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$l)c l)all)nra iUcorb. wttam II. -A. LONDON, EDITOU AND I'KOPMETOK. HATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, une square, un hiw-tuhu' - ,. One bijubtc, two insertions "- 1.89 One srjuarc, one month i For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will bemtaile. - : i . 1 il $1.50 PEE YEAR Strictly in Advance. VOL. XII. 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.