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PITTSIK)KO CHATHAM CO., N. C., JULY II, 181)2.
no. m.
For ltirgisr advertisements libcial con
raots will be made.
"The i lotions Fourth."
Tin: imiv'k iiksoi.vi:.
Breathes there a toy with soul so dead
Who never to himself li:itti stld
Awpiy nloiig in May :
'I'll stive my cn-h lli.it I nny buy
Pome crackers loud ninl rockets Idyll,
To wake Hie echoes in the sky,
On Independence D.ty'r"
Tin: cun mVs rot i; hi.
"I'm afraid n' tin- Knurl li of July,"
Clm kt-d a chicked who lived In Imlhl ;
'So I'll pick up my grip.
With my sunshade mid -kip,
Ami away In the city I'll tly."
l.r.o xn tiik l "i in n.
That July Is the iinuilh i( the I.i
Zo liaeal wriliTH have written,
I'.ul flic I, Inn Unit 1 h i vp my rye on
Hi- represents Hr it iiln -I'n
I troulilr In Mvliii; hi haron
din day in July
(ollf I'V.
So n .'-tali meal !it,c this
urn urino sail
Mii'it I r tnki'ii.
nil-: Al l kiim t it.
Ala, when the tl.iy has gone hy,
Ilotv heHy ami heartfelt the sij;ll.
As the lii!l all eoine ill
Kor the tin-works and illn,
Ami we final the futi costs mighty high.
Ainl Hie hoy, as with pain he l to. rd
i'it his pillow, then reckons the t-nst
Whieh the Way's sport in i , I .
In his both optics closed
Ami the lincer or two he has lost.
MAY'S PRISONER,
"So Marry it really coming nt Inst,"
Paid Mis. Chapin, us her husband laid
down n letter ho had been reading nnd
look up the newspaper. "Kvory
hummer for live, j car In; has talked
of it, I, ut 1 nut glad that his visit has
been postponed until now, so that
yon," to her ilor-in-law, "cm lielp
onterlaiit him. Frank always said
you two were meant for eaeli oilier,"
A scarlet l!u-li rose to May Chnpiu's
usually pale cheek.
"What possessed the 111.111 to roine
hero now?" she exclaimed, ''lie will
spoil our visit togclhor, ami if I havo
bcon held up to liim as half the para
gon Frank has pic'u.cd him to me,
we shall hate each olhcracortlially. 1
almost hate him now ! '
"I wouldn't, May," begun M s.
Cliap'n, who was an inveterate tensor;
"it has always been a pet scheme of
Fiank's that you two should marry.
Indeed, I think h-3 only a-ked him
hero now so that he could make you
acquainted."
l won't sfny. I'll go to Cousin
Mason's uiilil lie is gone !'' excluimed
May. "When will he be here, Frank !"
1 1 her broihcr.
"Who?" aked Frank innocently.
Your paraxon, Marry l'i;tou.
"He? olw" n-ferring to the letter
wl.icli he placed carefully in his
poekel "he will be hero on Satur
day." ' On Saturday," repealed May, wiih
a sigh of relief, "almost a week yet.
Mow d ics Id look, Frank
"Pretty well, I believe; ho hasn't
been ill," replied her brother.
"What is the use of being so hale-
fill, Fun k? you know what 1 mean,"
said Misi Chapin. "W hat is ho like.'
"()(ii ions li tl'i'r,'' icplied Mr.
fclhnpiu. "Some think like his mother,
Bum i like hi.s fai her."
May turned in mock despair to her
sister-in-law.
'(.'ook niutlou for dinner today,
Cm lie,'" aim said; Frank hales it."
"1 woulln'l dare,'' rcpl oil Mrs.
C'hapin, "because afier dinner I n. can
to ask Frank for some money to get
us koiiio new dresses before Harry
comes."
"Djii'I ask, ('a' He," rci lied Mr.
Cl.apin, sei'i.iii Iv ; "1 have to make
up ii l irjo sum of in iney Ibis week,
and shall havo hard work to d it.
I niu going to Trenton tomorrow
to seo about i'. Vou ntul May may
g with mo if you wish."
"Of courso Fll go," replied his
Tvife; but Miss C .apiu excused her
self. "1 havo Botne letters to write
before 1 go to Gondii .MUioii's," she
said. "You go, Carlie, and I will
write thein tomorrow."
"Surely you aro not going away be
catiso Harry is coming," exclaimed
Mr. Chapin.
"Indeeil" am,'" rop'ic I MissClnpin.
I haven't licSWany thing but Harry !
Harry I Harry 1 tot the last live years.
I know I shall hate him, and I hope 1
hall !"
"All right, sis, ' rep'ied her brother.
i'(ia, of course, if you wish," nnd an
indescribable explosion fl ishod into
his eyes. "Ho will bj here Saturday "
A few moments later ho looked up
from the paper.
"Mere is a chauco to earn your
dresses," lie said. "See liere !''
"Fifty dollar reward for tho cap
turo or Information lending to the
capture of Marry Waiulee, an Insane
gentleman who escaped from the
Trenton asylum on Monday, and is
supposed to have taken the road to
trillion. Said patient is tiro feet
eight, young, with dark hnir mid cyc
is clean shaven, wiih the exception of
a heavy dark tnoi stv:lie. Not violent
or dangerous un'o s contriuliclcd ir
c.xeiied."
Well," queried Mar, as her brother
paused, "hy.v will that help usv"
Catch him," replied Mr. Chapin
laconically.
"Oh!" replied May, with tnoro thnn
a hint of sarcasm in her t ine, 'l did
net think of that; 1 wonder I did not
think of it!"
Tho conversation soon turned upon
the expected journey, and I ho escaped
patient was not mentioned again until
Mr. and Mrs. C'hnpin were leaving
homo tho next morning.
"Vou nro not afraid to elay alone,
are you, Ma?" asked Mr, t'hapin.
'I a:n not alone," replied May.
I'ltridget is in tho kitchen, and there
are neighbors almost within call. He
sides, what could happen?"
"Tho patient from the asylum might
call," teplied Mrs. Chaplu.
May (.'liapin laughed. "I would
much rather sco him than Marry lit is
ton," sho said.
"What did I say that for?" she said
half aloud as shu watched them drive
away. "I am afraid of that innii
uiid I do not want to sco Harry Uris
ton, but 1 can't stay hero like a piece
of goods in a shop window, ami
Frank ought to know it."
La'er Hridgot camu with a pitiful
story. Her mother was sick, could
sho go to her for one hour? And in
the kindness of her heart Miss t'liapiu
hurried away and bade her slay until
night. Then as the gate banged be
hind Ilridget's substantial figure, and
Mis Ciiapin rcali."d that sho was
really alone, sho locked every door in
the house.
It it t as the hour drugged by and
nothing occurred, sho grew weary of
(he stillness of tho home, and unlock
ing a side door, stepped into tho gar
den. She was bonding over a rose
busli when the click of the gate
aroused her; she looked up and grew
pale.
A young man of twenty-live, or
ihercahoti s, win approaching. Even
ill her sudden alarm Miss Chapin felt
a thrill of pity for the intruder.
It was too sad that ono so young
and handsome should bo insane; for
she had no doubt the mini before her
was the escaped lunatic, the m m that
had kept her in fear all day. A gen
t cutau evident1), and llie advertisement
bad described him well. Hut when
bis dark eyes met Ipt own sho could
scarcely believe that tin1 light of reason
had fled. Magnetic eyes tliey were,
that drew her 1 1 1 u 4 1 1 1 into words be
fore their owner had 11 leied a neii
tenee. "I - I- have been cxpreling you ail
day," she faltcicd.
A look of surprise cnii" into (lie
gcullcniau's face.
May noticed the eliango in bis ex
pression. "Oh, dear," she thought, "pel Imps
I ought not to have said thai, I am
aft aid be doesn't like it. 1 must .--i
something else." Sho hcsilalcd and
coughed.
"Of course, I'm glad to see yon,"
she began. "Frank, my brother, was
telling me all about yi ti this morning.
Mow handsoiii i and nice you were,
and all that, you know," she added
hastily, fearing that In might, with
die running of the insane, guess the
purport of her brother's coiniiiuuica-
ion.
Tho gf nileinnii stood gravely re
garding her; he diil not look danger
ous, and the great wave of pity that
swept over the girl's heart sent the
tears to her heart. If she could but
secure him in sonio way not for tho
icward, no such unworthy motive
moved her, but to save him from aim
less, helpless wandering, perhaps
from death, and to restore him to his
friends. She looked about helplcsnly ;
her eyos fell upon ajar of preserve I
fruit placed in tho open window of
the pantry to cool. A bright thought
cumc to her jut as tho gentleman
spoko:
"I am Harry"
"Yes, yes, I know!" she inter
rupted, "I knew you were coming. I
I was going to carry these preserves
down cellar.'' She dragged the jar
from tho window ledge as sho spoke.
"They aro so heavy ! won't you please
carry Ihein for me! That is, you
know, if you would just as lief," she
added hastily.
Tho gentleman stc ped forward and
(ook 1 he jar.
"Certainly." he replied courteously,
his grave eyes regarding her, "which
way, please?"
"lowii these steps if you will be
so kind, please ; my brother had an
outside, cellar door put in under (hi
side porch. A fortunate thing, and
very convenient."
"I shouldn't think such steep itiiii
very convenient," said the ecutlcimin.
"Ob! dear, no. you aro light. They
aro not convenient," replied Mist,
Chapin quickly. "Would you pleaso
put the jar in a cupboard you will
ll iid down theic? You don't mind
the dark, do you? you arc not nfraid
of ii ? I menu," sho explained con
fusedly, "you can sco in tho dark,
can't you?''
The gentleman, half way down Hi
narrow stairs, paused nnd seemed
about to speak, but his words wcro
lost in the clang of the lock on (lie
door as Miss Chapin banged it to and
turned the key. Then she sank down
011 tho porch step, weak and
trembling.
I'sually (be nisi thought that comes
after some great danger or excitement
is trivial.
"Now," laid Mian Chapin to her
self, "ho will have a paroxysm and
break the preservo jar !"
Thcro was a few moments of sus
pense while she wailed for some sound
to announce tho arrival of the expect
ed paroxysm, but all was silent. She
began to feel a sense of relief, almost
of exhilaration. Then Ihu face of her
prisoner appeared behind tins screen
in tho small Fipiare ventilator in tho
wall near the door. Ho watched her
a moment or two before attracting hor
attention.
'I have put the jar whero you told
me to," he .-aid, "nuw may 1 como
out?"
Oh! do slay a 1 i 1 1 !c longer, pleaRC.
I'd so like to have you slay until my
brother comes, if you please. He'll
bo so glad to see you! Y hi will, won't
you? And it is cooler down there than
anywhere else. There is a bench down
there and you can lie down and go to
sleep. It w ill do your poor head so
much good. There," sho added coax
ingly, "go away from the window
now. 1 don't want to talk any moro
now."
How glad sho was that sho had
fastened the iiiMile. doors, else ho
might find his way up into the kitch
en. The face disappeared, and she
grew courageous, nnd presently went
into the bouu! and opening the piano
began to play soft airs thai sho fan
cied might soiiho h r 1 risoner to
slumber. "I will not tell Frank and
Carlie until they are rested," sho
thought."
They enmo before sho expected
I lie 111. Ciriie's f.iee wore a conscious
look, and Flank glanced about the
pai lor ex pedant ly.
Why, May," he began, "where is
Marry? He came this a llcrnnon and
Cm lie and I stayed away so that you
two miyht get acquainted. Havo you
caplurei! bin.:' '
Mav's fine was a picluro of dis
may a- a bint of the truth ll.i-hcd upon
her.
"I I'm i'frai'1 1 have, Fiank," sbft
stammered, "lie -be is shut down
cellar with lie! vegetables. I thoilglu
ii was die i it it no man."
And with' in another word, but w ith
an I'll get-even-w iih-yoil look at her
brother, she ran up the stairs, followed
by Frank's shouts of laughter, and
sbul herself into her room.
Half an hour later Carlie tapped at
I he door.
"C'liuo down, now, May," she said.
Frank has smoothed the way for
you and has left Mr. Itristou in the
parlor alone. Come, you must apol
ogize before, " wi'U n spice of mis
chief in her lone "you go to Cousin
Mason's."
May went down, and, as Frank
afterwards said, made her apologies
like a man. That (bey were accepted
may bo inferred from the fact that
when, six weeks later, sho inado her
itdended visit to Cousin Mason, she
was Harry llristou's promised wife.
Dick, the Seagull.
It is well known that birds return
year after year to build their nests in
tht! saauo place, often in the same tree.
The llostou Transcript icpoits a moro
surprising case, in which a winter
visitor from (ho north, a seagull, has
been known to manifest a similar
local attachment.
It is twenty years since Dick first
came aboard the lightship which lifts
nnd dips over Itrcnlou's reef, the
roughest bit of water in Narragansctt
Hay, and 0110 of the m st dangerous
spots upon the Atlantic const. For
twenty years ho has shared what tho
crew ha! to cat; has been their gentle?
and iillcctioiiutc pot; has taken his
part of the weather and enjoyed it all.
At jut such a lime every spring ho
has disappeared, to spend tho summer
on hiliftttivc s'lores, but every autumn
has found him back again for tho
lierce and dreary winter.
Ilo never returned looking so worn
and out-of-feather as ho did last au
tumn. Age is telling on him, and for
luce or four springs the sailors have
niched his depart uro with sad mis
; iviiigB.
CHI LUKE VS ( OI,')IX.
tim. I'irst of mi' nii iirii.
The air Is sweet ami clear,
Ami we know the tlnwn I- near;
In the east the sky rows light,
And hright, ninl vet 111 ne luiltt,
Till the sun hursts m our si'lit,
Ami gone is the soft stiil g'nnin.
ItllHlll!
Yes, that Is the first tr: at gun;
Ami now look out for the fun.
Jack ami Frank ami l'n d
And liiil', who are smu in hi d,
Will jump and slum' and run
Krctl Hies out of his room.
lioom !
And now close in his track
Coiue I'uli nml Frank and .1 ick;
No idiince to the side nor lm k.
siraii;li( tin y ruh to the fn nt,
pound liny wili tear I lit- In nut
lit the or unit their ilnoio.
I'loniu!
Kii'lura H. Ilui'iste.id, In Youth's Con
panion.
CATS AMi t A I MP.
Anyone who is disposed to havo a
cat parly in his or 1 or back gulden has
only to procure some catnip ami leave
it there, and all the cats in the victi. ill
will soon arrive and then the fun will
begin. They will anill' it, tons it up,
roll over it, li'hi for it ami scratch it
around until iheie is not a vestige of
it left. Valerian has the saute attrac
tion for thein; ami in a leaser degree
they enjoy the scents of other aromatic
plants. 1 have often been amused
watching my big maltose going grave
ly about smelling tho pinks and the
musk plants, but I bad to correct liim
when be began lasting ho latter. -Detroit
Free Press.
A VISIT lit A 1. 1', II I'ltm K.
Tho keeper lived in a nice brick
bouse close to to the tower, ami aiso
painted white. I'nloeking the tower
door wo began to climb the iron stair
which winds round and round inside
until your bead swims, it was very
dark (I don't remember any windows
there). I'p nnd up we wen', quite
slowly, the koopu- lending until the
stairs seemed to run right up against
tin; ceiling; but the keeper pu-he.l a
bolt aside, stepped up 0116 more step,
and a ll 101I of light eamo down upon
US. He had opened an iron trap-door,
anil wo went up throu.;h the opening.
It was a light tit, I tell ymt. I don't
think it could have been more than
eighteen inches square, and I could
just squeeze through.
There wo were at last, on tho top,
close It) tho lantern. I can't describe it.
scieinilkally, but it was a beauty.
All of brass and thick plate glass, both
wonderfully polished. I.i the center
was the lamp, which hold- two quarts
of kerosene oil ; but the light uses
nearly four quarts every night, be
tween sunset ami suiu i-e. So, each
night, at about midnight, tin.' second
lamp full of oil has to he sot in place.
Think of that, boys! livery night in
the year, nt midnight, Ihu keeper has
to get out of a warm lied, cimb tho
long stairs, and change the lamp. It
may be a cold, winter night, the ther
mometer below zero, nib a furious
gale shaking the tower ami driving
tin; spray clear ever Hie top. No
mailer; the lamp must he changed.
The lantern stands about two and a
half feet high on an iron pedestal as
high, and has ,1 clock-work attach
ment, run by a heavy weight, which
hangs half way ilown the t wer, in a
giovo in Iho wall. The keeper puts
in a big key ami turns it onco or
twice. "Now watch," be says; ami
then slowly, very slowly the lantern
begins to move. ' It turns around
once in three minutes," ho says, "ami
shows a Hash each side for a quarter
of a minute, once every half-minute.
At that point to tho sottt'ieast it shows
red through that red pano there.
That's what we call tho red sector."
"Why doos it ?"
"There's a dangerous shoal in that
direction."
Sj now yon w ill know what a "sec
tor" is in a lighthouse.
There is room to walk around the
lantern, but a man six feet high would
have only two inches space abovo his
tall hat. Tho sides of the tower here
aro ih'ck panes of beatttifu'ly clear
glass, almost half an inch thick; yet
sometimes they are I roken. l!y what,
do yon think? Why, by wild ducks
and geese flying against llicm, da..'od
by tho light.
The little '.'ooin in which wo aro is
very hot ; tho big panes of glass
around it cannot bo opened, and
though there is a thick yellow shade to
each 0110, I am almost faint with tho
heat.
So we go down again, through the
little trap-door, into the dark tube of
the tower, where our footfalls and
voices ring hollow on the iron stairs
nnd tho cold white walls. How cool
and refreshing it is after the stifling
little top room. lKiwn nnd around
we go, til' once more tho bottom i
reached nu'i wo step outside on tb
grass again. fS'. Nicholas.
GEMS MADE BY ART.
How Counterfoils of Precious
Stones Arc Manufactured.
Chemists May in Time Provide
Gems by Artificial Means.
"The finest imitation diamonds arc
lirntlo out of rock crystal, " said a
Wa-hiiiglon dealer in precious stones
to a writer for the Washington Star.
"I'bu bases of the most successful
eoujMerfuils of all kinds of gems is a
pure, very douse and highly (raiis
pai out sort of glass, whieh is termed
'pa-tu' in the trade, 'For tliain iiuls
Ibis glass is simply cut and polihod
in facets, while for imiiaiing other
stones, such as inbics, emeralds, sap
phires, ex., metallic oxide are mixed
with it.
"In manufacturing glass fur such
purposes tho proee-.-es employed have
to bo conducted with the ut most
nicely. For making oven the best
mirrors the neco-isary silica is ohtaiuc I
from onlliiary while quart., while
common window panes aro produced
from sea sand to a large extent, bin
in this cao rock cryslal i-i sub-iiiuieil,
composing about oU per ct.nl. of the
ingredients of the panic. To it tiiu-t
be added per cent, of carbonate of
soda, and due proportions of calcined
borax, saltpetre ami ret I had. All of
these things aro reduced to the linest
powder, mixed, fused together by
heat ill a crucible and cooled slow ly.
"The density, Iraii-pareiicy anil
bean y of (lit! pa-lo depend upon ll.e
care taken in Ibe-e processes. Thus
made it is all ready to bo cut up into
diamonds and prepared for market.
It may be, however, that the manu
facturer desires to produce t ountoi f -i 1
gems of other sorts. Jf so, ho ba
the moans readily at hand. Supposing
that he wants mhics, he fuses with
the pasto a very -mall quanity of per
oxide of manganese and a trace of
Cas-ius purple, which will give iho
proper color. For emeralds he em
ploys in like manner oxide uf iron,
and for sapphires oxide of cobalt.
"Topaz, is ea.-i!v formed in the cru
cible by mixing with loon ,.nrts of the
pnste 40 pails of glass of antimony
ami ono part of Cas-iu purple, l or
manufacturing other kind- of gem
there arc methods equally simple !'
course none of those imitation
precious stones has iho cln inu al con
stitution, hanlnc-s, s tie lie gravity or
optical properties id 10 l ones. Ac
cordingly their falseness i- icadiU
perceived by an export. Inasmuch a
j the elciumils of whieh varioti- gem
I are composed are well known, - n
1 Ihetic chemistry ha- attoiupled to 10
! produce them by piniing iho in
j gredionls together and t lbeiuig orjs.
, lalliatiou in the laboratory. In thi
1 way huge masses of what niigbl bo
j termed true ruby and -apphire ale
turned out ail iliciallv, -in h gein-liko
material having some ii-olulno-s for
industrial purposes, although lacking
the biiliiancy of naliue's products.
"For my ow n part I am eonfi'Ieir.
that sooner or later sumo, if not all, of
the stones deemed precious will be re
produced by artifice. The chemists
who have hitherto confined I heir at
tention to taking things apart arc be
ginning to learu how to put them to
gether. All Iho gems are very simple
in their composition, and the problem
is merely to inal.e their elements
cry.dali.c properly. In all such
knowledge science has made little
progress as yet. We do not even
know for what rea-mi one -uh-taucc
is tran-parent while another is opaque,
though prc-uuiably there is -oine 1 ela
tion between the an angomeut of tho
molecules in the ir.iu-p ireiil body an I
the length o the light wave-, whiih,
in the case of the transparent body,
permits the latter to pass through."
The I'carl Diver's Foe.
Your wealthy lathes of Chicago
who assemble at evening part es and
soirees in magnificent costumes
covered with line pearls know little or
nothing, pel baps, about the many
dangers encountered in gatlcring
these pearls from the sea," icinaiked
J. (i. lbiuvcis of London, Fuglaml,
at tho Trcinont House yesterday. "1
wrs on a trip along the coast of X inz'
bar, Africa, a year ago, when 1
learned that sea pearl li-hing is not a
trade for men of weak hearts to fol
low. The pearls are gathered at the
bottom of Iho sea by divers.
"Tho reason a man with a weak
heart is not til for tho work is because
the stopped breath and tho pressure of
nincly feet of sea water, with i's
weight of sixty-two pounds to the
cubic foot, will bring on palpitation
of the heart ami burst the weaker
vessels, causing distressing ami often
dangerous hemorrhages. Hut ihu
tiivcrs nro still stalwart savages, in
such rugged health that the physical
danger never occurs to litem. The
dangers constantly iiieni.te the diver.
Wherever the oyster grows there a,. -o
tlnives the giant ti idai I, mi, a uion
s'lotis bivalve whose shell is from
I to ii feet in length, firmly anchored
to the bottom.
"It lies with its scalloped shells
yawning a foot or more apart. Im
mediately anything touches it the
.-hells snap together, nnd once Ihe-e
huge shells aro dosed not n do.ui
men out of water could get I belli
apari, far less the single diver, fifteen
fathoms deep, who may have dropped
into tin: capacious inoiilb or have
carelessly put bin band wiihiu it
shells while groping in the gloom.
"If nn h a fate befall a driver there
is only one Hong for hi 111 to do. and
thai is to amputate biui-ell' from the
enormous iiiollud; and ri-e 10 the sur
face, fainting, bloody, and mangled.
Those savage- will light anything from
a lion lo a python on hind, but tin y
haven't the courage to run ngain-t
a biv live under ninety feet of water
ami -laud tin; chance ot those yawning
shell- closing 111 oil an arm or a leg
and eru-hing tho bones to splinters.
"If the lllon-trolis luollil-ks -hoit'd
tdo-e ilown and catch the diver'- head,
of oetir-e be would never know what
killed him. His Lead would be
ina-bed to a pu p. and il woii'd go oil
as if severed by a gu ilotino. 1 .-aw
only one native who had boon caught
by tho inollusk. ll had closed tl"wn
on hi- loft hand, and llie only thing he
could do, as tl o monster hold him was
to cul oil' bis left nun at the elbow.'
I hicago Herald.
The Treii-nre" Stale. '
Montana is the largest of the newly '
admitted States; in fact, it is as largo !
as Wa-hlugton and Xorth Dakota
continued. It i-one-sixth linger than .
Iht! I'niletl Kingdom of (neat lSrii.'iin :
ami Ireland. It is the third Slate in
the si-terhootl, ranking next after
Texas and California. It contains
I1"i,77i'i square niiies, and is therefore '
the size of iho Ma.cs of New York, '
,ew .lersey, lVnns Ivauia, Maryland,
Virginia ami We.-1 Virginia all rolled
together, ll is iibont ." I" miles in :
length, ajnl half aj wide. As it is
approached from (he ca-i, it seems lo
he a coniiniiation of the bunt b-g ra-s
plains land which make-, up all of
North Dakota. Hni iiliu"-t all at once
upon filtering Montana the monotony
"f the great plateau is relieved by its
ili.'urhaneo into hill-, which grow
more ami more innii' 1 oil and take
on giea'or ami tica'or In k and
height, until, when one-third of I hvs
Stale has boon p.-i-.-ed, tho earth i- all
I i -1 1 1 1 1 I with mountain- ami nnoiu
lain -pur-. The-o are 1 ho fin ei 11 uln I s
of the ll"t kie-, which, -pcakinu
roughly, make tip the liu.il or we-ioin
third of Ihi- gi and and imperial new
s ate. A glance a( the map will call
lo the :t 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 llie apparently ci'ii
liadlitoiv fail that lie priinipal seat-
f population in the S itio aro diicolly
111 the h'ocky Mountain region. This
i-dilli nil for the majority of readers
to aecouul for. They think of the
Hooky Mountains as grout ba-li'-n-'f
hare stone and such, ind 1, the
main range i-; but the -pur- and
lo-MT or side ranges are ias--el ld or
wooded elevation-, and t veu amid the
writable linkie- llieuiseivs are in
numerable valleys coa'ed with the
richest, liio-l 1111 riiiotis pa-turage lo
bo found anywhere in the world. lu
. r beside siiclt valleys are the cities
(unit there to bo close to the mines
that are being worked in the moun
tains, A llojils t tdl'ie.
Says a man w Ii has been down it:
Mexico: The niesipiite beau that
grows so rank in MexVo, Texas and
New Mexico is a 'dead ringer' fm
ooll'ee when pai died and ground. I
have a friend Mho bis gone down on
the llio tirandet an I is flooding the
niaikel with this spurious eoHeo. It
looks and sn.ells exactly like the genu
ine .lava before it is boiled, and 1 he
most experienced collec buyer i- liable
to be deceived in it. I am told Hint
ootlee dealers are buying this -lull ami
mixing' it with then- ground cofi'ee,
like some grocers sand their sugar.
The finest way to get pure collet- j- t,(
buy il unparchod and utiground."
New Yolk Tribune.
.
JolinnyN Miml Hi ali-llod.
Mr. Fi..lclop was under the painful
necessity of inbniiiistoi ing a severe
castigation to his son .lohnny. After
he had completed hi- labors he said
sternly to the sull'eriiig victim:
"Now tell me why puui-hed you."
"That's it," sobbed .lohnny; "you
ncaily pound the life out of me, ami
now you don't even know why you
did it."
The Song of H.e Haiti.
1 1'.', rain, 'aln. r un,
I'l'.tu flf sun'- ri-e till it scl-i,
And it's lain, rain, rain,
lu all shape- ami i-ty If of well
It'-, nit, to he n .-wan
1 ir a li-h of the humid f.o .1,
Kur then there wi n n't such ro.ison t" kl'k
At this compound of nrnis! and mud.
"'t ill it never let up," we sili,
It c-initw down lie renr still
And ev'ry drop nf a heft and size
To move or drive n mill.
The gutters a foaming sea.
Tin- -trcots a raging main
And llie t'la-hilig torrents 111 liquid linte.
S;ng: "It-tin, rain, ruin."
If Marwin's doctrine's true
Th.'.t nature k indly gi 1 -To
ncin the nn ans to adapt In'iit-i If
To llie III I 'I- ot Where lu livi -,
ll tlie rain lot p- up a- el laic.
: oine iiuh-hv day w ho klnov-'
,lu-i iii.e a duel,', wi may .t ill In !'" I.
1 ul
I'll men our t
I Philadelphia Tinn.
It T MOftOI S.
0 heilil piai'll l s--Th(! helmet,
lo t'plioiic lakes every body's
I'ldi
Tin)
vonl.
Fell
In wal
ps I he be-l way lo tc"i:h baby
wotiid b" lo give it in charge
of 11 step-mot her.
Hi" (ear tly) ll must In awfully
dangerous lo be a soldier. lit 1 1 is,
imb ed. The women ale always after
Vi 11.
Aeronaut t ju-t alighting' nn church
-piio) I'll like 10 havo bold of (lit;
fillnw who said I be re a- plenty of
run in at the lop.
"!. .vo laugh- ut locksmith'," 1iO
said lo him. encouragingly. "Yes,
tlailiiig, I know," ho replied, sadly,
"but not at No, 1 I 1nit-."
A I nicil'l" Argument .-Suitor (per-si-tently)
Why do you ki op me wait
ing s i long for an an-wor? ll 'iuoin
ln r that you ate glow in;; o'.tlor every
1 u i 1 1 u 1 1 '
She I know' I'm cross at limes,
, I. dm, but if I bad my life lo live over
again. I i-bi-uld marry ynu just Iho
same. Ho- I halo my doubts nb nit
thai, my ib nr.
"Doctor," said the sutl'oror supinely,
as he dropped into the dentist's chair,
"my nerve is oniplolely gone." "Oh,
110, it i-'nt," w as '.he t heel f'ul reply.
Wail till I gel a III 111 hold ami you'll
icalie your itii-lakc."
Charlie," said Mamie, "papa don't
like you becau-e be -ays you re ex
travagant in your dre--.'' "Well, he's
loi-taken. du-t loll icur father I
haVen'l paid a laili r'- bill for two
year-," relol !'"' ( dial lie.
New Conk --lm I'dd the mi-SI.-'.
w mi's thing- in lb' l.igh-t 'd lash-
i.mabbi slyie. Sure, I'm nfiaid I
won't -oil, l"i U s only plain o. it-kill"
I've d.iie. Od took It's ai-y
enough. M ike ivory thmg lasie like
snuiel hi ng il.e.
l.'ike h it'll H1I1- ; 10I I' low
dud go I I' I. one of Iho most
carol ul i'li-i 1 m 1 - in llulie, Montana,
lately r:ii.l : Yem- ago a pari of its
camped on the bmk of a deep, clear
lake in I. a 'en county, near it- caslorn
lioumlai v. H iving quat ten d our ani
mals al the lake, we picketed ihein lol'
the nigh' and wo lay down to sloop.
About 10 o'cioek, or a ii'.th- later, when
the gnat al- were changed, one of them
went down lo the lake get some
water. In a moment or two he eamo
running back, declaring iho water had
tli-appeared. lb- woke 11- up, telling
of the straugo fad, and scvcnil of the
party went with him to the edge of
the now empty chasm.
"It was a deep, rocky ba-in, with
iininen-e bow lder- in tin- bottom, but
there w as not a drop of water in what
a few hours before was a lake fully a
quarter of a mile long, du-l before
sunri-e the following morning (wo of
us who weie on watch heard the
water returning. Wo observed it with
much interest, ami before breakfast
the lake was half full. Hy ! o'clock,
when we resumed our journey, tho
water had nil returned, and the lako
was tilled to the brim. The water
disappeared ami returned through
, several lissures in the tleep bottom 01
I the lake, but none of us were able to
1 account for the st 1 auge phenomenon.''
Oroville (C.il. 1 l.'egister.
A t oll With Three l.ek's.
An extraordinary freak of nature is
. reported by It. K. Kecd el Henlon
1 township. A mule colt recently
I foaled on bis place ha- but three legs.
The colt has two perfect html legs, bill
tho light fore log is mi-sing, and it
seems that nature made no ell'ort to
supp'y the dolicieney. The colt is an
healthy and notivo as tiny animal, nnd
seems not to miss lh- lacking member.
We havo these facts from perfectly
responsible parties. lliliv.i, Mo.,
Herald.
In Southern Europe n,'"0 oranges
havo been picked front ono tree, ,