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G-astonia- Gastox County, IT. C.j Saturday Moving, August 27, 1881.
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GASTON
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3K lHe.
Sitting to-niKlit in my chamber,
A bucheaor frirl'l and lonuly,
I kiss tlio end of my pipo-stem
Thut und that only.
Ttoverlcw Hko wllh tho smolte-wrooths ;
Memories tender mirrwuiul me,
Girls that iiro iimi )'lel or hurled
(hither imiitml mo.
. Sehool-tflrls In pantalets romping;
(JiHa that liive Ri'own to ho mimes ;
Girls that like to he klsHed, und
Like to glvo kisses.
. Kisses wcll.1 roinouibor them !
Thoo l(i the -corner were tleetcst;
.Sweet were those "on the sly;" in tho
Dark wqro the sweetest.
Anna was tender and gentle ;
' To woo whs almost to win her;
Her lips were as good m ripe peaches
And milk for dinner.
Nell was a flirt, and coquettish,'
" 'Twas catch monnd kiss if you can, sir;
.Could I catch both ah ! wasn't I
A happy man, sir I
Anna has gone on a mission
Olf to tho South Sea sinners ;
Nell is a widow, keeps boarders and
Cooks her own dinners.
Charlotte and Susan and Ifattle,
Mary, .lane, Lucy and Maggie);
I'oururo married and pluiup, two
Muldcn und scraggy.
Carrie Is dead ! Itloom sweetly.
Ye mignonettes, over her rest,
Her I loved dearly and truly,
Lust and the best.
, Thus I sit smoking and thinking,
A bachelor frigid and lonely;
I kiss the on of my pipe-ntcm
That and that only.
LADY JANE GRAY.
Lady June (Jruy was grand-niece ol
.Jlenry VIII, by her grandmother Mary,
sister of that king, and widow of I.oui
XII ; she married Lord Guilford son o!
the duke of Xorthumb Hand, a-1 1 e i'i ' )
Edward, son of Henry VII1. t . ' :
, to the throne by his will, in 1.VI3. .
exclusion of Marynnel KligibcMi. ('v . ,.
of Arragon, was ilie mot her m me I- rsir-r,
( her jntolerant catholici-m made li
ed by ,the 'Kmrlish Protestants -,1)11
th f (he d i uihlcr of. Anna li
aml the
vn was
, liuliie to be contested.
The duke of Nortliiimhetla id urged
- .1. ' . . T.. i i in t . i r .
inese mmivia un miwaru v i. miry ymie
fGray, not being herself Rutislie.l of the
validity of her. right to the crown, refu ed
at fl-st to accede .to the will of Edward,
but at length 'he e nt rent ies of her husband,
.whom she tenderly loved, und over whom
Northumberland exercised great authority,'
drew from her the futul consent they desir
ed. ...She resigned nine days, or rather her
rfuther-in-lav, the Duke of Northumber
land, availed himself of her 'name to govern
during that time.
- Mary, eldest daughter of Henry YIII,
.however overcame her in spite of there
sistance of the partisans of the reformation :
and her cruel and vindictive churacter
signalized itself by tho death of tho DjIcc
of Nqrtlm.mberlund, bis son Guilford, and
the innocent ladv .Tune Grav. She was but
. .I' " .
eighteen years or age when she perHheei :
yet her name was celebrated for her pro
found knowledge of ancient and modern
languages, and her letters in L'.tin and
reek, still extant, evince very uncommon
faculties for her years. She possessed the
most perfect piety, and her whole existence
was marked by sweetness and dignity. II er
father and mother strongly urged her,
notwithstanding her repugnance, to ascend
he throne of England; her mother herself
bore the train of her daughter on the duy
of her coronation ; and her father, the duke
of Suffolk, made an attempted to revive
her party, while she was still a prisoner,
and had been for some months condemned
to death. It was this attempt which served
as a pretext fur txecuting her sentence,
abd the Duke of Suffolk perished a short
time after his daughter.
The following letter might have been
JU is certain that at this period, which is
that of the death of ludy Jane Gray, she
cultivated in her prison, a constant cor
respondence with her family and friends,
and that even to her latest moments her
philosophical disposition and religious
'fir mr ess never forsook her.
Lady Jane Gray to Doctor Ahmer.
It is to you, try worthy friend, I owe
that religious instruction, that life of faith,
which can alone endure forever : my lust
thoughts are addressed to yon in the s-l.nin
trial to which I am condemned. Time
months have elapsed since the sentence of
dentil, which the nneen ninm il in h.' nrn-
nounced against my hns'iaud r.ud myself,
as a p'l! i-i'iment for that unhappy reign of
nine days, for that crown of (horns, winch
I. ' 1 l. . . l .
risieu un my ntaii ooiy io nmrK u i r
destruction. I believed. I avow loyou, dial
the intention of Mary wa, to inlitnul .'
me by this sentence, but I did not imagii;e
that be wished to shed my blood, which
.in also hers. It appeared to ni" my y.'Uih
.would have been sufficient to excuse me,
when it should bo proved that for a lom;
iime I rraiuted the inelaucholy honors with j
which I wns menaced, and that tpj defer-
enco to the wishes of the Duke of Norih-
umberland my father-in-law, was a'one
able to mislrad me to the fault I have com
mitted j but, it is not to accuse my enemies,
I write lo you ; thej are tho instruments
of tho will of God, like every other event
ol this world, and I ought to n fleet but
upon my own emotions. Enclosed in this
tower, I live upon my thoughts, and my
morul and religious conduct consiala only
in conflicts within myself.
Yesterday our friend Ascham came to
see me, and the sight of him at Drat gave
nie a lively pleasure ; it recalled to my
mind the recollection of the delightful and
proDtable hoars J have passed with liim in
the study of the ancients. I wish to con
versa with him only on those illustrious
denth.', the duscriptions of which have
opened to me a train of reflection without
end. Ascham, you know, is serious and
calm; be leans upon old age as a support
against the evils of existence ; in f ict, the
old age of a reflecting being is not feeble ;
experience and faith fortify it, and when
the space which remains is so short, a last
effort is siducient to bear us over it ; the
goal is yet nearer to rr.e thau to un old
man, but the searings accumulated upon
my last days will be bitter.
Aschum unnounced to me that the queen
permitted me to breathe the air in the'
garden of my prison, and I cannot evpress
the joy -I telt ut it ; it was such that our
poor Iriend had not at first the courage to
disturb it. We descended together, and he
permitted me to enjoy for some time that
nature of which I hud been for several
mouths deprived; it wok oik; .of those days
at tli close of winter which announces
i tnir. I know not if that beautiful sea
. s ut it I! would so much . have alf'eted my
iiii.i;iiiaiion s this 'presentments of: Its
r'"!u:n; l;.e trees turned their still leufless
, j .-v. i , towards the sun ; the grass wus
i.rec'.v -a'-eoti ;.a fi'w premature flowers
cun-j. v -.their preface,, to. form a prelude
to the uieiody of nature, whun he ehould
reuppeur in ail ,her magnificence 1 : The air
was of un U'lidi'Uiiable Softness it seemed as
if I heurd the voice of God, in the invisible
and ull-powerful breath, which, at every
moment restored me i gain to life- to life 1
What have I said-! I .have thought until
this day that it wus my .'rijl.it, and now I
receive its lust benefits us the adieus . of a
friend.
I advanced' with Ascham towards the
bnrders of the Thames, and we 'seated our
selves iii the yet leufl 89 wood, wliich was
soon to be clothed with verdure; the
waves se 'tned to sparkle with the reflection
of the light of heaven ; but ulthough this
spectacle was brilliant as a festival, there
is always something melancholy-in the
course of the waves and no one can long
contemplate them, without yielding to
those reveries whojse .charm consists, above
every thing, in a sort of detachment from
ourselves. Ascham perceived the direction
of my thoughts, and suddenly seizing my
hands, and bathing jt with tears, ' 0 thou,'
said he, 'who art ever my sovereign, is it
forme to acquaint you with the fate which
menaces you ? Your father has assembled
your partisans to oppose Mury, and this
queen, justly detested, 'charges yon with
all the love your name has excited.' His
sobs interiupted him. ' Continue,' said I to
him; 'Oh, my friend, reuienibcjL ' those
contemplative beings, who with a firm
coutite'iunce. have looked upon the death
even of those who were dear to them ; they
knew whence we came, and whether we go,
that is enough. 1 Well,' said he 'your sen
tence is to be executed, but, I bring that
succor which has delivered so many illuF
trious men from the proscription of tryat.t?.'
This old man, the friend of my youth, then
tremblingly offered me the position, with
which he would hay saved me, at the peril
pf his life. I remembered how often we had
together admired certain voluntary deaths
among the ancient, und I fell into profound
reflection, as if the lights of Christiani ty
were suddenly distinguished in me, audi
wus abandoned to that inil sei.jion, from
which errn nmn, in the most simple occur
rence, finds so much difficulty iu extricating
himself. Aschum fell on his knees before
me ; his gray head was bowed down iu my
presence, and covering his .eyes with one
hutal, with the other he presented me the
fatal resource he hud prepared. I gently
repulsed his hand ; and renovating niysell
through prayer, feund power to answer
III tt us follows
Ascham.' snid I, 'yon know with what
delight I read with yon the philosophers
and poets of Ur'eceand Ivune ; the uinscu
pee In uutii s ef their language, the cimp'c
e.ii rgy of their mind, will lor ever remain
ii.eoinpurubic Society, such as "n celistitued
in our d tjs, bus lillnl most minds with
frivolity and vunity, hikI we are not
ashamid to live without ri lie I ion, with
out iiiileavoiing to understand the wonders
ul Un! world which are (rented to instruct
m.xi liy biilliunt and duruble symbol?. The
ancient haveone much beyond us in this
respect, because they made themselves ;
but what revelation has planted in the soul
of a Christian is greater than mn. From
the idea! of the arts, even, 'to the'; roles of
conduct, every thing should have rclntion
to relijiious faith, since life has no other
end than to teach mortulity. II 1 fly from
the signal misfortune to wliich 1 am
destined, I should not fortify, by my ex
ample, the hope of tl oso on whom my fate
ought to have an it fluence. The ancients
elevuted their 'souls by the contemplation
of thc.ir own powers Christians tare a
witness before rhotn they must live and
die; the ancients sought to glorify human
nature ; Christians consider themselves
but as the manifestation of God upon earth ;
the anciknts placed in the first rank of
virtues, that death which freed them from
the power of tlicir oppressors, Christiana
prefer that rlovotion, which subjpets us to
the will of Providence. "Activity and
patience have their times by turns ; we
must make use of our will as long as we
may thus serve others und perfect ourselves ;
but when destiny is, in a manner, face to
face with us, our courage consist io awaiting
it; and to look steadily on our fatejs
more noble than to turn from, it. The soul
thus concentrating itself in its own
mysteries, every external action becomes
more terrestrial than resignation.' ' I will
not seek,' said Ascham, 'to dispute with
you opinions whose unshaken firmness may
be necessary to you ; I am troubled only
on account qf the Bufferings to which your
fate condemns you ; will you be able to
support them ? And this expectation of a
mortal stroke, of a fixed hour, will it not
be beyond your strength? If you should
terminate your fate yourself, would it not
be less cruel ?' ' We must,' replied I, 'let
the divine spirit take back what he has
given. Immortality comir.erces on this
aide the tomb, when by our own will we
break off with life ; in this situation, the
internal impression o! the soul are more.
delightful than yon.can imagine, ',1'heource-
of enthusiasm' becomrs altogether independ
ent of the objects which surrounds us, and
God alone then constitutes all our destiny,
in the moft inward sanctuary of our souls.'
' But,' replied Aecharn.'why give to your
enemies, to the cruel queen, to a worthless
crowd, the unworthy spectacle '
He could not proceed. '
.' If I should free. '''myself,', said I, ' even
by death, .from the fury of the queen, I
should irritate her pride, and should'not
serve as the instrument of her repentance.
Who knows how far the example I shall
give may do good to my fellow-creatures ?
flow can I judge of the place my remem
brance shall occupy in the chain of the
events of history ? By destroying myself,
what shall I teach man but the just horror
inspired by a violent outrage, and the
sentiment of pride which leads us to avoid
it ? But, in supporting this terrible fate by
the firmness which religion imparts to me,
I ipspire vessels, beaten, like myself by
the storm, with a greater confidence in the
anchor of faith, wliich has sustained me.'
COXCf.UPED IN' OUR NEXT.
" SXAIX."
" J. F 3VI.," in the philudiilpjiia Time,
writing from" -Uenovo, up in the Allegha
hies, on the Philadelphia and Erie road,
narrates the following, as told by an old
citizen :
" The following Sunday, Hober and Ed
motid9on concluded they would go over the
the river to Hall's Run and look for snakes,
as it was reported that they were very
plenty there. Hall's -Run comes down a
canyon in the nieuntain up yonder and it
is very wild and rocky. The mountain,
you see, rises up .very abruptly from the
river and i3 about one thousand feet in
height.' Well, the two hunters, armed
with stout hickory clubs and wearing long
rubber boots, i-tut ted orer to the run.
They made their way up the stream Tor
about u mile without encountering any
rattlers. Suddenly they came to a very
narrow and rocky defile, and it was not
long before the well-known warning of a
rattler was beard. This seemed to be a
general alarm that was sounded, for in lesj
than five minutes the horrid sound of rat
tling serpents was heard on every side, and
it appeared that the head of a snake could
be seen peering from under every loose
rock. The hunters at once divined that
they hud struck n den and they prepared
to Unlit, for. they kney thut where so many
snukea were assembled they were not only
bold and dangerous, bill aggressive. They
commenced swinging tin ir hickory clubs
and wherever the head of a snake was
seen, they like the irishman, jilt it wharh.
They hud dispatched probably half a dcen
when they were alarmed at seeing Fnakrs
advancing upon them from all directions,
and it was not long before they were com
pletely hemmed in by the reptile, which
were advancing upon them with ditcnded ,
jaws. Finding that they would have to
fight vigorously they struck about them
wildly, killing a snuke at nearly every
thrust. But they kept closing in upon
them, seeming to spring up from the
very ground. They darted upon them in
front and rear, but their heavy rubber
boots saveel thtm from the fangs of the
rattlers. The buttle ruged for abont half
an Iiour, when Ilnber counted ninety
snakes stretched de ad on the ground ; but
there seemed to be as many more prowling
around. .The poisonous stench from so many
dead snakes lied impregnated the atroos
phere to such an extent as to render it al
most etiffecnting, and the snake-killers were
compelled te beat a hasty retreat. They
immediately returned to town and related
their adventure, but it did not attract
much attention, because our people ore
used to such things up here in the moun
tains. Good day, sir."
TREED BV A SNAKE.
t'Gus". Stevenson, a well-known business
,man and ex-member of the Borough Council
was encountered on Main street. On asking
him if snakes were plenty he stopped long
enough to say that they were.
'Why." paid he, "1 have noticed one
peculiarity about the snakes this summer.''
"What's .that?" asked the tcurist.
"They are all traveling north. -Id hun
ters U'll me that such is the fact, and so
far as my experience goes I find it so. It
is strange, and I would like some of our
naturalists to account for it."
"Do you think the comet has had any
thing to do with attracting them ?"
Can't say that it has, though there are
some people wLo think bo. nimals, as
well as tej tiles, take curious freaks some
times. A few years ago the squirrels all
traveled north in droves. They swam the
river atid scampered up the mountain sides
as if the very devil was after them. If
they travel in a certain direction why
shoulden't snake9 do the same? As to the
.cornet ,tb.eoryh I don't take much stock in.
that, but 1 confess tt iooks a little strange.'
A close listener, a little, wiry lumberr.an
from back on the mountain, could hold in
no longer and he remarked.
"StrangerJ there is a reg'lar snake den
on Foik Hill, on the right hand branch of
Young Woman's creek, and I believe
there are more than a thousand rattlesnakes
and copperheads in the colony. Several
attempts-have been made to slay them,
but the pari irs making the attack have
been compelled to give up the job od ac
count of the eter.ch.
"As to adventure with single snakes, I
can relate you one which I know to be a
fact. It occured only a few days ago. Jatres
L. Williamson, who superintends the big
saw mill on Taddy's Run, was going out to
his bark-peeling job on the head warters of
the run when he encountered an enormous
rattlesnake in the path. He was unarmed
and as the soake sprang for him he was
compelled to retreat but it kept advancing
on him so roped that he had no time to cut
a stick and he coud oot get hold of a stone,
Finding that he ,was in great danger of be
ing bitten, he looked around to see how he
could best get awa. A young sapling with
low branches stood near. He rushed up to
it and so n climbed into the limbs, where
he seated himself about fifteen feet from
.the ground. Imagine Ins surprise, howev
er, to find the snake making lor the tree,
and in less time than I am telling you it
commended climbing after him. This
alarmed him seriously, and drawing his
j.ick knife be cut a club from one of the
limbs and when the snake came within
reach of him he struck at it with all the
force he could comm.ind. Luckily, after
striking three or four times, he hit it fquare
on thejead and it tumbled to the ground !
dead. On descending I e found that it j
measured five feet and carried seventeen
rattles, He says .that in all his: experience;
in there monntuirs he never had such nn
adventure before and he does not travel
any more without carrying a stout club.
OHIO GIRL'S FOOT.
An Albany shoe factory has received a
diagram of a foot Iron a trustworthy cor
respomlent at ,Sndu.ky, Ohio. The girl
placed her barefoot open a sheet af paper,
and a pencil park was drawn close around
the outline. This foot, as shown by the
diagram, is txnctly 17 inches looir, 7,as
inches wide at the widest part, and could
tuke a No. 26 boot, though a No. Cd
would be just the thing. "The bull of
the foot is 19 inches around, ins'op 1(U
inchif, and the keel measures 22 inches.
Tlie ankle measures 16 inches. This im
meiirc podul adores the person of Mi.-s
ary Wells t l Saidusy. Ohio, whose"
weight is ICO pounds, aud she is but 17
ye-ars old. Troy limes. .
We are tuIJ that the ancient Egyptians
honored a cat hen dead. The ancient
Egyptians knew when a rat was the most
to be honored. Boston Pas'.
A CUNSC1EN7IQVSP-Q32'MAS1ER.
A- Postmaster under Bnchanan finding
by his " instruction " that he was to report
quarterly addressed tho ...following official
communication to the president.:
July 9, 1857.
"Mr. James Buchanan, President of the
United 'States:
"Dear Sir : Been required by the in
structions of the Post Office to report
quarterly, I know herwith foolfil that
pleasin du'y by reportin as follows. The
harvestin has been goin on peerty, and most
of the nabors have got . their quttin dun
Wheat is hardly a average crop ; on rolen
land corn is yellerish, tnd wont turn out
more than ten or fifteen bushels to the aker.
The health of the community is only toler
able, and cholery has broken out about 2
and one half mileo- from here. There is a
powerful awakening on the subject of
religion in the falls nnborhood, and many
souls are bein made to know their sins
forgiven, Miss Nanpy .Smith, a nere nabor
bad twins day before yesterday. One ol
them is supposed to be a seven monther, a
poor scraggy thing, and wont live half .its
day. This is about awl I have to repor
the present quarter. Give my respects to
Mrs. Buchanan, and subscribe myself yours
truly, , P. M. at . Fuhon
Co', 111." Harper's Magazine.
BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE.
There is a sagacie us Newfoundland dog
in Norwich. He will take the basket,
in which is a note, and go to market, gs:
meat, vegetables or whatever the note
calls for, and carry it safely home. But
he has a daily task assigned him which
he performs, rain or shine, and that is to
carry his mistress her dinner. She keeps
a millinery establishment and does not go
home to her noonday meal. .Regularly as
the day comes around the dog may be seen
trotting along Main street at about 11 :'!0
with a basket in his mouth looking neither
to h,s right nor left, but ppEtrigbt to
the pt ore, Tv?J;ere,jbe seta It down uj
watches it until his mistress comes for J t.
And he is too well known, too, among the
Norwich dog3 that he is never molested.
But on Monday a stranger dog undertoeik
to have a little racket with him while he
was loaded dowo with his commisstry
ftores. He hung to the basket, but stopn
ed long enough to get a good look at , the
cowardly cur that had interfered with him
and then started off on a run to the store,
where lie dropped the baakeenei immedi
ately returned to the street and began to
search for his assailant. He found him on
Franklin avenue anr' proceeded to chastise
him in true canine style. In aboc.t Jjatfil
a minute he sat down and watched . t::at
cur put in his best jumps for the hill-tops
of Yountown, giving a ki-hi at every le ip.
Ilartfort (Conn) Courant. ;
P1SIXG FOR EXERCIS.Er
An ordinary looking traveler went into
the dining hull at the B nion Depot Jndian-
opolis, carrying a nice satchel. He Balked
up to the counter, put down the satchel,
called for a cup of cegee and a piece of pie
which he devoured. Ia,ving the satchel
by the counter he sauntered to the other
side of the room, and entered into conver
sation with a gentleman there.
A policeman coming in and seing the
satchel apparently without an owner picked
it up, and eeiid : "Hello, anyone kneiw any
thing about this keyster!"
'That's mine," suid the traveler.
"Better take care of it or setae ope wi"
will steal it.
"Oh, I guess not; i'rs an old traveler."
The policemen walk on ; io a few minutes
in ca.me a dapper little man, looked care
lessly walked over to it, carelessly picked it
up, and was going for the door when the
owner sang out ; 'Hello where 'ou gohvA'"
Going to a hotel.
"Well, what are you doing with that
satchel?" going over to him. ''That's my
satchel hand it over.'1 But the d. I. m.
held on to it, and without any ajo the"
traveler knocked him dopn e-iipe or two
and was proceeding to polish him iff nic ly
when interrupted by the policeman,' yhb'
separated the men, and while receiving sin
explanation from the sU'a'C the thief
escaped. The traveler put his satchel down
hy the counter, y;here it was before, and
went to the other side of , the room to con
tinue the conversation.
The police. can eye,d the satchel, , then the
man, and walking oyer to him said : "Now
see here, iv ml do you mean by having thut
b&2 ever thre ; whatjiort of game is tlip
anyway ?'' j
Well, I've been travllnK ior over six j
weeks, and I'll! pining for a little gentle
exercise, that's all," said the traveler.
Granbury &, Howard, of Columbia, have
just fold to parties iu New Orleans 231
mules at S1C0 each ; the largest mule sale j
ever made io Tfnmsee. ;
BO Y, LOG ASD HOUSE TS.
A cunning youth who hangs around f be
depot tied a hornet's jiesl to .a--dog!a..itiI,
expecting to see. a foot nice for the amuse
ment of himself and the passengers .wbp
were waiting for the train. Afier drag
ging the thing uinnnd awhile the hornets
began to come egi and light on the dog.
The ungrateful whidp crowded in between
the boy's legs and wouldn't g.o .iu.y where
else. The boy wasalmost paralyzed with
mortification at the failure f his little
amusement scheme, tint whet) the bor
ne J a began to get in their work there was
a change iu the programme und the boy
started the footrace. A boy cauijpt run
ve'ry fast with a big veil iw dog between
his legs, and the burst of speed wa-i not as
lust it; was hoped for, but t lie hornets did
ul! they couhl to hglp l lie boy along. Moa
roe (Mich.)' tiemotraf..
WIXIER OATS.
August and September are the months
for seeding Wiuler outs. If seeded now, jn
standing corn as formerly recommen
ded, they have time to gel well rooted and
to tiller, and there is little chance of their
being Wioter killed. Sow about one ami
a half bushetejiex .acre. This is a very
certain crop, if seeded ut the proper time,
aud even on tolerably good laud. If there
is any .doubt ubunt lund being strong
enough to produce wheal, then put it in
oats. They may be seeded tip to the fifteenth
of October, if the land is good, but August
and J3epteniber are the best months. Spring
seeding of oats, as far as f rjicicab.lQ, should
b abandoned. One year with another it
is very probable that Wi ter oats will be
as profitable as wheat. There is always a
good local demuud for oats, particularly in
the Spring when provender begins to et
source. The whiat production of the world
is increasing. India exporte d lust year
mure than eleven million bushels of wheat;
and the crops of Australia and the United
States and particularly Culifornia arestead
ilj iuireasing. We would reraaik, where
there is a doubt whether the laud is good
enough for wheat put it in Winter oat?.
Graiu crops will prububly not command
hereafter anything but a very moderate
price, and farmers will do well to look to
raising more (orag crops and slock. Ex.
THINGS OVER.
"Maria," said Mr. Jones upon of oue his
worrying days, "it seems to me you misht
be more economical , now there's my old
clothes. Why can't you in iKe them ove ;
for the ohildi-en insteuel of giving tbetn
.away?""' ' - :
'fid cause they're worn out when you're
done with them," answered Mrs. Jones
'It's no use making things over for the
children'- that won't hold together ; you
couldn't do it yourself, snvrt as you are:''
Well," grumbled Jones, "I wouldn't
have closets full of things mildewing for
want of wear if I was a woman, that's all.
A penny saved is a penny earneel."'
That was in April. One warm day in
May Mr. Jones went prancing threiugei the
closets looking fur .something he couldn't
find, and turning things generally iusido
out.
"Ma ia !" he screamed, "where 's my gray
alpaca duster?"
"Made it over for Johnny."
"Ahem ! Well, where 's ihe brown linqn
one I heiught last sumin'T?"
'.C'othes-bag !"munibltd Mrs.Jeinea, who
seemed to have u difficulty iu her speech at
lhat moment. ''Just math; it iuto a na
one!" 5
"Where are my luveneler punt? ye'-'ed
Jones. ..
"Cut them over for Willie."
".Heavens,!" groaned her husband. Then
in a voice ol thunder : "Where have my
blue suspenders gone to ?"
"Hung Ihe buhy jumper with them."
"Maria," asked the ustonished man, in
a subiiue J voice, "would you mini! tel
ling me what you have done wiih my silk
hat; you haven't made that over for the
baby, have yon ?"
'O'i I no, dear." answered bis . wife
cheerfully. "I've nsed(that for a bang
ing basket. It is full of 1'hmts, aud looks
lovely." Mr. JoneS never mentions the ;
word economy or suggtfts making ovtr
he hal enough of it.
The. crop prospects in India are glooniv,
a drought having prevailed there. A
famine is feared.
ome $1,000 CQP have been added to the
weulth olthe nation by the mines ol North
Carolina wilhio the pa fivr years.
Ttxus people do not throw themselves op
rpttapl s, no matter how much display thtj
c;uke at funerals. Down on the Rio Grande
a plain board at the head of a n. nod tell
the public that " thirteen f them M-xicap
Gicrsers are planted Ute."