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GRAHAMN.C, THURSDAY, NO VEMBER 21, 1889.
NO: 42: 2
PROFI ; : ICKAL CARDS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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Land Sale !
' The i park surrounding Charlton
manor house was looking its best one
lovely morning in October, as Hope
Charlton took her war down the ave
nue of beeches, and watohed the rab
bits as they scudded merrily amongst
the dried fern stalks and the long
grass, and saw the squirrels racing up
and do.wn the tall stems of the firs in
the background. She .,felt she was
bound on a strange errand; she was
not used to the pang which) seized her
when she came in sight of the gray
ileof "home," for sne might call it
iy that name no longer.
Her father had suffered like many
of his friends during years of agricul-
ll Uil.Jl.f.
pis troubles, and having let his house
to some Americans who were anxious
to spend a winter in a srood spot-tin?
district, had betaken himself to Jar
maica to see if anything could be done
with 'an estate lie possessed there;
ttrViila Ytia tim a nnrl atT411fAw 4r-v-lr mw.
irv uiiv uia nitu wu viuiuiou twsv r
their abode for the time in the Dower
house, an old' red brick building,
whose garden walls joined the park
on the side where tbe village street
came up to the lodge gates. Hope
and her mother, who was an invalid,
had been with Mr. Charlton to Mead-
hampton, and Hope had seen the last
of tbe steamer which had conveyed
him awav, and was now bent on car
rying out his final instructions, and
i il 1 AT . 1 1 1 '
pevuig uuit tue iiouseiteeper luaue
everything look its best for the recep
tion of Mrs. Caleb Gerrana and her
daughters Pauline and Clarissa. She
jmade a pretty picture in the autumn
sunshine as she walked briskly on.
her gray cap and ulster suiting well
her slim figure and her blue eyes and
bright hair,
I The next morning was one of those
hopelessly wet days which make one
feel as if the world could never be dry
again, and Hope was hearing her littf
sister's lessons, when she was inter
rupted by a ring at the door bell and
the almost immediate entrance of two
tall girls, who each seized one of her
hands, and exclaimed, in a rapid duetl
I "Well. now. vou are real cood I we
are ever so much obliged to you. 1 Did
you pick au inose nosegays, ana nx
man as far as manners and appearance ! hospitalities of- tne manor, the goocr
go," said Mrs, Charlton, by way of be- nessof the imported "cbofor the ex
stowing the highest praise In her cellenoe of thjj host's taste. 'At "at
stowing the highest praise in
power on her new acquaintance.
"Does he mean to stay longf in
quired Hope. - '
"I do not know," was the reply,'
"but I imagine he does, for he is plan
ning all sorts of improvements; he is
going to drain the meadow by the ti
ers, and put up new gates in all the
Home farm inclosures, and" v
"But, mother," interrupted Hope,
"those things are not a tenant's busi
ness, I am surer Why should he do
it!" -i ' ; . .--v :- -
"Ho says he cannot help feefing in
terested in the, place, his mother and
Sisters have been so happy here; he
thanked me warmly for all; the kind
ness shown them. - He seems to have
thought of all the things your father
has so much wished to do. ' ' - :
"When did he arrivel" askad Hope,
in a tone of vexation. "He seems to
' have become very auickly acquainted
with the state of ailapidation we are
inl" . :
"Do not speak like that, my lore; it
sounds as if you were not pleased.
Mr. Gerrans -arrived yesterday, and
has been about with Hopkins this
morning, tie Drougnt an invitation
from his mother for you to dine there
to-night I promised you should go;
they will send the carriage for you."
Hops was not in a happy frame of
mind. She had heard (such jiews
travels fast) that "Wilmington P,
Gerrans," as his visiting cards labeled
him, was fabulously rich, and she re
sented bitterly that he, a stranger and
an American, should come with his
dollars to . patch up the rents in the
family drapery. She was warmhearted
and generous, but she felt surprised
and almost jealous at the ease with
which Paulino, Clarissa and their
mother had taken a place in the so
ciety of the neighborhood, and she
fancied that their brother might sip
plant her father. She would have
liked to refuso the invitation for the
evening, but she ' reflected that she
must meet her father's tenant some
time; so she suffered herself to be
dressed by her mother's maid, and she
was amused to find the old servant
had chosen, fbr her, her freshest toilet
of soft silk and creamy lace, and had
up our bedrooms? Uhey are just t arranged lovely sprays of roses for
By viKne of a mmteae deed execsfd b
Lisbon Aiwim and Sarah i. Alston. kh wilt
ta favor of Chun. P. Harden, and duly reg
istered in ihe wdlee of l ie Ulster of fW.14
for Alamance county, lu Book 8. wa ili
sell, at the coart house door la Graham, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21ST,1SS9, j
to tbblfbrtt bidder for cash, the followlnx
eVseribrd piece or parcel of land. Irlut; In
Albright's township, on the waters cf Wary
creek, art inine-Ut laajs of Joha f. ast.
kiii 1 Conf r and others. an4 eoouimaz
ten arres. m'ire or kaa.
Sale, as U o'el'-r M., s'iwp
WiiUAiE A JlcLKAf,
Oor. T, "SJ-tl i4jLir)l ru; je.
lovely I it is wet enough to. drown a
beaver, but we put on thick shoes and
wrappers, and came right along.
Hone felt somewhat bewildered with
the 'highly pitched voices and the
twang, as well as by the extreme
beauty of her visitorst but when they
were seated in the faded arm chairs bv
the library fire, and she had time to
disentangle Pauline from Clarissa, she
enjoyed the long chat which ensued.
The entrance of her mother caused a
diversion, and when the frail lookinar
lady took her place on the sofa Clarissa
tuiciaimeu :
"Oh, mvlare vou sick, ma'am, lam
real sorry." .
"Mother is not strong:," exclaimed
Hope: and thevounsr ladies did not
stay long, fearing they should weary
her.
"My dear, what dreadful c-irlsl"
said . Mrs. Charlton, settling herself
among her cushions, as the door closed
on tne visitors. ,
Hope lauched. "They were very
kind, mother, and they like the dear
old house, and never said one word of
pity to us for having to leave it. I
feared they would. They find it diffl-
'cult to get Mrs. Potter , to understand
wnat they would like In some things,
and I am going up this afternoon to
talk to her. -They really live in a
place they say w 'out west' but are
,come just now from New York, and
f their brother will join them soon, they
iiiope.
I f'Their brother!" said Mrs. Chart-
'ton. "I thought Mr. Gerrans was the
ifather of the family."
"ISo; their father died ten years
;ago" replied Hope.
I "I shall never endure them or their
brother I" said Mrs. Charlton, "and
they ous-ht to have waited till we
called on them; it was talons liberty
iw rasa iu mce inat m'
Hope was delitrhted wittt tier visit
to uio manor in tne afternoon, and
xouna Airs, tjaieb tierrana charm mg.
She was small and dark, with bright
eyes ana a sallow lace, and exquis
itely dressed. She greeted Hope cor
dially, and bade her come - "right
ciose" to tne ore. while she seated ber-
jself in a luxurious chair, and holding
I a tiny, handkerchief in one band,
i shaded her face from the flames with
a feather fan held in the other, and re
counted bar cow cutties .with . Mrs.
Potter.
"She never heard of waffles I" she
said, plaintively.
"And had no notion what hominy
wast" said Pauline.
"She thought only. children liked
molasses I" put in. Clarissa.
Hope laughed merrily, and a bright
hour followed, durinsr which she De-
came accustomed to the quaint phrases
oi ner mends, and was delighted with
their pleasure at the prospect of life in
England, and never tirea of answer
ing their innumerable questions. Her
visit made" a subiect for. conversation
all the evening with her mother, and
she felt that a Dear interest had en
tered her life.
The three girls very peedily be
came inenas, and i'auline and Clarissa
were also soon popular in the neigh
borhood. Their piquant faces, beauti
ful dresses and sociable manners stood
them in cood stead, and they rode
well, walked a great deal, and went in
and out of the cottages, and talked to
old and young' as if they had been
amongst them for Tears. They inva
riably called Mrs. Charlton "Ma'am."
land astonukhed the youthful vicar of
V. :. I- u .1 1 : i mj:.i
( iuio pari u j suurtsiuj uuu aa oir,
j! while they told Dollie Charlton she
'was "real smart. " and said Millie was
the "cunningest little darling" they
.ever saw. -
! ."Mr. Gerrans Is a most charming
jrnanr was the unexpected, greeting
i Hope received one aitcnaooif in tbe i
i week before Christmas, as she opened
'the library door on ber return frutn a
walk with Lcr liule sisters.
"1m ho, mother? You have seen him,
JthcnP was the smiling' response.
"Yes; be has bwn bfre for Dearly
an hour, end he mijlt be au Eujliah-
her hair and dress.
"Why. how grand you have made
me, Parkesl" she said; "and where
did you get these flowers? la it to be
a dinner party" .
"I don't know, miss," was tho reply;
"but they do have a deal of company;
the flowers came this afternoon from
the manor."
Hope was vexed. She had often
wished for some of the treasures of
the greenhouses, but the girls did not
care for flowers, and it had never oc
curred to them to send her any, and
directly their brother arrived came
these roses I She thought Mr. Gerrans
was officious. Her resentful feelings
did not last long, however, for no
sooner did the butler at the manor
usher her into the long, low, oak pan
eled drawing room, than they per
force changed into amusement -
Standing in front of the fireplace was
a toll, brood shouldered man, in even
ing dress, looking as well in that
costume as an English gentleman does.
His dainty little mother, a heap of soft
lace and crimson silk, was shaking
with laughter in a large easy chair;
Pauline and Clarissa were sitting on a
broad, low couch, and talking English.
Their voices, accent, the very pose of
their heads, were altered, and they
rose and greeted her with the same
stiffness and want of animation that
most of her friends would have shown.
"Let me present my brother to you,"
said Pauline, softly.
"Ah, you have spoiled it now!"
laughed Mr. Gerrans. "An Euglish
girl would have said 'introduce not
'present,' would she not Miss Charl
ton?" "I think so," said nope.
"We have been showing Wilming
ton how easy it is to speak as you do,
said Clarissa, "and we shall surprise
our friends at home."
"How will they like itr asked Hope.
"Not at all," was the reply; "you
do not know what the sound is in a
New.York drawing, room when a good
many girls are there for tea; they
screech and screech, like rusty car
wheels; and when I wade in with my
English they will nretend they cannot
hear. Wilmington don't like me to
say 'wade in,' " she added, relapsing
into ber natural tones. -
Hopo spent a merry evening, and
was amused to remember, as she took
the flowers from her hair, that she
had entirely forcotten Mr. Gerrans
wealth as well as Lis impertinence.
Christmas passed pleasantly. Mrs.
Charlton was cheered and interested
by the visits of her tenant for in tbe
course of his extensive travels ho had
visited Jamaica, and rooks honefully
of the condition of the country, tell
ing her it was extremely probable her
husband would find his excursion
thither profitable. Millie and Dollie,
with their brothers Jack and Tom
from Winchester spent delizblful
holidays; the weather was frosty, and
the lake at the manor presented an un
broken surface of smoothest ice. where
on the skaters of the neighborhood de
lighted to congregate, and where the
Americans were pre-eminent for their
grace and skill; while their mother
banes" sho heard of the toilets of the
girls, and the jewels of their mother;
in the cottages the people who had
known her from" her cradle thought
to please her by cataloguing the good
deeds and kindly words of the d welt
ers at tne manor; even at Home sne
could not escape, for her mother and
sisters were incessantly praising the
Gerrans family, and Tom and Jack
added their voices to the chorus. Her
father's letters had beenher chief con
solation; but even these had now lost
their savor, for he too began to speak
with warm commendation of "Wil
mington P.," as Hope scornfully called
him, to herself. ' She tried,, by every
means in her power, to keep the fam
ily at a distance, and refused so many,
of their invitations, and spoiled so
many of their plans by her petulance,
that the girls were fairly puzzled, and
nearly quarreled on the subject with
their brother, who refused to believe
that Hope was unamiable, and took
ber part warmly in every discussion.
' Hope was returning one bitter day
in March from an errand at. the . fur
end of the village, when she was over
taken Dy Mr. uerrans, who greeted
ner witn his usual mendiiness, and
insisted on taking charge of a parcel
of books she was carrying. He looked
, very handsome, and his broad shoul
ders seemed to keep the terrible wind
from her, though she would not feel
cordial, and it was with a bad grace
she asked him to come indoors when
they reached the Dower house. Hope
found that her mother was asleep, and
the little girls were at the. vicarage so
she had to entertain her visitor alone.
He unrolled a sheet of plans to show
her, explaining it was a design for a
now lodge, and asking her to submit
it for her mother's approbation.
Hopo was annoyed. She said bitter
ly, "This is an audition to the obliga
tions we already owe you, I suppose?
I begin to feel tho burden too heavy 1"
"Miss Charlton I what can you
mean!" exclaimed Mr. Gerrans. "Ob
ligations! I know of none."
' "We have no money for these ex
tensive improvements," said Hope,
fiercely. "It must bo you who sup
plies itl"
"That is quite true " replied ho,
quietly. "I chance. to nave funds un
employed, and am very glad to receive
for a part of them the excellent inter
est your father is willing to give me."
"I did not know" began Hope,
blushing-
"Of course not Ladies ore not in
terested in business matters, and X
should not have introduced so. dry a
subject," he said, smiling. "And now
I will say good-by. I am leaving to
morrow for America."
"Going away?" exclaimed Hope,
surprised. ,
"Yes; at all events for a time; but I
hope to return to see your father be
fore we quit his house altogether,"
was the answer.
"I trust you have liked being hero,"
stammered Hope, while a rush of feel
ing for which she could not account
seemed to stifle her utterance.
"I like England very much. Miss
Charlton, and I used to wish to live in
this country, but of lata I havo been
disappointed in it, and the wish has
left me now." '
'Disappointed I" said Hope. "In
"I haJ heard so much of you and
your mother from my people," he
said, speaking now very rapidly, and
looking down upon Hope's flush-'
ed face, "that I felt I should
come amongst friends when I ar
rived. I thought I had for a while,
but you have taught me that your
friendship was too much to ask, and
now I do not care for it; for I have
learned to love you, your surround
ings, everything here, ho continued,
passionately, "whilo you have taken
pains to teach me I may not even
claim the title of friend I"
Ho paused, and Hope saw his faco
all lined and changed with the pas
sion of his words. She seemed to see
her foolish conduct in its true light
and to bo aware how ungenerous ana
unkind sho must have appeared. An
other feeling she was forced to ac
knowledge also sho was extremoly
sorry that Mr. Gerrans was going
away, for in her heart of hearts she
eouldnot but own that he had all the
qualities sho most admired, and his
itmajy presence had helped to cbeor
her mother and her little sisters
through tho wiuter. This was all at
an end, and with a strange pang and
a revulsion of feeling she could not
control, she raised her soft eyes, now
full of tears, to him and said, trem
blingly:
"6 it true! Must you go!"
He looked teurcuinjly at her,
then his face changed, "nope, my
darling!" he said, "Ilhink you do not
hate mo, after all I" i
When Mrs. Charlton awoke from
her nap and came down stairs for tea
r: KERRECTED. .
1
When Mary Ann Dolllngw got the skule daown
tnar on lulus Bay
I was slad, fer I Ukater see a gal makia her hoe
cat way.
I beerd soma talk la the rluaga abaout her Byln'
high,
Tsw high far busy farmer folks with choral tm
dewternri .
Bat I paMao sorter tx4snJoa tar aflkbslaaVoa
' tall
neoomekiherrasboardm raound terrlslt
wubusaBpeu. .
My inks on' her bed been oroulat aver slnoa they
wold walk.
Aa' H tukne aback le hear her kerrsotln' Mm
m bis talk) . i
Jake alnt no hand at gratnaissy though ha haint
h la. best far work; .
But I ass lor myself, "look but, my gal, yer
tj awoua wiui a rura r- -Jake
bore It wonderful patient aof said, la mourn
-.; nil way. . j.
Bap'sumedbewas behindhand with the dolo'l
at Injun Day.
Irsmernberoaoaaewaa askla far some a my
innm ouna, ...
Aa' aba said he should alba) say taara air,"
o' "them la" the ones. - . .. . . ,
Wal,lfary Aaa ksp' at bun stJddy.'thornla' an".
evenin' long,
Tell he dassent opea bis mouth fer fear o talkln'
wrong.
One day I wttm plokln eurrants daown by the oil
; qtnncetree,. , , ,
When I beard Jake's roioe aayu'a "Be ye wfllln'
tor marry mef'
An' Mary Ana kerrectln' "AJr y wfflm', yeoa
she say."- . - ,. ..
Our Jake be pot his foot daown in a phuo decided
way,
"Mo wlmmen folks It a-gotn tar be rearrangia'
me;
Hereafter I say Vrapa,' them is,' 1 ealk'lata, an'
'I bo,'
IS folks dont like my talk tbey aeedot hark ter
what I say.
But 1 ain't a-goln' ter take do assa from folks
from Injun Bay; " .
I ask ye free an' anal, "Be ye gobs ter marry
. ... mef i .',-:..!,.,
An' Mary Ana ass, trembun' vat anxious like.
, "lbsl"
" Florenco B. Pratt la Kew York Tribune,'
,i THE .LARGEST HOUSE.
It Is Situated la Snbarb of Vienna, and
Is Occupied by S.119 Persons.
Could you. if requested, give the size
and location of the largest building in
the world? If. trying to answer such
a question, would you designate the
St. Peter's cathedral, the City hall at
Tli1 .1.1. 1 .1 . . . . - ., . .
ruuaueipnia, tne cu ram s cathedral
or tho Westminster abbey as being
worthy of such a hiirh soundinc title?
T i - . .V.. . .
iot one person in iuu would go out
side tne aoovo list to lind an answer
for tho question. Yet it would be
necessary to do so before a correct an
swer could be given. There are many
large ouiiaincs notn in me niter
States and in Europe; many hundred
roomed structures of stone and iron,
glass and brick.
Every American. Euronean and
Oriental country has its scores of pub
lic anu private mansions, yet Vienna,
Austria, has the giant of them all.
Tho "Freibaus" (free house), situated
in Wieden. a suburb of the citv iust
jueuuujiuu, la mu must apaciOUS DUlld-
ing on tho globe. Within its walls a
whole city of human beings live and
work, sleep and eat It contains in
all between 1,200 and 1,600 rooms,
divided into upwards of 400 dwelling
apartments of from four to six rooms
each.
This immense house has thirteen
courtyards five open and eight cov
ered and a large garden within its
walls. A visitor to the building re
lates that he once spent two hours in
looking for a man known to reside in
the house. Scarcely a trade, handi
work or profession can be named
which is not represented in this enor
mous building. Gold and silver
workers, makers of fancy articles.
lodging house keepers, bookbinders,
agents, turners, natters, oincers, lock
smiths, joiners, tutors, scientific men
governmeqtclerks, three bakers, eight
een tailors, twenty-nine shoemakers
ana many other tsadesmen live in it
The house has thirty-one staircases,
and iron ts on tnree streets and one
square. In one day the postman's de
livery nos amounted to as many as
1,000 pieces to this single but titanic
bouse. To address a letter to the
bouse and to the person it is intended
for does not assure the sender that the
person to whom It is addrsitwd will
ever receive it In order to "make as
surance doubly sure," all letters ad
dressed to the "Freibaus" must be pro-
viaeu witn ootn tne given and the sur
name of the person for whom intended,
the number of the court, the number
of the staircase and the number of the
apartment; otherwise it is as apt to
astray as though addressed to a city
unprovided with directions as to street
and number. At the present timolllS
persons live in this immense buiidiug
ana pay an annual rental of over 100,
wu uunai. ot jjouis HepuDllO.
ITamber of People Knee Adam.
Did you ever make a calculation of
the number of people that have inhab
ited this globe since the beginning of
time? No doubt you 1 will say ihol
such calculations involve a loss of
time, and are, after all, barren - of re
sults, but as we are engaged in giving
curious readings and odd calculations
lot us take a row minutes' time and
approximate, with a certain degree of
accuracy, at least tbe numbcro? souls
that have been UHbered into and out
of this sinful world since the time
when it was not good for Adam to be
alone. At the present time it is be
lieved r that there are 1,400,000,000
human beings on our globe; but let us
suppose there has been but an average
of 800,000,000 living at one time since
the creation. i
To give room for any passible doubt
as to the average length of life, we
will put. it down at fifty years. (It
may have been longer than that dur
ing Bible times; it has been - much
shorter, however, since.) With the
average length or iifo, reckoned as
above, we have bad two generations
of 000,000,000 ench every century for
the past 000 years. . Taking this for
granted, we havo "had about 60,027,
843,a37,075,2G(J Inhabitants on this
globe since the beginning of time. "
Admitting that there is a great deal
of guess work about this calculation,
and that it has been hastily and ner-
haps inaccurately done, it will be per:
ceived, nevertheless, that our earth is
a vast cemetery. On each rood of it
1,283 human beings have found
burial place. A rood being scarcely
sufficient, for ten graves, each grave
must contain tne remains or lzi) per
sons, xne wnoie sunace or the globe,
if all neonlcs burv within tha rarth
as we do. lias been dug over 120 limes
in oruer to get room for burial places.
Dk iMUlU iU.'pUOUO. .
RUS3IA'8 CI .-'.If GANG.
Bow tbe Tiger EHls awl Eats.
xne tiger generally seizes Lis Drev
at night; he watches the caUlo. or
whatever it may be, until he creeps
wiunu reacn, and men, wim a rush
or bound, he grips it by the throat,
drags or strikes it to the ground, twist
ing it so as sometimes to dislocate or
break: its neck ; tho fangs are driven in
so us to hold the struggling creature
until dead, when it is dragged otf to
the jungle, to bo eaten at leisure. His
lair is near, and from this he proceeds,
as. appetite prompts him. to "kill"
until it is eaten, and even tho bones
gnawed, by which timo, owing to the
.heat of tho weather, it is fur advanced
in decomposition. The place is re
vealed by the vultures, kites, crows,
and by adjutants soaring over it or
settling on the branches round about
it, and by prowling jackals. The vul
tures sit with a gorged or sleepy as
pect on the trees or on the ground
uear the "kill," they endeavor to make
a meal when tbe tiger has left it for a
time, and even try to snatch a morsel
whilo he is feeding, a temerity for
which they often pay with their lives.
Montreal Star.
was never weary of sending out stran go
hot drinks and delicate cakes for the
refreshment of her guests, nor of enter
taining large parties for luncheon or
tea within doors. Hope entered with
light heart into all the festivities.
and enjoyed above all a party on the
manor, where the kindness of Psuline
and Clarissa prevented ber from feel
ing she was merely guest in her old
home. .
The next few weeka hoVever.
brought a xh&nro. Hope became
floomr, irritable, and unlike herself,
he did not venture to search for the
real reason, but blamed every cause
except the true one. - In reality the
angry feelinjr she bad experienced
when Mr. . Gerrans first came had
grown into almost a passion of jealousy-.
It seemed that wherever she
went she heard nothing but praises of
the newcomers. At dinner parties the
convemuion wss sure to turn on the
she found, to her great surprise, that
ner daughter s views about Wilming
ton Gerrans had undergone a change,
and that her old home would have to
surrender Lor to the keeping of its
sometime tenant
"1 do Ueciarel" saiJ Paulino.
"I am consternated!'' exclaimed
Clarissa.
"I shall be ever so pleased, my son,
if she is real nice to yon " said nis mo
ther, when the news of .the engage
ment was conveyed to the ladies at
the manor.
Brighter days dawnd soon for the 1
isiiaritoo iamiiy, anu wnen nope tooic '
her way to tte Fort at Mcatihampton 1
to look for tho return of tbe steamer !
she hod watched out of sight -with
such a scd heart months before, she
Tratbfal Samasy.
Col. Hadley was telling a fish story
in the presence of somo friends and
nis nine Doy baramy.
"Yes;" continued ITwIley, "it took
me nair a uav to lana that catfish. 1
caught him in the Colorado river ia
the spring of the year before the war.
He weighed, after he had been cleaned,
just 135 pounds."
"You can prove it br me, pa. Dont
you remember, pa, bow I slung him
ou a stick and carried him home?" re
marked little fcammy.
"Oh, you little liar! I am ashamed
of you," exclaimed CoL Had lev.
As Sammy is only 6 years old, his
testimony as to what happened before
tne war is almost as reliable as tha
times seven dollar watch keeps. Tex
as Sitings.
' Edltorld TraaUast
Country Editor I would like very
much to see some of your long tailed
coats.
Clothing Dealer Something fash
ionable, I suppose? .
tailor 1 tiont car a cent about
carried with her the asaurance that that
Ka fnf'nM wn.i 1 .1 V. . t. In . alrvHr
for himself any improvements he Sunday pants, and lwaut a coat long
Dig kkiujii w conceal tne evidences of
My wife has put a dark blue
ht in my Iirrht dove colored
wished to make on his estate, for hi
land in Jamaica would prove a valua
ble su pplement to that at home. Mrs.
Charlton never wished that her son-in-law
owned a different nationality,
and even became quite fond of tua
young lad i os she LnS once called
"thoae dreadful girls." True Flag. -
Four telegraphic messages can now
be transmitted over one wire at one
ime by using tho quadruplcx system.
my being an editor and having to feed
in j sen u csna ooiiomea cnair seven
days iu the week. Texas Sif lings.
ArltbaMtleaL '
Eho Do you understand the rain of
t!iroo, my dear?
I He lcs. indeesl; ever since Pre
beeu in love with you. It consists of
your father mother and little brother;
. Harper's Bazar.
Diffusion ef Odors.
It is said that a grain of musk is ca
pable or perfuming for several years
chamber twelve feet square without
sustaining any sensible diminution of
iva voiumo or its weight, lsul such a
chamber contains 2,085,984 cubic
inches, and each cvbio inch contains
1,000 cubic tenths of inches, making
ta aii ncariy tnree billions of cubio
tenths of an inch. Now it is nrohabla
indeed almost certain, tliot each such
cubic tenth of an inch of tbe air of the
room contains one or more of the par
ticles of the musk, and that this air
nas neon changed many thousands of
times. Imagination . recoils before a
computation of the number of the par-
ucies uius amused ana expended.
xet nave tney altogether no apprecia
ble weight and magnitude. Montreal
piar. . '
The great perfection to which the
ancients earned the art of brick mak
ing is probablydue to the abundance
of labor, plenty of time to devote to
each stage of the work, their great pa
tience and painstaking and the natural
drying and nreserviug climate of the
cast, ins dry, warm atmosphere of
bgypv, Assyria ana Daoyiou, whlcu
countries were tbe nurseries of the
ceramu) arts, have kept in a good state
or preservation for mora than 8.000
yours tne sun aneu Dncics go common
in those countries. Many well pre
served adobes ore also found in towns
and walls or ancient India. New
x or it Telegram.
The Way af tha Werld. .
"Why do you su noose they call it
-, - . . . f -
angei csscr' said the young woman
who mauo iu
"Because it is divine," said theyoung
man who wished the maid t ln
mm.
"Because it flloa." said another
young man who bad similar aspiration.
"Because it makes amrels of thoaa
who eat it" said the third, who didn't
care much whether she loved him- or
not .
And she she burst into Imh ami
the next Sunday told the cruel one she
would if pa would consent Harper's
Sapphire.
There was in the ancient LTuntrarian
crown a floe large sapphire, surround
ed with four oblong green gems, the
nature of which has not yet been made
known. Thfwe mvaLenoos pnwn ctri
rendered still more interesting by the
disappearance of the crown, are ner
hsps of modern introduction, as fcey
are not mentioned in tbe inventory of
the jewel, whsn Queen EiizabVth
pledged it to Emperor Frederick IV.
Hence the inquiry arises are they
green sapphires, emeralds, hwrma
lines or antique glass) Jewelers' Circular.
Professor Btarrciza fonrnntiiMwTi
And you really love me? I thought
your heart belouged to lt scapegrace
Loy of mine.
Lucy No; it is you, you dear old
goose. And, then as a man of ci
ce 1 tbouzht vou wcul.l iika
U eliOW YOU loLal rt i;
) -IlUkburi- L'uUctiii. - " j
Seen as Among the Despondent Criminal!
Laarlng Uomow. .....
''What's the matter "bereP asked L
findings considerable crowd assembled
around tbe long low front of tbe grj
Eastern depot at Moscow, the staruag
point of the railway that connects Rue- .
sla's old capital with the famous com-,
mercial center of Nijni-Novgorod, on
the upper Volga. . .,-. .
"Some fellows going along the
Vladimir road," said a passer-by, care
lessly. .
I shivered , involuntarily at the,
words, which are a proverbial phrase"
in . Russia : for ' transportation ' to tit
beria, the 'manufacturing town of
Vladimir standing on the great cu'
rect route to the penal settlerr-" oUL
But before I bad time to reply a pecu,
liar clinking sound only too familiar
to my ear from my visits to countless
prisons in all parts of the world told
me that the chain gang was at hand,
and in another moment the crowd
Darted like water cleft bv tha Brass of .-.
a ship, and tbe dismal procession eatu?
. filing through it , , . . '
It was a strange spectacle, a and Hot
without a certain gloomy picturesque
ness of its own, sad and. heart sicken;
ing though it was. ; Most of the pns- .
oner had the sullen, dogged look of,
the hardened social outlaw, who wages!
a lifelong war against society, neither
giving nor expecting mercy. In Ufa
sunken eyes of others lurked the half
cowed, half ferocious glare of a trapped
beast of prey, as they kept glancing
stealthily out ceaselessly around them,
bent upon attempting an escape, or .
upon some other venture more des-.
Derate still, if they co.uld but find a 1
I noticed one white honWold man,
very poorly dressed, whose haggard
face, hollow eyes and bowed attitude
of utter despondency showed that' he
had reached that - lowest sWth of
misery where hope ceases to exist and
all that can be wished or expected: is
lessened measure of wretchedness -Behind
him came several young lads
evidently professional - criminals,.. '
with a whole lifetime of viciousneas -and
guilt branded on their beardless
face, which had barely outgrown the '
years of boyhood. These strove to as-,
sumean airof swa?ffenuff and reckless
defiance; but the poor pretense imposed
upon no one, and least of all upon the. '
stalwart soldier that marched beside.
them. who. knowinir well what md
courage is, looked down with just con , '
tempt on this miserable affectation
of it -
Almost at the end of the gloom vi
file came the figure of a woman, still
young, whose face, wasted and de-;
formed though it was by vice and
misery, still bore manifest traces of
former beauty. The hardness and
heaviness of the lower featuresa
characteristic " defect of nearly . all; '
women of Slavonian race contrasted .
startlingly with tha .unnatural bnl-,
liancy of her wonderful wyes, which,
keot glancing around with a finrna. .
restlessness that reminded too of tlie,
look which I had once seen ia the eves
of a snared wolf.
. "What has she doner inquired I of
one of the guards. - ; '-K .-
"Murdered her child," said the saan'
quite coolly, and I at&ed him no more,'
Suddenly there broks from the crowd!
a voice as sharp and full of agony as- V
tha cry of a sleep walker suddenly,
awakened. "Ach, Meesba; mot Mee
sha!" (Oh, Michael! my Michael!) ,
. Framed in the darkness of the prison,
MP HnoiWAV tlmvl m mlilaM Iam ,1.a
last of that noble band, taking his fare-,
well look of the world that ha was '
leaving. Tbe face was that of a young,
man, and, though white'aud sunken,
as tbe face of a corpse, it had in it a,
nameless something which . showed
him to be far above the foul creatures
with whom it was now his doom to be
tonrer. ' : - -" .- i ,
At tbe cry he turacd his head, and I
bad just caught a passing glimpse pf a
young giri IE tbe crowd aha, perbau
for whoa sake b bad - plunged .into, ,
evjtt stretching out her arms to bun,
aespairtugly, when the wbistls sound
ed its warning screams. : X had barely
time to spriug into my own car when
the fatal tloor shut upon its prisoner,
with a dull thud, like the falling of a
coffin lid. Then came a long, grind-'
ing creak, and off went the train and. -its
dismal freight I could see far in,
the distance two gray coated "gorodc-j
vive" -(constables) carrying a way a.
motionless figure between thsunLt-.
David Ker iu Harper V .
Thaegtit It Was tha Bible, "
Ten years ago. Mr. Toole, tha Eiiaw
lish comedian, while nasaine- tlimuo-V.
Btrairord-on-Arorj, saw a rustic sitting
on a fence. "That's Sh&ksspeares.
bouse. Isn't itf" he asked, pointing to
the building". -"Yes.'?- rtrbe
there?" Ka , ..Row b
been dead?" "Don "l knnw " "Wk.i
did be do?" "Don't know." '"Brought
up here?" "Yes." "Did he writs) any
thing hire the Family Herald, or any-,
thing of that sort? "Oh. yes; Lei
writ "What was itr " Well," said!
the rustic. "I think li wmls tar tl,a
Bible." San Francisco Argonaut'
roresU CaaTy Deatrayea, . ,
An invention is said to have bean.
patented in New Zealand and in pther,
colonics which, if it docs all thai in.
claimed for it will revolutionise the
settlement of bush lands. It is a com
position which, when trees uro inoo-j
u la ted with it mingles itself with tha
sap and circulates through every
bsucch and leaf, utterlv iktroW.
the lifer and rendering the standing'
tree in three montlis' time dead an5 '.
rotten, and so bk-lilv iuE mmaMn
that when fired it bums swav literal
ly root and branch. ilerideu JouruaL"
Mrs.
shall we
A rather'a Wtsdoas.
Solydair.o (earucstM What'
do. John? Lurr laa Iwrr
rdorers, Mr. li?r.e and f!r. DrilTV
Both equally endowed, well In f!r an; I .
good looking. Wfaicu is your choice?
bomiuiaii (spinning p.ipcr) Let's
sec Here D.-ih"ts auverLsonient in
corner a tonnro o, two. A ml hnn't '
Howe's double column tnd alxuit
'ftT siua.-es. fioiTc'j tny man. lc.
the libera! aJrc-rtiT I r.ve her. I'., '
gtt on. Iitts'hurg Bui.'. :.!!.'