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jffiBij.i'ffirfo "I'm 1 OL. I. SALISBURY. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1888. NO. 27: ' - L ii. w iLi" ' Jl IL Jl o The Kettle on the Crane. How many pleasant pictures does the redi rection bring Of home and bygone pleasures that around- the fireside' clingl I What tender? reminiscences come threnging on the brain, Whon in dreams I hear tho singing of the kettle on the crane Hear it singing, singing, singing, Loc4 and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur Soft and low. . ' There thebroad, wide open chimney, with its rcfarmg, crackling fire, Built up with' logs of gen'rous riza to make the flamei leap higher; And near, the waiting table stands, spread bountif nl and plain, While cheerily the kettle sangs and sings upon the crane; Hear it singing, singing, singing, Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, ' Suit and low. Grandmother in the corner sits and softly to and fro She rocks, and dreams of friends and scenes m diys of Jong ago; . Her face grows stveet and tender as the past comes back again, While listening to the singing of the kettle tn the crane. Ile3r it singing, singing, singing, Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. I see the children caper, as with gleeful laugh and call I They watch the danoing pictures of tho shadows on the wall, And hear the baby cooing to the mother's low refrain f That follows the soft music of the kettle on thecrano. . Hear it singing, singing, singing, Lou 1 and liierry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. lAnd, ero the evening hour is done, with lingering step and slow, A youth and hmilin: maiden come, and in the embers' frJow f fh : r ai tho future story, and they see a wedding Irutin, . - Lnrl 1113 chime with the singing of the kettle on the crane, ,Hear it singing, singing, singing, Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, , Soft and low. hese precious old-time memories, they hold mo like a sjeil pie clock Upon tho mantel, where- I learned the time to tell ; . plie simple, homely furniture, the keepsakes few i n I plain, lnd the murmuring of the kettle as it hung upon the crane. . Hear it singing, singing, singing, -Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. ph! there's bliss supreme in home, when its joys are pure and sweet, auu me s iujsii sucrcu memories uruuuu me I 'hearthstone meet, Lnd the tendered thoughts and saddest ones V ,1 1 : ' t - l , come borne upon thi strain the singing of the kettlo as it hung upon the crane. Hear it singing, singing, singing, " Loud and merry, fast and slow; Hear it murmur, murmur, murmur, Soft and low. Barbara Deane. RICHARD OGDEN'S DUTY Mr. Wagner was superintendent of ho crcat Bessemer Steel Works-m Pennsylvania. Oac inoraing, about en years ago," a yOung man came into lis office whora ho recognized as Richard bgden,- assistant book-keeper in a Phila clnhiu, lmndrum? hrm. Mr. najrner hook hands with him heartily. He had known Ogdcn since ho was a poy, and liked him thoroughly. lie vas a keen-eyed, doggedly honest fel- ow," and, unlike most young men, al ways hard at work. He had married atcly, too. Mr. Wagner had been at lis little homo ajid seen tho wife and Paby. ' VHillo, Ogden 1- How came you here? a the busy season, Joo?" "It is not busy for me, sir," said Og cn, gravely ;-uI am discharged. The rm, like all other Philadelphia firms, ound it necessary to lessen .expenses, nd discharged one-fourth ef their men. wai the youngest book-keeper, and ad to go of course." "That is bad bad." (It was in the ays when tho hard times were hardest.) iVhat are you going to do, Richard?" 4T can-find nothing to do in Phila elphia. There are twenty thousand hen there looking for work. I came to sk you for it.'r "Me? My dear boy, our book-keepers lave been with us for yearil" Richard laughed. "I did not come o oust them lrom tneir desks, J)ir. jVagncr. I do not hope to get any eork for my head. I must put my tands todt now. Is there no place in ho mill for me?'! "Among the hands? You do not mean hat, Ogden?"' "Ye?, I do," coloring slightly. "A nan is a man, no matter how he earns lis bread. I cannot afford to be idle a Week. .With tin wages which you pay our puddiers or firemen, I can support Iary and the boy in this village, where iving is so cheap, at least until time3 bend.r . . "Very well, my lad," said Mr. Wag- OTvVf TM1 find lif fn-r vnn fn jiorrow. By the way, you used to have good deal of knowledge of chemistry, Tes, I thought cf teaching it after 1 1 left college." t "Very good; HI put you near Mr. Ferri?. He can mobably give you a few hints which may be meful; a son of Judge Ferris, you know. 'Educated as a mining engineer; but he has gone into the works, like any poor lad, to work his wjy to a practical knowledge of the business. He has charge of the converter." he added, with a tone of respect, to 'which Ogden, never having heard of tho converter, listened with in difference. " The next morning Ogdcn, in a work man's clothe?, presented himself at the office, and Mr. Warner himself took him into the mill and gave him his work, introducing him to Mr. Ferris in the tone which he would use in speaking of an equal. The familiarity was kindly meant, but injudicious. "Who's that young cub old Wagner's making much of?'' said Jake Crawford to the man at the coal heap beside him. "Dunno; one of his pet3, I reckon." Jake was one of the most drunken and vicious men in the works. lie scanned Ogden's gentlemanly bearing and white hands with a scowl of con tempt, which changed to a positive crlare when Mr. Warner shook hands with him saying, ''Good-by, my lad, and good luck.1" From that time Jake set down the young fellow as hb enemy, whom he was bound 'to overturn. Ogden presr cntly noticed that this man shoved him unnecessarily when he passed him in the throng, and swore at him under -M3 breath, but, supposing him to be drunken fellow, thought no more about it. His indifference but enraged Craw ford the more. Poor Richard, whom he met on Sundays dressed like a gen tleman, going with his wife to church, became in his eyes tljc embodiment of the "bloated aristocrats" whom he hated so heartily. -"I'll fix his lordship for life!" he said every day, and watched his chance to do it. Ferria, on the contrary, as Mr. Wagner had foreseen, wa3 attracted to the young man, and gave him work near to him, frequently explaining the processes to him. Ogden's previotnT knowledge of chemntry made him an intelligent hearer. The "converter," of which Mr. Ferris had charge, is an enormous pot in which the molten metal and carbon is subjected to-.'the force ot-a terrific blast by which the carbon i3 dissipated. At tho in stant when the right amount is left, the hugocssel is overturned into a pit, where it flows into tubes prepared for it. .'. ' ' Ferris's duty was to watch the lurid fl. imcs of the metal, and when, by the change in their tint, he saw tho moment had come, to pres3 on a lever which, by hydraulic machinery, overturned the vast converter. Every time this was done, steel to the amount of nx thousand dollars was made. If he missed the . time, was a second too early or too late, tho firm were loosers to that amount. The men were not allowed to speak to him as the moment approached. Ogden always stood near, deafened by the thunderous roar of the blast, but watch ing Ferris's pale, intent face. After a few weeks Ogden learned to distinguish the subtle change in the flame which marked the critical mo ment. He told Ferris so one day, jokingly adding, "I can take your place now, on au emergency." . "I hope I may not have to call on you," said Ferris, laughing. Jake Crawford was behind the two men. Hi3 cunning eyes sparkled. He followed Ogden home in the dark, loit ering about until, ho saw Richard's wife run down the path to meet him. "How is Ben?" said Ogden eagerly. "Better. I think it is not croup, only an ordinal y cold. "Ben's the baby 1 Aha!" muttered Jike. "I've got it, I'll settle his lord ship, now," thumping his fist on his leg and chuckling drjinkcnly. Ogden's watch began at 2 o'clock.the next morning. Little Ben was cough ing and choking all night ;his father sat beside hi3 crib until it wai time to go, ar.d then set off with a heavy heart. "What is the matter?" said Ferris, passing him. "The boy is threatened with croup. I think I could not live, Ferris, if I should lose that child," said Ogden. Crawford overheard, nodded, and laughed. , At nine o'clock that morning there was a blow to bo made, About eight Ferris stepped aside to eat his break fast, which was placed in a tin pail on a barrel. He had some cold coffee, which he set in a tin cup to warm be side a furnace. "Look to that, Crawford, will you?" he said, and Jake assiduously bent over tho cup. Out of his dirty pocket he took a white paper containing, not poison, but a nauseating medicine, slow and -euro ia action. This he hastily shook into the coffee. ' Ferria made a wry f acs, but gulped it down. He was hungry and cold. A little beforo nine Mr, Berringer, the principal owner of the works, came in and, stood near" Ferris. He never wearied of listening to the roar of the blast, or of watching the great ma- chinery in motion, and the ru3h of white liquid metal from the caldron. - "Are you ill, Ferris?" he said, com ing Up to the young man, as he sat with his hand upon the lever and his eye upon the fiery fluid. "Your lips are blue.." "Yes," said Ferris curtly. But Til see this through." Mr. Berringer watched him closely. ' ' You carft do it J You are near faint ing now. How long will it be until it ia ready?" ; "About ten minutes," gasped Ferris, with a shudder of pain. . 'Is there nobody who can take your place?" " I I don't know," he saicf dully. Then he dropped the lever, and 'Stag gered forward. " " I I cannot see I" he cried. "Great heavenl What i3 to be done?'' cried Mr. Berringer. A quiet voice was heard from among the startled men, "I think I can take Mr. Ferris's place, if you will trust me." "Ogden? Ye3; try Oglen," said Ferris, as he sank down. Some of the men carried him out. Richard Ogden stepped up to his platform and put hi3 hand on the lever which the mill owner held. , Til try you. youa'r man. It's all I cantlo. Remember if you fail by an instant, it is a loss of several thousand dollars to us." 'I know, sir, Til do my duty as well as I can,"' said Ogden calmly; bathe breathed a hurried prayer to God for help. The f rirrhtful roar of the blast drowned all'sounds. the curious work men gathered around, watching Rich ard's eyes fixed on tho flickering flame. It seemed to him as if the beating of the blood in his veins kept time with tho fire. Suddenly, distinct aud. sbarp, he heard,- outside of tho window near which he stood, hi3 boy's name. "Benny Ogden, he's dying of croup, where's his father?" '"Great God!" Ho started wildly forward; then grasped the "lever again with strained eyes and clutched teeth. His duty. He had promised he would do his duty. The next instant, the flame as if in pity for man changed it3 hue, and the lever sank. . Out from th3 converter rolled the fiery flood. Rich ard sprang down from the platform, white and trembling. "Is it Benny you're goia' to?" said Dan McCarthy.- "I'm just afthcr scein' tho bye go past the mill wid his mother, an' its well and hearty ho is. It wur Jake Crawford as played that durty thrick on yce3, zur," turning to ' Mr. B;rrmger; "an' it wur liim as dosed the coffee for Misther Ferris." Mr. Berringer Wa3 a man of few words. "Send for a policeman for Crawford. Young man, the firm owes you something, and we will pay it as best we can." t' They did pay it. This was four year3 ago. Mr. Ferris has been promoted in the works and Richard Ogden holds his place at a high salary. In one of the prettiest cottages in th3 village you may find lary ' and Ben, who is the big brother of two youngsters as fat and chubby as himself. Youth's Com panion. , Saved by Swift Running-, At Inkermann, one'of the most stub bornly fought battles of the Crimean war, a young officer, who had learned at Eton not much from books but a good deal from its sports, was surrounded and made prisoner. While going to the rear in charge of two stalwart Russians, he looked at their long coat3 and said to himself : "They can't run." Watching hi opportunity, he knocked one soldier head over heels, threw the other, by a wrestler's trick, into the mud, and took to his heels. Before his guardians were on their legs and could fire, he had got over a good piece cf ground. A Russian lancer made "at him; he ran as if leading an Eton foot-race, and cleared a good-sized ience. The lancer cleared it after him, and with lance fixed Ttressed the fugitive hard. A swollen .c ,? brook, running fiercely, haired hi3 way, It was seventeen feet wide, but the old Etonian had won the "long jump" when j at school, bfaving cleared nineteen feet over Chalvey ditch. L He now jumped the brook; the lancer refused to follow, and the young officer ran back into tha English lines. How Gladstone Eats. . It is reported that Mr. Gladstone ascribes his splendid health and lon gevity, to having early learnad one sim ple physiological lesson, viz, to make twenty -five bites at every bit of meat. Although the twenty-fiva bites might not make any impression on the meat, in some cases the interesting process of counting in every mouthful mmt be a species of rumination very diverting to the mind, and congenial to the statisti cal bent of the great treasury minister. For the purpose of mastication, how ever, shaving the meat off thin acros3 the fibre with a sharp knife would be more effective and more favorable to sociability at meals. Most people cut it in chunks, and so swallow it, after a treatment that is merely Inbricatiye, like that of a serpent. MADSTONES. One Which Earned a Fortune for its Owner. fcurlng the Most Virulent Type of Hydrophobia. One of the most celebrated mads tones in this part of the worll, says the Des Moines (Ia.) Leader, is that belonging to Turner Evans, of Paris, Linn county, this state. This valuable little stone was formerly owned by a gentleman in Virginia, where it is said to hava effected wonderful, cures during the past 130 years. It has been in the hands of the present owner for over. thirty years. During this time it has been tested several times and has always given entira satisfaction, never failing to effect a cure. The word "cure" is perhaps not the word to use in this connection, for if I am' rightfully in formed it i3 always made a point, to use the stone as a preventive of hydropho bia before the actual appearance of the rabies. During the pa3t thirty years this stone has been tried on not less. than 750 persons, and as Mr. Evans charges $10 for a trial and $30 if it sticks fast to the wound, which it is said to do if there h hydrophobic poi son in tho system, hia income from this . source must be considerable. In 1880 a gentleman with whom the writer was very well acquainted, was bitten by .a dog thought to be suffering with hy drophobia. I refer fro D. C. McGillen," who formerly worked in a harness shop ;in this city. Inquiries were made im mediately as to where the possessor of a mad stone could bo found. As soon as this Lian County man was located McGillen started on his race with death having no doubt that awful disease (hydrophobia) was at that "moment sow ing its seeds of death in hi3 system. He arrived at Cedar Rapid3 the same night, was hurried into a carriage and taken to the m4dstone man" a3soon a3 possible. After hte return he gave the writer most of the facts which. have been embodied in this article. He said that a3 soon as he arrived Mr. Evans scratched hi3 arm with a pin (he had been bitten in the hand) and applied the stone. Before this, as a sort of prologue, Mr. Evans had informed his patient that if the hydrophobic germ was in his system the stone wou'd hold fast to the spot which he had sacrificed; but if he had not been inoculated with the fatal poi3on, it would not stick. In this case my in formant said "it stuck liko aileech," and that when removed, itr was full of a greeais,n nuia that looked "like scum on a pond m Ausust." This the operator said, was the poison virus which had been taken from the system. When the stone had been soaked for a few minutes ia a bath com posed of about one part milk and three of water it wa3 again applied. This operation was repeated for about seven hours, after which tho stone would not adhere, aad the operator pronounced tha patient out of danger. McGillen described the stone as a whiteish, spongy looking littte thing, not larger than a filbert, cone-shaped and full of fine pores. A Mr. Bunce of Mechanics villc, this state, had the stone applied something like seven'hundred. times be fore ail the poison was drawn from the system, the time consumed for these operations being something like twenty three hour3. - J. M. Este3 of Osceola, it is said, is the fortunate possessor of one of these wonderful stones. Another is in the possession of John Nebon of Savannah Mo. In May, 1883. Frederick Remy, of Red Oak, was bitten by a mad dog, as were also six others of the same city, all of whom went to try the virtues of the Missouri stone.- I be'.ieve Remy was the pnly one that died of hydrophobia. He was bitten May 18, and showed no symptoms of the dread' disease for thirty-four days, or until June 21. Ho died after three days -of terrible suffer ing. I am unable to tell you where tho madstone is found or how procured, that is, to any degree of certainty, but believe it is found in the bladder of deer and other animals of that kind, perhaps in the gall-bag instead of the bladder. At any rate, I think it is found some place under the skin of that class of animals when found at alL It 13 rarely found, however. Thomas Padden, one of the best-informed. men in the south says that it 13 frequently found in the south, but that most of the so-called madstones are of a very low grade, and are used on the bites of snakes and stings of poisonou3 insects. He- also leaves the reader in blissful ignorance of where the stone 13 fonnd. A Substitute for the Switch. One day Ernest had been seriously lectured by his mother, and finally sent to the yard to find a switch with which he was to be punished. He returned soon and said: "I couldn't find any switch, mamma, but here's a stone you can throw at me." Harper's Magazine. Bitter strife prevails between Mil waukee brewers and their men. In other words, they are at lagerheads. The Career of "Boss Tweed," William M. , Tweed was born in New York City ia 1823, and died in Ludlow Street Jail April 12, ,1878. After re ceiving a common school education he learned the trade of chair making. In 1853 he was made an alderman of Nw York, and was soon after elected to congress, where he served from 1853 to 1855. In 1856 he became a supervisor of New York and chairman of th3 board. He was a school commissioner in 1856-57 and a deputy street commis sioner from 18G1 to 1870. From 1867 tn 1Q71 Via turn a a efafa Bonlfnr Tn 1 870 no was appointed commissioner 01 m department of public works in New York City. It was while he was in this office that a corrupt "ring," of which he was chief, was. formed and vast sums of public money were appro priated to private me. The building and furnishing of the new court house in New York were" taken advantage of . . , for these peculations, and the money represented to be spent on this work amounted to many' millions of dol lars more than was actually de voted to this purpose. These corrupt practices were exposed, and in October, 1871, Tweed was arrested in a civil suit on charges brought by Charles O' Conor in behalf of the city. Bail was fixed at $1,000,000, and was promptly furnished. Soon afterward, Tweed was again elect ed to thje state senate, but did. not take his seat. In December, 1873, he was arrested in a criminal action on charges of fraud, but was released on $5000 bail. In January, 1873, he was brought to trial, which resulted in a disagree ment of the jury. In the following No vember he was found guilty of fraud and was sentenced to twelve years' im prisonment in the penitentiary on Black well's Island; aUo to pay a fine of $12, 550. In April, 1875, suit was com menced in behalf of the people fot the recovery of $6,000,000, and judgment was entered for thi3 amount, with in terest. .The view wa3 sustained by tho supreme court that? the cumula tive sentence of twelve years' im prisonment on twelve counts of the in dictment was contrary to law, in June, 1875, who- said tho sentence was not lawful beyond ono ' year. Tweed's however, held in bail to' the amount of $3, 000,000,. and in default of thhhe was committed , to Ludlowstreet jail. On December 4th he escaped from the custody of two keepers with whom he had been permitted to ride, in the Park and visit his residence. He remained concealed for several months, and then succeeded in reaching Cuba, -whence he went to Spain. Hera 1 -was" arrested 1 by the Spanish government, and de livered to officers of the United States. Late ia tho autumn of 1876 h.3 was brought back to New York, and again confined m Ludlow street jail, ; where he died on the date above mentioned. New York Dispatch. . .Natural Woods in Yogue. The great demand for hardwood trim mings in the interior finishing of dwell ings hai developed the art of staining wood until any variety U cow imitated so perfectly that only an expert can distinguish it from tho genuine article. years ago the finest interiors were paint ed plain white; V?ry heavy enamelled paints were used and great care was taken to producs , a pure, dazzling white. Then graining came in vogue. The fashion then changed to painting the woodwork and walls in . delicate tints, and now an interior is not correct unles3 it is finished in natural or stained woods. , New houses follow the styles very easily, but it is a more difficult matter to keep an old house up to the times. To change the painted woodwork of a parlor to mahogany or cherry requires much ingenuity and skill. The paint is first burned off by means of a gas jet worked with a blow pipe. Then the wood is scraped and rubbed until a smooth clean surface showing the natu ral grain is produced. Next the stain is. put on and rubbed in, the wood Is polished, and the room finally has the appearance of being - done in solid mahogany. Old English oak, which is the most - popular wood now, i3 very difficult to imitate. The grain of oak is so different from that of other woods that the same effect is hard ' to obtain. American oak, however, is readily stained to look like the foreign wood, and nine-tenths of the nold English" variety is produced in' that way. Wal nut and cherry produced by staining are much handsomer than the natural woods. Mail aad Express. . A Singular Adietlon. . John Burgess of Erie, Perm.," fa suf fering from a singular affliction. He is a railroad engineer,' and a short time ago, after stepping off his engine, he slipped on a piece of ice and fell, strik ing the ground quite violently with the back of his head. He was helped home, and now that he has begun to recover from the first painful effects of bis fall and can raise himself up, ho is very much alarmed to find that when erect he i3 totally blind. In a lying posture he enjoys his sight as previous to his fall, but as soon as he assumes an upright position he can see nothing whatever. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. An English pathologist thinks 'that cancers may be developed hf arsenic eating. ' : Baths, - gymnastics, and rusuntain climbinsr are urescribed ; by - German physicians for heart disease. : It is noted that timber that has been floated down "rivers ii not subject to dry- rot. The water dissolves the salts and albumen. - A new invention,called the "telanto- graph,! lias recently been exhibited in Paris. It is authoritatively stated that it can reproduce by telegraph any kind of document in the handwriting of the 1 sender. ; A new method of welding metals ha been invented by Nicolas yon Bernardos of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is done by direct application of tho electric arc betweea a pencil carbon for one ter minal and the metal to be welded for tho other. " ; "r- ;, - ,: The possibility of infection from dis ease germs escaping from hospital win dows is attracting spme attention, and a special inquiry ia recommended. Hos pital ventilation might be so arranged that the foul air would bo drawn through a furnace before mingling with the outer atmosphere. ? "' Prof. Tumasi, a European physiolo,i gist, has shown thit vomiting is the re-? suit of irritation of a space in the medulla oblongata about one-fifth of an inch long and one-twelfth wide, and be lieves that the brains of ruminants, rodents, and other non-vomiting ani mals lack this 'vomiting center." Experiments are being made on Prussian railways with axle boxes fitted with bearings of vegetable parchmentHn place of brass. The 'claim is made that these compressed paper bearings make a tough material that issuperior to metal. Such bearings are also .in U3e in a Qer man saw mill, with satisfactory results. A powerful disinfectant, adapted to all purposes, has been obfaii o I in Paris from coal-oil. It is a syrupy brown liquid, of a not disagreeable odor, re suiting from a peculiar saponification of the oil by caustic soda. It destroys moss nd fundus on trees, and sponging with a veak solution keep3 flies from horses. While considering it doubtful whether ants and bees can hear, Sir John Lubbock believes it to be quite possible that they may hear sound, bo shrill as to 'make no impression on the human ear. A liko fact may be truo of their perception of colors. To insects the world may bo full of music we can- ,not hear, colort Waanot fl, 'Bd evxt sations we cannot feel. t Torpedo boats find it difficult to con ceal their approach to. the" object of their attacks owing to tho large volume of smoke which comes from their funnels. At Nantes, France, an invention was successfully operated recently by which the smoke was so reduced 'in tempera ture, as not to rise, but to spread over the surface of tho water. It acts; as a veil to conceal the boat from view. The annual losa caused by insects in the United States is estimated at about $150,000,000, that on cotton alone being $15,000,000. The insects increase with the advance of civilization, on account, doubtles of the greater abundance of the food furnished them. Every vege table product and every variety of fruit and .flowers are attended, by special parasites, each of which thrives on its respective food-plant. v Tho process for the manufacture of celluloid is little known,, yet very sim ple. Paper is sprayed with acids until thoroughly saturated, then compressed and washed with water and reduced to a pulp. It is next bleached, mixed with camphor, colored, ground and spread in thin layers on slab3. Fiaally it is placed under hydraulic pressure and passed between heated rollers, coming out in elastic sheets. Bats Tap a Money Till. John B:ck, a druggist, of Pittsburg, has been the, victim, from time to time during the past seven years, of sys tematic and mysterious robberies. The thieves, however, have now been dis covered. They were rats. At tho back end of the money drawer an opening of about two inches from the top of the counter, and through which ny small-sized rat could climb, was found. Near it was' a bctl or nest made of a pile of greenbacks and other tmaU articles, occupied' by eight small rat3, which were too young to make their' escape. Several hundred dollars are supposed to have been lost la this way. ' noose Poison. If the condensed breath collected on the cool window panes of a room where a number of persons have assembled be burned, a-smell as of singed, hair will show the presence of organic matter; and if the condensed breath be allowed to remain on the' windows for a few days, it will be found, on examination by a microscope, that it ia alive with animalcules. The inhalation of air con taining such, putrescent matter causes untold complainb which might be avoided by a circulation of fresh air. Philadelphia Bulletin. Her Dough Was All Wedding Cake. : In brown holland apron she .stood in thi kitchen; . ' .... '. Her sleeves were rolled np, and her cheeks , all aglow; " v Her hair was" coiled neatly, when I, indls- -V .: crfeeUy, - : ' . V. ' Stood watching while Nancy was kneading the dough. . Now, who could hef neater, or brighter, ox sweeter," " ' - ; , . - - y .. Or who hum a song so delightfully low) Or who look so slender, so graceful, so tender, 1 As Nancy, sweet Nancy, ' while kneading -- the bought . v How deftly she pressed it, and squeezed It, caressed it, : . . - And twisted and turned it, now quid and now slow;' Ah! me, bnt that madness Tve paid for In ' -'sadness, '. ; , , .. .y . ;; was my heart she was kneading as well as the dough. " . .; y.y. -- At last when she turned from her pan to the dresser, ' . - .-, She saw me and blushed, and said shyly - "Please go, , Or my bread Til be 'spoiling, in spito of my toiling, . - ; .;' v ; Jl you stand, hero and watch while Tin kneading the dough." . I begged for permission to stay she'd not, listen; . " ' . The sweet little tyrant said: "No, sir I nol ; -. hop f: ' ; " - ' ; Tot when I had vanished on being thus ban ished, . . , r- -heart stayed with Nancy while knead-. "ingthe dough. ' . v I'm dreaming, sweet Nancy, and see you in fancy. ' ' ' ' ' Y"our heart, love; has softened and pitied my woo; ;:-.'. And we, dear, are rich in a damty, wee kitchen; . . Whore Nancy, my Nancy ,'stands kneading -the dough." - r ' Brooklyn Citizen. ' HUMOROUS. xvaDiuiransu juau uog on iuc Shake-spear, experts -The early Ro.-, at a ' - ' . ' The only dairy which docs not use . water to excess is the dromedary. Locomotive engineers are not dissi patld, although it is notorious that they lead a fast life. If tho pen ii really mightier than the sword, we wonder why it doesn't turn on somo of the poets and stab them to ucain. . - - , "JSow, my aear,", saia trie teacner, "what is memory V Thettsirl an- swered, after a moment's '! tion, "It is tne tnmg you 1 or got witn.;t ; "There is another fashionable' insti tution that should be sat on." .said the bustle.' And every lady in the audi ence gave vent to an" audible titter.. . . . "- Minister: ''Soyougo.ta school, -do'' you, Bobby?'' Bjbby:- . "Yes, sir." llinistcr: "Let me hear you spelt kit ten." Bobby : ' T m getting too 'big a boy to spell kitten. Try mc on cat" . Clara Have you noticed tho. com plete control that cross old undo of Hattie's has over her? What a will he must have I Julia Ho has, indeed; and Hattie's awfully afraid she'll bo loft out of it. ; -; ;: A cnrTfisnondent wants to know where - t to go to take leasons on tho accordion. Go down in a diving bell a mile or two, though that will b3 pretty rough on tho . innocent fishes, but it won't bother youf neighbors. Citizen to Coal Dealer Say, I want a ton of coal. Coal D.aler All right. Shall we send it up riht away? Citi zenOh, no. If it's anything liko the last, I'll just call for it on my way home and carry it up in my bvcrcoat pocket. T A Box on tho Ear Lands a Trout . Trout Creek is quite a paradise for anglers. The fish are large, aad becomo quite plentiful when the waters of Lake Ainslio are eufficiently warm to causo them to seek a cooler retreat ia the flow ing stream. One half of the stories which are tola 01 tno catcnes at tnis . placs would fid volumes, but cone of these has yet reached the sublime height of what is claimed for a small lake near Guysboro. The narrator's hero is him self, no say 3 that one winter, being tired of salt beef and wanting trout for a change, he cut a hole in tha -ice, on the bake. He had evidently selected a good day, for the fish took, his bait so rapidly that it was . downright hard work to keep pulling them cut m So eager were they, indeed, that they would jump for the bait before it had even touched the ' water. Our sportsman was an invintiv " geaiuf and decided to profit by thh phenome nal appetite. Getting .down on his knees, he dangled the bait about a foot, abovo the hole and awaited further de velopments. Almost immediately a fine trout jumped for it, and promptly re ceived a dexterous box on the ears which landed him far out on tho ice. So numerous and so hungry were the fish that tho angler's hand was kept constantly busy slapping them as they jumped for the alluring bit of red pork which hovered over the opening in the ice. Every slap yielded a fish. This continued until sheer fatigue put an end to the novel pastime. A conservative estimate placed the quantity of fish at somewhat over four barrels. American Magazine. "
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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