North Carolina Newspapers

2l)f Cljatijam lucoiu it atam II. -A. LONDOA', ED1T0U AND 1'ltOPIUKTUU. ItATKS ADVERTISING )w, r.iiimo, nc iuscrdon- tl.f'O One square, two insertions 1.89 One square, one month . 2.80 For largor advertisements liberal con w.M will bo inado. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advansa. VOL. XV. rriTSPORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVKMIHCIJ 21, IM. no. i:;. (Tossing t ho Knr, Sunset nnil t'vrnli'j; star, A ml one clear rail fur inn ! Ami may therein.' no iiiieuiiiti: "f (he bur, Wbcu I put out to sea. Bl tmcli a till as. moving seem h-Icpji, To lull for sound ami foam, fcVKen that which 1n w from nut tins liouiul drip, Turns agnin homo. 'twilight ntnt evening lu ll, Ami after thai the ilark ! And may there he no sadness of faiewell When I embark i Tor tho' from out our loiiine of J une mnl I'laen The llooil may Iwar me far, I hope to sec my I'il.il rue to fnro When I bni- iro.t th" bur. - I.ol'l CIlM i S'lll. A WAR STORY. "l.l I'.V S IX I I'M U , (.. It wns nliout 1' o'clock nt night and '(ho Federals under lieu. Hunter were 'lying in front of I .y mlilxir. Why they diil not enter wo did not know and never learned, hut they nni.it havo ovcrcslinialod tlictliin line of Confed erate defenders, as they hc.-italcd U) advance, lie (lint a it 1 1 1 ; i y , they onld ca-ily have walked over us thai lijrli', for we h.il hut n few hundred Ini'.igry, tired and worn-out Con feder al lcs to bar their advance. Conditions changed, however, lieforo morning. .About 10 o'clock that night I was oil '1'iekel, posted behind a hillock, from which 1 could see the Vniikco picket aibout 2"0 yards away, .lust behind 'ino there, w as a ihieket of underbrush r low bushes, following the low ravine along the fjol of I he hill. I had kepi a suspii iousiyo on that long scadci ing line of underbrush for over an hour, for I knew thai it led ironm! 1 1 in little hill and out in front cf the Pcilerals, and thought how easily the Yankees coiilil creep up and .around in our rear if they only knew of it. About i"ii o'clock I heard some -one making hi- way through the brush. coining in my direction. lioever he was ho did not try to concoal his -advance, hut came along mumbling and crashing through the I rush, miil-M-nng and grumbling as though ho .iss coii-.ider.ibiy out of humor over Cometh in-. The nature of hi- advance relieved file of any nlari i I might ollierwiso iiave fell, hut :n 1 knew (bat no one had any business damping and crash ing about In the brush and winking tioUc enough to attract llio attention of ihe enemy. 1 fell hack few paces and waited until the fel low struck the little opening tit'teen or twenty feel away. Instead of a dm uken Confclciuie, which I more ban half expected to ace, a blue-coated Yiinkco kicked his way through the IhM brush and came to a hall a- if he bad been allot at the command, '-Hall! Throw down tiiai eiiu !'' "Well, I'll be blessed if you ain't a .rebel I "Yes, and yon are a Yankee. S op out and hold up your hands." I to hail dropped iiis yen, and when 1 saw (hut ho had no other arms I told him to tit down on ihe grass. I he fel low's surprise and astonishment was too clearly apparent for a mistake, (ml I concluded to question him, ami nsked: "How did you get in hern and what Avero you after?" "After! what do you 'sposo a fel low'd be after who hasn't had any iliing to cat for two days?'" "You didn't expect to yet a lunch down on Led i;w over there, in Lynchburg, did you r" "Not by a big sight; I didn't know I wa9 outside of our lines, but then I must have been ho I iiugry that I didn't notice, and I expect our pickets tiro too blamed hungry to keep a sharp lookout, ami so they didn't fee me. lou't sco how I got ill hero. Siy ! sure you're a rob?'' - 1 (old him thero was no doubt on that feore, anyhow, ami that our fel lows had not been in danger of foun dering fioni a Hiiperabuiidaiiro of good things, or very ordinary, com mon, every-day sort of food either for months but as 1 hail n pretty ' good chunk of coriibrcad in my havoi'fack, I would divide. "Sit where you nre and help your self," said 1, as I pitched the grub sack down besido him. It docs mo good today lo shut my eyes and sec that littie wbite-head d Yankee eat. II did me to much good even then that 1 stood and looked down on him as he rammed a huiidful of coar.e rorubread into his mouth, then turned up Ins ratilren and tilled up tho interstices villi water an I wound up by gulping down the ma-s as ipiiekly as muscles Mud ravenous energy could perform (hat function. I kept on looking and the Yankee kept on eating until Ihe confounded fellow had eaten his sharo mnl mine, too. "Well, I'll bo lianjjeil '' 1 was beginning in cutler- ' nation (and I was about to Ibdsli by swearing a little, I'm afraid, as I think over It al (his lato day), when my prisoner seemed also suddenly alruck with tho knowledge of having impo-cd upon my hospitality, for as soon as be could gulp down the last mouthful ho slid, "Itlame my bmtons, Johnny, if I hain't eat up tho lot. I'm sorry, but I was so hungry 1 didn't know " Then wo looked at each other and tho whole nllair struck tts so litdicrous that wo both burst into a be.ly laugh I sat down nud laughed until tho terns ran down my checks, and that Yankee rolled over ami laughed and made such a nickel that I was afraid some of tho pickets in front of us would open lire, but they didn't. While wc were still laughing the relief came, and tho olb.-cr in eoin- mand said to me: "Where did you get that fellow Y The fellow's good nature and his enjoyment of the joke (an unconscious one, of course) was so great that I de termined, on tho impulse of llio ino nient, to get better acquainted with him before turning him over as a prisoner, if possible, and when I re ported to my superior I added that the prisoner came from t hio, not a great distance from my old homo in West Virginia, and that I would liko to have a talk w ith him. In explana tion 1 will say that t iie prisoner had told mo that he belonged to another regiment. J Of course, under ordinary rirenm.laiices, mcli a thing would have been impossible, but just as our line was tiling into town tho whistle of locomotives and rattle of drum announced the arrival of re-en forec inciits, and w hile tho attention of the sipiad w as attrncled I nudged my pris oner and slipped into camp with him without at trading attention. I iV ing under a dog tent wc talked for several hours. I told him where I came from, mid found that he had actually been born and raised not thirty miles distant from my old home, although in a dillcreul stale. He knew luauv of mv acoiiainlauces, and I had known many people with whom he had been familiar. Any one listen ing to us would have thought wo were old acipiaiiitauces and old fiiends, and we certainly became friends, if not old ones, that night. My Yankee fi.'end began to show a great deal of unea-iue.-s befoie a great while, and I soon learned that he had a terrible dread of being sent to l.ili by, but as I bad succeeded thus far in running things to suit myself, 1 told him not to be uneay, but to lie still li i it I came back. I'il st I made him take oil' his blouse and his cap, and I lie sc. I rolled up and carried out of the tent under my arm. In lift ecu minutes 1 had exchanged the blue jacket and cup for the gray jacket and gray slotn li hat of a Confederate ils owner was asleep. From another Sleeping Soulier l borrowed a nig (hunk of corubread. Hetuniing lo ihe lent I (old inv prisoner to put on the i-icket and hat -a mighty risky business for bolh of ns--and then led 1 ti in down over the hill, keeping in the dark, until we struck tho same ravine where I had captured him, but at a point l"i feel di-taut from the picket. After guiding him to the opening be tween the hiili, I pointed out Ihe di rection of the camp of his friend", and after telling him that they had proba bly retreated (which I learned after ward was a fact), 1 told him to keep on going, as our fellows would make things lively that morning. We then shook hands and parted. Five years ago, Avliilo sitting in a big country store in Ohio wilb about n do.on cx-l'iiion soldiers, swapping war tlories, I told of the foregoing; or i iirieiice. When I got up the next ui'iriiiiiir a half doOn horsemen bad jusl arrived, and at their head was a middle-aged genlleuuiu whose air ami carriage betokened prosperity and happiness. Ho sprang from bis horse i; ml walked almost ran to the porch of the hotel whoro I was standing, s 'ied mo by both shoulders with a pair of trembling hands, looked me in the eyes a moment, as if in doubt, and t'len actually hugged mo as tho tears ran down his cheeks. Hod bless you, Johnny. I have always hoped, but never expected to see you aiaiii. tiet your things and conio along," and, ii-1 ii ii 1 1 v , before I could recover my senses or catch the tii-l glimpse of the meaning of tho strange scene, I was sealed on a horse in tho midst of the crowd and on my way somewhere- be fore I found out that the gentleman w ho had met me so affectionately was my ipioudam prisoner. W hat a talk we had, and how many pies lions each of us asked I cannot now tell, but they covered the lapse of the years between the lime when the bul lets sang reipiiems and tho shell and shrapnel shrieked, down over decades of pence and prosperity. Our lido ended in from of a line, large two- story brick round'; i rshlei.i a, abmil which everything iediciled ll.u in telligent cultivated lasle of ils own ers. An old but swet-faccd and handsome lady slood at (ho stop slop o? the veranda, and as my conductor led me up to her and said: "It ii he, mother," she placed her arms around my neck and kissed me, ami wbilo (ho (ears fell from her eyts, she said: "(iod bless you, my son; may lie al ways prosper you." J did not get away that dy, nor the licit, and when I did leave on tho third day, forced by pressure of busi ness, I left behind me friends whom it i.s one ot (hi-grea'esl ( leasiircs of my life lo visit. T. IIunh, in Now ork Sun. I'eople Wlin 1,1 w Lone "What occupation lends uio.-l. ( prolong lit" ?" asked a reporter of tin' chief ma' hem iiiean for one of the great life insurance companies. "That is a dillicult ipu.-si ion,'' ho re plied. "I can only answer it by re fen ing to the occupations of persons whoi-e lives are and have been insured by us. Inasmuch as they number several hundreds of thousands they wiil alloid a pretty good basis from which to draw conclusions on the sub ject. According to this evidence it appears (hut commercial travelers and agents live longer (ban men in au oiler kind of business, notwithstand ing Ihe h:i.'inl whic h attend turns puliation by rail and water. Next d. t In-lii omn dentists, teachers an d pro fessors, including uiiidc teachers." "And who after lliein?'' "Next to (hem in longevity are hat ters, clergymen ami uii-sionarics. The lasl may occasionally furnish food for the larder of untutored savages, but I hey aro a lirst-class risk nevertheless. Next come bankers and capitalist, who seem to Jive just a Irillo longer than hulebers and markc (men. Law yers ami jewelers follow, and (hey arc .succeeded on (ho lis! by merchants, ped dlers, milkmen and pawnbrokers. Then conio gardeners, laborers, civil engineers and canvassers. IVrhap? the treatment which canvasseis aro apt to receive in the ordinary course of their business shorlens their lives.' Where do newi-paper men come in?" "Oli, they don't live so long as any of the people I have mentioned, liven bookkeepers and bank cashiers, as well as artisls and arcliilecls, aro ahead of them. They conio in next wit!) the prinlers, phvsiciaiis, and gentlemen who are not engaged in any net ivo employ uieiii. Then follow the apothecaries and photographers, and them in order bakers, cigarinak- ers, real estate agents, army ollicers and soldiers, liquor dea'ers, mariners Hid naval otlicers. Shortest lived of all seem t-j bo Ihe an clioueei s, board- iughnuso keepers, barbci and diiv CIS. "I'o you take into con-ideiatioii the ipies:iou of a customer's oc upatioii in gram ing a policy i" "Vot unless it is more hrizardou than any of those I have mentioned, though if he were in doubt about ac I cepliug the man as a ii-k tor other reasons, such a poin' might turn Ihe scale." Washington Star. A Tender Hearted Hog. A sick dog look up ils abodo in (ho field behind our house, relate a cor-! respondent, and after seeing Hie poor thing lying (here for some time, I lock it food andioilk and water. The next day it was still there, and when I was going out to feed il, I saw (hat. a small pug was running about il, so I look a whip out w ith me (o drive it away. The pug planted itself between me and the. sick dog, and barked at mo sivagely, but at lat I drove it away, ! and again gave food and milk and ' water to my protege. The lit t lo pug watched in" for a lew moments, and as soon as ho fell quite assured thai ! my intentions toward I ho sick dog 1 were friendly, il ran lo me wagging j its (ail, leaped up lo my shoulder, and ' licked my face and hands, nor would i it touch the water (ill (ho invalid had had all il wanted. I suppose that it I was siitNlio I that its companion was in good hands, for it (rolled happily I away, and did not appear upon tho J scene again.-- L mdoii Spectator. ! -.". Hi huking a Tenor. A tenor in a Krooklyn church often j endeavored In can so fun in (he choir j by making droll faces at the other l singer-. There whs one member of ihe congregation who considered his j levity idiotic. In the collection has, ! ket ho dropped a p ip.-r containing J llinse words: "io the Pasiur: Tlia services would be much more interest, j ing if you could pcrsuado your (enoi- i lo act morn like a man, and less like a ' monkey." The past, r handed tho Mip ' lo Ihe tenor, and since then, (luring ' service, his face has been as grave as ! (hat of a liicu-iiriced sexton, 1 niii.iMiuvs ton MN. itimii.v Ironies went tosihiil 1'ijivii l.i -idea ru-hy poo'; Twenty coats of shinim; rcen. Twcntj vests nil whin- and r'nn, "Weniusl he in liiue," pai'l llu-v 'first we study, thru wc plav. That's Ihe way to kri ji (lie i ul When we fi-ogics so 1" Ic-i. Master Hulll'rog. prar sin I slrta. ailed the classes in their tare. Taught tlieiu how to le:i iumI -Ir r, A No lion- to nolily strive To ilmlgc the sticks Hint lm-1 !. throw from his seal upon tin- I"'.'. 'I aie;lri Hk-iii how (us iv lw i i Ini; !'' Twenty frici' grew nf f.io, H'lllfrog-i tiny In came :il la-1 ; l'o!i.-hi d In a liitdi degree, As eaeli I'luggic o'irIiI In In-, Not one lisson they lor"'. Not one dunce among th M. Now they sit on othrr :-, Ti a- hiii(; clln r lit t !- I'mtfs. ,ew ..rk A I v Uk-'I. , h,'l .11. In till H ll(l I l; M'l.. j There i' a small hoy in one of our i public schools w ho-o financial abilities i are equal (o Ihe wauls of trade. The I ngilily of the nimble sispense is pn ' vcrbial, hut (his hoy can make a ceiil go further and faster. ue rainy noon hour four boys ' found tbemselv. s without linieheon. Their combined capital, vested in the ' hands of one of tho four, was repre ! senle-1 by one cent. A liflli boy bad a well-packed lunch btiskct and oll'ered to sell two satul I wicbes for one cent, but the owner of the cent was unwilling to In-slow I three-four. lis of his purchase upon Ihe other boys with m equivalent. "'I ell you wb il !" says tins lallei day Nicholas Kiddle boy number live who had the sandw i' bes to sell, Hind out what these other fellows have go( (hat you can trade half a sandwich for." Tlueo of llio boys promptly produced n small b ad pencil, twoslato pencils, very much shorlened by use, and a piece of "lolu " The capitalist handed over his cent and received Ihe two sand wit-Inn, w hich boy number live stayed lo see fairly divided. "And wiial did you d. Willi Ihe ceiil?'' says llio liancer's maiiiin i. "Bought three of the lovciie-t choco lale bonbons tilled with whipped cream, soft whipped ric.iui just liko we have with peaches," -ays the boy with a gesture of epieiireaii appreci ation. Now York llecoi-ihr. ! w ii r i iii.i I'M- I "I frpl in cross as a hc.u !" said ' I'oili", as she came in from m hod. i - ' I " I hen you have a goo I ihaiic to make the family happy." and grand j ma smiled. "Your mother lias a laailache, Ihe 1 baby wants to be amused, ami little ' brother is fretful, A ros bear will make liim cry, and then ihe baby w Hi civ, too, and thai will make your mother's headache worn' and " 'Why, grandma, what do you moan.'' interrupted I'ollv. "Oil, I haven't liui-hed what I waul (o say. That i.- what a cio-s bear will do, but n good-iiatmcil hear can make Jamie laugh, and then perhaps Jamie w ill make the baby laugh, and il'your mother bears them perhaps her lira I won't ache so badly j ami i f she grows belter, it will surely make papa smilo when lie comes home: and if papa smiles, I shall bo happy, too."' "All right," said Polly. "Vm1 shall see w bat n good-natured bear can .1..." She went into (he nurserv and capered socoin'n ally that .l.iinie lauh'-d with delight. Then she took his hami and they danced hack and forth before the baby, sitting in her high chair, and Jamie's iaugh was soon echoed by Ml lie May. Mother beard the happy lillle voice through Ihe closed door, and said h grandma, 'dt is b 'Her than iii 'iln iu 'o hear those dear children." "That is what I told Polly," rep'.ic grandma. At the tea-table papa said, "It i Mirh a comfort lo tind in iinnia's head- ache is really bettor," and In) smile. I at Polly, while grandma beamed a' both of them as she poiued the tea. '-It's like a Mother ti.iose story," ,llU, .t.llv. "The bear began (o pleas, ,,fi liuie'bi other, the titilc In other he g (o amuse Ihe baby, the baby be , ,.,,,-e the mother, the mode .,,, lo ...nnfort the father, the fain il0gHn , ,R, j.raudr.ia, ll. ramlina began she began il al ! And Pollv stopped for waul of bre o : j Youth's Conipauioii. . . . An electrical railroad between eago and St. Imis is lo bo slructed. The distance in a slra due is 2 IS miles, and il is iis.it ha', Ihe trip can bo made, with slot's, in two and one-half hours. (JUI:I:R RBIKMLS. fu'iii.ti !atilc Things i druggist Mir.l K(Tj) in Slurk. : Di lorl Pi3 Liver .is . Unco C'ire For Hystor'u;. Tho ether day it reporter of Ihe News relaxed himself fiom the weary strife of life by spending a few hours in a drug store, where he has a friend in (he shape of a pvesnipiion clerk. In the intervals of applications for seidlii. powders, epsoni sails, court plaster, patent inedieiuon and sin li clher exciting epi-.'des as diversify the exisb in c of pool pilgill licks, he commenced to divert himself by an investigation of the stock of the store, lie began by being ruiious only, and ended by becoming interested. It 6iiuiihl be remarked light here, ill order to explain cirlain things which he discovered that this spcrial simple dispensary is located in a neighbor hood largely populated by persons of foreign birth, meagre rdu- atioii and hard-working lives -the class, in short, most pi one to superstitious and lo adherence to old idea. One of the fust oddities of the stock which drew the reporter's attention was rattlesnake oil. li came from Pennsylvania and Connecticut princi pally, said his friend, the expert, and was called for as a lubricant, in cases of rheumatism. So was skunk-grease, which was another ileni in slock Most of it w as furnished by a man out West, who kept a skunk farm and killed his slock to Fell their skins and grease. Opossum fat was anoilur rheumatic remedy, which could be bad 10 order, and alligator grease was kept on hand as a remedial agent against its, much in favor with our colored population. Peanut oil and colioa secd oil were kept as subsiilules for olive oil, and, said ihe expert, were infinitely superior (o the common quality of (hal oil sold to Ihe ordinarv domestic, dado here. Many eating houses used nothing else. I.auoliu was a grease extracted from the wool of sheep. It had the pro per(y of mixing with water, and wa ft favorite bn-is for certain salves, as 11 did not grow rancid. log fat was another specihe, and goose grease stiil another. This latter was believed by many lo be a sure cure for the croup. Among iio vegelalde and herb medi cines, tho assortment of simples wa simply amazing, Ncaily i very loot, plant and flower known had been con verted into curative service. Wayside weeds were con vet led lo medical u e. and pretty garden (lowers made to answer similar puipo-es. There wen linittnes and extracts of all sot- of things, from row-itch to poison-ivy, which under portentous Latin lilies, figured in prosi i iplions, fstiitl tlio iv. perl. Cow-itih was a remedy tor woiins. Coasideiing its general quali ties, pel haps il really doc-, opotalc on the prim ipal description by Ihe medi cal student in M cit Smith's om e trillions skcti b, by thkl'.ig the w emt io death. Two centuries ago the list of i on -odious or creations supposed to be of U-ilily in re-toi ing human health in cluded some of Ihe mosl wonderful humbugs superstii ion could by any possibility induce a man to swallow. Dried crab' eyes, powdered pearls, ground oyster shells, mo-i from dead men's skulls, the fat of human corpses and h-nul puppies mashed up in a mortar were luit a few of them. To this day in iiopie-d commies people bitten by scorpions Kill one, mash il up and drink Ihe juice in alco hol as an antidote; a barbaric version of the remedy for being out loo bile of a night, known as a "hair of the log that bit you." Il only goes to illi-.ftialc what a grip blind belief has on the human mind that, in this en lightened age, an intel igenl pharma cist must keep up a slock of empirical and useless material, because (here is a demand for it w hich he niiisi sup ply. 'The fad is," said the prescription clerk to (he reporter, "that a good half of the drugs in this store are su pcilluou,. No druggist can prosper who carries a complete flock. If be makes a living he is luokv. Most of I hem work liko dogs and die about us" poor. Kut what can a man do? Some doctors put a whole row of ingredi ents in a prescription. These ollen include expensive ihii.gs for which thero aro not hull' a de"ii calls a year. Kut you must have Ihein on hand. You have got to run a w hole line of patent medicines, for instance, because iiianv physicians use them in their preset lo tions, (iood evening, madam," lo an ohl woman with a shawl ovir her brad, who spoke in tierni'in. "lhieil 1'ig's liver powder, madam;' What do ; you waul ii foi r A ease of bys cries, t-i' Weil, wr have none in sloik. Wbi nol liy a biomide iu-tead." I'.'.il Ihe old lady i dle 'tided lo go to the opposite -duo and see il they had n.il go ..ouio of lu-r sovereign speeilie in slock Iheie.- New Yoik New-. Humor mi the Mump. it must hao be.-n rathe: I i - m 'Tt iog lo the declamatory sprai n wln, ib -Using all lei huh ali! ii -. died lo slorin his heard- by -lint force of Cloqlli'lice, lull who. Oil llP'Ting 111'! won!-, '-In the book uf Nature it i written,'' was ititerrupto I by t quiet looking o'-n llcmati wi'h a mild re qti"sl that he wotl'd "name the page,'1 Sometimes, however, (he in1' ti opior receives a "rctorl out ic-u," h-' h.t.d ly burg. lined lor, and a f.tjn !:ii sloiy illustrative of tbi- is tool ol I.-ird Paluiorstuii. Iiis l.jnMilp, who wa an invrterale j- k :r, p.ii-.-e-.-o. a iu;i line-- of n parlue and a q iaiut -'ii-c 1 1 ii in ! that ofieu stood him in g-io-l s:ea.l. llnrr, when raiiv.i-sing II. imp shire, in c m j.i uci ion with sir tb-oig' Xauiiloli, In- held a llierling at a h"'rl wbirh was but d.mly liylurd a each end by two .-mill windows. I'Miinj tin- noble Lord's -perili be was frrqil' ll'ly inlerriljiled by cries of "No, no!" pi oc-riling from a la t little man in one of the windows, who wa.i butler to an old admiral in li.c neighborhood. There were loud .-ali- to bring him foiwaid; but I. rd P.ilmei -iuii piomptly said: '-Pray don't inierl'cie with the geul ieinan. I. s hiii: rem iia in the window. Provideii'-o h - 'lc nied liim a iy iulellri u'al lii-hi : il would be hard, indeed, lo deprive him of the lighl of heaven !" Again, w hen ! eh of iiineering at Taunton, he was j gioally troubled by a butcher who a-ki'd him to support a certain I' oil- eal policy. At the end of one of hi- ' Lordship's speeche- th'- butcher ended 1 i lit: '-Lord Paluier-toii, will you give f me a plain answer lo a plain q e-s- lim-'" After :i slighi paue Lud Paliiierslon reilie.l, "I will." Tho I butcher then a-ked. "Wiil mui or will you not support this mea-iiror ' a Hadical bid. Lord Palmer-ton hc-i- tuted, and lin n with a twink e in his : eye, be r. -plied, "I will ." Then he slopped. Imnieilialey (he Icelioa's chcerc I (roiu -udouslv. '-Not''- con i liiiin d hi- Lordship. ( Lou M on-c:- vativo chceis. ). When (h'--e cca-rd ; Lord P.illnerston liuisbcd his-enlence 1 - "ie!l yon." Then he immediately ' ret i ted. lex was seldom, if ever, at a los for a n torl, an 1 a story i- l.-ld how, w hen ciinva-sing Westmiu tor, heap, j plied (o a slnq krtq.ri for his vote and nilcresl. 'lii" man prodii. ed a bailor, with w hich, he said, be wa- icady to oblige lii it). "Thank you," npllod Pox", "foi your kind filer, bin I should be soiry to deprive you of so valuable a famiiv pic. e. ; I oinlou Siaudaid. (ircilt ll'l ii;al inn Srlirnir, I he San Joaquin i .i in ii is o be iui gatcd, ami ,o,i"". a icp now pi..'lu. ine barley w ill be made -it-, rpt ibli ofcul livalion. The sdn me i- a prciliuii-us one and means Ihe e pcn.Htui e of S.'i'tU'oo in the work. Men and teams are at work excavating a ditch, which will be thirteen miles long and graded around ihe ba-e of the Joaquin hills. l'ho r-amiago ( reek, which flows a large -upiily of water Ihe jear round, w ill be dainiucd up in what i- known as the narrow - of do Santiago Canon, and from there the' water will be icd In ililchcs to ai; parts of ihe Sail J.'.iquiu i.nn li. I ho dam will be Lo feci thick al ihe ba-e. 11'" feet high and '' feet w ide, .-.ml w ill be built of mas. . in y it i . I in the 1 1 1 ost subs:aui ial manner po-ii.1.-'. Tliis dam will back up ihe water of Santiago Creek a distance ol orr a mile ami nearly three miles wide, ami ibis lake will be one ol tie- iarnesi aililicial laki s in llio -tale. The work i- being igoron-'y pn-Led along, and it- completion will bo balled Willi de light by all our people. It means the development of a largo area of laud now sparsely settled and but poorly cultivalod: lieiico the groat advance ment of tho counties weallh. il.oh Angeles (Cm ) Herald. Squashes ami Pumpkin- n- Nairn-. I'.olh the -quash and pumpkin un supposed lo bo indigenous lo Amoiic i, and were cultivated by i Ii Indians everywhere from Ihe New Liiglaud Stales lo South America. Pumpkin seed an I grains of Indian corn are found in ancient tombs siippo-e.l lo have been (he Inn ial places of races who inhabited (Ins country before Hie Indians, and pottery m4iile bv iIiosq people has been dug up oi nai'ienled w ith raised figure- of lln- pi Inpkiti vine, leave- and tendrils Tho oriyi mil of the ornameiiiiil gourds arc s.iil found growing wild in Texas. New Yoi k Sim. Ihe (nttle Hells. Fnrd'-nii the blown autumnal bans ' lli .h on the p'-at. is snow attic lint smell tbe whitel days I iiiKIc their b. lis n they go. I '-it of a thick veil ilrawn to sa-. I be slij't- face from the blnt, Thoae tiny bells, as fiiirles wava Thrlr Hae.il, evokt the past. 'I hat inii-lc "lice hi fore 1 heard, lint then the iinlrs were clad, i .-rolling Ii kr h ..-.irele.-s bird; Ah, whj now is It ami .' I 'poii this brow now- crowned by ere My bee a ariioid laid ; Wr hear t (he hi Us, now here, now there; dea l .'ti r tin- lcncs and mailt. Maj hap for huppier mai 1 .m l man I l.r tender lici.-n swrlls. Aid I will unllr while yet I can I IS) to 'be ealt'e blCU. - -Willi-.-'.cell, in Haipei's eckly. J in 'Moitors. As iit(. r a - ::a'd - heck .'. vi iih"le-s -Tho majority. P.ouinl-oul - Ja-k iu llie-bos. A slangy mai b-ii of Not ill Broad s'reet alludes to b-r siea ly h'o cream young m ui as "my cold snap." N'ghi lork How does it seem to ho a hotel waiir--:' New (iirl It seem as if I wa- ma le (o order. M Hid - How is it that you and your Im-band gel along so well together? Violdoh, I never rook and be never talks poli'ics. An iip-iow ti shoemaker has a card in hi- window reading: "Auy respecta ble man, woman or child cm have a lit in this lore." Manufacturer What makes you think electric clocks should Sell SO freely:-' J Mui.. un r The'ro all to be charged, arc lie y nol '( " should b ile to have a mother-in 'aw always around," complained the v 1 1 1 1 1 , and then a genllo whisper fell upon his car, 'T am auoiphan." she in vet asKi-il if her hat was on straight, -lie in t - I'm li.-ni a iiioii-el Mo 1 . i .1 all tin- ley- w ill. io-m t lilush, -lie'- a w ee b-ihv ein in the hoiisp. 'Wii'ie are von going':"' a-ked 8 ;iit!c boy of : iiolher who had slipped ,ill. I la 'loll on Ihe icy paVrlllCllf. (.oing to gel up!" was the blunt re", piy- diininio P. i i.-;os I wish my big sil ri wa a brother. A eistei nin't 110) Inn at ail. I. iiiinv I igs- Ain't? Wy, I make mv si-icr 1 1 in' mad 'most ( very day, I'luiudiill Ha- that charming wid ow any properiyr Litcliiim Yes, a ol. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 ' l.'al (state or per soii.il.' Kci'liiuiu Personal six: J.ibbcn. Mr-. iiim."!' I w-iiidcr why lighl. mug never -Hike- twice in the one pi, i.e. hiiiii. i Win. n the lightning .'nine- around tbe second lime the place isn't tin ic. She I niiii i is i ho pieiiiest, but l.eua is the nii.-ii iCr-t. Now, whiill HoiiUl vou lather iiianv, lunutyor oiaitis.- lie (very t'ai gone) - Nell her, I I rather marry vou. Why doln'l you i opri ululate young Jenkins on hi- man lage: ' "I ou d not i on-' iciitio'i-ly do that : I do not know his wife." "Well, you ought have w i-hed her joy." "I could nol lea-nnably do that; I do know Jenkins." To Su-penil Animal ion, "It ha- been lrrqiienlly said (lint truth i-i sti anger than lictioli," re marked lb. Henry Powderly lo a lit i!c parly that were di-ous-ung Wash, ingloii Ii viug's romaniic story of IIlp Van Winkle in the Lindtll rotunda. "I ofti n Ihink that I would like (o got o sleep and Wake lip ill ihe full enjoy meiil of my fiiculiics a century Intel say, f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tin- ear '.'"". I belicva thill Ihi- Will be sliccessl'lilly done. Cases of sl'-pe idcd an im.ii ion forcoit sidei able pci iod- of lime frequently occur. 1 have m-elf pronounced pi oplo dead who aro now in the full enjoyment of vigorous life. have no doubt thai (hoiisau.ls of peoplo have been f nlombed aiive afler having been examined by reputable and care ful ph -ici.ins. If the life force may he so completely suspended for a day or two and ihen resume, why may it net be taken up again after tho In jirjo of a century or more? Irving uiakon Kii Van Winkle age durln g his tw.iiiy cars' nap. Thai is, I Ihink. nreng. Should the life fonc be to .-mipielely suspended thai a tnatl would not require food Ihero WOilbl he liltlo or no waste, and he would wake up as youthful and vigorous a when ho doed oil'. I believe that it will yet be possible for a iiiiiu, by t ak in" rendu y naps, to enjoy a few yeara of iifo din ing every century for lOyl) years or more. I can sno no good cason for b -Moving I hat Ihu iiinelculh con! m y has w idicmiol llio high tide jf n'ien'.ilicaehiovciaonl." St. Loitin, ulobc-llcinocral.