l)c )a)am Uccorfc
ljc l)atl)(im Uccorfc.
II. A. LONDON,
ED1T0U AND PliOPlUKTOU.
KATIES
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
Ono copy, one year
Ouo npy, six mouths ,
Ono copy, three months
- $ 2.00
- $1.00'
A farmer of Paris, Illinois, has a little
grain corner of his own th.it has proved
rather expensive. Ho bin 1000 bushels
of corn in a crib o-i his farm, near Tus
cola, wh'ch he has held for a high price
since IS "JO. In 11 ho was offered
eighty-two cents a bushel for it, but he
wanted more. The corn is now nearly
worthies".
Accord ing to a Chinese paper, instead
of taking a dog out to walk, a Chinaman
carries a cage, imprisoned in which is a
bird, and when he sits clown to rest he
bangs the ragei upon a tree in order to
enjoy the melody which the bird pours
out. This is certainly as sensible and
much more poetic than the American
girl's fashion of carrying a dog ubout
with her.
A Lock port man is figuring on a
scheme for building a boat Jor passenger
traffic through the rapids of Niagara
river. His boat is to be something after
the style of a catamaran, ninety feet long
and twenty-one feet, wide, with rapacity
for 200 passengers. A company has been
formed with a capital of $100,000 to
push the sclii'in". It is propose ! to car
ry the boat baek to the starting point by
railroad. The fare will be $ .
The biggest load of saw-logs ever
hauled over a ro id in Washington Ter
ritory recently arrived at Seattle. There
were eighteen logs ranging from "1 to
1!!') feet in length . The longc-t ones
lire intended for vessels' masts, and one
has a diameter of thirty six inches, mid
another forty-eight inches in the middle.
The latter c uilnins l:i. '') feet of lum
ber and the total iiicasurciuqiit is about
100,000 feet. Their gross weight is
about 050,000 pounds, and they are to
ba shipped to the Atlantic oust.
A London firm of importers has sub
mitted to (Jueen Victoria, with a view to
a sale, a magnificent diamond, weighing
in its present pel feel, shape 1 si) carats, of
the finest water, free from flaws and im
perfecti u s, and of pleat brilliancy. It
is said that it surpasses in weight and
quality all the historical diamonds on
record. S me' i lea of its value can bo
gathered from the fact that a little piece
sliced off the end to improve its shape,
producing a brilliant of nineteen carats,
was nt onee s ild fur about 400') pounds
to n merchant.
The people of California, mil espe
cially of Sm Francisco, note as a remark
able fact that pi nnies ure coming into
use as nvmey. Heretofore the live-cent
nickel has b -en the smallest change.
Ten years or mire ago the ten-cent bit
was the smallest. San Francisco is to be
congratulated on this wholesome change
in trade customs. Tho prosperity of
neither individuals nor of the community
can b .' regarded as on a sound basis while
either is careless about little things. A
trader who is unwilling to take one cent
profit often repeated, is sure in the vw
t be superceded by some who will
gladly do it.
A machine for shearing sheep is said
be in successful operation in Australia.
It is mnde of brass, in the i-hapc of a
small trowell, and is actuated by a tur
bine wheel about three inches in iliaini.
ter,gcared into a wheel on which is fixed
a cutter. A comb serves as a guard
against cutting the skiii. The steam is
conveyed from the boiler by an India
rubber tube, which is double, having
one inside the other. The inner one is
the injection, and the space between tho
two the ejection. When this machine
is tilted with an attachment by which it
will pursue mid catch the sheep, tho
honest farmer will be enabled to do con
siderably more louling than lie does at
resent.
A large trade is done in exporting
timber from America to Australia, whic h
get most of her wood from other coun
tries. In 1HH there were imp irted into
New South Wales nearly 07,000,000 feet
of timber, valued at i.'iM 1,000. Of
this amount 2:j, 000,000 f'ct were from
the United Slates, n larger ipiantily than
from any other country. New Zealand
routes next in tho amount and value of
the import, and Ilritish America third.
Norway furnishes tho largest share of
dressed timber, nnd our Consul at Syd
ney, Mr. Griffin, thinks that this is occa
sioned by the low price of labor in that
country. The imports from the United
States consist principally of pine and
redwood from the States and Territories
on the P.ic tie slope. The sawmlls of
California, Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory rank among the foremost in tho
world, and are equipped with the best
and latest improvements in milling
machinery. The sawed timber of tint
l'acifir slope is often 150 feet in length.
1'icparations are being made for its ship
ment in larger punt it ies than ever not only
to Australia, but Japan and cither coun
tries. The men who own timber land
in Australia are very jealous of the popu
lar, ty of the American woods, nnd strong
effort a are being made to bave the gov
ernment increase the tax upon the tim
ber imports. They want tho pre sent duty
of 4st cents per hun I rod foot iucrc.isud to
$1 25. The cm use they make for want
ing this protec tion is that the American
wood takes fire too easily. It is likely
that this effort will be successful, and
we will thus lose another very important
market.
VOL. IX.
i Environment.
! Can tho wild swan harried by hawks,
Anil hunted and chased from rest,
i Uvar doserts ami bleak llelels driven
! From the quiet of his nest
j Where ho never may pause u wing
I Whro life liath no clear, cool spring
! Can lie flee, tliink'st thou ami sing,
j With broken wings
I But irive him his reedv haunts.
His mate, and his silent pool,
And his shadowy lakes that run
To the heni't o( the forest eexil,
And, though his wing lie broken,
He will suffer and give no token,
Y-st leave not a note unspoken,
Hut low ill the reeds will sing.
Charles .), O M-illi'H in IMvmry Life.
A WAYSIDE FLOWER.
They were walking down "Love Lane"
in a gay, chattering procession - girls
with laurel-wreathed hats, young men
bearing shawls and baskets, a matron or
two; last of all Stephen Fulton, a child
on cither side of him, and in his arms
littlo N'nnny Korsytho half asleep.
Wherever Stephen went children fol
lowed, led by attraction irresistible as
that which draws iron filings to the mag
net, drown people c ould not understand
this attraction, but the little ones never
mistook about it. Sleepy as she was,
Nanny's small haul kept patting Lis
shoulder as they went along, and her
voice cooed words of diowsy endearment
which made Stephen smile, gloomy as he
felt that day. ivuh cheerful reply to
the children's questions oust a I effort ;
but bespoke cheerily all tin: same, and
tried to keep his eyes fnuit wandering
forward to where Captain Hallett walked
by the side of Milly Graves, with his
handsome head very near hers, and his
voice murmuring low sentences inaudible
to the rust of tho party. Many lances
were sent back at this couple from those
in advance, for Neal llallctt was the
novelty of the moment, a hero and a
stranger; and the girls, who were only
too well-disposed to pull caps for him,
thought it "quit; toU bad" of Milly to
absorb his attentions as she had done all
day.
iiut, after all, what could .Milly, what
could any girl, do, when an all-coiiipiir-ing
captain takes up his p isiti hi at her
side in early morning mid never h avi s it
until late afternoon? It is not in girl na
tures to rusi-t such tribute, and Stephanie
I)i; Witt, iii front, was paitty justified in
calling it "a desperate flirtation," al
though 1 fear the jiout with which she
spoko was duo rather to umour j-riiin.
than outraged murals. Iiut on Mill's
side it was not all flirtation. For nil he r
merry, saucy ways, she was a sensitive,
credulous creature, just the woman to
give "gold for dust," and stake her all
in that unequal barter so common in this
world of misunderstood values.
Her fair cheeks were Hushed and her
blue eyes full of shy excitement as they
walked along, talking about dear me,
whom do people; talk about when they
.are young nnd of diff. rent sexes? Cap
tain Hallett's fine eyes said more than his
tongue; bis martial mustache seemed to
give point and value to mere nothings,
li carrie 1 a lithe little cane with which
h '- emphasized his sentences; now c ut
ting the air, now beheading a mullein, in
a way which Milly thought fascinating.
And theu Love Lime win such a pretty
spot, the very place to be eloquent in.
Its winding turns were hedged with
fragrant growths woodbine, brier,sweet
fern and bay. Overhead the trees met
and clasped in shady arches. Here and
there a pink honeysuckle glinted in the
network of green, or a (rain of shimmer
ing clematis. The pure primrose light
of a cloudless sunset sil ted down through
the canopy of boughs; a light brcczo
stirred, full of delicious smells. It was
like nn evening in fairy laud.
Suddenly a turning brought them to a
fern-clad bunk, iiga list which, set in n
frumo work of tremulous verdure, stood
one roso of pc.fe.ct wild wood pink,
poised at tip of a cluster of vivid leaves.
It was liko an enchanted cpiccii, Milly
thought.
"How bcnutitul!" she cried; but even
as tho words left her lips the restless cano
Dew through the air, flicked the rose
from it stem, nnd sent it into tho dusty
road, a little whirlwind of broken leaves
accompanying its fall.
"What a pity?" she said, involuntarily.
"It's only a wild rose, you know," sur
prised. "Hut don't you like wild roses?"
"Oh, yes; hut there are so many of
them that it is hardly worth while to
waste sentiment on a single one," and
the captain showed his line teeth in a
smile that was the least bit cruel.
Milly sighed and cast a regretful loo't
behind. Her gent lo nature felt for the
fair despoiicd thing. Hut, after nil,
there were; plenty of wild roses, ns Cup
tain Hallett said, and presently she fur
got her sympathy nnd its cause. Another
turning in the lane brought them to the
village outskirts, and to Sipiiro Allen's
gate, where the rest of the party were
waiting. There were good-hyes to say,
divisions to make. Mrs, Allen was in
tent on securing to each person his or
her own basket, Kilty Fulton was count
ing teaspoons, Stephanie hunting lor a
missing plate. In the midst of these re
searches Stephen came up witii the
children. Ho looked weary, and pn:
Nanny into her mother's arms with au
HTTS1,)K()
air of relief, disregarding tho drowsy
protcut which she uttered.
"What a lovely rose, S.cpheti!" said
some of the girls. "Win re did you find
it;"
"In tho road," replied Stephen.
"Somebody had .switched it oil its
stem and left it to die, so wo picked it
up."
"Vcs, nnd Mr. l'e'.ton said it was a
shame to treat flower so," put in a little
boy.
The captain listened impassively, but
Milly gave a half-pained glance at the
flower. "That was just liko you,
Stephen," she said, softly, anil
Stephen brightened for the first time that
d ay.
It seemed to Stephen, look ng baek,
that his love for Milly had begun when
he was a boy of live and she was a baby
in the cradle. He could not recollect
the time when he did not prefer her to
all other girls. At school he was her
knight, his sled, bis j ick-knife, his hi lp,
always at her service. Stephen taught
her to skate, to row. It was be w ho
brought her the first map'e sugar, the
first arbutus; he who look her on sleigh
rides, and walked home with her from
church and the villa re tea parties. Milly
absorbed these service.! not ungratefully,
but as a matter of c nirse. Shu had been
us d to the in from her babyhood, nnd
could have almost as well dispensed with
sun or air out of her life; but sun and
air being never withdrawn, arc.' rarely
noticed or alluded to. "Dear, good old
Stephen," she f illed him. Now, it is
not well for a man to lavish himself ,m a
woman who thinks of him only as "dear
old Stephen."
And now Stephen was doomed to
stand by and sec a s". ranger appropriate
the object of this life-long devotion, lit
had sown, and another was to reap his
labors. Day by day all that summer
long the glamour gmw and deepened.
Captain H ilb tt'.s leave of ab-euce. seemed
of the most c lastic description, permit
ting him to stay the entire season at Hay
mouth. Hi-, mornings, his evenings, his
noons, were. spent wish Milly. Stephen
sic kened at the inevitable g ild-bandud
cipthat met his cy. s whenever he enter
ed the hou se, and proved his rival in
pos ession of the field. Milly greeted
Stephen kindly always, but there was i
s-nse of iuti-iruption; he felt himself
n thirl pii'ly. Then he tried staying
nwav but that was worst ()f all, for his
love i I not notice his absence beyond a
carelc.-i "What ages is it since we saw
you, St-phen.'" This state of affairs, of
course, set peoplo to talking, but Milly
w as biushiiigly indignant, "it w as hard,"
she declared, "if a girl couldn't have a
pleas nit friend without haviiigsiich things
said." Hut her pretty poutiugs and pro
testings made little difference, and it was
generally uudii stool that th : affair, if
not an ab olut: engagement, aitioiinte'el to
"an understanding," whatever that may
mean.
At last the Ion;, lovely summer came
to nn end, as summers will. Scarlet
boughs ll imed in tho forests, goMen-rod
binned along the brook-shies, the birds
llew, and w ith t cm Captain Hallett pre
pared for flight. His orders had come to
report in G ilvestoii, Texas, and his leave
takings were hurried. The last moment
was Milly's, and though no one knew the
exact situation of affairs, it was taken
for granted that another year would bring
orange blossoms and a wedding.
Milly's own expectations were not so
definite. No definite promise had passed
between her an i h--r lover; but she
trusted him ami waited luightly and
hopefully. Letters came and went; the
scarlet boughs burned into ashes and fell
to the ground in pale heaps; then came
snow and the winter, to be in turn
scourged away by the whip of the fierce
New F.itglauil spring. Still Milly
waited; but not so brightly now, for tho
letters came less regularly than at first.
1 ty and by they ceased altogether.
Weeks passed without a word. Milly,
with visions of yellow fever ami Indians
chasing eac h other across her tcrried
brain, wrote nnd wrote again, but no
presage of the real danger which threat
ened ghiuc :d over until one day,
oening th newspaper, this met her
eyes :
"At (lalve.ton, Texas, by the U"V. I'ierro
St. Clou. I, assisted by tin Itev. Tlimnns Hi,
Captain K.lward Hilf.-tl, l'. S. A., nnd
itlaiiclie lanily, on!) daughter of the latu
Pierre St. Cloud of 1'ilatki, Florida. No
cards."
.Mrs, Graves upstairs heard no sound,
but when she went down Milly lay on
the sofa white and rigi I, the newspaper
still clasped in her cold lingers. It wns
long before her senses came back.
Her mother flamed with anger,
but the eirl hushed her with a weary
sob.
"We were never really engaged, you
know."
"Not engaged' Oh, Milly!"
Rut Milly turned he r face to the wall
and said no more.
ltayinoulh was stirred to its depths
next day by the news that Captain Hal
h tt was married ton Southern lady, and
Milly Graves was down with typho.d
fiver. Kveryono wanted to help to
nurse, above all, to know the particulars.
Such masses of blane-nmnge mid jelly
wire sent in that poor Mrs. Graves was
at her wits' end to know how to disposo
of than. Iiut no ono could readily aid,
CHATHAM CO., X. C,
not even poor Stephen, who scarce! UJl j
the house day or night, or ate or slept, i
liil th" crisis passed, ami Milly was pro-
flounced cut of danger. I
( ut of danger, but it was weeks be !
fore she could bit up, and weeks longer
ere she crane, clown stairs thin, white,
'I
shrunken n mere shadow and wreck of i
the blooming little beauty who walk-d
so gayly up Love lane at Ned Halle tt's ;
side not unite a year ago. She was j
patient always, and uiicoinphiiiiing, l-ut '
she did not often smile. Perhaps !
Stephen won these infreipicnt smiles
oftener than uny one else, and
he counted them as precious payment
for all time and trouble spent in her ser
vice. Only oixe did he see her shed ten s.
This was when, hoping to give her
pleasure, he brought in the first wild
roses of the season and held them before
her. Suddenly a spasm passed over her
face, she gave a gasp, turned aside, and
struggled for composure. Stephen '
1.1...., if .i i...- i I
uroppcti liiu uowcrs s ll lliey inillieu
'i i
his lingers and hurried out of tin; room. '
A hot anger shot through bun. "lb:
has ruined everything for her," he
" 1
thought. "F.veii a rose reminds her of
him. Coward that he i
I hey hang a
man for poUoiiing the water springs,
why not hang him? though
hanging is too goo 1 for such a villain
as he." v
Natures processe s of cure are secret.
It is in their depths that wounds begin
to heal. Gradually, as months went 'f,
the renovating principle worked in Milly.
She resumed her place at home, the: lit
tle eluties and pleasures, and took up
again the burden of life. She was pah:
still, but the pah iiess infolde I a sweet
serenity which was no less lovely than
her girlish bloom. "Mi'ly Graves was
real improve I since her diiippoiiit
melit," certain sove.-re old ladies assorte 1,
and they were not fir from
right. Stephen adored her more
than ever. Two years later ho told
her so.
To his surprise, .she was neither aston
ished or shoe -keel, but looked in his eyes
with a smile which was sad and tender
and sweed all at once.
"Dear Stephen," she: said, "this is
just like you. D) you recollect the
day in Love lane, and the r ise you pick
ed up out of the dust ? You are ilii'ng
the same thing now, but 1 inn
not worth it, dear, not worth the picking
up."
"Milly," said Stephen, trembling with
eage rness, "there in ve-r was a day sine;
I first saw you, and that was twe'iity-one
years ago, when I di'lu't love you be
yond any other living thin ;. Pick you
up, indeed ! You, my Rise of all the
world! Can you not love me a little bit
in return ?"
"Oh, Stephen, I do!" and the fair lit
tie lingers c losed over his.
nobody in the world like: you,
There's
I always
knew that. It's only the others are
so much fresher, yim know fresher and
bri-dite r,' iind-thev might make you
liappie-r than I can.
vmi re-all v want Hi"?
Ye u're e.uite
Tlfn I'll elo my
best. Why, Stoplien, how happy you
look."
"Happy! I should think so, when I've
got everything I ever wanted in
my life'," crieel Stephen, - l'itt.-ilmi'j
l.tii'ler.
Wonderful Anatomy.
There nre some things familiar enough
to the civilized man w hii h the credulity
of a cannibal of the Pacific Islands re
fuses to tako in. Kvidently the reflec
tion, "What a piece of work is man'"
lias never been forced upon his mind,
though he may often have dined, with
much satisfaction, off a wcll-roa-tc'l
specimen of humanity. Among the
startling stories told of white men in the I
Pacific, there is one of an "old liaiul" in
Fiji, who hael a cork le g ami who once
found himself in tin: hands of the nil
tivi s, at a time when they were appar
ently intent upon tho preparation of a
meal.
He elid not like their looks at nil, and
he was very much exercised in his mind
at the: sight of an oven, in an ac tive
state of preparation, outside the house
he was in.
However, his presences of mind dhl
not desert him. lie called for food,
whiih was brought him, and, with a
large crowd wate hing him, hu began to
cat heartily. Between every mouthful
he struck ids clasp-knife so firmly into
his cork leg that it stood upright. The
natives watched these proceedings with
intense astonishment, and were evidently
much bewildered.
When he hail finished his meal he very
deliberately unscrewed his leg, aid com
posed himself to slumber. I tit L this Wag
too iiiue h for llienii ; they rushed out of
the house, am! allowed him a clear pas
sage to where his heirse- was.
A Ch incit lo Save Money.
Patient Theu you think my finger
wilt have to be amputated, doctor?
Surgeou Vex, it will have to come
off.
Patient How much will the job I'ostf
Surgeon Fifteen dollars.
Patient Is that the best you can do,
doctor? I'm a poor man.
Surgeon- Ves, fifteen dollars is tho
best 1 can do for one finger, but I will
rut two of 'cm off for twe nty-live elulla.-
Hem York Jwm,
SKPTKMIJKK 2.5,
' M AL1 N(j K K 1 NG "
Soldier
Who Feigned Sick-
nes3 to Got Out of the Army.
Surgeon's Aocouut of au Attempt That
w , e c i
was Hot buwefsifuL
A of tll Kays ,
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sick to see hi friends, that he would take
nil r. ski of peril and degradation and
desert his colors, but few iieoule have
.,.ri ni lp .lw.lr,, of .,..,,.. am,m,lt fjf
nia'ingering in the service from
laiJ to
the close of the war. There were iii -n
w ho were too proud or too cowardly to
desert, and yet who were determined to
get out of th army. The only way open
to them was to affect some ailment, and
of centric I was sooner or later brought in
l to close contact with them. The first live I
! nu n discharged from inv regiment fur d is-
. . , . ft
ability recovered so speedilv after seciir- I
. . ,. , i .. !
ing their discharges th it 1 b cam a butt ,
, ., , , , , . ,- !
of ridciile, Iiidee I, two ol them re-
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inumcd about c imp and pln-d their pro-;
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I One of in v toughest eises was that of a
private soldier named French. He h id
s rved from June, ISiJI, to April, 1 ''!,
and was weil spoken of by his officers.
He was a tidy man, enthusiastic in tie
line of duty, and had been h-leded for
promotion. O.ie elny he att'-ud-d sick
call, explaining that he ha I not In r:i
feeling well fur three or four days ,i-.
He had the general look of a man uu i r
a slight fi vi-r. I gave him some 1 1 1 I -cine
and told him he would be ail r':. ':t
in a day ur two, but net morning w id
came to me that he wa- i.l in hi- lent. J
went over to sec him and found hi- f. ver
increased and his appetite: gu:ie. I was
surprisi-d that the pow-b r ha I not
checked th" fcvi-r, but pre-ci ibi-d oilier
and decidi'd not t have him removed to
the hospital for a day or two. He had
no complaint to in ike, and this was
II cat 1 v in his favor. N t day tie- fever
was a little wois rlh iii be!'.. re, and the
man began to look pntty h igga'd. I
or b red his removal to the regimental
hospital, and si t mvseif aboiil ill a vigor
ous manner to bre.-ilt the fever, which
was clearly intei m tt.'iit. A week t'i..tii
the day he was t i.vc i .-ie k I had made no
progress, nnd was about to order his iv
tnoval tuthe hospital at A e indri.t wic u
I reieivel a pointer. One of the
nurse s rcportcl to me that sin h id
dentally olwe rveil r ivneli slyly w istiug
his medicines. I could haiiily e iviht it in
a III ill like; him, but decide. I to set a
watch on his neivi-ine'iits. lu 21 hours I
w as iissure.il ut se veral things. He was,
ill the' first place-, eating only e nough to
' bare ly sustain himself, although 1 is ui 1
, find no reason whv h" should not be- bun-
gry when his fever was off. II - wa:
j eleiibe late ly w asting my nn ilicines in
sti iel of swallow ing them, and about once
in six hours he was forcing him-, If to
: swallow something which was terribly
disagreeable to him. Iluriug my in U
call he: asked to be sent to Alexandria,
and I saiel nothing to lea 1 him to siispec t
tii.it 1 had any doubts eif hh be-ing a lit
patient for the hospital. I wanb d lo
watch him a little longer. 1 le ft a new
supply of iiii'dicini', which was so fixed
that he could take it himself. While' he
claiini'd to be ve ry we ak, he was still able
to move about and dri'sc ami uiidiiss
hiinsi If. I) uing the day he made a pre
tense of taking the medicine, an 1 dur ni
the night he poun d mo-t of the contents
of the tumbler on the : r nui'l.
The next morning I nave orde rs b
have him thoroughly scan hod, and the
result justified our suspicions. The man
was malingering. He hael ma le himself
ii I a lot of pills composed of government
soap and raui'id fat from gov. nun. -nt
pork, ami was Inking line about every
four hours. More than that, he was
swallowing the juie f plug tohaece in
siitlie ient ipi uitity to sicki'ii a horse, and
not iineelrop of mv incilicine was passing
his lips. We had Mich a pi du e ase on
him that he could not eb iiv il, imr did he
nt tempt to. I left new nn elie ine with
him and gave him t lire : days to gel we ll,
nnd before the time was up be had re
turned to eluly. I made no report of his
case to his captain, no, wishing to de
grade or el isgraoe' him, but in the course
of a couple of wee ks he fired a bullet in
to my tent one night, knocking the cap
off my head, and then made' a break to
run the guard and desert. II.-was lired
lipi'il by two m n, and both their bulle ts
inflicted mortal won. ids.
U.'spnlr Turned to lixiillalion.
A lif' insurance policy may not cover
a inu titude of sins, but i: sceuis to con
done some minor one's in n widow's
eyes, ni eord ing trtthe Chicago Ti iliam :
"A young widow in Waukesha, whose
liusbnnd had been di'inl for a month, and
whom she hiul always supposed to be
free from small vice's, was overh iiiiing
his clothes the other day. She found a
large ping of tobacco ill a coat pocket.
"Oil, George"! George-!" she fXclaiuii'd
despairingly, "you and 1 will never meet
in the gooel worhl !" In another pocket
she found a life iiisiirani" policy lor if i, -00t),
of which she had be fore known
lotliind, ami she burst forth exultantly:
'(ill, yi's, we will! we will! Heaven
will forgive hiai his one little fault I"
no. :;.
llodlh's Weapons.
I saw the ether day, says a writer in,
th.- Washington yto'7, two jf the; most ;
curious and interesting re lics of the j
gn ale-t tragedy in Am' l ie an lii-lmy.
They are the pi.-tol with which John j
Wiike.'S Joeilj shot 1'ivsidciit J.mioln
and the dagger he held in his baud w hen
he leaped from the box to tho stage of
the then! re, crying "Sic semper ty rami is."
These relic are- preserves! in a bureau of
one of the great departments of the gov
ernment, nil I with them is the bulled
that struck Mr. Lucolii down. The pis
tol is the 111'et inte-res'iiig of the lot. It
is one of the kind known us the derrin
ger, made in Philadelphia, which w. I've-
famous all through the SjiiiIi and
Southwest thirty years ag . Tin- one
in iiii -tiou is of In auiiful workmanship,
ll s barrel is only two iinhes in length,
and the bulla Weighs ah. ait a ijuait- r ol
an ounce. Tin- entile: length of the
we aiion is but four inches, its mount
ing is of silver, and the lock is one of
the finest and luo-t perfect pieces ol
workmanship I have e ver seen, ev n in
tlie-e weapons, which are very cvien-ivc
and elaborate. The bullet i-. iuu h bat
tered, and wa- e vi b ntly driven into the
luil.le i for th i-tol is a muza --loadei )
by the us,-of m , .. t and iron I. .fling
rod. '.uisid' I ing the heavy c hai g - of
powder uu icr the bullet before it was
fired, the lalt.-r must have b en only half
an inch from the inn, e. and e ouid easi
ly In-VC bee,l touched with Olf's litl'li
linger iu.iitel into the lia:r-!. The
in irks o! tin- rilling ia the barn I ale
e I. a: !y vi-b:e on the hulvt. u l ie i w is
v inili-h tl .:b ned from strik.ti r the
sAu.l. .Vio...e!ie;-, ii lie. n- int. i -'.ing
ami gha-;ly c.iiio I hav lie .-r s' mi.
Wilde )t;m liiilg the j,;-)..) I b ok. d at
the , I,. I o! the I l-e, eh, 1 found lie !' a
lee i p ne'e ',,r pi ii u- i 1:1 -l ap , whiih
ha I . vid. n'ly I i ..v. ilooke-d, mi I . u
opening it I found a solitary cap, whii h
li .otii ha'l evi'l' iitly put there him-eif,
inte nding, if by any e lianei. the one- on
the tiiln- e,f th.- pi-tol cpei. 'il with nit
tiring it, t'i hav.; .mother n alv In his
Se'iie it uu Ape's Death-IS'il.
I.i his r eent'y publish. I treatise- em
th" ah'iii'. p -i 1 :ipe-, Prof, ll iilinan i e,
t eH riiu I'niv I s- .ty tells n touching
-t'lty of a 1 .rge in ml;, y wioch belonge-el
to th . .oh eg:. ,l' I) 1-deUs .,f D.cs.b II.
M .:.i i. as sh" w.a. named l-y II n
Self.pf, ill. Dire, t -r f tii" 'ur I. u-, wa
a p. is .iag: of olite iii.iuue l's. S..e
; would blow her lio-e with a hand kc r-
chief, put on her own boots, wring out
' the linen, -te-1 1 keys and open locks.
S ie had a cup of te a every morn! ng', and
Olle llf l oe ee eVl l V I'Vl'll'llg, ,'llld at lUIV
; time would till li r own i up or tumble!
', w il In lit spiili ig a dr ip -iigge-l!ng at
I one" a s. ii-e of pmprii'ty and of appre ci
' iitioli f till' In . rage lb-r death was
epiile: patlie t;c. A Uei sum., y. a' s' ipc-r.e'iie-i'
of the- In-, -den cliniat. , -h . show
; cd iiipl ecs ol i 'ii -uuipl i m : and. it un
. nl ' tei ii iii.'..- tin- progress ot ih 'ii-e-n-c,
; she WIS i j 1 1 : 1 1 conscious wll'll it w a-
idraw.iigto.ail.se. Shew, old -c.i.'ely
i allow her 1 1 i. nd, ). Selie.pl, who nuiv
j ed Ifi-throii ;hoiii her iMie-s-, lo I. ive
1 In r sight. Win u the end appio ,. h. el,
lecling her folee-s ebbing, she tic A lei'
' arms around his lu i 1, ki -iiig h in re.
pi'at' dly, Inld out In I hand to gra-p hi.
I and fell back lifeless.
j A IMic of .b'llerson.
, The fiat little -tui i d bui. .ling .it I. and
Foicl.euth street., which i- Icing pulled
, ilown this wick, h i- a history. It is
, said ill it Pie-id. lit .b IT 1 ope-Ill d .'l
, public school th -re in isuj, after hi- s,-e-
, Olnl ih'l l:elll, rd HHplldli eg its ll-c as a
stable' for that liurin.se. ll was there
III it he ki pi his Imr and peih ip- his
cariiage, or wheeled vehicle- of some sort
- no doubt llf s inn hi t. H if Imr l
; which he ro.l" fr. in M lit cello te. llf
Capita', and di n back again mi the niorn
: ing of hi. inaugural ion and role ip in
! the Capitol, w he if, tradition say-, In:
dismounted and bib le d him to Ihe- pick.
. el If nee till after tie' c erciiuuiv.
Tin- le ase m why ,h ffi-i -o.i ro If on
j horseback, by the way, doe's le t appear
, to have lea n hi- simplicity or his nun.
i mm, lor Ic wa- b ah an c!i:i u iiit and
! a ceremonious man : but In cause it w as
i at Hi it lime about the only way in whiih
! a m in e ou'il 'get ihr.. ugh lie mud ol Y.r
' ginia tu Washing! .n, au 1 thr.ni.li th"
I kliee-deep llllld of I ' lll:-y 1 v o.i I a.'.ili:
! to the Capitol. ll .e.,o, ;.., '.-.
The r.c.'lh'iicc id I arm Life.
it is a cnurnon i miijil ni:' that the-farm
and farm lite .o" not appr iaied by our
pie. We ioiig for the inure clcg.iiit
pili-ilils or tin' ways and la lii'ins of the,
town. Hut tin- fanner has tic iuo-i -s .in:
aid natural oc'cupaliuii, and c.ii-.ht lo
ti tie 1 life sweeter, if less highly S. a-.i ,ed,
thin any other. lie' abme, sliicly
speaking, has : home. How t an a man
take root ami live without l.iii'K lb:
writes his history up m his field. II nv
many tics and resources lie ha-; his
friend-hips with his caltic, his team, his
dog, his trees; (he sal i-la. I ion in his
e.;rew!ng crops, in his improved lield-;
his intimacy w ilh nature, withbinl and
beast, ami with I he ij'ii. Im-ii . ng b-iii li-
tal fore -l's, Cllllg tell le f Till, make iihh'i
of it, bestow your he art, your bra n
upon it, so that il shall savor eif you ai el
radiate your virtues afte r your day's
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i.
I think it Is over, over
I think il is over ut fast;
Voii'i'so) fin nn ii ainl lover,
'f'lM -n i t iiml th" bitter h ive pasvt
Lib', I ke: a ti'inpesl of uei'iiu,
Jl.itli blown its ultimate blast.
'J here's I ut a taint sobbing; seaward,
While the calm of the tide- liei'ix.'iis li-war',
Ami ln'ho'.f lik" the weleolllillK quiver
Of heart puis s throbbed through the liver,
'J'l.u-e lights in 111.- Jlnrbeir ut lusU
J li'- heavenly Harbor ut last.
II.
I feci it is ovr. over
'J'ue win.' ami tin' ,-ti'r Miriiuxe;
HoW f.-W Were tile if.'!' S of the Ho-l'S
'J li.at sasce.j i . the In viiii y of ','iee!
Ati't ill-taut unel ililn was the omen
'J hat li.iue I l-e.lre-s r release,
From tin- i.'ivLfge of hie it'o its riot,
What inaiM'i 1 c-it-ti for the ipiiet
il .'il l.;.. s ni tills ll.u bor lit Just?
For III light - w i T li th ai- weleoming quiver.
Tied throb, through ihe sa. i Mi.-.'.l linr
Which gu ll, s th.. 11 u l.or ni la, I -
That h nn nly U u Uiv at last.
111.
I know it is ov. r. over
I know it i. over al last:
Ilown '.i l. t h.".hi'.'ii hi'l niie hoi' uncover,
For iii '-t res, ut th vmiige) has pass il;
l.il . lik" Ih'' te nin'sl ol o'liin,
I Iii I , oiilb'owii its ulti.ii.it'' blast,
Th.'resbut :i faint sobbing mm ward,
UTu e the c.'ilni of th tele il-ciie-iis leeward,
Aim I i hee.! like 111 - w.'leomillg ejlliver.
I H heart j.ulsi-s thie.bli il through the river,
line, belli; III Ihe Hall .. .1' ill lust -
Tin' heave nly J 1 arl .or at 1 e.t
- ',.' Iltl,inl ll lijnv,
IMMOKOl 'S.
A lu u i f pi in. lp. . The- banker.
The re's many .-, siij.'i ,-, it the tup mid
the -ailf'-l.
"V-s, in., i liild; W-. b ling-lay was
put imuie-li.it . iy after Ciio-r -.-day on pur
1 "
To-day i; a -ood d- al c loser than
y. -I. r ia .nd "-1 1 : : t ! i (,, ,-iii''s. "Vi s,''
aid Jii.'HS, "it' ' If.-.reT."
China and Japan buy e ur drle-l apples
fr'-cly. Tim- does Am- rii'an ie.du-try help
to s ii 11 the population of tie- One-iit.
"This is cvidi ntiy a clearing e.ul sail,"
said tin nptai'i on a y ; n dit ng trip as If
looked nr . unel al his s, n.-ick passcnge-rs.
ll i, a lit!!" paradoxical for pe.iplc t-i
e;ei to I! nop. to i'iiovit their health
when tie y h i I in. I been pr, viou.h there
to ieise it.
'M iluliic,'' said Hobby, "I have e at' ll
my eahe all up, and Charles hasn't
touched ii-y.-i. Won't you make him
share w it h me m, as to te ach him to be
gelierolf ''
".Ma, can I g i ov. r I i Slide's house;
and play lit th- wl ih ' ' asl.s foil! -yfar-old
M unie'. " V s. eb :n ; I don't fan-if
you ,u." "Ti.ai.k you, ma," was the
demure ia ply. "I've bi'e u."
"We don't w i-li tei be iin-le rstood if
finding fault with nature'," writes a cor
I'fspoiieb nt, "but wi- do wish from tin:
Icttoiii ol' our hearts lint the luminous
cud of tin' lire fly hael bee n hitched to
the- mo-eplit'-."
A iiith' girl, i-it!:ig a neighbor with
Inr mother, w i- g i tig e urioii-ly nt the
hu-te ss' new b uiiii t, when the owm-t
jiii lie-. I ; "llo you bk -' it, l-ailia.'" The:
innocent n plie I : "W hy, mother said it
was a pcrfii L fright, bill it don't scare
l.nsy Mill hematics.
A farmer sp,-n,, per year for --
hill I e , and his wife speni s $! per year
lor shoes. How much mole' elue- her shoes
eeest than bis tobacco?
ll is t w euty-e ighl feet from a i'e it iii il
kih In n di)"!' to a wood-pile, and illi-iS
from the same door to a cotiicr (grocery,
ilow in 1 1 1 h lougi i will it take a man to
walk to the-wood pilethau to Hu grocery,
I estimating thai he walks three feet per
idr '
If it takes a boy t weiity five ni notes
to lilt three sticks of We)od I o get Hlippi t
bv, lmw 'oiig will it take him ,iet morn
iii,', t i walk ihree miles iii the cuiclry to
mi e l a e iii ils coining I town?
A co.ek hil'. s out at ifli per week, llll't
when Saturday lolltes she has broken
!i.s.i) worth of dishes. How much is
one Ie I, and how on earth did the' mis
tress find out that she had broken any
thing A ye'iing lady who is out with her beau
dunks four gla si s of soda water at fivo
fiits i 'ii'h i two glis.es iif ginger ale at,
live cents cadi; cits three dishes of ie;c
i nam at ten flit- each; four piece's of
c .ike ahied at thirty e ei.ts, and thruWH
cut a hint for a " "f e audv wort!, fifty
, , W hat d - -he co-.t him in all?
A llallip tackles a fal Ill-house, and ll
dog l:n kies tin- tramp. The t ramp passes
i-vi r thirty-l wo rods of croiiinl per luin
utf, wbih' Ihe nog pa.ses over folly i-ight
rods. II.-w hue; will il lake the e!og tu
overhaul him?
Four boys who arc' on a visit to their
aunt discover a lake of maple; sugar
Weighino live pounds ami eleven ollllfl'H.
Whal will I' le h boy's snare be if cquita-
j bly divided
II a sa-lillc lior-e lias i-aused inn eiealli
of four different la lie's who were adver
tised by tln ir doctors n try the saddbl
for cm a. ise, how miiiy ladies could luivo
been di a -cully killed ill half the time' by
riding ove r rail f nn s in buck-boanlsj
.1 -1 1 1 1 1 ha s mi uran're, nnd !x boys lick
thfir l imps and want hun to divide. He)
als it by hiliisi'lf, si eds, ritnl ami all.
II iw many piee es voiild ho liuve had to
divide the orange into, in case be Wed
bf eu u flat, to give e"h boy a pioocf ,
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