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I alt and muse before the open fire
Aud wuteli (lie fairy tlniuolels dance in glee:
They nave their slender anus right merrily
And fliiiiul with mystic grace their bright
attire.
They seem to say to me, the sportive rhnir.
"We are the sunbeams, hidden in this tree
Long, long ago. "1'is thou hast set us free.
AA it b pantomime to please tbee we desire."
"c tell me also, happy, winBouie sprite,
Tliat smiles and cheering words ofbvgone
days,
Soul-suiislriiio. vet unheeded as our breath,
May conic to us again in darkest nights
From mein'ry's treasure house, and visions
raise
To wurni and quicken faith that wavereth.
t'rel'i ii k L. Sin' 't(, in Y""lh't '""in
tux,
OLD CLOTHES.
''For ouic I've bee a made a foul of,"
aid Sir. l'dltiputi, j 1st bul'urc he Went
out to bn.ukf.iit ono inoruuig. "I've
takeu bil l money, aud 1 no inure know
from whom ili.in I know the Koran.
Aud what is moie," a ide. J Mr. l'.itti
jiau, ' '1 shu' I offer it to souie ouu if I
curry it about with me, and get into
lifli. mines. 1 II leave it here."
He put it into the liiun bowl full of
visit, ng .il ls ih it stoo I on a table in
the coiner of his wife's parlor as he
tpoke, kissel her, and took h way to
those region vaguely spoucu of as
"down-town, ' u t Mrs. l'altipau
looked at the Counterfeit note, aud in
older that she might not make some
mistake, herself ton; It across the middle
before throwing it l;r:k into the ihina
bowl.
"Mr. Fattipan never observed suffi
ciently," she said to herself. "His or -gnus
of tttl.ctiou nro laigo, but his or
gans of obseivation are small."
Mrs. Paltijiuu hal studied p'licnotogy
iu her youth, when it was fashionable
to do so, and had a habit of attributing
people's virtuus or failings to theii
biunp . Then she went about her
household duties, ordered tlio dinner,
scolded the s-ivaiit, arinnged her bit
reau iliawers and attende I to Mr. 1'ittti
piui's b :tion-, and iu the midd.c of
ths tusk heard tho door-bell riug. It
rang twice without btlng uuswc;cd
look and tvira Jauo being in a deep
quarrel, cicasioued by tho reproofs ol
their mi'tiess io M s. I'attipan, huv
peeped over tho balustrades for some
seconds, descended tho stairs ami
opened the door herself. Through the
glass she could see that it was ouly a
peddler of some sort, who would be sent
away at once, after wh cli sli.' would at
tend to the culprit below stairs.
As the opened the door she saw upon
the steps without ao old-clot lies-man
with a basket of chiua ou his mm. A
fat little obi fellow with a benevolent
tniilc, who pu died his basket into the
door as au cutciiug wedge, aud sai l
very softly and tenderly and with pur
tuasive waves of his baud from the
cheek outwiud :
'Laty dear laty a-me-aiUo laty,
vill you not exchange some olo c'o'es
which are of no goot, for Sjine e'egant
uew vases vich vill make you alvajs
foino lilensure veu you look at d'tn'
Elegant vases! Oh, you shall sej dom."
"No," said Mrs. l'altipau, "no, I
think not."
liut tho weman who deliberates with
uu old-clothcs-man at the dour is lost.
Tho basket wedged itself further in.
"It vill cost uodingdo look at dcui,"
(aid the old-clothes vender. It vill be
n blcasure and cost uod:ug. "
"Very well," said Mr. Fattipan, "1
llou't really prouiic, you kuow; you
never give much for the clothe). 1
think your iicquisitivcuess is moie large
ly developed than your benevolence.
Seems to me so, looking at you."
"Madame is very good," said the
old-clothes-man, waving from him the
compliment he fancied lie had received.
I go iu datiks."
Hu euleie I the parlor. Mrs. l'.Uti
j.hu rested herself on a chair near the
window, a'ld the otd-clothci-man ex
hibited his stock of common vases, at
which Mrs. l'altipau looked contempt
ueusly. Finally regarding her with an acute
eye the clothes- man restoied all these to
bis basket, and saying:
"No, dese mo not to madume's su
perior taste," put his hand iu his pi cket
and drew forth a little oruauieut of
very beautiful china a Cupid with a
buttcifly on its shoulder. 'Z-jrcl"bo
aid, spreading both hands aluoad.
''Ow about .is!''
'Well," sa d Mis. Fattipan, "this is
lovely."
"And zero is uo more; 'o coma from
Paris," said the old-clothes-man.
Oh, ho is sweet," said Mrs. Tatti
pao. "I'll see what I have."
I And upstairs she rushed, and gather
ing from drawer and closet all tho old
pantaloons with baggy knees, aud all
the old coats with frayed ct.lTs and
greasy collars which were in tho house,
laid them at the feet of the clothes -man.
Hut now it was tho old man's turn to
$a (corn fill.
1 Z.-se ragtl Oh, inadame, not zesc
rugs for my lofely Cupid from Paris!'1
be sighed, reproachfully. "Madam1--vill
Dad som zing else; she vill not ex
pect ze oor old clo'cs-niitu to
cheat himself. Madame has soma pret
ty silk dress a cloak, a shawl
nindamc vill see."
Madame, who could not give u; the
idea of posse isiug tho Cupid, now that
the had oi harbored it, ran upstairs
again, Sh -searched her drawers, her
wardrobe, but really she had nothing.
Suddenly it orcurre I to her that she
ha l a tiroche shawl, an I tint she never
wore it. Shawls were out of fashion,
aid if she hated anything it was a shawl
lurued iu'o a cloak. Tho thing would
lie (here usele s for years, or shs should
give it to Mr. Fattipan' a Aunt Jane.
She would never wear it again, that
was morally ccrtaiu. Why not buy the
Cupid with it !
Site unfolded tho shawl and felt an
uiiiiMi il contempt for it, it looked so
old fashioned. It hid cost twority-tivj
dollars when it was bought, an I was as
pood as rver; In! what an ugly thing !
Yes, tho would do it! S'ic carrieJ it
down-jtairs tlieieforo, aud the clothes
man CMiidesceti le I to accept it. How
ever, hu also put iuto his bag the old
i to! Ii garments.
"1 vill not leave .em about to trouble
mad:im'' lie said; "1 vill oblige her
by cariyiii; .in away."
M' -. I'.itiipan relui no 1 to her parlor
to iidoie hi-r Cipid certainly a very
lovly little, being.
"II w Indium; it! It's my ideality
and my form,' I suppose," sh1) sai l,
becoming phrenologlr il again. "I
shoul I have bc.'ii an nrtnit, having
foi in and color so larg.dy developed."
Then she placed it on tho cabinet
shelves, and us she retired to a distance
to obsrrvo the general effect, Saw that
llin counterfeit bill that sho hail thrown
int o the i hin.'i bowl after tearing it
across had vanished. The old-clothesman
ha i taken it up there could be
no doubt of that.
"Hut he was so acquisitive ho could
n it withstand temptation," said Mrs.
Patiipin. "Well, I hope he will not
p:s it ou some poor. person, aud I don't
eiru if hu gets hiiu-elf into trouble
ho deserves i I."
At all events sho had her lovely
Cupid how much better than an old
shawl that eho detested! Still, she
would not mention tho oil shawl or the
coats to Mr. Fattipan. Since hho had
made the awful mistake of exchanging
his l e t trou-ers for a match- holder, it
was understood between them that ol 1-clothes-mun
woic not to be permitted to
cross the tnshold.
No; she could buy what sho pleased,
un I Mi. Fattipan never thought of ask
ing where it caiuu from. It should go
so. But, oh! her lovely Cupid how
she adored it!
At live o'cloi k in the afternoon Mr.
Fattipan returned iu very line spirits.
"Well, Ducky," ho remarked to Mis.
I'alt pa i, ' I've got a suipriso for you.
Siia'u'l ted you what it is until I havu
hal dinner. It is a birthday present."
'J lieu hu conceulud a buudlu beneath
tiie sofa.
Mis. Fattipan fell, pleased ! bo re
mem IjereJ. Shu was as charming u.
possible during dinner-time, and Mr.
Fattipan made her guess what he had
brought her; but her guesses were all
failures. Not roses not a book not
his photograph aot a watch not a
ring not a dre.s-paltern Jot a inufl!
"I meant to buy a muff, ' sail Mr.
Fattipiu; "but this was brought iuto
my oltice by somebody quite us though
I hal asked the spirits to help me, you
know. Come along, my dear; I want
to tee you sail up and down tho parlor
in it. You are quite n queenly sort of
tigur', you kuow, an I a shawl "
"A slinwi:" said Mr.. Fattipm.
"Ah!" sai l Mr. Patli aa, who was
uow uufoldiug his parcel beside tho
pirlor tab'e, "a shawl! It is a, sp'en
did one a Cashmere or n in ) Indian
place of that sor! wen lerludy valua
ble; but, you know, ho smuggled it,
an I so sold it for nothing. For a
shawl like that sf 1 T is nothing and I
knew you were out of shawls. You
usrd to wear them so elegantly ia our
courting days, nud I haveiit scon one
on you for years. "
"Nor on any lody else," Mrs. Fatti
pan said within herself, but she beamed
up in her husband.
"Here it is,'' said he, hanging it
aluoad. "Now put it oq."
The room was not a large one, and
as the shawl swept into tho air it struck
thocabinet on that particular spot on
which tho Cupid was perched. The
lovely bit of china danced wildly for a
moment, then toppled over and fell to
(ho floor. Nothing remained of it but
gleaming fragments si Mrs. Fattipan
stooped to pick it up.
"Nevermind the gimcrack, Ducky!"
lemarked her spouse. "I hops it is
that match-safo that you give my best
trouscn for hal hal hn! Come, try
cn tho slnwl !''
Mn. Fattipan, with a secret wail for
her treasure, obeyed. Sho turned hu
back and allowed tho drapery to fat)
over htr ample shoulder;, mil glided ai
gracefully as possible up and dowu th
room.
' Charming!" said Mr. Fattipan.
"Yen must wear that freely. Don't
save it for best. Fy Jove! Fin glad 1
bought it. Tho littlo old fellow cam
into my place with the parcel, and
ble-s inn if hu wasn't a cariosity! lit
called me a worthy gentleman, and h'
wauled to show me a shawl. Well, 1
couldn't look at it until ho told lie) all
about the Va'o of Cashmere whero it
was made, and atked me to smell the
attar of ro-es; mid suddenly says I,
'The very thing f r Diiesyl' un l 1 had
Pritiglc, the clerk, in and put it or
him, and he said he thought it mu t be
genuine, for his grandmother had ono
ju-t like it " ("No doubt," sai I Mrs.
Fattipan to herself. ) "and out came
my little fifty-dollar bill and he gave
me a fivc-doluir note, and done il
wa! '
Mr . Fattipan had reached the end of ,
the parlor and was standing ijuite still
with her buck turned. S le c mid not
contiol her features at that moment;
she had just n r igni.-j 1 her own old
broche shawl the ouo she had given to
the s lothes-man ! She knew it only too
well by thu pittern. Ami there was
die little fray darned by her own linger t
live years before, when sho did occa
sionally wear tho shawl to mirk' t.
"Turn nbou', Ducky," find Mr. Fat
iipun. "Now, do you know, 1 haven't
sa n you look so elegant' for a long
while! We'll go to the opera tonight
comic and show it oil'. I know
women like to exhibit elegant things
when they havu 'em and hero is the
change the old fellow gave mo out of
the li ty i live-dollar bill. Take car,' ;
it's bu u meuded. You'll want somo
lilt'c f ilial."
As Mrs. I'attipan came to her hus
band's sidu shu was awaro 111 it she
should see the counterfeit bill that the
old -clothe:-uau had stolen frosn . the
china bowl, and indeed she did; and I
cnu not help believing that som ) of tho
very finest phrenologicil developments
must have been hers, for she smiled up
into Mr. Putlipaii's face ami sail: "My
deal, you are Usually gcnernu-!" nu l
put tho worthless bill iu her picket
with a little air of coquetry, and actu
ally woro the fade I, old -f.islnonud
broche shawl to the theater that even
ing and wa-i happy iu it.
Hut, after all, to have a husband who
thinks one a beauty at forty -live, au I
is anxious to make one hippy, cjinpen
sates for any such little m irtilie ition i
us that which M s. I'lttip.ai expui
encerl when the lady iu the su.it be lin I
her whi-pered audibly;
"Well, that shawl iiiu.t hive conn
out of the Ark." ''ViinV Comimnion.
Kaiu From u Dine Sky.
Kiin can fall from a cloud. vss sky.
This thin Uriilc is in I'i.uicj known as
"sereiu.1' As the atniospheie looks
qu.te clear when it falls, the probability
is nil iu favor of the moisture having
been brought by the wind at a great
elevation, lutfu Island ( f Mauritius
the phenomenon is by no means uncom
mon during the pic valence of southeast
winds, slight .showers falling in cloud
less evenings wh.n the stars are shining
brig'itly. Tlieie the rain is thought to
be duu to invisible vapor in the upper
reaches of the atmosphere, being con
densed al once und falling in drops
without passing through tho interme
diate stago of clou l. S;r John C. Koss
stated that iu the south Atlantic it
rained on one cinuion for upwards of
an hour, while the sky was altogether
free from clouds. "Tim night was
clear," says tho tienoeso naturalist,
"the stius were shining with their nc.
c.istomed brilliancy, uhcu a shower of
rain, consisting of largo lukewarm
drops, fell during six minutes upon tho
town." A similar view was once ob
serve 1 at Constantino, in Algeria,
about noon, tho sky being alt the lime
a splendid blue; and in England Ire
quintly drops of rain, forming a very
slight shower, have even been known to
full when theio wire no clouds viiblo
except near the hoi i.o:i. Ooinc believe
that Ihe-e showers are tho lesult of par
ticles of ice formed in tho higher re
gions melting and falling, while others
attribute them to currents of warm and
cold air traveling iu opposite diicctioiis,
with tho result that the I alter condenses
some of the moisture in the former ami
causes it to fall.
An Aged Squaw.
The mother of Homily, tho famous
Indian chief, died not long ago at her
daughter's home on thu I'matilbi Indian
reseivation. Sho is buliived to have
beeu tho oldest worni-i ii Oregon.
Homily, who is the younged of lier off
spring, is 711 yean old, a id it is said
first saw tho light of day when his
mother had arr.vjd at tho mature age of
40, If this bo (rue, the worn m hal at
tained the surprising ngis of ICiyoars
at tho 1 1 uu of her death. A'nf Org-
tlllLOKEYS 1'OLIMN.
A KH.I.OW P MOTIIfli.
'A fellow'i. mother," said Kred ibe wise,
IVilb bis rosy cheeks and bis mer-y eyes',
Knows what to do if a fellow gels hurt
By u thump, or d bruise, or a fall in h
dirt.
"A fellow's mother has rugs and strings,
liags and buttons, and lots of things;
So mailer bow busy she is. she'll stop
I'o see how well you can spin your top.
'.-he does not care, not iiou li, I mean,
If a fellow's lace is not always dean,
'Vml if your trousers are lorn at I lie knee
sin? can put iu a patch that you never sw.
'A fellow's mother is m-ver mad,
Hut only Horry if you uie bad.
And I'll lell you this. It you're only true.
She'll alwuys forgive whaie'er you do.
I'm sure nf this." said I'red the wise
.Villi a manly look in his laughing eyes.
I ll mind in y mot her, iiiick. every day,
fellow s a hater who don't obey."
- .HA's (V,H...,o.i.
I IIK fowl II ol' 1 KI TH
Il is related of a Persian mother, on
giving her son forty piccesof silver as
sis portion, (hat shu made him vow
lever to tell a 1 e. and said:
"Ho, my sou, I consign thee 1 1 Hod;
unl we .'hull not meet again till the day
of judgment."
The youth went away, and the party
lie trave'ed with weie assail te 1 by rob
bets. One fellow a-ked tho boy what
au had, and he nnsweie I with ritudi r
that surprised the ipje.tionei:
' Forty dinai.s aie sewed up in my
?ai meuts. "
The robber laughed, thinking tho
'my jesting. Another asked the same
question nud l ire. veil the same answer.
At last tho chief (ailed him an I asked
dim what he hud. Tho, boy replied:
"I have told two of your people
1 ready that I have 10 dinars sewial up
in my clothes."
"Ami how came you to do thi-i"
"Because," leplled the boy, "I
would not be false to my unit her, whom
I solemnly promised never lo loll s
lie."
' Child," said thu chief, "art thou so
in nd lul of thy mother while 1 am in-leu-ili'e,
at my age, of the duty 1 owo
lo tio l.' ttive ni'j Ihy hand, that I may
wear r.q entiinre on it."
He did so and bis followers woro
struck with the seem.
' Y'ou have been our leader in guilt,"
Ihey said to tho chief; "be th- same in
the path of virtue."
And, taking tho boy's hand llioy
swore repentance on it. ! ", r 7 Ihr
ill.
tiif. owi, AND TIIK nr.
The only one of oui Noilhern owli
which twins short sighted is the littla
Acadian owl. It is more exclusively
iim t in n a than any other that we havo
lieie, seldom, if ever, m nine, in thi?
day time uules dislnlel. When
fill id ii can often be liken ahve with,
out ddlieu'ty. Hut wii-lhi-: this u:i
wariness is duu to defechv.- sight i"S
lu u us to bo piovui, for '.hue winch wa
have had as pets sueined t i see peil'ectly
iu the dattiine, although tlcy ili I not
Income lived until nijjit. la all wo
have had three. Due n lu-id all food
mid was liberated after a few l i ..-.; tin,
second ale only loo willingly and died
from devouring a scrap of suite I ineatj
the other was for a long tune a mod in
teresting pet, althoug'i iVi wis b.forc
my remembrance. He was given t lie
tango of the house, and s ion became
very tame, cn good terms with t lie
whole family except the cat.
He was a geullu littlo ci eat lire, quiet
in the daytime, but live!,- at nijht,
when hu would soineliiii 's bu heard
ta king to himself the only vocal noist
that let made a soft c )-c.;-eo -co -co -co
Hvcnil times lepealed. lie never was
(ouleuted to sit on any perch which
would cause one foot to be below the
other, and wheui V 'r I e aligh e l on
licit a place (is the top of a clock cr a
chair-back) he imme diately walked -ide-wise
up the incline until he stood al
the highest point, wlo.o his feet caul I
be ou a level. He w is an acrobat in
small way, for whin a small stick was
put bctwoen his jaws a.id hu lifted by
i', hu would swing back mid fori h in
wilernnd wider arcs until ou soma
back wind sw ing lougcr than tho others
he could throw up his fuel and grnsp
the stick, when he would raise hinisull
iuto au upright pjsili on nud look ni so
dak- as any owl.
lbs great delight was to torment the
cat. Ho hectored the poor In list until
an undisturbed iiHp was something only
to le dieame I of, dying dowu from
bonvi high perch with a speed nud
silence which enabled him to scratch
Ids victim's noso or ears and oscape n
good season. So suddcu were the at
tacks that the cat got no opportunity ol
reveugo until after tho owl died an I
was mounted, when ouo day ho toro oQ
tho owl's head. Whether ho was satis,
flud that tho bird was killed, or wai
disgusted lo flud him only tow nd
feathers, pan never lm known; but after
that he looked at the owl and the owl
looked at him without enmity, Ft'rett
A UNIQUE ALPHABET.
It is Tattooed On a Deaf and
Dumb Girl's Ann.
A Father's Queef Way of Talk
ing With His Daughter.
, "Janus V. Doipniiiu mid daughter,
Lodge Fole, Neb.," was written in a
bold baud oil tho register at the Ilidge
way House. Mr. Durpiiwu ii u tall,
we'd-built man of Ct) years, with a long
beard strongly tinged with gray, li s
daughter ia about IS years old. She
bus a pretty, intelligent lace, und the
brightest and bin st kind of bright blue
eyes.
Wueii Mr. Dorpman and hisd iughler
lirsl c iruu to the lCidewa House, they
attracted the attention an I c iriosity of
tho guests by thoir strange 1 ehav our.
Whether in the pa'Ior or in thu dining
room Mr. I r tn i i always sal on the
left-linn I side of his daughter and
tapped her left arm constantly with the
lingers of his right hand, n-, though
p aying on a typewriter. His fingers
skippvd nimbly at random fiom the
girl's wrist iibn st to her shoul ler au I
back again. At intervals he paused
and the girl siuilu I, nod led h' r heal,
or else tapped her left arm iu thu s un
mauner with tho fingers of her right
hand, the old man i lo.-ely watching
their movement.
The strange net ion i of the conp'e
weie subjects of continual comment
and spei n'almn among the guests.
Finally some one notiiul that the
father and daughter wi re never heard
to exchange a word. Tin: always sal
quietly when in each other' presence,
and were alway-; drumming on tin
girl's left arm as if il were a pianoforte.
The girl kept away I mm the other
guests of her sex, and was never seen
iu conversation with any one. At the
dining t.iblu Mr. Dorpman gavo the
orders to the waiters both for himself
and his daughter. When Fmpiietor
litittcrworth met thu young woman on
the .stairs and sail, affably, "tiood
inorniug," she never answered tho
sal ill e. The strange actions of the
couple uccasione I such wiile-piead
comment and curiosity among the
guests that finally Fropri' t ir Hatter
worth approachi: I Mr. Dopmaii "n
day, au I, idler a few minutes i f
gene nit conversation, aslie I him to ex
plain tin; ciusu of his constant tapping
on his daughter's ami.
"So you've noticed lhat, eh!" said
Mi. Dirpmai with a laugh. "Wcl,
thai is how 1 I ilk to II ittie. She is
dial and diiiuli.''
Ml . Iluttel win 111 asked hilil how he
Was able to universe with his daughter
by simply di uiiuuiug ou her arm.'
"You'll think it is ca-y alter 1 tell
you," he answered. ' You mu t le
meiiiber that we came from au i b.cui'c
part of Nebraska. lse'lhd tlieie with
with my wife a quarter of a ceiituiy
ago. Eighteen years ago when llattiu
was bom, there was not a houso within
a milu of in, nor a cily within sixty
miles. As the i hild grew older wedis
coveied that -he was do if and dumb.
We wire ill a los how lo iiinimuuicate
With her. Wu were i.ir away from a
civili.:d community, ami no one we
knew was familiar with tho sign lan
guage of the deaf mules, so that the
baby giew up lo bo a child before we
tould devisu smiio .scheme to talk to
her.
' K.nally my wife hit upon a novel
idea. She got a clever young le low
who worked for us to tail"o the a jili.i
bet on llatlie's arm. The letter "A"'
begun just above thn wrist mil the let
ter "'A' elided jil below the shoulder
blade. Hallie w is then six lears old.
Ill less than a yeal by this means my
wife had taught her the alphabet.
"Then we began to sp-11 out w.u l-,
toiu hing eai h 1-Hern r, s'uwly with
our S.igers. A s I ho i hild teainet we
becaiii : f is:er, and wh. n ll illie wa.s
twelve years old we were able to talk to
her as rapidly us a eiMiil can spell out
woid on a typewriter. llillie, too,
learned to answer us by drumming on
her tattooed arm. Of cour-e, for
several years at lirsl, when we wanted
to talk to her, or she to u, she had to
roll up the sleeve of her left aim.
tiradtially her sense of tomb beiame so
tine ihit she knew with ut looking just
wheieiach letter was hunted, and her
mother and I, by constant practice,
were enable I to strike these le tiers with
her sleeves rolled down."
Statistics are Funny.
A clever haid at figures says:
"Twelve thousand vehicle, a quarter
of llicin omnibuses, pass through the
Sliand in the diy, and the narrowness
of the street causes each of the ti.'l.OOO
occupants to waslo on an average of
three minutes. Toe total waste of timo
equals 3 ISO hours, the money value of
which, nt tho very moderate rate, of one
shilling an hour; is t'1.17 per day, or
over A' 17,000 por annum.
An Icelandic C dony in IhikoCl.
I) kola ii ciitliii-nis's call the ltd
H.vcr Va'le "Ton E;ypt of the North
wed," on account of the nil u vial lii h
iics of tho soil. It is not, p-nperly
speaking, a valley, us we of tli" Kist
under, land i. It is a broa I d- pres ion
in the rolling piare. tluoiig'i whose
middle the r.ver linds i'.s way to Like
Winnipeg. (lac-third the e 1 1 lie p 'pa
latioa of N n th liikoli is fotiu I in t lie
lied lii v. r V.il ey.
Fi m bin a futility is in the extreme
ni'i'ihca -tei ii Ciller of the state. U is
one of the must unique districts in the
I ' it it-il States. Its northern bonier is
the Manitol it line. Winnipeg is dis
taut only sixty , milts from Us comity
sia'. 'J Iu' popu'a'lon of F'lnbi ia
-unity is run -lily estina'cd al ."tl'l;
Ihefoiiitliit Ihisie.p it iu the slit".
Tliicc el iii-u's pi e loiiiiu lie : ('ma
dims, le .-landers an I Aim ruin, The
Am-li. ails are iu the mijuity. In tin
mailer of p . lilies lie u it lull - I
Canucks lin'i tin- Ynlll.s pud tc.f.etliel.
Ti ey give the Icelander, what then
ll illie illipii'i, tin! c il l sllu'e. II ll Hie
lalbr are hcgiiriing to a-sirt tluui
selves. As the S; ail' 1 1 ua vian s (ompel
ii cogiiil ion in ad couulv, state and
fe lei.il i iM'-i-s in l he iilhwcst, .o tli
Ici'la'c li-1 s are tug 114 llo-ir claim:. K
iniy be a matter of but a few years
w le 11 a congressional r.-pr -senta! ivj of
llu il iiw n lm " Will ri present the Ice
landers of N'U-ih Dikota ill tin-national
leg si a' inc.
It has only been within the pi-l leu
year, or so 1l1.1l this ilassof immigi nils
began to eiiloii North I l.i'sot 1 to any
ex cat. There are now about !io ') of
litem located along tin bord.'r in I' in
bina county. Tncy are clannish, as a
rule. Th y are well educated in I heir
native !a 1 gunge, and lapidly aiqiiile a
knowledge f.f llnglish. When the ad
vain e guard tiist unwed tin y started
for the sand I11I-, as thu f i ll hill of
the l'cinliiu.i Mountains are culled.
Tin y have licen going there ever sinee,
and this is when; the in lin colony is
local" I, though tin ro are Ireliiiideis to
bo found nil through the loiiuty. Like
the Si aiiduiavians, they, as a rule, were
very poor when they first arrived,
l-'iiigaliiy, 11b. lily to withstand tho
ligoious weather of a Nut hern mid
winter, and n knowledge of farming
and stock niising have been the basis
of llieir 1 lm .perity. Many of them
have grown comparatively rich iu live
y ciii-s, while Americans and Canadians
with cipi il a I vantages have jut ma lo
both ends moot. 'til 1 irtii Vm.
.Nose Iti'i'iilhing.
Dr. Seines Spieer, in speaking upon
'N isal t H'.-l 1 tiction and M. null breath
ing as Factcis in the Kiiology 1111 I His.
ord. i s of the 'lYcih,'' says he has been
struck w ilh the li ci inn w ith which
carious t. t-t It were as.oi 1 ited w ith ob
s'liiilion ol the pliiraiix and enlarged
tonsils; so llllli list) ill, I- hi) hid 111 I b)
It a practice l-i . vim, lie tie! teeth in all
cases of na-al nbst 1 11. t i"ll, an I he is
convinced that tin re is a generic rela
tion bet w veil some c ise t I v lulled arch,
narrow jtwi and i.egulir teelh and
nasal o 1 1 t 1 iu I i-ni. N am illy we should
breathe ihinugil the no,.! so as to
nai 111 and filter ihe air respite I, as does
the Indian i.n I the Wc-t Indian negro,
whoj as.es hiiiiiiless through swamps
emitting poisonous miasma. In fact,
nil animals, savage races, and young
infants do so; but a largo 11 umber of
adults of civili'd nations brealho
through the mouth. Thn teeth are
thereby exposed to a current of air of a
much lower teuipel.it lire, than that of
the body, which woill I ten I to cause
inflammation of the periosteum an I
pulp of a tooth ami bo a pn .li p iling
t .m-e. of caries in othei w ays. The
hab. t of biea' liiug lllioiigh the nose,
whith can I c cultivated without 'I Ili
inlty, is a valuable inquisition.
Warm Milk it Cure Fur Ctuisii nipt ion
Tne la. I that consumption iitti bu
cured is daily becoming more and more
impressed on the nun I nf thu layman.
One of the simplest and best methods
of lighting this dread malady is tint
will in- niik I real 111 int, aid while under
going it tin' pain-lit is a lii-ed to go on
some farm, where he is sure to get it
flesh, and where, moreover, he 1 111 pass
his days in horseback tiding. When
Ihe entire U rat incut is undergone re
covery from consumption would not
only he possible, bill would very likely
occur, unless the lungs hal been too
seriously diseased. Au outdoor life in
puro air, good, wholcsomo food an I
plenty of il arc tho surest cures for tho
malady, and no one of theso features is
111 or 0 impoitant than either of tho
others. A'. I". Kciinny Te'egtnm.
1,10k Ing Haeknard.
He Alone?
She Y'es. I was just allowing my
thoughts to run back into my child
hood's happy days.
He Are you fond of looking back,
into ihe long forgotten pasl? .Jistt
ny't Wetk y.
the Old While Flue.
Far to tin- north in tbe trackless wild
I A (;rund old pine tree stood,
! Towering aloft in its majesty,
The mniianh of the wood.
rbroiiidi all the storms of the countless
j years
It proudly reared its head
High o'er the ranks of its kindred near,
i Where forest sires lay dead.
hi'fp in the heart cf the wilderness
j To mankind all unknown,
! Safe from the ax of the lumberman
For ages it had grown.
At last oiip day tbroue,h the forest earn
Stout w oodsmen by the score.
And er- the lilit of that day had Met
' Tbe uionar. b's reigu wus o'er.
Straight to Ibe core of tin- atriarch
The keeii-chfed blades were sent,
And prone toeanh with a mighty roar
The giant crunliiiig went,
riien of the bu'e weather-beaten limb
; The prostrate trunk was shorn.
I And lo Ihe null by Ihe npid stiettin
Its severe I lengths were borne
Forth to the world went the woodland klnfc
li'i'iil in a thousands pails,
li'irni froni its Iioiuh in the northern wood
lot to the Innr marts;
I 'art went to form a laborer's cot,
Fart framed a mansion line,
Aud many things for th good of man
Came from the old white pine.
- 'i.i;., ; IIW. In,, li,ii;,l I n- I'l'th
HI iDHIOl S.
Filence is golden; but it is (ho other
rc!low'.s silence that is meaut.
The switchiu. mi's interest iu the rail
I -pads they represent seem; to bo flag
glng. H'.'iter le; good thin great. You'll
' liitvu less competition. The latter biui-
i 1
ncss is overdone.
j "Poets must suffer boforn they can
write," says a philosopher. After that
it is other people who sulfur.
I Judge How 'litre you como into
L"int so? Take your hat off. Accused
liut, Judge, you know I am no
; st 1 anger here.
j Mrs. f!a.aiii : "Hero's an article
, iibout an organ with fifty stops." tin.
cam: "I'm! 1 wish that piano next
; lour had even one!"
'You will obsei ve one thing alnut
j New York properly,'' said thu roil es
j lute in 111 "a front foot is more valu
: utile than 11 back yard."
J Alice P.i -says you havo no heme,
' in I that it would be foolish for mu to
give up a gool 0110 to marry you.
( Algernon Hut, my dear Alice, I don't
nsk you to give up your home, 1 merely
; risk to shari) it with you.
; ' Time is minify," Ihe suues- s,,id in thetfood
j old limes,
j And il lin.ls a modern echo when we
punish petty crimes
When the judge pronounces sentence this
is the well w irn phrase:
1 ' 1'he decision of the court is ten dollars or
' ten diivti."
1 W the Admiral Sl niil.
I At the theatre the other night it
chanced thai the oiiliestra between two
of the lie's played the "Star Spanglud
Banner,'' and as the music win turned
oil ouc tall and stately old gentleman
arose iu tho midst of thu pa qiiut nud
1 continued to stand erect for some miu
utes. Two pu tty young women who
sat on cither side of him liually liugnn
pulling at his coat tails.
' ' Tiipn! Fapa! ' they whisperel ner
vously. ' What am you standing up
for? ' Do you soe any 0110 you know!"
The old gentleman said not a word,
but remained stun ling us before.
l'apt, you are attracting attention,"
the young Indies whi per;d again, yet
HUT,' 1111 xioiisiy.
Slill the old gentleman cnutinuol in
his uprilit attitude. Finally, when
tin on lo -Ira had li mi g It t thu pioce to
a conclusion, he sat down again.
"What were you Maiding up for,
pupil'' asked the putty young women.
, i' Weie you looking for .somebody i '
! 'Ihe oi l g.Mitllnan smile 1.
"Mi- dears," be replied, "it is in all
civili.'d countries save this the invaria
ble ini-toui for the w hole audience ill a
thfnlio to rise to their feet and remain
standing while tint national anthem is
being played. Incidentally to my life
time of it 11 v.-il service 1 have becomo in
' many lands so accustomed to tho obser
vation of this rule of etiquette that
I instinctively got upon my legs when
i the band began the 'S ar Spangled
i Banner.' And, having risen, I thought
I I might as will pursuo the formality to
j the end, even alihctijli 1 was the only
, pet son in Ihe hotiio who exhibited that
! mark of patriotic respect. I was not
afraid of al trading attention, for a
man in my position cun afford, if their
j be nn anion, to set tho fashion."
I The old gentleman's explanation was
cut off at this point by some one who
leaned over from the row of orchestra
chairs immediately behind and ad
dressed him as "Admiral." Washing
ton Star.
And He Had to Take the Hint.
"The roar of the lion is magaffl.
cent," s dd hn.
"The raw of the oyster is mora to
my tajitp," said, ibe, . ,
pwpi