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PITTSBOR0, N. C, THURSDAY' DECEMBER 13, 1888;
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and
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Lfe,'ji no odjlanitfd by tho namej! of A re
flan? i,ll' 1 "'"!';' Noinde orous jpersonali
Jr will tie pfijbllsihed OL ttmfy notices to
the e1' !t ofi p'ht 'l69 'w'11 b admitted
ftee of tlmrd. Tpn jceut will le charged
fhre'wr'y lmilin etcepsof tjtiifl n amber. Con-
tribat'T-aro rpijnesteU to Write oaj only one
Jijof ti i rr ii.iruisiri)t3. We do not prom-
rittPboro. s. v.
itorel'iru.
A f t. il oi
linn Ii h i'x-'
Verdict of n
s;v U-b'it
ihurler u
te:ui.
ft
The Cind
losi on
rje ton sol
ally g'ii'O
.uilt of thd
buying co
4
The who
i
iaureiy cou
i i
enrtj of
1.
re sirrou
(heir owu
hose who
marine an
is n.a i
n.kno
who kil'cnl
r ill th
mini
c;t it
the idbi ih
tin iia
n nc
MOODS.
Sst what li3 saw-;
1 landioape found
jbpon a mountiin-summit high i
(A. trysting-plaie of earthand. skvi
Three friends once stood in silent awe,
Jia'-'h contemp'at
One gazmg on th:
In changing featu -es'on'y sound:
To him it was a memory !
) some majestiisymphonyj
Another in the.valstnes caught j
The eia.nce ot a poet's thought
The measures of noble rhyme !
tndunng as eternal time, j
The third a stranger in those arto
loat moved and thrilled his fellows! hearts-
Remembered wih a namelea dread I
The face of one whom he saw dead.
fVanfc $herman,' in Lippincott.
cifal bos Chester become, that his bras dT
ana-soda remains untouchel. At ptn
conclu?"on of the narrative he settle
back in his chair exclaiminj;: .
j j'Well, we'.l! Who would have thou
such aromancs mm cried with matter
fact Old Hal's lifer'
kht
or-
y top happily did
offer, nor tsi
the I step,
.1
regret
i n n 1 1 U m:n
al to k t i I
Vear.
n the
Pill S.
:aC'lnra
11 !(V !.1C2C3 1V IK 1. i
u j : r,, ; vi
t bli felony or
t a iycne co 11 j J
j.cr, iu.cr.l hi-i j?J
i a i 1 1
peo
there
)ie
It dohbjt
United s tates wejgji?
It
is
clould
cour
posed
id iatc'
led e
t'h'ds:
at
new
know sav )t
in ru
very
iLe elTiicenidnt of a
tmperur '-and Kinpreis's
A recent
112 the Arii
ittlo U k'no
Xmcri a:i i
a uuenoi
haaauy v
pvin in.i"
finc:a l.:i
PiOjuid ik-
nmii.c o
the wiwid.
e nt mi o.
of
tMgmwr,
yrc9
the
uinceut
Thy o r. iaU of
Teionca in
IC'S Itl'tW
thcBruh r
festival o
it of 1
and th. at
ulm ins' w
k.d to I e
district t
-'vera I oY
pnginoer'm
fiiiuin
cierK. wi;i
igne an
list of tl
clined,
clo.en ,no
VIVI1 tci
burdened
"lev :i. wa
K 1,1
Hill
; Th- r
.popVatiot
ho M t-lJJ
ltaiiar,9, i
and jjit,0i
France iq
4t L
non p evi
there we
ioiai j oj
,iBisa t
l,00(01
.rema:cel!
Iter from a
with a
iSltS ; iff
y exceeded
rryt palculatis
buVe"B at
IIAIi'S ROMANCE
i
Th noil Wfla'VAF . PaMqrvAAPtBAn
nagel roi.ea m to the inaijiiiacet'portal.
aiid each in itilturu; rattled orf amid the
cli.tter and lauahteriof its occuDaats
j leaning or ine arm of anjj plderly
gentleman --Uod a beautiful girl,: hooded
and cloaked. iThe itwo -weie evidently
awaiting ihcii' rarria;e, for the old gen
tlemin niutie:-eid irrita ,ly: ! i1
I "Well, wellj will our turn nevisr; come?
I told Joseph paiticularly to be here on
time." 1 j ! - i 1 1 :- ; '.
'Ihe girl paidj little or no attention to
Her eyes were djrected
built young lellbw who
a- talking eirtteotly to a f riendi !
" Wi 1 henoi'eveii bid n.e good night:"
e in nKs. tears ttartiug to ner jges.
At this moment the eutlemaa aud his
Jr.end walked but mto tne stree4taria in
arm
At this juncture their carriage) drove
r companion
ward a nuely
all
be
i
; up, aud after
owever,
shouild
no!
Betliut
is now
i
lei. The
lUye d is -
mperor una bmpre-s
litirely bpr pcop'e of
mi jathics.
v pcoi
mpreror
and
one sin- I; reproof foi his
the'
stop
cheatini;.
aduiiiiisterini' to
i i . .
tardiuebS, the old I gentie-
1 T t ' r
man naaaeu ms iair coaipauioii
vehicle, followed, and slammed
to. Joseph spitefully cut the
wnh his wnip,
I At the next
were
and! ihey
t street they passed;
Joseph a
iuio the
the door
oif gray
whirled
lore mentiontdlgentleman and hU friend
but he did not
its quivering
sy
is impossible to
comd
Uepu
he im
n Iu2!
isee the wuite face, wuh
. nor the tear-laden
eyes that looked out upon him for a sec
ond as the cafpage; flew pat. :
strauge to say,; iha young men
that very mome:it speakhiig of her;
lyonnger was ayia:
And yet.
Tyere at
llie
!ete than
"Hai, whyjthe deuce did, you act so
i coldly I might say, almost riidc.y
trace of. the' late Aiiss Thornedaie to-night? Why, it
ce.
r r
gcntldmmn visit-
diir
i,ow
There are banks
i. .
with a
li'uVed :
bu Id
how
ii snows
boetaace of that
;tnetaiK oi tne wnoie room
iKnow mat in tne lojoy sue wa
i ill.- j ,
you to say goQtt nisfht to her,
dragged me all so precipitately
A W2h wasiptlal s re.o nder.
'i;'an it be ithat you dou't car
to
was
LJo you
ited for
when you
clpiti.ili greater
tales anid. becu-
The Tro-
) does a
banks in
cadi: at or
ly two
I i I
meat over lias's
answered .
:' es, alas!
: What
the DJre:iiu
i
w ushin
V.arv
Ctpcr u;ice.
the i;,
this I
rifutp tt the pDSition. The
vice l ommiss.on js over-
with ajJpl.raritj- fiir pl.ice3, but
it large pay.
A new Uurcc d
amila cikme at
! 1 1
itude 6t the II
M so
a led
U-TC w
he crd;
:oiu
of
i
4 e wa
I roulilc
India ihrou -lk
59
e for her?
man.; that she's head over
Can't you see,!
ears in love with yOu?''
A pained expression passed
hiadsome
J have seen it."
dxcla med his
"You've'knoiii'n itj a id still treated her
typewriting
(he rirat appointee de
ia bob n fii. lowed by
eu thw .Mohaiiiiri
rfi
w. Thiiyc it thj.lchajmmedin
m and ttiq 1 lirahmin
u eaten
but. 1
as au
wd were kililed
1
ar
t mi
p a intreacc
in prance
of
i
3
ii
he Government
lie
r
Spaniards lla
buily resident
but
at ion
;i'l,0i)6 foreigners in
whi e
le
foreign
Cflilsin2 great
bince US
iis 2io,000
OOOJjCermaijY Tf.OOO 'Swiss
g;n3 mtc
additida to thiorjign popu'a-
of Steara.
have had
someth'ner in his tone so
sad that h:s friend looked
a year, re
el from the
bee n dS
step in for a i-hile?"
Hal evidently did not
turned no answer, i
"Hal, you've soraethin
Halstead Moore,
he be-
ifor
face
ia mo
as he
companion.
you have
like a brute.'
it heart of adalmaut 1"
'L'hesier, would that;. I had-would
that I had !" -i
'1 here was
indescribably
at him for a moment in astonishment
"i say, 11 all what's up with you to
night? I've never: known you to be lixe
this before."
No answer to this. The question was
. ! i . . , .1 .
not pusnea, apa ,so tney wanted on in
Illal s companion
i
Two months later saw Hal and Chester
on their way to the north of Scotland
where they had been ; sent to sketch a
picturesque series pf nijns. They had
letyrs of introduction to aparrowner of
the paper, Hugh MacLeod, who cor
dially invited them to make his dwelling
their headquarters. ! Onl
they accept this kind
either of them cause to
as we sdialt see; i
I Hugh-Mcl.eod, of Bonnie Park, was a
gentleman! of leisure, I living in quiet,
unostentatious style with an only daugh
ter, Laura, a sweet, unafected girl of
e ghteea summers. I The p d gentlerr. an
wa? delighted with! his: vis tors, offering 1
them every attention, veu accompany
ing them on their sketching toursj;
! jThey.had been there about a morth
when one morning Mr. McLepd pro
posed a little excursion to some pld
ruins that wou d makei capital subjects
for their pencils. The friends ac uiesced,
and Laura was forthwjth instructed to
Order luncheon. .They arrived at their
destination, and Hal aud . hester were
soon busy transferring several pictur
esque' views to their ske ch books
while the old gentleman stood by chat
ting. Laura in the meantime had wan- j
dered off through the woods in search of i
wild Mowers. , . j L
1 r'Xow, boys." said McLeod, pre3ently,
"when ye'ye sketched yo.ir till' here, I'll
ta'e ye up to Vujture's est for a fine
landcat e view. i '
j f'Vultures. Nest! What an ominous
: hams!" e acu atedllTali.
j f'Ves, and it's had an ominous history,
too. It deerves its name from the
number of vultures that used to rlock
there and many Iferr ble experiences
the people thereabo.its have had with
the creatures. Why,! it was only two
yars ago that Don ild Stuart's daughter
; was attackVd on Vlilture's Nest by two
of the. vile creatu es, and before help
could reach her she was so terribly torn
about the: face as! tobe disigured for
life. ' It's never safe to venture up there
' unarmed,, for even yet- '
j j A piercing shriek, fqllowed by another
and another, here lent! the air, and the
three men. simultaneously started to
their feet.! Once more that terr.ble cry
for help rang out. j
j J' 'My God 1" shoulted McLeod. Laura's
j voice! The ulture's Nest! ,
! I j (With blanched faces the men hurriedly
grasped their rities and dahed o.f
toward the spot whence the cries seemed
ti come. 1 Suddenly, as they issued from
e thick! undergrowth, a terrible s rht
; bur?t upon them.! t ar above, on an
! overhanging r'ojk, jherj fig ire clearly put
lined aginst a bacKiround of a'.ure,
anguish depicted! inieveryli e of her
j face, stood 1 aura McLeod, wh le above
her circled an immpns vulture, the un
canny nee outstretchel and the small
eves sparkling with gi'eedy expectation,
j' : The men stood spellbound, and then,
with a shfut, Chester led the ay up the
. incline, his eyes fixed jon the girl he hid
I learned to love so j well. A.t that very
moment ! the montef ceased circ ing
about its victim and prepared for attacx
"Yes; she ii dead. : She and an only
child were' killed in a railway accident."
Hal turnei ghastly paje. . It flashed
through his mind th.it h e mother and he
once had a narrow escape from death in
a railway accident soon after his father's
demise. A startling s .spieion was dawn
ing on his mind. In an unnatural voice
.he spoke.- ' '. .)!
ffiLaveiyou undaubted prppf i that they
were:ireally kiled in that accident T' j
j the stranger took from his! pocket a
time stained newspaper. He pointed
silently to a paragraph describing a fatal
railway collision; and : there, in the list
Of dead, Hal saw "Mrs. Julia Moore,
tw.dow,- and her baby boy.f Halstead
UVViQ, . ... .1 -
J The pa-er dropped
man's lifeless hauds.
i "My God! man, what is your name?"
he-cried: ' ; ";-- I ' - -.i.,'r- ,4: i. ;
j The stranger's face' wis wb'tte with
suppressed excited as he answered :
' "Archibald Moore."
"rather," cr.ed Hal, "lam Halstead
Moore, your son ."
; The next moment the father and son
were locked in their tirst embrace,
j But little more remains to be told. A
week later the husband and wife whom
fate had so cruelly torn asunder were
pnee again united and happy. : '
I Some months after, in a quaint little
Scotch ( hurch a dcable wedding cere
mony was performed. Laura MacLeod
Changed her name for that of Chester
Lawrence, and Helen Thornedale be
came the happy wife of Halstead Moore.
baby boy.
arom tne. young
ME MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.'
i "He must have recognized me by the
taste.' Eporh.
STORIES THAT ABE TOLD BY THE
a FUfJNY 2US2T OP THE PBES3
i Drnmrrer Plea Mysteries of
Pocket Mining: A Possible Ei-ccptlon-ltWaH
Safe Enough, Etc
Eagage smasher take that trunk-let
Lead it hih upon the truck,
Bow to it in veneration,
See the labe s on it stuck.
Many a miiethat trunk has traveled,
Eled me oft for extra weight, .
Been my b.st, my sole co-npan:on
From tne early morn till late.
Baggage smasher, stay your muscle,
' lhnlt no single hinge to crack.
With contempt look not upon it
Thou h 'tii ripped all up the back.
But iu tenderest mood caress it.
Let your t nch be soft and light,
For, draw te until 1 whisper - . 4
In it there is dynamite.
Merchant-Traveler.
Tightened Away.
"Miss Cpp,.brpth,w said the landlady
ti the ancient boarder at the Sundiy din
ner, "'let me give you the wishbone ox
this chicken. Of course you know that
if you put it over the door the first gen
tleman who passes under it is fated to be
your husband.' I
j "Oh, thank you,M said the blushing
boarder as the glanced coquettishly at
the long rows of huogry clerks at the
table. I'll put it over the dining room
door and thee gentlemen will have to
beware."
j "Dear me.' said the laadlady the next
morning, "the breakfast' bell rang half
an hour ago and not one of the young
men has come to the table yet. I wonder
what can be themrtterl"
"1 Tm sure I 'can't imagine," replied
Miss Coolbroth, dolefully. Cuicajo
Neict.
? th
ClassifLa'ions of Wool,
rri-iia-ily the term wool is applied to
the tine ha.r a id iltece of animals, and
to rine vegetable iiDres, such as cotton.
But wool is not hair, nor is hair woo!.
Hair is stra ght, crisp and hard. Wool
is soft and wavy. The new American
Cyclopedia says: Placed under a leni of
h gh magnifying power, each fibre of
w ol has the appearance of a continuous
stem, showing along its marg.n minute
; serrations, lie teeth of an extremely
ifinesiw, continuing around the entiie
i fibre, and pointing in the direction from
the root towards tne fiee extremity. It
i is farther observed that the fibres in their
growth, have all perminently acquired a
j lonn more or Je-s spiral, like that of a
corkscrew. The contorted form Of the
I fi )res disnoses them to iuterlace or lock
i on to each other, and the sedations,
when they are brojght close together in
felt, thread, or cloth, present that re
! sistance to slip ing and sepiration that
j is indispensable to the strength of the
fabric. - :
j: Wool is graded as superfine, fine,'
! medium and coarse. In grading, the
i actual character and fineness of the fibre
i determines the grade, and custom has
j brought the grades to nearly uniform
standards East and West. X, XX and
XXX indicates variations m fineness and
quality in wool of full merino bio d. o.
1, No. half-blood, quarter-blood and
other deigjarions indicate lower qnali-
ties. The custom of washing theep is
' gradually beiug abandoned, j Still.about
! one-half of the wool from Michigan and
j other Statcj further East, inc uding
j Ohio, coaie3 to market as washed wool.
Condition refers to the foreign matter in
'the fleece, as. well as to the manner in
I which it ha3 been put up.
I Combing and delaine are long and
Mysteries of "Pocket-Minlnjr.''
Good old lady (to returned miner)
"And you grew very rich then? And
how did you make your money?
Honest Miner Picking pockets,
ma am.
Old lady is inexpressibly shocked, and
keeps her hand in her pocket for the
next two hours. Brooklyn hlajle.
man
who
A Possible Exception.
Mi33 Phadyside -"How bored that poor
Mr. Jonesy looks with that frivolous
young th;ng he is with. I can always
te.l when a gentleman is bored "
Mr. Tircdtodeath (with a guilty start)
"Bless my soul, you don't say so!"
Sifting.
It Was Safe Enouirli
"There's a fifty-cent piece lying on the
sidewalk," said Hjone. lookirg out of
the window. "Go and pick it up, 3Ier
ritt, and hurry, because there is a lady
coming down the street and she'll be
sure to see it."
"There's no hurry," returned Merritt,
poking out his heal while he slipped on
his coat; "that's Miss De Veie. Sho
has her tailor-made suit on and the
couldn't pick up anything." Hem York
Sun.
A Carious Coincidence.
"Just five tears aero tp day," said a
farmer at the Central Market yesterday.
"I was coming in with a load of potatoes
and a bag l ell o'l the wagon. When I
missed it I went Lack, but some one
had cobbled it."
I "c pon my soul !? (rasped a
i stood by, "but this Is strange
! "Whyf'
"Jutt five years ago this morning I
found a bag of potatoes near the toll-
rra to
to--
1 "It must have been mine.
! "Net a dpubt of it."
"And and "
"You'd settle with me, of course. I
held them four week, at a charge of
fifty cents per week storage. I ad
vertised them to the amount of $Li0.
Then, as they were beginning to spoil,
I paid an expressman fifty cents to cart
them to an orphan asylum. I'd run into
the o tiee and rar.ke put your bill.
i He ran in, but when he came out the
farmer and his team had slid out and
were not to be found. Detroit Frte
Vi-eu.
WHEN THE LA. DIES VOTE.
What win th country ba, ' .
When tb ladls Tote!
Etill the land of liberty.
When the ladH vote!
Will they govern every town,'
WiU tbey crush t'ae poor rain down, - .
Sage, philosopher and clown, :
Wnea the laliei vote?
Will tbey stand op In the csrs,
When the ladies vote?
Win they close up all the bars.
When the ladies vote!
WiU they wait and watch at night.
For a husband when he's tihtt
Not by a something iizht, .
When the ladies vote.
WiU conductor poll their belli,
When the ladies rote I ,
"While the fair exchaoje farewe'Js
While the ladies vote.'
Will they it irt their cars and go
As tbey do jurt now, you know!
No, tbey will not d&r do so
When the ladies vote.
Oh! tbo men won't be so mean.
When ths la lies vote.
And go out the acts between.
When the ladies vote;
Nor the fanny writers say
What they've sild for rony a day
Of the high bat at ths p ay.
When the La.li at vote.
Oh! well all e better dav,
When the ladies vote:
We will walk In w slo-n't ways,
Whn the ladies vote;
All kinds of trade will ham.
And the happy tim will coaie.
The gran t milk-mum.
When the ladies vote!
Hct'on Courier.
lll'MOH OF Tilt DAY. .
lice' The transit) an tic
Why He Gave In.
"Now thit we are married, George,"
she said, "I hope you will change your
mind and let mother come and live with
us."
"No. I won't,"
enough."
he replied, "and that's
left
"but the has no home now since I
her."
"I can't help that."
"h, what i an I do to change your
hard heart?"
"Nothing."
"But if ma comes she will bake , the
bread."
"Weil, then, for gracious' sake let her
cpme at pnee." Hhti34 Bazar.
stronz wooh, suitable for the maauiac-
Jast as t poised itself for the last fat&l ! ture of worsted good. Clothing wool's
swoop," tlie sharp report of a rifle rang embrace the who'e list of short wools
out on the still air, atid the creature fell ! not suited to delaine and combing. Much
dead at the feet of its! intended victim. I of the wool from the Pacific coast and
The next moment a 'man emerged from I some of the far-Western States and Ter-
sileuce. until
stopped.
"tVell, here 1 am at home.
hear,!
g on yburj
lOUS
od'ans
con-and
Now don't deny it; your face shows it
suddeuiy
1 . -Will
yotf
for he re
mind
the shrubbery near byb with a rifle, still
ismosing trailing after him. He ran to
-' the. now prostrate g il, a'id kneeling be
side her, j chafed her wrists and held to
:lier lips a small flask.! Chester and his
two companions, b eathless and speech
1 less, reached the spot! where Laura lay.
I : "llow'can I thank vou, sir? You have
saved my darlinsr's life," cried Mr. Mac-
I Laura soon returnedi to consciousness,
hd Chester explained to her what had i length
kaikie tim
ii)dop3,acd Mus-i
that troops
the 1 Bi nour
hi riot, and
only too plainly. Mind,! I donlt ask your ; Leod," sobbing with joy.
coundence; but if I can be of any use
in extricating you froin any triouble,
pecuniarily or qtherwis, command me,
and if it's in my power it will Ibe done."
Hal graspejd his cbmpmion's out
stretched hand, and said fervently :
"Thanks jpld fellow, thanks!! Y"ou
ritories comeito Eastern markets scoured,
tosive cost in thi transportation. Sew
T.rk World.
the
have been a
and therefore
my coufidentjej
on my mind,
me miserable,
able."
: Chester led
taken place. Luring the excitement
that followed her strange savior wa eq-
tircly forgotten j When, however, they
had regained calmness, they found that :
he had ! disappeared as silently and as
suddenly as he had come. They searched i
the surrounding ground for soma trace 1
of him, bat without avail'. :
I ! It is needless to state that no more '
and life we.l nijgh uubear- sketching was indulged in that day. i j
i t lit One evening, a week after the adven- I
the way tp his apartments, ture on Vulture's Ne"st, our friends were
The Paint BrnsU Duel.
One of the commonest ordeals tp
which novices were subjected in the
painters' studios in Paris was the plint
brush due!. The two latest arrivals
were stripped to tin wa:st and perched
on very mgn s'.pois lace to race at arm s
They were then armed with frg
true friend to mel Chester.
why should you not have
I 1 es, I ha e somethino-
omething that is making
and soon both were ensconced in easy all concreira'ed in the drawine room at
chairs. : : ! Bonnie Park when a ser ant mads his
The friendship of these two men had appearance with the announcement thit
originated atjf lorence, where both were, a man had called and desired to see Mr.
stuaying paintiDg. ineir support de- l istac Leod. The old srntieman imme-
there. In liJol
ot
nearly
e foreign population exceeded
the na
tiv
early stationary. ;
I It h:is
of five fe
the whol
densatioti
height i
Stac-vey.
ply su h
i" . !! ; r s- i.
teen est! un ited that
rainfal
"eet in ever? miri
00 - 001 U rsn
t of wojter fa
earth.
3.03
Oi, ooo, ooo.
ppuia
io nj
an average
1 ' . a '
3.an;nully over
tht con
ian- averajje
rm ... II
vji this "ttat
i?uppbin
place lat
-1 .
feet, remarks Genera!
. . . I II - i ! ' 1 '. .
tne iorca oi evaporation to -upi
!mu-t Huail the t ftina
pounds pL water :;0u
ute, or abbkitl Ji.0, 000,4
wer constantly excrtedJ
t-anferrid
throuirh .rivers U
mailer fraction i
t energy a-very siniU pa t is
to tli4 watelsi "thl'itirun back
the
UlTl
tsinatea l
n
se
a, and a stil
e"d ibyiman; the
n space. ; ;..
leraiinder1 is d
The interior ofHf"
rss i.i.i 1 r ' r r ' i i .
j sjunappera afid slave! dealers, it l
frica
is still harrass
seq
peuded ent!rely on their 'calling1,; both
be ns speciallart sts on a! popular we ilv.
HaLtead .Viebjc lived with his; mo her in
a neat little! cottage in the suburbs.
Little or nothing was known of the
Mbores or thefir past . On this subject
Hal bad never opeued his heart to 1 hes- ;
ter and tie jatte ', with.unconimon deli-
. cacy. fo-enope embarrassing his ineud
With qnestiops. ; ; '
Alter a few moments Hal p
ruptly into his recital, i
nter, you sked me
whether or ii4t I cared for Helen i horhe
dale. 1 do care ior her;; nay.
T ir) r 't a V I 1 liw low il v nirrnr
LefPre me; my thougnts, my dreams, are
Dux oi cerj in view oi tnis laci you win
wonder more! than ever at my tr&itment
Of! i iss lhornedale 1 will tell you the
unged ab-
awhile agi
dial ely rose and f)llowed Benjamin out
bf the room. Soot his vo ee was heard
in the hali extending' a hearty welcome
o his visitor, and the net moment he 1
i-e-entcred the room! arm in arm with !
none other thm their elusive friend of
he Vu'.ture's Nest incident. He was a
remarkable look ng man, tall and erect
n carriage, with a 'ad. handsome 'face,
olden brown beard and deep blue, pene
tra ing eyes. . - ; j
t La ira ; thanked hm wih her own
'sweet S'mnlxitv, aid ; hester anl.Mari
Letd were loud in praise of his coolness
and b-'ayery . I'at stp d a 1 itle alo-d
from the group and concentrated his gae
phi its central figure. For hinj the
Stranzerhad an "riexplicable fascination.
. 1 1 After they had-thanked him to therr
hearts cOntent the stranger made known
ihe ob'ect of h.:s visit ! lie had f.mnd a
bcket on! the scene of the encounter, and
. thlakinsr !ne of the party must have lost
f'My pareqts marriage wa-j the result it. took jthe first opportunity to return
an c.opement, in Tconsequence of the trinket a sma L oddly-shaped af-
bruhes rilled with color, one w.th
Prussian blue and the o!her with crim
son lake, and the duel began. Perfect
strangers to each othar, and having no
insults to aveage, the combatants went
very gingerly, to work at the outset,
anxious to keLp their balance and avoid
being daubed with paint. But, stimu
lated by the shouts of the spectators,
thev graduallywarmed to thtir work.
A' first blow was struck and returned;
wavering, stagering and writhing." the
opjoaent3, with their bodies all t-p ashed
with p.iint, broke their brushes and
rolled on the floor, where they exchanged
their blue aud red sores in a hand-to
hand 6ght, which ended in the duelists
fraternally soaping and wa ha each
other's wounds..
Eoarges "1 wonder what's the
wish tLe dose? He came down
Why the Dos Ran Away.
matter
to the
office with his tall tucked in, and when
I tiied to send h m home he howled so I
had to give it up." -
Mrs. Bogges "I don t know. 1 never
missed him. By the way, mother says
you ought to "
Boges "Was she here this after
noon?"
Mrs. Bogges "Yes,"
Bogges "No wonder the dog ran
away. I tell you that dg's intell.gen e
is a!mo t human, sometimes." 7Vrre
Haute E iiti.
Bound to be Famous.
"There is a man whose name will go
dawn in history," said a traveling man
to a companion.
"i ou don't mean it ! He looks like a
very ordinary person. He is most too
young to be a General."
"No, he never smelled gunpowder."
"Is he an actor?"
".ota bit of it."
"Pol tician pr state-man P
"No." :
"Then how will his name go down in !
Each Thought the Other Crasy.
The late Frank IIolL the painter, on ce
narrated this am ising story of a famous
parliamentary and er-onal difference.
When he was painting the portrait of Mr.
Brigh' he incidentally mentioned that he
was about to perform the tame operation
for Jlr. Glad-tone. "It must be a v-ry
Eainful thing for you, Mr. Bright," he
aarded, "thnt after theie years you
should have found cause to sever your
connection?"
"Indeed it is," responded Mr. Bright,
with a sigh; "to think, that after we have
trodden the same path together, shoul
der to shoulder and hand in hand, we
should be forced apart in the evening of
ourlivei. Do you know, 31 r. Loll, l
seriously fear that my drar pld friend's
mind has really become radically under-
! mined."
i When he was at Hawarden painting
! Mr. Gladstone the suujcct of the artist's
1 11BII VI ..II. Ill Igllk IrttUIV Up. U .
said Mr Gladstone, with much interest,
"and bow did you find him?n
I ".Fairly we 1, and he spoke very af
fectionately of you, Mr. Gladstone."
"Did he, indeed?" replied his s:tter,
'sorrowfully "did he. indeed? That
wa a cruel blow that after a lifetime of
mutual esteem and of good work under
taken and carried throueh together we
should be divided on so clear a question.
Tell me, Mr. IIoll" and here his mouth
twitched, for he was evidently struggiing
! with great emotion "tell me, did you
noitce anything in the manner of my old
j friend which would leid you to lelieve
! that his reason was becoming in any way
i unhinged?
twin is dcuccdly
history."
. "His parents christened him
George Washington." iltrch-int
eler.
after
Trat-
A Question of Time.
Salt Fish Care Typhoid Fever.
A beautiful young woman, over whose
head had passed but eighteen summers.
and to whom life offered onlv the prps-
pect of unending pleasures, she being
surrounded with all the comiorts that
loving hearts and willing-hands, sup
ported by adequate means, could afford,
was recently taken very ill w.th typhoid
fever. The best medical talent that
could be obtained was called in, but
without avail, and a few evenings since
all was gloom in the handsomest resi
dence in Fordham, where she lay ilL
I S
no: M ' i 4. iT i iter nnvsicians naa ueparieu at a iatc
vj iiil i i w lane lu inc i uuuiz mail. x '
- n s . i a i r
press my feel- j nour saying inai uc.ore
secret of my
trouble.''
He had overcome his agitation, and
!! J J II -! - - :
now spoKe wiin aue ueii ueraijon.
Of
which my paternal 1 1 raud.ather cursed
h'uson on h-ade-.thbedl He pi ayed that
fair, on seeing wh chj Ral exclaimed
i lw I Aiass 1sa eAn m a
Military Ballooning.
Ballooning is receiving a great deal of
attentio i from the naval and military
authorities both in idgland and r rance;
as a valuable aid in ta.ud and narine
mo ements. -During the recent naval
maneuvers in the defensa of Toulon, a
recon ottering btl oon was i ued with
good eiect day and niht by the aid of
electricity, a id now an eper ment isLe
ing uiade.w th a navigable xe-ial ship for
the same purpose. . In England balloon
ing has alo att acted attent on, espe
cially in connection with the new forma
tion of troops for attacking purposes.
Almost daily ascents are made at the
training camp of Lydd forthe purposes
of photography and observation. On
one occas on a moving balloon wan made
the ta get of a party of gunners working
a twelve pound Armstrong gun, with
"inawj.in. apiuuu purso
Itn'.. -iL .1 1 !
tu irom ineir inomesj ;i t
fe,V yealrsa lively expoit tr
carried on, but since ihattia ceased th
SidoapDed neerrdei must fiad a marke
ia their own 'continent. Lahre numbers
i ye uly ar
tntd withit
kde has beer
the result of its being blown to pieces
after rather more'haa a dozen shots, bo
ruin; might follow all bis endeavors and .debtor, sir,-for J prize th-s tr uket very that the fiction of tin fatal dual between
those of h s Children, flhis death-see ie , lii.hlv. It was a gift frim my father to rival balloons is likely to be realized
my motner oeiore 1 was porn." .j during the next general war. tUn. Jrran.-
i The stranger , started sliehtlv and a ciiu-n vhronir'tL. I ! 1 1
death like pallor overspread hisr face.
I I- "Would you have any4bjection to my
seeing ine interior oi mat locsetl , .
t Hal looked snronsed. but silentlv
"s -oougt t oy Arabs and set to work: o
tne Urgej plantaijoni thay have start
lorsOd rnalej or) the Congo Uiver. I
theCcn?6 region is to bi demoted to thi
fjle of civilizationi it might as we'
hv ce left inbarbarim 1 The prod
uctsof this region under unpaid labor
i enter
the. paid
mprose' and unloving. One; j nigh:, aix
months la: erj a neighbor broke the lu
ted gence to jmy mother that her hus
band was dejid, drowned while crossing
the. ice-ccvered river 'on a homeward
journey. His jbody was never recovered.
Among his e.Tects was found a sea'ed let-
ter which was to be delivered to ne I
was then two paonthsold when 1 should
attain niy majprity. My mother carefully
preserved that Utter unpnened, and pn
m twehty-fitsit birth day deliye ed it to
me. It contained a sketch pf what I have
told you, and concluded with .an in 'unc-
the consequence
That injunction
. ' '. . .1 1 i . . . .i
intocomretttipn with those o
abor of our Southern States.
tion never to marry, as
must-be unhaDpiae'S.
I Jo-ilc upon as a message irom tne aeaa,
and one that ti must hold sacred. , Now
i I yott knew why X dire 1 not declare my
Fate of Old Shoes.
Every morning the ! first class shoe
opened the trinket and jpresented it to stores of th scity are visited by a certain
the stranger. The latter gave a hasty
glance at the picture within and started
pack, a' most dropping the locket as he
did so. ! . .jf - '; "j
J "I beg yonr pardon, for my awkward
ness, f And is this the " picture of your'
mother ?7 ' -'t 'H' ' ": ; j '
"Yes,' taken a short time after her
marriagei." an we red Hali ' ; ; i
t Strange, strange!" j muttered the
other.- 'Can it be mere coincidence!
No, it is impossible! Loving sir, I know
not who y oa . are, tut the picture you
have snown me is mat or my wife? f
Bo deeply interested in bis friend's re- A "Tour mitv gasped uaL
class of Kussian and Polish Jews, who
buy U. the old shoes le t by purchasers
of shoesji The pld shoes are generally
! purchased at from twenty cents to a f 1,
the shoe clerks dividing the money be
tween themselves. The Hebrews then
! sell the shoes to shoemakers, who in turn,
after patching them,seil them to the
dealers in Baxter street and on the Bow-!
! err: These last fell them tc ' our ' mors
inftortunate brethr. n f or from-fifty cents:
to $2. The whole, an evolntion of; the'
-i shoe, only goes to prove thnt in this world
f there are many, things that are wasted.
; ' -i-JITtfw York Jtun. 1 i
despair ot o -iug able to express my
inrrs trwnrd vou ns I would lilce and I
am afraid you will not have the patience j
to listen to me. 1 I always was kind
of slow and bung'esome, you know."
"Shadracb, said the maiden, softly,
but with a perceptible busine-s like ring
in her voice, "if you thin! you can ex
press your-elf in fifteen minutes I will
listen to you. I expect Mr. Spoonamore
at y o'clock."
And the youn& man was just fifteen
seconds by the watch in expressing him
self. Poor, unfortunate Mr. Spoonamore!
When he came he was entertained by
Miss i.incvra's good old mother. CAi
cajo Triouue.
An Indiscreet Merchant.
"I understand that you wish to employ
a (raveling sales an, sir," said a young
man to a mercha it.
"Yes; I would employ any tne who
suited me.''
"I wou d like to have a trial, sir?"
"What is your nationality?"
"Both mv parents were born in Ire
land, but I don't tee what that can have
io do with the matter."
"You don't? Let me assure yo l that
it is ery important. . I coodn't think bf
employing a salesman who belongs to
the sell-tick race. Ha ha! ha ha! and
the old man chucked himself in the ribs
and laughed all the way to the asylum,
where he was ta en inside of three
hours.' 31creJiajit-Trate!rr
He Had Feasted There Before.
. 'Your're not ypur usual self, George,
to-night." said the girl somewhat coldly.
as she slid away to the other end of the
sofa, yoa are nervous and distrait
Have vou ceased to love met" I
"Ah, no. darling," he responded with
emotion, "bat I amnothtppy; the dog,
as I left the houae last night, nipped a
chunk out of mv leg. I -; - !
i "Why, surely, Geoge, yoa and the
dog are good friends. ; t .
! "Yes. we htve been good friend of
late, but lie evidently did not recognize
me in the dark; he only took -one bite.
however; I suppose I ought to be grate-
Jul that It was no worse."
- "How did he know it was yoa then!'
morniog the end
would come.
An aged annt frnm the country, whp
was on a visit, happened fortunately to
remember that years ago, when the vel-
low fever prevailed in this citv, a physi-
c an who had then but recently came
from Ireland, had broken ths feer and
saved many lives by applying salt fish to
the ieetof the patients. This suggestion
was seized upon by the now hopeless
parents of the g rL and salt mackerel.
wh ch they happened fortunately to ha
in the house, were applied to the fair
patient's feet by her anxious relatives
during the remainder of the night.
When the doctors called the next tnern-
s
ing. exiecting. to near oi weaeaiaoi
their na'ient, thev were astonished to
find that the lever had considerably
abated. To day the young woman wh)
was "given up " by her medical advisers,
is convalescent. .V iork jtlegram.
istor'j Expensive Yacht
WHhia a stone's throw of a Sout
Brooklyn pier recently ! were fifteen
yachts, sloops and schooners, little and
be. Thev represented vi.ow.ow of
capital. The highest priced was Mr.
Astor's big 27.H feef long steam yacht
Nourmakftl. which lay rooming up like
an ocean steamer.- The Xounnahal cost
$ 40.000. and Mr. William Astor, her
owner, uses her about three months in
the year: the other nine months she Pes
idle. The expense of running this
leviathan toy is $ ,000 per month. By
the necessary expense is meant the cost
of fuel and the wages and keep of her
crew. What Mr. Astor spends in enter
tainmenta. etc., on board, of coarse no
body knows bat himself. The exrense.
therefore, ol keeping the Noannahal for
a year, outside of her owner's personal
expenses, is: Interest on money invested.
fl&OK): expenses for time she is in
commission, l!,000: repairs, etc, each
swine, abont f 1,000: total, $4I,WM.
From these figures it would be easy to
e timate Low mnch the yacht would
cost to keep shoo d she be ia commission
the year round. About flGO.W t year
would iut about cover it Even Mx.
Attor. with all ba wealth, could scarcely
afford this, and so the Kounnahal lies
vile most of the time. ErtoUw JZaatt
'Line upon
fleeL
The man with
happy.
A pilgrim One of the old blue mass
var.ety.
Coatinu&ily ging up and bunting
Rockets.
Never allude to a dressmaker a Miss
Sew-and-rcw.
The createst hard ihips in the world.
are Iron-tladf.
Sometimes the lawyer's "hardest case"
The o:ticc bor.
Things that always pan out well-
Buckwheat cakr
An epitaph for a fa'thful car conduc
tor "HejooK his Ut .arewclL"
Nothing wiil turn a woman's head so
completely as a bonnet that passed by.
A Cape Cod fisherman calls his boat
"The rvus, because it xs noihtog but a
smack.
"George, do the Indian, si ways trsvel
"".i s .it ..
in single tue.' "j never saw uui one
and he did."
Most people believe ia "the grcitest
go XI to tne greatest numoer, ana incir
greatest numuer is nuraoeroie.
Virtue is its own reward, and the pay
isn't big cnoagh to keep many people in
the busiue&a. t.i'rn U Jonna'.
Which is the longest wrd in the Eng
lish langusge? "Mnwes, be a ise there s
a mile between, the fmt and last letters. .
Waiter Mr I esine is dainty about
his eating. Heal waiier Is b-.an epi
cure? Waiter ao, he a ilytj-eptic
"Handsome! Yei, Uyon 1 expression.
Kichf Immen!;!y o 1 heir.
Ivehim? Tuat i a pr' dirss'on.
Marry l.iin? of iwr-, my dwsr."
y Mercury.
Young Wife IVfdre we were mar
ried. George, you ucvcf smoed ia my
presence." i ouog Husband " I know
it, my dear, ar.ri you cerci wore un-
pipen in mine
An old lady, c.ios a parsgrsph
headed "Boy ln.n'.or said: "Boy
inventors! Well, I Lo,e tome of em
will invent a tny lint 11 tsy in the
house nights. AV.r Vri .V-r.
"1 arge Directoire mnffs will be teen
this winter," ti an eichngc II they
are anything like the ba- ball roaas
seen last summer we want notlrng to do
ith them. svr Tol-liti'iti.
The barber thmk he's funny
When be enterta-u b s fo.ki;
Buton'thffrbi; manor .
hhive th -.'.: fron hi jolks.
litlro t t ret WC
Titer Familias "Why. Ltbel! Yoa
don't mean to te 1 ms yoj want to mir y
that baldht-adod Prolcor Wisemsnr
Etnel "It i true he i bald, but think
how many young men of to-day are bald
on the inside of the r beads.' ldu
Date ralms constitate tbe wealth cf
the Arabs of the de-ert, but unlike rare
co.ns tbei- vslue doe not Cepeod upon
the antiquity of the di e. A ps-m with
a recent dste U worth more than it woald
be .f dated before the tood. sVrft?,
"No, my roan, 1 hveat anything for
yoa, said a gentleman to a uamu with
ouut retched hand. ; Who aked lor
auvthiog;" replied le' IsttirJemaiion.
"Don't you see I'm a politician t All I
wanted was to shake.'' BjJo Tra
tcript. An extreme specimen of a dandy
alighted from a four- wheeler aad went
rond to pay the drirer. The poor oil
rack-of bones mare turned Ler head to
gaze at him. Ve." said the driver toa
tidentially to the horse as the passenger
moved away, "mat's the b!esed hobject
you've been a-dxawin of."
When Offenbach's elects were ao'd. a
rery high price was pa.d for the com
poser's violoncello. A country woman,
who had never such such an instrument,
could not relrain from exclaimingtr'o
much money for piece of wood I? And,
Uking hold of it t lift it, added: "Aad
it's hollow at that I ArgvnauL
A poor Scotchman who had but scant
pasturage for his c w one day tethered
heron tne summit of .a barren hillock, .
where sand and stones were far more
plentiful than vegetation, and, looking
around him, exclaimed: "Weet, weel,
Kosy, my lass, if ye baena raickle to eat
ye hiT at ony rate a splendid view.
We will have tea, Bridget, if yon
please; aad we will have a few licct of
bacon with the tea," slid a ew mistress
to her Irish servant. ' Inter. si at the
termination of wh ch Bridget brings ia
the tea tray..' "Where Is the bacon,
Bridgjtr asked the miftresa. I the
tsypot. mum I Yer laid ye'd have it with
the fay, ao I put it inter the pot."
, i