""THE CENTRAL 'TWSs :
E. F. YOUNG, Manager.
"LIVK -AJSTD LET LIYE."
C. K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.;
VOLUME I.
DUNN; HARNETT CO., N. 0., THURSDAY, JLY 2, 1891.
NUMBER 19.
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ALLIANCE.
I he CoMn'y Aliimi'-e mens on the 2nd '.
Fi . I iv in J;i iu:iry, April, .Inly ami October
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
V '.".- .'; V ; -I; i:y. . I. P. Pfquam,
1 as mil. mtrces-itiin:., 'nu snn.lay ins-iu ;
:ml lt:i Minuay ami n --it. Sunday School :
.ny Sunday :.t ,f o'. i.il-;;. Prayer Meeiine '
i vi j y WeiLie -day m'glit. IHack 's t'liapel, 1st
;-i n'i:iy iiKirnitig.
a vera s school Unuse, 2nd ;
.-uiiby iiniirim. J .!. va! Ion, .In I Min-Jny
in 'Miii:. I!i-i:mhi, .'!.! Sunday ufternoon.
V :.,',,, ! llifti.-! f.-ii,;!,, C.irf,'iirft X. C.
i." v. V. 1'. Vamin, Iasi-oi;.- Services
'J ; I Sniiday 11:0111 ! n,'' nnjl niht. Sunday
S. 'n.; t v ry Sunday morning t I'i o'clock.
1". ay it Hireling every Tliursdiy night.
'- '-'' ;(( I; kv. .. Ilo:;ir, Pastor.
.- : ii i s vcry 1st Sunday morning nnd night.
S m ! iy S. iu.o! .-very Sunday morning at 'J
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s.-rv ieeM-very .:.-d Sua.lay laorarng and night,
M: ; lav i !h ! -J: .,0 n c'ock cverv Sunday. '
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l'"-i::. S. i i e every .hd Sunday. Sun-;.--y
Si-li d! every Sun lay morning.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
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!: ;:!! 'a r nn otitic: cvt-rv i uesdav ni?hf. F. p.
J-.. X. C, I. W. Taxl-r. "V. ii., (j. K.
1 1: : i.! !ia m. SriTt'ta ry.
I'u.M YKA I.:it;tc . I I? A. F. nnd A.' M.
i: '.ul.n; -meeiing. .Ird Saturday meriting and
1 li i iv ni.hi Im t..re ii rv'ii.da. :. '
'! ' 1 t. ' . M. F. IV .'o:.es. S. VT., J. J4.
lVi!l:;-v .). ". ;. ,. . J, ,:,iiso:i. Tie .surer, S.
V !',i ' :e etniv; W. -A. J.Ju'v n and
I I ii!;. l.-i . -le-va.t ; 1!. J. Xoiris, Tyler.
T'.i- Souti)," annoutu-es the Philadel
i :a , ;('. ' will shortly supply the
t e-;i :t rv"s lumber demand There arc
saw mills running the:;; already."
-f the ;i:..000;'000 that Uncle Sam is
t i ng to deal out to the sugar planters,
more than two-thirds will go to Louis
ia -a. cH'tvuite-; the Commercial Arfrer-
Thc Australian farmer is already n
pi.'d i.i turning his attention to the cul
tivation of cotton, and every assistance
is being oivoa him by the colonial author-
iti'--.
There are more women in British
Iii'u; (121.000,003) than there are men,
wemen and children in Great Britain,
r rnnct. and lemiany put together, with
trc population Of several miuor Eviro
p,::'i States c ist in as well,
One imperial heir in Austiia killed
liimself under circumtanres of disgrace,
n'uthcr Med into obscurity as plain John
Vh. while still another is lying nearly
oe.id. The hap of llapsburg, moralizes
ti.e Washington '' r, are sadly nurcer-oi-'.
1
. "The tnvlitional bow and arrow of
the Amrricvi Indian," said a Westerner,
"are things of the pist. The average
I vhanof to.d-iy is al.out aj skilful with
a bow and arrow as a six-year old bov is
vith a toy pistol. It s very funny to"sce
Eistcrners when theyare trjivcfing out
West get Indians to show them how they
usc their old time weapons. The Indian's
favorjtc way of exhibiting his skill is to
fhoct at a quarter or half a dollar stuck
in a split stic.x.The money of course,
cocs out of th po:kct of the Eastern
.wan and the noble lie 1 Man wlll'-shoot
-at it from a distance of 'a dozen steps
and miss it with the most monotonous
regularity. As the small boy would say,
he can't shuot a litUe hu Hjs
nowadays arc two kinds, both &1 ,ptd
from the white" man." One is the rile
",u "e u.-unon his friend the pale
M
face, and upon his friend's cattle. The
other, is whisky, wh'ch he uses unon
himself, and it "is quite as deadlv to hH
K',if. , , , ueaaiJ to him
iu .Duueta .irovidca he can ?8t eaoujU
oJ xt-" . -
CLD THINUS AHE BEST.
0!1 things arc best. "We wander
fcjo strangely and so louely
From here to that world yonder,
Why nut grow foud and fonder J
In tried affections only?
Old friends are best. Their faces
Enoh year seem deferer, dearer,
And kIow with new-found graces;
Then, ah! Tbee vacant places
But bring the living nearer.
Old homes are best. The laughter r
That tells of childhood's pleasures
Beneath the ancient rafter,
Surpass all that's after
And all of manhooi's treasures.
Old love is best. Its sweetness
Makes pleasant sorrow's chalic?,
And spite of Time's dread fle?tnesi
It gains in calm compleness
And laughs at Age's malice.
Old faith is bost the teaching
Of heart eushrinod mother.
A hat prolits subtle preachiu;-,
Or blind an 1 eager reaching
For doubt that mocks and smothers!
Old ways are the best ; the gladness
Uf simpler lives and litter.
Ere wealth had com with madnes,
Or fo!ly left its sadness--.
And sin its lessons bitter.
O'd things are best. The glimmer
Of age forbids new choices.
Oh, as mine eyes grow dimmer,
Faintly across the shimmer
. Waft me the old, sweet vo:ce?!
-'Jcorje Horto.iJn Chicago HeruU.
. OLD MM MIXALL,
KY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
"o you'vc got back ag'in, Lo-i-sy!"
said Old Man Mixall.
"Ye?, Mr. Mixall," said Louisa Hill,"
'I've got back again."
"Any news, Lo-i-sy?" cheerfully piped
the octogenarian, folding the week-old
newspaper so as to briug the "Financial
News" on a level with his old steel spec
taelesy Louisa shook her head.
"Well, I vu.n!" said Old Man Mixall.
"It's a shame !" Adam Putney always
was as queer as Sancho, aud I do b'licve
h ,,rows oueerer cverv vear he lirM
T .. - . , ' ,
Louisa Hill sighed softly, and went
about her work of preparing beans.
The morrow was beau-pickinir day at
"Desperation Hall," and there was at
least a bushel of the leguminousvegcta
bies ready to be picked over and
stemmed.
The boarders at Desperatioa Hall were
' partial to pickles as soou as the cold I
weather set iu, and the matron was I
anxious to- keep them satisfied and
happy.
Desperation Hall was a lono-.low erec-
tion of gray stone that had been a snurf
-n u i j
mdl half a century ago, and was now
utilized for the accommodatiou of the
town poor.
Captain Elias Fotherindyke, a retired
tea captain, avus at the helm of this in
; stitution ; .and his wife, a thrifty dame
, of many resources, aided and abetted
j him in every respect. 'And of all the
; boarders, old Simon Mixall was the
cheeriest and most helpful.
- "Can't I help ye, Lo-i-sy?" said he,
laying down the paper. " 'Pears to me
yo've got a dreadtul job there, with all
: them beans. I'm awful sorry 'bout
Adam Putney. I s'pose Peter's clean out
o' patience with him."
The color mounted to Louisa's cheek.
"Peter dou't say much,", , answered
she; "but, of course, he's vexed. But
1 tell him that the farm belongs to L'ncle
Adam, and if his Cnele Adam hasn't a
j mind to sell to these railroad people, he
can't be made to do so."
"An' ye can't no ways be married
without the inouey?'' wistlully spoke Mr.
i Mixall.
Lcuisa shook her head.
"Peter has his mother and his lame
sister to support," said she, with a sigh.
"We shall have to wait, that's all."
! Old Man Mixall shook his head over
the emerald drift of beans. ,
"I hold with the proverb," said he,
"that 'it.'s ill waitiu' for dead men's
shoes.' And the Putneys always was a
long-lived race." '
"He may live as long as he wants for
all me," observed Louisa. "I don't
' grudge hira a moment of his life, poor
old man!"
"No, I don't believe you do," said
Old Man Mixall. ' All "the same, it's
pretty hard on you and Pete. How's
Widow. Bliven? Auy better of the rheu
matiz? Me and, Nancy Bliven we've
danced many a Virginia reel together in
our young days, though p'raps ye
, wouldn't think it, Lo-i sy."
"She's a little better," said Louisa.
"And the young folks are going to have
a masquerade frolic at the Lyceum to
cam money to paint the old Bliven house
and re-shingle the roof before fall seta in.
I'm sping to borrow the Quaker dress
that Libby Weldon's grandmother wore
when she - was married. It fils me ex
actlv." t
"I want to know!" ejaculated the old
man.
"And Peter's going to ask old Squire.
Lomax to lend him the chest of Revolu
tionary uniforms and thibgs 'he's got in
the garret of the old house," added
Louisa. "He's ;oingto be 'George Wash-
- 4Td admire to see him," said Old Man
Mixall. "I wonder now if Cap'n Elias
would object to me goin' down there and
scein' you young folks rigged up?"
"I'll ask hirn myself," said Louisa,
who liked the kindly old soul and wanted
him to have the simple treat.
! "You see, I don't often ask for an
1 evening out." said Old Man Mixall.
"Not but what I'd like it oftener, but if
I ask, there's forty others would think
thev'd ought to go, too, an' I don't want
Cap'u Elias to hev auy more trouble
thaa's absolutely neceisarv. But I would
1,ke to see how you look as a Quakeress,
: n1 1 m mortal sure PeUr Putney'll make
&n A N' 1 IicvolutioQerr'
Aml ,vhen tbe beans ere au prepared
for the morrow's pickle, Old Man Mixall
j ttrolled cheerily along tbe frvat of Des
peration Hall, tying up some fat African
marigold he had planted, and placing
new strings for his scarlets runners to
climb on, in front of the windows where
old Aunt Rugglcs lay sick.
For the western light hurt h?r old
eyes, and when the scarlet-runner leaves
waved in the wind, she babbled vaguely
of the green Maine forests where she had
been born.
"I jest wish I wa wuth a million dol
lars !" said the -old philanthropist. 4 'I'd
give Pete Putney and Lo-i sy Hill the
finest farm in Middle County. I don't
sec vhat possesses old Adam to stick to
his stony fields and mullein pastures so
tight, when the railroad people offer him
five thousand dollars for 'em. Guess I'll
go raound an' fee hira about it. Lo-i-sy
Hill's too pretty a gal and too good a
one to be kept waitin' until Pete can dig
a home out of the rocks for her. It ain't
no pa'tickler fun that I know of, doin'
housework at Desperation Hall.""
And so, on the evening of the Widow
Biivcn's masquerade party, Old Man
Mixall trudged around by the Putney
Farm to see his ancient con tern porary.
Old Adam sat warming his venerable
bones in the sun. Sunshine was cheaper
than firewood, if less satisfactory, and
he returned his greeting. y
"So ye won't sell, the faim to the
Quantick Company?" said Simon, sitting
cheerfully down on the wooden tettee
beside his friend.
"I cdn't sell it,"said Putney, drum
ming hi3 wrinkled fingers on the window-sill.
"Why can't ye sell it P
"He won't let me."
"Who won't let you?"
"My Gran'ther Putnev." .
' 'T.anH 1 1 1 o mnn n-Viif -to t i 1 L- i n
about?" cried Mixall. "Yer Gran'ther j
Putney, he's been dead an' buried this I
seventy years !" 1
"I dream about him every night," j
said Adam Putney, in the Same slow,
mechanical way. "I see him a-settin' j
on the old oak stump by the well. And j
he's always a-sayin', 'Don't sell the farm, j
Adam?' I can't go agin him, can I?"
"Wal, I calculate I should if I was
you!" declared Mixall. "Dead an' ;
buried folks hain't no business meddlin' '
that a-way."
"I can't go agin him!" repeated Put
nej, with the slow, settled policy of old
aSc- j
"But hero's your nephew, Peter, as i
smart a lad as ever steppped, and Lo-I-sy
Hill, the prettiest gal goin.' They'd j
have money to go to housekeeping if j
you d listen to reason.
"I can't go agin Gran'ther Putney."
"And here you be, poor'n Job's tur
key, holdin' on to the rockiest farm this
side o' Serape Mountain, all jest for a
consarned whira!" persisted Mixall.
"I can't go' agin Gran'ther Putney,"
dreariiy repeated Old Adam, winking his
bleared eyes in the sunshine. i
And Old Man Mixall, fairly out of pa- J
tience, got up and trotted down the j
road, muttering unutterable things a3he !
went. j
"There ain't such a dumb fool as he iu I
all the foolish ward at Desperation Hall," j
said he.
And it took a good deal of the laugh- j
ter and merrymaking at the Bliven mas- !
qucrade to erase the disagreeable imprcs- j
sion from his mind. j
Old Man Mixall was a favorite every- ,
where, and the hospitable dame in charge j
of the refreshments cheered him with
hot coffee, newly browned wafilc3, 1
chicken salad and frosted cake, before 1
he went in to see the young folks dance.
"That's Lo-i-sy!" he cried, shrilly.
"Ain't she jest as pretty as a pink in that
Quaker gownd and the scoop hat? And f
there's Pete Putney cuttin' pigeon wings i
in old Squire Lomax's Revolutionary j
togs. Wal, I never!"
And Old Man Mixall laughed until he
shook like a mold of jelly. j
Cap'n Elias Fotherindye was seriously j
alarmed when his oldest boarder did not
return until the next morning. .
"Why, I swan to gracious," said he,
"I allowed suthin had happened t'ye!" j
"No, cap'n" said tbe old 'man, i
"nothin' hain't happened. But Pete Put- j
ney. he axed me, seein' I was cornin'
right past the place, to leave his Ilevolu- j
tioner rig to Squire Lomax's; an' when I j
got to Squire Lo,max's, they axed me to i
stay all night. Dre'tful sociable folks
them Lomaxes!" v i
And the Old Man Mixall went out ;
to water his marigolds aid scarlet run- i
ners. j
The sun was setting behind the to- j
mat vines in the back garden when
Louisa Hill came breathlessly up the j
path. , ;
"Oh, Jlr. Mixall," said sue, "Peter
has just driven away! He has taken me
for a ride." j
"Eh?" !
"And what do you think? W're to i
be married next week?"
"I want to know!"
"And Uncle Adam is going to sell the ,
farm to the Quantick Company, and give
the money to Peter, and he's to live with
us !"
"Wal, I declare!" i
- "Uncle Adam says he saw Gran'ther '
Putney last night a-settin' on the old oak J
stump by the well, just at midnight, j
And this time he was all dressed in the j
suit he fought at Bunker Hill in mus- j
ket and cocked hat and all and he 6ays,
CAVS he. 'Sell the farm. Adam sell the
j y v i
farm,' as distinct as ever ye heard any- :
thing in your life. And Uncle Adam,
he says it's a direct message from his an- j
castor, and the deeds are to be handed !
over to-monow. And we shall be happy j
at lastl" i
"Did you ever!" said Old Man
Mixall.
"It was a dream, of course!" said
Louisa.
"Oh, of course!"--said Old Man Mix
all. But when she was gone to tell Mrs.
Fotherindyke, the octogenarian walked
slowly out to his scarlet runners, and
laughed long and silently.
'I hain't outlived all my usefulness
yet," said he. Saturday Night.
The $100,000,000 European bank da
posits now being called in by Russia it
all borrowed monej.
THE MEBRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STOHIES THAT ABE TOLD BY THE
. PTJNITx MEN OP THE PRESS.
Tbe Summer Young: Man Bard
AVort Too Celestial Repartee
Ye Summer Girl, Etc., Etc.
Ob, the summer girl song
Still goes floating along.
And its strain is enchantingly sweet;
But you find though you scan.
For the summer young man
Not a line that is pleasant and neat.
Though now ha may stand
With a yardstick hi hand.
And deal you out cloUi by tb.3 ppaD,
At some summer plac3
With a summerish grace.
He'll be king, will the summer young man.
!
When vacation hq takes
'Mongst the mountains and lake,
lie leads the slight masculins van,
And tha girls wh ?ooC down
On his catling in town
Will sigh for the summer young man .
Washington Post.
IIAHD WORK TOO.
"What are you doing for a living
these days, Goslin?" asked Dolley.
"I bweathc," replied Goslin with
weary sigh. Judge.
a
DRIVEN FORTH.
"So you've rented an office.
eh? I
thought you did all your work at home?"
"Weil, I did; but my wife bought a
canary-bird." Judge.
YE SUMMER GIRT..
"That damsel over yonder lias quite
a millitary air."
"Eminently proper. She participated
in no less than hfteen
engagements last
summer."
Judge.
GETTING EVEN.
"He is not n beau o vours, is he?
"Yes."
"He calls on "me oftener than on you."
"Yes; I told him the days you were
not at home." Life. '
A SOFT SNAP.'
She "Now, my poor fellow, move
up to the table and help yourself."
He "Move the table over to me,
mum. I ain't us'ed to over exertin' my
self." Munsey's Weekly.
UNSELFISn MAX.
She "It's a bull, and he's coming
right at us! What shall we do?"
He "Well, don't stand there doing
nothing! Come and help me to climb
this tree!" Munsey's Weekly.
A SCIENTIFIC VIEW.
"Whv are vou so anxious to
have
. every one cultivate weeds?"
"Because," said the scientific gar
dener, "I am convinced that, that is the
only way to exterminate them." Puck.
CELESTIAL. RFPARTEE
"You look rather pale."
said the
World to the Moon.
"Getting old and
feeble, eh?"
"I can go all around you just the
same," replied the moon. Munsey's
Weekly.
A FAST EOT.
wonder that
Hunks-
your son
should be such a spendthrift.
Closefist--v'I can't understand it
either; send that boy away to spend the
summer, and it wouldn't take him over a
week." Pvck. i
NOT AT HOME.
Caller "Is Miss Sweete at homer'
Servant "No, sir."
Caller "Please tell her I called. Don't
forget, will you?"
Servant "No, sir; I'll go and tell her
this minute." Yankee Blade.
TAKING HIM AT HIS WORD.
'What ought I to give you?" asked
the diner, as he put his hand in his
pocket for a tip.
T lonvo it witn
vou, sir," said the
waiter, politely.
'Thanks; I can make good use of it."
And the waiter was tipless1.
- THE DIFFERENCE.
T3sSiN0 indeed, Belle, I didn't say
that your shoe3 were too small for your
feet."
Bellle "What did you say?"
Bess "I said that your feet were too
large for ihe shoes."
Belle (mollified) " Oh. " Tanlee
Blade.
ALWAYS GETS TIIE WORST OF IT.
Greene "Whom are your children
said to take after, Mr. Enpeck?"
Enpeck (with a mental reservation)
"The younger, with a sweet smile and
angelic temper, takes after his mother;
the elder, that cross-eyed young viper,
takes after me, I'm informed!" Cnct
a Week.
ODIOUS COMPARISON FOR THE DONKEY.
Fenderson "I want to ask your ad
vice. Smith called me a donkey. Now
what ought I to do?" '
Fogg "You can't apologize to all the
donkeys in the world, but you might re
lieve your feelings a little by hunting up
and apologizing .to at least one."
Botton Transcript.
A MYSTERY.
"What, my angel," exclaimed the
young husband, bursting into the
kitchen, doing the cooking yourself?
What is it?"
'Why, Edgar, how foolish of you!
How in the world can you expect me to
Jell until I see what it turns outP
Fliegende BlaetUr.
TWO AGES OF MAX.
At the Barber's (Scene First.) Bar
ber "Shaving, sir?"
Juvenile (at sixteen) "You flatter
me! No; only hair cutting."
(Scene Second.) Barber "Hair cut
ting, sir?"
Bald-headed Gentleman "You flatter
VN
me! Not only shaving." numoriituch
BlaeiUr.
niGHLY UNNATURAL.'
Walker "I had a most unnatural
dream last night, Fad man. l dreamt
Binks borrowed $5 of me for a week."
Fadman "Unnatural! Why, that's
Binks all over!"
Walker "Yes, but I went on dream--ing,
and I dreamt that Binks paid it back
to me at the end ot the week." Amcri'
car. Grocer.
WOULDN T INTRUDE ON TIIE BABY.
Wife "What, going off again? I
wanted to go out myself, to-night, and
thought perhaps you'd stay home and
take care of baby."
i Husband "I should like to do it, my
love, but do you know, I don't think the
baby particularly enjoys my company,
and I hope I am gentleman enough not
to force my company even on a baby.''- :
Boston Transcript.
SURE TO BRING IT.
Quester "I'd like to know, my friend,
how you knew it was going to rain to
day. The sun set last night in drapery
of mazy gore; every meteorological in
dication assured a continuance of the
drought, and yet you confidently pre
dicted the storm that is upon us. What
prompted you to the prophecy?"
Jester "An infallible forerunner of a
storm. I spent two hours and my latent
vitality in watering my plants last even
ing." Boston Courier.
AWFULLY SAD.
"How did Charlie Blazer ever happen
to propose to Edith Gushley?" asked De
Tompkins at the club. .
"Haven't you heard? The poor fel
low was up there one evening when tbey
were talking about some girl they knew,
and he said rashlv that she had the true
ring."
"Yes?"
"And Edith said she supposed it was
an engagement ring, and that is how it
happened." Detroit Free Fress.
KINDNESS MISAPPLIED.
"What's the matter?" asked the kind
hearted old gentleman of the boy who j
was weeping bitterly.
"I g-got two nice clean blocks, an'
them fellers took 'em away from me."
-"Well! well!" exclaimed the old
gentleman. "Did vou want them very
bad?"
"Y-yes, sir."
"Hasn't your mother any kindling?"'
"No, sir, she ai-aint."
"Father too poor to buy any?"
"N-no, sir."
"Does he drink?" '
"S-some."
"Humph. Very proper pride. I sec
it all," was the' kind-hearted comment.
"But vou wanted tne muCKs iot
kindling, didn't you?"
"N-no, sir."
"What did you want them for, then?"
"I want 'em t-to hit together and
m-make a dickens of a noise with, sir."
The kind-hearted gentlemau turned
the corner almost in a trot to avoid miss
ing an apointment. Washington Post.
KNEW WHEREOF SHE SPOKE.
There is a charming young widow in
South Minneapolis who retain? a five-year-old
girl as the only pledge of her
dear departed. The little one has be
gun to learn her alphabet. A gentlemau
called upon the widow the other even
ing. Of course the fond mother wanted
to show off her child. Taking up a
newspaper and pointing to the big letters
in an advertisement, the mother said:
"What letter is that?"
"A," responded the child.
"What comes after AT'
"B."
"And what comes next?"
"C," lisped the little one.
The inquiry was pursued still fur
ther, but along toward the end of the
alphabet the little girl lost her bear
ings and never answered a question.
Finally the gentleman thought he
would put a few questions. He began
with this one
"What comes after T?"
The child looked him . straight in the
ey2s as she answered:
' "A man to see mamma."
. The lesson in English literature was
not prolonged. Minneapolis Tribune.
DISGRACING HIS NOBILITY.
"Go!"
4 No, this is rot the story of a horse
race. The monosyllable that heads this
chapter was hurled by the Marquis de
Billette at the head of his errant son and
heir. .
"Go!" repeated the proud father.
"Let me never see your face again.
Never again shall your foot cross this
threshold. To think that one of your
noble name and lineage should wed an
obscure salesgirl ! Get thee hence ! As
long as I live these ancestral halls shall
never be darkened by your vile presence.
Go starve or steal, I care not which.
You can bring no more disgrace upon
your honored name than you have al
ready done." ,
"Yes, I can, father," said the young
man in a hard, metallic voice which
harmonized well with the steely glitter
in his eye and his brazen front. "Either
you forgive me or I go to work. You
shall have five minutes in which to de
cide." In four minutes the haughty noble
man had found his mind and in thirty
seconds more had made it up.
"You have won," said he. "But little
did I dream o( the depths of depravity in
your nature that you have to-day re
vealed." Indianapolis Journal.
General Grant's old log cabin, which
was expected would go to the World's
Fair, will not be transferred to tht ex
hibition. Mr. E. A. Joy, of Old Or
chard, Mo., has purchased the relic for
f5000, and it is said will not permit it
to leave St. Louis.
There is no use being sleepless,
lettuce before retiring.
Eat
A UNIVERSAL BEVERAGE,
LEGEND AUY AND AUTHENTIC HIS
TOSY OP COFFEE.
Its Discoverer Noted Its Wakeful Ef
fect on Browsing Goats Intro
duction Into Europe.
While coffee now figures as one of the
most considerable economic products, its
use as an article of food in civilized
countries is of comparatively recent ori
gin. In Abyssinia and Ethiopia, where
the coffee-plant is indigenous, the people
have been accustomed to decoctions f romj
its berries from time immemorial. There
the Arabs first tasted the fragrant
draught; and, highly delighted there
with, transported some of the precious
beans to their own country about the be
ginning of the fifteenth century. In -Arabia
tbe new exotic flourished luxu
riantly, and, strangely enough, entered
into the occasions "of religious contro
versy. Legend reports that a deyout
Moslem, who had heard ot the wakefut
effect produced upon browsing goats by
its foliage, resolved to try what influence
a brewing from its berries might have
upon the somnolent dervishes who non
chalantly fell asleep during protracted
services. The result was magical. Drowsy
laymen followed their example. Coffee
became the national beverage of the faith
ful. Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca
carried beans to all lands av hence they
had come. Egypt soon rejoiced in cof-.
fee-houses, and in Constantinople (a. d.
1554) they acquired instant popularity."
Mosqiies were overshadowed by them.
Quickened wits of drinkers suggested
intoxication to the religious, and poli
tical insubordination to the civil author
ities. The former denounced the dan
gerous resorts, and the latter shut them
up. But the beverage triumphed. Pro
hibition did not prohibit.
In Cairo (1523) the Governor gravely
listened to all the erudite arguments
against coffee, served it out to the ran
corous opponents, and left his seat
without saying a word. He was- wise.
The masterful drink estopped discussion
forever. In 1652 coffee entered Eng
land from Smyrna, whence it was
brought by Edwards, an English mer
chant doing business with Turkey. He
was wont to regale his friends with the
delicious liquid, prepared by the skillful
hands of Pasqua Rossie, his Greek ser
vant. But visitors increased too num
erously. Hospitality became burden
some. Peace and pocket cried Out for
relief. Edwards established his man in
a coffee-house at Newman's Court, Corn
hill, London. Twenty-three years after
this event coffee-houses were the favor
ite haunts of wits and politicians "for
discussing, theorizing, and general wag
ging of tongue." Coffee and criticism
were cronies. Therefore the phosphor
escent Charles II. and his . courtiers,
wincing under tnc "siaauerous hiuh,m
upon persons in h;h stations," would
fain have suppressed coffee-houses ay
"hot-beds of seditious talk" and public
nuisances. They failed to do so. The
revolution of 1688 followed. The vic
torious ' institution survived the Stuart
dynasty, and attained the zenith of ac
tivity and splendor in the first half o'
the next century.
Thevenot, the French traveler, cm his
return from the Orient in 1653, treated
his guests to after-dinner coffee. To
Parisians this was merely an eccentricity,
that would not have become fashionable
but for a similar example set by Soliman
Aga, the gallant Turkish ambassador, in
1669. He enlisted the enthusiasm of
court ladies in favor of the black and
bitter liquor. Philosophers aud litera
teurs gladly gave in their - adhesion.
Boileau, La Fontaine, Moliere, Voltaire
and the Encyclopedists, together with
the chessplayers, found inspiration in the
coffee-houses, which- thenceforward as
sumed conspicuaus positions in the social
life of Gallic cities. "Racine and coffee
will pass," is a prediction of Madame de
Sevigde as yet most unlikely of fulfill
ment. '
Germans began drinking coffee during
thcSev'en Years' War (1756-63), stolidly
scoffed at opposition to the practice, and
hated Napoleon all the more for restrict
ing it by his "Continental Blockade."
Universal peace was accompanied by
universal indulgence in the exhilarating
cup. Americans took kindly to its con
tents, and by constantly enlarging de
mand imparted powerful impetus to
coffee commerce and culture. Rise in
price3 during the great civil war "di
minished the consumption about two
hundred thousand tons."' But for that
it is asserted that "the world would not
have had coffee enough." Demand rose
with every Union victory, and fell- with
every Union defeat. . Consumption in
creased 36.84 per cent, in 1864, 17.5
per cent, in 1865, 23.5 per cent, ia 1866,
27.25 per cent, in 1867. Removal of
duties and financial prosperity increased
the call for the aromatic beiry, and ad
vance in price because of short crops or
syndicate operations diminished it. The
coffee-cup is a business thermometer in
the United States. Harpers Weekly.
Interesting History of a Yacht.
The steam yacht ' Catcrina, formerly
owned by J. Pierpont Morgan, and well
known in this port, is now the property
of Joseph - Pulitzer, of the New York
World. The history of the transaction
by which this magnificent jyacht came
into the possession of Mr. Pulitzer is de
cidedly interesting. The boat formerly
flew the English flag, but now she has
an .rrerican register. Several months
ago she went ashore on Long bland
Sound. The underwriters, who consid
ered her 'badly damaged, sold her to a
Mr. Sullivan, who raised and repaired
the boat- The price paid'by Mr. Sulli
van was 1 16, 000, and he found that her
damage could be repaired for a few
thousand more. He at once sold her to.
Mr. Pulitzer for $50,000. This bargain
was mutually advantageous, for Mr.
Sullivan cleared over $25,000 by the
deal, and Mr. Pulitzer got a magnificent
yacht worth $100,000 for half that sum.
Besides that the beaching . in American
waters entitled her to an American tc$
i&ter. Phiaicljehia Jlecord.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
Blasting is done by electricity.
Electric cranes are increasing in use."
The brain of man exceeds twine that
of any other animal.
A man breathes about twenty times a
minute, or 1200 times an hour.
One dollar a minute is the charge for -using
the new 'London-Paris telephone
line. . . , ;
The great telescope of Lord Rosse, in
Ireland, has a speculum six feet diame
ter, fifty-five feci focus.
Pennsylvania makes fifty-two out of
every 100 tons ol rolled iron in the
United States, and sixty-nine ' out of
every 100 steel rails.
It keeps thi ee large Chicago factories
busy to manufacture the locomotive
headlights and railroad lanterns that
arc used in this country.- The factor
ies give employment to 1100 men and
boys'
A number of fine residences in the
Back Bay section of Boston ai-e being
equipped with elevators operated by
electric motors? ' Tho. machinery is very
simple and compact, and tthe elevators
will carry two or three persons at good
speed.
An English firm manufactures a com
bined oil engine aud dynamo. A largo
number of these engines have been built,
and sent throughout the various colo- .
nies, where they are said to be .oper
ated with especial economy for small
plants.' " '
.Phosphorus is now made by aid of
electricity in England, .the mixture ot
phosphoric acid being decomposed by
the heat of an electric arc embedded in
the mass. This local application of heat
issaid to be more economical than heat
ing in largo retorts by the ordinary
process.
AEIectricity has superseded steam
power at the royal foundry at Wurtem
burg, the dynamo being driven by a
large turbine water wheel. The stream
furnishing tho water is some distance
from the works, the , electricity being
conveyed across the town by overhead
couductors. The current opera fes gome
.tsventy-five lathes and polishing ma
chines. - V
A -AVarsaw engineer has invented a
new harness by which the danger of shy
ing horses is averted. It is so arranged
that by pulling . a string which is at
tached to the driver's seat, the horses are
at once unhitched and the vehicle is
brought to a standstill. The invention .
was tried by the best horsemen in the
city and found perfectly successful. A
model of it has been sent to St. Peters
burg with an application. for a patent.
M. Mareelhacy has made some addi
tional improvements in diving apparatus
whicb have received the approving in
dnrsompnt nf thf Wrnrh authorities' In
this arrangeracment, instead of the neavy
electric hand lamp, cmploycl ordinarily
by divers, the plan is to affix powerful
glow lamps at the top of the helmet, so
that the diver's hands are at all times
free for work The lamp is connected
'by a conductor with a battery either on
shore or in a vessel above as the case
may be. -
. The practicability of telegraphing,
wfyhout wires has recently been demon-,
strated by the success of several experi
ments. Not long ago Mr. Preece, the
head electrician of the postal telegraph
system in England, succeeded in estab
lishing communication across the Solent
to the Isle of Wight and telegraphed
also across the River Severn, without
wires, merely using earth-plates at a suf
ficient distance apart. It is how proposed
to make practical use of this system in
communication with lightships. . '
A Canine Hero. J
A correspondent of an, English paper
writes: "I recently witnessed the fol
lowing little incident on the Thames,
near Twickenham, when the river was
full ot land water, and therefore, very
swift and dangerous. Two dogs, one a
large animal, the other a little terrier;
were enjoying a swim ner the bank, but '
soon the little one was carried out some
distance and was unable to get to shore.
By -this time tbe big dog had regained
the shore, and, seeing what was happen
ing to his companion, began running
backward and forward in the most ex
citing manner, at the same time whim
pering and barking, and evidently not .
knowing for the moment what to do.
The terrier was fast losing strength, and,:
although swimming, hard, was, being
rapidly carried down stream. The big
dog could contain himself no longer.
Running some yards ahead of his strug
gling friend, he plunged into the water
and swam vigorously straight out until
he got in a line with the little head just
appearing behjnd him. Then he al
lowed himself to be carried down, tail
first, until he got next to the terrier,
this. being accomplished in the cleverest
manner, and began to swim hard, gradu
ally pushing the little one nearer and
nearer to thje shore, whch was gained
after a most exciting time. The fact of
this canine hero goiDg so far ahead to
allow for the strong current and the
judgment shown in getting alongside,
and then the pushing, certainly seemed
to me to betoken instinct of a very high
order."
J
A Solomon Come to lodgment;
A famous Chicago lawyer once had a
singular case to settle. A .physician came
to him ia great distress. Two sisters,
living in the same house, had babies of
equal age, who so re&e-nbled each other
that their own mothers were unable to
distinguish them when they were to
gether. Now it happened that by the
carelessness of the nurses the children
had become mixed, and how were the
mother to make sure that they received
back their own infants? "But perhaps,'
said the lawyer, "tbe children weren't
changed at all." "Oh, but there's no
doubt that they were changed, said the
physician. "Are you sure of it!" 'Per
fectly." 'Well, if that's the case, why
don't you change them back again? I
don't see any difficulty in the case."
Boston GatctU. " v -