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E. F. YOUNG, Manager. ' "LIYK AN DOLET LllVE." - C K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
VOLUME I. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 30, 1891. NUMBErW
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rCt i:tr t't; !'. t-Jhr, i,i ;, Y. (J
a- .''.'-(". ri iff r. J
V.mdsfrtfC makes the statement that
-nut of 21,000,000 pounds of.ccyttou-st-i'l
oil produced iu 1SSS, 70,000,000
nounds were used iu the mixing with
rrd, and that . the competition with this
bonus product has reduced the price of
j .; I tnl from tea down to six cents a
. (
'i'hesv is quite a little, society war in
En'.njai d over the wearing of cockades by
M-rvaats. When the custom began, the
-rkade oa a servant's hut signified that
his-waster was eitherviu the army or
navy. Now it - siguiiies nothing, and
military meri are inclined to assert their
prerogative to the" -, exclusive right to
adorn their, servants hats w ith cockades.
As . solution of ail differences, it has
ix-ea proposed that Parliament should
pa-s an art imposing a tax on cockades,
rlvrylxn'j who wants to put a cockade
. u a iltuiky's hut can then do s) by pay
ing for the precious privilege.
The old furniture mania has retched a
.-c ,.ud and, in the estimation of the Xew
Orleans Times-Democrat more rational
stage. At first the rage was for old
furniture, simply without reference to its
uaiity. Xo.v peopk; ate more discrim
in iting, h iving learned that iu the good
i!d days there were bad or dishonest
workmen, just s there are to-ilay. At
ti.e present time the old houses in Hol
land and Belgium .arc. looked upon with
:h-, grc -.test interest- by collectors of an
u;ue furniture, as the contaiu a great
h.df the ir.iest -furniture, which has
been handed down for several ircncra-
Ami ling to a census bulletin, the
ratio of 1 in 1 an i water surface is 93 16
and 1 .S I pL-r cent, respectively. This
bulletin a1. S3 gives the area of the States
;m 1 Territories by counties, and tae
. i ts-itic ition of the latter by size?. The
.-iv( r ace number of persons to each square
;..il.:f the land surface of the Union is
- l.0. As illustrative of the sustaining
c.ipu-iiy of the United Statcsjthe bulletin f
:;yi that if Texas, the largest S:.ate in
he Union, was as thickly p'opuiate 1 as j
tl;e Xate o: Kaode Island, it woal t nave
No. i'iS inhabitants, while if the
United States had a density of popu'.a-
tii'nepail to that of K.iode Island, the
prpi!ati(vi of the Union, instead o being
('".', i li".'. ','5:?, would reach the enormous
..;n of 0 ir,7o0.')0, or nearly two
thiids (f the present population .of the
world. .
The condition of rural Frauee has some
resemblance to that of rural New Eag
lm 1. The L'i)i:iiiite Fiiini'.iis gives a
digest of a number of recent documents
relating to the condition of the agricul
tural hborer there. Wages of farm hands
lave quulrupled during the present
'century, and the greatest increa c hai
been in the lowest form of labor. The
man of all work, who was paid only $20
per year, in addition to his board in 1SS4,
now gets while the shepherd, "the
aristocr.it of the farm," who received
then and board, now gets only 6120.
Mis wages have not doubled, while those
of the humbler workman have more than
quadrupled. The iucrease of wages of
t irm hands is ascribed. in part to the de
mand lor labor in factories and .on rail
roads, and ?a part to the military service,
which takes voung men from the farms
at the period when their habits are form
ing, and i;ives them a taste of town life
from winch they are never wholly
weaned. When their .term of seryice
expires, they begin to look for situations
in the to wns and to worry the public men
to tin.l places for them. These drafts
upon the rural population, tending to,
lessen, t'ne number of farm laborers, raise
the wages of those who remain. " The re
sult is smaller profits to the farmer and a
sort o." agricultural crisis. Still another
fa t in the ir.utter of rural depopulation
is noticed, namely, a, diminution in the
tiiumber of children. Several canton?
arc named in which there has been a
marked decrease of population since
lSt8. In two of these the ascertained
reason for a diminution of the number of
births was '-the desire of the parents to
improve their own condition," and it is
ridded that this effect has followed,
lb ie.wc tiud real Malthusiauism in prac
tice. -
IDEAL?,
Like butterflies that fr?t
lJitan21 in a net,
Th:r at tue lat thr?' icjnie clianc? rift cs
tapi -Of
half their rai lance shorn,
Yv'ith ruffl?'" plume and torn,
Ci ight mcckerlca of their former hues and
fcLapcs;
Koiii tho poet's mind
The rich idas confine I
Struggle to break iu music from his tinu?:
.He speaks he speaks but ah,
How ehar-KJ, how different far
The thought one-j ctterei from t'as thought
ivnsuug:
8o, too, the painter sees
Bewildering images.
And brush is s?iz?d, aai c nva.ss quick un
furled; The bright creation glows,
Cut lol his easel shiivs
'Mere shadowy gliuipses of that visioa-worlJ.
Know then whateVr we cull
From Art's fields b?autif ul,
"Whatever fruits phiiosoiihies may j-io'd,
Thelf prototypes more fah"
Are blossoming elewaer?.
Sweet songs unsung an l"visions uurevealed;
I "ntil the veil is renty
Our flesh-imprisonment.
And we are borne bjyond this dust's con
trol: ' j
Then shall our o: b!eas eyes
Eehold realities,
And soul commune immediately with soul.
Te,nple Bar.
MARY CLARLUOXT, AI. 1).
When Mary Clarimout's engagement
was proclaimed to the world there cu
fcued a general expression of surprise.
people are generally , surprised at mat
rimonial engagements. There is always
some cogent reason why things should
have beeu adjusted otherwise why John
should hate married Joan, and Peter
should prefer Betsey. Nobody was ever
yet married to suit everybody.
- But in Mary Claiimont's case it did
really seem ns if the course of true love
had interfered seriously with the current
of common sense and prudence.
Miss Ciarimont was only one-and-twtnty,
a tall, imperial beauty, with dewy
black eyes, a skin as freeh as damask
roses, and dark-browu hair, coiled in
shining bands at the back of her head.
Moreover, Mis Ciarimont had a "career"'
before her. She had just graduated from
Mt'dtield Medical University, and taken
out her diploma as an M. 1).
"And only to think of it," said Aunt
Jo, bursting into tears of vexation and
disappointment, "that she must i.eeJs
go and ruin all her .prospects by get
ting engaged to Harry Marlow, down in
i'c'.-Vorkl"
"It does seem strange. Aunt Jo, when
I sit down and think of it," said Doctor
Mary, laughing and blushing. "Six
months ago my profession was ail the
world to me. I neither wished nor cared
for anything outside its limits. The
f Ctt ure was all mapped out before inc
without let or hindrance; and now "
"Humph " growled Aunt Jo'. "Any
braiulcss idiot can get married and keep
a man's house and mend his shirts for
him, but you were made for something
higher and more dignified, Mary."
Mary's dew-biight eyes sparkled.
"Higher," Aunt Jo?" said she. "More
dignified? There you are mistaken.
There is no higher or more dignified lot
in life than that of the true wife of a
noble husband."
"Fiddlesticks!"' said Aunt Jo. "As
if every poor fool who' ias dazzled by
the glitter of a wedding ring didn't say
the same thing! You've disappointed
me, Mary Ciarimont, and I'm ashamed
of you, and that is the long and the
short of it."
"Dear Aunt Jo," sai.d she, "I shall
not let ray sword and shield rust, believe
me. Harry has only his own talents to
advance him in the world, and it will be
at least a year before we shall be ready
to marry. In the meantime I shall ac
cept the pot of visiting physician to the
Aidenbury Almshouse and practise my
profession, just the same as if there were
no engagement."' -
"I wish to goodness there wasn't,"
said Aunt Jo. "I tell you what, Mary,
I don't fancy that smiling, smooth
tongued young man of vours, and I never
shall." "
Still Dr. Mary Ciarimont kept her tem
per. "I am sorry, Aunt Jo," she said,
pleasantly. "But I hope that you will
eventually change your mind."
"I used to keep a thread-and-necdle
store when I was a young woman," re
marked Aunt Jo, dryly, "and I always
could tell the ring of a counterfeit half
dollar when a customer laid it on the
counter. I could then, and 1 can now
and I tell you what, Mary, there's base
metal about Harry Marlow."
Di. Mary bit her lip.
"Ptrhap. We will not discuss the
subject further, Aunt Jo," she said, with
juiet dignity, and the old lady 'said no
more.
"Aunt Jo is wrong," persisted the
pretty. young M. D. to herself.
"Mary is making a fool of herself!''
thought Aunt Jo."
Aidenbury was a pretty manufacturing
village, with a main street shaded by
umbrageous maples, a "wet end, "where
people who had made their fortunes
lived comfortably in roomy old houses,
surrouutled by velvet laws and terraced
j; aniens, and an "east end," where peo
ple fouu'ut desperately and not always
success! ully to keep body and soul to
gether on the merest pittance.
And a little way out of the village the
aiir.ihoues, built and endowed by a cer
laiu smuggling sea captain,, whose cou
scimee had prieked him during his latter
d:ns. laiscd their gray stone gables to
the sky, and made a picturesque back
ground to the landscipe.
Dr. Mary Ciarimont made something
cf a scn-atiou at Ahienbury.1 Up to t'sis
time vM the inkier: M. !. had bet i
sliulfv old gentleman" w ih wig-, or per:
vol. n-.,' ones with eyegla-e . ' .
. !;: ,u!ifi i omig lad v v. iio wrote pjv
sti.'Uoua'uad c-jJ'p.. uuuuJ pilis and uj-
lions wa3 a novelty in the town, and by
no meaps a disagreeable one. People
rather liked the idea, once they had con
vinced themselves that the lady doctor
understood herself and her patients.
And the poor old" people 'at tho aim-
house grew to love Dr. ilary and listen
.t eager ears ior tue soun i ot ner
carriage wheels over tho blue gravel
drive which led up to the portico.
It was a brilliant December day when
the young physician stood in the neatly -capeted
reception-room drawing on her
fur glove3 previous to' entering her neat
phaeton once aga n, while she reiterated
to the white-capped maid some direc
tions concerning old Ann Mudgett's
rheumatism,' when the matron hurried
in.
"Oh, I beg your pardon, Dr. Chri
mout," said tdie, "butf I clean forgot the
new old woman." 1
"The new old woman," repeated Dr.
Mary, with a smile.
"That is," exclaimed Mrs. Cunning
ham, "she only came last night a quiet
old soul, half blind, and quite bad with
the asthma. Perhaps you'd better just
sec her before you go. She brought a
card of idmission from Dr. Merton, the
New York clergym.n, who i3 one of our
directors, you know. And she seem? a
decent body enough."
So Dr. Mary went cheerfully into the
little brick-paved room, with its white
pallet-bed, cushioned rocking-chair, and
neatly-draped casement, where sat a
poor, little, shriveled-up woman, wrapped
iu a faded shawl.
She looked timidly up, as Dr. Mary
came in, from under the borders of her
cap.
"I'm a poor body, miss," said she,
"and I'm sensible I'm making a deSi of
trouble in' the .world. Bat the Lord
don't always take us, miss, when we'd
like to go." "
"This is the doctor," said Mrs. Cun
ningham. The little woman would have risen
up to make a feeble curtesy, but Dr.
Mary motioned her to keep her seat.
"What is your name?" said she pleas
antly. "Louise Marlow, miss."
"Marlow! That is an unusual name,
isn't it?" said Mary Clairmont, coloring
in spite of herself.
"We're English, miss," said the old
woman, struggling bravely with her
asthma. "There ain't many of r.s in
this country. I've a son, miss, in the
law business,, as any mother might be
proud of."
"A son 1" echoed Mrs. Cunningham;
"and vou in the almshouse'"
"Not that it's his fault, ma'am,
old creature made haste to explain.
sou is to be married to 'a tine, proud
j lady, as. is fit for any prince iu all the
! land, and, of course,he can't be expected
j to burden himself with a helpless old
woman like me. He says I'm to write and
' let him know how I get a!ong,and if I'm
i sick or anything he'll try to see. I
j sewed carpets until the asthma got hold
of me, aud supported myself comfortably.
But, of course, I couldn't lay up any
thing for a rainy day who could? Aud
Henry couldn't help me, for he's getting
ready to be married, poor lad! So I
went to Dr. Merton and asked, him did
he know any decent place wdierc an
old woman like me could end her days
iu peace. And he gave me a card to
come here and some money to pay my
traveling expenses God bless him!
1 1 '. T "
ituil UClt JL .mil v
! Mary Charimoat listened quietly to the
; garrulous tale, but the color varied in
i her cheek more than once as she stoo I
! there. '
! "Is your son's name Harry M irlow?"
j she said, slowly and thoughtfully.
"Y'es, miss, at your service," said the
j old woman, with a duck of her white
' capped head, which was meant to do
I duty in place of the impossiblcjcurtesy.
"Is he iike this?" said Dr. Mary, tak
Liug a photograph from her pocket.
! The old womau, with trembling hands.
! fitted on her iron-bowed spectacles, and
j looked at the picture, uttering a little
cry of recognition.
J "Sure, miss; it is his own self," she
; cried. "You are acquainted' with him,
J then?"
j "Somewhat," said Dr. Miry, com
posedly, 'as she returned the photograph
j to its place. "And now I will leave you
! something to relieve this difficulty in
! breathing."
But the old crone eyed her wistfully.
"Perhaps you know the young lady my
v me to
r
ary, w
son is to marry f
"Vru " said Dr. Ma
ritmg some-
I . . . l t . T 1
j thing in her prescription uook. --a uave
seen her."
I "Perhaps, miss," faltered the old
! woman, "you would give her my humble
' duty, and tell her I would just like to
j look at her for,once and see what she is
like. There's no fear of my troubling
her, miss, for I mean to end my days
1 here. ' But I would, like to see her just
once. And if it wouldn't be asking too
I much, miss, would you please write to
j my son, and tell him where I am, for
I'm no scholar my self, and I'm his mother,
1 after all.".
J "I will wri?e to him," said Dr. Mary,
quietly; and so she went away.
"I never see a lady doctor afore," said
! old Mrs. Marlow, with a long sigh. "But
; she's a pretty creetur, and it seems good
j to have her around. I hope she'll come
s again soon." ,
' "You may be very sure of that," said
: the matron, brusquely. "Dr. Ciarimont
' ain"t one to neglect poor people because
they arc poor."
i That eveniug Aunt Jo, frying crullers
over the kitchen tire, was surprised by a
viit. from her niece, who came in all
wrapped in furs, with her cheeks crim
soaedwith the frosty winter air.
I "Bless u:e! this ain't never you!".said
Aunt Jo,' peering over he spectacles.
vl drove over to sec y3u,
said Marv, "to tell vou that
Aunt Jo,"
you were
riht. The rucfa! was counterfeit.
"Eh said Aunt Jo, mechanically la
dling out the brown, curly cruller?, al-thoa-m
she did not look at what she vas
doing.
"nave written to Harry Marlow, ean-e.-'i.-tg
our engagement," said Dr. 3Iary,
ihniy, albeit her vole-: faltered a little.
The uiau who will heartlessly let hi
old mother go to the almshouse, soonti
than to take the trouble to maintain hef
can be no fit husband for any woman V'$
And then she sat down by the fire and
told Aunt Jo everything; for crabbed
crusty old Aunt Jo had boen like a-;
mother to her, and the girl's heart wa$
full to overflowing. . .
When she had ceased speaking, Aunt'i
Jo nedded her head. . i
"You have done well and wisely,"!
said she. . ' : p
Old Mrs. Marlow died that winter inj
Aidenbury Almshouse, with her head on-,
Dr. Mary Ciarimont' arm, and never?;
knew that htr garrulous confessions hadi
deprived her son of his promised wife, n
And Mary says quietly and resolutelyf
that her profession must bs husband and,;
home to her henceforward- . - j
"Just what it ought to be," says Aunt
Jo. "No worrien evjtt succeeded inp
doing two things at onct ." Lidianapoli-
Xeirs. b
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Fresh-Water Commerce. '
Probably there are few people whose!
attention has not been specially directed
to the subject, who are aware of the
magnitude of the commerce upon thc
Great Lakes.
It has been asserted that more tons oft
freight pass through the Detroit River:
in a year taaa uiu tuiai i.upoits ca-
n.-M-tc of Hio United State for the samel;
period. h
The commerce of the Great Lakes is
carried unou more than two thousand!
vessels, of which more than half are pro-
pelled by steam. i
About six,hundred scuooners, some of
them gre5Fiour-ma3ted craft, ply on, the
lakes during the five or six months wbeu4
the. straits and ports are not closed b$f
ice. Many more are. small schooners
and of these a large number, on the up-!j
per lakes, are owned and manned by
hardy Norwegian sailors who have emif
grated to this country. M
Steam i.s gradually displacing the wind;,!
as the motive power of the lake traffic,'
and steel is displacing wood as a mater-
ial. The steam vessels, too, are con4i
stantly increasing ia s:z
there were but six steel
In 1SSS,
vessels on th
Great Lakes;' in 1890 there were sixty 4
eight.
At the same time that these change,
iu the size and material of vessels are;!
taking place, a change is going oa ai
their ownership. There i.s a smaller prof
portion of vessels owned by individual
or small partnerships. The traffic of thcfl
lakes 13 rapid ly.comidg under control ot.
corporations possessing large capital.' ).J
The two great items of freight in thj
vast trafdepf the G reat Lakes are ore aiuf
rrain. 3iaav millions 01 tons 01 ore
yearly brought through
the
Sault Stel
Seveat
Marie canal down the lakes
million bushels of wheat and four mi!lio:
bushels of flour go annually by water ft?
BuiTaio. The corn tonnage is sliUh
L larger. ;j
Yet the Great Lakes are closed tis
navigation duriug
as least six months
year, a
nd winters have been known whe:j
Superior and Michigan were frozeij
Lake S
from shore
to
shore. loutn s
LomjKinli
. si
y ion.
The First Public Ban'c.
To Venice, the "Queen of the Adri-g
; atic," belongs the honor of having es-
. tablished the first public bank of waich.1
j any record can be found, such aa institu-s
tioa being unknown to the aacients. fi
j In 1711 the Republic of Venice wa$
I very hard presse 1 for fuuds to carry oa
tlirt u.va 111 ni!(ifS if wva pan t i n IT! 1 1 v" rn
! gaged, m order to upaold its supremacy, j?
I As a consequence a tax was levied on ltsLj
moneyed men, who were promised a per-:
ipetiial annuity of four per cent, oa the
I never dreaming of the posibility of re-'
j turning the principal. i
The leaders immediately instituted a
1 i .... i f ,- f H'irrTi ii r r nf fliA rroriO?frl
U Ul , ill i" l 1.1 1 -yuv ..-.u ..w.. j 1
nlon nt rpaivinnr and riv!nT out tllfi in-r
1 . L v. " J O
terest, and in a comparatively short time?
it was erected into the Bank of- Venice.j
The exact date of its founding is not
known with auy degiea of certainty. I
Interest on the loan. was promptly paid, H
and the creditors of the Hepubiic were?
subsequently paid in full the suois they:?
had advanced. Consequently, so papa-
laf did it become, that it was found a'oso-f'
Kiva
:as;
bank into oae of deposit, that
all c
es
mi.'ht take advantage of the accommo
.datioa thus afforded.
In 1723 the i&tcrest paid by the Gov
I
k
ernment alone amounted to upward ofpj
I if 1.000. 000 a vear, and
the shares andS
i credits of the bank were
so
well
norted that at all times its ; bills
were'!
I quoted and held at a premium above the?
current money of the Republic. . j?
Afrer manv vears of prosperity, they
bank was given its' deatk-blow by the;;
French invasion of 1797. The freedoav:
of the city and the indep2ndence of the
Republic vanished like a dream before;
invaders, and as a natural consequence
the bank having thus lost its credit andj.!
support, also disappeared in the general;
wreck. Detroit Fret Press. . ?i
Tho Strnnsrest Rftca,
"The Irish is the strongest race in the ij
world," said one of them. "We have l
the breadth, the chest. A few year3 agojj
two regiments of the British array were I
lined up, the oae in front of the other,
There were 1000 Englishmen of the
Royal Guard in oae line, and 1000 Irish-J
men of the Connaugat Rangers in the ,'
UlliCl. X lie 11UC9 ire,aa at uc -"
place, but the
he line of Irishmen stretched
eet further thin the other
tmrty-six feet furtner tain tae otner
- It was caused by the difference, in width
I of chest, for the men in both regiments il
' touched elbows." St. Loui llepaU.it. ' i
Pardoning ihs Dead. j
The Emperor of China has a curious-f
I way of expressing his gratitude
! for the faithful services of a de-
i ceased minister. In the issue of the Pe-
I kin Official Journal which followed the I"
j death of the Marquis Tseng aa imperial $
decree was pubasneil anrouncing
that?
his majesty freely
pardoned
the dead
statesman all the faults
and
crimes ?i
which h:- caaimittev
;luriDg
LLs
a;c
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STOBIES THAT ABE TOLD BY THE
TUNNY HEN OF THE PKESS.
Unlncky Vry Mortilyinj The Phil
osophy of Kxperlence A. Plain;
Solid Argument.
.The proverb "all things come to him 'who
a waits,"
Brings me bat comfort scant,
For mora than half the thin3 that come to
me.
Are things I do not want.
-. Munsey's Weekly.
XAPOLEONIC FIXAXCIEIUXG.
'I3 there any money in your business?"
"We. paid fifty per cent.' last year."
"GoodT How did you manage it?"
. "Our creditors took it."- Chicago
Kern.
; VERY ilORTIFTIXa. 4
i "His affliction is a dreadful mortifica
tion to Hoffy."
', t "What is his trouble?"'
"He has an ingrowing moustache."
Puck.
A FLAIX, SOLID ARGUMENT.
Judge "'Now, then, McCorrigle, no
prevarication. Tell us; all that passed
between you and the defendant.""
McCorrigle "Brickbats, yer honor;
jist brickbats." Judges
the rniLosoriiY ok expep.iexce.
. Teacher "Johnnie, you may explain
what causes the earth to ' move, around
tlj'e. sun." '
- Johnnie "Because it's cheaper to
. move than to pay rent." New York Sun.
AXJWORKKD UP.
l - "You know the wealthy and
Mr. Shiner, don't you?" ,.
"Yes: he commenced life as
cultured
a boot-
black." -
" -"Ah,! I see; began at the foot
iFiicx.
SlIE WANTED TQ SEE.
"So this is the barn?" exclaimed a
fair, young girl who was. visiting her
country cousin. '
"Then do please show me
little barnacles." Julgs.
the dear
A MEDIOCRE FEAT.
"Hey, Chimmy!" exclaims the first
boy, nudging. his companion's elbow at
the circus; "sec that tLterc lady dancing
on er wire!" ' ! -' " .
' "Wot of it?"; asks the other. "They
ain't no current on . 'V-JV to York Tele
gram, r - .
A SCRUPULOUS CITIZENESS.
Mrs. Flayer (writing "Shall I
sead
Uncle George your
love?"
"Laura "Of course; and vou- had
better make it my undying love. Per
ishable goods cannot be sent through-
the mail,
Journal.
you know.' ' In diunajjolis
A NAPOLEONIC SCHEME.
"Say, Billies, I'll tell you a bully way
for you to make money."
"How?" . i
"Write up your-j.lifc as truthfully as
you kanv how. Get some rich house to
publish it and then sue 'em for libel."
Munseijs Weekly.
THE PASSING OF BOUNRICH.
Returned Tourist" "What has become
f Bor-nrich? He was a prince of good
fellows. Everybody liked him. So
genial and generons !"
Resident "Oh, he's got to be a regu
lar nuisance. Here'he comes now. Let's
dodge into an alley-way."
Tourist "Spent all his money, eh?" -New
York Weekly. '
ANXIOUS TO PROVE DISABILITY. '
A recruit was brought up for medical
inspection, and the doctor asked him:
"Have you auy defects?"
"Yes-sir; I am short sighted."
t "How do you prove it?"
"Easily enough, doctor. Do you see
that nail up yonder on the wallf"'
"Yes." '
"Well, I don't."
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
Rich Uncle "You might as well stop
mooning about Miss Beauty. She hasn't
been in love with vou after all. She's
been after the money she thought you
would inherit from me." .
Nephew -"Impossible! Why do you
think so?"
Rich Uncle "I have proposed to her
rcyself 'and been accepted." Neu York
WeeUy.
' TnE EEST AND WORST.
Tired Traveler (alighting from train)
"Which do vou consider the best
hotel here?"
Drummer "You see
over there? That is the
that
building
worst-"
Tired Traveler "But I don't want the
I worst. 1 want the best."
Drummer-"Then I don't know what
J0" arc gomgo do. There is only one.
Judge.
HE BORE AN HONORED TsAME.'
. Magistrate (to vagrant) "Why do
jou object, sir, to giving your name!"
Vagrant (dilapidated, but proud)
"Because, your IIonor,.I could notlbear
j the suspicion that I sail under an alias."
(Sharply) "Then give your real
fi.
name, sir!"
(Dejectedly) "That's it, Judge. No
body would believe it. My name is
John Smith." Chicago Tribune.
SHE HADS'T FIXISHED.
George "Gracie, I love you de
votedly. Will you be my own little
wife?"
Gracie "Oh, Georgie! This is so
sudden. I shall be pleased to be a sis
ter" Georgie "Stay; spare me that chest
nut excuse."
Gracie (continuing) "in-law to your
two little brothers,"
Then he strained her to his ready-made
Test.
V DARK OF THE MOOS.
A mother was calling the attention of
her little boy to the moon, which waa to
be seen clearly but pallidly in tho 'early
afternoon. '
Why, you can't see the mooa ia the
daytime !" replied the youngster.
"Ob, yes, you can there it is over
the trees." . .-
The little f elhtfv looked and had to
adimt the fact that he saw it, but he
added, "T ain't lighted though." ,
London Tit-Bits.
PERSISTENT PRECOCITT.
The four year-old boy, in the inno
cent perversity of child nature, had de
veloped the habit of replying ,"T4Jv?oa't,"
on diverse and sundry occasions, when
it was neither a polite nor a pretty thing
to say. After admonitions that were of
no avail, finally his mother said : O
"My dear, if you ever say ,I wem't'
agaiu I shall certainly punish you."--
The youngster looked at his mother
with a curious twinkle in. his -"eye, and
said, slowly and with emphasis:
"Mamma, I won't say it again."
Boston Times. . T
WHAT S IN
The bov'd fishing
A NAME?
pole
was f astene 1
under the root of a tree on the river
bank yesterday aud he wa3 sitting in the
sun playing with a dog.
"Fishing?" inquired a man passing
along the road.
"Yep," answered the boy, as briefly.
"Nice dog you've got there. What's
his name?" f
"Fish."
" 'Fish?' '.That's a queer name for a
dog. What did you call him that for?'.'
"'Cause he won't bite." : '
Then the man proceeded on his way.
Washington Star.
THR REVULSION WAS TOO GREAT.
"You know, Dorothy, these biscuits
of yours " he began, ah he reached
across the breakfast table and helped him
self to the seventh.
; "Yes?" taid his wife, with a weary,
feeble smile.
"Ah, they're nothing like mother's."
"No?" and the smile was gone.
"No. Not a bit. You see, mother's
were heavy and gave me dyspepsia, while
yours are as light a3 a feather, and I can
eat about why, what's the. matter,
Dorothy?"
But she answered him not. She had
fainted. Kate Field's Washington. ;.
KtthKIS tUli SIVLK1S.
Agnes, aged four, called at 'an
to n grocery store the other daT.
"I want a tick of gum," sh(
nounced.
After getting the desired ai tick
up-
an
sae
-remarked' that she hadn't any penny.
"HMv do you expect to pay for your
gum?" queried the vender of delicacies,
"Well," announced the youthful phil
osopher, "I will give you a kiss."
The kiss was taken, but Agnes stayed,
and finally flushed with 'success, sha ma.le
another oiler." ' i
"My cousin Ethel would like a tick,
and I'll give you another kiss forMt."
Both girls" chewed that afternoon.
Burlington Independent.
GAVE THE RUSE AWAY.
"Johnny, is vour sister
at
home?"
said the young man at the front door.
"Wait 'till I light the gas or hold
op is your hair sandy?"
"Why, no," replied the abashed
youth.
"Have" you got a mustache that curls
up at the ends?"
"N no. I don't wear a mustache at
all."
"Hum. Have you got a large seal
ring on the fourth linger of your left
hand?"
"No, I haven't."'
"Then, said Johnny, confidently.
"she ain't at home," anil he shut tho
door without further to do.- Wxshington
Tost.
BREAKING IT TO II I'M GENTLY.
Editor "Mr. 1'iumduil, you may
make a little change in your column to
morrow morning. It takes up too much
space. Cut it down one-half."
Mr. Piumduff "Yes, sir."
"Then the other half won't need any
necial heading. Remove the heading.'"
"Y'es, sir."
"And it needn't be leaded. Run it in
solid."
"Yes, sir."
"That wild, make it take up about
third of a column."
"Yes, sir."
"And thn it can go in any part of the
paper wherever there is room for it.
"Yes, sir."
' "And if there isnl room it can be left
out." .. -
"Y-ve3. sir."
"And it hardly seems worth while to
keep it gciug, doe3 it? ' .
"N-no, sir." .
"You are riirht. Mr. Plumduff. . Your
resiatioa is accented." -Chictoy Tri
lune. i
A Fallluz Machine.
A bold device, which will also furnish
a new source of excitement, is suggested
by M. Aristide Berges, a French engi
neer, in the shape ot an .elevator-car to
fall, with its passengers, through a thou
sand feet, or the height of the Eiffel
Tower. During its fall the machine will
acquire a velocitr of about 250 f iet per
second, or more than twice that, of the
swiftest express train. The car will be
built in tbe form of a long cone, strength
ened by inner cones which will act to pre
vent the sudden compression' of the air
within the chamber, and will be about
thirty feet high. To break its fall, a
well of waterywill be provided, 160 feet
deep, into which the machine will de
scend, and sink so gradually as to .re
move the sensation of shock. A picture
is published by tbe designer showiug the
car carrying fifteen people in its head Ion j
journey. Ftyular Science Monthly,
POISONS AND ANTIDOTES.
KEHEDtES TOBF. APPLIED BEFORE
THE DOCTOR COMES.
.
Tho Symptoms of- Various Poisons
Simple Yet Kfflcacions Means
for Counteracting Their Etlbct.
The first remedial effort in case of
poisoning should beto enable the system
to reject the po:son; the next, to coun
teract its serious effects; aud finally, to
begin the restoration of its normal fone.
The poisonous substances usually found
in trie nousenoia may do cuvmea into
three classes, which include: (1) tho
corrosive mineral and vegetable acids,
such as sulphuric, nitric, carbolic and
oxalic acids; (2) the simple irritants,
like the strong alkalies potash, lime,
zinc, etc.; (3) the specific irritants, like
arsenic, ioiine and phosphorous. Prus- .
sic acid, chloroform and opium belong to
the neurotic poisons, some of which.
simulate in their effecta the symptoms of
diseases of the brain and spinal corq,
producing delirium convulsion?, paralysis
and syncope.
Wheh after eating or drinking a per
son is attacked wi tii violent pain, nausea -
purging, convulsions, delirium, or great
drowsiness, the supposition is probably
that poison has been taken, and im
mediate medical aid should be obtained.
While the use of the stomach pump is
the most thorough means of empty
ing and cleansing the. stomach, its
operation by an inexperienced person
may cause serious injury, either by flood
ing the lungs or by lacerating the surface
of the stomach, which has already been ?
injured by the corrosive action of certain
poisons. The safest course of procedure
by non-medical persons is the promotion
or tne nausea, wnicn is one oi me indi
cations of poisoning, until free vomiting
has been effected. The simplest means
to this end are the safest in the hands of
anyone but a physician, that is, the use
of lukewarm water in which mustard has
been dissolved; a teaspoonful to a half
pint of water, repeated until the stomach
is entirely empty.
The second remedial action is the ap
plication of some antidote calculated to
counteract the effect of .the poison either,
by combining with it, or depriving it of '
its deleterious qualities. The combina
tion of antidoteAvith poison forms harm
less chemical compounds", or those which
axe insoluble in the gastric fluids. It
then remains to neutralize the effect of
the poison upon the system, and to over
come any depression or shock it may
have caused; these are purely the phys
ical offices. ,
Of the corrosive, poisons, those most
frequently used in the household are
oxaiic and carbolic acids, creosote, and
the caustic tikalies, potash, soda and
ammonia. Oxalic acid- has sometimes
been taken by mistake for Ep3om salts;
the salt of sorrel, or the essential salt of
lemons, used, like oxalic acid, for clean
ing purposes and bleaching ha3 caused
poisoning. - ,
The symptoms of oxalic acid poisoning
are a burning sensation during swallow
ing, burning pain iu the stomach, and
almost immediate nausea. When there
is novonfUing, great prostration, fceblo
pulse and convulsions, death is likely to
follow from collapse. The antidote is
lime in any form plaster or mortar
vchalk, whiting or magnesia, mixed, with. -
water; but no fluid without aa antidote,
because it would favor the absoJ ption of
the poison, .s is the case with most
poisons, white of egg is a useful remedy.
Creosote and carbolic acid are so often
in use in disinfectants that they may
prove dangerous, especially as death so
rapidly, follows a dose of the poison.
The mouth and lips are whitened by
contact with the acid, the pupils of the
eyes are very much contracted, the breath
ing becomes. stertorous, and coma is soon
followed by death. The possibility of
relief Is small, but oil may hi freely
given, and immediately removed by tho
free use of emetics, before it can be ab
sorbed. Crude potash, pearlaah, caustic soda,
washing soda and household ammonia .
have an acrid burning taste extending to
the throat and stomach, accompanied by
great pain, tenderness upon pressure, ab
dominal pains and suffocation. The im
mediate relief may be followed by death
from starvation, owing to the closing of .
the cesophagus by stricture. Even the
common remedy for sore throat, chlorate
of potash, hr.s been known to cause
death. In a recent instance an ounce ot
the chlorate was taken in mistake for
Epsom saltE, and death ensued within a
few houn. The remedial treatment con
sists of neutralizing the poison by use of
some weak acid, like vinegar and water,
and the free consumption of the acid
from fruit juices, lemons especially, fol
lowed by draughts of salad oil. llarpcr'i
Bazar.
What Fos Means.
- Professor Reynolds recently gave - a
practical illustration of the effect of fog
in connection with some new belting
which bad been running for four hours
.r.t Owens College during a heavy ' fog.
The belting, which was new and bright
when started, was found, when Stopped,
to be black and loaded with dirt. It had
I been runninsr at 4000 feet an hour. Pro
fessor Reynolds pointed out the resem
blance to'thc dirtiness of an express train,
the phenomenon in both cases being duo
'to the fact that the rapidly moving body
come in contact with a greater quantity
of air in a given time than a stationary
body, and, therefore, picks up a greater
quantity of atmospheric pollution.
LouitvUU Courier-Journal.
Telegraph Cable Pierced by Grass.
At a meeting o'f the Asiatic Society of
Bengal, at Calcutta, a piece of cable was
exhibited, showing that the India rubber
coverings had been pierced by s blade
of grass. The piercing was ao complete
and the contact with the copper core so
perfect that ''dead earth, as it is tech
nically called, was produced nd the
efficiency of the cabie destroyed. The
g pedes of the grass, owing to its dried
np condition, could not be determined.
Zauis Eepullic.
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