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A colored man by the name of Robs,
who was lately convicted of murder in
the fir-t degree and sentenced to be
hanged at Brandenburg,' Ky., was
granted a new trial on the ground that
be had not been convicted by a jury of
his peers. There was no colored man on
the jury that tried him.
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The tate for realism is extending,
observes the Commercial Advertiser. In
Nova Scotia the other day three small
hoys, under eight years all of them,
I ound and gagged another small boy
arid proceeded to play "killing pig" so
iiuccssfully that they cut his throat
fatally to get the proper flow of blood.
Lord Wplscley" says that one of the
bravest men he ever knew is Lieuienant
Oencral Sir Gerald Graham, V. C, who
was in chief command at the battle of
El Teb, in Africa. Graham is several
inches over six feet in height, and rather
indolent physically. Many times Wolse
lcy has seen him endanger his life rather
than take a few extra steps in safety.
One 1'afael, a weather-beaten gypsy,
lias petitioned the Emperorjf Austria to
allow him to be invested with the
sovereignty of all gypsies everywhere,
oilering to show incontestably hisdesccnt
from that Pharaoh who would npt let
Israel go, and also, if his petition be
grunted, to make the gypsies cease from
vagrancy and become serviceable citi
zens. .
An international congress of nearly
five hundred physicians lately in session
at Paris was practically unanimous that
consumption, or tuberculosis, is contagious-
and transmissible between man
and beast1. There was unanimity also as
to the prime necessity of boiling milk
and cooking meat well as a preventive
of m nch of the consumption which now
a i icts the human race. None of these
conclusions arc new, but they derive ad
ditional force from the unanimity with
which they were declared and accepted
as facts well es ablished.
Fc ent arrivals from the Hawaiian
Islands declare that the Government is
insolvent, and that nothing can prevent
bankruptcy in the near future. The re
form Government, which came into
power on the downfall of the Gibson
Mini-try, has simply used any coin, in
sight to pay current expenses, with no
thought of future settlement. The pub
lic debt of Hawaii may be put in round
numlers at 2,730,000, for which the
only security is Crown land3 and Gov
ernment buildings at Honolulu, which
under forced sale would not realize half
this amount.
"Five million people upon the.globe
are now dependent on the electric cur
reut for their daily bresd," so said Mr.
W. II. Prcere, at the recent meeting of
the British Association held at Bath.
Scarcely a week passes," he continued,
"without some fresh practical applica
tion of its principles, and we seem to be
only on the shore of that sea of economy
nml beneficence which expands, with
every new discovery of the properties of
eleitricity, and spreads already beyond
the mental grasp of any one single
worker," And what is in store beyond
for man's research and conquest who
thall say?
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Statistic? are not always interesting
reeling, observes the New York GrajMr,
Jft can any one fail to find cause for
rejoicing when he reads the fact that the
army of American school children who
have rc-umed their studies"numbers ovet
ll,0:,0i)().' The latest data .furnished
hy the Government shows that there are
m a ly lyiO '.00 J scholars enrolled upon
the lists of our schools, and that the
average daily attendance is fully 11,
t!nt,Ouo. Curiously enough the greatest
' progress in this line is evidenced where
one would least expect it. The Territory
of l akota shows the-most marked in
crease in the number of her schools and
scholars, and is followed closely by that
oft slandered State, Indiana. In New
Hampshire, Vermont, ( hio, Nevada and
South Carolina there has been a marked
l(crcisein the number of schoolchildren
enrolled. The central States of .jtho
Xoi th are far ahead of all the rest of the
1 "ion, and the Southern States, while
maVing rapid advance, still remain, far
the rear as to the number of their
children attending schools.
The New York Independent presents
its annual statistical exhibit of the vari
ous churches in this country, compiled
mostly from official sources. The follow
ng is a general summary by denbmina
tional groups:
A'lventists
Kaptists
flu-Mian Union. .
Congregationalism
I'rieinls.
German Evange'l.
Lutherans
""etmonites
Methodists
Moravians
Sew Jerusa'em...
lebytfrians.....
ty'Jswpalians....
"''formed.
(,man Catholics.
' nitarians
t'niversalists.. "
. Mln.'
l.-V'.'J 8:io
l-VM S0,K8
1..VX) 500
MJ4 4,m
TOO 500
. 675 500
1,Wi 4,215
H8j 605
4S.25S 28,313
W 108
95 101
13,057 9,rS6
. 4.7ft 3,931
.2,03.5 1,315
. 6,823 5,595
375 488
730. .677
13S.865 94,457
S Com.
10D.441
3,971,6'S.j
rib.uoo
457,584
107,903
125,000
987,000
93,00.1
4,690,525)
10,906
- 5,750
1,130,685
446,785
209,523
7,200,000
20,000
37,807
Qtvoitd to Hotifus. &tntar ggriaOtre, fa &rttx jmi gmers! $nftttaBm.
Vol. xxxyi.
THE MYSTIC SIGN.
"Ogorceous poppy, of rich renown,
Show us the way to Sleepy Town.
Baby must eo he's tired of play;
But yet I think we have missed the way."
Then tranquilly up and down ,
"Waved the flower of rich renown,
- And softly it seemed to say,
"This way this way this way
Is the way to Sleepy Town."
"0 ripening wheat, all golden brown,
Show us the way to Sleepy Town. ,
How shall we find.where the starlight gleams,
On the City of Sleep in the Land of Dreams?"
Then soothingly up and down
Went the wheat, all golden-brown,
And whispering seemed to say,
"This way this way this way
Is the way to Sleepy Town."
O little one, with curly crown,
Have you learned the way to Sleepy Town,
Where faintest music, and softest light,
And sweetest blossoms enchant the night?"
Then drowsily up and down ' -
Went the beautiful curly crown,
While the tired eyes seemed to say,.
"This way this way this way
Is the way to Sleepy Town."
Eudorajs. Bumstead in St. Nicholas.
M UMBRELLA'S STORY.
K'. ;u V &am for the yea? was 643
I lurches. 4rs .!:..' .
wmmumcants. By far the heaviestgain
J among the Baptists-1587 churches
w lO'i ministers. The Methodists,
in their 48,285 churches, 28,313 min
cers and 4. em
1; 6e head of the denominations, 'the
t;mn Catholics come next, and then
prists, Presbyterians, Lutherans
ODi5rtgatianali8t and Episcopalian!.
BY HARRIE-f LAWSON.
Clothed in rags too dilapidated to be
called picturesque or even artistic, with
broken ribs and warped back-bone, it is
no wonder that I lost my head; and all
through the abominable taste of Arethusa.
and Adolphus, who chose "the King's,
highway" and a tricycle on which to
murmur sweet nothings instead of the
vine-covered porch or summer-house of
good old-fashioned times. Adolphus
was leaning so much to our side that he
appeared to be "all out of drawing,"
while Arethusa's ear was of the brightest
rose-pink and her left dimple in full
play ; moreover, she was perfectly uncon
scious that the sunbeams 'had undisputed
possession of her fair face, and were sure
to abuse their advantage by a shower of
freckles upon her Grecian nose.
In vain the wind tugged at me and I
tugged at Adolphus. lie would not be
warned, and the result was a mingling of
girlish, shrieks and strong masculine
language, and a areneral upset condition.
' As for me, I was so completely crushed
that had it not been for the hab.t of a
lifetime I should never have had the
energy to observe and comment isotto
voce) as usual : "What fools these mortals
be." ,
Adolphus sprang promptly to his feet,
very red, very much mortified, very
anxioiis to find somebody or somethin"'
to blame besides his own carelessness.
And there, peeping out through the
big wheels, completely caged, sat Are
thusa, looking as sweet and quiet (now
that she had found terra, lirma) as a
"sucking dove." -
"The wretched machine 1 my poor
darling : that horrid umbrella ! Are you
surevou are not hurt? A screw loose!
A hole in the horrid road! I shall never
forgive npyself if you are hurt!" ex
claimed Adolphus all in a breath.
. "But I am not in the least injured,"
lisped the caged pigeon sweetly, 'and if
Ldiad been, it never could have been
your fault ; it was just some weak spot
in the machine, just an unavoidable ac
cident that no one could help."
"How sweet it is cf you to say so,"
cried Adolphus, going to work at mov
ing the turned-over tr. cycle; "but I shall
not hove a second's peace till I see you
on your feet again; then, if you reatlv
are unhara ed I cannot be altogether
sorry for the accident, for it has shown
the exquisite amiability of your dis
position in all its periection. I don't
believe there is a girl in a thousand, no,
nor in the world, that would have
borne such a trial without losing her
temper."
This style of conversation proved so
agreeable to both parties concerned that
it would doubticss have been indefinitely
prolonged, but Adolphus finally moved
the wheels and disclosed to the view' of
the amiable prisoner the crushed remains
of her new heliotrope hat ! Then, indeed,
came a change o'er her mobile face; the
features sharpened,, a stony glare filled
her liquid eyes, there was a perceptible
stiffening of the whole frame, and the
straightest, stiiiest, taliest up-rising that
l ever beheld in my life. When she had
finally reached her highest possibility,
she inquired in a voice not loud, but as
ciear ana co.a as cut glass: "Will
as closely as I have, he would have held
his tongue, for lie would have seen the
two tears just trembling on the wink of
Arie's eyelids, and known the trouble
was nearly ended; but being only an
exasperated man, he said very coldly:
"Since that is" your opinion, Miss Ander
son, I will release you from all promises
to me, as you would hardly care to be
tied to a coward for life."
"Oh, thanks, very much," responded
Arie as sweetly and calmly as if she was
accepting a glass of water; "it is very
kind of you to think of it," and she
busied herself removing a bit of mud
from her dress. The sudden change of
voice and expression made my head
swim (although I had seen the two tears
drop), and it evidently did Adolphus,
for he looked puzzled, although his tones
were still frigid as he inquired: "Do
you prefer to walk home, Miss Ander
son, or will you trust yourself again to
the tricycle and my inefficient hands:"
"Oh, I think it would be better to ride
since the tricycle is here ; it would seem
a pity to get all heated and dusty from
the walk, don't, you think?" Then
drawing a blue silk handkerchief from
her pocket, she tripped up to Adolphus
and observed in the most matter-of-fact
way possible, "Would you mind, Mr.
Kadcliffe, just tying this under my chin;
the ends are so short I can't get at them?
I am sorry to trouble you, but I'm afraid
I shall take cold if I ride with nothing
on my head."
"Yes, certainly," answered Adolphus,
awkwardly, and he tried still more awk-.
wardly to tie a kuot under the remark
ably pretty chin that was held up for the
purpose. The eyelashes were down, so
he had an ample opportunity to observe
that it was a remarkably pretty chin,
with quite an unusually alluring assort
ment of dimples around the coiners of
the mouth, and somehow, as he looked,
the clouds passed away from his face,
and holding the blonde head straight to
ward him and very firmly by the knot
he had succeeded in making, he said
gently: "Arie, would you mind looking
at me;"
"Oh, net the least in the world," was the
demure answer, "only the sun hurts my
eyes."
"Caution is a very excellent trait," he
answered dryly, "but I do not know
that I ever knew it to develop so sud
denly. Ypu might shield your eyes with
your hands if you are really afraid of
permanent blindness."
"Why, surely," cried Arie, "you al
ways are so full of resource in an emer
gency," and covering both pink palms
pinker face, she looked at him
SALEM, N. C, THUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1888.
BUDGET OF FUN.
could change my foreboding that the
union would never be a happy one.
Promptly on the following morning
Adolphus called and hastened with me
to the abode of the fair Arethusa, who
received me with delight, and expressed
her admiration in most eloquent terms,
saying: "Just fancy! and how awfully
jolly !" (Oh, yes, she was very English in
deed!) a great many times in all her
choicest tones. This, of course,
was very soothing to my feelings,
but I was not long allowed to bask in
the honeyed words, for picknicking was
the order of the day, and I was immedi
ately called into requisition and my
troubles began. At the first whiff of
widd my head made a violent effort to
resume his natural position and drag my
pretty dress in the dust, an effort which
1 resented and strained every bone to
prevent; and in the commotion that en
sued there was another hat catastrophe;
but this time it was Mr. Kadcliffo who
wai the sufferer, and much diversion
his antics afforded us. as he ambled
and leaped, and scrambled and climbed
back and forth on a stone wall in his
pursuit of it, and made h mself generally
ridiculous in full view of his lady-love,
as she stood cool and serene in the rosy
shade, which, in my gratitude for hold
ing me. firmly aloft, I shed over her in
profusion. I am sorry to be obliged to
state that his race was enlivened by oc
casional breezy expressions, to which
Arethusa and I politely closed our ears.
"Why, my dear," taid fhe sweetly,
when, red and disgusted he rejoined us
bearing captive the muddyh.it, "I am
afraid so much exercise must have fa
tigued you so soon after breakfast."
The words were sympathetic enough,
but unfortunately there was a full
blown twinkle in her eyes utterly at va
riance with them, and it was this that
Adolphus's quick glanr e took in at once,
and to this he respond, d irritably, "Oh,
I quite understand ; I daresay you de
liberately pushed my hat off with that
detestable umbrella for the sake of see
ing me make myself ridiculous."
"Why, Dolphy! how can you say such
things! I'm sure it wss very pietty to
see you play with the wall so nicely. I
had no idea you were so agi'e'"
Dolph's vanity was touched to the
quick now.
"Oh, I dare say you would have been
equally diverted if I had fallen and
broken my neck," he returned acridly.
"Since that is your opinion,"' mimick
ing very successfully his manner of the
previous day, "I give you back all prom
ises, r.s you would hardlv care to bo
bound for life to a murderess !" Then
"And all about
HUMOROUS 8KETCHR3 FHOM
VAitlOUS SOURCES
over a
with an expression of infantile admira- i she remarked absently
iiuu so ongoi ana warm mat it would , a hat, too : '
almost dry a wet umbrella! At all events,
Adolphus was not proof against it, and ;
a simultaneous burst of laughter broke
from them that startled the robins in ;
the branches overhead, which suggested
to Alolphus that he should secure the
perquisites that belonged to the occasion
before any further interruption oc
curred. This having been satisfactorily ar
ranged he asked : "Xow, tell me frankly,
Arie, aren't you a little bit ashamed to
break your engagement for such a trifle ?"
"I?" she exclaimed, "I break an en
gagement; who would ever suspect me
of such a thing. I've always been taught
that man was a dangerous animal and it
was dangerous to contradict him when
he was in earnest. Besides," she added,
still iore meekly, "it might lead to a
quarrel."
"Well," said Adolphus, highly pleased
with this sally, "I suppose I shall be
jut fool enough to get you,
sphinx as you are," and he
Then it was that I appreciated the full
meaning of the saying that "two is a
company and three is none." for thoso
two ungrateful wretches agreed to call
poor, inoffensive mt the sour e of all dis
agreement, and between them left me
without a shred of character, actually
deciding to do without my protection
for all time.
"But we'll keep it to lend to trouble
some callers," and with this pleasant
prospect before me I was returned to the
umbrella stand with a bang! America
Magazine.
A Woman's Peculiar Malady,
ffhere is living in Cleveland, Ohio, a
;lady alnctcd with a peculiar malady
, which has puzzled and baffled the entire
medical fraternity of this section of the
country. Herself the sister of a well
known physician, she has been unable
to obtain any relief, and has turned in
despair from one form of treatment to
another without avail. Some years ago,
caiefully as if she had been a Dresden
"china shepherdess; and thus for the first
time his eyes dropped upon me where I
lay in the gutter, wonderine 'what
-quality of the masculine mind was that
which led him to prefer to be made a
fool of in this waj !
"That umbrella is past all usefulness,"
he observed indifferently; "we'll just
leave it where it is."
But Arethusa did not think so. She
wanted me a3 a memento of their first
falling out." So I was brought along
forthwith and enjoyed the privilege of
listening to various plans for my restora
tion to strength and beauty, besides a
great deal of conversation quite too deli
cate to bear pen and ink !
The next morning I was handed over
to the tender mercies of an umbrella sur
geon, and his face was certainly a study
as he examined me. My fractured ribs,
my warped backbone, and generally
broken ui condition, evidentlv made a
be kind enough to tell me, Mr. Kadcliffe I gieai impression upon n.m, tor ad ust
what that obiert ir ' Kaaclin.e ing hm glasses he looked searehingly at
seated her on the tricycle as j when a young girl, the house in which
' l am sure I don't know," said he
with one puzzled look at her than -red
aspect, and another atthe object indi-1
ibiuu, going a step nearer as the truth
flashed upon him, but unfortunately on
the ludicrous side.
"Why, Arie," he shouted between
peals of laughter, "it's it's your new
hat." And crushed, battered and ut
terly demolished, he presented it for
nearer inspection, which p.oved quite
too much for Arie's cool dignity.
"You mcantf, unfeeling creature," she
burst out, "to spoil my hat, and you
had no business to tip that tricycle over.
Do you suppose -'I would have risked
that hat if 1 had known you were ex
perimenting? Oh, yes! it may Le a
laughing matter to you, very amusing,
doubtless!, but are you aware that that
hat came from Paris; not only that, but
it was made to order to match my suit,
and not till this very morning did I re
ceive it!"
Long before she had finished, AdoF
phus was feeling remarkably limp. "
"But Arie but, my clear, " he expostu
lated, "you know it was all an accident ;
don't, you think you are a little unrea
sonable? What is it all about ?'T
"I thought I had expla ned with suf
ficient clearness what it was all about,"
with a return of dignity: But a glance
at the wrecked splendor freed her tongue
again.
"I dare say it would give you pleasure,
yes, actual pleasure, to see me make a
guy of myself by wearing a hat that
didn't match this suit 1 but I won't, sir I
No! I'll burn the suit first."
"Arethusa, don't be a goose, and all
about a hat, too!" and Adolphus now
looked distressed enough to suit the
most exacting fair lady. But not Are
thusa, for there were tears in her eyes,
and my observation has taught me that
those tears must fall before the temper
subsides.
' How dare you call me names; I tell
you it was a mean, contemptible, cow
ardly "
"Arethusa," interrupted Adolphus,
very deep and very strong, and he did n't
look at all limp now, "you are going too
far: I shall have to ask you to take that
back:',' . V
"That I altogether decline to do,"
replied Arethusa; "it was cowardly to
ask me to ride when you did n't know
how to manage the machine."
Now. if Adolohus had observedfemi-
nine nature of the round and rosy kind
Adolphm and asked dryly: "You didn't
make a m stake1 ani bring the wrong
umbrella, did you? This isn't worth
mending."
"Possibly I'm the best judge of that,"
with his most lordly air.
'All right, all right, sir; if you don't
mind paying; twice as much as you
would for a new one, I'm sure I've no
objection to put my work on it." And
then followed a discussion as to my
dress ana e puipments; that was intensely
she was stopping at the time was struck
! by lightning. All of the inmates were
stunned, and more or less seriously in
I jured. This young lady suffered more
severely than the other victims. The
shock completely paralyzed both her or-
gans of speech and motion, and she lay
i for days in a most precarious condition.
recovery, although slow, was appar
ently complete, however, and in a few
w eeks the effect of the stroke had en
tirely passed away, says the Pittsburg
Dixpatch.
One day she felt the dread symptom)
of paralysis stealing over her, and before
j assistance could be summoned the un
I fortunate woman was again prostrated,
j speechless, and unable to move a muscle
. of her body. It was noticed at the time
that a heavy thunder storm wai brewing,
and that the air was overcharged with
electricity. When the storm was ovei
( the patient rapidly recovered, and the
next diy was as well as ever, save the
nervous shock attending the relapse.
j The next thunder storm brought with
' it the same alarming state of affairs, nnd
again was the young woman paralyzed,
recovering only when the atmosphere
was cleared of its overcharge of elec
tricity. The fact that the victim's sys
tern, rendered sensitive to electrical
changes by the frightful shock it had re
ceived when she was struck by light
ning, was now susceptible to the slightest
presence of the subtle fluid, was row aiv
parent, and medical science was called
into requisition to effect a cure. Al
interesting to me, for 1 knew how much ' lemedies proved ineffective, and with
depended upon it. If some delicate
color were chosen my life would indeed
be a gay one, for I should be reserved
for full-dress occasions, but, a'as! how
soon it would end! as fade I must, and
so be thrust aside iuto.some dark corner
and forgotten ! So I was thankful enough
when Adolphus decided (being of a
literary turn) that I should be thoroughly
red.
"Remember, I want it as soon as
possible," were the last directions; and
the surgeon, looking alter his retreating
back, observed, "a screw loose some
where in that head ; cranks are thicker
than usual this year." And then he fell
upon me, and such a wrenching and
pullfng and straightening of ribs never
happened to one of my family before, I
am ceatain, and I squealed and groaned
at every pull; but it was done at last,
and then came my dress, which went on
comfortably and fitted to a charm, and I
should have been quite satisfied if the
surgeon had not discovered at the
moment , a fact that I tried vainly to
hide, namely a crack in my head !
"This is the mischief to y ay," said he;
"my crank will make it hot for me if I
don't make a better iob than this." And
he turned me thoughtfully over and over
in ms nanus.
"There is no use to try and glue that
up; there'll just have to be a new head,
and I know where there is the very
thing, at my neighbor's, the pawn
broker's, on that broken cane that I saw
there the other day, that will be just the
style to suit my dude customer."
I felt this to be a fatal move, for how
would the cane head ever accommodate
himself to his reversed position in life,
and by the time my would-be friend
came ambling back I was thoroughly de
pressed, although I realized at the first
glance that my new head was much
handsomer than the old ; and in spite of
the fact that we were regularly joined
together hj a massive gold ring, nothing
everv recurring tnunuer storm the un
fortunate woman relapses into a state oi
partial or complete paralysis, according
to the severity of the storm. Her health
has, of course, suffered from the con
stant strain put upon her both physically
and mentally, but there appears to be
no relief from the malady, if it can be
termed such.
A Trimitivc Mexican Mill.
The ordinary Mexican corn-mill is of
the pattern that has been in use from
time immemorial, sometimes as a hand
mill, but turned by a hore, camel, ox
or ass when constructed on a larger
scale. Livingstone describes, in South
Africa, "a mill, such as in Biblical times
Sarah used, when told by her lord to do
the thing handsomely and in a hurry foi
the strangers t. e. : a Dig stone worn
quite hollow by the operations rf grind
ing. The upper stone is grasped by both
hands, and the weight of the body is
brought down on it as it is shoved to the
lower part" In the Mexican mill the
upper stone is large and heavy enough
to grind by its own weight the meal for
the daily tortUU". The patient, cir
cumambulating mule is not muzzled, but
he is blindfolded by a pair of singular-
looking conical extinguishers, which
prevent his being distracted from his
work by the sight of the grist he is pul
verising.
Twos Raised to Tens.
Quite a number of silver certificates
are in circulation in this city which have
been raised from $2 to $10. The two
large figures on the back have b.en ob
literated and the figure "i" on the face
cut out ana a figure "10" inserted, be
mg held in place by court plaster. Where
the word "two" is spelled out the last
two letters are obliterated, leaving only
the "t." It fc well calculated to deceive
unless the bill is particularly noticsd.
An Autumnal Idyl-Then Ton 11
Remember Me A Precaution
t ary Measure A Creature
of Habit. Etc., Etc
ro"?s from the wild rose-trees
Upon the grass are falling, .
And geese in happy argosies
Hy southward, wildlv call.nz.
- P?n the top rail of the fenca
Thf iuirrels madly chatter.
And in the forest, dfep and dense.
1 ne chestnuts gaily patter; '
And Mary Jane will suou commence
To make the buckwheat batter.
Then Yott'll Remember Me.
Restaurant Waiter (to departing cus
tomer who has failed to give him the
accustomed tip) "You'll not forcet me
will you:" '
Miserly Party "No. indeed. I'll
write you a letter when I get home."
A Precautionary Measure.
Enamored Youtl "Your father treat.
me with the most distinguished consid
eration. The other night he called to
me as I was leaving ami reminded me I
was lorgetting my umbrella."
tweet liirl
would
evening.
ir, and I am fast breaking down, but I
have a son who
"I surrender," sad the business man,
brokenly. "I don't want the blood of
three generations on my head. I'll take
your entire stock if you quit and call it
square." Ckicuqo Tribune.
A Mean Trick.
Gus Do Smith has been engaged to a
number of young ladies, but thus far he
has never married any of them. Besides
being a gay Lothario, Gus is also a poet.
On meeting a friend recently Gus remarked:
you hear that I was engaged
When are vou
"Did
again?"
"You don't tell me so?
going to cet maniedr
'I d du't say that I was going to get
married. I am only engaged."
"What is the young lady's name?"
"Her uame is Lucy. Two other young
ladies to whom I was engaged were
namea mcy. That s why I eni"
.u mil ia-si gin. i can ui on
this present Lucy the onnets and love
letters I used on the other two. Seer
itiny$.
NO. 46.
UOtSEOLD MATTEES.
JOB PRINTING
U sapplM with all 1111 inj malarial, a4
U tally praparad to da work wttfc
MCATNCM, D lP A TOM,
VERY LOWEST PRICES
B mm U itvo a a trfel
toMUnvttku
To Clean Paint Work.
A steamboat steward says that house
keepers should go to a steamboat for
lessons on clean ng paint work. Tha
cabin of a steamboat, painted a lear
white, is kept quite as if the painter had
iust left it, being not only clear, b:t
having a beautiful polish. All that is
necessary is a little water, a sponge, pure
rastite soap, and a smooth cloth for rub
bing after the dirt has been washed off
with the sponge. The rubbing restores
the polish. Many people pa nt every
year, whereas if the paint is washed in
this way it will show char and with a
h:gh polish for four or five years.
JYairie I'armcr.
A Pointei Reply.
After the downfall of Napoleon in
ISl'i, the French .ovcrnment became
liable for the amount of "V million
francs, which was to I e paid over to
Allies within three vcars. to reimbunui
t t.irl es papa was afraid you : them for the expen-e of the campaign
Cnl-?g, f,er lt tue nexl The Pments we:e to be made in lslo i,
',. Iluladel,y,ia lteord. gold, but as the French were unable t
A Creature oT liable
"Are you going oat r dinar
"Yes."
"Why do you take that bell Jon
fieau oi a wuipf "
"i!ecau.sc, you see, I bough. tl.U hore
from the street railroad ni.oy and he
won't move unhss I ring a bclL"
Fiiejiiule LlnlUr.
in-
Uae Plenty of Apple.
Applies are abundant and chesp this
year, says the New York WUmm, and
there is -no more useful fruit. I aw.
Stewed, baked or nrta-rved. thev ara
engrigcd j wholesome, toothsome and nutiitious.
I he la.l apples are the most juicy and
delicious, but do not keep, and for that
reason have to be sold cheap. Every
(rood sired family should buy a barrel of
them at onte for immediate use, and
tave them fro.n spoiling by eating thctn
up A considerable port'on of ihcm
nii.ht alo bt made into kllr bv eorinir
, them and boiling sk o and all. eJ m
' pies are best for this purpose, as the
color of the skin gives a f.ne rich tint to
I the jelly. A liberal allowance of lemon
in I j"'ce snouia do aa ied to the apple u ce
t ! and an eaual weight at t.uonr anil thn
raise the amount in gold, the Allies had I hole boiled iaio a jelly. It isMhe
to be satislied withsilyerin payment of cheapest of all jellies and remarkably
thj other installment, ig'Kxl when well made, bought apple
The people of I'aris were naturally I elly is not nearly so nke, and can seldom
very muc h interested, and took no pains ' be relied upon. lt is frtoi.entl nn,
irom ine relume or t. a evj-Hiratin-r t--
Not Ode to SiM-cet.
First Poetical Aspirant (to second
ditto) ".-o yoYfayjou aent off more
than a hundred poems and never had one
returned V
Second P. A. "That's what I said."
First I. A. "It's a phenomenal suc
cess! I wish I knew the secret."
Second P. A. "Well, I've sometime?
thought it was because I never enclosed
postage stamps." Life, j
He Liked to Tin Accurate
The farmer's wife ran out to the road
and looked up and down. A tramp was
shill ing along.when she hailed him. T
say, did you see any cows in the corn in
that corner lot:"
"No, nia'am," he replied as he lifted
his hat, "I didn't see any cows in the
corn, but I did sea some of the corn go
ing into the cows at "
But she was off. Li "e.
iu. mcir anguisu at having to
part with their gold and silver coin.
The sib cct was under discussion one
day in the salon of Madame de StaeL
A voung German olh'cer who was present
protc-ted against the Allies being com
pelled to take the inferior metal in pay
ment. "Vou had better be satisfied," inter
rupted Madame de Macl; "we paid tha
first installment in gold, the second in
silver, and, if pressed too closely, we
might pay the third in iron."
-Very well, Madame, replied the
German officer, calmly!; "you can pay
the third in-tallment in iron, if you
choose, but if you try it wq will givo
you a receipt in full iu lead."
Didn't Recognize; the Bimlves.
Mr. Byam Kegs (from Kalamazoo, with
intense disgust). "Here, waiter, I
ordered raw oyters. What on airth
are these nasty black st jncs !
Waiter (petrified) "iystahs, sah on
do hatl-shell, sah:"
Mr. Byam Keggs "HalT-shcll, is it?
Ob, git outl I've cat a million canned
oysters oiU home, and never ,av a shell
on ary onp of them !" f
Careful r Ills Mind.
Woman (to tramp) "I s'pose you've
traveled a good deal in this country?'
Tramp- "I know every toot of it,
Ma'am, from 1 ortland, Maine, to the
Hio Grande."
Womair "Don't ye git tired o' travel- ! , Js , ,
in' sometimes (" dcm?.nde'l-
Tramp "Occasionally, Ma'am, I am
oppressed with more or less ennui: still,
there's nothing l.ke travel, you know,
to broaden one's mind." Tne EoJi.
Penelope'. Word' or Comfort.
' I Vnn! ...... . i
i . .u..urv., . k JUU say sumciulDg
to soften the blow?" implored the youn
man.
"Oh. Thil.p, Thilip! What can I say?
It is all over between us."
"That doesn't soften it any," rejoined
Thilip; "that's what you said befo"rc"
! And the unhappy youth looked mourn
! fully at a ten-dollar volume of poems he
i had presented her a few months before,
j and heaved a sigh so deep, so pro
i found, that it made his shoes i erceptibly
tighter. J
"Penelope," he continued, "when a
young man builds all his hopes on the
, promise of a young woman and that
young woman deliberately goes back on
that promise, it knocks the props, as it
were, out from under his hopes, and
they cometlown, kerswash! lou may
have a perception sometime, Tenelope,"
he added' with increasing gloom, "of.
the feelings of a hum m being standing
by a wrecK of this kind and looking at
the debris of his own happiness.".
x couiun i neip it, rump," she re-
pueu,
.I 1. 1 1
uc I'viume jausi.eu mat werr
...,v uvt luuuc iur cacu oiner. v e
should not be happy together. We"1
"is it because I am a mu2rwumD?"he
Two Picture1.
In Courtship "What makes the stars
so dim to-night?" the usked.
"Your eyes are so bright they out
shine them," he said, as he tenderly
pressed her hand.
After M arriage "I wonder how many
telegraph poles it would take to reach
from here to the moon?" she Baid,
musingly.
"One, if it was long enough," he
snapped; "why can't you talk sense?'
tioston Courier.
"What Can He Tell Pa?
Clara (shyly) "You will have to gain
papa's consent first, Mr. Sampson, ere I
give you my answer."
Mr. Sampson (heart throbbing with
hope) "Can I see him at once, dear
Clara?-'
"I think so, Mr. Sampson; and papa is
so absurdly practical, he may ask some
foolish questions."
. What will he ask?
He may want to know how much you
are woith, and oh, Mr. Sampson George
(and the name dropped so sweetly from
her lips) what will you tell him? JSit-ing$.
'Vn Pkilln if S. .XI T it!. l.
; with proper nursing, you would recover
1 from that in time. Neither have I any
objection to your personal appearance
. your position in society, Nyour hab
i its"
! "My habits !" he e'aculated. "I hop
not. Penelope Wit hers poon, I never in
my life took a drink of anything intox
icating, never chewed tobacco, never
smoked a cigar, never went to a circus,
and never was in a ballroom. I don't
drink tea or to Tec, eat peatnuts, chew
gum," read novels, swear, gamble, lie,
use snuJ. play checkers, sit up late at
n'g'lt K to theatres, eat between meals,
nor read Amelie Rives. I never kissed
a young woman in my life"
j "As far as my experience goes," as
f serted Penelope, retrospectively. "I can
certify that you have not, "Philip," she
added, with a glow of tender womanly
sympathy on her face, "you asked me
to fay something to soften the blow. I
think I c an foresee a great future for you.
Your habits have fitted you for a shin
ing career."
"In what capacity, may I ask?"
"As a f-JO.i-a-wcek freak in a dime
museum. Chicago Tribune.
mowing
Ijearninjr to Shop.
Pretty Miss "Have you any plows?"
Jeweler lowst"
"Yes, or harrows!"
"Harrows?"
"Yes. or rakes, or hoes, or
machines "
"See here, my little miss, you seem to
be out of your head, and I don't know
but may be I ought to call a doctor or
policeman or "
'Oh, mercy me ! Don't do that ! My
head is all right. You see, I wanted to
go shopping, and as I had not any money
ma told me to be careful not to ask for
anything the store I went into was likely
to have in stock." I'hiUidelpMa Jltcord.
Food lor a Lover.
He "Amanda, this is the neat little
restaurant where I have those delicious
lunches I have mentioned to you but
could not describe, and this is Tom, the
waiter who serves me my favorite dishes
so nicely.
She "Howsweer, Adolphus."
He "What will you order, Amanda?
They have birds, oisters, and all the
delicacies of the season."
She "Your favorite dish, Adolphus,
-of course. Waiter, you may fetch Mr.
Wigwag's favorite order, which he says
you serve so nicely."
Waiter "Yes, lady" (giving order)
"Draw one in dedark. Boused pigs' feet
on de Iron." JVcu Tori Sun.
Vegetables or National Importance.
The importance of vegetables in the
United States, says a writer in the lnde
jun mt, has been partially demonstrated
in late years by the regular establishment
by Congress of the "Section of Vegetable
Pathology,'" since, while this section at
tends to the diseases bf vines and fruit
trees, it also investigates Iho-e of vege
tables. A. small appropriation was
granted to the 1 epartment of Agricul
ture for the support of this section, and
those in charge of it have already gath
ered a good deal of information as to the
po'ato rot in the United States. The
Botanical' Division has also published
1,00() copies of the "Circular No. -J,"
on "Treatment of the potato and tomato
for the blight and rot."
r- How strange all such Government as
sistance wouid have seemed to the Kng
1 sh 300 years ago, when, as Mniles tells
us, gardening, "though long practiced
by i he monks, had become almost a lost
art in England."
In 15 ." we are told that a sum eaual
, to twenty shillings was paid at Hull for
: six caonages and a lew carrots. And a
j writer of 1650 tells of an old man who
remembered "the first gardener who
came into Surrey to plant cabbages and
J cauliflowers, and to sow turnips, carrot,
! and parsnips and early peas ; all of
j which at that time were great wonders,
we having few or none in England but
what came Irom Holland or Fiandeers."
Vanquished.
"You malicious nuisance!" exclaimed
tho angry business man, "you have been
here every day for the last six months.
How many more times do you need to
be told that I never buy anything of
peddlers ?
"I am carrying out the wishes of my
late father, sir," said the peddler. "He
called on yon 897 times without ever
making a sale and then turned the ob
over to me. Ie died of a broken heart,
America's First riate Glass.
There is a window on Tearl street.
New Albany, lnd , in which is set the
first sheet of pjata glass ever rast in
America. It was made in the town by
Captain J. B. Ford, the pioneer, manu
facturer this side of e-alt water, --ffy the
way, how many New Yorkers who look
daily through the acres- of translucence
lining bur streets know that each of the
big sheets is cast while liquid upon a
stone or marble table, the excess swept
off by machinery, and the future plate,
wh le still hot enough to be almost
vicid, slid off and taken through no end
of ovens and oil baths by way of an
nealing, -
tab;i-hmenu, that is, the cores, ani
skins and wormy appUs.
Pick lea.
For pickles of all kinds u the best
cider vingr ana not an acid, vinegar,
so-called. It cannot be too strong, as it
is wt-akened when scalded. I n scalded
vinegar does not keep well with pickles.
eer use a metal vessel in p:cklio; it
should be e.ther granite ware or or
celain. Pickles should be examined irc
rpaently and the soft ones taken .out. If
white specks appear in the vinegir drain
it off and scald ; add a half teacup of
sugar to each gallon and p-mt aga n over
the pickles. A few hits of hoite radish
or a few cloves addled will improve the
flavor.
All vegetables pr fruits for pickUng,
except for sweet, pickles, should be
sound, but not quite ripe. Do not mm Id
cucumbers, but soak them in salt and
water. Boiled beets can be pcklcd
whole, first removing the outer skin, to
be sliced when required. Vegetates
that require to be boiled or scalded bciore
pickling will be whiter if a litt'e lemon
or green grape juice is added to the
water, as cabbage, cauliflower, white
beets or onions. For green vegetables
put a little soda in the water to preserve
the color. Cure should be taken not to
scald too much, or they will be soft and
tasteless.
Always have the vegetables or fruit
perfectly cold before pouring over the
vinegar, which should be in all cases very
hot.
A good average of spices to a quart of
pickles is an even teaspoon each of all
spice and pfjercornt, one-halt a tea
spoon of mustard f-eed. a piece of Jamak-a
ginger one inch long and a tablespoon, of
ucK cinnamon broken. jJetrvu tree
LOVETS SUFFICIENCY.
Ti said by the poet, it is better far
To love and Inaa.
Than never to have loved at alL But I
I may not cbooae.
For th-rs has come into my Ufa a kva
tv fierce, to strong.
That I am hetpWw in itagraip, tartans
To drift alon
At fin I knew not 'twas Love's a I hai
Het aail npon.
So, Lappy, Cuate-1 on, with half-cloaad rjm.
Through thala aivl ran ;
What bedM I which way I went, with hint
My bnat to cubic?
What dangers ha.1 lb unknown aea. It ha
Was t-y my sulef
I woke to fin I my:f in water? Strang.
No lan 1 in i-ht:
All things eeral radiant, new. A mighty
flood
Of rar delight
Swept o'er my startle 1 aoal; sba sky, tho
waves
With z'orj shone.
As was reraiVi th? rapturous thrill of lora,
TCI than unknown.
And now let shadow fa' I. let storms ariaa,
On hi dear breast.
Shirl loJ an i asf . I lis. wfc.U shelfrinr arms
Fold ma to rest.
I ha Bitot mmyoixue, it r.olU nodraad far
me;
His ten lor kiss
Sootl.ei all my fears.and nils my happy heart
WiU perfect Uim.
Frank Lesli'.
warm
Household Hints.
Use a warm knife in cutting
oread and the like.
A paste of whiting and benzine will
remove spots from marble.
A salt ham should be soaked over night
in plenty of soft water previous to boiling-
After wahing a wooden bowl place it
where it will dry equally on all sides,
away from the stove.
Fruit stains on white goods can be re
moved by pouring boiling water directly
from the kettle over the spots.
Hive sirup is good for croup or inflam
mation of the lungs, lt must be kept in
a cool place, for if it 'sours it is ery
poisonous.
If you want poached eggs to look par
ticularly nice cook each gg in a mu i.n
ring placed in the Lottom of a saucepan
of boiling water.
A creaking hinge can be cured by the
use of a black lead pencil of the softest
number, the point rubbed into all the
crevices of the h nge.
Corks may be made air and water tight
by keeping them for five minutes under
melted paraffine. They must be kept
down with a wire screen.
For cleaning braa use a thin paste of
plate powder, two tablespoon fuls of vine
gar, four tablespoonf uls of alcohol. Hub
with a piece of flannel; polish with
chamois.
t-uet should be cooked before it is
stale. Bo 1 for two or three hours, then
strain through a linen cloth. One-fourth
of this fat and three-fourths lard is a
good mixture for frying doughnuts.
Be very particular about disinfecting
the kitchen sink: Washing sola, tw j
tablespoonfuls to a gallon of boiling
water, makes an excellent wash to iour
hot into the sink at after you have I n
ished using it.
PITH AND POINT.'
A leader of men is often a follow her.
He was only a fini-hrd gynicast when
e fell from the trapeze aud broke his
jeek.
Very often the "May ir or courtship
a answered by the "You must" of matri
mony. In teaching a boy dmwing give him tha
premises and let h to draw Lis own con
tusions. In all the voca' u'ary of quarantine
there is no such word as hospitality.
Ftcnyins.
That bread riot in France was partici
pated in by loafers. ll''-ur j CW--Tt
Irgraik.
When poverty is abolished, what a bard
lime eicry one will Lave doing all his
own work.
In Texas a msn rarely cuts an ac
quaintance, bLt a stranger from the East
his to be mighty careful. rrs
JJu r.
. The man who falls out of a balloon
realizes the gravity of the situutiou be
fore he has dropped five miles l!arp.Tt
Jkwir.
The difference between being burned
out and tired out is that in the format
case jou get the insurance, DaanUU
liret-x.
Tom
woodpecker reminds ma of m tailor '
Jack "Why? Because Le bores so with
his LilL"
A man that marriei a widow is bound
to give up smoking and chewing. If
she gives up her wcels for him, ha
should give up the weed for her. it
Lvuia JumorUn
The leaflets brown and arariet
Art losing all tbeir rrip:
branches.
(-
1 nef n il I lt.r trnm lh
And down tba hnm ziir.
While the robin pm ks his ainglet
An i coo- to MinH.pp.
Old Msn's Darling (imploring) "Tell
me the worst, doctor. Belie vo me, I can
stand it." Smart Doctor (doubtfully
"I don't koow about that. However,
nerve yourself, then, madaroe. Your
husband Will get welL" bijlingu
Too High a Valuation: Customer (to
bird fancier) "My wife wants a parrot.
AVhat'a the lowest yon will take for that
bird:" Bird Fan :ier "Fifty dollars,
sir. is rock bottom. P
off, you're tried to sell me for twenty 1
A cat market haa been started in Paris
which has led tome one to prophesy a
unique market re;:ort, running thus:
Tabbies, dull; toms, buoyant; kittens,
lively; Angoras, depressed; brindled,
very brisk; Persians, in great demand:
luriuucsacus, iicavy. je Jork i'vl.
Impatient Husband "Where .in
woi Id h ire you been? I want my din-
ft w r . . . .
lie --r.icuse me, jonn, but
ran uown to the sewing Society at I
and to my surprise it didn't wind
until e gut. Husband "Vou mean
was wound up at five and didn't iuu
down till eight. " Su.
the
n-I
five.
A Bird Wlthont a Nest.
The term night-hawk is commonly ap-
Elied to several species, all of which
are certain peculiarities. From its
curious cry one is called chuck-will'a-widow,
this call being uttered so loudly
by the bird that it has been heard for
nearly a mile. About the middle of
March they come back from their winter
pilgrimage; and unlike most of the
birds, they have no hou-ekeeping to
keep them busy, as they build no
nests. While the robbins, humming
birds, thrushes and others are busily
scouring the country for material with
w h ch to build their nurseries, thechuck-will's-widow
is fast asleep in some out-of-the-way
corner, only coming out ia
the afternoon and evening to gnthtr its
supply of food. When tha tint comes
for laying, our seemingly lazy bird
selects some secluded spot and deposits
her eggs anywhere on the ground, and
the very first glimpse, if w 'rt for
tunate in finding them at ailexplains
why she builds no nest. The eggs are
almost the exact color of the surround
ings, and so mottled and t rated that
only by the merest accident are they dis
covered, and when the two little chuck-will's-widows
come out they are area
more difficult to find than the egg.
Being very sleepy little fellows they
rarely move, and, though steading with
in a few inches of the r, the observer
might suppose them to be two old brown
leaves or a bunch of moss, so deceiving
Is thair mimicry.
Squirrel Skins and the Weather.
Tacked upon the wall in one corner of
my room are three native gray squirrel
skins. The ag le chatterers that were
once within these svft jackets were shot
last October in the Maine woods, and their
furs were twined and seat to me at the
same time by an enthusiastic sportsman
of my acquaintance. The ordinary way
in which these skins are preserved ia the
country, is by merely tackintr them upon
a good broad shingle, sprinkling a little
salt ovrr them and then setting aside for
a week to dry. For almost a year now
have these furs been upon ray wall in
toft, pliant and dry condition, as they
huild be. ijtst Tuesday, though, when
the atmosphere was so excessively sat
urated with moisture I found them soak
ing wet, with great beads of waUr distrib
uted over the surface. Hie salt with
which they were permeated, had simply
been unable to withstand the humidity in
the air, and had,if a consequence, been
diftsolved by it. If s juirrel skins prove
to be such an accurate register of atmos
pheric moisture, it might not be a bad
idea for the Signal Sen ice Bureau to
adopt them henceforth as standard hy
grometers, or at lcat to use them in con
nection with their other instruments.
My skin, as I write, are in normal con
dition again. Arte Jw
Finest State Apartments la Earope.
r resident Carnot, of France, and Mme.
Carnot live at Fonta nebleau this season
in the su.te of rooms fitted op by the.
Empress Eugenie for her son against his
ennvng cf age. They have the use of
all the private and state apartments of
the ralace, alTof which have been care
fully kept in order for the past eighteen
years, although the palace has been prac
jically deserted. The slate rooms are
said to be the finest in Europe. Fob
lainebleau was created for the tallest
King of hs time, it is said, Francis L,
and his height was the unit of measure
neat which the architect took ia pitch
tag the ceilings and the cross beams of
the floor. The cabinet makers d d the
sa'nc. and the sofas aad carved chairs,
which were just right for Francis, are'
aseless for the present reneration.
Neither of the Nanolmna rm.M .t in
them witheututiag a couple of sVps to.
mows upon rfcr-Xvwrra.