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PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 17, 1805.
NO. 21.
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(ffraijiam
CuiTi .v-Tl ie.
Swjt Slonp, t!i" iii.jht time's fairest child
OVr all tho n or lil lmr pinions spreads;
Each HowtT, 1 nea'.'j l.or Inllneim) ui.M,
l-'reali fragrance sheds ;
Tlio owls, on eiluut wIiiks and wldn,
Steal from the wiiuilmiuN, one ly olio,
At ovirfiuv-tide,
When day Is doue.
No nmiii tho clanging rookery rings
Willi voice of muiiy u noisy lilrJ : ,
. Tim startled woo.l dove's cla tering winga
No nuuoaro heard i
Willi sound liko whispers faintly sillied,
Soft Iroeges through iln trcotops run,
At curfew-tide.
When day is Mono.
So may it b;i when 1 i f. Is spent,
When ne'er ii;i"llier sun cm ri",
Nor light one other Joy present.
TintytiiR oyiis;
Then softly limy tlir spirit kMiIo
To realms of rest, disturbed by none,
At eui fuw-tido,
When day is dono.
THE NEW WOMAN.
The durk-eyed Titisi Vrown smiled ft
littlo wickedly i she gathered lnr
filmy skirt 1 1 j in Iter T::iii t an 1 1 1 i
up tho (duirs with the mo: t approved
Delsnrteuii p.rr.ec. Slie fell sure that
Mr. von Ehrcn wus watching m.r pro
gress with udmirutioii, mi l she sus
pected tr.r.t inch click of her high
lucled nlippi:rs upon tlio stniis brought
A throb to hi youthful German heart.
Thit was why tho dnrk-cyed Miss
Hi own smiled.
When she hail hung tii llio liliny
frt ck und kicked oil' tho high-heeled
slippers mill Win attired in a dressing
gown am' knitted, shapeless footgear
hIui wiih still smiling. She hinlied
Iter )n:ir un 1 looked :ii In r..elf 'al
ly. "I am ei rtuinly hotter looking than
I was," hho luiirmiuvil n j tprcci.itivi-ly.
"Aiul I know how t; make tho lno-t
of my churmi; better than I ilhl. This
pink thing is very bceomin.r. He
must bo younger than I. It's almost
menu of mo to let myself fascinate
liim. Those Germans are so toman! ie.
They are nut flippant, cold-blooded
things liko our ino!i." Hero Miss
Brown's eyes Iookeil somlife, utiil she
glared for a boeoud at u photograph
on her tu'olo. Then her face bright
ened again, uuil uiio went on in her
reflections'
"If it were purely a personal mat
ter," sko decided, "I simply would
not ilo it. But it is not pei-sonn!.
Thoso foreigners are really in n state
of painful ignorance nhout tho Amer
ican woman. I ilitro not say they
think a girl who has lieeu to colleen
Cannot lie fiiseinntini,'. For toe to
piovo that we pan he all things to
ratu will ho really a patriotie net a
vinilieitioii of the New Woman, a
triumph over the riaxen-haireil, Ma-(louua-faeeil,
tternally kuittiu.i; iilea1.
Still, of course, it mustn't ho ullowed
to get too serious; 1 don't want him
Hhootiti himself or me."
With this ehsrituhle Couelusion,
Misslirowu climbed into the hip; four
posted bed, whieu filled the hirer
part of her room in the quaint old
homestead, where k!io was spending
the summer, and fell nt onee into the
refreshing nleep which comes especial
ly to those whosj minds uro free from
guile.
In pursuance of her patriotic plan,
Miss Brown permitted the young It-t-
liuin, with the handsome, boyish face
nud tho courtly air, to ho her con
stant attendant everywhere. Ho
seemed to like the position. His eyes
sought her the imt.mt he entered the
dining-room. If slu started out for
a rumble, h.? nhv.iys sprang t.) her
bide, and with his foreign air of defer
ence and humility, begged permission
to accompany her. Everyono about
the place noticed and smiled at the
young man's apparent infatuation.
Miss Jirown played her part exceed
ingly well. S.'ie was a olever young
woman and she never allowed her
youth to become too personal or too
sentimental. She told him about her
college life an I lu Heein.jd to never
weary of her tales. She discussed
everything with him from tho elusiies
to clambakes nud from poetry to poli
tics. She, was olio of tho few young
women who could do this in a way
that would inspire the reipoct of a
ninn who ktvw much on th"se sub
jects, but who was uuaeeii-tto.'iieil to
women who ku w anything outside the
purely feminine realm.
It was before the evening that Miss
Brown tried t) instruct Mr. von
Ekren in the beauties of Browning
that she d j.iiil ) I t sto; p'arinf with
fire. Sh d;d not fear it. h t i.!'', but,
s sh ) puis 1, a c nueieaa i lot ipiite
outgrown kept her from j'ettin.; r. a!
enjoyment out of other people's
BgoDies. And the c urtiy, slow spe ik
ing young m in had 'j'ully s)o!iud to
her until hut eveuit.g t be appncieh
ing the Htagi) of ago:iy.
"I cnniiot uuders'aud your Brown
ing," he said in hia deeji voice, witii
Urn iun.-kcd Gorman ao.-eut wliich all j
t!:o summer boarders found so delight
ful. "What is it which lu me. ms by
such things as thi i: 'Whoro lie stands,
the Arch-L'ear ia r.. visible form, yet
ihe utroiig mini must go?' "
"Oh, you've been reading 'Pros
pice, ' have you?" said Mr. vou Ehrcii's
guide. "He mourn death, of cours '. "
"I understand luticr tho rest. Tho
rest is very beautiful," said lie, uud
he began to ipi do it. But Miss Brown
didn't want to hear "Oh, thou soul of
my soul," oven with tho quotation
marks, so she slopped him.
"Well, if I may not lu permitted
to speak of that," said tho gentleman,
obligingly, "may 1 ask your permis
sion to read the littlo poein I find
here: 'One Way to Live?' "You
might kindly elucidate that."
Miss Broivu ili lu't care to hear tho
poem.
"Ah!" said Mr. von Ehreii. "It is
not so we love. When we have inhsod
111!1 heaven we do not say "those v. ho
win heaven, blest are they.' We love
otlieiwiit'."
"You nreslill Werthers over there,
I imagine," sa d Mist Brown lightly,
rising us she spoke.
"Pardon me," said Ihe young man,
rising also, "if 1 ak you what may
seem to you a lno-t impertinent ipies
tion. You h ive told me and shown
me so much about America, nud Amer
ican ways, will you not tell me how it
is that American women love?"
"Herr von Khreii must ask a more
experienced American woman than i
that question,'' uiisw-tc I Miss Brown,
ith a certain dignity. She w.h au-
iiowd. If the m in was going to make
an idiot of himself it. would he dis
gusting. "it is not," pi rsue l he, "as our
Moinell do. 1 am convince. I of that.
You are all dill'erel.t. You "
"it is a siibji ct i n which one can
not generali.e," broke in Miss Brown,
quite curtly, "a:id oj which wo most
certainly do not wish to particularize.
1 think there's a fog coming in."
"The fraiiloin wishes the subject
changed," hazarded the (Jerman, smil
ing at Miss Brown in a peculiarly irri- I
fating way. "B it before we leave it
may I not a-k her congratulations
tli.it I know about the licrinuu ways of
loving?"
Tiliis Brown for the r.iomjnl was ul-
m.) it staggered; but before the tier-
man had a chance to observe that she
had recovct'id lurs.-lf sulVicieully to
t-ay :
"Ah, it is r.H I suspected. Indeed,
I do congratulate you. And is she a
rhvui-haired inade'ueii?"
TJY. von Khreii kindly gave a brief
description of the young woiii in who
was waiting for him to finish his tra
vels, and Miss Brown struggled des
perately to think what had been the
secret of his devotion to herself.
She never knew until the next win
ter, when there came u marked copy
of a Germ. m magazine to her, con
taining a very delightful article on
"The New Woman in America," by
Professor Seiginund von Karen.
Baltimore Telegram,
Vnd Arnuiucnls of Europf.
Thirteen million bayonets prop up
tho ear's throne. That is the full
strength of tho Russian army on a
wur footing. Germany comes next,
but after a long interval, with it, 7011,
(Ml') soldiers. Italy has li, loo, (Mi l and
Prance 2,So',0il, excluding it.Vl.OD.)
auxiliaries. Austria's line army.wliich
in quality is reckoned scarcely second
to Kaiser Wiilielm's, contains a maxi
mum of 1,7.1 1, 17.5 men. England at
home ami in her colonies can mobilize
a force of tii!2,0Dl). Tho little martial
republic of Switzerland can summon
IHti.OOO soldiers to her banners in uu
emergency, and even poverty-cursed
Spain boasts of lDil.DOi). Austria, of
all the powers, has the most burden
some military establishment. Her an
nual expenditures on her army are
oo.UUO.OOb, while Russia's, with uu
iiriny seven times as large, nro only
gSi;,00i,0il0, and Germany's $1 Bl.OOll,
Dili), lu proportion to size England's
iiriny is, pcrhiipH.lhc most costly. Her
titi-J.tmi) men require $S;i, 00 ), 000 im
uually for their Mipport, or only ;!S,
000,00.) le-s than the amount which
provides France with an enormous
host of more than four times England's
n umbers. Bos: on J our mi'.
(Iter than Dumb IMls.
Oysp-'pties may be interested in the
experiment of a man living on Erie
street. B.'iu ; co'iliued to his oflhv
most of th" day, and having little ex
creiie of any kind, his system got
badly o it of order. For some tw i
month l ist he has b 'en spending a
a half hour every i ve:ii;g in lying on
his b iek on th il tor an I tossing his
lusty tun-y ear-old m u b,ck ii'id forth.
11 s:ims this i rcis" I e .ti dumb bells
nud th n it is only niter un o.visiinal
iuinin i-'r:.:.' thv. h i i rei.in.d -d
j,.. -uM a stomac'i. L'.r.e igo Tribu.i
AWoiia's (JiidkiT Sherilf.
Ai'i.ona pos scries a Quaker sheriCf
who id siardingly effective. He is
Commodore Perry ()-.ve;:r, sheriff "f
Apache county, formerly city marnhnl
of Winslow, and one of tlio guards of
the Wells-Furgo Exjircss across Ari
zona. He is ii n Iudianiiin uho went to
Arizona fifteen years ago, His people
ure Quakers, and live near Carters
burg, Iud. When a friend asked him
the other ihiy if the report was true
that ho had removed from active life
more men than any other man in Ari
zona, ho looked pained for u moment,
then he answered :
"I was raised a Q laker; but out
here, you see, n man can't work at
that. It ain't suited t i tho Arizona
ciiniuie. I have done a good deal of
shooting, but it has all been neces sary
ii ii I in the line of my ollieial duty.
My good mother, back in Hendricks
county, every uoiv and then writ; s me
it letter. Kilo sees newspaper storieH
about mo mil she misunderstand.!
them. You ask if I've shot 10 ) men.
Well, no, 1 haven't ; thai, is, utdevi
you want to count Mexicans. I've
only killed foiirte n white men and
wounded lifiy-threi'. Some of them
died lifter they were wounded, but thai
was the fault of th" doctor.
"Over in Wili'diHV, several years
ii-o, I was tiie sheriff mi I h id a war
rant for a fellow':! iirre -t. I wrot to
him to come in and surrender. He
didn't even answer my letter. So af
ter a while I went after him. Ho was
lit his mother's h ui ;e, n double log
cabin built in h shape. I tied my
horse and went to Hie house. As I
knocked oil Ihe door 1 caught a glimpse
of two faces at n wimlow lit my back.
The door opened iiiniui a foot and the
i.iuu i was after stuck a gun out. I
let drive with my Winchester, and as
1 heard him drop I tired over my
shoulder through the window. Tin
second load caught two, killing one
and shuttering the arm of a younger
brother. I knew that there was siill
another man in the house, and that it
was dangerous to remain on the porch.
I jumped out into tho open ground
and us I did so I saw a man shelter
ing himself behind a buekboard. I
run a few steps and uncovered him.
When it was all over there were three
killed and one wounded. Tho whole
affair took pi ice inside a minute."
New York Sun.
An fil et l ie Horn.
A. B. Woakes has invented an "elec
tric horn," says Loudon Inventor,
with which ho has recently carried
out u series of experiments, to take
the place of electric bells or gorgs,
etc., where nu alternating current of
electricity is available. Tho appara
tus is based upon the principle of tho
telephone receiver, and consists, in
its simplest form, of n dise of sheet
iron placed in front of one of the
poles of un electro-magnet, the coil of
the latter being arranged to take uu
alternating current of 10.) volts.
The method of-working is us fid
lows : When the current is switched
on the reversals of iiingiii tisni pro
duced in tho iron core by the current
causes n corresponding number of vi
brations in tho disc. Thus, if ii cur
rent with '2 1) alternations per second
is employed, tho dh;c gives Ijdl) com
plete vibrations per second, and pro
duces a note corresponding in pitch
with the number of vibrations. With
a current of u given number of alter
nations, the pilch of the note is con
usant, no matter what the diameter or
thickness of the disc, sine.! the mutter,
in all of these, is obliged to vibrate nt
the same rate. The timbre and inten
sity of the sound, however, can bo
made to vary in a number of ways. In
order to obtain un intense sound with
a small amount of current, tho diu-
phrain or disc citist strike, whilst vi
brating, the iron corj or some other
bod v.
Sen Air vs. Idling Skeletons',
Mucdouiild Gordon, of Henley, Aus
tralia, weighed but thirty-four pounds
although six feet in height and broad
iu proportion. S oui.' Loudon specu
lators heard of the freak and resolved
to put the "blooniiii' living skeleton"
on i xhibition in the British capital.
They sent u mau to the Antipodes to
bring the skiuney Mac at any reason
able figure, but when ho arrived they
were on the point of 'arresting tho
agent tor fruiil tho "liviur skeleton"
weighed Ml pounds! The sea sir and
change of food had ruined tlu specu
lation, Si. L mis Republic.
A Xr Symplon.
Mama I'm worried about Johiiuv.
lb; complain i of ft severe headache.
nd you know, ho has never been ill
before
Pjp.i Never been ill? He's always
1'oui plaining of headache!
M una---Y.nl interrupted me. I
was goiu to say ho has never bem ill
b j.'oro on SiiLdav.
(iMLlMlK.VS (Oi.lllS.
tub sNfiw-i i.VKr:.
It w as n little snow-Hake
With tiny wrl.'iglets fiiil '.t,
lis warm Clouil-Metlier 1 1. 1.1 it ra.it
Al.ove the siii'iing worlil.
All nik'lit the wild winds blustered
And blew o'i'r land mid sea.
Hut tlin Utile snow-lbike cuddled el
As safo lis wife ueald be.
Then eiiino the Oold, gray niorn ng.
And til a great I'loiil-Mutlur xud,
''Now every littlo mum -llaku
Must proudly lift its Ii a I,
And tlinmli the air go -ui iiur,
Till It Ihi'lsa phi" - to ali.tl.t,
For I niii-t wi' ive a coverlet
And I'luthi) the wori-l ia while.
'J'he little suow-ll.iUi Haltered
And gav i a w t; vm sili,
Bat llfty million other Hakes
Came si. My Hunting by,
And the wise I'ioii.iM.iiher.i sent them
To kei i the world's bread warm,
Tlir.iiigii many ii wintry sunset,
And many a niht of storm.
Jills. Sa;;oi:i!, in Harper's Young I'eopa
:i:n v AM,:i:ic.vx Ai.Mii!.r,.
American l ovs should be interested
to know that ti e commander of tin:
big ('In n-Yuen, the largest wur.-diip i f
the Chinese navy, is nil American, uud
a young man, too, not yet do. This i
I'iiilo Norton McGifliti, uud he has
lived iu China si verul years. lie was
educated nt Annapolis, and niter grad
uation remained iu th.; service of this
country for awhile. It was probably
too inonotaiiiiiis for an active fellow
such as he proved himself to be, and
when the Chinese goveruuieii:
wanted some of our linval of
ficers to tiiic'i them better sea
tactics iu war, yuiing Mitiiliiu
thought he'd like lotry that Hew lieid,
particularly u-. China wus tight iu ;
Fi'iu:cu and there wus pro-pee! of ex
citing times. So ho resigned from
our navy und wei:t to China, where ho
soon won the faor of Li Hung Chan;",
who had not then lost his yellow
jacket, but win the most powerful per
son iu the empire. He was made cap
tain of a vessel, and soon ilistinguislu d
himself by eapl uriug a French boat,
uud when China uud Japan went to
lighting ho was made couimundcr of
the rlugship Chen-Yuen. He is u
bravo uud spirited man, loyal and
fuitiiful to the country to which he
has given his services, but ho is u loyal
American, too, uud Americans uro
proud of his prowess. New York
Times.
tlOW A ('itAMKMIOV Cil ANl'.KS I'M
I l.oriil
After ii few days Tw inkle was ready
once more for what life should hold
iu store for him, uud it wus quite
plain, from his restless manner, the
cunning iellow knew some important
event in his life wus about to happen.
There wus no keeping him quiet in
any place; ho was nervously alert all
day, refused to go to bed in decent
season at night, nud il you were up ul
four o'clock in the morning, there ho
was, wiih his Coverlet kicked all awry, j
wide awake and waiting for daylight, j
Jt was discovered that just under his j
collar, at the buck of his neck, wus u
grayish white spot, which was rapidly '
growing larger. Then every child iu j
tho village had something wonderful i
to attend to, for Twinkle, was going
to change his skin! The children
came in such numbers that they hud to I
bo admitted a few ut a time, and the!
individual mod concerned in the busi- ,
uess, Twinkle hims' If, seemed least j
concerned, probably because ho knew
best what was to be expected ol
chameleon.
First he turnedXii pearly white all
over his body.aud rXu.iiiied that color
for one day. On Uie second day n
slit appeared down tho iusid.) of euc'.i
leg, and an opening straight down his
buck, and down tho entire leugth ol
his long tail. Then, funniest of all,
the skin parted at his waist, uu I thoro
he was, looking for nil tho world as
if ho had on a pearly white Zouave
jacket with fluttering, llowing sleeves,
and wide sailor trousers on his legs;
uud he was such a queer figure, no one
wondered that ho cut some strau ;o
capers to rid himself of his old clot lies.
His trousers were first kicked off by
n i nil do legs, nud he drigged uvr his
head his white j.i 'ket, all in tatters,
just ns tho lad unwilling littlo boy
was forced, by coming d irkne.ss, to
l.'tive tho house that night.
It was certainly tiuio Twinkle hud n
now suit ; and it w is titu to show him
next morning proudly sunning hint
s"lf in a coat of dazzling green. At
he had a choio of colors nt his o un
mam!, it is cmlileutly believed bv
some that ho choso green sol dv to
grace that beautiful spring morning.
Demurest 'h Magaziue.
A String to Her Love.
lie Darling, will you lovo me wliei:
I'm gone?
She Yi s, if you uro nut too f u
one. - lit-Bits.
JAPAN'S RAILROADS.
Splendid Sorviss and ClmpTrt
Fares in the World,
Picturesque Individuals Who
Compose ilia Traveling rubliu.
There is a wonderful railroad de
Velopenienl going on iu Jap in, writes
Frank G. Carpenter iu tho Washing
ton Star. New roads urn being ex
tended iu every direction, uud with
llio indemnity which the country will
probably get Ironi tho Chilli so t'i"ie
w ill bo uu enormous increase iu all
kinds of public improvements. I'ur
ingniy stay iu Japan 1 m t many of
the chief railroad lu u of tho country,
it 1 1 1 I was told that th i revenues of
nearly every railroad there are in
creasing. The government roils
gave it net profit of more th m J,00 ),
00. 1 in 1 co, und the iner iso iu pic -li
nger n ipts over tho year pre
ceding was ui' nv j tiriu -if t ,).
There was an increase of l'.IO.iblO iu
freight receipts and this was n:i in
crease of liioi".; than foiirlt) 'ii p"l'
cent. There is a lino running from
the capital, Tokio, to Yokohama, the
chief seaport, which h is trains every
hour, and thoM' are ns well run ns
those between rhiludelphiu und New
York. Tiiu passenger rcc.-iplsou this
loud increased fifteen per cent last
year, and on the main !ine which runs
from the capital to wistiru Japan,
there e is un incivuM! of fifteen
per ceiil. The Japan stock is
not watered as ours is nud th re
is no culling of rates. Tho oiilv
thing that pas a profit to the I'ni'.ed
States government iu the patent office.
We uro losing millions now on our
post oilico contracts. Jap iu is m ik
ing money on everything, mi l it has
ii- cheap postal rates as we have. Near
ly all the railroad stations have til -iiones
or block signalling iiistru
meii.s. All have telegraph stations,
and they carried lust year nearly a
million messages. Their railways are
of English construction, with one
siuglo exception. This is a line UO )
mih.fj long, which runs through the
the isiuud of Yezo, nud which was
built by American engineers witii A:u
1 1 icon rolling stock. It was opened
iu LSSJ, and it is, I u:u told, paying
very well. The Japanese lire now
going to make their own engine i.
They have works uf Tokyo und Kobe,
and they have been building freight
and passenger cars for -oiiie lone. I
am told that fifty n w railways uro
contemplated, and that the charters
for these have been applied for, and a
number of thein already grante I.
The Japanese cars have three classes
--first, second and third. The first
class is almost altogether like the
English couches, except that you enter
lit tin) end instead of the side of the
cars. The curs are divided up into
compartments, with doors running
through them. The first-class fare is
about three cents per mile ; the second-class
two cents per mile and the
third class one cent a mile. All these
1 ires ure iu silver, w hich is just half
the amount figured iu American
Money, so that Japan hus about the
cheapest fares in the wori 1. The sec-ou.l-eluss
cars arc for all the world like
an American str-et cir, witii wide
cushions running under the windows.
They are well-upholstered und very
comfortable. They are s. ldoiu filled,
nud uro used largely by the well-to-do
Japanese. There ure doors ut the
side near the end, an I th so open di
rectly oil to the stations and not on to
a vestibule as w ilh us. You find all
classes within them, and you may
ride for hours w ith pretty Japanese
gills, Buddhist priests am! thi; thousand
and one characters which in.ike up the
life of Japan. Many of the Japanese
ladies squat on the scuts, tucking' their
long gowns under their knees. You
meet lnany Japs in European clothe-,
and now and then one will take oil
his Jup nii no clothes, pull a foreign
suit out of his bug und dress iu the
car ri "lit before your eyes No one
pays any attention or s ems to think
il straii. e.
The third-class car sure uueiishioned
and they are filled with the poorer
classes, who trot through the stations
iu clogs. They carry their baggage
on their backs, and push and crowd
in. They patron izo the station res
taurants und every time the train
stops there are peddler;, of cookies und
tea who come to tho c ir windows.
You buy all soi ls of food very cheap,
nil I you can get. teapot, of Japanese
tea, w ith u teacup on top, anywhere.
I remember of riding one day with
John W. Thompson, a Washington
bunk'-r, and when tho hour for lunch
cnue we concluded to buy two pots ul
tea. 1 got them ami offered t' ( In u;
tcnceiils. Ho looked rather .picer,
-n.l t thought I had not t1V011 liim
enough, nnd was uLoiit to hand him
ttieiity more, when, to our surprise,
he ive me back five cents, uud our
guide told us tliat we Were to keep tho
pots and the cups. This wus two tea
pots, two cups and about one quart ot
ol ten for the sum of five cents,
or for two and a hah' cents iu
American money. Such n teapot
ul home would cost nt least twenty
live cents, and oilier things were pro
portionately cheap. Then, is no
place iu the world where you call
travel better and more cheaply Hum
iu Japan, an I th to is no pine; wii to
you gel no much for you:' m m
There me goo I hotels even wh.-re,
uud the best hotels id Tokio Yoko
hama all I K obe nr.' equal to I ho best
hotels of New York. The hotel rules
ill the best houses are from four to
live dollars a day i:i silver, wii ch ii
just half those amounts when reduced
to Am rieau money. Ciotle s and
other thing's are prop! n t ioual- ly cle-ap
and C'll ring -s you ride ill I, yu
know.iu jinril.i-lias cos! you from tea
lo fifteen cents un hour.
(iriiilest l'l.iuul Market,
The givuto it peanut mark, t in til.'
I'llllcd States is Norfolk. l'el-r.bl!' g
conies second niid Suiitlilield third.
I u these towns th'-re are many big
factories employed in th bii-iuess of
rendering iirirkotablc the mil:, that are
sent iu by the farmers. Tlc-y ure first,
thoroughly winnowed and s -re. lied to
cleanse them, nud then ure sol li d, the
hud ones being pieki 1 out byyoliuj
girl--, who Mm 1 on ei tlnr till:- of re
Vo'villg belts, 11 oil which til ' llllls a."i!
throw n. Finally tlu-y ure .hi . d i :i
ba;;s of liH pounds each, nil 1 shipped
io jobbers in various cities. The job
bers sill lli. 'in raw or rou-t I, the l;i
b r t groc -r . mostly. Tiny d i th"
cooking iu great cylinde's that w.ll
hold twenty or thirty l.ii .hel-.ai a tuuo.
The cylinder revolves at a mo leruto
rate of speed, w hile big iron " bigs'
ins-de of it remain stationary, the re
sult being that the p. aunts are kept
thoroughly stirred.
A gem-ration ago most ofth" pea
nuts consumed in this country wero
imported from Africa. The Atricuti
",e'obcr" i.i stniill und round, tin- shell
containing only one kcrii"! usun'ly.
Tin- American "groiiu I nut'' is simply
the African nut, mo liiie l by e.eiii-tio;i-of
soil and climate iu Ihe I'uited
States, riant our peanut in Alriee,
and before long it reverts to th" origi
nal African typo from which it was
produced. Washing! i ui Star.
No I'roiil of Dci.lli.
A curious action ari.-.iug out of a
reuiulkuliln accident at th alulliau. i n
Chemical Works is about to occupy
the German courts. Conrad Yt'uchncr
entered the Works with u 1 -intern ut
.5. oil a. m., and t hat un explosion oc
curred utmost immediately, followed
by the bursting of the acid tanks.
Nothing has since been seen of th.:
man, not even u shred of his clothing,
or ii f -agmeiit of his body. Wuchin r's
life was insured, uud the widow claims
the amount of the policy, but the com
pany d odines to pay on the ground
that tin re is no proof of death.
The eh.'iiueai analysis iu the ll ooded
works afti r tin- explosiuii occurred re
vea'e I truecsof animal maiti r, such as
dissolving bone, but the insurance
company il-clnies to iiec.-p! such u
Hovel proof of ileitii beeau c, niiioug
other things, the analysis) cannot
swear that the li.'i- li I boll" was the
homo of u li il in i :i being. The un
happy widow was Hot compelled to pay
th" i xpenses of the funeral, but iu
every other respect she is a liio .t hardly-used
woman, and there is much
public sympathy for her, which is
taking the form ol mb.-eriid ions to
help her light tlie insurance company.
- Sun Francisco I'.viiuoi r.
Sugar a Valuable I uud.
The Royal S icicty of En lu :id has
been experimenting wiih sugar to de
termine its value as a food. Several
healthy men were selected for the ex
periments. The lil'sl day they Were
given nothing but wad r being ex
pected to do ordinary work. Tho
next .1 iy "'Oil gram , of su ".ir were taken
iu an i . '. 1 1 1 quantity of w ater, and it
was found that the sugar not only pro
longed the time betore fatigue oc
curred, but caused uu increase of from
sixtv-eight to seventy-'. ix per cent iu
amount of muscular work done. Then
sugar wus added to regular meals, and
it was found to have a great effect in
putt ng off fatigue, and increasing ih i
power to work. Th" experiments lire
held to show t hat sugar is olio of the
most valuable of foods. I'lcavune.
Apt Informal ion,
"Anything new iu your line?'
.eked th.: market reporter.
It was gro.v ing dark. Tho hardware
man looked about, u'o,e;itiy nud then
remiitkcd, "Win loub iu 1 1 ar. going
down "Indianapolis Jomua:.
Drlfiinyr.
On lire's sw iftly llowiiig Klream
When I wake or wluu 1 dream,
1 Tilt I onward with the tide
To ti: ii ei'.'iu vast and v. id".
"WniilierV Thus f iik my sou;
"J.. tli.it distant unknown oulV
Are ili. tu roi ks ami reefs ahead,
Jii-ii.g from old u em's bed?
t'r !.ov..:i.l - I kimwiiul whore,
A re in to piilms o:i Hands fair,
Jiallied io pi'l'hmies wre.,t:ied in nidiea:
J'rilt I onward lln.se sunny l-dcY'
Hut my soul sai I, "Jireuni no mure, '
Trim the s til and gni .p the ear?
If mi- thi' ! i-t unfriendly shore
i'.ring to their i'.-ir the breakers rear.
'I'm il i- t'loie sunny i -1 - - .
J.i" in u.'i-.iii WT"alln'. in smile -.
To re.'ie'i Ih 'ia I tu hi must work mid w ii!,
Nob' ili -.ii.iyi-' i by Ir" .voing fate :
Then 'trill no longer! At Ih" l.i-t
Tl.c shu!! be thine wln-n tins' is past.
Mi.s. M. I,. Oi.iu.:.i.
11 T i0:Oi: S.
be eps in n n v climate A Miser.
Faun- ii to hive evrybody Know
one's V.C.lklle: SeS.
A thing of Inanity is a joy until the
co I rice I"iihs out.
of Iv.o evil.-, i-ome people do their
best to choo ,e both.
M -ney tall..- ; but it does iiol alwuya
!.;. -ul. nil. 'i spoke : !-..
lb- ll
What .In
'joes v.giliu'it s lying. She
? il. A dial mule's con-
vention.
If so. no men could . avc all the timo
(ley lose by hurrying, they would
have plenty of iei. or.-.
J 1 is easier I i cut fresh bread W ith
ii spun. i than to pioi.t by the advice
of one w ho dispel, es il gratis.
I i is more d .i.i 'ull to ;-o (o sleep oil
u. -looping coa"h than it is to I.e. p
HWiil.e oil i! mi hilghi way train.
About ti e liio-t coml ..iiition of
light un 1 shade we know of is found
in the while utel dark meat of tho
tiirk'v.
L U'd Fol givilZ, --i )o you know, 1
inn passionately fond of ro-.es. Liiiel
Kiiox. Wliul is your favorite? Lord
Foreivit::. Am. rieau Beauti.: .
Minnie. So they are engaged ! Her
family m-oIiu l to bo bitterly opposed
ti him. May--Yes; at one timo that
was the only chance in his favor.
Bunk- r Thut's a terrible old hat
11. iter is wearing'. Why doesn't he
get u new olio? Hill He says if he
diil ho would have to get u new suit.
Little Boy Cot the earache? Lit
tle (iirl No. Utile Boy --Then why
you got uli that cotton in your rai's?
Little tiii-1 -I've l-.-eii h. lpiri' tend tho
baby.
"Why is n great strong ninn like
you round begging?" "Ah, madam;
it is tho only profession in which n
gi i.tleman can address u beautiful lady
without the formality of uu introduc
tion. She -You know very well that that
man can't paint. Why did you tell
me that hi' ought to have lived in th i
day.- of til ' old master.- ? lie --It ho
hail lived then he wouldn't be exhibit
ing his picleres now.
Tenant Why, I haven't been nblo
to make n lire iu tins tin place all tho
white,-. It doesii't druw. Landlord
So? Then it mu.d have saved uboiit
five pounds for yo.i iu fuel. In such a
ease I'm afraid I'll have io raise your
ri nt-
'Aiislivs. --What in Ihe world is the
metier with 'In' twins? Nurse -Sure,
1 ih n't know ; but, from the way
they've bieii freltin' and cyiu' all
day, it's my opinion that they've
mixed tin iisi Ives, nud can't tell w hich
is which.
She Do you think the t nu , w ill
evi r coiie: when women will propose?
lie I don't see why il shouldn't. Sup
pose wci proposed to mo (..night and
I said yes, what She-Oh, Henry,
tins is s0 sudden ! But never loin. I ;
it's just ns well, uud mother, 1 know,
will be delighted.
OutIii aling Houses.
"1 nm fond of America and Ameri
cans," said Mr. R. do Rustiif.aell of
Loudon, "but there is oil s thing iu
this country that is sadly in need of
reform, Ihoiigh 1 fear reformation is
impossible. I refer to the horiiblo
habit of overheating all places of pub
lic resort, (specially th' hotels. There
isn't u hotel iu N -w Yolk city where I
(in draw u comfortable breath nt this
time of year. They arc veritable fur
naces, and I can't unilcrct-iud bow the
American people manage- to endure
them. 1 Hunk your people ought to
live out doors more mid take nioro
physical exercise, and thei thty
wouldn't tolerate tie-, e super-heated
houses." Washington I'ost.
The carelessness of b-mseholdi rs in
London is shown by the fact that in
18!)!1 2(t,2UC doors uu 1 windows were
tout-d fpia by the police at night.