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VOL. XIII.
IMTTSIiOl.O CHATHAM CO., X. (, FKIil. I'AI. Y I8.il.
NO. 27.
For Urgor h.!h rTi"i'iii( iit iio. ml ifn-
llll'tj -V I 1 1 .If 111 i ll'.
Woinnlil Knof.
"Olvrt up your ri!le-'." St. ru rnd c'i :t
King out tin' words irpun tin- car.
let linn,' of all I hill ninth v band
Or mous nil eye or ciiix hand.
In .si'ciicc nnil disdain iri!oiin1
(iaze those gi i t ti warrior o:i (lie ground,
Tliimtdir unit about tl.rm iin;;wi.c runs
A glittiring wall of .1. -ml ly guns
YVhnt id's tlniM' u ilil and savage men
l'einiiicil lli re like cattle in ;i
lll:u k-liriircd. Iii 'h-cliiekcd an. I vaulc-cyrd,
Have I ln-y no fear, no hutc, no pritli' ?
Har-'geil they are, hunger kiuiws
The vitals of their ii.len tj.iav.
'(iive up ynnr rifles!" Nun- ihcy look
Like piiinltil Iniliui H in a hook.
Kiich warrior ' arms arc crossed, anil rest
llrneatli liis li anket, on his breast.
They make no siin. yet soaring hh:h
Prills one lour I u.-jsird Itiioii-li I he sky.
"Hive up your riiL's!" To nn.l fro
Those gaum furan v:y in rhythm alow.
Listen! Wind means that tiitturd limau,
Th it wrinl, unearthly nioiii.toiii'?
"Knounh of thi!" The captain's bmw
(irons black. "I'oittard an. I search them
low."
Down drop, the buzzard in tin- blue
Is that the ihvith chant of the Sioux
Ouiikly with lew le i cum tin- men
Step iiil, the ring ennt-acts. and ihon
Hi .1 deiils. ileiperate and in!i,
I'l.e-hting ill Mj;:id liro ami crash
of sudden i h -: sulphurous air
Ami lillit lien. Is IrHpinr; everywhere!
lb-re shakes ihe .1-ippiiu: tomahawk,
There fail, the ; -I i : i r . :-. . I rift stock.
Anil under-, vv ;:h t:p!il:i-1 luefc
The lean .p::;w winncs ami. I the strife-!
Ami al is over. While ami rc
Tog, !hir piled lie turn ami ilea.l.
Now lake the l.iii'.' ra iitcs with hot
Ami riddle i i iy liMin it :
I.i t none of thin i si rape In tell
How many pa'e-l'ace I v. a.-rlor I !'.
'Tis dime, 'tn as d ire. in.-,, a e on,:ht
Let mi p nirinhor lid w furillt.
Wat the (ihHiuanl at ater!....
I.rs ile'perato th in thu-e li'ijiy :oiix!'
"Viehl Vnn, hrave Freueiinien" a the . ry :
"We never yii M." liny s.ii.l. '-.m- .lie I'1
Was Cicti r. whin In- fought tint ilay.
More il ri!! ,- an. I !ei r i -h than the;. ?
Muriler.iiis ami treacherou at he(,
Hut il l sltiri "ji.ii:it iheir i iuia,'e rest.
1 prni-e them n t, I lov. iheiu not,
lint ere their prio.ve. I,,- furnt.
An I eic Iheir ti ihe he !ea. au-I .I'linli,
Ulith at nine native l a.il wo.i'il e.-miu
To king in weinl ari.l ; !hv train
Thote narioro of wouil ami phi'u,
Towrnve in a.l ar il in ni-i; uti';
The tnry of their li.it,- ami ivi-.inr. '.
rerehnnee some sweet or time mielii hear
Ami hint ti,e ,u-e i i; many u tear!
- 'lieoiye II, .rt ill t'hu:.;o lleril 1.
A Maiden of Yucatan.
p.y ai.k'k ii. i.r. ri.iiN.ir.oN.
Tim first time wo saw lie:-, Viii-hila.
was feateil on n vry iiii'ij;ht e'niiv.ll.o
)ii.;li IiitI of in i- .lit in : v -len cmulii mi
one of the lower la-i, s as to i:iie!
lic-r foot to a lieijsl.t eiialilii.ir her to :
vustaiii lirr iriiitur in :i rielit i.iiiion. i
She was in- of the tinny frurs!s in a
larg-e limi-o owtieil .-mil o.vtipi.' I Iiy a
wenllhy !ui.ier. who J-ji l.ti . in ;
IllVOW injr open his cli.ors lo all fiiehcU
illirinif the time of :i tirjit animal f ii;-,
ivhen Imlfjiiiifi wi'ic Inirtl to lin.l.
()iicliita' fiitln-r w us ii rieh .ianti r,
limk iny plei.ty of iiiniiry in- the Uliur ;
Pf Jioor Imlian-. vs. lion 1' UL.,rV '
plenty of inoiiey, I'll! iii. I lull k,,i j( '
for lie was tin inle'eiate p iriiesti r. '
All his wife's enliVHlies Mvaih il imlli
ill.'. lli nlije'et ill a-teioliii;: lln ii i!
fair ill the city of lainai ( N in- itan ,
was to iai lith e ii lew hmirs nml tinny
1ollils :tl tin- lahir. Miiamlefiu (he
Iirolits tililnineil 1'iniii his suyar plan
tation. IL: vui:iiic a'i !l mm, hi, 1
llic only beini he really seemoil to I ve
was his ilriULhter ( 'utiehiia. She was'
about seventeen years o., v. i , sninli,
not iipm thiiii four fe,.( (en in lies in
height, and proportionately senier. A I
very pi-ononiiifil Iniinctle, perhaps
liavmnf a ilixht tiuo of Indian hlood; !
this was partieularly notieealile in her '
exceedingly dark e es, anil the o'.isti. i
nnte alniilituess of her lnxuiiitnt
blaek locks. Conehita hail not a pretty ,
figure, nevertheless she wur :nieefiil,
and ha 1 ln'MUlifiil little hands wliieli
appeared to aclvnutKsje in playiuir tho
gtlitar. For tho rut. thouirh ('oneli'ta 1
was called a hello, she really rmild
mako no prrtenlions to l eauty, hut a
pi'jnant exii. s. m Hindi) her face nt-
traetive. The. wonder was how she I
manured lo get music fri in ihe guilur, j
her hands being to very siiikII. She 1
wore a pink tiiun in dress, and various !
ornaments of jjold. It wis only eleven
o'clock in the inoi ninj.'. hut as aoou as
liirh mu& hud been eelelu riled in the j
great church standing on the opposite '
ide of the square, the bnlltilit would !
eonimonee; and merry maids were in
evening dress, ready for that enter- i
tainmetit. The hull rinir stood in the !
inidd e of the sipi ire I'r in the Salon
where we sat to t'ouehiia's
performance, we kooii saw people
eagerly thronging to the spot; the
! littyiy ih-fMCil wliiiw i i (ilc, uinl lui.
i l.ir mors iiiiiiit'iini unlive, all
J cl.itlii'il in wlii. c. It' iiinl mniiil, ricli
ninl jinor, nil nrii-l enjoy tin; linil liohl.
Many Indies took with them several
;n:iu;r children, and as many servants
; to look after Ihem.
'Coiiii!; come!" oxclaimed Cotiehi
ta. "i' shall miss the first bud."
We all went lo the rinj; and occupied
a lary;e liox. Neiiher man nor hor cs
were sncrificed on that occasion, nor
even injured ; only a few lulls were
killed, much more mercifully I Itau in
any slatij;liler house. Kvery mo -enjoyed
the light; C nchila's check
were flushed to a pretty pink.
When we had rclurnc I to the lionse
and iti-lnkeii of fruit. Cimehila came
lo mo with her hands full of p'l'l
ounctfs, sixleen dollar piece: six or
oij-lit of them ti led her small palm.
Said she), "See what papa has given
nte to play wiih !"
'And are you going to gatnhle?"
asked I.
"No," laughed she, ! tun g.iing to
keep it."
If she did lose any of thai gold at
the roulelte table, wo were nut pres
ent : but her father threw away a few
thousand dollars that ytv nigiit, only
desisting at sum iso because he had no
more mi hand lo lose, lie expressed
no regret, but played i.L'tiiu in (lie
afternoon, merely faying, "Santa Ma
ria" (i lie inline, of his plantation)
"will irivo it all back to me in a few
months."
Dri lling found Coiichiia at the ball,
her cii-itr brown skin mado chalky
white wi'li powder, in which respect
she wa no cxceplion to Ihe other
I ulies; ami all w ore nrtilieial flowers,
th nub na ilial "lie, could easily lie
obtained.
When Hie fair was over, ( 'ouchila
was one of the lii-t lo teave l.aiu il
for In-r home in th' in ue ca-t'-rn ciiy
of Valladolid. D:i l'.'s traveling
carriage was one of those peculiar
conveyances called I'ulan Koclie, a
Watson whose hoiiom is a network of
thick ropes, on w hich is spread a thin
mattress, se ving us seat.
Concliita sai l she would never oc
cupy any other part than the forciir.isi
end of i. ; so theie she tool; hor placi
beside the driver, a bare-fooled, dark
skiiiiK',1 unlive, in white cotton gar
in-uts. i'.mcbii.-i ia I on a oninbr;,- 1
.ire-, mid n M.win I . !,...( -cat f)
over l.er lead a id s!,..,i! lers-for it is j
.- .lui i,g l ho la-l f. w i ears that the 1
ladies f V ltlll have' taken to the j
us-of hats and "loves. Don T !
stretched himself at full-'ciigtli on ti e
inaltu-ss and fell il-lcep, ;n ivi ding to
his h.'ibi'.
Later on we saw t'om hi a tit her j f cinent in the boiling process.
home. She, no1 her nioihc. seemed ' Scottish Magazine,
t-j rule the household. Ib r three I
v.,.,,,., bintheis ,,. .;, :l h! f I V ill Explore Heath Valley.
loeu Indian servauls nil iioiuptlv
obeyed her orders, ihmtgh she eenied
to bestow no alli'clioii on anv of ih..ui.
Wliii next wo met t 'ouchila she was
in tin' capita', Meiid.i. where the fam
ily had iiii. .i. .i j in;; one of their
UVV'I ll I II si' , s I iii il ihe CImIh'II m'ghl
have m.iie c I uc;. I ion a i advantages i hail
l!a v were allorded at alindo.id. As
for Dmi V , he was nearly always
away lit the ph'.ntntion.
Willi a carriage of hei own. a tine
piano mid lirsi-i-la-s icaele r, ( onehiia
was fairy ii'iiteiiic.l : loir a new
thought hud crept into her life, and
ma. ii of her time Wri- spen: sw inging
in her silky pila, honui uk, rind tak
ing oi-. asiontil whills from ihe diinti
estof cigarellcs. About w imt was her
in'iul bo busy ? Wh.y, tlic pour liltut
thing was in !..vo, and even her piano
bar. Ily iuteivsti d her any I jn. r ; it
reipiirvd much coaxing lo induce her
to practise half an hour a day. Jt ;
would have been ipi le different had
tho course of hi r true love i u sinouih.
Hut a'asl her father bitterly oppo-cl
her iiihi rying a carienter, even i hough
I hut industrious young 11:11.1 li I etili
himself a cubiuet maker. What was
to be done? Coii rhila was :i very j
dut ful child, and really Joved her '
father. In; having always gralili-.l her
little whims and fancies. So when l.e
forhaiie her to speak to or look at the
dear Loien.o, she yielded implicit ;
obedience, requesting the love I one to
not eTeii upproach the window l ehiud
whose iron bars she sometime sat to
look nhivnd.
She would pnss in her earriage bv
his door, where he, was takii.g (he cool
evening uir, and never turned her lie.nl
his way, saying lo us, "It i. haid, but
he knows I think of him."
When carnival lime came lonnd. it
the gny and brilliant balls where one
seemed to be transport',! to Spain it
self, Concliita mi ht dance with whom
sin; plca-ed save hi in. Then she sighed
and said, "How hard ; the only one
should like to dance with. I may not j
even glance at will, a look of ro ogni- !
tiou; but some ly papn will give his
consent, when he sees how sad my life
will become."
j Ami lift diil at last : nftor lliree yrnr' J
I pattmit wailinu (lift wrulilinn was ecle
I Inaliil witli Don V ' full Ii1i.'miio-.
' .Ins in tiino, fur only u few weeks
after ( 'oiieh'lii had worn white satin
and orange hl suiih, she had lo don a
hluck garb and mourn the ilealh of her
father.
Wli"a we asked what she would
have done about marrying, had ho
passed away without giving his con. j
sent, she replied, 'lleinaincd single, j
till my life and Lorenzo would have,
done the fame." I
hen we hist saw Concliita she was
f Ily gazing on a little morsel of
humanity, and she said, "Papa would
h ive loved it." Huston Transcript.
Cremation is OMer Than Inlinmulloti.
if sun ami lire worship he the earli
est forms of religion in ihe world, it
is reasonable to infer (hat cremation is
older than inhumation. And vet tin;
j Chaldeans, who were liro woi -shippers,
I regarded the burning of a human b id v
: ils u l,ol,":io" t,f tl','il' Hiy. and tho
ancient l'.ir-ees, as do their modern
representatives, exposed their dead to
the attacks of bea!s nf prey, caring
not n 1 "Mi t the lh-s'i, and coiilideiit in
the indestructibility of ihe hones. t
is cuiioiis, however, that Ihe ancient
(lerniait races did tint regai d i1, as a
pilluliou of the i:.ul!i deity (o bury
their liead. 'i he Scythians, again, de
clined bmh lire am! earth, and made
their graves in the air, hanging the.
bodies on trees, while the lcluhyo
phagi of Kgypt sought llieirs in the
sea. These last, it will be observed,
thought lo avoid corruption in tho
very manner which the llomeiic heroes
diea.'ed inos: bv the exiiucti.iu of
the lire of the soul in water.
Tin old l.ale-iiians, aeoording to
Dioilo.us Siculii-, inlopled a curious
compromise. They alh-ctod urn burial
wiihout burning cril-l.ing the flesh
and bones into urns, upon which they
heaped wo mI w iihout lire. And that
the Hebrews were not itiincipiaiutcd
w iih cremiitioii is certain, for tlte men
of Jabesh b'.iriied the bodies of Saul
and his sons.
Th" Mussngota-, who, according to
, Herodotus, inhabited the country to
I the ea-l of tho (';.,;iiaii. had a cheerful
habit of boi.ing their aged mid infirm
relatives, and of feasting on their
'''!'''. 'esteeming univer-ally this
"""lo "f bappicst." Thos0
wh" lo.wever, were
r:l! "' '" eRrl1'
n I'"'" unfortiinate subjects, lo
1,8 '"'gotten quickly us unworthy
members .of the family. Yet as (ho
Mussageta' were sun worshipers, wo
may imagine something of the religious
Secretary of Agriculture Husk has
been for sonic luu engaged in organ
izing an expcdlihu! to ixp'ore the fa
uiiius Death Yiilli v in ( 'olorado. This
region is a veritable letia incognita.
The heat there is so intense, that dead
atiiui.ils do not dec impose. Water in
tho valiey is unkuowii. nud the expe.
i) it ion will cai ry water and food for
mules :rid men.
It is a question whi th r the aniuiaU
will be able to smvive the expedition.
Two of the chief b itauisU of (he de
pailiuenl tire at pi i. sent working their
way into ihe vailey from Sourlln i n
Nevada, while anoi In r expedition is
on a march from Southern ( 'alifonJn,
mid the two expeditious me expected
to inert, if nothing goes w r mg w.ih
theni. at a point reviously decided
up"t. in the valley.
I'roft s-nr Merriam w ill leave in a
few days lo lake charge of the expedi
tion. There is reason to believe that
there are rich gold and silver mines in
'he region named. A story is told by
an rulvenliir us miner who some years
liro penetrated into the valley and
found the skeleton of u in i lie I'. A
wooden pro I was lying near it and in
it was a chunk of gold of great value.
On his leturii to California lie
showed his tiud to a group of miners j
and iheir curiosity was so excited that,
other means failing, they tortured
him to make him confess where h'5
iiad found the gold, believing that he
had discovered a gold mine, Ihe loca.
lion of which he would not reveal.
Scientific men wi h ihe ex). edition
wi" "'"ke a map of the country and
secure specimens or sucti animals anil
insects as exist there, if any do. Scc
relary Knsk recards the expedition as
of great impoi lance. San Francisco
Chronicle.
No l.ot,(.-cr n Wonder.
The ox hide shields of ancient
warriors were said to be invulnerable
to the sharpest arrow or spear. The
secret of this strength lav in their
nilk,.. A01lj ,, llie hi,: ".he shield
mauuftelurer n'ed to cut off the l east
aUv,,rof wllt n.)wadav for
boarding - house steak. Philadelphia
Press.
UIII.DKKVS COM MX.
Tun sxiiw i iirn.
Win n all the ground w llli sn..v is w l.Ii,,
Tt:e merry snow-bird comes.
And Imp- iihimt with great deii.-lit
To linil the scattered eruiui.s.
How g'nd he s'eins to get to eat
A I 'Icec of rake or I. read I
He w ears no shoes lip. in his f.vl.
N'or h.it upon bis head.
Hut htippic I is he, I know,
lleeaiiseSio cai;e wiih bars
Km ps him from walking on the -now
And pi inline it with star-.
II:irii i'h Young People.
Ituiisi: SKttSt.
A great many horses are fed on Ihe
streets from "cat-bags" drawn i.p over
their noses, and wabbling about in a
inminer which must make it very ii it
eouifortablo to eaf one's) dinner in that
way. A bright horse down in "Pin
a'lcy" the other ('ay had nearly reached
the bottom of his hag. It Wabbled
awfully, but the oat.s were sweet and
he was hungry. In frontof him stood
a wagon, and the wi.gon had a wheel.
Happy thought. lie walked up lo
(he wheel, rested his canvas bucket on
the top of i, mid finished his dinner
to the Inst oat iu a comfortable, h is.
urely manner, mid wiih a twinkle in
h.s eye. If that was not a triumph
of mind over mutter, w hat is? Hon
ton Hcinld.
Till. s-i ( !.MO.V.
The spider in i.ikey is icmai kab!"
for its long and prehensile (ail which
linves ahntll iiui-uig the branches of
the trees tu if there were an eye in the
tip of il.
Should ill.; monkey discover some
prize, such as a nest of egg, or any
lit : 1-i d limy winch lie- in a crevice 'en
siiutll for tin; li.-iti 1 lo enter, it inserts
the end of this extremely useful la'l
in o ihe cranny niel hooks out the de
sired object. Spider monkey is cci-t-t'tily
a very appropriate limn;; for this
animal, for its head is so small, ils
body so short (measuring less than a
foot), its limbs so slender, mid its (ail
so limb-like, that anyone seeing it is
immediately reminded of the long
legged pider- that scuttle so awkw ard
ly over the ground. Deir. it l ice
Press.
an isr. r (JfUM iii.
The bird spider of iropieil Amnic-i
grow s to be three inches iu I rcidlh
and as much as four ami a half in
length, being the largest of the sever
al hundred species of spiders known
to iraturalisis. lis ne-ts resemble
those of the large caterpillars of France
and Spain, and consist of a while
silken tissue of several thick layers
and strengthened by very strong
threads capable of arresiing the llight
of any small bird. Iu the centre of
this lu st iiie placed tin- eggs, i;,im t
'.VOl) iu number. The crca'uie is very
powei ful and is provided w ith for
midalile insiruineiits of attack, eu
iihling it no: only lo dostioy small
birds and ihe young of larger species,
as some writers have maintained, but
large lizard and r.'pt iies. M. Louis
Hcpl.blio.
.1 I II II I. l.tlit. Wi l li TV. li I M I S'
1 heard n stiangc thing tin; other
day. It was of a little ;:irl w ho had
two faces. lien she is dres-ed up in
her best clothes, when sonic friend
are expeele I t coino to tea. or w hen
she is going out with In-r imihcr to
call on some neighbors, she h oks so
bright and swoet and (.nod that yon
would like to kis her. With a nice
w hite ilre-s on, ami p. i h ip- a bine
sash, and pretty lilll- ... she ex
pect her mother's friend- will say:
"Whal a liitlo darling!'' or, "What a
sweet face, let me kiss il!" And so
she always has a nice smile on her
face, and when she is spoken to she
says "Yes. ma'am," "Xo, ma'am. "
when she ought, and "Thank you,"
very sweetly, when auvlhiug is given
).t.
Jtut, do you know, when si e is
alone with her mother, and no com
pany is expected, she does not look at
nil the same little girl. If she cannot
have what she would like, or d just
what she wishes, she will pout, ami
scream, and cry, and no one would
ever think of kissing her then.
I also know a little girl w no has
only one face, w hich is al w ays as sweet
as a peach, and never sweeter then
w hen she is tit home, ami her inollier
wanis her to be us useful, as she can
and help her. I think 1 need scarcely
ask you whiV-h of these little girls you
like best, or which of Ihem you would
like to resemble. New York Wit
ness. An Idea far Your Keel.
Slioeinan at Field's: We havo many
complaints about lender feel and sore
ankles. If people who siiflor in this
respect will lake a flat sheet of rubber
slid cut out two p;eces largo enough lo
fit inside of the shoe soles ihfy will
find iiiiineiliute relief. Chicago Tribune.
A CURIOUS PACT. I
How a Sieam Launch Was Built
by a Gold Hunter in Aiaka.
Engines ard Boiler of Ordinary
Cas Pipe and Shoet Iron
UncVr ihe c ver of an old tarpaulin
strelched over some pirn of scantling
on a corner of Long wharf, in proxi
mity to the Ariel Club boalhonse, is a
very peculiar eiafl. It has a history
that few people iu Sin 1'rtimi-i'i)
know, and the details were told to a
Chronicle reporter by one of the row
ing men.
' That's n queer-looking boat,'' said
the votary of aquatics. 1 li's a sieatu
launch built o:i I'm- big Yukon river in
Alaska by Charley Fa chit, an en
gineer an I prospect, r.i'i ls;!. ('hurley
wtuoneof the men thai wenl up to Al
aska lo search lb'1 Yukon river banks
for gold wiih Ihe Scbielleliu puny.
1 guess every one knows i hat they
found but hide gold, and all retiinn'd
lo San Francisco except Farcini. He
wouldn't give up, ami located at a
place called Nuk !aka et . on miles lip
Ihe river. After '..o'lig about iu birch
bark canoes I various likely looking
places he bigau to gel tired of the
slow iiteihod of tiaiisportation. So
he thought a ileum launch would prve
of use in his travels. Hut how lo
build an engine was ihe great problem.
The hull of i In- bml he and some
traders conslrueted from drift wood
saw id into planks, and ihe f.i-leniugs
were iiiiprovi-' d bolts of rod iron.
"Auioic t!u; sines that Schii Il'. liii
left on lie river were a number of
Iriiglhs of gas pipe of vari His si.-S
and a lew sheet of :hiu It-issia iron.
With great ing t,u'ny, I'uiviot went o
Work, and .'ic.uailv succeeded in build
ing c;. liudi'i s and a boiler of ihe coil
(ype out of the g.,- pipes. ( 'onic'cling
rods, eccentrics and other par!- of lie
engine were built of r d iron and any
pieces of niettil he could pick up
around the in. ding pn-t.
"Well, the bo.it was finish-d mid
Ihe engines in place, ii:r th ; propr-Hor
was wauling. Nothing daunted, Far
ciot built a fit naee of ciay. made
molds and w'th scraps of iron and
bras ho ce.si tho aiiieie. For the
smokestack ordinary stovepipe was
made use of. Tin; shaft, a very short
one, was hammered by b ind and a
good job it was, wed an-wering the
purpose.
"In .lime, ls.'-:l. th little launch
was put into the water, and she proved
a complete triumph. I'.u.iol made
several trip up and down various
small rivers, tributaries of the big
river, but I don't know if be found
any g 'id. However, be told me that
the launch saved h s life on one oeca.
sion. He and a native employ oil to
steer and pilot the boat were :isl,ep
one night on the banks nf a slough,
when they were suddenly aroused by
a scraping on the side of the launch.
Farciot rose from his bed on the bot
tom of the launch and saw three bears
trying to climb into the boat, (luiek
as thought he opened the valve of llie
little steam whistle, whi-h emilted
what Ihe hints evi,lrl:l! ilii'iiod a
Very peculiar sound, as th.y spec .lily
sheered oil toward the -bote. I'hev
htnl probably been iiit.-n-ted by 1 1 -smell
of a fleshly kiio d do I' ;hti. b id
been shol on the ccvinti day by I'm'
natives.
"The liitle launch wa- brought to
this city from the Yuko'i tiv. i the
steamer St. Paul nb lit li. .-m ago,
and has made a lew i.,ps or, , n l.-iv.
Her method of i oiisti m th n and tin;
material used in buiol.ng the i-ur; :io-
have aroused much admiration for
Farciot's capabilities amouii llie ma
chinists of this eily in Fran
cisco Chronicle.
He Had an t'bjr ct.
"Look hen . ' said a Stxih avi line
druggist lo a L y who had come in
and g un out 'f Ihe s ore ai.il lel'i i In
door (.ji -ii each time, hiif a do"ii
times in o e aflcri.oon, "you must be
a VflV c. U boy. I have had to
shut Ihri" doi r after you each linie you
have gone out. "
"I know it," replied the boy.
"'Then it was done purposely on
your part?"
"Yes, sir. My brnlhe- has patent
ed a door spring, and my object wa
to call attention to ii. Put you one on
for ado lar which will shot that door
a million limes and never miss a cog."
New York Sun.
A Different Man Allagellier.
(Jay I feel like a new man to-day.
liright Do yon? (ibid to hear p
Perhaps you can sec your way clear to
pay that little bih.
(Jay I'm a new man, I lohl y. u.
You can't expect iiki to as. nine the
liivbilhios of tim old com-ern. Hos
ton Transcript.
Silling Hull's I'ride.
During n visit of Silting Hull ami
some of his braves lo Washington sev
eral years uiro it was decided to take
pliotogrnph of them in the Cnpilol.
The photographer got his camera,
ready, and the group wan arranged
Seveial of Ihe Iio'ians bad on their
lints, anil through one of t:.e inter
preters the phoioor .pher su"j! sled
that the picture w. u d look i.i'cr wit!:
heads nncuvcivil. The I ndi.iri- Wei e
loath to remove llu i.- hats, t.ul liually
lifler much iiersiiasioii limy consented
lo appear in the pictnie bare! eaded.
Only Sitting Hull icfiised. He had on
a tall ilk h it of an anci' lit date
probably "of Ihe vintage of 'T1.'" and
he wti ivi'.h n ly iui ressi'd with bis
own appearance.
The photographer appealed to him
through tho interpreter to remove the
hat; but Sitting Hull ma le no icply.
He merely folded his amis-, threw him
eif '-b'ck on his dignity" and siuick
a heroic atiitude. He presented a
most ludicrous appearance, hut be
swelled with eviiK'iit pr'.ib; and digni
ty, mi I said not a word The pho
tographer saw il wa useless, and so
the picture was taken. In the group of
forty ur tifty Indians there appeared
only one with covered head. That on
was the old chief Sit ing Hull.
lirooklyii "it i.i'fi.
A (.hiii.' Oasis.
The surveyor of a r diroad line
along lb" -outh shore of the Casp'au
have calied attention to the cxisicn e
of a hunters' paradise in a region
whi-h thus far ha I u nlntos. fii-
ircly neglected by the sp irtsiucn of
western Luiope. Iu Ihe Persian prov
ince of Khosan, and about dirty Fii
lish miles soul !i of the Hay of Aslra
had. the coast-hills swell inlo uioilii
tains whic'i run for nearly two hun
dred miles in a northwesterly
direction, and iu several places rise lo
a bcijilit of lifteen thousand feet
above tide-water. The summit rogb'n
nf this majestic range, known as the
Il'blirz. lie ll ilailis, is ci'Verel with
stalely forests mid abounds wiih game
t i a degree lint wou'd have delighted
even Ihe vcnisoii-ui feiteil soul of Dan
limine. F.Ik, deer and roes an; met at
ail highland me: d o s :a species of wild
cows haunt the jungles of the larger
livers, and bears m.d panthers are so
fieiju.iit that llie mi hi n ain slu pherds
have to d fend their Hocks by packs
of inustifl-likc watch-dogs. .New
York Voice.
False Tcelli Lengthen Life,
Very few people rcaii.e huv much
the dentist has done for mankind, lo
mention one thing only, the per fee iotl
to which tin- manufacture "f false
teeth has bei u carried has practically
abolished old age -that is, old in the
sense licit 1 ii-c I to know it. You see
none i f the helpless, mumbling old
men and women that you formerly
did. Tiiis is no; because the people
do not all: iu the age dieir parents and
grandparents icaehe.l, bat I cciiiic the
dentist bus pre, cut. d sotm of themoft
unpleasant i oriscipienros of advanced
years. Mm of T" no longer ci.bor
look or feel i Id, biciu ih-y tire not
deprived of iioui ishi ij I' i d al ihe
time when tin y need it m -t. I'.sii
inalcs hav been ma le s)iowiie.r that
th' avciagi' length of l.le has 1 , i in
creased from four to dx years by the
Use of fal-e tcelh. --l. Louis Di--i:iicli.
A Witty Answer bniiiirhl Siicc-ks.
A young new spa; 'a- m in who last
Spring found hrtil-iil iu Wliitlliall
County, W.-ishingtuii, miles from
his base of supplies and "luoke" hired
out lo a fa. tin .', lb; was set lo plough
ing with a pair of horses, but both
man mid beasts being new to (he
husine-s. the furrows looked as if
lin y were ,he iciill of an earthquake
lather : I an of desion, so crooked and
zi 7ig were they. At the close of ihe
(lav the fanner raiber tctily criiici-rd
li e job. The newspaper man fell licit
hi-doom was sealed, but mustered
e .iirage i reply: "I know the rows
atcratiur crooked, but llie sun was
exceedingly hot today, and il warped
ihem " The answer turned aw ay the
I'm nu'i s w rath. Hint, instead of being
discharged, the newcomer was given
a nun-. i easier and iieas iiiier j d, and
is now the fanner's sou-iu-iaw.
Future ef the Kuiflaiul (ountrv.
Our cii izens of fo ci- . i birili are
seeking and h:i e sou-III the New Kng
l.tiid I' .mis. ami an- there going
thro gh the expci ienees which made
our own ancestor- self-supporting
farmers; lo wit, living prudently,
saving their money, making no show
of die-s or equipage or lavish living',
and raisintr large families of boys and
girl-, and keeping them at work in
door and mil of do .1-, at lio.ne.
There is no fear for Ihe fuiure of New
Fiiglinid rural life, sas the Hon.
John D. Long in the New England
Magazine.
rnder ami Over Hie Slarj.
I hnve slipped away from the music,
The laughter lirdit and the Mowers,
And oiil w in r iiinbl'- gat In ring shadows,
Fall fast in the path "f the hours.
I can lii-ar the feet of the Inllim-sr
As they triad o'er Hie i le sand-bars
An llieat rest mi tlre-h h w inn gmA
Lonkinri up at the I n rfu' -Ir rs.
On lie- b. iiivn jewelUd '.n si of our motlict
I lay my lurid, weary itb e.,re;
The wind lia- h'ow n chill llifoiigli life's vol
lev
Ami s. .ircred its snow- hi my liair.
I can h frtiin yo.i d.n k-niasted schooner
The soiis 1. 1' . sum. In, mew ar.l lioinul I .r
IVr lintli see the ib.it nf a Inrliur.
Hill I louk al Ihe heuititul stars.
So I lie on Ihe grass while evening
t.li.lt - by wiih M-rfeit sl.o.t rtitlldew,
! And Ihe lie'hts I'n.b o rt of the il.diiw.,
l or tl.e i arc ol to-dav an tin urh
Pill l eich uoe Hlie i llie hrii d ofsuiliUier
Auin eU'lli's Lost pii-i.n ii. liars,
I shall be ! inn un-lc- the nr..'.
I.-.'.kilivr down at Ihe le..ii':t'.l st:.r
itiraee l. Hoe. ill llie P. -l. n 1 1 nisi ript.
Hl.MOItOlS.
A night w a chuinn The astrou
oilier. l.'epiitatiiiu mtiv be a bubble but it
is not best made by a blower.
Lislcad of trying to appeise tho
editor, Spring poets keep on adding
fill 1 to the flame.
When u braiiilc-s iud.in hial gets a
cold i i the head, it is a case of a long
felt want being tilled.
Heggtir Say, lhi quarter you gim
me lui got a hole in it. Wn-k.vire
It is a lucky lliing for you (hit it
hasn't a string to it als.i.
T re infill who pays his rent when it
is duo m. )! keep bus liinr, ami it is
also a fad thai the man who d-jesn't
pay his rent keep- moving rigin along.
'1 tell you the pen- have no
chance." That's parlieiilarly true in
re iii nl to poetry. I know edll' is who
reject poems for no other na-ou Ihriu
lhat they are poor.
lie You absolutely refuse, then, to
share my lot in life? Mm Absolute
ly. He There are plenty of lish in
the sea. She Wei', if its li-li yoti want
don't let me detain you.
A morning paper, iu tinting the.
successful career of a vcii -iti' le man
who litis just ill 'd i i 'I due, makes 'he
stai tling s.aieiii''. it ti n' "he was born
without a dollar in bis pocket. '
"There g..i-s a yo n::g f. 1! ov who
lives on tin' fat of tic tan I a-.d doesn't
do a s'toLeof work." "II. av does he
do i'?" "V.i 11, y ou see. ins nether is
the I' it woman u t o diiui Ulll-euiil."
"S.-ip, Cha. lie, iboi'i iis. me. I've
ill w ay leg. ir . ed y on as a go .. joke,
that's all," said the far maiden.
"Well. 1 tell you whal." returned
( luu lie. "you'd better simp nte right
up. (.nod jokes tire hard to li..d now
adays.'' ;iliss I, s-ip I hear your club had
il llleeline ast ii rv 1 if . M iss ).irc!is
Yes. indeed. We had a spi-ndid dill-
l er ill Del lien's !,,,t i si jji'JO a
plate, lifter w Inch our picsi ieiit read
a he:;. ful paper on --How to live on
.foOtl a tear."
Ir.!!ii!l:c.
How few cople rciiii.' ihe resnlln
of extensive ilr.iin..i;r, ;ch a- a liighly
c vilized country prcs-ms. No iucon
i.ler:il.e . hnii.'i-s w 10 ihl by arti
lici.il d'M'iinge. Mm it of surface
writer, instead of being left to form
marshes, saturate the soil, or be taken
rp by evaporation, is carried away
uiiil imottiel ll.r. ugh iliaiu-pipes.
Couscipiciiiiy, theiiiris imt so moist
as I'o im i v. a id the soil, iiisic nl of
' being c.) Mmi'lv 1 1 i i it 1 by evaporn
lion, is rein i red viarm ."ml genial.
This re-ull bus been pari iciilarly no
(iced iu F.iighind mid coti-ind, wheie
Vei y cx . iisix e incus have Iceil aiti-
: licially il aiiieil. Hoih.nl litis been,
one iiikjI.! -ax , ic. hiimeii f 1 1 mi I he sen.
The w.-ili i i:;;s been (I k i out. and
Iti anv parts i l liic coinliy tl,ai wcre
I'm lot ,M of tie n a. are now dry
hi d. and. lii.'iii'h I. clow si :i-eel, form
the b in- s of h ipi and industrious
eommuiiilie-. Y ears no., there were,
i along lb. lower hanks of in Mississip
pi, "drew ncd im'iiIs," sn! j a l lo nver-
I flow and uiitiihahtlahlc. c v. ring an
an a laiger ih u ihe St ii" of New
York. .my f l l.i'-c luml have been
i it einii-d I" a of lever.. Thus,
In man's . . g i nil . ai r ihe surface,
! ei'niraie and g, -:i physi.-a' eon litiort
of l.e i-ailii in ing ito-ed. The
. Ledger
Our I. trless Poiil.l'iiui.
I It is estimated Ibat linn' are about
3,,ii,(ion persons in thi- eonirry with
oulv one or with no legs. Many lost
their lin.l'- iu the war, but since that
time th. un-ai nnipiitai' r i- ihn rail
road. Ninety per cent, of anipnla-
loo. :.r- ebai g
i. e.'iiliin; lo a w .
I inr , wh s-
ie to i be railroad,
I in the N riv York
st ite- ii:it am ing
i(t,'-i cases of ...s of Innos reported
in ihe daily piper iu six ino..'i'-J.'00
were railroad rases.