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VOL. XVII.
PlTTSBOUO CHATHAM CO., N. 0., MAY I (J, 1895.
NO. 38.
We're In It.
No matter whnt tlio cynics say
Wo'ro lu it!
Tlio sun seems brighter every day,
Tho rivers rlpplo on tlio way
Ami mpro sweet roses moot tlio May
Kiteh minute !
No mutter how tlio pools sing
. rt'o'ro In It !
A hrlghtor liuo tlio rainbows fling
Ami lovelier fruits tlio f t'liatiiis bring,
Wliilo sweeter fur tlio songbirds King
Eneh minute!
No nmttor who inuy conio or go
We're lu It!
And skies may smile or tempests lilie.v,
And Kt ill wo hope, mid still e know
Tlio good Lord guides this world below
Kaeh minute !
Constitution.
TWO BROTHERS.
"Wliow!" cried Ambrose Loroy,
with his morning's newspaper in his
llllllll.
His wife glanced up, and saw that
Lis face wore a ilurk und troubled ex
pression. "What is it?" she nuked.
"Itond that," suid Ambrose, bund
ing her tlio paper, with liin tlituub
upon tlio item.
Sho took tlio paper utid ro:ul in fol
lows :
"One old-timo friend nud former
fellow-tow nsniuii, Thomas Loroy was
0110 of the passengers on tlio wricked
Blnp Dioinud. As many of our renders
are aware, ho lnul been spending sev
eral mouths in Culu,und,Hs we undcr
litiinl, was on his way to remain with
us. His worldly effects are, unfortu
nately ut tlio bottom of the Ken; but
wo havo Biillieieiit eauso of gratitude
that his life lias been npareil ; an I wo
doubt not that ho will bo welcomed
homo in his poverty fully as warmly
as ho could h ivo b.;eii ha I ho eomo
back to us with overflowing uolV.rs. "
"Poor Tom !" t-nid tlio wife, when
she had read.
"Poor enough!" echoed her hits
band. "Ho must not think ho cm lie
down on me. Ho may havo lost some
thin;; by tho wreck, but I d eubt if it
was much. It isn't in him- and never
was- and ho must not think ho etui turn
thin misfortune of wreck into r. for
tiiuo of bunging upou me."
Tho wifo tuado no reply. Sho may
havo thought Hint her husband was
unnecessarily harsh, but sho cared not
to contradict him. Ho h:id great bu
siness cares.und was impatient of re
proof. Iu uuotlier part of tho enine tow n,
on this self-malo morning, Benjamin
Leroy sat at his breakfast, mid ho nine
hud his morning's paper.
Let mo say hero that Ambrose and
Benjamin were brothers, and that tho
Thomas, of whom mention lias boon
made, was their cousin, being tho sou
of that C.iptniii Tom Leroy who had
lost his life years before on tho coast
in trying to wive tin; crew of a wrecked
brig. Auibrosj Loroy was it merchant,
nnii held up his lien I in sojiety. Ben
jamin Leroy was a carpenter, and ho
worked nt building homes. When Am
brose was fore jd to spe ik of his broth
er's culling ho spoke of him as a "M:u
ter P.uilder."
"Hullo!" cried Ben with a Mart.
"Dloss me! Why Cousin Tom was
aboard tho 1ioiiicd !"
'Cousin Tom?" echoed his wife.
"Yes Here it is "Thomas Luroy'
'our former fellow-townsiuau.' You
know ho wrote that ho should prolm
lyeoin.' homo tliissiiminer. Poor Tom !
Hard Luck seeimto follow him w here
over ho goes!"
"Hut," unxioudy urged tho wifo
"ho is unliarined?''
"Thank God! Y s. Dear old fellow !
It is hard, His ye irs of toil iu that
West J ii I in climate all throw awuv.
Everything ho hud is at tha bottom of
tho ocean. "
"Can't you liud Houiething for him
to do Hcimy? '
"We'll liud him a h.ciu.', never fear,
Molly ; and if ho can drive, a nail, or
shove u plane, I'll lind him worl'. 1
know ho lui be mi u thriftless dog ;
but its been more hisntisi rtuiio th in
his sin. His heart is iu th j right place,
and I don't believe ho ever willingly
wronged a human being. "We'll liud
him a nest somehow, won't we?"
"Of course wo will."
Ami they finished their breakfast
with a relish.
Just at tho close of that day n man
rang tho bell at tho door of Ambrose
Loroy. Ho was a hard looking way
farer his garments s lile lainl ragged,
and his stop wearied. A servint an
swered tho summons and tlio up die tut
was piremtorily sent around to tho
back door, where, after a tim , tho
master of tho hou-,0 unite 1 upon him.
"Well, Ambrose- hero I mn, under
n clou. I. "
" Thomas !"
"This isull that the htorm and w reck
have left of me. I look tough, don't
1?"
Ambrose Leroy was shocked, lint
ho could do uo less than invito his
cousin in out of tho evening air, though
ho did it with n grimace.
"I beard of your luishnp, Thomas,
I read it iu tho paper this morning. I
trust you havo suffered 110 bodily in
jury." "Not a bit, old fellow."
"Then you will find work enough, I
presume. Aro you hungry?"
VI hnvo had no supper."
"My cook will give you nonie. You
must cxeuso me, 1 am engaged."
"Say, Am," cried tho castaway, as
his cousin turned todepnrt, "can't you
Hud something for 1110 to do?"
Ambrose nliut his hands liko one
who is taking' tho bull by tho horns.
"No, Thomas, 1 cannot. Our lines
lire oust in different places. You can
rest hero for the night, and if you
need money for proving emergency 1
shall not refuse you ; but 1 may us
well inform you thatl cannot give you
n home."
"All light, old fellow. Small favors
thankfully received. I'll be right sido
up iu a few days."
Ambrose directed his cook to give
tho man food, mid to show him to a
bed when ho wished to retire; and
then he left. Hut the wayfarer ill I not
stop to test the viands of hiu cousin's
larder.
licnj'imiu Loroy mid family had
just sat down to the tea-table when 11
peal of the door-bell called Molly from
her chair. Sho kept no servant, and
she thought who could answer tho sum
mons better in 111.1 gathering gloom
than could her little daughter.
liciijumiii heard the voice of his
wifo iu the tones of gla 1 surprise, ami
he eturt. d up from the tuUl.-.ii'ul went
o it into the hull.
"Whnt Tom, old fellow ! -is it
you?"
"Aye, lien, it's what there is left of
me."
"You're safe and Hound?"
' 'Sound us a nut. "
"And you're just iu time.too. Come
nud eat, anil we'll do th.! talking after
ward." And ho dragged To 11 inlo t!i ! sup
per room; and when ho had viewed
him iu tho light h.i exel liminl :
"Uless me, old chap! you're look
ing in h 'arty ns 11 biuk u little
drugged bu' we'll sooa smotlie that
out. Z muds! wh mi I read, this morn
ing, that you were 011 bo ird the U io
nic I, it gave Moll y nud m : a start ; but
when wo knew you were sale it was all
right."
An 1 Tom sit down to the well-tilled
hoard, with 15. Mi's warm pressure thrill
ing upo:i his hand, nud tho bisterly
kis-iol' Molly still noon his lips, nud
ho was ut home.
Later iu tho eveuin al'ier tho chil
dren had been put to bed, and after
Tom had donned 11 pair of Den's slip
pers, and one of IJ mi's easy coats, they
s it nud talked. Tom told of tlio storm
and tho wreck nud ho also told of ad
ventures which had b. fallen him in
Culm, where ho had bjeu spending
tscvernl years in setting up and run
ning steam engine upon large sugar
pi iiitu'ious. Filially he asked I!, u of
his own business. How was tho world
using him?"
"it's nil right, old !' How, "was lien's
cherry response. "I unit doing so well
assome, but I am uhowh card, uml 1
have faith in myself. At all even ts, 1
li ive a goo I horn.) a g co I wifo and
room ul my b card for a friend. So
make yours; If easy, my bov.uud dream
pleasant dream i.
Tom 11111 to further inquiries, nud
at length it cam 1 011! thai Hen just ut
the present was deb invd from agraud
lot of fortuuj for the wuit of money.
"Why, hero it i," mid h w h mi
uressed for a i ex'ilan tiio:i : You ro-
liiember Iho old ! d vii in fanii? Well,
tho railroad are going to put up a d
pot there and 111 ike ,1 re nihtr idution :
for all the aeeoiii'ii cdatioa train. I '
h ivetlio eoalr iLM forth ; building. Tii j
Pidknap heirs will sell lor fort,- j
t'loii.an l dollars and of their f t.'iu of j
of almost t.v him livl aeres ln'l a j
hundred acres liehin ly t c t ho road, !
and tho land is simply ma ;iiifnvnt for j
residence . The thing is not gem-rally I
known, lint f -w know yet that the!
depot i a settled f iet. Ititiuy tiriu !
conviction that within Hire-' yeM-s
that piece of property will bo worth
two hundred thousand dollars'" !
"(licod!" cried Tom. "We'll go out
early to-morrow morning nud look '
that thing over, and if it promises as '
you say we'll buy it."
"Buy it ?"
"Ave, Ujii we'll buy it, and you
and 1 will ;;o into partnership. Lot
mo tell you, myd ar fellow, that 1
ain't quit-.? dead broke. 1 haven't been
at work tin s? live years for nothing.
My engineering has paid. At this mo
ment I own half of three of the largest
and b -st sugar plantations in Cardenas,
mid 111 y name in N'ew York will be
worth n slightly larger sum than will
be required to purchase the lSolkuup
estate. Yon see, as I eouldut'tuko my
plantations with me, they didn't go
down with my chest."
lieu Leroy was iu a ntuto bordering
on bewilderment diiringitho rest of
tho evening. On tho folhowiug morn
ing ho and Tom wont fortJi nud looked
over tho Belknap farm, anil before
night they hnd taken a Loud for u
deed.
In Bun's best suit of clothes Tom
went to New York, and iu forty eight
hours ho wus buck with fifty thousand
dollars.
And Tom Leroy would have it that
the deed of tho Belknap estnto should
be m ule to Ben and himself lis equal
purchasers mid owners.
Pj:i Li-i'oy had not ben mistaken
iu his calculations touching tho possi
bilities of that hunl. Ho put 011 big
gangs of workmen, and tho houses
were sold in fast us built, and Tom nud
iieli became the fathers of a new nud
thriving community, and tho heavy
builder nud landowner tho man who
gave hoiiij! to hundreds of his fellow.
rose iu tho grnml scute of public es
timation far, far above tho plodding,
grasping trader who had shrunk from
the society of tho castaway. Now
Y01 k News.
Bat (end Wrecks In Liiglantl's Me
tropolis, The "Donna," iu London, has been
called "iho table d'hote of tho unem
ployed." ll Ins been enabled to go
on through another hard winter, sell
ing to any man who can produce a half
penny, a bowl of soup or a slice of
nourishing butler pudding. Last year
at a tim .! of terrible distress nimui-;
the poor, free tickets worn is
sued, and a large piece of bread was
added gratis to each dinner, US long
us the supply heldollt.
"I do bo very thankful for this
lump o' bread," said one man.
"How long will this extra bread go
on?" asked 11 week old treat lire. "A
month do you sny? Ah, Ihopo it may,
mid then iinotlu r may tako my place.
I shan't bo here. "
At the Night Hefiigootie old man on
crutches was helped insido tho door
before his micro stalwart companion:).
"I'm on the rocks" said he. "It's
live years since I've done any regular
work. 1 mi.s'ht be Cuin, for all the
friends I have; though I tuko it ha
wus b. tii r oil' in some ways, having
wife, chi lilreii ami ossehsions, while
I've nolle. "
"And what would you do with 'cm
here?" asked a gruff voice.
The old man's !ips trembled,
"They're nil gone to 11 helter laud,"
said he, "but, mate, I'm lonely, lone
ly?" The grulV voiced man laid a hund
tin his shoulder.
"We're in the same bout, and stuck
on the same rocks. I take it," ho re
plied. "My missus died four years
ii!;o, and I buried my heart when I
buried her and the little 'nil with her
As I give her the last kiss, 1 felt Iroze
as cold ns her, and 1 came home it
wasn't homo any long longer and
sold oil' every stick ; and I've tramped
it since. I'm j ist a breathiu' bit o'
marble.
"(iod help us nil," groaned another
old man; "to think that, iu this free
uml Christian land, wo should have
nowhere to put our bends tonight ! It
s: likes 1110 there's 11 fresh dividing of
pillows needed; some with so many
mid others with none. It don't seem
hardly fair!" Longman's Magazine,
ISriilge of Novel Dc.dgn.
The new bridge at Yau Biiren stroet,
over tho Chicago lliver, us tho great
u-ii hewer that runs through the
Windy City is called, is something of
a curiosity iu hridgo building. Tho
strueluro is variously termed 11 rolling
lilt uml a rocking bascule. The bridge
in divided in the middle, nud each
MCiiou is form d ut th ' i-horo end in
the shape of 11 huge rocker that rests
111.011 the abutments lu opening,
each section turns back upon its rock
ers, raising tho adjacent ends of the
sections at tho middle. Electric power
is used nud compressed uir brakes art?
nutiiiintieully set by tho cessation of
the current. It is nsserted that this
device insures absolute safety. When
the bridge is open tho freeway iu tho
the river is let) feet in width. The
rolling lift bridge is tho first of the
kind iu this country. It marks a
jreat departure in bridge construc
tion. New York Telegram.
Dog I'arniinir.
Dog farming is curried on extensive
Iv iu Chinn. There are thousands of
large breeding establishments hCatter
cd over the northorn districts of Man
churia nud Mongolia, mid 110 doe,
skins iu the world can compare with
those 'hut come from these parts its
rcgan's cither size, quality or length
ul lini -. Detroit Free Frets.
IHlLlUtEN'S I'OUMX.
A I'llETTV SIOIIT TO SEE.
In tlio fiirly evening
Tlio toys aro put uway,
And tlio bullies coino together
Their sweet "ffuod-uiglit" to sny.
Uno to mother clinifitiK,
Two 011 father's lumo;
O ! the curls and dimples
Are 11 pretty sight to see.
In their dainty nightgown ;
With their "foutsii's" hare,
barely pinkest roseluut
Never was nmro fair ;
Kv-ry pose so erneeful,
livery motion free;
() ! there's 1111 denying
ll's 11 pretty sight to see.
After many kisses
Tlio last 'good-iiiglit" is ai.I,
And then, the litt'.e darlings
lo trooping olT to Iced.
And when upon the pillow 1
They fuddle down all three,
U ! my sleepy I nl iti-s
Are a pretty sight 10 son.
I let roll free I'nv
A VKIIY PKlTI.I.Mt MTK.
A balloon 111 iker who us -n kites in
i xperiiu-'iitin ; has m ule 11 kite which,
upon being tossed into tho nir, will
send 11 way ex ictiy like a bird. It will
fa'l if a string is utt ich- d to it.
Anybody enn pinke this kite if he
will bear in min I the appearance of a
bird iu the nir. It consists of 11 win
like main part, nud 11 pu Idle-like tail.
Jt may be of any si;;e. The wings
cdiould be liko two-r:;;iit-aiiglei tri
jinglcs, connected at the base, only the
paper must bo curved outward beyond
tho hypot.Miuse. lu ie'i tho snm ! us a
bird's wing is curved. About half the
length of 0110 wing from this main
portion, 11 light, llexible piec :of woo l
should hold the tail u paper paddle
of the urea of one of tho wings.
Make each wing wit ha little convex
ity from Hi) under side, ut.d don't
attempt to lly it with a Hiring, Tien
Hiring to the leg of a frighten. -d bird;
it will lly to the end of it, llutter 11
moment mil fall to the ground. This
kite will do the same.
A bird cnuiiot lly backward, neither
can this type of kite. It will go with
the wind, nud for tho siiino reason that
u bird goes forward.
The tendency of the b;eez , which
will lirst strike the tail, will lu to
throw the kite down, but us the tail
goo down it elevates the wing posi
tion. The instant the wings begin to
rise to a perpendicular pn. itiou to tho
wind current, it presents 11 broader
Ktiri'aej to tho bree.e, an 1 is, of
coins', pushed forward. Bv this tin
diilatory snake-like wavering, it semis
onward and upward. This movement
may be seen iu any fluttering llu on
u bretzy day. Indeed, th.:. discovery
was made by oliserving the ninliihitory
motion of a (lag on a must. - Atlantic
Journal.
i'VtiMii:s.
Thetlreek word, pygnic, moans a
men lire from the elbow to the hand.
The py guiies were a fabu!. u-. race of
dwarfs about whom many interesting
liberies have been told. According to
Homer, they were so very small tliut
they were attacked every year by the
cranes on the coast of Oeeiiuus mi l
were unable to defend themselves.
Writers of a Inter date locate the
pygmies at the mouth of the Nile. We
also rend of northern pygmies inhab
iting the regiouof Thille.and of others
t hul lived iu subterranean tl ivellings on
t li;; eastern sido of tile (i ing s. It is
said that one, when Ilercubs visited
the country inh ibited by these little
creature, two whole pygiu v armies at
tacked him w bib- ho was i: It op ; one
nrniy fell upon his right and the other
upon his left, but the hern easily and
quickly rolled thei.i up in his lion's
skin.
They were not it seems, nt ul! ufruid
of Her. ule, for by the help oi u lad
dor they cliinbo I up his d inking cup
mid help I them -Ive to its contents.
Aris'.otle siiys : "The pygmies were
prohubiy some diminutive race iu
I'pper Kjypt, w'i 1 10 lo wry email
horse and lived in caves." He di.l
did not believe that th-.; stones told
about them were altoget her fabulous.
Jt lia.iolteli been declared t hat t here
ure pygmy races of human beiui's iu
the heart of Allien. Indeed Dll Chail
bi. some time ago di-c everod 11 pygmy
race in the luoiiiibmioit country 011
the .ast of the south. 111 great ranch ot
the Ogobni. They are about four and
one-hull foet iu h ighf and are called
Orbongiis. "I'liev live ill the mi.lsl
of A t r iu 111 tril -s of urdiniry size,"
kuvs D11 C'i ulln, "an 1 there is noth
ing remarkable aboit them except
th i'- diminutive size." New York
II crd.
M tyi r Schiercii, of Brooklyn, has
expressed himself emphatically tp
pus d to the city doing its own elee
trie ligi 1 II says municipal own
ership and operati.e 1 havo m iie.avlv
i t ry c iso proved u failure.
DAI) ROADS A BAXi:
They Aro an Enormous Drain on
Our Resource'.
Valuo or Improved Highways
To a Farming Community.
Colonel Francis Vinton (ireene bus
recently delivered an address oil the
subject of good roads in the Jiutter-lii.-Id
Practical Course at Union Col
lege, lu the course of his remarks ho
showed 1 Lilt while l-is iuchusetts iiuiiu
nlly expend ifliii a mile on roads out
side of cities, New Jersey and
Now York 8b, the uvcrngo expendi
ture iu the other states is luil'di less.
If it i only .IS a mile, this means a
total annual expenditure through cut
tho country of S-'c.oO 1,(10 I, and much
the larger put of this vast Mini is lit
erally thrown away 011 roads that aro
not only the euineof vexation und dis
comfort to those who drive ovt r them,
but that elitail actual loss upou those
who are compelled to eirry their
goods over th .'iu to the market or to
the railway stations.
Tho enormous drain mad" by bad
roads on our resources was est iinate-'.
by Colonel ( ireene, und his ligiiri s
will not be double I by any one who
bus paid any attention t-c tho subject.
He said: "It has been proved, not
only by mechanical experiment but by
lictllii! test, that the same force which
draws one ton on a muddy earth road
w ill draw four tons mi a hard Maea lam
road. On tim improved r cads of New
Jersey load of four to live tons are
habitually drawn Icy 11 tv.o-horse teiiin.
This cll'ects a saving of fully three
fourths of the cost of hauling to tho
tulion, and reduces the cost of road
trump ulation from I cents to 7
e-Mits p -r ton per mile. Whit this
saving anion its t may be imagined
when it is known that the New Y'ork
Central Kiilrol carries nearly o.l.O.M,
l)i Ml tons of way freight i-a :i year. If
this is hauled only two miles by road,
lo or from tho station, and a saving of
'2"J i cents per ton per mile could be
I'tl'ected, it would menu 11 total saving
of ??!),limi,lli)l). "
In other words, tho question of
roads iu many of our agricultural
Miiimunit ies is 11 question of funning
at 11 loss or at a pmlit. And there is
not a community or town iu the
thickly hcttled part 1 of the country
that cannot provide itself with thor
oughly good highways by anticipat
ing its road taxes for lifleeii or twenty
years. Money borrowed on til'teeii or
twenty year bonds, to be paid oil'
from tho annual road taxes, would be
siillieicnt for the work iu each local
ity, while the expenditure weii'd in
volve little, if any, iucii 11-..1I taxation.
Tho plan that is hero suggested has
been tried in towns near New York,
and it is noticeable that every good
piece of road that has been con
structed in these communities in
creases the sentiment iu favor of
spending money in this way. Har
per's Weekly.
raster Steamship.
A Loudon magazine ha been inter
viewing the principal builders of fast
steam-diips 111 this country on the
point made by Cy Wurman iu a recent
article to the ell'ect that the next dec
ade cannot possibly match the increase
iu ocean speetl recorded iu the past
ten years. Sir Thomas Sutherland
says: "For the moment w e appear, in
the Lucania an I Campania, we have
reached the limits of sen-going speed
on long voyages. But the telideii -y is
t cwnrds larger ships nud 11 Li -1 1 -1-speed
where such vast passenger t rul'ie
is concerned, and new 111 ilerials or
new applications of existing appli
ance i may com : in to solve th; prob
lem, which appear extlt 111 -ly dilli
cu!t in the 1111 ant ime, beeau-.e the only
eolation of faster ships is bigger .-h i
and bigger ma 'hiu-ery, mi l this in
th present ciudit iou of thin ; ni ' ins
larger and deeper p ill and docks, as
they have almost rea died the limits of
existing ucc.itnoiodatiou in this re
spect. "
Yarrow and Co. b lieve the limit in
size has Icon nlmot readied lor the
present. They say : "Th-- direction
iu which improvements in Hie immedi
ate future are likely to be ma le is m
increased revolut io is of the engines,
l-y which lighter 111 1 -hineiy will do.
velop equal powers ; by the adoption
of lighter und slnui ;er miterial-,
thereby saving weight, an I by tin- in
troduction of th" water tube in Hie
place of the or limiry in u ine boilers.
All these points tend to reduce weight,
and c ineqil ':.t!y speed is iuerea ;.-d.
But how far thicin b'cirried ,,ul b
is impossible to fortel I. "
Tiioiuvei-ofl - Co. sa-.v: "S.,m-- re
duction will no iloul'l be see on , jsl -,
us hi do r s'e 1 a pressiu- . w it t ul, .
vol! iiom.l ' iprove.l in ttei iai are ri '
troduci-d ; but. the prie.) 'which has to
, be paid for 1111 increase in speed above
' thai ut which the passage is now made
is almost prohibitive. " S in Francisco
j K.xamiiier.
I Speed of Wihl Ducks anil Coi-se.
Of nil the migratory birds tho Am r
ic.ilis wild pigeon nud black duck are
well up towards the front us regards
Ion ' nud ranid llight. The speetl of
' the pigeons can only be estimate 1, but
I that of the ducks call be established
j by observation. Some yvnls a ;o tho
! writer and u it-ieiitilic friend measured
I oil' on the shore of 11 large western
J ri. r 11 line exactly three miles long,
I and each took a station at opposite
'' end. of the I. lie. The object WHS to
I note, by means of preconcerted Mg
! mils, the time 11 Hock of wild ducks
look iu passing up or down the river
near the stations.
During Hirer hours on the morning
of it bright October d iy, observations
Were noted of the limes of pi s-ilig the
stations of nine dllli i-elit Hooks. I'poli
comparing watches it was found that
the average liine was two minutes and
forty-two seceoiid , thus allowing the
speed per hour to b j .si xl v : i and I wo
tiiiids miles, or one mile iu liuy-loiir
seeoiids. As showing how uniform
was their llight a dill' ivne ..- w.-n found
of only live secoii Is bt lw i ll tile
gr. ab-d und the least intervals of lime.
As nuni'Moiis llocl.s of wild g. t-so
were dully living- in tho s:.ni nei"h
borh'io I observations were ul-o taken
to te t their hourly speed. Two p illils
tweiily-niii" and one-third miles apart
Wele si leeletl, both of which Were con
nect. by telegraph. We Ml"oeeded
id -iitifyiug four out of sewn Hocks
which pa ,se I over loth places
during; the four days we were on the
watch. The 1 111 hourly speed was
f nind to be a ftu'tiou ov.-r lii'ty-foui
inilec. The wild g te In been long
supposed to hi: the swiftest of all wntet
fowl, but this experiment shows that
lie is far behind the wild du -k.
A I! iloiihlahle Hear Milliter.
Frank Smith of Cu'nberluii I Bay,
(lilei ns County, New Brunswick, wir
cruiMn r in Hi! wood on March 7.
He came upon what, he supposed to
be a spring, judging from tho appeal
unco of tho snow. 15 dug thereby he
decid -d on digging away the snow.
With his jack knife he cut a young
sapling, intending to try the depth of
the snow, but to his great surprise lie
disturb -d a large bear, which ut oiicj
showed light.
Owing to the deep .-now, 1111 1 being
on eiiowshoes, h ' ha I the ii.lv nila-'t
of his adversary, which al'ier a tierc
encounter he .-uece.-de I in killing.
Alter taking breath he began be in- j
vest igntc tin- bear's winter q I irt -rs, j
when lii and la-hold, to h;s further j
ains'eeieht, he aroused two mure hi-
bernutorof rutin r smaller dim -n-.ioiis,
yet lacking none of the former's fe
rocity. Now he had 11 double header to con
tend with, but al'ier a siv.ige en
counter he succeeded iu killing the !
other two which formed the trio. This
vo-.itig man is of s nil.' of the still) j
of which heroes are male. Truro
vNovn Scotia) Tim 's.
lTC!tcil Icy (iic ShcrilT's Dog
Bill, 11 shepherd dog belonging to
Shcrili' Sherry, executed a but at
M illicit- that was woii.l rful. A cupl
of vagi'iilits iu jul bio,e away as a
crowd was being, taken to the work- !
house. Sherry ran utter on t.f the
men, Using his revolver, but without
elVeet, 1111 1 the man t p d. Th
oilier was riirprisid when a p dice
man marched the tdh M' one luc'; soon
aftcl war I. I'ue d : had s.-eii
master i lia lie of t bo ne 11 an 1 he
took afbr the other, wh.tnu in an
opposite dir.c:ion. In the I'.uirt
House yard the .he jui..e I ut the
man's liiroit, lina 1 1 v s 1 1 m hi i ti rih
ill the prisoner's coal nud v. -I e. i..r,
pulling him down mi l holding h;m.
A elowil ran to the 111:1 Vs re-cue,
thinking a mud do:; had 1 1 1 1 1 . I 1 1 a
policeman ivon ;lll.e, Ibli n li.l took
the runaway buck to ji'l. Bill wil
have a collar pi es ul. ,1 to him in
scribed w it h all ace i mt ot hi - t x gloit
Bosi ' Kuovt.
The other tiny at the Teachers' As
soeiilti.'U a cla -s oi children, .ago.
Iioiii 5 lo '.I year, were giving an e
t rcise iu phonic-. Tu te ic'.i r ha I
received correct auwvr : to do ig'ip
I lolls she h id given of trees, tin nN,
etc., and th ll thought she would de
scribe a brook.
"What do we liud t'liiiniug thrmi ;'i
h" w cod', moving ml Mill v on the
:roiuid, with b ll little n use?"
For a Ion ; ton th" lil.le o'n were
jili'l. und th ai a Mile hand was
.'uiM-d.
"We!, B sue, whit i t lie ais.ver? '
h t" eiier ipiesllolied smilingly.
' I'r linns" piped oil , th lit 1 1 , :.,
N vurl. 'N. J.) Advertiser.
Speak, I I'ray Yon, Swc tin ai r.
IJpeitk, f pr.iy you, sweetheart ho your
it:isw'"r y.-s or im,
J!i l tin-sparkling gleams of love light from
my dreaming pathway go.
Or ope Hie gates of lovclii!ld- -lot hoping shed
its light
L' t the glow ..f sweet iilToctkm tin uiy hciirt
its Mossing write?
Speak, I pray you, sweetheart -shall my soul
forg.-t the pain
That doubt, in darksome brooding, u Us
anxious ljjis lias lain?
K'ng men song of welcome, and let its swet
lies.-. How
A gracious hcnoilii'tiou -speak, I pray you,
Yes or liu!
Kpeak, 1 pray y.ui, sweetheart must this
vision pass uway, '
.Shall tho rays of dear ciiit"iitiu'iit lose tli.'lit-
N-lves in gloom, or s'ny?
Will you have mo linger, sweetheart, or to
grieving g"?
Speak the w'.'rd, I pray you dearest - speak,
I pray you, ye. or no !
Atlanta Constitution.
ill MOKbTS.
Hard to beat A wet carpet.
Ladies, you can find the best jam U
town at the bargain count, rs.
Paradoxical us it iu iy scorn, the
minor, to bo successful, must dig in
vein.
As soon as you convince a man that
In: is a genius he begins to neglect hit
creditors.
Most people's lives are spent in gol
fing what they don't want nud want
ing w hat they don't get.
Bibies are described us coupons ut
Inched to tho bouds of matrimony;
but no paper gives n prize for collect
ing them.
A schoolboy iik.-d to define the
wind "sob" whispered out : "it lueuns
when a feller don't want to cry und it
bursts out itself."
A inaii may think he ndoies b
woman, hul his love is put to a terrible-train
when she nsks him to button
her shoes with u hairpin.
"Y'.uir beautiful cluck was rect iv. .1,'
wrote u bride, iu a letter of thanks,
"and i.; now on the luuntelpiece in tho
iliuwiii ' room, where we hope to i-ec
you olt. ii."
Tin- class in natural history being
asked tho differences between a dog
nud a tree, tho head boy unswerod "A
free is covered with bark, while a dog
seems to be lined with it.
Party looking for 1 edgings -I!ut tho
use of a piano is of no u-,.. to me. I
can't play. Landlady Oh, sir ; but
you'd have the use of it nil the same.
My tlaught or is ulwny practicing.
"I love yon Willi a love that burns,"
11" eri.-.l. Thi-i. siid M.irin:
"Is it a love that will got up
Knell mora and light tho Ihvy
Sweet girl Pup t .,,ivs you can't
a'l'ord to inarry. Ardent Youth Non
sense! I can g.-t a pn . -it-lit r to per
form the ceremony for 52. Sweet girl
Can you? How foolish pupa is?
Teacher Do you understand the
inclining of terms capital and labor?
Small Boy "Yes'm. If a boy has a
eled th.it'scapitul ; if another boy rides
down with him and then pulls the eled
up, that's labor.
IMitor -Well, did you interview
Mrs. Twaddle, of the Woman's liights
Club? liepurter- 1 saw her, nud she
siii.l she had nothing to say. Ivlitor
cll. squeeze it down into it col
umn ; we're crowded today.
Bjon. e (very parsimoniously) It is
a great comfort to me to rellect that
time is money. Brown Why? Bjon.es
Whenever I want to be piirticulnrly
libirul to my friends I go out and
spend some time with them.
Mrs. Peck this paper says that a
sea captain says that in times of great
disaster woiii. ii are more cool than
men. Mr. N. Peek I have seen in
stances of it. You? I d like to know
w hen. When they were getting mar
ried.
"My li i. iiils t.-ll me that there is !i
magic spell about my writings," eni.l
the iiulhur, eoiuphicciitly, us the ed
i :.ir g iiueed ut his innnu-eript. "There
is; bin I prefer Wcb.-dcrs's stylo of
orthography myself," .aid the editor,
us he lieu led the manuscript back.
"tir.at Scott, Bill!" said the excit
ed rei n goods man to his purtiici,
"don't e op ut gittiu' the old guy's
ml; git his watch; git his boots: git
bis clothes; make a living picture out
of him. He's the duck that charge I
me Slo a Week bud summer for hog
meat nud n corncob bed,"
The I'siial Sympb.in
"My boy lliiiini writes me from col
lege," siid Farmer Cruycriilt, laying
the h iter on tho table u mono tit iu
order to wipe his glasse.--, "(hut he's
been studviu' up this subject of good
roa Is nn' Fin all wrong about it. I'll
bet a thousand dollar," continued
Farmer Ilaycrtift, his eyes wandering
mechanically to tho shotgun over the
door, "he's been luiyiu' himself a
bis;ckle " Chicago Times.