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VOL. XII.
PITTSHORO CHATHAM CO., N. C MAY 22, 181)0.
NO. .'8.
The Kong.
the poet sang nf War. that miidity Ring
H'iiost! crovtn l llame, whose unib is thiui
o( ring,
Whose sceptre steel. The p.nui sluilloil
tl l) h:i I I
( firry souls ly battle-fury slirrid;
Aim) screaming sin ds oul-smig his mhistrf'.
lag.
Again In' sang i he glories Hold ran lriiK :
'.liit-vnici il him now the coins' mt-l ullii- ring;
Ami, in fur gain, nu n binloil not a word
The poi l sang.
Then softly in his own heart did lie (inn;
Anil Ircinliiing-swcct a song of Lore look
wing,
As tender us tlir call of mating I i 1 :
The smoke-grimed soldier in (lie trendies
In upl.
The fliislml gnlil-hiapcr caught each whisper-
The port Ming!
I'orolhca I'iniond in Frank Leslie's.
HER PARTY.
flV HHKI.hV lll:l VV SK.
"I'm sorry to disappoint y tt, little
Kill," said Doctor I 'corner, "but 1 mil
ft f in i i litis parly of yoms is quite ml
f i f tlie question."
Stiii y set doWn l lie ijimilil ol i Chinese
eofl'ce-pnl mid limkeil ill liiln wild
huge bery l-bliie eyes of i li.-u n v n I .
I'm le," mill she, "yon promised
it to mi'.''
Dorlo.r Dot met 'etreiited behind llie
Stronghold of llie weekly ni)ier.
Stacy's lepi o.iohful eyes were too
(i) u ti for liim.
"Yes, " lie acknowledged, ! know
I did. And 1 i n ;t n ( lo keep mv prom
ise, bill I couldn't lorcsoe Mien how
things would til I'll out. (Mn fundi tire
very low : in fai l, we teem to bo in
debt everywhere. I don't really know
what in lo be tbe end of it."
"Vel," mid Siiiey, with slow, severe
ucocnls, "ton went to tbe book Mile
Hid paid forty dollar for that old
edition of P.enuinont and Fletcher.' "
"Ye . I know, Stacy; it win :i great
bargain."
"Forty dollars would have furnished
music and refreshments for my
parly."
"Don't scold, child," Mid Ih" doe
tor, stirring hi egg. " I'm very
sorry ! I forgot all ulunt (lie parly."
"You're iilwnys f : getting me."
mid Stacy, a big lenr balancing itself
on each tcpronehfiil eye. "My poor
parly and I'd told so many people
about il. and promi-cd to invite all tbe
girls! I shall never accept any more
invitations, now ibat I can't repay
them!''
Plush plash! went the big tears on
tlie old ( anion china breakfast plate.
Doctor Deemer was a tender-hearted
man, and the two diamond drops went
to his very soul.
"Don't iry, Stacy," said be. "Have
your parly in-l llie same, with cake
Hinl leiiiniiadi'. I lobby eaii make very
fair cupcake, and lemons aie only
thirty cents a doen. And Simeon
shall bring up his liddlf .'
"Cupcake, and lemonade. and
Simeon," scornfully uncivil Stacy
'No, l iicle I teenier, I haven't fallen
so low as lluit. I can do without a
party, but I can't conde-ceiid to second
rate invitation.''
And she inn out of the room in the
tempest of leiir.-. coining into collision
with old I Miy as she did o, and
seuttering a plate of graham gems on
the Moor.
Doctor I teenier and bit niece, Anas-la-in,
lived all alone in K'oslyn lla'l,
one of those great echoing houses w here
everything, goes to prove the eiiiply
(flow of the past. Doctor Deemer had
lost his foi l one, and Ainif-tushi's too,
in a series of disat-trous speculations.
He had all tbe I.iMi of a man of
wealth, mid n blind adoration of his
iiinestty. lie hini'-elf w as ijuite con
tent to dwell in life's shadow ; but
K'liieliinch it teemed to him as if Suicy
ought to have a little more sunshine.
Stacylhotig.it so, too. Her 18-year-soul
revolved ngaint the sort of life
the led w ith a great rebellion.
"Louise Melton is engaged lo lie
niHiried," thought she. "iiml Kmily
Kidon spends her winters in New
York. Itut I shall live nnd die an old
imiid, for I never see any one, nor
travel anywhere- Louise was going
to briii1,' her ('h'cago cousin to my
F-ter pat ly, and L'tnily was going to
write to Mr. 'avaor lo come down
from New York for il. Kmily said
Mr. Yavasur thought I w the pret
tiest girl i:i ( 'lauconucll. I don't be
lieve thai ; but I should like to have
him see me in a white serge dress with
baby blue sah ribbons. wore a hid
eous blue seersucker thai day when he
( lime to see the prize i lirytAlithemiims
in the gulden.''
I'p and down, up and down the long
oak-lloori'd gallery tore Stacy with
flaming i hecks and yellow curls slrenm
in;j out behind. I.' w as Stacy's way
w lieu she got into a i .i-ion to walk
herself out of il. .Iin-t opposite a por
trait of I it great -grandauiit, whose
niinif .lie had somehow inherited, she
I'HiU'S to sudden stop.
"Well," she cried, "why do you
stare so steadily down at me, Aunt
Au:istaia, with those big blue eyes?
Il really does seem as if you had some
thing you wauled to say to me and
somehow couldn't get il out. lieally,
one don't wonder that old l)ebby scur
ries past you in the I ivilight and says
the family portraits haunt her wor.-e
than miy ghoM. Oh, it's nil very well
for you to smile in that simpering,
inane fashion," she added, shaking her
little dimpled list at the counterfeit
presentment of her dead-and-gone an
cestress. "You were an Knglish
licnuly, and da need at (ienenil Wash
ington's stale balls, and (Jilbert Stuart
painted your ortrail, nnd you were
married at eighteen and went to the
West Indies. That was life and hap
piness enough, even if you did die
young. I'eople say your eyes and
mine are exactly alike, hut I'm sure I
never was half as pretty as you. Hut
pel haps it's the siring of pearls and
th satin gown that makes you m
lovely nnd--"
She s'ooped suddenly and picked up
an opened letter lying on the d.uk
oaken floor, directly under the tar
nished gilt frame.
' What's thth;'" she cried. "Oh. a
Idler from the picture dealers in New
Yolk. They want a genuine example
of I iilberl S iiMil for a priva'e collec
tion, and 11 ive beard of 'The l.adv
with the Pearls' in the old lloslyu Hail
gallery. Anastiifia lloslyu, IVN'.'
Are prepared to give two hundred dol
lars for it if Doctor Deemer w ill kind
ly i muddcr their oiler. And here's
I'm le Deemer's pencil wiitiug upon il.
li. c'd March ;bl. I . . Mem. To
wiite back that the b'oslyn pictures are
not in the market !' Oho! Hut I n
cle Deemer never consulted llie-- ami I
am the owner of the llo.-lvn pictures!
I'wo hundred dodars . that's a (leal id'
money. W hat do j oil say. Aiuil An
iislashi!''' looking up with eager blue
cm s at llie dim pictured face w ill
you help me with my parly? It isn't
thai I have no family feeling, but
you're dead and buried, you see. and
you went to parties and danced when
you weic a girl, and you must know
exai t ly how I feel."
Stai y Deemer rushed upstairs to her
room, w rote a hurried letter lo the
New oik pii l lire dealer, ran to tlie
po-lolli' e jttst in time lo save tlie mail,
and came darn ing back, her yellow
curls afloat, her cheeks ink as roses.
The w reailis of snow were inciting
aw.iy from llie hillsides, the maple
trees wi re bui'Ming into red stats of
I'loom. the lilac ami white crocuses
lifted their tiny beads along llie she!
teieil edge of tbe path, nnd an adven.
luroii- bluebiiil shrilled bis liny trum
pet fi om the old cedar grove. Stacy,
loo. could have sung aloud in the full
ness of her girlish glee.
"I shall have my parly, af.er nil,"
saiil she.
" hal's this, Sinc ?"
Dr. Deemer stan d first tit her. then
ut the slip of pale green paper in her
band.
It's a ihcck. lucle I leeliier, for
two bundled dollars. Canyon i ash il
for me?"
"A check!"
Yes. I've sold my aunt Anx-la-
; sia," calmly admired Stacy. "She's
! going to help me give my party, llie
! darling -Lady With the J'e.irls.'"
! Il was some lime befoie the old
! gentleman could be made to under-
stand the full extent of bis niece's der
j elii'lion. Then he grew pale.
I "Stacy," said he, "you don't desrve
to have any ancestors! I would re
, deem lliis picture with a tlioiis.ind-
dollar bill ill bail it! Has it gone.-''
"A w eek ago, I'li.-le I teenier. "
"I'll I ave nothing lo do with .1 !''
said he. " It's almost eiiial lo trading
in human l!ch and blood! You'll be
selling me next, yuu vickcil girl!"
Itut, I nch! I i cme -"
"Please leave me, Stii. x : I'd rather
be alone."
Stni y went aw ay ralhei aw cd. Tlicie
n as : oinelliing in I n le Deemer's pale
old face that Irightened her.
'I - ahiii st w ish I hadn't sent the
invitations," though! she. "Itut. after
all, Aunt Amisa-ia was my very own
giandaiiiit. nnd I'm iiiite sure she was
willing. I could lead il in hi r ( yes.
She w as a girl once, and I know she
liked pailies."
Hut Sji,-y had not . alcuhited for all
that followed. IHcic IVcm I was an
old man mid very treble, mid the
she, k was lo much lor him. lie took
to his Ik d. A pbysii hii w as sent for,
who shook Lis head ami lookid lin
uittrable things.
Something on his inind."nnl be.
"It's Aunt Anastasia," faltered
Stacy; "nnd it's all ni doing. I I
sold a famil;. portrait that he is
'specially fond of."
"(iet ilback again, at all hazards,'
said the doctor, "lciu't ligli" disease
as long as ah the mental forces nre
8iraiiist me,"
"Do you think he'll die:' i
trembling Stacy.
"I hope not," said the iiihu
of
medicine.
For the lirst time in her life Slaey
went to New York, to interview the
picture-dealer. The picture-dealer was
sweeter (hail milk, smoother than oil;
but il was beyond his power In; said lo
help her. The picture was already
hanging in the private collection, Mo.
Fifth Avenue.
"Can I go there?" said Stacy.
"Well I suppose you enn,'
i doubtfully observed the plctitre
1 dealer. "Hut I don't believe il will
' do any good.'
j Stacy, however, va resolute in try
ing to undo the mischief she had done.
; She went straight to No. , Fifth
Avenue.
"I have called nb ut a portrait,"
i saiil she. "A (iilberl Smart, The
Lady With the Pearls."'
The butler eyed her rlosely. She
bad no leather bag in her baud, nor
did she appear like a solicitor of sub
script ions.
"I'll ask master," said he.
"Take him my card,'' saiil Stacy,
loftily. "Miss Deemer of K'oslyn
Hall."
Tin' butler showed her into a reception-room
with crimson crape curtains
festooned between pink marble col
umns anil n great, grinning Japanese
idol in ohl ivory ami cloisonncc, and
departed noiselessly.
Presently another footstep crossed
(he threshold.
" M iss loomcr."
Slaey uttered a little cry.
"(lb. Mr. Yavasur. is il ou Oh,
please, I waul my graudaiint Iwk
auaiii, and here is the picture-man's
check. 1 haven't "' en 'ashed it, you
see."
"Itut," said Mr. Yavnsor. looking
with artistic admiration at tiie sun
shine glinting on her golden hair,
the shilling light in her wonderful
blue eyes. ! don't think I "iiite un
derstand." Ami then Stacy, blushing mid em
barrassed, made her confession. Poor
liltle w I'oiig-heaileil. impulsive Stacy.
T didn't know uncle Deemer was
so f nul of her," innr.nured she, "or I
never would have sold her. And
please, ma I have her back."
I don't think you lealie, Mi. so
Deemer, how much I value that '(iil
berl Stuart,"' hesitated Yavasor.
"Oh, but she's my , ancestress,"
urged Stin y. "Ai.d she. was my
namesake, ami people say I am like
her, and w hen 1 sold her I sold the
hick of K'osl wi. Please, please," cried
S m y, wringing her poor little hands,
"let me have her back."
"( u " lie (oinlilioii only," said Mr.
Yavnsor. Stacy looked terrified.
"That you all H uie to give you that
party. You are to supply the old hall
for dancing and the evergreens, and I
am lo send down the music and the
supper, and mind, oii ate to give me
the cry lir-l dam o ol' ail."
Slaey clapped her bunds.
And I shan't have lo recall the
invilalioiis iifliTall," said she. "Oh,
how splendid it will be! If only I'm le
I teenier gels better !"
I in le Deemer did gel belter, dating
from the day when llm "(iilberl
Stuart" was hung up on his bedroom
wall.
The link of Koslyn has come
ba k," sa'nl he. It was very kind of
Mr. Yavasor to travel I'ouu with ou,
child. I suppose bi knew the pictiitc
must be ca efuliy guaided."
The parly came oil w ith eclat. Slaey
looked like a new ly opened rosebud.
The music w as delight I'u! - the supper
such as only charci could get up.
- Hill Stacv,"said Fuiily Fhlon, who
was ol a rather critical turn, "mamma
says jon shouldn't accept so many
favois from any gentleman who is
neither jmir relative nor your nc
( i pled lover."
"Docs she?" s,.id Stacy, with (I mis
chievous sparkle ol the eyes. "Well,
Hun. nil her to set her mind al rest;
Mr. aasor is my accepted lover! lie
asked me t many him la-t night, nnd
I'm sure Aunt Anastasia knows il"
w ith a bright upw aid glance at the por
trait for see bow she smiles down
upon me."
And for a momml il did -ecu as if
I licit' was a siiiii'oti the face of "The
I .ii I y Willi llie Pearl-."-- Fireside.
( ompanion.
Very llniely. !
Stranger ! have here a ) ocin, sir,
on ' Tlie Hi autil'ul ' "
I'.dilor "My dear s ir, we have 10,
uoo on The I lea il 1 1 I'u I Snow' on hand J
now. nnd we don't want any more." i
Stranger "Then perhaps, sir, you
will allow mi' to emu in ic. My poem i
is on The llcailliflll Mud."' j
l'.dllol' - " e II lake t,,nl, young
man." Judge.
Laziness gr ws on pie; il begins
ill cobwebs and ends in iron chains.
( IIILUKK.VS (OKI UN.
HUM I' ri III r.
Prince Pull-up whs a li nighty Imy,
Ami nil" " . wlien it ":is snowing.
For friii' llie "trills nouM l.r i.ki "hep,
lie hiele the w iml -t"p Mow inu !
Ami oie o, w In n on 1 1 -k'lli'ig pond
'l lie In al w as mnli i niiiiiu
Tlie smooth hard in' In Ion d of hoys,
Hi hade the sun stop -hilling!
He strode about as if In- ow in d
The earth iiite In it- liordns
l'e nevi r heard I hat wind or sun
lllxycd Prince Piill np's orders;
Mrs. M. F. Hulls, in N. V. Journal.
KI."isMiM AT 1IIK I'l MP.
The owner of n great many cail
hoi'ses forbade his lueii to give them
water on coming holm hoi after their
work. This order was greatly resettled
by the horses, w ho would eye with
envy a pump w ith a loiii: handle that
stood in the upper end of the large
yard where limy wi re driven.
One day shortly alter the return of
tin' horses from work pumping was
heard from the horse yard. The owner
ran to ascertain w ho was the culprit,
and was astonished to see lllo-soni. a
tall bay in;. re. trying to obtain the
forbidden water herself. She had put
her head beneath the pump handle,
and raising it w ith some difliciilly as
high as possible, immediately Inn ri' d
to the spout of he pump only in time
to 'pteiicli her Ihiisl by the stream
which Wll.s the fruit of her labor. This
"lone, she would again lift the handle
ami again liurrv to tin' spout. It is
needless to say that her sngacitv was
duly admired, ami she was permitted
to have all the water she could obtain
in this manner. hicago Tine s.
iami: itxiinir.
"Hunny vv.is bl.-n k ami while," says
a correspondent of the (.olden Days,
"and whs purchased by our young
friend for live cents from a n ly
companion. The seller delivered the
rabbit al school, mid the buyer
promptly turned him loose -to see it
he was lame." He was tame, and
during that session calmly ate all the
luncheon olli red to him by ;.ny of the
pupil-. His new master lugged him
home at noon, ami built him a pen
and ( ailed him I lick.
"In the afternoon tbe bov relumed i
to school, and the exercises had just
begun w lieu ihere came a r.ipping al
the door. It was opened, when in
came Dick, bopped on to a d -k,
scratched his ear, and deliberately
winked at the the teacher. She took
this familiarity with n bad lace. and.
when lb"- applause had subsided, or
dered Master Jtick to be removed al
once. This ended Dick's school day
but bis master says llie lahbil followed
him when he went huiiling. lisliing
nnd swimming, ami never was known
to run from a dog or at. At hM.
however, he came lo an untimely end
at the hands of a hired man, ami was
buried in great sty le. A neat tomb
stone now marks bis grave, be.. ring an
epitaph in poetry composed by one of
his many friends."
si ham.i I'W l I t IV. ft ' l s
Al Hesse I 'al iiistadi , about thirty
years ago, a blin k rcil-'arl built bet
nesl on the collision spring of n rail
way carriage w hidi had remained for
some lime out of it-e Five ivg
were deposited, and the station-master
for a long' lime refrained from using
the carriage. At length, however, it
could he no longer di-pensed with,
and was attached to a train ami sent
aw ay.
Four days and three niulils clap-ed
before its return, and during all this
time it wa- in motion. When it ar
rived at its ow n station, however, the
young birds bad not only been hatched,
but wee in 11 lively condition. Il was
evident that at len-t one of the parent
birds must have tiavcllcd with the
nest and provided food I'm thcii
babies.
In 1S T, a vvatri-waglail in Fnglaml
built her nest on the fiauiewiuk be
neath a railway i arriage w hich was inn
about l utiles daily . The male bird
was each day observed by llie station,
master, awaiting, with evident interest
and anxiety, tin' n't urn of his family
from tlieir periodical tours.
The next ycarlhc same bird returned
built her nest in the old place, and
again look her daily jaunts.
Another pair of 'w agtails built theii
nest in a hollow, under a sleeper of tin
Hrighlon railway. Although t rains
were passing over the iiesl all day
long, I he young were hatched am
reared in this noisy home. Other hinlr
of Ibis species built their nest in at
old wall near ii ipiairy, within a lew
y aids of men v ho were constantly at
work on stone, and occasionally blast
ing il. - Youth's Companion.
Nut only arc hum. 111 beings bin k 01
dark in ho! climate-, but oth r animal-)
vary in like maimer. Pig are hmillv
Mm: in hot climiiies.
TOWI.V; CITY 0I; PARIS.
TKK ATTAIN Oh' J'HK Alll.l.VI l
(ilVKS Ills VI sON.
Laid by t ho Steamer for About Seveu
Hours ami Left Her.
The White Star steamship Adriatic
brought in to-day the (rue version of
what occurred when she stea nod many
miles out of her course lo assist the
disabled Ionian liner, the City of Paris,
early on the morning of March U'.".
'J his version will be observed to differ
a good deal from the version whi h
made the Adriatic tilt by, "hardly
( bi l king her engine, say ing thai she
Would lake passengers to New York,
but would not low us to l astiiel," mid
followed her with the execnilioiis of
the City of Paris' pas engcis. Capl.
William Huberts of the Adriatic says
he observed a boat from llie
City of Paris in chargo of
the chief oflicer al I ::i" A. M.
He immediately slopped mid look
the chief officer aboard, "lie reported
the condition of hi ship," ('apt. Hub
erts said, "and said Ihnl ( apt. Wat
kins wished to be towed to Oileells.
town. I (old lii ut that I bad the l.ng
1 i -1 1 mail aboard, mid thai I would not
feel jiisiilied in lowing the City of
Paris, but that I would do all in my
power lo save life. Another steam
ship, which I supposed lo be the City
of ( hosier, of the Inman line, hove in
sight jl:st then, ami 1 seul up rockets
al freipient intervals to intercept her.
She was bound west, and was within
four miles of the Adriat'o. Tin- boat
of the City of Paris, with the chief
oflicer aboard, meanwhile had been
put between the west bound steamer
and our ship.
The steamer kept on without pay ing
any attention lo our signals, which she
uiii-t have observed. The chief tdlicer
boarded us again. I told him I was
going lo (he City of Paris, :o save life
if necessary, but not to low her, ami
asked him lo go hack with me. He
declined, say ing be would make for
the land, il was now I o'clock. On
our way lo the Cily of Paris we sight-
,,,l ,,,, V ,l,,.si,.,. In, Mini for liiol-
puul. We signalled her, and 1 sent
my chief oflicer aboard. Her captain
said he would go to i he City of Palis
and help lo lake some of the passen
gers from her if necessary.
We then proceeded in company
with tho disabled hip. We were pre
pared to lake the passengers to (Jucciis
lown or New York if necessary.
AVhcti wo arrived along-side of tin
Cily of Paris an oflicer from her came
aboa'datld said that (apt. Walkiiis
wi-lii'd lis lo low his ship to (,liiecs.
town. 1 answered th t I bad conn- lo
save life. After the oflicer had con
voyed my rofu-nl to low the City of
Paris, ( apt. Walkiiis hoisted the sig
nals, 'Thanks; goaluad.' We then,
at ti:."l o'clock, piocccil'd. leaving M.
Alder-gate and the City of Paris in
communication. Wc- received no in
timation from either ('apt. Walkiiis
or I he olliccr w ho came aboard that
the City of Paris was in danger of
foundering. We slopped vviihiii a
ship's length of the liiliimi boat, and
w aved for the captain's lepre i illative
to come oil' in a boat, she did iml
seem to be ill any danger.
There was a long W esterly 'swell, but
the sea was not lough, and ihere were
no indication of a . nil. W hen ( apt.
Walkiiis signalled that we could pro
ceed, we saw no rca-oii for remaining.
Thai ( apt. W alkiiis : ppn- iaied our
sen ices in blinking the Abler-gate to
him and in olleriug to save life if nec
essary, wasapparcnl by his signal thank
ing; us."
The Adriatic bad ': passengers
aboard herself, beside her large i lew .
Tin ir w ere ov cr 1""0 souls on the City
of Pari- The Aibialic p.i-se.l VI ice
bergs off the bank- within a space of
l"ii miles.
The lii'si . tli, -or of the ( ity of I 'hol
er, which arrived ye-tcril.'iv. said they
did uo sight the Adriatic oil toe hip,
and that 11' thev had -con In r signals
Ihev would have responded. The Cilv
-I
of Chester's course was further smith
than tlie Adriatic's, 1 inl.
The l.vpati ialcil Twin.
An old Host, ,n lawyer lell a curious
story of an older P.0-I011 family which
illustrate- the material for liction thai
is al w ay s afloat in a community . This
story is to the cll'ecl that in the early
part of Ibis icnliirv. al I he time when
tiie idea of founding a family bad an
especbilly strong hold upon the imagin
ations of a certain class, as il came
later t" have upon the Ynudeihilts
mid A-tors, there lived in Itosioii a
wea'thy merchant w ho bad 110 children,
lie wa possessed of the notion cf the
grandeur 1 f standing in bitory n the
founder of a distinguished line, but
the dilliiultv of 11 sumiiig this role
when there was jiot even mi heir to
hand down his mime was a severe
blow. Il was wlcn he was already
well advanced in life thai the joy ful
fact that he might expect a child at
last came to till to the brim his cup of
joy, already well tilled by the turns
made in speculations reiiiriiig much
financial shrewdness.
(irenl preparations were made for
the expected infant, and lite merchant
declared to his friends with the
greatest confidence that the child
would be a boy. The new-comer
was to bear the name of his grand
father and father, mid from the start
"as lo be regarded as the prospective
head of the business house mid
heir apparent, to wi oin -oiild not be
paid to. i 1 1 in )i honor. In course of
lime the child was horn: il was in
deed a boy, but with him then' whs
another boy. The mother, who mis
already a woman of middle age. died
w ithin a week after the birth of the
I wins.
The merchant was a man accus
tomed to having his will rcsporied,
and he could not be reconciled to this
whimsical trick of fi le, whereby -h,.
gave him not only what In' risked, but
so much more. I'e seemed allii'l as
much ili-s.'ipoinlod at having tv -otis
as he had I n before at hav ing none.
A mouth or two after the death of his
wife he look his two infant S"iis and
their nurse, mid in one of his lino-l
Vessels sailed for lail'Ope, then, of
coure, n good deal f.irdier from
America than it is at present. Al the
end of six months be returned with a
new nurse nnd on'y tbe elder of the
twins, i he other having died, he said,
in Fram e.
In tie course of time the merchant
sent for his lawyer, the father of my
informant, nnd made bis will. He
confided lo the lawyer thai bis other
son was alive in France, and he placed
in his hands the paper- necessary f,,r
(racing him m case the death of the
elder should render the extinction of
the family imminent, lie also put in
to the bands of the lawyer certain
funds in lrii-t of which the income
was lo be remitted annually to a cor-
! -am a.inress in i ranee, mis (tone. n,e
lll'Tl 'I Hllll , W IIOSC COI1 SC ll'tleO I IIOll'l
ported to have troubled him in the
least in the malier, lived out bis ap
pointed lime, and was gathered to his
fathers, and hi- sou, by this time a
young man. reigned in bis stead.
Things went on uinli-t in lied Until
the death of the lawyer, when bis son.
who tells tin' story, came into po.-ses-sio
i of the facts as pari of h;s legacy
in the way of his father's business.
Hi' felt it his duty to tell the whole lo
the hea I of the Wi'allhv hou-e w hich
the departed merchant bad succeeded
ill founding, the ehh" twin, now a
man of middle age, w ith a family of
bis own. The latter was him unnat
urally startled t" b told that be had a
brother alive on the other side of thei
World, but he -,-t nut I Flll'ope to liud
I him. He followed up the clews given
j him by the lawyer, and on his return
he " oiitided to tin' latter that be had
toned the missing tw in-
I le docs not know that he is not
French," he said. "He is perfectly
contented, and hehasall that h" Iccds
Il i too late to undo w hat mv father
diil. I have invested ill his name
funds enough to make him omforl
iible foi the te-r of his life. Now wo
will burn the papers and forget that
he ever existed."
Wcihliiig liiiigs.
Tin' latest thing in wedding rim.'s
conies from Fughmd. ami i- a narrow
but lliick circlet of 'JJ-carat line gold.
This has come in I'abion in Amer
ica in the couiM' ol the last year,
replacing the old sty le line, vv hich is
both heav y and wide, being -omciimcs
half an inch broad. The-e latter have
been in ll-e as far back II- i .m re
member. The I on man- always buy
two plain gold rings, llie lady giving
one to her he'rothed and he one to
her. i I alliance" i ing is s,,M.'-
I ones culled for. and "I ten iiiami I ac
till' (I to older It is ui.ide of Iwo
circlet lnt.ii.' inio each othet and
j ''""""-' apart something like a puzzle.
anil is a revival of a very old style.
The ordinary welding riii:. co-t from
i?7..'m lo S,, although llie I'nglili
line js oiucwhn' inure cxpcti-ive.
In engagement tines individual la-le is
I he only law , but -id slum- are gn at
favorites. A novelty I a ring of three
circlet. Hliiiosl a- narrow ns wire,
each el with a baud of .lilleieiit stones,
such as pearls, tuiipioies :,m conch
shells. St. Louis (llolie-Democrsl.
A l.irzv Spoi None n here.
The number of pe killed by
lighltiilig laI year was exactly the
number hanged for murder. Some
p 'ople may call thi. a curious coin, i
dence, bill it i-n't. It smiph shows
that there w as a lazy spot somow heres,
and that one side or the other ought lo
be a-hmned of it poor show ing.
i The llillcn nee.
j A i-uiilinv dame,
i I "iiknnw ii to fame,
' Yet saucy, svvert ami and ftiir.
I St I chatt" rintr I" a girlhood's "llatnes,"
Now gray, in braid and hair.
I Hi iii'Li-d plan,
I And ciiyi r ran
Th"' iiiinit of it- pi, a-ai i s ;
! As ofi l)i fore, they -ran
! A day of I ii' i in io 1 1 measure.
"If r i 1111 go,
I Pray. I" I I - Lioov."
i She said, tin' hoiirnt startim: I"
I "How run I lot you- lit von-let V oil
I know "r""
; ( Will, Iml i one'' ill parting.
i A rising -igli.
j killd'iO-' eve :
Vexation. iM'ooA .,. I,l ,1 I
"Whi n wr ,yiir younu" shr ma le n ply,
i "Von never us, , . I,,,,, ,,',; ;."
III IIOI'OI s.
! Heart" are le ycr really broken, bid
many a one ha- been fired with
; "bang."
I Mophistn ( behind tin- scenes) - Ha !
, what do I see? (Inly four wreaths
throw nmi the s'age, and I paid for
five.
A Paris milliner ha- made a teii
1 strike by leai'liiue her parrot to say
every lime a fair client enter, "Oh,
I ain't v oil just lovely !"
l.tle-l (helpilio himself pretty freely
to the Cognai ) - Il i- very peculiar. I
i never feel an appetite for dinner un
' less I take a glass of Cognac ill'ti'l'
; ward-.
Hu-baml -Can nothing di-siiiid"' yon
from y our deteriniiiaii' oi to go on tin!
stage?
, Wifi Nothing I have already filed
: my divorce paper.
"Miss I'loVV llillg li-ed to be very (0(d
towards yon '
i "Yes; but I took her -katinii, and
it's till l ight."
; "I suppose you took a tumble, ami
bloke tin- ice.'"
Mrs. Timothy Seed I know that
speckled ben i lay ing egg every day
by the way she cackle, but I can 'l line,
the in-l.
: Mr Timothy s 1 Perhaps she has
j mislaid her egg -.
A Delicate Hint. -Tii-t u fn my best
thanks to your master, John, and tell
, him I am 11111)1 flattered by hi kind
pic-eiit of the game." - Ye-ir an'
supposin' master ar-kswhut you guv
me for my sell wbal'll I tell him. sir?'
- Pick Me I'p.
Student ( to hi friend ) See. yn
der comes old Mr. X , who has
helped to dry so many a tear.
"The dear, kiiel-heartid gentleman!
And pray tell me how ?"
"He is a ma 1 1 11 I'u -t iirer of pocket
handkerchief." Luring Him On Servant fat sweet
girl's boudoir) "Mi . Nii-elellow is in
the parlor. mi-." s-werl girl (throw
ing dow 11 a novel) "Horrors! And
my hair i- all down! Tell him he'll
have to wait a little a- I'm in the
kill hell helping tmoaer." Life.
; Hun His Train I In out; h Hie (hie Ahead
I "There are heroes and hcioc
(here are heroines and heroine-.'
ami
1
Chaiincey M. ivpew in speaking of
! personal bravery "There are blite
, sbirted 1 1 ie 11 who go over our raipoad
' lines every day in engine nibs v. lc
j Would laugh al you il you i 11 1 i 111:1 1 01 1 to
lheinlli.it they me In roc-, and vv ho in
1 spile of ail are a- brave a miy man
j who ever drew a -word or carried a
, 11 1 11 -K 1 t . 1,'ailroad men hn
111
much time to 1 1 1 1 1 1 is . I liev are cow
vards
j or hei'oc ill 11 si eond. Not long ago
; one of ur eiicineei- of an express
, train rounded a turn in tin' road and
, saw that .another liain bad been derail
( cd, and lay right across I he track. ,
; collision was inevitable. I he engineer
j might hav e taken ihan. am! jumped,
' but ho di. In 1. - hi' s.od allerw ai d :
! "-I -aw right a" u we were in for
it. and like a tla-h it -and I bit our
j onlv ' ham e o lo r., , jg, nhead and
, cut Ihroil'jb I we ..nil. I. -sol throw
her opell lllld lei her go."
Tim experiment wa perilou. hut
il w a successful. I le did . ut through,'
and no oil- was imii.ed. Thi- act of
tbe dig iuci T "a- that of an cxci ediugly
Coin agi-oil 1 1 headed loan.
"Another engineer on a Weilern
road perforin' d a similar act -oiiiclimo
ngo wilb tragi, result-, lie tried lo
-or in f nl wa- forced In Iry lo 1 ut
thiouglia freight Haiti that hail been
thrown across tin- track. N'oii : of tho
passengers w re injured, but the engin
eer and bis lireinen w ere killed. This
i but too often tbe rewind of bravery
in all walks of life." Philadelphia
Pics.
Will llnoiii Italliinii.
Siuokcl" - powder, some military
men believe, will boom balloon.
They argue that with no smoke 1 ho
difficulty of olecrving an enemy',
doing will be increased, and that bal
loons would solve Hie problem could
hey but be uinnngnd.