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it A A WM i A. KOSl'OWEK, Editor, "HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS 3AIXTAIX, UXAWED BY INFLUENCE AND VXBPJBED BY GAIX V. DAVIS, Publisher. VOL. I. NO. 12. GOLDSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, NOV 25, 1887. Subscription, 01.00 Per Year. W 1 f ii ii ii I,:' f II Y BOY STILL. IV .'w I've forgotten the day 1 liini at my hreapt ? diil.lren I've loved since then. r.-.i I think that I loved him brut. I -: was o-.r firr.l-born child, John, - I ltavc not I he liccrt or will 1 1 I"''' l:i:n Vss; whatever may come : I ! 'iii' :u' r v!.r l.c was a little lac!, !'".. l.i- t climb on my knee; l.r.i v : v ! ikio of his beauty, , i ( ; wit amldiis mimicry. Af-'l I l-t:o v (':((. well Imi'h a man now. V ':::i :. v.'il.l a:ij stiihhora will; J ' v ' a-vr he s to yoit, ,T"hn, .- !-, n. v Lev ;-.:i'tl ! li!.e s-r.nshiiio ahout the house, i of his lMj py youth; . s ii.l that with all his faults i.';;;e ami live a nil truth. In- ha a wandered far away, .o:;'l say no ill; con:" hack to his mother; v still! there war; never a kinder heart, i .mi. remember to-day "ti n he w-;it with me apart !.m lr : t my lnee to pray. . ! v.ri will do as the hoy did, r r h;t r he will; '! i warrant f r that; so my i.,.y trill I !. r -an feel where nhe can't see, is m r than any nge; v. i. truiiiisl in the good old way, i'l i : t.ihily get my wnpje. u ,'i lie ha;, wa:i' ii-rc.l far away, feilowed his wayward will, . uli,-! fever, wherever he is, i:.y i...y . till ! LtfUampolis Xeics. OLD DRESDEN. LD DUES DEN paused for it moment in his tusk f breaking up the gnarled ruesqutie roots, and with long breath of satisfac tion and the- air of a eon- i. . icw.'.l the pink-tinted heap bo- i 1 Piil'iii.-.x off his dilapidated I ; . r.v.-il the eool morning breeze : !!::y :iiii')!i.;- tin somewhat ragged !" - v,!iie!i hung over his forehead. ' ' -Hi, 1 ;!: a great crimson ball, hung ! !;; a'.-.ive the Eastern horizon, cast ; " :i hunt "hiw iMwvn tliA f in-r-ttwi fi. ii.i- j-'!i.:-idas, and gilding the distant .; ::' '-f tlicTivs IIiTmanas, standing e'...e-lit!.-d end)rae , like allied sen '" '!!. .'.::, :i-.lii!g the Mexican frontier. ! i tii.' lei;.'-, level spae? v.hieii stretched ;i the mountains, liVrn aloft on :ili; ; lingers ol' the morning mist, red a )hantom city, its castel ! -ed Jn-ights nud stately domej retiring t i;:-;ieiv's if in prophecy' of tl o i1 ears to eotae, when a noble civilzation : iiall redeem the barren mesas of tho '. 'itthern territories, and raise the mou-r.:.;e-.its of art and architecture ".mid tho arid plains. 'I heeelio of human voices fell upon Mjvsdm's ear. ' !;, J em, ".vhy in;istyou go?" A v.o !..;i!i's volee, low a:id sweot, v.'tth a tre- hiiT of l';ii". "t'owse now, Helen, don't be a laby, Three, weeks will fly by in no Ii:.;.'. And who knows how rich a : h i!." 1 may lmke." "iiit I d.m't want it. I need you .!".''.! "i." Old .Dresden addressed himself to !ii woodpile, with redoubled energy. A living knot of mesqnito struck his hrnd. The s!ing of the wound refresh ed lain, :;::d r little later he heard ihe door of he ( (itf;vge slam, while the clink of a In ! s '"s J.i oof souuded on the gravel ly' soil. As h ; weened horse and rider ii; appe:;!' at i"iigth ux the direction of tile n.ii-age, whl h had shifted its form so as fu resemble a huge beast of prey e. aiehel for ii spring upon its prey, ; o::;e';hj!!'. like n very hot German oath '.'.led like -tilled thunder from his lips. l,A t'Ti'e! of a fellow," he murmured t;; ca'.ndv under breath an instant later, inventing tiie qualification witlij stout b-ov.s of the axe on an obstinate root, which had as many contortions as a lying s"i j): nt. "A teufel of a fellow, leaf a lutle frau like dat alono to go ! Mexico to tig (U in mi tic J do win ': . 1, might be ferry goot for liim," he f.ddcd meditatively, leaning upon the axe helve, his face screwed into into a quaint grimace, "as old Ju should take ( mi' las scalp for him but do little Iran."' AVifh a sudden indrawing of his shoul ders ali 1 an a companying droop of the eonier.vof Jiis mouth, he seemed to protest against his own harsh judgment as lie renewed the combat with the ob- ate i.i n id Dresden was not tlie only one ho disapproved of 'John Meredith's ''';. bsrough the wild Sierra Madre that feas m of the vear, when storms ' jlieni 1!1 the mountains and I s ; hulking in the vailevs nnd pas: enh His partner, David Howell, had vigorous protest, but to no -ii 1 1 Meredith laid the pugnacity rmiuation peculiar to men of From t arly lio vhood his career I'arJc at the. wootl-pih'. had i ee signalized by a series of daring and headstrong exploits, and when, as'a' 1 1 owning feat, he had captured pretty' I b Vn C resham by an audacious move, if.Diuid Howell felt any soreness of heart over her capitulation he choked it '' ;!' ly-d' rwn and harbored no bitterness ill his holiest hr.nvf A week after her husband's depart ur 3,1-s. , ij, r dith received a scrawl fron e Mesilla oni when. he nii expected to meet a friend, writ t litten mst as thowor hihi i. Ana don't ba worried, my r, he wrote m conclusion ; "the days d pass ouieklv. and th -.i-o u he up. .But you must count from i t -"ifu vwuub nuui i liovmtoot our departure," She drieji mmML her eyes and counted the days from tho 10th of February. On tho 1st of March a w arm wind swept over tho southern table lands. Under its breath the r.now upon tho mountain peaks vanished as if liy magic and the dry bed of the Miembres 'became the course of a surging torrent, sweeping onward for a final plunge into the waters of thegulf. The fern-like foliage of tho mesquite commenced to cautiously un fold, and tho wild verbena and lnjunc made tiny patches of purple and magenta over the sterile wastes. On the 2d of March Helen Meredith rose with tremulous cngernef-s at dawn. Tlie morning was calm and still, but a peculiar obscurity about the horizon presaged the approach of the New-Mexican sirocco. Stationed at a bull's-eyo window in the attic, -with a field -irkss "in her lmud, the young wife kept lier eyes i steadily fixed on tlie winding, silvery j riouon attenuated to a thread m the distance, which marked the line of travel pursued by passers to and fro over tho Mexican 1 ne. For upward of an hour nothing rewarded her vigilance; then a long and blurred mass developed into a train of hay wagons, each drawn by a score of stout limbed oxen nnd attended by a deputation of half-clothed swarthy Mexicans. Another hour passed, and the rough wagon of a Texan rancher ap peared, the horses strolling leisurely along, while man and vi perched 011 the high driver's seat, smsked their clay pipes in placid content. Absorbed in her anxious watch, little Mrs. Meredith h.vl not observed that the wind had risen, and for a moment v. s a' in st appalled to f;ee road and 'a .dscapo disappear from view beneath a dun colored cloud, which, as it drew near, effectually concealed eveiy trace rf the cottages across tho street, and c wallowed up the form of a passer-by on her own sidewalk. Shreds of cloth, bits of pasteboard, and great sheets ol paper were caught up by the wind, along with the clouds of dust and gravel, and borne onward in its mad flight. In a lower latitudo the great velocity of the wind, coupled with the force of a far weightier atmosphere, would liavo given the storm the force of a cyclone. As it was, it would do little mischief beyond arousing the tempers of mankind and uprooting sundry out houses built upon unsecure foundations. Mrs. Meredith, with a coolness and pa tience born of experience, bore this as fiult upon her domicile with charming equanimity. Moving about the hous'j she proceeded to collect a number oi long and slender sand bags, indispens able adjuncts to the tidy New Mexican housewife, an 1 to ftrrange them in then Rccustomed places over door and win dow sills, thus fighting tho intrusive clement on the homeopathic principle. All that day, and the next, she waiteJ in melancholy expectancy, not knowinq what minute the familiar step might be heard on her little porch. On the third day the storm subsided, and the tearless eyes of the despairing woman beheld only a desolate plain. Hanked by pitiless hills, and intersected by the white road, tdong which no sign of life could bs Protected. Tho mountains in all direc tions had renewed their crests of snow. Succeeding days moved by in tortur, ing suspense. As time progressed, the bun's rays beat ever more warmly upon ihe earth, and by tho middle of March the heat, at noon day was like a foretaste of summer. Passers-by, as they neared thes mall cot tage, learned to expect to sec a vision of a pair of imploring eyes at door or window, or at nightfall a woman form, enveloped in a worsted shawl pacing up and down behind the double eaeth and trio of sickly cherry trees which constituted tlie solo verdure- in the garden. "Mariana in tho moated gauge," quoted a fe w of the more mis chievous, in wilful travesty of tho sit uation, for his wife's anxiety over Mere dith's prolonged absence was the subject of general comment, meeting with little sympathy among those accustomed to the uncertainties of frontier life. Two men failed to share in the pre-, vailing apathy, David Itowell, on his regular horseback ride before breiikfast each morning, never failed to circle about his partner's houf e, and as the sad, questioning face presented itself to him a jocular inquiry left his lips. "Well, Mrs. Meredith, has that miss ing lord and master of yours turned up yet?" A faltering negative would greet him. "Exactly as I prophesied. You might as well make up your mind you'll never see him again. Some of those pretty Mexicans down there Lave led him cap tive." At vyhich the lady he addressed, moved by her wifely fealty and love, would break out in passionate protest, and lose her anxiety in wrathful indig nation,while the horseman, as he turned toward the country, change liis gay look of banter for an expression of savage ferocity, and charged his steed upon tho prickly yuccas, and mildly anathematiz ed the recreant srmuse. At twilight an insignificant figure with bowed f honlders and a shock of bushy hair, going silently about his c. lores m lue t actc yard, sroie iartive glances at the tad-eyed young matron and returned to his lonely shanty to sit and brood over a weighty project incu bating in his troubled brain. It was ipcneraHy understood throughout the community that some dr.rk mystery at tached to old Dresden, the concealment of his propev appellation and adoption i of the name of his native city being re I g.irded as most criminating evidence. But the old fellow kept on the even I tenor of liis way, attending to his small (stock of poultry and f elling his eggs an 1 chickens at an advance of twenty-five per cent on tlie market price, wholly in- different to the praise or blame of t!i6 test of humanity. . Early in tho third week after th? vouncr prosiiector's promised return there began to be a little stir in down- town circles. Jsewsofa Iresh Apacne outbreak had been received, which argued ill for any unprotected prospec tors in their vicinity. From laughing indifference tho business men began to discuss the chances of. Meredith's safety. "He wi's a gallant fellow," remarked one. It was noticeable that he employ ed tho past tense. "It seems a -puy to be inactive," ob served another. "If any of the men want to go out and look for him, I'll be one of them." But. it was generally conceded" that the-tinsel for help wa past. David Howell, who was a silent audi tor on these occasions, persevered in his Uiuiy nut 3 imu uci ci uxni;iie.-ii iu i tabUshed programme; but tho face ho daily rules ana never nincnca in ms es. turned to the plains after theso recon tresjiad lost its savage expression and was fixed and stem in its pity for the young wife, over whose head was sus pended a Dainoclean sword, liable at any moment to fall. II. One evening, at sundown, the doctor Was summoned in hot haste to the Mere dith household. At midnight David Rowel!, retreating with cautious foot tteps from the door, v.'bither he had A n unexpected meeting. gone to hold a whispered colloquy, was startled by seeing one of the row of twisted cacti in the yard apparently moving toward him. Drawing nearer, he recognized the stunted form of the German. "Will she bo tedder?" "No change, Dresden." It would have been rank injustice to hold the clear night air accountable for thehusk iness in his throat. "Only one thing can save her. God pity him if he's dead, and curse him if he's alive," he piously added. Simultaneously with the intelligence of Mrs. Meredith's serious illness it was bruited about that old Dresden had dis posed of his cliicken ranch and, baying a scraggy burro, set off with a pack of notions to visit some of the Mexican vil lages lying contigious to tho border. His departure aroused little comment, although sonic of tho more enterprising of the masculine gosjips hinted .at dark and mysterious reasons which ruled his movements. A few days later a curious meeting oc curred in the pass of the Sierra Madre. A stubby little man, hobbling along be side a diminutive burro, with a towering pack, at a point where the narrow road "wound about tho side of a precipitous gorge, heard the well-known whistle in tho distance, the usual signal warning travelers of approach from an opposite direction. From a note of warning the whistle glided gayly into the strains of a popular operatic air. The small man with the burro gave "a sharp shout and pushed on to meet John Meredith await ing his approach at a place where a crescent had been hollowed into the rocky wall. "Veil, Mr. Meredit?" The little man sat down on a rock and eyed the careless young horseman with the eye of a Nemesis. "Helloa, Dresden. What are you up to now? Going to turn the heads of those Mexican women with a lot of nery, eh?" Dresden stilled a savage imprecation. By a groat effort ho composed himself. "I vas thinking you been hating a ferv fine time in the moundains, Mr. Meredit." "Oh, so-so. A bit too much rain and snow. But I have some fine specimens here. People will open their eyes when they see them. Copper and native sil ver till you can't rest but, of course, you don't know anything alout such things " He broke off with a com passionate laugh. "Youvas not afraid the little frau would drabble htrself ? a id, indeed, dat i:j fery goot, as a voman should not make herself drubble ven der isnottiug wort." The man's voice was dry and meas ured, but the swelling veins on his fore head betrayed a severe inward strain. The voung man observed nothing of this. " "Not a bit, Dresden. To tell the truth," he said, in a burst of confidence, and with a mild air of triumph at the recollection of his brilliant artifice, "I flatter myself that I managed that pretty well. I told her to look for me in threo weeks. I know a woman. They are all righf as long as they have something to take up their minds. I know look ing for me would sort of break up the time and give her somothing to think of." "And what tink you dat occupation will le already, Mr. Meredit 1 And in deet it is fery nice for voman to be tink inghow the wild Apaches haf mayliegot her mau's scalp, or he is fery likely to fall in under some big 'rock, or blowcd in pieces by a plast." The speaker had risen to his feet, and his liowed form straightened as ho confronted Meredith in his wrath. "Mr. Meredit, whenyoui w ife lifs and your child is of right mint, you n el not tank yourself." The" man he addressed stared straight before him, as if he saw a phantom. His easy confidence had deserted him, and he trembled from head -to foot. The possible res.ilts of his adroit strategy marched in spectral procession before him. "Good Ijord, Dresden !" ho faltered "If anything has happened to her, I had better go over the precipice now." "I know not d.it do loss vood bo fery great," answered the ether coolly. Ho could not forgive the fellow in a mom ent. Only dat she is a fool all vim men are fools," he remarked, senten tiously, '.'and if she lifs " Striking his spurs deep into the flanks of his horse, Meredith dashed around the bend in the road; and in a few sec onds the clatter of hoofs had cied away in the distance. Old Dresden, with a queer smile on his plain face, touched up his lazy animal and continued his journey southward. At daybreak the next morning David Howell, prowling about like a wraith in the dim light, heard a horse coming up the southern road. Meredith checked his gait as he saw the tall fig ure approaching. "Don't say it, Kowell," ho protested. "There is just one thing left to do." He drew ti revolver from his case in his belt, and deliberately cocked it. David Howell knocked it from his hand and it exploded harmlessly in a clump of f-agebrush a couplo of rods away. .As he viewed the pale face and staring eyes and the gaunt figure, stiff and erect in the saddle, the words of reproach, if he iuiii nui iwueij, uivu "f"" "Courage, John," ho said. "She's had any ready, died upon ms lips. " nnnvnrtf John." ho said. ', alive. I wouldn't have answered for another day." "Dresden," paid John Meredith, ono morning a few months later, as lie strolled into the back yard, bearing in his arms a small bundle, which lie hand led with nwkard tenderness, "you haven't done anything in tho chicken line this summer, I hear-" The little man was wrestling with a root shaped like a two. -headed dog. "Nod much," he replied sliortly, and brought down the axe w ith a force that cleft the heads in twain. - . "Sony. Wo miss the frr-sh ggs and spring chickens. ' I say, Dresden," bo went on musingly, "you didn't make to much out of those gimcracks as you thought you would, now, did you? I'vo always wondered what in t'rro sent yon down into that forsaken country any how." ' From beneath Jus "imsliy eyebrows Dresden stole a queer glance at his care less questioner. Meredith sprang up as if he had been shot. " What? Confound you." Dresden nodded. Meredith stretched out his hand to him. Two palms, one grimy and hardened with toil, met in a clasp over the sleeping babe. The Ingle&ide. HOW FRENCH BREAD IS MADE. What a Traveler Saw in a French Town. One summer's day wo stopped to call at the stone farm houso of Monsieur Duval. Ernestine, tho eldest daughter, was housekeeper in her dead mother's place, and she it wa3 who brought out the amber-colored cider, t!i3 goat's cheese, and the heavy, hard, eoun'ry bread. It is an essential of French hospitality to offer theso things to Tisi tors. . The loaf she took from tho shelf was one of lialf a dozen leaning against the black wall. These loaves resembled cart wheels, and had been baked in six-quart milk pans. Ernestine cut tho loaf with a small saw made for the purpose. These loaves, wo knew, were baked only once a month. Bread day in a Norman peasant family is like washing day on an American farm, in tho respect that it comes at regular periods. We judged that bread day in this cottage was Approaching, from the fact that j oniy six loaves reraainen oi mo original thirty cr thereabout. - After our lunch m Ernestine took u5 through the ore ird to a picturesque stone building, where tho bread was Wont to be made. The building had once been part of an ancient abby. We Saw several pairs of si'iots or wooden shoes hanging from tho wall and looking as though they had been whitewashed. In one corner of the place was a large Epaeo inclosed with boards. This was empty, but, like the mhii, it suggestcel Whitewash or mortar making. Ernestine told us that this was the family dough trougi. TTIther, once a month, came her fatt er and the hired man to "set " the yeast a-rising. Flour and water were stirred together w ith the huge wooelen spaeles shaped like our snow shovels which hung with the snhoti Upon the wall. When the mass, thor oughly beaten together, had risen and assumed a dark color and leatJiery con sistency, then came the tug of w nr. The two men put on the saints over their or dinary shoes, jumped in upon the dough, and began the kneeding. Their way was to liop and prance and flourisJi like opera dancers, to stamp and kick like horses, exerting themselves till the perspiration streamed off them and they had no strength left. After this process the dough was put into ihe pans, and then baked in the huge oven at tho rear of t he abbatial hen hous. In all the Norman towns half-clad men may often be seen lounging about bake house doors. Their logs and feet are bare and floury, and as they tread the streets we know that they have just come from or are returning to their usu al occupation of kneading bread. GOT EVEN WITH THE MATE. A Reminiscence of Boh Stewart, a Famous Governor of Missouri. An old citizen, a gentleman of high social and official standing in St. Joseph, told tho Gitzctte a story of tlie famous Missouri Governor, Bob Stewart, w hich, true to tho letter, proves that fact is stranger than fiction : "I was coming up the Missouri River when I was a loy," said the cx-Gover-nor, "and I was working my way on a steamboat, sah. At a point whero we had to wood up I didn't carry as big a load as some of the roustabouts, nor move with that agility, sah, that the others did. for I was not fctronsr, sah. and had been tenderly raised. The mate became enraged at my slow move ments on the gang-plank, and he gave me a kick and sent me ashore, sah, and confiscated my buffalo role as payment for my passage to that point. I never saw that mate again until after I had been inaugurated as Governor of this great commonwealth of Missouri, sah. "One day wandering through tho wards and distriefs of tho penitentiary I saw that mate working at a forge. Ho had been sent there, sah, for killing in a passion a man under liis command, I knew him instantly, sah, end I directed the warden to send the man to tho Gubernatorial mansion in the garb of gentleman. When the man arrived I took him into my private office and ask ed him if he recognized me, sah. He replied that he didn't. Said I, 4ah, do j ou remember, one time at such and such a place, sah, of kicking a boy and sending him ashore, who had been working in your gang?' "The man said, 'No, sah, I don't re member it, but it is very likely that I did it, sah.' " 'Well, sah,' says I, 'I am that boy, sah, and here is your pardon, sah. I always thought I would get even with you, sah.' "The tears came to tlie old man's eyes, and he said, 'Vell, Governor, to be t a mate in those days a man had to lie a dog, sah!' " 'You played well your part, sah,' I paid, 'Now leave here, sah, and don't let me see you again, sah. "As he made liis exit I gave him an ible-bodied kick, sah, aud little Bob Stewart had got even with that big steamboat mate, sah. "Sounds like a romance, don't it, sah ? 7es, sail. Bnt every word is tine, I need barely say, sah," THE JOKER'S BUDGET. WHAT THE FUNNY MEN AltE BAYING. A Man's Brains Sho Could Not Stop Him A Hard Crowd Old Associations A Hasty Revenge She Came Back:, Etc.', Etc. AVOID A HASH REVEXGE. Don't wreak your spite until after you'vo slept; The wrong may look changed in the morn ins; The repose, of the night may its influence r-hed On the cause of your anger and scornirp. Liwt evening I slept o'er a (-light I endured; I was ruffled, hut shr.-uded all t-aecs; My epirit was changed in tho morn, and I went And I licked my aggressor like blazes ! TidBits. SHE DON'T REMEMBER. Fashionable Young Woman fto dry goods clerk) I should like to look at some lace, please. Dry Goods Clerk Why, Clara, how do you do ? 1 haven't seen you since we parted in the Adirondack. Fashionable Young Woman Sir ! Dry Goods Clerk What kind of lace would you be pleased to look at. Thl Bits. mrs. MURrnr's sarcasm. Mrs. Moorphy, ye certainly are no lad3'. The way yez jumped into my by Dinny an' all fur just hollerin' 'rats!' showest to me moind that yez are a dangerous characther." "Be aisy wid ycr tongue, there, Mrs. Iiiordan. Oi'm natlirally as paeefuil as a goat, but don't you say another wur rud av an uncomplimentory nature. It3 bad enough to havo to own yez for a neighbor, so it is, widout bavin to sthand an' lo talked to ly yez." "Niver you moind that, it's an honor yo don't deserve. An oi'm thiukin' very seriously of puttin the police onto your thrack." "Well, as for that, Mrs. Iiiordan, I niver had any dalius wid the police; but av I wanted an introduction to 'em I don't know av any wan that would be lietfer qualified by Icnig acquaintance io give it than your own self. Mrs. Iiior dan. Good day to yez." Merchtn, Traveller. rich men's brains. Omaha Lawyer. I have just beard of the death of your uncle, whom you know was an old client of mine. Nephew Uncle's dead, eh. Smart man that uncle of mine. Started on nothing and made million after million without half trying. "Yes, he was a smart man, there is no doubt of that." "Smartest man I ever knew. Saw him only a few months ago and his brain was as quick os a steel trap, old as he was. You have charge of his will, I believe." "Yea; he left all his money to orphan asylums." "He did? That will wont stand. He's been a half idiot theso twenty years." Omaha World. SHE KNEW HE WAS FATLESO. "You are not as strong as you used to be, John," said a fond wife to lier hus band. "I think it is about time that you were getting some insurance on your life." . "Insuranco on my life! What are you talking about? I am as healthy as I ever was. Insurance indeed." "Well, my dear, I only mentioned it out of respect for yourself. I thought you were failing." "And what in the world put it into your head that I was failing." "When you were courting me you could hold me on your lap three hours; now you cannot hold the baby on .your lap three minutes." Our Society Jour nal. THE OOVERNOK BLUSHED. A good joke is told at the expense of Gov. Hill. In making his speech at one of tho county fairs this fall he told a story concerning his neighbor, Mark' Twain, of Elmira. It appears that Twain, whenever he is honored by the birth of a child, erects a water trouoJi in the city upon which tlie name of the child is chiselled. The Governor was commenting upon this fact and urging his hearers to follow the good, example of Twain, when some one in the audi ence exclaimed : "Well, Governor, what are you doing for the watering trough business ?' Oar bachelor Governor could do nothing but blush. Albtny Journal. ANSWERED HIS PURPOSE. One of our attorneys tells a story of a money lender he once knew living in Denmark. ' Being approached on a cer tain oceasion for money he told the borrower to step into his room and he would get it out of his safe and let him have the sum wanted. As tho Joryow er went in and took a seat he saw no safe there, but the money lender went to an old bible and, after turning over the leaves awhile, he found the amount needed. " What, sir! do you call that a Eafei" asked the borrower. "Well, it ain't exactly safe against fire, but it's safe against the family, "said the moneylender. OLD ASSOCIATIONS. "Want to sell that mule?" asked a quiet looking man on the sidewalk. "Yes, but I'll be honest with you, mister. I don't think you'll want him. He's an awful kicker." "Is he a full jewelled, thoroughgoing, first-class' kicker?" "That's what." "Well, name your figures and I'll take liim.'' - "Great Scott, mister! What do yon want of him?'' 'Company. Fm n baseball umpire and I don't want to feel lonccoma this winter." Was:ir.rton Critic. LOCATION IS EVERTTH1NG. llousa Owner How many children have you, madam? House Hunter Five House Owner That alters tho case. I can't let you have the house. House Hunter You are moro partic ular and exclusive than the kingdom of Heaven. House Owner Possibly, madam, possibly. This honse fronts on Prairie avenue. Good morning. Chicago Trib une. SELF-INSURANCE. " Bridget, did yez iver sthop lo think that after yer dead yer niver safe from these middical students';" "That's so, Dinny. It's wan of the things that's prejudiced me very much Dginst dyin'." " I've thought of a way to get ahead av 'em." "How's that?" ' "O'iui' gom to worruk in a powder mill." WatJiinjton Critic. SHE CAME BACK WITH TWO DRESSES. De Haven I tell you what, DeYoumj, I have the sharpest wife you ever saw in your life. Why, the otlier day I gave her just barely money enough to buy one dress, and if you'll believe it she camo home with two. De Young That is t-harp. How did sho manage it? Dellaven Why, she bought one and the other she had on when she went OUt. JlldQC. SENSITIVE TO DRAUGHT. Jack You are not looking well, Brownley. Young Brownley (a eem-itive plant) No, my dear boy. I caught coid while eating some Schweitzerkase last night. Jack How could a piece of Schweit zerkase give you a cold Young Brownley Why 6twong dwaught came thwough the holes, don't cher know. Harper's Eiztr. LIABILITIES SMALL. Gentleman You say you have failed in the whitewash business, Uncle Ras tus. Uncle Rastus Yes, rah. Done clean busted. ' Gentleman What did Vou pay on the dollar? Uncle Rastus Didn't pay nuffin on de dollah, sah. De li'bil'ties wall only seventy five cents. SHE HAD HIW THERE. Young husband Maria, what kind of a leathery mess do you call this ? Young w ife This, George, is a French pudding made from that receipt of your mother's. You knw you've always wanted me to Young husband Why, so it is. It's superb. Maria, superb. (Eats pudding anil silently commends his soul to i heaven. f:OMt eiIKL3 AV.'i'UTV "Some girls are just too, nwfal for anything," raid Miss Stormy Weather on her way homo from church yester day. "There's Ethel Marshall, she wears a set of false teeth." "I can hardly believe it," said Mr. Swansdown, "I never noticed it." "Of course you didn't. Wliy, she is so deceitful that she only wears them at night." ONE MAY KNOW TOO MUCH. Gentleman at Club Would you be lieve it, my dear fellow, notwithstand ing all my protests, my wife insists on covering her face with powder even when she goes to bel ? My Dear Fellow (alisent-mindedly) I know, my dear chap. Don't talk to me about it. It's simply disgusting. When one kisses her it tastc3 just like cugar. WHY HE TRIED SUICIDE. Magistrate (to prisoner) What im pelled you to attempt suicide ? Prisoner It was a conversation I overlieard, sir, on the boat coming down from Trov. One of 'era said: "Who's 00 ducky 'C The other said:- "I's oor duck, whose ducky is -.oo?" I hap pened to have some deadly poison in my pocket aud I swallowed it. A MILD HINT. They had been sitting in contempla tive silence foi a long time. When Will iam musingly said: "I think Naomi, that there is a great deal of wisdom in that old saying: 'Silence is golden.'" "There may lie, bnt gohl is unhandy. 1 would rather havo. a Bill." It took him an hour to "catch on," but he finally offered himself. THE FOOLKILLEE. "What is a foolkiller, ma?" asked little Johnny. "Go ask your father, my dear," she replied with a sneering intonation; "he knows everything." "A foolkiller, jny 1 oy," returned old Brow n, glancing slyly under his paper at his wife, "is a little thing called a cigare tte. " Ju dye. 1 1 i , 1 I If. . I 1 vSRV-' HOME TO F.OOST. Mr. Winks (with affected distrust) Whew! This mineo pie is terribly I strong. ' Mrs. Winks Yes, Bridget got too much brandy in the mincemeat this lime. Little Nell Aren't it funny. Smelt jist like pa's mustache did when you was r.way. OimltaWorkt. ". HE EARNED HIS HARP. St. Teler (to applicant) What was yonr business when on earth ? Applicant Editor of a newspaper; St. Peter Big circulation, of course? Applicant No, small; smallest in the rountry. St. Peter Fik out your harp. " A nARD CROWD.' "Farmers must le a dreadfully im proper set of men," remarked Mrs. Mc JwUligen. ;''' -: 1 -- - "How dp you make that but?"- asked lcr husband. '- ' ' "Why they fhook ; evenwheat and orn." nttdiurak ClaonideL '.. L if j Wm J 1 A tireat Composer Whose Favorite Occupation is Farminjr. Giuscppi Ycrdi, the Italian composer, is the son of an innkeeper, and was born at Pancola, ia the Duchy of Parma October 9, 1814, receiving his first lesson in music from an organist in Milan, where he lived from 1833 to 1836. He after ward studied diligently under Lavinga, and in 1830 published his earliest work, n musical drama entitled "Qberto di San Ban":fac!3." Verdi's principal compo sitions are serious operas and the "Lom bard i," one of his first prod .ctions. made a strong impression throughout Italy, and laid the foundation of nil fame. His be-t and widest known operas ara " "Nabucco, "Ernani, founded on Victor Hugo's tragedy the "Duo Foscari," "Attila," "Macbeth," "3rasna lieri," founded on the "Robbers" of Sfchiller. "Louisa Miller," "Rigoletto," the "Trovatore," "La Traviata," "Un Ballo in Maschero," and "Don Carlos." The "Trovatore" and "La Traviata" have had great success not only in Italy, bat in ijermany. Franc?, and .England. Signor Verdi's more recent operas are "Giavanno d'Arco" in 1868, "La Forza del Destino" in 1869. and ' Aida," pet formed at the Sella, Milan, May 23, 187-1. Verdi was elected a member of the Ital'an Parliament in 1861, and in 1871 he went to Florence in order to as sume the post offered him by the Italian Minister ' ot Public Instruction, for the improvement and reorganization of th Italian Mudcal Institute. King Victor Emmanuel, by a decree dateJ Novem ber 22, 1S7', created Signor Verdi an Italian Senator. In May, 1875, he was nominated a Commander of the I egion of Honor, and the Italian Minister -it Paris waschirged to present hiin w ith the insignia of the Order, ac companied by a flattering letter from the Due Feca7e3. In the same year he was decorated with the cross of Commander and Star of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph. Signor Verdi completed in 1878 a new opera in five acti entitled "Monte nimi," which was performed for the first tira1 at l a Sca'a, Mila On his return from Paris to his native country in April. 18S0, he received the Order of the Crown of Italy. To speak of Verdi personally, it is said his favorite occupation is farming when - he has j any time to spare for it. He is as much at uuiiiv; iii vii'jjs uuei tame tuu agiitui" tural operations of all sorts as he is in counterpoint and thorough base. The farmers in the vicinity of his villa at La Agata look up to him as an authority on a!l questions connected with the cultiva tion of the soil, and he is daily to be seen on the grounds of one or another of his neighbors giving advice or directing tbeliborers in their tasks, in which he is not above lending a hand himself whec occasion requires. . HEALTH HINTS. A good way to disguise the nauseous taste of Epsom salts is to dissolve a table spoonful of the salts in hot water, add two tablespoonfulsof citrate of magnesia, and drink during effervescence. "Hager" removes freckles with an ointment composed of white precipitate tod subnitrate of bismuth, of each one flrachmj; glycerine ointment, half an ounce. Each freckle is touched with the ointment every other day. A writer declares that the raising of the head of the bed by placing under each leg a block of the thickness of two bricks is an effective remedy for cramps. Patients whe have suffered at night, cry ing aloud with pain, have found this plan to afford immediate, certain and permanent relief. In toothache if the cavity is to great bs to allow the air to reach the nerve, get some spirits of nitre and mix with alum ; saturate a little cotton with it and ap ply it to the cavity. If the pain ex tend? upward to the eye or takes the form of neuralgia, produce some horseradish leave, take out the stems, wet them and apply o'n the face over the pain. This vill generally bring relief. The medical virtues of lemons were i'ow in being developed, but once known they promise to be effacious as they are simple. A physician in Rome, where malaria lies in wait for every tourist, thus describes their use: Cut a good sized lemon into small pieces, rind an'd pulp; add one pint of water; boil down to half a pint; strain and cool; take a tea spoonful or more, as the stomach will bear it, an hour before meals. It is said to do all that has been attribute! to quinine, without affecting the nerves or header quinine does, and some physi cians use it exclusively in place of that drug- -' - - The wTistler. Oh for a eun That would carry a ton, - ' Or a sabre keen That would cat sbinlM clan. x To smite for once and forever more that terrible, conscienceless, midnight bore, w ho ruthlessly breaks on a placid snore with airs that were popular years before the man who is always whist ling. He starts at morn With his tune foriorn, : And neu never stop Though the bearers drop. " I liis neighbors for mercy vainly sue; I he'll merrily whistle "Mikado" clear through, will - turn back to 'Patience" snd "Pinafore," too, avoiding with care nil the music shect3 new the man who ii always nfcistling. Merchant Trotter. - Frugal and industrious men are friendly to the established eoverament,as the idle J and expensive ore dangerous.