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HOW TO BE HAPPY.
Are you almost disgusted
With life, little man?
I will tell you a wonderful trick
That will bring you contentment,
If anything can;
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebody, quick!
Are you awfully tired
With play, little girl f
Weary, discouraged and rick I
. Ill tell you the loveliest '
Game in the world ;
Do something for somebody, quick ;
Do something for somebody, quick!
Though it rains like tin rain
Of the flood, little man,
And the clouds are, forbidding and thiek.
You can make the sun shine
In your soul, little man:
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebody, quick!
Though the skies are like brass
. Overhead, little girl,
And the walk like a well-heated brick;
And our earthly affairs
In a terrible whirl?
Do something for soro.xxly, quick;
Do something for somebody, quick!
Mary Brainard.
The Deacon's Daughter,
Dora Maxwell was the prettiest girl ia
Dacre - a village which produced crops
of pretty ,irls, just as naturally as it did
big rocks, shaded rods, cool glcns and
picturesque and hihlv dangerous water
faW: Everyone liked Dora! The young men,
b .cause she was handsome and unaffected ;
the girls, because she was amiable, and
always had the prettiest patterns of any
one in the villa0e, and was quite ready,
to lend them ; and the mammas, on ac
count of he. substantial charms such
broad meadows, such goodly cattle, such
stores of linen made up by the hands of
the thrifty Dora, such wealth of massive
silver and old-Iashioued cLina as be
longed to Deacon Maxwell, and a goodly
portion of wh-hmustgo to his eldest
and handsomest daughter, would have
made even a squint, red hair, and bad
temper endurable in their eyes.
So all the village regarded her as a sort
of personal property, and every mother
who had a marriageable son watched
over her with a vigilance v and interest
tru'y surprising, and which ought
utterly to confound those who
don't believe in the natural goodness and
purity of human nature. Spite of which,
in he r twenty-third year, Dora was Dora
Maxwell still a fact which she didn't
take at all to heart, though some of the
envious had commenced to whisper,
"old maid."
It was the first Sunday in June, a warm, ,
balmy, smiling, fragrant morning, just
deepening into noon, as the deacon and
his family came home from church! Mr;.
Maxwell had on her loose dress and was
fanning herself by the window,., while
Dora and her two sistc s, having laid
away their hats and parasols, were getting
dinner, when their mother exclaimed:
'Dear me, if there ain't Eph Schenck
c omin' up the walk. '' The girls giggled,
and D ) redden I.
Eph Schenck was a lor-;, tall, sham-'
bli'.g, freckled, .ed-haired youth, who
had a dbagreeable way of driving over
to church from his father's farm (ten
miles distant), and then concluding to
lake dinner with Deacon Maxwell. She
knew just how it would be. He would
sit there, in that -corner, by the eight-day
clock, his chair tipped back, his' huge
mouth op-n and his eyes fastened on her
in stupid admiration. He would choke
himself at dinner, and break out n
a perspiration, trying to say something
tender in her car. He would go with
them to church, and tumble up the
steps; he would tread on her dress and
tear it; he would insist on singing out of
the same book with her, and to a dole
ful tune of his owu imagining; he would
stare at her during the sermon, and wipe
hi shiii'g forehead, alternately, till he
had all the younger portion of the con
gregation engaged in doing their best
not to giggle. He would go back and
ho'cc him elf again a tea, and after
tea father would g out to look at the
chickens, and mother and the girls to
see about the work, and then who cculd
tell if he wouldn't Uke it into his stupid
head to ask her to be Mrs. Eph Schenck.
Down went '-e ef th from Dora's hand
as this last dreadlui possibility-presented
itseh to her mind, r.nd away she ran,
like a startled deer, across the garden
and out of a little t ck gate into the
broad meadow, where in her haste she
almost rushed "nto the arms of Jaraes
Van Buskirk, the clear-headed son of a
good-for-nothing father, who badefir to
retrieve the position which his father had
lost, but being only r If way up ihe Lill,
.ras only partially antenanced by all
those prudent and worthy p .ople who will
nearly shake yen hand off when you -are
safely at the top.
Dora was a'. out to pass L.n with a
dignified bow, bvt the young man, whoea
dark eyes were dancing .with raiscbief,
stopped her, by gravely inquiring : If sho
Lad the dyspepsia, and was running for
exercise?
"No, sir, I am in a hurry," tartly
answered Dora, who thought that it was
none ohis business.
"On!' indeed, don' let me detain you
then, 5nd turning, he coolly walked on
beside her. ,
Dora bit 1 er lip. James Va 1 Buskirk
was the smartest, the worthiest, and tht
most . ngreeable young Hua- of her
acquaintance j but she was a Maxwe'l.
She weald not be unci il to Mr. V-n
Buskirk, but of course she could not en
courage him ; ana lding her head at a
much loftier , angle than usual, she
inarched on erect, and in silence.
"I think I saw lr. Schenck drite by
a few minutes n,w remarked James,
"did I not?"
"It is quite likeb, , tut wbav of ' V
"Nothing, only it struck me as a little
cxtiaordinary, tnat according to rt cal
culation you must have gone out the ba
door precisely as he entered tl e front
one."
Th:s was too much for Dora's gTivety,
and she burst into a hearty laugh.
"Y fcu may think it does not concern
me," proceeded the young man, witl the
same imperturbable gravity, "but I am
only in pursuit of information. Am I tc
understand, Miss Jlaxwell, that when I
wish to sec yon, my best way will be to
knock at your father's door, and then
take the shortest cut for the meadow!"
Dora could scarcely credit her senses.
Jemes Van Euskirk visit her! Wish to
see her? - In doubt whether to give him a
saucy, or a coldly-scornful answer, .she
looked up; but, in spite of herself, her
cheek glowed with blushes, and her eyes
fell before the kindling glance that met
her own. James smiled to himself.
"You have not answered me, " he said,
after a short pause.
"I I don't know what you mean," shj
stammered. "My father's house is open
to all."
The young man shook his head.
"I do not doubt that, but that is not the
question. It is you I care for. Will you
receive me? Do you say that I may
come?"
Dora was silent.
"Speak," he said, impetuously. "I
have no fear or shame in asking you to
be my wife, heiress thoug'i you are. I
want nothing-tbat is your father's, nor
would I take it ; but I swear to you, that
if you will only have the courage to ac
knowledge the love that I know has
long been in your heart, I will at no dis-
' tant day place 3 0U in a position far above
the one in which you now are."
Dora trembled, for his words awakened
echoes in her heart for which she could
nowise account ; but pride and prejudice
U strong stronger than love, and she
only answered :
wHere we are at Mrs. Fleming's. Good
morning, Mr. Van Buskirk," and flitted
away up the walk before he could 6top
her.
Sukimer merged into autumn, autumn
gave way to winter, but no greater
changes took place around her than were
developing themselves in the mental
economy of our little Dora. From that
memorable Sunday, James had never ap
proached her. She had met him constant
ly in attendance on other girls, and es
pecially with, the squiie's daughter
whom, it was whispered, he vas about to
marry -and he always bowed gravely to
her, but no more. How handsome he
was! how dull and insignificant other
young men seemed beside him. What a
good son he was ! What a rising young
man ! With what manliness had he ad
dressed her! Wrhy did he never speak to
her now? Such were the thoughts that
were continually running in the foolish
little girl's head, and that especially tor
mented her, as she was on her way to the
wedding at Farmer Wentworth's. Would
she meet him there? It was the first frol
ic of the season, and her heart throbbed
at the idea. She stopped at the door, and
looked into the large "keeping room,"
where was going . on a most vigorous
handshaking, and how-de-doing.
"How are ye?" said a voice close in her
ear. "Feel skeery? I do. Let's go in
together, and kinder take the edge off,'
Eph Schenck's arm was thrust out to
her, like a bent' pumphandle.
"Lots of folks here," pursued Eph.
"Knew there would be. Folks allers
likes to come here, they give such good
feeds. Gracious! there's Jim Van Bus
kirk. Ain't he fixed up? Look at that
air shirt, and them studs! Guess he
thinks he's some, now he's goin' to
marry the squire's darter." Dora looked
up in time to meet the roguish glance of
James, who had heard Eph's remarks.
'There comes ,the bride," went on the
-inexorable. "Nice gal -she is. Should a
made up to her myself, only I'd made up
my mind for somo one else. They say
she's had nine new dresses made. How
would you like to be married, and have
co manr gowns?" Fortunately the cere
mony here intervened, and Eph was ob
liged to be quiet, but scarcely was it
over, when he commenced again. "That's
quick done, ain't it now? Nuthin' so
dreadful, is it, after all? Come on.
Everyone's goin' up t5 kiss and shake
hands, and then they'll gor in for sup
per." Dora looked ai -und her in desperation.
There was a small door open behind her,
which led, as she well knew, into the
kitchen and without stopping to reflect,
she darted through it and began to
run toward home a. 1 the faster that she
fancied she heard Eph behind her, till
in her haste she 6tumbled over the root
of a tree, and fell to the ground, sprain
ing her ankle severely..
"How could you be so imprudent, and
what made yo.i run so?" said James'
voice, he moment after, as he itood by
ber aide. "Did you think I would let
vou go home so? , Are you hurt?"
"I don't know," answered Dora, faint
ly. t He stooped and tried to raise her.
She groaned and shrank back. ."I'm
afraid thrt I can't stand."
"Then I wiU carry you," ho said
promptly.
"But I am so. heavy, and it is so far."
'I wish it was twice the distance," he
whispered. Dora made no reply, but her
head rested quite confidentially on his
shoulder, and he little hand lay against
J is check. He carried her in silence, till
the could see the lights of the deacon's
house. "Now, Dora, speakT" he burst
out. "You have had a long time to re
fect. Q Joe, Dora, for this is the last
time I shall ask you." ' - V
It was the faintest of all possible wbls
pcrs that answered him ; but if Janje
face, when he reached the light, was anj
index of his feelings, it must have beell'
a satisfactory one.. 5
The e was a wedding shortly after". All
the mammas with marriageable sons shook
their heads, and the deacon and Mrs.Max-
well groaned whenever it was referred t -and
said they'd done their best, but Dora
was a headstrong girl, and the will of
Providence must be doLe.
There wa? none of the "linen, an
china, and plate" went into the cottage
that James fitted up for his bride, and all
the broad lands and line cattle remained
fo !.e dowry of the other two girls.
There were few visitors; either, t,-the
Jottage, and of these very few who eve
f lied to lament, in a roundabout way,
over "Dora's dreadful mistake," as her
f anily called it ; but James only laughed,
while his wife obstinately persisted in
growing handsomer and merrier every
day, and the last I heard of them he had
fulfilled the promise he made her on that
June morning, and the deacon was speak
ing with exceeding respect and pride of
his son-in-law, Senator Van Buskirk.
The Grand ' Canal of China.
A p rt of the Grand c.inal of China,
that' connecting the Hoang ho and the
Yang-tse-Kiang river3, was mide as early
is the feventh century. Subsequently,
fie highway was extended up to Chinki
ang, and the great Emperor Kublai
Khan, in the thirteenth century, had the
work carried from Peking to the Yellow
river and the connections made with
tivers and lakes, completing the great
"Transit River," as the Chinese call it,
as it is now known. This canal extends
from Peking in a southeasterly direction,
forming with the rivers which it con
ne ts a broad waterway from Peking to
llangchow, a distance of 650 mile3.
Part of it has been for
same tifnc disused, as the inflow
from the Yellow river has become, by de
posit from this turbid stream, completely
choked up. Before this occurred there
was, by aid of several smaller canils and
the numerous rivers that traverse the
great plains of China, an uninterrupted
water communication from Peking to
Canton, over 1,100 mil.s. The Grand
canal traverses the flat country southward
from Peking to the northern branch of
the Pei-ho river. This branch forms the
channel to Tientsin, and thence to Lint
s'.ng, 300 miles, it follows the southern
branch of the Pei-ho. From Lintsing
to Tsining it is an artificial waterway ;
thence to the Yang-tsc-Kiang it follows
the lake system, and from this river to
Uaag-Chow is again an artificial excava
tion. The oldest portion of the canal,
;hat between the two great rivers, is
about ninety miles in length, and for the
greater part of this distance it is car
ried upon a raised work of earth, in
many places twenty feet and more above
the surrounding country, the stream be
ing confined between walls of stone. The.
sheet of water there is about two hun
dred feet wide, and has a current of
nearly three miles an hour. Several large
cities lie along the sides of the canal
there, whose safety, as they are below
the level of the waterway, depends
wholly on th-j care taken of its banks.
South of this its level descends until it is
several feet below the country on its
sid?3. Through its whole extent ths
Grand canal v;as connected by smaller
ways with every lake or stream that
could possibly be led into it. S. Wells
Williams, in his very complete work on
China, entitled, "The Middle Kingdom,"
says of this con-truction1: "As a
work of art, compared i with cands
now existing in Western countries,
the Transit river doss not rank high;
but even at this . day there is no work
of the kind in Asia to compare with it,
and there was none in the world equal to
it when first put into operation. It passes
through alluvial soli in every part of its
course, and the chief labor was expvnded
in constructing embankments, and not
in digging a deep channel. Th.3 junction
of the Yun-ho about lat. 33 N. was
probably taken as' the summit level.
From this point northward the trench
was dug through Lintsing to join the
Yu-ho, and embankments thrown up
from the same place southward to the
Yellow .river, the whole beiug a line of
200 miles. In some places the bed is cut
down thirty, forty, and even seventy feet,
but it encountered no material obstacle.
The sluices whicbrkeep the necessary level
arc of rude construction, and thick
planks sliding in grooves bewn in stone
buttresses form the only locks. Still the
objects intended are all fully gained,
and the simplicity of the means certainly
doea not derogite from the merit and
execution- of the plan." Inter-Ocean.
A Grave Matter.
"I wonder that those people who usee
lo go to church in winter without having
any fires there didn't die," remarked Mrs.
Liffly the other day.1
"They did, my dear," serenely returned
the husband from behind his paper.
"Or yes," said she, somewhat nettled,
"of course; but I mean that it is strange
they didn't die before their appointed
time." ; !'."'
"People never do," replied tho seven
' U.. I ..-
Mrs. Liffly looked very digniued, bui
ventured no further comments.
The habit of prompt and unquestiona
ble obedience to whatever appeals to us
n duty, puts us in the very best condi-
ion of luarning more and
higher
truth3.
LADIES' COLUMN..
R Ik id Court Et lqnette.
Apropos of the retirement of the Act
Jrlaj minister of public instruction, Baron
Conrad, a .Vienna, paper relates the fol
Vwng episode" which shows how rigidly
XJUrt etiquette is observed in Vienna:
Dne evening, at a so-called "aristocratic
picnic" st the Hotel Imperial, one of his
Jaughters, who wai dancing with the
Archduke Lad wig Victor, pinned one of
Jie cotillion orders on her partner's coat.
5ueh a thing is strictly forbidden by
itiquctte, and the duke proomptly tore
jff the order and threw it on the floor.
. The young baroness being ignorant of
this rule, went to her mother, weeping,
Jkud left ! the hall; and next any Baroa
L'onrad had an audience with the em
peror, begging to retire to private life on
wwuat the insult lo his family. But
Jqc emperor smiled, and told him he
rould "make it all right," and the fol
owing day Ludwig Victor called on
Daroncss Conrad and apologized for his
ipparent rudeness in the most chivalrom
nanner.
Origin of Bangs.
I wonder how many of my lady rcad
:rs know the origin of the bang. I givj
t below: it is another strong argument
.n favor of evolution.
Exactly when the b.ing came into Eu
rope is a matter of doubt, some placing
ts advent in the latter days of the Ro
nan empire, while others insist that it
tvas brought from the cast by the cru
saders ; but whenever it came, it found
;hat the front hair of the European ladies
was as intractablo as their temper, and
10 the hairdressers, being unable either
to curl or to frizzle, the saucer-bang,
tiff, straight, soaped and plastered
tlown as hideous as a nightmare, was
5nally evolved. This being settled, there
remains on'y the concluding inquiry,
whence came the first bang? The most
formidable of the animal kingdom is the
much-dreade:l gorilla. This beast, among
jther attractions, carries a head of short,
bristly hair, and one of the animal'
prei arations for battle is to pass the paw
rapidly down the crown of the head to
Ihe eyes, thus bringing the front hai.
straight out and giving an aspect of fe
rocity that never fails to inspire the ut
uost terror. So well understood is this
gesture that among the gorilla's fel-(ow-countrymcn
it is the signal for an in
stantaneous and headlong scamper from
(he spot, and as the female gorilla in de
fence of her young is even worse than the
aialc, certain African dialects have an ex
pression, "a female gorilla with her front
hair down," to indicate the extremity of
ferocious bearing.
In time it came to pass that when Afri
can ladies were abused by their husdands
they adopted the same gesture, and, so far
is the hair was concerned, with the same
n suit. Then certain wives, to indicate
(heir readiness for the battle at all sea
sens, took to wearing their hair drawn
over their foreheads, and the fashion rap
idly spread to young ladies, who wore
their hair in this style as insinuating theii
resolve never to submit to matrimonial
tyranny. The idea spread and the bang
flourishes alike in African deserts, on the
banks of the Ganges, of the Thames and
(he Mississippi. Thus does scientific re
search shed light on social topics, and
even the monstrosities of female costume
arc shown to have their origin in intelli
gent action ; for nothing is more reasona
ble than that as one animal taught man
how to build his house and another how
to catch his dinner, his wife from a third
should learn how to dress her hair. At
lanta Constitution.
Fashion Notes.
The pointed waistcoat front is the
marked feature in young girls' frocks.
Plain cloth, diagonal and serge foi
tailor-made dresses are of light weight.
Plaid buttons of ivory and of mohaii
come among other novelties in big but
tons. A feature of the new parasols are crook
sticks of natural wood, with ribbon trim
mings. .
Elbow and three-quarter sleeves arf
made, as well for street as house
dresses.
French styles and combinations an
very quietj and the English styles ar
full of color.
Ctenillc fringes for mantles have
wooden spindles tipped with beads or
the strands.
The brocades for spring show small de
signs rather than the large figures of the
present season.
The Paris fashion of having a paraso
for every costume will prevail in Ne
York this season.
Little girls' frocks have regular waists
No belt, but a sash from under the arm
to tie in the back.
Sateens, seersuckers and gingham3 se
closely resemble silk and wool that then
cotton origin is only revealed to th
touch, i
1
Si riag jackets of fine striped o
checked cheviot are trimmed with core
ornaments, the cuffs being of moire an
tiquc or velvet.
Some of the Parisian models of sill
and lace dresses show a revival of th
fashion of years ago of covering the fnl
skirt with flounces.
Since the popularity of red-wool strec
jackets has become so univeasal, re
toques, bonnets and hats have been intro
duced to wear en suite.
Black and white are used in combina-:'
tion for evening wear in diaphanous cos
tames, i White tulle is trimmed ' with
black velvet ribbon bows. 1
r Ladio cloth bodies of brown, blue
gray and red arc w;ra.with skirts of
figured plain or striped material and art
trimmed hussar fashion with cord. -
Hiitli for Groats.
'Occasionally a mighty Nimrod from
the city comes out to hunt game in my
neighborhood," said a Greenfield fanner
yesterday. "A few days ago I saw a
swell of a chap edging up through my.
fugar bush to the wheat, field. He had
on long legged boots, and was toggled
and belted and strapped out in regular
hunting fashion. He looked just too
purty for anything. He carried a darling
of a gun, and he went dodging around
as if he expected to start up a Bengal tigei
from behind every stump. I took a short
cut to the barn and turned the old pea
cock loose. The old bird understood
what was wanted of him. He pulled
down hi eye at me and started for the
back lots. I followed down along the
fence, and pretty soon I saw the swell
hunter break corer from the woods. JIe
was after quail, and he soon sighted the
peacock. The bird had his tail fanned
out and his head up, rnd could le seen
half a mile away. Nimrod got his gun
off his shoulder and began to creep up,
and by and by he blazed away. I saw
the whole charge of shot tear into the
ground-yards away from the old bird,
but he knew his business. Down he fell,
wings and legs flopping, and pretty soon
he expired. The young man with the
darling of a gun reached him about the
same time Tdid.
" 'Beautiful shot,' says he.
" 'I reckon.' says I, 'but what are you
hunting?'
" 'Grouse,' says ha, 'and this is th
finest one I ever saw.'
" 'Grouse, you numbskull, but you
have killed my peacock !'
" 'Well, the usual results followed".
His chin began to quiver, the co'.d sweat
started out and he wanted to know how
much I would take to let him off. I sent
him to the house to see the old woman.
She has got a way of wiping Tier eyes
and choking her voice over the death of
that peacock which always brings in $g
extra. She let this young swell off for
$10, which is the usual price, and as he
started down the highway forDctroit the
old bird got up and marched back to the
barn with a chuckle that set every hen to
laughing. That's five times we've play
ed it on the swell Nimrod s within six
months, and I expect more fun this sum
mer than a horse can draw." Detroit
Free Press.
Scared.
"I have had plenty of experiences cal
culated to try a man's nerve," said a
friend of mine yesterday. "I have'
'sought (he bubble reputation even at the
cannon's mouth,' I led a relief party into
a caved-in coal mine, I stayed in New Or
leans all during the yellow fever epidem
ic, but I never was so scared in all my
life, never felt so great 3 responsibility,
as on one- day in a quiet country street
without another human being in sight.
It was this way : A friend of mine who
lived there owned a $22,000 trotter, and
he was taking him out w th only a halter
on. He forgot something and gave me
the halter while he ran baek. He did not
return at once, and a sudden start given
to the horse by a piece of paper blowing
across the street made me realize my po
sition. I had at the other end of a slen
der strap $22,000 worth of horseflesh be
longing to another man. At any mo
ment a 6udden noise might cause the
animal to break away from me and dash
himself to death against the fences or in
a ditch. Even the discovery of my pres
ence might have, that effect. I scarcely
breathed, and the perspiration broke in
cold streams all over me. I could not
take my eyes off the beast; I was fascin
ated by its face. Every time it lifted a
foot or moved a muscle an involuntary
s'ludder ran through my frame. My
friend was only gone a minute or two,
but it seemed an age. When he returned
I fairly forced the halter into his hand.
'Why, old fellow,' said he, 'you're as pale
S a ghost.' " Chicago Nem.
Inoculation Against Yellow Fever.
One of the very latest theories of inoc
ulation to prevent disease is the alleged
discovery of a well known physician of
Mexico Dr.. Carmona of the cause 01
causes of yellow fever and his peculiar
preventive to protect a person against
this dread disease. Eminent American
and European physicians have
for many years been . investigatirg
this important matter, with
the view of discovering some way or some
plan whereby the mortality in certain
parts of the world from yellow fever
might be lessened. This Mexican physi
cian claims that . he has discovered the
cause of this disease to be a microscopic
fungus, and he asserts that by inoculat
ing this fungus in the blood persons can
be protected from yellow fev 1 in the
same way as vaccination is -a security
against smallpox. Whether his plan is
feasible and will accompli-h the greatly
desired results time and careful investi
gation will alone determine. Parama
Star and Herald.
Matricide.
A French investigator of criminal sta
tistics proves that there are 2,C80 infanti
cides, 100 suicides, and forty-five patricides
to One matricide A man will kill his chil
dren by the dozen and attempt his own
life hundred times before he will lift a
hand against his mother. At least the
Caucasian man of the nineteenth century.
-Among the Botocudos .Indians of the
Orinoco, where tuicide is almest un
known, a stout young man will thnk it
a shame to let his old mother become a
burden to the tribe if he can find a club
to dispatch terat the first symptom of
dotage. Felix L. Oswald.
1 The man who doesn't know all about
running a paper would be a great curi
osity. Paciie Jester. .
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Artificial sponge made of cott-jn, ren
dered absorbent,' and treated with anti
septics, has been invented in England.
A piece of the size of .a walnut has
absorbed water until it reached the size
of a cccoanut. It is so cheap that it
need be used but once.
Naturalists now count 1870 different
kinds of fishes in North American waters,
of which 590 live iq. rivers and lakes and
550 kinds belong to the Pacific. Of
the remainder 105 dwell only in the deep
waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mex
ico, never approaching the shore or the
surface.
Attention has been called to the fact
that the streams in certain cultivated por
tions of Northern Texas now run during
the part of the yeir when they
were formerly dry. This is not attributed
to any change in the rainfall, but to a
more even absorption of water over the
cultivated areas.
A London paper asserts that the high
est velocity yet imparted to a cannon
ball is 1,626 feet per second, equal to a
mile in 3.2 seconds. The velocity of the
earth at the equator, due to rotation oh
its axis, is 1,000 miles per hour, or a
mile in 3.6 seconds; thus if a cannon
ball were fired due west, and could main
tain itsnitial velocity, it would beat the
sun in its apparent journey around the
earth. 5
The adaptations with which plants are
provided for making the most of the wa
ter that comes to them in the form of rain
.or dew are thus classified by Lundstrom,
who has made them a subject of special
investigation : Depressions, in the form
of leaf-cups or of grooves in the epider
mis; hair formations, in tufts or borders;
hydroscopic membranes, as spots or
stripes on the epidermis ; and anatomical
adaptations, such as water-absorbing tex
tures and swelling glands. None of these
features are found In the submerged parts
of plants.
After a study of nearly 12,000 case,
Dr. Hermaun Brehmer, an-able German
physician, rejects the theory of the con
tagiousness of pulmonary consumption,
lie finds the disease to be due to dcrieieut
nutrition of the lungs, which may result
from various antecedent causes, Buch as
Inherited defects of constitution, and
vital organs impaired by disease, injury
or mode of living. He believes that tha
operation of all the causes may produc e
such changes that it may be possible
years, even decades, in advance to pre
dict with great probability which mem
bers of a given family will be afflicted
with pulmonary consumption, and which
will remain healthy.
Says Mr. Grant Allen: "It is the brain
as a whole that thinks, and feels, and
desires and imagines, just as it is the
body as a whole that walks, and digs,
and dances. To locate, say the faculty of
language in a particular convolution of a
particular hemisphere is almost" as absurd,
it seems to me, as to locate, say, tho
faculty of writing in the last joint of the
right forefinger. Convolution and fore
finger may be absolutely essential or in
dispensible for the proper performance of
speech or writing; but to say, that is,
not to say that the function in question
is herc localized. The brain as a wholo
Is the organ of mind, but there is no
organ for the the word Canonbury or for
the proper perception of a Mrs. Pollock
geranium.
A Persian Dinner.
An official in high rank, residing in
Persia, writing to a New York paper,
says: Last night I went to a Persian
dinner, served in the true Pershn style
no chairs or tables, quantities f
sweetmeats before dinner, and a general
absence of knives and forks. Pilau
formed the mainstay of the feast, with
mutton kibobs dripping with grease
between the slabs of the flat, doughy Per
sian bread. The entertainment was
varied by music on several species of
mandolins and tambourines, not bad in
its way, and Persian singing, resembling
nothing so much as the screeching of a
cat being slowly and surely strangled to
death.
There was also dancing by very young
children. Among the dances was that oi
the. Indian Nautch girls, an Afghan
dance, very spirited and effective, dur
ing which the tiny dancers discharged
toy pistols in the faces of the guests, and
the Cabuli or dance of Cabul, the pretti
est of all, danced with a number of fans
arranged on the heads, the waists and
the belts of the dancers producing a
very pretty effect. . Dancing it can
Wircely be called the word has not that
meaning in Persian ragsiden is to per
form a series of graceful and expressive
movements, accompanied by an appro
priate play of feature. It is sensuous
pantomine. An unfortunate European,
who had a nervous twitch of the facial
muscles, was known here by the Persians
as "Requas," the dancer.
The almost incrcdibb story is
told of a Western farmer that, tome
years ago, hearing burglars breaking into
his house, and l.e'ng out of buckshot,
he hurriedly loaded his gun with a bos
of pills, which were compounded, how
ever, of a soft material, and merely
smeared the burglars somewhat, ai
warmed cobbler's wax might have done,
when the weapon was discharged; and
that the other day, again hearing burglar
and being out of buckshot, and bearing
his former failure in mind, he loaded uj,
with pills which were sugar-coated, and
shot one burglar dead and seriously
wounded another. - ,
FUN.
A vessel is called she because you sco
ier bow before meeting her. St. Paul
Herald. ' ,
Tramp "I nit, boss! what time is it
by youf watrh?" Stranger "About time
l look out for it."
Not many women are blacksmith, but
ill of them will undertake to hoo a hen
when occasion seems to demand it.
Coal dealers have things their own
weigh. You may dispute their weigh;
' ut you get no more coal by it. Picajr
vne.
The average plug hit only weighs a
few ounces, and yet tho effect it has on
vme men is to make them feel as though
fhey weighed a ton. Chicago Ledger.
Nothing recalls to the mind of tho
uarrlctl man ',thc. joys of his single life
o vividly as to find that tho baby has
oeen eating crackers in bed. Terat Sifl
ings. Small boy (studying natural history)
"Ma, what makes cats roam around
eights?" Mother "You must ak pa.
lie has probably,- made a study of, their
aabits."
"I sec the scoundrel in your face," ex
Maimed the judge to tho prisoner. "!
reckon, jedge," "was tho response, "that
mat ere's a personal reflection, ain't.- it!"
Ramhltr.
The poet has pone through the skylight so
free,
An 1 the man with the essay on money
lias gone up the auriferous stairs, tiralee)
Fewareof the editor, sonny!
Washington Hatchet.
! Tho boarder who was agreeably sur1
j orised t) find his steak infinitely more"
j (endcr.than usual, met with another sur
. (rise not so agreeable when ho found
I 'hat his new kangaroo shoes were gone.
! -St. Paul IL rahL
Dr. William A. Hammond, continues
nh fjtudy on baldness. lie claims the
Indians have plenty of hair because they
1 not wear silk hats. Ho seems to for
get that the gentle savages make a bus.
c;s of raising hair. C7 rriand Sun.
'Let 1110 read you iny poem, he saM, as ix$
entered tli' sanctum,
rail and ere -t ho was with tho.flush of health
n his features,
stro lg in th? vigor of youth, in tho pride and
the glory of manhood.
3hattoro'l and bruised he was as they bore
I, hi -ii out of tho sanctum ."
I With his coat torn half up his hack and bla
lieiyer busted forever, '
And his health destroyed for all tima and his
pra -e and his tenuty departed
rhus the barbarous editor kills the heaven
bent bards of tho nation.
Lynn tnion.
A Reporter With Nerve.
1 Each ncw-nipcr in New York, of
course, had a big force on tho Grant
funeral. Well, it took so many. men
that some of comparatively little experi
ence had t) be given pretty impoitant
assignments. Among these was a young,
man on the' WWW, who has been in tho
newspaper business abiut a month alto
gether. He was told to go to tho Fifth
Avenue Hotel in the morning and never
lose sightf the Grant family till night.
Up he went bright and early and stayed
till the procession was about to start.
Then he. was in a qu in'lary. He never
could keep the Grants in sight if he went
on foot through the multitude. Beside
j it was about six miles fo the park. A
happy idea struck him. Along twenty
third street was a long row of carriages
to be used by the Grants and prominent
people who were, stopping at the hotel.
So very quietly this young, but enterpris
ing journalist threw away his cigar,
straightened his hat and walked out. He
stood a moment on the tt j)3 and then
motioned to the driver of the best look
ing carriage. John drove up quickly
and the reporter got in.
"What number are you?" he asked.
The driver told himj
"Yes, yjs, that's right. Now do you
know whereyou conic in?"
The driver did not
, "Well, you follow the Grant carriago,
that stands by the door now."
The driver fcupposcd it was all righf
naturally, and as soon as the procession
started he pulled in behind Col. Fred,
Mrs. Sartoris and others. And that f el
low rode in state and alone all the waj
to Riverside Park. Talk about nerve!
Troy Pre. .
Enjoying tire Perfume of Flowers.
"Never touch a flower with your nose
when you inhale its perfume," said a
gentlewoman the other day in my heur
ing to her little daughter. This lesson in
the proprieties is one which all mothers
might well impres s upon their children.
Among the ruling classes in China, I am
told, it is considered a gross breach of
etiquette to bury the nose in the buds
and blossoms of a bouquet. Surely, from
ah aesthetic point of view, any such prac,
t ice is to be reprobated. Who has not
umiledat the appearance of those ardent
lovers of the "stars of earth" who, for
example, thrust their nasal organs "deep
down among the perfume-laden lilies,
and after many long-drawn, inhalations
raise their face all golden with the pollen
of the desecrated bloom. To treat in this
way flowers that are intended for another
seems almost a sacrilege. To say noth
ing of the injury done to the petals bj
such an invasion, there is something dis
tasteful to sensitive persons in having
their bouquets brought into such close
contact with the "human face," no mat
ter how "divine" it may be. The enjoy
ment of the perfume of flowers is keener
and more refined when the fragrance is
inhaled without touching the blossom.
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