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ORTH GEORGIA I i* a. « IS Sjj ' }? . ^ g|
Wm. 0. MARTIN, Editor.
Time and I.
We are two travellers, Time and I,
Through gay or gloomy weather—
And since he hailed me at my birth,
We’ve always been together.
He led me through the land of youth,
He journeys onward over,
And helped my toiling footsteps climb
The hUIs of right endeavor.
We are two travellers, Time and I,
Through harsh or happy weather.,
Unsolved tbe secrets of his soul,
Though we have walked together!
He guards the mysteries of the world,
Life, Death, Disease and Sorrow;
Be knows so much, so little I,
And we must part to-morrow.
—TFm. B. Bayne in Youth's Companion.
HIS SECOND WOOING.
i Although Farmer Tucker had long
drealbed of a visit to Chautauqua, when
'he actually found himself at that Mecca of
devout excursionists, early last Augut,
the brawny man was tempted to doubt
his own identity. The holiday surround¬
ings were wholly uulike anything to
which he was accustomed in his prosy
New England home; the rich, crowded
progiammo offered was in striking con¬
trast to the dull monotony of farm life.
When this son of toil first entered the Audi
torium, and saw that rustic amph. theatre
crowded with thousands of people listen¬
ing breathlessly to the full, sweet tones
' of the gran 1 organ, his cramped, selfish
heart was strangely touched and ex¬
panded. For an instant the wish crept
.in that he had asked Jane if sho would
like to come too. But there was not
much time for his owu thoughts, for
as the music ceased a white-haired
speaker arose and was introduced to tho
audience ns Mr. John B. Gough,
At this announcement Samuel Tuck¬
er’s satisfaction was too great to he kept
to himself, and he said half aloud to his
next neighbor: “Well, now, I am beat
to thifik flat I’m going to hear the man
Tsi^^tcd- The to see for l.-ul^ more’n twenty
yei young gave an
amiftsed little laugh, but it fell unheeded
upon the unsophisticated speaker, whose
attention was already caught by the
orator.
Mr. Gough commenced kifc v bvief’Yec« t *'
ture with on3 of his inimitable descrip¬
tions. T.ie story was of a man who ap¬
plied for a divorce and was advised by
his eminent lawyer to try the effect of
making love to his wife as he had done
before marrying her, instead of resorting
to the measure lie had proposed. It in¬
cluded also nil account of a later visit
■when the happy husband withdrew his
application, and, fairly dancing with
glee, assured the lawyer that his experi¬
ment had worked like a chqrm, that
“Sally had become as nmiablo and
affectionate a wife as a man could ask to
have.”
Mr. Gough’s representation of the
scene drew forth prolonged applause;
but Samuel Tucker’s interest was of too
serious a nature to permit his joining in
the laughter. As if unconscious for the
momont, of the multitude about # life, 7 he
said in an undertone: “I’d be nulling to
take my oath that wouldn't work with
Jane. Ail I have to say is, that man’s
wife was different from mine; I’d as soon |
think of feeding serrup to a mummy as
to begin sparking again with lier.”
It would seem that this course of
reasoning did not wholly dismiss from
the farmer's mind a train of thoughts and
possibilities suggested by the lecturer’s
story. In every treat of the following
days—at sacred service or popular
lecture, in the museum or by the model
of the Holy Land, when listening to a
concert or gazing with throngs upon the
illuminated fleet, the far-away husband
was relentlessly followed by a
vision of hard-worked Jane,. look,
iing upon him with reproachful
eyes. At length he quieted- his
conscience with the determination to
' pro yd that his estimate of his wife was i
correct. “When I go back,” ho said to
himself, “I’ll just show the woman some
littlc attentions, and I’ll see they won’t
have no more effect on her than they
would on the old bay mare. Jane’s
bound to be sullen and obstinate, and I
suppose I itjay as well make up my mind
t 0 j^ ii
On reaching home the resolution was
not easily carried out. When Air.
Tucker planned some gallantry towards
his wife, the very thought made him feel
so unnatural;and foolish that postpone
ment resulted; but the SfTbbath offered
an opportunity so convenient that he im¬
proved it.
The farm was nearly a mile from the
church, yet Samuel Tucker had for
years been in the habit of driving back
Uone after the forenoon service, leaving
his wife to,attend the Sabbath school,
and then walk home as best she could
through mud or du t. Great was Airs.
Tucker’s nstonklunent, therefore, on the
8a bhqth a fter her hnsbancj’*,'Yeturn, to
fin & liith waiting for her at the close of
SPRING PLACE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 18S6.
the Bible service. The faintest suspi¬
cion that he had driven back to tho
church for her did not cross the good
woman’s mind; she supposed he had
business with some of tho brethren, and
was hesitating whether to walk on as
usual or to suggest waiting for him*
whim the farmer called out, “It’s ju,t as
cheap to ride as to walk.” Silently tho
wife took her seat in the buggy, and si¬
lently they drove home, much to the
husband’s satisfaction, for it seemed to
him a proof of the woman’s dull, unnp
preciativc nature. “She rlidn’t act
pleascd, but was only daze 1 like, ns I
knew she would lie,’’ he muttered as he
went about his mid-day “chores.”
At the same time AJr. Tucker was con¬
scious of having performed a most praise
worthy act, and felt so comfortable that
he resolved to repeat the experiment
So on the following Sabbath, Jane a-mir,
found her husband m waiting, and as
she mounted the high buggv, ventured
to utter a half-audible “thank you,” and
to ask Samuel if he had been waitino
long. To which Mr. Tucker replied
that he had just reached the church,
and didn’t know but he might find sho
had started ou foot. This reply seemed
to Jane a positive assurance 'that her
husband had really returned for the sole
purpose of taking her home, and he,
chilled heart glowed with a warmth m, -
known for years. She longed to tell her
husband how much she appreciated his
trouble, but imagined it would sound
“so foolish” that she kept her pleasure
to herself
The third Sabbath was rainy, and as
she washed the breakfast dishes, Mrs.
Tucker kept thinking: “I wonder il
Samuel means to com j for me this noon;
it would be such a hel]> in the rain; I’m
half a’ mind to ask him!” This resolu¬
tion was soon st fled, however, with the
reasoning which had silenced many sim¬
ilar resolves in the past ten years. “No,
I won’t ask no favors. If lie cjon’t think
onou.gh.of mo to come, why heuioedn’t”
Although proudly unwilling to
attentions, Jane longed for some demon¬
stration- of her husband's love and care.
She had walked’ home in the rain too of
.ten greatly ito dread such exposure; but
a week before, the wjfo had tasted the
joy of being considered, and longed foi
some new and further proof of her com¬
panion’s affection.
Airs. Tucker’s heart leaped for joy,
when, at noon, she saw the old mate’s
head from the lecture-room window.
Indeed, her hungering heart suddenly
became quite unmanageable, and, en¬
tering the carriage, poor, melted Jane
sobbed out: “I’m sure it’s very good of
you, Samuel, to come back for me
this rainy day!” and then the tears
flowed so fast that further words were
impossible.
Completely taken by surprise, Air.
Tucker exclaimed: “I, declare I I hadn’t
no idee you’d care so much about it I”
“I wouldn't mind tho walk,” re¬
sponded tlie wife, “but—Samuel—I’m
so happy to have you—care enough abo.ut
me to come!”
The man was brushing away a
tear frchiV his own check now; his tend
f rer ’_ betier nature was mastering the
hard, selfish spirit which had long pos¬
sessed him, and with some cougliing and
choking ho said: “ Jane, I see I’ve made
an awful botch of our married life; if
you’re a mind to forgive me, I’ll see if I
can’t treat you from to-day as a woman
ought to be treated.”
This confession was all too much foi
the weeping wife, aud she answered
quickly: 11 You're not a bit more to blame
than I am; I’ve been proud and obstin¬
ate; but I’ll tell you what it is, we’ll bc
S* n art! over again.”
The ice was now thoroughly broken,
and that afternoon Farmer Tuckor aud
Li si wife had a long talk over the
P !IS ^ and Hie future. And in the even
when they were about to start for
th e prayer meeting to he held in a
neighboring school house, the renewed
husband stooped and kissed ; Iris wife,
saying: “Jane, I’ve been unthinking
that man-ied life ain’t so very different
fr onl fanning or any other occupation,
_ •* *■ sucb f°°l to think
a ' n a as a
field will keep a yielding if I only enrich
it once and plant it once; I have to go
over the same ground every season; and
here I supposed you was a-going to al
ways do as you did when we were a
courting, without my doing my part at
ab -
“If I hadn’t changed any, maybe you
would always have been ns tender as you
used to be,” pleaded the happy wife.
“Perhaps so and perhaps not; but I
don’t mean to leave you to try no such
plan. I tell you what it is Jane, I feel
as if we hadn’t nev|ir been really mar¬
ried till to-day. It’most seems as if we
ought to take a wedding tower.”— Con
gixgationalist.
Working like a liprse—A lawyer upon
a conveyance.
PECULIAR PETS,
Queer Fancies of Some People
in the Metropolis.
Hugo Dogs, Little White Mice and AUi*
gators Owned by Young Ladies.
A New York letter in the Hartford
('want says: In a walk through Tenth
» ot , long ago r I witnessed .. , a nove ,
sight which attracted the attention of
more than one passer-by. A handsome
white hound whose sleek coat was so
well cared for that it shone like silver,
walked dignillediy on the sidewalk,
while on his back was perched a cock
:,t0 ° ° f white P luma «°’ with huad aud
! | f by n stood S* a handsome w ' thred and mat, / cllow dressed ’ Near in
^° dti,Ste ’ a littlc dudish > P erha P 9 ’ who
! , wk ' ntl y took S reat P leas " rc iu watctl "
j 5 »S Wa pets, so strangely mated,
' The S ent,eman was Mr - Wiliiam Chase,
j tho wlebrate;1 artist > whose studio is in
! th ° buildin * dcvotcd to artlsts
I , building ou . Tenth also stroet the Iu still this
was un
| ! occupied studio of poor Frank Silva, who
I ,lled , li,St "P™* P romine “ t 119 a flue
marine P aintcr !ind a brav ° 8oldier dur "
our civil war His wife now teaches
and ' s - \ be, ‘ cve . do > n g
well- Every Sunday Mr. Chase is seen
i on Fifth avenue with Lis handsome white
! . whose , silver .. collar .... decorated ... with
«og, ts
" ^ "h,to satin bow. Week days
yellow or red ribbons are worn, but the
white bow always worn the first day of
the week seems , to make the dog carry
liis-head in a different way, just as if he
wished to look more like a communicant.
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He serves as quite an ad vertisement for
his famous master, everyone asking to
whom the handsome animal belongs, for
while tho name of William Chaso is
familiar to everyone, ho him-elf is not.
Air. James Barton Key, who has left
the stage and is now a stock broker, has
a huge mastiff, beside wh^cii.a Shetland
pony would appear decidedly diminilfttW
Master and dog apparently entertain the
greatest affection for each other. The
latter would certainly prove a formidable
foe to any one who might attack Mr.
Key. It is not Unusual to s<?G a lady
trudging along one of the principal
thoroughfares leading by a chain q dog
almost as large as herself. Tho small
dogis quite out of style just now. It
seems somewhat ludicrous to sec the
chains which secure (?) these immense
animals to a dainty hand, for if the dog
were so disposed he could run off with
chain, mistress, and all. A lady on
Washington square has a marmoset, the
funniest little creature alive, with a very
human expression and a peculiar little
cry, its eyes really filling with tears at
times. It is almost always chattering
with the cold, and lias to be snuggled up
in blankets or placed in a basket near
tbe fire most of the time. It is a great
pet, fond of its mistress, and runs about
her head and shoulders. It is, however,
somewhat of a nuisance, all endeavors
towards neatness being time thrown
away.
Aliss Alary AlcC.ellnu, daughter of the
late Gen. McClellan, hud very peculiar
pets, two white mice, which at times she
would take to the opera. They ran
arouud the box at the Academy, often
perched on her bare shoulders, and kept
the audience quite amused or the re¬
verse. They were only permitted to
run about during the intermission, but
one night, just as the prirna donna was
in the midst of a pathetic solo, the mice
came out as if to hear, too, and the eyes
of the audience followed them. Miss
McClellan tried to secure them, but they
became excited and ran away over the
cushioned rail of the balcony Until
caught by an usher and returned to their
mistress. Probably the prima donna to
this day does not understand why her
solo received so little applause that
particular niglit. Young alligators are
great pets, and several fashionable young
ladies own whole families of them. There
Js a goat living near me that is a great
favorite of its owner. It is named
“Stephen Dorsey,” but is called “Dorsey”
for short. We never speak as we pass
by. I have good reasons for being thus
unfriendly. “Dorsey” himself and a
slippery sidewalk last winter have much
to do with it. There is a dog that lives
next door to me. He only understands
French. He is forever running away,
and his master stands at the front door
shouting “Plon-Plon” (the dog’s name),
“venez ici,” till sometimes I wish Plon
| Plon was off somewhere with his more
sake. or less, usually less, distinguished name¬
But the latest fashiouable pets are
babies. Yes, babies and small children,
who have heretofore been consigned to
the nursery, are now decorated, I will
not say clothed, in the most artistic cos
tumes, and serve to enhance the picture
of a nrett.v and gay mamma. The
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human pets are no longer considered
nuisances, but are on dress parade when*
ever occasion requires. They are not
allowed to converse at all, but simply
to pose. It is said of Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, who has two liana- ;
some boys, usually dressed like the !
princes in old pictures, that whenever
the door bell rings they quietly strike
an attitude, so that to the guest they
make complete the picture of the charm- i
ing Washington home of their gifted
mother.
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Language of the Eyes.
Long almond-shaped eyes, with thick- '
skinned eyelids that cover half tbe pu- j
pil, are indicative of genius when they j
are found in conjunction with a brow I
which is full over the eyebrows, and
which has one deep perpendicular line
between the eyebrows. I have frequent¬
ly noticed this combination in the faces
of distinguished liteiary men and artists.
The almond-shaped eye, however, even
without this peculiar form of forehead I
always means a susceptible, impression- |
able nature. Eyes which are large, open
and very transparent, and* which sparklrf
with a rapid motion under well-defined
eyelids, denote elegance in taste, a some¬
what susceptible temper, and great in¬
terest in the opposite sex. Eyes with
weakly marked eyebrows above them,
and with thinly growing eyelashes, which
are completely without any upward curve,
denote a feeble constitution and a mel¬
ancholy disposition Deep-sunken and
small blue eyes, under a bony, almost
pcrpendicular.forchcad, are indicative of
selfish and cold-hearted natures. Eyes
which show not only tho whole of the
iris, but also some of the white both
above aud below it, denote a restless,
uncertain nature, incapable of repose or
of concentrated thought ou any subject.
Round-shaped eyes are never seen in tho
face of a highly intellectual person, but
they denote a kindly, truthful and iuno
cent nature. Eyes which, when seen in
profile, are so protuberant as to run al
mosk-poroUui vsith the profile of the nose,
show a weak organization of body j,i>d,
mind. Eyes rather ciose together show
penetration, but eyes close together de¬
note cunning and an untruthful disposi¬
tion. Eyes rather far apart are indica¬
tive of frankness and simplicity of pur¬
pose—an honest and guileless nature.
When, however, the eyes are very far
apart, they denote stupidity. Eyes with
sharply defined angles, sinking at the
corners, show subtlety of mind; the
sharper the angle and the more it sinks,
the greater the delicacy of perception' it
denotes; but when very much developed
it shows also craftiness amounting to de¬
ceit. Well-opened eyes, with smooth
eyelids and a steady aud somewhat fix¬
ed glance, denote sincerity. Lines run¬
ning along the eyelids from side to side,
and passing out upon the temples, denote
habitual laughter—a cheerful tempera¬
ment, or, at any rate, one in which the
sense of fun is strong.
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Largest Si cam llaramor iu the j
IVoi 1(1.
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‘ 1 siurg e tei tu tie C licago
Herald says: I saw at tlie Black
Diamond Steel Works tbe •
largest steam
hammer in tho world. It is used for !
forging steel plates of enormous thick¬
ness and size,-and to this monster will
no doubt be assigued the task of turning
out forgings of plates aud gun metal for
the new ships of war. The Black
Diamond hammer is ten feet square and
strikes a blow of 200 tons. The anvil
block upon which its fearful impact
dedends is a solid cube of twelve feet and
weighs 180 tons. It was cast upon the
foundation it now rests on and it took
the molten contents of six cupolas to
make tho block. When it was cast the
Pittsburg Fire Department sent six
steam engines to the scene and kept them
there for a week, or until all danger that
the fearful mass of malten iron might
burst its bonds or by its exploding gases
fire the neighborhood had ended. It
took nearly six months for the anvil to
cool so that the sand mold might be dug
away, and even then workmen could not
touch it with their hands. Like all steam
hammers its mechanism is adjusted with
the utmost nicety, and the great mass,
it was said, might comedown on a man’s
hand and he stopped so nicely that it
would - wo more than touch with a gentle
pressure. 1 accepted this statement
without physical corroboration.
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A Prize of $1,000,000. !
Probably the largest literary prize
ever offered is one of $1,000,000 to be
given in 1925 by tho Russian National
Academy for the best work on the life
and reign of Alexander I. In 1825,
shortly after the death of Alexander
the sum of 50,000 rublcB was offered b y
one of his favorite Alinistcrs to be given
as a prize a century after his death, and
it is this sum at compound interest which
will amount in 1925 to $1,000,090.
“PUTMA oliUYil LUtU-UPEIVO. pT T p] I
Likewise Some Other Vegeta¬
bles of Oriental Cultivation.
What a Reporter Saw in a Tour of New
York’s Chinatown.
One of the attractions which draw a
crowd of Chinamen to Mott street ou
Sundays at this season is the opportunity
to buy several kinds of alleged vegetables
which can be purchased at no- other
market in this part of the world and
which are sold there from street stands
and wagons.
A tall, grave-looking Chinaman, whose
pigtail -was of a finer fibre than that o!
the average Iaund r yman, and who was
presumed to possess superior intelligence,
said that one of tho baskets contained
“China cucumbers.” They were about
six inches long, an inch thick, of a vivid
cholera morbus green, and deeply
wrinkled, somewhat after the manner of
a dried pepper pod. They looked about
as much like a cucumber as a Chinaman
looks like a Yankee. They were selling
at tbe rather steep price for cucumbers
of forty cents a pound. The venders
were weighing them out. on contrivances
made somewhat after tho manner of
steelyards, with a tin scale pan at one
end of the rod, and a weight that hung
by a string loop. The rod was of wood, and
instead of notched divisions there were
clusters of pin heads. If tho inspectors
and Sealers of Weights and Measures
would tfirn their attention to these scales
their.,places no longer would be sine¬
cures. The Chinaman with the intelli
gent-looking pig-tail said that these hca
then cucumbers were not sliced up raw i
and eaten with salt, pepper, mid vinegar,
and followed by anti-cholera mixture,
but wero cooked before being eaten.
He did not know whore they were
grown.
In another basket were some larger
vegetables, also of a forbidding green,
They were of the size aud shape of a
RttieAirpwm jug without the handle,
Tnese, the intclllgeiit Caiuasaid.
w-ere Chinese squashes. Still another
basket held vegetables which /can
likened to nothing else that exists. They
were suspicious-looking pods about a
loot long, tapering to a point, a littlc
less than two inches through at the butt,
and fluted from butt to pp&t. They also
were intensely green. In his endeavors
to find out what these things w-ere called
and what they wore good for, the re -1
porter awakened so much suspicion re
gnrding himself that a riot seemed im .
minent, and he took a walk :
down P..rk street to give the heated of£ j
populace an opportunity to cool
When he came back on the other side Of
Mott street a Caucasian youngster w.s
helping a Chinaman to sell vegetables
such as have been inadc^atcly !
scribed, and others, out of a covered I
wagon. these,-And and!
“What arc these,
these?" asked the reporter, pointing to
the contents of vmibus baskets.
“Dunno, dtmno, dunno,” were tho
youngster’s replies to the questions, re -
spectively.
One of the baskets contained vege¬
tables—or fruit—which looked like mina
ture, crook-necked squashes. Iu their
color there was a yellowish and pleasing
departure from the prevailing green.
j “Where are those things raised?” the
boy was asked.
“Long Island,” said he, and he seemed
to be sorry that he knew that much.
The Chinamen wero buyiDg briskly, at
prices which, from an unlearned com¬
parison of price with tho quantity ob¬
tained, seemed in violation of every prin¬
ciple of domestic economy.— New YorJi
Sun.
An Expensive Arrow.
In Alontana, writes an Inter-Ocean coy
respondent, there is still a tendency to
cnish high hats and prey on the pocket
book and sentiments of the tenderfoot.
To cite a single instance of unruitfgated
gall triumphing over creduiltv in that
section, an English traveler o/our tjfain
purchased for $20 the arroiy'that killed
Custer. As far as tiie te>-t<mony of his¬
tory is concerned relative lb the dfeadfUj
battle the banks scene of that the lay LitP’O silent Big overlooking^ Horn, the
)
body of the dashing, golden-haired Cus- ;
ter was found unseated by the?,hand
the savage Sioux, undefiled by tbe ton 5
of an arrow. Thus fact triumphs ov
fiction,
What lie Came Hack For.’
Vathc ' r of >’ 0Ha - « irl “ l should thitlk
J ou "onM be satisfied after the .treat
ment / OU hcrc ,Mt '^ bt 1 kkkcd
yc ^ t; “ e * roat: 8 ^P S anc * set the
,
d-qg on you, and he came back with a
Lig piece of your trousers. Now
do you want? f
Young gian—Pif' like that’piacc^ Ut
eletb, pleaae. --Life. » -
tol. w*.
VI. v -' 4 i»
ms
Alone tbe forest depths I roaai
In ancient, mythic mood, end find
Some animating soul enshrined
Beneath each leafy, sylvan dome.'
Y et thought returns, and soon rerrotvai
Again with analytic skill, x
And marks how inborn fancies fin
The earth with schemes that timsdbsahm
Bo mine is past or present life
Along the verdant avenues,
. As fancy mystic dreams pursues,
Or fact with solid themes is rife.
But thus evoked by leaf and tree,
! My contemplations still Inquire
t Do I the forest scene inspire,
Or do the woods breath into me f
— C. C. Lord in Boston Journal.
HUMOROUS.
A temperance league—-Throe mflea of
water.
There is usually a Geld. map when aa
icicle falls.
Is a tramp idle when he labors under
an impression?
The most unwelcome keepeake is tha
tooth that keeps aching.
A black eye is a sign of beauty in one
sex, of a collision in the other.
-Speaking of farming, nobody ever
heard of a hen complaining of a poor
crop,
“There’s very little change in men’s
trousers this fall,” remarked a tailor as
he failed to collect a bill,
“I never was in war, but have often
faced the powder,” said a young man
after kissing his fair one.
“Those who use our goods are very
much attached to them,” is what a
porous plaster company advertises.
A singer named Limburgcr is attract¬
ing some attention in Germany. He
ought to have a very strong voice.
An article is going the rounds of the
press, headed “How to Manage a Wife.”
Of couse the writer was a single man.
A Los Angeles (Cal.) lady, 40 years of
age, is selling vegetables to educate her
self in music. She is determined not tb
be beet.
He—J a'oudcr when you will motlu^H
to set (it lablp as my
She—By the time you arc fatlfl
vide as good a table as your
my dear.
“That’s what I call hush money;
mur k e d the daddy as lie planked
the cash for a bottle of parogorio to
take home for use in the infantile pota¬
tion of tho family,
An editor with nine unmarried daugh
ter3 b the was misconstruction recently made justly his indignant
y contempor
a ries put upon his able leader on “Tha
Demand for Alore Men.”
„ 0n $1) ooo,000 of gold sent from
LoQ(Jon to this coun trv t'o there is a loss bv
friction of from $100 $330.’’ Send u*
tbe „ old . We won . t l)0 me auWough to
make a fuss about the friction,
SliinkLns and his young wife had just
completed their first quarrel. “I wish I
was dead,” she sobbed. “I wish I was
too,” he blubbered. “Then I don’t wish
I was,” and the war continued.
An old parish clerk was courteously
thanking a church dignitary for .kindly
taking on emergency a village service; .
*A poorer preacher would have done
us, sir,” he said, “if we only know
where to find him.”
Spider Silk.
The female spider is fiercer and larger
than the male. In one tribe of spiders
the female is 1800 times larger than tha
male. The spider’s thread is composed
of innumerable small threads or fibres.
One of these small threads has been eati
mated to be eno two-milUonth of tha'
thickness of a hair. A scientific experi
raenter once drew out from the body of
9in f 9 P ider "
“>ree *P ld « miles f *~ a S.lk °“g may tb a be little/short woven of spi- of
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Oa llte Pension List.
“liis yery amusing,” said a clerk in if
the,, prilled States Pension Office, “to
look over the list of names of old soldiers
6n t be pen gi on books. I am more than
ever convinced that there isn’t anything
in a name, for here we have in name
nearly every great man who has ever
{ lived. Here at one point is Daniel
Webster, at another George Washington,
and further down the list I find Oliver
Cromwell, Julius Caesar, John Wesley,
Henry Clay, and even Jeff Davis is on
our list. Then there are the odd murmmY
such as Ham, Coqa, B«t», Sugarfoot,
■.uill.others. One hardly knows what a
.varieCy of names there is in the warld
until he begins to deal with them by tha
t thousand .”—Indianapolis Journal,
