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PITTSIJORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY I, 1895.
NO. 45.
Why Should Wo Cure 1
.Though the true bo not just lor tUo bird to
nest in ,
Slio sots tbo twigs niil tlin nest Is there ;
Though tho world bo uut just for iiuiu to bo
blest in,
IIo walks lier green ways ami breathes bor
fresh air.
The rich days open nud cplll their splendor;
Night shoes with silver the funt on her
, stuir;
Ay, lifo has nil that glory pan lend Ikt,
Bo what it nil menus, pray, why should wo
care?
Iho groou lands blossom and tho hluo skies
hover,
Tbo warm winds blow, and tlio song birds
pairs
ttudor lovo'a window comet, Muting, tho
lover,
And tho loved ouo loans, with liis row in
li'T hair.
The hums piling- over tho hill to tin' wat-i',
Tho stars aro sure; iod gives und to spare.
Tho mao-child thrives, and beauty's fair
daughter ;
Ho, wliat it's all fur, pray, what should wo
rain?
John Vain'o Cheney in Harper's.
THREE DIAMOND RINGS.
There had boon a thunder shower
in th.s ni-Iit. All tlio jink, shell-like
petals wore beaten nil' tlio m lo
Mooiiih; tho lii;;h grass, in tlio orchard
lay iu long, lint waves close, to tho
ground; tho very daffodils uud t 1 1 i h
ill the borders were crushed into tlio
rich Mnek mould ; ami Junio Burr was
trying to lie them up again with us
tender a Bynijiatliy as if they hud lioen
littlo children fallen down.
When suddenly Mrs, Uari" c.imo out
Vith a ierturl)eil face.
"There 1" suid she. "I knew t hero
ivould bo trouble."
"What is it, mother?" said Janie,
choerily.
"It's those worn-out shingles on the
roof," said Mrs. Rurr, iu tho niolan
choly hulf-wliiiio whieli was habitual
to her. "The rain leaked iu ou tho
bonrder's bureau all night long and
sho Bays Bho won't (stay hero if hho
isn't to bo properly protected from tho
clcmouts. "
Janio tied tho lust puce-colored tulip
to its utuko and straightened herself
up.
"Wo must h ivo tho roof mended,"
6aid she.
"Who is to do it?" Killed Mis.
liarr. "There niu't u carpenter to bu
had since Squire l-'ollctt fomiueiu'ed
tho now cottages, an 1 even Crazy Jim
won't go up on that sto -p roof. And
if Mrs. Lepell goes awuy w hat shall we
do about tho interest on your father's
old note?"
"Shis won't go away, mother never
fear," said Janii', brightly. "Don't
fret. You'll see Hint things will all
como right."
"Uut the shingles iniiHt bo lixod right
ftwny," said Mrs. Burr.
"They shall be fixed, mother" said
Janio.
"Who will do it?" impatiently re
peated tho widow.
"I will!" said Janio.
"That's ull nonsense !" groaned
Mis. Burr.
"Why shouldn't I mother?" said
Janie, merrily. "Of course I haven't
been brought up to a eai p Miter's trade,
but any ouo could manage a few shin
gles and a handful of nails. You shall
Bee, little mother! (inly wait ! '
"Janie, if you think of such a thi ig,
I shall bo very nngry !" said Mth.
Uarr.
"Then I'll leave off thinking !' it,"
Baid Janie. "Where's the basket and
the chispknifo mother? 1 am going
to cut Homo dandelion greens for
dinner."
"Of course sho is only jking,"sai.l
Mrs. Burr to herself as sho returned
fclowly to the house.
Uut Janio had never been more
Beriously in earnest in her life.
Mrs. liarr went to the Parish Sew
ing Society that afternoon.
Colonel Addison from the Valley
Hotel, who was paying his addresses
to Mrs, Lepell, tlio hoarder, came
v ith a spirited horse mid a buggy to
tako her to tho ncii-hcucli, where a
lncrry bathing-party were to tako ad
vantage of the tide nud practice tho
Jioblo art of swimming.
"Now is my time !" said Janie ex
ultantly to herself.
Uut Mrs. Lepell camo buck before
Bho had got twenty foils away from tho
liouso.
"Janie," said she, "1 forgot to tell
you that I hail left my three diamond
rings iu tho littlo left-hand dinwer of
the bureau. I might lose them iu tho
ntcr. I thought I would tell you, iu
taso of fire, you know, or any other
ftccident. "
''Yes," said Janie ; "but thero won't
bo nuy accident."
Mrs. Lepell laughed, and ran back
to tho carriage and the impatient
colonel.
And not till then did Janie perceive
that a tall, half-grown lad, lurking be
gins the porch rails, was waiting to
(peak to hr
"Who aro you?" suid Janie, brisk
ly. "What do you wuut? No, we
haven't any old clothes. If you really
want work, you had better go on to
ho now buildings, a mile up tho road.
I dure sny they can lind something for
you to do there."
Tho lad Humbled out something,
whether thanks or otherwiso Janio
was uuublo to discriminate, and
shuffled awny.
And, slipping on her hat nud
bolting tho front door, she ran across
tho back meadows to It ilph Parsons'
carpenter-shop, a quarter of a milo
by the wood-path.
"1 want a few shingles," said she,
"and a pound of shingle-nails. "
"What for?" Ralph naked.
"No matter," calmly retorted Jane,
"How much will they cost?"
"They'll cost you about a quarter.''
said Ralph. "Is it a hen-coop you're
going to build? U cause if you'll
wait until Sat i in lay, I could do it for
you."
"It isn't a hen-coop, and I can't
wait until Saturday," said Janie, shak
ing the bright-brown curls out of her
eyes. "Here's tin: quarter, ill you
needn't think, Kalph Parsons, that we
are goin t, to call upon you again until
we've paid something on the bill that
we we you already."
She nodded good-hy, mid hurried
away under the canopy of pink apple
blossoms. Ralph looked admiringly nftrr her.
"She's a regular clipper of a girl,
that Janie Uirr!" said he. "Jf ever
I'm nblo to support a wife, that will
be tho olio I'll choose."
Light as thistledown, Janie hurried
back with her precious bundle of
shingles, nud tho pound of mils iu
her pocket..
"Now I'll show them whether I can
mend tho roof or not," said she, us,
with a hammer udde.l to her stock iu
trade, she ascended to the garret and
climbed to tin odd littlo ladder that
led out through u ru-dy trap-door to
the steep ro. if.
Tho slant was ubrupt, tho old
shingles were wet with tho recent
rain, and slippery with greoumo.is in
crustations, but Jiiui.i Barr'tvns not
one lightly to be discouraged, nud
presently slio found herself neatly
balanced with her feet braced against
the broad gutter, one elbow leaning
on the roof mi l the other hand busily
engaged tearing away the old shingles
and replacing th.'iu deftly with over
lipping rows of new, fragrant wood.
1 he click of the hummer, tho ring
of the nails, was like music in her
cars. 3t meant that sh) had saved
her mother's bill of several dollars, to
hay nothing of mental tribulations
which could not be estimated ; that
Mis. Lapell would still remain with
tin in, and that she, Janie, had ac
tually proved herself of some uso iu
the world.
"I've always wished I had been
born a boy, instead of a girl," miis;d
Janie. "Uut now," with nu exultant
glance at the neat row of shingles, "I
am not so dissutisli -d with my lot iu
life."
Suddenly, however, in slio sit
perched like a Kqu'rrcl o:i the slanting
rmf, the M)iui I of voices struck on
her ear. She paused to Inloii.
"Three diamond rings! I heard her
say ho liers-'lf. lutlieleft hand drawer
of some bureau," said the same ac
cents, which half an hour ago had
asked her for chirity. "Ami no one
but a v 1 1 1 1 1 in in the hull to !"
Sure of that?" said a deeper voice.
"Yes, plum-sure," was the answer.
"And I wouldn't wonder if th ro was
other things for the picking up."
' Cuin.! on, then, said the other one,
"ami step lively. We can't sliiud here
jawing nil d ly. The door holte.1, is
it? Wait a miiiule, I'v.! got a little
joker here in woul. I Mart any staples
this side of I enver. "
Ji:iio hit Ih'ei'd iu b vnt'il hi
horror. Iu it it lintint, an it wer.', she
comprehended tho full dan rer tint
menaced Mrs. L -poll's treasured gems
the three diamond rings that the
boarder had once told her were worth
thousands of dollars. An. I here was
she alone and helpless!
Hurriedly she turned over the crisis
iu her in i it. 1. If she were to re-enter
I h." house by th:? same way iu which
she luid left it she must c Tt ii ily meet
tlKse ru ill inn and an , iv .ihtsuee w hich
slu could offer would b sp edily over
powered. U it t mie Itirr win not
:io to li"hitate lonj. While the
thoughts yet careered through her
brain, she sprang from tlu eaves to
tho blooming bou ;hs of th great
cherry tree, which grew so close to
the home that its hrauchoi scraped
the roof on w.ndy March days.
It was a ha, irdous t hing to do for
any one who was not swift of limb
mid accurate of cye.li it J mi ' aliglite I
like a e tt ou the fork of the tree,
climbed lightly down until she reached
its lower bough, and thence leaped
breathlessly to tho ground, springing
swiftly ncross the meadows toward
Itulph I'ursons' carpenter shop.
"If ho is not there," sho thought,
Homo of his men will be."
"Janio, what is it?"
Kulpu l'arsons himself roso up out
of tho green hdgos, directly across
her path,
"I was drinking at tho Ico Cold
spring," ho said, "when I hoard your
footsteps. What is it?"
She told him ns well as sho could
for excitement and breuthlessuess.
"Come," uho cried. "Do innko
haste !''
He paused only to blow n small
willow whistle which hung ou his
steel watch guard.
"That will bring my workmen," ho
slid. "Its a signal we havi agreed
upon among oiirsv-lves for just such an
emergency as this. You and Jones,
binie, shall go nroun 1 to tho back
door, Hall nud Itobbins will watch tho
front, and I'll go up and Boltlo tho
fellows."
Janie glanced with shy admiration
into his set, determined face. After
till, it was something to be n man.
The littlo campiiieii was skilfully
Coliducii i(. The two thieves were
taken, tin diamond rings were deliv
ered into Janie Uarr's keeping, and
tho rufli'ins were dragged to the near
est j til.
"Oh, I! ilpli," said Janie, w hen nil
tho littlo crowd was g u ', "iiov cau 1
ever thank you?"'
He smiled.
"Uy letting me put on th"80 shing
les for you," he snid.
"1 can't !" said Janie, laughing and
blushing. "They aro put on ul ready.
Uut I'll promise you my next job of
carpentering."
"Will you let m ; bo your carpenter
always, Jnnie?" he asked. "Will you
promise one day to be my wife?"
The words had risen almost invol
untarily to his lips as he held her hand
ill his tlio words ho had so longed,
yet dreaded, to sp.iiik.
And J ino hu:ig her head nn 1 col
ored like a carnation and said sho
"would sec."
And Ralph Parsons knew th t he
had won the day.
Mrs. Harr and tho boarder were
alike amazed when they returned
home.
"Our Janio to circumvent a gang of
burglars!" said the proud mother.
"To save my three diamond rings?"
hysterically cried Mrs. Lepell.
"Uut thai isn't all I havj done,
mother," suid Janie laughing." I
have shingled the roof. And I have
promised to marry ltdph l'arsons
next spring. Upon tho whole, I think
it has been rather nn eventful day,
mother, don't you?"
And Mrs. liarr did not quite kuow
what to answer. Suturday Night.
Itiiricil in Mi il l ravcs.
About midway bjtweeu Coltoii and
Sun Bernardino, a short distance west
of Mount Yeruoii avenue, is to lu ob
served an old cemetery. H.it few per
sons seem to know much or anything
about its history. It is evident that
it has been the burying grounds for
the Indians and the evidences of the
interment of many bodies are plainly
to bo obs -rved, though the sage bush
grown over them. Some of the mounds
are plainly visible, and some and most
of them are located by a depression of
the ground.
Some of the graves have at the head
(or supposed head) a tint worn and
simple representation of a cross.
Others have nothing, and still others
huvo a sin ill line of boiildjrs nroun 1
tho graves.
The strangest feature to ho observed
in thi-. ancient, ami almost forgotteii
city of the dead, is that all of tho
graves are very short. None of them
appear to ex 'oed iu length thr.'o feet,
lint are of the customary width.
An idd set 1 1. 'I' explained this singu
lar circumstance by the dislike of the
average Mission Indian lor Work. It
was less labor to dig a grave three
fictloug, thauoU'! whose length was
six feet. Therefore they doubled tho
bodies of their dead like a jick-knife,
bringing the foot to the side of the
head, ami liin ling tlieui with branches
of young willows. Sail l'. riiaidino.
(Cal.) Sun.
Sec For Yourselves.
An Irish sergeaut win drilling nu
awkward squad, and finally lost his
patience.
"Eyes to the front !" he cried ; and
then, iu deep disgust he ml. led :
"Just step out of tho ranks, you
set of duffers, and come and see what
you look like!" Youth's Companion.
Tho monetary valno of tho lifty-ono
orders possessed by Bismani is esti
mated at . &!l),0l)(). The weigl , of theso
nviiiIioIh of honor would b.i more than
the prince could stagger under at his
advanced ago.
CJIlLMtEVH (OI.VMX.
W1SIIINO.
"I wi.Vi I ir.A 1 an eaglu's sight !"
Said J.iliiuiii', with a radiant lo-ilr.
As all sat round tlio evening light,
Eaoh oeeiipied with work or book
Thci on far KifTl Tower I'd stand
And vi w tin) wonders on each hand."
"l.'it you've no ship to cross tin- sea !"
(,'rid l.tllo May, in quick reply,
"And if you had lap Hick you'd bo!
I'll take the eaglt' wlBgs nud lly
Thoti uti and on, o'er hill und plain,
liiglit round tlio world nn I Inum again."
l'.-li.iw? Kyos and win-is!" Mioored sturdy
Han
"rdi'lieo-c, if l ii choice could make,
A lion's strength." "Auil I," said Nan.
'Tlio lily's breath and beauty tako."
Then Kw-ot-locitlieil Nell piped, "Kor mvpart
(live mo. from l'es, tho honey art."
Wishing ran wild. Wo all wore gay,
.Mother wit -owiiii:, weary fa I;
Small time had she fur h inks or play,
So many stitches must be p.i"ei ;
() d pus.y tr 'Idle I. la-.y and II it,
'Insoiit Icr fool upon th- unit.
"Moth"!'!" o ill" I IM'I, " in yniii- turn tmw!
Whatwoul l Miiitakoli.fi you Urn .luiiiy '
She pii-ihc'l In i eln -i s up her brow
And gave us all a kindly glu'co -
' Well, if I ciiilil, and liv.i-i ii. i crime,
I'd lake," sh" sa d, ''iv, , ( span- time."
I.ai i: i. Cauii.
oini.s siioi'i.ii i.kau:;.
That one liundi'i d cents m ik:: a dol
lar. How to arrang tlu pari r nud li
brary. To say "No,"ii!id moan it.or "Yes,"
nud stick to it.
How to wear a c.d :o dress and do
it like a ipiecu.
To dress for coin fort and health ns
well as appearance.
How to sew ou tuitions, darn stock
ings nud mend gloves.
To make the sleeping room the
neatest room iu th; house.
How to cultivate llowers and make
and keep the kitchen garden.
To regard morals and habits, nud
not money iu selecting their asso
ciates. To observe tho old rule, "A place
for everything and everything iu its
place. "
The important truism, that the
more they live within their income,
tho more they wsave. and tho far
thoy will g t away from tho poor
house. Atlanta Journal.
HOME OTKHK It I It I KO'IS,
Among tho queerest birds' egs in
the world are thosj of the tiiiainous of
South America, which are distautly
related to our own domestic fowls.
Their io.-t striking jieeitli irity is,
that tho shell it bountifully polished
and often very brightly e dorcd. One
species lays an eg of a dejp sioue
color and of a polish so brilliant that
it looks as if iniide tirtilieially out of
fine-grained rock. Other spjeios have
eggs that aro pink, or blue, or green,
in niaiiy different shades.
Among the North Ameriein birds'
eggs, perhaps the most curiously
marked are those of the flycatchers,
of which the common gray-crested
flycatcher is a representative type.
Their eggs have a delicate bull' or
cream-colored ground, varied by
spin-dies of lavender and other t-oft,
neutral tints. The most reniarkalde
point about them, however, is that
the iole surface is milked with fine
lines, running lengthwise from cud to
end and looking exactly us if they
were made with pen and ink.
The e'gs of some orioles and black
birds are also very strangely marked,
the markings often iv.-,cuilliug, in a
very striking way, Chinese characters
und other groti sque figures.
Cuckoos, of th.' genus crotnphiiga,
lay eggs which appear, at tho first
glance, to be of an uniform dull
while, but on cl.is.i examination it is
found that this is merely n chalky
coating over th: surf id'. When til)
coating is removed, which is easily ac
complish!' I by oeiille scraping with a
penknife, the shell is discovered to
be of a very do ' bine.
In South America there is a cuckoo
that lays n similar egg, but the chalky
coat, instead of being spread uniform
ly over tho surface, is arranged iu the
form of a network, the blue showing
in tho spaces between the line.s, s i
that the effect is as if the shell were
covered with a lino white net. As may
be imagined, it is very beautiful.
The egg of the California partridge
and of its Ari.o.ia relation, the gam
bols partridge, is covered with a deli
cate pinkish bloom, which softens nud
renders more beautiful the bold mark
ings on the shell ; but the touch of a
lingi r d stroys this bloom entirely,
owing to the moisture of the skin. A
ijjop of water will have the sumo oi
led. ly-gsof woodpeckers and kingfishers
are always the purest white, and so
highly polished as to resemble tho
finest pore 'lain. Very beautiful, also,
lire the eggs of certain email flycatch
ers, such us tho wood peewee, which
have a d -ii-- ite buff of cream ground,
exquisitely relieved by au encircling
hood of reddish brown or lavender
gi-t't. Atlanta Constitution.
IVORY MINBS.
Enormous Wealth Found in Ice
Bound Islands.
Apparently Inexhaustible Sup
ply of Mastodonic Tusks.
Most pcoplo believe ivory couie- from
tho vicinity of Afric's sunny fountiuns
or India's coral strand. Tho truth is
that a large proportion is dug from
earth, sand and ice, where it has lain
for thousands of years.
Paragraphs have appeared in the
newspapers from time to time about
a wealth uf in imtnulh ivory ou the
desert coasts of Northern Siberia, but
many people seem to regard such tub s
us more or less fabulous, and may bo
glad to have a connected nee. unit of
what is really known about. New Sibe
ria and its mammoth tusk-'.
While voyaging uloiig the shores of
Siberia, the Russians from time to
time caught glimpses of islands iu tho
sea far to the north; but uono landed
on thi'iu or laid 111 on down on thi
map with accuracy. Iu 17i!'J a Yakut
named Elerikan saw a large island to
the northeast of the mouth of the
Lena and hh ac 'oiint raised the iuter
ei.t ot the fur hunters.
Among these zealous traders none
was more active and more successful
than an adventurer, LiukolTor Linehov
who for a long time h id been collect
ing mammoths' bones and tusks on tho
barren plains of Northern Siberia.
In 1 730 Lialtoir had gathered great
quantities of this fossil ivory from
the dreary wastes between tho rivers
L'hotnnga nod Anadyr; and during his
wanderings ho had heard vague ru
mors of islands iu the Arctic Oeenn.
In the spring of 177d ho was at
Sivaiatoi Noss or the Holy Cape
a bold promontory ruuuiii; out into
tho polar sen, about two hundred
tildes east of the mouth of tho Ljiiii.
The oce::u was fast frozen and pre
sented n dreary prospect of ice, rid jed
here and there by gigantic icy furrows
mil hiiiiimocln. As he looked over
the vast frozen cxpauso he saw a long
line of black obj c's approaching over
tho ico from the north, and perceiving
that they w.;ro rein leer, h j c included
that they were returning to Siberia
from some unknown laud to the north.
He at oneo started in a sleigh drawn
by dogs over the ice, and after he had
followed the tracks of the reindeer for
sixteen miles, he came to nu island
where he passed the night. Next day
ho followed the tra-.'ks to the north,
and discovered another island smaller
than the lirst. The reindeer tracks
still continued to the north, but im
mense hummocks of ico rendered tho
further progress of tho bold explorer
impossible. Liakoff obtained from
the Russian government permission to
cull the islands by his inline, and, what
was far more important, ho obtained
the sole right to collect inamiii .tits'
bones and the skins of stone-foxes iu
the newly discovered islands.
Three years aftnrward he revisited
the islands, uccoinpniiic 1 by a friend
mimed l'rotodiakoiioff, and as it was
now summer, they made the voyage in
a five-oared boa1. They found the
lir.st island to be simply packed full of
the bones and tusks of m iniinot hs.nnd
LiiikolV's j iy at the discovery of this
vast store of fossils may be imag
ined. Then they voyaged to the next
island, where they found cliffs of
solid ice. Leaving this tlcy steered
boldly to the north, mi l after a voy
age of one hundred miles, they
reached u large island ( ifterwards
named Koteluoi), which was also full
of the remains of fossil elephants
(mammoths).
In 177o the Kussiau government,
hearing of the rich -is of the islands,
sent ChwiiiuolV, a snrviyer.to i xaminc
them. He found that the lirst of .e
islands containing the lnt4 of tie
ivory diggers was of considerable
size and contained such amazing quan
tities of the links and teeth of ele
phants that it seemed to be composed
of these n mains, cemented together
with sand and gravel.
In tho mid lb.- of tin- island was a
lake with bsnks formed of slopes of
solid ice, and in tho bri d summer
tin se ice banks split open by the no
tion of the sun ; and ou looking down
into the great cracks it could lie seen
that they were til I of the tusks of ele
phants and of the horns of buffaloes.
O.i Liako'lV death the Kussiau (J.iv
ivnmeiil, iu IS lo,; ran ted I In- iiioiuq o
I,- of the tr i le in the ivory l.-dunds to
Sirovintskio, a merchant who had set
tied at Yakutsk, who sent his agent,
Sannikoff, to explore th.! islands and
to try to discover new deposits of fos
lil ivory. Sannikoff, discovered to
the east of Koteluoi another large isl
iand, which he call -d F.iileyelVskot ;
mid in lSdii Sirovalskoi's sou dis
covered n third large island, still
further to the east which wns after
ward called New Siberia, Theso new
ly discovered islands were, like tho
former, full of fossil ivory.
Iu 180'd Count Iloinauzotr scut M,
Iledeiistroiu to explore the islands,
fitting him out at his own expense.
Hedeustrom reached LiakolT's firbt
islnn 1, and was amazed at tho prodi
gious stores of fossil ivory it contained,
for although the ivory hunters had for
orty yours regularly c irried away each
year largo qu intities of ivory from tho
island, the supply of ivory in it ap
peared to bo not in the least dimin
ished. Iu about half a mile Hedeustrom
saw ten tusks of cloph'intu sticking up
iu the m id and gravel, and a largo
sandbank on tho west coast of the
island wan always covered with ele
phants' tusk-i after a gale, leading him
to hope that thero was an endless
amount of ivory under the sou.
HoiioiiMroin nud SaiinikolT went on
to Ketcluoi nu I new Siberia, and they
found the hills in the former island
absolutely covered with bo ie-,, links,
and teeth of clepha'its rhiimeeroiisoH
and buffiloes, which ni ls' have lived
there in countless number t, althott ;h
tic islati I is now an icy wild -rie'ss,
without the slightest vegetation. They
also found that iu Now Siberia tho
most eastern of the island the quan
tity of mammoth ivory was still liioro
alum. I nit, an 1 iu IS HI Sannikoff
brought awny 10,(1(1) pounds of fossil
ivory from New Siberia nlono.
One ivory hunter iu 1S21 brought
away iM,0)!l pounds of ivory from
New Siberia alone, and in lSllrt OH, Odd
pounds of fossil ivory, which came
chiefly from tho N -w Siberian and
Liakotl' islands, were sold at Yakutsk.
Mlddetidol'ff some y .'iirs later calcu
lated that every year J 10,001 pounds
of fossil ivory were sold in tho mar
kets, HJ.OOO of thiH amount being sold
at Yakutsk alone, the market nt this
place being supplied ehielly from
New Siberia, where tho quantity of
fossil ivory still seemed to be inex
haustible. The Black Cap,
"Why doi s tjie J ml ;c in a Criminal
Court assume the black cip when pro
nouncing sentence of death?" is n
question frequ -ntly asked, mid tlio
Boston Transcript nnswer-i. Tnis is
because covering the head bus from
the earliest times been regarded as a
sign of mourning. Numerous ex
amples of this occur iu the Scriptures,
iu the classics nud in modern litera
ture. "The ancient English," says
Dudley 1'osbrookc, in his monumental
work on archaeology, "drew their
hood i over their heads at funerals."
Wo road also in Pock's "Dissertutu
Curiosa" of "the congregation, a very
great one, sitting iu the choir to hear
the funeral sermon, all covered," at
t ie burial of Bishop Cox iu Ely
Ciibedral iu the year loMl. Not only
do the Jews keep their hats on their
h ads at funerals, but in some coun
t ies they still war black cips ut wed
d ugs, in token of mourning for the
d struetioii of tin- Tempi-. Another
reason is that the black cap forms part
of the full dre.-s of the Judge, which
is worn only ou extraordinary occa
sions. The black ling, hoisted oil
prison walls as a signal that the last
sentence of the law has been carried
out, was lirst oir.plo-.od by Taiiierliilie,
Khun of the Tartars, in the fourteenth
century. Whenever a beleagurcd city
refined to s irreiiiler after a certain
period hedspliyodil bl ick tit'.', to
proclaim that "ih-time lor mercy is
now past and the city is given up to
destruction. "
The Uriiinmer Hoys.
Th- ilrumiii r boys in thel'niou
Army olteii got acquainted Willi the
Southern children, and were often
befriended ly the Southern mothers
and daughter-. I'll 1 1 Corel!, l'r.-d
Uitsehv's pin-til r toils of how the two
were put t bed in th-- guests chamber
one night by u motherly Southern
matron whoso own b iv was beating a
drum in L -e's iiniiy. She tucked them
up, after they had got III bed, kissed
tiu-m goo I night, as tin ir own moth
er. ha. I done before they left New
York, and dropped a t- ar or two on
t heir upturned faces, as she said that
they ami her own dear boy, too,otuht
to be at homo, and not ill the field.
Ill the morning, after giving them a
rovill breakfast, she gave them all the
jams they e nil. I carry to take back to
ciuip with them. Th others and men
a's.t were apt to make great pets of tho
lads. New York Tim -s.
Molasses ns a Cnlllo Food.
E eioriiti uts in ule abroad iu t ho use
of molasses iu the feeding of cattle
show a net gain of a dollar per head iu
favor of the nioh sics fed animals.---New
York World.
One of the member of (love-nor
Morton's staff girds in a 31,000 sword
lii u ho is in full dress uniform.
The Point of View.
To err Is human to forgive, divine
We ii all admit as true, of course.
Uut if the siu is yours, forgivones-i mine,
I've noticed that It has unusual fmco.
DiutnTiiKA LrsiMis, in the ; utury.
HUMOKOl'S.
In sum 3 things a cratik is most nco
cssury i bicycle for instance.
Many a man is expected to lo tlio
architect of his son-in-law's fortune.
"I'm quito exercised," txchiimtd
Ma id, as she completed her first cal
istln.'iiic b siou.
Mrs. Mulligan I'd rather hev tho
hull family ill than you. Mr. Mulli
gan So would I.
He What would you think if I
should kiss you? Sho Oh, I never
think of the impossible.
Where, indeed, i hould we have been
but for th . ladies?" and a rude, vul
gar, low man replied. "In Paradise!"
"What is the golden menu wo hear
about?" asked one small student of
another. "It must be a miser," re
plied tho latter.
Critic I presume you have nmiio
paiiiten. of tho realistic school here?
Rcsid-iit Oh, of course. They're duo
around to my store now, painting u
sign.
"A proverb v.-is -, just gath -rod from the
I. a in,
A saint in ornpi- is twice a saint in satiu."
Mrs. Hi'luei Dear me, I must com
mence house cleaning tomorrow, and
I lute it. Mr. Homer Why, how is
that? Mrs. Homer It dirties every
thing u; so.
A professor calculates that the earth
is shrinking about two inches u year.
That accounts for tho nervous anxiety
mniiifeste.l by some people to possess
it while it is of some size.
Old rai nier (tending thrashing ma
chine, to applicant for a job) Ever
done any thrashing? Applicant (mod
estly) Well, some ; lam the father
of seventeen children, sir.
"Well," said the good-natured man,
ns the friend of former years left the
room, "I'm SI iihead on that trans
action." "Why, ho borrowed i?l."
"Yes, but I thought he wns going to
ask me for .)."
"My boy," said the su ;e, "always
remember that brains will tell." "I
differ w ith yoti,"suid tho boy. "Ilrnins
won't tell. If brains told all the world
would be in the secret, und brains
wouldn't bo worth a rap."
Littl- drops of water.
Tailing with a thud,
Tlmii :h they hadn't oughtor,
Jlniiufa.'ture mud.
And you say your fither is inter
ested in inu?'' said Mr. Stnlate.grently
I pleased. "lie seems so," she uns-
wcred. "He worried about your
health." "My health?" "Yes; ho
thinks you bine insomnia."
Twyuii Telephone:! are the most
expensive things ever contrived to
talk through. Triplctt I don't
know about that. My wife talks
through a forty-dollar hat, and gets a
new one three times a year.
l'.ipu i rending) The naturalist, who
had slipped over the edge of the pre
cipice, gathered momentum as he fell.
Little Dot Mercy ! Does that mean
he kept on picking flowers even when
h- knew he was going to be killed? .
Dowitoi Here comes (tinkers.
He's got a now baby, mid he'll talk us
to deiith. Upton Well, bore conies
ii neighbor of mine who has a new
dog. Let's introduce th -m to each
other, nud leave tin 111 to tin ir fate.
"Your little brother is better, I
hope." "Yes, but the wetting begot
gave bun n severe cold. Some nmro
boys nud he were playing at who
could walk nearest the edge of the
canal with their eyes shut, and ho
won."
Wonderful I locli ical Deiiiuiistnif inn.
Priti 'o Henry of Prussia, stood the
other day with tongues of Maine moro
than a yard long, shooting forth from
his ha'idi in quivering zig zig, ac
compatiieil by me 'ssiint erne 'dings. It
was iu the lecture room of the scien
tific Sooi-ty, Urania, at II 'Hiii. lie
had oil '-red himself in a subject to
Profes or Spies to demonstrate the
fact tint alternnting electric currents
of high power and grwat frequency
pme.l t hrougli a hu nan body, far
froin eaini ig dentil pro luce no ill
effects. Tho prince declared that ho
fe It no inconvenience while Professor
Spies was passing through his body a
discharge of 10,001) alterations a sec
ond with a tension of 100,000 volts.
Now York Herald.
Not SellMi.
"Why do you and Bobby quarrel
so nine'i? I hope my Wjllio is not a
Hellish little boy."
"No, uiniuiiiu, I'm not selfish, but
Bobby is. He nlwxy.4 witits to play
the giiiiirn I don't want to." Harpers
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