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HILLSBOJIO, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1887.'
NEW 'SERIES--VOL 8 NO 50
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e told
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of the -irk '
before the
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1 'oo I,-, keep the 5
e ' ! I ' ! I I I -( J l;i ';'t -t 1 .
of i In- In-ad- of I i)t:ian
i't d ;it Ki!!i-iioo, ih rhia
! ! -o -e bi'-t Ween the W'llit e:s
re. Aii 1 1 ii Li.l ii d of or,
I.- tie- Mlo-t proillihetlt
a-i . w ,i- ot lent I b the
iia ed , the ereet 1 allloli j
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licit II OIH- ot their
l
ii.
ne men is shorn of
- - !' i e e.r i Ii -graced in t ho
!!':'e. The d M-t or mule
i'i il- if his hair was cut. oil
aO-e the sle;ime- .hlMlt'S-
. iu-j: at a in h; .r in the ba v,
: a i a il poii l he captain of the
i d the doel or In.. 1)1' t a ell
. i:.i rail.--- : mi ml, -a u -i'lit of
ha v ' ! a- c io-e as a I'.l .t 'l
. W hii h a- i ,e. P.llt t ho
, I
! md -ink. X o w t ln
i i he idea that -having
id' their i h cl or- di csts
-op' riiat ural" power.
i i
i) l-'n. I'rt,
..:gin- comes to the sur-
a !,g. as he sa . "coalO
- I i . ue and to iuterct ale
. ! ! . I I el a " a i list the 1 1 -
,!..,- pioetor. Wig- .si
. .. Vts -ire ahvavs mere is- !'
1 'on acta inn', of in it- j
a i'i1 falling uptVu thaii j
the largest planets,
a i !e-t . a re the oldest, j
traveled in an oroit j
------ -
m" sun than now, and
ia t ome as large ami .
; in I he s, dar .orb as
! '.( - o 1 i 1 1 ! i o u e s of tilt'.
I tin great saurians of
(.mi ,ca le that, the ea i i h
'a as nearer the si,n.
! a lim .si to a crush! ag
: 1 ! 1 1, id o o i
ijeots on oiir
- i.c.e.
N' Ws.tioin the IMaiict Mais.
,' thinks that
iiiav jilsl be run
f .'iupiicatc earth it
'.,t!i land. "wat-T,
.an! s)i,.w acciiiuu
i " '!- in their re
d' inter. If this be
,'c of tin l'lam t is.
M
uiu.(u more
rare
1 1 ' 1 1 . -yi 1 1 i a t it oidy
a t s surface a pfes-
pou-i'ls and a .pi tr
h. The i limati of
from ih
-n
Kill
. a ,t .in uumlates at
, , a n i t . to be coin pa ra
: !: a'.cr is di-ti ib
urioiis series of h ng
iitc'n tain out ir 'in
'.s to an extent, in
tl
Ufee
and four ;
1,'
u-
A-
is w ell kn't'W u. a-: r
-: a a, -ceded ill discov. .
t. V o J 1 1 ' i i s. , t lle-e
.scut a diami t er I nd
': or -c i'i) uii'.es. and t 1 1 ?
completing a revoisnadi
''.am t in a lilt h im.u e than
Ac -c Yrk i-
A slielit Incumbrance
had gone up to i-it a lady
.. with w hoiu her acquaintance
- -light, ami -ie wanted to It t l.t r
w something t hat is tisu.iilv ctn-ed-among
ladies rath, r i:up rta it.
ii'ii know 1 am t ngag. tl to 1 1- m ir-
1 1
f" '
: de.d! lb'.
i nice fellow, of
e-. chanui tig
,l,.;;..i,f .1
.1 Ot o,;oii-i
eutle-
1
1 when is tin- c rctnor.v to tase
1 didft unite know.
i
: t' in . tin t i '
mtig as th.it.
any tl. lay alut
He's w t althy, is
' s, he's .rv well otT. Put y u
-"I ii. there's a slight incum-
"- v'i,t incumbrance?"
aii weil he's not divorced
"" -- J'rauciscv Ckrviticliu
!- . . . , , ,
A Soldier Under Napoleon.
Do tou Fee that tuiiihlf-fjown eottag-e thre,
li yond th- tbe ca more tree
Witti rat- !! r.r--k.-ti n ,ridow-t,ane
Aii'l n; wnere the flower-pots' us
to
Vou nev-r wi.'j;. think. jn pur-h a place.
To Uit-ot uri ,! tifi'i fa? to fat1-,
A -".'i.'-r i.n.(J-r NaU-n.
Thf-r'"8 llttif h'-r-ii'-. I iinf-s.
In the vMtii'-n-.i o!'i fiian in h; c .nif-r ohair :
Not a in. ,th nt u thuht in Lis hairles
h-ai.
As In- Sit- urrl muuibies u.ul rruuibie-9
th n .
lint it !iin ! vt-ar- takf rniiriiav,
lib title, l .'-a-:. wi.J'alwav, -tuv -A
-wfl.t r un.Jer iip4,ieiii.
Uli film ;- aft h hi- 3aulit-r at work,
A thin oi'i fri.iiii in hci;
1J-Mitiit tniii ii1 t- h-r k ruti'l.sfjii at 'lay
AVjth hi- ...arO 'l -illii-r uii in a ro ;
Ami )k ilt-ariy U,ot- hi- fiint 'f g'in
And h.-t bi.u k t.iay pipe, tin mar. w !hj has
tfrf-n
A soMier urnlt-r Nuoienn.
IJut .Tet.a. Marentfo. Autfrlit..
Ami !n-t ami t.iili-t, 'at-rloi!
Wiil his cjii not tla-h it I -jieak these word.
Ami lh sluish blood in hi, veins li.jin
true?
lit ' . It-ill, but I'll f-h.iiit them out till it- hi-nr
And in m. riioi y li-tit, at la-t. ipear
- r-omier under .Nupoleon.
"f;Knl sir,'' I siv, "do ou r--olii-t
J he lu-t tru-at iliiv when, tin- record tell
Vou .toaht si, Su av ely, nor ijuit your jiost
Tiii the la-t man l.-lt yJur eoiiiiades
leli'.'"
"I've lost the name." he say to me;
'I.ju-t remember 1 u-ed to tn-
A sni.in-r under Napoleon."
h.ult-s I'. Itictianlson, in Harj.er's.
n:iti;8isTii;Li:.
"1 will not be untrue," he saitl. amL
ln-r dark ees tla-hetl. "1 love ou,
but I -hall n.it marry vini.""
"Ami your na-uii-?',' he a-kel, in a
voice that trembled d. -j.ite hi troii
elVotts to control it.
She looked at him (iui-tlv, pitvinirlv,
and her answer raiif through his verv
Kdll.
"Hec.'tU-e you W 'ollld Iil.lke my life
one hn, regret, lh-eau.-e, far in the
years to come. 1 foresee such "utter
i( -gradation fu- you as would make
tin- life of any woin.-in maiT eiioii;h to
Si c her ha ppiiie-- In -r fate --to tur
keelin- a life of such misery that thS
e;raf wa.uhl be a Welcome refllp'."
"You oe me, ami vet ou can say
this to me?"
"1 could not have loved you had I
dreamed of thi- before. As I sav. I
will lint be Ulltl lle. 1 LelieVed in ymi
wholly. I thought you the only one I
had eer known w ho hat! touched my
heart, who r-oiihl awaken in me the
loe a woman i'ies but mice in her
lie. 1-yielded my self gladly to the i
knowledge of this feeling, for I could i
,.:.'. - r i '
not mistake voiir manner, vour feel
ings to me. 1 "-aw mv iutlueiice over
you wiin none oi tiie tnumpii ot a ,
coipictte. vou well know, but with the
quiet happiness of a woman who loves
truly, entirely, herself. Hut for the
baic knowledge that the fatal cup,
which has ruined thousands, and tens
of thousands, is not strange to your
lips, niy heart would be wholly yours."
"lint. Margaret, vour inllueiice has
e'lch power over nie: under it, what j
':l" 1 ""f '' n pu r ? Blessed with y our j
love. what might I not become? :
. , it 1 f .
The beautiful bps lost their firmness ,
of exprcs-ion. ami quivered with j
strongly-expr.-ssed feeling. .
"I have no faith in my .ower," she j
said sadly. "God only knows how in- !
tensely I pity ou. but I should go mad j
if were forced to pity 'my husband, i
1 mii-t esteem, i e-pt i t . a - w t -1 1 a s love 1
the man to w honi 1 giv e control of . all I
my future."
"Is there no hope for me?" he pas
sionately exclaimed. "Arc you so
cold, so hard, that you h uv me all
trial tiiat you refuse to believe, for
oll I Could conquer. Would coUqUtT,
all that stood between nie ami mv
i dearest hopes of earthly happiness?
; Margaret ! Margaret ! n human, ct ea
! ture but yourself can save me. If you
! refuse to listen to liclie f I raff Hut
what gulf bears me to oblivion."
"I dare not listen t. you." and great
tears rolled down her cheeks; T dare
'i not lake upon myself such vows as
! bind our earthly fates, and feel iu my
hert how entirely we shall ret be
separated in all truv union. 1 must
s:1 to you. I have no faith in the dead
lv infat u.it ion of one wl'io indulges in
the appetite for strong drink."
i "You comb-nin me. then, do ruin?"
"1 condemn vou to ruin! God for
bid! Harry Norton, it all remains
with xoiir-t If. 1 cannot conceal from
1 oii tit it I think vou hav e a hard battle
b. fofe' ou.iu life. To conqUe,th:lt
appetite, to ue-ermnie tnai you wm
li d ;. Id. ami t" abstain from all that
tends ,, tempt, to awaken desires for
stimulant'. n- matter how weary. Imw
w orti .ai arc w ifb tin struggle demand-
tie' stiollgcst will, the greatest
S' if -.i aiti'-c the praverful spirit, the
1 a: isti.tfi life An- v .u capable of a 11
tie
lie
a i
If y ..a doubt V':r-. :f at all. in
v ut' .-r t'-iupt a woman to share
o.ar.i's life p. behold herself the
f children who will never.
' e iiity. the holiness. 'the pro-
k
t. Y
w
V
tai.ik I exaggerate vur fault,
let know all that is burned as
-'ami. of tit a- upon mv un-m-
ear ft
lacs..
and I
a
"-.ig. tn;.ting. cr.-tlul.uis girl, who I
i .. . ... . f , .
' .. a , a r n. rselt n.'l- iicr needs yi i
b... w m, . j to a man w hose earthlv i
, ,,., , . . .. ... i ..i .i t
; l'1"" ' 1 m.al bP.r.-r than tho-e of l
; iU"st i'.i-n. Pit thi- girl, so innocent, I
b. ': . ai d triist-ln.' 1. I soon ... ,b !
too -oon" that !.!- u)iu f'f.. u--ij I
; sac riliced to ..p,- whoS. taste for the ac
ctii's. d stimulants ,.f i;,-.u,,r f;tl- ,.xc.-el-ed
his h. for the v.mau he professed,
t a.huv. i car after y -ar pass. ti on,
nddi:eg to this fatal "taste additional
stretigth. No caresses of sweet-voiced
lovely little children, no delights of
1 home, were half so dear to this man as
the .me iufatuatitdi of his life.
I "This girl, alwavs tnattire in mind,
j anil far his superior iu nature, left no
Uieaia untried to save him. JSho wai
vptv attractive m manner, conversa-
: ti-di. anti ..-.jii. ant all her atUc- j
i tioti- were j -tit iu f.d-ce to ;ve him.
.Si..- ..-o;ii-.t:eti hi hut.it of intempt-r-
' ;tii-e fur w-;.r-. h k-pt IA faults to j
, h-i-t lf. he never breathf-.! anrht j
; apiint him. he. upheltl him, j
' -it! t rirtlit-netl him, -oan--lel him. If j
I woman - intrnt-nce could have saved !
him he won hi hae b-en -avetl.
! "I have v-eri her in. me taken from
' hf-r. Her i:hiihen ami herseif van- j
j dt-rinir frm one jjlat-e u another, a I
: he i-oiiIl ljt-t earn their ujijMi t: and ;
J thi m.tu. -t-einiiilv devoid of human j
' feeiini:-, leainr her to her own re-
J source-., whiie wealthy relation eared j
; ft.r him. ;
'"ThU wt.man va Very near and i
dear tt me, atnl n.. tiling ujnn earth j
! i-oiii'l ititltice me t put myself in sub- i
! j'-' tU'ti to tin- j., i ibility of sueh a fate. I
j Yoti have my true f rieiul-diip, mv j
i best wi-iies for our welfare, mv sin- '
' c re pl aVei s that ou may coinjuer in j
this lieiw trial, but 1 flare not riVe you j
! more. iod.oii! knows how hard this 1
is for me. to say to you. How willing- j
j k wmiM 1 share our fate iu povertv, j
j in any ordinary trial of life; but I j
j dare not, for mine ow n soul s sake, say I
i 1 take your life, whateer it may be j
for mine. And so. Harry, let us speak '
i of t his m nVire. " j
Sin- held out her hand. He caujjfht !
! it. He drew her iinp.ulsi vel v toward j
him. He held her for an instant close-
"Mai-aret," he said, "let me kiss
you once."
And before she could replv his hum-
in r lip- touched her pure cool brow. j
"(on! Idcss you, Alargaret, whatever I
becomes oj me.
In anothei-'iiistant he was nne.
She passed thnmeii the garden-walk
i into tlie pleasant porch, ami stood a I
moment betoie the open parlor-wm-dow,
where an old gentleman rested ill
an easy ehair.
"It is a lovely night, father," she
said; "but 1 will go to my room, I be
lieve. I am very weary to-night,
(looil night!''
"( '. I night, my daughter!"'
Ai. dargaivt went as usual with
lur stateiv step to her chamber-donr;
I but e witiim its soiituue, ana trio
proi, reolved spirit was bowed in
Lit t t-i sorrow.
J How she 'had loved this man! And
her whola franie hook with the sobs
i ihe da -d not ent . loudly, am! the
tears rushed down lhe proud beautiful
! iace. Must she thus condemn him,
and was there no hope for him?
He w as a student of medicine, studv-
. . ... . . .
mg of late with her father, and an
eager, apt student. He had com into
the quiet liie oi thisgirl as a bright
sunbeam. His quick active intellect
aroused her from the ordinary rou
tine of her Usual life. "
His tastes harmonised with her
own, and she had given him her heart
entirely.
Then, one day, she learned tha the
fatal habit of stimulating his energies
wheu exhausted by study or fatigue
had become a nceessitv to him, and the
interview we have iust related was the
decision at which she had 'arrived,
She was a girl of no ordinary char-
aeter. 'Her clear good sense, w'ith the
intimate knowledge of her friend's
life, taught her to doubt the inllueiice
eouhl wield against the triumphal
Juggernaut, whose victims can never
'be niimb?'i-ed.
Harrv Norton left the village for the
! disti-actiohs of a life in a great city.
1 Now and then news came of him as a
clever successful practitioner, accom
panied with doubtful surmises as to
certain changes in his habits of life.
vague speeches, meaning, perhaps,
much or little. . ' ,
Margaret's life flowed quietly on:
her father, yielding to the intirmit ies of
obi age, demanded her care and atten
tion. Perhaps close observers might detect
a shade of sadness now and then in
those clear grev eye.s, but she was not
one of those who live solely for their
own pleasure, and no one in all the
village was more relied upon in sorrow
or touble as a kind sympathiser than
sheT
A voung clergvman who settled in
the parish was soon observant of this
strong, self-reliant nature - this tender
daughter and kind friend. Margaret
was not doomed to live a solitary life.
She found much to esteem in Mr. Kldon,
and at last much to love: and one
bright spring morning she stood w ith
him at the village altar as his' bride.
As she entered the carriage a packet
was given to her. and opening il. she
found a wetlding-gift a brooch formed
of a large pSire pearl, linely set. and a
letter.
The letter was as follows:
M akoaiu.t You are a pearl an:"in7 all
ethers m mv nietr.orv. and 1 t-r vou to accept
! thi sytnN.i ol y..urs !t" a a trttt fiom an M
frieul. Yoti were ri).ht. Margaret tv man,
i knowirur himself a - n f- .. int.-iii" ranee,
i phould t v-r tetni't a w..i.an t-i.nare it- ci.r-e.
j Whnt can I write you of my nie t ?siy that
there are tunes tu n 1 am mnd w!;.-a no r-a-fon
rt-maais to me and th-n 1 t on,. i.ut f
tiiir viiiior cf tiie fch:i'luw nf ic;it!i, and I .-
you. strong, pare, so faraway fn-tn me. Your
wotd-ve"nie back to me. an i I know- .u .-re
' rlhtyiien v. u eii"- n walk apart troin one
! p, . unw. rt by. n- -t !-,ieve that I d' . not - ; i;--
pi-, hat a f.rrdr.'i:'T than i e atr
can ret -lev :n yanir nai t a
. ami I kn w th.tt
las.-nc,- t-ie-ed ,?u ,ar i-'ve-tbat my
tru.'-t'it so,:nf ,i, ar to va n. Peat par ty.
r,.0tmi le. wen dear.-r to you than huxux . ,--.
and be wbo nc.ie.1 : ti; s,. 0u;d ma a i
sess!.'.;i ... v...ur heart. That one w,rtu to
tour s-md.'. yonr sta th-ah tife ha- won
vu. awaken n setflh tveiini in my b.-art.
1 have sa:d that 1 caa-I rejou-e m y..ur
bapvuK'ss. . -
Happy bride though . wa-. t-'ar
tilled her i-yt. She pith-d him ry
teulcrlv, and pitied him all the nere
because "f h.-r own ka'pines-."
The eais rolled ju;.-tiy n with her;
chillt'cn were given to h.-r l-.v.- arid .
care In the pl.-atit village hoifui
wln-re her i hildish' liavs w.-ia- pa-- d
she liv ati the cotit-ued iile of a: hatpy
wife ami nndher.
It was tiwaiN the eo-e , ,f a briglit
summer d.y ,that Mr. ilhiuu came
slowly up the garden-walk, and, Mar
traret. ha-tt-ninr with teiid-r weh-.me.
to gr et nim. aw at once, from his j
fa.-.-, "na i.e boie unwonted new-. :
"M d '. -t." he said. "I wi-h y.-u
vvitiii'1. rt'iiit- with me to ir a ding
liu:, wiiu vih.- to bit! oti farewell.
Yoii is ve ne er furgutteti H a rr Nor
ton. 'It Is he.
It w as nut ealmly she eouhl think of
tlie iiiterview. - Her hands trembled as
she tied the strings of her bonnet:
tear- tiliej her eves, and she leaned
heawiv ou the arm of hi r' husband as
he related to lur the story of his sum
mons to the house where Harry Nor-
ton, feeling his days was numbered,
had t ome to bid h r farewell to die.
The setting-sun was glorifying all
thinis;'. tin. distant mountains and
rit;s ere bathed iu golden light.
The entered the chamber of tiie living
. rs
man. The same golden atmosphere
liiled it: from the open window came
the oft summer air. the glad notes of
sinking birds.
"You are good as ever, Margaret,"
H arrv. saitl faiutlv, "to come; but I
felt that if you wished me God speed,
1 might more safely cross the dark
river. You cannot know no one can
know ba its 'victims the irresistible
.power of the disease which bears me
to m grave. It is a disease a mad
ness with some and I have been one
of -those fatal ones. If I could say
with supernatural . power: "Touch it
not when first oil feel the accursed
j thirst, or you are lost!' Hut who would
j believe me? .God only knows!'1
Long ami temh rlv Margaret and her
husband talked with him, listened
pityingly to his account of the struggle-
he had made so "Uselessly against
what he believed to be a madness and
soothed 'and comforted by them, he
passed quietly, resignedly nai thank
full v. into the other life, thfc "great
Lev olid."
In the "White House.
It peojtle think that the President is
not sociable in his oilicial prison life in
the White House they do not know
him. He is warm-hearted 'and com
panionable in his hours of leisure from
the routine drudgery of his high place.
He is fond of his friends ami always
has a good deal of cotnpanv. As a
bachelor a friend or two at dinner was
a regular occurrence, to which lie now
often adds the friends of Mrs. Cleve
land. The President is also'a"good liv
er. His greatest fondness'.is for game
in season. Chef Perin resented with
an emphasis which looked as if he
might seize the ne'arest skillet and
bring it down upon the offending pate
when the buckwheat scandal of the Ex
ecutive kitchen w hich went the rounds
of tiie press in the ' early days of th
Administration was mentioned.
"Me niakee buckwheat cakes, nan-
cake tb-bh
.e tlehle noil"
Never, sir, vile I am
here. Le3 President never eat buck-
wheyt cake from me."
Then, rising with a sort
laisc-hy inn enthusiasm:
Dutch cook. Yes, yes.
make buckwheat cake.
of Marseb
d see. That
May lie he
France, no.
Germanee. yes."
The Presidential buckwheat cake
threatening to become an international
issue, the chef tempered his national
aversion for "Die Wacht am Rhine" by
cooling oft' in the pastry kitchen with
the mercury sizing up to 110 degrees.
The gastronomic economy of the Ex
ecutive Mansion in the diurnal revolu
tions of that portion of the earth's sur
face over which the President of the
United States governs represents three
epochs: Breakfast at 9 a. m., luncheon
at l:.k, ;ind dinner at 7 p. m. The
chef who makes the life of a President,
allimentally speaking, a joy, ami thus
maybe a benefactor, begins t4ie day
with a breakfast of three.- dishes fish,
a steak, ami eggs with coffee. He di
vides the day with a luncheon of cold
meats anil broiled, small, featured
game in season. He, makes his tri
umph at the family dinner oysters,
raw: a soup, li-h; an entree, perhaps a
sw eet bread, a i eleve, a roan and vege
tables, terrapin, an entremet suere, per
haps a puddrng or a jelly. Des-ert
pastry, ice-cream, nuts, fruit ami cof
fee. Since his marriage the President
has lingered longer at his im-als and
enjoys life in his domestic circle, even
if the prerogatives anti proprieties of su
preme rank do debar him from many
of theiiftic joys and diversion? of his
felioW-Iliortals. W'ashiU'j'oH jJUUr.
Snooks at lied Top.
There s,''-m to lie a great deal of
trouble in keeping servants at Red Top.
The tierce w inds "f March drive the
president and his family from "their
-country residence, because they found
the alterations in the house had been
made for the soft zephyrs of summer,
ansl not f r the Mat h gales. Soon
after they left the steward of tin White
House, w'ho ha charge of the servants
also at Red Top. g"t notice from the
domestic- employed tin-re that they
Would like to leave. He tried others,
but they , too. l.-ft. ataS after wondering
what the an-e was he found that the
olored pe..p'.e employed were afraid
to s? ay th.-t,-. They wero superstitious.
The iiowlit.g w ind- had made the win-
. dows rattle and whi-ihd through thj
woodwork of the h"u-e. Stories got
abroad that "sHks" were- there.
Then som- -aid that an old man had
died iii the hou-e. and hi- ghost was re
visiting it. This was enough' for the
colored servants, and forthwith they
resigned. In vain, it is said, did the
steward try to show them how foolish
were their fars. but they would not
listen to him, and now the lonely
mounted polu emati alone keeps guard.
WaJiiu'jion LtiUr.
WIT AM) Ill MOlf.
The only people who keep diaries
for any length of time are those who
keep them for sale. - Hfjer'f Hazar.
I hi is I'atti's last farewell tour, but
if we all club together and ask him.
pos-dbh N i olini w ill
come over
and
i
se- us again. - l'u k.
I lie Maor Montreal wears a
"ioo gold collar ab.Mit his neck, but
Uev : when auv m-mb )-of : b. Ameri
can colony ate around. ' ii'ai.itfj'vn
' We .
Ciisto-n.-r (to bak-r"s Lu
Is t.ur"
bi . ad nie- and light, -onnv
1 .-1 .'O . X'
UO I c o U ' , 1 1 e ! i i ! a i i V ) Its
m.uis, it
onl w agiis ten outt
U to tin iXrUluU.
I'u k
Olue
ha
,1
in a while it is well to nium-
a rinuii will led cure a had-
b'e
at
v more than a golden -upper
j , J
go-iit. e'. ma ...f.'ftr i.t-
1 1 .it -i . -o . l
Jim-;, -
The
miles
Hoo-ae Tnni;e i
long: !iut it's n,
nearly five
Use. oung
p.-opi
. m. u-i
h- lami
. Tiie I
s bet o I t
akeineu alvvav s
da- cars run in.
b
H:
No matter how bad ami destructive
a bo mav be he rarely becomes so
tlegrade.l .r lo-.-s lij- seif-iespci,-t slif-
ln-ellt iV
poster.
A Mi
the' hi;
to throw' mm:
uii a ciicua
higan school-teacher punishes
: girls b kissing them when
thev misbehave. As a coiiseum-nce he
has tin; most uurulv school in the
State. J'hi!nl !j,hit u. -
"shocking unprincipled lot. those
'bus conductors! One of them passed
a bad sixpence on me a fortnight ago,
confound him! Ami I've not been
able to get rid of it yet!"- I'unch.
"If you want tew git at the circum
ference of a man examine him among
folk-; but if y ou want tew get at Ttis
act'ual diameter measure him at hts
fireside, llustuii Vvmnti r ial-Bullt;tirL
There's a good deal of bosh written
about "t he square gambler." In the
game he plays the chalices are Usually
so much in his favor that -there is no
need of crooked work. Hutf'alo Ex-
jll'lSS.
Wisconsin claims to lead all other
Slates in tin- production of Liiuburger
cheese. If this true, none of them
will care to approach near enough to
take it aw av from her. Yi iv Jlaven
,rs.
" no is the ugliest woman in
town?" ashed the stronger. "Cant
tell you" replied the citizen, "she
never comes in' until fifteen minutes
after the entertainment begins.
liu nil .-
Joe Where are you going to spend
tin-summer? 11 1 i - 1 was thinking of
going to Maine on a fishing trip. .Joe
-'-Going jo Maim- to go fishing? Why,
man. that i a prohibition State! lJ&
troit "( I V. -s-.s. -,
A distinguished physician lias dis
covered that the gall of a rattlesnake
will cure its bite,
that the average
iin-t as much gall
From this'we infer
rattlesnake'' has al
as a book-agent.
A '. W J I'l ft H A ' II' S.
Par-on How did you like my ser
mon this naming? Parishioner Too
long. Par.-on Dear me: I'm sorry w
Parishioner-- So am I. If Psleep live
rliinutes over my usual time it gives
me a horrible headache. Tid-DLts.
A Northern man siy: "I came
down to Florida to get a little change
-ami soim- rest." "Did voji get it?"
sbme one asked. "NO; the waiters
got the little change, ami the hotels
got the 'o-. ,- -Al'iiitu OjnslUulion.
A gentleman writes on the sulject
of spirits ami beer. One point "lie
fails to make is. that too much beer
makes one lose one's spirits, while an
overindulgence in spirits is only too
likely to result in a premature bier.
Life".
Snookson A vans Jones is a yefy
good fellaw a I -don't know that I j
quiteVall -him a gentleman, you know, j
Mi-s Sharp (who has a liking for j
Jones i Don't y ou, really? But per- j
ha p- ou ar.'i nut a -ry good judge! I
ru 'o n.
A "hinese th'e-'.ti !
uantf' r
is
takin
(Inin,
will :
but !
W.- I
lli'ta
-tops ff . i n t : ..d i
i u Ann r; i : .
a C! m i ?c-r of
ma u jger e jd.
the C ,
dries.
I bi.
a to e.
h.w
t m-
; I e 5
I ,
K t i o
P.nt,
hav.- l.eijav d nn
t on. A n ' a
T x -h I h.d our
tice
for
a
pair f'f -i
remark w
r'ooia d an
to act TJse (
region f
city com.
C. ' Tit r :
"The ,,r
can i.e f..u
pen
W .1- ' lie W It ' V
i?oU; Wh:t.
ia-m ne ,b -li . d
la-tSaiy i-i ;-,
tner.!,r, in the
Sag-. -- .;. rf I o
n win
; !.:.. :
too Hi'
hi-
1U-
1-1...
objection that
I.-.:,- . -aid ti,.
g -ail "if apat t
ee of a bath
t mah - a!: v d.f-
w ou!d-b t n-i-ts.
Jlurjj'.r'i
l.iu-:.
in. -lit -.
ro a..
f. feeee
,l
a ..
w e
a i .
a.
s.t:w
Ana
ii,'l
iia.
i - ir.
Mi
dear. I
t.ivm
W e. k.
I'ppeflen
iUi g'et.g
. my par:;
M - -
bv the
way,
a
u
an in vi-
n - r
t v
Party!
Whv,
Jo e. y ou -;,
arc pot
te!i---Oh. n
lurj iriia'.
A- a gent
it :-..-n..- vorj
(.ng L
? Mi- t'pp r
common. 'i-
:m in the parquet -re-
iiurK'-ti -ur.-i.a-.
None, nut wojuen who have
i.
i-.it-
au
d
i 4
tiO!iJ
Citijer to v-. .-ar. :-
I,, j,..y ..new
wear them to the
hue and cry n.it
.nf uia 4ii i aiioru
. : .... .7 i
t-!., wouM djir to
'.i e after all tiie
been raised'-
Tr , . .
,ere is a movement in Ene for
the erection of a cxaunxxi to Commo-
dora Prjv
How to Lire for a Full Century.
Professor Humphrey, of Cambridge,
has prepared a series of "tables whick
' contain some interesting iniormatioa
j about centenarians. Of fifty -two pr-
sons whom he mentioned at least
eleven -twg males and nine females
i actually attained the age of 100. Oth
I ers attained very nearly to the hun
dred years. Only one of the persons
reached ICS years, while one died at
j the alleged age of WO. Of the fiftv-
two persons, thirty-six were women
! atnl sixteen men. Professor liumph-.
rev tells us that the comparative immu
' nity of women ; from the exposures
and risks to which men are subjected,
and the greater temperance in eating
and drinking exhibited by women are
the chief joints in determining their
.higher chances of hneevitv. Out of
w, " . . " . .
rthe thirtv-six women twentv-sx had
! - . , .
Peen married, aim eleven nau uoruu
large families. Of the twenty-six who
had been wivs eight had married be
fore they wetis -U, one at 16, and two
at 17.
Twelve w6f the fifty-two centenarian
were dicoverel to have beii the eld
est children of their parents. This
fact, adds lr. Humphrey, does not
agree with popular notions that first
children inherit a feebleness of consti
tution, nor with the opinion of racinjf
stables, which is decidedly against tha
idea that "firstlings"' are to Im de-'
peuded on for good performance on
the course. The centenarians gener
ally regarded were of spare build.
Gout and rheumatism were, as a rule,
absent. "It seems," says Professor
Humphrey, "that the frume which Ls
destined to great age needs no such
pophy lactics, and engenders none oi
the peccant humors for which1 the
ger joiuts (as in gout) may find a
Tent."
Of the fifty-two aged people, twenty
four only had no teeth, the averag
number of teeth remaining being four
or live. Long hours of sleep were
notable among these old dpl". the
period of repose averaging nine hours,
while out-of-door exercise in plenty
and early rising are to be notwd among'
the factors of a prolonged life. One of
the centenarians "drank to excess on
festive occasions;"' another was a "free
beer drinker," and "drunk like a fish
during his whole life." Twelve had
been total abstxiiners for life, or nearly
to, ami mostly all were "small meat
eaters." SL Janus (iazclte.
Caught by the Lawjea,
A dramatic little scene
occurred
Court here recent 1 v. It was
no rery
great matter, but it is a pretty instance
of legal dexterity. 1 he case waa
suit for damages brought in behalf of
a girl who had been run over by
brewer's wagon, ami the testimony ef
the plaintiil Was flatly contradicted by
that of a girl of her own age who had
been playing with her on the curb
stone at the tim the accident occurred.
Ruth the girls, who were each about
nine years old, gave their testimony
with mm h directness ami stood well
umb r cross-examination. The lawylsr
for the plaintiff, however, at last go
the second girl on the stand, and alter
asking her several -unimportant ques
tions. s,;1jd a-ide to his associate coun
sel: "Would you risk It?" The ques
tion being answered in the amnnatire,
he turned to the witness with the air
of a man who wishes to make an im
pression: "You seem to remember extremely
well' he said. "What sort of stock
ings did you have on that day?"
"It roiv ii .stockings." she returned,
without hesitation, "brown stockings
with white clocks."
"What kind of a hat?"
"A brown straw with brown rib
bons' . "Who told you sr
"My mother," replied the witness,
wholly oil' Imt guard.
"When did s,c tell you?" pursued
the lawyer with no change of counts
nar:' -.
"Dav before vesterdav." was the re-
' Fpon-e, fatal t the cae of the defense,
! -feinee up.n this child's testimony thef
i chji :! v j eh'-d. Of course such an incl
! d. -!ut i- m-t o extremely rare in the
records of trials, but the thing was
j v r"y prettily ami effectively done.
i LuaUjii Cur. I'rui vtem.t, Jvurruil.
A Peculiarity of Iindon Paper,
The great morning dailies of London
ignore each other s exUtenoa. They
are a set of editorial ostriches, if we re
erso the eiuiile. for thtj srem to f oa
the principle that nobodr sees anything
but thf rns' lvex, their contemporaries) be
inz hidden in the sands. I think l'?e
lunvi the -metaphor there a little, but
let it go. I have a dim remembrance
that when the vertile Mr. Lucy look
charge of the Daily i'ews he actually
ment.oned the name of another paper
in its com tuns, but whether the paper
i eT'r recovered irom tne anoclL. or
- whether Lucy ever had the temerity to
i do li Kia 1 resdiy aoa t Jtnow. me
' earth. 1 believe, maae rts customary
thousand miles an hour in twenty-foar
laps the next day. The only paper that
seems aware th&t thore is another sheet
! published in this village is the Fail
Mull fJazKllt, As iu ofCce is sitsaUd
; away up by Charing Cros, how it erex
' fuund out what the great journals of
i Fleet street nerer disoorered 1 liar
been quite unable to ascertain. It wae
i a great journalistic feat, anyhow. To
sum up trie case: I beg to remark, aad
my language is plain, to get out of the
u , a,v wi... ( ,c u s v w i l ll v
7l. .,, n n . ...7o.i.
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