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YOL. I.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1888.
NO. 14.
' The public speaking during a Presi
dential campaign costa about a million
dollars.
The Balloon Society of London have
felven Professor Baldwin their approval,
stating that his parachute will be useful
■for War balloons.
Great Britain fa becoming more of a
' money lending than a shop keeping na
tion. They are building fewer shops but
are making more money bags. *
The fastest train services in the world
are in the United States. Next comes
England, next France, next Germany.
After that it is a scramble, with no
choice.
The six Kentucky counties of Harlan,
Knott, Bell, Leslie, Lucy and Fletcher
have no church within their limits, yet
the State gives each year many thousand
dollars to foreign missions.
The South has gained 18,000 miles of
railroad track within eight years, at a
cost of $750,000,000. The increase of
the crops, iron and other products of
that section has been in equal propor.
tion.
Less than fifty years ago there was not
a photographic camera in the world; to
day there are 15,000 photographic es
tablishments, to say nothing of the
thousands of amateur outfits, in the
United States.
The Provincial Bank, of Bqpnos Avres,
South America has a capital of $13,-
000,000 and $07,000,000 of deposits. It
does more business than any American
bank and more, even, than the Imperial
Bank of Germany.
The average price pa’d the averagt
Iowa “schoolmam” by the year is
$212.45. Presuming that her board and
washing costs her about $3 por week and
her clothing and incidentals $50 more,
she will then have a surplus of $0.45 to
'build up, a bank account, which in twen
years of hard work would amount to s
little more than $120.
The French police have received in
'Btructions to discovor the authors of an
ingenious political trick, which consists
coin* , pf Napoleon III.
'and substituting the name of "Boulanger
d., Empereur, with the date 1888. So
■far the substitution has been confined to
'ten centime pieces, and has been treated
as a political joke.
Mormonism is spreading. The tribe
at Salt Lake may be disintegrating, but
(only for the benefit of other localities.
IjFour hundred Mormon fnmiliies have
(recently settled in Wyoming. Thou
sands of Mormons have settled in Idaho.
pThere are large Mormon colonics in Ari
zona and Colorado. Nevada is so over
run with them that it has been declared
(the Mormons could soon secure control
Jof the state if they should make a vigor
ous effort.
That foreign claim of a torpodo vessel
(that can run for boursunder water is not
'a sound one, assorts the Cincinnati En-
^jiirer. It is simply a reproduction of a
into American Experiment in the boat
(called the “Peacemaker.” The sehemo
twill never be a complete success until a
(motor is discovered that needs no lire
land makes no smoko. Compressed air
jwas used by the “Peacemaker," but so
little of that cau be carried that the
campaign^ 1 must be very brief. Perhaps
[some day some one will be able to so
'“store" electricity as to solve the
'problem.
The owner of some homing pigeons
at Hamm, in Holland, bet that on a fine
day twelve of his bees would beat a like
dumber of carrier pigeons in making
’’ the distance (one hour! between Hamm
And the town of Rhynern. Twelve
pigeons and twelve bees (four drone9
and eight working bees, all powdered
__ (with flour) were taken to Rhynern and
•imullaneously set freo. A white drone
/irrived home four seconds in advance of
the first pigeon; the remaining three
jdrones and the second pigeon arrived to
gether, and the eight working bees pro
ceeded the ten pigeons by a length.
A letter has been received at the
General Land Office in Washington from
(Nebraska, whether a Chinaman who has
been in this country twelve years, and
has declared his intention of becomings
(citizen, can make an original homestead
(entry. An answer has been prepared
stating that under section 21(11) of the
^Revised Statutes, a Chinaman can not
(become a citizen, and therefore the
[entry in question can not be made. It
da atated at the Land Office that an ap
plication, as has been published, has
received from a Chinaman in
to make a timber culture
ftvoring
THE MASTER AND THE REAPERS.
.The master called to hfs reapers:
“Make scythe and sickle keen,
And bring mo the grain from the uplands,
And the grass from the meadows green;
And from off the mist-clad marshes.
Where the salt waves fret and foam,
Te shall gather the rustling sedges
To furnish the harvest-home.”
Then the laborers cried: “O master,
We will bring thee the yellow grain
That waves on the windy hillside,
And the tender grass from the plain;
But that which springs on the marshes
Is dry and harsh and thin,
Unlike the sweet Held grasses,
So we will not gather it in.”
But the master said: “O foolish!
For many a woary day, ‘
Through storm and drought, ye have labored
For the grain and tho fragrant hay.
The generous earth is fruitful,
And breezes of summer blow
Where these, in the sun and the dew.a of
heaven,
Have ripened soft and slow.
•But out on the wide bleak marshland
Hath never a plow been set,
And with rapine and rage of hungry waves
The shivering soil is wet.
There flower the pale green sedges,
And the tides that ebb and flow,
And the biting breath of the sea-wind,
Are the only care they know.
“They have drunken of bitter waters,
Their food hath been sharp sea-sand,
And yet they have yielded a harvest
Unto the master's hand.
So shall ye all, O reapers,
Honor them now the more,
And garner in gladness, with songs of praise,
The grass from the desolate shore.”
—Zoe Dana Underhill, in Harper.
THE! "CAPTAIN'S PLOT.
A STORY OF THE SEA.
“God’s ways are full of mystery,”
and no one realizes the truth of the quota
tion more than the men who go down to
sea in ships. My fifteenth birthday
found me an orphan and a waif in the
streets of New Orleans. I had runaway
from a farmer in Illinois to whom I
was bound, and by hook and crook had
reached tho great town on the Father of
Waters. I had been living a precarious
life for a mouth when the proprietor of
an oyster house gave me a job. It was
part of my work to open the oysters con
sumed in the place, and this portion was
done in a.littlc room just in rear of some
private stalls or compartments. The
stalls fronted the public room, of course,
and were intended for parties who de
sired privacy while eating a stew or
drinking a glass of wine. I could hear
all that vyas said in, two of them, as the
partitions were only cloth; but I had
been in the place two weeks before any
thing of interest was dropped from
either. One evening while I was at
work two men entered one of the stalls,
devoured a stew, and drank some grog,
and, after lighting cigars, entered upon a
conversation which at once attracted my
attention.
“Well, have you got it all fixed?”
asked one.
“Everything ship-shape and under
stood,” replied the other.
“She is insured?”
“Way up.”
“And no suspicions?”
“Not a one.”
“We take machinery to Rio Janeiro?”
“Yes. That and other stuff."
“And bring back sugar and coffee?"
“Yes, if we return.”
“What do we get?”
“Three thousand apiece."
“Well, I don’t like it, but I’m in with
you. She’s to go down off the Guinea
coast, eh.”
“Yes, down that way.”
“Spring a leak and founder, and all
hands take to tho boats, I suppose?” '
“That’s the plan."
“Well, here’s success to it. The Al
batross is a good old craft-, and I hate to
see her go, but one must look out for
himself.”
“Aye! mate, that’s Gospel truth.
That’s what you and me are going to do
now. It’ll come from the rich insurance
companies, and no one will bo tho
poorer.”
“And we can trust Williams to hand
over our divvy ?” •
“lie’s square. He’s got to be square."
I was a green country boy, but I
caught on to their talk. They were sail
ors, and they were planning the loss of a
ship to get the insurance. 1 rose up and
found a hole in the cloth through which
I could get a look at them. They talked
a bit more and then went out, and within
twelve hours one of the mysteries oc
curred. A boy who had formerly worked
for the restaurant, and who had fallen
sick, recovered sufficiently to displace
me, aud I was cast adrift again with
only four bits in my purse. The next
day nut one, as I cnteied a tavern on the
lovee in hopes to find something to do,
the proprietor gave me a cordial welcome,
with a dinner, and at last got around to
say:
' ‘Now, my boy, I feel like a father to
you. I do indeed. You have had a
hard time, and you havo been full o’ j
pluck. I’m interested in seeing you do '
well, and have got a nice place for you. |
My brother, who-is the best man in the i
world, is a sea captain, and he wants a '
good boy to sail with him."
“But I was never on a ship,” I pro- ■
tested.
“Of course not, but that makes no j
difference. You will have a nice little '
room to yourself, live like a prince, aud
as for work, all you will have to do will !
bo to hand the Captain his spyglass
when a ship romes in sight." j
I had no dcsiro to go to sea. Indoed, !
I had a dread o.' it; but in half an hour 1
he had won me over, and that afternoon ,
I was sent off to the ship in company :
with several sailors. In two hours after !
coming aboard she started down the 1
river on her trip, and it was only then
that I got my eyes opened. There was
such a hubbub aboard that I had not
paid particular attention to officers or
men, but all of a sudden I discovered
that the captain and mate were the very
two men I had seen and overheard in
the oyster booth. Then I asked the
name of the ship, and learned that it was
the Albatross. I was greatly troubled,
or would havo been if left to myself.
We were hardly in tow of the tug before
the first mate, whose name was McCoy,
cams upon me with a rope’s end and a
terrible curse, and exclaimed:
“Now, then, stir your stumps or I’ll
break every bone in your body. Did
you come aboard to play young gentle
man?”
That was the beginning. I had been
shipped, not as a cabin boy, for there
was no place for one, but as a ship’s
tainC'd, on a key or isle to the north ol
Trinidad, and up to twelve years ago i<
was down on the charts as “Little Coco."
It was about three miles long by ons
and a half wide, and fairly wooded
There were various birds, troops o!
monkeys, and numerous snakes, but no
wild animals to put one in fear. I hn6
been landed in the little bay on the wes
tern side of the island. I found a spring
of water a quarter of a mile inland, with
plenty of wild fruit all around me. and
on the first night of my stay I slept ctn
the open beach. It was three days be
fore I fully realized my position and saw
that I must depend entirely upon myself.
When I walked clear around the island
and across it, and I decide 1 that my best
location was near where I had
come ashore. Had I gone to the cast end
of the island and raised a signal I should
have been taken off in a week, as there
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
dog, a boy who must come and go at every- was a channel between that and the next
body’s call, and who could be kicked island north mur-h used, but this I had
and cuffed by everybody. According no means of knowing. When I found
to tho novelist, ! should have found a myself the sole inhabitant, I made up my
stanch friend in the fo’castle, a Jack mind that escape was impossible, anil
Bolt or Ben Brace, who would take me that I was to live out my years ri^ht
under his wing and offer to fight tho there. The Captain had called m° a
whole ship in my behalf, but nothing of leper. I had never heard tho name before,
the kind nappeued. Most of the crew j He had sent me ashore because I en-
were Dagoes, and no one showed me the ' dangered the safety of the crew. While
slightest pity. When we had been out j I suspected that this was a subterfuge, 1
four days I began to feel very anxious was not quite satisfied about it. If 1
about the safety of the ship. The plan was something to be shunned and afraid
was, as I overheard it, to take to tho ; of, why should I desire to escape? If
boats, and it suddenly occurred to me taken off I had no home to go to, no
that they would refuse to take me with j friends to welcome me. I was lonesome
them. I suppose I got this idea from and somewhat afraid here, but
the men telling me that I was no good,
and that I ought to be flung overboard,
and other expressions intended to upset
me. You can judge how green I was
by what followed. I was in McCoy’s
watch, and on the night of the fourth
day, as he seemed to soften up a bit
when giving me an order, I made bold
to say:
Mr. McCoy, when you get ready to
have the ship go down, you won’t leave
me to drown, will you? ’
“W—what?” he gasped, as he stag
gered back like one shot.
In ten minutes he had it all out of me,
was,
nevertheless, enjoying the novelty of the
situation.
I built me a rude shelter, wandered
over the island, fished, set snares and
captured parrots and monkeys, aud
after the first week was quite content
I had been on the island three weeks be
fore the second mystery occurred. A
peninsula or neck on the western end oi
the island was composed of sand, and
bare of tree or bush. It was about 300
feet long. There had bee a heavy blow
from the south, with a big sea rolling
in, and after this had lasted two days
there was an unusually low tide. ’ I
Beef for Roasting and Baking.
"When roasts are cut large enough for
more than six persons there is a portion
at the ends of the ribs which always
E roves a source of anxiety to the careful
osekeeper. It is less tender and moie
unevenly mixed with fat than the largs
round muscle at the chine end, and is less
favorably regarded by consumers; ths
truest economy is to cut it off before
cooking, to trim away all the superflu
ous fat to fry out for drippings, and
then corn, spice, or pickle the meat be
fore cooking it, or stew it in a thick
sauce until it is tender, or boil it—first
removing the bones—and press it to use
cold: or mike it into a pot-roast or pie.
—Housekeeper.
Necessities of the Boudoir.
Every lady's room should be furnished
with a clothes brush, a wisp broom, a
hand brush, a sponge, a bottle of am
monia, a vial each of alcohol and ben
zine, also some cleaning fluid or erasive
soap, to aid her in keeping her wardrobe
in order. Another very necessary item
in the care of clothing is meuding and
repairing every article as it may need it.
The time spent in so doing is well be
stowed, for besides the pleasure it gives
to always appear in whole, respectable
garments, tho clothes will last twice as
long. Every rip and rent in dresses,
skirts or underclothes should receive at
tention as soon as it occurs. The old-
time adage, “A stitch in time saves
nine,” is well to remember. Glove3
should be mended as soon as a rip ap
pears in the fingers, and, if thin and
worn in the hand, may be neatly darned
or mended with a piece of an old glova
of the same color. —Detroit Free Preu.
and he stood before me pale-faced and caught sight of a timber heaved up ou
trembling. When he had made sure ! the spit, and went out to inspect it, and
that I had not said anything to any of : while surveying the banks which the
the crew, he took me aft and locked me tide had uncovered I caught sight of
up in a stateroom designed for the super-j some queer little boxes half buried in
cargo. Next morning I was taken to the sand. I dug one out, to fiud it so
the cabin and questioned by the Cap- ’ heavy that I could hardly drag it away,
tain and mate and returned to my prison. . They were of wood, hooped with iron,
They were not harsh with me, but on and ten or twelve inches long by eight
the contrary, promised that I should go \ or lea inches high. I had little curiosity
iu the Captain’s owii boat, and that I as to the contents, aud the idea that
need not work any more. I was made they contained treasure never cross-d
cabin boy, and was warned, that if I i my mind. I got out four before the tide
dropped one single word to any person ‘ turned, and there were several more in
1 should be flung to the sharks at once, j sight. After I had them all together
They could trust me. Simple Simon above high water, I began to wonder
that I was, I cared only to save myself , whether they contained nails or bullets,
when the hour eame. I could not real- j and set about breaking one open. When
ize that the scuttling of a ship wa^ any- ' rows upon rows of silver coins greeted
thing more than a sharp trick. For all my eyes I came near losing what little
I knew, it was practised every day in sense I had. Two others contained silver,
the year. y'the fourth one gold. It was English
Ono day when we hud been out about money, every piece of it, and as I had
two weeks, as near as I can remember, I ; never seen any before I was at a loss to
was sent to help the second mate look ’estimate the value,
for something wanted from the lazaretto. Before the discovery of that money 1
His name was Elderson, and he was the wanted nothiug but a pair of shoe-!, aud
only one aboard who had a friendly look, the sight of a sail would not have affected
He had spoken to me kindly two or mo. Now I was wild to get at the other
three times, and I felt that he was a boxes, and my eyes were constantly
friend. We were scarcely alone when searching the sea for sight of relief. I
he took from his pocket a box of sulphur dragged the boxes to my house, and most
matches, a fishline aud several hooks, of each day for the next week was spent
and a large pocket knife. He handed on the neck in hopes of getting at more
them to me and said: treasure. The water continued high,
“Ben, take these and stow them away however, and I got nothing more. On
in your pocket, and on your life say the eighth day after 1 got the treasure,
nothing to any one I Be sure to keep and about thirty days after my landing,
them about you.” the third mystery was revealed. At
He turned from me as if he did not about 1! o'clock in the moaning, while the
want to be questioned, and I pocketed tide was setting in strong, 1 observed a
the articles without a word. I was in a ship’s boat dritting in from the south-
state of wonder, however, and nothing east. It was not ten minutes after I saw
was made plain until the next day. At her before she was cast on the beach, aud
10 o’clock in tho forenoon the ship was as she rolled over two bodies were flung
hove to about a mile from a small island, out. To my amazement and horror I
a boat ordered lowered, and then all recognized them as the bodies of the
hands were called aft. When they had Captain and mate of the Albatross,
assembled the Chaptain said: though it was more by the clothing than
“Men, I discovered two days ago that by their features. It was plain at a glance
this boy was a leper. He has got it bad, that they had died of exposure and
and is to be pitied. My duty in tho want. There was neither food nor drink
case is plain. He must be marooned." in the boat, and the bodies were little
“Aye, aye, sir 1” chorused the crew. better than skeletons. It was the Cap-
“I shall fit him out and set him ashore tain’s gig, and it seemed that these two
here,” he continued, “and you are my got away alone. They must have drifted
witnesses that it is a step necessary for bore and there for days, for there was
the safety of all.” neither sail nor oar.
There was a ready assent, and before I I was scooping out a grave for the
fully understood what was going on I bodies when a turtle sloop rounded tho
was in the boat with McCoy and being island and was in the cove before 1 ?aw
pulled toward the island by two sailors, her. She had a crew of three men and a
Even when I knew that I was to be left boy, and they had come for a stay of a
I did not raise an objection. I supposed week ortwo.it being tho season when
the island to be inhabited, perhaps there the turtles came ashore to lay their eggs,
was a city there, and I was not sorry for They were not from tho mainland, but
the change. We ran in so close that I from a larger island to the north, and
could wade ashore, and the mate handed were native West Indians. The Captain
me several bundles which the men sup- spoke English fairly well, and I gave
posed contained food, clothing and con- him a full explanation, even to the fiud-
viences. As soon as I had everything iug of the treasure. They could have
out of the boat the three gave nie a curt knocked me ou the head and safely
good-by, and I sat down on the sand and taken all, but they did not do it. The
watched them return. The boat was Captain looked over my money, aud said
hoisted up, tho Albatross made sail, aud I had about $23,000, and it was agreed
I was marooned upon nn uninhabited that; in repayment for a passage to
island This fact was not fully realized l’orto Kico 1 was to suriender all rights
until toward night, and I was so simple to the ship’s boat. In four days those
that it was several hours before I had poor turtle catchers, uone of whom had
figured it out why I had been set a«hore. ever had $50 at once, took $50,000 out of
I was in possession of the plot to scuttle the sands. There were more boxes left,
the ship, and I must be got rid of. The or it was so believed, but they required
captain had called me a leper to justify other outfit, to secure them. 1 was not
his action with the crow, and it was only landed in Porto Rico, as agreed,but
planned that I should not live long, told how to tako care of my money,
ashore. When I came to undo tho bun- most of which was exchanged for paper,
dies I found them to bo composed of and my passage ou a sailing vessel bound
empty bottles, oakum and bits of can- for New Orleans was secured,
vass. There was not a particle of food I did not go near the owners of the
—not an at tide of clothiug—nothing Albatross. 8he had been reported lost,
but rubbish. It was then I realized the with all ou board, and to this day not
kindno s of the second mate. He must one of the crew has been heard of. I
have ovorheard them plotting to maroon could have goue to tho authorities with
me, and he went as far as it was safe for mv story, but who would have believed
him to go. it? Those who had plotted against me
When, at about noon, I rose up and had been overcome, aud I had sprung
understood mv position, I felt that tho from poverty to wealth at a bound. And
first thing to do was to explore my island, so I repeat: “God’s ways are fuller
lam writing of the year 1352. At that j mystery.”—Fete York Sun.
time many of the islands in the Carib-!
bean Sea had not been charted oi j The thief who finds no opportunity to
named. I was, ns I afterward aseor-j steal, considers himself an honest man.
Purification of Yeast.
The Dreicer's Guardian says that a new
method of purifying yeast has been sug
gested, and that it has already been
adopted by some of the Continental
manufacturers. The yeast is added to a
dilute solution r, f sugar, and ihe result
ing mixture is subjected to the action ol
a centrifugal separator. By this meant
the living cells are effectually divided
from the dead cells and the bacteria;
the pure yeast leaving the machine in a
concentrated condition, while the dead
cells and the bacter a remain in the
liquid. It is said that the process is sc
perfect that nothing but healthy cell*
are to be found in the separated yeast,
and that the purified article possesses
such remarkable germinating power that
a glass which is one quarter filled with
it will overflow in the course of an hour.
—Scientific American.
Laundering Table Linen.
Table cloths and napkins should be
carefully loo ;ed over before being placed
in the washtub. and if any fruit or cof
fee stains are found, they can be removed
by stretching the stained cloth over a
pail or basin and pouring boiling watei
through it. The stains will quickly dis
appear. Make :-ure that your table linen
is wed washed and thoroughly rinsed. 11
is nicer without either sta ch or bluing.
When preparing for ironing, it should
be made quite damp. A hot iron will
bring out the pattern nicely, and rendei
the linen sufficiently stiff. In tablecloths,
but two f< Ids are admissible at present—a
crease through the center lengthwise,
the other through the center crosswise.
Thetlothsarc double! loosely, or, bet
ter, rolied so as to allow them to be
placed in drawers, and not produce any
additional creases.
Fringed napkins are quickly, easily,
and rery nicely ironed, in the following
manner: Alter they have been thorough
ly dampened, p ie up. say half a-dozen,
evenly, gather up one side of the nap
kins in the hand, and strike the fringe
on the opposite side against the edge of
the ironing table. A few strokes will
separate it beautifully. Serve all sides
thus. Then place the napkins on the
ironing table perfectly stra ; ght, and do
not pass the iron over the fringe.—Prai
rie Farmer.
Recipes.
Rice Pudding.—One cup of boiled
rice, one half-teaspoon of salt, one cup
of sugnr, four eggs, one quart of milk;
bake in a moderate oven two hours.
Buttermilk Pudding.—Two .giarti
buttermilk, one coffee cup sugar, heap
ing tablespoon of butter, three table
spoons flour, four eggs beaten separately,
flavor to taAe; bake until the custard is
set-
Potatoes with Cream Sauce.—Cut
cold boiled potatoes into dice, place
them in a baking pan, cover with cream
sauce, sprinkle the top lightly with
bread crumbs', and bake in a moderate
oven about twenty minutes uutil brown.
Bread Pancake.—Take the crust of
italo bread: mix thoroughly with enough
sweet milk to make a thin batter; add
two.or three eggs, well beaten, aud a
small cup of flour, with a teaspoonful ol
baking powder aud a little salt. Bake
ou a hot and well-greased griddle.
Auui.ePreserves.—Peel and quarter
Ihe apples,dry iusun nearly all day, then
dtop in boiling weak alum water; let
stay in two minutes, not longer. For
every pound of fruit use one of sugar.
Proceed as you do with fig or peach
preserves. Flavor with ginger.
Old Fashioned Virginia Corn Pud
ding.—Half a dozen ears green corn:
split the grains and cut from the cob.
Beat up au egg and add to the above;
then add one-half pint of milk; on«
tablespoonful melted butter; one salt-
spoonful salt; a pinch of pepper. Put
into a baking dish and bake half an
hour.
Chicken Broth.—Cut up a chicken
into small pieces and break the bones.
Cover it with cold water aud put where
it will simmer for three hours. If it
Bhould boil too fast and the water boil
away, add more. Season to taste. A
few stalks of calory may be boiled with il
If desired and rice added if it is allowed.
A FRONTIER SKETCHY
Just a cabin in a "clearing,"
A wild rose clambering o’er,
And a woman with a baby
Standing in the cabin door.
In the field a man is ploughing,
And whistling as he goes,
While the woman and the baby
Are counting all the rows.
And the forest stands around them,
The sky is spread above,
And everywhere is written,
The mystery of Leva
Tis a Mbme that Love is planting
Where strong, young life 3hail grow,
Would I had the artist’s power,
That simple home to show.
1 would paint the lights and shadow
Of that young face so fair;
I’d copy aU the poesy ,
“Baby” bad written there.
Fd paint the wondrous symbol*
That baby fingers trace
Upon the father’s cheek and brow,
The love-illumin' d face.
The promise BDd the mystery
Enfolding baby life,
And Love's divine fulfillment,
In wedded man and wife.
Just a cabin in a "clearing,"
And a wild rose clambering o’er,
And a woman with a baby
Standing In the cabin door.
But Love is reaching downward
To lighten toil and care,
And Love, on swift wings mounting.
Heavenward those hearts doth near
—M. W. Dorsey, in Alercury
PITH AiND POLYT.
A shipbuilder should know the hull
business.
A double tenement house is apt to be
rent in twain.
A broken eyeglass may be called a
wofo.1 spectacle.
A high old tiige—The ancient clock
in a church steeple.
Bicyclists are allowed the privilege of
pedaling without a license.
Convicts are the only persons who do
not believe in their convictions.
As a rule orchestra leaders are moral
heroes.- They all face the music.
It seems queer that the “hold” of a
shi p is not used to anchor her with.
A cordage store would make an ex
cellent place in which to learn the rope3.
Keep an eye upon the children. Kid
napers sometimes go abroad to take the
heir.
Queer that the base ballist who makes
the fewest errors has the rf-o o-o-otiest
record.
Taken as a whole, the Indians, al
though illiterate are the best red race in
the world.
The Chinese farmers often gain.
Arid very rarely lose.
Because they never fail to mind
Their peas and queues.
Do-ar,
“Are you engaged to Miss Eeiat?”
“No, not exactly. ~ But when I asked
for her hand she gave me the refusal of
it.”
We have it from a reliable source that
it has been called tho “pail moon” ever
since the cow kicked over it.—State*
man.
Mrs. Jones—“Don’t trouble to see me
to the door, Airs. Smith.” Mrs. Smith—
“No trouble; quite a pleasure, I assure
you.”
“Where have you been for a week
back,Braunigan?” “Been to the hospital,
sorr. But how did yes know Ui had a
weak ba. k, sorr?”—Life.
Marc Anthony must have been ter
ribly down on umpires when he ex
claimed: “Judgment, thou art fled to
brutish beasts.”—Detroit Free Pres*.
“Mother may I go out to popi”
“Yes, ray darling daughter,
Tf you fat IHhis year you must shut up shop,
You've kept longer than you’d orter.”
Sifting*.
Cutting—(Uncle takes Tommy to the
barber to have his hair cut). Bar
ber— “Well, Tommy, how do you want
your hair cut?" Tommy—“Oh, short,
please, with a hole in the middle, like
uncle's!”—Fun.
It is related of a British Museum offi
cer, who was tired to death by the ques
tions put by the visit' “ ,T Dubtic, that he
burst out one ■ ”’er to the
query, “Why ia the iiiiut&A' closed?"
with the remark: “Because one f the
mummies is dead and the officers are at
tending the funeral.”
The Baby’s Savings.
A little girl presented herself at the
counter of the Dime Savings llmk and
handed a bank book to Mr. Woolfeuden,
the geuiel cash’er.
She was a little thing, and hardly
reached to the wiudow iu stature. Her
small face wore a grave look, and tears
stood in her wistful blue oyes.
“It’s baby’s book,” she said with a
tremor iu her voice, “and baby is—
dead.”
“My dear child,” said Mr. Woolfen-
den, gently, “what do you wish me to
do with the bookt”
“Why, sir,” said the little one, “it’t
i no good to baby now—she don’t want it
j —aud mamma thought maybe you could
! make it over to me tor little sister.”
So a new book was made out, and the
: small savings of a baby’s lifetime were
i transferred to it, and the Utile maid
whose first business transaction was so
sad a one went away satisfied that she
I had done -the best she could with the
baby's savings.—Detroit Ftee Press.
! Tho long drouth in England has been
. followed byaseasou of profuse rains,
and uow there is too much wetness as
i there was before too much dryness.
