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VOL. IX. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 6i 1898. . NO. 33:
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LOSS
There are gains for all oar losses
And a loss for every gain;
There are crowns for all our crosses.
And a joy for every pain.
Songs and laughter, moans and sighing,
Heartaches, bitterness and fears
Fill the days forever flying
Onward with the passing years.
Every soul Its share of sorrow
Is by fate destined to bear;
We who laugh today tomorrow
May be Btricken with despair.
There are gains, and there are losses,
Days of peace and days of strife,
And a crown for all our crosses
At the journey's end of life.
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PROVED.
A.
TtJncle Coleman, I'm going to
marry Lucia Frothingham!"
"Eh? What?"
Uncle Coleman put down his news
paper, pushed his spectacles up on
his forehead and glared at his neph
ew. "Going to many Lucia Frothing
ham?" he cried, after gasping awhile
-in sheer dismay. "You idiot!"
"Thanks." was the cool reply. "I
know you do not admire the lady,
"but where there is a strong mutual
lve "
' "Strong mutual fiddlestick!" inter
rupted Unc'e Coleman, contemptuous
ly, "lou may love her; sue is pretty
and fascinating, but what she loves is
your bank account, my boy. I inew
it would be so when your Aunt Jennie
1 f i i I, .,.-, ...wl tV,A....r.l Tin
.boys will be boys. Only, for good-
si ess sake, wait a -year or two before
rbu saddle yourself with a wife
. "1 am 21, sir," (with an immense
air of dignity).
"And I am 64! Now, Frank, do
hear reason. Lucia Frothingham is a
fascinating woman, touching the thir
ties, if not already over the line a
finished flirt and as mercenary as she
is pretty. I know her, and I tell you
her affection is centred upon your
Auni Jennie s legacy anu me nan mil
lion in perspective at my banker's."
"Uncle Coleman," cried his neph
ew, hotly, "I never thought of it, much
less spoke of it.
"I don't suppose you ever did
Haying always had an independent in
come, 1 don t thina you ever counted
on a dead man s shoes. But Miss
Frothingham was educated in the hard
school of genteel poverty, and a rich
husband is the prize for which she
has studied and toiled, for well, say
fan vAora Si t a woa in LT111 of p Vtafrtra
you were done playing with tops
and marbles. "
"Uncle Coleman, you are speaking
-of my betrothed wife, remember."
"Hem!"
"years are of no consequence where
there if true love.
"Hem!"
"And I love Lucia as she loves
me.
"Not a bit of it."
""Tomorrow she goes to Saratoga,
and if you - can spare me I will go,
too."
"And the business m Hartford? ' I
should advise yon to attend to all
matters belonging to your aunt's es
tate as soon as possible, Frank."
"It may keep me in Hartford a
month," said Frank, disconsolately.
Coleman Burke looked with a pity
ing affection at his young relative
such aboy yet in many matters, though
he had reached "man's estate."
"A month that ' may settle your
whole fortune," he said. "Remember
men do not fall heir to a hundred
thousand dollars more than once in a
lifetime."
"I suppose I must go."
"It will be best. Besides," added
Uncle Coleman, dryly, "it will be a
good test of your lady love's eon-
ancy!"
'-4I ara not afraid of her forgetting
ine," said Frank, loftily.
"You are actually engaged?"
"Certainly! I bought a diamond
ring at 's yesterday and put it
on her taper finger last evening."
"Hem! Well, the fool-killer hasn't
been here lately, that's certain. There,
be off and let me finish my paper in
peace. You will go to Hartford?"
"Yes."
But after his nephew left him, Cole
man Burke let his paper lie idly upon
his lap, while he fell into a fit of mus
ing, often interrupted by impatient
ejaculations. He was a man, as he
bad said, past 60, and he had been a
childless widower for 30 years, while
four little graves beside that ais
wife recorded the heart histo PlymJ18
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AND CAIN.
Oh, the gladness, oh, the sadness
That combines the mighty whole .
The excessive joy and madness
Of the unfledged human soul !
Oh, the losses and the crosses,
Hours of pleasure, years of pain,
As each frail bark onward tosses,
O'er life's tempest-ridden main !
Every joy has sorrow in it,
Every laugh is half a sigh;
, But let storms rage every minute,
There'll be sunshine by and by.
By and by there'll be no crosses;
By and by there'll be no pain,
And for all our bitter losses
There will be eternal gain.
-Sidney W. Mase, in Little Kock Gazette.
1
misery in store for his nephew if he
married Lucia Frothingham, a flirt, ex
travagant and selfish. How to save
him was costing the old man torturing
thought. Active opposition would
only strengthen what was now but a
boyish infatuation, and yet saved he
must be. Suddenly a light broke over
Coleman Burke's face, and he rose
from his chair and went to a long mir
ror in the room. The reflection was
not calculated to waken vanity, yet the
old man smiled, well pleased.
"If I can only carry it out,it will be
proof positive," he thought.
Short, fat, nearly bald, with spec
tacles and a cane, Coleman Burke was
certainly a strong contrast to the tall,
handsome fellow who had won Lncia
for his promised bride, yet he said
aloud:
Til cut him out!"
A week later all the fashionables at
the C hotel, Saratoga, knew
that Coleman Burke was intending to
take a wife. What bird first bore the
news upon the scented air no one
could have told you, but there was no
lack of information about the elderly
bridegroom in perspective. Every
body (that was anybody) knew that
Coleman Burke had retired from busi
ness years before.worth half a million
of money, and had made fortunate in
vestments since. That he was decked
in fashion's latest styles, wore dia
mond studs and ring, carried a switch
cane, drove a fine team and occupied
expensive rooms at the hotel, all could
see for themselves.
Very soon after he came, another
fact was patent to all observers that
he was very attentive to Miss Lueia
Frothingham, the belle of many sea
sons! Mrs. Frothingham hoped in her
heart that Lucia would not be a fool
and would remember how far Mr.
Coleman Burke's poeketbook out
weighed his nephew's; also that an
old man's darling was far more apt to
have every whim gratified than a
young man's slave. Having delivered
this maternal lecture, the widow di
lated upon the expenses of the Sara
toga trip and was rather marked in
her emphasis upon a speedy subjuga
tion of the elderly adorer.
And Miss Lucia shrugged her fair,
sloping shoulders, threw over them a
cloud of black lace and descended to
the porch, where Mr. Burke waited to
escort her for a drive. His manner of
wooing was certainly more business
like than sentimental. Where Frank
had grown eloquent over the beauty
of the liquid dark eyes, his uncle di
lated upon the suitability of diamonds
for brunette beauty. Where Frank
tenderly quoted poetry descriptive of
the slender grace of the willowy fig
ure, his uncle thought velvet was the
most becoming-wear for slight fig
ures.
As they drove,thefat old gentleman
asking her opinion of his horses, also
obtained her description of the most
suitable carriage for a lady's exclusive
use. Likewise he expressed a con
tempt for an India shawl folded upon
a f eat near the lake as one far below
the quality he would purchase to deck
a lady's shoulders.
Sometimes, indeed, as Lucia in
formed her affectionate parent, "he
was a little spooney, pressing her hand
and rolling up his pale blue eyes over
the rims of his spectacles, like a fat
old porpoise."
But, as a rule, he was simply de
voted in his constant attentions. A
bouquet of rare flowers in the morn
ing, loilowed by a call; a drive in the
afternoon, a walk in the evening or an
offer of escort duty at a ball became
the usual daily routine. But the el
derly wooer was an energetic and per
sistent one, and even Lucia, vain of
her conquest, was bewildered by the
rapidity of the courting. Only a fort
night ago she had but a bowing ac
quaintance with Mr. Burke, and now
he had positively offered a parure of
expensive cameos for her acceptance.
"A letter from Frank! Coming to
day!" mused Mr. Coleman Burke,
reading an epistle handed in at his
door. "Surprised to mid me away
from home. Hopes I have seen his
dear Lncia in a kinder light than the
one I had previously had. Hem yes
-well."
And so Mr. Burke mused and mnt
red as he donned his most exquisite
lit, his most dazzling necktie and
tened a bouquet in his buttonhole.
.'Bless my soul, Uncle Coleman,
swell you are!"
then Frank was in the' room,
Mwo exchanged cordial gr?et-
"And Lucia?" Frank questioned;
"is she well?"
"She was perfectly well last evening
when I took her for a drive."
"You?"
"Certainly. You do not suppose 1
have failed in attention to my future
niece, do you?"
"Yon are are always kind!" was the
quick reply.
"You like her better than you did?"
continued Frank, almost pleadingly.
"See here, Frank," the old man
said, suddenly wheeling round from
the glass to face hinephew. "I have
a bargain to make with you. If, within
one hour, I prove Lucia false, mer
cenary and a traitor to her promise to
you, will you give her up? Stop! H
she is true, loving and faithful, I with
draw my harsh words and will give
her the love I always hoped to give
your wife."
"But how can you find out?" said
the young man, astonished at his
uncle's energetic proposal.
"It is you who are to find out. 1
am already satisfied. You are to go
to the centre window, of the small
drawing room on the porch and listen
to the conversation I am to have by
appointment with Miss Frothing
ham!" "Eavesdropping!"
"Never mind that grand air of con
tempt. I am to have my way for just
one hour, and you can take yours
afterward for a lifetime. Will you
go?"
"If you say so."
"Go, then."
Just a little later Miss Frothing
ham, all smiles and white muslin,
sailed into the east drawing room to
greet her elderly admirer. With an
air of deepest devotion he raised her
hand to his lips and greeted her with
a flowery compliment.
"I presume," he said, in a low, ten
der tone, "you are not at a loss to
guess the reason why I have ventured
to summon yon here, lou must have
understood the meaning of my atten
tions. Need I tell you how dear
you have become to me? Need I
speak of the love you have inspired?"
"You are so kind," 6he murmured.
"I am contemplating a speedy re
turn to the city, and I wish to arrange
for the wedding, if I can obtain any
expression of your wishes. Do you
object to an early clay?"
"Any day will be supremely blest,"
she said, softly, "that makes me your
wife."
"My wife! Bless my soul, my
nephew told me "
"Oh, Mr. Burke, yon do not imag
ine I have encouraged that boy?" with
an accent of most magnificent scorn.
"He is an amiable young fellow, and I
have been kind to him. But love be
tween myself and a boy of that age is
siniply preposterous."
"I am aware that the disparity of
years "
"My dear Mr. Burke, do not speak of
that. To me there is a dignity and
nobility about a man who has passed
middle life that can never be attained
without the experience of years. Be
lieve me, your having a slight advan
tage of me in years will but increase
my respect and detract nothing from
my affection.
"You are only too kind. Then I
mav tell Frank that you "
"Why talk of Frank? Surely you
may-choose a wife without your neph
ew's interference."
"I choose a wife! My dear young
lady, what are you talking about? I
have no intention of seeking a wife."
, 'No intention of seeking a wife !
Have you not just made me an offer of
marriage?'.'
"Not at all," was the cool reply. "I
was under the impression that you
were engaged to . my nephew. As
Frank is my nearest relative and my
heir, I was anxious to win the affec
tion of his promised wife. But since
there is no engagement between
you"
"Oh, Mr. Burke, you must have mis
understood me. My only fear was
lest you should not sanction our love.
Dear Frank has often spoken to me
of your fatherly love for him. You
will not repeat to Frank the conversa
tion we have had? I my confusion
you will forget my wild words?"
"But I shall not!"
The blinds parted as Frank spoke,
revealing his white face and anger
lighted eyes. Miss Frothingham
screamed, and Uncle Coleman said,
quietly:
"Are you convinced?" '
"Fully! The boy, Miss Frothing
ham, thanks you for showing him the
follypf trusting in the love of a co
quette. Yon have given me a sharp
lesson. Uncle Coleman; but I thaDk
you that my life has not been blighted
by a woman's treachery. "
The pale face vanished. Uncle
Colemau,with a ceremonious bow, took
his departure, while Lucia Frothing
ham went into genuine hysterics on
the sofa.
Uncle CoIeniKii joined Frank on the
porch and, lii.king Lis arm in hif
nephew's, said kiudiy: , '
"Forgive me the pain I cause yoxi
for the lave I War yyu.'
"I thank yon," wds the reply. "You
have saved me from a life 1 1 misery by
showing me ;i mr euaiy woman's
treachery.' I sh.i ,1 i:etr feel any
eiuotioj but gratitude that youpjoved
jur.! wouls. "
PIGEONS FOR WARFARE.
SERVICE ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST IN
STRATECIC NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
The Government Has Decided to Use the
Homing Pigeon as a Bearer of Mel.
sages From Ships at Sea-How Birds
Are Trained Ingenious Pigeon Cotes
The homing pigeon will play, here
after, an important part in the naval
affairs of this nation. Upon the en
durance of this bird, its speed and ac
curacy, will depend the victory or de
feat of the great strategic movements
at sea, and, what is scarcely of less
importance, the people on shore must
rely on the pigeon to bring news of
the approach of the enemy's fleet, and
the result of some great sea fight.
There are at present, according to the
Philadelphia Times, six pigeon sta
tions along the coast, being situated
in the principal navy yards Ports
mouth, N. H.; Boston, Mass., New
port, K. I., Brooklyn, N. Y., Norfolk,
Va., Key West, Fla., and Mare Island,
Cal.
The pigeon cotes are twelve by
twelve feet in size, two stories high
and painted with red and white stripes
to make them conspicuous from a long
distance. The lower story is used for
breeders only, with a large aviary at
tached for their use during the warm
weather; the upper story is fitted up
with nesting boxes, drinking fountain,
feeding hoppers and the trap, where
the youngsters are given their first
lesson when they are a month old,
which consists of a series of drills to
accustom them to passing through the
bob wires in the trap in the cote.
These bob wires are thick wires sus
pended from a horizontal bar in the
top of the trap, and serve as a grating
for it, and are so arranged that when a
bird has once passed the bobs with a
message it cannot escape until the
person in charge removes the message
and lets the bird into the cote. It is
extremely important in the training of
pigeons for use in the navy that the
birds should learn to enter the trap
immediately upon their arrival with
an important dispatch, pushing the
wires aside, readily in order to enter
the trap, the wires falling back into
place immediately upon the bird's en
trance. Until the bird masters this
lesson it is useless as a messenger, as
much valuable time would be lost in
securing the message attached to the
bird, unless it immediately enters the
cage, where a sailor is Avaiting to re
lieve it of its charge.
The next series of drills are intend
ed to develop the pigeons' staying
powers in the air, to strengthen their
wings and to enable them to fly long
distances without being overcome by
exhaustion. This is done by means
of a white flag attached to a long pole.
By fluttering this among the birds
they are startled into a circling flight
about the cote, which is kept up as
long as the trainer sees fit. For two
months the birds are drilled every
morning in this manner. At the end
of that time they are given their first
"fly." The first journey is to a
point several miles from the cote in a
closed basket, where the birds are lib
erated. This successfully accom
plished, the distance is increased each
flight. Whenever flown, a message,
secured in an aluminum capsule,
weighing eight grains, is attached to
each bird's leg, and is secured imme
diately upon its arrival at the cote.
After a course of training for two
months, with an averege of two flights
per week up to 50 miles, they are put
aboard ships in wicker baskets hold
ing one dozen birds each, and liber
ated at sea at a greater distance than
they had been tossed previously. It
is a rule that the pigeons for use in
the navy must, in training, be flown
constantly over water in order to ac
custom them to it. The cotes are so
arranged that when a pigeon returns
it walks on a small treadle, thereby
pressing a button which rings an elec
tric bell in the library of the receiv
ing ships at the respective stations,
thus announcing its arrival to the per
sons in charge of the cote.
The fact that the government has at
last been induced to make use of the
pigeon as a message bearer from ships
at sea is attributed to the success of
the cote at Annapolis, Md. In these
experimental flights the best long-distance
toss was made by a pigeon which
was released from the United States
steamship Monongahela, when 102
miles off Cape Henry, or about 250 j
miles from the home loft. The pigeon
was out over night, and it had about
twelve hours of daylight' from the
time of its liberation till its arrival at
the home loft, thus making an average
of about 20 miles per hour for the 250
miles. In the swiftest flight the pi
geon was liberated at Norfolk,Va.,aud
arrived at the home loft three and
three-quarters hours later, thus mak
ing an average of 40 miles an hour for
the 150 miles.
The naval militia of the various
states along the coast are to establish
pigeon lofts to co-operate with the
government lor naval delense.
The navy department has decided
to establish a homing pigeon service
in connection with the lighthouse sta
tions along the Atlantic, (Julf and Pa
cific coasts, the radii of the flights to
intersect one another, eo as to form a
complete circuit around the coast, by
which a message starting at Alaska
can be transmitted by means of relays
of carrier pigeons around the United
States until it arrives at the northeast
coast of Maine.
The state of New York was the first
to co-operate with the government in
this work, having recently established
a cote on board the United States
steamship New Hampshire, at the foot
of 23d street, East river, New York,
where there are at present twelve
pairs of breeders, presented by the
navy department from the cote at the
Brooklyn navy yard; also another at
Buffalo, N. Y. This will cause a spirit
of rivalry of flying these birds be
tween the naval militia and the naval
lofts in the nearest navy yard, and
the naval militia will not rest until
they have broken some of Uncle Sam's
sea records.
How to Climb Stairs.
A physician who declares that but
very few people know how to walk up
stairs properly gives these instruc
tions: Usually a person will tread on
the ball of his foot in taking each
step. This is very tiresome and wear
ing on the muscles, as it throws the
entire suspended weight of the body
on the muscles of the leg and feet.
You should, in walking or climbing
stairs, seek for the most equal distri
bution of the body's weight possible.
In walking up stairs your feet should
be placed squarely down on the step,
heel and all, and then the work should
be performed slowly and deliberately.
In this way there is no strain upon
any particular muscle, but each one is
doing its duty in a natural manner.
The man who goes up stairs with a
spring, you maybe sure is no philoso
pher, or, at least, his reasoning has
not been directed to that subject. The
doctor might have gone a little farther
in the same line and protested against
the habit which many persons have of
bending over half double when they
ascend a flight of stairs. In exertion
of this kind, when the heart is natu
rally excited to more rapid action, it is
desirable that the lungs should have
full play. But the crouching position
interferes with their action, the blood
is imperfectly aerated, and there is
trouble right away. Give the lungs a
chance to do their work everywhere
and at all times. Good Housekeeping.
How the Humble Cabbage Will lie Glori
fied. Professor L. H. Bailey of Cornell
university has been asked to go to
j Finland to conduct a series of experi
ments in electrical plant-growing, in
conjunction with Professor Lemstrom
of the University of Helsingfors. The
experiments to be carried on have
nothing to do with the electric light
or the running of electric wires
through the soil for. the purpose of
forcing the growth of plants by direct
current stimulation. They are to be
based on some pertinent observations
made by Lemstrom, of the effect of
the aurora borealis on theplant growth
of the North. .
It is a well known fact that the
plants of the North arrive at maturity
at a much shorter period of time than
those plants which are grow n further
south. It is necessary that these
plants should arrive at maturity very
quickly, inasmuch as the summer
season in the North is very brief, and
it has always been looked upon as a
wise provision of Providence that
plants were enabled to accomplish
their business in life in so short a
space of time. Professor Lemstrom,
however, casting aside the providen
tial idea states that the rapid growth
of plants in the far North is due
directly to the light of , the aurora
borealis. New York Journal.
lioyal Letters in India.
A letter sent to a native prince in
India is a very elaborate affair. The
paper is specially made for this pur
pose and is sprinkled with gold leaf.
Only the last few lines of the some
what lengthy document contain the
purport of the letter, while the re
mainder is made up of the usual
roundabout and complimentary
phrases. It is folded in a peculiar
way, with the flaps outward, and
placed in a muslin bag, and this latter
into one of crimson and gold tint, with
a slipknot of gold thread, attached to
which is a ponderous seal. The ad
dress, written on a slip of parchment,
is attached to the outside bag. These
details are very important for polite
letter-writing in India and if any of
them were omitted it would be au in
sult to the person addressed. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Keturned Kansan Wears a Pigtail.
Ycnug Cameron, the son of Ncah
Cameron, who has been living in
China for some years and who has
adopted the custom of that country, is
again at home in Lawrence. Three
years ago he was here, but did not
like America and returned to the land
of the pigtsil. He still affects the
clothing of the Chinese and wears his
cue like a native. He is proud of his
eccentricity and enjoys the attention
that his peculiar appearance elicits.
Topeka State Journal.
Cot f a ltaronetcy.
It costs money to be created a baro
net in England. Sir John Maclure,
for instance, says that he spent $.350
in replying to telegrams of congratu
lation vhen the announcement of his
elevation was made.
.VISION.
She said. 'Oh, that glorious day I
The deep.eep blue of the sky L
The shadows that drooped and lay
And the little wind's low sigh !
Said he, "What is that you say?
There were only you and L"
She said. "Oh, that wonderful night I
The lake and the waterfall !
The moon was eo high and white,
The elms were so dark by the wall 1"
Said he, "Your eyes were so bright,
I saw naught else at all !"
Post Wheeler, in New York Press.
HUMOROUS.
Gladys Do you think Charley
means business? May I can't tell
yet; but I'm afraid he only means
poetry.
Hooplar Do you know anything
about the origin of the American In
dian? Highlow No; I've never taken
any interest in race tracks.
Reporter Madam Gostwok, the
spiritualist, does an enormous busi
ness. Publisher- That's because
she's such a good advertising medi
um. She It's funny, but all the time
I've known Mr. Tigg he has never
paid me a compliment. He That's
not strange. Tigg never pays any
body. She I don't like the preachers who
read their sermons from manuscript.
He I do. If a man writes his ser
mons he is more likely to realize their
length. -
She I know I am not the first girl
you ever loved. He Well er at
least you are the first girl I ever
bought more than $17 worth of pres
ents for.
All these schemes for taxing bach
elors with a view to driving them into
matrimony are wrong. More men get
married now than wives can comfort
ably support.
Farmer I say, John,' what do you
call a pineapple a fruit or a vegeta
ble? Waiter A pineapple ain't nei
ther, gentlemen. A pineapple is al
ways a hextra.
"I'm something of a mind reader,"
he said, as they sat on opposite sides
of the room. "I think not," she re
plied, as her eyes ostentatiously meas
ured th distance between them.
"There! Didn't I tell you Wednes
day was my lucky day?" "In what
way has fortune favored you?"
"Why, there goes Cholly Softly, and
he has passed us without seeing us."
Jasper What do you think will be
the last conflict before the millennium
comes? Jumpuppe It will be the
one in which the contest is settled
what daily paper itas the largest cir
culation. "Is it not a fact that enlightened,
laws have had the effect of increasing
the span of life?" "Hardly. Of
course, murderers live longer, but,
on the other hand, there are the mur
dered, you see. "
"My grandfather," said the shoe
clerk boarder, "once knew an old man
who insisted that the ghosts came and
milked his cows every night." "Sort
of milkin' specters, eh?" commented
the Cheerful Idiot.
Adelbert I cawn't say that I'm
feeling nachuwal this evening; I got
a beashly cold in my head, dontjer
know? Geraldine Never mind,Addy.
Don't gr.umble. Even if it's only a
cold, it's something.
Miss Thirtysmith (meaningly) An.
Italian proverb says that "honest men
marry soon," and Jack Swift (sol
emnly) I cannot conceal it any long
er; I live in deadly fear of being at
any moment arrested for embezzle
ment ! 1
She Onr minister will exchange
pulpits next Sunday with the Rev. Mr.
Talkington. He Yes? An exchange
of pulpits seems to me a great deal
like a horse trade. It is hard to tell
which congregation is going to get the
worst of it.
Outshone "We've got a man in our
town," said the passenger with the
red clay on his boots, "who has voted
at seventeen presidential ejections."
"Ho!" was the scornful reply of the
passenger with the faded red muffler.
"We've got a man our town that's
read all the messages."
"Miss Wigglesworth thinks she's
eligible to the Order of the Crown.
She's sure she can, trace her lineage
back to one of the English sover
eigns." "How far has she got?"
"She told me yesterday she had
struck a bar sinster." "That's right.
Her great-grandfather was a bar
tender." , t
Walking Stick as Legacies. j
Walking sticks have frequently been
left by will. Franklin, bequeathed his
favorite stick, with a gold handle,
shaped like a cap of liberty, to George
Washington. The gold-headel caue
used by Drs. Ratcliffe, Mead and
others, whose arms are engraved upon
it, was bequeathed by Baillie to th
College of Physicians. Napoleon's
walking stick of tortoise shell was sole
in Loudon in 1823 for $1!)0. Honor
de Balzac had the mementoes he re
ceived from various : fair. , . adsiii-er'
which consisted in part of pret ionf
stone?, set in canes. Toledo Bee.
Length of World's Telegraph.
The total length of the world's teu
graph ssystem has now reached !,90H,.
921 miles.
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