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VOL. XXXVII.
SAL JEM, N. C, TH U BSD A Y , MAY 16,' 18 89.
NO. 20.
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; Canada is putting her foot on Mormon
Immigration from this country.
The death of John Bright is regarded
In England as a great loss to the Unionist
cause. -
More railroad building is being done
in the South than , anywhere else in the
country. - - -
Capital is taking hold of a scheme to
creosote the soft timber of the South,
now useless, and ship it abroad.
The Mexican in;i,states that the
English investments of capital in Mexico
reach the sum of $165,000,000.
' South America is filling up with Eng
lish, French and Germans, who are try
ing to, carry their trades and industries
with them. .. ' '
. The late Sydney Bartlett, of Boston,
during his active career at the bar saw
the Supreme Court of the United States
twice entirely renewed.
Georgia's Capitol was to cost $1,000,
000; it did cost $999,981.57, the com
missioners appointed to superintend its
jiuilding having $18.43 to the State
Treasury.
Some one has discovered that women
never reckon time by calendar years, but
always say so many years ago instead of
. in the year 1SSS,- or whatever year may
be meant.
There have been some lugubrious tales
lately about the failures of exhibitions
held in Europe, but the one at Melbourne,
Australia, is the most disastrous that has
ever been held, as the deficit amounts to
nearly $1,500,000. '
Installment dealers are aghast at a" Te.
cent decision of a Louisiana judge that in
that State title to any goods passes upon the
payment of the first installment, and that
after that is made the purchaser may do
what he pleases with the goods.
According to a denominational paper it
cost this Government $1,848,000 to sup
port 2200 Dakota Indians for seven years
while they were savages. After f they
were Christianized it cost $120,000 1 care
for the same number for the same time, a
saving of $1,728,000.
The largest brick yard in the United
States is' being built at Chicago,. and the
bricks will be as hard as granite and as
heavy. . This new brick yard is creating
quite a sensation in architectural and
building trade circles. They bear a
crushing strain of 35,000,000 pounds per
square inch. The works will 'cost $250,
000. '
. An employment which would seem per
fectly delightful to small boys is tasting
molasses. The molasses taster frequently
has twenty or thirty samples to experi
ment upon, taking care to swallow as lit
tle as possible. It is said that only a man
with a sweet tooth and a clear head can
bear up under the strain of the occupa
tion. Li Hung Chang, the famous Viceroy of
of China, said recently: "Before half .a
century has passed China will be covered
with railways as with a net. . Its immense
mineral resources will be developed. It
will have rolling mills and furnaces in
many parts of the country, and it is not
impossible that it may do the manufactur
ing for the world." j
Says the American Standard: "The
fundamental chord which binds and
preserves American liberties is the com
mon school system. It is only by edu
cating the masses of the people to a full
understanding of the responsibilities of
citizenship that we can hope for a con
servation of American ideas and a
tinuation of American liberty."
con-
From a native paper it is learned that
some of thaVemployes of the Japanese
Naval Department are to be fed with a
new and delectable delicacy blubber.
4 The heads of the Department have de
cided that whale flesh is tolerably nutri
tious, and therefore it is to be supplied for
food from time to time at Yokosuka and
Uraga barracks. The War Department
lalso propose to adopt whale flesh as an
article of diet for the soldiers.
The insurance business seems to be un
dergoing a . transformation under the
competition of the mutual system, ob-
me unicago tsun. .Last year s re
port of the factory mutual insurance com
panies, numbering nineteen, just pub
lished, shows that the amount of risks
written for the year were $491,366,988,
on which premiums paid amount, to
84,462,059, and dividends declared, $3,
W2,308. Losses, $848,068, or less than
"ve per cent. .
We are not apt to look to South
America for evidence of the great progress
in science or art, and yet it is said that
Uie sewerage system which is now being
, c&n8tructed in Buenos Ayres is the most
inect in the world. Measures have
wen taken which will result in putting
cv"y house in the city in perfect sani
kry condition within three years. ' Sani'
nans will watch this stupendous under
taking With great interest, and will b
able to deduce from it many valuable
practical lesaona,
WHIP POOR WILL.
When purpling shadows westward creep
And stars through crimsom curtains peep
And south winds sing themselves to sleep; "
From woodlands heavy with perfume
Of spicy bud and April bloom .
Comes through the-tender twilight gloom,
Music most mellow,
"Whip po Will Will, oh !
Whip v& Will Will, oh!
Whip po' Will, Whip po'JWul, Whip p6 Will
, Wffl,ohP
rhe bosom of the brook is filled .
With new alarm, the forest thrilled
With startled echoes, and most skilled
To run a labyrinthine race
rhe fireflies light their lamps to chase
The culprit through the darkling space
. Mischievous fellow
""Whip ptf Will W 11, oh!
Whip po W2U-Will, hi - '
Whip po? Will, Whip po'Will, Whip po'
Will Will, ohP
Prom hill to hill the echoes fly,
rhe marshy brakes take up the cry,
And where the slumbering waters lie
In calm repose, and slyly feeds
rhe snipe among the whispering reeds,
rhe tale of this wild sprite's misdeeds Vj
t Troubles the billow,
"Whip po Will Will, oh!
Whip po Will "Will, oh!
Whip po WiUV Whip po Will, Whip ptf
wm wm, ohr
And where is he of whom they speak?
ts he just playing the hide and seek,
Among the thickets up the creek? -Or
is he resting from his play
In some cool grotto, fax away, t
Where lullaby crooning zephyrs stray,
Smoothing his pillow,
"Whip po1 Will Will, oh!
Whip po' Will Will, oh I
Whip po1 Will, Whip po' Will, Whip
Will Will, oh!"
po'
M. M. Folsom in Atlanta Constitution
THE FATAL FLOWER,
"You are a dead man," said the Doc
tor, looking fixedly at Anatole. .
Anatole was astonished.
He had come to spend the evening with
his old friend, Dr. Bardais, the illustrious
savant, whose studies of poisonous plants
had made him famous. It was not his
fame, however, which attracted Anatole
to the Doctor, but his nobility of heart
and almost paternal kindness. And now
suddenly, without any preparation, the
young man heard this terrific prognostica
tion from the lips of so great an author
ity.
"Unhappy boy," continued the Doctor.
"what have you done s
"Nothing that I know of," stammered
AnatoleJ . '
"Think. Tell me what yo- have
drunk, what you have eaten, what you
nave lnnaieal"
This last word was like a ray of light
to Anatole. That very morning he had
received a letter from a friend who was
traveling in India. In this letter he found
flower which the tourist had plucked
on tne DanKs oi the lianges, an odd-look
ing little red flower, whose' odor, he re
membered, seemed to him to be strangely
purgnant. Anatole looked in his pocket-
book and took therefrom the letter and
the flower which he showed to the
savant.'
"There is not a doubt!" exclaimed the
Doctor. "It is the Pyramenensis Indies!
the fatal flower of blood!"
"You really think so?"
"Alas! I am certain."
"But it is not possible that it should
prove fatal to me.- I am only twenty-five
years old, am strong and in the best of
health." '
"At what hour did you open this fatal
letter"
"At 9 o'clock this morning."
"Well, to-morrow mornine, at the
same hour, at the same minute, in full
health, as you say, you will feel a peculiar
pain in your heart, and that will end all."
"And you know of no remedy.
no
means of "
4 'None," said the Doctor.
Then, clasping his head in his hands.
the savant fell into a chair, overcome with
grief. "
The emotion of his old friend convincd
Anatole that he was indeed doomed. He
departed at once; he was almost insane.
1 A cold sweat on his forehead, his ideas
confused, walking mechanically, Anatole
went forth into the night, unconscious of
what was passing about him. For a long
time he walked thus, then,, coming to a
Dencn, he sat down. f
This rest did him good. Up to that
moment he had been like a man who has
suddenly received a severe blow on the
head. At last, however, his mind seemed
to clear, and he began to gather his scat
tered ideas.
"My situation," he thought, "is like
that of a man condemned to death. Such
a person, however, -can still hope ' for
mercy. But how long have I to live?"
He looked at his watch. :
inree o ciock in tne morning, it is
time to go to bed. What ! I go to bed?
give to sleep the last six hours of my life?
No. I have certainly something better
than that to do. But what? Why, I
have my will to make." ;
Not far away was a restaurant which
was : open all night. Thither Anatole
went. " ' ..
"Waiter, bring me a pot of coffee and
a bottle of ink," he said, as iie seated
himself at a table. .
He drank a cup of coffee, and, looking
at the paper lying on the table before
him, said:
"To whom shall I leave my income of
30,000 francs? I have neither father nor
mother. Among the" people in whom I
am interested there is only one to whom
I care to leave my money Nicette."
jxicette was Anatole s second cousin, a
charming girl of eighteen years, having
golden hair and large dark" eyes. Like
him she was an orphan, and this similar
bereavement had Ions: since established a
bond of sympathy between them.
His will was quickly drawn up. He
left everything to Nicette.
That done, he drank a second cup of
coffee. '., . : ".. '
"Poor Nicette!" he thought,' "she was
very sad the last time I saw her. Her
eruardian, who knows nothing beyond the
wind instruments which he teaches pupils
of the Conservatory to play, did not do
right in promising her hand to a brute, a
bully, whom- she "detests. ' She detests
hSm all the more because she loves some
one else, if I have able to understand her
reticence and her embarrassment. : Who
is this happy "mortal? . I know not, but
h.e is certainly vorthjr of her since she
has chosen him. Good, sweet, beautiful, .
loving, Nicette deserves the best of bus
bands. Ah! if she might have been my
wife! It is outrageous to force her to
marry a man she hates, to ruin her life by
entrusting such a treasure to the care of a
brute. But why may not I be Nicette's
champion t I will be. I will undertake
the matter to-morrow morning. But to
morrow will be too late; I must act at
once.' It is an unseasonable hour to see
people, but as I shall die in five hours I
cannot consider their convenience. It is
decided! My life for Nicette!"
Anatole left the restaurant and hastened
to the house of M. Bouvard, the guardian
of Nicette.
It was 4 o'clock in the morning when
he ran? the bell. Once, twice, three
times he rang. At last M. Bouvard him
self, astonished, his night-cap on his
head, opened the door.' j ;
"What's the matter?" he asked. "Is
there afire?" -
No, my dear M. Bouvard," replied
Anatole. "I have come to call on you."
"At this hour?" r
"All hours are good in which one can
see you, M. Bouvard. But you are in
your night-clothes; you had better return
to bed."
'That is what I'm going to do." And
then, leading Anatole to his chamber, he
continued : "But I suppose, since you
have aroused me at this hour, that you
have something important to say to me."
"Very important! It is necessary, M.,
Bouvard, that you should give up the
idea of marrying my cousin Nicette to M.
Capdenac."
"Never! never!"
"You must not say neverv"
"My resolution is taken; this marriage
shall take place." -
4 'It shall not take place."
"Well, we shall see. And now that
you have my answer I will not detain you
longer. 'V -
"You are not very amiable this morn-
I' M" Bou?ar(L 1 But I am not offended,
and as I am persevering I remain.
"btay if you will. I, however, shall
imagine that you have departed and I
shall say no more." Then,turning away,
M. Bouvard muttered : 4 'Who ever heard
of such a thing! To disturb a peaceable
man, rouse him from his sleep to talk
about such nonsense I"
Suddenly M." Bouvard jumped into
bed. , : ...
Anatole got the Professor's trombone,
in which he blew as though a deaf per
son were trying to play it. The sounds
it emitted were infernal.
'My precious trombone! the gift of
my pupils 1 exclaimed the Professor.
"Leave that instrument alone."
"M. Bouvard," replied Anatole, "you
have imagined that I have departed. I
imagine you are absent, and I amuse my
self awaiting your return." Then, after
blowing furiously on the trombone, he
exclaimed: "Ah, what a beautiful note I"
"You will cause my landlord to give
me notice to leave tne nouse. Me will
not let me play on my trombone after
midnight." -
"Ah, the man has no music in his
soul!"
Again the trombone thundered.
"For heaven's sake, stop 1"
"Do you consent?"
"To what?"
"To give up the idea of this marriage?"
"But I cannot do that?" ,
'Very well, then- " ' .. s -
The trombone finished Anatole's
sentence.
"M. Capdenac.is a terrible fellow. If
I should offer him such an affront he
would kill me."
4 'Does that fear restrain you?"
"Yes."- -' '
'Then leave the matter to me. Only
promise me that if I obtain M. Capdenac's
acquiscence my cousin shall be free."
"Yes, I promise, you she shall be free."
"Bravo! I have your word. Now I
will leave you. But, by the way, what
is this Capdenac's address?" "
"It is 100 rue Deux-Epees."
4 'I will go there at once. Goodby."
"Ah I" thought M. Bouvard, 4you are
going to throw yourself in the lion's den,
and you will get what you deserve."
Anatole hastened to the address the
Professor had given him. It was six
o'clock when he reached the house. He
rang the bell violently. ' '' . -
'Who is there?" cried a deep voice be
hind the door.
"Let me in. I. have an important
communication from M. Bouvard."
Anatole heard the rattling of a safety
chain which was being removed, and the
sound of a key which was turned in three
locks successively.
'Well, this man is well guarded!" ex
claimed Anatole!
At last the door was opened, and Ana
tole found himself in the presence of a
man who had fierce mrllng mustaches
and was arrayed like abuccaneer.
'You see always prepared," said M.
Capdenac. "That is my motto."
The walls of the reception room were
covered with1 panoplies. In the little
room to which Capdenac led his visitor
one saw nothing but arms yataghans,
poisoned arrows, sabres, swords, pistols
and 'blunderbusses. It was a veritable
arsenal. It was enough to strike terror
to the soul of a timid person.
"Bah!" thought Anatole. "What
does it matter? I shall die within two
hours in any case."
"Monsieur," said Capdenac, "what is
the object of "
4 'Monsieur," replied Anatole, inter
rupting him, "you wish to marry Mile.
Nicette?"
4 4 Yes, Monsieur."
Monsieur, you shall not marry her."
44 Ah, blood! and who will prevent
me?" -
"I."
Capdenac gazed at Anatole who was
not very large, but who looked very de
termined. - i -
"Ah, -young man," he said at last, "you
have the good fortune to find .me in a
good humor. - Profit by it. Save your
self while there is yet time. Were I not
in an amiable mood I . would not answer
for yeur days." .
"And I d not answer for yours."
"A defiance! to me!;' Capdenac I Do
you Know mat i nave iougm wenty
duels, that I have killed five of my ad
versaries and wounded' the other fifteen?
Go yaung man, go.' I have pity for your
youth. 1
There is still time;
go
u
"I see," replied Anatole, "by your
manner and your surroundings that you
are an adversary warthy ef me, and that
increases my desire to measure swords
with so redoubtable a man. Come ! Shall
we take these two swords or those over
the mantel? or these two battle-axes? or
cavalry sabres? i or do you prefer these
yataghans? Are you undecided? what
do you say?"
'Im thinking of your mother and of
the sorrow that awaits her." .
. "I have no mother. But perhaps you
prefer carbines or revolvers?" -,
"Young man, do not handle those fire
arms." . .-
"Are you afraid? you tremble I" -
"Tremble 1 I? It is the cold." ;
"Then you must fight, or renounce the
hand of Nicette."
"I admire your bravery. The brave
understand each other. Shall I tell you
something?" ;
"Speak."
"For some time I myself have thought
of breaking this engagement; but I did
not know how to go about it. I would,
therefore, willingly consent to your re
quest, but you understand that it will not
do for me, Capdenac, to seem to yield to
your threats, you know, you have made
threats." 1
. "I withdraw them."
. "Well, then, the matter is settled."
'Will you write and sign a paper stat
ing that you relinquish the hand of Nic
ette?" : -
"I have so much sympathy with you
that I cannot refuse." '
Having obtained this precious paper,
Anatole hastened to the house of M.
Bouvard. He reached the door about 8
o'clock and rang the belL"
Who's there?"
T "Anatole."
"Go home and go to bed," cried the
Professor, roughly.
- "I have Capdenac's relinquishment of
Nicette's hand. - Open the door, or IH
break it in."
M. Bouvard opened the door. .Anatole
gave him the paper, and then went to the
door of Nicette's chamber and cried :
"Cousin, get up; 1 dress yourself and
come here." ;
A few moments afterward Nicette, fresh
as' a rose, entered the little reception
room. j
"What's the matter?" she said.
"The matter is," cried M. Bouvard,
"that your cousin is mad."
"Mad be it!" said Anatole; "but Ni
cette win see tnat tnere is method in my
madness. This night, my dear little
cousin, I have accomplished two things
M. Capdenac renounces your hand, and
your eruardian consents that you shall
marry the man you love."
"My guardian, are you indeed willing
that I should marry Anatole?"
"Ah!" exclaimed. Anatole.
"It is you, my cousin, whom I love."
At that moment Anatole felt his heart
beat violently. What caused it? Was it
the pleasure which Nicette's unhoped-for
avowal crave him? Was it the -pain fore
told by the Doctor? Was it death?
'Unfortunate man that I am!" cried
poor Anatole. ' "She loved me. I see
my happiness before me, and I am going
to die without attaining it."
Then, grasping the hands of Nicette,
he told her all ; he told her about the let
ter he had received, the flower whose
odor he had inhaled, the warning of his
old friend, his will, the subsequent events
and his success in obtaining her freedom.
"And now," he added, "I am going to
die!"
'That is impossible," exclaimed Ni
cette. "The Doctor is deceived. Who is
he?"
"A man who is never deceived, Ni
cette; he is Dr. Bardais."
"Bardais! Bardais!" cried Bouvard,
laughing. "Listen to this paragraph in
the morning newspaper : 'The savant, Dr.
Bardais, has become suddenly insane.
His insanity has taken a scientific turn.
It is well known that the Doctor has de
voted himself specially to the study of
poisonous plants. He now believes all
persons whom he meets have been poi
soned, and he persuades them of the fact.
He was taken at midnight to an insane
asylum."
"Nicette:" ' '
"Anatole!"
The lovers were clasped In each other's
arms. &pocn.
Samoan Gunboats. :
Samoan gunboats are built in the most
primitive style. Two long war canoes
are lashed firmly together, side by side,
and cross , pieces of heavy timber are
placed over the top as a foundation for
the cabin,' which is situated amidships.
This cabin also serves' as a magazine,
storeroom, and all of the other useful
compartments in a ship combined. Its
slanting roof is covered with mats and
grass, and the whole structure is of the
most inflammable nature. These boats
are built for Mataaf a by the Monono peo
ple the nautical tribe- of the Samoans.
They are armed with a superannuated
cannon, which is liable to be as disas
trous in its effects when discharged, upon
the gunners who handle it, as upon the
enemy against whom it is directed. The
small arms of the natives are, however,
good, being generally of recent design
and manufacture Most Samoans are
good marksmen, as was illustrated in
their recent collision with the Germans.
The gunboats have been seldom brought
into action during the war. ' While
Tamasese was besieged so closely in his
fort and all efforts made to dislodge him
seemed abortive, Mataaf a assailed him
from the water with a fleet of more than
a hundred war canoes and four of these
"gunboats." Some of them were passed
fully two miles to seaward of the fort,
harmlessly blazing away, their shots fall-
1 . 1 A 1 T 1 1
ing aooui midway tne aesirea distance,
while the fort kept up a desultory answer
ing fire with about the same effect. For
war purposes they are, of course, almost
useless, unless in close contact with the
enemy when the small arms could be
made effective. Washington Star.
The Organ of Cremation.
JThere is a paper published in Germany
called Die Jflamme, and which is devoted
to the advocacy of cremation. Unwit
tingly, perhaps, a recent issue contains
i the strongest sort of argument against
that method of disposing of the dead. It
seems that a Professor Ungarelli, of Fer-
rara, was taken ill and apparently died.
He was laid out, the funeral service held,
i and the coffin was being put in the grave,
when one of the workmen heard a groan.
I Examination showed the supposed, dead
man to be alive, and that he had been
conscious all the time, though unable te
move or express himself. Had cremation
been practiced a horrible death nust have
resulted. San Franac Chronicle.
Tlalf a million dollars' worth of canned
goods were shipped from thja country to
i tropica; legions last year, ; -. .
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
Couldn't Scratch Against the Door
Mot Otherwise About the Same
Thine An Anxious Search
Original Domestic Economy.
Artist (at a Shanty town house door)
"Excuse me, madam, but I have an etch
ing." ''
Irish Landlady (slamming the door in
his face) "An itchinhave yez? Begobs 1
then ye'll not scratch yourself agin my
dure!" .
HOT OTHERWISE.
Tom 4 4 Will you take my note
for
payment?" ' i
Dick "Yes; if it's a bank note, and
if it's signed by the Treasurer of the
United States." Tankee Blade. - "
ABOUT THE SAME THINQ.
Editor "I am sorry to say that I find
your witticisms are not acceptable, Mr.
Jinx."
Jinx (sarcastically) "Too refined, per
haps?" t
Editor "No no, refined is not ex
actly the word. Say too diluted, and
you will come nearer the idea." Terre
Haute Express. ".'
AN AUXIOUS SEARCH.
Ethel "Oh, mamma! Pvo learned in
this book that preserved tomatoes will
take ink stains out of silk. I'm going to
try it on my dress." .
Ethel applies tho tomatoes and h an era
the dress out to dry. " ,
Mamma (next day) "Ethel, what are
you poring over that book so long for?"
Xitnei "I want to find out what will
take tomatoes out of silk." Binahamton
Republican.
QRIGENAL DOMESTIC ECONOMY. .'
'A lady tells this: "Wo needed eggs
one morning, and old Maggie was sent to
the grocery to get some. Later in the
day Maggie volunteered tho general re
mark that 'eggs is high.'
"Are they?" I replied. "How much?"
"Forty cints a dozen, mum. Sure I'd
bo after buying no eggs at that price,
mum, and so I borried them of the neigh
' bors !" Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
A LASTING WRONG.
Fred (bitterly) "That woman did me
the greatest injury woman can do to man
gave mo solemn promise of marriage."
Harry "And broke it?" 4 !
Fred "No, kept it, and made mo
keep it, too !" America.
A CAUTIOUS GtRI .
V
44Ono minute, mamma," said a young
woman, Til be down as soon as I have
finished taking this photograph."
"Photograph of what?"
'Of George's last letter to me..' In
these days of perishable writing fluids,
it's just as well to be careful." Merchant
Traveler.
AN OTHER VICTIM.
"Have you noticed how fearfully "bad
Cholly has been looking of late?"
"Yes; the paw feller is killing himself
with overwork."
"Gud gwacious! You don't
say.
What's he doing?"
"Why, he s actually doing without a
valet." New York Sun.
NOT A VICTORY.
"The London Timet seems to have got
the worst of that fight with Parnell.";, .
4 4 Yes, it ought to put loan editorial
like the one I read in a Western paper."
4What was it?" . " ;
"It read: 'We had a fight with Jim
Raddell the other day, but some one
pulled him off before we disfigured him.' "
Siftings. ' - t '
A SAD REMEMBRANCE.
He "She always goes alone. Won't
have a gentleman attend her anywhere.
Her last escort met such a shocking death
right before her eyes, you know."
She "I think I remember. He lost
his life trying to save her when the con
cert hall caught fire, didn't he?"
He "No. He was crushed to death
by the ladies at Easterdudd's spring open
ing. Muntey t weekly.
BROUGHT HTM TO HIS FEET.
"I fear it can never be, George," mur
mured the fair girl. "There 'are obstacles
in the way." '
4 4 What are they, Laura?" demanded the
ung man, eagerly. 'Perhaps I can
overcome thcml
'Papa has failed in business, and "
4 4 You needn't mention any more," said
the young man dejectedly, as he got up
from his knees. Chicago Tribune. '
A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
Proud American (in Canada) 4 4 Yes,
gentlemen, I was President of the Ever
Faithful Trust Company, and I stole
$50,000.1'
Bystander 4 'Seems to me your face is
familiar. Ain't you the man who some
years before that stole a loaf of bread, for
his starving family?"
American (ferociously) 4 'Do you mean
to insult me, sir?" Philadelphia Record.
A FREACHEB S CURVE DELIVERY.
Mrs. Frontpew "I think it is shock
ing tne interest our minister is taxing
in baseball. Why, I saw him out play
ing yesterday afternoon with a lot of
boys from the college."
Mr. F. "Oh, I don't know that there
is anything wrong about baseball."
Mrs. F. "I don't say that it is really
immoral, but. by and by hell get a curve
pitch, as they call it, and either leave the
pulpit or want $10,000 a year." Chicago
Herald. " " . v
NOTHING FOB HEB TO BAT. . !
A - trentlemah who had lost his nose
was invited out to tea. "My dear," said
the kind-hearted lady of the house to her
little daughter, "I want you to be very
careful to make no remark about Mr.
Jenkins's nose."
Gathered around the table, everything
was going well; the child peeped about,
looked rather . puzzled for a long time,
and at last startled the table with : ;
. "Ma, why did you tell me to say noih
ing about Mr, Jenkins's nosef - Hp hasn't
got any,'! " . - "
A PCSSTERIOUS FHILOSOFHKIi.
"See that man working the road ram-
ler in the street over there?"
"Yes."
'No doubt you feel somewhat better
than that man." "
"Well, it strikes me that there must be
I certain social differences between us."
"And yet your occupations are just
about the same." .
"How do you make it." .
Your business is compounding, isn't
it?" -
"Yes." i
"And his is come-pounding. So there
you are." Merchant Traveler.
ATtBT.K SASQ TBOID.
At a club recently the conversation fell
on gambling and the sang froid displayed
by some men in the face of considerable
losses. - ...
"Well," remarked suddenly one of th
members, "what would you all say if I
were to tell you that I once lost a cool
hundred thousand, and that it did not
affect me more than if it had been ten
cents?"
Every one was dumbfounded, till finally
a timid voice ventured:
"Where did that happen? At MonU
Carlo?" ,
"No," replied the other, calmly;
my dreams." Commercial Advertiser.
kot rKQ,cisrjjvB.
There was dust on his back and grime,
of two weeks' standing behind his ears,
and as he stood on a corner recently, he
was heard to remark that he was from
Lansing."
"What is the fare from Lansing to De
troit?" queried a dudish looking by
stander, looking ' waggishly at an ac
quaintance. "I dunno, was the reply.
"Don't know!" echoed his questioner,
incredulously.
"Young man," returned the tramp,
impressively, "when I want to go to a
place by rail I get quietly on the train,
and when it gets there, I step off again,
without ever asking any bloomin' fool
questions." Detroit Free Preti.
A. PARROT STORY.
A parrot was recently bought by a
South Side lady upon the affidavit of the
man who sold it that it had only a re
fined education. The bird had in reality
been the property of a saloon keeper, and,'
its cage being near the cracker bowl,
everybody made free to give it crackers.
Its new mistress had hardly got it hung
up when a lady friend called, and, of
course went into ecstasies over the parrot.
When she began to poke her fingers
through the cago and call out "P.olly,
Polly, Polly," the bird opened one eye,
cocked his head sidewise, looked at the
visitor, and said with great gravity:
"Now, for goodness sake don't ask me
to have a cracker. I've sworn ofL"
Chicago MaxL .
Recollections of John Bright
Of all the speakers whom I ever heard, j
says Professor Goldwin Smith in the New
York Independent, John Bright was the
greatest, and of all the speeches of John
Bright that I heard the greatest was his
speech in St. James's Hall, London, on
tho Civil War in the United States. 1
did. not hear what was considered Bright'
greatest effort in the House of Commons
his speech against war with Russia, in
which he said that "the Angel of Death
was already hovering over them yoc
might hear the rustling of his wings!"
His characteristic as an orator was not
passion or point, but weight. In this he
resembled Webster. His diction was ex
tremely simple, and he rarely indulged in
metaphor or rhetorical ornament of anj
kind. Nor did he use any gesture in hit
delivery. He always made you feci that
he was speaking, not for effect, but from
a sincere desire to convince. The dis
tinctness of his pronunciation rather than
the power of his voice made him perfectly
audible in the largest hall.
The idea that he did not compose his
speeches is absurd. , Literary form so per
fect could not possibly be attained ex
tempore. Gladstone's speeches are really,
to a great extent, ex-tempo re, and the in
evitable consequence is that, the most
impressivo when delivered, they are totally
devoid of literary merit when read as
compositions, "whereas Bright, as an orator,
is a classic. I have stood close to Bright
when he was speaking and seen his notes
written on little slips of paper in his
hand. One of his best speeches, in its
way, was that on the unveiling of the
Cobden statue at Bradford. He told me
that no speech had ever given him more
trouble, that he had long been in doubt
how ho should deal with the subject, and
that the inspiration had at last come to
him one morning when he was dressing.
In common, I believe, with most great
orators who feel the burden of their re- 1
putation, he was to the last nervous about
his speeches. Even when he rose to ad
dress a perfectly sympathetic audience his
knees, as he declared, trembled under
him. Wlillc speaking, however, he wr.s
perfectly collected and could answer in
terruptions and take advantage of the in
cidents of debate. I have heard him
speak very well ex-tempo re in a quiet
way. He began, I believe, as a temper
ance brator with a single lecture. He had
certainly received no training in elocution
and was free from all the tricks which it
is apt to produce.
Thread Imbedded in an Apple.
Louise Hnnceker, a Bristol (Conn.)
girl, bit into an apple and found a thread
embedded in it. By careful manipula
tion the apple was cut up and the thread
removed. It was twenty-four inches
long and quite course, being about No. 4
in size. -There was a knot in one end.
The apple was of the King Philip species,
I and about four inches in diameter. The
thread was wound directly about the core.
Its presence in the apple is accounted for
by the theory that last spring a bird must
have dropped, the 'thread, which lodged
I in the apple blossom and remained until
it became enclosed in the apple.
Two Utah Potatoes.
Chief Justice Elliot Sanford, of the
Territorial Court of Utah, paid a visit oi
congratulation, to Mayor Grant at the
City Hall. - The Judge is a great admirer
of the young Mayor, ami last fall came
from Utah to cast -a vote in his favor.
This time .he brought as an offering two
huge potatoes, weighing over a pound
apiece. Nev York Star.
Mississippi
miles.
contains 46,340 square
WOKDS OF 1Y1SD0X.
Attack is the reaction.
To the lean pig a fat acorn.
Good bread needs no trumpet.
He is the happiest, be he king or peas
ant, who finds peace in his home.
Let us consider the reason of the case.
For nothing is law that is not reason.
To be prepared for war is one of tht
most effectual means of preserving peace.
If you employ your money in doing
good you put it out at the best interest.
He draweth out the thread of his ver
bosity finer than the staple of his argu
ment. The heart of a beautiful woman, like
that of a beautiful flower, may be th
abode of a reptile.
When the sun of virtue is set the blush
of shame is the twilight. When thai
dies all is darkness. " - " '.' " " 1
Liberty is the soul's right to breathe'
and, when it cannot take a long breath,
laws are girded too tight.
It is always to be feared that they who
marry where they do not love will lovi
where they do not marry.
That character in conversation which
commonly passes for agreeable is madf
up of civility and falsehood.
There is music in the beauty and th
silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweetej
. than the sound of an instrument.
When bad men combine, the good
must associate ; else they will fall, one bj
one, an un pitied sacrifice in a contempti-
ble struggle. ,
Balloon Adventures in the Clouds.
To some extent rain retards upward
progress, but, says Professor S. A. King,
in the Nashville (Tenn.) American, I hav
made a number of ascensions in the fact
of storms. Snow, however, is muck
more of an obstacle, and in a short timt
will accumulate upon the top of th
balloon sufficiently to drive it to tht
earth.
The clouds are sometimes as much at
8000 feet from top to bottom when tht
sky is entirely overcast. Often even abovt
such a. body of cloud may be seen smallei
clouds with clear spaces in between.
When within- one of these spaces tht
sensation is that of being in a vault.
With the solid snowy clouds below yo
and the smaller clouds around you being
by perspective brought close around, if
appears as if you were in a cavern.-
I have been above the clouds during a
snowstorm, and the light of the moon
shining so brightly through the rarified
air produced an illumination rather super
natural. I have very frequently passed
through frozen clouds. This is whert
vapor has fallen below the freezing poinl
and been congealed into a substance re
sembling flour in appearance. This falls,
and in doing so reaches a higher tempera
ture, where the small particles art
aggregated into flakes of snow.
Dome clouds, however, present ven
much the appearance of a veil, and ob
jects on the earth can be distinctly dis
cerned from a position above them.
I have never known of an in
stance in which a balloon was hit bj
lightning. The thunder does not makt
a perceptibly greater noise than when
you are on the ground. The sound pro
ceeds from the upper layers of clouds, ai
docs also the rain ; and in many cases,
when the lower strata appear very violent,
perfect quiet there reigns except for sues
motion as is produced by the rain falling
through from above. The upper current!
are most active, and a cyclone or a wild
storm is perhaps produced according at
those upper currents descend to or re mail
above the earth.
A Mammoth Elevator.
The Canadian Pacific's new grain ele
vator, just completed at Fort William,
on Lake , Superior, Elevator B, as it ii
called to distinguish it from the first ele
vator built there by the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, has a capacity of
1,400,000 bushels. There are fourteen
elevating legs, each capable of elevating
7000 bushels per hour. Each of thest
legs is . furnished with a self -cleaning
boot. Owing to a provision having U
be made for tightening the belt which
carries the elevating buckets, there hai
always been a certain amount of grain
remaining in the boot, which requires U
be frequently cleaned out by hand, and
always so when changing from one grain
to another. '
This boot has an ingenious arrange
ment, by which a shield is attached to
to the frame carrying the pulley. Thii
shield is always just kept clear of tht
buckets, no matter what position tht
pulley takes in the boot' while tightening
the belt from time to time. Grain men
will understand the advantages of alwayt
having a clean boot to start elevating
with.
The whole of these legs are driven bj
friction clutches attached to the shafting,
two 'lines of which are run the entire
length of the elevator. These two line
of shafting are driven by a single massivt
seven-ply rubber belt 56 inches wide and
over 300 feet long. This method wat
first tried in Elevator B at Montreal, and
found to work so satisfactorily that ii
was decided to accept the same arrange
ment at Fort William. This elevating
machinery, with the steam shovels, will
enable a train of 16 cars to be unloaded
and stowed away in the bins in twenty
minutes. Scientific American.
A Good Word for the Apple.
The apple growers of western New
York; are complaining that they cannot
dispose of that part of last year's enor
mous crop which yet remains in their
hands. The 2,400,000 people of New
York and Brooklyn cities ought to help
them to do so at this time of the yeai
and until the autumn season. There it
no fruit .more wholesome than the apple,
which has also the advantage of being
cheap.' The adds and juices it contains
are especially beneficial to the human
system during , the summer months. It
can be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, din
ner, and supper, or between meals. It
can be eaten raw, and it can be cooked
in a hundred different ways. It is good
for children, and not less so for theii
elders. We ought not to take two
months in consuming the 200,000 barrel
of apples for which the farmers of west
era New York cannot find a market
ymo York Sun. -
Australia has an aggregate, of 70,000,
000 to 80,000,000 sheep, with a clip oi
about 1,200,000 bales of wool.
AT SET OF DAY.
I sit alone and look back to the past ,
Those golden da J whose shifting sands
have run.
And left a present barren oi the sun
As one who noble gains hau vridefuuy
amass! .
To find them melt lik fairy gold at last.
Who lingers dispossessed, despoiled, undone;
Deploring the dear wealth so dearly won.
So lavishly upon the waters cast
I who was rich, am now bereft of allj
I who had hope am thrall now to despair.
Youth's happy prophecies Time has dL
proved;
Dumb ara the voices that were wont to call
In days when love was good, and lif vu
- fair -
Yet it is something to have lived and
loved.
Louise Chandler Jloulton.
riTH AND POINT. " ;
Always worn out Hats.
Universal profession That of gold
chaser.
Ground rents The effects of an earth-
quake.
The tears shed on the stage are all vol
un tears.
A young man in town says the best
kind of meter to save gas is "meet her by
moonlight alone. Svrrutnrn Herald.
If speech were really silver, as the
pocVs fancy pictures it, what an increase
of millionaires mere wgum do. jcxcicr
Weelly. "You are now like a book," said the
black Sultan to a chained pri.oncr, "lo
calise you are bound in Morocco." Xeta
York Journal. ,
One great trouble with those who go to
the bad is that they do not think to pro
vide themselves with a return ticket.
New York Xcvra.
VFine dog that of mine. Doc." "Ye-f
but isn't he consumptive V "Consump
tive?" "Yes he's Spitz blood, you
know." Hotel Mad.
Elderly Gent "I am eighty years old,
young man, and I don't recollect ever
telling a lie." The Young 3Ian "Well,,
you can't expect your memory to be re
liable at that age." 2fe York Sun.
"But, doctor, you said last week that
the patient would certainly die, and now
he is perfectly well." "Madani, the
confirmation of my prognosis is only a
question of time." Fliegende Blaetter.
"Why is it, Jones, that boys aro
wilder than girls?" asked Smith. "I
guess," answered Jones, as he gazed after
a wap-waLstcd girl who passed down the
street, "it is because girls arc moro
stayed." Boston Courier.
Benevolent Pedestrian (to gamin, who
is crying) "What s the matter, my boy?"
Gamin 'Boo, hoo! I've lost a dime,'
sir." B. P. "Here's another," giving
it. "What are you crying for now?"
Gamin "Because I didn't say a quarter."
Philadelphia Kev$.
Coal Fields in the South. 1
The Geological Survey has jut issued
i a one I preliminary report on tne pro
1 duction of coal in the United States in
18SS in advance of the full and complete
returns, which will appear in the final re
port. The figures it gives shows a most
gratifying increase in the output of coal
in the Southern States, and' the progress .
of the industry in that section of tho
country. During last year theproduttion
of coal in Alabama was 2,900,000 tons,
as against 1,950,000 tons in the previous
year, which is about double. The value
of this output is placed at $3,335,000 in
188$ and 2,535,U0O in 1887. In Ten- '
cessee the increase has not been so great,
but 1,967,300 tons, valued at 2,164,030
were turned out, as against 1,900,000
tons, worth $2,470,000 in 18S7. Arkansas ;
mined 193,000 tons, worth $283,500 last
year and only 150,000 tons, worth $252-
500, in the year previous. Texas pro-'
duced 90,000 tons in 188S, valued at,
$184,500, against 75,000 tons, worth.
$150,000, in 1887. Alabama stands ninth '
in the list of coal-producing States in the ;
quantities mined and eighth in the value !
of the product. Times-Democrat. I
Cuban Pineapple Plantations.
Twelve miles from Havana is a fine
pineapple phu -fion of sixty acres, owned
by two brotL The pineapple trees
are low and bushy, about two feet high, '
with long and prickly leaves extending
up and around the pineapple. These,
bushes, or trees, , are planted touching
each other in rows about four feet apart.
Each tree has an apple growing in the
top. Some were just forming, others
half grown and others full grown. We
had the pleasure of eating them ripe from
the trees, and we found the flavor far '
gripe ror to those we get at home, which
are shipped green to ripen on the way.
There are about 1700 trees to the acre.
Each tree produces an apple every eight
months, which are sold on the place for
about ten cents apiece. The trees are
good for four years' bearing; they are
then replaced with fresh settings. It was
indeed a pretty sight the pineapples in
their different conditions furnished dif
ferent Lues some golden, some azure
and some bluish green, all blending to
gether, making a beautiful picture. At
lanta Constitution.
Varieties, of Lilae.
. . A .
lnere Nare aDout iwenry vanexies oi
lilac, all of which are pretty and flourish
in any garden soil under circumstances in
which other shrubs would dwindle and
die. The common purple lilac is the
largest of the species. The white variety
is less common -and hot so sickishly sweet.
The Persian lilac is a small tree of grace
ful habits, and its flowers are of a lighter
lilac color. ..The Chinese lilac has much
darker flowers than the other varieties,
and its leaves are dark glossy green.
Brooklyn Cititen.
An Oil King's Luct. '
luck of John McKeon, the oil
The
king, continues, his present income from
bis wells being $50,000 a month. In
addition to his oil interests, he owns 25,
000 acres of yellow -pine in Ala
bama, one of the largest flour mills ia
Minnesota, and a business block in Balti
more said to be -worth $1,000,000.
Nevertheless he goes afcout his oil wells
from five in the morning until late in the
evening, in an ordinary workman's dress.
Aete York Trunin.
A "Chamber of Commerce for Horti
culture" has been established in Brussels,