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GRAHAM, N.C., THURSDAY, JUDY 4, 1889
NO; 22.
PROFESSIONAL CAKDS.
TAS.I3. BOYD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
' . V , v Greennboro. 2f. C.
Trill t Graham on Monday of each week
t attend to prolessionat business, loop io
J. X. IESI,VOIUH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
' ' nmiiiii. IV. fl. '
.Practices iu the State ..and Federal Cours
will faith full v and Drouuitlr attend to oil no. .
euutriiBted to him .
DB. G. W. WIIITSETT,
, Burgeon Dentist,
GIirENSBORO, ' - " - ' - N. c,
- Will also visit Alamance. Calls in
thm ennntrv attended. Address me at
flrrfltisbriro. dec 8 tf
a. . - - . .. '.. . ' .-
. JACOB A.. LONG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, "
GRAHAM. - N. C
May 17. '38. '
, ' advertisements.
GIVEN AND TAKEN.
Smoothing soft the nestling head,
Of a maiden fancy led.
Thus a grave eyed woman aids
"Richest gifts are thoaa we make
Dearer than the lore we take
That we give for lore'i own sake.
"Well I know the heart'a unrest; "
Ulne has been the common quest 1
To be loved and therefore blest.
i "Favors undeserved were mine;
At my feet as on a shrine
t Love has laid Its gift divine. ?.
"Sweet the offerings seemed, and yet
With their sweetness came regret ;- .
And a sense of unpaid debt.
"lleart of mine unsatisfied.
Was it vanity or pride
. That a deeper Joy denied'
"Hands that ope but to receive
Empty close; they only live
Blclily who can richly Klva.
' "Still," she sighed, with moistening eyes,
"Love Is sweet in any guise;
But its best is saoriflcel
' " -...
"lie who, giving, does not crave
TJkest Is to him who gave
Life Itself the loved to save.
"Love that self forgetful gives
Bows surprise of ripened sheaves.
Late or soon its own receives."
. John Oreenleaf Whlttler.
MRS. LIGHTFOOrS JEWELS,
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DON T BUY,
'Sell nrexchango any kind of new or second
ti.nrt Manhinerv. Busirlos. Ac before ob-
tainln Prices from W. R. Bnrie8, Manager,
Greensboro, N. u. Large lino i Mif-ines,
-Rollers. Mills. Sliaftinir W ood-woTKinic ma
..I.Ihai-17. . rhrmhars. CottonsUlns. Presses
' Light Locomotives, Pole Boad Lacomotives,
Roller -feeders. Lubricators. TobaccJ Ma-
chinerv. Oils. almost anything you want at
wholesale prices.
Bay
save moo i
aie prices.
' what you want, mention this paper and
money. . - . Bcpt. 13, '87-1,
Everybody wondered why Drettv
Mrs. Li'ghtfoot, with all tlio alluring
possibilities of Newport Lenox and
Bar Harbor in full view, should have
chosen to burv such charms as hers
in that out of tho way, dreary nook,
Boreton-by-the-Sea. .
-In truth it was a trifle perplexing
that a widow, young, handsome and
in a penod or mitigated grier just
beennning to take notice to whom
the air of Bellevue avenue or French
man's bay was as the breath of life.
should calmly elect herself a denizen
of a little, lazy, seaside village, too
far away for the man of business, but
not-far enough nor fairenough for
the man of leisure, and whose male con
tingent exhibited, therefore, on un
lovely blending of tho cradle and .the
grave.
Ktiii, there sue was, tne one gay ng-
ure amid a throng of health bunt-
ers, listening' with sympathetic grace
to lunu aetausoi symptoms, acnes ann
agues, kaleidoscopic in variety ana
mcturesaue in detail as a natent medi
cine puff, the very air raw with Bug-
gestionso t tne u-eneva uross witn am
bulonco trimmings. ,''''
Yes, her world marveled greatly at
such a butterfly turned grub, yet ap
parently smiling at tho change; but
that world has never yet been capable
of getting inside of a smile. Had it
beer! able, what an elaborately with
ered sarcophagus it would have
discovered at the back " of this ono.
For our dear little Ughtfoot was. in
truth, a gilded picture of misery and
an image of inwardly growing de
spair. She .herself was on a health
bunt, like all tbe others at Uorcton,
except that the weakly object of her
solicitude and nursing- care was her
bank account, not her ' rosy, bright
eyed self. . '.'..., ?
' I he fact is, that early in tho spring,
visions of protty toilets with which to
. I 1 i frit I ifftwinl An oi n Ma T?. aa T-T" T-Wv
Fire, - LIFE. vlCCldeilt' and thrill Lenox had so absorbed her
SUFFOLK
. f Collegiate . Institute.
3 J. ' CHARTERED 1872.
'preparatory', Practical of Finishing in
. (jla&ncs, jaatnematicB, sciences
f and the Fine Arts.
P. J. XEBXTODLE; A. M.r Prinolpal.
Terms reasonable. iJothpfcxes admitted tn
iiftiuct departments.
The next sessioi. opens Monday. 8ent 17th,
3888. Write to the principal for ca'alogue at
Kuttolt, V. . 1U1T.
V. G.'HUNDLKY,'
Insurance Ag:ent,
GREENSBORO, N. 0.
ints'onlj First'CIass Companies.
Illicit
9uOfflce opposite the Court House,
North Elm fc5treet,
Durham Marble Works,
Wlitaker & Hulin, Owners,
successors to R. I. Roeefs,
Durham, N. C.
CfMs, 3. W. Cates, at Barllngton, can
bow yon designs and givt yon prices, Ha 81y
J. T, SHAW,
JEWELER, v
L.X..JANE,
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Dealer rn watches, clocu, Jewelry, spec
tacks, eye-glasses, iSC. ,
r.i:p AiRixa a specialty.
.A nv part of watch, clock, or piece f
f vtuiy can be replaced at my bench cma-
i- v and as cheaply as yon can care K aone
.-where. All work lent through the mail
: nrrs thall nave promit atteulioa.
-Yours truly, "
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winter's output, she had held high
carnival at the modiste's, :, which, re
sulted in an accumulation of purple
and fine linen fit for a royal progress,
and a warning .note from her trustee
to the depressing effect that next
nuartar's income was so forestalled
that she would probably have to make
it convenient to camp for the summer
in one or her large- trunks, with, a
small one by way of kitchen annex,
This note brought to Mrs. Light
foot's tearful attention' the stern, cast
iron fact that it is impossible to spend
two thousand dollan a month out of
an incomo of six thousand a year.
without speedily stranding on the
weather shore of Cape Harid-np and
being butteted by waves or bills pay
able. " -;
Imagine such a thunderbolt launch
ed upon a pretty head brimful of
dreams of summer conquests! Im
agine all thoso new gowns 'changed
to sackcloth and ashes at. one swoop
of that musty trustee's pen I Think of
that brilliant campaign from Rhode
Island s shores to Maine, and the Uerlc
shire hills turned into, a Moscow re
treat, like that of a stranded theatrical
troupe I So it was,, however. Early
in Julv the census of Boreton-bv-the-
Sea was increased two souls by the ar
rival of Mrs. By ma Laghtfoot and
maid, and the number of its habitable
structures was nearly doubled' by the
advent of their luggage.
On arriving at the station, Maria,
the maid aforesaid, sniffed a stern dis
approval of Bo re ton and all its sur
roundings. She bad been Sylvias
nurse from the day that, as a baby.
she uttered her first indignant protest
at being brought into this world with
out ber consent being first asked
and given. From nurse she had de
veloped into general proprietor of the
orphan girl, which ollice she filled
with all the tyranny of atrecuon.
grimly resigning it when her charge
married, and resuming it like an heir
restored to his own when death re
moved "the obstacle." as, in her heart
of hearts, she called the husband. -
Xb Urst day at tioreton fuUUied
Maria's impressions. . There were
showers without and tears within, al
ternated with that joy of woman's
life, unpacking which, however, in
Sylvia's case, was lessened by the dis
covery that her jewels, instead of be
ing sent to the safe deposit, as intend
ed, had been packed and brought
down tn her lugsge. Here was a
sleep destroyer 1 With those jewels
in the cottage, phantom burglars in
black masks would hover through ber
dreams, and diamonds would be the
trump to mar her slumbeaB tor its
steady blast. A solemn council with
ilana resulted in the present uepot.it
of the rem in the latter trunk, a
relic with covering like a roast mar
tyr, la wh;choneniihterpecttotJnd
a mummy s kt i.l ana testament,
but never the j.-wcis or a modern bcl.e.
A cui ii-il Li-iic;r x'iMO it proved, j
cad as day aftor uay iAeJ, t'rlvh I
finally settled into a condition of lan
iruid security regarding her treasure.
giving it no attention, more than an
occasional hasty visit of inspection.
which always ended in a weary sigh,
that Boreton had no Casino balls
whereat to display their radiance.
So the drowsy season dragged into
August, only to find Sylvia hopelessly
at odds with Belf, world, everything.
-Turning the days into a very winter
of discontent, without so little as a
shadowy prospect of even one present
able son ofXork. to make them glcf
rious summer to her. When lol just
as the last leaf was dropping from ber
Bower of . resignation there- came to
Boreton a man. Not a downy under
graduate, nor a post-dated dyspeptic,
but a real man, and a handsome one
too, as airs. i-Jghtfoot mentally noted
when first ho appeared on the beach.
strolling by her in flannels redolent
of Cook or Poole, tall, dark, with just
a shade of sadness in the brown eves
that for a moment glanced toward her
and then turned seaward, , .
Dame Chance, good soul, found her
fondest mission that day in bringing
Sylvia face to face with the interest
ing stranger and adding fresh fuel to
the morning's spark of curiosity. She
was alighting from her afternoon drive
behind pony Jingo, when the all
observant Maria remarked that her
driving coat had dropped out of the
back or the cart, whore she had stow
ed it oh starting, and was now, "some
where tween hero and nowhere." .:'''
That coat was one- of the combina
tion of causes that had buried Sylvia
in Boreton, and she did not beam at
the thought of a garment that had cost
her so dear on tho shoulders of somo
rural Cynthia Jane at the next county
fair. So Jingo's protesting steps were
urged along tne dock iracic, wnue
hedge, ditch and road were dissected
by Maria's sharp glances. A fruitless
drive of more than a mile brought
them to a corner, the turn of which
revealed the stranger pf the morning,
advancing with tho lost wrap in hand.
' "I had the good fortuno to find your
coat on the road beyond. May I have
tho pleasure of restoring it!
It was a charmingly smooth voice
and the manner "all of sweet accord."
For tho first time in hf" life Sylvia
round her wits at raull she stam
mered: ,,'
"You you are very, very kind s but
how did vou know it to be mine"
- VI knew it must be: you wore it at
tho beach todav.".
'struck across fields toward tho village.
Sylvia nervously turned jingo's
head homeward, rousing that eagerly
stable loving beast to an. ambitious
trot, with which ber thoughts kept
paco until the pony, with a joyous
rnsk, was led to the stable, ana tnen
they raced on their own account in
the direction of a pair of brown eyes
all the rest Of the evening. :
Next day, in tho usual gathering on
the beach, appeared "tho mystery," as
Maria had already dubbed tho strang
er: but this tune bo was neither alone
nor unknown, for with him strolled
the buzzing social blue bottle, Maj.
DashelL Every ono knows tho major,"
and he well, tho sacred four hun
dred limit is too pent up for his world.
He knows everybody from Now York
to Yokohama and from Campobelloto
the UbDor Nilo. True, his acquaint
ance is rarely more than superficial,
for, nod to tue major, anu you are uis
lifelong friond; but then a man who
knows so many, who spreads so small
a Kiinnlv of the butter of friendshio
overdo vast a surface of social bread,
can't bo expected to know any one
very weiL ? - i
' He was evidently boxing the .com
pass of . Boreton 'a habitues for the
benefit of "the mystery," whose eyes
wandered from face to face as each
was discussed, until they rested upon
Sylvia, snugly propped up on ner
lounge of sand under a bright hued
umbrella, and entirely conscious that
' she was worth looking at more than
once. Immediately the "major's rem- j
imscences were broken by a low
words from his companion. He halt
ed, smiled approvingly and approach
ed the pretty picture. , .
"Mrs. Ughtfoot, yesterday a happy
chance gave my friend, Mr. Faunt,
the honor of meeting you. May I be
the happier chance that gives him the
pleasure today?"
A few moments later Sylvia's um
brella sheltered tho major and his
charge. The episode of the coat was
renewed with fuller details, and when
the bathing hour had passed those two
very agreeable men accompanied that
one I air woman to ner cottage, leav
ing her with a lively impression that
ireton-by-the-Sea was like some oys
ters, dull to sight and tostev but hold
ing a goodly peart to reward ine pa
tient seeker.
Mr. Faunt had arrived from England
only tho previous week, for a shooting
trip to tho west, but finding his arrival
a trifle in advance of tho season, had
yielded to the major's blandishments
by running down to Boreton for a few
da vs.
TJie few days passed without a sign
of intended departure Dytue youni
Englishman. Indeed, when with 8yl
via, which was the larger part of the
time, the word "depart" seemed to be
stricken from his dictionary. Western
game- apparently; had no attractions
compared with its eastern rival, and
the prairies of Minnesota sank into
gloomy oblivion in tho presence of the
sand hillocks of Long Island, set off
by a certain lair widow witn a gay
umbrella in the foreground.
As for Sylvia, a season without at
least one mild affair was to her no sea
son at all, but this one began to exalo
odors of orange blossoms and to open
Vistas toward which tier coy steps were
not to be easily led. She was one in
whom an adorer seeking wedlock was
quite sure to find only a sympathizing
sister, but also was she one who dearly
loved an opportunity to pour sisterly
consolation upon the hfart which she
bad scientifically turned tncida out lor
that express purpoee.
So she calmly awaited the evidently
approaching moment when the youn
iiHUlirnan should attempt to enroll
at first "Mr. Faunt had evidently seen
women before. He was calmly clever
exasneratiniHV so. Svlvia thoucht.
He wasted no tune in talking platitudes
about her eyes, or discussing the thou
sand and one personal charms that
women are supposed to cherish as
baby i Is rattle. She liad long ago been
surfeited with that sort or miylensms,
but never before had she been posed as
a trenius "with a woman s soul and
the confiding heart of a guileless
child." it remained for this appre
ciative foreigner to discover what she
had long felt to be her mission, and to
persuade ber that an intellect sucn as
hers, buried at Boreton, was a boon
denied to the world. ' ' -
, So Sylvia listened, and then laugh
ingly opened that "confiding heart"
by telling him of the Arctic necessity
that liad stranded such mental charms
with the addition of a Newnort outfit.
jewels and all. on a Long Island beach,
including in tier confidences the tale
of Maria s trunk transformed into t
sincere and capable safe deposit com'
pany. - : '
He listened with affectionate con
cern to the story of tho clammy heart
ed trustee, and with admiring interest
to that of the ingenious hiding or the
jewels. ' it recalled to him an occur
rence to some family treasures at home
which he related with interest, inci
dentally" mentioning bis mother and
sisters and the "old place in Kent,
which hb hoped Mrs. Lightfoot would
somo day honor with, a visit." Soon
the day for his fraternal enlistment
was. evidently approacning. run calm
ness gave way -to symptoms which
Sylvia thought she knew only too
well; the game of fence was now all
one sided, v
Cna ' A n'miet " ArArt fny tirtlstaa nil
S tiu 4.t L uaw u v uiii v mmm
signs failed, he was ready to surren
der at indiscretion. They were seated
by the great elm in front of her cot
tage, and at lost he began to talk of
eyes, and .her eyes, too, when, mana
cut his best verse in two by appearing
to ask leave to visit a neighbor, which
was granted with an emphasis that
sent her fairly spinning into the dark
ness down the rood. Then, just as the
thoughts of ; the soon-to-be brother
were resuming their . flow, a slight
shiver from Sylvia sent him into the
cottage for hervrntn, which, man like.
ho found only after a ransacking
searcn or the whole house. :
' Once more comfortably settled by
the great treeo, his story was evidently
just reaching 'a nervous beginnings
for he wai strangely disturbed when
Maj. Dashell. loomed at tho gate. He
hod como to stay, aud he did stay, late.
Again was the day of adoption post
poned. Tho two men departed to
gether, leaving Mrs. Ughtfoot in a
condition of grim disapproval of maids
and majors who went about at night
to visit neighbors. '
However, to-morrow is better than
today when today is yesterday, and a
gamodelaved is not lost. But again
did Sylvia s wires fail to work., , "Mr,
Fount," so Maj. Dushell told hor on
the beach tho following morning,
'had been suddenly culled to town for
a short timo." .
Timo hod rheumatic wings that
morning. Svlvia began to bate the
poor Englishman for thus evading the
sentimental rack that Blip had so care
fully prepared for linn. As a man of
honor he should have remained to bo
sat upon at once and not keep a lady
waiting so indcbuiteiy. Woe to him
when Tiodid return I Not oven a sis
ter shouldhe find I ' -
However, as tho day wore on. the
old routine, broken of lato by the ab
sent one, reasserted itself, uowns
were taken out. tearfully inspected
and put back. Maria'B trunk was vis
ited for tho first time since a week, and
the case containing her necklace
prido of hcr.cyes drawn f remits hid
ing nlaco and opened empty i with
a great.gasp, sho stood tearing at the
satin lining, almost honing that sight
bad leit ner and that her benumucq
hands would find tbo treasure. Then,
ulnkintr beside tho trunk, sho drew'
forth the other cases. All empty! All
crone 1 All cone 1 1 All cone in
Two weeks later a package by mail
was delivered to Sylvia. It contained
one of her bracelets and the following
noto:
. Mr Dais Una. LmorrooT--I em a reformer and
A philanthropist. Wl:en'j-ou fully realize this, you
will smile at your loss, foryou are as have often
told you a woman of sound aouee and deep sym
pathlea. In olden Umea, there waa a jc&nUemao
of my profession who claimed merit In that he
took superfluities from the rich toglve comforts to
the poor. I, dear lady, am poor, and you, know
ing this, will surely be comforted by theassursncs
that the proceeds or your Jewels snail be ocvoted
to my personal wen being- with very careful atten
tion. -
While it to perhaps tnietbet a phJlaiithropy
that begins and ends with one's self is open U
criticism, it is mora than offset bythefacttiist,as
S reformer, I took your trinkets tor your benefit.
been use by depriving you of toem 1 lessen your
ability to Indulge a love of display which. It
grieves me bare to say. Is a blemish upon year
otherwise perfect character. Tnua, as a reformer,
am I the bumble means of bringing yon to perfec
tion's door. When you realise this, you will be
grateful to me.
Besides, you do not seed these Jewels; no one
requires such adorn meet less than y oar own lovely
self, otherwlao I would return to you mora titer,
the Inclosed sned pearl bracelet. It Is (satefnl,
simple and profcably Inherited from aome frugal
sin it nr WUlyoukmdiyaeceptaadWBsrlSasa
souvenir. If any bo oeedeu, or your oVroted
Ocoaoa Fscrrf
-Clara Stevens in Once a Week.
TO PREVENT BALDNESS.
heramonz ber majesty'ssutjjects, with
full intent to invito Lim nif.te.-ul to
serve as her adopted brother.
It was a very pretty game or lerjw
Blood ormsgea.
It was formerly tho universal belief
among lovers of tho blood orange, and
a great many believe so yet, that the
fruit was the result of grafting the
orango and tho pomegranate, but that
is a fable. Tuo blood orungo is simply
a variety of tho common sweet Ma
nilla orange, and it originated a cen
tury ago by peculiar cultivation of the
ordinary range by a? Pponwh fruit
gardener of the fertile Philippine isl
ands. Its novelty of color in pulp
gained it crrat popularity, and not
only the fruit but tbo trws it grew
on command.! immense prior In the
markets of Europe. The blood orange
supply formerly cams almost entirely
from Manilla, end was for years on
of its chief articles of export Malapi
dow almost monopolizes the trade.
Iliiladclpbians se?iu to be tbe greatest
lovers of the blood orancs In this coun
try, as t!e dealers of tu.it city are the
largest importers of the fruit. Ameri
can An ilyot. .
A Dermatologist Opinion Concerning the
- - Falling Oat of Hair.
? The principal cause for hair falling
out is neglect Very .few people un
derstand the nature of hair and tho
proper way of taking care of it. Pre
mature baldness may be prevented and
hair made to grow on the heads of
' Over half" of the people who consider
themselves "hopelessly bald.' In the
first nloce. evrv nerson's scaln should
produce from 450 to COO hairs to the
square inch. : xnese nave duids or roi
licles that are supplied -with life from
the minute blood vessels under the
scalp. In ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred iocs or hair is caused by bad
circulation - in these blood vessels.
When the hair first begins to fall out
is the timo for the individual to look
after it' If proper treatment is now
followed the loss of hair may be easily
stopped.
; There are numerous . symptoms of
approaching baldness that give warn
ing to an expert but most people do
not know uutil the hair actually falls
out All human beings shed their
hair at different times, but when the
hair continues falling, then there is
lack or vitality in tho bulbs or tne
hair. Tho germ has not a sufficiently
healthy action to " produce another
growth of hair, ' People who do not
understand tho treatment 3f the hair
should simply wash the head with
warm 1 water and mire Castuo' soap,
The Water should be 40 degs; below
blood beat Castile soap is. the best
because it is made of olive oil, and
contains very little alkali This oper
ation should bo gone through with at
least three times a week for thirty
days. ! In seven cases out of ten this
treatment will chock tho consumption
in the blood vessels and in the bulbs.
The washing removes all organicmat-
tor rrom the pores or the scalp and
fielps to allay any inflammation that
may be present Under such circunv
stances in no case should ammonia or
borax be used, although they are often
recommended. ..-,-. T
I hold, individually, from twenty-
five years' experience, that in no case
should tho head be washed -With cold
water. The cold creates too sudden
reaction, and the results must, be in
jurious.' No one in ordinary health
hoed become bald if ho will follow
sensible treatment that he can grasp
himself. V'-v--
In the second stage, or when the
raL'ingoflhe hair bos not been arrest
ed uy the first treatment, more active
measures are needed.- First cut the
hair with scissors close to the scalp,
Then shavo the top of tho head where
the hair is falling out Bo sure to use
worm water and genuine Castile soap
in shaving. Then a proper stimulant
should be annlied to the scaln. and tbe
shaving and application should be
continued twice a week for from one
to four months. ' Tins will ollow the
bulbs to resrain the strength that they
novo lost by becoming impaired Dy
bad-circulation of the blood vessels.
Tho obiect of their treatment is to
kecD the strength in' the bulb instead of
its passing into the hair and exhaust
ing the bulb. ' By shaving .the head
the strength is allowed to accumulate
in tho bulb. The drain on the blood
vessels is also less, and by resting they
gain strength. In no instance lias a
man received injury trom shaving tne
scalp if it is properly done, but on tbe
contrary, tho results .have, in nearly
all cases, been beneficial. Care should
bo taken to avoid alkalies and 'cheap
soaps, as tho pores aro open and the
hair is 8usceptiDie to injury at this time.
Where the Urst two stages have
been neglected and the hair has ap
parently fallen out ' leaving a bald
head, thoro is still a chance of regain
ing the hair. About 80 per cent of
the men who aro generally termed
bald are not absolutely bald.- A close
examination shows fine silken hairs
remain, indicating that tho life of the
bulb is not extinct About two-thirds
of these cases can have tboir hair re
stored by proper treatment The other
cases wnere no protrusions mrougn
the pores of tho scalp can be seen, and
line hairs are not visible, are boneless,
If a man is thus. actually bald, there is
no power on earth that can produce
hair, and it is rcoiisn to spend money
on nostrums. Matthew Uruce in isew
York Mail and Express.
1 lUt and Poll Parrot.
Chris Pliaro owns a poll parrot that
-is a dandy.- ine other morning a rat,
lured by tho luscious smells of the
bake shop, left tho stenches of the cel
lar ana sower, and, climbing upstair,
mado a raid on cream pulls, gorged
down a few tarts, nibbled the. maca.
roons, sampled the pies and ginger
bread beiore bis depredations were
discovered. Then he was hustled off
with a vengeance, and, rushing into
the room where the parrot was, suc
ceeded in breaking into polly's cage.
I'olly was playing circus with her
claws and kill, and when she spied
tho rat she came down on his back
with both claws and held it firmly to
tho bottom of tho cage. The rat rolled
over and twisted its head around,
squealing like mad as poily pocked at
iu eyes and soon had them loth out
Tbe rat snapped aud tore out somo of
polly's feathers, but sho held fust to
the varmint and succeeded in killing
it Then mounting her perch' and
raffling ber feathers about her neck.
ho announced, "Polly, wants a
cracker.'' Cincinnati Enquirer.
abowt Steamboats.
There are somo odd features about
steam boatiug that even the moat exper
ienced stream boatmen do not always
understand. There was tho old Lclloof
La Owe, of tho Whito Collar line, in
lbG7. For her size and tho power that
she had she was a remarka b!y slow boot
hen moruig up the nvcr. 1 was a
pilot on ber. and think she was the
slowest ap stream bonj cf her time.
But on down stream runs sho had no
enual. do boat beinsr abla to rmss her.
the could far surplus tbo speed down
stream of boats that could almost
double her time going up the river.
There are boats of that kind today.
Tl.enj have been nitpi'-rous coniV-c-
turvs as to the cause of iL but the puz-
! has never been sol Ted. Bu, Louis
O kbe-LeuM)crat
Mot a Selnah Age. "
: In the da vs of chivalry feats of arms
were celebrated by the minstrels or
recorded by Froissarts. In these pro
saic days any heroic action looking to
the weltare or others kindles the keen
est sensibilities, is trumpeted by the
press and often commands substantial
recognition in tho shape of testimo
nials or rewards. .' " ' r '' ' '
i Whether it - be the rescue of a ship's
human freight or the act of some dur
ing sailors iu Samoa, or tho courage
Of engineer or fireman on thore, tho
world nowadays, amidst all its noise
of traffic, has a quick ear for humane
exploits and is not meager in its com
tnendation.
' The tendencies of the ago are to
finer susceptibilities and a more vivid
sense of the value of lite.
1 It is (ho fashion to speajt of it as the
selfish ago. Docs the legislation of the
poet sixty years support any such
charge! Do the individual acts of
kindness that come to light warraut
any such accusation f '
: On the contrary, there' aro abund
ant evidences that with advancing. en-
ligbtenineut the world is growing
metiower ana geuuer ana more cnair
table. ;. '
One of our judges is an angel of
mercy compared with .the judges of
the lust century in HJigland,
The age of chivalry is gone, but the
ago of brotherhood is fairly dawning.
Thoro is at least a promise of it The
signs point that way. Pittsburg
Utiromcio-xeiegrapn. .
Snake Bite Antidote.
Discovery of tho peculiar virtue at
taching to tho sulphur springs of Vir
ginia was due to a, striking incident
that has been preserved tn my- family
mstory, juy great-granduncle; An
drew Lewis, was riding one day when
a snako struck his horse about the fet
lock. Tho venom, caused the leg to
swell, and in order to get remedies to
save him ho took a short cut homo.
Whilo passing over tho ground sat
urated by the springs water ho noticed
a secretion exuding from the wound,
which close examination proved to be
poison, it being drawn by tbe water in
the ground. Dismounting, ho left the
horse a few hours, atthoend of which
the flow ceased and the horse suffered
no further from tho snako bite. The
property which the water possessed,
in common with liauor. caused the
rumor to go forth that the ground was'
soaked with whisky, tho idea that a
snako antidote must possess intoxica
ting qualities being very popular.
Interview in Globo-Dcmocrat
Highly Cultivated Coneet
An old gentleman and bis Wife, for
merly of Pennsylvania, both now
dead, would cross in no other ship than
the Germanic. They camo on to New
York one Saturday, expocting to sail
with mo that afternoon. At almost
the lost moment mv enrrineer had dis
covered a flaw in the shaft and the
Baltic, Copt Bonce, was substituted.
As Cant Bonce, before takinc com
mand, nod been my chief officer for
several years, tho old lady had more
confidence in him than she would have
had in an entire stranger, but when I
went on-woardi just before the shin
sailed, to wish them a pleasant pas
ta tre andlseethem off. I found Iter
somewhat excited and nervous. ' Sud
denly she turned to mo mid said:
"C'aptmn. i would get right off the
ship. now and go back and wait for
you, but as prayers will bo offered up
In twOchurches to-morrow for our pre
servation, wnno on tho sea, it would
hardly bo right for us to bo safe and
sound on shore, would it? Capt
Kennedy in North American Review..
Blioers' Terms. ' ,
There" is ' very CTeat lack of under.
standing of mining terms, even of
those in common use. I have, for in
stance, been asked to explain what a
foot wall Is. and now there can boa
hanging wall to a vein that runs tin
and down through a mountain. Tub
explanation is that there aro very
row absolutely perpendicular veins.
as they nearly all dip mora or
less. - Veins showing an angle
of 45 degs., even, aro not uncom
mon. Tho upper wall in a dipping
vein thus becomes the hanging wall.
and the lower ono the foot wall. In a
perpendicular vein, , there can, of
course, bo no banging or root walls,
and they must be referred to as north
and south or cast and west I prcsumo
tbo terra originated really in coal
mining, where tho reins are. flat St
Louis Globo-Domocrat
ChJckea BaUlog ia Georgia. '
The Albany .small boy is nothing if
not progressive,' A few days sgo a
fond mothonin the city noticed that
her littlo !;y ear-old son visited a par
ticular corner jn tho garden quite
Often," "and' watched his movements.
Goinflr to where ho was stoooinsr one
day alio saw him examining a feather
ho had pulled out of the ground to
sco ir it bad sprouted, uis mother In
quired his object in planting tbe quill.
wlien tna Tounr-sler rcnlied:
. . S
'Hum, i guess i ui going to raire
chickens as wcu as anybody.' Al
bony (Ga.) News. k
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The Virtues of Tegsteblea.
Celery acts upon tbe nervous st-s-
torn, and it is a cure for rheumatism
and - neuralgia. Tomatoes stimulate
the liver, and spinach and common
dandelion, prepared in the same way.
navo a direct etrect on diseases of the
kidney. Onions, garlio and olives pro
mote digestion by stimulates tho cir
culatory system, with tho consequent
increase of the saliva and rastric mice.
Baw onions are also regarded as a
remedy for sleeplessness, and the
French believe onion soup is an ex
cellent tonic in case of debility of the
digestive organs. Philadelphia Press.
... i
Crabbed fulek.
Mrs. Sunplo Wliy, I pay ncaly
three times as much as that for poul
try. How do you manage to buy so
Cheap!
Mrs. Fly Oh, I dont do my own
buj-injr, you know. Unci rrfiriam,
our colored man-of-all-work, Jw out
marketing, but he -is very rx-LcLit i
about Lii dealer. Lowell Cl'.kcu. i
JUSTICE TO MRS. JOB AT LAjT.
A Woman Who Deserves a Better Place
in Uistory Than She Occupies.
" Job was a wonderfully afflicted marl;
' but as a partial compensation for it;
be lias bad the sympathy or me hu
man raco for 4,000 years. - But it haS
not been so with Job's wife. : Nobody
has ever spoken a kind word of her.
On the contrary, she has been held up1
for forty centuries as a horrible ex
ample, j. But for all that we are confii
dent the poor woman deserves a bettor
place in history than she has ever oc-;
cupied. If she was sour tempered she
had enough to give an acid tin"-e td
her disposition. She was mado to drink
the dregs from a .bitter cup, and it is
possible that 'she bore her. troubles
with about as much equanimity as the!
average woman would do. . .
i In the first place she was suddenly,
reduced from luxury to penury;. .Any
unfortunate woman who has safTere"l
this ordeal knows just the franib of
mind poor Mrs. Job was in, ' ' .
In tne next place, she was bereft of
her children, .There is no grief, so
burdensome as that which falls, upon!
a mother's heart when the grave hides',
her children from sight . ,
In addition to this accumulation of
sorrows, she was left with an invalid;
husband on her hands, Job was cov
ered with boils, and experience has
taught us. that there is nomoreexai-'
Derating patient than a man with 4
noil on him. There are wives, and
good wives, too, in this Christian land'
of ours whose lives have been made'
most miserable for days and weeks at a
time by a husband and one boiL. Just
think, then, what this poor womarf
had to endure with a husband with;
perhaps, from 600 to 1,000 boils on him f
Is it any wonder that, the woman en-"
couraged her husband to terminate hisf
existence? ' Tho only wonder is that
she didn't cut her own, throat in de
spair. v-,,', , jj ". ; ! ' ,
But these' were not all (he troubles
that Job's wife bad to bean Her bus-
band's friends came on a visit to him!
and took possession of the house for
six weeks at a time. - Other women,
and good women, too, have had to en
dure the same affliction, and they cart
easily account for Mrs. Job's exhibition'
of bad temper.1 Job got worried with'
tho three visitors himself, and yet' he
didn't have to wait on them, to clean
ton their rooms, to wipe the tobacco'
juice from the parlor carpet every day,
to sweep out the mud they carried In
on their boots, and to submit to the
thousand and one annoyances that sr
male visitor gives the housekeeper.
It is about time that somebody was
raising a voico in defense Of Job s wife
and saying a kind word for the poor
Woman, who for 4,000 years bos suf
fered tho slings 'of unjust criticism
in uncomplaining silence. ' "
There are a great many Job's wives'
in the world today: we meet them'
very day. They may not have husv
bands with boils on their bodies, bur
they have husbands who go to the
clubs of evenings. They have bus-'
bands who aro scl fish enough to devote
all their time to business and pleasure,.
without considering that a portion or
that time of right belongs to the'
woman, tho charm of whose existence'
is his companionship. The Job's wives'
of today are the women who are bur-; '
dencd with the cares and sorrows oC '
this life and who get no sympathy. '
And their name is legion, Ladies' '
Ilome Companion, . ; , -
"'" "OeuUe Carriage wfienrlse."
'A mourninff coach, forminc rmrt of '
a funeral procession, bound for High-'
gate, was stopped the other day in tbef
neighborhood of Oxford street by a
melancholy looking gentleman, attired
from head to foot in block. There war
room for one inside, and the mclan-''
choly looking gentleman entered,'
and, without uttering any of the com
monplaces customary on such occa-'
sions about the variety and uncertain'-,
ty of life, maintained a grave and .
decorous silence. Arrived at the' ,
cemetery gates, the late comer got
out, and seemed about to' retrace 'his1
steps toward town, when the under-'
taker pointed out to him that he was?
walking away from the place of
burial. '"You are one of the rela
tions!" suggested the funeral furnish-'
er. ' "No, fam not," was the reply.;
"You are at least an intimate friend!" ,
"Nothing of the kind. "Only a cas
ual acquaintance, then f "Never saw'
the man in my life I" The departing"
one then explained that his doctor'"
bad recommended him "gentle car-"'
riage exercise," and that lie was irr
the habit of taking it in mourning;,
coaches, which, ho said, moved at a
-moderate pace and mado no charge,-'
London Life.
,, Plenty of Tree.
The Timbcnnan does not seerrt
alarmed at tho prospect of an early deP
struction of our timber supply. Itaa
serfs that Pugel sound has 1,600 mile
of shore lino, and all along this line,
miles and miles farther llian the eye
can reach, is one vast and almost nri
broken forest of enormous trees.. The
forests aro so vast that although the'
sawmills hate Un-Hppinj 500,000,000
feel of lumber out of them evcry-year
for the past ten years, tho Saces made
by theso inroads seem no more -thauf
gardon patches. An official estimate.'
places tho amount of standing timber
in that area at &OU,0tX,0O0,0W feet or
a thousand years' supply, even at the
enormous rote tho timljer is now be-'
ing felled and sawed. The editor adds"
that tho timber bfcllof Washington
territory covers' an area equal to thai
of the stales of Vermont, Massachu
setts, Connecticut and New ILunp'
shire. Scientific American.
Pertinent Inquiries.
Is "cheap food" the chcaiestf
lk diamonds aud dime novels go
well together?
Is not a secret safer with oue thaik
with half a docent
Which is the worst I To beworriej
by fortuno or misfortune!
Is it not beticr to va,t until f a t' f
isdooe, before bc- wCj cf iu a LIcvi-"
menu!
Does not he why r' ' i a r 1
sometimes find tho -' 1
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