North Carolina Newspapers

Sl)c I)ati)am Utioxb. A If II. A. LONDON, . EDITOR AND rilOPRIKTOH. pig HATES A DVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two inserti ns One square, one month . fl.Cft l.M - 2.60 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. For largar advertisemcnU ljbertl ccn raots will be male. VOL. XIV. PITTSB()RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AU(iUST II, 181)2. no. :(). lie l'utlent Willi the l.hlinr. Sweet friend, when thou nml I art Rone llcyond earth's weary labor, AVIit'ii small shall bo our tier J of grace From comrade or from neighbor; Passed all the strife, the toil, the care, And done with nil tlir :ghing Whnt (ciitlrr truth shall wc have guined, Alas' by sim; ly dying? Then llpj loo chary (if the praise. Will tell our merits over. ' Ami eyes Ion swift our fault to see Shall no defect discover; Then hands that would not lift a Mono When clones were thick to cumber Our steep hill path will scatter Mowers Above our pillowed slumber. Sweet friend, perchance both you and I, Kre love is past forgiving, fchould lake the earnest lesson homo He patient with the liviiii;! Today's repressed rebuke may save Our blinding tears tomorrow; Then patience e'en when keenest edge Way whet a nameless sorrow. 'Tis easy to be geul'e w lieu Pcalh silence shames our clamor, Ami easy to discern the be-t Through memory's mysMo xliiinntir; Hut wise it were for thee ulid Ine, Kre love is pa-t furgiviiift, To take the tender lesson home Ho patient with the living! ( loud I heer. A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. nv nn.r.N I'Ditiior i;iiavi:s. "Why," cried Ivonnor Goodo, "It's a perfect palace?"' "Isn't it?" echoed Miriam Ki9on. 'I wish, dear, I could ask yon to stay nml spend iln day, hut I dare not j I'm loo much of ti stranger hero to take any liberties." "(li, 1 shouldn't cxpvt it ! ' said Klcauor, looking around at tin! doeo. rated ceilings, palo liiu; silk drapei iei find lovely lit s of landscape on the wnlls. "1 kiiou- exactly how you're situated, .Milly. lint rui'l yon come shopping wiili hp1? I!d has given ino a livo-dollar-biil u buy a in w gown wiili, and there aro some of I lie sweetest old-bin.! ginghams at '1 nek .V Nipp's." Mist hiiou shook her head. "Impossible!" snhl !i . "You fee the family have gone to Harrington lo H funeral, and 1 :mi left in charge. And you don't know," she added wilh ft comical lit.le pursing up of ihe lips, "how afraid 1 am of Mis. Ycrkos, I lit; housekeeper, or how my heart bents when I feel myself compelled to give nn order to the butler." "I wish I were you!" cried Kiean. or. "It would be such fun! ' "One l.nrdly know-"," sighed Mir iam, "whether one is a lady or a ser vant !" 'Oh. there can't he much doubt of lliat I'' said Klemior. "L ink at your self in the mirror, ilear. Wouldn't you say that yon be!. (Id a princess in disguise V 'Nonsense! Hut nl least let me gel you n glass of cool water, Nell; you look so flushed with your long walk." Sho slipped away, while Lieanor beguiled Iho time of her absence by a lengthened suivey of herself in the mirror. Yes, it was no tiiisnlisfaclory view - a dimpled, rosy young Venus, with sparkling hazel eyes, red lips and a complexion of purest pink and white. And then (io d gracious! ono of the ribbon loops of her airy summer drc-s had come loose. Mie looked frantically around for a pin to repair iliimiiges ; but no pin was to be seen. "They're in Iho bureau drawer," said she to herself. "Milly always was too distressingly neat for any thing. Oh, lii-ro they are!'' graping f.t u paper of pins. "And here, loo oh, the delicious little glutton! here's a box of chocolate caramel, lied with pink ribbon. I'll leach lier to hide her Mvcelies away from me! How (ho will stale vt h"n she finds Ihem gone I' it was the ae.t of a moment to whi-k the bonbon 1 x into her liitlo shopping-bag, and .appear deeply absorbed in repairing Iho damages to her ward robe, when Miss Ca-sou came Jn, bringing a glass of water and somii fancy crackers, on a small .lapaneso tray. ISy the time sho lotched tin famous emporium of Me sis. Tne & Nipp, the "bargains" in old-blue ginghams were gono, and nothing remained "lit to be seen" at any price to which she could venrure lo a-ipire, and so she be took herself sorrowfully to tho pretty llat which she called home. And none too so n ; for a telegram awaited her there, announcing that her mot'ier. in Orange County, was very ill, and it was necessary for her to go thither at once- At the end of two weeks she brought her mother home, nearly re covered. I.iltle Sarah, the y mngest sister, re ceived her j y fully. It's been so lonesome wiihout you, Nell." said -he. "I've kept house beautifully, onl ltiddy has scorched tho onttneul every morning and the eoll'ce ImMi't tasted just right, and Hob has been so busy he couldn't llnd lime lo go walking with inc.'' "Hnsy!" satirically celioed Llennor. "Oh, but ho really was! He's got a real ease, Hob has; and ii's awful interesting, too. The judge assigned it to Iii ut became the defendant I think that's the proper law phrase,1' with it pretty little, wrinkling o the eyebrows "hadn't any moans lo pro vide one for her-elf. And she's ever so pretty, Hob says, and bo's quite sure sin; isn't guilty ; and wouldn't it be strange," nestling her curly head against her mother's shoulder, "if Hob should fall in love with his first client?"' Llctiuor looked distressed. "Mother," said she, "didn't 1 tell you what would come of your allow, ing Surah to rend so many novels? In love, indeed! Most likely the woman is an adventuress." "All the sa. lie," persisted .Sarah, "Hob says it's n very intcrcs ing case, and it's lit all the papers headed, 'Tho Groa( Diamond Kibbory.' " The child has been reading those horrid daily papers, tool" groaned Lieanor. "And it has advertised Hob moro than a dozon ordinary title cases, or breaches of contract, or that sort of thing," insisted S.truh. "Ho says so himself.'' "Well, 1 declare!" said Mrs. (ioode, who shared the romantic proclivities of her young daughter. "A diamond robbery and a beautiful girl! Of course slio didn't do it." "Oli," cried !', eanor, impatiently, stamping her fool, "how impractica ble you all are! Why shouldn't she he guilty? Can't a pretty girl be wicked us well us n plain one? As if looks mattered! lint nil the same, I'm glad H ih has had a good opening in the coinf. And now, mamma, you must have a cup of ten, and lie down awhi e before diduer." "I'd wnger my existence," said Mr. lioberi (ioode, M aking n desperate at tack on tho cold haul ami radishes that garnished the breakfast table, "that she's innocent. Only, hero comes up this question: Whero aro tho jew els?" "Yes," said I. leaner, incredulously, "that's the very question whero arc the jewels? How you men tiro daz zled by n pair of bright eyes!" Mr. Ooode hud givon his sister n long account of the legal tangle, com plicating it alili fur I her by learned technicalities and a ceaseless repeti tion of "my client," "the defendant" and "the complainant," to all of which she had given hut a half atten tion, and at the end of tho meal she rose hurriedly. "I'll go out for n little," snid she. "I want to seo a dear friend of mine, who must think I'm i.eglccling her shockingly." And in the soft July sunset she went to tho big house on Fitly-sov-cnili street, and timidly pressing the electric, button, inquired for Miss kassou. The tall buUer fro.o her with a "lance. "Ain't been 'ere for a long limo," said he, and shut the door uncere moniously in her face. And she returned home in great amazement. In her iibseneo Mr. Uohert (ioode had been "turning the place upside down," as little S irah expressed it, in search of a hj lo eury his papers in. "The lock of mine is out of order," said he, "and I e in'l get it back until Wednesday. Any one of your bays will do. Nonsense! li you think I want a Saratoga trunk?" as S.irah pro duced her mother's travelling ease. Of a doll baby's satchel?" lis she reached down her own from Iho tup shelf. "Is ibis all you hive got?'' "There's Nidi's shopping hng," said the little girl. "It's littler than moth er's and bigger than mine." "(let it then quick! there's n dear littlodot! Oil, don't stop to dust it!" "Hut I must," plead the housewifely little thing. "It was on lop of tho wardrobe, where Nell put it beforo she wont to Orange cou ity to brother h'nie. And its aw-fully dusty! And I think there's something in it, too." She was fumbling at the catch, when Robert caught it from her. "Pshaw!" said he, impatiently. "A box of candy i" Ho toro tho pink ribbon knot apart, the lid dropped ell", and little Surah, .standing on tiptoe to look into the bag, stepped back with a shriek. Something from the inside seemed to tlash up Into (heir eyes liko impris oned lire. At tho satno linn I'.leauor catno into the room, lliuging her hat aud scurf wearily dow u. "So," cried Robert, looking up with a face which would have furnished a study to any physiognomist, "you arc the one who stole the Orafton dia monds!" "I? Tho (iraflon diuinoiids?'' What do you mean, Hob? Have you gone crazy?" gasped Kleaimr. Where did you gel thoso jewels? What are you doing in my room ?'' "We found the diamonds here in a box in your leather bag," said her brother. "Tho diamond necklace for the theft of which poor Miss Kassou is on (rial !" 'Miss Kasson! You inner menu that it is Miriam Kittson my friend, Miriam." "Didn't 1 toll you so this very day ?" cried (ioode. "You never mentioned her name at all. You kept saying my 'client'--'the defendant.' Hut, oh Hob, I know it uli now! I was there at tho big house on Fifty-seventh street, the day before 1 went to Orange-County for mother. I was in Miriuin's room, and I opened her bureau drawer to find a pin, and 1 thought it would be a joke to lake her box of candy away. I never opened it. I never dreamed what was in il, and when I got home and found tin! telegram from Aunt I. 'Hint, I just tiling t!i(! hag down and thought no more of tho whole thing. Oli, poor, poor, darling Milly! Hut how came the diamonds in her possess ion?" "Don't you know? Hut how should yon?" said Mr. (ioode. "The neck lace was put in her special charge to be delivered to the jeweler who was to call for it at three o'clock. Aud when hecalL'd, il was gone. Rut il's all right now. (ireat Scott! .Nell! w ho would suppose that you were tho thief?" Kieanor made n hysteric grasp tit her brother's arm. "Will they arrest me, Hob?" stam mered she. "Will Ihey put me in prison? Hut I don't care, so long lis .Milly is no longer unjustly suspected. Yes, I am a thief! lint but I didn't know it. And I never meant it!" And she burst into a storm of mingled tears and laughter. There was a rather unusual scene in court Ihtit day when the necklace ilself whs presented in evidence before the legal lutninnries. The complaint was withdrawn, the prisoner win honorably discharged. The composed and aristocratic Mrs. General Grafton was greatly moved, and made in.iny apologies to Mis Kassou for the position sho had taken. The newspaper reporters got a great many "points" for the evening editions, and Mr. (ioode, the "rising young lawyer," left court, with Miss Kns-ion leaning on his arm, amid a tempest of applause. "Lucky dog, that !" said his com peers. After this his fortune is made!" An I all because of my foolish lit. tie practical joko," said Kloanor. "After this, 1 never shall want to look at a chocolate again. Hut, .Milly, darling, why didn't you to send to me in your trouble?"' "Could 1 bear lo have my dearest friend know that 1 was suspected of theft ?"' sighed Miriam. "And when I knew (he name of the counsel as signed to me by the court, my lips were, more lightly sealed than ever. Oh, Nell, he has buen so good so noble! Ho has never doubted me ("or a moment, even when appearances were most against me! No, I shall not go back to Mrs. Grafton's, al though sho has begged me to do so." "You will come homo with ine," said Kleanor, caressingly. "Yes, you must you shall !'' "I will stay wilh you," sho said, "until 1 get another situation.1' Hut she never took another situ ation. Any one could have guessed the outcome of it all. Kveu little Sarah guessed it, when she said: "1 do believe Hint our Hob has fallen in love with Miss Kassou!"' rngiiiiiiuiaticnl, Iltit to the I'oint. There aro strungo chambermaids at Shepherd's Hotel in Cairo, Rgypt. A lady declared that the one who waited on her room and attended to all the duties of the calling, even to making the beds, was a Frenchman, dressed us if for a dinner puily. with whito waistcoat and dresscoat, and having the air of a refined aud educated gen tleman. It was really embaiassin; to acept his services in such a capacity. One lady, on arriving at (ho hotel, rang for the chambermaid, aud this gentleman presented himself. Sup posing him to bo tho proprietor at the very least, she said: "I wish to seo tho chambermaid." "Madame," said he, politely, in tho very best F.uglisli ho c mid master. -Madame, she am I!" ( IIII.UKKX'S COLl'MM. 'iiik ri'i.i.iN(;-Mioii. Ten lit Hi: ehildr n : tauuliiK in u line, "K u-l-y, fuliy," then ibcr? were nine. Nine puzled faces fearful of their fate, "i -i-l-l-y, silly," then Here were eight. I'.ijht pairs of blue ercs blight as stars of heaven, "II u-s-s.y," busy, then .1 i re were seven. Seven grave heads shiikin;; in mi awful fix, "l.-a-i-d-y, lady," then there were six. si X eaKcr darlings determined each lo strive, 'D-u-t-i-e. duty," then 'here were live. Five hearts, so anvious, heating more and more, 'H-c-o-l-l-a-r. scholar," then there were four. Four mouths like rosebuds on a red ruse tn e, ' M-e-e-r-y, merry," lln iiihere were three, 1'hree pairs of pink ears listening keen nnd true, il-n-l-e-y, only", then there were two. Two sturdy laddies ready both to run, 'T-.i-r-k-y, turkey, " ilieu there was ono. due head of yellow hair bright in the sun, ll-e-r-o, hero." tlieepeiyng-iiiatrli was won. Louise li. Maker, ill Youth's onipnuioii. Rli'll.MID (.IliSON, TUB liWAKF AKTIST. Gibson, commonly called the Dwarf Artist, was born in 1015, in the northwest corner of iCoglund, whero Hie picturesque eragi and peaks of (.'iiiuberlaud uru mirrored in (he beautiful lakes tit their feet. His parents were in very hiimblo circum stances, and his father tended sheep and tilled u little farm. In those ilays d wai I's wcro in such demand among the nobility (hat pour people wcro inclined to regard tho birth of ono ih a piece of goud luck for the family j and when it becumo known Hint I Minn Gibson's baby was a very small specimen of humanity, all the kind neighbors camo in to eon grutiiluto and perhaps to envy her on account of what tho future might htivo in stoic. "llu's a bonuio wee bairn, indeed," exclaimed tho mother, who was not altogether of this way of thinking. "Many a small bnbio has made a big man, mid God grant he may reach the height of his father; 1-ut liiilo or big, not a lord nor a lady in Ihe land shall take him fra' me no, not even Iho king hiss-el' ;" nud she clasped the infant tighter to her heart. 'We'll see about (hat when the lime comes; but little ho is, and little he'll he, and small danger that anybody '11 want the boy, much less his Majesty, God bless him!" replied an old bel dam who was blessed with a lnrgor family of grown-up children than sho could well care for. Tho woman's prophecy as (o tho infant's size proved quite true, for ho was always "Utile Gibson ;" but she shot wiilo of the mark regarding the royal favor. The child's intellect de veloped much faster than did his body; he grew;, fonder of outdoor sports, nud tirchury aud drawing became his favorite amusements. His bows aud arrows wu-c made of suitable size for li i lit by his lather, nnd his pencils aud crayons wcie homc-mndc. When Uichard was a tiny, toddling boy his hands nud face were seldom free from the black marks of tho lead that ho always carried about with him. lie used frequently to be found roughly sketching on some pieoo of board or plank any scene that pleased his fancy. Sometimes it would be a thick. of sheep with their shepherd, or again the outline of sniuo lofty mountain-peaks that, surrounded his hum ble house. For archery his eye was as true as for sketching, and Hint is say ing a good deul. At an early nge, however, against tho entreaties of his foiul mother, his father was persuaded lo tnko tho lit tle follow away from his outdoor sports nud pastimes and to curry him up to London town. Here he was known for a lime as the Cumberland pygmy, but he disliked being placed uii exhibition and he mis-ed the free air of his native bills. The roses were leaving his cheeks and he was beginning to droop, when fortunately he attracted the notice ol n rich and noble Iuily, who lived at a plueo culled Morllake. This kind dame look a great fancy to the little dwarf, and wanted him for a page. His father, by this time grown quite tired of Loudon, readily consented lo allow the child to enter her service. The old shepherd, who was out of place iu a big city, parted wilh genuine sorrow from his son, and speedily returned to tho shecpfold in (he mountains, while Richard went with Ids mistress to her lino house at Mortlnko. His duties were light, and his spirits revived in his now home, which was close to the famous Mort. hike (upestry-works, at that time mulct Ihe direct patronage of the king. St. Nicholas. Tho first Italian Meihodist Kpiscopal church in tho Tinted States was rceciU ly dedicated at New Orleans, La. IIOXBY-MAKIXG. Jt Takes Millions of Flowers to Produce a Pound of Honey. Fact3 About Beekeeping in This and Other Countries. "Did you ever consider how many (lowers are required to supply one pound of honey?" said a naturalist. About two and a half million is a fair estimate. Think what a vast amount of toil by banl-woi king le es that rep resents! However, there tire other creatures besides Ices that gather honey. For cqample, (hero is the honey-wasp' of tropical America and the hoiiev-iiiiiking ant of Texas and New Mexico. The hitler is very abundant in the neighborhood of Santa Fe.aud the sweots it collects are high ly esteemed by the Mexicans not only ns food but for medicinal purposes. There is an insect cal ed the 'ti.zm.i in IHhiopia which deposits its stoics of honey without wax. It looks like a giant mosquito, aud iis product, which it bides away ill holes under ground, is eagerly sought by the na livos us a remedy for diseases of tin; throat. "There are giant bens in In ia which suspend eoinbs ns big as hou-e doors from the branches of trees in the forests. In the Koono province of Lithuania bees are reared in ex cavated (roe trunks in the woods, and the famous Koono honey derives its peculiar and delicious Havoc from the blossoms of the linden trees which are so abundant in that region. The tribe of pcoplo in the province devob s it., Attention exclusively to bee keeping. Heo keeping is taught in Swilzci l.iud by paid lecturers, who go from town to town and from canton to "anion. In that country honey is a staple arti cle of food even among the poorest classes, bread and honey being the most common break last. One gets nothing else for the morning meal at the big hotels. Consequently nearly all of the Swiss product is required for home consumption and very little of it is imported. "All over continental Luiope npi culture is a very important indit-try. The German government compels all schoolmasters to pass an examination in beekeeping. Fttropeau llissia produces ToO.UOU pounds of honey annually. The ancient Gieeks were famous for honey making, but the business is neglected by their modem descendants. Coisican honey is ren dered ?o hitter by the arbutus Dlos solus from which much of it is ob tained as to be uu.oilat ibie. The greatest beekeepers in the world arc iu the I'nitcd Stales, Single irdiviil uals in California each own fioni I'OOO lo l.ooo swarm-, which they farm out lo III" owners of orangeries and oilier fiuit orchards during the blossoming season. One bee farm iu San Diego couuly in that .state fur nishes lot), 000 pounds of honey annu ally. Sumo bee fanners have lloatiug beo houses, which follow the streams (o Hud Mow ering pastures for the in sects. This was done iu l-gvpt thousands of j ear ago. It has even boen proposed to semi swarms b ship to (ho West Indies in winter. Washington Star. An Algerian Wild lica-i Dealer. About !u per cent, of the wild ani mals used for the hi list lights of the Circus Maxinius came from Northern Africa, and the Algerian coast towns aro still the favorite rendezvous of in ternational pot dealers. in Iho Steamer wharf ol Algiers strangers are besieged by the native bea-t ped dlers extolling in broken French the merits of their tame baboon-, j.icka's, monkeys, and young lions. In the outskirts of Iho Casbuh, or hill su burb, there tiro regular U - ist farm-, Whero lions and leopards by do.- is ol pairs are kept for breeding purp wes. Tho travelings agent of the fain us Ilagonbeck sale menagerie, iu Altona, near II unburg, gives an tunu-im; m -count of a visit to one of these zoo logical stock farms, where straiigeis need a guide to avoid an encounter with the sideshow pets running loose in all directions an I rearing thcii young in all sorts of unexpected places. ' Don't stir that bru-h pile,' said the agent's cicerone, "there's a jiuir of porcupines in there and ;hey might scaro you if they start up all of a sudden. Not loo far that way, cither," ho interposed, seeing the vis itor trying to lake a dolour to the le.'l; "the old hc-baboou m ikes that cr'h hit headquarters ami might tear your coat to pieces," and no on, till they reached the lion kennels, a series of grottos excavated from a ledge of poroas limestone and secured iu front with short iron bars "How do you 'tcep tho-e young ten from running away altogether?'' in quired the ngot.l, stepping back to rid bim-elf of two baby lions that hail squeezed through the hu's aud wcro lugging away at his trousers. "Oli, you couldn't drive them away,'' laughed Iho proprietor, a:i old Arab, engaged in cleaning Ihe dens by means of a loiig-h nulled hoe. "They play all o4er tl yard iu the evening, but come bad. ' their own accord as soon as Ihe night y Is a lit tle cool." "Some of your boarders seem to feel quite at home," said the visitor, pointing to a Ihil'C male lion that had turned over on hi- back and was play ing with a stick ami a fragment of ;i skull bone. "Yes, they aie taking it easy enough," said the old Arab, "only on stormy nights I notice that they gel restless and push about the bars as if they were trying to liud a way out. It is the lime when their relations ii; the wilderness are doing most of tln ii business." I'San Francisco Chronicle. The Jiiw Muscle. j Avery cm lulls question has recent- ' ly been answered by I'rofe-sor Karl j S.auer, on of I'eiliu's most prominent ilctiti-N, in tho following manner, I says a writer in ihe St. Louis l'ost- j Dispatch : "The various circus perf e iii lin es of J iron jaw development, wiu-reby a man j hanging from a trapeze holds auntlcr i by a strap between his teeth, denote- such powerful strength of the niu-eles 1 of the jaws and neck that to a layman ; such a feat seems a little short of a ! miracle. , "Hut this denioii-irates only lo what j extent the strength of the mu-cles of the jaw can he developed by cor responding exercise. It is not as dilli- ' cull :is it seems to lind out the average 1 ordinary power of these ii:uclcs. "A llat steel or iron tand pierced ' a, the end with two holes throne h i which a piece of wire can ho pulied ' serves for this purpo-. The band is i laid across tho teeth of the lower jaw as far I a :m the e n tiers of the mouth w iil permit. The weigh'.s are attached to the w ire, nnd liiu-t touch ! the floor or table when the mouth is he'd open. 1 he wires are taut and the person making the experiment inu-t stiind pci fccily erect. i "I found more than twenty years ago. while making a similar test, ; thai the average weight which can be j pulled up by the jiw, so that the lips j wi 1 be closed is fifty pounds. Persons ; w ho eat c .ar-e food, dry bread, etc., ; or those iu the habit of cracking nuts wiili the teeth, acquire greater ntreiigth of the jaw than gourmands : who mince delicately piepiicd dish- Ships That are Lost. It litis, to many person', been an inleresiing speculation ns to tho as poet of t tic cu:itlcs wrecks which have been swallowed ip by the North Atlantic since the churn of waters litis been ploughed by the keel- of ships. Their number is probably lo be reckoned by the tens of thousands, and I he greater part of them lie in a 1 comparatively small part of that field. ! If we count .his p.ntiou of th" A'lan- I lie which is mo-: peopled with wrecks t . ' I as having an area ot ;'.,ooo,oimi square ' miles, and e-tiul.ite the total number of such ruins within this space as ;to,- ' (nHi, we Woiil.l have an average of ine sunken ship for each hundred siju ire mi.es of surface. If all these I cralts were at on 'e sailing over the ! surface of Ihe sc i we should, from 1 the deck of any one of Ihem, b- likely 1 lo no'e the in. e Is of several others. I'm! as they lie on the floor of tin! ocean the ereatcr pin of them are probable icil.tc-'d to low mounds of rubbish, so that it ihe ocean ll or were ' convene I into dry ground, and wo c osJed it iii a railway, seeing the ', fields a- we d ' the pr iii ics, it would requite an attentive eve lo discern the , cxi-teiice of many of these remains. svriluier. The Expression "Hnml nnd Seal." The cpre-ion "baud and seal," ; which occurs so frequently iu legal i documents, is a reminder of the time when few men were able lo write i even their own names. Scores of old ! l'ngiish and French deeds are extant, j some of them executed by kings and ! noblemen, in which the sieua'ure is a 1 hand dipped iu ink, the see I Weing afterward appended, together ivitii the -je;u of the cross, the name of the man executing the deed being written by another bund. Dipping tho entiro hand in ink was, however, ineoavo:i ienl and dirty, nnd later the thumb was substituted. The seal continued I to be used, and though now it has become only a formality, legal prac tice has in many cases pronounced its employment indispensable. i unroi he Pound. (IL, the pretty ejrl is a winsome pearl And her lace is fair to see, Uut the homely n'ul is nearer fair What a nice girl onht to be; For a pretty fiirl is proud and vain, Aud she frets Ihe heart of man, And sin- does just what the wuuts to do, Jiccaust she knows -be can; Ah, ves! Ih cause i-he knows she can. (Hi, I would we t could I find a girl Who iptitc combines the grace Of a home!) maiden's honest heart With a pretty woman's face. To w in this prize 1 would soared for ye, Hot. alas, I b ar I shan't ; 'I'l i.u.'li I explore the whole world o'er I know full well I can t; A in-. And alack! I know I can't. 1st. bonis Uepublicsn. Ill MOItOl S. "II. lp! Help!" as the lady cried after the hired girl left. Young man, no one may bo able to tell jour fortune, but you can work it out for yourself. "How on earth did Coke, (ho an thracite baron, every got into soci ety?'' "Through the coal hole." Oi the Steamer: He I should jadge that you were a typical sailor. She Well, yes that is, 1 can heave about ever) Jiing except the anchor. I Jobber luels for marching have been introduced by a French army surgeon. One would expect to seo tln-iti bounce into popularity at once. M all sir! tilings by toiiKue or pen Now -a 1 it is to llnd, When you have paid a two hours' call That tie wu up behind. 1 should call the photographer a friend of his race." "For what n ason?' "Ho always tries to make people look p.casaul who do business with Li in. "' Mr?. Lawnville Which would you rather do today go to school or holp me in the garden? Little Hoy Go (o school. "Would you ? Why? "'cause teacher's sick, an' there ain't a-goin1 to bo any." Mother-The grocer sends word that he gave you an extra dozen of eggs by mistake. Where are (hey? small Son 1 seed 1 had a dor.on to spare, so 1 threw 'en: at somo boys wot wero kiddin' m;. You oughtcr seo 'cm scoot. Housekeeping Made F.ils). It has for some time been under stood that a New York electrical firm, which has been ex perimelitilig ill the application of electricity to domestic purposes, was about to bring out a number ot devices that would effect a levolution in the art of housekeeping. Tbi-promise is yet mil ultillcd. The F.uglish, however, have been forging ahead in the same field and with most giatifying results. Complete sets are now being manufactured in Lngland, by the use of which an immense re duction in the labor of household duties can be enjoyed. The sets in clude an electric kettle, which boils water a very few minutes after tho switch is turned, and by which an In valid or bu-iuess man in a hurry can make bis own breakfast without tumble. Theie is also tin eleclrio toaster, nnd iu the electric saucepan mi egg can be boiled or stew prepared with the greatest ease, while on tho electric grill chops, steaks and pan- cakes are turned out with dispatch. In the complement are electric ironing appliances, and the electric heaters and bulb warmers are much admired for i tlicieiicy and cleanliness. On the other hand a series of fans can be so arranged that any room can be kept coo! in the hottest day in summer. - , New York 'oinmeicial Advertiser. A New Tipe of Itullct. I ngiish ordnance experts arc inter ested til pre -en t over a new stylo of bullet for shoulder rill 's tint has been invented by Gen. Tweedle. The bul let has a case w hich is closed at tho ba-o and open til Hie head, tho caso I Hiding about half way between tho i shoulder and the point. I'pou strik ing the head spreads out like a mush- room and suddenly becomes a projec tile of much larger calibre than it was at tho time it left the gun . ! Hy this means it is thought to secure the advantages of both tho small and i the large caiil re weapons. During its i llight it has the. properties of tho small j sized bullet, little resistance to the air. When it strikes, howover, it docs i not content itself with inflicting a I mere wound, which may or may not I incapacitate the sol. lier struck, but it shatters and tear, placing the, ono hit hois de combat on the instant. Although not primarily intended to pierce armor ef any thickness, U ha been found that the Tweedle bullet ia much moro effective for this purpose than any of tho smaller calibres that havo been tried in competition with it. Detroit Free 1'icss.