North Carolina Newspapers

c DEMOCRAT A "W. H. KIT CHIN, Owner. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE SUBSCRIPTION: tl.o, AR. VOLUME- IV. SCOTLAND NECK. X. C. FIM DAY. NOVEMBER IS. iss; Nt M I '.111: '. ' A li-av II Iii .Mi ml. "Well begun'" may h - half -.loiie, But i 'ii i i 1 1 1 ; i i i- n"' 1 -ii"iiii: (bvat -ui-ffs.-!--. U' ft- nr- won l.V'ollK V. bll I Ig ! II i il it I'M' 1 i I r. "Star: is good, i 1 1 - -rt:iv" i- 1 -T f -r, " " 1 " : i f " " alone ne'er won : r.-ee: St ti't :.!il -tick" i- -iii-- prie getter. "S' a ing (' nvcis' t a k.-s ii-i .-ui' -t p!;c . I ' h ! ;i I In t Ii" 1' 'tlli'btt i"ii. I'.it l.c viiiv . I - - 1 1 i f lie co.t : 'i v i. it'll v.-'-. pi i' ; v exat ion. Tll .-r ll'-c -in-ill all-I !.i''iT' lot. I ;..!.( l.i -.m,.-. . him rk. Iii- folly ' oil iii- :il and ni'-.-'ii- diminish; 1 ,'n-ii ( i i-r.i M-ii ' '. ;i r-1 w h"i I y . 1 le i : - a M. Iill! i nl id M- -t li'l i-'h. blames BILLY S RELAPSE. Two little i;ir!- -loud at w. foot of the -'.-.ii- I'-adin' to tl.i- i-lrvatud railway -:;:tio)l :.t (.'alia I - rift t at o"(li'i k I'. M. Tl,'' ui it- drc--i d exact I v alike in white i;ii--i-. with l.iue -a-h'"- tied around li 'ir w ;;i-t-. The were wail ini:' lor i.;-.ji.i. Train alter train -topped ;i! the -; : i ! : 1 1 1 ;ind a -leaiiv -Iream of hoiii ,o d 1 i mud I'eet came j .; 1 1 1 crini;' down :!,-:,:-. A I'l Li', pilily man, who had -i'.ppi d ,r tin- -tation to lii;ht a ciLfar, "i i ii the i hildren lor the were ' i v. n,-i. im- -an i -aid : "Are w ;d t ill Li' 1 "1" -i 'lue hi nl V, little ' replied the eldest eaLi.rly. : . ! I . I ; 1 1 I i i . a 1 1 l w.u.iiiLi tor jiapa. lie i . w a - i i .m. - a! 1 1 o Cioek. W Come tt meet i.iin ever' niii'ht, and " "II. - ,,nn- ""' : --r:l wo Jack-oil bail-, ain't he. laith :' i it i i i ii pf ed t In- -ii,a!le-t child. i l-ae- evi - oiieniuL'" and her litis nart- eyes i.ieiiiuL:" and her Hps part i ii ing uiih p'ea-ui cable anticipation. "Mal.e he iailed oil' the bio' bridir. I '; i he.-'" 1 h'' '- ''''' " h.-au t" droop and j u"' 1""" -i- '""em.ee. tie oi'. 1 1 1 a 1 1 -iiiiii-i! Mat -aid He'll be alonu' "t hi. I 'T -'.; oil-- 1 . O 1 . Ti: n he took from his : poeket a f i : 1 1 i 1 1 i ! : i ol loo-e ciiatlLil i ve the children each fa ct-nt. lifted them -iieei-s-i veiy to ii !eel with hi- bearded hm. an 1 kissed them. Then he re--umed hi ci-ar and his homeward wav. Tie- clock ia ii jewelry -tore near bv licked oil tilteen in are weary minutes. I'll! tin- l'aiiliba!' face e;t:ile not. A bare headed woman ran ipiick ly around the COI i i i "ila-n't y ! r lather com,- v,-t. Liiil-.'" s.-ii: -he ra'it ii'ii-ly . "No'in, hciiin't. lin I hain't o-ot mv p' .a h." replied Ik'ulah. "Well. u. vt i" mind. I o!,l'- oil ill.' la 'I'M c ; : T- he'll W it h many I ' i, o, , a si.-t! l h , '.'; look- ill th. rail- w rehdawayup tin -i i - t . i Pap' i w as -immered .a th- ..ii -t .v an 1 ui-per table w a- . M! i a-j- w hen t ...-, an i veil at th :hit. II : ,. - ! h child ren forLi'ct tie- abse'it fathir f : the tiiin-. I'.eulah v. a placed in the hi'Ji chair and Mr-, li 'el- pro'.eeded to ca' th - honie made 1 o t : . "1 want peat-he- tir-t." -aid Beulah i 1 1 1 p a t i e 1 1 1 . "No. no. my ( hild. Bread and milk i onies iir-t. and peache- last," s.-tidthe lie I don't like bread and milk : it's na-'y," -:iid tin- child, iiruinining im pat lent I v mi her plate with a spoon. "! -hail have to put mv little girl to !! whh'iu; ie-r -upper if she does not l-i have hi I -eif." i '. ; -uik -1 aw hile. Then evidently making up her mind to get through ;i d i-.tgree.-tblc job ipiickly. she stopped c'lewiiig on In r thumb and began shov . -ring the bread and milk so rapidly into h- i- iiio ith that -he began to choke. Mi-. Kogei- -lapped her on the back be- w '-Ii the sholi'ih is and il piece of c rust ' w oa! of ihe hiid's mouth half wav ' -- the room. The ab-ence of the . : w a forgotten in tie- excitement 1 !.. icoiiM nt. B'-uiah wa- -iiiitcheil ' : a he I i hair in a t v i n kl i ng ;i nd pressed to "i mother - brea-t. When the dan ''!' a- o r and the cloud- were cl.-ar-i'li; aV Beulah Stammered out between 1 h r c a o s i . o - a-m.i I -I I Want m m v !'"'-. ih wa-ladhd out :i larger share ol tin, ,-ai-hes than -lie wa- (.'lllilh-d to. b'i:- i-ie -in- h;id eaten half the fruit ,, a 1 ... .1. ltl... .t ,.t ; , , ' ,. ', -i i-'l. ,11 li. . in I l-.si..! lo l-el I -in. ; a,' o nightgown, of w hich achieve ua it -i!':i, veiy I'loiid. while Beulah l.i -oi , (....-..ii -in. v--. i-iwL-i..! in iv i ! I . a lu iii n .. 1. ; I . M .. l Willie ..lis. nogcis -iing ;i ., ,,r , , ; ' '"'-i'M-ping time w it I i t lu- sw ing , ,,. .1 , , , h' !" k chair, to the Ctlect lh.lt ii,. i, , , . , , ni. !."g'i ,s shaking a dreamland : ,. , tvei , -, i .... ! tei. '-v,L,u!e she - Mrs. Rogers ; woii'iereu 'i,;i,. i. ..1, ...... u,... n,,.i..,.,,i vii ill' I'll I 11 ICI'illi' l wa- not 1 ngi. ;n -onie more important 1 r 1 -1 n e--. 1 ' ps he had been run over bv th" cat-. 1 tps he had been sun- j r !, K- ""' ). she thought, why -hould I wor (. l:is ,(t.(1 (lc. 1:,il"'d :'1 'I1 -tore. nio-t likely. .1 will be 1. But in a nine wnue. 1 Mespite o r ,nj)l ,(, eh.eetlulness j b-. Bogelstl.l, , ......... ,l.e ! i.; .-' a. ., .... . 1 d'"P !' 11 "I"JU 1Jtfs ,oumled cheek, whir h made the e Mir U110a.ilv The ;e ,poi wa, pouring ;l a(.ulllillg pi-o-te-C against being u on the r i -fovc w hi'ii .Mr- Ko'u r- iii n nit i to tic' i - :i(-h-:i. -u Aw took the pot .T the-tovc. ' ' f it t he f i i ft V di-h-s 1 1 i I been wn'-h' d ; Mr-. I!"ger- tin- i .- . i : - lor two. cut i . j - -oiiii- move peaches. Hiil began lid' vigi' .t tlii- '.sin' low uniting for her hu-baie! -die had often t ' I 1 him. jokingly, thai -In- ( ini'ii lii-.'ii" 1 1 " it -I i-1 1- two block iv;i and he had !u;i l- ;i ! in i -rl i i ii il'-rti i! But tonight i; -'-i nit-d to her t hat tie- .:;ii -k Ilii ol iiMlaill i " ! ill til' .;.V-!iM-Ilt 'AOil'il ii.i vc I --! fi-ioM ii-fi 1 1 : , 1 1 a ini'.c aua. -o ai utc li'-r lnar- ii:-j. 'Ilii' nielli umc mi : lli- i;a-! iiiht ilii ki i i-il i on n 1 hi !oii ii -t i 't ii kc a toi l h liulit id' i----ioii : tin- tiu k hail Ioiil: -im ( i iT-e 1 their l iimh!'- ( r the col- ! 'o-i'-. lii-ht. !. Mi i' Io(k cam'- ! and tnc hell wa-not lauiLi. The air wa- LT ttiii: i hillv. Mi. Koirers w rapicd a j -hawl around her hou der- and fell j a-lecp lroinutK r wearine--. ; At about '.') o'clock a man of :!( ; yar- had -topped at a candy stand at j llu- ; i.r.:( r of Ann street and Park row j a id I'oiiLiht live round pieces of candy called .lack-on ball-. At u staml near J tii-- 1 d n" bridii'i- four 1 i ur bht-hinif peaches . wen- placed in a paper Ikil; and handed j lo him. While standing in front of the ,,,., oroners1 oilice -waiting for a truck to j pa-s by, a very solid hand came down j upon his -honlder and a hearty voice -a- luted him w ith : Hello, Hilly, old boy: How inthun- j der are you.' Haven't -ccn vou in a I ,1,,- ;1,(. where do you keep your-elf i Married, eh: and L'-ot two : it t If children: "Well, well, how pater- nal youth) look: Let's go and haven , tlrink. Vouain"t a Prohibitionist. Ilioper' j ..x- 1 ,' ! "( Hi, never mind the btits. A lilass ' .. . i... i oi Mini won i nun ou. And, yielding to the persuasion of his j ; old friend, Tom Darker, who had been j i over on the Pacific -loin- fur the past i ,lv,. Vi?;(1.s lillv wt.n, j1)fotiul saloon and ! prud.te.l his friendship in a -la-s of ; plighted his friend-hip in yebow wine. Now. it happened that I I ! i 11 -. - l,...t 1,.,.,, .. .1 ;.-",..., l ,.,1 f,.ll,.- ; j .,-,. ,u;u-ri:1-." Ie had Lione on ! sprees for a week at a time, but during ! there was, to be sure: Such buliiing the five years of his wedded life not a I cheeks and merry gurgle- of laughter: drop of li.pior had passed his lips. That And such an utterly crushed and shame one glass of wine tired his pulses with faced man never walked up Canal street the old intoxicating- Lilow. The wistful before tarrying two children in his laces of his children and the horrible i ere fo,-.otten in i sti- paiise of his wife w tie- :a erie spell. The two men drank : deep, dsank ofl. They visited all their old- ' ti: .' i. -o; is, ae.l beciime verv elTusix eaml a ll'i o;i,,::;tte in a maudlin way. At :J o'. iock they v ere in a Harlem saloon, treating all hand- and -hooting in such it disorderly way that llu- -aloon keeper was obliged to put them out upon the sidewalk. Then tiny got on a Third ; avenue elcvM,,! train ;n..l lo.le to the ' ;.)tu,).v (,(, t.,(lu.,nl. lu, .C(l both the men ,,., .n the t form xvhile : (hi,v ;( tl,u.t jn vrry inarticulate tones about how they marched through j This was said with such an appealing Ceorgia. while the conductor expressed j look- smh :l oist eye, and such an evi his belief that neither of 'hem had been ! ,lent iippreeiation of the whole situation out-ide the Fourth Ward in his life. : ,1,;,t '''"y WJS -truck al! of a heap. Diyhre.ak found them on Twenty-third , lfis wiffs conduct in never a-king for street in a very sorry plight. Tom stood a 1,511 of p:" t icuhu'- nor migging him with his f.-et wide apart and leaning ; with reproaclie, bunied such a big hole against a lamppast. Billy stood in front j 5,1 ll5" conscience that he thinks he is of him with his forefinger raised. wcl1 fortified again-t future assaults of "Le's play S'n'ny se'l. Tom. Y'll be ! the enemy. New York Sun. se'l, I'll be t'ch'r. Ar" y' on t me, ol ', fel':" 31 on keys Copy in ; Hum. in Vices, Toin blinked spa-mo. licalk and ; Ir. .Tammcs, in a memoir -ent to the swayed from side to side like a hen on a ; Academic ties Science; of France, states clothes line in a windy day. His hat 1:it monkeys, unlike other animals. un fell oil' and rolled into the gutter. Tom I h-ss it is the human animal, readily ac- held up his right hand. - T'ch'r, kin I g" out .'" 'AVha' for.'" "Hat fell out w'nd'r." "Ye'il both av ye, go afore th' .ledge in th' m-'inin' av ye, don't move on," said :i burly policeman, xvho struck both men some smart blows across the back with his dub and pushed them toward i master to lay dovv.i his pip,- ami would Broadway. At ', o'clock they were tll('n take it up and smoke what re- sleeniior otT the etl'ei ts of the si.i-ee in n'mnilied. If not allowed to do so for Bowery lodging houst. When Billy awoke at C o'clock that j evening xvith a headache that threatened ! to crack his skull and a throat which j seemetl to be lined xvith lime, he was ; overcome with remorse. Be knew that j his children would be waiting for him at the foot of the stairs. In fanev he could see Beuhih's w istful blue eyes scanning j well-grown chicks that h" hatched out t very face as it passed by. He xvould j tn,'r(' 5,1 'd 1 i 1 1 - ranch near the borax have started immediately, tilled as he j vork Sroin VJX brought from the ii -iv- i 1 1 1 ion t : it ion Pot Tom i ,nivn.ul r.l ! 11 f gll 1)0 rll OOll of Ll-; Alireh-s The x ........ ,. ino.iu.iiv, him lo have one mure part in" drink. ' CT This drink was supplemented with an- I ; other. Then Tom suggested that Billy i i slionl.l in- i sli-o.,1 ti" M, .v.t n - - 1 I whiskey sour and a shamlygatr into jux- ! . , i tiiposition usually is disastrous ;is was i .... ' , . , ... . j pioveu in uiis case. i otu s leruie nrain suggested other liquid mixtures, ami the ' t. , , , , spree continued all day, and ended in , . ,,.'.,,. , doiji men oeiug iocKeu up intlie lomlis. ! The next morning Tom and Billy , were brought before Judge Duffy, xvho delivered a little let lure on the ex'ils of intemperance, advised Billy to go home to his wife and children, and discharged them. Billy felt the disgrace of his ar- ' rest x'crv keenly, but Tom cheered him , ., , , -, with the remark that no one had rcoog- ni(.(1 lm JiiJlv wsinted to start for , - i:..,..t.. ,...4 m 1...1 him to go to a hotel, from whence his clothes were sent out to be cleaned and pressed, his high hat xx as neatly blocked, and his face shaved. While waiting for his e.o.iies 1 5 i ; out ivdi ,,i:i inner aromatic spice- day f--r r : s 1 1 t te:i-on-. At " n'l inck ihiiv ;i m o of t i i ho le! looki-g mm h ! he -a mo a- i!. i P- "CfVC- !" II t r i '1 ' ll I k V. and il:l'" i-ir- ' '- i !i if"tif d hi- i (-. II'- anil ' I - 1 1 well! !o thf ;i 1 . 1 1 V -land al tin- ' Mi- 1" nf Aim -t!"(-!'t. w h r. Iliilv b ,ught ihe j lilofr Jack-on balls. Ifi- al-i pun ha-id It'll (ia"li Cacll one of uliirli LTI". l"o-iir. ;i 11 1 U, ore li-cioiH thai t!u I'l'- li-- liil 1 i tiflit 1 ' 'lav- pre. im;-. W ill 1k- . l.il'ln .i In- at flu- Mali.", r ! -aid Tom. ' "( 'i it a in ! v ! In will: ImT I ran i-a-iiv -a' i-f v t In in. Tic- thiiiLX that ln.thei- . j ine is. What can I tell my wife'. ' jii, lake up a. yarn ahout how you fell into tin- hand- of wicked bunco mm, and that a!tT (-ntieinL.r you to their den thev dniLicd mi with a Lxla-- of LiiiiLier ale. Shi- has confidence in you. i Ji i-n"t she.'" " "Implicit. "Weil, it wont do for vou to dr-lri. that coniid'.-nce by working the hou -t y j racket. ();' eoin-e you don't mean to do so a Li ain, e! c , and Vaiik'e I loodlc : no-in- sible man does. Tin- end ju-tilie- tlii- j nie:ins, my boy."' Hilly lie-itated about takinn" Tom"-ad- vice, ami while he lie-itat' d tin- train J stonpetl at Canal -treet and the two iim ij ; stepped upon the platform. Tom ran to the head of th' stairs. Looking down he saw two little fig nr.--, hand in hand, lookitm- upward. "Billy," said he, "if you will take me to a convenient woodpile ami hammer me with an oak tree you will do me h -. le.at f.-l vor "' Here Tinn useil bis liaud- kerchief verv fnelv and mut tered some- .i. ... ...i..,. i ..... i. ti..-. uiiul; aooui inai ciicn caiaiin. i in- two mon shook hands, an 1 Billy ran I down the stair-. He had taken but two steps downward when Beulah saw him .and eiied tail, while sl1(. d.-.nced up and down with .1,11-1.1 : "Is ye got my acln-s. papa f 'es 1,'iiei liail the oe-iches and llu .laekson balls, too. Such a time a- arms. Bilk's wife heard the laughter and the iamiiiiir footstep and her heart j 1 started beating a wild tattoo. She ran down and opened the door. She -aw how Billy trembled: she marked the ark circles around his eye and his averted head. she had M i iiliimlh.it XV;,.V ''clop Billy, "said -he, reproachfully. Well Kit ty," stammered Billy, "the bunco men "Yes. yes. P.idv. I kllOW all about it. You hi. ve b, r;i out with t he bunco men h'efoi'e. P.ut I wouldn't cultivate their acquaintance if I wen-you. Bilk." quire the habit of taking morphia. When monkey- live with opium smokers, as they do in the eastern countries, where the habit is more prevalent than elsewhere, and become accustomed to the medicate I atmosphere, they acquire a taste for the pipe. One particular monkey, it is said, would wait for his ' several da vs. it would fall int a state of depression and inactivity which would disappear as stxui as it was allowed to 'll5t ,ho P'P'"-' Turning Iea1li Into Life. Death Valley is to be turned into an ostrich ranch. A Mexican has fourteen o -. U'ggs were buried in the ho! sand, and of . "ights the ground was coveted with blankets to retain the he.ai it absorb: d duriii"" the day. The ranch i- about "Ml feot heloxv the level of tin i. Yir . x. i-i ginta ( N ey. i Lnterpris, A Small Boy's b'ooil Advice. "Say," said the editor's smart little son, as he entered a store, "do vou keep knives "Oh, yes," replied the storekeeper, "we've kept them for years." "Well," returned the boy, siarting for the door, "just advertise, and then you xvouldn't keep them so long." Printer's Be view. Fearf'n 1 Kespons i l,j 1 i y. Ohl Lilly Conductor, I h qie t lu re ain't going to be a collision. Conductor I guess not. Old lady 1 want you to be very keer ful, I've got two dozen eggs in this basket. Texas Sittings. A RICH RI-DSKIX. An Indian Who is Building Railroad Out West. The Wonderful Career of Ai Inventive Aboriginal. A n it ! !K r 1'foiii N ton. Mi... 1, j tin.- K.iii-u- ' v Jour tiI J ia I an ,,IH' pifilictcl a Mua.t. r of a that an American Indian mm !i liuiM iailioa'1 h- v. mthl iiai; i i a rov-Mi i ;t tit object for a lunatic a-vlum. P.-:. to-day the people of Newton 'r;n'v. Mo., a counts adjoining tin- ludntn Tt i itoi y have m it nessfd a seen'- -m h man never before belield. Matthias Split log, a half Cayuga and halt Wyan dotte Indian, horn in an Indian villas in (Janada, today at Neosho diove the first spike for the Kansas City, Poit Smith ami Southern Railway. Thi- di vi-ion of the Kanas City, Fort Smith and Southern railway was chartered t In stil of lust March under the laws of th State of Missouri, with a capital of tT.OOO.OOo, and now tln-re are about :'." miles graded and ready for the iron. Mr. Splitlogha- furni-h 1 the "-in ews of war" out of his own ample I'm turu :in'1 is hack-d by heavy capit di-i to complete the road, and lieforv the 1-t of next Januarv he wi!'. have tin- ar- j running from .loplin. i. pt r County. to the town of Spliti' Li", i'.i Mel). maid County, a distance of aboui thirty-iiv miles, and Matthias splitlog. the mi! lionaire Indian, who i- probably tin- rich est man of his race, w iii henceforth lu- known all over tht; eaintrya- ili -oi.iv Indian railroad man iat ha-t the !i,-t) in the liuited States or in the whole woiad. '"' The occasion of driving the first spike : Wil,l,)Ut occupants of the car e- on the main biie of this new road was a ; P ri'-ncing any ill el'f i-. except a tend matter of more than ordinary interest to , ency to tiiintness (ii the par; of one o! the people of Neosho. At there them. When ab ut J -J yea r- ago a -i mi- were about one- thousand ieoile assem- hir ;ilit inj.i wa- made, asid ih- height of bled at the point where t he main line , "-", i0 fet was re.u-hed. i: wi- withfa crosscs the 'Frisco track. After music ! tal results p, three out of t In- four - by the Indian band from the Territory, ' anil selections by the Neosho band, Mr. j periment is explained b lie- allegation Charles W. Smith. Auditor of the con- ! that the ditlieulties the- i . th - r.irefae st ruction company, held the s.kc in io- ! tion of the atmosphere o.dy bt-iin at an sition, and in four bold - rokes M r. alt itude of o 10 or M l.oou feet . This SPil 1l'' the spike home into a ' .-ii i .i i . . i i . careiuiiv seieciea wmteoak tie. i neer inmtia.is :i.i i m - .in.c--. le-iiui- o after cheer was given for the road, ! about .'. 0(M feet have be -n oas.veral 3larthiis Sliflog. Neosho and the enter- j oet-idoiis reached without any iia-m-prise, after which nianv came to the venience. In su.-h c i-e- however, tie- j track to look at the -pike. .Mr. Split- j I log wielded the sledge with ii familiarity 1 j ami precision which indicated that he i j had used his .-ledge with good effect i when he b ,:':'. his -teamby.it on the J)e- ; i troit river. .Mr. Splitiog xv. .s bom in the vear 1S1:'., itnd xvhile ;i boy was apprenticed to a carpenter and millwright, and. al- : though his wages were only T per, month, young Split log thought he was getting rich. lie imbibed a love for; machinery ami inventions which has' made his life a useful and eventful one. In the year IS-Pi young Splitlog joined the "Wvandottes, who were the lasi of the Indian tribes then in Ohio. In ls:; Splitlog came west xvith some of the tribe, and found, after his arrival at AVestport landing (now Kansas City). that he only had .( cents in his pocket. . w:,",' '"ontains wlmt. v -r of ;, pieserv.t 11c induced an old Indian t" go his s,-- , live nature is put inio the t ans to pre cuiity for the price of an ac With ! 'i ve the vegetable. The cans are then this axe he cut cord wood for the -team- ; wiped, sealed and packed it: iron cages, boats at -) cents per -ord. ami. alter each cage holding !fs cans. Th.-s, aying for the axe. xvhich cost v he ! eages are put info air light steam ki t soon saved enough to buy a pony. ,h'v where the cans are subjected to hot About the ye:ir lsM-l he married Klia i ''am under itnmen-e pt, up- for about Biirnett. a grandnieec of Harry Jicque, lift,'''n '"' twenty miau!.-. Tne peas the ohl Intlian xvho went his security for ! :in' lh, n ,T';,d.v for market. - Chicago the price of the axe. Her father xvas : Tribune. head t hief of the Wyan.lotles when he A Chinese A im-si hel ic. diedinlSJS. He- mother was a part. A curious ana-the! h- u-e. bv the ( 'hin Wyamlotte and part Seneca Indian, j (.,t. ius r(M-(.nllv l,-cj. mM.l,- knoxxn lv Ir. They have a family of five children- v L:1inl)Uth iu hU ,h5ld annual repott.-f four sons and one daughter. Splitlog : ,h. ,MJi.hnW Uh,i 1, is obtained by xvas never idle, and in mos, of hi- under- tM.ittiX ., u.u.r in ., j.. , ., in i. takings he was sucees-ful. At an early t.ltilll;. it 1(V pn.ading it. I nder the-, day he built a mill near Wyandotte, f;ireum-tam-e- it exude- in a lhpiid. which was first inn by horse-power and ; whi(.,. fonus :( tu, wit ;) ,.(,,,,, afterwards by steam. Spiitlog's mil I . (iiss,.lv,-d in water xvas a success and was long an old land mark near Wyandotte. He began to speculate in real estate, ami, although he can neither read nor write, he has been one of the nio-t sucees-ful -peculators in the neighborhood of Kansas ' . and is to-day w orth over s i .hot), lino. Many interesting incidents could be written in connection with his useful life. A Voullifiil Financier. A voung financier, age 1 I. who xvas ri-ivmi ."1 Minl l"rv- 4i-irv- i.viiis.. OiiKi-lit in " .. " , a small trap, linallv aske.t leave to sperm , the jiroeeetls. The nurse was told to go xvherever he led ht r. to s, e what he proposed buying. Be passed all the toy and candy shops, but paused before a hardware store, find pointing to the xvindow exclaimed triumphantly: "I buy more inou-e trap. Fanny:" Eo-h. Wanted to Chop It. Customer ('to waiter, who has just filled his order 1 : Did you say this was 1 chop.' Waiter: Yes. sir. Anything th matter xvith it, sir? Customer: Nothing much. But say. xvhen you are coming 'round this way again please bring the a xe. -' Life. j I?aliful It r i I i-ir t in -n-ti ..' ti.i- ,-. it, - r i- ).! !v ; a- . d i i-.d: :. - r. '1 .! ti.' a ' i . k : t ra' i . i 1 u Mil !, " i: : i ! i a li !'.-:.. t.'i.- i-i r. p. :. ' . - -!ii to :;) ;..- . . ; ri; .. ! i 'i-tii u ,r, ,,ti -t ni m : ?V- iii'ini' lit- : oi'l ::..r ki; -In v. !...!. i. a t I , , S i: :! t I , ' . - j v i V i a.tt i if t h'.: li i th. "- li r v i ; ! ; : . s -t wef ; hi- kni Thi- w . i-to.. 5, '! the bride. With i h. !. o ', , f !,: ira-o! - e . an-hi the hat. pull, d it 'I'lii i'.- p'-jii.n ;::,d tin '. i . ab.i-h"d : I i'-r aud i. -ity, dropp-d ! . . . t ai-.d p.:.i-o! '. the flo.-r. Tie -.hit ju-tice tc'N a -ioi of ;,. t her cu o!e w h i cm. I ' i I..- a .: '; . 1'he man w a- d ! a ad I U ; ! v pu'e.. a-.d 'vith ,ui rcaili'ir.- th'- .,. t j. iH.-.t a i i-ai in hi- pocket and h' . .'an fwii'iini; i: .round. Wh- n t hat p-rt am of the , . p ' niony was ica'h'-d where luith- and i Li room join hand-, he happened to hi- t in- ei ear in hi- li-lit hand. Wh.t to 1" with the i-;u-:-i- In- apparent h did m-t know. Th-- j 1 1 -1 i, e paii-eil a minute '!;'! then aLi'ain directed the jiair to join ii.'md-. By thi- time the poor li-How's ' n;l..irra--n:i w ..s painful. Heavt "lie a-onied lock at the ju-iice of the peace and -Irak i he (i-'.ar in hi- mouth. B'loie the i i 1 e 1 1 n i n V toll'd be conclud ed the Jii-ii- e had to lake the e'lLi.ir from be i weiti :iM nan'- bps. ---i Iim he-ter Ib-rai.i. l!a!lo.!i- in Hiuli Alfifntles. I I . ' at tempt made bv -oini '''eeli a- o to reach a n'reai heioht ' " ' ' ' 1 1 : i -. ' ' i has I(,t Ill-en productive "' '" i'1'' "' ::ar -ci.-ntitic re-ult-. The !'o:""" m which the aM-eni was made eked .'iii a iitll le oj' over -."I.OIMI feel naut- The o! I ! 1 ' pl'e-i -nl view support. -d by ! ie- ta.-i . hat ia 4 1 ... 1 1 : l i . ' .. i i i . ' a-cent has always been gradual. The ill ell'- ets experienced in balloons are po-. sjbly due to tin- -uddennes; of the change. j London Spaciafor. Bow Peas are Canned. The canning of green pens, whi h i- now a bu-y indu-try in Delaware, i- an interesting process. Th-- p, :is an shelled by haml and then fed into the hopper of a -t para tor, which divide; tlu m into three grades: then they an put into copper kelt le-. where they are steamed ju-l i 1 1 1 u Li 1 1 to wrinkle lie outer -kin and iulen-iiv i! pos-jbie the i id green of the p a. I le y ; t hell tilled into cans, which are placed on an iron tray and dipped in a trough or tub of boiling water, which runs into the can- lining them to tin- brim. Thi- was found t'. jio--e-s w el ' -ma i k ed anas thetic pl'opei t i' s. Alter file finger had been immersed in tie- liquid for a few minutes it could be pricked with a needle wit hout :my pain being' f e i t , ami numbne-s of t he lip- .and tongue u a produced by applying i he liquid to them. ' Bostt.ui Journal. Bat am! Snake. Charles E. Jack- m of Halifax. Fia . has a pet -uakc that cat. In- ral-. Jack son heard :t racket in a cupboai I. and openiag th - door, bum 1 th s.i:ik..- ii 1 captured a rat and w.i- trying to -wallow it iu.se tir-t. The rat w a- alive ami stivnuor.dy protested .against going into such a hole, using his (Yet to catch hold of the floor or other -urrounding-. The snake, wiser than the rat, rab -d him a foot or two in the air, and in that p.- -i-tion continued the swallowing process, drooping down to the floor to re-t oc casionally, until the rat was -wallowed. Principle ami Interest. "If y u haven't read that book you promised to." said a lady severely to her son. "you show great lack of principle." "Oh, no. mamma," was the calm re- ply. "Not lack of principle: only lit. k of interest,"- M U N I ll ll ( K.. I: i- ;i ('.-it- 'i tk .' trii"- in th ' -i: i ! '- ' . ; . t k it i ' '" 1 r l !: . !''' ' 'f ! '.I '. 1 1'- i ! V I..- i ttu ; . i i r i -'.. ' ' -. h..- i ' !! to'.V'l to tl.Oi 1 ..! ?! - tie i ! JSS l II Ml t! i ! i es pe r - - i . 'I !. ri: 1'..' it of ink- ..!. u i - ft. t i oppct ..!! :ei ieiii-i'-M i-i ;: ,'.'. l;.:;.-!!- of .miii-T l-i a- or ;; ; v U-e.l !ol"W!-!illg o' !- - o .? ce, po-i:... ., iigh; a. ,,i' th, fei .a:', k'y. I. ate iah'i;!i! ,,i:- iit m onip.lK d ob- s I i,ti.-l.s st.H ti. it Aic that ota i-f the Phi.-ch- ..lout.d whi.il the .a ! a l i I a w i 1 1 i- - o . a - - -! i a i w i . i . n . c thought to t. i l,- . j. ,d'"'.lt !'"! oimi oiMijioit.oon mii, s from i,-, a i . -? ,!., that it wou'.i take liht a'". ! 1 al to ! la vei. 1 he M-ti tan Bus-jail aaat i-f. W nei Cltt'oer. who leie:it, iilchraied th. l"l tiet h aimi v.-tsaiy of hi- a p) ...i n t men t in the m.di.id ahui.l at St. P. t r-bu re,, has s 11 j iC! 'intended the li--e t ioll of Jo, 000 bodies and has written .".o memoii and paui phh ts on anat t inic:tl suin- ' t. I)ilrillg the live school e,u- the di lt.torof the lJoa! Deaf ut e In-titu tion at Cojif iihiiLo'it ha- mad-- -emi diui nal measurements of the I. eight and. Weight of the ihildnil U'ldet hi- cafe. and In- deduced a nuniln rof ( oiut id'-nce.-b.tw.-en variations in t-ln ir weight and those in the temperature ()f the nil. Croat inteie-t was taken ia th - papii nad by Mr. Edison during th" recent s'--ion of th - Auiericin Association t In- Ad anci lueiit of i i . in e de-i i ibing his new inw-'ition for ol. '.lining . he 1 ricit directl from tu I. Th-- .b -d ip tion ot the expel inietits t, u lead Up to 'he invention wen-as int ei i s t ino- a- the invention it-ef proini-e- to be ' ii lua ble. Another of the new di-.a-e- wliiih toliow in the wake of civilization has been ri polled from Pe-rlin, where two telegraph operators have been a licet ed. ''he linger nail-, have laden mil. one aid r another, though the pel-oils h ive been otherwise in good health. Th.- curious ti fleet ion i- ascribed lo tie- constant j;ir and pre ure on the linger- produced b working t in- Mr-e ki v . It is well und.-i-tood that a cold -.-n- at ion reaches ( oiis ioiisne-s more rapidly han m: of warmth. The exact lime required to perceive each ha- latelv In . a measured by Dr. ' .Id -eh'-i' h r. of B.-r Jin. ('ontact with a cold point va- felt Oil the face alter 1 o. a. oil the ;irn. aft ' 1 Is, on the abdomen after .111 1 u the knee after "J-i hundredth- of a -'.cond. From a hot point th'- s.-n,-,i ion wa- felt on the -ame -urfaee- after l'.. .;. ' .and 7'. hundredth of a -1 coi.d re-pc-t i v cl v. I hi- great time d i il etence has mi im porlant bearing on the tluorv of -kin -. n-.it i"u-. A Vert High lunch. "The very highest church in Europe.'" according to tin- Bumluer Tagbialt, ''is th" pi !g 1 i 111:1 ge chapel of M. M;.lia 'h Zileif. above Salux. iii the alllon of raubunden. Il lie- 'J bit nc-ter- above the sea level- lie. I! i SHOO el t high above the fore-i, near llu- limit- of per petual -How. ll is only open doting th" summer t im e of lhat region or. a- tie folks thereabout, icek'ii. from St. John the Baptist's Day to Si. Michael's l,y and is n-r.l r.nly iiv the A'p la rds. wh-: remain there through lio- uii)iu.-r with their covvs an. I goat-, .and oeoa-iona! i v by hunt'-rs in search of ihe chamois and tmirmot. All the inhabitants of Salux t 1 im b up t hit ini on Nlidsiunuier D.av to assist at the tir-t ma-s and hear ihe tir-t sermon of the veir. and there i- abo ;i rrowded congregation on Miehaelma D:iy, .at the . i -1 service ol the year. From time to iiim- a few -tr.a. piig-rim-fi'oin the rait i 'Und'-n Ob-rlatid iind tin Tyro! fin 1 the!- way h'-ic The -econd highest church probiblv in Europe, thi! of Mon-l'-iii. abo open on' ;;i tin- -nm- llli-l'. I'l-I'itlg- to t i ! a 1 1 e 1 1 1 ' 1 e 1 1 . At oil!' v i-it tin- hah- old pre o he 1 Icel ti . " for eign io'it i-t- tor hi- con gu eg i! i-ai. Origin of "Bogus." Thf- wind "bogu-j" i- of C-otgia oii gin. 111. A. Bogus wa-a 'boigui land lottery coinmi--io:ier who i--T-d fraud u j lent html light-. Th" word "bogu-" i ! ih-fint-dbv eb-ter a- " ii 1 1 ; o 1 1 -: a can! i term originally applied to a n.niii' rf'-i: coin, and he;u e d'-no! ing any thing roa!) terfeit." 'i he ti -w -p ipei - a--ot iated thi ; ibfinition with the natiu- of tie- fraudu lent commb-ioaef, ;p,-.. -he-i tir.-n 'bog ;i " ha- i -t '-:i t in- uni 1 - 1 1 Ar.i t; I can term for anything worthies-. It i- applied more particularly to money. - ! I ietroit Free Pre--. 1 - i 4 M'iiri 11 of Coal. M. ttfiirel "Eury has propounded a 1 theory that coal was originally a liquid generated by the ib compo-itiori of in ferior vegetation in an at mo-i phere liigh- ; ly charged with carbonic acid. The carbon of the jelly-like in i-- thu-formed, after pas-ing through Xiiiious triinfor . matious into asphalt, petroleum, bitu 1 men. etc.. finally assurm-d the form of I coal. The author cites v.niou- facts : connected xvith the oer ui ren' -e of coA i xvhich, he thinks, are b.-tt'-r explain- 1 by Lis theory than by the usual one. Miirlra. f , - o s I.-.,- .. ..rant T9rt v ' ' - ' t ! i . ; n-1 1 i w ii j r- r , ' - ! i.-.t.'. ! bict.fwti! I . s ;i I ) ,4- . i i ,.- ' " '- 1 s 1 l.. i. n i-l.., 1. Tie ... - .J J Wilts tt.t I !, ' -' !'.. I e !. 1 A- fl!i, I f ,! ' - .1 ' i t lie -.1 1? 14- ' ' it I !. I . . -iH.sl All I v 1 v. ; , v - I ' " a ! . i,ii-t .I I 1 ' '' - " ' ' live i ; la V nnv )--n t. ! !- !l ' ' ! lie -.lli. hi . ' a. . ! , 1 111,11 . i.i 1 i, ! , 11 !n n.-f- iiisl , 1 1 -.i s 11 i ei : .- )U;.. ntfl tnv,. wi-t , i-i I l .i v . . 1 s.s 1 ta ,. at I f r 111 rt t'.it '.., , i .s a ),. - . . 1 :i a t '.. -.oi-,. . V ( a lb- ! 1 ,. !.- ,.r Lm- --.s mvmv, II . ; ! t .- - 0 i. on lii:.l 1 1..- w iiiittii( wv ; i Ml 1. 1. b.itt. Us tnr.l 'hnntt.i - - i . I .1!! ! be SV1III' ' l 1 bo ja-i ui 1 t 'm i cut III MllltlM V l iale we l i...- I lib than hop IU b, , , i ! w . e i ! t s, , m ti 1 1 1 1 1 ,1 1 f..i ,t f.,t pell f cr t ' W .1 , k with 1 " . 1 ( 1 1 b I 111!!,' '...,!!. b.o.i. n a b.iVc hi- .hop in thi w c-t bat 1,'s .-k is a! w tV s t is'n.o ill tin I . I - ' I i. I i .. ili.i'li ' 1 I - pe I I t iii ! 1 is ,1 m cat 'i'l.i'-oit . i.ii, .a 1 :!a -h of light ning id .. IT e !c. eiO-ip II ! - - I 1 ! t , , i : pah- '! I m wi-iv b"in i I I: .1 .)'. 1 1 ' 1 - i 1 a 1 . This 111 u ,11 oun! ..r tie- -qu tl is 011 l.al. e Nfiihigiin. "'Whit is tie- tu.il. v hat ge-i w ilh .'" ii- k 1 1 1 the lid.. . With W his. e , y mil honor," 1 p! i' ! I i: -intention- jmlii .- Ml iii. Tii' le ale s tin 1 010 .nies i, corn plant .-, I i n 1 hi-, e . . 1 j ( t 1 a ) 1 1 1 a In a.i! t hat liUllibi ! of 1 .'1,1 1. !i.'. 01 th'- tec! of it il.h 1 ! 1 i ! a i ! ! - . Eon I w 1 1 1 U ..i.i.! 1,11 In I c v e t h'J t Ml'-. 1 .. . 1 1 - I! 1 ! i , -p' l k - -e V III 1,11 gll.ige- .' I'. 'I'd hud .Old ( el talllk I would. -I, s ..,,t t..e. 1 noiedi to -peak lift v . A New laigloal mm has jn-. h., tt p 1 1 1 III g I .11; I 1 1 !o h I ill In: "an ehc I I ic switch."' I ! I- e pel I'd t h it ail t he l.i.v- "I the country w i II ii-e up in iiiiinitit pre. 1 1 - I . - Mic V on 1 g -1 e 1 - , have a in 1 e , a ll" I i V t o j . I O I , , ., : . o 1 1 1 1 a I I i . I g 1 . M ll ! v on 11 g -I 1 I Th its 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 i .' 1 . e ha v e a chattel inoltgage o'l .ai - thai nmre thill o 1 - - j ! p i s M . I ! i- I eci I . I id o a o. 1 ng lop wh" i-i I e I one of tin ;, ,1 h i h ii'b. t hit h. Wil- -o ploll'l o Id- m.d.il llite -ieeVc-biltton- thiit hi llei-tid Upon exhibiting 1 li' lll to his he-' . 'I'll, I ,1 t ef look I d at Mi.-m and said; "Ve- i' is a piettv -tone. I h ! V e a 1 w a V - liked I ! . I hive a mantel p i " e e nil I e o I it ; n the n t I o mi ' Caught in flic Ice. A -!ii. "i.i i !.iii' beset, ami trongk In Id doting a gale, i, lolupieti k be V ond con I I oi ; a a d n i nal g" ' .i I i all In- : e . o : 1 1 O I i - ! I e i i I i . t 1 1 . - e i e I . I . k S O f '. alpl.'ig an I coiitinud -hilling of ice ill' ll'i!-. w h i ' 1 1 o ' i I V i i 1 I I - t the Ifl w and lend' i thi m ino.- .. h -- un able to ! d-.e a thorough a 1 1 a li ' ag oi a favota I ii ' - i I i ia 1 Ion -hou d on. in i in. Paitv. how e i . Mli'li I t he-e i il a u III - til lice., ' I I ' I not i i -1 ! it - to eiiiplov hi- i iev- to their i.'mosi ,,! th' ha w -- i - and -ail-, plainly :.i k im '.v 'a d g i ng that ' I he e e 1 1 . ni innde hi I.e. i i !, g at h I W -' I - . oi i, I he I v i-e, 1 1 e if little 111 ir - -TI"' th ill the oil lp li in they hiinished to th men's minds Under -ui h . I ! ' 1 1 m - t a II' e- of difficult . for. when tie- I' ' i- fairly in ting' again' tie- -hip, t'n tiiii'-i th" - f i 1 1 gr 1 1 1 and in genuitv cou'd m I'aiitv a'.ii'i! nothing I lilt t lie g I l! I llll OT it o! ill- i., i g .1 : . ,i - .ii - iii.v. d . i a i ' i , v ..! t i.e o j ,i ui-. a thi! i ! i - In ! to v i . -; I I . . fate, ,md re -.j e lie m -a - -! : i n ' 1 1 I "i pi I j i I bl- ' !l'oft. "-'id. iii tie i,. triii at., rro- Ilii iii of I1,.- e. . a 1 1 u a n i i it Hi a-l be nu a ( t i v e ; for n.- e v i n t - 1 o! lo w i-.ii li i.ihi-t -o iapidiv. thi' a f ivoiab'e r h one for I e-l ! e i . pa - - id If f oi e it i an be f ti t ! weigh' d I'l :di it- a-jieit- ' vv i - Cl-..-. .lust What He Meant. A titiT of D -ttoit. who piohably in ter, i- to run on th" r i - T ounH ticket !ic t a farmer froin Uomuhi- on Michi- ga!i a vi;IiUe ve-tiadiV and held on! I . -s ha in I a :a I -all: "Ah. '. ne i . . ; a fin-. t "Weil, I dunno."" "D ' tie" ' top- lot- of good." I: w ii!. h ' Wi. .i top- "Weli, ii I'.'i know- won't!! help ' the ( top. ; "It ii. iv -'.'ll'-ii uptln-'ii'i -o I r.-.tii dig up a few -tump-. ' ' 'E '. at 1 1 '---ex -i- t ! V - - tiiat'- wh.at I meant. Beautiful lain for -oft--iii!t", 1 ..--el! i ! '!. ioo'i -b'- e. "' The Least I ntoxit atinir. ('sil. 'elgei and -eV'Tai t,f hi- 1 1 i - II ' I - ware talking about the info it a t in -A qilalitie- or tii Vatio:,- liq'lol-. "Jn mv ojiiiiiou, gi liiuiji; t hamp tg ne is b-.s into.x it at ing th an any t-tlu-r liquor." rem, .iked Ilo-teti-r Mi liinws. "How do vnii make thai out?' "Because -ii ! e V jieop!.- I n atbud 0 drink it."- - sifting. r A ,t V