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VOL. XI.
PITTSBURG1, CHATHAM CO., N. (, JANITARY 31, 1889.
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CJy Jit
Nearer nnil Dearer.
Nearer and d-itrcr are t!io blessed Jond
Than wo nro wont to think,
When with furoivells and tears wo bow tlio
bend
Ita-ido tlmt solemn brink.
Toll mo, thou child of grief ennst thou not
With clearer eyes thun ttu-nf
Tell me if love by love eiui ever bo
A thini; of earth again!
Ohs, eyes tint God hid ehinnsed with Sacred
tern's;
Oh, bouts by sorrow tuned I
Yo too ami love as never nil those years,
While ye with hVsh communed.
And nro they not, Ihen, nearer whom we
sue
With eye no longer blind;
And is not love the sweotur, if it ho
1)1 an immortal kind.'
Oi eom'ortlng, ssveot thought -that though
we stand
Oa death divided shores,
I.ovo still e:m stretch out to us its angel
hand,
A ii-l ! v in heart mi ours!
Unities linrkli.i'ii, in Youth's Companion.
SUMMARY JUSTICE.
A I.KA I-- I I ; I A WAIl IOUIY.
Thcro w in a v i-t d.-nl of swo.nmg nod
growling ill it inorni -. in tlio rill) piti,
lor Iho sohlnr, li ve tiio sailor, will spit
forth hit gri vtic- ii season aa I nut
of Boason. Tin ni'lit before, iraat'
army, ii hit bloody linking dud with
L hid run h.d S,iott4yl vn'iin to tin t
vile same s-rri it waili of C ) f . rat o
(myoiicti blocking hii way. Kitioti
were sent, tin oiminissiry whjo'h,
iii.es n tin roar, were ftuck I -t in
i-ricki i i inert ir, rai l had poured i.h
lit, ii nd thu picket detail went out
urly to tin game of dulging load
ivitliuut u cu t ol' u dToo. liray ski m,
fctenmin g o irth, wet uniforms; nn cx
poicd li n, whro every ni'in burrow : 1
a little ho o, ur threw up n heap of
ciitli, orgrovolicl behind a treo -lump;
i vigilant one my not two hu mired yards
iiw.iy, to: 1 a wi l.i ? ti Iy, sc. ntc'ii ic
nmvj i , .ilnr fn-tiio:), nnil prompt
with i !). : at ,-ight of blue cloth it
w.ii too dimml for any hinging) but
tho stnccito. Tin rici and vied
quality of tin blasphemy would havo
i moil even tho disciplined gouiu of a
tenra-tor. Hy-nnil-hy th) sua clam hern 1
nut of th j log-banks, mil shone with n
sickly luitru oh tin nir li ,'htenod, 1 tit
willi an intensity of ho it tint suck) I
tho brnin ilry. I'rn'iip il limln for no
in could Ventura to inuko much stir
:ib 1 the lorluro of thirst inalo every
innn ncln with tin curioi that Proipnro
l iil on Ci ilia:). We coul J sco tho
ffiiutof tin witcr li th: ru i, b.-yoni
which ilea lly tuloi lny lovello.l, as it
wept on i-i glricing ripples or bro'o
n baby cataract, and tho musical
inklj of it ruvislu.l in with d-jli lit
ill it sw i.'tly swunrf bac.c i sto a sharper
pain. Hut if tho muu in nr.iy wjro for
ii i the lierco ;;u r liana of tint fou ituia
tef rj.-lnnivit, wo wero tho liko to
t n. Sitvepit'.tel an 1 Ion ,'od mid
lei our sphen on tiny ll liter of unt-
oi in tint male rock oistumpor luouutl
ii aim a t o.
IJon't rcmembor on which sido it
t'Cnn. A white ra was tosod upon
tho point of a bay ouet. In tin twiak.
lin;; of a.i eye a hu ulro 1 of tins i j itun l
-lna'u w.iv.-d oa both sides. Chanli
oleer crowcil merri'.y from scores of
hront, nxl Imty reipouses from tin
wilier side made tho nir n'.ivj with tho
notes of nriiitlc matin choiiH. O io
touch of n nt u r.! hid roncwod our kin
ship, nnd diicipliao mo'.t.'d liko tin
froU on a win low pane. "t'jino nnd
huvo a driak" tint fnniil chillono
which punctuites so much of tho Lit i
nmi of p?KCO was bandi'd between tho
frioa Uy e iomii 1 ut this ti:no it was
lor tho qti'itli of a vi ilngo moro spark
ling na I delicious thai any cham
pagne that ever bended ia crysta'.
'What woro general ordors,
tha slarch of military rule,
tho remonstrances of authority, beforo
thii Rr.at sudi of ktadaosi and -jMipi-thj?
Tao illio.Ti tried to koep tho
mon in thoir tin m, Ii it tho imnulio ha I
got such head that it boat dow.i opp i
tion, which wa tho moro fcebl ns
tho sworl secretly thiillel with tin
f nrao sentiment th it n'.irro 1 th bay not.
A thousand mon alon.; n ha'i-milo iront
oprnag out of nmbtiili and stretched
their legs. Itillei wero stacked, anil
wlih uailuns; canteens the whilom foes,
who hal b:on hot for each other's
Mood, haUeiio I to inoct on tin batiki
o( tho nn and grip honest browa p w .
"llow d'ye, Vaak?' 'il.iw d'ye,
Johnny?' went tho scattered fimllado
of j;ro' tm ;, and all gavo toa; ui to a
liubbub of chatter aad lauhUr liko
lhat of a pne't of ic'ioolbiyi jutt broko
1 iose from the threat of birch. What a
draught of para liso that water was na
wo drank till every man wis lit to
burt hii skii! llow bcauti'ul tho shin
in; ol it as it daucod over tho I hallows
or Uy la tho still pools glassing mosy
pebbles in tho clear cool doplhn How
every heart "lowol with good- will th it
smoothed tho "wrinklod front of war''
iuto smiles, aid made tbe vision ol
rklo7 shambles aad savn e onslaught,
ftom which wo had emeiged and into
which we mu't soon a?aia pais, liao a
dkstempured dream 1 How tbe blue and
grr.y ch ifTod in siiup'e, homely fashion,
or interchanged fh.-cpUh confllences
about tho girls they had lolt behind
them !
The Tend ol this i lyl set in tho
midst of a great tnigo ty woro so full of
a tu lo pathos that, though now nearly
a quarter of a century gone, they nro ns
frosh ns a tiling of yesterday. 1 can
still pass from group to group nnd hour
tho quaint remarks poin ted with army
slung, nnd tho grull haw-haw us Jon
athan, Haas, nnd l'.ilrick toise I tlio
foot-bill of talk with th-tr fro di-found
brethren of an hour. I c m still seo tho
bronz.'d face, tho lean fj;urci, tho
tnttordcmnlions ia hoinospiin, mingling
fritornally with tin moro sleek and
well-uniformed V dernls. Thocnitoens
wero soon filled, an 1 their woolon
jackets woll soaked to keep tin con
tculs cool, nnd tin una of both si les
sprawled oa tin grass like m 'riy inakeri
nt n picnic. I had heard of similar
scenei, but ncVT of oao marked
I y mi h friendly eaie, n complacency,
lio.ii v r, not shared by tho
i Hi t rs. Thrsu tnor) repnnsi
bin watch- Io m, i.ow that tlio
irrepressibia neo 1 of wat.-r ha I bo:u
mi t and n cor.vjutioi undo to top all
picket-llrin ; till TuiUnr notice, wero
ca;;er to with Iraw tin nvni into their
iines a,'i i. All att .'mpts to restoro th
dicip iao of w ir for tin t i mo nvailel
no:bia'.'. lluman naturo w.n to the
fore, and it - nit I) In tritl l with
by ny -ucli Miiall matter as nrmy rouu
latin.is. TI,o fascinating compuiioi
sl dp nliMsoiin l iito every manner of
plea innt, nuitiial i 111 ns far ai tin
wid coul I st ind for tin d ie I i i tho
ciseofriir p v r:y -d 1 1. ken I'mfoder.
nte fri i id or tin lee I c u d iiiiMVor
to th wi 1 i i d f ii t of a la jin-; c u:i
mii'iiry train.
It wn noticeable that on ncitlnr side
was tbcro any brag'iu; of r iwois.
Tno vainglory of victory ov r each
other w lnn they Ii 1 1 j .-t i.armel
palms like reunited w..n lerors fumi the
sniiie hoiise-broo I, seemed a d uple lijlo
thing. Yet cadi man knew that
twenty-four hu irs banco ho would l o
ns keen t ) ll ; nt this Inoth r'j tliroat ns
cvor, nnd feel tin saiiu old tin ill o:
tiiiimph nt ciptur.il stinlardi ail a
llyia foe. I' rh ips tin diiin prosonco
of tlii certii.ty ever-hi lowing tin
toiiehii'' i nine I y gavj n morj livily
zi-t to tin etiwtiois tint acted th ir
part so vv rlt for tin occasion, in tin
inoveme! t of ;. 1 1 e-.-k play wis chirjed
w i I li a dojp?r meaning by tin ilea of
fnt i against which gods mid mm wero
pow.rless, staiding bhiid it all.
Hi y once Wis d 'lic it.) reserve mill d.
A , aunt I'iroli ii in Biiiclcero I, "Waal,
l'vjstcn you Y miks wiien yo looko I
n iight leu chipper, with we-uns a
poL'giu' the leal inter ycr lack'."
"Sunt yer teeth," roirol n nx-looter
from I.ynihbur ; ; "ihey'vo seen cur
backs ns often ns we' vo soon th -irn."
T.ie yellow, badly printed I! climond
n. w-papers of a late da'e, I imled to
tin mu..lo with stuiT to I'u-e the S mtli
era h-nrt, w-re greedily xchau;;ed for
X irtbern j ui aals. 11 t theie was
auutlier li l nl of bait i that wakeind
far inoro iuterest. T.iough our moa
had gone break fa-tleis, their haver
tacks were not altogether lonn. Out
ciim the colTeo to exchango for tobac
co, it, if neo I be, give awiiy. Too
hu igry nosti il i quivered with delitfht
nt l li.s odor, more r.igia:.t th in tho
bouqint of nectar riponol in the mii
shho of I'lirguidyto these straitened
men, who had almost cor.viuced th ni
sei ves that there win oo such tiling as
celTei loft ia tin world. I almost cx
pictcd to so tiroi lighted without, moro
ado, and both si los iiikc clnerov r a
comnon breaktnst. Tit', hovvevjr,
was just tho ono hold too looio
i i tho jjoniral unbuckling of belts.
M. y vivi 1 liltlo episodes
ttunp-d t! oaiselv.is en reiuam
branco as parts of this extraordinary
scone. It is impossiblo now to review
rdl thesa incidents, which show How
cosily tho streami of lri naa kin.lnon
II nv to tho milkin O.io thing, how
ever, stands out ainoag others. A
grizzled Coafo leratj, though aod
moro by hardship and trouhli than by
time, w is absorbed in taU wi'.h a ser
geant ii bliu as th 'j- lay oa tin grass.
They too'; out chiidrjii's photographs
and sh wed o.uh other, a d their cyos
shono and their faou pncierid over tin
si;hf, as their Ion.; board waggo I
rapil.y ii their fear lo-t thoy should bo
pnrto-t lioi'oro .they could unpick all
their hmrts to c c'i other. It wis a
thin; to in ike one clioko with a swott
ing lump in tho throat.
A till, noble-looking Confederate
maj r, who cmimandod the detach
ment imiu 'di ito'.y in our front, stool a
lurid rod yar Is away ri tin op iu, look
ing with a piste in ill smile oa tho bt range
spcctaclo, yet evidently cogitating tho
immediate, tho pressing need of getting
his own lino into position again There
wero ominous i-ouudi onourextromo
left, showing tho cloud of battle would
soon shut out our brief spell of sun
shine Destiny settlol tho qua-tlou
through a pioco of tho foulest treachery,
the act of a blood-thirsty savage, though
every Federal soldier felt h m elf
smirched and b-anded by it. A nllo
cracked amidst tho music of Inti h and
taU that scorned to proclule a final
reconcili itnn, and tho rebel major
threw hi i in in . wi'. lly i l the air, shot
thrcu;h the heart by n Yankee Lull t.
For a ic.oiiiMt Ihero vvi no Hound,
but u calm liothit of .loath. Iwery
to i . in wasslrii-k dumb, every thuu.ht
stunned, every limb par.ilyz.'d, i;y tlio
nccurjed net. Tluu there urosa n wild
tuii.ult of rngc, u clamor of curos that
billl'S description, "lilno ly Y'likeo
sneuits!' "Cowardly traitors 1" "YYliitu
livircd slogs!'' and n hundred other
lierco epiihots pelted ti us the Con
federate dashed liko m idiuen lor over
and th -ir rill s. 11 c; wo too tciu rio I
to shelter, and the old gunio began
again i i deadly earnest. Il was not long
boforj sonn of us solved
tho mystery of tlmt felon shot.
A tad tree stool somewhat back
from the picket -line, from tho upper
bnnclns of whoso leafy covert ivo no
tied rapid lit i tig. From time to limo
glimpses of n bo ly coul I bo seen, and
by piecing fncls together it hie tin
plain that the treo nrjit huvo been in
tho lino ol tin bullet which le-v. that
stately Con federate liujir. Among
thoie who observed thu most quietly
wns n !tt;lii red-bonded iri-li corporal.
Xo shot from his nil) hai beo.i tired
utter our hniriod relurn, nu l the liowu
on his tree iib) I phi., generally so lull
of ' divi. .nn--euro'' lur, rhowed tiint
"I'.nl ly Fit.'' was lining .inmelhiiiij
Very miu-u.'il lor him thinking.
"l.ieiit;n n', nvic.v," lie liial Slid
to aa illi .' i i.cir him, " 'twas I hat
bloody hpa'pi.'cn up there that hoi iho
rcb I m.-ij 'i. Ho tho howly M ithcr 1
must have a crack at tho hu-te or mo
heart will l.rea.i. Ye may shoot or
hang poor l'.it for il, but the bullet in
me gill is ileliin' !o be l;i-i I.: lint
uivil's bile.' Tin i lli er frowned
sliohlly, .-hoov tin heal without a
Word, a. id turned aiviy his face. Sin it
ly after war I, ami Nt the general firing,
t lie. u was a lout ir iJi ami lit iln
briinclns of tin l i;; tree, and a heavy
body fell Irom tin t p to i he ground,
gurbel ia tlio ii.niloim of n ciieoraiel
-harp-shoot r corj.-. S in of the in u
r.co giiizo.l it cvj.i in th , .1 i stance. It
wis a half-breed Chipp w.i Indian; n
in rlisinan note I inn ng uiarlesiin ;. Ill
hid paid th i p .unilty ol hii trench :ry.
( II rp ir's V i.'k y.
A .lisioii, ii)'s Ludicrous ,vinp.ithy.
We don't alw.iyi up r into tiio
linguistic dillie iltiei oi the ioreign inis
sionaiy. I recall nn iuidinl i t tho
lifo of a yoirig missionary, who, while
slill learntag Arai.ic, win calied upon
to viit a luinily, a niemb .r of which
ha I jint iliid. II crammed up us well
as ho could for tho on'ision, mi l went.
Iln bogan with considerable neivoiis
ncss to talk to tin fnini y about tlio uses
of i. Ill ct ion. N nv it ho happi n that
tho wor 1 for ". Illietion" ar.d tho w crd
for "rooster" are very similar in
Arabic. And so the luckless n.i-sion-ary
proceed :d to tell the bereaved
household that no on ia this worll
could hope to ec.pu fiom tho
"rooster." It ci mo to the ri( hand
tho poor, tho high and Iln low alike.
Tin "roostoi" wo nuy be sure, how
ever, emu to li.ako us loiter. The
"rooster"' was really nn angel in dis
guise, aid, therefore, ujsliciiid bow
ia ail lm ni ity befor) th) ".oo-tcr,"
and rcc ivj it ns a token of love. Ono
can isiui'i nu the consternation of tho
clergyman whoa tho family, liughing
in spito of themselves, to d him what
ho had been saying. i Xi w York Trib
uno. The Suit, ui's Trnnhhw.
Our amiable liieu l. iln Siltan of
Turkey, observes tin New York Tit
in ie, is not finding life a bed of roses
ia this year of grace. A few months
ago a hundred or so of his cooks wont
on striko (or higher wages, and bo was
f eod to bring thsnlTiir to a peremp
tory settlement by sending the offenders
into exile. Now 2000 soldi ti havo
raised ii row because, when ilwchnrgo I
at the expiration of their t rm of ser
vice, lb y could not get their pay. Tiny
raked the lircs of tin transports ia tho
harbor of Con-tanli ;op'o and declared
that tho vo s Is should not sail until
their accounts hu I been sen ire I, In
this emergency tho .Minister o. War
was at his wits' cud. but finally lie mic
ceo led in taking together en ai ;h mon-y
to pay th. in olT. A pri ce lent has been
establish:.! that may provi : roll lesouie
in tho future, nnd thu Sultan is going
to look into tin nutter. O.i tho whole,
this potont.it :s lot is not i :cly gicat'y
to bo envied ly tin u .crowned sover
eigns of the U ilod Stat jh.
Married I'lidoi'iiu Arch of I'irc.
I), nil; a iiiiniigi c To no ay near
Culpepper, V a., letweiui Miss Sullio
1 1 1 r t hii ' 1 A. M. Nelson, tho evergreen
decorati ins took ti r j trmii a candle. In
a few minutes tho C'lar was bla.iig
and the contracting puties -teo I u-ider
an arch of fire. 'lb: . liie p lei oino
what, but tho groom whi-qi.'rol eneniir
agomont, and tho mii ister completed
tho ceremony thou ;h li r - was llviig
about thorn in every diroctioi. Many
of tlio guests, however, ll d, ami wlnn
tho brido and groom m .rcho i Irvn tho
cl urch tin main wed iing attendant
went to wnrk ard ixltiutshed tho
lire, N w York Sua.
lllll lllill.N'S COI.I'.VJN.
f-'itraln; t- W nIK
I .fen lu.,1' a n.ckoi ;i !in:e
And w it.eli lii' n wlili- in- . i , ,
lie lm. such roly-poly Iv; '
And cunning little w.nv-; !
'J he earned ncss w nth wlm li lm cmw Is,
Ills str.aii . ntteiiiit.H to talk I
liat in st i f nil it pleases nn
When lait y tries to walk. ,
I'nst dawns tl liht of I'ne re: lvn J
H'ltlon his rounded eyes, ,
An I next isitli panling dr ills i-ano
Hi- v lin utti'iiipti 1 1 ri- :
I lilt l i'll i I e',ly flolll the 11 1
j And Ii nv,. him waiting ti. ere l
! due in .111 'nt, till 1 heck. oi him i
! T.,.i.-,K ll. l-.w !.-,,, '
I'n-tcaily, on iliiiqile 1 feet.
All wavering h- s'nnd-, I
And ni i-t i iilreiili.ielv I i ins !
Puts out his pudgy hand-; I
I A litllo loitering, tiny sti ., j
A in. .in. nt of alarms.
A swift ndvaiKO almost h fall j
Then safe in mother's arms. ;
1'eir, dii ity foot throu;b lial.yl ind
I'liil tni-tingly I hey go.
Hut how through -tony liitui-paths
A moth"!' may not know;
And y. t lur ave my lioart shall hoar
His inv-tie liil.y talk,
AmI in moiy tioaMiio up Hie das
tVlieii b.il.y leane d to walk.
- Il iij. agi, M ii!.
A Mill W.iinleiiT.
Ilei.iy M r-iiiihy Ins arivil in litl'o
.lli" IVluail, Iln ten-yjir-oll sen ol
.Mr. J.i.eph l''fieud,a resident of Chica
go, .lo-io has u gieat propensity b r
traveling, nn I ever si ice seven y:nrs ol
ago In h is taken trips io i-v.ry din-c ion
and to all p uts of tin f don. 1! is a
Ireak in tint his w nidering inclinations
ure not tin result of tradiy litornt iro,
I lit int'ier natural. When Seven y ais
old ,lo-io and aa o'der boy 3tarte I lor
j K oku'i, low i. 'i ho larger boy was
thrown i IV t!i; train and had lo i-k-nl a
lile home, l,u' the y oinger fellow c.'ii
inu :d thu trip mil reaclio I Keokuk.
The station a;ont sent him home. Three
mo.'illu lat;r ho look nnolher trip lo
Ct iw.a Point, lib, and was a- nin
i-hippod bicl. Nothing daunted, In
staitel tin next sea, on n:nl
we t to Neiv York by way ( I
liilTilo, staying away three weeks and
I ik.ug minute notes on scenery and in
cidinti ii'ong iho road, lie was shipped
homo by tun New Yoik pdlce, tut
c-ciipiil at K il.un ..on, Mich., nnd on
bi ing taken ia hand again, got away
out.-o more at .Michi;aa City. More his
li.tlitr got him. Itocontiy he was sent
homo from school for sliding down tho
banm rs, I ut instead of going home lie
-t.irted tor Ciilil'i ran, get'h; as far as
li endive, .Montana. The shorifT thcro
sent ii nn lioin , but In got oil at Hrala
crd, Minn., wlo r.j ho was luard from
tlio other day. Hi father expects him
home in thrnoor lour weeks, but thin'cs
he wi.l IjiVoagiii lor California. 'Iho
only lear bis parents now h .v : i; that
Some an ideal will buliili hi. a.
I he Monk l-V-t ivul.
t tho pieent time il i . n Imifrer
I Oi-iblo to doubt that monkeys hull
veritable and Humorously attended tea
liv .Is that resemble thosj that the no
etoesol Africa, the II ittentots and thu
P.il.un of N 'v (luiiioii celebrito to tho
ou id of tin ti in to o on moonlight
light', most frequently, however, at
111.; time tho new moon makes its np
ic.iiaiicc. Tho monkey of S.uth
Ametira ns-eniblc in Iln sunn maiiicr,
iliu:', having cxliuusto 1 the rosources
of one place, tiny got re i ly tocmigralo
loanoJiT. They jump, gambol and
shout with all their mi dit, thu males
tinning on tlio trees nod the mothers
cany ing their (hildroa oa their buikj
or in lli ir nrms.
Duvancel witnessed near D.-slmml, in
India, n grand reunion of micio 1 monk
eys which is I. p uted regularly, tin in
bii itants s.iy, all r a certain number of
year'. There were uv-rnl thou-ands . I
thi ni, ivli'u h h .d c uiie in largo baadi
f ; dii dilTireiit diroetiois. Kicli
in .1 1 'n . 1 with a stick in its hand; but
when th y nnived at tin plno of festi-vilth-.y
threw all tlio stic;s oa tho
s in. u spol and lua In of them un im
mense heap.
The fc-tiv i oathcriiigs of tho black
i hiinpi.' . .s of All ie i are still more
clcs-dy related to those of tho negroes.
Sometimes lilty or so of them ccino to
gether and jump, yell, and u-in;; dry
( hunkicf wood as tom-toms, heat on
I hem w ith drumsticks, which they bold
in their hands aud feet.
This orchestra of qii idriimstios is tin
lii-t attempt i.t tnusic, and what is re
uii. rka 'In. Ih' music is of ihe rti ii
ini'titary form of the drum, which oveiy
w h 're iiiiiong tlio most savage and in
icrior tacos of tin human famiiy, is (lie
lift ir.u-ical iiislii.in nt also, mid tho
only (i o th il in ii y if them possess.
, I ', iy ii uo.
Tito Time it lliiln l Moid,
Tiamp ( uigii- ..t tno gate)
'Tui .'l 'liii y mo Mi-1, who hav i a
; iovi - i;i d in .liter, Ineyou, wlai car
di. Inters as niuiiily as that man back
l.i the r l-n
Wo ; an ( nut l ) - if you wn- t hny.
lli.:-, why lin'ly.-u :y ! I ilnnrcc
thai man on .ny knee b lore y oil wer
bar u
AHRIAL CAKR
Fast Flying Minis Maio to Do
Duty as Rk-s senders.
I.apld Growth of tho Carrier
Pigeon Industry.
To whit an extent tin sport of pig
Lcn Hying hi recently developed is
utily renlii) I, snyi th : New York World,
by aglaac: at the m my i ;eon c'U'os.
Too spoil has grown popular during
the past te w yean, and now many i re
in ning list of pigeons lor sending let
ters. At tin i resent lime thero ure
ale ut o'.O cubs ia tlii. country. la
Kii ope there nro inoro th in fiOOO c'ul's
d viitcd to tho sport of pigOoii flying.
In this country tho n.u jority of the
c uhi bulong to ih t Ainoiicaa Fedorn
1 1 on of Pigeon Fiyers wi'.h headquar
ters in Philadelphia. This horit'ty is
made up of two representatives Irom
e ch Club, win elect a Pn si lent, Vice
Presilunt, Trea urcr, rWrelnry nnd an
l'.xeciii ive Coiiniiittee. Th' F-deration
is estaiili h' l on a sou id basis, and
nnnag its in Million nre owners of the
mod famous birds in tin muitry.
Piobalily thu best birds in America
nt thu present timo are Cdumel nnd
Cie-(;.it, ow-nl by Siinu I W. Taylor,
of IMliuioie. The-o idrd. hold tho
ch niipio i .hip for a flight ol V-MiJ miles,
d .ing llio j nr. icy in one day.
(ireat inter t is taken in tlio sport
rf pig-on lliti ; by nil classes nnd both
sex : in Kir p.'. in Heigium ill) sport
is i i full t, region all the year around,
and every spring, rac s of tho acrid
incs.e'i g n aro indulged in. Almost
cv.ry villi; ru in H -I giiini boa-ts of its
lulls. Ii is estimated that there are
upward if 1 Jim) pigeon clubs in tin
N lliei land i niolie.
To lielgiiuu is due the credit of ninny
new lev if s (or the cm iy ing of letters
ly these trained messen g T i of tho air.
In ih it country many iii' thols cf tiain
n itliug a inescig) aro employ ol. Sonic
tunes it i. lio I lo tho t dl leathers, n
f.i hi hi tli ii is common in that co.iutry.
A new devii.", however, that has gained
popular liivor anion g iln pigeon-llyors
ol li lgiiiiii i. that of writing tlio mes
sage o i a pu co of .-Irong t is-.no paper,
which is wrapped mound tin) pigeon's
I tg an I .-ccure I cither by a picco ol
fg Hum:.! paper, a l it oi llireal or a line
clisiie hi i l. IS thii mitho l tho free
ill iv. limit of thu I ir I is u . imp;, led, as
tin wei;ht is slight and tho bird in its
flight enrrits its legs up under tin body,
p in cling the me a.i go Irom wind an I
r.ii i.
In Kiiidand tliere has been a grca'
deal ol i.il ro-t taken lately in tlio sport
oli.;.on lly in -, and many noblemen,
who e foruur l east was their fn-t horses,
are low boi ling oi their wiit homiiij
i ir is. la ihat (i ii .tiy the be-t 0
st ot k is to b cbUine d nu t :!,c K -t el
Hire is taken of iln birls. Tin de
scription of u gentleman's lolt which
was printed recently in a London news
paper sliowe I that these birls were i.t
deed lot tu late. Another K iropuan
country that h is taken kin lly to pig -on
living is Hu -ii. F.v. iy week thero is n
puhiic riii-o i utweeu di t i it vi lagos lot
pn. 's donated iy tlio tr. ilea pcop e.
A vi-i or lo r. mii ill coiintiy village
(! Itusia tints describes his visit:
' I nwuke the ir.or nng of iv.v
Ibiid day's stop i i Iho vi -la;c,
and In in n y betel wi.dow could
aielln people nv ving about hold in ;
small pigeons ii tlieir hand, A few
bad the igeons !tuck i a tiuir pocket-,
while several others hid t:.eirs si-cnely
packed under tli ir l. ti ;, heavy bear
ski, i coals. I quick y dressed and,
b istenin; down stairs, iiutno liately
wendud my way among tin ciow I to
dicover, if pos-iiilc, what was lo on nr.
I so o i ili-covero l thai, tho day being
'1 hut s lay, it was the regular monthly
r ct day of tin -l.ti rout homing
pigeon clubs of the viilaje. I', seeine I
to me as though ivvry body in th.t vi -lage
was a member of tlr- dilterent
(lulu, for the wh.d ! vil! ig seoiiicd t
li out that morning. Two h uiri a tei
tho ciow 1 bal pis-o i in y hotel th"
wlicb) sky appeared t) be tided wi'.h
l ir l-. It w is tin racers living to th.. ir
(lift -rent lolls, nnd tho sight was ia
dee I a grand one."
II much is thought of tin pigeon
as an a blitim to tho lighting foices o(
Continental nations may lo inferred
from th - cxciti in -nt caused a few
mo- th- ago when n li -i man pigeon w.i-
ou d ht Tours. 1 i F. igiish military
in 1 ie v.es Major Al att Ins shown lo w
rupi i i oiiin.u a icatinns can b : male be
tiveeu ililT r-iit secti in of an army a d
how tin outposts can giv- iuformetio -to
I.o i-liprii tcrs, wliero probably the
telegraph would lo unavailable. II. it
it i- nut on y in tho tits ol war i lint
tin homing pigeon has j. roved
Capable of great service. Th- ro are
many p-? ace I ill operatio- s svheio it i
ablo to convey news moro rapi tly that-,
can bo sent by any oth r m nias. Coun
try dorters often employ homers to r. -turn
with proscriptions to their surgi r
iesinspicial cases, and they nro fre
quently used by pilot, to announce th
nrriv u ol vosse s oil tho coast. Hut
perhaps no section, of tin coram ini'y
utilu.'s. the vojagcur pigeons moro than
doe the pro a. L'idor many ciicum
r tan ccs it ( an beat iho telegraph, for
there is th in tnifest ndvantago that it
is ever rensly ru.d can be di niched
io;u tray oi-.t "I lli.- compass or uny
pine:'.
All Arab l!ahj't first Toilet.
A royal baby's first toilet ii ArnUa,
consi is in winding a bandage ubout its
i;ody, alter it ha. been bath d mid per
fiim d. The. little trenturo is thon
p need on its bac;, Us arm and feet
a.o stral ditoned, and tin entire body is
swathed to the shoulderi. In thii posi
tion it ru inii :s motionless for forty d lys,
but Iho bandages nro removed twicj a
day that tho child may havj a bntb.
Tho Arabs boliev o that this process wi.l
muko tho ludy straight foi life. U idol
such i IrcumstaacoH, it seems fortunati
(hut babyhood is notn p ried which can
bo roinembersd in a'ter J')urs, for no-
body would cloo.o to suiter sueh days
I ol misery igui , t-v.'ii in recollecllon. If
I the child b: a girl, on Iho si van tli day
I after li "r birth, liolo , usu ill y six in
number, nro pricked in Inr ears, and
i when she is two unriths ol I lnavy gold
rings are attach) l to thun, to lie worn
'throughout her 1 1 let. nn, except
during period i of iiiotitaii; ior rela
J lives.
Oa the fourth day th t baby s Ilea l is
hived a ceremony which could
! scarcely ho porf oim-t-l la our own coil i
try, wiiero thick hair h u-uilly ot a
I later growth. Tlii. opotntion n con
. si. I ere I n v ;iy i is p o I nut one, Mini thirty
j or forly perilous nn witaes-e-s of it, ior
' the p -rforma-ic of C-Tt ain rites. Tins
disposal of the H.--I Ii ir ii regarded as
I a very iviighty muter; it niu-t not ba
j burned nor carele-sly throw i awiy, but
; buried, thrown i::ti ill - sea, or lli I len
in some cii-vie'e of aw ill. Tnis fortieth
duy marks a turni i ; point in tin child's
I life. Il-ii-toloro i: his only been seen
j i y its parents, the-slave- on duly and a
(ew intimate frien I. o; tin liiml y; now,
however, it ru iy be scon by nuyboly,
and i rogarde I ns fairly biincliol on
Iho ti lo of exiitonc Sjv -nil charms
are alt'ichu I to its body, lor protection
ngiiin-t tho "evil eyo,'' boyi w-ariag
them to n certain age, and j.-irl still
longer. Tlio Invorito charm consists of
u gold or silver locket, worn on a chain.
N.-w York Tele train.
1 be I!. lb)' at the Phonograph.
Klnou has r cud.-l oa his phono
graph tho indi riant wail of his baby.
At tho laboratory ono day tho inventor
complained that tlio baby di-ttirhcd
iii n so t lint lie could not work i.t home.
"Why don't you put her at tho pho
nograph?" inquirnl Mr. Wan gem an n,
his ft s " i tint, mi-clib votnly.
Mr. I'.dison mole no reply, I u' tho
next time Ins heir apparent did ciy bo
vas ready for b r. In (net, he grew
y iv inipali-iit bee um she behaved ru-iii-irkahly
well, and liln't cry within
hi. h-.-ai i i ; for a week. Ai la-t his
time cniin. Th-: ialant col her toes
t ingle I up in her sloe ti g and tilterod
a pi ai-.it iiT wail. Tin father si i. d liur,
ili-u-l her nose into tin funnel and set
ih I motor n-j.oin ;. A as! tho flying
origin I rasa governor amuse I h .r and
hostopp d crying and bs:;nn to lau ;!i.
Mr. Elisonwas disuded. II shook
l.cr vi dent y ni.d i-c.-onrjiod into her
ars, but sho only chuckled and c ined.
I!i was in despair. II p y lli-. light!
II-woii d pinch l.e-r. Ho did (inch
her, and sho expressed her di-plea-uro
with vociferous howi. Tie racket
wakod up tin ntir.e in the n. xt room,
and -h ll -w in nt tho door ia terror.
' What havo yen I ecu doing now ?"
she indignantly demanded,
"Tliat b by wouldn't cry for my
phonograi b, and 1 just pi: ched her so
sho would."
"I m vr wis so abused ia my lih-,'s
siid Mr. Elison aft rw rd ' Hut I v'
-ot that baby's bowls r i ; lit hero oa tills
w x cylinder." ('pies wore sunt ti
London, and they havo -nee bee i trav
eling over I'.irop-, hut M-s. Klism
dooi not know it. ; w Yoik Tiuns.
Strange Mulilalion in Iinlin
At a meeting of iln Anthropological
Society at Hiuibay n pipor was rend on
tlio custom that olt lined, until wry
utily, among the Uiuii K od ', subsect
o. the Mora-u Vukitlyj.tr u of Mysore, ol
amputating tho lad plrna-ix id tho third
and Idiii 1 li tiigers ol the light h .n I ol
woiivta beforo her dau ;hti r ni i i ved at
(liberty, or the ears ol her chil Iren
wero bored lor ornaments. The op
er itioa was pe-rforaiod by a goldsmith
with a sharp chisel, iln raw ends
plunged ia boiling oil aid dross id with
oillreii. 'I his cruel custom, which n is
.cen supprcs-cil by the I ri t i-U tl.ivi-r.i-mont,
survive nt prcm it ll i ler the f 1
lowing h i' iiiiiiss in 1 1 ilicalion: ' "S ouo
rut or pud off a pi -co of gold or si ver
that they havo stue't on with ll t;r
paste to tho tips of the third and fun: ill
J lingers ol tho right hand, oilier -ub.ti.
tutu an ( IT -ring o. gol I or silver tor
tho amputation, and others n-.-ain tie
llowors to the fingers that w to f 'raior
Iv mu'llated, a id go throiidi a u-Io-iniuio
of performing tho operation w.lh
a chisel. Thi-y say that tho custom of
deformation w is iastiuttil ia honor of
three giri who hi I more care for tiio
honor cf their caste ttivi for tin dis
linciion of marriage into a groat
autlly."
How Hoses Came to He lied.
The day, with her creative power,
Drew from the earth a wondrous flower;
It caught from dawn a crimson hue,
And in the dazzling sunlight grow
A red, red rose.
Itoni in the Hush of morning's light,
How could it know of coining uighW
llehol.lt when gloom and dui knets came,
Thf ioso in ngony of pain
Turned polo and white.
lie- night, with her persuasive power,
I in iv from Iho earth a wondrous Honor;
II caught a iiiooube' tin's mellow huo,
An I in the silent niht-timo ft'ew
A while, white rose.
lioioi in the cool and shadowy nl(;ht,
llo-v could it. know of coining light?
Heboid : when dawn had Unshod the sky,
Tie- rose w ith one enraptured cry
Turned ruby red.
Kliiabetb Buckingham.
Hl'MOKOlli
A stare-case An opera gbisi.
A stem necessity A boat's tillor.
Motto (or a cooper "Heap at tub.
Put un fur a blind A win-low shut
to I
(i-r: Is Iho wheelwright bottof
tlii i his felioes'
I a ler false colors - Tin choulu of
grc ii many women.
Apropos of "id -.di i oiler," tho elo
vale I iriiins mggest thomsolvoi as
till)'.
A pretty girl don't objei t to reflcc
lions ori herself when they como front
a looking-glass.
"Ani'.-nl" says tho pastor, i a sole mil
torn, mid (hen tho ancient mnidoos lift
their cy.-s and groan, "Ah, men 1"
.Mntress "Why, X ra, bow dusty
Mie chnrs are!' Maid - "Yes, mim,
there's nobody sat on thini today, mirr.'
"Tlio search is fruitless," said tha
small boy, as ho looked at tho wiro
: crecn cnviriu ; tho corner grocer's ap
plo ban el.
Siieiillito condemned man eating
his last hrenkla-l) "Will you have
sotno ham and eggs;"' Condemned
Mm "A coup'.o of eggs, please, but
no ham. Pork givji me iudigostioa."
Feminine criticism: "What a viper
thai M a -. Z - U! ' "There's no W
in rr ing her out as bad as that, c
dear. Sho only tries to bite in order to
mako us believe she has some tcoth
lel'l."
II usckeop r Professor, havo you
any i ii.'gi-stion b with rognrd to nf
bric-a-brac that you think would assist
tin artistic i IT ct of my house? Pro
fessor 1 would suggest tho advisabili
ty of an i.ui'tioa salo.
"Ah, so the Sp in i -li ministers havo
resigned," sail Mrs. Homespun, look
ing up Irom lnr paper. "Ministers
aro always preaching about tho duty of
resignation, and it's gratifying to know
that sorao of them, at least, havo final
ly followed their own counsel."
( in ions Display ol' Lqiiiiie Iiitelligenca
It is wry interesting for a sir inger to
.-tiily tin habits ol tho horsos thcro (on
tho loundiry b twjua Mniao and New
H: una wick). A inlelligo it horso sooa
learns w.iat is expected of him in thoso
town- iCalaiinnd Si. Stcphon) From
cro iiil expuri nee l stall that, driving
on tin Calais -i b , tho horso, without
gin lance, kept al way s on tho right of
i In driv -way and (la-sod (by his owa
instinct) onto tho bridge in tho sama
mauinr. When we reachod tho St.
S cph-n sido he became obedient to
1'. igli-li law, and crossed at onco to tha
l.-lt of tho drivoway without guidance
from the bit, and invariably kept to tha
loit during tho time ho wns driven
about o:; that sido of tho river, and on
our return bo passed onto tho bridge
-till keeping to the left, then having
real heel the Calais si lo, ho passod
again to thu right (with the ribbons
hanging loo-el, and in strict accordance
with American law- held that sido of
the street during ihere-t ol tho drivo.
It i. sai l that very few- n.cideiits from
collisions occur in these towns. Hel
ton Trni script.
Into of the Smoky City (iai bngo.
A curious pro: lcui win pie. en tod to
Pittsburg and Allegheny C.ty when tho
uso of natural gas beenmo general in tho
twin citiu'. It hid b.-on the custom of
the householders to disposo of the
ino-t of the garbage and rcfu.o by
biirni -.g it iu tho kitehiag rang'. The
use of fuel gas ut onco prohibited this.
Xot a wisp of nor a single mulch stick
can bo tossod into a gas grato or range,
muili less cvou tho smallest portion ol
vogi-tablo mutter. To meet this emer
gency a fl trbago and Hefuso Cremation
company was established, nnd a cre
matory I uilt. Tho company has its
c-rts which iwiko round regularly,
and the householders, who pay lor the
privilege, huvo thoir roluso cans as
regularly in wailing. Their contoats
ure conveyed to tho hugo furnaces and
spcodily converted into another combi
nation of jiatticlos, (S ar Sayings.
An Holiest Man.
"Wh it it that dear, delightful old
In hio o I chair worth?" -he inqiired.
"It is worth, madam," said the
dea er, "just al out (17 ); tho price of
it' however, h ft). Buzsr.