KINSTON JOURNAL.
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. The Amateur Farmer.
I dreamt of a beautiful time
When the World shall happy be!
When the elephant! anl hyenas
' 8hall blossom on every tree;
When tamarinds and potatoes
V 8ball cease their dreadful roar; "
When turnip trees shal blossom
In the garden for ever more.
I dreamt of a great republic
When the people shall ail 20 Wett,
Sow plants and reap tcnuitoea
In the land they love the beet;
When pfg Iron and molasses f
Shall bloom on very hill.
And cbicktr low in tre barnyard,
. While poet ebtTr'idH toil at the mill.
I'm weary of seeing the cabbage
Handle the rake and the hoe;
I'm weary ol watching and waiting
For the grasshopper bosh to grow;
I long lor the time when spinach
Shall cope with bread and milk;
When hens bh&ll lay potatoes,
And horses spin raw silk.
Oh ! sweet were the vanished hours
When I wandered down the glen.
And wreathed my brow with tomatoes,
Or plucked the ripened hen;
When the donkey twined up the trellis,
And the cucumber chirped in the grass;
And the sweet potato wbibtled j
To itsir ate in the mountain pass.
But gone are the days of childhood,
And manhood's dreams are mine;
Yet I long for the the by-gone hours,
As 1 sit "ncalh this Turkish vine.
Oh ? w rent he your blossoms about me.
And soothe my aching breast;
Whilo gooseberry plaintively warbles
And lulls me into rest. :
I sional note on the margin of it? jages,
of my childhood. I entreat ye, my be
loved nieces, to read these caxerally, for
every hcur spent with God reaps a har
vest of gain, and in this godly-book are
hidden treasures dear to the hearts of
mortal. : '
Hzotxr Hakdtkg Pimnt
Boston, 1674. '.
' Eccentric, surely, but you will do
so, faith r"
44 1 will, indeed." - V,
VAnn Am none
won TUB LAMES.
aOBXMTOVS BATTBBM.
FAITH IRWIN'S LEGACY.
, MOKKOE n.-RCSENFELD.
" Faith ! " exclaimed Maud, her sister,
"I always thought Aunt Hester was
rich! Here are nothing but a few
gimcracks and relics, extremely extrinsic
and ancient!1!
She curled her mouth disdainfully.
"There is absolutely nothing desirable
among them all, excepting perhaps this
casket and brooch and the old family
diamonds. The two former belong to
you, my dear, and the latter have been
kindly bestowed upon your humble ser.
varit, or, in the words of our dear and
lamented kindred, etc., to Maud, elder
of my two worthy nieces.'" She ap-
approached her sister with the brooch
in hand and proceeded to fasten it on
"Nay, nay, I could not wear it. But
I shall ever treasurtit as a dear gift and
keepsake" said Faith, laying it away
tenderly.
Then the two girls proceeded to read
the farther disposition of the will
There were shawls, Indian and Persian,
antique books, water color paintings oj
raro art and beauty, silts, linens, laces,
etc., and a Bible I And, strange
enough, there was an emphasized clause
relating to this book.) After detailing
various' other articles to the two heir-,
esscs, the will concluded with these
words : : - . '. - ..
41 The old family Bible, a legacy and
sacred relic of generations, I bequeath to
the one ot my beloved nieces who shall
read it the most industriously, and love
l it the most fervently; hoping that,
therefore, it will have no individual
possessor, but he shared with mutual
ownership."
44 What a great, darling old tome "
cried Faith, as Harry Rose, her affianced
husband, placed the important volume
in her hands.
44 Perhaps its very dimensions ac
counts for our aunt's infinite area of
benevolence," observed Maud. "Judg
ing from her earthly residue her benefi
cence must have been astoundinslv
great, especially to her own kith and
kin," she added, sarcastically.
"Fie, fie, sister, how can you speak so
ungratefully P"
These baubles," continued Maud,
apparently unheeding the reproach apd
pointing to the diamonds, V constitute.
then, the nucleus of our worthy kin-,
dred's specific wealth i Ingratitude's
not I, but when I expend a yearXincome
on the resetting of these antique orna
ments, gratitude. I fear, will be sadly
marred by the item of dollars and
cents IV Pausing, she went on: '
44 As for the much-envied Bible, since
your aunt has made such minute stipu
lations as to its future career, I resign
all claim of it to you, trusting you may
ween from its pages a like magnanimity
of heart as that of its quondam posses-
The dreary autumn and the enow-
robed winter days sped by. and once
more beauteous spring burst forth in all
her glory.
And daring all the long, weary
months, Faith had kept her covenant,
studying the leaves of her sacred legacy
with patience and lervor. Indeed, she
had become so attached to the old book
that the reading of it was to her now a
sweet delight. " -
One lovely morning she sat reading a
chapter of the Proverbs. - Thus far had
she advanced since the memorable day
of the will, ever and anon reading with
interest the notes she occasionally came
afcross.!'
The chapter before her was the
twenty-first, but she had come to an
abrupt pause at the twenty-first verse:
44 He that folio weth after righteous
ness and mercy findeth life, righteous
ness and honor," for on the left blank
oi the page were added and underlined
these strange words : 44 and riches. See
within the cover of this Bible!"
At first Faith could not clearly com-
pnhfud the import of these strange
wort's. Mechanically she turned to
the lid of the book.
A sudden faintness came over the girl,
as the mystery slowly began unraveling
itself.
Pale, yet calm, she proceeded to look
about the swollen cover for an opening,
when suddenly her eyes fell upon a
worn lap, carefully doubled and fastened
down over the binding.
With beating heart she took a tiny
knife and began loosening the spreading
that held it firm. Once, twice, thrice
she uplifted the creased fold,, then
turned back the lirnp cover. V
There, tremblingly,' the eyes of the
be-n ildered girl beheld a mass of papers
stitched to the . side of the book, each
sheet revealing as she took it from its
place, a $ 1,000 U. S. fiovernment bond,
stamped and dated, with" its bunch of
glittering coupons, drawing the nation
al interest from the time it was issued!
And as the last colden rianer was drawn
forth, Faith, dazed and, bewildered, J from
counted them ; and there they were
ten of them! ' -
Ten thousand of dollars, bearing their
interest for six years! And as she placed
the last bond upon the heap, she saw
written on its back these words: 44 Re
spice fineml"
Look to thond," muttered Faith;
44 can it be" then a- light broke . unto
her, and, aweC and trembling, she turn
ed to the rear cover of the book, and
there; likewise, fast to its sides, was a
document, a deed of valuable estate
the large domain of , her dec ased i aunt
the bulk of Aunt Hester's mysteriously-hidden
fortune!
How the girl's heart throbbed with
joy and gratitude! A thousand visions
sprang Up before her, framing them
selves "into air-castles, faltering, then
vanishing and drifting silently afar, as
they came. . ;
" What boundless wealth!" she whis
pered to herself, hardly daring to trust
her senses for fear the reality would
vanish into dream. 44 Is it a dreamP"
Bui no! it could not be there it was,
the clustered harvest before her, un
changeable stil!, ana real.
Faekac for Batter. .
Can we not, asks the Live Stock Jour-
naZ, invent a simple and easily con
structed package for butter, which may
be sealed air-tight and easily opened?
Glass is, probably, the best material
from which to make it, as it is light and
strong, permits no soakage and imbibes
no taints." Such a package can be en
cased in wood to protect it. There must
surely be some easy way j of making a
self-sealing glass package fofbutter,
when they are so extensively used for
fruit. Three-fourths of the bad butter
in market is spoiled after packing.
Keep the Wheels Creased. '
Huboard Thayer usedjaj hand -cart in
the city of Boston for several veaxs.
w
carrying packages, etc., to their desti
nation. He greased the wheels every
other day, but oa inquiry he found that
another cartman greased his wheels
every day. Thayer tried that plan and
found his cart drew much easier than it
did before. When the horses and oxen
draw the carts, we don't much mind
the difference and let the poor beasts
suffer for our neglect suffer perhaps till
the neglected vehicle cries out in very
agony 44 curse the driver as some call
it. Thus the wheels and axles are dam
aged, the teams maltreated and the
business'hindered. Grease often; 'never
let hard, gritty material accumulate on
the axle, and never let it get dry.
Keep a Few Sheep..
At least a few sheep should be kept
on every larm, says an agricultural
writer. No kind of stock is more profit
able: In starting a flock, a few superior
animals should be chosen instead of
double the number of inferior ones. The
increased value of a flock range from
good sheep, will greatly exceed the in
creased cost ot a few good ones to stai
with, over what inferior ones would
have cost. Start with good sheep and
keep them good or make them better,
by generous keeping. If one intends to
half starve his sheep he might as well
begin with half-starved ones, as they
would bemore likely to 44 hold their
own " than those used to better keeping.
Sheep-keeping, however, is not profit
able when the starving process is
adopted, and we would not recommend
it to farmers who practice any such
methods. When good sheep are pur
chased to start with, and are weil kept,
sheep-keeping is profitable, beneficial
to the farmer, and to be commended. -
i GemtUsnasu
) Marry a gentleman,' -Girls,
il you can, ;
Minded and boilt
On the generous plan.
Thoogh he may neither
Hare silver or gold.
Title or fortune,
' "To have or to hold.' .
Though he may labor
With spade or with hoe,
Thoogh he may not -
. Bnt his mother-tongue knew,
Though he may live nnder
Society's ban,
Marry a" gentleman,
Girls, if you can.
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, if yon can,
Gentle and tender
Though no leas a man,
One who will treasure
His child or his wife,
Scorning to rob them
Of sweetness in life. 4
One who will never
The brute's part assume.
Filling his household ,
With sorrow and gloom,
Don love's altar, j j
The name you would fan;
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, if you can.
You will be happy.
And you will be glad,
Though he only .
Be commonly clad,
Pleasure is fleeting,
. And life but a span
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, if yon can.
A schoolgirl saw a play performed at
San Luis, Cal., in which the heroine
died by poison, after suffering much
from unrequited love. The girl had aa
unhappy love affair of her own, and the
performance on the stage impressed her
so deeply that sh bought arsenic on the
way home and committed suicide. A
similar instance occurred in Chicago,
except that the girl bought candy in
I stead of arsenic, and let her lover pay
for it.
The proprietors of the International
hotel at Helena, M. T., proposed to
have some fun with the thief who was
stealing their wood. They bored a
large hole in a chunk, rammed In a
pound or two of powder, plugged the
hole up nicely, and threw it back on the
pile. Daring the night they were
awakened by a disturbance similar to a
volcanic eruption. One side of the
hotel was blown out, and the remainder
burned, the guests narrowly escaping
with their lives.
The crop of wheat on the Dairy mple
farm, in Minnesota, for 1880 was 540,-
000 bushels. The San Francisco Com-
1 mercial News thinks that it may do for
a small Eastern farm, but would be re
garded as pretty small potatoes for Cali
fornia. It goes on to say : 44 Dr. Glenn
has already shipped ten large cargoes to
Europe, aggregating 724,338 busbeU, and
j expects to ship about ten cargoes more
before the season is over. This is a fair
sample of what the smaller farmers are
doing in California this season, and it is
not much of a season for wheat, either.'
Onion Culture.
The Germantown Telegraph says that
in Connecticut more profits are made
an acre of onions than from any
other garden crops raised.; In regard to
onion culture it has been noted that few
crops, like a deeper soil better than the
onicn ; yet they do not like it loose, and
soil should lie some time after digging,
so as to get compact. It is also found
that wood ashes is an excellent manure,
but there is nothing equal to a top dress
ing of hen manure. Fresh stable
manure is one of the worst fertilizers,
making a rank growth of top with but
a small bulb comparatively.! In gardens
generally no manure is put on the onion
ground the same season of planting;
but a piece of ground is selected which
has been heavily manured for some other
crop the season previous. Generally
they go in after potatoes or celery, where
an extensive crop is desired. In Eng
land enormous crops of this vegetable
are raised, sometimes as high as thirty
tons to the acre, which brought, even at
the low prices in that country, $1,000
per acre. Many of the bulbs were one
pound in weight, some more than that.
The statement that 44 in the onion thera
is strength" when applied to a financiel
profit like this, is no joke.
Health Hints.
The Women of If w York.
A writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer
has been looking critically at New York
women, and the following is one of the
conclusions:
As a rule, the higher you go up in the
social scale of New York the less beauty
you find. I could name top-lofty fam
ilies whose women are generally ugly to
the extent of positive hideousness.
There is a theory that the product of
several generations of high culture is a
palpably superior article of women, with
small hands and feet, arched insteps,
sensitive nostrils, and other points sup
posed to indicate physical and mental
refinement. Observation proves' that
the truth is no such thing. The shop
girls of the Bowery are prettier, as a
class, than the idle girls of Fifth avenue.
This reads ' like heresy, no doubt, but it
is nevertheless a plain statement of a
fact. Criticise the two sorts without
allowing the judgment to be prejudiced
by the matter of dress, and the prize
medal must be awarded to the Bowery,
notwithstanding its sins oi clothing and
manners.
The Commercial Bulletin publishes a
table showing that there were last year
in the United States and Canada. 250
fires which involved a loss of $50,000,000
and upward and ten fires where the
loss exceeded 9500,000. The aggregate
losses by these 250 fires amounted to
$35,000,000, or about one-third of the
total fire , loss of the year. There cer
tainly ought to be some means of pre
venting this fearful destruction and
waste of property. For much of it, no
doubt, popular carelessness is respon
sible; but defective building methods
have a great deal to do with. the rav
ages of fires in all large towns and
cities, and these, could be cured if the
municipal authority was uniformly and
vigorously asserted.
Fashion Fancies.
It difficult to realiza the enormous
power ot the Drignt specr, jupiter,
shining so quietly in the sky. A writer
has shown that the power which the sun
has to put forth to hold Japiter in his
orbit is equal to the combined strength
of 170.000,0'K) bais of solid steel, each
tine a mile in diameter. Jupiter's .null
upon the earth; according to the same
authority, is equal to the strength -of
Small buttons are preferred for silt 23.000,000,000 bars of steel, each of them
and wool basques. I one foot in diameter. So, if the mere
Irish poplin is again in favor in Eu- power of gravfly were all that were re
rope.
' Dresses are worn fastened at the back
this winter.
Ft r 1 1 tma Xlr JIaJ,
One of the most pleasing things
aboutlthe fish supply at St. Petersburg,
and elsewhere in Russia, Is that you are
always sure of getting your fish fresh.
The arrangements for the sale of fresh
water fish are admirable. On the prin
cipal canals and tributary rivers flo wing
through the town you will find what
are called sadoks. or floating fish s!rrrs.
They consistjof a barge, uilt very much
after the style of the toy Noah's ark,
with a dwelling house constructed on
the deck for the accommodation of the
fishmonger and his family. Around
this are moored several welled barges,
containing all kinds of fish from smelt
to salmons, which are brought in welled
fishing-boats direct from the fisheries
at the estuary of the Neva and in the
Gulf of Finland, and also from the lakes
of the rortheast of llussia. Even the
itinerant fishmonger carries the fish ht
sells alive in a wide, rather shallow tub
filled with water, whch he dexterously
balances on his head. At tho restaurant
establishments humanity and gas
tronomy seem o unite to prolong the
lives of the fish to the latest poerible
moment. In the entrance hall or ante
room there is usually a large glass aqua
rium, in which the fish swim until they
are wanted. This custom of preserving
live fish in Russia has existed from time
immemorial. In the household econ
omy of the treat boyars of ancient Mus
covy, among the necessaries of the
table, live and (generally speaking)
fresh fish formed a very . important
!tem. The prolonged fasts, the holiday
feastings which were conducted on a
grand scale as regards the number of
dishes consumed such fish In Incredible
quantities. . The Russians are distinctly
goott livers ; they keep no meager nor
inhospitable tables. These banquets
impressed Archdeacon Coxe favorably
in the eighteenth century, and a traveler
of the sixteenth century says ' he saw a
fish brought to table which it required
three men to carry. The fish was prob
ably a gigantio sturgeon. Every large
household of those days, in their solici
tude for having a constant supply cf
every kind of -provision at home, took
great care that the live fish they required
was not purchased from the fishmong
er s eadoks or wells at Ugh prices, but
that it should be stored in their own
ponds and caught in the rivers on their
own estates by their own serfs,
so that in this manner it
could be obtained as it was
wanted tor the table at any time, and
almost for nothing. With this view.on
every estate, however small, whereever
the locality wu situate, were formed
ponds and wells, and ou the estates ot
the great or1 rich boyars. besides these,
were established on the fish rivers regu
lar fisheries. We are told that the great
boy ar Morozof, wh o was a kind of prime
minister in the reign of the Czar Ale.cav
Mlkhallovich in the beginning ot the
seventeenth century, and who resided at
the court, Moscow, had a number ot
fish wells and ponds on his estate near
Mo jcow, which were supplied with live
fish from his estates far away; in the
interior of the country where he owned
TJst lTIe .
The wrald goes up aad the wnrU goes down.
A nd tbe strhie tallows te nun.
Anl jea'erday's sneer sad yesterday's trow
Can never come over again,
Sweet wUe " ' '
Ko, nevrr eocae over aaia.
oraaa Is warm, though man be old.
For wc
And the night wdl k allow tho day.
Till tho heart which, at even was weary wd
oil
Can rise in the moraiag gay,
8weot wile j
To its work ia tho morning gay.
v - Clnlt JTiopWry.
COXtUALlTXES.
veils
are
R se colored ' tufted gauze
very becoming.
Gold embroidered scarfs of black lace
arc wound around the neck and fastened
with a large, old-fashioned gold brooch
Chatelainei of gold or silver, with a
multiplicity of breloques, are again
worn by both French and English la
dies of fashion.
A chenille fringe makes the prettiest
collar lor a street jacket. .
quired to make Japiter s ajproach
dangerous to the earth, evidently he is
not larV!n? in the cower. But no one
need fear that the sisterhood of worlds 1 a village, the inhabitants off which,
whlc 4 acknowledge the dominion of the I instead of the payment of obrok, the
sun will prove equally destructive.
The consumption of wool by the mills
of the United States is estimated at a
little less than 7,000.000 pounds per
week, cr in round numbers about 350,
000,000 pounds lor the year 1830, against
296 000,000 for 1879. It is generally con
ceded that the growth of the States and
Te ritories for 1830 amounted to about
ususl tax, were compelled to furnish fcr
the boyar's use at much fUhf as they
could catch. London Field. 1
T7 Great Bridge.
The chatty New York correspondent
of the Detroit Free Press says of the big
bridge between New York and Brook
lyn: It is too soon yet to run over to
Brooklyn and back by way of the bridge.
Little . satin-lined shoulder caps are 300.000,000 pounds leaving a deficiency but In returning from Plymouthl church
of 50,000,000 pounds to De supplied irem 1 we may take a look at it, any way. ine
the veil abroad. The importations for the fiscal j last point of view Is the platform at the
year ending June 30, 1830, are put at 75,- I lower end of the Third avenue tievated
sor.
Saying which Miss Maud Irvin stalked
haughtily from the room..
I am glad, then, this is not the bone
of contention,", said Faith, reverently
carrying the book to her lips. " But it
seems strange, that, whereas.every other
article ot. virtu is specified. no direct
heir to it was named in the will," re
marked Harry. ;
4 Auntie had such strange notions
eccentricity, they call iu I suppose
that explains her apparent poverty
which Maud so unjustly censures."
44 Perhaps."
Ho was toying with the pages of the
book; as he spoke, when his eye sud
denly caugut ihq fly-leaf. Yellow and
faded, yet distinctly visible, were reg
istered a line of names dating back to
the age of a century, . and beneath of
more recent data the following: .
44 1 feol that a day will soon coma
Out, but into the street hastened the
happy girl, into the din and bustle, past
the great warehouses that loomed up
giant-like in the . distance, picking her,
way through the traffic about her, down
one avenue, then another, until footsore
and weary she reached the outskirts of
the' city. At the tenninus'oi a road,
before' a fp or-looking cottage that be
spoke the poverty of its inhabitant,
Faith paused. Here dwelt her sister
the once beautiful and proud Maud
friendless, and forsaken by every one
except the trusty little sister. Fate had
strewn her path with the thorns of
misfortune. Faith entered and found
her listlessly gazing out of the small win
dow that fronted the barren fields be-.
yond. Maud- Maud ! You shall be happy
again you are rich here take it! It is
yours 1" And: in another moment Jaith
bad thrown herself and her precious
burden about her sister's neck, and was
weeping tears of joy. Then she told her
how the dear old Bible had proven
faithful, how its pages had brought her
heavenly riches and worldly wealth.
And Maud listened, in silence, of the
wondrous book that had hidden" in it
Flaxseed tea, which is good for cough
and sore throat, is made as follows:
Put two tables poonfuls whole flaxseed
in a pint of boiling water, and boil fif
teen minutes. Cat up one; lemon and
put in a pitcher, with two tablespoon-
fuls of sugar. Strain the tea boiling
hot through a wire strainer into the
pitcher and stir together. '
Medical men claim that a pound and
a auarter of oatmeal will supply as
the harvest of gain," and Aunt Hes
ter's 44 hidden treasure so dear to the
hearts oi mortals."
In the beautiful home of advanced
thought lives Faith and her husband.
With them, contented and, happy.
dwells Maud, their sister, for she never
could be brought to accept aught of that
harvest which her sister alone had
reaped audi won. -
much nitrogen and ' almost as much fat
to the body as one pound of uncooked
meat of ordinary quality. A man gets
three times as much nourishment at the
same cost in oatmeu as ne aoes in
meats. One pound and a half of Indian
meal is equal to one pound of uncooked
meat in a nitrogen, and surp.sses it in
fat.: ; .' V
One who has tried it communicates
the following about curing sore throats :
Let each one of your readers buy at any
drug store one ounce of camphorated
oil, and five cents' worth of chlorate ot
potash. When any soreness appears in
the throat, put the potash in a hall
tumbler full ot water, and with it gargle
the throat thoroughly ; i then rub the
neck thoroughly with the Camphorated
oil at night balore going to bed, and also
pin around the throat a strip of woolen
flannel. This ia a simple, cheap ana
sure remedy.
worn with house dresses.
English brides now wear
drawn back from the face.
"Ths eagle's-wing tunic" is the latest
shape in overdresses. It has two long,
sharp, shaath-like points in front and
two in the back. Very little trimming
is used upon these tunics. .
Honeycomb silk and wool stuffs are
used to make the Watteau overdresses
worn with tea gowns, and surah or satin
forms the vest and the plai tings under
the trains
Many house dresses have the corsage
cut pompadour or heart-shape and filled
in with a full shirring of brocaded
Spanish net, and a high raching of the
same lace about the heck.
"
The Marguerite gauntlet sleeve b very
fashionable and stylish. The top is
made of the material of the dress, and
the long cuff which reaches to the eT?
bow is made of plush velvet or satin.
The cuff fits clooely to the arm, and is
buttoned or laced up the ba k. . .
000,000 pounds. This, of course, in
cludes wool , for carpet purposes, for
which manufacturers are becoming
more largely dependent upon foreign
sources, of supply, as- the improved
breeding in the Territories is causing a
decrease in domestic productions of this
class of stock. For other wants rapid
development of native resources is
Jikely to make early provision, and
within the next decade maybe reason
ably expected to place this staple among
the exportable pro i actions of the
country.
railroad. Standing tbert you; see the
roadway just in front. 11 the old build
ings are now cleared away and) every
thing can be seen. The ascent from
Chatham street to the first pier, on the
New York side, is quite steep, aid trains
with heavy loads will have a gpod pull
before reaching the bridge Itself. Be
tween the piers the bridge will be level.
and the incline on the Brooklyn side
will be less than on ths New York side,
pn account of the ground rising rapidly
from the river. Ths width of ths road
way is about equal to that of Broad
way. The cost of ths bridge thus far
has been $12,690,000. When ths work
it finished the outlay will probably run
close on $11,003,000. Whether ths
bridge is worth so much money or sot
is a question. The original estimate
put the cost 'at $3,000,000. and there
TKei. V I r' 1 . .
.when I must oart with thirnvdAaro-f UUU1C 43 one 01 P"aor.
friend rm ..rth ' ZIC ZJAV OOUSpiCUOUS above all
Fvu, ,Wuuhj Uas oeen my sweetest I simple bid
wmiuru certain beanti fhl
tVlAVoSn Kan. r 3 . . . -
.wv. .uapirea me to mate occa- I "Faith Irwin's T.,.,
a -1
s 1 ...
nauapie stana lies &
book, its leathern hiV
irnl mhm. I-.- ... . - 1 awa
; XTr: n tnre mple words : Wins; but I see I was deceived in him.!
lu uifc.o wc-1 -raiui u win's Lietracv " - 1 --
VIMVCMVII 41 GIL.
" Where did you buy that coatr"?
At that second-hand clothing store on
Galveston avenue. 44 Why, that coat
is your old coat Isold him last week.'
He has fixed it up and palmed it off on
you for new. 44 By thunder ! r No wI
know wLat the hyena meant when he
said-it fitted me like it had been made
for me. I thought at the time he
A Great. Compliment I
Edwin Booth says that the most gen
nine compliment he ever received was
on the occasion of his playing Iago in
"Othello 'for the first time at Grass
Valley, CaL, then a new mining camp
Thm JtrUH$Hf Unh.
Miss Bird, an English lady, describes
In a book on Japan, and especially on
the Ainos, how the was ferried across a
river by one Alno completely covered
by hair, which on bis shoulders was
wavy like that of a retriever, and ren- I were people who thought all the work
dered clothing quite needles', either for could be dote f jr that sura. Then it
covering or warmth;" and how in an- went up to $5,000,000, next to $7,000,
otber place she met.witn a second old 000, . after that tc $3,000,000; stain to
man whom she emphatically describes j $10,000,000, and- now the actual outlay
aa "the miasm link. His face was is over $12 530.000, and there are several
vacant and apathetic, his arms and legs 1 counties still, to hear from- It i pretty I submit to the process again la a harry
were unnaiuraiiy long ana tain, ue i Lara to siy ju wnentue Dnage wui o
squatted with his knees tucked under I finished, but I think there U a lair
chance of getting over to urooujn try
it before the world's fair opens In 193.
What do fish scales weichP
The best press evef made Two lov
ing arms. ' , ;'
Goliah was the first person wljo wore
a bang on his forehead. . :
A paper In New York it called tbi '
lfef. It ought to circulate.
"A little 1 famine U a danrrrous
thlni. So it a little dynamite. fomt -
8 ntuuL ' , '
A cat In a stranga. garret Is not half
so much frightened as a bachelor at a
sewing society. ''. "
Why do 'girls kiss each other while. ,
men do not F Becauie girls have noth
in g better to kits, and the men hire.
The difference between 8tL Julie a and ' -the
stars and stripei. U that one Is a
fleet nag and the: other a neat' flag.
Marctkr Independent.
A little girl seeing two birds billing
and cooing was told that they were
making lovj. 44 Why don't 1 they
marry P" she asked; 44 then they won't
make love any more." I 'y
"Now I understand," remarked
Oldenborr. with a sigh, after vainly j
try ing to get a vie w of the stage ovtr the
bonnet la front of him, "now I under- J
stand what they mean by the height of
fashion." Boiton Transcript .
It is estimated that the number of
killed and wounded in the sangutnary
strurjfle between CtiU and Peru, darintc
the put two years, would almost All a .
ane-horse street car. Wsr U a terrible ,
tblnf. Norristoten II era 11.
A young student was asked by his
sweetheart, who had an uncommonly
thick head of hair, what be thou tut of j
it, and abiontly answered he thought It
would present a fine field for the study
of natural history.' They were never
married. Andrtcs1 Baxxar.
It was getting well Into the night.
She yawned, and then asked him if h .
ever saw a snapping turtle. Oace,'
he replied, in a show." Said she.
4It's very funny, but, do you know.
you sort oi remind me of that blrdf" 1
"Why?" he aiked. 44 Ob.ycu hang on
to. . j
Some five thtlr gold aad salver, .
Becanse the lore to give; I
Some fcive it lor tho rj , 1
Ttey sorely will receive. I .
Some jcire their harxl earned dollai
With a pure and Just latent) v -
Cat the most give op their moos 7 K
For a paltry ten percent.
A small boy went out the other day
There was no tnw on the ground, no
Ice; there wst no river, brook, pool or
water of any kind within a mile. Thev
boy had on nice new rubber boots that
came above his knees. He was gone only
five minutes. When he came into the
house his feet were perfect! dry. It Is
he only case of thsklncn record.
It was on a railroad train, and politics
had given way to theology, and'thf
young man with a I urban hat had the
floor, and was denouncing the old
fashioned Idea of helL 44 1 tell yen,
he cried, man was never intended1 for
ach a fiendish punishment. God never
made me for kindling wood " "tteckoa
not, tfciA the old parson, back near ths
stove; 44 too green." .
Little six-year-old was taking his first
lesson in addition, and when the teacher
asked him, 44 If I were to give you two
cats and another nice lady gave you two .
more. Low many rats would you have r
he quickly replied: 44 Why, pretty aoca
I wouldn't have any, for my mamma
would break their necks with the broom.
She don't llkr eats ." HorrULcften
Herald.
No wonder a man hates to hive Lli
picture taken. When be gttt seated the
photographer tells htm to look perfectly
natural. So the fellow makes a des
perate effort to twist his face Into lis
natural exprrulcn. The effort gene
rally rtsulu la' an expression like unto
that of a mad man trying to look cross
eyed and plan a murder at the same
time, and when he tees the picture he
thinks that if it looks natural he must
be too mortal homely to have his pic
ture lying around. And he .doesn't
vauey. Y.ui-aiw mming P- hia pits, and his whole body was
The audience, who had not saen a play creith black hair more than an
lor years, were to mucn incensea at nis
apparent villainy that they pulled out
their "shooters "in the middle of the
third act, and began blazing away a
the stage. Othello had the tip of his
nose shot off at the first volley, and Mr.
Booth only escaped by rolling oyer and
over up the stage and disappearing
through a trap door. A speech from
the manager somewhat calmed the
houe; but even then Mr. Booth thought
it best to pass the night in the theater,
as a number of the most elevated spec
tators were making strenuous efforts to
induce the vigilance committee to lynch
44 the mcaxhit cus.n
inch long, and slightly curly on the
shoulders. He had. however, a bare
ratch on each side,probably marking the
parts on which be rested when asleep, a
According to the best authorities the
ouant.tr of salt contained la the sea
amounts to 4M,000,000,fXXy,000 cubic
peculiarity frond in the gorilla, who has I feet which. If placed in a pile, would
a bare spot on
against tree u
his back where he leans
Bridegroom (to his little sister-in-law
at the breakfast) 44 Well, Julia, you're
got a new brother, now " Eafent ter
rible Yes ; and ma said the other day
to pa, she didn't think he was much
account only it looked like Lottie's last
chancer (Great clatter of knives, forks
asd f poena.) Punch,"
form a mast 140 miles long,' as many
broad, and as many high ; or. Otherwise
disposed, would cover the whole of
Earope islands, teas and all to the
heiiht of the summit of Mount BUnc,
which is about 1 6,000 teet high.
"tlatrimonlal agtnta" do a very good
business in Paris, and some ot t&exa
have accumulated large fortunes. It Is
stated that tome of these owe their suc
cess to" Uberai advertising. One, for
instance, advertises a -large selection
of widows" and eligible maidens"
with fortunes "varying Iron C'O.CCO to
figures well up in the hundreds ct
thousands. It is actually reported tst
some of these brokers have feminine
attractions on hand with fortune's well
nigh a tall Hen, who have been bUrd
to seek this method of getting husbands
The Cardiff giant is stowed away in
1 an oia stone warenouse at tjneyenne.
Wy and a local paper wants It exhibi
ts u a curiosity. s
Three or four ounces of oil can be ex
tracted frura one hundred . pocds cf
water. '
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