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THE MONROE T §
VOL XXXIX.
LIFE AND LOVE,
J/fe Jits JmrriaJ I.^vo away,
As (hough h« n vrr kn w its birth*
In holds no Ins’iim faulty here,
ij iKifi tiii olnmn »*^n h.
l.oy r>\ ttif* bon lsman, avue aa liour
TV spurt alxjvi* t p wi-1) of things |
I •*t w**ut biK way —
Ubh J are the trine i winje*.
— Melville I’pton, In H Tibnaf.
on: IN\ LSIULE CHEST,
i r li VODQZ.
>\%J *X A&K K f i T . H 7 r « pending
[W even
-T Wp-t / h M »'g "» »« wy the father's parlor
■'■fi /V > ffl Vj handsome romi*
Wwm try home when
u ho front door*
■:u \ hell
rang and
sla rled ™ «H
into guessing who
y «, our visitor might
t e.
rf m t In upitoiif
s blushing tn.y
attempt
to ridicule the
Idea it. was pretty
Well 81 tilt.I by the youngest mem*
III tv. or our family, at least that our
ejiller Would prove to be a young man
mid neighbor Mipposed to be deeply
in am with me, when our dainty
wiutiug maid announce l a messenger
ivitl# a telejr.fin.
Gf course that unusual event in our
rural and sometimes too quiet exist¬
ence, en in i a. I'ttic commotion, and,
1 the dispatch was addressed to me, T
was watched with curious ryes while J
o|h no I the envelope and read its con
'' " tnvl b’-morrow to visit von,”
>! raid; “have -cut trunk today,”
eigno !, “Mary Norton.” She was my
very dearest girl friend on earth and ;
had I-nr.: promised to visit me. The
anticipation of her coming made
vciyon > so happy that nothing move
' va * s:li,! h!, <>u 1. my “beau,” for which
l was thank lul.
’Hie next afternoon tho expressman |
brought the expected trunk. I had it
taken upstairs and placed in my room,
tor I insisted that my best friend
should share my lovely, suuny bed j
chamber aud not be poked away in the j
cold apartment reserved for ordinary :
After some trouble and complain¬
ing, for the trunk was unusually largo
and heavy, the expressman, helped by
oui gardener, carried it up and set it
Hga .ed, the loot Of my bed, there to
wait for its beloved owner.
Ak 1 “ HV! “‘Gitioued our house and
gimunds were large and handsome, for
my Ait her, being rich, prided himself
<•» inumtumuur a home befitting a
eo untiy gentleman, YVo also pOH
(tossed much jewelry and other rare
lr t n asin-ev, . and, , , lor , tear of . robbers,
;mr house was well protected without
by dogs and witlnu by bolts and bars
ami .-leetne alarms at each door amt
", i 1,1 ftThthm xvu al! had large
dimui bells by our bedsides to n „g
nnous'y in ease ot necessity, and tlm
7* ' ,,,,d 7' ot '! lj h,ul n ° en(l
ot gnus and ban iy pistols.
l onsequeutly, on tho following
morning when we discovered that wo
had been robbed during t!v v night, we
were frightened and slioeked beyond
measure.
Mmost every room had been en
tered and nearly-all our jewelry
gone. Even watches from under nil
lii-v. .ml i„,,k,.tlKK.k, from (,th-r'.
nn was p th, tl fait 'V, that , " not the slightest
sign oi breaking in or out could be
l.Mind at a single door or window,
I he electric contrivances were all un
* ' ivV HH could ‘ have done the robbery? I
YY e couldn’t, suspect our servants of !
nny ‘-Iniit- in the crime, for long years
>* fait mill duty proved the contrary,
i a burglar had secreted himself in
the house before dosing time, which
sc< 'mod probable, how could he hn\
gotten out ami left no trace? The
more we tried to solve the riddle the
more bl'lHvil' mvstirions it
- oworl'o,: ut lor JK II soou have u ,i theory y
In itternoou ’ ' n on ( of t that that aw awful nil day ,
' 1 i:n cime t<‘ our house
from .\ l!U T l > read : “Moth
rMuldenly.il. Uaunot come. Will
i fur ‘ruuk. Please deliver to ex
uuu ' " b ii he calls. NY ill write
particulars.’ _
In an hour following that came the
expre-sman an 1. glad that Mary was
to be spared the unpleasantness of a
visit at such a forlorn time, w e again
heavy et our man help him away w ith the
trunk from its place at the foot
of my bed.
lor a week we did our best, assisted,
too, by city detectives, to discover a
clue to the robbers, but ail in vain.
And every day we sent to the post
oflice for my frieudV promised letter,
but none came. Then anxious for
fear her mother was seriously ill, I
wrote to her. Bv return mail came
an nusxver, saving she had sent neither
trnuk nor telegrams, that her mother
was not sick, and asking what it all
meant.
At once 1 understood our robbery,
Ihe burglar had been in the trunk
w Leu it came, lie had passed the night,
save when he was making the round of
the house, in my room when 1 was
alone; then with his valuable plunder
lie had been shipped hwhv in his queer
lading place No wonder the trank
was heavy and big. V, doubt from
peepholes ui it the robber had watched
until c. ruin I was sound asleep,
Then out he must have crept, and-the
thought made me shudder and feel
faint
. ,, S ;f , U We a , mire . , 1 t , M> 7 nnin
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and ft, 1 bold trick, l we immediately set
ftbont tracin' the trunk ‘-t- in ‘
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Forsyth, Monroe county, ga, Tuesday morning, april 10. istu.
Thf' expressman. whom we fouud to
»>e honest and unsuspicious in the mat
\ t**» ha<1 ffiv-n it id the railroad which,
| *n telegraphic orders* ha 1 forwarded
it to iw .djMnit eitj. Thcro ,t *«,
I called for amt taken” nivav liv a ,ir»v'
tnail who likely was an «,i pU « of
! <l.e Imrglar, for no one at ,h. .t.tion
knew him and nothing further Uould
I- l< armal r, gar. ting the trunk, at W
for the lime boin~.
1 Now comes the strangest and nlm-jst
incredible part of my story
I wa-Z was on a a week we t s visit v -7 at T my r ° bbcr uncle f } s
house in a distant town. Like my
lt ::r sho : vea
, stained
pr Hn<1 T hi e
^ V( woe aH gathered in n the parlor a
brought in and handed
* ,,m > .<'<>"*<« A lct> ‘ (,f course my
JJgjT"was "»» 1 "//i ° 7" / aroused when St the it
,tH te * hU * Wlth b ‘W the oao uhm 8ent i ^ *} »• H !
the night < before our burglar,
Htantly ihi knew what was coming. So !
rtid ,.i Vrr.i. , 7. *1 th '5'* “ mft y
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■ 7' „ “ .’S-®"®* »t the af
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Fot some moments we gazed at each
"ther speechless astonishment, f
1 lieu Uncle John, bound to joke, no j
mutter what happened, asked mo with
»»ook seriousness if I would like the !
expected trunk set in my room, which,
*w*mg tho guest chamber, was the
w«ht My plaeo look for of terror it. made him smile |
m spite ot^ his straight face.
•No! No! 1 gasped. “I should
'J'.e <1‘> at the l for sight the of police it. Oh, ut Uncle John, I’m
sen once.
s 'tro well all bo murdered in our
sleep.”
“Tes, but we want to trap your bur- j
gift!’ friend,” he laughed, “and maybe
recover your jewels. However, if yon
«re so unlioapitablc, perhaps Alice will
bike tin'stranger in. ”
But Alice, with a face more scared
Earn miing declared positively that
s l l< ‘ wouldu t.
“Well, then, I will do the honors,”
said uncle, glancing mischievously at
his frightened wife,
“John I you shall do no such thing,”
spoke up auntie, with a trembling
voice, “i’ll have the trunk thrown
( lown the well as soon as it arrives,
No burglar, dead or alive, comes into
uiy ’"!! 1 , r , 71 1 .,
1 ' !
7 vv aid tied down , to business .
've
X iXm on ft}) nn to catch the com-
3T burglar red-handed and without
huv danger to ourselves
Larly next morning I moved from
^>e goes s chamber to my room with
cousin Alice, then my deserted apart*
“on* had ts wuido - securely barred,
«> that our expected guest could *- ,t
eseape through: them should he feel so
mohued, and its door was fixed to be !
strongly 7 bolted irom watehes outside, and in the |
T small ’ ,np , carelessly jewelry |
ot vame were left on ,
the dressing case to tempt the rascal
and keep him in innocence of our
scheme
N vend well-armed men were to be
.
stationed quietly in and about the
‘ouse. to do wnatever fighting might
’ e 7 Ct ’? ary ; thoU 7 ol »' P lal1 was to
h* | jet * possible. the burglar Then, rest axter m fancied his departure peace,
‘ n the trunk, we were to follow
capture his pals in the city, aiid so re- j
COV{ *r the previously stolen articles.
Tis needless to mention our excite
of waiting all the next day for
tho trunk, or our scarcely concealed
a k r ’tat ion when, toward eveniug, it
Mriveil.
Vi.clc.fohi, 001 , 0 ^. 010 ., prod......
*"«*"* * tM ***"*r‘ »* ‘hp.lMsi.rc of the
visit it promised, helped Ihe unsus
peeting expressman up the broad stair
case and carefully left it in the guest
chamber, right side up and where it
coll ld bo observed from tfie hall by
peeping through the kev-hole of the
well-fastened door, !
Before dark I mustered courage i
enough to steal in stockinged feet to
the key-hole and peek in.
Y es, the trunk was the very' one I
had entertained and even sat on m my
room at home, with never a thought
of its i i occupant. . Ugh! T - i i -m Ihe
s O b ( 0 | '( s< y( °bills through me nud
i» feelmg on my *.1», uifmj j
: uor was try, ug toerect .Hastily ;
Beard chamber, *t 4m th and “\ "" never rse tha stopped “ B, “
shivering till supper was over.
You may be sure no eves were closed
in the house that night. The men
guarding the hall heard the knob of
the prison-room door softly tried, i
but, of course, it didn’t open, which
was luokv for the rascal within.
At last davlight came and relieved
us of soim* of our awful suspense.:
After breakfast Uncle John noiselessly
unbolted the door and, carelessly hum
ming a tune and concealing a handy
w eapon, entered the room. The trunk
stood just as it was left the evening
before. But the jewelrv and stuff had
disappeared from the dressing-ease. ;
When brave Uncle John returned to
us to report his eves shone with a
*
hunter's delight. His game was
trapped and ready to be bagged when
the time came.
Just before dinner the other tele
gram, almost a duplicate of mine
arrived, and after it the expressman
for the trunk. Again unde" and the
still unsuspicious man lifted the
burglar’s receptacle and placed it on
the wagon to go to the railroad sta
tion.
Then, as we watched it driven awav
with uncle and a pair of constables
following iu a buggy, * we dared speak
above a whisper.
The rest of the story uncle told us
on the following fn.^m dav, when he came
home safely his hazardous trip.
“At tbc station,” he said, “we
found a nice looking, respectable chap
waning. waitin'*- YY'hen open ine the trunk truna appearetl anneare 1
bt ‘ paul tbe expressman and checked «
the trunk through ,* to New York, * to
, v, « ti y., . . , \
detectives to meet me oil arrival of the
train.
»»wh«. ° e " *v„ tLe *„ TV 1 * ^ pI , “* el , m . tln .,
'’ <!W * g,! P»rt M tli< natfkmg fat it,
g “ ° D »»-<t.tt
* V‘ * ! * J T. ’ ? t Tt CT“ i?” .»»«•«« ‘V'"1 aa
» *"* V j•*,’* " r ''
him u“'S « «; t, , ■ 1 ’’ *1 *
7 *7 eptcj4 . rhel « pufhng our cigars
C \** l‘ eft€ , we
Tv am had a truly ,
weather, though for the fellow was
mighty careful- to avoid other tonics.
“When wc reached New York I
found rt necessary to attend to some
business, Which concerned him rather
moro than he thought, so shaking
hands ‘good-bve,’ and expressing *
hope to become better acquainted. I
, eft him watc bed by ray town con
stables while 1 sought mv smarter citv
detectives ami put them' ‘onto him/ *
"His drayman was on hand waiting
near the baggage-room. As soon as
'tt*?**'*™* on ft ways my ° smoking n ^ caTt friend /? d f was »ve
neatly "colUre,1 „„d
iu an oppo.Ua direeticin be
tween two valiant policeman. Then
the detectives and my self took a cal
and started after the' trank,
“Through streets becoming dirtiet
and wickeder we followed, without at
tracting suspicion from the dravmau,
until he stopped before an apparently
unoccupied house and prepared to u u*
load. Ere he could do so one detec
tive jumped on his cart, and without
speaking started his horse ahead again,
The other, aided by jup, grabbed the
fellow and prevented him from mak
ing an outcry to alarm his pal in the
trunk. Immediately several police*
men who I didn’t know were following
behind suddenly appeared and burst
into the house which turned out to be
a ‘fence’for the thieves,
“Leaving ' our surprised drayman m
charge of some of the o«io *rs wo
seated ourselves in tho cab aud again
followed the trunk to a police station
house, into which it was carried and
placed in front of the captain’s desk
on the door.
“Then silently we awaited results.
It was dusk, and as no lights were yet
burning to let our game see where he
was we rightly supposed he would
think himself safe at home and act ae
cordingly, Prepared to turn on the
gas full blaze wheu he did so, we
watched the trunk. For perhaps fif
teen anxious minutes it .seemed life
les8> Then we heard a movement in
side, heard a bolt drawn and saw the
lid slowly rise and a head cautiously
ftppcar . pj went the gas and over
went the trun v s i id , pulled bv an
armed 1>f iice. At firzt the head, or its
ftvce rat her, wove a happy, tri
um hant} broftd grin . then as* things |
look frtmiliar lts eyes opon d
wider in au effort to understand mat
ter .s. while the grin faded away like a
rainbow . Then, as the facts of the
case forced themselves on the bur
^'s startled brain the poor fellow’s
hair straightened, his eyes bulged out
like a lobster’s and the astonishment
and terror depicted on Ids youthful,
but evil features beat acting all hollow.
“ *Come out of that, you scamp "
the police captain as soon as
he could talk for lauAiin^ ° ‘and give
account of yourself, YY'hat's the
of this particular racket any¬
?’
<iT1 , he t bur f.‘ . av , ? . e , to , . lfl ”o'A , a ^ , so
, , 7, d, dismal , failure. , ‘Oh, that’s >
was a
f, „ ri S a t, he grinned, I took yez for
he conductor. That’s why I was
tingitahead of old Ymiderlult ,,nd
Chauncev Dee-pue. But don’t tell
’em, kors they’ll be a-opening all the
trunks on the line and the wimmin
might object. Ha, ha, ha ! Say,purty
slick trick, wasn’t it?’
“The burglar’s bluff was good, but
it didn’t work for a cent,
“ ‘YVliat yer doin \S with those
watches in the trunk?’ asked a police¬
man as he fished them out after the
fellow had painfully managed to crawl
out himself.
, (l beein s, ..... it the road time,
runs on
boss . The blamed train was ten min
utes late and I'm goin to report it.
Sa y, hrin't got » eivallerof whisky
yer could lend a tired traveler, her?
Oonlda'l get at the water cooler, ver
know’
,, S ) .. T° U .... 1 W D ° tr ? ub e
tlB .. at the cooler Lock him
8 now.
" re P .? ’ ^ -,L er lp S? l ant ° 1 f. - orr,n ^ e ''. 11 give him another
r tj ce]I thc y too \ ths
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wretch, and then we examined his
14 was padded inside so that
* in ? to «* d about by baggage
sma f her s coulun t hurt. There were
et f mft le to button ,?f ! he
7* °, nI v a c 7 pIe , werebJed 7 hl ?
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P lu “ d e r - Some empty flasks and
crumbs of food we found. Intnebot
tom “ d sides vrere ventilating and
, hBles A llre eek
P ee P - B a ."*
tr ’ 1 tbmk ’ lf }lIS provisions
be d out .,
Iu ; week - I received . notice
a or so a
to appear in a New York court to give
my testimony and identify the things
Sicden m T ow ' a home, most of xvhicb
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r f cov ered. I saw the trunk again,
aud lts OCCT ^P ant > bu ? 1 g^ess he knew
better than I did him.—Detroit
^ ree P ress -
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brow i Till Sixty-five Years ol Agt
“Head's grown Ve sir ” maniouiatin^ observed mv
hatter one dav to
the interior of'mv topper with a foot
rule* and when* I indicmantlv db
claimed the soft impeachment he
added- “All mv customers’ exceiUm^ li-ads 1
^^^^1 grow sir up to '-ntv-five ' j
don’t ~row after twentv-five ’ Here 7 i
SlriS in doubtless ’ lies the the reason reason why
clerical k headgear t is so characteristic j
of the man beneath, for never was k [
greater o-reater fallacy iauacy than toan tfie tne aoa ada b -e e that aiut , 1
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FERTILITY UNDER WATER
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POSSIBILITIES OF THE BOTTOM OF
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
It is One of the Richest Agricultural
Regions in the Worth -Adapted
Only For One Crop,
f r~y IIESAPEAKE BA % says the
/ Washington Star, is one of the
yV richest the earth, agricliltttl'if The fertility r regions of its of
bott-un ?ati be compared only with
that of the valley of tho Nile and the
OaugoB and other great S-ew. But
it is adapted lor producing only one
crop—the oyster. This mollusk, it
must bo remembered, livewi on vege
table food, as do all aniimL directly
or indirectly. Tf there were no plants,
all animals would starve at once.
All human food is vegetable in its
origin, whether eaten in tte shape of
plant, or as beef, mutton ar.d egg*. In
the sen the blue hsli prey. Pj. smaller
nshes; many of these on smaller ones;
these, in turn, upon minute crusta
ceaus } these on still smaller creatures;
and these last pasture on the micro
scopic plants which swarm at the sur
face of the ocean. All animals on land
und water depend for tlieir existence
on vegetable food.
lo tno superficial obseiveiHhe vege
tatmn of the sea appears to be very
scanty, and, except for the' fringe of
seaweeds, along the shore, the ocean
seems, so far as plant life is concerned,
to be ajjarren desert. But ffce micro
scope shows that the surface swarms
with minute plants, most of them of
strange forms, having nothi% in com
moil with the trees and trerbs and
grasses of tho land except J;he power
to change mineral matter into food
that is . fit . for animals. Jf
Most of these plants are s(j small as
to be invisible to the unaided eye,
and, even when they are gathered, to
gether in a mass, it looks Ifpe slimy,
discolored water. They se«Mn too in- !
signifieent to play any important part
in tue economy oi natur 'vbnt the
gieut monsters of the de*p, beside
whicn the elephant and the ox and the
pI'k are small animals, owe their exist
ence to these microscopic plants,
1 heir vegetative power ts |*)nderful
past ail expression. Among land plants
corn, which yields seed about, a liun
dredfold in a single season, i«fi tne em- !
blem of fertility, but it can ¥e shown
tna„ single . . plant much
a marine - xv
smaller than a gram ot muster'd seed
would till the whole ocean solid m less
tiian a week, if all ot its c ^udants
were to live. ' 4 ;
. s countless minute -are
constancy pasturing -,fri ; Ihe
multiplication oi these pD - ,s kept
m check, Imt in calm weatuer it is no
rare thing to nml great tracts of water
many miles in extent packed so full of
t.iem that tne whoie surface is con
verted into a slimy mass, which breaks
the waves and smooths the surface
like oil The so-caBed “back water”
of the Arctic aud Antartic Oceans con
sists of a mass of these plants crowded
Inf ““ dlSC ° l01 ' etl I
them.
Through xnrou 0 n these xnese seas seas of or “black Diac.v watu watm_ - ” I ;
roam the right whales, the largest anx
mals £1 hnubet’ on earth 5 n-nlnintf S3&S at mpL " ttTmui mnntl.
mollusks nml crustaceans uliich feel
on the plants. In tropical seas ships
sometimes sail for days through great
floating islands of thin surface vege
tation, and the Red Sea owes its name
to i ) the me coloration cruorauon of oi its its water water bv bj
,
swarms ot microscopic tin<>/It plants which
aie are of oi a a reaaisn reddish un 0 e. it h» nas R W been n
hT d“mfu'on° f U ‘the
ove i
flshcc of the se., sending out flocks
“fjTt °‘ ftr“teuTp“
make its vast wealth of food available.
Chesapeake Bay receives the drain •
age of more than 40,000,000 acres of
fertile land, the most valuable part of
the soil from which is received eventu
ally in the bosom of its quiet waters,
There it is deposited all over the
bottom m the form of fine black sedi
menr Ltas known valuable^ as oyster mud This is
ioMittpSs to tbel,“^Ucbeet man and asfit to
»s tlie Vn
ties everv ve«- on wheat iiis fields uatur” d
r ic» flclds of Ew T „ a “
itruuze* fertilise- ana and 1 it l is^ is so so ri.n rich in in oi 0 y amc ante
.
matter that it petrifies in a few hours ,
wh ei «posed to the sun.
T In the shallow waters of the( bay, j
under the influence of warm sunlight,
ma “ produces a most luxurious
vegetation, but with few exceptions ,
the plants which grow irom it are mi
croscopic and invisible. They are not
confined like land plants to the sur
face of the soil, their food being dif
£ bod us « 7 d m ,° f solution the water throughout As the the Y whole are
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bathed on all „ sides by nourishment,
they do not have to go through the
slow process of sucking it through
roots aud s ^ms, and they grow an l
multiply at a rate which has no par
aUel in the land plants. In fact, they
would quickly choke up the whole bay
if they were not held in checs by
countless minute animals which feast
upon them.
The oyster is an animal especially
adapted for living in such waters and
for gathering up these microscopic
plants and turning them into
food for man. Microscopic animals
also contribute to its diet. These are
ratk er abundant in all water, though
not eo mnch 80 ftS most P eo P ie lma *
?ine ‘ When a professional exhibitor
-shows you, under the microscope, what
he calls a drop f re water, it is
uotum S of th ” sort - It is either a col
lectlon matle b Y Altering several bar
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rebi of ^ ° r is
g 'l a eezed from a piece of decayed moss
or from some other .-mbstance m which
such small organisms 6 have lived and !
^^tiph ed, , i
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General r i de , Gal r uw hfet . an J , i- his staff , # will
(use ivlinns.
Love trusts; it never sells for cash.
Forgiving grows easy with practice.
A fragrant mind is the choicest per
fume.
Cupid not unfreqttently drives in
carriage.
Don’t cry over spilt milk ; drive up
another cow.
A cynic always tries to pick a ros<
up by its thorn.
Poverty builds nobler natures than
wea ]th ever did.
w a(lmire excellence in otters with
, - f
dC y *
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Its hive that .. . . hasn ..
a very poor t
some honey in it.
God gives the foundation and man
builds on it to suit himself.
p y the time a man learns lio is a
f 00 ] ? he begins not to be one.
FasUol)able societv is « ilttuman
izeJ „ ssooiati , m ot individuals.
Friendship has been knou n to stand
* es ^' s sa,se money transactions,
YY e love those u e love, fpr wliat, they
are to us, not what they are to others.
A woman in love is so charitable
that she sometimes gives herself away,
Take good enre of your insides and
yolu . outsides will take care of them
0clye< ,
1 , vlipn
^ 7° u ’ the Kl noor wonld not bemdd
*
’
The egotist . has certain . kind , ol
a
bravery m hat he admires that mos
vrhica most people do not admire af
11 *
About Yoiu* Boys,
Treat your boys as though they
were of some importance, if you would
have them manly and self-reliant.
Be careful of the little courtesies,
You cannot expect your boy to be re
spectful, thoughtful and kind, unless
you first set him the example.
Jf you would have your boy make
yon his confidante, take an active in
terest in all he does; don’t be too
critical, and ask for his views and
opinions at all times.
Don’t keep your boys in ignorance
of things they should know. It is not
the wholesome truth, but the unwhole
some way in which it is acquired that
ruins many a young man.
Don’t act as if you thought your
boy amounted to nothing, or be con
tinuaily making comparisons between
him and some neighbor’s son to his
disadvantage ; nothing will dishearten
him quicker,
Don't tinnkThat aiiything is good
enough for the boys, and that they
don’t care for nice things; have their
roo m fixed up as nicely as possible; let
them understand it is to be kept in
order, and the result will justify " your
pa j ns .
“
Furnish your boy uoy with witu goou, good whole- xinoie
t^aXwith read? y 0*1 Discuss with Mm
you and draw out his opin
T? “ d l Up T ^
vfV 11 ? 0 ear ^ for himseH.
Alake home a pieasant place ; see to
it that the boys ” ^ don’t have to go some- ' L
, ,
1
tim „ pailM to m » ke them feel
comfortable and contented and thev
I™ will not want to spend P their evenings ®“
from home
Pick 7u ! f your 7 son’s associates associates, hee See to to
^ •* i.hat he has no friends you know not
about aooat Trke lake an an interest interest in m all all his ms
troubles and pleasures, and have him
‘Tf “rttl W8
he * l0W t0
appreciate H-Detrot free P P ress.
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Cahaba’s Decadence.
“The town of Cahaba was once tne
capital of Alabama ” said a citizen of
"Mobile “aud thk i visit S to the old place
b li XL. trio tenant^ No one
ve The town k
and deserted ' f-j \ bu‘ L- many of >f the the build build
•
^ - ^ , H ere can _^ e seen * ha
ffV i “ " ber Pp . ,0 n
t°T “ »!*“•> >» t «>«;
*"??!* ^ lv ' “.f lb O tos eloquenon “T* where now oi
nothms; can be heard but the song of
80me wool bird. Some of the dwell
mgs show that once thev were occu
pied by fashionable people, for Caha
ba iu its day waspot ou l y the capital,
but the centre where the wealth and
cniture of ths State met . Many of the
bui i c i iugs are gone , and all of them are
rap idly falling into decav.buttho.se
^ h o think America too new to have
interesting ruins should go to this
and while upon the spot where
so many memories of the past cluster,
rea d the early history of Alabama and
comuare pre^nt.”—St. the past Cahaba with the
Lonis Glqfce-Democrat,
A Seventy-Foot Dragon.
The Eiasmosaurns, a giant serpent
which lived in one oi the latest of the
geological ages, frequently attained a
length of seventy feet. Its chief habit
seems to have been the shallow seas
that formerly lashed their waves over
the prairies of Nebraska, Kansas and
Indian Territory. A skeleton of one
of the creatures found in a West Kan
sas canyon a few years ago proves that
thirty feet of the beast was neck ; the
remainder body, tail and flippers.—
}5t. Louis Republic,
YYhr the Fish .Are Red.
The prevalence ot crimson . colors in
o„st jn portions ^ o. wMch^He wblc A scarlet
and crimson seaweeds abound, is ex¬
by Professor J. Brown Goodo
hv the red ni-mient L derived ^ seaweeds l,v
vra->»- ea n» -om s-.a veects thev they
devonr, and waich iu turn form the
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V NOVEL SINGINVr SCHOOL.
CEACHINO SWEET-VOICED BULL¬
FINCHES TO SING.
Various Classes For the Little Feath¬
ered Pupils—Trained IV 1th Hie
Aid of Organs and Flutes.
/ *—A \ NK of the best cage songsters
that comes to tie* from across
\ / the water is the little bn li¬
finch, a snicill shy bird which
inhabits the well-wooded' districts of
^sia, central and southern Filfdpe.
»”' 1 1«>» of Engla.id. It is found in
this country only as a captive. At
home the bullfinch attacks the young
buds of fruit-trees, ft»d incurs the en
, n i ty G f the gardeners ftil through
Europe ; but the bird is such a sweet
Singer and whistler that hifl
fault in this respect is over
?ome by his excess of good quali-
6ncUe» Iu Germany bred and thoUmad; trained of for bull- the
are
market every year, and many are im¬
ported to this country as cage-birds.
I At Hesse and Fulda are several cele
brated singing-schools where these
singers have their voices and ears
trained slmost to perfection. Ger¬
many has supplied to the world some
of the grandest human musicians; and
she excels as well in cultivating and
j training the little bird-musicians sent
1 forth to all parts of the world,
1 The little bullfinches are raised in
, confinement, and when very young
they are divided into classes of six
J eftch _ Each class has a separate room,
w here the six little birds are shut up
in darkness, with plenty of food near
i them. This is before they have yet
learned to whistle and imitate the
songs of other birds. Suddenly the
,
sweet notes of an organ startle the
birds, and cause them to hop around
j in their dark prison. As the music
1 continues, their spirits become enliv
' eued. Soon they pick of the
up some
! food and chirp forth a few crude notes
j in then imitation of allowed the music. enter Light the is
gradually to
room, thus increasing the happiness
of the singers, and they break forth
into ecstatic song. The music is con
tinned all dav, and the enthusiasts
birds try to follow and imitate it until
fairly exhausted by their efforts.
This is the preparatory schbol; and
after each class of six lias spent some
time here, the several birds are handed
over to training boys whose business
it is to continue tlieir instruction. The
advanced pupils are taken into sepa
rate rooms where organs are played
from early morning until night. The
organs used are ordinary organs that
have soft, pure, flute-like notes, with
nothing Harsh or disagreeable in the
sound. Sometimes birds are trained
by means oi the flute, but in the larger
establishments small organs are com
monly i used
„ tllin ,, . . , , for tlie .. . . cla 7 .
1<v ? r y 8 18 ,n '
i happiness, and the little creatures are
kept in the best of it3 ’ 'f he ° wner
ZZ SSSInd’the nillJs litTle sigi un'
e rs that he reproves or praises the
various ones } in 1 a manner ? m[ that thev
perfectly f understand. Ihis ( training ■ ■
rr/" Hthehr^ vnwfw Z jlZ' ^
** ,7 volces acqttned firmness,
and , d ° f°? tor 8 et or leav e out
m their songs, they paae the
exam ” iatio ' n ’ aB( ^ a ^ e permitted to
leave the singing , school, There are
fllBe ren 8 rat ‘ es o' ™,n;io pupils m tn ♦>.»«« these^bird Wr,l
. . other large
seminaries, as in .every
B/ >i iri m nn ,i u,!,,’],,
* ttort
rnT“h“edffereS^lL S
the’m. w bo„
spoiling or confusing Such
bright birds are often kept longer in
the seminary, and a postgraduate
course is given to them,
f * 7 course a r© taught. to
• t of other birds, _ which
ie songs
^ do t0 Paction; but care is
^ ?ar ‘Y to education. prewrve their They are of also th *
taught amusing tricks, which increase
their value as performers. The birds
from these German semiuerien are ill,>
tinguished all over the counlrv, ami
are sold for good prices. ‘ Sometimes
ou ;irst bein tak n , rom tbeir sent
d naTor + r.
e i 0 omv and nnieV ami per/oflTn refusef to wim? Hfe'
T h L L ^“ei an n nortaM ^lr^at its
and th e ownw b 1 fiMt h k
casionally play the air that the bird
has been accustomed to hear on the
organ. This wili cheer the captive’s
drooping courage, and start it into
long once more.
These bullfinches begin their train¬
ing about four day's after < hey are out
of the shell, and are not dismissed un¬
til nearly a year’s instruction has per¬
fected their voices. Like the parrot,
they are very attentive,' and they will
learn some of the hafsh notes of tbeir
parents if allowed to remain with them
many' days. They never pipe until
they can feed themselves, and then
they are given correct piping to imi¬
tate. A high, jrare, manly whistle
will be responded to by them in a
full, roand, flue-like tone. Bull¬
finches brought up carelessly soon ac¬
quire bad habits in their singing, but
those sent from the German singing
schools very rarely offend in this way.
They carry their diplomas with them,
uid they do credit to their instructors,
—St. Nicholas.
Japanese Doing in for Watchmaking,
The enterprising Japanese, ever on
the lookout for the chance of turning
a few honest pennies, have just gone
in for watchmaking. A large com¬
pany, with headquarters at Yokohama,
has been started, and, as labor in Japan
is cheap, and the Japanese possess in
i remarkable degree the mechanical
skill which is ta essential in the busi¬
ness, its prospects ought to be good.
—London Figaro.
NO. U
Ttlk BLIGHT BID_'.
Lookin’ on the bright side
Thnt’s the way to go ;
Bot you it’s the right side—•
Summertime cr snovn? ;
Nothin’ much in grievin’-—
Keeps you in the groove
It’s a man’s believin’
Makes the mountains move!
Couds is got a light eide—
AU the bells’ll chime ;
Lookin’ on the bright side
Gits there every time !
—Atlanta Constitution
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Peacemakers and fools carry cracked
beads.
A lie never stops to put on its hat.
—Ram’s Horn.
It is not what one knows, but how
one tells it, that determines one’s
ability'.
You can always tickle a girl with n
feather, if it happens to be an ostrich
feather.—Puck.
There is not faith enough in this
world to go around and never was.—
Galveston News.
The woman who is vain of hoi
beauty is ns wise as' the man who it
vain of his brains.—Puck.
The man who is “always on the go,’
generally doesn’t know how to stop
when he gets there.—Puck.
YYHten a girl goes visiting she re¬
turns home as soon as she lias worn all
her dresses—Atchison Globe.
Many a man who would like to re¬
form tho world lias a front gate that
won’t stay shut.—Ram’s Horn.
BorrowstV Have you any spare
funds?” Lenddes (curtly)—“My funds
are all spare. ”—-Chicago Record.
“Nothing succeeds like distress,*
remarked the beggar, an he counted
his coin at tlie end of flic day.—Fun.
Little grains of wisdom,
Little bits of sense,
Have a way of making
Cupid less intense.
—Detroit Free Fn
The battleship does well enough at
long range, but when she comes on a
reef, then comes the tug.—Boston •
Transcript.
A good many boys have turned out
badly, because they had fathers who
made them work with a dull hoe.—•
Ram’s Horn.
“There’s a lesson to be learned from
the pin, my son. It is given a head
that it may not go too far.’’—Boston
Transcript.
The man who discovered that tho
darkest hour is just before the dawn,
must have been making a night of it.
—Philadelphia Life. *r
Teacher—“In the sentence, ‘Time
is money',’ can you parse money?”
Scholar—“Yes’m, if it is good money.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Polite Gentleman (in street car) —
“Take my seat, madame. ” Lady—
“Never mind, thunk you. I get out
here, too.”—New York YVcekly.
That woman the weaker vessel is
Full many a doubt he bath,
Who feels the weighty contents of
The vials of her wrath.
—Fuck.
In Iceland whistling is regarded as
n violation of the divine law. In most
countries, however, it is regarded only
as a confounded nuisance.—Boston
Transcript.
Criticus—“I’d be ashamed to write
such stuff as you write.” Authors—
“Of course, you would. Everybody
would say it was plagiarized. Chi¬
cago Record.
Minnie—“Don’t yon think our
modern styles are just horrid? I do.”
Mamie--“Is that the reason you are
still wearing your last year’s bon¬
net?”—Indianapolis Journal.
The era of excessive and cruel pun¬
ishment has not yet wholly passed
away'. A Socialist agitator was sen¬
tenced to hard labor in Germany tho
other day. —Courier-Journal.
YVesterly—“I tell yon there’s elec¬
tricity in the air out West. You can’t
get the Chicago atmosphere in New
York.” Hudson—“Yes, you can.
Walk just behind a garbage cart.”—
Kate Field’s Washington.
Mrs. Y 7 an Asthelt—“I suppose you
take a lively' interest in the politics of
your country, Lord Saxonorme?”
Lord Baxonorme (with pride) — “Oh,
dear, no. I’m a member of the House
of Lords, y’ know.”—Chicago Rec¬
ord.
Clara —“Going in for charity again,
are you? YYTiat is it this time?” Dora
— “We are going to distribute cheap
copies of Beethoven’s symphonies
among the poor. Music is such an aid
to digestion, you know.”—New York
Weekly.
Master (examining pupils in geog¬
raphy)— “What is the name of this
town?” Pupil —“Birmingham.” Mas¬
ter— “What is it noted for?” Pupil
; : Firearms.” Master—“What are fire¬
arms?” Pupil—“Poker, shovel and
tongs. ”—TitrBits.
Restful Rags—“What’s become of
Pete?” YVeary YY’illiam (shaking his
head)—“Don’t ask me, Ragsy. He’s
gone to the bad.” Restful Rags—“In
jail, eh?” YVeary YVilliam—“Worse
thau that! He’s workin’ reg’lar in a
factory.”—Kate Field's Washington.
First Yonng Lady—“Do you always
buy two kinds of paper?” Second
Young Lady—“Always. You see, when
I write to Charlie I use , red paper;
that means love. When I answer Jim’s
letters I use blue paper, which means
‘faithful unto death.’ ”—Brooklyn
Life.
Auntie—“Does your new doll close
tseyes?” Little Ethel — “Yes’m, but
»he is the most wakeful child I ever
>aw. She doesn’t shut her eyes when
1 lay her down, as she ought to. The
mly way to make her go to sleep is to
stand heron her h~ad and shake her.’’
—■Good ??ews.