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CHAPTER II. 1
(Continuedv) . x .
"Ha!" lie cried, pulling off his plumed
Lat and lowing low. "A scholar, I per
t,eire! Let me serve you, sir.' Here
is the 'History of St. George' "and
he picted out a thin, brown quarto and
held it up "written by Master Peter
Heyliu; a ripe book, -they tell me
(though, to be sure, I never read be
yond the title), and the price a poor
ir,-o shillings."
otv, all this while t was consider
ing what to do. So, as I put my hand
in my pocket and drew out the shil
lings, I said very slowly, looking him
ia the eyes (but softly, so that, the
"lackey might not hear): -.
"So thus you feed your expenses at
the dice; and my shilling, no doubt, is
for Luke Settle, as well as the rest."
For the moment, under my look, he
went white to the lips; then clapped
his hand to his sword, withdrew it, and
answered me, red as a turkey cock:
I -Shalt be a parson, yet, Master
'Scholar; but art in a great Lurry, it
seems.''
Now, I had ever a quick temper, and
'as he turned on his heel, was like to
have replied and raised a brawi. . My
oru meddling tongue had brought the
rebuff upon me; but yet my heart was
hot as he walked away.
; I was standing there and looking
'after hhn. turning over in my hand the
' Life of St. George," when my fingers
were aware of a slip of paper between
the pages. Pulling it out, I saw 'twas
scribbled over with writing and figures,
.'as follows:
, "Mr. Anthony Kiiligrew, his acct for
Oct. 29th. MDCXLII. For herrings,
2d.: for coffee, 4d.;-for scowring - my
coat. Gd.; at bowls, os.'lOd.; for blead
ing me, Is. Od.; for ye King's speech,
Sd.: for spic'd wine (with Marjory),
2s. 4d,; for seeing ye Rhinoceros, jid.;
at ye Ranter-go-round, Gd.; for a
pair of silver buttons, 2s. 6d.; for ap
ples, 2d.; for ale, 6d.; at ye dice,
17 Ts.; for spic'd wine (again), 4s. Gd."
i And so on.
As I glanced my eye clown this pa
re?, my anger oozed away, and a great
.f cling of pity came over me, not only
at the name of Anthony the name I
bad heard spoken in the bowling green,
last night but also to see the mon
strous item of 17 odd spent on the
dice. 'Twas such a boy, too. after all.
that I was angry with, that had spent
fourpence to see the rhinoceros at a
fair, and rode on the ranter-go-round
(with "Marjory," no doubt, as 'twas
for her, no doubt, the silver buttons
were bought). So that, with quick for
giveness, I hurried after him, and laid
a hand on his shoulder.
1 He stood by the entrance, counting
tp his money, and drew himself up
very stiff.
('I think, sir, this paper is yours." '
"I thank you," he answered, taking
it, and eyeing me. "Is there anything,
besides, you wished to ay?"
"A great deal, maybe, if your name
be Anthony." ' 1
j. "Master Anthony Kiiligrew. is my
name, sir; now serving under Lord
Bernard Stewart in His Majesty's
troop of guards."
"And mine is Jack Marvel," said I.
j' Of the Yorkshire Marvels?"
''Why, yes; though but a shoot of
that good stock, transplanted to Cum
berland, and there sadly withered."
1 " 'Tis no matter, sir," said he polite
ly: "I shall be proud to cross swords
vilh you."
i "Why, bless your heart!" I cried out,
full of laughter, at this childish punc
tilio; "d'ye think I came to fight you?"
"If not, sir" and he grew colder
than ever "you are going a deuced
roundabout way to avoid it."
? Upon this, finding no other way out
f it, I began my tale at once; but
hardly had come to the meeting of the
two men on the bowling-green, when
he interrupts me politely:
"I think, Master Marvel, as yours is
like to be a story of some moment. I
will send this fellow back to my lodg
ings. He's a long-eared dog that I am
saving from the gallows for so long as
my conscience allows me. The shower
is done,. I see; so if you know of a re
tir'd spot, we will talk there more at
our leisure."
He dismissed his lackey; and stroll'd
off with me to the Trinity Grove,
wnere, walJdng up and down, I told
him all I had heard and seen the night
before.
f "And now," said I, "can you tell me
Jf you have any such enemy as this
hite-hair'd man, with, the limping
gait?"
' He had come to a halt, sucking in
his lips and seeming to reflect.
"I know one man," he began; f'but
no 'tis impossible." ; - - '
!; As I stood, waiting to hear more, he
clapp'd his hand in mine, very quick
and friendly. "Jack," he cried "I'll
call thee Jack 'twas an honest good
tmn thou hadst in thy heart to do me.
aM I a surly rogue to think of fighting
1 that could make mincemeat of
thee." , . .
L 'I can fence a bit," answered I:
' "Xow, say no more, Jack; I love
thee."
"I think," said I, "you had better be
considering what to do." V
He laugh'd outright this lime; and
vesting -with his- legs cross' d, against
he trunk of an elm, twirl'd an end of
log lovelocks, and looked at me
comically. Said he: "Tell me, Jack, is
there aught in me that offends thee?"
' --'Why, no," j answered. ..','1 tblnk
you're a proper young man such as I j
VOL. XXY II.
OF JACK MARVEL
QUILLER ,COUCH.
Should loathe to see spoil'd by Master
Settle's knife." .'.;.
"Art not quick at friendship, Jack,
but better at advising; only in this case
fortune has prevented thy good offices;
Hark ye,' he leaned,, forward and
glanced to tight and , left, "if these
twain Intend, my ;hurt as indeed
'twould seem they lose their labor,
for this"' very night t ride :from Ox
ford;',,. i, A :: . -
, "And Avhyjs that?" ,Y; ; -
"I'll tell thiee. Jack, though I deserve
to be shot. I am bound with a letter
from His Majesty to the Army of the
West, where I have friends-, for my
father's sake Sir Deakini .Kiiligrew
of Gleys, in Cornwall. 'Tis a sweet
country, they say though. I have never
seen it." - .
"Not seen thy fathers country?" '
"Why, no for he married a French
woman, Jack, God rest her dear soul!"
he lifted his hat "and settled in that
country, near Morlaix, in Brittany,
among my mother's kin; my grandfa
ther refusing to see or speak with him
for wedding a poor woman without his
consent. . And in France Syas I born
and bred, and came to England two
years agone; and this last July the
old curmudgeon died. . So that my
father, who was an only son is 'even
now in England returning to his es
tates; -and with him my only sister
Delia. I shall meet them on the way.
To think of it!" (and I declare the tears
sprang to his. eyes) "Delia will be a
woman grown, and ah! to see dear
Cornwall together!"
"'Tis a ticklish, business," said I
after a minute, "to carry the King's
letter. Not one in four cf his messen
gers comes through, they say. But
since it keeps you from the dice "
."That's, true.. To-night I make an
end." .
""To-night !"
"Why, yes. To-night I go for my 1
revenge, and ride straight from the
inn door."
"Then I go with you to the 'Crown,' "
I cried, very positive.
He dropped playing with his cm 1,
and looked me in the face, his mouth
twitching with a queer smile. ,
'!And so thou shalt, Jack; but why?"
"I'll give no reason," said I, and
knew I was blushing.
"Then be at the corner of All Hal
lows' Church in Turl street at seven
to-night. I lodge over Master Simon's,
the glover, and must be about my af
fairs. Jack" he came near and took
my hand "am sure thou lovest me."
He nodded, with another cordial
smile, and went his way up the grove,
his amber cloak flaunting like a be
lated butterfly under the leafless trees;
and so passed out of my sight.
:. CHAPTER III.
I Find Myself in a Tavern Brawl; and
Barely Escape.
. It wanted, maybe, a quarter to 7
that evening when, passing out at the
college gate on my way to All Hal
lows' Church, I saw under the lantern
there a man loitering and talking with
the porter. - 'Twas Master Anthony's
lackey; and a? I came up he held out, a
note for m?.
"Deare Jack
"Wee goe to the 'Crowne' at VI.
o'clock, I having mett with Captain
Settle, who is on dewty with the horse
to-nite, and must to Abendonn by IX.
I looke for you.
"Your unfayned loving
' ' "A. K.
"The bearer has left by servise, and
his helth conserns me nott. Soe kik
him if he tarrie."
This last advice I had no time to
carry out with any thoroughness; but
being put in a great dread by this
change of hour, pelted off toward the
Corn Market as fast as legs could
carry me.
The windows of the "Crown" were
cheerfully lit' behind their red blinds.
A few straddling grooms and troopers
talked and spat in the brightness of
the entrance,' and outside in the street
was a servant leading up and down
a beautiful sorrel mare, ready saddled,
that was marked on the near hind leg
with, a high white stocking. In the
passage I met the host of the "Crown,"
Master John Davenant.
. "Top of the stairs," says he, . indi
cating, my way, "and open the door
ahead of you, if y'are the young gentle
man Master Kiiligrew spoke of."
I; had my foot on the bottom step,
when from the room above comes the
crash of a table upsetting, with a
noise of broken glass, chairs thrust
back, and a racket of outcries. Next
moinent the door was burst open,
letting out a flood of light and curses;
apd down flies a drawer, three steps
at a time, with a red stain of wine
trickling down his white face. . t
"Murder!" he gasped out; and sitting
dpwn. on a stair, fell to mopping his
face, all sick and trembling.
1 was: dashing past him, with the
landlord at my heels, when, three men
came tumbling out of the door, and
downstairs. I squeezed myself against
the wall to let them pass, but Master
Davenant was pitched to the very foot
of the stairs. And then he picked
himself uq and ran out in the Corn
Market, the drawer after him, and
both shouting "Watch! Watch!" at
the top of their lungs, and so left the
three fellows to push, by the women
already gathered in, the passage, and
gain the street at their ease. All this
happened while a. man could count
twenty; aijd in halt a n? mute i ueara ;
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the ring of steel and was standing in
the doorway. . . 1
There was now no . light within but
what was shed by the fire and two
tallow candles that guttered on the
mantelshelf. The remaining candle
sticks lay in a pool of wine: on. the"
ftoori hmid broken. : glasses, , bottles
scattered coins, dice boxes and pewter
pots. In the corner to my rijrht cov!'
ered it potboy, with tankard. uarigling
in his hand, and the contents' spilling
into his shoes. His wide, terrified eyes
were fixed on the far end of the room,
where Anthony and the brute Settle
stood, with a shattered chair between
them. Their swords were crossed in
tierce; and grating together as each
sought occasion for a lunge? which
might have been fair enough but for a
dog-faced trooper in a frowsy; black
periwig, who, as I entered, was gather
ing a handful .of coins from under the
fallen table, and now ran across, sword
in hand,-to the captain's aid.
'Twas Anthony that fae'd ne, with
his heel against the wainscoting, and,
catching my . cry of alarm, he cail'd
out cheerfully over the captain's shoul
der but without lifting his eyes!
"Just in time; Jack! Take off the
second cur, that's a sweet boy!"
Now, I carried no sword; but seizing
the tankard from the potboy's hand, I
hurl'd it at the dog-fae'd trooper. It
struck him fail between the shoulder
blades; and with a yell of pain he
spun round and came toward me,- his
point glittering in a way that turn'd
me cold; i gave him a pace5 Siiatch'd
up a chair (that luckily had a wooden
seat) and with my back against the
door, waited his charge.
'Twas in this posture that, flinging a
glance across the room, I saw the
Captain' sword describe ii small circle
of light, and next moment, .with a
sharp cry, Anthony caught at the blade,
and stagger'd against the wall, pinn'd
through the chest, to the wainscoting.
"Out with the lights, Dick!" bawl'd
Settle, tugging out his point. "Quick,
fool the window!"
Dick, with a back sweep of hie handt
sent the candles flying off the shelf,
and, save for the flicker Of the hearth,
we were in darkness, t felt, rather
than saw. his rush toward me; leap'd
aside; and brought down my chair
with a crash on his skull. He went
down like a niiiepiu, but scrambled up
in a trice, and was running for the win
dov. There was a shout below as the
i Captain thrust the lattice open; an
other, and the two dark forms had
clambered through the purple square
of the casement, and dropp'd into the
bowling-green below.
By this, I had made my Avay across
the room, and found Anthony sunk
against the' wall, with his feet out
stretched. There was something he
held out toAvard me, groping for my
hand and at the same time whispering
in a thick, choking voice:
"Here, Jack, here; pocket it quick!"
'Twas a letter, and as my fingers
closed on it they met a clamp smear,
the meaning of which was but too
plain.
"Button it sharp in thy breast; now
feel for my sword."
"First let me tend thy hurt, dear
!ad."
"Nay quickly, my sword! 'Tis
pretty, Jack, to hear thee say 'dear
lad.' A cheat to die like this could
have laugh'd for years yet. The dice
were cogg'd hast found it?"
I groped beside him, found the hilt,
and held it up.
So 'tis thine. Jack, and my mare
Molly, and the letter to take. Say to
Delia Hark! they are on the stairs.
Say to -"
With a shout the door was flung
wide, and on the threshold stood the
Watch, their lanterns held high and
shining in Anthony's white face, and
oh the- black stain where the doublet
was thrown open.
In numbers they were six or eight,
led by a small, wrynecked man that
held a long staff, and wore a gilt
chain over his furr'd collar. Behind, in
the doorway, were huddled half a
dozen women, ' peering, and Master
Davenant at the back of all, his great
face looming over their shoulders like
a moon.
"Now, speak up. Master Short!"
"Aye, that I will that I will; but
my head is considering of affairs,"
answer'd Master Short-he of the wry
neck. "One, two, three -" He look'd
round the room, and finding but one
capable of resisting (for the potboy
Avas by this time .in a fit), clear'd his
throat, and spoke np:; 9 .
""In the King's name, I arrest you
all so help me God! Now, what's the
matter?"
"Murder," said I, looking up from my
work of staunching Anthony's wound.
"Then forbear, and don't do it."
"Sirs," said I, laying poor Anthony's
head .softly back, "you are too late;
whilst ye were cackling my. friend is
dead."
"Then, young man, thou must come
along." .
"Come along?" '
"The charge .is homocidium, or man
slaying, with or without malice pre
pense" But " I looked around. The pot
boy was. insensible, and my eyes fell
on Master Davenant, who slowly shook
his head.:'
"I'll' sayrnot a word," said he, stol
idly; "lost twenty pound, one time, by
a lawsuit."
"Pack of fools!" I cried, driven be
yond endurance. "The , guilty ones
escap'd these ten minutes. Now stop
me who dares!"
And dashing my left fist on the nose
of a watchman who would have seized
nae, I clear'd a space with Anthony's
sword, made a run for the casement,
and' dropped out upon the 'bowling
green. (To be continued.)
It is suggested, by Professor Picker
ing that .the streaks 'which 'radiate
from lunar craters one from Tycho
is 1700 miles long are caused b
punic? thrown out by the volcano,' ' -
How She Keeps -young.
She eats three warm meals at regu
lar hours.
She sleeps eight hours, and as often
as-possibla two of them before mid
night; . '"'-:
She takes fifteen quiet, minutes iii
a darkened room after mnc&eori;'"'' -
She begins each day with a cold
bath, followed by a glass of cold or
hot water.
She is careful to spend at least a
half hour every day in the open air.
She never, rides where she can walk
the distance comfortably.
She doesn't waste her vitality in su
perfluous and energetic talking;
She is neither self-centred nor family
centred, but has a few fresh outside
interests to keep her live end thought
ful. She never lets herself moan over the
past, nor worry about the future, but
makes the best of the present and
keeps Sweet and cheerful.-Philadel-phia
Bulletin; . -
New Brooches Are Odd
It is not enough for the American
woman to have a dainty .'ittle' brooch
of pearls 3r diamonds; which she wears
with her best frocks, and her real laces,
but she must have some odd pieces
of jewelry, inexpensive, yet character
istic of herself and harmonizing with
the rest of her costume. This year she
will wear large gun metal beetles,
heads of the quadrupeds carved in
gold. Egyptian wings, crystals find
dragons iri every imaginable conr
tion, and fill these set off by rhine
stones, imitation opals and amethysts
cats' eyes the Scotch pebble hi its reds
and purples, and last, but decidedly not
least, the all-pervading peacock eye.
Belt pins, made splendidly strong,
and about four inches long, show one
huge dragon fly, a darning needle or a
pair of Egyptian wings. The bodies
of the flies are "of rhiuestones or opals,
with perhaps a tiny pearl in the wirgs.
In one exclusive shop the bodies are
of Scotch pebble, which polishes into
the prettiest kind of a brick-ted stone
with stripes of white, or a deep purple
stone with sparkles of gold The
Egyptian wings are attached to a long
opal, below which on one side is a row
of rhinestones. The latter are espe
cially brilliant against the gun metal.
Oriental gold filagree is sprinkled
with tiny stones in different . pale
shades which are focused in one bril
liant stone. This 'same filagree with
vivid stones in greens and blues and
reds is made into the old-fashioned
long brooch with a flower in the cen
tre, and is known as Egyptian jewelry.
To fasten the dainty laces and rob
bons for the neck, s wallows small and
in flight and various forms of flies
and butterflies are used. The swallows
have wings of imitation opal in blue
and the body is in white. The butter
flies' wings are in variegated enamel
or opalescent porcelain with rhinestone
bodies. One peacock feather in green
and blue has a peacock eye among the
fronds at the tip. A single peacock
eye the size of a quarter, and the same
size in cut" amethyst or crystal, have
gold snakes coiled around them.
To Model SleeTCS.
Vith a radical change in all sleeve
styles staring us in the face, it's a com
fort to realize that last year's sleeves
can be "adapted" to this year's fash
ions in comparatively easy ways.
Rip your sleeves out (and the cuffs
off) and turn them upside down, letting
the fulness that came down about the
wrist last year go up to the shoulder.
Depcer cuffs are worn than last
year, so if your cuffs can be length
ened it will make all the difference
in the world in your waist. Or, if your
sleeve is full enough at the top and
too full at the wrist, lay the wrist ful
ness into little box pleats, or tucks,
and stitch them down flat, from three
to five inches. That will give your
tileeve the close, deep cuff effect, and
yet give you the necessary fulness
about the elbow.
If your sleeves are a bit soiled and
those huge pouches we wore last year
were always dipping into undesirable
places cut off a little about an inch
will get rid of the worst set your cuff
in again, and lengthen by setting in
a deep, tight pleating of soft batiste
or lace, with a band of the same ma
terial as your waist or its trimming
stitched down on it about half an inch
from the cuff proper. The rest of the
pleating will broaden out prettily into
a frill about your nand.
But if you -do this, touch up your
collar to match. Very likely it will
show signs of wear, too.- Cut the top
half off, and finish it off with a little
batiste pleating, boning or stiffening
it to keep it from slinking down around
your throat in ugly creases.
If you've a bodice with uniformly
large sleeves, shirr them in bunches of
three or four rows at intervals, so as
to make a series of puffs, something
like a "Shakespeare sleeve." And then,
if you've ribbon trimming on your
bodice, tie it around the rows of shir
ring, letting the bows come on the out
side of the sleeve.
Or sleeves with thatwi-ist fulness can
be turned upside down, and shirred
into puffs which will end at the elbow,
and there be met by a long cuff of the
material or of some soft, thin stuff.
Or, shirr the fulness straight down
through the middle, and turn the sleeve
upside down, and the top win pull out
on each side of h$ rh.irii Uku tUos? 1
odd butterfly
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sleevesi-indianapolis
Turs and Laces.
jn combination of fur and lace, if
rightly handled, is the most, effective
form of, dressy street costume..
;,;Bnt td.be reaily artistic and 'becom
ing; there' must be some little thought
put into the arrahgeihent; Delicate
lace must not be combined with cdarsa
long-nap fur nor pure white lace With
black fur, nor small patches of lace
on long coats and deep capes.
And the use of lace at all should be
restricted to furs to be worn for pay
ing calls, for theatre, for afternoon
receptions and" teas. For morning
wear; for church, fof shopping, the
plainer the furs are the better style.
The prettiest dressy furs, and fairly
durable if treated with proper respect
and kindness, are ermine, chinchilla,
Japanese mink, fine baby lamb, soft
dressed broadtail and baby calf dyed
black; and all these furs are really
much more beautiful with the addition
of creamy lace to neck, sleeves or In
some beautifully designed applique
form;
To actually trim furs with lace; that'
is, td put ruffles or insertion of laco
flat on the fur is ineffective and inartis
tic. To get a good effect, thei lace must
be used merely as a finish. A Cavalief
frill for the sleeves, knotted about the
neck with ends the full length of coat
or stole, a Colonial jabot at the front
of aii Eton, with rich appliques em
broidered oil in elaborate Oriental col
ors these are the smart effects shown
for this season in the uses of lace gar
niture; With long hap furs like sable, bear,
deer, mink and squirrel, the most fash
ionable laces are the Irish wool crochet
point d' Arabe, silk cluny, guipure, and
imitation old Italian designs.
With the most delicate furs like em
mine, caracul, baby calf or chinchilla,
the finer point laces are used, and if
you have a fine real Spanish lace,
creamy with age, or a Honiton necktie
or even a bit of Duchess in ivory tint,
you will . need no other garniture to
make the simplest fur coat very niuch
grahde mode. ' .'V
And fur hats to match coat or tippet
are more fashionable than ever. The
most popular shapes are the Virot
and torpedo turban; the Virot round
and flat, and the torpedo, as one might
suppose, with a sharp, aggressive peak
at the front and decidedly narrow
sides.
There are three ways of trimming
these fur turbans with a single spray
of flowers, with a ruchlng of mallne,
or with a lace scarf knotted at the
back in two bows and short ends. The
lace decoration is the richest and most
dressy, the tulle the newest and flowers
the most practicable.
If a fur hat is carefully selected as
to its becomingness to hair and com
plexionand few women realize the
importance of- trying on fur and is
adorned with the shade of lace or the
tone of flowers that suit the wearer,
there is really no millinery creation
that can compare with it for richness
and artistic effect. - The fur some way
seems to fit the hair as no other tex
ture possibly can. It has no angles, no
sharp edges, but is what the French
call "carressing."
Pure white lace is not used at all on
black fur or with ermine... With white
hair-fur or fox or chinchilla .it is not
ineffective, but for all fur decoration
the ivory or cream tones in lace are
preferred.
. On the other hand, old lace if ac
tually soiled is very bad form indeed.
And it is a bit of a puzzle to some
women, who have not professional
cleaners convenient, to know just what
to do with their beautiful laces that
are streaked or browned. Ordinary
Avashing with soap and water is of no
avail. Rubbing is out of the question
and real laces should never be boiled.
The best and simplest plan, and the
least expensive because it cannot in
jure the lace, is to use warm borax
Avater. First soak your laces for an
hour in a bowl of Avarm water softened
by a teaspoonful of borax. Then
transfer them to a bowl of water that
has just boiled with the same amount
of borax and a little shaved castile
soap, rub them very lightly in the
hands, squeeze them up and down in
the suds, rinse in clear warm water,
and then in clear cold water made
ivory color with coffee.
Squeeze the lace as dry as possible
and then roll on a curtain pole or
broom stick, pulling the lace out into
perfect shape as you roll. When dry,
it will look as though it had been in
a cabinet all its life.
Gounod's "Amber Ear."
"Play the 'Amber Ear said the
waiter to the leader of the restaurant
orchestra, while the people at nearby
tables chuckled.
"You mean 'The Gondolier,' " cor
rected the leader, leaning over the edge
of the little music balcony.
"No," persisted the waiter. "I asked
her was that it, and she said 'No.' She
wants you to play 'Amber Ear.' "
"Y0T1 go back and ; sk her again,"
said the leader Avith a laugh, and he
watched the Avaiter make his way
across the room. In a momenf he was
back. .
"I asked the lady, and she said she
wanted yon to play the 'Amber Ear,' "
he saidtwith a touch of vexation. "Sho
says you ought to know it if ypure 8
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Tips. ; . , ' 1
f you do not want to starve, - -
If you wish your weight wag greater,
Here's a hint: To tip the scales
You had better tip the waiter.
New York Sun,
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-Grab Her.
Askiugton "Quite a clever girl, Isn't
3he?'f. " .
Sapsmith "dever? Why, ghe has
brains enough for two!" . . '
.. "Marry her, old felJowf Marry her
is quick as you cani"--Smart Set,
"Worst Fart of It at Home.
Neighbor "How long did ydu stay
at the club yesterday, Jones?" i
Jones "Oh, the best part of the
svening,'
Mrs. Jones "Why, John; you came
home in half an hour!"
Jones "Well?" Cleveland Plain
dealer.
Iifterent,
"Now, I can go into the village and
Come home again without getting
drunk."
"Ah, meenister, but I'm sae popu
lar." The Bystander.
Hnckleberry Finn.
"What! your nationality, pard?"
asked the Barter street bunko-steerer.
"Aa bin a Ficn," replied the sailor
man. ' . - . - . .
"Then you're my huckleberry," chir
ruped the gleeful confidence man, as b
took the jack tar into tow. Heustor
Chronicle.
Too. jtluclt For Him.
Highwayman "How much money
have you got?"
Heldup "I co'lldn't guess."
Highwayman "You can't guess tn
amount?"
Heldup "No."
Highwayman "Then give it up."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. '
Disillusioned..
"What sort of impression did the
NeAV York horse show make on you?"
"Why, it shocked me." .
"What shocked you?" ' -
"Coming face to face with those
New York society women after seeing
their lovely portraits, in the New Yori
papers." Cleveland Tlain Dealer.
Accomplished More.
ToAvne "Your wife has been telling
my wife what a jewel your new cook
is; says that with the same quantity
of food she accomplishes twice as
much as any other girl she ever had.''
Browne "So it seems;, at any rate,
I have twice as much dyspepsia as I
used to have." Philadelphia Press.
, Not DJgpoted to Criticise.
"Don't you think," asked Mrs. Old
castle, "that our minister is becoming-
somewhat recondite?"
"Oh, I don't know," replied hei
Vc-y.co TVc.?al, thlnfro on hilt il .
don't seem to me that he weighs a I
nn,,nd nr than he oneht to for a
man as tall as him." Chicago Record-
Herald.
All Off.
"What's the matter?" inquired As
cum. "What are you searching youi
pocket for?"
"I tied a knot in my handkerchief
this morning," said the absentminded
man, "to remind me of something j
was to get for my wife. "And now I
can't find the handkerchief!" Phila
delphia Press. '
Still in Service.
"Can't yer do a littiesoIaethln, fer
an old soldier?" whined Tired Tiffins
"Well, I don't know,'" replied the
portly citizen. "If you can show your
discharge papers I may be able to do
something for you." -
"I hain't been discharged yet, boss,"
replied the hobo. "It's a soldier of
fortune I am." Pittsburg Post.
. . How the News Spread.
' Tatience "What do yen think?"
Patrice "I'm sure I don't know."
"Why, that Huggins girl was mar
ried nearly a year ago!"
"I never knew it!"
"No, nor I, either,-unrii to-day."
"How did you find it out?"
"Why, I saw an amu-m cement of
her diA'orce in the papers." Yonkers
Statesman.
The Simple Truth.
Kadley "Yes, I would really like
to know what your age is." . ' ,
Miss Pepprey "Weil, why don't
you ask me?"
Kadley "Oh! You wouldn't tell me
the truth." ?
Miss repprey "Ok! yes, j would."
Kadley "Well, what is it?"
Miss Pepprey "None of your' busi'
fcc-ss." rbilauclphij) Press,
he Chatham lUcoro. i
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A report 'to the Department of Com ,
merce and Labor from Rio de Janeiro
points out the warning afforded by, "
Brazil, concerning the effects of forest '
denudation. Through : the destruction!
of trees in Northern Brazil, the report ... ,
says, large states have been brought to '
the verge of ruin, 'in Rio Grande ide! ,:
Norte and Ceara chronic drouths ,oc
curr causing famine and depopulation , , ,
in regions which were once richly tinv '
beied and well watered. J The Brazil- ;
ians are beginning to call for the self .-I
entifie replanting of their devastated, J;
forests. .-.., ..; Y
: The project of running a geodetic
baseline between Cairo and the Cape
of Good Hope calls intention to the
strange hostility often shown by sar-' 1
age tribes to the operations of the en- .
gineers. In India it has been found s ,
that the erection of pillars and cabin
to mark the site of surveying stations '
almost inevitably attracts the atten- .-j
tion of the tribespeoj: le iu the neigh-:;
borhoodi Avho subsequently destroy the ,
monuments. Similar trouble is found
in Africa, South America and "else- .
where. For this reason it is suggested .
that the only way to safeguard th , .
basal points of a great triangulatiou :
in unch-ilized lands is to fix a large ..
number of - secondary, points, scattered, r
over the country,, consisting of natural,
features which cannot' be removed, f
and which will remain unknown to the
natives. - ' . . . .; '
The apparatus by which Dr. Arthur
Korn, a German inveetor has succeed
ed in transmitting photographs about ... .
500 miles over telegraph and telephone , .
lines depends for "its action upon thtf '
changing electric resistance1 of ' sel
enium under the influence of light ot
A-aryiug intensity. A ray of , light, f .
caused to pass r-ystematically over the
surface of a transparent film contain
ing a photograph, falls upon a seleniuui
cell whose electric resistance varies ,
with the amount of" light passing
through different parts of the photo- '
graph. These . variations . are trans
mitted to the electric wire, and at the j
receiving end they vary the illumina-' f
tion of ' a small vacuum tube which !
passes "over a sensitized . photographic
paper synchronically with the ray of
light moving over the 'lm at the send-'
lag station. Thus a copy of the'orlg- .
inal photograph is produced;. w ...
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That -a body can acquire during the
flight a different temperature from '
that of the surrounding atmosphere
has been demonstrated by Mr. Well, an .
English physician. If a thermometer .
is taken from a window, wrapped fn"
cotton and placed on the ground, its
mercury will descend seven or eight ,
degrees. Vegetables similarly situat
ed, and being bad conductors, may
freeze at' a time when the tbermom- "'
eter does not mark the freezing point .
proof that the cold experienced by ,
a plant may be entirely different from
.the temperature of the surrounding
air. This low temperature of plants,
however, only occurs when .the., night ,
is clear, since at this time the plant
sheds its heat throughout space and '
becomes chilled, whereas if the night ',
is cloudy the phenomenon does not
occur. This gives rise to the populai
superstition that plants and btids ar" '
frozen by moonlight.
Luncheon by Sogffestton.
Lots of Women Order their luncheons'
merely by force of suggestion. If you
don't think so watch - the . wavering
ones sit down, look on the card, glance
at their neighbor's plate, and then or
der whatever the latter happens to' be :
"eating. In a crowded luncheon-room
on matinee one Utile ronnd table seat-:
ing four women bore out this state
ment. Two of the women refreshed
themselves on cake and coffee. The
third was putting away a savory clam
chowder. A fourth came in, observed
the cakes, gazed appreaatively on the
chowder, and requested the latter. The
first chowderer finished and departed, .
and the woman who Immediately took
her place looked aroUnd the table and
ordered cakes and coffee. , ' ".',
By this time the'tost. two cake and
coffeeites had firiisljed, and an tvneer- '
tain-looking woman"':sat- down on that -side
of the tabled -She looked at the
two opposite, glanced at the card and
said, "Bring me a clam chowder."
This is a fact, and there is every rea- '
son to suppose that nothing but coffee ,
and cakes and chowder we're served
at that table all the afternoon, or at "
least as long as wavering ladles sat 1"
down at it. Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Nation of Housekeeper. !
A fa-orite fling of the French at the
English has always been that the lat
ter are a nation of shop-keepers. An
English woman has now called AmerJ
cans "a nation of housekeepers." Duy
ins a recent visit to this country she
was struck by-the fact that so many
American women of means and reflije
inent either "do their own work" or
actively superintend the domestic ar
rangements, taking, a pride in this
duty. . ; .. , : ,
Our friend was surprised to , learn
that "an American woman will sped
the. forenoon in cooking, or dusting, or'
cleaning, then dress herself like a ;
duchess and sally forth to the meeting .
of a fashionable club where she Is to
read a learned paper, like as not, or
else call a carriage and make a. round ,
of social calls. And her standing does
not seem to be impaired in the least by
the fact that during part of the day '
she has done the work of a menial, nor j
has it affected her own personal -'t
tractivehess." . .
No other woman has done so much'
as the American to emphasize the dig
nity of labor, Housekeeper.
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