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'-- :s' ' -.- . . - - . . y r - : - ' " , . . . !''"- ' ' " : ' " " ' "- "' ' '-. ; . VOL. I. SALISBURY, K C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1 887. - Jj 'i. A, w NO. 2, 1 1 M ' I 6 ' ! 1 ? -. Heroism. V-A V Ail 0 -1 J T ' -u it a l ucre toe gwora aaa Dayoaei - fa victories the grandest won. J fin tfie plague infested town, r i here stay the few the sick to &a e. Id for their lives their own lay down, (halt thou behold the world's most brave? acts of great sejf sacrifice, 'Of which all men with wonder hear, "Vcret inspiration lie, , Vat stirs the soul and'eonauers fear. I duty few shall know, 4nd Knowing, scorn what God requires, menial duty far below, . die task to which the heart aspires. flo such service, out of love, flnmoved by either praise or blame with a steadfast soul above e reach of either pride or shame, y -nspiays a courage tnat alone i Jone such act doth far outshina ' -t ! V t.' r . ther earth had ever known. Ti courage unristiifce ana divine. Youth's Companion. A GOOD CATCH. BY EMILY LEXXOX. "3Ir. Ainslcy Arbuthnot" was the pmc beautifully engraved on the clc- nt visiting: card which a servant pre- pted to Evelyn Ogden, as she stood fore a tall pier-glass,- admiring the. recp of her white satin tram, and the. liive of her glossy- black hair. "You ore ready, I suppose, Sybil?" he asked, with n disdainful glance at icr shy little cousin, whose mfd est toil ette of,: winc-colorcd cashmere hardly suited Miss Evelyn's elaborate taste. "Oh, yes!" Sybil answered, promptly. J"I have been ready fopsome time." "Why don't you put some white lace 'around ypur neck?" Evelyn asked, criti cally. "You Jook so--oh, so plain." She was going to say ' 'count ryfied," but repented of that and amended her epeecli. "I haven't any lace," Sybil said; frankly. (Til lend you my fichu," said Evelyn, less in a sji rit of generosity than in a wish to have Sybil look semi-respectable. 1 "Thanks," was the gentle reply, "but 1 wouVl rather net borrow any fine feathers, Xvclyn, dear. Don't mind me. I couldn't look anything but plain if I tried, and it will suit me better to creep into a quiet corner where no one will see me. I can enjoy your triumphs, cousin, for I'amsure you will have them. Y'ou look beautiful to-night." ' "Do you think so?" saidjEvelyn, with a conscious glance towardgthNs mirror. 1 'I am gjad this dress is so becoming Mr. Arbuthnot adores white:" " -a ".Ji I hadn't said I would go," observed Sybil, looking down at her own . plain dress. "I am afraid I hall disgrace you, Evelyn. I don't even know how to behave, for I never heard Vpf a progressive-angling party before." ' "Oh, it's simple enough, "said Evelyn, buttoning her long gloves. 4There will be a lot of tubs, or punch-bowls, probably, and we will all have gilt fish ing rods and lines, with hooks on them. i The fish are hollow and have prizes in side. We all fish for them, and nobody knows what he is going to get till the fish are opened. There is to be' a gold ring in one to-night, they say. It will be like wedding cake. But you needn't worry, Sybil'; "I'll tell you what to do." Sybil was not worrying. She) was perfectly quiet in fact, o much so, that Evelyn fancied her brilliant escort would not be at all pleased with this unex- pected addition to their party. , Sybil had come to the city to try and get a position as a teacher, and' Evelyn did not fancy taking her out in society; but Mr. Ogden had a tender feeling for his sister's child, and commanded his daughter to show her all the honors due to a distinguished guest. v "My cousin, Miss Weir, Mr. Arbuth not,". said Evelyn, presenting Sybil to the gentleman who awaited them in the ' parlor. r '. 'I Ainslcy ' Arbuthnot's keen eyes had swept in an instant over the white satin gowD, with the mental observation: "Overdressed!" . They rested now upon the slander, little figure in, the soft, rich-colored cashmere, and they lighted with genuine admiration. "I am pleased to make your acquaint ance, Miss Weir," he said, with that ijiiiet yet .impressive manner which is such a valuable gift. ' Sybil murmured something, but her eyelids fell before that glance. ' , magnetic How handsome he was, and how per fectly self-possessed 1 It was no wonder that Evelyn was always talking about Ainsley Arbuthnot. lie was rich, too, they said, though Sybil thought very little about wealth, save ns some far-away thing "which she would probably never possess m all lu r i lifetime. i The "progressive angling" went on at Mrs. Bayard's house, where Sybil felt-as Ithouirh she were in fairv-lsncL arnonf lowers and fragrance, and parti-colored iights, that shone on a crowd of elegant-y-dfessed men and women, who moved Lbout in a. ecene of rare hermtv nnA j. Vendor. ' r wi- x usu luu t I fish Sybil asked, shyly ut the lervously, as she looked superb cut-glass bowls, in which arti ficial goldfish were swimming in per fumed,inratefrT"I would rather not." "Don't be afraid," said Arbuthnot, kindly; "They all make botches of it." ; "Aren't you going to fish, Arbuth not?" called out an exquisite youth, who wore a primrose and an eye-glass. "It's no end of a lark, 'ponhonorl It's such fun to see those stupid little tin things wrigglef' - ? "13 it, really?" saict Arbuthnot, with imperturbable gravity, while the speaker began to dangle his absurd little line in the water. "Do yo'u know what that makc3 me thinkvof?" he continned, in a low tone, which only Syl.il heard. 'lt reminds me of a definition which I once heard given for a fishing-rod 'a stick with a worm a$ one end, aid afool at the otlle'r., -.'-'?tc?-."-i'' Sybil broke out into a merry laugh, which made Evelyn turn around to see what the fun was. "Won't you try now?" said Mr. Ar buthnot. "There are not . very many people at the table." "Yes," said Evelyn, sweetly ; '.'let us try now, by all jueans. Do you know, Mr. Arbuthnot, there is to be a german after the fishing, and we ladies have to fish our partners out of yonder bowl?" "How -momentous!" Arbuthnot ex? claimed. "I hOpe heaven may be kind to me." Evelyn smiled at him, and Sybil, hav ing a sense of being in the way moved toward the table. "Come, ladies!" cried the youth with the eyeglass. "There are" as good fish in the sea as ever yet were caught." "Allow mel" said Dick Travers, a brother of-the hostess, to whom -Sybil had been presented, and she f tund her self in possession of one of the gilded willow rods, which v o -3 gaily adorned with bows of ribbon. She cast in her line, and almost im mediately the others . were cast- along side. . "I am fishing for you, Miss Weir," said Dick, boldly. "I want a good partner, and you look as though you danced divinely.". " ' 'I am very fond modestly; "but I about the german. almost afraid to try 'Evelyn frowned of it," Sybil said, donrt know much I think I should be it and bit her lips. What a fool the girl was ! . "Why, Sybil!" she said, i pettishly. ' 'You arc fishing on my that little fat fish.- I'm Hde - I want sure he's got something nice in him." . . "You arc welcome to him, I'm sure," said Sybil, ( abandoning her game very pleasantly. "J'd rather have that slim little fellow. Perhaps he hasn't any thing in him, and then I shall be al lowed to look oh." . . ' "Aha!" cried Dick, whose skilled hand had hooked up , the first fish. "What have we got here? No. 17. Amv, what is No. 17 gentleman's prize? "You dance With Miss Irwin," said Mrs. Bayard, putting a box into her brother's hand. Dick groaned; ' "Never mind," said Arbuthnot, laugh ing. "We are pnly going to have six figures. Let us see what you have got. " Dick produced a very pretty leather pocket-book,- which they were all ad miring, when Miss Evelyn's Cry of tri umph, riveted attention on herself. "I've got him!", she exclaimed, lifting the fat fish out of the water. But great was her chagrin when she found that it contained no prize at all, and the name of somebody whom she did not like. "I'm, afraid I. shall not catch anybody," said Sybil, who found it quite difficult. "You don't go at it right," said Dick. "Drop your hook down deep, and then bring it up slowly this way. Try the little fellow over there. That's riirht. Gently now. There aha. What did I tell you? That was well done, wasn't it, Ainsley?" "Excellent," him do. I am osity." Sibyl obeyed, nothing. "By Jove!" said Ainsley. "Open consumed .with curi- laughingly, expecting Dick cried, She's hooked the gold ring!" Sure enough, inside of the slim little fish lay the shining band which every one coveted. "It is like the Arabian lights," she said in astonishment. "How pretty it is!" And see this French motto inside 'Mariau&nime, l'anne portrait.' " "That means you will be nWried in a year," said Arbuthnot, suuling into her shy, little, flushed face. "I don't think ! that's . likely," Sibyl replied. "But I never dreamed of get ting the ring. I wonder how I ever happened to." "There is no great mystery, as I can see," said Evelyn, with a disagreeable laugh.- "A brother of 'Mrs.' Bayard's ought to be able to prompt one effect ively." "Miss Ogden," said Dick, quickly, - "I hope you do not think that I knew where the ring-was?".'. ' "Ob, of course not," was the sarcas tic rejoinder. "Ah, Captain Clyde, is this you? The music is playing. I sup pose we may as well go into, the ballroom." Dick Clyde smcth re I an- exclamation as he turned to Ainsley with a curious look. A "You have not fished yet," he said. "There is plenty of time," Arbuthnot answered. "There is Miss Irwin, Dick. She looks appealing." "You always hare your own way, Ainsley," Dick said", resentfully, a;d went off to find his partner. Sybil and Mr. Arbuthnot were left alone by the table. r " "Aren't you going to fish?" she asked. "No. I am. to j lea.the german, and it is my peculiar privilege to choose a ' partner. Will you dance with me, Miss Weirr "Oh, Mr. Arbuthnot, I shall disgrace you." - "I will run the risk," he said, offering his arm, which sbe took shjly. 'How pretty that "ring looks on your' hand! Dot you know I have a strong desire to, put ; it on with a wish?" ' "Well,I haven't any objections," said Sybil, blushing faintly.' So Ainsley took her small white hand, and put the ring on it. "It will, come true in a year, if it comes true at all," he said. "Now, come! The german begins at tenj and I must tell you what figures I have chosen." Everybody wanted to know who that quiet little thing was who danced wish Ainsley Arbuthnot; and the next- day Dick Travf: rs brought a friend to call, lie found Evelyn Ogden alone in her glory. - "Miss Weir has gone out to hunt a place," she said viciously. "She wants to teach school; I believe." "Ah, you don't say?" said Dick's com panion, who was the yonth with the primrose. "Do you think she would take me for a pupil? I am not much on most things, but the fellows say I am the very deuce at geography." A month slipped by, and Sybil went home disappointed. , It was the wrong time of year, they said. She might get a place in the fall, but there was none vacant now. ' "I'm afraid I'm not of much account, Aunt Hannah,", she said, despondently, v as she sat by the little old- study-lamp, thinking it all over. "I might as well have stayed at home, and not spent the money going to town. Indeed," she added, with a sigh, "it would have been a great deal better." It was an odd answer to her observa tion, that there came just at that - mo ment a ring at the bell, which brought her face to face in the doorway with Ainsley Arbuthnot." ' "I have followed you," he said, hold-' ing the hand which she - gave him. "I found that I "could not be happy away from j-ou, and I came' to ask, . Sybil, whether I might not stay with you always?" . . . . "Come in," she said, leading him into the parlor, where only the firelight shone. "Excuse me," she added, hastily, "I will get a lamp." . . "This will do," he said, detaining her. "I like this best. Sybil, you know what I came for. I love you. Will you marry me ?" She was a natural girl, without any art or coquetry, and she answered him, out of her heart: "Yes." "Then my wish will come true," he said, lifting her hand and kissing it where the gold ring spanned her pretty finger. "Do you know what I wished, darling? The ring sail that .the year would bring you a husband, and I wished it might be me. " It is needless to say that Sybil did not look for any further position. "She ought to be satisfied," said Eve lyn Ogden, when she heard of the en gagement. "It is astonishing' what good fortune some of those plain girls have. Mr. Arbuthnot is the. best catch of the seasoE." Saturday Night. Without Injury. v The other day a reporter saw a black smith examining an ax, from which he had been asked to remove a portion of the handle, which had been broken off close to" the iron. The wood could not r be driven out, and as nails had been driven at the encHt could not be bored out. "What will you do?" asked the reporter. "I'll burn it out," .was the re ply. "But you'll injure the temper of the steel," suggested the reporter. "Well, maybe not," said the smith. He drove- the cutting edge into the moist earth and built a fire around the pro jecting part. The wood became charred and was easily removed, while the tem pered part of the ax sustained no injury. Philadelphia Call. . One for Him. Our Artist Do you know, Maggie, you're a pretty girl and ought to let mo draw you?" . Maggie And do you know, sir, you're a pretty gentleman and- I will let you draw me a bucket or two cf water. It was washing day, and she kept him busy. Puck. Talnable in an Emergency. Jack Is that a valuable ring you've got on, Gus? , Gus I've hungit up for $75. Jack You don't say so? ' Gus-Yes. Seventy-five times. Dollar each time. New York Sun. RINGS IN TREES. What Measurements of Forest Growth Have Disclosed.' The Rings Declared Not a True Test of a Tree's Life. Every day some pet theory, long held and honestly venerated, is being demol ished and sent to the limbo of myth with Tell's apple, Washington's cherry tree and other old acquaintances. Now the age rings in trees have to suffer limboni zation, if the word may be allowed: Mr. R. W. Furrasan agent of the United States . Forestry - Department, who has given much attention, ta jhe age of a tree as indicated hyyingBV as well as to the period at which trees of different species stop growing and- that at i vhich the wood is at its best, has reached some con clusions of general interest. He says: "Concentric or- annual rings, which were once accepted as good legal evi dence: fail, except where climate, soil, temperature, humidity andrJ ' roundinors rta rpnrnln-r And xr. .-...i.' '1 o & LeCLf. wine. vjuierwise, iney are mere guesswork, -n The only region within my knowledge where either rings or measurements were reliable indications are in the secluded, even and regularly tempered valleys of the Southern Pacific coast." Annual measurements of white elm, catalpa, soft maple, sycamore, pig hick ory, cotton wood, chestnut, box elder, honey locust, coffee tree, burr and white oak, black walnut, osage orange, white pine, red cedar, 1 mulberry and yellow willow (nineteen species), made in south eastern Nebraska,: show that ."annual growth is very irregular, sometimes scarcely perceptible and again quite large," and this he attributes to the dif ference in seasons. As trees increase in age inner rings decrease in size, some times almost disappearing. Diminished rate in growth after a certain age is a rule. Of four great beeches mentioned in London, there were three, each about seventeen feet in girth, whose ages were respectively GO, 1Q2 and 200 years. Mr. Furras found twelve rings in a black locust six years bid, twenty-one rings in a shell bark hickory of twelve years, ten rings in a pig hickory of six years, eleven rings in a wild crabapple of five years, and only twenty rhigs in a chest nut oak of twenty-four, years. An Amer- lean chestnut of only four years had nine rings, . while a peach of eight years had only five rings. : Dr. A. M. Childs, a resident of Ne braska from 1S34 to 1882, a careful ob server for the Smithsonian Institution, who counted rings on some soft maple3 eleven years two months old, found on one side of the heart of one of them forty rings, and not less than thirty-five anywhere, which were quite distinct when the wood was green, but after it had bee"n seasoned only twenty-four rings could be distinguished. Another expert says that all our Northern hard wooas maKe many rings a year, some times as many as twelve, but as the last set of cells in a year's growth arc very small and the first very large, the annual growth can always be determined, ex cept when from local causes there is any particular ylar a little or no cell growth. This may give a large number on one side. Upon the Pacific coast of North America trees do not reach the point where they stop growing nearly as early as those of the Atlantic .coast. Two hundred years is nearly the greatest age attained on the eastern side of the con tinent by trees that retain their vigor, while 500 years is the case of several species on the Western coast, and one writer is con confident that a sequoia which Was measured was hot lesa that 2376 years old. At Wran gel, a western hemlock, six feet in diameter, at 'the stump, was four feet in diameter 132 feet further up the trunk and its rings showed 432 years. But in the old Bartram - Garden, near Philadelphia, not mora than 150 years old, almost all the trees are on the down grade. The Quercus: Robarf England's pride, which at home is said to live 1000 years, has grown to full size and died in this garden, and the foreign spruces are following suit. Silver firs planted in 1800 are decaying. " The great . differ ence in the longevity of trees upon the .western and eastern coasts of continents in the Northern Hemisphere seems to be due to the wa:m, moist air carried by strong and permanent ocean currents .from the tropics northeasterly, in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which make the climate both moist ahd equable in high latitudes. In Sitka, as much as 10ff inches of rain have fallen in a year,! and the harbor ia rarely frozen enough to hinder the p.vssage of boat3. In some winters scarcely any ice is seen. Lumber World. . Taking Time By the Forelock. The celebrated Dr. Schmidt gives every Monday gratuitous advice to poor patients. Moses Levy enters his room. "What is the matter with you ? asks the doctor. . ' ; ? V ' "In reality nothing," answered Levy; "but I have heard that to-day you don't charge anything perhaps something is the matter with gende Blatter. me, after all." Fiie- How to Act at a Fire, Mr. X W. C. Shean recently gave the following simp" directions how to act on the occurrence of fire, before the So ciety of Arts: "Fire requires air; there fore, on its appearance . every effort should be made to exclude air, shut all doors and windows. ; By thi means firo may be xnfined to a single room for a sufficient-period to enable all the inmates to be aroused and escape; but if the doors and windows are thrown open, the fanning of the wind and the draught will instantly cause the flames to in crease with extraordinary rapidity. It must never be forgotten that the most precious moments are at the commence- ment of a fire, and not a single second of time should be lost in taekljnglt. In a room a tablecloth can be so used as to i smother a large sheet of flame, and a cushion may serve to beat it out ; a coat or anything similar may be used with equally successful result. The great point is presence of mind, calmness in danger, action guided by reason and thought. In all large houses buckets, of water should be placed on every landing, a being put into the water. Al- a7..u1 1. .11 . i .i -i -I J . eavor xo aiiacs. tne Dea oi nre : an ot extinguish a fire, shut the and be sure to shut the door aking good your retreat. A wet silk handkerchief tied over the eye3 and nose will make breathing possible inthe midst of much smoke, and a blanket wetted and wrapped round the body will enable a person to pass through a sheet of flame in comparative safety. Should a lady's dress catch fire, let the - wearer at once lie down; rolling may extinguish the fire, but if not, anything, woollen preferred, wrapped tightly round will effect the desired purpose. A burn be comes less painful the moment air is ex cluded from it. For simple burns, oil or the white of egg can be used. One part of carbolic acid to six parts of olive oil is found to be invaluable in most cases, slight or severe, and the first layer of lint should not be removed till the cure is complete, but saturated by the appnea! uon oi lresn outer lavcrs from time to time. Linen ras soaked in a mixture of equal parts of liine w'ater and linseed oil also forms a good dressing. Conimon whiting is very good, applied wet and continually damped Avith a sponge. Cultivator. " Handling California Wheat In no country in the world can wheat be handled as "cheaply as in California; During the harvest season there is no pos sibility of rain, and the wheat is put into burlap bags and stacked up in the field until the-farmer is ready to ship. When sent to San' Francisco it lies on the wharf until a ship is ready to take it on board. No shelter is needed, and thero are no elevator charge-, the bags being placed on board ship just as they come from the fields. In addition to the profit resulting from cheap handling, the own er has his profits considerably increased by the gain in Aveight made on the voy age to Liverpool. When the wheat leaves California it is dry as tinder, and in ex actly the condition to absorb the mois ture jsf the sea air; and, consequently, on its arrival in England a cargo of wheat will be heaA'ierby many thousand pounds than when it left California. Wheat is never shipped in bulk, but always in bags, as when loaded in bulk it is about the most dangerous cargo a ship can car ry. No matter how . lightly it may be packed at Hfst;" it -settles considerably Avithin a short time, and then it is very liable to shift. When shifting takes place a ship is as good as lost, aa the change in the center of gravity throws her on her beam ends, and she is nearly certain to go to the bottom in thox first moderate gale. 3Iany ships Avere lost. in" this way, and now the shipment of grain in. bulk is prohibited by law. Globe- Democrat, wl , A Scotch Courtship. A. young Aberdonian, bashful, but des perately in love, finding that no notice was taken of his frequent visits to the house of his sweetheart, summoned up sufficient courage to address hh fair one thus: ; "Jean, I wis here on 3Ionday nicht." 4 'Aye, ye were that," acknowledged she. ' -. "An' I wis here on Tuesday nicht." "So ye were." "An' I wis here on Wednesday," con tinued the ardent youth. "Aye, an' ye were here on Thursday nicht!" " ; ' - ' v "An' I wis here last nicht, Jean." ' Weel," she said, 'what f ye were ?" "An' I am here this nicht agan. " "An' what aboct it, even if yc cam' every nicht?" ! "What abcot it, did ye say, Jean? Dlv ye r.o begin to smell a ratf Dub lia Nation. ' Saturn's Jfoon-Circles.- . . "Further marvels of Saturn's rings have been noted by M. Stuyvert, of the Iioyal Observatory, of Brussels, and ether as tronomers. Dually notche3 in the edges of the rings, with evidences of variabili ty, are indications Inch support the view that the singular boop-iike appen dages of our sirter placet are made up of small -satellites'; so' c'osc-Iy grouped that the a races .scT2rat!n Hhm from en -a WFt Waj. in each other distance, - vcy-;i 1; at I in earth's . SCIENTIFIC SCBAPS. A species of water-plant which grows on the backs of living turtles has been described hy Mr. M. CY Potter of the Linncan Society of London. It enters the cracks of the shell, but is nourished from the water, and not from the animal juices. ; ' Norwegian fishermen, according to M. Armaucr llanscn; pcyson; their primitive harpoons from gangrened wounds pro duced in a small whale. It is a curious fact that; this' peculiar use of bacteria and blood-poisoning should have been known for hundreds of years. T Vosmacr thinks that the sponges orig nated from a free swimming form, which may have been like the larva of some si licious sponge. He aisa -suggests that the first sponges were deep-sea forms, ultimately developing a stony silicious skeleton ; and that this form degenerated when it entered shallower scai. , The best conductors of electricity are silver, 5 copper, gold, zinc, platinum, iron, tin. The best insulators are', dry air, ebonite, paraffinc, resin, sulphur, sealing-wax, glass, silk, wool, dry paper porcelain. There is no such thing as a perfect insulator. Wires laid on the ground, under, ground or under water are insulated by covering them with gutta percha, etc. , and loss of current is thus prevented. . It has been laid down by M. Chevreul that fhe human eye cannot be long em ployed in the perception of a given color without, tending to become insensible and to arouse an impression similar to that ordinarily produced by the percep tion of white light.. Dr. Beclard has also noticed that when the eye is directed for a time upon a colored field, the other being closed, if tho eye which was open be in turn closed and the other opened a spectre of the complementary color will be perceived. : . By observing how far the sun has to sink beneath the horizon before the top most summit of the air is cut from its rays, the conclusion has been arrived at that the greatest upward limit of twi light is some 378,000 feet, or nearly ser-enty-ono miles above the sea leveL It is a Avell-known fact that, by observing the earth's shadow ofi the moon, during the time of eclipses, the-, inference came to be held by astronomers that tho atmos phere must be sufficiently dense to pro duce twilight for at least' 240,000 feet away from the earth's surface, The temperature of space at the pres ent day is generally assumed to be much less than the lowest temperature yet pro duced by artificial means. Soaae of the efforts to produce extreme cold are of peculiar chemical interest. Thus . Dr. Stewart gives an example in which a temperature of 220 degrees F. was ob-. tained; but very recently, in an account published of experiments in solidifying oxygen, the remarkable' fact is v stated that a' temperature of 230 "degrees F. was produced, or only 131 degrees F. above absolute zero. Four Centuries of History. When he landed, C. Columbus Found the -people with no clothe3 on; Found, them dressed like Lydia Thompson;: Dressed for going to. the opera. Now they undress more than ever, but it cost much more to do so ; costs like smoke to put on nothing. Then he found the people painted, Ringed . and streaked from heel to eyebrow; Now they paint above the shoulders, But it costs as much as ever. Then the ' young men .smeared their- bodies; Now the young men paint the town red. Then he found the maids assembled, Waiting on the sandy seashore; Waiting for the Spanish sailors. Now, as ever, they are waiting, Giddy girls and anxious "mommers." Ever w&itisg on the seashore ; Wailing for the men to find" ihexa, Eager still to be discovered; Anxious thattey may be sought for By strange menfrOs foreign countries. Then Columbus found the natives Free and easy with their ducats. Gladly giving to the strangers All the boodle they had room for. Still j today the i foreign raider Scoops their dollars by the hatful Oscar Wilde and Goodby Patti, Wilson "Tug" and Canon Farrar, Donkey, Song bird, Tough and Parson, Reap alike a golden harvest. Gone are all Columbus' Injuns, Gone the copper col ored maiden, Gone the dusky squaws and sachems. But their children still survive them Living longer than their fathers ; We have learned another chap ter; We've had time to let our. beard grow; We have lately cut our eye teeth; And although we may seem simple In the presence of the stranger, Yet he' wants to kepphis eye peeled When we're dealing from the bottom ; Turning jacks at times unwonted; Yet he wants to come in Avinter, When the ea-th with frost is baking, And the mercury i3 freezing, If he vainly hopes to leave us, Sobbing sadly in the distance; And when he re turns bald headed, Die will hear our shouts antt laughter, As beneath his scalp we gather, Drying in our smoky wigwam, Like a hair plaque in our tepee. We have not forgot how Cortez Taught our fathers to walk Spanish, and we have : acquired the language, and ourselves ar3 taking classes. That's 'four centurijs evolution;. That's the kind of Inj-jns we are. Burdctte. Led Lost many tankesjecra Upon th road Of Lttv Old, faded relief staixnd vlttte&r And scarred by frcitisa Lest, never to be fonacP- - - GoiMy gone farvrermor; Swept on the ebbing stream of tlaxy To an eternal shorn They -ranfehed one by one, ' Each bearing on its breast . X life not lived, a work tmdoaa, A treasure not possessed; . Something for which it seems, My soul has vainly sought, The waking truth of nappy dreasaa, .That time has never brought Alas ! the weary days, . . : ; " J Unwelcome in the past, s ,. , Are with me yet; my 'elies aw dark And nght is gathering fast I strain my tearless eyes- To pierce the thickening gloom . . And, midthe shadows, "seem to ria. A vision of the tomb. And is this all is tber" Beyond life's troubled wava Ko healing balm for broken hearts, ' .No hope beyond the grave? - . Kq haven of repose, - . j No bright abode of rest, No land of promise for tho soul By earthly cares oppressed? ' 1 Oh, yes; poor, fa'nt'ng heart, By stormy billows tossed, 1 - - There is a better world than iixis Whose years are never los - Believe in Him who bade -' -The raging tempest cease; And while eternal ages roll Thou shalt abide in peace. "' Joseph 1 Button: HUMOROUS. High strung Telegraph wires. A poor relation A' blood-and-thoude story. . " 1 - : A. railing woman is like a swordfish. She carries a weapon in her.mouth. , . An enthusiastic meeting two girls who haven't seen each other for an hour. The British people are chiefly inter ested in two bills, the land bill and Buffalo Bill. '. 'Now is the accepted time f " e market the poor young man solemnly when hit girl told him she would have hira.-, A firm who advertised for a boy. "to do heary work" received but one appli cant and he came in charge of his father. . . - Husband (attempting to sing) "JSI oice , is ther 1i-hus -husky to-night. w Wife 'No wonder it's husky I You ar full f corn. "---Newman Independent. A young man named Darling lives ia Bridgeport, and when any one calls to him in the street, every young lady near blushes and looks around, gently saying, "Sh, sb." "Darling," he whispered, "did yoo ever experience a fluttering sensation of the heart-, an' inward sinking, so tO mured. "Why?" "Because, 'if yot have, I know how to prevent it." "Ob John, tell me how." "Why, just uT! plenty of pepper when you eat cucuq bers." ; A French Frog Farm. ' The French frog farm is much lif one of our cranberry meadows a swai laid out in broad ditches with gTai banks between them. We rcmeznl years ago passing one-of these farms the vicinity of a large French city the early evening, and being . drawn notice it by the deafening music ii the thousands of fat fellows sitting! the damp frfasa! and now and t splashing into the ditches and contf ing to sing their lays as they protnj their snouts just above the surface o . water. These frogs were a spf breed, Rana esculent by natae, l differing very little from our hands slender specimen found in marshes! having bright green and brown sp . skin. Our common bull frog is sal quite as delicate in flavor,and mot , ceptable in point of meat than the ' -' -ipp t species of Europe, and as the f ral stock iSTTbezo js fast disappT before the nets of the "hurtrs..thoL. are now imported from Canada for tha supply of the New York market.- Con sequently the tim? has come for tha skilled culture of them in connection with other aquatic products, a3 brook trout, carp, bass and other fish, or water cress, -which can be grown con junctively, and are very profitable. New York Times. Improving Her Hind. "Improving your mind, I sec," said the nice young man yesterday aa he found -his Sunday ' girl, buried in a small vol ume. . - ' " '. "Yes," she answered, putting her finger on the line and glancing sweetly up; "I am devoted to reading. Isn't it glorious to be an author and sway mil lions of hearts by beautiful language and thrilling description?" ; "It must be; what are you reading now?" - "Stuttering Pete, the Demon 'Detec tive." Nashville American. The Lost Child. Plea5e, ir, '.have you seen a c:entle man without a little girl f "Well, and what if 1 ,r "My Uncle John'lyi thought if you'd sccna out a little girl you coi . he was." Harper's Y - . - .V. - A V: lii -.--':. i .A' I ) 1 - ' -4 0v
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