FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY ND FOR TRUTH."
W. FLKTCHRB ATJBBOS, EDITOR. '
C. V. W. AUSBON, BUSINESS M AH AO EE.
VOL.111.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1892.
NO. 41.
Published by Roanoke" Publishing Co.
The era of material prosperity. In the
United States may be safely said, thinks
the New York News, to have reached its
height in 1891.
In the last fire year $ the number of
Methodist churches in Chicago, III., has
been doubled. The membership has
also doubled and on million dollars
added to the church property.
In this country the railroads kill one
passenger out of each 2,800,000 of pop
ulation. In Franca,, only ono put of
24,000,000 is killed.': Why this differ
ence? queries the-JUlantaConstitution.
1 Clark E. Carr, Minister to Denmark, is
traveling in Russia. He says that what has
struck him most forcibly in theCzar's do
mains, next to seeing the poor people all
clad in sheepskins to ward of! the cold,
was the feeling of order and perfect se
curity that prevails. . "When you arrive
at yOur,hotel,,,says Mr. Carr, "you are
asked for your passport, which is sent
out to the Major McClaughry of the
city you visit, and the next day it is re
turned to you witn a lot of chicken
tracks on it, which you cannot read, but
'which meant that you are all' right, and
that while In the city you will be care
fully looked alter and that you will not
be molested so long as you behave your-
eelf.'
The Russian famine appears to be as
suming vast proportions. A trustworthy
correspondent ot the New York Times
declares that in the Province of ;Samara,
where be resides, one-half of the popu
lation no fewer than 1,250,000 per
sons are literally dying of starvation,
and Levasseur, tho eminent French
statist, has calculated that to supply tho
deficiency in thirteen provinces 6500
ships must be employed carrying 123,
000.000 hectoliters of erain. whiah
would cost $300,000,000. The State
has not tho money to spend, not even
if it found the money could it provide
the means of transport over a surface of
1,000,000 square kilometers to the 5(
400,000 houses in want cf food. ..
Bays the New York Advertise: '"All
I uiauu niu un uuug m uittutv vu . JCitr,
' Every man and woman will be' clad in
black. The merchants of Cracow and
"Warsaw and other, cities of what was
once Poland have i taken from their shelves
nil rich and gaudy stuffs. Nothing but
black textures can be seen. All furs aro
sables. One hundred years ago the
proud land of Poland was plowed by tho
hoof of the ruthless invader, and cruel
Russia, Austria and Prussia dismembered
the historic empire and wiped it out of
existence. jjiKe common thieves, they
divided the land among them, and for
one hundred years Poland has only lived
n history. Naturally her proud people
have mourned. This centennial . year
will be one of special mourning. It is
an evidence of advancing civilization t.ljat
Russia, Germany and Au3tm' do not for
bid the wearing of crape and the wavirig :
of black plumes In the sectidaa.of Poland
which they have despoiled.
The New Yotk News remarks, ;It is .
stated that the estate of tb&late 'Presi
dent Grevy, of the French . Re
public, . is inventoried at more than a
million, in which case it is much larger
than that of any non-royal executive
who has held office in that country.
The present President of France, Carnot, '
is a poor man, probably as poor as Pre'sU
dent Harrison. It is a remarkable fact
that the chief executives of jrc-publics are
seldom men of large property. In our .
own country Washington, "' 'our first
President, was a richer mau .f hn any of
bis successors have been. The two
Adamses were men of 6mall means. Jef
ferson was embarrassed for money, and
UTorJionn wna liftlA hottfir nff. TntirnA
broke down pecuniarily. . 'Jackson was
jpoor, Van Buren had a small property,
and General Harrison, grandfather of the
present incumbent, was in very straight
ened circumstances. So were Tyler and
Polk. General Taylor, when chosen
President, had nothing but his army
pay. Filmore's estate, which has lately
been settled up at Buffalo, was small, .
although it was increased after he left
office. Pierce and Buchanan had each
la good housa and land at hornc.but very
little income. Lincoln was poor, and
so were Jobnson,Grant, Hayes and Gar
field all stragglers for a livelihood.
Arthur lived well,but accumulated noth- j
ing.' Cleveland and Harrison were both
poor when elected. In the whole list
tbere is not a man of wealth. "
LOVE IS ETERNAL'1
Love fs eternal ! so she sings,
And tho lute breathes forth sigh;
Lightly her fingers touch the strings,
Softly the echoes die;
Eut just as long as the wind has wings
Will the low plaint go where the breezes
blow,
And banish the cares that the rude world
brings. .
Lore is eternal ! sweet the strain,
Tender .the words of the song;
Across the vale, the grassy plain,
The twilight shadows throng; ,
And just as long as the stars shall reign,
When fair castles rise In the sunset . skies,
Will the sound of her voice come back again.
Fiavel Scott Mines, in Harper's Bazar.
liOSiE'3 CASE.
BT FRANK H. 8TAUFFEH.
QUIRE BARLOW
was fast asleep in
his office, his head
resting on hu desk.
Jle was excusable
kfor sleeping. He
was weu advanced
In life, the day was
. a hot one, and he
had tired his brain
in an effort to un
tangle the accounts
Of township assessnr, ;
"Hallo, Squire,'" some one said.
"Hallo, yourself," cried the Squire,
flinging up his head, rubbing his eyas
and adjusting his glasses.
His visitor was a sturdy, brown-faced
girl of fourteen, with fluffy, black hair,
bright eyes, and a resolute mouth. She
was very self .contained in her manner,
and, while there was no resentment in
her composition, it was evident that she
was one who would stand up for her
rights.
"What do you want?" asked the
Squire.
"Law," was the crisp reply, where
upon the Squire struggled to repress a
smile.
"I want my pony!" tie girl added.
"Your pony . repeated the Squire.
"I haven't got your pony. Why do
you come tome?"
"You're the Squire, are you not?" the
girl asked. "My pony was stolen last
fall. -The gypsies havener in their
camp, at Cove Creek. I saw her there
this morning.' V"
Squire Barlow suddenly became inter
ested in the face, voice and positive ways
of his young visitor.
"What isyour name?" he asked.
"Rosie Watson, sir," she said.
"O, you are the blacksmith's daugh
ter," observed tho Squire. "Yes, I re
member you now. Weil, why didn't
your father come?"
"It's my pony," the girl said. "And
my my case."
"Yes " admitted the Squire. He
laughed softly to himself, spread out his
official docket, and made a few entries.
'You saw your pony this morning?' he
asked.
"Yes, sir. At Cove Creek, by the
covered bridge, just outside the gyp3y
camp, she was grazing on tne uanics ot
the stream," stated Rosie.
"Ponies may look very much alike,"
suggested the Squire.
"Ah, but I'd know Doliie among a
thousand ponies v declared Rosie, her
? brown facfr aglow 'She's a dark bay,
with black points, "af.j star on her fore
'hcad, white fetlocks, ;,and a faint dash of
white on her brlst." ,
The Squire was.Vb.usy writing. He
stopped and jead aloud to her the com
plaint -and the description.
. Can youadd anything?" asked Rosie.
"Why, of course, little dejr," replied
the. Squire j' in his fatherly way.
"Then add," suggested Rosie, "that
the pony is too hands high."
v Y.That was, promptly; interlined, and
then the Squire gravely., asked: "Rose
can you swear that you know the pony
to bo yours and that: you believe the
gypsies have her ?' ' !V
."Yes'; "sir, I can'," ' Rosie said deter
minedly, ,an.d witnpXtt moment's hesi
tation'. , , ; t .
: "Take : this. bookj" the Squire said.
"It is the - Holy Bible. Suppose you
wore to what is not true?"
"I would be a . perjurer,"
answer. v ' vf'.!
1 was Rosie 's
"And what would
be the conse-
quence?" - , ' V.
"My soul wQuld be lost, unless God
forgave me the 'dreadful sin."
"Yes, child," the Squire said, with
moistened eyes. "You seem to know
what you are about."
He admistcred the oath, and then said
"Kiss the book."
She looked at him with a wondering
glance, and then pressed her lips to the
book in an awed, reverential manner.
"What will it cost?" she asked, in
her matter-of-fact way.
"Don't bother your head about the
cost," the Squire said. "Wait a bit," he
added seeing that she wis about to go.
He hurriedly filled up a blank summons,
folded it, handed it to her and said "I
sopposer'you know where Constable Finn
lives!"
"6, yes," replied Rosie.
"Take that to him at once," the Squire
said. ."It is a warrant for the , head
gypsy's arrest. The hearing will be held
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. As you are
the complainant, you must bo present at
that hour."
The time and circumstances of' the
4ieariBj were noised about the village,
and when 2 o'clock earn!, the Squire's
office was crowded. The gypsy sat on a
rough bench, with an unhghted clay
pipe in bis mouth, lie was airty, un
shaven, sullen-looking. He did not
wear a vest, and his corduroy breeches
were fastened at the waist by a creasy
leathern belt, behind which the haft of a
knife was visible.
"The plaintiff here, this little girl,
claims that you have a pony which be
longs to her," Squire Barlow said, his
eyes on the gypsy, who replied :
"She hasn't any claim cn it. It is
mine."
"Where did you get the pony!" asked
the Squire.
"I bought her in Michigan," said the
man. .
, "When?" .
"Three years ago."
It was such a bold tie that Rosie's f ace
flamed with indignation.
"She gives a very minute description
of the pony," reminded the Squire.
"There are plenty of dark bay poniej,
ten hands high, and slashed with white,"
was the man's dogged reply. "Anybody
could look at her across a fence and then
describe her," he added with a grin.
"The girl must bring better proof before
I'll surrender the pony." '
Rosie looked out of the rear window
of the Squire's office, and saw a small
pasture lot close by. Her face fairly
beamed with an idea that occurred to
her.
"Squire Barlow," she asked, her
strong voice filling the room, "to whose
satisfaction must I prove that the pony
is mine? To that man's satisfaction, or
to yours?"
"To the satisfaction of the court,"
decided the Squire with a broad smile.
"All right," Rosie exclaimed with a
quick, pleased gesture. "Make out
another warrant."
"For whom?" asked the Squire.
"For Dollie," replied Rosie.
"Ob, you want the pony arrested, eh?"
asked the Squire, whereupon everybody
laughed.
"I want her brought here and turned
into this pasture lot," pointing out the
window. "I'll prove that she is my pony
against all comers and goers."
The Squire caught a glimpse of her
purpose.
"Constable Finn," bring the pony
here," he ordered.
Rosie beckoned the constable to her
and whispered to him: "Mr. Finn, stop
at the house and get my riding whip.
We are going to have a circus."
In half an hour Nonstable ! inn ap
peared with the pony, and the court ad
journed to the pasture lot.
"Poor Dollie, how she has been
abused!" Rosie 'said with a vibrating
voice,' her tears very near. "Mr. Finn,
hand me my whip, and then turn the
pony, loose."
The pony scampered across the lot and
then returned. Rosie stood still, the
whip in her hand, all eyes resting upon
her. "Here.Dollie," 6he cried. "Come
here, Dollie!"
The pony flung up her head, looked at
Rosie, whinnied her delight, and then
walked up to her and poked her in the
ribs with her nose.
"Do you love me, Dollie?" she asked.
Tho pony nodded her head.
"How much do you love me?" Rosie
! asked.
The pony made no response.
"How much do you love me?" Rosie
sharply repeated, with a peculiar move
ment of her whip.
The pony kissed her by touching her
cheek with her nose.
' Rosie was so overcome that she flung
her arms around the pony's neck and
laughed and cried hysterically. More
than one sturdy man drew his sleeve
across his eyes. Tho gypsy started at
the experiments, his swarthy face
growing darker.
"Kneel, Dollie," ordered K03ie as she
swayed, her whip.
Down went the pony on her knees.
"Sit up," cried Rosie.
In a moment more the pony was on
her haunches. .
"Shake hands, my lady." .
The pony thrust out one foot.
"Now pray." '
In response to that, the intelligent
animal folded her front legs, rested her
head upon them, and looked comically
demure.
"Get up," was the next order.
When the pony was on all fours again,
Rosie struck her lightly on the foot.
"Why, you poor child, you!" she
commiseratingly said. "You are dread
fully lame!"
The pony limped around, bobbed her
head and looked so dejected that every
body laughed except the gypsy. Con
stable Finn grinned at him, and said sar
castically "Yqu must a-spent a power o time
learnin' the pony all that are."
The gypsy muttered something under
his breath, a baleful look in his eye .
"Go away I" Rosie angrily cried to
the pooy," with a flit of the whip.
The pony' ran to the rear of, the pas
ture lot, and then came back at a fearful
rate of speed, her mane streaming, her
jaws apart, her teeth gleaming.
"Look out, girl!" several of the spec
tators cried in alarm.
Rosie felt no dismay. She stood stilt,
her arms folded, her whip in her hand.
The pony did not run her down, but
stopped directly in front of her, and
whinnied, and thrust out her head to be
caressed.
"Mr. Finn," Rosie said, "please cov
er my ponj's eves, so that she can't
see."
Tb9 constable did so, while- Rosie
walked to the fence and dropped her
handkerchief. . Then she came back and
stroked tho pony's nose.
"Dollie," she .said, in a tore of deep
concern, and she passed the whip three
times in front of her, "I have lost my
handkerchief." "The pony snuffed about
her dress. "It isn't in my pocket,"
Rosie said. "I must have dropped it
somewhere.'" Go took for it."
Th,e pony went around the lot, found
the handkerchief, picked it up, and
brought it to her young mistress.
"Is the court, satisfied," asked Rosie,
a quizzical look on her face.
"The court is satisfied," Squire Bar
low said. ."In fact the cours is over
whelmed. Rosie Watson, .the pony be
longs to you. Take her home, she is en
tirely too smart."
"But ain't I to be compensated in any
way?" asked , tlje gypsy, with a fierce
scowl. .
"You are getting off .cheaply enough
as it is," was the Squire's comment.
"You ought to be glad that she did not
charge you with stealing the pony."-
"Well, I'm going to givo the pony
good-by, anyhow," the man said. '
He stepped quickly up to the pony;
grasped the halter and pressed closely
to her.
But Rose had her eyes about her. She
gave a loud scream, and dealt the poriy
a stinging blow on the nose. The ani
mal sprang back and the gypsy fell -flat
on his face . When he rose to his feet,
be had an ugly knife in his hand.
"The coward was going 'to kill' my
pony," cried Rosie, in terror.
Stoutly built though the miscreant
was, Constable Finn seized him by the
collar and 'shook him Until his- teeth
chattered. The crowd surged down
upon the gypsy, to do him further harm,
but Squire Barlow interfered.
"Look here, you scoundrel, he said
in a great rage,, "if you are not out of '
the township in half an hour, your whole,,
gang, bag and baggage, lock, stock and
barrel, you'll find yourself in the county
prison. Now be sharp !"
The gypsy sneaked sullenly away, Con
stable Finn following closely at hi?
heels. ' ' ' '
The bystanders congratulated Rosie,
and cheered her heartily as she vaulted
unaided upon the bare back of the pony
and rode home with it. . ' For weeks -Rosie's
case be.fore tho Squire was a topic
of conversation. r Yankee Blade.
Spoiled ills Packer.
Felix Nickel, a French horn , plaver,'
valued his ability to pucker up his lips
at just $2000, and - because his lips will
not pucker up as they used he has sued
Ries Brothers, grocers, ' of First avenue
and Eighth street, for that sum.
Of the 4000 musicians in New York
City there are only thirty-five French
horn players, as the French horn is a
particularly difficult instrument to play
well. Mr. Nickel until last November
was one of tho best of the thirty-five.
He was employed at Amberg's Theatre,
and the sweet notes that he would draw
from his beloved horn pleased Leader
Nathan Franko of the orchestra mightily.
Mr. Franko paid Mr. Nickel $35 a week
for his services, and did not consider
that that he. paid any too mich for
them. .
On November 24, a3 Nickel, with his
French horn under his arm, was crossing
Second avenue and Eighth street, ; Ries
Brothers' grocery wagon ran into . him
and knocked him down, and Be was in
jured severely. He was taken to Bellevue
Hospital, and the next day to his home,
where he was ill in bed for a week.
From beinga str&ng, hearty man be-'
fore the accident, he became the very re
verse. When he went back and took his
st it in the orchestra at Amberg's, he
found that his old-time skill had de
parted from him. His lips would not
pucker as ho . wished them tOj and the
sweetness of bis nofes had gone. Try
as he would, he could- not get the :
melody out of his horn that he did be
fore the accident. Leader Franko found
fault with his playing, and from being a
highly-prized member pf the orchestra,
Nickel soon began to be considered as of
little, valuQ ae a musician. Leader
FraokcTaud several musicians examined
Nickel and his playing, and they said
unanimously that he did not play as me
lodiously as he did before the accident.'
Mr. Nickel then brought suit against
the firm of Ries Brothers for $2000.
New York Sun.
Care of Conn try Roads in Germany.
The highways of Germany, are-built
to last forever, and their excellence is
not surpassed anywhere. In addition to
the main road there is a sidewalk for
foot passengers, and another path for
horseback riders. 'All along the sides
trees are planted as soon as the roads are
finished. - Usually these are fruit trees,
the crops of which furnish a part of the'
income of the men who take care of the
road, or of the toll gatherer. For every
vehicle, a small toll is collected for a
given distance, except farm wagons
which are free. Heavily loaded trucks
have to have broad tires on their wheels.
Tho cost of building' and maintaining
theso roads is not put on tho rural popu
lation alone, but the cities, desiring to
secure the rural traffic, assume ' the
largest share of it. The principal high
ways are macadamized and are built by
the State, which has also the control
of them. 'American Agriculturist.
More than forty-two thousand one
hundred photographs found their way to
Uncle Sam's Dead Letter Office duriog
the past year. , - - .
ALASKA'S FERTILE REGION
seeen Valleys and mtjch min
ebal wealth discovered.
Easy Transportation Will .Lead to
' tbo l&kstablishment ot ;d ; Great
1 Industry The Stick Indians.
E.'J. Glave, who had some rough ex
periences in Alaska eighteen months ago,
has just returned frOm another trip to
that country and .he brings back with
him considerable valuable geographical
and other information. He has been
absent nine and one-half months and five
months of that time was spent in the
Mount St. Elias region in Eastern
Alaska, which was never before visited
by a white man. That part of the
country it has always been supposed con
tained nothing but Enow-covered moun
tains,, frozen rivers and glaciers. From
the maps of the Government to-day the
information to be had is that the region
is supposed to ,be cold the year round
and thatit. is barren. But .Mr. Glave has
discovered, that -the country, instead ol
being anything like what it was supposed
to be, is as- fertile as any part of the
West, and that during five months of the
year it is warm and pleasant. Further-
more the" temperature is never below zero
in the winter. There are vast quantities
of minerals there, rich deposits of copper
being abundant.
"I had two reasons for exploring that
wild region," said he- to a Tribune re
porter. "One was to see if there was a
vast amount of mineral wealth in tho
mountains within easy reach, and the
other was to open up a transient route. ,
I did not find large deposits of mineral,
as I expected to find them, but enough
is there to make it more than an object
to establish a great industry in that part
of the country when it is open, to easy
transportation, . and I proved beyond a
doubt that transport routes ' could be es
tablished -between the St. Elias district
and the coast,
"I started for the interior from the
coast near the Chilkat River early in
June with four pack horses. Jack Dal
ton, who has had considerable experi
ence in prospecting, was my only com
panion. Before our departure we were
told by old explorers that we would
never, be v able -to reach that country
north of the Mount St. Elias range, aa
there were ho provisions to be bad in
that arctic 'region, as it was called. But
when I reached that part of the country
I found, fertile ''valleys and immense'
. forests instead of ice and snp-w. i The'
finest kind of. grasses were, growing in
abundance,, and some day -the region
;will be a great stock-raising coontry,
. While I was there we found all tho
gooseberries, huckleberries and raspber
ries we'could eat. During- the whole of
July it was light enough out of doora to
read a book at any time during the day
or night. '. "
"The natives of. this, heretofore almost
unknown country are the Stick. Indians.
They look something like our North
American Indians, but aro not 60 war
like, on:account" of their inferior num..
bers. - They are , what I call a mean,.
cowardly set. They are not eatirelf-cut
off from' civilization for whiie I was
there I.saw many of them intoxicated.
The !siimu!aaV they securfedVwas in' th
Florida water, which the Chilkat "Indians,
with whom they tradehact brought from
the coast. Florida water, which con.
tains alcohol and kerosene are regarded
by the SticS Indians' as delicious bev
erages! They' frequently get pure whis
ky, but, as the law is strict about carry;
ing it to the interior, the.tradrs do not
venture often, to furnish it to the Indi ans.
But there is no law against sending bot
tles of kerosene and Florida, .water )to
them, and when,; .the Chilkat Indians gc
to the St.' Elias distriet they, take large,
quantities of these beverages with them,
in exchange for 'which they get furs.--
.The choicest lyn?r,' beaver, otter; mink.
squirrel moose and fox fursfcoaie from
'.thati part of the country.' t' People geuer '
allyjdo not think-that iox.turs are yam
able, but I have seen tho skin of a.
black fox sell on the- coast, for. $100.
The1 -Indians are expert trappers and
catch atty number cf animals without
much difficulty. ' The Stick Indians are
strictly a. forest people,' and it wste only
recently that any of them lived in houses.
The majority of them now live in 'caves
and brush piles.- - Their foroi of religion
is a peculiar one. They worship as their
deities the raven and the crow. .
. VThe St. Elias district will some day
prove to be of great value, for; there 'is
no doubt that the wealth there is .mora
valuable than the sum which the United
States paid for all of Alaska. I expqtetf
to find rich deposits of gold and . silvei
within ea3y reach, but it will take hearj
mining machinery to get at it. 1
traveled about 1000 miles over the fer
tile country, crossing many wide.' a,nd
swift flowing rivevs, and as I had a com
plete set of geographical . instrument!,
with me, I secured some valuable inlop.
matioh. The United States this year in
tends to send oat ' a surveying party;
and no 'doubt cither Mr; Daltoa or I will
go with them, . the boundary line ha
not yet, been surveyed, and, miners, il
they established claims .alopg the bordei
would not be abfo .to tell at the present
time whether , they were in Alaska oi
Canada." Noir York : Tribune.
i i ' -
The largest siphon, probably, is ;: op
the levee between McKiooey Like and
the' Mississippi River. ' The main pipe it
two feet in diameter and 210 feet it
length, and it has a discharging capacity
of 26,000:,000 fallow) a d?.. . T t '
SELECT SIFTINGS.
"Japanese eat live fish. ' ,,
Camels can stand heat and cold, but
they , perish quickly in moist atmos
phere. The medusa is a fish so fragile that it
melts and disappears when thrown on '
the beach.
In France and Holland tho auction
eer's fees are paid by the purchasers of
the goods. t
There are forurteen Mariettas in the
United States, aid three ''-of them are
county seats.
Confucius, 600 years B. C, was the
first man on. record who admired and
popularized the chrysanthemum. .
The first child born of white parents
in California was Thomas A. Sutherland,
of Portland, Oregon, who became a
newspaper man, and was the editor of a
weekly paper when he was drowned the
other day while endeavoring to catch a .
ferryboat.
The late Baron Martin, of England,
never would engage a servant who had
not come out of a racing stable. He at
tached the highest possible importance
to the moral qualities which he believed
to be acquired under the strict discipline
of these establishments.
During the reign of Nero ; an tfrpedi-
tion was sent from Rome, Italy, to ex
plore the amber producing country, and
so successful was the party that a pres
ent of 13,000 pounds of amber was
brought back to the Emperor, including
a piece weighing thirteen pounds.
The Oxford (England) University
Press has just issued the most diminu
tive Bible in existence, it is finely
printed on Oxford Indian paper, and its'
dimensions are three and three-(ourths
inches in length, two and one-eighth in
ches wide, and seven-eights of an inch in
thickness. ...... ........
Something remarkable in- the fruit line
is rioted in Cherryfield, Me. In 1883
M. H. Bowles planted a flowering shrub.
Close to the shrub grew a greengage and
a cherry tree. In 1890 the shrub put
forth cherry blossoms, but bore no fruit.
This year it produced luscious fruit of
the greengage variety.
In Nicaragua, Central America, the
statues of the gods were generally placed
at the foot of , the pyramids, while tho
native .fathers northplaced theirs at tho
summit .oir in temples. While hiero
glyphics are common on idols, walls and
pottery, yet the patient researches of our
arcnajoiogisia nave recovcrea dus uiueui"
the manners and habits of these abori-
gioe3.
Jumbd,' a horse lowned by a Savin .-
Tinlr chinlMiilfjAr . in (laid' tr hrt HiA
largest- horse- in Connecticut. He is
nearly seven feet high and weighs 1700
nounds. He is a nowerful animal, and
has dragged with apparent ease a two- '
ton load. With the children he is a
great favorite. It costs a good ' deal to
feed him, as he has eight pecks of . oats ,
at each meal and makes away with .two,
hundred pouods of bay every week. His
shoes are of unusual size, a ad yip igh "four
nounda each. . . , i
, Cause of Wrinkles."
- Wrinkles are not entirely the marks of
time,but they are often the unmistakable"
outward signs of our inward nature. An
habitual -laugher wiiL'have 'wrinkles-..:
earlier thaa thoso with, grave, sedate ..
fanoa . TnrlifWsMMi will nrnduftft PTrtw'a
. a - . .
feet in children.and a little worry through
life will make a, habitual frown develop'
; into tiny wripkles between the eyes. Batf
a habitual grin or laugh on tne tace pro-. "
duces. wrinkles mqre..than. sjcknes3 q
disease. The invalid,of- many.years wiil..t .
nfton liavn a Tvrfpnklw -sirmoh faca lin- . .
marked with - wrinklesx.Thjsia,. due
partly to the fact thai: her melancholy life
prevents" her from laughing much,and d 1 "f
creases are niade in nef immobile faceil
Wrinkles are I'bttea expresfeive -of ,an in. '
ward character which givetrue dignity ; .
sired thaa.'-the - neriectW- smooth, ex-. . .
oressionless face .-The. wrinkles .which
come from care, trouble, and irritatioa
are the onjyones, w7hi;ch,m,ar the 'face j
: -without mviniy'ariv eoflinerisatino" value.
They should be avoided'by every woman,
tor it makes her old net ore ncr time ana '
robs her of her beauty; : The' way not- .
to have such creases is not to think of,-
'trouble; but to look on the sunny side of . .
:life. -Yankee Blade-, . . ....
; , , What.l8. Qnttleflshf ki .
The., so-called,. ? cuttlefish belongs .t
what are , called rnorfusks -pr shell, fish, "
and is more nearly relatod to .the'' clams'
and oysters than, to trtfef fishes:' ' Whiltf
the oy ster add 'clam have no organs in '
owj ujauuci icsumuuug ui alius buw
' cuttlefish is' - well provided with them,
hence 'are called cephalopoda, meaning
head-footd, -because, .they have long
powerful and muscular arms pr.tentacula .
- around their heads, bv the aid of which
riney. coliecji .their , food, But while'
"eipseiy related to' what we have become
accustomed to call shelf fishes, they have
. no outside shell, but instead a large one '
within. This'internal shell is- lodged in
1 a sac on the back part of what is termed
the mantle, and .is of a somewhat oval
shape and thickest in front, and is the
article sold in shops as cuttlefish.. .It It '
quite light, porous and formed of thin
plates with intervening spaces divided
by thin partitions. New York Sun.
California produced in 1891 a more
valuable crop of-, fruits, and .vegetables
than in any previous year,