Sn — ns anon min se Si———————- THE OLD FRIENDS. The old friends, the old friends! Wa loved when we were young With sunshine on their faces And music The bees are in the The birds renew their str But the old friends Can never « on their tongu 1X ' . 440100 1 HOWwe once | MH) The old friend Their brow They've furr And silver int But to me In youth and bloom the As when we drove the Or shouted in the in the faded cl » hair; they are the old friends still same flying ball, game The old men, the old men! How slow they creed How In days whe Their prosing Their prate of times g Their shiver If but along naughtily we so n we were and th lil n Re ani a breath went put we, we are the Our We cannot Or climb the | blood is faiut and chill leap the mighty brook, breakneck hill We maunder down the shortest We rest on stick And the laugh young bhalf-ashames Yet pass us wit! Jut the young Their streng The strai The The shout As up the Ent though They th is fair to see ght back and eye is falcon free above the fr SOON sis O weary As life draws And sa iy. for loss of But we'll In So here's a he weary drag near the sadly all of | To those ¥ WHAT A BREAKFAST DID. a And Never in An expr Mrs. Hawley her hand 1 should Herber ried, hav my hea thought more tance? promise perhaps,’ No, you to society vorabl eeling Mrs sought. hoy suddenly He bs favorably other you ciety. speaking ject, to tell promise to be interview with result, w: 8s ¢ ) A few Mrs. Hawley was seated in the ps OF with Her- bert. Vainly she had endeavore L to draw him into conversation. He mained in gloomy silence And mother was wishing someone w come make it necessary him to throw off the depression, exert himself to be a little agreeable when the door opened, and the sery- ant announced "Mr. Mayo."’ Tom Mayo was Herbert's chum and class mate. Mrs. Hawley gladly welcomed his coming. As he knowledged her cordial greeting said “My call is especially for you, Hawley; to solicit your with that obstinate son I’ve been pleading with week past to promise he will go home with me to Baltimore, and spend the Easter holidays My sister has written me to bring a couple of friends. She is going to have some of her school mates, and we expect a very pleasant time. But Herbert in- sists that he cannot. Will you help me?’ Mrs. Hawley was del the prospect, and earnestly joined her efforts with his friend's to induce him to go. At length they were successful. severe oy (ve ings in, to for and 0ne- he Mrs. influence of yours him for a very one had bound perhaps nn happy by that will think it all a con- But I tell you, y me, I never meeting Lonise, when | fore ‘RY room Notwithsts ng y barrier st any further progress in Her. i wooing lie spent a very week. i was in tuily tDiercolurse been believ stood be- } aor again bert’ ant heart. Louise, Was in his He uld be his | onvineed h as to 1» mortais A proof to him of her the children | yd net about her while terest to their prattlie, and fingers wi heir am It was the Ils wening their stay. Tom and friend had pro- longed the ple sit to the last hour. Herbert siness had not been 8o pressing he others, and he would gl remained longer; but of felt bound to return when It was a terril which had suc worth was, clung busied her for ! articles usement r of ho il rain y UNSER’: Bridget, lo vere ple moment it Yes, it's yi for she’s not wantir thank ye. But it's the riputation and eredit that Bridget VU Grady will take from no one. The breakfast was none of me doin’ Miss Louise it was: and all out of a ham bone and a bit of nothing she made t ille- gant breakfast It's a jewel ashe Sure. an’ it's a lucky mar that her, it is!” Herbert's heart to Bridget's praises Immediatzly after his arrival home, he gave hix mother a full account of his visit. But l think most likely she made full allowance enthusiasm. That evening called. Hunting pocket, sald ‘There! I declare this is too bad! I promised Miss Delmar to deliver I forgot all about it. It's too late now, and it is fully a mile from here.”’ ur HIArS iit take for them, an’ 1 ine ‘ad } IN. gots fully responded after business, Tom in a letter, for something he drew forth former's home, Three days after Mrs. Hawley re. “Oh no! Mrs S0th street.’’ ‘The name is very familiar,” Agatha Foster's, ‘Ab, I remember; I knew her several years ago, Once, 1 this information : “On my arrival at Mayo's I re- peived a surprise which would have | | able circumstances; but meeting with sad reverses, she became house keeper in the Courtney family.” A bright Hawley then. sould learn all “ Mr. Mayo have no letter many thought came to Mrs. From Mrs. Foster she about Miss Delmar she said tion I will tomorrow mornin objec ing f ie home The oid ‘ou know rid ; complishmen a brill I ofte n ain would be t int what Herl New Yor Electricity for Railroad Trains. Squeiching a Nuisance what it would had a Was w ns t r ¥ hae said i you ever try lis play with your shut? no idea how queer it see A middle-aged man with a red face just in front. He twisted him- self about in his seat and glared at the young man. “Young man,’ said he, did you ever try listening to a play with your mouth shut?'’ Aud the silence was almost painful. eves iis. sat — For Hypnotic Criminals. in A good story is told of a Judge whe Inately had the hypnotic plea raised before him by a burglar. The pris. oner claimed that he did not know that he*was “‘burgling:’’ that he did it automatically and unconsciously, i under the direction of a hypnotist. | The Judge said that he would give him the fall benefit of the law { also of his hypnotic misfortune. He thereupon sentenced the man to ten | years in State prison, but told him he could, if he chose, send for the | hypnotist and have himself made un | conscious for the entire term of his i imprisonment. “The same power.” said the Judge, ‘which enabled you to commit bur: glary, and not know it, ought also to enable you to suffer imprisonment, with hard labor, and not be aware of it. At any rate. this is the best 1 van do for you." STYLES IN HAIRDRESSING. vention. 0 be on the in- icularly notice y do not m up the r has left ald so rapid] iness is very often train and the this ad- » hair often but if the A Remarkable Family. It is strange h runs through a family, markably age in w a peculiar voice This is re. the Balfour 1¢ were to shut one's it would be almost impossible to say wh ether Mr. Arthur, Mr. Eus. tace or Mr Geral i Baifour was speak. ing in those deep, rich tones with which the House of Commons is so familiar. Another peculiarity that runs through the brothers is short sight. All three are tall, but the two members of Parliament have this further in common, that both are thin and have the scholar’'s stoop whereas the non-political stout. erect and soldierly in his bear. ing. The two younger brothers have family eves tiiree while the statesman knows, is a bachelor, and shares with his other brothers the passion for golf, © i ———° Crawling Leaves. Among wonderful things found in Australia are the crawling leaves. English sailors first noticed this phe- nomenon. They were roaming along the coast when a sudden breeze shook down a wmumber of leaves to the ground. The sailors were surprised at «his shower, because it was not the {all of the year, but midsummer, . and the falling and green. After leaves began leaves looked fresh uw few minutes theses crawling along the tres from which queer les are which live the BAaIm¢ of These insects cine. IVES upon color they bodies, and with stem an ly are they the but ke the leaves do like the time laced by frost The Humiliation of = Pharaoh. particuiar res like a thunder- Who Was 8 No. er and mischief was i severe ieserved it tO say. tint yunt CESOn hiy Shaving Set to Music. The latest thing in barber shops is a musical box, which the boss of th establishment regulates to suit the times. On Monday, for instance, he keeps the machine up to light opera airs just fast enough to keep his as- gistants shaving cust at & nice, steady gait. ‘luesday being a quiet in the barber business, * Home, Sweet Home,”” and “You'll Remem- are good enough. Wednes- Thursday and Friday the barber ners day, selections of a rather lively nature, On Saturdays he puts reels and jigs on top, and every barber in the house Eleotrified Paper. a— Mer. F. L. Stevens, North Hoosie, N. Y. says that in the paper mills in that place electric sparks six to eight inches in longth are produced as the paper leaves the calender. A steam damper is used to prevent this, or a copper wire, well grounded, is made to rest on the web as it passes from tho calanders to the reels. DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES A desputek from Ottawa, Ontario, says that the N tion r.ver isoverflowing its banks and many people forced to leave their homes Bix ruses of small-pox have been discovered ia Paducab, Kentucky, An COnEro- gati bh revival is said to have been exposed to the disease fev. J. M. Jes-up, an aged Primitive Bap- preacher, died In pulpit, at Ban iy shine poisoning, for ares bring eutlire 0 Bt 6 chur fist Ridge, Hs igar, Mrs, lone, his Alatama, f om Stree had eaten ths ols nu ln mislake Hacnoal Dor living was found « se, [adi vn, but not lighie k4 venars, biy burned turned hatshe at Gin was abe ES Burbs POTATOER ONIONS. cous Hi ork per Dar... LARD—C rude... en sans Best refined. ... CHRESE. CHEESE-N.X. Fancy...$ N. X.fiats....c... Skim Cheese. ... 12 12% 6 EGGS—8tate....ovvaes North Carolina. 1298 10 1234 enum y il LIVE POULTRY. CHICKENS-