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I had been alone with her many times, and had resolved and re-resolved on popping .it right out; but the stillness was ;s awful on them 'casinns, as iw roar of the Niagara, and my heart would feel all over lkj:e your little linger when you ht vour elbow' gin a thing acciden tal, a tanuil tangling, fullness. Ou33 my luck, said t to myself -One Sunday niirl.it' I cum hum Irom mill, after a three , day's ride, and Jerusha had a beau, dressed as smart as a dancing master. My heart jumped into iriv gullet the very minure I saw liim. I I felt down in the mouth, for T knew ,1 was a gone fellow. He had 0)1 broadcloth. Talk of your new-fangled gossip ;md Greshon houses now, but f)ks in tliem days dibrt liave jmt one rfiom down stairs, ami ;yl.idder to go up stairs; a punclicoii floor was good crmugh b -low, and oak r shankee 1 f.plit out by hand,' kivered jthe chamber 'floor.. It was so' in bossV house. I slept up in the chamber. I want you to remem ber mV tow shirt, and I want von lotmarrine my feelings that nighti after I went t bed, tor Jeruslia and the o'audy chap had the hull room to. themselves that night, with a rousimr bright iire ; to spark. I couldn't stand the temp tation to want to hear what they had to saw for themselvei. . , tin .it 1 , w nar, saia tie "got a spare rib?" "Ha ! let! me down," said I. I got pretty well baked any how, and haiiit beeu quite so raw in ! love '. matters- since. I never looked Jerusha in the lace from that day to this, nor a girl in the neighborhood, for I could swear she told 'em all. That acciileut irot my irrit ui to make es I a trtin. j 1 went oft a tew mi and married the first chance got just out of spite ; and Patsy is worth kll of em arter all, and ' marrymg 13 a lottery business. What Is Catgut ? Sorrte . , (JHARLOTTJE GROCERY AND PROVISION "M a. it k: 3: a Closely Revised and Corrected Weekly E. I. MILLEE & SOHSr COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WHOLESALE GROCERS; COLLEGE ASU FOURTH HTEKET8. ts - a ;.n c -:! .- t:-c o o iS - " a . i c E" . tzm c ? " - t o D 7 JS B ff P 3 1 ;-Bg-Wg8: o e 2 1 :- o CD 5 TO 1 t3 Ol. h 3 & - srH o DC to G CO 00 O Ct 00 C" S SO W 8 ft sT -t n W , o i 1 s:-3 or; s KS 3". Low Middling, Middling, Dull inouirinif mind has- GOLD, started the question, "W hat is . COITON i . . rri it t . ji . . varnr : j 1 ne oo jjcaiier Ordinary,. Keporar thu- an-uers : j Fr niany years the only jjr ticle used innler this name con sisted of the intestines of sheejp, cut and twisted. As the Italian sheep are the leanest-,-.of thfee acctissi hie to market, and as the memhranes of lean animals aj'e Is iii hiih condition, the hest catir it has come from Xajdes and that vicinity. j There is no historical record concerning. the use of the intes tines of cats for strinsrs of this sort, hut from the (fiict that the name from the earliest 'times 1J3J ; 16017 17Jal8 181 has unifitrml v been article aj)lied to "VVliisper! whisper ! whisper ! j You nriv-lauirh at it, but ' is the naked "truth" 1 am i?iiiiri!.to tell. When I heard something" pop like a kiss, by binder I I could not stand mv hcart-thuniM-no lon:tr. : Curiosity and jealousy ;ot the uper hand of me ; I wanted to see tor myself; so I s!id out of bed, sitting Hat like a tailor on the floor, letermined toj hitch up.jnst as I sott inch at' j time, to tlie opening" over jtm liearth where the beams and gun-hooks was. ' 1 j J A cat couldn't be no stiller af ter, a' mouse, but my i hearji thumped' louder every hitch, post us it will! when a man cjoes to d what ain't ridit. Well, just as 1 had gained . the rix!it pint to look over at 'cm. up tilted the 'floor down I went, tow shirt to; ?iin hook -ind there I huticr blind folded like a squirrel, halfskinned, Hght over my rivaKand sweetfart, ready f r l.athi!ig.- I couldn't see 'em at a! i after that, end it was more than ten minutes before the old boss awoke to tear j me loose, JansrKnsr round th-3 tire. tins article, it would armear altogether probable 'that th strings dil first come; ur were supposed to come from thht source. TliCj chief use of catght for m my years was for the strings of harps and guitars ;it was manufactured j fivun tie vicera of sheep. The. members .of smaller animals! are soiiKimps used for the covering of whi is and such purposes but sheep still furnish, the- strings for musical instruments. The j process lof preparing is quite curious. The 1 no 1 1 1 bra? 1 es a re o r 1 i h a ri ly epv-; posed to the power of burning sulphur, and then slit ..and twisted into cords of 'different sizes I s wanted. Musical strings, whip cords, hatters' cos, strings' lot" clocks, etc, are zhe chief uses on the list. Thev are tl.en dved, stretched on frames, a nd dried in a very high temerature.'; Why "He Did It. The steamer left on Saturday, and. on - Sundayy they encountered very rough weather, which made nearly all the passengers as well as some bf the vessel's " employees . sick.4 Among others was a stout geitlp man, who was gasping over the side of tile steamer in a painful manner. At this moment, :'a s(der, solemn-faced person walk ed up, and tapping the stout gen tle man' on the shoulder, in slow measured, words inquired . "are you sick, sir, ?" The ' response, ! 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