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VOL. XI.
IMTTSIJORO"', CHATHAM CO., X. C, MARCH 28, 188.
Nobility
Who '-omit.! linn.-" f ns nobly Ii r
Is Hi !! ill irs iit- of plat";
Ami honors r re hut hr in I- to him
VIi was Ihi iii n"t with iniiiiie'
. prae -
Tien, Ii'tlicm pif-inl. 1 1 1 1 in .11 nr,
Count it s'i I in r- lli i'i i l l tln.io own;
Stand on :i Inrso;' In -t- 1 1 v
Th in Hi it nf 1 1; n nri'f znn".
- Mis. Ilnof,-,;
Mis,' Pinkney, Govern ?ss.
iit wii.i.i.vm iii-'ow::.
Doting III- -iI i.tv ' a' Winch- slrt.
when Sli ', 1 1:1 mil- Iwrn'y miles, nr
in Hi', t r.illy liii ! n ir iii. I tioips, n
Federal and a Cei fi I ! id' met ut tli
front f fxv iiiin ;in:; li:ie., doing
chi!g. A I ':il: Ii .in Hi- former's pist..
llii I the -: at lis b i t. it dy ing man.
Iiv-ii Hin d in n and fury of the In'
tie th da lib ,-ip i il in Ih- C i ifc,"i.itv's
(". i. held n I over -.itne h:s ..e.
Me b n in -r th" l'-i' i-: mm, who was
trying In d: iw ii" h'li; I ruin hi- Ins.
(i.l. 'I'll' I'-' lie i'. a . istr I him, mil t lit
s' If nin ; Ii i ;-r. i". gird In tile north
er'i .'oldiei ;.. -a;ll rive', e i. i!i mi wet
w ith hi- ii-V'i III', 's Ii'
With a linal
I'.Ti'ii, th dyiiv,' mil i lisi.d lis heal
mi l jrasjie 1 :
,lS n 1 ii- h 'in ."
A irinu' in;; l'i" 'in con bile I the sin
ti nee. in 1 he :ink ii t ' insensibility.
Tli thili'ii'!-' d e". ; e ir. The r,. :-nil was
i.bliy d to I n ill it a nl ride aa.'. After
t'-l ' I utile, he " mime I 111" velvet i a-e.
It i'u lo-e 1 lb" :'e iImi.'. i f a p- tty li"le
j;ill, S'Hlle li.'r in' i years oil, paillle I
(i i io-,-l witii t fi- w 'id. "T r d.-iv
pup i'' w Mil" i ii i b r i 1 1 ! i . 1 1,1 tiie other
n I v.-.is tii fa h" 's t-ilieia! till-. Mi
le im 'I '.v.i-. not n I'll" I, liei'ln r ;i.
t!ie i' any fuiilii-r !i"-v :o his i lea'ilv.
A In- tin', for w, tae 1'. l.-rii
tiled fa le.ful y. b. s'i I in -a i .1- lie
i " l'i! us-, t i da .ver I';.' ilea I ma. I'
ll iell I-.. I' 11 l le;- th hi l l I lc- ilil
p 'S ! by l'i" ei"-' i ( w ir, hi-e!'-
f ills w-ve fu'i". Ti n- le sc'i -d his i'l
te es', and 11 liiillv i i ed to Ir,-.
IV ii f i nil at 1 1-'. A f iff th" -ran I r
iewal W.i-hiil oi In- nt unit' I hi ti..
For in HIV .1 ' ai - 'lif vi-I .e ra-e and ,t i
f-i'.il stain I iv inn .f i .-,'d i i hi - old
in my 1 1 'ink, n -v re!c ;.it-I. with other
cherish- 't yet uscle-. m liienlos nf the
w-r, loan rdd store room in the attie
i f hi-, li-iiii" in New York.
"Well, fjiib, we'll h ive to try the old
punt for co.'. nines, " sai l l.uiri llinton,
th- dauuht -r nf the hoti-e. "Tin-re s
old family t uaip -ry tha'' bre-i ;n -f
it iiu!a'ino tai-re shr."? r; e.it-;r and
nmihci's t imc.
A Mir: bu W !iinut--u tea piity then
tpiitc la-hi'MI able was the enii-s-iii";
local a.ny in that xiiinity. evolu
tional v P lie- wt re at a 'ioeial pii iuilini.
Hevcral youii.; ia lit m i - di:i a -ino t;:e
iillllbscibiii.; Ilieliie. , 1 1 r .'.uri'i re
ma: k, a raid upon th" family More room
wain! i mr or-an? d, and in a lew
minute.) the old nl'ie resounded with
more of life and men iiin nt than had
fallen t its share in years.
"What ci:i this b.-f "criel Ii'iri. fi-h-inc;
from an obi trunk an oval, velvet
rise, willi faded brown st iin- tin n mi.
"Ml b 't it's a picture. This is father's
old iirmy trunk ; that accounts bailer
b inn; nnthiiin' si rvicenhle inside.''
Tin- eis- was opemd and pa-scd
n.' mild, th"e who had look" 1, nt once
resinning the ineie nltiaetive search for
by -rone lincrv. Suddenly then- was a
fain' ciy from .Miss I'inkney, t'le
ffoverne-s, to whom the ea-c had been
handed. She stood, n-iitij; at the
miniature inside, with a bl inchin-; face.
As the fjirU looked up, won lerin-lv, she
sank upon an old ihest, us thouyh abouti
t) faint.
"Dear Mi-s Pinkney," said I.a.ira
sprinjfin to her side, "what can be the
matter? litre, let me take the old pic
lure." IS it Mi-s I'liikney cluuv; to the ra-e,
w hile slow !y I'.MjainiiiL; compii-mre. Then,
lonkin"; arouad ilp.ni th; f,"irls, .-hesiid
weakly, yet with donity:
"I'.u loii in-, I. hum. 1 h'ioiiIiI like to
show this picline to Ma j ir Minion. If
this is one of hi', old army ni ni 'iil s
yie.i will und r-i'in I in ow i in'erest i.l
it, when I say t' a' itiy I that I once
saw it hi f jre it eoii'd have ci'iie into
his posse i-imi.''
Miss I'iakney, thcuo'.i -till p.i'e, had
ipiile ree.iined h r s,-lf pos-i-sjon. S ic
quietly pnekete I the telie, imd, w ith a
polite iipol -.fry to the r.ii Is, we.it down
st lirp, leaving them s-im-whit n-ton-
ishcil, yet politely reticent, for M'ss '
Pinkuey, though only a governess, was
f till a pers hi of some social eotisider.i- '
tion. I
She had e me from South Cnrollni. pn-ssibly piteous. "I killed h Hi but j di-strious li tie iu-ei t-i i aginable. They
and was tin ler-tood t i be of an old and i I have trie I to- !i. gonl -t) y mi. build in hollow in trei s and w herever
distinguishi-1 f.mly. T.u-y ha I be.n . Can you forgive- i d ing m in .' " , they cm Iind a lodoincn;, and they
reiucod to poverty during theCivil War. ' "t1, sir!" cried the girl, heail-ick over gather a double handful of honey of de
Thiougli ihe inlbieni'.-id fri.-nds, she !iad 1 this icv.'latio'i. yet not einbiltcre I, "you j li'-h-us flavor in thee lust, of ro'.i;h
obtained h-r pnsi-nt p sitimi in M-jor
Hinton'n family. She was quiet, rather
KMTved, jMrfeeily coin petent, and un
deniably distingu stle.-il i-i niani-ei- and
jitrson. bherave lnr elf no airs, and
nttendel conscientiously to lc duties,
Though p i.-sossing svp"t and g"nll -disposition,
slip nt limes di-playrd un
doubted force aid li-ni'y nf c',aia'"er.
In her womanly h-art, the coiilllel tlml
hn:l bereft her, le't nu bitterncs. lo.viinl
the -'n i'.i'ti its. 'I'll 'H fin.-, being lnvii
ble, she i-iiiii: t i b.- loved by them
Majo.' IIint .il was in his library, v.h- :i
there eime a light knock mi th- do -d
do-n. Al his bid. ling, .Miss Pinkney
walked in, her fare sti I unusual y a'.e,
the opn miniature in In I hand.
' I 'aid i hi in , in ij ii ,'
in searching fur some
he said, "but
I eostuir.'M in
the garret. I, una ( a-nc nn-oss this.''
Hie handed it to hi n. II", too
seemed baldly I- s tli .conip r e I than sh.
h'ld been.
"Ah,' sh" cried, - .'V nm ire ill it
, y,, , ., ,. j
Iterist
it p. sscss"s fin- in ' "hen I ti ll you that
this lik lie. i1- my own. taken when a
child. Iiaii jul rem in'ier mm in my
di iir fat'ier ki.-s and le
b wiiii ii h- rode 'ill, al'i
ice i' in his
biddin; far-
well to my m 'th r aid ri . II" li-ur
lame b.i-'i. II' was Kile I at Win
i h: st"!-. We lieinl Ih it nut. liioii,di w e
don't know how. o, sir! perhaps Mm
can t II m snaii-iiiinj; nf my father's
death. This pielur.' ill yoar pos-e-i-ioii
revives Strang'.' hopes. "
The major, tliirin the recital, showed
.-i.oii 4 of stroll"; s If !"pi'.'ssio:i. II -was
usually a iiii"t. reticent, self-contained
sort oi' man. an I. b.- the lime Mis
I'inkni y e include I. a 1 out war I -i i
of di-eompo-ui!', except a cell lin de-re"
of plll'il', we i' ci-ellilly b.iai-'l' l.
"I have nlmo.' f ir o.t en, ' h" said,
kindly. "Il -cee.- o me I pa k 1 il up
on tiie bat! i l'n I.l. If so .a I a le niinler
i f the past is of v.ihi" to you, piav keep
i!. I . .n-'e tii -1 to I'm I il - pr p -r nw n
ei'i. bii fa ilc I. V-il --I- tin- f imil
li nnr is Mowai I, n-it I'liikney."
"My full iia-ii- is Ali.e I'mkney How -
ail,'' siid tin- cover ic-., iiiic:!y. -
mi-hided to drop th II .ward when I
'I'
found 1'iat in iiiev uni t l eeari.el s in--h
iw. It was .. tiirouh fain- pride,
but m ib fi i.-ii.-;. to the wishes of otlirr-.
Anl yni in. er sir my father, Major
llintoii?"
The major Ir -i'ated, an 1 drew n h nu
briat'.i throii";'.! hi- le.-th.
".N i ;" he abin.-l whispered.
Miss 1'iiikiiey sillied, and s inn, th- re
l aft -r, retir- I.
; Af er that, Mi-s Pinkney was treated
; wilh sfreat' i' kindness by Maj ir Ibnioii
. than ever. Had sin- been one of hi
; ow n d iudite s, hissolicitiiib-iMmld hard
i ly have been more markel. lb-r salary
' was oiadually increas-I, iinljl she felt
h' l i If die I upon t j remons'r.it".
I .mi not wort!, near so mm h," she ,
liei I" in" maji'i
I caiin-'t consent
to s c your kind heart so over inllueme
your o.od ju loin -nt.''
The major was lin n r c iverin fr..ni a i
lii;lit stroke of parabs ... Me le-anhdi
In r sadly fr 'in Ins recl'iiii-e; i hail ; tin n- '
a-she Itiriied a.vay, said to linn-elf :
"if sin- knew all, would she not
shriek from leceivin-; money at the :
hand- of her f ithe.'s destroyei? Yet,
was it not dfii" fair'. v--in buttle .' lean- 1
not be held d shoimi ably respondbli..-.
and yt yet
The ma jor si;;ln d, wearily.
That niyht lie had another and a j
eve ir -'rokr. In the tnoinino. the !
dm lor said he iniylit live a day er so i
not Ii nuer. Tin re was n-al grief and j
some cmmolion. Mi-s Pmkncy felt as I
Mi-s Pinkncv felt as I
though her be t liv ing friend wa-passing j
j away. The linijor remained in u stupor
until aftcnioon. when he rovs.-d a Ii tie.
Mis grii f stricken family wire araiiitd
l.im. II- wit- ;ib! toti'.k, and asked
I for Mi-s Pinkney, who came at once.
I "The --the picture," he gasped.
j "Where is il '."
j lie wind I tiol be deti'cd; so the miiii
at ire was brought for;li and placed in
i I. h hands while his friends began t i
i wonder at his manner. Me placed one
: fei'bl" linger upon the fatal slain, still
, disclesiu ; the aneient velvet and, fiving
his sinl ryes iip in the governess wh's
pi red :
"Your father's bloo I."
Mis Pinkncv felt both n horror and a
f.i-c iuatimi al the sick man's words and , ,-,. strong, they are nf p.ssib'e, black
looks. H.ie of the consulting physicians j n,,-,;,.,!. Tin' staple recourse i- t(1 j,,.,..
was eyeing the miniature, as til: u ;h the ' ,., that some i.eighborllig ru'er pu's a
poor little relic were a Medusa's he.i I. u.,,, ,,.-, the advani" of the travcll-is;
'
e, cotiiiuu-l tiie iea r: "his j
j b!o h
chare
him.
We met - - it Winchc-tcr in a
. We fnU'.dl' he fell- I hil'cd
Me gave nn- the--this picture.
lb' asked me to send' it lioni". 1
could not tinil his family or friends.
Now you know y.m s m- (I, M's
Pinki ey ! ' The major, in his mental
aoiiy, raised his voice to a wail, iucx-
both were soldii- s. It was wa
minder. I freely forgive vim."
Her hea l whirle 1, she woullliwe ! knot hole in the trees ami soon eollcit
fallen forward upon the bed, I ut the ; all th- liimey he waut.s without th; tlan
6!raiiic doctor caught her in his arm. j,rer of ucing stung by the k-.t,
and etnbnied her, tn th - ,:ini7 men OJ
ltd.
'A lire, ni" ehild," he en hiinir.'l, "nn '
harm has heei) d . I inn ymir f iMier "
Mi-1 I'.llkll.'V nve one flillielel
,'laiu'.n at th" b Milled faee l.eud in; nver
her, then swo ined away. Tiie ira j 'I
se- iiicl a". tli')in;ll lib nit io ilo likewise,
b;i! the doctor suppre hi ewa
i-noii'iii adniinisli'ied r;l na'ives n
bilb. then tinned to the astonished
family, wilh the pielure in his hand.
"Von sie this name"; ' II p .inle I I .
! the ollii ci's name inside the e ise.
. ('a.lniii '. W. II wa (l.'' it lead.
"I am Dr. ( Iiinlci WaY itt. My rei
nii'iie i, Cha'l"- Wah o'.t II e-vard. Imy
nft'r the J i 1 1 1 wi s live ', I raine to i,
o:n e in .r-, insti a I of tlyit ;. I eraw I. .I
im.iy, and wa: I 'Miied bvakind h arled
I'uioiiisi. Mv wi iiad bioit lil n brain
fevi r, and fir several monihs I l.iy at
lentil's doi.r. luiieh nf the time del'ri'. us.
I ti ia'.ly ree vered, bu' il wa-moillf
lief.ti'e I could travel. All t'li-t in-, I
was i ed le the I'l'd-ial line:. I wa then
n p u ted by -.iniu' one and taken No.tii
is a risouer of war. Mv mouev was all
Kone, and f ir two yi'irs or mere I had
bu' lill'e memory of nnyl hiiir caincclcl
! with mv pa-l Ii c. My mi le of life an I t In
difiiciiilii s I i in-iiinti re I are n t perti
lient at pir-.-nt. Wlimil finally nc.iv
ere I, I wrote back h-nii". Mv wife w is
dead and my d ni-hlei' ;; me. mv hie id
knew not whither. M - property wa
rni.e. I w a - al. lie aid pennies. I
h id Sill lie 1 111" liei ic before tin- w.iv.
ai:'l I t ;ok up the pra' ti'-e of ii. alter
drojipiac; m ; l.ridiy mini , as Alice had
don-, (bid ha- b'es-e I my elTats. I
hive made money, and now I have lound
my 1 1 in ;litcr.
11c ao'iin fondly i iiibrai-.d tin- eovera
i -s, whow. pi s. f!y ii'ioii h-i father's
bo- nn. .Meanwhile. Major Minion hid
j d i lied, n , tli'm;h hi- hop -s cfheivcn
I depended on hi. catchim; every word,
II it the de it!i d -ws wm.ii ii!n rin-; on hjc
'"'"""i "'"I Ills eye were l i.'in,'. It li
a hi-t t iTor', he ua-p-.l:
"Thank find! I am not -a mur
der r."
S n itlv t la leafier, he pa-sn away,
s lioiinded by his mi iuain family. In
a codicil of rcc nt date, he h id ma I
f 1 1 ill"-- p ov sii.n for the ; -Vi'i in-'-, thoiiuh
-in b benrlii i n .- wa - no.v uanec -.--aiy.
Th" doctor ; nd hi - dau'itcr :i.-s.;:ni d
tin ir family name, and, alter a time, re
tu iii-d to ;he'r old 1 nine, which the
father's sin ie--a- a phsicaii enabled
hi.) to rnliim mile in -le. YniiU'.
I)'; Ir.
An Ambitions Afrieutt Iiailnay.
The lirst se, li-.n of th" Tia-is-Afrieaii
I! liln-ad now c- iiiplelid i. forty miles
li-iitr. etendin-' from lh- eo.ist to
,,-,,,,.;. Ti,r ,, fl,,. ,,,,, n ,:, ,urlH
siiithtothe ( ian a rive:', wheu-u il i.
to be t.Mended directly wet to Ainbaca,
'.'.'.) miles from the eo-i-t. A pecaliari y
of the i ail: o id l. that l!i".. f u tie: load I ml
ha- been grade I aliuo-t entirely by nativi:
labou r, nn I the wmk ha- made slow
rop;r-s-, a- th" negroes ar- n i! atiibi
ti i to -hiae a rai:ro i I build rsso long
a - wi'h icirc ly auv trouble th-y can
rai-e manioc eiioii-.'h loliv- mi. Tiioie.di
the Oltuu'll-'SC have In ell j list 1 v Cliiici,-!
for d dug tit I - - to develop the r Alriean
p. ssis-ions. !h-j ar- now s" ting a good
example to all I he other powers in rail
road building. The anil itimii name nl'
this lailroad relates to a m heme to pu-h
the road across the continent and con
met with the railroad from Oclagnn Puv,
, rj(,., is ,,, j,, ,,
(jr Jj,,,. , ,,.,-
Outlawry in the Desolate Pamir.
The Pamir, of Asia, is a de-olate re
tii m g. ueraily, but it i- d .ul tful wheth
er its lone i 'st paits nr.- not prcferabli
to t hose w hich an- inhabited; fi r, ne
fording to M. Hnnvalot, it is n kind ol
Asiatic Al-alia, or No-Man's J.uinl,
where all the desperadoes ami fu-iiivi
criminals fr in Afghanistan, Hokhaia,
Kashgaria, China, ihe Taldik and else
where, are in the habit of reairting, us
t n couniry w here no shcrllT's writ ot
king'- or emir's man late runs. Then
tough characleri have a regular scale of
treatment lor travellers. If the latter
me weak, they are murdered. II thev
or lliat tiiev m.i-t lialt until in-lructiinis
are re l ived from the said ruler.
)mi- 'V hoi..:
-.Y.'.f
The Yelloiv Ucch of Honduras.
There is n little yellow hie in Homln
ras that i- very much like the little vel
low tiie, found about coin silks. Tin;
b rs nr without stings, and tin- ni;i-t hi
not comb. So plentiful are they thai a per
is u can take a hatch'", and cut into the
CIIIMIKK.VS 4'01,1'MN.
Poor Holly Is III.
I (rnvo mv dolly a pill. pill. pill.
Hut nil lli sumo sh" is ill, ill. ill.
I K.i ve hr a mwdr. I put on n piaster,
I tilt her jkk'I' ht'l-' pnls lieats fast.-r and
faster.
lh. fly f. r tlmrliK'tor, flv. fly, fly!
Mak- liaslf. or tl ll.v 'V' I die. ti e, iii!
An I wlrii si" is il"- I yni enn'l iinikn 11 r
live.
N'o nnitter how many p-wilors y, givi. j
t-io p) fur th . il.-ietor. 'liek, quie';. ipiie'. ! j
Ami t -II him mv dollv is si -It, siek, -iek; ,
And let Iiim nr.' lien rl will l. Inviken to
bits. I
1'iil-s hnenn euro my p mr dollv of Ills.
-.V. nn..-iiiiv, i.i I ,' '5 ('jiiii i.iiiiii. i
A (iiiini Hiorv. j
Cunniilg little .li s ie, aged three, says
"A I.Vcncr," info nn-d her m ilher th il
he kne y a b- aulifil story iilmut a giant. I
"Would you like to hear it, mamma f ' .
iske I she.
"Well, then." she cont iilied, "once
there was a great big ugly giant, and he '
was very fond of citing little girls. On; j
lay as he was walking along; through ihe j
wools he met two little girls one very
ood and oiio very naughty cue. I
"Pi-st he teok a bite out nf the no-id ,
iltle i;irl, and h ma le up a ho:rid face, I
ind said she la-ted awful na ly: then
le- look a taste of the had li'tl glr!, and
iie smacked hi- lips and said she laslo I j
Ire nlful nice, Vaii-n you s -e, iiia'nmi, i
-lie had eaten mils and raisins and candy
w hi n her mother told her not to, and ,
lhat made her taste sweet. The l the,
old giant said: 'I'll never again i-at a :
g od little girl. I'll always cat the bad '
o::c'..' " II ''( .1 .-.-.
Till' Willils. j
Ceiiturle- before ynu were Inrn, in the
Clmi I country dwelt Mrs. North Wind
wilh h-r childien, Wet Wind, South'
Wind, Wind of tin- liising Sun, known!
by the v.briipiet of Sunny.
These Winds cnntrolle 1 the storm, I
trying for six or right centuries to lix '
the times of storms nr suiishnie to su't I
some people, but of course they could
not suit every o ie. j
Some boys beg.jcd for snow , other?
for ice; tiie punr preferred neither.
Soon they stopp - 1 dying to humor I In
world, for it di-!uibv I Mis. Willi's do
mestic lie. S i now win ti Mrs. North I
Wind si rahs the floor s'ie bids Sunny re- I
plen'sh tie- eis-ern, or wi-'ning 1- nioti ic.s j
lor de-s at she blown Ih" ingredients to!
free.-.- tlnni, th't? relieving her sotis of j
some very tiresome work.
Hut the-e coiiveni'-'ii-- s might prove
injurlou; to otles, for Sunny's work1
turn lo llio Is or M s. Wind s puff, end!
in r; clones. S i yon see it will mt do'
in -ch o,, ,, worry or wonder whether !
torn row w ill be stormy it sunny, fori
Mis nl il nit sin,! the storm m
h'liry the -iir.-h'ne; so !i us be coutcnt- 1
vl w ith u hii :i--vi r is sen' to us. .Yot '
i'..rli I"... i
TUf lllephinis' Saliilo.
In l lie new Cigza ; v-liinir we find a ;
very aiiiudiig dest-ripti-.il of Ih:' saluta-
lion with which the S ain., c hunters and ,
tin' elephants they r'd greet the pre-enej j
nf tin- Kir;: Arrived at th" King's Pal-
ice. we mo iiiled a s'u-ii (light of sta rs
1 i
that led in to a piviliou or op mi tower I
i! ii ut two hundred fee! fr -m th-, ground,
wh -t eewe mu d command a uvigniti-
:( nt vie.v of ihe wide country about us. j
Ad joining the tower w.n a I rg cha-n- J
Iv. r, which hell nothing but o :e lot ;e
ilium, and around it were st-,iioned no'
less than twelve ni"ii, who struck it !
ii null.in-ou-ly w ith immense ilrui.i- j
stick-." !
liighl in fior.t of the pavilion lelow!
' !
were la-igc 1 ill regu ar nrder a bundled '
and li ty hunt in-; rlrpliai'.ts. and on each I
wete seated two men -lie at Ihe back',
Ihe driver, with his lng goad or forked
-pear in Irs hand, ! nige the b '.i-t to
his misl iiiglit, an 1 tin- nth -r the huu'cr !
iirmed i;h lane s, sp.-.irs attd a iprver
alt iclicd to his si a' In i of allows, ready ,
to be di-c'ini god ,; a iiioti'.cnl's notice. '
Wh" i this 'i rm liable looking hunting'
paily siw the rujal a-scei'ily they
willed ir und an I liirmed a st mi circle; 1
tin ii each luurer raised aloft his spear
and saluted the King. Alt r which ,
each of the drivers gave the word
i f command i-i a diep, lout) voice t, his
ilcphint. No so -ii r was the word
spoken than each I" i t lifled it, heavy
trunk in the :cr and hicught it solemnly
down to the earth. I iiccr saw a more,
e .iiiical -Igbt than llii- elcphiiit saluta
tin i to Ihe Iviig of Shun. j
This done, the coin-. al drum from ihe
adjoining cliainber thundered out the
-ig.ial for the hunt t i b-gin. Away
wi nt the inighly c.enpany of hunters:
one half on one side, the other half on
another, darting off in a semi circle ti.
eour tin-forest for the white elephant,
whi.'i, i; was Miid, had lien gra.injj
thcie with a (loop nf black ones, I
. 1 77 j
In Swiiz.'ilnud. Cin'Ol Ticino, a mar
bl t alt ir, dedicate 1 to jupiter mid .Mer- j
eury by o :r K.onto, son of Quinttis, has j
n.'cn utiiai the l. Caiitiitirus and Patent
i ili'corats the sides. I
LiGiiriiousns.
Origin and Ancient Mislory of
Famous Beacons.
Some of tho Earliest Knovn
Lighthouses.
I'll" i ai In si lighthoii i.-of which inme
than a nn iition is know n is the Pliant-,
at Alex null ia, who-," nime las inleieil
into a mimlnr of langii.'.gi s wi'h the
nieaiiiug light! "ii-e. whether or i: -I the
wnid meant originally a stiueliil- of the
kind. It mi- sipn-ii and built in -lull' -each
-ii' ill- r than Ih" other, the lop mo
uppor ing a Inaier ill which wo 1 1 wa-Iniiii-
il An inner s, iir gave acees-: to a
plaifmn at al net h ill' the I i ight nl the
tower, whence luilher iipw.nd piogres
iijipe.ns to have bcim by an extiemi l un
ei ml'oi table inelhod, ti,e stairway being
me: i' pi'nj.'i t am. from the innei
wall.. Appnen'lv conl'iising t!"'
lightho'.i-e wih th- ill-risks briiigh'
tloHii Ihe Nil'- to Ale.vnnli i i, a n
port was euiient that the I udder had
place I litis (uv.er mi four great cial s of
stone, a, we now know lhat tin- olelis
in ( enti il Pink, New Ymk ity. wa-miiepn'-el
on four crabs nf brone.
An ther more likely legend is to the
rffeel that S. isl ralils, the a cl.it. ct.e.Kt'ld
III" l ame i f tl'.e Ptolemy, who l'l"hled
the wmk to be rarvi-d in I ml I h tle;s on
th" fioiil. but lir t took ti c prccaut on
to have his own name carved in thc-P i.e
i'l th" sain- sp.l. Then liding in bl
own n line and pn piiring the gn und, the
King's iu-eription was ml in the soft
coaling. Naturally in the rmi-se of
years the weather wore off the soft mn
teiial a nd brought the name of the oiigi
na'or i f the design to the I ght of
fame. Tin- tower at Mi.-i is - ii I to have
been a copy of Ihe Pharos of Ah xandi ia.
A lighthouse shown in a Latin medal
shows four -tm ies. but is round ins'ead
of sipinre. Auothi r medal found in
I'ilhj nia on the II iine Sea has tw,.,
rapidly diniini -liing, standing on a main
towit with a laige doorway, all three
parts being i-mnnl. These nn ni-dals
are apparently de ignnl for i ry higli
cliff, f.ir li'Voiid the reach of wavis, for
while Ih ir c reular form wnuld bel'avor-
iib'e to withstanding (I hock of water.
their lower cmik's ,i;e not lit to struggle
long wilh tli.'i' element.
In Northern Ihirop" the earliest light
house was in the cliff up which the
town of Moulogne has crept, but Ihe
spot has disappeared owing to the
crumbling of tiie lock. It was octa
gonal and bui.t in storus, but perhaps
square or round above, if mi" ca i di.
tiiiyuih so iiiueh fi'-m tin- little -ketch
made h Claude ( h it illon in thes' v.n
tei-nth cent in v . I'lieofthe hand-iliie t
lighthouses stands at the i lilt ill- e
to I! ldeaux, railed the Towti
of Cordon mi, begun in l.-s-l by
l.niiis do Fnix end ristmed
iibout .'!0 year i ago. Th" vaii
ous lights on Ii blystnne fiirni-h tin-tim-t
interesting and m tnn liM- hi-tnii
of this kind i f struetiir.-, from the build
ing by Winstanle .', which wis able ..
withstand the onslaught of remarkable
stoims, to the present structure, recently
rehnill, pnlarge'l ami rovide l wi'h the
best illuminating appliances. Sim-atmi's
ton-iron Kd-lystoiie is the pattern on
w hit h this and mo-t successful light -linn
es are ciiiistru- ti d w hich have to
.support eniuniii us wci.hls of
water. Snuatoii's tower was
begun in 17 Mi and tiuish-d in I7.V.
It stood until part ially taken down win u
the new .'-Irueluic was I .tii t I ';il yard
off. The l itter war- begun in Is-?, tin
foundation stone placed by the Piincc .-f
Wales in -August. IsTll. and the I i-l
st 'lie put in place by the Duke i f L lin
burgh in June, ls-l. The upper pan
of Siueatoll's t iwcr h:i- been i reeled as a
monument to his fame by the pc iple i f
Plymouth on a j.r;inite ba-c like that nf
the original.
The earliest known lighthouse in tin
I'liitnl S ate i- that which otn" stood
on Little lirrw-tcr Is'and. Mi--., nn the
north side of the li. nil! i nlrain e to i. s
ton llarbnr. It was built in 17 Hi. -Hid ir
Imilt in ls;fl. P. -fixer Tad. the light
so X'.cll know n to x i-iloisof NaiT.igan-ell
l'e-and Newport xxt.s csinhli-ln d in
i7in. In 171 s tin- kit per tf th" P. -s.
ton light, w ith xx ife and d iughter. xx.;
drowned, and Ben jamin Ktauklin pu
li-le d a I all id mi the incident ami
sold it in the streets. Hut it would
take too long to rnunieriite the bra
run towers on Ihe Atlantic and Pacilie
coast xxliieh Major Heap has thought
xvnrlhy of mention. His xvork xx ill be
found scn-ible and it.sti uclive, in no re
spect pedantic, bu' xxi I ca'culati-d to
give a good general notion nf the dilli
cnlil s in esiabl.shing lighthouses at the
point! xx here they are nm t needed, and
well supplied with pictures of the nn s:
inipi Haiti buildings of Ihe kind now ex
isting, or once famous.
It seems odd that night schnol-sh-uld
u:e dux books in teach 'm iHixik-ktcji-
Paraguay and Its People. !
Among modern sf 'tt'-sthere js pi-d ably
not one xxhose xici-situdc-i ran for a
moment tnmpiiiv with thoso ep rietie-'l
within the pa-t quarter of a (initiiryby
the republic of Paraguay. Twcniy live
' yi ars ago il was one nf the mo t lloiirish-
ing stat -s of South Ainerieii, Iind p.-s-!
sesscd a poptilai ion of a mill on and a
I qiiaiter. mostly tb-sccndel from mixed
marriages between Spanish e d uii--l : and
the native Indian r a e. Then aine tin
I iniil le war of lstia to IS7-I. in which
, biave little Paraguay f night single
halnb -l against Ihe t ombined folccs ol
. H:a.il. I'rugiiiy and the Argentine
Kepubl e. Tin- xvnr en 'i d xvith the
aiiiiiliilalin a of the adult male population
ol I lie republic. Imb ed, live-sixths of
the entire nation were de-troyed, for in j
1S71 the i nil militants numbered less than
1 a quarter of a millii n. while more than
a miliioii had peri he I. One stiange
le-ull nf the war i- slid visible in tin
eui ion. fart that the ndiill female pop
ulation of Paraguay outnumber' the
a-lull males in the proportion of three to
one. In all Anglo Sav. hi mlmiies the
revetsf of llii- is invniiably Ihe ca e. the
nn n -h iw ing an cm i iiiou- piepontlerance
ovir the xvoinen. The Paraguay an
women an- -ai I to In- very good looking,
but tiny can't get any liu-h:md. at hast,
it is to be feared, not all t i them -elves.
The giucinuieiit strongly ili-coulagis
nial (i libaey. imd there i- hardly a
bachelor to be found in the country.
; The s-ati-t 'csof the P-itagaav in regi- rar
g.-ncr il reveal Mime curious fai ts resulting
from this iir-ipi ihty nf th" scxe..
Among nthi-r things ther - are far mole
1 girls b in than b ivs. ..-' ',.,.,-,.
I'elling Trees by llie:-li ieily.
Ilithirto machines f,,r felling tr-cs
have been driven by .-It nn po ver. but
this i-soineHaies ineonvenient, c-pcei;illy
in thick w I-, and elecliie power has
recently been adopt -d ill th- llalician
I'mc-ts. I'-unl y in such mat bines the
trunk i- -jiAii. but ia th s case it is
drill-d. Win n the won 1 i- ,,f a suit n i-t-i:c
th - tllill has ;i sweepiti'; million a'td
cat into tin-Hunk by nr nns nf cutting
edgei n;i it. side. The d.ill is actuated
by an electric motor ino.int' d on a car
liige, which i. broil Ji' npilos' to the
lice .ind -h r kled lo it. Tin- m--tor i
lapable of tuning iioi'id il- v ilical
axis: and th'' driil i- g air 1 t - it in sin h
a m inner that it rati turn thioiigh an arc
of a cjrea an I niaki a -weeping cut iiiti
i In- trunk. Tiir ti:-t rut ma le, the drill
is advanced a few ini he, an 1 another
e lion of the wood n in n-e 1 in the sain':
way until tii" Hunk i- hdf -im red. Il
is then 1 1 imped to keep the en' from
clo-ing. and the opcrali m c .ntinitcd un
til it xvoiil I b" linsife to go on. Tin .r
ni.-d i In is ti ii i -lit 1 by a h ind saw or an
a.e. The c ri'e'.it i- c nveye-l to the motm
by insulate 1 h ad- biought thr nigh tin
I'. .let (ami a gein i it- I place I in S'-nit
convenient -pc
Ma lm iirs Ingenniti.
John H. la "iii. a young i uiptor,
w In.. i parents ai" -upp.e." 1 to resid- in
Jcf-ey ( ity, N. J , who f.. s -m tinn
hi- l.eeu an iriii I ti --f an a-y iiim. c-ca ped
fi'eiii hi- keeper . sum" tim ago and xx;i'i
.bred to liiulingtou. N. J , whr:e a live
Iv intilist was taken ill him. Mc wa-(oun-l
roaming ainile -sly around tin
streets, and, pending the t -nil of m
i.uiiic-as to Ids identity, wis p'ai ed il
the citv jail.
Slnn tlv after his incai't erat ion J.cnni
nblaineil pn-sc-sioii of a piece of soaj
and proceeded to a-t"iii-h the jailers.
W ith hi- linger nail- he dexterously be
m:i larving tin- soap, find gra lually it
assumed liiiiia-iu shape. In n thr ugh
hi - 1 11 i i la oiii lia.l )ir.idiii e, a in-del ol
he Alpine hunt Milan . The figure, xxhicl
is now in po-sessimi nf Mum- Silpath,
i- about s -xen iinlics in he ght. The
right aim i o .it t retched, th- hand en
filling the neck of a duck, whii h i-, a.
lan liilly r. prodil ed a- the figure of tin
hunter. The left hand hang, by llu
side, holding a shot gun. At the feel
i f Ihe hunter lie. the figure of a re
trievrr. xxistfully ga ng a' the game hi-ma-ler
holds aloft. A. .r )'. , ! I',, s.
1 he Most Noted Han in China.
In China i lliec conies, in t h-- lirst
p'aie, fi "in -( ho!,-iisii, and Li Hunt.
I 'h lllg. ii rrov of the ilnipllc, i. one ol
I ihe mo-t ii .li d -i Imlars i I China. lb
ha- pa-sed tiller public cvamiii.ilioiis.
w hit h no- ins leu i-ig been three lime
cue nf '.'O l of the llio-l successful out ol
la, ("ill rmnpetitois and at the last one hf
received the highest degree, lleisa fcl
low nf the Matilin College, the mo-t
I learned bo ly of China, ami he is sue li
' an im n utii lit man in tin Chiue-e Cov
; ernment that when he xxished to retin
from olli. e about six years, ago, to mourn !
, on account of the death of his mother,
: the i uipri s refused t give him mori !
j than one hundred days for glief. Sh J
then it t illed him to his post on tin
I ground lhat he was a necessity to China.
I Ilc i.iiw livis here nt Tientsin, and his
i rci i h nee makes this point aim- st as im-
I'lUtant in the ryes of the tuitions as IV
j king ikt-U". Frank il. (,'urjcnUr,
The Phii'teil liters.
If I e u!d know that after nil
These heavy bon is linve cfisttl to thrnlT,
We. xvhinii in life llh' fates diviile.
Shnulil sweetly slumber si'Jf by ft'rfe,
I hiit "ti" crecii spiny would drop itt dew
Snlllv a 'ike nbnve us t o.
All would Ii" x'i'll, for I should bo
At I isl, tl.-iir loving lieait, with th:
II-. w s-.xe I to know this dust of ours.
Mingling will feed the selfsame flowfrs,
'I h seeiil of leaves, the song Lild's t"n
At i in'" iicr ss our re-t be blown;
i Ine br. ath of sun. one sheet nr rain
Make -rei-ii Hie earth above us twain!
Ah. sxveet at.d strange, for I should I ,
At la-t, de al- tender heart, xxilh the-)!
lint half the earth may intervene
Thy place nf est and mine lietwwn.
And I agues of land and xvnstes ot nnx
May si retell ai d toss I et xveen iiur gr .ves.
I by l ed with s'. minor li;l.t lie warm.
While snow drifts heap in wind mid storm
.My pillow, wh senile thorn will lo
Iti-loviil. that I am not with t'ico:
.'.ill II He re be a blis fill sphere
WIi-tc homesick souls, divided l.'-ro.
And wainleriiiK wid in useless quo t.
Shall Iind their Imig-foi' tmvi-ti of rest.
If in that higher, happier birth
We mis t the joy we niiss,sl on earth,
All will be well, for I shall be.
.'.t la t. 'I '.'ir loving heart, w ith t':ee!
- Minihrt), Ah; -.
JIl.MOKOrs.
Stin k in iiinl -air The North Star. ,
An act t''. Amend Sewing; on
patch.
A high-handed procce ling Gilding a
spire's tip.
When a little man is hopeless')- in lovo
il greatly increases his sighs.
The mop is very fr tp lent ly floored,
but not in a household argument.
Home is the dearest place, on earth;
consequently many people board cm ac
cotinl of economy.
"John, I am going to raise your rent,"
said a landlord. "Sir, I'm very much
obliged to you, fur I cannot raise it my
self." Mu-bind istartingl -Isn't that ft rap
nt the dooi i Wile Ye.s. Yon had
better go for it, ilailiiiyj. 1 list 1 it sent
C. (. I).
Chicago is organizing an aristocracy
of its own, coinpo-ed mostly of success
ful wheat speculators. They arc, of
colli' c, all high-bread personages.
Jiol bie-Say, pa, a bee hums, doesn't
he? Father Y'cs. my boy: but run
aw. iv and don't bother me. Robbie
Well, pn, if that's so, ain't a bee ahum-
bug;
A Nevada man who had seven homely
daughters, got a paper to hint that, he
had s-xen kegs lilled xvith gold iii hi
c- liar, and every girl xv.n married in five
mo, ihs.
Funny il-ni in funny pnp-r: "If n
building catches I'ue in its upper story,
it may burn down; if it takes tire in thn
ba-ciiienl, it may burn up." Naturally,
then, i I lire st.itts about half xvny be
tween ha-cim nt and roof, il will bum
snleways, an 1 finally go out by the lire
esi-a:-r.
Hats Now Hun lo Smaller Sizes
"Yes." said the hatter, "hats, if not
head-, an- glowing smaller. have no
ticed it year by yiar in my business, and
where a 7 I I or 7 1 and S hat was not
amiinrle in the old turns, today tho
aveiage hat is a 7, ai d it's ran; that wo
have to slew up a 7 1-1. London hat-tti-
air talk ng abi ut the change in tho
s'c nf the hat, and tiny say that ihe.
llngli-h In ads iivciagi l'i " 1 to (I 7 S,
against 7 to 7 Is of years ago.
Ih'Mixir. besides tin: fait about tho
mclhid ol vx curing lin- hat. it is to bo
said that they also xx ear then hair close
Iv cropped nowaday - ami that this makes
a dilVeiciii ' . In t I I limt s prople xvrro
lui-hy hair iind a hat that always left its
mark mi the h ck-. I'm thciinore, I'.ng
lish hats run in larger -iZl s. f, ,') 4
hat of llngli-h make equals a l! 7-S hut
nf American m.ik". Here's a hat,
though I S"c the Iliigli-h coat nf arms,
etc.. find the address of Hegcnt st reet,
London! The hat xxas made in Con
necticut. No difference in sizes about
that hiit, ch !"--.. f'-t'.ti (.li.) Joitriial,
Hull Terriers the Kaire.
A fi iell--1 of mine, who knows some
thing about the correct style in dogs
and there is a style in dogs as there is
in spring bonnets ami fall goxvns, said
the other day that bull tt ri icrs were the
proper fad for young women ind now.
The mine fiagih- the young woman the
m 're fer. cimis the torrirrsliould be. "Hf
coiir-e," he adde 1, "this is an extreme
fashion, as all 'lads' are. Still, yon
xx- uld be surprised to knoxv how great
a change there has been ill pet dogs
during the past year. No more spaniels,
skyes, poodles, or others of that class.
The ptcsent style runs to the savage, ami
full -blooded I till terriers n re the rage.
How long it xx il last 1 can't pretend to
say. Probably by t.i-xt summer, when
their pets xxill have to be muzzled, the
fashion will change . A muzzled pet
with a license check on his collar is apt
to kill feminine devotion if anything eu
do it." Ae York Star.