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VOLUME XIX.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1887.
NUMBER 18.
est prices, Uraers by mail wul receive proa
attention.
MUD
. Europe's annual expenditure for
armies and fleets is $3,887,500,000. The
gate $24,113,057,655, on -which $1,000,
000,000, is annually paid out for interest.
I The annual wood consumption of the
United States for building and other
purposes is something over two thousand
millions of cubic feet. We still have a
large- area of forest land, but with a
wasteful and improvident management
how long can this last?
It is reckoned that it costs sixty dol
lars to keep each of the one hundred
thmisand families of Minnesota warmed
ana fed during a single winter nearly
the value of one-third of her wheat crop
in 188(5. Fuel is comparatively abund
ant and cheap at the South.
The London Musical Standard pub
lishc3 the names of people of note in the
musical world who died last year.
There are included 250 names and many
nationalities arc represented. The aver
age age attained was high 61 years
There were four suicides, all singers. One
cantatricc was assassinated and another
was "hissed to death."
The recent long drought in England
caused great embarrassment to the um
brella tratje, as sales nearly cea&d. One
manufacturer who was sued for a debt of
5 declared that nothing but the
drought' prevented payment of the debt,
nndthe Court granted him a month's res
pite,
in the hope that rain
might come
nnd
umbrellas be salable.
Ticrc are two church bells at Messilla,
Mexico, that are valuable. They were
cast in 1775, and it is said that just be
fore the casting was made at least $1000
worth of gold and silver jewelry was
dropped into the molten mass of metal
by the devout, who thought thus to pro
pitiate their patron saints. The bells are
to be melted and the precious metals re
covered. According to tho latest newspaper
directory there are 15,420 newspapers
now published in the United States and
Canada, of trjh 11,614 are weeklies. In
New York State there are 1,591 newspa
pers. The total single issue of all publica
tions is estimated at 30,165,250, from
which it would seem that almost every
it t r i riii- A- -
person in trie unitea states 01 an age to
read peruses pretty regularly
more newspapers.
one
or
Wno are tne peojiie tnac leave money
on deposit, and fa 1 to call for it? A lit
tle information on this point comes from
Connecticut, which has eighty-four sav
ings lauks at present, not over twenty
of the m mer coming under the law re
quiring reports concerning unknown de
positors. The amount of deposits which
have remained without claimants for
twenty years is known to be over $75,
000. Of this, $21,000 is held by the
Society for Savings in Hartford, $17,000
by the New London Savings Bank, $12,
500 by the Norwich Savings Bank, $7,
000 by the Bridgeport Savings Bank,
$4,000 by the Middlctown, and not far
from $4,0u0 by the Norwalk Savings
Bank.
The report of the appointment divis
ion in the Post Office department con
tains the following figures for the past
iiscalyear: Number of offices established,
3,018; number discontinued, 1,500; ap
pointments on resignations and com
missions expired, 5,863; appointments
on removals and suspensions, 2,584; ap
pointments on changes of names and
sites,' V82; appointments on deaths of
postmasters, 589. The total number of
appointments of postmasters of all grades
during the year was 13,079. The total
number of appointments for the years
1885 and 1886 was 22,747 and 9,547 re
spectively, making a total for the three
years of 46,373. The total number of
post offices of all grades in operation on
July 1, 1887, was 55,157.
Attention is being called to the enor
mous loss of stock that has taken place
on the ranches of Montana and Wyo
ming during the past winter, owing to
luck of food and to exposure. The cat
tle are required to provide for them
selves on the bleak plains of these terri
tories aud where the ranch is over
stocked and the pastures bare many ani
mals must necessarily perish. "This,"
Si'.ys the New York Epoch, "is a matter
which sooner or later will require legis
lation of some kind, for to permit cattle
to starve and freeze to death . is surely
the worst kind of cruelty. It may also
be a question whether any of that region
is suitable for stock in winter, with the
exception of a narrow strip under the
shadow of the Rocky Mountains and
subject Ac the Chinook winds."
The reclamation from the desert of
portions of northern Africa by means of
artesian wells, seems to be going on pros
perously. The first well has constantly
increased its flow, and now irrigates an
area of 1500 acres, on which are grow
ing many thousand palm trees, besides
garden crops for the support of the pop
ulation which has flocked to the place,
and a second well has been driven About
two miles from tho first, which already
delivers nearly twice as much water as
the first. If the flow from the second
can be distributed as successfully as that
from the first, the two wells, neither of
which is 300 feet deep, will bring into
cultivation an area of more than seven
square miles, forming an oasis of con
siderable importance, and it seems now
probable that the French government
may take measures for restoring their an
cient fertility to tracts which were one)
renown foj their fruUfwlntse.
Bear It In Hind.
"Well begun" may be "half-done;"
But beginning is not ending;
Great successes ne'er are won .
By only wishing and intending.
' "Start" is good, but "stay" is better,
'Start" alone ne'er won a race;
"Start and stick" is sure prize-getter,
"Staying powers" takes foremost place.
Broad and deep lay the. foundation,
But be sure yeu count the cost;
Or yOuH rue, in deep vexation,
Treasure spent and labor lost.
Bold beginner, mark his folly 1
Soon his zeal and means diminish;
Rash or craven coward wholly,
He began, but could not finish. .
James Yeames.
BILLY'S RELAPSE.
Two little girls stood at the foot of the
stairs leading to the elevated railway
station at Canal street at 6 o'clock P. M.
They were dressed exactly alike in white
dresses, with blue sashes tied around
their waists. They were waiting for
papa. Train after train stopped at the
station and a steady stream of homeward-bound
feet came pattering down
the stairs. A big, portly man, who had
stopped at the station to light a cigar,
looked at the children for they were
very winsome and said :
"Are you waiting for somebody, little
girls?"
"Yes, sir," replied the eldest eagerly.
' 'Me an' Beulah is waiting for papa. He
always comes at 6 o'clock. We come to
meet him every night, and "
"He's going to bring me a gra' big
peach anV two Jackson balls, ain't he,
Hattie?" interrupted the smallest child,
her blue eyes opening and her lips part
ing with pleasureable anticipation.
"Maybe he failed off the big bridge.
Did he?"
The golden head begau to droop and
the little lips to tremble. The big man
smiled and said :
"Oh, no, I guess not. He'll be along
very soon." Then he took from his
pocket a handful of loose change, gave
. the -children each a cent, lifted them
successively to a level with hi3 bearded
chin, and kissed : them. Then he re
sumed his cigar and. his homeward way.
The clock in a jewelry store near by
ticked off fifteen more weary minutes,
but the familiar face came not. A bare
headed woman ran quickly around the
corner.
"Hasn't your father come yet, girls P ;
said she cautiously.
"No'm, he ain't. En I hain't got my
peach," replied Beulah.
"Well, never mind. Perhaps he'll
come on the horse cars."
With many lingering looks at the rail
way station the childrenwere led away up
the street. The teapot was simmered
on the oil stove and the " supper table
was waiting when they arrived at the
flat. Hunger made the children forget
the absent father for the time. Beulah
was placed in the high chair and Mrs.
Rogers proceeded to cut the home-made
loaf.
"I want peaches first," said Beulah
impatiently.
"No, no, my child. -Bread and milk
comes first, and peaches last," said the
mother. .
"I don't like bread and milk; it's
nasty," said the child, drumming im
patiently on her plate with a spoon.
"I shall have to put my little girl to
bed without her supper if she does not
behave herself." '
Beulah sulked awhile. Then evidently
making up her mind to get through a
disagreeable job- quickly, she stopped
'chewing on her thumb and began shov
elling the bread and milk so rapidly into
her mouth that she began to choke.
Mrs. Rogers slapped her on the back be
tween the shoulders and a piece of crust
flew out of tho child's mouth half way
across the room. The absence of the
father was forgotten in the excitement
of the moment. Beulah was snatched
from her chair in a twinkling and pressed
to her mother's breast. When the dan
ger was over and the clouds were clear
ing away Beulah stammered out between
her staccato sobs :
'Ma-ma I I I want
m m y
peaches I"
Beulah was ladled out a larger share
of the peacTies than she was entitled to,
but before she had eaten half the fruit
her head began to droop, like a violet at
sunset. Hattie - undressed herself and
put on her nightgown, of which achieve
mcnt she was very proud, while Beulah
lay in sorrow's haven and was rocked into
dreamland, while Mrs. Rogers sang
liftle song, keeping time with the swing
of the rocking chair, to the effect that
Mr. Rogers was shaking a dreamland
tree. Even while she sang Mrs. Rogers
wondered drearily whether her husband
was not engaged in some more important
business. Perhaps he had been run over
by the cars, perhaps he had been sun
struck. But then, she thought, why
should I worry? He has been de
tained at the store, most likely,
and will be home in a little while.
Despite her attempt at cheerfulness
Mrs. Rogers trembled as she tucked the
blankets around her children, and a tear
drop fell upon Beulah's rounded cheek,
which made the child stir uneasily. The
teapot was pouring out a steaming pro
test against being left so - long on the
stove when Mrs. Roarers returned to the
kitchen, so she took the pot off the stove.
After the dirty dishes had been washed
Mrs. Rogers set the table for two, cut up
some more peaches, and began her vigil
it the window waiting for her husband.
She had often told him, jokingly, that
she could hear his footsteps two blocks
away and he had made laughing denial.
quick fall of certain boot heel upon the
pavement would have been recognized
half a mile away, so acute was her hear
ing. . The night wore on; the gaslights
flickered down the long street like a torch
light procession ; the trucks had long
since ceased their rumble over the . cob
blestones. - Eight, 9, 10 o'clock came
and the bell was not rung. ' The air was
getting chilly.;; Mrs. Rogers wrapped a
shawl around her shoulders and fell
asleep from utter weariness. ..
At about 5.30 o'clock a man of 30
years had stopped at a candy stand at
the corner of Ann street and Park row
aad bought five round pieces of candy
called Jackson balls. At a stand near
the big bridge four big blushing peaches
were placed in a paper bag and handed
to him. While standing in front of the
Coroners office waiting for a truck to
pass by, a very solid hand came down
upon his shoulder and a hearty voice sa
luted him with: .' "
"Hello, Billy, old boyl How in thun
der are you? Haven't seen you in a
dog's age. Where do you keep yourseU
nowadays? JIarried, eh! and got two
little children! Well, well, how pater
nal you do look ! Let's go and have a
drink. You ain't a Prohibitionist, I hope ?''
"No, but "
"Oh, never mind the buts. A glass
of sherry won't hurt you."
And, yielding to the persuasion of his
old friend, Tom Barker, who had been
oyer on the Pacific slope for the past
five years, Billy went into the saloon 4and
plighted his friendship in a glass of
yellow wine. Now, it happened that
Billy had been a very dissipated fellow
before his marriage. He had gone on
sprees for a week at a time, but during
the five years of his wedded life not a
drop of liquor had passed his lips. That
one glass of wine fired his pulses with
the old intoxicating glow. The wistful
faces of his children and the horrible
suspense of his wife were forgotten in
the magic spell. The two men drank
deep, drank eft. They visited all their old
time resorts, and became very effusive and
affectionate in a maudlin way. At 3
o'clock they were in a Harlem saloon,
treating all hands and shouting in such
a disorderly way that the saloon keeper
was obliged to put them out upon the
sidewalk. Then thev got on a Third
avenue elevated train and rode to the
Battery. Here the conductor lugged
both the men out on the platform while
they sang a duet in very inarticulate
ones about how they marched through
Georgia, while the conductor expressed
his belief that neither of them had been
outside the Fourth ward in his life.
Daybreak found them on Twenty-third
street in a very sorry plight. Tom stood
with his feet wide apart and leaning
agaicst a lamppost. Billy stood in front
of him with his forefinger raised,
"Le's play S'n'ny sc'l, Tom. Y'll be .
sc'l, I'll be t'ch'r. Ar' y' on t' me, ol
felT' -: '
Tom blinked spasmodically and
swayed from side to side like a hen on a
clothes line in a windy day. His hat
fell off and rolled into the gutter. Tom
held up his right hand.
"T'ch'r, kin I g' out!"
"Wha' for?"
"Hat fell out w'nd'r."
"Ye'il both av ycz go afore th' Jcdgc
in th' mornin' av yez don't move on,"
said a burly policeman, who struck both
men some smart blows across the back
with his club and pushed them toward
Broadway. At 7 o'clock they were
sleeping off the effects of the spree in a
Bowery lodging house.
When Billy awoke at 6 o'clock that
evening with a headache that threatened
to crack his skull and a throat which
seemed to be lined with lime, he was
overcomejwith remorse. He knew that
his children would be waiting for him at
the foot of the stairs. In fancy he could
see Beulah's wistful blue eyes scanning
every face as it passed by. He would
have started immediately, filled as he
was with contrition, but Tom persuaded
him to have one more parting drink.
This drink was supplemented with an
other. Then Tom suggested that Billy
should try a shandygaff. To put a
wnisKey sour ana a snanaygan into jux
taposition usually is disastrous as was
proved in this case. Tom's fertile brain
suggested other liquid mixtures, and the
spree continued all day, and ended in
both men being locked up in the Tombs,
The next morning Tom and Billy
were brought before Judge Duffy, who
delivered a little lecture on the evils of
intemperance, advised Billy to go home
to his wife and children, and discharged
them. - Billy felt the disgrace of his ar
rest very keenly, but Tom cheered him
with the remark that no one had recog'
nized him. Billy wanted to start for
home immediately, but Tom per suaded
him to go to a hotel, from whence his
clothes were sent out to . be
cleaned and pressed, his high
hat was neatly blocked, and his
face shaved. While waiting for his
clothes Billy chewed cloves and other
aromatic spices all day for prudential
reasons.
At 5 o'clock Billy" came out of the ho
tel looking much the same as usual. His
nerves were a trifle shaky, and dark cir
cles environed his eyes. He and Tom
went to the candy stand at tne ccrner
of Ann street, where Billy bought five
more Jackson balls. He also purchased
ten peaches each one of which was lar
cer. rosier, and more luscious than the
ones he had bought two days previous,
"Will the children be at the station!"
said Tom. ' .'.
"Certainly they will; but I can easily
satisfy them. The thing that bothers
me is. What can I tell my wife!"
fell into the hands of wicked bunco men,
and' that after enticing you to their
den they drugged you with a glass of
ginger ale. She has confidence in you,
hasn't 8hef i
"Implicit." !
"Well, it wont do for. you to destroy
that confidence by working the honesty
racket. Of course you don't mean to do
so again, etc., and Yankee Doodle; no sen
sible man does. The end justifies the
means, my boy."
Billy hesitated about taking Tom's ad-
vice, and while he hesitated the train
stopped at Canal street and the two men
stepped upon the platform. Tom ran, to
the head of the stairs. Looking down
he saw two little figures, hand in hand,
looking upward.
"Billy," said he, "if you will take me
to a convenient woodpile and hammer
me with an oak tree you will do me a
great favor." Here Tom used his hand
kerchief very freely and muttered some
thing about "that cussed catarrh." The
two men shook hands, and Billy ran
down the stairs. Ho had taken but two
steps downward when Beulah saw him
and cried out, while she danced up and
down with delight:
"Is ye got my peaches, papa ?"
Yes, papa had the peaches and the
Jackson balls, too. Such a time as
there was; to be sure! Such bulging
cheeks and merry gurgles of laughter 1
And such an utterly crushed and shame
faced man never walked up Canal street
before carrying two children in his
arms. Billy's wife heard the laughter
and the familiar footstep and her heart
started beating a wild tattoo. , She ran
down and opened the door. She saw
how Billy trembled; she marked the
dark circles around his eyes and his
averted head. She had seen him that
way before. . . j
"Billy," said she, reproachfully.
"Well Kitty," stammered Billy, "the
bunco men "
"Yes, yes, Billy, I know all about it.
You have been out with the bunco men
before. But I wouldn't cultivate their
acquaintance if I were you, Billy."
This was said with such an appealing
look, such a moist eye, and such an evi
dent appreciation of the whole situation
that Billy was 6truck all of a heap.
His wife's conduct in never asking for
a bill of particulars nor nagging him
with reproaches burned such a big hole
in his conscience that he thinks he is
well fortified asrainst future assaults of
the enemy. New York Sun.
From Father's Well.
' Is there no hope ?' '
"There is none!"
The doctor laid down the heavy hand
whose rapid, flickering pulse he was
counting, and turned toward ths weep
ing family of the sick man. r
"He may last till morning, but more
likely he will pass away at the turn of
the night." j
"He does not know me," sobbed the
wife.
"He is not conscious.
" answered the
mind wanders.'
doctor, gravely. "His
"Will he suffer much?" '
' 'No ; he is very happy . He is tal king
in his sleep. Do not disturb him," said
the doctor as he left the patient, i whose
ife he was powerless to save. ' ; '
The dying man, who was so poor at
this moment that fie could not purchase
one hour of time,
was rich in the
he was about to
worldly possessions
leave forever.
He had houses and lands, and bank
stock. He had rich viands to tempt his
failing appetite. It was his pleasure to
drink of manv different wines at his
grand dinners. Yet his restless spirit
craved one luxury a simple, homely
thing that all his wealth could not
buy.
Listen!
He is speaking and they bend eagerly
to hear. He is asking for a drink.
His wife presses a goblet to his lips
filled with a sweet and cooling draught.
He refuses it. ,
Then his loving child pours out a glass
of favorite wine and tenderly begs him
to take it.
"No! no! not that!"
He speaks wildly, and they bend low
and try to distinguish hi3 broken and
faltering words. !
"Bring me the -gourd!'' ;
"What does he mean?" asks his wife
in despair.
"It is hanging just inside the
curb."
"Papa, dear, what is it?" asks his
sweet-faced child.
' 'I want a drink of fresh
water from father's well."
That was all. He closed his weary
eyes to open them in his heavenly home
where, when life's little dream is over,
we shall all one day slake our thirst
from our Father's well. Detroit Free
Press. ; ' . .
Turning Death Into Life.
Death Valley is to be turned into an
ostrich ranch. A Mexican has fourteen
well-grown chicks that-he hatched out
there in his little ranch near the borax
works from eggs brought from the
neighborhood of Loa Angeles. The
eggs were buried in the hot sand, and of
nights the ground was covered with
blankets to retain the heat it absorbed
during the day. The ranch is about 220
feet below the level of the sea. Vir
ginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
Fearful Responsibility. -Old
lady Conductor, I hope there
ain't going to be a collision.
Conductor I guess not.
Old laiy I want you to be very keer-
ful, X'vj got two dozen eggs n this.
A RICH REDSKIN.
An Indian Who is Building a
Railroad Out West.
The Wonderful Career of
An
Inventive Aboriginal.
A recent letter from Newton. Mo,
to
the Kansas City Journal says: Had any
one predicted a quarter of a century ago
that an American Indian would build a
railroad he would have been considered
a fit object for a lunatic asylum. But
to-day the people of Newton County,
Mo., a county adjoining the Indian Ter
ritory have witnessed a scene such as
man never before beheld. Matthias
Splitlog, a half Cayuga and half Wyan
dotte Indian, born in an Indian village
in Canada, today at Neosho drove the
first spike for the Kansas City, Fort
Smith and Southern Railway. This di
vision of the Kansas City, Fort Smith
and Southern railway was chartered the
8th of last March under the laws of the
State of Missouri, with a capital of
$3,000,000, and now there are about 35
miles graded and ready for the iron.
Mr. Splitlog has .furnished'-the "sin
ews of war" out of his own ample for
tune, nd i3 backed by heavy capitalists
to complete the road, and before the 1st
of next January he will have the cars
running from Joplin, in Jasper County,
to the town of Splitlog, in McDonald
County, a distance of about thirty-five
miles, and Matthias Splitlog, the mil
lionaire Indian, who is probably the rich
est man of bis race, will henceforth be
known all over the country as the only
Indian railroad man (at least the first) in
the United States or in the whole world.
The occasion of driving the first spike
on the main line of this new road was a
matter of more than ordinary interest to
the people of Neosho. At 3.15 there
were about one thousand people assem
bled at the point where the main line
crosses the 'Frisco track. After music
by the Indian band from the Territory,
and selections by the Neosho band, Mr.
Charles W. Smith, Auditor of tho con
struction company, held the spike in po
sition, and in four bold strokes Mr.
Splitlog drove the spike home into a
carefully selected whiteoak tie. Cheer
after cheer was given for the road,
Matthias Splitlog, Neosho and the enter
prise, after which many came to the
track to look at the spike. Mr. Split
log wielded the sledge with a familiarity
and precision which indicated that he
had used his sledge with good effect
when he built his steamboat on the De
troit river.
Mr. Splitlog was born in the year
1813,, and while a boy was apprenticed
to a carpenter and millwright, and, al
though his wages were only $7 per
month, young Splitlog thought he was
getting rich. ' He imbibed a love for
machinery and inventions which has
made his life a useful and eventful one.
In the year 1842 young Splitlog joined
the Wyandottes, who were the last of
the Indian tribes then in Ohio. In 1843
Splitlog came west With some of the
tribe, and found, after his arrival at
Westport landing (now Kansas City),
that he only had 50 cents in his pocket.
He induced an old Indian to go his se
curity for the price of an axe. With
this axe he cut cordwood for the steam
boats at 25 cents per cord, and, after
paying for the axe, which cost $2, he
soon saved enough to buy a pony.
About the year 1864 he married Eliza
Barnett, a grandniece of Harry Jacques,
the'old Indian who went his security for
the price of the axe. Her father was
head chief of the Wyandottes when he
died in 1838. Her mother was a part
Wyandotte and part Seneca; Indian.
They have a family of five children
four sons and one daughter. Splitlor
was never idle, and in most of his under
takings he was successful At an early
day he built a mill near Wyandotte,
which was first run by horse-power and
afterwards by steam. Sp'.itlog's mill
was a success and was long an old land
mark near Wyandotte. He began to
speculate in real estate, and, although
he can neither read nor write, he has
been one of the most successful specula
tors in the neighborhood of Kansas City,
and is to-day worth over $1,000,000.
Manv interesting incidents could be
written in connection with his usefu
life.
A Chinese Anaesthetic.
A curious anaesthetic used by the Chin
esc has recently been made known by Dr.
U. Lambuth in his third annual report of
the Soochow Hospital. It is obtained by
placing a frog in a jar of flour and irri
tating it by prodding it. Under -these
circumstances it exudes in a liquid,
which forms a paste with a portion of the
flour. This paste, dissolved in water,
was found to possess well-marked anajs
thctic properties. After the finger had
been immersed in the liquid for a few
minutes it could be pricked with
needle without any pain being felt, and
numbness of the lips and tongue was
produced by applying the liquid to them
Boston Journal.
A Youthful Financier.
A young financier, aged 4, who
was
given 5 cents for every mouse caught in
a small trap, finally asked leave to spend
the proceeds. The nurse was told to go
wherever : he led her, to see what he
proposed . buying. He passed all the
toy and candy shops, but paused before
a hard ware store, and pointing to the
window exclaimed, triumphantly:'.
"I buy more mouse trap, Fanny "-
Epoch,
Bashful Bridegrooms. ,
A justice of the peace in Saratoga coun
ty recently joined a pair who were so em
barrassed that they hardly knew what
they were doing. The man wore a white
straw hat which he whirled on his fin-
ger before the ceremony began. When j
told to stand up he jumped before the
justice with the greatest alacrity. For
a few moments he did not know what
to do with the hat, but finally found his
way out of the difficulty by putting it
between his knees. This was too much
for the bride. With the handle of hr
parasol 6he caught the hat, pulled it
from its position and then, abashed at
her audacity, dropped hat and parasol
to the floor.
The same justice tells a story of an
other couple who came to be married.
The man was dreadfully puzzled, and
without realizing the act pulled a cigar
from his pocket and began twirling it
around. When that portion of the cere
mony was reached where bride and
groom join hands, he happened to have
the cigar in his right hand. What to
do with the cigar he apparently did not
know. The justice paused a minute
and then again directed the pair to join
hands. By this time the poor fellow's
embarrassment was painful. He gave
one agonized look at the justice of the
peace and stuck the cigar in his mouth.
Before the ceremony could be conclud
ed the justice had to take the cigar from
between the man's -lips. Rochester
Herald.
Caught in the Ice.
A ship once fairly beset, and strongly
held during a gale, is completely be
yond control ; and no real good can be
accomplished by the severe tasks of
warping and continual shifting of ice-
anchors, which only exhaust the crew
and render them more or less unable to
:e a thorough advantage of a favora
ble situation should one occur. s Parry,
however, under these circumstances, did
not hesitate to employ his crews to their
utmost at the hawsers aud sails, plainly
acknowledging that "the exertions made
by heaving at hawsers, or otherwise, are
of little mora service than the occupa
tion they furnished to the men's miads
under such circumstances of difficulty;
for, when the ice is fairly acting against
the ship, ten times the strength and in
genuity could in reality avail nothing."
But the greater majority of ice naviga
tors are now decidedly oE the opinion
that it is best to yield to fate, and re
serve the men's strength for palpable
efforts. Still, in these besetments, tne
mind of the commander must be ever
active ; for new events follow each other
so rapidly, that a favorable chance for
rescue is passcil before it . can be fairly
weighed in all its aspects. Swiss
Cross. 1 .
Balloons in High Altitudes.
The recent attempt made by some
French aeronauts to reach a great height
above the earth has not been productive
of any particular scientific results. The
balloon in which the ascent was made
reached an altitude of over 20,000 feet
without the occupants of the car ex
periencing any'ill effects, except a tend
ency to faintness on the part of one of
them. When about 12 years ago a simi
lar attempt was made, and the height of
,000 feet was reached, it was with fa
tal results to three out of the four a: ro
nauts. Ulio success of the present ex
periment is explained by the allegation
that the difficulties due to the rarefac
tion of the atmosphere only begin at au
altitude of 23,000 or 24,000 feet. This
view seems supported by the fact that in
the Himalayas and the Andes heights of
about 20,000 feet have been on several
occasions reached without any incon
venience. In such cases, however, tho
ascent has always been gradual. The ill
effects experienced in balloons aro pos
sibly due to the suddenness of the
change. London Spectator.
How Peas arc Canned.
The canning of green peas, which
is
now a busy industry in Delaware, is an
interesting process. The peas are
shelled by hand and then fed into the
hopper of a separator, which divides
them into three grades; then they arc
put into copper kettles, where they are
steamed just enough to wrinkle tho
outer skin and intensify if possible the
vivid green of the pea. They are then
filled into cans, which arc placed on an
iron tray and dipped in a trough or tub
of boiling water, which runs into the
cans filling them to the brim. ThU,
water contains whatever of a preserva
tive nature is put into the cans to pre
serve the vegetable. The cans are then
wiped, sealed and packed in iron cages,
each cage holding 248 cans. These
cages are put into air tight steam ket
tles where the cans are subjected to hot
steam under immense pressure for about
fifteen or twenty minutes. The peas
are then ready for market. Chicago
Tribune. -
The Least Intoxicating.
CoL Ycrger and several of his friends
were talking about the intoxicating
qualities of the various liquors.
"In my opinion, genuine champagne
is less intoxicating than any other
liquor," remarked Hostetter JIcGinnis.
5'How do you make that out V
"Because so few people can "afford to
drink it" Sittings.
Principle and Interest
"If you haven't read that book you
promised to," said a lady severely to her
son, "you show great lack of principle."
"Ob, no, mamma," was the, calm re
ply. "Not lack of principle; only lack
1 of interest "Epoch. '
t-ymwffn.i. i irSjI'M'
A Talk with an Oculist
A New York Mail and Express re
porter watched for five minutes the
human tide that swirls through Park
row opposite the Postoffice, and counted
seventy-eight persons with eye-glasses
astride their noses. Then he went to an
oculist and said: "Are diseases of tho
eye on the increase!"
The oculist adjusted his own glasses,
looked critically at those of his ques
tioner, and said:-
"I think not. When I say that, I
don't mean that our business is falling
off. On the contrary, it is increasing
every year and will continue to do so as
people continue to wear eye-glasses, be
cause they think it adds to their per
sonal appearance. You have no idea
how many there are who do this, and
only one who sees cases every day, as I
do, can form any estimate of the number
of glasses that are disposed of in this
way.
"Young people study and read by dim
lamp or gas light, and of course the eye
becomes somewhat weakened. Then
the parents ruih off to get a pair of
spectacles, and oftentimes patronize men
who will sell them any kind of glass,
no matter how well it may suit the case,
just to get tho money. This careless
ness is dangerous and sometimes fatal to
the organs of sight, which are entirely
too sensitive to be trifled with. ' The
greatest enemy to the eyes of young
men is the cigarette. Recently a dis
ease has appeared among smokers which
is dangerous, and after careful investi
gation the best authorities, who for a
long time were at loss to understand
the peculiar malady, have traced it to
the small, paper-covered tobacco sticks.
It is now known as the 'cigarette eye,'
and can be cured only by a long treat
ment. Its symptoms are dimness and a
film-like gathering over the eye, which
appears and disappears at intervals. If
young men continue to smoke cigarettes
excessively they may expect to be afflict
ed by this troublesome disease ; and it is
not relieved by spectacles." ,
A Natural Washtub.
In the Yellowstone country a large ho
tel is erected upon a great geyser ter
race, and a dormant water-crater is the
receptacle for all the house drainage;
and in the same romantic region the
Chinese laundryman attached to one of
the hotels gets through his labors by
throwing the clothes into a bubbling,
frothy pool, and fishing them out when
they have been tossed about enough.
EggS are OTtCn PoltCil la the island goy
sers, and bacon is fried in tho Hawaiian
lava streams. In the Rotorua area of
New Zealand the banks of the lake are
so perforated with springs that every
native hut has its own natural boiler,
which is used as a kitchen. The Kuirua
spring is strongly alkaline, and, on ac
count of its saponaceous qualities,' is
utilized as a general washtub. In Ice
land to cook food in the geysers is a
regular portion of the tourist program.
Tea is infused with water from the Great
Geyser, and trout are boiled in the Blesi,
or hot-water pond. They require to bo
immersed for about twenty minutes to
be cooked to a 'turn.
Monkeys Copying Human Vices.
Dr. Jammcs, in a memoir sent to the
Academie des Sciences of France, states
that monkeys, unlike other animals, un
less it i9 the human animal, readily ac
quire the habit of taking morphia.
When monkeys live with opium smokers,
as they do in the eastern countries,
where the habit is more prevalent than
elsewhere, and become accustomed to
the medicated atmosphere, they acquire
a taste for the -pipe. One particular
monkey, it is said, would wait for -his
master to lay down his pipe and would,
then take it up and smoke what re
mained. If not allowed to do so for .
several days it would fall into a state of
depre: eio i and inactivity which would
disappt ar as soon as it was allowed to
"hit the pipe."
Just What He Meant;
A citizen of Detroit, who probably in
tends to run cn the next county ticket
met a farmer :ro n Romulus on Michi
gan avenue yesterday and held out his
hand and said:
"Ah, fine rain this!"
"Well, I dunno."
"Do the crops lots of jyood?"
"It will, eh? What crops?" .
' "Well, er you know won't it help
the crops?"
"It may soften up the dirt so I can
dig up a few stumps."
"Exactly-.-exactly that's what I
meant. Beautiful rain for softening,
beautiful Good-bye."
Bat and Snake.
Charles E. Jackson, of Halifax, Fla.,
has a pet snake that catches rats. Jack
son heard a racket in a cupboard, and
opening the door, found the snake had
captured a rat and was trying to swal
low it nose first - The rat was alive and
strenuously protested against ,going into
'such a hole, using his ieet to atch hold
of the floor or othfcr surroundings. The
snake, wiser than the rat, raised him a
foot or two in the air, and in that posi
tion continued the swallowing process,
dropping down to the floor to rest oc
casionally, until the rat was swallowed.
1 Wanted to Chop It
Customer (to waiter, who has just
filled his order): Did you say this was
a chop? "
Waiter: Yes, sir. Anything the
matter with it, sir?
Customer: Nothing much. But say,
when you are coming 'round this way
Stelclim.
'TIS all tits same.
As I look back from this long distant year.
If on one day the Wintry winda blew drr,
Or perfumed breeses brought a lightsome
cheer 1 - -
Tis all the same.
So, when I trace the errors I have made,
And reckon the good parts that I hare
played,
I smile as into mist they merge and fade
Tis all the same.
And when I count what I hare gained and
lost, - ',
And find that I have paid too great a cost
For baubles that have in my way been tossed,
Tis all the same.
So now, though I may darkling glances meet,
Or bask in Fortune's smiles and favors sweet.
When I have coursed far down life's current
fleet,
Tis all the same.
Tis all the same,
When this brief hour has passed away,
If cloud or sunshine lined the winding way;
And yet, proud heart, tis hard, so hard to
say,
" Tis all the same."
HUMOROUS.
There
are more falls than hops in
beer.
The average watchmakeT
always has
lots of time on his hands.
A stable government should be one
that is ruled by horse sense.
It would seem natural for a carpenter
to walk with a lumbering gait.
A baker may have his shop in tho
west, but his work is always rising in tho
east.
In the matter of speed there is a great
similarity between a flash of lightning
and a bit of unfounded-gossip.
It-is said that 262 pairs of " twins were
born in Chicago last year. This may ac
count for the squalls on Lake Michigan.
"What is this man charged with?"
asked the jndgo. "With whiskey, your
honor," replied the sententious police
man. There are 78,000,000 acres of corn
planted in this country and about that
number of corn achers oa tho feet of its
inhabitants.
"Sliding on a wheel" is tho way a
little .three-year-old girl expressed it ,
when she saw a man riding a bicycle for
the first time.
One of the things wo can't find out
who it was that discovered that de
priving a fowl of its covering was tho
way to dress it.
"Then you don't like hash?" said the
l.iudlutly sternly. "I don't object to -bash,"
explained the boarder. "It's re
hash I kick at."
"Docs dress make the man?" asks an
inquisitive correspondent Perhaps not,
but it usually makes the man mad when
he gets tho bill for it
Fond wife Would you believe that
Mrs. Eccles next door, speaks seven lan
guages? Fond husband Certainly I
would, she's got tongue enough to speak
fifty.
A New England man has just had a .
patent granted to him for "an electric
switch." It is expected that all the boys
of the country will rise up in vehement
protest.
The present King of Spain is not yet
20 mouths old, and his court arc taking
advantage of the fact to pull his nose
while they can. It won't be safe by-and-by.
One youngster Wc have a nice cano
py top to cover our carriage. Other
youngster That's nuthin'. t We have a
chattel mortgage on ours that more than
covers it, pa says.
"Is your life insured?" asked the
Judge. "Nq," replied the Major; "but
I don't think I need any insurance. I
may be poor now, but I shall get tho
earth when I die."
The bravest are not always the tender
cst, as the poets sing. There is tho
game rooster, for instance; he will fight
a bird of double his weight, but he cuts
up tough in a pot-pic. .
"Wo ail have our burdens to bear,"
said tho minister. "There are many
trials in this life." "Yes, I suppose thero
are," replied the poor lawyer, ruefully;
- "but I don't seem to have much luck at
getting mixed up in 'em."
It is recorded of a young fop who
visiteJ one of the Rothschilds, that he
was so proud of his malachite sleeve
buttons that he insisted upon exhibiting
them to Ills host The latter looked at
them and said:- "Yes it is a pretty stone.
1 have always liked it. I have a mantel
piece made of it in the next room!"- ,
There was a young belle'of Ky.
' Who said to her lover, "Yes, dy.
Too long we have tarried,
We'll shortly be married,"
So the youth was uncommonly ly. .
What They Thought
- Mr. Fiddle and 3Ir. Faddlo have met
at the Widow Giltedge's.
- Mr. Fiddle (aside) I wish that con
ceited ass, Faddle, would go.
Mr. Faddle (aside) "That stupid idiot,
Fiddle, never knows when he is in the
way.
Widow Giltedge (aside) I Shall be
uncommonly glad when "both these fool
ish fellows remember that they nave en
gagements. Town Topics.
A Small Boy's Good AdTice.
"Say," said the editor's smart little
son, as he entered a store, "do you keep
knives?"
"Oh, yes," replied the storekeeper,
"we've kept them for years."
"Well," returned the boy, starting
for the door, "just advertise, and then
you wouldn't keep them so long." i
Review.