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VOL. XII.
PITTSB(m() CHATHAM CO., N. C, FEBRUARY 13, 181)0.
NO. 21
After the Storm.
The 't Idost storm must siH-n l its forcp,
Tup hatltod winds pause with a moan.
For suiishiiipstruggling through the mist
Chisps (hp tirei! earth in shining zone.
Bo stormy grief will rob of light
The soul I hat prays for morning's d.iwn,
Through black despair in deepest night,
Ti 1 hope, and love, and life seem gone.
'Tis then I lie morning's golden splendor
Dispels the gloom, illumes the way.
Whilst tiro imy voices, low and tender,
Whisper, sad heart, helmld a ierfoet day!
L01TYS ADVENTURE.
1 ai qnilo young when I wout out
tt service only six Icon aril I was
qulto fiightctied at tho idea of going
nru.mg the grand folks; but fathor li.il
not left much, exempt deb's an I m rt
gage', whin ho die tl, nntl mitl.er was
fpcblo, a'ltl tlicro weic all tho little
children to be taken caro of; nnd
Neighbor F rl told mi that they
wanted n p:irlor-in lid nt the court.
Th Me ain't so nn c'i to do," said
F.i i m - Ford, ' "an I twelve dollnri a
f m .ith.
"11 it a servant I'1 said mother, and
she put her black stnlT apron to her
eyes nn I h-gan to e y in tint weak,
uncei t 1 n way slio ha I.
"Wo'ro all of us servants, Lydin, to
tho Lirl,"suid Neighbor F.ird. "Ami
if every one of us doo Irs duty in the
slafo of lifj where it pleases Ood to
put U", tlicro ain't nothing moro to be
cxpoood."
'M ithcr," said I, 'on!y think of i(!
Twelvj dollar a ninth. 11 iw much
it will help us! O i, m I'.he , I m so
gla I ! '
"Tho child looks nt it right." siil
Neighbor For I. "Shi 's got mor.j s 'nse
than you Imvj, I.vdin! '
So I went to C.nis'iill Court. Thcr !
was a h u-ekceper there, and a butler,
ami soveu servan's bed lot m, and 1
soon lear.io t to purform tlio duties of
my place neatly aid wc'.l.
Mrs. Cliristati's mill m-d lo give in)
many u'ofut hi its tin wa- a ipret, sub
stantia' Kiifhs'iwnnin whom the fnm'
ly ha I brought from foreign put with
them. Hut her brother foil .1!, and she
went hotm to nurs'j him, aid tlnre
camu a tin:- French mi demoiselle in her
place, w h im they rallo 1 M l bmoi n lo
Veronique. She spoke I wo or thieo dilT 'r
eut liingungo', dreisol hair like a fash
ion plate, nltHre I ov t M". Cirlstall's
bonnets and dresses until her wirdrohe
sec mo 1 twieu a largj an I viriol, ail
ha 1 a smro of oth-r neeiun,ilisli:ii;nt
at her I'm ;er enl-. Mn, C'ui till said
sho win "a per fee', treasur.';" tho old
housekeeper lauj'ioi until her
si lei ac'nd, at V-roniquo'. stories;
the foilmiu fell tleep y iti lovj
with her, and nil tin oth.-r ui i.di copied
her drcssc, repited her smart sayi igt,
ami strove, iu varioir. wiy, to imi:ii-e
her. But I kept q i e ly aloof. S ni'
how 1 win afraid of Ma lemoisidio V-' . -o.uiquo.
Sin h id gi ca", luminous green
eyes like tho of a cat; she showed her
teeth, in glistening double rows, when
sho laughed, an l, a' though she was al
ways priding hers If on lie.- c implosion,
1 am quito s ire it was powder and
pair.
She dime sm ling to mo one night
it was of a Sinlar evening, 1 muom
ber, when 1 wa sitting by tin wind w
reading my by m i -book, anl won lei ing
what mitlior and the c!ii divu wero tlo-
"Hero is mi pe:ilo Lit toe," sho sail.
4'Tho shy bird who shrink away from
me ul way i. lint I l avj ees, L-tteo,
Bad I havo already mule tuscll to per
ceive that you are very pretc). Ah!
Bay I not the truth? And you shall put
a roio in those brown braid, Littce,
ami danco tonight. IVter- is going,
and Felix and Amanda; and th? coach
man, who prnvci h in e f m st aimablo,
will lako u-. in tho win,' -met to. '
"Hut it is Hun lay evening," said I.
Ma Icuioiscllo V roniquo m.ido a
grimace.
Wc arc not Puritans, Litter," sail
ho. ''We have all been to the chiirr'i
tvlay. Why no: niako a little simple
enjiymcat to:ii;jht, like tin pi.nnnts of
ma hollo N'irma'.diel MadMin tlinei
out; tho chi.dren, with their good,
heavy headed nur-e, will bj asleep '
D.il Mrs. Cliristall say-'
'Mail nnc knows ittitliinq absolutely
nothing," rei'eralcl Veron q ie, itnpi
tieutly. "Aro wi pmr servants to b?
alwny slaves? Come, ma p-tite. Tin
goo I F, I x osp -ci illy wi lies lo dance
with yo1', ami 1 havj pronii cd him
that you wiil bo tln-rj."
Felix was tho upp -r gar loner win
mi in charge of tho green-houses a i l
graperies; a spire, liv.d- face I, little
mm, whun I c p;c ally d isliked.
'lt is Suuday evenin;.'," said I; "I do
not wish to go. I have bjjn broug'it
vp to spcad Sunday even in quietly at
homo."
And Mdctnoit!lo Vjrouiquo's p?r
luisiont, dittorics and blandishments
,were in vain.
' They all went. I cou'd hear thrm
Returning at one o'chclt iu tho mora-
ing, tiptoc'n past my bedroom door;
and their dcsciiptiom of the festive
gathering nt tho breakfast-table next
day were enthusiastic in tho extreme).
"There's to bj a hop Fri lay night
week," sail Fjlix, "with a band from
M noisier. Ltty will go this time, I
nm quite certain, if I ask her; an l M
mid Mis. Cliristall will 1)3 in Now York
tint night for the Cliari' Rail."
1 looked gravely at him.
"Do you thiuk it will be righ',
Felixl" said I.
"Oh, b.ih!" SIndemoiscllc Veronique
interjected, with exlrenu disgust.
"I'm quito sure thcro can bo nothing
wronr a'.iout it," said Felix.
'Then, why do younotak M s.
Cliristall bol lly to lot you go?" I que
lioned.
They lro!(c 1 blankly at one another
an I In f.iro they could answer, M 's.
Hood, tho housekeeper, cimi in, and
a Mgiial for silencj was passed around.
' Frid 17 night week!" It ennn before
wo knew it, aim is'. Mr. ami Mn.
Cliristall went to the Chanty Hill, the
latter so superbly drcso 1 that tho ser
vants gathe ed in a little group behind
the bu'ler's pantry door to see her go
out in her diam m Is an 1 i nk silk. Ol I
Jjlm, the cl ler coaclunan, w.n to wait
at Slington station to bring them back
at 3 o'clock tho other ciac'imnn,
Tiionipsoa, wns in le.iguo with Veron
que and her friends, and was to harn?s
up t ie wa n,.'t'o a snon ni tha coast
was fairly clear fir Votoi'quo, ll.itty,
.lulia an 1 Fj1 x.
"And Ltty might go, too, if she
oily wou'd," said Ilitty, reproach
fully. "I do i'I think it's righ'," said I.
Mrs. II -mil had gono to seo her
daughter at Slington, leaving tho house
in J ilia's ( hiiro, for ,!;i!i i In I been
lh"ie soiii j time and w.n reg.ir le 1 as
quite trustworthy; the ol I butler nhvay..
went to be I at niit";s i that who i tlie
wagonette w.n o'.I 1 was tho only per
son left about tho plaej. An 1 I had
hnrlly soiled myself by the fire with
ncdlework be'oro thero Ciin! a tap at
tho tloor.
I sla-ted, for I wai nervo is nnd
easily frightei.cd. an I the house seemed
iinnatur illy largo and lo i som i in the
quiet cveirn.' s lenc It wai a li'.'ic
boy a stuntol, bi.oyed creature
whom I diil no', rem 'inU M' to havo sjou
in the neighborhood hi foic.
"Ate you L-t:y L'e!" bo askc 1.
Yes," I answered, in surprise.
"U's your iti ithc-," said he. ''She's
fell on tile ice anil broke hor leg. She
wants you right off."
'II i -.v did it liapp ui?" I eric I. burst
ing into tear . "Wuo told you?"
"I can't s 117," sai I li ). "Tiiey'vo
sent mo for a doctor, mil I ain't to de
lay a second. '
An I olT he c 1 1 le I, bis small figure
.seem'ng to lose itself in the black
masse of evergree i on the lawn.
Wha'. was I to tl i I kn ;w that
Johnson, the bit ler, slept like a log of
wood, nnd there was no one clsa about
tho hou.
"I can j ut run down homi and be
buck in lnlf an lnur," thought I. Si
I lock-il the do.ir, siw that tin tire was
all right, an I started oil across the dark
cops1; an I fro.on tie'd,.
At the in. II 1 saw a light liiiniing.aiid
:.toppe I to lire of old Mr. I)iwon,
whose w ife wa our ware it inighbor, ns
to the exttnt of the aceidnt.
"1 m ither much hurt.'" sii 1 I. He
looked amay.'l, aid I procrolol to ex
plain mysc'f m ire fu'ly.
"Tiiey'vo foole 1 you, 1117 girl," said
he. "I've j 1 -t come from thero and
your mitlnr's a wl! nu I sound as
ever shn wa i i her lifi."
A su I I en light seeiii-d to fl nil across
me. Swiielhin; wis wrong. Theio
sva soon u 1 ler -current of miic oiii
purpiso bidden 1111 ler all thi tissua of
falso'ioi l. And I saw in th" eyes of
Harry l)iwson, tin 111 llcr's tall son.
w'.io stoo l b;;idi) mo, till', he, too,
share 1 my idea--.
"F.itlnr," sa il he, "all i-n't right.
Call the For 1 la Is. Lit in go up to
Clni tal. Cnirt with Litty. '
Ki?" said Mr. Dawson. ' Yi u
don't suspect '
"Itlon't know whit I do supeet,
father, ' sai 1 H irry, hu-nc II7 b ittoning
his cut. "H it 1 know all isn't as it
sliou tl bo."
Wecinnnp to tho Ciurt, a little
baud of us, i 1 the fr 7. mi silence of tho
winter night, and fou 1 I that it was us
Harry I).iwm h 1 1 su .peered. Cliristall
Court was in the puscision of thre)
men whoso too'., scittero I a-ou id, pro
claimed them to le professional burg,
lars, whi'e tin pmr old butler, fust
isl.ep .it tin top of tho lion e, never
Ireame I that 11 u ;ht wai nmiss. Hut,
expert ai wero the c thieves, tin sturdy
strength an 1 sup-riir number of our
par y were t 10 muc'i for them. The
were ovcrp;wctel anil bound and
when tho wngont'tto inmo homo with
its loa-1 of cross and slo,'!! s-rvaats,
it so. vol to citry tho captivui to tho
ci 11 ity j id.
It jirorcj that 000 of them Ve-
otiiqii.'! brother and that tho French
woman her c'f was in Iciguo with them.
Veroniq ie loft the country, abruptly;
1 I tlo other seTv.ints, oxespt Jlrs.
!Iool, Old J diti and the bu ler, were
list barge 1 anl lam Mrs. Cliristall'
own maid, now.
To bo sure, it isn't much of nn ad
lenturc, but such 119 it i, I havo told it
ai plainly ns I could remember. 'I'll
M'J :
Historic Mansions in Washington
A number of the Penatori liva in his
toric ij'nrteis, write Frank 0. Capon
ier in a Washington letter to tho New
York World. Senator Cimoron paid
ftl7, f'tit) some year ago for the old
tllti Tayloo mansion on Lafayetto
Sqiiiiru. It is a three-story , In ick of a
dirty yellow, with an iron portico run.
ning along the second story above an
Kigiish basement. The front door is
painted olive green nntl tho lower story
c intains tho cilice of tho Senator and
his reception-room. Tho parlors are on ,
the second lloor, nntl the homo is nicely
furnished. In this house have b:cn cn
ti rtuincl all of thi I'icsitlcnts sinco the
d lys of Andrew Jackson, ami Win field
Sett and Martin Van Ituren havo often
put t heir legs under tlio mahogany in
its tlining ro 1111 Out) tlay when (Sjiinral
Scott 'was dining I. ere a violent hail--.tor
11 occ in;-1, smithing the win lows
nn 1 bring'ng dowi lump of ico tho
si.o of hickory n itt. Theto hiilstones
were brought to tho t.iM , anl Scott,
as lie tlropp;l one of them into his
win eg' a is, said:
' I.a lies, we will cool our champngno
with ecle-tial ic."
JusL l elow this homo of CunTou'i i
th" h line of Scorn aty lilaino. lie rent
the house, but be has refurnished and
rep ilntcl it. You cater tho ground
tloor from the street throug'i ai olive
green tloor way an I you Ii id the parlors
on tho second tl mr. The drawing
room is furni-dic l In su' m in tint ami
tho woodwork an 1 mantels arc of poarl
white. Tho tliirng-room is on th3
gnun I floor nn I its walls aro hung
with ciiuiion tap ;i!ry and tho chairs
are 11 iluilstcro I in led leather. The
sidcho.ir I i of ol I onk an 1 tho whole
housj is a loriio I wit'i th) pic ures and
brc-.ib:ac which Secretary Hla' 10
pioke I up in V. ir p. 'I'll is home anil
lot U worth now at least f IDil.OIJO and
tho lot would bring $0 I, tl)tl umlor tho
himnior. Still it was one 1 soi l for a
jicknss nil I it win H.viry Clay who soltl
it. It ii j nt a-roii tin street from tho
White homo nn I C.uy had often re
fused to sell it. O10 tlay, h iwcver, old
Coiiim l.loro Hoge:s came homo from
the Mediterranean with his naval vessel
full of livestock which In hail picket
up abroad. One of Clay's hobbiei was
stock faming, anl K igcrs's cargo in
cluded one tho Andalusian jacknis.
Clay saw it an 1 want d it. Tin Com
modore refuse I to sell, but nt last said
laughingly :
"You cm have him for your lot op
p isit.) the White h 11 e."
' lue,' said Clay, mil tho animal
win shipped olT to K;:iluc'.y. Contmo.
tlorc K iger 1 itilt a big four-story brick
on the ground, an I this brick ha been
the scene of many a Washington festiv
ity. In it lilniuc wid entertain this
winter, and iu it Seward dined tho di
plomats when In wns secretary of
nt ate.
Thirsty Travelers' Tree.
A F.uiopcan tr.ivo cr.on his way from
thu coast of MadagaM.-ir to the capital,
Tnnnnarivo, 111 the interior, ha I emp
tied his watet llisk anil was MilToring
from thirst, lb! sisked 0110 of tho na
tives of his parly when bo should bo
able to obtain wa'cr.
"Any time you like it," said tho na
tive, rinding.
The Ivuropenn saw no signs of springs
or water; I ut the native conducted him
ton gioup of tall, ptlm-likc trees,
standing in a cluster on the edge of tho
foiest, with straight trunks and bright
green, broad Ici.voi growing from tho
opposite (titles of tin stalk, nnd mak
ing tho tree appear li;o a great fan.
Tlio wliito man gr.etl admiringly at tho
tree.
' V-11 think it is a line lice, "said tho
nat.v.', ''but 1 will show you what it is
good for.''
He pierced tho root of one of tho leaf
stems nt the point where it j lined tho
trie with his spear, whereupon a stream
of clear water spurted out which tho
Kuropean caught in his water cin, and
found cool, fresh and excellent to drink.
The party having satisfied their thirst
nml taken supper, the u stive who had
spoken went on,
"This tre, which is good for us in
more way titan one, we call the travel,
crs tree."
'Hut where does tho wa'cr come
from that tho tree contains," asked the
whi o man. "Is it taken up from tho
soil?"
"Oh, no," saitl the native. "Tho
leaves drink in the rain that falls on
them nntl when it his pa.so-l all through
t lu 111 it becomes very pure aQd sweet,"
M n'cnanj U'rM.
CIIILKREN'S COLUMN.
BV-Asnriv.
There's g little mischief milking
M tin, who is ever nifdi.
Thwarting every unilertakiiifr,
And his name is lly-nntl -by.
What ought to do this minuto
"Will he better done." he'll cry.
Iftomorrow we lie-in it,
Tut it oil'," says Hy nnd by.
Th" se w ho heetl bis treacherous wooing
Will his fa thles guidance rue;
What we always pu-. oil" doing,
I'learly we shall never do;
We shall reach w h t we ennVivor
If on Sow we more rvlv;
Hut unto the realms of Never,
beads the pilot Ity and Ity.
W Kl.l. TiniNKtl MONkKV t Asn ni s
An Italian with two remarkably well
tniine 1 monkeys ami a family of trained
white rats is coining money 011 the
stie.-ts of thi city. So well trained
tire tin monkeys and rats that n' tho
word of command tun of tho muikey
takes a rat in his anni in tho same mm
n "r n mother wou'd hold a baby. Tho
other nntikey pliyt tho tloctor, and not
only tloo In look nt tho rat's tongm,
but ho pour wa or from a bottls into a
liny spoon and givei his patient a tloso
o( m Mlifinc.
Iloth monkeys droii them elves with,
out nny assistance from their master in
complete su.ts of clothe, even to tho
slockingi an 1 slnei, lacing up the lat
ter and tying the strings n-atly nntl se
cuiely. To pro v tho thor ugliness of
their training, the rep irter was told to
p'ck up the oat bolongin; to oi) of
the monkeys and, unobserved by the ani
mal, turn one of tho sloevei iisilo out.
Th s wai done nnd tho coat pined
back again. Toe 111 ink ry nf er sevcial
attempts to put the oat on, tonk it en
tirely off, disc vrol and right-id tho
turned bloevc nnd linn angrily chatter
ing nt boing inter f-.r.-d with, slipp"d on
tho garment nnd went on with his part
of tho show. H.t'i Fr aii c ert Knm iur,
i'nci.r rim, s PToitv.
"Toll us n story, I'uclo Phil," sai l
Iiob nml Archie, running to him.
"Whit about?'' wd Uuclo P.iil, n
K ib climbc I 01 lis light knoo nnd
Archie on his left.
' Oh, about soiinthf ig that Imp icncd
to y o tl," said Hob.
"Sonntliing whon you were a littlo
boy," snitl Archie.
' O ico when I wa a little b iy, "
sail rnclcl'hil, "Inskol my m ithor
to let It iy nnd myself go an l piny by
the river. "
' W'ui II y your brother?" asked
It ib.
"No; but ho wns very fon I of play
ing with mo. My mother said yes; so
we went nn I hail a g iod deal of sport.
' Afler a w'.iilu I took n s'linjlo for a
boat nnd sailjd it along tin bmk. At
hv-t it bogau to got into diqi water,
where 1 couldn't reach it with a s'ick.
Then I told It -y to go anl bring it to
mo.
"Ho almost always did what I told
him, but this timo ho tl d 11 it. I be
gan scolding him a 1 1 lm ra 1 toward
home.
"Then I was very angry. I picked
11(1 a st- 111 and tlirjw it nt him ns hard
ns I could."
"O I'nc'o Phil!" sii.l Archie.
"Just then Hiy tti'ii'l hi; heal and
it struck him right over his ey."
( I' ndo Pail!" oriel It ib.
"Yes, it madu him s ag;or. Hi gave
a littlo cry an I lay lotvn 011 tho
ground.
"Hut I wns still nu.;iy w.th h'm. I
did not go to him, but nlel into tho
water for my boa'.
"Hut it was tie-.' per than I thought.
Heforo I knew it I was in a strong cur
rent. I fcreaiiiod in it carried me down
stream; but no m;n were near to help
me.
"Hu', as I went down tin ler the deep
waters, something took hold of 1110 a id
dragged me towards shore. And w hen
I wa snfe 0:1 the bank I taw it was
Hoy. lit had saved my life."
"titiod fellow! Wa he yoir cousin)''
akcd Itib.
"No," replied lT; e'e Pail.
"What ilid you say to him? ' asked
Arclro.
"I put my arms around the dear fel
low's neck and cried, nnd asked him to
forgive me."
What did ho say?" asked It ib.
'lljsail 'H iw, wow, wow 1"
"Why, who was If i,-, anyway?"
asked Archie, iu great atnishmcnt.
"Ho was my dog," said Uncle Phil
"the best dog I ever saw. I hnvo
never been unkind to a dog or to any
other animal since, and I hope you
never will be.'' (tr ltlk On.
It .night Heroine Useful,
lit -1 love you more than tongue can
tell!
Sho (thoughtfully) Supp ise you put
it in wr. ting, (I ! rge. Mitwry't WerHy.
Counterfeiters as a whoie nro a hard
lot, yet some of tbcii) tuako a very
gcp l impression.
"LA grippe:
A New
York Doctor
the Disease.
Discusses
What It Is, its Previous Histo
ry and Treatment.
In a conversation with arepniler, l)r
L. do Plasse, a prominent memb -r ot
the Academy of Modicino of New Yoik,
give. much interesting information
about the epi lomic, !a grippe or inllu
C117.1, of whic'i ho made n special study
in Kuropo at we! a in this country.
At cording to the Doctor, the Hist gieat
epidemic of tho kind appeared in Ku
ropo in I.'iSi).
"Why," srtl the reporter, "I thought
th-ie ha 1 been one in It one in tho year
9J of our eia."
"Yon refer, no tit ubt,'' replied the
learned practitioner, "lo the gnat
mortality mentioned by tho (Ireek
histor an, Dion Cassius, ns having
tor.er'y."! Koine in that year. It was
not tho grip that cause 1 it, Iu. the
stupid despotism of F. nperor D-uuitia 1.
The It . mini popu'ntiou wai asscie.b'e I
in the amp'u' hoatro whon a heavy lain
full came, drenching tho crowds to the
marrow, 1111 I the tyrant compelled them
to remain to thj end of the g. iii'i.
Thousand die 1 frun plcurtty, but not
from the grip.
' By the way, let 1110 fny licit the
won! la grippe c mes from the Polish
wortl cliryki, wlrch means hoarse
ness. It has 1 ecu tied for ihc last
ti'ty or sixty jcirs in preference to the
Italian word intlueny.i, nnd is now the
technical term ndopte I by the medical
profession nil the wt rid over.
Since 1.1 St I t'lis dis-aio ha' annoyed
Europe in I Ml. 1S75. 17015, 171,
18)3 which was tho worst and the
most deadly of its inr ir-iom in lS'itS,
1SJM. 1S37, lSlfi, lSSli and 1SH.1 ; .
It is a fact worthy of remark lint
tho actual epidt m c in Now York be
gins oftei with the ix avest symptom"'.
It is sudden iu its attack ami strikes
right and left, rlc'i and poor, without
distinction of age, sex, bodily con
stitution, pusoiial habits, etc. it is
often ncc. m;i.inio I by delirium,
especially among cliitlrt n, nml to it
mut be ascribe I muny of tin suicides
which have taken p'nee. It duration
is from three or four days to two
weeks, antl mor.?."
"To what is the grip duo, in your
opinion, doc'or? '
"To 11 miasninlie condition of tho
atmosphere. The nbiurinnl tempera
ture of tho present w inter has no moro
to do with it than would prolonged
fog."
"Is it contagious? '
"Ye", nllhough there ore thoso who
thiuk that it is not, cm account of its
Bidle:i appeaianco over largo tract of
land."
"Do you think tlicro is a special mi
crobe in the c isc?"
"Yes, and I mn positive that the
great physician of 1S;YI nnd ls.1l were
right when they attribute 1 the grip lo
the presonca of spec nl micrococci!!,
which develop very rapidly in the at
mospheric principle calied o.mo.
That principle is an hyp thetit al body,
generally n lm itleil as bung the cause
of the peculiar sm ill wh eh accompan
ies electric discharges in the air, nu I of
tho one which belong to oxygon pro
duced under tho influent" of u galvanic
current in water mixed with sulphuric
acid.
"If I had timo I would eerta'nly con
tinuc the researches untie by tho cele
brated L'ty.erig, who, in 1S(), declared
that the grip is a mysotic affection of
the blood, caused by S ecliil microbes
which tlo not develop iu tlio form of
littlo chains, but in very irregular
groups."
Here tho doctor took from his library
five or six medical works in which the
grip microbes wero cirefully repro
duced in enlarged tl rawing.
"Have you any particular treatment
you might mention?"
"Well, in 1 he cae of grip not com
plicated with other tl is ases, 1 attend to
the symptoms at once, prco: i bin-; rod
anil confinement to tho hou Anti
pyrinc and snlicilnte of qtiinino nre of
excellent use. Beetling must bo prac
tised in enso pneumonia sots in. It is
an old remody to which most doctors
return nowadays with success."
Sniss Pennants.
I will tell some store which prove
that the Swiss pen-nntt, though they
look so stolid, have in them the stuff of
tragedy. There was a lad in a valley
called S.hauligg, not long ago, who
loved and was b-Mruthcl to a girl in
tho Hinter Kheinthul bolow Splugen.
frilio jiltttl him, having transferred her
affections to another, nnd ho went to
tako a formal farewell of h's swet
hcart in her home. Kverything pissed
decorously, so much so tint the girl's
brother put his horse into the cart anl
drove the rejected lovor with his own
sister down to Thusis. The three hnd
cached that passage of tho V-a Mila
where the I! 1 no loses it-e!f iu a very
hop, narrow gorge. It is cal e I tin
Verlosenu L- eli, nnd is spnnno I by a
boi ler bridge thrown at 1 i ;lit img'es
ver the liver. Here, us they were
pinning merrily down hill, tho lad
iood up in tlio cart, sp ang to the
paiapet of tho bridge, nnd d ished him
self atone bound iilo tho grim d"ath
.'f jaggotl rocks nntl churning wave
below them. It was 11 stroke of im
aginative fancy to commit suicide for
love just nt this sp it. An I now a
second tnlo of ilespcinte passion: A
rich mm in the Pratt ig.iu had two
tliildren, a daughter and a s 11. The
laughter wlieoll d him into allow
ng her to marry gome peaau,
who was poor and an unequal match iu
social sla' ion Then bis son set his
affections upon n g rl cq nl ly in -Ii g' bio ;
(ho father stoim !, but tho youth was
true to his plighted troth. Muring a
temporary absence of tho son hit father
contrived to sen 1 the gill off to Aiil'U'i
im with a ruin I sun of motoy. Oi his
return, a'ter hearing what ha I hap
pened, the hi said nolliin;, but went
down to the Lnndqiiirt water in the
veiling mil drowned hunielf there.
A nl now n thirl tale: La-l spring, in
a village not ilnee hour distant from
Davos, lived a young man who was 1111
orphan. He ha I inherited a c msi li m
bic ost.u'o, anl cxp-cted moro f rim t w 1
nicies. Life, could be havo manage 1
it pi ti lotitiy, would probably have
nnd n him tho wealthiest f irmer in the
neighborhood, and lie was, to b lot, a stal
nait follow on win m natii e hud lav
ished all inr gifts of health and. cinn
liness. Unluckily he loved a girl of
whom his uncles disapproved as a
match for such a youth of enmt qipneo.
One Satur lay evening, in the custom
is here, ho went to pay bis nldresses by
st -tilth to this maiden of Ins choic,
and rct-ur.it ng early lo xt morning bo
was upbraided by h's interfering uncles.
1 tin not know what bo replied, but cer
tainly he male no -c :ue lo sp-ak of.
When tho uncles left ho unhooked his
gun f nun the w uiilen paneling of tho
home room, went out almio into the
copse haul by Mil put a bullet tlmiii'li
bis brain. vi'ii jlt'li Hrxw.
Itiilliiir; In China.
The following is a brief account of
the Chinese la in, taken from punonar
observation: There are two outol
rooms used for undressing nntl dressing;
the first n nl larger is ft r the poorer
classes, the second for tho-o who c in
sider themselves more respectable nnd
who wish to be more private. As you
enter Hie larger of these rooms, a plac
ard which is hung near the tloor in
foim you whnt tho chnres nre, nnd a
mini stand there lo rceivj the in nicy
on entrance. Arranged iu rows tl own
the miibllo nnd mound the sides of
both rooms nro a ti timber of miall
boxes or lookers, fiirnishe l w.th lock
and key, into whic'i the visit rs put
their clothes, and where they tan niako
sure of them when they rdum from tho
bathing renin.
The bathing room is entered by a
small door nt the further end of the
building, and is about thirty feet long
nnd twenty wide, the bath occupying
tho whole spice, except a narrow pith
nround the sides. The water is from
one foot to eighteen inches tleap, and
the sides me lined nnd covered with
marble s'aln, from which tin bathers
step into tho wa'cr, rnd on which they
sit nnd wash themselves. The estab
lishment in the afternoon an I evening
is crowded with visitors, and on enter
ing tho bath room tho flrt impression
is almost insupportable. Tim h it steam
or vapor meets you at tin tloor, filling
thecjesanl cars, and causing perspiri
tmn to run from every pore iu tin body;
it almost darkens the pine, aid the
Chinamen seen in this imperfect light,
w ith their brow n skins and long tails,
sp -rting in tho water, rend r the scene
a ni 1st lu I ierous one to a foreigner.
Those visitors who uso the c unuioii
room pay only six copii'r 1 ill ; tin
other class eighteen ; but th y, in addi
tion, have a cup of ten and .1 pipe of
tobacco from the proprietor!. I must
mention that one bun I roil copper cash
amount to about 11 inn cut of our
money, so that tho first class enjoy a
hot water bath for about one-half a
cent, ami tho other .1 bath, a private
room, a cup of lea ami a pipe of tobac
co for something lots tha i tw) cents.
From this it will bo seen tint the Chi
nese, although far behind us in many
respect, could give our pooler classes
a lesson in cleanliness. 1'ojiu'nr Hcienct
Xfirt.
Another (Jirl Entirely.
Snaggs Tho young hdy who just
passed looks liko a misanthrope.
Mrs. Saaggs Hut sho isn't, dear.
Silo's a Miss Kibinsou. Vithbur.j
Citron ick.
The flannel shirt is so mrdest that it
shrinks from day to day.
Usht mi l Luto.
If light should strike throii r.li cvry dark
ened plate
How many a deed of wickedness mid ft
shame
Would cease, arrested by its gentle grace,
I And striving virtue rise, unsallii by
I blame!
. I'lie prisoner in his cell new hopes would
j frame,
i The miner catch the metal's lurking
j trace,
' riio -igo would grasp the illstliat barm our
race,
j Anl unknown heroes leap to sudden
j fume.
I II love for one short hour had perfect su ay.
How many a rankling so e its touch,
j Mould heal,
IImw inanv mist 'inception pass away
And hearts long bar. loie-d learn to feel,
What viu;albie would awake, what feildsj
le, ay,
Jl perfect 1'ive ni'ulit reign tor one tdiort
d.y'
.V. tr fl-oOM 'HIJ"H.
IIU.nO!t!HS.
i ii belter to have n turnup noso
Mian a t ahbnge head.
Is a gin thou ;ht to be lining gr.at
Mciili n when it hang lire '.
Culture il'" not m 1U0
A lobular beet may be
;!iing.
'Silence n gold Ul,''
who write and sold bis
in telliii'' it.
a eonll iimn.
a ciltivabd
sn d the wit
j ik", i ii'r id
'I'lieie is hope in t!i" future for every
nun. Mie 1 for tin you Ii with a air
f tight ib !--. on th re it the bliful
piospct t of li1 1 time.
"Tike away w urn,' fail a writer
.1:1 a illuming p.'ip'r, "nnd what wou'd
follow! ' A man would. (! vo m
mule thing bard, next time.
Inquisitive Citizen Winit' the ma',
.er with the in tii ? l!;eu run over by a
n lr ind 'mi ii? Ambulance Surgeon
Worse thn.i tint. Ho was caught
iniong tho women in n barg lin rush al
Seller's.
A good thing tun be nrriel to 1 tar.
A 1! istou man, who had Incn told that
lie wai about to tl i", a ko I the doctor
'or his bill, saying that bo did not
w ish to depart In 111 bi lifo-loug rule,
"Pay in you go."
Y ting lady ( o etlitoi) I havj such
i pretty Ii' t lo story with nn. Can you
use it? Kli'or Oh, cc tuinly; wo can
uso anything bore. (To tflico boy)
J i 111 in", put a few nine m 111 1 cup'. in
bo stove; the room is grow ng cold.
Always I". nployc I H ncvolent Per
nm (to trump) --Wuat do you usually
lo in the winter tinv? Trump Wait
'er summer. Buiivo'ent Perion
And what do you do when summer
coincs? Trump 1 resignedly ) H-g.n
t 1 wait fer winter.
' Where are yon going, my pretty mnitle?''
'I'm going to sneeo atchno," sliesaide.
Statistics as to Hunchbacks
Ten veins ago a rem ir'-able chaiaet 'f
iicl in Paris. Ibi was known all ov.ir
France and tho grea fr put of n l Ku-
-po
as "The I. -arned II inohbuok.''
Ho was veiy wealthy, nn l sqi'iit a 111 nt
?f money in the la I .VI jcar of hi
ife, traveling in all direction miking
'cscait ho' concerniiig It's 1 11 ichbaokod
.irelhren. li. was in the miller p ir-
lons of Kuropi that ho found thu mi,
fortuno tlio mist previlent. Spiin sup.
plied the greater numb -r, nu I in 11 cir
lUiin sei ibed locality at tho foot tf tho
Sieira Moreua ho found that tli-ro was
0110 humpbacked p'rson to every 13
.uhabitanls. They were also found to
: v quite numerous in the valley of ill)
l.oiie iu Fiance. T.ie little humpbacked
itnti.tici in r ni:' to the 0 mo 11 ion that
1'iere w as one huinpba 'k in eac 1 I mil
Inhabitants, or an ag ;r 'g it of 1,1'tt),
IMUI against Ihc estimated thiusnud mil
lions of tlio entire earth.
After the death of Ibis eceentr'c indi
vidual his licit s found in p'a-" of a will
s voluiniiioti i m inn -crip' of " 'tl ) pug"",
11 1 coned n ill ; humps. T.i-I;nt page,
althoii-h it sail nothing ab ni'. the dis
position of poperly, expressed tho
nithor's wls'u to have a hump of mnrhlo
aisol over hisgr.iv', with thi inscrip-
ion: ' Here lie a hiimnb ick who hat
taste for hump3, and who knew mora
n'lout tliem than any o'her hu mpback. "
I Tlio Cziir'rt Precautions.
I Whei the Czar travels, 11 littlo van
' guild it sent in nil vane, consisting of
' Avo locksmiths, two cmp'ntcr and
! two mason1, all of thorn b?ing married
J men, born in the Imperial service, nntl
Jovotelly attached to their august
j master. Their dutici nro to examine
j walls, floors, chimneys and fireplncos,
locks and furniture in every room oc
j rupiod by tho Cy. ir. Tlio chimneys in
I pnrliciibir aro tho object of special
u t to n t ion, in order that no iufornal
machine shall be concca'o 1 iu them.
A Coincidence.
Wife What did you ever sco in ms
I to mnko mo yt ur wife?
j Hiiilmnd Do you know I've askei
mysolf tho same thing a hundrel timet
j since ws'vo bcoa marriod I i'nWi,