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Our Journey now is ended,
Aud our stops at last doseendoil
To the viilloy, whero thoy tondod,
Whoro tbo twilight shadows fall j
Wo have reached by faith Inspired
The sweet huvon wo desired,
And we do not feel so tired
Af tor nil!
Though tho way wna dark boforo us
And Iho tompest gathered o'or us,
Yet, tho faith within us bore us
Through whatevordid bofall;
Though with sorrow having mot her
Oft wo supped, and felt her fetter,
Yet we feel the end is butter
After all!
Wo have now no earns to bind ut ;
Though the wayside pnst remind us
Of the joys wo left behind ua,
When the loaves of autumn fall ;
Yet, we look not buck In sudues-i,
And wo murmcr not In madness,
For our grief huth brought us gladness
After all!
F. L. Stanton.
PRESSED FOR TIME.
"You aro married, I think, Mr,
Tempest?" said tho head of tbo do.
partment, beaming blandly ou tho first
attache in ombryo as ho looked up,
before signing the appointment papers.
"Excuso me, " said Charley Tempest,
smiling b:ick hopefully; I am not yet
"Oh!" the bend waved his goose
quill in thin air, and seemed rellec
tive. "I bad ipiito thought bum
quite had tho iinprosHion very singu
lar, indeed 1"
"As a matter of fact, " coutinuod
tho head, "thin post may lo said to
require a married man ; so, in consid
ering your claims and service I ha 1
ch?" and tho bead raised his eyes to
tho ceiling.
Tempest had horrid visions of tho
coveted post being disposed of to a
married advantage elsewhere, uud
make up his mind to net.
"That need not stand in tho way,"
ho Raid, struggling hard against a
feverish demeanor. "Fur, ns as a
matter of fact, I'm o gaged."
"Como, come; that's better!" with
renewed affability. "Well, Mr. Tem
pest, settle the matter ns quickly
as your inclinations" with a slight
amilo "doubtless suggest. And I
thiuk wo may then consider every
thing else at nrrungod. Good day.
Not at all not ut all! O o 1 day."
"Whew !" Tempest rained bin hut to
cool a deservedly fevered brow when
tho ollieiul portals closed behind him.
A hansom flushed past. Ther.i was
a bow, a smilo of bright recognition,
a start on his side, and tho clue little
bonnet went lv. Ho put on bis bat
still rather distraught, and turned into
Queen Anne's gad'.
He stopped and looked down into
the bottomless lake of St. James'
Park. A duck waddling briskly un
der tho bridge was struck with the
possibility of u bun. It flowed pro
gress, and quacked up at Tempest in
terrogatively. Unconsciously kind,
ho threw it a penny, and walked on.
Tho bird felt outraged, but ho never
knew.
"Engaged, and to whom? Well,
of all the confounded situations! A
month to do it in, too."
"Taken to talking to yourself, old
boy? That's bad," and a stick touched
him familiarly ou the elbow. "Is it
lovo or liberty this time, eh?''
Tempest found himiiclf outside
White's. "Oh, it's you, Doucaster.
Cuming my way? No, I eau't go in.
Got to order my kit for N , I'm off
next mouth."
"You don't say to. Congratulations,
old man. It's a nice snug thing. But
don't they always give it by prefer
ence to the married feliowr.? '
"Well, of course; but I'm engaged,
JO see."
"Ha! sly dog. What a twilight
you've wrapped the whole thing in.
Do I know tho lady?"
Charley thinks it possible, but re
members that ho has promised to
lunch.
"Poor old Tempes'.!" chuffed tho
other; "and you used to have a punc
tilious memory for 111 Mils. This looks
cardiac, very, doing to the Pomfrcts
tonight? They've got those Ameri
cans staying, that wo all know at
Biarritz last year. You remember?"
'Remember ! Why, of course ! That
was where ho hid lint the girl of the
hansom, after ali. Little Dolly Drum
Uioud. Oh, staying with tho Pom
frets, was she?"
Tho rooms wer-i crummed with sul
try, suffering society that evening,
but Tempest presently annexed his
hostess.
"Oh, Mr. Tempest, what a late
person! You don't dehorve, it, but
perhaps Miss Diumntond w ill give you
this extra. You have met boforo have
you not? "
"You looked as if you had seen n
ghost when I drove by this uioi'iiing,''
h remarked demurely.
"Or an augel," corrected Tempest.
"That glimpso I got of you going by
filled mo with despair and determina
tion. "
"Indeed! You have enlarged evou
on your Biarritz vocabulary, I notice,
Rut why both?"
"Well, ono was that I might not
meet you again, and tho othor that
must. "
Between such aids to soutimontal
digression as ico pudding aud distant
waltz music, Tempest led mournfully
up to his approaching exile.
"When I go," ho said, "I shall at
least leave tho best part of myself bo-
hind."
"Oh! Baggago restricted?" asked
tho practical Philudclphiau.
"Now you aro cruelly flippant," ho
said ; "uud I was hoping, for old
times' cake, that you might have been
persuaded to pity mo."
"It wus a good time," she said, with
a reflective air.
"Not so good but that it might bo
improved upon."
"I don't boo how. So many of tho
pleasant people aro "
"Oh, not ns a chorus perhaps. But
what about a duet?"
"I am not musical," sho nmcrtod,
"uud they tukc ho long to learn."
"I have an unemployed month," ho
told her, "and would wish for nothing
happier than teaching you. May
begin tomorrow, sweet Dorothy?"
"I think it might bo arranged, " sho
suid, pulling her hand away. "And
now, will you take mo upstairs, please?"
The Sketch.
The Morp of Plants.
Tho sleep of plants is so conspicuous
a phenomenon th it it oxehte. I discus
sion aud speculation as early as tho
time of Pliny, and many explanations
were given, which science has since
disproved. Tho drooping of tin leaves
was attributed by somo botanists to an
aversion to moisture, a theory which
had to be ab.iudoned when such mova
luents were made on cloudy days and
dowlosa nights. Tho clover tribe,
which always elosj their louvos at
niilit, revel in rain ; and nasturtiums
will go through a day of tjiiiposluom
weather without showing any inclina
tion to change thoir poutiou. Liu
nu'iis was the lirst t ) give to tho sub.
t special stti ly an 1 sjioiitilij re
search. While witeh-.ur tho pr og.vsi
of soin s plants of lotus, ho bogun that
scries of observation upon which his
great work ".Sleep of INuiits" is based.
lie found that iiociurnal changes are
li'terunued by temperature, and tho
luily alternations of light und dark
ness; movem 'in is not ncni-illy oaiiseU
by d ii'kn ; n, li;i: b," th) difference in
the ii ill' hi 'i t of light the plant receives
during the night, an, I d i v. M my
plants, notably tho nasturtium, unless
brilliantly illumined in the. day, will
not sleep ut night. It' two plants were
brought ii.to tho centre of a room, ono
from the open air and tho other from
a dark corner, tho neutral light which
would cause tho former to droop its
I 'aves would act a stimulant upon tho
latter. Now York Lilgor.
A Mi) Old Man.
There is n man in New York who
never noes to the theatre, but has for
twenty-live years collected programs
of each New York playhouse weekly.
Not only that, but he has clipped from
rc:i Tuesday's papers tho criticisms
of the new plays. All this vast quan
tity of data he hiisoircfuily pre-erved.
It is odd how he started in tho quest
of theatre programs and data of tho
drama. Iu 1870 he was in very bid
health. His doctor told him he must
exercise more. So In decided that
hi; would go around to the different
theatres und ask for a program. The
walking ho found of benefit to his
health, und it is an interesting fact
that in twenty-live years ho has not
missed a day to make his rounds of
the playhouses. He is a very shy old
man, and us ho has grown older his
walks hade been lengthened out, siuco
new theatres have sprung up all over
New York, nt consid riblo distances
apart. Ho has a regular program for
the inlnlgouce of his collecting fad.
New O.leitni Pie.ivuiio.
A Peculiar t'asii of Cruelty.
A peculiar ease of cruelty to animals
c imo up before tho Bradford, Eng
land, borough c iiirt tin other ilay.
It appears that some time ago a bul
lock met with an oceid ut, and one of
its bind legs had to be amputated by a
veterinary surgeon. Tho surgeon
undo a socket upon which tho injured
limb might rest until sue.li time as tho
animal would lie iu condition for
slaughter. On i mm siw in tuey iu it,
and purchased the animal from the
farmer and hud u wo odeu I t.; uri 1 i lor
it uud sent it ah nit tho couutry ou
cxhibtiou. An H S. P. O. A. ofH ual
caught ou to his Hcheiu!, aud houcn
the pro c tuition. The shoivui in was
line I $28 or twenty-olio duys in ja J.
New O.lcius Picayune.
Earache.
In its simplest form, earacho is an
inflammation of tho external part of
tho ear. In other cases tho internal
ear is attacked, and tho diseaso takes
on a much moro serious chaructcr.
When an earacho is long continued,
or tho inflammation is especially se
vere, no time should be lost in seeking
tho ndvlco of somo excellent physician
or specialist. Scrofulous ohildreu aro
mo-'t liable to affections of tho inner
car.
An earacho may start from a variety
of causes, liko a collection of wax iu
tho car, or tho introduction of some
irritating siibstunee. It sometimes
arises from extension of inflammation
in tho throat, as in scarlet fever and
measlos. Diflicult teething is said to
bo not uufrequontly a cause, especially
when that process is unusually pro
tracted. Tho most proliiia cause,
however, is undoubtedly cold.
Inflammation of the ear is usually
accompanied by tho symptoms which
gives the affection its name, but it is
sometimes hard to distinguish the na
ture of tho trouble in the case of young
infants who are unable to do anything
but cry and toss incessantly. A close
examination of tho ear, however, will
usually reveal a slight redness, espe
cially of the canal, and on pressure
thero will be found extreme sensitive
ness.
Tho first point iu tho treatment of
enracho is to remove, if possible, tho
cuuso of the inflammation. Should
thero bo a collection of wax iu the ear,
it should bo softened by u drop or
two of oil or by inj ctions of warm
water or milk, mid then removed.
Tho in!l nil inn t io ii mny then be di
rectly uttucked by placing hot flannels
either wet or dry over tho orilieo of
tho ear. If tho pain iu very sevora
what is known us n laudanum fomen
tation may be applied. This is made
by wringing a flannel out of boiling
water aud turning a little laudanum
over tho surface of the cloth, which is
then placed over tho ear uud allowed
to steam.
Injections of hot water may also bo
made directly into tho ear, great caro
being taken not to force tho liquid too
ubruptly.
If there is a discharge from the car,
a mild solution of carbolic acid or
borax should bo used every day until
it ceases. Tho usual duration of a
case of inlbimmatiou of the ear is
from two to three weeks. Youth's
Companion.
Fliistic Hold Hills.
"How much shall I make out your
bill lor?1' inquired tho country hotel
clerk, ns tho guest was leaving.
'Make it out for what I owe," re
plied tho man, a little surprised.
'The bill is $," continued the
clerk, with an ingratiating smile,
"but I'd just as soon make it out for
$'.) or $10. it's all tho same to us."
"Perhnps it is," the puzzled guest
exclaimed, "but it isn't to me. Why
should 1 pay ?', or $10 when my bill
is $ii?"
"Aren't you a drummer?" tho clerk
suddenly demanded.
'Certainly not." There was a pause,
and then the guest suddenly demanded:
"What's all this business about fake
bills, anyway?"
"Wo always make out bills to suit'
for drummers," explained the clerk,
'so's they can come out even on their
expense accounts. A travelling man
who pays us $ ! can get a receipt for
$10 if he like, and when ho settles
with his employers ho shows them tho
receipted bill and pockets the differ
ence. I thought you were u drum
lner.
"No, I'm not," replied the guest,
"but I know a good many drummers.
Iu fact, I employ about a hundred,
and I notico thut when they como to
this town they ulways stop at this
hotel. I observe, also, that it's a l?2
joint and that I'm always charged
$11.50. Nevermind, though, I'll lay
for tho lir.st man who stops here."
And us he went out tlmelork looked
as if he thought he had put his foot iu
it and tho foot was held there. New
York Herald.
Names of Postofllocs.
The post oflieo department has
agreed to name two post oilices Trilby.
Tho law governing tho miming of post
o Aloes is vory simple. There can bo
but one U'liuo iu u state, and no - name
is permitted which too closely resem
bles another iiiimo iu the same state,
as it would make confusion. Nor are
grotesque and profane names allow oil.
With these simple restrictions a com
munity is nlioW'id to select its own
post otKeo name. Boston Transcript.
New York's Newest Fad.
They have opened u "L i lies' Smok
in' Parlor in New York," according
to tho Sunday World. Thero seems
to be somo inconsistency or ambiguity
hero. Boston Herald.
I'llILDKE.VS COLUMN.
j nellie'b dolls.
j Oh, !har ! I am nearly distracted today,
I Jly family worries mo so;
j For Sweet Angelina, my very best doll,
Has quarrelled with Ikiijninlu Joe.
1'oor Margaret Mabel has torn her best dress,
And Jnno has cracked tlireo of her toes
Jemima has hurt her right arm and been
scalped,
And Daisy has broken nor nosi,
Then Eleanor Itoso has got a soro mouth
Just while sho was learning to talk ;
Dear Jlossle has lost both shoes and hur hat
And so I euu't tako her to walk.
Tho twins, Jock and Jill, lmxcgot sueb a bad
cold
And Klsin has measles; and I
Ilavn sent for tho d-jetor, who hasn't como
yt.
And I fear they will certainly dlo.
My kitty has scratched; my mamma's asleep;
1 eau't llu J my shite when I look ;
My ten set is broken and sister is cross,
And Jonny has hidden my book.
Jf pupa was hero he would sing mo a song
Or tell mo n story. I know,
Ami if lio would ride mo downstairs on li s
bank
I guess all my troubles would go.
I do feel so bad ; do you s'po-o Its my nerves?
And do you know what will relieve1
J)ul there; I heard somebody open the door:
Ii's papa I really believe!
l'rcsbytcrluu Journal.
don't kill Tim ui it us.
There is a boy who ought to be
sp Hiked aud put to bed." suid an
East Side man, as he called utteutiou
to a youth who was standing under a
small treo in the Parsons Held mid
taking a careful aim at u robin with an
nir gun.
"Any boy who shoots at tho robins
or nny other bird that visits us aud
stnys ns long us the sparrows will
ullow.dosei ves u whipping, and a good
ono at that," continued tho irato citi
zen. "It's a disgrace to any boy who
goes to school and knows tho virtue of
protecting tho few real birds wo have
in the city." Columbus Dispatch.
AN ANT III 1. 1..
Whether you live in the city or tho
country, yon can surely find nu ant
bill. How the little tints hurry about I
Let us watch them. Iu eneii tiny nnt
hill thero is ono mother with ninny,
many baby nuts. E.ich baby has an
nurse. Every day tneh nurse-ant
takes her baby, or papio, as such a
baby is culled, up out of tho tint hill
and leaves it in the sun for an airing.
When it begins to rain, or any danger
comes near, how fast tho little nurses
scamper to pick up their babies and
hurry them down into the house.
The mother is culled tho queen ant.
Sin lever goes out iulo the sun, but
always stays down in the nnt hill
home. She does no work, and all the
lilt le nurses scamper about and wait
upon her ; but sho lays tho liny eggs
from which nil these pap:t, or baby
ants, are hatched. Somo children
destroy every aunt hill that they find,
b it 1 think that it is much plcasantcr
to sit down by these dear litt'o homes
and wutch tho busy little workers und
learn all about them. Don't you?
Christiau Observer.
A 1HKI S PASSION FOlt POLLS.
Hero is a curious dog story that wo
quote from tho Birmingham Mail, of
England. Tho animal is the property
of a lady who resides at Small Heath,
aud somo time ago one of her little
girls was very fond of inducing the
dog to carry her doll, aud tho animal
acquired quito a passion for relieving
the child of her precious oharge. Tho
dog would carry tho doll about for
hours, and oftentimes tako it to his
kennel and lio down beside it for the
greater part of tho day. Ho never
hiirmo 1 tho doll, always gripping its
clothes, and not defacing it iu tho
slightest. Up to a certain point its
tendencies were productive of un
adulterated fun, aud so popular did
the dog become that the children of
the neighborhood frequently came to
its ou tier's house with tho queryt
"l'iease, Mrs. , euu your dog
come aud take my doll a walk?'' But
by degrees tin animal's healthy uffec
tion for dolls developed into an abso
lute passion, and now a more unpopu
lar quadruped d ie.i not exist iu the
whole suburb. Not content with, car
rying a d ill wl.eu requested to do bo,
iiie animal commenced to prowl about
the neighborhood, aud forcibly do
privo stray children of their treasured
pets. Whenever, and wherever he
Iu! suw a doll iu a child's arms, he
would stealthily walk up to her, seize
tin' prize, and run off with it to li s
kennel. On u single day ho has been
kuowu to bring four captures home,
an I the maternal indignation of the
neighborhood is something terriblo to
contemplate. If that dog does not
mend his ways shortly, his career will
be prematurely closed. The animal
should ii engaged in the interests of
a children's hospital he would soon
ii - 'moo dolls for nil tho inmates.
QUEER CLUBS.
Gotten Up to Promote All Manner
of Theories.
Ono of Thorn Is (Jjm1) jsed Entire
ly of Dyspjptics.
"Tho "Crabbed Ciub" is a curious
London society. This is made up of
men who have met with a great disiip
pointment iu life, and meets but once
a year ; quito often enough, consider
ing its character. Very few people
could not put iu some claim for mem
bership, for who has been ko excep
tionally fortunate us quite to escape
disappointment in life? When this
club holds its annual dinner meeting,
the members, however, do not regale
each other with the storiesof their va
rious troubles, but on the contrary
form a merry company, und endeavor,
f jr that day, if that day only, to for
get tite r woes.
In New York a peculiar inin.sion work
is that c irried on by a baud of women,
who go out lit nights to rescue neglect
ed and starving Cats. These nged
spinsters, as a New York j a;ier has
'.oiitemjituoiisly named tiieiu, have ac
quired tho art of attracting cats to
tlnm by n peculiar call, and whon
found they are well fed, or if beyou I
the aid of help, uro subjected to a
painless death.
A new feature in clubs is recorded
from New York. It is the "Dyspeptic
Club," ami the test of eligibility for
membership is u doctors cert ill cuto
thut the applicant is sun" ring from u
weak stomach. The object of the
club is to promote "choc. 1 i ne V
uiuong dyspeptics u lil'idi needed
quality and, further, to furnish to
the members the latest results of
scieuce iu treating iu.ligesliou.
When a short time ago there was a
regular crinoline scare it catered the
Loads of some young m ui to start an
"Auti-Crinoliuo Ciub." Tin rules
wero very strict aud well calculated if
the society grew strong enough to kill
tho obnoxious article should it t ver
really catch ou again. No young man
who joined was to bj permitted to
escort any lady wearing a erin dim to
a theatre, concert, diuee, or, iu a
word, anywhere, and no member
would be permitted to call on any laly
who rcc .ived visitors iu a hoop-skirt.
At social gathering's members could
only cxcha:;g s the baldest greetings
with wearers of crinoline, uud were
not to diiueo or talk with tb.-ui. In tho
street when a crinoline acquaintance
cann iu hi.dit, it was enjoined ou
members to become at tin moment
ubsorbod in contemplation of the over
head wires.
In tho n itur i of a retaliation, and
bosidjs something of a g io I woiUin
itsolf, is the attempt being undo to
suppress cigarettes by it h iciety of
young women, who bind t liemseivos io
have nothing whatever to do with any
young mm who sinok. s tob ieco in
this form. Tho ludci who have
joined d 'c'ar i themselves thoroughly
in earnest, and intend t continu;
their exertions until thev have either
wiped out this habit, or banished the
young men who pursist in it from
their social circle.
In Vienna there in a "It m! haired
Club," aud to prevent fraudulent ad
missions every candidate is obliged to
souse his lieu I thoroughly in hot v iter
and soda before the committee. In
tho same city there is a "lu.y Club,"
no member of which docs anything for
a living.
The Parisian head cooks of emi
nence in their profe. siou have form id
an association known in the "(' iliimry
Academy. The "mini ria!s" of thin
institute lumber thirty, and unit
once a month, w hen tiny discuss at
length matters concerning their art,
compare notes, invent new dishes, and
touch up old ones.
II re is a eh iuc i for cooks aud oth
ers desiring a step-up in li'e. A Pa
risian paper recently p iblidied the
prospectus of a curious btisiues.-:
''Limited Joint Stock Company for
Obtuiuiug Titles of N ldity ; olli vs
iu the Chateau. Tho company makes
a specialty of Couuteisei. No fees iu
advance. Success guaranteed. Cooks,
chambermaid t, dressmakers and Ger
mans oan, by applyiug to us become
Countesses and Counts." It is matter
of common knowledge that on the
c intiueut titles are purchasable, bu;
this is making a busiuess concern of it
w.tk a veil jounce.
Health is precious, but it is possible
to bo too e ireful of it. Tho list of cc
eeutr c clubs h is just bom swelled bv
the add'tiuu to it of Pie ''llutuie'i:
B'lbnehniuugBv erein, " th "D int-t i!e-off-your-bat
club" of Wehlaii, in (i,T
mauy. Tho members, who fear cold
iu tho head, me absolved from tho ob
ligation of raising the hat in the streets
iu the winter mouths. Loe.il cha-ities
Veil fit by subscriptions.
Tho hygenio crimde against kissing
lias taken practical shape iu Philadel
phia, whero an "Auii-Baby-ilisfciug
Society" lias sprung up.
Just it Keiiiiiidcr of Mother.
I cannot siy how many of our rich
est men came from the farm. The
city is full of them. They stiil wear a
rugged demeanor and smaek of the
soil. You can generally distinguish u
Country rained niiiu niter two minutes
of convt rsiitioli. Hi will drift some
how into reminiscences of fie hoe or
the plow-handle. Tlu-sj mo'.i grown to
be millionaires, living iu palaces, sur
rounded by all tho luxuries of tho
B iiiiau Emperors, have their littlo
s inetit i -s. They remember home
the homo of their boyhood, and tho
little window w here the i:uu fume peep
ing iu at morn, icvir bringing too
hoi in day. I hive in niiiid one of
the richest men i i N -iv York, whoso
house oil lifty-liist street, n lew doors
from 1 1n avenue, is lil.td with tho
most exquisite furnishings that money
could buy. He has i xpi-nded large
Minis for paintings, statuary, tapestries,
bric-a-brac, etc., but there is one odd
looking piece of furniture in the hall
that hi- would not givo in exchange:
for ail tin; rest that the hou.iJ con
tains. 11 came to this c.ty a poor
boy and had a hard Mru-tcie to get on
top. But no s joiu-r ili I he achieve
honor uud riches than he sent to tin
old home fortiris relic and it has stood
for ten vur iu u convenient i-pot
where he c.t.i pass by it and touch it
with his h iti I every time he enters or
leaves the ho.ise. It i an old fish-
siuiiod spinning wheel. II s motile"
used it iu the old Te.'i ue-is 'e home and
with it M -uti the t'uri u 1 which wns
woven into the cloth of which his lirst
pair of bi'eech-es wus made. New
York Press.
ftiliivutmn of Vanilla Beans,
No com m n ii ;rieull mist cuil.iiso
viinilia bean-. Most of the big plnuters
in Mexico, Peru, ti ii-ma or 1J -union
are experienced gentl -.iu ;i.
The plant is generally set iu a
young woo. I wiiero the long tendrils
of the vine will have good shade and
lit the Kline tiiu !.r,,i, I hilpport in tin
shape of young ,sa;ilitigto which to
cling. The vin -s bear fruit iu three
yeuis'time uud die off wh-n about
seven veirs old. After the beans are
ripe thev are submitted to
b iii-ato
drying process which ti.Kes month
The beans are spread out on blankets
iu fie sun for h vii'iil Injurs a day.
After tiny have absorbed sullieieiit
beat the b anket is le.lic I arouu 1 the
b'.insaudthe drying proo -ss is con
tinued through tho day. At night the
b -.ins are put into boxe.-, u:i 1 i.-.seat'-d.
This is iu line weather. If the sca
ho:i be rainy, as it may o!t -n b i in the
tropics, in titicinl ln-u is suiistituti d
for the ras of the s:m. The ripe
truit 1ms no odor. Tim is a special
quality which it d v -Lips uitli fei
nieiitat ion. If the be. ;u.i are to bo
grown iu a tr.-elesh country the pointer
must raise' trees before pluutit , his
vines, as their protection .-1 1 , . 1 snp ort
is iib.oiutely iiic-ssiiv. In M'ico
the harvest is ill December, aud it is
ju t now that the importations are be
ing made iu this c ouitry iu imtieina
tioii of the big .- iiinuier trade. The
vanilla plant is an orchid and its I'm it
is improperly called a bean. New
York World.
I ilk ill',' Out Hi' Kinks.
Here is a simple thing thut it took
wire iiiauufa 'tuivrs m my years to dis
cover. They c midii'i under. land why
their product woul 1 insist ou Linking
up as soo-i as it was tiiiii-n from the
foils into winch it w u wouii I. At
last a ci. ver workman begin to think
it over. The wire wui nude by dru -iu
; HI 't:U tliioue,il il set of d es, and it
Has c ii!e,l hii-' stili h t close up to
I he III lehine. O. e II s I h i p-irticlcs
stay i d jit ' w.i l '- t :i ".- were p I', u id si.
th".- ivalliv kink -d siiira.lv when
on, o 1 into oil el.-s of s:u ill diiimeti r.
Now this workman tli ,i,'ht that if tin;
w.r co.il I h -a'i'i'icl to cool thor
o l ,'hl;,' before it w is foiled it woul 1
mt Kink. I'.'iiseqiiently he drew tbo
wirenway from tho die about liftv
f i t, d iring wliici i i;n it h id an op
portunity to le ir.i tint n str tight lino
was its ii ivinal eon liti m, a id then it
w is coib d up. Alter that there wa
no more trouble Irom kinkine;. C ji-
ro It -cord.
A It 'iiiai kiihle Bat.
I'll ioiibt iliv the most remarkable
f ail the bats mentioned has but le-
cenllv been di scriiu d mi I has a bum
ieiili:ie i.iime, pi-oinoj h pt-rotut I'nli-
Joiuieus, which quite accoi Is with the
length of its ears-. Those t iiorincus
ours proj ct forward, making a kind
f ear tru npot, mi I the nostrils are
f ir above and b yond t ho mouth, it
what look like a chopped ofT probos
cis, it is Io nia in Caliloriiiii. ush-
j itigton Slur,
The First Swallow.
Welcome, tbou floi't-winged ono,
nittlug athwart the sun,
riy eye hath yearned for tl.oo Ion;;,
More than ever my ear
To hear
The llrst clear robin's son;:.
N w it i spring indeed !
Ii'o'.i-li m a silver reed.
And I will blow the a tune
Of praise, thou herald a
Of May.
And tle fair rose-mother, June.
Original.
-Ci.iNr.i.N -c u.liiiij, iu Youth's Coiiiii iiihm.
HUM OKU U.S.
It iu c " Juiuly uulucky to have 13
at fable when thero is only dinner
enough for 1'-'.
Man was luado to mourn, but he has
fixed things so that his wife bus taken
the j di oil' his hau ls.
Mistress Do you want to wear my
patience out, Miry? Servant I
would prefer your silk, mum, if it's
the same to you.
"lie is n man yem don't meet every
day." "Kii? Who?" "Tuo m in you
limned ten dollars to on promise of
prompt piiyiuoiit.
Crifty Women ure beginning to
ge' their rights. Musty So? Crusty
Yes ; on j of them was lynched in
Nebraska yesterday.
He (wilii superiority) I wouldn't
marry the best woman living. She
(with coii!i deuce) Ii you did it would
be a very iil-assorted match.
"What made the editor get well so
rapidly? ' "The doctor told him that
ids circ ihitioti wns bad. He shot the
doctor und has been well ever since."
.fail; proposed last night, and said
my s is ver made him t in happiest man
iu the world. Etta Dear old Jack!
It takes little or nothing to in ike hiai
happy.
"bh-ss him," she mnsed, "there's
initio of the new man nonsense about
him. " With a tender sigh sho
w.i'clicd her husband as he sang the
clul h vu to sleep.
Editor You sure you buveii't sub
mitted this poem on Spring anywhere
cine? J'oct Yes, sir. Editor Then
ho is it you have u black eye and
waik on c. utches?
"M'si Skylio appears to have lost
! her nl tractive!!-ss for tho gentlemen,"
sii lone girl. "Oh, lie.," replied tho
' other, "she didn't lose it ; her father
lo t it in n an su eei.
Dick What! out of a job again?
I thought you had u permanent place.
Tom So did I. They said the build
ing wis tiro proof, but, confound it.
1 was fired in less than a fortnight.
I "What going to leave your place,
Bridget? Why, it was only week be
fire last that your mistress raised
j your wages.1' 'That's jist it mum.
Oi am not to be patronized by tho
, liiu'.s of her."
"This is ns good nn iuvestmenH as
you can make, iiiadam, " said the eii
'. tlmsi.ihtie bicycle agent. "Not only
docs it cost you nothing' for feed, but
if you ever become famous you can
; back nil you ptid by writing up your
1 t-xpe: ii-i;c s iu learning to ride,"
j Heileiield Yoiliig llalibaek gets his
' at lii-eti..: tastes vory legitimately. Htl
com s of a very athletic family,
i Bioouilicld Yes; his lather once held
i up a train. Ho hud tin mint who did
! sum siiop lifting, and an uncle who
was ipiito noted for jumping board
j bills.
. The Chinaman and the Itnll fighter.
i A Mexican Mory is told iu Sinnloa
i of n Ciiinaui.'iu who was mistaken for
I Poucuiuo Din, the pot Mexican bull
I Ii 'lite!-, in K n.iriii, where ho was re
- cent 1 1 so severely gored. It appears
jtliit a number of th i admirers of the
j die pi of ('ucli'iiei liiiide elaborate
! propur.iti ins to tender him a reeep-
ti mi wo. thy bis rank ns u hull slaugh
terer in mi iiisntmil nt the above
ui n ioiie 1 pluoi. Through soma in
i .x. Iioahle reason, however, l'oneiuuo
ontore I the town of El Kosario with
out being recognized. When tho dili
gence s ipj'oscd to have him as a piis
seiig. r pulled iu, a Celestial, with his
qui lie in plain sight, poked his head
through the window of the vehicle.
This distinctive insignia of the avoca
tion of tho knight of the arena wns
the s glial for the discharge of liro
c iH-Ueis and the playing of murtiul
uir coupled with ohthimustie und
vociferous cheering of "Long live Pun
ciiino!" When the mistake was dis
covered, the yellow-skinned traveller,
who win daz -.1 beyond comprehension,
wis only able to cscapj the wrath of
the fooled enthusiasts through the
Urn 1.- inte: i'ero!:C )of the police. New
Olenitis I'lCivuii'-.
Too supivm i court of Illinois has
decided tint a voter may write tho
ii'i'iio of ii u v can lid iti; for w hom ho
cuoo es to vote on his: oflieial ballot
an I t nt s ieii a vote must be n coned,
nu I counted.