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H. A. LONDON, Jr.,
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VOL. V. PITTSB01lO CHATHAM CO., N. C JUNE 7, 1883. NO. 39.
Take Courage.
Dti hi am, O hcait, und lenr not earthly ilmmc,
t 'i im e net to men, but make thjsell a ntmr,
I'nko up thy cros, and walk erect through life,
F ght fur the truth, however fierce the strife.
VieM lo no folly, crush thy tempting fin,
And htel no murmur ol complaint witliin.
Bend me-klv down to sorrow's chastening rod
.And chttie not at the wise decrees ol God.
5!ay thy most selfish tod presumptuous will;
Whute'er thy burden, bear it, and be still.
f.ifl tby and, doubting eyes (o God above,
Know thnt hi name and natme both Ave
Jove. ;
Love is the guardian of the gate of heaven,
'Ihioojjh love alone thy name shall bo for
given. lint it thou rinfest, even In a thought,
Apparent virtues will avail theo naught.
I. no G d, thy mnkei j love thy fellow-men;
I. vo without stmt; thou slinlt not love in
vn:n.
Ho.iEc thee, O heart! and do thy work in
laiih;
Love ia tho cono.aeror over sin and death.
And when thou art freo to seek the nutive
skies
1 hou shall find love the liyht ol paradise.
Counters Vortllt,
Saved by His Sister.
"Ahem, Ly-ander!" s:iil Miss Cath
erin.e Southernwood, one morning, its
she poured out her brother's third cup
of coifee, while ho drenched his last
buckwheat-cake with a sea ol inaiili'
syrup. "I was a thinking, Ly.-antlcr,
since yoti hevo set your heart on mar
rying tliat Jones girl" (Lysander,
figuratively, pricked up his cars at this
announcement, fur Miss Catherine hail
been 1 utterly opposed to tho ilea of
hrr good-looking bachelor brother con
signing his heart anil fortune to the
tender mercies of the "Jones girl"i
I was athinking," she went on, de
liberately, "that niehhe, seeing they're
so kind of pinched fur means, that
might get Olympia to come and stay
awhile this fall, and help me about
the housework. There'll be a heap to
1o, with tho apple-butter to make, and
th" like: and, besides. I need some
help in the kitchen. Cook in' is gettin'
to be hard work for me now. Hut
there's one thing about it. Lysander,''
she continued, as her brother signified
his willing consent nrd gratitune
'you mutt promise me that you won't
ask her to marry you while she is stay
ing here. It would be very improper,
you know."
Lysander promised, and weut out
to harness the mare, as Miss Catherine
had decided to drive over at once, and
bring Miss Jones back with her.
Sho smiled grimly as her brother
strode away, whistling.
"The shortest cut ain't alius the
nearest read home," "she said, com
placently. "And there's more ways of
killing a cat than feeding it to death
with beefsteak. There's Uuldah Hush
is worth a doen of that girl! Hut, la!
Lysander is as Mind as a bat! Never
rould see an inch before his nose!"
"Astonishing how Sister Catherine
has rome around at last!" thought Mr.
Southernwood to himself. "At first
he couldn't bear the idee of me a
marrying Olympia Jones, and now she's
actually a-going to have her in the
house. Hut that's just like a woman!
Let 'eni uce you will have your own
way, and not be led around by the
nose, and they'll give right up and be
as mellow as a fall apple. Hut I am
glad Catherine thought of getting
Olympia here this fall. It'll be a help
to 'em both, for the Joneses are poor
But I don't care a rush for that! I'd
rather havo a poor girl, anyhow, than
a fine lady, that didn't know how to
make up a feather-bed or fry a slap
jack. I like a woman that can bustle
iround and see to things, even if she
don't have to do 'em herself one that
:an make a pat of butter, or pick a
goose, or spin a hank of yarn, if need
be. And I like to see a woman look
neat," he went on, as he curried tho
toppled mare and rubbed her down
with a wisp of hay. "And Olympia
always looks as neat as a new pin
when 1 call there. Anyhow, 1 do hope
she'U'corne!" he added, anxiously.
Of course Olympia would go! And
beran quickly up stairs to pack up
her clothes.
"It's a mighty good chance for me,"
ehe thought, as she brushed her curls
before the little looking-glass; "and
I'll improve it, too! But I'll not help
with the house-work long," she added.
Wait till I get to be mistress up there,
nd see who'll do house-work then!''
Lysander's heart gave a jump as the
wagon hove in sight with its two oc
cupants, and visions of the blissful
weeks to come danced through his
mind, lie was so embarrassed and
avercorae with delight at tho coquetish
smile Olympia bestowed on him that
he hardly had ptvsenee of mind
enough to let down the bars for them
to pass through.
"'ow, Olympia," bustled Miss
Catherine, when they hud laid off tbelr
bats and shawls, "it's time we begun
dinner. Lysander must bev it at
twelve o'clock, precisely, or he thinks
he's killed. There's a couple of pul
lets in the coop, out iu the chip-yard,"
she added, tying a clean check-apron
round her waist. "You may wring
their necks, and git 'em ready fur
roasting, while I start np a tire in the
cook-stove."'
Olympia looked at her pink calico
dress, with its flounces and ruflles and
wondered If Miss Catherine would offer
her a check apron, too. lint Miss
Catherine did no such thing, and
Olympia wrung the chickens' necks
and prepared them for the oven, with
rather a cross look shadowing her
pretty face.
"Hot 'em in the oven?" asked Miss
Catherine, sharply.. "Then you kin
mix up a batch of biscuits while I
make the johnny-cake. -Lysander alius
must hev two kind? of bread fur din
ner, or he can't eat," she explained.
Humph!" thought Olympia. "He
won't get two kinds of bread for din
ner when I'm tho mistress here, I can
tell him!"
Hut she turned to the bread-tray
without a word.
Hy the time the biscuits were in the
oven the waist and front breadths of
Olympia's dress looked coutidcrahly
the worse for the morning's campaign.
Miss Catherine blew the dinner-horn
at the usual hour, and Lysander ap
peared punctally at twelve o'clock.
Hut for some reason or other dinner
was a halt-hour later than usual, and
when it was finally dished and brought
to the table, the biscuits proved to be
underdone and the chickens roasted to
a crisp.
"Had bail luck with your biscuits,
didn't you. Catharine'.'" said her
brother, making a wry face at the yel
low streak of suleratus he found on
breaking open one of the leaden lumps;
but Miss Catherine smiled leniently..
"Olympia had bail luck with her
biscuits," she s. id: "but I think my
bread is as good as usual," and she
passed him a .square of light, golden
hued corn-bread more tempting than
pound-cake.
Lysander left his biscuit nntasted,
but cast a glance of compassion at
Olympia.
"Accidents will happen," he said,
consolingly, though he could not help
noticing a sullen look on Miss Jones's
fai e in spite of thesniile she Mashed at
him. He noticed also the tumbled
curls and soiled, untidy dress.
"Have some cold mutton, Lysander,"
said his sister, "if you can't eat any of
the chicken. Olympia will learn how
to cook after awhile."
So it was Olympia who burned the
chickens!
Lysander finished his dinner in
silence, though ho still made excuses
for all shortcomings.
Olympia changed her soiled dress
before tea-time, and was beaming with
smiles when Lysander took his seat at
the table. Hut the tea had a wishy
washy taste, the butter-dish was
smeared and untidy, and the apple
sauce was insipid and flavorless. The
biscuits were light and puffy this time,
for Miss Catherine had made them her
self. Lysander had a good disposition,
but unpalatable food will disorder the
best-regulated liver and upset the tem
per of an angel, and Miss Catherine
soon discovered a fresh wrinkle over
her brother's nose.
One morning, Lysander strode into
the kitchen, where his sister was mix
ing light bread for she could not
trust it to Olympia, who had already
spoiled two batches, which had to be
thrown to the pigs.
"Catherine," whispered Lysander,
hurriedly, "the minister's folks are
coming up the lane! Of course they'll
spend the day, and do, pray, Catherine,
cook the dinner yourself! Don't let
us be disgraced in their eyes!"
Miss Catherine saw her opportunity
and seized it.
"Cook the dinner myself! Dear
me, Lysander, how kin IV" she asked.
"We must have turkey, of course, and
mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pies
and a steamed batter-pudding, with
lemon-sauce, and cabbage-salad! He
sides, who will entertain the visitors
while I'm in the kitchen? Olympia?
"Olympia? l'shaw! She can't do
anything but giggle!" growled Lysan
der, savagely, much to his sister's
amusement.
"I'll tell you what Lysander," said
Miss Catherine, reflectively, "I must
have same help, and if you'll just
saddle the mare and lead her around
for Huldah Rush, I'm sure she'll
come."
And Lysander hastened to do his
sister's bidding.
Dinner was on the table at precisely
twelve o'clock, and the Hev. Mr. Shep
herd and his family testified to the ex.
cellence of the richly-browned turkey,
juicy and unctions, the mashed pota
toes and gravy, the golden-hind pies,
and the yellow-batter pudding, with its
rich sauce to say nothing of light,
flaky rolls and fresh butter.
And when, alter dinner? i Lysander
stepped into the dining-room for a
pitcher of water, he could not help
observing the contract between Hul
dah's satin-smooth braid; and snowy
neck-rullh and Olympia's tawny rib
bons and browy hair.
"Olympia," said Miss Catherine, a
couple of weeks later, as sho took a
folded paper from tho bureau draw,,
"here's a present I've got for you a
new dress! It's basket cloth. And
there's some blue trimmings and silk
buttons for yen. And and, Olympia,
I shan't need yon any longer, for my
brother is going to be married to-morrow
to Miss Huldah Hush, and she's a
powerful good housekeeper you
know.
"Just what I thought." said Mrs.
Jone. when her daughter appeared
with her bundle of clothes. "You
alius vv as lazy and slovenly, an' alius
will be, I reckon."
'I'm sorry 1 went there now."
grumbled Olympia. "It's all that
plagued old maid's fault, I know!"
And it was "Miss Catherine's man
agement that saved her brother from
that snare; but he never suspected it
of course. A h-n 11'. clnik.
How to Obtain ('oveinmcnt l.nnil.
There are four principal methods oi
acquiring land from the I'nited Mate.
government, namely, homesteading,
pre-emption, tie -culture and purchase.
The timber-culture art is liberal in
its provisions. I'nder it any person
may get a f arm of piO acres or less.
i lie inav do this, and al-o acquire title
to another l'!'' acres, under the home
stead or pre-emption law, but he cannot
make use of both the Imimstiad und
pre-emption methods, except in the
territories, nor can he use cither of
those methods twice. If the tree-claim
contains the maximum entry of P!0
acres, at least live acres must be plowed
within one j car from date of entry; the
second year five acres must be culti
vated and another live acres plowed;
the third year the first five acres must
be planted in timber, seeds or cuttings,
and the second live acres cultivated;
the fourth year the second live acres
must be planted in timber, seeds or cut
tings, nuiking at the end of the fourth
year ten acres thus planted. These
must be carefully cultivated and pro
tected for four years more, at the end
of which time, on making due proof
that at least 2700 trees were planted
upon each acre, and at the time oi mak
ing proof at least 075 thrifty trees are
growing upon each acre, a patent for
the land may be obtained. I'erfect
good faith must bo observed. If the
trues, or any of them, are destroyed
one year they must be replanted the
next. If grasshoppers or drouth de
stroy the trees, seeds or cuttings, for
one year or a term of years, the time
for planting is extended one year for
every year that they are so destroyed.
The land office fee for entry of 100
acres is $11. Only western prairie or
treeless lands may be taken by this
method. The trees planted must bo
those properly culled timber trees, and
among these the cot ton wood is recog
nized. Origin or Ensilage.
Mr. L. 1 Muirhoa 1, of Kilcreggan
writing to tho North Hritish AjrU-nl-turulist
Uon the origin and practice
of ensilage says: "Sauerkraut! Yes,
that's it. What is good for man is
good for beast. I'll try it anyhow.
So thought an old German farmer one
wet seiison eighty years ago; only,
instead of cabbage he used grass,
clover and vetches, omitted the pepper
corns, and used a pit in the ground in
stead of the family barrel or crook (ir
dene hagen). Some years after such
wcrds as 'salf utter" (salted fodder),
'Bauer-fatter (pickled fodder), and
'vieh-sost (cattle salad), might be
heard among the farmers of Germany
and East Prussia, where the practico
lirst obtained a hold, thereafter being
carried by emigrants to America, and
gradually finding its way among the
Dutch and Trench nearer home.
About 1850 it came into notice in Scot
land. Tho Hev. John M. Wilson, at
that time an authority on things agri
cultural, gave so full an account of it
as to bo well worthy reproduction."
Mr. Muirhead quotes the lengthy de
scription which answers to the method
of curing grasses now known as ensil
age. Referring to Mr. Sala's recent
note on the word ensilage in the Illutr
t rated Xitr, Mr. Muirhead says: "It
seems to be an Americanism, pnbably
a corruption of the German 'cnisalzen,'
to pickle, or the Spanish 'cnsalada'
salted, from which the English word
salad is derived. Possibly salad pit for
the receptacle, pickling for the process,
and cow salad for fodder would be
more satisfactory."
! SELF-JintDLIl.
Mnttstlr of Kulrlile in I'lf lulled Slndl.
Germany, it is said, i s becoming fu
riously alarmed at the constant Uv rea-e
of s licidcs among all chesses of her
population. In JJerlin hardly a day
passes without one or nnro. With us
in the I'nited States popular attention
is not so much directed to tiie subject,
largely, no doubt, because owing to
the incompleteness of our methods of
gathering and tabulating vital statis
tics, the subject is not brought before
us with such startling distinctness.
Hut it may well be asked whether
suicide is not increasing here, too, in a
way to justify the most secret appre
hension. The New York t hinilr, for two
years past, has kept a record of suicides
'n the I'nited States compiled from
the columns of the newspapers. These
data are necc surily very imperfect,
hut they serve to give an idea of the
extent to which self-murder is resort
ed to in this country and of the rapidi
ty of its increase. For the year end
ing March. IS.vJ, 817 suicides are re
corded, while for the eleven months
ending with February, 1SS:(, there are
llitHi, an increase of nearly one hundred
per cent. The greatest number took
place in the summer months, 51 4; the
smallest iu the winter, 2so. This ac
cords with the view of lr. John G.
Lee, coroner's physician of Philadel
phia, who explains the frequency of
suicide in the spring and summer
months, by reference to the fluctua
tions of the thermometer and barome
ter. As between the sexes, nearly
four times as many men as women
committed suicide, the proportion
being PJ17 lo :l !'..
Jn point of nationality the lead is
taken by Americans with ';. Ger
mans coming next with then
English with 1 1J and Irish with 127.
As to occupations one is surpri.-vd b
find that farmers are largely in the ma
jority, no less than 205 of them ha ing
of the'r own accord shuffled off this
mortal coil, whil the iievf greatest
number, that cf merchants, foots up
only 8' Of journalists it is agreeable
to observe there are only four.
Married life seems to conduce jo self
destruction, there being in he list 470
husbands end 178 wives as opposed to
200 baeli"l; rs and 121 maids. Ages
ranged from ten years to ninety-three,
the largest number. 10-r, coming
between twenty and thirty. Family
troubles head the list of causes, follow
ed by sickness, with i'8; insanity l.Vi,
dissipation I'M, and lm-iness troubles
127. Mhcr reasons assigned are of tho
most whiiic-ical nature. A North
Carolinian committed suicide because
his mule died, an 1 an Ulinoisian
because be had lost his best boy and
his best cow. A susceptible youth
drowned himself because his sweet
heart jilted him iu j iii try. Hut per
haps the most inconsequent case of all
was that of the New Yorker who look
his life beiause he had a mortal fear of
death.
The methods employed show no less
diversity, though shooting seems to
have had the preference, being employ
ed in 484 cases, poisoning in ;t72.
hanging in 207, and drowning in 151.
The pistol was usually selected by
Americans and poison by Frenchmen,
tine man took his departure by jump
ing into a furnace, and one cheerful
Californian blew himself to pieces
with giant powder. The largest pro
portion of suicides is accredited to Col
orado, where the ratio is one in 8000,
and the smallest to Mississippi, where
it is one in .'580,0'Ki. The average of
suicides throughout the southern
states is small, owing, it is said, to the
large colored population with whom
self-murder is infrequent. In New
York one in every I'O.OOO committed
felo de se. The rate for the entire
country is :2 per 1,0)0,000, according
to the figures here cited, though in all
probability, it is really far greater.
At all events it is great enough to
cause serious concern to the philan
thropist and the legislator.
Arrangement of ltooni".
(Jive your apartments expression,
character. Rooms which mean noth.
ing are cheerless, indeed. Study light
and shade, and the ctnuhination and
arrangement of drapery, furniture and
pictures. Allow nothing to look iso
lated, but let everything present the
air of sociability. Observe a room im
mediately after a number of people
havo left it. ami then, as you arrange
the furniture, disturb as little as possi
ble the relative positions of the chairs,
ottomans and sofas. Place two or
three chairs in a conversational atti
tude in some cheery corner, an otto
man within easy distance of a sofa, a
chair near your stand of stereoscopic
views or engravings, and one where a
ood light will fall on the book which
,-on may reach from the table near.
'Jake little studies of effect which
ihall repay th more than usual ob-
ercr, and do not leave it possible lor
"lie to maV the criticism which ap
plies to many homes, even of wealth
and elegance, 'Tine ca' i-ets, handsome
drapery, a lew pictures, and elegant
furniture, but how dreary''' The
chilling atmosphere is felt at once, and
we cannot divest ourselves of the idea
that we must maintain a still and so.
vere demeanor, to accord with tho
spirit of the place. Make your homes,
then, so easy and cheerful that, if we
visit you, we may bo joyous and unre
straint d, and not fed ourselves out of
harmony with our surroundings. Art
Rrri'ir.
Learning to Swim.
The greatest dillieulty to the
beginner is to learn to keep the proper
position of the body after attaining it
This diliiculty can only be ov ercome by
using the proper stroke after having
placed the body in the correct position.
In the use of the arms, the only
direction thai can be given is to re
member that, when the arms are
thrust forward at the beginning of the
stroke, such, positions of the elbows
and hands should be taken as will
make the least resistance to the water.
To accomplish this, the hands slim. Id
be placed palm to palm, and the elbows
made to come quite close together,
starting them from under the chest.
In making the effective part of the
stroke, our object is to get a forward
motion only. The arms and hands
should be so placed as to produce the
greatest resistance upon the water.
I'o accomplish this, the palms of the
hands should be thrown outward, and
the plane of the direction of the stroke
ol tiie arms ma le parallel to the sur
lace of the water.
The most important and the most
ul'teii defective point iu swimmm; Is
(lie liiuilc of iit.'n the h-ixs. If would
be well for a beginner to observe the
sw immimr of a frog, for undoubtedly
the same mi l hod of using the legs
should be adopt". 1 by man as is display
ed in the model swimnrnsr of that am.
ph'hian.
In analyzing the stroke of the frog,
we ni in- th, 0 there is no vertical
motion; tin- whole direction of the
force is in a plane exactly hori'ontah
and is act omplish d by virtually open
ing an 1 ( losing the space between th
ki!"es o'Vering the sole of the foot as
a rcsi-tato-e while kicking, and placing
the feet in a position of least its'stance
while recovering.
In accomplishing the lirst of these
conditions- the opening and the clos
ing of the space between the knees
th1 knees should be thrown out, and
tiie iftltiai tioll ol the leg U' l le slow
ly, in order to cause as little resistance
as possible to the headway already
attained.
It w ill be found that, if we alternate
the stroke of the arms and legs hy
giving propulsion with one while re
covering with the other, a more con
stant buoyancy will be attained, and,
for long sw ims, it will be found far less
fatiguing. l'iipvlur Mtmx Monthly.
Knowlcdgo la a Nat-Shell.
A cubit is two feet.
A pace is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A palm Is three inches.
A league is three miles.
There are 2750 languages.
A great cubit is eleven feet.
Two person" die every second.
Hran, twenty pounds per bushel.
Sound moves 74:1 miles per hour.
A square mile contains ti-li' acres.
A barrel of ice contains 000 pounds
Slow rivers Mow live miles per hour.
A barrel of pork w eighs 'JOtt pounds.
A barrel of Hour weighs 100 pounds
An acre contains 4S ID square yards,
(hits, thirty-three pounds per bushel.
Parley, fort y-eight pounds per bushel
A firkin of butter weighs 50 pounds.
A hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
A span is ten and seven-4'ighth
inches.
A ritle ball moves loH miles per
hour.
A storm Mows thirty-six miles per
hour.
A rapid river flows seven miles per
hour.
Puck wheat, titty -two pounds per
bushel.
Fleet rit ity moves 22S,(Ott miles per
hour.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
Coarse salt, eighty-live pound1 per
bushed.
A tub of butte-r weighs eighty-four
pounds.
The average human life is thirty-one
years.
Timnthy seed, forty-live pounds per
bushel.
The first steamboat plied thu Hudson
in 1807.
The first horse railroad was built in
1826-'27.
A day's journey is thirty-three and
one-eighth rniles.
orc? Miinilnr Stories Coarernlnfl
'I remciirlous I- xv!olvr force-
A genMeman well acquainted with
fee properti-s of nitro-glye r'!!" f ays of
tll'S t'Tril'k' explosive;
"I ba' e had a good deal to do " ith
niti-f-glyecrinc. 1 did tome important
government work, such aa the making
of breakwaters, where the rock was
brought, to me iu large pieces, ami w e
had lo blow it up, ami used llitro-gl.v.
ceriiie for that purpose. It is the mo, t
destructive thing you can conceive of. 1
A little cartridge of it as tfiick as the 1
end of a musket barrel dropptd In the
Vioflom cf an oil well will shatter the j
most tremendous primitive rock. Yon 1
centakea piece of it half as big as your ;
hand, ami it will blow a rock as Hir as '
this room in which we are sjitiiu; all
to flinders. 1 can tell you of a very
singular property a'-ui! nitro-glycer-inc.
t n one occasion an ordinance
was passed in a ceriain city win re I
was tlning public work, imposing a
penalty of $5ti for bringing nitro-gly- ,
ccrine witliin the city limits. I had to :
have it, so I told my foreman to put '
that glycerine under my table, id which 1
I sat writing. As it is exploded by
(oacussion, you may in.aginetli.it fori
a few days I was a little skitti.-h. j
There was enough glycerine there con- !
ccalcd by that tablet ,th to have blow n I
ii) half a dozen blocks of that city,
People used to come into my rome, sit !
a few minutes ami suddnily one m j
m re would put their hands t their j
head and complain of headache. Not
being subject to headaches mycli. I
could nut understand it. 1 suppose
that from one-half to three-fourths o!
all my visitors who sat with me more
than ten minutes would have Ihn-c
headaches. One day a man came into
my oflice who had been blowing out
oil-wells in Peiinsv l ania. He sat
there fifteen
utes and suddenly
said, 'Why. i ! . a hcadm-h-: yen
must have nil r i c yccriiie here.' "I'll,
no,' said I, with a smile. 'Yes' said
ho, 'this is a nitro-g'ycerine head. i he
I think I smell it, to ..' Me began to
sniff his nose. There is a very siiL'ht
odor, hardly perceptible, in the stun,
and it looks like a box of lard. With
this my visitor lifted the tablecloth
and said. 'Have- you pot it there':'
pointing to the boxes. 'Yes,' said
with a laugh, 'that is nitro glycerine."
Well," said he. 'it gives the headache
to a lare proportion of people w dm sit
near if "
li(
"Ditl vou have anv accident
1.
"No, I did not; but a fellow con-
Canada.was driven out of that country
by an accident that happened to him
in a very simple way. He had been
using nitro-glyt erine, and it is suppos
ed that some ot it got spilled on the
tire of a wagon, winch was left un
moved for some time. One day be
hitched a horse to the wagon and start
ed to drive it off. and then that small
amount (if stuff adhering to the tire
blew up and rcallv destroyed two.
thirds of that little town. The people
around were killed, the hotel was
Mown to pieces, two or three blocks
were devastated, and my associate was
unable to do any contracting work in
Canada. He hastily sold what be left
there to a native, and crossed the river
ami came away, otherwise they would
have sued him for all the damage done
to thai to""i.'
Shooting a Zebra
I had sighted a herd feeding and
C(ming toward me. These were the
first I hail seen so very close, and more
beautiful, sleek, well-groomed looking
animals I never saw. It seemed
almost a pity to lay them low with the
bullet. The big stallion of the troop
was coming toward me. I liicd, he
threw up hi- head and 1 missed; and
aw ay they all went hi Iter ski Iter
clattering over the stony ground. I
jumped on the mare and galloped after i-ejrular weekly salary ami to have vis
them as hard as I could go, t Inn oft ited him every el ay. Ills friends tell
again, and as they were di.-appcaring I wonderful stories of his predictions, one
managed to hit the stallion behind, of them hav ing been, it is said, the as
On again, loading as I galloped; alter sassination of Garfu Id. The estimates
about six or seven minutes sighted placed upon the value uf his practice
them again. The stallion by this time varv, but '! a day is cun-idered not
was in the rear ami bleeding. He , xtiavag int. as his clients extended
looked as if he were going to give in. throughout this country ami parts of
However, after pressing him a little ' Ktigland. lie is said to have cast
time, I closed up to him. and then at . 20,000 lioroscnpes. For the past two
that moment a mare darted out from ' years Mr. Jaquith was in poor health,
the herd ami tried to make him return; ' yny told Ids friends that bo could
but the pace was too good and he left. ' ,,( j.0-Ml,ly live until lsl. He went
and gradually edged away from the (0 Washington some three weeks ago
troop. We were now going as hard ilritl died of consumption.
as ever we could. 1 got close up to
him, and placing the gun between the irofess.,r Thurston, of the Steven's
ears of my mare tired. He staggered; nstitute of technology at Hoboken,
I tired again, and he rolled over and ,ailgns at th. itlt.a, recently promulgat
turned a complete somersault, landing ' that u. (ll,(.;lsk in ccntr.tl par'i L
on his back, all his four 1-gs quivering a concrete s ructure which can be
in the air. The mare hail to stop sud- ; easily reproduced in native materials
denly short and throw herself back on j Ho ha(J a ,)iw.e of its companion, the
her haunches, or she w ould have been j rhttmes embankment obelisk, which
on the top of him. It was a most ex- , ?cnsistg of ii.-x. mica aid beautiful
e;t.ng gallop. The animal was quite j taJa of uthoclase ft!dspar-in fact,
dead.-Mffi FMrU qi of
Hope nud Despair.
AM upon a sninuie; sea
S liling in uo ni j;o-y
I Vl ccs, lutes uti J viols sounding,
While the Bhip o'ci wuvplels bounding;
f-kims the tuiliwe of the sea.
All iho masts are wreathed "ith -roodbine
j Ju;fl.lIllil!0 HnJ ,MlUt;
; White lilies i id lest roses
Siren the dttk in scented poiics,
j Atidilit..l!iowavine.
8ui.l'nlit ulci.ms in golden meshes,
j & the Jimni m penny tressos,
'J'1iidu;;Ii the intctluce of flowers
llmiKy ihel.Min in silver oho were
All uilnwn ll.e pil.lun nieidies.
Stenlini; down n gloomy river.
Where dull wittrlr giutscs quiver,
from a link conic sounds of sorrow,
Never epa-iiij; with the morrow
Mtv.niil.il hut K upon the liver.
I'ypirs". rnsenniry inn! me,
l!iani-liiM lunii the aouit.'Cr yew.
t'n the ili cK me v iihuie l lying
While the I'V'hl In ec.e sadly eighirg,
W.ifni ll.e imIoi- el lli! i.'e.
Sullen clou.lt o!.s..:iiie the moon,
D.irknt'ss eoineth nil too soon!
lilm-li the ilon.ls r.r.il him K the river,
Jlhck Ihr link iin.l oh, iho hivr
Ah it uiki lieneiith the ino"ii!
ITNti I'.NT I'AIMGKAI'HS.
A sound education can only be ob
tained from a music master.
'(Vine around next stewsday," said
the h.ot el took to thcoysterman.
It is not cxaolk polite to refer to 8
j deceased person as your warm friend.
! A U'etcni man claims tnhavebur
I inl twtjity wives. lie is a grave-dig
j i'i r. a id tin y wi re not bis ow n.
! A rather cynical lady, s unewhat c
'atl'il. -ays mo-t men. lilo- cold, arc
j vcrv casilv cauL'ht. diOioult to get rid
! of.
i profts-or N letturiiig on "Aftf
! Man What?" We ar" not good on
j c.inmiilnims and giv o it up. unless it
hi- e.ut-t.liU
When a woman chases a tramp ou
e f the back yard with a kettle of boil
ins wafer in In r 1 .nid. can vou spe;ik
of her as beim.' in hot pursuit !
The waiter i'lf'errod thnt 'be guest
had taken a I"'1'' sonn thing before
supper from tlm mere f:itt of his or
dorinir i iil fv.rers ami chork pops ''
A n-an Ics invented a t hair that can
lie Hijusil in Hm eliflv rent positions,
and yet a man who suspected his wifp
w a.- going to ask him about where he
w,r th- night before, couldn't get into
' a pt-ation in that chair which seemed
' coin fort able.
! Conjugal affettitui depends largely
; a rule to id! my w Tfc everything that
j happens. In this way. we avoid any
Illicit 1!W I "I '111' 11 v w
a friend. Not to be outdone in gener-
(i-ity. the go.-. I friend replied : "Well.
1 sir. you a.- m l .-o open and frank as I
, am, for 1 fell my wife a great many
: things that never happen."
An Astrologer Dead.
Andrew Jaquith, who died at the
' -t. James Hotel, Washington, D. C,
recently, w as belter knowu as Trof.
'George Grcj'gs, the ast rologist. He had
an ol'icc where he received visits dally
'from numbers of persons who sought
1 to know from him something of the
future. Mr. Jaquith for a short time
was a dry-goods clerk in Roston, but
from a child he had taken an interest
in what he called the "science of as
trology," and alter hav ing read much
on the Mil dec, he set h lilself up about
eight or ti-n years ago as a "professor."
His reputation quickly grew, and hf
made money. In 17S he came to New
York and opened an ollieo with even
greater success. Not only was he vis-
j,,i ,v women and men who might be
,.N.( ted to l.e credulous, but among
his patrons were bankers and brokers
and pi'ifes-ioiial men. who sought his
assi-t.ince in their spectd.it ions. Some
(if them are said to have paid him a