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ALFRED ELLISON.
T.fit's co back. O brother mine,-
To the precious ways of the
4ys
gone by .
Back to the erleam of the elad sun
shine.
When we were children, you and I.
Wpi are p-rowinff old. but 1 long so
much
For the grasp of a mother's hand to
hold ;
Me away from sin and its soiling
touch.
As they used to do in the days of
old.
I'm tired of dogma of Church and
State:
i Let's trail with our feet the dust of
the lane.
As we wander down to the pasture
trate
And bring the cows up for mother
again.
And see once more the woodlark dip.
From stake to stake of the ridered
fence;
And feel the old-time fellowship
We felt in our boyhood innocence.
Let's climb to the rafters overhead
And build a swine: on the old barn
floor;
Let's "hide and seek" in the wagon
shed
And be "knee high" again once
more.
Let's part the weeds where the truant
hen
Has stolen her nest; then stoop and
fold ,
The sheltering weeds over the nest
again, j
As we used to do in the days of old.
Oh, the endless joys of the days of
-oldl -
With the path that led to the fruited
trees.
Where the dandelions their coins of
gold -
Had scattered to bribe the bumble-
Down in , the. grass was the cricket's
chirr,
And overhead was the dragon fly;
And round about us everywhere
Was the dreamy gleam of the days
gone by. .
Aud oh! the years and tears since
then !
The smiles and smiles that have
lured us on !
The graves we have passed, and the
moments when
The cradle and coffin seemed almost
one!
So let's aro back, O brother mine,
Forgetting to-night our greed of
gold,
And talk awhile of the glad sunshine
That gilded the ways of the days of
old.
Chicago Record.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Bemember the serpent's head
is to be bruised, no matter how big or
black it may look.
If our faults were all written
on our faces, the world would be full
of hanging heads.
Loving the beautiful is one of
the ways by which we may, love God
without knowing it.
According to the wpy some
folks talk, the only people who have
ever been good are dead.
There are people who
think that because they have
they have no need of brains.
seem to
religion
The preacher who receives the
1 A 1 ? . 'a 1 i
largest salary is not always tne one
who is doing the most for Christ.
' It may be impossible to see?
ourselves as others see us, but let us
remember that it is possible and quite
as Drofitable to see ourselves in others
that their failings should teach us to
avoid them in ourselves that their
virtues should be an incentive to us to
reach a higher plane.
lhe Wesleyan Methodists of
England propose to raise a fund of
1,000,000 pounds sterling, from 1.000.
000 Methodist people by way of signa
lizing tne opening oi tne coming
century. The purpose of the fund is
to establish Methodist central' halls in
London and other great towns.
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from dyspepsia, Mrs. H. E. Duedale.
wife of a prominent business man of
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weak stomach. The lightest food produced
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I wag treated by many physicians and tried I
numerous remedies without permanent help.
Two years ago I began taking Dr. Miles'
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a week I commenced inrorovine.
istlng In the treatment I was soon able to
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A WAR MEASURE
TO RAISE REVENUE.
Increases Tax on Beer, Tobacco, Cigars,
Snuff Stamp Tax on Telegrams
Etc A Tonnage Tax.
By Telegraph to theMornlng Star.
Washington, April 23. Chairman
Dingley, of the Ways and Means
Committee, this afternoon introduced
in the House the war revenue meas
ure which the Kepublican memoers
of the Ways and Means committee
have prepared. It is the inten
tion of Chairman Dingley to press
the bill on Monday and ne nopes
to have it through the House
before, adjournment Tuesday. It
is probable that this programme
will meet with opposition from theDem-
ocrats, wh have not been consulted in
its preparation and will not have an
opportunity to see it until it is pre
sented to the full committee on Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock, inev are
inclined to think that they have been
unfairly treated. As it is distinctly a
war measure, in which they are ex
pected to acquiesce without opposition,
they believe they should have been
consulted in its preparation. Ihe
Democrats have already decided to
offer an income tax amendment.
Chairman Dingley estimates that the
measure, as framed, will raise between
$90,000,000 and $100,000,000
Tea and coliee, rauroaT.ucKeis anu
petroleum, all of which were consid
ered at different times as subjects for
taxation, are not touched in the bill.
The revenue to oe derived is aisinou
ted as follows: Fermented liquors,
$35,000,000 ;tobacco,$15,000, 000; cigars,
$5,000,000 ; tobacco licenses, $5,000,000 ;
stamp tax On documents, telegrams,
etc., $30,000,000; tonnage, $2,500,000.
The amount to be raised by the stomp
tax on wines, mineral waters, chewing
gum, etc., has not been estimated.
The tax on beer, ale and fermented
liquids is increased from $1 to $2 a bar
rel, but no rebate for unused beer or
destroyed stamps is allowed. The tax
on tobacco and snuff is increased to 12
cents a pound; upon cigars, to $4 per
thousand, weighing more tnan tnree
pounds per thousand, and $Z on cigars
weichino-less than three nounds per
thousand; $4 upon cigarettes weighing
more than three pounds per tnousano
and $2 on cigarettes weighing less than
three pounds per thousand. A com
pensating tax of half that amount
(which is the amount oi tne increase.)
upon the stock of cigars and cigarettes
on hand.
The following licenses are placed on
tobacco dealers : Dealers in leaf tobacco
whose sales do not exceed $10,000 shall
pay a $24 license; those whose sales
exceed $10,000, $48; dealers in to
bacco, whose sales do not exceed
$1,000, $4.80; in excess of that
amount, $12. It is also provided that
in addition to the quantity of tobacco
and snuff, in packages, now author
ized by law, there may be a package
of smoking tobacco containing one
and three-fourths ounces; and in ad
dition to the number now authorized
by law in packages of cigarettes,
there may be packages containing
eight and sixteen cigarettes each.
The provisions of the stamp tax in
clude proprietary medicines and sim
ilar preparations, a tax of one cent on
all packets, boxes, bottles, etc., which
retail at 25 cents or less ; two cents be
tween 25 and 50 cents, three cents be
tween 50 and 75 cents, and a $1 and
for each 50 cent or fraction thereof
above that amount an additional 2
cent.
The same schedule applies to perf u-
merv and cosmetics. Chewing gum is
to pay one cent for packets retailing at
five cents and two cents for packets ex
ceeding five cents. Ginger ale and
mineral waters are to pay one cent per
pint and wines two cents per pint.
Bonds, debentures or other certifi
cates of indebtedness after June
first, issued by any association, cor
poration, etc., are to pay five cents on
each $100 or fraction thereof issued,
and on all transfers of shares or cer
tificates of stock two cents on each
$100. On bank checks and drafts ex
ceeding $20, two cents; bills of ex
change, drafts at sight, or ordinary
notes for circulation not exceeding
$100, five cents; between $100 and
$200, ten cents; $200 and $350, fifteen
cents ; $350 and $500, twenty cents ;
$500 and $750, thirty cents; $750 and
$1,000, forty cents; $1,000 and $2,500,
$1: $2,500 and $5,000, $1.50, and for
each $2,500 in excess of $5,000, $1
Foreign bills of exchange, letters of
credit, including express money or
ders, to pay the same rate as bills of
exchange or promisory notes, except
wnere drawn in sets of three or more.
when for each bill of each set where
the sum payable does not exceed $150,
three cents
Above that there is a graduated scale
running $1 for $7,500 and 30 cents for
each $2,500 additional. Bills of lading,
receipts for goods, merchandise, etc
lor export, ten cents each; express
packages, one cent upon all such as
pay not to exceed 25 cents : between 25
cents and $1, two cents; in excess of
$1, five cents. Indemnifying bonds.
50 cents. All other bonds required on
legal packages 25 cents; certificates of
profits on each $100 of face value two
cents ; certificates of damage or other-
Wise, issued.by a port warden, 20 cents.
uertincates of deposit of money m
bank or trust companies, two cents
for sums not exceeding $100; five cents
above that amount. Certificates of
other descriptions, ten cents; charter
contracts for ship, vessel or steamer
which does not exceed 300 tons, three
dollars, or between 300 and 600 tons.
rive dollars : exceeding 600 tons, ten
dollars; memorandum of sale of
goods, stocks, bonds, real estate or
property of any kind 'issued by
brokers, ten cents ; conveyances, when
the consideration exceeds $100 and
does not exceed $800, 50 cents; be
tween $500 and $1,000, one dollar: be
tween $1,000 and $2,500, two dollars;
Detween $a,uuu ana $iu,uua ten dol
lars; between $10,000 and $20,000.
twenty dollars; for each additional
$10,000, ten dollars,
Telegraphic messages, except press
news dispatches, one cent on messages
Deiow tne charge of twenty cents and
three cents where the charge is above
twenty cents; on the entry of goods at
custom houses for consumntion not
exceeding $100 in value. 25 cents: be
tween $100 and $500. fOrtv cents: ex
ceeding $500, one dollar: entry for
Withdrawal of goods from bonded
warehouse, 50 cents; life insurance
DO licies notinolndinor avri 4n t. twVI i ri p s
for each $1,000, twenty cents; marine
and nre insurance, twenty-live cents;
leases for a period not exceeding three
years, fifty cents; exceeding that
Period, $1: clearance papers for a cargo
destined for a foreign port if the ton
nage of the ship does not exced 300
tons, $1; between 300 and 600, $3; ex
ceeding 600, $5.
Mortgages not exceeding) $500, fifty
cents; between foou and fi,uuu, one
dollar; between $1,000 and $2,000, two
douars; between Z,5Uu and $5,000,
fivrn dnlkro. Wmium K nnn m .
000, ten dollars; between $10,000 and
ysu,uuu, mteen dollars; for each addi
tional au,uuu, ten dollars; passage
ticket lor a foreign port, if less than
one ooiiar; exceeding $30, five
dollars, rower of attorney, twenty
five cents ; power of attorney to con
vey real estate or rent or lease the
name, one dollar; probate of will
or letters of administration where
the estate does not exceed a wv
fifty cents; between $2,600 'and
$5,000, one dollar': between $5,000.
and $20,000, two dollars; between $20,
000 and $50,000, five dollars; between
$50,000 and $100,000, ten dollars;
between $100,000 and $150,000, twenty
dollars, and for each additional,$50000
tn dollar. Protest against any note,
cheek, acceptance, etc., 26 cents; ware-
Douse receipt ior guwa a iuwuuu
dise, etc., held in storage, 25 cents.
The bill also imposes a system of
tonnage ' taxes of 8 cents per ton, not
to exceed 96 cents per ton per year,
uDon all vessels from a foreign port,
and from the receipts from these du
ties $750,000 is appropiateo ior tne ma
rine hospital service.
me loan provisions ui me uix mum
follows: .
That the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to borrow on the
credit of the United States the sum
of $500,000,000, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, and to prepare anu
issue therefor, at not less than par,
coupon or registered bonds of the
United States in such form as he may
prescribe, and in denominations of
$50, or some multiple of that sum,
redeemable in coin at the pleasure of
the United States, after ten years from
the date of their issue and payable
twenty years from such date, and
bearing interest payable quarterly in
coin, at the rate of three per cent, per
annum; and the bonds herein author
ized shall be exempt from all taxes or
duties of the United States, as well
from taxation in any form by or under
State or municipal or local
authority; Provided, that the bonds
authorized by this section shall be
first offered as a popular loan under
such regulations to be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury as will
give opportunity to the citizens of the
United States to participate in the sub
scriptions to such loans, and a sum not
exceeding one-half of one per cent of
the amount of the bonds herein au
thorized is" hereby appropriated to pay
the expense of preparing, advertising,
issuing and disposing of the same.
That the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to borrow from time to
time, at the market rate of interest, not
exceeding three per cent, per annum,
such sum or sums as, in his judge
ment, may be necessary to meet pub
lic expenditures, and to issue there
for certificates of indebtedness in such
form as he may prescribe and in denomi
nations of hfty dollars or some muii
nuleof that sum; and each certificate
so issued shall be payable with the in
terest accrued thereon, at such time,
not exceeding one year from the date
of its issue, as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe : Provided, that
the amount of such certificates out
standing shall at no time exceed one
hundred million of dollars; and the
provisions of existing law respecting
counterfeiting and other fraudulent
practices are hereby extended to the
bonds and certificates of indebtedness
authorized by this act
TWINKLINGS.
"Old Grabber ought to be
sat
isfied with the money he has."
"He
is satisfied so much so that he wants
a lot more of exactly the same kind.'
Tit BUS.
one "Julie and Joe are en
gaged, but they have decided to keep
their engagement a secret; Julie told
me so." He "Yes, I know it; Joe
told me." Yonkera Statesman.
Imagination "Is your husband
a man of much imagination i
didn't think so before he married me,
but since I have heard the reasons he
gives for not coming home to supper
and for staying at the elub until nearly
daylight I ve changed my mind.
"Mrs. Miin. said a visitor,
"Emma has your features, but I think
she has her father s hair. Oh, now
I see !" said little Emma. "It's be
cause I have father's hair that he has
to wear a wig." Tit-Bits.
- "Yes." she exclaimed indisr
nantly: "he kissed me by force." "Oh,
well. " replied her friend nonchalantly.
"it was all your fault " 1 'All my fault ! "
Certainly. If you hadn't resisted he
wouldn't have had to use force.
Chicago Post.
" Rust,"
the dread of the cotton grower,
can be prevented. I rials at
Experiment Stations and the
experience of leading growers
prove positively that
Kainit
is the only remedy.
We will be glad to send, free of charge,
interesting and useful pamphlets which treat
of the matter in detail.
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93 Namo St., Now York.
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tetter, salt rheum and eczema Oham
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Druggist.
THE NEW YORK'S CAPTURE 1
Spanish Tramp Steamer Pedro Towed
late Key West ia Charge of a
Prize Crew.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Key "West, April 23. The Spanish
tramp steamer Pedro, Captain Bonet,
from Antwerp on March 25th for Santa
Cruz and Pensacola, was captured by
the United States flagship New York
yesterday afternoon and was brought
in here at 6.30 this morning under her
own steam, but in charge of a prize
crew, consisting of Lieutenant Cape
hart, Ensign Brumby, Engineer Ball
and twelve men. She is owned
by the Navigation Company, of
Bilbao, is of 1,628 tons net register, is
about 330 feet long, was over 38 feet
beam and 28 depth of hold. She was
built at New Castle in 1883 and has
a crew of 36 men. The Pedro had
been unloading a cargo of rice, iron
and beer at Havana, when the news
of the descent of the United States
fleet upon Cuba caused her to put to
sea in a harry. She made off in an
easterly direction, but was not quick
enough in getting away.
The torpedo boat Foote was scout
ing about twelve mues on iavana
shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The weather was hazy.
Suddenly the Foote signalled the
Mew York that a strange snip h a
been sighted, and the flagship started
out. Wiser than the Buena Ventura,
when she saw the mighty flagship
heading for her the Spaniard scudded
away at a- fast clip. The New York
then nred the usual first snot as a
signal to heave-to, but the Pedro
continued on her course. Then came
a pretty chase. The cruiser fired
several more small guns at the fleeing
vessel, and finally sent a solid shot
across ner dows. mis Drougnt
the enemy to terms and she promptly
hove to. A small boat was lowered
from the New York, and Ensign Mar
ble with a crew put off. The wildest
excitement prevailed on the Spaniard,
and her decks were crowded with men,
scurrying about like frightened rats as
the JNew York s men clambered up tne
side of the ship.
Meantime the t oote hadsighted a
German coasting vessel and sig
nalled to the flagship and a shot
was put across the vessel's bows.
No resistance was offered, and the
New York men boarded her, found her
papers to be correct and her German
register was established. She was
turned back. The action of the fleet
in refusing to allow the German vessel
to enter Havana shows that the
blockade is practically established.
GEN. FITZHUQH LEE
Anxious to Get Back to Cuba and Meet
the Spaniards Will Make Quick
Work of Blanco's Army.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Richmond, April 23. Gen. Pitz
hugh Lee will leave on the noon train
Monday for Washington. The General
appears somewhat restless under the
restraints placed upon him by the
delay in sending troops to Cuba, as he
is anxious to get back to the island
and attack the Spaniards, and pre
dicts that if he is put in charge of
troops down there he will make quick
work of Blanco's army. The an
nouncement from Spain to-day that
Weyler had conferred with the Queen
Regent and would return to Cuba at
the head of an army proved interesting
reading to Gen. Lee, who said after
he read it that he would like nothiug
better than to face Weyler with an
army.
General Lee appears to think that
the proposed delay in sending troops
to Cuba will prove somewhat danger
ous. The rainy season sets in on the
island about the middle of June or
first of July, and he had hoped that
the troops would be sent at once to
Cuba, and that the fighting, as far as
driving the Spaniards from the island,
would nave been over before tne rain
began to fall, for if Americans unac
climated are caught on the island after
the wet season begins they, will be
very apt to contract fever.
It having been suggested to General
Lee that the Richmond troops who
had at first been somewhat loath to go
toACuba had reconsidered, and were
declaring themselves as prepared to go
wherever ordered, he exclaimed:
"Richmond and Virginia will do their
duty. 1 never knew them to fail and
certainly they can be depended upon
now.
THE BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
Another Prize Captured Movements
the Fleet Off Havana.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Key West, April 24. The fleet cap
tured anotner prize yesterday after
noon, the schooner Mathilde, of Ha
vana, laden with rum. The schooner
was taken by the torpedo boat Porter
after a lively chase, during which
number of shots were fired. A prize
crew irom tne naeshiD was Dut on
board the schooner, but no ship could
be spared to tow her and she was
brought into Kay West in tow of the
Associated Press dispatch boat Daunt
less, which arrived about midnight.
The Dauntless reports that the fleet
has been divided. The Nashville and
the Machias or Castme sailed west at
10 o'clock this morning, While the
Amphitnte, the Puritan, the Cincin
nati and the Castine or Machias sailed
east later. The rest of the fleet at 3.30
o clock in the afternoon was blockad
ing Havana, which is distant ten miles
to the southward.
THE STEAMER PARIS.
No Truth ia the Report That She
Has
Been Captured.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, April 23. dement A.
Gresham, vice president of the Ameri
can Steamship Line, said to-night:
'"I have just received a cable mes
sage s from the agents of the line in
Southampton, stating that there is ab
solutely no truth in the rumor that
the steamer Paris has been captured.
She sailed at 2:15 P. M. yesterday
and passed the Lizard at 11:45 P. M.
She proceeded on her way for this port,
and as since that time nothing has
been heard from her it is certain that
she has not been taken. Had shebeen
overhauled by a Spanish vessel the
captor and her prize would have put
about for some Spanish port, but as no
vessel arriving either at Southampton
or any other port reported her, we are
certain that she is well on her way to
New York."
WAR BULLETIN.
Dispatches from Queenstown, Eng.,
says the Spanish torpedo boat Audaz
has completed repairs and is awaiting
orders. It is expected she will leave
Monday.
Dublin It is rumored that Spain is
negotiating for the fast mail steamer
Ireland.
Madrid The Leon battalion started
for the Balearic islands this evening.
On board flagship New York, off
Havana The torpedo bout Ericsson
captured a Spanish fishing boat during
last night under the guns of Mono
Castle.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Columbus News: The plant for
the Columbus Canning Co. has been
ordered from the manufacturers in
Baltimore, and win nave a capacity oi
tmm 2.000 to 2.700 cans per day. A
good many tomatoes are being planted ,
this weeK.
Newborn Journal: Capt. Wm. .
Moore, who has been drilling ms com
pany of colored men, preparing them
for war, says he is" all ready to assist
makeup North Carolina's quota, as ,
per call of the President, and will lead ;
his fifty men when the call is made. I
Taylorsville Visitor: Hartwell i
P, Millner, a young man from this j
town, on last Monday, at aboutiu.au
A. M., near irarmington, jn. u., in a
sudden fit of insanity shot and killed
his horse and then shot himself
through the head, from which he died
in about eight hours.
Maxton Scottish Chief : The
sash, door and blind factory is com
pleted and will begin operation in a
few days. B. G. Barefoot (white),
the shomaker, who was carried from
this place to Lumberton jail a few
weeks ago charged with having stole
three pairs of pants from Moses Fine
was tnea m liumoerwa iasi weunes
day and found guilty and was sen
tenced to 12 months in the penitenti
ary.
Monroe Journal: More than a
year ago Jjlr. n.. M. wimn sold a
horse, which at the time showed signs
of being lame, but which he and the
purchaser expected to be all right in a
lew days. Instead of getting better,
however, the lameness got worse, the
horse hnauy being unable to put the
foot on the ground. For over a year
it remained so, and the closest exam
ination discovered no cause for it.
Some days ago the cause became
known. A nail had penetrated the
foot several inches, remaining undis
covered in there all this time. It was
taken out and the horse is getting bet
ter rapidly.
Raleigh News and Observer:
The power of the Yadkin river has
been harnessed and is now being
transmitted upon the lightning wings
of electricity to the Twin City to turn
the wheels of its industrial progress.
The consUmation of the scheme marks
a great event in Winston-Salem's his
tory. It is the only enterprise of the
kind in North Carolina. The plants
now being operated by this power in
clude Fries' woollen, cotton and flour
ing mills. The South-side cotton fac
tory, the street railway and electric
light plant and Fogle Bros, planing
mills will be connected by the first of
next week.
Lincoln Journal: The many
friends in this country of Mr. William
Tiddy will be grieved to learn of his
death, which occurred at Morganton
Saturday night, For many years Mr.
Tiddy was a citizen of Lincoln country
a member of the firm of W. & R.iTiddy
proprietors of paper mills at .Lincoln
Mills, Laboratory Buffalo and was
honored and esteemed by all who knew
him. For the last several years he had
been living in Charlotte. Last Win
ter he fell, receiviin? iniuries to his
brain which impaired his mind and he
was taken to the hospital at Morgan
ton for treatment. His mental trouble
had been entirely cured and he was on
the point of leaving the hospital when
attacked by pneumonia, which caused
his death.
The successful test of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, with an
actual service charge of nitro-glyc-erine
in her pneumatic guns, makes
her usefulness in case of hostilities
self evident. Whether she be called
on to countermine the harbor of
Havana or harass Morro, Castle, the
account she will jgive of herself is
likely to astonish every one, but part
icularly those against whose works
she is directed. Philadelphia Re
cord, Dem.
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
oniy remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
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may uoi nave n on nana will pro
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substitute.
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BETRAYED BY FLAPJAOK8.
A Wi Wko Can Veil
pation by the Way He
There is a waiter in a Dearborn street
restaurant who has discovered the aoi
enoe of reading a man's occupation by
his manner of eating. He can look Into
the calm eye of a customer engaged in
disarticulating a "ham and" and de
termine with wonderful accuracy
whether the man is a scissors grinder or
a State street merchant
Of course one must be a close observer
to do all this, and it isn ' t everybody
that is afforded a lunch counter for a
field of study. Yet if the student will
avail himself of opportunities while
seated at the mahogany board he will
find that when the business man ia at
the table some habit acquired in the
daily pursuance of his profession will
be sure to show itself.
For an instance, the banker may come
in and order wheat cakes. If he does,
the waiter declares he will invariably
dip his fingers in the water and run
over the cakes to see if there is a mis
count '
The gambler will look around to see
if any one is watching and then palm a
slice of bread. If he orders flapjacks, he
is sure to slip them one by one from the
bottom as he eats them. The clothing,
salesman will hold his flapjacks up to
the light and feel the texture, while the
keen observer will notice that the jew
eler, upon ordering pie, will hold it to
his ear, shake it and then listen, after
which he will lift off the top crust with
the point of his knife and examine the
insides.
During an interivew the other day
the waiter stated that he called his new
science "eatistry. "
"I have not mastered my science
yet," said he, "and seldom a day passes
but that I learn some new point Oh,
it's a great study, and I think in time
it will take its place along with palm
istry and phrenology and other kindred
sciences."
"Have yon ever made a mistake in
judging a man's occupation?"
"Only once, and that could hardly be
called a mistake, for I made no decision
as to the man's business. 1 confess I
was stumped. The fellow came in and
ordered his dinner. Of course I gave
him a glass of water. He looked at it
with some surprise and said, 'I didn't
order that'
" 'It costs yon nothing,' says I, 'and
you don't need to drink it unless yon
want to. '
"He thanked me, and what do yon
think he broke his bread into it and
then ate it with a spoon. I didn't know
what to make of it, and for the life of
me I couldn't determine what his busi
ness waa When he was leaving, I tap
ped him on the shoulder and asked him
outright what he did for a living.
"'Why,' says he, 'I'm a milkman.' "
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
JF THE MAHNIMAH.
I
A Wonderful Parrot of India Which, the
Natives Claim, ThtWfcis.
-little bird in town did a surprising
g the other day, though thatts the
die of the story. The first of the
story is that a woman who had lived
many years in India and who has a love
for all things Indian was walking' along
the street and saw in the window of a
bird store a green parrot with red spots
on its wings.
"That bird," she said to herself,
"came from India. I will go in and
speak with, it Perhaps it speaks the
vernacular."
So she went in and spoke to it in the
vernacular of India.
"Do yon speak the language?" she
said It is the common question which
the people ask of a parrot in the land
from which the bird came. But the
creature made no answer. It stared at
her with dull eyes and was not inter
ested. Still she persisted.
" Come, " she said. "Surely you speak
the language? What do you want? Are
yon hungry? Is poor Polly lonesome
away off here? Coxae, come, yon speak
the language.
Still the bird made no answer, but
from away back in the dusk of the room
came a dear little biriloioein-Hkidoo-
stanee:
"I speak the language, Ealao. I rpcak
it"
The birdseller d 19 notmotioo theory.
It is merely the chattering of a foolish
little bird to him. But the woman who
loved India said:
"Where is that bird?"
"It's back there, ' ' said the bird seller,
pointing to a remote corner. So the wo
man went there, and in an old cage she
found a neglected looking mahnimah,
standing erect on its perch, all its feath
ers ruffled, looking this way and that
as it quivered with excitement This
bird of all tattaM birds is the most
wonderful nay, in India they main
tain that it thinks. It learns, in fact,
the tongue of the people, they say, and
does not speak by rote, but it converses.
At any rate the mahnimah cried :
"I speak the language. I speak it"
"Here I am, brother," cried the wo
man. "I am one who speaks it too. "
The bird fixed one sharp eye on her.
"You are little," he said disdainful
ly, putting his head down in his feath
ers to indicate how little she waa
"Yon are little, but I am large," and
then he stood erect with his head
thrown back and looked down on her.
It said other things, too, while the
bewildered bird seller stood by and lis
tened, astonished that the bird had any
value or that any one could understand
it
"How much will you take for the
bird?" asked the woman.
"Twenty dollars," said the man.
The price had gone up in the last ten
minutes.
"Where did you get it?"
"A sailor brought it here, and I bought
it of him. He had come from New York
and was going to San Francisco. He
said he was tired of lugging it over the
country."
"He must have come from some place
where there are Lascars. "
"I do not know. Will you take the
bird, ma'am?''
But the woman could hot afford that
so she called back : j
- "Salaam, little brother,
"Salaam," said the bird. Chicago
Chronicle.
Where a Man Must Speak Up.
"I had occasion the other day, for the
first time, said a sober minded citizen,
"to go up high in one of the modern
tall buildings. I called on a man in the
seventeenth story. It certainly was tre-
m. t -9 a m
nenauus me way tney noistea us up
that shaft with a smooth start and
easy stops and lightning between. But
the most impressive thing about the
trip was this: A man who got on where
I did, at the ground floor, and who
wanted to get off at the tenth floor,
said "Tenth, ' as it seemed to me. the
instant we started up, but the elevator
man said: 'This is the twelfth. We'll
stop going down.
"If there is a place on earth where a
man needs to speak up, it appears to be
in the r modern
elevator oar." New
York Sun.
London Architecture.
Not long ago an English architect
was heard to make a ouriouslv snorast.
ive remark. Conversation had tnm
upon the manifold dangers to which we
expose ourselves by traveling in rail
way carriages. "The great rule, "; said
cms architect, "is never to look out
the window until yon are a eood I
miles from London. Otherwise yon risk
eemg cue urystai palace.
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