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II. v. i.orsDors", LDITOK AND PKOl'MLTOK. KATES ADVERTISING One s,ii;nv, one inert ion- $1.0" "Otic Mii!iiv, two lnscrlions 1.60 ( hie sipmro, one month 2.5" TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One i'y, ono i':ir Ono copy, six months . One copy, three months A 1 .(in oh VOL. VII. PITTSBOKO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, APRIL 23, 1885. NO. 33. For l.iriwr advertisements liberal con tracts will liu made. "Treasure Top Trjiiig." Awiiy with thy bur, Hope on mill hope nvor! '1'hoiiili winter bo lu-ru, Awiiy with tliy four! Soon tho spring shall nppoiir Willi nw lift! nml cnilenvor, Awny with thy fear, ltoj o on nml hope evi-r! Sock soini'thinK to ilo! There is hi-iisuro for trying, Av, even for j mi; Seek uriini-tliiiift to ilo! Tlif toilers mi' lew. An 1 th ininiilr- ! l.i itiLT Suck soim-thin;; toilu' Tlicra i trc.tsiin- for try in;;. S. S. McVurnj in Hit (Juivtr. THE LAST SHOT. Tho overland train Wiis pushing its way up tho long eastern grade of the Hookies. Tho passengers, lireil of the monotonous surroundings of the jour ney, began to drift into talk ami story ' of the past experiences ol their live. As the train passed threo wagons that were slowly and weari y following tho trail, that ran for miles by the sidj of the railroad, one of the passengers re marku I on tho difference in the style of travel. "It must be very hard," said ono, "to erawl along day after day over these great plains." "You bet," was the reply that ciiiih with emphasis from a man who had not taken any part in tho conversation. "Ever trieil it?" asked another, at tracted by the emphasis of tho man's words. "Well, yes," was the reply, and he added, "1 was just thinking over tho hard time I had just a tew miles ahead of this place." All wero ready for the story that seemed to bo prom ised, and they gathered around his scat. "What male tho hard time?" asked one, by way of starting tho story. "U'ell," said the man, "you see it was smiie years before the road was built, when 1 took a notion to go to California. 1 had not been very well through the winter and 1 thought 1 would like to get rid of the cold that seemed to pinch mo up. So in tic' j-piing I sold olT all my stock and stuff and went to Omaha, and there I b night tin 1 1 1 1 lit ol a team and wagon and ul in a load of Mull' that 1 though! 1 might turn a little profit on, when 1 got tho other side of the I Sock ies, or e! in the mining regions, of which I li.il oaly a dim notion. I found that a large train was to start iiialewd.iyss.il waited over, as I thought I would like tho company, and b:siihs I had such yarns about In liaus attacking the trains poured into my cars at Omaha, tli.it I thought the more of a crowd 1 went wilh the belter 1 would like it. While I was waiting for tho start, a young man came and asked if would not let him go with me. At lirst I did not like the idea, but he was it pleas, ml fel low, and I began to think that it would bo less lonesome to have a pleasant chum. So 1 agreed that if he would put in his share of grub and take care of the team ho might go along with me. I was very thankful that 1 ha I eonsetito 1 when tho long, dreary days came, and long beforo we reached this part of the country I had learned to look on him as a brother. Wo had got oi;r plans all fixed for the future, and day after day would talk them over till we felt that tiiey were as sure as the sun rising. Our train was so largo that it was divided into two parts, and sometimes tho head division would get several miles ahead of the other. Somewhere along hero we fell in with a company of soldiers that had been out through tho coun try, scouting. It was quite an ex citement to us, and we were glad to learn from them tint they had not M'en any signs of Indians. Tin' next day we pushed on in very good spirits, for we had learned from the soldiers that there was a good feed ing place a short distance ahead. We pushed on as fast as we could, and. as 1 was ambitious, 1 was at the head with my team. Our divi- I sion was strung out for a long dis tance, and tho other divison was some miles in tho rear, as we had started early, while they had waited to see tho soldiers drill. .lust as I rame to the top of a hill like that one yonder I heard n burst of yells and the report of several rilles. I was riding in tho back part of the wagon, watching the long siring of teams: 1 grabbed my rille and jumped out. As I got square on my feet there came another volley. 1 Raw my china drop dead from his seat and the team turned and began to run, but tho nigh horse ha I been hit, and he dropped dead. The other plunged and snorted, when there came another volley, and he fell dead, and 1 felt a sharp tingle on my cheek, and putting my hand up I found it covered with blood. This brought me to luy senses, for 1 had stood p rtectly transfixed with aur-, prise after reaching tho ground. 1 picked up tho ammunition that fell to tin ground when 1 jumped from tho wagon, and turned and ran to wards the other teams. Wo were so completely taken by surprise that tho men left their teams as the Indians appeared over tho hill. Nonio had sense enough to secure their guns, but it seemed impossible to make a stand. A man who was in the rear of our division en horseback galloped back to tho other division, and they at once, under the direction of an old soldier, put their wagons in a cir cle and began to make a barricade, behind which they could protect the women and children. They started a couple of men on horseback back on the tiail to call tho soldiers to their help. Wo had a hard time. Wo only saved two teams and into these wagons we had put tho few women that were in our division, and leaving tho dead who fell under the lire, we managed to reach tho barri cade that had been prepared. We would not one of u.s have escaped had nit the Indians stopped to catch our teams an 1 to plunder our wagons. When we reached our refuge wo got over our fright a little, and when the Indians came up wo wero ready to make ;i good light. After some of them had been shot they pulled off and began to light at long range. We noticed that their leader was urging them to ( h irgo us, and twice ho got a lot of them and came up very near, but wo made it hot for them and they fell back, not, how ever, before we had seen that the man leading them was a white man with a long red beard. Wo had been mad before, but wo wore a hundred times madder at that white fellow. 'l'our times in the light I tired at him and missed him, and I had had good chances, too, so 1 was vexed and puzzled. About I o'clock one of our men yelled 'soldiers,' and we cheered as wo saw the body of troops oil' in the distance. The Indians stopped their firing and seemed about to leave, when the feliow with the red beard got them to try one.- more, but it was no go; wrf were encouraged ami tired faster and sharper than ever. As they turned to go, they fell back slow ly, yelling and firing. 1 said to those around me, 'I am going to try one more shot at that rod-whiskered fellow.' 'It ain't any use,' said the old soldier, 'he is a Mormon, and he has got a suit of clothes on that w ill turn any bullet.' 'Well,' says I, 'we will see. 'You had better hurry up, then,' says he, -for he is going off with the rest of them.' 'Let him go,' I said, as I carefully fixed tho sights of my rille. 1 am going to take him as he comes up on that knoll, for 1 can calculate just how far that is. 1 got my gun fixed. 'Hurry up,' says the old soldier, and as the others had stoppod tiring, they joined in the cry. 'You hcqttiet,' I says to them; 'when ho comes up there I will try him, I will try his head and have the whole body to drop on.' lie had a kind of rested in tho hollow, an 1 when ho came to tho top of the lull he stopped, as though be hated togive us up. Now 1 was not given to prayer in those days, but I shut my eyes for a moment and a iked the Lord to help mu shoot straight, as he did David, when he hit tho giant. So I opened my eyes and took careful sight and fired. They were all quiet, ami for a moment after tho report there was not a sound, and then there was a wild cheer as we saw the man spring into the air and fall Hat on the groili.d. Somehow wo all felt tho same, for at once we began to climb out over the wagons and start for that body. Tho Indians bad partly turned back, as if to get the body, but when they saw us coming they turned and ran. I got to tho body first ami turned it over, and there 1 saw tho bullet hole. I had hit him in the back of bis neck and killed him instantly. As tho old soldier came up he said, 'llo is a Mormon, sure, and ho must have left his underclothes off or you could not have hit him.' With that ho be gan to strip htm, but when ho got down to tho underclothes we found that ho had the Mormon fixings on. Well,' said I, 'what do you think of that?' '1 don't know,' said the old sol dier; 'it seems it ain't true, but all them Mormon fellows think that they are bullet-proof when they have them clothes on, anil they never go without them. 'I tell you,' ho said, 'they stick close to them things and have to be buried in them, so as to be all right on the other side. 'Well,' said I, ! will fix him on that,' so I stripped the things off of him and earned them to where the wagons were still smoulder ing and burned them up. Tho soldiers came up and helped us bury our dead. I was cleaned out of all my goods, but 1 did not care then, I only cared for the loss of my chum. I had learned to love him. The soldiers stayed by ns for a week, and we had no more tr3tible. This is a good deal more comfortable travelling than it was in them days. Somehow, though, 1 havo been a-living it all over again today. Yes, gentlemen, that was my last shot in a light, but if this Mormon trouble ever comes to fighting, you may count mo in for another shot. 1 haint for got my poor chum, and I haint forgiv en them for burning my wagon. In dians, did you say," ho said, turning to ono of tho passengers who had sug gested that it was Indians, "not a bit; ilid 1 not tell you that he was a Mor mon a-loading them. May be," ho added, suddenly, 'you are ono of them fellows. "If so," he said, drawing his revolver, "just say your prayers." The traveller begged him to put up tho revolver, assuring him that he was not a Mormon. Ilo assented with some reluetanee.'and as at this time wo reached a station, forgot bis pur pose in tho hurry for dinner. Hut though the talk after dinner drifted on to other subjects, wo turned over and over in our minds, "the last shot," and wondered if such a blood stained curse as Mornionism would in the fu ture hear other shots, and find at last tho same fate as that Mormon leader found on the plains - the burial of a dog. Jtustnit Tntrt In: Cellars Full of Foxes. A letter tothe New York.V", dated Christiana, I'cnn., says: Fox hunting in this part of Lancaster county is carried on, not for the love of having a fox torn to pieces for his bru.-h, but tocapture tho foxes alive until each hunter has a cellar full. The packs of hounds to be found in these parts are as good as the best in tho laud. Their equal can rarely bo found at bench shows. .John Graham lives a short distance from here in the hills, lie is a veteran fox hunter, nearly 7n years old. He is better known as Johnny Grimes, and bis hounds are well known all over I O,,, t.MI., I.' l.i., ..rl.- .....I l, has alw; ys kept a largo pack of lleet fox hounds, and every winter ho has taken a hand in chasing Heynnrd over tho hills. Any morning one of his well-trained dogs, in Urn hunting sea son, can jump a fox, and a good day's sport follows. The foxes are holed, caught withatwitch, and then brought, in triumph home, with the yelping i pack at the heels of tho horses. Tho foxes are put into the cellar and kept there. It must be a bad season, indeed, if when spring comes a veteran hunter can't count a dozen foes in his cellar ready to bo turned loose to tho hills. Itecently a largo whitc-taMed fox was started early in the morning, and, after a splendid chase, Johnny Grimes captured the animal at -I o'clock, and took him homo in triumph, where he joined the other captives in the cellar. The twitch with which tho foxes are captured is a loop of wire, siring, or other mat' rial, which is run in toward the fox, and at which hi; bites and snaps until he gets fast and is pulled out by tho jaws or front paws. In tho spring the captives aro let go again, one each night. Old man Skiles is another veteran fox hunter, and during the winter he always has a cellar full of foxes caji tured with his lleet pack. These hunters are in the best of health, not withstanding their years. They aro lino horsemen, and rido over stono walls, streams, and fences with all tho dash of cavalrymen. Tobacco as a Curative. A pamphlet by General T. L. Cling man of South Carolina has been issued, in which remarkable cures aro set down as tho result of tho appli cation of tobacco leaf. About every disease under the sun is said to have yielded to its charms. Chatting with a Southerner yesterday, he said : "To bacco has been classed among the old women's remedies ever since 1 can re member. Why, from boyhood I can remember its simple application in various forms. When 1 got stung by a bee, my father, who w.is an inveter ate chewer, would take a cud from his mouth and bind it on tho wouu I. That was tho end of tho pain. If my eyes got soro they were bound up at night in tho same poultice, and when I got a black eye in a light ono day I got tho tobacco as well as a licking when I got home." l'everly Tucker of Virginia said on the same topic ; "It is remarkable what tobacco will do, when applied as General Clingnian directs. Why, it will even take out a corn. Congress men Mills of Texas and John Hancock both tried it a short time ago for corns, and after two nights' applica tions they wero able to pick the corns out with their lingers, Humous, too those eternal aillictions, aro removed by it. General Clingnian is remark ably well posted on its merits, and bis little pamphlet will prove a valuable thing to tho public." --AVc 1'orA Iribu lie. THE CITY OF OLEANDERS. How Oleander Hushes Flour ish in Galveston. A Humorist Dwolls Upon nn Attraction of the Texas Seaport, A correspondent asks: "Does the ole ander grow in the open air in Texas the whole year around ?" It does not. Tho only city of Texas in which tlu oleander does not require shelter, good treatment and kind w ords in winter, is Galveston. Owing to tho fact that Galveston is on an island, and, as is frequently tho case with islands, is surrounded by water, the climate is milder in winter than it is in any other Texas city. Tho warm air rising from the Gulf of Mexico j protects Galveston from tho chilling norther, which kills off all kinds of tropical vegetation elsewhere in Texas Owing to this natural advantage, ban anas, orange, prickly heat, oleanders, and spring boils can bo raised in the open air in the middlo of January in Galveston. Tiny, the oleander bushes, not the spring boils, grow to the height of twenty feet, and adorn tho curbs of the streets. X more beautiful sight can be imagined than streets lined on both sides with oleanders in full bloom the (iulf breeze tossing them about in wanton inirthfulnos.s, ;i mass of gor geous pink and white blossoms tilling the atmosphere w ith delicious perfume. This is why Galveston is callel tho "Oleander City," as theso beautiful Mowers aro seen and smelt on every side. The perfume is so strong at times that strangers aro liable to get the headache. Tho oleander shrub is said to be poisonous, and there is a pathetic story told of an imported schoolmaster who used an oleander switch with great liberality on an unfortunate boy, who, however, felt much better when ! "laughter. "No pr.soners seems to Li the teacher's hands swelled up to the the dreadful orderof the false prophet's size of canvas-covered hams. I camp. We have heard, it is true, of Outside of Galveston Island the ole ander refuses to flourish like a croon bav tree during tho winter season. No n Dcrsuasiou can make it endure the win - ter. When the northers set in, tho proprietor of an oleander plant, wraps a blanket, around its shiver. ng limbs. or else brings it indoors and puts it behind t he stove, just a people do at the North. In any city outside of Galveston a large oleander hush is a rarity. Wiien the fortunate owner of such a plant perceives that it is really going to bloom, the local press devotes a column a day to the startling event. Poetry begins to How, and when it fi nally does bloom, there is as much fuss as if a local election was being held. People come in from tho country, rid ing fifty miles in wagons withmi springs. So d tlicult is it to get the oleander to bloom in some towns, that when it clues occur there is a proces sion, with speeches and salutes, and ouier evidences ol menial excitementt ; There is a story told of an oleander tree being stolen in Austin just as i was about to bloom, and the Governor ! ca'iea out me troops. A vigilance committee was formed, and half a j dozen men were hung before it was ; found out that the tree that was to ! blossom bad not been stolen at all. J u was mere an ine lime, nut it ,vas so , small that it was overlooked. It is a sol emn fact that when in Austin an olean der blossoms, the neighbors all stay up with shotguns and dark lanterns, just as they do the night the Legislature adjourns. As wo have already intimated, Gal veston is the only city in Texas whero the oleander can bo left out in the cold and survive the ordeal. 7'i.i-.v Sifl inyx. J Pure anil Impure Air. Of the air wo breathe there are two kinds tho breath we tako in, which is, or ought to be, pure air, co 11,1 u nn the whole, of oxygen and nitrogen, Willi a minute portion if carbonic acid, and the breath we give out, which is an impure air, to which has been add ed, among other matters which will not support life, an excess of carbonic acid. This carbonic acid gas when warm is lighter than tho air and as cends; and when at the same temper ature as common air is heavier than that air and descends, lying along the lloor, just as it lies often in the hot torn of old wells or brewers vats, as a stratum of poison, killing occasional ly tho men who descend into it. Hence a word of admonition to those who think nothing of sleeping on the lloor; and as the poor in all great cities aro too apt in times of distress to pawn their bedsteads the friends of the poor t'niso w ho go about doing charitable work among them are entreated nev er to let this happen, and to implore them to keep the bedstead, whatever else may go; to save tho sleeper from tho carbonic acid, in cold weather. Unxlth and llmnr. "No (ua-ler" the Mahdi's Itule. ( In civilized warfare tho taking of prisoners is the giving of a pledge of honor. When quarter is offered and accepted tho life spaied becomes' sa'Ted. A mutual cont raet is estab lished. The captive promises not to! take up arms again till tho end of tho ' war; the captor for the same length of time to respect his prisoner's personal safety. Tin; confinement may be rigorous, the treatment harsh, but tho obligations which the conqueror under- . takes are punctually fulfilled. In- stances are on ru-ud of men losing their own lives in defense of their prisoners. This spirit of chivalry in common to all valiant peoples, and in the cast it has found at times most, bril- j limit expression. Saracen Kniirs held : our crusading Knights t ransom, and treated them during their captivity with such pompous consideration, such refinement of luxury, that the hostage must have often proved a very cosily guest. With what magnificent presents the prisoners of I ndian chiefs have been i dismissed to their hoiii-s. Again and again in Mohammedan history princely generosity toward tin enemy taken in1 battle has won unwilling clans oor to the green banner and healed the s-'urs of hereditary feu Is. Hut these aro -the exceptions to tho rule. For : Oriental warfare is still savage in spirit, and eastern soldiery are ruth less. When Hubert's guns burst upon ' the camp by Cuudahar, and Ayoob Khan turned tolly through the rice fields along the Arghandab, hi.s ne n still found lima to murder their pris oners, when Osman Digmas on slaught smashed up the square at Tamanieb the A rain pai I no at tent ion tothe L'gyptians' arms thrown down in token of submission, but massacred the pro.slra'e to the last man. One after another garrison, have fallen into the Mahdi's hands, and the news j '" of dreadful iinlisi i iiuiii it. native sisters of charity whoso lives' were spate !; and also of some native ' I"''1' ,M!',iv,'s U rh ,ilse Mu ....... I i t ... i ..oi. ,i ,. ..i' i i.. : ' 1 beg for life in order that they might live to see the Mahdi's niilleniuui. Humor also stales that one, if not t wo, Kuropoaiis are living in the prophet's camp, the one acting as a doctor, thi ol her as an interpreter. Mouth, how ever, has been the immediate fate of all but these few, whom accident rather than design may be supposed to have spared. Lmi'l'm 'lh jtit,li. The Mriiiure I'ompey Stone. The famous Pompey stone, now in the state museum at Albany, N. V., is the most note I of a very limited class of relics. It is a bowlder about four teen inches long and twelve wide, bearing on its face an unmistakable figure and inscription. It was dis covered at Watervale, in the township of Pomiiey not far froii Manlius, Onondaga county. New York, about sixty-live years ago. Historians and scientists have speculated on its origin without positive results, audit still ri!lains as preplexing an enigma as when first brought to notice. The rjgure in the center of this stone represents a serpent twining about (1. trnk ()f A t,vo. At the left is ..i-.miv .n.rraved Leo Do VI.. i:.iM On tho right of the serpent is a , capital L with several inferior marks, doubtless meant for small letters, be neath which are two peculiar characters that look very n.ipjh like Indian totems. ' This stone is supposed to furnish 'ho earliest known evidence of the presence of Kuropoans on the soil of New York stale, and to have been de signed for a grave monument for soiiiy unknown Spanish adventurer who, with his comrades, had penetrated the ; wilderness in search of gold or silver , during the early part of the sixteenth century. A'oi f sic W-;.. A Funeral in Bulgaria. i When the bead of a llulgarian fami- i ly perceives that he is about to dio ho ' sends for the priest and begins to bar- ' gain with him about tho cost of his funeral. The moment he dies all the ; puis, pans, and kettles in the house are I turned upMdo down to prevent his soul taking refuge in any of them, and ; great care is taken to prevent either a 1 man or animal - nioro especially a cat or dog from stepping across bis body, j as otherwise in theopinion of his fami ly, be would turn into a vampire and be a continual nuisance to them and to 1 their neighbors. Tho body is buried without any colli n in a shallow grave! and left there for three years, during 1 which time many offerings of food and wine are placed upon it. At the end , of the third year the bones of the dead' man are dug up. carefully washed, put 1 into a linen bag, laid before the a'tar ! in the village church, and after receiv- ! ing the blessing of tho priest are finally j buried fur good. TIIK RACK FOR ROLLERS. Extent of tli Skatinrj Crtize in tho Metropolis. Some Edifying General Statistic nun Note About Roller Ska'hg. I'roin a careful estimate it. is judged that over sixty thousand persons in the city use roller skates. There are little rinks over stables, in the rear of candy stores and in dingy basements. Four or live places on the l!ower have been cleaned out and fitted up iis roller skating rinks for the soda watcrdrink ing, cigarette destroying youth of the city. The advocates of roller skating say that there is riot a rink in the city where ititoxieants are to be had lor love or money. Pool rooms are going into bankruptcy all along the avenues, for their former patrons have laken up roller skating as a cheaper and more profitable pastime than shoving around ivory balls for drinks or cigars, l'.ven in the rotunda of (lie big while marble Court IIoi.se children spin around on skates to the delight of the gray-haired lawyers and judges who are in no hurry to le iv- the building at the (dose of the day's labors. "There arc more than live hundred manufacturers of roller skate in the I'nile 1 Slato," said a Nassau street dealer, "and they cll at the very least thirty or forty thousand pu!rs of skates a week, 'faking I'.llv workmen as the average number employed altogether in each manufactory, il S'Oiii.s that Jin 1,1 11 11) men are engaged in making skates. Goj Knows how many are selling them. There are about :!'i.o 111 rinks in the I'niled Mates, I l.e'ieve. Wiih an average ol six persons attach-d to each rink you have ls'Mini peop'o conducting 'he pa-ti itseir. Add to this the manufacturers and ymi have : ',' " i.ien making their living out of roller skat-s. This w ill tive a faint i. Is-1 of low in my skaters then! ate in the c unit rv. Why, man, there lilil-t be miiiiotis of tneio. I shouldn't wonder if il vol liee iun- an issue in national polities. The lad ory iv here the most siiie.sl'nl .skates are male turns out l.on i a ilay, and is away behind the orders. Tin-re are some Kinds which -ell for thirty cents a pair, for sidewalk use. and t'n-y rang-- in price from that 1 1 j to sjii. You can imagine what New York has to fact' when I f 11 you that we are just three years behind Ilo -ton in roller .skat ing. It is in its infancy here." The manager of one of the finest rinks in the city said that he beiicved the passion for skaMiig was increasing very rapidly, as beginners were p -u:-ing in by hundreds. "The big rinks scoop in altogether i 1 this city about J,"mi a day," he said, "an-1 for that sum at leat loomi peo ple get a chance to exercise ami amuse themselves. Y"ii must remember that skating cultivates energetic habit s of the body, for il you attempt to be lazy in a rink" you are likely to be knocncl down. The average skater covers .1 little more than eight miles an h '. The pool room proprietors are wild with anger. At lirst they distributed our complimentary t ickets among thei patrons. The result is that their places are how ling wildernesses. ' A '"'-' reporter looked into the beginners' room in one of the big rinks. About twenty young nun a-id girls were (lopping about like lame ducks. They humped against each other, crawled along the railings aad rice-ehi-teil against the walls. A bright eyed youth in blue and bra-s wa'chc-l the scene wilh mild contempt in his eye. The reporter turned oiii into the great hall, where a thousand people sw irled and eddied and roared around the lloor to the music of a brass band. A t.i'l, slim young person, who won Ki.! gloves and canary col ire I 1 rouse: s fif close clinging de sin, annouuc l ! his friends that he was a daisy on b e skates, and thai he would show lln-iu what he could do for the lirst time 011 roller skates. Would they like to see tho double twisted grape vine step? They would. With a long gliding motion the ci nary colored trousers sailed oil into the untried ocean of extemporaneous skating. The slim young man rocked in the crowd, gribbed at the air, tiirocil around two or three times and was swept into the middle of the lloor, from where he looked appealmg ly to his friends as if he wanted to swim ashore. When at last he reached a place of safety he betook bimsrll modestly to the beginners' room and llopped around Willi the ..l-.i-rs like a yellow legged duck. Verily, there is no royal road to roller skatiiiL'. A' Ym i inltl. Tho Hank of F.iiglaim v.olds one seventeenth of the total deposits in the banks of the 1'nited Kingdom, which amounts to ti7W.0UQ.O0w Printer's Ink Is Kinp. Tin re is a bii-t nf men wlio Inmst III' I'DXViIlT, L'otloll, Ktmin; lint cvriy In iu tlio ncKlity I'owr 1 11 ,i uili i 'h ink is seen. Il 111 ivc- the well I lis easily A- iloe. some miylity tiling, Aii-I 1111 11 ,i( l:iiiii in ilcots' i:ir 1 11.1I printer's ink i kiii' J In- te.in of m.,1,1. of wealth 1111I0M, I '( int i-r iti's ni:i scorn, 1, i.uil his lirow, nor .lein to li(W To 1 ,.h Loin : !:: ;,r.iili.' ink I, as I. mil it- llnone When- liiilnls tiieir tlllnltes l.iilli. All i l.o I'- II. o l -ille.l illlelle 1- Mioni I'M i'- oil. i- kin' I. in.; ol tin- wni Id i I lli'inlit reliiie.l, No al'jt-rl slae it i laiiii-; in ie supcfsiiiiiin's lii linis pin", i I 1,1 I- t -en ili-1 Iniiii-. In ever . ,-!ini", in i oiiiiii yean, il lin n pioa'l Mithctii- no.; AvI i.mii 1 Hit- ttorl.l tin- ei l.ne- lto:l', 1 . a! piiim-i's ink is kiin;' III MOKOl S. Tin- rolling-skate gathers the cuti cle. The Fgyptiau injunction -Mummies tin- word. A spring pool sings: "Will tin y miss me I wonder?" If Un-y do, they ought never tn liie another gun. Probably one reason why the cameU in the Soudan an; hard to manage is because they h ive all got their backs up. Who is that acro-s the street?" 'Oh, that is a very close friend of mine." "Indeed?" "Yes. Never lends a cent." Tlu-y f II in that money is inactive, but it seems to be active enough to slip through one's lingers as nimbly as it ever did. A oioir in in li'iii-t 1 wenty dollars lii.ii le-,'inil'l skate n-il on the rollers I he l-t ,.' win, II- leil on hi- Hun, ii'l . i v iiivl- a new set ol nin'al.-. Tin. young for .suspicion. F.dith I coiitei. "plating her fa e in the mir ror i: "Mamma, me link Katie .(ones is lurry pretty." IMith (live ininiites later i; "Mamma, mo fink me berry much like Katie Jones." A Talking Piano. A piano which gives an imitation of the human voice has been recently brought to this country. The principle id' its construction is different from that of the phonograph, voicing the ideas of the operator instead of repro ducing tin- Words. The piano is made to utter sounds and words more or less intelligibly by mechanical contrivances in imitation of all the separate organs of speech in man. A bellow s from be hind sends the force of air into tho larynx, w here the primal sound is pro duced by the vibrations of a thin piece of bono. The sound coming from here is modified ;it will. The lips and tongue are made of Indian rubber and the low er jaw and tongue are movable and thus able to control the sounds which are produced. To supply tho place of a nose, directly underneath the mouth and in connection with it is a loinon-shaped chamber to which a rubber tube curved outward forms an outlet. When the air is driven through, the nasal sounds of the instru ment are produced. A series of stops placed directly in front of the vocal cords in the lannx, and under the control of the operator by pedals, reg ulate the pitch of the sound. The key board by which it is operated consists of fourteen keys representing fourteen distinct letters or sounds. The others are formed by combinations. The tone is necessarily hard and rough, but the enunciation is surprisingly distinct. The piano was invented in 1S4 by a resident of Vienna, and though it has been widely exhibited throughout Kurope, this is its first appearance in the I'nilcil Mates. Dancing nml Prajing. j A charming story is (old in the mem i oir.s ol Peter Cartwright, now little ! read and therefore worth producing, j I have not the book with me, unfortu ! nately, and therefore I write from my note book: Cartwright- was once present at a i count ry ball. A beautiful girl with ' golden hair came up to him and asked ; him to ihince. I "Mance w ith you, my dear, of course ! I will." j And he ros. merrily anil took his I place among the dancers. Hut before J the round began be spoke up cheerily land said: "My good friends, this love- ly girl has asked me to dance, and I j have not refused. Ueauty is ono of (iod's bl ssings, and who would be so i rude as to refuse a blessing. This fair j being hits be-n Kind to me, my friends; ; let us get down on our knees.and thank 'God that be has been so k'-nd to ns all." The gailain Cartwright and the girl with the golden hair set the example i and the rest of the company followed, and the missionary soon had a revival ' meeting alter his own heart then und Uit.ru