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VOL. XII.
nTSIH)U() CHA THAM CO., N. C, MAKCII 20, I8IKI.
NO. 20.
The II si We Cm.
TVIi n i i i lit il i.'l io to sn t ii',
W Ii . sh ill 1 iv.' li.M our hand1,
Ai il my, ".J i ui! i i tryii jr,
r tr bailies a', mil- plans."
I. el imt your c iiirai! fnl'c,
Ki' J: f.ii Ii in ii 1 1 m il num.
And in tliis Ii night be . a if st
".'II i!u tin' he-t I cm."
If r'oinls li'nt ui 111' sunshine
Alun tin' w ay you trend,
1 1 n't t hi Impel', ms fash'nn
And s ;li for I'lightm-n Il il.
I (void tin' 1 1 ii.i1- thr siinli.'lit
Shin a in I he I It mal I'l
Tru I that tin- ny w H hriiliten
An. I ilu tli I test yun ran.
A way with vi n repining;
t ini; m.iu.'i uf hop' ami rhcer,
'lill n any a in :.irv comrade
( runs stroii.: '.f I cart to luar.
lip Ii" sine;.; umt trouble
Is ayi' t hi vi est man.
I I ;i i" t Ii Ip what has happened.
I'm --il. rs tin- lust he ran.
i i; il' ihiiis won't go to suit us,
let s ii. vi r fume utnl frvf,
For Ii I tii fault with fort una
J i i I inrii li il matters yet.
Ma' c t In' hi -t uf whate'cr Imp ens;
1 r failure like a m in;
A lei ill ": I ' T evil fortune
1'.. i't I ! . . l.,-t yun can.
j ,". .' r (,,'. i.i .S'.ifm' .n .V'.7
IB SIORY OF BIP.
"B p'.t :. o i. w II known in tl,.
Cu.u b 1 1 and valley, where ho I. vol fu
m i y yi an, aa 1 tin: 1 not long ngo,'
::i 1 S.:!it :! L of F.'unk'iti i.'Mm'y,
Penh., tc i it is cue of tl;o un'M it
lu.nkable nmriiiives of sh.vor tiuu
tver lel.t il. 1 have heard the old ma',
tell the s cry with tear in his eyes many
nnil many a !iiii' an 1 no ono who evei
knew hint . u 1 1 h.ivo tho alip;hl..-ii
doubt I its truth, it p win born in
Africa, whir, ns let I -curved, ho via
the sun of a king oi a ohiif, fi r ho re
inemherr I th it his filler mil mothei
live J i.i a b .i I- !ri! tu'rounded by
Fin illcr "ti 1, iv ii h tvrj rociipei h.
in my i 'hum ti 1 i' i i .Iron, his fiiliei's
lint ai ut ii iii ; :ipp:oi h ! by other
in n in i'l-;'. r t:ti.n in in nor. II.
1:1 t!u-r w ii j iiimi'Vi M! go! 1 or brass
hoops in her c.ir and haul of metal
on her it mi. ilu f.it i-r vr.' a hi,
yellow rin:; ia hi n .e. Winn 15: p ua,
about ,"i yom ul 1. lit ho ;ifi'rwu I c.l -fulalel,
li s fithri's hut.s .li.'lil mil
many of th; ti hi wr: nv .Tpoiven.' I !
nhurleof stia:i-i; li!ac a ul taken
enptive. Tic y were Ixunvl ti elher
nml ilrivvi fur ilayi until the.7 rim; to
the sc inhere. There they weio pur
lionel 111110:14 a nunilnr of whito men,
the fir ! t Jiip hail ever fe n. Tito tap
tivei were tak 'ii away in boats. 1! p
never f.-nv his father ajjain. He tin 1 liu
in tin r weie 1 at ke 1 with liiiinlr.' U uf
ctli n 'in 1'oai 1 a vessel, nn 1 they were
ninny 'l.iyi tin ih t witer. Tho vesol at
last l:i:i l.' I an 1 t'.'.o n ';r "'( ' that w te
st ill a ive wir.' take 1 nshure, mi l Dip
mil I.i mi th 1 wt ro Rileeteil ficin
1,1 1 h i by a whito man an I t i'vcn away.
It wai not until at.er yens that l:ip
know nnl up; Ter:a'cil the fait that he
nnil his pnen'.i mi l their tulu ha 1
fiillt n virtiiiM to th" Afiiean slavo trail
ers, nnil thai ho mi'l his mother hail
been s.ll into shivery to a Cuban
jrlnntrr.
"At the n( of la 15ip, whieh n:'ine
hfltl been gvvi li.m by his Cuban
owner, wa? miM, wi h a lot of ot:; r
young negiocs of buth i-..-., to a slaw
trailer. l!:p' mother was at wnik in
the su;;.r fal l wiieu ho w.n soM nntl
taken away. II; never saw cr heard i l
her nain. The her l of yoan negroes
wai talcea to N w D.le.ni', where Ji.p
was soM hi the auction bii'c t. Ho was
put to wmk in tlio u;r-ir fi .-liN, but
when ho wai M yens old ho beeamo
the proper!' ul in Aika-i&as rotton
jtlunttir. Ilo wit. taken to the Ar!tan.n
planta'ion, whieh was not far from Lit
tle It c'. Huiimv muter proved to
be a kin 1 onof but 15 felt that ho
not hot 11 to be 11 si iv -, and he wis do
termine 1 toceipo from bin la;e, even
at tho ii'k of hii I'f . I.ato dii- nilit
jn the fail of l.'l he ni ilo a break for
libetty. Ho never know exactly the
route he took, but ho turnel his lace as
near northward ai ho could t iliul.ite
anil blindly foi'o.vcl that course. lie
triivclc 1 nil inijlit, swiiii'iiia' liverf
snd floi.ndi r tiff through swampi.
In the diytimo ho hid
ninonc the dense brakoi, and satislicl
Lis lumber liy i!i n; tuttli". from the
mu I and citing tliei;- raw ni'at. Ho
lrnvell ; 1 in that way for three nk-ht
nnil jti-t befoio dull etc n-i iho morn
ing of tiie third ho rain-j suddenly upon
A clearing. II saw at once t!ia: it w is
tho home of a "fic ranp r." In
those days that part, uf Ark'inn was
vild ami sparsely iuiiali:teil, an I s tt'ers
from ctiicr Rt itci and othtr p.iitmiH of
Arkinsns wem t:i-ii!i- up land and
gradually clcanii;; th country into
p'antations. TI.e set tiers iiiua'ly lived
iluiiiii the 1"i r -1 yeir. of th -ir oe.-iijiatn v
ii what was known :i f:i't imiiims, hi-ir
ilrst crop e. a o'ia tic mi to put up luO
tcr d welling'. The !nt i r cop iv.i, a
rmlo I'oatd Imt or lantv i n lis'l 11
lut thre- .! . T:! id (.;( - ; -I
eu:h left cj-en, the dl'tu'o. if:i
in win'.ir, be mild enongH to keep
a ai'y a linlitutioii ua 11 face camp en
tile y cnifortablo. Thu shanty wa;
niofod w.th hoard and, ai tin whol.'
win built with slight, fiatnt! walls, it
was not tho most sei uro duelling in the
wnilil. Ti e in'eiii r of one of thes
face eanipi war. severely s in ;ile. I' coil
tiiined tlio 1 cltlrt's bed, a table nud a
bench or two, nnd a loft for storin;
varioui articles of In u eliold us. The
I ed wis a ru hi boar I bunk in one coi
ner, innile fa-t to the s;do on one end
of the shnuty. TI.e In 1 1 wis a similar
bunk, l.iult thtee cr It ur feet nbuve the
bed.
'Tho face camper, clut incj his fir-t
yenr as a settler, tl pen lc I, 1:1 a f.;rea:
measure, 011 111110 fur tho t.u tcuancu if
himself and fafuilj. The wooih were
filled with deer, bears and ether wild
animals. When 11 deer or other animil
was killed tho dress d lattai.t wai
suspended on a de in flu it of tho
open end of the 11 mo, the po'o b ini:
sup oiled by Inn ioili 'l sticks tl ivon
in tho giounil. Tin: fai-o c.impei
r:'to!y own.'d si 1 vim whiio they were
miking their ileirmgi, lit. they a'.wiyi
hiuk'd foi iv ar I to tho lay whoi they
wou'.d bri'.nio maiieri. A; auto they
weie lend, iic r nil poup'o, an I their
lepulatii'ii u slave-holders w.n stirli
tint evi n tho s'aves of III ! co'.to.i
p'.iiittri on tht loivl ind.s pitio 1 the
ii"i;r e uf a f oe ennp'r. S, n:it nr
al ly, v l e i liip c ime sudle.il at tho
homo of on! uf tliii cl 1 sj ho wis
plccly a'aiine l, a id inade up hi; mind
toi;itaw.iy fromtliil locility a soon
as po..-iliio. Tho in i.m 1 1 sliini full
and bright in tho shanty, mil Tup could
sic th bunk nnd the iii'lincs of its
si-fpino; in nut os, mui tho loft
ab voit. Ash-stoil p:rii:; oit of
the thicket, tal.iu;.i hinnd view of
the 1 uri ni; M' oie, an 11 I y :ci I cininuU
growl mine fiom the sh in ty. Snppo-e
ingtlut h:s ptoi'iico hit boon ili-euv-1'iel
by the 1 am e: '.s dogs, Iili was
di. living balk I 1 1 lit'llv to enap; I r Olll
1 lies put, when he iliiroveied that it
w us .uiii 'llnn ; 1 1 1 : th i' h i I aiiiii-ed tho
does. t. n of 111 ' s!ii lows until'! op-
o-,to si lo of the tp nia; i iini two
d uk ubj'cts t nvir 1 4 I '10 leer, aid two
liii'e bens were revolted 111 tho moon .
light. Tin y did ii' t stop, lm". sluui-hc 1
im;ulent;y a.o.ig to s 1 are tho objeit
i f their visit, the doer's t-uea-i. I!ip
could not overt unio his 1 111 icsity tu
watih nud -co what the resit t of thii
inva-iun would be. As tht be in -.liuT-tied
up to tho spot where tho do-T h iii.;,
two d"gs ru-hel out uf Iho open camp.
With Iti.ioiH balking and b u 1 yelping
they sprang up 01 the bean.
The no so awuko tho owner of the
camp, a id U p .-aw li in pi ing Irom
the 1'iiik. At tho same time tho wifo
nnd Iho fare J of three wo I I ail
startled lookin ; 1 !:i! lien lnv 111 1 1 tht
bunk. The wviu 1 1 ail tho children
begin to sireiman l cry. Ai ths s-.-t
tier jil'lipe 1 nut tho bears 111:1 lo a rush
fur the tlogs which retreated to tho
shanty. T!i"y almost t 11: over tho mm
as he :. p Oai In.' I. Ho 1 an lin k and
helpcl hi, wifo iind ihil'in'1 Irom the
be 1 to the bunk overheal. Tin; net mo
111 lit 111 in, dogs, an 1 I c ir weioclo-o 1 tu
eetl.er 1:1 ore indiscriminate struggle.
I'ee'iing that whatever the re-u'.t lu'giit
b" I.i, torn safety lay in escaping from
tho sicno without dela,,, Hp ha.tenol
into th? ftre t. Hs hi 1 not 140110
far wlc n it eceu r I to himt'u; a
fellow nun's lifo w u u 1 lo i'ote l y in
pei i!, nnd that it was iU tlu'y to ni l
h;in i-i prc'eiviog it, no matter what
tho f tiisi ipieuces might be lo hi iniicll'.
Without 1111 instant's further hesitation
he tin ne 1 nnd dndiol back throii;li tho
thiikot. lh cleared the opening at a
boun I, nnd the ne.t -eeond had j iine 1
the settler and his dogs in their emtest
with the beats. Toe settler was he ng
pressed by the bears a ;a:nt the board
wall at thn foot of tho bunks, nud tho
fiall shanty w.h shaking and swaying
threateningly. The man's wifo and clii -dren
wore shrieking fiaat icnlly in the
loft. One dog had been killed au 1 the
other disable I.
Hip closed with ono of the l)"nrs at
once. His kmfo wai a keeo, long
b'.ule l dirk, with two edges. Ho thrust
it to the hilt in the bear's bieist a, the
animal lung"d up against him. The
blood followed tho blide in a stream
The bear staggered luck. liefoio it
ralliel Itip turned to the other one. It
had knocked the sett'er to tho ground,
where he lay stu ined. In a second
more tho b ir wou'd have loin the
man's thrt at lo strings. With one
slash of his cIT.clivo weapon 15 p sev
ered the bignrieiies in the heir's neck,
and laid tho windpipe op-n. The bear
raised up erjet on its feet and fell over
backward with its w hole weight ng.iin't
iho si It of the amp. The sin ck was more
Uiaa thu stiuituie 1 mid stand, and the
sh-tn'y ii.mo down with a crash, burl
ing bears nn I nil be ieath a pile cf
boards and scantling. Tne next ilia!
liip k-ii-iv it was bio 1 1 thivl.g'it. II
ii.-s lyiejr on the in i ur.d 1 11 a tb-erskin.
II' wu .- r--and l..:u In", ii : .1 ii :i ! t..
;i't to his fo.'". A big- wlii-iiotl' 1 mill,
a pale, weepln; vvuinm, mil twi
f i ig h t en C'l I in k I ti g da. drill wirnj
gri uped near him. !!, the silo if a'
rigged pilo t f bund i ha ha I le en the J
face cam p, lay tho i a: i a ,-'S of twit
huge bean. Tile I ig -v.hi.-ker. d 111 i'l j
came forwatd, gi l p d Pip' ; hao I, n nl
tuld him he h id sai" 1 his li'o. Tho in in, I
his wile, and two of lie: c'lil Ilea ha I
call d from th : wree'e uf llio sh tn!
, "i
with but slight iajnii'i, :;'l in:'oai it
seenio I, bii!. the o:h i ilitld led been ,
killed. Hip felt that h ! w.oild bo safo j
with these people, and bo tu'd tie in his ;
story. Ho tin n Icani' d tin', tho faej ;
cimpoi was Kr:e! V.r-vn, a notnl re- j
lig.nn cnthuii h', w h h 1 1 so' t lei in
iho v lidei r.ou to form inc lens of a
color.' of his followeri. 15. p helped
ii build Vawn's ramp, nnl whoa il was i
time V.nvii midohnn proni o that ho j
would remain a tho tamp tiotd ih- set-
t'.er made a I u inots (tip to I.i'llo I tick I
mil retinue I, Whei Viwn i i'ik bc:k I
ho placed in 15 p'.s ban Is a bill
of salt) for h i I .i I'll' fiom his m iter.
Viwn had pun h i I the voting negro
and given him his fro" l"in Tlio ovei
ji I liip ri-ni'i i net ia V awn's tei vice,
and was g.ven the icon- of Solomon
Viwn. lsia"! Viwn ilu'd alioul tho
time l!i i w.ir of the rebellion b 'gau.
liip, or ts.ilnmuii Viwn, i.nue N nth
and settle I hi the t'liin'ie'l i t I valley,
whi le he w-niked as a farm Ii m 1 un'il
he die 1 soino ni'iilh. a ;, nearly ! )
yean ol I. lie is bin i" I noar M eat
Al'o, nnd hiio i iv! is on land, 1 b :
pi iv, fi r il a ly i.tvii.d by Till Idem
Stevens." -V. )'. .Ku.
A I.eiiilun Doll Mm iv.
A doll rhoiv on a gig ant e an 1 sune
tvha! ri;;in i! pi i'i, wliicli has bo u or
gan i.e 1 in ail uf tlio new hospital for
women in K i-toi I' l l, Will bu opene 1
in t In: spi ing. The dili-niit seitions
allow ed gieit v.niely III d ill dieising.
l adles in the die,i id tin: pel in I
moiniii;:, eveniii ", bridal i r coutl ; gen
tii'in -o dulls ditto, little i;iri dulls, and
the babe, in l..,ig mid M-iii.-Ii ng iluthos,
dolls in th t g i, , ,,f p:u! -i-ors, prints,
ollieia! rub"', i.i '.'.a e, p u I iani 'ii' at y,
civic and leg il, mali iiiir, st ho'.a itie,
masonic, doll, i.i nua', m.litary, p. s'al,
ur poiue imifiii in, do!!:, m io.'i.ii.i i ul
the p in! omnii ', sii.'in of tho billet,
dollt in wuikl.u; tlie-s cl all
kinds, artisan, douns io sc. vie ', or
trade, aie !o bo in. lud 'l in tho virion,
ilis.es. A special sitim mil bo
foiiii'.' l by dnl'is, ladies and g 'litlemon,
in sjiorl in d r ss, hunting, shooting,
fishing, gulf, tennii and boating g.nb.
Otlieii ngtin will repieseat heroes,
heioiiies of history, tie!. on, tho dia i.a,
asji'i'ial ilasi hoin ; is i:: c 1 to ihir
aeters of nui soiy romance. For ''icle
bril ic uf tod iy'1 a doa'do price is
ulleied, and a section I' did!-, in a gro
le.ipie, silf;ge .live or eie.l'l'in '.lie tlie'3
of any kind ulTtn a wi lo li. I I to the
fanciful. A -p.'cial nur e,' sn 'ioa will
coinpri-e dolls dre; o I as pa'ienis mil
nurses, and others are cxe! u ovei y limit
ed to children a id pupils of board,
charity cod industrial schools. Fir
tho Instil"!! of nil a pi'i of fie
guineas is rlTered. hM Mi l !.i:':
A Mnrlciiiu'i Story.
'Whi-e i i Itdii," siil the inar;ri.i.i
Keller recently, "1 saw many things
done by the tntivo nr. its of iogtrde
inain that completely 'si u::',p?d' mo and
.som-! ic.e it die gentL'iu u th i-wi 10 With
in'. The mo-t wend ;i lul pei formtnecs
weie in hypnotism.
l'liiiiij. f Cowa-j-e J ! jocblny, a
millionii.re I'.usee inert hint, sou i f
Fi am j' i! Cowa-ji o, the numb r i f tho
ISombay I'l -tit tl' 13 of riiy-icd Impiiry
bearing his niune, gave me hii word fur
this rem irk able story :
"In the north of India wis a famous
hypnotist who possessed tho power of
hypnotizing himself. H s wife, who
knew his scire', was tn i ii-tumed to re
vive him when 'ier he ovcic.m iI his ex
ceptional power. II-' killed a man and
was H'lileiuel to cxetution. Several
days before tho time fur the cvciitioei
he hypiioli d !nm self, passing into a
condition which, to ad nppe u anc , wu
death. So ported was tho semblance
that tho K iglish (iovernm 'ii! physicians
who wero called in olliei.-illy citified
that he was deal mil orl 'rel his body
cremate 1. 1 tit at this point his wife
appeared. She was stii, hen wilh-grief,
moaned nnd wept until tl.o hearts of
the authorities wero touched. S ae was
permitted to take nwa, the body for
private cremition. Then she revived
her hud'an I, mid log "ther they es
caped.'' l'hi'-iij Ti i'mi-e.
Hit That was Approi ialcil.
Tompkins Pshaw! Brown's no wit.
I There must be nn c'einent of surprise in
what a man savs to innko it wi. Iton't
veil agree with me?
Wilson Perfectly. That wis a c'.i v -'
er witticism you gut o!T tic other dav.
J Tompkins I forget. What, .d d I
Wi srn Yo i sa d,
I borrowed from
Imih ',
lir e's that (Iv
y ;i " - f' i j 'r
tillLIIKE.VS I til A .M.S'.
i ini.e in; v.
I have a little kilty ',
l it) vei v fund of i. :.
Ate.l tilt! for sin h a ijnv .s.
She lee the bs;'-s: ' i r r
in a s:iMig.;l ildo Mi i. poii my I.H.,
'r in an ea'-y eh.io ,
.'tn- pun., so luial. yo , d ;.-.il y think
'I hiei- i.U.s were pno iiig there.
And. ii In n uld wn : r cine-. ;i I. Hi
,ti I sn.o.iy wt'.tl' ' 1 leti'i's.
1 ll-li II tu I,.'!' '1'ud . . '.Ill- ,
Am! d eaiu ul' liter tlim -' -
(if I. ml. up tlyiii;'. li. '.i Ilu- i:-I I '
i U 1111111, w ith I ii -1' and M 1 1 1 r .
( if br uvu-vvini'ged I ll-l.llkllll. to
'1 he 11 livers, with ( ;:! nit lm t r.
Of rills and hroukie'- nimhlim d jivn
The lulls with no 'rv stir;
All lliese I die.im '.' i- I :,t!"!;e
'I lie p elly, i fl eray fur
OI'To.MleUins. ihai -mallAui'iil cat
With .on h a real bij." pui r.
A r. in-: hn Aim tout.
A M nk of the Alpi.ie Mma-tery of
the f iiaad L'harlreiis , in t oinpinie 1 by
his faithful St. It marl dog, was on
Ins v.ay liuii.e up the ino'.l'i' inn oneu.i),
wli-ii, by a md len mischiu.i", he
slipp'd i vera steep p': ce, mid fell into
the snow many le-l telow. Ilu dog
( .uld not le lp h in lm! by g'dt'g J
in tne to fetch th iin.i.ks, mil this li J
tli I, plainly lel'.in.; I h-in a! ti.e in'Oias- j
levy by ho barki.ig nnl gi-Ouioi tii.it i
Ihev sh'OI d f .llo'.v him. S.eiug that ;
Father Ni'liol is . i not with his do",
they set out u Ih toe f:iiii;f.i: riei'ure,
wl.iihiet tle'n v.ilh j .;, ins gillll".!?
stinpdittoMi.il ' tne monk I y haif
Iniiiel in (lie n-'.i , mil ho wi leea-d
fiom what would l.i.vn ben certain
dtalh.
Tiir. i t in. t. I 'd'!: vwi K-ii.
A gieat iiintiy ye u mo in it than
half a lentiiiy, in liut a Iain:! of
I'leinh at rul.ats ttnveled ti.i' iedi
Kiiiup; nn 1 in ide tie. ir living by giiing
rnteiti.iniii. nits in tin; village-. l!iriui;h
whi, h they p s- I.
All tho men, I', u ef tho f nnil w-ro
icrolnit.--, and ih -ir pa'inU b-foro tin tu
had been ac. ub. its, to j nu neyiug I ruin
one vnla ;o to another, nn l buying
Ihtirbieal wilii llio p.-imioi anl-.i-pi
iic:s that tho lu'iotiy p'ople tiit. vv
into the father'. i: i'. I ? aid licit i.ll
1,'U' mem nor , ol in..- I uu ly weie .n :o- ,
bad, but 1 had tui ;,,ti,a little II .n, j
who was only fi n: jn'i old, and loo j
young, tlur. f oe, to do hi shu.j pi I
iiiiiu ing the public. Si little Iloniil
i
went abo'i'. wit'i his father a i I !
inuthor ail sl.,te.- ail bi ; broth I
and slept in the wag. .a at night and j
laved will tho hi; dig or toddle I '
lib nit tho village gie oi while his elder, i
vvre dancing i n tho long r pe. It was 1
hi- sister .lee.ntii! who tuo!; iaro of hint, ;
washed and die-se I him in t!:e morn- I
ill", put him to bid a', night, an 1 :
taught him to say his players hcloto ho
went to sleep. She vv i , a km I, good;
girl, mi l l.ttlell ori lov-.'l lei more than
any one in tho w.uid, and when ho
saw Ii'T tik herlo-ig po'o in her hand t
an I d am e gr.ii etiilly up tlio lung lope
towaid iho tup nf tlio -t.u pi while the I
people lot ked on nu I i lapped their -bauds,
he though III ar v. n no one in
the vvuil. I as lovely a. 1 ih iiiuing ai I
his sisler .leant. e.
Ono day they stopp -l in a beautiful ;
old-fashioned village on Iho banks of I
the li nee. Tl.ey i.tre'i he 1 their lung'
rope from the gn und t the top of the j
steeple, an I .teaune l.m'i her pole in ;
her hand, boiiel an I mule I to the I
pcoph and dinned light!.' nnd gi.ne- j
fill Iv Up toward the tip. And little j
Henri, Mi nd ng t n the uiuund, with
his falhei f ane in In. chubby hands,
wntelie I her with as much delight as i
ho had in V T seen her do ,t bef. ie. Ii.it
when .-he had gum: about hall the d s
tanre a go ! (f wind -hoik the ropei
she tuniliie I, almost lost her balance,
nnd 1 1 ed out n lenor.
' I'm t ining," seieaiiio 1 btt'o Hoi
r', ail while hii mother 'inned away
hei line, nnd Ins I it It r linploti d hm
to return, he l.ilinn l his cane ;ii iiii
si-tor balmit e I Inn p do an I i nil up the
ripe to hel p her. It was the 1; l -1 time
he had ever be n on a shirk rope in hi
life, but ho was no! alriid, nor did it
make him diy. lb' tan up to wl.ete
Jeanne wa clinging and tlucw him- If
into her nrnis. Sic' held him tight un
til Ins t il n r ("lino and rami'd him
down. ' lb: will in il.e a p.reat rop
wa'k r," sail his mother, as she rlaspd
the little b.y in hot arm. "lie t.-.kei
to it a a 'ill' k t fie: to water. It must
be in hi ' bl. od," '-a d the father: and
fiom that day little lbori's rdiu.it ion
lis a tight -ropo ii I'kei begin.
Years afterwi.i I tins sain" little b iy
stretehela rope mioss Niagara Fid
n tl wa ked nrp'.s it as e:i-ily as if it
hi 1 bem n bain t!"or, nnd then tie
wide v.. rid te-oundtd with the fame
i f l luiidin. And rue day, after he
had et foi mod in Tali in tht pie cue
uf thoisaudsof 1 rople, l e fat In his
tent nnl t' Id me the story of low lie
hid run up the beg rope to save li s
sister. '.N'.'r.j .synsY.l.
The I :i lun m ilk t is largely over
stoiUo i with diamonds.
N1 TI'Ii( flK 1 k' !
Fads About t lie Tcoplc of the
Dig Torrilory.
Not Hanclsom', Cut Possessed
of Good Qualities.
In npp'.'i mie the unlive? tf the io
t'Tiur ol A'a ka are generally wry dark
i uir.pl i .i o e 1, v. I'll I n g" t h ! . k boll'. ,
I ii "e mien I.'- a ol a sh it p i Inn.
"Thi-,'' say- Lieutenant Can' Will ill
Ins no'i s obtaiue I while cxphuing th"
KoHllli I i V T, "gives til'.! f III 0 H VTJ'
I I inn ;' u! ar iipptaianre, vei y dill i'-:iil
f : in lie: n und faeo of tin; lvapiiiiiMI.
Ttii ir hair is bS.it k, i.nd the hair is '.vol n
iong, except in front, where il is
tr iiiii.e l across the forehead on a lm i
with the eyebrow, 'liny are opih k in
their in"V: inon's, net i V i mid stt oig in
youth, but gio.v nged-lo diitig i ipi Ly."
Veiy few nun of middle age ami'
obseiv.': I. The faces of the vo tn II a'o
iiioieoval thin the. men's, mil tleir
tdur is lighter. Their hair is purtt d
in the inldd o and Worn in two hi mis
hanging in front of tins cars. Tie; in
terior native; ar; r' forel to as better
tnoially and in points of hone ly nud
snhliity Ihui the je pie of lh" ca' t.
They have no laws ixn pt to tl ) b
(it In 1). is they wind h.ive t tin u do tu
them. 'J le. y weie lm i vol snl ly kind to
the aged and lo-lple a, vi r ho pitald i,
t Hii 'tli lo II dejlte. lei' never illtlll IVO.
In tiie inleiiui l!ie
le 'lit IIO tol-
low in-tliiid i of the lls.piiuviti (ua t
tribe in e ioo'iiu; an o eaiuk, or t hie!
tiader and goueia In in-'ss a; 'nt. In
all d.s, ui-ioni reg irdiug the well.no tif
Iho ( uiniiiiiiity, iho Muiii 'ii and the
! b r oi.e- in pa 1 1 it'ii I ir, j one I, i nu I I li"
men ici iv I tli. r upmioiii with ie
spit.!. Tiie w le geiii'ia'l guided by
a km I o in o il m le, m L euten i'it
Cant well :-a;. s, in nil matters It gild ing
lie another w-'liu'. No putii -imient
wns ri t ogn..o ,,r tin. 1 1 on in i-s ion id
riinie, but on tho ..ther ha. id then Was
seldom any r in nit'e I.
As to di e I I-" :i
piilnionaiy ( n'lip'aiut. i and
very ( iiiiiiiniii i in mg I in'
well a s iieik ni l lut! I
ilemii: disiao's very t..ielv
u.iiil foim I
I hi II 111. ll I sin
mil I l'e , II s j
eye;. I'.p... !
n i ol, tin ll ;h ,
smallpox som-iinie, rent lies tle'.o p-o-pie
tin. mgh Ih" iiit.vin living on (he
Koyukuk nv i. lieiond the siiiipli;
l.cili know n and u o I b I In; "diam in, "
in Undo .ne m hi, in his i a it alio i i, but
i;ti' is know a i. f lie- ml o I hulling.
No Inintal 1 iinei a! r-': fuiotin: i me p r
fuii:i"d by tin; inland triboi over their
dead. Tim body i. "em i ihy taken In
sun.es liiele.l -.pot, ii ,u:,!i in a b i.lf !
ovei looking a rieei, mid laid on the;
gioui.il. A i "nn .il ,h io : I ill in luro uf
spi ie e he. , i. I n ii i vo t he n ni i ins !
nnd a life n. ,r by is '.I tipped ol j
biaiii hes an I a Mo i l pin e ul riot I
lie I to it marks I ho .mho, near width
nie lefi I ho s'c ,
nud sum'; uf the v
ceased. No cue e
theieafirr. Il is I
h u -.eliul I iit -ii . il I
'.pons of tho ile
er vi-i'i li,.; sp .t
'lie- natives patt iko cagtily
, ,
l ell I. u i d
at til It's in llour, . a, i
milk an 1 other di-hrs bin they i
salt p"ik and wmii-l ratiier si.nie li
t u li it. In addition In the tein I
, ,i , ,i -it t .i i t
', 'ii-. i ii lie: ii ui" i.e. n, 1"X,
' lh" b.-.n. f.
wolf, iiuiskrat, beaii'i ii'ol nioiint n.i
ih'-ep. In the summer s ihiiiii is al
most the sole fond. The l!o-!l of the
seal mid white whale ii eaten by the
summer sojourner, ;il the u.iol. Wild
( uirniiti nie lonn I in .'ibimdani e ami
the enlun, lel. iy mid pin-nip groiis
wild in iibuiiil uii o, as well in a speeiis
of wild ihlliiiili. T:o: tell Ier luel iif
tho willow weie also mole I in oil
when the natives wero itv.n h in reel ol
fond. The miner -,'oi .,f the !..,,... i,
, . ' ' '
niioii'i i in wi.ii .iiiiii, geese met swi-n,
nnd (lanes also cul l be f mn I. Tin
birds are boiled
and ast' iii-h.:
an 1 inted a 'i
( huieo m or el i.
these lidl.d w
after Icing skinned,
o ii de, ilie head, f,.,
were i .in; b ie I 1 lie
Tlio I, e ile-iinit s-,y,
e l iin ueioie 1 1 1 1 ii
Ail tho tribei dies. v, i v ,,, ;,!,i P
Thei: at I no ( on lists if
inner t i it or ' 'pai k.i'
1 ghl li I ng ti .oi-i is o
and boi t ; s-.ipp,;t w t; J
'"'r mil
tl .1
-km,
i'l-kni
mo I
gn". , I lie . I . being of n ih u, i i
wh to whale skin. '1 h mnr :; n men Is
ok- woin with the U t" xt In .!ie body
an I the cuter on" w.th Ih (ur unt-i le.
Hals or r ip. ate not in l y rith rsex,
but tiie outer gai ui.-nt has a h.. ., wlmh
can bodriivn ovei th: head. A piei c
tf Rome long h.iire 1 fur h tewnl
niolind the ed ;, rf i!ie hood to pi uteri
the eyes from tl.'ing paitnlss of snow.
A 1 1 It is woin by tie weiuoii to c inline
t lii i r cuter gatni'tits or "parkas"
ntutin I the waist, mil this enable, the
lint vo mother to carry her iT-inin"
in b inea'li iho folds of h r '
j ni vi. '
S ( hs not le o f soft ta trie 1 skins
w. in, nn I mittens ot I' in let-r ski
wil'.i the h ur turned in. nr.; i
wiu'T in; 1 si'iiti'.". T:ir"a 1 is m
of tlei.-r si ew, mil tie woona,
ii'H't'otl to their other ar lil'iH tbllles,
ord-r.
A I'urn Musician.
A t! ay or two ng a natural-hr r i ni't- !
s, ;an cam ! in on the (i ti.ig a ro ,d. lbs '
! "
! ha I w.th him a haud-m a i i y:..pln.ne, .
a- li ugh and tia.y ml m-d i tii.n n ! as .1
musician ever tried to play, I ill th" inn
s e was woii lerfiil. The ban, cxiept
two, wir; made of c uninon yell'-w p p
lar, v. hitfltd into pt" i r iliiut nsloiis
with a pocket knife. Two bars Hereof
walnut. All the hats wore con n i t-d
by a cotton string. The Iter of the in
stilment wa. a f. ar e, pino plank, and
belw eon thi board and tiio ban, funn
ing a cushion for th ' bats was an inch
thick padding id jute, or oil roje 3
thieaded out. The musician li i'l two
mi lots little halis of n nilar on ban-
.1 in of convenient length. Aioiiud t nih
"id! wai a band of n.tnnel clot!i , to
soften tin note. Hi inn do tho xylo -
ph me hiimelf, and sai l he had m ado
four otheis and sold them. Too nlli-
tun of tho waliint hirs wn a vory ro-
flit itnprovemen', nnd ho sceiiul to bo
pnitu ul.iily proud of that pa't. 1 he
miii-ician, dressed like a cowboy w '''i
bi ad-strung sombrero mil big yellow
b oils, lO'diod in liitlo a midi i in as Ins
'
in-triitneiits a xylophoa". Hi na-'i
' 1 1
alto'iether by nir. He whittle s i-u' hi
J
i' il s vv il iiout mil' ru'e. whatever, i .d
, ,
ing t iitnely 1 y the souti'l.
, . ,,. ,
"I.u' tune, le; nays, "lopotnn on
. ,, , ,i
ilu: kind nf wood, on tho length nnd
'll.ci.nes-. nil' lll'llll ll.e Uljf
1 li'll.: to do wilh it. Poplar ha n nice,
i niello. v sou.i I, mil g' Ci throi:!h nnaily
I the wholo s",'e. Then nnolhor thing
that t hange: tho n ,le is tho way the
j giain run, in the bm."
I lie played "Dix e," "Climbing l'p
1 the (u)ldt:u Sla.is," mid a nunib'T of
other familiar tuuos. II i won lerltil-
ly apt al ratrhiii' anew tune,
b.lioiv one . whistling a'ni t f an ! lies. ly.
N'.l onlv thai, but ho whistle beatiti-
tally. II" I, ai a knack of whistling
like thiee or four neei at one., lanyiio;
the air .'nil Ions nil at o ic ', or w.iil.ling
like '! nn. in full (f lunikni,' bud.. Ilo
kepi a crowded i n well enti rtaiuod I't -
I ween Covington .ml A'lcita and
gathered in a liberal 1)1 of dltuiM nnd
ipiirlers when tho ha1 via pitied
aruiiud. .1:1, in 1 1 I 'instihtli.'it.
Curious Mveilisli ( iisloiu.
A curious ru tiim of the S vede;, a i 1
! one ul. li h a pj .eais e-pecially peculiar In
Aiuei nam, ii tho adoption ol a m w
naiiio upon renrhing inaj nity. 'J hii i
not always, peiiiiipi lie t geiiei a I ly, liom-,
i but the young S.irdo Itel.i that he h is
. iiiurii riglii to do il a. In seiei t Ins
wn I'll' or oi.eiipa'ion. li the n into
his faili 'i gave him o i ins ten nilgai or
I not leiiiaiitic fii i u :!i, ho l imply ill..;
it anil lakes aoutiu r in. no to hu t;i do.
! It is apt to b eonf.iMug tn heir it la
j ther addle o l in N.I -on, mid tho-.m in
i lierg-t imii ui .liint-n, vet sin !i is tic-
ijticntly theia-e, and no nuue is thonghl
id it. than if a dilleieiuo in Ciiiistim
iinines among other people. Uin' es
tub I-he I In tho I'nited S.a'e,', hoiii-ver,
I tiie lend, my among ( .in.i.n.iv.iins : lo
:
: I ,i: . ... . .. r i... i
j ' " -' '
i ! iiete to t !i e n iter u a. Itani", which, Itn
leed, under our laws, cann it be g. veil
11 . oil liuuinci wiiiioin. teri.iia ieg.ii
I'm ii'.nU ties. .Yt'ifl Wl $',ir.
Mill Miiliheil.
Throe, nro now living in Washington
a in. nt ed i.-iiplc, Paul niid Albina
lb. Iliiiiith, who wen: born at l'. eli n,
. (lei niiiu i', within four inilei cf cieh
I oilier. Kven thiouh their childhoi.l,
! playing in t!ie street if ihe saino tuna,
I they were strangers to cm h other. Ill
'the ruilise ol events tney raino acmss
1 Iheueeun tn the land of promise,
at d ll. rent tun
nnl by dilleient
iths
theydtiftel to Wa-hngton, where ! hey
met and love I mil welled. I'pon
emu pal in g notes to tine mil their mar-
i.lge I i "II to the,' d SfoVl
to their
mu iial sot pice and gralilii it ion, that
I they wite not only nativtsnl the same
" i plac ', but icjoiced in exactly tho saiiu
; to a d i
! l.hrlv hi ml of Slick.
J ,I..i:i 11,11 ., Hopkiinville was out en
I a Ini tmg ecuiiiin yestrid iy, when he
nth nipt. ,1 p, , l'on 1 I;.'.,. , ivho h
wa-; -t I'li.y swollen ho slo p.'.I to
gather up a stick to nice in., the d pill
of the wilier. II" sudlenl,- bii.inio
aw no that he had pia"pcd a huge blai k
snake inste.il of a stick, and ere lie
could drop the serpent itstiuek nt him,
and onlv his pres-moo of mill 1 saved
htm from being bitten. Alter a sharp
battle be killed the snake and brought
it home with h'm. It is neaily a yard
in 'on -tli. V.u'tr'.Vc A t i i.
His Share oT the lliinb n.
l iMge," said Mrs. Ij i.lrf, re.
iproaclihl.lv, "befoicwc were married
mu always in isteJ on carrying my
pat kngos for me. "
e ," replied Geotge, "but I didn't
to j iy for them then."' A. 1'.
From Nhrlit lo Muht.
I'r'ienil, yuu tire sad. ymi say'
Vo ir criel ole e in ll." p.i.-l,
All siiall be clear to yum
l'li" sorrow rdiall H"t ln-t,
Ion i lien he dear to ymi
Smiie euini.'ig iiny.
So eniuolat ion liud:
Vie'd not thus to do-pair,
J.eiieVe ju.V H'J'I ' for J'"1!.
And, in the Inline, then'
Open her cate.s h.r ymi.
I;.. Ihc.'i resigned'
Ill MttltOt S.
'Tt is time tn n ". " n i tie:
bi
p'Vi'b'i : ai l to the bi. ctli!.
If cxp'-rt'OK e i si gn at n te'ieie
nil,' do wu
nk of
"?'''
I F.rt Little O r! Ii your
d .11
, Fieii' h iloii? Str.nl Little (i.i. I
' don't know, bhe c in' t talk,
! No wonder the toy pi-lol ciiinot 1 - u
cx'.i i uilnaicd. Pti-tplo iT3 ni'.v iy
' fiirliii:; the young idv iiw to. .hoot,
I ( ,,::, no i How is ven i !i no v
;.,i..., r ',noii i-u'l il !, now. u -.-
t,.r Tiial's w hat I li.oti .dit. tlv;
' ni,. ,,,c vr- d.
I , , , ,
i S. ine men will get up o it ol bit at.
i ... . , ' , ,. , , ., ,,.,,, .,,
rsi'dil in the colde-t ul went lie; lo g i tu
, . i i 1 , . , , ,,
I a l ie who i.inii"! b" indiucl t.i pet i.p
. , .
at i lo start ono m l..o sto'. o.
M' '. 11. I mi -Whit
1
- I'm in: .u.r a st .vt in tie
. '
'li'.-i lour fa'. h r m nui
i n- I . . ll'.l..
II n ( J e;i
. I llov.'
- W.ii m ,
"" "J "'"'
A deli-upienf. wilh into
t I
; rai-ytug Ins ii a I 1-i ;li :.n I with a :
j loin p;.' i -n..'. u.; air. I'-iotni; to tl..:
j ci. ! !: who is lead n ; him iy the
i a: m. I.e -a.. ' : "Allow hmi to pa , ; he
j is w .t h In -"
i "'II. at i; imt more than halt the coin-
p " It lull,
si. it tumid o:
.!. I play tin
ltd. ah, I fact i d
; i,e piano .s'uol.
' u . ' "Yts,"
!y, "pi .y the rest by all me in ; p.uy
nil I ho lets v i u r in I'm J."
Jli-.. N , how reiil.l you think
tin'. 1 ha I i v el said ni ion. puny that
mu mi" stupid, .pile the coi'i.r.,
u l.eiiev i y our li uu : w.iS tic oi I lone I I
in a'vvay.i the only out; who didn't say
I An agricultural jiirini io.:vi.-"-:
! "il.ii.d your uwn bimes." When n man
I i in siii-li a coiiditi oi that lie ho has no
IniihiT ii-c for his bin"-, ho is alto,
ig'ther tuo cxhauste I to jg t i n . I them,
t 1 Ie sniiad line "guilds his 1,-eti,," but
! theie he draws tlio lino in lb; iniilel' "f
i si if- l.'Oio gi il.diiio.
A ( ..n's ( lire lor 0!i-d!y.
I"i 1 1 r Ihe t.nal was oi.cu li.n!iiig
ini o"iii! o in a alt id Fin bind, i i--t
loll'pl' led, whell' ll" II I leilt.cr.
Soiiie naval ii.nk. lb nu t mi ovii-lal
man who told him I." wi, going to S'.
I'elersl.iiig. "Wh..t f"' ." Slid
Iho (Var. "fo r oi-u't a do. Our
iihuiit my fit, which hn bc-oni' very
oppifssive." "Iti yoii know any duc
loi there!" "No.'' " T ien I w .11
g!V" ymi a word to my fn.'.n 1, lhi.:iM
MeinclnkolT, mid ho wn! iitrolu.-o ymi
lu one of the F.mper.'r's physicians."
The tiaveler went to the Piiuee'.s hoiisn
with a hoc '. The answer vi as not do.
laved. The next day, lied hands uu I
feel, the p -or man wasdiagged oil' on
a cull to the mines. Two years alter,
Peter the (treat was visiting tho iu nc;
he had forgotten tho nlvontura ol tho
ov r- fat man, when suddenly a miner
tliiew down his ph k, rushed up lo him,
mid b'il iit Ins feel crying: "Ol u e,
glilirl what is it I have door!'' Peter
lookc I nt him asUmislied, until he re.
tiiembrrcd the story, and Slid: "Oh,
I so I lint is you? I hope yuu are plea-ed
w"" "" "I"
II nv thin nnd
slight you have bee t
Y"'.i m e ipl to
delivered of your ovei Lit; it ii a !iit
rate cu e. (!, an 1 lemoml'i i that
i. ...I.. I.... . .,,.', I. o, Ml ...ni.
I ' J 1
Coinpl i in t .
A ( 'MM' Plea tn a King.
King L". pold of ll jgiiru is lh" hero
cf a pt ell -, story. Son" six veant ago
n seam ui named Frank .Mn.no ib sin iiil
from iht! steamer lihiiilaul a! Pa in,
dolphin. lie was lately arr-ited nt
A'lttveiplot 'hii oll.'iie', ,'i'id heavily
senten. el, v hereupon his In lie niece,
l!:ssi,. K nil, wioie to the 1 n ', be
seeching Ier mule's r lea .-. This,
lelttr relate I (hit six yetrs a ;o In r
aunt wis dying, and that her only
prayer was that tho might livo to fro
her biotlier Frank, who, on nrrivinrr
an 1 he.uiiig this, entroate I of his rap.
tain per miss ion to visit Iut, which
bring denied him, he tleserle I. Liitlo
H'ssio gnivcly conclude I : "Your
Mijosty, it yoiih.nl been in liis plm-o,
would not you have tbuie the siiiii'? I
hope you will pardon I'ue'o Fiauk fir
le. citing nnl nie fur wn! ng. ' Not
oig nft 'i war 1 the child riceived a
i er fi. in a high ollicid, saing that
i.e offender ha I b -eu rel".a I, " nit of
i oinplimeiit to his Majesty's lit 1 13
friend,