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hutltuttt glcaml. !)atl)ara ttecorb. u II. -A.. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pig RATES ADVERTISING Ono square, one insertion- - $1.00 One square, two insertions 1.50 Ono square, ono month ' 8.60 For larger advertisements liberal con racts will bo made. SLiO PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. VOL. XVIII. PITTSliORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVEMBER 21, 181)5. NO. 13. Of Mirk Ell The Humble T,lfV. riire rows diverging, wouJ their several ways. Along the first Tti glad notes burst In splendor through tho long bright dnys. Tim pathway's nanio Is I'ntno. Along tho second splendid cnstles risa Before tho wondering eyes Wealth in this pathway lies". Along thfl third nro common Mowers, Ami boos hum through unchanging hour. Yet closer snen tho flowers have thy fairest hue. The skies aliovo nro brighten! blue. This tho way Called "Kvory day." II. 11. Sni'.i.i..x in IVston r.udget. A STRANGE WARNING. Mr. (irosvenor had asked Howard, who wns the sou of an old friend, mid myself, to May nt Ciillinghnin for a few weeks nud pursue our literary avo cation, in which wo collaborated. Ho mndo no favor of it. "Only too glad, to neo yon," he said. "Wo nro very lonely, and there is little to do; no lords in the covers, for I can't afford a game keeper. Imt if you wan't to work, the place is quicl enough. 1 shall not 1h: nt homo for a day or two, as I am going town, and mIihII pick out my daughter from a friend's lioiise on my way back, but William knows tho place, and ean show yoti all there is to see. " Howard conducted me to my bed room tin- first night. "I hay," ho said, "there is n curi ous point about your room of course you don't know the rambling oi l place yet you can walk around your bed room. " "Of course I can, volt crock," I returned. "1 can walk around any room. " "Ah, but I in. an on the outside. Vou see, this room is in the middle of the house, between lour intersecting corridors, so that you can walk right around tl.e four walls." There win nothing else remarkable about my room. It was comfortably furnished. Against the wall opposite my bed, and nearly under tho sky light, stood a large sofa, w hich seemed nil unusual piece of furniture for a bedroom. It was too big to go through tho door, nud I was inclined to think that it must have been lowered into tho room by a derrick before the roof was put on. I turned into bed, but found it im possible to hleep. A strange bod a! ways means several wakeful hours to me, and I lay with my eyes closed, listening to the odd stable clock as it savagely clanged out its quarters, and practised every effort of michauiciil repetition that set mod likely tosoothe my restless brain. At length I gave up the attempt to sleep in despair and lay on my back vido awake. I began to picture to myself the most horrible phantoms I could im- ngine, to see if 1 could make myself nervous or frightened. 1 thought of figures with rolling eyes and gibber in;; lips phantoms that curried their heads under their anus, shadowy, formless objects of mist, but all to no purpose. My ghosts were feeble frauds. I could not invest them with tho nameless dread, ami I laughed at them. I must have fallen asleep ns I was thus meditating, for when I next awoke the moon was high in tho heavens and shone brightly through the skylight into my room. My eyes nt once fell on the face of a beautiful young woman who was arranging her hair at a mirror that stood on a table which Boomed to mo to have not been in tho room whou I retired. I was about to utter an exclamation whou a look of terror earn e into her face, a terror so iutenso us to freeze me iuto unspeakable silence. She seemed to bo listening to a iioiso without. In tho next strained moment the figure vanished. As I was turning over to sleep again I heard a light footHtep in tho corridor at the head of my bed. It passed along tho wall and was followed by a heavier yet ft stealthy tread. By this time my faeulti"s were fully aroused, and bittinn up 1 listened in tently. Suddenly the liist footsteps broke into a rapid patteiing as though in flight, and the pursuer's heavier tread was correspondingly acceler ated. Twico they sped nrouud my chamber, nud as they passed along tho corridor nearest to iny bed 1 thought that I could hear their pant ing breaths. At the third round my bedroom Joor ilew open, and tho young lady I hnd seen before dashed in and dropped exhausted upon th" sofa. Sho was followed by it man dressed in black, who carried a murderous-looking knife in his band. She looked at him imploringly ns ho stood over her for a instant, but spoko never a word. In that moment of timo 1 could sec their faces with great c'ournoss in the moonlight, and have never forgotten them. Tho girl was fair, with long hnir streamiug down her shoulders, and her lovely face was contracted with mortal terror. The man was of medium height, with a low forehead, a dark mustache and an expiession that reminded mo grotescpiely enough of the trademark upon the "Dsnion" tenuis rackets. I was summoning up courage to spring out of bed when tho man raised tho hand that grasped tho kuife. I saw tho weapon uplifted above his head. I saw tho girl throw up her Lauds is despair, and then a thick cloud passed over tho in uui nud placed my chamber in total darkness. The next point in iny memory fol lowing that awful scene was a loud hammering upon my door and Wil liam Howard's cheerful voice de manding to know if I intended to sleep all day. It was !1 o'clock upon a clear October morning, and my bed room looked as commonplace in the daylight as though it had been situat ed in a Loudon hotel. I must con fess that 1 examined tho sofa, but found no traces of distu tbaucc.und J dressed feeling ashamed of myself for being frightened at nn ordinary night mare. A trashy glint story of How ard's, a walk around tho corner by candle light and an uncomfortable bed were materials enough to furnish twenty similar die:iiu, and 1 went down to breakfast resolved to say nothing of my experience. During the morning w - attempted to work at our novel, but Howard was fidgety and restless, with the result that we accomplished very little. Alter lunch we ordered a trap from the village inn to fetch Mr. (irosvoii or's luggage from th station and went there to meet the train. Mr. (irosvenor was too poor to keep a carriage, his income being lim ited to the revenue from one or two farms and his large garden. Tho sta tion, however, was but half a mile dis tant, and tin; day being tine woshoiild have preferred to walk, even hud we been able to ride. The train came in, and Mr. ( irosven or shook hands with us and introduced mo to his daughter. I'pou looking her in tho face, I was astonished to see the exact counterpart of the dream girl who had rushed into my bed room. Miss (Srosvenor, who was very pret ty and vivacious, rallied me during the evening upon my low spirits. I was wondering if there has been anything more than coincidence in my vision, to which her appearance had given a strong nir of reality. At all event tho murderer did not seem to have a place in this littlo drama, and I deter mined for tho present to hold my tongue. Of our stay I need say nothing ex cept that Howard fell deeply in love with our host's daughter, but feared to speak. "Too poor," he said, hopelessly, "(irosvenor will want a soii-iu-luw able to lift tho obi house up a bit." Two yenrs later I camo homo on leave from India, in which country I hud obtained an important post, and remained for a few days in town to replenish my wardrobe before paying a few rounds of visits. As I was walking down Piccadilly ono morning I folt a ship on my shoul der, and turning found myself face to faco with Howard. "How go things with you?" I said alter mutual greetings hud been ex changed. Have you married Miss (irosvenor yet?" "No," ho replied; "I have had no luck whatever in that quarter. She is now engaged to French Johnny. Her father is pretty well off now. Tho railway was extended through his land and he made shekels over tho trans action. They are staying in tow nt present. You had better call." "Will you oomo with ino?" 'No thanks. I don't look well ns tho rejected suitor. But here is their address and mine. " I called upon (Irosvenor in due course and was introduced to his laughter's fiance, one Mr. Dubois. His face seemed familiar to me, and after some moments' thought it burst upon mo that ho was tho dream mur- lerer of two years before. There was not a doubt about it, and I could have sworn to him in tho witness-box. He was a man of wealth, bad lived many years in England and was thought to be an excellent match. He was by no menus young, but had a polished and agreeable manner, w it h a very rapid and sharp mode of speaking, which was not, 1 thought, wholly duo to his French nutiouulitv. Though I attempted to disinisi my prejudice, ho gave mo tho impression , that there was soinethiug underhand about him. Ho also seemed to think himself suspected, for 1 caught him watching me furtively as I was talking to Mr. (irosvenor. I walked home in groat perplexity. Here was my dream exactly repro duced, and 1 had no possible doubt as to the identity of tho persons con cerned. Yet I could not tell Mr. (irosvenor the story without incurriiig his ridicule if not his anger, and prob ably getting into bad odor with his future son-in-law, though for that con tingency I cared very little. At length I resolved to impart the whole matter to Howard. He had found permanent employment in Lou don, nud could remain on tho watch, whereas I was obliged to return to In dia in a few weeks. Tho marriage was not to take place for nt least six mouths. This would give him time to examine Dubois' antecedents. Howard was much surprised at my story, and declared that ho thought Dubois to be a scoundrel from the first. This was likely enough m a re jected suitor, but in the same timo his instincts corresponded with mine, and at his earnest request 1 determined to tell the whole to Mr. (irosvenor. Howard undertook to keep strict watch on Dubois' movements and to let mo hear of any new developments the ease might present. The next day I called upon Mr. (irosvenor, and requesting a private interview, put tho whole matter be fore him. "This is very extraordinary," he said, when I had finished. "Curious ly enough, the young couple are to live at Cullinghain and occupy thai very room when tho honeymoon is over. But what can I do? His ante cedents seem ll.iqilestioiiable. Ho is the son of a French count, his parents are dead, nud he has dropped his title. I have verified all the statements ho has made, and, though 1 do not pro fess to like the man, 1 really have nothing against him, ami iny daughter is devoted to him." "Well," I returned, "perhnps it is no affair of mine. 1 though I ought to tell you what I saw before I re turned to India. At tho same time I hope that you understand my motives are wholly disinterested." "1 owo you many thanks for per forming what might be thought a purely imaginary duty and tin un pleasant one! as well. Have you told anyone else?" "No one but Howard." "Then I will make fresh inquires. I do not anticipate any result, but it is as well to be sure. His daughter camo in at that mo ment, and il w as distressing to see the wistful look in his eyes as ho lifted her hand for a moment nnd gazed into her face. Six months biter, when I was stay ing at Simla, I received a letter from Howard. Ho wrote : "We have settled Dubois's hash. He will not bo seen any more. I put on a private detective, who found out that Dubois had been kept in u French asylum for somo years us a homicidal maniac. Tho hypnotic school of physicians professed to have cured him, and I think had really done so for a time, but he was getting strange in his manner, and when asked about the asylum, though the question was put in tho most delicate way he Mew at (irosvenor like a tiger and attempted to strangle him. Help was fortunately at hand, and he was put under lock and key. We cauuot account for your dream by any theory. Dubois hud never even seen Culling hum. I can only suppose it was meant ns a warning, ami, in fact it has been the means of nvoiding whnt might have been an awful tragedy, and of bringing about, I hope, what will bo the greatest happiness oi liny life." (iood Company. butter nud Wheat. Some one having a bent for statis tics has figured out that the people of this country cut about four pounds of butter for each bushel of wheat, con sumed. It is uot to be supposed that thin amount is all eaten in tho form of "bread nud butter," but the ratio between these two articles is not dis turbed by any variation in tho way they are used. Taking the four pounds of butter us a proper balaneo for a bushel of wheat, our farmers are, tit tho present prices of tho two ar ticles, getting more for the former than tho latter ; and if wo look back over the market reports for tho past fifty years we find that tho foiir-to-oiio rule has not deviated to any con siderable extent ilm ing any one entire decade. As consumers oi butter wo probably lead nil other nations, and if wo could only say that wo led ia quality ns well ns quantity it would bo something to be proud of, but, unfor tunately, wo must forego that honor. New Yoik Sun. IIII.IUtKVS ( 01,1 MIX. AS ASl-II.XT l Aiu.r. "I have a table," Said Arthur to .Muliel, 'Three thou-und years 1-I ; Ami though It lias stood Ho long, 'lis us good As the tlnest of gold," '(Mi Arthur, your table, I fear is u falile. And you nr.-its knight. Of course It is round, J tut where was it found? Now tell, -honor bright !"' "Twas found, they say, Mulid, In the great tower of Ilnbel ; And learned folks s ay That wise old llmdo.n This tuMo -uld us-- 11-fore Kft'yptV clay !" "Why Arthur," said Mabel, "IM show in the table That's older than Mjjypt as old ns crea tion!" "My table is square Not round : to be fair. But why should I show What all the girls know. -This very ..Id table, callud Multiplica tion." - .Holla Cocke iu St. Nicholas. HOW MONK AliK TAMI'.h. According to Heir Hageiibeek, the famous show man, the tamers of wild beasts use tin secret methods, nud ill taming a lion they proceed very much as a boy would with u dog. If a lion is to be taught to ride on horseback, it is necessary to be very patient at Mist, nnd take a grent deal of time. If possible, it is best to be gin when he is yonug ltbs limn a year old. If ho was born iu captivity, he is already iiivitstuiucd to see pcreons out bide his cage, Imt not inside. All his instincts ure stiil tierce. When the tinner first opens the cage door, and steps inside, the youngster at once displays fear. He will proba bly jump at tho triiiner, snarling t-av-agely ; for that is his way of showing alarm. The only course that cau lie pursued is to bent him off with a light club. The tirst lesson he learns is that it is not safe for him to attack man. Sometimes in his excitement und fear ho will inuko several attacks, one after tho other. Tho trainer merely beats him off, and iu the end the lion retires, biiurling to the fur corner of the cage. The trainer does uot follow him, but sits down quietly on u box or a chair, paying no 2'nrticulur utteutioii to li i in. Ho sits there for an hour or two hours at a stretch. This is done to accustom the lion to the presence of a mini in his cage, and to wear out his natural fear nnd fierceness. This first lePbOti is repented on tho following day, and is continued for a week, or perhaps for a mouth. Next the trainer takes a piece of meat into the cage, nnd, wuitiug un til the lion is hungry, offers it on the end of a long stick. Very likely tho lion will not touch if at first, perhaps not for many days; or, if ho seizes it, his manner will not be such as to indicate thankfulness. Hit by pa tience and persistence ho will be in duced by-atul-by to come nnd tukc tho food from the stick, and eventually from tho trainer's hand. Not infrequently ho will try to bite the hand that oilers the meat; and generally speaking, it is deemed n sig nal victory when a young lion will voluntarily approach nnd take his food from the keeper's hand. Soon ufter this he will allow the trainer to stroke his head. Toward a stranger he may exhibit quite us lunch ferocity as at tirst. The next step is to put n chain round the lion's neck and lead him about tho cage; and most trainers consider it necessary to bind a lion down to the bottom of the cage oueo or twice, iu order to instill into his naturally intractable mind the fuel that human bouds nro irresistible, and that chaius cannot be broken. Tho various feats which go to niak up a model n performing lion's educa tion are afterward taken up one by one and taught gradually. The only "secrets" that Heir Hageiibeek knows are endless putieueo nud oft-repeated lessons. Needless cruelty is always avoided; nevertheless, it is necessary that lious, us well ns tigers, leopards und most other wild beasts, should hold their keepers iu fear. Gentle ness and kindness alone niv no! suf ficient ; these fierce animals mii-t bo luudo to know that their trainer is absolutely muster. It should be added that there is al most or quite ns much difference in young lions ns in boys. Some nro lunch more docile nnd intelligent tin n others. Some develop good and trustworthy t raies ; others can never bo fully trusted. (iolden Days. Switzerland's rsilroads cover 1,00 miles. SHARK HUNTING. An Established Industry in Long Island Waters. Every Tart of tlm Fierce Fish is Utilized. Shark hunting has now become an established industry in the wuUrs of Long Island, and it is found to bo profitable iu portions of the (ireul South Hay, says tho New York Sun. It is a common thing for a single boat's crew to kill half a dozen .'harks in a day. The body of the shark was supposed for years to be worth little as an article of commerce, nnd lor this reason sharks were allowed to live unmolested. Now it is under stood that every part of the body of tho shark has value. The skin is worked up into an excellent munition of alligator skin, from which pocket books, t raw ling bags, belts, etc., are made. The tlesh and hones of tho shark are eagerly sought by the fer tiliser factories on account of the ani'iiiut of phosphorous they contain. One of tho best glues yet discovered can be made from the backbone, but owing to tho strong odor for which Ho remedy has yet been found, shark glue is not yet a marketable article. Th! manner of captut iug the shark is interesting. A day on which the wind is blowing a good stilV breeze is the best for shark hunting. A shark lately feeds oil a day when the sur face of the water is smooth. The shark hniiler puts oin to the ib ep chatiii. Is where tiie man esters lied. The fishing bout is generally of fifteen tons burden, li the lid.- is running strong enough to soitttu them, several bushels of bunkers are thrown over board lit tho stern of the boat. Slrnngo as it may stun, a shark will will not touch food that is not in mo tion or has not a .semblance of being alive. After tl.i' fishermen had thrown overboard enough bunkers to attract the sharks to the neighborhood of the smack, long ropes with air-tight kegs ' are 11111 ol,t over the sides of the VeS- j sel. On the under side of each keg is a "swivel ring, uiid to this a foui strund hemp rope, several felt long is attached. A steel ho.il; a foot long and made after the fashion of a regu lar bluelish hook, is baited with a big bunker. A chain connects the hook und rope, to prevent the shark from biting the line. The keg on the sur face of tho water sways nnd gives the bait on the hook a life-like appear- n nee. The shark hunters watch the keg as a boy watches a bob for a nibble. A shark never nibbles. If he bikes the bait it is done with a rush, nud the keg disappears beneath the water for some minutes. Iu the first mud rushes tho shark is allowed to have what the sailors term leeway. That is, a little rope is given him gradually, to pre vent him from running and sp-dshing so as to scare all other sharks within half a mile. An excited shark m-hiug here and there and cutting the water with his tail will generally spoil the lishiug iu that particular place for the rest of the day. After a shark has been honked t In line is haule I m slowly by two or three pair of strong arms. Should the shark show signs of not being Completely exhausted, great care is taken not to excite him and start him on another wild plunge. When once he is buuled to the side of the boat he is lanced. Then the earcas is hoisted aboard and skinned. The skin is buried iu a salt bath, while the rest of the body is dumped iuto a pen under the deck. Alter a catch of several ol the big fellows tho stuff is unloaded at a fertilizer factory, nud tho skins aie shipped to New Yol k. The Spanish shark is ono of the hardest spt eie.s of the family to eutch. They usually- measure tr.uu seven to eleven feet m length, nud have hid' as tough us leathr. This quality in the skin of the Spanish shark, u larger money value than any other shark. The Spanish shark wiil seldom bite ui bait that has tho least s.-niblaucj ol suspicion to them. Tho varieties mostly takt u now nie the shovel nose, the hog snout and tho dog IMi. The oipttue of shark is a blessing to the net lisle tniell, for us tin- sharks become fewer the damage to m-ls is lessened. A gnod-siz-d shark cau do many dollars' damage to a net in u few minutes. Nearly ov ry liKln rm iii i'i the (ireat S -nth Bay has two or three nets rniued every season In sharks, A dozen or more shark-fish-iug boats can bo sen mi the waters ol the tireat South l:ay eveiy wiu.lv or stormy da v. London pawn brokers average twei.ty t'ive per cent interest on lhc money borrowed. J-.xppiiini-nts With biuliiniinr od. "Speaking of lightning rod-." said an nriny olticer, "When I was at West I'oint old M ink Keiidrick, our pro fessor id' chemistry, electricity, nnd so forth, used to give us an experiment with lighthing rods, which is the only thing I recollect iu connection with them. lb; had a battery rigged up to furnish the lightning, then ho hud a house of blocks, a nice two-story house painted white, with green shut ters. On this house was a lightning rod, a miniature nlVair, made like the ordinary lightning rod of commerce, lb- would make a ft.-w remarks, ix phiiiiiug that wet earth or water con necting directly w ith the earth was the very best. Then h0 would make a ground connection of this kind an I proceed to lire a b w big electiie sparks through the rod. They would go through nil light, not doing the slightest injury to the house. Then he would make a few more remarks, this time to the et)'- et that a little learning is u dangerous thing, and tell about a good iniuist r ill the neighborhood who wanted to protect his house by a lightning rod, ulidwhohad h- aril that Water was a good thing for the r I to end in. So he si t up th-- i-,, I a-nl had it end in his cistern wh-rras it was carefully cemented, there wns always certain to be water. The old profe-sor would then put the end of the rod iu u glass of water, to represent t In-cist. rn, and turn on his lightning. The big; gpurk Would le.qi across to the rod und down would come the house, n heap of block-. (no of the most beautiful and nt the same time one of the most terrify ing sights I ever saw," said nnother member of the group, a veteran of the war," "was ilon li in Arkansas in leHi-. I was drilling my regiment one slimmer afternoon, when n Hid den thunder showi.1- came up. l i e null had bayonets fixed, and us we started for camp were carrying their muskets nt a right shoulder shiit. Suddenly there b. gill at the tips of those buyoti' ts th most marvellous electrical display I had iv-r seen. Tho lightning played about thelll dancing, rolling, Mashing, leaping from otic to another as if it hugely enjoyed the frolic. F r an insaint I thought the whole command would bo struck down und the in n themselves were bieby frighten. -d. No olio was hurt or even hhocked by the brilliant display. I halted the command nnd hud unfixed bayonets, wheieiqion the display e-ased to every one's relief." New York Sun. The luveiitoi of the Polka. "The origin of the polka is not gen erally know n, the inventor of the dance having been a young Hohemiaii girl named Ilanic.ka S- leka. Sue was a blooming young peasant maiden, nud the be.it dancer in the viilngc of Cos telec, on the river Kibe, nud used to perform solo dances of her own inveu lion at the various village festivities It was iu the year ls:io ,(t a farmhouse that the assembled guests asked her to dance a solo, und she -ni.l : "I wiil short you : oinet hing quite new," and to the music of her own singing she danced the polku step, but in ro elabo rately than it is now p -rforme I. Tin; dunce became s popular that it was later made u national dance, and llnliiczka iiame.l n puik'i, as s ic said it was danced iu short steps; from pr.iku ciiuie polku, mi 1 finally polka, the dance three years biter, in l:l. t, becoming popular in 1'iiigiie, an I in it was already danced at Yieiii -i balls, nud one year later beeune the most popular dance in Fans. Ilauiezka Sele.ka is still alive, surrounded lu ll. iiu-Tous grandchildren and great grandchildren sprung from her own six sens and daughters."- -The Kiude. edic Kills an I bin- Horses. Mr. uui M s. Henry lliteiiu.un have launched a p. cull ar uu I u w i i l isii v i I in Muiieie, In. I. It is a horse hide factory, or tint is what Mrs. Hitch- j man desires that it be referred to as j being. Henry sp u Is his time buying ; old horse., fioiu ad parts of the coun try, i end. u ; tneiii horn-, wh r,. his w ife shoots and kills tiiem. Sin- :l e- the knife w ilii great ac -uracv, and is ! assisted only by her two small sous. After the hid-- Is removed tho fat is rendered into tallow, nnd tho bom s dressed and sold for fertilizing. Tho horses are purchased for liv-re songs, and 1 1 itc'iiiian seems to bo inakin; a good thing out of the business Tho woman can remove a hide iu hs than lull luiuiiti s. Indianapolis ScutiueL A Hunter in Hard I, nek. Hunter Did yon s -e a rabbit rnu by here? Boy-Y.p, Hunter II..W b.ng ago? 1! y -It'll bo three years nex' ('irist ois - Trttth I'liseillil. I'H'.'illa hath come back t" t-wn A little bandit .iieeii, 11. -r cl.e.-k hath robbed the horry'n brown Ib'l eye thodewdrop's shfWMi. t peii her lips their brightly glow! The poppy's crimson hue, Willi Autumn music in Imt toes SI tun ins the aveiiii" Alas! how wildly hearts will beat I hat late k"pt s'owest time; Ala-! how many a simwy shct Will ni"et its (ate in rhyai"! l.'i'igh. Cugid Inu-h. with saucy glue At all l In" pang, in st..ro, Hut n -v. r point 1'iy dart at inn - My heart wa- Icrs before. Samuel Minium I'eek iu Life. IM'MOItOrS. Iieilucc-d circumstances nro the kind that everlastingly alter cases. He Do you believe ill signs? Sho "Well, 1 should think I did in oyster saloon ones. "This is tough luck," said tho thief, when he sampled the boardilig-hotlso steak he hud just stolen. City Child (as she watches tho cattle enjoy ing their cud) S iv, mister, do you have to buy gum for all them cows to chew? I'li-.iiu r 1 want to get out of hi re bel. Jailer That is tho way you earn. m. What we want is for you to get out of here good." How to make tho ii 'w divs: Take the material for two skirts und make tic M. evi s; then till;.-the material for one sleeve and make the skirl. She--Women nro the salad of life at once a boon und a blessing. Ho Iu ..lie way they're like salad they take so much tune in their dressing. Mrs. Sweet Do you Mud it eco nomical to do your own cooking? Mrs. Uui Hem Oh, yes; my husband doesn't eat half ns much as when wo had a cook! It gives a man such a mortifying shock to in. i t one more intelligent than himself, that most of us give thanks daily that we have not yet met that pel-sou. The man with n vivid imagination may sit down in his bath tub and im agine himself among the foiiniing breakers pud finally Mud himself washed ashore. (ioodlello -Chesr up, my boy! lle-membei- the sun shines brightly after ex cry storm. Barker--Yes, but that only shows people how shabby nnd bedraggled the storm has left one. "Hullo llr, iiisoti howdy? What's this 1 hour about you nnd Perley?" "Oh, nothing imieh. He called mo a donkey nt the club, that's nil. I treated him accordingly." "Indeed?" "Yes; I brayed and gave him a kick he'll never forget. He -What would you say, darling, if I should tell you that you never can be mine? She 1 should say, pet, that I've got a nice bundle of your letters that would help to make it expensive to ell. "Oh, yes," rejoined the Giraffe, blushing at the compliment, "I know I have a great d 'ill of taste. I am built that way, don't you know? Yes." She explained, iu illustration, that it ti.oii the ice cream sodn sho wns i at iug something like i2" seconds to reach it destination, and her relish was consequently indeed extensive. Whnh loiic Sll..-(MI n Ton. Haifa century ago a gnat ninny ships used to start from Sag Harbor, NeW Itedlol.l nil I Boston fof long ciuises iii the Arctic seas in search of whales. Those that returned from their dangerous hunting among tho ie tloes readily sold their cargoes of oil and belli- ut what were then Consid ered lair prices W led. bene, for example, used to biiiig about S.'eli) a ton, most of it being use 1 in nuibiella-mukiiig. Steel, ol l ite years, lias be-n almost eutirely substituted f..r it in this us well as for n'n .i.t nil ether manufacturing pur poses. Winders grew discouraged, an ! tic m l isti y declined almost to th" disappearing point. Whalobono bus I ii steadily growing scurcr and scarcer, and it- prices have gouo s-, i lily upward. This year it is worth a .c .-''.. oO'l it ton, and tiiero hnvo be ii years within the lust deendo when for a time it has brought twieo til i i sum. I'id -.ss the whaling bllsi-lie-s take- :i u w lease of life, however, th. re sc. in . lo be little prospect of tho bone ever bringing le-s than !H,lM)i) a ton. --New York World. ( harms of Song. ' Y. oi can trust a man who sings at his v. .;'','' s ud the eh"ery citizen. Ye.' ii 'li. l Siiinicker ; 1 wish i,.ii-i .'c wool I .i iMiii.l-' the in uu v, ie. w oi ks nt ouii d my woodpile two , i n gh:s a week to siug loud oi di !: me to hoir him. -Wash-:n t- u M' u'.