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VOL. XIV.
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DKALEK IN
Benco little Wesley wont, lite place mnm alt K
Utl-UUM1 ttt4 Hf 111
w"y I uiIkh bis jell o' "Uran'pap." as I'd miss the
whipperwill!
And la think 1 iut to scold lilm fer Ills everlastln
UOlM-, ' -
When I nn'y rlckollrct bint w tho beet o' little
boys'
I wish! hundred Uniai day 'at bo'd come
'tmiupuT In,
And all tin nolm no erer mada was trriot as loud
.(T'ln
It Vd Hevin Dice some soft masto played on some
flw Instrument,
'LonRiU.lM ' tliis loud lonesameness, senca Uttle
Wesley wcutl
Of coupw the clock don't tick no louder than It
UHt to do
VII dow they tlmo it "pears Uko it 'u'd birst It-
svir ui two)
And, let a ronstrr, suddeat Uko, crow som'ors
cumt aroiiDd,
And en'iiis "b cf, tulgbty nUjU It, It u'd lift mo off
tno cround:
And sanm witli all tbo cattle lrben thoy bawl
imiunu the hars, -
In lhr rv ' r.lrly ntornin', er tie dusk and dow
rnd utr-r.
Tu3n tlw Pflp;b!jor3" boya Vit passes never stop,
out inst po on.
A- lilstlin' l lnd o to thelrsoVa aenco Uttlo Woe-
Aal t'mi. ri r.lcMs whjawnuricr's Bcttla' up on-
pnmmon iat, r
A liCi.i' prcini er somopla, cod I sot and smoke
ana wait.
Till tho mnon out through tho winder don't look
Wgser n a dirno, -And
thluKs keep glttln' Etiller Btiller-etiUer a!l
tho time '
I've ketchnl myso'f a wishin' like as I dumb on
- tho chottr
To wind t.'m clock, as I he done for moro n fifty
year'
A wiSfcin' 'fit tho tlmo bod come, for us to go to
ti.l. .-. ?
With o!ir la.it prayere, and our lost tcar3, sonee
little Wft-rlf-y'rt doad: '
, J;;niai W'hitcoinb Hiloy In Tbo Century,
Watches
CLOCKS & JEWELRY.
Hopajrinir of all kinda promptly done. Pal
(Oinio sollciCcil; Cull (in bin; one door vn:i
of Haidou's Uri. Store. marltf.
Plantation for Sale !
2Tfi-()ltitaliou on which Dr. Alex.
Wilwcth li veil tip to Ins dent h. p II is
In this county, 1 miles from Swcwiivlilo
mid 6 mile'- from Mrhanc, is well watered,'
, Iihij good dwolling', orchard .ami other ini
provoincius, in convenient In cliuruhc,
reboots and mills, well ndiipted to UTitin nud
grasses, in jrondi- iieivhliorhooii arid healthy
- location, Rinkiue It quito a doi-truh'e fanu.
in addition to tbU U a rniall tract of nniiii
jirovud liuid -rljth nuking abonf 150 jeres.
r'asseiioii tfivuii ta bhort notice. For tci ma,
tUi', apply t
?AKKER & KERXODLE, A)cnU
A YK!iV VOrXO TIUKI'.
0!oriouFty bright rose tbesun one Jane
mornin? years ao. Long, warnj rays
slionp acrofcs tho spotless floor and touched
Hip row of hliining difihes on tlio drcssor
in Mrs. Prime 'R cor.y kitchen. Tlie little
vnai I vho rtooil nl llio open window was
illinium; of something far less pleasant
nan uie pcnccifiii pome hefore ncr. Her
rliceks wore jcle and her eyes swollen
with wof-jing as sl:or.tood fhcre looking
l:ui;;aiuiy out. Only j-erverdsy Ehe liad
:liUKht lienwlf the happiost till in the
world, when out there under tlie lilacs
ilie had promised to be Robin Moore's
wife. Today she was the most miserable
lor ehe was accused of a crime ajid was
aliout to lose her only means of support.
Yes. she, Molly (Jowen, whoso character
had always been the best, was accused of
theft by the employer whom she had
served faithfully these four years.
It ciuiio about in this wise: The day bo
fore our story opens Cupt. Prime brought
home thirty silver dollars and placed
them away in the desk that stood in one
corner of tho keeping room. Before do
inp; so, however, he showed them to his
wife and Molly, mid allowed little Hitty
to play with them awhile. In the after
noon he went to the neighlioring village,
leaving the desk unlocked, as he often
did. .. It was sunset wlien he returned,
ami just as he entered the house he saV
Molly conic out of the keeping room.
She started and turned pale at sight of
liei mnrtcr. who asked her with a smile:
-Did I fri-hlen you, Molly?"
'Molly laughed nervously as she re
plied: ''Yes. sir; I did not hear you come
in. mil von startled me.
Tlie captain thought no more of the oc
currence thru, though it surprised him
to we Mix Molly so nervous. Presently
Mrs. Prime came In with Ililty in her
arms. , Oh. it was your voice that
woke inc.'' kmc Kaid to her husband. "I
had one of my headache this afternoon,
and I think Hitty und I both have slept
nearly ttvulinur.
in trie evening, airer nor work was
don-, M ill v came i:i. dressed for a walk
and asked ermis.-ii.n to visit a friend
who worked for n ne. hboring family,
8 11 Or exchange any kind of new or second
band Machinery, Biiiraies, Ac, before ob
taining Price irom W. K. Burges, Manager,
Orwnsunro, H. ti. I.trge lino t Kngnicx,
Boilers, Mills. Shaftirur Wod-workin; Ma
rhiherv. Threshers, Cotton-tiins, Prcsjes,
I.lL'ht Locomotives, Pole Road baeomotives.
Moilcr-teeders, lturleators. Iibicci Ma
ehlnery. Oils, almost anything you want at
, wholesale p'lec.
. - 8sy wbat you want, mantion this paper and
ave lnonoy. 8cpt 12, '87-ly.
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In surancs Agent,
GREENSBORO, 2f. C.
Fire, LIFE, Accident.
3l Office opfKwite the Court iltuc.
yrth Elm llr?t-t,
. Oct 13-tf
u waa Kwntuu, aiitl Biuiiy Btai tea uut.
but had not gone far before sho met
Uobiu, and instead of visiting her friend
he strolled down by tho river with liiru.
Shortly lifter the captain came in and
went to the desk for something. Oa
opening the drawer, he found that his
money u'a not whore he left it in the
morning. lie Ketirehed each drawer in
turn, then called his wife "Hannah,
have you moved my monoy f"
"Why. no," ri'sponded Mrs. Prime,
coming to tho door and looking in. Again
they searched the desk, but with tlie
same result.
i'all Molly," said the captain.
- ''.She has gone over to Mr. Ford's to
sec Eunice," responded his wife.
f'Has nnv one been here today?" '
"No, I a!ked Molly that question when
I woke up. and she said she hod not seen
any one this afternoon."
"What was she doing in tho keeping
room today when I came home?"
vMra, Primo looked surprised. "I did
not know she was in there," she replied.
The captain then told his wife of
Molly's confusion Uiat afternoon.
Dut, Ezra," she replied, "yon snreb
don't suspect Molly? Why, I would as
soon think of Bitty as of Iter."
"What else can liave become of tlie
money " he queried.
This was a problem that Mrs. Prime
could not solve, so she remained silent. .
Just then Uiilly came in. looking
Rushed and tired (rom her rapid walk.
"Where hare yon keen" demanded
tlio captain.
Molly looked confused. She was not
used to being asked such a question, and
tlie captain's manner was so stern tt
frightened her. Site could not tell him
about Robin, so si hi remained silent.
Tlie caain's brow grew stem. If
Molly bad answered him frankly be
would have U lieved her. but her silence
t lengthened his suspicions.
"Have you been to see Eunicer be
vntiniKHl.
Molly hmjg ber bead and answered
Jir-tly. '-No."
What wer yon doing in tlie keeping
i;ro this afternoon?"
There as such a lump In Molly's
hmut tliat she eould not inssir at first,
it afiT a moment she said: "1 went in
-if if it needed dusting."
"It tk ynoKMne time to make th
asts-tT." Miitl the captain sarcastically.
Ii i.of no use. Mully. yoq nmy as taeil
!l c:e ct onne where nay money is!"
M4iy Mirnwl iJe and looked ) Ij-lewly
J bint. Evrn lira. Prune's faith began
aver, and alie said frc-ntlj: TtH hun, j
.-nr. lie won't be hard oa yoa." '
Hx; ws too aiach for tLe poor giri, i
wn imrst into tears anil criea out re-
liemently: "I don't know Anything
about your money! . What do you
. mean f
"Come, como!" said tlio captain, an
grily, "this won t do, for you see you
are found out. I wouldn't have believed
it of you I would have trusted you
anywhere I I suppose I ought to tend
you to jail; but I won't on your mother's
Booount. Iryou will restoro the monoyl
I'll forgive you; but IX yoa do not I shall
send you heme without your pay, and
everytxxiy snail Know wny, so that tner
may not get deceived In you as I have.'
Poor. Molly crept off .to bed with a
bursting heart and wept through the long
hours of the night. Not only tho
thoughts of her disgrace, which was tor-
riuio to tne proud girl, kept her sleepless!
but the thoughts of her mother and. sister,
who were dependent upon her for sup
port. Jtiow wotua tbey llvo cow?
As Molly turned from tho window Sirs.
Prime came In. Her mother's heart was
filled with pity at sight of the girl's pallid
race, ana taking her cold hand she said.
"Keep up good courage, child. I believe
in your innocence, and some tirao tlie
money will bo found, I am sure."
Tears sprang in Molly's eyes nt the kind
words. .One at least believed In her and
trusted her still,
forted her.
That night, when jdl her preparation?
wece made for leaving, sho took Hitty
up to kiss her good-by. The child was
very dear to Molly, who took a great
deal Of care of her; but Hitty struggled
angrily,. crying out: "Go 'way I Oo s'an
touch niel Oo's a bad, wicked girl, for
my daddy says sol" ...
A hard, reltellious' feeling crept Mo
Molly's heart as she net the child down
nntl took up her bundle. She found
Mrs. Prime waiting for her in the" hall
and the gentle woman ; kissed her clicok
and pressed something into her hand,
"Don't give up. Molly," sho whis
pered; 'remember I trust you.'" "God
bless you for that !" said Molly fervently
as she turned away to hide tho fulling
tears. -
When sho hird r.iehed tho highway,
she opened her hand, and there lay two
shining gold dollars, her month's wages.
Somehow, the little gold pieces warmed
the girl's heart and assured her again
that the whole world was not against
her.
How merrily she had tripped along
this road a week ago, singing as sho
went; but now she walked with lagging
steps, dreading to tell tho fWks at home
her trouble, yet longing for their sym
pathy. The ir was filled with "tho
melody of the birds, and tho sound of
distant water at the mill, but Molly
heeded not the sweet sounds, nor saw tho
blue hills penciled ' against the summer
svk. '
The creat-roae bush beside her mother's
door was flaming with red roses, and a
light breeze scattered the petals all around
her as she wont up the path. Little
Betty wont out to meet her, crying joy
fully, "Oh, Molly t have you como homo
to make a visit? How glad I am!"
Molly could not answer, but taking
her sister's hand in hers, she went into
tlie room where her mother at. JVhat
a feeling of comfort and rest her mother's
presence gave the xxtr girl; she hud one
friend ut Jeast who would love and trust
her, coruo wliat might.
Without a word she threw herself
down at her mother's feet, and burying
her face in her lap, Imrst into tears.
Mrs. Uowen stroked her daughter's h.iir
silently nud waited for bur to grow
calmer. At length sho told her story,
much to her mother's indignation.
"Did they not know you better than
that?'' she nsked. ''You who have worked
for them so long and so well I Don't lx
afraid, Blolly! God is with tlie innocent
and ho will overrulo this for your good,
child. 'Dehind a frowning Providence,
God hides a smiling face.' '.'
"And, oh mother," continued Molly,
for I had promised Robin Moore to marry
him; but now I never can unless that
monoy is found, for jeoplo Blian't say
Robin has married a thief.''
Tlie news .of Molly's disgraeo spread
like wildfire. Those who envied her her
pretty face nnd the marked preference
which handsome Robin Moore allowed
for hor, pretended to believe htr guilty,
and treated her with coldness when they
met, but the majority of her neighbors
were very indignant, and pronounced
Capt. Primoa "purse proud old Pharisee. "
These sympathizing friends gavemany
proofs of their good will, and helped
Molly in every way they could.
"One thing I am learning, mother,"
she said with a 6niilo, " and tliat is to
know my friends."
Tlie next evening after Molly's d!s
missal, Iiobin came to see her and was
xery bitter towards Capt. Prime, 4iom
Molly defended fXanchly. "I Irctrnpp,
stances wcro all against me," she said,
"and it is no wonder be thought so. If
ever tlio truth is known ho will feel badly
enough, for he is a just num."
Robin urged a speed v niarn:g!, but
Moll v would not hear of it "No," tho
replied, "I will never marry you till this
is cleared. ' In rain ue tirotestod; she
remained Arm and he was forctd to sub
mit, vowiuz vengeance, however, when
the truth would be known.
Drearily the Weeks crei by, nnd stiil
Molly was witliout work. Dar afterd.iy
she sought employment, but tlie scandal
outran tier and sho was looked iion with
suspicion. If any one did lore ber for a
day, she had the mortification of know
ing she was watcbcil. Slie kept all these
tilings from iter mother's knowledge;
but titer weiglic-d on Iter proud spirit and
site grew lalu and thin. Their littlo
hoard of money was all gone, and tho
uieoi was getting low, to our Molly's re
flections were gloomy enough as situ sat
by the window one afumoon kniitliijf
and watching tlie duky road. SutWiily
she dropiwd lit? work, crying: "Oil,
mother! Capt. Prime is coiuinrf up the
lane. What if oh, can U U bo bas
found bis nioocyr' Very likely
bas, replied her mother calmly.
The captain rode up to tlie
springing Iruui bis bun- raf-ed loudly.
"Please go to tlae dour, mother, said
Molly fauit ly; ! can't"
Mrs. lowcn o-ned the door and
greeted ber vfaatur with quiet dignity,
lie aoked f Molly aud was invited in.
Going straight Ut the trembling rl. bs
torA both her lisad. m bis and egan:
"Molly, tbe teal thirf is found. Will you
rorgree tne for unjustly accusing J on?"
For a cozcest Ihlij felt as if the aulid
earth wpre slipping from-beneath her
feet, and she would have fallen if ho had
not caught hor. She revived immedi
ately and cried out: "Thank Ood! Oh,
thank God!" Then her tender heart
went out toward the real culprit. "Are
you quito sure this time, sir?" she asked,
earnestly. . ,
"Quito sure," ho answered, for she
has confessed."
"Oh, sir," said Molly, "don't be ban!
on her I Think of all sho has sufTored,
for if I who am innocent, have suffered
ro kneely, what must tho guilty one
have endured?"
Capt Prime was deeply touched by
tliis appeal, though ho answered lightly;
"Oh, I shan't hurt her, though I don't
tiiink her criuio has cost her much sor
row; but you haven't paid you forgive
mo, Molly. "Do you?" "Freely!" she
replied, "you are so good yourself that it
makes yon angry with wrong doers."
Tho captain winced. "Say rather I
was too uncharitable and harsh; but I
have learned a lesson I shall not forget.
Why don't you ask me who the thief is?''
"I would lik? to know if you wish to
tell me," alio replied simply.
"Well, then, it- was ho otlier- than
Hitty. Yesterday I had occasion to go
into the parlor, which, as you know, Mrs.
Prim opens only on great days, Hitty
was with me, and sho ran up to tho sofa
and said, 'Don't touch my moneys,
daddy P "Whero are your moneys,
daughter?' I nsked. 'In here,' said Illtty,
crawling under the sofa. I looked tinder,
nnd there in the dark corner was my
money in three neat piles. As nearly as
I can find out, Hitty took the money
from the drawer somo time that after
noon nnd carried it into the parlor, where
sho played with it awhile and then hid it
under tlio sofa nnd forgot. all about it till
she went into tho room with mo yester
dnv,, So ymi see, my own daughter wai
the thief after all."
'I remember finding her in there,
now," responded Molly, "though I had
forgotten it liefore."
"Well, .Molly," said tho cap.'ain, ris
ing, "Mrs. Prime misses her swift hand
maiden. When will you come back?"
"Never!" said a now voice, and Robin,
who had entered unobserved, came for
ward and Mood beside Hie blushing girl.
".Sho is going to 1) married its rooii as
she gets her wedding linery made."
'Oho!" laughed the captain, "thidx is
the way the wind blows, is it? ell,
well! I shall give you a wedding 'iresont
when the time comes." And with these
words nnd a bow to Mrs. Gowen, lie left
the house.
Robin would tnko no denial this time,
so Molly consented to lie married on tho
first of the following DpccihIxt, and in
spite of what ho had said, sho went back
to her work the following day. Mrs.
Prime nnd Hitty were overjoyed to see
her, nnd she wus happy once more.
When, in November, the finished work
and wont home to get ready for the wed
ding, Mrs. Prime gave her n gold eagle
besides her wages, then calling her into
tho keeping room showed her u beautiful
silk dress lying on the table.
There, dear, said she, "Is your wed
ding dress."
Mclly gazed nt it for a moment in
sjioechipKs admiration, then turning In
her mistress with swimming, eyes sho
cried out : ' .
0h, Mrs. Prime! how good you all
are to me I Tliis is too loveiv!-'
"Nothing is too good for you, Molly,"
r.d Mrs. Prime, fondly.
Thu wedding dnv dawned bright nnd
fair, Cain, aud Mrs. Primo were pres
ent, and after the ceremony the captain
put a slip of paper into Molly's hand,
saying: "Here's your wedding present,
my dear." Tlie paper proved to be a
check for $300, a great fortuno for tho
simple girl.
Molly often visited her friends, tho
Primes, and in a few years n little girl
named Hannah went with her. Hitty
grow up to be a good woman, and al
ways loved Molly dearly. Dora Aimis
tflmai; lis iiotuii"tiaf I s-W ' "
BLONDE AND BRUNETTE.
Two I-endlng- Types of Female IVaitty
Various Intermediate Complexions,
A blonde should have a fair skin, blue
eyes and light hair, ner lashes may be
dark, and so, of course, would be her
eyelashes; but this seldom linppcns when
the eyes are blue. A brunetto should
have a clear olivo skin, dark eyes, black
hair and brows and lashes. The general
woman Is a blonde-brune (Vat is, she
has brown hair, which Is neither very
dark nor very light;, sho has blue eyes, a
complexion that is not absolutely clear
1ink and white, and dark brows and
ashes, usually not very heavy. The
special woman lias the skin of a blonde,
light hair, verging on tho yellow, dark
eyes and brows and lashes. A typical
American woman has a. fair skiu that
lacks color, dark gray or deep brown
eyes, either looking absolutely black, and
hair that, while it is llht, lias not tbe
slightest tint of yellow in it.
The. blondo ceudrce has the Bamo dull
skin, dark eyes and hair that seems close
ukin to gray, and yet never becomes so.
Somebody said tliat Mrs. Langry was a
blonde cendree.. Now, this is perfect
nonsense. Her lmir is a warm brown,
her eyes a very drop hazel, and her skin
absolutely blonde, the warm blood un
derneath showing through the white
skin. She is tho opposito a blondu
brune. The blondo type predominates,
but thero U sulllcient ccjor in her hair
aud eyes to suggest the brunette. ' A er
fect. blonde is seldom a beautiful woman
for many years. The pink and whito
skin becomes rather doughy with them;
blue eyes will fade, und gray hairs,
charming as they are among black, make
yellow look vcrypasseeVi Tho blondo has
not always much staying power; sho is
apt 'to grow limp after a very littlo
.worry, aud top otten becomes fretful.
Mankind ought to bo thankful that there
aro so many bleached blondes, as they
do not lose their energy as a natural born
ono would.
Some of tho prettiest women In tho
world are the Irish girls, with their deep
blue eyes, very black hair, aud wonder
fully clear skin, French women ore
seldom beautiful they realize they aro
going to be old some tiny and they culti
vate, tho art of dressing and of being
chic in word and manner. A perfect
brunette is seldom seen in this country;
the average one, as noted In the Russian
baths, loses decidedly by con trust with
the bionde-brune. . Her skiu looks sal
low and sho is much apter to turn to
angles than to curves a something not
nt all in the line of beauty.
Here's a word of advice to the blondes:
If you want to keep your skin linking as
if it were alive, take as much exercise as
you can; drive, ridoor walk, and don't
be ufruid occasionally to bathe your face
in a strong mixture of gin and water.
You will feel brighter aud fresher, and
really ono is cleaner after its use,
'llab" in New York Star.
. Mechanism of tbe Heart,
In the tinman subject the average ra
pidity of the cardiac pulsation of an nduM
male Is about seventy beats per minute
Tlicse beats are mote frequent as a rule
in young chilirren and in women, and
there are variations within certain limits
in particular persons owing to peculiari
ties of organization. It would not neces
sarily be an abnormal sign to find in some
particular individuals the 'habitual fre
quency or tlie heart s action from sixty
to sixty-five or from seventy-five to eighty
per minute. As a rule, the heart's action
is slower and more powerful hi fully de
veloped and muscular organizations, and
more rapid and feebler in tliose of slighter
form.
In animals the rango Is from twenty
five to forty-five in tlio cold blooded, and
fifty upward In tho warm blooded, except
la the case of a horse, wtych has a very
slow heart beat, only, forty strokes a
minute. Tlie pulsations of men and all
animals differ with the sea level also,
Tlie work of a healthy human heart has
been sliowu to be -equal to tlie. feat of
raising five tons four hundredweight ono
foot per hour, or 123 tons in twenty-four
hours. .
A curious calculation lias been made
by Dr. Richardson, giving tho work of
the heart in mileage. Presuming that
tlie blood was thrown out of the heart at
each pulsation in the proportion of sixty
nino strokes per minute, nud at the as
sumed force of nine feet, tho milcnce of
tho blood through tlie body might be
taken as 207 yards per minute, seven
miles per hour, 103 miles per day, 01,320
miles per year, or (5,15(1,880 miles in a
lifetime, 81 years. The number of beats
of tho heart in the same long life would
reach the grand total of 2,800,770,000.
Medical World; .
Vulgarity Is in tbe Air.
Tlie wliole relation of master nnd serv
ant is today corrupt nnd vulgar. At
liomo in England ft. is tho master who is
degraded; herein tlie states by n triumph
of inverted tact, the servant often so con
trives that ho degrades himself. Ho
must be above his pbieo; oud it is the
mark of a gentleman to be at homo. He
flunks perpetually of his own dignity; it
is the proof of a gentleman to Iw jealous
of the dignity of others. He is asluimed of
his trade, which is tlie essence of vul
garity. II is paid to do certain services,
yet lie does them so gruffly that any man
of spirit would resent I hem if they were
gratitous favors; and thu (if be will re
flect Un it tenderly) is so far from
tho genteel as to be not even coarsely
honest.
Yet we mnst .not blamo the mnn fur
these mistakes: tin vulgarity ii in tlio
air. Tiiere is a tone In ixipular literature
much to bo deplored: deprecating serv
ice, liken dugracc; honoring thoKO who
ore ashamed of it; honoring even (I
Sjieak not without book) such as prefer
to live by tlie chanty of poor neighhors
iiiFtend of Mocking tlie shoes of the riclu
blacking slioes is counted (in these works)
a thing specially disgraceful. To tlie
pliilosophic mind, it will seem a less ex
ceptionable traile than to deal in stocks,
and one in which it is more easy to be
lioneot titan to write books. Robert Louis
Stevenson in Scribncr's Magazine.
Penisw a4 Arab llrrwe Work.
Connoisseurs In brass readily recog
nize tlie distinction between VtrkCm work
and Arab work. Tlie best Petviau is done
at lingdud, Telieran and Ispahan, and U
mostly ntousnc. The wont is what is sold
at Cairo, and is chiefly imported from
Damascus A certain amount of Pcman
work is uVme nt Damascus itself by a
colour of Persian artifices wlo have st
tled there. I kit all this inferior work is
destirml for the Diglb-h, or at least for
tlu f-jimrrfin tr.nrt.4
Le ' There U one clear distinction bctwrvn
. , , . ... ., .
i t:m two anxiit. niu .iigino even ut iiks
door, and i ""a learned fanch-r. in 1'ersUin iiras
I. wont you irequrnuy uwi ugures
a-luther of birds, er animals, or turn
introduced into tlie pattern. In Arab
work this srarrt-lr ever occurs- Tlie
ream is that Uie Aral are much strirtrr
Mohannnelans, and literally inteqirrt
and otiey the injunction of tho koran,
which forbids tlw reprodnctiou of
maces of wtat is in tbe heavens aoore,
or in tlie earth bexsth. or in tbe waters
oader Ue earth. LcrKlrn Globe.
Hio l'ope and Ills Guards.
Leo XIII talks willingly with tlio gen
tlemen of his guard, because they ore
young and living in the world nnd in
liigh society they know everything that
is going on. As tho poe never goes
outside tho Vatican this furnishes him a
means tf knowing what passes In the
city and what is dono and said. He is
much interested in building and likes to
know how the public works that are now
iu course of erection go on and how tlio
city of tho popes is being transformed,
llcsides, Leo XIII likes the noblo guard
to bo as active as ssibl. When the last
batch of gentlemen were Admitted to t,ho.
guard there wero twelvo of thtii he
made them a littlo address, urged them
not only to be tnio gentlemen, but also
to emulate the example of Count Ko
derinl, who luut gained much honor by
important liternn nnd ixilitical works.
All the great questions . treated by Leo J
XIII, all the diltk'uhioa that have arisen
between the Holy See and Italy or .the
Tiihei jsj ti hut e f iii-idnhi-d " In ('wiul
Scderini occasion for bringing out
pamphlets or larger works, which have
displitved lively intelligence nnd solid
learning. Homo Cor. Chicago Times.
Triumphs of Modern Chemistry.
English swindlers are treating yellow
diamond by some process by means c!
which they palm them off as niro whit
ei-ins. This fraud may lie ingenious, but
the process by which artificial rubles wero
evolved two years ago hy fusing alumi
nate of lead - with silica and a littlo
chromium added for coloring matter was
something more; It was a tnumpli of
modern chemistry. Tlio Paris syndicate
of diamonds and precious stones sat in
solemn judgment nion the new product,
decided that tho stones must be sold as
artillcml and not as precious gen is, nnd
required Paris dealers to cancel the sales
and return nearly f200,000 received for
artificial stories tliat had been sold as
natural rubies.
Mr. Kims says tho color of these stones
is good, though 'not so brilliant as that of
very line rubies. Since lie read bis paper
on these manufactured gems before our
Academy of Science, it is reported from
Europe that by another chemical combi
nation still, apparently perfect specimen
of rubies liavo been artificially pmducwL
Modern clieuiistry is working out tlie
wonders the alchemists of old dreamed of
achieving. Now York Bun.
CarefMloMS In Old Ago.
A medical man compares an old man
to an old wagon; with light loading and
careful wage it will last for years, but
one heavy load or sudden strain will
birak it or ruin it forever. Many people
reach tho ago of 30. tV) or 70 measurably
free from nvmt of tlie fains and infirmi
ties of age, cheery in licort and sound in
health, ri in wisdum and exwrkitc,,
with sympathies mellowed hy age, and
with reasonahlo prosin-rt and opfiortuni-
!i fur continued u--f illness in tlie world
for a const derable time.
It aiM-h iK-nona Irj thankful, but let
tbein also be careful. An old constitu
tion is bke an old bone, broken witli cose,
mended with difficulty. A young tree
lnU to Ihe gale, an obi ono snaj ami
falls bvfore llie Mast. A single liard kfr.
an hour of benting work, an evening of
exposure to rain or (Ljtiip, a severe chill,
an excess of fond, the unusual indulgence
of an appetite or passion, a sudden lit of
anger, an improper ikw of medicine, any
of these or ainiilar tilings may cut off a
aluaMe life in an hour and leave the fair
bofow of tuefuinese and enjoyment but a
',f npentltlons of the Kavsjoes.
Tlie Navajoes, now the strongest hnd
richest tribe of Indians in the country,
are all enormously superstitious. Their
oddest terror, perhaps, is that which they
cherish for the photographic camera.
Plant a tripod within a quarter of a mile
of a Navnjo hogan nnd tho dusky inhab
itants will flee as from the plague. It is
their solemn belief that a picture is actu
ally subtracted from the entity of the sit
terthat ho is so much tho less by tho
operntion. How many pictures thoy
think it would bo necessary to tako be
fore the person would bo nil gone, nnd
his whole being diverted into the coun
terfeit presentments, I have never been
nblo to lenrn, but apparently they-deem
the fatality as rapid as it is certain.
Tlio snnko they hold in holly nlihor
renco. Of tho Violence of their prejudice
against it I had a striking proof some
enrs ago. Chit-chl, brother of old Man
jfhto, tho boss silversmith of tho tribe, is
a very good friend of mine nnd hasmado
me some remarkable specimens of native
jewelry. On one occasion I employed
him to make me a bracelet In the form
of a snake. Ho had it about half flu
ished when some of his fellows clianced
to call at the hogan. To say that they
were horrified when they saw what he
was aliout Is putting it. very mildly,
They fell upon the obnoxious llguro arid
destroyed tt, and then reported Chit-chl
to tho ciders of the tribe, who promised
him nn artistic stoning to death if he ever
dabbled again in such tabooed workman
ship. New Mexico Cor. Globe-Demo
crat.
A "Special" Artist Vnder Fire.
In tho Ashaiiteo war of 1873, Mr,
Prior's first field work, occurred one of
those fortunato cventa which bravo men
ascribe to luck and fair m n to pluck.
Tho Forty-second regulars were uttack
ing tho Ashantccs in the bush. Prior,
right in tlio thick of it, made a hasty
sketch, showing the gleam of bayonets
through the rill smoke, tho flash of tho
blacks' guns from tho undergrowth, tlio
tips of British miiskcfe emerging hern
nnd there from tho lienr vapor of battle,
thonssnilunts firing In all sorts of atti
tudes; lmiu I uniting, fci Uie fiont; otitis
Iving under a protecting tree, others still
kneeling by the horses from which they
liad just dismounted. These were tho
hazy outlines or bold daslies of an artist
soldier under fire. There was no time fo
make a ncture before the mail left for
tho coast. So lie forwarded tlie sketch,
still reeking with rifle smoke, to the
home office, with a basty note asking
The Illustrated News to work it up into
a finished cartoon. But tho home office
did nothing of tlie sort Instead, tbey
published tho sketch just as it left bis
pencil. And it Is conceded to tins day
to be one of the greatest triumphs of a
special's work under difficulties, and one
of the most thrilling bottle pictures ever
seen. John Paul Docock in New lork
World.
An Invention tor the Hospital.
Tlie recent Introduction iu some of tho
hospitals of a sunplo contrivance fisr the
comfort nnd convenience of patients is
noted. Two Iron sockets are (irmly at
tached to the sides of A bedstead by
screws, and into these are fitted short
poles, between the latter being sus(iendcd
a horizontal bar, also fitted into clamps
and adjustable to any height aliove tlio
partent lying on tlie bed. From lids' bur
liangs a pair of strong straps with grips
add these may be moved from right to
left at wilL By grasping these stra tho
sick man is enabled to utilize tlw strength
of his anus to lift himself up, to change
his posit ion, to turn over and to allow
the fjrdding to be changed.
Tiiere are likewise a variety of attach
ments to the mechanism which extend
its usefulness in a number of ways, one
of these being a arst fortius leg, in which
a broken limb can be placed while it is
being dressed, it- being only necessary to
unscrew the sockets attached to the lied-
stead ami change t'.tair location to utilize)
this; another is a curtaia rouV likely to be
especially serviceable in Itaepital wards
to avoid a draft, to shut out Uw liglit or
to attain a (b-grse of privacy; another is
a small table for tneilicim-, etc. New
York Tribune.
Tory Raslfy VsMlrnCnad.
Sirs. Petui William, I rend an adver
tisement in one of the pnT stating4h.it
Ptr fl in stamps the advertiser would
end by return mail a sure ay to get rid
jf rats in the house.
Sir. Ptnn Well?
Mrs. Pedn I sent $1 in stamps, AVa
"lani. and received an answer.
Mr. PeSin What wan it?
Mrs. Per.n William, tbeebcat told mu
THE WORDS WE USE.
itapeleas wreck. Soottuh Ainericiin. 1 rj ome, Philadelphia Call.
CoxnrAdieiioo tit m ropuUf Notion ITotef
of a Close 6hser'er.' -
At an educational meeting held in this
state a few urs ago; Ihe comJhctoT, a
noted profetMi.r, made the following state-'
mcnt: "The best educated person in this'
room will not dse more than 000 or 700
words'' He also assigned a smaller num-'
ber to person of limited education, statv
Ing that an Ignorant manwould not nsof
more than 200 or 800 words. . I liad be
fore seen statements of similnr Import in!
Fublic print, and to test their oorrectneasj
bngnn an investigation of tlie ftfttterV
The stfbject was brought anew to my"
mind by observing an article in Tlio
Chautauqunn somo months ago, in which1
Professor Bancroft remarked: "It bos'
been estimated that an English farm
hand has a vocabulary limited to 800?
words. An ' American workman who
reads the newspapers may command
from 700 to 1,000 words. Five thou
Eand is a large number, even for an edtf
cated -reader or speaker." .Tliis assertiort
is much nearer the truth than that of tlie
institute conductor mentioned. . For tliet
benefit of tliose who may be Interested 1
offer tho results of my study on the sub'
ject. An intelligent person can make
tlie same examination and will arrive) at
substantially the same results;
I took Webster's high school diction
a ry,' edition 1878, containing 434 pages'
of vocabulary, and cxampied each word
in tho hook. I made a noto of those
words which I supposed I had used at
some timo cither in- speaking or writing
I counted the primitive "words and those
derivatives whose meaning is . most nt
variance with the primitive. Thus, 1
count fright nnd fruit, but not frighten
frightful, frightfully nor fruitage fruit-'
erer, fruitful, fruivfulnnss" fruition and)
fruit tree. I omitted most of the com
pound words,- especially when tlie com
poncnt parts directly indicated the mean
ing.ns milk-pail, meeting-house, rag-man,
but counted thoso whose significance was
not directly indicated, as crowbar, quick
sand, tinfoil. As the result of this ex-
amination, I had 7,028 words, which, t
think, I myself have used.
nn..,u.iinin s Kna In- rt run l!
C, 433 in D, 233 in E, 800 in F, 270 in tV
280 in II, 83(r in I. 81 in J, 40 in K, 200
in L. 47S in M, 144 in N, 217 in O, 713 ii
P, 63 in Q, 807 in R, 934 in 8, 454 in T,
47 in U, 148 in V,- 202 in W, 23 in X and)
Y and 10 in
Had I counted flio various derivative1
in common use,- it is probable tlie numf
tier would be nearly double.
.To make a further test of words at mr
command, I spent about two liours in-
writing from memory words in A. I
was able to note down S37 words that I
could use if occasion required This i
83 tier cent, more than I had' counted)
from the dictionary. Should the samo1
proportion hold good in all the letters, if
would follow that I can recall frotu'rnPni
ory 10,700 words, all of which' are fa
miliar. , . .
I made another count and came to tho
conclusion that I could give a fair deflni'
tion of at least 23,000 words in that book?
and would understand tlicir signiflcatioi
in a printed article or spoken address.
Tho above estimates aro based;. upon)
my own experience' and knowledgo be
cause it was convenient to make the ex
pcritnent with myself. Every well In"
formed man will bo ns competent, of
more so. Either professor mentioned
will have a more extended vocabulary"
thnn I have.
I then took at random, trr fhc same'
dictionary, a page in each letter, and
counted the words in Very common: uscv
On twenty-four pages there were 234 such)
words. This would give 8.300 words in
uae by persons of the meet ordinary in
telligcncc. None of these lists include
any proj?r names.
At the time of making tliis study, oner
of my children was 3 years and 3 month
of nge. I noted down (and stiil have tho
lists) 213 words used by her in-one day.
Thw-wt'flHliMhi'4-ra
child would use, chiefly names of liouse
hold articles and common things, with
tho most ordinary verbs and participles,
I did not hear all sho said during- the
day, nor do I think she used okV the'
words sho knew. I estimated her vo
cabnlarlv lit D(s wards, and Mm did not
know enough to carry on- assy except
childish conversation.
From all of the foregoing oliservaMorsV
I drew tlie following conclusions: :
Every well read man of fair alifllry
will be able fr define or understand
80,000 or 23,000 priimtisrsnd- prilicipu)
derivative nerds.
Tlie samo man ki his eon rfrsa tion and
writing will use not less than 0,000 or
7.000 words. If be be a literary man ho
will command 2,000 or 8 ,00 more:
Cominou people uso from 2.600 fn
4,000 words, according to their general
intelligence ami conversational power.
" An "illiterate man" (ono who cannot
read) will use from 1,300 to-2,300 words.
A person who bos not at command al
least 1,000 words is an ignnrniniis anrl
will find difficulty in expmiiig Uim
tlurtights, if, indeed, he liave any to-ex-
press. George Fleming in Literal ure;
A l'lekpocBet's It and y Toot .
Among tlie curiosities which Chief
0wcrs keeps ii hi desk at tlie Central
)lice station is a little pasteboard- box
tilled with pieces of greenbacks. They
were once jsirts of five, ten, twenty,
fifty and one hundred dollar bills. At
tlw time they wero mutilated tlicy were
part of a roll of $3,000 in Ute pistol
pocket of a wealthy stockman. He watt
on a train coming into Kansas City, and
when' he got off at the. Union deiot tlstr
pieces in tlie little box at tlio Centrat sta
tion were all that was left of the $3,000.
A pickpocket had cut his tiockPt and- in
doing it liad cut some of tlie bills, but Itc
got all tin rest.
lien Chief Sneers shows the scrara of
greenbacks Be a bo shows a sample of tlw
knstruaicnt assd hr fhe PickrHtrket who
secured the $3,000 minus the bills which)
liad been mutilated, k is a curious littlo
nand steel affair, about six UicIk-s i:t
k-ngtti. . Tlie knife end of It is turned ut
right angle to tlie handle and is only
alcrL-t one-half an inch ksig. It is ham
mered as ibin a paper and sliarprned un
til it cuLi ckrth a uoi.-oleslv as it would
butter. i la-n a tk kiV.ct l-jcutvs "r
roli" he watclies hisop'ortunity and cuts1
tlie pocket. With an exi it is the
work of a moment. The instruments,
tlie o!ice say, aro made exclusively for
tlie professioi, arul are of tlia very bestt
Quality of sttk Kansas City Tunes,