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National Flowers.
In. crown and seal the royal Rose fi sign
And symbol sweot of Kngland a sover
eignty; Old fiance her banner Oiled with fleur
ele Us,
And (iei m in flags shake out the Corn flow
er'o hlit no.
The Thistle is the Scotsman's kingly flower.
And Ireland proudly waves her Shamrock
green.
Rut i I cur flag no ono flower might tie
seen
As emlil in el our greatness. Splendid
shower
A 'I blossoms on Mir vsstiio.'s-- lily, rose,
Tim thistl", slioim-tx k, cornflower, thou -
MlllJs IIIOIK,
That grow from stern Alnsln to Oulf
sllOlO,
And hloo-n liy windy bench or mountain
snows;
All flowers of us- or he-nuty (Ind bestows
To grace our lioun lai aes and their se'opo dls
eloe.
Kmily E. F. ford in Unrp'i'i Wrrlilij.
WANTED--AN HEIRESS.
HY I'MVX A. IIOtM'KR.
"Here's , sloiy for yen!'' said Mis.
(Jerry to n li'eisiy friend, Heated in her
handsome iHror,
Her jolly, mtlronl fare broadened
wi h smiles ut an apparently di verting
Iccollection.
'You wouldn't civ Jit the incident if
you rend it; but hi I wns nn rye-witness,
I tan voueli for it. You'll lie paid
for listening; it's really too good!
"I took what I tailed a vacation nf
ter we got dono w ith Asbury Park and
Saratoga last summer. Mi (terry was
going west on a two-week's business
tiip, n ml sai l I:
" 'I've worked hard this summer, nnd
I'm going to tako a rest. I've talked
amiably to five hundred thru a id pro.
pie I haven't eared for; I've rowed and
Railed nil summer, though it in ik Mine
sick, an I luthed roijiously, when I
lmleit; I've chaperoned a milt ton pirls
to iloiugs of all sort 4, an I even fii-ejed-eil
in getting one or Iw.i engvgoil nnd
I'vo earned n perio I of pnico. I'm go
ing In cpeiM tho two w -e ks of your
nb.-ciir-', Mr. fieri y, in a wiodl.iud re
treat.' "Well, it wasn't that precisely, bit it
was passable. I went, to a l:ttl hotel
in the ( 'ntskills. I found to) miiiiy co
ple there to suit m , though. O il Col
onel Mailow ennie the n--xt day--an cn
tomologicil old clank, erivuig his por
tion ; he carries n trunkful of dried
beetles and things about with him; ami
Harry Fosdick was therewith hU friend
Mr. Picr?on.
"I had met Fosdick before, anl nbom
inutcd him for a e-onceilrd sprig and an
heiress hunter. Mr. Pieis-m was a lank
young denture, with nn inane smilo and
n ni 1il lo parting lo his hair.
"They wirj two of a kind, ami most
congenial, till tho new wn tress burst
upon the seen .. If the new waitress
didn't stir things up !
"Polly, her name w.ij. Tho other
girl were the regulation :ort, imported
from tho ci y, I imagine, fn.:.vl hair,
r.'d jerseys, pert ways ym knowlhem,
"Polly was un oasis in the desert.
Polly wa-.n't exnetly prelly, hut she wn.i
na frsh ami blooming as a rose, as neat,
ns wax, nml ns bright ns a dollar. I
fnirly nabbed her for m t.ible.niid kept
her; and wo got to bo very good frionds,
Polly and I.
"Old Colonel Marlow was at my
table. Ho luooucd at mo threo times n
day through his spectacles, mid talked
moths and nio-ipiitocs to mo till
I felt liko one of his pin stuck speci
mens. "Hut after Polly camo the colonel
bent the light of his glasses on her with
vivid interest. I thought at first that
tho old absurdity was in lovo with her.
"Hut that wasn't it. llo followed mo
out to tho pin..t nno day; ho looked
excited.
" 'Mrs. (.,,'rry,' said ho, 'I havj mlo
a inn likable discovery cxlMonliiinry !
Do you know tho identity of the young
woman who serves at our tnlileP
"'I know sho lives down the road
somewhere, ' slid I, 'in a vine tl id cot
tage, probably, ami tint the proprietor
of the hotel, having lion dit Ini' ter and
eggs from her father, mi In hoi I to ask
Polly to till the vaemcy lift h thi su l
den departmo of a waitrcsi, and that
Polly being obliging and n t bio prou I
to turn an honest penny, camo along.'
"The colonel linked si.
"That's what tin landlord has given
mil,' said he. 'Tho story is a fatiiie.v
tion. Listen, Mn. (J 'iryl Thii' young
woman is Mits M iry or Polly, ns she is
cslle 1 by intimates Miss Polly (iard
ner. I m an old friend of her grand
father's, an 1 I have S'icn her freiitnptly.
Ynu have heard of her) Slio is hoircss
to half a million.'
"I had heard of her. She wai a
friend of tho I.emoynos, an I tho 1,-
mo) nes are frie id) of mi no. I laujlied
a full nun ire.
" 'The last 1 heard of Mi-s (.miner,'
aid I, 'he was in Knrope. 1 don't
think she's returned.'
" 'That young p.-rson is Mis Polly
Gauluer, sn;4 (be colonel, pcmun'.oil-
1 1
VOL. XI.
ly. 'I rccognizod her at a glance at
a glance, Mrs. (Jerry.
" 'You are short sighted, colonel," 1
ventured, 'and perhaps a little absent
niinde I.'
" 'Possibly, M.rs. fierry,' said the
colonel with digiity, 'the fact remains
that I recognise M'si Gardner beyond
doubt, strange though tho fact may
seem.'
" 'She is, then, out of hor senses?'
said I, pitiently.
" 'I trust not,' said the colonel.
'But Misi (i miner, Mr. Jerry, is a
whimsical young womri. She has a
reputation for peculiarity. Her largo
and independent fortuno has made her
somewhat crochety. I am not greatly
astouiihed at th's frcik, remukablj
though it is. Evidently she has tired
of gaieties, frivolities, an I has taken
this cour) for a rompl-to change. 1
have read of such things,' ssi I tho col
onel, thoughtfully, 'but never before
hare I seen it. If it wero tin n-t of
any but an eecn'rie, self-wille 1 yung
woman, I cou'd not b dieve my eyes.
" 'Hut nobody i u'side of a mad
house, said I, and c )nidera'ly more in
that strain.
"All in vain. When the colonel be
took himself an I hit bn terfl,'-ii"t nn 1
his bottle of ether in'.o tho wooils, somo
time later, it wm with his phenomenal
belief unclrin ;o 1.
"'I shall not arrnst hr,' said ho.
'An expo.-uie would uu loubtedly an'ioy
her.'
" '1'ndoubtc lh-,' sni 1 I.
''That's the first chapter of tho com
edy. To comprehend 111-; seipiol you
must understand that t'ie c ilonel it
gnrrnlmii. Wh- n I saw him talking to
Hairy I'teidick, nn I later b .Mr. P.erson
when I nb"iii'd them listening with
open mouths and bulging eyes I knew
what he was mipaiting.
"Now, I'm iliscie-t and far-seeing.
1 kpt my coii!iel an I awaited develop
ments. "Snro enough, the Iittlo Fosdick
j lined me in the parlor one morning.
'"Tint is a cliarni'ng girl at your
tab'e, Mrs. fierry,' said h". 'And a
lady. That is evident. I m ty as well
confess tliit I am in le'i iinpressod with
her. Home me'i would biuili to confess
it, Mrs. (Jerry, nicely became she has
not a high social p isition nor money.
I,' said t he Iittlo wretch, 'am n man of
more imb-p ndeuce. 1 ad into Mis'
Polly a id I own it bold y.'
"H.ih! how I wanted to tako him by
the collar and shake him. H it I knew
his sin would ovcrlako him, for I knew
his corrupt litibi ha 1 was teeming with
thoughts of th'i (iirdner h ilf- million.
Wnere pure meanness is o incernil I "in
merciless. 1 own that I chuckled.
"Then camn along Mr. Pierson, of
the lady-like hair. lie referred to
Polly in terms of warm approval.
" 'When I marry, Mrs. fierry,' he re
linked, 'I marry tho girl of my heart's
choice, an I int the parti indie.ite.l by
worldly prudence. If it bo necessary to
slap socie'y in the face, Mrs. fierry, I
h ha' I do it.'
"If you could have seen him as he
ulteied if! His weak blue eyes tried to
Hash, but didn't succeed, and ho forti
fied himself with the head of his cane.
" 'fio on, nddle-palesl' said I, in
wardly. 'It's fun for mo. fio on!'
"So it was, and for everybody else;
though with everybody else they got
tho credit of being honestly in love with
my poor Polly. I had tho real enjoy
ment all to myself.
"Polly di'ln'J know how to tnke it.
To have two flue young men of a sudden
paying her nil sorts of respectful atten
tions looking nt her and smiling at
her, hurrying through their meals in
order to get a chance to speak to her,
bowing to her as they would have to
any lady when she entered the dining
room well, Polly was bewildeicd, that
was obvious.
"The frizzled and red-jeneyod wait
resses didn't liko it. They gigglud
among themselves, mil went about with
noses perked up.
"What Polly endured in the kitchen,
I don't know, but tho dining-room at
mosphero was an indication of it.
"How shall I place (he ensuing period
realistically before you? Try to imagine
it!
"Fosdick gave Polly fresh flowers
every day, and Pierion sent to New
Yoik for a box of the licit confcctiiiucry.
Fosdick hung about selulously when
Polly was on tho scene; Pierson I sus
pect of having sent notes to her by the
beliboy.
"Finally, ns a desperntn move you
wouldn't have believed they'd have gone
to such lengths on mero speculation
but Fosdick sent to tho city for his
trap, in bold readiness fur the next step
in tho campaign, and Pierson walked n
mile to a livery stable to see if thero
were any suitablo buggies for hir
" -1 have relatives, Mrs. fierry," said
Pierson, 'who would bo shocked to
know of my honest admiration for n
waitress. What do J caret I uap my
linger a' theuU'
l,ITTSIJOUO
"And he heroic illy snipp'd.
-I do not nsk myself what tin world
woul I 6ay, Mrs. fierry,' said Fosdick
Fosd tk grew most confidential towaid
tho last b-eausa 1 urn not that kind of
n man. I urn my own master, that shall
be seeu !'
"1 presume they fondly b-lievcd that
I repeated their remarks to Polly, know
ing me to bj on good terms with her.
I needn't ray that I didn't.'
"Of course it grew warm toward the
climax. The hotel was a-;og with it, of
course, nnd Pierson mil Fosdick hardly
on speaking term i, a id Polly tho ob
served of all oh crveri.
' Polly berj herself well. You see,
the meekest woman has a spark of
coipietry, and Polly, I nui convinced,
half enj lyed it, in bpite of her amaze
ment an i the sp'een of the red jerseys.
I haven't any proof of it but Polly
looked dcmuie.
"Colonel Marlow nnd his insects tor k
themselves oil before the end cmi".
"Well that he did! I couldn't have
answeicd for tho cuiscipiences if he
hadn't.
"Well, it cime wit'i a cra'h, nnd I
had the real pleauio of witnessing it.
I was reading on tho side porch one
afiernoon, just the d ly before I rnme
home, and Fos-lic'c put in a sudlcn,
hurried app ar.-mce.
"Hive JO l 6" n Miss Tolly, Mrs.
fieiry?' said he, 'I'm looking for her.'
" 'Isn't 1'iat she?' sail I sweetly.
"Polly was coming round from the
kitchen court. Hhe had her hat on nn I
Pierson was with her.
"Fosdick turned a little pale. Thin
presently the pent-up stoim burst. I put
my book over my lips and serenely lis
tem I.
" 'I have my trap wailing, Miss Pol
ly,' said Fosdick actually ho did, it
seemed. 'I wi.h tho pleasure of your
company for a drive. I mentions I the
matter yesterday, y ni remember.'
" 'I di In't say I c niM go, Mr. Fosu
dick,' Paid P.dly.
"I mil I seo the p'ior gill was fright
ened. H- r v.iice fail ly tremble I.
" 'I m gaing lio n i todn -,' said she.
" 'If Miss Polly does remember,' said
Pierson, siiietciii iusly, 'die will not bo
able to accompany you. I have engaged
her company for the aftei noon.'
"'.Mr. Piers ii,' snd Poly, fainllyt
'I'm going Iriine. I'm expecting some
body to get me'
" 'No', to day, Mi s Poll,' said Fos
dick. 'Don't tell nit' that you are going
today. You are going no further than
the Peak to-day, with me.'
" 'I b'gj-our par Ion, Mr. Fosdick,'
said Pierson, glai ing.
" 'No more woid.s, sirt'said Foidicit,
savagely.
"Polly broke out crying from shee r
fright, sidling up t me. 1 think Pol
ly felt all through that affair that I was
her friend.
"A big fellow in a flannel shirt an 1
a straw hat came around the porch just
then, with a whip in his hand, light
heartedly snapping it.
"A good-looking fellow, too, with
light curls an I sharp, dark eyes.
"lie stared at Poll, standing there
with her two ndoreis; but he recovered.
" 'Come on, Poll,' said he; 'boss 's
a-wniting.'
" 'What do you mean?' snid Pierson,
tinning on him.
II i began t- look scare I, ; n I Fosdick
was getting white abiut the gills.
' '1 don't mean mu-h,' sail Polly's
young man; it had dawned upon me in
stantly that it was Polly's young man.
Only I'm going to lake Polly home.
Olad I got here when I did,' said he,
nnd he lingere I his whip rather sug
gestively. 'I guess she's b'en hero long
enough, fiuess I'vo got the right to
take her. I'm g ing to marry her.'
"Woe! the bomb had burst. Of
course they looked gins' ly. 1 won't
dwell on tho way tlry did look.
"Only if ('ilonel Mallow had been
thero nt the moment, I think hit lib
would have bce;i endangered. Making
abject fools of two ennceile I ami snob
hUh fellows at a time isn't safe, you see.
"There was an nwful stillness which
poor Polly didn't fully understand. She
thought merely that they had rather
liked her, nnd were put out. She dried
her eves, and even smiled at them
apologctica! ly.
' I think that ntti u le, of Polly's ns
thnt moment her tim d commiseration
of them; hers, a peuni est ccuitiy la t
was, afler nil, the h.ttcreit drop in
tho bucket. They fairly writhed un
der it!
"Well, they went, home or some
where on the evening train. They
went together, but they didn't go ns
friends, nnd whcihcr they have made it
up I don't know. It wasn't exactly a
David and- Jonathan friendship, any
how, so it doesn't much matter.
"I gave Polly filly dollars to buy her
wedding-gowns with. 1 thought 1 hud
ha I enough enjoym-nt, on the whole,
to warrant it ; an I you know I always
pa) ns I go.
"I should survlv have atUadod (Jm
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CHATHAM CO., N. C,
wedding if I hadn't c nno nway before
it transpired ; I had the mo-t pressing
invitation possible. I did a last wicked
net; I made her promise to send invita
tions to Fosdick and Pierson; Itold her
it was ineuml ent. I couldn't resist it.
"As for Miss (i inlner, die's jn Kuiopt
still, so the L?moynes tell me. If ever
I meet her, nnd 1 mean to, I shall
give hern good laugh with in little
story.
"And old C-jlonel Marlow I'm just
waiting to sec him once!" bit 'ivtln,
X't. m
A Watchmaker's Tradition.
In a recent emversa! i n with n New
York Stur repoiter a prominent jeweler
of Mii'len lane told the following story
to explain why tlie H man numerals
printed on the iliils of watches and
clocks differ from those in common use.
He said :
"It is in thing but a tradition among
watchmakers, but tho ru toni has al
ways been preserve!. Ym ms; or you
may not know that the first clock that
in any way resembled thoso now in use
was made by H mry Vick in l.'!7'. He
madcit for t'liar'cs V. of Fiance, who
has been called 'The Wise.'
'Now, Chat leg was wise in a good
many ways. lie was wise i iiougii to
recover from E igl.nd in ist of the laud
which Klwird III. had c jmpicied, and
he did a g md many other thiiigi which
bendi'ed Friticr. Hut his early c loca
tion had been somewhat neglei t and
he probab'y would have had trouble in
pnss ug a civil sci vice examination in
these enlightened ag-9. Still ho had
the reputation for wisdom, and thought
that it was iicce-mry, in order to k?cp
it up, that he should also be suppled
to po.s-c'-s bock learning. The latter
was a subj-'ct he was extremely touc hy
about.
"So the story inns in this f ashion,
although I will not vouch for the lan
guage, but put it in that of the present
lay :
"'Yes, the dork works well, ' said
Charles, -b it,' being anxious to find
some fault with a thing h-j did not un
derstand, 'you have g it the tiguies on
the dial wrong.'
"'Wherein, your majesty'' asked
Vick.
" 'That four sh mid bo four ones,'
said the king.
" 'You mo wrong, your nnjesly,' said
Vick.
" 'I am never wroii!-!' Ihundeicd the
king. 'Take it away and cm rest the
mistake!' and concctcd it wis, an I
from that day to this I o'clock n a
watch or elm k dial has b -en 1III. iu.
stead of IV. The tradition has been
faithfully followed."
Tho Font Was Womlen.
A Michigan avenue car stopped nt
Second s' reel lo pel mil a young lady
and a gentleman to get on, siys the I) -troit
A'cf s.
As the former, who was young ns
well ns prelly, passed fotwarl to scccpt
a seat offered hor, she tripped over tho
outstretched foot of an individual who
was sit'ing at the reir of the car.
In an in taut she. was aim nt at full
length iu the bottom of the car. Tho
exclamations of the passengers and the
black looks they direi tnl at the extend
ed stumbling block should have caused
its owner to sink through the seat,
(nicker alm-vst than she went down,
however, she was oil her feet nL-ain, and
gracefully Acknowledging tho courlesy
of I lie gentleman who : uireiidered his
scat. She was greatly embarrassed, and
her cscoi t looked like a thornier cloud,
and as if he would like to punch the
head of the fellow who had caused all
the trouble. Ilul he didn't. Ho con
tented himself with oica-ionatly step
ping vigorously on the still extended
foot. There did not ,-eem lo be the
len t sign of c liisciousness from its
owner, while the passengers awaited
the denouement. Finally, with a
lurch from the car ns mi cxiane,
the foot reca ived another fero
cious dig that was vi p onounce I a; to
almost twist the mill out of the
seat. Thinking Ihnt pel Imps he had
really injur 'd the man, Iheen-oil mut
tered an excuse that was receive I in
great equanimity, with the eiatifiing
explanation :
"Oh, don't apologize; it's a wooden
ono and used lo being stepped on."
Wonderful Mexican Poltery.
Charles Dudley Warner di-covercl
two jean ago iu n shop in n Mexican
city, specimens of potteiy rivalling in
brilliancy and iridescence the famous
fiubbio lustres of Maesiro fiiorgio, who
wrought iu Paly in ihe sixteenth cen
tury. The method of producing these
lustres had been reckoned among the
lost arts, nml during the past thirty
years much money hai been expended
in seeking the secret. M.'. Warner
learned that the ware was mill at tho
time by Indians in a secluded s; ot in
Mexico. Miss Y. II. Addis toi k up the
clew, nnd uftT n year of investigation
learne I the secret of the brilliant lustre
iu it irmote town of fiunuux.ua.to,
AUdTST 8, 188U.
I HM.niSK.V.S ( OLL'.MN.
TnR i itti r. riAiuiKNKn.
I known u.-iid-ii -r brig t and spry,
I nt for a certa n ri-a.on
Hi- emps, ill i Most with cu't'.ire high,
Ar tar b"'iind the season.
More faith is nhat the lad l e needs,
K ir he is ulii ays doulit iu ,
Ami every day ilis up the seeds
To see if they ni" sprouting.
)'ol(fi's (.'oaielfliorl
Hint TO MIKK fs.lt: I1I IU1I KS.
Next to white Castile, the mottled
( a'tlie gives the best rctiKs. Til! soap
being olitaiied, a friendly diu.'gst
mud carefullr weigh out sixty grains
(!or ex.ic.ne s in proportions is nccdTul)
foi each ounce of wa'er. That i, one
dri'c'im (accordii -g to tin Apothecary's
Weg'it of the oil arithmetics), and
when tho weighing is done and the
obliging drugg st thanked for kindness,
the rest is p'ain snilirg. A bottb with
a sound cork is the next requirement.
It must bo large enon-.'h to hold three or
ft.nr times the quantity of solution you
wish to make. Do n-t prepare too
much lit one time; two ounces of soap
folmi in wi'.l be a good quant Jv, an I
for this n six or eight ounce but do will
lie about the ribt thing. The bottle
must Iu well (leaued and well rins- d
out with soft water which, by the
way, shou'd be u-ed for all lh" opera
tions. All be ng ready, the soa;i is rut
into fragments small enough to enter the
boitle. M'-asuie an ounce of water for
each elrieliin of snap; this can be done
with n teaspoon, eight spooiiluN making
an ounce. Having poured ll.e water
and iu' the soap into the botil-, we
have now to await p-rlnf solution,
which will happen in the i nurse of two
01 three hours, if the bottle be put in
moderately waim p'ace. 'i h n add
glycerine lo the snip solution, the quan
tity varying wi'h our ambition. I have
foiin I thai one lull the volume of the
solution gives excellent results; that
is to say, to each ounce of water add
one-half ounce of "lvi ciiue, imasuring
tho quantities in-te ul of weighing them,
iu both cases. The bottle is now to be
tightly corked nml well shaken; then
set .aside for two or tluee Imii.s more,
and well shaken again. These alternate
periods of rest ami agitation slimil I con
tinue for a w hole day. Finally, let the
bottle stand undisturbed and lightly
corked for twenty-four lmuis. Hubbies
of great sioan I beauty may be blown
with tliii solution. si. .V.i7 e'.n.
Ml-. I I.AI.-W.H A l.l-.I.. )
Hillie Hetison i.s the sixu en-year old j
son of Farm r Hcu-on, who has a goodly !
mini her of acres right along the banks
of tiie Dcluivaic. He h n leen a ianious j
eel c itcher for si v i it years.
Old Assembly man Wildrick,
Warren Count v, who had an eel
up in
dinner
given him by his fellow-m inhere of the
House lit -t year, hi-n'l an e el nor can he
tell of one tha equals the lt-nson cel.
li.lly js a young natiii ali ,t as well as
an angler. He mad-' up his mini some
monilis ago tint an i-l cou'd be tiained.
A' c-i r lingly he spaie l the life of the
first tha' h e au.;h'. Ib; took it home
nn I jiu1 it iu a box with a glasi over it.
After the! repl i:e became quiet Hilly
fed it from his own hand, writes a cor
responili'iit of Ihe A if i' cur Sp o-.i in,
(badiially the eel took a liking t i the
boy.
It would wind around tho lad's arm
and rub its head gently over his sleeve.
Then it got so that it wmil I co-no out
of the box and coil ilsedf nt Itilly's feet
and go to sleep. It made no effort to
escape'.
Then it learned to follow Ihe boy
nround. First it followed him around
the room. Then it glided upstairs after
him and early in the spring to U to
sleeping on the pillow bc-i le him.
Huly becimn at fond of the ee l as the
latter was fond of II lly. The hoy nam
ed the ri'ptile Faithful. In a shot I time
the e l knew its name. It will awaken
when Hilly calls it an I start atti-r him.
So thoroughly eoliie ited h is it beeome
that it goes all over lh ) farm with the
boy.
The rap'dity with which it ran movo
is remarkable. It keeps right alongside
of Hilly when In walks at a quick pace.
Hut the funniest thing the eel does is to
go lihing with Hilly. It will lie on a
log or in a Lille pool e f water and
watch the lad haul in any number of
other eels and kill them.
It never makes any attempt to gf t into
the river. It is, moreover, a cannibalis
tic eel, nnd is very fond of small por
tions of ceV meat, which Hilly cuts up
with h:s jacknife.
The neighbors go elaily to the Hen'on
farm and watc-li the rept ile. Many of
them wonder how tho eel manages to
live out of water, but H lly says natural
history is fil l of instance's. There is
plenty of wntcr, however, in Faithful's
box, so that he is in his native cle ueiit
most of the time.
The orator should wear address coat,
tad the iurigcou a cutaway.
NO. 49.
FAST MAILS.
Letters to be Carried Hundreds
of Miles in an Hour.
A System Which May Revolu
tionize the Postal Service.
A Huston ronesjiondent of the New
Orleans J'ininn says: AVithin 0
t '.M l vein, ii' h from th-j re e nt elate
m-ii s will be i ai lied from H iston to New
Ymk city in inxty inii.u'c. So say ihe j
capitalists who are making arraiig"inents j
for the rs:a!iishment of a transport line, j
on the so culled "porte'ccMic system,"
for the conveyanc e of le'tersainl pack
ages between the metropolis and the
mo lorn Athens. Ev.-u tho least tan-'
guinc backers eif the enterprise ure con- j
fidetit that, if the cxpci-tcd public sup- j
port is given to the vhe-m, not mora !
than two jens will be required at mest !
for tho establishment of tho necessary '
plant in running t rder, to bring j
the two enters of population j
within an hour's distance by j
po t. The said plant w 1! resemble, ns j
to its mot es-ential part, a little cle- ,
vated rail wi.y, supported on n single ;
line .f tall iron upiights and stretching j
from the p colli e here to that on the
is'and of Manhaltin. Along the track J
on top runs a small car laden with mail i
fieight, which nt certain intervals dur-
n
ing its tiansit is seen to go under queer- :
" hi.
looking b xshaiie I nrcbes. The e box-
1 ,
iihe an anoeiu' iits contain cacn one a
coil of wire, passing beneath the rail
below and a'ound over the nrch, so that
the moving mail carriage runs, as it
were, through a succession of coiled
wiri-h iopi. And thoo latter communi
cate the motive pocscr to tho vehicle.
S: e 'i a ho-qi of magnetized coiled wire
is e all da "le lix," and po senses this
peculiar propeily, that if a bar of iron
or steel be placed with ono end
near the e enter of the coil, the bar will
bo iliawn into that center. Place a
number of similar coils in a row
stmt an e lectric current through them, i
then apply the bar to the liist roil, nnd
by cutt.ng off and letting on the circuit
ill the proper int'-rva's, so ns to elisen- .
gage the bar frcm tho attraction of one i
coil in time t i hive it drawn on by the j
next, tho I ar may be made to move c on- I
t mil ni-ly through tho hoops. In this
way it is that the littlu mail car of mag
netize I steel is caused to pass along its j
laiis iliroiigh .-in ci'ssivu coils of boxed
in wiie, the latter being magnetized by j
n iiini iil fi mn a dynam i, which the car
itself shuts c )T and turns on au'omati- '
rally a it proceeds. The speed j
lo be attained by the j
car in th s in inner is almost in- !
e ale liable. As is recngnize I in nierlinn
ic.s, a con .(ant propelling force is pro-
due live of nearly infinite veloc ity, ob- 1
-triietel oiil,' be the resistance of f r it;- !
lio-i. )-i this system the only friction
comes Irom the air mid the slight con-
lat t of the car w ith tho rails. Two i
him bed and fifty miles nn hour is not I
thong'itto be an overest in ite e-f the
speed easily to be coinpissed by thn ;
pmli decline pi-t dispatch. At the
stalling point the wire coils will havo
lo bi close toge-'.her and on up grades; J
but eUewlie e, and especially on down
grades, they may be few and far be- J
twecn, the niot.vc power needed being j
slight. Six stations, placed at inter- '
vals between here anil New York, will
supply the n qiiisite currents from dyna
mos, j
Many experls think that the system is
destined to ievolutiiini.e tho postal ser
vient in this country. For instance, it is
cxp c ed that instead of mails hours
... , , v v ,
npait between Host on nnd New ork,
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carnages will be sent over the tracks
from either end ef the linont five-minute j
intervals, lime rendering unne'e'essary
the waiting for mails to close, nnd
giving people iu one city an opportunity i
to read their letters I wo hours after j
they ate wiit:en ill the oilier. Once '
piove th" n it inn a success h"ie and it i
w ill be qui -kly a lopt ed every where,
liy applying it on n largo scale, too,
who knows that it may not serve for the j
transportation of passengers seme day? j
At the rate of 2.V) miles nn hour one i
c niild put a girdle around the earth in
four davs! Truly, it is a wondeiful
century we live in.
Pavni-iiiii (al Ile.
The rattle of Hivaria nro peculiar in
many respects. They nro said to lie
good all-around cattle, com bining work,
beef and milk, in good degree. Wo
suspect, however, that (hey ran bernlled
mediocre cattle, in any of these ri'sj ects,
from the Amcricin or Knglish standard
of excelleiio, hut they undoubtedly
serve the purposo well in a country
where the ox, and often the ows are
used for draff purpnsei, and where lil
Ingc is conductc! mostly by manual la
bor. Oxen there draw by (races fast
ened to a bar of wood laid across the
forehead, and attached with thongs lo
the harness. They nro use el indifferent
ly for both single and. duubU draft.
tfljatfjam tUcorfr.
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Pefer Noddy.
Peter Noddy comes at night,
Down the rliimney, so th -y say,
(Jews our eyelids fast and tight
Till tho break of day.
And never yet has anybody
Caught n glimpse ot J'eMcr N' jddy".
Often have I set my ehnir
liy the Are to watch for him,
But he took me unaware
In the shadows dim.
And liefore my eyes would view Mm,
He had popjied his iielle through theni.
In hi. thread a in mbeam whit".
Stolen from liiesky, I wonder?
Or, ierhnjis he ten s th" slight
Kpiderwolis asunder,
And from out their gb ssy shreds.
Twines nnd spins his lissome threads.
And his finger.- ar so deft,
And his need p is so ke -n.
Not a 8"ar or nisi k is left.
Where Its point ha. bsm.
S'i lie cmnes and so lie goes,
Wlieneei r wh'-t'ier, no on -know
J i. If. Mnhi-1L
III MtHlOlS.
The les, hend n man lias the mora
ficquently he loses it.
If you nre out in adriving storm don't
attempt to hold the icins.
.,T(, l,t.;,d does not always hold
,.,irn the lmgi-licnd for instance.
Thn bjn roottor ,)ro)al)lT doesn't
L. hu ,M1,inc any better than the
who but it has to be
(jm
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A traveling man says Hint a ho-lon
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,r 19 a rij,,t after you understand
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her. The only trouble is that you cm t
understand her without consulting tho
dictionary.
The reports that tho ( zar of Russia
is learning to play the cornet, nnd that
a fresh plot to assassinate him has been
discovered, very naturally reaches us
simultaneously.
The (I'anic of Chess.
The Chinese game of chess is very
nnc ent for Wu Wang invented it in
1120 H. C. , but its rules of playing nro
I j very different from those used by wes
tern nations, says the rxow lorn dtnu.
Iu tho play room a large table is erect
ed, the surface of wlii- li is divi led into
seventy-two squares, of which eight are
run together to form a rive r, leaving
thirty two on each file; but as the men
Maud on the intersect i m? of the line',
there arc ninety positions for the six
teen pieces used by eae-h player.or twenty-six
more than are Use I iu tha F.uro
pi an game. The pieces are like check
er men in shape, each of the seven
kinds on ench (,ido having its name cut
on top, nnd distinguished by red or
black colors. The f mr squares nea
each edge form tin headqu li ters of Iho
tsingor, "general," out of which he anil
his twos. or "secretaries," cannot move.
On eae-h side of thn headquarle rs nro
two elephants, two hor-cs and two char
iots, whose powers me less thnn those
of our bishop, knight and castle, though
similar. Tho chariot is the most pow
erful piece. In front of the horses
stand two cannoneers, which enp'ute
like our knighls, but mo.e like our cas
tles. Five pao, soldiers, or pawns,
guard the river banks but eaiinot re
turn when once across it in pursuit of
the enemy, and get no higher value
when they reach the last row. K ich
piece is put down in the point where it
raptures its man exeep', the rannoneers
As the general cannot be tnken, the ob.
ject (if ench player is to checkmate him
in his headquarters by preventing him
from moving except in check. The
want of n queen and the limited moves
of the men icslrict tho coinbinalion iu
the Chinese game mm-' than in western
; '
I skill. The Chinamen in Molt stiect
!
j have had several lourinments which
j
the pap rs tut in a repori. inn some oi
the playcis have attained an amount of
skill that would put an American em
his mi tile to clefcnt. For mote than
seven centuries chess has li'iui a gieat
game with the Chinese and i' is held in
great re -peel in China and here.
Muscle Without Meat.
Mr. J. Williams Tlmr i, Hlae khoiso,
renn., now past three score and ten,
has been a strict vegetarian forty live
yenrs living nnstly on whole wheat
bread ami fruits. Ale 'Indie liquor nnd
tobacco are ne ver touched, "even ni
medicine." He is still persistenliy biey
doing more of the hardeit farm labir
"(ban any ( wo fleh ca'iug woikers to
gether, young or old." Ho can walk
twenty miles in half a day without in
convenieiie'3 or fatigue. Another wit
ness appears in the well preserved per
son of Henry I.. Fry, who, though just
enterin his eighty -third yoar, is still
nn active principal in tiio (Jincinmi'i
School of Wood Curving, and because,
of lino physique, a wonder to many. Ho
is not so rigid ns lo eschew eggs and
butter, but a main reliance is on fruits
md vegetables of his own raising, nnd
Food, Jlnnt nnd Ihtrdm says he is al
ways ready to give reasons for nbsti.
nencc from the world's meat, and drink,
tiid argue for its advantage.