalized", and must look at ques tions from the standpoint of, the whole people, from Maine o California, in stead of recognising also1 the restrain ing -obligations that , bind him. to his Own State, ' Mr. Bryan accepts such doctrines as the "Referendum," bf which the, whole people, in mass,, je gardles of States, are to decide ques tions. This doctrine so infringes upon the rights of States that under It, in its practical operation, nationally: ap plied1, the State would lose Its power to control and direct its own peeuirar civilization if not its Identity. . Our civillzaton -would be Just what the peo ple as a whole willed it to be. Hence in the' South, where , two races exist, our Will would be in sub jection to the will, of the whore peo ple of the nation. Not only would each Southern state in time lose its identity, (but also" its ability to give airecuon to lis own. civuizaion. na tion" would be substituted1 tor "Va ion." And Beveridge and Bryaby different routes are driving at this one end the one by centralization at Washington and the other by Refer endum, i A change . from the represeatatfve system to the "Referendum," which it a term for direct legislation by the masses, would be an overthrow of our system of government. It would be as revolutionary as were tne Kecontsruc tlon measures .put upon the South af ter the war, and a more lasting disas ter. ' , - " " ' Mr. Bryan, ' in his studies of the causes that produced the French Rev olution,1 has become so saturated with the conditions: which prevailed in France prior to 'that bloody era that he imagines that such conditions exist here, and that our constitutional sys tem,' With its representative features, must give place to a system less com plicated, with no checks and balances; but one as he says, whloh "will en able the voters to, coerce the represen tatives Into obedience to the popular wilt But he forgets, or Is careless of the fact that' the popular will la as fluctuating as the tides of the ocean -that the whims of the multitude at times are as responsive to .agitators as these -very tides In their ebb and flow are responsive to the attractions of th shifting sun and variable moon. - A great ' big piece of machinery without ; Its governor, without its fly wheel, without its checks and bal ances, turned loose with ail the steam on, woulfl soon make a scrap heap of Itaelf, and cripple fTHll those who are attached to its fortunes, r That Is exactly what the referendum would do for the American republic... But what boots It all if ambitious men can climb the ladder, of ;lm.9 before' they go down In the heap I Bryan's democracy Is no more the Jeffersonian article than Is Bever idge's plutocracy., Both sap the foun dations cf our- American, system of government, it Is not time yet to give up the better plan of the fathers. Cold Coins in Marble Head. London Standard. , ' M. Rodin bought recently in an old curiosity shop in Paris an ancient marble head of a man, and as the face was rather knocked about he sent it to a brother sculptor for repair. When the work was done this friend got into a cab with the marble neaa and drove toward M, Rodin's studio. On the way the cab came Into collision with a motor car ana tne neaa roil ed out Into the road and was smash ed to nieces, -h . - - . The sculptor picked up the pieces and found In a cavity of the skull twenty gold coins of ancient date and considerable value. About 1.000 nets are1 -In ue dur Ing the herring season by the too fish. Ing smacks of the Netherlands. .A net lasts about three seasons, but owing lo losaes from storms and ctnercaus es between 40,000 and 69,000 pew nets are bousrht yerly. - v v " : w ,1 OA In me the sildier boys displayed - Their nimmer suits ot khaki brown, ' Tho tilumph of the grand parade, The pride of all the gaglhg town. With tones of harmony sublime, h 'Tw.ia I that set all heart a thrill. Composed, of course, in common time, But rendered with uncommon skill. At euchre long the gambler played, As deftly as Ah Sin could do; And clevnrly, when, I was made. He took the tricks, and money,, too. , I am 'a month of dire renown.' - Fcr- Wtlnr blast and hurtling storm; Tet when I smile, the peeple frown, ' And blame mo as unduly warm. M. C S. . ! , 361 METAMORPHOSES. I stand at the "head of the orinclnal thing in a base boll . game; . remove mo, and the remainder is cast away as an in destiblo thing. I lead one of the house maid's principal duties: my absence leaves a shedding of tears. ' ! lead, that which will' hold a horse; without me it becomes a snare. If you harshly rebuke your child. I take the : lead; . remova me, and flre would be ntwld. 1 load a musical term. but without me you have a musical In strument - What am I, and what the vn rioua cliangesT , . M. El P. " 362 AUTHOR-MAKING. - , ' I. Join a small fi-ult and a spinose tree. If a well-known novelist you would see. : '' -;.',,, ';v-- . ' r'- ' II. 1 Join a-plice of worslilp and quite a high mound, ' . And another writer you'll have found. ' - V ' IIL v.- ; Join two - thousand pounds to a bone of v.-' the: ear : . And a writer on art at once will apoear. ' ' V "iv. Join a collection ef tents and a movable . song To find , a writer of poem and song. . MABEL P. 863 A QUEER MENAGERIE, . ' MAMMALS 1. ,.One that rules abwlute ly. 2. Ou that lives in a' shell. : S. One that can iwalk on a rope. 4. One -that torments and annoya. , 6. One that will be patient-- . One that is a peat to farmers, but a delight to children. J7. One that is part or piougn. 8. erne mat is useu as a coachman'eV seat. f. One that makes earthenware. j v '-' BIRDS-10. One that Is very rrsgile. XL One that ia Used by Indians. 1& One that Is seen in a circus U. One that Is useful to ahenherds: 14. One that snails like a dog. isOne that Is an unbeliever. FISHES 16. Ona that Is tart of a shift 17. One that Is part of the body. M. Ono tnnx is a itr.e ot ugni. is. une mm is a little dear. 20. One 'that is like a (deep slope. 2L One that is used as a nail 22. One- that shivers. ACROSTIC. 364 DOUBLE , LETTER ENIGMAS. L OTTTLINED on the sea base tender, , CROWNED with morning's troplo aplen- A dor, ' I -. . There the unknown isles awaited OLD World wnndereiv travel-sated; BRIEF our gumpise or that , nrnngo meeting, . EAST and West In earliest greeting; REACHED at last, the world's complet- IDLEST and dreamiest of days, NURSE of sweet fancies tinged with sadness; -DIM shine the low sun's slanting rays, IMPARTING warmth that Is not glad- ness; - "AH, ME!" the dry leaves whisper as they hover, . "NEAR Is the winter; our good days are over." M C. 8. 365 AMQJNti THE. TKAL'KS, A group of men were gathered on a corner talking of , their various occupa tions. Said . ' one, ! "Subtract from my trade a near relative, and you still have a near relative left." ' Said another, "Take a medicine from mine and you have the pith of the whole matter left." Said the third, "Take away what I am as an Indi vidual ojtfide . my trade and there Is only a fem left". Said another, "Take from ma a cecuilar stvle of tons, and from neighbor here a exeat distance, and'1 we are aiiKo," tsaia me aixtn, "l araw heavy' loads; aaa to' me a small mairu ment used by all. civilised people, and I wllL erect a fine building for you." "I am also in for oromotlon." said number Iffki., -"f now hniull fnnraA hAnvv mAtnl. Change my color, ana i win nnnaie pre- r cious things." 1 ""wen,-? sain numwr ten. "I need no change, for I am already more than complete." -What wore the various occupations represented? M. E. P. , I . " 86ft-CHARADB. There waa a Jolly grocer boy. Who thought to have some fun, , When all alone one rainy night, - .-. 'By skipping o'er the ONE Two stately TWOS in grandeur stood . Within the window wide, : The wonder of the village street, 1 w His master's joy and pride. Of course he made one fatal leap. . .;.'" : And landed In a TWO; Quito paralyzed with fright, he thought, ' "O! what will master do?" Then as a step came up tehlnd, He bounded down the street, Nor stopped to born the till safe at homo And under a COMPLETE. , , . 8 PICA, 867 A. MYTH. , , , v We are told thajt she lived and was worshiped long, loirs aro; but matiy two- pie doubt that shenPver lived at all. Ktlll we cannot look at her nam") without be ing " assured that she did exist, and aa if to maK It more convincing the state ment of h-r xiirfenc is repeated. . Vet notwithstanding this repented assurance it is probable she was only a myth after alL What U ber name? ; -i BO-HO. ' , 868-GEOanAPHICAL. The Barcn, had ' built htm ; a fortified dwelling, -v - - - With doors for .admitting.-and wall for repelling, ' Within, 'twas s palnco barbaric In splen. ' dcr; Without: 'twas a fortress not apt to sur render; Portcullis and moat badeunaraodcrs go by. While arblnitls and mangonels threatened ' . on. high. Now Peter, whd lived at the'tonf tha , tower, ' In trapping small birds-wasted many an hour; . . . His mistletoe Urdllme he put to the proof, And spread. it about on the Baron' new ' roof r The bird came by dozens, and Peter, the fSlnner,, -- . . Was empty provided with gams for his .dinner. , . Imagine the just finished building In view, With drawbridge, and turrets, and bat tlement due; Whlle-Petrr, perched hlghon the upper- moat wall. His glutinous mixtures has dabbed over all; . . it What borough of England, ' my friends, may this be, That stands down in Staffordshire, fair ...?. on the leat , - c. M. S. THE PRIZB GrEKSlS'a ' A Verv DleastnS Prize will romM thn leader forwarding the beat list of trade nnnvennu , w to i ic , Chsdbotim. MelrrwH, Mass., within live luy. If there hoiill be s tl- U'.o winner will h An. cl(kd by the usual plan of comparing the ". 'i, r. . t w, ... v. 1,. V I ,,rn ,:s. J. 11. !:! .- 11. urn il, C. S. S alte, . .-ult, b. K. in- v. JI. jMinni.inr., ii. I rv. i 1 . J . I A.l:."4 C. 1 i urv N pin, S. A. iUrrwsMon i. E. Knowlcs, Sawyer. Mrs. N. 11.1'ralt, U A. ANSWERS. rri-The Hole in .the Wall. ' 353-Tiniea, Preat, World, Globe, Mall, News, Reporter, WVekly, Daily, Herald, Mewneer, Ted yraph, Telegram, Journal. :-For-!ret-ting. Sj4 In writing the second and -fifth rows he makes each figure one thnt will give when added to the dittit directly over It; then the iiim of the Ave rows will be the tame as the , third row with 2 prefixed and i subtracted from the units figure. Thla sum, of course, can be put awn rapiuiy without stopping to add. 355-t fcox. 2. The b-ear-d. S. App-end- ape. 4. C-bamlle-r. 6. Pun, pin. rticrms. Z.Verona. J. Man freloitia 4. Alghero. 6. Boasano. 6. Rome. 7. roiogna. 8. Leghorn. B. Polloastro. 10 Nsplea, . It Toronto. 11 Barletta. 13. Menstro. 14. Belluni 16.' BrumlUl. lii. Messina. 17. Syracuse. - IS. Terra nova. ? Naught , RE C K3; . MO O DY; ; AC H ES; . SP O RE; BE E RT; ' PE S KYj 869 Charade. RE E KS. 5 MO L DY. AC M ES. BP I RE. , F.R R RY. PE A KY. jI RACE SUICIDE. Tho United States No Worse Off Than ;- . Several Other Countries, - Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. " , In practically all of the great coun tries of the world the birth rate Is de clining. ABerlin periodical makes a comparison between 1876 and, 1901, a peroid covering a quarter of a cen Jury, .which furnishes -some striking evidences of a falling ratio of natural increase in the Inhabitants of the na tions which are considered to be near the head .of the list in progress and enlightenment : While the birth, rate in Prussia In 1876 was 40.7 per cent., it had shrunk to , 86.8 per cent, by 1901. rIn the ; German empire as a whole the decline was still greater, or from 40.9 per cent, in the former year to 85.7 per cent in the latter. A similar story, with some slight va riations up or down. Is told by the fig ures of Austria, Switzerland, the Unit e if 'Kingdom, the United States, France and other countries.; In all of them the tendency Is downward, and the de cline seems to be proportionate to the degree, of prosperity in the countries mentioned. In the United States it strikes practically alHelements of the population In 1 the second generation. The Irish, Germans, Italians, and oth ers are affected by it f Just like the progeny of th men who came over in the Mayflower. Statistics which can be relied on cannot be obtained from Russia, but it is safe to say that when modern Industrial conditions ' and a fair degree of physical comforts are Introduced in that country the birth rate will start downward aa In the oth er civilized communities. Possibly If President Roosevelt had known that face suicide is practical ly Universal In the civilised part of the world he would not have been quite so eloquent in denunciation of that which Is under way in the United States. It Is a world ; movement and . though France was a little earlier In revealing it than was any other great country, all of them are falling into line with her. Colncldtentally, however, with the falling in the birth rate is a de cline in the rate of deaths, which may preserve the equilibrium in population, as it evidently does in France, where the total of Inhabitants remains vir tually stationary. Cplncldentally, moreover, with the shrinkage in births comes an Increase In the food supply or the world, If Malthus were here In 1906 he would be compelled to revise his notions about the increasing pres sure of poDUlation.-on .the means of substetenca -, t , - r .,.-,:. ' .? :' A BARBER AMD THE TARIFF. An Object lesson Whk-ti Made a Re- vtKlonlst of Him. E. O, I. In New York Evening Post. A, Washington barber went to Europe this summer. He found that he could buy a suit of clothes In Lon don for about half, the price they would cost him here. This didn't par ticularly - impress him. He never thought of attributing it to the tariff on cloth, but coming home in an Eng lish steamship he had his eyes open ed. ? He went into the barber shop on the boat to get his hair trimmed. The English barber ' produced a nalr of hair clippers manufactured in this country. His American customer, with a aulck professional eye. noted this, and the following conversation ensued: 'I see you are using a pair of Am erican clippers?" . : ; ."Yes; they are the best I can get." "Bought them In New York. I sup pose?" - - " - "No, I didn't. I got them In Liver pool. When I went ashore- In New York to a barber's supply house and asked for a pair of clippers, they told me the price was 12. so. 'Oh. but I m a professional,' I said. Then they said I might have a pair for 82, , but I knew that I could do better at home. Bo when we got back to Liverpool I went up in James street and bought this pair, the same kind they showed me m New York, for 11.25," . The Washington barber left tne steamer a tariff revisionist. He has been telling the story to all his cus tomers ever: since be got home. He understands now whv he pays $30 for a suit of 'clothes In Washington that he could buy in London for 816.(0. r i -t, 1,.. ' ' ' I ' I ., , VALUE OF A SEXSE OF HUMOR. It Is a Precious Gift and ' Helps to Lighten Life's Way, . . London Truth. - , " I regard a sense of humor as one of the most precious gifts that can be vouchsafed to human oeing. He Is not necessarily a better man for hav ing it but he is a happier one.- It ren ders him lndlffernt-to good or bad fortune, It enables him to enjoy his own discomfiture. .(,, -Blessed with this sense he is never unduly elated or cast down. No one can ruffle his temper. No abuae dis turbs his equanimity, i Bores do not bore him. Humbugs do not, humbug him. Solemn airs do not impose on him. Sentimental gush does not influ ence him. The follies of the moment have no hold on him. Titles and deco rations are but childish baubles In bis eyes. , . Prejudice does not warp his Judgment He Is never In conceit or out of conceit with himself. He ab hors all dogmatism, - The world is a stage on which actors strut and fret for his edification and amusement and he pursues the even current of his way, lnvulnerab doing what is right and proper according to his lights, but utterly Indifferent whether what he does finds approval er disapproval from others. If Hamlet had had any sense of hu mor he would not have been a nui sance to himself and to all surround ing him. 'if,';-.'f- ': s" -r,isaaipasa,a"s"' "'T j' v.-'V Field Marshall Lord Roberts Is studying Esperanto and h4 Joined the British Esperanto Association. This announcement was received with en thualasm by the delegates to the Es riennto congress at Cambridge Eng- land The train left at 6 a. m. The port er knocked at Tom Mobley's door at exactly 5:32. Mobley awoke, but lay still for a moment to recover him self after his sound night's sleep, won dering drowsily why he felt a boylah i thrill of a good time coming. Then he remembered, ena was out of bed in an instant and shivered himself into his clothes. Emerging from his room, he started toward the wrong end of the hall. In the dim light a mn Jostled him a man of about his own size and build . who muttered a eurly word of apolo " . """'.f a gy as he hurried bn. : Mobley turned f"""' oj)'. au saw me neaa or tn stairway In the opposite distance. With an Impatient exclamation at his own carelessness, he hastened to the steps, and soon found himself In the office, the last of the few passengers for the early train. - - As he reached the desk, a shrill whistle brought the clerk to the speak ing tube where he held a low and hur ried conversation, and then turned an eyed Mobley curiously. " "Well, do you take me fer a side show?" asked Tom good-humoredly. The response was another stare; and the clerk-: began to fumble at' his ac counts, nervously turning pages of hb ledger. He seemed possessed of a most provoking abstraction. ' - , ' "See here, young man," said Mob ley Impatiently, "time is precious $ I can not get, left this mornlngi" "Well, now, there's no great hur ry,' replied the clerk with a most ex asperating air. ,., . , . . , This was really'too much.' MoWey swelled with pent-up vituperation; for the time was short. Throwing dawn a bill, he muttered between his teeth, "Take that, you muttonhcad. and, if It Isn't enough, send the bill to my iiu uusiicu uuv uiiu mo eircci, reaching the train just In time to con gratulate himself that there had been no further delay on the way. "- ftfi ';" He settlied himself In the -v cai", brushing some dust from the window ledge, and placing his overcoat and bag at the end of the seat, with a nnai anathema hurled against the of fending clerk at the hotel, he dismiss ed the Incident as the train started, and watched the monotonous land scape -and thought of the prettv -face and the happy voice of his old-time girl, towards whom he was soon rat tling along at a merry rate. He wondered by what strange chance Margery's father had come in to these remote parts; her letter had not said a word in explanation. He blessed his stars that he had happen ed upon the old gentleman's address In The Morning Chronicle. '" There could have been but one man with such a prepoatorouB . name Zebulon Naphthall Smythel He had at once written to Margery on a venture: for he had not seen . her had hardly heard of her since he left home stv en years ago. After that she had moved away, and there had been ; no correspondence between them. ; ' But he was certain that ho one else had elnce awakened the same tender feel ings which that little comrade of long ago had aroused within him. He re called how he used to watch oyer hea at school in a boy's crude way; and; how - her gray eyes would look ao frankly Into his as, they strolled home together, that he almost forgot what was sure to be In store for him from the other boys for his unnecessary po litouess In carrying her books. ' Margery had replied promptly to his letter of the other day, eaying sh would be delighted to see him when h should be In the neighborhood of Cheviot Springs. Her letter had a touch, of her native cordiality; and he felt convinced that she would really be glad to see him. Since then, his thoughts had been given wholly to her. What had her experience been since he had last seen her? Had there been any other whom she especially, favor ed. Well, he was In a fair way to learn all In a short time. . In an hour and twenty mlnuterthe train rolled into Habloton. ' it was a crude village with perhaps two well-painted and respectable build ings; and the little green railroad sta tion, t ..'i "Where Is Cheviot Springs?" Mobley asked ft group of men standing at the station: , ' " "Cheviot Springs?" yawned an Indolent-looking rustic. "Oh, about eight mile over so" -pointing iwlth his lanky arm. i-"How can I get thsre?" asked Tom. "Any livery stables In town?" -"Weil, neighbor, I can get you there in an hour and a half." ' ; '"Glad to hear that. oCTand bring your rig." . The train stood still and the engine snorted. "Waiting for orders," ex plained the train porter. The tele graph Instrument ticked. Tom had been an operator, and It was often his pastime, while traveling, to listen to messages over the wires. He was walking slowly up and down the plat form, wjjhln sound of the instrument, nmttlnir tnr thn rnnvitrtini. UnAAt-Tiuin Iy ha stopped, the better to listen tc a message directed to the sheriff of Wcdgeworth county, living at Hable ton. It read: ' t ' "Arrest and hold for papers passen ger on Bhoo Fly. Bought ticket for Hableton. Reglsteder at Cottrell House as Thoa J, Mobley, six feef medium weight, smalt brown mustache.black hair,- felt hat black clothes. Robbery, of - guest .In hotel',jJ" ;;-.' ) We41, 'that's somethingY'V'm Torn as he mechanically pushed his hat back Iron his f orehead,?: and chewed hard on the end of his lighted cigar. :, ,That' a deuced fine turn of affairslfcl wonde rle that clerk Is connected with this matter, ; i, , Being a man of quick decision, he promptly made up his mind as to what course to pursue. It was as plain as noonday; He was" certainly not going to be baffled in his purpose to see Miss Margery! With an.,a!r of composure and deliberation, he lifted his traveling bag and walked towards tbe train. As he neared It the engine puffed and the train moved off. Hie nonchalant air vanished at once. Pulling J his ;, hat tightly down over his forehead, he ran furiously and Just managed swing nimmt on ins rear piaiiorm. Turn ing, he saw that the conveyance which he had engaged had reached the sta tion, and te driver, open-mouthed, was staring at mm in wank amazement. Tom called ut that he would see htm again, but his words were lost In the noise i tne moving tram. '"Now," he thought vexed ly, as he sat down to recover his tireath; "won't that old cnap, ir ne hears of the sher iff's mejwage. think I am a profession al crook? These are rice auaplwa for a fellow's peace of mind on such a visit a I r : mean t 1 i -. ; ; ; "Hello!" t. 1 i. t , Juncture.- "I thour'-.t you : -at Hdbieton." "I did," said Mobk-y, -wi-.h a j unciaKaln smile, "but j-w s.e It: ed my mind, and, captain " he : with sudden fvsolve, "li-tvme t tke v Into my confidence. We are .-- r.i - -- , but I should like your help in a 1 ., -matter. First is there another pol.,t from which , I can reach Cheviot, Springs?" - "Yes, from Robinson's Sidlnsr. six miles further on. The Springs art eight or nine miles from there." . 'Thank you," said Mobley In a re lieved tone. "Put me off there." Thea he told the conductor frankly of the telegraphic message that he had over heard, and gave the detail. his leav ing the hotel in the morning. "Now, how can I help you?" asked the conductor with evident interest. "I'll be hanged if I know, said Tom dejectedly, "it seems as if I had bet ter be looking up some wad to help myself. You see I have got that ti, there's a young lady at Cheviot Springs whom I am going ever to see, and I feel like a b lac ant scoundrel to visit her with this accusation hanging" over me. ,1 might make a clean breast of n, vut " with a humorous twinkle In his eye, "I have nothing to confess, except fooling the countryman. I'll make that up in some way. though." The train, stopped at Robinson's Sid ing. "A good place," said Mobley, as he stood alone and watched the de parting train, "to enjoy the soUtude of nature." on. ta human being was to b seen; only rosin barrels and piles of lumber on the decrepit platform with . sand and coarse grass all around him. v Traveling bag in hand, he set forth In the direction surmised as approxi mately correct, ; He would reach the Springs- walk If he must, ride If he could. ; Re began to feel something akin to the martyr spirit, or as one en gaged upon a sacred purpose: in the face of mighty obstacles. Before him was his lady love: like a true knight he would ledge to her a-devotion strong and enduring, and then he would face his accusers, and protest his innocence wit ha dauntless cour age.: His role' as hero was pleasing to him, and the dream lingered. Could she not, through some' mystic influ- ence, take part in it and transform it into' reality? , " - ' - In his absorption,- he, had not no ticed the approach of a vehicle from behind until It was close upon him. Ho struck a bargain at once with the -driver, and they trotted oft gaily to wards Cheviot Springs. " It was an un gainly affairs, The buggy hsxLat one time, no doubt, been new, for at cov ered places could be caught glimpses of vanish that bore testimony to better , days. The horse he1 would have , shown to greater advantage before a better favored vehicle; however, he did his part faithfully. ' " The figure of the knightly errand nomewhat faded In its present setting; but it was there, and he felt that it would remain. He would make Marg ery feel that he had sacrificed much although without choice because of his devotion to her. Dear bid Margery: Ootil.l she think otherwise than hap-, plly of the time when they walked to gether down the bridge together no! t feci and enjoy, the happy iunfolding of youthful, delicious love? Could any thing darken that. vision T" s ! ' - Margery was somewhat taken aback"" by his 'greeting, which displayed art amount of warmheartedness tht she would PjA have looked for. She was on her way to pay a neighborly viit when the stranger Jumped from the homely conveyance, and came up to her with outstretchedf hand. She knew him after one loolr, it was Tom, who had once been so dear to her girlish heart. Such an enthusiastic way could belong to hone other. His manne r was contagious, and, by Its very force, she unconsciously assum ed the attitude he had dreamed of on the way It was 8:80 In the afternoon when , the sheriff arrived. He was decidedly persona non grata, bringing consterna tion with his presence., Margery saw him as he drew, up at the store across the road, , She had a dread of his com ing, although Tom viewed the possi bility of his advent with cool indiffer ence. . He knew that his whereabouts could be traced but still there might be delay and trouble in finding him. In a moment Tom began to lay his plans. There was no time to lose If anything was to be done, and he strongly desired to outwit the eher-: Iff. - , "When does the train Into : town' pass Robinson's Siding?" he Inquired thoughtfully. She saw the situation at once, and replied, eagerly, Jumping up from her . chair, . and. clapping , her ; hands triumphantly, ; "at ten minutes past 4 o'clock. My pony, Prince, Is hitched at the back gate. We can make It!" . "We? I can not allow you to be In veigled Into mv trouble In this man ner. Where is the stable boy quick?" She paid not the slightest attention; but with flushed checks, and pinning on her hat as she went. -he ran through the house and wa In the buggy before Tom reached her, with further protest on his Hps. and ad miration In his eyes Prince quivered, and plunged at the touch of the whip. lit was startling occurrence to him. for that instrument usually stood in fits place for orowneht rather, than for H knew the M!csslon wfijt urrent. use. He knew the occasion was urgent. and daehed forward at the top of his peed Into the copse at the rear of the house. This offered a cover for their movements, and would give them an advantage in the almost certain pur suit that would be made. The light buggy Jolted and swayed as It struck the projecting roots and half hidden stones. Prince kept to hi -word, and trotted into the main toad after his -mile of rough traveling, to continue , tha flight With undiminished speed. . 5 It was a race now, not:rwith the sheriff, tut with the train. . There wai a distance of eight mites to be cover ed wlthin thirty-eight minutes. The pony gave promise of being equal to the task, but It would tax his utmost, peed. S .Tou are one girl In thousand!' exclaimed Mobley, as he gazed at rlose range Into her flrmyl set and flushed face. "Such , courage an ' Judgment! I feel - "Now I cannot tell you how much pleased I am to hear you speak In that way, but wait omttl I get you safely on the train." After a pause, she contin ued i "There Is one thing that I wUti to ask, though." What is your purpose when ybu reach the city ?" "My purpose is," 1 he answered a trifle more emphatically than he wa aware of, "if I am let alonev to e right to the hotel and fe what th people mean. There will be a wav t clear up tha matter; ! do not Kr r how, but It will coma out all rlarht. I attend to my friend, the clerk." The minutes dro;ned off rio there remained but ten. The i; must surely bo two mc ar. l 1 was beginning to' show fntl.Tuo. T'; ws nothing t. b .--n -f t f One mile pael, w- i u "' ' '" ' ounded the whlj.i lo r -e ? and clear. It wii ' ' 1 : iMvy again, as If t? u:-- t - - ,a. ai.v g, r it. , . -vsni V'.'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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