: Mere figare heard and moves as_ the Boss pulls the string.to appoint his own committees,thepleasure of reading or av- ~nouncine= rE Se A a ee ee ee pn eebP, ag ote ess a a ee oe aene eS: Se ee es ee se ee ren ee oe eS, Meee eee ee eee yes ee ee ie aStee eT eee ne eee Se eee ae oe ahs 2 pee = ie a ale as ag oy re © ame ec 4 a suse! 4 Be Foot ted be a a ss = =i sD. -£ WRSHARD. wattor,iat aSu: aserip on 25 cents per oonth.Entered as second-class mail matter. |REE_ After having the matter underconsideration for five years thePope has issued an order fvr- "bidding Catholics belonging tosecrat societies.Speake: Walser seems to {be aprobably the first speaker of aNorth C .rolina House of Repre..sentatives who was not allowedbot Mr. Walser had to submit to}having a committee to naniethem for. him, and then he hastheir -name3 to theHouse. He ~pretends to likethis way of doing things. The-fact is this was the terms uporwhich the Boss -con:en.ed ~tin:che shoald be -elécted SpeakerWhat a humiliation this woald-be to any man except the Speakerof the present House ot Repr:sentatives. ~ " 7Mn B. E-Sberrill, of Catawbe.exvibited in the Landmark ottice|ae aicoee ane ie ~the sadd! "He isdar«, that they do not-fully understand conditiens in the Enst. Fo~this reason he iooks for legis!: «tion which will be unsatisfactory} nand injurious to the East. Amongthe changes which he expects isthe substitution of a new systemof county government which willput many T counties under negro)omination-- This, he feels sure--will create such dissatisfaction asto cause a reversion of sentimen:}in the Kast favorable to Demucra-ey-. Like Judge Russell, this Re-publican a not. favor- ~negrorule over. white- people, bat un-like the Judge, he thinks that auniform system of county govern-re must obtain throughout thetate.An Oriental Sofa.An unused single white iron bed |bas been put to use and disguised inliving in a very flat, said a|writer in an English magazine. In|se ores it the old blue of|the wall, has been hung a width of |dull red cotton, and into this cornerhas been thr rust the bed. Across thmattress Ss Hecenn noose at uembroidery... Against the . wall,& piece of bone - found imveddedin @ black-oak tree 30 or 40 feet |from thegroand. There was no:cavity abeaut the tree but the bons|_was in-the 6 solid woud. -How- 3.wile Z i acm . " StatesVitis 7 saybe . Shei_ " Seearss gen SEMI Times.*a:amAix obsotvany citize says tke; ming year is pak ve one ofpee prosperity. gives asuis reason thav Broviudver have pérmitted80 map. if such 3 "~had not beenjcealing either end of the bed. In-Soe Plt would |. 3tl t = : ~about a. third of the way from theiron ea bed bon Ps areal ~3 crane pattern,the end of which hangs a quaint east-jern lamp. Over thecrane is thrownsilken drapery falling over and con-.numierable pillows of bright hues be-,strew this originally planned sofa, !and no more:desirable suggestion ofthe orient is to be foun? .nywhere. || &s He Saw Saw Himself. oGracious, � said t the artist to thei *tyou Tve ae pee pank et,= 2 Eee ada very clever way by afriend of mine}smallHe | the hennery in hisa long piece.of richly embroidered | Taie sl eecdtion. onl t that Ts 1 right, Bad,ments the Lewwist Journal; be owasn Tt created that way. Up tothetime he was eight months old he,could reel off & oeock-a-doodle T' fippantly. as any rooster in ltheneighbérhood, and then ene unluckyday. he. got his head-.caught in abarbed wire fence in such a way asto mangle hisneck and probably tearrds._ Just-what madehim deaf. though,is uncertain, but it -is likely ~thatwhen he lost his power to maketsounds- he evidently forgot how toshear them.. .At teast,; now at the-age of three. years, he gives no.evi-dence of hearing. ~Sothis brows:-Leg- |hora goes through life crowless andcluckléss. .. He- doesn't wake: up theneighborhood at fovr_in the morn-ing with an everlasting | cock-a-doodte-do.-- Every time a cloud passes over thesun he does not scream. Ake tees ; ~and send the hens ng for thebarn in fear of hawks. ~No, but heis just as much lord of the chickenpark asever. There is nothing thathe fails to see. He makes pi ag ~ewer. for ears and too.When the first glow of sunrise ap-pears be. egins the duties of thedayby raising. ee « she, sehen inHe walks around to ¢ actkicks it off the perch. Theresisting such an invitation Sonor. ~Tt's eter ~ep tuich mdré effective than ~crowing. When he gets a chalto fight he does not stop to announcewhat he can do. ~He goes and does it.What is most rem ble, how-ever, about this deaf and dumb birdis that he can readily distinguish be-} tween an. admonition to ~ ~shoo � andan invitation to come in- and havesomething to eat. His owner thinks| he does it by watching the motionswhet s eee | sina a: ce wsof the lips and. the genéral attitude,Jof the persén. At least he knows