vol,, xv.
GRAHAM, N. C;, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1889.
NO. 13.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, ;
Greentboro. JIT. 0.
Will be at Graham on Monday of each week
te atteaa to proiessionai cosiness, laep I0
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llHn, N.O.
- Practices In tbe State and Federal-Coun
. will faithfully and promptly attend to ail bn
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'' . " . 1 j . 'i 11 1 '
. DR. G. W. WHITSETT,
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Will also visit Alamance. Call io
the couutry attended. Address me at
Greensboro. dec 8 tf .
JACOB Jk. LONG,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW, ?
GRABAMi : .. . " N. C
May 17. '88. "
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The Buster called to hi reapers:
"Make soytbe and steals keen.
And bring me tbe grain front the aplaada,
And the grass from the imwilnee freeaj
And from off of the mlat clad marsh,
Where the aatt ware, frs and foam,
Te shall rather the rustling sedges
' To furnish the harvest home.'
- .
Then the laborers cried: "O master, '
W will farina; Uee the (olden (rata .
niat waves on the wtody hillside.
And the tender grass from the plataf
But that which springs oa the msrshes ,.
Is dry and harsh and thin.
Unlike the sweet field grasses,
Bo we wul not gather It In."
Bat the master said: '"O foollshl
For many a weary day,
Throngh storm and drought ye hare labored
for the grala and the fragrant bay.
The generous earth Is fruitful.
And breezes of summer blow.
Where these, to the sun and the dewtef-hesren.
Hare ripened soft and slow. .
"Bat oat on the wide bleak marsh land
Hath nerer a plow been set,
And with rapine and rage of hungry wares
The .hireling soil Is wet. -There
flower the pale green sedges,
' And the tides that ebb and flow.
And tbe biting breath of the sea wind,
Are the only care they know.
They hare drunken of bitter waters, ;
' Their food hath been sharp sea sand.
And yet they haTO yielded a bar test .
Tnto the master's band.
Bo shall ye au, O reapers, ' ' . .....
Honor them now the mora,
And garner In gladness, with songs of praise,
The grass from the desolate shore."
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Oct sir "bHAW.-
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1
I have reached the mature age of
twenty-six years without achieving any
other distinction in life than a place as
proof reader in a publishing house. That
may seem a small honor to the unini
tiated, but my work is intellectual and
Terr comprehensive. - - That I am capable
of doing it argues for me a wide range of
information, a mind finely critical. If I
were not mentally superior to tbe masses
could I derive a comfortable income from
running down their, mistakes! 'Would
not my own ignorance be apparent on
many a printed page if I did not with
steady hand seize and thurst out of sight
the ignorance and carelessness of those
who write? I am closeted all day with
Webster and Worcester; I am familiar
with all books of reference. I read
and write German and French, I can
trace every - English word to its root,
and translate Latin and Greek, lam
not an egotist when I tell you these
things, for I must take my place among
the workingwomen oi- urucago as one
Who is paid far less than the successful
dressmaker, mflhner or cook. ' Indeed, I
have often envied my sisters who achieve
success in either of these lines. The
artist in dressmaking' commands her
price; the milliner's taste and style render
her independent; the accomplished cook
whose faultless dinners lead her on to
fortune all these create something that
can be appreciated, admired and weakly
imitated. My work is sadly negative.
My sins are those of omission, not of
commission. Who ever hears of the
errors I eradicate, the thought I spend
upon tbe printed paget For tbe work I
do I win the cordial hatred of those who
work about me the printer, the fore
man, even the inky boy who brings work
to mv hands. These all hate me for the
things I do, while I am in constant terror
from things I do not do. What proof
reader has not stood aghast at some glar
ing error which he did not run to earth
on the first proof, but overtook by chance
en a revise? , What if his tired eyes bad
missed it then! It would have wrought,
ruin to an entire volume and to him.
How I secured my position I need not
relate. It was after long and hard fight
for it, which I began at nineteen years.
lill then I had been a ward of charity
wearing in my baby days the blue check
apron of the Foundlings home. I was
educated a the expense of the church,
and when first I tried my small strength
aminst the world it was as eooTholdr
In a great publishing house in Chicago.
I am able now to earn 113 per
after seven years. I am little of
simist and my life has not beat
over to melancholy, but to work. Igive
ten hours of each day to my tasks. That
absorbs my energy, breaks my spirit and
will and leaves me nred and depressed.
I have been employed on Monroe street,
In house that is old and well knasm.
Its air is full of foul odors, it is rk
and without ventilation. I climb five
flights of stairs to my work in the morn
ing, taking my way through rooms full
of human beings struggling for dairy
bread against greater odds than I, and
who even envy me. All day I hear the
throbbing and beating off the great
presses, the click of the type in the
printers' fingers. I see their faces about
me, anxious and poverty tried, and I
have seen them so for five years, and
sometimes hope dies within me.
Touch a book with reverent fingers, ye
who are ignorant of its inrehanism.
Over its pages flow the life blood of
many an . humble toiler.' Mayhap Its
fair, white leaves have been dampened
with women's tears, for so many work
ing women are heartsick and disooor-
Five vears of this III win render the
hopefal woman strong minded andeyinV
aal She will need the unlovely strength
she develops ia a city thai harbors and
to 40.000 bachelors.
ortr thousand strong men, who amoks)
and eat, sleep and pursue their solitary
Uvea, spending yearly means enough to
keep p
. i mim mm WW am 4
mtJ ' mS
S " Tsi'iiw
moaning 40,000 women tramp Imrnedjy'
through our streets, a terrible army, each
rua her face set toward some store,
efBoe or workshop. These women do
not seek health nor strength nor woman
Basse they must lose these better ese
meats. They will not win wages enough
iokerp them through chance ska-nets
nor certain etd age not one In s thou-
daes thai. Tbey wu not be
hotter, SMntaUy or saoraUy, by
toil. Tbey w ul ocly clothe sad
feed tbABsehres, that they snsy eome oa
the morrow and again, till their faces
are r " ' H e4 tkaxUess and the grace
of i hm k.t them; Ul they are not
fit f ? wire and sw.Srs, for they are
oti aci s.,1, acd "hJi of the 40,009
her he tort wacts a w,ie whose tropes is
sunny and sweet a&4 who doss not know
the world so wril a these working we-
oxuucago.
Twere was a time in aoy E.'e when I
tried the nunlike Sfe of n Young Wo
man's borne, a home reared and upheld
by good women for those who, like me.
are homeless, and lot no soul could have
been more desolate than mine within its
walls. late and drank and slept and
went my ' daily round, made . more
wretched at the sight of my struggling
sisters who were not so well equipped
for the battle of life as I, and then I fled
from the "home" into the Chicago
boarding house. I found one on Michl-
ran avenue, kettt hv Mrs. McOillieuddr.
My home life was at least independent.
Mrs. McGillicuddy's heart was honest
and kind, ' her little parlors were
tidy,' her table' bore wholesome
fare. 'There was only her daughter
Josie, who owned the piano, and Jack,
the McGillicuddy son and heir, who
troubled or annoyed me, and from the
eon and daughter and piano I could al
ways retreat to my room. It was new to
me to take a holiday, but one morning
slept till long after the whistles bad
ceased to Mow. I could not have
reached my proof room even at 8, so I
wandered out lazily Into the June sun,
over the city and toward the North side.
I reached the bridge at State street and
stepped upon it just as it swung to give
passage to a panting little steamer. There
was only one person on the bridge, a
gentjemari. He stood quite near me as
we swung slowly out over the river. He
might have been thirty -five or so. - He
was broad shouldered and Jolly looking.
and a little sun browned. He looked at
me earnestly, and I noticed that he had
keen, honest, hazel eyes. But, to my
amazement, he pronounced my name
and held out his hand. "I am Wallace
Adams," he explained; "you were a
schoolmate of my sister Ida, at West-
field. I met you there. I was sure I
could not be mistaken."
' 'That was ten years ago, I stammered.
feeling my years suddenly rising up be
fore me. ; ' '
You are not much changed, Hiss
Hunter you are very pale and tbin, but
I have always remembered you,"
The bridge swumr slowly round, re
leasing us, but my new found friend did
not leave me. We walked slowly home,
talking of those we had known, of Ida
Adams, who was dead, of each other, and
Mr. Adams told me he had just come
from Oregon. "For the convention
perhaps I shall stay awhile after it. ' ' He
left me with permission to call that even
ing, and that began a new life for me.
He called, and we talked awhile, and
then, to my surprise, Wallace Adams
asked me to marry hint.
Women who sit In hitrh Dlaces in so-
dety- will shudder at my boldness and
want of delicacy, at Mr. Adams' vulgar
ity, at the disregard of all orthodox rules
of courtship. " But I looked back upon
five lost and unhappy years, forward to a
lifetime or bund groping alter money tbat
somehow slipped away from the hands
that won It from the world so hardly.
And there was hope and cheer for me in
looking into tbe man's hazel eyes. - I had
neither father, mother nor friends, and,
though I had never known it, a home
would be so dear ta me. I hesitated and
half promised.
But I did not lose caution. I asked
for time, a little longer acquaintance, a
little longer at my post. I was like a
slave that has grown to love the clanking
of Us chains. "If , in a few weeks more,
I can feel that I am doing right I will be
your wife. 'V
That was our betrothal, for the half
promise was accepted. Mr. Adams took
my hands In his and looked at me with
pity in his hazel eyes, "God grant you
may, Dora, and good night!"
I went back to my work, but my heart
was not in it. I saw Mr. Adams twice
each week, and a new world opened be
fore me. I bad wanted to love him at
first, but soon my life grew into a prayer
that he should really care- for me. I
saw every day some evidence of his kind-
s, bis wise friendship, but I trembled
at the thought that it might only be
friendship, for life held so much more.
It was at this time the UoOillicuddya
began to develop a warm interest in me.
Jack came to the 8 o'clock dinner one
night with some exciting information. I
was invited to take dinner at the Mo-
'Oillicuddv's special table, and there be
atvuigedic. .
"I was to the races, Miss Hunter," he
says, "and thsjt Adams man bought a
pair of California horses.''
I made no reply. Jack had forgotten
bow many people are wearing tbe name
af Adams. His news was nothing tome.
. "He paid 40,000 for 'em," went on
Tack. . "Your Adams, Miss Hunter,
ikmt you catch on?'
"He must be rich. Miss Dora," chimed
n the mother. "I want you to gi-re Jotde
in introduction."
"You must take me out riding," lisped
Josie, with her blonde bead on one side.
I looked down at my plate in amaze
ment. Either Wallace Adams wss better
situated than 1 had known or he had
rone wildly to speculating in race horses.
I remembered Ida Adams at Westfleld,
ward like myself. Her father had been
a clergyman. "Not able to take care of
a wife, Dora," he had told me, "aSd to
have a comfortable home." I bed thought
him able to make his way with other
eomforts in it a piano, books and ooe
or two good pictures -
"Didn't you know it?" broke out my
landlady, glibly. "Where did yon get
aoausiated with Mmf"
1 escaped from tbe MoCHnicuddys and
Sway to my room. I had promised anew
to be his wife, or now I might be sup
posed to want his money.
'is tue truer- i asked turn wnea He
same again, and I told him about the
California horsss.
"Vow. Dora." said tbe manly vote.
"I most refuse to. answer you. To be
rich in the world's way would require a
good deal more soonry than I can cam-
I will be very poor if my wife
don't love me. Are yon going to reduce)
ss to bsgKBryr'
Tor the Bret time m my life I put my
trms about his neck and kissed him.
3omethio awakened me to his true
worth. What had he seen in me to put
to much In my hands f I had not beauty
good looks, even, I who was only
tne of the 40.000 who Irs and work la
Chicago.
I never fotjodueed Josie McC&nicuddy
id Mr. aiWna That young woman
look to dressing after me, and gained a
Impetus in music. She played .
"i lowers of bL Fetersbarr" waits tiB
walk, She switched them gently in' on
"Monastery Bells" of "Silvery Waves,"
or worse, she sang with Jock till bed
time.- .
But to all these things I gave no heed.
I Was for the first time In love, and the
world was not the same. I allowed Mr.
Adams to hasten our wedding day, and I
gave up my position. I wss very happy,
and only one thing marred my sunshine.
Wallace would be absent a week at St.
Louis. It was a long week, but nearlf
ended. Jack McGillicuddy bad been my
shadow all through it, whieh I allowed,
since Jack was only 21 and not in love
with me. Oddly enough, I had none
ceived a letter from St. Louis. . To-morrow
he would be here, and I should know
why. Jack proposed a . ramble down
town. "You've been too close, Miss
Hunter," said he. "Let's go and call on
one of Josie's friends."
I went out into the July night with
them and we had ice cream. Then we
went to a hotel on Monroe street, where
Josie's friend was stopping. Who does
not know the Egyptian parlor with its
hangings? I stood behind a curtain
talking and laughing with'Jack and Jo
sie, when I saw coming down to one of
the ground parlors Wallace Adams, with
a lady on his arm. I looked until I felt
myself growing rigid. She was dark
and very beautiful and they were talking
in low tones. They approached some one
near us. Jack McGillicuddy followed tbe
direction of my eyes, then darted away
to learn more.
"lie introduced her as Mrs. Adams,"
he announced, coming back soon. "Let's
get home." I did not faint or cry out.. I
believed it, and realized bow cruelly I
had been deceived. Tbe thought of the
California horses floated into my mind.
lie lives for pleasure," I said to myself.
"He thoutrht me so uoor and mean that
he could buy my silence when he had
duped me." .
Then, through the midnight watches I
thought wildly and madly. How should
I endure my life hereafter? How take
up the duties I bated so when I had
known a little time of happiness f The
discipline of five years gave me
.strength. Work! It would be welcome
now if only I could forget tbe past, the
present. Thousands 'live and strive
where there is no object in life. I
thought of death, of suicide. They Were
not for me, though I would have been so
glad to die. I laughed aloud as I
thought, "The water in the Chicago
river is so dirty, and in the lake they
would never find me." I would live.
but I would go away where no one knew
i and begin life anew. erhaps in
time I would forget Ip, but now, God
pity mo! ' -
l packed my things together with
trembling fingers and feverish haste,
though it was hours till morning. I did
not shed a tear, even over my pretty
wedding drees and bonnet, which mocked
me now like silent witnesses of my hu
miliation. I sent a little note to Mr.
Adams:
I return roar ring and tout presents. I know
bow baas rou have been sad t hope we win nerer
. 6IQHTS 6EN ' IN STOCKHOLM.
Osewp of the Girdle PneUsts Beggars
Club. Other Curiosities.
Many bronze statues to Sweden's kings
stand in the various squares and parks,
and there is one bronze group that holds
the attention longer than any of these.
It is placed in the grounds of tbe Na
tional museum, and is the masterpiece
of the Swedish sculptor Moleri, the group
of the Girdle Duelists. According to the
barbarous' old custom in Scandinavia,,
when a quarrel arose between two men,
they were bound together by a girdle,
provided with- knives, and allowed to
fight out the duel until one or both had
fallen. This group is worthy of the an
tique for the splendid physique of the
actors and fearful interest of the strife.
Each has seized with his left hand tbe
right' hand of his foe, which grasps the
murderous short knife, and both wrestle
for life with terrible energy. , It is said
that these combats were so universally
fatal that women carried winding sheets
with them to the banquets, where their
husbands might be slain. ' . '
Four bos reliefs on the pedestal with
Runio inscriptitins show such a scene
two men drinking together, while the
lovely wife of one of them stands by.
The jealous anger roused by some undue
attention on the part of the guest, the
wife on her knees endeavoring to prevent
the quarrel, and lastly the poor thing
weeping alone by the gravestone of her
husband. A memorial such as this of
ancient customs has always an interest
independent of its artistio value; and this
interest attaches to a great many objects
in the collection of the Northern Museum,
an institution devoted to the preservation
of Scandinavian relics and curiosities.
You see here a forest of the tall pikes and
battle axes so formidable of old cruel,
murderous looking instruments ten feet
long, their blades and heads rusted as if
with the blood of enemies; ancient swords
and helmets, together with innumerable
articles of more peaceful household use;
rude looms that might have woven the
garments of the Vikings, and the odd
hand mangles used for smoothing linen
heavy pieces of wood, polished on the
under1 ride, and elaborately carved above,
with handles usually representing horses.
It seems impossible that such flat irons
should have been very efficacious, but
here they are by the hundred.
Odder still are the kubbestols chairs
made of the trunks of trees or kubbes
(whence our "stubs," I suppose'), the
edges of the seats ornamented with, of
all things in the world, human teeth,
driven into the solid wood. These are
Vhs Wssbe sape fcnUhe.
: One of the gross disfigurements of our
streets Is the waste paper that utters tbe
sidewalks and ' the road wars news
papers, circulars, scraps of every kind,
all of them filthy, blown here and there
by every breeze, an offense to tbe eye.
and often the means, no- doubt, of carry
ing the seeds of disease.' - Is there noway
of stopping tills? Dirty streets- are bad
enough, but when there Is added to the
ordinary dirt, to which we have been ac
customed from time immemorial this
muck of dirty paper, the. combination is
utterly vile. It ought to be possible for
a people to devise some means to keep the
streets of its cities clear of filthy paper.
Scavengers might be appointed whose
sole duty it should be-to remove papers,
just aa there are men., on one or two
streets who keep on the tracks of the
horses. .
' One way of diminishing the evil would
be for merchants to give up the practice
of distributing circulars, which are now
universally regarded in the light of a
nuisance, and advertise in the news
papers. The average man feels that be
has a grudge against tbe dealer who
forces a circular upon him. . Their day
is past This condition of thing excites,
the surprise oi foreigners who come here.
It may be more of an testhetio than a
sanitary consideration, but it baa Its im
portance from both points of view.
New York Tribune.
' The Old General's Tale.
There is sn old general in this town,
married to a young and handsome wife,
who delights in entertaining an after
dinner company with stories of his prow
ess, sagacity and foresight during the
war whenever the opportunity presents
itself. To listen to him, one would im
agine that the ultimate success of the
Union arms was all due to him, and that
the share Grant or Sherman or Sheridan
had in tbe matter was a comparatively
small one. One of his stories always
begins:
"When I was down in the Wilderness
with Grant in '64" , -
That's usually the signal for half the
company to leave the room, butitdoesnt
interrupt tbe old general in the least. He
would go on talking and finishing his
story, were no one present and only the
four walls there to listen to his wonder
ful tale.
"Mamma, B said the little 7-year-old
daughter of the general the other day
after having listened on the stairs to the
old story which her father had just con
eluded in the dining room to a company
nr frtlMts. Mamma wunt tlumi inv.
"i!!? 4? J JIV2nt mJgh n""?. 1 bo1? help papa put down the rebellion?
CAMPLE BURIAL rlCHROF.i
aVOatwi HOafTsaSe
In tbe morning I went away, leaving
no address. I could not face the McGilli
suddy curiosity, and I had but a little
money. My work I had given up and
tuist seek it again. I must have change
nr I felt tbat I should go mad.
I went to a hoarding house on tbe
Vest side. After a day or two I found
work in a dressmaker's establishment. I
was mentally unfit for a position as proof
reader. I succeeded after a few days,
and. ah me, how faithful I was. I no
longer dreaded work, but feared a cessa
tion of it, when I should have time to
think and remember I cared for nothing
and trusted no living being, sly life was
over and done.
It was here one day that a woman
floated into my presence to have ber
draperies fastened. It was the same I
baa seen on bis arm that fatal night, but
now I could look at her calmly. Was I
growing stronger? I even addressed her.
"You are Mrs. Adams," I said, while I
Bid my lowly work. "Yes," she smiled,
"Mrs. Wallace Adams." Some old
author has said there is a peace that
somes, not of hopes realized, but of hopes
relinquished; a peace that is not born at
the tranquil fireside, but is tbe peace of
solitude. Itwas this I hoped for now.
After weeks I had ceased to feel I
wanted to read proof once more. I would
look for my work where no one would
know me. For awhile I sought in vain,
but I was not discouraged, and in a week
I found it. The past was -dead and I
was alone. I went down to the bridge
again, and again tbe bridge bell rang out
sharply. I hurried on, just in time to
swing out over the river. Now I knew
t bad ceased to care, - but looking out
over the water I did not heed approach-
tng rootstcps.
"Dora, Dora," some one cried. "Win
you speak to me?" For at the sound of
his voice I had stretched out my arms to
the muddy Chicago rirerj I who was so
Strong minded and did not care. -
"We've looked in all the printing
oOces in Chicago,' said Jack McGilli
enddy, when they had brought me out
of a little faint. "That was Adams'
cousin's wife, Miss Hunter."
"Dora," says the manly voice once
more, "has it been so hard tn your life
tbat you couldn't believe me and trust
tne again?"
I had passed almost into the darkness
tf belief that love and truth are not on
tbe sarthi that nothing remains but
1 treachery and the wrangling of human
passions; but In tne Hht of my husband's
borne I shall find my faith restored, and
rstnembermg those days, I can only say,
"God help the women who work."
Dora Hunter tn Chicago Herald.
pose, but the teeth lost by the family of
tne owner ox tbe chair, preserved in this
manner as a charm against future tooth
ache. Little white milk teeth make an
agreeable variety with huge molars that
evidently ached enough before they came
to this end. Here, too, is another relio
of ancient manners beggars - clubs.
These formidable weapons were given to
beggars to enable them to obtain relief
at the next house they came to. What
a comfortable thing it would be if one of
us could get lid of an importunate tramp
by giving him a club to compel our next
neighbor to entertain him I Yonder is a
bundle of Runio staves canes or long
pieces of wood carved with runes, or sen
tences in . Runio characters, usually
quoted from one of the sages. Whetlier
these were considered as charms, or only.
like the Jewish phylacteries, used to keep
In mind some sacred text, we could not
learn.
One room is fitted up In compartments,
each representing a kitchen or a living
room of eome primitive dwelling in Fin
land, or Iceland perhaps; with life size
figures in artpropriate costumes, sur
rounded with the very furniture and pot
tery brought from such houses, all In
tome interesting position. A man re
ceiving an official message brought by
an envoy hi one of tho old "bud stikker,"
or message sticks, which he in bis turn
is bound to carry for a certain distance,
and if no one is at hand to take it, to
stick it in the earth until some one comes
along, as if our mail bags should be laid
on a rock at a certain place and left for
the next passer to take charge oft An
other group shows a girl receiving pres.
ante when the bans of her marriage are
proclaimed; a third, a Lapland family
mourning over a dead child. All the
figures are very lifelike. But time would
fail me to speak of the various museums
and their treasures. Stockholm Cor. San
Francisco Chrouicle.
There must have been some awfully mean
men in those days." Washington Cor,
to New York Tribune.
Forestry orators and theorists must ad
mit after this season of tmprecedented
rain that the rainfall is governed by
taoses beyond the range and mflnenco of
Corset trees and wood lota. Common
indicates that the spongy mass of
and fallen leaves la every forest
arist in holding moasrore hack, and
equalizing its flow: but common folk
will still fancy thai the existence of large
todies of water and the evaporating
sower of the sun's rays have more to do
with creating rainfall than the planting
f forest trees or the preaerralioo of over
ripe specimens of pise, spruce or hem
lock, which hare. Hopped growing and
which stand ia the wsy of tbe Aerelop
nent of tbe younger sad more vigorous
Smuggling
One of tbe favorite places wherein to
biJo precious stones sre in the small tele
scopes used In connection with the mas
ter's sextant. The glasses are unscrewed,
tones packed securely in tbe cylinders
and everything replaced. But low cus
toms officials would venture to trouble a
- valuable edentiAo instrument.
Another method is to haveamalacca
tick bored out, through the wonderfully
skilled hands of a Chinese meclianic The
pace is then filled in with precious stones
packed ia cotton, tbe joint replaced and
detection Is almost impossible. I will
show yon a boot heel made of iron, to
which Is attached an iron clamp. The
leather bod is removed, then the iron
one, filled with diamonds, is secured to
the damp. It is an old trick, but might
have passed muster, except that tbe
smuggler's courage failed and his ner
vousness betrayed him. The government
wee richer by $0,000 duties in gold coin.
-New York Star.
A Club af bald Head.
I am told that a society is about to be
started in Paris for the purpose of insti-
; tuting a crusade against barbers' drugs,
' hair restorers and such like "nostrums.
Tbe association Is to be called "LeGenou"
; (or "Tbe Knee," which is tbe French
slang expression for "as barsas the back
of one's hand"). None but members
"thin on the top' will be admitted, and
the presidency will no doubt be offered
to M. Theodore de Banville, the poet,
who, you are aware, is as bald as a coot.
Tbe object in view Is to trace the loss of
hair to its true causes. The secrets of
nature will be investigated. The physio
logical action of remedies will be learned.
Of course, the promoters do not for' a
moment entertain the idea that they will
ever make hair grow on a bald pate any
more than the best physicians can raise
the dead. The day is still far distant
when flies will be constrained to seek
other skating rinks than the hair
less human skull. But the science of
"keeping your hair on" has a great
future before it Emile Nouveau In
Philadelphia Times.
jjvwoi vm. cj. f eves mu g7 ws us i aw. w wfmv j wungw uu wu
e bosrdrrs deserted the parlor for a j Sorest trees. Boston Bod jet.
Many persons are familiar with the
sornmon remedy for a cut, of sewing it
op. I have seen persons suffer great in
txmvenienoes from a eornparativeiy assail
wound st ihm end of a finger and thumb.
because they did not know bow to apply
the remedy. Wait till the bleeding bee
sesswn, and torn with .a fine cam brio
needle with a silk thread not more than
an inch or two long, or three inches at
most, take up-a small stitch in the skin
and not into the flesh, draw only toward
tbe cut, right and left, which tends to
Iraw the parts together, and never draw
from the cut, which only opens it. Tbe
sslief thus afforded is tnvlerstood only
by those who have tried tn. A hired
aaa had cut tb end of his thumb,
while engaged tn mechanical work, and
It annoyed hint excessively. I drew tbe
parte together with a fine thread sad
seedie; he was sMocished at the relief,
ind had no further trouble with -Herald
of Healih.
XVerd Welselsy ea
And lastly, let me glance at Gen. Lee.
Lee's strategy when he fought in defense
of tbe southern capital, and threatened
and finally struck st that of the United
States, marks him ss one of the greatest
captains of this or of any other age. No
man has ever fought an up hill and a
losing game with greater firmness, or
ever displayed a higher order of true
military genius than he did when in
command of the Confederate army. Tbe
knowledge of his profession displayed by
en. McClellan was considerable, and hta
ttrategio conceptions were admirable, but
be lacked one attribute as; a general,
without which no man can ever succeed
in war he was never tftleto estimate
with any accuracy the numbers opposed
to him. It was the presence in Lee of
that intuitive genius which McClellan
lacked, which again and again gave him
victory, even when he was altogether
outmatched in numbers. Lord Wolseley
In Fortnightly Review.
Aa Old Marriage Cestui. - .
A curious old marriage cnetom, which
is still widely prevalent in Brittany, was
recently interpreted in a novel and amus
ing manner. According to this custom
tbe bridegroom. Immediately after tbe
priest has wedded the couple, strikes his
wife in the face, saying, "This is how
you will fare if you make me angry,"
and then, kissing her, he says, "And this
is how yon -will fare if yon treat me
well." A short time sgoa young Breton
married a Gee-men gui, and after tbe
seremony was over began at once to
practice the first part of the time hon
ored custom. The bride, who was igno
rant of the "inner meaning" of what
rjbn-wiattCT Preve That Hiu.y
- ,'tVre Rat tm Onto ad Allft .,
1, One of the gnvsdfrers' who libs
rated sr cemetery hi Minneapolis the
other day told II reporter Of that city tlwt
in nineteen ooffina, the. remains . were
founddurnedon, their, sidre, and In one
ease lying face downward; ' the lattef
was that of a fuu grown wohiafi, with
long jet black, beautiful tresses scat
tered over the shoulders "and tangled
about the rieckV indicating that, after"
being consigned to ber last resting place,
the latent spark of life quickened, audi
conscious pf the awful , honehasness of
ber situation, and with tlis strength bf
desperation" sllB bewail ' Urn frightful
struggle, -vainly turning and twisting
within the narrow walls of ber prison,
until exhaustion' finally overcame her
and brought relief. r-if.
When, the ancient .cemetery east of
Myrtle , avenue, Brooklyn, was dug ' urt
and tha Mmainl tnfc-on aara'vSVk atlnav
the- extension of Rayaioad street, tha
writer taw .numerous indications of pre
mature interments. The most hideous1 '
and blood curdling of ttiem wss that
a body found in tha old Pmbyterlefl
public receiving yault, It had been
placed there about four years previously, .
and the Ud or top had been strained sd
that some of the screws were -torn half
out! that and and loaree. start e the tno
bad been, wrenched outward! and the
right foot and part of the' leg had beetl
forced through and was a found, fro'
truding. - Upon further examination, tbe
entire body was found twisted, the skull "
turned under and thefihgers-of one hand'
the lid evidently In tbe last , straining,
hopeless effort for Uberty. In scores of
arravea tha eofflna were ?onnd t mntaitt
bodies that were turned and "twisted
more orlear to ona aide 'positive veoot
oi naving been curled alive. - . . .
. It is a weU authenticated fact that tha
unmwi ii iih jjtrov mart, wuu. iujg ia
a trance and declared by the- physiciane
to bo dead, was laid away in the family,
tomb in the great vaults under the parish
church. At niirht the choulisb sextott
stealthily entered the tomb,- opened the
casket, and proceeded, to rpb the elegant
and wealthy lady of the jewels which
were on her person, accordingtothethett -prevalent
custom. Finding some: finger ,
rings too tightly fixed tbe unconscionable
thief took his pocket knife and slashed the
a t. ,i a frt.. .1 j t.ui.
UVBIB llUUl IW UJIgVX. Ill, VUUUOi auui -
and now of wood caused a reaction oc tne
vital forces and. tha renerved madam
opened her eyes, uttered an exclamation1
of amazement and attempted to rise up.
The guilty and horror stricken rascal's
hair rose straight upon his head, and,
with tbe yell of a desperate madman, be
rushed forth, thus raising tha alarm ''
which brought help- and rescue' to' her. ;
She lived many years subsequently, nohd
the worse for her awful adventure, which "
occurred five years previous to the birth '
of Sir Walter. ,-! r i, 1 : . ,y
The mother of Gen. Israel Patnard, of
revolutionary renown, was placed in ber
coffin and the funeral terviefer ew
menoed, when she revived, and si years
afterward gave birth to the child Israel. .
Long years ago three medical students.
who had raid an extra. Sum of money to
a professional . "resurrecioriist'' for the
purpose of procuring an extraordinarily '
desirable subject, entered1 the college dis " .
seeting room one night to view their pur
chase, whieh had jusf been received. Lift- ,
Ing the cloth cover, ther were more than
pleased to discover the retnarlrUbry fresh, -
floe, desirable young' cornet of a young
and Jovely maiden lady.. It was the
form of a Juno and the features of a '
Hebe. Round, plump, splendidly deves '
oped, perfectly -symmetrical, with a
wealth of dark yheatout. .tresses, and
chestnut colored "eyes, pink, creamy
tinted complexion, brilliant, ivory white
teeth, thin, delicate ears, mouth and
nose, eyebrows and eyelashes heautifnn
long and shspely. - . - :
One of the two fingered about tbe .body
apparently as one held under the spell of
strange, ' unpenned msrrnstmn. The.
girl ,had. been ;ill and was supposed to
nave died of some heart 'disease, and"
had lain In' her family vsuK about twenty
hours. 'Tb youuli seuderitv filled with
admiration, gently lifted tbe magnificent
ly molded arm. It was not chillingly
cold, although eooL "Tha tnueclos were
not hard and fixed severely ss in rigor
mortis. He raised tbe eyelids and saw
none of the. glassy and ghastly peculiar-
Itics. Hewss sroused, and 'laid his ear
down over tbe regiou of tb heart. . Then
he was puzzled and started, and applied
tbeetethoscope.
Then he repressed bis growing excite
ment and summoned assistance. Evi .
deuces of latent life in the bodr were dis
covered beyond doubt. Vigorous efforts
then made for resuscitation, and.
successfully, too. Then tb hapless girt,
while yet unconscious, was wrapped ia
blankets and tenderly removed to tb
residence of onset the professors near
by. . .Her relatives were tent for, and- ia
! time she regained perfect health, and
tnbserroently wedded th student, who
afterwsrd became president of Philadel
phia Medical college.' Sh is now a
widow and resides with th yomntaat cat
(oar stalwart sou Chicago Herald.
"It my aaernory serves me" it a favor,
ste formula with many per sous, snd ther
are few who have not, at on tan or an
other, been the victims of a treacherous
ajoujoy. On would think that having
been deceived many times we would at
last learn to mistrust
thia Lacnlrr
the considered aa insult, turned round on 'what, or, at all events, be cant ions at
ber lord and roaster and returned tbe ' accepting m revelations wttaout qors
stroka, saying, in broad Boahisa dialect, Jkm. But right here there comes la aa-
"Look here, I do not approve of such
behavior,'' after which th husband is
aid to bars performed the second part
of tb ceremony wan more
affection. Pall Mall Gasette.
tbe Tti.ee r
Ia the hooeet dlasgreeineot of 'doc
tors" lies the beet hope of tbe progress of
knowledge. For while there is no virtu
In disagreeing snereiy for tb sake of dis
agreeing, there it a virtue ia every honest
latagTvemsnt to aim who is able to get
t virtue oat of K. And th man -who
is abl to peroasrt th virtoe that oes not
Uone hi en sad or in th other, but In
its disagreement between th two sides,
th msa who Is already farther ad
vanced than either side, whichever may
so riftit sad wnicbever wrong. Phils.
klphia Sunday School rimes.
other puzzle. No matter how gTosaly
memory deceived "us yesterday, or bait
rerk today are not deceived. Our
recoUertioa of the thtrg that happened at
to and so; It cannot ho otherwise, for w
tow M or heard ft. We rememper It per
fectly, and eontradictioa is use lues. We
know it. And yet we were quite as pne-
Itive beore, and turned out to be de
'eeived. Tbus memory Is th must pUue-
tibl of sirens, and no matter bow much
or bow often she hss bed to ne cm f
mer oonmoam the makes as belie-v ber
now. Chicago lierati.
( A. city in Jtytn wi3 open a N-vval-a
mow uniW tbe rule, "No article ad
' mi:ted tSiat Is not more thaa l.CvO ye-
CjU." No exhibition of that s- n r 1
l
oe heU in the United
icaa Uic-a-tuao. '
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