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The Chronicle. "CTTUTESBOIlo! n. c. There are 7000 millionaires la the 0nitd States, -where, la I860, thera were onlj two. A San Francisco undertaker has titled trp a large and Lan&iome funeral parlor, where fun en! may be held. It is in tended to meet the needs of families who lire la hotels and boarding houses.' All the employes are attired wear black silk hats. ia black, and A French railroad haa hit opon a new( source of revenue. Ia future people who accompany their friend to aay of the sUtioas on that line to see them off will be admitted oa the platform only on payment of a fee of one penny, in return for which they will receive a, special ticket of authorization, ' Since Explorer Henry M. Stanley fItl tha United States he has last sur rendered bis citizenship in this Republic, and has become a subject of the King of the Belgians. Ia connection with that action, it . is said that he has forfeited his copyright on his books in this coun try, but that, asserts the New York Star, is a question for the courts. A report of the outdoor athletic season of 1890 says it is "the most memorable, from the point of view of record break ing performances, ia the history of Ameri can amateur athletics. Records pro viocaly held by Englishmen alone hari been equaled by Americans, and world's records hare been broken. The records, too, made by collegians ia their chau plonship contests hare been greatly- ir proved." . ' A Cincinnati paper attempts to pnro that Thomas West, of Lexington, IT., father of the famous painter, invented and successfully worked a steamboaV ia 1797, aix years before Fulton boat im operated. It was tested oa the Iowa fork of the Eikhorn, and the identical engine used is said to be in the Asjlum XLexicgtoa now. The engine took the to Cincinnati on one trip. Ke annual report of tfyB-: iJUte Board cl Health of CTC .r? t Mars a- is "la grippe ia . treated cf at &JS result of his iavestigriien, :creUry reports that human Inttr- "..lina fi notent in mreaJinc the disease as atmospheric commuaicatioa. ui eau mates that 730,000 wage-earners in that State took the disease, that 191,100 of these had to leave work and that the time loit was at least 9S3.50O dajs . , The Philadelphia Jleeord very flriwly sajs: "There is nothing which wil more stronlv mark the record of the W ( nineteenth century when it shall bo writ ten thaa the patient research and intelli gence which have unearthed the patt, given it voice and utterance, and made the daily life of ancient Greeks, ;Egjp-i tians or Babjlonlans as plain to tbe peo-l Die of to-dar as are the habits of thd English under Alfred or our own: ances tors ia the davs of Cotioa Mather Jfu7isey' Weekly observes: "The Utfc eminent Mr. Rube Barrows, of Alabama, who by common consent stood ! at th i head of the train robbing profession c t this country, i reported by the dail papers to have left na estate of on twenty thousand dollars at his lamcnte demise. This shows that Mr. Borrows chose a comparatively unprofitable field for the exercise of his remarkable taleatk nau he gone into tne business os robbing railway stcckholders instead of railway passengers, he might have died,worl twenty millions instead of twenty thou sand." I Dr. Brooics, Professor of Biology at the Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, MLt who has made a special stndNof the ojstcr, and hat embodied the rcsal of his investigations in a Urge volume, makes the startling statement, says the - New Tork Pott, that unless dredgiadlis stopped the Maryland oyster will in taree years cease to be a factor In the mariet. That the yield this year is far short com pared with a corresponding f length! of tune ia all previous years is attestea to by the dredgers and packers. It jwas estimated that by November 1 only 148,- 000 bushels had been steamed, agfiast 303,000 bushels during the corretplnd lag month in 18S3. A prominent picker ia Baltimore, a maa who has paid esrjccial attention to the future of the oytjr In dustry ia Maryland, ay the yield this jear is less by fifty per cent, than that of October 1833, and he thinks the ratio ! will hold good daring the rest off the year; It was not an unusual thlnd last year and the year before for canning establishments to steam 50,000 bushels every day, and sometimes the figures were grciter thaa that, but this ieaJoa rvcrx think that they aro doin j ftnr3 tT-ro-ihlrdj et rzv.zli ia IWHOM OTHERS ENVY. Tarenih years of patient toil and sacrifice II bUmbed Fame's ladder, round by round, - . . . Kor rifled tUl bis hand Toad grasped "the hlch b tollod. Self-made, UU iwnod. i fl tfood anion bis lofty dreams, and weighed , Their I worth, together with tha price ho paid; . . , A millionaire he bartered lore for this Lev bladj th wiogi of him who would arise. Be rose unfettered. Now with famished eyes He gezea on another' Paradise. . WhUje memory taunt him with a shy, swt xlsa, A frlrhtened, fluttering thinr, the first, the last. No childish rolces echo through the past; lit wears his laurels, but he paid their price. J :oe Zlartwlde Thorpe, in LipptncotL THE DEACON'S MISFIT. i 3JT ERXEST A. TOCSO. I do wish," exclaimed 3Irs. Deacon Aptlcby, "that every thing wouldn't alius come in a heap! fWall, wall, Samantha, don't fret." sail, the deacon, who sat in a corner rcehalng a a "hold back," which had broken while drivm? home from town that afternoon. vl guess if somebody didn't fret, thib2swould cit wuss than they be. for of fc.ll the procrastinatin critters you beat the wust of 'em. Tie idea of your waiun till baturday aiore you went to' to j town to git them clothes, and not a thing to put on your back for Sunday I ("No uso of stewin about that, now thit I've been and got back, and bought tha clothes," said the deacon, his temper net the least ruffled by the lashing of hi t consort's rather sharp tongue. 'You're .bought 'em, but they ain't h rc," returned the good woman. T rniilrln't wnlt for Vm in Yu flrl The misfit parlor man said that they a luacal'lated to hare the goods a perfect bxng-up nobby fit afore he delivered Vm t customers. Lucky, Samantha, that I s re that advertisement of the misfit par 1 rs, for there you can git custom-made goods at ready-made prices ln iou picked up a good many slang -ords( lor one trip to town, it seems to ibe," said JJrs. Appleby, amid z great flatter of tea kettle and other domestic trteasils upon the kitchen stove. I "Them ere ai a t slang. They're terms hat belong ttf the trade," explained the deacon f . ! , 4WUt I dunao what a suit o clo'es 11 amount to ye, with you in one town sad they ia another, Vposin they doa't come." I could wear a shawl o vourn to meet'n, and have it given out from the pulpit with the rest of the church notices that I'd got a new outfit somewhere on the way," augrested the deacon, with a I humorous twist of hU lips, which always had a smile lurking about thcoi, ready to spring Into risible existence. ' "I -vouldn t make sport out of sacred subjects, If I was in your place," said bamaetba, with unabated asperity. The currant of debate was turned at this point by the appearance of Doris, whose twenty years'of life had developed the energetic qualities of ker mother with the never-failing, good temper of her father a combination, by the way,whlch went very well with a sweetly simple manner and a full share of beauty. I "Tbe coaca is coming,! father," she announced, "and I think it brings Mr. I Graves, the new minister. , "For pity aakei ' cried Mrs. Appleby. "I never thought of its bein' time for the coscU jit," exclaimed the deacon, hastily, thrusting the piece of harness which he was mending into a pocket, and runniig to the sink to wash his haads. "Doris hss got to meet him at the door. I sha'n't, with this faded caliker on," said Mrs. Appleby. I "I will meet him, mother, and show hla to his room," said Doris, and she added, "You and father will have timo to brush yourselves up a bit before he comes down to supper. . j with aotbing but sunshine upon her sweet face, she adjusted a ribbon at her throat, and another at her waist, with the effect of a general change of attire, for it took but little to adorn hcr -smple beauty. .--': She opened the front door just as Mr. Graves alighted from the coach.v He was a pleasant-faced young man a student sent there lor one babbzth as a "canui date. as yet ne naa not gatnea a very mm . minjterial look, especially since be wore a traveling sun 01 gray, wun russet snoes and crush hat, Doris greeted him with unconscious grace, out ne was a mtie embarrassed. If I may tax your kindness so soon," he said, as he paused in the doorway of the pleasant chamber to which she con ducted him, would liko a needle and thread. I caught my coat aleeve on the door of the coach, and the result is a sad- looking rent." ! ' i And he held up bis arm to show the extent of the damage. "That is too bad, but I can soon mend it for you. I'm afraid," she added, with ber sunny smile. 'tbat unless vou are more nimble with the needle thaa father is, you would have a hard time mending that. It is a dreadful tear, and it will show, the best I can do." Mr. Graves laughed, aad hAnded her the garment with a grateful look. u 'The worst of it is," he added, "Iliad .a a parcel cnecjcea on . tne cars, ana the baggage man couldn't find it at the sta tion when I arrived. It contained more suitable garments than these for to-morrow."'. ' -v. -- , ; I hope It Is not lostt" said Doris. "Probably It will be found In time for me to check It back again whea I re turn." .-: : In- the meantime Mrs. . Appleby was b-ostllD'' about ia the nrrrr.ir;i.!.i-n of tea. J , tv tleacon, hiTin'r 1 chores, which alwaja hurried him at tJaat hour. ; j : Six o'clock came ; supper was all ready. Still so express bundle arrived for the deacon. It ought to have come on the coach. ' :'' Mrs. Appleby grew more and more un easy; even the calm deacon' began to brush with his hand the clothes he had on, wondering if they couldn't be made to answer in case Ms new suit did 'not come. - : But no they would not do. lie had been humiliated enough by being com pelled to wear them to town that day. The truth was, his thrifty wife had un dertaken, a few days before these events, to sponge the deacon's clothes with a famous cleansiag soap which had been recommended to her. The soap was indeed effective. It re moved all the st sins and grease.. But it at the same time took out every vestige of the original dye wherever the spoage was applied. The result was a generally mottled effect which was so ridiculous that the wearer liughed every time ho looked at them. : , lie bad hoped that the new suit would arrive before the young minister came down to supper. But it was a rain hope. 'I guess he'll think we're mortal poor, for you to wear them things," said Mrs. Applebv. $ "Mabbe he'll think I'm all the more stiddy for a deacon if I don't pay so much attention to dress, like the world's people," was the ready reply. As a matter of fact, Mr. Graves did not think of noticiag his geaial host's attire, and, although Mrs. Appleby was "fidgetty" at the table, Doris and her father were pleasant enough to make up. ' ' But whea nine o'clock the deacon's bed-time came, and Mr. Graves retired for the night, the Applebys Jooked at each other in dismay. '"Now what d'ye thiaki" exclaimed Mrs. Appleby. "Look as if I'd got to stay at home from meetin to-morrow, or go and wear these here brindled trousers,'1 said the deacon, with a rather dismal smile. "ii n oniy wasa c wicitea to pre to be ia ana not- to cro. said faiatly. -I. 1 her father. , "Jest as I rrpected 'twould turn when you come home without the out new clo'es," said Mrs. Appleby. I doa't see how I could help it. They needed fixia over and I knew you'd scold if I axed you to do it with so little time." 41 You cughter got 'cm the fust of the week as I told ye to. It all comes of your procrastinatia' that I'm alius tellin' ye about." "There irsomebodv at the door this minute," cried Doris, as she flew to an swer the knock. . A boy stood on the steps with a bun dle. "Express for the deacon," explained the youngster. Carried by oa t'other train, and come back on the one from the west. Dad told me to fetch it right up, as je might be wanting of it!" "There, thera, Samantha!" cried the deacon, holding the bundle exultantly close to the good lady's face. "Now what comes of all your talk? Here 're the clo's, atd t'aey sent 'em jest as they said thev would." Simantha relented ia spirit, as she usually did after the worry of the day was orer, and so they retired ia peace. The deacon would hare liked to try oa Lis purchases before going to bed, but it occurred to him that that would appear like bovlsu impatience, so he contented himself with tearing a hole ia the wrap- ping paper and obtaining a -glimpse of I the dark goods through, the opening. In the morn inc. for some unaccouat able .reason, the Applebys all overslept, and when the deacon and bis energetic wife arose they found that they had narrow manna of time in which to do the oisliaary morning work of a farm, which cannot be omitted even oa the Sabbath. This tended to irritate Samantha, and even the deacon found it hard to keep J his bunday countenance during a hastily prepared breakfast. Mr. Graves was a little anxious over the coming ordeal of preaching, for the second time in his ex perience, a regular written sermon. 41 We'll be late, just as sure as the world I" said Mrs. Appleby for the dozenth time, after Mr. Graves had gone to his room for a half hcur of medita tion, r "Time enough mother; , doa't fret," said the' deacoa. ' , "But you've got your clothes to change yet, and no Knomn whether they I come I . a . . wiimn aroa 01 nttin ye. I Appleby. "ill resic it. I'll wear 'em anyway, fit or no fit," said' the deacon impa tiently. , "I will hitch up the horse for you, father, so you can have more time," said Doris. . . , That's a good gal. I wish ye would, for I declare for it, I bate to have to hustle round so liko a house afire Sunday morning." Mr. Graves came down ready to start. Mrs. Appleby tned to entertain him with becoming before-meeting topics while the ' deacon was getting ready. Dorris came in and said the .team was ready. .. Still, Deacon Appleby did not put in an appearance. His wife fidgeted,Doris became nneasv, aud Mr. Graves looked at his watch. 1 "What in the. name of natur can that man be adoia'l" 'exclaimed Mrs. Applehy attests -: , '- ;; She started to rrs an? see. when the door opened andlDcacoa Appleby came in. His face wasvrery red and there was a queer pucker abdat his lips as though ho were suppressihEr an inclination to laugh. ' r ' I 'GoodUnd!" ejaculated Mrs. Apple by. - "Why, fatherf Dorris exclaimed. Mr. Graves sUred at the apparition is the doorway, Ahen looked down at his orrn slim lccgtb, and back arnia at the cheeks became deacon's. kast as red as I the -"Get the boss ready?" ventured the latter. ..-. "Yes, father. But 1 ; "Wall, -we haint much time to spare. Te see" the good man was - on the point of making an explanation, but checked himself, and . began, with short cautWas steps, to cross the room, add ing: ; ' "Come, come, if the hess is ready." A more ridiculous figure than that cut by the deacoa it would be hard to im agine. ":-'"".' , , He had put on his new suit of clothes. They were made of dark goods of fine quality. ' But- the I legs were several inches too short, and so tight that they set like the costume of a circus performer. The coat was equally short, and to in troduce the buttons, to their respective button holes would have been an im-i possibility. . And every moment the deacon made a vain attempt to stretch the too-economical waistcoat down to cover a zone of white shirt and suspender buttons betwixt that garment and the trousers, j . ! "What ia the world did you buy them duds for?" gasped Samantha in the dea con's ear, when they were seated beside each other in tho forward seat of the beach wagon. . "Don't saV a word, please mabbe there won't nobody don't, and notice it!': wal tho hurried response. Not notice eml" echoed Mrs. Ap- pleby. "There's a pesky j mistake, unless clo'es shrunk tremendously after. I them," saiditho deacoa. r" the 1 I I At tho mleting house the latter glided into a pew iear the door partially unob served, aftdr the services were begun. And in pecpiring misery he sat through the hour If worship. "While coming out after tho (congregation had been . dis missed he was aroused by a touch upon his arm. It was tho boy who had Vr&ght the expres bundle the eyuiiag before, and be hati another.builale now. - , . "Dad didn't' see this one when he sent mffift night, and so I fetched it Cnowia you ' always was ter meet- bundle. "What have you there, father!" Done exclaimed, noticing the bundle hugged under his arm. "Oh yes I forgot but it's your'n, guess," he stammered, giving it tor Mr. Graves. ' The Utter looked at it and shook his head. "I think not. Mine was larger, and in plain wrapping." The deacon stared at the bundle which was returned, to nis charge, ana . tne words "misfit parlors," in largo letters, swam before his gaze. On tho wav home Mr. Graves and Doris did all the talking. The deacon went into the house with the bundle, and the first thing he did was to open it. ! . Wall, I do vuml" he exclaimed, hold ing up coat and trousers which were certainly a fit for himself. "Them are the clo'es I bought 1" he declared. ; "Then whose are them you've bee try in to squeeze yourself into, I'd like to know?" demanded Mrs. Appleby. Both glanced towards the doorway. Sir. Graves and Doris stood on the tresh nld nd booth were smilmrr. f "Father," said Doris, with her sweet est laugh, "the parcel which came last night was for Mr. Graves. Those are his clothes which you have on." j It hardly seemed like Sunday in a deacon's household, with a minister for a guest, during the next half hour. It would bo difficult to say which laughed the hardest, for even Mrs. Appleby, did her share in that line. ' "Wall, we'd better swap back, if 'tis the Sabbath," said the deacon, at last. And Mr. Graves laughingly assented. 0 Mr. Graves remained through his ra catlon and - preached regularly at th$ little meeting-house.. ; , With the next term he graduated, was called to the rural parish and set up his home there," with Doris Appleby to fur nish sunshine for him. -Yanlie Blade, Prairie Dogs Lack the Sense of Distance. Prairie dogs, it appears from a recent etter by Dr. Wilder to Science, lack the sense of distance. At Cornell Universi ty, several' of them walked off chairs. tables and window-sills unhesitatingly. This is thought to be due to the nature of the usual, habitat, a plain, with no sharper inequalities than burrows and mounds. One adult female seemed to have wonderful immunity from the ill- effects of falls; it once fell from the top of an elevator twenty-one feet high, and another time from a window-sill, about as high, on a granite pavement, but soon recovered. These animals respond to sudden sound by erecting the body and barking, and the nervous raechaaisaa in volved seems to be largely reflex, rapidly exhausted, but nearly or quite uncontroll able; indeed! one of those falls seems to . -. 1 3 . nave ueen due to an unguaraea erection of the body on hearing a large clock strike. - V . Producing Fuel With Water. A coal washing plant has been erected at a colliery in Yorkshire, England. The plant has a capacity of 4.00 tons per day. but has dealt with 500 tons by the wet process, rne system aaoptea is care fully sizing the smudge and automatically washing and .re washing after crushing the various sizes. The plant is driven by a 100 horse-power steam engine, and the water used in the process of washing is circulated by means of a powerful centri fugal pump, which, when in full work, circulates nearly five tons of water per minute. The object in erecting this plant was to produce a high class coke out of a mixture of very dirty hard and soft smudge. ' The coke produced is of uni form quality, and the ash' in . the coke is steadily kept below four per, cent. Be sides the preparation of .the smudge fox the coke ovens a quantity of small peat, suitable for fuel, is produced by ti TESTING CBURCH CHIMES.! , OF NEW 2ELLS n.YiAt Set ot Chimes in tbe Country. if onn Pnnnrts ot MttSiCJ -awn mwfww - v. Were Tested! T" t A nVet the TTf.rald made mention of the fact that the Clintoa H.Meneely Belj Company,! of Troy, had received contract for the casting' of a double set of chimes to cost about $15-000, They will be the heaviest in the country, more than double those in Trinitv Church. . Following if the description and weight in pounds o each, bell: ; - , ;Bflat....i 6500 C. .....5150 I......; ..S50O Eflath.... .3050 E L.,.....3550 F v 3050 . G"m mf mm 1600 A flat.. ...... ....1225 Total..: L... A.............v1025 Bflat... ....800 C. .. 650 D. 530 Ecat.. 500 E. ............ 430 F. ......... 4UU ... 30,000 The 6500 pounds bell, which is - the kevnote of tke chime, was cast a Jew we'eks ago. This work William FJ Pecher, tho organist of the Cathedral; went to Troy to test it. Mr. Pecher did not care to go alone and asked Alexandpr 3Iills, the organ builder, to accompany him. Mr. Pecher brought along his tun ing forks and Mr. . Mills an organ pipe reed. The bell was to have been B flat and they discovered that it was B natural. 3Ir. Meneely was at first inclined to If e lieTe that Mr. Pecher's tuning fork was too high, but Mr. Mills's pipe reed had the same pitcn, ana jut. nieneeiy naa to 1 ooncede that tho bell was not what it Should be. W l V . . TheXbeU'was only half a tone out' of the "wajr, but the quality was excellent. Iusteadjof being . 6500 pounds it was nearly "QQp.pouads. It is six feet nine infr'neVm diameter and - ;iive feet high. Another bell will have to be east toiget 4-V A ?M.t4- nnfft! 'PKlA ws?tiTlf. Wll T 1?VtV rp. duced very little, if at all, for the belff11"111, was found to have a iuu resonant tone. Therefore the weights of the other bells will have to be raised in proportion. J As i i- i z. ia lu-u fimin a piano or arranging for bassos in a choir. If you start yith a certain quality of jtone in a piano the next note must be the same, or youjwill have a clangy note with a full rich one. So if two bassos .with different qualities of .voice sing together the result will not be harmonious... j -j The conditions for 'producing a bell with a certain note are well defined and specific. But practice has . proved that you cannot always attain that note ex actly! ; The j casting may prove to be a half or quarter tone out. j j Small bells are generally cast in sand, like iron, from models, and not in loam moulds made by sweeps. Bells arc al ways' cast mouth downward, so that the sound bow, which is by far the most im portant pare, may have the best chance of being sound by having the pressure of metal on it. greatest Usually when a bell does not come out of the mould with the exact note re quired it is j either shaved or cut to get the note. Iff it should be 1 fiat then the inside of the bell is shaved to sharpen the note ; if too fiat then a portion of the mouth is cut. Each process, however, invariably results in damaging the qual ity of the tone, and therefore a new cast ing is almost always made. j A good bell when struck yields one note, so that any person with an ear for music can Jsay what it is. This note is called the i'consonant," and when it is distinctly heard the bell is said to be. 'true." A bell of moderate size (little bells cannot well be experimented; upon) is tested in1 the following manner:; The bell is tapped just on the curve of the top and it yields a note one octave above the consonant. It is next tapped about one-quarter's distance from the top and should yield a 'note which 'is the "quint" or fifth of the octave. Then it is tapped twp-quarters or a half lower and it yields a f 'tierce" or third of the octave Finally it is tapped strongly above the rim wheretthe clapper strikes, and the quint, the tierce and the octave will now sound simultaaeously, yielding the con sonant, orj key note of the bell. " ) 1 If the tierce is too sharp the bell's note that is J the consonant wavers be tween a tone and a half tone above it; if the tierce jis flat the note wavers between a tone v and a -half tone below Sit. In either case the bell is said to be 'false." A 'sharp tierce can be flattened by filing away : thq inside of the bell just above .where the tierce is struck. But if the bell when cast is found to have a flat tierce there is no remedy. Tbe conso nant or key note of a bell can be slightly sharpenea by cutting away the inner rim of the bell, or flattened by filling it -jjC little higher up inside, just above the rim. - : .-- . - . i The quality of a bell depends hot only on lue casting jiau. me nneness ana mix ture of metals, but upon the due pro portion bf metal to the calibre of the bell. The larger the bell the lower the tone, one it it is aue&ptea to mate a large E bell with metal only enough for a smaller) P bell the E bell will j be puny and poor. It has been calculated that for a peal of bells to give the pure chord of the ground tone - or - keynote third, fifth aad octave the diameters are required to be as 30, 24, 20, 15, and the weights as, 80, 41, 24 and 10. rne tones oi a uen are ; securea dv a close measurement in making the patterns , and the bell in every chime which gives the exact octave ; fcbove ; the tenor" or keynote! bell 13 just half the diameter of the tenor bell. This proportion follows throughout the whole scale. my. . f - - m m . . m , v it is; surprising now little even mu sicians bear in mind the distinction be tween ntakmg bells in tune with each other, j which a set of cast-iron pots migat pe, and; making them individu ally ffood in tone. : And the 3 best , mu- siciaa'in the world, it is said,' is no judge ot tnat unless ne Knows, oy experience what sort of . tone is attainable by good bells of something like the same size as those he has to judge of. -1; - Mears, .one ; of the - great English founders, cast two peals for the Londo Exchaage. They were duly certified by cl rr eitbey were rrc'- ably in perfect tune,j but most of thesi turned out; to be thoroughly bad bells so bad that after being twice paid for they ere condemned to be recast again in spite of the musical certiScates. A peal of bells can be j tuned, but the tone r flualitrlof a bell cannot be mended. New TrJi MeraH. j . WISE WORDS. To seek; the truth! is better than to dig for sold. . We cannot own anything that we do not enioy, . . ' . . - V Love can only be measured by what it will suffer. If we cannot get Jwhat we like, let us like what we can get. - : The man .who khowingiy aoes wrong is the bis-sest of ail cowards. Bootless grief hurts a man's self, patience makes a.jest of an injury. hioekhead is the but one whose mistakes teach him nothing. The lore that never goes away from home had better dje and be buried. An enemy is an enemy, no matter whether he carries a flag or a musket. Little snakes are; the f most numeraus, and little sins are the most dangerous. Humility is a grace itself, and a spot less vessel to entertain all other graces. Too much to lament a misery, is the next way to draW on a remediless mischief.- A : : A foolish man in wealth and authority s like a weak- timbered house with too ponderous a roof. . There are no riches like to the sweet ness of content, and no poverty compar able to the want of patience. - : To master a man's self is more than to conqutr a world, for he that conquered the world could not master himself. Fair words without sdod deeds to a tan in! miserv are like a saddle of gold clapt upon the back of a galled horse. Wisdom is always J front door and t wantias: to come in, to away treas-. l honor nn mnmirc ii n niefcures and give 7 r I. Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon wasnea oowu . ww .uauu, u. itions. like a sentle ram. " " 1 ' pierce deep, arid brin? forth reforina- tion. Six quarts at One Gulp! Writing about the siege and capture ol the Bavarian town of Kotheutmrg ny Marshal Tilly; m lbSl, a Harper con tributor says : p ; , : Tilly aud his ; principal officers pro ceeded to the patthaus hall, and sum moned before him -the Burgomaster and his colleagues. He Condemned them to bebeheaded,andthe executioner was sum moned. Meanwhile the women and chil dren of the tow'n b.ad been appealing to Tilly and his officers for mercy aad lenien cy, and finally he relented and spared tne. heads of the town fathers, but levied such a heavy.contributioa; from the peo and made his occupancy of the pie, place which lasted some weeks, so bur- densome, that the town never fully re covered its fov mer prosperous' condition. The Kotheiiburg legend relates that Tilly's change of nund about the execu- tion of the Burgomaster and his associ- ates was brought abotft . s in this wise? whi' (e waiting 1 for the Nexecutioner, the trembling Councilors : ordered wine brought from .the cellars and offered to the loflicers.; They drank freely of the wine presented them in a large pokal (goblet) by the master of the cellars. The generous wine -warmed the hearts of the Generals, and finally Tilly offered to par don the Burgomaster and his brethren if one of them wOuld empty, at a single draught the large pokal from which they had been drinking. The Councillor and ex-Burgomaster Nusch made the attempt, and although the pokal " held thirteen scbOnnen f ullv sixr Quarts he sue-' ceeaed. Tilly kept his promise,' and spared: tnej lives oi ine isurgomascers. xne lanrnj of Nusch was 'pensioned by the town, and was eriven possession of the pokal. the pension and pokal being in possession of the family at this time. What Wales Eat. The surface waters in the Gulf Stream teem. with minute life of : all kinds. There th3 yoking of larger animals exist, microscopic in size, ana aauit animal which never grow, large enousrh to be plainly visible to the naked eye occur in immense quantities. By - dragging fiae silk net behind the vessel these minute forms are easily taken, and whw placed in, glass dishes millions uncounted are swimmins backward, and forwara. When looked at through a microscope vre see younir hellv hshes. the vouns " barnacles, crabs and shrimps, besides the adult microscopic species, which are very abundant. -The- toothless whale .fiids in these his only food. Rushin? through the water With mouth open, by means of his whalebone strain ers the .minute forms arc separated frooj the water, j S ?vallo wins: those obtaiBea after a short period of strainins:, he re- I peats the operations. The abundance & - 1 this kind bf life, sav Pomtlar Scit Monthly, can be" judged from the w01 nearly all kinds of whale exist exdu' sively upon these animals, most of so small that they are not noticed o ttf sunace." 1 . i . . Rubinstein and Queen Tictoria The British Queen, althoush fbud being entertained,) is not-disposed top4 liberally for entertainment. Lob artists ar in constant terror lest shall be commanded to perform at "Win ' sor; it puts theai out of pocket time. They say that after Rubins the great pianist, played for the QueeILJ wa3 escorted - by a page to a cha , where a wretched cold luncheon ihim; at the same time the page tbi into the great artist's hand a bit cf pK in which ten sovereigns (.$50) were ro j u. 1 Rubinstein disd ainf ully tossed ' gc5 J pieces into the midst of the luncBjJJ ana strode angrily out qf the palace, language ; more forcibls thanele3: ' CM-'- .'-'.- 1 t
The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1891, edition 1
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