North Carolina Newspapers

SI)t Cljatljam tttroro l)c ljatl)am Wuoxb. ' il. -AT. LOIVDONr EDITOR AND PHOPIUETOK. uatp:s A D VERTI8INC TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Oue square, one insertion On square, two insertions -Oue square, one month $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advan?t. For larger advertisements liberal ccn racts will be made. VOL. XV. PITTSM)UO CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOYKMHKIl 10, 1892. NO. 11. i if Dreams, Wlioii (lie balmy days grow lung, J.ovc, I dream of Ibcc the more, And I weave into my song All the sweet, sad thoughts tbal tUryni; Of Ibe guidon days of yore. Jf to dream of thee be wrong, Thru I have offended sore. J.ovc, I dream of (bee the more When llic balmy days grow long. All the winter have I sigh'd For thy presence, wearily Grieving, gazed across the wide (.in If of selfish, human pride Which divided tbee and me Now sweet hope inspires my son;;, Wears tho smile lhat once she wore. l.ovc. I dream of tbee the more WIjcii the balmy days grow long. Boston Pilot. A SOLITAIRE. IV I-HANK II. STAC I-1 KTu Hi ice Kuthorford stood nt I lie wide, stone gateway of a pretty old English homestead. The bright moonlight win gleaming upon llic trees, i lie shrubbery und llic fountain, ami upon I he massive buildings wilh their lowers, balconies and quaiut nrchi teeturni cniireiis. It was such a picturesque view thai, tho young Am erican tourist gar.jd upon it with iai--Itiro. The stillness was broken by the clipping of mi oar near by, and ho was made aware of the fact that close lo tho left of it t in a brook llowod through tho shrubbery into (ho river behind j i i in. Ho fumed bis faeo thitherward, and wailed. Presently a boal shot out into the river, and he saw that the occupant was a young girl with a pliant ligure, u bright face, and exquisite grace in her movements. lie win as plainly defined In the moonlight as tho was, but sho did not happen to glance toward the terrace .She was in such a happy mood that she gave vo'co to it in song: 'Was there ever maid mure fair, Or a I ruer lover, Seen beneath the im kii lili t rare in the I 'owns of Hovel? Tho Downs, the Hovwis, in the How us of Dover!" A second vcru followed, and the young man stood spc'.lbound. Never had he heard a voice so sweet, so flex ible, so distinctly articulate. The melody was fresh, pleasing, vivacious. Sho disappeared beyond the trees which lined the river, her voice dying pleasantly away. ile had just turned lo depart, when feveral wild, piercing shrieks cume to his ears, ami he knew tbat the fair sieger had met with some disaster. He ran swiftly along the path which 6l.ii lc1 the shore, i cached an opening among tho trees, and saw her strug gling in tho wiilcr, the overturned boat drifting away from her. lie plunged into tho liver and rescued her, carrying her along tlio path to the terrace. She was able l) stand upon the lat ter, and had entirely regained her consciousness. Shu cast a rueful glance at hqr wet mid draggled attire, and then lifted her handsome eyes to the fucoof the young mau wlio hud so gallantly rescued her. 'Sir, 1 am extremely grateful to you," she said, a sweet tremor in her voice. llcr sci cams hud been heard at the house, and her father and a male do mestic came hurrying lo tho spot. The former was a burly man, crisp of speech and stolid in his manner. The daughter told him of the mis Imp and rescue. He bestowed a sharp glance on Hi ice Kulhcrford, and said: "Send mo your address and I'll compensate you." Tho haughty tone and tho unnp preciative glance angered tho young American. "You dou't owe me anything," he coldly said, as ho turned upon his heel. ".sir, 1 ivpoat it I am extremely grateful!'' cried din young girl, with a fervent glance and an impulsive grasp of tho hand. Her father walked with hor up tho terrace, the footman followed at their heels. The fair English lady hud loft some thing in Ui ice Rutherford' t hand when she pressed it. It was a valuablo solitaire, very unique in its setting. "Humph 1" ho cjaculaiod, in he strode toward the highway which led to the adjoining village. Six yours hitcr found him at one of tho celebrated watering-places In this country. A handsome, intelligent, vivacious vouug English heiress was attracting the attention of tho beaux, and lie soon became as worshipful as the rest of them. He fell violently ilk love with her. Ha proposed lo!heV iir an impetuous way, but, iuu$JY-to t his chagrin, he was t ejected. v His pride was deeply hurt, and yet ho hardly felt like bUimiug her. She was no flirt; he had simply miscalcu lated the extent of her pit' fereiico for him. A few evenings later as he strolled to and fro on tho veranda, ho glanced in at the open window and saw her seated at a piano, with several young men by her side. Slio was certainly very much at home on I ho instrument ; her playing was as faultless as it was brilliant. Suddenly ho stopped opposite tho window, his lips parted, his eyes brightening, a gleam of intelligence lighting up his face. Sho was singing a ballad, and sweet, clear, flexible voice liiled room. "Was there ever maid more lair, ir a truer lover, Keen beneath Ibe moonlight rare On Ibe Downs of Dover. "Ah!" ho ejaculated, under her the his breath. "Mies C lifton is tho English girl I fished out of (he river. 1 'cr imps " lie turned on his heel ami dismissed (bo train of thought that brought with il new hopes and probabilities. The next day tho pretty heiress camo upon him as he sat alouo in one of the pavilions. He aro60 to go. 'I'ray, Mr. Kuthorford, do not lot me cause you lo retire," she pleasant ly said, as sho Muttered into oue of the rustle seats. Instead of replying, ho looked steadily at her, with an expression upon his face that puzzled her. "t am sorry for what happened (he other day," she softly said. 'You were the arbiter of your own fale," he replied. "Why, that sounds funny!" she said, with an odd little laugh. "1 fancied that you had made me the ar beter of yours." "Of course, Mis Clifton, if you have reconsidered'' "lint I haven't," she hurriedly inter ruplcd. Sho blushed consciously, for she knew she had not been entirely Irttili- fill. Shu might not have reconsidered her iefu-.il, but sho had made sundry mental admissions; ouo that be was the most worthy of her admires, and the other, that she at least liked him. "That was a pretty ballad you sang last evening," he said wilh a sudden change of topic. 1 sang several," reminded she. "Hut only oue ballad," rejoined he. "1 refer lo the 'Downs of Dover.' " "Were you within hearing?" "I was on the veranda," was his rc icply. "You did not think Hint I had decamped, in my disappointment and dispair?" he added, with a slight grin. "Tho air is very catchy, as wo say in this country. Did you com pose il." "Yes. And the words." Then she laughed, ami added: "I haven't perpetrated any thing like it since."' He was silent for a minute, seem ingly deeply wrapped iu thought. Sho watched him covertly, admiring his handsome face and manly bear ing. "Miss Clifion, I ilid not run last night, ,j he slowly said, am going away today." "Ah I" she ejaculated. Yes. And 1 wish to return away lint 1 your ring." What ling?" she nskod, with puz zled look and lone. "Tho ring which you gave me," he replied. Tho puzzled look changed to ono of amazement. "I nevor gave you n ling," she de clared, with considorahlo vehemence. "Oh, you didn't, eh? ' ho said, wilh a crisp little laugh. "I wanted to re turn it to you at the time, but you did not give me the chance to do so. It is inch a uiiiquo bit of workmanship that you cannot fail lo recogui.o if.'1 He look from his wallet a ring and banded it to hor. Sho stared at it in a d.ized manner, the color coming and going in her faeo. At lirst she looked very sober, and then a soft smile came lo hor lips, for she recalled the occasion, and the wot, draggled appearance she bad pre sented. "1 reinoiuber the awkward episode awkward on my part," sho said, shyly uplifting her superb eyes. "Yes, I gavo you tho riug. I cannot permit you to return il. When 1 gavo it to you it ceased to be mine." But, I did not accept it," rcpliod he. "You loft it iu my hand. I'uiil now I hava had no opportunity lo decline it." "Tell me," sho said, looking fairly at him, new interest in hor handsome eyes "tell me, how long have you known mo as tho luckless ouo you once placed under such obligations?'' "Oh, do uot call it thai!" he re- "Did you ki'ow it t lie evening you you proposed to me?'' peisislcd she, "No, Miss Clifton. I did not know u until last evening. That bulk-id iden tified you; you were singing it when your boal upset." "Was 1?" she asked merely to con trol her embarrassment, for she re membered quite distinctly. "I had intended lo send you the ring by mail today, without explana tion or comment," he said. "1 ask no advantage now." I cmnot siiy that I understand your last remark, Mr. lluiherl'ord," she replied, slightly flurried. He was Btundin" with his urins folded, his eyes lixed upon tier, a waiting, intensely yearning look in ' litem that made her heart beat faster. ! "You aro going away today, did you eay, Mr. Kutherford.'1 sho ncr- ! vously asked. I "Yes, Miss Clifton."' "From from dire necessity?" she asked, iu u queer tone, covertly watch ing him. "From choice," he crisply rejoined. He wailed a few moments and then significantly added: "I havo lost interest in everything here." "Even iu me? ' she asked, with a faint blush on her cheeks and an en couraging smile on her lips. "Per haps some of that interest can be re vived." "Ah," ho quickly rejoined, with a catch in his breath, "yes, il can! Ouo iittlo word from you will be sulli tienl." "Then il would not bo kind iu mo lo withhold it," she softly said. "1 might bo cruel to myself. You must keep this ring. I will feel hurt if you decline to accept it." "I will accept it on one conditi )n." "And what is that?'' "If you except one from mo iu re turn." "Oh," sho exclaimed, l!ie red iu her faeo deepening, "lhat sounds fair enough! Still, it might involve " "It not only might, but it would," interrupted he, with a smile. "I am to consider (his as a renewal of your proposal, 1 suppose?"' sho said. "If I didn't, I would be stupid, wouldn't ll1'' she added, laughing sweetly. "You aro never t-lttpid," rejoined j ho, with heurliiicss. j And then their eternal bond of union whs sealed. Saturday Night. Florida Moss ami its Preparation. ' The valuable moss of Florida, says Harry liomfoid, abounds iu the hum- . mocks and back lands. It is gathered chiefly by colored people. In its natural stuto it hangs iu IV. loons from the limbs of trees in strands from ouo to live feel iu length. The moss is gathered by pulling il from the trees wnli long poles, or by cutting the trees down nuil then removing it. Tho moss is buried iu (lei earth for about a month, after which it is dug up and is dried and shaken and sold lo tlm local moss dealers fur oue dollar per hundred pounds. It is then run through a machine called u gin, w hich is nothing more than a cylinder covered with throe-inch spikes revolv ing between a roll of similar station. ' u y Fpikcs. The c ion of these spikes is to knock out some of the dirt and trash, but it docs not complete the jib. i It is then shaken over a rack formed of parallel bars, after which it is j pressed into bales of about Iwo hum j died pounds each. Some of the moss ; mills do all this work by hand, except tho grinding. The moss, after having; gone through tho above proress.briiigs from $2. AO lo $:1 per hundred pounds. If, instead of allowing it to rcnuiii iu the earth for ouo mouth, it is left there for (luce months, the entire hark of Ibe moss is pulled oil and there remains a beautiful black libra almost exactly liko hair. The hair moss brings from live lo soveu I'ollars per hundred pounds. Mr. Iloinford suggests the trealuioul of this moss as a good liehl for inven tion. Hu thinks a muchiuo could be made w hich would lake oil tho br.rk, leaving the fibre, without ihe necessity of burying the moss fur so lung a linio iu Ihe earth. Boston Transcript. II Htilcd (lut ihe Fish hy Horse Power. A gentlemnti who resides on liolivm reports that a largo sawfish was captured a few days ago near Koll over which measured eighteen feet in length, three feet eight inches length of saw, six feet wide, and two feet thick from dorsal to ventral tin. It got inside the bar that ittus parallel with the peninsula, and, nut being able to get out, was caught, and, after being made fast with aleiwier, it took two horses and four men to pull (ho ub SiUui'B. riiill VA'rt'i X. ( HII.DHKN'S COM MX. KM VOIh AMi K1IV WON T, It was a riddle long uiiginsscl, but f will tell the answer true, lust what it was that Katy did. mi l all that Katy didn't do. si lie did 0 straight to bet at eight, an 1 dldu't want to wait till nine; she didn't care for party gun lis. she did set si itches neal ami line: She did sit very still in i linr. li. aid didn't creak her little fan ; She did right all vscution time, and didn't fret when school begun. So wonder Ibis surprising child is sun. about with Mich J 1 i j lit I'-ein at ti Ihe grenl round li:inet-niooii, on every pleasant nutuiiin night. lYouMi .- oiii;uii"ii. AMI MM, till INVALID ( IIII.IJ. A cumera ob-'Uia is nn amusing plaything for an invalid child and helps to pass the weary weeks of con valescence after an illness. This Iit tlo instrument if placed in a darkened room, with tho lens pointed out through (he win low will reflect every thing (hat passes the house on the ground glass, making a siioil of mov ing, colored puppet show. New York Tribune. Aiiurrr.it nv a monm v. I heard a very curious story the other day aboul a monkey which adopted a kitten, says a writer in the Denver It "publican. It happened this way. Mollie that was the monkey had a little baby luoiikey that was the pride of her heart- She used lo curry him all about Ihe house, show ing to visitors and exhibiting him to Ihe family, Perhaps she carried the poor Iittlo fellow around too much, for when ho was about two weeks old ho took sick and died. Poor Mollio was crazed wilh grief. She mourned and crooned over his poor cold body, and vainly tried to bring him back to life. When her mistress attempted (o lake her dead monkey lo be buried Mollie fought and resisted wi h her all night. At last, however, they succeeded in getting him from her, and then she re fused lo cat. For two days she would (ouch nothing, and they feared she would starve. Oil the third day she sal moodily watching (he cat, who lay near the lire surrounded by her seven kittens. They were ju-,1 learning to walk nud one of (hem c:iuio near Mol lie. lake a Hash Mo, lie swooped dow n and grabbed him, chattering wi'di de light. Ever since sho has kept tho kitten with her, and neither tho cat nor any person can get him away. As for tho kitten, be seems perfectly hap py, and sleeps and eals by Mol lie's side. TlliHI s t" i-i III ll1 . A family leaving tow n for the -nni-lucr left behind one Thomas, a big cat, who had a reputation throughout the street in w hich he lived as a lighter and ratter. Piovision was made for Thomas' -uh, isleneo during (he summer with the milkman, who each morning poni ed into a dish inside Ihe area some milk. Thoma, wbiln vicious enough to other (hnii intimate acquaintances, was while at home of a social disposi tion. Personally be missed a great deal the family and the pet png. wilh whom he was eu tl.e lu'-t of icim-. At any rate on the family'.-, iciiirn the members were surprised w hen the sci van's hurried up stairs and told (hem Tom was playing in a most friendly manner iu the rear area with an immense rat. Everybody tiptoed down to look. Sure enough, Tom had made a new friend. His love of society had over come his natural instinct, and ho was drinking his breakfast while the rat wa- jumping around Ihe saucer iu Ihe most unconcerned manner. Hut tilas l .tr the ral's rnntidence in feline nature ! For u few diys all went well between the strange friends. They were often kcoii together, and were always npp wently on (he lies! of Icruis. ('no morning, however, Hridgct coming down stairs found the lat's headless body. Thnmas' whis kers were stained with blood. Either the whilom friends had quarrelled, or. relieved by the, return of the family from Iho necessity of taking up with any ncqitaiutaueo he could make, Thomas h id decided to give up his friendship. And with that decision, probably, bis normal in stincts had resumed their sway. The foregoing is a true story. Xow York Herald. An Interested Purlj. Tiipley You aro an orphan. Miss Soinergurl Yes. Tuple (much disluibcd) Well, whoso consent must I ask iu order to marry yon? Mist Soiueiguri Well, you might isk ipjip?. Puck.. Till: WORLD'S FA III Some Facts Which Indicate Its Stupendous Size. A Building Which Covers Twenty-One Acres. Writing about the World's Fair in Chicago, H. C. 15 inner says iu Sei ib- ner : The grounds are a little less than a mile and a half iu length. In width they are about a third of a mile at (he narrow end, ami about four-fifths of i mile at the broad or south end. Speaking roughly, this is about equiva lent lo as much of the lower end of New York city as would be separated from (he upper portion by a Hue drawn from the foot of (.'anal street and North Ifiver to the foot of Kutgcrs ! street and East rivr. They contain more than half a thousand acres, ex clusive of Iho Midway Piaisance, an annex running eastward behind the Women's Pavilion. The main court, P.aza or Cour d'llonncur is a quadrangle 2000 by Too feet. It contains the (Jreat Uasin, 1100 by :i.'0 feet; the MacMounies Fountain, the ccuU'c-picec of a basin loO feet iu diameter; and (eruiinatos al tho lake end in the peristyle de signed by Mr. C 15. At wood, which is 00 feet high and is composed of fore rows of pillurs. The manufactures and libiral arts ; building is 107 by feet in size I It covers about thii iy-oiit acres. The : great main roof covers an area 1 100 j by 380 feel, and bus un extreme i height of 21'i feet. This is between j oo and lio feet higher than tins Crcat I Arch of (he Machinery IS, Hiding in (he I recent Paris Exposition. It is only 10 feet less in height than the great chitn j ncy of the New York Steam Heating I Company. It is just fi feet lower than i tho top of the spire of O race Church, ; New York. It. is 11 feet lower than the Hunker Hill sh ift at Uoston. It would hold tin Yeudnift.i column i mounted on a 71-foot pedestal. , The seating capacity or tho building ! is estimated at over 200,000 people. Pt. Peter's at Koine holds about '4,- IIHI, St. Paul's in Emdou less than 2C,00n, and the Metropolitan Opora House in Now York has a capacity of fiOOi) people. The entrances to this building tire 10 feet wide by 0 feet high. Its ground plan is much more than twice the siz; of that of Iho Pyt'ainid of heops. Ilis the bolter part of a hundred fee' longer than tho main spun of Ihe llrooklyn liridgc. It is nearly Iwo and one-half times as lonir mid more than two and one-half limes as wide as ihe Capitol at Wash ington. The architect is Mr. (ieorge I!. Post of New York. A Novel ltiiihling. A novelty iu architecture is proposed ill Chicago in the shape of a bui'diug lo bo constructed, so far as the exte rior is concerned, entirely of alumin ium and gkt's. It will bo t'.io lirst time in the history of architecture that aluminium is used for the exicrior of a building, and it is safe (o say thut this iuncvatioii will command great attention all over the world. The metal has been used lo a considerable extent for interior work, sue'i as rail ings, elevator cabs, I Iter luxes, etc., but never has it been u ed, save iu n petty way, on the outside. Tho lirst story will h.i of ordinary height, and the stories above twelve feet, ten feel six inches and eleven feet in the clear. The windows will occupy the entire didanee between (he stories save the small amount f space rcquiied for Iho mulliitus, and each window will havo Iwo sheets of plate glass eleven feet long, joined at the centre with a line of aluminium, mak ing practically one plate of glas-, twenty-two feel long. It will he seen lhat the diiiie'.isious of this glass are equal lo t'uit of a very good sized room. On each side of ibis largo plate will hu a smaller window, say Iwo or three feet wide, provided for ho purpose of vetnilat ion, etc. The muliioiu between the Iwo windows will be covered with aluminium plato. Thus Ibe Iwo fronts of, the building, which is (o be located at the corner of Stuto and Madison sireels, will present a beautiful surface of alum inum bronzs nml plate glass. There will bo threo columns on the S ale sheet front and four on Madison street, running up (he entire height of the building, Iho metal of these column being in ornate and pleasing forms, developing at the cornice into inter lacing palm leaves. A few diflicultios of minor consequence were ciicoun. lered iu elaborating these plans, bui it is believed thai they have all been overcome. Provision has been made for convenient access lo these large w indow s for the purpose of washing. and also for keeping 'he metal surface clear of soot. The window frames will be covered with gold leaf, ami llic radiators within the building, which, owing to the large amount of glas will be isible from the outside, will be gilde.i, and present a pleasing appearance. One of the great ndva-i. lages of this lavish use of plate glass will be in the fact (hat merchants can havo immense signs on (he windows if Ihey choose. Oue pane ot glass will take a sigu twenty-two feet long and as broad as may be desired. New York Advertiser. Making- Kouds. Engineers learned long ago that the weight ami hardness of rock have no bearing on its litness for roudmnking, and whatever doubt existed that the same is true as lo building stone was dissipated by the Chicago lire. Yery heavy stone may be brittle. Siate weighing 17i pounds per ruble foot, and pure mica weighing INI pounds, are of no value whatever for paving; and as to building stone, it is shown that a minute proportion of natural cement, possibly less than one per cent, und adding nothing to the weight, makes all the difference be tween the most tenacious stone and that w hich crumbles like loaf sugar. At present tho tendency is lo prefer (rap rock, nud after that felcile and granite for roadinakilig. Iu Ibe last there is much variety, mid the kind containing hornblende is greatly pre ferred to that containing mica. Ii is admitted, however, by all engineers, lhat we havo yet a great deal lo learn about luadinaking. New York Ad vertiser. Pcreeiiliige of Females (ii owing I.ess. The last census report-, show that the females as compared with the males have lost relatively since I8H11 j in the Cuitcd States as a whole, the I numerical loss being lifil to each 100,- 0O0 males, as again-,1 a relative loss iu i 1M0 of 1257 females to each I00,oi0 j males. There lias been a relative loss during Ihe decade of 2070 females lo j each 100,000 males iu the Norlh At- laiilic division; of 171'' females to eiiuh luO.OuO males in the South Al lantie division and I 111 females to each lot), 000 males in the south cen tral division. There has been a . slight increase rcbitively on Ihe oilier baud of 2ti:i to each loo,000 males ii: the norlh central division ami -liioO females to each 0o,0o0 males in the western division. In 111 stales and territories there has been a rela tive increase of females lo each lot), 000 males, while in '.'H slates and ter ritories there has been a relative de crease of females to each lou.OnO males. Furiosities of I i rave Itohbing. I'nder the laws of Draco, winch you will remember as being ihe mot severe code over drawn up, all grave robbcis were pu' lo death without trial. The. old Athenian laws pitta slave to deadi for disluibiug a ho ly after inlei inenl ; but, iu t tie case of a ft oo in m, a "eonlisi it ion of a mnioiy of his possessions" was the penalty. At one linn- (iu the lime of tho seventh and eighth Henrys) the Eng lish laws held that "it is deemed un lawful to pcu a grave for a second person, except for a husband or wife."' If 1 have not been iniin formed, gi avc robbers in ibis country only lay themselves liable, to a liue and impris onment for a short lime, unless it can bo proven that lin y look the grave clothes along wilh the body. For this reason, ghouls (real pi ofessioiiaU ) always Urip Iho remains before de positing them in the "long sack" pre paratory lo their removal to some medical college. N. l.'Miis l.'epuh- Fiigli-b us Nbe is Spoke in Japan. So anxious are the .lapauese to learn ! Eugli-h thai the jiurikisha man or amah (maid) will repeat after you any , English word Ihey bear. Seivants will como and beg to work for an American for (heir rice and (he privi- ! lege of being ordered in English, j When we came awav from Yokohama ! the lasl day I reineinbcr how proud our jiurikUha man w ar, w hen he made us a present of a bundle of fans, ami said, with bis face all beaming with smiles, "Please tuvepl from Fuji S:in No. I," nor bow triumphantly ho j looked down upon the other "rikshas'' I who did not understand him. Fuji I San was prouder of lhat speech than j Cicero was of his speech against j Cataliue. New York S in. A Puzzling Situation, i Charlie I've forgotten something. Chappie- Indeed; what is it? Charlie That' just what I've for gotten, deab ltov. Chappie Then, old man, bow do you know you've forgoitou it? Ttuih. Ihe Head lo Slumber-l-and. What is the road to Slumber-land and v b ;t docs the baby go'r I'he road lies stiuigbt through mot bar's arnu v b'-n the sun Is sinking low. lie goes by the drowsy "Ian 1 of no p lo tin land of -lullrby." When all wee Jambs arc safe l'i the fob!. under lb'1 evening sky. A soft little night gown clean and white; a face washed sweet am! fair, A mother brushing tJie tangles gut of the trilKen, golden hair: I wo link-tired, satiny f-et, from the bo and the stocking fret, Two little palms together clasped, r.l t lie mother's patient knee: -.me baby word- tbat are drowsily ii-"d to (lie t-ieler sliepherd ' ear: And a kiss that only the mother can place on the brow of her baty dear; A little round ie-ad wbieli in st'es at last doss to the inothi'f's breast, Ami then the lullaby, f-ofi and low. slngini the song of re-1 ; And close ami eiosi r tie' blnr--.ciind lid are hiding Ibe baby's eyes. As over tlie road lo Slumber-land the ient ii 1 1 lo traveb-r hie. For this U the nay, tbiou:.-li inotlirr's inn all little babies go. J o Hie beautiful ity of Slumber-land, who'i tin Mill is shilling low. nr.Moitors. liould be looked into A telescope. Maid lo order 'I ho waitress in re-taiu aul. It stands to reason thut ocean gray hounds are not ordinary barks. "Kill you ever talk with Miss liabb?' "No, she always talked with me." Familiarity does not np cur lo breed contempt in Ibe case of some million aires and a dollar. "A litilo of this will goagreai weigh," said the mail who was pro paring a load of coal. Koclor Your wife roully needs change, dangle. Jangle (ircat Scott ! I gave her a lo bill not a month ago. "I see villain in your face," said n judge lo a prisoner. "May it ploncit your honor," said the latter "Hint is personal reflection. Ii was once an Caster bonnet Thut her loveliness dhl lack : Kill the prcsi nl source cf sornrv Is a sealskin f-acipie. ircshleigh 1 love you more (hai myself, darling. Miss Sharpleigh j That's not saying much. You arc u! way giving yourself away. I "I hear bandits nro holding you. J boy Peter for ransom." "No;" re turned Ihe bunker. "They threaten lo send him back if I don't pay. 1 j shall pay." j Judge You w ere tilono when you committed the robbery? Keliiiqucul Vos, your worship. You see. when : you've got a mate you never know , whether he's honest or not. Ethel iiusl wait a moment, Hetty, i until I allow you Iho lovely engage. ! inenl ring Herald gave me. Hetty - Oh, never mind, dear; I wore it for 1 six months myself and know just how il looks. A nii.ilary captain, desirous of in spiring a soldier with patriotic senli- ; menls, asked him tin; following ques tion: "What would you think if you saw a banner waving over the liehl of bailie"?" "I should think the wind , was blowing," was the man's reply. The Silph ami the Mmleiils. it w as a wet afternoon und some half-dozen students from Ihe univei i ii v were about the only pnssengi rs on 1 board the interuibun ear. At Prior i avenue a dainty creature got on nml look a set right plump in the middle, j i s eyes were bewitching and its cum ' plexion as beautiful us a ilrcnm. A 1,-iig mackintosh coming down to ihe , elegant and Iriin lill lo rain boots ami a rubber hood were I lie outward and ' only apparent articles of attire. Tho six students lined up iu row on the opposiie seat und the fao of each !! ; mined a peculiar and beguiling ex i prcssiou. They t-miled, they stroked ! thir chins, while one or iwo pulled ' awav iu the most captivating manner ul their soft downy moustuchios. That sylph-like creature eyed the stalwart voting men wonderingly nud with strict impartiality. After a whilo its umbrella dropped nervously from its l:ngei'i. In a second six brawny arms grabbed nt it ami four thoughtful brows bumped against each other, but the sylph took the umbrella and didn't say a word. At Kale street ibe car slopped and the sylph slood up and unbuttoned its aurlout and stood re vealed a ten year-old boy. "Welt, I never knew that students were such great gawks," it said, and then it tr'.ped out, und during the rst of the run ihero was a profound silence, broken only by the conductor as ho looked up tit the clouds ami smiled to himself gently but audibly. -St. P.ojI Piouccr-Picis.