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$l)c l)atl)am ttrcorb. &)t tfljattjam Kecor II. A. L0IV130IV, EDITOR AND TKOPItlETOK. HATES A D V E RTISI nC TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one lnsertion Onc square, two insertions One square, cne month $1.0 1.6Q . 2.60 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. For largor advertisement liberal cm i acts will be made. VOL. XVI. PlTTSJK)KO CHATHAM CO., N. C, DECKMliEIl 7. 181K5. if i t Mill. SsTK III n II I ii xNO. 1"). Tlir Uut . When I inn dcid. n hr.ikeu reel. I.i'tjmc supply a vii'lW's need And nil its streams if being f-.- 1. Formic, p'Ti'liiiiii'i'.ficnn nut it" iirt, Jliiv 'lii'-k tttxl Id tin- lloW'T n'-t A litlli' moment on Iter liri'ii-it. 'J'hi while it ci lnr sweet willi spring. Jii'Ili lik" 11 gentle spirit wing llKfoiil, mill round Iht Im-jiiHv ding. Auil she will look witli Living eyed Vpon it Here, its i-iilin it His, A - k 1 1 1 l; nn mop' until it ilii s, Koslinll I livn ii'ni 11 , mill In 'J in' pi'tali'il gu-sl "f memory, Clothed in my iiiunnrtnlit y. H'hicag.i li'eopl. She Spoke For Herself, due f tin' remarkable features of 1 lit French revolution was the iiliuiist universal madness that ruli'il tin' titnr. People of every class mill degree were ilisiine, some ill one wily, some in iid other. F.very n-i-.it . 11 feeling nml emotion nt tip liiiiu.iti liciirt was su perlat ivcly mid morbidly developed. Miirti'l lu Bois, 11 young until of .'niiil family, Init nf somewhat limiti'il lii.'iins, was, ut tin breaking nut of tin' revolution, allianced to the daughter of ti tradesman mimed Zoulouche a 11111 11 if wealth, but 1111 1 't i 1 i-i 1 ill'. Celeste was pretty, ni t fill, ambitious 11 ml treacherous ; inn! w in n slip thought it tn her illtrl'rst In pet l'iil of 111'!' lnVcr, SCI' SI'CICllv denounced llilll, nml lie whs arrested mill thrown intn prison. Meantime 11 young wiilnw, Mine Koinaiiii', wlm li id si'ci'ctly conceived 11 passion for liiiu, on len-ning of his incarceration iiihI its cause, determined t save li 1 111. Sin- went to tin' jailer, iiinl by 111 -n 11 m 0 11 bribe, for money was potent in those days as wi ll us in these, ohtniti'd a 1 iiit-rv iow. 1 1 1 I'.ois whs surprised 1.; her visit. "I li'iM'cniiii'," i-lii'sniil frankly, "in 1 n' hope that I in.iy siivi' a life for which I w unlit freely iv- my own." "1 llo lint klloW 11.1 I understand Vol', Madame !" r, plied tli ' wondering prisoner. "Probably lint, for I 11111 11 woman, n:id wiiIihu mi' Hoiln'tiliii:) enigmas c.rii to tln'iiis hi'M. 1 will not ask if ymi know 1 in for you certainly i! lint, lull do nii know my liiinif? "Vi's; ymi iiiv Mnir. Koiiuiinc, willow of .lull's lioiii iiii ", daughter of (iitstuMis U'Auvergue young, lovely, iiivoiiiilishi'il nml rich." "I sec ymi know linv, to flatter even in prison !" returned the other "But 1 't 1 is imt waste time in i.Ile word-. Your life is in danger, mnl I would save it! We have t ti minutes to con Verse in juiviite. You must cscan' from here nml lly from I-'nuuv! V011 may In: tried at miy hour; mnl, once tried, you will lie colideliilieil mnl exc ciltcil. " "llllt of wlmt Hill 1 licensed, 11 II 1 1 liy whniuV" "Voll Hie licensed of lieilii,' nil al isto Oliit, M royalist, ami in these times of ' lilooil the suspicion is enoiieh to lirili"; your head to the Murk." "Hut who so Ihim' us to deiinillirc lue, Mildiilue? I would know the inline of my enemy, tluit, if ever I do escape, I may at some future time exact repa ration for the injury. " "Oh, perfidy''" exclaimed Mine. Iloiiiaine. "I'repitre yourself, Muriel l)u llnis, In hear a teirildc truth. Wh r ' ymi trusted most you have lieeli Hi. st lias. ly lietriiyed. Celeste Zoit lnliclie is your secret deuoiinrer. " "tnipossilile !' cricil Du liois, stui? prriiiK under the mental blow. "Im jiossil.le! Moii Mieit! You are trying iny faith." "Vu iiri- wastiioj; preriniis 1inu," fiiiid the other, ejiiiieiiifj at her watch. Ili'lieve what I tell ymi. You will Inive cur loin 1 rati vo. cvidi tier all ton soon." "1'heii welcome llir nillotiue! Vliy live in a. world so treacherous find base?" "Hut all arc not liki! Celeste Zoil lolirhe." "Your )rrscnoc here, Madame, is it jiroof of that. Hut inv faith is shaken and life seems of little worth." "We should not be too Kelfisli,"' re joined Mine. Koinaiiie, hurriedly. "Livo, Martcl, or one of your friends will henceforth be wretched." "Tn it so?" exclaimed I hi Hois, 11s llie truth flashed upon him. "This i 110 time for false delicacy," jmrsued the other, with agitation. "Circumstances have caused ine to be tray feelings you otherwise mifrht never have suspected, and for which even now I may be rciyivine; your secret rrtmiire. Hut no mutter ' Let me but know you have escaped nml lite beyond the reach of your enemies, end F can be happy, even should vo never lucet again. " "Censure you! llespise ymi for trying to save iny life? Oh, Ma-dame, jour words give me puiii ! " "You will live, then? You will es CHpr?" "Jf possible I w ill, if only for your sake. "(jhiick, then, (,'ive car io my plan. Here is a powder, of w hich you w ill take a small portion at a time. It will make you sick you will look pale. I In t little or no food, und you will lose your stretie! h. The physician will be called and Voll will be removed to the hospital. Once there, 1 trust I shall be able tn effect your ricapc. You will obey 111 v instructions? '' "l.elijjiously." "Then if your trial should tint conic 011 meant hue you limy be unveil. I li to watch ami pray and hope. Adieu!" He followed the directions of Mine. Komaine, and the third day after her visit he w.is removed to the hospital. Here he fell under the charge of it lay sister named Agnes. "I know all !" she said to him at the first opportunity. "Julie l'lOinaiiie i i my cousin - I am her confidante. We have agreed upon n bold and imcl plan for your escape. It is this; You must seem to get worse and worse, ami at last, at the proper time, you must feign convulsions mid appear to die. 1 will cover your face, and, when the chief physician comes bin rounds, 1111 niuince yniir dentil. If he takes my word for it all will be well; if not, we may fail ; 1 lint is our risk." "And suppose he leaves lie.' for dead what then?" "Then, utter dirk, I will pivten I to have received all order to have you conveyed to the dissecting 1 where you will In- provided with a surgeon's suit, in which disguise ymi must escape. " Near the close of his fourth day in the hospital, Martcl lu Hois was seen by more than one person in convul sions. An hour or two later, when the physician mcde his rounds, he was covered w it h a sheet. "There is 110 more need of your services here!" snid Sist.r Agues, calmly, as she intercepted him. "The next pnticllt seems Worse; will you be kind enough to see him at once?" The doctor passed on. So far nil well. It was ipiite dark when th 1 bo lv of Iu Hois was borne into the dis-ecting room. The afteiidants retired in ha: fe, leaving Sister Agues and a lad with him. "Now, then, here arc your gar ments ipiick !" said the fair liuive. In less Hum five minutes the late corpse looked like 11 very active and important surgeon. "This lad w ill guide ymi - follow him!" said Sister Agnes, hurriedly. "Linger not a moment. Adieu! Adieu!" Five minutes later Martcl Du Hois, guided by 11 youth, whs hurriedly piiss ing through the streets of Toulouse. In the oiitskii ts of the tnw 11 the youth led him to an old stable, where they found two swift horses prepared for a journey. They ununited mnl rode southward. toward Spain. When morning dawned there were fori V good miles between t In-lit and Toulouse. The second night they entered Spain and were safe. "Now , my brave lad," said I u Hois, back to your mistress, Mmc. I'minnine, mid tell her my hand, my heart and my life are at her disposal." 'She will accept your hand and heart, but begs yoll lo keep your life!" returned the youth, with a light laugh. "She will speak for herself!" re joined Pit Hois, sharply. "She does!" laughed the other. "How is this this?" "1 am Julie lb una inc." They were married in Spain, and at the close of licign of Terror returned to France and lived long and happily. I New York I'l ess. (Jiiick Cow bay Wal k. Tiny were discussing the wonderful feats of riders ill Wild West shows lit the Cuiites Mouse, nil 1 1 now they doli'l know w hither to believe J hive lmig lass, a well-known stockman of Alitdn, Montana, nr not. "The mo.-t expert rider I ever saw 011 the plains win a cowboy named Tom Bride," he said. "He was 11c ipiainted with all the tricks of Wild West riders and of the leguhir circus rider, and was eipinlly adept with a liissi). His fents with the rope were remarkable. The last time I saw him was only a few months ago, near Hcr lui'Sa, South 1 Inkota. We were on a roundup on the south fork of the Cheyenne, lliver, and just before reaching camp in the evening we scared up two wolves. " 'Watch inc catch those fellows,' he said, ti ti 1 1 off lie started in hot elm e of the seined beasts, lilting the roil of his lasso from the pomelof the saddle as the race began. Now, a prairie wolf can outrun almost anything if pursued. But Tom had a wiry little bronco Hint was noted with the Z. bell mt lit fnl ivpee.l nt short dashes. When the rare ha 1 progressed but It few hundred v.irds Tom thought he h 1 I g lined sufficiently ti;nui the wolves to make a catch. He had an extra Jong lasso, mid he threw it out at full lelcrth, nt b ast two hundred feet. It looked like th- wolf was li.yoiid its length, but when it dropped it settled right around the wolf's neck, and Tom pulled it up with a jerk. !! didn't even brace his pony for the catch, and lie kept right mi running at full speed, li iuling in the wolf n ; he went, until he lifted it up to his saddle clinked to death mid lied it 011. All the time the ot her wolf was lighting out at 11 gait that would have made Nan -y Hunks sick, but the pony was steadily gaining on it, and by the time Tom had the lir-t wolf secured he was close enough to make a second catch. " The second catch was all exact repetition of tin- first, nml the r ipe had but just tightened on the second wnlf's throat when he wheeled his pony and came luck laughing. By the time he reached us he had drawn up the second Wolf clinked to death as the first hud 1 11. He had run the two iiniui lis d iwu within range of our eyesight, although hatidcapped by their long start, and their skilful rap ture had been made in less than four teen minutes."- - Kansas City Times. f ' t ii ii 11 ir 1111 Kgir of 1111 Kxtinet (.hint Iiinl. A iiioiith ago 1 noticed the sale in London of nn egg of the extinct giant bird Fpyornis nt a high ju ice. The F.pyornis was, 111 reality, the fabulous line of "Sinbiid the Sailor" in "The Arabian Nights." I know of only two eggs in this country, one belonging to the Long Island Historical Society and th" other to our own Museum of Nat ural History. Now one has been brought to Lou don by a Mr. .1. l'roetor or Tamatave, in Mada'.r.isenr. It was discovered by some iiiitive-i about twenty miles to the southward of St. Augustine's Bay mi the southwest coast of Madagascar. It was lloaliiig on the culm sea, within twenty yards of the beach, and is sup posed to have been unshed away with the foreshore, which consists of sand hill, alter a hurricane in the early pin t of tic year. Thechildlike 'longshore men of the nut ipodes, opi 11 i ng t lift t Hie erg 1 1 11 1 a value, showed the unusual llotsiim iibout, mid it thus ciime into the hands nf Mr. l'roetor. The egg, which is whity-brown in color and unbroken,, is a fine speci men, :l:U inches by 'JS inches, and an even higher value is placed upon it than upon the egg nf the great auk, w liieh lived w it hiu the iiieinnrv of num. The brobiliiignagian proportions of the egg lire better deinonst rated by mm pnrison with the eggs of th" ostrich and crocodile. An ostrich egg isiiboiit 17 inches by fifteen inches, mid the content:, of six such arc only equal to olieeggof tin' KpynNii The inea--urcinents of iheeggof the crocodile nrc normally !l inches by (P. inches. it would require the contents of III elnu's eggs to eqilitl the colitelitsof this ! ... , , .1 1 1 i holuelv fowl, or ;tl),iM):l of the humming bird. A CiiriN'iic.v My it cry. There are I 111, (Mill, IMM) old copper pennies soini w here. Nobody knows I w hat has become of t heln, except once j ju a while a single specimen turns up in change. A few vearsngo l,."il)i) (Hill brolie two-cent pieces were set ationt. Three millions of these arc still out standing. Three million threc-ccul nickel ieccs are scattered over the I'nited States, but it is very rarely that is iceii. Of hllll,(M)ll hnlf- cents, which correspond in value to Fuglish farthings, not one has been returned to the government for ro Cdiiiagc or is held by the treasury. Congress appropriates from $100,- 000 to if 15(1,0(1(1 y ly for redlining the uneiirrcnt silver coins now in possession of the treas ury. These are mostly half dollars, and arc not circulated because there is 110 demand for them. Not long ago the stock of them amounted to S'Jl!, 01)11,0110, but it is only about half that now. The money set aside for redlin ing is not intended to pay for Hie cost of the minting, but is required to re imburse the treasury of the I'uitcd States on account of the loss in weight which the silver pieces have suffered bv abrasion. This loss amounts lo :0 I mi every .l,00il, and it has to be good in order to set the treasurer's account straight.- -Chicago Herald. A (ne.il Obstacle. " The inventor of that flying machine has given up all hopes of being able to fly." "Why so?" "His creditors have attached it." -Truth." CHILDREN'S COI-FMN. I.ITTI.K I'lOS IS I l.oM lt. Tills little pig jtl!lliel ever tile I' ll''.'. And went riRlit intn tl lover - Tills littli pin said "Well ! wnli! wli ! Now Pin geliig over.'' Tais little piKsnid Cli'V-r i g I : I never oiu'm did dmilit it." This little pig said "I want seine; I tfuess I'll see iilumt it." This little pig said "I'm -. vnail. Wee, wee, I go without it." 1'ii-IIVlllie. TH K SANI'M N. "Who is the siniilniaii. iniiiniiui? " said Johnnie as ho sat at his inamma's 1 knee one evetiiii'K at the story telling ; time. F.thel, the blue-( y.-d sister, ! hearing the inquiry, came and stood by her inaiiiina's side and joined in the ; question. "Yes, minimis, who is tin; sandman ? " j nili, liegan luniiiiiia, "oiieeiipot; a time, many, many year, ago, mi a beautiful night nil tic flowers made up their minds 1 1mt they would not go to b d. "They thought it would be so inter esting to see nil the things thai sour and lly in the night and hearth" voices that cry, and th-v said they didn't want tn be tucked away, and f hey re fused to go. "Then the miii smiled mi them brightly and coaxed ami caress.-d theni, the bees and butterflies ki.-scd tin III good llight, the llewdl'op'i gne Ill-Ill Iheir llight bath 11ml the l.-nves and the wind sang their lullaby, but they 011lys.it mil stnid with wile-op n eyes mi l refuse I lo go tosl-ej . "1'lien thecloii l . began t 1 frown ou thelil with darker mid blacker looks und the wind sigh-d 1111 I finally whis tled angrily at Hi 'in, but they sat each upon their tiny stems and could not be brought into oh.-di -11 v. The lily held its head as straight as ever, and after the nunm ciime up she was surprised In see the meek little violet with its blue eyes upturned to her as brightly us if the sun had not long ago gone to bed. The sturdy sun flower even transferred her admira tion to the lunmi and Innked upmi her with the affect iontite gaze that she has always bestowed upon tin- sun, while the evening nrimrnse. suiiirised nt 1 : , .... 1 1 1 mo ing so 111111-11 eoiujiaiiy, iookc'i won- , deringly from one to th other of tin flowers, not knowing what to make of it. There they stave I, wide awake, and watch I th ow Is iliniug through the trees nml listened to the qunri'el liug of Hi.' katydids and th- croaking of the frogs in the poml. "At last, as they vvoiild not go for all tin.' hints ami urgiims that had be ti given them, their mire, the night wind, began to blow n gale which sent the sund mid dust into their eyes in such gusts that they weiv -lad to shut thelil because of the pain it gavelhein, mid so just as the in. h. 11 was going down they all closed their eyes and wctlt to sleep. "The next day, when the sun arose mid looked for the flowers he loved so much, he found them nil nnle nml lml- 1 1 ,. 1 1. ... n 11, 111 ! Jow-eyeil nml unruly able to hold up : i. ... '1. ... i 11 . 1 1 .1 ; tlieir lieinls. He smile I mi them us J warmly as ever, and pretended not to i...;.. .1 1....1: 1 ... 1 .1 r 1. '' j so asluiineil of it that t lev hung tiieit I 1 heads mid did not lift the And so that bright midsummer's day, when the liehls should have been full of daisies and buttercups, there was not a flower to be seen, for they were all hanging their heads in snrrmv and exhaustion. "So, ever since, when the sun be gins to look at them hard when he i; setting they blush a deeper hue, and when the dewdrops settle down into their hearts and the leaves start the lullaby beginning 'hush,' the wind says, 'Hnrk, the sandman !' Then thev tremble and rinse their eves at once in sleep und dream the happy dreams of those who are good and ",,,''1i,,,lt- I "And now good t.ighl. Here comes I the sandman."- I New York World. I " " 1 A llemarkilhlc Biscovcr,. j The excavations which have jus! ' been brought to a conclusion in the j isle of Salami.i, have resulted in the j discovery of a hundred ancient tombs, lying in five parallel rows. Most of : them are oblong and quadrangular in I shape. Another discovery is that of a large cemetery, the first yet found ' with Myceiiiau charact. risfics. The , sepulchres, which are very small mid liiirrovv, nrc coiistruct'-l of unhewn ! stones. The bodies of the dead w. i" probably not buried in un extended : position. Fifty antique vases of the ) Mycciiiati epoch; ami in a good state of preservation, have also been found, together with a number of objects in bronze and gold, including rings, buckics, spindles, mid other thing.. The cemetery belonged to an unknown city, imt the home of Ajax, but situ ated, according toStrabo, opposite the Isle of .llgiua. - Loll loll Times, THEY LIVE APART. Queer Inhabitants of a Rock In Behrinff Straits. Cave Dwellers Who Know No thing of the Outer "World. Ben F. Miller, a l'ort Townsetid boy who whs mi the I'liited States steam ship Bear during h-r recent eight months' cruise in the northern sens, lias many talcs to relate of his adven tures and the sights In- has seen, says the I'nlt Tnwilselid. I Wash.) dill. Among ether things h- tells of the Be ir's v isit to King's island, in Behring straits, thirty miles , .IV l'ort Clarence ' ami llie shores of Alaska, where there j are lib. . it -ju ) ,,f th- most curious i islanders that ever were seen. Tin j ishii'd nr rock lu-y inhabit is about I hah a mile wide and a little more than ' that distance buig. and the islanders , lire cave-dwellers ami live mi whale I blubber, si al and walrus meat. I u the southeast side, chisel v nest ling against the cliff, is 11 village of jcavc dwellers. One abode is built ovi-r and .nder th- other, and to the I right and left, giving them a strange ' motley nppeiirnuce, not unlike the ! recesses inhabited by b dd eagles, j Tin-re are narrow caves excavated into J the sides of each crumbling volcanic I rock, 'and in the butt. mi of each is 1 some of the shmt native grass, forin I ing a bed mi which tn sleep. At the ! mouth of the cave and ju t in the in 1 I 'i-ior tires nrc lighted, and thcrj they ' warm themselves iu the winter. Skins I ;if ilitl. ieiit kinds are nl-o suspended ! .iiltside to keep out the snow and cold. ' 111 the summer the hardy natives h ave ! th-ir holes and live in odd hoiisesiiiinle : of poles constructed m ar at hau l on 1 ' the edge of 111.' cliff. These strange people are usually as strong and vigorous as cm b - lo in. I any where. Moreover, tiny me entire ly contented and as happy as p!c in any of the great cities of America. Tin y have 110 government, 110 chief, mnl 110 need of laws. Living in fnnii Ues and setting forth every day in their kinks for the whale, seal, an. I walrus, thev return each night to their eavesor pole iciiH, caring Homing mr the outside world. Odd to relate, however, the prestige of the native is determined by the clothes In; wears. As they consist of skins and constitute the wealth of the i-hinders it w ill be seen that they are not in this respect so much unlike civ ilized people. Hut the man with more clothes than anybody else has no more authority, lie is respected for his sa gacity, but t hat is nil. Little has been known of the island ers hitherto. For a great many veals if ftiT the whalers had been going to Behring straits and the great Mae Ki'irie it was supposed the huge blew 11 rock whs uninhabited. It was like a bcncnii in the sen. mid iibout it nothing was to be seen or heard cx- eclit the roar of the waves and the 1 xv, -inl cries nf the wild fowl. Fiuallv one one (li .cei iieil sinnke ascending Irion the other side of the cliff. A lauding was made and there the islanders were found. They said tiny nml their forefathers had been there alvvavs and that tin y knew no other world, (hough tiny had heard that then; was one. This whs only 11 doeit years ago. Since then the whalers have kept an eye out for them, for they liked the generous natives, who showed 111:1 11 good trail. Fleet rlcily u;i the ly ram ids. I n his iiiitobio-raphy the late Sir V. Siemens relates the following 1111 cedote: An Arab called hia attention to the fact that when at the top of the i rv aiiiid of ( "iienps, V' hell he raised j, j l,,,,,,) lingers outspread, an ,(,. singing not - whs heard, the sound ceasing ns s, ns he let his iin,i mi, .) t, 1 1 1 1 I his assertion," he writes, "to be true. As soon as I raised one of Inv own lingers above mv ,.,, , ,,. ..'..ricklin-r i the I'm- gers. That this could only be caused bv 1111 electrical phenomenon was (.roved by the slight elect 1 ic shock felt mi try ing to drink out of u wine bottle. "So 1 w rapped a full bottle of wine that I had with me in the .lamp paper, and thus converted il into a Leyden b"lHc, which was soon strongly fhurged with electricity by the simple device of holding it high above iny le ad. The Arabs had already become disti usttul on seeing small lightnings, it were, issue from the wine bottles beld up by myself and companions. and now held a brief consultation. Suddenly, at a given signal, each of 11. y companions was scicd by the guide w ho had led him up, who now tried to force him to go down again. "I myself was standing at the very top of the pyramid when the sheik of the Arabs came tv me and tuld uie through my interpreter that the Ara hud determined that we were at mie tn leuve the pyramid because we werl practising magic and it might duiiinge their chance of earning a living. On my refusing to obey orders the sh-ik caught hold of my left hand. 1 had awaited this nimneiit, and held up luy right hand with the bottle in Hie atti tude of a magician, afterward lowering, it slowly toward the point of the shiek's nose. " When quite close to Hint feature I bit a violent shock run through the bottle to my al'iii, and was certain that 1 the sheik must have received the ! equivalent. At any rate he fell seiise- less on the stones, nml 11 few ntii"iis I limine nts (Hissed befnre he ris" sild : di nly with a hnul cry and sprung I down the gigantic steps of the pyra- mid with long strides. The Arabs, s eilig this, Hlld excited b v tile sheik's eon -to nt cries nf 'Magic ! Ilia-''-'.' re leased my companion and follow. d j their leader, leaving us coiupI-1" m 1 - ', t is of the pyramid !" ! No Wh ill - in the bull' Stream. j It i a remarkable zoological, pisru I tonal or hyd 1-1 (graph ica I fi.ct that w hales lire llever I if allowed to follow the dic tates nf their own wills; found within the limits ,,f that great ocean river -the ( iulf Stream. The shrewd Yankee whalers were the fust to gain an accu rate knowledge of the extent and lim its of fh- gnat artery which pulsates between t his count ry and Furnpe ; this by studying the habits anil haunts nf the whales, it was noted that they were plentiful northwest alidsnulh' ast nf certain we 1 defined lines, und that ; the "neutral waters" were several i degrees wanner than thus" which. ! paradoxical as it may sound, formed j their "baiiks"aud boundaries. Finally it was decid d, and rightly, too. Ihat ! the ni'iiw hale-produeiiig area wte- the j (iulf St renin. ' Frmiklii, le.irn-.l thi . curious s-i-11-j tilicfaet from the Neiv F.nghind vv h dors, j nn. I. in 1770, published a chart for j the belielit of the ill. Ill packets or llelil I ships plying between our large coast ! cities and London. Curiously enough, j this chart was imt gotten up for th- purpose nt milling lo in.' sum imai 01 hydrogriiphical knowledge, led' for the purpose of outlining the iulf Stn am, but solely as a guide to the lit st route for ships to pursue in order to keep frmn eiiconiifering w hah s ! -St. Louis lii public. Farms in ti Yoleniin. Thirty miles frmn the city of K11 imilnnto, Japiiu, is the volcano Aso San, which has th- target crater in the world. It is more than thirty miles in circumference, and peopled by twenty thousand inhabitants. Think of walking for miles around fer tile farms and prosperous villages, per ing into school -house w iudnws and sa -red shrines well within th" shell of an old-time crater, whose walls l is, eight hundred feet all about ymi. It gives niie a queer feeling, lint spring, abound everywhere. In one place brick-red Imt water is utilize 1 to turn a rice mill. The inm : crater is nearly half a mile iu diameter, and n steady ei 1 1 11 111 1 1 of roaring steam pours out of it. The Inst serious eruption was in SS(, w hi ti iinniei.se qiian'ilies of black ashes and dii.-t w eie ( j( eted nml carried by the w iml as far as Kuiiia un. to, w lu re for t hive days it w as so dark that artificial light hud to be used. j Weekly ( ' liuinbiau. DixHihaiilagi's of An F.vrii Temper. 1 1 is II , llal to envy t he ev I! tem pered people. Those who al. n. i. r unduly elated or cast down, who "knit on plain'' all flu- lime. If one likes that sort of thing it would be equilllyliiitlll .il to envy tin- 11 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 - cows and pi;'-, tor instai wlu-es... lenity is seldom disturb d. For my part I think those even tempered peo ple lose iiilii-teiil lis of the pleasure of existence. The depth, of grief Hlld ;:looln into which illl pil Isiv e people lire throw n arc amply made up for by the equally unreasonable nud unreasoning jov into which they spring nt the slightest possible excuse, und the sor row of a quarrel with a dear one is paid for iu the delight nf "making up." Parents are very apt tn impress on their children the beauty of this even disposition, but so far as J can see, the only benefit derived from it is an nnvvriukled cmnplexioi ! ntia hoe's Magazine. An Ahsdi hing'l iienic. Ml'. Jerkins ' Yoll ought to be in terested iii that woman lecturer, Mi.ria. She gave a brilliant address ou the suffrage. "Mrs. Jerkins (with avidity); "Of Course I '111 interested. What did she have oil?" Chicago Nevvs. British conch and carriage builders import frmn America their choicest spokes, hubs and ribs for wht el lniitiu-fnetures. I The Brook. ! I lucked iii tin- l.ronk mnl saw a face; j lli-igli-lin. but a ehild was I Th-re were rusliiis nisi willows iii that pl.i 'c. i And t liny eilltelietl 111 tin' liprnk lis the l.ro"k ran hy; And the lipiok it ma its own sweet way, As a .-liilil doth run in h Ih'ss piny. And a- it ran I heard it say : Hasten with nn' To the roistering sea J'hat is wroth witli the lliini- of the ui-rn-ing skv !" 1 look ill th" I, pink lllld see la-e; Jli'ih-ho, Imt the years go l.v! Til" rush", in-e d-a I ill the old-time pla.'i'. And the willows J knew wh-n a child wn-I ; And til" l.piok it seellielli t- in- to SH.V, As ever it steali'tli on its way. iS-l-uuily now. mid not iu play: "(111, -nine with in" To I li- sluilllipiHS sen That is gray with the peace of the evening sky!" Ileigh-li.i, Imt the years go l.v I Hoilld to (ii ul Hint 11 child were 1 ! Di ..IM. I'H.l.li, ill ( hi. iig.i lecr.l. nr.Moifors. There are 1,0(1.1 ways of being a fool, and they are all easy to find. We suppose the ship heaves to out of sympathy for the seasick passen gers. "J. can at least go down with colon flying," said the kalsominer when his foot slipped. A port sighs, "Where is the summer foliage?" This nn easy one. It is off oil leaves of absence. A tloor-wnshiiig match would not at tract lunch attention. Jt would be classed ns a scrub race. "Kxcusc me." as he again impaled the unhappy beetle, "but you are wan dering fl'olil the point." "Another railr 1 tie up," said the section hand, as he began to hammer down the railroad sleeper in place. Ksther "I id he kiss you?" Telia - "He hadn't the nerve tn do that." F.s t In r "It would require consider able." No matter how beautifully the arm less man may w rite w ilh his toes, lie can scarcely be said to be handy with the pell. "Alvvnys speak well of your neigh bor." "I always do, although I can assure ymi she is the meanest woman iu creation." Williamson "Yes, 1 have a mule for sale." Henderson "Will he kick?" "Oh, no." "Well 1 don't vviint one that old." Husband 'listening) --"I think there is a burglar in the house." Wife (excitedly 1 "Mercy Ine, is my nightcap on straight ?" J!e careful of your .'..ailu.'t. p lease. When you are niarri-.l, dearest daughter; I .eve's lililld ill courtship. Imt it sees In wedlock mop. than it had imghlcr. When a man advertises t lint he wants to buy a "safe" horse for his wife to drive, he menus one that will not cost lucre 1 1 11 1 1 ?!J0. Mrs. Fiug. "What on earth have ymi been fighting with Jimmy Brigg for?" Tommy.- " ' 'a use his nml her call e I me a perfect little gent lelua n. " "How is it your litt le baby sister goes to sleep lis snnll lis Volir fat III I' takes her?'' Little Fi Ml r-Year-Old "I 'sped it's 'cause she'd rutin r do Hint 1 1111 11 stay awake and hear him sillL.'. " Would-be Purchaser: "How much for this picture?" Artist: "Th" price is .s?5,0't I. "Why mill alive! you expect to be paid for your work as of you had been (had loo or .".oil years !" The F.,lit..r's Wile; "I'd just like to know what you wanted to buy mr that lueiisly old calico dress for?" The Fditor ( li ii 111 1 ity 1 : "llecnuse, my dear, I er thought you'd look well iu print." Mrs. ( iushly - " I ( nr ine, the new minister is such an interesting young mini." Mrs. Winks "What did he talk about w hen he e died? " Mrs. (iushly "I told him all about tli babv s new tooth." Barber igiv ing him a swipe down the other cliceki "Yes, sir, I've got some influence in this ward, if I do say it myself." Man in chair. -"Ymi do seem to have something of a pull." 'Lookout for thieves! Hands 011 your pockctbooks !" sung out a little mail 111 the crowd. "That chap with the velvet vest carries his wad iu hi left hip pocket, (iabe," he added in an undertone a moment later, speaking tn nn iiiimceiit looking mail standing by his side. 1 lie Lost FiiiiikI. Miss Agnes M. Clark has found Hie parallax of Alcyone to be tlx. .OBI. This reminds us of tho school boy who, when asked how tto ymi find the greatest common di visor, replied: 'Why, is that blame thing lost again?" Cincinnati Tribune.