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lITTSn)U() CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCi-LMIiii. 11, 1890.
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Equal In Hie Gime.
Crrrsiis is di-ud .- rrnmve liis roho
And strip linn uf liU gold;
The reaper gi im lias nunc for him,
IIib fnrni in still iiikI in el.
Hie ciiiiiM'ii sin iiii I nn ceased In flow,
Tin' haughty lie il is lying low.
He's iloiie Willi worldly pomp mid sliuw,
Hi re ret. liia i'hIm li-s 'iioul'l.
Vp"ii yon birr n pauper lies.
HI sen) has l i ken Hi .lit :
111- senseless el ly wear no display
All. 'lis n sorry sight,
liis unsuccessful mui-sr Is rim,
Willi tribulation In' in done.
His l' rfret rest is jut lirgun--
1 lie rest 'f death's !oli It ir II t .
Lay this Plic In Ins marblfi tomb
And yon our In the ground ;
O'er this a slali ly slisft uproar,
O'er Unit 11 simple mound
Hut whiili will sleep the sweeter slcp--M
liii li litst shall Lnak Die silence dii-p?
All, liny arc rcpial in lentil's keep
Till Cialirii'l's trump shall smiii-l.
- Krauk II. Welch, in lr.ikr'.s M ignzlne.
rOPvTY MINUTES LATE.
li V I M'lJIT .. II WNKS. I. P.
"Tlio most fearful accident (lint
ever li ippen on a locomotive?" oi,lmoil
the engineer, ( ii ikl ni round at in".
Tl.e In uve m:i!i was a member of my
J a i-li. nml I was filling nt his (ea
table. After a inoineiit'a thought, In-
u-hed hark hi chair, for tlio frugal
incnl wii- finished, iiinl Icmki'd hard nt
his wife, li wan a tin ions ga.e of 1 1 i .-
honest eyes. :tli( tlio IhiIv met his
fiances with an almost pathetic cn
licaly: 'l'oiiol tell il I" written on
her kind faro.
"She dmi'i like to think of it," Im
lesumcd 1 , 1 1 u 1 1 " i : : at the same time !
l:p shook 1:i. k li i' hni!,' iiair thai fell j
In nini'i Mi l- the lift side of his ;
blow, iiiiiini'i iii;' a blush'iig; scar, and j
revealing (h it In- had been disinclii- j
Imird i'f an nr. "T'.ut I inn not so i
bud a lock hp fellow after all," In' !
Mid In f :.', In' (Mis singnl.u ly line- i
looking. '
"Il is our of thrso im-morics," his :
Tift' inn 1 1 upli d. ilsing, "lliat one;
frill' to ifmll. Hut. ihnnk ftort, it
will hi- no iiimr lielv to occur again
for Hii- telling of it, and ho may 1 i I it
wiiilr I pin tii- hoy ( lii'd ui'st.iiis." ;
"Il "On- "f I ! .i - a. cidi'liU that 1
fiotliini i 'mi pi i ni." i omiiiii d the rn
piint'i. Nil f hi r-i.lil inn t; i a I 1
Buiiin-t i!i'- li'-lil . i thw vthioli llii'hot ',
pf sti-i l 'i.ni.''iiiii - h'ul' s in its o n :
falfto Iii- ii I. li- i in ik ..I- slml'i ,
evo forjre wi'.l iiiim-l itn.'-1 Im-ak on n
Iti-anii r in mi.' can. S of a ron-lirrtiii-iiiil
"'i (-nil- of drivers.
Now I think tlif tlii.ii; I am g"ini lo
t! yon i ll.r tiiit li-rrilir aoriilonl j
Unit ran lia;.'i"i "ii a Im omotiic, hr
rnusc ii i- li e i -l I e i r rxpci irinril.
It woiki-d I1 r tit -1 liavor and sraird
nil' ni' re tha i anv ollior I ovor went ,
lllionyli I i iiii'i't rot over the diead
Df it I'U'n i , mid pi-i halily never
dull. ""til. nii' tliii- man miht ciii.rle
Oul lili'- I.el a the "orsl."
1y t ; i-i .l -l .'!- Mm-, as li? did t' lit
allli"-t I I ai ihiv, tl,i; l'nl t train that
(penl- hetWi '.i lvo laii;i' eiiio. Al
Olio i nd 'ol llulil. ll:t' 1 1 : 1 i 1 1 in
(il'line.l lo li:.viin- a loii tunnel.
Mi.lion.it itiplc p: tin onuli (hat
tunnel j c.u ly in pei l'i rt safely. Itii(
if they ki.ew ihe hail hi oadl li t'srapes :
pf the liil f'-v yriirs, and i sprein'ly
during its c .i intion, rvrn now
tlicy niifilit not always sit so i-iimfurlH-bly;
hut ihi In''' of app'.iimrrg Inivo
lomrwliat les'eiK'd the ilanoi.
"When we were leady to leave t lie
depot nt , tin new general maim-
per of the division rami: almifr down
the platform uiih tin.- iijM-nt. and was
inlrodiired to me. I pulled oil' my
grca")' cap, and wis ahout to ;ol
down, when he said: '.NeTcr mind;
that ho wan uii nsr to run in with n. '
"Of roui -c. 1 i lleied him his rhoirr
of sriils, as you wouldn't lo your own
father; tor w Ini-ver rides in the rat',
be inns! make a siand up or the tire
man's box, if the fellow i eood-na-lurrd
rnoiiyh lo iH"i- it . A hi otlirer,
like llm lii in i 'r. was dill'i'i-ent, linw
tver, and I jjave him u tiling. 'I'o
lell the trulli. I was irlieved to know
his errand s onlv to ride; for tlii
Knlisli jM'iill.-inaii, a kiiiman of our
big owner, had (iron liiinin up lots
of good mm. II" seem"d to think we
American! eould i'l mike fnt time,
and lie forgot llial our machines ami
car aie heavier, our roads not
stiiiij;lit as the Knjili'li- I
'"We are forty minutes late,' lie
Mid a lie straddled in front of Ins j
fire-liox nud roii-ulied Im wnteli.
Thh on -urs aliotil every day . my man.
more or loss, and i s ahout li;.,e the
btamed pin. tire was .topped.'
" TrAllir i heavy in October, sir,
1 said, ti finv ! smile my prettiist.'
' ('!! you diive (hi. machine in on
time?' he kind o' growled at me.
"I fcave him a 1 1 a! ankee tnrc
back for a moment, ami Ihvn my blood
Wan up. That iviii ten vear ngn, be
fore I ,id an wife and babies. It
1 wife, babies, ten eai s and a ditch
9r two that takea the dare-devil out of j
ft locomotive engineer. At first a man
knows- r.o fear, but any of the afore
metitio.icd lhin;fs kind o' tempers liim
dntvn. Ilo can't keep his pluck up an al
lir.-t. do what he will. My wife, by
the way, was evpeciiujr me to come
round with the minister to be spdrcd
ll week from that very day. Hie had
sent out some wedding- cards rather
showy for humble folk lo do The
weddinu had to be deferred," and lie
tried to smile na lie leferred to that
incident, though it was evident that
llio remembered tragedy wn begin
lrng to overshadow bin own manly
face, n it had liis w ife's before slio
left us. "'Well, pastor I ju-t frowned
on tlio Kiilisbmaii and sh'hI: 'if
you'll elioose which seat jou'il take,
iiiul let my tireman tret in some of his
woik, we'll ahow you what the Saga
more i a:i do when she is mad.'
" '1 will take the sink, r's box,' lie
said; that's IjiIm-Ii for tiicman,' j ou
know. And he climbed up, robing a
rijjureile and licflilin it with ft funny
kind of a foreign machine iu his
hand.
'I started hep easy, fell my ears all
(ret bold. It was before llie days of
solid trains and rouplers. We pulled
ten ears. We had a inuuf seventy
four miles schedule time two hours.
I was to run it in one hour i ml twenty
minutes. There ivci-n to be three
slow-up? and one ib-ad halt nt a
div.wer. That would .uive me most of
the miles iu iilioui -i x i y seconds. I
of en d i lb it 1' r a mile or two; every
fa-l train di- every day. Hut si v-enlv-fom-sui
h mile- are mighty try ing
ou ii machine, and nigh on to th- end ! )y j4 (.idisianlialci by the e.uiduc'or of
yon doii'l know wlial minute the poor j ,,..,; r w ,. , , , , a-ked iiif .uiia
oid creature may break le-r ii'-arl on I
ye. "Were there many injured?" I
"I looked the agaiit'-ie over as I ! added, iu the pau-e that followed bis
took her out o' the shop-- I always do j (.'inclusion.
that with my own eyes; bin if I had "ou'task me-yes. Thank .iod,
know n w hat we were lo try on, I'd j I'm alive ! Now, Mollie," aildn -s-ing
given those connecting-rods more at- wife, who ju-t eiilered, "I've told
teutii'ii. We used lo wedge them ou , t 1;i t siory for the last time except in
the w heels ; you have sei n the steel i ,,v prayers." The Ledger,
kevs? Now-.i-ilav.s they an) fastened -
in (he simps so the men can'l wedge
theiu too tiglit, every station or two.
It is tli' new way of fastening that
cause llie ringing noi-e that yon now
hear as the big drive-w le- ds p is you.
I lid vou never notice?
"Wi II, 1 soon began to feel of her j days, mid the clerks are coiislanlly
wind. Sin- w a not long iu making i bii-y cut Iii up money orders and drafts
that liiemi'n's box too uneasy for my ! sent from America to the poor. These
g. neral manager. Ilo d.iueed like a ' come usually in amount of from .5
toy man. Then h ! clu-ed the w indow j to ; sL1.r. The eagerness with which
ahead. Tlrnbe shut llie one at his j thee remittances are i xpeoted is g reat.
side, and bracid his legs. Then be Indeed, Canon Keller, tlie mnsl ilisiin
let the windows alone, though they ' gui-hed rlrrgyman in the south of
rattled open, and he lost his hat which ; Ireland, said that the remit tauces from
the fireman e iiight en llie baggage- It ieli girls in Anurica has paid (he
car brake; Im! Mr. Manager could rent on the lVu-onliy cst.iie for the
not let go his rliitch on the seat to re- past tweniy years. The mail roules
place bis hat. The Ins! was a'tl coal- ' all over llie Utile (ireeii Isle lire tnalu-
dul, H'ij w ay, to il was put into the
tooi-eliest. Now we were just Hying
I never took my eyes oil ihe iron, but
oul of the corners t l my eves- I saw
how- distres-cd lie wa.
"lie undertook lo holler siunething,
hut 1 pai 1 no atleiiticu. The tireman j head in place ol' a, -haul, and wi'.Ii a
shoved in the sprinklings line; he , Idler in her hand direel-d to her
knew exactly how. l-'iring is half the jover or brolli -r in llie Western l'.ldn
bailie in n big run. Well, we wen- ; rado, America. Iu iinny case these
going so well that I was aftrrw aiaU ! eiils had Walked barel'ooled for four
lol l th.. paymaster's car, which we ! ,. five miles to ititctcept the mail car.
were pulling home, rould not keep the ; Ui foip ,-omiiig lo llie crossroad tho
diiiiier-dishes on the table 1 No, air! i driver would bl.)W a long blast mi a
Twice, going round cnrvi's. every di-h 1 i'Hh born to warn ihe wailing gil ls
the boys had wa swept on llie Hour. : that be was oniiua. Without stop
If we bad bad dining-cars in int- ' j i,it,o- the luux- he would h au from bis
davs. wouldn't the soup have been j ...m, snatch the letter held up to him,
spil'c 1'" ! and ijo ou at top speed. As the jaunt-
"I should have thought your con- j, ,..u. rattled into Calway iie, ex
dui l'ir inigbt have int. rfered," I siig- r!aimed:
peslnl. "If it were not for the colleens'
I ex peeled lie would." was the re- j leih.-rs, sir, this cur wouldn't be tlruv
ply. "Mut a time went on. ami our over that road the morrow. New
rale grew simply fearful on the pas- i York Sun.
singer-, I knew well enough the con- j
du. tor had been s,l(tad as wi ll as the ! ,!aiU T,.'l l raU
rest. No; he told mi! afterward that
he simply sat down and said his pray
ers. Hut to )f.i ou ; I saw that we had
made up twenty -eight minutes, then
thirty, then Ihirtv-ihree beiii; only
seven minute belli id Km there we
hung. She could not incrca-e her lead,
do my be-t.
'I kl.ew then that we should soon
lupin lo lose again, for 'he was heat
ing. Whether the boxes vime luoging
on the cars or e gine I could nut be
sure. Then too, r minht have beeii
the curves; nt all im-uis we were lug
ging and losing. We fed oil' I cal
culated ouie tiie minute, when we
struck tin tunnel. Il w,a-a heavv rail
and a stiHieht traeL llieie and I i
pulled her ilea,, out for lore
1
spurt.
live or die. as we ,!,. hod into '
the euitn an I darkness of ih.it long
hole. In there yon can't snyiliing
but signais. I he S gamnir answered
me for just oiie plunge. !!ut the next
inslanl, cia-h! i.od help me! The
whole side of the cub wa flying iu
splinters. I knew what lli..t meant. I
jumped from my ca; in limit of ihe
lire box.
Thee, under my ctt, was ti c J
general inanaci. Ilo had been mer
cifully knocked in inMead of out, but
lie was sons('!c-s. My iliiyer held
their rml vet, but I knew llu' strain
could m hist
without snapping
llial rod. loo, ns 1 could not lii.il tlio
throltli! lo shut her oil'. It was so
ipieer iilioui that throtlle. I turned
round and round trying to find it; I
kept turning lo the left. I thought 1
had an i xlia eye just over my oar,
and my other two ejea were blind.
The new eye showed inc h beautiful
clear light, but not tho throttle.
Round and rouml that fearful steel
hammer, the broken rod, kept clash
ing and touring out the. shreds of the
cab on that side. Tlini the other one
twisted, which threw old Sagamore
lump in'o the granite wall.
"We were nil piled up there, dark
as pitch all about, and finally s.ill.
Now, the curious thing a unit it all is
(hat with my new eye over my ear I
actually read tin- time by my watch,
and we were only seien ininules late.
Yes, sir, we bad made up thirly-three
minutes in the twenty-four miles, slow
ups ami stop included; and a minute
more would hav.i brought us to the
station. I ju-l yelled ! : 'How's that,
old KnglUh?' und my new eye seenii-d
to jro i ut in dark lie--."
The new rye w as the re-ult of a
fearful ga-h on i he side of tho hea-.l,
from the elici ts of which the poor man
lingered on the borders of death for
ueelis. That post polled the wedding.
The J miliar rlh-ct of that blow on ii;e
heiul lie wiiler cannot explain, but
! the lad that he read hi- walth corn t-
( hi isliiins l etters in Ireland.
The hardest woiked public otli.-ials
ill Ireland during the Christinas' holi
days are (he Post Olli.e clerks. The
Post Oilices and baii':s in the ho per
towns are kept open ile.ring the holi-
ly supported by tin- postage on lell'-is
sent to the boys mid girls in America.
The winter rode from Curraroe tc the
town of (ialway ou (lie mail car.
At every crossroads (here was a col
leen w ith a white iii -.iicoat over ln-r
A M. Loins civil engineer, saya the
(!lobe-Ietnoerat, says die rails on th,.
St. Louis bridge were never stationary,
but constan'.ly crept lo the east that
is. iu the direr; ion of the heaviest
travel. The rate of progress, be said
was about 'Ji'O feet in the year, or
would be if the rails were permitted
to ereap as they p!caed, which, of
course, they me not permitted to do.
Il reminded him of a hill iu south
west Missouri, over which a turnpike
road whs constructed, mid. do what
they would, the people could not keep
llie road up and dow n the sides of
that bill in good condition. The stones
would creep to the bottom, a :d iu six
! moulds the road would be as bad as
''ver- 'Htey finally had to lake up tho
i i i i i.... .i
K''"r' ,M"""" ",m 1 " I""' 1 '
W illi good-s:ed blocks of rough stone.
A tientle Hint.
I-'atlier (entering parlor al niidnigliC)
-Here i (he pitcher, Llhel. You
i -in get one ijuart of milk when the
man conies this morning.
Libel Why. pa!
I'.iiher And ge; an extra half dozen
rol s. I lur-uuie (ieortre over llicra
hk,., lhpn j,. broakfa-t Kposh.
I'lilLDKEVS fOI.l'MX.
Tlip mil. AM' Im 1-'sy (AT.
The owl aii'l llie piiy '.ent In hi,
I In a liiMiiiiful lien-are. : 1 .i t ;
-n,,., ,,,!; .,,. i, j iuid plenty of mcmy
Wr.ippe-I in livr-p iiiiiu note.
Tin- owl .n,ki il up tu tin -l irs al.ove
Ami Mm,' to a small jriiiiar.
"(I ln-i ly pilsy, U iusy, my love,
Wlnil a Lea itiful pussy y.iu ure."
I'u-sv aid to tin- owl : -Yon elepint fnnl,
' ll'iw . liai uiiniy sin i t yi.'i bin !
oh! hi us he married, I'm Im we have lur
ried :
lint what shall we do for a riny'''
Tin y Mill, d aw .y fur a year uud a day,
T-i Hie laud where llie bong tree gnuvs;
And there in a wood a pTs'y wix slu.nl,
Willi a ring ul tin- eii l of his nose.
"I'ii:. are you i!liii;r to -i ; tor a shillin-.'
our rinn'r" .-aid tin- 'i(;, "I -11."
S.iili.-v look i' :ih a; . and were married le-xt
day
I'.y llu turkey licit lives on tin- hill,
i l.i y liine.l on niiiii i- and siii es i f .iiini".
Which t'. ey ute with a rtmcih'e spoon ;
An. I hand in II li I on lie- c. !(.' of llie -att'l,
Th.-v il.ii.ce I bv tin- iirht o( llie iimnii.
I tin. I i'l ian ni: w imi-ii i.r.
i The roi an or wiinl-barp is a very
i
' simple niii-ical instrument which pro
' ilmv. harmouioii- sounds when placed
j iu a current of wind. It is made by
: stretching ei-jhl m- ten strings of cai
gul ali lulled in uui-oii over a wooden
: box formed generally like a sloping
lie k. The sounds produced by the
li-ing mid fai.ing w ind in pas-ing over
the strings are of a drowsy ami lulling;
character. Any boy. or girl cither,
for that matter, w illi a fair share of
! mechanical ingenuity, can make one of
these harps nud by plating it in an
o e:i window have slrange -wcrl
! music w l enevi-r the wind chooses, to
i play upon il. 1 1 ii U'oil l i re l'rcss.
i v r.ic w r. vu ni; ruiv i .
I When t iiisiav us Atlolphus, son of
, liii-lavils Vu-a. King of Sweden, was
(inly live years old, he was w alLing
' one evening in a meadow willi the
; ladies who had charge of Ikiii.
Happening to si e some thick iiinb-r-1
growth, the Utile boy ran toward the
place as fa-l as lie c uild. As Ids at
tendant did im! w ih him to go there,
they called out llial Ihe plac' was full
of vipers and suaki s( w h cli Would
: ceilainly kill liim.
1 "t.ive me a slick, i! en," be .-aid:
' "I will go and kill tin tu, so that they
may do no more harm lo any one."
The liitic fellow then 'ook a strong
stick and went bravely into the wood,
; hunting everywhere for the reptiles;
1 but. of c utr-e, he did not find anv
fur llieie were none to be found.
1 New York .Ijiin ill.
.n is i ii a r i iiii.t'iti s i v m ur.
1'eiiw ipi is and b okuiarks are very
pretty and can be in ulc by i bililrcti.
lor a penwiper take thiee or l-'iii-small
oval pieces of chamois skin.
'Kxir.u-ts from the pn of " can
be in-iiKed on the top layer ilh a col
ored pencil. 1 'ut a 1 v of ribbon
whole llie lay els are i. .1 together,
and ihrong.; tlii bow it: a iiiiii cut
in the shape of a pen. W.a o liii:-!i. d
it is odd but pretty.
S.uel rolls are very u-eful to lay
n.-i '-s a book to k cp i: i pen when
laid on ti e table, also mi a piano to
keep a book open whi.i is playing
fi oiu it. A mail roll can be made of
pliisli, silk of woolen, wi:h some de
sign painted or embroidered on il. If
v ou Use plush, lake a piece nine iucln s
lmig and four und mie-'alt inche
wide. Stitch it up lengthwise, gntl-er
up one end, make n bag tilled with
sand, slip inside the p!uh, gather up
the end and tini-li with a bull tassel al
both ends. New York Press.
vv i; a vi.tt i-.ii;is.
The weaver birds of I'.engal pos
sess most surprising power as build
ers. Their iic-t are bung from the
branches of high trees, and generally
out over streains where they aie e.
cure from reptile- and bird of picy.
The opening of the nest is at the
bottom, ami from llie side of the gen
sral tube the net proper is exieiulc'l
outward and dow uwai d as n pom-li.
Tnere is a series of these pouches,
from (wo to live iu number, cadi de
signed for a female bird. The nests
of the males are attached to the same
general tem or lulic, but nie liku an
inverted cup.
The nests are woven of the same
color of grass, and il is said that onu
new pouch is added to llie general
nest each year, but the point of junc
tion cannot be determined by the most
skillful examination. A singular fact
is the presence of a glow-worm iu the
nests of llie females. ball of clay
is afti od to I he wall of the nest and
the glow-worm i attached to llie ball.
They arc, it is claimed, intended us
torches for the nest. When dead they
arc succeeded by others, and may then
become food for the bird. .V won ler
ful piovideiu-e is manifest in the in
stinctive skill of these birds. New
Orleans Picayune.
j BUFFALO WALLOWS.
I
; They Were Once Familiar Ob-
j 'C; on Osi r Prairk's.
.-low tlio Quoor Dopressions
VVoro Formed. j
A bull. do wall '', onco one (if the ,
nio-l lit mil ai objects on the pi:erii-,
is a eircu'ar (h-pres-iou, having a
diameter of from six lo thirteen feet :
the avei.-ige, perhaps, about twelve
feet. Iii a proaeh!i!g a large 1 1 id
dining the -uiniiier the first iiuLi-a'ioii ;
of Ihe pre-eiiee of llu' huge aniiuaU
was an iii:inet,-e i Ion I . f dusl ri-iiig
bi-.li iu lie- air. fur the ball i,", as do
Ilia II of I he wild l a-t s. love . to i i i
in tin- fn.o -..nd ,,; dirl. w bil l, b" fur
llis'ie in di.-::ilig .1 hp w illi hi- ln-l II-.
I.ii-.e a bull in iii- w idow." w .is ou e
I'm .jin-iii s.r. ing on li e piaiiis. and it
bad a Very siuiiil'r anl meaning w-i'h
llll'se U ln had ever M illie- .I'd a hiliul-
bull eiii!e:i oi ing to . ooi hiin-i if ' -li' in
li wailou.
Many -.",is ago. il tl" call;, d ij -of
travel on the gi,- il pi a ii-. tl.e Hav
el el beiieved (l.e-e curious rings lo
have been made by the Indian in their
ilanci s, bul th" i h a .cvailc I for a
slioii lime. The bull i ', w Ii i-e baii
is reiii-i-. I.ahlc for i1- iiHen-e sbagiii-h-l-.e-s
nml Ihicki inns! iiece-s u iiy
sull'-r severely f i mil tl.e heal , i. nd I'u n
Il ' Will -ee'u the !oe-t glolllld Oil the
prairie, wi ere there h.. been a liille
. 'a:;naiit waur b-fl. if le- can lind ;! ;
Of colli--- tin' UI' llll-l I'cillg o' lit; le-
tie 1 -.1-1 gr in-, i! i iiu ea-y ni i'Ii - for
l.illl lo lni'.c .1 1:1. id pllddie "f he
spot ill a o-i-v sb" I !mi -. lb- ai-eoiu-pii-hes
this by g. liinir down on
one knee, imui: h;s .-1 1 1 1 horn-,
and :it la-l liis he.,, . iuio the t arlh.
atid he s make, an i .--:iV.iil"n into
w hi -h water -lowly lia.-i s.
This ma! e, a relatively .o d b-rh-wheie,
lliro-.Vitlj liiui-i'.i on hi- -ideas
Hat a. In cm. I. roll- f .f.-ioly a;- iiu I
and. iv i' h hi- b-ii n- and liuaii'.ii" i r up
ll:e groiiiid in- l.i lo'arv In 'lam. sink
iug deeper and deeper, coiiiiiiu-iily
making the w ilb'W lari;.-!-, whidi tills
with wa'i r, in wiii.-li ,a 1 -ngih he be
cmiies completely iuiiii'-r-ed. the waier
nml mini, mixed to tin- con-i-;. ncv of
mortar, envoi iiur him p i I'cclly, chahg
ing his co .- and gem rai appearance.
When he ro-e ihe mud dripped in
gn at streams fi om t v--ry part of hi
huge body, a horrible looking inon- cl
ef mud and liglilte--, loo lenib.e In be
accurately ilc-i-ri'ocd.
It wa- genrra.ly the leader of llie
herd who to,.U up m i im-eif the bu-i-lie-
of niikiiii ih" wal.ow. or if he
found unoti.er had coiiimenced the ex
c va-.imi li" would dr.ve him away
and wallow until he was sali-tic i.
staiidiiig in a tiiii-. of mud and water
iu llie bole unlil h" g"l ready to give
the others a chance. It was always
the 1 1 o I in coum-.a-id w ho stood ready,
and when h.- came mi-, iiu- next, who
u. ham el in hi- mi n. mi l o on ac
cm. ling to ..ink in.i-1 all b i I t' 'i--forined
their ai'lui lot... I'lvip.eu'.ly a
hundred or tiri.v w.ul.l pMtieiitly wad
to'-ir in rn. cie li "lie muK-ug t'ic wal
low ali lli laiger. and c:u i ing oil a
shai e of it. inn 1. wliiii. diving to a
W hiti-ii color, ad ii a 1 v . .1 oi.
Il ie.iii-cil ai.oii- h.n f an b uir to
make a di -a n! wallow, and the depth
was about two f'-et. l i wa'cr n il
lliiilly drain into hc-c holes, together
Willi its ai clilpnliv ing veg. table de
posil, and the rcsu.l : a r. inai K.ih'v
rich soil, where Ihe g' a- a: I vr-i
grow with a iuxiii-eiici' so ni .i I
that a bntl'alo wallow cmili diliu-gui.-lied
long before it i- re.i bi-d.
The prair.es ar.- covcied w i'.h C.em al'
civer lheceutr.il and iv-teni p.'r:i"us
of Kansas, where the plo-igh has m l
j et di-1 ill-bed llio pi i 1 1 1 c i V . so l.
The t'u-t thing a Kansas fanner decs
After a rain i- t" evainitie I he buliaio
wallows; if tiny ure lilad with wa'cr
the rain ha been a l-i '.1 one. and the
saving oinui.'ii in th it i eeloii, bobby
the individual and the low -papet is,
when sp. liking or w riling of a soak'iig
rain, "The b ;(1 iiu wallow-ai" full.'
When the vvca ber wa dry the biitlalo
had to content biiiie!f w ith In reiu
lniuulcd dust be coil'd make iu Ihe
bole, and, as (he wcat'iel- wasgenei--n'lv
dry. (In- whenab.ut- of a herd
could Usually be lo ae,l In i'.,. eiou l
of du-i ris'ng .-llu V il. Ivan-a. City
Mar.
Whr He Now Wear a Heiinl.
A well known lavvicr who lias al
ways laken col siderabie pride in the
ela-sir mold of his eleau-!iav ell face
uppe.i'rd al the ( oiility Courl II c
icniilly willi a weil-d-v eb'p'-d ;ro v lit
of very unbi coining be.nd. I.v. ry
fi end ion! he met wan i-d to know
why he d.d.i'l get -have I, and fin a Hy
lic c'l i a'cd bx'f n i!,.eii of llu in iu a
corner and lo'd iheni die ivivin,
He Ii 'd iu vcr ic ,i n l t ie art of
idiavinp himself and had always pat-
loiiied one bi.il.cr.
this barber di opped in
lellilig li.m llial lie i tl.i
li.c-morie ni', 'I lie
No I bug ngo
o Ihe li.t ill of
lavvy erj had a
lauver ibdn'l
min i inn
of 111 - "V.
nt hi ha:i,er ih. night
Uig as he shaved hi. 11
sat i -I'aciordy. Jtul hiving ui ver-d
llial l In- la w y el 's i y e w a. nii'-iiiel ic I hn
barber went a step funl.er, and once
in a while afier making a slip willi
his ia. i;- would explain tb -l it was
because In' WilS lli'sllicl iei si) that llO
did in.t know what ho was about.
Mailers went on thi way for a week
or ni, the barber in-i-ting that he was
incsuiei ied every lime the lawyer
bmki -I sijtiarely at him, and the law
yer taking il I'm- grained lliat the lie -iim
-1 i -i il business was a dodge of ihe
b.i' lire's lo evil-.' liic i a.-imial c!i;s
fi-. mi bi- ia- r.
A dill' rem a-pi e; was put mi the
ra-e, le.vevir, tl," 1 i I lime the barber
s.led hi- 1 IW.V IT CU-!'lol'-r. I.ellllillg
over him iifier Iu- li ol li n'.-iiftl he n:,.
el if ihe law vcr th"!o lit a man would
Ii. ex. 'i-able for cu'ling the throat of
one u.io iii'-iiiei i."-. h III. The lawyer
- ,:d be cer'.o'.dy would not be exeil--aloc,
and go: out of ihe chair as
jillckly as possilee. lie al't.-rwi.rl
li ar 1 that ih" b I ber 1 bee inn- it
perfect er.mk mi the subject of lues.
Illeii-lll. Ml I nothing will p'T-llll le
l.iiu that be di I not have a narrow es
cape, lie will pi-oh.ihiy g" to another
ba ber -.ouie I mi--, but a! pre-, lit l.i
l.erve- are -o shaken by ib i,ceur
leiiee that l e prefer I" wear an un
lit coming b.-ard to sitting down in
an v barb r's chair. Now York
i inc -.
llie Oslrich.
The Usui, ii belong to the
and moat pnwiiT'ui nieinli. is
lea: hi red tribe. 'I liey n: c
ririiiing birds,'' mi ai-cntit
gle il sj d nl f-i 't all I W e.i
wing. A bcl.'iigiiig
large. t
of tol"
cilied
of tie ir
,!iess ef
in this
oi ,1,-r hav .,i ly as -olid a- n,...,-
of a hnr-o. o.o.i- their w : ngs ar- -tn-l'.ielv
-liial,. Th'-v live in llie hot,
-i.n.y ii," ', is of Afr.i-a. In height
lie y iin-asi: v frolil six" to c'g.il feet,
tin' iiiali-s being; l..rger than lin-ir
ma es inn I of a ilaiker color. '1 in-ir
food cm:.! -: . ii : - i '.' of lie -y i d m 1 lis
Hoi: grow iu the
tl ..-ks. and are .
'tila-, girall'i
wli.cli i-ib -bit tl..
Tlii-ir lies! -:.ii
gr anel. ill wire!
:s They go iu
tiiix' ,1 up wish
other nniliiiii
ml
1 sandy
pl.i.-e
piali..
i in lie-
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -r of egg sin rounded by a en i e!
of cxtl-l egg.. Ih' sc egg- arc left to
the heat of the sun by day. but the
o. iri. -I. sit. upon t'n'iu at night. The
sti-i'tigth ot the "-I; "eh i u-iitlnl it
can ca-i.y carry : w in -n mi i.- back,
and it can s i lk.' :i blow p-nvei fill
enough t'i kiil a ib-g willi it- fo,.:.
ll ev-ii-e is i.oi and )i low. and
sounds a go nl d ii 'ike the roar of a
limi. The long and beau' if ii! i'.iuc.'s
have a!'i i.v In eii big' c v t.u.'.i i. r
orir-n .'
eac'.i i oi
.uvp
win-
id
Atii a.
Mark 1 w tin t iiiiviiirr I.
A slot v i. .il. I lli.il ou mi.' iie.-i-i o
1 lii'.l'.cs I'-nlh-y Warn.!-, w ho i liru-h-bor
:i:id friend in Mink I'w aiti, wanted
Li in to go 'liking, and M ill. . a -.li d,
ir fused. Ji.id.i-y ii.-i-od. but !.i no
p .i-i
oil o. gb! to do il," h.' -a d iiu-il-ly.
"II'.. according I . "".-riplure."
"Ni' 'M irk-!i' p i'l, -l-inaii' c:n-s!-
IlilK ll inc." 1'e; i e l i!ie VV ii Il'.llli'l'-
i. Wiien-'s our iiillho. itv ?"
Tin- lif:li ,- a;,ie.- i.f 1 illliew.
yer-e th" I n ti-lir-t. ' said Mr. War
ner, w hi'-h trad thn.: -A'-l u I,,.
ev i-i- -hail ei-in; "i thee e,, a ua, (
W ..'l 1 1 1 lit. 'I'W 11:11. ' "
Mr. Cieiiii'ii went with Mr. W.-.tmr
ibal time.-- W a-h n! 'ii " ar.
Mil ii in ing iu iliile.
o!:il:e. ol t 1 1 1 . 1 111 I e I'l U 111 Plight iii
Cola i lind a fruitful In Id I : l!n-;r
etbet-. Among tl." .ry p or h.
ht'. deiiminl an- ii.i.gei her bcvoiul
their pur-e. an-1 the jails are being
lib ed iu con-cijiu-iiri . ll i- ici.,iiv.l
.hat in Seoul (very one .-hail dress in
while for a fixed letigih of lime after
the oceiirreiice of death. orn.- of tin,
poo t-r classes ai e Illie W i I li d.lli' lilt v
lo coniily with ih-' rcipuremeiil. I'.ut
ii:ln r li fofiiiita;.' ra not pos-iMy
run 1 ol ii i . mnl i in iie i . il rly they ap
pear ill Ibesir-et jo any other ths.il
llii prescribe I garb Inn ice iii rc:.' !
and sent to jab. N.w ol k .l.oil Hal.
itli Kipial Fuse.
Tom ('an you lend ni" ten dollars,
1'rid:
I H i - My dear boy , 1 can lend ln
Ib'-u-aii'l a- ca.ily an I can leu.
I , iu (oM-rvvbeaneil )- o ki"d of
yoi;. ni, fedow. but ten will do thi.
lime.
Pied So' ry, 'J oin, bin 1 iu d''in3
brokf . I Yankee Blade.
You'll Hae t-o I'ty.
You in y jew and screw y.iur iieilibor oat
0. every cent he owes ;
V'lii may fry the bit or life aw ay, anil leave
1, :in but the holies;
You liny kick tin; liiiib'rp'iilii'.iii "lit from
those who try tor im!)
Y to il.in.-s tin t promise hitter; yu may
-pi ml y mi r leisure 1 inn'
r.ivviiig interest irom others till your purse
is f.it mill strung.
Till yoiir rre.l.t i. i-itabli-hed uml vuur bunk
a-. .nut is. lung:
Thai's a'l true ;
1! it in o k ymi 1
(si im time or n lii-r. em sure as tie' day,
Jiisiiiv will eoiiie and you'll liave to pay.
liuriil New Y-ilvf.
1ILM0K0LS.
A slrapping fellow tho school.
maicr.
It taki s tho slot maebinu to tin n mi
honest penny.
Old you ever notice bow openly tho
oysii-r man dors his Work.
"I w ill now get in my grate -work,"
said the housemaid a.s she built Ul
file.
Tt arlicr "Now, can any of tho
pupil- t"ll mo what is ill -ant by tho
nave of the church?" Itl ight Hoy
The man w ho lake up a collect! n."
Whangie "So Peck is dead, is ho?
What wi-re the old fe. low's last
words!"' Jangle "He didn't have
Miy. 1 1 i.- wife wa-; with him when ho
.Ml have heard of men traveling On
tlieii -niiiside and on their shupo, bet
from Ihe fact that there has been many
a -rud-ruci! one may conclude that tuey
i.rc now traveling on their heads.
Mr-. I lingo "1 want to get some
pie lt!es." !.'ili'SlilUli "Ye llla'uin.
How will tln'si? ib 1' J ju-t s iid ha f a
ib '.en to y mi- next diior iieigbbor."
Mi . li ngo -If liiut's li.c cu-e 1 pucss
1 w on't need an. ."
A good thing for Tntnniy. "Well,
Tommy, I'm gl d to see j-oii are get
l' ig along -o much better at school,"
said ihe young man's uncle. "You
I ave gone a whole week without
being whipped, li'ivin't you?" Yes,
ev; teacher's got a lame .shoulder.''
"Mamma, where do the cows yet
tie ir milk?" asked Willie, looking up
fiinii tin- foaming pan of inbk which
be li.il been ill.C-lillv legardiliij.
" Whei e d i ymi get yoitr fears?" was
tl.e iin-vver. After a thought fill si
lence Im again broke out: "llu the
cow.- l. ive lo be spunked, tlu'll
Ileateii to il Muniiiiy.
Tin' phrase "beaieu t a mu"iiuy"
has been familiar lo me from my
youth up. and 1 have always under
stoo 1 it us be ilen to u jelly, ll.ios it
not lefer to the iiiedii-iu.il sulistaneo
formerly known as iiinnimy, which
kept its place iu our dispensatories
im: ii pretty late ill tin' last century?
h was variously composed and not al
v.i of the same emi-dste imc, but iu
g in : al appearance Woaid probably
resein', i hut ef -"ft pi-cli. I speak
ii. iw -'f :!ie sp: . i. kitii's. which wero
;i ',:
ou.ni- ' Lveii tho
iu.'iC- so:
ssar.lv Lj
w ere
ian.
however,
Penal,
in li.
;i e i'. "s Lin.
i.imis tor tho
lialltll lllclls.
di.
conij'iisi. inn of mini my liom human
llesli e.xpn -sly to medicinal purposes,
lie lecotuiiieiid certain parts only of
I lie b id v to be used, and these to bo
i! led. Uld'-i-lilled. uud spiced nut of
a i iikeiu as to their im.ural condition.
Mummy so prepared entered into a
glint variety of '-balitis" uud other
ii.riii. .nils, for which I'eiiicher in his
ri'Tii 'iidiHg chupter g .vi s recipes rom
old writers. Some of these have the
con. Mency of i i!, ollirrs that of an
oin in-nt. It i clear, from llie reference-
iu Nines, ibal in our own conn,
try mummy and its preparations were
am ii known, and from the -make
1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v of my tb'sli," which Naret
iiioies from an old p! iv, to "beaten
to a iniiiuiiiy" i a natural ami an easy
step. ; Notes und l.liirries.
A biioil Word for W arming-Pans.
Tnere is mi old-time iiistiitition that
ought to be revived, and that is the
wa liiiiig-pan. One an hoC'ty saya
that, iiocordinir to medical protest
ngaint damp or eld beds, warming
pans should come into fasliimi again.
One medical writer anvs: "Not only
tLe tiiest, but the family often suffer
the penalty of sleeping in cold rooma
nud chilling their bodies at a time
when they need all their bodily heat,
by gettinjr between cold sheets. Kven
in warm summer weai her a cold, dump
bed will t;et in its deadly work. It ia
a needless peril, and the neglect to
provide dry rooms and beds ha in it
the element! ot murder ami sireide."
People crawl into ihe chilly ahcets and
spend an limn in "geitiiijj the bed
arm," when the warming-pans would
put them into a cosy bed that wou'd
give them w si nub instead of taking it
from them. Cincinnati Commercial
li suite.