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l)c Cl)ntl)am lUcori. 11. A. LONDON, EDITOK AND rKOPHlETOR. KATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion- One square, two lusertions One square, one month - J1.Hi 1.6S - 2.61 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advanet. VOL. XIII. IITTsnORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAIJCII . 18JH. For Itrger udvertiscnu ntr liberal cow incts will Do made. NO. 2!. l if'.iO 3 1 The Mimdrcl. He thought lie once couM tn A sou;; of loie and spring. Cut stammered, thoii,'h lie lulil a full i tump I re j Hicnu-e he la kod the p.rt Which l.ip'r years inii:irt ; rtromi-e the skill w:is less than the d'flre. A ml now he smith to know lust how the tune should flow ; Thai niics the yoinic ardor once so strong. Tin impul.r of the hcirt Is slower Hum the art ; The skill to sin;: i hitter than the song. The sobering touch of timi Holds Lack th" ha-ty rhyme Tint in tile bent of tou'h once spiliiirtl con trol; For sillied in irehs of lhoi,'ht I lis fl in',' lire .ms nro caught ; Age look., hryo.nl the senses to the soul. All, e.ini.i the Movers iirl A vine the loftier nrt As oiii e fie Ioa her in the realm of sons'. Ah cou'd lie 's Grander themes l-'loiv like the early streams, Wlut m'.iiMr. I then would he had lire 1 to., !,;-'( ;t'hri-tnihcr 1". (.'ranch in IlBrper's. MARTHA'SJAISSION. Like a lily, tall and slender and f i-.e-I'ni, f ir; h i I'airliolil looked in )i i !--; iii'iiu niii r dress, waxen white r .niplexion and liquid entjr eyes, as r-1 1 j ho id at tho window, waiting for Hie in 1 1 1 bl f the omiiilins win-els en route lot' th ; station, while, close at lier si le it hoavy-cyed widow reso lutely endeavored to keep back the tear. "It will not lie for Ion;;, nntnnin, don,' .ail Mirth i. i n -oitr.i jr'mjily. An I .'lis. I'.iirti.dd answered, bravely, "No. (I n liiiL', it will not In1 j'or Ion,'." "An 1 only to think, mamma," went on Mar: !;!, cheerily, "I am to have JL'l.i'i ii e.n and a i.x weeks' vacation in the Summer, mid all tho duties 1 inn to p -rl' inn a. being companion to an invalid. Von don't know how rich I !' I. tu.imiii'i. dear. And I shall Fend on n -h f u' the very first qu.iltiily payment I receive; for what do I nee, I of iii ney, iiriiniiia, with my nice, new o iiiit of dieses?" Mis. Fairfield .ighed softly. A sit uation fur Mirtha liinl been the most earnest tlire of niother mid daughter foi the . :t -1 six nimths -ever Mine Col. Fail Ii. -id's ileaih had left them comparatively pcuuilr; hut now that it Inid actually come, by means of n newspaper advertisement that Mai tlri had valiantly answered, she felt a vague t, use f,( coming danger and misfortune, which was inexplica ble even to hcr-cif. A long, loving embiacc a tearful parting -and the moment, so long dreaded by both, was over; and the future hail In g u f .r Martha. The lirt page of the VuIllllIC WAS smip'e eiionh a long, wearisome journey !;. rail, ft lumbering coach ride af ii i iv.i: 1-, into the Very heart of the Wel-'i mountain. And a the purplish tinges of twilight were ho i 1 1 It i l)T to s Itle ih;ivil ill lh" tzrgp, the ronr.li sto.ped. "i 'ros road lor ( ampinfou Ha!l!'' railed out the driver, hoarsely. "Now, then, mi-', look alive; there" a rarriaee waiiin'.'' ; "M iss r'airlield i" said the rhariol eerof this- hitter eipiipiiep, respei-t fully i touching his Int. "I'lea-c, miss, Ir. I Campiiieton sen; tno down here to meet you."' "lr. ('ntnpiiiKion '." Martha rc- j pealed, '-Oh to bo fnre?"' as it Hashed upon her mind that Dr. 'n n i j i 1 1 r I on must be tho medical attendant of her ' invalid pall iMicss. "Is it far?'' "So, m'.n a matter of two miles ; or more" "Two miles!'' Martha leaned ' wearily back in (he carriage, and drew ! down her veil to conceal the drops that ' stood in her eyes. j It was a sad and desolate ride, spite ; of tho siihiinip scenery, that spread it self, like a panorama, on either side of her; mid Martha Fairfield could not but rejoico when the man said: "There's tho Mall, tn'ss." It was it spacious mid rai her gloomy looking sliiieture, standing 'ii n height, with ft tei raced walk extend ing along its whole front. "What a large house!" sho ex claimed. "Yes, miss, it is large," said the driver. "Wc'vo had fifty patients there nt a time.'' Again Martha stared, and again her read wit suggested a solution of tho difhVu'ty. W.h it not possible that this lftdy for w horn her services wero secured was an inmate of n "Water Cure," or "Ilyifcinii Home," or some retreat for the ailing '! "Miss Fairfield, " spoke a cheerful Toice. "Pray let me assist you to alight. I am Ir. ( aiupingtoii." And a tall middle-aged, handsome pentlenian advanced down the steps ; agenllrmaii Willi a high, Shakf ptar- : Ian brow, and mu-liuhe slightly j frKrzh'd w'io led the way into a pret- I ty octrgon stilly, or reception syurt, J with a red carpet, crimson curtains and walls lined with books, whose gilded bindings rcllectcd the e'..cery bhic of a good lire. IVay be seated, Mi- Fairliold,'' he said. "The servants will bring you some tea ibreetly : and w hen you arc a little rested and ivf re-lied, my house keeper, Mrs. Bland, wid show you to your room." And he I.'ft tho npailinent before Martha could n-k the eager questions which were trembling on her lips. Presently n maid euino in with a tray containing cold fow l, ham, French rolls, and a small china pot of frag rant tea; and while Martha was enjoy ing her repast with tho apetiie nf eighteen, a tap camo to the door, and a tall, slight girl, all in white, with a wreath of llowers in her hair, glided in. "May I come in? were nil for bidden to disturb you; but I knew you wouldn't mind me." Murtlin looked ndmiringly nt her soft, brown eyes, and the m.i-s of golden brown hair that flowed down over her shoulders. "I'o you live here?" asked she. "I stay here," said tie! girl, until be comes itl ter me." "I'nlil who roines?'' II, unlet, Priinn of I leinna; K. iton't you know," she said impatient, ly, "I nm Ophelia? Ah, you may wi ll look siirpri-ed. I'coplo think I am dead, but here I am. you see. And Hamlet love, mo through it all. lie will eo n : 1 nm -uie he will come. You have arrived from the world," she cried suddenly. "Perhaps you hnvu seen him -my Hamlet?" A eold thrill of tenor shot along Martha Fairfield's nerves. Wtis the fair young girl cray ? At the same minute a servant, in n ni'ili cup mid plain gray stulf gown, citercd. "Mi- ( Ijihelia," cried she, "How ever rami you here? (' me away di rectly, miss, or I'll rill the doctor.'' The girl shrugged In r shoulders im patiently. "I nm not afraid of the doctor," said si,,.. "He is always kind to Hie. Ilc-ido., bo knows that his position as court physician depends entirely upon toy gooil word with the King." "Come away, miss, dear," coaxed the woman. You must get to bed early, y tt know, or you won't be fresh when he comes, as may be he'll do tomorrow morning." "That is true," said the girl, her dark, sleepy eyes ligh ing up. "Yes, Hester, yes, 1 will come." And kissing her hand to Martha, with a gay gesture of f.iivwell, she skipped away lifter the maid. Martini followed her to the door, I and there, pacing up and down the I wide pa-sagu, by the light of n sus pended lamp, was a silver-haired wo man, wiih a large wax doll in her arms, over which Un bent her head, making an inarticulate cooing sound as she walked. "Who is that?" she asked of (he woman who vas leading the passive " tplicliii" away. "It's Mrs. .Tes-up. Poor thing!" She nildod, in nn undertone, "she thinks that's her baby ns died and was h li ied thirteen good year ago. There comes tin- doctor now." As Or. Campiugton entered Martha Fairfield confronted him with a pale face. Sir," said she, wihliy, "what place is this you have brought me to? A mad house?'' lb; sat iiiielly down, beckoning her to mi oppositit chair with an air of tpliet authority that she found it im-pos-ihle to resist. "You are tpiite right," said he. "It is what tho world calls a mad house, but we, w ho are wiser in the hisloi v of moral and mental disea-e,term it ii Sanitary Kelrcat." "lint you have deceived me. You advertised for a companion to an in valid." "Have we not many invalids here?" Tr t'ampiiigfoii nsked w ith a smile. "I put it to your ow n reason and good sense how niiiiy answers wo should get to nn advertisement worded thus; Wanted A Keeper in a Madhouse. Now, Mi. Fairliold, I Reo pl ot 's! and refusal in your eyes, lint take j time to reflect. Your duties will be light, merely the supervision and com panionship of the two or three refined and delicate invalids who cannot be entrusted to the com so mid tinciil' lured attention of menials your sala ry double what was mem iouci in the advertisement. I will await your de cision tomorrow morning in this apart ment. Itetsr," to ihe little maid who ha I brought the tea, "S'iow Mi-s Fi irfield to her room." And in ft large and airy apartment, w ith ca-eineiiis w hich overlooked the mountain slopes, Martha Fail Held sal ' low II to decide. Tin re was something in I r. Camp-, i igton's calm rye nu I calmer words that reassured h -r the "Madhouse" seeming no longer j possess let for in her sicht. "We h;vo outgrown the super-ii-lious age of (In: world," she told her self; "and I, in pal lidal-, have always prided myself on my strength of mind. I have -a mission three hundred a year. With that sum I could give dear mamma even luxuries. Yes, I will Mil. " H .11, which is it to be Yes or So'.''' Dr. (.'ampiiigtoii asked on tho morrow, when Manila met him, with clear, violet eyes and looks of tjiiict resolve. "Yes." "I thought so. In fart, I knew it," he said, laughing. For I am rather a physiognomist in my way, and I read your face yesterday." And Martha stayed at ( nmpington H 11; but the tievor wrote to her mother that she was in a tinidhoii-e! At (he end of the quarter I r. ( 'amp 'nglon paid her 1'7.". "Well," said lie, "hnvo you found it very hard work?" Man lut smilingly shook her head. "(hi the contrary," said she, "I iike it. ( iphelia is one of tho sweei--( girls and best c mpntiii-ns I ever knew, w hen she run forget her one delusion ; ami" "Yes," said I'r. t anipington, "and they all like i on. S do I." Martha smiled mid colored. lr. Cauiiin'iton watched her face intent It . "Mir-s, Kairlield," said he, "you have never u-k. d me what nearly every ono else does why I do not lirirrv ?' " l!i cause." said Martha, "I ran im agine the reason. Your standard is high you nevrr yet have met the woman to real'o it." 'You are wrong, then, Martini, " said he. "I have met her. She stands before nif! now. Marlha, I may as well confess the truth I have allowed myself to full in love with you, hard headeil, Imrd-iicurlcd man of medieino though I nm. Will yon become my wife?" And Martha Faiill.'hl answered, "Yes; I will." (gracious, gra-ef nl ami gently sho presides over Campiugton Hall, tho sweetest and happiest of young wives, proud in her husband's tnaivellous power of doing good; proud in her mother's happiness ; still prouder of her own success iti soothing (he jarrod natures of those in whoso minds lio.i son sits unsteadily. "I used to long for a mission,'' Martha says. "I have found it now." Itwiiotlug ( hihli cn's Teeth. The sixth jrar molar is the lirt of the permanent set of teeth, nnd where a the age of eleven, or before r ho ap pearance of-lhe twelfth year molar, it is found so b idly deca . ed that tho I ii I p inu-t be or is de-t roved, it is fre quently w i.er l.) remove it (and its follow in the same jaw if that is de cayed), hoping dial the erupting twelfth year molnr will then appear further forward, nnd eventually tho space he obliterated. Thus the wis dom tooth has plenty of space and be comes more useful than usual. Where tho same condition prevails after tho appearance of the twelfth year molar, it is not so easily divided, tlicugh in many cases even then it is more beneficial to remove than to re tain the pu'pless tooth. Abscessed teeth, especially in the hack of the mouth, and more especial ly in the lower jaw, should not be left in the mouth after n reasonable amount of skillful trealnitoit has failed to con trol tho discharge of pus. Chronic nhscsscs disrharge pus. whi'h if swallowed with the saliva, are too frequently allowed to pass unnoticed, and serious deraiigeuienis may nri.o from this constant assimilation of a septic poison. If the ab-cess cannot be cured, exlra-'t the tooth. New York Herald. Vac Tower. Only a small portion of the world's energy exists in coal, nnd our indus tries have in reserve the po.verof I ho sunbeams, of the tide and of the w lives. I. ven the last might sulli. e for man s necessities, a rolling wave twenty feet high exerting a force of about one ton to thesipiaie foot. The average foi-'C of i.i-aii wives has been estimated to be fill pou-:.. per square foot during MlMmei and I'omi pounds diniiir the winter month-. A force of ';":( p- ii ml has liecn known dm ii g a heavy gale. Sturdy Oik. What a Minute llobls. In a minute, over all the world, abont eighty new-born infants have each raised a wail of pro!ct. .is if agri'iisi tin listing oxi-! nee upon them; wlile as l.ianv nine hum m being, wea y e.i'll t!ie s-r. ogle of life, h-.vu op.'lied heir I';,, to n l"i th'ir lnI si,'l u .-i- i ; .: tlULlMH-VS 0I r.H, ins riesT so'.i . lletrippH from his lillle Icl iei-i To the wiii'low upaa ,i toe. .' ml saw all the silent s'linh n Ash ep 'iicuth a robe of now. lie inurmiinil in liiu'-ey"! nuieler, As soon lis his tongue he ennui 'Uh, inolher, look here a in mite. The mi onlilil's stin k to the grouniH" iHarpei's Young People. tin v wiiiik t ot nn ii; i hi h . The woodpecker, nuthatch nnd rob In devour huge quantities of grubs aiidiusiets during the shi-oii, and thereby make themselves not onlv useful but piolitablo subjects to enter tain ; and although the robin help-hiiu-elf freely to our Hiiall fruits, he rcnlly deserves some fruit feasts con sidering the many meals he has made of the crawling and living pesls of our gr.rdens. Detroit Free l're-s. .1 mi s HI l K. Little .Tim, a duckling ha'ched i it i hen's nest, the children took from bis stepmother and bioiu:ht into the leui-e for a pet, nnd a loving pet he made! They declared he whs better than any cut they had ever had. lb- so.ni 'coined to think he could not exi.-t without them, except in (he ii'ght.w hen he slept in a box in ll.e kilelu n. lie appeared purtirulariy loud of one of the liltio girU; would jump into her lap whenever she sit down, and lie-tio coinfoltably, w ith soft "peep, peep," uulil, nt last, t icking head under v.'ing, be would go soundly to sleep, while the liltle mistress stroked him ns genii;' as if he had been a kitten, fonietimi's he would try to lind his w ay into the neck or the sleeve of her dress, and liked to pet close to her face as possible; and then .' i in was hotter than any rat, for be caught (he flies as they buzoil about, and when they beenmo numerous enough to alight on the windows his little mistress would lake him in her arms and hold him in su h position that he could simp up every fly. Left alone in a room he would "peep, peep" pitifully until some ono re turned, when he would run to meet the person, with glad, exultant ring In his "peep, prep." Many a tune he tried to follow the children to school, mid had to bo gathered up and kept prisoner at home. Though only a, few days older Ihiin other ducklings on the farm, he became almost twice as large. Soon .Tim begun lo sport n curly feather in his tail, nnd we knew he was a drake; but tons he ninny seemed different from other ducks more gentle, loving, confiding. Some fanners do not like dmk-, because "they cat their heads off," nnd indeed they are iilways ready to eat. Many farmers in South .Jersey rue now rai 'ng white dinks, and express the opin ion that their feathers are us while, and about as soft ns th.i.e of the goose. New York Tribune. A CI NN V I'ltllUI I M. A writer iti the F.xauiiner tells tho following story: It wa- a warm, sleepy afternoon, nnd the scholars in MNs Pliiininer'ti school looked nnd acted ns if they wished I o'clock would come quickly. The class in mental arithmetic wero laiiy droning through their lesson w hen Ocacon Day popped his cherrv face in at Ihe door. Ail the childi;n loved him, and wero glad when he viiine to visit (he school. Perhaps he saw they needed some thing to wake them up, so when the class was through with the lesson he gave them this problem: If eighteen cows were poinp through a narrow pnto where onlj one ronhl pas at a time, which cow could look hack and say, 'There are eleven pairs of horn- behind me.'" The rhiHs tluu,i.ht busily for a min ute, thou up ciini'i Tommy Tuft's hand. "Which one, Tommy?'' asked the deaon. ' Tin! seventh." "N..." Another minntoof study, then Celia ltrown put up her hand. "Whnt do you think, Celia?" "I think It might be the eighth, for w hen the cow turned her head to look back her own horns would be behind her, wouldn't they?" "No, it isn't the eighth," the deacon said. About the same time little .lohnny I lai l-horn on the front seat began to llieker. "What are you laughing at, John ny?" a-ked Miss Plumnier. Cows can't talk I" giggled .lohutiv. Iieacon May laughed, too, then. "Johnny has answered it," ha laid. "None of the cows could do it, of coni'.e." Then all the scholars laughed and woke up for the ret of the day aod pit eon Lav bowed himself out, WOMHX'S WORK. Occupations in Which Males Do the Work of Females. Washing, Cooking-, Sewing and Acting as Chambermaids. While it is (rue that women have to a great extent of late years taken to doing men'is woik, it is also true that mine men do women's work. In California Chinese men are largely employed a domestic servants, and wherever hitinineii go they nrv chiefly employed in laundries. In many large laundries where new shirts are done up expert men are em ployed who make good w ages. The renson why men are employed on new skirts is because the new sh:rts inplir1' more strength to iron them propeily tlinu shirts that have been previously laundered, and few women have tho strength to do the work properly. In ihe S'ute prisons men are e iiiniotily employed at laundry woik, mainly on shirts. It is curiou. by the way, how differently a China man uses an iron from the method employed by women. When n woman uses an iron she begins w ith it at the right bent for u-e, nnd consequently it soon cools, nnd she consumes niiicb time in changing her irons. The Chinaman, on the contrary, gets his iron very hot, much too hot for use. When he begins to use the iron he plunges it quickly into cold water. This cools the Mirfiice for a moment. The heat f.oni the interior thou begins to eoino to the sin face, and eon;imies to do so for some lime, nlooit us fast ns it is cooled I iy ii.e, so that the neces sity for the frequent rh ingiii' of irons is obviated. Worth, the man dressmaker of Paris, has r'uinlerparts in other coun tries. The largest producer of dress put terns for w omen in New York is a man, iilllif-ugli his business has been for many years c mlmled in the mime of his wife. The most expensive nnd liest-fitti ng dres-es that women wear nro tailor. made dres-es which are made by men. The de. igns f,,r new dresses are niosily made by men. The most expensive Indie' ha's arc made by nu n. The man milliner is pro verbial. In the department of nursing which is considen d specially women's work, many men nre employed. Where patient., are helpless and require, much lifting, it has bn u found necessary to procure strong men, because women oro not equal to hard labor Sewing i especially women's work, but the very finest and best paid sew ing is done by men in fancy tailoring. Since the introduction of the sew ing machine the proportion of men sewers bus increased in those branches where the work is heavy nnd requires strength for long hours of labor. Although rooking is regarded geti ernlly ns women's work, the best paid cooks nre men. In the great clubs, hotels, restaurants and private houses where fine cooking is required, the best cooks are men. It is the men who bavo made cooking one of the line nrt-. It is true, however, that the great artists in food disdain to be called cooks, nnd are known as chefs, nnd they coinnianil salaries of which the average lawyir would be proud. Heine cleaning is looked upon a women's work, yet there fire establish ment that w ill clean a house from lop to b Mtoni and put it in order, and em ploy mostly men to do it. Hoarding bou-e keeping is mo-tly women's business, but there are many large nnd niccesfiil hoard. ng hoii-es in New Yoi k that lire maiiaoed by men. Often ihey get two oi three house to gether, and the tendency of men in that business is to enlarge it so as to make these places approach the charac ter of hotel-. It is a rare thing for a W oinan to keep a hotel. There are even men chambermaids, (bi steamboats :ool sii unships most of the com, iber w oi k i. done by men. F.Veii in l.ir;;e l-urdi-ig Ii use it has In en fmind expedient to have men i!o the chamber woik. New Yoik Sun. Thirlccii Ihubli Kales. The '.liirireii ru'e. for lie ma ! til i li ft lire of h iibh which have in-t been circulated in all ihe military station in India, by .ler of ihe couiiunniloi ill chief, arc oenerailv applicable as lobe worthy of i il'cuial on ii every home in America. Ihe warnine that le-s meat and nioie fiuit and Mai la ble Would he nioie conducive to health. I hat pii it shon'd I' ' Ii w ed . that sleep -I,. : i l be taken beloie, net alter, nio-o-, lb it t he v:. 'il of w e:u i thiiiM"!. i ven iu hot wralh-T. oanir I b" e-! iu:a'ii! ;oohi;'hb, ai e eo:ioion.c:i. e oiii., which in . i x pe 'pY iu Alo.eiica. :i- .teii 'i in lii.lia. 11' L'ht lake : : ... I i i .b ; I t:;i .-- 'oii:i:.. le :i. : .Making a Tli'ef of Kleclrieity. Short-weight gold coins are becom ing aiiu lyingly common. Thedisoov e. y ii few days since of nearly in light tWo-:iiiil-ii-hn!f d lar gold piecci tendered ill payment of custom duties has led to t'.ie detection of numer ous pieces short in weight, shoe ing that there is in iqieiatiou a systematic scheme for robbing the (ioveriiment by stealing met d fro n coins. Officers of the Ciiiiod States Secret Service are now nt wark en deavoring to trace tho coins through different hands nnd lind the ofleiiib is. This process of robbery, which is fa miliarly known as "sweating'' coins, was formerly practised to a large ex tent, but of late years few instance, of it have come lo the attention of the authorities. From a careful examina tion of light pieces which ar'! now be ing found, il is evident that the thief i not doing bis work by the old baud method of shaking the coins in a bag and I hen gathering the du-t by means of quicksilver, but that he has brought into requisition the ngency of elec tricity. The service of nn ordinary galvanic battery and some cheap acid is nil that is necessary to conduct the operation by the electric process. Tho scheme is- similar to that employed in plating wiihgoldhy electricity. The coin is laced in the fluid and attached toil are w ii e from the pole of the bat tery lending to another piece of metal prepared to receive, in tin form of plating, the melal lo be rem veil fiom the coin. The battery being set in j inoiiou, ii fit . lent gold to form a plat, j inj; i quickly Iraiisterred, and as il ! is removed uniformly from nil I parts of the coin, the liubili ! ty of d'sfigurement i reduced t a minimum. The nly etl'ect is to blur the char.cters lii'htlv. An authority at the mint has estimated that about tifty cents' worth of gold can be re. moved in this way from a ten-dollar I gold piece, wbhoiit exciting the suspi cion of Ihe casual observer. To the skilled eye of nu expert, however, the rH'ect is genernllv apparent at a glance. The electric process of stealing from coins is not altoyeiher a new scheme. J The t o.v. i uu.e-it tdl'e iais a fi'W years I ago cap lured in northern New York a hand of Italians who were operating extensively on this plun. Itoston j Transcript. : Itoullng an Insect Foe to Urnitfres. The S.utthein California orange crop is the first after the full ell'oet- of a year without tho white scale and should be large and full. The scale is n while cottony-looking insect that bad up to a year ago attained such a hold upon the grov s that orange nrm wero iu some sections in despair. Ihetiov. erinii nt came to the re-cue and did a I pine of work that will he worth lliou- sand of dollars to the stale. A scien- tit was sent to Australia to find it ! piirnsiie of the si a'e, nud brought back j n few specimens of a small lady bug, j which, iu Autralia, fed upon the while scale. These liltle creatures j were placed on tree in Los Angeles, I inclosed in nets and allowed lo in j crease, and in a marvo!oii-ly short j time eiioiiiih were obtained to stock : every orange grove in I.os Angeles I County. Tie result was remarkable. The lady bugs nt tacked the scales j wherever they found them, nnd almost ' immediately they became a thing of j the past. Tries that had had the ap ! pcarance of being covered with snow and were dying revived, and with the j chance came renewed hope on Ihe part I of the growers. The w hile si ale has i been overcome ; the led stale still rn ! mains, but it can be kept down, j . . t (.rent l.leclrie I! ail road. M. F.iross, tlie Hungarian minister ! of eoinineree, i not snlislioil with the j renown which the introduction of the ! one taritl' has gained for him. but is I coming foi Wind with another plan by which be proposes to give us the fast, j est train iu the world. This plan is for .an electric railway, for passengers only .bet wci n Vienna mid Huda-Pesth. ' The distance of .'" miles would be achieved iti two hours nnd a half. One railwav airiago would stnrt every ten I iiiiiiulcs between in tho morning and 'midnight. The only difficulty is tho I capital required for the execution of the ' project, which is no less than r.f.OOO,- noii florin-. The fare ft om Vienna to ; IVs'h would be t florins. London 1 News. Making a lice Mini: Innoxious. The si ing of a bee is so peculiarly constructed licit if you pull it out, instead of reiiet ing the pain, it adds -ir ally to if, for instead of pulling mil ihe poison you push it into tho I'e.-'i. This i not giiieiftlly known, hence 'he seve.'r pain from the sting. Scrape the siing out immediately xiili tt knife, mid j oil si ni po the poison on' nud oon forgrt ihat you have .,. ... .iiiy. Bo&ton Cultivator. O'ooil Nlglit. Good n is lit ," the treniliiiiiK lnshrs fell And softly klfs-cl her satin cheek ; He fc t her beauty's macic spell "dood iiiidit," was all he dared to speak.- nd yet her lii inii.r hud been kind. Her eyes had U attic! with friendly light; But he no further speech could find j Than those two simple words, "Go(il nlhl." lint he hail softly pressed htr hand. And met w ith his her gliuiee, half shy, And thought, ".-he'll surely undersliiiiJ The laiiijiiae of the ban I and eye." And a he homeward took his way With this bright hope his heart was ilg "I may not always need to say The parting words to her-- Good n'Rht." it'iipe (.'ml Item. HlMOUiLS. A figure of speech: Money talks. "A (' change" Ureiiking a hun dred dollar bill. Tiie loafer may never get rich, but lie always bus a corner on tho street. 'There is no activity in busiuejs cir cles superior lo that of the buzz saw. The man with rheumatism hns no patience w ith the giddy voting folks wiio (lance. T here is a great d"id of beating about the hush when the nurseryman's ngent comes round. It is queer nbout society: The min ute a man u. ts nsked into it he expects to ge! asked out. There are many people in the world who laugh all ihe way hotii" and stop a soon ns they reach their front door. Nature has provided that nil things must grow up. P. rhaps this w ill ex plain why beardless dudes cannot grow "dow n." A mule would rat her hear himself bray than to listen to any body eNc's music. A good many people are built like him. Literary Aspirant --I'm about dis couraged. F. very body laughs nt my writings. Philosophical Friend Why don't you turn humorist. Tramp- Can yer give a feller a scrap of siilhiii'? Lady (calling her 1 p ii ud null i Yes, sir. John w ill give you all the scraps you Want. Libel How do you distinguish tho men who wish to marry for money from those who really love ou? Maud Those who really love mo make such awful fools of themselves. "Yes," said the bulldog after a hard effort to break his chain and chew up a trump he saw iu the road; "if I wasn't S3 much attached to in . homo I there is no hing I s!i uild like b Iter than to join thai poor wanderer yoii ! der." Of old, the tailor untile tie ni.m. lint now hi- aid w .iininicn To work ou nioreeyti 'p;v. pmi Ileal..!) nukes the rt' iuaiil A Novel Fnrotiiiter With iiruin. Information ot a iloporale light with a bear, iu which one mini was severely wounded nnd three others were painfully burl, has just been re ceived in this city. The encounter took place in Ihe Saul a Marie mine, a few miles from Sciiora, iu Tuolumne county. Three men and the foreman, John O'Neil. were at work in the tun nel when suddenly iu the darkness they enme upon a hue' 'near. The an imal growled as be approached. A concerted attack wa made upon him by the frightened miners who bud no weapons but their picks with w hich to defend themselves The struggle was dcsp( rate, and a miner named I'oiigh erly h d bis scalp torn efl by the paw of the infuriated brute. After a tight ot over an hour in which each of the workmen received some iiqurv, ihe great beast w as killed. The battle hud been fought in utlee d:ii ki,e'. lioughcrly was initiie.Piitely looked after and the bear hau'ed nt and tnken to Croi ker's station. 'Ihe ani mal weighed J'ui pounds. -San I ran cisco t luonicle. Shoes Made of Poijioise Hide. Tlii is tin season for wet feet - I mean men' fret. Women, as a rule, wear rubber over hoes, but few men w ill under:") tin (rouble i nilia rubbers or arctic ar:' sure to inlliet. A shoe maker the other day put me up to a wrinkle that is worth trying. Kvcry one knows about porpoise hide shoo sp ing, how durable they are, and all that. This same shoemaker showed me a pair of shoes n a lo of the same material, and told nie thai they wero virtually w aterproof on account of the porpoise hide retaining so much oil. The shoes were fashionably cut and hand-oinelv made. They do not pol ish well bin look neat, and once (ho feet ai c f oul'. ic.i isc I in ihem slusit and snow in e Ik Id at defiance. Tim cost is little more thnn the ordinary calfskin, but Ihey will outla t two. pairs of the latter. Philadelphia, Time?
March 5, 1891, edition 1
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