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SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1888.
NO. 13.
JOB PRINTING
U wrU wltfc. a mcmmj utHM4
U telly ynnd to was wt&k ,'
KEATKESS, DUFATOK,
An AT rmx
VERY LOWEST PRICES
mt to gt to ft trial
treetlng wlta a.
A wealthy enchman who lias a hatred
of sharks has been cruising in a steam
vessel for a year passed and killed ovei
, 000 of the monsters. "When he began
work in the harbor of Havana the au
thorities warned him off.
The Sioux Reservation, one-half of
which it is proposed to open np to set
tlers, contains an area of 87,000 square
miles. That is to say, it is larger than
the State of Kentucky, and only a few
square miles smaller than the State of
Indiana? f
During the last famine in China it re
quired fifteen days to transport relief to
the people over a distance of 200 miles.
Contrast with that the fact that at the
time of the big Chicago fire in 1871, a
relief train from New York traveled
1,500 miles in 21 hours.
There is a considerable increase in the
force of Protestant Missionaries in Mex
ico. The results thus far sre anything
but discouraging. With only about a
hundred ordained missionaries upward
of 350 congregations have been organ-'
icd, with 18,000 church members and
25,000 adherents.
The Queen of Madagascar recently at
tended the opening services of two
Christian churches, at Ambokimanaga.
In fourteen years 700 Protestant chapels
have been built in Madagascar, making
the number now 1,200. There are 8,00D
Protestant communicants End all the
churches are self supporting.
LIGHT AND SHADOW.
No light e'er shines without its shadow casting
A gloom as deep and dark, the other way.
Ko earthly beam can make its force so lasting,
Bnt that the night may shroud its fading
. ray. . .
No human joy without its shaded sorrow, -To
spread as wide and deep its withering
blight;
The fullest pleasures tinges often borrow
From coming grief which darkens like the
night ; ; c -
No sounds of laughter with their echoes wak
ing The sunlight air in surges of delight,
Hut there are moans to show that hearts are
breaking,
As if the transient folly to requite.
TIm chandelier can never in its glowing -
Light up the splendor of the halls of pride,
But that the tallow dip is faintly showing
The ghastly squalor where the poor reside.
At the first dawn of the creation, &
xne evening ana the morning made the
day. ;
So thro' the world in every rank and station,
The light and shadow hold alternate sway.
TT .
nere roougn tbe shade their sombre palls
are casting,
We should not droop or falter thro' despair.
nere though the frosts the sweetest buds
are blasting,
i heir shadows come not, for no light is
there.
; . Providence Journal,
A little girl of Metz, Alsace, 14 years
old, named Louise Fuchs, has been con
demned to eight days' imprisonment for
having insulted the Emperor of Ger
many. ." The insult consisted in writing a
private letter to one of her little friends,
in which there was something disrespect
ful to his majesty. . Such sentences are
aid to be quite common in Alsace-Lorraine.
A recent lecture given at the National
Museum at Washington, by Fernow,
undertakes to show the need of forest
protection and forest culture for 'the
fourfold reason: (1) Forests furnish
our material in the industries; (2) they
are regu'ators af climatic conditions; (3)
they are regulators of hydrologic condi
tions influencing the watcrfiow in
springs, brooks and rivers; (4) they are
regulators'of soil conditions.
It has been calculated that the quan
tity of beer brewed yearly in the under
mentioned countries is about as follows:
(Jrcat Britain, 1,050,000,000 gallons;
Hcrmany, 900,000,000; Austria, 270,000,
)00; Belgium, 180,000,000; France, 150,
100,000; Russia, 50,000,000; Hollanc,
V',000,000; Denmark, 30,000,000; Swc
ien, 30,000,000; Switzerland, 17, 000,
) 0; Norway, 16,500,000.
Frederick Ellison, who was appointed
Consul to the Island of St. Helena by
President Cleveland, has handed in his
resignation of the position, and returned
to his home in Indianapolis, Ind. He
ays that St. Helena is so dismal that he
wonders that Napoleon survived so long
is he did his exile on that dreary rock.
Mr. Ellison landed on the island at night.
Had he reached it in the daytime he
ays h3 would never have gone ashore.
A Government agent traveling in
Alaska says that the American citizens
in some portions of that country still
pray for the Emperor of Russia. In ono
town only one man was found who
knew the name of an American city, and
(hat was San Francisco. The repoit
says: "After laboring with them one
man was found who had somehow heard
of Chicago. Boston, New York, Phila
delphia and Washington were unknown
At the close of the war there were
only forty -eight miles of railroad in the
State of Arkansas. In 1874 there were
only about 700 miles. Now, there are
near 2,000 miles, and as many more miles
projected on the different lines, which
will be built ere long, some of
which are in course of construction.
Soon our State, says the Arkansas
Traveler, will be checkered by these
pioneers and indispensable adjuncts of
civilization.
This is a great country, remarks the
New York Sun. A photograph, taken in
Los Angeles, Cal., of the servants of an
American lady living there shows six
persons. On a wheelbarrow, trying hard
to keep from giggling, are two pretty
maids, one Welsh, the other Scotch.
Pchind them stand the colored cook, in
rap and apron; the Mexican gardener,
the English groom, and the Chinese
waiter man. The mistress calls the
gathering a "Congress of Nations."
The efficiency of oil, when dropped
upon the water to calm boisterous waves
niay now' be regarded as established. It
is astonishing how small a quantity of
oil will answer the purpose. Admiral
Clone give? the. amount as from two to
three quarts an hour dropped from per
forated bags hanging over the sides ol
the ship in; positions varying with the
wind. The oil, then, by its own out
spreading, extending over the waves,
forms a film of less than a two and a half
millionth part of an inch in thickness;
and this is enough to reduce breaking
waves and dangerous "rollers" to un
broken undulations that are practically
harmless. The oils that have been found
most effective are seal, porpoise, and fish
oils. Mineral oils, such as are used foi
illumination, are too light; but the lu
bricating oils are denser, and may be
found rctaat, '
GRANDMOTHER'S SIGNS
BY J. L. HARBOUR.
We were all very glad when Grand
mother Ryder came to live at our house
She was my mother's mother, and one of
tnc oest-intentioned little old women in
the world. When grandfather died, my
brothers and sisters, as well as mvself.
were afraid that grandmother would make
ner borne at our' Lncle Nat's or at our
Auut Mary's, and Ihcre was great re
joicing when the letter came in which
she wrote :
. "I did think at first that I'd better go
to Mary's, but the grounds in my toffee
cup never pointed favorably to it, and
last night I had a dream that I've dremp
three times running, that made it clear to
my mind that I'd better come to you. I
would start to-morrow if it wasn't Fri
day, and I sometimes think the Friday
sign runs into Saturday, too ; so I will
hot start until Monday, which will bring
me to your house on the day the moon
iuns, ana i tase tnat to be a good sign."
An ammed smile came into father's
face as read this letter aloud to us chil
dren, and he burst out laughing when I
saia:
"I'd just like to know what coffee set
tlings and dreams and the moon have to
do with it?"
"Nothing, my dear; nothing at all,"
said mother, laughing softly. "But
grandmother has odd notions that we
need not say anything about, or mind at
all, when she is here."
We lived in the country on a splendid
farm. On the next Wednesday afternoon,
to our great delight, we saw fafher driv
ing up the long lane leading to our house,
with Grandmother Byder seated on the
spring seat by his side. .
She waved her handerchief, and six
eager children set off on a run to meet
her. Wj had not seen her for three
years, and as soon as w were near enough
to hear she began saying :
"Why, bless my soul, how you have
gTOwed ! I declare I don't know tother
from which, but I guess that's Bertie,
and that little girl with the ruffled apron
is Mamie, and that's Tommy with the
red ribbon to his neck. Looks 'zactly "
iiKe tne ambrotype of him I've got.
Bless all your little hearts anyhow!
I'll know which is which 'fore two
hours."
Whan father . helped her out of the
wagon she struck her foot on something,
andf would have fallen had he not caught
her.
"Mercy on us!" she said. "I'm srlad I
stubbed my right toe. If it had been
the left it'd been a sure sign I was going
where I wasn't wanted."
"You know that you are wanted here,
no matter what the signs say," said
mother, as she took grandma into her
arms and kissed her many times.
"Ves, dear, I know it, I know it,"
said grandma; "but ali the same, I
couldn't have helped worryin' some if it
had been the left toe."
We soon discovered that grandmother
had a sign for everything that happened.
uuu iui uiucu mat uiua t nappen. wnen
anything unusual occurred grandma sud
denly recalled something in the manner
in which she had previously been fore
warned of it. The fact that her signs
and predictions generally failed of fulfil
ment did not disturb her in the least.
One day I overheard mother say:
"Don't you often notice, grandma, that
your signs do not come true J You said
yesterday when you saw the cat scratch
ing the fence, that it would rain, sure,
before night; but there was not a cloud
in the sky all day, and not a drop of rain
felltl
''Why, Susan!" cried grandma, in a
tone of great surprise. "The morning
paper says there was a perfect flood "yes
terday in Alabama."
The proof was incontrovertible. ; not
withstanding the fact that Alabama was
fiteen hundred miles from our home.
. My youngest brother was but three
months old when grandma became a
member of our' family. She was very
fond of baby Danny, and was gratified
to know that the signs she had had re
garding him were favorable to his future
happiness.
"If he lives to grow up," she said,
"he'll be a smart and a rich roan. See
that mole on his neck. That's a splen
did Bign. And he's going to have a
'cow-lick' too ; that's another good sign.
l nope to goodpess, Susan, tnat you
haven't allowed him to look in a look
ing-glass yet.
"1 don't know, I'm sure," said
mother. .
"Why, Susan," cried grandma, "he
must not see himself in the glass until
his first birthday ! You'll never raise him
if he does. I'm glad he's already tumbled
out of bed ; it's a sure sign he'll never be
a fool."
Gvaudmother's signs and omens were a
source . of uneasiness. to herself only.
Mother early took occasion, privately.
to instruct us older children on the sub
iect. She told us dreams had no mean-
war, and that "signs" were silly and
meaningless inventions. .: We were not,
she said, to mmd what grandma said, but
were to love and respect her under all
circumstances.
Baby Dan was a winning little fellow,
whom we all loved so dearly that we were
glad grandma s omens did not portend
anything disastrous to him, even though
we did not believe in signs. But one
dav grandma came down to breakfast
without her usual morning smile a&d
. . 1
cheery greeting. She looked very solemn,
and spoke soberly when' she spoke at alL
Are you not well ?" i asked father. .
" I hope this whole family may keen
as well for a year to come as I am now,"
she said, mysteriously.
JJaby Dan sat in his high chair by
grandma's side, and in the midst of the
morning meal she suddenly dropped her
knife and fork, threw her arms around
the baby, and burst into tears.
Why, grandma, what is it? " cried
mother in real alarm. I '
Poor ltttle dear.'! she cried; "he
ain't long for this world 1 I've dreamed
three nights of white colts. I told you.
Ssusan, what'd happen if you cut his toe-
nailsw of a Sunday, or let the other
children raise your parasol in the house.
Ifofcf you!" 1 ?
Grandma s distress was so evident that
none of trs felt like laughing, and mother
aid: I
"Don't worry, mother. You know
that all signs fail at times."
"Mine don't," said grandma, in atone
of deep conviction. " And as I was lay
ing in bed this morning, a little bird flew
in at the window, and lighted on my
bedpost. I know what that means,
busan. Danny ain't going to be here very
long; you'll see that he isn't. And the
worst of it is that he 11 be took off sud
den, and in some uncommon way."
No reasoning could shake grand
mother's conviction in the least, and her
continued depression and gloomy predic
tions made us all very uncomfortable.
Indeed, so strong is a superstition that
not one of us children could help look
ing upon dear little pan as a doomed
child, in spite of mother's arguments to
the contrary.
Grandmother had other unfailing signs
indicatiug Danny's early demise. A
white kitten came to the door one day,
and grandma shook her head gloomily.
"But I have always! heard that was a
sign of good luck to have a kitten come
to the house," said father. J
"Not a white k'tteni," replied Grand
ma. "A black or gray kitten is a good
sign, but a white one is a sign of
I She stooped over, caught .Danny up in
. her arms, and hastily left the room,
r An old white rooster that wc had,
' AVJtSk Y tlkA 4 SWIW-A-fc V Q OIT an t
t .va. vu uv uuutsbp wcb a nuva
grandma ordered his instant execution
as the only means of averting his share
of the disaster threatening Danny.
Grandma's signs multiplied fast, and
were of a positive, never,failing charac
ter. She came down to breakfast one
beautiful June morning, bowed down
with the dreadful conviction that the
end would come that very day.
Danny's condition did not warrant an
expectation of death from disease, at all
events. He seemed to be snapping his
little pink fingers at all kinds of signs as
! he lay in his cradle, kicking up his heels
and crowing gleefully. He was almost
a year old at this time, and grandma
had said that he would never live to see
his first birthday. j
During the forenoon we were visited
by several of our relatives who had
driven a distance of ten miles to spend
the day at our house. We were delighted
to see them and gave ourselves up to a
day of enjoyment. Even grandma joined
in our pleasure, seeming to forget her
doleful prophecies of what the day would
bring iorth. I
After dinner, which was the great
event of the day, the entire family, with
the exception of grandma and baby Dan,
strolled out into the jorchard with our
visitors. From the orchard nve went on
over a narrow bit of meadow land in
search of wild strawberries, which were
abundant.
Then we went up a grassy hillside and
into a little grove of oaks and elms.
There we all sat down1 on the grass and
enjoyed what we called "a real sociable
time," until father, bethought, him to
look at his watch, and said :
"Why,'it'8 nearly ;four o'clock. We
have been away three hours. Danny
will have quite worn grandmother out
with the care of him. We must hurry
home." !
When' we reached the house we found
grandma fast asleep in her roeking-chair
. , i r i
on me piazza, a iock oi ner gray nair
blown over her face by the June wind,
and her wrinkled hands crossed peace
fully in the sunshine that fell across her
lap. She heard our footsteps and was
awaxe in an instant.
"Where is Danny V? asked the mother.
"It isn't possible that be has slept all
this time."
'I guess he has," said grandma; "I
haint heard a sound from him."
Mother stepped hurriedly into the
room in which Danny always took his
uoonday nap. She came out instantly,
quite pale, and saying, in a trembling
voice: "hie isn't there; ne's goner
'What did you-rsay, Susan?'' asked
grandmother rising to her feet and speak
ing with painful deliberation.
"lie s goner' said motner again.
Grandmother gave a low moan, sank
back in her chair, and said solemnly: "I
knew it would be so.! You laughed at
my signs, Susan. You wouldn't hear
to them. I feel in my bones that Danny
Bertram will never be seen again on this
earth. The signs don't fail me."
I semember that I set up a dreadful
howl, in which I was joined by my
brothers and sisters. Father and our
friends began an immediate and thor
ough search for Danny, but bo trace of
him could be found.!
Grandmother encouraged us by saying,
from time to time, between her broken
sobs: "It's no use to hunt for him. He's
gone. He'll never be seen again on this
earth." !-
Mother broke down entirely after
short time, and lay crying on a lounge,
with one of my aunts bathing her tem
ples and talking soothingly to her.
We looKed every wnere m piaces xnai
the little feet could never have strayed
into, . I ,
"In the highest and the lowest and the lone
liest spot, ! '
They eagerly sought,; but .they found him
not."
"It looks tome like a case of kidnap
ping " said one of my visiting uncles to
father. .
'So it does," said father; "and yet it
don't seem possible that "
"It ain't possible, David," interrupt
ed grandmother. jTm satisfied, that I
hadn't been asleep ten minutes when
you folks came home, and I know that
no one was near the house betore you
came. No, no, David, human hands
never touched, our Danny. J didn't
dream of white colts with four wings
apiece, for nothing."
'What on earth would colts or. any
kind want with Danny?" asked one of
my aunts. - 4
An hour and more passed, and uanny
was not found. We hurried to the near
est neighbors. They had not seen any
suspicious characters in the neighbor
hood, and knew nothing about Danny's
disappearance. They came to our house
in great numbers, full of sympathy and
harrowing reminiscenses of similar dis
appearances in which the missing chil
dren were either found dead or were
never found at aJLL
The evening drew on. The sun went
down. Mother had said over and over
again that we must find her baby before
night came on. She could not endure
the thought of having him away when
the darkness came. Father began to
grow pail and his voice trembled when
he spoke. ' .
Parties of men and boys were search
ing the neighboring woods and planning
to drag the streams, it was nearly dark,
and we were sitting, tearful and anxious,
in mother's room, when wb heard a loud
commotion outside.
In a moment the door was thrown open
and there stood our big. iollv Uncle
Darius Bertram, and. high on his ahoul-
der, laughing and making a desperate
effort to talk, sat Danny I
Well, such a time and nobody to it!"
aid Uncle Darius, as he put Danny into
mother's outstretched arms. -
"O Darius! where did you find him?"
cried mother.
"I found him lying in his bed about
half-past three this afternoon.' My wife
and l were driving into town and called
hereto see you, but found no one at
home but grandmother and baby. Grand
mother was asleep and baby seemed to
be having a lonely sort of time of it
kicking up his heels in his crad e. So
wife and I thought we'd take him out
BUDGET OF V UN.
HOIOnOCS SKETCHES FROM
VAKIOUS BOURCE&
Not of Much Account A Slight
Difference Hia Teeth He
"f-1" Wm a Married
Han, Etc
- .. , . .
a. gentleman bnying a morning paper
of an old woman gave her a 10 cent
piece.
VI have no change ; you can pay me to
morrow." "But suppose I get thrown -'.off the
elevated?"
""Oh!" renlied tha crnnd woman'
thinking ot!y of her 8 en to, "it wouldn't
oe such a terrible loss." Judge.
A Slight Difference.
"How does the market look?" inquired
Paterfamilias of a young Stock Exchange
man who was calling on the old man
daughter.
"Flourishing, sir. I am a bull from
now on."
At this instant the young lady entered,
her face wreathed in sweetest smilles;
for an airing, the day being so fine I bufc jho could hermouth her
wrote a 1, tie note on a leaf of my pocket- brother Tom gh d
diary, telling you we had him. Didn't sv T;7 - Mr Vri:r:v. , u .
you find it?"
"No," said father; "where did you
put it?"
"Why, I pinned it to baby's pillow,
didn't I? I know wife said for me to.
But I'm such a forgetful fellow that I
don't know really where I did put that
note. It was written on a small leaf like
this." He drew out his pocket-diary as
he 8 poke, opened it and sat down look
ing very foolish.
"Well, I swan!" he said; ef I didn't
clean forget to tear the note after I'd
written it. I must be getting loony !"
"We were detained in the village much
longer than we expected," said Aunt
Harriet, Lncle Danus's wife; "and I was
afraid you would worry about baby, but
he has been just as good as he could be.
and he seemed to enjoy the ride so ''ery
much. I couldn't find his cloak to put
on him, but I had a light shawl with me,
and I found his little ever-day sunbon
net out in the yard. It was good enough
to wear. To think of the anxiety the
little chap's ride has cost you!"
. Grandmother was down on her knees
crying over Danny, and of course not
one of us said a word to her about those
uufulfilled omens. It was months be
fore the words "signs" and "omens"
passed her lips. Then she spoke of them
as though they were things beneath her
notice.
They certainly had no power over
Danny, for I have often heard him tell-'
ing this story to his own children.
Youth'1 Compauion.
say. Lozzie. Mr. .trice savs ne is a
bu!L You aid last night that he was
nothing out a call r JVcto York San.
Hia Teeth.
kiltie jonnny (entertaining young
man in parlor) "My sister thinks you've
got oeautnui teeth."
Mr.Hankinson (highly pleased) "Ah I
what have you ever heard Miss Irene say
of them, Johnny?"
Johnny "She says she thinks the up
per set didn't cost less than f 2. and
she doesn't blame you for not- eati
maple caramels. I like caramels, Mr.
Hapkinson. Got' any?" Chicago Tri
bune. -
ne Was a Married Man.
A lady carrying an umbrella entei ed
the street car, but before she could take
a seat, the car plunged forward with an
awkward jerk. Thfe lady, in attempting
to retain her equilibrium, whacked her
umbrella against the head of a gentleman.
"Oh, sir, I beg a thousand- pardons,
sir. These drivers are so careless. Hope
you are not.seriously injured, sir."
"Oh, no, ma'am. I'm a married man
and am used to little knocks like that."
Detrvit Free Prea.
The
Yery Rich Englishmen,
biggest income of any man in
He Stopped the Pane.
Druggist "Hello, Gubbins. Did that
: parous plaster do the business?"
Gubbins "les, siree."
"Stopped the pain, did itr, -..
"Yes, in good shape."
England is said to be that of the Duke
of Westminster, who has miles of tene
ment houses and many square miles of
agricultural land. He is said to receive
$o0 a minute the year round, or $3,000
an hour, or $72,000 a day. Queen
Victoria has also a nice income, and it is
estimated that she has received nearly
one hundred millions of dollars since
she ascended the throne. The Dukes of
Devonshire and Norfolk and the Marquis
of Bute, have each rents amounting to
$2,000,000 per year, and the Duke of
Portland, after extravagence like those
of Monto Cristo, accumulated $10,000,
000 of unentailed property during his
life. The tax of England is largely an
income tax, and it is possible to tell
something of the fortunes of her citizens
from the amount of income returned.
Of course this is always less than the
real amount received. Still it makes
one's eyes open to know that Lord Dur
ham owns $13,000,000 of personal prop
erty, that the Duke ol Portland gets a
million a year from his real estate alone.
and that the two largest returns oi per
sonal property were made by men who
do not belong to the nobility. Mr.
Grassy, a railroad contractor, acknowl
edged to having $30,000,000 personally,
and Mr. Morrison, a dry goods man,
$20,000,000. Lord Dudley, one of the
I large owners of England's coal mines,
had for years an income of over $5,000,
000 from this source alone, and the Duke
of Bucclcuch gets $1,130,000 a year from
his lands. In 1872 there were more than
1,500 men in England who had incomes
of over $25,000 a year, and there were
837 men who had incomes ranging be
tween $50,000 and a quarter of a million
yearly. It is said that there are more
large fortunes in the United States than
in ingiana ana mat me jongusu million
aires spend their incomes more freely
than do the Americans. Pittsburg Di-
Scared Grizzles.
J. n. Inman, a former fur contracting
agent of the Hudson's Bay Company,
said to a New York Sun reporter :
"While I believe that a grizzly bear
will in a majority of cases wait for a
fight with a man and take pains to get
in the way of one, there are times w hen
it will seem to think better of it and
back out. A remarkable instance of this
kind I heard of once, where a famous
Manitoba guide courageously advanced
upon three grizzlies, an old she one and
two hall-grown young bears, ana by a
scries of ridiculous monkey-shines and
acrobatic maneuvers on the ground with
in a rod or two of the bears filled them
with such astonishment and apparent
fearshat the three retreated into the
woods with all rapidity. The guide's
gun had snapped in both barrels, he hav
ing drawn on tho old bear before the
young ones appeared. He afterward said
that it was in a ht ol desperation that ne
tried the turning of a handspring and
jumping up and down, flopping his
hands, and resorting to other unhunter-
like measures. He had been told once
that a hunter had frightened a mountain
lion away by similar absurd movements,
and he found thatit.worked to perfection
in the case of the bears, although he did
not encourage anyone to go hunting
grizzlies armed with nothing more than
a capacity to turn somersaults."
es, in good shape,
"now long was it on before you felt
relief?"
'What do you mean?"- "
"How long was the plaster on your
back before the pain left? '
"On my back. Ha, ha, ha, that's a
good one. Why, it wasn't a pain in my
back I wanted it for, but a pane in my
back window. I stuck it over the hole,
and there it is now. It only cost two
shillings, while a whole pain of glass
would have' cost $3." Djntilh Breeze.
Ooot Wit fooled.
In the basement of Police It ead quarters
is a room where the officers in charge of
the patrol wagon lounge about while
waiting for a signaL To while away the
time a table and a box of dominoes
have beea procured. Last evening
Bob Schemansky, Mika Kinney, Rounds
man bhomaker End Pat Murnant were
playing . dominoes and Ben Coots was
ookingon. Coots became so deenlv in
terested in the game, and so excited over
the playing that ho soon dropped asleep.
"now let us pay Coot off -for that
beastly dream he had when he took gas
to have his tooth pulled,'' said Schemaa-
The plan was soon perfected. Beach
ing up, Mnrnane turned out the gas.
Then the game, to all intents, went on
as Del ore. The room was in pitch dark
nese, but the dominoes were shuffled.
each player drew five, one set and the
p'ay went on.
"Double five; count ten.
"Five or nothing, eh? That sends me
to the woodpile.
ive, Wank ; give us ten."
Somebody purposely trod on Ooot's
toe, and he awaked with a snort, rubbing
his eyes. The game went on.
"Twelve, tray; give us fifteen."
"Throw me a bone there."
"Fiftee- and five; give us twenty."
"Why bo vs." exclaimed Coots, "are
you playing dominoes?"
"Are we playing dominoes I mat s a
bright question to ask. Don't you see
we are? Deuce, tray, give us five."
"I hear you, but I can't see you."
"Can't see us? Why, what's the mat
ter?"
"I don't know, but it's a fact, boys, I
can't see anything at alL"
"He's blind."
"Yes, sir; he's blind."
"Hold on," said Murnane; "I know
what to do. I remember just such a case
in Ireland. A lot of us young chaps
were out one cold night to the killing of
a landlord, and after the festivities we
went over to the house of a widow
named Garrity. One of the boys hadn't
been in the warm room more than five
minutes when he was struck bund as a
bat. But in less than five minutes the
widow had him out of it and all right.
It's a lucky thing I remember the affair,
Here, Coots, lay yourself straight across
the table; let your head bang over, so
that the blood will rush into it. There,
now, I'll pass my hands over your eyes
like this: seel"
Coots was lifted bodily before he had
time to object, bent over the table and
Murnane began making magnetic passes
over his eyes. Schemansky reached up
and slyly lit the gas. .
"Oh, I begin to seel I begin to see l"
exclaimed the patrol driver. .
In a few moments, it is needless to
say. Coots's sight had been restored to
him, and he warmly grasped the hands
of all present in token of his sincere
gratitude.
WORDS OP WISDOX.
BEADING THE MILESTONE.
1 stopped to rrd tbe Uileetoo here,
A laggard school-boy, long ago;
I came not far my home wu near
Bat on, bow far I kwxJ to go!
Behold a Bomber and a
A flnser. Westward, cos in stoae;
Tb v Woo of a city cam,
Acroa tb dt and distance shown.
Oar greatest evils come from ourselves.
The fish that gets away always looks
as big as the sea serpent. .
Crafty men condemn studies, simple
men admire them, and wise men ne
them. .
The only failure a man ought to fear
U faithre in clearing to the purpose he
sees to be best.
Good sense and good nature are never
separated, though the ignorant work!
has thought otherwise. .
ne that would live clear of envy must
lay hia finger on his rnovth. and keep
hi handout of the ink poV .
There is something in resolution which
baa an influence beyond itself; all 1
prostration 'where it appears. .
There is alwayenor. ia aaaa. that T)ITlI..l YIl DAI TT
actually and earnestly works. In idle- 1 1111 2Vi U 1 Jlx 1.
Around so lay tb farms asleep
- la hs-v of. aatamnaJ sir,
And sounds that quiet lore to keep
Were beard, and beard not, everywhere.
I read tee ILTJeatone, day by dsy ;
I yearned to cross U barren bound,
. To know tb golden Far- war.
To walk tb new Enchanted Ground!
ness alone there is perpetual despair.
To be a gentleman does not depend
upon the tailor or the toilet. Good man-
ners count for more than good clothes.
Confidence of success is almost success;
and obstacles often fall of themselves be
fore a determination to overcome them.
Let not your recreations be lavish
spenders of yurr time, but choose such
as are healthful, recreative, and apt to
refresh you ; but at no hand dwell upon
them.
The cares which are the keys of riches.
hang often so heavily at the rich man s
girdle, that they clog him with weary
davs and restless nights, when others
sleep quietly.
The lightsome passion of joy was not
that which now usurps the name; that
trivial, vanishing, superficial thing that
only gilds the apprehensions and plays
upon tho surface of the souL
Every msn is a debtor to his profes
sion; irom the which as men oi course
do seek to receive countenance and profit,
so ought they of duty to endeavor them
selves, by way or amends, to be a help
and ornament thereto.
Discontent is like ink poured into
water, which files the whole fountain
full of blackness. It casta a cloud over
the mind, and renders it more occupied
about the evil which disquiets it, than
about the means of removing it.
Every point in which a man excels.
every true virtue which he cherishes,
every good habit which he acquires.
every beauty of spinty to which he at
tains, will make his friendship purer,
stronger, and better worth having.
Beware, my son, of the man whose
dreary platitudes are never transfigured
by the celestial glow of humor. Other
wise it may happen that your own heart
will become as dry and dusty as his.
Such a man may be as wise as Solomon,
possibly. But the chances are that he is
an ass.
of
Addition and Silence.
Binks was calling on the apple of his
eye. He picked up a volume of "Lucille"
and ran across an inscription on a fly
leaf.
"Ah! a present?" he remarked.
" Yes, from a dear friend, oh, ever so
long ago seven or eight years."
" So long as that? "
" Oh, yes. I was quite a little girl."
When three weeks had gone by without
the regular e. o. d. appearance of Binks,
and it began to look as though he really
meant it, she looked up the book and
found the explanation in the inscription.'
It read:
" To Miss Clara on hex 20th birthday."
That fly leaf is torn out now. Chicago
MaiL
He Only Wanted to See.
Judge Gerald Cummings is a respected
resident of Fort Worth, Texas, notwith
standing that he is immensely stout apd
a member of the legal profession. lie
tried many anti-fat remedies to reduce
his weight, but without any satisfactory
result. lie finally went to the Hot
Springs in Arkansaw, and much to his
joy he lost considerable adipose tissue,
and returned to Fort Worth in a most
happy frame of mind. He thought and
talked of nothing else except his loss of
flesh.
He went to market one morning re
cently and said to the butcher :
"Cut me off twenty pounds of pork."
The request was complied with. The
Judge looked at the meat for some time
and then walked off.
" Shall I send the meat to your house,
Judge? "asked the butcher.
"No," was the reply, "I don't want
it I have fallen off just twenty pounds,
and I only wanted to see how much it
was. Texa Styling.
Trouble With Codfish.
We accepted the urgent invitation of
the froreman of the Crook county (Wy.)
stock ranch to stop and take dinner with
him one afternoon. As we sat down to
the meal he passed a auspicious looking
dish and said:
"That's what they call codfish."
"Codfish always goes to the right spot
with me," replied Briar, politely.
"That may not, though," continued
eur host as he wiped his knife on his
boot leg before helping himself to some
butter. "I've had the greatest time rast-
lin' with that air critter of a fish that I
ever had in all the cookin I ever done."
"What was the trouble with it?"
"So thunderin' salt! This is the
fourth or fifth whack I've took at it,
tryin' to git up a mess that we could
eat.' 'thout goin' down to a deep place
in the creek an' standin in the water np
to our necks the rest of the day."
"It was worst than they usually are,
eh?"
"Worse'n Tve ever tackled, anyhow.
You, see, I sent down after it by Shorty,
here, and I told him to git a big nn
we'd been havin' brC3n every meal be
tween three and four years, an I was
bound to have a change or bust. Shorty
packed it home tied onto the saddle, an'
when he brought it in aid dusted it off
with his hat and looked at it, I says:
"Shorty, she's a dandy J Codfish for
breakfast or I'm a Mexican?" It wasn't
no slouch of a fish, either; it was long
and well put up. a little heavy in front.
I thought, but then the fih ain't built
like a steer or hos. It's head was cut
off and it was all dressed in good shape.
onlv its tail was left on, but Shorty said
that was to handle it bv; an' then he
tried to pound me over the head with it
in fun, but 1 yanked it away irom mm
and hung it up by my Winchester where
the dogs couldn't get it, and left it there
for the night.
"Next mornin' we go up early an cut
off a steak from 'round the neck of our
fish, rooked it. slapped it onto the table
an' yelled Breakfast!' Then we waded
into it. It tasted a deal like ta' in' a big
lumD of salt on your fork, bitin off a1
mouthful, chewin' V swallerin it, an'
goin' for it again 1 The boys kicked.
but I told 'em codfish was al'ays salt, an'
so we cleaned it out at last. Then wa
went down to the creek an' sort o' laid.
Capturing a Schoolnia'am.
Yes, said the young man, as he threw
himself at the feet of the pretty school
teacher, "I love you and would go to the
vrnrli1, .nH In. v nil
'rrmnrl till hami an robbed the 2.000
head o' cattle there is on the ranch of'
the water they orter had. I never saw1
nothing hang by a feller like that fish
did. 'Bout noon I come back up an
'You could n'ot go to the end of the P ft $"1
A Promotive of Sleep.
Monotonous, continuous sounds are
recommended by various persons as pro
motive of sleep. Any one who has ex
perienced the murmur of the insect and
leaf life of a forest knows how quieting
it is. So the purling of the waters, the
humming of a hive of bees, the buzz oi
a spinning wheel, and the murmur of a
distant factory, all act as lullabies. And
Mr. S. N. Stewart asserts in the Scientfit
American that there is no better sleep
guard than machinery. A person having
a spring or electric or water motor to run
her sewing machine need only remove
the needle, place the machine near the
patiect, and let it ran.- Popular Srffna
world for me, James. The world, or
the earth, as it is called, is round like a
ball, slightly flattened at the poles. One
of the first lessons in the elementary
geography is devoted to the shape of the
globe. You must have studied it when
you were a boy."
"Of course I did, but "
"And it is no longer a theory. Cir
cumnavigators have established the
fact."
"I know, but what I meant was that
I would do anything to please you. Ah !
Minerva, if you knew the aching
Toid
'There is no such thing as a Toid,
James. Nature abhors a vacum; but
admitting that there could be such a
thing, how could the void yon speak of
be a void if there was an ache in it?"
'T moint n CUT (hit TT1T llffl Will be
. J
. . ... ...
We left it there till the next mornin' an'
tackled it strain. Still too salt. Then
I left it two days an took another whack,
at it. Couldn't go it yet. Then I tied
one end of alar'at round its tail an' let
down in the well and left it a week. Bj
that time the water was so salty
couldn't use it. but it hadn't freshen
the cod enough to speak of. Then I hov
it unon the root an' let it rain on it
con Die o' times au' afterward r'arcd it u
on a oole in front o' the shack an' let th
wind kinder blow through its whiskers
for a few days. It seemed to be gettin
some better, but we still went in more on
hron than we did on fish. I was mad
bv this time an' took it to the creek an
staked it down to the bottom, where tbe 1
current was raoid. an' said if it didn't
srjoil the water for the stock I'd leave
. m . a. 1 ATI!
it there a roontn. it staia mere uu jc-
A Cowboy's Wonder fa 1 Nerve.
The somewhat tame performance of
the bull fights at Paso Del Norte, Mex
ico, were enlivened daring the proceed
ings recently by tbe daring exploit of a
Texas cowboy who was cheered to the
echo by the densely packed audience
who filled every accessible nook in the
vast amphitheatre. The performance
lagged a little, and the bulls would not
fight in spite of all the picadores might
do.
One or two of the bulls after having
been succesfully goaded and worried
without working them up to the proper
fighting point, had beea ignominiouslv
driven out of the arena and a new one
full of fight and fairly bellowing with
rage, had just been turned into the am
phitheatre, when a Texas cowboy who
was present announced lor tne nonor
and glory of Texas he would ride the
bull, his legs tied around the animal's
neck, his face to the tail, if they would
first throw the bull so that he could get
his legs properly around and underneath
the beast a neck.
He was at once taken at hi word, and
the mounted Mexican bull fighters toon
had the animal lassooed and thrown.
The cowboy then bad himself fixed in
the proper position, and the now furi
ous bull was turned loose. To the won
der and astonishment and intense
delight of the audience, the' animal
was unable to ahaae the aanng
cowboy off, who not only kept his
perilous seat, but after some wild plunges
succeeded by some means in so manip
ulating the beast's horns that he was
thrown. The Mexican performers rushed
at once to the struggling masa, and in a
twinkle had the Texan untied and re
leased. It was a wonderful piece of dar
ing and dare-deviltry, and exceeded any
thing done by the Mexican.
"Benner'g Prophecies for 18SS.
Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer, who
has gained considerable notoriety
through the newspapers for his predic
tions of future events, and wno a lew
years ago published a small volume on
tbe up and downs oi prices, wnicn naa
a great sale, has now communicated to
the BmI EtaU Journal, of New York
City, hia prophecies for the year IS88, in
which he aays:
"This year, 1888, being tbe closing
year in this cycle of low prices seven
years from 1881 is the golden oppor
tunity to commence the loundauon lor a
business. If there is any benefit to be
derived from a knowledge of these cycles
in trade, it will be in taking advantage
of them.
"Young men who are about to com
mence their business career should em
brace their present opportunity. .There
are few of these characters in an ordi
nary life. It requires about ten years to
complete an up and down in general
trade.
"When the depressionszwhich follow
commercial crises reach their lowest
limit, as determined by these price
cycles, they afford the best opportunities
for investment, and the height o specula
tive eras are the most dangerous periods
to make a commencement in any enter-
" Precious green the emerald.
An object of charity to do good.
course.
Cupid is always shooting and forever -making
Mrs.
This cold snap is accounted for. A
quicksilver trust has been formed, and
of course mercury went vp.ItHirg
Chronic!.
. If Dakota cannot get into the Union
shecanenioy the satisfaction of making
it decidedly chilly for the States that
are in. Graphic.
A house painter who slipped from a
staging the other day, carrying his paint
pots with him, came off, it is suted, with
flying colors. Life.
A collecting agency in New York la
run by women exclusively, which seem
to disprove the adage, a woman's work
is never dun. Sij1in.
Some of our contemporics are remark
ing that in Kansas there is a postoff.ee
named "Zero." Well, what of it? That
is nothing. Lotroll Cvurirr. .
l ady of the house -"Jane, who is that
girl that just left the kitchen? Jane
"Oh, ma'am! that's the lady what works
for the woman across the street.
Everybody in the church, eicept the
new pastor himself, seemed to enjoy-it
when l.e lost the place in his manuscript, t
and while hunting for it spok of "Esan.
who sold his message for a birth of pot
right. Bvriinjtvm iLtttkeye.
Home tobacconist ono dwelt in town,
To modes'. t bey M gain 1 renown ; :
"We do not puJf our pip", 'tis clear,
W do not putt cigars sold bore."
You ee I be; were a brace of )oker
And Wt tbe -puffing" to tb smoker.
.New York Sum.
"There's a great difference bet ween an
rgg and a riding horse," remarked the
i-nake Editor. "I suppose so," replied
the Horse Editor; but what uiffereoce
do you refer to in particular?" "An epg
is of no use when it's addled. Pu
Vurg Chronicle.
There is nothing that goes further
toward breaking the heart of a post
mistress who doesn't understand anything .
but English than to have the mail coo Urn
a postal card written in a feminine hand
in German and addressed to a young man
whom she knows.
Guest at Country Tavern "Hare you
any cheese, landlord!" Landlord "Not
a bit in the house, sir.' Guest "Not
even a little piece?" Landlord "By
gum, there is, come to think! Tele,
run down cellar and fetch up that rat
trap. Detrvit Free Pre.
There are shrewd, cartful men in this
country who are bound to crowd the
weak to the wait One of them bought
Horace Greeley's autograph at a sale the
other day. and within Laif an hour bull
dozed a Chinese laundryman into deliver
ing six shirts and a dozen collars for it.
Tbe bell be swnnjf is silent now.
His emery wheels rvvoivs no more; ,
Tbe seal of nrt is on that brow
Tbat long; cars's deep-cut farrows wore; i
Henceforth our ci.ors and our kntvas
No more in Him a friend we'll find.
His was on of tboe toilsome Uvea
That proved in fact a -horrid rrin-1
, Hoton Budt. '
Perkins "And so you're going to tho
fancy -dres ball ? What costume are you
Fjingtowear?" Smart Alec "I thiak
11 borrow your summer suit and go aa .
a tramp. What are you going to wear ?
Perkins "I guesi I'll put oo jour. di
agonal Prince Albert and go aa a looking
gl. '
i means i j j terday. when one o' the boys brought it
lonely withoutyou, thatyou aremyda. ly . , Jft M,
thought and my nightly dream. I would J j downed it at
go anywhere to be with u you lt may be a little water soaked, but
were in Australia or at the North Pole I u noAtAm r tcU yoo the ocean
wo.uL. ,7J Tv . Vv must be a powerful sight saltier than I
"Fly 1 It will be another century be- " w ... tit a fish loaded
fore men can
....
of gravitation are successruuy overcome r fnh fish thj.
t Ha vat will cllll IVmft fl KJs. vH BL IK LB BC1 I ...
buvtu niu ava-aa j
plumb full of it like this un was. This
entifio authority, the difficulty of main
taining a balance "
"WelL at all events," exclaimed the
vouth. 4Tve srot a pretty fair balance in
the savings bank and I want you to be
my wife. 1 here r
"Well, James, since yon put in that
light, I; " ' ' . .
Let the curtain lixLmtion wvrur.
I'll be hanged if I b'lieve a fish is fit to
eat after it' swum 'round in salt water
mebby ten years an' got it ali soaked
through it. I should think they'd have
- Lun tt Ant n.HU
Chicago Tribune.
Professor Proctor thinks the Interest In
astronomy is on the wast. .
prise.
"lhis is tne opportunity lor investor
to open a mine, to build a furnace, to
erect a mill, to build a ship, to equip a
railroad, and to make Investments m
agricultural, commercial and industrial
operations.
"Geerge Peabody laid the foundation
for his fortune by buying American
securities-in one of our commercial de
pressions.''
The Greenwood mines, of Michoacaa,
Mexico, have yielded sixty nuggets oi
native silver, weighing from one to fifty
and one-half pounds. Tbe largest, which
is almost pure silver, is one of the most
remarkable ever found, and is said to ha
been twelve pounds heavier in its original
state.
The debating club at Centralia, ITU
recentlv discussed the proposition: "If
my hen flies over into your yard and lays
an egg, and your hen hatches a chicken
fmm it which, hen is the mother of the
chicken?"
Some EnrlUh Preaaif latUns.
Talbot is pronounced TolbuL , ,
Thame is pronounced Terns. .
Bulwer is pronounced Boiler.
Cowper is pronounced Cooper. V
1 1 ol burn is pronounced Hobun.
Wetnjs is pronounced Weems.
Knollys is prodounred KbowIcs.
Cockburn is proa n on nerd Co burn.
Brougham is pronounced Broom.
Norwich, is pronounced Norridge.
St. Leger if pronounced SUIinger.
Hawarden is pronounced Harden.
Colquhoua is pronounced Cohoon.
Cirencester is pronounced 8 ssUter.
Grosvenor is pronounced Grovenor.
Salisbury is pronounced 8ewl-.bo.ry.-Beauchamp
is pronounced Beecham.
Marylebone is pronounced Marrabua.
Abergavenny is pronounced Aber
genny. Msrjoribanks is pronounced March-banks.
Bolingbroke is pronounced Bulling-
brooks. .
A Cnrlens Xaax Castes.
An English writer quotes a cunnni
custom, which is to be found in the
ancient records of Castle Mona, sbowidg
that for many centuries Manxmen have
had a chivalrous regard for the right ol
women. A dei ree in the black-letter
book ordains tbat if a rata was proved
to have wronged a maid the Deematet
was the hand to her an ax, a rope and a
ring, that she might deal with the recal
citrant lover, the had tbe choice to
behead him with tbe ax, to hang hire
with the rope or marry him with th
ring. Tradition aays the maids wert
usually lenient." HMsurv netuw.
-After Ten."
He was such a pleasant fellow.
Bo polite, so pobahct. too:
Everywhere we weoS tofretber.
He would murmur: Altar you
Did we reach a door together,
H would never first ro through.
Bat would wait to let roe pass aim.
Baying oftly "After yoo:"
Wa there asrytaing we wanted.
And wa not enough for two.
He would always let me hav it.
Always muttering: "After youf"
Bo it was en each occasion.
Whatsoe'er the cane might be,
E would never be the leader.
But wa always after warn.
B baa borrowed fifty dolar.
Maybe 'tis a passma w bun.
But be has not since bsm beard of.
And I aow am after him.