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Cr.pniglil b Rut-rt Banner' f"-ns.
CHAPTER. I.
t oktist i;n.
"'Dtavm Snyder!'" exclaimed
Nannie, with ft scornful lift of her
pretty nose. "Of courso not ! Iff. a
young ni.l'l from down be-low. He's
g'.iiug to have a meeting Ht tlie school
house to-night, to see ubout orgauiz
in:t the r.-hool, a lid lie wants every
body to turn out. I hope they'll have
one. Wouldn't it lie nice.' J never
went to one, you know."
"Of course, it will tie nice," said
Dick, w ho was thinking more of pros
pective summer-night walks with Nan
nie than lie was of thp singiiitf-t'ehool.
"It needs something like that to make t -171 the average Frowiisvillo gar
tbe lieib'onrliood lively. Xho folks leent. Von ruu't i-t inuHi "f-tyle"
don't fcu half noiiRli of nieh other ! i u t n j'.ur of '-overallfA'' mid n
It'll tuko their mind olT tin ir ork j " n'mus," nn 1 tlirse two (iriieJ.s of
ad rest them up a little." , i:iiiirrl, with liie aMition of n conrsp
"l'"H, that's a fact," re?pfnded j oottmi nr h .itnesouu I'aunel phirt. tvn
Kunnip, lookinp, hoA-ever, no if she ' Mitulrd the aW) ,,f the younu' wen n.
liardly riiiiiri:helided what Kick hud ; well as old oue.i in t!io. days on the
leen siiying. on nceoitiit f.f h. in frontii r. J! -,t as Di.-k h oke.l at the
h;isy w ith other thoughts. "Clh. youriii u..i:iV f.i-c keenly, he noticed
Dick, he's just the handnoii,pM imi'i ; eertahi lines alioiit the mouth and eyes
I ever au ! He is, Dick, for n fa. t!" that he did not like th l i..ks of. II
"It isn't iihvnyH th handsomest did not protend to lie ii physiognomist.
Men that turn out to lie the best ones," houever, and lie mi fht he mistiiken.
raid 'Dick, hardly relishing Nannie's j It was not always wise to judue a ni.'.'i
u liiiiratioti for the sin'.'iiin-teueher. j l,y hi face, nn.l most men's faces told
"ile's some fellow, most likely, who's , more nliont their o.vuer than lliis oim's
too lay to work for a liviio;, so he ! di 1. To)ii.-l;ii ie(. IIA jf ,0 wore
gotfs roun 1 teaching sinu'in-scliools." a niask, lmt tiiroue'i. it he could catch,
"Well," demanded Nannie, rather ; now and then, a c'lonpse of that v hieh
sharply, "if he teaches siM'iu-scliool, j it was ,v..ni to con.-eal.
I'd like to know if he isn't working' "lln t.iay a;l riiht," tlioinht
ad I'lirning his money just as much j Pick, "imt I hHi h'll l.ear atcb
as you ura liy working on the farm? iur."
I (lou't see ai!y diiVci-ence. If he can i A, annirt tip-toed t,jn feat amnng
Mi-u a living without working on a J th K:i'l.--for it, those .lav. the two
farm for it, I don t see h lie 6 to Ida.ue ; MVt.r sat toother iu any kind
for.:" , ,. , . , , ' of nieetiuc; t in si,iins'-tea.:uermiled
"No nor I, answered Pick. I a.id K.,vo her a e;it..el l.o.c. This act
don t ldnme any man for getting ln i rr,.,n .,-, ,..., ,;,, (iiHti,iction
Jivini in the easiest possible way, if ho ; ,4ll,i; the ot'e-i- ii.-I., nn 1 pleased her
floes it honorably. What I meant was RO wu..!, t!mt sh raliavt all
that, perhaps, he might lie one of ju n moMi-it. Dick s.i v the elVect it !
thoso shiftless, good-for-nothing fel- ilttii m, 10ri t .. t liis tll,.H linVll
lows -wno ko aroium pponmg tueir
living, as the folks cay here, and
dwindling people out of their money
by getting it under pretense of giving
its value, when really what they give
amounts to nothing. I've been a great
many mieh men. But this fellow may
be all right. I can't say he isn't, of
course, but it strikes me as rather
strange that a einging-teacher, espe
cially a young and handsome one,
phould cotao to such an out-of-the-way
piaoe as this to start a school. It cer
tainly cau't be expected that ho'llget a
school large enough to pay well, and
because ho can't, it looks to me as if
very likely ho don't amount to much.'
"Well, I don't knovr anvtliing about t
him," answered Nannie, rather Btiiily.
I do know, though, that he's a real
gentleman in looks ami appearance."'
' , I! V! BlCa euo,1S'l.,of lumi" '
And that out, have you? queried
Dick, "lou must be pretty well n ,
quaintcd, then. Where 6 ho going to ,
board?
i 'I didn t ask him though I i.a-J ;
plenty of chance to; for, added Non-
ijii-, lillsuiiieMMiwi, miieiuu me. ri-
fect of her voids on Dick, who, she
know, was filler to know how aid
.where she hud made the stranger' a",
quiiiiituiicp, "hewns nt theschoolhouse
and Btuyed nearly the whole afternoon."
: Dick made no reply, but he did not s,at(,, r:ll lv f,,r ,,i..-. ,.ai.,v fr
look porticularly pleased over the in- j rroflt." ll'eie .i Intl.. r.m.le' w'h no
formation. ticed to curl the corner, of hismoiit.h.
"And he gave out notice in school, j yiin of his n,,,!,,,,, llndi-rstood wi-..; I
went on Nannie, "that there'.! be a there was in the words- he ha 1 i.ist !
meeting to-night. The children will ,,!;,, thoughts they r.uested j
tell evcryhndy, and tha whole neih- ,iiat prompted the smile, hiii remem-I
borhood anyway, nil the young folks i 1)t.rC(, iu ll(.r lIavs a,l vj..,,.,, i,!,e
will bo sure to ho there. I declni-e jjht ,,f after-ee'nts, thev knew wha!;
ll s gelling real late, ty tup iooks oi
the sun, nnd I must hurry home nnd
help mother about the supper, for.
most likely, she'll want to go, too."
Then Nannie picked up her liille
splint dinner-basket and trudged nil
up the bill, singing "liiirbnrn Allen."
".She's rather struck ith the fellow,
teems to me," thought Dick, nn lie
went back to his ploughing. "A himd
same face and good clothes go a long
ways in a girl's estimation of a mnu.
They're strange thiiitfs, these girls,
flee, there, Iaudy, g'luiig?''
j C'HAPTEK II.
BEACON SSYPEB TO TUE nPSCTR.
Dick and Nannie walked down to the
scboolhotise together, after supper,
when the "chores" had all been din
posed of. The road led through pleas
ant woods, for the greater part of tho
way, and there is always something to
he said by ft young man to the woman
be loves in such a walk as theirs was,
that makes truants and loiterers of
those who can go fast enough on or
dinary occasious. The schoolhouso
was quite full when they reached it.
They entered the building to a
smothered chorus of giggles and tee
bees from the boys and girls. Why is
it that one young person invariably
makes sport of another youti;? person
who is, or is supposed to be, in love?
I neTer could satisfy myself why it was
so, bnt that it is so is a fact. Yout
boon companion, your bosom friend,
will laugh at you mercilessly, if he
suspects that you are a victim of the
tender passion.
The singing-teacher was there, seat
ed in the chair Nannie occupied dur- .
..i i i u ;t. .
VOL. XXI. ITriVSIJUKO, CHATHAM
Secret.
THE FRONTIER.
H . Hi "SI OUT).
goodlookillg f; 11 V.v, Pi.-l; had 1.1 n 1
mit, with i: g ) ! deal r.!' "d .,vii below"
style ci'.ifnil As Dcncii Snyder
tuhl Ihe ncighh-ir oi hi;. i-i:jiit:
"It's j 'iiim tn Iio seen lie's come from
out n-nohg t L lr.it it il.ni'i f ,!rr
from that that he knows .puitenll there
is I! : i ill lill'.'ili', I y mi Means. "
y.nri ; iieri'" f.-i"" wa east !l ii
mold which ;:ium regular features.
u:id i.. these v.i-io aided ti:e at) . .I'M ive
accov ,i, i, s of ii j i;r of bright, keen
eyes and :i fni" !ki-iI which win eiu-e-fuily
kept. He had an atin; -live smile,
whir';! showed faultle'-s ttvtli. :i n ! Hie
Hot In-., lie wore had ii style about them
very I'tiien lit Pom that w liieli rlniine-
toisotber. J i some wnv he felt that
there w.ii to be trouble between him
and tlie sin'i i Ice-'ier. O-her youii','
men saw tlie bow and the smile which
the Btniiiirer luto,vc 1 on Nannie and
the look wit
he rei-pondedftild
nude I each other, with tdv look at
Dick. All of which, of cour.se, ha I a
tendency to m iko hiiu feel ns serene
as a May lnornin.w'.
The uholo settlement meaning by
that everybody lixing within two or
three miles ot the schoolhoue had '
turned out on this momentous occasion.
The a,es of the a t li.ne ra ided from ;
threo m mthi ti seM.nty v. irs. 1
I presume th.it a I w b i aielikelv
tn t.il;,. i n.-t .
,,,.,,,,1,,, i ,. ,' '. , ',' ' ' ' ... , '
ii.iin .(-school, it
aH ho roSt. a1 mule , g. vf,,.
ca-y iUK. bowfj his nulieuce. nnd
walked out i fr.mt of tuj ru lo desk.
Irctantlv dc-i. siicic, ivi-,':io 1. Tue
n(li..y Wliiern of the uoiue-i ere
okt.n 1;1 tlil. mi,,:j,e of ,.Je ,;(,n.
tence, and the men cease, their louder
nt Jes.s pervadin-,' tnlk. 'The younc
.,, ,, ,.i ,;,;,'. f , u ;,.iu
to the spi -ikir, r'i I the young ;;irls !
ti.-:;ot nil cho'it the XI -tellCP of tile :
y.'ii'iL' nn u, for the time
".My nnice is M.ixlield Wayne," he
said, cs he beciuui Mire i f ihe nttcti
tioiiof his imdiciice. "I li tve lieeu '
snelolinLT till1 StlliOil l So I'mi in
he was thiukiiiif of wlien this remark
a-.nia le. "1 have come lo re partly
out of curio -il v to see life in tho buck
woods, partly because I thought T
co, ild pick up a living here for a little j
while as w ell as ei -tn In re. " Again j
that peculiar smile, as if. to bim, the
words had a hidden meaning. "I'
would like to employ tiie time 1 spend j
among you in some proiiiabie way. 1 j
huve taught Miiniiig-sehuol, and I
thought ju i haps you might like to have j
a schi.ol here for a few weeks. I shall
bp glud to hear from anyone on the
subject.
"Deaco.i .Snyder!'' called out some j
one in the auuieuce.
Instantly fa! Is for the deacon re-j
sounded from all parts ot the house.
The .h neon, having been a singing- j
teacher of the primiiive type -'dow n
Kast." was cm iderrl btaudaid in- I
thorily on musical matters. Uo rose !
and said in awheey voice that was!
something like the tone of an asthmatic
accordion, that ho had "led the sing- I
in', otf'ii' on', ever sence he'd been in
ISrott ns ille, an' afore, in other parts ;
o' the kctitry, an' he felt free to say j
that the Ih ow nsville young people hud
asgo.nl oices as you .1 he apt to iinil
ill any pl.e-e of its size, but, like other
fnckilties of the hiimiu bcin', they
needed C'i!tiatiii lYr bin rait he
was not o.ily iu favor of school, though .
he didn't ku.tiv as it would be oi much ,
beuctit to him, but, the Lord willin', I
he'd do wiiat he could to help it along,
for ho foir.id.-re 1 singiu' a menus o'
gi.uifyui' .iod, a-i' our talons hadn't !
ought to be left to rust a i' corrupt.'' ;
'.'.'ben, w iiii u ilouris'i of his red ban-
c.s
ill.-
i : '. a blast on his Koinnn nose
liki ':i sound of a war trumpet, us l
sat down, fo'isciotis thai his ve marie a
' had preserved his reputation a - a very
! ready and for-i'.ilc i'lmu I speaker on
all public occa-iotii.,
"I motion tl n r.-.ui.!- f young
j nicn co 'round a.i' se.- h. i.mny air
illiti' to intake holt a-i do mi! I.ia' ail
how inucli they Jl ve to j-os s ue un;j
, a school, said the lt i i - in o'lisor,
sfter a little consultation mi luni.
This sitKcrcstioii seemt . i .iiM et ih
mianimntis favor, and two y . ir,.; men
were appointed to canvc-s the u,M
enco for Kiibscribers ti n Mii-ing
school fund. 'Ill" i cull as liiai (
siiflicicnt amoii'it was pleil.'. d to leaj.a
the school a certainty.
''Let it i uiidei sto.i I
lioiiuce.l Mr. Wayne, "ir
wiil lie-in to-miriow eu ri
o'clock, nnd that t! . .
.-veil
.1 t-t- .-
i..v e-i
ceptel.
t:t
il t!:e
lelln.
Nimnio liner.
girls near tnc de
1
k w i
LTlVtp Of
teacher si
t;.'
1.1(4 Ot
t';.' youiif.' ) i
planet s lit hiii-.. n ;
come u'l l - pi :o; to
1 1 1 1-i i V ''ae.,', ;i.
isiir I lib .1 Sl-ii'i-
cniii" tip ii n .1 a
n o iy to iro hoi.
cm' and th -y h it
J was lo t i'i,
I-I.IM4 '
. bt II
lie I,?- I t
I .1 11- .1.
-.vouM
v as too
I.e fat-
.1. I'dck
1 I,
it slio ua:
.. took his
hi'k about
Ml 1 lilllttei s as ei.ie
Di -k most, lmt M.iN-.l
the sillying. school, liti !
teacher. I ieii, f e iiir-
o int.i-,U-.il
o
jl tai.
a trr.-at deal of interest iu mu a e.ie
sat ion, but tried t pin o i n m.i!
face and not let her h.ov j. a
he was beginning to be. lli'i-o
he failed in the ntti-mt t. 'Vi .i.ie h d
k.-t-n eyes nui! v.-.i a ..i-'ji'i i. ioi.I s:i,
saw that it nettle, I him to h.ne to Ii-.
t. ti to herprni-.es i f Yir. Wave-, there
; fore she kept on taliciu-; aoont hiie.
' thus fs.M-iu-iiig tin- double iiiti.-i'ac
I to -a of cxpi.-s'-iii her i-ei-by Ikiiu--.
niltuirKti.nl of the stian...-r a:ni niakini
', Dick ns ttiieomfoi t.'iblc a-, possii.le.
" don't like the looks of him,'
Dick said, as he got ready for bed
"ile looks to me like a wan who's lc
, termiue I to lih O.ill wnv, vtgiit
' nv wrong, air! rather than n t have it,
i if he once makes up his mind to it.
he'll do iinrthiii i mean an I underhand
to carry out his plan."
chapter nr.
C CT OlT.
The farm a Ijoiiiin Mr. Tonne's on
the smith belong I t i Mr. Porter.
.Mrs. Porter was M s. I'.oo ii 's sister.
Mr. Porter ha I built near tho north
edge of his claim, nad Mr. .lloone near
t'le 5 (iitheru boiin buy of hi-, so that
the )vio houses were ipiile near to
gether. On the afternoon following tlie or
ganization of the singi'i-T school, Nan
nie stopped nt her auiu's on ie-r way
honip, w ith a beaming and excite. I face.
"You can't guess what kind of an
errand I've come on," she rni I, sitting
down in the doorway and fanning her
flushed face with her sun-bonnet, ut
terly unmindful of poor Dick, who was
plowing in the held ucro.-s the road,
and who ha 1 1 ti pped close to the fence
when he saw her coming.
"Wall, no, 1 can't say as T can, not
bein' very g u 1 nt g.tes .in", " replied
Mrs-. Porter, dia.ing her old-fashioned
rocking-chair up to tho door.
"Is it a.i a-raut for our folks?"
"It's one for you," answered Nan
nie. ".Mr. Waya--' wants ti come herd
to board."
"J'er goodness' sake!" exclaimed
Mrs. Porter. "Wha: en nirth 'u'd we
lo with hiin if we took him, I'd like
to know? We don't go in I'cr style, un'
ain't us'tto livin' he'd expect to, an
theu, a'posen it was a'l right, an'
father was willin', I d '.i t know- what
Suiiinnthy'd say."
'Oh. you'd get along with hi a well
enough," said Naiinie. contidcnlly.
"I k:uw you would. He wanted to
come to our house, bnt I knew we
couldn't make room for him. T knew
you could, .-itull knew, too, that ha
couldn't tiud n to-ater place; and as
voii had only I'm-le Porter and the
hired man, with Sa irritliy to help you
with the work, lii i iuiit you could
take him without puliinii yourself out
much. I promised to see about it
and let bim know to-ui tht, at sing
in -.school."
don't know as I hpv any pr rlick
lev objections of lath, r hain't," said
Mrs. Porter, after thinking the matter
over. "What do you say, Snmnnthy?''
Sa mat try wan Mrs. Porter's eoui.iu,
and acted iu the threefold rapacity of
hired girl, companion aud household
dictator. She was ".-mart as a steel
trap ail' awful capable," Mis. Poller
told her neighbor.., "an' takes right
holt an' goes ahead v. Hi t.ini..i ih vn-li
ns I could. She ns't to mnUe us nil
stan' round," Mrs. I'mi. ;-was wontlo
atlirni. years after Sain.iiithy had left
her, "but we was lis t to In r wins an'
didn't mind her bossin' us, she ...is so
handy au' willin". There mi' n t a
single lazy hair in her iini l, an' we
never had nobody w ork f. . u- that be
1'in to ti ii- ii her wages Samuuthy
Peters did never'
"What do I think about what?''
asked Samaitthy, fuming in from the
back-room and le.inin on her broom.
prepared to listen an
1 :. his,. ,.r obi. .-t.
as the case might be.
" The siiigiu'-schi'
come here to bond
Potter. "What do
"i;ri w.i its to
-vplaiiu-.l M is.
u hcv to NIV
about it?"
'" 'Tnin't f. r m.Mn ay r.nylhing a- I
know on," said S.imautly, in reply.
"I s'pose th"ie's pl.-my of loom fer
iiiiu, an' we can git along 'ii'.i the work
well enough; but I'm fre to .ry 1
didn't take much of a fancy I i him, an 1
wouldn't kcer to liev lib i 'roun 1
uiore'n six tn.nith to n time. P.iit
inebbe we can stau'it while he's teach
in', an' you ca-i turn my bid to sin ;i:i'
school ou his hoard, ef ii Y. any a 'co.n
mridation "
To ha continued.
COUNTY, N. C, TIIUIISDAV, FKi'Rl AUV 2,
OUIi BUDGET OF UJMOlt!
LAUCHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FOR j
LOVERS OF FUN. ;
l allu r I nod tn Make Ttirtiliift Night
liio. llii.v Tho l.llrinl Iitiol The
Ne.".l (if I ho .M mnelitOne J-:CPptlon
III" inre nf Tl'U l.iTe, Ktc tie.
i-filt a xo.ing a ml tactless leisl nn-1
'I o liis iie-xnerienccl wile,
"If ynu -. mil lmt riv up l. ii'ling
Mn'!i a tasliionat'iB life.
A let ii-v..i mure tlmnto i-ookIiib
ll'v.v to mix ami when to liakc
Tl en. perhaps. Jon nneut iiiHke pastry
sa.'li as mother used to inakn."
A I .1 II, u-if.. r...ui,lln.. . ,r...l
i I".t tie- w.'.r-n Will turn, you know):
jr .mi woal'l lmt cive iiji hui-"s
An t a sior" of chilis or mi
Jo ilevots ic.nr... tnm tn hi .n,.,-s
When t" Inly nn.l went to stake
Tiita. i-er!iap.-, yon miiit ir.iiiie money
ni.'ii as faiher iim'.I tn make."
Turninc MkIii into iiav.
give you much
t.-f.ub!
N
at t.r-ijf-
We've il.-,
ii.ill pUi II
' 'hii-a -o
led it by having an
; i-i front of our
Sews.
hous
One !..eeil ten.
''Certainly im uonilemau would re
fuse to oiiVr a l.oiy his scat."
"Not if it's in the New- York Stock
Exchange. They co-1 .js,t,"l,l apiece."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Kriit.tii(. of C'ouiiilllnptits.
ft:
T'u a House "ifo-v are you? It
strikes me you are not looking very
well,"
The Well "Strikes me you look a
little peaked yourself." Judge.
The K.s:u;rl, el' a llrute.
"Here is a;1 n-ticlo headed 'From
War to Wedlock.' " said Mrs. Tiff as
sin) looked over 1 lie newspaper
'That
is an ulliterative title."
"Yes," added Mr. Tiff; "allitera
tive, but tautological."
The Cour.ii or True Tore.
JJessie "I thought Nellio Sander
si. i uu. to have beca married last
week."
"So she was, but. Charlie's
wiio had been given up, i-j
r:,' i cunt.
!.;et.in" well agtin.
Harlem Life
The I H.-...I J.liot.
The Seiiliwcutal One "Alas!
iiuv . i s.niling t'.TJe conceals nn ach
ing ncaii.
The Literal Idiot "It seems to ma
lull au aching tooth would bo moro
ikelv ti im tuere. '" ludiaiiapoln
,'om'iic'.
ilnre I)nni;ei-(.is 'i'lmu snirclilmy.
dim 'Ynu look awfully glura.
What's the matter?"
.lack "Been bicy.il in;."
"Met with an accident?'
"Vt.s, rode a tandem with a pretty
g-r! ninl got all I'.oiieu up. Detroit
i'ven i'res'i.
TT ., , .
new jo.i ic-iiii-itioei iiiiii use, l 10
ic p.c.ureci goun; uooui wnu a quiver
full of 0' row s?"
Slit? "Oh, yes-, I remember dis
tinctly."
'Well, now he goes about with a
bag full of golf sticks." Youkera
Statesman.
vonr
A Fnlpiibln Invasion.
Th" Policeman "What's
trad. ? '
The Suspect "An ironworker."
"Is that so? I'll seo what you
know about it. I used to bo in the
trade myself,''
"f 1 mean in a laundry. Indian
apolis Journal.
Minrt Llvril.
When we were married, " sobbed
the young wife, "Le said he loved mo
witu a love more enduring tliau the
everiasting grauite!"
And it didn't lust?" queried the
,i .... i i.i t i
"L.asl echoed the young wife, dry-
, , i i ..i t i "
ing her tears. "Jt didn t last ns ong
yuipatiii.ing friend
as a, cedar block psvf inent." Chicago
iribiinc.
Whrn Men .Arw lIHerint.
Young Mrs. Styles "Men ate so
lili'ei eiit after marl la.'e!''
Miss Singleton "So I've heard, hut j
wnv do von say it How.'
Young Mrs. Styles "Why. at my
rcpu-st, Charles willingly gave up go
to the war; hut, it you II believe
it, he shows in inclination to give up
inn for my ske. Hoslon Tran
script.
Tlif Necil of the Meliicnl.
irC fn.
,,". v5 1 1 i
"Suppose," suggested the editor of
the woman s pnge, "that I write an
article on 'The Logic of the Heart?'"
"Won't do at all," answered the
brusque mau, who was hunting for
something to fill up. "I'm looking
..or something that will take a little
yact." Chicago Foit.
V
AA'C'ENT FtASTS.
Much .-.Itiiieny Aniiiiifc thsol'l r.rpUi an4
r'iiuiifl.
'lli-iaht Sides of History" is a rel
ies oj papers contributed by E. II.
HouFe to St. Nicholas. In the last
number tbo njtbor says:
I'.iioi-nious Jen.,s were spr.nd at the
PerMim and oilier Asiatic courts, nnd
tl" -'teat lirecia.i con.iueror of those
i. giuns was once or twice iu his daz
I ling career mure !avi.U than even the
I' the success.,!! s of OY'snr. Hut it v.-.is
iiot a regular habit with bim, nor was
. ie,'k!e.-s prodigality ever a vice of his
' nation, (if course, there were exeep.
tiuiis, and that Societies devoted to
I luxurious living existed iu Athens we
know from the works of Arc'uestintu
mid Ath. nieus, who wrote long poems
to the glory of cookery. The Hellenic
epicures were ingenious uud of ton fan-
tastic in their ideas, but were not, as
rule, guilty of gross extravagance.
They were foud of tucb conceits cs
baviug n wuoie jug sei ve.l, o::e sioe
! roasted and
tuj other boiled, aud
great variety of delica
'. stuffed with
cies, ait iiough tho annua! limine. ir
lietu cut or feparated iu any way.
Their cooks were also Fkiiful in pre
paring vegetables to taste like meat.
A certain king had an ink'oe long
ing fur a lis'u called mu "nphy," nt a
time, when he .. as so far away from the
fen thai he did not suppose his desire
could possibly be atilicl : but I.h
cook made him ."ii ai titicinl aphy i at
of a turnip, an I disguiscil it i -
cleverly by sauces that the monarch
was completely il.-ceiv, d. I'lceir-iou-ally
We hear of viia-ions gbittous
iimong the old (ii-c.-i, -. :;e of ihe
most noted was I'lii'iixenn-, who
wished he h.-d n p.'-'-k like a erase, so
Hint his enjoyment of what he sm al
lowed could In; lengthened by several
inches. This seltish fellow used to
keep his throat in training by gurgling
it with scalding water. Then he
bribed the cooks, wherever he went,
' to se nd in nil the meals furiou-ly hot;
' aud thns he finished the best there
! was of each dish, before anyone else
i .In red to touch a morsel. A fellow
! guest was once so offended at this
! that he refused to remain tit the table
i of rhiloxei iiR, saving that ho ha 1
! '"'r "" ' 1,1 wu 11 l- "
! not wltb tVtli-
A CluoiBP oT Programme.
"It would liavo been ull right if the
other fellow had stayed away," com
plained tho young nun to his friend.
"You could have knocked uc down
v. ith a feather when I culled upon
' her the o.hi:r evenitrj nnd f mud that
J other fellow there ns big as life,
i "f nt once i undo up my mind to
j simply ignore hi.u nnd not let liim
know by word or ri -n that I was
I aware that he was within forty miles
i if tho place. Would you bc-iievo it,
I be had the nerve to play the same
I game, while tin) girl simply laughed
! at b.iih of us.
j "He was a stayer, too. Tinnle up
liny miud thnl I wouldn't leave before
lie ni.i, ami it was evident that In: was
waiting for m.i to go. When the
flock struck twelve, nnd the gill
i sighed nnd yawned, wo li.xi d up a
Iriicn with our eyes and left together.
"I was mad clean through w hen I
-ailed the next even i sir to find that
fellow there a'.-'c. I of me. Wo went
through the same j .rf.irm.nice and de
parted at, midnight.
"Wo kept tint tiiiig up for two
weeks aud the thl commence-.! to lose
weight for wm;
leer.
1 .Last
Saturday night I reported
! there as ilsiiuI, ninl hadn't been in the
I room moro t!-,. ;a live minutes w hen I
! discovered a sign hanging ou the wad
lij'ut before me. This is what I read.
'....-titinuous performance. Complete
I (.iiange of Programme Next Week.'
"Well, lean take a hint with the
I bet of them, so 1 .simply lie, I, leaving
i IUT ''l,M' r'vu'' i" the lioiise.
j "I'lit ho was out of the lion-e in
time to catch the .same c;-.r Hint I did.
fa I take it that he suddenly rou
ci ided that it was best to follow my
example." Detroit 1'ieo Press.
Let Hie C.l.l.-ts Stii.lv llio ll.itll-U. I I-.
Special rewards to proficient cadets
have never formed part of the system
at West Point, and favors of l hat kind
would probably meet with stri ng ob
jection from oilicers tirless tiny were
combined in some w ay w ith t he cadet's
improvement in military knowledge.
There is one suggestion which uiuv lie
j worth consideration m p uniting the
I . , ' , I
I greater est Point. During the last
T ... . , .
half century this country has come
i into possession of certain famous bnt
j t!etiehl.s. the operations on which have
become the subject of instruction and
I the theme of t. .st-hooks. It would
not be derogatory to the high spirit of
rA'U'i stimulus
I responsibility
j which is guarded so jealously at the
academy, if those who win most np
! proval for soldierly conduct or upti
' .tide for military study should be given
moderate allowance of money and
; -ent to study, after graduation, some
:if tho fields on w hich their pre-.leees-
sors fought. Half a dozen cadets
j would be rewarded yearly in a way
'that would be entirely professional
! 'ind suitable. rmv niid Nmv .lotn
rial.
C ost of II..' Iviom i 'a Tixir.
While the arrival of the imperial
, party at . nice was awaited, immense
! supplies of eatables, and paltli'iliarly
! of fruit, Wei" bought at Yenici; for the
' lioiieuzoih r;i and the German wai
i ships of tin escort. These provisions
i were bought by a caterer who was sent
; specially from Germany to Venice i.r
I the purpose. The representative of
I an Italian ncwspai'. r has learned from
the caterer that t ,.-. i st of the jouru.y
as far as Con:i;,iii"n ude will be at
b-a-t 1 .''' ma
, or.sj .'l.noft. On
i ( very yard of
tuj
18H0. NO. 2?.
NO SUNSET ON? OUR COUNTRY.
ExlWv ol C.tloulra This i Hi Ln ;
Vst.ou ou Ii.trlh Ui.-fpt I lnn.i.
I, ike tho empire of Charles V . the
f'nited States is now a land on w h; 'ii
the run never sets. Going v . st. .ivd
the difference in longitude between
Eastport, Me., nnd Manila is r.bout
l vi degrees. To tho dwellers on the
Atlantic coast of the United States
Manila is very near the n:itipiNl--s.
Traveling westward from the enslern
verge of the country to it western
boundary iu the far PueiSc a cir" f
almost half the globe is made, in
cept in midwinter the sun rises in
Eastport before it sets in Maniia. la
summer, autumn and spring it is day
light along the ea-teru const of the
United States before ii is night ou the
western boundary. England. France
aud fierruauy also have Uniuv" to
widely diffused that the fuu thii.es on
some part of it every hour of the twenty-four,
but. of course, in contiguous
territory the United States is f.u
ahead of all these,
In area, exclusive of colonies, the
Fuited States is the largest nation in
the world except Chiuu. Jt fur exceeds
iu superficial extent the empire of
Alexander the Great or tlie Home of
Cicser and Trajan. It surrase the
domain of Charlemagne or the terri
tory of Charles V., e:ciusive of bis
colonial posses-iotis jn America, which
were of indefinite extent, and which
only technically belonged t-i Spain,
for n i Spaniard in Charles's time had
ever se-u any mure than a small frag
ment of th.- reion that S(iaiii claimed
in the days of Charles and of bis sou
Philip M It exceeds the empire of
litis-n in Euiotie. Jn population the
Unite 1 : ii.-s exceeds every Christian
tuition I the ;!obo if colonial posses
sions a -. oi liMe l. In the case of th
Unite! Str.'es the area and population
of the , io'.i. s tire comparatively trif
ling, but in that of the other great
Chrisiia't countries which have been
mention, d the area of the colonies
larg-l;- u,--,asS that of the mother
country, and iu the case of all of them
except Germany they are exceeded by
their colonies in population.
Imperial America, whi-'h comprises
more than half of the it, habited por
tion, of one continent, stretches it
anus across to another hemisphere.
It-; possessions dot the world's great
est ocea: uud extend fro.n the mvtic
circle (low a to a point close to the
equator. Its colonies, from the Alaska-,
islands of tho mnta to Hawaii, tir.
Carolines and the Philippines on the
southern tier, are distributed within
easy sailing di. '..nice of each other.
They cover all climates, from the
fri ;id to tho torrid. When our new
ennqu. sts are occupied tho Stars and
Stripes will be as tumid tr a fight on
the islands of tho Pacific as is the
nntou jack of England. Unlike many
of the colonics of England aud other
nations, the United States' new pos
sessions will nil be productive, de
clares the St. Louis Globe-Deinoct at.
They will a 1,1 largely tn tbo country's
wealth and general resources. Settlers
and capital from all pints of the world
will How into them immediately alter
the UtiHed States gets them into its
bauds. Through then the country
acquires a new credit and potency,
and the advantages of American civili
zation will be extended half-way around
the globe.
CURIOUS FACTS.
Tapioca is extracted from a deadly
poisonous plant.
The giant bees of India build combs
ti ll feet in height.
London has one street seventy feet
long, being tho shortest street iu the
city.
Chinese coiuage in the shape of a
knife has been traced back as far as
i!'-'!!) li. C.
The preparation of human hair for
the market gives employment to 7dHi)
Parisians.
There is an animal w hich digs its own
grave; this is thehiiotiaco, a quadruped
found in Santa Cruz, W. I.
Iu Morocco, when the Sultnn mar
ries every subject is expected to con
tribute a wedding present.
In Denmark, Norway and Finland
good results have, been obtained from
tho employment of womeu ns sailors.
There exists in tho hamlet ot Dale
Abbey, Eugland, au arch.'Hogien! curi
osity in the bbupe of a church ii'ad
tavern combined.
Donkeys have just been introduced
in P.erlui to take the place of dogs,
which have hitherto drawn the light
trallio of the streets of that city.
Un the cover of a prairie wa: 'U
which passed through .danhatt:;;!,
Kan., the other day, was painted this
notice: "Not bound for Missouri. N. i
busted. Net going to wife's folks.
Just doing this to b'-at the railroads."
Tho otUr is the fa-t. -I s-vii ruiig
quadruped known l;i the water n
exhibits au astonishing ugili'y, swim
ming in a nearly tmrii-n: ai positio.i
with the greatest case, .'.mug in...
darting along beneath th-- su: face w it,i
a spec t e ninl if u "I snp.-ii 'i- to that
of many fi -hes.
I'lincciinlcil ruhllr l.amU.
There still remain in some of the
older Stales large areas of public Inn.'..1
that have never been taken up. but
most of them are practically worthies!-.
Ill Alabama there are ."'-JJ..tT acres,
in Arkansas. :'.,r..iii,!i:ta acres; in Flor
ida, 1,7."7.T.". acres; Kansas, l.ihe.l,
ih:1; Louisiana. 7 ."". 5-1 .; Michigan,
.Vl. ,,Ko; Minu.-s.it.!, .".,70,:fi; Mis-si-sippi,
;isi.;,'.i;,n, Missouri, il,'.il,
a id Wisconsin, 4 Lt.7.'.. The largest
.o ca of unoccupied public laud iu iu
Montana, w here there are over 71,000.
ll in acres, morn than four-fifths of the
i-iitii-e Territory. In North nud South
Dakota oiny half the land is occupied;
in Oregon only otic-third of it. Iu
Utah, out of a total of ,0l',0itil,(liKl
acres, oi.iy d.uiK'.uOO are occupied.
Chicago Lecuid.
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A- tn. ' : rht fmi. s a--.; tl .-l.er
J . i corner, nfie.- t-n
J... .-.!- ftteains.iii Jt'TMly trifles
i r a te ti-.ua ;.gc .ie.-ign.-J.
. tlie -ki"-- n..w have coaqud-
;ii :: y iciu-I.
1 nn: ri'-v-' i:i an nir-shif
Wit.i . im- ii t- rs ilashinsl aof
IP- , run.' s gentle inurmui-
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S I i.i -.l i-- I ar" ."in.' '
v-h it th. world l.(:lli
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la ! uiiu-1
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It .- l .-tti-r. u tier
T-' iirrai. -e I'.iui-r.iri'-s
s.-i i,,,t to r.-.- a !.,':.
I ,'-i -:,ii;, i.i n t.-r-i. i- travel
ru- wli-a t t.e-r 1 l.'-re. i-s-1
. (( .-c; v ;';i, III eth.'i.
! .!-a I. !.
r:!H D PDINT.
,T .-div.s it, .hin'i luopufc to ber;
I i,n . -Iie'o lei.i-e yoJ." -la.vaes
" i'leo's .- -iy jhn g. ie; to pivjiose.
it. -".-'., 1 1,;-' -.- .1 mi ii!d kiss you.''
Sh-.-- "I ;-.,'a t i-u ' in any by.
potlo-ti.-a! . Hen ::-., ut. "--PhilndoU
phhi . , A no iicm.
il.i.:.ri- "Fwat do this in tie' paper
ah'i.r ":.o.. l; -r .:-nr'-' ;.ieau'" Gro
pn, - i; i a ii.ikii way a.' snyiu' eoak
'im.' I.id.ati-ii-o.is .lou.-na:.
; i" i-'.ii':.-' r. ivoui.J it iiurt yotf
m l -h it ! i.i-;!-i :: ! wit V.ii: your fou-
out '-" !!e--'l: ici.-l.! h:tri the young
ina-i . '.'.
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News
"This I
" lb- !:!... Life.
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: : ..i t-...-ii.
; .I' 1 ...Ill,"
News. '
1-. . .r -ei'-.l by her
l:..'i.. :.'. i 1 this
e . i - ' o :i si e their
in;-: r a -. I'l'lCagO
1 - a" . :.'. Ad, c." tatd
' i h i c," re
Mr. Ncv.e.!
turned the P:i !.-. ' IM i !: I jc nnk to
snak to t.i'- :i..y..i:i ::l)-.'.it
Kos.d.uf.
A i.i ;:r:i!- I!i:.'...r ii'-i'.- iu:s.iiiig a
rabbit --" .''', !'. y..-.t 1 ret-, if y.; pre
fer li .:u.t w.iv I (-an - ! vo.i itut as
! jie I at the P a: ehi r'.-. " - F.nyittdo
bh-.ter.
SiuiKijs " . I. a: ij .1 vo ir nose
so red, Ti:uki:i-.'" Ti:uUi-s "It
glows with pride, nr. at not poking
itself into .oiler people's bus; r.-ss. " .
Tit-Hits.
la Chic.'.go. "D.ai. .t. shi.U we
speti I oar ho:i-y u.i..:i nt Niagara?"
'():i, George! all my n.... y.i'.o.ms have
been i-pent there! I.-'.hi f." mute
w aere .!.-.-. " --IP- i-d. ! . 'die.
s,h" "ft. in", yea li.di a football
player sh'i-il.l ic e.c a good golf
player?" lie-"!'.!-' ., ; y irotble I
Sve'ls tilitt t i ' bill mi ; ;; got lost in
bis U:.i -." Voviker-- sta.esuiau.
'Til.- Ger.aan l.-i per a-." sai.l the
sh ic clerk b i ;r lee. ' . .us t i l-t car
rying .hin ; by st c-;:i. ' Ve.-," us-s'e-.itc
I t'no Ciic'-r.ul J ti 't. "he reigaa
mi l blo-As." Itidiatiap.t.is .lourna!.
Tea 'Iili- "Atientioii. imw, boys.
Straighten up. Wiiat i- your hand
raised for, Thouia.-''" Tommy Tucker
" lohiiuy lhtti. . ;ri't .-..ritiglitco up,
h.i.'i, n. He's bjAleg :.-:.' Chicago
Trihui.e.
Fortune Teller "V ..ir fit are hus
iiail '-,-,d be ta'!!. have e.ark com
plcvioa, au.l b- very w.-a 'iiy." The
Cade.- ".Vo.v, te 1 i . it.i r t'.iia;.
Jl'JiV c in f g i ru1. o. li-V p.cse,t uus
h i:i ',? " i ; U'.h.
"So vou want to in' lav sou-in-law,
do youV" ashed ti'e old i.i-.y. wilu as
miu-'a lieic.:'ie.s- a-" he c.ia;d assume.
"Well," sai l the young mm, "I don't
watlt to, bat I s ipjuisc I'll hive to be
if I many y our daughter." Tit-Bits.
Weary Watkin: "I ain't had nothin
t.i cut for two daw, '' Victim
"Vieu told me t . i . it very same story
j just a week ago." ' Oh' Theu surely
I ymi woiii.l help a p ec bloke 'at nin't
, ' had n- tiiin' to . for mu-' (lays',"
Ill-ha uapobs .! urn.i!.
v; f ot inn i . hi -.
ba y. iVaui"', i'..ig!.;.i !. Japan, Af
flea ah I South Aim tic -, - a "i tons of
mils t lid - coiuri-y i year. They
("i e lino New V i - i - i : it cargoes',
i.inge eh.i-ti.ips f,-,i..i l-.ly. Japan,
an 1 France have Ion.: constituted a
prosperous trade, ut.d !'.uti.ra.l ships
t iousahd of b.i-ii. '.s of I -a,, dish wal
nuts. iiil.,.f,s :,-.o li.ii'.-liiiiis. Africa
sends the kohi nuts; Souih America
tine Iba, ii nuts, and China and Japan
s uite of ill ' .jil.'-ei-. .-I h it-" ever pla-'ed
bcin: c a", e -iciii-e. !u ie-iut years
C.i'.iloi i.ii a :i I t e.- : a;: i: hi;' entered
so 1 irjeiy in ti e . lllii.e tin.t the im
p, rl trade has 1. ,-:i c; ...y.tiy affected,
i! is e.-t im at. ,1 1 .a: . '.'iiorn la can sup-
p ,'. i i
w Hole c 'IM , y w it i all tne
u,:'s i -.iii . .!. in-! oi ti c sea-
' , ! id! tl t'u r P. ails dc-
I. l:-,t Pa-r. ; v.- "oet veea bca
.'i. :i tie- i'oi.-i ;:.--rs can git in
. . . . a! .o.L-e c ei'-iderablo
; ,id ii i. tleei tha- they take
pr,,:... ;
adv,i::t i
k.-l.'. - .
i t ie c.o'. i (1.1.1 o: our mar
,:l. Times.
tlout'i's illi;ii':ir "nil. '
An o'-d law ha- been singularly re
xivcd in I'ittsb ir lhltc.-n years ago
Frank l.-spe G.ml i h i 1 a leg cut off
by a car of the Souiii-idi. Passenger
K.iiiway Company He wn-theti only
six years old. but atturied his majority
recent Iy, nnd how brings suit under
nn act ot A -.-einbl y approved March
'.'", 171.!, w Inch permits a imnorio
bring an action for ihi'iii'g.s w ithiifsii
years ailer he becomes t vci'y-ono
years old, in his own li -ht, and w ith
out reference t i x:ip tin.e when the
cause for t.ie actio'i may have oc
curred. The net is lol I'l-n-raliy known
to he iu ei stel.ee, b it it is stiil iu
force, n-id as 'ai e n- s- the Supreme
Coa. t of r.'iih y.vani t dc-i led a case
in which the nc: was declared to be
g m I ia-v. Y.'Ut.-g ' :.i!'l Hanus ii-JY,.
nn I diri.a .'cs for toe io.ss of his i- g.
Philadelphia ihe k.