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l'ITTSIK)IU) CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 1(5, 18.10.
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ForfTer Yonnj.
The wild world hasten on its way
The gray haired century nears its close;
Its sorrow decieiis day ly Hay;
The summer blush foisakcs Hip roe.
But, darling, wliile your voice I hear,
And while your dark brown eye I sec,
Sad m out li and sunless seasons drear
Arc all the samp, all glad to me.
Despair can never reach me,
While your soft hand I bold;
While your eyes love and teach' me
I never shall grow old.
They say Hint love forsakes the old,
That passion pules and failes awav;
That even love's bright locks of gold
Must lone their charms and change to gray.
But, darling, while your heart is mine,
And while 1 feel that you are true,
Forme the skies will ever shine
With summer light and tenderest blue.
Yea, let ild age deride me!
I scorn his mocking t ngue,
fear love, with yon beside me,
Jam forever young. - fti'un" -m.
Whin' Bominco Was Over.
Miss Dora Dwight, on her thiiticth
birthday, receive I the Urtt love-letter
of her 1 fe tho Cist oiler of m uriate.
It win handed into tho tloiniitor of
tho "Physician 'Orpha is' II in" not,
as may be suppose I, a home for tho or
phans doc on hivj mile, but for the
childicn of decease! medic il men.
Miss Dwight win matron there., and n!
the moment was cluing ng the p. How
cases b.-foro tho waih.
"I f.u;iposu it's about Johnny Glroy
and his swelled knee,'' said thoservnut.
"Doctor Emory seems to think itwuts.'"
Miss Dwight, however, waite 1 until
the girl was g no before she opened the
mte. Then, not greatly to her sur
prise, she lead the worls:
"Mv Di:ah Doha; You have known
mo since vou weio a Imliy. Do veil
like me well enough to marry me? Of
course, yen ami 1 Imvo given up n
tiituco long ngo. 1 hnvu lia I two
wives. Yi u must be tliiity-two or
three." ".hut thirty," sai I Dora to
herself; "hu h sixty-nine.' "You
will greatly improvj your po-ition by
marrying me, and I always liked you.
J'lcasu meet nu in the garden after
hours. 1 h pj to find y.u under the
nillows. Youis, hop-'fu' Iv.
"11. F.m.i;v."
It was not a love-letter calculate I lo
flaMer the heart of a woman id an nge.
At first slio said; "I wi I refusi him."
Then alio rem -inhered how goo-1 Mid
kinlly liu was. 1 I will accept him,"
said she, 1 but no romance aha I be in
my talk with him. Hi shall tin 1 me
like a -.(one. II) shall have the joi t of
' wifo h" want ."
It w ii puly when tin do r-bell
claugo I, nnda foot croiscd tho long
paing", and ceasing to echo on. the
painted 11 or, struck t tinstone Eirlier
tbnn she had ctp'c'cl him, but sin was
ready for him n n 1 r t'.ie willows in the
garden.
'1 am glad to rind you hero," said a
deep, old vo.ee. "1 thought you would
bo sensible enoti;'i lo d what 1 asked,
but I was not quite sure not qii Ic.
No. Y'ou have read my note carefully!
Yes? Well, imagine that 1 say to you
again what 1 wrote. I await your an
swer wi.h anxiety."
She looke I at It i tit, and he saw that
he smiled in in od I, cm'iiiT.itso 1 way.
"Will you in -,rry me, in dear?' he
riddel. "1 soe 1 mint miko it easier
for you to Seak."
It was a litilc hud to hegin," she
taid.
Tho mini reason innvo me," he
said. "1 in in love with yen. I think
il best to marry ngn n, ant I know no
ono like you n nan, I've had two
wives hi f .ie, I n 1 nit . However,
neither of tliein loinplainel of me, I
believe. I have a very ni. e limn , and,
really, it will he a very tiiueli belter po
sition for you than lie in -g in nr. in of au
institution. You do it admir ibly, bit
1 hate to fco you heie. Your father
was older than I, but wo wire great
fricuds. 1 I It I i k he wool I advise you
to ay 'ye.' ' '
IS'io put her hand upon h i arm.
"lam a praeliea! womai,'' she sail.
"If I man y u, I foifeit a goo I poti
lion that may be nun for hie. an in
dependent position. I( is ilangrioilt. "
My dear, jon'll havo half of all
that ii mine; mi l I'm no: pun.'
You don't I link m- young, I
know," she nnsw. r.-l. "Who tlinki a
woman young at thiity? Hit you hnvu
four 'Oils, liill-l, bniilfis nu II, older
than I They'll no, iippiov.1 of the
match. "'
They lit i lot at lionn; itia'i'l mat
tar," said ) . I moiv.
"But," said Min Dwight, with cruel
distincinen, "ill-' trouble will conn
when you d e. You havo made a mis
take; you me older than poor father.
If youleave ir.o a widow, joirsoni
will make every effort to tn'.e every
thing from me; I sha I he left with
not lung, my place gone, my habits of
induitry, my briskness. I mike no
doubt you have heard of such nisi; I
have."
The suitor sat and who can mnivcl
st it? stricken q lite dumb by this
ipeeoh. At last he gasped;
"Vm aro candid.''
"I am." sho answered "I am, in
deed. Now it your tinte. You can
take back your offer, Dr. .Emory.
Everything tan be as It was before.
I'll tear up your letter; 1 am content
that nil shall shall lemii'n as it is,"
"Hit, then," ho answered, 'I am
not. After all, a 1 you say is only true.
I can face tl c. miiiic, I hope. My an
swer is this: Marry me, and I will
milk-; a will, leaving you everything, on
our wedding day."
"That would ho unji't," she sa d.
"It would bo a will to bo contested.
Leave mo a homo and an income'' Sho
named tho stim sufficient to keep il
up.
"That is moderate sensib'e. Ami
you will fay 'yes,'" In said. "1
premise, of course, I hall make it
bet'er than that, still leaving my sons
no (ause for complaint; but it is Dot
my fault that we aro not more ro
mantic." "I.'-t the romance coma nftcrwnrl, if
it can," sal I M si Dvighl.
After this, they walked about the
garden awhile, and tho day of the
wedd ng was set, leaving tinn to fin I a
new ma' nn for tho e tablishuicn. Mss
I).v glit was certainly, as domestics say,
'betteiing her elf;" but tho wai not
e'nted.
In fact, a litt'c rogrct stole into her
heart as she walkel about the pine t
whero sho h vl beca indepjcd-'tit, so
respected; and wondered wlieih-r she
would be happy in the future.
' At least," she said, with a decree of
biltcrne s, -'I mittrhed him w.th his
'loinani "; ii out ef the question hetwe.Mi
two l:k.' ii-.' M I'clr.' I him an I Wen'
f uther. "
Tin hell link ed in tin hill i i-t ns
supp-r time w.s over t! a' rveivn;, and
n a few m i;u uti a servan' came to call
Miss D .vigli'.
"It's a gentleman ; ho d.in't know
who he wants," sin; slid. "S uni one
wh-i know s ali lib ut the piac , he toll
me."
And Dora went into tho parlor, a
b: ro looking room, long, a id with
whi'o walls, a panel carpet, a library
table, a lier-ehair sofa and six chairs,
and lln portrait of the found :r of the
home over the inintel-piece. There
stood under this portrait, with his c'.
bow on tin miibh) itself, n gentleman.
liik-o,rd, dark-haired, with a face
that was not so much h.iudsoino as de
lightful. Writers often spen 1 n good deal of
lime in discussing what it is that men
sej in the women whom they fall in
lovj with when they say:
' This is tho worn in for m !'
I believe the woman who meets for
the first time the only mm on earth to
whom she would will ng'y givo hcHolf,
hat doepjr cjcp.'ri nc s still.
The m ni":it had c nn to Miss
D.vight. S iohil waite 1 '') yean for
it, and now she did not know what it
meant. Hat an unconscious snide canto
to her l:p, a light to her soft Id ic eyes,
a flush to 1 e. snio ith cheek. Shj
looke I prcl'.icr thin sin c uM have
dreame l pissibleof at that tit uncut.
The str ing ;r told his busineis. Ho
had recently t:nin from. Talis, wh-rc ho
had been occupie I in certain affairs for
It' years. Meanwhile, his brother ha I
die I, having recently lost his wile. Ho
understood, to his astonishment, tint
his I. tt'o nep'icwi were in tho Honn.
' Of course, I wish lo taho charge of
them," ho mid. "I am a bachelor,
III' I can arrange for their care. Tiicy
need not live on charity."
"It is not charily," Pail Miss
Divight. ' Dr. Ellwood gave largely
to the ho:ni in his lifetime. The chil
dren are considered littlo la lies and
reiitlemun. They arc well educated;
taught the milages of gool society.
They will have a ecl cgiate course when
they have this place. Most of the
gills bee une teachers, 1 think. Tho
boys choo-o their p o'ession There
would be at leist no lice I of histe in
removing them."
Tin talked together awhile. She
gat here I tint ho w ai what giight bo
calle I a poor mnn.
If Ii ige-cd after the bo;s had c mo
and gone. He rune on the morrow,
and again and a jn in. The ostensible
motive wai to see his nephews, but ho
also desired to sc. Miss Dwight.
M an w hile D.-. E nory calle 1 every
afternoon an I consulted with Dora as
to tin new parlor carpet and the china.
"Huy good things," she sail. "What
is tho me of getting a carpc". that will
fade soon, or china that chips; and si'
vcr makes a tnblo look well. Hosides,
the thing t about a house belong to the
widow if I should be left."
"She is ileu ed practical," siid poor
Dr. Em ry to him elf.
Tois wai after the new matron ar
rived and was being drilled in herdu.
ties by Mits Dwight, who calmly taid
before everone:
' Y"ti sec 1' m to lie marrie I shortly."
O i.e he even remonstrate I, saying:
' Di you know, poor Nellie never
tiilke I like thit; nor my dear M ria."
cou o not," said JI-ss Dwi-ht,
"dut ui irmarked in jour offor to mil
i hat (of ci urc) you anil I had done
with loinnno I n ago.''
Dr. Ennry trie I lo laugh, but he wa
not happy. I
That afternoon he look a long, long'
rule tothe sea shor., and stabling his j
horse at the hold .iked down to the
bca- h, "The sea n" was over. Tin
it( iti erpeett J only u little dinner, i
custom. l wa a day when dining j
clouds mala il i ool enough to be pleas-
. i
nut. Tin re he snl down behind a big
mound ot . a id anil watche.l the see
and thoi.ght of M iria, and how ho used
ki of' ii to kiss the back of her nock
huatrso tho two little curls locked c
cunning, and how sho thought him
handsome; how dear they wuro to each
other,
II long his rcvciie had las! c 1 lit
did not kiow, whoa merry voices
sounded in hi t i ar.
A man's tonei, tho n of two litt'.t
boys nu I a woman's. purely he knew
the last spe iher. Ho peeped f rem u i-
1 .1 ... I,., I.,.. t. .,..,., I,., I I c-, vv ll,r.
S!io hid brought the E I wood boys
down for n holiday, at their uncle's 10-
i qii st, and he had icnn al.o. Dr.
Ein-uy gins ed who the grntbinin wis,
for he hud bid the i ie of these boy!
Itid In foi I him, and wat loolcng f"t
two in phans to till their place i when
they sh-uld begone, but the j re -ence
of Mi. El wood gave him ollencj. "It
has iiute the ait of a faintly parly,"
l.o sai I.
The boys played idiout, dug wit!
l licit littlo sp;.d s mid tilled with whiti
sand those piiutcd pails which i.li good
pit nickeis buy at the aside. They
toikilT t If it shoes and stocking) nnd
wa'bd along the edge r f I he watci.
Tae e'dcr people seeme I as happy a
they, and how young! At last they a'
down very mar to Dr. Emory, with
their backs to his and barrow, mid lit
sa w a mail' s I row n hand drop upon a
little wliilo cm an I hold .1 light.
Without showing himself he could not
sec their faces.
' Do you know why I asked yon to
come heie!'' said thu owner of the
brown hand.
"To mind the childien, ns fully
says," icpliel the owner of tho white
hand.
No, lo tell yon simelhing," said
liiown Hand. ' Darling little wi ni in,
prettiest and sweetc-t of nil created
being , lliave love I you from the first
moment I met you. Diymithi k you
would mind mnrijiig a mnn who has
his fortune yet to in ike! (' u d you I c
poor with him, an I yet be happy? You
EC- 1 am poor, but I a lore you mil Tin
sc I fish eni ugh to n-k you to do just
tint for my sake, if you can try to love
me."
The while hat;d tlutlciel. A foft
voice trembled.
' I should not hav-s to try it," she
sobbed. "It stems to come of itself,
and as for povu'y, I d ratner beg wi'h
you than I m without j on and h ive
millions, (ill! don't look hupp, don't
look luippv, ilea-, when we l-olh must
bo so mist ruble. I'm engaged; my
wedd ng day is itt. 1 thought I had
outlived romance, and I promised to
marry nn old man. who only wants a
lady at the head of his house. Oh!
why did you not ct m to me one day
earlier! '
Silence fell. Dr. Einoiy heard them
rise and go ana;. In a minute moie a
little lny ru-hu l up to tho sand mound
nnd poked it with his spa Ie.
"Hero's a dead man,'' lie said "a
drownded dead man."
''No; it's a tip-y man," icpl el HI
ly. "Let's pile snn 1 on him."
This they proceeded to do, until
H l y descried "uncle beckoning, " an I
they departed on the run.
After the last train had gono city
ward, an ehltily gentleman took a sand
wich and some ale at the hotel before
g.'tting into his gig. II elliptic 1 a groat
deal of land out of his p -ckets, but did
not fee tho waiters, and seemed to be, the
cashier said, "in a tmiper." It was
Dr. Euitry. He drevj straight home,
and sat down lit the dc.k.
"Thank Heaven, I can appear to
have the bott of her," ho said, spite
fully. But tho next time 1 proposo
lo a woman I will not tell her that ro
mance is out of the q icstion."
Then he wrote:
"Miss Dwioiit: I rm an old man,
but 1 I'm I I 1 nve made a mistake. I
have loo much romance left in me to
marry you. Any peniniary recompense
you tlestre I wi.l offer; and, if you I ike,
tho matron's place is again yo irs. "
"Emuu v."
Misi Dwight only noticod th's note
by parking her engagement ring in
pink cotton atd sen ling it back. Sho
d.tl not want the matron's place, and
sho married Mr. Ellwood very shortly.
Dr. Emory is now courting a girl f
16, who v- wsj sho adores him, and
trbdios very loudly that he were
hers. Ho likes it .Vri Toil Ldljer.
The boy who is left unmolested in
tho pantry is likc'y to strike a pud.
ding.
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
IITll.K SI' AMI HIF Illltl'S.
What were the little birds saving,
Mamma'1
They seemed to be talking to me.
While Dolly nnd I were p'aving just now
'.hiTii under the old maple tree.
They chattered tog ther ever so fast,
As if they were scolding away
.M Dolly and me. when we've been so kind
To scatter them crumbs ev'ry day."
'Not scolding, my child, ju't saing 'good
bye' To Molly and dear little Sue,
.And telling that they are going aw ay,
And sorry indeed to leave yon.
For the birds' houstsaie not warmly built.
To keep out cold winds and the snow.
When winter is comiu,. southward lliev
fly.
Hut come back in spring time, you
know.' .
"Ollien I'll hp five, and going on siv.
Mainnri, lliey won't know me at. all.
And I'll have to tell ilicm just who I am-
I II have grown so old and so t ill.
They'll lip ;,i surprised as graii'lmanima
was,
And say. I'an il r-iltv be tru'',
iliatthisgre.il big e.irl is the -aiii" 've
fallen.
I.a-t y"ai-, our own dear little Su"
"The winter'.-, so Id, I'd My with t lie
birds.
II' I only had wums. I know.
Itut then, if I went, I'd loie all the fun
f playing out doors in the snow,
f-so I think, Mamma 'tis best to May here,
I ran warm my lingers and toes
lty our own grute lire, and cudillc right up
In your lap.wh' ii the cold wind blows."
K'nll, -.,f, I. h,
TIIK MNP VOIrK.
There is n . power of lovi so ha;d to empire. We all know that ho was a
get and ke p as a kind voict. A kind giving man, and the wra'th lo.ked up
hand U deaf and dumb. D may ba j ' bis tomb, accor ling to tho Eastern
rough in fl sh nu I bl i nl, yet do the custom, is known to bo enormous,
woik of a soft h ait, a id do it with a 1 H'ia.-jt II. left hardly any fortune, and
soft, touch. Hu there is no nu thjnrr I 1 think his bones had better be left un
thnt lov..' so niU'-h n cls as a sweet I disturbed. His successor, Selim I.,
voice to tell what it moans and feels, j made liim-olf famoui by the conquest
an 1 it ia hard lo get nnd keep it in tin of tho Danub'an provinces. He left
right toin. O ie must stmt in youth considerable, mo .10 an I precious stones
iiml le on the watch night and Jay, at
woik, at play, to get a id keep a voice
that shall speak a' all t'liiei tho thought
of a kind heart. 1 would say to nil
the boy) and girls: 'l"-e a kind voice
at home." Watch it day by day as a
pearl of gicatpi ite, for it will to worth
to you in tlays to c nne nine thin the
best p a Is hitl in the sea. A kind
voice is a lark's song to earth and homo.
Il is to the heart what light is to the
rye. t'nrm and Firt'J.
MI SII 1.0 INi: MIKF.r.
You piobably have read of music
loving dogi and cats, aid perhaps even
mice, w hoin s: r iins of inus.c, sweet or!
sad, seem d to alToct; but did you ever
heir of musical sheep; j
It is sai'l of lliydn, the composer,
that when he was once travelling !
through Italy wilha friend, ho was wont !
I
to take out his fluto and cause sweet ;
strniin of inu-io to Ho it out on the air j
at they tramped over the hil.s. O.i one
icc.-i-.ion ns he was playing, a flick of !
sheep were gia.ing i.i the field nt tho
foot of a hill. As soon as In began to
play Hu y all with 0 ie nccord moved in 1
hu direct ion. As he kept on playing I
lliov cliiubel the hill and t ame to where
lie stood. II) continue I playing ami
they stood listening, a very attentive j Mahmoud 1. well deserved his rcputa
aulienio who showed their appreciation . tjol, ns give ly sultan. He ruled for
by ipinaining perficly quiet. They . bout twenty-four years, which seems
coul I not give any app'ause.
It is said alsi that another gentleman
win. was Ion. I ot pliviu;on 1 110 tlute,
seemed to fascinate a 11 c'v of shoop in
1 tic same leg. 0:1. It niiy have been tho
mine lloi't. Tiny gathered sroun 1
him, nnd when the tun - tamo for thiin
to go homo tl ry would not stir, though
the owner tried every menus in Iiis
power to ilnvo or coat them on.
Filially ho iiskct the player to stop his
music, and when tin' cease i they very
'"'d 'ly trittel on buhind their
master.
Another thiig about sheep whith
pei haps you do not know, is I heir
ability lo do without drinking w iter
for quite a long tinv. lloy ,;,,. up
for its la. k by lapping the dew from
the gr.i-s. J'euM's Hiitiur.
liialils of a hinese lliisliiiml.
If a man beats Ins wife, but docs not
brcsk her 1 nibs 1 r maim her, thu law
takes no notice of il; if a wifj beats
her hutbiiiid sho is liable to icceivo liK)
blows, nnd tho hiishand may separate
frim l,cr. Those who havo ben
shocked by the sale of women in the
f uniine 1 eg. tins will bo intcies'etl in
knowing that the law provides that "hu
who from poverty sells his wife shall
not be heavily punished; let the wmnin
icveit to the lust hushttnd (that is, to
the mau she was sold ti-)." l'u'l M,iU
A 11 Exeepl Ion.
"Everything must shut up on Sun
day," said the policuinn ti Mr. I'au
tion, as he leaned on the frout gate and
asked for s light for h s toby.
Mr. Caution slolo a glsnco over his
shoulder to see win was on tho front
porch and whisperel: "Cin you en
forcj tliftf otj wives' J'.lt b'fy t'iu.
ielt.
IONS OF TREASURE.
EnOl'mOUS Wealth Buried With
t i c n
j ui Key s ouuans.
Their Tombs Containing Gems
Valued at $300,000,000.
The Sultan of Turkey wants money
n 1 ho has none. Il-j has none-nnd yet
I ho might have pleity. Where he
n lght Ii id the money without having
I rrcourso to E iglidi or French capital
! hti is what I propose to toll you, says
J x writer in tho Pittsburg JJ'i ile'i.
The Irea-uro is to bo foun I at a few
I hundred yards from tho palace.
Tiierc is a treasure in t 'onstnntinople,
I the treasure of tho ''Thousand ami 0.1c
Nights," Ahi 1 I i it's trtiniiie, and the
j teiibl ited door that av.11 show you
i mines of gold and precious stones when
you bid it open. What are tho t'lsau
bas of A'gicrs, cf the Maroe of Tunis,
'ompared tothat of Stainboul? Ymi
! mirrhl i ist nn w-nlt rrnimm n broker's
illico to the Washing'on treasury! The
immcmo treasure belongs to the tloldon
Hern, nnd Hussia knows it well. AH
Siiltnin aro buried with their treasures
find savings in a walled chamber, heme
the name of Ooldcn Horn orC'orniicupia
was given to the neighborhood of tl.e
.Scrail
SI iht met II., on taking posse. sion of
t'ontantinople in the yeir ll'ill, in
hcii'c.l all tho treasures of the Giecian
by the tunnel. hiliiuan Jl was
called the "Magnificent"' because of
his love for luxury and it his e
trnvn ranee. Hu wat tho Cm 111 of the
Htltnns, Si lim II., Am unit III., and
Mchcm.t III. were 11 t so fond of treas
uring up, ai.il yet were their vaults
open, they might find inomy enough
for ono month's pay to tin who'e army.
Achniet I. wnsagrcit money -It ver.and
his teinh, we doubt not, must lie wcli
filled. His tnccessor, Mustapha I.,
reignc I only one year. It wool I not
pay to open ar.il search bit tomb. O h-
man II. was nbaut in poor; and as for
! Annual IV
and Iiubr.ihim, we have
some reinon to think that their tombs
are empty. Mahomet IV., not worth
nu nt inning. Hut Soliman III. and
Achniet II. win tho "I.ucul-
I in" of
tombi were
and treasu ei
tho eic.-ccot. TIHr
overfilled with gold
of all kiii-h. Wer still
thai wealth changed into do'.lais there
would be enough to buy off the largest
iron and steel firm in tho I'nitcd States.
Achniet 111. in ad a immense money by
his wars and treaties w ith the Venetian
republic. Ho had business nb lities, ns
so all know, and was most successful
in all his spot illations. His walled
j chamber mutt bn nice and full.
I
incredible; that gloritus "Coinmantler
of the Faithful" troasure I up with cire
j rvCn to his last day. Indian caravans
j brought him diamonds from Ilydcrabal.
They snid that Mahmnud I. had iu
ennted on his ciineter yCiphalgar,
the fun. 111 diamond that Emperor
i j-ibrr found at
! dinnton I wrghs
Ag n in I MM; that
72 cira's. I'itl's
diamond weighs only '.i7 carats. Judge
then of the value of tha of Agra! And
i jt has been locked up with iphalgar
1 cvcr sinr0 j 7.-,;i : Is it not about time
to extract tho e untold treasures from
the tombs? Othnian III. was a most
sober and a very quiet young man. II s
sole niubiticn wis to have his tomb
Wtfu fiil., If we lueak open tho door
of lm ,..,, WJ ar;, ,.,.. ,,y 8uri, t0 lill(i
another Cue in' wealth. Mihmoiil
II., the reformer, arrived in I He
enioyed a long reign, but Lis reign co.t
h.m tl ;ar. He had to keep up large
armies and fleets; ho fought many a
but Ie, and his life to the last was a
busy one. It is i-aid be only left tit bts
nftcr li im, and we are bound to believe,
bet bin) s eep in peace.
To conc'.ule: S .1110 $.1)11 0 )0, 000
are locked in the tombs of tho Sultans!
How Monkeys nro Captured.
Most all I'lonktyi which one sees in
the l'nite-4 States come from i irgona,
a littlo vil'age which is situated a short
distanco from the I'.iii.imi Kidnal.
The inhabitants of this district arc
111 -.tly native negroes, for no while
man could bear the clima'c without
drinking plenty of whitkey and almost
continually swallowing qu'nine. The
whole region is marshy and covered
with extremity profuse tropic-il vegctt
tion. At night there nrisos a thick
vapor laden with fever, which hangs
over the woo-U like it tl u 1,
This region of wood is the ptairie cf
the monkoys. They travel in lroops
around tl-.o wool", led by an older
monkey. When tho .people r'csivj tho
inf.. rination that the "traveling inmkey
troops" aro near the village, they r- pi r
to the woo-ls in crowds in chine 1 f
them. Their plan is very simple. They
cut a hole in a cocoannt largo eno igh j
for a monkey's piw. Tup n ut is then j
hollowed out nnd a piece of sugar is .
placed in it. A piece of string it tlnn j
fattened to it, ami it is placed in tho
road of the approaching monkeys. It
is known monkeys nrc very inq lisitiva
Minimis. Sjon enough they see tho
"lonesome" cocoa iul in tho grasi an I
hurry to examine it thoroughly. It is
it curious sight to seo how they climb
from tho free", chattering, to take a
good view of tho concern.
It does not take thrill long to find out
that the inner pirt contains a pin'o of
-u;ar. Ono of the boldest and grteli
est stitks a piw into tho nut lo get the
aii gar and ginsps it as tightly as he cm.
I ut hit list is so large that ho cannot
draw it on of the hole again with the
sugar, which In hold) fast to, c o-t what
it mil'. The nc.'too.s now mill the
stiing until nu'. and monkey arrive in i
the vicinity of their amOu ci le. In tho !
mcmitimo the other monk 'ys wonder j
what is the matter with their crair.i Ie. j
They bin ry to see where he is being
pulled to with his paw in (lie coc lauut. ;
They ciowd around him, chattering and
g.:st 1 . dating to their hearts' content.
Now the great moment has come.
The nrgiopi have a large net ready, and
they spicad it out over the unsuspecting
monkeys, and before they know it they
are prisoners. They me sold lo (he em
ployes of tho Paiiami liailrond, and
reach the North A merit an market
through commercial dea'n s.
Looked Dentil in the Fnee.
When Dr. Char es ireia, a wcll
kuown physii inn of St. E mis, who died
recently, was a privato in the (Ijnfeler
ate army he had a reniiiiki.b'e experi
ence with General Hra.vtoi li agg dur
ing the retreat from K'. tuiIIi. I'cncral
Bra.'ir. then second in command to 1
Jen era! I', (i T. Benurcgnr I, whom he
aft rward super ede 1, was p Tsonilly
superintending the loaling of tin cars
bound for tho rear. At lint lumieit
young (iaicia. who was .suffering from
i!lne-s, passed near, looking for the cm
that were to convey the sick to Tupelo.
An officer calle I Hrngg's atlentiou to
Garcia, nnd tho General ordure I him to
go to work at mice. Giic'a answered
that ho was too ill to do so. With every.,
appearance of rage Bragg shou ed:
"What I Y'ou dare to disob-y my
orders?"
"I do," ipplied the young nun.
The Genera! called a lieutenant of a
Louisiana company of regulars doing
guard tlu'y and said: "Tako six of
your company an 1 carry thit mm to
tint grove and shoot him!"
Tho lieutenant called his men, I ut
before going to the grove General Bragg
took him aside and talked for a moment.
T.ic recalcitrant soldier was then taken
tothegrovo mil placed upon a stool,
with his back to a tree. He refused to
be blindfolded, but took out his watch,
chain and ring, wrote a name on a
piece of paper and handed it all to tho
lieutenant, nsking that the jewelry lo
sent to the ad Iress g.ven.
"Now 1 am ready," ho snid.
Muskets were levelled. T.ie young
man looked at their muv.les as calmly
as though he was being photographed.
After a 1111 incut the lieutenant orders 1
"I! jver arms!" II ; 1 mho 1 upon tho
young so'dier, com p'i men ted him upon
his bravery, relumed h's jewelry and
entered him to go.
"Whero is the boy?" General Bragg
a-ked of the lieutenant a few in nutes
later.
4 Gone," was the reply, nn I the story
of the young man's behavior was told.
The Geneial bud search mado for him,
saying, "I'll protnoto him." Hut he
was not to bo f n id, and did not re
ceivc his promotion. -St ir Yor'i lLrt'd.
The king of All Hints.
There is an old legen I in Europi
which makes the wren, an I not tho
caglp, "thokingofalIbir.lt." It tells
how the caglo once challenge I nil the
birds to a trial of high flying, the one
that towered furthest aloft within a
given time to reiga over all tho others
forever.
Hi hai gained thi "place
nearest tho skv," and was about to
claim the victory, when tho wren, who
had nestled among his Ic-it hers unob
served, fluttered into tho air, over h im,
antl was proclaimed king by the uni
versal acclamation of the feathered
throng.
Spoke to Papn.
Sho fengerly): "Well, dearett, did
you speak to papa thts morning?"
lit:
She
say?"
He:
'Y'cs, I spoke to him."
(eicitedly): "What did
he
"He said 'Giod morning.' '
What Is Good.
"What is the real gcorl?"
1 asked in musing mood.
llrder, ssid the law court;
Know ledge, aid the school,
Truth, said the wise man;
rlensiire, said the fool:
love. said the maiden;
Beauty, said tin page;
Freedom, said tho dreamer;
Home, said tho snge:
Faint', said the soldier;
K.iiity, the seer;
Spake my heart full sadly:
' I' he answer is not here."
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret
Kindness is the word."
IUM0K01S.
15 mid bills Three-sheet posters.
Drawing nnteria's Mustard -plasters.
Voiir vegetarinn thinks flesh is not
neel for the stomach.
Tin favorite pursuit of tho ft wor of
lobi'iity is haugli'y-cultuie.
When a young man goe. on n "teav"
die sooner hu "m iids" his ways tho
jcttcr.
Toe int insistcucy of nature is shown
when it siijiplies the turkey with a
:oinl) and 110 hair.
lie hoped to win her by his presents,
hut sho sa d his presence wasn't desira
ble, so he didn't s.nd any.
,f Miesou Johnson, my dear friend, I
ran never repay your k indues". John-
1 111 ltepiiy that f I ) I jtut lent you
: md I'll throw in my kimlnc.s.
J That tho moral mituro of the pig is
; "sscntially mean and st ilish is proven by
: Hi. f lit that he is always willing and
! rca.ly to "iqiieal" when he gols iuto 0
j :igbt place.
J "I seo you arc not a very cxpirt pick
j pocltcl," said tho detective to the man
j whom he had caught in the act. "No,"
I :ho latter replied, c tolly; "I am just
! -retting in ; h ind iu."
1
j "Well, I uiver! If there isn t that
j jlessed child n-goin' nnd a-putting on
i its tockiu's wrong Bide out! ' 'Why,
! it c nirse, nurse; tlon't '00 seo tlere's a
10I0 on tie odder side?"
Finny M in' s Little Hb 'May I leavo
the room, teaehei .' Ti ache:- Wny do
you want lo leive the room? F. M- L.
B. 't'.unc I can't take il with me, o'
Soursc.
A young lady sent in a poem en
titled, "I Cannot .Make Him Smile,"' to
1 newspaper,
Thu editor ventures to
"piest the opinion that she would
Lavo succietled had she shown him tho
I
j poo in.
j Some fashionable women put dia
1 mond ring) 011 tho tails of thc.r pot
.logs. A diamond ring on n dog's tail
is so coiispiciiDU! that tin animil is not
; obliged to sernv'i his nosn with hit
' pa tii I il nppenil ig! to t ill attention to
1 Iho jewel.
Jefferson Darin Memory.
.It-II ron Davis had a memory for
fat os and mimes that lias probably never
li'cn excelled by that of any public man
in the L'niled States. It has been said
of lien. Sherman that when he meets a
man who -was introduced to him 2U
, years previously lie will recall his mime
and the c rciimstances of tho introduc
tion, nnd will talk over the incidents of
t he ir first imeling. Both Grant and
I,ec possessed to a great degree the
; same fat 11 ty of remembrance, t ut nci
' ther Sherman nor Grant, nor Eec could
do what Mr. Divis did. At his office
! in liiclimend, as President of tho
1 (southern Coiifcdernt y, and in his visits
to the Iront of the atmy, ho treasured
i up in his memory the names of every
! officer and soldier with whom ho enmo
: into cnnl act, and he never forgot them.
; While he was at h:s Iieauvoir planta
tion lint winter there ciino to him n
worn-out and biokeii down man who
made a claun on his charity ns having
, been a lieutenant in a certain Missis
; sippi reginnnt. Dtvis taxed his mem
j ary for a moment nnd then told the ap
1 pi 1 1 nil that he was a finud nnd that a
: man bearing an entirely d (T rent numo
I was the lieutenant of the company
j which tho mendicant had specified.
: The beggar mn.le a quick rxit from
I the hous; nnd was never seen around it
I ?ain.
A Crow Tamer.
Charles Smith, of Concord, Vt , has
; been a keeper and tamer of crows somo
forty years, never being without one or
more of these birds. Fanny, his pres
ent pet, has bcou with him two years.
Sho warms herself for hours by tho
smithy tire, chatters whib I e hammer
ing on tho anvil, and when ho is shoo
ing a horse, is suro to slant st tho
beast's heels. Ketci.tly a hi rso put his
foot on Fanny and pinnel her down till
ehc was ns flat ai a board. Sho was
lai l on the hearth apparently tlcad, but
sa hour afterward she thook herself up
into shape again and Ingm chattering
ta usua', though in a very tqtially and
melancholy tone, which lasted for
week or more,