W. FLKTCHKR AUSBON, EDITOR. C. V. W. AUSBON, BUSINESS MANAGER. VOL. IV- PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1892. NO.22. Directory. . STATS GOVERNMENT. Governor, Thou. 41. Holt, of Alimance Keeretarv of Mate. Uotavious uose. of Wak. . . m . TMaiDMr DnntM V flair, nf Walts. Auditor, Geo. W. Sanderlin, of Wayne. uMriatendent-of Public Instruction, fcaaey arrJTinger.oi vaiawDa. Attorney General. Theo. F. Davidson, of lncmb., v '.' ' OTOTT GOVERNMENT Sheriff. Levi Blount." ' " Deputy Sheriff, D. Spruill. Treasurer, E B Latham. Superior Court Clerk. Thos, J. Marriner W.riatip nf VtarAa. J. P. Hilliard. Commissioners, H. J. Starr, W. 0: Mar- . ana H, A. liteicnneia. . ; J. . . t. . . . . - . jvoara oi jjauoauon, xuua, o. ajuuowou 1 V I TirVuten J-T, Norman ' "Superintendent of Health, Dr. E. L. Cox. Rev. Lather Eborn. CITY. Mayor and Clerk, J. W. Bryan. Treasurer, E. K. Latham. PLS.f r.t Pnliis Tnaanh Tiifiker. VU W & VIIVV) WVU2"H Councilman, E. R. Latham, G. R, Bate- . . . w .m 1 Has, D. u: Brtn aiey, i. a . jxorman, a . JSrvaa J. H. Smith, Sampson Tow and Aitrta BEinner. v t i . V - i . . ..." , CHURCH SERVICES. Methodist--Ev. W. B. Moore, pastor' Berrioea every band ay at 11 a, m., and 8 m m Prar mnxtlaff everv Wednesday sight at 8. Sunday school at 9 a. m., J. W. Korman, Buperinceuaeut Baptist Rev. J. F. Tuttle, pastor, servi ut rr liit and 3rd Snndavs at It a. m., Thursday night at 7:30. , Sunday school vary Benday at 9.30 a., m, J. W, Bryan uperiateadtnt": ' ; lnv. Luther Eborn. rector Services every 8d Sunday at 11 a. m., and 7;3t p. at. Bantiay ?cnooi at iv a. ui , I Fagaa, superintendent. - MEDICAL SOCIETY. Meats Tmeiday after the first Monday of. it m : aaea anonta, Ut. tl. Jr. aiunay, vaturnwu, . , ; ... ; LODOES.' . . Meete 1st and Sd Thursday nights in each naeath. wtx. iiampion jjioiavur, K. B. YePg-r Fin.A Eeporter. K.; L. of H. Eoanoke Lodge Meets 14 and 4th Thursday nights in each month J. F. Wor man Protector, ; h. B. Yeagcr becretapy.- I O 0 F. Esperauza Lodge, No. 28 meets ri'i t v MiT r v or k-iiiiiaii'st fio.ii .i . W. Bryn, K. G , L, T. Houston, Hect'y. . - . OOLOKKD, , . OHITkCK bskyicus ' Desaiple - Eider A B Ilicks, pastor. ' Services every Sunday at 11 a. ra 3 p. m. and 8 pm. bunday tchool at 9 a. m. E. l Uitehell Buperiutendent . Methodist - Eev. 0. B. Hogans, pastor, Berviees every 1st and 3d Sundays at 11 a. ttt., and at 8 and,7 80 p. m Sunday school at t a. m., 8. Wiggins, superintendent ; J. W McDonald, secretary 1st Baptist. Hew Chapel - Services every Sunday at 11 and 3. Mev S E Knight, pastor bunday school every Sunday 2d Baptist, Zion's Hill-H H Norman, paster Preaching every 4th bunday. Sun day school ovary Sunday. Mosea Wynn, Superintendent LODGES Masons. Carthegian - Meets 1st Jtfonday ' Bight in Vach month. TjS Towe, W M., A. Everett secretary . 'G U 6 o! O F Meridian Sun Lodge 1624 Meetsvry 2d and 4th Mor.day night in each month at o'clock, T. F. Bembry, M. G J W McDonald P. S. Christopher A locks Lodge K of L ho- Meets evrry lit Monday uigut iu each month at 8 o'clock Burying Scoiety meets ayerj" 3d Monday sight in each moath at 8 o'clock, J .M. talker secretary - . - .. ;.. Eoper Directory. - CIVIL. Justice of the Peace, Jag. A. Chesson. Constable, arren Cahoon. CHUBCHE8. ' j Methodist, Rev. J. T. -Finlayson, pastor. Services every Sunday moruiog .at It o'cloek (except the firatj. and every Snuday nigbt at 70. Prayer meeting every Wed. nesiay night. Sunday Bchool Sunday morn ing at 9:30, L G. Eoper superintendent, E. R. Lewis secretary. Episcopal, ReT. Luther Eborn, rector. Services every 2d Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school every Sunday merniug at 10 o'clock, Thos. W. Blount superintendent, W. H. Daily secre tary. ' ' ' Baptist, Est. Jos. Tinch, pastor. Ser. yieos every 8d Sunday at 11a. m., and 7:30 p. LODGES. Eoper Masonic Lodge, A. F & A. M. No 443, meets in their Uall at Roper, N. G at T;80 p. m , 1st and 3d -Tuesdays after 1st Sunday. J. L. Savage, W. M-; E. L. "Williams, Secretary. Important to Ladles Sir I made use of your PhilctoezH with my last child, In order to preoure a safe and easy travail. ; I nsed it . about two months before my expected time, until I was taken sick, and I had a ery quick and easy confinement nothing occurred to protract my convalescence, and I got about ia less time than was usual for ma, I think it a medicine that shorld be used by every xpectantaother, for should they but try jt as I have, they would never again be without It at such tims. I am yours re erectfully Mrs, ELIZABEIH DIX. Any merchant or druggist can procure Kiblby'b Philotoken io $1 a bottle. CHARLES F. 11ISLEY, iV hole ale Drug gist, CiCorttandt St New York. - JUDGE GRESH AM'S POSITION. LABORING MEN AND OLD SOLDIERS WILL FOLLOW HIM STILL. Indianapolis, Oct. 2. The pub lie announcement that Judge Ores ham would vote for Grover Cleveland created a sensation ia this city today. The rank and file of the Republican party believed that Greshara would remain' loyal to the cause of that party. The leaders, however, ; have known for a long time that the moat they could expect from him was silence. Those who enjoy the Judge's con fidence are not surprised at his ac tion. To them he has freely expres sed his disapproval of the economic policy of the Republican Party. He has always believed in a revenue tariff dnfy. Two weeks ago, in con versation with an Indianapolis friend the Judge took a pesimistic view of the outlook for tuo farmers and workmen, in the event of the indorse ment of the McEinley tariff at the polls next month. He believes that four vears more cf McKinlevism would place the country completely under the control of the 'plutocrats through the creation of trusts and combinations which would control the markets of the country combi nations that would destroy the labor organizations and ruin farmers by controlling the price of agricultural products. To a prominent leader oi the Peo ple's party a few; weeks ago Judge Gfeaham'said that the only hope of saving- the country from plutocracy was througn the election of Orover Cleveland, lor that was possible while the election of a People's party candidate was an impossibility; that Ueveland stood oetween the extrem ist-between the plutocratic tendency of the money power and the Sub- Treasury schemes of the oppressed ; that only a man like Cleveland could restore the Government to its origi nal functions, and he advised ; the People s Party leaders to do nothing to endanger the election oi uroyer Cleveland. While Judge Gresham : will take hundreds of his old political follow ers with himr it is not with this class that he will injure Harrison the most in Indiana and Illinois. He is the ideal of the workingmen, especially the railroan mm, and th Democrats have never concealed the fact that had he been nominated by the Re publicans he would have carried In diana by 50,000 majority. His famous railroad decision, known to workimxmen as the "tin-bucket de cision," is not forgotten. When Jay Gould wrecked the Wabash Road and a District Judge appointed a re ceiver with orders to pay. the deffer red interest to bondholders first, Circuit Judge Gresham overruled the district Judge, appointed anoth- er receiver, witn oruers to pay the men. carrying dinner buckets first. The employes' wages were then long past due. This decision was the origin of the famous "tinbucket brigade wihch paraded the streets of Chicago in the interest of Gres ham s nomination lour years ago. Workingmen recognize Gresham as their a-iend, and thousands in Indi ana and Illinois who are wavering will vote for Cleveland because they know that Gresham would not mis- cad them. , - : ' ' Judge Gresham is extremely pop ular with the old soldiers. While in command of a brigade he was shot hrough a leg, which crippled him or life. To the soldiers he was al ways "Walt"; even now the old sol diers call him "Walt" POLITICAL POINTS' J. L. Galloway, Esq., the nominee of the Third rjartv count? convention ior surveyor, pull3 down his. name irom the county ncttec, , rcpuaiaies the Third party id returns to his first love, the . Democratic party. Rockingham Rocket. The charges we brought against turn-coat Butler about his receiving a check. for $300 from the National Republican Executive Committee can be amply sustained by most ex cellent authority. Two weeks ago, when s "Manann was at Concord another check ior the same amount was received by him, which CoL Tipton, of Shelby, dares him to deny -Uoldsboro iieaangnt, .,". .: It is now reported that the great conatitutional lawver Judg Cooley, will write a letter soon severing his connection with the Republican party The centralizing tendency of the re publican party is regarded with seri ousness by those who can look below the surface and see the shadow of an empire. When the people become r ! .'i f. 1 a: muinerent to constitutional uubmuub the dav of the republic will have been uunbered. State Chronicle.. e Cooley, Gresham, McVeagh and Green now add their names to the list which SI erman Hoar, of Massa chusetts, heads so happily of convert ed statesmen who have renounced the corruptions of the Republican party and have, from patnotio mo tives, espoused the cause of the peo ple under the Democratic banner - - - In one month more the die will be cost, the result accomplished ! What shall be the effect here in North Carolina ? Are we to have a mongrel legislature, controlled by a combinery of Republicans and despi- saoie weaverites communists ana men of that stamp ? Are we to have the wise legislation which patriotic Democrats have devised during the last twenty-five years over-thrown and destroyed ? Are we to see the public charities, the penitentiary, the Institutions again'turned over to the keeping of such men who had them in charge in the. days of Touregee and Deweese ? News & Observer. THE ISSUE News and Observer. The eontest between the parties this year ia on the same Hnei that it has long been. On the one side are arrayed the Republi cans and their allies who have the purpose to centralize the government, obliterate State line, and establish on the ruins of OJUWanBepuliarp.ng govarn ment,""whose powers, by tAfcwf inore ment, would increase and expand untif a consolidated natiea is built up. On the other side are arrayed the Democrats, who believe that the interest and happiness of the " people .will be best promoted by ad hering to the system established by the patriot fathers a system in which the States retain many high powers, and exer cise in many particulars the full right of independent and soverign communities. But this means each State will bare entire control of its local affairs, and the legiwla- tures of the several States will deal with those oo nooms that bear most closy on the heme life of the people. The present constitution of the United States invests the United States government with but few powers iu addition to those previously invested in the old Confedera tion. Among the new powers conferred was that of levying duties, but this power was given solely for the purpose of raising rsveuue. But these Centralists have pas. sod step by step from the original inten tion, until, now tbey proclaim that the power of- levying duties shall be so ued as to increase the wages of certain citizens ; and, inasmuch as the wages form a part of the cost of production,, and the cost of production regUlateiXi.tb4 price paid br the consumers, thertsult is uecen8rily that the power of levyiag da the, intended originally to raise revenue, is so exercised as to make one class of citizens eontribate to pay in creased wages to another class. Such ia on of the results already attained by the Centralists. , Another result relatts to the currency of the country. Formerly the State eon trolled that matter entirely. The Legislature of each State provided a proper amount of currency for the people of tbat State. The Centralists have changed all that. No where does the Constitution invest Con gress with any right to regulate the curren cy or tne states, dui dj me aevics oi taxing State currency, the Federal govern, ment has gotten rid of all tbat, and it has assumed the right to issue-carrency of its own, so that the people mut sue to Con gress for more currency, and that body turns a deaf ear to their entreaties. These are but samples of the matters involved in the great controversy between the two contending parties. .The Central' isls propose to deprive the States of tneir rightful power to deal with vital questions which concern the happiness and prosperity of the people, and the Decioorats propose to restore t the States their old-time privileges. More than that, the Centralists have sought by means of the Foroe bill to usurp to the Federal government the function of holding elections, and to have the elections put under charge of oommisaionerj rbo Will' be appointed tor lie by the present Republican Judges- The scheme is merely plan to have the elections held perpet ually under the supervision of Republican supervisor appointed now Tor life! By this means they hoped to have perpetual control of the elections. Their purpose, however, was fortunately daftmted in the Scaate ; bat hfi purpose is etiU entertained. Th Democrats antagonize that as being another blow at the right of the people to govern them selves. ; With these matters at Usue, what stnsi' ble man can hesitate to see .where his duty calls him t Who can refrain from assert ing the right of the people to govern them wives ? MR. ROLINSON RESIGNS. TO THB DEMOCRATIC VOTEB3 OF THE SEC OHD BENATOBLiL DISTBICT. Mr. S. M. Blount, ohairman, requeLts us to publish the folic wing address to the voters ef this district : Persuant to a call of the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee oJ the Second Senatorial Ditftriet. met in Wash ington, N. C, on theSOth, ult., to consider the resignation of Hon. S. M S. Rolinsoa, the Democratic nominee for Senator. Mr. Eolinson in his letter of resignation stated that he was prompted by no motive but an ear test desire for the success of the party and, that, owing to the fact that he waa unable to give ms attention to tne campaign h deemed it best for the inter est of the party that he tender hie resigna tion. The committee after a careful consider alion of the matter,' finding it too late to oall convention, deoided to aceept the resignation ef Mr. Eolinson and nomina. ted Mr: James S, Marsh, of Beaufort county to fill the vacancy on the ticket. The committee takes pleasure in recom. mending to the voters of the district Mr. Marsh as a man eminently qualified and capable of filling the high position for which he has been nominated by the Dcm ooratic parly. Very respectfully, ; SAM'ifeM. Blount, Ch'ni. Dem. Ex. Com. 2d Sen. Dis. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. The following ia the Stato Demo- craTicf patfornl -asadopjed byt lie State convention assembled . Resolved, 1. That the democracy of North Carolina reaffirm the principles of the democratic party both btata and natio nal, and particularly favor the free coinage of silver and an iacrease of the currency, and the repeal of the internal revenue system. And we denounce the McKinley tariff bill as unjust to the consumers of the country, and leading to the formation of trusts, combines and : monopolise whioh have oppretwed the people ; and especially do we denounce the unnecessary and bur densome increase in the tax on cotton ties and on tin, so largeiy used by the poorer poition of the people. We likewise de nounce the inequitous foroe bill, which is not yet abandond by th republican party, but is being urged as a measure to be adopted as toon as they regain control of the House of Representatives, the purpose and affect of which measure wU be to es tablieh a second period of reconstruction in the Southern States, to subvert the liberties of our people and inflame a new race an. tugonism and Btotiouai aniuiooities. 2. Thai we demand financial reform, and the enactment of laws that will remove the burden of the people relative to the existing agricultural dr presion, and do full and ample justice to the farmers and laborers of our country. - 3 That we demand the abolition of national banks, and the substitution of legal tender treasury notes iu lieu of national bank notes, issued in sufficient volume to do 'the butiiuesB of th eountry on a ciSh aysteja, regulating the amount needed on a per capita basis as the business interests ot the country expand, and that all inouey issued by the government shall be legal tender in payment of all debts, both public and private. 4. That we demand that Congress shall pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures, of all agricultural and m-cbanioal prodnctior.8; providing such stringent system of procedme in trials as shall secure prompt cvaviotion and im posing such peualties as shail secure moat perfect compliance with the law. 5. That we. demand the free and unlimi ted ocinage of silver.. 6. That we demand the passage of laws prohibiting tho alivu ownership ol land, and that Congress take early steps to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by alien and lorrigu syndicates; and that all lands now held by railroad and other j corporation, in excess of such as ia acta- j alj used and needed by ihem. be reclaimed by the government aud held for actual settlers only, ' 7. Believing in the doctrine of "equal rights to all and apeoial privileges to none," we demand that taxation, natioual or State, shall not be used to build up one interest or elans at. the expense of another. W believ that the money of th country should be kept as much ae possible in th hands ef I ha people, aud hnce e demand that all revenue, natioual, State or county, shall be limited to th nevessary expenses of th government economiaaliy and hon estly administered. 8 That Congress issu a suffioient amount of fractional paper earrenoy to facilitate the exchange through the mediam of th United State mail. Resolved, That th General Assembly pass 'such laws as will make the public achool sjsteiu more effaetive that the bles sings of education may be extended to all the people of th State alike. . that we demand a graduated tax on in comes. , THE DEMOCRATIC PLAT. FORM ON THE FORCE HILL. 'We solemnly declare that the need of a return to th fundamental principles of free popular government, based on honie rule and individual liberty, was never more urgent than now, when the tendency to centralize all power at the Federal capital haa become a menace to the reserved rights of the State that strikes at the very rooteofour Government and the Consti tution as framed by the fathors of the republic. "W warn 'hej people of our common ountry, jtalous for th preservation of their free institutions, that the policy of the Federal control of elections to which the Republican party has committed iUelf is uaugut with gravest dangers, soaroelj less momentous than would result from a rerelutiwn practically establishing mo'ianhy on th ruins of the-republic. It strikes ht he Northas well a the South and ijurea the eolored citizen even more than th whit. It means a horde oi deputy mar" shals at every poliiog plac armed with Federil power: returning boards appointed auu controllecl by Federal authority ; the outrage of the electoral rights of the peo ple ia the several States ; the subjugation of the coloredpeopie to the control of th party in power, atd the reviving of race antagonism, now. happily abated, of the utmostiperil to th safety andhappiness of all a measure deliberately! and Justly de soribtd by a leading Republican Senator as "the most infamous bill that ever crossed the threshold of the Senate." MORAL VALUE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE. That a certain amount of exercise isncd ful for health is one of the few things on f wnich all doctors are agreed, and on of the still fewer thinge as to which medical teach- ing is submissively accepted by tho non. professional publio Unfortunately, intel lectual assent no more atl ei practical performance in. th domain of hygiene than in that of morals. It ia by those "in popr. lous cities pent," by professional and basinets men cLained to the desk of the consulting room, and by women, that ex erciseismost apt to be neglected. With regard to young ladfcs, indeed, it is not so very long hi nee nearly all exercis worthy of the nam was tabooed by Mrs. Grnody as only fit for "touoboya," and as tendina to giv an appearance of robust health whiehwas thonsht to ha with rtflaeuient. More rational notion. ll now beginring to Drevail. how- and tJirjficiPjantBmio maiden, with nncomfort- able prominencisjidlyjiving p'ac to a type more like the GreekMealof heailh y womanhood. Th ruiy-cheked, full, limbed girl cf to day, who olimls mouu. tains, rides, swims, rows, and is not afraid of the health". giving kisxes of the sun, ia a ! living illustration of the vaue of exerche. I She is healthier, atrouger, more lissom, and 1 trilkal mnra ;,' .. f . luwnciuu, more ennrgeuc and s-lf.relianr, as well as more amiabfe j and better tempered, than her wasp.aistej' beringleted gre-vLgrnndmolher, with her, languid clegauce and her Draconian, code of feminine decorum. In the physical betterment which i so conspicuous in girls 1 of the period ' lies the beat hope for the ' future of our raco. 9 r Morrill Mackenzie in tbe jew Review. LOVE. James' Schi.olJournat. ' Love is the perpetual melody of hntnaui. ty, it is souaethiug that flow to every heart. It depends upon forms. There is nothing that could purchase a gem no precious an the love for our pnrent.i, which we are commanded to love aud honor all tuo dtjs of our life, although nature Booms ell f m al rules in affairs of love. This strong and absorbing feelinir which makes our life a chanuel of hitppineu. ; i without this we would not care to Jive.' j It is difficult to know at w hat momei t love begins, for instance we have frieuds whom we prize very highly ; tb more we are with theui, the bitter we love them j When time taks us from place to pli.ee 1 among our frionds how daliguted w are j Is ther a plant, a flow. r. or anything so 1 beautiful as it is wbere tbe sinil and tfars of affection bavj been apmt, wbro some I lend ye met our ou, some endearing heart was clasped to ours . ' Take this away and what jrty bas memory or what delight has hoi' iu future pro poets. That bosom which dot-s not fel love is cold, and the heart whioh does not accept u Ulse. Love ruaks rr.aiorv Lapnv and Lome beaut if.; the beautiful are iOt the most loved, but thoe who are u.est truthful. kind and honest. Love is an actual nejd and reauir ment of the heart; there is no man er woman but what knows or has experienced some.htng cr love; lire is not complete wiibont it. A woman' love in like a tender tdaut : it canuot bear cold Beleet : therefore it ia more true than that of m in. . , Love puriflea th'i heart; it strengthens and ennobles the character. Men and women cm not be judged by th same rules, for love is but the embe.isn meut of man's early life; he seeks for repu Ution. credit, fortune and space, la the world's thought and il miyiou over hi follow man But woman's whole life is a history of affection; the hartis ber world, Oue harsh word from one whom that little heart Cared for would crubh- her feeling aud make b,er ery unhappy . How mauy hearts have ben Inst and bow many avert, ed eyes and eold looks hiv been . giueJ from this simple word lov-.f ' Here she lingers till the shadow ot'dealh darkens her Java. Ella Cuaft.' A pP:-l of the James School. Which Wee Itt One of the best compliments a preachei can ever have is this : "He preaches as if ho meant every word he Bays. " Nothing ia quite so soon detected as insincerity in the pulpit. A Western minister, who is not always so careful aa he ought to be in making his preaching and his. practice go together, was lately telling some frienda a atory of adventure. It was a large story, and tha minister's little KTyear old girl waa list ening to. it very intently. When h fin ished, she fastened her wide open eyes upon her father's face and said, very gravely : ' "Is that true, or are you preaching now, papa?" CiUserae Only. The desirability of care in expresslos can hardly be too . forcibly impressed upon those who write advertisements circulars, and publio announcements oi ail sort. . A very peculiar effect was produced by the following announcement, contained' in the advertisements of a county fair: "Among other attractive features oi this great Fair there will be highly amus ing donkey races and pig races. Competition in these two contest! open to citizens of the county onll" Tlie Atchison Globe thinks that wb.es people read a good thing about a man in the papers they look at him the next time they see him as if they hadn't seen it; when they read a mean thing aboui him, however, they look as if they had seen it. For Value Received. She He was desperately in love with her. Why, he sent her costly flowers and present! nearly every day for two years. Did he finally win her? Ha No. He earuej her. The Epoch. Where the Money Ia. There are fifteen National banks fa New York city which have deposits ex ceeding fifteen million dollars each, the largest amount being thirty-three mil lion dollars in the National Park Bank, and the next largest amount twenty-five million in the Chemical National. Ten Ivan V a 1 avA evtrav Affaan Tn11,n Jnllnu . each loaned, the National Park having the largest amount, and the First Na- fiorfar-l second largest .-. ..... How t REasLtfeeTongwe. TTia nartartitT tiaalfhv n?l"tWi JS olAATl- JJVl.WW wuu w;- T moistRes loosely in the mouth, is rounci at the edge, and has no prominent pa pillae. ; The tongue may be furred from local causes or from sympathy with thA stomach, intestines, or liver. : The dry tongue occurs most frequently in fever, and indicates a nervous prostration or de pression. A white tongue is diagnostic simply of the feverish condition, with : perhaps a sour stomach. When it is moist and yellowish brown it shows disordered digestion. Drv and brown indicates a - low state of the system, possibly typhoid. When the tongue is dry and red and smooth look out for inflammation, gas tric or intestinal. -New York Ledger. An Americans cent stamp, issued in 1848 at Brattleborough, sold in London, recently for $1,350. This must be the much vaunted stamn of approval After many years of ignoble neglect, the town of Ayr in Scotland is. at last on ' the point of setting up a bronze statue of Robert Burns in an open space is the town, paid for by local subscription. By a decree of the khedive, the cultiva tion of tobacco has been prohibited throughout the whole of Egypt. The owners of lands which are found to be un der tobacco cultivation will be subjected to a fine of $1,000 per acre. , ' A beautiful piece oi sculpture from an cient Ephesus has reached the British iiiUDuuui. iu reuu loriuo ytxi t oi a mar ble bull, the head being exquisitely carved, while the figure of a goddess appears on the body. It is supposed to be 2,000 yean old. . - 7 : - . The English census shows that prisons -are the healthiest abodes in the country,' and that workhouse life Insures a ripe, old age. At one workhouse it waa M - 1 4.1 . I if. .! . 11. inmates were over 60; 83 women and 21 men were between 80 and 90. ; two women over 90. ; In the Manchester Guardian the other ' day appeared two suggestive- advertise ments side by side. One was for a " woman" who was a good cook, to whom 40 a year was offered, and the other waa for "a lady by birth and education, ".to act as nurse to a child at an annual sal aryof 20. The longest bridge in the world is the lion Bridge near Sangang, China, It extends five and a quarter miles over an area of the Yellow Sea and is supported by 800 huge stone arches. The roadway is 70 feet above the water and is Inclosed in an iron net work, A marble lion SI feet long rests on the crown of every pil lar. The bridge was built at the com mand of Emperor Kieng Long, who abdicated in 1780 on account of old age. Ruby's mamma is accustomed to read something front the bible to the children when they are put. w bed. The other day. tho little girl possessed herself of . tho bible and began to play with it. On being reprimanded, she looked up and nskvdinoHt innocently, V"hy, masir is, is this your heaven book ?"