Orange County observer. [volume], May 26, 1888, Image 1

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IIILLSBORO, X. C. SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1888
NEW .ERIES-VO !. NO :i2.
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:. Wall trcrt broker
;, .i r. c ntly in the mc
. ... vj'nr- of ground
- e-.frc of hi' ago. It
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hi a-'- tax ;i-ts show
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THEFT - OF THE MORNIMG.
"Th" c-nriy f5a'h of a ynnth'' tv f repien!
ca' ert in poeuc hrjfaijre a fcinre or t he! r
A nrort "
Bind in the Morning, mother of th stars
And ",f the wind that usher in the day!
Kr her light fing' rs slide the eastera bars,
A netted sn'ire Iv-for her footsfeps lay ;
P!r th paV pm- of th1 mist t.e strewn:
F : Ti' 1 us th morning, nd restore our own!
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labou, ' f N' '.v York, was
f ?!,. o-d ', ih'iii.'n Ml ;
. , !m t l ' i fori un'S and
. i :i" ' i! - f blind tif -s, lias re
. , h'i- t ' i a ihf Vge ' f s vr nty
W.tha h'.i't full of vrat itude. and
, ui te 0!i!,.i'M' o of youth, the old
h.i-c -r.'iiin f t'i up his pen with the
.in-.t t i.nt'i the litff Hry arena
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L i ih .'ii', wh' was
i "! 1 1 "Hi i contor t ionist in
l l, i-M-it "t t lonit v. as f c H h
p"or iittlr w ii tch hi-, own tra lc
i f ;r h limb li.t' V atnl hratinn;
h:!i with ,i l in-h to m ike him p tipple.
.l.itii'S l';ivn, the tiov I:t, -wiitrs in a
kl piper thit if h- hii'i heen the
ni i-t itc u ho 1 1 ii i t he r a-e o wonhl
h-ir t m-liT t lir-i ii'h.in ".i eontirtion or
t wo ni it m hi i o 'i amine." .
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The 'on? inentil CnnrP"; o:i April
17??, p i-e'l an oi'h r tint a m mument
!.- r r e 1 1 i t the rneiiiorv of (Amoral
Wiirren in hi-tmi, w.lh the f l'oin
jniiipti' ii "In honor of .hw ph War
ren, M i 1 'i i t 1 1 r 1 1 , of V.-iwu hnsptts
11a V. Me i ley - tt 1 1
of h i-i ( init r . :iie
It lv V.'et l!!l Ml the It ittle of
'tine i i ; ; 1 h1- ( o-
I e.ltril -M;t.'St a; a'l Hi'-
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rt h Yfr-hnrp. i-sl a!l thing1? we lield mrst
?m,t mf fly gijardd from hr amorcu1
' -tealth;
S f nithirig gatVrl, toiluisr; yar l-y year,
T-iut s?i liHih clfi'iiifil it for inereae ol
wealth.
riurgenis makr trirht V.pv cro'vn, intrust
fir throri":
find us th Morning, an 1 1 tore oui own!
U hre arA thpy p;nn who rrnin 1 onr mvrtles
'r tx-nt vri' rich fruitage to out
hand'.
O hrr-athM d-f p pong fro'n nut the laurels
f.had"
Shdiew fhm to her. who ran filaek th
hand-?
What hi!" f-ho wh,t tfl,lR wa(J Jiever
kri' vn
I'ind n- the Morninff-axi.i re?tor our own!
l-'n- uih that f..r hersik Orion died.
Slam ly the f-iher arrh'Tof thf sky
That Hi. in s prineeHinid her splendors wide
Lies ehained ly app, nor xvins his prayer
todi;
Knoush' hut hark! our captive loves makf
moan:
Rind us the Morning, and restore our own!
Wp hav hhe!d the
Anions her thoinng Hours, in sorrow
hi) wed.
A moment gleam their faces faint and cold
Through some high oriel window wreathed
w ith eloud.
Or on the wind before her thev are blown:
Rind us the Morning, and restore our own'
7hpy do her service at the noiseless looms
T hat weive the misty vesture of the hills;
Their tears are drink to thirsting grass and
blooms,
Their hreath the darkling wood bird wakes
and thrills;
l's too (hey seek, but far adrift are thrown;
B.nd us the Morning, and restore our own!
Ya. cry h-r Thif! from where the light
, doth break
To where it merges in the western deep!
It aucht of ours she, startled, should for
sake,
Such waifs the waiting Night for us will
kHp.
Rut stay not; still pursue her, falsely flown.
Rind us the Morning, and restore our own'
Kihth M. Thomas, in 1he Centuru
' ';ilSV obserVfYl w-Ith mrnriti. fhot V
lift 1 1 t if r 1 1 hn1dtrw ; n. -
"Don't you know your father's oldest
ami movt devottil fiien.l Seymour
Profi t tr
.u-y an reca'I the name. The sound
of it bright up a faint recollection of
somellun pe uliar- something doubt
ful; but she couldn't remember what.
Hie knew at. last that her father had had"
no connci tion w itli Mr. Troo;e-ett for
iars. lint mcetin': the eascr gaze of
his hinin eye-, she could do no less
thin to s:ni!e faintly, w th a murmured
word.
' Why, to ue sire why, to-be cer
tain :'' Mr I'n.-ijett went on in a hie;h
kev. "Whv. my (hill, I trotted you on
my knee h -n you were, let us say, three
feet liih eit.tinly not more than three
feet high I ttotted -you on my knee !"
said Mr. Prog-tt, excitedly.
( ;us-y rew p:iik,. Mr. I'rojTfrctts re
marks were piercingly audible. The
young man opposite, looked up in a
startled way. The two old ladies turned
asto'ti-hed faces toward them.
"I knew you as an infant I eee you
now in. the full flower of womanhood!
Mr. Pro;get went on.
He put hands oil his knees and held
back for a good view of the flower of
womanhood. His sharp e. es twinkled
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interposed, with gentlemanly serious
ness. "We had not the elirhtrtt nntinn
of our respective identities. I arn e- j
ceedingly happy to meet you, Miss Cole- 1
man.' " '
He met Miss ( "nleman'c r . o 1. !
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j brief glance, Mr. Proggctt's proposal j
i was forever sealed to the knowledge of
the world. i
j Mr. Delanccy Tatum was prevailed
i ujion hi siay to luncti.
IN - A SCULPTOR'S STFIWOl SCIENTIFIC AND IMl'STRIAI.
THE CURIOSITY SHOP TIT AT ART
ISTS BUILD AND WORK IN.
Curiously enough, Henderv, the in
rcntor of the new tccl process, c'ainu
that the ore the pig iron submits to i!
the better the resultant met.il.
Patent leather is leather covcml with
feveial coats of linseed oil and umber.
mixel with a little lampblack, and then
varnished and drcd in ovens.
So prompt is the t fleet of the eTcctru
current useti in cleaning sewers that in
Hits oil twenty minutes a volume of opaque
h effect. ; M"wa.i:c Incomes jvcrfectly tranjftrent.
aaminn"!7
tiussy clasped her hands together with
in her muff. 'I he young man looked
steadily at ho floor.' The old ladies
staicd.
Mr. Pioggett gtz.ed at her in silence
for several mo:'nent.
"I have l.i ;en for many years without
the soft refinement, ot woman's compan
ionship," he proceeded at last, pensively.
! IIT . . .1 l. il.
m whom we lost, of old i uu mmti mui rainy, ncr ceaiie care,
ncr tender love a sealed oo!c to me.
He sighed loudly and edged a little
closer to (iussy. She drew away alTright
edlv, but Mr. Proguett moved after her.
'A sealed hyok. And yet, I have
thought, I have hoped that such happi-
' ness may yet be mine. I now believe
it."
Away From the World What He !
Does Up There Clay, Plaster
and Marble Death Masks. !
It was an ideal. The very atmosphere !
t was different from that outide. Span- i
ttU'sy s opinion of him may be gath- ' lsmoss hung in great wa'vy bunches on j
ered ftom the succinct riesfi-intmn f the wall, while here and there wrrsi
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mm wijn wnich she favored a particu- I'm'grapns ana medallions,
lar friend. She said he w-.-is 4,init r ' ' bright ribbons rave acoouettisl
. 1 - - a - t - .1 1 1 n ft r . a I rm I'- - - :
Mie was not astonished later, when she- u" conira-iea wnn me somore . eirao 01 i l,lM l "l tup, ni-u- uie organic
gained the information after a cau tne rnoss, just a summer does withl ntattrr collect in a semi-solid forln.
The mantel waS cotvrcd with f.dw inU Hilton, a Paterson ( N. T )
bits of sculpture in clay and j maehinist. h completed a silk b-om
which oi copies less space than a typ
writer, and weaver silk haudken hiefs of
a pretty pattern, four inches square A
child tan Operate it. Silk tmnufactutert
of Patcrson say it is th smallest wotk
ing loom ever made .
It is found that nearly every kind oy
glass, especially that containing' man
ganese, is liable to a change of or by
the action of sunlight, but the glass can
be restored to its original color by heat.
Stained gla'S jn wind ows that his
changed tint through solar action can
thus be restored bVheat.
Paper window shutter formed of two
thick paper board, stamped and mold
ed into panob, and ghed together with
tiously gradual jogging of her father's ' "nter.
memory that Mr. Vroggett had been i pictures,
feeble in mind for some fifteen Years- plaster, rnd a score of sea shells The
that he was prone to do unexpected ami room 'was full of models, easels, casts
peculiar Triings. and was therefore pro- 1 arm "U5lB
tided with an attendant, from whom he
occasionally escaped.
Nor was she astonished to rind that
Delanccy Tatum was a tine young fellow,
a first class business man. and one of
the most highly valued of Mr. Coleman's
business acquaintances.
"I invited him up to call," Mr. Cole
"Where are your hauffner and chisel.
and marble?' asked a reporter for the
Atlanta Cnt'itutim.
j She sculptor laughed heartily.
"Now, how many people in Atlanta
do you suppose think that a sculptor's
' first and only work is in marble, and
; with a hammer and hisel? No, the art
man concluded, sportively. "He'saievcr all in clay every bit. Putting it in
seemed particularly anxious about it be
fore, but I notiecd he- promised mighty
easy the other day."
And (iussy bhi'hed sweetly and be
comingly. Jhe is 3Irs. Tatum now.
Saturd'ty Xiyht.
Interesting Emigration Fignres.
The New York Fun says that this in
teresting table has just been compiled by
the Emigration Commissioners showing
the number of alien passengers arriving
at this port each year since the establish
ment of the Commission :
213.005
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marble is merely mechanical. It is iust
as if we molded in elay, and then by
some chemical process could change the
clay into marble. There is no art in that
it is al in the clay. After a death
II r'lllO ft n 1 lidoh uni t un ridb.il f l.rAiurh
will be taken, and then it will be put in i ' V ' . ; ' V ' ,
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r.y i mm v. orrrn.
Kvrrbody that met (iussy Coleman that
iiorning lurked ;i( her admiriiigl v and
certainly a pietty girl, styl.sh! v arraved
j'd ch.eked and bright ced, and in the
le-t of spirits, is an agie. able object
I here was n- ,,., ial rciMiri for'us-y's
pood spu,ts aside from the fact that -he
was out for a morning of shopping but
to a y.-ung lady who was as fond ol wan
ner ng up and down through the de
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! Her shopping to dav was somewhat
; mythical; all she had been able to put
j down on her tablets, after industrious
: elTort to think of something she needed
j was a sin k of braid and a paper of hair-
I"" '-i'11 ne Knew ohe was sure to eeo
- ; something she wo, i!. want something
move to secure j shr -'""Idn't get along without; and, at
woim. ttiere were certain to be ban-ains
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laud th.- 'a!r td Michigan 1
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y ai i i .-mpitiy ! :; an th" work
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w i i p n. i f r thr pH-isage of -.
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he f. Mind herself four ni ;J. s fr,,m home
with thicr huge bundle', ;i'r,d n pocket
ful of -mailer arti. !e-. and a shrunken
poi kit -b. ok. at half past elevi n.
he hid bought ola water and a
pound of mai'li'maliow v. ;ind had a
dwpiptic lundi-.f o rt r,j aft ies and hot
' hoc. lite and eoia res and he was fd
ing veiy bright a :d comfortable as sli(.
ha led a hiTneward-bound car.
lar-e -hate f her complacence was
due ?.. the f;,, t ,,f i.r having lemght two
hand .. rihi.f' nt eight .en' apiece, and
a pa r of ghMv for forty nine cents' Mie
was aware that -he should never think
of ii'ing th.em. -he h.iuld probably give
tl em tn N'.-ra a soou as -he reached
horn. , but That did not diminish her e
treme 'it stcti.n in tl cir pun ha-e.
The e wasnol.r.Jy m iheiarbut an
old genth man ii ling a newspaper in a
corner, a ou-g man leaning 'forward,
wdh a turn naMrg evpr -s:....t and his
h uni" c'a ped .' r hi' umbr.-Ma handle
and two old ladies i-i , rape bonnet'.
t.us'V de, . "te I b.'-i 'Mird es , n th
p at h- r .' de all but i,,, ,
c 'litnli-r. toUelovtr to the t'o r. Tin- i-ii".' ir!:n
who was iiriik.lMt.-lv opp'-site, r cued
:t has'ilv
parted in a tenderly-persuasive smile, his
eyes aglow with eagerness.
'"My dear young lady," he went on,
pantingly, "be not alarmed at 'my sud
denness. Hemembcr that I knew you
in your infancy. Think only of my
warm alTcc tion, of my pure devotion!
Accept the heart of one who faithfully
adore- von."
iussy 6at stunned and motionless.
The two old ladies shared her fright.
They clutched their black hand-bags and
half rose from their seats; The
young man turned hurriedly and looked
out of th'J winelow.
"Look not at my gray hairs, lieraem
ber that my heart is young and fresh!"
Mr. Proggett implored, wildly "and
that its store of pent-up affection, the
growth of years, is yours all yours.
iussy starcel at him in helpless, trem
bling horror. She saw dimlv th.it the
two old ladies were hurrying towarel the
floor, in which the conductor stood
bioadly grinn ng. She herself was
weakly unable to move.
Mr. Progett peered into her face in
deep agitation. Then, with a placid de
liberation of movement at strange vi
rian' e with his heated face and gh wing Return
eyes,, he placed himself on his knee.' hi
her f ta t.
'I he two old ladies, glancing back
waid, si reamed faintly as they stepped
otl the car; the conductor laughed un
restrainedly; the young man, with a
fare of grave alarm started forward.
'iloiiot doubt me!" Mr. Proggett was !
fa ing. sluillv. "Do not hesitate to ac-
cept the lifelong de otion of a heart j
which 1 eats for you alone' I have long
awaited th's opportunity; long have I !
hoped and prayed j
, (.ussy pulled herself together with a '
I mighty effort. Her heart was thumping
i furiously and her head whirling around.
; jhe looked up and met the eyes of the
strange young man fixed upon her with
! solicitous anxietv.
! In another moment- she could not
have told how it happened- she was out -
si-ie the ear, urnbr a friendly grocery- ;
awning; the strange voting man, laden
with her mulT. her pocket-book, the re- (
in drs of her marsh-mallow, anel her ;
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A glance at the report of the nation
ality of the alien passengers landed at
the Garden during 1SS7 will show who
some of our new neighbors are:
tiermany Iceland 1 8
Ii eland .Vino Mexii o. 151
England -. . .4",'W ; South America. 144
ltalv 44.271 Centrl America 1H1
Sweden :?7,w.g : I'ortupal 75
ItuS'ia :'-!. 20: . China e;4
Hunpary 17.71'. (ireat Rritain
Scotland 1 1,-4 a not specified) mO
Norwav. ...... i:?.dl ; Australia M.
A ust ria ..11, 7f.g . A rabi.a 22
Iieiiiuark K3.75 i Nova Scotia.. . . 1 "
Rohrmia .U; .?;ipan 15
Frai'-e :.'.'!' I5nti-h East Iu-
Net'ierlands. . . . .." h) ; dies 11
Wales M.tlO ! Sotith Africa. .. 11
Switzerland . . . . 4,":7 New Zealand... 11
Finand 4 ,M1 ! Rrazil t
Relium 2,:.i2 i India S
Koii'iiania s4 Afrira f
Qud eo anri ( )n Egypt . . 4
tnio 71 1 1 Sandwich I-lTs 4
fine e 'd2 Nw Brunswick o
Luxemburg.... 72 i I'rini-p Edward's
Spain 4-., S Island 3
Wc-t Indies... 4 '' Rritish C'l'mbia 2
Malta -lava. 1
Sy-ia 1 ' Morocco. ; 1
Rirman . .. St Helena. 1
. Tirkey b''.' Tern 1
A raienia. . I'd
Buying Hack His Lost Pa-te.
marble.''
"What is the use in changing it into
plaster? Why not take the measurements
direct from this?"
"It's too soft, and you cannot allow it
to harden, for it will crack and draw.
There is the death mask of .ludge I och
rane. I am making a marble bust of
him, and it i3 being put into marble
now."
The mask referred to is in plaster, and
being taken by dinect impressions from
the lace of the elead, the mask is a vivid
reproduction the whole effect being
heighteneil by the pallid color. The
features were perfect. The eyes wero
closed as if in sleep, and the general ex
pression is one of peace and of rest.
This was taken coon utter death, and
the features are perfectly natural.
"That is taken," explained the sculp
tor, Mr. Franzee, "by impression, the
soft plaster being spread over the feat
ures, and blown1 carefully into each
crevice and wrinkle. That forms the
mold, and the ca-t is taken by fimply
running in plaster."
"How do you make a medallion? '
"From photographs, and then perfect
them from life.'
"Suppose the model is dead ?"
"Then the best of all aids is the death
mask. That's true in making a bust as
well. Butif we haven't that we get as
many photographs as we can front,
three quarters and profile, if possible.
Then we work in clay until it is as near
perfect as we can make it from what we
have to go by, and th'n get critic sms
upon the work from those that knew the
dead. After the clay model is perfe t
the art work is complete."
"Is thatc!ay in a solid lump?"
"Oh, n'o. We build a frame of straw
' usually for a bust, anel for a larger statue
a frame or skeb ton of wood, or iron.
tias pipe is splendid."
"Where floes the clay come from:"
"It is potter's clay from Chio. I like
; the New York potter's clay better,
a waterproof coatirtg, and then one that
is fireproof, they are painted, varnished
and hung in the usual way.
After the age of twenty the expecta
tion of life .among American women
slightly exceeds that of English wmen
up to the age of forty seven. After the
age of thirty-five the epetation of life
of English women is better than that ot
the Englishmen, but in Amuun women
have 6.0 lower expectation late thin
men.
Experience nt the Winter Palace of
the Car at St. Petersburg, indicates
that the electric light injures the exotic
plants used for the decoration of the
'rooms, by causing the leave s to tuin yel
low, dry up, and fall o!l. The experi
ments of 1 ir. Siemens led him toadif
ftrent conclusion; but his gieenhou-e
was heated by the waste .-team from the
engine driving his dynamo, and this
perhaps was of beneficial HTcet sufliTient
to counteract the mischief done by the
light.
Of the world's refracting telescopes
nine have apertures exceeding twenty
inches, viz.: Pick Observatory, Cali-fornia.thirty-six
inches. Pulkova, ltiia,
I thirty inches; Yale College, twenty-
eight; Littrow, Vienna, twenty seven;
University of Virginia, twenty-six,
Washington Navnl observatory, twenty
six; (iateshead, England, twenty-five;
Princeton, N. J., twenty-three, and
IJuckingham, London, England, twenty
one Six of these instruments ate the
work of the. ' American firm of Alvan
Clark A Sons.
The duk-duk ceremony of the New
Britain group is a singular one. Thl
duk-duk peNsupposcd to be a spirit who
comes from the sea at daybreak of the
dny on wjiih the new moon appears
The men who personate - the duk duk
wear a tunic reaching to the knee, and
a conical hat some six f t high, paled
with a grotesque fue. They initiate the
voting men with blows of fane and club.
j though, and we tdiall begin using it ; and feed at their expense for about two
soon. I weeks. I he tame ru-tom exi-i in icv
"Can you use the same clay over and ! Guinea. It is believed that th" whole
over?"' " 'performance is a power hld mrr the
"Oh, yes. The same c'ay would last j young men of the tribe by the o'.d ones.
a life time, but, of course, it is wasting The people of New Ireland openly eat
continually." ' prisoners slain in battle
"Why not u-e the common clay?
Fallen as the rupe has in the esteem ' - "It is never free from mica scales and j
ot Furore, the coin has not lost all its ' grains of sand. That ruins an artists
' . . ...I.- - I'll-
too:s. j nen ii is not so piiaoie nor so
cohesive "
"Where docs the marble come from?"
"Italv. We can use only Carrara mar
ble. For two tho ismd rears those
mific-workitiL' . imwer in the East
.'lid ciously u-e 1 as a bac ksheesh, it can
still claim to rank among ihe governing
j wers of society. In one matter, in
deed, its e'ri acy appears to be increasing
liaising Gnat I'm Th !r 1 le-h.
A car load of 220 goats arrived in
C hicago recently from Tex'o., and thl
nnimals'wcre dipoed of ' to a b.cI
butcher. The goat. the Nr .v Y'-rk
S''i, averaged dunsed, about p-und.
u4ilege
the oee
SI earn M akin sr.
floor if on ! '
n
" I will S' e v'ci to our
will permit m'." hi s ud.
They w ilke-i on )n t palpitating si-le-',,
e. i.us-y was tr mh'ing still; her
chicks were ic ) and p.i'r bv turns with
?h' ctnbari a'Strp nt of her lingering hor
ror, lb r c nspinn n k pt his ryes con
j. b rat, ly" tut n--I aw iv.
"II thnk." -aid Gu-y faintly,
"thit he i-n't in his right min i. He
ir.'i't h ' e been in-anf '
i-i i. ii.-.. .-...I. ..i : ..
nther than dimini hing. What would 'mines have Uen worked ana, ' ;
j pound. This alh-ws ii e ni' a' t r b - te
I taile.l at a fair profit, bd i.. bt'f th3
; pri' e of muttf.n :ind,gue; th- p .bl-e a
f heap and b sir abb" mat i pU .
I There are arg' fb f k f goiis in IV nn
an'l Mexico, b it they ar- rai- I alipct
wholly for their ha r Ihen iti .e g-itt
when"iroMl with the Angora podu -
1 aflKic whfli mak' ih- ti: -t kind .f
' mohair cloth, a id lis tb- ut tiie -.ati.fl
j as wool. Mr 'hu o-i if Ni j. Valy,
; Texas is in the heart of th gm rv-;ng
counttvT Hi-f'o'k rtumi r- n-'W ',
ami he intends in r. asir.ir it to f .'' .
He thinks th a g' vs Ih- put ou th's
market at 2 year d for n mi-rdr norn
inal ro-t. nay l. a the hi r hp w.ll
; m"re than pat all f y ne f ra sing.
At :'tl. n rfSj." ' a -'.ug pn':. far
; more. inde-l, t'liaa 10 y othr k od of
live to k. iMts are ufe h" l rs an'l
j there is no r s,K fr -m 1 t .ny f
the dangers if at ihr ?e'i other d'.rn'.ic
AE .tie v avi' i- H ig" ' t'lta
it not have cost a high caMe Hindoo in ' th-re has leen no substitute. By far the
ormcr timf,s to recover his r.i-te ; rlosest imitation comes from Western
ege s after losing them for crossing j North Carolina, and I believe that ai
an? S'lne thousand' of rupe es, they mine dee er, the marble will bo
three bundles was at her side; the tar ; at lea-t: m some (ase-s. we henex e,' tne , :ome as pure ascarrara.
was rolling on. j cxpen-e oi expiai mg iu- . . n - .
"Thank you thank voU cn much !" to rive figures. Ijut. thi- being an. age'
she s .id .-.I .",,; lv " I " I don't know 1 rf. heanness. the Hiahinins ha-.e f ecu fit ;
what I -hould have d ne." j to reduce the tarill to quite a demoi ratic When water "tio liegirs to boil it is
She looked up at a 'amp post. ' level In a recent instance, a young i impossible to rai'e its temperature any
" I am on'v tour blocks -from home." Hindoo, who had been M .dying engin higher; all excess of h-at ,s a'-sorbed
-he sa.i. tiv'in- to smile, and made a ! erring- in England, was out.at,,l the ; hy the reaping j t ailed latent heat,
movnrnt to r-lieve him of h-s burden !, moment he set f-ot m h s native land ' and is given out agam thm it condr,n-s.
Rut -he wa- te!e and 1 er voi. e was' The family wee. of i n..re. plunged in ; We often speak of -rem- the Am
un-teadv, and the venv man. bow-! -the de.-j.e-t di-tr--s by the cruel sentence ; l escaping from th -pout of a kettle. iWt
;).. . I it cut th m otT ff-m ih - poor-pariah. and , this is incornrt. steam i an invi-ih.e
i!" ..iiiu-.i. ... . ' i . .1
ll i nan
lemned him ?o hfr ..t"g degra lation. ' vapor, and
E.ut a knr.vmg old Rrahrr.in, on bring
c d f d into - cunf il. m ide ra'h' r -light ot
the niatt't. and olT'-t'd to negotiate for
n whi'cwalii-g o-i -tr.rt'y r-.a-onib?e
!erm- lh' -e flip' "i"1 arrangrd; on
pa- "lent of .'2rupr'. s.jppl nfn'ed bv
. b i-t t i a pirfv of litahm'n. th'- youth
w is r 'o'f d to hi- torm'c posrion :n
so V . ".' ' " .
t!
it.
the oung man te-
depth
f water
u f t. lift
. i
In i --! t k
at' t
. m '. rp
l Tl ii
rap;.
IM o t
b e.t
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k . W ht h . " rn t i 'ii
' ' it g '? Pt th. W or d.
wa; !':-pvi d ii. r b.
I ii.! i -t s
rcpe- tfu'lv
at
mp ithefc
ich -. t'ner. in
tv- . ':
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inc ;ip r'
Th-
rini ipal
Kit. r.
u w:th
r;e
i lk- - I . ! r . If !s -if n ttV.l
f:. m thr low. t end f Pake
1 "ivty-nii!i-"trnm thr upper
H it 'M Th" new intt rna
' ' it Ug the American
e I ili id fiTl Pn- i'i." s-..A...
creases .;ut above tLe rauids.
a - . .
!-i
h 'i
Oussy s.r.iled swe't'v. he wa-an un
ommonly niie look ing young man. He
-mi e.l in n tu'n. and raised h s hat, the
for.duitor took' her fare and rang his
bei!. and the car un did on.
Ihe old getitlem.in in the corn r had
la d .'.own h:s paper, and was fixedly i"
godingher. Ou--y looked at him " He
w i- a -mad. plump old g'rrli mm. with
i br.-tly white mu'tache. avd e ves of an
a iiio-t unt atur d brightness. It seemed
as th ugh -he had sten him somewhere
If-f'MC.
Her suspicion was verifie i by the old
gent'eman's getting up suddcnlv and
, i filing , er t'. her s lie aim -t on a run.
; "Why. den t yo i re'cgni?e me. mv ''
; tlear t o ing friend ." he demanded, with
loud anxietv, sitting dovyn close at her
" I am sun
spn-led, "in
ton -
At d they suited
rr'ref.
Gu-y.- f.th r . a"'e out at the door of
hi- dignifiid brown stone h-cj". as they
pau-ed at tfiC to"? cf th steps.
A ( oniforlable Hoom eenrfd.
A gfttUman It'-mi Ft i sr.p. Cal. . reg-i-?
r- d at ore . f th- pr ncipal hotels in
thts iy. but a thre wa- no ro ni- va
. cant a? the time h v. iy. b,jd to return in
the afternoon. Hs- lu' k y as ri btr
on his return, a- unite rooms had been
eng-g d bv teb'graph than a hotel of
1 douide the s?e ,f the. ore in question
f run no more "f
lit . 1 V.
we can air. naT wr io m-f rr nf
minute drops of water into which the
steam condnrs on coming into the eo .1
atr. If we taoil water in a glass flask,
we shall notice that nothing cau be -on
on the interior; and bv observing th
steam escaping from a k'tb we shall
n"tic that there is pnie a 'listance 1
tween the end of the sjei and the point
w here the clowd !-' ome vi-i'de. Thi
cloud of steam is of exaMly th- same
nature as t clouds w hu h fle-at in the
skv. and which are formed by the ion
de'nsation in the cool uppr regions of the
feam and a jueou? vapor prtnt in the
ex. M'0 E'd "
annual.
rough land ' r me
i pro-j -r I d sho I nt a
w ib- strt' h of r, irjtry or.M !- r it!l9
,-'. g- " i 'a
pa tufe and vmir..
over anl thev w I
th
O I j
II
of she j
grazing ? id-, hn I the
0e
k th i an our:t
I'i i-i h it p t". m
' g 1 1 1 f; g r j L Uil.
tit -
lit no.pie'i to ni- flaugfiter. Put at the
sight of the strange young nun he I could contain. Hew a abttb- indignant.
(.topped short, ; an 1 told the b-rk nt the d -k that, by
"Well, Pelancey Tatum!" he e acul- c. he w-uld -stop th-.-e anyhow, and
ated. "where i1ti you fall from - Where j- otic red t ba. k hs 1-oi-t with f I ..
did you rrd him. Gu-y ? l'jwn my Among the gue-ts i.f ihe h.fej,t a 4
w ord. 1 drdu't know you knew him my young ladv f -.m the -am tow a P9 the
dear!" . g-nt'emai. an i for whom the would he-
Mr. Co'em m turned about and dragged , guc-t of the h-dt-- Kid a liking. He West
Compensation.
Who hitatf- 14 lost"
Is an da o!d.
Fearful tvr. V ih-,r rt,
i-arn thy tnut te toid.
But. rn notlutr? n- car. bo
Undrnth ttiun.
'T : a r Id n 1 tru t'at bJ
Who h-:tjt- ts-on- "
Ktmn-r lir o-.K tn tht Century.
' Whenal.reat rtl-t !lez?e. lr P. ea1.
j Jean rta.i'oi Mdl-.t. h- gieatcn of
i nil modern artHi'i,livtd a id" of poverty.
A sad a-ory of the Uek "f a-ps iati3
I ofthatwhi h it truly i?f- t ' t
; the lecturer bj-- Mr. 'JJ rv ba--. ol
i Botdoa. That g n ieuiAn p-.cs.e to
i thtrtv of Mikt'i Lied work, uud
' among them a iiit' picture of -anct
' cirl. with a hevl that might b- . Leon-
.1 Ii- li s"
a do Thi picture M
I eery p'cture .h p ia Part to se I ir
thirty franc-oc!y 1-to buy fol for
1 h tarviag family, aad now tho picture
ip th
.te
r k-cked at Gui-v is gallant
the vcung
iiic Ui:
f!.i-rce
"I don'i know h'm. papa." Gus-y
mu'mircd . "but he he on the car
i wa- able to bt- of seme slight ,n:t-
to the v.ung l.adv, told his predicsment
and determination, arid a-ked the voting
lady to marry him
l.-i"- h.ir (li. v we t
h" con-entcd, and
Th: &fc ov
lide. and throwing his paper to the fiopr c-ce to Mlsi. Colwraas," Delincey Tia
i itrrm Thrnatenini.
. . ... - .
Dakota iadj (scanning tae Ky irorn ., f,ft, !. boo.
the i i-soi ami wnuoe " - rea4on way tne lecturer &av:i;M uj
run
were married. : u -u r-ient to ray tha tve are goug to Uveas of hi hearer h wuhe I t-J p
Etatlemo- nmdtr hit bc-vl.-S 1tJlatba ,a,oU'r. iM1,,1 pnt for lore ct the or.!)
FfAi.it o Alia. 4 "SaUr NSW bIU"r' Vur SiU.