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PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 10, 1895.
NO. 20.
Cfjatljaw Record.
When Jiiiiiiiio Conn's From Selioo',
When Jlmmio comes from school at four,
J-o-r-u-s-u-l-e-ni ! liow things begin
To whirl unit lui;-.. uinl bang and H)ln,
And brighten up from roof to floor!
Tlio dog that nil day long litis lulu
Upon the luick porch wnir-i his tnil
Ami leaps an I barks .nid begs again
Tlio last scrap in tin- i!lnr.er-pui,
When Jimmio conn-; fruu school.
Tho cupboard In'.ehe.i clinks a time,
Ami mother from h"r knitting stirs
To tell that hungry hoy of hern
That supper will l. ready soon,
And then it slab of pl he takes-,
A cooky and a ipihicc or two
And for the hr-cny harnyard breaks,
Where everything .'lies, "Mow d'y . lo V"
Wliea .liaimie coac-i from sell ol
Tho rooster on tho garden feaco
Stirs Ui and down and crown mid crows
As If he knows, or thinks ho knows,
He, too, Is of some consequence.
The ruin 'as. join th- chorus, too,
And just bedde the window's sill
The red Mrd, swinging out of view,
On his high perch begins to trill.
When Jimaiio r, Irom school.
AVhi'ii Jiininio comes from school, take care!
Our hearts begin to throli and quake
With lifi' and joy and every actio
Is Kline before we are aware,
The earth lakes on a ri, her lino,
A softer light falls on the flowers,
And ov rhea I a brighter bluo
He 'ins bent ub"e tliis worl I of ours,
Wheti Jimaiii met from s'hool.
.Iamis Nkwion Mattiiiw.
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
liV lll'II MID llOWUNll.
"Iiullo, liruckon !" said I, one
liri-.li April afternoon, us I naw my
friend tin; detective leaning against
tlio parapet, like idlest 1 ui for u live,
"who would have thought of meetiii-,'
you on Luis lou liridgc?"
"Come li -re, Mr. Full," said lie,
catching my iinn. mid drawing mo to
his Hide. "I'd vim kmnv that I have
this morning hoIv. mystery of
that." lie point- : i tin rut out
shell of a great wlcn. , i the Middle
sex wdii of tho river not fur from tho
bridge.
"What !" I cried, "solved the mys
tery of t hi -ureal Thames street lire!
First of all tell tin! what the mystery
was, for candidly I do not know; and
then ti ll me how you solved it, for by
that time 1 i-hall lie li ving to hear."
"Let its Mop into thy recess and pi t
out of tile pe. pie's way," said he.
"You saw, of course, in the pa
pers," nail! he, "Soholi.ld's v, hal f had
been burnt dow n, mid that there was
no way of account iiig for the lire."
"Unfortunately, l.ruckeu," siid 1,
"my new-paper reading for the past
week or ten days has hern absolutely
nothing; hut I saw on tho placards
soliu thill;; uImmiI a '(ircnt Cohllagr.i
tioii in Tham s i treet.' "
"Then I suppo-c I must tell you all
nhotit it," said liiaekeu, with a sigh
of resignation. "Well," he went on,
stretching acro-s the stone sent of the
recess and renting his elbows on the
parapet, "het .Saturday afternoon Mr. j
'Tomil son, who owns Soholi' Id's I
Wharf, Ioeke I the Tower sheet door j
ttt 2 o'clock and from tint time until
1 o'clock on Monday morning, whchi
the place was found in tlamcs, that
door was not oin iied by him or uuv- I
body els,'. There are two doors, to
he sure, hut the other one on the wa
ter can he opi ned only from the in
side, and when the fucm.:i pit on the
spot the river il-jor showed no signs of
having been lami. ted with, although
tho lire seemed to have originated in
tho rear of tiie biiildin ;. At the rear
of the building were a few hales of
jute, and at first Mr. Tomilsou said he
supposed they ha I heated, lint,
strange to ti ll you, they were found
uninjured save 1 ;. water, and were
nliout the only thing in the building
which escaped.
"Sole 'field's was very heavily in
sured, and on Monday people began
to sny it was a good thin for Mr.
Toiniison it had gone iii the Hue, us
Ins ritl'airs Vo it in a ! el way.
"!y Tuesday luoroiiig the had nt
mors got .-'.lunger, and pe iple v. his
jured that tiie e I'lse (if th'.! burning
ought t .. lu looked for in Tumil oil's
ililUenlties "
"In fact, that lie hud set fire to the
place," mid I.
"Will, yes," sail iirucken, petu
lantly, "hut they- did not put it in
tin so words exactly; maybe I'd tell
my story just as r :'ck!y if I told it
my own way,"
"Then by all means pi on your own
way. I will not interrupt uguin,"
said I, sitting upon the jiarapet, with
my feet on the stone seat.
"Tuesday evening I was culled in.
It was plainly put to mo that there
wire t.tron'. suspicious in the case,
nnd I was told that it would ho madj
very well worth my while if I found
out all about it. You know that in
humnoo companies will hardly ewer
si t the law in motion ; heru they
co lid not but do something, thu eriiiio
bo cdnriui; "
"leu could not t'xiicet it to be
otherwise than glaring," miiil I "with
buch it hlnze. "
Jii aeken shot a glance of ;corn ot
me, but took no further notice of my
interrniitioii.
"The first thin;; I did was to find
out all I could about Tomilsoii. His
homo was at Tutucy, To Putney I
went. I discovered ho lived quietly in
it dull road, n couple of hundred yards
from tho river. Ho is a childless
widower of forty-five. Ho never naw
uny company, nnd his household con
sisted of himself, an old housekeeper
ii ml one maid servant. On week days
he never inado inoro uso of his Putney
house than to sleep nnd eat breakfast
in it. 1'ven on (Saturdays he did not
come home until it was time for bed.
In summer he spent n good doiil of his
leisure on the Thames, but had no
boat of his own, always hiring one of
old (irccnfcll, the boatman.
"Little time ns Tomilsoii devoted to
Putney, us u rule, they told ine he
spout less than usual there that week;
for the maid servant had goiio home
on Friday to Hertfordshire to see her
mother, who was ill, nnd Tomilsoii
had given his housekeeper u holiday
from Saturday to Monday to visit her
iiutmcd daughter, he saying Ik; would
himself spend from Saturday to Mou
nt lirightoii.
"Now, many men without families
nre in the habit ol going to lirightoii
from Saturday to Monday, but he was
not one of these. In fact, his visiting
lirightoii was a most unusual event ;
and for years he had not done any
thing of the kind. This set inu think
ing and inquiring further and more
closely about Tiiiiiilson's maimer of
accounting for his time. He had
given out thai he went to lirightoii by
the ti. 1." on Saturday mid cane.' back
by the N.ol) on Monday morning. 1
made sure that he had not been seen
at Putiny from Saturday to Monday
night, when he went home after the
I'm.
"Tomilsoii told tlieai in Thames
street that he had slopped at the lioh
var in lirightoii, so I took a little trip
for myself down to the sen, and drop
ped into the P.oiivnr. At the hotel
it is a big one, as yon know 1 found
out that he had In en there from S itur
day night to Monday morning accord
ing to tho books, for he had paid for
his bed on Sun t iy night and breakfast
Iii-xt day. I lounged about and foll.ld
u chatty chambermaid w;.i said that
although the bed was rumpled she did
not think my man had slept in it on
Sunday night. Then I met a waiter
who would, in tin1 ordinary course,
have .served Mr. Tomilvou's breakfast
on Monday morning, and who could
not remember leiviu; sorved him or
see ing him that day.
"Tomilsoii wa. not known in
iirigiitiin, and I lost all trace of him
there the moment 1 put my foot out
side the hotel. However, the facts I
had picked up put an idea in my head,
and I came back to London and went
on to Putney once more and dropped
in on old (ireenfell. Of coura ', the
boating season ha not begun yet for
him. 1 found him doing some var
nishing in expectation of tho season,
mid fell into chat with him.
"ile had not seen 'Tomilsoii for
weeks months. It was of him the
t.-a merchant always hired boats in the
season, but Tomilsoii Would Hot be
likely to taki; to the river fur a month
or six weeks yet. (ireenfell had noth
ing but good to say of Tou.ilson, and
was very indignant at the rumors re
specting the tire in Tliaiiu m street.
"'Why,' said (ireenfell, Mtie mini
was iil'ty miles away at the tinu the
fire broke out."
" 'S. I have heard.' I said, (ireen
fell had no notion I was a detective.
I had come merely to see about a boat
for next Sunday.
" 'They tell me," said old (IreenfelJ.
'that the tire began at the river side.
Well, I'll tell you a curious thing.
Suuthiy night or Monday morning one
of my boats, a pair oar, win taken by
som.i one who did not say 'Miy
your leave o" pay a penny." '
"I w:n all atto.it'.ou iuw, you
may bo sure.
"Whoever borrowed the boat
brought it hack all right, ami nothing
the worse if it wasn't for a stench of
parullin. Whoever had the boat must
have upset his lamp in it.'
" 'Whiih boat was it?" I asked.
" 'That ime there,' said (ireenfell,
pointing.
" 'Has anyone used it since?' 1 said.
" 'So. It's not tit for hire. I must
wash it well out before 1 let anyone
h ive it.'
"I got into the boat and found even
still a smell of paral'liii. 1 lifted up
the stern sheets. There w u a little
water ill the beat, and in the water 1
found this."
liiiicken handed in.' a bvokeu link
Of n gold watch chain. "I flipped
tli.- link iuto my poeUit," ho went o:i,
"withuut saying uaythluj to Uiveuftll
ab'jut it, nnd in a few minutes was on
my wny to Thnines street. As I went
I examined the link. It was a long ti
loop, llat'.ened mid marked IS carats.
"When I got to Sohollold'a Wharf I
us'ied for it private interview with Mr.
Tomilsou. Ho did not know who
lirackeii was, and saw mo at once. 1
told him I was a detective put on tho
job, us it was feared some of his men
had tired tho place out of spite. 1
Haid :
" 'Mr. Tomilsoii, I have it theory tu
to how this tiro arose. I think tho
ninn wlio did tho job borrowed n boat
from old (ireenfell, of Putney, with
out saying anything about it to (ireen
fell. I think he had it few gallons of
paraflin, mid that ho just let the oil
How in under the river door and then
set tiro to it. Moreover, if I could
only put my bund on it man who wore
it watch chain with links like that I
could put my hand on the man who lit
the blaze.'
"I placed the broken link on the
desk before Tomilsoii nnd looked at
him for the first time. He made it
clutch at wh- ro his watch chain ought
to be, but he was not wearing one. He
fell back in his chair and gasped ami
turned deadly white. Ho tried to
speak, but n word c-iine. I picked
up the broken link and left him. Thai
was at noon today. Tomilsoii is now
out of the country. No claim will bo
made upon the insurance companies,
and tomorrow Tomilsoii w ill be know n
us an absconding bankrupt."
"And," said I, getting down otV the
parapet of the brid,", "will li at
tempt be made to bring the scoundrel
to justice?"
"1 think not," said liraeken. New
York Advertiser.
Where Cork Conies I'niiii,
"Very lew people understand how
corks nre iiuidi: or where Cork trees
grow," said a wine tout the oilier
evening in a Hroadv.ay cafe. "Of
course I understand all branches of
the business," the corkologist went
on. "Tho cork tree on a:i average
lives 10(1 years, and its average height
is 'J") or .'ill feet. It is a native of tho
Mediterranean basin, in Northern
Africa, Corsica, Southern Prance and
the Siberian Peninsula. It duos not
grow in America exo p; in spots dry,
warm places of mild temperature.
These t rees are very rare and consid
ered great curiosities.
"On a recent visit South I found
two tine cork trees in the college
grounds at Iiay St. L mis, near New
Orleans. 'They nre very large and
beautiful, nnd are called 'The Twins.'
A maker of corks had obtained per
mission to strip the trees of their
bark. Tlio cork tree is valued for its
bark; tho best t.iui to strip it is in
duty or August. The outer bark of
tiio tree is first stripped when it is
about twonty-tivo years old. This re
moval of the rough bark, or outer
skin, as some would call it, causes it
growth of finer quality. This requires
about eight or nine years, and the
quality improves with each successive
stripping. So you will see that tho
cork tree, as well as man, ( h inges its
skin in about the same number' of
years, though I believe seven years is
the time given to man for a complete
change. New York World.
The Vitality of Men.
There are two parts of tho human
organism, lr. lialfour tells us, which
if wisely used "largely escapes senile
failure." These two are tho brain and
the in-art. Persons who have often
wond -red whv brain workers, great
statesmen and others, should continue
to work with almost unimpaired men
tal activity and energv up to it period
when most of th ! organs and func
tions of the body are in a condition of
advanced senile decay. There is a
physiological reason for this, and Dr.
iiahoiir tells us what it is. The nor
mal brain, he atliiuis, "remains vigor
oiu to til last," and that "because its
nutrition is specially provided for."
Who is there among thus-.; who have
leached or passed middle age that will
Hot be rejoiced to find such admirable,
physiological warrant for tho belief
that the braiu may continue to work
and even to improve almost to the
very last hour of life? As in the case
of the brain, there seems to be excel
lent physiological warrant for the con
clusion th'ft cieleris paribus the aged
heart suoo -e Is to, at any rate, it rela
tive increase of strength us time goes
on. London Hospidl.
V Distinction "with a Dillerencp.
Country Coifsin Really, toy daiigh
ter is it thoroughly gi od girl; she
makes all her ow n dresses. No ilrtss
makcr has ever received it cent from
her.
City Coii-in (dryly) H'm ! My
ilalljh'il' always wt-urq the best mate
i ii.1 made i tho latest fabhiou. As to
ti c tlrcsbtuitkers' billr, your dauhur
and miuo are ahko in that, Truth.
TIILIRENS (OI.tMX.
Till'. DCI K AND Till-: liAMIAItOO.
"Please give mo u ride on yourbaek,"
Said the duck to the kangaroo;
"I could sit quite still and say untiling but
quack
The whole of tho long day through !
And we'd go to the Den and the Jelly Do I.en
Over thu land and ever the sea;
Please take me a ride, oh do,"
Siiid tho duck to the kangaio j
Said the Kaugeroo to the dm k,
"I'liis requires soma little reflection :
Perhaps mi tho whole, it might bring mo
luck,
And them seems but one objection,
Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold,
Your fei t are unpleasantly wet ami cold,
And would probably give mo the run
.Matiz!" said the kangaroo.
- I-JlWAHK I.KAIt.
I.r.AIIV A Ttt.VliK WHY NOT.
Until within the past few years an
American buy, if ho had no specialty
of talent which directed him toward
Certain professions, could always start,
in the world empty handed, and I'm-1 it
place. The (in-at West was open.
All American boy could hardly be
found who colli 1 spend the years of
his yiiiltli learning to be a skilled me
chanic of any sort, and consequently
almost all tho.-e occupations h ive been
taken up by foreigners.
It i.eeins st run .-( that parents do not
nee how great nit opening there is in
all trades for an intelligent wide
awake American. The American
brain is clearer and cleverer than any
other, and combined with a skilled
know -lodge, is invincible almost any
where. And yet the greatest manu
facturing jew elor in New York City
offering every possible inducement,
cannot get American apprentices of
the class he wants, although he oll'ers
to pay such boys a salary while they
are learning the business, Atlanta
Con-dilution, Jr.
A S VI. A II I El) nou.
A dog who receives wages every
week is one of the curiosities of Lon
don. Slio is a fox-terrier named Strip
and by the fait li t'u Im-s s with which she
discharges h 'f duties sets all excellent
example to all who are ambitious of
getting u salary.
Strip is employe! by an electric
lighting company to lay the copper
strips as they are called through their
culverts. It is necessary to carry
these strips through tli! culverts in
lengths of about PHI yards each, and
they are laid four abreast. These
strips ait.1 supported on transverse burs
at intervals of ten yards. The d'thenl
ty and expense of laying tho strips
was a serious con- id rat ion for the
coinp-i , until it occurred to the fore
man of the works that a terrier might
be trained to curry n guide ropo along
the culverts to the end of which the
strip could bo attached mid easily
drawn through.
He hud in his pos -essiou a brokeii
hiiired fox-terrier, it! .ml nine months
old, which ho immediately began to
train forthe business. To induce a
terrier to travel lOyarls underground
is not such a very difficult task, but it
lnii-t be remembered tli it at every t n
yards came the transverse supports,
mid it was necessary for her to jump
over these every time until she could
1 e depended upon to jump every sup
port without fail; else she Was lt-elcss
for the work in hand, and herein lay
the great dilh i!t -. in her clue itioii.
However, by patience and pi-rse-vitelice
mi tho part of her muster,
added to the naturally honorable dis
position of Strip, perfection was
reached, uhd she fievi r makes a single
mist-ike now. Working in the dark
culverts, bhe can be implicitly trusted
to assist the company in her depart
ment, and ha- laid many miles of wins
both in London and lirightoii. And
the company, recognizing the value of
a good servant, pay her good wages,
which she receives every Saturday
morning ulong with the olln r t m
ployes of tic Company.
S; rip is purely a scicntie dog, and
wiil not condescend, on any terms, to
tin; frivoltics usually u fleeted by her
species. list- are treated with scorn,
curs are unmolested, and larks gener
ally nre t ibooed. She is creating quite
a stir in tho electrical world at the
present time. New York liecorder.
A Tlirec-Kyeil ( at.
The Jenkins family, v ho reside at
Leesville, u village south of Ma-sil-lon,
Ohio, ure in possession of u eat
which hits three distinct eyes. The
animal is nearly u year old and a great
pet. People visit the Jei. kill home
daily out of curiosity, itu l the cat is
the center of attraction. The two i vc-i
are in their Usual places, but the ad
di'.ioiinl on is directly back of the cat
left cur. The cat has perfect use of
tin- three organ-, mid blinks ail at
once. Tile eat is iuvulti able n a mouse
catcher, for it can see before and in
tho rear at tlio sataj tiuu,."-letroii
Tree I'tcbu.
DEADLY DYXAMMl.
How the Awful Explosive h Man
ufactured. Nltro-Glycorlne Mixod Drop by
. . , ,, I hsks otiiv lor sviopiitii v. i nave lulu n
Drop With Clay. I ',,'.,
some trouble to liml out loinctliing
about him, seeing him it' ways un mine
Tho recent free use of dynamite in ,,,. f the piiueipnl streets of the
criminal attempts that have been made ! i t v- going through the same act which
upon life mid property revives nn in- j we have ju.-.t feu him do. He is mi
t crest in this preparation and prompts expert at his business ami his one do
it curiosity to know how it is handled sire seems to be to get himself noticed,
when employed for biieli purpos.-s mid I ,,. jM en,,,,,,), judge of human
how it can be safely curried by the , nature to pick out those who will give
men who use it. j ,jm sympathy rather than a kick, for,
Jt perhaps may not be known that ' although i have watched him many
dynamite, which presents such an in-; times, he has never failed, where ho
lioceiit appearance, is a most disagree- IM tried, to bring to himself a gentle
able poison, the vapor arising from it ; put, if not a kind word. He is par
after its explosion causing severe tieulaily fund of tho svinpulliv of
nausea, and its simple contact with
the lingers, particularly if any of it
gels under the nails, will produce u
violent headache, generally uccoiupuii-
ie-l by n iiisea.
1 o leiiri'. how it is handled in lis
manufacture and how it can be nm-
U pulated afterward with freedom from
this unpleasant accompaniment a New
York Press reporter visited an estab
lishment not far from that citv where
dynamite is put up and prepared fur
use. The ingredients employed are
nitric acid in a concentrated form,
sulphuric acid, ul-o highly concen
trated and glycerine.
These products are carefully anal
yzed individually before being mixn ',
and are weighed . IV into their proper
proportions with gnat care. As to
the proper weight each hits, so far as
danger is concerned nt this stage of
tin! proceedings there is Uiilie.becall-e
each in itself is comparatively harm
less ; it is only vh m they are com
mingled that they become explosive.
The acids are mixed in it receptacle
by means of uir forced into them. I'he
receptacle is u leaden vat or tub, hav
ing double sides, between which cir
culates a current of cold water, while
crossing and rccrossing the interior
are a number of little pipes through
which the water also llows.
A thermometer is constantly em
ployed to indicate when the propel
temperature is reached. The acids
are poured in, and when they get to
a proper degree of coldness the glycer
ine is put in drop by drop, care being
taken thai the t '(nporutur i shall not
rise above seven! -live degrees. At
tiie lower part of the vat is a little
faucet that coiiimuiiieales with a re
ceptacle, where the mixture is rapidly
cooled within n very few seconds u;t r
it leaves the vat, and tin n it is run in
to a large bucket filled with cold
water, where it is agitated and thor
oughly mixed by the injection of cold
air. This agitation is kept up for a
quarter of an hour; then it is allowed
to remain quiet for a time, after which
it has littered over it chloride of
sodium. Then it is ruldy to be Used.
There is it different room devoted to
each process ill the operation of mak
ing the explosive.
To increase the power of this ex
plosive which he; boon thus Inrpr.
iluced, mid which i. known us nitro
glycerine, or tho firs: stage of dyna
mite, the mat--rial is transported in
gu'.ta per.
i--s to an apartment
pl'oxi.l d with t iblcs bearing u piltic
ular quality of porous earth w hieh is
found only in (lermany. The jiitro
glv.vrine mid this earth nre then cal-
fined until it becomes it line powd r,
which is known us iiytmmite, and
which consists of si veiity-live or eighty
per cent of iinr.i-glyi'eriue.
The dynamite cartridge is provided
with a fulminate of mercury in a cop
per tube, w hieh i- employed ill ex
ploding t lie dy nam it.-. This tube :ir
C ip, is closed at one end and at the
other i lei is inserted a wick iii fle
sh ipe of a twisted cord, rineat .1,
in turn, with pow lor. Th speed with
which this wick burns i- one yard in
fifty second-, ai d it wiil continue to
burn nnd- r w it- r. A re-'U.'ar' iin.br
stood v m-iti-.'i in tie-strength of the
clmive is omploMd ill the different
work to be doll hv th.- t xulo-ivc.
A Dag as a Profcsi iit.il Ilea
"Do dogs lea-oi,? Well,
g;:r.
il that
love of
O'ie.1."
dog do 1 s ii it, his il
sympathy is nbiierm
.'illi'tVe
said a ge:it 'email o'i V f:h ne:;ue, a
he pointed to a w o. ': e ;o;i ', ni-iugv-looking
dog thai was si-ale. 1 in Humid-lie
of the pavement lookii.g up st
1 us:,ers-by in a pitiful maimer with
tear- glistening in his eyes. "Now
lo.'kut h':;i for awhile nn 1 see how
hi-, mute ii; p.-i: t-ii- si::,pat!iy will
me. t wit ii r '-o:i-i-. "
1 w ii : . I lo,- a w i :
d two la li.-s
w- I'-' ! p . -- . ; c..' l:r- l i, M il
ea' t v. 1, II, Willi all intern- li i look o:
ui'-i ry a-id an ad. on shift ii his p.i -i-tiu'i,
1; l-r, u-'.ht i-i !,s,-ii' where tin
v,,... . -,,(: ... lr s ,i ),iji, 'I".
when lie v. as observed, the tenrn
Welled to his eyes' us the ladies mur
mured, while petting him: "The
poor, dear thing. 1 n't he sad look
ing? Nice little dog," etc.
'Xuvf," said my friend, "that dog
j is " l"""'"'1 '"kk'"'. although he
charitable-lookiiig old ladies, and 1
have frequently seen him follow them
alter 111
noticing
hud passed by wiihoiil
im until they would give
liin gentle words. How tho dog lives
; J dun't know i.or can I find out, for
' u,dio,iy who knows him ever saw him
' ,-iit. If he liven on sympathy there is
Mime accounting- lor his bony appear
ance. " -I'ltt.-liurg Dispatch.
Tiie ( Inn ;.e i:i!ii, Tor's (Jueer l oinl.
Everything connected w ith the I'.m
peror of China, siiytf Trunk (1. Car
penter, is regulated by law. Ho haa
imperial physicians who watch over
his health. 'The law provides ju-t
at he shall eat, and 1 am told that
1h. Mljlmts ull ,. ,loor llt liH ,
eats out of golden bowls with ivory
chopsticks. According to the old
Chine:,.! boohs, there io:ist bo placed
daily before liiui thirty pounds of
meat in a basin ainl seven pounds
boihd into soup. He has a daily
iiUowane : of ii 1 mt it pound of hog's
fat and butter, nnd he has tho right to
r,lt.r hV() )liwls un,i ,
dueks, while his drink for the day is
restricted to t.hi! milk of eighty cows
nnd the steeping of seventy-five par
cels of lei. It is probable that this
real diet is different, and I doubt nut
'..I is now taking bits of roast leopard
and tiger bone soup to keep iqi his
courage, fur the Chinese think that
these things really make a man bravo.
1 f he desires anything that is not on
tin.' menu, tlio board having charge ot
the imperial talde has to lie consulted,
so 1 am told, before he is supplied.
Largest San mill in the South.
Jt is not generally known, yet it is
a fact that the largest sawmill in th
! South is now in course of construe
: lion on the banks of the Withlacooehee
i river, two miles north of Hartshorn
and about fifteen miles from Inver
ness, 1 "In. Thirty-six carloads of tnu
, i hiiiety have arrived for the mill, and
i several more cars ure en route from
i the cast. The mill is the property of
i Messrs. Chuttor and Sowdun, two en-
tei prising nnd wealthy men of Oeala.
! 'They are nu n of experience and
; thoroughly understand their business.
! Atlanta Constitution.
In No Very threat Hurry.
A good story is told of a lazy and
loquacious fanner w hose farm lie-ju-t
outside Wore "-ter. lie filled nt a
I neighbor's house iv vntly. "Sit
down, sit down," exclaimed the neigh
bor. "I don't know ns I ought," replied
the farmer ; but nevertheless., lie sit
down. After some talk about crop-
! mid the value of an adjoining piece of
ground, the farmer said, si. oily: "I '
doii't know as 1 oil . -lit to be silling
here. "I came over to sec if I could
gi t a ladder ; our bouse is ulire. "
L. lldoii Telegraph.
i i nuli e Fuiiugli to ISeiriu On.
The Imht and joy of a pleasant De
troit holll ' Is it livc-.Vear-ohl boy, ot
bright taei' and happy tela p el aim lit.
A ilav or so ago a liiau isiting the
family engaged the little tot in con
versation, and mm of tie. numerous
quest ion-, he was called upon 1o an
swer was :
"Are you married?"
"Yes," replied the man, and Im
a ided, playfully, "Are yon?"
"No," eami! th-' quick response,
"but I've been vaccinated. Detroit
l'r. e l'tess.
(nick at I'igiiri's.
Young 1'ealhcrly Are these your
children?
Mrs, lirand Oh, yes! The boy is
live years old and the girl seven.
Young I'l-athcrly Well, how time
ilie-l It doesn't seem possible that
you have been married twelve years.
Mala Vila, the notorious gang ol
robbers ii'id iissussins which has
, 1 i-.-u -1 Italy for a number of years,
his just been broken up, sixty-eight of
its in tub .tii being scut to prison felt
ii-uiii"' from five to ten year
A Dangerous MctumoridioHis.
JIi:.
Tin but u little thing I lisk ;
A trifle, nothing more, I swear ;
"f is not a heavy, gruemuno tusk
That wrinkles brow or silvers hulr:
"J'is something, dear, that If you give,
You cannot fairly il"cni amiss j
"J'is nothing more than, as I live,
A little, simple, single ki s.
SlI K.
This little thing you boldly uslr,
This trifle light, to yon as air,
Perhaps, to me, doth foam unmask
That well may causn me to beware;
i'or this same simple, single kiss
Might soon develop into kisses j
And 1, from having been a Miss,
Jl'-come, in coiisi quenee, a Mrs.
Joski'iiim-: DixoN, in lloino and Country.
Ill M0K01S.
The first real estato rumor Tho
nebular hypothesis.
A popular occupation with young
women Making parlor mutches.
"No, pa," replied the incorrigible,
"you teach niu which is switch."
A woman never marries the man alio
pities, nor pities tho man she marries.
If you'll notice the liiitehct-fiicad
man seldom splits his sides w ith laugh
ter. Some folks love equality so well that
the success of others make them mis
ci able.
Her Mother Don't you find Juok
rather rough. Priseilla Y'es mam
ma. And yet ho says liu shaves every
day.
Operator Now, how do you wish
to be taken madam bust or full
length. Miss Priiuley No sir, I'll
stand up.
He I see that China is suing for
posce. She How ridiculous! Hasn't
she lost ( Hough by war without going
into the law courts?
A Certain sag'.' said lie never know ft
rogue who was not unhappy. Of eolirso
Hot ; it is the login s who aro not
known who are the happy ones.
Assistant I've the greatest freak in
the world here. Museum Manager
What is it.- ...-sistiint A fanner who
speaks the dialect we get in magazine
short stories.
"Now, you young scamp," suid
lilinks senior, as he led his youngster
out into the woodshed, and preparod
to give him n dressing-, "I'll teach you
what is what. "
"I didn't see ,mr portrait nt the
exhibition, Miss 1 lolmeleigli." "No.
they wouldn't take it. They said it
was a good portrait, but that my fuea
wits out of drawing."
"I propose," began the deliberato
old lawyer who called around to see a
young widow on business, when his
vivacious client exclaimed, "1 accept. "
They are now partners.
Professor (returning homo nt night,
hours noise) Is somo olio there?
liurglur under tlio bed) No! Pro
fessor That's strange! I was posi
tive some one was under my bed.
First College Student Tho weather
is too lino for study Wish I could get
off for u few weeks. Second College
Student That's easy. Kill a fresh
man, and the faculty will order volt
home for a month.
A little girl was overheard talking
to her doll who-e arm had ooino oil",
exposing the sawdust stuffing. "Yon
dear, guu 1, obedient dully, I knew I
hud told yoll to chew your food line,
but I didn't think you would ch.-w it
so line us that.
After th Honeymoon Time, June.
The Kail (proudh) -I urn carrying
on some interesting researches iuto tlio
early history of my family. Tho
American Countess (late of tho Metro
politan noiiveaii riche, snappishly
Are you iifrui I that the facts have not
been effect Dully suppressed ?
"Here's another one of those mil
lionaire plumber join s in the hi pi-r,
said Criticiis. "Did you ever see a
rich plumber. Hicks'." "Never," said
Hicks. All the plumbers I've ever
seen have been very very r plumb
ers. Still, a fellow may lie a poor
plumber and yet be it rich man.'
He was it pretty littlo youngster,
w ilh fat legs that stuck out beneath
clean, still' starched clothes. "What
are you going to do when you grow
to bo a mini?" asked a visitor. Tho
little fellow's face assumed an expres
sion of euruest gravity as ho respond
ed, with it voice which was evidently
shaken by snd memories of the pant,
'Whip pupil. "
Kellef Tor the Kjcs.
In cout iti'iod uso of tho oycH, in
such work as sowing, typesetting,
bookkeeping, reading ami studying,
tho saving point is looking up from
the work ut short intervals uud look
ing around tho room. This may be
practiced ever ten or fifteen minutes.
This relieve the muscular tension,
rests the eye- iul makes .the bloed
supply muoh letter.