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VOL. XIII.
I,ITTSBOK() CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVIvMIiKIl 2, !.).
no. h.
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Tin1 Prince's How Mil Arrows.
There was ;i little Prince of Spain
Lived very I ,ng u;.
Who i-uiil tin' liij; hori.'.on
lie would bend it like u Low.
His arrows In the form nf ships
He'd shoot, ntnl make- tlirin no
To ninny Hnlic'iv'i ivt lands
Whore gM ntnl diamonds urow;
Ami so this little I'tince of Spain
l..nigul f ir the vo.irs to g
fniil his arm was ftr.ni,' omui 'li
Tu Ih-iiiI his mighty how.
Ami o this little I'riiH'e of Spain,
J. iKe lilt e hoys you know.
As the adv aucing years in lit on
li. inarvellonslv . row.
Ami le' I'.ciiiii tlie Kin.' of Spain
Ami nude the ships to go
To in my limine .ere.l l imit
Where gold iiml diamonds grow.
His arrows In the form of ships
Sevang i.liy to ami fro,
For though his iirin was very strong
He ri.iul.l not In in! his how.
V c all are prinees of the blood.
Win. build our ships to H'i
To many uiehs. m .red lauds
When- gold mi l . I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1- grow;
Hut stiil on oh! familiar seas
'I he wander to ami fro.
An. I hug the imim luoiia' shorn
Where lamlwanl tree:'. I. low.
An.f like the li tte Prince of Spain,
Who lived o long ago.
We have our arrows ready
lint we cumot heiul tin how.
S. XV. K,,3 In Yankee Itlade.
DRAWING LOTS.
It was :i still, bright sunset ill Into
Oclob T. List night's frn-t lnul mi.
scale. I llio cliest :itit burl's mi Yellow
Mountain iiml shaken tin' "lossy blown
treasures mil among tin" fallen leaves
ami mosses. Tin tail dahlias by the
garden fonoo hung th-ir lilaekeneil
h'tlils, as if solium lliiseeu lire hail
passed over them, ami ti Ineiist wan
tinting' his shrill horn among the
lloi-oles at t ho back door.
Old Mr. Crisp, frtim tier cushioned
nriu-eliair, watched the yellow lighl
faile slowly away from the western
llill-bis.
Slie w as a little ohl woman, her f at e
Ji' iiiti il over with line wi iukl s, her
eves shining like hi o'k coals miller
their 1 1 2i LTp V .'lay blovy, Mid she
Wore a blaek ralieo gown iatterneil
in an dd, slckle-shaped design of
whie, with a muslin hal f-hamlker.
chief pinned aroui.il her neek. ai.il as
(he looked this wuv ami lliat. in a fee-
lile, e lllunt sol t of way, u deep sigh j
iiiuin .l ile!f up from her inner eon- i
teionsncss.
" Hi, dear, dear," said Mr . Cri-p. ;
talking ah. in I to herself, as was her '
way dining liee not infrcpi lit period-
of loiieline.s, 'every thing's every
which way! There's the cows lowing
at the li ti s lo be milked, and iiobodv
lo let 'em in, and the pi.s a-.-ipiealin'
for their supper like nil p '-si .-ed, and i tie advaii-iug with the bread-board i:i
the (uikevs llappiu' up in'o Ihe apple. I one hand and the -harp kn.fe in an
trce boughs to roosi. instid o' goin, other, "I'll tell you what. When
into the p,.iilliy-h him-, as llicy should, 1 Aleck's w it ikes it loo hot (o hold
and the kettle not on. and me heie you here, you eouie and iivc w ith me.
Iiclph . a poor, piod-foi-noihiti' er j "I'll lake care of you if you do scold
till ! What has become of Lolly!" I me sometimes. "
Xothing at all, Mrs. Cri-p," spoke
lip a sweet, distin. t young voice, mid j
ft girl of seventeen or thereabouts came ,
briskly into the room. "I'll look after j
I In: cow s nil. I the lurkcys and ihe pij;s
mid the tea
vinir-i !f."
ettle
Uon't you frel J
I
"1 can't noways help it," said Mis.
I'rNp. "You ain't nothiu' but a
I'e.l hi r-headed I'liild, Lolty Ansel, nu.l
I'm a fool to have you in the house.
Hurry up with Ihe i'ov now. I d lie
asliauied lo have Ileacin Hratul .' bv
lllnl si'e 'em hot milked till- lime of
Ihe i veiling. A lid i I' the turkeys '
get on ihe lop brum h of the tree, no!
p ivver alive will git 'em down ng'in."
Hut Lolly look her lime about it
untv iug her sun bonnet strings and
sinootliing out lu r nia-ses of wavy,
black hair, before she Weill lo work.
"I here i no hurry, Mrs. Crisp,"
said she.
The oh woman watched her wit h
Bll exasperated couuteu inee.
"Lotty An-el," said she, "I'd like lo
shake you ! '
Lottie laughed as she look up the
tea kcltlo.
( Hi, but you ean'l," said she. "I
shall lake particularly good ear.; to
keep out of your reach. Where's the
milk-pail? Oh. I remember I left it
in the sunshine, out on ihe bem li."
I'm sure I duiino why I have vou
here nl nil," tig!.cd Mrs. i ri-p, ner
vously palling her foot on Ihe Hour.
"I know," said :iucyL'lly. "Ile
cuiise you can't get miv one el-e for
Ike wages you're willing logive, with
all Ihe scolding thrown in. Hesse
Hurclay tried it, mid made a dead
failure of it; ami Susiii Harrison
would'l slay a week. I don't know,''
Lolly added. r lleclivcly, "thai I shall
tny very long."
' , l.ollv," cried Mr.-. Cii-p, you
wouldn't leave me here alone?"
Lolly pau-ed on the lliiolndd mi l
t in II ctl her bright face toward the old
woman
"No.
,
lid she. "I vv.-n'i. Mrs.
Crisp. You are very crust awl wry
cxHctin-. and I gt dreadfully out of
patience with you sometimes; but I
like you after 'ill. ami I won't leave
you just yet."
Ami she took her way, with light
footsteps, toward tin' cow-yard.
PrivoLing little creature!'' said
Mrs. Crisp. Bull don't kuow's 1
could do better. She's dreadful hides
p inlent to my face, but that's better'li
talking bchiud my baek. 1 won
der" And ul i sal in deep meditation until
Lolly returned, a foaming miik-pi'll
in either hand.
'I i pally think," she broke out at
last, "that it would bp a food idee for
Alexander to j;el married."
"So do J," said Lolly, from tin!
baek room, where she was straining
the milk into a row of glittering pans.
"I don't know," sharply retorted
Mrs. Cri-p, "that it's any of) our busi
ness, miss !"
"(Hi, ye., it is," said Lotty. "It's
everybody's business why Aleck, Crisp
don't got married. There i.n't u soul
in the village but is talking about it."
"What do they say?" fjliesiioned
Mrs. Crisp.
"They .say you won't let hii-i."
Mrs. Cri-p moved uneasily in lier
chair.
"I was vrl n' set asiir, it," owned
she. "I!ut I ain't any longer. Let
Mil! see ih.'le's llltld.lil Ci'lllllp "
"She's loo old," iut
who was now scalding
lliosed Lotlv,
out the milk
pails.
tongue!" said Mrs.
And there's I'eninah
Hold your
( 'i i-ii, shurplv.
Toslei' "
"Aleck t 'risp wi.uld n
girl with a nose all o i on
; marry ii
side, like
I'eniiiah !" cried Lolly, wiin had drawn
out ihe round table and Was covering
il with a clover-patterned cloth for
tea.
She was light in her movements
ate! swift, like a Imuim ng-bird.
"Ilallie Van Vorst," Mrs. Crisp
countt I up on her lingers, "and Lucy
Harrow "
"They'll any one of 'em inarrv your
Aleck." said Lolly searching ill the
cupboard for the spoons, "it I hey ha I
the chance. '
"I hate to givii him up to a slran
P'r," sivtbed Mi s. ( risp, "but if I'm
to lie helpless
like llii", something
must he done.''
..(),:- Kiid l.ntty, witha t.
head. So anyone that
A leek has got to inn rv von, I
s of lier
marries
o! Hal.
lie Van Viii.-I never would sla id that, ! got (o see him somi! tiiuo or other
Mis, (risp, and llul tub Crump has a why not now ?''
nice still' temper of her ow n too!" i And she opened the door, in spite of
"Lottie Au-i I, I do wish " Lolly's protestations, to Alexander
Look here, Vrs. Crisp," said Lot- , Crisp.
'Mils, ain'l a jesliu' sul.j. ct, L.it'y,"
said ti e old woman, severely. "Ilu!
dali I'eiiliKili, ll illie Van Vorst ami
Lucy Harrow "
"Sipiire lladdon's icloiiuc is
rather spoony oi
sllp'ste I Lotty.
i our son Aleck,
I
loii'l know what spoonev
menus," mid Mrs. Cib, cohliy.
" iclorine ll.iddoii and I'rances .lane
liidd till of 'em suiarl, stirriu' gaN.
I don't know which 1 like best of the
lot."
"I Ira iv lots,"' suggested mischievous
Lolly. "lire's Aleck's e
Wait a iiiiuuie (ill I write the
I hal.
names
on slips of paper. Let Aleck draw
for himself. That will scllle il." j Lolty ! When I tell y ll that life vvilh-
"Noiiscnser' said Mrs. Crisp, out you won't be worth a farthing? '
Though I don't know why ll.it ain't j And the next moment she was clasp
as sensible away as any, atter till. ' cd in Aleck's arms,
(ive me Ihe pencil, I.o'ly, ami a hook j "Hul Low caine tny mime among Ihu
to write on. I'll write the names my- sl'ps of papei ?" said Lotty, when she
self. You'll be up to tome of your was once more in the kitchen at the
tricks."
"No. I vvou'l," said Lottie.
'11.111-
ltut Mrs. Crisp persisted in writing
the nam-' in her own cramped old i
hand.
"1 wonder," said she, when she had
placed ihe slips of paper ill Ihu lint,
what Aleck will say?"
Alexander Cri-p c.iiue in lo lea n
little late. He was a tall, brow n- !
hkinne I fellow, with sleepy hazel
eyes, a silky brown beard and a com-po-ed
way of taking everything for
granted. He pouted a pocket hand
kerchief full of shining chestnuts into
his mother's lap as he entered.
1 picked them up under the old
tree by the bars," said he. "We'll
roast them, mother, after lea, and
here's a hunch of goldcu-rod for
Lotty. She likes a posy on the ta
ble." "We've got something for you, too,
Mr. Alexander," said Lotty, pertly.
You are lo shut your pw-s and
draw ."
pi-ivv what!' said Alexander.
hi slow way.
Lottv.
AVhcrc's
the hal, Mrs. Crisp:-"
Alexander li-t 'iied to his mother's
plan in perl. 'it Mlnne. He looked
from M:s. Crisp to Lotty and back
"Whose idea was il ';" said he at
length.
"Lolly's," said Mrs. Crisp.
So she wauls me to gel married?'
'( If eourso 1 d," said Lolly.
"She'g lired of Ihe place, I sup
pose?'' "I don't mind," said Lottv, Lilian
,,,.. ij,
'..n .....il i u,... i...,
slowlv, "I've nlwavs done as vou said
tliroii"h life. 1 won't 'o hack on vou
now. As you say, it ain't easy to
choose among so many, an I perhaps
it's jit-t as well to intst to luck and
chance. Here goes, llieu!"
"Mind," cried Lilly, "you're, to
shu: your eves!"
With leisurely movement, Alexan
der iu( his hand down into the crown
of the old straw hat wlih li Mrs. Crisp
held in her lap, and drew out a slip of
paper.
J "Who
it. Aleck?" cried Mrs
Crisp, lier old faen all a-ijuiver will,
nervous cxciteinent.
Vick Had. Ion, I'll bet a cookey !'
said Lotty, running lo peep ovel
Aleck's shoulder.
"No, it's IViiinnh l'oster!" said Mrs
'Cii-n. " somehow fi
it in ui
j Lones that it' Poni'iah !"
I Aleck, leaning toward Ihe lamp,
j hcl.l up his siip of paper, and lead
J "hind the words;
'Charlotte Ansel!"
j Mrs. I 'risp jfavp a little shriek,
1 Lotty Ansel, standing there in the fill1
jji.irc of the li;:!it, tnrne I a d'-cp scar
let, ami then ran "lit of the room.
"Ciuiie back, Lolly!" cried Mrs.
'ri.-p.
"I.oiiy !" called Alexander, in the
deep accent of a command.
Hut Lotty did mil come back.
It was aim ist ten oMo. k. AH Ihe
lipids but one were out in the ono
stoiied wooden cabin wh-re the An'. I
family lived, dose .) the mill.
"1 on't let him come in, inutli.'r,"
sobbed Lottv, "TbatK his ku ek, I
know il is. If vim do, I'll go and
dl'owu myself in Ihe luiil-d.iin !"
"Hon't be silly, child," said Mrs.
An-el, a slotil, iiiolherly -nil, w ith h. r
ray locks Iwisied into a tiirlil knot at
the hack of her head, am! dark, 1 ; 1 1 1 1 1 -iug
eyes, like Lolly's own. Vou'vu
The girl was crouched in a corner,
wilh crimson cheeks and half-ave.tcd
eyes, as he eanie in.
"Lottv,' said h
w li v did vou run
away from me?''
"Hid you think I
was gung to
sla:r'
"It was your own idea,'
aid Alex-
under, calmly. I
"Hul I didn't put my name in. I j
never dreamed of such a thing j
never!" protested the girl.
"I've drawn you by lot, Lotty."
"li was only in ,'oke," she per
sMcd. "It may have been a joke lo start
with." taid A'exander: "but it's got
past Ihe joking point now. I'm in
serious earnest, mid I mean what I
say. My iie lher is nil alone. Sln
must not he left so, I'or her sake,
Lottv, come back."
I W 'li'l !" H.i-hi'd out Lolly.
"I'or mine then, Lolly? hear littlo
Crisp hoiie. "W ho put it tiipre?"
'I did," said Mrs. Crisp, calmly.
I liked v ou beller'n any of the gals
whose names you counted over, mid I
thought you ought lo have as gooil u
chance as them. You're a mi-chicv-ous
piece, always uiakiu' fun of every-
laxly and every thing, but there's n
g oil deal o' fun in you niter all,
Lolly Ansel. You aim vexed with hip,
be you ?"
"No," said Lolly. "Not now!"
Afterward, when Alexander hail
gone out lo lock up the barn, she crept
close to Mrs. Crisp and put her arms
around the old lady's withered neck.
"He s:iyi he has loved me this long
time," whispered she. "On.y he
thought I was loo young lo cam for a
sober, iniil(lle-a.;cil fellow like him.
He didii I know, did he? And ileal',
dear, Mrs. Crisp, of all the mothers
in law in the world, I shali love yoi
the best !"
lust then Alexander cauiu in, am
noddc I kindly toward the pair.
It wasn't such ft bad idea, ' said In
"inis ih aw iiiL' lots for a w ile! '- -
"A wifo," sai.
j l..iliiiday Night,
nm..';tEX's roLnn.
I I'll! t.lTTI.r.-HKD-AI'I'l K TUN'.
; The l.ilt;- ICe.l-Apple Tn-e!
j ih. t'. l.itt'.-i:eil-Aip!e Tie.''
! AVheii I nay the liitle-fst hit of a hoy,
i Ami yiii were a hoy with nu-l
. The hlu.l.iril's rii-'hl frmn t he tnpinost
l.oudii.
And tin li ivs up there so hi.'h
, That e rce 1 over tin' r.f .if the house,
j And w h.sipi d as the wind- went hy!
. lb.: tin- I,iit:e.ied-Appie Tr.-e!
" it ! I Ihe Jitl'd-ll Ih-iN In-lmv.
i And tin .. I 'rapu nr .r s . vv. li'iim.'lv
I Unlim-- He- rake m. tin-1.
I Hilling, loo. as the m .lippe I thnnij;h
1 i "' s, '
mil Ainv ai'. from v.
And iiie, in the dav .of old.
,,, ,, , ... ,, , , ... ,
I Ml, tile I, lit i -II I-A j'l-.e 1 1 t'C 1
s-w. . t a-the iui. u st fruit
! Sp uiL'ed .m tlie pilate spi. ily.
Ai d r..!led il'rf the tolinae to h..nt,
I- tie' m. inory -til! and the joy
'f tin l.itUe lie I- Apple Tree.
When I w is tne I it t t hit ot'a hoy,
And mui ivrre a l.ov with mi!
A ;i..i iii-vni.
A waif of a boy w as eating a slain
ill'-h-af on a -lie! coiner with the
air of a starve! nj, -ays the lleln.it
I'rc 1'ie--. when a si ray dog came
along and el 'oiiched al his feel. The
liuii!r 1 .ok remained in the hoy's
ey e-. Inn be gl.inee.l down at the vag
abond dog and said in a frie'.dly way:
Wot vou nanl? Thi-ain't mi bone,
(-it !"' The ...g moved oil a little and
again it crouched ami looked vvNifidly
al Ihe food. "a, do v er want this
vvu-s nor I d ?" a-ked tie' waif.
Spc'ik. can't er?" Tin; dog gave a
iplick b.irk and the b,,y threw iii i n I' e
te-t .." tlie loaf. -'Null' said." he re
marked as lie wavh.'.i hiiu cat iav ;i
oiisly. "I aiu'i the feller to see a paid
in trniiliie." And the boy went oil
one way urnl Ihe d..g he h id befriend
ed another, both the heller f r the en
counter. A I'.liWI. I II II. I! IIIM 'IV.
Mayor Cit-hiii -.'- little iive-year-old
daughter Hlauehe fi ll frnui a hammock
and broke lu r shoulder. After I In
fill sin- ran into the liiu-e, In r lips
ch ii. l.e.l lightiy and calmly told her
inolh. r that she had hint herself. A'
lie ugh not a tear was v i-ibie, y.t lie
deathly pallor which had -pr.ad over
her faec '...Id the mother that lu r link
line w.is hurt.
Now, i ti fi 1 1 1 1 1 1 :i . don't you cry. I
w ill stand the pain. It won't )a-t so
very long," -aid t'e little one.
Hastily examining hi- child Mr.
Cus:iig f"i.nd licit Ihe shoulder blade
was broken Surgeons were immedi
ately brought and the Ira.! lire, which
proved to he a serious one, was ipii. k
ly set.
Al no time during the fearfully
painful opi'ialiou did lie' little one
utter s i mu ll as a moan. She simply
clem lu d her dainty lill.e lists, bit her
lip-, ami without a tear bore it all in a
manner whirl, the allemling pliysi. iaus
after leiiiarkid they had never seen
i tpiallcd. liu.'iha lice.
I" Al l mi l. II I : i t til'.
Ile.ssi, w:is a little I ierman girl. Her
papa and lier mamma had a great
many friend- in Ihe I niled Stale-, so
they thought lliey would cross the
ocean an.' live I lure. One morning
lles-ie went with I Iii-iii lo lircuiiM,
when' lav the big sleane r which was
In carry Ihem all over tlie great sea to
Ann -riea. lie vv a so pl as. d with all
she saw that she quite forgot lu r little
dog Tip till j'i-1 as tin big ship began
to move she heaid a load hark ami
looked back lo the wharf.
--(lb, 111:1111111:1. mamma," si, 1 cried,
w i.h a lump in her throat that seemed
ready lo elm!- c her. "I'oor Tip!
Poor Tip! Look, mamma, Look!"
There, among the crowd of people
w ho ha I collie to bid friends good
bye, was the little li trier, running; up
and dow 11 lo tiud his inisliess.
I..w could I'.e-sie have forgot ton
li i 111 ? Il was no use. Tim strip of
blue water betw een the w ha f and the
learner grew wi.h r, and the white
streak of foam belli ,d tin; huge vessel
longer and longer.
poor Ite-sie!
Tip, wilh his iio-o to the ground,
was following his voung mistress'
foot-teps. Suddenly he reached Ihe
cud of the wharf. lie hesitated a
moment, ran to an I fro, then leaped
into Ihe waves and died lo sw im utter !
(he ship. Hut Ihe water w as very cold j
and alter a short struggle the dog dis
appeared. Onlv a few ripples, form
ing wider and wider circles, showed
vv Inn c he had sunk.
Poor, faithful lit il-' Tip!
Wiisicul Maiiftgeiiiciit.
.Mr. Hlilh'is- '"Hobby, there's an
01 gan-grinder four blocks down Ihe
stiei I. !sip aroiiml there and get into
some do :Mwav. Then, when he sees
you, step up to him and give- him this
ipitirter.''
11 bin -Yes, pa. What fu.."
Mr. niilhrs--' So hull keep on
phiviiif, ..'own 1 1 ni 1' instead of coining
bere." street A Miuith'B ' lod iw.
WAYS OF SMUGGLERS.
Many PcopI Evade the Law
Despite Constant Care.
Utilizing a Dead Hcrse to !
Smugglo Cigars. j
1
In spite d the v igi'atiee of eu-tom
inspectors and tic nluio-t perfect
working of the -eeret sel vice, stung- i
filing is 1 ! 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 ally can ie.l on ;i 1 1 . 1 in
some degree, ami for ingenuity in
ways that are d irk a el Irieks md al- '
ways vain the smuggler is an
adept. Sioano-is fe mi South Amer
ica and the e-t It, le s ami t.einp
steamer- bring in ei-jar-. 11. pi rs, and
a great variety of met ehaudl-e lud on
the ve--el's manifest, which finally
gets on 1 In; market without paving!
! tribute to toe governmi "it, and prob- 1
ably never a gi-at Irati-a iautic liner!
I arrived at this port tint did not bring
some good- which w. re Muuggied ,
through.
I The ingenuity of to" -muggier is
, grea1. Sum- years a o. when Ihe;
J Har-e Oiliee was u-nl a- a 1. 1". ling '
j place f.ire il.ill p;..s"i,M,.. :l ('u-ton
j lloll-e oliieer ..lie iav sj.-pped Up to a j
j I'l'-peclahle - appearing, weji- .lie e.l i
! vviitnaii w ho. with h.-r h't-liaml
W.'is standing waiting 'o have le-r lug-
I gage examined, and rcpp'sO'il her
j pre-eiice in tl.e searching n, .in. Sin- 1
j carr ed sti all tr.iv. Iling bag- In her 1
, hand, and he ni .de ber bring that '
j along, too. s'N. wi-, -!' eoursM. in
' digiiaiil ami ie-r I 11-haiid Uttered aii
Soils i,( lineal- again.! the i lli, er f.,r
what he i-itin I a - "I his nil' r.i-;.'."'
Hill the . Ilieer e-timly opened Ihe
Lug and t" -k tin-.-. Ifoii a soap box
ami from tin- - cap I. x a . ike ,,f -oap.
Tin- cake of -oap had In e:i u-.'d and
looked like any other iuiiceint pice
of toilet soap. Hut when Ihe idlicer
cut it in ,wo w ith h! knife a tc-t of
sparkling di. 1111. .'i, I- of er-at l..-:itty
and value w.i- t i ,-e. in it-interi-.r.
i How Ihe cii-!..to. . tli. .! knew tl.it
Woman, lh it li aw ling bag ami that
cake of f;ip i- a 111 :e. i . but . lie 1 1 j
doubt sii-ci'pl ib! 1. 1 an e.i- . - cut inn If 1
all the fact- i;: 1 ,e ,-.,., w- ie kn-.w 11.
Tie- c: et .,-n lee J,:,., j-, ag- u's
ev. 1 y win 1 and tie gnat lion 'ewi li
Women -inugL'iel - is !:ia! the-, wi.;
talk, e-p.ciatly n)., ,,-y have hit
Upon some par! cu!:'.:ly ingenious plan
for smuggling. -otin 1 i in. s portly
WOlliell W id elltel the -ei;il'e 1-, mil, to
etnerge Iherel'iion giva'ly 1 nutciatcl.
bill leaving behind iarge .jii.inl it ies of
valuable lace.
The smokes in k- of steamers from
the We.t Indies have been known on
several occa-1. hi - to i. til up many
hundred dollars' worth i f li-jar-. In
fact, the siuoke-la. k i- a la-. i ite p!..ee
for hiding -iiiu-:gie, -j-. id-. Ti.i- s.o 1
of smuggling is dole by ihccleW Who
work iiml.r tie- double 1 1 -;i -1 x autage
lis a rule 1 I h.iv ill'! lo i ai!e the w nl h
ful eye, of both lh" olli' oi - of II .
, steamer ami the , n-tom- t-llie r-.
Once a dead lee -e was ciri ie.lh-. li e
tide oil lo the b- a, h tit I oncy l-lund.
When people went to r. neve t,e
can a-s tin y found that the iut.-iin, .,
had been removed and the itit. i i.,r of 1
(he dead aiiiln.il tilled with Havana
cigar-. The car. a-- and its eai go bad '
prohably been throw 11 ova rboanl from
some sleaiin i' and tie- 11, nf' derates
whi Wile I have lowed Pit- ai-go-v
ashore at -mni' .cl:i-iei pi.n e had
I inis-e. coiilieelioii. Ihiowing tiling,
ovel board vv In II Ihe ve-sel m'livesat
night to be picked up by a b. at I'r ,
j sh HP is a '. Mil inoli prai I ce.
I Soiueliines a swift -ailing ves-el i- '
j used which, approaching the eoist. !
lays oil' ami ..u no il uighi. ami then
I putting in to in- .,i-ciirc harbor
j lands a portion of its cargo ami ail
, 11 way to s .me in arl y port in etn. r and
dischaige Ihe go n, 011 it, ma ni f"-l . j
i The yacht Hal. ic. cully wiecked
011 Ihe Japanese eoa-t. was at one 1:
j a celebi al.-d -iuii::;!',r on Ihe Pacific
('ots. ( luce a s, l.oom-r cane- ailing
j up Narragatiseii lie, u.i I at night put
j into a little harbor on the Warwick
I shore where si,, unloaded .1 large car-
go. The good- were -ion d in ihe barn
I of a f.irmei in aib. A diav i-col of
foreign good- c niiug an . I'rov iileuce
lroin vvarvv cK ex. ile.l tl.e suspicions
ofs.inebodv, an I arrest, and seizures
follow ed. New 1 ork 'Pi i Lit nf.
A Harrier llelneen I lieni.
A little I'l'iti-h 1 p.i I i i it u recently
stemncd far up the Heinle branch of
Ihe Nig r l.'iver in a small sham
launch ., ml liualtv entered u liilnitarv
j of the Heinle and exp ole.l a legion
1 whlih no w hile m m has ever visile, I
I before. The most interesting thing
! about their j ni, iiev was the curious
experience they had with the
natives. Thcv had been passing for
11 good while through a regio ; that was
inhabited by Moslem hlael.-. fruits ;
vl the lalhvr ktvcie lucthods of con-j
ver-ion Pinjilov Jl y the Afh i ivaiL-rg
of the Soinlan.
'Jheeounlry A'tis VS'.'V ii'tile, and
I be peojilf were ni.iner -lis : hut all td
a sudden, though tlu'cottntry still wore
its u-ua! a-iecl, and the ouil vvns ap
I'tii ciitlj- ri-'li, iopiilatiou entirely
. eased. I'or a strelcliof over twenty
miles not a hut was to be seen, nor
w as a single sign of human life nny
w here observ e I. The expedition won
dered tit this 1'euiiirkablehiateofair.iirs,
for ll.e country v. a- certainly inviting,
mid they could not imagine why it had
110 inhabitant-.
Ad at once, however. us thcv round
ed ti bend in the river, they saw big
crowds of unlive, running down the
slope- of I ho hills to Ihe bank. '1 hoy
blandished iheir -p.tlis al the white
men on the lit t le boat, and told them
to go back for they wanted no Moslem
in their country. 'Mere was un inter
preter o lb'' vessel w ho sllcepi d- d ill
convincing t':e natives that the visitors
were 1 I'M Mo-leiiis, and tli. teupou the
people becaiue ipiih friendly. Then
tin reason for this curious hu k of
po ulati on was a-ee' i lined.
When the tribes who had been eon
vi ted to I-lum found that tin- natives
near them were ju-t as strong as they
w e:e, the spread of I heir religi 11 in
lliat direct:. .11 alniihtly ceased, but
the-e heathen people ami ll.e Moslem
converts near them could not live at
peace with one another. It was final' -y
de. i.led that, as they could hot be good
neighbors, a stretch of country should
he placed between them w lieie no one
hould live, and in that way thcv ex
p cl,d to get along with le..s blood
shed 1 ail ihe people w ho inhabit, d
thi- fertile legion, about twenty miles
vv id. , packed up Iheir little beloti.ings
and in -Ved awav . and Ibis stretch of
tairy lh is came to be wilho-.it a
-ingle inhabitant. Today it is a No
Van'- Land, tind the only reason is
that (he people vv ho are neighbors 1
there cannot live 011 friendly lei ui-.
ami, h .ving ,ir. d of lighting, have put
this barrier between ihem. Now
I 1 k -.111.
Vnollicr ( . in ms at the queen's 11 iti .
A . OI ie-p..n.eit Who seems lo klloVV
what he i- talking about writes l. the
I. oie Ion Tiiue- piote-iing agaln-t ihe
vulgar error of -uppo-i g ihai th"
family name of ihe pro-out rciguitg
ilvnasty in (.real liritaiu is iiieiph.
If lie- royal latuily can lie said to have
:. fauiiiy name that name is d'il te. not
I. iielph. The I..-: I.m dpi. of tie- male
line w a ( . uelpli 111 . I u ko of Carin-
II. i.i. lb- died with, ut is-ue all I left
the representation of his family to
li s only sister, ' uiiegunda, who, in
I' lO, Wedded Ao d ll-le. MaLpiis of
list-. I loin Ibis marriage, in direct
male line, de-eeml' il all ihe member.
.. Ihe r.yul ami ducal families .,(
II 1 1 ii iv ' r and l'.i liiiswi k. n 1 ini in I
family liauie. Iheieloie, is d'M-le.
That thi- i- the cae is evident from
the fact that the children of Ihe late
Augu-IU- 1'i'o.lerh k ( I 'like of s.s,. y )
vv h i-e marriage wiih Lady Augusta
Mm my was invalid 1 el by tne royal
111: Triage tu t of I77J. a--uuied the sur
name of d I '.-le, 11 I ( 1 uelpli.
There are very inaliv, leiwever,
VV ho III U i II 1 .1 i II thai wllcll she W eildeil
W ith the I 'I luall prince eolisort Vic
loii i f,.t C ited her inai.l.'ii family
uaine t w hatev er it u as) . and that al'
her children sh 11 1, 1 be regarded as
members .f the family vv ho-e name
their father bore, this being the oii-loni
and hivv of Chii-leml-ini. ' bicago
News.
Singular l nciiUy nf a l.linti'.ic,
A pa lent lot ilea Iv coulim d in the
Hospiial for the In-aue in Ibis ( ity
scented fond of rending, ami in taking
una new spaper it wa- noticed thai he
Would read w illnur lie-ilaliou whether
the paper was stdewiseor boltoui -hie
up. Asa further le-t of hi- powers
011. of Ihe attend Hits he .1 a He w -pnp-T
sp'e.id out before him. keeping it eon
siauilv turning around : -.jd, w i 1 1
vvoud.-rlill case, the lunatic continued
to read liliinleri uplediy. l o test hi 11
still further a reel was produced, ami
the paper spread out mid alt.n led lo
Ihe anils, ihe whole being then placed
before the patient. No matter how
l.'lpidlv the reel Was turned, ;,e won
derful crcaluie w.-iild read article
alicr arl'n le aloud w ithout seeming in
be di-tui l ed in the least. We have
never heard whether the singular phe
nomenon was continued, or even
whether the piiienl is still living or
not. Hartford 1 Ci j !is.
The Hose's; Popularity.
The popuh.i itv if ihe rose am! it
sover. igiilv :i t'e- mo-t fashionable
flower is nf comparatively recent ori
gin. I'm v ion. to s.7o the most fash
ionable tlovvei of the hall room, which
iiivariabl grac'd beauty's bouquet,
was ihe cam. Ilia, and bompicts of
llu-e tlovvcrs brolighi iflo to S''i ) in
w inh-i-s past, as I eiuptets of loses do
uow. .New l'rk Press.
A l.eiii's Dreiim.
All siimni' r vv hen the world was green.
Ami -utishiiie robed tie sky.
I w niched wilh fluttering heart the birds,
And l-.ng. .1 and prayed to fly.
When U'ltmuu came we nil were gay
With gold and red and brown :
bird-tike J tipped the .nouuliiin top.
I Hew belli up and dow 11.
I've li. en u leaf, and like a bird
I've 1. arned to rie and Itv.
We ilutn r. I t.. tie- ri r's luea-t,
A ml drvaiiiiug there lay 1.
An 1 a!! my dream is luii of life.
My soul hy bright vv iug-stirred,
Tlmt make a path thr-ugh pathless air,
1 o tiud its male -a hird.
- Il.iliie I'. Moiyau in Ihe hid" peudi lit.
Jll'MOKOL'S.
A risp in real cstah Mountains.
National tie, loveriiineut bonds.
Where rumor is afloat gossip finds)
smooth sailing.
As trade ej-ows dull competitiun
will begin to sharpen.
When a railroad cuts rates, il doesn't
cut with intent lo kill.
H.f.ii.' the Iloiiiisfs Door "If I
were only sine that the doctor was
mil. I would ring tlie bell."
And you love him still?" "In
deed I do! When he talks, I hardly
know whether I love him or not."
"I know how to pronounce M pwap
vva." -Di you? llovv?" "Well. I
prefer not to try il now, but wait till
you hear dinipsou's baby say papa."
Dr. A. to Dr. H. "Nice trick you
have played me during my va a ion.
lb-re I turned over to you a lot of pa
tients I have had fir years, and you
have cured til -til all up ill a mouth."
A father of three sous and live
daughters was asked what family hu
had. The answer was: "I have three,
sons, ami they have each live sisters."
"Mercy!" replied the iuiorrogator,
sti .'h a family !"
Hob, can you tell me why I am like
the moon when it is 1 w etity-tlirei)
days old?" P.ob couldn't tell and tho
pi -st iou-r explained: Il. cause I've
pas.e.l tny la-l quarter." A small loan
wa- advanced immediately.
Mi-s l oin -tnirs Whv Mr. Sm.lll
liit, what borri.l la. ii g color- you
have. Why did v. .11 oho..-.- a skull as
your eni'dem? Mr. ."-uulllebit Aw
bee.iu-e a skull alvvavs aw conic- in
a-le ad. don't you know .
Author "Mr. Dheetor. may I ask
u to vv hat l! nnmittee thinks of
my drama? It is perhaps accepted."
"The three members of tlie reading
coiuiui! were ..f tic oiiiniou that
one of the three ads ought to he
slruck out, bill ouch wanted lo cut out
a dilb rcnl one."
Itulleriiiilk lis si ( iirativc Agent.
That old dome-lie r. 111 dy. butter
milk, -hould led ,e pa-re I over for
more in it. i 11 prescription-. A young
iady patient of the w riter'- was suUer
ing from n severe consumptive cough.
None of the 11-nal nnli-spa-modics, cx
pe. t. .runts, eic, seemed to do any
good, simply because her stomach was
too Weak to hear enough medicine hi
tiled ihe purpose, finally, I suggest
ed to her mother the use of hoi butter
milk. 1 1 was adopted at once. Her
lii-l night', exper etiee was one of
compiirat iv. freedom I'm .111 cough mid
pain, and a plea-aut slumber for
scvial hour-. Il was continue I for
a long lime, wilh an unvarying relict
of all her previous di-tn-sing symp
toms, ami an almo-l perfect freedom
from cough for several hours after
each draught of ihe hot buttermilk.
Lingering tit one lime for weeks
from an attack of congestive fever,
dosed with calomel mid ipiitiiue ul
iiiosl beyond endurance, the writer
In gall to desire l iillermilk lo drink.
The physician didn't "believe in hu
moring the vv III ill- of patients," lis lm
expressed it; be-alcs, he contended
that a single drink of tl buoxioiis
tlu'ul might produce death, as acids
and calomel were incoiuptiiible dweller-
in the same stomach. Hut I was a
good persuader, mid my inolher was 11
susceptible snhi.'ct. The buttermilk,
"fresh from Ihe churn," was procured
mid drank No 1 v il resiilied : instead,
caine a pei'sp'n alion and speedy recov
er). There are people, however, who
ea inot ii-e buth'i milk at all. l'ttl iu
and I'ricud.
Umperor ami ( ripple.
A statue leceiillv set Up Hi Kaiser
si ulern, ( ierinany, in memory of the
lale Miiipero.- I'lcderick. has n pretty
history. Years ago I'red rick, then
Crown Prince, vi-iied the Children!
Hospiial (here, and in his kindly way
Weill about talking to the little ones.
Among them was a cripple whom
name (he Prince asked, and w hen tlit
hid shvly said "Frederick,"' the Princ
took his btile naiut-nkc in his mini
caressingly. The incident is repro
lucctl in the statue, which stands it
the hospital yard, dost- Ly (hu spin
where it occurred.