North Carolina Newspapers

At Sunset Time. a toward the west the passing day, As tho' reluctant seeming, .r. pft stole to" where the flatPvI' 10 wnere tne sn-- Pd yet ffleiTf ull loth to go, BUM1,J Wlr n'er the dimoled hill IWAu w - 1 'o where the world lay dim and still, To where'the world lay dreaming. Lt sunset time we steal away To where the sky is gleaming; fTo where the light that marks the day - Is all our heaven seaming. And vet we seem full loth to go, E'en tho' the world is shadowed so. But look tack, with regretful eyes, , To where the world in twilight lies,- ' ' r To where the world is dreaming. , Julio M: Lirpmann in Overland. VOL. SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1888. 1 tionedj and he avoided Mr, Lar tin's boarded. The little man made him a call, how ever, a month or so after school had be gun- Guess you'll have to own up to be- ms m tne wrong, cteve," no Degan. "We haint had a teacher for years that's given the satisfaction that Molly does. The children rave about her all of The School Ma'am's Victory. Si The school .directors of Dbtrict No. 10 Perrv Township, were holding, a ? J . ' W meeting. Nobody would have thought it The Chairman was leaning against his front ??ato with hi3 checked ' shirt sleeves turned back and an ax in his hand, sur vcvinrr the other two members of the Board, who stood outside tho fence. It was a meeting, nevertheless; and its object wa3 nothing les3 important than the selection of a teacher for the fal term. "Lvmaa Dotv spoke to me about havin- the school," said the Chair, du- biou3ly.7 " . ' "Lyman Doty!" exclaimed Steve Ten ney, a stalwart ycung fellow, with thick brown hair, white teeth and a square chin to make up for his lack of down right good looks. "Why Lyme Doty couldn't teach a baby. Ho quit school before I did, long enough, and he hasn't studied anything but potatoes and winter wheat since, that I know of. Better stick to his farm eh, Larkin?'' "Guess you're right," responded the third member of the Board, a little man with a cbeerful face and a tuft of gray hair sticking straight out from his chin. And the chairman nodded his agree ment, .i ' "Well," continued little Mr. . Lartin, with an air of importance, "I've had an application that I guess will suit. It's " a sort of relative of my wife's, and just as nico a girl ai ever was. Smart, too. She's got a certificate for two years, last examination. . She'd make a splon did teacher, Molly Sanborn would." "Sanborn !" said Steve Teuny, short ly ; "any connection with tho Sanborns over on the rivr?'' "That's where she's from," said Mr. Latkin. "She's old John Sanborn's ill him that died l&t winter." , Steve frowned. : "You won't put her into that school, then, with my consent I" he said de termine Uy. ' -What !" said Mr. . Larkin, . with a gasp, while the chairman stared. 'What would you think," the young man responded, 4liJ a man sold you fifty head of sheep at a good price, and halt of them died off in the next week of a disease he muathave known beforehand? That was the trick John Sanborn served me. And ho laughed in my face when I wanted my money back. No sir! I can't conscientiously con sent to putting any of the Sinboms in that school. Bad lot, in my opinion 1" Mr. Larkin's small bright eyes snapped. "Old Sanborn wasn't too straight, and everybody knows it," ho admitted. "But what that's got to do with Molly is more than I can see. She's as fine a girl as you cvax set eyes on; not a bit of her father about her." "Well, well, vfight it out between you," said the chairman, good-naturedly; and returned to hii wocd chopping. - The tall young man and tho little old man waited up the street together, talking briskly. ; Mr. Larkin was hot and indignant; Steve was cool and immovable. "There don't seem to be any mercy In you," said the former, almost tear - fully, as Steve wa3 preparing to turn in at his gate. "If they'd been left well ' off, it would be difere tt; but they're, poor as poverty, and Molly needs the placo the worst way.' 4 'You hadn't mentioned that," jaid iv. t,iiTir Wnn turninsr beck. "If IUC J ulJ"o " 1 - that's the case " Mr. Larkin walked away triumphant five minutes later. But Steve Termey had surrendered with bad grace. "I'couldn't hold out after "that, you sec," he soU to his mother, relating the story over th:ir tea; "but I don't ap prove of it. Tbra!a not much good in the Sanborns or 1 lose my guess j . School bogan two weeks later, when tho first 'cool wave was depopulating front porches and increasing the attrac tion near kitchen stoves. Stevo Teriney held to his opinion con cerning the new school teacher and acted accordingly. He did not call at the schoolhouse the first day, as was his custom, to leava the register and see if anything was wanted the chairman having turned these duties over to his younger colleague. He sent the register by a boy, and was utterly indifferent as to whether anything was 'wanted. He turned the iubject when the new teacher was men- em. But Steve was unimpressed. "My opinion has yet to be altered," he said rather stiffly. And Mr. Larkin looked discouraged. "fihA snoke about needing a new broom and water pail," he said as he rose. "I told her she'd better come to you about it." "That schoolhouse had a new broom last term, and water pail term before lastf' said the young director emphati cally. " And Mr, Larkin took a discomfited leave. The next Sunday evening the young man, sitting in the pew of a small wooden church with his mother, and al lowing his eyes to rove about during the rather long sermon, suddenly discovered a new face, and sat studying it for the remainder of the evening. It wa3 that of a young girl not a re markably pretty girl, but fair and fre3h and innocent, with a bright intelligence in her dark cye3 and a sweetness in her full lips. "Who is she?'' was tho first question after the services were concluded ad dressed, as it happened, to little Mr. Larkin. who had come in late. "That."the latter asked in astonish ment. -i'Why, that's our teacher that's Mollie Sanborn I I am waiting to take them homje." Steve Tenney found himself wishing quite frequently after that that the new teacher would como to him about the broom and'water pail. -, Not that he should furnish them if he found that they were not needed, but he felt that he should not object to an in teryiow with the school teacher. lie even mentioned the subject to Mr. Larkin carelessly when ho met him one day. "Well, ycu sec,'' .was the response, "she sort of hates to como to you. - The way you felt about her having the school has cot all around town, and I o ' s'pose she's heard of it. She can't help what her father was, Molly can't, and she's real sensitive." The young man looked disturbed. That afternoon he loft his work at an early hour apt, however, admitting to himself hi3 purpose in doing so and strolled down the street, turning off but he persuaded himself that it was not intentional in the direction of the school house. T might as well go in and see about that broom and water pail," he said to himself when b.3 stood opposite the little bare-looking. building. And he went in accordingly. The little teacher looked considerably cfnrtln.l when she onened the door to him. She dropped the spelling book she held, and her voice was hardiy steady as she expressed her gratification at seeing him. Evidently, Steve reflected, some idiot had pointed him out to her at church the other evening. He sat down in a frnnt. toflt. fenliQT unpleasantly ogreish. She was hearing the last spelling class. How pretty she looked, standing there in her blue calico dress and white apron. Wnat a sweei voice sue mu, though putting out "hen, men, pen," to a lot of fidgeting youngsters could hardly show it to the best advantage. When the class was dismissed, and tho last small stuient had rushed whooping down the street, the teacher and the young director stood looking at each other with some awkwardness. "I thought I'd come in," said Stave at last, apologetically, "and see if any thing ii needed." no did not' mention the fact of his being soma sis weeks late in the per formance of his duty. The girl dropped her eyes timidly. I- don't think so," she murmured. 'What a brute she must thi-ik me ! ' Steve reflected, with some self-disgU3t. He turned carelessly to the corner where the broom stood. "Isn't thi3 pretty far gone?" ho said, with a conscience-stricken glance at its stubby end. And the little, teacher nodded. . "Your water pail seems to leak," the director went on, indicating the empty bucket and the wet floor. . "Yes " the girl assented. , i i -i "111 S60 inai JOU uuyo iify uu, Steve concluded. And he was rewarded by a grateful 2lance from tho teacher's soft eyes as she took her hat from its nail. He took her lunch basket from her hand as they started away together, and having taken it, could hardly surrender it short of Larkia-'s gate. He was a little reluctant to surrender it even then. F&jr their first awkward ness had quite worn off; their walk had been far from unpleasant, and they were feeling very well acquainted. Ho walked home in an agreeable ab sorption, repeating to himself the things she had said and recalling her pretty way of saying them. lie did not pause to consider that it was old John Sanborn's daughter of whom he was thinking; he was only conscious that she was a bright young girl, whom it was charming to look at and listen to. His -pleasant mood was rudely inter- rupted by little Larkin, who dropped in that evening. "Lyme Doty couldn't have the school," he observed, with a chuckle," "out it looks as though ha wa3 goin to have the teacher 1" "What?" said Steve, with a sudden ucexplainablo sinking of the heaiL "Ht's hanging around considerable, anyhow," said Mr. Larkin., "Went to visit the school last week and he was. asking me today whether Molly's got any way of getting home Friday night. He said he d lust as kef take her in his buggy as not, Molly gener ally walks; but I guess sha' 11 be glad of a lift." "You don't mean to tell me." said Steve, warmly, "that she'd have any thing to do with him?" Mr. Larkin stared. What could Steve care with whom old John Baa bom's daughter had to do? But he only said, deprecatingly "Well, Lyme's a good steady fellow." "Humph !" was tho scornful rejoin der. The voung man mued long and se- riou3lv when hij visitor was gone, ana went to bed with a lighter heart, hav ing come to a firm conclusion. When the new teacher closed school the next Friday night she was feeling rather -worn out, as she was apt to fee atJbe end of the week; nor did the prospect of the four miles' walk home serve to cheer her. Sho locked the door and started down the path with a sigh. A neat little buggy was coming briskly up tho road. Molly gave a start as the driver pulled up tho horse and sprang to the ground mrk tutuo VTTi t K T O 1 Hwnnt You can easilv do this by look lKAllNimjF AIUMALX ingMm in the1 eyes. Teach him, as I have told you, to know and realize that - Qualities Requisite in Training ZX?X& crobatic Dogs, Bibulous Coats - and Singing Geese. hip him unless he deserves it, and don't speak fcarshly, and, above all, don t over train him. v The best of dogs have been ruined this way." . The Human Heart In the human Bubiect tho average rapidity of the cardiac pulsation of an alult male i3 about 70 beats per minute. These beats are more frequent, as a ruU?, in young children and women, and there are variations within certain limits in particular persons owing to peculiari ties of organization. It would not necessarily ba an abnormal sign to find anng the recent dog show, says the Washington Star, a troupe of perform ing dogs attracted much attention. Professor J. W. Himptoa, the owner and trainer of the performing doss, when questioned by the reporter about his dogs and his method of . training them, said: "This business of mine is one of the most interesting in the world. ew are m it, or tne simpie gome ticular iduals the habit reason that few people possess the u1 f of the heart,9 fron 6 - fiO t.n fiS or -75 to 80 rer minute. As a rule, the heart's action is slower and more powerful in fully developed and muscular organizations and more rapid and feebler .in those of slighter form. In animals the range i3 from 25 to 45 in the cold-blooded and 50 upward in the warm-blooded animal', except in the case of a horse, which ha3 a very slow heart beat only 40 --strokes a minute. The pulsations of men and all animals differ with the sea level also. The work of a healthy human heart has been shown to equal the feat of raising five tons four hundredweight one foot per hour, or 125 tons in 24 hours. The excess of thi3 work under alcohol in varying quantities is often very great A curious calculation has been made uy ur. lticu- ardson giving the work of the heart in mileage. Presuming that the b'.ood was ;hrown out of the heart at each puis a animals. Some folks might try to train . - a dog forever and accomplish nothing." "What qualities must a man possess in order to be a good trainer?" asked the reporter. "In the first place," said the Profes sor. "much decision ot character, a strong will-power, and a cheerful, pleasant voice. Of all things the will plays the most important part. It is by its use that animals may be- most easily trained." "How do you commence to train ani mals? ' asked the reporter. "Taking a dog a year old, for in stance, I first teach him. to mind. Thi3 might take six and even ten lessons, but don't start out to train a dog before you teach him to mind you. After he understands you aro his master and must be obeyed, commence to teach him to sit up. Hold him in the correct po sition against tho wall, show him what you w.nrt don", and concentrate your miiu? upon 'i doing it. When ho has learne- to sit ap, try him standing on his hina .c-s. This will come very easily to him. Then comes the waltz, you'll find that very hard, but persever ance and iudicious training will accom- It wasthe young director, and he was I plish even that. Teaching him to jump is tne next tnmg and supplement tan with leaping, if he be alargedog. Now, Molly, "I sent "You coming toward her. "I won't make any excuse, Mis? San- bom," he said, with a humorous solem nity. "I won't say I'm going over the riveron bminess, and happened to think vou might liite to ride. The truth is that it's a carefully laid plot. Will ycu bo an aider and abettor?" The little teacher laughed apprecia tively as ho helped her into the buggy. "I must stop at Mr. Larkin s and eave my dinner pail," she said de murely. Mr. Larkin was standing at the front gate. He stood staring at the young director as the latter assisted the teach er to the ground and sat down on the horse block waiting for her. "Lyme Doty Was here after just now," ho said gaspingly. him down to the school house." "We met him." said Steve. see. he added, malting a Doia attempt at carelessness, but speaking neverthe less, in a shamefaced way, and avoid ing thj little man's eyes. "You see, I feel as though it's my bounden duty to keep Lyme Doty away from her. Pure impudence, his hanging around her that way." The little teacher came tripping u and the young directs? - ' "buggy whirled away in a'cloucli"f dust., - "Steve Ten nctf' taking Molly home in his bugyY" said Mr. Larkin, joining his wife in the kitchen, and sinking dz3dly into a chair. "1 guess the world's coming to an end I" "Steve Tenney ain't a fool," his wife responded practically. "I knew he'd that ridiculous notion of his and especially after he'd seen Molly." "Says he's doing it from a sense oi duty," said Larkin, chuckling slowly as the humor of the situation dawned upon him "Wonder how far his sense of duty will take him?" I shouldn't be surprised at any thin"!' said Mrs. Larkin mys- The Lirkins and, perhaps, Lyme Dotywere the only people who were surprised when the new teacher gave up hn clnl nt. thn end of the term and Luw OV4Ww was quietly married to the young di rector. The chairman of the School Bourd is wondering over it yet Hartford Time3. there - aro a great many people, con tinued tho professor, who try to teach a dog to jump by holding a piece of meat on the other side of a cane and biddin the dog to get it. That's wrong and will ruin a good dog in a little while. If you want 'to train a dog to jump, show him what you want him to do, and by a little patience you will see him perform the trick with ease and pleas ure. When a dog goes . through his part of the programme in a sluggish manner it is only a questions of a few days when he will shirk it altogether.' "You train monkeys aho, don't you?" asked the reporter. "Yes," said the Professor, "monkeys, geese, cats, goats, dogs, rats in fact, I can teach almost everything.' "How about monkeys; are they hard to traia?" "Well ye. There are a great many people who think that monkeys are very easy to train, but that is They will probably do them two or they soon John Aiken asserts that a cubic Inch of air in an ordinary room contains 30, 318,000 particles of dust. . In Europe thrifty trees and good crops of peaches have been secured from grafts on tho hawthorn. - A ecientist says that the reason why people blush in the face is bacause that is the only portion of the body which is exposed to view. An Edinburgh music teacher .claims to augment "the power c-f the voice by means of a mechanical contrivance fit ting into the palate. The sugar mite is estimated to num ber 100,000 per pound in most unrefined sugars. It causo3 the "grocer's" iich of those handling the raw sugar. Siven varieties of fiihe3 examined bj naturalists of the Challenger expedition have been found to be totally blind in the deep sea, but can see when inhabit ing shallow water. The thistle at the Antipodes seems to attain a most vigor 0U3 growth. Its root? penetrates to a depth of from 12 feet to 20 feet, and this root,even when cut into small piece3, retains vitality, each root producing a new plant. By illuminating a vibrating string with sparks from an induction coil at intsrvals when the string occupies one definite position, Herr J. Puling, of Vienna, ingeniously brings to view the different curves and positions of the string. The secretary bird receives govern ment protection in Cape Colony, Africa, for ita services as a snake destroyer. The snakes, which form the chief lood NO. 45. Origin of the Tides. The moon, a lady robed in white , Rose o'er the bosom of the sea, And whispered, "Take mel by thy might Embrace me, seize me set me free From endless bondage to the nightl" The brave sea rose to do her will And tossed its pale arms high in air. Its deeps responded with a thrill , r That shook earth's coasts and islands f airV Yet the pale maid rode higher still The mad surge, wrestling with def eat Threw foamy kisses high in vain. At Jast it sighed: "Ah! lady sweet, Thou art too great! but thou shalt reigr My queen ; my heart shall rise to greet The daily dancing of thy feet. America, 1IUAIOIIOU& tion in the proportion' of 69 strokes per j 0f these birds, are first disabled" bj se- minute, and at the assumed force of nine feet, the mileage of the blood through the body might be taken at 207 yards per minute, seven miles per hour, 169 per day, 61,320 miles per year, or o,- 150, 8S0 miles in a lifetime of 84 years. The number of beats of the heart in the same long life would reach the grand total of 2,' 869, 76G, 000. Medical World. Prosperous Colored Men. There are probably over 100 colored men in Washington who are worth over vere blows with feet or beak, then car ried high in the air and killed by being dropped on the earth. The latest medical theory i3 that there should be only two really substan tial meals a day, breakfast and dinner. A solid and highly nutritious meal ought to begin the day's work, and an equally nutritious meal should end it. The people who take a rapJdty eaten lunch are apparjntly excused for their sup posed un.iygienic proceeding. The recently observed canals in tho Down in the mouth The tongue. Fiom, pole to pole A clothesline. v A cool deed The title to an ice house. , The right to pay taxes has never been denied woman. 1 The dynamite gun may be said to have several aims in life. . , . - , A yacht can stand a tack without swearing. lTew men can! ; Two of a Kind: Teacher "What is the plural of child?" Boy (promptly) "Twins." It is ab3urd to speak of the "foot prints of time," when it is well known that time flies. . The preacher tells you that you should marry for love, and yet he often marries for money. Advice to young ladies who are sot ting their cap3: Use percussion caps, so that the ,pop"-may be heard. Some deem it quite an honor just to be One of the "first setllers" in the town, , The best first settler, though, it seems to me, Is he that pays cash down. t Doctor "Did you take tho rhubarb I ordered?' Patient "Yes, sir. TwAr "Hrtw did vou take it? Patient "In a pie." - -i Teacher "Sammy, why " do you write your name S. Smith, Matcher?" Sammy "Why, 'cau e pa writes hi3 J. Smith, Junior. I was born in March." Teacher: "Supposing that eight of you should together have 48 apple?, 33 lieorge vv. wuuanis, cx-uieiuuur w interior, a.ccorui.ug rroiussur a. .n- Ohio Assembly, and author of a history 1 J3 ayle of St. Louis, other astronomers of the colored race, is said to bo worth $40, 000. Fred Douglas has $300,000. ! John F. Cooke, until fecatly tax col-' lector of the District of Columbia, him- , self pays t?ixc;s now oi $253, 000. John : M. Langston, formerly Uaited States Minister to Hayti,- is reputed to be worth $75,000. John Lynch of Missis .1 sippi, who was the temporary chairman ' of the Chicago Convention in 1884, is very wealthy and owns a fine planta.. tion in Mississippi. .Lx-UongressiH Smalls, who is now contcsung af r.nm,lnt V.TT rnl-nnl TTIIllofK cumulated quite a foriuneV who diedafewyearsj? left $1,000,- his son-in-law was ri but d tlio Professor, "are great Thii one," pointing to a w:co bit of one clinging to the cown dog's tail, "is drunk even now." The rcpoiter looked, and sure enough the little fellow had a strange glare in Uuue Win tn q n nnn Tnixn v T,ewis. ! stimated at - - . of Boston, malces tne- biouiw Beacon Hill dudes and does a yearly businessy it is said, of over a million dollars. He was once a slave, and ragged and bare-footed, followed Sher- 1 man and hu troops in their march to the sea. Cincinnati has a colored fur-' niture dealer whose check is good any his eyes, and was trying his best to dh- day for $25,000, although thirty years locate the chain that bound him to the box. . "But the greatest drunkards in the animal world," said the Professor, "are goat'. I have one that ii a very good performer, knowing how to count,stand up, jump through fire and do many other tricks, but hz knows how to drink beer better than anything. But come thi3 way and I will show you the great est trained animal ever known." The' Star man followed and in a pri vate room saw a full grown goose stride ing around. The Professor wus greeted with a series of discordant cries. The goose was once a wild one and shot in Canada. The Professor pr.ssing bought her and took her to tho theatre where exhibition. It was here the thought of training her first presented itself and in less than six weeks old "Moutry ' that's ner name could count, add, subtract, multiply, ago he was a Kentucky slavo.v The late Robert Gordon, of Cincinnati, owned a large number of four-stbry re dlences- at the time of his death. New York Tribune. have seen the same phenomena. It 13 known that Mara has snow and rain, .while there are indubitable evidence3 of animal life. These assertions involve a severe strain on one's credulib The two sides offface aro not alike. As a rufays a German pro fessor , thovfrant of symmetry is con- fiaed-Wthe uoter part of the face, lne alfof the .brain overweighs the ht half; the nose lean3 a little to the rifrhf. or to the left. The region of - the right eye h usually slightly higher than that of the left eye while the left p.ve is nearer the middle line of the .. - - Th rtwht ear is also i;ULltltc?tiaxA. ' shigher, as a rule, than the left ear. It is quite probable that a - large ma jority of the reptiles of this country are flesh-eating animals. But there are a number of species in the different gen era of the lizard family which are known to live almost or entirely on vegetables. There i3 one Bengalese lizard that eats cT,-in such as wheat, rice and corn. and when it csnnot obtain them it will greedily devour 6traw and hay. There is still much to be learned in regard to the food of many kinds cf animals, even by na'u-alisti who have devoted the greater part of their livei to tho invasti tu')j?et. "Is that all you can give me ma'am," pleaded the tramp-"a dipperful of water?'- "Why, no, certainly not," re plied the woman with tho big heart; "you can have as ."manj dipperfuls a you like." j. ;-' :vT. .. He was mumbling about tough. ."kf -and cold coffee, and making hime generally disagreeable. "Don't grovk so over yourbreakfast, John," said his wife, "nobody is going to take it away from you." ; - The Bishop of London has risen to be a wit. As ho was taking leavo of a parishioner with a very large family, the lady said: -But you haven't seen my last baby. " ; 'No, " he quickly replied, "and I never expect to!" . nation of the An Attorney's Ruse. TIow much will you give me for this atlas of thh city?" asked a Buff do at torney as he walked into a second-hand book store and handed the owner tht book named. v "'Taia't worth much," answered the dealer, as he turned ovei the leaves with an air of assumed iadif f ronc?. "There's no demand far 'em. bou"ht one last eveaing and it's cut side now. There's no demand for 'em at all, and I shall think it is a good sale if I ffet '$l for the one I have now. "All riht. here's your good sale. Thii i3 the one you had outside," gaylj answered the lawyer, a3 he threw down a silver dollar and skipped out of th store before the disconcsrted proprietor could interpose an objection. "I had been hunting for thit atlas for montht and would have given $15 rather thai not got it," remarked the attorney as h gleefully exhibited his purchase, Buf falo Express. How a Barber Lost a Finger. j The only curious episode that I now think of that ever occurred in my own 1 dealing3 with a barber came about through my observing that the knight of the razor who waa at work on me had lost the index finger on his right hand. I could not help admiring the dexterity with which he handled the tools oi nis trade despite the loss, . and, observing mv attention directed to his mutilated hand, he vouchsafed an explanation. . ! .-I cut that off," he said. How, by accident I'' Vr T meant to. It 13 tho trigger finger.r I was drafted into the army and cutit off to avoid tho service. It didn't a: ii th rUv of the week. hour. OTrtrv thcu?h. The trick had been Ul IF AV&Cy kV. vw j 7 I f-f nld drt almost anvthinsr with J. .1 ia.t, - w ir figures. "Har great33t act," sail tin Profes sor, "is singing. I claim that thU goose can sing a song, giving the proper pitch and Til prove it." Taking the goose he placed him upon a small stool and gave the key. In stantly the goose threw up her head and quacked out the air of "Over the Fence Is Out." There was a cat that followed the goose all around the room and when the reporter inquired about her accom- pliihment3,the Professor said: "I'm just training her. I am going to try to teach her to sing", and then by a few additions have a chorus of am mals. Any one," said the Professor, "can train a dog that is, to a certain extent" ' 'Howf queried the scrib. "Procure your dog. If possible, pick out one that in ycur judgment is mtel tried tco often. They took to training men to use the second finger. Some of them cut that off too, but I couldn't spare anothcr, so I ran away and came to America. No, I don't miss it now much, and I don't care if 1 can't go back. This is a pretty good place ana the work isn't hird. Thank you, sir. Nextl .Worcester Spy. Clam Shells $G0 a Pair. Colonel Silas Moore of Southington, sold a pair of clam shell last week for $60. The pair were two feet and ten inohp in length and about one foot and teninche3 wide and weighed 304 pounds. Colonel Moore is the owner of a pair weighing 330 pounds, which he would aofsell for $100." These large clam shells came from the Mediterranean Sea, and there are some in Italy which weigh 700 Dounds. Most of these shells have A. a blemish, uut ia a public museum, where they are not handled, theblemiih may not be seen. In a private collection it is desirable to have perfect shei.3. Colonel Moore's $100 shells are perfect and the finest ia the Uoited States. Th?re are parts of the meat of these big claras which are ! good food. Colonel Moore ha3 seen a c'.am steak six inche3 wide and a foot long. In his collection are clam shells ' so small that ten pain would not weigh ! an ounce. To outweigh tha big pair would require more than 10,000 oi tne ' email nf.pi, -f Hartford Post. I The L-srht of the Fatnro The primary fault of , all our lights, electric light incluled, U that there ia so great a waste oTenergy in, the form of heat. The glow-worm, the firefly, and a multitu le of other animals show that liaht may be obtained without any more heat than that of the animal body, and without any such danger as that so tcrnbly displayed in the burn ing of theatre. Itadzbzowski found that animal light is duo to tho oxidation ol two kiads of organic matter, one con taining hydrocarbon and the' other aldehydes, or tcmcthisg yielding: al dehydes when treated with alkalis. The isolation of thasei compounds is but another step, and their application, both of them being steps . that are but srndl compare i with - many that have been mide ia th chemistry of this generation. All oar' existing arti ficial lights .have"-' another common fault. They are epndentratcd forci of glare. But for iti co3t the best of all i the wax or paraffin candle. A rodm tihted with 20 candles, well dr.tnbut ed, h iacoinj arably better lighted than by one 20-cmdle gas light or electric liht; with the luminou uphoUtery: I suggested the diffuion wcu'd be still more complete than with the candles, it would correspond as nearly as ..possi ble to diffuse 1 daylight, and might be made to produce mo3t charmingly ar tistic eff-cts. Gentleman' Magazine. V A Doctor's Odd Cane Tha latest style of cane is owned by a Portland physician who use3 it for three purposes as a cane, as a protector ana for professional purposes. It consists of a bamboo rod into which flt3 a steel re ceptacle, shaped like half a tube ia the concave sido of which are springs hold ing in place small vials of ammonia, morphine and needles and surgeons thread, and, ia fact, all aitidoes and urgical appliances necessary in cases of emergency. Philadelphia Mourning Periods. The umal mourning periods for near relatives observed in Philadelphia and they are very rigidly observed here are: For a mother, father, grandparents, wife or husband, twelve months six months black with crape, four months black without crape and two months half mourning; for a si3ter, brother, aunt or nncle, six months black with crape, three months, black without craptv two months, and half mourning one month. Philadelphia Times. Quizzing a Conntry Boy. "Country boys ara not susch squnsh hcads a they sometimes look," said tho 1rrtitnir at tha Broezel House. "Oae day last week I was out riding with a fellow who seemed to think it his mission to say or do something smart every minute. Presently we overtook a barefoot urchin- driving a cow home from pasture, and my companion reined up tho horse and spoke to him, saying;' Say, my little man, what time "will it be at 0 o'clock this afternoon?' With out a moment's he3itation the lad answered: 'Twill b bedtime for hens and fools. Your not a h?t tut 'twill be your bedtime all the same.1 " Buf falo Express. - "