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VOL. XX. PITTSIiOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH Ml, lS!ls.
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, , , . LICHT AT EVENTIDE.
Thn .lny lui.l been, oil! an dreary.
With Its tempest -win. In mnl i ill n :
I hud longed for uiii' my ot sunshine,
Hut nil ilnv bum in Vain;
Ami the night was i-lo-iug round me
Loucly aud cold ami gray,
As I sat ly tin1 win-low wat-lilii!?
The ili-iil li of the dreary day.
I opened my mother's Hible,
Ami ou lis pagu 1 read
What oiut of tlm grand old prophets
J n thus of trouljlii sai-1
Thn ."Ki'cl and cniiii-irlim; promise,
- That bids us in failli abide.
Wlii'ii tlm day is dark with teiiipe-t--
"There'll bo light at eveutiile,"
Li! as I read tho chapter.
Dear to en. it trusting heart
'J he clouds above the hilltops
Mni b'lilv broke- apart.
Drighl wiiii ii in-art lily beauty
The valley stretch. -d avvuv.
And bid's suushino win nil about me,
Al Hie i-lo.su ,il t In dreary dav.
i-n I-:. le-vloid. in Tliii ledger.
Love or Lucre.
"( If course I have not married him
because I was iti love with him," said
May Harriott, vvhh a iight laugh.
She was sitting in a gulduiiil-duii-colorod
boudoir, hung with silken
llnleil drapci ios, ami carpeted in pale
gray AHiiu.sson.hi.i'derod with hi-ui let.
The windows well! tilled full if flowering-plants.
mi riiii.-itu rtatueof Hebe
iiivnpicd a inn' i'le pedestal in tint
Hi lilil !o id' the loom, mid (lie panel:! of
tin- wall.-, liiled in with mirrors, re
flected Ihe young In ido'a every motion
a fi iiio id' times.
Mm. Harriott w as dressed in n Wat
lean wrapper id' i oseolored silk,
wliirli foil arinniil her in pink clouds,
pale Neapolitan totals, carved so
ilelieately that u magnifying-glass
would not have put t li.-ui to l he hlush,
hung from her deli. -ate ears, and
clii.po-l the folds o tulle at her throat,
li.iiiioinls glitb led on her fingers, and
the tiny liuinil;en hit f peeping fioin
lier ioi-l,i us edged villi l.o o that
would have mad - a princess' ransom!
And May's face, all lilies and loses,
with the glory of gold hair filiating
away from it, was u jewel well worth
nil this expensive setting.
Flora Fit I I, lier old schoolmate, sat
opposite tn her, setielly envious of
nil tlm ,':p!e!idoi , and womb-iing that
.May Haven, who had taught in the
nine district school as herself, win
not iinoe elated by this Midden pi o
molioii. ' Well, liien," said she, "why liid
yon i t :; r him?"
"lii'i-anse I was poor and he was
I ieh. licraH-c I was tired of teaching',
and In- ollei ed me all t 111-!"
Ami May glanced nr.mntl upon the
luvmies that mil rounded her.
"Xoliody t'liuld lie foolish enough to
flUppn-te it was u love-match, " said
(die. "lie's ever so iniieh older than
1 am, and not at all my ideal! But I
couldn't thinige on toi over at my pm
fi ssion, ami I iliiuk I've made a lucky
e.viiiinge."
"May ymi are a heal tless eoipiette!"
cried out I 'loi a I 'li-ld.
"'No. I n in not,'' said May, with a
shako of tin; lovely K"''len eiuN.
"N'oii would do jnrd the si thiiif;
youiself, I loia I'lehl, if you had the
rhame; y-ni know you would."
And us May lau'.lu d out a sweet,
delimit i Ilium-, t-ln did imt know that
her silly w oi d i lia-l had anot he I a ud it or
than I'loia I n-ld that the tloor lead
in;? into I he i i. h liaukei 's study w as
lijlii, and that he had heaid everv
eylhilde she -poke.
It was tiiitt! true that Fie.leriek
Tlariiot! was not n yoinif; man. He
had passed tin- liuliienii of middle aue
In ton-he had allow ed liimsi-lf to fall
in love and in.-ury and the lla:oe
Inn Ui-d all the d eper ami more tender,
in that tlm w on I w as mellow ed hy SJ!
lie had looked upon May Haven
little l,ss than an aiiel, and now
"I shmihl have know n thi.s In fore,"
lie saiil to himself, with ashen pale
faee and treiulihiiK liiuln. " should
have divined that -sprini" and Hiltilinii
wei e miMiiled. So - she inan ied mo
for inv moiievV"
''May," In- said that evening, "I
li iv i ti-kets for the opera tonight.
AVoiild yon like to no?"
"o, 1 don't think I eaie ahont it,"
f-nid May, listlessly.
"Then we will remain at home and
1 will read you that new poem," kii
;e ded the liml'lilld.
"I am tired of poetry," pettishly
retorted May. "I do wish you would
leave inn to i-ujov myself in my own
way tun e in a w hile'"
"lo I liore you. May?'' l'letleriek
Harriott a-ked with an inexplicable
j n i t-f in his voire.
"Awfully! J'm just in the midst of
this delightful story, and I can't hear
to he interrupted. "
"Very well. The olTense shall not
he lepeuti-d," said Mr. Harriott,
quietly.
After that n suhtle and sudden
change came over his- whole, life. He
was as coitrleous and attentive to his
young w ife as ever, hut May felt that
nil the heart and soul were gone out
of the little courtesies, the sernjml
ui sly rendered attentions.
For a while she rather liked it. It
was a relief to feel that his eye was
not always on her, his thoughts fol
lowing her. .She could go where she
pleased now, nnd hu asked no ques
tion. She could employ her time to
suit herself, and he had neither criti
cism nor comment to oiler. Hut grad
ually she hegaii to realize that she h id
lo t something which was not easily to
he I c placed.
May Harriott had regarded her uub
liand's love as one of the tixe I polar
facts of her existence, and a cool chill
crept over lier heal t when she fully
pel . eived that it w a i somehow slipping
aw ii v from her.
"I'i e h i ick, " -die said one evening,
sitting opi o ite ' - her husband, "have
1 offended you?
He gliuued carelessly up from his
book.
"Oflende.l in.', May? Why. what a
ridiculous idea! (If t oui so you lut vi n't
offended me."
' J I thought your manner some
what different of late," faltered the
young wife, bending her head closer
over her embroidery.
"One can't keep on the honeymoon
gloss forever," said the banker, indif
ferently. Life is full of antitheses; and love
is the strangest complexity in life,
i'or, as May Harriott grew strength
ened in the idea that her husband was
ceasing to adore her after the old
idolatrous fashion, she began to fall
in love with the one she had married
for money.
Frederick Harriott was not young,
but he was in the prime id' middle age.
He was not boyishly handsome like
the wax heads May hud seen in the
barbers' shop window s, but ho had the
port and mien of a prim e. All women
are pi one to hero worship, and our lit
tle May was no except ion to the
ordinary rule. For the tirst time in
her life vim was falling in love and
w it h her own husband.
A few weeks only elapsed when a
el iais in tin- banking business rendered
it imperatively necessary that Mr.
Harriott Rhould go to Vienna for two
or three mouths. Poor May looked
aghast as her husband inent ioned his
intentions to her in the same cool,
matter of-faot way in which he might
have criticised the went her.
"tloiiig to Vienna!" she gasped.
"Oh, Frederick!"
"Sly dear child it is a mere baga
telle of a join liev ! One doesn't mind
tiavel nowadays. I shall not be Inter
than November in returning."
"lint- 1 may go with you!"
"Vou? My ilear, don't think, of it.
My ti avel w ill mves-arily be too rapid
to think ot elieiluibei iiig myself with
a companion. I must go mid conie
with the greatest speed!"
I May said nothing more, but there
was a blur bel'oie tier eyes, a sieken
I ing sensation of despair at her In in t.
! He cm ed no more for the sociely w hich
had been dear to hi-n once. Oh, w hat
j had she done to foi It-it the love that
had once been poured out so fondly on
her life?
It was a rainy .Tune twilii.dit when
i the banker, wrap) el in a ilea lnanglit
I coat, and v. ith his traveling -cap pulled
I down over his eyes.pacul up and down
; the deck of the steamer ( ialatea.heed
I less of all the tumult of weighing
! iimiIiois. Through the misty dusk he
tried vainly to catch the ghostly out
linns of the city spites the city that
I held his young vv il'e.
"She will be happy enough without
ine," he told himself, bitterly. "She
has her mother ami sister with her.
She bade me adieu without a tear, ami
j it may be that my continued absence
will tench her to think less coldly of
I me. Hear little May -sweet spring
j blossom my prayers may reach you,
if in v love cannot !"'
i And, ns thesteamrr plowed her way
onward ami the darkness ileej
Icepeiieii
I redeiiek Harriott went below.
I To his infinite siirpiise, the state
! room he had engaged for his own be
half and use was not empty. A lady
sal there, with veiled face and droop
ing head. Fredei ick Hai l toll ) aio-ed
in surprise the figure rose up, and,
tin ow ing aside its veil, revealed the
blue, starry eyes and pale cheeks of
Mav herself!
"Oh, Frederick, pardon ine!" she
sobbed, throning herself into hu
arm.-;; "but ! could iu-1 let you go
alone! I love you, Frederick. I can
not live without you! Win n I thought
of you being alone, perhaps ill, in a
strange land, I thought I should lose
my senses. Hear husband, tell ine
tha' you are not angry with me?"
And she burst into a tlood of tears.
"My own May -my wife my love!
('lose.close to my heart for evoriuoi o!"
And that was all he i-uid.
May Haven had iiiari ietl for money;
May Harriott had learned the secret
of love.
lileusoT Hu- A raliiit im.
Thru general opinion of an Fuglish
traveler is, thai he is either a lunatic
or a magician; a lunatic, if, on clo-el.v
watching his mov chieiits, I hey disc iv tu
be pays little alteiilioii to things
around him; a continued lunatic, if lie
goes out sketching, and upends his
tine in spoiling good paper with
scratches and hieroglyphics, and a
magician, when impiisitive about
ruins, and given to picking up stones
aud shells, gathering sticks
nud leaves of bushes, or buy
big up old bits of copper, iron,
aud silver. In these cases, he is sup
posed, by aid of his magical powels,
to convert stones and shells into
diamonds of immense price; and the
leaves and sticks are charms, by look
ing at which he can bestow comforts
upon his friends, and snakes and pt -s-tileiice
upon his luckless enemies. If
a tiaveler pick tipastoiic and examine
it carefully, he will he sure to have at
his tail a host of malapert little boys
deriding him, though keeping at a
very respectful distance, in deference
to his magical powers. Should lit! in
deed turn round suddenly and pursue
them a few steps, they Hy in uii agony
of fear, the very veins in their little
legs almost bursting, and they never
stop to look back till they have got
well among the crowd again, where,
panting for breath, they recount to
their auditors the (limditil look that
terrible Frank ginie them, making tire
come out of his eyes nnd adders out
of his mouth.
Oniek Work.
A sample of cloth one inch sipiaie
was recently sent tothe Androscoggin
mill in l.owiston, Me., to be copied.
In a week the looms were turning it
out by the yard. The little sample is
I laced under a glass and ma nilicd.
The artists study it and then set the
muehiues to m. ike it. The finest
cloth is dissected before it is copied,
nnd only men of rare mechanical skill
can do it.
American rivers.
One lltillil.i Ml't-am 1 loll Se.-itirt I'iiiIi-'
i i I. (i'ii V lull I . Hi,,
j F. 11. Speaimaii tells of "luet r
! Ain-rii'iiii I ; i its" in St. Nioht'la:'. The
. author says;
I lively variety of liver in the wi rid
seems to have a cousin in our nille:--I
tioii. What other country on the
1 face of the globe affords such an as
: sortineiit of streams for risli'iig and
i boating a id swimming and skating
besides having any number of str- auis
GUtER
I lol 1,1.1
j on w hieu you can do none ot these i cess. Lvery piece ot money which
things? One can hardly imagine i beeoiiics too dirty or too dilapidated
j rivers like that ; but we have them, j for use may be presented to the
plenty of them, as you shall see. i I'nited Slates treasury for redemption.
As for fishing, the Ainei ienu boy I Faeh day there is sent from the dif-
muy cast his ilii-s for salmon in the j fereut bauku throughout the country,
j Arctic circle,or angle lor shaiks under i fully a million dollars' worth of this
in tropical sun in Florida, without soiled or torn paper. Fvety bundle
I leaving the domain nf the A mericau j of money received is tin ned over to
j tl.tg. I'ut 111-.' fishing rivers aie not ; an expert, who, after carefully eoiiul
i t lie most cm ions, nor the most in-j ing and inspecting the notes to see
t sdrui'tive as tn diversity of climate, that no counterfeits are among them,
pen, iniii iniii ton in iiiiug -puy.-icai places mem logeiuer in siiinil pack
geography, t he teacher calls it. I ages, aud marks on the wrapper the
For instance, if you want to gel a 1 amount contained in each bundle.
g 1 idea of w hat tropical heat and
moisture w ill do for a country, slip
your ciiiioe from a Florida sit inner
into the Oeklawaha river. Jt i-i as
odd as its name, and appears to be
hopelessly undecided as to whether it,
had betler continue ill the lish ami id -
ligatur and drainage business, or de
vole itself to raising live oak and cy
press trees, with Spanish moss for
mat i esses as a side product.
in (hi. tickle-minded stale it does a
little of all these things, so that when
you are really oil the river you think
you are lost in the woods, and when
you actually get lost in (lie wooils.yoii
in t ijilite con lideiit your mime is nl
last on the river. This confusion is
due to the low. Hat touiitry, nud the
luxuriance of a tropical vegetation.
To say t hat such a liver overflows
its banks would hardly be correct; for
that would imply that it w as not behav
ing itself; besides, it hasn't any banks
--or, at hast, very few! ' he fact is,
those peaceful Florida rivers seem to
wander pi t tly much vv here they like
over the pretty peninsula w ithout
giving olt'etise; but if Jack Frost takes
such a liberty -presto! ou should
see how the people get after him with
weather bulletins and danger signals
and formidable smudges. So the Oek
lawaha l iver and a score of its kind
roam through the vvoods--or inaylio
it is the woods thai hi in through
them - an 1 th- moss sw avs from the
liveoaks, and the cypress trees stick
tlieii' kii' e-i up through the water in
tlii- oddest way imaginable.
"I nl Ink Like a llntsr."
At the caiiiplire held recently under
the auspices of (leuel'al Hancock post,
(i. A. 1!., a couple of war stories were
told by Captain T. P. (ieie which
probably have never been printed.
lim ing a part of the time that (ieti-
eral A. .1. Smith was up the l!ed river
i w-iih his command the entire army
i was v. iinoin rations oinei man siieiu-ii
! corn, such as was intended for feeding
j the horses, ami this condition lasted
! about eight days. Captain (ierewas
at the ol!i. e of the adjutant general of
I lie command one day when an Irish
soldier came to headipiarters ami in
ipiiied: "(iiueral, t oiild i bony tho loan of
an auger'.-"
He was isked what in the world ho
w a nte I w it h a tool of t hat kind, a nd he
icplied:
"Well, we've been at in' this shelled
corn for si i long that I supposed we'd
be after get I in' hay fur rations piuty
:;ooii, ami I wanted to build uieself a
nice Utile hay lin k, so I could ate it
comfortable l-iike. "
In the course of a few days, Captain
(iei e nai l ated, the cuiiinianil received
regular rations and was once again
happy. The same soldier again ap
peared at heiehpiartera and asked per
mission to buy a peck of shelled corn.
He was n ' k 1 1 what he wanted with
corn now t but the regular rations
were being issued, His explanation
w as this:
"A few days ago, giueral, I borried
a peck of corn from a mule when he
wasn't lookin', and 1 want to return it
to him." - Sioux Citv .loin mil.
Wihl Hoi; 'a 1'liinit.
.lohn Ihiigeinan, under sheiilf of
Nnv ajo county, Ai ioua, has returned
to llolbrook from an extended tun
throiiuh tht! mountains along the
border of Aiioiiaalid New Mexico, I
bringing a tale that wild dogs of
peculiar kind are creating havoc in
that region among cattle and sheep.
The dogs have been know n for only
three years, first making their appear
ance in a small band in Auiericau val
ley, in western New Mexico. They
have increased wonderfully, and ale
now f-Miiid ovei a broad stretch ol
country, despite the ellorts t-f the
cattlemen In exterminate them. They
me especially numerous around
! Nurtrioso. lusiethe dogs average
about 100 pou mis in weight. They
have the head ami shoulders of a bull
dog, but the build of a timber wolf,
and wolfish ihaiacteristics. In color
they are ashy gray, with Icng black
hairs intei speised. Like coyotes,
they ai e a little afraid of man, ami
follow horsemen tor miles through
the timber, not hesitating to attack
footmen. Thomas Alger, a resilient
of KiiliioHo, is responsible for the
statemeet that animals bitten by the
wild dogs, if not killed by them on
t ho spot , die w ithin a few days with
all the symptoms of sti M'lniiue
poisoning. - St. Louis (Slobe-I'eino-ci
at.
i bill ing Illll'kWMIltA.
Miss Thirty-smith (meaningly! All
Italian proverb says that "honest men
mai l y soon, " aud
Jack Swift (solemnly), - I cannot
conceal it any longer. I live in deadly
fear of lining at any moment arrested
for embezzlement! Tuck.
DKsTKOYED UY MA HINK
HOW UNCIE SAM CETS RID OF DI
LAPIDATED PAPER MONEY.
A Milloill ItiillillK lieiltn t-tl to l'ul Dully
Tin- Mm ci uti'd It i 1 In Tioni'il lulu
I'et-fti! Ailii tin -l ull' tt' National lliinh
Nott-.-lti-deeltllng ilUKlliriit of Hills.
A million dollars a duv. This is the
fimoitul that Uncle Sam makes away
with, says J. Cecil Henderson in Suc-
They nre then passed under a ma
chine vv liich punches a hole in each
corner of every package; and cut into
halves, lengthwise, one-hull' is sent to
I one di v isimi, and the remaining half
i to another, tube recounted by two
I oilier people. All counts must tally
with each other before the bills are
ready for de-truotion.
The next move is to transport the
money to the Bureau of Fngraving
and Printing, where it is reduced to
pulp by what is called maceration.
Into an immense revolving cylinder
tontainilig seveial disintegrating
chemicals, t he bills are throw n. The
pulp thus produced is pressed into
sheets, which strongly resemble white
cardboard. This substance, which is
used for various purposes, such as
newspaper, writing paper, and souve
nirs, is sold by the government for
about forty dollars a ton, the money
received paying ihe entile expenses of
maceration.
The only kind of money not de
stroyed at the liureini of Engraving
and Priming is that issued hy National
banks. These notes are not taken
charge of by those having the eare of
bunk currency, livery afternoon these
bills, represent ing from a hundred
thousand to half a million dollars, are
1 1 est ro veil in the basement of the
I treasury building. The door of the
I maceration room is secured bv huge
padlocks, nnd can be opened only by
the three nllicials who hold the key
Nothing less than two-tifths of a
note will be redeemed. To the hold
er of this fraction of a bill, the govern
ment will allow- half of the original
face value. Forthree-tiftliB of a note,
full value will be given.
It occasionally happens that scraps
of bills which have been almost en
tirely destroyed hy the or otherwise,
are presented for redemption. So ex
pert are some of the treasury clerks
in determining to what special note,
or kind of note a scrap of money
belongs, that the owner of the dam
aged lulls usually receives Home con
siderable part of their face value. A
majority of the government clerks are
women, who are said to he more lion
est aud trustworthy than men, besides
having in a more mm ked degree the
delicacy of tullch required for the de
tection of bad money.
Some of these women are the most
expert ami accurate counters and tic
tectum in the world. Their sense of
loiich is so highly educated that the
instant they pass a bill through their
lingers they know whether it is a
genuine or a bogus note. Many bills
are such clever imitations that lln-y
circulate through the country for a
long time before being presented at
the treasury, where they are almost
invariably detected.
WHERE LITTLE THINGS COUNT.
11 mil Ailii lit Two Itlu Hunk Orel an
i'l i-ov of l'oii I tit- (Vntii.
liookkeeping has been reduced In
such an exact science in the big met
ropolitan banks that the clerks are ex
peeled to strike a cm t ect balance at
the close of each day's work, no mat j
ter if the transactions run into the !
millions of dollars. When the books
fail to balance, the whole force of the
bank is put to woi k to discover the
error, and no clerk starts for homo
until it is discovered whether it
amounts to two cents m .J.'Ollll. (ten
ernllv a Minuter ol an hour will In in
the mistake to light, but sometimes
the hunt is kept tip until late into the
night.
Such a search was being conducted
in a New York bunk located in the
ieinity of Wall street. Forty-fiv e
cents w ere missing. At six oVlock
not a truce of the errant sum had been
discovered. 1'iiiner was sent in for
the wh.de force from an adjoining res
tauraut, ami after half an hour's rest
the search was again taken up. M id
night came, but still no clew, so snml
w iches and eoll'ee w ere served.
"Hello!" said a clerk. 'The blank
National people are working tonight
too. (iuess they're in the same box. "
Sine enough, the w itidow s of the
bank aoioss the street vv ere brilliantly
lighted. The incident was soon for-
gotten w hen the w curving hunt after
unit elusive torn rive cents was re
I sumcd. Slim tlv after one o'clock in
i the morning, us they were about to
j give up for the night, a loud rapping
i was liealtl lit the front door of the
: bank.
"Hello! Hello! What's the mat
; ter?" called the cashier through the
i key-hole.
"Matter, you chumps. Why, we've
got your Illumed old loity live cents!
Come along home to bed!"
! Outside stood the crow d of cleiks
j from the neighboring bank. It ap
peal el that, in making a cash t ran
' saciioii, one of the banks hud paid the
! other toity-live cents too much. As a
j result hall a hundred men had worked
1 for niuy hours, aud tho Bt-artlt was
only etliletl then because a bright clerk,
noticing the light in the bank oppo
site, shrewdly guessed the cans,-,
hunted up the cash slip, ami di-cov
ered the error. -- llarpei ' bound
Tublo.
BONDED MEN CLOSCLf WATCHED.
How hei-lll-ily oniialiicn Keep Tali on
Thorn- 1 lii-y Vouch lot.
The theory of the big security com
panies, who derive their piolits fr- iu
guaranteeing the honesty of young
men who hold responsible positions in
the nieii alit lie world, that an mime of
prevention is woi th a pound of mi.',
tint s not only apply to those vi ho Inr.e
a penchant for belting their own and
freipteiitly their employer's: cash on
the races, but is a proverb that works
all Ihe year round. While the Ii- -iplt-lit
prosecution of th l.iullo; i , a.
powerful aid in assisting ntheis In re
sist temptation, yet ihe secinity coin
pun it's are not satisfied with leMing
there. They lilid it cheaper to ay
detectives to be continually on the
watch than to lock the door. as if were,
after the horse has gone. The sleuths
are St. Louis men of long r. sideii.-e.
who know by sight the majority of
their elnployei s' clieiils,alid Ihe watch
they keep over them Is tar .-.trict-T
Hum the watched imagine. F--i' in
stance, since the theatrical season be
gall two men have been dclailidtn
spend their evenings in fi t-ipieiiting
the all-night restaurants that are
favored by ambitious young iu'-ii who
want to live twelily l'oiii hours of the
t w -t-iit y four.
Particularly do they direct their el
fciitiouio youths who have ,i j t ii
chaiit for things I heuii ical. '1 In- spb .,
foi' spies Ihev arc, do not look like the
ideal thief-i aleln-l ; in fact, they would
lather be taken for men alum! town,
who are nut for a night's fmlici, ml
"hung the expense." One of the most
active of the corps of detectives is to
be found most fr tpiently in oueol the
I ig all night resorts that is almost i ii
lil'ely given ovei to the feluiliilie con
tiligeut of sl.-igehiud aller the mid
nigiit hour. With their local ac
iiiui:itaiices they sip their champagne
until the em ly hours, and their e-coiis
nre, in the majority of cases, young
fellows who hold salaried ositioiis of
I cspousibility Little Mr. Sleuth, rif
ting quietly over in one corner, is ap
parently paying' all his atteiil imi In
his ale and rablut. but in reality he
is milking mental note of Imvv many
bottles of w ine in prey is opening nud
the general ill iff of tile ct u v eisat i.ei
if he touches upon hi business life.
The next morning the security com
pany which has vouched for I he youi.g
man's honesty is in full po session of
the facts.
If they are sullieieiitly damaging a
littlejiote is indited to the you ng man,
nud also to his employer, staling thai
the bond made by the company is can
celed. The result is geneiuily dismis
sal for ihe employe, and he n- ver
knows that ii all came from the l o l
that he blew himself like a good fellow
for Tottii; Footlights. Seriously, tho
security companies tin. I that the de
tective service more than repays tliem.
As the theatrical season grows apace,
of course, the activity of the sleuth
will increase, but already the plan Inn
been productive of results that would
astound the outsider if he only knew.
St. Louis I!e-iiblic
1 In- Hull VV Ik. XV on.
"Mrs. 'fit-law in y. " said Fi.ibci
Wallingforil, "there is something thai
I have for a long time wished tos.y
to you.
'ihe piesidenl of Ihe Sociely for the
S.pielchiiin ol llu- balids looked nv, r
her glasses nud frowned. She evident
ly knew what w as com i m;, bin ultei a
moment's silence she sal I in lu-r i t
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 e.ssivi- platlorm Iniies;
"Well, go on. What is it?"
"1 - I love y-.tur daughter, Ali-s
Oladys. I have it-a-oii to believe that
she let ill lis my passion, and I want in
ask you to give lu-r into iy l.i epin-. .
Mrs. Trchivv uey's fcallires lull di-Ue I,
and there was a i old, metallic ring mi
her voice as she answered:
"What it . in i in t-in Li t i--n have vou
to oiler for voiirsell? How , au you
convince lue that vou will alwavs li.vo
her -thai you will alwavs think her
beautiful?''
"She looks like her iio-lhcr." .-.aid
Francis Walliugiord. "That isenouLt'
to coir, line no- Ihal her beauty wiil
not diminish as her y.-am ineren-e.
Of course, I know that this cm haul
ly be leganled as a final test. You
have not reached the age al which
women begin to lose then
Ihev w etc intei i uplt d then, but hn
got flu- gill. Cleveland Leaner.
let t.lliini; It liill at I il;llll -.i-veli.
Limestone county. Ala. has an in
telfsling pheliolnelloll III all aged
luation who has l,il!t-n hen to aiiotlo i
pel lod of v oil! h. Mr.-. I'nli v I'lu- i v,
aged NT, of excellent family, has for
oil years been an old woman with
white hair, wrinkled face and en
feebled sticugt h. Twenty seven v eai s
ago a dclili-l brother extracted eveiy
toothfiomheihe.il. b. nit a viar
ago her health i oiiimem-e-l to im
prove. Her slrength returned, he.
ligui e became more erect, her eve,
brighter, lo-i movements more cl.M ic
Her hair be.iiu to tin n d irk and lo
gums to su ell. Today she ha-a line
suit of black hair and has cut a new
ami complete set of feefli, lias 1 1 -gained
he ' elect carriage of "i0 vesrs
ago, ami looks like a woman :l."i or l
veins of age. Cincinnati Impliicr.
4volrtliiit.lN and l m i iui;i-.
('apt. William Hudson of Mis-nnri
and his w ife togel her w eighed over Ton
pounds mid were suppo-ed to be thn
largest married couple in the l iiiled
Slates, if not in the wm Id. Captain
Hudson died recelillv, leaving an c
ten-ive e-tate eniisi-l ino mainly i f
coal mines, lit- co'uuinii led a com
pany in the Twelfth Kentucky regi
ment timing the civil war.
HF.NRY CEORCE'S RIDE.
An In. ill. in ol Hie Ilistioiiislit-il SIiikIi
I axi-l '- V i-ll lli-linil.
Tliii-" or four years ago the late
lb- ii y ieoi - took a vacation and v is
i ! . 1 1 his old fin ml, Tom L. Johnson,
in ( lev eland. Johnson, having busi-i:es-
in J let i nit, i he two came lute ami
put up at the Cadillac, -n as to be to
gethti a- iiiiiih as possible. While
.1 : .i-ii s , i was engaged in his street
I :.il w v atl'airs, a local a iuiirer of the
iiilosopher was called in to attend
him on a bit yd" line. It was a time
when bicyclts wen-not no commonly
k- pt I'm- lent as thevnie now, und that
io-niooii one was not to be had at
ntii of liii.- stuns for love or money.
The Octroi! single taxer, after whirl
ing around among the simps and
everv v, hi'io meeting vv ith f'ailin e, was
III hi wit'; end I i g.-t a wheel for
I I e ii i y I i eorge, a m I was pedaling to-w.iid-
the Calallie in despair, when
he no t another single taxer, who win
n!"o a-ti ido a bicycle.
.1 u lulling oll'the lirst one exclaimed:
"ll.n, gel olf thill who. l I must
have ii."
"I like thllt," via . Ihe leplv of tile
olio t as he do -mounted. "Why, I am
going out in tin- urn 1 1 1 1 i -1 i ii part of
fin- cd V ill important business."
"Will, you'll have to walk. T inn
going I,, lake that wheel, t-veli if I
have to d'.i II by loi'ec. "
" Vo:i iouhln'1 have this heel to
day for f-jo I am in a hurry and can't
walk io far anyway. I am lame, ami
i''s (wo miles I'm!, i -i street car lino
w lii'.-e am going, "
"I am go : In t do- it whether or
U". '
"i d lik- to , - you tiy if. Why
i.'oii I you r.-hi one'.'''
"1 have trie I. lull it's no use.
( '.ore. let me have it. "
" i g u-s .-. not . '
"ion mil. U lb urv (leoige is at
fi.e C.'oiilla-', and I have promised to
lain- him bicycling. "
" in. it':- lor 1 1 i'ii!V (n-'ige. is if?
Well. I g.li". you may take it. i ll
v. Ik. but I 'wouldn't b f it go for
tin- pif-i-ieul of the I'lliied Slali-s."
Colli i. heels w- e taken t i the Ca
di lac. ,n:d the man with short legs
a id oia- i.c head known as Henry
(i- o. g- a; peared ill a long and heavy
I'i i-i-e A I lilt i oat . 1 1 v. as a w arm
i!.-i v , a ii-l I he co it was no! suitable f-r
s-il. ii a.i ,1 ,II i-n.
"Vv !:::! h.,11 I do-" he ask. d, h-d;
in-. ..' h I -in e -a! Ii H moron- ly .
I h- u an id. i s i ud, him. Lt av nig
In I.i ei a' the i u I.- lone, ho ihii led
ac:',.-. .Miciii.'ii.i n'-o iue an I ili-np
-ai ed III a i-li'l liiin I clot hi1!:.- si ore.
He r oo 1 1 cu.iie mil . c n i y iiig. his Pi inc.
lbt II coal in his ai, us, ami wealing a
mo -t comic. d ami elu-ap in ovv n alpaca
c -at. lo.f hi- gentle and l.indfiice bore
a i-1 1 ;i r 1 ii ; n M.ile. Ili-nry Ceo.':-,!
e.ir.-l liM'i- about his personal appear
il!l I-. .i::d in- W heeled mil Woodward
a t nue ami aloii!nl Ihe western bollle
v.rd a p ,i oil t . v ii in-, .nsoious of Ihe
Ii- Hie he made. I t tloil Free Press.
TINILST Of WATCHES.
I: ii ii. I ii . nl I h;ln Hunts ami Is the
-;o ,11, -I I iiioin-i i- ill I lo- VV oi l.l.
I h- -mallest ua'diiu the world is
i-t pic-cut on exhibition in a show
window in P.elllli. It is Ihe latest
I . 1 1 1 r 1 1 j I . in the ait of watchmaking
II, .- a : licit ha inaile -ilch woudel lul
i -. I - - - within th hr-t i Ice nd-.
'I I;-- I lilu'-i i . i : 1 1 ; ii. ,n ec w as ma le
III I .. lie i ,1. I 'oIloW iiig are giv t ii sumo
... , o- 1 ,:i v liielt-ii-iolis i f lis vv in ks.
I !,, I-i -I th- lillle watch is
b-s 1 hall lull i an in- h. 'I'll- exact
in. -a . 1 1 - -1 . i 1 1 n n I J millimetres, nr
. 1 1 ;T n. ch.
I. - l ! i i.i, ti. i o milliiucl ii s, or
. ! I sj in. h, belie; but little mole than
,i li i-tii -i all i'i- h.
I In- I ii'.;'n ol the minute hand is
! I In n.ilii in--, ol I I ."('. inch.
I hal of the h-mr liand is I :'. In milli
on I I-"-, or ,n."i;!J inch,
I'io- entile works ol the tiny watch
t ipi'i-e ninety liv , -individual pieces,
no I it- eM't wei-ui n I t . : : !'- mams,
or. a "..'. i 1 1 1 ; to the metric system, ',
it it r:i amino - le-s than a single
g i a ' 1 1 '
Altel hat ill:; been Wound up with
Ihe diminutive key the watch will run
I w e n v t ighl hour-. I he liuiili
.- priii -. when run down has a eircum
leii-nc;- ol '. I :! ".'.hi inch. Its weight is
:'s m il ! igi .'immes, o! ..Y.MiJ grain.
I In- vvt Igl.t ol the four main wheel,
villi t in ir spi nuts, is J milligrammes,
or 1. 1 1 ,s cram. I'heie are ihrieen
cogs on the lii:lc cylinder wheel,
u hi ii has a ell ciliiil'el elii-e of '2 llillll
melri , or iCsii inch, and weighs .T-"
10 i) I ::: . ainhie, oi nl I .Vi gi am.
I he l-alalicc has a i il cum It-reiice. of
.! "., loilliinctit", or . I nii"i inch. In
-in- hour n completes -."i;! revnlu
li-ii-, li a v .'iing a di.-lame of '.'M'J
I. ct i'. im In -
!': c (in. -I .ieli.- ite too!- and Hi'-a-nr
in-.- ii, - i i H no ills wen- male sucinlly
lor '.lie e.-ii-ll il. -I ion of tin- I il 1 1 out la II
watch. i in' pi el iniiliary v. ol k III the
11 i .-, !. i I : :; i f the timepiece was very t-
pen-i v e, ami I he sc lliug pi ice of flic
watch i- coinparativelv low. being
SIJ.-H New Volk Herald.
loll. I.il -. ,ll.- I o-ll. .
'I in- aiil'i-'i III- of Sumiiei couiily,
ban . have di.nnt.l the Irciisui v in
paving a bounty on lablnl scalps, und
will appeal f" I ti- flate ant hoi il its to
lake up fin- w,.ik ol i-xtel'fuiliat llig
tin- i- t l.v i !l f 1 1 ' i g a bt-uuty for ja -k
iiild.it sea!)--.
I n Nov I a 1 t.i nty of Ihi'i'e cents
va- put upon rabbits, and it was to
hold c until March I, but in Jntni
a. y it was called oil'. I he seal ps came
in by hum lt cils ami I h-.usa,n,s. and
lownr.l the last the ticusHier was pay
ing o 111 u'l 1,-ibli. a. -count betvvein
. inn an I .? o Ml a day.
The laimeii ol Suiuiici cniintv
In. lie I III an il-gif-ale of loS.nll
s. a s at a io-t tothe county of
.- i u.
I i spite of the war waged against
them the number uf rabbits shows no
gi tttt decreuse.
A WuhIiIiiuIoii Miinltiil.-.
"A Cabinet Member's Wife,"
writing her "Inner Lxpcrinnet s," in
the Ladies' Hi-ine Journal, pifscnH
sn interesting' plimpse of the lavish
entertainments given by ( h- vv t alt by
winter residents of Washington.
"The Svvaggi-is' home," she writes,
"comes tplite up to our childish idea
of a palace, even C) the golden dishes,
of which they have a set. I lu-in-ve. 1
never saw so many lh.w ci s used at
one time before r.s at Hint musical-.
There were not mole than a hundred
and tifty guest- present. b.u will
haiillv believe Ine when Ildlyoil
that the music of the evening tost
five thousand dollars. 'I'heie was ii
string iitartet frmii Boston, which
played music far beyond my compre
hension; but I know this much, tiny
played like one man lining it all, in
stead of four. Then there w ere three
singers from the Met ropolilaii ipcra
House company in New Yolk, each
one paid a thousand dollars for the
night. A pretty girl played the violin
beautifully, and I Mippo '-c she also
got a tlioiisiiiiil foi- her jici foi iiiaiice.
"The collation was beyond in.V de
script 'oil, even though I do know more
about food than music. I li this in
stance "the eats" were so fearfully
and wonderfully made that an ordi
nary hum- cook 'now out of practice)
had Hot an idea -veil of their names.
I verily lu-lit-v- they mil-t have spent
another live thousand mi Ihe supper,
because there were so miiliv imported
dishes. The family atta.hc on n
salary was ubiquitous. lie is a fine
lookin- man. of t cmni liable ability in
his way, 1 should ihii.k, al'i r seeing
Ihe W, oi.lel' he ami pli i.i y of money
wioiight that night."
I lie .1.1 1. on t- . al .1 .
Ja an will beiore long be in posses
sion of a u, ivy of 1 1 1 Hi- plicn-c iciial di
lllt lisiolis. She is building lml only
1:11.: ' bill also bl-itel' ship' t'.uri any
nl her power save Lngland. Thriv
vessels of 1 1. MlO Ions, 1 -,vn oi w hi-ll
ale in arlv linih d, are I . in Imiil ill
I'.rifii h yards', i.m- L.itf li-'ii!,...! 10,0011
ton- i.- I'lcing luiill by Arm -l-niig: four
lil . st class in iiiol'ed c: niseis of '.ll'iOO
tons, with a speed of lwe'..iy l;no- ,aio
a--i-.::n d to A .-in Hong, o'.ii- to llin
1 1 1 1 i coiii a'-y nciii' Sift ' if, a.'il nun
to I 'i unci : two i rui-el s of "'i' I t ,
w ilii a - eel of t w ell'y -thi'i e l.nols,
arc oldered ill the Clil1. il States; olio
ei iii-ei of "lull ton . w it ii l w ciily -1 hi cm
knot-'. and eight I . I cdo b n' di" lloy
ei., vv i'.ii thiity I. iu-1.-, i.i Ln,;!iiiid;
ei-ht t .1 pel., b, a'., a1 Kill.:, ;, buir i l
I lam e.aud lliiee ei'ui t : s -f -l-l' furs,
willi twenty kcot -,t ill c- In: I I o. boa s
and a si-nal siiiji in e being i-uilt ill
the iiiipt rial yard at .loko-k.iii .ln ini,
when, a ironclad ct n ism-i.f '.liiuo tons,
with twciify km. is, will soon he begun.
Ja; an has a'so oi de' i d her lot polo
boat 'flotilla to be lilted mil lis illiekly
as possible in her ov. n yards, and is
11 1 ... I, t to form a -ecnlld ll:niri II.
Il is ,-v id.-'il fin ii the above that-
the .'apaiic- mivy will: li lank next.
In Ihal of Fiance, and ci-ii' iderably
n hen. I of th- lb-el of let m.iiiv, l.lissill
nil. I the Fluted Sta'e-. II I iinnec
esMtiy tn -ay that it will i nsid cx-clu-ive!y
i.i ve -e's ..f tin la'.e t tyi'fs.
- I,. union Stan. la: d.
'l ilt' l.liiinl l .il.il'ililo I ion li.
'(.lui-.i A inei i-nil Pi'-ei-" is Ihe
Idle i f an j. rli. -le in SI Nichola-,
wnlle. i by F. I". Spearman. Ihe
ant hoc sa v s i f t he grin' inter moun
tain sin-am-, like the Ve' low -( m- ami
1 he ( ti'. .rad.i.
'lin y I'ow through landscapes of
desolate gialideilr; va-l cvpan -t s com-as.-fl
by fliille-s iiioiiiit'.iti raligt.'S
thai chill the bright skies with never
melting -now s. i iio i on in less ; icaks
look down on the clouds, w Idle far be
low tin clouds wind miles that the
sunlight in-v ei-1 1 aclii's. Twisiing in
gloomy dusk through tin-.-e valleys, a
gaping canon lawn-. Peeling fear
fully inf.. its biaek. I'.- bi bine; .icplhs,
an t cho leaches the ear. It is the
I ii rv i I a mighly I Iv. . f.n below
thai only a -iillen I ar 1 i-e to tho
light n.' 'day. With f: ightiul vi lo.-ity
it rushes thlouvh a t hainii 1 t til dm -ing
ccnfuiies of put ieii.-t deep inlo the
stubborn lock. Now mud wi'li wiiiil
pools. How s ilelil i.v ii w 1'nl w .'. Ii -I retches
of green Muter, 1 hut wait to lure the
boaliiian to dtatli, the mi;. hly i ivcr
rushes .lalkly 1 h I ni;;:i the lil ami
'oh-1 a ln c.llloll.
No siiorl, no fun. ho tiolic then'.
Here nr.- milv awe i.i pii ing gl. o:n
ami gi aiiilein and ilaiicf. - io hideous
that only a haudlul ot men have ever
braved them fewer -fill survived.
Ml allow lilt; I'.tll l.llis.
I Wli-u children swaMovv lml t huh,
I coins or other I'oieijn bodies, it seems
to bo a natural impul-e for their
I mothers tn at niiee mlmim-dcr a pur
calive. Castor oil t-r lio- like is
' usually given mid -i tin- idea of facili
tating the expulsion of th- oleect
li mi the nitesi ine -; bill Hi-- is exactly
1 1n- w rung oiiin -e to pui sne. Purga
tives should lo t be given. They only
tend 1. 1 make luait-i's worse, for they
; niiTeii-e the natural ihov eiueiit s of tlm
I i i ie -I ine- and make the eiila'ig'eineHt
; ol'li bjeet in some l....p of the Incv-
; els all the more liable. To adopt all
: entirely revt-'.se pn-ee -dm- is the
! propel mode of t eatnielil, giving a
j do t which I s i c foiisti iiiiug Ihn'i
, olhelwise, for the llilll il i -li S.I be tn
1c-si ii the mov eiueiit -. of the intes
i tine-, and to cause the l'o-i-u 4 o.lv tn
: beci illlbedded ill I III- food given.
Sol. tl diel, mi. h as bread a -I bultei ,
i mushed potatoes, lice pud. i i n poi
! ridge anil custards, w ith a lut e liuid
as possible, should be given. In most
cm -t-s t his coin sc of 1 1 1 at me lit will lev
I effective; then give a dose "f oil ultei
theloli igli body baa been ex ellcd.
but not before. ' New Idea-.
The violence of the wind on tlm
j i u t 1 1 1 - i it 1 1 Hills i so great that on
sev oral occasions it lias liiong.it to a
standstill trains traveling from Perth,
to the north.