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" r - :t- I v - m V t! ' i i t. 4' -41 v'.' J. h A - J i t I r1mMw in sufi ' z , ' - , : j i , . j. . . aarsaoe. . m ttxxll bo bom, iho whole wide world And Pak ia dilerent tongues and have thought i or the other, bng. and no heed; --"v, o rr uaxnown seas to unknown inas, . . ooajj crow, escaping wrcek, defying death; . And ai? nncnsaoniii f).. . Ani bend each wandeiing step to this one end That one day, " out of darknass- they shall mo;t And rta J life's mining in other eyes. - Ard two shall walk toae na'rrow irayof lif . p" nearly Wda b aid, tfi.t .h tyn ' ncas ., a.uowteg, rsee to face; Ad yet with wistful eye that never meet, YViO rrping hands U ..w - ' lips CaL'ing ia t b to ears thit never hear, TLey f ik ej4 h other all their weary days, And die ons .tislleJ an 1 this in Fate. Susan 31. Spavldirg. TINT'S OTLZIL ABM. . ET MABEL D. EEJIEDSUST. I .,; l)?ar little ; Tl.jy! .Iler nxme was . CIfiatin. but p.utly to bo rid of so loag a name; an I artly because of her en.all size, aha wai called Tiny. She was a wee mile, and couM . sea c !y talk straight, but she h id a de;d vt Eense ami observation forne so young. If asaud who.n sh. loveil best in t ie wurlJ, she invariably an-iwcre-l, Iy Dacie," with an indignant look which plainly said. " of coIs', U race vai her :i4er, a merry, black eyel girl uf fourteen or fifteen. Of . course she luved hr little sister, and ' alternately kissed, petted and teased her. the knew that Tiny loved her ilearly, and occasionally," when in a sober mo kI a rather rare occurrence, by the . way would won.ler why she was favt r d above the other members ot thefam Jy, but it took ber along time to fiad uut one-half of the idol atrous love her littli s ster bore her. From, Grace, Tiny would take an angry look, cr even an unde- served reproof, 1 so patiently, that they somet.mcs thought that she was too good to live, but any trespa-s on her rights by others woull be resented in a manner that dispelled all fears of aa earlv death for their darling, and proved her to. be a very human little girl, indal.. She loved ' to romp and play as a healthy child should, but tat a call from Grace she would kave the most fascinating sport. Iler ster Mary sometimes sail to hr mother; "If you weren't just the best . mother in the, world, you would be jealous of Gracr.f One would think that, with so much love following her everywhere, Grace would be the best of listers, but 1 am sorry to say she was not, She often thought Ttnya caresses tiresome, and repulsed the little g.rl in a manner that brought tears to her eyes, and a" grieved look to th3 sweet MtJe mouth, but unwilling to be a bother to the sister she loved so dearly, she would merely say, Tiny 'ill go way, Dacie," and - leave her until' she was sure of a welcome back. . .Many weve the errands on which the willing feet ran for lazy Grace, and many the little services of love un loosed for, but one day, and not until . that day, Grace realized how much her wee sister loved her, and net until then did she begin to return that love s she ouht, , - One bright Saturday in September Mary and Grace attended a picnic with others of their own age. lefore they start e I T ny pleaded so hard to go that, to reconcile htr staying at hom?, Grace slipped - from her finger a beautiful emerald ring, and tied it to a "narrow ribbon which she .hung around Tiny's neck. This pleased the child very much, for the ring was a present from a valued . friend, and Tiny was seldom allowed to touch it, and now to have the privi-l-gtof wearing it all day! Kiwing h-r, and bidding her be careful , of it, Grace left her supremely happy. Her l a piness was of short dura tion, however, for ia the afternoon one of her playmates came over, and to e -tluT they roamed ab ut at their own rwe.t wiLS. UQis aia i on reaching tuehoue again s'le misled the ring from her neck. Greatly frightened the t' 11 ran back, and, with her little playfellow, starched until the sun had - set, but in vain; so she turned sor rowfully homeward to pour her grief - into her mother's sympathizing ear. Mrs. Thornton tried to comfurt her, but It was a sorrowful face with which ".Tiny a waited her sister's return. When Grace appeared Tiny ran to her and to d her all her voice choked with tears. ' Graco at first sV od still, white with anger, then the storm burst forth as ' she tcclairaed: "IVhat, my ing Lost my ring! Ill never lend j n anything ag.un. and 111 never fo give youyou naughty, ca.cless girl I And forgetting her self i: her passion, she raised her hand nndstruktho child, a thing which " Mrs. Thornton had expressly 'forbid een her olde child en to do. "Grace! i ice ! How could you? " exclaimed hr mi ther.running to Tiny, f i. she had fallen on her face, moaning- Gh. Dacie! You didn't mean to h . your Tiny; you didnt mean to," as though her heart were broken. Grace Vft the room, while ,her rr. t ler tok Tiny in her arms to com fort her but it was a long time before tht hr n 3'b" Ing ceased, and yet the won -erf u lv of the child was not shaken. Sh a-sured her mother over a;id over agaiu that "Dade didn't mean Ux" Mrs. Thornton was used to Grace s : nitick flashe of temper, .and supposed " that her anger lrf this case, as in oth- ers. would soon vanish; but Grace was real y grievtd at thelos of her ring, and thought she would teach Tiny a lesson " .he wouldn't soon forget," as she said to herself. gje would be very "calm, cool and firm." thought this Tirtuoua young voL.m. , - i r r r-- rr - - - -"t-? rxfxfAA .looo. . f: n . . Nn t iv as so "cool toj.iny(not speaking to her unless compelled to) that the ct.ild would iro vfT I. . iis ..... O no ui jr uerseu aau nave quiet uttie cry ing spells, i - i Airs, mormon and Mary tried to mae amends for Grab's treatment, but, though Tiny clung to the m more tnaii U3uai, she could not be happy uuo xaje uiun t iove ner. ii n..:. t . . j.tuif, uowtmucn aia the wine vwi. xmy ventured to ass the nextday am.. "jtT; . . ... . o me for It, so do iro away." answrnd Grace, forgetting her resolution to be -calm." Tiny said nothincr. but auietlrleft SfM Gt& ernsdence pricked ,i..rrarfritl4iuand HboiiL tsh.our att.r- ward she quite r;lnted on seeing her pass through the joom,, hjdiag; btx tinued to write, pretending not to see her. but she thought : " She is going w ask Rob to unscrew It for her and I suppose wi.l offer me ner rnoner, as though it could pav m bhe thought no more of , her sister until near night. .Meanwhile Tiny, instead of going i to uo , put on her hat and trotted down the street to a jeweler's shop. ! She had often been there, for the proprietor was afrienlof the family and j an specitl favorite wiihTiny. When she entered the store he took heron his lap, and seeing her sorrow- nu lace, inquire.! tne cau e. bhe told him of her loss and ber desire to repay it, but her loval little heart cud not dream of telling of Grace's un cindness. r one says i j nasn t dot money enough tc pay for her wing, but I des I has. She don't know I'sa come, and I waat to 'sprise her," g gsriing glee- rully at thought of gaming favor with Grace again. 1 . ! . ' l am ainua mamma and papa wouldn't like to have jou buy another without asking them. "Oh, es she would. She used to tell us chilclrens if we lost each oders fings to pay 'era bark, ifjwe could. She told us so years ado, when we was so little." ; i v j "Very well,' then," said Mr. Cole, trying to control! his laughter at her quaint way of speaking; " we will try to find one like Grace's." He brought forward a case of emeralds, and then continued, "Uut pray tell rue, how old are you, since your mother g ive yo i such good advice so many years ago? Uut Tiny heeded him" not, for the selection of a ring absorbed her atten tion. After some hesitation one simi lar to Grace's, though not as hand some, was chosen. 1 "I will put it in a box, and you must keep a tig'it ho!d of it. Dou't lose it." She promised to l e very care ful and left the ! store happy, for she considered her troubles nearly at an end. - j i "I will sp?ak! to her father, this evening,'! thought Mr. Cole, taking the money from the counter. Heedless of everything but her joy at giving pleasure to Grace, Tiny ran up the street until she came to the crossing. A crowd had collected, being drawn by a tea u of horses that were running down the street, but Tiny saw nothing but the ring in her hand. . Oh, why was there no one to stay the little feet just then ! Did no one see the tiny figure cussing the street. while thi mad! horses, racing on. nearedit? Ab.no! . Mr. Cole, drawn by the cries of the excited crowd, reached the street just in time to see his little friend knocked down bythe horses. - . The beautiful ifase lay quite still upon the earth, arid it seemed as though the faithful little heart had ceased to beat;, but no, God was go d to Grace Thornton, for the' child was stunned-- not dead. j Mr. Cole sprang" forward, , caught T:ny from the ground, aid asking a j hsician, who had just arrived on the scene of the accident, to follow him, carried Tiny home. ' - r Grace was at the sitting-room win dow, si wing, when the bell rang. .Not waiting for Uetty to go she weat to the door herself, but up.n owning it she started back in horror, and losing all self-control, exclaimed: "Mamma! mamma! Tiny Is dead!" bringing the whole fa.nily to the door. There in the arms of Mr. C 13 was their darl.ng Tiny, they then thought, dead. . , t After one quick gasp Mrs. Thornton regained her composure and led the way to tha sitting-rojm, wle-o Mr. Cole laid his precious burden on the lounge. Seeing he could do no more Mr. C le left and the doctor com menced an examination of Tiny's in juries. He founl her right arm broken, but so badly crushed that he would al low no one to see it; then saying he was going for a sistanre he Itft t!em. Until now Gra e had stood in fr gh ened silence, watching . every move ment on the part 4f the doctor, but as I . laff fV. ri-uvm ehn aiKrlif "? (rlimnvA ! of something tightly ciasped in Tiny's left hand. ha looked m re closely at it, n-t daring to force it from the grasp of those dear fingers, but she saw enough. A bright green spnrMe shone out from the black velvet of the box, for the lid ha I come off. ' . Then the meaning of Tiny's ques, tion in regard to the prie of her ring andof her errand with the money lank came over her. With a cry of remorse she flung herself down beside the lounge. ' ! , "She is dead, and I have killed her r I have killed her I" then fainted for the first time in her life. With Rob's assistance she was taken to her room, while Mary stayed with her, doing her best to bring her to. which she succeeded in doing after a short time. j ' l The doctor having returned wHh a fellow physician, the family were re quested to leave thi room, after which the physicians consulted together. Their decision was that the arm being so badly crushed, rendered amputation 'How tothe ASHEVILLE, necessary. When this was- told Mrs. Thornton, she grew white as sha said: "Oh,Doctor ! must it be?" with such aa agonized look that the kird- hcarted doctor would have riven a great deal had he been able to revoke the decision. i Tiny's first conscious words were in inquiry of Grace, and the next an e clamatioa of pain as slie attemiited to lift her arm. : When tolJ that her arm was broken and she! must not move. he asked for the ring, the doctor hav ing taken it from her: and aa Kim rasped it tightly in her hand, j Dacie will love me now, won't she- mamma?" - . i. ' ..!!. , i i Upon beincr, oromntlv assured that she wmld Tinv lav bar with a siVh of relief. -1 knew the excitement would be too much for htr. . She j was kept away from the room in which ner sister lay, until it was all over; then Mrs. Thorn ton gently told her of it. ; ; Grace said not a word, but her pale, horrified face f lightened her moher, who trit d to comfort her. " Remember, dear, that she suffered nothing during the operation," said sh, gently, " though I presume she will have pain now.1 The girl begged to be alone, and her mother le t her. She threw herself on her knees, but her Ilip3 would not move; what sie wanted to say she said in her heart, but she rose again with a little color in her facej ! I - "the shall not bear the pain alone, if I can help it." said she, firmly. tMy poor little Tiny! Oh, what have I done! what have I done!" as a sudden overwhelming sensa of her cruel treat-' ment to liny caue over her; ajxd she. bur.-t into tears, which was just what bhe needed. ; j ' j j- 1 j ; ; f;:-f . "When she next saw her sister she was lyinsj on the bed so white and sttiT t aat she hardly dared breathe, but as' soon as Tiny saw her the color flashed intoh r face, and her eys brighUned wonderfully, as shcrL-d: j i " My Dacie ! My Dacie, come here I" Grace 1 sprang to the bedside, ; and putting her arms around her sister burst into tears, her form shaking with her emotion, m Th y held each other tightly for a moment, and Mrs. Thorn ton, who was in the room, thinking it best for the two to be aline, quietly slipped out. I 1 ! i v .;; " Don t cry, Dacie," said Tiny, in distress at tae other's emotion. "See what 1'se dot for you," drawing from under her pillow the little box and ring. "You'll love Tiny' now, won't vou ?" as she anxiously watched Grace's face. ' .i ',")!!. ! . ' :-. - -i I do love you, darling, ever and ever so much. Uut I wish 1 had never seen the ring," continued she, passion ately. " What good will it do me when I have cost you so nmh?" I ! Lut you II wear it; won t you? for if you don't, I won't know you love. your Tiny." ; ' . 1 ' . ! " If I wear it, will it help you bear the loss of your arm ?' asked Grace, her lips trembling. j . ' " Ls, es, ever so much. Toor Tiny hasn't dot any wite arm now," said she, looking so piteously at her re maining arm that urace thought she would go crazy; "Imt.T won't fink about it if you'll 'wear the. wing and love me, my Dacie, like you used to. Uut my poor lttle arm! the child tried to forget her arm, but the tears would come and the lips would tremble " Oh, darling Tiny," cried Grace, " don't look so. I love you ten times as much as I used to, and if you will fJnly forgive me for treating you so I wdl do anything. I will be your other arm, and will never let you feel the want of it. Just try me and see if, I can't help you some." I :i- ' ; ! j: Tiny, with a bvight look, held up the ring, aid, as Grace raised her hand, it slipped on her finsrer. The beautiful stone sparkled there as a seal of for giveness on the part of one and of the other a pledge of love and service. I j. "I'm ,so happy now, I dess I'll do to sleep. La your head down here and stay till I wate up." ," ' : Grace promised and did as desired, with her dark head close beside Tiny's : gold, n one. The mother coming in shortly after, was pleased to see them both sleeping peacefully, the arm of the el ler thrown protectingly around; the younger. Grace's promises of devoting herself to her sister were not vain, forshe was in deep earnest.. It needed such & shock as she hai recti ved to shake off the selfishness that marred her other wise good cl aract r, for hers was a strong nature, and she. entered heart and soul into the self-appointed work 1 befor her. : ; From that time she allowed no one A . . . l. n K 1 n n n Tinv'o VtA-fo?A waiting on her with j the greatest promptness, and anticipating hern : slightest wish. If at ! any time she i 1 ft the room for ahv lenirth of time. Tiny would inquire, " Where is- mine rflior arm?"1 until t.hft whole familv came to speak of her by that name. When Tiny , was able to leave her bed and became as well as ever, Grace ! did not give up her office, but! waited on her and helped her learn to use her left hand and arm. In after years ! strangers would notice the devotion of j Grace to her. sister and the affection' ! existing between the two; and when it was remarked, as it often was,! " How ' sad to see so young a girl deprived of an arm," someone would reply: , j " Her ; sister does not all jw her to miss it, very much." ') Tiny did miss her arm, however, j very much, but she never outgrew her j partiality for Grace, and to have her love she was willing to go through a gr at deal; but she was happy, for since that sorrowful day Grace had been the best of sisters, and had not given bT a cross or-impatient word. Site lost some of her old imperious; mann r toward others. ! too, for Tiny's j unselfishness and great love for hex : taught her a lesson which she never r forgot. Summit If. J.) Record. i Tjine. tet the Chips Fall Where tfier Mav N. C.WEDNESDAY, rECULIAIt IXDUSTKr. Intereetinx Details at lfce Manfactnre ef f. 4k lars and cuasia (be vity Where Nine. Ttrntfas of AH Tuoie Articles Sold 10 This C'ottntry Are Trodaced. , i A Troy (N. Y.) correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes: "How many collirs and cuffs are manufac tured ve.y in this citv?" This ruina tion -wa3 propounded by the Tribune correspondent iq tne proprietor of the largest collar house in Troy. His an sweriwas: "That would be a difficult matter to even estimate, but vou can state iwiin aoe accuracy that nine X A. . I M . - 1 ! . tenths of all the collars and cuffs snld in wis country are made in Troy.". It win thus be seen, and the fact is nm- du ,-tive of much Tiride to Via itojuiTu t.pt. Tmv Tinf. lji i. lfgpaFatlv6" det gree, other countries. The growth of the collar and cuff industry in this city has been amazing. Ttu.ty years asw .there were two of the ej manufactories, employing about twenty-five j hanbs. To-dav there are ; 100 different collar shops, f urnishina: employment to! about 4,000 females an d 1,000 . jmales. Thousands upon thousands of dozens of coLars and cuffs are manufd tared daily, and no less than 38,000,000 yanls of thread are consumed weekly. It is computed that to female operatives alone at least $30,000 is paid every week. The girbsf-no1 inatter how ancient the feminines, if they are collar and cuff (operatives,! they are invariably called girls-j-earn aU the way from $4 to $35 per Week.' The $35 class con- tains but one representative, and she is known Ithrb igUout the different shops as "the bo.s collar girl of Troy." This fortunate person is a jolly, bright- eyed j Irish woman about thirty-six y are of age. Iler name is Mrs. llag gertyj and she tips tJie scales at 240 pounds. She hai-follbwed the business ; for years, and a monti ago, upon her marriage to: a cigar Merchant of this city, paid $8.00J;incah for a residence in a central par,t.of ft own. This and other jmoney stored away she earned by hard work upon tae pieces of linen that encircle the necks and wrists of civilized humanity. The second day after her marriage she was in her ac customed pi ice at the shop, aid mat rimonial cares j do not prevent her with still er 'diting t her account $35 every, six days.! This woman i alone disposes of " weekly '20,000 yards of thread.-'.! j ' H I ' '" Female members of some of the most aristocratic, famine ff Troy are "collar firirls.'" Of course they are not the inmates 01 the factories, but behind closed blinds and I in rear rooms of tlieir sumptuously . furmshed houses their lender fingers 1 are busy upon the same class of work j performed in the crowded shops. The ! question will naturally b 3 asked, why I should these ladies of leisure invite j self-enforced toil of this nature ? S'h! I Listen 1 There is ia skeleton in some I of those mansions. Your correspondent I knows of a gentleman that society fa- jvors largely. He is a ptock specula jtor. His ventures heve been 'disas itrous,! and liave slowly but surely re jduced what three yef-rj ago was a re spectable fortune. Ina little apart-f ment Jremoyed from the elegant parlors ;of his home, his wif, an; estimable lady, I sits ihour aftei hour working ! upon collars. She earns large wages, and hopesi by her humble mite to ! save her husband from being obliged to I forfeit his- stock, which she trusts !some aay wm oe in the ascendency. Then jother ladies are enabled by their collar! work to dress more lavishly than the portion allotted for this pur pose by their husbands would permit. The other side, of the picture is hardly so bright, j The majority of thethou- isands of girls who renort at the shops iat 7 o'clock in the m ruing and often labor till 8 at night ire of the poorer "class. I Many of then are the sole sup port of f aniilies of vidowed mothers, ldrunken fathers or fteble children. In the intirmary of this city is a man who "seven years ago .jwas the proprietor of H collar shop, giving employment to 1300 persons. Dr.nk and dissipation ruined him and brought his family to want. 1 His onlyj daughter, who in her father's prosperous days was receiving an education at the Willard Femalr (seminary, is now a hard-working collar girl, supporting, with the aid of ah elder brother, her invalid mother and two small children. ; The minority; of "the irirls'. are really in: t obliged j to spend their days in 1 Hilar shoos, uut a c( mm- n uesir j fto ea n Something" 1 e ag ; stronger fhan false prile, (they willingly con pent to at th'! weeks out at sewing machines. 4rTiiey are 11 e nl ers of good sordety, and to tjie.n f;dl the lot of re a ing most o!" those romances that nave d stinguished tli lives of collar girls, and the b.st part of it is that the'r ro mances are usnalfy realities. They frfr uently leave thei ousy shop and hum4 rning machines to marry into wealthy fa ilies. 1 .1 : M .! I Has the wearer of a collar or a pair )f cuffs ever th night of the opera-j tions thr6u?h which the linen bands pass before, realy; for the! market? Firt the j " cutters" hew from the iolls of linen the proper sizes; then the V runners" Istitch! the pieces together; hen the " turners" turn and press them fnto shape then the "stitcher" insert ihe row of rows 6f top stitches; then (he "buttonholers.7 with and without ioachines, as the work may ; demand, prepare thq buttonholes; then the f jre won eii examine I the work minutely, fed if aiy defect s found It Is returned f0 the faulty operative to be rec tified: then! the work goes to the laun dry; then uprn its return it is again scrutinized!, counted in dozens, tied with ribbons arid placed in boxes. Then, and j not till then, is the article ready for civilization's a lornment; ji The laundries jform another branch of the collar and cuff iadnstry, and give employment to 1.000 more girls. .The latter are generally not so refined and dressy i as jthe collar girl--," but for cheerfulness, familiarity, mischief and MARC 1883. """'a kucv ;onar xne e.nff r l.' por tostitiagsteauiwith g arms bared wwp eiDow. I Tke Toong Han s '.Specimen." A younff man -ivhr'"i;..-: j--r, . Snr,rQ '.:r:r.w.",f "u ,yest Lovrex Merion a shirt time am The young man did not know much abou? the country and ! !it seemed : auite natural that he should wishfto SSry home ;to West Sprite .treet a memento pt his trip, a specimen fmm not-i jiioijr. xie saw nangincr from a low push by the I! roadside ia stranare objnwr adeof T jery much llBe a stnarl balloon maue ... .1 TT 1 1 1 J3C II A ' I " f . - ,1" 1 1 ..., 1, Iwkichj the curiositi was suspended and went to the station. He entered a well-6llei car, placed!! his j specimen in a hat -ack and sank into a seat. ' I I i The car was warm. The warmth seemefl very delightful to the "young man, who had ben out in the cold so long. In a short time he was in ! a doze. The car !grew warmer. The yjoung; man slept, j Suddenly the arti- ncai summer atmosphere was rent by. an .unearthly shribk 1 and a lady r jse convu. sivelyi and : just as sud- denly famted. Before the ! startled passengers hi;d time to discover i a arm . an penormance. in the sama have finished in the pro the I cause of their other 1 ady repeated th e A third who b gin lit manner, would proi ably it without any change gramme had she not reeeive I a sudden shock (that acted like hartshorn and saved her from losins: consciousness, ; or iiufat behind her a man beirn to swear in a style tfuly diabolical. And' as if matters were nit alrealy bad em ugh, a baby sejt up! a yell i.nd would hot be comforted. : 1 I ! ! ! I The passengers l soon j got into a strange commotion. JThe i men were dancing and some of tLe:n swearing ; he women trembling, fainting and shrieking ; the children ! scrambling under jthe seats and j blubbering hd whimpering.! The young man awoke m amazement, p or 1 a moment j , he thought that the people were crazy and that sjme of them would do injury) to his prehistoric balloon. Then the con ductor; burst through I the! crowd ; and stood before the young man. He did not speak. He leaned over in front of the younsman and opened the window.. The young 1 young man. was ; surprised. - The, condjisctor selztd' he; prehistoric'pe; men and threw it througrh the window Wi,Vi i m?.sFenfJ,n' L VXX shrieked the young man. I " How dare you ! touch my specimen Y j "Your specimen roared the fool, don't con- auctor. "Why. you you know it's a hornets' nest?" Philadel phia Times. A n - u t'entie Ilarse, Eli J?erk ns writes: My J- I i! wife, hav- ing baen run, away with onee, is al- ways afraid the Morse is going to run away with herj again. ; Yesterday when Harrington, who runs the Ma ple wood Hall stables, brought up a span he had to stand the usual ques- UUUUlg. : . )f j - J- J-- .- r " Aow, are. they very gentle?" I ! "Oh, certamly-kn " as kittens. Did thtyjever run away i "Never." i "Do you think thevi could ran away?" I Harj-ington looked! at the horses sadlv ind said: 'iMailame, to be frank with vbu, I don't 'think they could. " Well, have they ever been fright- ened?7,! ii ' '! ",Np, never. Nothin' could frighten 'em," said Harrington. ; , ; TTai 'anvthirijr ever haDDened to them (that I would! j have i frightened them if they had been skittish?" con tinued my wife, earnestly; i'i I ", Well, y i. ma'am; su'thin' did happen thutliei day that would havo aam ; " J in T- : X L . SKetrea em-ei uuey u oicax dmiusu, ",; What, Harririgtim what V" "( Why, I was ddvin' along down Woolsev hill i a I storm came 'up, the ian' six! streaks of lightnin' struck them horses right 6n the head, and" 1 j 'Did they run?'' j ;i: No,' ma'am, they didn't move ; they ust stK)d still aiid ..pawed the ground for; more lightnin'- They liked it. ! ! ! Ail the next day, continued Har rington, ; M a city feller was urivin' this team, an he let a railroad train go righf through 'em. ! Did it kdl them? t- " JNd, but the city feller was al used up; Uut you bughter a seen them horsea; .They act d so human-UKe Why, jwh-m they picked them out! Of the trees,-they jwalkl straight up to the citv feller, took him by, his lanta-loons-K- '- Iv ' I' " - I - hi !' "Oh. mv H --. U. . : : i !;-- i " Lifted 1dm riffht back I Into the w-agon agun, and--: h ; i My eia ious me !' i I "And then they hitched themselves back onto the wagon ian 1 drove them selves lhome.1 1 Didn't; they,: Mr. iiet- tel e?' lie TVas Fighting. 1 !' Muscle doei't make anybody bel- trererit. Ori the contrary, it is a law of nature that the most muscular men are the kindest in disposition. They hardly! ever get road, f I've seen these puny fellows, jwho could hardly knock a fly, off the; wall, get furiously mad and buckle up to a man twice his size. Oae of, them sort got mad with Judge Hammond while he I was making a speech against him in a justice court, and danced up! and down behind him AUU DtxuciV iAiiu ui vuc uat;a w i he I could drive. 'The judge's back was two feet and a half wide, arid he simply loked around with,, a smile ot surprise and said : ; ! j f What are you doing, Wilkins, what are yon about?" N ; I'm a fighiin'," said Wilkins, with a hvena scream,, and the judge just went on withihis speech. Bill Arp. - ! r l,i- : .. " : L I; r ' IT ,: ! . . . : , -E - 1 I ' .1 l ! : ! - -. . l' " I i , j ji i 1 1 . . 1 , j Poetry and Potatoes. . In Nassau street is the - sharp ! features and brigut eve of Uloodgooi IL Cutter, the farmer poet. He has long been, a seeker, of j fame, being now oyer sixty. ; I first saw him on the Arrowsfiiith, which trav eled to Glen Cove and to the rorfa nn T.nr Island, betwe;n hat and this city"! He was then I f jocosely telling i the , la m n ted W. C. Uryant to take care of him sell, that he was after him. A pro rthet is generally without honor, in his own country fhtnd I am i compelled to note: that likej Wordsworth, he is ' cousiaereaj somewhat tat .ck yet no less a j)erso4 xl it v ntL. i,.)n.,r nf Vai ht.lIKf L celebrity has given a soiree in ms uonor, his redtnie--jjf.rriP. miVht listen :to of " The Innocent3--ije was one Twain mentioning him in thaficruWrk, As a Jhuckster in Fulton; market he first made kn)wn his verse with garden s uff, but examiKatioh of the index to Uarpef s Magazine will show the! titles of some eight! or ten of his poetic pieces, published in the "Drawer." His muse is ever with him! and his disdain fof those who d0 not owh- one is per taps too pt i jitedly , expressed. I driving up to a mill with often arid! tod remember his! a load Of grain, striking an attitude on theitopmost sackJ and exclaiming " They say round here that mm was born , To dig potatoes ikndhoo comi," 1 . i i! ' with Omer t verse jaimed distinctly ;at his heater4l j Dowered with tb) hate i-f hate and scom of scorn,' he so far corresponds, however, with Tennyson's ideal of a poet A He is a shrewd man in business; affairs, land is deemed even wealthy! by those vho think they know, r w m 11 rr consideraoJe real estate, at let, at Drama J.. Little ! Neck. Mtusia and II- Signs of, Sprim t , - f i i ! I i t " v ; ' ,hen the poat 1 begins to burble. When the strawberry mistakes elf; tor a muhohajre. j f ; ;?:, heri the coaches his nor rait taken for the bJek-lte r poster. , When the chest-protector look jea"ous of the;tan. ! When the doz ipbks sally begins to at the tin canlhawirig'(j)ut pf the snow-.! rift, i When the young man's lunaeydlght ly turn to jthoiigUts; of fiats and an ensrafrement.;! , ,1 1 When the seedsman gets out 1 a ehro-fbr'ihi- mo catalogue and sells omoas ported L'ulbs. ! 1.- "A1?6d tlie i professional"' vtriHer hi autumn poi-ms . 1-4!. fr"'-;.-tU-i.4 he- for femsto build the magazine . When tha comic paper that was started in Jan uary 1 announces mat it will suspend summtr. !! When the publication dunng the undertaker circulates newspaper! items; 1 out the uulnauh fulngss of wearing heavy flannels too late in the .year, f : ; ; ';!. ' I l: When the starj tragedian arrives in Union square after a perilous pedes trian tqiir from thej uttermost conflnes of the Western circuit. : ! ; . ; ' When the fasluonable pastor begins to develop an interest iug cpugh and to hint that tlie air j of Europe is good for incipient consumption. Pack. . ! j . : I ! .Chick, Hl 'M -.J M Considering that it is often said that cheek is! better than wisdom ! or j mod esty, it may be well to know what the Uurlington HatAteye man I says on the subject i- ii ' !;f!f-: VA$.:M:: - - No, my son, cheek is not better than wisdom, is not better than! mod esty; it is not. better than- anything. Don't listen to the siren who tells j-ou to blow your dwh horn or it will never be tooted ; upon, j : The world i3 not to be deceived by cheek-, and it does search for merit, and when'it does find it, merit is rewarded. " I ; t ! Cheek never deceives the worlds my son; it appears to do so to the cheeky man, but jhe is the one who is deceived. Do ' yiou know one cheeky man in your acquaintance, who is not reviled for his cheek the moment his back is turned ? j.Js not the world con tinually drawing distinctions between cheek and merit? 1 1 Almost everybody hates a cheeky nlan, my son. Society tires at the brassy glare of his face The triumphs of cheek are only :vp parent j j; He! bores . his way along through ' he World and frequently better, men give way , to him; Uut so they give way, riiy son, to a ; man with a paint pot in each hand.' Not be they repect'a man with a j paint pot particularly, but because they may get some of the paint 6n their clothes, j Horr We Death of Tv Aeronauts. The friffhtful death of two overdar- Ing aeronauts occurred not long ago . in Madrid.; Captain Mayit and aa assist ant ascended in ia balloon in that city before ah immense concourse of peo ple. When the balloon was 1,000 feet up Captain Mayit got out upon it trapeze suspended from the basket and turning over and over uniu ne sirucit the stone pavement. IA moment later, j x- 1. anotber;shout went up frojm the peo-. pie. The ballotn containing the. other occupant was seen descending; with meteoric rapidity. It crashed against the projecting eaye of a house, hurling the occupant to the ground. He di in a few hours.' U,oth these person! were under engagement to Uarnurn to appear in the United States, j A beautiful feature in the charactel ... us--.,-ri w-a. ! OI Ul- v j JUU,II. AV . . ; . Ji. nAtrinA ont Tonrim anrtf I nnnf f nf t ho i ant hnr V. VV , VlUkUdU iiXSBi toeirworskrernSiS,i but their mother is an oracle; she if consulted, confided in, listened to witt rep ct and deference, honored to hei latest hohr and i remembered with a fection and regret beyond the grave. , Oonrt Notloea. six weeks. 7 CO , Uatlstratea, i four weeks, (9.00 in advanosr r M i I Administrators' notieea, six weeks, S.80 4vsnoe. c:' . .. . ; .. i ' j ITetrly sdrertisements changed qnsrterly If de""!."" v ' ' ( : i 1 Trn"ient sdTertisements payabts la s-l- atDoe. learly adTertisenients aoarssriy ia Snowflakce. 5 v Z F allinqr sll the nieht-time, -'f Tailing all the day, Crystal-winged and voiceless,' "r On their downward "wa. ,.; u. Falling through the dakne3s, ')x ; Falling through thf light, ', T 1 Coveting with beauJy Vale and mounJ&in height; Never jnmmer Jlossonj Dwelt so fa as these; ;( ,'4,' v Never lay lfl glory- " - ' T ' ' un the qeiaa ana trees . . -,. . i ' tali . jPreest chastest fancies, . . A J Votive art, may be, . - - xi Winter's sculptors rear to .v: .j Bummer's memory. ; . machine for pressing " hops j has recently been invented. America is the; home of the hop-pressed Satur- ! Tie need of the age is hot. only a stronger nail, but also a hail that can be djriYen by a woman. One with a head about the size of a trade dollar. Wheeling Journal. . '' f ! A cjonnecticut man : has invented a machihe for counting money. Editors have long feit the want of some such labor-saving j machinery; and now if the! Connecticut man will put an at tachment on his machine to enable a man to get .money as fast as he can count,' he can sell the contrivance for sevjsb dollars and a half. Norristown fferald, 4 . ' . ! '.!!: ; .i . j A book agent wandered into a Uow eryj in useum the other day and talked to fi'wax figure fpf General Jackson thre hours, trying to induce him, to. subscribe to a work in one hundred and flftyj-two parts, price fifty cents each no subscription taken for less than the entire! work. " Well," he said, as he turned to go, "if j you didn't want it why didn't you say so two hours ago?" The Judge. I . ; ' . .. .' i . . ; CMO.T JOKTNO. :..rJ, ::' '' She led him on with smiles and wiles ' " Till hand and heart he offered, ' And then she thought she'd rather not Accept the treasure proffered. , . ; , -j "lloi no," 'she sighed, " I'll be no bri la, My love is not entangiea; . , But all life's eve I'u deeply gneve ' . O'er yonr.heart torn and mangled. "Hold on, fair maid," the lover said,.' ! i His voice emotion chokinjt " Don't feet eo btae,! I vow to you, ,.-, ,. Ml; That I was only joking." ... j . , Fogg was at -the opera the other evening, and sat m iront 01 a young gentleman; who showed -his musical knowledge by humming the airs . as they 1 occurred. At the close. of th"e first act, Fogg turned around to say, in a ybice sufficiently loud to be heard by. a score of others : "I am very much obliged, to you, sir, for the little concert you have been giving me ; you are very kind, but to tell you the truth, they made so much noise on the stage that I didn't enjoy it nearly so mucli k I ought." J , The young gentle man; said nothing, but he looked; vol umes During the" second act. he omitted his obligato, and the stage people! had to get on as best they could without it Boston Transcript. American Stat are. ! ,' Mr. Georere W. Peckham, teacher qI biology in the Milwaukee highschooL has been making investigations under . the auspices of the "Wisconsin State board jof h(alth Into the growth of children. From examinations and measi urements made chiefly in the schools of Milwaukee he hat deduced the con clusion that the relative rate of growth of tlie sexes is such1 that boys are taller till the twelfth ;ear and heavier tijl, the thirteenth, after which, .between thirteen and fifteen, the girls are both , taller and heavier, f ' After the1 ago of fifteeni however, the boys exceed the girls , both in weight and . stature. Girls cease to grow when about seven teen years of age. Children pf pure American descent are taller than child ren of foreign-born parents, but are . generally o lighter, weight than child ren of German parents. The children cf Irish parents are also taller than those of German parents. Comparing his result with those of similar obser vations made in Uoston, he concludes "tharsenwr children in Milwaukee are taller than those in Bostour 3 boya I weigh , more, but -the girls of Uoston are slightly; heavier than those . of Milwaukee. The superiority, in height of the Milwaukee children is ascribed to the inferior . density population and the existence of fewer urban disadvantages in that city than Uoston; and the general hypothesis is drawn, from Mr. Peckham's tables, that the height of American-born men is more modified bythe' conditions ac enmfianvinflr density than by aU other influences, race' excepted, urt)an life as Tir!rahiv modiDea pt resiueuco this country tnrougu one gcuwauuu, and Jin intermarriage between Ameri cans: and Germans, the offspring seem to take the height of the taller;parent Popular science Moniniy. , ; i Kormon Chi; eh Songs. : ; tW a descriDtion of the ladies of Salt Lake City,a writer in LippincoWs Mag azine says that many of the 3Iormoa. wonien are highly educated and ac complished, and that poetesses are ommott. UVianv Ot me youuu uut . v teacher8 iQthe 3IoI. " , . .. , 5,1 j . mrm ChUrCh. and ithe children ing to absurd Wprt,.;.ch a,: A loving bpnd of children, we're all to Zion i i j bomid, ' 1 1 " For our fat.ier loves oar mothers every ; ons ana au arenuu. . ; . ' Prostitution Marriage without love ' im j T- ; . ivi lit! ; ':; .1.? ;:;:; : '!!-) i , M ': .'!!': ; !r- !.'',?-'v.;'-' ' fi;iVl---iiri.i;l-;:M dw -riV . is. 4 1 t '! 2
The Asheville News (Asheville, N.C.)
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