North Carolina Newspapers

$l)c tfljatljam ttccorfc KATUS ElUTOlt AND 1'1'OI'IUETOK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING lOnc square, one insrrtion ; one square, two insertions One square, one month l.M . ?.l0 Onueopy, ono year Ono ropy, six months , Ono copy, three months $ '.'.0(1 1.00 . f.O VOL. VIII. riTTsn()K() CHATHAM Co., X. C, SKlTKMliKK 2, l. NO. .V. For linger advertisements liberal oon 1 1 hi t s w ill lie made. If PS Stljc l)atl)atu Hccorb. Love's Season". Springtime Idv is like the flowers, liorn to blossom nml to dii, Smiling through u few sweet hour: Ah, toll mo why) Hummer's lov.1 in like the shower, ISursl with lightning from the sky; Wasted som its passion's powers: Ab, toll ma why I Autumn's lovo is like the gold 1 lint on the forest leaves shall lie; Q dekly flisl with speed untold: All, ti'll me why! Winter's love is like the cold Ami i ll i Mi ik wimU thnt swiftly fly, Vanishing o'er wood nml wold: Ah, tell inn why ( Yet Summer, Annum, Winter.Rprlng, Are full of love Unit shall not die; Tor love is of tliein nil Hie king: And ho emeu why) H". J. Ilnndcnon. A Duel in a Balloon. M. i i m t . i r. 1 1 1 : i ' 1 taken with him ono l.iy, us his r iinji'i'jU'iii tin toyagt, a wealthy tli'inuii, w ho paid one thou sand francs for the privilege of shilling thi! perils rf tho expedition. The weather could not have been moro propi tiou., ii'id tin- balloon shot tip rapidly to a L-.m-i'lrralile altitude. "Whit rlT'vt does it produce upon you?" asked 31. llodard of his com panion . "Non ," said the latter, lnconicnlly. "My compliments to you," returned M. (i.nl.ir.l. "You are the first whom I have evii seen iiirive at such nil altitude without betraying some emotion." "Keep on mounting," saitl thu travel ler, with supreme gravity. M. ..Sodanl threw out some ballast, and t!ie balloon a-rended some live hundred feet, higher. "And now," asked 31. Godiird, "does your heart beat !" "Not yet,", replied his companion, Willi nn air wheh approached impa tience. "The tleuee!" exclaimed 31. O.idard. "you have really, my tlear sir, the most perfect (publication lor an aeronaut." The balloon sti'd nseendi'd ; when one t In u - id' I feet higher, 31. (iodard inter mgat "I . third time his companion, "And now ;" "Nothin nothing; not the shadow of B fear," answered thu traveller, with a tone positively discontented, ami like it man w ho had experienced a profound de ception. "tioo dtiess me," answered the aeronaut smiling, "but I must reiioiiuct! nil hope of m i k i ii li you afraid. Thu balloon is high enough. We are going to de scend." "To descend:'' "Certainly; fiiera would bo danger in mounting higher." "That does not make tho slightest difference to me, I do not wish to de scend. " "What!" asked 31. Oodard. "I said I wished to ascend higher, keep on mounting. 1 have given one thousand francs in order to experience some emotion ; I must do so, and w ill not dcs.'cnd until 1 have had my money's worth." 31. ( Io lard bega'i to laugh; he believed that it inn all n joke. "Once more, will you ascend, " de manded fie tiavelbr, sci.'ng him by the throat nnd shaking him with violence. 31. 0 xlaid felt himself lost. A sudden nml dreadful nv.-lati n broke upon his mind, as ho regarded tho strangely dilat ed eyes of his companion. Ho had to do with n in idiu in. Had the unfortunate .ermmut had a d fensive weapon he would h ive ben capnbl of defending himself, but it is not usual for p-opleto furnish themselvci with pistols for a voyage in a balloon, and certainly one would not dream of meeting with a warlike encounter in the stars. The earth was live thousand feet below most horrible depth and the least movement of the now furioui man might clime the car to rapsi.e. 31. Qodurd, with the presence of mind nc quired by him in so many of his daring aerial expeditions, m ide all these reflec tions in the spacj of a second. "Ah! ha! you arc mocking me, my fine fellow," continued the madman, without losing his grip. "Ah! you think to rob ma of one thousand francs, as well as of my emotion. Very well! Be quiet! It's my turn to laugh. It' you now who are going to cut a caper." Tho madman was jiossesscd of prodig ious strength. 31. Oodard (lid not even make an attempt to defend himself. "What do you wish from me?" asked he, in a calm tone and submissive voice "Simply amuse myself in seeing you turn a summersault," said the mailman, w ith a ferocious smile. "But first" (tho madman appeared to bethink himself), "I have my idea. I wish to see if I can't find some emotion up there. I must put myself astride of the semi-circle." Tho madman indicated with his finger the upMr part of the balloon. 31. Oodard, who had not before trembled for himself, was forced to tremble now for the madman. "31ierablo man!" he cried. "You are going to kill yourself. You will bo seized with vertigo." "No remarks!" hissed the madman, i 'or I will at once pitch you into tho ab;m.n "At least," observed M. GodarJ, "al- low tuc to put this cord nroiind youi body, so that you may remain nlluehcd to the balloon." "Be it so," said the madman, who ap peared to comprehend the utility of thu precaution. Furni-he I with his cord of safety, tho madman comment"' I to climb among the ropes with the agility of a squirrel. lie reached the balloon and placed himself astride the semi-circlo as he had said. Once there he? roat the air with a shout of triumph, and drew his knifj from hU pocket. "What are you going to do?" nsked M. Oodard, who feared that ho might have the idea of ripping op 'ii tho bal loon. "To make myself com'ortable." Uttering these wind-, the madman cut slowly the cord of safety which 31. (iod ard had attached to his body. With a single puff of wind to shake the balloon the miserable creature must fall into the abyss! M. i idaid -hut his eyes in order not to si e. Tliemidman clasped his hands; he could not contain himself with delight. lie spurred balloon with his heel, as if on horseback. "And now,"yeleil the madman, brand ishing his knife, "we lire going to laugh. Ah! robber, you thought to n uke me descend! Very well! It is you wdio arc going to tumble down in n moment." 31. (indard had not time to make n movement ur put in a single word. Be fore he was able to divine the liitcliten lions of the lui'liiiin, lie' latter, still astride of the semi-circle, had cut hor ror four of the cords which suspended the car to the balloon! The car in clined horribly; it was only hel I by two cords. It would have been nil over with 3Ir. Oodard if he had not grasped des perately at those remaining. The knife of the madman approached thu last cords. "A word a single word," cried 31. Oodard. "No pardon," vociferated tho mad man. "I do not ask for pardon; on the con trary." "What is it you wish?" inquired the ma I m in. "At this moment," continued the nero naut hurriedly, "we aio nt a height of live til ai-and feet." "Stop," ..ail the m i 1m in, "that will be charming to tuiulilc down from such a height !" " It is too low," added 31. (i nlaid. "How so.'" a-ked the madman stupe tied. "Yes," said 31. 0 dar I, "my expe rience as an aeronaut lias tiu;ht me that death is not certain from a fall from this elevation. Tumble for tumble, I much prefer to fall from such a height and to be kilted mil right, rather than to be only lamed; have the charity to precipitate me from a height of nine thousand feet." "Ah, that will ill" said the madman, whom thu meutioa of a more horrible fall charmed amazingly. 31. Oodard followed heroic illy his purpose, mid threw over an enormous quantity of ballast. The billoon ui'ide n powerful bound, and mounted live hundred feet in a few mo. meats. Only and while the madman surveyed this operation with a menacing air the aeronaut conceived another plan. The quick eye of M. Oodard had re marked that among the cord spared by the madman, ligured tin: one leading to the valve. His plan is taken. He draws his cord, it opens the valve placed in the upper part of the balloon for tho purpose of allowing any excess of the hydrogen gas to escape, nnd the result which he hopes for is not long in nuking itself appar ent. Little by little the madman be comes asphyxiated by the vapors of tho gas which surround him. The madman being siilhViciitly stupe fied for his purpose, 31. Oodard allowed the ballooiislowly todescend to the earth. Tho drama was finished. Arrived on terra funia 31. Oodard, bear ing no hatred to the author of his peril ous voyage, hastened to restore li tin to animation and had him conveyed, hands and feet hound, to tho nearest police sta tion. 2V'-W. Salmon ranching in Canada. The unlawlul act which the warden most carefully guard against is "drift ing." Ono or two poachers will steal out at night carrying a peculiarly made net in their canoes. They stretch this across the head of a pool, and it is so weighted and buoyed that it stands up right, reaching nearly to tho bottom. As the current causes the net to drift down stream, ono canoe stays at each end to keep it straight. There is usually a white ropo at tho bottom of the net. Seeing this, the s-.lmon raiso themselves little only to be caught by tho gills in the meshes. When tho shaking of the net shows that one is caught, the poacher quickly paddles to tho spot, raises the net, kills the fish with a blow on its head, and throws it into tho bottom of the canoe. In this sneaking way nearly all the salmon in a pool may be ly'teJ out in a night If the wardens happen to come along in their dug-outs, they try to seize the net and identify the poach crs. Then there may be a fight, and perhaps a canoe will be sunk, nnd a 1 p tacher or a warden will get a cold bath. tit. A'ichoUu, I fjonlHinna'a Klchrst Colored Man. I The richest colored lniiti in the I'nited stales probably is Tonio Lafon, a quad oon of creoio descent that is to say of French Louisiauiiin blond. I suppose, lays a writer in the Chicago Timet, tho jest and shortest definition of the word :reole would bo "colony-born," nnd it iriginally meant person of pure French r Spanish blood, but born in one of the :olonies. Extended gradually by use, it las come to mean any native of L niisi ina, and ono even hears occasionally of :rcolo cattle ami Creole oranges. The owe.st estimate of T. Lafou'n wealth is M, 000,000, nnd many rate him at doubt,, hat amount. He inherited a moderate 'ortiine, speculated successfully in real ?state, nml passed graduilly to the con- I lition of money-lender mid note broker. bike most men if that cla-s he can not je said to b: popular, and I he colored M'ople do not rely upon him as a political leader. Indeed he is in politics rather more const rva .ivc than an old-fashioned while plan :er, and not nt all desirous of seeing the :oored people rule the Slate. Add i. nt he is seve ntylhree years old, nnd inxious to increase his wealth, and it will be apparent that he is not a force in polities. Louis 3Iathe, I'le ich quadroon, is less wealthy and far nunc popular. He is probably worth fiOO.lHM), lives in a handsome cottage built resilience on L'r siiline street, is a most genial gentleman, and en joys life in the most modern Amer ican slyle. lb; acquired nearly all bis wealth, inheriting but little; begun by keeping a fee I store, an I grew gradually into a real estate broker. S leially, he stands very high, and on the street is rated as good ns any gentleman in the city of any color, lie is of a rathe! happy, hopeful nature, liberal to the churches, and quick to encourage any rising young man of his rat e. A Lnfiy Lake. Oreen lake his been litly calle I tho brightest gem in Colorado's diadem. It is situated three miles from (J 'orgetow n and is 10,(100 feet above the level of tlic sea. Thi! road to the lake at first wiiul along the brow of Invcnworth 3Ioilii lain, ami in the fair sunlight the mines, cabins, flowers, Ciear creek, Oeorgc town and the many peaks of tho sur rounding mountains made a pleasing picture as wit mile iilnng. Alter going almost straight up the mountain for a short distance (ireeu lake burst upon our siidit, and amid lugged uorge-i huge boulders and lolly pines lay spread before us a scene of cxiiMte loveli ness. It is almost a milt: long and just half ns wide, ami the water from thu shore looks deeply tinged with dark green ; but get into a b at and glide over it and you find th" water clear and transparent. Tho rocks on the bottom are covered with a mossy deposit. The marvel is, how did such a lake get here? and anot'ter wonder is the green ness from which the lake takes its name. The basin that holds it is green, the sand is green, the moss on the locks is green, and even the tiny drops that fall from tho oar bear the same unexplainnblo tinge; but the water is clear, and in its won drous depths can be seen a buried forest, with its trees still creel, but petrified, and, instead of swaying to the mountain breeze, stand silent and cold, as in the embrace of death. S uth of the lake is tho "II ittle-fi ebl of the gods," where huge boulders arc thrown around in every conceiv ddu shape, as thou, 'h hurled thereby -umo powerful baud. A few rods away is Clear lake, and its bright, unld water and white sand are in charming contrast. Dttroil Fir.- Superiority of American Clolh. "American mills," says mi expert in the New York Sn-i, "have to follow the foreign in the matter of styles or pit terns, but thi! best expert in the country is unable to tell whether a p i ce of cloth is American or British fr.nn an examina tion of it. Tin; best looms in the world are made in 31 issaehusett, an I the best weavers are em loycd in the mills, where the highest wages lor the work are paid. If there is any difference between the best Aiueiieaii piotluet and the best for eign, it is in favor of the American, and all the manufacturers are coining to see it. The foreign m miifaclurer is begin ning to cut the .pi ility of goodsill fact, in order to met t our prices, and some o the high-priced tailors are beginning to get suspicious of import tl goods. The American manufacturer cannot ycl Compete in price without the aid of a tariff; but the time when he can do even that may come, though I hope not, if with it would have to come the low wages paid t foreign operat vcs." Kleclrlc Agriculture. An interesting expc: im "lit, showing the influence of electricity on the growth of roots, has been made in Germany by Professor Holdeflelss. l'iatcs of Copper were thrust upright into tho earth and connected by wires with similarly placed zinc plates about 100 feet di-tanl an electric battery being thus formed, will: the earth between the copper nnd zinc in the circuit. Both potatoes and licet plnntod between such plates gave an in creased yield beets 15 per cent., pota toes 2 a per cent. as compared with other pari of thu same field. ciULimKVs (OLinx. A Mill' Mm nil . Bhe sat ill her little roekirc.; elinir, a singing nml twirling h t thiiiitlis; "() i, everything for my doll is done, and ii"ver to iniMiiliiig coni'vt 1 haven't a morsel of sewing! Dear Mother, in all the town, L'lUi't you llnd me one doll, no matter how small. Who will wvnr out her Romi'" Mnnj K It iVAtiis. in St. Si'-hnlnn Frrdrrlrk thr lirfuM nml ! Kri'lirw. Frederick the Great wi, very fond of children, and his nephew was often allowed to play in hi- Atom whilst Frederick wrote. One day the little boy iet his ball drop on the table at which tin kin ; was writ ing. The king took it. up without a word anil threw it to the child; but when it fell there again, Frederick told tilt! child to be more careful. A third time thu ball tlropp'tl on the writing materials', mid this time Frederick quietly put it in his pocket. His Utile nephew lu gged him several times with teal's in his eyes to let him have the ball again; but as Frederick still refused, the ehilil suddenly changed hit m inner, and drawing himself up, asked gravely-- "l)i you choose, sire, to restore the ball or not? The king burst out laughing and gave it. up. " Thou art a bravo fellow," be said. "Certain it is that Silesia will never be retaken whilst tlmu art alive!" Serrrey f Itiveiittoiin. A century ago what a man discovered in the arts Im eoneeale I. Workmen were put upon oath never to reveal the process used by their employers. Doors were kept closed, visitors were rigorously ex cluded from admission, and false opera lions blinded workmen themselves. The mysteries of every craft were hedged in by thick-set fences of empirical preten sions and judicial nllirm ition. The royal manufactories of porcelain, for example, were carried on in K.irope with a spirit of jealous I'Xelu - i veuess. His 3Iaji-ity of Saxony was especially circumspect. Not content with the oalh of secrecy imposed upon his people, he would not abate his kingly suspicion in favor of a brother monarch. Ne ther king nor king's dele gate might cuter the tabooed walls of Meissen. What is erroiieousiy called thu Micsiliii pore lain - that c.vpiisitc pot- I tery of which the world lias never seen the lik' was in iiiufaetured for two hundred years by a process so secret that neither the bribery nf princes nor (he e;,rnilily of the opera tives ever revealed it. Other tl s cover'es have b'en le-is successfully guarded fortunately fi r the world. The manufacture of tinware in Kurope origi nated in a stolen secret. Few readers need to be ii.fo.ineil that tinware is simply thin iron plated with tin by being dipped it.t ) the molten nn I al. In theory, it is an ea y matter t clean the surface of iron; dip it into the bath of the boil ing liu and remove it i nvcopid with the silvery metal to a phec for cooling. In practice, however, the pioecss ia one cl the most tl U'n ult in the aits. It was disi nveretl in Holland, and guarded from publicity with the utmost vigilance for nearly half a ccnttny. England tried in vain to discover the secret, until .lames Me rman, i Cornish miner, insinuated himself ma ter of 1 lit; secret and brought it home. The secret of iiiaiiu'acturing ca t steel was also stealthily obtained, and is now within the reach of all artisans,-- (Jihii; IJiiitiiit. mi. I IJ iU'inil. Tho .Neisc or I he 3iig!n Hank. A correspondent of the Chicago Ad-riiiii-u spealung of the night, hawk and the maimer in which it pioduees the peculiar noist! made in its swoop, says: "I think the noise is made by the wings, for the following reasons: The noise is not made in descending, but in turning to list! again. When the bird wishes to descend it springs upward a few leet and throws the wings bark, forming a sharp triangle, and when tint point below ia reached at which the bird wished to rise, tlte wings are thrown sharply forward so Hint the points of the pinions arc thr.iwn nearly against the wind, making the whirring noise heard. Often the shrill cry is uttered at the same instant that the whirring noise js made; both noises could lit t "ie produced by tho mouth at the s;imo instant. I have noticed a I'ir l do this half a dozen times in succession. If anything occurs to disturb the bal ance, so that the position of the wings is changed, the noise is not produced. Making Sea Weiul Useful, An English chemist has found a w.iy for turning to account the practically illimitable quantity of sea weed that tho ocean supplies, or nt least as much of it aa may be desired. He boils the weed with carbonnto of soda nnd treats thu filtered solution with sulphuric acid, ob taining from it in this manner a substitute that has more viscosity than starch, or even gum-arabic, nml that cnu be profit ably employed in stilTeuing various te.xtlli fabrics. It is also saitl to bo excellently adapted for the making of syrups and for certain culinary uses. From tho cellular ami fibrous matter left after the extrac tion of that material to which ho 1ms given the name ot "algnina" a very o id tpialitv of writing paper can ba i iicaply made. a)lTKRl"llT C01X. How thei Made ipurioiiii Muiiey io in New York. Devious for P.min? it On-laleoleJ by Itali ans, Who Aro tin Pi iucinal 0fiador3. Counterfeiting I'nited Slatescoins and bills is said to be carried on now as much as formerly, but there have been m my changes in its im thuds and the manlier of getting rid of the "queer" when made. The days of the hidden nook in the mountain, where, in a hut, the expert maker of base coins carried on his nefarious trade with door t are fully barricade I and lilies and revolvers l ing iilt'iti'. wil hin easy reaeh, ar over. Now thu loin is made mostly in cities, and tint loo in crowded neigh borhoods. In the m tkin ; of bad eoiin in this city the Italians have a monopoly, and il ii again. t the Italian wukmeii that ('lief I l U'linion I, of the scire!, service bureau in this city, is kept busy procur ing evidence and bringing them to court. Almo-t without exception, every Italian counterfeiter arrested in this city during the last three yens and there have been many of them captured has sunl that he came from Sicily. They are, as a rule, dull looking, igimraat fellows, notwithstanding their skill in fiirni-hing nnd manufacturing the coins. Most fre quently they have a little knowledge of the jewelry trade, and apparently they take as naturally to counterfeiting as fish to water. A number of Italians in this city who nr.! not makers of bad coins m e always ready to pass those in ide by oth ers, and the skilled deviser of illegitimate money is to them a her i. The workman hires a (1 it in a teue -inent, into which he moves his family, reserving one room as a workshop. He lays in a stock of antimony, plaster of paris, moulds, a lathe and oilier appli ances, nnd is ready for business. K in ly tlo his neighbors suspect that anything is wrmg. He takes a good coin for a pattern nnd soon has the room filled with thi! coins in various stages of construc tion. Never does the maker attempt to pass the money himself. He cither sells it to the passer, or, more frequently, to a middle man. For this reason il is dilli Cillt to get at llie makers, ami the secret service detectives art! always happy when they find a workshop with a kit of to ils and a good siipp'y of stock. The mid- die lien sell to the man who does the passing. Bad coin ran be bought at tha rate of if 1 for ten bad dollars, though higher prices are usually charged at first. When llie passer gets the coin ho usually frequents the side streets, where in small cigar stores an I confectionery shops he passes oil his spurious dollars, etc., in payment for sin ill articles, thus receiv ing good money in change. The law requires that 'iiit"iit to de ceive" must be proven against the of fender, and for this reason the counter feit money-passers go often in pairs, one mill carries the coin; he deals it mil one coin al a time to his coinp inioi!, w ho enters the shop, while the other remains outside. Thus, if the passer i a; rested, no oilier bad coins are found on his per son, an 1 he can assert tint h"dil not know that the coin he offered in pay ment was bad. -Many t scape conviction by this method. The fiuit stand Italians are usually unscrupulous in working off bad money, though they seldom have a stock nf any thing of larger denomination than dimes and qti titers. More than half of the small coin that is bad works its way into circulation through these fellows. Von tell tint vender that th"Ciin is bad, nnd he w ill iiiiinediately cry mil : ".Me no tell bad a money; me just come fi mi Italy." Comparatively few arrests an: made on complaint of the police. When bad money is iceeived unwittingly, few hesitate to pass it on. There is a cheap res'iiurant keep "r on the old Chatham street who, every few weeks, brings nil the bad coins he has taken in down to the secret service bureau in the post olliee building. Very few take this tn iiible. There is an erroneous idea abroad that the government mikes good the bad money received. This is a mistake. The government confiscates all bad coins, and the only relief of the person impnsrd upon is a civil suit in one of the district courts against the passer for the value of the money lost. Tlic pisser of counlerleit money, when convicted, may receive as heavy a sen tence as ten years in slate prison and a line of $ 1000. Apparently there is an attractiveness about linking the c.Jji, and when discharged from prison "he mnutifi.'turer utmost invariably t.oes back to the old business. Xcto i ork Comiuovial. Eastern vs. lVestern Women. A story is told of a Western woman who prevented n crowd of thirteen men from gctti ig through a doorway to lynch her husband. We know that Western women are plucky, but New York can beat that. Not long since a woman kept back an angry crowd of fifty on the elt vatctl station while endeavoring to fish a nickel for her fare out of her satchel crammed tu'd of drt'fcs samples and buttons. I'ucr, Tint Sanliue Industry, The .sardine industry lias been for the l ist forty or fifty years one of ths most important of the we-lof Fiance, fumi-di-ingeiiiploymeiit to a huge 11 ct of fishing ve-sels and supporting many thousand fishermen and tle ir lainili' s. sixty yi .ir; ago it w..s al its be-t, an 1 the Ii h were so numerous during the -t a that it'V.is ' found necessary to leinlorr t lie n :;iil ir I fislu riiien with 1 1!) 'il ls from the neigh billing portions of ll illanj. Wag s i Were good and everyli o ly w ts pro pi r ous and happy. I'or soiii ' cars pel ihe annual supply has Im-i ii becoming in re j and more irregular, causing gn at, anxiety among the population hi hi lt') support ed by this me ins, a'tra' ting th" alt r- tiou of srirnt'isi, and i ml I I If j li tiii It govt-rum-lit to appoint a t oiiii.i' - , siim to examine inio the sii! p i I. The j question which is first ii.ilur.iily n-ke-l i-, w hence did the s:iriiin- come, and why have iis visits ol l ite yt it's I n so ir i g tll'ir.' Some w I ili-i's h n'e ili'sigiett 'd . ha1 part of thi' ocean tailed the M-t d - Sir- j ilassi's, while others have llioilL lit thai it occupied, when not seen, parts ol' tin deep wa bottom ii'-aicl' Io the coast, of Europe. tu th'se points there is a wide diHeri'lir" of opinion. The only fart lint '.cms to be clearly established is that in the spiiug il a teii'ls along the Eill'opi iii coasi, follow ing the current, or ralh-r meeling th" current of tic (mi I li' tni, pa-sing b-yoiel its miii wafers in Mav and .Inn-'. Since the ch in has nr. uric I il has -lopped farther soiiih, t imiii lling those li-heruieu who had a '-ulli "it nt aiiiniint ol t nli i pi ise to go to m- -k il mi the coast t.f I'ortiigd or of A rie.i, wh re it can be had at a low price, bin of in ferior quality. Bat the all'tiis u th'-! who liave been depen ling on the catch have been constantly going Iroin bad In worse. Sailors out. of emphiyuii'iil have been coinpellcd to seek other means "I existence; packers have been mined, six or seven nut of every leu doing an ex ceedingly bad bu-iness, if not failing entirely. Some sar lines are still ran ;ht, but the jMcitly diminish"'! quintity In' caused widespread disaster among both working and e ilnnn rcial rl hs s. -.Sei V,(ii''m'; C'l'ieil'i-'.. Ciiid'eileiate Stationery. Coiib derate station, ry was a thiie; ie' less uuiipie and eharat lei ist ir than tin other produi ts of the time. 1'lie writin.' paper, of a dingy salmon color, l' 'il :h and fuivy, was ruled with lo-ny, glaiin.j j blue lim j that the doubtless on th" prinripht plainness of 1 lc landui u '( t ! should he in proportion I the ditli, uitv of the way. But .villi tin-- pap r. Mi' j as it at d0 a . ('il 1 1', and env lop- ill proportion, it was resorted to only after every available bit of jiaper, rwry page of "Id account books, whether al ready written on oil'- -ide or it, t, and even the fly-leaves of printed volu nc-. had bei ii leir- te 1 out and cxhaiMnl. Envelop-s wclf in i If "I snaps of wall paper and from pietori.il pages of rid books white si b- i. ul -iii' k tog th' r in some cases with the gum that exu les from pear I tics. Ink h id -'i'iiio-I as many miI'-Mii'is as toffee, and with neatly a-gn at a vaiicly of li tilti. Si. mar lirrii. s, pokeb-ri ies, "mk ball ," and green pcr-itniiio'ii with rusty nails ' I'lli'lH -t Use I ill s with which we b und thai l'l i: k corks. I lite of the nit the side thill" 'ting tie d p.ip'i. ol- m i, I. w l hing ., rolll-l I., ios a I"! tl 1 1 i We fair if bl-'tl. otlll I thai at hieve l W ilh a dii h i'. The tell-ei ill small and blue, I pi aiaiiei s a roinprot the rival pn sj.b ills wa . I. -I imps, w I a piotil" I Il w n all ap- isr In I w .1 n th".i 1 ' Eyeless Animals, Mr. tiraber h.is i. ceuily ih nib .1, in tin: transactions of the Vh una ,u adt my, the le-illts of obsi-i at ion , indii aling that I'Vrli ss aniin ils are snis.b!,. t i buhl. Ill a box ' 1 1 v i . 1 1 ' I into roniMi t im lit , and each furnished with two i .pi nins, be disti ibut. il t tpi iliy a numb' r "I t ilth Will Ills, One of the openings 111 I I' ll compartment he obs lire I or t one ah I, and exposed the box to the light, i-xaiii-ining the worms from time In liine, and adding new ours every four hour.. My repealed obs i val i"iis he b und they showed a decided tendency t" withdraw to the darker palls of the coinpai I lie nts, only forty out "f a total of 'J'nl n -main ing in the It :hl. lie abo studi d liie in lluenre of dii). rent rav-. upon thein, and fulled thnii siisceptii'le I i the colors. When the openings wrr lill irnt ''"Vl v ' with blue and red glass .y in mi I, s,., a marked prelt rent" for llie red li ;ht. .Si't i t. In Case of Siifl'iicalion. In is. s of sulToe iliou the lir-t thing to tlo is to remove the cau-e of sulT c i tion. If a man is found hanging by ihi neck, cut the rope. If he is found drowning, take him out of the water It ought not to lie necessary to say this, but the truth is that the m -t impulse ol the major. ly of people when u in in i found hanging by the neck is to call thr police and notify the connier. Many otherwise intelligent people believe that they have no right to cut a man down who is found hanging by the neck. They believe that the coroner liltl-t tlr this. Coroners cu t-v ite this belief. Ii brings a good many bo lies under theii rare which won tl other wish Imi saved alive. Troy 2'iiit.t. (irovtth, Hon-would I Rtow? Not like tht cin. Thiiugli beautiful und full of grace, ( lose clinging to its resting ilae, 'It-if lent and blo.s.-'i ii intertwine. For triidi lis In-eak wli-n winds aiT higli. Tin b' st supports ill line, will fail. And whit "an weak, v ill" strength avail li'.ti bruised an I torn on earth I lie! Cat like th- tn With i ts Kiouii'l, Willi br inch- l '.nvinall go n'l tall and fair, h ep re telling .through far around, I from eni 111 mi l nil'. lii i'ving a'l g I ilt tl I mav giv I n my al. nn lance I't ieii'lly ai l To all w'io v k my pleasant, shade, I'r III toy m- lill l.rauclies live; I'll it wh-ii this I" An I I am s.-v.. M v et'.ei Ih nn n ol bC. is past, I from ili""!"!!'"!. als-i Ii' in In round Jlicl Iliac "o I mil lit nt la.-!. i,-'iiii i f. III MOKOI S. A i I ' r rare. Mi-i is. A ,.i en I t niielu-io'i. A living echo. A .sinking cirt uni t ain e a baso ball let. A leading m-i'i A polo email with a !'s 'tier, h i, tin t" nothing like leath' r? 1!"-raii-e it i, the soli! support of man. Ei.sii;. - No. dear, ou cannot laisfi a . rop of ran. tries by planting bird seed. The i row is not a coinpl.iiiiiiig animal. When it op"" its mouth it i.s ii.-t.ally fi raw s. .Ve'e'e. It'll' "f a dog that can count. ; a il enu'l equal a cat iu run ning up a column. "Th" loaches i:i this house ate re markably versatile," said an actor nt a hotel laid", picking up a biscuit. "I notice that they appear in different rolls rv rv lieu iiing.'' ".My daughtrr, you ought to have some aim in tiff," said a father to his thoiighth -s 10 -year-old. "Oh, lam go ing to, papa," was til' enthusiastic re ply. "1 have got my beau already." A four-year-old youngster who was t ompcllcl Io say please when asking for any. hing at the table was given a wl of toyili-lns. lie laid thrill out on a table to play with. ay ing "Now this to; there will be at this Origin nl a I a Minus Song. In a V' ry interesting ami otherw ise his loiicaliy accural'' article with the caption "Song and Song .Makers." in the 7V'.i, the wiit'-r is mistaken when he says that, the famous song, "I'm 31" in My Eittln II' d," reaii. d it aul lior and pu'dislier, Charles A. Whit", s uur i 'l.'MIO. "Put. 31 in My Little I'e il" was written by Dexter Smith. Charles A. White fur nished the arcmnp.iuiiiicii!, and the linn oi Wh'le, Smith A' I'eiry published it. ! have no doubt that the publishers mada at ha-t the amount -t it d mi its sale, lor it iuinpe I at once inl" popular favor. Itexler Smith hid previously written a song that was very popular, "Ming the ti' ll Softly, Tin I' -- I rap" oil the Door," and experience taiighl him that "catchy," words, a sim;.e, lively air and n good lille wen in ci s.aiy Io in. ike a S"tig pop ular. The publishing hoii-c of whit h he w is a nn min i wa- just starling in bui itess, and h" was anxiou- Io a lvalue its i i'' i"s '. II" i;i. looking nbnnl him for a ilieni" upon which to base a song, nml in -uiuiin i night, w 'nil -t st lolling through lie shirts nl I! '.-ton, he pas-ed a house on the s, p, ,, which was a litt I" lamily parti i iijoyiiig Ih" ei'i lling hirer. .lust a - Mr. Smith rtarhed 111'' uroiip, a rurly In aib d liltlr gill pill lirr aim i iiiniiud tin- ii.'. k "I an ol In' sis, r, and, in u hip', y.ar, said; "si -in', put me in ni litlir le d." Tin- phrase caught the oag writer's car, aul before he rilired thr i lia was put in wrls. Mr. Smith fiiriiishrd thr musii . and Whit' , Smith l'i rn m t u l a snug littlr sum from its .ale. ,;;ui.!ri,;., ','.. Modern I'linerhs. ii I or of the i out liv s ils ell so w Itll a V III II' Ills couple I In A' tl, '.e.lllly, i ihe tender fe. nogs of y "I it Ii out 1 i ve the, lecay of years. When hung' r pun In s piM ity leaves Ihe s'oi in. Il i- bettel to be innocent than to b pcllllclll. Woiks of ark, however grand, sink Into in-igniiii am c w ben compared with i unman, that wonder of (Trnlion. I Mules and in kasses me as apt to kick 1 ut saints as they me to kirk at sinners. lie who lays a claim to (rue piety I ought to be vigilant, because ttie higher j Ihe pinnacle the more fatal will be tho j fall. It is brtt'T to live nnd die n mouse i among mice than a fox in a palace. ! Vice. II'. .S. ",). The Hug nml Hie Elephant. A bug which had taken its place on the back of an elephant was ordered off under threats ol vigorous treatment. "I'prn my word!" exclaimed the bug, "but oii could carry me, und not feel my weight in the least !" "While tint is triif,'' replied the ele phant, "ill" principle ot deciding for im s(-f whom I shall carry is the point at i--n "." Moral: A privilege worth having is worth asking for. I'rec J'icm. fx- Vis' - : n ifr ' fe: L'