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VOL. VIII. PITTSHOIUV. CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTlCMBKIt 21, 1885.
Comfort.
M.nt thou o'er the clem heaven of thy noiil
sjueii tempest loll ?
Hat: 1I1011 vviiicli'il nil tlio hopon thou nuiild'at
li:ne won
Kiltie, on. hy ono ?
Wnli nil I lie cluiulii uis pan, thou mi-.e thine
mi
lo 1'liiui skidt !
'Inft 1 lion none sully llnoiiyli n ilromy nilit.
Ami I iiml n lijjht;
I-o kuiiIo, no slur, to vheur then through the
pla 11
No Idcml, tmve pain ?
Wa.il, ntrl thy uiil .hull see., wl.on mutt lor
loi 11,
Kiae 11 new nun n.
t I.i-t thou ItciM'i Hi iinolht'i'ff stem control
Hunt thy Mil ion',
Ami w.mtetl -ut-icil hope ami pi-pciou tears?
Yet iiilni Ihy Ilium,
I'rn Ihoii 1 nikt e,am even from the liitli'lust
P
A Minni'i- lirarl !
II r,ito iM i nhi liiii'il Ihee wuh mine Miilileti
Wow
I I I thy loins (low ,
but know when -totm 111 a p-isl, llie houveiisi
I'd I'tir
Mme pure, moie t leal ;
Anil h" i', wlit'ii luitht'st from iIiimI' shining !
HI!,
I- oi lin-lil-1 days,
lla-l thou I' iiml tilt. 11 cheat, mi'l wmn in viiin
It- ir-m rli. on ?
II 11 t'ty wmiI ln'ii! Imiieudi e oili'i li avy houl.'
book ttioii heyoiel ;
Jl lite is lut't 1 there Imever fhino
II- pc- iiioiii ilivinr !
Ait thou iil-uio! an, I ilueii thy soul complain
ll livin in viiin .'
Not uiinly ilois he live who run emhiie.
O ln limn mno.
Hint ho who hope uii.1 pullet heiu can earn
A Hill,! p-lui 11.
til t thou loiiiul 11 'tiulit within Ihy tinulilctl hfe
Save imviil'1 bllilo
'iit thou loiiml nil rle- iouiif4eil thee, iKt-eil,
Ami liopu ai lient
I-Jiiluie, niel thi-tu fhult ilawn wilhin thy
hitiist
Klvrnnl rest.
A Lett r and a Telegram,
'I don't neter waste wonts," said
olil Mr. lirown, in it hunt, driving
voire, "ami I hain't fjood at teller
writin', lint, I reckon this'n will cut!"
"It's a pity you writ it so hard,
father," said his young daughter,
li'i'iulilint;; "it'll hurt her to the In-art;
she didn't never mean to borry that
;)', and then ehcat you out o' it."
'Mie didn't, eh? Then why hain't
tlio money haek in my pocket, sale
and sound! It's a year last Christmas
linee ahe pestered 1110 'hout it, and I
hain't seen hide nor hair on't yet ; if
that hain't it dear case o' clieatin',
Fanny, I'll like to know what ye call
it!"
The girl stopped churning a mo
ment, and wiped a surreptitious tear
from her eyelid before she answered:
"Call it nothing, father, hut bad
luck; when Sister Mary horryed that
money to lilt the mortgage, she ex
peeled to pay it hack; but you know
as how lirother John he was took
with the rlieii mat ics, and the overflow
ca'iie, and the crop was mint and then
she couldn't pay; that's all, and tlod
knows it's enough!"
j "Twasn't my fault," snapped her
inther, lierc ly, as tie pounded on the
' tilrhen table to give vent to his an
ger. "I never put it in ttie agree
ment to 'tow for overflows, and rlieti
inalic.i, and sicli I ke. ami I never
would ha' lent her the fitJH if it hadn't
been for your sniitlin' and peslerin'.
And now ye hear gal, not another
dime o' my earnins shall they ever
smell, and Fit never forgive ."
The girl sprang up from tlio chum,
crying, "So, father, ilon'l say it
don't, don't say it, father; you'll be sor
ry some day when it's .too tale; be
giihw you're a church member, you
know!"
"You're right 'bout that," said Mr.
Hrown, perversely; "I'm a church
member, and don't owe nary a person
a red cent, and ttie I'.ible says, -an eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,'
ami I'm a going to have it!"
He pounded ihe table again with
his lists, after a fashion he had of
wanting to pound something or some
body when he felt particularly aggres
sive. But the sound of his voice had
scarcely died awiiy, when there can.e
a knock at the door, and one of those
ominous, yellow envelopes, marked
with the Impress of the Western I'n
ion Telegrah Company, was handed
in. Mr. Hrown took it, and looked it
over in a helpless kind of fashion be
fore breaking the seal. "How much
to pay," he asked the boy, and passed
over to him the change with tremb
ling hand; though it was characteris
tic of the man that even then, w ith
(the knowledge that the telegram must
contain terrible news, he was careful
to count the dimes as they drop
ped back into his pocket. Oh, those
cruel telegrams! Do the company ev
er remorsefully count the breaking
hearts that are left In the wake of
their messengers? Mr. Brown--was a
hard man, and loved his money-bags
over well, but lomewhere beneath the
rough outward crusts there whs an
abiding affection for his children that
Heeded something like the stli ring of
'he soil around the violet-beds, to loos
on the selfish bonds, and give his
love a tinman voice. And when he
lead these words, "Mary died this
evening; come at once," a great, sud
den anguish lilted his breast, and si
lently handing the dispatch to Fanny,
he walked from the kitchen and shut
himself up in his own room, where
years before death had mado sundry
visits, lie did not cry out or fall, or
make any sign that ho was grief
stricken, buthe was hurt to the soul,
and a groat remorse made him sick
and faint. He had never put it in
the ngreeinent about sickness, over
flows, mid bad crops, as he had just
said; neither had he "put it" that
Mary, in her young blooming matron
hood days, should die his first born?
How could ho bear it? and it was all
the harder because of the cruet words
he had uttered while she lay dead
at homo. Did ho say ho would
never forgive her -did ho really -really
say that? Fanny had tried to
stop him, and brought it to his mind
that he was a "church member" and a
Christian. As if a father ought to lie
merely a Christian to his own child.
Why hadn't lie given tier tho money?
Might have dono so live times over
and never missed it. And the old
man groaned remorsefully, as w ith
tho.ii' thoughts in Ids he:irl, liis gaze
wandered over the great fields where
tho cotton would soon be a shimmer
ing, lleeey sea, bringing new treasures
to his hoarded gains, ami making no
hearts happy save his own.
Those lew, poor, stunted acres of
John's and Mary's! Swamped by ttie
overflow last spring, stock drowned,
and John, wading waist deep, lighting
with the waters, laid up with the
rheumatics.
Suppose ho had given 'cm a thou
sands dollars !
Oh, the sting of remembering evil
when it is to la'o to turn evil into
good. And then there was that un
kind letter. Did his child read tho :e
cruel words with the dying light in tier
eyes, or would it be left for tlio strick
en husband to be treated to the short,
stern homily!
lie went back to the kitchen, where
Fanny sat crying over the telegram.
Lock up the limise,' he said in a hur
ried way, for fear of his voice would
falter; "we'll go at once. I'll bitch up
while ye get ready." And when they
had started on their long journey be
ipute broke down 111 talking over the
past and telling Fanny little tilings
here and there tli.it no one would have
supposed lie bad remembered.
"Mary was alius a dutiful tla'arter,"
he said, putting into broken sentences
tho grief and remorse that overwhelm
ed him: "alter her ma died, and she
wasn't knee-high to a duck, she was
like a md p.iirent to hi little uns;
nussed 'em 'through the measles, and
when they was well, took it herself,
and laid as quiet on the lied for fear o'
giving trouble as if she warn't a
child."
lie didn't tell her of how. w hen the
second Mis. Drown was installed as
mistress. Maty became ttie drudge and
maid-of all work, and was nurse to a
hall'-dozcn more little Drowns, who,
like their mother, ruled her with a rod
of iron. Nor of niary's marriage witli
a. sturdy, young fellow, who, fur trie
lack of a little timely help, and the
pressure of a large tatnily, was kept
with his nose to the perpetual grind
stone. He did not tell bow Mary
pinched iind worked, and sat up till
late hours, and struggled tn help her
family, until inconsequence of doc
tor's bills and babies, and poor crops,
John was forced to give a mortgage
on his house, when her (the father)
might have lifted them out of their
poverty. He might even have given
them abetter liou.-.e; the oldest, inhab
itant couid n- t remember when tho
ugly, ramshackle affair had been built.
Some ancient ancestors had put up a
couple of rooms, then added on a.few
more, until, wli;.t with patching and
propping up, John's inheritance was
an offence to the eye. Mr. Hrown
thought bitterly of all this through
ttie long journey. Too late, too late
seemed written in words of lire on
every tree and shrub, At last the
house was in sight; a poor, miserable
place enough, but now, in Hie month
of June, sweet with climbing roses
and honeysuckle that the mistress's
hand had trained to the porch.
"Who-oo, Dandy." The children
were in the yard; w ith a shout they
ran to the gate, and as the old horse
stopped, somebody ruslied down the
steps, and with a cry, "Why fattier,
why Fanny," Mary in her famous
clean calico and apron, and cheeks
likes roses, with tho pleasure and ex
citement of ttie visit, was in her fath
er's arms her father, who held her as
he had never done before, and kissed
her with the tenrs running down his
face.
"My child," he said presently, "you
were dead, and are alive again.
Thank God!"
"Why, father?" questioned Mary
again, what on earth is t lie matter?"
And she looked with frightend gne at
her sister, vaguely wondering if her
father were stricken with some sud
den insanity. For answer, Fanny
drew out tho telegram from her pock
et, and gave it to Mary.
"It's all a wonderful mistake," ex
claimed the elder woman, glancing it
over, and hugging father and si.-ter
excitedly again. "Wo have a neigh
'or, Mrs. Mary Harris, who died I; st
evening; she lias a brother living some
where n you, and by the way, his
name is Drown Diehard Hrown -your
name fattier. They carried yon
the telegram instead of him. What a
pity lie won't hear of it, so as to get.
there to the burying."
And so, between hysterical sobs 1 n I
smiles, and everybody talking at 1 nee,
and asking questions that, no one
dreamed of answering, they went in
under t lie bower of roses and honey -s"ckle,
and presently John hobbled
floin the lield on crutches, and the
story was told all over again.
And when Mary slipped i nt into
the kitchen to get an early supper, old
Mr Hrown followed here and there,
and she was folded tight in tier fath
er's arms again, while the tears
streamed downed both llieir faces. It
was as if she had been raised from the
de.id.
'My child," whispered Ihe old man,
"I hain't been the best of fathers to
ye; I ha shut my eyes and my heart
when I ought to ha' been the one to
help ye; never ye mind 'bout that
money; don't ye say one word 'bout it,
and we'll knock this old rattletrap
down to morrow, and I'll show ye
how to 1 11 1 i b I a hoiiso! "
And so lie did, and a very comforta
ble house it was, where John did not
have to stoop when he went in and
out of doors. And would you b lieve
it ? The letter, all ttie more harsh for
being so brief, never did reach its des
tination. Did Mr. lir.iwn's chiro
grapliy was of a very inferior sort,
and the postmaster couldn't puzzle out
the address, much as lie desired so to
d"; then the letter was for warded to
the h ad Letter (illo e at Washington,
and in due time was returned to Mr.
Hrown, who quietly and satisfactorily
"i'lisk'ue.1 il to the ll, lines.
In-anily in Hie I niteil States.
The increase of insanity in the
I 'luted Mates- during recent years is
quite amaxitig. One is inclined t
doubt whether the figures ijincii can
possilily be correct; hut they are ollici
ally authenticated. Statistics show
thi'l in ImI-'i the number of insane
people in the states wat .'l.MJ, a
small percentage. In live years (lie
number reached )7,l:i, and in lsu
lite ligures had grown to the surpris
ing total of 'Jl,p,.7,i. In all probability
tlio authorities have had until lately a
careless system of investigation, an I
many lunatics have escaped enumera
tion. Kven allowing a liberal nia'gin
for this, however, there seems reason
to believe that insanity has claimed
and is claiming an increasing number
of victims. The race ol life is run at
a greater pace than it was, and the
pressure is greater in consequence.
Many organizations give way under
the strain. It is said that the increase
lias been most rapid in the Western
States, but no reason is suggested, and
it would lie deeply interesting to kimw
why, lor the causes which are in force
there are doubtless in force elsewhere.
The increase in insanity during tho
ten years from 1S7 to lssn was 1. ear
ly lot) per cent., it is stated. From
lMi'i it is still greater, and, though
this is far from a subject of jest, it
may be wondered wtiether, if tho pro
portion is maintained, it will not soon 1
be necessary, to calculate the small
percentage of inhabitants of the West
ern States wlm retain their sanity.--J.iiliilnil
titirmliml.
The I'se of Mosquitoes.
There had been :i discussion in the
parlor car on the uselessness of mosqui
toes. This particular parlor car was
running through the State of Michi
gan, where August mosquitoes are not
noted either for their modesty or their
smallliess. After everybody else had
given his opinion a yo.aig man accom
panied by a young lady was invited to
express bis convictions on the momen
tous question. This young man was
engaged in watching t he lace of the
young woman, who was so sweetly
sleeping upon tils shoulder, breathing
through her mouth instead of her nose.
He was so vigilant in his guard
against mosquitoes lighting upon the
face of this fair one, evidently his own
'ittle tiredy bridey wifey, that his own
neck and face were exposed to the as
saults of the enemy.
"Do 1 think mosquitoes are of any
use in this world?" he said, with se
vere slaps and scratches. "Yes, I
think they are. It is their (slap) mis
sion to remind a feller that (slap and
scrateh) this isn't heaven, after oil.
cuss 'em." Vhifnyn llrruhl.
1 MAKING SiTKlorS COIN.
! How Ccmnteefi'itPi'.-i Don and
I tho Government.
The
lixtont. tn Which thn Business is
Carried on in This Country,
The extent to which Counterfeiting
is carried on will probably never be
know n to a certainty, but that it is
one ol' the greatest dangers to which
the politic is exposed as far as swind
ling schemes are concerned there can
lie no doubt. Lven tlio severe penal
ty and the vigilant woik of the Secret
Service Department of the government
has failed to wipe out this evil, as is
evident eery now and then when a
new arrest is made, ami the machine
ry of the counterfeiters captured. An
ollicer of the Secret Service is authori
ty for the statement that counterfeit
ing is more extensively practiced than
is generally believed. Paper money
is imitated so closely that experts
sometimes fail to notice the imposi
tion, and coin of every description is
counterfeited. It is singular that Imt
one counterfeit f'JDgold piece has ever
been discovered, and this bears the
date lts.'iii. In making this a genuine
double eagle was split, one side being
left thicker than the other. As much
gold as possible was then scooped out.
of the thick side, and a mixture of
platinum and somu other metal sub
stiluted to bring it up to the standard
weight. It is what is known as a
"Idled coin," and is worth from $7 to
$s, A .fid gold piece filled in the
same way is worth from fi to $1 "i.
There are quite a number of $10 conn
terfeits. The dates of these Idled or
coimterleits are lstl 17 I'J-o-'i til-Vo
-7'.i and 'Si. The one considered the
most dangerous is dated 117. The
first counterfeit half-eagle, or gold
piece, that tho secret service discover
ed was issued in 18,7 1, and no less
than twenty two have appeared since
then, some of these being absolutely
worthless, while others are worth
from $'.7' to i each. The ones
dated ls.-sj are the most skillfully exe
cuted counterfeits known. (!o!d
pieces are not oimitterleiled so much
as silver coin, for the reason that gold
counterfeit coins are made from dies
and not cast. The manufacturers of
ttie "queer" must buy the gold, which
requires, of couiso, considenblo capi
tal, and the machinery is not only ex
pensive, but ol such large proportions
as to make it liable to detection. In
manufacturing counterfeit silver dol
lars almost any ingenious mechanic
can do it alter a little experience. The
machinery required is very simple, be
ing only plaster of paris molds, genu
ine coin, brittania, block tin, lead, ano
silver wash. Ttie spurious coins are
hard to detect. The weight lest is the
most accurate and reliable, especially,
with gold coin. Tho Treasury De
partment has a set of maximum and
minimum weights, which distinguish
the weights of all coins. For example
the maximum of a gold piece is
Mi! grains and tho minimum -IX2
grains. The difference is exactly one
half ol 1 per cent., the amount allow
ed by law.
A great deal of coin becomes light
from natural causes and when they
come into the hands of the national
Treasury they are sent to the mint and
recoined tho government hearing tho
loss. As a general thing nothing
smaller than .1 $10 gold piece is ever
tilled, though (lie smaller coins are
plugged, which is perhaps the most
common. A new process, however,
has taken the place of plugging to a
great extent, ami is called "sweating."
Some photographers are credited w ith
doing this kind of thing. The mnihis
ou iiuiii of this new process is to take
a number of gold or silver pieces and
suspend them in some acid for a few
moments, and then withdraw them.
Hy using fresh coins a considerable
quantity of metal is obtained without
reducing the weight of the pieces to
any great extent, and they are then
passed off again o". the public. Some
times as much as fifty cents in value
is taken Iroin a $1 gold piece, and as
much as eighty cents has been known
to have been taken from a double
eagle. Another way of tampering
with double eagles is to remove their
rough edges and remill them. I'.e
tween I) t'ty and eighty cents can be
obtained in this way from a single
coin, and the difference is not percept
ible to the naked eye. Silver coin
that is less than tiie minimum weight
is rejected by the Treasury otlicials,
and ttie owners are obliged to pass
them if they can or sell them for bul
lion. Some unscrupulous brokers buy
them for shipment to Canada where
maximum and minimum weight, are
not considered, and they pass for face
value. The government, however, has
stopped this to a certain extent, by
stamping on the face of each the word
"light." The silver dollar is called the
vagabond of all coins, as it Is tamper
ed witlt ! d counterfeited so much.
Silver coin will not permit of us much J CHILIMiKM'S COLl'M.N.
tampering with as gold coin. For in- j A ,.,, ,,.
stance, take a $20 gold piece, stamp it . J learned a goo I lesson when I was
and punch holes through it at random, ' little girl, says a lady. One frosty
and if the weight has not been detract- morning I was looking out of the
ed from (its minimum weight) it is : window into my father's barn yard,
worth its face value to any gold-heat-j where were many cows, oxen and
er. If as much as a single letter Is , horses waiting to drink. The cattle
put upon a silver dollar, it is bullion : 11 stood very meek and stilt till one of
worth from 83 to Hi cents. The latest ; the cows, in turning aiound, happen
swindle relating to spurious money is ?d to hit tier neighbor, whereupon
the split, bank note fraud. A $20 he neighbor kicked and bit another,
note is taken, and by some ingenious ; n ii e minutes the whole herd were
method the note is split in two, and kicking each other with fury. My
the raw side "doctored up," and each ' mother laughed and said, "See what
half is passed off as genuine $2o note. , .'nines of kicking when you are hit."
Tho work isdone so artistically in ' lust so I have seen one cross word set
i
most cases that it is difficult at first to whole family by the ear.i some fros-
detect the fraud. - t'hilaihlphin ?-! y morning. Alterward, if my broth-
l tin, rs i r myself were a little irritated,
' -he would sav, "Take care, inv chil-
Kle nil a nts In Itiinnali. ' .' . .. .... ,.
' drcn, remember bow the light in the
A correspondent to the Providence ,,.. v,lril Nv,.r ,.,,,,.,
Jwnwl, writing from Hangoon. Hur- i kk,,. J,,,. .,,, y,l wi .Ve yolr.
mali, says: st.v,,s .,n,) others a great deal ot trou
I saw ono of the white elephants p,(!
about two monMis ago at Wimpadaw, I
on the Sittoung river, then about to ' "T " " "' '"" 1 ""
start for Man.b.hiv Usll.l.ml were' A little boy, for a trick, pointed his
offered for the young animal, only
three or four years old. Hut the
young owner refused the ltymi) and
was going himself to Mandalay to pre
sent the royal Rifts, for which lie
hoped for llsomr I to .7i,n mi, as his
grandfather got oO.Ot hi some 2 years
ago for a similar animal. The animal
appeared to me unusually black and
glossy live hundred yards away. 1
said to tho ownsr: "Why, your white
eleiihant is exceeilinolv black !" "Yes."
...ii i ..i.... .:. i . i.
n,iiu lie, out rui uon l oil MM' too
signs?" pointing to scattering hairs
in different parts of the body, cne or
two inches longer than the mass, and
somewhat white or gray in appear
ance. It mutters not how black the ele
phant is if he lias the '-signs," This
is well understood to Hie initiated, but
it makes the outsider smile. Jt should
be understood that the "royal white
elephants" worshipped at the courts
of liunnah and Siam are never
"white," and need not appear even
w hitish, and as a matter of fact are
often darker than the ordinary ele
phant. They have certain "signs"
and peculiarities, which are very rare,
and which gie them their fancied sa
credness and value as "luck bearers"
to their royal owner-). There are now
several "lurds" of elephants within
one or two days' journey of liagooii.
I was near one id those herds not j
long ago. My cartman stopped his j
bullocks and turned bad: to a village
and a aval because the herd was
within hearing, and soon men were !
hurrying from it and warned us not to
go on. The elephants were marching j
in a solid body iron) a threat ) lain i
near the sea, where they find an abuud- j
ance of rich, tender grass, but no good l
water, to a mountain stream full of
pools, not far away, to drink
pi, js
they did in the hottest weather every
night, but in the cooler weather
with rains, only once in two or three
davs. "Hv :i o'clock in the morning."
said the man. "thev will have returned
from the pools, and the road will be
clear." This herd is said to number j
loo to 20i. Some put the number as j
high as .7MI. Tho herd at times, no
doubt, divides, especially when food is
scarce, to graze over wider ranges, j
Thev are protected by the government :
,1 "iw.i.v lino lioin.r ill, r,..vn,l r.ir Lilt
ing or shooting one, except in self-defence.
If ono should kill an elephant
the ivory, bones, skin and flesh must !
it once be made over ,o the nearest
government official, with the proof of
the necesssty of the killing. Human
beings are far less secure in life and
property in Huruiah than elephants.
And yet these animals are captured to
some extent. 1 know of an elephant
that has in the last 10 years captured
no less than IS of his fellow beings,
ami as he has now got his hand in, his
owners think him good for three or
four each year.
The l.ofl lest Railroad.
Mr. Meiggs carried his famous rail
road from Lima to the crest of the
Andes at a cost of $27,tMi.iHM and
7,inhi human lives, but died before
completing it. About fllty miles of
irack remain to ne mini. . contract, i!1(,s ol liis tail. His eves glowed w Oh
for its construction has been made hy rilJ,,. ,v, )u, saw t,",loo, begin to
a brother of Mayor tlrace. of New n.. Willi a roar of thunder he dash
York. It is said that the sensation or 0, lims(., IIKainst ,hl. ,,,,,,
riding up this railroad, together wi'h Thoy ),, 1mi1 , IV(, .,,,
the rapid ascent from the sea level to h,. ho,,, imding that he . .mid not
the mountain's crest, produces a sick- i j,r,.aK utf ron,., ,m n, . Moor, slack
ness called "sirocche," often fatal, and j;jT as j jn agonv.
usually sending people to bed for sev- j ..C',lt ,own the man!" said the cap
oral weeks. The sytuptons are a terri tajn lo the boatswain,
hie pressure upon the temples, nausea, ! lo your friend!" said ho to the
bleeding at the nose and ears and bleeding keeper.
faintness, but the effects can tie avoid- , when the man entered the cage, the
ed by taking precautions and observ- I ium seemed beside himself with joy.
ing rules that experience has suggest- ! IIe carcssed him with bis paws, licked
ed. the chief one being to drink a glass ' the mangled back, and then,
of branny and keep perfectly quiet, as folding him in his huge fore Iiml ',
the slightest degree of exercise will j looked as if he dared the whole crew
floor the strongest mRn.--?'oM Jour. I'0 his friend from liis ctubrace.--unl
Tlii Yuittlt's CntnjMinioii.
linger to the wrong road when a man I
asked lii iii which way the doctor went.
As a result, the man missed the j
doctor, and his little boy died because j
the doctor came too late to take a lisb- I
bone from his throat. At the funeral i
the minister said that tin- little boy j
was killed by a lie which another boy !
told with his linger. J
1 suppose that boy did not know the
mischief he did. nf course, nobody j
thinks he meant to kill a little bov
when he pointed the wrong wav,
ll
. ,
only wauled to have a little fun. lint '
it was tiui that cost s uie boilv a great
deal; and if be ever heard the result
ol it. In; must have Idl guilty of doing
a mean ami wicked thing. We oujiht I
necr to triile with the truth. CVeY- !
'In ii'.' ' h I.
I i irnilly l.loiic. I
I vctvb.idy who has vi.-ied a luenag- I
erie knows that the lion is lap ii'le of J
being taught. A lion exhibileil in a
Dutch menagerie would leap through
a barrel covered with blazing paper.
lie was mi tame that Ins keeper look i
Ills lOOll tll'IH 1 1 1 1 1 1
"I'.tl t illli'.-, Willi
i c.si-t.tuee save a sbuhl cluli h an I
It aboil is captured when vounir,
ami tieated with kindness, be becomes'
,ilta. tied to bis masli-r, and will follow
him like a dog. Andeisoti, the e !
1 1 -1 1 naturalist, saw, in (ho hot ol an 1
Aliiiun tiaib'i, one who was not only I
loud ol his mi ner, but lived on I In. I
ino-t ullertionati' terms with dogs,
cats and oilier domestic animals. j
I.uyatd says, in his Simirh nir ' !
'.,',";;, that the pasha of llllah, Hi.'1
town ImiiII on the rui:is ol ain ii nt
liabyl 'ii. tia.l a tame lion, who uusal
lowed to .stroll, unattended, through,
tin: Im.iis lie had only one li.nl
habit, wh.-n be was hungry, lie n,,nM
'.ike possession ol a butcher.-, stall,
llive out the butcher, help himse In
I a I'Uiil. eat It, ami then depart.
: " '" """ " o
j W""M " ,0 'u ,llllK "'
1 ,,,ri"r'-- wa" l"""n a
sherman boat, scate a wav theowne
pick out the largest lisb, and bicak his
fast at bis leisure.
The pasha encouraged his pet to
liis daily i at inns liy this mei hod. as it
relieved him Iron, paying lishi nueu's
ami butchers' bills. When the lion
1 4' I il l.lpl'.IS. if Ills IllingCI, III' W Oil 111
stretch himself in the sun and allow
the Arab boys to play with bun, as il
he were a large dog
1 mgaie
kept a huge pet lion, which he had
reared liom a iiib. that was -o tame as
to be allowed the I mi ol the ship.
" I t nice," a he was called, w as more
ait.i.liedto his keeper thin to his
owner. Dili' day the keeper out
ill link, and the captain ordered hnn ,,
be dogged The grating on which the
kei-pi T, stripped to his waist, Wa-lied,
stood opposite Prince's i age. W hile
pH paratioiis were being made f. r the
Hogging, the lion kepi walking around
his i age. stopping, now and then, to
look at liis friend and at the boats
I wain, who stood, "cat" in baud, w.iit-
t ing the word.
At the first stroke of the knotted
, on the man's bare back, Ihe h.mV
sides resounded with the oiii, !, :,-h-
For All Who Die.
J hn full 'wing ponin wan ri';nrili'1 by KilKt
A I'on ii" th" numt hrninlfnl ami tmiohlng ol
In kitnl in tin- l'lnime:
tl tint Ii l'nrn (mi! for nil who itio
J'hi'ii" I a tear,
fimin pniuliut, I'l linn li'-n't lo t'h
O'er every bier ;
Hut in thai hour of pain anil fliniut
Who will rlniw near
Arntui't my huuihln much ainl ahed
0110 fnrowcll tenr.
Who'll wntrh (hi fist 1 opmt hi! ray
In deep tlospnir.
And mmi I ii thp spiiit on lt way
With holy prayer ?
Wlnit inoiiitiPi riiuiiil my roui-h will como
In wonU of wn
Ami tollou- ino to my lon homo
Soh'iiin nail flow ?
W'lu'ii h iny on my eiutliiv hod
In ii-y sh cp
WImi thi'ii hv pure ntVotion 1p1
Will romp nti't w-ppp ?
I Sv Hie pain moon implant i!ip iopo
I pon my In i-ast
Aii't bi'l il i'hei'1 my ihok repose,
My loiii'b lest ?
fiail-1 I lull know when I am flccping
Low in lie- erounil
i mi In it Ii till heinl wnuM then hp keeping
Wntrh all aioun I,
A il some Ki-iu lay slu ineil lii'iiciilh
I II it rol l - ill's rjlooln.
I w.nil'l niiii- ili' the pans of ileiilh
Aii'l I i ! 1 1 tiie loiuli.
i -, ill lint hour il I coul'l t'eel
I MMii tin' hulls ot j;lei!
Ate! h"aulv - it'.s-ini' on', woulil -teal
111 -ceOTV
Ali'l ' Oliii' unit sh ol -t :i Hit hy 1110
In niuhl's ili'i'p noon.
it::. I H"tii'l u-K "Hui'-inory
N.I otlll'l hoi ill.
Jin! .ill, it hiiieiii'i lair is lllilll',
A .1,-,-p,., ,.,..
I I'iiii nil I vi' lovi-il in youth'- sweet tinio
I -dun uiu'-l t;o.
Ih.m l oi lo t ii y pale loin-, of while
In a .hik -...
lo -li'i'p ihi.r . li oi h '- Ion.;, ilreaiulc-s nielli,
J an. I on -.it.
III AlOliOI S.
The pretty girl who is maid of hall
woik is the door belle.
A pound party the young woman
who is learning to play on the piano.
A New .leisev man Ii is been lined
lil'ly dollars lor keeping a cow. The
. iw belouge I to a neighbor.
A man does not til ways consider bis
bail-croti a social level with himself,
vet he is angry if bis barber cut him.
A "monst' r in human form" says
that the only time a woman does not
exaggerate is when she is talking of
her ow n age.
"Nothing is impossible for him who
wills." i hones in a would-be philo
sopher. You don't try it when th"o!d
lady says "won't."
lie: -I see the latest idiocy of
women is to haven monkey for a pet."
Hie : " l h.it is nt new . It was so
when vv e got in, u I led."
A kind word may turn away wrath,
but it won't turn away a bull-dog
when he U after a small boy, and the
small boy is trying to escape with the
i (intents ol an orchard.
A lioit iculi ural authority says
there are 1 .' kind of pears." It
is the green pear, though, that is the
doctor's lavorite. This is one of no
things that science cannot alter.
tleorge Kliot says 'things look dim
to old folks," They undoubtedly do
when old folks peer into the parlor be
t ween t he hours of nine and twelve
in the evening. Hut the old folks look
ominously distinct to the occupants ol
its dimness.
brant ami the Wnoil Ihier.
When i Irani lived in Missouri he
found some one was stealing wood
from his land. He watched one night
and saw a neighboring farmer cut a
tree, load it on his wagon and drive
off. Joining him farther along the
road (Irani sang out: "Hello, Hill!
(ioing to St. Louis with your woody"
"Ye-cs." "W hat do you ask for it?"
"About if I." "All right, I'll take it.
Draw it over to the house." "Cun't.
This load's promised." "There's no
use holding oil'. You must haul this
to my house and pay me $2" for ttie
rest you've taken. That will tie only
half price." "If 1 don't I suppose
you'll sue me before the squire?"
"No; we won't trouble the squire or
the public. We'll settle this now,"
and springing forward (Irani grabbed
the fellow by the collar. This was
enough. The fellow hauled tho wood
to Grant's house but begged the cup
lain to keep still. That ended th
thieving.
j A Weather Prophet.
I It is possible, according to French
1 authority, to foretell the weuthei,
sometimes ten or twenty hours in ad
vance, by observing and comparing
i the sounds emitted by a telephone
connected by leads with two iron bars
j at tick into the ground a few yards
I apart. In case of a thunderstorm e
! especially, a noise like that of sldver-
ing leaves increases until a flash of
. lightning occurs, when the iind
resembles that of rain or faliioi
du graps.