TV A ITT
H
; : -
E. F. YOUNG, Manager. ' "LIVE AND LET Liv3." C K. GRANTHAM. Local-Editor.
: . . t ' ' - -, 11 ' i . I.
VOLUME I. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, TIIUKSDAyTaPRIL 2, 1891. NUMBER 6.
- 1 1 1 ,y ' " . n : :
Cite (Central &imc$.
Published Every Thursday
BY
!E. F. Yoang anl G. K. Grantham.
SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE:
On' Year, - - $1.00
Sir, Month, -" -
Thru Months,
So
ADVERTISING RATES
One Column, One Year,
i, " ". " . -
. j " " "
5750
4O.00
; 20.'00
10.00
Un! In"h,
pT-Co!itra' t n'J vpni-mi!ts tartcn at pro
port ionat'.ly rate.
I.''al iio:ic, 10 cuit? a line.
Tii l'ni-r'-l t l' 'Wr-r ' fhinn, A. C
.-.. '-,. ' i-' itt'i: - .
It has been stated that over boys under
foartceh or fifteen, a woman can more
r,v-ily txrreis'; a goo J influence than a
man, and at Scottish educational confer
(r.c held tlmyeir a move was made to
t m: pltjy 'women a? teachers for boys and
ini.v;H f J i-S' s. . '
A Polish drik prepared from honey
i said to be gro.viug greatly ia favor in
I'nghmd. A large consignment has just
I r en dispatched from Warsaw to London.
'If the fact bo true that honey as a drink
h becoming popular, then,'' observes the
trail Fraccisco Ex.iminer, "nc are return
ing to the simple tatse3 of our Saxon au-.
twtor;.
A statistical person in Washington an
nounces that the proceedings of the
Fifty-first Congress cover about 16,000
pages cf the Congressional Kecorck
There ar? about 1500 words oa a page
of that publication. Hence the recorded
utterances of our statesmen during the
two sessions amount to about 21,000,000
wordf.
A 'leimau who lost a leg in the, United
htates service at Bull Hun, and finding
himself thus exempt from military ser
vice in his own country, returned home
nd has since resided at the village of
Possneeh, near Jena, has lately received
a pension and arrears, amounting to over.
tM0n. The German papers, says tho
J'i-"!nf, arc much impressed with what
they call the muni6ccr.ee of the United
States Government.
The ffler of a bounty of 100 acres of
land to the head of every family of
twelve children in Quebec has rfcsultcd,
announces th St. Louis Star-Sayingi, in
at least three times as many claims as ex
pected. The idea wa, of course, to en
courage the immigration of men who
had given an unusual number of hostages
to fortune, and jugding from the fact
that over lUX) abnormally large families
have already entered claims, the idea
was a remarkably good one. '
'Over one hundred tools and pro
Cfstts, which arc marvels ol ingenuity
and scientific knowledge," fays the Koch
;!tr (N, Y.) democrat, "have been in
- n'ed by safe burglar?. A recent bur
Lbr' outfit, cnptuicd by the police, con
.. jiittd. cf a little .iant knob-breaker, o
4- 'diainonil -drill and a high explosive ol
th ratine of dynamite, but put up in
the form of a powder. It would "open
the "strongest bank safe in a half hour,
s'.id without noiso enough to disturb peo
ple in the crxt hou-e, while the entire
outfit could carried in. the pockets of
an ordinary coat."
4 Lxpcriments sre being made by the
Fuitcd s?-atc Government,"' said Herbert
W. Hct:hkis5, of Michigan', to the New
York. Ttlfjrtvn, " to which spot in this
cum try is the healthiest. That is, they
are trviug to. find out by certain belts aud
prescribed areas which part ofhe coun
try has the lowest death rate. I am told
that the long-life circio includes Grand
- Traverse l?iy in Michigan, Dear Charle
roix, and I cau say that it is a place of
perpetual youth. I went there to die
force years an Fn, &m now cnj0yiDg
perfect htalih. There is no better place
to build up in than there. The hospi
tality of lumbermen is proverbial and
any man who spends three months up
there and does no: come out a new man
bad better die at once. " . "
There arc, remarks the New York .Si'?,
about 'JO'.' tea tasters ia this city, a wcll-
- paid class of men, most of whom iu tho
course cf nature will die of kidney dis
ease superinduced by their unwholesome
occupation. The habits cf these men
are exceedingly curious. Some of them
refuse to ply their trade save iu the
morning, on the ground that the sense of
taste cannot be trusted after it has been
bewildered by hour3 of work. Most of
them avoid the use of tobacco and of
' highly seasoned food. Their accuracy
of taste is astonishing. A tea taster will
grade and price a dozen qualities of " tea
nil from the same; cargo. All this ac
curacy seems unnecessary, however, for
grocers unhesitatingly sell the same tea
to differeut persons at very different
Tiices, o ignorant are most persons of
quaL'ty in teas.
!
LIVIHO AND LOVING.
It isn't life" purple and gold, dear.
That makes it best worth living;
I
Net alwavs the very costliest gifts
Are dearest and best worth giving;
The heart that beats in truest tiaie
With the music of creation.
Is happier far than his whoss will
Can make or mar a nation.
The little sunny gleams that prova
Our dark cloud's hopeful lining - , "
Are br ghter, dear, than if wj hal
Walked always in the shining.
I do not th.nk God loves us les3,
Or frowris on us hereafter
. Because- we cover up a sigh
. With single-hearted laughter.
There i no heart co poor but give3,
If it but will, a treasure
Richer than any kings may own,
Greater than time can measure.
No life cen e'er be poor and col J,
Or craving some new blessing,
That hata-and holdeth fairy gold, I
Love's gracious self possessing.
Love sounl-th depths that none may rsach
With any common plummet.
It leadeth up to heights beyond
This work-a-day life's summit.
- A little tender, human love,
Jiiat at the right time given,
Gees far to make this sad old earth
Seem like a piece of heaven.
Mattic II. Swann, Hn Detroit Free Fress.
THE TWO ORCHARDS.
' BT AUSTIN C. BCRDICK.
Solomon Watts and Stephen Green
were two well-to-do farmers, and they
both owned good orchards. Their fruit
was mostly of a choice kind, and not only
found a ready market, but commanded a
high price. One thing vexed Mr. Green
exceedingly, and was a constant source
of annoyance. No .sooner did his fruit
begin to ripen on his trees than nocturnal
and diurnal marauders commenced petty
depredations on his choicest grafts.
"It is very strange,'' muttered Green to
khi3 wife, "that those stamps will continue
to rob my orchard. 1 Only night before
last old Towser tore tlje clothes nearly off
frcm one of the villains, and from the
marks of blood that I found on the fence,
I should think somebody must have got
.pretty severely bitten; and yet last night
some ore was in the orchard again. I
declare, it's enough to make one run
mad."
'It is curious," answerd the wife,
'and I'm sure I can't see into it. How
is it with neighbor Watts's orchard !''
"That's just what puzzles me. They
don't trouble hi3 fruit at all, and he
hasu"t got any dog, either; and what's
more, his fruit is some of it better than
mine, and more exposed, too. Just let
mc catch one of 'em, that's all."
4 'It's too bad, certainly," utterei Mrs
Green for she knew not what else to
s.y.
"Father,". exclaimed one of the boys,
who came running into the house,
'Towser's dead. Just as stiff as a log!"
"Dead!'
Yes, out in the shed."
An oath escaped from Green's lips, as
he leaped from his chair and hastened to
the shed. - There he fouud his dog a
real bull-dog, that he had bought ou pur
pose to bite those who troubled him
dead, to use his own expression, "as a
door-nail." This was the most severe
cut he had yet experienced, and for a
long time his mingled feelings of rage
nd chagrin rendered him literally fran
tic. He knew at once that the animal
had been poisoned, by the froth that had
collected about the mouth; and he vowed
vengeance most dire on' the perpetrator
cf the deed, if he ever found him.
It was several hours a!ter the above
event that the family were seated by the
supper-table. It was already slightly
dusk, yet not so dark but that the dis
tant landscape was visible.
"By crackec, dad," exclaimed one of
Ihc boys, whose attention had been di
rected towards the orchard, 'there's
somebody down in the corner hooking
apples."
Mr. Green leaped from the table, put
on his hat, and then seizing a stout whip,
he hurried from the house. He di-ticct y
saw two young fellows under one of his
trees, and having gained the road, he
carefully crept down upon the other side
cf the wall, until he had reached a point
opposite to where the two boys, for
boys they were were filling their poc
kets with the fruit that had fallen upon
the rround.
"Aha!
my voting scamps :
shoWed
Green, as he leaped the barrier, "I've
caught ye, have I?" And a3 he spoke,
he seized one of the unlucky youths by
the collar, and commenced beating him
most unmercifully.
"I'll teach ye!" he growled, shaking
the crying boy.
"O don't! I only pickled up a few.
O, I won't"
"You won't, won't ye? No, I'll be
bound ye won't. There, take that, and
that, and "
Before the next word escaped his lip3,
Mr. Green felt himself hit in the side by
a stone which had been thrown from the
road" by the boy who had escapcl. .The
excited man let go h'3 hold and spraDg
for the wall, but he" failed to catch the
nimble urchin who had assaulted him,
and ia the attempt he lost the one he
bad caught. Wheu the farmer reached
his house he was not only enraged but
he was really miserable. The ill-feeling
he had ' cherished had poisoned every
fountain of feeling and hi3 soul was the
very gall of bitterness. Before he went
to bed. that night, he had sworn that he
would get a bear trap and set it in his
orchard.
"Can I have a few of your apples, sir?"
asked a traveler, of Mr. Green. The
applicant -was way-worn and weary,
and he sat down upon a stone near the
orchard wall, where the farmer was at
work.
"No," returned Green. "I don't raise
apples to pive away."
The traveler arose from his seat and
kept on his way. A little further oa he
came across the orchard of Mr. Watts.
He stopped nd looked over the wall.
There were ruaiy apples lying upou the
ground, and he got over to pick up a
few, not noticing that the owner was
near at hand.
"Good day; sir," said Mr. Watts ap
proaching tho spot. "Are you traveling,
sir?" "''
"Yes, sir," returned the stranger. '
"I suppose a little good fruit must be
cheering such a day as this, especially
when one is weary. Just step this way,
sir. Here are some apples much better
than those." And as he spoke. Watts
picked up his two hands full and ex
tended them to the traveler.
"You are too
generous, sir," ex-
O r
claimed the man, as he thankfully took
the proflered fruit.
"0 no, sir, I can never see a person
want for a little fruit while I have an
abundance. That is one of the greatest
sources of enjoyment my abundance
gives me to minister to the want3 of
others."
Then yours must be a happy heart."
"It is, sir."
The traveler soon resumed his jour
ney, and the farmer again turned to his
woik.
That evening Watts and Green met.
It was in a small shed belonging to the
former, standing at some dstance from
the house, and used in time of washing
sheep, there being a large brook running
by it.
"Watts," said Greeny "haven't them
scamps troubled yoar orchard this sea
son?" "What scamps?" quietly asked Watts.
4iWhy, them fellows that bother me
so." , . -
"No one has troubled me."
"Well, that's curious. They're romp
ing around my orchard most every
night. Last night they just about
spoiled one of the best grafts I've got.
I wouldn't have taken $20 for it. O,
just let me catch 'em at it, that's all.
"What would you do?"
"I'd flog 'em within an inch of their
lives!" ' "
"Then I don't wonder that they rob
you of your frui",."
"Don't wonder ! What do you mean?"
"I mean simply this: that you are tak
ing just the course to bringdown the re
venge of these boys upon you."
"And so I suppose ycu would have
me buy them off that is, pay them for
not stealing." j
"O, no, you don't understand me.
You know that these kinds of early fruit
that you and I have are great temptations
to the boys and to even quite big boys,
too. Now, they see the apples lying
about on the ground, and it does not ap
pear like real theft to jump over the
wall and pick a few of them up. They
see them lying there exposed to the bugs
and grasshoppers, and cannot 6ay that
I blame a person for occasionally picking
up a few. It is certainly no palpable
loss to us, and affords great satisfaction
to them. Now, if you are asked for a
few apples and.: refuse them, or if you
find someone 'in your orchard merely
picking up a few windfalls, and roughly
drive them out, you may expect they
will come when you don't know it, and
then a feeling of pique will lead them to
take as many as they can carry. In
short, your orchard is a kind of glass
house, and the more roughness you use
to keep people away from it,' the more
liable you "are to have it broken. You
know the nature of boys as well as I do;
and you know that harsh language and
blows will make many, w ho are by no
means wickedly inclined, do some very
dangerous things. Now, no one troub
les me. If any one wan t3 a few of my
apples to eat, I give them some; for I
have plenty to spare while they are grow
ing and dropping from the trees. I take
a great deal of real pleasure, too, in do
ing so, for I love to see people happy on
my bounty."
"But some of them pizened my dog."
"I can't say that 1 wonder at that,
either."
"Well, I must say you have some
strange notions rf right and wroDg,"
said Green, in a bitter tone.
"I didn't say that I thought it. was
right. On the "Contrary, I think it was
very wrong. But then you must remem
ber for what purpose you pui chased the
dog, and in what manner you trained
him. I don't wonder that he was killed,
for he has bitten a number of people
since you had him."
Mr. Green would have made some
further remark, but at that moment his
attention was arrested by the sound of
voices from the path that ran along by
the brook, and thinking that he heard
his own name mentioned, he listened.
"Did you know that some of the boys
broke one of old Green's trec3 last
niht?" asked one of the unseen talkers.
No; did they?"
"Yes, and they walked off with more
than a bushel of his best apples, be
sides." "Egad, I'm glad of it the stingy old
curmudgeon. He wouldn't give anybody
an apple to save their life."
"That's George Grey's voice," mut
tered Green.
"I'll tell you a circumstance," con
tinued Grey to his companion, both of
whom had stopped uf on a little bridge
that spanned the brook back of the sheep
shed. "You remember my brother
Frank?"
"Yes."
"And don't you remember ten years
ago, when he was a boy, how he saved
Green's life? Green had got into the
mud-pond, and had already sunk up to
his chin, and every movement he made
to free himself, only sank him deeper.
He had "gone out upon a log to get a
duck that he had shot, and slipped off.
There was np way to reach him, and co
one dared venture after him. He groaned
and cried for help. His mouth was soon
under the mud. anc in a moment more
his nostrils would be under too. His
power to cry for help was gone, and just
as we expected to seo him disappear,
Frank came running down he had
started from the house as soon as Green
fell in and threw off his clothes and
then got a man to help him throw a long
board out upon the soft mud. Then he
gave the end of a long rope he had got
to the men who had collected on the
shore, and taking the other end he ran
out upon the board, then jumped upon
the log and then sprang out to where
Green was sinking. He soon made the
end fast under Green's arms, and then,
hanging oa to the bight, he sang out for
those on shore to haul iu. Green's life
was saved."
'Yes, I've heard of it often, and I re
member it, too, for I was quite a boy at
the time."
"Well, to-day, Frank came home. He
has been gone to Canada for most nine
years. He came by where Green was at
work, and asked for an apple, and don't
you think the old wretch turned him
harshly away without even giving him
one. Of course, Green didn't recognizq
him, and Frank didn't then choose to
make himself known. The old skinflint
must feel nice whsn he finds out who it
was ha turned away."
"I. should-think so,"" returned th
other.
"But Mr. Watts gave him as many as
he wanted," continued young Grey.
"That Watts is a noble man."
"That he is. You wouldn't find any
body troubling his orchard. Why, there
isn't a boy within twenty miles of hero
that would do him harm, 'or lay a hand
upon anything that belonged to him,
without permission. I love that man,
and everybody loves him. Come, let's
be going. It's getting dark."
There was a bright tear in the eye ol
Mr. Watts, as he turned to look upon his
companion.
"Frank Grey!'' murmured Green,
while his face showed the mortification
he felt.
The lesson that had thu3 been given
to the farmer was not lost upon him. -It
had struckfhim too forcibly, too keenly,
to be forgotten, that kindness could only
be secured by kindness and forbearance'
and a generous hospitality commensurate
with his means. Yankee Blade.
What "ModnsYlvendi" Means.
Under the treaty of Utrecht, and "oth
ers following it, the French claim that
the right of catching and drying fish on
the west shore of Newfoundland was
given them, and that it includes the .
right to catch and can lobsters, as "well
Pas other marine animals. The colonists,
on the other hand, maintain that the
treaties cover only the cod fishery, that
being the only one then known. -The
French right to land at any time and"
anywhere on the west coast during the
fishing season is established by a BritT
ish proclamation of 1763, which con
tains no limitation as the kinds of fish to
be caught. . France is opposed to British
occupation of tho west coast, because,
even though there be room for both na
tions, there is no possibility of limiting
such occupation. The colonists are op
posed to srbitration in the matter, know
ing that it must result in recognition of
French territorial rights, even though
the fishery rights be denied; and the
recognition of the- French rigl ts as ex-
elusive would deprive the colonists of
the west shore industry. British pur
chase of French rights seems, therefore,
the only remedy. At the opening of the'
fishing season of 1890, a modu3 vivendiP
arranged in March, gave the colonists
equal rights with the French for the
present season; and provided that .the
canning factories built last season should
remain, but that no new ones houldhet
built without consent of the British and
French naval commanders. The modus ,
ence of British and French cruisers.
Delegates were sent both to Ottawa and
to London, to impress upon the authori
ties the hardships due to the modus vi- '
vendi. Two bills aimed at restriction of'
French fishing operations were passed by
the local Legislature ; but under instruc
tions from London, the. Governor with
held his sanction, unless clauses should be
introduced exempting tho Frenc.li
shore from their operation. Protes,t3
have been made against the- attitude of
tlie Home Government and threats ol an
nexation to the United States have been
uttered. The modus vivendi has been
prolonged, and the islanders have been
informed that England and France must
ccme to terms of settlement, irrespective
of colonial opinion. Detroit Free Pre.ts.
The Spanish Man-Serraut.
A Spanish man-servant is, indeed, a
curious type. In grand, aristocratic
houses, the footmen and flunkeys are the
same all over the world ; but the "ma
jordorao," or butler, is a person to be '
feared and-respected in his black cloth
and silver chain. He is very honest if
you trust him, and he does his work
splendidly. He burnishes Ihe 1 silver '
plate until it shines like the sua at noon
time, and he brushes his master's clothes
until all the nap is taken off. But it is
in minor questions of style or tact that a
Spanish .man-servant or this class is
deficient. He can never be made to.
stand up straight on his legs; hia invari"-
able rule is to assume a lounging gait
lo lean upon a tacie or against a wau,
while ne condescends to receive your
Orders. He is, however, so good
natured, and grins so heartily at any re
mark overheard as he waits at table, that,
you cannot find it in your heart to get
angry with htm. He win .at times vol-
unteer a reply to a question put by you v
to a truest; and if no guests are present u
, , , ' t tu wM
he has been known to loin in the famtlv,;
. J , , , mtA
conversation. He is exceedingly fondof.f-
gorgeous neckties and pea-jackets; and ;
if you go the length to bestow a "frac" jj
or dress -coat upon him, he looks
SO- vi
awkward and ungainly when he puts FlugerM BlaeUer. "
on that you are fain, to regret the general jJ -impulse
which prompted you to such V angel's wages. .
munificence. You sigh to see him oacej
mnrp in hi old clothe. This is a sort f 1 She let him flounder along through his
of man-servant everybody has in Spain; :
the poor fellow is badly paid, for he !
4i : J. ij
pesetas" a month. Boston Transcript.
A Chimney 460 Feet High. ;!
The chimney for the royal smelting H
works of Saxony is to be 460 feet in j j
height, and to have an inside diameter ji
of twenty-three feet at the base, taoering j
to 15 feet. A flue, 1093. yards iu-
length, connects the works with the
chimney, which is on a hill about 200;
lid uiui luau uiw n vim wki iwfi
JtfaJiuitit,
.I
THE MERR Y SIDE OF LIFE.
it
SOBIES THAT ABE TOU BY THE
' rTJNirX' MEN OP THEPBESS.
Oat or It Fiery Fate of Burning
T Vessels An Iflterestbijr Questiou
i ConsclentlouM, Etc, kite.
In answer to rrry questioning?,
She told rae sire could cook;
She's able, too, to darji ansew.
Can talk lika any book.
Bhe's healthy, wise afid wealthy.
And as busy as a bee
Bat what-concerns hftve I with her?
She wouldn't marry me. ,
If'evo York Sun. J
i
if
&
- M
. i j
an nrrEStEsfrxG kJukstio:.
J&adsby Mrs. Gowitt pronounces her
DOfc-rnape a
-feililra '
Grundy "Who
jam., w .
is the preferred
creditor." Putk.
r
aie "Will J ou marry me?" i
;;She "How many ciphers are there in
fur income?"
fHe "It is all ciphers." Munuy a
iteeHy. . . ' -
j THE HETdjJT COUKTEOITS.
pBableton "Now, if youTl take a
fiend's advice- " x
His Victim (sweetlyV "Certainly, old
b ; it will be the first thing I ever got
fjpm you." -Judge-.
v ' HE DID IT YOCNCffcR.
'Cubbage (to ancient mendScaht) "You
oight not, to be begging at your age."
i'Mendicant "Oh, bless your heart, I
hggan when I was a great , many years
younger ."The Epoch.
i . i
-' FIERY FATE OF BUR25TK& VESSELS,
iHe "Tell me what you think ot my
jst pcem.
I want to finish it as I have
c 'her irons in the fire."
She "I sliould withdraw the irons
'a;,jd insert the poem. Life. ;
rti
Yi FOR . REASONS. - .
ij . .
H 'Don't let Bronson write my obitujiry,"
n!)id the dying man.
"Why not?" asked the editor. -
"He knows me too well, "gasped
the other.- Mun&ey' Weekly
( INTERMITTENT EMPLOYMENT. ;
I "Why don't you go to wiork?"
r "There, ain't much doin at my trade
i "What is your trade!"
"Pickin' flowers offer century plants."
Vf-Life.
u
I
J
it
-VI.
POOR FELLOW !
"See that man over there?"
"Yes.
"He was worth a million cmce."
"Poor fellow. How did he lose it?'?
"He didn't. He has five millions
fOW
" New York Sun.
f SHE HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.
il "Is there any sign by which your miss
tfoff wife may be identified?" asked the
htniei aeiecuve
' . 0 .I.J. - l' .
U" "I don't know, unless '. this : She al
tivays turns round when another woman
fivith a new bonnet on passes her."
i ;
6TJGGE6TED A SUBJECT.
i? The be whiskered superintendent
Seamed upon the class of boys.
If ''Now, boys," said he, "what shall I
talk about!" .
t "Talk about a minute," exclaimed the
ifcad boy of the chtss. Jeweler? Circular.
CONSCIENTIOUS.
Ndrah "Oi'm sorry to say, sor, thot
if
Miss Giddy isn't at -home. i
I-" Mr. Colde (facetiously) "Why, arc
you sorry, Norah?"
shtory Oi ever towld in my lire."
vPuck. v.
A I0VEL COLLECTION.
Kinersiey "Great ocotti oici'min,
what under the sun are those bits of rags
im that frame i" -
l Bettison "That, my boy, is Towser's
i private collection of trouserings sampled
y from the various insurance, lightning
-rod, tree and book agents. who have
H Called. "Puck.
HE NEVER SMILED AGAIN.
She "Who is .that?"
He "Mr. Markham." -
She "How sad he looks ! Has he been
disappointed in love?"
He "Yes. The girl's father failed
vthe week after Markham married her." ,
j Muntey't Weekly.
! ,
j. t - cotXDn'T stump him.
, .iHow are the acoustics
, theatre?"
of that
s3 "The what?"
"Acoustic properties." , -
"Oh, ah, yes; th3 acoustic properties.
Why, it struck me they were rather
gaudy."- Harper1 Bazar.
' THE MERCY HE ASKED OF THE COURT."
s ..... . j ? "i
broke into the store you earned off a lot
, , . , , , - ,
of useless trash and left the money draw
'How cams it that when von
untouched?"
"Oh, Mr. Judge, don't you begin to
scold me for that, I beg. I have heard
proposal until he said something about-
her being his "household angel through
life." Then she asked
life." Then she asked
"At angel's wages, I suppose ?"
"How is that?"
'My board and clothes. That is . all
the angels get, is ii not?" Philadelphia
Time.
ECSTATIC ENJOYMENT.
. Master "Now be sure to wake me at
6 o'clock sharp." -
Valet 'Yes, sir; but beggin your
pardon, sir, isn't that an awfully early
hour for you to get up!"
Master "I don't intend to get up, j
man. I just want to have the fun of
turning over and going to sleep again."
Sprinqficld Eepublican.
TTSE FOR A QUEUE. .
Hank Broncho (of California) "I
dunho what to do about gittin'- a new
hair lariat. A thirty foot repp will cost
six dollars. Reckon, though, I could
shoot Chinymen enough in half a ,day to
make one. What do you think about it,
Liddy?"
Mrs. Broncho "Money is nighty
scarce, Hank." Life.
BOOTD TO GET IT. -
"Will you be offended if I kiss you?"
he asked his Boston fiancee after they
were engaged.
"I cmnot be offended until somethi ng
is done to offend me.
"But, dear, I don't like to run the
risk."
"What is not worth risking for is not
worth having." Philadelphia Timet.
ASKXXO TOO MUCH.
New Yotk Newsboy "All 'bout the
horrible railroad accident on th' West
Side! Paper, sir?"
Customer (buying a copy and looking
hastily over it) "Where is it? 'M
'Street car runs into a milk wagon, kill
ing a horse. Narrow escape of driver.'
That's the horrible accident, is it?"
New York Newsboy (righteously indig
nant) "Do you 'xpect to git a fust-class
accident with a hundred lives lost and a
ingine busted all fur a cent?" Mercury.
THE USUAL WAY.
M3. Greatheud-'What kept you so
late at that meeting?"
Mr. Greathead "I had to draw up a
long set of resolutions for publication,
complimenting Mr. Bullhead's great effi
ciency as a member of the board and ex
pressing our heartfelt regret at losing his
invaluable aid and counsel."
"Of all things! Why, you and the
rest have been fighting for three months
to get him out of the board." ?
"Yes; but to-night he resigned volunV
tarily." New York Weekly. I .
TOUGH BEEF. . j.
"SaVi" said a man to a butcher of
whom he purchased his daily supply of
meat, j'that last piece of steak I bought
of you. must have been from a steer old
enough to vote." '
. "Was it tough?" inquired the man of
meat, j
.'.'Tough! Weill should say it wa. I
could hardly cut it."
"Oh, is that all? Well, you ought to
have heard another man kicking a day or
two ago. He bought a piece that he
said was so tough he couldn't get hi3 fork
in the gravy." Salt Lake Tribune,
where's your gimlet?
Little Johnny Yerger has caused a
breach between Gus De Smitha society
gentleman, and the "Yerger family. Gus
called to make a friendly visit after sup
per, he having previously informed Col
onel Yerger of the intended honor The
whole family and Gus were in the parlor,
when Johnny riveted the attention of all
present by asking Gus De Smith :
"Have you brought your gimlet with
you?" V - !
"What do you mean, Johnny?" asked
Gus. j ,
"I don't mean nuffin; except I heard
pa say you were coming up this evening
to bore us all." Tcxa Sif lings.
HUMAN PERVERSITY.
'How long have young Swackhammer
and Miss Peckinpaugh been engaged?"
"About five years."
"Fond of each other?"
"Been sweethearts from childhood."
"In good circumstances?" j
"The only children of wealthy par
ents." '
"Health good?"
"Both sound as a dollar."
"Then why don't they matry?"
"Why, the old folks have go it down'
in their wills that they're to marry;
there's 20,0Q0 in bank that they'll get
whenever they do; the plans are drawn
for the home they're to live in, and the
Swackhammer and Peckinpaugh farms
join. There hasn't been any opposition.
That's all." Chicago Tribune.
OUR NEW MAN.
The story jOn our fourth page, an
uounces the Arizyna Kicker entitled
"Bosinia, the Man-Eater," is from the
facile pen of a tenderfoot from Denver,
who is working for -us at a salary of $4
per week. We rather like the style, and
it makes "phat" for the printers.
"Year 1774."
"Place, India."
"Time noon!"
. "Scene highway!"
"Two horsemen!"
"Two horses!"
"One tiger!"
"One jungle!"
"A roar 1"
"A shout!"
"Report of pistol!"
"When!"
"Whoop!"
"Bang! Saved! Hurrah!"
"The above style is a little fresh to
this country, but as it is only costing us
4 per week to introduce it, we 6hall
give it at least three weeks trial."
Detroit Free Prets.
Mexican Meteorites.
In an account of Mexican meteorites,
Mr. L. Fletcher, an English mineralo
gist, describes fourteen huge masses of
iron which have beea found within a
small section of the country. The largest
has the form of a beehive, rises four feet
above the ground, and is five feet in di
ameter at the surface of the soil, beneath
which it extends to unknown 'depths.
The second mass, estimated to weigh
4000 pounds, is now in the National
Museum at Washington. The Butcher
masses number eight, pieces, weighing
from 290 pounds to 650 pounds, and
having a total weight of 4000 pounds.
The Sanchez estate mass weighs 252
pounds. The greatest dispersion is sixty-
six miles. notion Irarucnpt.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
. .
Aluminum at $1.23 per pound is ia
i the market.
By the whetstone automatic system
600 words are telegraphed a minute.
A boiler alarm that keeps automatic
watch at all valves is a new invention.
One . of the most admirable uses to
which rubber has been put is for horse
shoes. .
. The running of steam from mills. to
the sewer has been prohibited at St.
Louis.''
American inventors still hold the lead
In the use of compressed air for firing
large masses of dynamite.
An Australian .photographer is re
ported to get excellent pictures of objects
at a distance -of sixteen miles.
; In Scotland many small vessels are
now prbpelled by water jets, and some of
the Clyde steam lerryboats ; are thus
driven. t ,.
Seaweed is now made into a tough
paper, which takes the place of window
glass. When colored the effect Is similar
to stained or painted glass.
The newest boiler "presents a largo
heating surface and takes up little room. 1
It is made of tubes. . Things seem to run
to tubes and tubercles these times.
Chicago has underground and success
fully working 404 miles of electric light
cables, 650 miles of telegraph wires and
60S0 miles of telephone wires and cables.
The Royal Meteorological Society of
London has received au account of u
lightning stroke in Ireland which-shat. .
tercd the 6hells of some eggs without
breaking the inner membrane.
Tho sheep shearing machines run by
electric motors arc increasing in favor
among Australian flock masters. It is
claimed'that they pay for themselves in
One season in the increased value of the
clip. " '
Dr. Goropins, of the French Academy,
once made a professional examination of
a thirteen-year old girl wh? was ten feet
four inches in height. She was probably
the tallest woman of her age that ever
lived. . j .
A gigantic pendulum; a bronzs wire,
a hundred and fifteen metres long, with
a steel globe weighing ni&cty kilo
grammes at the end has been suspended
in the Eiffel Tower, for the purpose of
demonstrating visibly tho motion of the
earth. : ; j
Dr. Broadbent tells- the British Medi
cal Association that a mark ol a weak
medical man is the indiscriminate use of
stimulant3 in fevers, a ready resort to
narcotics and sedatives, treatment di
rected to symptoms only, and a fondness
for new drugs of high-sounding names.
A portable boat has been devised by
Colonel Apostoloff, .of the Russian army,"
which may be constructed ! instantly by
making a f ramework with tho lances of
the Cossacks and covering with a 'tarred
cloth. Two boats are Capable of carry
ing thirty-six men, with their baggage
and arms. , I !
A leprosy commission has been dis
patched from England to India, which,
afer an investigation of one year, is ex
pected to report concerning the desirabil
ity or otherwise of encouraging the vol
untary partial withdrawal of lepers from
among the non-leprous population ; of
enforcing the complete isolation of all
lepers; and of enforcing the isolation of
certain lepers. It will also report on the
best methods of accomplishing whatever
may be decided upon. j
A Money-Making Woman.
"That woman is capable of making
money was never more fully demonstrated
than in the case of Mrs. Francis Zeep, of
Atlanta, Ga., who died recently," said.
Mr. Calvin McClure, of that place, who
iB stopping at tho Southern.
"Mrs. Zeep was a poor woman a few
years ago," continued Mr. McClure, "and
by hard labor .had saved up a few dollars.
In looking around for a good investment
she concluded that she could make money
by going jnto the dairy; business, and
forthwith she bought a cow and began
business. It was on a small scale at first,
but she prospered, and after a time she
bought a few more Cows, and in that way
kept adding to her stock! according as .
her means and business would jastify.
She was up early aud late After milk
ing the cows she would prepare the milk
for market and deliver.it to her custom
ers. In two years after Mrs".' Zeep en
gaged in the dairy business she was
known by nearly every citizen. She was
strictly business, and went wherever her
business called her, no matter wher3 that
was. She invested her money as fast as
she made it, and her" investments invrxi
ably proved good ones. . At the time of
her death she left an estate approximately
valued at 40,000, including a dairy farm
of seventy-eight acres, well improved
and stocked, near Atlanta. . , i
"3Irs. Zeep was a widow,' without any
children, and had no 'heirs except a
young niece, who but recently attained
her majority, and who Mr. JlcClare says
will get possession of the estate. St.
LouU Star-Sayings. I .
Ammonia as a Fire ExlJn;nhherv
Considerable alarm was i occasioned at
Queensferry, near Hawarden, in Eng
land, recently, by a serious explosion'
and fire at the works of Messrs. J. Turner
& Co., chemical manufacturers and tar
distillers. A still charged with anthra
cene oil, ten tons in quantity, exploded
with terrific force, owing to the chok
ing of the worm, and shot a volume of
flame skyward that illuminated the dis
trict over a wide area, aDd was yisiblo
ten miles off. The burning oil scattered
itself over "the yard and to the pitch
house adjoining, where hundreds of tons
of pitch was stored. The pitch ignited,
and the conflagration assumed alarming
proportions. Luckily, all the day men
had just left the works, but three who
were burned. The Sandycroft Fire
Brigade was promptly on the spot, and,
by usingammonia water from a 50,000-
gallon,Tanfc, tney subdued the nre in an
Jur and a tajf . Journal of Oat Light
tog " . .. ' .
it
t
i