North Carolina Newspapers

luttham itecorxl. II. .A. IOIN IJOIV. EDITOR AUD rilOPRIETOR. RATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions -One Biuaro, cne month 11.00 1.50 . .60 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advanoa. Fjr largar advertisements liberal con lac's will lie uiHile. VOL. XVI. PlTTSHORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JUNK M, 1894. NO. 42. tfljatljara Retort. W I 1 1 SONG OF THE TRAMP. Sons FOWI.KI!, IX IIomh AXI CorNiRT. A rover mil I of n well-known stamp, In furl- I inn simply n typical trump; My home is wherever I happen ti camp Yet nunc is more merry than I. My life is a drama of varyhiK sienci, To phases both cmnicaiiJ trauie it leans. As n rule it is novel-tied iii-curiling to llleailH -Yet nunc is more- merry than I. At night when the householder, sleek anil well fed. Ttctires for his rest in his soft, snowy heel. The ground isiny niuli; with a stone for my hrail -Still none is more merry than I. 'ilh first .Irea k of tlawi: I am up v, it h the lark. My spirits at oner reach the hie,h water mark, Afy inorninu s salute isthe wHlehful clod's liark Yet none is inure merry tlinu I. If. ol times, theonieious mid lmorish police, Dciii it prnilent my fre-i'doni to somen hat decrease. patiently wail for the tnrdy release -Ami nolle is more merry than I. ft'hpli the sc. uie ; of my much chancim; life reach a close, And I quiet iy tlrop f ir my n nil rep-ise, Jn n diteh I sli-ill li", Willi my dirge sunn by crows -Yet none in more tuerrv than I. Lciiiy oiii mmi itv iii.i.kx l out i;sr ;i; xvi:: 1 duntiosl ve anv idip'et ion to let .1. sou In v the obi iaee," said Simeon Lilton, as he stood leaning on his hoc. "Me and Klvirn were cal culalin' to gn to Hebron and live with our married (laughter. When I oiks get- to be old like us. a fori y-j-ot 1,-irm's most too lug to handle. Tin I I don't deny that I hate lo leave it w.iss than the toothache." I'own under the hill tlse young leaves of the maples were breaking out into a cloud of green mist, the nspcirs shook their woolly tassels, nnd a little brook, half hidden by tangled briers, made a merry gurgle on its way to Linden Lake. ''Hebron's :i nice place,'' inedit iitivelv remarked Simeon, as he Hung ii clod at a marauding crow pi rched li I he neap'sl tree, "but 'tain t like the op mi country as me and Klvira has nl , ays In n used to.'' "Then I may become your ten ant''" sail I'liilip I'indar. taking out bis note-book. "At fifteen dollars a month, for a year certain, with the refusal for a lunger term in cas. you do not your.-olf wish to return.'' "Them's my terms,'' succinctly spoke the obi farmer, wining his leathery foivlica.l with a spotted cotton handkerchief. "I looked nt t he house yesterday, " ndded Tinder, 'and with a few alter ations "I don't c;ileul.-:to pay for no alterations," shrewdly sp ike up old Simeon. "At my ex pens.', of course, '' said I'indii r. "Dunlin's I'e any ob',tioil lo that." "With a few trilling alterations.", went on I'iml'T. "il can be adapted to my needs. It's a pretty place a j very pretty place!" "I s'pusc you'll be pullin' down' ihe old well-sweep and cutlin' away the apple lives'" siid l.illon, un-I eas'ly. "I'oll;.-is so linicky." i ' By m lin-iiiis. The we-svcep is worth I en dullars a year to me in ', pict uresi':i in ss. No money would induce in pull il d w n. I'.ul I shall certainly lay water pipes nnd drain tiles through t ln orchard, 'and make whatever improvements are necessary. Merc's the rent for the' first month lo bind the bargain, and ; th? paper will be ready fop our sig nature ns soi in as take possession." "1 don't want to papers." said Lilton." I'm one of them as their word is as good as tln-ir bond any day in the week ! ' ' " Jhlsiut-ss is business!'' good-hu-moredly sooke Mr. Pindar, as he re pockeled his leather wallet and strolled awny tow ird the railway station, while old Simeon renewed his labors with the I and rake. "There shan't no city feller have it to say as Sim l.illon left I lit larin j in bad ciindi t ion, " said he. 'onseiUent ly, he was very tired when, after liberal ablutions in the wood-shed and a severe toweling of his old gray bead, he came in to an swer the noonday siininions of the dinner hour. "Well, Klviry." sii 1 he. beginning on Ihe corned beef and cabbage. "I've done a good stroke o' business this moriiin'. '' Mrs. l.ilton looked into the ten pot, clapped the lid down and set it on the tray ready to pour the refreshing be verage. "Well," said she, in a brisk, bird ike way that she bad. "ef you've beat me in that line, you've done pretty well, (hat's all I've .got to Kiiy ! ' ' 'Hain't sold the old ehist o' draws, hev ye?" queried Lilton. with bis knife, well laden with greasy cab bage, on the way to bis mouth. "Jtcller'n that ! ' said Mrs. Lilton. exultantly. "I've let the place!" "What-!" "I've let tin place !" reiterated trie old woman, with great distinct ness am! some asperity. "To a very nice young lady with two little t-isttrs, ns is thinking of growing roses and en mat ion for a New York florist. Ami here's lln ,ii-s; i ninth's relit, si theTc shall I be lio i..n' out of the bar.Mi u on i il her side. " laying down u clean Un-dollar Hole nn.l a rolrt half-eagle on tho tulIc beside her. Simeon Lilton jumped from liis ohnii nnd cast i fork in a Fori, of d iwn Ins knife nnd pcralion. ' Well, 1 nm bout !" shouted he. "I've let the place, too, lo n young' feller from New York. Ami here's my first month's rent lil'tecn dol- j lars!'' "What "s his name?"' said L'lvirn. "I'm blessed if 1 know! What's hers?'' "It's a Miss or a Mrs. Pulley or Kiillcy or some sich 1 can't jes' recollcck which. " "Klviry,'' gasped tho old man. "you lire the biggo-.i fool oul !" "No wuss'n yourself," retorted wife. list ! 'Thar never was no business go- .'said l.ilton, with slow cmpha- sis, "hut what a woman would be siirfin lo get Iter linger into." "Simeon," said his wife, "iiin'l you and me been tryin' our level best logel this 'ere farm let, so we can get to Hebron?" Lilton gloomily nodded, "Who says we hain't ?" "And I've let it." "So've I !" "What lime did your feller give you t he iiiont li s rent ?" "The clock in the glove factory was jesl a-slrik'm- 'leven." " A II ' 'I was 'level! to ii second by the hall clock here when Miss Miss what's her inline? signed this paper !" groaned M rs. l.illon. "Sim- i eon, what be we to do? They can't hang nor line us, nor not bin,' can they, for lettin' the farm to two pco- ! pie at mice ; " ; "X nn.l don't believe they call do jthat." hesitated Simeon. " Mill il '. ' blamed awkward, that's what ii is." "Couldn't we write Li him there's been a mistake?" wistfully ques tioned Mrs. l.illon. I "Where he We lo write to?" I "It's just liken niiin," sal irically ; ol served t he old woman, "to man ago things after thai looseended fashion ! "I don't know as you've done much I hotter." growled Simeon. "Well. ! well. Klviry, don't fret. Let I Ik-mi ! folks ls has hired the place do Ihe ;fretlin' now. P'raps they'll lind i some way oulen I he tangle. Il don't make no dilTercncc to me. Which ever of Yin hacks our, I'll refund I In i money. Tlu r' shan't no one say that I Simeon Lilton ain't done the .square i t hing bv 'i in. "lint day artei lo-morr iw s lirsl o' May!" screamed the woman. "Well, what then? I can't scl almanac back, ken I? There' tln old the I la- jest time to pack our trunks, so fur's I -co. My mail, he hired the pony, an' old Crunip!e-!iorn. loo." S., did MissMiss U.lh-y, or Wballey, or whatever il was!" Simeon chuckled. "lis kind o queer, am t :t ? said he. " I only hope," croak "that we ain't render anienahle to t he law." ' ' let out !" said Sinn his wifj. ourselves Women don't know noihin' about i iw." The lirsl of May was an ideal spring !! v. and before Ihe sun had moulded ,-il"ive the eastern crest of old llille j Mountain, the f 1 1 r 1 1 t i;-,i van stood j In-fore the i.illon farmhouse, and Iwoi little girls danced merrily around, j I picking g ildi-n dandelions out of the j I green grass of the door yard and lis- telling to t io- w hist le of i ho bluebirds. ! while a pretlv young girl in black I siqierinleiided the union ling of chairs I and bird cages, boxes of books and j carefully si r.ippt d t ru nl .. ! At the stile l h;il gu.i ded the cu ll ranee t o I he woods, the children mi l i .1 tii'l oung man carrying a valise and :i package of umbrellas. Why, Killy I "alias!" cried he: "what are you and -" doing her-.-?' We've eome to live i II I !li II 11- try."sa!-l Kill y , t riuiop'iaiil ly. "Sis. li r Alice i.; fired of !iing in a Hal . where t in- p.-ople down stairs griim i bled iery tine- we -;ni across the floor. And this is sieh a lovely ' place, wit h a brook air-l a lot of apple trees. Hut. Mr. I'indar. bow came i j on here?" ! "So we are to be neighbors!" said Mr. Philip I'indar, with an aspect of l great satisfaction. "I have rented a , house close hy, where I can work at lil.V oceupiil if; ill ponce nod quiet fri'.ni old Madiiii.- V. 'Sally's piano and ; Pierre Hall's cone I playing. Why, hello, she's here ! ' ' i He walked into the farmhouse trolling at j,,, ,.,.), wjt, ,, ju,. ei,-. his lice "Aliee. Alice. I hoy cried, joy ful- ly. lu re s m r. I nular : The pretty girl in black came to Ihe door. Mrs. Simeon Lilton I!.".1 tened herself behind the fanlights, e cing Simeon, w ho preterdi d to be busy muling up his last che.-l of old blue-edged crockery. "So pleased to see you. Mr. Pin dar!" said Ali'-e. in the pretty, gra cious way of ii born chati hiinc. "Welcome to (ileii Farm, our new home ! " "Why." exclaimeil Mr. Philip I'in dar. "I've rented this hoii.-- for a year! Haven't I. Mr. l.illon?" "There 1 1 1 li -1 be some mistake." said Alice-, suddcnlv growing grave. " This good woman here " "Settle il between yourselves." said Lilton. hammering noisily away. "I dunlin's I've any particular choice bet w cell on. "P.llt." gasped Alice, "there's all our worhll) goods at the door! And and we've now here i Isc to go. And I did hire the bouse, last week, and I've paid down a month's rent in ad vance." " Precisely w h it 1 did." said Mr. Pindar. Little rank In illliTest "llul, house Ho crowded olio the front e. with In dimph. I face all sa::iiiici-.sd she. "it's a nig thru is. (here's a lot of dear. eiipuofirdy litllo rooms In It. And there's only throe of us and one of Mr. Pindar. Why couldn't we nil i live together? Km an instant silence prevailed. Then Alice turned nwny, her fare I a glow t,I dearie! bluslies. mimiiiir ig some incomprehensible s iitenco. Hut Mr. I'indar npprecialed his ad- Vil. page and seicd the opportunity with instantaneous quickness. "Well, w hy not said he. catch ing bold of Alice's hand before she could w it lulrnvv it. "I'm willing, if you nre, Alice only, of course, there'll have to he a Wedding tirst." "A wedding! a Wedding!" Vlo iiiul Killy whirled ecstatically around ( )), grass plot lit the very sound of I he word. "You know 1 lovi j have know n il this yml. Alici lung I iiee. ! Yoit mU- for this little darling's lucky speech, I might have lucked courage to plead my cause so promptly. Our tiis'.es are similar, or we never should have coincided in selecting this lovely little bit of Klysiiim to dwell in. Say yes. Alice! Or I'll he contented even '( you don't say no !" "It's so very strange!" hesit ated Miss Dallas. Pindar turned smilingly around to Ihe lit I lo ones. "It's all right , children," said he. "She hiisu'l Siiidlio! My good friend, " to Simeon l.ilton, who had slopped hammering at last, "will you he so good ns to furnish me with Ihe address of the nearest clergy man?" "I didu'l fairly know," said Simeon, afterward, "but, thai llieni folks was goiu' to pay l he rent dou ble. Pill t hey didn't ! ' "It's the romaiitiekest thing I ever hecrd on!" said Mrs. Lilton, w iping her eyes. "If I knowed any body that writ for the paper;:, I'd lell'them tin hull story." "Iion't he ii fool, old woman!'' said Simeon. Hut he. too. was wliisi ling "L ive') Voiing Ihvam," under his breath. Tin- lit lie children frolicked around, picking but loivnps nnd making friends w il h t he cat and I he dog. Hut Mr. and Mrs. I'indar were very quiet in the purple twilight t' the May day. Their hearts were ton fill1, for words. i Saturday Nighl. HOW TO TREAT SPRAINS. A "Strong Man" Gives Some Valu able Information. Athletes in all branches of sport arc more or less liable in competi tions or in training to suffer from over exert ion, producing severe sprains of I he cords and sinews. Co less properly id tended to at once. I hese injuries often cause weeks and months of pain ami suffering, and sometimes result in permanent in jury. People generally do hot know that the simplest treatment in these cases is the b.'.-l. , I recciilly talked with Professor At I ila.t he si rung man. now located in this city, and he told me of his personal experience with sprains during his professional career, extending over t period of twenty vears. Without doubt the profess. f I he real bona lido rung r is men i lln world. I !e isn vcrila lb I rength. ii tul has a record of pub- lie performances second to none. He it was w ho brought out Saudow. and to the latter was due an accident which gave Allilil t he know ledge of the proper t rent me tit of si rains of t he fibres of t he biceps. The :t cideiit in quest inn happened in Kurope. while Atlila and Snndow were performing together, 1 1 re sult ed in I h.' breaking of a mimbei of cords of I he biceps and the seven st raining of ol hers, causing ( h,- rut in arm to turn black, and producing great pain. There v,i:s no mil ward wound, ami tic eminent physicians and surgeons of the Continent were puzzle I over t'i' pi p 'I' course of t real incnf to purs'.i". l-'inally Atlila left lh" professors in despair, and, at his own suggestion, the injured part was wound about with a firm, soff cloth. The first day after the cloth was put on he was abb to lift wiih the injured arm a Iwo-poiind iliiinbell. The second day he raised a three pound weight. He kept increasing t he weight daily un til he could raise the lifty pound bell. Then he knew he had mastered the injury. In a i-omparal ivcly short t hue I he wound had healed, and At lila. strange -o s-iy, was strongei t ban ever in I his arm. In cases of 'drains of cords in the wrist AUil.i says the injured part should be tightly ha adage .1 ami I ice a day held under a fan eel allowing cold water lo fail on it from a height of two or three f.-et. This produces a natural straining, very beiieliei.il. In a short time an improvement is noticed under this course of treat ment. ! Where the tissues of the' muscles j of the leg arc strained the only treat : incut in vi ssary is very simple. H.-imhige the injured part tightly and exercise u daily, a little i!t tirst. if allowed I i remain inactive the injury grow s worse in nil cases. The si rain ing of I he muscles of t '"' back is best .treated by applications of liniment and judieioti.; use ,,f electric treat- j ! inent.-INew York ll.-ral.'. ! j Rapid Growth of Redwood Trees. WY hav lence in California I'l l S cut (low 11 r-ixly made sprout s w hieh .111 lhr- e lo live feet 1 from one hundred am! lil'tv lert high. lhat Ibii'Aood I years ago have are' low 1 rers fr. in diainel i-r. an to mi,, hundred It is 1 he rapi I the se tre. s v. h doubt their growth of some nf lie!, leads people In eat age. Ill I lu re reason for doubling of 1 iileul.-il ing by iin - -d is sound, and that imputed to s itue i.f -olid ground work to ham's' Mm hi. MIS ll I hid t hi' 1 nun! ring I w. the great ag lh.se trees b:i Uli.'d oil. I M A rERFilBLE: fiEVENGt". Kmt Upon-In fttrteil Sii-orp- lllaniii-li f lllltltlllH, ll-slroyi-il fan Antonia iTc.i i rincspniKlent In the I ilohe-I emocrnl : .lolui l-'er rs, Uie veteran stage diiver, who in the early eiis Urine the staije on the overland route between Independ ence, Mo t and Stint i le, was iclat in.' Minn of his intei-st lag exper iences to a f-rroul of Irieiids tli ol tier day when he told ; story, the eir. unisl.inces of which will be re call "d by nianv of the pioneer cili eii i of si. Louis ami the Western country, 'The rtnallpoX outbreak aiming t he ( 'einanche Indians In the year of s.'i."i," sad he, ''caused u siir t lii-ougout Ihe Western country. J carried the lir-it news of that devas tilting plagi C to the outside world 1 i was making one ol my regular t ins from Santa le to Ind "pel. donee, when J slopped tit a small trading post situated on the Neosho Liver. There was gie a excitement amor-,: the few white S'tt'ers at the pus!, and w hen 1 in Uired the cause of the lommolioii I wis t lid that stiialln. had hcen raging for several weeks among the Indians who thickly p .p. u'ated that -cciion. 1 was taU'-n lo the place where the dead red-skins Ii d been liiniid, ami there were hiin lred-i of newly formed minimis, each of wlih-h represented a victim i.:' the sco irge. 'Smallpox had up to that time been sin link, own Uisea c among these Indians, and the outbreak was the result of one of the must te.ribio schemes ol revenge 1 have ever seen recorded. 1 :i the spring of I ss., iw,, voting men of wealthy families, who-e nam s I have now forgotten, went out from St. I oil's to the plains f n the piirpo e o ' spending a few months, the oh'e-'f of the trip being for the beueiit. of one of the young men's health, They reached Council I i rove safely and decided lo renu n there a short, titn;1. They decide I to get a taste of the spoil of hunting buffalo, which at that time cine! within Iwciit.- or thirty miles of Council Crove in large n tun hers. Ac cordingly they ie:t Coiinc I Crove one morning early on a two weeiv's hunt. They were mounted on good horse. s, which s i:ia atlrrn'tol the covetous eyes of st niggling bands of Indhns whom they nnd. On the third day I after the young men left Council Crove they came upon a huge herd of buffalo, and I hey had an excit tig; chase. The invalid voimg man killed one of the animals and had dismount el to view his prize when a big, strapping Indian rode out ol a flump of coltoiiwoo.l trees, and with out warning shot tho white mail down ami th.'ti proceeded to take his scalp. The compan on of Hie 111:1 r- ! tiered man witnessed the horrible ! crime and thinking that a si.uilar : falc awaited him if he tarried in ! that section, put spurs lo his horse anil headed in the eli eciion nf Cdiiii e 1 Crove. He was c'oscly pursued by the blood-thirsty Indian, who had ' exchanged his mount for that of the I man lie had just killed. Alter a j hard and long ri 'c the white man j escaped and reach- U Council Clove in an exhausted cumiit ion, A party 1 was at one oiitan zed to go mil and I hr ng in the remains of the tiiur- den U man, ana it w.is led to the i spot by the survivor. The l.odv was I round to be horriblv mutilated, and ; it had been stripp-d of every par j tieie of raMneut. The companion of I the murdered man owed that he j would have revenge upon the whole I tribe of Indians for th.' foul deed I which one ol the members hud coai ! iiiittcii, and he kept hi- vow. "lie returned to st. Louis, ami I when he arrived in that city lie 1 brained that the hospital there con , tained a number of cases of stnailp ix ! He made the acquaintance nf nix of the attendants of t he hospital, and induced the hitter to -eil him a mini I b-.-r of blankets wlm-h had been used to eo.cr thcsinalli (i paiicnls Ho ' then boxed tttese blankets up mtuiv. I lv ami shipped them in Council ' Clove. He went end an I crsori:ill distributed the inleciel Lkinkets among the Indians gratis, and re ceived much praise imm tin Indians and people generally for his philutp I throphy. When the ne. e-sary time ha I elapsed after lee King the blankets there was a general out i bicak of smallpox among the luii I ails. The. disease spread rapidly and j they died bv the scire. As sou 1 as 1 an Indian would feel the fever which ' at tends tho dis -iisc corning mi he ! would make ii bee-line fur the Neo sho IMver, into which lie would plunge. He would di,. p, a short time after getting out of the water.'' A Tb lily 'It is a -i'oiit- Vi-ar Ol I 1,1'ttci-. a exceedingly rare thing nowadays in any rivili.cel country lor a letter, pn-perlv stain ed, scaled and addressed, to fail to leach its destination " said a Cnvcininetit oHrcial. '.-'omet ,ines letters are written which are never ree ived, but the great, number of letters w hich go to the dead letter ofticer be cause they are not properly ad dressed, or not itdiiiesscil at all, serve to explain the gteater part of the-e rare di.iii pearanccs. Now and then, however, some one somewhere 'titles 'ountry is asU ishe'd to receive a le t ter that was written and pn-iod years be 'ore. Not long ago a lady in Vermont re eived ii letter which was written ami boieeviden c of having been mailed in l'iii). The stamp 011 the letter was olsolcte, but the ost- : o lice department forwarded it to its destination, as the stamp was good at the time il was Hist mailed. Where the letter hiid been all these years was never exphiitn d. but .t amy I e siiriu.seii that it had s'.jppod . it into the air. It was caught as it rnto some er:ie'iv or r evict in the ! eamo down by a t rauin who was walk c iurse of tiansinissi! i-, and remained ieu' behind him. and who, betraying theie until the nnikii g of certain re- I setpiise whatever, went: r ght on pairs revealed it. lira then put smoking ;t. as tlnugli it had been his in the wail anew and nothing aid own " - New V nk t-uu. Louis tilobc-l'ctiif'- Tlic I riiilne. The ermine is a queer animal. It is one thing in winter and another ihtiig ni summer. That is a strange statement, hut it is true, for in winter ihe animal's fur ii ,'t:i wh.te asMKuvand is call eel the ermine. In Miminer its fur turns reddish hrown on the upper part of the body and a light yellow on the lower part: the aiiima! is then known as the stoat. This change is quite familiar to ti.it ur.iiisis hut not to iiusrientille. peopl !, s ii l tin- ermine and the stoat nre, thci'eloie, generally regarded as distinct aiiima's. Tho fur of the ermine is tuucli val ued and is in great request .i one lime il was ii mark of royal t v. mid (he state loin s o jiidge-i and mag i -ti ales were lined w th it as an eci I -lent of purity. The erm ne is so cunning in its ways thai il is almost as dm, cult to catch iis it. is to "--at h a weasel i -I ep." In fat, about the only way to capture it is to mark its course from iis home and then strew mud in its pathway. When the dainty, fas tidioii. litt!e animal reaches tip' P -ii.t in its path where the mud is strewn, it, will lie down and suli.eet its li" to capluro and death rather than mil- h oiej of it snow-white ha n. l-Apei-.'nii'iils Willi H New ItlllCi No more gruesome experiments prohahly have ever been made that ihoe un.hu taken by the Surgeon in ( 'hief of the Hnuiiiaiiiaii Artuv. I I Vinod hciies, with a view li deter mining the character of the wounds indicted by the new type of Mannlichcr rife, now being served out lo the Ip.iumatiiiiu troops. Tho ex.cri iiiCiiicr, who has sent an account of the affair to the I 'at i s Academy 'if Sciences, had a number of human e irpses for the purpose, and these lie placed In tosition lu rows, liue sold ers 0:1 tin: Ileal of brttt'c At it range of 1 no metre; live boiies were placed lll'ly eeiitlinctie; behind each other. J-it was fotm I that a singlo bullet went through three bodies in succession when tired from that dis tance. Cp.in the soft prirt of (he body it was found that the wounds , were perhaps less serious than those , caused by the old-lashioned rilles, the , hole mails by the bullet being! smaller j and more even: bill, on the whole, the ' injuries arc far more terrible. The 1 ell'ecls of tho contact ol" the bullets with arter ies or with bones are al ; iiio-l too shock ng lo contemplate. Tin; range of the new rh'e s from : .:, Ion to -I, otiu meters, or a ho t two iiiid a half miles. Auckland 'New j Zealand' Wee-lily News. ! The laertiic llcntllitfliu ', The electric headlight is now used 1 on nianv railroads, and W. It Spark-, ; who is interested in a southern road, ' says that his company has found it a very prolltable investment. The lights cost about- throe hundred and seventy -live dollars each, tl.vd 011 the locomotive, a a! they cost no more than the ordinary nil iishl to main tain. The oid headlight would not ' throw iis light 011 a d irk 11 ght more ! than one hundred and II fly feel, and it is impossible lor an engineer to ' slow up h s train in that distant' ) eve 1 with an eine-gency brake Now, lh elect 1 ie light thiows its ravs 1 1 1 - 111 half 1 1 tluco-quai ters of a mile 1 hi limit of the engine: obstrurtimis i can I c easily seen at that distance, and some 0!' the engineers insist that :i switch di-It can ne mme easily - ma ie out b. ii at nighl than in the : tla.it hi '. Tho lights, moreover, do away with switch light, which is ! (pi le ;i sav Ing to mads that use them to any great extent. Mr. Spark s sa that the engines using the electric Ip a fights on his road have never 1 killed a cow, and he is confident that the saving in sin k c!a ins alone will , more than pa. '01 all 111' headlight-' : on the road with u t'.v ' years. ; in. i.ast wnr 1 A New York man ha taken the ; I aimer I r : lingiricss He was very ii.'h.a id eori' spniidiugiy close. Ilav , ing I een sick for some 1 1111 In' was : convinced that his time had a boat i iiiriu' lb made his will and '.is . posed of his ;mmen-c fortune, tln-n ; he sent lot the undertaker. He had I 11 diced how rone the average un ! d -rtaker is to Like 11 ifair advantage i.n.inei 1 ly of the n mains, -o he tie tenoned not to be swindled, even a tcr he w is d ml. So when tin: un dertaker come the. wranghil over 1 the 1 1 ice of the collin and the shroud. Tic undertaker wanted to make the shroud large and co'iifm table, an 1 with I'r.lls around tin' boCmil. It was cut down several yards however, mil il it was ii pretty t ght lit end then came the discissi;,u about the ice The undertaker vv shed to charge ; for ice. "It will take T : worth of h'e to tic e vou properly." he said. ' You will have to l;:io k off a do'lu:,'' sard 'he sick man lech v. I wiil not need si much ice as th- ordmaty corpse because 1 always have . cold feet, and last wii.t r my icet 1 - were p 111 ialiy Irii.cu." These were 1 his last words. 'I lie Tram 'h Trie',. "Iii Pro, idwav, llieoiherday " said astro ler, "I saw two young men walking together and talking earn estly: cue of them was smoking. The sinnkcr was Uie mote earnest of Ihe two. Pretty seion he looKcd at his c-gar. which was about smoked up, and lighted two thuds Ire-h one. Instantly he v e lit on talking. ' Pooh." he began, and in his annua t on. iistrad of tliiowing the dis 1 iieied cigar into the trecl lie tossed about it. '' '.il. f rat. PROFIT IN ORANGES. Something About the Crop Of South ern California. The first oranges in Southern Cnli fornia were planted by (lit; old mis sion fathers. who undoubtedly brought t he seed from Spain, t here it was originally carried from Arabia by wandering tribes. The orange is a remarkable tree. Ii nourishes in what is apparent ly 1 1 - poori-d soil, is always gree n, ripe fruit will hang 011 its limbs for a year, nnd il is al ways in fruit or blossom. Tin' tree w ill bear when Ion or "Jim years old. while ill Versailles there is a tree known to be over I'M years old. and older still is a free ;il Nice that is fifty feet high and ill h'-ar- f.n i i 'irungcs a year. Its exact age is 1111 k iiuivii bin ii is a pro l i' t of an f iquil v . The orange era '. ns il has In 11 called, is most alluring. The pros peel, as viewed by the novice, is of silting down ind waiting for the ageiil lo come round year!) and buy ll rop, vet constant work 11 ltd a'- Icntioii are necessary. 'Ihe orange grove requires to be irrigated, ploughed nnd wiodi-l throughout the year, but the chief 1 1 hie lies m its various parasites. Live yi nrs ago 11 number of the groves of s.-mi horn California w re nlntn-l ruined by the white scale. Orange' nen were in !cspair. and orchard. ; worth tb-m-Pands of dollars wi T" lilei-alij given lip to Ihe ih sl ro.v 1 r mid looked lis if Hecki'd with snow. The ( i'ov ernuien t "cut fl Comniissiiurr lo Australia, who discovered 11 lady bug I hat prove. 1 on enemy to the vvh'te sou!"', ami to day the trei siir'e again in Sim- condi tion. The white -e;i!e is i;uki:ov n here now. ib-spile continual investi gations and seiirchrs for it by the many local horticultural inspectors lend nssoeia! ions. Only once in thirteen v ears has the frost seriously damn-god I he Soul hern California orange crop. ou Christ inas eve in S'.M I In- in-I'eury vvenl down to :!7 dog. above ,.im in m arly e very part of I hi- region, i.n.l re mained the:-- I'm -.-v. nil le.urs. When dawn came tli" grow ers knew i hey had lost over half a million of dollars in damaged I'ruii . 'I he oranges on the inner : m 1 protcotrd biiioches of the t i'ees escaped wiih lit tie or no injury, lit lhat season Pomona Val ley 'marketed i?l-Y worth of oranges, whereas tin- am..uiil would have been over ."' ,' : without the eold snap. Some of the slate-inelils of profits made by some of the ol I nivhurdi-t s seem so absurdly largo thai, if llicy they did 110I come from reliable mid prominent citizens, one would hardly bell, ve them. There- is. however-, positive proof lhat some of the le n ll'id twelve' year-ohl orange- gr.ives in Pomona Vaile y luiv". sim e'tln y came' Into full bearing, when s years ohl. borne several crops of fruit that netted Iht growi r -fa a Ir- e. or .fYi'i 111 ae're'. A few orchards he-re havt llelle-el t heir llWIll IV- 1 .-r if'li.'l' .1 !l ;o-V' in soni" years, but 1 lie majority of bearing oi-itnge iir.-li:r,'.s in S,.til!ii-ni California yield crops worth hetvvieu T"-'l!" and if:!"" an m-iv in mi average year, oneorivvo growers who have b'arneil the' at", of growing thebe-.-l fruit, ami have packed, il can-fully themselves, have' in several seasons geil over $'ioo p. r a ere clear for in vi si mfiil and labor. The large st profit that e-an he- 1- - I - i upon ye'l ri'pirt-'l in l!c I'um.ei 1 Valley this season for orange's is that from the seventy aire- i'h"iei' or- hard, which lias I -'rue n crop that was -oiii ,,!i the i-. is last v.i el. to a Chicago buyer for ? J-.'.nOii. The inc.. lire nine years old. lite! have had unusual eat-. Tin pr-.p-riy has Cost lo dale between s.',iii,i ;,jl foil. inn 1. These profits, h.iv or a!'. -d a nvst wonderful dcman.l for oi-ng.- land iimllrecs. Tlcirsiiini "f :e-re s I l-,at were- l'i iii i.-rl grain li' M-' "f unpi'o duet ive of il!lv ' l ops have be-ell plant ed to groves r-ire-e t'-e great n-al est, He- bo-.ti) bubl-! ' "f pe-7 bur-t. 'I wo yeiirs ag'i 1 h.- I'-'ie-i'ia Progress r.slimiiled thai nearly 1. 01 in. tin: 1 w as hivestcil in "iii'M'i'viii 'm Isri'I- trees Mini labor for orange gones. the limounl iuvi steel in I r.v s iilot.e being about ijryi 1. 1 1 11 11 1. This - a. -,,11 ..range planting, and the pur- h-ise- and pre paration of l.md for 1 he same, will probably run up toward 1 -Vioii'io h'ivel-side experts. I Id t" i 1 s a ' 1'eil g'- by teboul I '-.''" io-i-cs Pomona by '." iiei'i s. Pasadena by '' acres. San (iabri'd by -""" acres. K.-dhmds by foil acres and "l !n r localit i.- al-mil Win a. -res. What l-speeinliy tilea-es l he grow i-r is he fa f in t he his: tin ar- I he eon sum pi ion of range- h.-i - i .r-rra-nl olio pi r i-e-nl. in di- eoiinirv a'l.l i. oll the- itti'ivusi-. N . il e-i.i.v this i.;o rival ainl in w roads have- pencil up ;i inarki-l for Cali foi'iiia Iruil whieh il has not had in fornmr ;i r. New York Sun. The "Millionaires' Club. ' The while marble palace at fifth avenue ami i!"t h str.-el. New York, the fill urc home of tl'.e Mi Iropolitan Club. Wiis opi lie e! for p'-iv:,!e' inspec tion a fe'W days ago. The mi oilers on Thursday will take i'or.n-il posses- j (.ion. The c'ub liou.se has ;i froiilage rf '.HI frit on Chili avenue, ami rx teli.ls I ."it I feel on COlli -ln-i-1. wiih a wing in the court by ."n lei I. 'I he exterior of Ihe- rlub is in the simple iiiul severe stylo ed the Iliilinu n-naissam-e-. modi lied ai'ti r l !,.' Koniau palil-'l'S o' the- i X I : i 1 1 1 1 1 re-Ill ll"y. The inli-rioi-. however, is a harmoni ous blrmlitig of aneicol and modern stjleS id iire-ilitecllire. W hilr the club ollieials refuse- lo say any ! Iiiug ilheilil the cost of the .lull heiuse, il is generally tin. !--rsloe.d that tin- lot lost fflvi.niKI. Hie buildingil tl HltllKI, lend the furnisliings m-arly rf 1 oiKi, tH0. W i'shili"ti; "still. IOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. W A l f lll'lt'ior I'OI.K. I hioked from my window, And. dancing logel her. I Spied three queer peopb Whi-i love the wen weal hoi. Tim turtle, tin frog, utul thodiiek nil oineel hands To caper " ) gaily upon the wet Kinds. Tin- turtle wa eoutoel Ii shell, to ib-r.v 'I'lie paltering rain-'lrops. And I" ! him quile ,iry. Th" frog in g.-'.-en jacke-i was gay a Celllld bo. "My .-...il will s'e-l water--just s-' it ! said Im. The duck sin. ok IPS V,e b-feed And milled hi- f.-.-ilhi-r-: Crie-il In-. ' Pain 'vei l h'irl nm ' I'm lire s-i d f !' ell vvea'ln-rs. Vud win n I can see t i... clouds fi-ow " in lie- sky 1 oil liiv g:-iV fci'tlier---. and I eep vrv Irv! ' - I A. I . M. in SI. Ni: ';!. is r.ii.i r.MW s i'i;r. o. bov ; shake hands!" is the "II. Tory cordial gre-l ing of the Tenth Pi ittil parrot to Captain Marly every morning. Tin- remark is rather too lamiliiir to b" nude to a police captain in his owe -1 1.1 ion hoil-"o. but Ihen poll, yiu si., is n privilege'! I',,l i- a gi-. en p.irrol, which ha lived ii! I h" si. it ion l wo years, and has mad" herself sin-li a fa v ot-ite w il h the oirii ers t h:ii u- e.tie of I hem s;iid. II;. h .use woiildn'i s-.'.-m "all there" vvilhoui her. Tii" blue-coats irrev erently spi'iik of her as "Tom." Poll ami the captain are great friends, and when the latter is alone she w ill sing lo him by " t he hour. Sh,. is vain though, for the burden of her song is nlwn.v.-: ' Polly, pretty Polly. Polly 's a' goo I bird." Sometimes when a drunken prisoner is brought in Poll calls out "Lock him up. il loi-i'i.'in. look him up!" Then. I"-., nl rill-cull she so-hi-: imes get s r innings by calling out somel hing. I'"l:;v is qui:.- im in-eomplishc'l in-lress. and can lie ,ei he-r bm-k and plnv dead sis well :i-- the hr-d 'po-sum that i-vt-l lived. Sin- will always re spond to a friend's invitation I shake hands, bill she is rat Iht shy wit h st rangers. The children of th.' neighbor! I are I'l.int of poll and visit he r every afternoon. Tin y stand outside the cnplaiu's window for Poll never in vites t hem in. If sh.' feels in a good humor she answers ph-a-an! ly. but. if mil she si:vs curt ly : "Shut up!" and walks awny. New Yorii He co ii ler. r.oiuss. Who dors tint know the robins, lough', nii-rry little birds, always busy, hopping or Hying here and I llcl-e ill s. iireh of food for I helll.se-lves , i" the little hi l'i I s in Ihe home nest, safe-iv ImUen it.va.v in ihe bough of a tree. The parent lord-are always a 'i x ion- ;t ml w a! eh I id for the safely of Iheir families, and il' an enemy is se-e n near I he nest. I In' older birds -how the givap'st anxiety and dis tress, riml Hy back and forth ion most exeiled milliner, in it-ring at the same linn- a little- cry of fear and if one of l he y oung birds, by ; i-b nl . f;i lis from Ihe nesi. which is some times the case-, the elisl rrs of I ho n-ol lieT knows no ) ie Ol in i s. liohju'i nre vi i-y soi iabie birds, and will ofieii builel their c.e-sts III tin. lower branches of lives or bush-'-I iieiu-n hotie-. wln re tin y live fear h-rdy. SCenollgto know that tlieyiif favorites, and lhai no one will harm belli. I ll'' ll"s- nre muele' of IW'igs. fof the' eillt-ille llll'l I I U ' ' I Willi hill!', .I'tel in this s-.fr i'".v lit tit- him- from tii'c to seven .-niall eggs ;iri laid. Tims,- .." wal h.-d car-'-lully milil id" day lh little ones mav be r.i e-n in Ihe iii-sl. ijriui' l-.okiieg little things the.v are-. I"', for th,-y sei-m a'l necks and mouth-, and one would think il impos.-ib!.' f u- them ever lo bee, une like tic j.retti. (-pi'ightly re.lbieasts. They ar-' cared f-.r by I In' parent birdsund fe1 with norm -mall b-i 1 1-s find oiler m-se-i is until th- y are larg- i-ii'-ug!i M t alio i-iire of f lu-mse I v i's I'lioiigh th robif e-annoi l.c eni. iil.-n d ,'.' s"i-g bii'el. xe-t his p. .te i. I ill! and eh-nr. find in I he spring, c . p. .-hilly, il is hi'ai'd w ii h pb'.-i-uro. lln- bird-are somel imes t liken when oiiug. place..! in a cag and l' pl as p. Is. A fiiogrown bird is about Inn ineln-s long. i!i' body plump, and le gs exeei'diligl'.' sl.-mle r for lln-sir ol lh, 1.,'dy. fhr li.'.nl is black. Ih" body of :i b;-ow n shade. I lie upper part of ihe brensl red iiinl the' uuih r paris while. The' wings are broad, nn.l the tail very slightly forked. They are' fouml in many parts of the world ami in some places arc sm-ii favorites l hid laws arc made to prr-i-nl the ir being killed al any lime. They belong to a species of bird called Sy Ividae. vvhiedl includes I he' thrush, a bird e-. It-lira! ed for it s pe culiarly sweet, musical song, a eb-ar. im Mow whistle, of several notes. Thine is t be bluebird, vv hieh i- nl-o calleel l In- robin. These are generally birds , if pa-sngr. idihough the'.', will oil en iv ma i ii in .-licit .'fed pluor- quit ' fill north, but when liny do h-iivn I he ci ddt r for a warmer .dime. liny' always ivlurn in early spring, and I In- bright little- visitor, nr.- gi let wiih ii htiirlv vvilcouie. j I 'droit I-rce Press. S. I. Min in 1. 1.. of Or. e n Lake, Mich., ha- in his pos-,-sioii the pet- ilieel remains of a thick rt-ct nt ly dug Up at Marquette. I le says t Ii . bones nm! f-.-at hers art- in the ir usu jl stale, i.if. i ily the- Ih'sh j pciritiel.