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VOL. XVII.
PITTSI50RO', CHATHAM CO., N. 0., MARCH 21, 1895.
NO. so.
Lnuirh a Little Hit.
Hero's n motto j it-t y nir 111 -J.iiughn
littlo t it.
When yor think you're trouble bit,
Laugh u little bit.
Look inisfortuu" in tho face,
Jirnve tliu beldam's rude grimace ,
T"U to one t'will its place,
If you have the wit ami gr.t
Just to laugh a littlo Lit,
Cherish this lis pnorod writ
I.nugh u littlo bit,
Ki'rp it with you, sample It,
I.iltlo ills will sure betide yo i,
Fortuuo may not sit beside ymi.
Men tuny muck ami f:ii- .i-rtilt you,
Iiut you'll miml thiMii not u whit
If you laugh n liltio I it.
J. E. V. Cookk, in Cheerful Moments.
Something Did Happen.
1IY HKt.KN W. IMEI1SON.
Aunt Sehih hustled uliout tho kitch
en, setting out butter, sugar uml
fliXir on the table, ninl keeping an eye
on tlio stove, whore n clear tiro ivim
burning. It was a warm Juno day
and tlio hent was intense, but Aunt
Sjlnh did tint feci it. Her dusky face,
which was iih wrinkle! as u dried per
Hiiumon, showed some anxiety ns she
peered out of the dour nw mid then.
"Ef dat nihil de beatcliess chil
she muttered. "How I gwiuo to lin k
dnt yer hull'day cake union no nigi
uu' it's n hull hour liy do clock soiioe
Missy went n-liuntiu' dcni yer iggs.
Just then n Blender hazel-eyed girl,
with her gold-brown curls living in
tho wind, rodo up to (he little whit
gate, which opened into the neglected
garden. She jumped dow n from her
poiiy with wondrous agility, and cried
out: "Hero they are, Aunt fteluh ; I
didn't break one. "
"A riilin' bar-hark jess Ink u oirouss
gal," signed Aunt Seldi as she. took
tho eggs. "An din yo' litteciith bull'
day, too! Yo's 'ntos n young Indy
mi' howyo' gwiiie ter git manners out
yor in dis w iM.Tuess is wut I'su
studyin' 'bout."
"Oh. we'll never mind that now,'
cried Elsie, her checks glowing and
her eyes like stars ' I'eihups I'll gel
irnna to bv that little bunk called
'Don't' and then I'll know everything
that I'm not to do. Kiit I do want
something out of tho way to h:ip en
todav became it is mv birthdiiv and
birthdays ought lint to lu just like
other days. Only nodiiiig ever dues
haipeu ''
"Dohn Vo' go ii-heiiviu' ob yos 11' ill
do fnc J ub rrovidenee," said Aunt
Selah as sho briskly whipped up the
eggs. "Ho tek car' of de widowlcs
nil' orpliunlcss nn' gili deiu meiit in
due Reason. ''
"Rut I want chicken to lay," laugh
ed Elsie. Then tiie laugh soeint d
suddenly frozen on her lips, for she
saw coming in nt th-' gale, her father
Hiipported by the hired man .foe, and
looking ghastly pule.
"Par now, I ycred do sipiineh owl
sipiineli las' night," cri.l Aunt Selah
ns she ran out. "I rceknocd some
bud luck bellll' be selil."
Elsio felt helpless for n moment.
Then hIio also Ib'W to her father's side.
"It's nothing bail, dearie," he said,
seeing her frightened face. "Only a
sprain. Aunt Sehih wil; lix me up all
right, don't fret."
"Dellaw ! 1 reckon I kin doctor a
sprained nukle,'-said Aunt Solnh, 'but
yo' boun' ter stay on yer back for a
week. I tell yo' pintedly. Yo' sholy
will."
"That's the worst of it," groaned
Mr. Carter, ns they helped him to his
room. "Kluio, my dour," he whin
pered, as soon as ho was laid on his
bed and Aunt Sehih had gone for
Homo "foincntin' spirits," "tin re's
something you mil -t do for iiij now
that I cannot do it myself."
"tiladly, ibar pupa. What is it?"
nnd Klsio leaned down to hear tho
commission.
"You know them's a mortgage, of
$500 on this farm," ho replied strug
gling, evidently with a good deal of
pain ns ho spoke. "Si Iiangs Inn sud
denly railed for tho money. Tho fact
is he'd liko to g t hold of tho prop
erty. IIo thinks ho has got inn in a
tight place and that 1 can't ruiso tlio
money. Hut I lutvo got it safe hero
and I want it put in tho bunk at ISrau
don before threo o'clock. I don't
want to keep it in the house over night
in thin lonely place. You can carry it
dearie. You don t mind a teii-iuile
ride?"
"Of course 1 don't, but I hato to
leave you. "
"Oh, I'm all right; Aunt Sehih is a
famous nurse. Here's tho money in
this pocketbook. It's nil in twenty
dollar bills. I've hud hard work get
ting it together, but I've saved otic
home. I'd like to see Si Rungs' menu
face when ho gets it. IIo thought ho
wus putting the screws on just at tho
right time. You hud better go right
away, my pet. "
Elsie took tho well-worn pocket
book ODd then leaned down to kisH
her father. Hor sunny face had grown
tierious. Shu felt that she hud an im
portant work to do. "My birthday
will not be liko oiher days, after all,"
i-ho said ns who mounted tho pony.
This time, she used tho pretty side
Middle her father hud given her for ft
birthday gift.
"How gay tho prairie flowers look,"
bho thoiitrht as tdio rode along, "and
all tho leaves seem to bo merrily
dancing. Rut I'm rather lonesome
somehow ! I wonder how it would
seem to havo a rcid birthday party
with lots of girls dressed up in pretty
frocks mid bovs in their best suits
and on their best behavior. 1 really
believe I wouldn't know how to talk to
them unless thev cared for birds and
flowers and horses us I do Topscy,
you're too gay this morning. Per
haps you'vo found out it's my birlh
day, but you needn't try to stand on
your head by way of celebrating it."
The' shining black pony seemed to feel
his oats that div or else there was
(oiuetliiug in. commonly exhilarating
in the air, for ho ruojd along at a
great pace, ami now nnd then ap
poured to havo a notion of stopping
for a little dance. When Klsio had
goiio half way to Brandon she saw a
man on horn 'biiivi about a hundred
yards m advance ol her. "Jlo K'.-clus
to have come up suddenly nut of the
ground," s!io said to herself, ami as
she said it the horseman stopped and
was apparently waiting for her.
"He's a stranger, perhaps, nnd
wants ho impure the way," thought
Elsie, without fear.
Tim in.in had l -on riding bard and
looked us though he had also been
drinking hard. A t hutch of black
tangled hair showed be ith an old
cloth cap. Ho wore a red flannel
shirt and a pair of clay-colored cor
duroy trousers th it were stuffed into
high boots. His face was sallow and
his eyes black and bloodshot.
The Hjiot was a lonely one. There
was not a habit ttioii in sight.
Ho did not s . ak a word till Elsie
had reached his side. Mv. n then he
caught her In i lie silently turning her
horse about and bringing her to a full
stop!
One look into the sodden face, with
its cruel, black, bloodshot eyes, made
the young girl tremble.
"I've been u-waitin' for you," said
the man hoarsely; "fork over that
there money ! No sliinauvgin."
The trees see.'iiel splniiin,' about
her. The sun s emed md lenly blot
ted out in th; sky. Then strange
liery ilashe.i undo ipieer figures in the
blackness !
Kl-io had n 'ver fainted i:i her lite,
but soul uml sense seemi! 1 to swoon
away as she saw the man holding a
pistol near her head and heard la n
voice that appeared to he a long way
oil', 'Quick the oof. If I shoot you
first I can get it without trouble, but
I always was too softdioarted. The
oofty-oof, I say."
"Oh !" gasped Elsie, with a chill nt
her heart, "what is it you want?"
"I want the i'-t'MI that your dad got
today. I was ii-watchin' him, though
ho didn't know it, mid I heard him
say ho was a-goiu' to batik it. So I
liorrei's a lior.se from a pal and waits
for him here. Rut you've eoiiio'stead
of him. Worry good. Rut us bank
iu' is a disgiistin' way of takiii' care
of money jest hand it over to me.
(line, bo quick; tlio shiuo-spooudu-
lieks the ducats. I'd givo you live
seconds an' then, if you don't givo it
I'll take it."
"One! Five seconds, remember !"
A great pulse seemed to beat from
the crown of Elsie's head to her feet.
"Two!"
The ground was rising up like the
waves of a sea, green waves that
"Three 1"
With a sudden inspiration Elsie
took tho great, old fashioned pocket
book out of her pocket, and before
the man could divine h-r purpose she
had Hung it as far away ns possible.
With nn oath ho released her bri
;llo, lurched from his saddle, drop
ping his pistol us he did so, and stag
gered away in search of it.
Elsie gave Topscy a sharp blow, and
he, not being accustomed to such
treatment, sprang nil at an astound
ing pace. Moro than that, in dinging
out his lieeln he hud struck the thief's
horse, which immediately took that as
a challenge for a race, and the clatter
of his hoofs instigated Topscy to mad-
ler speed. Elsie caught her breuMi.
She felt as if she were on a living ma
chine or in the van of a locomotive,
but she clung fast. Only so accom
plished a rider could have kept her
seat through that wild rush. Sparks
f lire kindled in the air and seemed
to fall in showers nbout her.
Topsey knew tho road to his stable
and kept it. Ho preferred going that
way, too, and was delighted at having
n coiiipnnion.
"Mnrcy Hakes!" cried Aunt Sehdi a j
eho heard the noise nnd How to the
door, "ef dar aiu' missey buck ng'ti
fin' Topsey's douo brung comp'nyl
Del hi w, wutever is do matter?"
She was just in time to c itch tho
dizzy girl in her arms as she fell from
her seat with a face as white lei snow,
drawing hor breath in short gasps.
"Take me to pnpn " she faltered ;
"oh, poor, poor pnpn."
Topsey stood quietly enough now,
though ho trembled nil over mid tho
white hither spotted his shining coat.
Tho other horso was evidently not n
bit tho worse for the nice, nn I looked
about him in great content.
"Whut dono coino over yo', hon
ey?" asked Aunt Sehih. "Yo's ii-shiv-erin'
Ink an ng r fi "
"Oh, don't n-.i me!" cried Elsie,
suddenly bursting into tears, and
then, as she entered her father's
room and looked into his anxious
face, wringing hor hands, sho ex
claimed :
"Oh, pnpn ! I could not help it it's
gone stolen."
And with many sobs sho told tho
story. Mr. Carter's heart sank like a
stone in his hi'cict us ho listened to it,
and w hen it wns finished Aunt Selah,
from whom neither he nor his daugh
ter had ti n v secrets, Hung her apron
over her head and left the room.
"My darling, we have olio another,"
ho said at hist, drawing her fondly to
him. "Wo must make a new home.
Any phioe will bo home to mo where
you lire."
At that, moment they heard a great
nnd joyous cry, nnd Aunt Selah came
puffing nnd punting l ack again.
"Do Lawd be praised !" she fairly
shouted. "How come yo' say dat yo'
money lost? Yore's a pocketbook
n-biilgiii' an' a-biistin' wid bills dat 1
done tine in tho strange ho.-s' holsters.
Dollaw ! 1'so glad Topscy 'viteil him
ter come along. "
And she held up n well-stulVod wal
let. 'That that's not ours !" stammered
Elsie.
Reckon 'tis your'ii it sho'iy is,"
cried Aunt Selah. "Dat yer bur
geleor aihn coiniu' after it. I'll beta
cooky "
"Count tho money, pnpn. It looks
like a lot," exclaimed Elsio in great
excitement.
Her father counted 8S00, while
Aunt Selah stood near, ejaculating
now ami then "Praise de Rawd!"
"An' liar's ill! lio.ss, too!" bho said.
"Ij iws, Missy, I aihn gwine say n
word 'bout you tariu' an I rariu' agin.
Yo' jess made n gran' scoop dat yer
time, an I'll bo boun' yo' nihil tiuwer
had a hull'day like dis hyer one. Yo'
was ii-hopiu' for sniuethiii' to happen
outer tho common, an, I 'low now,
yo'il agree dut Hoinethiii' has sho'iy
happened. "
So tlio birthday was merry enough
after all. And 1 am happy to state
that the drunken nilli.iu whoso wicked
plot hud been so providentially foih d
was never heard of again. Detroit
Free Press.
All Insolent ( uplain I! dinkeil.
The lir.st ocean navigation with a
st Jam vessel in tho world began in tlio
harbor of N.-w York, as the lirst river
navigation did. The experiments of
John I'. Steven:! in the use of steam
upon ships prove ! successful in the
year ISDN and tho Phoenix, built in
that time in llohokcn, was sent around
to tho Deiewaro river. It had b 'en
intended for the Hudson river, but tho
monopoly of Livingston and Fulton
prevented its use there. In INl'.t the
ocean was crossed by a steam vessel
built in the harbor of Now York. It
was called the S ivaniinh, was of
tons burden, with an engine of '.10
horso power. After completion it
went to Savannah, (iu. , and thence to
Liverpool ami St. Petersburg. Her
whole sailing time from Suvnniiiili to
St, Petersburg was 'Jll days. From the
capital ol liussia sue rciurncii io .e
York. She attriioted much attention
in tho Morse v.
While there she kept her color?
Hying, and she was gavly decorated
with bunting. The commander of a
Hritish.iniiii-of-wiir conceived the idea
that this parade of colors were con
trived to insult him and ho scut n
boat's crew to notify Captain Dodd
that if he did not take don u his pen
nant n force would be sent that would
tako it down for him. Captain DoddV
only response was nu order to tho cu
geer.
"ict the hot water engine ready."
Tho boat's crew very speedily loft
and no disturb hum took place. Ship
ping and Commercial List.
Mire Cure.
Sho--I heir tint Charlie Hriggs hut.
lost his sight and tho physician say
ho is incurable.
He--Rosh! All he has to do is to
get miirrio I and ho'll have his eyes
opened. Judge.
( IlIUmKVS (0LIM.V.
IT WAS SUI T.
"S un. shut the shutter." Mother Hydn
ra!e,l,with li'ircnp-striiiKs all a-llutter.
"I've shut tln shutter." S:i:n replied ;
"Ami I eau'l shut it any shj'ter."
1.1. T. (ireenleaf in St. Nicholas,
A WITTY ItKI-r.Y.
The Crown Prince of Germany,
though only about twelve years old,
Tun ii very ready wit ami a ipieer way
of saying things. IIo sees tho funny
side of a situation at once.
One day, while visiting Potsdam,
the little Prince was amusing himself
by trying to make a donkey draw a
carl. Put tho donkey was stubborn
and would not "go."
"Your donkey h m a groat deal of
will power," called out the Emperor,
who hud been watching the struggle
between his little soli ami tho stub
born beast.
"Oh, no, pnpn," replied the little
Prineo quickly, "it isn't his will
power that troubles me. It is his
won't power. Ho won't go." The
Amusing Journal.
A KAVII'SHX A MONO lilUllS.
Very interesting fieds about those
cxlraoiditiaiy bird', the penguins,
were learned during tho Hritish Au
larclic Expedition of IH'.t ;l. The
largest, us well ns tho rarest of tho
penguins, iH tho emperor penguin, first
seen by Captain Cook. These birds
sometimes weigh as much as seventy
live or eighty pounds, uml the mus
cles covering their breasts contribute1
moro than oii'-third of their entire
weight.
A very large specimen was captured
nnd taken on board ship during the
expedition just referred to. Standing
erect, in the sheen of its plumage, it
seemed clothe 1 with gold and purple,
ami w hite uud black.
Presently it gave nil exhibition of
its extraordinary strength. One blow
of its llipper-like fore limb sent nn im
pertinent dog howling oil' to nurse his
hend. Five men were required to se
cure tho penguin, uud they succeeded
only with great d Hie lit v, one holdin;;
to each leg, one to each Hipper, and
one grasping the neck. After being
strongly bound, the muscular bird suc
ceeded in breaking loose.
Another indication of the iinnicut-c
strength of tho fore limbs, or flippers,
of tho penguin is the! fact that, with
their aid, tho birds arc able to leap
perpendicularly out of the water to a
height of threo feet or more, landing
upright on a cako of io . Th 'y ap
proach closo to tho edge of the icj bo
fore milking tho leap, nu 1 jump di
rectly upward. Y'outL's Companion.
mtoiiv op riiiscK i:iri:t. Kim.
Almost all Americ in children have
seen pictures of the little Ccrmun
princes, sons of tin-German Emperor,
bright-laced little fellows, who, in
their play-hours, have jolly good times
in true boy fiiihioii, t ! i 1 1 -r 1 th i rules
for their education are very strict.
The second soli, little Eitel Fritz,
now about eleven years obi liu was
born on the 7th of July, lsS.'l ho is a
gentle little fellow, and raihcr timid
iu disposition, so that his father some-
times Use 1 to call him iu fun "the
Princes." When he was six and the
Crown Prince seven, their father
thought it would in il.e them more
uiaiily to sleep in a room alone.
Neither of tho boys liked the change,
but Eitel Fritz was particularly un
willing to obey, mid s lid he was suro
ho wouldn't bo able to sleep at all, he
would be so frightened. Hut the boys
Were told that soiuti olio Would sleep
in tho rooms iu xt to theirs, nnd they
need only call if anything disturbed
them.
So they were persuaded to try t lie
new nrraiigeiu'tit, mid the Crown
Prince soon fell asleep. Put after
Prince Kitel Frit, had said "Good
night" ho began to grow very rest less
and timid iu the big, high room, and
finally began to cry, at first softly,
then louder and loiider.till ho screamed
with all his strength in true child
fashion.
Unluckily the holy in charge of him
had just left the next room for a short
time, and the shrieks of tlm frightened
littlo Princj die I away unheard. So
he probably thought that his attend
ants had merely tried to soothe him
by promises and really left him with
out protection, and, jumping from his
b.nl. ho ran out of tho room scream
ing for help.
Just at that moment the lady came
back and soon suec. edod in soothing
him. Put this story shows that little
princes are verv m ich like other chil
dren all the world over, and have
their troubles and trials, even if they
do live iu palaces and have soldiers
pies uit arms to them. Frank lo lie'',
Weeklv.
PKSTS OF IX 1)1 A.
Horrible Realities and Possibilities
That Torture One,
A Rat Which Eats Your Hair at
Night.
"Along with the intense heat," snys
a returned East Indian, "there go
many varieties of noxious insects. The
inosipiiloes swarm tho year round,
Every bed is covered w ith a ten of
niosipiito netting, mid it i i tho I usi
ness of your boy, after having made
the bed in the morning, to scare out
all lingering mosquitoes and then
draw the gauze curtains close nnd tuck
tin m under the mattron-cH. On go
ing to bed you make a littlo hole in
the tent, get in ijuickly uud draw it
tight again.
House tiles are a constant nuisance,
nnd there are great living cockroaches
two inches long, which sometimes bite,
uml at certain seasons leave their great
wings lying about the Iioiim'. 'i hey
eat one's patent leather shoes. Flying
nuts, great black creatures, come iu
swarms and also leave their great
wings over everything.
The cut ipede, an inch and a half
long uud more v n hiioiis than th it of
this country, gets into the house and
often crawls upon the sleeper. So
long us one keeps still there i- no
duiiger, but the creat lire, if one moves,
is likely to dig his claws into the llesh,
and makes an unpleasant sore. S -or-pioiis
abound. They come out of old
woodwork and you find them iu books
that have h ug lain unu.ed. Their
bite is poisonous ami som 'tunes fatal,
"Along with tho insects come the
serpents. The c ibra is the most dan
geroi.s. it seldom comes1 into the
houses for some reason, though my
small sister slept upon a pile of mats
under which a sleeping cobra was
afterwards found. I he e ibra, how
ever, comes into tlio compound and
often bites tho natives. E iropeaiis
are seldom bitten by th.' cobra or
other hii. ikes, bi ciuso tho European
goes about ill boots that givo tho ser
pent notice of his c. uning, nnd also
perhaps protect him from tho bite.
As a matter of fact serpents common
ly met iu Iudii do not voluntarily go
after human prey, but are probably
more afraid of mm than mini of them
A barefooted native, treading noise
lessly, gives the serp uit no notice of
his approach, nil I may unoon.-oioii.-ly
step upon him, and then the creature
bites iu self-defence. I knew n mi
tivo gardener to bo bitten by n
cobra. He tilled hiins If with whiskey
and walked to keep himself awake. An
Englishman whom I knew wus bitten
by a cobra, and his friend promptly
applied the same rem 'dies. They
walked him all night against his drowsy
protests and his earnest prayer that
he bo permitted to sleep. His 1 fo was
saved, but ho never really recovered
from the shock, though ho lived many
ye irs after. The brae .let snake is a
familiar and venom. uu littlo wretch
that takes pie isiuo iu coiling up iu
one's boot during tlio night or in gel
ling into the holes of on ,'s garni nts.
One si .. lenrin to shako one's boots
before patting them on. The natives
have a curious aversion to killing
snakes, and they have a superstition,
shared by some I'.uropeans, that if a
Cobra be shun its male will come to
uvengn the act. Of course, there is
no foundation for it, save perhaps that
a widowed cobra comes in search of
her unto and in-id euially me .'Is the
hIiivi r.
"Kilts abound in In !u in d get into
houses ninl swarm aboard a ship. One
great Indian rat, the bandicoot, with
a snout like a pig, visits one's bed at
night and chews the ends of one's
hair. I knew a red-headed fellow n
bonrd ship who used to grease his hail
with oil or bear's greas . He was
visited one night by a bandicoot, met
came upon deck in xt morning with
tho oddest evidence of the bandicoot's
harhcring. 'Ihi! in 11 .U mi swarms in
India, gets into the holi es, as all sort
of W ild creatures do, since the doors
are merely unclosed openings. 11:
sniell is something tremendous, auo
when lie merely eros es the cork of i,
soda water hotllo he seems to scent
the contents.
"The bite of all insect, even though
slight, or a small mre of nnv kind
t nut would mxiii heal in a tempe'ati
climate, in iv hang on for days n
weeks ill the heat of III lis, and asllgiil
illness greatly weakens one. E ii'ipeaii
I tick liy seldom take t he native d: eus.'s.
and, though cholera is eou-tait v
pre; ent i 11 I iidrii, it is . v j !( j
eas s in" peculiarly widc-proa I ,.j
leinie,. fa t i; iv u-'ies t i Fur
pi an I ;oi! ' .1 !' nut y. '.
I er l.i -re, bui s'li-i!. ; r ,v.i t
m! x . It 1 . a t. n r ;,, a i I. i
'II .'IV Mil V - I' -e I., . i, .,,! .,. i. 'f.
.i s h s ii i 1 !iii!,i in E'.i o;i ,
doc!o:s, but they always tako tho
European cholera mixture. Of course
no European submits h iiicelf to a na
tive doctor. Abscess of the liver is tho
great terror of the European, though
the land breeze comes laden with ull
sorts of horrible possibilities,
"The change of climate as ono goes
from tbi const into tho mountains is
like mii;;!c. On the journey up from
Bombay to Maternn one starts with u
pocketful of Indian cigars, trichtno
polis, cheap long rolls of tobacco with
a straw through them that they may
draw. 'This is because they mo ex
tremely wot. Put when ono reaches
Materun he tinds his tri hiuopolis us
dry at a punk. The thin atmosphere
of tho heights hns sucked them dry of
all th'.ir moisture. " New York Sun.
The Mirage.
The mirage c in be seen nearly every
day in the plains of Low er Eypt, and
also to ii limited extent iu the plains of
Hungary and Southern Franco. Now
and then something of the kind can
be seen iu summer by stopping down
and looking along our sandy coasts
such asMorecambe Pay and the coast
of Devonshire, or over the Fen dis
trict, nt that season dried up by the
Milline r In at.
We must remember that the miiac
of tie! desert creates nothing, but
merely inverts bodies that ueiuilly ex
ist a little distance oil'; though iu the'
Sahara, skylight rays descending lire
bent upward by the hot air next the
sand, and the eye is actu illy deluded
by uu impression resembling the re
Ibction of skylight from water, the
illusion being increased by the flicker
ing due to convection C irreiits, sug
gesting tho ell'octs of a breeze on the
wa'er.
Many of tho descriptions given ol
the mirage are "travelers' tab's" in
the iincoinpli'i ' uy sense. One of
tin; most nl extravagant ex
amples of tin i .. following: "This
treacherous phenomenon deludes the
traveler's eye w ith u regular succession
of beautiful lakes and shady avenues,
itint then, again with nn expanse of
waving grass around a picturosipie
villa ; hero is presented a gl ove of
towering trees; there a Hock of brows
ing cattle.'' Chambers's Journal.
The TiiM'iin I'easiiul.
In Tuscany you will often lind peas
ants whose families have been on tho
same farm for two or three hundred
years. They talk of theins'iv.'s us
gente (die li una i geti-.j of th 'pnl
rone (landlord), and take an iill'eetion
ale interest iu him and his family,
lint tin! Tuscan peasant is a thorough
conservative; ho lias not yet gras e I
tho changes brought about by rail
roads, steamboats nnd international
communication. He hankers after ii
largo extent of land on which to grow
wheat enough to provide bread for th.;
whole year, uml is inclined to regard
other crops as accessories.
With the actual low price of corn
this docs not suit tho owner, particu
larly as it is customary in Tuscany to
grow wheat two years running on the
same land, with little or no manure.
So soon as the corn is carried (i ally
in July) the stubble is plowed up, and
maize or millet is grown for early
iiitumn cutting ns green fodder. The
yield of wheal is of course wretched,
from six to thirteen fold, nnd en
lightened proprietors who possess the
requisite capita! arc dividing their
larger farms and building the iutos
snry farmhouses. Miicmillau's Maga
zine. lo:rs ami Their I. "gal liights.
An English Judge rcc titly lined a
d ig-faiieii'i' $J" for cropping a bull
terrier's ears. lie held that the cus
lo n was a criminal one, nor could he
be. moved from his determination to
di -couiage the extirpation of outlying
oils of animal anatomy even by the
ingenious argument advanced in de
fense of the extirpator that if man
lidii't cut off a bull-terrier's ears,
some oile r bull terrier might bite
tlcin n l' in a wholly careless mid un
scientific way. The learned Judge, it
is roportcl, inside answer that ".I i
better to let the dog take the chance
of having his cars bitten oil" by a
I1 utile ' dog, with a chance of u bile
on hisoMii i. cecum, than to expose
him to the certainty of having them
ainpiibted by a dog-fancier, without
i chance of returning the compli
ment. "
The Japanese Smile.
The Japanese smilo is the nust
untie a bio thing about the island peo
ple, '.''III! people sec. n always good,
natur: d, mi l smile bk; th"ir own
stone god .. O.ic it is said, the
I '.ii d dli i and the la I la lie. of his smile
lighted up all th i worlds. Pot a vniiv
Hue, i ii ig: "It Is n ,t reil. 1; (an
nul I is'," an t Ihe 1 gut a'.sed nwav.
Nevt-lhel.-s-, lain, i o Is irro eiirv d
Villi a ils.i i ; Millie ipin'i fiei" , ii;. ,-
;, tun 1. N -w Y.i;!; K io.,;- Jr,
The Norland Wind.
The south winil on the lull
Ami the wet wind on tho lea
I'.ut better than Uu so I love
The north wind on the sea.
i'nr the north wind on the sea
Is fearless an 1 elate :
I II" ocean, vat ami free,
i not moro great.
On tho hill tlie south wind laughs!
Where th:' blue doml-shailowi tl e;
I he west wliu! lakes tho mead
With a ripple of gleo;
J'.nt the north wind on the deep
Is the w ind of winds for me -
Spirit of dauntless life,
Ami Lord ol" I.il. rty!
William Suahf
iimouors.
Out w ard bound Ihirrels.
The weighs of the world Avoirdu
pois and troy.
It is no compliment to an egg to say
that it "can't be beat. "
Why lire women the biggest thicvos
in existence? iieeiiuse they steel their
petticoats, bone their stays, crib their
babies and hook their eyes.
He Why do you siv ho is a man of
good repute? 1 liuderst llnl d ffereut
ly. Sin He has the reputation of
being worth a million, hasn't he?
"Any iil who marries a man to re
form him," says the Harlem philoso
pher, "would bo fool enough to tlcklo
the hind ipiurters of mi army mule."
Stranger Is there a man up hero
in your neighborhood with a glass eyo
named Z azly? (irnnger No. Tho
people around hero don't name their
eyes.
Tom Von look aw ful blue. I sup
pose it's booaiisj of Miss Maybello's
having r. j -cted you? Cholly Yes;
I can't help feeling sorry for tho poor
girl.
Maud Did you have a good time
at the club, I! lie? Hello Oh, love
ly ; Mrs. Sin rlier gave us a charming
seieiit lie talk on "The I're-Hysterie
Man."
UereheeUs ar" like th" red. rod rose,
With carmine tints imbued ;
The only ihlTeren is this:
The rose eall't In' renewed.
"I thought you told mo that Miss
lirown had spent a good deal of money
on her voice?" "Well, so I did."
"iiut she e m't sing." "Well, I didn't
say that she colli I, did I?''
Princess S iwdoil'-ki - Why did the
Emperor scud tho (ianl D.iko Ver
trovua to Siberia? Prince Sawdoflski
The D-.iko casually alluded to his
Majesty us a young Ts irdiue.
Organist (io grumpy next-door
neighbor) -I'm so sorry you've been
ill ! What have you been suffering
from? Ennui deal Neighbor (acidly)
Organic disturbance, my dear sir.
Acquaintance Mr. Ibillioli, let me
introduce my frien 1 June 4. I've
just been telling him how you made
your pile. Mr. IJulliou (slightly
deal) - (iiad to know you Major Pi les.
Wife (severely) I'd have you know,
sir, that I always keep my temper.
Husband (soothingly) Of course you
do, my do ir. Of course you do, and
1 wish to goodness you'd get rid of it.
"Hlvkins doesn't so mi like a very
ener;etio fellow," said tho charitable
man, "but there is a good deal that
he doesn't get credit for." "M iybo
there is," replied tho gossip ; "but his
grocer says not."
"If a doubt should eouie between us."
She fa fret faintly out ;
lint th" w"iv he moved up nearer
lie led no room lor doubt.
Jagwi 11 What makes that hen in
your backyard c.icklo so loud? Wig
wag Oh, they've just laid a corner
stone across the street, and she's fry
ing to make tho neighbors think sho
did it.
Jones Why don't yon go to work
and earn a living? My dear, Smith,
what's the use? I tried it once for a
very little while, mid no sooner did I
earn a dollar than I had lo spend it.
So I gave it up.
Ho What allowance do you think
your father ought to make us when wo
nro mnrtied? She Well, if ho makes
ample allowance for your faults, I
think ho will bo doing all that ran bu
expected of him.
Kinks Who is the stingiest man
that yon know? Dinks Old Closelist.
Ho always gets on tho back sent of
the street car so that ho can keep his
nickel until tho conductor has got
everybody else's fare.
Elder Sister (patronizingly) Going
to bed, I suppose? What a shame!
Never mind ; in a few years you will
bo invited out, too. Youuger Sister
(independently) Yos; mid in a fow
years you will not be iuvitod out.
Mr Do Neat It seonis to me that
for a man who claims: to deserve
charity, you h.. a very red uoso.
Moldy Mike Vts, mum; the ehea,i
soaps that us poor people hns to use is
very hard oil tho complexiou, mum.