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TTIiq Chronicle,
WILKJSSBOKO, N. C. V:
: woes op the boy. ,
What's the good of grown up people ?
Seems to me they're in the way. ;
: We'd have lots more fun without them, -
That's what all ua -fellows say. : u c
Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers,' -v.
They're an awful rummy crew- -
And the chap as tries to please them
, - : Comes to grief before he's through.
Now, my dad. he told ine lately
- Not to let him see me smoke: , 7
Said that if I did he'd teach me
Not to copy grown up folk.
" Well, t thought he'd never see me t a -!
y If I smoked behind the shed ; - "
- But he found me out, and awful - - ; '
Were the things he did and said. ; L-.
?. Then the mater (though a grown-up, J
Very often slurs a brick) . o - j r
. .Wants me always to be honest, . r. :
:: - TeU the truth and tell It quick. ,
Uncle John dropped in one evening, -Talked
a lot of silly rot; v
r Asked me was I glad to see him, ' .
v Told the truth but wished I'd nott
There's my sister, had a bracelet : f
v On her birthday from her beau;
Twenty pearls,' he said, "are in it
One for every year, you know."
I said, ''Better make it thirty t" '
: (Thought she'd like the extra pearls,)
. Crikey, Tout I caught it later!
. There's no gratitude in girls.
As for brothers and relations,
; Theydont treat a fellow fair;
: Always sending one on errands, .
Or to wash or brush one's hair.
. Some folks say that boys are bothers
' v I think that's a great mistake
" Seems to me, for causing trouble, : t . -.
rown-up people take the cake! '
POINTED PABAGBAPHS.
Chicago News.
Great thoughts, seldom come in
bunches. -
A. man's best servants are his ten
fingers. - ' .
A man never. poses as a hypocri
' when he is alone.
Every man is the architect of his own
misfortune.
' Bemember the kind acts of others,
but forget your own.
-Wise is the man who speaks neither
too oon nor too late.
One thorn of experience is worth
r dozen buds of advice.
Self-made man would be all right
they didn't talk shop.
Do what you can when you are un
.- able to do what you would.
" Fame is abubble that can't be secured
by hitting the pipe. - j'
Misery loves Jbmpany and she usu
ally nas a nouseiui 01 it.
I Many an individual talks like a wise
man and acts like a fool.
In time of peace lots of men prepare
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appncauon ior pensions. ' I
: A fool's modesty is never allowed to
overshadow his inability.
Filling a straight flush is equivalent
to extending a helping hand.
Gymnasts wear spring and fall cloth
ing regardless of the season.
Fortunate - is the man who really
deserves his own. opinion of himself. 1
' If a man doesn't know when to be
silent he doesn't know when to speak.
Few people are envied because of
their wisdom; many because of their
wealth. , -. j
It was an Irish philosopher who said:
"Idleness clothes a man with naked
ness.
tt
A' successful man forms a plan and
Sticks to it, working like a gimlet tol a
points
' Nearly every woman on earth has
'lost a pocket book at some stage of her
career. -
" Many a man who attempts to wear
the mantle of greatness' is disappointed
in the fit.
.A man's good deeds are limited, bit
there is .no end to the mischief he can
accomplish.
Methuseleh was fortunate enough jto
have lived before patent medicines were
invented.
' What some men say should" not be
charged up against them, but credited
to some one else. t ;.r - -.
. The candidate who gets the vote
the fair sex ought to receive quite
handsome majority. . - Vv i
Pf
-A When it comes to struggling against
the inevitable, the bald-headed man
in a class all by himself .
Never -have any dealings with under
takers if you can avoid it. Theyarc a
.close lotalways wanting to screw a
man down.
If a man is inclined to lead a fast
life he should lead it to the' nearest
hitching post and tie it. .
: extension of Pree Delivery Service
r Desflnatng BIuj 1.
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North- Carolina to commence May 1 1
next were announced by the Postoffice
Department as follows; -r
- - Charlotte (Mecklenburg county)-
Four carriersl Xength of routes, 91
miles; area covered,- 79 square miles;
population, served, 2,192; number Jof
i houses on routes, 803 ' Carriers Wil
. liam Q. Ford, Peter Helton, Loy Dtt-
son McConnell and John M. Hatis.
: jrostonices at rris(ow, Juaninaaie..ioi-
;ton, Nevin, Xovelady, Spurrier, Steel
Creek, Nimrod, Dixie and Wriston Jto
be discontinued. Postofflces atShopton
to be supplied by rural carrier; - s I
Huntersville (Mecklenburg county)-
Two carriers. .Length of routes, 43
miles; area covered,49 square miles;
population served, 1,348; number jof
houses on routes, 337. CarriersJohn
McW. Alexander and: James 1 Thomas
iiavDerry. rostomcea at TTnrwwoii
s Cowan's Ford, Minnie, Unity and ast
5 field to be discontinued. . I -
t PinevilleMecklenburg county) One
carrier. " Length of route, 24 milk;
ajrea covered, 18 square miles; popula
tion served, 636; number of houses bn
route. 156. Carrier Lester L. Dnwna
Postoffices at Observer, Ranaleburc: and
--if imca wc uvuuuuucu; :
At Home, Georgia, Walter Allen.
upro, charged with assault on Blossom
Amson, a white girl of 15 years, was
iyr"hed by a mob of 4,000 people bn
' Apal 1st and was riddled with, pro
bably, i;000 shots after being hanged.
He did not succeed in his purpose ahd
red th&t he tras innocent.-
CRIMES OF SLBEP,
Remarkable : Homicides - Committed
- by HXen while DretaUBg,v;. ;j;li
Much discussion has been occasioned
among physicians, writes a Cleveland
correspondent of the Boston Journal,
by the statements made i through the
newspapers to the effect : that the case
of Henry C. Krause, who strangled his
mother, was unique in : the history of
medical jurisprudence. ' , The contrary
is the case, however, for the medical
books dealing with crimes and halluci
nations and i dreams, are quite full: of
a similar character. : - A large number
that are closely parallel to the Krause
case are well known to the : students of
medical jurisprudence. -
Dr. J. C. Aldrich. of Cleveland said
that the Krause case : was fairly typical
of a number of others cited 1 in both
medical and les:al works. 'One of the
oldest cases of this kind on record,' -says
Dr. Aldrich, "is' that of an Eng
lish .gamekeeper and ' his son. - They
were guarding the preserves on which
they were employed from poachers and
the son had dropped asleep. The
father called the son, awakening him
suddenly. The 'son, half awake, seized
a fowling piece and killed the father.
The son was convicted, but pardoned
on the ground that he did pot know
what he was doing when he killed his
father, and that there was no criminal
intent in the action. ... ;
"A friend of mine here in Cleveland
told me of an instance in his own life
that closely resembled the Krause case.
We were talking about it when he told
me. He is an aged man now, but
years ago when a young man he was
engaged in the Pennsylvania coal nelds.
There were many , desperate men about
the mines in those days; and there was
always danger of attack. For this rea
son the gentleman always slept with a
revolver under his pillow. One night
he dreamed that he was being attacked
by a band of desperadoes. He seized
one of them and was about to kill him
with his revolver when he awoke to
find that he was choking his wife and
pressing the muzzle of his revolver to
her temple.
"Marc, the noted, English alienist,
cites a number of cases of this charac
ter. One of them is. the famous case
of a peddler, who was in the habit of
sleeping beside the highway as he went
about the country. To protect himself
from robbers he carried a sword cane.
A man passing him as he slept by the
highway one night shook him by the
shoulder to arouse 'him. The peddler,
springing up, stabbed the man to
death with his sword cane. He was
tried for manslaughter and defended
himself 'with the plea that he was but
half awake and did not know what he
was doing when he killed the man.
He was convicted.
"Bernard Schedmaizeg's was another
case reported by Marc. He saw a phan
torn that seemed to attack him nra
dream and killed it with a hatchet, as
he supposed. Instead he killed his
wife. He was tried for murder and
acquitted on the ground that he had
not known what he was doing.
"Mr. J. H. Morley, one of the best
known residents of Cleveland, told me
of a case with which he was personally
familiar. A man, hunting and camp
ing out with a party of friends, was
suddenly awakened and shot another
member of the party in the back with a
revolver, inflicting a wound that caused
paralysis. He did not know, of course,
what he was doing.
"In 1878 Simon , Fraser was tried in
Scotland for the murder of his child.
He dreamed that he was attacked by a
wild beast, which he killed in his vis
ion. Instead he had killed his child
by dashing the little one's head against
the wall after taking him from bed.
Judge J. L. Clark, before whom the
case was tried, directed the jury to find
that the prisoner had killed his child
when unconscious of his. act by reason
of his condition as a somnambulist,
and that he was not responsible for his
act. The courts have held that a blow
inflicted by a drunken man while strug
gling in his sleep was not punishable.
'There seems to be very commonly,
a peculiar unbalanced condition . of
the mind when a person is first awak
ened, and this is particularly true in
childhood and. in the cases of those
whose mental balance is not perfect.
Somnambulists are much excited when
first awakened suddenly, and there seems
to be some close relation between the
dreams and the delusions of the in
sane. It seems to be - a question
whether murderous impulses in some
cases are not the results of the influ
ence of . dreams. - . There are many
questions involved in these cases of
mental unbalance, but I believe that in
all cases the courts have held that men
are not responsible for deeds committed
while they were asleep and were under
the influence of clreamsi" ;
- Sbarp Advance In Cotton. -
New yoek, April 2. I believe prices
to be upon the eve of a very sharp ad
vance which will shortly carry cotton
considerably above nine cents in New
York." . ,
: Beceipts . are falling off with : an
abruptness that indicates complete ex
haustion. , Exports ; of cotton to-day
were forty-two thousand bales or about
four times the receipts - . - ;
It is . becoming more and more . evi
dent that the supply of cotton is jrabso-"
lutely in sufficient for the-world'.s
requirements at present prices. Southern
mills are making eager inquiry in New
York for cotton to be shipped from here.
The bears to-night "seem to be really
more concerned: about the situation
than at - any. time previously this
season. . - , -v , -v--j
,Theodobe"H. Price:
Several farmers near Euf aula, Ala.,
have cotton in bales which they, have
kept stored since 1888 and 1890. Their
farms are made self sustaining,- hence
they hold their cotton for price suiting
them. . 1 .
S5XAIiIiPOX AHXrniS BULL CALF.
Atlanta Constitution.
Some twenty years ago.the smallpox
broke out in Lancaster. -Ky'.. and "a
number of patients were confined in a
house on the old Jackman place. The
house was surrounded by a large pasture.
In this pasture was a very fine bull calf,
which escaped and was lost by reason of
the gate having, been left open. The
premises and the calf as well belonged
to two infant orphan children. A . r '
Asuit wa8 brought by . a member of
the Lancaster . bar against - the , town
trustees for damages done the building
and also for the value of the bull calf.
By agreement the mis-joinder of causes
of action was waived. The attorney, for
the plaintiffs had taken copious notes of
his anticipated argument and among
other prominent headings - was this
"Here speak of-bull calf." r:---
Another attorney noticing the . notes
wrote above the one referred to these
words: "Here take a flight," and im
mediately below the words: "Here give
the trustees thunder." ' .
When the attorney for the plaintiffs
observed the mangled, condition of his
notes he-grew very furious and proceed
ed to denounce the world in general on
Xl X il M mm .
tnat account, saying mat : an attempt
had been made to make him take a
flight from the back of a bull calf.
Finally, growing very pathetic, he
concluded his- speech as follows :
' 'Gentlemen of the jury , my good
old mother was a strong minded wo
man peace to her ashes. She read
but two books, Shakspeare and the
Bible. And when I . think of these
poor little children not only -infants
but orphans I am forcibly reminded
of the beautiful extract that she read to
me when I sat an infant upon her knee,
from the play of 'Richard III.,' where
the Duke of Gloster says, "Suffer little
children to come unto me, and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom
of heaven."
At this point the applause in the
court room was deafening, and the at
torney, little knowing what he had
done, took his seat. He supposed that
he had won the case.
A Prisoner Snot on a Train.
Elizabeth City, April 3. Thomas
Early, the negro who attempted a crim
inal assault upon Miss Perry, at
iiyland, on Tuesday, was shot while on
the train in custody of officers, near
Edenton to-day, and badly injured.
The military company had been on
guard during the day, while the negro
was tried and sentenced : to jo years'
imprisonment, and was conducted to
the train by the soldiers. When the
train had pulled out a short distance
some one in the coach fired four shots
at the negro, but it is thought he will
recover. He was taken to Norfolk.
Early was captured at Cypress Chapel,
just over the Virginia line, Tuesday,
and turned over to the North Carolina
authorities yesterday. He was taken
through here last night en route for
Edenton. On arriving at Edenton the
news flew like such tidings generally
do, and crowds gathered before 10
o'clock, with the avowed intention of
lynching him. Sheriff Norman was
forewarned of his coming and had
secured permission to summons the
military company to his assistance
should this be necessary to protect the
prisoner during the night.
The Superior Court was in session,
and this morning the grand jury in
dicted him for an assault with criminal
intent and before noon to-day he was
placed on trial, convicted and sentenced
to 15 years at hard labor in the peni
tentiary. Perplexities That Come With Triplets.
Philadelphia Times.
"I was called," said a physician, "to
attend triplets. The three youngsters,
a few weeks old, lay side by side in a
crib, and it was a physical impossibility
to tell one from the other; Each had
a different ailment. The mother knew
that one had a cough, but did not know
which it was. Mother and doctor wait
ed for a cough before deciding to which
of the trio it belonged.
"A different medicine was prescribed
for each, and the anxious mother was
perplexed to know how she -should
avoid giving the wrong medicine to the
wrong child. The doctor came to the
rescue by placing a piece of red flannel
around the neck of one bottle and a
strip : of similar material around the
arm of the child to whom it was to be
given. White linen and , a piece of
green cloth were useM respectively for
the other two." :
. The Memorial of Jeflerspn Davis.
New York Sao. - .
Thejentire country must admire the
dignity with which Mrs. Jefferson Davis
disapproves the erection of a memorial
arch to her . husband in Richmond.
The cause with which Mr. Davis was
identified'was lost. An arch, the sym
bol of triumph, would, in Mrs. Davis's
opinion, be inappropriate for his mon
ument: - ' "; - ' '
-A far more4 splendid embodiment of
Jefferson Davis s memory than any
pile or form' of stones is the South, pros
perous, -progressive and growing, with
sentiment unuiuuuiBiivu, vut wim en
ergy multiplied a thousandfold. . . He
dedicated his life to it, and there, in
the minds and hearts of his fellow citi
zens and their descendants; his memory
will five. . . .-" V7 . ..
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. "At a meeting held in ".Atlanta . last
week trustees of the Confederate Memo-,
rifl Association -definitely determined
upon Richmond, Va., as the location
upon which to build the Confederate
museum. . One hundred thousand dol
lars was donated by the late Charles
Broadwty Bouss toward the founding
of a battle abbey in the South, provided
a like sum could be raised be popular
subscription. In the report submitted
by the treasurer of the association it
was shown that all of the additional
&moact hsd been obtained and pledged.
COSTLY ADVICE.
When in a certain country district" a
month ago, says a business-man. .hav
ing an idle hour, I strolled into the
country court-room, where I witnessed
an amusing, scene. The justice, a big,
pompous official, with : a voice like - a
trombone, took it upon himself to ex
amine a witness, a' little, . withered old
man, r whose face- was as red and - wrin
kled as at herring. .
"What' is .your name? asked the
justice. " - - -
! Why, squire," said the astonished
witness,- "you know my name as well
as I know yourn." t
'Never you mind what I know - or
what I don't know," was the caution
given, "with magisterial- severity. fl
ask the question in my official capacity,
and you're bound to answer it.",
- With a contemptuous snort the wit
ness gave his name and the question
ing proceeded.
"Where do you live?''
Wal, what next ?' ' e j aculated the
bid manr "Why," he continued, ap-:
pealing to the-Iaughing listeners, "I ve
lived in this town all my life, and so's
he," pointing to the justice, "an' to
hear him go on you'd think" :-'
"Silence !" thundered the irate mag
istrate. 'Answer my question or I'll
fine you for contempt of court."
Alarmed by the threat, the witness
named his place of residence and the
examination went on.
"What is your occupation ?"
. ."Eh?"
"What do you do for a living ?"
"Oh, git out, squire 1 Just as if you
don't know that I tend gardens in. the
summer season and saw wood in the
winter ?"
"As a private citizen I know it, but
as the court I am not supposed to know
anything about you," explained the
perspiring justice.
"Wal, squire," remarked the puzzled
witness, "if you know somethin' out
side the courtroom and don't know
notbin' in it, you'd better get out an'
let somebody try this case that's got
some sense.
The advice may have been good, but
it cost the witness 40 shillings.
I"et JT1 alien Alone.
Salisbury Sun.
We hope it is not true, as reported;
that Senator Simmons will oppose the
confirmation of Mr. J. W. Mullen as
postmaster at Charlotte when his name
goes before the Senate. Mr. Mullen
has already paid a pretty steep penalty
for the enjoyment of an unconventional
jag in the shape of unpleasant noto
riety. He has been assailed in the
most brutal manner by extremists who
seem to hold the idea that the only way
to help a man when he falls is to kick
him. Mullen is not a drunkard. He
has erred, but never to. the extent of
neglecting his duty to the public in his
capacity -as postmaster at Charlotte. It
is human to err and it is every man's
just due to receive forgiveness. From
all accounts Mr. Mullen is a capable and
obliging official. The people of Char
lotte want him re-appointed and their
wishes should govern entirely in the
matter.
Only A Few Days Left.
News and Observer. -
There are not many days left for
parties desiring to vote in the November
election to pay their poll tax. Unless
they pay by the first day of May, they
cannot vote, but they will be compelled
to pay their poll tax after that date.
In some counties the Democratic
leaders are exerting themselves to bring
this important matter to the attention
of every white voter. In every county
Republican politicians are assessing
office-holders to raise the money to pay
the poll tax for negroes. In some
counties the Democratic leaders are idle
when they ought to be hard at work.
In Anson county the Democratic com
mittee anopted this resolution:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting that the chairman of each pre
cinct committee call a meeting ol his
committee for Saturday, 5th day of
April, for the purpose of putting such
machinery in motion as they deem
necessary to get Democratic voters to
pay their poll tax before May 1st.
These meetings to be held at the various
voting precincts at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.""
The Democratic committee in - every
county of the State ought to adopt that
or some other method equally as effec
tive for bringing this matter to the at
tention of all the white voters.
The time is shorti They should act
at once. :..v
Ventilation. t-
IiOndou Science Sittings.
The amount of oxygen in a room is
decreased alarmingly by our methods
of illumination. -A man may v exist for
an hour in a fair-sized room hermeti
cally sealed if he has no light burning.
Place ' a lighted candle in that - room
with him and his existence will be
shortened by 15 minutes. If he had a
lamp 'instead of, a candle in order to
make himself more comfortable with
additional ' light,' he would live only
half an hour. ; . If he had two : good gas
burners he would scarcely have time to
make his; will, for he wouldf ? not live
more than five minutes.
; DrT Dre4 PeaeoclL's New Duslness
Greensboro. N. C.. April 2. Dr.
Dred Peacock, who has just" resigned
the presidency . of - Greensboro Female
rsollpcft - will turn his attention ' to the
insurance field. He has purchased a
half interest in the State agency of Mr.
J; Sterling Jones, who has been the State
manager for the Provident Savings Life
Assurance Society, of New York, for the
past sixteen years. r The ; people of
ftiranshoro are glad to know that - Dr.
Peacock will continue his business life
in this city. .-.
v The sharper a man is the harder it is
J .... . a m a ')-.., . " ;-
to make a tool oi mm. y. ; ,
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DILLVIIAIS UTEHAY MOTES.
Atlanta Constitution. : '
- While our leading novelist was dra
matizing his latest novel the other night
a lamp exploded : and he i was blown
through the roof. We have read his
book, but it is hoped now that we won t
be compelled to' see his play. . '
At a hot literary dinner Wednesday
evening our poet laureate was choked by
a leg of 'possum just as he was about
to read an ode which he had" . chopped
into proper lengths for the occasion.
He has since been too full for utterance.
; Having suffered financial embarrass
ments recently, our head poet , off ers to
read his poems in public for a dollar a
day. ;This is dirt cheap., They are
worth, a dollar and a quarter, at least.
"Is 'Possum Poetical?" was the Sub
ject of the literary debate Wednesday
night. It was decided that 'possum is
not poetical but mighty fillin'.
Our. leading novelist had his leg cut
off by a railroad, and unfortunately, re
ceived enough money from the road to
enable him to publish another book.
: Mr. Carnegie has been asked to please
give Billville a free' library. We already
have . a six-pound dictionary " and a
town lot. , . i , : ' -
MayorJones is hard at work on a
History of Billville, from the first lynch
ing up to the time when the rope gave
out. . - -- '
An indignation meeting was held in
the room 8 of the Literary Club last eve
ning, to protest against the action of
the Billville farmers, who recently ran
down a dozen poets and put them to
plowing. --. V " .-.-, ..;' -
The long-expected new magazine-is
out. So is the proprietor about $3,000.
The practical south plows her poets
and the appreciative North pays them.
Two geniuses have ' located in our
midst. That is, their business cards
announce them as such.
In this cast iron age it is hard to ap
preciate an author sliding down a snow
bank with a spring poem in each hand."
A correspondent wants to know if lit
erature pays. We can't answer that
question, for we never let it owe us any
thing. There was a literary jumping match
at the picnic for the benefit of the new
Dictionary. One of the competitors
jumped thirteen feet and was declared
poet laureate of Georgia. . ... j
Staffing; Children's minds.
Mark Twain has issued a pamphlet
entitled, "English As She Is Taught,"
which makes a needed protest against
the attempt to cram the memories of
school children with information far
beyound their power of assimilation.
The result often- is that the poor little
minds have a sort of indigestion which
is to the true pedagog more pathetic
than it is amusing. Twain gives some
of the answers in physiology by pupils
in public schools:
Physillogigy is to study about your
bones stummick and vertebry.
Occupations which are injurious to
health are carbolic acid gas which is
impure blood.
We have an upper and a lower skin.
The lower skin moves all the time, and
the upper skin moves when we do.
The body is mostly composed of
water and about one-half is avaricious
tissue.
The stomach is a small pear-shaped
bone situated in the body.
The gastric juice keeps the bones
from cracking.
The Chyle flows up the middle of the
backbone and reaches the heart where
it meets the oxygen and is . purified.
The salivary glands are used to sail-
vote the body.
In the stomach starch is changed to
cane sugar, and cane sugar to sugar
cane.
The olfactory nerve enters the cavity
of the orbit and is developed into the
special sense of hearing. ,
The growth of a tooth begins in the
baek of the mouth and extends to the
stomach. ? i.
If we were on a railroad track and a
train was coming, the train would deaf
en our ears so that we couldn't see to
get off the track. -
OJohn Bright is noted for an incurable
disease. -
. Report , Here as to tbe Cause of
Capt. Ryder's Resignation.
Salisbury Sun.
There has been -much speculation
here among railroad men as to ' the
cause of Capt. W. B. Ryderys resigna
tion as division superintendent of the
Southern. A story is current ' today
that last week Capt. Ryder received a
letter from a superior notifying- him
that the passenger service on his divi
sion was not entirely satisfactory I and
inquiring as to the cause. Capt. Ryder's
reply was a wire tendering his resigna
tion. " - ' . .
"We do not want your resignation,"
was the wire sent ; back, .'.'we merely
want the trouble remedied."
."I don't care whether you want my
resignation or not," Capt. Ryder, is re
ported to have wired; ''you've", got it
and had better have my successor here
by April lst.".;:; . . : " ' ; . . y
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A Psalm of Life. 1
Oranse Va-, Observer i
Tell us not " in mournful; numbers
that town is full of gloom, for the man's
a crack who slumbers in these bursting
days of boom; Life is real, life is earn
est, and the grave is not its goal, for
every dollar that thou turnest helps to
make the old town roll. But enjoyment
and not sorrow is our destined end of
way ; if you have -no" money earn it
work still harder every day. : lives of
great -men all remind us, we can win
immortal fame; let us leave the chumps
behind., us and we'll get there all the
same. T In the ' world's broad field of
battle, in the bivouac - of life,' let us
make the dry bones rattle--buy a town
lot for our wife.; ret us men pe up ana
doing with -a heart for any fate; still
achieving, , still pursuing, booming
early and booming late.
WAITED FOR GROOM 60 TEAKS
In the little town of Perth, in the
Ottawa Valley, Canada, the death is
announced of Miss Catharine Millar,
known in the neighborhood around as
"TTIttv" Millar.
Sixtv vears ago she was a beautiful
and accomplished girl in Scotland. She
was engaged to be married to a young
man - who c had a large interest m a
Scottish thread factory. The day was
fixed for the wedding and every prepar
ation was made for the ceremony. The
wedding day came and "Kitty," dress
ed in her bridal, attire, awaited the
bridegroom. Instead, there came a
message that he had married another.
: The shock affected her mind, and
for several years she was confined in an
asylum.; The doctors finally decided
that she couul be given into tne custoay
of her relatives, as they thought a
change of scenes and v surroundings
would prove the best cure. : ine juuiar
family ! removed from Scotland ; to
Canada.
Nearly 50 years have passed since
their settlement in Lanark county, Ont;,
yet never a month has elapsed in which
"Kitty" did not don ht r. wedding gar
ments to await the coming of her lover.
The dress was antique, of amber-colored
silk, with - a. long front - peaked wais,
plaited and corded, with bell sleeves and
skirt hanging oddly on account of the
straight width. ' '
The bonnet was also peculiar. it
was made of white silk, trimmed with .
satin ribbon and a stiff lace . matching
the dress in color. Miss Millar was 80
years old when she died, and for nearly
60 years - had preserved this wedding
dress, expecting the arrival of ; her
promised husband. All her immediate
relatives had died before, her and she
was living with friends at the time of
her death. She . was buried in the
bridal robes made in Scotland long ago.
A Lawyer's Story.
New York Times.
A lawyer of some distinction, who
began practice in a small New England
town, says his first client required a
deed covering certain parcels of land
sold to a neighbor. The deed was
drawn in due form, and after its execu- .
tion the client demanded his bill. It
was $2. The amount was objected to
as a most exorbitant sum for the service
rendered. . - f
'I told him,", says the lawyer, "that
to enable me to draw the deed I stud
ied two years in Lancaster academy, "
and this cost me $200; then I spent
lour years iu xjxxl tixiuutu wiicgc . wiiiuii
cost me $250 a year more, and then I ,
went to the Harvard law school for an
other year at a cost of $500.
"So you see, JMr. Uine3, that to get-
the necessary education to do this work
I had to pay out $1,700, and yet you
think my charge of $2 is a large one.
The man looked at me for a moment
in amazement and then exclaimed:
'Gosh! What a darned fool you must
have been before they begun on you."
From the same source comes the
story of a lawyer who was said in his
day to have drawn more wills than any
one else in his county. ' Upon the death
of a respected citizen there was much
speculation as to the value of bis prop-'
erty. The village gossip undertook to
find out the facts. (Jailing upon Mr.
Hayward, the lawyer referred to, he re
marked:' : :;T';..;;;.:". ' "'Cl: '
"Well, I suppose you made Mr.
Blank's will?":. .
"Yes,'' was the answer.
'Well, then, " continued the gossip,
"you probably know about how much
he left. ; Would you mind telling me?"
"Oh, no," said Mr. Hayward, in his
slow way. "He left every cent he
had.".
Brother Dickey on Reformers.
Atlanta Constitution.
'I notice.' said Brother Dickey, "dat
dey all ; time holdin' 'i meetin's in dis
Country ter reform de creeds what dey
been hvin' en dym by sence Adam
wuz a boy climbin' apple trees in Eden.
I kin on'er stan'J holdin a meeting ter
reform sinners, i but one ter reform de
gospill ' what is suppose ter save 'em
beats my time! De Uood UooJc say de
way is so plain dat even de wayfarin'
man, 'fool ez: he is,' needn't go roun'
axin' fer de sign-post; en yit, dey goes
stumblin, all roun', tryin' ter fin' some-
pin wid a candle 2 w en de worr is on
fire - wid de sun, blazin so ' bright dat
dey all gittin' 'climated ter de hereafter!
De trouble is, ' de way is too plain fer
'em. iQ Lak'de readin' er a riddle, 'tain't
wuth de trubie ef you kin on'erstan' it
while de r bell ringin' ; fer breakfas'.
Things in dis worl en out er it is go ter
be confusin'.ter give folkst a chance ter
rise in meetin' en. explain " what dey
don't know. : Hit's my opinion, up en -down
de country, dat de bes' thing fer
de wise mens ter do is ter light in en re
form de reformers. Dey sho' needs it 1"
Elffnty-Four jnilllons Under tne
. ..: ;'. , fiasles Wlnss. ,.-
' Final results of the twelfth census
give the total population of the United
States on June 1. ;: 1900, as 84,232,069,'
with a -margin of error of possibly
1,000,000 accounted for by the uncer
tainty regarding the population of the
Philippines. , - 7 '
- Three countries only have a greater
number of inhabitants under their flags
-the Chinese, British and Bussian
empires.' ' "
The total area of the United States,
the term ''United States" including all
insular and other : possessions, is now
3,690,822 Bquare miles, about one-fourteenth
of the 'entire land surface of the
earth. ' The same three countries ex
ceeding the United States in popula
tion alio surpass it in area.' '
The Mooreeville Enterprise says that
98 per cent, of the citizens of Moores-vifie-
are church-going people, and 98
per cent, cf her business men discount
their bills. ' .