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fyht people's prm. L.V.&E. T.BLUM, Publishers and Proprietors. TERMS: CASH IN ADVANCE. Oa Oof f on year, .... 777 .7 US " " tlx months, .......... .78 Uurs . . M VOL. XXXVI. gtteied to goUBts', J&ttnhtri, ggriadtere, Mttd Central fnfmta&af. V4 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.