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VOL. VI. .
PITTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., ,N C., MARCH 27, 1884.
NO. 29.
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Old Customs, i
Old cntnms! Well, our cliildi ri irf
Wo gH oiling without ihoui: -i -But
you mi I I, tlm-r, in our V.T
lind other til mi:,1i's :il) ut diorfe
The ilo ir old hubiw f tlio iisl-
J c.iinm r'liHvsu hit lovo ibtcn.
And ti ."i to flunk th-' m.rVl x3
llu ti'inv.l so I'.U' i.h.n i. Mon
We IihiI not, til tin"- yo-,r; g "lie tr,
Thu j.'nii'u tlmt lot discoveri.;
Our livoj woie calmer; you ami I
Worn very Biniplo Imcr.
Ami wlim, our dal y ihilini o it,
Wc at ii id hctiido thp rus'ies,
The only gem you e or wurn
Wuic bright nml LliHHiiiiiK I'liislic.
Oil' rustic wa.'iv, hut ynt
IS mi- g Hill I !:.! V.l tlbollt it.
Anil maty ilU wo now r fjret
hl 'nihil would hive iivitod.
1 know our rliiMrrn Ht .11 outi bop
TIiu tiflli comniiiudtiipiit's lio'iniy
Mny they obey, tin wo onoo did.
I'roui Iuto nml nut from ilnty .
Tin woil I to-d iy is fir tun liioli
In wihIoiii to confer.. tlu.Mii;
Hut wi ll wo know, dour, ou un 1 I,
For what we Iiiivii to bios iIhmu.
Though lm o wan in tlio licai t of i nol
I tii'iiihkil In tur.nM you;
Ihnl you reunited n iiii-lied h-v1,
I think I would li.tio lo-t you.
No ilouht out' minds lire slow to y mgfi
'Iho way. wo aio not liei-dinj;;
Hut here iinn our uii'iiioiy'is (vi-a
I- very iiin'!r if'ilin'.
It hos tin- I'M n. u un Mill hnlil lVi.-t
H't'il wi-o us will ii" pltMMint
Iho pm 1 ohl custi 'lug i f flip M
Have hnroned nil till1 ie-Mit.
The Professor's Choio-3.
"01' ve, Olive! where are yon?"
Octavia Weston's clear, sweet voice
rang like a trumpet through the deso
lateohl garret, where tic red glow of
Bitnset yet lingered ami.l dark cross
beains anil festoons 6f cobwebs; and
out from a particular nook where the
light shone loudest, and the huge- chests
ami piles of lumber hail been dragged
partially away from tin- window-ledge,
came a browu-skinned, j-t eyed young
girl, her black hair twisted into a knot
at the back of her head, and Iter eye
brows knitted, as if in preoccupation
of some nature.
"Well'.'" she said, shortly.
"What a little, old niulo you are, to-be-sure,"
said Oetavhi, -to burrow
hero, when all the world is out In the
wood, picking up chestnuts and gath
ering autumn leaves! Writing poetryt j
are you, or correcting the exercises of i
those horrid little girls in the sixth at different -times given him for birth
class? Olive, Olive, I wonder vou j day and anniversary giftsthe beauti-
don't drown yourself! I am sure I
should, if I were in your place."
"What is it you want, Octavia?"
6aid Olive, brusquely.
"I want you to sketch the letter O on
this piece of paper. Something origi
nal and fantastic, you know; and il
ltistrato it for me in gold-leaf and
colors, that's a darling! I must have
it this evening at eight o'clock."
"I don't see how 1 can finish it,"said
Olive, roughing up her black locks,
with a mechanical hand it was always
to this mane of hers that she resorted
when she was in a quandary and
staring intently at tho ceiling, as if
seeking for inspiration there.
"Oh, yes, you can! And I'll lend
you my locket to wear at the picnic,
Po try there's a love," urged Octavia.
Olive caught up tho pencil and hur.
riedly sketchod tho initial a Gothic
letter, twined in and out of a ruined,
ivy-grown casement.
"Will this do'?" said she.
"Oh," cried Octavia, "it is exquisite!
After the ultra-marine and gold-leaf
are in, it will bo ptrtct'."
"Leave it, then," said Olive, "and
you shall have it at the children's tea!
But I don't want your locket. Jewelry
is well enough, but not when it is bor
rowed." "How funny you are, Olive Dent!"
said Miss Weston.
But she withdrew in radiant good
humor.
"Olive never likes to be talked to
when she has one of her inspired fits
on," thought she. "But tho letter is
exquisite, and the professor is sure to
be pleased with it."
Octavia Weston and Olive Dent were
loth pupils of Mrs. Hunt Sedley, who
kept a fashionable institute for young
ladies.
Octavia was tho daughter of an im
pecunious naval oilleer, who had not
paid any of her bills very lately, but
whose beauty and good humor made
her a universal favorite.
Moreover, Professor Anderton, who
nad instructed the girls of the school
in literature and belles-lettres, before
the great fortune had been bequeathed
to him by a distant relative, and who
still came daily from Anderton Priory
to give his lessons, simply, he said, be
cause he liked it, had fallen in love
with her briliant complexion and deep,
liquid eyes; and this, in the estimation
of the Ilunt-sedley Institute, was dis
tinction indeed!
Olive, on the contrary.was an orphan,
with no friends and relatives in partic
ular, except one elderly aunt, who
wanted very much indeed to get rid of
her, and sho earned her tuition in the
Agher classes by giving instruct on to
uje little ones, mending their clothes,
and patiently performing all such
unices as these,
' Olivo was no beauty; but there wa
e-jmethlng very winning in her frank,
open manner, her earnestness about
everything aho undertook. And the
clear, healthful tingo of her brown
cheeks, and tho intense velvety black
ness of her eyes were very pleasant to
look upon.
Sho worked patiently away at the il
luminated letter until dark; and when
at last it was finished, she put it in her
portfolio and carriud it down into tho
second-elan room, where Professor
Anderton sat reading by tho light of a
student lamp.
"Well?" he said, kindly.
"1 have been busy," said Olivo. "1
could not come beforo. Hero aro my
drawings. Xmv I want you, professor,
to tell mo frit!', if yon think 1 haveany
chance of succeeding a an artist."
Silently ho turned ovor the sketches.
Site sat and watched him with chang
ing color and intent eyes.
"So," he said at last.
She looked up with an exclamation
of pain.
"Have 1 hint you, my p mr (Hive'?"
said he. "lint you wante I me to bo
frank. Von have originality, taste,
power, but not enuu-rh "I tlieso to war
rant you in entering u;.a th lits of
the artist world. Stn;; Is t!ii.) illum
inated letter yours the letter '(i'?"
"It is one that I have been designing
for a friend," said olive, coloring a lit
th'. "ll is very pretty, lint pardon mo
it does not look li'e an artist's finish
ed work. Is my fraukee.'-s too cruel '!1
Am I getting barbarous?"
"Xo." said Olive, "I want von t-.i
tell me tho truth." i
lie looked at her with pitying kind,
ness. How .strange it was that ho had
never beforo noticed how bright and '
spirited was he e c how s"ltly bn). ;
liant her eyys! !
"She is a jewel among w nnen!" '
said to himself. "And it is I that am '
limine 1 to cut her so cruelly to tho
heart! I feel like the viviseetor. with '.
the Kuifo at tho lamb's white throat!'' ;
I lilt as he turned over the drawings
mechanieally, other designs fell out
the very cues that Octavia est on had
ful drawings which Octavia had claim
ed as her ow n work.
"Are these all yours?" he asked,
abruptly.
"Yes," she answered. "Let me have
them now, Mr. Anderton. Mrs.
Sedley neoil.s mo at siv, to get tho in
fant class rea ly for tea."
Timt evening Octavia Weston gave
her lover the illuminated letter ti that
he had seen in M'ss Dent's portfolio.
"(i is for Oeiald," she said, archly.
"See what I have been doing for yon'."
Professor Anderton looked sharply at
her.
This is ail ami work, Octavia ?"said
he, with a curious sensation, as though
his faith in all the world was being un
dermined. "All mine," she answered, and pout
ed a little.
Professor Anderton observed her
gravely. Of late he had begun to
question himself, now and then, whether
blue eyes and rose-leaf cheeks could
meet ull the needs of a man's existence
And now that those full, scarlet lips
had deliberately uttered a falsehood,
the pure spirit-love died out at once.
almost w ithout a pang.
Was it because lie loved (Hive Dent ?
Undone affection supplanted theothcr?
He scarcely dared ask himself the
question.
He was absent and silent all the even
ing. Octavia had never found him
so little entertaining; and w hen at hist
he went away, the drew a long sigh of
relief.
"Xow," she said to herself," I shall
have a chance to talk a little with
poor, dar Algernon! The professor
grows prosier every day, I think."
And, winding her head in a fleecy
Shetland s arf, Octavia Weston stole
down into the dewy garden, where a
handsome young man was yawning in
a sumiiier-ltouse, with only the crickets
and owls for company.
"Sweetest!" he cried,-" I thought you
urrrr were coming."
"And so ilid 1!" said Octavia. laugh
ingly releasing herself from hiss clasp.
"I thought that tiresome, old professor
never wniilil go!"
It was nearly midnight before Octa
via Weston crept into the little room
which she shared with Olive l'ent.
J Sut. quiet though she was, Olive heard
lur.
"Octavia." pleaded the elder girl, "is
this right?"
"Dear old Miss Precise, leavo off
scolding'." said Octavia, playfully.
"Of course it's right"
"You are cold; you shiver!"
"Xo, I don't!" said Octavia, begtn ;
ning to bo impatient. j
"Does Mrs. Sedley kuowi" askei j
Olive. !
"Xo!" sharply retorted Octavia,
"Octavia, are you treating l'rofeisoi j
Anderton right?" urged Olive, grow I
ing more serious still. !
"Professor An 'icrton ''s i u i t rap-iMc ;
of taking care of himself,' retorted thf j
beauty. J
"Octavia," persisted Olive, "I believe 1
it is my duty to consult Mrs. Sedley as ,
to this new whim of yours." '
"If you do!" cried Octavia, "I'l1 j
elope to-morrow night."
"l'.ut what t-hall I do?" pica led poor, j
conscientious Olive. j
"Why, mind your own business, id
course," said Oit.uia, silencing hoi!
with a kiss. "And now, go to sleep, '
there's a darling, and don't preach at I
mo any longer."
Hut Octavia herself did not go tc
sloep. For almost the lirst time in hei i
life, sho lay a waive until dawn, think-1
ing.
For sho felt that tho turning p.dtit j
in her life had come at last. j
'Professor Audi rt in to see me!" she i
exclaimed, when little Amy timet;
brought her the niesiag", at ten o'clock, i
"Why, isn't that ftinnv? I was ju.-d 1
thinkingM-if a
loavo to spea'i with
him."
Ainl Octavia We .ion went, with
llatmng cheek ; and downcast eyet, int
the little riceptiou-room, where her
ini'ldle-age I lover awaitel her.
"Oeiavia," he said, gently, -l have
Come to ask you - "
"Please don't ask ntlobo iniirri"'.''
Interrupted the girl -"because be
cause I think -in fact. I am almost
I've made a mistake! Oli, don't
speak to me! Let me tell the whole
story out and free my mind. 1 love
soinebo ly el-.e!"
"So do I!" said the professor. "I,
too, Miss Weston, have erred in reading
my own heart."
"Oh, I'm so rdal!" said Octavia,
brightly. "And you'll really let mo off
from the engagement ?"
"I most certainly shall absolve you
from your plighted troth," said Pro
fessor Anderton, half-smiling at her
school-girl earnestness.
So Octavia married Algernon A ve
; nal. and her elder lo it was left to woo
j and win sweet Olivo Pent, who, in her
sweet humility, could scarcely believo
that sho was worthy any man's affection.
She had made up her mind to a lift
of twilight obscurity an existence of
uionotonv.
"Hut are you quite sure you lovo
me?" she itsked of the grave professor.
"L'ntirely sure," ho respondc I.
"But 1 don't see ',')," she urgej.
"Because, my own precious ono,"
Anderton answered, "you are pure and
true you are unselfish and lovely,
Octavia Weston was a mere sparkling
will-o'-the-wisp; you areastar.shiuing j
high above earth's mists and damps."
And when ho put bis arm around
her and looked into her eye, Olive
Dent knew that he loved her, as she
had always hopelessly longed to be
loved.
And she had conio into tho blessed
inheritance of her womanhood at last'
A ti'iatul Peed.
"Did you ever accomplish anything
in your life that might be called grand
or noble some action that would dis
tinguish yen from your fellow men,
and to which you can now look back
with pleasurable emotions'?" was tho
rather clumsy question put by a visitor
to a state-prison convict.
The poor convict niu-cd for a mo
ment and then replied:
"Yes, I have, I once did a grand
deed that gave mo distinction of a cer.
tain sort, but," ho added bitterly, "I
cannot say that I look back upon it
with any pleasurable emotion.
"I am very sorry," returned tho vis
itor, who was a good man, "that you
cannot lind pleasure in its contem
plation. It might afford you blessed
consolation in this, jour hour of trial
and darkness. May I ask what this
grand deed was ?''
"Yes, you may," replied the poor
prisoner, while his voice became chok,-
j ed with emotion, 'it was grand lax- j
Uinger Jars.
The ginger used in preserving and
crystallizing in the big London estab
lishments all comes from China. An
amusing story regarding the familiar
blue and white stone jars is told. The
Chinese made a very huge jar. After
some years they were prevailed upon
to make a second size for the reception j
of ginger. In time a third size smaller I
was requested, but here the stubborn '
Celestials rebelled. Their conservative !
character regarded any more inimva -
tions as sacrilege. "And, so," said the !
superintendent, "we had to have small j
jars made in the English potteries tohold
our Chinese ginger. So the ginger is
genuine Chinese, but the jars are not."
CHILDRE.VS LOUTH.
T.ic Bur U'n IV-.d.
Horn's to tlio boy who 's not nfmlj
To ilo hi) elmri) of vnnk ;
Who novor in by toil il sin iyoil.
Ami nvrur liiio to rliiik.
Ilia hoy wlno lioa'1 in wuo to moot
All li'iin in Mm wmi ;
Wliu 'h nit iliii'Hir.iL'i'.l I it ilofoit,
Hut trios Hiinlliui' '1 iy.
Imy wh'i iilivnis humus to tl.s
' hn vory liost lie onn ;
Vn nlwiim l;i on tlio i yht in view
An . at'iiu Ic b-j n ititin.
.s a ll boy im tlio c will ron- to lis
Tlio inu i T.I.OM' ha:i 1 will ui,lo
'III" I'utnill i f otll laiul; mal v n
S!i .11 hiui W 'heir ii: hm' with iiitlo.
All lio'io. to tiic b w h ) i,
A lii ui at lio iil, I a:-y ;
Wiioso IimoihI on In'i fh old i' thi!
' l.'i ,!it iil.v .y- wiiii th" lay." '
;c!kn Jt ijt-
A l.i)M ti Hoi hi-1' loul.cy
Tlf .'-ervatit of a medical gentleman j
who win some li'iii' in In lia eiugltt a i
young monkey, and brought it to his j
tent, where ev ry car ai taken of it;
but the mother was so greatly ilis- j
tr.s el it!i the loss uf her baby that I
s!ie never cm .el uttering a pit"otis j
ry, i:i,i'i! and day, in the jimtici'ia!n j
vi vii:y i I' th ' tout. Tin.' doctor, at ,
li'i.Siti! lind nut with the constant j
howling, d- iiul the crant to restore .
theyi-ui!.; oho to it.; mother, which he
di I, wlon the jioor animal happily
Mired, and .a e l it i wav to th-.' com .
, tn im .t v
to whi- h it belonged. Her i
however, she found she could not bo ,
reei'ivcd. She and her baby had lost
e'lste, and, like the hunted tie; r, were
beaten and n j'-it-d by the Hock.
A fi w days alt"i-. our medical friend ,
was a- ti'iii-.!ie I to see the monkey '
return t" his tntt, bringing the young '
one aloit ; with her.
site entered tha
'or.l .niro.rr.nl lo
ti nt of h-r own
I I
very much exhaufct'd, and having
deposit-d lur young one, ahe then
retired a lew vanls fiom the tpnt. nml
; ,,,..,. ..... ,,, Th
body ol th.- poor animal was found in
a most i'iii.!'vi!( d -tat . aid scra'ehed
all over, s i that there cjirt lie no doubt
that she ha I been terribly maltreated
by her eotnra les. and. finding nc safety
i for bei'si It' or l.er o'i-pring, returned
.the little one into the i are of those
; who wit.' th cau-e of her mis for
j tunes. 1 n.ij v., ..
i "
I titi'fliltii'fit hi n !lM-e.
j In col nihil times b I, re tlv e.talr
lishiuetit of stage i o tiv.es, travelers
bet wen Boston and Philadelphia usu
ally performed the jous my on horse
back. Benjamin I'r.mMin was fond
of this mode of conveyance, and while
on his way to isit his native city,
bought a fiiv.' black h-Tse, which had
once belonged to a ("ouivcticut min
ister. He happened r-n bis journey to pass
near the 1 ou-e of ni' t her clergyman,
an intimate friend of the former
owner. Tee house '-i."l a' the end of
a long lan". As the In r.-e ranie to the
j lane he instantly v.hieled into it,
Franklin sought in vain t" turn him
1 back itit'i th" main read.
He then loosed the rein, and the
horse sw iftly galloped to the house
Tin' family canio nut. the clergyman
hading and bowing courteously.
Franklin rai-ed his hat and said ;
"1 am Benjamin Franklin, of Phila
delphia, 1 am travelling to Boston,
.and my bursa seems to have some
! business w ith you, as he insisted oi
coming to your house.
" Oh," n p'.ic 1 the ch rgyman, smil
ing, "i'la! horse has otteti been here
before. Pray alight, and come in and
lodge with us to-night."
The invitation was frankly accepted, j
and a delightful evening followed. A
friendship was firmed for life; and
Franklin never passed that way with
out a cordiaj welcome. He often said
ho was the only man who was intro
duced bv his horse.
Too Many Ilos Spoil the Coat.
The instinct of Newfoundland dogs
to save a drowning person has been j
somewhat painfully tested by an un
lucky Frenchman. Ho was walking
in the country with a triend who pos
sessed a magnificent Newfoundland,
and incautiously questioned the truth
0f tne animal's sagacity. The dog's
I master, vexed at the slur cast on his
I favorite, gave his friend a push and
! knoeked him into the shallow river.
' Turk immediately sprang in, and seiz
j ing one of the tails of the immersed
man's coat, commenced to swim for
i bind. I'n fortunately, another New
I fotindland, trotting along the o:her side
j of the river, saw the affair, and also
came to the rescue. Dog number two j
Be'ued the other tail of the coat and
wished to swim to his master. Turk
held fast and struggled for his side,
j and the owner of the coat cried in vain
) lor help. At last the coat gave way
I and each Newfoundland swam pr mdly
; home with a piece of cloth in bis
I mouth, so that Turk's master was
i obliged to plunge in himself to save
hii friend.
EtTIXH IOISON IV COl'liT.
l.nwjte;'. I
HI in ilei rim -
niiiniin HrfriicK of
.1 in r ret Vcialuii.
Forty years ago t'ol. John Van Ar
nitii, tlio famous criminal lawyer of
Chicago, ate a poisoned biscuit beforo
a Mi 'liig in jury, an I by that act se
cure I the ii'-piitt.il of a woman
charged with ;iUe.nii'..;ig to murder
her husbaad. From tii.it tinio until
now the story of tho inisoit"! biscuit
haa been tobl throughout the Xorth
wost m my hundiedi of times by law
yers and others, hut it has seldom been
told cor rod I v. So far as known, the
! true version hit) never appeared in
print. Since tlm ineorrct story of the
j iiia'ter h tt reei-lviil su-h wi'ie circula
j tion, a relial hi narraiio of the inci
j iieut will doubtless prove readable to
i many.
j Somewhere between tlio years of
I 1810 and lM'i the wile of a farmer of
j Hillsdale county, Mich., baked some
j Mi 'nits otiii Sunday m truing and then
w nt to ch iich, leaving her husband
to take dialler al ine, As he sat down
to his meal, however, a young farm l i-b-irer
emu.! to tho lum-i' and joined
liiui nt iiii r i 1 1 ; i it. 1. ieii nlo of the
i.ewly-ba!;e.l biscuits, but ,,ickly
found them unpalatable and put them
aade. N-'ititer mi" had ea'.oti n r.'
that) half a bis -nil. B elt were ? mi
taken violently ill and display"'! strong
symptoms of ar.a nical poisoning. Tho
y iiiiig man r-.-c-i. ero I Ir i.n his sick
lies. after sumo days ol inten se suffer
ing, but Fie farmer lingered in a dying
condition for more than a year, and
finally evpired.
Si t -.'en veiri before thi.-i timot.be
fanner had Manic I his wife for her
money, she brought him c.'l.o io. t.
liirohased a farm v.'ilti this amount, 1
i i,,ul 1,1 ' L'W
! fm ehall led. M
an ho b.K'a u ; quite
greatest en jovment, ;
apparently, was to annoy his w ife in
! every conceivable mantlet. His favor- ;
1 ite amusement was to pull their lilt!" ;
j ihild out of lie I in Un' night and ha
I it cruelly. They I'm illy concluded to ;
obtain a divorc from each other. The
farmer agreed to give hi. wife a lien
I on his prop-rlv for 1 ,'- for tho sup
! port of liiT-i-'il an I child. T'.v inort- '
gage w.n mile out an I pla-dina
j lawyer's hands to await the divorce.
I The wife, in ooiiM.leia'ion of the inert,
'sage, signed a quit-laiui dee I to aM
j her hu-h.l'i I' s property. On the eve of
the granting ol tha ibvnrce the farmer ,
j secured the uiottg.( o and destroyed it, ,
j intending t p it tho deed mi record
'after the divorce was granted. Mis
J wile discovered the i heat and stopped ,
the divorce proceedings. sh"thcn ib-- .
i
liberatelv planned l" Kill her husband,
i 1
j She wmght a reconciliation and went
I back to lie w ith him. One day sho '
disguised herself in male attire, went I
to Hinsdale and purchased a quantitv
of arsenic. This she mixed in a batch :
of biscuits and left then tor her hus- ;
band to eat.
In a short tint she was arrested.
I'y law the woman could not be tried ;
for murder because her husband lived .
more than a year after he was poisoned. !
She was indicted for poisoning, and
put on trial in Hillsdale. Mr. Van j
Annan, then a young man with a law ,
ollice in Marshall, Mich., iLl'on.lc l Ivr,
A young French chemist from Detroit :
testified against tho accused. He was
tho onlv ihcniist that Detroit atior.h d,
and ho was a very incomp"teut one.
This young man swore to the jury that
ho ha I analyze I several of the bis
cuits which the prisoner had ma le for
her husban 1'. eating, an I h.i 1 found
they contained arsenic. From his quan
titative analysis he swore positively
that the husband had swallowed less
than a grain of arsenic. The chemist
furtlier swore that
was a dea llv dose,
a grain of arsenic
and that even less
might be fatal.
There were no railroa Is in Michigan
at that early day. ,i:id there was not
another i 'lemist nearer than t'tiieago.
Mr. Van Aiatnn, who had studied
chemistry in his youth, and bad even
delivered lectures on the subject, plain
lyx that the Frenchman's testimony
was woefullv incorrect. Mr. an Ar-
man contended before lh jury, that a
grain of arsenic was only a medicinal
dose and that the defendant's husband,
therefore, must have become fatally ill
through some other agency than poi-
son in the biscuits. He could produce
j no expert testimony to substantiate his
theory because no experts were within
.reach. Knowing that a grain of arse
nic would not seriously affect the hu
j man system, he caused a number of
- biscuits to be baked by a physician (if
I tho ti wn, each of them containing
a ifraiti of t'ne deadly substance. For-
tunatdv for his client, there were none
ii the original biscuits to be had, and
the jury could not murmur against the
su'ost it ut ion of new ones.
Having proved by the physicians
who made them that the biscuits were,
properly poisoned. Mr. Van Annan
near the beginning of his closing ar
guiiient, gracefully ate one of them bo-I
fore the jury and continued to address i
them. He rema ned in their sijjht for
several hour-", and to ik pains to show
them that ha swallowed no antidote.
Tho grain of arsenic produced no il'
eli'i'i'ts on him. T'u'i pros 'eating law
yer coul 1 iv it lira no away the plain
i'.i"! of t'.ui harm'"-;, though poisoned,
b'.s 'ti.t wiii'-a tho jury had Reel eaten.
Woe: the cav w.n given 1 1 t'l -m thvy
vcy pro.up'ly ae iniit'.1 1 the pris mer.
Tii truth nwrditi.t 'in- I.U ui's of
wiiicu th" i'n.vi T part;.)'; was, that
they contained four or live times as
much arsenic a-t the young eheuii it
swore they did. j
Tito ciMuaionly-.'l epted version of
this fa uo'H htory has always been that :
Mr. 'an Annan at" one of the oiigi- i
nal poisoned bi-.i:ait.-i just as ho dosed j
his ; nal argument, and that, alter
making his bow to the jury, he has
tened out of the court room and swal
lowed a vait quantity of emetics as I
soon as the door tl.scd behind him. j
This incorrect story is said to quite an- j
noving to Mr. Van Annan, as it repre-
sent hint resorting to a disgraceful 1
trick to '-ecui'ii the iv-jiiittal of his cli - i
cut.
j ,M",'I, lU""V'
I ho foundation l a bud ling in II 1-
j land is rniiiiin r. i d by digging out the
earth to a depth of two ur three feet.
The ecaaiioii thus made almost im
mediately fills with water, which is a
ptoof of the a i'ioous nalMie of the i
Dutch soil, and would present dreadful
visions of rheumatism and ague to tho
minds of mo.st Americans, Holland!
ers have no such fcais, and frequently ,
take up their residence in a new house
as soon as the roof is on and the glass
in the window-frames, without a j
thought a to the dampness of lloors
and walls. It has been facetiously as- '
sorted that Dutch children are ho. n !
i
web-footed; but, joking apart, Nether- j
landers may Im sai l to be a!m.t am. !
phibious in theit nature. j
The no( operation is to drive piles -- !
the straighte.-t that inn be procured - j
thirty or forty feel into the ground, side
by side, a few inches apart, in the lines '
inaiKed out f ir Iho w;ils. These are j
forced perpendicularly into the earth ;
by a powerful steam hammer, or by j
repeated blows from a heavy weight,
alternately raised and
lowered ny
means of a puiley and rope, worked
by a g: ng of twenty or thirty laborers.
When the requisite nuiuMT of piles
are driven in, the ones remaining
above the ground aro cut off level with
ca'h other, an I hoii.ontal beams of
oak are laid it them.
The building itself is then com
menced by placing the bricks nn tho
foundation thus prepared. The back
an 1 front of the house are never built
until the roof is on, in order that a
free current of air passing through
may cause the inner and side walls to
set more firmly, and dry quicker.
When the building is comph ted, coarse
canvas, stretched on wooden frames, is
lilted against tho walls, and upon this
tho paper is pasted; so that no matter
how d imp the brick work behind may
be, the result is an appearance of dry
ness, which is often very delusive.
Sma I tiles, instead of slates, are used
for the roofs, and the internal and ex
ternal decorations arc completed with
much taste. In ut least one important
respect, in the arrangement of their
bouses, the Dutch differ greatly from
the English.
In Holland the kitchens are general
ly in front, and as the windows faco
the street, it aitords unlimited oppor
tunities for the cook and housemaid to
carry on flirtations w ith their male ad
mirersa facility of winch they are
by n means slow to avail theu,seles.
Many of the Dutch houses are tar
more elaborrtely ornamented inside
than those of modem construction. In
some of them ou may see spacious
entrance halls id white marble, broad
staircases of dark polished oak. doors
of shining mahogany, ceilings and
walls beautifully painted with figures,
fruit, and ilowi rs, and mirrors with
exquisitely carved frames permanent
ly fixed over the lire places. Even the
charitable institutions an I poor houses
in Holland are very niiTen nt to the
plain unadorned buildings often used
in England as refuges for the unfor -tunate
and destitute, many of them
being structures of considerable ar
chitectural beauty, while in their
management the Dutch are very sue
cessful.
Origin of Skating.
To an enquiring correspondent, the
'"tit incut replies, that skating proba
ably originated among the Scandina
vians, w ho long ago iis,., skates made 1
of bone, skates of this material hae
been found in England. Iron skates
are supposed to be a Dutch invention,
and a letter was recently published
claiming that one Thomas King intro
duced the art into England in IT'.H
If this Is true at all, it probably refers
merely to th introduction of iron or
steel skates.
The Motli'l till'.'.
My i;i"l ilo ! UuiL-;t", iuid'jr.'l l '".v th
lrition.
J li.t yi-lion I ii.l noi l- nli'.'TO,
Hot iho lii o.N iioi the th.innoi, di" iwil dou't
ill-Tin lior:
llor tln.iih'- i.i J on 11:0 i.e. 1 u( Im'ft
n finl luv.itd.iii' h;.t t iuli.r ui
Kite!. on.
r.T h.
Ail I. is-1 nj:
Tl.c h"
'-. rU-l.il..
e... bu-y.
t iiolo v. in
!rh ii; --t iii'" nnrl il-JT.n )
i llunilil-i'ih' l.i..'.io, '
i.i Iv :o t-i l.i-i- I -
wiiti
with i, K.-o"i;iij -;
And tlio women lh.a
ili'-n nil;
i -I'.i ,n, iho h;otiii' W
linllwiiy.,
sho diiiii". I'm Un it' lal'. - em -mull ;
With niV.iiii of Mi- I'laith. in I 1 l.iiiio to im.
.hV initio
With thu nanii'S i t "i"i '.l-lii'-. Smith ot
lilllWIl,
( 'oininj; inisi Im-f tin v'ro lm-y , lint imt widl
l.iz.io.
Thi boi-t lilt In wilii ''n Iho town.
When lu r tim, u lni;;lit lino in. like i!vor nH
Ilium',
And the ki ll o i- -iiiiim' f-r t"H,
You'll lind lu r a -i"m'. and uni-t ly I.nitiiii',
Awaitin' tho cumin' ol mo;
And the tli.ni-lits o l.o-niliu' In r ilimlo Ri
Mhilin',
'iho j d 1 1 1 1 1) i-o-v olieili- !) nml down:
Shil hoi- lin;-i-is lire Imiuv. no ilreaiiici- i- l.i.di-,
Iho boa 1 it t If wil'o in lie- low n.
Winn I ti i ii -Ii mi dnili l"iij -i-!.-. I -m -tl.v
"I'lolil 1'ie to.l i.i 111" I .I'll. Il, l"'M'. I 'ill
tlio'"
T!i'.n..h tim -tan. iwirklo '01 mono lioml
the liof.'i" mo,
'I., lii-r u Im i- w a toll I ii ti. r ii "v
Ho.il in I.. In ml In r. with .,1 nine lion-l. I bind
her.
My iiiin n of iho r .ii.-.i (,-mi n ;
'lito little han.'s bu-v. 7 i la.-. lind ki-s 1 !'.'".
Thf bo-t hole wit', in the town.
L.nitai'1 IP'fi'T.
ri'MJKXT l'AKAiJKU'HS.
No matter how high everything elsj
is, one may alv. ay get a bottlu of per
fumery for a s"ciit.
A man may court an investigation
but courting a girl is far more preferable.--
( 7.'f;ii T'!' jmm.
A baker advertising that his bread
was "hard to beat" w asilisgus'e l when
tho printer made it "hard to eat."
Hand organs me i-ltin accompanied
by two cranks one on tho end, and
tho other standing In bind. - - li't-m
Timo.
Dr. II. C. Wood recently lectured in
I Philadelphia on "Why Doctors Exist."
1 Probably the fact that they carefully
avoid taking their own medicine may
i have S' 'tin thing to do with it. Sift.
I .
1 til;s.
At a recent ball in Forretville a
new figure was introduced, which
I cause quite a sensation. It was the
! figure of an irate arent w ho took bis
I son by the i ar and waltzed him out of
! the ball-room in a quick-step nioe-
tlliTlt. - A'" 1 iy'uiru Ht raUI.
j Philadelphia has a young lady of
I twenty years who weighs i.'!J pouivls,
j ami Boston has n young man whose
1 arms each measure over five feet in
length. These people seem to have
been ci ns'ructed by a w ise Providence
! purpostly for each i ther, and somo
I tin an should be employed to bring
j them together. lihin:tr-t; TrU-nnr.
j "Oti, no," said Mrs. Apploboy, who
! was visit. ng Mrs. I'ringle. I'm not a
j 1 it cold; it is quite comfortable here."
i Isn't it funny, mamma!" exclaimed
t bttle Edith. "Tier's ju-t what you
said the last tunc you were here; and
when we f.ot out, don't you remember,
y.'ii said you were almost fro?en to
death, and you guessed that you would
not come here again, w here they worn
to i mean to keep a tiro?" I I. ere w as
instantly lire enough in the faces of
Mes-lames Apphboy and I'ringle t,
warm half a doen room?..
lwiijs Xippin?.
judi'.'ious wife is always nipping
ntt from her husband's moral nature
little twigs that are growing in wrong
directions. She keeps him hi shapo
by continual pruning. If you say any.
thing siilv, she w ill affectionately tell
you so. if you declare you will i!
some absurd thing, she finds s.eno
means of preventing you from doing
it. And by far the chid part of tho
common sense there is in the world
belongs unquestionably to women
The wisest things a man commonly
does are those things which his wif
counsels him to do. A wife is a grand
wielder of the moral pruning-knife. If
Johnson's wife had lived there would
have been no hoarding up of orange
peel, no touching all the posts in walk
ing along the streets. n. eating and
drinking with a disgusting vorai ity
If Oliver Oiildsuiitli had been mar
ried, he never would have worn that
memorable and ridiculous coat. When
ever you find a man whom you know
little about oddly dressed, or talking
absurdly, or exhibiting eccentriei
tiis of manner, you may be sure that
he is not a married man, for the cor
ners are rounded off the little shoots
pared away in married men. Wives
have generally more sense than their
husbands, even though thoy may bo
clever men. The wife's advice is like
the ballast that keeps the ship steai'y.