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it Established in 1878 HILLS BOKO. N. C. SATURDAY. JANUARY 22. 188; NEW SERIES-VOL.. VI II. SO. IS. ratige A Sons: of "test. O w -..ry Hands; that, all the day, V.'oro srt to lalor hard and Iodj:; ?.'o v -''tiiy fail the shadows gray, 'I rhs are runs for even song. .! ii'-'ir upo the golden tin S -1 t i k lowly flown into the west; . weary Hand, your toil is don. ' i- t.i: for rot: 'tis time for re,t! - .. -- r' I f i' tint m&n a mile I !.-.-. - tni'l-ffl al'ii-' weary way. . :.i-t v r ;i' h the trysting stile; v, ; ;Z'-r fear to 0 nstrav. !: bendir.g, rustling treM 1;., k u young birds within the n"t, '' )' sins the quiet breez?: T. . t :!!; for rent! ti tune for rest ln 1 1 vi ry L v -! from w hieh the tears . nnny a t mc hke tuundr-r rain; f .!;, H art: that through the years p.. nt w.th -ur-h bitter, reMles pain, ", !.i,j;!.t forget th stormy strife, And know what heaven shall send L-; lirst; I,:-. -lo.vn thf tailgl.-d Weh of lift, 'I i- time rest! 'tis time for res! ! Florence Tyler. Tiw Widow's Pumpkins. I; v.fis a brilliant October morning, ?ii''i;i-,s all sparkling with hotlr frosr. trees waving their rcd-jcweh d arms ?o the nm-hine, and Kliakira Eil-iswus dtiving 'fp rirly down Hay Hill. "I ain't a poet," thought he, "but if J was, I could write a lot of rhymes .bout like this. "Why, it's poetry all tli- way through. And eh? how?--v. .' Who's that :'' v.. 1 the Widow Hepsy Hall, stand ' door of her little one-storied ni'l beckoning with her long, 1' an m:.h toward liim. The fiirmcr m:.h toward liim. V liii ll'.ll. IP-id (.-I . S'-nel ; he apostrophized ; ! li' ! I -U 1 ; !. "Yu: ain't never in a hurry, want yon to bf, o I calccrlate "I uid 5-till a bit now. Wal, Mis' a: can 1 dev. for ye this morn- 1 in l'v : ; -llU'' punipkjn-) that I want to '11,'' r .id th" Wido'w lb'psy. "Drellul 1 1 i r! v .:n . " ' "i-i!;jp:,i:i,: " c -'uoi-d L.iakim. "Why, Mfv. u oul,, Mi' Hall, pumpkins is a 'r;; i: tin: ihaiket, ju.-t now. Tho piinip n f roji Las turned out powerful 1 auk I Yo idi :.ce, rmd our folks ' ' Ml t'.thc (MOWS." In I -di! A -ha. v otdirr; li.ippointinent crept tr: t lit- "Id 'wouian's faee, as she stood tiwrt', unrouM'r'r.isly pict urosipie, against tip- i ui ly; hop-tcudrih'and f rini-on wad- X . '. . . . . 1 . ..1.1 .1 i 1.1 uoirway. ' t a,s camp. into Ik r dim eyes. Th'-n I may as well give it up," said , .' acrrnts of disjuur. "For I hain't J:0' in t s- lif. and Htdindv had set !' -'v' on my com. in' down this Hon .i a for.' edd weather set in." d. :- ' ..,id Mr. F.llis; good-naturedly. t-'oii:' down down to Belin- 1 "I can't Wi.b-w lb without tu money," said the -v Hall. "Ar.d I was sort 1 - v "iat mi' mi tlu in pumpkins. The (1 1 1 1 1 r : ; : th.e v. th' - I davs bu'-ir: . 1 . 1 ; " ' ( El-.L an aiuoiint' 1 to nothin', and ) La. s ink all tho ooiiltrv. .nid i 1m! , mihb'wed that last, dog i. and the carpet-weaven' is aw ful dull : so what be I to ."'ye 1 ut otT your visit?" said im. th- 1 1 r 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 y tlickiug tho top ;! ..f s;.urv -eyed .li isies, ! t rrew , I,.-,, t-. hi v ir.,m wlicrU i "r.einni httle boy's, got the croup," j f-ai.i Mi-, lla:!, lugubriously. "An I her ! lu;bau.l ),. fell ,-ff a scaffold and broke hi!-g. And if ever I'm w anted there, i it s ; w. -wan , ejaculate. 1 honest Eli.'.kim. as-, r. :,!; d what the double meaning of w ity and misfortune wa-s. "Fetch me them pjn:pki:is; I'll buy 'em any how." "I'i! let you have the lot for a do'lar, " said ; the Widow Hepsy, wi-t fully. " Thev'n jest out in. the corn, r lot." "Ain't gethere 1, ehf" "H me! who've Igot to gether 'em r" hfuliy retorted Mrs. Ha!! "and il about tlie 'place, and me with A in my b.ick." ':r"fi!i heart sum!" him. Who V.. a. to complain of a little ex'tra wh n ti Widow Hepsy was so r.v.c. w 1 . .ff than himself? -rl. ted. and led Sorrel' labor- ' iou-:v down the tony cart track toward j the orn tn-id, where, amid the harvested a gi. -am -s the r-uvidy gold of pump- i ms.s i:;!.'.:?U',rab'c. screamed Mrs. Ellis when yard . kirn I' h.. r 1 ustand .trove into the dcor-tnv-.n. "Pumpkin";! Why, Eiia i:. what n earth-are vou brinc- ing pumpkin h ie for? Ain't we got the r-ftr::-ch:imhers full, nan the lots full, and the very cattle won't eat "em? c!fs?: "r.?-i i'i )- y " Be you ; i Mr-. Ellis wi.s a high t h -tkloced fetoa'e. v. ttli projecting ficr.tu. th. and hard, groni-h tyes, like La.ilv tc-lortd nuuL- ' wordii down l e v.a cr.e of those who gain . the tu- w . : -hi j pcrs far bire the sun. "Money 16 money !" w as her favorite axiom. And Kliakim felt his heart sink within him as he faced herstern, uncompromi-ing ''.'17. he began. "A "few!" fhriliy echoed his wife. 4lTi4e wa:;d: is hcap.'l full ! And wv a-throwir:' of 'em away every dav ! That'.- j'-t a man's calculatin' ! ' 'Je-t a f.-w," said Juinkirj, hitching dfp. rateiy on the lirst section of ins peeeh, "that Ie brung down here to sell for Mr-i. Hall. There ain't much market up that-a-way, you know, Loisy. "And," ho addr-d to himself, "good ness knows how glad I'd. be to er-ll 'em if I had the chancel I ain't lyin, no- Miss EHi.s gave a rodigious sniff. "Don't you fetch that there truck inside of the door-yard, 'Liakim !'' said he. "Jct dump 'em on the roadside and let the neighbors' hogs eat 'em up as quick as they can !" - liut Mr. Ellis took advantage of a tin peddler coming along on the other side of the street, and engaging his help meet's attention, to smuggle in the load of pumpkins, "I won't waste 'em anyway," said lie. "If anybody's hogs is to eat 'em, it may "as well mine." That ifternoon, when he came in to supper, a thing happened which had never before befallen him in all his mar ried life. He found the tea-kettle cold, the Gra ham gems unbaked, the table unspread and his wife crying pitcously. "Eh!" said Eliaki'm, blankly. "What in-all-creation's the matter now? Y'ou ain't sick, be you, Loisy?" "Y'es, I be!" sobbed Mrs. Ellis. "Heartsick, Liakim. Oh, what Iter I done? I've sold them old gray pants o'yourn to the tin peddler, and never re. niembcred how I'd put that there hundred dollar coupon bond you gave mc to keep, -in the pocket, because I calculated no burglars would take a pair o'ragged old panst. Oh, dear! oh, dear!" Eor one minute Eliakim Ellis stood silent. A hundred dollars was a hundred dollars to this hard-working man, who could only save- and scrape by littles. But he looked at Louisa's pale, woe begone face, and his great, tender heart rose up within him like the billows of the sea. "Don't fret, Loisy, my gal," ho said, cheerfully. "It was only an accident. 'Tain't wuth frettin' about." And he bent down and kissed her forehead a rare occurrence in their undemonstrative household. "We'll go to work and make it up :is fast as possible, my dear." "Oh, 'Liakim!" soblnfl the good wife, "I don't deserve you should be so good to me. I'm a cross, scoldin' crcctur, and" "Tut. tut, tut!" goodliumoredly inter- ruped lier husband. "Guess I ain't froin' in licv mv wifn abused this a-wav " "And I'm sorry I spoke so short about them pumpkins," added Louisa, dole fully. Mr. Ellis whistled under his breath. He was almost disposed now, to regret that he had paid out that dollar for the I,10W 1Jepsy s pumpwms. "However, it's done," he said to him-. II" 1 . TT . 1 srl, ana " cnn 1 De nuo:ip ijU15.v li bcst bc lcft in the dark, I guess, about it-" '. ' He was alertly kindling the fire, whilo t f . . 1 T"' l j Mrs. Ellis moved sadly about, making pre ' parations for the evening meal, when ' there was a lively tattoo, played by a I very energetic pair of knuckles on the door outside. ! "Come in!" shouted he. ; And who should make his apjc-arancc but the tin-peddlerhimself. j "Hello, squire!" said he. "Guess there's been a mistake somewhere. 1 'ain't buyin' up Government coupon bonds. I'm in the tin trade. I found this 'ereln your old pockets. So I al- lowed it was best to bring it back right away." He held out the folded slip of parch- ment. Eliakim looked oddlv at it. "Fetch on Diogenes and his lantern !" eaid he, "I calc late here's the honest man at last!" r "(let cut!" said the tin-pr-ddicr. "I don't want none o' ycur four-yllab!ed fun poked at mc. But I tell you what I j dew want. Them there pumpkins that j you was csrtin' in when I exctangtd a sauce-pan and two dippers for them gray ! pants with your good lady, I'll give you five cents apiece for 'em." -Done!? cried Fanner KiHs invfiTl'r Uone:. cnea t .inner r.dis. lovtullv. "There's to lie a big dinner up to Stapleses Hill," went cn the tin-peddlcr. "And they're goin' to bsko two hundred pumpkins-pies, - and all the pork and I have exprime-tea w.ta ti, -brans that's f le hr.d. And thtrt's o,n..l - goin to Ik- a corner in ruuirkins I've got my wagon out here. u 1 gu.-s w-ii load up right away And thus the hundiol-duhur coupon bond returned, all safe and sound, bv the tin-rcddler. v. i.f as he v.Tis sd.ri.w l, :j vr! r-5- hoc est - . .1 i the Widow i Hej.sy Hall's pumpkin? v re sati-ficto rily marketed. S n.uea so. indeed, that Eliakim eve'n j un hand cut cf tho ' prohts a nufl -colored :.er;ht gown, which he left at t.e w al , v.'.- dour the very next time he Trove pa-:. "It's a pitv she c.i-i't hare more ;,' the good luck." -aI;I h-.-. Mr-. Hall found the cown, v.k-V.' wrapj)ed in pap-r, d ) w-hen came - home from cranberry ing in the swamp, and she never knew where it . came from. But she m ide it up, and wore it to her dau ht. ii'.-l:n Ja's ia the citv. j But honest Eliakim has not )ietyto'.d Louisa, his wife, that he bought idow Ib-psy's pumpkins, and paid a dollar for them in good hard cash. "It ain't best to tell women every thing!" said he. Uden Forrest Grata. Beds or the Pat. The house of the ancient English gen tleman was not, as a geuer il thing, pro vided with bed rooms, says a writer ; about the beds of our ancestors in the j osuwjHjlitan. A chamber or shed was Imilt against the wall that inclosed th.' i mansion and its dependencies, and in '. this little cull the lord and his lady slept. I Sometimes there was mother chamber of i the same kind built for the daughter or ; young ladies of the hou.. As a general : t'tUML' the vouii" nirn of tin h(n:s: :im ; the guests slept on tables and benches in j the rcat hall, when woojen coverlets or j blankets were provide for warmth jrvants and attendants slept upon the. 1 1 S floor. Later on, in the time of the Tudor5, the "four postc" bedstead, an immense piece of furniture having a canopy .sup ported at each corner by the posts, b.:--camc the fashionable si ve ping couch. Some, of 'the. old wills mention "posted sett-work bedsteads." These panelled; , , A , . , , 1 , ! bedsteads were sometimes of elegant and massive architecture. The columns re-I sembled hue balusters, and rose from i 73 - 1 squire dado bases, and ; 1 1 the frame j pieces were carved with decorative mouldings of various pattern-. On some of the earlier bedsteads the columns ter minated with figures representing tho four evangelists. A Ball of Birds. j It may, perhaps, be adduced as one of j the most remarkable of the many curious j and often inexplicable habits common to the lower animals of widely different classes, the practice of forming them selves into balls or cluster-', as is the case ; with bees, star-fish, some, kinds of bats, and at least two species of birds. One of these species is a swallow found it Van Pieman's Land; the other, the mouse bird of Central Africa. Tln.se strange little creatures, . acconling to Lo Yaillant, who tleserii.es them, general Iv live in small companies of five or s in dividual, and gen.- rally .-rd.-et a d ns-ly fohaged tree or thic'-c ma-s of budu-s for their atlieriiv place. Pencaux, who verifies this statement of Le Yaillant. also mentions having seen !,. t;. 4 -,o,.i, , i.;t,. 1 ftw. f!rf hird l.nl-lu, t,, tho l.r.r,,.!, with one foot, win!- U supports a .-end bird by entwining one of the latter' l,g, with its own fre, limb; th?, second bird in a like mnnnrr cuonort hi- a third and: so on until thev form a chain that often contains as many as six or seven of these living links. Hunting (Jnlls. The gulls, and ther: are millions of them about the mouth of the St. Croix, furnish profitable sport fc the Indium. Thev take their soft, beautiful I .re aits , to tue watering p.a. c-. and sell them at 7o cciitsto $1.00 caeli to the !aiie- f-r mil- i hncrv and decorative miroo:' . lu'! are ; t - j easy game to bag, but f-; v. me unknown reason they stay on th C.-ur-iian si-le of J the line the most of the time, and the ! I Canadian authorities have forbidden ' j Americans to shoot at them in the Pro- ; j vincial waters. This is a great griev- ance to the gu'.l hunter, wh l ave pc-ti- tioned the governor cf M.ir.e and his ; council to take ome action n the mat- i ter. The course of the Canadians is ; i lciieved to grow out o: th" rher!-s irn- ! j broglio. Is c,-tr, i .-. , J.:-r?i. Tongheulng It is claim, d th :t by , prcees ; .1 as to I white woc-l i-. b- ' i t j require a coes-c .i-ei to sj , t it. 1 ros rc- ; j u!t is obtained by iteming the timber j. I and submitting it ! end rr u'r-.-'tt-.h- a-Kl .-.v.... k ""-- t niciU? "aptting' ?. th: " niT,rc-?siag 15x0 cell& "R1 !lbe" j mass. It h the f pinion" ,J tnoe who - ces trat . ' . t v - i Iv-r '' l-"i ' :" ! r wt.uh now w- r. considtrcf r-.f. 1 i i:, de ig'" tui: : iV -u ' - valuable thimca: . Jr,,t A;t. . SILENT SCHOLARS. Teaching Deaf Mutes to Talk In a New York School. - ; A Me&od which Requires Great Patience and Ferseverance, Lp in Fiftieth street, not far from ' Fifth avenue, in one cf those brown stone fronts that looks like the twin of very other brown stone front on the block, a queer class of pupils meets every day. Some of the pupils are only fire years old and some are twenty, but not one ever makes any noise, and in point of quietness the clas is a model one. Nobody ever hears schoolboy laughter or schoolgirl jollity ring out from that fchool-room, and the very house itself has not even the conventional door-bell. Y'ou can count every tick of the little clock with the class in full session while you stand waiting in tho hallway. In this silent house deaf mutes are taught to speak. Two private classes, with seven pupils in , each, meet there day after day, and from 0 in the morn- mS n the afternoon struggle with those simple Sounds thit most of us learn unconsciously in our babyhood, Miss Sadie W. Keeler is the teacher, For eleven years she has worked among deaf mutes and given to voiceless tongues the music of our speech. In tllis country and in Europeshe has learned all that the best - schools can of- fer. But whatever methods different teach ers may have, to the on-looker who SOOnds; an intPmsfpd hr?nr nr irvn in Virf , AA. , . - v class-room it seems that tho onlv sue- cessful method must be nine-tenths pa tience. One must have the quiet pa tience of a marble stattic and persistence as the flowing of a river to perform this modern miracle of making the dumb talk. To make a sound over and over again and then to begin at the bejrinninjj ; , 4 . " and repeat and reiterate and explain and . ". .. ' recite the same thing a thousand times is somewhat a suggestion of the work of a teacher's life. Two boys about seven, another of ten, a pretty girl of sixteen and two smaller givi & " bout eleven years old wero sitting quietly around a little table. There was a blackboard and a First reader in the room. Miss Keeler was teaching the smallest boy to say "Ah.!" She put one of his hands on her chest so that he could feel the vibrating of the vocal chord, and held the other close to her mouth, so that he could feel the expul sion of her breath. Then she said "Ah!" and he tried to say it after her. Then her Hps formed the word "papa," and ' tliC littIe fellow, by closely watching, essayed to imitate her, but the only re sult was something that sounded like "mum-mum." The teacher held the lad's hand to her lips so that he could feel her breath as she expelled it in mak- thc "p" in "papa." The "m" sound j ,h,i nofc hrn any breath on his ; hand; so he tried again, and, holding j ' hand to his own mouth, changed j mum-mum into a guttural sort of t "papa. ' The little nur.il had hard work fettin . i. . m t-i, 1 1 11 1 theletter"e. The only way he could this sounu was hy placing his hands s one on each side of the pw of the I : eacher The sound of "m and "w o . ' ZOt l)Y placing tlie nngersot one Hand oniric icacuur nose ana mc nngers oi i , . it i v . , , ! forest, where it was so datk that one his other hand sn preciselv the same way i , . . , , . i could hardlv see two steps ahead was on his own nose. Then he copied the ! . .. , - ,. , A I another thing. I entered reaolutelv, and movement of her lips and tongue c x . , , " . , .. , . rr-, I I went in for some twenty paces; but, m actly, and another letter wa won. The i . , ,, , , J 1 ' ' , . . A A, , , ! spite of myself, the deeper I plunged vowels are taught fcrst, then letters arc , , , . . , , , , , i into the darkness, the more a fear gained put together, arid the lad at last learns i , ' . , T ' "... . .. possession of me which was quite mc. in to say "bov. Then he. writes it on a 1 1 , . 1 i , . , T 4 . . 4 .h . A. ; slate, and is told that the three letters , . lf . mean himself or anv otrier lfv. r, . , i xr- One pretty lit Lie maiden named Min- - I ,v i .j.? nie, sits just f.cro&s the round tib;e. .he , , . , i,i began learning eariv, and j-eaks vcrv , rxt . . ; . . , , nsce.v. Of course, that voice which she , . ",f , , i i .i i herself lirts never heard larKs the modu- , . . , , lation that we unconsci n.-.y .earn to look or. "I love vou, from those pretty , ' , - f r . lips has the same measure of affection , , , . -j . . . exnressed nnd the 5imr- iiacia intonation that I nate ou na-s. She is a good ; example of the double sy; stem of teach- ing that goes on in ttis" queer school- ..; , , 1 1; room. 5he . has learned np-rcaling. c ,t- 1 . ' t r, SKak Ssowiy to iter and she can tea from the changes m veurltps and tor.rue what vou sav. Make the mere motion with your mouth, as if whimpering softly, but do cot make the lea-t sound, and she can tell what your words would be. - Of course in this combination of cb- jcct-teachicg'ard Hp-readicgjhc-rc nwh must lc striir.ge m-taKc?. lake the - .--. churtn to aeaf rr.utes. tnsi to etp ain ' what deacon "was. 11 ttc-ri r.is r.jt : and passed our-d a thcugh taking up a collection sn ehurca that was a iea- I ccn- Now, did thsy nn:!er5?ar.d? Of .Course. Little lattrgz ce:i.up nu liana and was given a chance to r.ir his knowl- edgfc and tell what a deacon really was. j "tie is the monkey that goc round with j the orgin-grinder to collect prnnis.' 1 So when he wrpteoo the hoard the det:ni. ; tioa of "crtclequence" "that which fob j lows," another Viffht lad said a dog w.13 j a consequence, because he followed the man. " Just about a century ago, the ploJdir.2, ; painstaking Germans began t try to J teach deaf mutes to talk. They learns i " it from Spain, and have been improving ever since. Now ntarly all the big cit ies of the civilized world have deaf mute schools. A child should legin at Cve or six years to learn, and in ten years ought to he able to talk fairlv weil. Mo teachers limit their classes to seven, as it is difficult to give the desired attention to each member of a larger class. - The j pupils are glad to learn, and are singu larly persistent in trying. But, after all, there is something pathetic in their 6tni22es to talk a language that has no meaning for their ears. -Yew York World. Voting by Electricity. . At the mechanical exhibition at the Palais de l'lndustrie of Paris, there is exhibited a piachine for registering votes, which will, it is said, be shortly installed in the French Chamber of Dep- uties. Its object is to obviate mistakes, the lossof time, and the necessity of tho members leaving their desks to record their votes. The machine, ' which is the invention of M. Debayeux, is worked bv . . ... , .. , , n 1 " eiectncity, and the vote of a full house, it is said, may be make known by this means in less than five minutes. 1 110- arrangement of the apparatus is as lot : lows:" In front of each seat three con- i tact makers are fijaced, the knobs beinPl marked "YTes,7 "No," and "Absten- tion." Only one of ihe pushes can bh j deprcsscd at one time, and neither of ' them can be used more than once, until ! they haye been released by the action of : another part of the apparatus which is under the control of the president. The t voting is recorded by means of three sets of cylinders, upon which is inscribed in relief the names of the members in al phabetical order, and also the series of figures from one up to the total number of members. These cylinders rotate un der inking pads, and after the voting, an impression being taken on a band of paper against the name of each memlcr present, is found a number in one or other of the three columns "Y'es," "No' or "Abstention." These numbers ap- pear perpendicular in numerical order. Hence the total number in each division is read at the foot of the three col lungs. The apparatus is necessarily somewhat complicated, but it is said to work with great facility. It will bj remembered that for some tirnn a similar voting an paratus was exhibited in ope of the Con gressional committee rooms at Washing ton, but was fina'dy taken,, away by the inventor, who despaired of its adoption. Klertrical World. ) Fear Does .Not Reason, Ad instance out of my own experience will go to show how fear floes not reason. About ten years ago wdien I was in Ba den near the Black Fores, I was in the ! habit of walking alone in : the evening nit iuio iu iuv iii u. a i r, v u ui tin , J , d fR j wns .Q j ! . . . .. I ( 1 . ( . asan11ii1 f r. i prehensible. I tried in vaii j 1 ' the imrcasonab'.c feeling. , 3 i have walked on ia this way lor about a ! 3 I quarter of an hour. But there wa noth- ' 1 i ing pleasant abou. the walk an 1 I eou.d ' i not help feeling relieved when I saw the 1 light of the kv through a gap in the - 01 s trr-es, and it required a strong effort of ., ' 1 . - v 1 Mt fear was whoby without caue. t - 3 knew it, and ftlt it a f.!ronglv es if I it i naa oeen raiiona. . r,r... .v.. aaventUr- ' wa. ,rave2nf,S at n,ht alohe wit: a giiiae in .toui I had co 'confidence, ia the motintirns of Ij1; j ' The danger there wxs certainly s f I5lanon. much h . .. fear. rejvlar Scierr ifcmi-hly Oalcker Than Wall Street. I ,.v-0 j WMnt eielsi out in Wall j ?tre c h rfpUeJ. as he choked bacic teaVT yv "Wall trect w too flow fcr j t m? -cm ca a Mwiav; oa Tueiay 1 inTeted in a short - he , duii; on neirc5 jar morning 1 goi up . anj that he had been kicked to ' . ;i ir, horse.' ' ..j;t TCU have annUtgJeftr 4 Onlv - bom ilV'&ci l f id that to a feti-w to kill the old h jrse and liul lx;th tK-aie to iuc woii i.'4 ziruz .ort. Deity. Always to-morrow uLad asvrr to-4y. Solhe w iatrr wears till tb tloora off Mat Yet what i a month more ct 1sT yoT tar. Hat, an May gcxM or th jurplin hill, Ycni lrtvl bror and I follow still Froiu cud lor end of the mouths, uatil - Bi My payioa warn.with tt autumn oathrr. To th very endof itstndfr tUr; For, never apart, yet never together, W walk as wf. walked iu tbo Moom off Mays liut at last your 'to-morrow" In mj 'to-day,r, When "what is a month more or isP I say. Xorah Prmj in JndfpendenL JtUXOROUSt Isn't a revolving light on the coast a DftTy revolver. A last fare well--A shoemaker spring up his busines. Yoked garments are much worn By oxen. They are gored. Many a man asks "a girl M share his 1 lot when he own no lot. ; A trade unioo-aA marriage between '. business rivals to promote trade. I "I'll jut give you a few point" re- ' marked the paper of pins as the man &at j on it. I SchoohnarnVto little Jofio: "Where j the North pole?" "At the top of tho , mapf marm." j tailoran(l ,ircs,makcr arrt lhe in 1 divi(lua,s ,hvcll raost OB tho clcrnll j fihiess of thJ . - A scientist went out the other night ; , - . - . 1 1 111 u iraic 10 suu wa;u t. uur 1111: wuiu a.- S ' on-1 frviiiwl it ti .. i 1. . a. im um'rj" "l"5!an"" individuals who dwell mo.t on the ctcr- nal fltncs3 of th,nS': Frequently the gentleman who lay himself out to deliver a nice, breezy dis- course is simply windy. j Brown Did you enjoy yourself while you were away? Clreeu Y u bet. Didn't fee a blessed bill collector the. whole tim-. "There is something I have just dashed off," sai I the poet -a. lie kffocked his would-be-son-in-law off th door-step.- "Nerve food" is advertised. This is the kind of food the man eats who wants ; to occupy two seats in a crowded rail- road c.ir.'i I Ijord Churchill makes GO gestures a j minute while speaking, or half a many j as a woman who ia describing her new ! hot to her dearest friend. ' A little girl caijing with her mother at a new house wdiere the walls were ! not yet paperc I, exclaimed: "What ! a bald-headed bou;e, mamma!" A New York physician &yi "it is ; dangerous to go into the water after a hearty meal." Acd we presume if h , did go in after one he wouldn't find -it. Some western pajK-rs look with horror on the use of the word "woman" in re spectable society. One of them recently chronicled the trading of a "iad'ja skeleton." "Ah, George," she murmured as they drove along tho moonlit road, am I very dear to you:' "And George, as ho did a little sum ia mental arithmetic, in which a team and his salary largely figured, softly answered: "Yery dear." ' Here, yru," howled a customer at a res.!a ita: t to the waiter; "can't you see that I don't wear lace shoes?" "Yes, ir." "Well, then, what do you mean by I -ringing me thb shoestring in my soup? Take this back yit as quick as joj can ai l lring me a j.lat-3 of OUp with a button hook in it." The World's Greatest flMerf. ( v' -ihM , of th earth's olid wr faee it buried iu the abysmil regions of th wean, ar.d exists at undulating plain b: !. '.h a watery covering from two to f.ve 'mile thick. Oa this land at tha b.tt-' mcf the 1 "p s -OjtLc flirector of the Ci.a'ienger publications t!l ui, the con -d.tirr.i j-reented are mot uniform. The ternperiturr, near th freezing point of fre-h water, dos .not txeced acven di" grccs in rang?," is co4taot through- veDr in air 5iclitr. SmligEt - . . . . . v . H and p!ar.t-.ife sr- f.ftnt, and, although animals of thf- Urg typn are present, th' re if no jfreat variety of form or abu dsTi'-e f i!.i:vi'laals. Change of any kind is exceedingly' slow. At the .great est depths d-poiit are chieSy a rel clay mixed with fragrant of volcanic nt&t ttr, r: main. of eep a snimali, cmraio dmt, mtngantve-jron nodules and zeolj tic crytai.. No asfagou deposits hav Ik- traced orf dry land, although th continents arc mainly made, up o! rocks wlifltrt hsv' fortael finder the tea - ' - K , Tr;rougtyut all geolo gic il time-, the depouu 61 lb continent bor it nit watTt eppcar to have been fott-i l up into dry land through the coa tracti'n of the earta, while the abysmal tQziatis ha v.. reui.x.aci th moitt pcrma-r.e-t arca the rarth' iurf".