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VOL. XVII.
ITITSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JUNE 13, 181)5.
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NO. 12.
Grass and Flowers.
The land 1b beuutiful with grass auJ flowers j
With cones of glory summer rings the
world ;
Tho children gambol wltU' the dancing hours;
Smoothly they Journny as the ono cloud
curled
High up tlw blue, nnd tlioir feet the gross anil
(lowers
Caress, ns though they full Boft as tlio
nhoxvors.
Now wherefore, flowers, will each brnlguant
eyo
Hhut swoct heneath tho children's feet; nud,
(rrass,
Why hear ye the children's weight without a
cry?
1sten ! from the flowers and grass a voice
Ali!
Cttnnttt ire lit them tread as merrily
Finer ire 50 oh;, no Inny, mi them shnlt lirf
John Vam k Ciienkv, in Harpers.
LOVE IN A CEMETERY.
nv iikm'.n roiiKsr oiiavks.
"llov yo visited our cemotry yet?"
Said .Mrs. Bilberry to Mr. Moiitaigu
"It's a dreadful sightly spot !"
"Indeed?" said Mr. Montaigne.
"Poor, dear Bdberry is buried
there !" sighed tho widow.
"Yes?"
Mr. Montaigne strove to put on an
interested look.
"I go there every day to weep over
his dear remains," ndl"d Mrs. Bil
berry, looking iuto the folds of an itn-
niou.su black-bordered pocket-hand
kerchief.
"Very proper, I fdiould think,'
said Mr. Montaigne smothering t
yawn.
"Meditation among tho tombs is
dreadfid improving," said tho widow.
"I should suppose so."
"Our parson, ho goes and walks
there when he's sliiilym' up a ser
mon," said Mrs, Bilberry. "Ah,
dear mo, we're nil mortals, Mr. Mon
taigne !"
"rio I have ulways heard," observed
tho gentleman.
And he took up his newspaper with
such a decidedly studious air Hint Airs.
Bilberry took the hint nt last and dis
appeared into tho dairy.
Mrs. Bilberry ha 1 been much elated
when the little net of tier advertise
ment in tho P.iily Towandus Herald
had caught such a lino lish for a snm
mer boarder as Mr. Paul Montaigne.
"Not as I need to keep boarders,"
Mrs. Bilberry had remarked looking
complacently around her neat kitchen
with its rows upon rows of shilling
milk-pans, its glittering copper boiler,
nud its well serulilicd tl.mr of Georgia
pine. "1 thank goodness as Bilberry
left me tolerably well provided for.
But a louo 'Vom in needs something to
distract her attention, nud it may as
Well bo a board. tiw anything else.
But. Miss Merrill, the dressmaker,
nnd Surah Louisa Limp, who kept
the little thread and needle store op
posite, soon expressed their opinions
on tho subject.
"As true ns 1 live ami breathe,"
said Maria Merrill, "Barbara Bilberry
lins put on colors nguin."
"Bed ribbons in her bonnet!''
snorted Sirah Louisa, "and blue bows
in her Sunday cap !''
"It's clear enough xxhut sho'snrtor,"
said Miss Merritt cutting tho sleeves
of Mrs. Kipiiro Simpson's new silk
dress wrong in her excitement.
"An old ereetur like her. that's lifly
if she's a day ! ' said S trail Louisa who
was ouly forty-niue.
"Aim no young enough to bo her
son !"adde l Miss Merritt.
"Ho ain't sueli it fool as that I" said
Burafi Louisa.
"Whatever she may be," added
Maria. "Jenny Kurd," to her pretty
apprentice, "wliero's llieni bias seams?
Is this a timo to be staring out of a
window, when there's so much to be
doue, ami Mrs. S.piire Simpson going
to the White M uuituius next week.
Mrs. Bilberry was much scandal
ized tho next day at the Sun, lay-school
picnic, when the parson, an absent
minded obi bach dor, introduce 1 Mr.
Montaigne to Jenny Ford.
"Ho's it dreadful pins man!" sighed
the widow. "But he'd urter to reflect
that Mr. Montaigne belongs to one of
the best Philadelphia families, ami
Jane Ford-ain't nothing but a droi.s
niaker's apprentice. "
It was nvireoly a week afterward
that Mrs. Bilberry, who hail been to
order sugir and eoll'oo at tho village
store, saw Jenny Ford tripping along,
with Mr. Montaigne walking at her
side, carrying a rlit straw basket in
her hand.
"They're going to the cemetery for
autumn leaves," said Mrs. Bilberry to
h ease If. "I'll go too !''
So she It; ft the p ire 'Is of sngir nnd
coffee under a bin "Lb Try patch by
tho roadside, and trudged olotig after
the couple, keepin ,', however, at a
prudi lit distance.
"Of nil pert, forward minxes," re
flected Mrs. Bilberry, "Hint June Ford
js the pel tet and forwar.lest, Any-
body would know as hIio painted, and
if bIio's fool enough to-supposu peoplo
believe all that fluffy yellow hair to bo
her own, she's awfully mistook. And,
after nil, she's only a dressmaker's
apprentice, md hnsn't a penny in all
the world. They aro goiug iuto tlio
cemetery gates. I thought bo I Mr.
Moutuigno can go there fust enough
after uutuinu leaves for Jano Ford,
but ho has never so much as naked
whero tny poor deer Bilberry is bur-
ied. Now he's got his head eloso down
to hers, and she's n-lookiu' up ut him
ill that saucy, siuiliu' way its sho uo-
serves to have her ears boxed for I I
do wonder what they're sayiu'? Now
they're sitting down on tho rustic seat
by Mr. Mopsley's family vault, whero
the little marble cherubs is u-holdiu'
up tho candlesticks! Ami if I could
irot around totho other door on Laurel
Walk, I could creep close to tho grat
in', and hear every word they're nt
teriu'. It's a good idea: I'm glad
thought on it I"
And writhing her serpentine way
behind hedges of rhododendron am
glossy clumps of laur.il and box, the
Widow Bilberry lifted tho bitch of ol
Mr..Moptey's family vault, nud crept
into it, like a middle-aged ghost in
false front and a dyed alpaca dress.
Now, although tho interior of
vuuit may be said to bo an improving
place, it is hardly n cheerful one. Th
alone- floor is apt to be mildewed ; the
wront'ios of dried immortelles rustle
unpleasantly under foot and there is
a lack of ventilation which strikes oae
as dismal in the extreme.
Mrs. Bilberrv shuddered ns'she' stole
nlong toward tho iron ijrating which
looked out upon the shady neat xvher
Jenny Ford was sitting nnd Mr. Mon
taigno bending devotedly over her,
"I know y.u! mo not in earnest,"
said Jenny, picking up tho scarlet
petals of it late September roso which
she held.
"But I am," said Mr. Moiitaig
"You don't really mean it?"blushod
Jen n v.
H it I do."
'1 nm only a poor girl, "said Jenny
"apprenticed to a dressmaker."
You are rich in youth and bxmtty.
and nil the sweotist attributes of
woinanood,'' answered Paul enthusi
ast ically.
li-h-h !" groaned tho Widow Bil
berrv. unable lunger to repress her
strong disfavor.
Goodness, gracious lue," cri
Jeiinv, jumping up. "What's that?'
" The wind,' answered Paul.
"I inn sui'o 1 heard something rustl
ill that vault," said Jenny. "Oh, dear,
if it should be a ghost.
"U its," suggested Montaigne; "oi
lead leaves. Don't be alarmed, dear
st!"
"Dearest!" repented the Widow
Bilberry to herself. "Well, 1 never !
"Oh, do lot us come away 1" said
fen n v.
("Forward puss!") thought Mrs.
Bilberry.)
"It shall bo ns you choose," said
Mr. Montaigne.
And the young people strolled off,
iving old Mr. Mopsley's family
vault, w ith its little in irblo cherubs,
far behind.
No sooner had thev turned the
w iinling curve of the walk than Mrs,
ilberry gavo vent to he ovei-churgo.1
gs with a hni IV that echoed
through the solemn stone n re lies like
the wail of a disembodied spirit.
"I'll go home." said Mrs. Bilberry.
But, as she presently discovered,
this was easier said' than done. Th"
latch of Mr. Mopsley's family vault
was rusted, nnd obstinately declined
to stir when she attempted to release
herself.
."It can't bo possih'o that I'm shut
up nlive in this horrid place?" gasped
Mrs. Bilberry, a old dew breaking
out upon her forehead. "It's as bad
as that there gal in the 'Old Oak
Chest,' as Meliudy Simpson's Com
pany song tells about."
But the creeping yellow sunshine
rippled up the dismal walls and van
ished, the gray twilight set in, nnd
still Mrs. Bilberry found herself a
captive.
To the actual uncomfortable reali
ties of tho position l 'gall to b.i added
the torments of superstitious fenrs.
Mrs. Bilberry began to remember
tho last Mopsley who was buried
there, and trace, in the lurking
shadows that filled each angle, grisly
likenesses" to his yellow and sunken
countenance.
And then she remembered the pack
ages of sugar and coffee under the
blackberry vines, and S illy Ann, the
hired girl, who would riievitahlv be
filching the strawberry jam anil read
ing novels behind the buttery door.
"Whatever shall I do?" groaned
Mi-, llil berry, with her face flattened
npiinst the iron grating, like a wild,
nnitril f a new description.
But just theu the welcome sound of
a footstep ciimo rnpidly along the
graveled walk Mr. Montaigne, look-
ing fur a ribbon mnrf which pretty
Jenny Ford had hoinoxvhero dropped,
"Mr. Moutni-iti-aiguc!" Bcreamed
tho widow. "Help for heaven's
Hake, help!"
Mr. Montitigno Parted, naturally
enough. One does not expect to bo
hailed in a cemetery, at twilight, out
of tho deeps of u fumily vault,
"It's mo," suid tho widow, lmgraui-
mnlieil, but emphatic "me, Barbara
.Bilberry.
Whero are you?" paid Mr. Mon
taigne.
"In Mr. Mopsley's family vault!"
sobbed the widow. "Please to como
around by the other path and let mo
out."
Mr. Montaigne obeyed in consider
able surprise.
"How on earth cauio you hero?"
sniil he.
"I I was a-meditatin'," said tho
widow.
"Humph!" remarked Mr. Mon
taigne, glancing keenly around him.
"You must have been ablo distinctly
to overhear anything that was said
outside, then !"
Mrs. Bilberry turned very red.
"I couldn't help it," said sho. "I
didn't mean to be an eavesdropper.
"If you did," said Mr. Alon
tnigni', quietly, "you aro pretty well
punished for it."
Jenny Ford was married to Mrs.
Bilberry's Philadelphia boarder nt
Christinas, and the dress-maker nnd
needlo-nnd-tliread storekeeper both
say that it served Barbara Bilberrv
nght.
Perhaps it did ! Saturday Night,
An I nknown Egyptian Iture.
Great interest is displayed in tho
revelation made by W. M. Flin
dels Petrie ut Edinburgh, that in ex
cavating in tlio district between Irene
tin and Abydos last year remains wero
found of a hitherto unknown rnco of
peoplo whom ho is disposed to identify
with the Amorites. In olio of their
towns which he has unearthed thirty
miles north of Thebes, nearly 2,000
graves were opened. Not a single
scarab, amulet or other Kgyptiau ob
ject was found, and the bodies, instead
ofluing mumiticd ami stretched at
full length, wero buried in it sit
ting posture xvith knees both to tho
shoulders and all facing the west
They were a largo .'.nd powerful peo
ple many over six feet in height, with
brown wavy hair, prominent aquiliuo
nose am! a big leg development, hug
esting thai, they wero mountaiuoers,
Thev seem also to have hum canni-
s. Althoii ;h there is no sign of
a hhabet or hieroglyphics, they wero
well advanced in the tiso of metals and
had bolter and more nrtistie pottery
than the F.gvptians, though all hand-
mmle. showing that tho potter's wheel
was unknown to them. This unlooked
for app'.'araiiej of it new factor in tho
problem of our oldest civilization hna
naturally made a deep impression in
scieiititie circles, and there is eager
uriosity on all sides to know more of
it. It is supposed that these graves
Into from about the seventh dynasty,
or U.00O B. (!., and that these were
the people who overran Kgypt under
tho llyksos or Shepherd Kings, New
York Times.
Tlio Habits of Bees.
It is said thnt under favorable cir
cumstances a colony of thirty thou-
md bees may store about two pounds
of honey in a day. Of thirty thousand
tecs in a hive which is a moderate
sized colony, half of them stay nt
omo keeping house, tending tho
bullies, feeding tho queen nud guard -
ig the stores. Iu line, clear xvoather,
worker may gather three or four
grains of honey a day. As largo col
onies contain as many as lifty thou
sand bees, it may bo seen that possibly
twenty-live thousand individuals are
out seeking honey. Tho amount each
ono brings iu is infinitely small but
there is strength iu numbers, nud ono
can readily imagine by watching the
little workers pouring into a hive.that
ven the few grains at a timo will till
up the cells quite rapidly. But a
single bee would make slow work of
, and would if continuously occupied
require some years to gather a pound
of hone v. New York Ledger.
ew Treat incut of Stammerers.
It is suid that stammerers rarely, if
ever, show any impediment of speech
hen speaking in whispers. On this
fact a new method of treatment has
be n advocated, which is ns follows:
or the tirst ten days speaking is pro
hibited. This will allow rest to tho
voice, and constitutes the preliminary
stnte of treatment. During the next
n days speaking is permissible in
ic whispering voice, and in the
urse of the next fifteen days the or-
luinrv conversational tone, nisy be
,'ndus ly employed. New i'ori. Tele
gram.
CIIII.IHtKVK (OMM.N.
V. AMI W.
"Excuse me if I trouble you,"
S ltd V to jolly W.
"JJut will yon have th" kindness to explulh
one tiling to me?
Why, looking lis you do,
Pi Iks should call you double I',
When they really ought to call you double
V?"
Said W to curious V :
"Tho reason's plain as plain can bo
. (Although I must admit it's understood
by very fewi j
As you snv. Pin iloulilo V ;
And tlieri'fore. don't you
The people say that I nm double xou."
Charles l benjamin in St. Nleholnj.
"(11,11 PAl'hV.
"Old Daddy" is the liiimo of a horae
which, for nineteen years, has been
used to carry the mails iu Greenville,
Ohio. A few days ago Daddy arrived
at tho ago of thirty-three nnd was
given a birthday eeb biation. A Cleve
land paper cays of the affair:
On the occasion the procession
foi mod at the engine house at l.'ill.
Mr. Hughes, Daddy's owner, accom
panied by Postmaster Perry, rode at
the head in the mail wagon, which wan
drawn by Daddy. Then came the
band, iu regular order, followed by
express, delivery and other wagons in
great numbers, nil of xvhieh, xvith tho
horses drawing them, wero profusely
decorated xvith tings, bunting nnd ban
ners. The outfit covered eight or nine
squnres iu length a id' traversed tho
principal streets, linally disbanding at
tho starting point.
TIIK Fl.YI.Nll SllllUKI, IIOKS NOT KI.V.
Of course the Fiying Squirrel has
no wings, and he does not really rise
and fly; but good Mother Nature has
kindly given him a wide fringe of hk in
running nearly all tho way around h:s
body, which formsa very perfect para
chute. When he leaps from his tree
top into the air, nud upreads himself,
his parachute nlnl his broad, Hat tail
enable him to float down easily and
gracefully, iu a slanting direction,
until he alights low down on the trunk
of u tree perhaps fifty or even olio
hundred feet ilisln it. Then ho clam
bers nimbly up to its top, chooses his
direction, and launches forth ag.iin,
quite possibly to the same tree from
which he started. His flight is simply
it nuling downward ut an tingle of
about forty-live degrees, xvith a grace
ful sweep upward lit tin1 last, to enable
him to slight easily. St. Nicholas.
AMONll TUB I.AI'l'.i.
I.npl.iud is to fur out of the world
that the natives seem utmost like an
other nice of being.'. Their manners
and customs are very peculiar, and
many are extremely unpleiiMiiil to
more civilized people. An Muglish
traveler thus speaks of some of their
curious table habits:
"I was once taken into one of tho
Lapps' h.s?ts. In the center a wood tiro
was burning brightly on some stones.
and at tirst tie! smoke xvas very un
pleasant, but soon one became accus
tomed to it, nud it served tho useful
purpose of driving away the winged
pluguo which had followed us nil day.
'The man proceeded to boil some
coffee, xvhieh in a few minutes was set
before me, together wr.lt u wooden
bowlful of reindeer's niilU. Tho cof
fee was not very palatable, but under
the circumstances worso fare xxouhl
have proved acceptable. The milk 1
found to bo too thick and rich to
lrink much of.
"A siigiir loaf was produced from
beneath some cloths iu a corner and a
few pieces chipped off and handed to
"I accepted them xvith my politest
smile, accompanied by n bow, but
when 1 proceeded to Migar my coffee
u the orthodox style, the action
aused much amusement to the juve
nile Lapps, xx ho roared xvith laughter,
and appeared to enjoy the fun im
meiisel v.
I found that I ought to have eaten
the sugar separately, as they did, nud
they evidently considered my way of
sweetening coltee irresistibly fuuiiv.
t'akes xxero then served to each
one. i neso xvere aoour iue sizo oi a
iciiny bun, but of tho consistency of
putty or dough, which they somewhat
resemble iu nppeaiHliee. Sour cream
was eaten xvith them. So ill-tasting
were they, that a mouthful gave me
'quite a turn,' and I was glad to
smuggle the r m under underneath
the rug on which I was sitting,
"I did not like to throw it nw r. , f ,
fear of offending my host, but trusted
to the sharp noses of the dogs to get
inooiitol'the difli 'iilty."- New York
lteeordor.
An Insinuating Question.
Millie, nt Oil, I think th s mirror
of yours gives it horrible reflection.
Hortense Why,! have always foaml
it just the opposite.
NICARAGUA
m
Small in Size and Population 'Gut
Very Rioh.
Its Most Important Industry is
Raisins Cattle.
Tho total population of the repub-
i lie of Nicaragua is put by tho best au
thorities at HI O.OOO.or about one-sixth
as lingo us that of this city, according
to tho census just taken. Of the in
habitants of the country, one-tenth
belong to the uncivilized aboriginal
tribes, while the main body are clas-i-tied
ns "Indians," Z imb.Jt or inuliat
loes, Africans, mixed ri:c -s and Euro
peans, tho latter b ing but few iu
number.
The nrei of tin! republic is only
about I'.l.o'lO English squire miles.
There are fexv towns, ami all of tie in,
xvith two exception, nro small and
rude. The population of Managua,
tho capital, is lx.lMll), and that of
Leon, formerly the capital, "."i,000.
The town of C.irinto is the principal
port on tho Pacific, and the bidino
element (a mixture of white nnd In
dians) predominates there. The most
important industry of the inhabitants
of Nicaragua is the raising of cattle,
the hides of which are exported ; an t
among the other exports are coffee,
bananas, sugar, indigo, cocoiiiiutH,
cacao, Brazil wood and c ;dr. The
head of cattlo number over 400,000.
The grenter part of the imports nro
from England, and the greater part of
tho exports are to the Cnited States.
There nro oxer 10 ) mines worked by
American companies, in nearly all of
which gold is found mixed xvith silver,
nnd in a few silver mixed with copp t.
A good deal of American capital has
been sunk iu them. Nicaragua is espe
cially rich in valuable woo Is, the ma
hogany, rosewood, grauodillo, nud
ronron, also medicinal trees, beside
other commercial trees, including the
castilloa elnstiea, from which inula
rubber is male; the gutta perclia tree
and several trees which produce gums.
Wild animals, monkeys, alligators, liz
ards und sniikes abound, bcsid-'K trop
ical birds to the number of lo (species.
Mosquitoes swarm in all dump places,
nud there are liere.( wasps. The for
aging nuts move in large armies. The
sens, rivers, and lugooiH lire alive with
every variety of tropical lish.
There are numerous volcanic peaks,
a fexv uf which are still active, but
most of them have long been extinct.
The l ist great eruption xvas that of
lH'l."i, when Coscgiiiua scattered its hot
ashes over circle l.o'io mi hs iu
diameter. Near some of the extinct
craters nro vast, beds of lava and se o ne
and numerous vents called iuferuillos,
which emit smoke Mid sulphurous va
pors. On tho 1'ncifio coast the soil is
very rich, and the dim ite iscssentiiilly
that of tho central .one; but the
amount of cultivated laud is small iu
proportion to the arable area of tho
country. Maize, the principal food of
the natives, is very prolific, and line
fruits and vegetables gt'oxv in nbuud
nuce. Tho form of government is constitu
tional nnd republic in. There l a
Congress of two branches, tho Senate
and the Hons'.' of Representatives, the
members f both of which number on
ly thirty-nine, who are elected under
the Nicaragua!! system of universal suf
frage. The president how in power,
General S into daya, wai dieted,
in the Nicaragua!! way, last year, and
holds ollice for four years. He h is a
council of four Ministers, who lone
charge of that number of dep i r : i , nv
of tho Government.
The active army of Nieiragmi eon
sists of 2,000 men, with a reserve of
10,0(10, besides a nominal militia force
of .1,000. The active troops arc poo!
ly equipped and apparelled, and the re
serves are unlit for any servic s in the
field as itgtinst any a European forci.
Tho dispadies ab tho auger of the
Nicttrnguu'is and their readiness to
fight tho English must be interpreted
xvith an understanding of tho mixed
element of the population.
There ire about 100 miles of rail
way open iu the country, which were
built at a heavy cost. Ono line ex
tends from Corinto, a distance of o.H
miles, ami another from the capital to
Granada, 3:1 miles. A number of con
cessions for new lines of greater length
have been granted to contractors, who
ii e blamed for delaying their coii
s ruction. There are over 1,700 miles
of telegraph lines. There are a fair
number of schools for the population.
The MiiaiiMM of the Govornmont are
always in bid c mditio i, on account of
the disturb mces that often pro v i : I,
and in many years the expenditures
for the army hive been beyoii i the
I'iIhI annual revenue are derived from
Ciovernin 'lit monopolies on pr.s,
to'u. c i and giinpiwle;-, u:i I the re
mainder chiefly from import duths
and n tax on slaughtered cattle.
In view of tho chronic impoverish
ment of tin' Treasury and tho weight
of the public debt, it is easy to under
stand that days found great ditli
culty in raising the suni of ??7.", 000
demanded by England.
It would, perhaps, have been well
for Nicaragua if the American filibus
ter, Billy Wn'ker of California, who
entered the c mutry at the Jion.l of it
sin ill force about forty years ago, had
been able to maintain his p iwer and
establish a solid government. New
York Sun.
-.
Trnil" iu 1 1 ii in it ii Hair.
There are wholesale firms in Paris
w hieh ..end around agents, iu the spring
to various Bi . ton an I other villages.
These gentlemen nro provided with
ribbons, silk, lac -s, hnberd ishery, and
cheap jew,. h ry of xni'ioii kinds, pay
ing for th" maidens' glossy tresses in
these good i or in ready money. Se
far as personal baiuiyis concerned,
these Breton lassies do not lose much
iii losing tli. il- hair, for it is 1 Ii
fashion in thai part of Franc f"i
maidens to w. nr u close eip, which
entirely prevents any part of the hair
being seen.
S line ye. u s a ;o the light German
hair was held Iti such esteem by tin.'
hair merchants that th.-y gladly paid
as much as .?:! an ounce for small quan
tities of it nearly double the pi ice
of silver. Light Ii air is still collected
from Germany by agents of a Dutch
company,' who make yearly visits to
various parts of Geriuatiiit Slates. The
black hair imported comes mostly
from Brittany nnd the south of France
and is, as a rule, very line mi I silken.
Within the present century the
head of hair of tin.' whole families in
Devonshire were let out by the year.
An Exeter periw ig maker went around
periodically, cut the locks, and oil -d
th- ground thus left in stubble to
stimulate a iresh crop. -All the Year
Hound.
Med lines in Japan.
The practice of iin"lieiuo in Japan
I i 1 1 - been entirely l ev . ilul iolii.ed upon
European mod ds. The Held hospital
servic during the war was admirable,
Coiii li'i. .in. almost as severe ns those
of a b ntle were met in IS'.M, when
over .VI0 surgical eases were treated
iu lhe hospital of Kyoto. Excellent
local hospitals have been opened ill
most of the Japanese tonus, many of
tin m iu coniicciioii with the Christian
mis dons.
The discuses which inu-t be met und !
coiiibattcd iu Japan are much the same (
ns in our country, except, of emirs-.',
such liinks in "tenuis elbow" nu t j
"bicycle hack." Pulmonary troubles
are not calls ,, to unytliiu; like i nch
an i-xteht as one would suppose by the ;
thin p.iper-wa'le 1 h ois such chilly
homes to live ill when t he snow lies oil
th" ground. Ophthalmitis, however,
quile common, ow ing to the practice
of going bareheaded, or with nit-,
shaded eyes. !
Sinitiiry science nud the prevention
of di ., use nrc a large branch of the
Mibj a-l in Japan, ns elsewhere. One'
dl.-.caf.e linklioM It t.' Occidentals is the
kakke, an oliM'nro disease, something
like the I, :n-b ri of In lia. Dr. Tay
lor of t he O -ak.i mi ssion is a leading
authority upon the. strange disease. -
New Yoik B rcu-d-i-. '
I
liiiubleil Her t Take the Oath. !
ilia ease before u I'.uis court it.
which a popular actress has had to ap
pear If: II Wit lies. ,io judge M'i Ins to
hive shiun considerable ilillileiico
about a-km; lie I, idy, as he was in
duty In. und to do, what was her ng,,.
Evi.h ntiy If i orisidered that Miehn
quest nil put to It Wlllli ss XVollld be II
duvet incitement to perjury, so he
asked her her age he fore she had been
sworn.
"II, iw old are you, inii'aiu?'' be
said. j
After a little hesitation the lady
ottiied to being ".) years of age.
"And now that you have given the
court your age," continued the gallant
jud;c, "you swear to tell the truth.
the whole truth, and noihuig but the
truth."
The Highest Waves.
It iss udtli.it a s "a e iptuiu oil' C ip
Horn measured as accurately as pos-
I
sible the height of sevi ral wave tint
passed iiis vessel during n gale. He j
found them to be ' 1 . tit. 5S a id no
feet in h ug'tt, nn 1 from i!."i ) to HOd
feet in leiig.h; th" average height is
thus lij leet. tile average length 72."i
feet. T I 'so wivch are probably ns
hi 'It as Miy ever measured. The New
lork Dispatch.
No I'rolcssion. a Calling.
"Have you any pr ilessioti?"
"Well, it's more a calling than t
profession, o isee, I'm a train nn
uou:iir in a railroad station." Phil
ad dplti i I", cord.
When Polly Laughs.
When Polly laughs,
V ia think of merry, tiidiling bells,
Uf inns;,, low iu fairy dells,
l ir .sweetest notes that e'er were le
from touch of lute or throat of Mid,
When Polly liiuglis.
When Polly laughs,
All lif" s in- hriglit mi. I guy,
And thought- uf .-are are eh.iseil a way.
While softly o'er your heart does steal
Tli" cjadin'ss 0f tint merry pent
Vt hen fully laughs.
When Polly laugh-,
Th" sunlight of a soul shines though
er lovely eyes of n.ure nine.
May joy I " s'ill the test part
Uf that 11 it 1 arol from her hear'-
hen Polly laughs.
When p,.ly laughs,
Th leu linger on the air-
K!u-ivo. ye; thrilling everywhere .
hi e ,,ft in memory's hull- ,,ti le-.u
I he in t-ie ringing, sweet nud l.-ar,
of J'olh's laugh.
- J'.i -sv Aniioii ill I!"-', iii J r.ui-i.'iipt.
iimoKiu .
eic icll me; when yon were iu
t ie army, were you cool in the hour
of danger? lb:--Cool! I lietmilly
shivered !
Mrs. Watts You have a remurkbly
haul lace to ti II you tho truth. Iim
in il Daw son - - Yes'm ; that is bcciiusO
it's so dry.
L tbor Agitator (lo post 'nan i - Aro
your horn long, ustmun? Pustiiuui
(who. e temper is ol! ) --S ime us yours,
I reckon- s:ty minutes.
I! ,,1,1,.. -),p you think lie: nvernge
man is ns stupid before ho marries as
he i-afterward? Cyiiicus Certainly,
or he would'! get married.
Eternal vigilance is th" price of
s -vc nil things other thin liberty. A
c islt drawer, a treasury and an um
brella 1", ipi'ie a perpetual vigil.
hi lge - Prisoner, you beat your
Wlf" so brutally that she , black nlld
blue a!l over. I'ri oiii r- Yi s, x our
holff. bti' black und I due bee uif he!
so w Ii !
"S e lere. Midge ly, xvheii do you
propose to p.iv that lull?" Con Ion le I
il. I 'i ; I las', night in order to
pay nil my bills, b it she wouldn't
ll'IV llle !''
Mast r How w. is the r e smashed,
M iry ? Al t , Ii you please, sir, it
tumbled down und broke itself.
Master Humph ! The nuloinoUc
brake ngnlli !
"Which is my pn'l in this duel?"
If keil I be pi nn i Ion no ol In I II llsballd,
w ho was the teiiot . "Your pail? Here
il Is, of Course. 'I he olle with tin. hot
Wolds III It."
' I hes" a I " led kid , t !e :t hil
du n," rend a label oxer Iw.. photo
pi.iph o-i the .,sk "I a fat Ip r who
'i ide.itl , Ii i I a .rievaiie against
s!au: cttiers.-
II .1 h'l l -.t iq ell 111" Il'lt"
A. "I Il" Used I" do;
TI Ilea l. ,,'ild, s v.ei-
I II ey lllli d II lull , .! gin
II icks. -There wit . a butglarnl my
house last night --completely cleaned
us out. I'ix You don't sav so! I'ldu't
he leave ntix I htnp ? Illeks - Yes; ho
left the window open.
Blobhs-Whx was Dauber's st ill-life
painting l jecleil ut he n.'a.ieiuy '.
Slobbs -There Were some raw tomatoes
i i it and the authorities insisted thai
t iev shi.llel be dressed.
M.. Wixhim Did yo.i nr-k that new
girl to show you le r rcciiriiiuoiidic
tr.ois? Mrs Wixhniu No. Kccoiu
m le la I lo lis d -ill' t nun oi ut to mix th ili;;.
I've ;: l ell lie 111 lux S' 'I.
Wi :; n . -M.. boy, if you lite be-
. .in 1 x our income. y,,it are bound to
colli to "lief. e' lldlll -My di III'
teilow, if I il id I" lue XX itltlll it, I
Would lie lllij I -able eVeli now.
Mis. Watts I should think you
would try to fuel wot k it great,
si long in ill like you. II ie you lio
pride? H iu. ry lliggius "You bet I
hme! I'm s heap too proud to work.
II - I beared u fellow say the other
Iilgiil that he thought almost liny olio
could kiss you. Siie-Ttie wretch!
I M l miu knock him down? He -No.
I thought 1 would cull ii.idsxcyoil
tils'.
"Dear me !" cried the nurse, "tho
bihy has sw.i'loxxcd my railway ticket!
What shall I do?" " and buy an
other right uxvay," returned the
mother- "I'm not going to let tho
condiic'or punch the bihy."
Minnie - Here is a conundrum for
you: W hat is the ditVeteiiee between
yon and crushed sugar? Mamie -I
didn't suppose theie was any. Min
nie Oil, yes there is! One is mashed
to powder an i the other is powdered
to mush.
"I wonder if our friends intend to
make light of us, dear," said a Pitts
burg bridegroom to his bride. "Wlm!.
makes you say that, love.' ssked the
sweet little woman." There nro
so many biinpx among our wedding
prrs?r.K"