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taJS?1 L.rt " root of all their
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tr JJf k f thai bodJing girl, the
fk'r "e matron appnwcnins
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JOKES OF GREAT JOKERS.
Tricks Played on Unsuspecting Peo
ple by Fan Loving Men.
Hook forged 4,000 letters to 4,000
tradesmen nod others requesting them
to call on a certain day and hour at the
house of a. wealthy widow, Mrs. Tot
tenham, In Berncrs street, London,
against whom he had conceived
grudge.
These people began to arrive soon
after daybreak. The rush continued
until nearly midnight They came by
fifties and hundreds.
There were 100 chimney sweeps, 100
bakers, 50 doctors, 50 dentists. 50 nc
couchers. There wero rpriests to ad
minister cxUcme unction nnd Metho
dist ministers to offer last prayers.
There were 50 confectioners with wed
ding cakes, GO undertakers with cof
fins, 50 fishmongers with baskets of
cod and lobsters. They pushed, quar
reled and fought, and the police wore
called out to prevent a riot Finally
among the hoaxed ones came the gov
ernor of the Bank of England, the roy
al Duke of Gloucester and the lord
mayor of London, each lured tulthor
by some cunning pretext. A police
Investigation followed, but the per
petrator was not detected.
Florence and Sothern once asked
Captain Leo, Adelaide Ncilson's Eng
lish husband, to dinner at Gramercy
Park hotel, where he was. to. meet
Vanderbllt, Astor, Governor Seymour,
Longfellow, Bryant and other noted
Americans.
These gentlemen were for the occa
sion personated by Billy Travers, Lar
ry Jerome, Nelse Seymour, Dan Bry
ant and other choice spirits, who, after
violent quarrels, drew pistols and
bowle knives and filled the room with
curses, shrieks and explosions. The
Englishman, convinced that these
were ordinary American manners, div
ed under tbe table, where he remained
until dragged out amid the laughter
of all present
A horse dealer having refused to
give "Sherry" further credit the wit
wrote asking that the dealer's wife
should bring the carriage and get the
money. Sheridan's footman Induced
ber to sit down to a delicate lunch,
and while she was eating It "Sherry"
slipped Into tbe carriage and drove
off. Again be ordered two pairs of
boots from two reluctant makers.
When they were brought he sent each
maker away to stretch one of his boots.
Then be put on the remaining two and
took a trip to the country.
Philip, duke of Wharton, when a
young man had a tutor whom be cor
dially disliked.
One nlgbt long after the good domi
nie bad retired tbe duke awoke him In
seemingly great baste and excitement
Tbe dominie hustled Into bis dressing
gown and slippers and came trembling,
yawning and groaning to tne aoor.
"Sir," said -Wharton deferentially,
"will you lend me a pin?"
THE OLD HUNTING COAT.
A thing ot stlj canraa, dirt spotted and torn;
Soiled corduroy collar, huge pockets that tots
The game, and Its fabric is crumpled and worn,
Yet memories cling to tho old hunting coat
Its color of tan with the ground smoothly blends
And (rights not the timid and sharp sighted
game; ,
By delicate thread its lone button suspends,
"-..wuui-u ojr me nana or the unseeing
On tho sleeve a light feather seems destined to
stay,
The scent of burnt powder around it doth cling,
And Its pockets conceal but a motley array
Ot pipe and tobacco, shells, matches and string.
And many a night it has pillowed the bead
That rested In peace 'ncath a sheltering tent
That on some stream's banks, tree protected, was
spread,
Where few but Dame Nature's wild creatures
e cr went.
Ah, if it could speak, it would earorlv tell
01 lonj, breathless cliasa through the thicket
ami inorns
In pursuit of tho elk that fomrht nohlv .nrl mil
But whose antlers the old hunting coat now
auurnsi
Or perchance it would whisper of morning's sharp
VII 111
And rush hidden boat In some lake at daylight
And Bpeak ot the silence and e'en of the thrill
That it felt when Uio canvasback started the
nignt.
Or yet It could Epcak of the farorltr, enmn
Where tho brook makes sweet music and soft
breezes blow
And the odor of Brs and of wild flowers, dew
And the leaping of trout where tbe slender
weeds grow.
The broadcloth may scorn It, the woolen may
Biiccr
Aristocrats they, kecoina- alwara rcii.nto
Yet none oi them offers the comfort and cheer
Anu Happiness found in the old hunting coat.
Colorado Springs Gssette.
--.A.-.A.-.A.--.V--.A.--.AV--.aV
4 NARDO'5 GHOST
4
A Gondolier Found to His Cost That
1t lj Not Safe to Bpeak DIs-
respectfully of Wan
tiering Spirits.
B7W.L ALDEJJ".
CopwiuM. iSID, h;i Erc( H'ardinon.
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When Lissaudro bad the misfortune
to kill Nnrdo, there was scarcely a
gondolier in Venice who did not sym
pathize with him. LIssandro was a
good tempered, Jovial young fellow,
without a single fault, unless It was
that he was a free thinker. Of course
it Is very bad to bo a free thinker,
though, after all. It Is a matter wblcb
does not greatly concern any one ex
cept tho free thinker himself, and then
be can always change his opinion when
he comes to die and confess and be ab
solved like any other Christian unless
be has the 111 luck to be drowned where
there is no priest at hand. Sandro was
always ready to help a friend In dis
tress, and lie nearly always had money
in his' pocket for he was so frank and
honest in his ways with the foreigners
whom he rowed that he could nearly
always chargo them at least double the
tariff fare and collect It without mak
ing them suspicious. That so good a
fellow and clever a gondolier should
have been compelled to stab a man
was certainly a great pity, nnd the day
that Sandro went to prison more than
one friendly gondolier shed toars and
cursed the meddling of the police In
the strongest possible language.'
Sandro did not stay In prison longer
than about four mouths. Although ev
erybody knew that ho had stabbed
Nardo and thrown his body Into tho
basin at tho farther end of the ttlva
Dcgli Schinvonl, the body was never
found, and so the magistrate said that
there was not sulBcIent proof that Nar
do was dead and that Sandro must bo
released with a solemn warning never
to stab another man.
While neonle were glad that Sandro
was released, there was a general feel
ing that the magistrate had no right to
dispute Saudro's word. Had be not
said dozens of times that be bad been
obliged to kill Nardo because tbe latter
oneiily asserted that Saudro's grand-
1 ... . . a fate
father did not win the regatta in iiuo,
whereas tho flag that tho grandfather
won is still hanging In Sandro's bouse?
It was certainly not polite In tho mag-
utrnto to nay no attention to wnai
Sandro said and to decide that there
n no nroof of Nardo's death.
maclstrates have no regard for other
people's feelings ORd that is ine retuwu
afraid of live men, 1 need not be afraid
of dead ones."
"When you say there are no ghosts,"
replied Bartolo, "you forget the picture
In the academy wbch proves that the
blessed Saints Mark and Nicholas and
George appeared to a fisherman and
made biui row them over to 8. Andrea.
If there are ghosts of saints, there
must be ghosts of sinners."
"Not at nil," said Sandro. "The
saints and I don't deny that there
may be saints, though I never have
seen one can, of course, work miracles
and consequently they can make
ghosts of themselves If they want to.
But Nnrdo was not a saint, as every
one will ngree. So whatever St. Mark
and his comrades may have done has
nothing to do with what Nardo can or
cannot do. Besides, I am not so sure
about that story of the saints and the
fisherman. True, there Is the picture,
but any one could have painted It
What I want to know 1b where Is the
ring that the ghost of St Mark gave
to tbe fisherman. Show mo that ring
and perhaps I may believe the story.
Just then a loud clap of thunder
shook tbe wall of tbe Osterla, and two
of the -younger gondoliers -crossed
themselves. "You see, Sandro," said
the old gondolier solemnly, "it does not
do to say blasphemous things about St
Mark. There Is going to be a storm,
and who knows that It Is not sent to
rebuke thee? There was a man whom
I knew, a man much of thy age and
appearance. He, too, was an unbeliev
er, and he said one night at tbe tra
ghetto of S. Toraa, In the presence of
four or five of us, that be didn't con
sider St Mark fit to be a patron saint
because be did not send German trav
elers to Venice except In the spring.
Ten days later that man played eight
soldi In the lottery, putting two soldi
on each of four numbers. What hop- J
peucd? Why every one of those num
News-Obeonrer : North
negro congressman,
J' 1L Whila.-hM been tent to
J to corral Ui nesro rote for the
WicJins of that state.
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W. P. EZZELL,
Burlington, N. C.
After the defeat and flight of Charles
I tbe daredevil Duke of Buckingham
disguised himself as a mountebank,
set op a stage In the heart of London
and for days laughed In the faces of
the stern Puritans, who were thirsting
for bis life. One day when his own
sister, tbe beautiful Duchess of Rich
mond, was passing, the Jocular duke
aet the' mob on to drag her from her
carriage. Tbcy forced her to witness
tbe pranks of ber brother, whom she
recognised, but could not betray.
A noted Joke Immortalized In Lever's
"Charles CMallcy" was actually per
petrated by Mr. Frederick Welcome, a
student In Trinity college, Dublin.
Mr Welcome nrctended to bear a
rolce In tbe sewer and persuaded the
mob that a prisoner bad escaped Into
the sewer from the Jail and that be
was perishing there, lne moo
.oH afreet. The troops were call
ed out, and a riot folk.wed.-St. Louis
Republic
an,- Watch Oak Trew.
on,- n-wikirn Times give an Inter
esting account of a One oa"
..j. , the irrsve of a Presbyterian
minister In the cemetery at Hunting-
a Man'ti anf! hflJl
ton. N. X. ine citi - . "T7
encircled tbe tree with a bronse tablet
wttj, tfie following Inacriptlon: This
tree was grown from an acorn token
from tbe historic watch oak tree of
England and planted by the Iter.
James McDougaL, 18G2."
Tbe watch onk tree referred to
stand, near tb. town of ' ' f."
land. The pU '"JL
genac. It In er tbe soot where Har
old IU the king of England, gathered
army7or a tattle with William tb
Croron Oct 14. 10CG. TnjdUkm
ha. It that tbe oak tree stood! to
prominent poatUon and Uvttnn l
branches Harold's " obaerred the
ent. of the Invading Nonnan
Tbt name watch oak was given It. and
aSTS ha. beeo
centuries since that memorable battle.
time nre marrlstratcs and send
nr men to nrison for next to nothing.
When LIssandro came out of Jail, 11
gondoliers belonging to bis tragbetto
cave him a dinner at the Osterla delta
p. in the eallo Lunga 8. Barnabo.
It was a capital dinner, consisting of
fried fish and polenta and all tbe win
that any one cared to call ror. iw
fish were beautifully cooked; toe po
lenta was of the best golden In color
and as light as a feather: two sllcea of
It were all that a man wanica to ,
io generously thick did the landlord
serve It As for the wine. It was last
Verona, reasonably pure, and
nrwl stromr. When the dinner
was finished, the guests lit genuine
Tuscan cigars that tbe landlord fur
nished without charge, and each man
bejran to drink In earnest
LIssandro bad borne his Imprison
ment well. He was a trifle thinner
than formerly. Ltt he was In excellent
health nnd spirits. He told ones mors
the familiar story of his dUtptrt" with
Nardo, Introducing several enura
new variations which tended to show
bis great forbearance when tbe qnarrel
began and tbe tremendous strength
and activity wblcb be exercised when
tbe fatal straggle culminated.
His comrades onanlmoosly agreed
that be could not hare acted mors o
Wy than be had acted and that there
were no terms strong enough to char
acterize tbe conduct of tbe police In
arresting him for a matter which was
none of their business. Boddenly S
grave old gondolier, who was regarded
as tbe father of the trabctto and who
bad been absorbing bis wine In com
parative silence, naked Sandro If he
did not fear that the ghost of Karoo
would appear to him.
-Thou toowest.- said tbe old goodo-
Uer, "that when a man has not bad
Christian burial bis ghost wUI wander
everywhere, trying to End some one
who will give blm a comfortable grsTe.
Now. Nardo moat have been carried
ort to sea. and It to my opinJoa that
some night be win come back end
haunt you."
-Go away. BartoloP cried Hanaro.
-There are no sock things as ghosts.
When a mas dies, either that la an end
of him or else be goes so far away thai
be never can find his way back. Be
sides, I should not be In the least
afraid of a ghost, even if there was
one who earoe to see me. If I am no
bers won, and tbe man was fit to kill
himself because be had not played on
the qunterno. Instead of winning a
few lire be might have won a fortune.
That shows that It Is dangerous a
speak lightly of tbe blessed saints."
I have nothing to say against the
saints," returned Sandro, who did not
seem very much Impressed by tbe
other's narrative. "I let them alone,
and I expect them to let me alone. But
ghosts are a different thing. Now I
don't care a conteslmo for all tho
ghosts In purgatory. In the first place,
there Isn't any purgatory; in the sec
ond place, there are no ghosts, and, In
tho third place. If Nardo has a ghost
looking for me, I shall be glad to see
him here or anywhere else and will
agree to offer blm a bottle of wind and
to share It with blm."
"For heaven's sake, 8androI" cried a
young gondolier Antonio, tbe foolish
don't speak such wild and wicked
words. Who can tell who is listening?
Above all, don't talk In that way while
there Is a thunderstorm growling. It
Is as black as midnight outsldo. 1 my
self don't always believe In everything
when the sun shines, but when It Is as
dark as this and the thunder may
strike at any minute, I bcllevo every
thing." A fresb thunderclap that seemed to
rush from one side of the heavens over
Venice to the other and back again, aa
if it was In search of some one, com
pelled the company to keep silence.
When quiet returned, Sandro once
more, with unabashed spirits, resumed
his skeptical comments on ghosts.
"You are wretchedly superstitious
all of you," be said. "I don't so much
mind your ideas about religion, for un
less you waste too much money In
masses and other"
Another crash that sounded as If tbe
Osterla Itself bad been struck or
smashed into a million of pieces. Inter
rupted Sandro, and wben be was able
to continue bis remarks be did not take
the trouble to mend bis broken sen
tence. "As I was saying," be continued. "I
don't find fault with you for bcllovlng
In religion and saints and all such
things, for If yon want to lie c-nlldren
you bave a right to suit yourselves.
But that you should believe In ghosts
and be afraid of them, is trying to my
temper. Consider a little. How can a
ahnut hurt rou? He never carries a
knife; no man ever yet pretended to
bare seen a ghost with a knife. He
can't bit yon, for be Is as thin as so
much smoke, and yon might as well
expect a wblff of Tool's cigar to hurt
yon which Is strong enough In all con
science to hit yon between tbe eyes and
knock yon down. If there are ghosts,
they are as harmless as so msny girls,
and for my part I should as soon think
of being afraid of a 2-montbs-old girt
baby."
"Walt till yon see a ghost" said old
Bartolo. "Ton will sing a different
song then. If a ghost were to appear
to yoo tonight and It Is an excellent
night for ghosts I believe tbst yon
would be tbe worst frightened man In
Venice."
Von think I would be frightened T
cried Sandro angrily. "Ton are an old
man, and I am a peaceable one, or 1
should bare something to ssy te yoo
so that question of being afraid. Bat
I will tell you what I sltould do If I
were to see a ghost I should welcome
him as If be was my oldest friend. I
should ssy to blm. t'ome sod have
bottle with me and tell me all about
tbe place where yon lire.' Then 1
would pot .7 arm In bis and sing blm
something to raise his spirits and on
less be was as solemn as Bartolo we
should bare as Jolly an evening as can
be bad to Venice."
The door opened and a stranger en
tered. He was evidently a gondolier.
and s wet one. It was natural that bei
should be wet, since It bad been rain
ing torrents for the last half boar, bat
be bad apparently had an unexpected
ttath in the canal, for bits of seaweed
were clinging to his beard and balr
and the thick btoe mod of tbe lagoon
was everywhere plastered over bis
dotbeai
Come InT shouted Sandra "Come
and drink a glass with ns; though, to
be ears, what yon need Is a tittle
brandy, for I ens see that Torn bars
been overboard."
Tbe stranger did not speak, bat be
bowed a potlta ncqaieecence la Ban
tiro's Invitation, and. tossing his bat
Into the corner, sat down opposite
atandro, where the other guest made
room tor kiss. - ' - S
. As they looked at bis fae now (test
it was ae longer obscured by his bat,
they ooe and all crossed. Useta selves,
with the solitary excetto of Sandra,
For the newcomer was ne other thsa
KardVv the dead. so. There could not
be a shadow of doubt as to Ids Iden
tity. The face and tho figure were un
mistakably tboso of Nardo; besides,
there was a. stain on the left breast
which might possibly bave been mud,
but which every one believed to be
blood. And It was precisely In the left
breast that Sandro bad been obliged to
stab Nardo.
Not a word was said cither by the
stranger or by any one of the guests.
They sat In profound silence, except
for the chattering of tbe teeth of An
tonio, who, had It been possible for bis
bronzed face to change color, would
undoubtedly bave been as pale as mar
ble.
Presently old Bartolo rose up and
walked silently and softly from the
room, waving a farewell to Sandro
that was full of despairing pity. The
other gondoliers lost no time in follow
ing him; Indeed they crowded through
the door as If a fire bad broken out In
tbe Osterla and they were In Imminent
danger of a howlble death. Sandro and
tbe stranger were left alone, each ap
parently waiting for the other to speak.
"Very well, Nardo," exclaimed San
dro, when ho saw that the stranger
was obstinately siient;"so you've com?
back to -Venice again. What was the
matter In purgatory? Did tbcy turn
you out because you were not syin
pathetic aud you know, Nardo, that
yon were never a sympathetic person
or did you break out the same as you
did when you were locked up In tho
prison at Trevlso for stenling from
your brother?"
This allusion to a form of theft re
garded among all boucst gondoliers as
nothing less than dishonorable was
well calculated to draw an angry reply
from Nardo, but be still remained si
lent
"I never believed In ghosts," resum
ed Bandro,-"but now 4hatl sco a very
dirty ghost sitting before mo and re
fusing to drink wluo I know that there
are ghosts nnd that they arc not good
comrades. Drink your wine, Nardo,
and speak up like a man. I'm not
afraid of you now that you are dead
any more than I wns when you were
alive, but I don't like to sit over my
wine with one who docs not open bis
mouth even to speak."
The ghost was not to bo taunted Into
breaking silence, and gradually that si
lence oppressed Sandro. Tbe latter
spoko tho truth when ho said that bo
was not afraid of Nardo, but any ono
will admit that It Is not cheerful to sit
at table with a ghost who Is soaking
wet and disgracefully muddy and who
will neither drink nor speak, but sits
staring as rudely aa if bo were a Ger
man tourist.
Sandro was Irritated by the ghost's
conduct, and under tbe circumstances
no ono can bluinc blm. Tbe best man
who ever lived would be Irritated If
the ghost of a man whom he bad bad
the misfortune to kill should como back
In n draggled and dirty dress and do
nothing but staro and drip water on
tho floor.
"If there Is anything that you want,
Nardo," said Sandro, "porbnps you will
mention It If you don't want any
thing, perhaps you will go away and
let me finish my wine In peace. No
body Invited you te come here, and It
was Just a little Impertinent for you to
thrust yourself among a dinner party
of honest folk. But you always wero
Impertinent That was the reason. If
you remember, why I wns obliged to
spoil my knife against your ribs."
Tbo stranger gazed steadily Into San
dra's eyes, but be tnado no sound. Just
then tho door opened the breadth of a
hand, and the scared face of Antonio
was visible through the opening. He
had ventured back to see If Sandro
was still olive, and If so, whether he
was as badly frightened as the rest of
tbe gondollurs bad been. Sandro saw
and read tbe meaning of Antonio's
face and seized the opportunity to
show his utter fearlessness of ghosts.
"See here. Nnrdo," be exclaimed, "I
will do anything that a man can do to
please you tonight What would you
like to bave me do? Say tbe word, and
I am at your sen-Ice."
Tbe stranger rose op and, moving
toward tbe door, from wblcb tho ter
rified Antonio had already vanished,
beckoned slowly to Sandro to follow
blm. '
"Certainly," ssld Sandra "Perhaps
yon bave forgotten that It Is still rain
ing dogs, but no matter. A little rain
will not hurt ns. Lead tbo way, and I
will follow-that Is, if my legs wlU lot
me, for the wine has loosened tbe
Joints of them till tbcy are like tbe leg
of tbe beggar of tbe Campo Rant An
gela, who, we all know, has no legs
whatever."
There la no doubt that Sandro bad
drunk too much wine and that bis
brain as well as his legs was affected
by It Still his courage was undimin
ished, and be was ready to follow tbe
ghost to purgatory or anywhere else.
As tbe two passed Into the calls and
turned to the left, directing their steps
to where a gondola was moored, San
dro saw a group of his late dinner com
panions gathered at a corner, at what
they supposed to be a safe distance
from the ghost.
Us called to them: "Goodby till wa
meet agalnl ! am going to dine Jo
purgatory with the good Nardo. I will
tell yon all about It when I return."
Wben the gondola was reached, tbe
ghost mot toned to gandro to enter and
seat himself under the febe. "This Is
really too kind," said Sandro. "Nar
do. thoo art a good devil after all.
Take me to my boose, and my wlfs
will psy thee. In case I am too drank
to And my pocket. Tboa are a most
excellent devil, and I ask thy pardon
for that sub I gave thee."
Sandra dropped with bis bead on tbe
eoshlooed seat of tbe gondola and fell
Instantly asleep. Tbe ghost took tbe
ear, and tbe gondola floated down tbe
Barrow canal until tbe Canalazso was
reached. Thla rapidly crossed, and tbe
gondola took the abort eat wsy across
tbe city toward tbe Pools del liendl
caatL Saadre'a late eompanlooa, after
crossing the tra ghetto, followed swift
ly on foot. They were In time to see
the goodoi gain tbe open lagoon. In
spits of tbe storm tbe ghostly gontloUer
rowed steadily toward tbe eetoetery
and In a few minutes was lost to view
la the driving rain.
"Heaven nave mercy on poor San.
ore's eooV said Bartola "We shall
ersr see him again."
And they never did. What was be
ttered by many, to be bbj body was
found ta tbe lagoon a fortnight later,
bat It was never satisfactorily Identi
fied. That he. was carried offbyjtbe
ghost of bis victim, who escorted blm
straight to purgatory, was firmly bef
Ueved by all who knew tne uurortu
nate Sandro. Certain skeptical police
men maintained that the ghost was In
reality Nardo's brother, who bad lured
Sandro Into bis boat and murdered him
when out of sight of any witnesses.
Doubtless Nardo had a brother, for It
was notorious that helind once been
Imprisoned for robbing bis brother of a
new suit of clothes, but nobody in Ven
ice had ever seen tbe brother, who was
variously alleged to be a gondolier at
Burano, a cab driver at Trevlso and a
fisherman of Cbloggla. Tbe only cer
tainty Is that Sandro was never seen
alive after he entered tbe stranger's
gondola, and nobody bat an Infidel can
doubt that bis bold and blasphemous
language at tbe dinner table was fitly
punished by tbe ghost of the dead
Nardo. New York Press.
Those Pallsnaa Car Masses.
Tbe story runs that Mr. Pullman
osed to give a gold coin to a lady of
his family for the name of each Pull
man car. It being her duty to name
them all. Whether or not this Is true
we do not know, but all the world
knows the results. Tbey have made us
familiar with the names of Sclplo, Af
ricanus and Noma Pomplllus. We bave
learned also tbe names of Aphrodite
and Astartc. We are told that there
are Pullman dining cars running un
der tbe names of Hepatitis and Gas
tritis, but these we have not seen.
To the plain citizen of tbe republic
Uils Is Impressive, but Inconvenient
Who Is there among as who, having
got off at a way station to stretch bla
legs for a minute, has not been covered
with confusion when It became neces
sary for blm to ask a porter where bis
car was?
And who Is there who has not been
ooc
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Who buys a suit or an overcoat, viz:
Wo do a cash businessand have.,..
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Only One Price.
Everybody pays us the same price. You buy ns cheap as your neigh
bor your neighbor buys as cheap as any one. We think this is the only
way to do business so that it wilj bo mutually benefiicial both to the
customer and ourselves. .
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amazed nnd enlightened by tbe porter's
pronunciation of tbe name? We re
member that once In traveling over tbe
IC. P. we found a young Pullman con
ductor who spent bis spare time read
ing the Greek Testament Ho said that
be was a theological student but wo
suspected that he was "chucking a
bluff." Later we have thought that
perhaps be was preparing himself to
master tbe nomenclature of bis profes
sion. Railroad Gazette.
Wky Alexander Was Depressed.
"Why, my dear, what Is tho matter?
What .can you mean? You look so de
pressed. It cannot be nnd yet oh, ro
llevo "this killing suspensel Alexander,
bave you failed?' said bis wife, wltb
clasped bands.
"No, my dear, my credit Is yet unim
paired, and business Is looking up."
"Yoa don't mean to say, dear, that
your old pain In your head has como
back?"
"No."
"You haven't bad to pay any bills for
your brother Joseph 7"
"No."
"Have you now tell mc, Alexander
Bldlack bovo you bad another ottack
of rheumatism?"
"No."
"Now I know I expected It I knew
It all tbe time I felt sure It would bo
so. Mr. Delionalr lias asked for Bern-phlna."
"No; nothing of tho kind."
"Then tell me without waiting an
other minute what has happened. I
can bear It Let mo know tbe worst"
"Well, that button I told you about has
got tired of banging by one thread, and
here It Is." St Louis Globe-Democrat
Slexlcan Customs.
It Is a little startling to newcomers
at first to notice the universal custom
In Mexico of addressing persons of
high and low degree by their first
names. As soon as friends are at
all well acquainted tbcy address each
other by tbo given name, and this is
tone not only by those of tbe same age
and sex, but Indiscriminately among
young men and young women, young
people and elder persons. In tbe hit
ter cose, or between elderly persons,
a respectful prefix Is used, as "Don"
Rlcardo. Public characters are also
commonly referred to by their first
names.
In tbe household tbe bead of tbe boose
Is called Don Jose or Don Manuel by
the servants, and a son In distinction Is
known as Mauuolito (little Manuel).
Among servants the customs regarding
tbe names glyen superiors are not tin
like those of the negroes of tbe south
ern United States. Tbe lowest classes,
or tbe servants that have rown up in
a family, speak to tbe beads of the
bouse as Nino or Nina (masculine and
feminine for child), or call the wife
and mother senorlta, regardless of tbe
fact that sho may bave attained three
score. Tbo servants distinguish between
one of tliolr own class and a friend of
their master or mlstross by such dis
tinctions. If a caller is to bo announc
ed. It Is a senorlta, regardless of her
ago, that is In the parlor. If a woman
of the common class awaits tho mis
tress, It Ib a Bcnora. A gentleman of
tbo upper classes is referred to as a
sonor, while a lalwrcr will bo called i
mucbacho (boy). Modern Mexico.
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effectually closed against disease by
De Witt's Little Early Risers. ..They
cleanse the bowels, promptly euro
chronic constipation, regulate the
liver, and fill you with new life and
vigor. Small, pleasant, cure ; never
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Distressing Kidney and Bladder die
relieved in six hours by the "Haw Osrur
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remedy Is a great anrprlm en scTOUnt of Its-,
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the bladder, kidneys, back and every part o
the urinary passages In male and female. It
relieves retention of water and pain in pass
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relief and care this Is your remedy. Sold by
T. A. Albright, druggist, Graham. If. C. . f
The State Normal
Colleg1' of N. C.
and Indnatrlal
Credit.
Now that they were married, tbe
ogly old man had a confession to mako
to tho lovely young woman.
"I am not rich I" lie faltered. In much
apprehension.
She did not start as If stung. Far
from It Indeed, she smiled, not unkindly.
No matter," she replied. "Every
body who sees us will think yoa are
rich, aud credit Is Just as good as
money."
Moreover It was no small comfort.
If one must be married, to be married
to a person whom one need not treat
with respect unless one feels like It
Detroit Journal.
Delia Beads.
Years ago doll heads were made of
wood, carved oat by band, and great
numbers of dolls were sold that were
entirely of wood, wltb Jointed arms
and legs. Some dolls of this sort, look
ing quaint enough now, though tbey
were once so common, are still sold,
bat tbe great bulk of the dolls now
made have bodice of cloth or leather,
wltb beads of, china, bisque or papier
mscbe. There are also dolts' beads of
metal, these beads being made of brass
In two parts, stamped oat wltb dies
and Joined together.
In the process by which these heads
are made, many dies are used In the
prod net Ion of a single bead, tbe metal
being worked to Its final shape gradu
ally. Tbe first die makes but a barely
perceptible Impression upon tbe piece
of sheet metal from which tbe bead Is
to be formed." Tbe next shapes It a
little more, end so on by pressure from
successive dies, each a little more
sharply defined, tho bead Is brought
finally to Its perfect form. These beads,
are made In various sizes sod In vari
ous styles as to details of finish. Tbey
cost about tbe same as tbe best bisque
beads,, but one of. tbe merits claimed
for them Is Indestructibility. New
York Sun.
Prwosla Fai reand Motkaw
Once npon a time a women who bad
cedar chests In which to store ber win
ter belongings wss considered a forto
nste being Indeed and looked npon
wltb envy by ber slater housewives.
Now cedar chests, camphor and moth
balls are all scorned as old fashioned
and Inadequate by tbe patrons of cold
storage warehouses, where fare are
taken care of and costly draperies,
rags, etc, are sent for protection from
tbe moths.
Tbe expert farriers say that beat and
not moths Is tbe chief danger that
threatens furs. A month's wear In
warm weather Is harder on line furs
than years of use wltb tbe tbenoometer
at freezing point Heat takes the life
eat of far end pales tbe color, leaving
ft limp, doll and faded, la tbe modern
storage boose the furs are kept In
rooms where tbe air Is dry as a bone
and tbe temperature many degrees be
low f reeling point Any daring moth
tbat found its way Into this room
sroald be at ooee froseo stiff, New
fork Commercial Advertiser.
Oatwllled the Trap.
Several days ago a business mun,
tbo basement of whose establishment
Is more or less Infested with i n Is, pur
chased a patent rattrnp.
"The day before I set It," he declared
In relating his llttlo tale, "I found a
nest of 11 tiny rats In n bundle of
shavings In the basement. The little
fellows struck me an Im'Iii;; Juut the
right kind of bnlt with which to cap
ture their parents, and 1 put tbuin Into
tbe trap, huddled all together on the
top of tbe lid of a tin can. Tbo next
morning I repaired to the basement
prepared to see the mother rat. If not
the father, safely caged inside the trap.
"Yoa can Imagine my surprise wben
I discovered that not only tbe old rats
were missing, but that tbo baby ro
dents were gone as well. Tbo tin can
top left in the trap showed me how
the mother rat had effoctod the release
of the llttlo ones. It rested on tbe edge
of tbe door leading Into tbe trap and
through which the old rat would bavo
bad to pass to got Inside, where ber
babies were.
"Originally tho tin can top was ai
least an Inch from the door, bot tbe
parent rodent undoubtedly sized up the
game and carefully pushed open the
door until It rested on the floor. Then
she reached In and pulled tbo tin can
top over so thnt its weight held tho
door down, after wblcb tbe work of
carrying out the llttlo rats, not ono of
wblcb wss ablo to either see or walk,
was easy. Great ra t, that old one, don't
yoa think r '-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Asseleat Pianos.
There Is a very Interesting collection
of old pianos lu tbe Hoinan museum
at Hildi-shelm, Germany. Dating all
tbe way from the end of tbe seven
teenth century, the collection" exhibit
In a very Instructive way the primi
tive origin of piano manpfactare, and
gives one sn Idea of the simple Instru
ments used by our greatest music com
posers. '
Tbe oldest Instrument on exhibition
Is a small clavk-hord of tbe seven
teenth century, possessing 34 tones
with 28 two choral bound strings. An
other of equal antiquarian value has
four full octaves a one chord Italian
spinet, built at an angle and possess
Ing a rich and beautiful tone for sing
ing accompaniment Tbe strings are
rifted wltb pointed crow qnlUs. Both
Instruments date from tbe time of
Handel, Bach and Glock.
One instrument wss made In the
first'' half of the eighteenth century
and Is a bound clavichord of H oc
taves, CS tones and 40 strings. There
la also an instrument from tbe second
half of tbe last century which pos
sesses i octaves. Tbe last two are
applied wltb strings - tipped with
brass, and their Immediate followers
were the hammer pianos of 1700, used
at tbe time of Haydn, Mozart and Bee
thoven, and even by Mendelssohn, Bar
tbotdy, Chopin and Trans Llazt daring
their youths-Chicago Becord.
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Bed rice Is a different variety from
tbe white rice. Whit rice will not pro
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been exposed to the weather all winter,
ae la commonly believed by planters.
Tbe two varieties will cross, producing
hybrids, and these hybrids tend to re
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Bed rice, being dependant npon self
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