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VOL. XVIII.
H TTSISOIIO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOBER IT, 1805.
NO. 8.
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The Burden.
I writhocl beneath my burden, rnrowl an I
Rronned.
My harden, tbat bad felt ntut heard ns,
moaned :
"You do not know what misery is, nor
what
Tho bitterest pnrt Ik of our common lot.
The strength I lend in you with my loath
weight,
Jly wenkness would so tmlly own it fate.
Think, once, how much moru dreadful It
must be
To bo tho burden than Isvtr it, and pity mo."
Wm. 1). Howku.s, in Harper's.
The Survival of the Fittest.
HY WILLIAM A. TAAFB.
Dragging itself westward across the
dreary '.niiis of Utah, the overland
train, from a vantage point in the sky,
looked like a small horsc-hnir snsko
crawling over the earth's surface. Tho
earth almost the air was white with
the heat of t' o summer sun. All wan
vastness, immensity, silence, loneli
ness; above, the flawless blue; below,
those seemingly illimiUolo plritis of
reddish yo:"sjw, streaked with n'kali
white, that swiwA back and forth bo
foro tho eyes in parallel lines until far
off (Uey melted into a long, low
stretch of shivering light, the mock
ing water mirage at the base of the
mountain range hundreds of miles
away. Kncompnssed within that hold
zou thero was no thing of life except
within that desultory moving train.
Stocked in tho emigrant or thirl
class car of the tram was a crowd of
tired, miserable and dirty people.
They looked out listlessly at the piss
ing landscape, or stupidly at oacli
other, or twisted themselves into all
sorts of uncomfortable positions ou
tho hard wooden seats in vain efforts
to secure o little sleep. Perhaps tho
most unprepossessing of tliem all was
a dark-featured, roughly dressed man.
lleside hi in was a very little girl in a
blue dress Ilia lowering, repellent
face had a scowl upon it which sug
gested tho convict or tho desperado,
but ho was neither. Tho scowl and
the iiucous.'ious sneer about his ugly
mouth wero born simply of a long
and thoroughly fruitless struggle with
misfortune.
Although pretty, it was easily to bj
seen that tho little girl whs bis child.
She was the solitary ray of sunshine
in that railway steerage. F.veu tho
dull faces of the people in the ear took
on nu expression of tenderness when
they looked at her, for slio had cheered
them during tho last three weary days
with her joyous laughter mid merry
play. Just now she w lying asleep
on the breast of the il'. favored look- j
iug man, one chubby hind pressed j
agaiust his r,n ;"a unshaven cheek.
It was unnects.ary to ask if tho child
had a motile:. I
Sho wna a momentous factor in
nr'gbty problem to the man w hosj arm m"st impore .ptiblo streak of smoke
was &(out her nii.l whose knit brows ! ,,,M llinl "''! casi-b niu I train
and troubled facj showed how hard j Wi,s "IT '"'hing. Near tlio track h,
it was he studied it, A crazy letter found a dirty shred of a tl ig hanging
had como to him nenmstlie continent, I ft B,i,l,s l,!"1' ' 1 ,h '
and he had left the tenements of New socket of tli! upright po-t staudui; in
York to try ami reach the gold n laud I front of tho house. Nervously his
of .California. Ho had started with j hn jers fumbled in his p.iekets until
hardly siillieient money to take him- he produc-d the stump of n lead pen
aelf and child more than half the dis- ' ''' kicking up a piece of pasteboard
tnuce, but ho had a confused sort of i h- wrote upon it in great ton h let-
au idea that ho would in somo way
reneh li it destination. Hotter it whs,
at all events, than to rciniiu in tho
noisome Hester street den, where,
without work or the prospect of any,
his little Bit in of money would soon be
gone.
Tho station to which his scanty
I'll rue had enabled him to buy a ticket
for himself mid child had been passed
hours before ami he was wondering
how soon the conductor of the train
woulil discover the shameless imposi
tion ho was practicing upon the rail
way company. Ho had not much
longer to wait, for presently the iiuto-
cihi oi ine nam, in a liurrieil pas
sage through tlio car, stopped sudd il
ly before him nnd glanced at the check
in his hat :
"Hello 1 Where are yon going?"
The man looked up in what was in
tended as: nn humble, respectful and
piteous appeal, but his lip curled up
over his teeth, like that of a harried
do.r. Ho could not help it. His voice
was mild enough, though, ns ho
said :
"I am going to California, air, with
my lit t lo girl."
"The man's looks s-emod to irritate
the not too even temper of tho rail
way official:
"You are, eh? Well, whero's your
ticket for the rest of tho way?"'
"If you would please let no go
through tho trnin with my littlo girl,"
replied the unfoi t iinate one, faltering,
"I think I could raise tho money."
The baby girl was now wido awake,
her big, round dark eyes Hied wou
deringly on the conductor.
"Go through tho train? Not much.
Third class passengers Btny in this car.
Yon get off at tho mil station," said
tho conductor in n voice of Perce
warning us ho passed on.
The n:n looked despairingly around
at his fellow passengers. Thero was
a glimmering of sympathy nnd pity
for him in some of their woe-begone
Meet", but there w.is little inoner in
their p -keta even if they desired to
hcli him.
In about an hour the conductor
came into tho car again and gave the
bell-rope a vicious pull. Tuo engine
rospoudcil with two short whi.stlos.nnd
gradually tho train slaekono 1 its speed
f lid stopped.
"('o;ii ', now, you get off here, "said
the coi.d.ietor, roughly; "we're bo
hind time already, and you want to
hurry up about it."
Again the man's lips curled in an
ugly way, but ho made n i answer, ex
c pt t-i gather up tin) few paper
bundles of bread and meat on tlm sett
before him. Then taking his child in
his arms, h.! followed the conductor to
the platform and stepped oil' the train.
Heforo it was under way again, how-eve.-,
a lium ino brakeman on the la-t
f.tej? called out to him ;
'Say, partner, th-T ain't notliin'
here. This is only a llag slat ion. The
Kast-h un I'll be along in a few hour.
Stop h -r an t b iard her. Tho eon luc
tor on that traiu'll let y u on. It's a
shame to put that kid oil' in such a
place!"
In truth, little ab.iut Hi.' plac in di
cated a railway station. There was a
little close 1 sentry-l)o looking n flair
beside the track, an I titty yards be
hind it the rein tins of an old dugout.
Not even a trail sh iwvd where it was
that any human lining had visited the
spot. And around was tho dreary
waste of billowy plains and the burn
ing sun overhead.
In tuo rear of tho seiitry-box its
projecting roof ha 1 cast a little sh 1 1 ',
mi I here the man sat down upon the
ground with his child still in his anus.
Strange things, for him, emu to his
eyes tears. The little ono looked up
at him Hi a puzzle I way, an 1 he hasti
ly brushed his hand across his face
ami left a bron I smudge of railway
soot upon his cheek. Sli t clasped her
hands, an I laughed with gloj at hi-;
funny face.
Then thirst cam to thoiu that aw
ful, torturing, unreasoning thirst
which tho desert alone cm givj. Tho
child uric I for water, a i I 111 i father
left her ill the scanty sh i I ! an i step
ped out into th - glaring sun. Neither
in thi! sky nor in the parched ground
was there a drop of moisture, nud he
knew it. II i returned ail tried to
comfort her, an I then he sit down
again, buried his lac; in his hands
anil tried to think. The evening was
e lining on when ho rose to his feet
with a new ft solve.
Awnv far oil' in tho wj.l a thin nl-
tors:
somk os.: tak : run ruiiiij.
HIIK HAS NO 1'AUEXT-i.
With a string he placed tin placard
around the neck of tlei little girl.
This done, ho took her in his arms
kissed her again and again, pointed
to the smoke that was becoming
blacker iiinl longer, mid told her that
water was coming. Wii m tlio rails
began to sing of tile approach of the
coming train, he placed her near the
track and then ran and hi I himself in
the dug-out. .I'Voin his hidllig-placo
he looked out and eagerly watched the
child, while the rattle and clamor,
ami thuiidi r of the train grew lou ter
in his enrK. a it i' uuo with a rush
nn 1 roar, an I IIjw piMt the station in
a gale o! wind and dust. The man's
heart died within him, an I then it
beat, wildly again. Tho train had
stopped several hundred yards joist
tliettationanlw.il coning hick to
tho sentry-box. Tho engineer hud
Been the tattered fl ig.
As the long train rolled slowly back
ward, curious an 1 inquiring heads
protruded through the car windows.
The gold-cmb.nzotied Conductor
stepped oil' ami looked about him
in wonder. Not for several mo
ments did ho discover the child.
Immediately there was a crowd about
it, and tho placard was passed from
hale, to hand. A white-jacketed por
ter came out of a Pullman car and
placed a wooden step on tlio ground
before it. Ho was followed by a lady
in black, who descended from the car
and joined the throng. A pair of
yearning, eager, beseeching cyc
watched it nil from the dug-out. To
tho man i liidiug it scorned '.hat tho
determination of the fluid's fnte would
, never le renelied. Finally ho saw tie
lady in Mneli tiiko tho child iu her
arms, kiss it, mid re-enter tlio car
with it Tho passengers nernnilled
, back into the ears, tho conductor
waved hi hand, nud t lie triiin moved
on.
Then the father came forth nnd
gazed longingly at the departing
trnin L'aZed at it until it became
I It..- l li .:l :t l
r.iuuut-1 nun isiuai ler - - il u l il il oeeaino
a did in the plains until it vanished
and ho knew he was alone.
He stretched himself on the linked
ground that night to sleep, but could
not. Two littlo stars in tho firma
ment modest littlo stars very near
together reminded him of the eyes
of his child, and he tried to tix his
thoughts ou them and of her, but it
was vain ho could not forget his
thirst.
Tin' terrible sun rose the next day
and looked down up in him as its vic
tim. Ho endeavored to rat some of
the bread he ha I saved, but the dry
crumliM were torture to Ins throat.
One thing only was there to do to
f'dk'w tho track until nu inhabited
station was reacho I. It might In
tit v miles t might be more -but
there was no salvation nway from the
railroad.
He started off bravely enough, lih
longing eyes fixed on t he ever-receding
point where the glisteiiiu ; rails met
in the far perspective. Hut some
times his gaze w iiidcred even further
on to where it. surely seemed that
blue-green trees were bathing their
feet in cool, still waters.
At noon, when resting for awhile,
he heard tin: rattle of an approaching
freight-train. H pe welled up within
him as he stood on tho truck and made
frantic motions to stop the train. The
trainmen merely laughed at him. He
did not know ho had employed the
favorite ruse of trumps. Freight
trains wvro not for tho accomm Na
tion of such gentry. Nor was it a sup
posablo case that a wayfarer in tho
desert was unprovided with food or
drink, else why would he be there?
After this hia progress vas Very
slow. On the third day, he cnuiu to the
jini of his j ouriiev. Il.j mav have
been delirious or he may have been
quite sane. A train stopped for him
and took him on board. This they
always do when they kill a man. -Argonaut.
A Lawyer From Itnjhoo,!,
1 here is a story told of tho Into
Judge Strong's boyhood, which slums
that from tli beginning his mind had
a legal bent. Young St l ong, it seems
purloined a piece of cake from the
table spread for some fes ival occasion.
No one discovered it until the family
and guests were sealed lit the table,
and then nothing was snid. When
everyone had gone and the father was
alone with the youthful epicure ho
said to him, "Don't you know, my
son, that in taking that cake, you
broke one of (!o l's commandments?"
"(jblcstic-n SJ," responded the boy,
who had his catechism at his tongue's
end. "Is liny man able perfectly to
keep the commandments of (tod?
Answer H2. No mere man since the
fall is able in this life jerfectly to
keep the commandments of (bid, but
doth daily break them in thought,
word, and deed." It is not re
cord d what the reverend father said,
hut it must be admitted that the boy
won hislirst ease. iiostou Transcript.
To Signal From the (iravc.
"The grave signal" is w hat tho in
ventor calls a patented affair just of
fered in tho mortuary market. It is
designed to enable a man or woman
buried alive, as in a state of catalepsy,
to notify people above ground. The
signal is in a tube fitted with air vahes.
The slightest revival of life in the
grave, it is claimed, will bo instantly
indicated. The stage indications work
very well, but undertaker aro ob
trusively skeptical. The contrivance
has never been vindicated in the case
of any actual burial of a live person.
Tho inventor accounts for the op
position of undertakers by saying that
his signal will revolutionize inhuma
tion and will put an end to tlio prac
tice of embalming. Anew cemetery,
to be located rp the Hudson and to
be called the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
may bo cstablisho I in order to givo
tho grave signal a fair test. New
York Advertiser.
An Ancient Temple.
Arab papers anuoiin.ro that at tho
little town of I'rfah, north of Aleppo,
the ruins of an old temple have been
discovered, of which it is believed
that it existed in tho time of the (' inl-
leatis. Urfah, which the liomans
called Castelluui I'r, is tho "I'rof tho
Chaldces" of the ltible, the birthplace
of Abraham, ami n house declared to
be that of tho patriarch is r'iil i'i.owu
there. Now York World.
A HIIRO'S SIKH
'Surial Place of Washington's
Fathor Sadly Neglected.
Proposed Monument to Mark HJLs
Great Son's Birthplace.
Tho recent steps taken by the pi
eminent toward the erection ol
nn ti ti men t to m irk the b r.hplace of
George Washington nnd the projiosa
lo place a memorial over the grave of
the mother of tlio lirst president of
the I'mted States, bring to mind the
fact that nothing Iims been said or
doii! toward pi icing a memorial over
the body of the father of the man
who'will alwavs be "lirst in the hearts
of his coiiulryiiicu. "
There has been a great deal hard of
Mary, the mother of Washington, nud
this appears to have thrown the father
into oblivion. No one doubts that
Mary Washington was a good woman,
but it is iiioi, th i'! likely that ieorgc
llile ilteil boiii p'ltof Ills eliarncter
fl'Oii Ins father, eihaps the streak o
obstinacy that -t I him in ooi
Head when temptations biirroiinde
li i in.
It seems only fair that the pnterna
progenitor of the immrtal George
should be rem Miib 'red. If the laugh
ters of thi' U volution erect a inouii
incut to Washin ;tou's mother, why
don't the Sons of the Hevolutioti bestir
liemsi lvi's nnd place a memorial over
the grave of Washington's father. It
lias long been a stun ling disgrace to
this nation that it has so long neglect
ed the graves of both.
There was a monument erected over
Mary Washin ;tou's grave as far buck
as the year 1S1". Th l corner stone
was laid bv Andrew Jackson, who wis
at that time president of the United
States. Hut as time passed on th
monument, a small one nt best, wan
sadlv neglected. K-ceiitlv a move to
replace the old and dilapidated memo
rial has been started, and with success;
but nothing hes been done, to m irk
tho resting pi iej of Augustine Wash
iugton, whose body rests in a vault in
WakeliiliTT near Hrid ?es Creek, West
moreland county, Va.
Augustine Washington, the fatherof
the immortal George, died on April
12, 171:1, in Stafford county, Virginia.
He was a son of Lawrence Washing
ton, who was a sou of John Washing
ton. And here the geiiealogv of the
Washington family ends, or rather be
gins. The attempts to trace the nn
eestrv of Washington back to old nnd
noble Knglish families, mid to prove
that a Washington coat of arms e
ist i'il are as nu-American as thoy nr
ridiculous. The only real fact nl
though there have been manv fanciful
theories advanced regarding the
Washington family is that John Wash
ington, the great-graiidiither of
George Washington, settled in Vir
ginin in the year bio".
The Washington homestead in Wake
field is situated on the Potomac Kiver,
seventy miles below the city of Wash
ington, and four miles from the town
of Colonial Hcach, Va. All that re
mains of the house in which the im
mortal G .'orgo Wadiingtou was born
is a ruined chimney. It is proposed
to erect a monument here to mark the
spot where Washington lirst mw the
light of day.
The burial ground, in which the
members of the Washington family
were laid to rest for generations occu
pies a spice sixty feet square. The
arch of Hie vault in which Augustine
Washington's body was placed fell in
man v years ago, and the excavation
is tilled with debris. New York
Herald.
New Vork's Uiior Tunnel.
Thero is a big hole under Not t'i
Itiver. Some day it will bo a tunnel
connecting New York city and Hobo
ken. No work has been done for four
years, but the owners of tho hole are
now trying to raise money iu L union
to complete their tunnel before a
bridge can be built over N jrth U ver.
Only 1,2:1) feet rem tin to connect tho
two holes bored from cither shore,
each of which is now full of water.
This water has simply soaked through
since work was abiudoned ou th i death
of the principal backer. So far $d,
(),.),)) ) h is b -en pouiv I into th i hole
mid only g"00,Ul!) will bo required to
complete it.
One Person is Its Pupu'ntiou.
lV'serted villages are common
enough in the cast, but from other
causes than burst booms commonly.
Paiiiariscove, Me., has now no iuhab
i'ants but a lighthousc-kccper, though
some summer-houses are this year to
be built. Two hundred years go in
arranging for the Indian campaign
) imai iscovo could furnish company
of men.
Tho Cat Was Disgusted.
An interesting i xp riment in the
rearing of atnm-ils h recorded by u
German joitru il. A c uiulry gentle
uinti having captured a young bare a
few days old, conceived the I le t of
giving it as foster mother a cat which
lind just had a litter of kittens. The
cat showed no obj etiotis to this cuii
oiis addition to her family, nnd tin
herbivorous nursling seemed to take
very well to tho regime to which it
was so unexpectedly subjected. The
hare throve mi l grew, mi l tlieett
soon thought it time to b.'giu the edu
cation of her foster child, l'or the
('itching of mice, however, the hare
showed not tho slightest disposition,
nnd at cite i fault committed the adop
tive inolhr administered vigormn
corrections with her paws. This pro
duced biti little iiuproVciu Mil, nu I the
relations between the two minimis
were becoming somewhat sir lined,
when one day they were pine d to
gether on the lawn in front of the
house. The hare at once proceeded
lo nibble at the vegetation with re
ntal kali!- iividity, to the t vi lent
astmi ishiueiit mid indignation of the
cut, uiiocoiild make u 'I h i ng !' such
conduct. Finally, p' ron in r that - he
had il ished anything l"'t a kitten,
the disappointed nurse h it lelrew with
an expression of ui, in stallable li--dain.
West minster Gazette.
A Cosily Itnitk Itimliiig.
The only gold and silver bound
diamond itierustod book in th" worl I
was lately enshrined in the holy Mo
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 . 1 1 1 i t ' 1 1 f Isu tu U i.'. i, Persia.
The book is of coin's 1 a copy of til"
Alkorau, mid is a gift from .bd ur
K ihman, Ameer of Afgh inistaii. The
covers of this unique volume, the
sides of which are nine mil one-half
by four inches, lire of solid gold plates
oue-ciglith of an inch iu thickness,
lined with silver sheets of the siiine
thickness.
The centerpiece, ns well ns the coi
ners are symbolic designs, w rought tu
diamonds, rubies and pearls. The
center ligure is a cre.ieeiit, with a star
between its points, the whole d.'sigti
being composed of 1 it'.) -un til diamond
ll7 pearls and 122 rubies. The
diamonds on each comer, which are
almost bidden in the golden setting
and the orange-colored lacquer with
which they a ro fast "tie, I, ure each
worth about II li. Tli! book itsell
is ou parchment, entirely written by
hand. It is valued at Sli i.O'li). There
are said to have been over lOU.iMM)
visitors present in Isiian-Uaza the day
the holy relic was enshrined. Phila
delphia U"eord.
Sleeping on the l.efl Side.
Theie is little doubt tint an im
mense number of persons h-ibituilly
sleep mi the left side, an I those who
do so can in ver, it is said, be strictly
healthy. It is the most prolitic e iuse
of nightmare nud also of th tinp'.e is-
mit taite in tlie mouth on arising in the
morning. All food enters and leaves
the stomach on the right sid", and
hence sleeping on the If It s:d" 'oon
after eating involves a sort of pump
ing operation, which is anything but
conducive to sound repose. The ac
tion of the heart is als i si rioiislv In
tel f.. -red wit li and the lungs und.ily
compressed. Hence it is best to culti
vate the habit of always bleeping on
the right side.
New Fse for the I'ostolllce.
The postollice iu India not only col
lects atul delivers letters, parcels and
dher articles, but acts to a o rtain ex
tent ns a banker to the general public.
sells quinine and salt, pays military
pensions and collects the revenue ac
cruing to the governni lit from land
and other soiuc 's. lint to the f rtile
brain of one of the oldest oll'ieeis iu
the department is due the bitest de
velopment iu the work of the post-
ftiee. The Punjab posti.lli'e his
come forward as nu elenn'iitarv teach
er, it not oniv collrcis letters mni
lelivcr them, but t 'iich 's bovsiu ele
mentary schools how ti write them
and address the covers.
A I'lUi'iiieut Made of Molas.cs.
A pavement has been laid at Cliino,
Cat., which is in ide mostly of molas
ses, it is iu trout ot a sugar tictorv
and is 1,000 feet long. The molasses
used was a refuse product. It was
mixed with stud to the consistency of
asphalt, an 1 laid like an asphalt pnvc-
incut. The composition dries quickly
and is unaffjeted bv heat or cold. A
hot sun makes it dry and hard instead
of softening it as might be expected.
If tho pavement proves tube nil that
is claimed it will open a market for
millions of gallons of refuse molassi s
that are wasted every year. Path
finder.
Miss I'.liza Works, who has been
visiting friends in K.iche-.ter, is 1 l
years old.
FEJIBLS Of TIlOl'O'llZ.
I'vcry conniil is somebody's hero,
Kteruity is the iuliuito expansion, of
t i ill.-.
The world canuut frow n away a soul
smile.
Death is tho open hand to large op
portunities. A lazy man loses heart every time
! ho looks lit the eloek.
Itelnember that the top side of ft
cloud is always bright.
Love is the only thing that more
than pays for nil it gets.
If we know how to aim, the bigs.'er
the giant the better the in irk.
The world owes no man a living
who is not willing to work for it.
The man who lo ks through cob
webs will see spiders everywhere.
The man gains nothing who loses
bin character and sav s his m mey.
For ev, ry fault we m- iu others we
have t wo of oil r ow n w Inch we over
look. Some shepherds serm to forget that
sheep never stand on their hind lei's
to rut.
Give some people the power to move
lui.ii'il ains, nn ! i, r.i qairk they would
spoil t he eon II I 1 '.' for evel". bo, y rise.
Cold hands me sa'.l t,. be the mj,.,
of a wane I'.eitt Me do not think
that way about frost bitten branclns.
'The blood that do s not reach the
linger tips is c nigcnlrd nt its source.
The warmer the blood the more rapid
is the How. K im'n Horn,
Among the Cliiirt'oal-lliirni'rs.
Charcoal-burners iu the pine woo, Is
of .southern Jersey, I lelew are, nud
other points south, follow a romantic
nnd monotonous life. At tho best
the business is a dirty, smutty
cue, mi l it is dilli'iilt to dis'.iugti'di a
white man from nu African, liolh
work in the camps, watching the tires
by night, nnd liiMtin ; game iu the
daytime. Tli" work is earned on in
summer mid wiut -r, and during the
latter season tho bright tires are
rather pleasant sights. i'le y illumi
nate the dark forests, mi l keep the
cold out by tli -ir intense heat. The
burners cook their sweet p italo 's and
wild game nu I lidi ou tli - hot coals,
mid dine sumptuously every day. Half-il-do.en
or more may b long to one
citnp, and they wlnl awiy the tune
in hunting, singing, and card-playing,
'The colored iii 'ti invariably hae their
banj i es ill camp. an 1 I i stuml'ln upon
one of the coinpanws on a d irk night
impresses one string -iy. I'll ) lli.'ker
iug light, rollicking, dancing crowds
around It, and the twang of I tic brijo,
are not c ilculated to . net our appre
hensions unless th tr.i eh i r.i.'' ur of
the camp is known lu for. hand.
In this business of bur nng char
coal the capitalist has not yet entered
There are li. i trusts o.- c rp n at ions.
The work is e inducted cliieily by in
dividuals, m in v of them r. Tin'
woods are free, and with ; li ax and
a box of matches any mi can start a
charcoal cirup in the S ni'li. Most of
them can get their living in hunting
and fishing, mil th - neiua! cost ol
board is reduced to toha.c.i, and a
suit of old clothes oc asjiiually.
lively week or two a travt-ln.g Meth
odist preach r appears i u th-' woods,
nnd conducts si rviee in the camp.
This is a da when all of the members
of the camp wash and spruce up n
much us possible, for they welcome
nil strangers mid give n hearty recep
tion to the minister. It is doubtful
if the preacher receives more atten
tion iu any part of his long route.
Strangers viMtiug the w Is are al
ways invited to the rude ti asts of the
charcoal-burners nnd despite thru
black-looking laces, tin v have hlte
hearts and sec, inimoil it i ng ways.
They visit tin- town or city oiilv when
the stock of tobacco is i -xhaiisted, oi
when they iliie to the raillond sta
tion to dispose of llr-ir finish. 1 pro
duct. - Count i v t i. nt ieiiian.
To Ouicl n Horse.
When a horse becomes ti ij.-hti neil,
demoralized or otln rw ise rattled about
something he enc. ointi t-s. n good way
to quiet him down is simply to talk tc
him in a good tone of voice. If n
horse gets frightened at something he
Sees in the road, stop him at once nud
givo him a formal introduction to it,
telling him in the meantime how very
foolish he is to let such a little thing
disturb him. Nothing can be worse
than to whip a horse when he is
frightened. He doesn't get friehtened
because he wants to. It is only be
cans lie ha seen or heard something
that he is not familiar with. After he
once gets thoroughly ncq iainleil with
the object of his utieasi tiess, it will
never frighten him again. M muesoti!
Uovsciiian,
Growing Htiirlilrr.
This old world's crowing brightnr a It '"'I
and rails nroan I ;
White ilais.es blossom whiter, bluer vIoloH
strew the ground ;
And we'r thankful that we're livlmr,slr.o il"
lilcssj-u; heaven denies.
And tin-s.iiil's iliviii" 111 mksgiviiig drifts Iu
gl-ry t" tli" ski-".
--Atlanta I'unstitulioa.
IIFMOItlM X
Hiiix calls his doctor his biographi r,
for the reason that he is at work upon
his life.
Not in Trado-She -A penny for your
thoughts, lie I have tione for sale. 1
nm a free thinker.
"Wasn't he put out when yoti told
him he couldn't have a kiss?" "Oil,
no! He just took it ns a matter of
course. "
"Wln ie was MagnaCharta signed?"
asked a teacher iu a South of London
hoard school. 'Tieis', Sir, at the
bottom."
"S.ory ma 1 am, but you will have
to get sunt. -body t'i identify you."
"'The idea ! I lon't y mi see my name
right tin re ou the check?
"I i you love me well enough, Law
n nee, to walk with me on the avenue
win ii I wear my bloomer strt ?" "Too
w"ll. my love; far too well."
Vmi sa th" hen is ti.it a song bird
ilovou?" "That's what I say, sir."
"li,." l.-l! nn wiiat bird is inure
Il 'led for loT it you e m?'
nih ; Will V'ii hav. spinaeh to
day. s r? Guest Yes . but I .! "'!
want it so spunky as it . j s, i day.
Jbing me some with no sand in it.
Strei tCar Conductor -I can't tak.i
this C ma li.in i icy ; the company
won't I ike it from us. Mrs. Z
liear me, if th it's the case, I should
think you'd be glad to take it.
"War," .said the philanthropist, "is
a horrible evil. Tho warrior is a
survivor of barb irism What's that!
A drum! Soldi us uiiig! Open
the window. 1 want to sec them."
A. There is a mo -t remarkable cave
iu Kentucky. H. What is there to
liiarknble ab mt it? A. If you call
out. Hello, Smith, the echo says,
What Smith is it? no less than four
teen distinct times.
"1 don't see any Use in getting blue
ov r it, old mini. Sh" is not the only
girl in the world." " That 's pi-t nh,it
I'm blue about. Think of th chances
I have of nuking th" samo kind of a
fool of myself again.
P.lobbs- What nonsense it is for the
newspapers in their accounts of wed
dings to describe the bride being led
to the altar. Slobbs How so? Hlobbs
W i ll, most girls c iii.d lind their
way there in the dark.
The I'.iirgomastcr of A - was invit
ed to attend n centenary eeichra' ion.
lie declined with thanks, mlding that
it was nn possible for him to lake part
in the proceedings iii this occasion,
but that he would b. most happy to
i'. ime n. xt time.
A French Provincial newspaper,
w inch h eists of its large circulat ion,
publishes the following naive an
nouncement tin the subject of u char
ity concert : "We advise nil our read
ers to secure their seats in advance,
on aecoii'it of the suiatbiess of tin)
hall, which only holds about titty per
sons. I'tldo Well. Hobby, what did yell
It'll I il at school today ? Hobby
I li anii'il t lift the world is
round mil .irns ou lnn'es,
like that glol e in th- library
I'lielc Well what d you think of
that? P.ibby-I think, uncle, they
ore asking me to Vvlieve a go" 1 deal
for a small boy.
Way-ide Phi! phy. - "What tune
ilii t ou have, please?" "My ti lend, you
itsk til" t ally," "Mow's that?"
"Well, I have a watch that won't keiy .-.
I line, so I tin. illy s,-t it at si o'clock and
quit winding it. Twice iu tneiit y-fotir
hours now it is right to a T, where
ot h.rwise it would be wrong all the
time."
A Couvicl of Kxpericncc.
John Zimmerman, who has been in
the Western Penitentiary since lH'.KI
for iiiii'so straluiL, was released recent
ly and was immediately turned over
to nn olli cr from Preston, W. Va.,
who has requisition papers to tako
him there to be tried for the sumo of
fence. Zimmerman is about 70 years
of age, and, according to his own
siatein nt, has not been a freo mini
more than six months nt a time since
he w is 2"i. He has a lunula for horse
stealing. Ho said he never stole any
thing iu his life but horses. He him
bi-i-n in several penitentiaries in tho
country, but thinks Uivcrsido is the
best place he has yet seen. When ho
was told where he was to be taken this
time he said : "Moinnlsville? Oh, I
don't like that place. " Pittsburg
Dispatch.'
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