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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSI50RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOBER 21, 1805.
NO. !.
Too Lata.
What sllenCM wo keep year niter year,
With tnose who nro most near to uj mil
dear!
Wo live bnsido each othor day by day,
And speak of my riii'l things, but soldorn
say
Tho full, swoot word thnt H09 Just Id our
reach,
Beneath tho eouiinonplneo of common
speech.
Thou out of sight nnd out of roach thoy go
Those close, fnmillur friends who lovod us
80;
Aud sitting iu tho shadows thoy have lft,
Alono witli lonliuess, nud sore bero(tt
Wo thluk with ruin rogrot of soni fond
word,
Tluit otii'i! wo might liuvo suid, aud thoy lmvo
hoard.
For woak and poor, tho lovo thnt wo ex
pressed, Now seems besidu. tho end, swoot, unex
profso i,
And slight tho deeds wo did to thosi un
done, And small tho service spoilt, to tronsuro
won,
And undeserved tlio prniso for word or dood,
That should huvo overflown 1 tho simple
noJ. '
This is tho on:l fault of lifo to bo
Full visluned only wli-n tho mluistry
Of doath lias ! -n fullillod, nud in tlio
plnco
Ofsomodonr presence, la but an empty
space.
What rocolleeto 1 gnrvleog can thou
(ilvo consolation for tho "might havo boon?''
Norah IVrry.
OUR COUNTRY COUSIN.
This in liow it nil happened : My
two Dialers, tho fnshioliiiblo Misses
Seymour, towuril tho end of a certuin
auiumcr having been thu round of all
tho old summer resorts, nud tiring of
tho lu.it one, suddenly remembered
thnt somewhere in tho rural districts
iu tho interior of tho Suite they pos
sessed some cousins of moio or less
nearness or distance.
As a last resort, in order to over
come tho etinui that was gradually
taking possession of them, they de
cided to settle down upon these
cousins for tho remaining days of the
Into summer and the heated period of
the autumn.
With them to dreido was to net, so
with almost unfashionable alacrity
and my sisters wero sticklers for
fashion, too letters wero drspntchod
to tho suddenly remembered cousins
and tho answer to them awaited with
brenthloss impatience.
They enmo at lust, bearing tlio moht
cordial invitation for my sisters to
follow their inclinations und come up
into the country at their earliest con
venience. To suy that my sisters jumped nt
thu chance wuiild bo wholly mislead
ing; my sisters never jumped at any
thing ; they wero entirely too elegant
for that.
Iiitt with surprising hnsto they an
swered, informing their hostesses
whou they would arrive, ami then on
tho hoels of tho letters swept up into
tlio country, bug, bandbox anil bag
gage.. Letters told us how tliey found tho
cous'i' , a charming widow and her
daughter, with a due old place, and,
what blessed it, reiilcouutry hospital
ity. Tho widow was set down us 11
person who had H"on something of li.'e
aud tho daughter was voted nice,
though a tritlu old fashioned.
As father and I wero very busy in
town that Hummer wo did not join
tho Indies in tho country, but merely
took a week's fishing at one of our
favorite haunts mid went right back
to work again, bo it was not until
early October, when the girls came
back to town, brown as berries nnd
full of tho pleasures of their trip, that
I received a regular detailed descrip
tion of my cousin Harriet and her
daughter Alice.
Aud from tho description I gathered
that tho young lady w.is a person w ho
would do very well for tho country.
Indeed, my sisters gavo me very
plainly to understand that our cousin,
Alice Seymour, would not shine under
tho city's lamps.
In a few days after their return
thero was nothing new to tell either
of their trip or of their entertainers
and I heard no more of my country
cousins until 0110 day iu early winter,
when tho female portion of the house
bold was thrown into sudden conster
nation by tho arrival of a letter from
Mrs. Harriet Seymour, iu which she
informed my sisters aud their mater
nal parent that she would like to have
her daughter spend a month in town
with them.
There wero sundry other remarks of
a pleasant and personal nature in the
letter, but they wero hardly noticed
in the all obscuring importance of the
desire expressed.
Sinter Florence catuo to mo with in
dntiou written in every feature.
"Tothink,"sue exclaimed, "Cousin
Alice wants to como here!"
'Well, why shouldn't she?" 1
kod.
"Why shouldn't she?" echoed Flor
ence. "Why, it simply cau't be
done."
"Why not?"
My sister did not deign to answer
me, but swept away in grent indigna
tion.
I It was Caroline n xt who expressed
j to 111:! how awful the idea was, I ex
I pressed my entire inability to seo its
lawfulness, nud was told by my sister
thnt niou didn't understand theso
1 things nt nil.
"I understand, I think," suid I,
"that you ue.iept tho hospitality of
jiooplc whoso kindness you are unwill
ing to return," and Caroliuo left 1110
in disgust, '
Then mother whispered to me con
fidentially that alio couldu't seo how
sho wns going to avoid having that
girl come, and was entirely amnzud
when I asked why sho should wish to
avoid it.
"Why, it would never do in tho
world, Hubert," said my mother.
"I lovo the girl ns well in any olio
can, but yon know that tho country
and city nre so di fieri n'."
"Is my cousin a lady?" I asked.
"To bo sure," snid my mother,
"but"
"Is sho nn idiot?"
"Why, certainly not, but"
"Can i-ho toll a train of ears from a
hansom?"
I "Hubert!"
j "Well, then, leant seo why its
coing to be such a terrible thing to
I bring her to the city."
My mother left me with the parting
, assurance that men never could nr
: preeiate such diilieulties.
j Hut, utter studying it, they could
find no way but to allow thu girl to
: come, nud como she did.
Tho girls wanted to sen I a servant
I to meet her, but I insisted on going
' myself, so Florence went with me.
I I could hardly believe that the
I dainty little lad in thu gray travel
ing suit, who auswere I my sister's
; greeting with a quiet smile, was the
, objectionable country ooiidn. Sli
I was a la ly all over from her charming
! hat to her pretty little walking boots,
j. Slit was so pretty that us I looked
at my sister I begin to understand
the point of objection which tlio com
! ing of 111 v cousin had raised.
Now, while I do not bolievo in lovo
j at lir.it sight, 1 must confess that a
1 strange fancy for this quiet little girl
j took immediate poisessioii of me, and
as tho 1 lay's passe I it grew. What
j else ooiild be expected of any obstinate
i yoitug fellow, anyway, when his
i mother and sister opposed him?
So I found myself loving Alien Sey
mour. Uut iu this I w is not alone ;
several other young fellows seemed to
share my feelings, ami it uuido me
uneasy.
Her manners were so perfect, nud
yet she suid and did miicli quaint and
unstudied things that 11 man couldn't
help being attracted to her. She was
not conventional, but she possessed n
natural dignity tint was greater thin
convention could give. As J.cveilv
Uridges s lit, sho was one of nature's
noblewomen.
Confound tho fellow, ho always had
the trick of turning a neat phrase.
Well, like a blind man, 1 went 011
seeing nothing about me, until one
day 1 came upon my little cousin
hioking very dolorous. She was alone
iu the parlor, and sho looked as if she
had been weeping.
I was all up in arms iu a moment
to know who had offended her, but
she hesitated a long timo before sho
told 1110 falteringly that she had grown
to believe that my sisters did Lot
want her there, und that bhi was go
ing home.
Somehow I steeled myself to say :
"I no not want you here, either."
She raised her tear stained face to
nn! I had forgottJii to toll you that
she was freckled just about n dozen
bewitching ones placed where they
would do the most good. 1 siw sur
prise in her look, but before she
could speak I kissed her and whis
pered : "Let us make a littlo home el
our own, dearest, nnd"
Oh, pshaw, a fellow can't tell about
these things, you know, but she was
willing, aud I was happy.
When my sisters wero informed
they acted very well, kissed in and
feigned a great deal of enthusiasm.
I thought at lirst it w is all pre-
tended, and I never understood until
later.
Ilith of my sisters aro now mar
ried. Chicago News.
Reunited at I.nst.
"Darling! '
"My Life!"
After four years of estrangement
they were clasped again in each other's
arms.
There remained no obstacle.
Tlio big sleeve was a thing of the
past.
Kirsr Hatching iu Europe.
Among the fellahs of modern Kgypt
a process of incubation is iu use which
has been handed down from antiquity
perhaps from tho tini'j of Diodoras,
who, forty years beforo tho Christian
era, said that tho Egyptians brought
eggs to maturity with their own hands
and that the chickens thus hatched
wero not inferior to those hatched iu
the usual way. Tho procosi in de
scribed in Xaturo.
Ovens aro built, consisting a chnm
ber about 11 feet square nnd four feet
high with a II it roof. Above this an
other chamber, nine feet high is buil
with a vaulted roof, having a steal
opening iu the middle to admit light
Uelow.a larger opening communicates
with tho room underneath. In cole
weather both rooms aro kept closet
and a lamp is left burning in each,
entrance then being hn.il through thi
lower chamber.
When Hio ovon is ready tho pro
prietor goes to tho neighboring vil
luges and collects eggi. They nre
placed on mats strewn with bran, it
the lower chamber. Fires aro then
lighted in troughs alon the aides of
tho upper room, tho eggs being in two
linos immediately bolow. Tho (ires
are lighted twico n day. tho first dying
out at noon, nnd the other burning
from threo to eight iu tho evening.
Thu lirst butch of eggs is left for half
a day iu tho wannest plaoi and thou
it makes way for tho next, until all
have been wurmod. This process is
kept up for six days, when tlio eggs
are examined carefully iu a strong
light. Those that aro clear are cast
aside. Those that aro cloudy are put
back in tho oven for another four
days. They aro then removed for livo
days to iihi.her chamber where (hero
aro no tires, but the air is excluded.
After this they aro placed an inch or
two apart and continually turned, this
last stage taking six or seven days.
Thu eggs nro examined c jmtautly
by being held ngainst tho tipper eye
lid to reveal if they aro wanner than
tho huniau skin. Tho whole process
lasts twenty-one days, but thiu-sholled
eggs oftou hatch in eighteen. Tl.o
beat required is 8i Fahrenheit. Fx
cessivo heat is undesirable. Nc'r
York Sun.
Sailing-Ship K elites.
Tho longest way around is oftou tho
shortest way to a vessel's destination.
Sailing-ship routes on the Cnitod
States North Atlantic pilot charts
clearly show, for example how (inad
visable it, would bo for a navigator
bound to Lughtiid from the equator
to make directly for his destined
haven. Iu mid-Atlantic their is a re
gion of high barometric pri-sauro,
around which t ho winds circulate, in
tho sumo way as tho hands of a watch.
Hence, on tho eastern side, whero
northerly winds prevail, the outward
hound sailing ship has a fair wind.
On tho western aide of tho North At
lantic, however, whero southerly
winds nro probable, tho vessels bound
to Kuropo aro favorably situated.
it is for this reason that the outward-bound
vessels make a fairly
direct track, while those homeward
bound aro compelled to make a wide
sweep to tho westward out of tiio
straight line. Again, old tailing ships
iu ballast, bound to Canada, for a
cargo of timber, will actually sail
right around this central Atlantic
area of high barometric pressure,
rather than contend against tho per
sistent weaterly winds of higher ltiti
tiidcH, Maury first drew attention to
tho desirability of adopting this longer
route, iu order to obtain a quicker
passage-. Ships of this description
bound westward steer southwest from
the Luglish Channel, as though bound
across tho equator, until the twentieth
parallel of north latitude is reached;
then steer due west before tho easter
ly winda of that region, gradually
turn to the northward as tho Ameri
can coast is approached, and thus
have a quicker aud finer passago thau
would bo possible along tho fiftieth
parallel.
Not That Kii.d.
An English writer would abolish tho
honeymoon, insisting that it spoils
many a promising marriage by weary
ing the young couple one of tho
other. There aro tint a few t id
couplea left who would suggest an in-
letiuite extention of tho honevmoon
rather than the abolition, having
found that closer acq. ini utancc opens 11 j
depths of affection undreamt of ou tho
wedding journey. The subject recalls
tho reply of a homesick soldier to
General Thomas. Tho (tonerul met
the man's request for his second fur
lough in a single year with the remark
that ho himself hadn't been homo in a
year and a half. "That's all right for
you, General," retorted the homesick
man, "but me an' my wife ain't that
kind. Midland Monthly,
( II 1 1. dig: VS ( OM'.M V.
noi.i.v s sriisor. cakks.
CVmo. Maliol. put your apron on,
And luck your sleeves up -so,
And wa-h your hands all white and clean,
And then we'll mix the dough.
First, two otfus opi 11 carefully--
The gold nnd white apart -Then
with a fork or wire spoon
licit yolks with ail your heart.
A half cupful nf oagnr next-
The granulated Kind -Wlh-n
well stirred in the golden froth
A creamy mass you'll Hud.
The sii'no of flour-half a cup
Through which you mix ho well
A pinch of hakin,' powder pure,
And a bit of salt ;-'t will tell.
J Now bent tho whites until they s!an 1
A glistening heap of snow -Ami
lightly stir with dainty tmi-h
That froths into the dough.
Now biikn in several shallow pans-
Widl buttered they mint ,e ;
Then jeliy spread between the liiyers,
And servo nt dolly's ta.
- Do id Housekeeping.
AortKTM'niAr, plants.
Some nuts keep slaves, we nro told,
and others keep cows, or substitiiti)
for cows. Otlnrs still make a busi
lnss.of raising mushrooms These last
nre tho leiif-cult i'ig nuts, so-called.
They live in tropical America, nnd aro
very destructive. They hao been
known to ruin wh-dc plantations of
orange and lemon trees.
They cut circular pieces out of the,
leaves and carry them oil' to their
mounds. What they do with them
was long a question, but Miller, who
studied these hiiIh in Urit7.il, nud licit,
who studied them iu Nicaragua, havo
ascertained that the h aves are not
used for food, hill as manure on w hich
to grow a minute species of fungus
iu other word., tln se leaf-cutting ants
eultivuto mushrooms.
They aro described as taking the ut
most pains to keep t ho mounds neither
too dry nor too dump. Sometimes
the inexperienced bring iu grass and
unsuitable- leaves, but these nre in
variably carried out and throw away.
When tho chambers get tilled wilh
loaves that have h;eii exhausted
fertilizers, new chambers nre built and
fresh leaves aro gathered.
rows with an i:lt km II Mi sli'.
An Kuglish writer has published
Koine curio us observations on the effect x
of musical sounds mi animals. A few
of those relating to ox-.oi and Oows
w iil be of interest.
"Opposite to our house was n largo
lield in w hieh twelve e ws wore put
during tho summer months. One day
a German bind began to play on tlio
road which divided the house from
the field.
"The cows were quietly graim; ui
the other end of tlio field, but 110
sooner did they heir the music than
they at once advance 1 toward it and
stood with their heads over the wall
attentively listening.
"This might have passed unnoticed
but, upon tho musicians going away,
the animals followed thorn us wdl as
they could 011 th-.i other side of tho
wall, and, when they could get uo fur
ther, stood lowing piteoiisly.
So excited did the cows beeomo
that some of them ran round the lield
to try ami get out ; but finding no
outlet, returned to the same corner
where thoy hud lost sight of the bnnd,
and it was some time beforo they
teemed satisfied that tho sweet sounds
wore real I v gone.
"I havo often noticed tin power
music has over oxen. The other day
we had a brass band playing in our
garden. Iu a field adjoinging wero
four oxen.
"When the baud struck up they
were at the far end of a uiue-acra
field, quite out of sight, tho field
being very uneven. They set oil' full
trot to tho garden wall, put their
necks over and remained so till tlio
tuuo wus finished, when they went
back to grazo ; but, us soon ns tho
music struck up again they came nud
put their heads once more over tho
wall This went on till the baud left,
after which they ate little all day aud
were contiuilally lowing.
"There are many anecdotes that sho w
that the ox or cow has a musical ear.
Tho cai ts iu Coiutiiiii, iu Spain, ma!o
so loud an I disagreeable n creaking
noisowith their wheels, for the want
of oil, that tho governor ouCJ issued
an order to have the wheels greased ;
but tho curtcas petitioned that this
might not be done, as tho oxen liked
the sound nnd would not draw so well
without their accustomed music."
The Only banco.
"Do yon think," said Chappie,
"thnt a gentleman ought to apeak to
his barber when he meets him on tho
street?"
"Certainly," said liriggs. "It is
bout tho only chance he Iihs to get a
word in," ludiBinipolis Journal,
VOLCANIC CHAIN.
A South Pncifio Region That is
Covered With Volcanoes.
Most Destructive nnd Terrible of
Any In tho World.
Tin' bay of Naples au I Sicily nre
:s u ill and insignificant volcano dis
tricts beside tho northern peninsula
of the ishm 1 or Cjleb 'S, just to the
cast of J! u ii 'o, iu the S 1 nt U Pacific
((an. Veruvius and Ktnu nre of
little moin.'iit in comparison with the
Vole itiie chain that studs this island
region, II Hike I by its hills and heaps
of lava aud ash ;s. One or the other of
the voleiiios iu this great chain is
continually belching forth, throwing
up, if not streams of 1 iv.i and great
stones, then ll lid clay that is blue,
gray and red.
Tho Donda, !t,'l l feet in height,
and tin; Sip ictaii, li.lHM foet high, are
the two great voleiun.-s of the dis
trict, 1111 I each of them has been in
eruption several times difiugthe pat
c ntury. Were it not a Hp irsely set
tled country the loss of liie would be
terrible there. I! U lh sv is n I'otn
peii to bo destroyed. 'I'll 1 iuliibi
t nits, wild and savage natives, live far
away from the v dc uioe i and quite
out of the reach of lh dr torrent '.
Klabit, or "Two Simmits," an
other terrible Volcano, is marke 1 by
a great hike iu its crater, and not far
away is the Ooew.i S ledsra, or "Two
Sisters;" still an ith r is thi Likon,
which loc-il tradition says is inhabited
bv an evil spirit, and from which
there e line a fearful eruption .V) years
ago, which devastated t h : entire dis
trict. All the islands around this northern
end of C.debes are volcanic. Tho
Archienjiehigo that runs up to tho
Philippine Islands, to the north, is
dotted with active inoiiilis of lire, im
portant among which is the superb
pyramidal vole. in Aboe ( which, being
translated, means "ashes"), and (iu
nova Awa, which iu all prob ibilit
bus been the most destructive volomo
the world has ever known.
Thousands of the iuliabitantM of
Celebes, in 1H12, III 1 Soli and ill 171,
were buried beneath lie- stream of hot
ashes aud lava that "1:111 iu milieu
sheets and utterly overwhelmed them.
All these islands aro nevert iiele.s a
paradise iu tho liixuri inc of their
vegetation aud the multiplicity of
their aiiimil life. In theiu the virgin
forests have never felt the touch of the
nxo.
Holland owns these islands now,
having made provinces of them when
she gained a foothold ill the far I'. 1st.
Of Malay and Alfooroos ran m e the
people, the more civiliz 'd population
of the coast being Malay, tie- savage
tribes of tho interior Alfooroos.
There nre many tribes in C -lobes,
some of I'nilippine origin, others of
Papuan. Tin; IJoii"is tribe is yet
another id the dominant pop.,!nt ion,
savages strong and ski'ful and with
out the possibility of civilization iu
them.
These fellows the Patch Govern
ment have essayed to train as soldiers,
because of their strength and power
of legs ami arms, bu' the attempt
proved till ttiecvssf'il ba-iil-nl of tho
I'oiigis disposition to "run amuck"
whenever exoite I by drink or gam
bling. When iu that statu they be
come wihl and frenzied, and stab, hit
and thrust until they aro knocked
down au I bound. The only way the
Dutch policemen of Celebes can oap
turo th"in is by using a sort of fork
which keeps them at a distance. It
takes two or three policemen to cap
ture a single Boilgis.
The Impact or the liicycle.
The ability of a bicycle rider in
rapid motion to do s -nous danwge in
a collision with another machine, or
with a pedestrian, is fully appreciated
by few wheelmen. A m ill weighing
lot) pounds and moving nt the rate of
ten feet a second (which is only about
seven miles 1111 hour), has 11 momentum
of 1,51)11 pounds, leaving out of the
account the weight of the wheel. This
i i sufficient to upset any pedestrian
with terrific force. It hus been sug
gested that tho pnoumatie tire forms
a sort of fender w hich would prevent
serious concust-ion iu case of a collis
ion. It would undoubtedly have a
slight modifying effect, but it woa! 1
be of littlo aeecnnt. A collision be
tween two wheels, each with a 1.V)
pound rider, spinning at tho moder
ate speed of seven miles an hour,
would result in a siiiashup with a force
of 3,0()i) pounds. In view of these
facts, it is no wonder that bicyclo ncei
doiits are often very Roriom.
The tractive force required to pro
pel a bicycle over a smooth level sur
face is estimated at 11.01 of the load;
oallilig t he loud loO pounds a force
of one and a fmlf pounds would bo
required to move the wheel forward,
an 1 this calls fur a pressure on the
pedals of six and three-quarters
pounds on a wheel geared in the usual
manner. When, how-.-vcr, tho road is
rough or on an up grade, the case is
dill' rent. On a era le of 1 In I't, for
cvmiple, the rider, iu iidlitioti to the
tractive force, actually lilts oie-tenth
of his weight and that of the. machine.
With a rigid or semi-ngi 1 lire the
rider is obliged t exert sufficient
force to lift himself over every ob
struction eiicoiiut' r. d by the wheel;
the descent from t he obstruction fives
back a portion of the po-.n r expended
iu Kir mounting it, but not ad of it.
In tho Ohio of tie' pneumatic tire,
however, the smill ob-druclioiis are
not nn opposing element of any con
sequence, as the tire yields iu lieu of
ihe wheel being ruin-- I, and tie result
is the wheel travels as upon a smooth
track. Seicii! liie Atu- ri'.'ati.
Ail 1 inlcr-riminl City.
In Tiirliesbm, on the r i;.-lit bank of
the Anion Diarn, is a cham of t.n-kv
! bids, near the I! liiharan town of K 1 1 -I
ki, are a number of lai:' raw,
which, Upon iaiiiiiiat : on, nre boiud
j to b ud to nn 1 1 1, . I re-..und city, built
j apparently long before the Christian
era. According to 1 111 'ies i',;crip
tlolis and des f tis 11 po'i the I mid
silver moin y 11 u- iit 1 !,ed lioin among
the mills the i-XI; te;ii'! ,,f ti,,. t ti
dates back to soino two centuries i. ('.
The underground lioKharnn city is
about two versts long is composed of
nn enormous labyrinth oT corridors,
streets nn 1 squares, surrounded by
houses and other buildings two or
three stories high. The edifices con
tain all kinds of domestic utensils,
pots, urns, vases and so forth. In
some of the streets falls of earth and
rock have obstructed the passages,
but generally the visitor can walk
about freely without lowering his
head. The high degree of civiii. itioii
attained by the inhabitants of the city
is shown by the fact that they built in
several stories, by the symmetry of
tic streets and squares, mid by the
b auty of t he clay an I metal ui. n-ils,
and of liie ornii nts ami cons. In-
format ion.
Ibn kiii.' Chairs lor Health.
"I love it, I love it, and who shall
dare," iiscd the bile Mi-s i;;,, ,k
iu 11 mono-lit of inspiration, "to chide
me for loving that old armchair?"
Whether the article of furniture to
which the poetess was so much at
tached was a rocking chair there is 110
menus of discovering. If it was, she
certainly woul I not have been chid
den for loving it by tin' French doc
tor who lias just discovered iu rock
ing chairs a hew and potent ngency
for good. The gentle nud regular
oscillations of these chairs have, it
appears, "a wonderful effect in stimu
lating the ga-tro-intestinal peristal
sis" If your disgestioii is sliieish,
and yon sillier from "atony of tin;
stomach," all you nee I to do is to
rock yourself lor half an hour or so
nt It tillie, ii 11-1 nil lie lell. Mai-.e the
experiment the next tillie yoll !ee
that your ea-tid-inlesiihal pcn-taNis
WalllS st I ! 1 1 1 1 It I lie T11,. iloC.or who
proclaim, tii is new nnd v -ry simple
cure for dvsju psiii inust becith-r 11
11 belli factor to whom thousands of
his fellows wiil he grateful or 11 part
ner in a rocking chair manufactory.
I wonder which? St. P.m.'s.
A Curious Kaili'oul Contract.
The Great Western liiilionl ol
F.iigland has just had t . ay SIOH.OilO
to free itself from the obi igut ion to
stop every train i t Swindon Station
for t' ti minutes. In 111, In lor-' the
road had reached I'.nstol, it made an
agreement for uiiu ty-nin y. ars with
a linn of builders to hold every train
currying passenger') "not being sent
express or lor special purposes, f,,r u
reasonable period of about ten min
utes," at Swiud in, in eons deration ol
tho erection of s lit ibie n Iresbnuut
1 ms, for which a rent of a penny a
year was to be paid. The railroad
soon found out the inconvenience of
the arrangement nud trie! to break
it. Tie- , rls in sJ nud in H70
held that "express" di I not menu in
the coutruct w j it is now m -nut by an
express train ; but th ; price nnk d for
tho annulment of the contract was
always m ire than the company was
willing to pay. Alter a tight of over
fifty years it 1ms been driven by the
competition of other roads to buy out
its opponents, ami tho tcii-iiuiiiite
stop of fast expresses at Swindon is
now a thing of the past. New Haven
Journal ami Courier.
His Share.
"I am very sorry, hubby, you didn't
admin; my new frock. Everybody
says it's charming."
"Your friend'!, my dear, pay von
com pi i nit- tits, I pay your bills.
Iter onclhil.
We parted where tho shadows crept
Alom; the valley, dump nnd chill,
And l -w the Halting breey.es swept
Around the solitary hiil ;
A lid !. ve was ateii buck by I'rid"
Wilh .angry w-.rd 11 nd bitter speeeh,
Tnl. pausing whcrel'e- put lis divide,
We turic-d in -ii' ie-e, cadi from each.
Have we 1 11 happy V W.is the thing
We strove f -r really worth the strife?
What gills cub I S -orn 11 1 1 -1 Anger bring
Save I r 1 I.e. 1 VoWS ami severed liie".
Oh. sweet I. bieey-with trouble dim!
(lh, lend.-r glance, half frank, half shy!
I.ov -'- cup run- ever at H- brim.
And shall we hghth : .t by.
ts ar, lay thine h;m m mine nu more,
In perfect ini-t of. heart mid mihd ;
Turn to the huppe r days In-fore.
Leave we lh darker hours b hind.
From Lin '-.lark pu-t new hopes aie born,
'i he jarring di-cords slowly cense :
And through au cv-r-hngbtoning morn
Sweet l.ove walk- h.iini in hand with
I". a.--.
rh.-iuiiier 's Journal.
Ill MOItOI S.
"Iligbe-'s wile wnli't (.peak t'
him." "Have tiny quarreled!"
"No, she llllS lost III r voice. "
.lack Ye, I admit that I have lost
In v In alt i.p!et ly. Cynic -Indeed!
I had nn idea H was your head you
lost.
ilonx -Tin re goes 11 man whooiico
look the ntlve COIIIpleti l.V "lit of 1110
loiix What is he, u lighter? Hoax
No ; a d.-nlist.
Had ("rank -W hen I was playing
bad ins! summer I was hit with a bat,
and kn eked senseless. C nieus Ah?
Win n do you ( xpect to ncovr.
"1 fear my lot is nut a noble one,"
sii id tho bullet, as It entered tin)
tramp. "Flint I inn discharged, mid
then I am led into bad company. "
He Arctic explorers are the safest,
men iu I he World to trust yourself to.
She Why bo? Ho They are always
cool in tho time of greatest danger.
H miigo ntati'iiii'iits in uiir I'.ugllsh tongue
We'ro wi.ut at timos to mate" i
Wlc ii we refuHo to lik" bis hand,
Wo elvu h man th !mk".
Aft.r nn incxpfrumco'l man Iihs1
rowed a bout for about t h leii-ipiarters
of an hour, nliuobt uuy kind of scenery
In ;jo.. I eiiuiigh for him to stop and
u.l in i ro.
"What led you tn such a place ns
t lns'r" askeil tho vi-itmg clergyman.
"A llolliilc-joihtcd JiollCellliill Hll' 14
pair o' liuii'enlls," sullenly replied tho
prisoner.
"Who me all ties. V" inked tie) vis
itor, "till! That iiibiiin'.'" said tho
j languid yoiih ; man ; "that is a collec
tion of photographs of tho only gills t
ever loved. "
"That hen is us thin ra a spi ctre,"
said Farmer Sparrow grass to his wife,
"lYllmps she is going to lav a ghost
instead of an gi'i" replied -Mrs. Sparrow-grass
A French phy .-leian has discovered
thai o'd age is cause. i by a microbe,
Mid til it the pesky littlo critter is
capabie of i xterminut ion. Ily dying
young the Msiti of the varmit may bo
prtw-hb .1.
Agatha What arc you standiii.
there and crazing up at tha1 window
for? Marie (ag It a t d ) -- Wl I lie has
gone up to ask papa to consent to our
engagement, and lwaiit to stand un
der to bleak his lull.
Hew He Made Hells liing.
I "Ci ntly, al one of our large hotels,
while a parly wi-i-e holding nn argu
ment on the subject of spiritualism,
one young f. How cxpress-l his be
lief that there was s uncthin ; in it, m
he himself was a sort of n "medium."
"Ilown medium?" inquired one of
the speakers.
"Why, replied the wag, "I can h
a good ninny mystcii.uis things; for
instance, I can m-ike u bell ring with
out touching it. "
The other oiler, d to wag r that ho
couldn't. Tin' wng pel slsti d, a; id said
that he Would lav him live pounds ho
en;!. 1 make nt Ii'i l it ilo.--n of tho
bejls in the ei-sig.. ring w.thin two
iu : !, ui i-, without leaving his sent.
' I'.-ne!" i xelaiiiicd the sceptic, ami
tie money wns stakeil.
The y, -ling fellow tunic I round on
his sea', op. ned a closet door, and
turned oil' the gaslr.itii thonpp r part
of tin' building. In less than olio
m. nnle half the bid N in the passngo
began to ring violently, the persons
above having suddenly lost their
lights
And so, of course, the money was
fairly won. -Tit-Hits
His Fx pin nation.
"Doctor, how much flesh can ono
lose iu a day under your t rent ment r"
'That depends I have one patient
who lost thirty-five pounds yester
day." "Gracious !"
"Fiic' I cut his leg olT, " Chicago)
K"Conl.