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PITTSB01lO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 15, 1884.
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Four Season.
Ppring is n ninth-n divinely JUir,
With violets hlne in her gulden hnir.
At till! balmy toiu-h of her dainty feet,
Tho priinni-e pale, mid com slip sweet
l'irt forth from their wintry winding-she t.
Anil the foreM leaves pi rp out to see
Who tlii l-cnntilitl, hoiiiitifnl iimiil run he.
Summer's 11 wairior fln-hcd with fnme.
He i ides o'er eiirth in his enr !' fl line.
His whip i the whirl w ind's ciivlin;; lash.
His sh, ml is the ilialexiii llmndcrV crash.
Ilis spear ii the i;;hi nine's hi wling flash.
He liciithc, and the hill- arc parched mid tin
And the rhnh I . hiding, in vapors fly.
A n 1 1 1 inn '- ii nieivh.nit of princely mien.
'I he eiulli n I e-t finCs nt In- feet arc seen.
Ilis wornlm-i- spue- ol golden Haiti
Aie (j tinned hih on the sunlit plain.
And How like -en o'er his rieh domain j
And hii iint-lcow n elcldieji iltutit willi glee
A- ite pcle I hi- ticasnre-. pieiiiid his Knee.
Willlel' (I llinle-tt-r of fiendish -;ilisi,
Wi'li l imine iiml uoe in hi- It di-ltd eyes,
lie Mights Ihe eii i1h hi- ie htc.nh.
He ii ein;;es the hie Ii .in tin' Inn I hriip'i'h.
'J he wnti in lie hindi in Ihe chains ol tlc-tlli.
And he hin;;!i. to he ir tle plaintive wail
'I the fum-liin.' poor in the dozen vale.
V. .1. Carptnttt.
A Marvellous Metamorphosis
( HAI TI It I. TOO THIN.
"No, it hti n-Irt'd times no!" she ex
claimed. "Ami wliy iId y'u icfiise nie," he
1 1 ; n I 1 . ' I inn rich, well-educated,
and iiiom' in th best society. Again
I a-k, why do yon reltic me?"
"Because." s'nwly replied the ticnu
tifiilgirl, deliberately surveying her
w ould lio sweet hi tu t from hrail to
fon:, "because 1 iln not admire a living
skoh ton."
'Wha- wha what!" gasped Bona
parte Osseous: "iln yon mean to insinu
ate that I am a keleton ?"
"You can ilrawyoiir ewn inferences,
sir," coolly replnd Fatima Oleo.
"I know I am attenuated." sighed
Bonaparte, "hut with kind treatment
and a swect-temiicrcil inotlu r-in-law,
1 may some luy outrival even your
generous proportions."
Miss Oleo iviH a good girl, weighing
175 pounds, ami took a pardonable
pride in her ublritsivt' obesity.
On the other hand, young Osseous
diil'nt weigh much nmie than a kit of
mackerel.
It was no woiub'r, then, that when
ever they appeared together in tnlli
whether iiaiadiut,' in Central I'ark, or
liroinenadin 1'il'lh Avenue, they
n tt raited ei'iisideralile attention, and
elicited many uncomplimentary re
marks. The la-t time Im took her to church
some In artless wretch wroto tho
follow ing lines mi the 11 v leal' of a
hymn book iiml handed the volume, to
Miss Oleir
There nn a Ihln iiinn utioln.l n tat wife.
Kill ite. I:it wife, 1 1 1 l lli - In i !
Hie liine I likca iliiiin. ainl In' Ii i lifi',
Anil II look all In., im no v (iMrci" tier.
To til, her.
I.o l l.lc.hcr,
'lo llo io her.
When .she read the verse iho did not
faint, but then and there lirmly resolv
td never to wed a bavfof bones. There
fore, when Mr. Osseous proposed she
flatly refused to entertain the offer of
either his heart or his attenuated anat.
oiny.
When he expressed the hope that he
migtji. sume day attain the magnificent
magnitude of Miss oleo, she gave him
a glance of supremo scorn, and advised
him to immediately make application
for tho position of "freak" in a dime
museum.
"Never mind, Miss I'alitna," said he,
as he tottered towards the door, "the
day will como when you will be proud
to place your.-elf under my protection."
And as he rattled out of the room the
racket he made sounded like an over
ture of castanets.
C'lI.Vl'TI'.It H. TOO THICK.
The faff win thi 't en the river,
The feg wan tMek in the street.
Aud tlm Kaslii;! ' - ll: kerini: ipner
No Miadrw .a-l III the feel
Of the IniiiKi v threap tleil lionu ward hW-d
To JciMryur liroeki.Mi, N"oinl Hie liilc.
"It is too provoking,"' :-aid Miss Oleo'
to her friend Miss Margery, whom sho
was accompanying to the Desbrosses
fritreet Ferry, about a year after her
refusing Mr, Os-eous, "that this fog
should swoop down like the Assyrians
upon the fold. It is to thick that 1
can scarcely see, and I know my crimps
are all out of curl"
"I don't care as much for that as I
do the dangc" of crossing the river,"
replied Miss Margery, who lived in
Jersey City.
"If you are afraid I will go home
with you," said Miss Oleo, bravely.
"I would like nothing better than to
run the risk of being wrecked, even
on a ferry-boat."
"I should be pleased to have you
come with me, "said her friend. "When
we reach the other side, you can tele
graph your folks so they will not feel
worried at your absence."
After a delay of half an hour the
boat started on its perilous voyage.
The cabin was crowded, aud the two
young ladies were obliged to stand up
until the stalw art form of a man arose
ii nd with a bow offeied his seat to
Miss Oloo, and so quickly disappeared
n the mist that sho did not catch a
;limpse of his features.
"What a line-looking man!" ehe
claimed. "Now, if poor Bonaparte
iid such a splendid physique as that.
I might have "
"Of wliniit are you speaking?'
i ked Mi.s Margery, who occupied an
t Ijacent seat vacated by a .small boy
vho went out to catch some fog.
"Oh, only one of my old admirers
nhom I rejected a few months ago."
"Vou mean that thin little chap who
iooked as if he never cast a shadow V'
"Ves; do yon remember him?"
"Perfectly well; my brother once
snocked him down by breathing on
ii i in."
"I'm not surprised at that, for when
he was courting me I used to blow
him out of tho front door with my
litn. Poor fellow! I wonder what
has become of him V"
"I heard that he had joined 15;irniim's
circus."
"If that is true, I will go there this
very week." said Miss Oleo, "I've al
ways admired freaks."
-lust then the boat struck the pier
with such force that a portly old gen
tleman plunged head forward into
Miss Oleo and knocked her senseless.
t iiaptki: III. TOOTH OI T.
"Stand back! (live the lady air!"'
were tho .shouts that arose as a crowd
gathered around the stalwart form of
the young lady.
Smelling botths were offered, and
restoratives applied; but all in vain.
"She must not lie there!" streamed
a dapper lilt lo man, w ho danced
around as though he were dodging a
swarm of bees.
"Take hr to the waiting-room,"'
suggested aslim, who looked as if he
couldn't lilt the light end of a heavy i
cigar. j
Hut no one seemed equal to the em- i
eigeticy until the gentleman who had ;
given her his seat made his apprar- j
ant e. lie t ink in the situation at a
glance, and da-hod aside tho gaping!
bystanders with such vigor that he
knocked the front Uc'.'i out cl three
ex pugilists.
lit-then gentlv raised tho vomitr
lady and lore her from the boat as if,
she wero only a halv, and deposited '
his (air burden in the ferry superin-I
tendent's olliee. . Thou lifting his hat '
i
he vanished in the fog. i
When Miss Oleo regained conscious- ;
ness and exhaled some of the fog which j
she had swallowed while gasping for :
breath, she murmured:
"Take me home."
A carriage was call- d, and, aceompa.
nied by Miss Margery, she rccrossed
the river.
On her way homelier friend told
her of the stalwart stranger's bravery,
aud his apparent bashfulness about dis
closing bis identity.
"If I should ever find out who ho. is
I know I shall fall in love w ith him,"
said MKs tle ..
"Why, how' will you reeoguize biui,
if you didn't see his face
"Ah, my dear girl, don't you suppose
I was sensible enough to keep one eye
open when he raised me in his arms?
It isn't every day that a woman of my
weight gets a chance to bo borne away
by ;t modern Hercules."
When they reached tho elegant home
of Miss Oleo, in Madison Avenue, she
had entirely recovered, aud entered
the house w ithout assistance.
( IIAl'TI H IV. TOO l.TTI.ItI.Y TOO.
Miss Oleo occupied it box at Bar
nu.n's circus a few days after her
adventure on the river, and as sho
gazed at tho bewildering scenes before
her, she became enthusiastic, particu
larly when muscular feats were exhib
ited; for mIi wax a great admirer of
manly strength.
The antics nf the clowns wearied her;
the circumgyrations of the trapeze
caused her lo yawn; tho majestic
marches of tho mammoth eh-phants
reminded her too forcibly of her own
weighty movements, and the thrilling
music of the brass band fell heedicsly
upon her ears.
Hut when tho lofty tumblers began
to whirl through the air with the great
est of ease and turn somersaults with
the grace of a boomerang.then ht reyes
lighted up and her attention was riv
eted on the agile athlete-.
Suddenly one powerfully built fel
low sped swiftly over the spring-board,
leaped high into space, and revolved
like a pinwheel over the backs of a
dozen elephants.
As thunders of applauso shook fte
edifice and stirred the surface of the
sawdust around, she softly murmur
ed:
"It is he, but oh, how changed!"
It was indeed ISonapnrto Osseous;
but no longer the frail being who
formerly sought in vain his own shad
ow. Ho was now a veritable Titani
whose muscular development was
theenvyofhis fellow gymnasts and
the delight of his life,
His wonderful performmee on thi j
particular occasion was due to bij
feeing his former sweetheart a ho wa
about completing his third somersault
in mid-air. The spectacle so exhilar
ated him that ho superseded all hi?
previous efforts by making three more
turns before he alighted. His triumph
was complete.
That uight the place which once
knew him so well, knew him no more
forever.
One evening there came a ring at
the door-bell of Miss Oleo's home
which was strong enough to havt
brought out tho department, and
the stately tread of the renovated Bo
naparte Osseous resounded in the curri
dor.
"I have come once more," ho said,
in a voice that shook the chandeliei
itnd made the piano strings vibrate, "to
bend the knee before Gotham's peer
less beauty."
"Nay, do not bend the kneo here,"
she said, ""for the house will not stand
the jar, 1 fear. But tell me in what
manner you effected this metamorpho
sis." "When I left this hoaso at your
command many weary months ago,"
he replied, "I lirmly resolved not only
to make myself your equal in avoir
dupois, but to win your love. since
then I have done nothing but. swing
Indian clubs and light dumb-bells.
The last dumb-bell I lifted was on a
ferry-boat, when I carried you oil.
Then "
"pont spe ik of it. Honey; it was
then I lii'sl dis-oered how manly
and nolde you wete, although 1 did
not recognize you."
"I have ;it last succeeded in winning
your admiration ?"
"This is my answer," she shyly an
swered, as sho ilung herself into li if
arms.
A few months previous this shock
would have crushed him like an egg
shell, but now he held her as if she
were a feather.
The wedding will soon take place.
Meanwhile Bonapartejhas completely
conquered tho animosity of his pros
pecMvc mother-in-law, and as for his
betrothal's male relatives be says, if
necessary, he will challenge them to
sinl..- i-nmb.!t. or tl;;ht the whole of
them with his hands tied behind his
back.
From a thin tenor he lias developed
into a robust basso-prol'uudo, and liij
greatest delight when he is alone, is tu
thunder the following song, composed
by his bride-elect:
Oh, oiH'e I was thin hii a rail,
And eerv hie- e inaile Ine iall;
W l.i!,' the I. II. .s would lauli
To .'. M-.e, like i h.ili,
Sweep m-iftly In-fore the Kale.
I'or low I'ai a-l j-:inli:a.-a l.nrse.
Anil inv power the pi'iipie ii.iloi'Ki-:
When I naik I !iriaii;li the Mrtajt
All the ladie- I meet
Admire iue hugely, of course.
"Key.?," in A'ew York Journal
Soldiers Dying of Home-Sickness.
"Do you know that many soldiers
died of homesickness during the late
war V" said an ex-Federal colonel, to a
Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia ' eon'. "Ves, sir; they
called it nostalgia- that's the medical
term for homesickness. Men died ap
parently without a cause not from
fright; hoinesiekne-s was the cau-e in
nine cases out of ten. I remember
that at one time 1 was in charge of a
depot at Louisville, Ky., where lii.OOO
convalescents wero waiting for
strength to go to the front. I noticed
that many of them grew worse in
stead of better. It puzzled tho sur
geons. It was not duo to a relapse;
it was not the old diseaso at all. It
did not seem to be a new disease. I
looked into it a little, and then told the
surgeon that it was nothing but nos
talgia. I had a chance to prove that I
was right, t ine of these sick well men
came to me next day. "Colonel," he
said, "I want a leave of absence for a
day or two. 1 want to go home and
see my folns. 1 am pining away for a
sight of my old home. 1 believe I
shall die if I don't go." On inquiring
1 found that his home was right across
in Indiana, and that he had an idea
that he could see smoke rising from tho
chimney. Ho had not been home for
several years, and he was fretiing
away in sight of that smoke. I was
not supposed to let my convalescents
go anywhere except to the front, but I
determined to try an experiment with
this sallow, peak-faced young man.
Weil, sir,' I said, 'how long will you
be gone?' 'This is Friday, 'he replied;
'I will be back on Monday.' 'No,' I
said; 'you can stay until Friday of
next week.' 'AH right,' he said, look
ing better already, On the next Fri
day he returned a new man. 'I'm all
riht again, colonel,' he half shouted
when he saw me; 'I'm ready to go to
the front at once. 1 went home, saw
my mother and father, and my sisters
and brothers, bad seme good home
food and some good home sleep, and
fought all my battles over again
down at the village store. That was
all that I wanted.' It was tho fact. 11;
had been cured of nostalgia.
CillLIMiKVS OM MX.
Juxt Tall J iioiiu-Ii.
Phe tr.ok inv cut I i rch -i t -ill,
And she is nut m i--ry;
Tht! stepi led upward from Ihu h ill:
.'111- Hints!, tllC liMie fairy,
tie-l halaiictxl on the -eemd -tair,
.My leaf-coal's Inii e n linldin',
And then her hard-- ilic kindest pair
'Hie collar ilow i wen' f tiding.
There never was an e; e -n clear,
Nor lips so red in ncn in;-,
"Just tall enouiih, i-m am i t, dear?
Hee how I'leKitooi fn,m loving!''
Jnil tall enough! I nnn eu- to ey.i
b'an It-ii-ixont.il li;;' I.
"Ju-t tall enon;;h t -. t me try?
Ye, tall eiioiijjh jr n d nilit V
- .'Vii.'i; .lei Call.
Trie Chl.ii's Imntr,
Little Nellie '.o-y: hid lost h'-r
father, and her mother was poor. Her
sweet temper and winning ways gained
her many friends. Among them was an
excellent lady, Miss Norton. A glimpse
of Nellie's bright face peeping in at
tho door always bro.tght a smile of
peculiar tenderness over Miss Norton's
placid features.
Sho loved to si!, Iy the child, softly
stroking her hair, ami w hile looking
into her smiling eyes, would often say,
"Poor, pour Nellie!"
When Nellie shook her head, with n
heart, too happy to f--rebode evil, her
friend would caress her still more
fondly, end then say, " Poor little
Nellie!"
The ihiM's heart seemed troubled by
these pitying words, for she a iked one
day, "Why do you rail mo poor?
Please don't. Miss Norton. I'm not
poor why, I've got twenty-live rents
and a good mother!" 1'iiinUy
Visitor.
" t llllilli IMII.V."
One blight day in .lime, IV 31,
group of miners who h:nl jut linNhed
their work were standing around Wy.
lam Pit. near Newca-tlo, England.
Word was pas-od from one to an
other that a baby boy had 1 n born
in old Hob's cabin, old Bob, Ihe en
gineinan nt the pii. had a houseful of
children already, but he and his wife
had plenty of love for the new comer,
whom tiny called (Icordie.
Wee tleoidii' Stephenson was not
born with u silver sp ion in iiH mouth.
His father'.-, h ; e was a rotioh hut,
with ittiphiitered walls and a lb" r of
clay.
(leordio began to work when ho was
less than seven y-ars old, at twopence
per day. A lady paid him th s sum
for looking after her cows. When a
little older, ho was taken on at the
colliery its a "picker." receiving six
pence it day, and at fourteen he became
his father's assistant at a shilling a
day. A year or two later he was given
the charge of an engine of his own.
It became bis ;ct, and never had
engine better care.
At eighteen years of.-ago fieorge
Stephenson could not read. He was
wide awake, and had a great longing
for knowledge, but did not understand
the alphabet. This could not bo borne.
lie went to a night school, and paid
threepence a week to be taught spelling,
leading, and writ ing. and soon a Scotch
minister who knew him undertook to
leach him figures. He worked very
hard, and made great progress.
In his leisure hours, when he was not
busy with - his engine or studying, be
made and mended shoes. Bit by bit he
baved a little money, and by-and-by
was able to marry.
1 suppose you are wondering what
all this has to thi with Pulling Hilly.
Have patience; I am coming to that
part of my story.
Though James Walt had invented
the Working steam-engine, as yet then
was no travelling steam-engine. It
was tieorge Stephenson who lirst laid
rails, found mil what the locomotive
could io when attached to cars, and
sent tho iron horse spinning along tho
line. His lirst locomotive was ctuled
Pulling Hilly.
If you were to peep into some (if the
public journals of the England of 1.XI5
you would laugh at the frigid the peo
ple felt at this monster, which fed on
coals and water, and flew over the road
at the rate of eighteen miles an hour.
Some thought it was like witchcraft.
Others gravely said that one might ie
well be shot off by a rocket at unco m
put themselves at the mercy of such
machine its this.
George Stephenson kept quietly on,
plodding at everything he attempted,
until he had found out its secrets.
Whatever he did he did with all his
might. When men opposed him he did
not lose bis temper, but only said,
"Wait a while and you will see."
"Suppose, Mr. Stephenson," said a
grumbling somebody, thinking he was
advancing a terrible objection to the
new iron horse "suppose, cowshou d
happen to be on your line?"
" Well," replied Stephenson, very
coolly, "it would l? a bad job for the
roo."' So it is all through life, boys
When a brave, wise ir an hits a new and
brilliant thought, it will never be put
a stop to by any coo." Jltirjur'
Young reoyle.
Ml'RDEKOUS IMFI'LSIS.
Men Mho Are giidtlenty N-lzed Willi n
lleilre to lilll itoiiietiutly.
"Considering the number of cases id
homicidal an I suicidal impulse that
come under the nolice of experts in
nervous diseases,'' a distinguished
specialist remarked lo a New Vol k
Sun reporter, "it is a wonder to me
that so few tragedies from that source
really happen. East week a business
man in this city, w ho ow ns a hand -1
some country residence on the Ilud-
son, and would be regarded by bis ac
I quaintances as the last person in the
world to be possessed by such a whim,
came to me in great worry of mind
aud told nie he bad something to com
municate that must bo held strictly in
violate. Tho stoiy was typical. 1
have heard it with trilling variations it
thousand times in live years. He had
Dot been feeling very well rather
nervous and ill at case for some days.
That morning, as he left the house to
take the Iriiin for New Vork. he hap.,
pened to pass his gardener who wits nt
work on the grounds, and stopped to
talk to him a minute. The man was
stooping over a clump of ornament;!
shrubbery, thinning out the dead
stalks with a pruning knife. A spade
was leaning against the trunk of a tree
just at his hand. 'I had never had any
quarrel or misunderstanding with tin
man," said this patient, telling bis
story. 'But the impulse wits upon ine
in an instant to sei. o that spade and
brain the poor fellow on the spot. J
trembled all over like a leaf, wilh a
kind nf nervous terror t'.iat 1 ran
scarcely do-i-ribe to nil. Doctor.
Finally, net daring to trust myself
longer, I turrit d and w alked away its
fast as my leg- could conveitieiilly
carry ine. I believe, sir, that I should
have killed the man if I had lingered
live minutes longer. Now w hilt is to
be done?" "
The doctor advis-il his patient to
nvoid temptation lor a few days, turn
his initid fcsolutclv In soiii'thing lis",
tuid e.-tve him a s-d.ttivo prescription
- -bromides, of course with instruc
tions to call again in it day or two.
The man was sen ible enough to act
on the inlvi- e. and on the fourth day
he dropped in and told the doctor that
the trouble had passe I off, and he felt
like himself once more. And so a
tragedy was averted, probably.
The physician went on to say that
lie had no less than nine eases uf homi
cidal or .suicidal impulse tin n undrr
treatment. Of these seven were sui
citlal and the other two homicidal'
One ol the latter had been on bis hands
for three weeks. The patient, a man
ol some note in literature, had been
sleepless for several weeks before the
impulse manifested itself. Ho was a
married man. and loved his wife de
votedly. One night, after doing a
few minutes with terrible dreams, ho
awoke with a strange presentiment of
Impending disaster. His wife was
Bleeping quietly. The moonlight,
struggling through the window-pane,
fell upon her face and white, shapely
throat. As sudden as the leap of a
tiger, the impulse seized him to cut the
woman's throat, ami he was actually
out of bed and hunting for his razor in
the bureau drawer, before any realiz
ing senso of the enormity of the deed
that he was about to perpetrate inter
posed to prevent the tragedy. lie re.
turned to bed, and lay in a tremble till
daylight. His wife never knew how
near she had been to death. He bad
had no wish to kill anybody else as
yet
"Ono of my suicidal patients," con
tinued tho doctor, "was lirst seized
with the impulse on a Brooklyn ferry
boat. He hal been across the river
on business, and was on his way back
He went on board one of the boats at
the Fulton Ferry, and stood gazing
listlessly at the rampart of business
houses extending far to the right on
Ftirman street. The boat started sud
denly as he stootl ruminating. He in
sists that the impulse had its origin in
irritation of the retina caused by the
movement of the sunshine-flooded sur
faces of brick across the optic field, and
very likely be is right. 'For an in
stant,' ho says, 'I wits wild; and w In n
I came to myself my hand was on tin
railing, and a couple ol stdwait pas
sengers had collared me. 1 had never
thought of such a thing as committing
suicide except as a coward's resource.'
Now," added the dm t -r. "this man
was no more mad than I am; it. was a
typical ( a-eof suicidal impulse, caused,
perhaps, by long nervous tension."
In point of fact, both suicidal and
homicidal impulses appear to be far
less frequent with women than men.
In all his experience, the Doctor has
treated only five cases of the impulse
in women, while of the sterner sex his
patients have been numbered by scores.
He inclines to tho belief that the hahi1
contracted by men of business of always
being in a hurry, engaged, occupied, is
one of the principal instrumentalities,
uext to malaria poisoning, in producing
this type of nervous disturbance. "And J
I imagine," he concluded, "that our
former Commissioner of Lunacy, Dr- j
Crdronuaux, was not far out of the
way when he declared that one man in
every handled wh walks the streets
is potentially it murderer or a suicide;
a rtartling declaration, but one that
my own practice during the last ten
years has abundantly verified."
Sometimes the impulse is accom
panied by voices in the ears, urging
the patient to kill; sometimes a red
light lurid, dismal, weird suffuses
the eyes, and with one of the Doctor's
patients the attack is announced inva
riably by a premonitory shiver or
shudder of momentary duration only,
which precedes it by a second or two.
It is a curious fact, also, that serious
organic trouble with the brain and
spinal trad seldom gives rise to these
strange paroxysms.
COST OF 1,1V I. NH ABMOAD.
Iiilrrestlnu Contrast IWwn-n I'rli e In
l.omlti'i iiml In A iiit-rlea.
A London letter to tin- Philadelphia
';(. says: There is no city in which
you can get more for a sixpence or less
for a guinea than in London. Tl.is
was wha' liichard Hush, Ihe American
diplomatic representative to England,
said away back in the twenties. These
words are in true to-d iv as they wpre
when tin.' shrewd, iib.ervaut. American
gave utterance to them, Bread to-diiy
is -iie.ip-ii- in Lo:i 1-ia than in Nvt
Vork, Vienna, Berlin or Brussels. Vou
can get a suit of chdhes made to meas
ure from real Notch Tweed for
fashionably cut and well finished.
Hundreds id tailors will be glad to tako
your measure and furnish a well-litting
suit of co!ti!iii!i, but still fair material,
for K. I can buy ready made shoes
for $2."i'i every bit nsirood as I can pur
chase in New Vork for $"i, while for
that sum I can get as g I a pair of
hand sewn iindeistan.liiigs" as I w ish
to wear. A good silk hat i.iay bo
bought for and a derby of the latest
fashion f.iratriile over ."jO. Mints and j
underwear are o.w than t wn-t birds tho :
price asked for i hem in New Vork, and
the gl-.ves I wen- cost on- ',"' cents a I
pair, and I b.ive never yet found tht in j
'o split or t-jtr. I.ad'c-s' aMin- is pro-j
portion, i!o!y i-li- a.'. I - - - os and rooms
maybe ha I Witnin iwo and one-half
miles of the city, with gardens four
times us large as the area the residence
stands on, for a rental of jMoO to $200
per annum; a return fare by rail to the
city costing from tl to N cents, daily.
Vegetables aro about, half the price I
they are in the states. Butter is live!
cents a pound chenpc r,and meal only is a j
dear commodity. Not nearly so much
dearer though as is gene; ally supposed. '
Vesterday. 1 bought a leg of excellent
mutton for J'1 cents per pound, and for
prime joints of beef the butchers aro
asking -1 ends per pound. Then,
again, hsh is rniieuiousiy cheap. 1
read in an Exeter paper that herring j
were sold in that town one day last;
week at the rate of twenty-four for 3 j
cents and thai sprats were retailed at 2 1
cents per quart.
But Mr. Hush was as right about the
purchasing power of the guinea as he ,
was in his estimate of the liberal eqtiiv- 1
alent obtainable for the nimble sixpence1 '
In the west end uLondou the most ex- j
tortionale prices are asked by the trades" :
men. Fifteen dollars for a pair ol
trousers and $:!" for a coat and vest aro '
by no means exceptional prices, ami '
there are plenty of knights of the shears
who would charge $(iil for it suit of even-
ing dress that ono could readily match j
at a city tailor's. for $"". 1 know sever- ,
al "snips" that are glad to array rus- '
tamers in all the alory of'V'nw 'hammer' :
coat, low cut vest and pan's en suite for j
$ l"i. London boarding houses are an i
abomination antl a snare. One can get !
infinitely better accommodation and'
food in Philadelphia. Baltimore or Bos- '
ton for $'i per week than can be pro-!
cured in London for double the money, i
liailway traveling, too. is much more j
expensive in England 1 han in America.
Even the third-class is, 1 think, quite !
as expensive as the uniform fare j
charged in tho states, and to make a
journey of a few hundred miles in aj
lirst-class carriaoe will cost at least .'()
per cent, more than in covering a like
distance of gro'.n-l in the state journey
ing in luxurious casein a Pullman car.
Aliened Sure Cares.
I he Mi (ii it! Ilnmr has the following
receipts:
A tea made of chestnut leaves and
drank in place of water will cure Ihe
most obstinate case of dropsy in a few
days.
A tea made of ripe or dri"d whortle.
berries and drank in place nf water is
a sure and speedy rare for scrofula
difficulty, however bad.
A tea made of peach leaves is a sure
cure for kidney iliMU-nlty.
A plaster ma le of fresh slaked lime
and fresh pine tar is it sure cure for a
ancer, which, with its roots, will
come out.
Work.
Some tind work where some find rest,
And so the neiuy world $,k on;
I sometimes wonder which is htist ;
The antovcr comes when life is pins.
f-tinie eye- sleep when some eyr.-s wake,
And so the dreary iii'ht hours po.
f-ome hearts lieal where sunn: hearts hreuk;
J iiflen wonder why 'tis so.
Some hands fold, where other hands
Are lilted lirnvely in tin- strile;
And so ihro' iikcs and thru lands
Men- oh Ihe two CMreliie- ot life.
Some h et halt while omc leet Ireai'.,
In tireless iiinivh, a tlioinv way;
Some struh- im where sonic have (led;
Some seen, when others slmn the Iruy
Some sleep on w hile olhers keep
The vigils ol'lhe true and hraie;
1 he will not re-t till nw creep
Aii-inal their name, ahove a grave.
imioitors.
A base baw l -"Out mi a fly!"
Iligh-borne -The man in the balloon
The best pla e jo loaf is in a bakery,
A court ing ow l's siting sign To wit:
To woo.
A buck in;: horse is frequently the
power behind Ihe thrown.
A carpet is I ke a small boy; it ha?
to be beat cii to be cleaned.
" This is Hi- tirst robbin' of th" sea
son," siing Ihe jail bird as he picked
the pocket of a fellow -prisoner.
Somebody ha - started a comic paper
in sibt ri.t. All jokes having reference
to "a cold day" are rigidly excluded.
"Here is that little sum that I owe
you." "Ah! 1 had completely forgotten
it." "You should have tM me that
sooner!"
.1. Frankland IVmbcrton, of London,
has written a defence of po"liy, but
the waste ha-V imnufactorics aro
still running on full time.
Leap year gives women the privi
lege of whistling when they want to
it op ;i horse car. But. unfortunately,
leap year due- not give her the ability
to till so.
"Hoys, can you tell me anything re'
itia'kalde in the life of Mus'-sr" a ked
a Sabbat h-si-hoel toadier. "Ves. sir!'1
shouted one of the boys; -he broke all
the commandments at once."
,lohn IJ. Ad mis of Alabama, a wid
(over with twenty-one children, has
gone to Texii . to marry M rs. .lacl-.son, a
willow w ith nineteen children. They
will make a spanking team.
A young man urged, as one of tho
reasons why a girl should marry him,
that he had a collection of over 400
different kinds of wood. She said if it
was kindling wood she'd tlrnk of it.
They were standing al the front
giite. "Won't you come in the parlor
and sil a little while, (ieorgie dear?"
"N-no, I guess not," replied Oeorge,
hesitatingly. "1 wish you would," the
girl went on; "it's awfully lonesome.
Mother has gt-ne out and father is up
'tairs groaning with rheumatism in
the legs." -Hot h legs?" asked George.
"Vis, bol li legs." -Then I'll come in."
llesietTCil by a drizzly.
Speaking about bears and their hab
its, Mr. Ben. Strickland, of the Upper
Yellowstone, said to mo one day while
wo were at his house; "Do you see
that cabin?" pointing to a log hut op
posite, and across the river, in a ravine
near the foot of the mountains. I re
plied that 1 did. "Well," said he, "one
day in 1st!- 1 was standing on the up
per side of that cabin looking about
carefully, as we hail to bo very cau
tious on account of the Indians. Four
of us had been making that place our
headquarters for some time, but my
three companions had gone off on a
hunt, and 1 Wits lelt alone to look af.
ter things. While standing there I
heard quite a rustling noise in the
bushes above me, and then the heavy
tread of some animal, which I suppos"
ed to be elk. Not having time to get
my gun, I stood and waited. In a mo
ment more out came a monster griz
7ly from behind the bushes on the oj
posite side of the ravine, and the in
stant he saw nie be rose on bis hind
legs, about twenty feet distant, mak
ing a tremendous jump, and if Iliad
not dodged out of his way ho would
have completely scalped ine with hit
powerful claws. Before he could
gather himself up to come again, 1 had
tun inside the- house and closed the
door. lie now ran around the house
several times, trying to get in, and fl
nally discovering tho window or port
hole, which was a square opening
about 1 wo feel w ide, ho thrust in his
head, almost completely filling the
opening. By this time I had my gan
ready, and tho moment his head was
fully inside 1 fired, killing him instant
ly. Ho v.-as a monster as large an an
ox and bis skin was quite large
enough to cover the roof of the cabin.
I have killed a great many bears
grizzlies and all: in fart, I have killed
as many as twenty-live in one season,
but I never came across one of the an
imals as large as that one. VUmnnn
li Ennuirtr.