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01 1) c l)atl)ara IWcorb. J 11. A. LOJVUOJN, KATES EDiToii amu riori:aTt. ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One Kijuarc, one niscrtion Onc stpiare, two tnsertioiuf! One Rijuarc, one month l."t 1.51 - 2.6( $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanct. For larger ndvertiscnunto liberal on racts l)C made.. VOL. XIJI. IlTTSIH)UO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 20, I8l. NO. 32. The Sons riial Sllus Snug. Nciglihor Ml i sun ; a song Kvery day hi whole life lung, Sunn II gladly 'ncatli I In cloud 'I'd :it 1 1 1 1 1 1 o'er liim like a slirnii.l. Or hIii n sunbeams mill their (ilcnnuil :ir"' glorified his nay, Like n show er of joy uutflung Was llir song that Silas sun;;: "l i t the linwli is how 1 And the scoivlcrs scowl, And t lie growlers growl, A 1 1 I tin' grutl gang go II; Hut M ll (lie night 'I'hiTeV plenty "f light. Aid everything I- nil rijj;lit And I kn.oi it !" I ike Mir faille di mil In ine li as tint sung nf vi' Jury. A.Ike tin' llnti '.. t xnlt uit struln Mill tin' 11 minded ami I lie slain. I.ikt- tin iUi. k li.'i.ii'l s'irriug life (in Hi'' I mill -I'lahi of life Far iiml free tin iclec- run; Of (lie ming thai sila- niu; : "l et the h"H lers Intnl. Anil thr si'nw Irrs scowl. Ami llii' growler- growl. A 1 1-1 the urn It gang go it ; but l.ehmd the night There's a plenty of Unlit. An. I i writhing is all Unlit A ml I Lilow it !" hi as' null ha- taken thghl. Pas-nl in inii.ii' I hroiigh tin' nulit Thmtl.h tile .-ll'i i.iiv rhill IUI'1 gr.ly Anil gom1 singing mi Us wiij ; llnl llir 1 1 mi it t S'lig Hint iva- 1 1 i ( llii rs Hit; sad. lend .-ilfin-i-: ''till glad triumph notes are llun i From tin song that Silas stun; "l r Hie h.nvYrs Innvl, Ami the sen lers scoul, Ami the gpovlers growl, Ami the grutl' gang go it; Hut lii liiii'l tlie iiuhl There's a plenty of light, AihI fvcry tiling i all light A ml I kiimv it !" W. l'i'-!. ill Vankeo blade. !BE3S TREFOIL'S .REWARD li V Mil I; INh"' I'll. Il was a dear, Irony February turn ning, t ho niii glish ning nn ii ma ti tle t t" newly fallen mow, the, wind whistling merrily around llio slreet-rorm-ra, aiul Flora Ticfuil iiiiule haste to button lier well worn jacket mid fasten on I hi' lilaeU felt liat with tin; gold-green fol k's iiltune. "How I do halo lo work," mur mured she, uitli a pout of her ro.-e-red IiM. "llniv I wish I were rich, like tlnu swu:thy-complexioiie.l lillle Cu ban heiress, who orders) Mich lots of tlrei-M's el' Madame! I say, ISess," to tlie mle e'liiin, who iva-. iielpiii Mr-ti Trefoil to clear away Hie di-lie'i, "do make lui-le. I'o yon want to ! lintd fur hein lad "I shall inn he !ale." said Ites-". "1 ran walk very fal when onei' we ate out. Hut Aunty Nan has a headache j iinuiiiii, and I can't leave her wilh nil llii; In do!-' " A ii nl y Nan is always laving head aches," said Flora. "I say, Hess, if xve go on that big sli igh-ride to-niglit. what -bail yoniv.ari' The red merino? Charley '.Mow 01 ill likes red I lie said so, la-t week '' "L dotlT know.'' said Hc-s. coloi illL' plil.l.. .'Voole ', I'll l'!o,. .". ! some butt- for tea, and a pound of trackets. I'm ready now, Flora." At Madame Furieo place limes weie unusually btt-y. Several brilliant j balls were to take place jut before lanl, and Madame's cu-lomers were propicillin seemed (o believe that nothing in the dre making line was impossible. Flora and Hess Trefoil were among her best hand-, and just ns the little errand-girl was lighting up llie rooms, the. fat Frenchwoman waddled hurriedly in whore. Flora sat. "Miss Trefoil," said she, "hero is an Order from Mrs. (ioldcoiu. She wants an idive-plti-li jjowu by lo-mor-row afternoon, w ilhoul fail, and if I don't tnl.e the job, s,L.'ll ifjvo il to that odious Mi-s Mainw aritig on Fnioii Sfptarc. I iiiu-t get il done. Your cousin is titling her up-tair- now, and you intt-t take the gown home to make." "To-night! Oh," cried Flora, re nic inhering I he projected sleigh ride. "I couldn't, possibly." "It uiti-t be done," said Madame F.nricn, knitting her Idack eyebrows. "In an emergency like this, I ex perl my young women lo help me - if they intend I" n-laiti their places. f course, I shall pay you in proportion," she added, encouragingly. "Hut I had tin engagement " "Your engagement must wail," said ihemodi.-lc, authoritatively. "Here is the skirl and the pattcrn-pbtte. The bodice will be sent down from (he fit ling loom directly." Flora could h.ne burst into tears, hud such "iief been of anv avail but she was not ict at her wit-' 1 ml and 1 when the Iwo cou-in- joined each other At tlin lillle sido exit where the "hands" went out on their wav lioine, 1 she gave the pan el into Ite-s's a-toti- j ished bnnds. ' "Here's tomelhiiig Hint Maihune wanlu you to get lini-hed by loin 'irow ' afternoon," said -be.imllll' renll '. "She ! Mys yen uinlci -(and Mis. f ioldcoiu's figure. Of course, you'll have lo work all uinlit, but she'it willing to pay you extra!" lies:! opened her dark-jr'ay eyes wide. "I iliuiilit tlioirowu wato he ;iven lo you," said hlie. 'Mail.itne lOurieo told ine '' "(III, no," said Flora, uttering the ready lie without blanching, "it's you, this time. And, S'nee you rai 'I go on the sleigh-ride, do yon mind my wear ing the chei i y-eoloi'ed merino';' My criislied-rapherrv ca-hinere is really getting too shabby to be decent. '' lies was .' ilent. For weeks she had been looking forward lo Ibis s!i ih ride, and in her liearl she dearly loved ( 'buries ( 'o c.wortli, who was lo have been her cavalier. The big learn sparkled into her eyes; her lower lip ipiivercd. Flora watched her with furtive inteutni'ss. "It'll suit you, exactly," said she. "You are sueli a money-worshiping little mi-cr!'' I am not a miser," retorted 1 ss 'I!ut I d like lo help Aunty Nan a little, and to pay l'ouin Thankful Morse's ward al the Old l.tdie-.' Home." "One can't support all Iho old peo ple in creation," Flora said. "Aunt Nan i-n'l our real reUiiion after till" 'l!it siie brought il- up mid eared for us w lien ue were little, Flora." And kIi; don't need half tin: things ion aie always (.Tiling for her," scornfully added Flora. "Yon spoil even bedy, IV.'' Cull-in Thankful Morso bad eotne over fruit the Home, by Ike aid of a stout crutch, to see the gir's Mart on their sleighing expedition ; she .-at by llie lir.', dunking a cup of tea and muiii'li.ug loast. "l a lue!" cried she. "liens lint going?' And ailcr selliu' such a deal o' st. ire by ill Well, 1 declare, it's too lu:d.M ISegs sat iute:ly down to work ut the olixe plu-li dn s w ith its shim mering draperies of rich olivii satin and velvet pas-eiiienterio trimming-; while Flora attired het-elf in llie red merino, and adjusted a new hat pieluie-ipiely trimmed with fur, that nil'.! bad borrowed from Mad line F.u lieo's head trimmer for the occasion. "Iless has m ule up her mind not lo come," said she, in answer to young I 'olesworth's eager iiopiiry. "She had a chance lo do a little extra sewing for extra pay, and dear !es-' is dread fully fond of money for one eo young. IJiiiln a miser, you know." And Flora's laugh rang out mvect and clear, ahove the jingle of the bleih- hells, Il was lnn past midnight when the gay party returned, but ites) still sat sewing- at the machine. She listened, w ith a pale, si t face, to Flora's e.xag- j geraled description of "the delightful time they had had." j "I'd help vou, He-, if I wasn't so i nu I'ollv tired. " said Flora. with n I ...'..A I... I I.V ; j' I'.ess s,i,.,.' Did Flora dtfiiui, she 'thought how tired she was? And there were yet four work on the gown. live hours' "Oh," casually added Flora. "I for got to tell win thai I stepped on tie! skirt of the red merino dress, getting into the sleigh to come home, and 1 tore it into ribbons. Hut it was an old thing, anyway. You couldn't have, got much more wear out ol it. And Charlie was so nice.'' "Was he? Didn't he a-k where I was?" I- lor.-i shook her head. V !iere was llie u-e, she thought, of encouraging lies- to think too much of the ham! some young sleam-titler, w hom she, Flora, bad fully deleriuiliid to make her own prey ? "I'm so tired of Ibis cverla-l'iig ilress-inakitig," .-aid Flora lo her-elf. 'And Cbnrles Cote-worlh would be a hll-baiid for an gill lobe ploudof." ( oil-'. 11 Tli. ink fill Morse sat in her hllle roini at tli-i (:. Lulies' Home, he next day, when the matron brought the sleainlittcr's foreman lo look nl the Hawed radiator-pipes un der the window. Mr) knew him at onei "Why it's Mr. Coteswoi lb. ain't j it?" said sir-, peering over llie lims of i her silver spectacle-. "Well. I do de- chue! Why. Hcs Trefoil was ju-t j hero. She eotne lo bring me a new j furlippft and mull'; I couldn't 'a' gone ; I lo church next Sunday with the old iiux set, so badly eaten with moths. ! She sel up all night lo tini-h a j h for 1 the dressmaker; it was one, too, thai ' Flora ought to hav' done, but -be 1 somehow connived to push it oil' oil j lo I'.e-N I'l nft allays was a selli-h crei tin' and lie s jc-t spent the inoiiey for me ami In r I mint Nan! Hess i- allays thinking of other people. It's He-- as pay- mv 1 board here, Mr. Cote-worth," added Iho lo.piaeiou- oi l laii, a- Charlie bent to examine the i'iiut of llie steam I pipes. "I'd be oil Iho Inivud ef it wasn't for her. Flora wouldn't care nothiii' cf I was. (She thinks old folks hain't, no business to exist, l'oor Hess I 1 was dreadful sorry for lici last night; she wanted lo go on thai sleigh-rido awful bad! Hut she. knoived cf she lost the, place tit Mad aaiu What'sdier-name's, there wouldn't he no rent paid nor clothes bought for Mrs. Trefoil!" Charles Cotesworth straightened himself up. "She real'y wanted to go, then?'' said he. 'Flora told me " Cousin Thankful wagged her head of still' little gray curls. "You can't pul no dependence on what Flora Trefoil eays,'' declared she. "Hic'n allays a-trjin' lo put oilier people in the background. I jest wish you could 'a' seen Hiss cry in' over her work alter you'd all gone away and left her last night!" "Do you think,"' said Cotesworth, seizing his monstrous nippers as if with fatal intent, "she would be at 1101111.' if 1 wern to call to-night?" Cotfsin Thankful looked woudrou-ly sage. "F.f 1 was you, Charlie," said she "I'd iro lo llie dressmaker's place ami sort o' calculate lo w alk home with her. Or else, like's not, you'll find yourself caught in some of Flora's) tricks mid trap. 1 hain't no coiiii dence in Flora !'' Mr. Coteswoi lb aviiiled himself of the old woman's bint. When Hes Tref' il came out of Madame Fiirico's) little side-door that evening into the daik street, where tie gaslamps blurred feebly again-t the driving lui-t which was fast ell'aeiug the purity of the snow, Charlie's umbrella was wait ing for her. "Mr. Coteswortb !'' she cried, wilh a lillle start. "You are not roitv to see ine, Hess?'' "No; but hut - "' "llessie, I didn't half enjoy (he sleigil ride la-l night without you." Her face shone radiant under the row of theatre lamps which they were ju-t passing. "l.'eally?" (It seemed such a silly thing to sav, but what else was there for hor?) They were in a dark place now; lie drew her arm iu bis. "We can walk hi tier under one um brella so," laid be. "I wonder, Hess, what you would say if I went to ak you to walk through all the years of life at my side." "I think," 1 1 1 it i i i ii i 1 Hess, "1 should say yes," Flora Trefoil was nma.ed beyond measure when she found that ipliel, pale Hess bad been Charles Cotes worlh's choice, in spile of her own more showy fascination-. Hut Cott-iii Thankful chuckled lo her-elf, in the lillle corner room of the Old Ladies II. Hue: "She deserve- her happiness, every bit of it," said ('misi ii Thankful; "and ! IM-Opor lad thai Flora has got "l' with.'' The Ledger, ' ',"" ' I nea M-rpeiin. j Mr. Carman, iu a lecture before llio i I'oston Soiiily of Natural Hi-lory, ave an iiiterestiiig synopds of sea nake or sen serpent literature, besides exhibiting a specimen of the real ser pent to tin-a-loui-lied audience. The pri'lessor lirst gave an bi-torical testiuie of the earlier literature upon the sub ject, going back to the time of I'oulop- pidau ami reviewing it down to di e. Farther on iu his lecture he gave fig j 11 res ot some ot the ipieer marine , ! monsters which have from time lo time j ! frightened sailor- and olhera aluto-t to ' j death, deftly drawing each of the j figures; on a blackboard spociilly pro j vided for the occasion. Mr. (iarmau I 1 also spoke of a most remarkable recent ' I tli-covery which has brought to light a ! ' species of shark generally believed to 1 i have become extinct many thou-ands i of years ago, the remains of the ani- mul being mov found iu the rocks of i llie Devonian si-lem. lie is of the1 j opinion liial this recently discovered 1 J sea tiger is the original of more than I j one hlood-c urdiiug sea serpent story, j j Tin! length and general outlines of this j slioiild-be-fo-siled shark are such as lo ; eau-e any one except h born naturalist I to take it for an immense serpent, an j opinion which would, of ci-ur-e, be j heightened by viewing a tloisai ex ; posiire of the ciculuro through a gla-s ! ill a troubled sea. I'rofessor I iarmati I doe. not ili-credit sea serpent stories, j however, and is of the opinion tlr.t ures of Rome of tin there are many slimy mon-ic.s lying far down upon the bottom of the sea, the like of which human eyes have never let beheld. Si. Louis Kepubiie. Ail Important Point. Mrs. Hilkiu- Heading) The points of tine seal fur, are lir-t the texture- j Mr. Hillkins Hump', ! Seems to 1,1.! the lirst point is tlie pi ice. '(.ood New 3. IHlUHtKVS (Ol.lMX. Hir snow -uiltl s sovi. snow -hint sat on a syeuin.ire tn e ml Ill's is the sna' Ilia! In -an;.' In me; "upen thy heart, title Kirk Mule boy. Ami think of lue nil alon lu the iiinter'8 lilast mul the . luiuir.' sme.v. While snutliniird my 1 1 i 1 1 . i - line nl! IllllVII. The Rrouml is covered with snow :u l ice, It is mmii.v fare that I Iiml. It'll I know yrni all lisve got li.-ar'- of j"iM. And are loving ami true an. I kin. I. " Then think of the crumbs 'iie itli lour I i ' -ing hoard ; Jil-I open yi'iir win. low ca !i dai. And threw t hem abroad nut loerthe siioii' And I -hall he happy und s-' i ' ' ' piin'l inn think this a ine.-a.''' lor yotl Telling l ull iu-t il hut ynii n ight to dn.' Housewife, II" IK "I I' III- i.t. -sl.s. A New llamp-bite physician send- ! wings enabling them to take flight me the following cut story, for n hich ( over the country lo begin their work In vouches: "Among other ipieer - of deva-lai ion. With this end iu tricks, my eat I ik will take oil my j view, preparations were made iu ela-es verv eaii l'iilh- with hi- paw, numerous parts of the interior to de- - i 1 hold Iheni with i claw and survey J siroy the pest iu various ways, eueli litem with great apparent in!ere-t. ' ti-by beat iuu with briiuches the beds The lii'-t time he did this was o:ie night i" the liehls where the a- yet wingle-s w hen he bad been napping and I read- creu'iires were k:iow u loexi-t, or bar ing. He is a great pel, iiml g'ing lo , tow ing the groiiinl or lutiiing him I bent ovei, wiih"Ul indicating by i lb cks uf rl.eep upon the land any in ition my meaning, ami -aid, , and in-.i ing them rapidly about U'eully: 'Pick, if ini want lo go lo ! ii- lo tread upon ami kill bed, take oil' my glasses.' e ilium di- j or injuie the young lirood. ami al-o by alely reached ui a paw and took lln iu spreading straw on the plague -pot- oil as deftly as though it were an old habit. Thinking llii- it happen so,' I put t lii'iu on and m ide the same re iptet in dill'erciit imI-, with precisely the same ie-ull. Alter one more repe tition he y awued and plainly iiititu..t- (d I hat was enough." Time-. I'liila lviphla a (.(inn tin i rimy. A Newfoundland dog was one (lav sitting on a wooden bridge over a very swift stream discu iug a bono when a predatory png e.une along ami a -mai l altereat ion arose over the bone. So violent became the debate that both suddenly overbalanced and fell into the stream beneath. The neare-1 lauding place was a hundred yards dnvn, and to it the Neiv foiituiland betook him-elf w ithout lunch dillii ully and after a good shake was preparing to depart iiheii be suddenly became aware that the pug was hai iug a very hard tint! of it, wildly beating the water ami showing every symptom of cxhati-lioii. One look wa-enough. In went the shaggy-coaled fellow, and seizing the oilier by llie collar brought his late one my safe to land. 'I he two dogs then eyed each other wi'h inde scribable expression for some second-, then solemnly wagged tin ir ie-peeiivo tails and wiih dignity dep irted. I.'l - MHU'I'I h I IMtl V. Tot calm! to me one morning with a ptlzled and impiiring look in her large beautiful brown eyes. "What would you do with him?" she seemed lo say "lie worries ine more than all the others pul together." Tot was a small creain-i olored Fs kinio dog, and it was one of her adopted ebiidten, a tuitle, thatwa jitst then causing her motherly heart so much anxiety. After tint- itie tinning me with her expii --lie eyes, a h:ight idea seemed t strike, her. Shi ran to her elo-e; and separated Iho troublesome turtle from the other members of herralher singular laniily, uisliing him w ith her no.,- into a coi ner of the room. Then -be brought sonie pieces of 1,111- and covered him over so that not a bit of him could f beseen. "There, now, I think he will sleep and give muli.no (..attend lo my - other children," wa- her apparent comment. Tot was iu the habit of adopting al' the mothcrles- slrais -he ci.uie aero--. At the lime of which I w rite, we had two little ducks that bad been left orphan-. Tut heard iheni complain ing one day . Il seeim d In make her very mi-erable. Al l.i-t she could bear it no longer; -o dowu-lair -iie went, a id, lo my utter a-ioui-hmcut, returned with one of the duckling-, safe and Hound, in her mouth, deposit ing il in the box widi her three pup pies. In the cour-e of the day she succeeded iu bringing the other little fellow upstairs and placing b in wilh hi- brother. lie' ducks seemed 1 1 1 0 happy w ith their adopted mother, ami, W ben older, followeii her every w here, running alter her. and se. earning it she got '.00 far ahead of Iheni. A singular thing it was that Tol and hn own children never injured the.-i feathered foundling'. Hut lam sun to say that Tot lien r loved the turtle, al 1 ay s covering up the ungainly link creature whenever it ventured In pit nit it- head or be sociable ill, the ivsl of the f.imilv. f -I. Nicholas. Fari-iui wit once dclined 1 xpe liniee a a comb that ope became p"-ses-ed of after having lost one's hair A LOCUST PLAGUE. All Annual Affliction of Aus trrilian Agriculturists. Locusts Covering the Ground Four Inches Deep. In order lo cheek, if po-sible, the annual plague of locusts that devour the herbage and b'a-t the hopes of gniiers, farmers and fruit growers to a greater or le extent in December, the Vicioriun t ioveriiinent proclaimed November V ;,nd !a-t a- holidays for the scholars ami schoolmaster in the rural district-, in order that they might co-operate with Iho settlers in destroying the young locusts iu the early stage? of their development, be fore liny have been eiptipped with ami as' citing lire to it. ile-lrueiioii was I u such ways done to the ocu-ls iu the Millies of the loiliig early stage of their exi-li nee. It wa- seen, leiwi ver, thai the raid ii) the vi i mm -hoiiol have been made some- j what earlier, as numbers weie .ilnady I so far advance. a- to be on the wing ! on lhi- mi-. ion of mischief: and be- I sides, ii attack upon iheiu was not so geueral.y made a- was desirable in i soot - di-lricts uf Victoria, while iiorlh , of iln Murray comparatively liiile cf , fort wa- put forth t " cope n iih the ; evil, owing to the fad that on the ( New South Wale- ami South Au-tra-, lian side- of the Murray the bulk of the i land is taken up with large sipialling runs, and p ipul itioii is spirrse there. thus giving the r.u aging lueu-l- aluio-l complete se- pe to pl'opaga o. i I'eople al b um' call hardlv coliei ive i how serious he locust plague is iu . these colonies. h hi I - the reports j came thai the creatures in;i rd I liem I selves so thickly along some of the lines of railways that, although llie brakes were shut down, the trains could uol be brought to a stand until they had gone half a mile beyond the station-, owing to the multitudes cru-hed beneath Lie wheels eait-ing the Cain- lo pa along- a- if the rail were covered with oil. The w heel iti tu illy slid along the rails. In many of the northern towns the inhabitants . bad lo elo-e their doors to keep out I the invading b ;,...; I,... 'l i... ..1 1. . . ..... . .0, o,v, - now fairly begun w 01 k, w rites a corre spondent of the ( ila-gow Herald. In the southern parts of New South Wales iiml some of the uoi ihern portions of Victoria the outlook is ominous. Iu nud around Haruawarllia ( Victoria) the insects are spreading in -wai 111 and causing gre il dc-iruc i . . 1 1 . A resident of that di-lriet report- that in traversing that pail of the country iu his buggy the wheel- of his vehicle weie completely imbedded in nia-se-of young caterpillars and gra hopper-, which on many cxleu-ive. areas j "covered the whole surface lo a depth j of about four inches like, a gigantic j insulating I of green paint." n ,.,,. . ,,..,.,. ,v.cicd am depr, s-io,,. it was found i.upo-ihle j (o ,, v al(. j M,vrl,(, I ,-avla,e loealilie-, Midi as low -li iug' lane-, etc., the in-nis were surging ' were inclined lo take il a- a perfect about iu ina-ses some Iwo or t hi e dm man fo il. but the majority in-isl feel deep. The ground in their wake j upon il being merely an idol of pre-i-'ipiile .b-tilule of gra. S,., h ai e j bi-..ic time-. The stone in wh chit some of tin- breediie' grounds from : w a- loiiml wa- some ei-bt i feel b low which the fully developed 1 features I ike Might to wa-to and de-troy other pa: Is of the country . In the Huther. glen dish ict (Yicloii.it the loeu-t- are d"ing great damage, eating up llie gra-- ami invading lb" exten-ive vine, yard-. One ineiard owner there I. .11. iug ten acres of vine-report- hi-entire eiop a- spoiled. The grapes an- not vet fulli formed, but the locu-lsare ( n-v strippim. the leaves and ring ing the huiiclu s, the ie-ull being thill the-e 11 illn r and die. Si ieu-e are the i I- that Hoik ha- to be sus pended, as the hoi-es will not face I belli, lieports come from the Albury di-liiel I ha' the h-eu-l- are attacking the llags on the w heat stalk-, am in "nine in-iauces llie w heal bead- have n ea'cti oil'. One report stale-that j in the locality of Walbundrie, about thitiy mile- f.om Albury, llie pe-l is travelling southwards, iu the direction of the Murray, in column- several miles wide, partially oh-curing the I sky. and advancing at the rate of ten I mile-in liventv -four hours, re-ting to ib'veuf eieeii spot-, and then winging j (heir way o fsfh j liim. - Hull Mall tJa.cUc. Ala-Un Streams Tcei, i With l i-ll. Alaska is inijii mile, in e.xti ut one way by 170U miles the other. The icy wastes of its northern putt are the home of the polar bear, while in its southern forests the humming bird nests. With lish the streams are so crowded Ihat a favorite method of capturing them is by thrashing tlie surface of llio water with a rake shaped in-triimenl, n scaly victim being often jerked out ol each prong. When the salmon !uu making their way up t'-e river- at the spawning sea-ou the bears come down ill num bers and feed upon iheln, eating only the heads. Duals are often n ueh impeded ill their progress by llie tinny myriads. The ocean fishing batiks of Ala-ka are greater in event than those of the north Allaiitie.au ! ull'or 1 iiie.xhaii-tiliii; sup dies of li-h, eeitainly eipial if n -t superior iu size and iptaliity to tho-e caught on the ea-teru seaboard. Cod are found there iu va-t ipiantities Along the Yukon the natives dry their li-h for winter use, burying what they require for current eoii-uiiipt'ou iu lie! ground until it bee uiies sulli'-ieiitly putrid, when they eat it wilh a reli-h. preferring it mil. Ii iu that way. Fun nily enough, alligators in the south follow a very similar practise, burying their meat in muddy batik- until it has become sulli'-ieiitly decayed to be mole dige-tibie. l!i-lou 'Iran -ci ipt . Weighed in the llalalie -. . A 1 1 1 :i 1 1 who looked like a fartn'T en tered a .Michigan avenue grocery a day or two ago and said to the pro prietor : 'Do you remember that Ic um-herc ahoul lour Week- ago?" " I can't -ay that I do." 'Can t you 1 1 -1 1 1" in bet' of changing a I 1 1 - I 1 1 : i r bill lor a man who a-ked if y I.du'l want a barn I "f pi. kle-'r" "No." "Why, you iiiti-i. There was a woman in here at the time who sai l y on cheated her on some butler, -he -aid tin- weight w a- -h.n l. That wa il hat l'-d um to count lliv change over after leaving the -lore, and I found --' "I never -iiv ion la f.-re. sir!" in. lert tinted the grocer. Yes, you diil!" "Don't .-ilteiupl any trick- on me. for they won't work! If I gave vou change it was all right !" No, il wasn't! I found it two dol lars -" "I lo on ! Y"ii are a - w iu ller !" Very well ; good day. i on gave me Uvo dollar- loo u u.-li. but if you can -laud it I can It'll tun for gel- (in., the iiiac- .l.o.l .'.II i.cmiml . o.l 1 . ' wont have anvlhing on niv eon- . ,. 1 ..'1,'iice tl)..ii',oi I .... I-1..-J t I , . Vi linse Face Was II ,' A few ie. lis ago while a workman at I'licbl.i, Col., was dre--iug a block of -lone his chi-el uncovered a bard concretion near I he surface of the block. I'i c-etilly this cone ret ion, w hich was rounded 011 the back, ilr.ppcd from the cavity in which if re-led. li-clo-iiig a perfect model of a human face on its under surface, every out line perfect, unhurt and unmarked by the tool w hich had di-lodged il. Tim imprint iu the bio, k wa- as perfect a- tin-model on the concretion, and many plaster casts wire taken from it by ar ha ologi-ls and local ctti io-itv-, ek- er-. Some of the-e ea-ts found their wav to the tuit-eun.s of learned -o- ci. i ie, of Lurope, w here Ihev created .,, it,.,,,, nt and were the Mibiecl of inane d bale-. M inv scieuli-ls llie surface.-- S. I.oui- lb public. 'llie A-In. ruing of 11 Fish. Few thing- iu tin- world are more illli.'ll . than the method by w hich il lilth li-h comes into being. The g 10 ii 11 feiu ile lavs a ipianlily of egg aiid upon I hi- spawn tin' male sub-e-ipienllv depo-il- il- niiit. The mill, examined beneath the iiiiero-e .pe, is found to contain an ( mile-- uuinl.er of minute pollywogs. Fad, egg has a small hob- iu it, and through llii- bole a polli n og makes its wav into a 1 1 1 1 -ileus contained within w b it i-called the "germinal ve-icle." The result i liiHt the lindens take- life and ipii. kly il begin-lo multiply, becoming t w o, Ihcii four, then eight and soon. These ,,'il' "" lh" "inltipli ing by di. vi-i"ii, combine together ami b.-giti to form the c gun- the ular structure of th, or- 1 11 e- ami tin heart lust ol Fin.ilii , w ben . il bursts it- lie- li-h that is to be. the cieatiire i- mad li'un-pareiit sh.-il and sw 1111-a- if it had alway 01 en u-ed lo thai sort f t4ine f Wii-hinglon Star. ! lite Vnn Who Ciinnol Laugh. Here me Si nn- imlividutils we icully can't ii. lure, ' Aiid the i hii fest of the ni::iihcr is the very trying Imre. Who wh. n you're feding jolly nud a bit of fun would puke, Will never see tin- puint until vim diagram imu'ji'ki-. His eve a. nines a vacant stare until he I liiuks nil bile With enai ileliher it inn, then he dona faded unlle. "'.it iiutild he a pleasure just to write the epilapli And hi.le away the presence of the man who cannot laugh. Iluvv like a hiting fru-t tlmt chilli the rosej in tl.i ir b!' ) in Are sonit'te individuals who wear a clonic of pli.i.in; Who cannot comprehend the worth of ju-t a spark of fun. Who -drink from joy and pleasure ns the bits avoid the sltll. The de, per ...her thought within (lie Leart -hoiii.l h'.ve n piace, lt.it let u'h.d lau.'hler iiuiv und then the cures of life er.i-e; Away wi'.h him who cannot sift the kernels ir. .in tic .-hull ! Ti e w.-rld could wng alorig without the man nlio cannot laugh. HIMOKOTS. It lack--, point A circle. An empty pepper-box is out of sea son. The mam; part of a horse is the back of its neck. An echo is like a woman, ilw avs do- lei tiiineil to have the last word. "I've gun through a gr.;at deal," remarked llie saw as it cmeiged from the iog. The man who trie heroic measures) found tl.ey tvi'i'.' several sizes too lurgo for biui. 1 Thank fortune," a' the mail said when bis money opened to him tho doors of soeiel v. ' Lilile-li.irt Ah, Mr. Cutaway, how d'il"? Wind's the condition of trade ltd- sea-on? Cutaway (hriclh Ca-h. When there is to hawk living iii 'iliiil the biggest thing; iu the barn vard is the e'.rtit of Iho smallest I oo-ler. Young I. idy (In young man wht ki--e I In r 1 That's very singular, sir. j Ymiiig M111--AI1, well, allow ine to make il plural ? j 'Why do you object lu Dcrtnan I opera? It is lull of vigor; it braced ine right up." "That'd my objeetioti j to it ; it i-- Tl lltullic." . I Any thing new 011 foot':"' askeil ; one poliiiciiiii of another. "Yes," ; 11:1- the reply. "What i- it?" "Our 1 baby, lie's jti-l learned In walk." ' There i- constant complaint of the lack of morals iu politics. There in It" place yel iliseovel'eil, even out ot I l oliiie- u here there is an ovor.iiiml v I I "in u -, w in n mi n is , in om i supply, 1 , - . , i .1 1 1 ilas-or-l an I see the euod mail f , 1 1 v louse, uiailiiliie: Mrs. Nug- . ger- No, yoti can't. There i-n't any good man iu the house. There's only : my hu-baud. J A storv at hand, describing a lovo seJ'iie belween the hero and heroinej say-: "lie wooed her wilh a will." 1 Thai'.-a good way, e-pteiidly if Iho . wooer i-tdd and the will is in her , J'aVof. I'hy.-ieiaii (with ear to patient's 1 ciie-l 'I bet e is a severe swelling over ! the region of the heart which must bo I reduced at mice. I'atient (anxiously) j --Thill swelling is my poeket-bo ik,' doctor. I'Icuse don't reduce it too mud. The other day a philanthropic New Yoik I nly found the following appeal , among her usual grist of begging lot- , tc:s; -Dear Madam W ill 1 011 heir 1 . - " ine to get a position us teacher to sup port luy-ell'au.l two lillle ones? Also. tell me w hel e I call liny a p ii rotuilQ v car old." ! Fanciful Peril at inn-. I 'I he an Atigelo (Tex.) Kulei prisQ sai-: The ti 1 in -grcii-er,' a- applied to Mexican- 1 f the lower cla.-e-, w as not stalled, a- many suppose, a- a sig nification of ili-re-piet, but was up plied by a witty war corn spomleut in Is lf. ju-l after the buttle of I'alo Alto, lo lho-e Mexicans who had I'oiesworii allegiance to their own country ami iu preference to lighting taken Hie l-i-k of loading and unloading provi ion trains, which then consisted mostly of bacon. Iu this way they gained tb name of the 'grou-cr brig ade.' " Whatever the term implies, it is tin ell older than 111.'1 Llltei'pl'isp sup-po-es. It was known (o the I'nited State- volunteer-, who came lo what is now the Indian territory in ISdl, nt the cud of tin' lilaek Hawk war. Tim story that the name Maverick, applied t yearling cattle, w as given on ac count or the head of the San Antonio family of thai name, i- eipially fabu-l"u-. H w as in ,,-e in Louiriann bo. fore that -late was a pari of the Unlisl Mates. - (.Dallas ('l't.) New.