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VOL. XVI
l,lTTSBORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUCiUST 1(5, 181M.
NO.
in
Cii'('iii)itaris.
"IVIionco is lliy night, O ('irriiiiifltuin'iv,
That tliy lri'ul clutch u human soul,
A il.s'.iny, nmy scizcy What rliiiiicn
Or power tlntli II x tliy stern control?
Ai iii-tiils in the calyx set,
As gems wrought into mi't.'il'.s 'lusj,
Agilil ensnared in iron net
No aro wn held williiu tliy grasp!
May we not do, shall wo imt dure,
If thy eoiiiiiian.l ilotli suy lit nay?
Khali life Hink aimless in ilespnir,
Vh"ii them dost muck Hi" prayers wo pra ?
Ait tli'iii rclentless'i1 Fur lyiiinl
Tliy ni'liu rises iluuiitless Will,
Which iliires to break tliy rutlilcs.i bond,
Alt'! nol.li-r l-stiuy fulfil!
A.-ran-ii lie who hoi. Is lliy thrall.
Ami yiehls his life to thy tlletat .
Who linirs ami lieiuls diviner cull,
lln Is tin! muster of his fati"!
The si'a that bars us rrom tlin slmrn
Itself shall li Mir us safely there
I'lui wlmls, contentions, waft us n'ct
"NVi l I waters to a huvii fairs
Ami i'Vm fro'ii i'iriMi iis:ati"i nl vi'i'st
Tli i earnest, faithful soul tuny wrest
Trim victory, mul from her curse
Win i;ili. !:ee that shall make liim Mi's!?
- Zi ri.i.i.4 i.'uoM: in Yoiith's ('oiniaiiiin.
IN LOVE AND WAR.
Tim s!ory of n eoiitiiry village i.i
till' slul'V 111' itS stol'C.
That wonderful pine:! where the mail
mul tin; in ilns.ics lliw from n common
source, hi i to speak where your iiiniT
mul oiiti-r man, your mental unt phys
ii'iil self, must get nil their stimulus
is tin.' epitome ol' nil tlm difliiscly writ
ten history of tin) lives that cluster
it r ii in 1 it.
What tile storemnu cannot trll Vim
of every pisier I iv mul every customer
you are not likely to learn yourself,
except by luminal fortune; nml nil lie
iloes tell you haa the delight fill
Jiiiiianey of having )iasseil t !i roil urli
the ineiliiini of a rarely shrewd miiiil,
gaining in. .re 1 1 in ii one beauty spot in
tile Iran .it.
That wait what was thinking nit I
hat in 'Pdjuh's store, willi th i mingled
odors of eil'i' i print ami dried apples,
roller mul the straw th it crockery in
puekeil in lighting for supremacy in
my notice.
'I'ij ill's lirmiil lm"k was tnrneil t i
ine iili'l ho was sorting the day's
mail w it h comments that maile mo as
wise ns himself regarding its eoii
l ills.
"Mis M.-riindu licnl," suid 'llijuh;
"llial'll be nli mt her pension, I guess.
Luther i lli.'ial lookin', that is. Mr.
Asy Fowler; his sou .lolin -gone ilow u
to Pochcm nilh ho write t, ter him
night miter every week mi n nice,
clean hainl he writes, iloes John.
M" re's a leller fer the schlilemu'uin.
Now that's han' writtin' fi r ye! Pu ty
us she is, an jest lis siuipl lile."
'J'hn latch clickeil mul t'le door
op lie. I. 'Jtijiili lookeil over his
shoulder nml grinned. 1 was shut out
IV. mii sight ol' inoiM than tin: visitor's
logs I'.V a slack line of dangling towels,
aprons mul nocks; luit they were
sternly, reliable, lo ikinj? Iei;s, Klrait
itinl i t roll;.', clotheil in heavy hoots
nml lihlc overalls.
'liij ili neither tunic 1 nor laiil ilouu
his lei t r. II" stooil there l;i iuniiijf,
mi I wln tli 'i' (he person in tlm iloor
wny was I'riiinine; also, or plotti my
nfs issmat ion in piiiitmiiiic, was none
the w iser.
The heavy ImkiSh shullleil mul turnoil
iihoiit, hteppeil out -i. l. ami the ilonr
hhilt. M!ij ill ehnekleil to liijnself liu.l
lookeil buck lo h s letters n;;iiin.
''J'lieiu papers is for yuan"- Tlniinp
non. 11. ' th' cilitor of uur paper,
lie's alive --alive mi kick in. Ho'h
been out West fur a Hpcll, mi' lie
thinks we're ail ileinl an' buricil. An'
lie lins ma le a k'reut i-hii utfn in The
liii-le, I tell you. r'. lkM say he'll be
ter Hinai t fur t!i i way ho musses
raoiliiil nit i people, h nil. ills; nut lis
lively, it'n lively.
The papers went into ft separate box,
liu.l 'liijili resiimeil the letters.
'Mehnly Hopkins; sIic'h n't a heap
of money. 'Mnziti' haow foinl yir
fo.kM in of ye when ycr it a pile aiul
nint no hcirrt of ycr bu ! I y. SIic'h
e;oo.l for Viu thoii jli; kIiu'h a cato
'inn."
"I Ktipiose it in uniiHii il for any one.
(o make much more than their living
nwny up lu re, isn't it T.ijnh?"
"Humph! yes, fer any one. Not fer
Minio on 'cm though. Soiiio on 'em is
smarter 'n gri'UH.al liehtnin'."
Ito put his Ii ail on olio si.le nml
Kijuinteil at the letter he win lioliliii";.
"llim, now, Jereiiiinli Wilson, lic'a
n keen 'till. Nobody got tho bebt o
th' (do mini but Jim. l'oti Haw Jim
eiiuie in here jest niiow ; nint no 'tater
lilies on Jim; when he gets up he'b up
fer all day."
'JSijiih e;rinucil ami wagged bin
lieiul.
'Jore-niinli Wilson!" ho rc
tiinrkeil, mi-1 slapped the letter into itn
pi;'coii-liole.
Tho latch clicked B:,'ain, tho dior
ojiuuod and tho biiiiio pair of leg tip-
jicnre I in tlm very eaino H;iot whore 1
had Keen them heforo,
'liilali grinned.
I'lVKiini'tlily tin! unacen grinned al
so, for there was too much of 'I'.ijiih's
Hi in not to bo offensive, if it were
(itherw isc.
"What chit want?"
Nothin'."
'We don't keep that; or, if we do,
we're just aunt of it."
The big boots turned about slowly.
".Sure yn do' want liu lumps, are
ye?"
"( iiiIh fry with 'cm?"
"Not in this shop."
"That nettles it us fur nn I'm roii
eerueil," iiful ho went nwny mid closed
the door iioniu.
' 1 It j it li '.ooked after him mul chuck
led. "Whnt'H tho joke 'Hijah?''
"Dono' e, I'd orter way nn'thin',
outsid.', but you know how it is Mr.
Carson, you never secin no stranger. "
"llun I over your story, you old
gossip," 1 answered. "Why, it would
burn your tongue oiT if you tried to
keep it in."
'liij ili laughed henrtilv at thin polite
sally.
"Well, 1 lake fer my tt x', an llhler
Slocu.ii KiivH.tlint beautiful axuiu, 'All
is fair in love an' war.' "
lie came around the end of the coun
ter mul nut on an unopened sugar
barrel, with his legs crossed and
his rough hands clasped mound his
knee.
"Th'.'' ole man, Jeremiah Wilson,
that t mentioned back a' spell, he's a
Tartar, lie do' know not hin' but his
own way; an' Mis' Wilson, sh i never
kue. ' I nothin' but ter gin it to him.
lie's got a trick er tnrnin' redfneed,
an' 1 lokiu' like he w.n s neat, she
couldn't bear ter hav.i he" house
muss "d, so she just gin in t ! him.
"Ther' was oii gal Maine her
nune wuz an' tlmy both thought a
sight of her. She wa'n't no more like
neither uv thriu then nothin' at all
and I hey both tried projecks w ith
her.
"Her father wanted her to be a buy,
mi' he ullo. felt as el' she dune him
w hen she wn'n't. lie wanted ter nnikt
a lawor t it uv her; he's dead in hve
with lw'n , ole niiiii W.lsoii is ; but
yc belter try ter make a hos.s-
ra." nt of w h ileb ones mi gristle e.
to m ike it lawyer outer Maine. What
th' ole mail said wuz (lospel, though;
she felt sorter like she belter not make
him no more hard feel in', niter not
b.'in' that boy he wauled.
"Her mother meant her ter be a
goo. I housekeeper an' put up p'seryes
an' make pickles; tin' Mann.' would
sl iu' nt the winder nil' sing au'firt
all ub. unit her mess till 'twas clean
split.
"After Mis' Wilson died, though,
Manic done better round the haoiise.
I Mebbe ef th' olo man wuz ter die she'd
take ter 1 iwiu'. Ye can't tell ; she kin
do most au'thiu'.
"Jest abaoiit then, Jim Line began
ter sleeve raoitnd with M ime Wilson.
I Smart c. a steel trap, he is; he funs
I the sawmill up tlm creek; but th' ole
' man liatrH him like pizeu, nn' ho talked
! b r Maine till she 'lowed she wouldn't
j take up with Jim, 'lest he wuz willi n'.
"Jim Lime is the most goo.l natured
feller you ever s.'C. He's iillil. got a
good word im' a pleasant smile fer
folks, nn' he'll go further out o' his
track for a friend 'n most nnybinldy 1
know.
"He took it aw fill hard iibnoiil
Maine, nn' he reg'ly got inopy an'
down in the mouth abnout it. An' then
ho got his second wind, an' Im tried
every witch way tu piny it on th' ole
man. lint Mniii'i slm got putty stuffy,
too, an' she declared she'd never 'poso
her father, an' tluir 'twas."
ltijah got oil' tlm barrel to sell a
c niple of candy bulls to a lvsy-liieod
little lass who was so short as to be
visible under the slack line, mid re
sumed, as she closed the door of the
shop :
"The hull village knew nil aliiumt
it mid they talked it up, curly an' late.
The gall they wasn't slow ter say
what they'd do i f they wuz in her
place, nnd the IJugler took a hand, m
to speak, nn' nearly drove the ole man
wild. Hut Miss Peterson, the minis
ter's sister, she 'lowed that Maine wuz
right to mind her father.
" 'Ij ink a-heiv," says Jim, 'nint I
gut no rights at all?' an' Miss Peterson
sho Implied an' said she s'posed so,
but he certainly didn't orter ask Maine
ter take tho responsibility of brenkiu'
her word."
'lijah chuckled, nnd changed his
legs nnd clasped the other knee.
" 'Twnsn't very long after that ole
Wilson went heuie one night. 'Twuz
gettin' curly dink an' ho tolo Maine
she'd better g t the lump afore she set
down ter tea. M line wuz ngoiii'throiigh
the entry way with u wkoppiu' givnt
sh:ii'o lamp in her hand, when some
body knocked ter tho front door, and
she jest Btopped au opened it without
tliinkiu'.
"Jim li'ino wns a-.itiuidio :!mi9,
'Don't say nothin' Maine, ' siiva le, an1
mid he takes her bodily, lamp I'.n' all,
nnd tucks her inter a cirringe that he
lied nt the gate. He did'nt fool mound
wi'.li no railroad train, but just turned
them horses' heads for (!amnla, an'
when they got ter the line Maine u,!
a settiu' there ey, still ez a mouse,
without nry hat or coat, nn' that big
shade lump a buriiiu' jest as peart us
ef it wuz on tho ole man Wilson's
table ter home."
'ltijah laughed to himself.
"Fearful thing the ingrntitoode of
children, nint it? lint you'd orter
seen the Hugler nex' liiornin'. Kvery
dud Mumcil coliimo in it lied a big
headline, 'Jim Lane has got his gal.
Jim Lane has got his gal.' d ish I
that jest proved olo Wilson wouldn't
never hrv busted wheu he didn't bust
that nn. mii'. '
"He went whoopiu off ter his law
ycr ter see what he cud do to Jim, but
Maine she wuz of age an' she writ him
that she went of her own free will ;
so nil he could make imy fuss nliaout
wux the lamp, an' they've been a law in'
an' fooliu' an' a urbitratin' ever sine. '
A Surf? n's Tinder Split.
"No mutter how hardened a doctor
may become by seeing much sull'ef
ing," ruid a physician yesterday,
"there i'h one thing that will always
make him weaken, that is if he has
liny heart nt all. Now, I have been
cutting ii IV men's legs nnd iirms nnd
doing all kinds of severe operations
for year ;, yet in all that time my
sense of hu.siucss duty di I not allow
ing' sympathy t.i interfere with my
work, except in the c isi'.s of children.
I c i:i never perform nn operation on
a child without feeling sick nt heart.
In my priiclice. I nvonl this kind of
work as much as possible, shilling the
cases to some ot In r doctor when pos
sible. Why it even hurts me to be
compelled to score t he gums of a teet h
ing chil l. 1 would ten times rather
cut oil' a man's leg than do it. Then)
is soiin thing about a child that in
MiiiwHt, sweet expression -which goes
to i. iy very heart. This m ty smm I
absurd coming from a nir.n, as si'iuc
people woeld put it, vlio has Julie ir'
iiiui'li sawing nnd carving iim I have,
but it is the truth, nevertheless. It is
something about which other doctors
have spoki n to me, mid I know is
ipiite a general feeling. The other af
ternoon I was compelled to cut oll'the
foot of a young baby. It was a simple
operation ami some people might say
that mi eccoiiut of chloroform mid the
age of the child she would not have
felt or realized what hud 1 u done.
Well, 1 iiccoinplinliei that operation,
but it was the hardest work I have ever
lone. H lien It was timslieil I was so
unstrung that, like a woman, 1 com
menced to Weep. Ol' course I wa
ashamed of myself, but sometimes
when the tears begin to Ilow it is dilli
cult to t'lmt'k thriu." Pittsburg 1'is
pateli. A l.ntiv Tii'k.
"I was recently introduced," said
Albert H. Steele of Portland, Oregon,
"to ii legislator, who, 1 believe has tho
record for making tho longest con
tinuous speech ever delivered. He in
a member of the legislature of licit
ish Columbia, in which there is no
such thing as senatorial courtesy, so
that a long speaker cmiiiol get a few
minutes' lent for refreshments, in he
generally can in the upper house of
this country. Tlm record-breaker,
who is of Preucli deseeiit, is an old
college athlete, and on one occasion
Inst session he was put up by tho op
position to talk a bill to death. The
majority saw through the device nt
once nnd put every obstacle in tho
way of the speaker. Not deterred by
objections and points of order, the
old athlete husbanded his strength
mid spoke steadily, w ithout any lon
ger pauses than were necessary to
moisten hii parched throat with an
occasional innocent drink, twice
around the clock. He started nt ten
o'clock in the morning, kept steadily
nt his work nil the afternoon, evening
and night, and did not even p.i'i;-;
when the lights were turned out the
following in. .ruing.
"J'.ye-witnesses tell me t hut as the
morning woro on his voice was a little
more than a whisper mil his eyes
were bloodshot. He bote up man
fully, however, mi I did not sit down
until the clock struck twelve, when
the bill became dead by lapse of time,
nnd hi' secured a respite, which was
well enriird, even if his cause was not
a very noble one. He spoke of his
twcitty-six-hour effort with n shudder
mid says he would rather walk 1(10
miles than go through the ordeal
again. St. Louis (ilobe-Demoerat.
Ho Knew.
Fosdiek Is there any money iu tho
biisine-s you are engnged in?
Cnwker Oh, yes. I'vo dropped
$-,(JlH) into myself.
llliniliK.VS COM'MN.
A imixtv iimvAim.
Willie ami Cliarlli! ilin il.iy feasle.l wel',
Tln-y ha I iie inirle uf liiiiiey-s.veeleh' riie ,
And I'linkles the erispi st ever were lia'e-.l,
A ml a howl full of loveliest I. Tries,
Ami tlm reason their mother g ive them tie so
gnnil things'
Yon have gu sseil it, my merry uiicj, may
l.e -
Was Im '.nis i evfry tlni'- that she went n it t
work
Tliey look sil.'li gnnil ear" of tin1 Ii ihy.
N'.:v Orleans I'i 'aj inn.'.
A DUt M-MA.lou s m ri;:s.
Like poets, drum-majors nie lu. i n,
not made. One man may become u
drum-major in n week, while you can't
make one of am. ther in u lil'e-tiine.
Without the kiiick of handling tlm
stick ho will licu-r be an iirtM, and
will, probably at the very nioiiieiit
when he should look his jaiinUn.t,
commit the crime, unpardonable in a
driim-iuiijor, of dropping his h it hand
lo his side. For the left hand shoii! I
always, except in two-hundi d move
ments w ith tho staff,, rest, knuckles
up, on the hip. .Thus the driiui
iiiajor's piec, when not marching or
giving a command, is to stun I with
his left hand on his hip, his right
hand, grasping his stick just beiuw
tho head, the point of the stick rest
ing on the ground.
He presents a line, impieing figure
as ho stand-, there, erect and tall, two
paces in front of the band. Now
comes the im ni 'iit, so glorious lo the
small boy, when the commands
"Play" nml "Forward March" are
to be given. Faring the band, the
drum in ijor, with a quick turn of the
wrist, points the ferule upward, h tiing
it slant a little to the right. Tin-li,
raising the stall' to the height i f his
chin, he thrusts it tin! lull length of
his iirm to the ii 'lit nnd draws it back
again. This is tho signal to poiy.
Then tuniiii..r,he jioiuts th 1 1 ill to the
front, thrusts it the full length of his
arm forward, nnd mii-ic and m uvh
begin, lu the old days the drum major
then brought the ' cane,'' ns the stall
was culled in the taelics, to the posi
tion of "carry t.w.inl," Now th'
drum major li.al. time, setting the
"ciideiice" -the numb, r of Mi ps to a
minute of t he march.
Asa rule he simply repents again
nnd agiiin the thrust niel recover,
through which he gives the command
to play. Kxpcrt di iim-iiiajors, how
ever, introduce some fancy movement
here. Jol'geliseii, ful' instance, has n
pretty way of describing a circle I'roie
the front to the back of his right
shoulder, grasping the stall' in the
middle and twirling it so that the
head jioiuts downward at tlm moment
the left foot is to advance. la unskil
ful hands this movement is apt to end
in disaster, the ferule striking the
drum-major's hack or none -wi tch
puts the nose out of joint and the band
out of time.
It is important that ti e drum-major
should mark ill: cadence correct
ly, us otherwise, not only his own, but
all other regiments following, wil
march too slowly or too rapidly. The
regimi'lit caden -a is 1' I. steps t i the
minute; but in Memorial I'.iy pmades,
when there are many veterans in the
procession, the drum-majors tpiietly
reduce it to ninety. A no! her clev er
trick of tlm driiin-nia jor is to seize tho
fernlo between tlm lore and middle
lingers, swing a fill I eirel'With it four
or live times, and let go, giving it a
slight twist us it leaves his lingers.
The drum-major who gets the knack
of the twist mid knows eiioi..h to al
low for the number of steps he w ill ad
vance, can make his stall' circle high
up iu front of him nnd sail down into
his hand again.
When the bund is to execute an
obliipio movement, the drum-major
holds his Mil if iu a horizontal po.ilion
at the height of hisiieck, and point iu;
the ferule in the diiei'Moii of the
oblique, extends his arm to its full
length. The prettiest evolution of the
baud is the counter march. Tliedniia
nuijor "faces tlm music" an I gives the
stgiiul to march, but instead of turn
ing remains standing viitli his face
toward the bund. The band m irchei
upon the drill. i-ni'i jor, bu! on reaching
him the lile ! h rs to the right of
him w heel to th right, thosp on the
left to the left, the driiin-iii ijor march
ing down through the center.
To signal for halt the tall m ill in
the bearskin can raises the stall with
both hands in u horizontal position
above his head, mid witii nrne. extend
ed drops it iu a horizontal position at
the height of his hips. With the
stall' he also imiicatesto the field luii-ie
what signal it is tu plav, and puts the
drum-corps Ih.o igh the manual, for
install, -i;. "Put lit the drum-. icks" -"Feini'ii
the iim us"- - "tiroaiid ;he
drii.inu"-- St. Nicholas.
Our great grandmothers prepared
their own grave clot lies before death.
GORKI-XT TIME.
How It Is Sunt Tltrou.rli tho Coun
try by Wire.
An Electric Throb Whitdi Daily
Marks t lie Noon Hour.
All the clocks mid other instru
ments used lor calculating the revolu
tions of tin' earth are now mounted
upon granite piers, whose Inundations
extend far down into the ground, that
no motion of the building may change
! tin.' bent of o:!c of tin: pendulums a '
millionth of a second, lu order that
! no change of temperature m the room 1
j may bo occasioned by a draught of
j air, the spue -s between these piers and !
i the Honrs are iilled with cotton lml
j ting. So nothing but an fart lnpuik"
can keen iis from having our full
supply of tini ; every d iy, for even
j though the clocks themselves give out,
J each one of them has an alternate,
! which will do the work while the other
takes a vacation and recuperates, un
der the surgical care of Lieutenant
Heilner, who has charge, of the time
1 service.
Within a very small spnro in the
, new naval observatory there is a con
I irivaiice, invented by one of the Dis
i tricl's own citiznis, which has control
, of all chronometers east of Denver,
mid from here, every day at noun by
I the pressing of an electrie button, a
i throb which sets the hands of all
: these limn tellers in their correct posi
1 tioii is sent throughout this w nolo i x
! piiiiscof territory. u .Mare Island.
the navy yard of San Francisco, aii
; other observatory i located, which
' performs the same dm ii s for the ter
1 lii s west of I eiiv i r, but when the noon
' teglial is sounded iu the eastern sec
I tioii it is mi I;.' '.' o'clock at the station
on the shores of the Pacific,
j Within the District limits all chroii
' oiiii -tors and self-correcting clocks are
connected with a private system
of wires iu circuit with the ob
servatory, but iu 'ending the
le. on hour thoiighoiit the laud the
Westernl'iiion Tel.-gr iph Company has
been employed, and lor it s im.-pension
of woil. on its main line f r three and
I a half minutes each d iy it is pai I a
good sum by the government,
j At live ininuti s before twelve a sig
nal is given to the Navy I 'iparlmeiit
by pushing a sw itch, to raise the large
time ball on the roof, so that it lire
drop automatically ul I- o'elo.'l..
! During the.-e la-t live minutes in the
' morning hour everyihing is nnxn tv
l willi tie- despatch, s of the noonday,
lie watches every turn of the pendu
lums of his clocks mil probably goes
through a series of ihu Hers mid of
teeth elmtt. rings each day, lest some
thing III i.-lit prevent the gleet event's
taking place. At exactly three and a
hull minutes before twelve o'clock a
! signal is given by the pressing of n
! button, and the Western Union Teh -I
graph company do the ret by co'.
: Heeling their whole system with this
click, which is ticking now exactly
with the click of precision.
) The hist ten seconds before noon
nre heard to throb by the operator iu
j the telegraph olliee, and when at last
! the great looked for hour of high
liooll itself is ticked by the two clocks
: there is a grand ringing of bulls iu the
observatory to celebrate the fact that
another day has been rent asunder.
: Wu .hin ;luii Star.
I All 1'ngiiu'cr's Story,
i "It win just a yea;- a ;u," sai l the
I old engineer, "that 1 was running my
! 'coiiimodatioii train on the Knoxville
! nnd Jrllicn, down in North Carolina.
! J'.ver been down there? (ille s ye
j don't know, then, how the trucks sii ike
! round them Carolina moiiuiains. Too
i steep tu run str.'ig'ht down, ye see
laud ye iu day al'ier to-morrow -s. ve
have lo crawl down from the Saute
ii union iiiv i.le, in in' out, iu an' o.it,
half a d o.eli loops on u!le hillsi 1
! An I ye das., nt run any too f;,;,
! neither, 'count o' the sand-slide that's
; may be wiiiliu' fur ye just round t;i'
next l"'lid.
J "Well, it was n nasty hind e' day,
, nnyhow. Sleelin' and flow in' and the
: clouds liui.g down iu front of me like
curtains. 1 lo-t tim , too, ut Ashe
ville, '.wiiiiu' for a pesky freight to gc!
I out u' the way; so I was in ft teari'i"
i hurry mid not the sweetest temper,
Villi I'llll I't't. 1 I'Vi ill'lls . eveitin i V.IS
whizzin' her along, thinkiu' abi ut
Koiiiid Kilobaud allot cup uf coffee,
when, some wnvs ah.ii.l, i itpied u
sheep iu the cut. There she lay, right
across the track, with two lamb snug
gled under her. 1 whistled, but she
never 'nidged. Well, I w us in n hurry
nnd 1 woiil In' a' minded the old shei p
so much, but linen little white lambs
somehow put me in inin.l ut my hnhy,
the cutest chap ye ever see, iiud it
went across the grain to run 'i iu dov n.
ll'nl to slow up, anyhow ; it was l ight
ut a bend, and 1 yelled to my fin ma i
to shove Yin oil' th ' track. Well, ye
iieVei'Mi' ii whiter face t hat that man
came riinniii' back with. "Stop In r,
Jim ! For (iod'ssakc, stop her short !
he hollered. And if Vu 1111 believe it,
just around that bend was the biggest
i iind-slide I ever want to conic nerost.
Took us u good hour and u half to
shovel it oil down tlm hillside. " t.'hi
Cllgu llecord.
1 lie Firs' lsc of Ten.
P.y whom or when the use of t ei for
drinking purposes was fust discovered
is lost iu antiquity. It is spoken of
as ii famous liei'n in Chinese litera
ture us fur back as '.'.H in year i P.. ('.,
at which time iu cultivation and cl.t-.-sili.'utiuu
was I'linusl us thorough and
complete us it is today. O ! of tim
ancient legends says that its virtue,
were accidentally learned by King
Shell Nuiig She, tlie Cnincse moiiaicli
who is also known as "The D.vine
Husbandman," whom tin: record says
flourished !) centuries ugo. II. was
engaged in boiling water over a lire
liuiile uf the brunches id the tea plant,
and carelessly allowed some of the
leaves to fall into the pot. The liquid
which he expeete I to colnii from the
vessel simply as sterilized water whs
miraculously converted into 1111 elixir
of the lea leaves. Soon niter it be
came highly esteemed III all the ori
ental cities, and was used as a royal
gift from the Chines-' monarch to the
potentates of south, ru and western
At ia.
This same King Shmi Nil
onlv earned the title of
; She not
sped by
which he was known through the dis
covery of the virtu-ei of tea, but be
ca re of being the liM tu te. it'll hi
people how to make and Use plow
mul other implements of huslmii.lry.
Si. Loiii... I! public.
An Aruil'ss Ni:ni'oil.
An armless N'imro 1 is the vvond. r
of the people mid th envy of nil tlm
sportsmen of I'ueks County, lie is
John Siniou of Xion iliil, und hi i
prowness is something iiiirvelous.
S nion's iirms were ground olVubovo
the elbows in loii 'liiuery a few yenrs
ago, bu! his love ol' hunting spurred
his ingenuity, mil h" overcame his
seeming insurmountable obstacle. H i
straps his single-barrel bre. ch-lua.liiig
hamni' riess gun to his i ielit arm, and
when he sights game Im sw ings i he
pit Ver the stlllnp of Lis It-, t il I'm,
takes quick loin mid lues, geir .ally
with teliitig effect. His mode of loa l
ing is as unique us his s'nooiing. He
c.iri'ici) the shells in his hat, and wh.-n
he wants on bows low, drops hi i hat
mi th' groiiu 1, pulls mil th .empty
sin II with his teeth and i n a si in i ia r
ma. , n. r loa Is, tli at pn-hin; hi. ha I
into his h it to recover his head. De-
spit.j his iitllietion, Sim. in has .lone j
some of the be.t shooting in lllleks i
County the pet year, iiis record
lauding : Sixteen opossums, live j
pliea-uiits, iive tlo., u black-birds,
thirty-seven rabbits and twenty-olio j
quail.-Phihidelpliia Kcrd.
liiiPmr Hewn llnl erilics. j
I flaw, whiie riding to M ii.'. n t P.e.i,
some fur1 exhibitions of horseman- I
ship. One of my escort was n Mnnehu,
who one day stood at his horse 's shoul
der, mid with nit putting his hand
thereon, leaped from the ground eh an
into his saddle. On another occasion
I L td them b.itterlly lu ts to etilch
npi cimelis of lepidoptera.
The novelty of the occupation quit"
took their fancy, an I, in Chinese hip
boots and ipieerly-ciit trousers, they
ru-lied hither and thither, with hats
blown oil' nml pigtails living, now
toppling over, mid next lying down to
pant for brei'tli. Subsequently they
look to butteilly catching on horse
luck over ground imt only rough with
rocky debris fulh n from ti e moun
tains, but covered w'lh bu-h.-s, among
w hich they spurred here and there iu :
si style compared In which polo en a I
level sward is child's play, -tiood '
Words.
Curious rnVcis or l lovte.s. I
Among tlowti's which cau-c slight I
or serious tlisoid -i's are soiim of the :
mo t niiiii mid consequently those
which arc most generally Used lor the j
purpose of tl o'.il deci .rut ion. The j
number uf people who are upset, often j
without knowing it, by the-nnil of
roses, violets nnd lilacs is a large otic, j
A case is lepoi i si of a young lady i
who used to faint at the Mimll of
orange blossoms, and that of a soldi, r
who lost consciousness under the ef-
feet of the unci! of it peony. The
rose has been known tu affect a ivr-
tain people with a vioh nt attack of
catarrh. New York Dispiitch.
A' I. ist !
Ho Would you take mo for an
i'ii i-ei t ;c man?
She Oh, (ieorgc; thitt is mi mi.I.
den. -Life,
A i d Down 'I hey f.'i.
l rooster dins upon the feuoo
Just hear Xiim crow !
His s:itisfueti"ii is immense,
Jli.s-.elf possession is int. "i-e,
His lusty lungs give, cviil''ii.''
That this is so.
Another rooster sees him (hero
And h' ars him cr..w
With Mapping wile's h" elenves the nt-,
Tic feiieelop is too small to share.
Ami so they lUhl ami scratch iiml tear
Till ilolVII Till') go.
So "lis in life. When any man
(lets I '11 . ill. Ill,
Pome jealous rival tries to plan
Hone way to Mown hi'a if In '-a'1.
All'l if he just npsels the plall
He feels cut. ut.
S-'onii'i vil'e .Toi.raal.
in Moi'or.s.
Lust but not leased --Tlm top floor.
Young Maid What is your idea of
a model wif"? Old ilaclelor A dress
maker's dummy.
Customer This emit fits me like a
glove. Dealer (aside) It ought to.
I've had it 'on hand' long enough.
Claude 1 would not marry n girl
who is not Nrlf-suerilieing. Marie. -The
girl who marries ymi will be.
Teacher When water l ecoinen iec,
what is tlm great change that takes
place? Pupil A change in price.
"And vuii don't admire that new
hut (hut young DeNuodlc has on?
"No ; there's so little iu it to admire."
Chollie l'vegot an u'.vfil'Jy bud cold
in my head. Wiiat'il I do, Dawson?
Dawson -Oh, h t it uloiic. It'll die uf
i mini.
"Do you feel iilai iiied about Bank's
symptoms, doctor?". Doctor Not
now. Jin, lather has pr.-inieed to ay
the bill.
"Is vonr in -w mail competent ?"
Miichci.iu I can't 1-11 whelii' i" she's
that or win tlu r's French, r im talks so
brukeiiiy.
A man may imt e.ire two straws
what kind of hid he w.urs, but if it i
imt straw the e day- it is pretty siiro
to be felt.
"Why do v.. u not stop begging mi l
try tu get some w.u kV" '"!'. iu..e I do
Hut w ish to give up a .aire thin;,; . ."
an uncertain one"
' How does it happen that yuii are
going' to take only a month's vaca
tion?'' "(Ir. at Sell ! don'l yuit ,np
puse I want a liltie time for list uud
Comfort ?"
lie ,i, in. I Ihinl. .h" wa- s . -I a: ;.
A iu I ppiol" .Ii I ii"l a lisii".
lie -aM Ii i vie u.i- nue a hu-p;
ISI .11.1 lli- V'i.' . . Iil.e ., iy re.
She There is a li. l. ice box udvei.
tised III which a per-.ou can keep
everything. II. I'll get o:e, nnd
si c if it will help von to keep Volll-
I. mp.T, .h nr.
Mliee l!oy -1 i r two felh i s want
to see you, One of 'nil's gut a gas
bill an' ihi udder's got a 'riginal
pome." I'.lit .r I'ring iu the man
w ilii tin- gas bill.
"Whal hud the prioliel" ill his
hand viimii Im struck the prosecutor?"
leked th mimiitlale of a po! ieeimi n.
"I s i w nothin' in his hand but his list,
sol','' was tlm ivplv .
Mrs. Ilrowue Shaii we go t the
whispering for, s!s orllm mn ruiuriiig
sands, II, nry? Mr. 1'i .wi.e I don't
cure us long- a we ;. ! a w ay I mm tin;
muttering c oioi .
Franc s and le T pa h f"W squares
to go, and the Lit i r a-'.e.l, "Franc, s,
-h I. we walk or lake th str-a t ears?"
"Well, pupa," replied t h llttl" girl,
"'! ii walk ii v . n il carry me."
Mi-tress This il.M.r doesn't look
very clean Dndget. Have v mi swept
it toiliM? Hndg-t No, mum, 1
didn't shwnpe it to'lav or V estel'ihiy.
I'.ut I shwept it t'rre lobars the day
before
Angry eiet, niier Hullo ! y.oi waiter,
win-re is that ox-tail soup Waiter
('uiing, sir half u minute Cus
tomer - Confound you! how slow you
me! Waiter--Fault of the soup, sir.
Ox-t'iil is always behind.
Young wifeWhat is the baby try
ing to say dear? Ilusbund tlive it
up; he h.'ciiis to be trying to iiiunufae
tare a word about twenty syllables
loll. Young wife Isn't that lovely?
He'll bea great seieiiti t sonic day.
Ncvveome 1 hear Scribbler' wife
hud him arrested tor assault. What,
wns the row about? Dobbin Sho
took exception to certain passages iu
his latent book. "How to make Homo
llnppy," and ho threw a chair at
her.
Ethel Oh, Tom, what a pity it is
you arc not rich ! They say that sumo
of tim e millionaires don't cure to
leave the house for days nt it time,
because tin y receive threatening let
ters iiuviug that something dreadful
w ill happen to t hem if they don't pay
the writer certain sums of money.
Tom llardnp I'o.di! Why, I get
plenty of just such letters.
1 "V MM) "
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