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Cljatljam tUcor&. &l)c tfljatljnitt tlrrorb II. A. 1XI lJOTV, KD1T0U AND ritoriUETOK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ONE DOLLAR PER TEAE Strictly InAdvanci. KATES ADVERTISING One Bipinre, one insertion- no (iijuare, two luscrtiona Onc square, one month 1.80 For larger advertisement liberal con tracts will bo made. vol. xr. IITTSHORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AlKilJST 15, 1880. NO. 50. IlilUI o Robin's Nest. 1 1 new tlireo robin who llvttl in a n nt Not very long a.;o, Who n tlic tunini'.T wimti thutlh-w In tlui west U"'ckod It to un I fro, rtwinrjtnjj uml sll.glu muring thi) lrnvop, Wntolilng thu l.iny WurM gathering sheave, Noting III'1 ) lit tii nf life that wimvus An th tliiulows ci un,' mill go. First tliorj whs ono nil nlooo-tdat was mo Not very Inn.; ago; Thru rmiH' nnotlior, :-o ht n ii mnl fron, W'hi .11 1 ll,; hvvikI nml low; A ml. in th at, soft m-lllug eyes, Hanmed into my lifi' like n g'ml smell e, HIiiKiii of lnvi. inn rnl.lu wisn, "Lit lie nni', jfsur no'r" Oh, Iimw tlm katydids, I'lmrii lug In, Not very lotij; ngo, Hung to l Im stirs wi h their muslcd itin, Over my joy, y. u know, Cull il till lliomo- li oslll'! ov r tlm lull. And touch-sl nil the. til ht with n bilcry tin 111, Our Iovi-rrowmil ii-'t with tin le'tuty to All, Wlrlethc knty lids nn ; ici low. Wo Imi t u u nest with loving iviri Not vry lull); ngn, Out in the west, 1 II tcllyoii where, liy tlm beautiful liver's How, Thitt laughs 1 1 1 Noiili In t In- hdln lilui- lake., An I sings ns its n-iiulliig .- 1 1 1 it takes Til lliu shorn where tln gull's gnvii I ill.nv breaks Ami tlm silt tides conn- nml e,n. Who wns tln river nml bluer I Im nkl.-s Not m i y linn,; nj;o. lii'ii I Il ov to i nr in here tlm llin n lull, rim, lly tlm iivi's imiriiiiii me, Hun ; II 'iiii- lights mi Hi.- lull i m,; "II. nun" ns I SpO I, Ami tin. i ivcr nirf 'limn' l-i Mi p-hhly In-1, Ami tliost u light nUnni'il in I Im .-I, Irs over head All I il mri'.l ill til 1 1 v i t below. Out' ilny while winging! nr lniy fl i i ; 1 1 1 , Not very loiigng.i, Sly Kind ilV kIiii.I. iI to .lusty night. "H.-ur lovi'," I i'ii'Ii- I, "11111,1 I g,r I Sift Iik.. iii.H,iili.-.i in . tlmt l.ri.lili.ii tlii mill nl ;lit ti ln, Ills sin-tig hut. hedged i in every sl.li, An.l my thv.l wings Hill in Ms htrcngth Mill.-, Ami tlm Mimini'i hro mh h'nw. One April morn, llimngh tln ivliif.- n.fi mist, Not very long i,,., AKi'ldm MiiiU'iim liK'litlv kl-il (My ht-.rv Is ..I I. I know) A win "Iiimii l.lrilii." Hint rnm-it In our n.--it, I'rflKtl to my In-nrl llut i riiiK lucii.-.t, Tin- lovo in my lifi" wii- tliii"fi-l. l.li-st. - rilVI'l-t wns hl miii, I....I low. Sly Knlilll llii-nli. my K.il.in ;ilij;i, Klutli'iini; to uml fro, Au.l my ln-tii t it. full i.f th lnvi- lip In ins Anil th. mny;H Hint In' h'iis to show Tlmt kivo in tlii-M'iil m-vi-r Kiows ii-i-i .hi Anil tin-lio H t U yniniK wiiili. Iln-lii-i I in i.., Ami tin- tulo i.f tlin iii'.i niiij; jn ni'vnr t.il.l, TIii.ukIi flu- Inn ; y.-iu-i mini- uml pi. Wlii-tl-s my I!..l,iu: --TIii'miii lookn wti t, Tllnllull till' i'I.iiiiIm ill ift In mill fro;" Noftl I iinivti i-him, '(n .l k..uw..i l.i-it, Whlth.-r our tin t slioul.l ," li wl-wl:ig In uur m-t wIiimi the Juno skit-s sm In Ami wv win; inn- wny liy "kMII wiiIimk" nwliil , Till tho p:ifli (iin uli 'Vri . ii . isliii li-inU nvir it K iln To ii i;iinli'ii, iiiirt nml low. SCALPED. A (KM.DIKI1H 'I 111(11 I.lN'i I.M'KIIIKMT':. '1 i eal in a Ni-w Ynik j-ujii-r lliu olhi-r duy old Indimi lilitcr Canoll Uroiisoii's story of Imw Im win mice iciilK)il ly Indians," mi d a fnrmcr red dunt of I.inniiiii', "and it reiiiindi- l mo that 1 Imvu iii-.-t two nu n in my time, both at l'uit Iirnmii-, vlio wt-ro s nlu'd uml nt well. 'J'lio slory of one of these, u soldii-r named Dnlm (i. Sin herlioii of M'liiroo County, Mich., was tho first nelnal desei iption, 1 lii-lii-vu, that any una has t ver In-ml of bow it fei-U to be srale l. Wliilo ho wns in th.i hospital at l.aiamin I lu-md him tell tho btory many tiini's, mi l rvery time it made me shu l.ler, at it il.ni still win-never I think of it. ' SlllluTlHOll lil-lollood to tlm I'llitl. I htatci Infantry, wiiirh wis part ol i n. C'u-ter'n command in hi" campaign ii(iiinst tho I n. I in il , in I Mil). Hi; par. tieipated in many of tlm i-noai'iitc nti of that rimipain, tin' innit iuii ir'nnt of which wni the tioht with the ci-li-lratcd lllack K - tile's hand on tlm Omichilii. it wai in this li ;lit that Saiil-rrtsnn was wouudt-d and scalp-d by I lie In. Ham, uii-1 I remember that nearly nil of the old froutii'inti"ii said that bo was tho only prMnn flu y eer knuw up to that timo who had b.t'ti thi'roiifrb'y anil un iniMaknl'ly n nlpcd and lived to ti ll it. "Fur Fome day i bcfnru tlm meeting Vfitli Bhitk Kettle, ('usti'r't si-mrs had bof u biing nR in repot ts that tho w ily chief (itinprd with a lare following ntnowhere on the Ouachiti, mi l theru li. wan wndlng out predatory Imndu of liij wm i i is to plunder M'ttlcrs nud ini iuiriit trains, t'usdr decided to bunt likn op and punish him. The infantry was two miliM in rdvatiee of tho cavalry, when ono day, jmt nt dnjlight, it came in sight of the iMUiniy's camp. " 'We i-ie tii a bljh hill overlook ing tho valley ," Snmbert'on n-d, in (jivinjj the iiccount of tin- affair, 'and the Indiana weio below. It waa it the liii.ldlo of winli r and tho snow wan veiy deep. Ttit- Indian i amp w is in a roi ky pot, and ui tho wnnu-u and ihildr.-n weto there, it wus evidenlly the, hct l ipiaiters of tlio band. It was do termino 1 (o mirprisii tho village, nud a I'.drM'in of our ciiiimaiid was sent through tin: woods to the I lejht to j;:t in the rear of the camp, while (he re-inalndi-r advanced quietly down the inoiiiilain, fr. in the lop of which a ;noil Hail led to the va'ley Ibimi jli tlm thick woodi. This 1 1 1 : 1 1 o-uvi in;; was mi tu--ci'-sful that hefnlM our pieel'l"i was dis-cov.-ied hy tlm In liaiii we wclu with in tour hmidr.'d y.uls of the camp, and tlm detachiii-nt that w.u M-ut to open tin- in the rear hid arrived in position. We knew ly tho yells of the Indians and the Ijn-at cmiimoliim ainon them that we were iliseovcre I, and wo be-riui the nt 'nek. I'iriiir b-f ; mi on both rides nf them at in , ami this c nise i w hat at lirst promised to li.i a panic anions the I'idi iin that wo ild nu'e uur victory all eiiy oil.., but suddenly nil Indian of eiiiiimoUK Malm; and build, lis face hideously .slieiilied in crn-r.ban with bright y. l!ow ninl vciinil i n paint, lain-i .lahin- into tlm midst of tae Hiir- prisine; f. 1 1 1 panic stricken I a-i-t from HOIIllpI -j lilnolio (I;,, lucks li'Mll,' a I'l-ck pony. His yell coi l. I Imi beard above everything cbe as ho ilashclto and fio anion;; his warriors, and the effect of h s pn-seiu e immediately channel tlm whole sitiiatioii. In le s than two minutes every Indian w.u in p isit ion liehiud some roi k or t ee, ami knew that the tit: lit would In; n d.-sperato one. " Wo wcie in a m-ciih! position, luit Hie Inili.ins wc re j 1st us mi ii h aiwe were. Tlm only way wn could hope to defeat. I bein w as t i c!iar; upon their i.t run i;hol.l, dislod;!! them, and settle the affair by -i l:.i-rate Ini'id to hand li'-jhl. We were ordered to cii:ir;;e down the bill upon the enemy, and we rushed hendloii-; liht in'o tho Indian camp, every niin of us jcllin.; as hideouily as the u-.l devils th'-niselves. As tio.iu as we had cmeitjed from tlm woods we Here met with rilli b ills f n in eveiy ide, and a ijood m my po.ir fellows llevel leached the c imp. Tlm detach ment in the icir of the camp came in'.o the coi.ll el from that side, and wn foicul the luiliaii-i out li-oin their hid-in;-pl.icca to the op n n.uud, ami the battle waned ri';ht iiiiimiij; their tcnls. I'lack Ket tin Keem... In lie every w hero. 1 1 is hideous pi esence alone proloiined urn iijjiii. ne !-: I ins wan o j to lle ir ground, mid the li;ht In came free a ml ejeneial, 'I'he Imliaii women, and even the cliihlieii, took put in il, nml am mi th-i dead that s ion strewed the mi.iw piiwa an I pappoiisei were minified. I i a lew minute; the snow for rods nr mn I wis !e I as rid with the liloml from I ho ilei-il and w ouinled a i I hi: paint on lllack Kettle's face. "'Inn hand to-hand lieht like this, ofcour e, it was ever in n for himself, and I .soon found myself oa one e l;e of tho i limp liriiii; and bayonet! in.; and clu'iliin;; my ;;im jii-l a . I he sil ual imi for tho moment ri.piiit-d. A messiiiato of mine, who was lijjhl iu .y my siilc, was killed liy mi In lian who tired from behind n tent, and be fell so 1 was ohlincd to step over him. Ai lilnl that n ball .shaltcied in , a in at the el bow, and it fell htlpless at my side. Immediate' v b llowinn. thai shot a hi" Indian, doiili'less the one who had killed my ines-inite, spr uu; fioiu I cliind the tent and nlshed ai mn with hi. Iniua-h-iwk raited. lv f;u I was empty, and my lefl band I eiu ILeless I could lint load. I woiilil l.iivi! run my bayonet through the advanciie; lad an, thoiie;lt, before he could have ui'd his Ininah aw k on me, l-iii a. i ln.lia'i unman bad stolen up liehin I me, and l;e liuew nim arm about luv neck and j- red mo backward in the snow. " 'Nt ii t of i -tic men were near me, as the thickest of tie- li -lit w.u in another part ot tho cuitp. I'm- hi;; India a who had conn! at m with his tomahawk seemed I iv fe nl ,o I he only wariior of this land who was mil in the general engagement. The npiaw who hail jerked mo down in fie snow held me theie by the hair, and ii lot of other sipiaws and children camo .swarming from tents in all diieeii.nis to tin- sp it. They surioiindi'd me, spit in my face, jiuiiped on my bodv, kicked me. pinched nio, thrust the points of knife hlades in my llesh, nnd toitured mo in -very way they coii'd think of. lies d !s, my nrm wus paining me trenienilnii lv and dye ing the sn.nv nl arouad mo with tlm blood that flowed from th i wound. The big Indian .stood hy with his tomahawk in his band, and, f.u In nately for me, ho gavrt thu women and thcirynungdeuls (oo much time to have their sport wi h me, for suddenly ti e e tamo tho sound of a jun near by, end two npiiws fell ilea I in the simw by my dale, tine of our boy hud iliscnvi ied my ail un' ion. I he oilier -ipiuvs nu. I their y-'iiiii; i nei si ainpeic 1 away, but thu big In lt.au dctmui cd to r.iu tUo lisk of ;;el tinjj my rcalp anyway, and ho pm.tice I down on mi, with his kneel on my chest, drew his knife, and t'x next si-ci.n l, i lihough it seemed hour to me, the top i f my head was in hii hand, and ha was gone, "'Imagine soma oae who Intel yt with the iitiiior.t intensity,' Sinberlson said, in de. .1 riliin the seinati.iu of tin scalping, 'and be suddenly "tabbing a handful of your hiir, while you ait lying pi osl rate and helplesi, and givine t n ipiick, upward jerk with font em .11 dl aliniist to Inii-e'l the scalp; then, while this painful tension is not relaxed ima;. in-i tho not-pirtii u'ariy-sbai p bladi of a knifu lieiiig; run ipiickly in n cir cle aioiiud your scalp, with a sawing like inolioa. Then let your iiua-;inat ion grasp, if it can, the effect that a strong, ipiick j'lk mi the tult of ba r to releast the sca'p from any clingi ig iarticles ol Mesh that may (till hold it in place would hive on your nerves ,-i'ld physical system, nml you will have an inkling of how it feels to bo scalped. When that Indian sawed his knife mound the top of my heal, lirst a sepso of cold numbness pervaded my whoh' body. This wan quickly followed by a flash of pain tint stalled at my fe t and ran like an electric shock tt my brain. That sensation was hut in i meiitnry, but it was tenible. When lift Indian tore my scalp from my head it scciii 'd as if it inn. I have been connect d w ith cords to i very p u t of my body. The pain that f. Howe I the culling mound the scalp had hen fright fill, but it was ccslnsy compared . the tort lire that followed tbeteaiing of it from my head. I'la-hes of pain sh it lo i very nerve. My km c.s were draw n up almost !o my chin, and tlm lingers of my mm hand ch sell convulsively in the snow, those of my left baud bein;; powulle s owing to the sbaiteie I a-in. That was all I ren eniliered. When I camo tu I was in a tent. The cavaby had como up in tho meantime, and tlm Indians were runted. Only a few es cape I, but black ICetthi was milling the few." "Sinbntsoii lay for weeks in tho (lnvi i.niienl Hospital nt Foil baiauiio perfectly helple s nud Miff-ring unlnld agony. lie liual y ucnveicd, and in the meantime bis term of enlistment ex pired. He had no de-ire to re-enter tho service, ami (i neial l uster jociiaily rem i ki d to ii i in that he made a mistake in ipiitliii'; the scrvie-. 'For think,' said I ho tieucial, 'liow surprise I and liseii'ted miiiio Imlia i might b, if you shi'tild stay with ui and ha'. in n to fall in his hands when he went to rai-e your hair to litx I that si in ' one bad been tin re b" foro hi in.' I sa v Sanlicitsoii eveial ye an afterward, and I h" same ale-ied, Mil, rmi id, hue sp it was on top of his hind, showing when his seiilphal I.e. mi torn away, a I had seen it when he lefl (he h ospilal. Ho said that it w.i 1 1 1 in ly tender, mid in damp or cold weather was vuiy painful. Vlff )'.''! Ti no A. A Monkey us i'hysicinu. A col a e-poudeiit of tho Chicago AVirl writes finui I'enlral Auieiica. "O.ie other incident of the journey to Jutigalpa was the inptuic of two spider monkeys. Tho little iiealuies had been encountered at vari mis points, hut their shyness ha I enable I Iheiii to al ways keep out of our leach. I!u' just before reach ing the (iuayape v. I i y wc oh cived ipiile a Inige troop of these mimics spurting by the mad .ide. A quick run of oui paity press il iheiii lo climb the trees, and, contrary In our mill nil agree ment iim of the party lire 1 his lille and wounded one, which cnuiiueiic'd a most piteous wail. It had been shot through the abdomen, and a inther Inillct would hivoi'inb d its Miffi rings, but just then ill mate ran down limn anmher part of (ho tli.-i mil stitaiu!d his drooping; strength by holding him in her arms. She then examined his wound nml seeing tint it was lleedin ; profusely, pulled oil w til one ban I a number of green h aves and can full, inset ted them into tho hole undo by ti e bullet to stanch its flow of bloo I. A surgeon could not have be -n in r caicful and blib-rale with a alien! than was this wild den .'ii of the f.'iest with its mate. Dunn; this pn c -.'ding it utlcied a low, muttering sou-id, as tin u ;h trying to assuage its sulT -ring , wuh a cuisideia tiou and pity ihat looked so human. In a few nioimnts the wounded monkey died, and his widow in nikey tried to get away with his d-ad body, but in jumping from one limb to another fell to the ground, where the nui easily effected her rapture. Tho almost human instinct displayed by this littlo creature made us ashamed of our cruelty in till- tiling her unite. Tha female was then taken w ith us to .lu'i'.'.-ilpi, where shj. refused all food nud water, and tho morning afu-r oar tin i vat was found tl'a l in her cage, it being reasonable to suppose of grief for her ilea 1 mate. The groc. r ought to he a line newspa per Ul m. lie lia il good inauy neot'ps. tlllblMtbN'S 10MMM. WII AT TIIKY CAIiillV. Four delii hit yoii'i ;-.-l.s I hi a summer tiny, Ju-I In g., n 11,:. in ; Slyly inn away. Wil'ons. worms nml tnelilo To their work they lii-might Anil, if you'll lieli- ve me, This is w hat I In y caii;lit, T.iniiiiv -riiiL;lit a wetting, II- wa-.-.vei-Jimmy e mht u se..Ming; Jnll'lliy e lllglll II en.; I I n I V e III ;llt II w lil..lll,r, Mn Ii a ;.tiu-t hi-, wish, lail, Willi n l their trouble, No on-- e .ugh! a li-.li! I tiH'lt'u i 'nniyMiiimu. A HUH) I-t:rl Ttn.N. A singular cir. uin-tunc j is lepnite I UK oi curring recently n ar the resilience af .1. II. K' jet, t'hednut street. Mrs. Keyi'i notice I quite a coliunol I'll aiming (he sparrows in the rear of the house, Hid after it had continued for tioiiie limn she went to tlm window, whei" she saw a large 11 n't lly away from a tree, to tv limit of which, Kiiip'i'idod b a cord tightly fastened aroii'id ils neck, was sparrow, stone dead. From the manner in which tho cord was fastened it wis believed that tho dead bird bad e nuiiitlcd soin i capital olTenco and was duly execute I tbeiefor by its mates. Iiistanc ;s of a similar uatuie have here tofore been leported. rt ssv in tiii-; wi'isi'.vs r.ini. A valuable Newfound land dog named Major, having strayed from his owner's ht'iise, was claimed in all good faith by another gentleman who recogniz-nl the tlog as his lost Nettfoiin I and. Argu m ii' . :iud pei'Mi ision failing, suit was br. u ;ht to recover Major, nud the i use ivas regularly brought into court uutl came to trial about Christinas time be fore a judge ami a jury. Wilms 'cs t est i lle'l that it was Mij-ir, nml that it was nut Major the animal mean while going fn-cly to cither if bis claimants, seeming quite indifferent as to who might linally secure him. A week Wj taken up with conllieilug tes ti uony, mnl neither judge nor jury were the w iser or butter prepared to rentier a decision. At this point a wiumia living in tin same house with Major's owner declared that her cat could settle the question, Hi nee the cat nud Major were on terms of great friendship, eating mid playing to gether, and sleeping on the same rug, while the cat was tha sworn foe of all other canines, ami had worsted many in fair light. Here was ii solution by which nil par tics to the coiitroveisy welt! willing In abide, ami a foinial writ was according ly issued in the name of the peiple of lln Stale, commanding ".ill ami singu lar, the owner or owners tf a eerla n Maltese ca' to produce the living bo I v of the sai I animal before the I 1 1 1. .Si and so, a juslico duly and legally coin missioned by the people of the cnmiunli. wealth aforesaid,'' at a given lime and place duly spccilicd in thu writ, and "Ihi'ieof to fail not at their own proper peril." At the time upp iulcl the momen tous cat was duly produced before? the honorable court. The record do s not say whet lu r Fuss was duly sworn to tell "tho tru'li, tho whole truth, and lio'liing but the tiulh," nor wh lher hit owner w is required to act at prxy for him in this icpcd. However this may have been, be pro ceeded In vindicate his mistress' asser tions, lirst with regai d to his lighting qiitilil ies.for on the introdneliou of some strange animals of the canine sp t ies, lutmght by tho direct imi of the .1 iguilicd court, heli'ated his t ail to mi jest ie pro. portions, arched bis hack in imnnnncnt.il s'yle, ami gavo battle, to tin satisfac tion of tho Hpeclutiu i, if not to that of his adversaries, clcaiim; th" loom in line slylo an I in an i . 'i-.l in-; ly brief space of lime. N'cxt, Ma jor was hi. night in, whereupon I'us.y'a warlike mood mid demeanor were spec lily changed to tlemonslratioiis of acquaintance and goiitl-feilow.-hip, theauiniils recogniz ing each other to the satisfaction of alt concerned, and immediate ly terminal ing by this conclusive evidence a suit w hich, except for tho shrewd thought of a woman, might have dia ;ge I mi inter minably and lei to rancor and strife. Iliscit (Ion. Customer (in ' -. cents a meal" res. tauraut, out West) "tiimino a glass o' milk." Waiter (c.iutioudy) "lint yer gun wid yei" Customer (disgustedly) "Nan ! D'ye expect mo tcr go out an' shoot a cow for ye!" Waiter "You've got coffee, nu wo don't give milk an' coffee too." ISooiil at the Top. Dr. Prinv.ose There is always tooni at the top, my young fr end. Lit lie Johnnie--Ye, sir. -a yom Tase there ii room for bnir. Z, 'ye. TRAINING SIIEIiP. Teaching; a Stupid Animal to Perform in Public. How a Trainer Succoodj In Instructing Seals. Miss Itosft Starr hat in i lo a study of sheep, the most timid of animals, wi lies David Wt t'hsler in the lirooklyn ('(' -hi,. Shu owns three performing t-hecp, and (hey do wonleiftil tricks. Iler account of the way she succeeded in tiaiuing them is interesting. "It should bo known that sheep have scarcely nay Intelligence, ami then-fore no memory," shu said, ".'sheep are carried through a number of peiform-mici-t from day to day for months at a lime, until they seem to do tle-ir (ricks meiely from instinct. If they fail to tin nun trick in their repeitoiri! it is uselest to have them try it aga'li tit that performance. If I attempted to make (hem go back ami do anything they omitted it would t until 'i; them, ami they would do ri ithin;. Nearly all the animals keep their eyut on their trainer while going through with a perform ance, but sheep never tin. That very fact shows that they luck tho intelli gence of a horse, a cow, or even a goat, l.etause (he latter do have tin ocular in telligence, solosji-ak, that ii wonder ful. Sheep have to bo laugh t together, they tire .so timid ami lonely when tin y are separated from their mates, 'i'he way I trained thu thiee 1 hive, and they are the only train .' I sheep in Amer ica, was by petting tbeiii nml getting them lis-'d to ine. I ban lied them daily, patted them on tho heads, ami linally got them so they knew their names. Tho male sheep I found much easier to train than (he fern do. Tin y aro affectionate in the ir disposition nml tlo not require lunch punishment to make them obey, Tho fact is they art) willing (o ob"y, I ut are too dull lo remember or know what lo do. I have a siring attached:.) their necks and guide them with it while driving them over the hart. At cv ry pel foi miince 1 have to ex -icise the saint! care and go through with the saint! amount of physical exertion to make them perform. If I could stop as I tlo while (raining (hem at reheaisils, an I fondle them nll't t tionately, I could get more out of them in a public perfor mance. It it strange, but true, lint few iiniinals like to lie down. The trainer has to throw (hem down fro qileiith', ami hold them there. Well, 1 have a struggle frequently to get my sheep to lie down. Then they are anx ious to gel up and when tho signal is given they jump iqi as if llu-y were shol. Instead of a whip to pass over them 1 keep a Midi in my ban I and occasion, ally li-e it on thein, not to beat, but to let them know that I am near by and watching. If they would look at me I am sure I could train them to tlo many more clever tricks. As it is, I have taught these three seven or eight tricks that they tlo Iwic. a. lay." Wiiliam Aid! ivern is a well-known trai ler of .seals. lie Ins devoted some yetiii (o (best! queir creatures of the An tic seas, and h. is achieve i wonderful success. He said that he begins to train a seal lo perform in public by tiisl making il familiar with the sound ofhis voice, and a. Ide I : ' 'A seal soon le uiis to distinguish a familiar v.uc . Iivin that of a stranger. Il often takes mo live or six weeks to accustom a soil to the sou. id ot tu v Voice, and the next pio. cess iu training is to inspire conlidcncc. 1 do this by taking it from the water and placing il on a platform. It is ner vous and easily fiighteue l, but I handle it gently and tin. lily get. control of it enough lo show it how to tlo things. I have (aught leals how to ring be It, play on instruments, shoot pistols and sing or howl. Tiny ar.) intelligent enough to know that after nee trick they have another to tlo, and so llu-y aro impatient to get through. Their sight is splendid, and if anol her man is piesent on the pla'foiin while they art" perloiiuiiig they are stir.' to see hini mid object to proceeding further. Th'v are easily frighletiel mil, if hurl in any way, it takes a longtime lo restore their confidence." The Curious I! i hies. The c'.uious ltildcs is a general name fcivon certain editions of the Bible which aie prize I by biblionia iiaci, not for any intrinsic value, but b ciuso ihey contain certain odd m splints or mistranslations. Foremost mnong them ia the It eec let 15 hie, so called because in the third chapter of 13.-!ieis it speaks of Adam nud Eve as having ''made themselves breeches" of tit; leaves. This edition lirst appeared iu liilii), in quarto form, ami we owe it to the E iglish reformer exiled at lieaeva. During the rain Of lliieen El zi'ieth it tet vetl ns thn regular 1 iinily Il.be, i! p-qvtihirity being large ly die to the Ci'ivi.iis js c oinni 'tits (lint liberally besprinkled tho margin. The Hug ISibh- which appealed In Lmdori in 15. 1, mid win oiifinally known m Matthew's Ilibl", is indebted for it:i ciitioiiH "obritpiet. to tho fact that the liflh verse of the niji-jty-lirit 1' aim ia liamkited, "So thou shalt nut tiued to bo uf ai I for any bugges by night." 1 lio origl ml ilea of the word a goblin or spook is still l be tr ice I in bogie, bugbear, bugaboo. The Wic'.ed ISible, printed in Iunlon in Ifi-'il, was so ealle I I ecaiHO the nega tion was tun. lied in the seventh com mnn lineiil, so placing an awful injunc- to n upon tin.' faithful. Thii is i 'i sought, after, becaute it win pmmptly suppresseil, the printer being fined (.'gnu by Arch hi hop Land. The money, it is saitl was th vo ed lo the puieha-e of a supply of Orte c ty fur the I'uiversily of Ox foul. Thu Vinegar Hibln wa-1 printed iu 1717 at Ibe Cian-ndon Fuss, nud it so known lu cail-e (he paiable of lliu vineyaid iu llu: life to the twen tieth chapter of St. I, like i-, printed "Fallible i f the Vinegar." The Whig or Fine m ikei s F. bio obtained its mime fioin ai em r occurring in St. MaMlmw, v., '., when: "Idesvid aie the phieemakers" ii substituted for "poie.--lirikcrs." 'I'he Tiea: le li.ble has the passage in Jeremiah, "Is I here no balm in (iilead?1' rentleied, "Is Iheie no tre acle iu Udeadr' an I the I) may (Unman Catholic) version ha been described as tho Itosin IJibln, because the same pat sage has the wor I rosin iii-tc id of ti 'a clo. Many years ago there existed iu lliu Slowo library the IS mk of linspels, on wh ch the English kings down to lid ward VI. took the coronation oath, wit'i llu: huge bra.en crucifix, which the monarch kisted on its cover. The binding was of p n b roils oak boanls an mill or so iu thickness, fasleue 1 by huge leather thongs. The F, inters' liilib- makes David pathetically com plain that ni nt t n in place of priucet have "persecuted hnn without a cause.'' The author of this translation may have been indulging in a sly hit at the intel ligent compositor, which many authors of the present wou'd g aily re-echo. An Ail 1st on the Ilaltlellebl. 'i'ln ie was mi incident iu lie- battle of Hayinoml which was as aniu ing as it was eharacleri-tic of (ho chief actor, Captain Trcsal'a-i, an Irish. Ilici-r on the sti ff of ti .'lieial I.og.l-l. He was sealed nslride of tho topmost rail of the fence, across whith iu some places, tie- light amis going on with clubbed liius'd'ts; w hich sitle the cap tain wa most interested tu was doubt ful, for with cup iu one band and sword in (he other, ho wa cncour.'ig.ng Imlh partici to go in mid tlo their be t, w hile bo i cc-ipicd a lee: Veil seal a most inleicslctl tpeclalor. I 'lis oi;i:i :t.s niype oi I lie Soulier j who loves ii light, and tine -toiie of j rome of his diiingt seem aliuo-t too im- i .... I proiianie lo nela v". J Hunk lie was un. coii i ious of danger, and I know that I was not, for i i soni- of my sketch -hooks there are lucmnialidiiin sketches of some ball h lie! I ocelli rcnees which show- plainly (hat the hand holding the pen cil was unsteady; and jerky mitk here and theie m ike it pretty plain that the locality was an innate o:ie. Tim sur roundiii ;s, as well a the danger had some influence at I he moment when such sketches were made; for mod of these "(iet-out of thai'' skelcht'i, as m army friends called lit- in, allow .'im.ily Hie lo cality of Hoint exciting incident mid not a guueiul view. V. .V i-'io.'..y. The Sen Tramp. "H ive you ever s en a sea ti.umj ?' Every one don't know w ha' it is, so I will explain by stating that a sea turnip means a vcsel thai is unl connected with any regular line and i iisua'.ly a steamer. The oilier day I went down (o the Atlani it- docks to see a friend cnib irk on board lint lirilish steamer Agiiain, bound for tircylown, N'icar.iu gua, where a number of American boys were going fir an enterpi j ing American mining coiupanv, who are de veloping that splendid country of min erals. While wailing for my friend lo arrive, so Ihat I might say goodby, 1 h.'ipp'Uide I to met the secoml olliccr, a good uaturetl man, and entered into conversation. Knowing that 1 was alioiidof a triinp I remarked to him, "Where do y u expect to go after leaving tirey town V "That I can't te'l," responded he. "It will depend upon tho freight. We may get a load for England; there we may load up for Africa or India or Japan; and from there wc may catch a load for Australia. From there it would bo hard to say where our punts would b , mayhap Fouth America, maybe somewhere on the Facilic Coast. There is never any certainty about in. Wo visit every sen, look inlocvery port, carry loads from anywhere to anywhere, providing it pays, and it may be years before w reach hero again ; ami wc may Iw hero on our next trip." Tint schedule gives a fair i lea of tho mission of thu "sea trump." A merit it. t unem (o !ifr you slni;ln:i la the murmur of tho hro-zo. I listen to your tear ilmps Iu tho rain umM tint tree. There's an echo of your laughter in thu brooklet us it Hows, Arid I fool your bnlmy hreatlrltig In Hi" odor jt the rose. I'vpi-ywh re sweet unit fair, In the earth ami iky, Hints of you thrill mo through I.ove im or I tllo. J'he blossom by the wayside crows mol l fragrant as you pass; Ami brighter llu-h th th-w drops nslli'-y glimmer in the glass. The Inn. that tints the ruby to your curving lip replies. And from the distant star 1 t nleli f t- fcl'-ry of your eye. J't my song, In he mnl strong, Throned your lattice fly. lire the night wing its flight hove me or I die. What weie life without you? , I ' minnf. dure lint ilream ! Twi Toss. e worthless us a stun tn d l"iif uiinu autumn .-I renin, I upon the res less wave by every blast unkind. Aiid driven down the lurbi't title, heart broken, hopeless, blind. O, my sweet, nt your feet He tl my li-n. ly cry, liriuit rein f to my u'ief Love me or I din. AI Inula ftmstitutiifi. ill MOKOl'S. Every man is sometimes lt bait on some ither man's hook. The lioddess of Liberty is not a iiroker, but bho is frequently seen "on change." It is one of tho distressing anomalies if modern lift: that the man who em't sing tines sing. It is intlus'ry more than birth that lifts a boy up in Ihewoii-I. A boot black may shine iu society if ho will -toop to conquer. Cabby (who has received his correct faie) Call yourself a gentlemen? Why, I keeps a better gentleman thin you lo black my b nils' Far.- Fily you don't keep another to wa-h your face! This is an Italian bou mot: At a cafe i group of gentlemen discinsing poli tics; u young student entered ami joined in the conversation; his arguments did not please the others, an I one of them said lo him, "Ho quiet ! Al your age I was nu ass myself '" "Ymi me wonder fully well pro erved, sir," was the re- t'b'. ('limiting a Cuban. Juan Yiclor'ano Mm bin, a white lativo of Cuba, thirty-four year old, a famous bandit, was publicly garroled, a Havana correspondent wuiles, in front if the city piisoii. II : was married thu previous night in li e condemned cell, i n the way to the staffold the criminal ilternalely faltered and si 1 niggled tic -pcrately, shrieking for mercy for thu Hike of his tine' inlaut ibililriii. The loldicry attempted to dnwn tho frantic, ippcals by constant bugle blowing. Thu condemned man was supcrliuiiianly violent though heavily inaiiiieled. Forced at la-t into banquillo by a dozen sohlieis, lift wa:, when fixed, easily de spatched, Imi his limbs were conlm'led frightfully. The executioner was a herculean coloiod man. The priest on the scaffold was hurt in the scutll ', mid the military were unable to restrain their tears. The mounted po lice subsequently charged the mob; many per-oiis wi re hurt in the crush. Machin's body was, aflt r several hours' exposure, loiuoved by the fraternity of "Fa, y Caridad," accoitlin ; lo the an cient Spanish custom. Tne case of M i chin is specially u :--ii'kabl , the culprit having c-capctl several moulds l ie n villi his brother Luis, also under sentence of death, from tho condemned cell in tho Castillo del l'rincipe, a strong fortress outside the city. He promptly rcorgan. i.ed a new gang and ii'siime l maraud ing, frequently encountering the Civil tiuard. The ilea 1 nia-i is said lo hive In-i ll immcent of human bloo I, but was execute I under the kidnapping law i as a pniticipant. Eiffel Tower for Siirhtsoers. piofessor Kimball of tho Johns Hop kins University, in un Intel view with a lialtimore -s'i't reporter, exprctsed tho opinion that tho EdM lower of Faria would never prove of any servics to pcicnce. The professor destroys nt ono blow the claim of tho tower to special advantage on lie score of height by pointing out that then! are numerous hills nud mountains of greater altitude in Franco which could bo made u o of. The chief drawback of tho tower, from a scientific stand point, is that it stands iu the midst of nn ntmospheie necessa rily impure, ami that it is subject to such jar mnl other dUturbaiices as would render observations with doliento instru ments impossible If tin so cilicisinl are just, then all that ciiu he saitl for the gn at tower is that it is a not re markably prrpi easing piece of iron architecture, from which a good view of Paris and its environs may be obtained, Hun Franc iw C'W'i iik.