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VOL. XVI. NO. 26.
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 3p, 1888.
WHOLE NUMBER 826
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JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly
executed. Legal blanks a specialty.
The Russian Nihilists lately arranged
to release-the author. Tschernischeffsky
who has been in prison in Astrachan for
thirty-6ix years on account of -writing
two novels displeasing to the censor.
His mental and physical condition was
such that flight wai impossible.
The most youthful bank pres?dent in
this country, if not in the world, is J.
31. Bailey, Jr., who has - recently been
made President of the 3finnchaha Na
tional Bank, at S.'oux Falls, Dakota, He
is an Illinois boy, barely out of his teens,
and has already shown capability as a
financier:
Inventors disposing of continental
patent rights may now ask for a few
thousandcitra cn account of Switzer
land, the1 Electrical Eeti;io informs its
readers, for the national council, of that
country has at length passed a bill pro
viding for patents for inventions. Most
of our readers will be. aware that there
have hitherto been no patent laws in
Switzerland.
The United States Signal Bureau is
jnaking an effort to render the services
of carrier pigeons available in perfecting
weather predictions. It has been known
for a long time that the Service would be
much aided if it could receive daily
weather reports from Cufca and the
Bahama Islands. , Pigeon-cotes have
therefore been established at ,Key West,
Fla., under the direction of Lieutenant
Thompson.
A party of soldiers in Paris were en
gaged in firing blank cartridges, when
one of them, Carre,, put a bullet into his
ritle by mistake. When the word was
given, Carre, who was in the rear rank,
tired with the rest, and his bullet lodged
in the. head of a man in the front rank.
The Captain who was in charge dropped
dcact from heart disease, when he saw
the soldior fall, and Carre endeavored to
kill Hmself. but was prevented. .
Tho Scandinavian population grows
at its root in Castle Garden in New York,
and in all its branches over the land.
The total number is now about 2,000,000,
of whom one-half were born across the
sea.. They are divided in about these
proportions: Swedes, 1,000,000: Nor
wegians, 750,000; Danes, 245,000; Ice
lauderd, 5000. So rapidly have they
increased in Minnesota that they, now
number alout one half of the population
of that State. Chicago is ths fifth
Scandinavian city in the world, and
Minneapolis the sixth!
The annual repo: t of the United States
I ighthouse Board for the last fiscal year
conUins much information as to precau
tions taken to warn navigators of dan
gerous coasts and reef. VPeri sps ai sur
prising as anyth ng in the leport, says
the New York TJ, grain, is a chart show
ing the range of visibility of the electric
light on the' torch of Liberty's statue in
the New York harbor. This is marked
by a circle with a radius of about thir
teen miles in any given direction from
Bodice's Island. According to this the
I'ght is visible as far south aj a point be
low Long Branch. In. a westerly direc
ton it can be seen away oui across New
Betsey some four miles beyond Patterson.
l"p the Hudson Biver Tarrytown just
ftrikes the boundary line of the range.
It can be seen along the Sound as
fr as the State boundary J and out ott
Long Island some six miles beyond
Htmpstead. !
The electricians are greatly annoyed
t the habit persons are forming of get
ting killed by touching electric wires.
They are also angry with the newspapers
'5r sajing that the e fatalities tend to j
show that -electric wires are,, dangerous.
The Electrical World say s ' that electric
lights have been in U33 ten years, that
.hy number. 200, 000 in this country
alone,' and yet le?s than! fifty persona
hare leeri killed by them, while every
year sees in America scores of deaths
from gas alone. The same paper says
that the arc light is dangerous, but so is
& stenm eDgine, an elevator, or a bur !
w, and that all these things simply cil
toT p opcr precautions. 'As to all the
tilk ;bout burying the wires, it has
Bothing to do with th ; case. It never
dl prevent such occurrences any more
than thel fact that the gas mains are
-er me streets pie.eatij some persons
from Wowing out the gas." J
OTHERN PINE.
The Southern pi
tie
is a forest kin;
bright or drear
Through
i seasons
Ce reigns in summer,
be reigns in aprinff.
And the old ai
e of the year!
The Southern pine
has a minstrel's voice
'An I a proud, dom
mandin mien-
And he dugs the
songs of the winds thai
smite
. His musical bdugbs of green!
The Southern pi
iiie is a forest king
Throujbsf
bright or drear-
Lie reigns In summer,
". he reigns in spring, x
And the old
I age
of the year!
Ah! was it
i decreed
at some ancient hour
Of twilight
; lone
and dim,
That the soul of
a monarch, the soul of
bard,
Should be
i givia
in trust to him?
W.lLIJay
L'e.
in Youth's Companion.
TWO Y1
YS OF ASKING.
"Tears! ldld tears! Niobe dissolved!
My dear ch Id,- what on earth is the
matter?" ,
Time; 4 of a mnimer afternoon. Place'
a pretty boudoir, furnbhed in the fashion
of to-day? modeled on thestyle of Louis
Quinze, witha dash of "Liberty" thrown
in, and mod i'm accessories, such at
crystal flower vases, three-volume novels,
and photogiaf h stand, juxtaposed with
Queen Anne Ml ver and knick knacks
ancient and modern. Dramatis Personse :
a graceful figi re in white, flung on the
floor with an air of desolation by 'the
sofa, her changing neck visib e beneath
delicious little rows of golden curls, her
frame shaken jj sob3: an older woman
standing a fc w yards distant, dark,
beautifully Pressed, "good-looking
enoiighj for anything" without terng
distinctly handsome, aged somewhere
within the" rflght side of thirty, and
wearing an expression half compas
sionate, half Amused. There is a sus-
fticion of raillery in her voice, which is
elt and deeply resented by the fair sor
rower. I Anger is often akin to sorrow,
as pity is to lo e, and the voice which re
sponds to the question when reiterated
is decidedly pr tulant.
'I wish you would go away and leave
me alone. " f
"I shall do nothing of the sort," re
turns the othe . "I am going to talk
to you, and I do not care in the least
whether you ate angry or not, although
I had much lather you would take my
remarks in good part."
"Oh," .responded the voice, still
smothered in the sofa cushions, but los
ing nothing of its resentful quality. "1
know how clev er you are, and that you
think that you can manage every one's
affairs a great deal better than them
selves.'! . j ri - - ;
.She intends this to be a "nasty -one,"
and as a matte of fact it does snot fall
very pleasantly on the ears of her inter
locutor ; but she sits down on the sofa
and replies with goodhumor: "Well, my
love, I may cor fidently Fay that 1 couid
manage your affairs a great deal better
than you mana je them yourself, and that
if I were you 1 would have Mr. Clement
Lascelle3 at m) feet in a very short time."
"Perhaps yc u ha- e him there now,",
says the prostr ite one, ceasing tosoband
trying to sneer instead.
"V'ellr DollV, dear, to tell you the
truth, I fail m -self to recognize in that
young man the charm which I observe he
has for for some people; indeed, I
consider him a poseur, with anexaspera
tingly gcod opinion of himself, and, if
you ask my ca idid opinion, I think that
he would be all the better for beinw
kic ; E- : . ;
Dorothy fioi nces up in a moment. "I
will trouble yo x not to insult my friends,"
she cries, with flaming cheeks. "And it
is not very east- to believe your sincerity
when he was sitting in your pocket all
last night, am you . were out walking
with him foift vo hours this morning."
"Iu any ca e." renlies Mrs. Tjaltnn
coolly, ."your emarks prove that I have
had time and opportunity to form an
opinion of his qualities. I don't deny
that he is gooc looking, but it is intoler
able that he si. ould be so conscious of it.
I admit that br is not without a certain
amount of clearness, and has been fairly,
well educated; but I violently object to
his thinking h imself able to sit in judg
ment on peopl e a good deal older and
cleverer than himself."
"On you, fo instance!" cries Dolly.
"No, I wa3 lot thinking of myself,
though I adm t the soft impeachment
(the one regan ing my age, at least) ; and
what I dislike most of all is his placing
himself, on a pi destal to be looked at and
longed; for b' bv Drettv. sill v little
'.6
gir.s,
who ought to know better."
Dolly stifle
s her back, and says, with
an assumptio
ot aignity which sits in-
differently we
upon ner. "ji you wm
uld prefer not discussing
excuse me I s
31 r. Lascil.'es
rxto. you. lou are per
to your opinion of him.
fectly welcom
and I claim
the libertv of retaining
mine." Then,
er maiestv tODDlinir over.
she says, indjictively, in quite a differ-
ent tone of voice. "Perhaps you think
I'm such a fo
that I aon t see through
your mean ab
e of hiras"
"That I'm
y win and wear him my
Mrs. Palton. ouite crood-
Felt!" suggest
humored I y.
Ko, my dear and acute
child, believe
e. you have not fathomed
and unmaske
my baseness this, time. I
and sensitive littl be Art
know your de
is set upon this fascinating young man.
I don't think there is reallv anv harm in
him, and I am magnanimous enough to
be ready to show you how to obtain his
affections, and to make him suppliant in
stead of you." I
"Suppliant ! cries Dolly, with fresh
flames from hi r burning heartascending
to her cheeks- ;
"Yea. suppl ant. Everyone, my love,
can see he m st of all how you hang
upon his smile, and despair when he is
indifferent or capricious.'
Wrath mak( i Dolly absolutely srJeech
less. If looks, &c.,"&c, Mrs. Dalton
would, Ac., &c.
'Don't be a goose, Dolly." resumes
her friend, nct&aving suffered any visi
ble injury fro n the lightning glances to
which she ha s been subjected. "Keep
your temper, s nd reap the advantages or
my superior a : e and experience."
"Keep them to yourself,' retorts Dolly
tartly. 1 .
1 be first I must, whether or no, but
the latter sha5l be yours. Come, dear
child, you kndw I am fond of you; be
lieve me whep say I would not have
your enchante r as a gift, and also that I
m desirous t sec h'ra subjugated by
ou. tie thai be yours, I promise, and
iU gJj r;-?9 condition," v
THE S
Dolly seats herself on the sofa, and
allows 3Irs. Dalton to fake her hand,
though she looks rather sulky. Still,
she does, poor little girl, regard 3Ir
Clement Lascellcs as the first prize in
the marriage lottery, and Bhe is willing to
take upon herself her part of the con
tract; to worship him with her mind,
and endow him with all her wordly
goods. For in a small way she is an
heiress, though he is not destitute of
money, and has an excellent position.
Truth to tell, the young man is not
what is called "a bad sort;" he has
good looks, good brains, and good
manners, when he is not egged on to
taking liberties by the silly flatteries of
the other sex. Poor Dolly loves him
madly, and has innocently shown her
auflx-rings at his neglect. Mrs. Dalton
having paused to give due effect to her
words. Doily, after a moment, is con
strained to say rather sulkily : "WeU?"
"You must take the vow first."
"What vpw?'! with latent irritation.
"Tito vow never to tell any human be
ing Mr. liscelle least of all, that I, or,
for the matter of that, any one, advised
you how to act toward him."
"Oh, of course, I promise."
Mrs. Dalton takes up her parable.
'Clement is ; really fond of you he
would be exceedingly fond of you if you
only allowed him."
"If I allowed him!" gasps Dolly.
"Yes," repeats i her adviser. "By al
lowing him, I don't mean throwing your
self at his head, and showing him that
you adore him ; but by making him
"doubt your love and hi own capacity
for pleasing you. Different men want
different treatment. There is nothing so
delightful to some as to see and know
that a "woman cares for them it, adds
tenfold to their devotion for her; but I
am bound to say that these men are in
the minority".! Most of them are far more
stimulated by doubts and fears -the
woman becomes more dear as she seems
more distant, and, as a rulewhen a man
is literally crazy about one of our sex, it
i3 because sho has worried and "tormented
and kept him upon a perpetual balance
between hope and fear. Now, you, and
others like you, have so hung upon
Clement Lascelles's looks and words,have
so positively shown him that he is a
great Leing a lofty intellect, a rival to
Apollo, that it is not likely he is coming
off his pedestal to worship his worship
ers. Your only chance, my dear, is to
abandon your worship - to counterfeit in
difference as best you may, and to let a
gradual and ? startling conviction come
over him that you were not really in
earnest after' all." - rr
"It is very easy to talk," pouts Dolly.
"It is very easy to act,-too," returns
Marian, "if you are positively cei tain,
that your plan of campaign i3 going to
be successful."
"How do I knew that it will be?"
. "Try it for twenty four hours, , and
see how it works." .'
"But I don't know what I am to do."
"You mu.t be absolutely guided by
me, and not act one moment on your
own responsibility."
"I dare say it will turn out all wrong,"
says Dolly, ungraciously, "and that I
shill lose him altogether."
"All right,"- replies Mrs. Dalton, los
ing patience! and ris ng from her seat.
"L'o a? you like. After all, what on
earth does it matter to me whether you
are happy or miserable? Go jour own
way." -' ::
Dolly springs up and catches her by
the arm. "No, no, Marian, don't go ;
don't be angry. I will do whatever you
tell me." " ; '
"Then hearken and obey. Dick
Wyndham is coming to-night. " You
know he is rather fond of you. Talk to
him, and to him only, all the evening.
Do not glance id Mr. lascelles's direc
tion. I will keep my eye on him and re
port to you how he takes it. If he ap
proaches youi in the evening, loox bored
and distraite, nnd reply to him by mono
syllables." j
"I shall never be able to do it," groans
Dolly. I ' . ,
' "Not with such a bTg stake to win?"
(a little sarcastically.) .
"Ah! youi don!i know what it is to
love?" cries Dolly.
"Not as you do, certainly," retorts
Marian, with an inflection of voice which
Dolly is not acu.e enough to catch.
Dick Wyndham arrives in time for
dinner. He is rather fond of Dolly
he is exceedingly hard up, and wants
her money even more than her sweet
self. 'He is bright and amusing, has a
considerable fund of small talk, is de
voted to sport, and has not Mr. Lascel
les's aesthetic; taste or lofty manner of
showing superiority. He has a genuine
contempt for a man who talks art aud
plays classical music, as Mr. lascelles
has for one who thinks of nothing but
hunting, lawn tenris and polo, though
he rides fairly straight and is' an average
shot himself. ! y
- Not a little disgusted is Lascelles,
therefore, when Dolly, whose sorrowful
ness and its cause have greatly soothed
his complacency for, the last twenty-four
hours, seim to have eyes and ears for no
one but this half-witted soldier at dinner.
She is looking charming in a dress of a
delicious apricot tint, which he has not
seen before the is a great connoisseur of
dre-s) ; if he could only catch her eye he
would beam on her one of those glances
which would have intoxicated her maiden
soul. But. whereas it has been his wont
to meet her; tender, pleading glances
every two minutes heretofore, to-night
he might be Banquo's ghost, and she one
of Macbeth's guests, for. all she seems to
see him. HU memory serves him up
various sneering and savage quotations
on the theme of sourent femme varie.
He is so little icongenial to his neighbor
at dinner that she expresses the moet un
favorable sentiments regarding him in
the drawing room later oa, causing Dolly
toxbalt between the desire to defend
him hotly and a sense of pleasure that
some one besides, herself has suffered
from his coldness. Sirs. Dalton makes a
pretext for calling Dolly aside.
."Excellent, my love I" she cries, in
high good humor, pressing the girl's
arm. "He is enraged beyond measure.
He -scarcely i took bis eyes off you. Go
on and prosper:
Thus stimulated, Dolly does go on,
and prospers exceedingly. When. Mr.
Lascelles and Dick "approach simul
taneously -the devotes her whole atten
tion to the latter, and has scarcely a
word for the former, who presently re
tires in tragic dudgeon, and leans against
the wall looking like namlet. Lord
Byron, or any other blighted being in
the sulks.
Up to this moment Clement" Lascelles
his fate to the touch, because he has been
absolutely certain of winning; but now
that for the first time he has a rival, a
rival who is progressing by leaps and
bounds in his lady's favor, he sees that'
something must be done. He cannot
have been befooled.
With gloomy brow and stately step he
retires from the smoking room and seeks
the solitude of his chamber,, but not of
his couch. The dawn has long broken
ere he courts repose,'
"3Iarian!" cries Dolly, a few hours
later, bursting into her friend's room
while that lady no early riser at the
best of times stilt; nestles among her
pillows, "read this"1 and she seats her
self on thre bed in a state of great excitement,.-
while' Mrs. Dalton languidly
peruses the letter thrust into her hands.
"I call it grat impertinence !" she re
marks, returning it to Dolly. ,
lIm pertinence 1" with wide-open.eyes.
"Certainly !" and vMrs. Dalton, taking
it back, quote from it : ,
"Though I cannot pr etend to offer you the
one preat passion of a life sad passages be
yond tbe ken of other mortals have tarnished
the pure lustre which once surrounded my
soul' as with a halo yet, if you will take a
heart weary with - the sorrows of the ages,
dimmed by the darkling doubts with which
an intimate- knowledge of humanity clouds
the spirit, take me to your tender breast and
let me find shelter tbers from life's griefs and
disappointments. What recompense a heart
blighted as mine has been can bestow I will
strive to make to your angelic sympathy and
goodness." .
"Is it not beautiful?" cries Dolly in an
ecstasy, "I wonder what'he means? I
suppose some woman threw him over
once:-' . - .
"I think it is exceedingly impertinent,
and I hope you will resent it."
"Resent itl"- almost shrieks Dolly.
"Why, it is a declaration 1"
"Get me my blotting book off ;that
table," commands Mrs. Dalton resolutely.
"Now," she says, beginning to write,
"you will answer it in this way or I wash
my hands of you, and to-morrow he will
have reduced you " to abject misery
again." ' -
She writes hurriedly for a few minutes,
and then with heightened color reads the
draft aloud:
Dear Mr. Lascelles: -
I have received your melancholy letter,
arid am truly sorry for all you seem to have
suffered. But, for my part, I look upon the
world as a very pleasant place, and nave
made up my mind to enjoy myself as much
as possible: so, as I could not console you.
and you, with the ideas you express, would
make me miserable. I think you had much
better look for somebody whose temperament
is more like your own. I suppose you mean
me to understand that you have been much
more in love with some one else than you
are with me, which, to say the least, is not
very flattering. No! I must have an un
divided heart or none at alL
. Your sincere friend. D. S.
There is a desperate fight : between
Mrs. Dalton and DOlly before the latter
can be persuaded .to copy and forward
what she considers a heartless and flip
pant missive. In the end Marian tri
umphs. Mr. Lascelles does not appear
at breakfast, and Dolly, though her soul
quakes-within her, laughs and talks to
Dick."-' -: --
Later in the evening, when they are
playing lawn tennis, Clement Lascelles,
feelirg much smaller than he has ever
done in his life, seeks counsel from Mrs.
Dalton. With an angelic smile she al
ternately pricks him with daggers and
makes him gulp down bowls of poison;
but sho. does him an excellent turn by
taking a good deal of the nonsense out
him, He confesses that he adores Dolly.
How, oh, how, is he to win her? Has
he a ghost of a chance?
Mrs. Dalton, looking solemn, declares
her inability to reply to th:s. She
hints at Dolly's youth and love of
amusement. She hints, too, : at Dick's
unflagging good spirits and temper.
And the upshot of it is, that when Dick
returns, crestfa'len, from his afternoon
ride with Dolly, having spoken and re
ceived his answer, Clement Lascelies
carries off the young lady to her boudoir
on pretence of wanting to be shown some
thing, and, replacing the melancholy of
Hamlet by the conquering airs of young
Lovelace, takes her in his arm, swears
he has been afoul, and has really never
loved any one but her sweet self, and
that if she accepts him her life shall be
one sweet round of pleasure.
N Twenty minutes later Doily has passed
on all hi3 embraces, and more, to Marian.
"How clever you are darling !" she
says, adm'ringly. '
To which Mrs. Dalton replies; "Now
you know how to manage him, make good
use of your knowledge.1' Lonlon Yiorld.
Chinese Coins Eight Centuries Old.
The author of "The Long Whita
Mountain," a recently published work,
says : The absence of a silver-currency
also makes all motjtey transactions in
conceivably troub.'esbme jin Manchuria.
Thecopper alloy "cash," about twenty
five or thirty of them which go to tho
penny, is the only coin issued by the
Government It has a hole in the middle,
by which numbers can be strung to
gethera practice that helps to preserve
the coins: and an examination of a few
strings taken at random enables one to
realize better than almost any th'ng elsa
how ancient a people the Chinese are, and
how conservative. A gentleman in my
I re-ence told his servant to bring a
handful, and on running through them
we found three coins of the Sung
dynasty (of the eleventh and twelfth
centurfes), and one issued by WiSan
kue;, the Chinese Ceneral who helped
the presenUdy nasty to the throne two-and-a-half
centuries ago. Think of ask
ing an English servant for change, and
his bfirgtnr in, quite as" a matter of
course, some pence of William the
Contj'ieror!"' rXee York DUtpntch. . j
The Bank President's Clothe. v
Business Man "Now, don't forget;
deliver this note to the President of the
Miiliona;re Bank. On no account give
it .to any one .else. -Goright to the
President and hand him this yourself.
Don't let any of the clerks take, it." "1
Messenger Boy "Don't jcr fear.
Them dudes can't fool me.
; "JLhl" Ever carry messages to the
banks?"
"Often."
."How do yon 'find the President?" '
"Look fer the core in the shabby
suit." Omaha WirlL .
Solon Robinson said that "no country
ever advanced to the highest grade of
civilization, but what advanced over a
A HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS.
THE UNIQUE PBOJECT OP XXB
BEBOH'S SOCIETY
A Building: to Care for Sick or
Crtppliul Domestic Animals
Ambulances and Doctors.
Concerning the new hoai-ital for do
mestic animals which the New York So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals proposes to build at qnce. Mr.
Henry Bergh, Jr., President jf the so
ciety, said to a Sun reporter: "For a
number of years I have been ' impressed
with the importance of having a hospital
for the care and treatment, especially the
surgical treatment, of animals, and to
provide for unfortunate animals such
care and attention as is now given to
human beings.
" When we get our hospital we shall
have our ambulances ready, with trained
horses, like those of the Fire Department,
ready to rush out at the sound of a bell,
and go to the relief of the suffering ani
mals in the streets. This will avoid the
delays which at present are not only
vexatious but demoralizing to those who
witness the suffering of animals dying in
the streets. Atjpresent, when animals
are past saving, it becomes necessary of
ten to destroy them in the 3treet. This
is a horrid sight at best, and a very
dangerous example to unthinking youths,
as some boys Are apt to imitate the pro
cess with dogs or cats in the back yard.
"We expect to have some novel ap
pliances in our,new hospital. : One of
these will be a truck to rescue animals
from excavations. At present when a
horse tumbles down a sewer or a cellar
it is difficult to lift him up. We have a
derrick now, but it is cumbersome and
difficult to move and slow of opeiation.
Our new life-saving truck will be quick
of movement, strong and adaptable.
We shall be able to hoist out ahorse and
start him off to the hospital in a jiffy.
If we have to kill him it will be done
out of sight of tbeTpublic, and expeditiously.-
I have Already received a letter
from Mr. Edison, who says tho idea of
killing by electricity is practical, and I
have also a letter from Mayor Hewitt,
in which .he promises to give what aid
he can to expedite the substiution of
I some more prompt and less torturing
pound. "It is a common thing now for
dogi caught late iu the season to be al
most frozen to death in the drowning
process at the dog pound. When our
new hospital is finished we can kill the
dogs, quickly, and keep them out of
sight, and put them to no unnecessary
pain. It has been proposed to kill dogs
by an apparatus which asphyxiates them
with carbonic oxid gas. I am satisfied
that that would be an expeditious and
destructive agent.
" The main work of our soe'ety has
hitherto been done in the direction of
punishing those who have inflicted pain
upon dumb animals. This will be some
what of a new departure in the way of
doing something for the animals themselves.-
We had in mind the establish
ment of some more painless method of
catching dogs in the public streets. At
present the dogcatchers set a terrible ex
ample of brutality in the heartless way
in which they seize dogs and huddle
them into a cart and off to the pound.
Such doings a:e bad examples for chil
dren. It would be better to have a ve
hicle with separate compartments for the
dogs, and - the dogcatcher, instead of
se zing a dog by the leg and throwing
him in a heap, could be provided with a
net, so as to seize his prey with unneces
sary pain.
" The lower floor of our new hospital
will prbbabTy be devoted to the storage
of the ambulances, with stalls for the
necessary horses to draw them, and stor
age for the life-saving truck. In the
rear might be placed the apparatus for
killiner the animals that are to be killed.
f On the uppor floor we might have stalls
for dogs, cats, or other domestic animals
requiring temporary home or surgical
treatment. It is intended to make the
hospital free, except in such cases as are
obviously not proper for free treatments
Many persons who are able and willing
to pay will use the new h spital. Most
of the c ases treated will be surgical. No
contagious diseases will be received.
Horses with scarlet fever or the glanders
cannot be treated in our hospital. The
danger from contagion would be too
great. j
"It is not intended to have the hospital
take the place of the establishments of ja
simTar kind already in the hands ot
veterinary surgeons. It will be an
emergency hospital, and useful for many
animals who may be treated elsewhere
afterward, or whose treatment may be
paid for by owners who are able to pay.
Some idea of the necessity for such an
hospital may be gathered from the fact
that daring the past year there, were
destroyed by this society 2540 animals
whose" recovery was not believed to be
possible. There were 1202 animajla
chloroformed who were disabled ' past
recovery. There were 522 disabled horses
removed from the streets. Many of these
cases would have been taken to such) a
hospital as we propose to have now.
There is cot at present in existence any
hospital such as we propose to build.
They have in connection with cjur
Philadelphia branch what thejcalladpg
shelter." .
A Clergyman's Curions Sorest ions.
A man dropped in at an auction of
unclaimed freight in Boston and pur
chased a box, of the contents of which
he was ignorant. When he opened fjhe
box he found that he was the owner of
about 2,CO0 manuscript sermons, formerly
the property of a Methodist clergyman.
The minister had written along the mar
gin of his page such curious suggest ions
to himself as the following; . Deliver
this passage in solemn tones;" "Scorn
ful smile after the word 'never;" "Pause
long enough to count twenty five after
this passage;" "Close Bible with violent
sis ra after this passage;" '"Contemplate
ceiling in attitude of adoration at bis
point;" "Sarcastic wave of hand ;"
"Rapid gesture. Manuscript sermons
do not possess, a charm for the purchaser,
and he docs not know exactly what to
do with his property.
A; physician recommends that all the
wood used in the interior construction
of houses, and a'l the plain surfaces of
plaster, should be thoroughly oiled or
varnished, so that the power of absorp
tion cf foul air and gases fhould be de
stroyed. ; ' j
NEWS AND NOTES OR 1T03EN.
Prinet a Louise, of Lome, is just forty
years cf age.
A black silk gown is indispensable in
a lady's wardrobe.
Queen Yictora taboocs the electric
light in her palaces.
French women of means affect the
study of astronomy.
Pale pink and gray is a favorite com
bination in cotton dresses.
Immense Leghorn hats for children!
wear are imported extensively.
Short dresses are the rule in Paris
both for day and evening toilets.
Altogether there are 15,000 women in
Great Britain engaged in nursing, ,
- 31 me, Patti-Nicoiini requires forty
three trunks to carry her wardrobe."
Russia linen of a heavy quality makes
durable and serviceable dUn-towels.
The fancy Roman ribbons are used
both in millinery and in trimming cos
tumes. Gray in everyshade Is considered in
Paris just now the most stylish of all
colors.
The popular color for xgloves are tan,
eucalyptus brown, and gray in many
shades.
The cculists all agree that the use ol
dotted veils by ladies has increased theii
business.
The Princess Christian, of Schleswig
Holstein, has an article in Oscar Wilds
Magazine.
Full sleeve) and short waists go to
gether, and both are rapidly coming
into vocue.
Pretty; pinafores for ehildren are made
of white nainsock, with a low bodice
and full shirt.
Fure white hair of the best quality it
so rare as to be worth more than iti
weight in gold.
L6ng woven silk mits or stocking-leg
gloves are worn with the open sleeved
costume this summer.
The new Marseilles blue takes the
Elace of navy blue for summer gowns ol
o en, serge and flannel.
' Rose'pink and white are favorite colon
for bridesmaids. Green or yellow rib
bons with white are also favored.
The ex-Empress Eugenie .will spend
the summer at Osborne Cottage, placed
at her disposal by Queen Victoria.
A young woman at Cairo, Mich., wean
a head of azure hair, hav ng mistaken
the family bluing bottle for her hair dye.
, Roman moire sashes with lengthwise
stripes appeared this season in rich dark
combinations, and also in the true Roman
colors. ,
Stylish garnitures of silk cord, gimp,
etc., are arranged to cover the entire sur
face of wool skirts from the knee to the
skirt hem.
Marietta Holley, the author of "Josiah
Allen's Wife," is said to be the worst
fcnwoman of all the women engaged in
iterary pursuits.
The number of women who walk for
exercise regularly in New York is in
creasing so rapidly that the doctors are
beginning to complain. .
Wash dresses for little girls are some
times made with full skirts and belted
waists with eight or ten feather-stitched
tucks down the front and back.
Mrs. D. L. King, of Akron, Ohio, is one
of the few descendants of George Wash
ington's only sister, she being Betty
Washington's great granddaughter,
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth has bad
the gold pens with which her novels were
written melted up ani turned into two
rings one for each of her children.
Yoke waists grow more and more in
favor, and the French blouse, with fitted
lining, and deeply pointed yokes will
be largely 6een in yachting, boating and
tennis costumes.
The latest fancy in parasols is to have
the sections of the cover unequally
divided; that is to ay, one narrow and
one wide gore, and then the handle must
be a natural wood stick. . s '
Mrs. Shoemaker, of Muscle Fork, Mo.,
is no gadder. Although perfectly well,
she has not been away from home for
twenty-five years, not even to run in
and talk with a neighbor.
Among the multitude of new jerseys,
one of good black, not too heavily
braided, and buttoned once over a vest
of white pilot cloth, commands itself
both for elegance and service.
It is stylish to have one side of youi
skut differ in tot o from theother;.but if
you flounce one half and diapethe other
the uninitiated are apt to pity you for
having put your frock on away.
A woman's invention is a baby wagon
for the house, thoroughly padded, in
which the baby cannot be hurt, even II
it tips over. The wagon can be turned
into a cradle and made into a swing.
The first woman preacher in this coun
try was Bev. Antoinette Brown Black
well, who was minister of an Ohio Con
gregational Church thirty-five years ago.
She now lives in Elizabeth, N. J., and
is a Unitarian.
London's latest fad in hair dressing
might be termed "the scalp lock." a it
consists in a few nearly upright locks
?uite on the top of the Lead, which sre
urther accented by some quill, a flower
aigrette or "cocky" bow of ribbon.
Blouses of red surah with yoke and
cuff of tucks of red crape with accesso
ries of black velvet, "or of fine white
flannel tucked and brier-ttifched with
silk, wilt be much worn with skirts of
silk or wool throughout the summer.
Dr. Tow, of the Chinese Embassy, at
Washington, fays there i oo truth in th?
story about his approaching marriage to
an Americao woman. "L'all newspaper
talkee," said the little doctor, gent.cula
ting. "3Ie no m'Hy; me have wifee in
Chinee."
Miss Ethel Ingall, daughter of Sena
tor Ingalls, who is writing letter
Washington to the New York World, U
a handsome young woman with blonde
ha?r, dark, flashing eyes, and an intel
lectual countenance, rbe has a grace
ful figure, and is altogether a moil strik
tng girl in appearance.
Mrs. Ells F. Younjr. Assistant Super
intendent of the Public School f Chi
cago, is the only lady who hat the honor
of holding a like position. She was
educated in the Chicago if hool. it a
la ty of mprior rcSncmeat and cultira
ti.m, and is in every way qualifed for
tie dalles pert fobs: to her politics, r
"QUIT YOUH FOOX-IN'.-
Gir! la quer! I ue' to thiak
Emmy didn't carw for ra.
For whenever I would try
Any iovia arts to saa
XIow the'd take 'eta wt crivir
Always, ury-l.k, nytshc;
44Quityour focUa':"
Once, afoin home Tom eliurch,
Jwt to find if it would work,
Bound her waist I slipped my arm
My! you'd e-tt 'o iwn tr j-rk.
Spunky 1 well, the actl
And aba snapped me ep ai rrk
"Quit your fooliaT
Every tlms 'twas jost the tm,
v" Till ona night I says, mjs I
Chokin'toma I most alruit,
Tremblia' soma I dont d'ny
M Emmy, sreda " I don't suit.
Guess I better say 'gofviby,'
An'qoit fool, a'."
Girls is quer! f bsonly l.tii!. I
Cheeks all dimplia"; "Jcbn." tayt
"Foolin men, that n rr gt
FUal in earnest, aint tor me"
Want that cute! I took the Mnt,
An' a chair, an' stai.t, an' w
Quit our f ooUu.
HUMOR t THE DAT.
"Great Scott !"Slr Walter.
A couple o' castaways Old so'.
The greyhound is a headlong anl.-.i!,
A cereal story A lie about the graij
crop.
Chestnut a new came tor
aa cl!
thing.
When the tailor gets rich it Is by tl.f r!
industry.
A blind teacher would naturally !. w :
bad pupils. ,
If one were his own dentist b fni"'.!
have teeth extracted without pivin.
Tho undertaker may not buint cf V.i
athletics, buthe's something of a boir.
'f cannot sing the o'.d ong
I sang long years jo"
Whereat a rheerful friend remark- 1 :
"Thank Heaven that i wx"
She (happily) "Aren't the rmte-t
delicious, Georgel" He (appiehcrmt t !j j
"Yes; and so are the crackers. I; t
I ever ateP Til-Hit.
As the man In the moon pets full hi
shines larger and brighter, l hj t.,n- c 1
earth who gets full simply get tf l n
the face, and foolish.
Beer is not generally contldercd i
expensive drink, but a little porter cn
drawiDg-room car will oftca cost j: 4
half a dollar. JV' w 3 VJfc Vn-i.
French as She is Spke. Patron (t i
restaurant waiter): "Got any Bri
cheese?" Waiter (astoaUhe!) "Or.ly
the pair I've got on. 11 1, 1 ' tl.
"Can anything lettle tho servant iiX
question 1" asks a weary boukkrq :r.
To which we respecfully reply; "Vc,
the kerosene can." Xew York 2frcvry.
Papa'(of Calvanistic faith, ha j
heard that Moilio was at the theatre 1- :
evening) "Good morning, daughter cl
Satan." Moilio "Good morning, fth
er."Lie.
There are 1010 medicines In V. i
pharmacopa a of the United State', an I
in most communities there is ono i.-u-x
who has tried every on of them b' fr i
discovering that there never wai aiy
thing the matter with hitn.
Father (to would-bo on-in law)
"Young man, will you bo able to tall
care of my daughter in the ntjlu H
which the has always been accustomed?
Young Man- "I'll guarantee it, sir, ti
return the glrL" See York h'n.
"None of your sauce to me.in'.i,'
said the man who mutt have his litt! i
joke, with an aumption of Lrus lne
nest, as the waiter girl wai sbo.it t?
place a dish of marmalade b'id Kit
plate at supper. Detroit Fre? Vr .
"Another big wash out on our bm !'
exclaimed the railroad emploje'n i-.
dustrious helpmeet, pointing to thi fctrin
of whitened clothei which strttd.fi
from their back window to a hou?
across the way. D:troit l'rt J'reu,
"Would the ladies be in favor cf n
uniform marriage law, do you thiak
asked a member of Congress of one f
his fair constituents; and ihs repli li
"Vrcry likely, if the uniform wir? t
pretty one and had a handiocae tnta Is
it."
"Ha, ha! How do you feci towr
asked one fly of another, wL'uh lit
been caught on a piece of eUtrniir. -
paper, and was in vain trying to wals
through the general stickinc-M. '(! . :
me," was the brief reply. Wr
ChronUU.
"This is very strange," r"nsrk'
Billy Bliven, thoughtfully, after l.e h !
tasted the contents of LU butt-r-d ; b ;
"very strance indeed." "What i
itraoger That suh delicate,
butter should turn out to be ro rot .
Merchant Trawler.
"I am surprised, I.'obby," tai l 1.1
father, reprovingly, "that you bcu! I
itrike your brother. Don't jou kr. n-.-Ibat
it is cowardly to Lit on i::.'-r
than yourself!" "Then hy do yo i 1.:
me, pa?" inquired the boy with si t.:f
of having the better of lUl'jlt.
"Whose picture if that?'' tztA t'.f
new owner of a Nebraska opers-tou? t f
so artitt who had been told to 4r w
the building sccordi..g to hit own tav.
"Shskepeare's," replied the art:
"Shake jeare! Who' that? Nevr
heard cf him. Paint it out and put nj
picture there. GTojhV-.
At Csnnes, in front of a ima'.I l.'.t
onsker's hop. the EnlUh tourUt r.- 7
Sad the following intcription in Lii rr .
langusjre:' "i;epirs burg with ...:
;oaeh." After Jon g and anxious tho-:
ae may arrive at the cobbler's my .'. . ' :.
mho only whtts to inform his sur.a'.i
oatrbns thit "repairs sre execute ! wit
liliffence."
A Lofe-Lorn Cataleptic.
In the Lanraiter '(Peso.) Inr:e b
tb is a patkst who puzzb- U b tot
He cannot apeak, but aa hcr ' 1
ifter a Gambling fx.hiorj. I' l I
aot move haxid or h'M 1 or tj :l b J
ftihrra iila.-e thcrn. they v.-.
" . . ...r -i . ;
hut. tra.:
nam i Jr.hn Kocchtl. ar. 1
ronditioa, it i aid, w- Iro-:.bt f
by adIaprointrr.cr.tialoTe alur v.
le ran wl d4n the woc-d t::i att :'.
with catalepsy, freta L'c' h? r