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hatham gtcccircl. l)atl)am Rerorb. attain II. A- JLOIV DOJN , EDITOR AND ritOriUISTOR. RATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Sl.it m YEAR Strictly in Advance. One square, one insertion One square, two insertions -One square, one month a tl.0 l.tO ' t, 0 VOL. XVII. I'lTTSBOIU)1, CHATHAM CO., N. C, A1MIIL 18, 1895. For larger .dvirtisemcnts libera! con .'acts will be made. NO. 31. Time's I p. TIrr.n's v.j for lit" ami laughter ; We've drained tin- hunqurl fiij ; But now tlio dark comes after. And lights lire out. Time's up. O lovers in sweet With lips of song and sigh ; Co'iio forth with pallid faces Ami kiss your lust goodie.-; O swoot bride at the marriage, Impatient at your gates, Beside a sable earring", Tho ghostly footman waits. O statesman, erowueil ami splendid, Tlio lauri'l leaves your brow The long ilehate is ended. The halls are voiceless now. . Timo'a up for wooing, winning, 1'or doubt nml renin ami strife, For sighing anil fur sluin For love, for hate, fur life! Time's up! The dial mark is On the last hour-complct" ; I.lo down there where the dark ii And dream that tint" was sweet ! A CUR'S CONSTANCY. Iioho was n poor olil dog, nml Max Wilbur was a poor young artist. F.verybody bail kicked the dog out, ninl so Max took him in. Max was shabby. One could guess that ho hail no money in his puek ts, but 13. ibo hail not h J keen iipprecin tiun of such a fault. "Have they nil shut their doors against you, Hobo?" hiiid Max. "C uue home then ninl share my saii-ago." Hodo com i nclicMi 1 1. i tho invitation, and witliout more mln billowed Wilder up tho staircase of his lodging, mi l stretched himself liefoie the empty stove, willi as evident mi i:it-ntii:i nf never more depart iug us Hint mani fested by I'oo's Haven. A little room with a north light and nil easel, with a Hereon whieli faneieil that it hiil a bill, with furniture worllt iu tho bulk livo il dlar; with tries of n Hohcininn supper a pound of k:.h sages ninl a loaf nf rye dreiiil. He had an opera-glass, and a nicer- Hchuum which was the pride of his soul; but he had no pi sen to put them but the inaiitlcl.ieiv. Ho had an in- eonit, and he painted pictures. When the income o line duo, and no picture was sold, hi lived on sausage, mid grew shabby. When the sausage was conked, lie gave a scrupulous half of that and of his bread to Hobo, and tin two ate licartilv. Uut supper over, Mix sat down and thought rather bitterly that that day Flora had driven pas!, not seeing him at all, mid iu the c. iriia.ro with her, beside her lnammii, was a young gen tleman, handsome, dashing, elegantly dressed, and Flora was looking at him, and "It must come homid ime," he said, "All tho love in tin world is worth less without money." Then he started to bis feet and looked at his pictures, and hope came into his heart he might make his for tune some day, to be sure. In throe weeks the quarter's uicom came in. He would try to wait ninl buy a new suit and call again on Fmra. He would tell her of his love, and they would wait together for fame and fortune. From that hour Max and Hob were inseparable- Max grew fond of the ungainly beast, and I! iho wnr.-diippcd Max. I'nder the l.oheini iu changes of living at the studio he partook of everything, from pit-.; de fois gras to dry ruck, but he fared as well as his master iu every e isc ; mid what more can n dog ask? Meanwhile Max still adore 1 Miss Alidi ; he was her shadow as long ns his new gloves lasted ; and he vanished from her sight when mid-quarterly j shabbiuess overc line him. At iast his emotions overcame hu cominon-seiis and being all alone in tin drawing room with his augel, In told her he adored her; and she gave a little sob, and turned lun- f ice from him ; and he j caught her hau 1 and kisse I it, and in a moment more hud kisM'l her lips, and it was done. Whatever happened afterward. Max never could forget that blissful moment. She promised to "wait for him" forever, and was so suro of his coming fain tin: he grew i suro of it also; and but one thing more remaine 1 tin speaking to Mr. Alibi. That Max dreade 1. When Im did speak, that worthy geatle nan lis tened in amazement, and proe 'eded forthwith to browbeat him, as though lie had been in the wit no is-box. In the end he prove I to him that he was too poor to marry, and ended by as Hiiriug him that tin idea us out of the question. Poor Max, into w hose ideas of m i trimony the "leaving" of his wife, with or without money, did not e-iter, found no answer, mil wis pditeU bowed out. The climax cum iu an interview with Fiora, in which sin wep', bat de- fluted tint sin m ist ob.-v her fiitht 'iloit evening Hobo waited in vain for a word or ft whistle, anil the next, nml tho next, anil the next also. Max stayed at homo ami painto.l nothing ami smoked ami drank instead. In a week the statu of his mind was aoine thing terrible; ho was inoro than ready for any desperate de.'d, and he decided that, since ho could not share his life with Flora, lio would pot rid of it altogether. To this cad, ho went out in his slippers to a neighboring shop and bought a hook and a piece of dollies line. lie returned and locked the door and drew tlio t-iblo to tlio middle of the room and drove tlio hook into the cent iu beam carefully. Then bo male a slip-knot in tho rope, and arranged it to lit his throat. Then ho jumped down and found pen, ink and paper, and wrote a farewell note to 1'loraaiid I'liiiibed to the tab!o again, Itobu by this time considered it his duty to ascertain exactly what was go ing on. His master's face wore an ex pression of despair, and dogs can un derstand expression. Moreover, there was something very wrong about tho whole complication. !oho put both paws upon the table, turned his nose upward, opened his great yellow eyes to their full width and gave vent to a prolonged and woeful howl. Mix was ju-t iib.iut to kick away the chair when it struck his ear. Ho look.j 1 down. "Farewell, old dog," he said; "my only friend, farewell. You nro con stant ; you are true. You lovo me, I know. You will in ami me." And then it e mi into his mind that I! tlio wiilld h iv ; cans ) to mourn. That oi'ee mol e lie would he homeless, I'l ieiidless, kicked from every door, abused by children, b irke I at by well fed dogs, Hi-ralcliivl dy angry c its, and c irriod at 1 1st perhaps tu tho pound. To this he left his faithful dog, his last friend. "And, by leorge, I won't do it,'' s iid Max still o:i his porch with the I '"I"' admit his neck. "Von vo been I 11110 lo , liodo, and I'll bear my j misery rather than leavo you to siilVer. I ,! "!'' a great thing to die f(,r imy o:i". I'm going to d more for you; I'm going to livo for you. " And Mix unknotted the rope, jumped oil' the table, and tiling hiimelf down upon the lloor beside Hobo, who licked his face, and dane.'d in cesluey. That night 15 ido slept with his mas- j ter before the lire. S.uiutini'S Max roused from the feverish hil:'-sle"p iu which In: lost himself, and felt tho rough paws on hi.-: brea-d, and patted tin m. I?y d iw;i ho fell sound asleep, mi I never aw,ikeii"d until a ipiick, light rapping at his door startled him to the consciousness that it wis high noon. Ho start .'d to his feet and opeii-d tin; door. Witliout was Flora. "(ire it IIi.viv.mim !" cried Max. "You here!" And In; drew her in, forgetful of his rumpled hair and dis.ndjred cravat. "Oh Mix!" she cried, "it is so strange for me to emu , I know but I have su.-h good news. Of c nirse, I'm sorry Uncle Willi im is dead; but I never saw him iu my life, mi l he has lei't mo a foriuti , an 1 I am of ago to day; and, Mix, dirliiig, I i in v do m I please, and pupa says so. And, oh, Max -" Ami Mix took her in his arm i and kissed h r. Wh M-eupou IS bo, ijuitj sure that m atteis Ii nl reached a happy climax, leaped about in ce;!ie.'y. Whether M ix ever told Fiora how' In.- imiiiu to de alive on her arrival, iu- stead of hanging from tie; hook in th s ceiling, it is impossible for us to be ouite certain ; but one thing we do know, and that is, that, to the end of his days, no p t po idle, or glossy King (iharles or grae -fill greyhound was ever m ire t.Miderly eherished by in aster an I mistress than was grim, ill favored, il!-bre.l, faithful Itolio dy Max and his little wife. News. -New York .I.ipnin'sc l ea ding. A .laiiamse formil dinner begins with the presentation of a small 1 lemnr bowl of s mi) and li-di. Tin KilMll iM ,irm.i, lh.. iis!l eaten with chopsticks. Then come puree of cliest- nuts, salmi of wild fowl, boiled lily roots, stewed setweed, or sueli queer entrees. Then saki is drunk from thimble-si.ii cups with much cere mony. The serving girls, squatting on their heels about tin diners, servo tlnsiki. Then c.mio tiny raw fish, cakes of 1:1 in v kinds, tea an 1 rice. Smoking is admissible, even when la dies are present. The Si lllsll lli ule. Mr. Hoddick Now I know why I cant get good butter at (tilligan's. See his ndvertlsment : ll-ddiek (reading aloud) tiilligan kei is the best butter. Mis. ll-ddiek -I should think he'd iiuiKo inoro by selling it. The Stature of Mankind. Pr. Theodore (till, when nske.l dy the writer at tho Smithsonian whether ho was starteled dy Pro fosior DmitliVs ex ruination, ex pressed his opinion that man is now at the i no x i ii i ii m in the scale of health and stature. Various theories, he says, have been promulgated by iiiithroai! ogists trying to prove that man's pre historic; ancestors were races of giants and that tin.1 human race has been on tho decrease ever since; but he has no respect for such doctrines. As proof of this, lie says most of tho nueiiiit ar mour worn by tin b.-st physic il types of men many centuries ago is too small aud too short for the averag man of to-day. 1'rofossor W. .1. Mo! tee, the well known ethnologist, says t hat Am -rie ins need have no fear that any such con dition may re-ult from their nient d vigor. Wh n Herbert Spelic T visited this country he prophesied that our Nation would soon d 'velop into a stunted, unhealthy rac , in cans ! in their struggle f ir intellectual mid com mercial superiority our citiz mis were burning the can lie at both end.'.; but simv! this prophecy was undo the si i tistica have continued y air by year to prove lhat we arc the talb'st and the healthiest Nation on the globe. A d i c re iso iu in in's sl.ituro, tin I'rol'es ,or continued, would be brought about by improper iiuliiiio.i or neglect of exer cise. As an i x imple of the elV"cts of iiinitlicient fool, the Indian tribes which have existed for centuries iu our arid regions are much thinner and shorter iu stature than those whose fa tlnrs enjoyed the iibiiud mt game of the prairies, (iriatness of stature in dicitestho maximum of health mid strength. The Americans or rather the citizens of tin Unite I States, stand at the top of tin ladder, and the half starved dwarf races of Africa at the bottom. Huston Transcript. The Tommes of Kirn's. Although the form of tie; tongue of birds usually corresponds to the shape of the bill, there lire exceptions to this rule, as, for example, in the waders, kingfisher an I hoopoe, which, iu spite of their long bills, only pos sess small cartilaginous tongues. In the pelican, iud ed, the tongue is al together rudimentary. In most birds whose food consists of seeds, tin. tongue is dart or nwi shaped ; in others spatulate ; rarely veriii'foini or tubular. In some birds, such as tho owl, which swallow their prey entire, the tongue is broad and serves as a mere shovel. In the hedge sparrow, nuth ateh.wo id cock and others the tongue if bilid or tritid at its iqiex, while iu th.: liuiu niing birds tin tongue is split into two branches almost to its base, and is used for actually gripping the small insects on which these resplendent lit tle creatures subsist. In a family of parrots the tongue is provided at its apex with a brush of some 25 ) lo ') )il hair-like processes. In tho parrots, the tongue is thick and lleshy, devoid of horny birds or papilla', and is eveh suspected to possess sense organs of taste. It is interesting to note that the pnrrots.the form of whose tongues most clos .dy resembles that of man, 'ire able to imitate his language more clearly than any other birds. Kilclii'ii Inspection. livery dish used in a public restaur ant of 1'aris, either in the kitchen or for the table .'very pot, pan and uten sil iu tin bakeries, an I every beer faucet in the wineshop.' in stort, every thing used iu preparing or serving foods is under the care of mi iuspec'or. Tho law forbids tlio use of lead, zinc and galvanized iron iu tho luailufiic. turo of cooking vessels. It ord ts that all coper vessels be tinned mid kept in good condition. It directs that pottery which is covered with a glaze contain ing enough oxide of lead to yield to a feeble acid bj seized. It orders that tin cans never b.j soldered on tin in side, and that tho materials used iu manufacture be c informed to a certain standard. It is the inspector's busi ness to look after all thesi things. Groat restaurants employ a skilled tin ner regularly, and their utensils me always in order. In many little shops kept by women the coper vessels are the pride of the estiibiishmeiit. The Smart Itoy Was Sal Nihil. Teacher Yes, children, the Imirsol our bends are all numbered. Smart Hoy (pulling out a Inir and presenting it)- Well, what isthe num ber of this hau ? Teacher Number one, Johnny, and (pulling out severed more) these are numbers two, three, four, live aud-ix. Anything else yon want to know? Smart Hoy No -no, sir. So daintily is cabbige prepared ami served thes; davs in fashionable res- tr.n -.Hits that preju lien again it tho J vegetable is decreasing. t iiiij)Ki:n's column. THE NKW MOON. I'll" mi'i'ii ill lipr silver cradle iii.es Mii-kinK Imr way throintli the skies, Nelio lv sees wll.'ll till! I'llli.V lllllijlis, N.ir hears wlnai the baby cries. The i-t.ir, are her fair attendants, Anil ever a calm watch keep; She's u II. y cloud for her eiuiupy And tin- low winds hush her to sleep. I fin uld think the little immlilet V oiild tire ,,f rocking iu nir. And would loir; for a Hour to creep mi And s imp one to play with I. it there. And a blossom m pick to ph s, Aud a rattle in make a -nr, And seme one to tulk the moon language. And ing the moon s"iic to her. M.uiv A. .Mason in pnston Transcript. A n:iTi.iit Hiii-MiHiiir. "The most peculiar friendship I ever saw formed was one between n hawk end a roost said a traveler recently. "One d iv, when living on a farm in western Pennsylvania, I shot and wounded a hawk. When I picked up the bird I found that its wings were broken, but otherwise it was unin jured. My sister begged that the creature's life be spared, and the re quest was granted. Within a few days th - hawk Ii id become ipiite t ime and would come to us for its food w h u no called it. Tin; chickens were greatly frightened at its prcseiic filial kept ii j con.sideraiile fuss. This soon uoie oil', and iu ii short time its presence was taken as a mat ter of course. The bird was tied to a slake iu tile back yard, and the fowls would go several tine's a day to look at him. One i sief more courageous than the rest, concluded to gel in qiiiiiMted with the enemy. In some way they sue c 'i ded in comuiniiieatiiig together and establishing a duel of Iriciidship. They were constantly together, and after the hawk's wounds had healed and he was liberated he would spend a portion of each day with his friend, the rooster, paying no attention to the nth r chii k- in. J u sonic way lu must have told the other hawks that our H ick was under his especial c ire, for we were never trundled wjill them afterward, although b 'fore that we had lost a great many chickens." Atlanta ( 'on -titul ion. Tit:: i aii:-. of a hatch. Probably a number of boya aud girls who read this have got a watch. Now iu older to iiuike that watch keep as perfect time as possible it must be treated with the utmost regularity, that is, it must be wound up at'the suite time of day and when it is not in use must ho either laid down or hung up, for watches run dill'eivntly ac cording to the way in which they are placed. In watches having a double case, that over the watch glass should never ba left open. An at ti nt t ve ob sMver will Ii ml that if such a watch is left open even for one night the glass is covered with a thin lilm uf dint, which .till gradually enter tho works, even through the tiniest openings in the case, and thus cause disturbances. I'e iple should wind up their watches iu the im t n in, not only because they generally rise more regularly tlinii they go to rest, but also because a spring fully wound up will more read ily overcome the disturbances which nlVect the correct going of a watch during tho movement occasioned iu wearing it. Springs will not break so easily il tho watch is cirefully wound up, mid is not placd directly out ol the warm pocket, against a cold wall or on a still colder iieirble slab; and for that reason a protective mat is de sirable. A watch should do cleaned every two or, at most, every three years, if it is desired to preserve it. In time tin.' oil decomposes, gets mixed with the particles of dust which elder the works of even the best closing watch, beg ns to net as a grinding material and wears out the working parts. The best watch will Iu s in i led in this way, aud will never keep such good time ns before. It frequently happens that a watch requires cleaning iu less tinio than every t.to years, according as it closes badlv or is exposed to much dust and dirt. Any one buying the misfortune to drop his watch into water or any other liquid should take il at once to the watchmaker to have it taken to pieces mid cleaned, for a id lay of even an hour might spoil the watch forever. -Milwaukee Journal. i. a a nr Halo of Curious Shape. A strange sight iu Louisville the other evening was a lunar halo of pnri jus shape. 1 1 seemed as if tho moon were melting and spreading all over the sky. A great yellow band, fully as wide as the moon itself, extended adove and hung delow it. In tho center of this straight perpendicular band of glowing light the outlines of the three-quarters full lnooii could bo plainly seen. New Orleans Pienyuno. KMBLK TURTLKS. The United States Blcsrel With Forty Varieties. Tito S;vc;ies That Usually Ends in tlio Famous Soup. Edible turtles of the United States are discussed by a writer m the b in ne 1 II 'Vile Seieiitiliqite. He considers that the gourmets of this country me to be congratulated on the number of ali mentary reptiles lit their disposal. No less than forty varieties of edible tur tles mo know n to exist iu the United slates. The "i'iggerheud"is found upon the Atlantic coast from Virginia to I'liail. It is a giant that weighs from SOD to I, HUH pounds, (specially iu the Smith. The i ggs form an agreeiib'e dish, but the llesh is good only in the young individuals, since it becomes oily and acquires a musky taste in tin; ndnlt. So the animal is hardly utili.e.l cei p; for the oil, tiie appbeat ions of which, however, are limited by reason of its odor. It is the green tin th s that furnish tin greater purl of th" true turtle meat. Th -so lire t lie t ill t lis pa r ex cellence. Ii! the Atlantic they are met with from New York to Fiord i. Small at the Norih, they increase in si.'.e towards tin- South, passing from a weight of eight to fifteen and twenty pounds at Charleston to from twenty, to twenty-lite nt St. August ino, thirty-fit" at llaiilax li ver, titty ) shu nt Indian liiter :unl lillv to H'" at Key West. AtC ' lar K' VS spei'luu lis hate been found that Weighed I'i'MI, SIM) ami even 1,01)1) pounds. They feed upon algae especially, and osteiae particularly, but in cap tit it v are content with purslane. They olteii appro. ii'h the mouths of rivers, tt here t hey appear to enjoy t hem selves. From April to dune they repair to the shore iu or-b-r to deposit their eggs. The T'i'i-I ii'giis Islands, which are unin habited mi l which are visited only dy w reekel s and tin t le fishermen, nre one of their favorite haunts, dut any desert beach of tin c l ist is eqit illy good for their purpose. The female creeps Up oil the shore two or three t im s, excavates n hole, anil deposits therein from lOOtoli'l i eggs ( ibou? . It) during the season) and returns to nearly the same place (.very time, and, on each occasion, e "fi rs tin,' i g r-s with sand iu order to c uiee.il tin site of the liest. The sun doei the re.sl, hut the scabir.N de tour many of tho younger ones, w hich, as s ion as hatched, open a pas sageway to to the cxt"rior and betake thelns 'It i s to t he ocean. The llesh of this species is excellent, mid forms the principal ingredient of green turtle soup; and the iimiiti it" will tell ymi that tlnre is nothing so good as the "calipash," the ll-sh mixed w ith green fat that is found under th.; carapace. The yellowish "calipee" of the plastron is good, too, but the calipash is certainly better, either in soup or broiled. This incut is sold ill the lar.;e citiei, both in II fresh ami p a s- rved stale. Form mIv, the turtle was taken by liiealis of h ilpoolis of spears, but this process injured the aiiiin.il, and is now taken in nets or captured upon the beach. ( ' l'tiii u Ii -h Tin n prefer to dive mid t ike the mi i im ii by hau I, but when the reptile is powerful this is not accomplished without lonie dil lieulty. It is in Florida especially that this fishery is carried on. A1 Key West it is pursued all the year. At Cedar l"ys it is carried on, esp'eiiilly from May to October, with drittnets from seventy to olio hundred fathoms in length, thai are placed on the surface iu the vicinity of bands of turtle.-, which become entangled therein ami nre then taken without trouble. They are not all killed. If tin fishing is good, ninl from inn- to six a day a c taken pi r crew or d mt, some are put aside aud preserved in a living slate, iu a crawl or enelo-uie, at th" seaside, whence they are taken and killed lit th" proper moment. The snapping turtle ami alligator turtle are esteemed but the terrapin I I'seud' tilvs) are belter known, nml ligure alone w ith t he green turtle upon restaurant bills of fare. - New York World. Sitate Vs. Itiewle. Skates were tested against the bi cycle recently at Copenhagen. W. I Ion if, a Norwegian champion skater, w ho is also a bicyclist and won the 1 1) I -kilometre world's championship at Antwerp last August, raced against tin 1 biiiish champion, Sveiid Hansen, on a safely. At Till) metres the bicvcle won in oo a . " seconds, lleiiie making CI seconds. In a rac.i of live miles 1 nie won iu lii minutes :H seconds, but linns, u had broken Irs rear tire. A Vine fur I" very Home. A lady lately asked for the name of the "best all round vine." It is im possible to say which is the best with out knowing what is expected of the villi", whether it is intended to train over a slender frniiie or to cover a high fence; whether it is wauled fm its ilowers or simply for its foliage; whether an ii 1 1 ti u ii 1 or mi t vi'i'giei n is preferred. l'or all genera) purposes I know id nothing superior to the white i issii n vine, Constance l'.liiolt. Ii .ill lend itself to all uses, meekly trailing over a low frame or quickly moiinliug a wall if given anything iu the way ol support. If neglected it will crawl over the ground and bloom in appar ent content nt. If card for it will soon shade a large telalida. Seteral years ago my first tine, a tint scrap of a plant, small enough lo he covered with a pint can, was bought and planted out in the spring. Within a few months il covered a frame twelve feel high and fifteen wide, making a dense shade for a south porch. Tlu- i in - is hardy everywhere and an ever green except in very cold climates. It has one p, e.iliarily uppeeiati d by all hoiisi wive , and which makes it valua ble as a climber for t he porch - il ii lu ti I attacked by lint els of any kind. The greatest objection to most v s around the lnii-e i-. that Ihef hai'doi spiders, eaterpil us and other uis'et--. I hate olteii been odii'jed to lemoti pretty t im s on this account. lint m, a white p:.ssioii (lower shading our long southern ",;aller.i " for several years none of these troiibd-some pests rVi r appeared. The (lovvi r are large, eii atnt whit of beau'iliil form nil I delicate frag rance, appearing iu prolusion dni iug t he spring and summer. Like all robust growers it should hate a large space dy itself. No rose, iioshrud of iiiod-iu'e growth cm thrive in elo-e proximity to any strong glowing plant, w hied drinks the mois ture and ad-olds all the richness Iroin the soil. Hut for a place where there is plenty of "foot room" imlli'iig in tin way ol a hard;. Iloweriug climber .surpasses this passion vine. -Petroit Free I'r. s. IVe-i'iit Hut ol Voting." In th" Hritisli Huns- of Commons memdei s w hen present must vote on one sid ' the other. O.i ght last week some question w.n deToro the House on which Mr. 'h imd m lam the lei lcr of tin l.iberal-l mounts, did not want to take sides, cither with th : Liberal ( i iv M'umiMit forces or the Tory opposition. When a "division" vote is demanded t!m doors are closed and the in 'luders present must line up iu one lobby or the other. Mr. Cham berlain stayed a moment too long.an I when he trie I to go out the s-rgenttt-at-arms refused to nllow liiiii to pas--. I'he Liberal-Unionist I a I 'r w.n u tw in u pretty plight, but he bethought himself of a little clos t just back of the Speaker's chair. lie went there and locked liiins.'lf iu till the division was over. Tiie untiid rs w 'ic surprise (h i next day not to find his name in cither list, and o'i rai -ed a point ol order to discover why lie was omitted. Th" Spe iker inti'ii it I in guard 'd langua ;" that he kii '.t what had become of the inciudcr for ISirniiugh am, dut h de clared that it was too late to c ill him to in uut. Th" House roared, and Mr Chamberlain looke I unemn fort -able. Tiie story is li i t being told all over Ivighmd. Mr. C'l'imberiain will probably not wait so long next time. - Washington Pathfinder. Pi'nlil Sharing. The electric railway Company at ( ib lis Falls, N. Y., h is introduced an innovation in the method of paving some of its employes lor the coining tear. A premium stst.-n nsisling of a percentage of the returns made by each conductor, mid. m the case ol the motoruiau, a share ol lh" sit ings elVeetcd in ear repairs, are th princi pal features. The system will, the ollieers of the road hope, aid in the ellieiency of the service to (he public and at the same t ilti - t liable the em ployes to make a substantial addition to their wages in proportion to their faithfulness to their duties. -Atlanta ( 'oust it nt ion. I'll!' Si'ieiici' of War. Proprietor of Iron Works If I un derstand ymi correctly you wish to place an order for armor pla'e that no e union shot can pieice. We arc turn ing out that Kind of thing every tlav, and - " Agent of Foreign (ioveruinetit No, you misunderstand. I wish to know if you can luanufaet lire a cannon that can pierce any armor plate? Proprietor --Certainly, sir. Wo nre doing that kind of thing every (lav, Clrc'igo Tribune, A SI a inner Soii, Car r-nr In the Western seas i.ii 111 au island all silver and gold, Wh 're lullabies are sung by the brtoze A" it blow through the bou,dis of the bond ing trees; Where none is weary and imn' gr"vs obi. And w hile to my bosom my child I fold - (Mose tli'ne eves, uiv babe, and we Together will lloat mi that We-teni sea. far o'er tin- mi king billows we'll suit, Till we e ni;e to that wondrous shining land, Win-re the children play on the golden sand And mi many a hilltop and II wry dale. Tin' (,-iiies dunce till Hie ne. en grows pal"; There w" will wander, lout I in hand CI"S" tliiiix eves, mj bills', and W" Tegetherllia: marvelous laud will see. iioldcn In ad pillowed on mother's breast, Closed ar" tlieeycli Is o'er weary I'tes; While front Hie world th" daylight dies, Svv 'etb my l ain-hat gone o rest . i"in' wln'1" no evil nor fear can unlest. (i"ii" where til" islands of dramis ari-". Far away o'er the drrnvsy sea Sleep. III! child. While 1 sj; g ),, ),.,.. I.ti ui ss .M tt N.Mii', iu boston C'lnrmn weallli. Ill MOKOl'S. Knds in a strike A match. A fool's eyes are iilwuv being put out. 'The mini ti ho tvi-nt" " t were better far we had not met" must hate left a creditor. Wow-cr What do yon think of home rule? liowser -- Pown on it. I'm married. "Mult," Muffed the boarder, "can you give Me a word to rhyme with ca-.li?" The landlady s'l-ilhig im-wereil him : "Suppose, sir. toil trt iiash.i' Money would be inure enjoyable if il took pe, 'pleas long to speii I it as it. does to earn it. Mother Have an ambition wmlliv of you, uiv boy. Jack Oh, never fear, mother ! she is-. "How does Fannie stand iu her classes? Well?'' Flossie Oh, no; jmt iittful pigeon-toed. '.Man wants but lull" here below." X 'W I'm inclined to doiibt it : II" eels ,( linle ; wants a pile, And ha- to d" wilheiil it. doling Pentist Have you any op eruting chairs for children? Dealer No; they arc all for groan persona. It is nonsense to say a iiiau is in clined to be bald. When a man is be coming bald it is quite against his iu elinat ion, Ftery time a man is in need of as sistance he realizes that lie has been making som. aw fully poor investment iu friendship. That tislt - Ii. ii 1.1 li - iu water Mo-t pi" un.l"rst:ind, let, truth t" tell, th" mortgage shark J)"th thrive the best on land. Observing, Shark- There goes a maiiovcidoaid. Philanthropic Shark -Poor Fellow ! We'll have to eat him or he'll drown. Teacher - Suppose you had SSI), and gave $2') away, how would you use r tain how many you had left? Hright Hoy I'd Count them. "Was old Henvyfoot pleased with his daughter's select ion of a husband?" "Oh, yes; In kn-tv he would have something to doo! in the bargain." Man may marry for i iiomy Sii lh ' daiiisel of to.lny I- I- s- expeii-lve lis :i wil" Th in as it Dun "Don't ymi have a great deal of trouble getting a seat m the street car.-?" Plunk Never. "How do you manage?" Plunk Always stand up. "What fur is this," asked u teacher in one of the schools of a class of ju veniles, us she held up a mull'. "That is fur to keep the hands warm, "replied the boy. Mrs. Miilhooly An' phwat is ymir daughter doiii' now, Mrs. Muleahey? Mrs. Muleahey t h, she's taken up the hoiisokcepin' fad, an' is livin' out at sarviee. It talcs a woman to knew w mian's wants; Thi- i- a I i -t lhat e cmot be denied. Yet one more f,.. o,ir olisi'rvalion ha ints 11 is by man they're usually supplied. Johnny It's just like a woman. Mamma What's wrong now ? Johnny Well, teacher told me not to speak out loud, and then kept me iu for tt hispering. Ph'.l Would you be sorry to hear that I am going to marry Ftliel? Priscilla-Ves, indeed I should. Phil (hopefully) - Why? Priscilla Hpcauso I like El del. Tiie brand new wont in. who surety is here. May I"' all light in lcr sell imposed sphere, H it tli" s.-ni" "I I woman, who shrieks nt n nioiis". Will eoniinii", as ever tho Ihvu nf th" hutisn. Ms iii mu You never see Toir.tny Jones playing about tho trolley car tracks or running before tho cars. Teddy 'Tain't no fun for him. Mam ma -Why isn't it? Teddy His mam ma never said he mustn't. The livery men of (Iriiud Island, Neb., estimate that their biisinesn has fallen off 7,HU annually within the lust two years on account of bicycles.