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In Fields of Corn.
In Fields of corn the sunbeams creep,
Whore cups of crimson poppies steep
And drop their drow sy dreams until
The little winds grow faint and still,
On murmuring leify seas asleep,
In fields of corn.
The yellow kernels fold and keep
The mallow wealth tho s?ason3 he an.
And happy orioles pause and trill
In fields of corn.
In fields of corn the truant sheep
Through red-tipped tangled tassels peep,
Where silky tufts in crinkles spill
From silvery sheaths tho ripe ears fill
Like golden sweets my heart hoards deep,
In fields of corn.
Evaleen Stein.
JUJANITA'S FATE.
BY HTBKHT II. BANCROFT.
lu the early mining days of Califor
nia it was very rarely that the rough
men laid hands upon a woman to mete
out justice to her. About the only sen
timent that had withstood the hard life
of the mines was that laid ia earlier days
by the the tender influence of mother,
sister or wife, and this had become soft
ly intensified. So woven among the fibers
of the heart was it, so mingled with the
sensuous blood, so wrapped within the
folds of passionate imagination that,
like ash-covered coals, the drearer the
aspect without tho warmer glowed the
the within. It mattered not so much to
them who or what she wasjshe might be
chaste and fair or as wicked as Jezebel,
she wa the impersonation of their fancy-ridden
brain, the expression of their
innermost ideal of the beautiful and
good. Then wild, indeed, must have
been the fury that maddened them
against a woman ; and never was insen
sate wrath more manifest than among
the miners of the Yuba for miles on
either tide of Downievillc, when
on the morning of July 5, 1831,
it was known that a comrade had
been slain, butchered with a long, sharp
knife, by a woman. Sex was suddenly
lost sight of, obliterated by the whirl of
passion, which left nothing in sight but
the bloody deed. Joe Cannon killed!
Cut to the heart by a woman! The
words were appalling. Joe was the
favoiite of the camp, the finest fellow
that ever swung a pick or dislodged a
bowlder. He was over six feet high,
straight as a poplar, with limbs as clear
as those of a newly-barked madrona.
His nearly 240 pounds of weight was all
muscular, his chest wa3 like that of an
ox, and the arms of Hercules hung from
bis shoulders. And yet he would not
harm a fly; though his sinews were hard
his heart was softness itself. Jos gone!
Stabbed to death, and by a woman ! Joe
was the soul of honor. He knew noth
ing of cheating and chicanery. He was
not very learned, beiug single and sim
ple in his thoughts, and double dealing
found no place in his nature. He liked
his occasional frolics, but, though he
could laugh and carouse with the best
of them, he was kinder in his cups, if
possible, than out of them. There was
no poison in his heart that the fiery
liquid could bring to the surface. In
nobleness ho was a giant, in guile a
child. Joe Cannon dead! Stabbed in
the breast, and by a woman !
Slowly the full force of the truth was
realized. All along the muddy Yuba
and up its discolored tributaries the
tidings spread from claim to claim like
an electric message, until for miles
around Downievillc were heard the cries
of "Murder!" "Joe Cannon killed!"
"Cut to the heart by a woman!" They
dropped pick, pan, and shovel; water
was left to run to waste and the gold
unwatched in tho bottom of the sluice
boxes; from up and down the Yuba and
from its discolored tributaries a stream
of angry miners began to pour into
town. Five thousand men were gathered
in Downieville that day. Mingling
with the miners that thronged the
streets were traders, packers, gamblers,
politicians, and professional rascals.
The deed was done at 10 o'clock, and in
an hour later a dense crowd pressed
around the unfinished tenement of split
boards into which the unfortunate man
was carried. Within lay the dying
miner upon a puncheon floor. Standing
around the prostrate form were half a
score of miners fresh from their work,
with woolen shirt sleeves rolled up
above the elbows and overalls
tucked into the tops of their
ponderous and muddy boots. Silent
ly and solemnly they stood with grizzled
heads uncovered and slightly bowed,
while on the contracted brows and com
pressed lips sorrow and anger struggled
for mastery. Silence within and with
out, until at length the murdered miner
ceased to breathe; then from the deep
stillness a faint murmur began, which.
gradually grew to a low and terrible
buzz. Fresh arrivals came pouriug in
Strangers asked, Who is he? Who
killed him? Where is the murderer?
Presently the centre of the mas3 begm
to sure in a definite direction; they
were full enough of purpose then.
JUost significant of all was the almost
sueu uuzz, wmcn was tnc low purring
oi tho blood-thirsty beast about to
spring upon its prey. She was only 21.
a id a little woman, too. Scarcely lw
fed in height, with slender, symmetri
cal li run-, agile and extremely graccl't:'.
ia h'.r movements; with soft skin .1
vol. x.
olive hue, long black hair, and dark,
deep, lustrous eyes. Her name was
Juanita, and her Spanish blood was di
luted with the aboriginal American.
The man she killed could have picked
her up with one hand and tossed her
into the Yuba River.
Although Joe Cannon was a stalwar
Britisher, he could not let the immortal
Fourth pass by without assisting m its
celebration. Any day was worthy of
celebrating to him in which his com
rades would turn out and carouse in
company. And this time they had made
a glorious night of it He and the rest
of them were very drunk and conse
quently very happy. From store to
store, from house to house, up and
down all the streets they went, rapping
up the inmates, compelling the master
of the house to treat and join thorn. It
was rare fun. Passing the premises of
a Mexican montc dealer, Joe Cannon
kicked at the door. As he was not in a
condition to stand steadily on one foot,
he gave it a little harder blow than was
necessary; for the door was secured
only by leather hinges aud it fell in. At
least the boys told him so next morning
that he had kicked in the Mexican
door. That was all right, said Joe. He
knew the montc dealer well, and had
often bet an ounce or two in passing his
table; the damage could not be great;
he would go round after breakfast, pay
for it, and apologize. True,
there was the wife; she
perhaps might not appreciate the foreign
patriotism which disturbed her rest
but she was a bashful, retiring little
thing and no one thought of her. Ap
proaching the house, Joe found the door
still down. The Mexican was within;
placing a hand on cither door-post to
steady himself, for his head seemed as
big as a barrel and his legs were a little
shaky, he began to talk to the man in
broken Spanish, as best he could. Sud
denly from a corner where she had lain
concealed the little woman sprang up
and quick as a flash threw herself upon
the strong man's breast and buried her
knife in his bosom. It was all done in
an instant, and he who had come to
make reparation for a trivial injury com
mitted in a mom out of music, he, the
image of physical perfection and the
pride of the camp, lay as dead. Why
did she do it? Did this man visit her
house to insult her? Had they met at
any time, and was there ill-will existing
on either side? No one knew. All those
miners knew or cared to know was that
it was a monstrous punishment for so
slight a thing.
Aud now, when the enraged miners,
with a blow of the list, burst in her
door and stood before her, Juanita mani
fested not the slightest fear; and yet
she knew she must die. It was not defi
ance nor brazen impudence; she assumed
no character ; she acted only on the
primary impulse of her nature, and that
was stoical submission to inexorable fate.
She knew that she must die, and that
was the end of it. Within range of a
pistol shot were 2,0D0 men, every one of
whom harbored at that moment a deter
mined purpose sufficient to insure her
death, and she knew it; the very cer
tainty of the result seemed to destroy
the sting of death. Hastily putting in
place some scattered articles and glanc
ing carefully at her dress she was al
ready attired in her best she signified
her readiness to go. The blaze of angry
eyes and the frowning faces were all lost
on her; she was thinking of her own af
fairs, thinking how she should send
something to her friends; thinking about
her household, and how her husband
would do in her absence.
A large pavilion that had been erected
for the celebration ceremonies of the
day before still stood near the centre of
the town ; there was a raised platform
with chairs and tabic, making it just
the place for the occasion, aud there the
dark-eyed, bashful little murderess was
conducted by her guard of 2000.
Twelve men eagerly responded to the
call for a jury; happy he who could
have a part in this gentle strangulation.
Glancing at each other and at the min
ers around them, they seemed to say:
"All is sale ana settled; woman or no
woman, she hangs." Lawyers for the
defense were backward in presenting
themselves, but there were twenty for
the prosecution. Probably in the his
tory of mobs there was never a form of
trial more farcical than this. Had they
hanged the woman immediately, our re
snect would be greater than wnen we
see a criminal so absolutely and univcr
sally prejudiced and sentenced be
fore trial. It was wholly unlike the
procedure of the customary popular
tribunal. It seemed that on the
instant the miners had not only thrown
aside their usual chivalrous adoration
of sex, but that ' now they would
wreak their relentless wrath upon the
object of their abhorrence with all the
force they possessed. That there was so
little of this woman to pulverize and
scatter seemed to exasperate them. A
humane physician mounted the stand
and testified that she was not in a fit
condition to be hanged. What such
testimony had to do with the case no
body knew or cared. A howl of disap
proval followed ; the good doctor was
driven from the stand, driven from the
town, and dared not return or show
himself for several days. As there was
PITTSBORO',
not a lawyer who had the courage to do- j
fend her, a gentleman attempted a
speech in behalf of the prisoner, but ho '
was beaten off the platform, kicked j
from the tribunal, and kicked along the i
passage-way that opened through the I
dense crowd without until he reached
the limits of the town and wa3 glad to
escape across the river with his hat and
mule behind him. At a hotel overlook
ing the tribunal was a candidate running
for Congress; he was besought to go out
and speak to the mob, but had no am
bition that way. Ho was not of the
stuff of which martyrs are made. There
were times and places for all things ; a
time for advocating law and order, and
a time for refraining from it, and this
in the eyes of this country-server clearly
was a time for silence.
So Juanita was tried; but tho trial
was a sad, one-sided affair, in which
there was a total absence of that love
for fair play so characteristic
of the American miner. No one dared
to say a word for her; for a moment
the men of that region seemed, inspired
by Satan to the doing of his infernal
will. When the verdict was form ally
declared Juanita gave a quiet little
laugh, as if to say, How droll! These
great American men tnink in tnis aping
of ancient forms they have given their
prisoner a trial. Juiuita made her will,
verbally, in the four hours allowed her
before execution, arranged her affairs,
and gave her few effects away. During
it all her courage carried her far beyond
the usual stolid fortitude of her race.
At a time when men tremble and pray,
she was her natural self, neither gay nor
sad. She was as far from looking light
ly on the matter as from giving way to
senseless sorrow. Near at hand a bridge
spanned the Yuba. Its builder had left
two uprights, near its middle, with a
beam acioss, as if for the express pur
pose of hanging. It was just the place
for the occasion, and Juanita walked
down to the bridge with a light, elastic
step, surrounded by her friends, chatting
quietly with them on the way. She
shook hands with them all, but not a
tear nor a tremor was visible. She
mounted a step-ladder to a scantling
that had been tied for her to stand
upon. She took from her head a man's
hat that had kindly been placed there
by some friend, and shied it with un
erring accuracy to its owner, smiling her
thanks. Then, with quick dexterity,
she twisted up her long black tresses,
smoothed her dress, placed the noose
over her head, and arranged the rope
carefully. And finally lifted her hands,
which she had refused to have tied,
exclaimed, "Adios senores!" and the
fatal signal was given. Chicago Trib
une.
Coffee.
The Hollanders are the greatest cof
fee drinkers in the world, their annual
consumption being about eighteen
pounds per head of the whole population.
Amsterdam has long been one of the
great coffee marts of the world; and,
being admitted free of duty, coffee is
very cheap. Next come Belgium and
Denmark, in which the consumption per
capita is about half that of Holland.
Next come the United States, in which
the consumption per capita in 1880 was
eight and eight-tenths pounds. Tho
present consumption of coffee in thi
United States may be stated at a little
over one pound per week for each famj
ily in the nation. In the use of tea and
coffee the people of England and tho
United States present a most remarkable
contrast. The annual consumption oi
the people of England is just about a
pound of coffee per head, or about one
eighth of that of the people of tho
United States. Comparing the consump
tion of tea with that of coffee, it will bo
found that, while the people of tho
United States use about five pounds of
coffee to one of tea. the people of Eng
laud use five pounds of tea to one of
coffee.
There arc fashions in coffee, as in al
most everything. Thurbcr, in his book
on coffee, says :
"At Aden and Alexandria the Mocha
coffee is carefully picked over, and as
sorted in compliance with the singular
fashion in trade which creates a demand
in Europe for the larger beans, while the
United States will have none but the
smaller ones. In point of fact", the
larger beans are the best, being fully de
veloped, more perfect in appearance and
flavor." Good Cheer.
Bobby Explains.
Minister (dining with the family)
You never go fishing on Sundays, dc
you, Bobby?
Bobby Oh, no, sir.
Minister That's right, Bobby. Now,
can you tell me why you don't go fish
ing on Sunday?
Bobby Yes, sir. Pa says he doesn't
want to be bothered with me. New
York Sun.
A Waste Product Utilized.
- A new British industry is the prepara
tion of basic slag for agricultural ma
nure. The material is pulverised by ma
chinery to such an extent that the fin
ished product will pass through a sieve
of 10,000 holes to the square inch. The
fertilizing properties of this slag arc due
to the large proportion of iron and phos
phoric acid which i contains.
Ay
CHATHAM CO., N. C,
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
Grace and the Moon.
Iear little Grace at the window stood,
Watching, that Winter night,
The great round moon in the fair blue sky,
Where it shown so big and bright.
Till a cloud swept over its shining face,
Then she turned with a little pout:
"I wanted to look at the moon," she said,
'But somebody's blowed it out!"
Wide Awake.
"Unstrensthened" Water.
Susy had fixed some ginger and sweet
ened water for -if ink one hot day, and
carried some to her father.
"It is too strong," he said, after try
ing it.
Off trottedthe little one, and
came back again.
"Try it now, papa," she said,
unstrcngthened it with water."
soon
Tve
About a Blind Fisherman.
You know how wonderfully clever
blind people often are what fine mu
sicians they make, and what capital
tradesmen they usually arc. Let me tell
you about Alexander Main, of Nairn,
who was blind almost from birth, and
yet was as able a fisherman as ever
handled net or bot. He rowed well
and steered skilfully. In some peculiar
way he knew when a breeze was going
to rise, and even told his mates to take
in sail and so forth several minutes be
fore they saw any need to do so. The
nets he managed admirably, and could
bait a long line of five hundicd hooks,
and put it in the sea without a mistake.
And he remove .1 his catches just as
neatly; and whin the labors of the day
were over he would get his line in readi
ness for the next, like a methodical man
that disliked to be careless or slovenly.
Pursuing the Puma.
The puma has a curious custom, which,
however, often leads to its destruction.
I am told that in some parts of South
America, after it has killed its victims
it will bury them in the ground. Per
haps it thinks it very clever to be able
to keep its meat in a larder. But really
it only kills for others to eat. After it
has placed bushes over its prey it lays
itself down not far off to watch. It will
need to be always on the alert, for the
condors with their keen smell and
keener sight will lose no time in finding
out the hidden treasures of the pampas,
bush-covered though they te. Of course
the guilty owner of these stores cannot
bear to sec the provisions which it had
procured for itself partaken of by crea
tures that had had no share in the risk
or the crime of obtaining them. And
so the puma pounces from its lair on the
cunning condors, and the vultures rise
in a body from their hasty meal.
But this is just where the puma makes
a fatal blunder. When the condors
mount in the air the natives are certain
to see them, and as soon as they sec them
they raise the cry of "Lion!" "Lion!"
for so they are pleased to term the in
truder. Men and clogs are at once got
ready for the hunt, which is highly ex
citing a3 long as it lasts. Being kept
up till the puma is slain, the chase is
one-sided. Sometimes the life of the
puma is cut short almost at once by a
smart throw of the lasso, in the use oi
which the natives of the pampas are ex
pert. Often tho animal manages to reach
a forest and takes to a tree. But even
there it has no peace, for it is either shot
forthwith or baited by the dogs, which
seem to find a grim pleasure in waiting
for the end. If the country is flat and
open the puma cudgels its brains as it
flics along in a bold, but usually vain,
endeavor to outwit its pursuers. It has
been known to "double" .like the hare,
and thus try and put the hounds off the
scent. But the chase is much too earn
est, as no one feels any desire to give
such a bad lot as the puma the smallest
chance or the least "law." Little
Folks.
"By Hook or By Crook."
Various derivations have been given
of the oft used phrase, "By hook or by
crook." One is that in ancient days the
poor of a manor were allowed by the
owners to go into the forests "with their
hooks and crooks" to get wood. What
they could not reach with their hooks
they might pull down with their crooks.
The "Bodmin Register" (English, 1525)
says: "Dynmure Wood was ever open
and common to the inhabitants of Bod
min, to bear away upon their backs a
burden of lop, crop, hook, crook and
bagwood." Another version is that
after the Great Fire of London (1666)
the boundary marks of the different
properties were so hard to define accu
rately and the decisions of the law courts
so conflicting that matters were placed
in the hands of two smart lawyers
named Hook and Crook; hence the say
ing. "We must get it settled by Hook
or Crook." An Irish origin is claimed
for the phrase by the people of Water
ford, who say that when Strongbow (in
the time of Henry H.) invaded Ireland
he determined to make his descent on
the country by Hook Head or Crook
Point, saying that he would have the
country by "Hook or by Crook."
Brewer, in "Phrase and Fable," inti
mates that the allusion is to the hook of
the footpad and the crook of the bishop,
meaning by fair means or foul. Brook
lyn Eagle.
AyAyA Ay a
NOVEMBER 3, 1887.
CARRIER PIGEONS.
How They Are Utilized By Some
New York Brokers.
Trained to
Brokers'
Carry Messages to
Country Homes.
"Oh, yes, several well-known men in
tho street use carrier pigeons to bring
them messages to their country homes,"
said Alfred de Cordova to a reporter the
other day. "Pll tell you how I trained
my birds to bring tho stock, quotations
to my country place, Cheetolah, two
miles from the station at North Branch,
N.J. About three years ago I bought
four pair of 'squcelcrs,' or 'squabs,' took
them down to the country and made
them a comfortable coop. The birds
were kept confined, but well fed and
looked after for three weeks, when the
window of their home was opened for
them in order that they might go in and
out at pleasure.
The first thing they did was to go
to the window and look out; next
they would hop about until they were a
foot from their room. They recon
noitered and carefully observed every
thing, and then they went in again. In
a few minutes they would come out once
more and, I could clearly see, with
greater assurance. They flew on the
roof, picked themselves, and played
around till night time, when they went
back, each to tho identical place where
it had been accustomed to roost.
After several days, as soon as the
birds were certain that they would not
he molested, they commenced to take
observatbms of my place, and, having
thoroughly satisfied themselves that they
were at home, they flew around in larger
circles for a mile or two.
The next step was to take them on
short trips, I would put the pigeons in a
large basket with the lid down, take
them a half mile from their coop, and
libc ate them. They would fly straight
up into tho air, circle around, and then
point right for home. The next fly of
the birds would be about a mile, then two
miles, four miles, ten miles, and fifteen
miles. I trained them by stages until
they flew twenty, thirty, fifty, seventy
five, and oue hundred and twenty-five
miles.
After that I found no training was
necessary. If a bird does not get lost
while undergoing this schooling it is
just as apt to fly 500 miles without being
lost. I finally brought my reliable birds
to my office in New York and sent them
back to my farm in North Branch. The
distance is some forty-three mile3, but
they arrived safe and sound.
Since then I have frequently remained
at the farm aud sent my birds to the
office by the porter of the train, and dur
ing the day my clerk sent bird after
bird back to mc with half-hourly quota
tions attached to its tail. The time the
birds take to deliver their messages from
Wall street to Cheetolah is from fifty
minutes to one hour and twenty minutes.
Before I had the birds I found that a
telegram from New York would take
two hours' time to reach me, and longer
if the operators were just at their lunch
or engaged in a flirtation.
"My pigeon lofts are divided into the
breeding and tho working seetion. I
have attached an electric wire from my
working loft to my house. So the mo
ment a bird comes home from Wall
street and tries to get in at the window
of the cot it rings an electric bell in the
house, and I go over and get the mes
sage. "I have had some queer experiences
with carrier pigeons. Their ways are as
hard to predict as the weather. Birds
that have repeatedly flown from 250 to
550 miles have failed to return home in
practice flies of fifty to sixty miles. I
have known birds to be as long as a
month from home and then suddenly
turn up as serenely as though there had
been nothing unusual about their trip."
New York Sun.
The Kin? Headed the List.
The King of Persia oace ordered his
vizier to make out a list of all the fools
in his dominions. He did so, and put
his majesty's name at the head of them.
The king asked him why, and he im
mediately answered: "Because you en
trusted a lac of rupees to men you don't
know to buy horses for you a thousand
miles off, and who'll never come back."
"Ay, but suppose they come dack?"
"Then I shall erase your name and in
sert theirs."
A Great Mind.
Mr. Yeast Your wife is literary,
she not?
is
Mr. Crimsonbeak Oh, yes; she's got
one of the greatest minds I ever saw.
"Is that a fact?"
"Yes, inaeea; she s given me a piece
of it every day for the past twenty
years, and I guess she's got a large
stock on hand yet." Statesman.
No Reference to Him.
It is Longfellow who says :
"The rapture of pursuing
Is the prize the vanquished gain."
This cannot have any reference to the
man who chases the last car at night
and loses it, R stou Courier.
NO. 9.
Jealousies Darin? the Civil War.
"War correspondence was often I
serious task, being accomplished under
many difficulties. After any engage
ment, whether big or little, the corre
spondents had tho greatest trouble to
obtain correct information -from the
forces that took part ia it. During the
first year, and more, of the conflict.
many minor officers of the regular army
despised the volunteer, and few took
pains to conceal their feeling. They
seemed unwilling to give them any credit
and the same injustice prevailed to a
certain degree ameagtho volunteer com
mands. When we inquire, therefore, of a
brigade or division as to the part they
had taken in battle, they would, if they
had particpatcd at all, be likely to ap
propriate most of the credit themselves.
Then questioning some other brigade or
division, they would declare the honors
of the day belonged to them, and would
deny the truth of the previous repori
specifically and emphatically. Thus, an
Ohio brigade would assume to havd
done everything and to have saved an
Indiana brigade from being cut to
pieces; while an Indiana brigade would
make the same assumption for them
selves and disparage the troops of the
neighboring state. The same was true
of Iowa and Wisconsin, of Michigan and
Minnesota troops. Each com uand had
turned the tide of strife and covered it
self with glory, so that there was very
little leit tor tns rennin ler of tnc army
to acnieve. inc west I'ointcrs naa no
faith in the volunteers, come from where
they might. They not infrequently dis
puted their courage ; and when th-ey did
not, they proclaimed their incompetency.
War was an art, a science; how could
novices be expected to acquire it with
out study and experience?
Regulars and volunteers corrected in
time this vicious habit. With their in
crease of military knowledge, tiny be
came more intelligent and marc tolerant ;
they understood themselves and others
better. In truth, the first two years
were little else th in a series of experi
ments; they served as a sort of training
school for learning the trade of war.
Lippincott's Magazine.
Another Statue of Liberty.
A monument of liberty is to be con
structed on one of the twin peaks which
overlook the harbor or San Francisco.
Adolph Sutro has let the contracts for
the work which is to cost between 5000
and 6000. The figure and pedestal
will be forty feet high. The figure will
be eighteen feet high, and will be that
of a women modeled after Burtholdi's
great work in New York harbor, in this
respect, that in the right hand will be
borne aloft a powerful torch inside of
which will be an electric light. In the
left hand will be the sword of justice,
and at her feet will be the fallen fi jure
of Anarchy and Despotism endeav
oring to pull down the hand which
grasps the sword. The whole structure
will be made of bluish sandstone. The
light will be 1,000 feet above the level
of the bay. and its rays will be seen foi
miles along the coast and out at sea.
The pedestal will rest in the base cut in
the solid rock of the Peak. When built,
the statue will prove of great value to
the mariner, and will be one of the noted
obiects on the Pacific slope. With Bar-
tholdi's stati c in New York harbor, and
this new work of art throwing its rays
upon the bay of San Francisco, the light
of liberty will be thrown from ocean to
ocean. Demorcst.
The Highest Church in Europe.
The very highest church in Europe,
according to the Bundner Tagblatt, is
the pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria de
Ziteit, above Salux, in the Canton of
Graubunden. It lie3 2,434 metres above
the sea level nearly 8,003 feet high
above the forest, near the limits of per
petual snow. It is only open during the
summer time of that region or, as the
folks thereabouts reckon, from St. John
the Baptist's Day to St. Michael's Day
and is used only by the Alp herds, who
remain there through the summer with
their cows and goats, and occasionally
bv hunters in search of the chamois and
marmot. All the inhabitants of Salux
climb up thither on Midsummer Day to
assist at tho first mass and hear the first
sermon of the year, and there is also
crowded congregation on Michaelmas
Day, at the last service oi the year,
From time to time a few stray pilgrims
from the Graubunden Oberland and the
Tyrol find their way there. The second
highest church probably in jjairopc, that
of Monstein, also open only in the sun
mer, belongs to Graubunden.
A Dish of Scorpions.
A cur!6us dish was prepared the other
day for a British traveler in Mexico.
The attendants serve 1 up an omelet.
and the servants partook very heartily
of the dainty morsel, but the traveler
mistrusted the fool owing to certain
black particles mixed therein. Inquir
ing as to the nature of the suspicious in
gredients, he could scarcely believe hi
ears when the reply was given, "Oh
those are scorpions," and an investiga
tion proved this to be true, the lowci
order in Mexico thus utilizing the young
scorpions, which are dug out, hundreds
in a nest, their sling being cut ?8 be
fore cooking.
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The Yolce of the Wind,
Who hath an eye to find mef
Who hath a chain to bind mef
My haunts are earth's fair forests, fields and
seas.
I blur the pictured dreams of sleeping
fountains,
Or send my voice along her piney moun
tains, Hither and thither going where I please.
Men see not, but they hear me,
They love me, yet they fear me.
For ne'er a spirit had such changing moods,
From wafting heavenward the white
winged ships
O'er waters calm as lakes, I seize my
whips
And drive the tempests from-the solitudes.
Who hath an eye to find me?
Who hath a chain to bind me?
The vagrant roamer of the homeless sky.
Before the hoary mountains were, I lived,
For ages murmering through their pines
have grieved
That 1 alone of all things ne'er shall die.
J. P. Ritter, Jr.
HUMOROUS.
The harder a base ball club works tho
more it plays.
In its old ago every comb loses its
teeth and hair.
If a man blows his own trumpet, can
his opinions be sound ?
It takes nine tailors to make a man,
but one tailor can make a dude.
The toy balloon maker's business be
ing greatly inflated has an upward tend
ency. A man may be able to paint a town
red from end to end, and yet possess
hone of the cardinal virtues.
The men who have walked barefooted
over the burning sand of the desert al
ways know all about the times "that
tried men's soles."
An enthusiastic editor wrote: "The
battle is now opened." But, alas! tho
intelligent compositor spelled "battle"
with an "o," and his readers said they
had suspected it all along.
First masher"! say, Jack, such a lot
of jolly girls smiled at me as I came
down the Parade." Second masher
'No wonder, my boy; your necktie has
got right round the other side of your
car."
It is said tluit at least 450,000 meteor3
fall from the heavens and strike tho
earth every hour during the year; and
yet when a man goes home with a dam
aged hat, and tells his wife that he was
c3 7
struck by a meteor, she will not believe
him.
A Japanese Chemist's Shop.
The quaint old man whose loyal ad
herence to the customs of his ancestors
afforded mc such an interesting illus
tration both of old Japan and old Brit
ain was a seller of curoyakie i. e., car
bonized animals; in other words, ani
mals reduced to charcoal, and potted in
small covered jars of earthenware, to be
sold as medicine for the sick and suffer
ing. Formerly all these animals were
kept alive in the back premises, and
customers selected the creature for them
selves, and stood by to sec it killed and
burned on the spot, so that there could
be no deception, and no doubt as to the
freshness of their charred medicine.
Doubtless some insensible foreign in
fluence may account for the disappear
ance of the menagerie of waiting victims
and their cremation-ground ; now the
zoological back-yard has vanished, and
only the strange chemist's shop remains,
like a well-stored museum, wherein are
ranged portions of the dried carcasses of
dogs and dper, foxes and badgers, rats,
mice, toads and frogs, tigers and ele
phants. The rarer the animal, and the farther
it has traveled, the more precious ap
parently arc its virtues. From the roof
hung festoons of gigantic snake-skins,
which certainly were foreign importa
tions from some land where pythons
flourish, Japan being happily exempt
from the presence "of such beautiful
monsters. I saw one very fine piece oi
a skin, which, though badly dried and
much shrunken, measured twenty-six
inches acros, but it was only a fragment
ten feet in length, and was being grad
ually consumed, inch by inch, to lend
mystic virtue to compounds of many ,
strange ingredients. I was told that the
perfect skin must have measured very
nearly fifty feet in length. I saw an
other fragment twenty-two feet long
and twelve inches wide; this also had
evidently shrunk considerably in dry
ing, and must, when in life, have been
a very fine specimen. Popular Science
Monthly.
Quality Not Quantity.
"Do you know," said the chemistf
"that some people believe that this ther
mometer gives us a measure of the quan
tity of heat? The name itself would in
dicate that the originators of it believed
it did some such thing. The fact is,
a thermometer doesn't give the slightest
information about the amount of heat.
Say you have two one-gallon kettles
filled with boiling water. The ther
mometer marks 212 degrees in each.
Now, put them together. The mixture
contains twice the quantity of heat that
cither gallon alone contained, and yet
the thermometer docs not vary, but still
.marks 212 degrees. The thermometer
only gives the quality of tho heat."
Indianapolis Journal.