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VOI,. XII.
PITTSBOIKr, CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY :?0, 181)0.
NO. 22.
It lint Is a Gentleman.
What la a gentleman? It is not one
Knowing instinctively what be should slum,
Sneaking no won I that could injure or pain,
Spreading no scandal and dcep'ning no
stain?
One who knows how to put each at his case,
Striving, successfully always to pica c
One who can tell by a glance at your cheek
When to he silent and when he should speak?
What is a gentleman? Is It not one
Honestly cating.lhe bread he has won,
Walking in uprightness, fearing the G oil,
Leaving no stain on the path he has trod
Caring not whether bis coat may be old,
I'rizing sincerity fur above gold.
Kecking not whether bis band may be
hard
Stretching it boldly to grasp its reward?
What is a gentleman? Ray, is it birth
Makes a man noble or art. Is to his worth
Is there a family tree to be bad
Shady enough to conceal what is hart?
Seek out the man who hat God for bis
guide,
Nothing to tremble at, nothing to bide,
He he a noble, or be he in trade.
He is (he gentleman Nature has made.
The I'itat.
APPLE GATHERING.
BV SIIIR1.BY MIOWNE.
'Why, Cassy, what have you done to
yoursell?''
Miss- Mnrlct'a Car.tnirs might well
start as she sat in her cushioned chair b
(he firc-!i'ht, drinking a cup of tin out
of the dclicato old china which had bo
longed to Grandmother Cirstairs, at
tho apparition of a tall, slight figure
with a man's overcoat bu toned in loo e
folds around it, n that t ho skirts nearly
touched tho floor, n innn'i boots pullc 1
up ovtr the ictly feet, and a folt hat
clapped, in cavalier fashion, on the
back of the head.
Cassandra C.iritairs burst out laugh-inft-
Making a man of myself," said she.
'l'.ctty well dono, isn't ill"
M S3 Jlurioila stared harder than
ever.
"Ii it a masquerade?" sin akcl,
doubtfully.
' Does it look liko it? N," fit
snndra mi .wercd, with spir.t. "No;
I'm f-imply going to gather my apples.'
"Wlicro is Km? '
'Fiat on It's back with rheumatism.
And tho.-c apples mint bj marko'.ed at
once, cr they'll .-ju.l."
"I?ut, Cassy ''
"Oil! I know bef rchand all you'ie
going to say," dcclarid Ciisaadra,
leaning, in a mannish fashion, with
her hands deep in her pocket, ngaitist
the edge of tl o wooden mantel. "It
isn" t a woman's work. Well, I mean
to make it a woman's work. After all,
how docs it diff-r from milting or
inislc'.oe hunting, both of which aro
supposed to be eminently feminine
accomplish men l? Old Jn;ics h cming j
l.ero to-moriow morning at flvo o'clock I
to take them to Weldtowu. If tltey'ro
not gntherc I, of course they w,n' t bu j
tnittkctcd; und those red hear. apd s
mean not less than twenty-live doliurt
to us, Polly."
Miss Marietta sighed. ''I wish I
ceu'.d help you, Cussy,' murinurel she.
"Hut I nin sure D ir'.or Hirfori's hired
man would assist you if "
Cissan lr.t started away from tho man
tel as if site had beei stung by a W;-p.
"If,'1 she repeated, biu-quely. "Kit"
what a comprehensive il, PjIIv I Id
cut off my r ght band," tho added,
"sooner thau lo ask tiiat man to help
us. That haughty, c inposel pink of
perfection hat high-brol aristocrat
that desp'sot a I W'jineu who work!"
"Is that the rca, on, Cassv, that you
gather your apples after dark) Tuitt he
shall not seo your"
'No," sharply aniwcrcil C'my. Hut
Miss Marietta cou'd see, in spite of the
dusk, the rju ck scarlet niou it lo hor
lister s forehead. "I gather them after
daik simply because I don't want all
the v.linge tongues gossiping about me.
It's my business, an I no one else's, un
less you dear I' illy'' kneeling a ntin
uto at her biker's sidi "it's yours.
Just as I'm your 1 u in. s-. and a ba I
business y u ti i I in.;, I'm nf aid!"
' Lut how do y iu know that I) ictnr
Harforl entertains these- very hostile
sentiments towuid u ? '
"I know a good many thing", Polly,
that I can't give r'.iyma r reason for,"
('assy answere 1, positively. "Haven't
I seen him look at m: wlton I wis wee I
iog the onions and hit. king the pease?"
"A cat may look at a king. Cms!
said Miss Marietta, ' laughing in sp to of
horsolf. "Miy n't Doctor II u ford look
at Miss Carstaus)''
N"," sard Cassandra, with a stamp
of tho small, cow hided fool for she
had borroisc 1 old lien's farming out tit
for this occasion. "Ho may n t f
And then sho took up a lantern an 1
box of miitihes, and went her way,
flinging back a kiss to tho invalid sister
as site did so.
It wss nearly midnight when she re
turned, flushed an I radiant, her hazel
eyes sliming, hor breath om ng quitk
and fast. M as Marietta, who bad
fallen intt a la ly-bko doze in front of
tho smolder ing logs, started from her
dicuiu.
"Goodness me, C.issyl is that youl''
said she.
' Yes." Cassy was unbuttoning the
old coat and shaking her feet out of the
cow-hido envelopes now stained with
the mud of tho swampy orchard la-id.
"Havo you gathered tho apples?"
'Yes. They're nil iu barrels, close
to tho bar s ready for Israel Jonoi when
he comes along, to-morrow morning.
Old Hen's nephew, a stout sailor la 1
just from sea, helped me get them in.
We broke tho lantern, but tint didn't
signify thcro was a moon when the
clouds parted enough for U9 to get n
glimpse of it. Tho apples ought to
bring a fair price; they're in boautifu'
condition. And, wdtat do you think,
Maiictla? Jack and I captured an
apple-thict two of 'cm coolly picking
our fruit into baskets, and they're
sifoly pal lode o I into tho old icj-houso
now."
' Oil, Cassy! thieves! Who are
they? '
'Well, naturally, they didn't IT-r to
give us their cird ; and Jtck Tar and
I walkcl them directly oil into the ico-he-uso.
I lcl the biggest o:io by his
coat-collar, and my sailor b y hustled
the little one along. I think tho little
chap woul I havo show i fljht, bat tho
big one shut hi in up "
' C'.is-y. y .u did that?"'
"land J ick Tar, win in red namo, 1
bclicvo, is Hirtliolomew Clark. Yes;
we made the capture, uns.isted and
alone, arid B irthoh.mew is going to
q lire P.itton's to-m;rrow to have the
scampi regularl crmmittel. Now,
aren't you glad I went out myself to
gather tin up pie-.?''
' Oli, C issy, suppose they had ha I
lirc-iirnis c iiie'ealed nb ut them? S ip
jnso you had been hurt?'
' Oil, suppose, suppose! ' gayly mint
icko I Cissan Ira. "Hut I wasn't bur:,
ai it happened; and now lut in go to
bed, Polly, for it's past twelve, and
I'm tire 1 to death!'
Weary though she was, however,
Cussandra was up bright an I car y tho
next morning to feed her spring chic;
eusand prepare her sister's breakfast, for
the Car-1 nirs girls kept no servants, and
there win plenty to do. Kirly though
it was, however, a sturdy young man
with a mnburned fuco fcto-id at the
gate.
"Whit do you want, Htrtholomjw!'
said Cissy, taking in the milk-pail
from its hook o:t the left-hand of the
door.
"T.io constable's here, miss. lie
won't tuko no oidjis, except from
you."
'When is lie?''
"A-w.iitin1, mi s, out by the ice
house d ior."
('.sun Ira caught Irr hut from it.
peg inlcr the kilcliei clock shelf, ml
wa ked in her iiilcl, elastic way I)
"Jn-'v Tir'a" side to the ancient fast
ness bii.lt into the Hdc lull, once used
for tho itVcptun of ice.
"1 thiin, miss," sn:i tho thickset,
griz'--bi a-led old village c i li'.ablc,
"there's some mistake.''
"Mistake!" echo id C.issan Ira, in her
c'o.ir, Ion I vo:c ', "but there can't b;
any mistake. I saw them m;self, steal,
ing my apple:. H tc'j the key of the
irc-hotr-r. I'm re.dy to lodge a com
plaint ngai.ist them. Wny Dclor
Harford"
For, as tho consfnblo opened tho
creaking old door, out walkc I her ele
gant net door neighbor with a most
inscrutable expression of countenance.
' I" plead guilty, Miss Ctrttairs," said
the doctjr, brushing the Id'ii in M l oil
his fnshionab'y cut garments, "and I
reconimead mself an 1 Tommy, iny
ofliee-boy here to the mercy of the
court. Yes; it's all ijuito true. Wc
were picking yur app oi; but it wasn't
for our own bun" lit. I hoard that your
fac'otum was side, and I knew tint you
wished to sen 1 your nppei clown by
old Israel J nos early this morning.
Wo wanted to do a neighborly net, but
wo d dn't ex pect t ) bo c.i'.ight in fl i
granto delict by y.m."
"Oil, I) ictor Hirford! but why
didn't you teli uu who you were!"
"If you will kmlly rem riib'ii-, you
did not give me any o poitunity to ex
plain myie'.f."
"I cille I you names!" gapcd
(' iw.
' Yes, I believe you did," said Dr.
H.irf ir.l, smil ng; and now thatCas
sa:ntri looked him directly in tin face,
ho had rer.'ninly n very sweet smile.
"And," iidd;d Cissandra, feeling
herself grow cold and hot by turns, "I
hit you with tho lantern when you
wero climbing down."
"And broke it yes."
"And all the tinu you wcro trying
to do mo a favor."
"In a mistaken way, as I now think
yes, I was," said tho doctor. "I
shriild hsvfl aske I your permission to
make myself of us ."
"And new," cried out Cassy, clasp
ing her hands, ' I've shut you up nil
night in a moldy ice-house a-id I've
sent for the constable and I've bc
btvwJ "orse thsn any gypsy girl could
possibly do, even down to using op
probrioui languagj and committirj
assault and battery. Oh, Doctor liar
ford! I never shall dare to look you ii
the fiice again."
And she lie I up to tho houso, burst
ing into a fl rid of passionato tears, ai
sho went, and ran straight down ccllai
to hide herself.
"I'll go as a fcmala mission ry t
Japan," sobbol Cassandra. "I'll ontet
n sisterhood; I'll never show my fucr
again to any living eoul!"
Hut sho did. Slio neither sot sail foi
Yokohama nor cut t red a c'oistor; and
tho very next da; she went out driving
with !). Hirford.
'Hit', why havo you always dislike.!
mo so? Why have you refuted to bi
in'rodticed to me? Why buvo you in
variably lookc 1 tho other way wh-r
you saw me coming, and run into th'
houso when I cuno nenr tho girden
fence t ' asked he.
"I don' t know," said Cassandra, in a
low voice.
"Is there anything so disagreeable
about inc.'"
"No, no," admitted Cissy. "But
thought you looke 1 hnujhty an 1 supcr
cilicu ' Conic," said tho doctor, I tughing,
' '.hat's funny ! I thought it was mc
that you despised ! Was it bcc iuso I
was a doctoi ? '
"Oh, no!"
' II veyi u anything against doctors,
as a rule! '
Nt."
' II ive you anything against ma?" ho
pcisi-te I.
' Not iu th i lent."
"Tii-n. shtll we b; fiienUJ" in s
coaxing Vii c
An 1 C.is y agree 1 for lially.
How slight is the dtvilirg lin-; be
tween friendship an 1 lovo. Mi is Mari
etta Carst.iirs alone can tell, for site
a'ono svas the conli l.n'o of luth thess
deadly caemtcs turned iittt oxcjllent
friend s.
Sullicc it to sr.-, that wlien next
fear's n ( do g.tlheriig c.im-; around,
Dr. and Mrs. Hirford both went out to
sup"i in tea 1 tho o.terati in. t'aih oH
I lltr.tr.
A African Town.
L!ko ancient Thels, St. Paul fie
Loan lo win once perliapt a lovely spot,
but hutinii natiii'; tre rted M thcr Na
uro so slrarnefiilly that tho old damo
removeil to more c mgeni il r) iarler3.
When General Corrcia, tho Portuguesa
soldier, drove out tho black hordes and
ro-ostiibiislic 1 the supremtey of the
Latins iu Angoli thcro was a magnifi
cent harbor he e, says a Now York
Ifcrilil coi respondent. Ntw tho sand
of the ocean, hurlc 1 in by tho waves,
and the san I of the red dune? washod
down for two ceiiltiricj, nro gradually
meeting, and in a short time tho noble
anchorage will bo a thing of tho past.
Tho a n'hy which has pormilte I tho
streets of tho city to beconn san ly
wastes, so that you havo to excavate to
liud the 1 mi it i f ill pavements put down
by the military pioneers, has also left
tho harbor channel to rill up and may
ultimately lose Loundo her position as
n seaport. H.er year, too, tho bar be
comes narrower, eigiaecring skill oiler
ing n i t her stoao nor spi'e to resist th'j
elites of tho heavy sea swelli, or Ku
lamai, which sweep the Atlantic coast
lino nt intcivtls trom Gibraltar to the
Cipo. Even L ando Island, which is u
sort of Coney I-land on a smnll scale
tho only breathing place for ploasuro
parlies, in fict is snci limbing to tho
action of the' sea, which often tl ws
over portions of it and precipitates
thousands of lens of tilling mutter into
the harbo". A few years ago all tho
native tishcitnen hail l heir little huts on
this sandbar (a few are there now), but
they are gradually being dr. veil off, and
the villas of the merchants and pilm
groves aro threatened with destruction.
Swallows Arc (rc.it Pa III fin tiers.
As bwulluwt often fly through long
distances at a very great height, it fol
lows that they are excellent pathflnders.
Ii remains yet to bo found out how
they mi out for their autumnal journey
lo the South, as they start at night, but
it is supposed that I'm yrun birds are
taught by the parents the direction in
which to fl,'. It has, however, been
ipiitc recently a-ceitainel that a single
b rl is nb'o to liud its way back from a
very long distance. In the dancing
room of a rest hi ateiir, in a villago not
far from D.rs.sil.lotf, Germany, a num
ber of swallows have thuir no-ts on a
rafter which runs across the room, under
the ceiling. In September last three of
tho parent birds were taken from tho
nets, and a gentleman traveling to Ber
lin took them by train tin I gave them
their liberty at dillerent stations. Each
bird had a narrow re I ribbon tied
round one leg, but all thrco had by
some menns torn this off and wero on
sripicntly not rccogaizid immediately
ufter their return After two days,
however, all the nests were examined,
an I it was found that the wanderers
bad returned to them.
I HII.DKK.VS COM MN.
a nvnv's riKKr.Ki tiovs.
Vm a very little baliy,
Little face and bauds and feet,
And my mother says she never
Saw a baby half so sweet.
It is nice to bear them talking
In that way, but I can see,
Oh, a lot of little babi s,
Who all look and laugh like iiik
When ! look out of the window
There's a baby in the (.d.iss,
And be waves his ban 1 as I do
To the iieoplc as they pass.
When I put out hands to toie h him
And to pat him on the cheek,
He will look nnd ai t as I do,
Hut he'll never, never .-pea'c.
There's a baby in tin mirror,
There's a baby in the spoon,
And there's one in front of mother
When we play a little tune.
These are very funny babies,
Where I go they always come,
Hut I m ver bear them talking.
So I gncss they're deaf and dumb.
A TtlK KV TOAD.
A gord story is told of n toad which
noticed that swarms of flies wero at
tracted by tho se'ir meal loft in tlir
snuiir after tho chickens in a certain
farmyard were done feedn,'. Every
day, toward evening, ho mak-et his ap
pearance in the yard, Imps to tho snucor,
ciltnbt in and rolls over until ho is cov
ered with meal an 1 then lies still to
await 1 is prey. He does not havo long
to wait, for the fl c attracie I b; ihc
smell of tiio mca1, soon swarm around
tho tricky toad, nnd whenever one
passes within two inches of his nose hi'
tongue darts out, ami tho fly disap
pears, li s plan has worko 1 so well
that ho Ins now taken it up in a regu
lar business. I))eslh'n look like in
stinct or reasoning? IFon t'i! J.wanl.
animal l i:ii:misiiii
A Id i kanith name I T.ioinu Kip
bought a li tie blaekfucd limb and
put il into a lield in '.vliieh weie n ciw
nnd a little Galloway pony. The lamb
took no notice of the cow, bu'. soon
begin to show great fondness for tho
pony, which returned iti r IT ctio.i, and
tin: two friends kept constantly iu each
oth.'i's f jiiipany. When the po iy was
u'cd for rid.ng or drawing a cait the
lrml) would trot besid: it, and if at any
tiirv; the lamb was alarme I by people
coming too near to look at it, it would
run under the body of tin pny nn 1
popou'. its little biac- f ice from between
the forelegs, and look nb nr. it in cm
scioussccu ity. At night the lamb slept
in tho stahle, and if sepaia'el from
tho pony would raise plaintive bleat
ings, which the pony answered by
mournfu neighing. And just as a dog
leaves the society of its own kind t
follow man, this I It t lo lamb firmnk its
own species that it might asoeiat9 with
its friend, for on one occa i hi, when
tho blacksmith was tiding the pony, tho
lamb, as usual, trotting b.'sidi it, they
pasc 1 a large fl ick of sheep that wai
being driven along tho roa 1. Tho
lamb never heo le I tho sheep, but went
straight lliroit ;h them with tho po iy.
Another time both pony an I lam')
s: rayed into an ad joining lield, in which
there was a fleck of sheep feeding.
The lamb jained the in for a shut time,
but as soon as the bl uksmiih came tc
drive out tho pony tho lamb followed
without onco looking b.uk at its natural
companions.
Sr.MIINfl TIIKIH STllS'Ni.lll. j
"I. ink at those men!' exclaimed
Harry D lrrnr, ns he po iitel to some
traiklii ii at work. "It takis six id
them to carry that iron rail, and they
move liko snails."
"TI.ey arc spiring their strength,"
remarked his father.
"Well, I should say so," declared
Harry. ' Four of thein could carry
that rail with case. "
Perhaps they could,'' replied bis
father. "They are sparing the r
strength, and they arc wise."
Harry looked at his father, a faint
cxpicsnon of surprise on his fine.
"I notict that the fotein in does not
re prove them, " continue I his father,
"lie is sati-tiel that they are doing an
h aiicst day's work. If they worked as
you seem to think they ought to work,
it is likely they would not bo hero to
niotrtw, cr no-, on the next day at
least. They would break down. They
must husband their strength so that
they can ssor day after day without
abatement. Thero is speed in method j
though it maj seem tedious. A Cjii'ck
fire soon bums itself out. The tonoiso
beat tho bare in the race. A rocket
makes a big fusi, but it comes down a
stick. A volcano creates a great up
roar, but it n nnim still a long while
nfterwar 1. Trcnrmdoiis clT rts aro j
soon spent, Tho 'pitching in' process j
docs not last long. It is wise for us, !
my son, to spare our sirrngth, wlicth-r
wo labor with our liaids cr brains. It
is tho secret of long si.slaincd fT r t.
The energy in reserve is often the en
ergy that wins and wears."
"I sco now, papa, that I spoke too
hastily," Harry suid. "Tho men an
Pel hirkiiig their work. Yes, they
Ve wise.'' Ilurp r't Yuung ';,
CHEAP RESTAURANTS
A French Eatim? House Where
p,Meal Costs a Cent
How a Discontented Customer
Was Surprised.
"T'dk nb it' cheap rci t uirants, " said
aX.-w Yoiker to a Tf trine reporter,
"we don't seem :o have a lyihiu here
to t)inh emi or twi I saw in Paris
when I was there. They arc iu the
e .-ore st part i.f lite city, of cou se, and
Iboir customer are of the doubtful
well, no, not doubtful at all, 1 u' : rather
decide lly shady-, ' 'ills of tho ptpula
tion, who ga" Iter in thcro after tho thea
tres close at night and everybody from
whotnfh'y can beg with any c'aanco of
prolit ha i gon ) bo no.
"The arrangements and tho se.vico
arc f lite simple. They cotd.t of one
inim -Mn iron pot, tilled with a con
L-lom-rato stew of nil sorts of olds
an I ends of fool picked up at the
rc f a c-badicts of the big hotels nnd
restaurants, and a lcng-han 1 1 ed iron
fork. The hungry customer advances
to the pot and pays a cent to tho 1 in 1
lord, who hands him tho fork. Taking
a long saill of the appetiz ng ( '., steam
whic'i rises from the e .-itildrun, he
p'unges tie! foik int ) the mass nnd
withliawi it o.iie no more. If he
stab any th ing u ith the fori and brings
it to tl.e Mir far , the n:o sel is hi-; il
he gels iiii'Ii ng wb ch soini.-t.ine;
happens he has no icdr-st, Lu. mus'
pay another cent for ancthcr
1 1 ungo rr go hungry. T.ie
xperimeat is alwiys watehe I
i.-cal!ilcs.s y by the other cu-toimrs,
itid if the lucky fisherman bring up a
sul 'Slnntinl piece of in eat he is con
gratulate 1, if ho brings up only a po
tato or a bit of carrot, which more fre
iprently happens, the stinginess of Ihc
master of the enhiue is fie l com
mented on nn I doubts are even ex
piesiol of the cx.stimro of any more
meat at all in the stew, b it if a luelxicss
wight bungs up nothing at all, he is
grcete I with a r iorus of laughter and
lerisivc remarks, and is nlvisol to till
himself up with a sni ill of tin va;or.
"Another restaurant which I visile 1
there," cuitiinied the narrator, "was
cstablishel by charitable people for the
txpr ss use of the outcasts of society,
and a inuc'.i more substantial meal it
given there for a sou than nt I he place 1
havo jit t do.cribed. Therefore it is
moro popu'nr with those of the criminal
classes who are not in danger of im
mediate arrest by the police nnd cm
afford to c mo out of their hiding
pi ices long enough to e.i'. If you did
not know the place to lie the resort of
thieves, you would soon begin to sus
pact it. Nothing about tho plac; is
movable. Tho tables nnd benches arc
screwed to tho floor, tho iron basins
from whet the fool ii eaten are
sunken into tho tablet and sere we I
down at tho edges. Too spoons, knives,
cups nnd forks are also m c ired by short
chains, nnd, as thu food is already
sensone 1, no pepper or salt c is tors are
provided.
"The only one-cent dish, however, it
a thic'i broth or soup, A strapping big
woman carries it about the room to the
customers in a sort of rubber lag, which
she holds under her arm and ues for
all the world like a recoteliinati's bag
pipes. The bag is prov;d ed with a
long neck which cads in a nozzle. The
woman lowers the nozi'c into ihc basin
before tho customer and when she gives
the bag uniicr her arm a s.ju m ?.i with
her elbow, out fi iirts the broth and
she controls the ipiantity by gripping
the long net Is, giving a one-cent dish
or a two cent dish at will.
"Wiule v,a were looking on, tho at
tendant got into a dispute with ono of
her customers, a stringer tn tin place,
a truculent-looking ex-convict, about
the i aanlity of broth she ha I placed
before him f r two sou i. Hi aserlcl
that it was not woilh moro than one
cent, and nobody should make him p i,
any more for it. lie threw down his
one cent w.th an oath, and took up bis
spoontoe.it. (Jil ckly and quietly tho
attendant lowered the Ion nec'v into
his soup-basin, withdrew the pressure
of her cibow fn in the bug ui.d r her
nun, and with an niilihlc suck half the
broth was s phone 1 luck into the big
in a jiffy fiom under t ho growler's
very nose.
"The surprise of the ex convict was
only equalled by our own."
Helms lor in Oilier I. amis.
In Sweden, if you a ldro,s lite poor
est person on tho street you must lift
your hat. Tuc samo curtesy is insisted
upon if you pass a lady on the stair
way. To enter a roa ling room ru
bunk with one's hat on is regard :d as a
bad breacli of inannon. To place your
hand on tiio arm of a lady is a grave
tut. I objcctionab'.o familiarity. Never
touch tho person; it is sacred, is ono of
their proverbs. In Holland a lady is
eipeetod to rotiro jirecip taf.ely If shs
should outer a store or a res'nurant
where men nro caugregat e I. b iu wniU
until they havo transaetul their busi
noss uu 1 d pirted. Lid'es seldom riso
in Spain to tecoiva a m ile visitor, and
they rarely accompany hint to the d or.
Fir a Spaniard to givj a la I y Cuven his
wife) his a an wh-eit t if. walking 1st
looked upon ai a d ;ei le I violation of
propriety.
In Persia, anntig tin arittocracy, a
visitor sen Is notio uu hour or t wo
before calling, ail gives a da's irt cj
if I ho visit is one of great iin lortanto.
Ho is in it by -servants before he icichoj
the house, an 1 other coasi lort'.ioai aro
s'lown him according to relative ran c.
Tao left, an I not tho right, it con
si lere 1 the position of honor. Nt
Turk will enter a sittiug rootn with
dirty sine'. T.io upper claisej weur
tight-tilting shoe?, with galnhoi over
tli'-m. Toe latter, wiiict receive all
thu dirt au I dust, are left outside tha
donr. Toe T.irk never washos in dirty
water. Water is poured over his h tndj,
so that when pillule 1 i runs away.
lu Syria tiie pcophj never tn'to eff
their cips or turban wlnn c feeing tho
house or visi ing a frienl but they al
ways leavo their shoes at the door.
There are no nuts or scrapen outsid ,
and the fl ors in ilj are covered with
expensive rugs, kept very clean in Mil
leu homes au 1 used to kneel upon
wh 1 e saying prayers.
Hr. Taluntare's Inenintt.
In n slic'c'i of the ba y iif.i of tin
It v. Dr. T. DeWitt Talimge, rce fly
pihlidi'jd, it was state 1 that the iii .nil
oflii.it famous ill' ne was in n- than
til)M))i). Tnose who aro w-c informed
on Ihe di c oi's alT i r s know tin! this
estimate it c:nily wit bin lite truth, and
that the reverent grit I" nil i could very
materially increase it were he ss minded.
Not a day paises bif what h- nc ives
half a dozm or ni ne nii-.s from
eliloft, p.tblish'TS nn I new, ;ipe.-syndic
ties for artio'es, stories, rcvi".vs and
opinions on all sorts of sublets. H;s
c irie p nt leiits oil r t ) piy anything in
reason for the use of his name, bu' the
n.iiin they inns', have. Hy v. a,' of
illustration, a certain tnrdo j urn-il
nee.itly wroto to bun asking him to
prepare an artic'o on fool ud ilt' i ation.
He could make it a- long or short as he
please I, an I ce.il.1 n un! his own liguro
for the work. Withm a wet k uu in
surance publication u i 1 pinne I a some
what similar propos.tion, in this c aso
the n Iv.mta ges of lib) in-urance being
tine theme ti pott whic'i the g cat divine
was icq iest d to lurn his eloquence.
I) . Tn mage read the first proposition,
gave iit'crmec t a single "humph,'
an 1 tossed the Ictfr aside. I'rc-iimably
this end opistle met a like fate, ns
neither cf the de. lied articcs ha ever
appeared.
Rich Itttl Men.
Th" O age tribe of Iidians, whose
reservation is between Kamai and the
Creek cou.it r.', are live litnis at rich ns
the average of Americans, ten t m 's as
rich as the average of Englishman, and
the French and Italians are paupcis in
c nnp irison. There nro among the
) ages no pc miles s peo(ile and n me in
sviint, except tha'. insatiable wait that
always wants nnre. There are 1501 of
tltem, according to Last year's census.
Tiior have in t ie l .uted States Trcns
tiry $7. 7-"'S, nfll of their own money,
drawing 7 per cent, interest. Thi
amounts to a capit nl of $.)l7a npiece
for tho whole nation - n n, w in m and
children.
Hut besides this they liavi 1, 17 .l.uoi'
acres of land, equal to j n-t ah"iit I HI)
in res apiece. This land it mostly tint
nil I nr.ible, and would sell for an aver
age of 10 an acre, or $11,000 fir inch
individual's pi r i m. T.iis m kes each
in liv ilual (leige In li tn worth f l."i, 1 7-.
Each lamily p s c-scs Jiiil, (lOO on nil
average, and the bend o( it, if be be
indiisli ions a id cnterpri-iiig, can grow
$10,1100 Woilh of riops a yeai on his
oo ) ai res i f land lb' is raiel per
manently above want und above t ai of
want. Iktio.t t-un.
A WllllTspiltll
An i flicer ol the Armenian steamship
San i big sends to the Hydrographic
liiiieiui an account of a wat-rsp nit
which the vessel pissed through near
one of thu Hnhaina islands last spiing.
He says: "The steamer pissed through
the outer edge of the whirlpool, (lie
d'aiiielcr of which I judgo lo have been
50 to 75 yar Is. Da passing through
tho outer edge I observed that the
center was hollow, the watir circling
frcm west to east, or agiinst the sun.
Tim water tint fell on tho deck was
very salt, nnd tho drops us large as 5
cent pieces. Daring the few seconds
of our passage through it tho win I blew
at the rata of ,'il) or .Ti miles jier hoar.
I dil not observe any calm in the renter
at a 1, thu water aiising fn m it resein
b ing an inverted fountain. After
clearing it the wind resumed its original
force, about 15 miles per hour."
I M irnlng In tho Hills.
Faint streaks of light in the far-down East,
1 (lut lined by an unseen ji eieil,
; The artist baud of the daw n's bitgh l-rlest
Who spreads o'er a shadowed stencil
'J'h silver hues of the morning's wings,
The dusk und the darkness llakimr.
' Vbile the old earth sighs, and the pine top
I sink's:
"Aw ak'1 fur the day is breaking."
: The gray S'piirrel barks, for the woods are
j still
j And the silence makes him braver.
And lie tv the sun behind Ihe hill,
J Where the slindows twist and waver
i The gray S'juirrel watches the dead leaves
whirl
I That the sun no more shall nourish,
High on a brunch w ith bis tail a curl,
I. ike a w riting muster's Moorish.
The partridge drums on iin'ol I dry log,
A haunt of worm and cricket,
' Down near the edge of a cranberry bng,
I lose by a u lute hin h thicket:
And ai limes t lo reverbera'i'iii II oa's
j Through the air so round and niello.?
; 'J'lial il s.iiiiel.- us sweet as (lie basso no'CJ
I ifu niacstro's violineel.o.
j The gray squirrel barks and tho partridge
j drums,
j And ihe sunlight follows faMer,
I A d over th'' pin's the wind ..d comes
! With the touch of" mi initaiiehl master;
j And lie strikes the chord- from a maze of
limbs
That flitter with frost lace hoary.
While fa-1 ward now as the darkness dm?
Js the sun in a sea nf glory,
!' 1 fin fj'' ' . i.. fhiraqn lltrnhl.
1'iie w.islierwom in's motto T-t u;
lOnp for tliu best.
A iin st any tiling anti-ine. from Komi
would be li imaiitie.
The iuo:i! a man heroines wrapt up
a hiuisi.e I the chillier lie got--.
Tin la in Ire in tn has to roeeive a
jood mill,' "'uir-s in this world.
"I uiide.i stand tha t you arc quite gono
m M ss Woo l." ' No; not qni'e, but
going. ''
.Mr. I'enii fapropos of nothingi How
ttiipid home people are. Mrs. Pom
Is thi a confiei- ion (
Fn it Orange Hello! what are you
loing here? Second Oinnge Nothiug;
just looking round.
Tine p n is in giitior than the sword;
jut for ojieimg ot:rs or military
parades we'll take the sivui 1 every
iim -.
'I'd rather be a wild turkey and live
ii thu prairie," i-nid a little b iy, "thai
tie a tame turkey nnd be ki.lcd every
,car."
"I will spur him on to renewed ef
fort," as tl.e rooster said when he gavo
one more flap at the flunk of a relicat
ing dog.
Explained "To what do you at
rihule your aticcoss in lift?" asked tho
jconomist. "To my failure,'' replied
the ex -merchant.
P.iter You chi d en turn up your
noses at ever, thing on tho table.
When I was a boy I was glad to got
enough dry bread lo cat. Tommy
Say, pa, you're having a n u 'It better
time of it, now y. u aro living with us.
ain't you?
I.'ing Hinge Kill i' Shooting.
T.icre is au imincnv am unit ot non
sense talked and written ab Hit long
distance rillo shooting, aul tho stories
men tell nbiut their own or somebidy
else's wonderful accuracy at long range
maybe set do vn ns campaign inven
tions. In fact, the samo imp utancc is
not attached to long distanie e shooting
ns formerly, for it has been demon
strated beyond doubt that it is csmpar
atividy u eless, evepf where the dis
tance has Ii r n carelu'lv measure 1 and
the gun prop rlv ging.'l for it. P can
be readily se.-n I hat Ibis w uld In im
practicable cither in .shooting nt gamo
or in a military engagement. To illus
trate, the vi ry be-t long-distance
rifle that s male his a fall
of forlv inches in 5 10 yards. N iw, how
many nu n are tin re who can aicura'ely
calculate such a long distaucei And of
what use would the gun be in case tin
mark rn in s j idgiiicni cire I fifty yitrds
one way or the othe. i These considera
tions have induce I the goveri m eitt to
change th" whole llieaiy and p aelico
concerning the use of long- r uigc guns.
The tieelmior sys'eui hat been
al .'indoned entirely by Ihe ami) riiuks
tncii, und they are now I night thu nrt
of nica-uiing di-laiH :s by the eye, and
tilso pracliio shooting lit m iving ob
jects. Whin tiling at targets each man
makes his own cstimato of distance, a
squad (ires and then all advance, say 50
yards, make new estimates anil bio
again. Th s process is repe t'td, so
thai the soldier really gets experience
that will be of tiso to him in actual
warfare. fllrh;-1) in -i;it.
The t'oloHsal Czar.
Iloth in appcaianc! and manner, tlm
Czar has bcouio a M iscovito of tho obi
Cossack trpc. He is it colossal figure,
being a giant, both in height and girth,
quite bald, with a flat iroso, an immense
sweeping moustache, an I a stupendous
board, which flows over his chest, .lr-gmut.