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0TI)r (JUjatljam ttffor tljc I) at I) am Rrcorb. II. Am LONDON, EDITOK AND PROPRIETOR. RATES A DVERTISINC TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one month 11.0 1.50 .6Q $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. For larger advertisements liberal cm rcU will bo made. VOL. XVI. 1'ITTS1$0R0 CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOJJKIl 2(i, 181KJ. CWtam NO. 9. Keep Tour Eye on the Compass. Keep your eye on the compass If the sea runs high. And the ocean's inky billows Mock the blackness of the sky ; When heating up against thu wind So pitiless and strong. Keep your eye on tho compass And you can't go wn((. Keep your eyo on the compass, And your white light trimmed. Though the moon hide iu the heavens And the stars nre dimmed ; Though the voyage may lie lonely Aud the way seem Inn;;, Keep your eye on th mpilss Ami you can't go wrong. Keep your eye on the compos", It will guide y.ui o'er the deep, Will show you where the North star is, And where the (lowers sleep n the sunny South. No matter If the way seems long, Keep your eye on the emnpass And you eiui't go wrong. fv Waiiman. in New York Sun. MODERN CHIVALRY. BV I.IZZIK. YOKK CASK. "'I tellyc'r, gentlemen, hit's impos sible to rim- corn and rise it right with out litigation.' "I suppose h- nieiiut irrigation, but far be it from me to criticise a mem ber of the wliool board," laughingly Miid the handsome young; man that had just entered the cabin. "These neighbors of ours mut be tin funniest people on earth, or do yon invent tliesi joke a for their rued icinnl effect V" inquired the sick girl, smiling from her comfortabli chair. "Oh, I'm not equal to that ; my im iginatioii is a mere spark, a tallow dip no to speak compared to their brilliancy. And the fun of it is they nre so unconscious." Two young men nnd a sick srirl, m custoiued to the refinements of civili zation, trying to consider life h great joke in this rude cabin on u fur away ranch. It was a romantic situation, and "ileucedly unconventional," us they admitted. One of the lin n n young doctor had buried a charming wife, and was rushing away from sad memories to try life in n new hind, together with an other young adventurer. When in New York, where lin y had stayed a few days, they met Hessie Mason, an old school friend of both, apparently dying with consumption, and quite alone in the world. She had longed for a breath of the balmy south, a last chance for life; but under the circumstances it was use less. Now the coming of these friends revived the thought. "(in with us, "said the doctor: "you Mill get well. Vi'e will adopt you." "Oh, to think of it restored me al most ; but it is impossible." The impulsive young men, persuad ing themselves that the change would save the girl's life, tiuully succeeded in overcoming her scruples. She bore the journey niarvelously, and leaving her iu a little hotel in Texas, they prepared to set up house keeping on a sheep ranch not far off. The doctor, riding over every day to sec the sick girl, soon b.'canie con vinced that more cure was needed than could be hud ill that place. Kesidc their cabin tire, the two friends held a coiisiiltat ion, ami the verdict was that Kossie must conic home. "We must take care of her," they said. ''Yes, by George! now we've brought her so far away. But ought we to adopt her or marry her?" "I'll settle it,"saidthe doctor, "I'vo had more experience than you." The next day he told Hessie that the cabin wns quite comfortable now, that tin v had accomplished wonders iu the way of furnishing and decorating. You ought to see it ! Hosts this place all hollow. Now we only need a woman for company. Fact is, Hessie, you must give me a husband's right to bring you home and get you well." "Pear, kind old schoolmate, I sec it all now. How selfish I was to let you burden yourself with a dying girl." "Nonsense, Hess; we'll get you well. And then wo really need you, and if you don't come we will not be safe; ws need your protection. An Amazon rode up ye .terday and brought a pres" cut. What do yon think it was?" "Something sentimental, 1 should judge." "Correct," saiil the do"tor. "It whs butter. She hud it iu a bottle th it the carried next her heart. It was melted when she gave it to me." "Which, the heart or the butter?" asked Hess, who could not h- fi so in,; the funny side, no matter how she felt. Then with quickly changing mood she said, "l.ut 1 cannot permit you to make further sacrifice tor me. It is a clour case of modern chivalry." "Well, if that's what yon call it, one so seldom gets a chance to do the heroic, I don't intend to let this one slip." "But there isa memory," she urged, "so near." Instantly tho young doctor became serious. "Yes, very near and pre cious; and for the sake of this you will see it is best." Some people always shed tears at a wedding, no matter how happy the occasion. The big, strong-armed hos tess at the hotel, in bright calico gown, who stood up with the best man, did justice to the circumstances in the lachrymal line. The sick girl's eyes shone like stars, and her thin cheeks were flushed with happiness. The resolute manner of the doctor, conveying the idea that he was being sworn to snatch his bride from the jaws of death, his friend seri iiiih and ay in pathetic, the gaudy bridesmaid, perhaps never had so genuine an occasion for tears. When the pathetic reaches a cer tain pitch, the ludicrous sometimes comes in to relieve the tension. The pendulum swings. It was a custom of the old pnrson that dispensed connubial ties iu that section, to bring the bride a pres ent. He had ridden many miles with a queer thing fastened to his saddle bags, which he brought in and gave tho bride with awkward ceremony, explaining that he always "got 'em all alike, no ns there wouldn't be no jeal ousy." It was a bonnet, covered with bright, eheup flowers, which he insisted on put ting on the sick bride's head. This incongruity furnished a vent to the strained feelings of the party. When the newly-made husband shook the parson's hand, and assured him that no gift eould have been more ap propriate, the poor man, though well satisfied, wns a trifle puzzled. In the cabin home, Hessie seemed to grow better. She became interested in the ranch, the sheep-raising, and was fond of the young lambs which were brought in. Tim two friends vied with each other in making her comfortable. They ranged the country for such delicacies as could be had, w hich she showed them how to prepare, and forced herself to taste. They mule merry over their domes tic blunders, and daily brought the budget of fun from outside. The inquiry of the kind-hearted neighbors, "Uow'syo' ole woman to day?" always "brought down the house," and Bessie's slaves as she called the two friends, made her mock deference as "the ole woman." The young men were scarcely con scious how largely she entered into their lives, until the turn came, and they had to face the fact that she was fading rapidly. At last the dread messenger entered the cubin, nnd thu three resolute na tures, who had mndo a brave light against him, had to yield. "(tod reward you, dear old chums," the dying girl said feebly, giving a hand to each. The doctor bent low to catch her last word, "My husband ! 1 may call you so once. Hear my confession. On your part it wns friendship, noble, self-saerilieing ; on my part it was love, stronger than death. " Detroit Free I'rcss. An Elephant's Sagacity. In India domesticated elephants are usually given drink from large wooden troughs filled with well water by moans of a pump, and it is commonly an elephant that tills this trough. F.very morning ho goes regularly to his task. While visiting a friend at his tine residence in India a corres pondent of the .Manchester Examiner saw a large elephant engaged in pump ing such a trough full of water. He continues : "hi passing I noticed that one of the two tree trunks which supported the trough at either end, had rolled from its place, so the trough, still ele vated at one extremity, would begin to empty itself as soon as the water reached tho level of the top at the other end, which lay on tho ground. I stopped to see if tho elephant would discover anything w rung. Soon the water be gan to run oli'at the end which had lost its support. The animal showed signs of perplexity w hen he saw this, b it as the cud nearest him lacked much of being full he continued to pump. Finally seeing that tho water continued to pass oil", he left the pump handle and begun to consider the phenomenon. He seemed to find it dittleiilt to explain. Three times ho returned to his pumping and three times he examined the tio igh. "I was an absorbed looker-on, impa tient to see what would be done. Soon a lively flapping of the ears indie ited a dawning of light. He went nnd smelled of the tree trunk which had rolled from under the trough. I thought for a moment that he was go ing to put it in its place again. Hut it was not, as I soon understood, the end which ran over which he found it im possible to till. liaising the trough, which he then allowed to rest for an instant on one of his huge feet, he rolled away the second supporting log with his trunk and then set the trough down so that it rested at both ends on the ground, He returned to tho pump and completed his task." What Oik I'lctnre Suggested. Someone w rites of one painting at the World's Fair Art gallery which is fascinating; so spell-hound was this lady visitor that she declares she would have stood before the picture, for hours had she been a woman of lei sure. It represents a vast arena. A half dozen wild beasts crouch in tho back ground. They are hungry-eyed and lank. There is a terrible hollow ness beneath their ribs that tells of a long fast. You can almost see tho sands whipped into dust by the lash of their tails. In their eyes there is cruelty and greed, so terrible that even be fore the painted semblance your own gaze quails. One sprii.gs to the 'rout, with a roar that you can almost hear through the paint. Facing them, with his back to you, there is a picture of a man. His hands are bound behind him and his back is bowed as by the carrying of a heavy load. And yet in his bearing you see the pride of a king and the bravery of a warrior uneotiqiiered. Hefore his glance, which we cannot see, wo mark how the lions cower. There is no straining for release from the thongs that bind. The inus( les are relaxed, the whole pose one of kingly culm. "As I stood before tho canvas for the first time," says this observer, "and noted the superb inbreathing of genius that has lifted that especial pic ture to the rank of one of the best in all the vast display, I said to myself: I wonder if that man would be so brave if it were a sneer he was facing instead of a tiger! I wonder if ridicule ami derision and scorn would have as little terror for his undaunted soul as an ar ray of empty-stomached lions. "There is plenty of the sort of hero ism iu tho world that would help an enthusiast sulTer physical pain, or carry a fireman into a burning building and a landsman overboard to save a fellow creature, but there is precious little of the heroism that would help you or mo to stand to our convictions under the broadside of a laugh." Hani Cash. The ttrst lioninn brass coins weighed 1,0011 grains. The first New Jersey coins wen cop per cents, struck iu I7H0. The Aztecs tilled quills with gold dust, sealed them nnd passed them from hand to hand us coin. The Troves pound, or, as now called, the pound Troy weight, wasiutrodueed into Knglandasit gold measure in l."il7. The Romans inscribed on bronze coins only the legend, mouetii saora, sacred money, because bronze was A sacred metal. The fust purchase of copper for the I'nited States Mint was on Sept. II, 17'.'-, and comprised six pound of old copper utensils. The coins issued by the Hy.untiiin Umpire form during 1,000 years the connecting link between ancient and modern coinage. The first coins, as the term is now understood, were made by clipping the edges of a bit of gold until il was nearly round and then stamping it with a punch and hammer. The coins of Constantino struck A. 1. 'M'i were the tirst to bear Christian emblems. Those showed the cross, the. monogram of Christ and sometimes the words alpha and omega. Some of the later Massachusetts coins bore a rude device illustrating the parable of the good Samaritan and wore called good Samaritan shillings. There are only two or three known to be in existence. From the fall of the Western Kni pirc, A. lb 47:1, to the discovery of America the most important F.uropciin coin was the silver denier, or penny, about ihe size of a dime. Hy general consent it was coined of about the sumo size by all Furopcun sovereigns and passed curie:. t everywhere. Cah-Stanil Philosophy. First Cabman (to the gentleman with the lady oil his arml "Keb, sir? Jt's beginning to rain." Second Ciibmiiii (us the couple pass bv in sileneel --"What d' you want to waste your breath for? I ktiovved she was only his sister."- Chicago KeO-Old. GOLI)KXSAXI)S. All Beaches Contain the Precious Metal. Story of the Famous Treasure of Arizona. What imagination will do where gold is concerned is illustrated by the story of a certain volcanic island in the Indian ocean, the sand along the shores of which is filled with gold col ored crystals of chrysolite of "gold stone" These crystals glisten brightly iu the sun, ami about a century ago a crazy Frenchman, struck with the brilliancy of the pebbles, supposed that he had hit upon riches compared to which the wonl th of Om us and of I ud was as nothing. He c illccted quanti ties of the crystals, heated them in a crucible and fancied tliat he produced ingots from theiu. His delusion wns quite harmless. Hut only n few years ago a lot of chrysolite-hearing sand from tin same island wns shipped to France and made a (front sensation, (treat numbers of peiple went wild about it. and couipnn.es were organ ized to begin mining operations along the strand of the goldea isle. It was declared that the supplies of precious metal to be obtained fn iu that source were inexhaustible. Mich money was spent in the wildcat enterprise, which even to this dny has not been wholly abandoned. It is true that the sand of all bench es does contain n certain amount of gold, though ordinarily tho quantity is not siilliciontlv great to pay for sep arating it. However, certain sands near the mouths of rivers iu Oregon nre really so rich in the precious metal that nttenipls have boon made to mine them. The streams have brought it down ami deposited it iu a condi tion of unusual purity, though finely divided. Unfortunately, it is only found deep down near the bed of the rock, and as fast as the worthless su perincumbent material e taken away il is washed back again and covers up the wealth beneath. Then' is so much gold in sea water that a single bucket ful"of it reveals a yellow trace on analysis. F.very ton of water iu the ocean contains about one grain of the metal. That amount of gold is enough to gild fifty-six square inches of sur face, or it may he draw n out into iii 10 foot of wire. Thus it appesrs that there is plenty of the shining standard of value iu the world, the only diffi culty being to separate it economically from the other elements with which it is found combined. Probably gold was the first metal known to the ancients. It abounded iu the sands of many rivers of anti quity w hich have long censed to he auriferous. From the readiness with which it was to be got iu those early times one may imagine how such pro digious quantities of it were collected as arc spoken of hy authors who de scribe the wealth of Solomon, the statues, tablets and vessels of gold dedicated by Semiriniis, and the riches of Croesus. Human conquer ors fetched gold home with them liter ally by wagon loads. These great ac cumulations were usually the result of conquests. So it was with the enor mous treasures gathered at Hub, Ion under Semiramis; at Jerusalem under Solomon ; at Kardis under Croesus; again at Habyloii under 1. iritis; at Alexandria under Alexander, and af terward at Koine while she was at the summit of her power. The first his torical mention of gold is iu tin- Bible, where Abraham is described as being "very rich iu cuttle, silver nnd gold." It is an odd fact that gold was used at Komi as early as ;.M 1. (!. for the purpose of securing artificial tooth in their places. Cloth also was made of it at the same period, without admix ture of other materials. The story of the famous treasure of the Madre d'Oro is told by Pan do (,)uille iu his book on the "('(unstuck I aide. " It is derived from the Aztecs of Mexico. Somewhere iu southeast Arizona is a small valley, about five miles long by two miles wide, walled iu by towering mountains. The sides aii so precipitous that it is impossible to climb down them, and there is only one entrance, through the cave, which is carefully hidden by luJians who guard the treasure for the second com ing of Montezuma. The valley itself, though surrounded by inhospitable rocks, is a paradise. Watered by a stream which flows through it, its soil is covered w ith flowers and beautiful trees, through the branches of which llit bright-lined birds. Stretching across the valley from one side to the other is a ledge of gold, its masses of virgin mct'il gloaming t ii 1 1 glistening iu th-. sunlight. The gold lies in it in greit veins and ung g. ts embed led m clcir quartz, the sharp angles ol which glitter in tho sun's rays like gigantic diamonds. Across the ledge the stream flows, forming a little wutcrinll, lu-low which: the nuggets of gold cim be seen in the wat.-T and out. (iold ill til ledge,1 gold in the seid' S of the snakes, gold j in the stream, gold in the birds, gold, gold, gold, gold, is the refrain of the1' story. (Chicago Tines. j Cucumber Snakes. ! own in Miles River Neck, Talbot County, there is a spot where the av- 1 ernge Chinese would delight to dwell, j It isa place where Chinese cucumbers grow to ii il enormous size. This vegc- I table how er, assumes sometimes a shape which (lightens tin: natives of the neighborhood, in spite of the fact that Talbot is n local option county, f The cucumber grows long and slim, . and at tine s twists itself into coils re sembling a snake A man going from Kaston the other day to Miles Kiver Ferry, in passing a little clearing in the woods noticed a green looking ob ject in a (latch of vegetables, and he got over the fence to nuike a closer ox- j animation. Ho almost fainted. An- ' other citizen en mo along soon after-' ward. Tin: first man hud revived and ' was leaving the patch at a Nancy 1 Hanks gait- When accosted he said i to his friend: "Heeii bit by a snake; woods full of 'em." Citizen No. ' persuaded the fright- j oiled man to go back, an 1 upon exam- j inafiou the snake proved to be a Chi- nese encumber about 2 inches long, j which in tho course of growth had i twisted itself up in the form of a ' snake. j The cucumber was si nt to the . "American" olliee by express. It was; grow ii on the farm of L. W. Tniil. of j Miles lliver N'.-ck, and its shape is per- 1 feetly snake Mr. Trad, it is said, has u qu. u tcr of mi acre of them, j The Chinese cucumber is not eaten to ' i any extent in this country except by; Chinese and ii few foolish cows. The former, however, import them in a , dried condition tr im their native ' land, as they do stale eggs and other I odorous luxuries. The Chinese like to see cucumbers grow, and t le v often i cult ivate t hem in their yards in the cities over here. The snake-like ap pearance of the vegetable does not frighten th ' slant-eyed foreigner, as he would e.it with relish a green garter snake if In' didn't happen to have anything else li.tmlv . I'.ultimoro American. lumping (drnffes. It used to be an amusement, nnd also a duty, to in to try and show the animals to native gentlemen when they eiiiue from their country seats to visit Calcutta, and invariably invited them to come with me to see the "Zoo," says a writer in Longman's Magazine. I think that the giraffes puzzled them tnost. One fine old Hindoo nobleiiiHii, with whom I have many a time been out tiger shooting on his own property, suggested that the giraffe was a new sort of tiger, but he was comforted and convinced when ho saw them cut the branch of n tree from my hand. I w ish he eould have been present to witness a performance by this pair of giraffes, which I did not see myscl I'.thoiigh lortunately Lord William Hoi o.-,ford saw it and told me of it. On tho morning of the (linen's birthday Hcresloid was riding past the giraffe inolosure when a feu do joi was fired by the soldiers of a native infan try regiment, whose quarters are not far from the quarters of 1 he "Zoo." At tin? first round of the tiring the giraffes wore startled. When tin se cond round came they took to their heels and jumped clean over the fence of upright gurriin or wattle sticks, about ten feet high, that surrounded heir inolosure. When th third round came the gir affes were so puzzled that they turned round and popped over the fence again and sought refuge in the house iu which they were lodged at night. It is a groat pity that a sportsman and rider like Lord William lieresford, who siw this strange sight, had not a mount on one of the giralles. hy ltrhes Away the Ibtiup. It is said the growth of ivy on the walls of houses renders the walls en tirely free from ihimp, the ivy extract ing every particle of moisture from wood, brick or stone for its own sus tenance, by means of its tiny roots, which work their way into the hardest stone. The overlapping leaves of the ivy conduct water falling upon them i from point to point until it reaches the ground, without all -wing the walls t- li e ive any moisture whatever from the heating rain. New Orleans I'ic lino. All (termini workmen iu Hussia-I'o-1 : 1 1 1 have bci n ordered to learn the Kussi.iu language hv January, IN'.H. S( lEM IFK SCKAI'S. A snnke that climbs up the glass nulls of its polished cage is an attrac tion in the Natural History Museum at Paris. Professor I.ippmaii has succeeded iu photographing simultaneously all the colors of the rainbow on n layer of tdbunien. There nre over 400,(Mi() varieties of insects known to the entomologist, though not nil described in the works on the subject. The "tartar" on human teeth is tilled with aiiimaleubf, which arc de stroyed by vinegar. Vinegar itself contains eel-like insects. If human dwellings were construct L-d on the same proportionate scale hs the anthill of Africa, private resi d tices would be a mile high. It is a mistake to suppose that I leoi-ites luirst. in the Kroner sense of the word. Hut it often happens that I they are broken to pieces on strikin Ihe atmosphere of the earth. The jelly-fish lays thousands of tiny ! eggs, which, being covered with na hiral ours in the shape of numerous liairs, row themselves into some quiet place and await developments. i The annual evaporation from the J icenns of the world equals a ileplti ol diout fourteen feet of water for the en lire ana of sen surface. The moisture returns to the earth as rain, forming springs, creeks, and rivers, which are oustaiitly flowing to the sea. Hirds which fly highest and fastest have the most air cells. The nir from the lungs, which is much warmer, ami therefore lighter than the outside liiiv passes into and out of these cells at the will of the bird, some being able to till even the quills of their feathers. A siu"ular phenomenon has been discovered iu connection with t...' wa ters of the Hlaek sea. It has long I n known that these waters at a depth of more than 100 fathoms contain so much sulphuretted hydro gen as to be unlit for the support of fishes. A recent obs- rver has traced the noxious gas to a microbe which is found in the ooze of the bottom. It is able to decompose mineral sulphates uml has received the mime of bacillus hydrosiilfuricus ponticiis. (Mir Ihimostic Water ( niiiiiierce. A man must travel up and down the (trout Lakes aud navigable rivers of this country to gain oven a faint idea of the extent of America s domestic water commerce. Some very interest ing facts and figures, however, bear ing on this matter were cited by Mr. Thomas J. Vivian of the Census Hu- reau, in his recent address before the World's Water Commerce Congress at Chicago. According to ine irame records compiled by the census there were in IS'tO no less than J2,07! craft conducting transportation on what may be called "domestic waters. Of these '2,22 were steamers nndt'i.s:!7 were sailing vessels engaged in car rying freight and passengers, their united tonnage being J.M'i.oM tons ; were ferry steamers, with a tonnage of 1 lli.O'.l'.l tolls; l.-'-M were steamboats engaged in tow ing freight-laden barges, wilh a ton nage of llo.so:. tons, while tin barges so towed numbered IO,.Vil, with a tonnage of 4.00S.SI7 Ions. The total tonnage of this traffic fleet of I!'.!, 070 craft was 7,-Jbt,t:ll tons and its value $lsl,l'-!i'.d."i:t. As may be imagined, this great fleet did a business proportionate to its ex tent. According to the report of op orations made to the authorities, lli-V iiSS,:(J0 tons of freight were moved iu a year, while the passeiigi r list num bered l'.i',i,07'.',."i77. It may surprise tho reader who does Hot realize the extent of navigable waters within the bounds of this country to know that in the pursuit of business these busy craft travelled 1 07, tot'., If. t miles. He sides possessing the largest lake sys tem in the world, I'nele Sam has n glorious waterway of J:t,.i0." miles i f navigable rivers which only lacks a little, as Mr. Vivim sav s, of being long enough to belt the globe. Fu ller these circumstances it isn't strange that our domestic water commerce has boomed in the past, and is destined Mill to boom. -1 Hostoli (ilobe. An Obi Piosiect(ii's find. An old prospector arrived in tho citv a few days ago with a small sack of ore which assayed, it is said, "it'., 000 in gold to the ton. The old man said he found a good 1. d.ge of this ore near Hi" Hig Hole, but to nil qiiortions as to the exact location of the ledge the old prosnector gave evasive an swers. The ore an 1 assurers' returns were seen by several Hutte miliars, who are anxiously awaiting the re appearance of the prospector-- Huttc (Mou.) Inter Mountain. UIIJ.nREVS C0LIMN. il.ll K S I AT. Miss AJie loves me, Jlut if I wep she And hud kitten as white as milk, 1 would give her this house of laei and silk. K niiid us n hall nnd light as a feather, To keep her dry ill rainy wnnther. There are plenty of eats Who go huutiiiK rats. With noses keen und wel)-sharp''iifxl mi ill, And sim just the tips of thir flylliK tails, T.ien sit and watch all day (..r their dinners. Or go without, which is hard for l.egiuiiers. I sleep in tin house, And eat chicken, ret mouse ; No kit cim show more velvety paws, A hutlertly couldn't f,-el the claws; Well, some must work while others are think ing ; I ..til do that while I'm dozing and winking. - Our bittle Men nnd Women. T1IK T01LFT OK BlltOS. The feathered tribes have many pe culiar ways and fancies about the de tails of their toilets. Some birds use water only," some water and dust, while it hers prefer dust and no water. Hirds are not only exceedingly nice in their choice of bath water, but also very particular about the quality of their "toilet dust." Wild ducks, though feeding by salt water, prefer to bathe in fresh wnter pools, aud wil' fly long distances inland to running brooks and ponds, where they preen and dress their feathers in the early hours of the morning. Sparrows bathe often, both in water and in dust. They are not so particular about tho quality of the water as about the quality of the dust. They prefer clean water, but I have seen them tnktj a dip in shallow pools that wore quite muddy. The city sparrow must take a wnter bath where he can get it in the streets or on the In use tops - but ho is most careful in his choice of his dust bath. Koiiil dust, the dryest and finest possible, suits him best. I have noticed the city sparrow taking his dust bath in the street, nnd invariably ho chooses a place where the dust is like powder. Partridges prefer dry lonm. They like to scratch out the soil from under the grass and fill their feathers with cool earth. Most birds are fond of burnt ashes. Some early morning take n walk across a field that has boon burnt over, nnd see the num ber of winged creatures that rise sud denly from the ash heaps. A darting form, a small cloud of ashes, and the bathers disappear. New York Home. A CAT WITH KAI.SK TKETIt. The cat that owned the false tooth had lost his own, and had his jaw broken besides by n drunken wretch who bent him with a cobble stone. With great care the poor animal finnl lv recovered; but ho had to be fed with n little milk iu a spoon for a long time. When able to pursue his ordi nary business of catching rats and mice, lie could not eat them, because ho had no teeth to chew with. Some thing must be done for him. for his life supported on "spoon vittles" was a burden ; and n young dentist iu the neighborhood, who hud become great ly interested in the unfortunate oat, resolved to try tho experiment of mak ing him a sot of false teeth. Taking the cast for the plate was a terrible piece of work, as Captain ob jected to it with all his might ; but it wns nothing to what followed when the teeth were fairly in. If the animal had plunged and scratched while the plate was being fitted, he acted like a mad thing when it was (Irmly attnohed to his jsw although it was well made, and fitted perfectly. He could not understand that it would enable liini to continue the luxurious feasts to which he had boon accustomed: and for several days he was furious over it. F.very possible and impossible scheme was tried to get the uncomfortable thing out of his mouth; ho tore at it with his claws, he shook his head vio lently to make it drop out. he butted against heavy pieces of furniture, nnd if any one came near him, he growled ii ltd scratched nt them. There seemed to bediingcrof his go ing mad, and his friends were sorely puzzled to knew what to do with him, when, greatly to their relief, becalmed down, mid appeared to have conic to the conclusion that his now possession wns after all, a blessing in disguise. He was once more gentle and affec tionate, a s he had been previous to his misfortune; and the plate was now of ten taken out between meals mid put back again. In this way it was worn comfortably for over a year. Har per's Young People. Ills Mind Was on Hiisinoss. "Paw," said Tommy 1 biddies, "baby has swallowed twenty-five cent" "You don't say so!" "Yes, sir." "(IrcRt Scott ! Why can't people realize that the time for hoarding Uiouey is past?" Washington Star. .fx-
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