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PITTSBORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 1.'5, 181)0.
NO. 28
Man Is Like a Ship
I paw a freighted ship coiuo in
From of! u distant cruise,
1 lieu i ,1 tho glad and merry lin
Tiiat 9iriinl the welcome . 3
I saw bow ; 11 lie people run,
I saw the to ors clip
Fur every Bin p is like ;i iti.tu
And man is like a ihip.
I saw a ship nn a foreign shore
AV rooked hy an angry nave,
lis sailors ne'er could m.m it more,
'1 lie ocean was their grave,
lint nn cne eame relief to plan.
No colors Hew to dip
I in every ship is like a man,
.Slid hum is like a ship.
-'..'in!, ?. M Orr-r.
MINE'S ROMANCE.
I.V KATK M. CI C.U1V.
AVI: en Mi-s Aln.mulia carefully with,
drew the d row from tho great telai
trunk, tin pinned the old damask table
cl oth which envelope 1 it, and spread
out its shining fol Is for the admiration
of her niece, l!-i:ie, tint joutiglnly
clasped her pr.'tty ban 1 And cjtlutcd
K'at.
' 'A tiling of beauty is a joy forev
ei !' she said.
Jli-s Martini in na lilcd nn 1 smiled.
Shu vii9 altogether unl.ko tint large,
fair, splcnd.d flower, itfli-r which she
had been cl.rlitenel almost giotesepie.
ly unlike, in fa. t. Sic un iuali and
round, mill hnwi, a a maiden lady of
a decidedly certain age could be. In
deed she rem tided c lie of n r tiling so
much as a little russet apple. 15 it her
heart, which had hen f ill of senli
meat cuce, was a warm and sensitive
org in still. And she took a deal of
iutcrost in It .sine's romance.
"Yes, my dear, it is a tiling of
beauty! And lo think I never won; it
but twice. Dar, dear!' And she
went on stroking the pi iniroo satii,
tenderly as n mother touches the hair
of n elnl I.
Y. u had a lover then, auntie?'
nsked Hostile.
"Ye, pet, this is one of the drcisct
1 got for my in u nag I! it lie went
away, m Inn n- s, hj sai l. And he
never came luck." '
Ibi'ldy sho wiped her eyes lest a
tear should stain the tdiiiiuu ring stuir
si. e held. "It is j tst the gown for
your fancy dress bad," hurried on .Miss
Allien. dia. "A ir ll : shoit, of course,
but there is .,u t a pi e; turned in at
the top that you coui l let down. You
(hail go as a la ly of long ago."
'Not si veiy long, ago," prole. tc I
Kisiiio, with a 1 1 u - li. 'lint real.-,
auntie, 1 don't like to take it. It is
too lovely ! '
' N it for a ra in Mit of war! li-mem
ber )oii arc going to i oil. pier lliu
dragon !"
That is so. An 1 the ma ter should
Lave written, Thrice is sh i anne I who
wears a pretty dross! "'
The foj against whom AI1-.S Kisinc
AVildc urj.ua' I arraying herself was
the oi d ur.it e une c of her hii'id-omo
lover. M ist jiroinplly and jierveiseiy
had he ojiposc I the nritiiige. i f his
nephew. Tim you tg fel.ow would
have ignored the refu al of his lelative,
were it not tho old gu.tleniiin h id
always been very kind and good to
him; hud indeed taken the pi are of his
dead father to h.iu. So be decided
that Kosine should meet bis uncle and
put his jirejudieo to rout.
"lie ii coming to visit an old friend
of his," Cyril had said "dud go t'iiar
Ireau. You know the Chnttreau fam
ily. Of course you have he ird they are
going to give a fane dress ball next
month in horn rof the eo i lag out of their
daughter, I.i-sette. You ill reccivo a
cat I. Y. u will attend. You will
m:ct 1'iiclo Albert. And you will take
bit heart by storm."
Hopefully ha 1 he planned his ii heme J
cnthuiia tieally had ho explained it.
Hat K isine jirotested. It wai to bo a
grand ball, and she ha I nothing to
wear. Pcsides, she did not like t!io
idea of plotting to make a ji rsoit l.ku
her.
'Illess yon," cried Cyril, "ho ib cmi'i
dislike you. I ilon't believe he even
knows your nam'. His resentment is
general, not pnrtic liar. Ai soon ns
told him 1 was in lovo with a Southern
girl, he he (I have to drop into slang,
It.iainc) he sat npiare down on me.
It seems a Southern g'rt j.lted him
when he was young, and lie is bound to
cave inc from a like awful fate. Hut
when onco ho sees you, he is bound to
capitulate. Ho is n regular old brick
Uncle Albert."
"But I bnvc nothing to wear. Ami,
what is more, 1 can't buy a dress for
the Chartreaii ball. AVe Aunt Mag
nolia Bud I arc poor as the proverbial
church mice."
Hut just then Miss Magnolia came to
lysine's relief like a regular little faiiy
gudmothor.
"The very thing!" '!. cried "my
pr inrose satin! '
U nine legarded her dubiously, lie-lighted!.
Jealously sho know hal her aunt al
ways guarded her truokful of treasures,
her jewels, her laces, her rich, stiff,
glistening oi l brocade.
"!).) you nnan i', auntii"
Miss Magnolia's bright oil eye
winked very rapidly indeed.
"I do, my deart 1 was young myself
once."
And that was how limine U'dde
cunt' lo be the belle of Madame Char
treau's fancy diess bad. Tho -reposed
fe-tivity bad been the talk of New
Oilcans for several weeks. The right
long anticipated w.u cool, cii;p, sweet
and pearly. I!i il.i.uitly lighted wa
tho broa l-balconied old residence on St.
t'hailes street. Many a carriage rolled
up, rolled nil. When Kosine descended
Irom the barouche of Ikt chapercn she
felt a little neivoiM, n little elated, and
conscious that she was looking tmcoin
inonly well as indeed she was. 2 lite
a jiictuie wits the p etty young figure, in
tho clinging gown of pale ye'.lowi-h
satin, pictun i lely puffid and (jitaintly
fashioned. Tho corsage, cut roundly,
revealed the firm, full throat. Pa nty
mouseskin swathed the mm-', which, if
slender, wcio also exquisitely rounded
And the small, olive-tin ted face was lit
to loveliness by pansy -black eyes. A
tla-.li of adoration Mieceede.l the sctvne
noiicha'ani e i f Cytil Kuduey's counte
nance, as he caught sigh of he:. lie
made bis way to her side.
'(JiH'en Kiiiuu!" he murmured. 'I
w. i di i if you know that you're by far
the (netiicit girl heie to-night! Poor
I'aclo Albeit! how i:oinp!ete will bo
his tm render! Xow, piej.are to face
the mus e !''
And elf he went! He soon leturned.
Ily bii tile was a sturdy oil gentlo
nun. I! isine's heart beat more rapidly.
'The dragon !'' ilu; said.
Silvery hair had the dragon. A dark
mti.taohe had thn dragon. A florid
complexion had the dragon. And a
manner that was grave, d.gnilic l, cour-
t.'OIH.
' r .r!e Albort," explained Cyril,
with In .y i 'll cagerncis, "this is Miss
U-ine AVilde."
Willi-! Tlie old g.-n:l.';:t.i:i started
pet, -eptibly. Ibi looli-d at t ho !i'.ii!i-inggirl--it
the yell i.v.sli g lwn. Ho
bowed.
"And,"' avowed young Kidney,
sending bis sweetheart a awift smile of
eiieotirag.-meiit, "and - !h:' young lady
of whom Is puke to you."
' ii.il " c xclaim '.1 Albert Klsworlh.
Ti.. it intenogat.vcly: "Willi' Was
y. in- f itli 's n i n f C. ivt ).i Wild. V
I! nine a s .;ite !.
"An 1 your miiher's maiden name
was Al ignolia King-ley? '
'lb, dear, i:o! Aunt Al ignolia wai
nev. r uia-rie I. ,- nut tier's name was
.Mib l:ne Kiagder."
"Kii!" c t:c I the dragon.
Tne ll rid i dor hal faded from his
clue'is. lie wa. tugging nervously itt
bis mustache;. Ho lo ked agitate 1, per
plexed. "Aly inother d C 1 ten yetrs ago,"
sai I I! isine, "a ml sine.; then I have
live I with A'l-it Al ign dia. ''
Air. I', l-.wo: tli regarded her grim'y.
"Iitiiat," he asked al.iup'ly, "your
aim's gown you have imf
Tne soft lose-lire in the
deep'Mi-'d.
' How in l he wi rid did
gir.'s c-'ieck
VOII kllO'.V?"
she couu!i'r-i : slioned. !
A ipi"cr, wavering Mil. lo was his only '
reply. j
A coastruiiie 1 sileneo n u I. Cyril
gave his imeie an astonished glance. I
"So JIagnoiia is an old m ai I ( ' said 1
Al:. K Isworth, al r.ip I . '
"If she is," cried Kosine, stung to ,
defeiu'i by a leutatk she i!ianced to
ci n-i.ler rude, "it is beca ns she was !
true to a lover who proved unworthy of i
her!'- I
"Kh!" ejaculate I Air. V. Isworth,
mw sharply tha i 1 .;fore. And stl 1
denly he tinned anil wa'ke l away.
Tne following day ho indite! on ac- j
cinipinying his it'phcw to tho gitiut, '
i ani-hae'ile, once aristocratic old home j
in the ricnch (piarter, wh re dwelt ;
K sine. As they were passing the !
vaulted cntranco to the littl; 111 g'd:
court -yaid, Albert Kilswordi ca.igiit j
sight i f a familiar figure moving among !
tlr' potted jialuis and l X"s of blooms, j
"lio on, lad!" be said to Cyril. He
hid paused, and was looking through j
the brief avenue of gloom to the bright
ness beyond.
C.r 1 was about to ipieslion this new
vagary, when the thought of a iioeiiliar
i.;sHbi..ty made linn catch his breath
and do as bidden. Ho knocke.l al the
barred black d. or, and was admitted to
Kosine's radiant leseace. And mean
while his uncle went into the coun
yarl. The bttlo old lady standing by
the banana tree looked up at tho sound
of the step on the atones.
"AI ignolia!" he cried.
M:ss AI ignolia gaze I at him in a
dult.'d, half-frigb'ene I kind 'of way. j
D.d ghost-. -vcr ..Meir in I he d iytimef
Stouter than he whom she hal known,
and with hair grown giay. Uut the
same. Arouid her, in a fuulastic
dance, tho broken fountain, tho long
lenved banana tree, and tho giant ole
anders wc::t whirling. Slto d.du'i.
faint, bu' sho cam; nearer to it than
she ever had come in her life.
"Did you think I hal deserted you
Magnolia! AViicn I left you tc g
N .rth on busineis, I believed in you in , and of ragi have been fouud, whose
I've never believed in any one sinc e, j 1 nibs were m i le in ivah'.u for the ile
And while away I heard, and rjal, that j li ;bt of children.
you hal married that young Wilde I ' In the ruins of Ktruria similar tovs
used to I c so jealous of. So
Kurope. And 1 stayed there.'
"Hut Clayton Wild
Madeline. I alw-.iyi ttl I you
to see her."
"Yes, I knew that now.
I went to
foot to have been so easily convinced of the nmnufitctute of puppet", incluling
your falsity. You haven't changed a ' wax dolls, and H'vcinl of their poets
bit. I knew you the moment I saw ' allude to oiT ring of doll to Attcmis
you." and Ajihrod.te, ma le by mui lens beforo
Aliss JIagnoiia stn'.icd delightedly. ! tl.eir iiiaiiiago.
She did not know he hud expcctel lo j Dolls weie evidently first intended to
s('c her. ! amuse, children, but tin adults soon
"I never forgot the Ure'S you wore a lojited them a a source of entertain
tlie lait time I saw you," declared Air. ment. Puppet shows wjre all the rn,'0
K Isworth, waxing fervent. "I iccog in K irojie in the 1(1 !i c -n tttry, arriving
ui d it on your iiiecs last night." at such perfection Hint the jierfoimnnces
"List night! Are you mrely you rivaled in attraction those of living ac
are not the dragon!'' i tors.
"Wh-atf"
"Th
tho dragon!" f.i'tcre 1 Atiss
M ignolia.
lia. I
llr. K. Isworth still looked blank.
"That," miiniiMed tho little la ly,
feeling sho was in for it, an I might as
well nuke a clean breit, "was wit at
Kosine and I cdled Cynl's uncle.
Kosine was going to c ini) i; r hi in
lie 1 urst out laughing.
" Well, she did. The boy
marry 'Madeline's jiretty daughter
And
shall
And
you, .Magnolia, you'll marry me!"
"Oh, dear, no! I'm too eld. "
"Not a clay."
"And ugly now."
"Loveliest woman in the world
to
me," insisted tin; dragon, loyally.
"Hiess you, my child ran ! ' el a
voic ; from above.
The j.air in tho cmrt-yard glance 1
up. (In one of the inner balconte-,
stood Ko-ini: and Cyril.
'Vanish, you scamps! ' roared tho
dragon.
"I shan't allow you to m irry a South
ern girl, sir! ' shouted back Cyril, as .
he and I! isine beat a brisk retro it. I
Laughing an I bieathless they faced
c.v h oth-r in the old drawing-room. j
"Kverylhiiig's lovely, sweetheart!"
cried Cyiil, in an ecstacy. j
Kosine looked deliciomly elolefnl.
"That's j ist the trouble!" w.th ' .
pout so prov.. kingly pretty that bet
lover ki sed her ther.; an 1 thei. "II !
he had only remained hard-hearted,
like the uncles in nove , we could have :
run awav, and lived in a cottu',; 'b.w- 1
ered in roses, and ce wrel with thatch!' j
There isn't a bit of romance whtiij
everything t in ns cut so beautifully all ,
at once. " !
"Y.m litt'e by pocrite!' ' he sai 1. ;
The 1... I.j, i: ;
The First lee in I ml in.
Wiio i one of tie; lirl niiportalions ol
ice from Ani.'iii a arrive I in India i
was most aiitusin ; to set' the an xiety
with which it was sought after. The '
dep i-its were only njien for a sli.-r
time before sunrise, when crowds nl
co.dies were in n'.t.'U l.niie to carry oil
the portion n i lire I by their em- ,
ployiT ; these portions were im:uel:-'
ately eiivelopi'd in thick blankets and j
it closed in baskels, which weie carriee ;
i H with nil speed; but a very to .-'
siderable ijUantity invariably dissolved
before they cou'd reach their respective
de-tinations, says the' New Y rk . il ; r.
Two or thr-'o natives crowding round
ba-ket, whclt hal j 1st nrrivifl, war
eager to touch the novelty; but iui
mediately oti feeling its cxtrcmo cold
ness they runaway, exchiiming that it
was "hurra gurram'' very hot. A
chill, too, cried violently, and told his
mamma that the "glass had burnt hi
linger. " i
It was not a lit t lo fur prising, on
several cceasions, to see the ice brought
to the table lis the greatest possible
luxury, and hande 1 around to j.cr.nns
to mix with their wine, which although
c mled with saltpetre and glnubcr salts,
had not attained a mui h lower tem
perature than that of new i.ii k. ,
Tho ice in ej itstion was taken out tc
India ni a means of preserving a large
ipiintsty of Aniericm apples in good
cn lit. on for tin Ciicutti market,
when the ice uuexpeete ll,' prove I (
more lucra ive sp'c iei of mciciiaii 1 isu
than the fruit. .
A Shifting llnllet in a Man's Head. '
For over twenty-livo years 1'ietchci
Wright, who lives near Dawson, ha'
earned a bullet in hi heal, a wound
received in one of the battles in Vir
ginia. This minie-baU shifts about,
at one time in the front of his head, nl
another time in tho back. At timoi
this bullet gives Air. Wiight much un
I'-isdn1" wh.le at ivor ; in the field by
its shifting abou". a- d the rattling noise
it made in tho bead. .1 ifi.i (l7,. )
2'e'tijraj-l. I
(IIIU)KEYS (OMMX.
i im.Diir.N s !;. i.s.
I) oils have ammad th i world for ng ,
and seem to have been well kn own in
the days of the I'haia .lis; for in the
t. nibs of ancient l!gyt li ;ures of
iainte 1 wood, of ter.a cotta, of ivory
have Wen discovered mid in China, as
well as in In tin, movable liguies were
inartte l made to act from tun.) iiiiin .-inorial b
be Came ban d and oa string;, or as shadows bo
j hind a c.irtain.
I was a. Tho ancient Greek w.jro experts in
In C .vington, Ky., is the largest doll
1 factory in the U ii e I S ates, and then;
are many ether estn! li-hmeiits in the
Kastcrn States. Guillen Juurs.
an i:ahni;s' utii.k mir.
Arthur loved a jvncil and jiapcr and
n bit of paint and brush better than ab
j most anything. lb; Fjtent so many
hours every day bending over his little
table;, and the scraps of paper ujton
which ho was always scribbling tho
j f mis of things cspeciully the forms
I of flowers that his friend were some
I times troubled and wished ho would
an" piny. i-.-op.ij mii: - nj is a
true little artist," but his mother would
say: 'It i. ou'y a 1 itt lo boy's fancy and
Will j.ass away."
(i .eday ho hear I her speak suc'i
words. When the stranger was g mo
be ! ime and lo !. I up in her fnc
' Al iiiiuii," he -a: 1, "is it only a fancy
to j.a s awa.-.' N , I will keep on an I
en t the very cud!'' And ho struck
his !i ti li . i own bar 1, and .
ov.r, with the closing words,
ver and
and his
earnest-
eves beamed with
.asi 'iiati;
This little worxer becam.i sudden 'y
iil. Alarm spre.il over I i.e house, but ;
the; little artist was iirnio ed tin w i th ;
ji.liows, j.auitin; viol
coaxed to rest, being
11)
was
I'l so
Hi
tird.
"No, mamma, '" ho replied, "when I
have a thing to do I want to do it."
The ib c: c.r e ann; in and iroiiounca 1
the pulse of the li te! work;r at 105.
Then night came on and thj brush aid
t ie pallet were ir. it il aw. iv, and th)
vi dels' Siiiieare oullii'l, soim are
llni-he I, but the; jiallet hangs, from
that day, tin t niche 1 upon the wall.
That was the last work It.ilo Arthui
h i 1 to do, an I he did keep "on Mid
on to the very en I. ' i'r-' iui Union,
AMMMS AM) nn; wi: ' Ml.lt.
Toe lower aiiiin ils ill a st ue of nat-
me, or exp .s.'d in tho
very suse- piinle ol atm
'p tl fields, ure
plurL- changes,
Shc. ji ci'. gree li.y iuforj a storm, ;.u I
sp.irtiigly before a thaw. Vlien they
have t lio high j)i.tts if their rauge,
when they blot', much in the evening,
or during the night, v; n..iy exjioct se
vere; weather. (Scats seek a iilace c I
shelter, while swino carry litter, and
cover thcm-i Ives b-tter than ordinnrily
before a storm. T.ie gathering oj
gro il.e into large lh.ck, Ihedivuigol
sj at ro vs in dry d list the fluttering ol
wil liiiii'ki in they ll ip their wings,
tin; il sin il, 1. itgt hone I howl of sea-
gills in mi inland pine, cr around
lakes, the in ur :!ul sound of thocill'
b w, the sluiii w.iuw of the plover, tlie
whe".-whet-whet of tl'.C chaffinch
j.etche I up ii a tree all prog-
no,iie ati; rani or sinw. When Knew What He was Alimit.
tlie ii'ldf.-r', ted win, starling, swan, 1 Alotf-ictir wan led the i.c;ure hung t.
snowi'.eci, and other birds of passage the right; ma-lame wante I it on the
arrive so,, n from the north, it iu.l ic itcs left. Hut monsieur in-is e 1 that tin
an culy and severe winter. AVlieu servant sh ml 1 h i:ig the pi." ure aecotd
gnats bite1 very keenly, when flics keep ing to his orders. Cms. ejueutlv Josejih
near the gro in 1 (shown bf swallows stue'e a nail in the wall on th; right,
that feel upon the wing flying low), we but, this d u , It; als w;:it ail stuk
look for wim! and rain. Hut tho most another m on the left. "What is tha'
won.br ful intiuenc ; of atmospheric sc c md nail for!' bis mister iu.ii:el in
changes is upon those creatures that astonishment. "It U to save m tin
1 in row in the ground. Kirthworms
appearing in alutu danco itidicatos rain.
In like manner the mole teems to feel
its a j. pn itch, as a day or two befoie lie i
raises more hillocks than usual; mid J
when, after a long severe frost, ho bo-
gins again to work, it will soon become ;
fr.sh. The effects rf electricity are
well kttiwn, li ith on tliu ntmosjihere
and on animus; and tho deposition ol
the cipienus vapors with tho relaxing
d unp near the f.;c of the earth, which
in certirti states takes place, may give
rise to this iiti'ie i-e 1 activity.
Tiiicc ci 1
ft out Con way
ncently.
!. of sugar wcro Rhippnd
Km., to New Orlcant
A PILOT'S PERILS.
Dangers Incurred by Men Who
Board Incoiniii"; Vessels.
Notable Disasters in tho Last
Fifty-two Yuars.
"We never know when our time is
coming. AVe never know when we
M.ut t ,, cruis0 .;! ,.r , r
not we
will ever see home mid family again."
Tears filled the speakei's eyes. He
was bienzed an I gri.'e i and strong, a
man not g.vtti to sentiment, but theie
whs ti world of pathos in his words,
and his lips quivered as he spoke. His
ii:un was John Canvin, Jr., Sandy
Hook pilot. 1 It: i. at in a shipping
olli.eon South street, awaiting tidings
of the then unknown pilot, who was
swept oil the ic y deck of tho baik K 1
ward Cashing, after be had b'.r.rded
lur and was bringing her into jvrt.
An hour pa-scd and the tidings cam".
The man aro?e from his chair, beard
only enough to confit in hi fears, and
hastened to the street. lb; was no
longer John Canvin Jr., but plain John
Canvin. The unknown ii lot who had
I l.. e-i swent into mi nn .ri' mi .. his
j father.
There fire only two or (line previous
ctisis on recoid where a pilot hai !o-t
bis lib; after boarding an incoming vc--
(t.
Nearly all, however, of Hie many
accidents to jiilot-b .nts are ac companiod
by loss of lit';. Tie first ncorled
disaster of nr. to was the !. of t'.ie
Franklin in Is.'is, o,;,,. W;n driven
ic-horc in ft gale an I all hail Is were lost.
Tho following year both the ( rat it li le
and the John Ab K-a i were lost. Four
jiilots jierishei I on the f' l'ncr, and the
i aucr last six m-n.
The New ti. leans ship John Abnturn
was driven as'iere on tic Jersey coast
i February 17, IS pi. Folly-two persons
! lost their lives, it eluding Pilot Thomas
j Freeborn. His was among the bodies
recovered, ami bis funeral was one of
, the most imj.r;-tv; events ever known
to j 1 ts. A procssi.u of fifteen
jiili.t-boats, with sails ho'(i-l, elisions
Hying and all their p:l its aboard, went
up and down the bay in low of the
j steamer AI ucury. Freeborn was one c f
I tho best-known j.ilols of tie- day.
In 1NVJ nine lives wcr- lo-t on the
pilot-boat Conitnetie, N,
eml er of the nin e vear
. :i. In !--Pii..t;
lleiuy
I!u. Id and K b rt t'urti. wie lirowned
in a yawl after lenving the p.lot-bo-it
Yankee. In ISM! th; Sarah Frances,
No. 7 went down with all on boai.l,
and th" Jac id IS -ll, N i. 1, met a simi
lar fate during Alaich of the following
year.
On January 10. I -.Mi, the C. K. Col
lins, No. 11, ran a-lmre on F.ie 1-land
bar, and four of the new weie fr.-en
to cb'.ath. A fifth was washed over
board aid cl row ne I. Nine years
a s milar .'.cedent be .'el! the (i
Sti'e-rs, No. tit Harnegat 1
Kverv man of l.er crew ti 1 h.-.l
I at .'I-
ii'ii.
from
the cold.
Tin men were lo t in lTJ on the
jiilol-beat Columbia, No. s. wiiich v.a-
l"i down twenty miles i IV F.re I. land,
ill a heavy gale h. the Alaska, t'.i,; liist
of the occiiit greyhounds.
Ti:e iilot-boat Frieeis Perkins. N .
l.", struck a wreck and -auk otY llini"
gat Shoals on Jan. 'Jl, Isr. Pilots
Walter A. K-ldin and Wiliiun Ddton
were drowned. During the faiiioii-
blzvirdof Alarch, 1VSS the Pliiiitnin
No. 11, and the lCichnitres, No. IS
were lost with all bands. Last yea
two pilo'.-bont- were lost, the lliteman
No. 11, and the Charlotte Webb, X...5.
Two lives were lost with each boat.
This is only a jmrtial li-t of some of
the more notable ace i dents i pilots and
pilot- b ats. A c 'tup ete list of such
calamities would be a long and appall'
ing otic. Xo Y'-ik II'..' .
trouble of fetching tho Ir
ler I oiii-n i'.
whe n monsieur will h.aVO c on :
the views of mid.iui "." . "iV
Singiiir to Some Purpose.
Minister (to ( Ho.r-nia t.ri "The
music went splendidly t!
morum.'.
Choir-ma ter "Yi", I ll I'tcr myreif it
did.'' M nistet "1 am i;i i I t usee the
fingers g.ve their whole, en -rgy to the
imp .rtant r ligi. in w ri.. Th' re is no
ib'eep ion in un h lii'giag as that.''
Cho.i-m ister 'Weil, n ., I should say
n t. Y u -ee, Air. Tl.trnp:, I toid
tlechor list night that an operatic
minuter would attend church to-day
forth' pi jt ne ot finling i:r.e good
v. ice -." I'hritti ci UnjUitr.
A Monster Freight Car.
At tho Fitchburg railroad car shojis
insist pitehbiirg, Mass., one of tho
largest and strongest Hat freight cart
cv.r built for the road has just been fin
ishe 1. It is a sj-.itial car I n. It to oairy
a larg.! wire cable we gliing 0 , OCH)
pounds from AV .rci'-ter to a mine near
Denver, Col. The car is S feet long,
8 feet t; !!! inches wide, has eight sills
running length wnvs, each -i U- -1 1 1
imhes, end s.lls ll'.l inches. 'foe iloor
of tin car is coveied with " inch oak
jilank. It has two trueks with threo
paiis i f wheels each the trucks and
j-.iirnals weigh about twice as lunch as
thus ; on a common car. The axle i
.r 1-2 inches in diameter, the bearings
1 1-" S inches; the beds, two to each
tiueii, arc made of oak timbers bolted
together, with i wo o l-inch ll.it iious
between, li nking a soil I bed tlx III
ii.e hes septate. The swing log is made
in a similar manner, w ith heavy ll it
I iron between, making the log SxlfiJ
iui h: s ,i lain. 'J 'I,!- c liter li.lt is two
inches in d.amctiT. Tho.-nr.; four iron
tritsse on e.-u-lt ! -e I that h
ach a
capacity of holding 21 Ions. Tin; car
is supported uu l ;rinath by four heavy
bolsters, strongly b.ltol to the sills
with flat irons, Jx." indies. The center
beer ng, which tests on tin; center bed,
is -1 1 I 1 inches, and i.s sup orb'd by
two heavy iron timsc uiad-of Jx5-inch
llitiion. Tie; truck an I jnriials are
all nioij than doub i' the size and
weight of those OI1 a common car.
Tne c ar is i ii i ii;i.d w ith tho Westing-
, hou.-e ail -brake and t!ie coiun.oii band
j whee l i -iiue. The draw-bar is one; of
, Silford's patent, works nutoiiiatica! ly, is
! made of ma leable iron nlid is i'.a-ily
iwoiiii-l. The Fit.li'mrg says
I the' car is built of the best material, in
1 a m st thorough iniiiner, by skilled
I worliinen, and will I..; rat"d to carry
I 1 d,'"1 ' I'Ciin Is. . en. in, ,;u is
lated to curry !), 000 pound..
A New I'sc for Inserts.
'1'i.e u-e of insects for spoil has bith
! been c inline 1 to more in lest sue
sful imitatio is of their holies and
w .n;.. We do lie.; know that they have
mid any scr i. u . in 1 :i I rial purpose, mi.
j le-s the weevils . f the ship bi-eu.t and
I the mites of the ch.'e-i' in .V be couutcl.
.' W hat work they did in the' i c momy of
iiii'i'.re, as of bees curving jiillen and
; lli. s i.if. e tiom matter, Darwinism has
. s iilii':cii'..v advert ised. Hat Lord Wal .
.-iiiohiiiu annoii-ices anollur depnrlute
to the lin loiiioloji. a! S.eiety, which is
ii..t new mining t he vcilebrntes tl.c.tigh
it is t" the in -.it's. We are fain. liar
, en -nigh w.th the ilea of cats catching
i mice, teriers worrying tats, hounds tle
1 vour.ng foxes, and bdug s,. a, id - for
i, .1 p'.lip.s'. As yet we have n ! si;,-.
j e- cded 111 ititrodu. ing a blue boll',- who
; loull iha-it away th" sini'l r lle-i, m a
! peiaiiibul.iting wood-worm who could
J -il -iii" the sounds of the d , a'. h-w i.te'l.
: Foil there is sti.l hop.. '1',-n t!i,.ii-arid
! j -.1 i-i'e. w.-i'.! c ii'.v.'.- ' 1 ft. lit A I tt liia
.11 I put up oi the I neks i f ll.e
j t-.ri:i in ile ins. , (i, wl.i, h h id
i . ..'ei-.;- ii;. ali th" nrni'-e trees.
Ciii-be.-The
I.i'i.-r wer w r. i. I to death ; th
: , r -in ;es v. ere save! aa I th' iiii'n -ran!
w II probably be se-nt ii.:,, the Chiii.'
: .pi .t ier of S in Fi.i.:ci-c i, in the hop
i ..I :u lie v ino s.ini .ir i.'.u't' . .
)iins"il lo 'I'li'Mitre-ztdiig i lcrgyineii.
( e-eu Victoria i.p-ms ti h,ve a
pi c jl 1 lee ag tins' clergymen who go to
; tin; Ili -:itre. Sno is sai I to have siine'v
mat the names of cli-rgvtu"tt fioin the
j lists of her gU'-sfs iiisiled to s,.,, t li j
itl. call i'tl reprcsi nt ttions at O. borne,
j w h t. upon the London c rit-spoi ideal
iof tiie I.iverp .ol Mr.- itn lemaiks:
i "lb r .Majesty pr jvos by this ex-dust ve.
n.-'ss th.it she is not in touch with the
j iie-w tone in clernal c.rcl.'i. Wnen
D.-an Al ltiian went to the theatre some
10 oi ."el years ago, ho was siiiiost-.l to
have en ate. 1 a shoe king so in l.il. Now
i most i f the e'ergy go to tin- theatre
and think nothing of .(. bun Hi-hop.
ill the stalls, it is true, but 1 have seen
an A ch.le::c..n. 1 h ive la'kod w th a
I in on the s ops of tit.1 L.-c. itin Tnea
tie; and as for cuiatei, whythe L oidnt
eitrate is, as Voltair; sail of the proplft
II lobi.kiik, capable .hi tout.
I I'ixiit"; the Stjl-s (r Hats.
I The method of fixing the styles in
cats is s .id to be this: 1 he best hat
in in nine! iirers in the I'.ii'el S ates an
members i f the American Hit M-iir.ihic-turets'
Association, which has its head
ipiarters in New Y-uk city. The asso
e in' i hi in et in N .'W York on th.; see- ,
olid Tuesday of Jiuuary and August,
and a lopt the sjiring or fall style of j
silk hat. F.very silk -hat maker present ;
submits a ty.e or ib sig i, an 1, when all '
lo e u it 1 'ii i I te d, the iiHsociat ion votes for I
lb" d tie rent design', which are uum-i
bi-red. Tlie number receiving the high-
c-t number of votes is declared the
style. Ol coiir-o, every tinrnifac'-iirer '
cut put out styles of his own if he '
i-tioi.sei, unt itijy arc not liKuy to liiKl
a sale.
Unrecognized.
A seed came floatinK near me,
A brown and j.altry thing,
It seenie.l ait idle j.ustime
To stay its hasty winp.
But lo! my neighbor grasped It,
And 'neath ber watchful care,
It erew and (.ave her freely
A w reath of blossoms rare.
And then the plant beholding,
My tears fell freely down.
Thesei'd was O. so paltry,
And li;',lit as thistle down.
bv w is there none to whisper,
"Tis opport unity'''
! he t'tuiin and fragrance yonder
.Would I hen have been for tne.
-C iV i J. e .', i.i Iktfuil I'xe -. :
III AlOIHll S.
Hie j.c-al of banana has a falling
Inflection.
it's a very wise father who knows as
'.inch as his son.
When will the authorities rofuso
ihyiiistersa poetic; license.?
A cloud upon a real estate title decs
i.ot alwayi have a silver lining.
Ab u are like drums thn oni with
the big head makes tic most noise.
A citizen of Frauklin, Pa., is taxed
nine cents on real e state and $.1 50 on
dogs.
Woman's hand may be pile and deli
cate, but she can pick up a hotter plate
than a num.
There is hardly any mm so friendless
in this world that be ha-n't al least o:io
friend ready lo t'll bint his faults.
It ri'ijuirc no tariff jirojihet lo pre
dict that il will be excee lingly d.flicult
'o do away with the ti.cks o i e ujiots.
"Anything new uu lor the aiin
today!" "Yes, tha' ji'iln' yui'n; sitting
on. I painted that step this morning."
Clouds are a go i ! deal lilie mill
they sue harmless when alone, but they
make trouble when they get together.
'Krcad is the ttnff of life, you
know," said tho farmer's wife to the
trnmp. "I know it is," answered the
liiiiup, sadly; "uud I know I've got too
lean on it."
Sxp'liceuvn of Si. J jseph, AI .,
have been r..bb;l of their boils while
on duty. Seep is u good thing, but it
i.i coitly when it is lie I at the rale of
twenty-live reals a snore.
"If it hadn't b-en for mo 1 it t lo
IbitiV Pinker wen ! have gotten a good
licking to day, in lb- .'.ruck in", you
know.' ' And what. Id yon do, my
so:;i" "1 d i ln't bit him bacK."
"D.n't del badly ov r wha' my wifo
said to you to-nigh:. You sh. ti'dn't
mile I what she says." '-Well, Idoi't
mm' why I should 1't mind what she
'ays. I notice yoti id ways do,' '
AVe like as n ur ciupanioii LeM
cine who behaves at ease with uV
An I ii- i he lo..; i.some we di 'i'st
W ho never disagrees wild us.
The He 'an I'.issi'tiger Srvlc.
Twciity-two .i i. s of covin steiim
s!rps bin led at the j.-.rt of New Yotk
last y, ar '.t lfisfi cabin an 1' 3 I.I 2Z7
s'ci iig.' p:i-s 'it ;ers. 1 have not tho
statist a - i f tlie iiuuiber of jiersoits car
ii.d in i ibiu an I in stcci ago from New
Vc rk to f..reioii ports, but it is irobab
!, no e-:,e.; -; ;tt i m to say that the for.
e.; i s' e i us ,i lin--s received upward
o! si! t o') i, "il 1 ,u passenger fares alone
in ii'ir y.iir. Not one dollar of this
gn at Mini '.va- e irue I by an American
vessel. Last year Sit I n ips were u ndo
bv ste.inets between New York and
foreign por's. Of these? lo: were made
by the North (I Tin ei L'ovd steamers,
which cirri-"! It'., toll cabin and fid,.
1 '11 steerage j'-i s -ng'-rs. 'i'.io ll-rnian-Ani'iican
pa. lie" liue c ones next, with
Hi trips, ,,," o caloti and .'ll,('.v steer-age-
pa-sengers. Toe Citiard, the Itcd
S'ar and lninau lltv-s statnl next in the
list in the number of trips a id j.assen
gers. There will be no exhibition on
the other side this year as there was last,
but the sleatn-ii ip agents are n-verthe-less
pri'jeiritt' for a gieat I! iropean
travel, and it is n t likely that their
lo pes will be disappointeil.
No Ian,'or.
".i hn! John! Wall e up! ' "What
is the m itter, Al.iriu?" "I bear a noise
in the kitchen. ( down cjuick and
see what it is. Muvlie it's a burglar.'
"Airs. KiUus, what do you consider tho
actual cash value of the silver and
plated ware and other stealable articles
in the kitchen!'' 'There's $10 worth
at the very least." "An I do yu fuj
jinse, madam, 1 am going to run the
ri-k of meeting an armed burglar for a
pitiful, beggarly $ 1 , mi lam?" (An
grily) "Why not, J h:i Htllusl Isn't
your lifo iu-u.e l for f3 lOJ.' Chicago
Tr.bwie.
An I'ntiniely Interrupt inn.
Minnie Wont ni id ; you upeak to
that p or beggar pi) sharply? Perhaps
she was really deietving of help.
M'ltuie Maylu sho was, but sho In
tern ptnl me j.i t ns I was hav.ng a
good cry over tho poor girl in my novel
dying on tho rich man's door-step.