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' j I r (fffifllfl h - j . - 1 I - t " 1 ' f J03. A. HARRIS, Editor, v JOS. A". 1 I $1.50 PER ANNUM,f IN JLDYANCJC. i s . ' . NO. M. JEOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1880. SOMEHOW OR OTHER. Lifd bu . bur Jen ror erery mm Bhoulder, Soma mT escape from ita troubles and care; jliw U in youth and, 'twill come when we're older, . Aud fit u aa dote as the garments we weait I Sorrow comes into our llres uninvited. Robbing our hearts of their treasures of son; larer grO w cold and friendships are slighted. Yet somehow or other we worry along. ETery-day .toil is an every day blessing. Though poverty's cottige and crust we may share: Wtak is the back on which bur Jens are press ing. liut stout is the heart that is strengthened by pxsyer. Sm how or other the pathway grows brighter Jat when we mourn; there were none to be friend ; Hope in the beart makes the burden light r. And somehow or other we get to the end. eeem The Charlington Hardness. Helen Charlington was aa white as the ermine cloak which she had wrapped about received a note from him' before they left the city, saying that business detained him, and he should, if possible, drive down to the cottage later in the day. She was terribly; annoyed at the disappointment. She had always made Thanksgiving her Kipabcsi, uuuuay oi me year, ana never be i j ... iurc uu anyunng occurred to mar its pleasure. - i ucsa anu seinsn wnere i am con cerned, r was the feeling with which she crushed in her hand the little note. It was surely to brief and curt to be loverlike, that was true, but Helen refused to con sider under what paintul pressure it was probably written. ;The whole day passed without his ap pearance, every hour intensifying Helen's anger against " him. It was nearly ten o'plock before he entered the house, pale and worn, and, without removing his over coat, tie made his way directly to Mr. Charlington. A few animated words passed i between them, evidently disap pointing, the doctor,, who, crossing the room to Helen, said hurriedly. j "Come this way one minute. I must go directly back to the city." .j Her first impulse was to turn away from him. Her second to make him answer for what she considered nothing less than an insult. She followed h:m without a word to the front door, where he stepped outside so as not to be overheard ; but one gflLnce at her face made him realize the useless ness of words. : "lou must trust me, Helen," he said, "until I can explain," but she would, not listen making her own terms. And. so they parted, i . i "If you ever want me, I will come to you." Over and over she heard the words, and hated herself for hearing them, as she movedi smiling and brilliant, among her guests. Her father was apparently at Ms ease, but she knew from the red spot on his forehead that sometlung had disturbed him. ! I The jThanksg'ving party was a great success. At precisely twelve o'clock the sleighs Were brought to the door, and all her head and face. Perhaps it was the night air that made her shiver: but she faml Doctor Warren Bolton with a deter mination tvhich needed no words for its ex pression, "liut Ii elen: " "Lister to me. If you cannot come to nisrht, do pot come to me "again anywhere. It is the end between us." 'Helen Helen !" Her eje3 had not left his face. "Are y ju going ?" she said slowly. For an instant he seemed to waver; but only for an instant. i am oicg, Helen," he said as slowly ; if vou ever want me I will come back to you"- He doubted afterward if she had even beard the words, so quickly did she turn away froi i him. He caught the dazzle of the brilliantly lighted room which she en tered., tuned his ace to the darkness and the cold again, and strode off where duty waited foj" him. The Charlingtons were called "a hard family," Aot from any social shortcomings, but on acjxmnt of their well-known obsti nacy. Sth Charlington was one pf the largest manufacturers in Riverford, and in the numerous strikes among its operatives, Helen. always held his own against them longer and more successively than any other mill owner. le had discarded his only son for some slight disobedience. Rumor said thit his wife. Who had died when the boy was born, had gone gladly out of a home in which shin had upvpi? known hanninpaa . - If" i 7 f - o There was but one other child, a daughter, day, he tells me, from New York.' needed suppjy, she asked, "Doctor Bok tonr" j un, yes, laay, tne doctor who is so good to the poor fisher folks. He always comes when we need him, God bless him, though it's little of the money he gets from any ot u$" Ihe old man hurried away with the brandy, j A few minutes later a servant was dispatched with an immense basket of provisions, and a note which ran i - ' - "YYarrrx, you said if I ever wanted you, you ;would come to me. If there is 1 1 1 ' 1 less uaruness- in your neart , than in our family blood, come and spend Thanksgiv ing evening with, - . j (. ' "Helen." it was fullyi three hours later before Doctor Bolton stepped upon the cottage piazza. Jt was duty first then, as it had always been. But a woman met him at the door, eager, impetuous, radiant. With one look into his intense, loving eyes, she threw her arms about him. k 4' f 1 l 1 11 i . 1 iitKe me oacK, sue cnea, "nere, in 1 : 4. 1 -r ' . we very spoi wnere 1 was so cruel years ago. 1 have wanted you all the time. Mrs. Gramper on Baby Snows. The other day a lady called on Mr. Grumper's wife, informing the latter per son that she (the visitor) was on 'ihe com mittee for inviting babies to the prize baby show, soon to be given. "No," said the old lady, "I can't; do nothing for you, becoz, in the first place, I hain't got any baby to begin with, and in the second, I don't believe in baby shows.'' "For reasons herinafter to be express ed, put in the old man, as he detected a significant clitter in his wife's eves. ! "Now, ' began Mrs. G.. "there was that baby show in Milton, when me and Josiah lived there and Wilberforce was but a- How Hiram Hodder Popped tlie Question. Warren. '? And as he folded her close to his heart. l 1 1 1 ue reauzea me love wmcn couia conquer the Charlington hardness, was a love worth la! f 1 a 1 . . waning ior, ana 10 DOtn it was indeed a Thanksgiving. returned to the city, separating for their severjl homes with many hearty congratu lations io the host and hostess. Mr. Charlington s face was still flushed. Even the drive in the snowy air had not lessened his color. Helen removed her wrappings, and sat down facing him. "Doctor Bolton had some news for you, father. I "What was it ?" He glowed at her angrily. "Nothing pleasant for you to hear, The Irish Earl's Stratagem. X lit V V. UOUU not pleasant," wras the a1 before that were answer, "and I special reason for wanting to have know. ' "Doctor Bolton made a discovery in his visit to-day. Your brother Edgar is in Riverfork Hospital,' brought there yester ner iaiuer, every one impression prevailed in asserted t part with thein had never to self to h father wei well kno different clashed.. nion& th "the imige of agreed, and the iiiverford; that she was exactly like him in disposition. A few who knew the facts lat she had taken her brother's such determination that loth of been ordered to leave the house return "to it : Helen beincr Dre- vented from doing so only by the -refusal of her brother to allow her to f acrifice hcr- interests. That Helen and her re too much alike- to agree was rn, though their lives ran in such directions that they seldom Mr. Charlington's time was spent looms and spindles of his factory to which Oie would not wholly trust any overseer. His daughter was a social favor ite. Sue enjoyed a life" of singular free dom, and with abundance of money at her eommaudj gathered about her in ,her father's house whatever friends she pleased to select. Mr. Charlington was glad to see any display which could be made with lis money, although ' too busy in making more to taike time for any comfort of his Own. Helen, jifter her engagement Id Doctor iijlton, fdund herself for the first time in bT life id a position where she was occa sionally cilled upon for some self-sac ificc. For this h'er previous life had wholly un fitted her. Much as slip loved .Warren Bolton, the new relation between them had not eiistl-d six weeks before they had many stormy times and words. . He was a popular young physician, with a large Practice amdng the mill operatives, and tfelen, though neither a jealous nor capri- -vua woman; was exacting and unreason .viA ci , , " nownew aeau, anu . ihetignoredthepovertyand wretched- solitary wav up-stairs. At the mention of her brother's name Helen sprang to her feet.. "And you " she gasped. "I am in no way responsible. Edgar tbbk his own course. . I told him 'that if he left- the house that night, he need never return to it. For once lie obeyed me." I fatner, latnert And you pan be so cruel ! - jit is Thanksgiving night." '"Did j you forget that," he sneered, when you sent Bolton away with almost the same words. I heard them acci dentally. Appeal was useless, Helen knew. "With out another word she left the room. At six o'clock that morning she was driven to the hospital, and shown to her brother's room. Doctor Bolton had spent the nigh there; but that very hour Edgar had passed beyond the need of any human friends, j Helen stood rigid by her brother's bedside.' 1 . "He .is to be brought to my father's house,". she said, without looking toward the doctor, who waited silently, and with out another word she passed him. At the dooriShe hesitated an instant. looking back at the living and the dead, the only two she had ever loved on earth liut Warren uoiton s iace was nidden. in his hands, and, crushing the impulse that had moved her, she made her way out into the street. Her father was alone at the breakfast table, j "Edgar will be .brought home to-day," she said, sharply. "You had your way with him when he was alive, I take mine now he is dead," and she passed on her own always of his a pnn- rew England fashion of a mg dinner had ftlwuvaWn hf uehSOI the worM Tho tl..r w.00 , aea or.itj she knew in a vague, general "ortofway; for Doctor Bolton, he was content td have it so. It would have been jus first instinct to shield her from any d'sagreeable or painful, had she nrfed such protection. But for himself ne reserved the right of ministering to the -icU;d, ksking no help in his work, but --uung to no interference. His -""nun and convenience he to sacrifice tn W P&tients, vea the poorest among them etr and slight as the caus es of their H-uresiilix.-en, they involved Ple vna to both. old Is iiianks M t iied guests always made a gala day of l; """r very sombre festival. On paniular nttle di - Jir vnarimgton nad Dunt a fii: "?,laf e on the Uuffs by the seaside, Ut m,lleS8utl of Riverford, and it was diff k 67 to invite guests, who at her t 1 Jlmes had sojourned thexe with of tV anksgiving party by the side called A Her fatber huinored what he whinT Te ' ner many unaccountable -sh JThe Weighing was fine, the jer Perfect, and it would have been ern?iZf a merrier Part than the one to - at the ocean at that unaccus Hiafoa' -But Bolton was absent. eQ had ot waited for him. She had occasion The paths of Helen Charlington "and Warren I Bolton, never crossed each other. lie neard or ner otten as a vDninant mem ber of the society to which she pre-eminently belonged. She knew nothing of him, as his work and time were given to a class of; the community with which she could have nothing in common. Thanksgiving had never been observed in the family after the Iay spent at the seashore! Father and daughter passed it separately, and if it was an anniversary for either, it was never spoken of. It was four years afterward that Helen, a few days before the annual holiday, announced her intention of spending it ai the seaside cottage, j It was really a delightful month, a prolongation of the Indian summer, but Thanksgiving Day dawned' as bleak and cheerless as the heart of the lpnely woman by the sea. Toward noou a storm came the day wore away in a tempest, which UD. 3ne Had arranged lulled at nierhtfalL Helen. wraDned in her erent programme. The preced- solitary musings, and watching the roll of the enormous breakers on the beach, was interrupted by her maid, V "Oneof the fishermen from' the shore would like to speak to you, Miss Charling ton." He entered as she spoke, an old weather beaten man, evidently in great distress. "It's my boy," he explained, "hurt, my lady. They brought him ashore, and the Riverford doctor has come down to see him, but it's a bit of the brandy that's wanting,1 lady, and I thought may-be you would have it to give me." As the maid left the room to get the 'lhe Castle of Mogeely, two miles from Tallow, was a principal seat of the Des mond family. At this castle resided Thomas, the great Earl of Desmond, who had a favorite steward that often took great liberties with his Lord, and, by his permission,, tyrannized over the Earl's tenants equally with his master. This steward, unknown to the Earl, gave an in- vitation m -T his .Lord's name to a great number of cniefs" of Minister, with their followers, to come and spend a month at this castle. The invitation was accepted, and crowds of gentlemen flocked in, to the great surprise of Desmond, who began to be alarmed lest sufficient provisions should not be found for such a number of guests. They had not stayed many days when pro visions in reality began to fail ; and at last the Earl's domestics informed him that they could not furnish out a dinner for the next dayj The Earl knew not what to do, for his pride could not brook to let his guests know anything of the matter ; be side hia favorite steward, who used to help him in such difficulties, was absent. At length he thought of a stratagem to save his credit ; and inviting all his com pany to hunt next morning, ordered his servants to set fire to the castle as soon as they were gone, and pretend it was done oy accident, me ati and nis company hunted all the forenoon, and from the ris ing grounds he every moment expected with a heavy heart to see Mogeeley in .flames. At length, about dinner time, to his great surprise, his favorite steward ar rived, mounted upon a fresh horse. The x.ari mreaiened mm severely ior Deing so long absent at such a juncture. The Steward told him he had arrived just in time enough at the castle to prevent his orders from being executed ; and further, that he had brought a large supply of corn and cattle sufficient to subsist him and his company! for some months. This news not a little rejoiced the Earl, who re turned with his guests to the Castle, . " P 1 rtr" . m wiiere iney xounu sumcient or. every tin ng they wanted. tnirteen months old, and a dear, swset, un- compjHinin' child." . I "Ah, hum-m!" from Mr. Grumper. ! "The neighbors said he was the finest boy that ever sucked paint off a red-colored rattle or cut teeth under disadvantgeous circumstances. He was such a nice, peace ful child, he was: never getting out of hu mor, alius good, seeming like he knew that yelling wouldn't, help him through any quicker. The folks down there at Milton got up a baby show, and the first prize was a twenty-five dollar cradle, to be given to the finest baby exhibited inside of three days at the town hall. Josiah knows how I fixed "Wilber up and combed his ' silky locks until the first day of the fair came, and how when it did come 1 tooK him over on an old wheelbarrow. I sigh to think of it of the fair. When I got there they was about forty brats arranged along the wall in cradles, and in I wheeled, toting Wilber and wheelbarrow up along 'gmst the wall. I took him back and forward the whole three days, and At the end of the third day the time for prizes was at hand, and I was all of a tremble. There was five deacons on the judge s committee, and towards evening they all come down to where I was sitting with the wheelbarrow, coming to inspect my baby, I found. The first one grabbed him by the nose, and when the poor infant gasped, the big ' brute laughed and shuck his finger at the rest. Another one (stepped up and says, 'Good woman we must test the physical qualifications of your child;' and then he lifted the poor child purty near out of the barrow by his ears. My blood begun to boil, when ud came another layin, ' Ve must examine his phrenologistic capacities.' Then the -son- of-a-easter-egg began rappin' his knuckles about the child's,head, much to the amuse ment of the rest of the committee. I could stand it no more, so rushin' up to the skinny brute I gave him a smart lick m the right eye with one hand and punched his nos wun .me omer. 1 treated his associ ates to a similiar dose, and airing my opinions of their individual selves, I trun dleC the wheelbarrow tmt. 'invnlHmr rli cas ter tfi the whole concern. Since which time, the old lady mused, wiping the prespiration from her brow, "I hain't been to no prize babf shows. " Thank heaven 1" said Josiah. X ; "But what became of the other babies ?" queried the committee lady, as she arose to go. "Who got the prize?" "I ain't certain," said the lady, "but I heard they give it to the minister's brat a yaller-mouthed, frecklefaced, red-headed little brat. Good day." Hiram Hodder wasras comely-a young fel low as there was in all the country round. He had plenty of spirit, to that is, when anions- "the bovs:" but in the cresence of girls ior women ail his courage oozed out. He would blush and stammer, and look so sheepish arid timid on such occasions that one would never have taken him for the gallant soldier he had proved himself in defence of his country s flag. Love and fear, it has been said, are in compatible ; but to this -rule if it be a rule there are exceptions 1 at least, there was one in Hiram Hodder's case. For, with all his dread of wdman-kind. he fell over head and ears in. love. Hi rain had more than once faced death at the cannon's mouth, and would-have sooner done it again than enture on tel ling Dblly Lilly pink -the true state of his feelings. ;. "If she only kne w, " he would often sigh ; but then the fear that if she did it would only excite her ridicule, would put him in a tremble that almost set his teeth chattering. Endurance has its limits, and at last Hi ram s fairly gave out. '$etter the pangs of desnised love.' he reasoned, "than the tortures of suspense-" Come what would, he resolved to speak his mind to Dolly, and know the worst at once. He would see her home from Mr. Gamut's next sing ing school, and tell her all about .it by the "way. , Sprains. - These are among the mere corrmon ai cidents and are more serious ana painiui than is commonly supposed. A broken leg or arm is often more readily cured than a sprained ankle or wrist. . In sprains, the tendons, ligaments, and soft parts around the joints are stretched and perhaps lorn. The first thing to be done is to place the sprained part in the straight or natural posi . . . , . r .1 ! ..! perfectly quiet until. resumed their nor- tion. and to keep it the iniured parts have! mal state. To reduce the inflammation, ap plications are in most cases the best for the first three or four day?, and may be ap- lied in the following manner : Dip a good sized piece of flannel into a pail or basin full of hot water or hot poppy fomentation 1 3 A. -six poppy neacis ooued in one quan, joi .. , water for about a quarter of an hour ;. wring it almost dry and apply it over the sprained part. Then I place another piece of flannel (quite dry) over it, in order that the steam and warmth may not escape. This process should be repeated as often as the patient feeis that the flannel next to his skin is eettme cold-the oftener the better. If, however, the patient find cold or tepid water more comfortable, it should' be used. If the swelling be great, cold water should be applied. The diet should be nourishing, ; and not! tend to cbns,tipate the bowels. When the jknee is the joirif affected, the greatest pain is felt at the in- , side, and therefore the fomentations should mainly be applied to that part. When the . shoulder is - sprained. I theT arm should be When the momentous evening came, Hi- kept close to t he body by means of a linen ram attired himsetr with great care, it was like arraying a. victim for the altar, he could not help thinking; still his resolution did not waver. Hiram, we are afraid, was little edified by Mr. Gamut's melodies.' His feelings. were too turbulent to be allayed by that sweet singer s notes. The twang of the tuning-fork grated harshly on his ear. He was impatient for the end of the exercises, yet dreaded the moment of its coming. lhe last piece was sung standing. As Hiram rose with the rest, his knees shook under him, and during the last stanza they smote . together like those of the wicked king when he saw the handwriting on the wall. - '-" ' roller, which is to be wrapped four or .five times round the whole chest. It should also be brought two or three times under neath the elbow, in order to raise the shoulder. Gentle friction with the hands, after the swelling and pain have subsided, will help toward recovery. In severe cases, treatment should be applied under direction of a physician. t Her Boy. Such wild eyes I Such matted hair I Such strange thoughts as came to her half- crazed brain as she- staggered along the street ! ' A drunken man is an object of pitv a drunken -woman is a terrible si?ht. The last word hardly died away when sh lnsa- Hiram caught up his hat and started hur nedly toward, where Dolly stood chatting with some triends. "Miss Miss" he stammered, "Miss Lillypink, will you do me the honor of permitting me to see you home?" was the speech he had prepared himself to make; but the words either slipped from his memory or stuck in his throat. While he stood staring like a fool, and making a jug handle of his elbow, Tom Tate, who never lacked assurance, took advantage of the situation, offered Dolly mystified at the shocking sight. They were nis arm, and marched oil with her amid a like shadows dancing before her biurred general giggle. - vision, and she held out her arms and mut Beside -himself With rfKrp nnrl vp-rotin'ri I fprpH ; ; " - - Ci . t v & v ajlj vsa vvt 1 5 nuniii, ttiici .uuuiung uown jrete ijooov iou woman t hurt an old- woman. .ior smianff a little louder than the rest wnn d vmi ? 1 on his hat and rushed from the anly feeling, and heri eyes lok so much like the eyes of a mad wolf that passers give her the' walk and shudder as they meet her. This woman muttered her wild thoughts as she staggered along, and she clutched the air as if she saw enemies on . Leverv side. By-and-by she fell down be side the fencr. groaned land mumbled and muttered, and then ceased further effort to regain her feet. Children gathered around her not to torment her not to make sport of her condition, but I to feel awed and ' of The Advantage, of Poverty. The Jeweler's Joke. Mr. Smiley, the undertaker, got it into his head, the other day, that his eyesight was not what it usfd to be, and that a pair of spectacles would be beneficial to him as well as mike him look more venerable. So he "proceeded to Mr. Karat s jewelry store, in 4he next block, to purchase the desired article. The stock of spectacles for his customer's in spection. ; Mr. Smiley would try on a pair, elevate his head, then lower it, then look over the tops of them, meanwhile holding a newspaper before him. One pair was for younger eyes (so he said) ; another pair was for older eyes, and so on until he had tried on all of Mr. Ka rat's spectacles. Not one pair could he find that was suited to his sight. JNow the patient Mr. Karat was at times fond of a joke, and informed Mr. Smiley that he had a pair that he used himself sometimes, and he might try them on, and perhaps they would suit him. Mr. Karat took from the drawer a pair minus the glasses, and after carefully wiping them inside and out adjusted them over Mr. Smiley's proboscis. After going through the usual perform ance with his head, Mr. Smiley said: g&"Why, they seem better. . I can see as well with them as I could without them wenty years ago. I'll take these. just suit my eyes.' . Poverty has its uses as well as prosoeritv. The other day we met old Skoonberry, just returned from a tour through Europe. We were about congratulating him on his im proved appeaernce and beaming smile,' when we observed crApe on his hat band. "No immediate relative ?" we said, with a ojuipai.uiz.iug gmuce ax me signal oi woe. 'Mrs. he replied, looking decorously solemn. i . ... "When? How? What of? we asked. "Well, the fact is, my boy, Mrs. S isn't actually dead, so to speak. dashed scene. If there was an urihapov man in the 1 M. world that night it was Hiram Hudder. It had been , bad enough to think that Dolly might reject: his love; the thought of her accepting .another's was little less than maddening. Already he hated Tom Tate as a man can only hate a rival. "I'll know my fate beforeanother day passes, said Hiram,, as herose next morn ing from his sleepless pillow. . Accordingly , he walked, over brisrht and early, to farmer Lillypink's. While passing the farmers barn he caught the sound of voices from within. The weather boarding was thin vand no; right home I" TXrrklllrln'f slav-A Vn.- waii ' J .-tvT rA n eight or nine. "You .fcre somebody's a boy just as big mother you may have as mel" "Mother boy?" she muttered, trying to steady her gaze. "So J have got boy so I have!" I . - "And won't he be afraid when the dark comes ?" innocently asked the lad. His words seem to touch a chord in her heart. . She drew herself up, reached out a trembling hand to the children, and there -were tears in her! eyes as she whis pered : i I'd forgotten that ! will be waitinir at the I had ; gate. a boy. IJfi I'm going very close ; so there was no difficulty in hearing, - -: .Mqjly's Only tault is, being a little skit tish now and then," said a voice, which Hiram recognized as the farmer's. "I think I. iui my wiie, auu uLKjrtuuu me to re turn home and arrange for its payment. ' ' "is it possible i Well " "Well of course ahem I You. don't. seem to exactly understand to to grasp me resuji. ui course, 1 can't raise anv such sum these hard times the verv idea is absurd and well I bavef concluded to Thisis the wav of it. You see we were traveling thrmio-h l arucie. Greece last winter and were captured by another, which was plainly Tom Tate's, obliging Mr. K. displayed his whole brigaadg. They fixed a ransom of .$106- "Well," replied the farmer, "you m of spectacles for his customer's in- aaa r ' mpak tn ,r .;;m-. ... will be all right ' , "I'll go right - over and ask her now," said Tom, starting toward the house with out observing Hiram Hodder, who stood rooted to the spot. . Tom had al ready reached the door, when Hiram,: witK" the exclamation : Her step was still unsteady, but she did not fall again; and as her form, way lost in the twilight the children sat on the grass, and whispered to each other : "What will her boy say ?" Tr Scared by a Telephone. call it a death m the familv. so to sneak and start in fresh as a'windower." And he moved off with a resigned smile. or benign wink, we forget which. lhe Grecian tour is becoming' more and more popular every day, somehow. Taming Animals. Home Influence. At an auction sale of miscellaneous goods on Michigan avenue, Detroit, the auctioneer put up a wolf-robe and invited bids. An old man inspected it closely, seemed to think there was'fe bargain-in it, and yet he hesi tated to bid. 1"Don'tyou want it?" asked the auc loneer. "Yes, kinder," was the reply. 'Then why don't you bid and take it ?" "Wall, I've bought heaps o' things in dry goods and so on, ' slowly rejoined the old man, "and I never yet took home any thing that the old woman thought was worth the pnee. even fifteen cen ine ancients apparently knew little of natural science. The Romans domestica- vcu Buiue animais, and acclimated many more man we nave yet done in our day. Akuuic, iu ii er uexeneraie i uavs. saw L hey astounding collections of hippopotamu ostnenes and giranes, hundreds of which were let loose into her gigantic arenas, with wnoie packs ol lions and tigers: but the only object of these sanguinary shows was to gratify the brutal appetite for slaughter shared alike by profligate emperors and a degraded people. The only remarkable success obtained in those days was the skill of the numerous professional tamers, who seem to have done wonders. "Thev tame A. A me tigers says a poem of early imperial aaie, "they soiten the rage of the lion. converse with the elephants, and render these unwieldy masses fit for human arts and duties." Nor was their skill confined tu unHuiug apes . or taikiner parrots, tn W A. T dramatic dogs and acrobatic elephants:- they seem actually to have been able to " "It may not yet be too late !" started in pursuit. His eyes flashed with desperate resolve as he hurried along the walk and up the doorsteps. Without waiting to be announced he bolted into the front sitt.ino- rnnm in - n Au time to hear Tom utter the words : Miss Jbiuypmk, 1 have come to ask " "And I, too, have come to ask " wildly . l -J TT! J luicii upteu iiiraui. "Really, Mr. Hodder," interrupted Tom, in turn, "I think . I have the floor, and should be allowed to finish." ... "You cut in ahead of me last night ' giuwicu iAiaiii, wun a nerce look at Tom "but you chan't do it this time 1" fPorl.nrvn H TT .1 .1 1 . . Awuap.jiu. iiuuuer s . anair is more pressing than mine," said Tom, blandly, not quite relishing Hiram's threatening 6.ouLc, ouu uui lorgeuing ete Looby's xiuoauvcuiuic. "in . mat case l have ""j"uu vYiiuuiuwiug ior tne pres ent." "Yod can go or stay, as vou like !'. n. T n . - - " " - swereo uiram, graiffly, dnd now quite reck less, - 4I don't care who hears me !" 4 'Well, Mr. Hodder, " interposed Dolly anxious to preserve the peace, "what is it you have come to ask me f" f "To be my ivifeV blurted out Hiram in a voice thrilling with emotion. ' ; "Mr. Hodder's errand,'" said Tom, turn- mK . -A-niny wnere sue stood blushing, en . ... " 'I A If I got that -ere robe for Th","', HP0 mine that 1 ts, she'd grab it up, pull. at for &i'Zr nlioe,tCT ." lonly came one end, chew on a corner, and call out 'Cheated agin more'n half cotton!" " That's the reason I dasn't bid ! Edward S. Stokes and the widow of James Fisk, Jr., chanced to sit at the same table in an Atlantic City hotel. .nmony rode About Kome in n tnflstirn-t.. u" t-., . . wculi me Jgypiian wueen. had a fav- I whifh hP a . ' , orite lion, who is reported to have eatenat ling." " w are wu her table, and to have Ucked her cheeks. And with a riip ' nr. ... UD to th fnnrth ivntnnr w" LUUK 1113 T w WUtlii W lij VV IU H. frT V 111 tlr I IPUVO profession to "make bears, bulls, and ici lAAium nouuer went his way me happiest of men. 'make bears, bulls and ii fit for intercourse with men." The minister of a church in Alexandria, Va. was absent from his pulpit, and u. stranger brother took his place. The reg ufsfr preacher had just arranged a telephone between his house and the church, so that the members of bis family who might have to remain at home from timo t.ntimp Hid ing the services could hear the preaching. The contrivance for collecting and trans mitting the sound was fixed on a pedestal t with a weighted ioot, so as to hold it firm- . ly. It was placed . on! the platform near the pulpit. The wide, black; mouth of the telephone looked like ther mouth of an im mense cannon, ready to fire upon the audi ence. The people who.could see it ' watch ed it with suspicion and uneasiness. Everything moved nicely during the morning service, until the preacher was closing his last prayer and was about to say "amen," weD, like a clap of thunder or the roar of a cannon, the mysterious object oa the pulpit seen e 1 to "go off," and dis appeared. TJfee effect on the audience can not be imagineM. Was it the sound of the last trumpet ? Had Gabriel spoken ? or had some evil spirit used the arrangement on the platform to disturb the sancity of the holy place. The congregation started from theU knees as though the judgment had come sure enough. The preacher forgot he was praying, and in the fright, .without saying the usual amen, turned to look with the distended eyes at the ruins of the telephone The organist, however, took in the situa- SVm..thf ."kB2'8 galfcry and began "Old Hundred" with all the power of-the organ, and the congregation, seeing every-thing-was safe, and not knowing what to do, joined in singing the doxology. On examination it wm fmmH m. , j - ! -wrVAMV Lilt? line had been drawn so tight that one of the supporters broke,1 and the line rlmn. ' - ping was caught by a passing buggy, which brought down the apparatus in the pulpit with an awful crash aa above described. A Woman was tlm invAntm. x- . - hay-press. She got the Idea from wish ing she could be hugged on all sides at 1 . 4
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