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YANCEY VI LLE, X. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1888.
NO. 40.
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a 1 fitter wti t o wtV. lo Tralure to
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the h-iJ. II cvuM cot ctt tae f rca
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I ram i)s L. .Jn c 1 fatLtr to ctve
ap cUtri x for a jr t Iwa J trap;
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t jit a thj tralpi f woc, leart
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' !)t?n lh to.! r r! lbs ntclbT c3 wilU
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' L it r to! 1 n Lw tnak f u Ic trap
. l I . a I fat's 1 ! thrr of oa wcru
t :oi lij with tb garac ar,Uil u.
. ic Kj I fv-n-I a path let ling arcu 1
. tb Ic cf t't-j awasjtv al tbo aotl
lore .t!itnitii,i trvof that wiM
Iat at(i that wtj We Lvl h arJ
tb irrfam of rtt!.cr eizbtlj. lut !
ui tb- licaatt wb h me-l tbi
Mlu rr wilra I hsl tu.vla a atout
I of Litkvit j .cli"!, iod at afavtr-
. p-i at cn lue path 1 1- tt over a tt ut
S p 1.1-j. attafhel my rop-", aad tb?n
j I it aa l r-.rnei tae tri'er to a
! t u h. What I witt'd row waa tbe
m! an I Ii .id a faroiihcd tbat ii the
j hpa af tbr fore-q laitcr f a deer h-
hat kt'.led that rr.or3iT. Waoa tbe
j trap waa rrajy to aa mil could pet at
1 the lst without p-.ttialti bead ia tbe
j tki-f. I went to alcfp that nibt
c'iali3-fa the acalp of a wol', aad
' Rf it rr.oraio; I waa til aa auoa aa I
c u! 1 ace mr wit through th fonat.
It ii nt l hat I w-a tot ten miautei
ear i-r. I wit withii tea roda f the
i trap aah-o I u toped alr-ad atiU by
: tbe acreatni cf a paatber. I kacw tbe
lat ai tcoa aa be jelled, aad it wit
cay to roociu lo that ba waa ia
, tfou-Ic. I crept forwarl eery car
!u ly, hcaiia a prrat thraahia about
t with tbe yctla, and wh-ra I reached a
ji p.-lit hn I cou d a?e the path I aaw
; that a l.i; pirthir hl t.oo-cd biruaclf.
The noc bal caught bica about the
lcia far l-ack that ha cf uM not get
at lh roj.- t bite if, aid I In aj ria oi
th Iff lar lr prm;tt-d lutu to touch
the cjiith with bi paw a now aal thca.
Jf th?iiLer bat, tri ! through
hia ea tare 'aj.accaa, w ta mi l, thit fa. I
1 jw. who bal Ic'cro the fictin of a
jut-up !, wa f ut iu . AU the r?e
la bta nature lulUd up at be dangled
there asd fc!t that hia rod waa rear.
Hi waa at a praat dia lantige,'of
c4fr, I ut bit tru-j;!ji were aa io
Itr.t that I Ucita; a'armed aid ran
away, kaewivj that if he got toot? he
w. ii tt tear rac ta ic?. ltawaaatill
fat lt3 I rtlu'nl with tJjrdoa. and
a 1 i.l t t'a'j put aa ead to hi ca-ri-rr.
II" w-a aa c! I acd a danecrr ui
tva.:. U h . n wr rati- toakia bi n we
fau'i th- f riat of a ksife in hia ahout
Irr. . d I b; ba I iKr I cra wa le I t
the aifipai ol the la liiaa.
We di 1 r.ct ath i -Lt of a panth'r
for act, rl we.-ka after thia alvaoture,
a-th ti'i oater a ti bt paasl that wj
lil tvl bar tl.esr cre aaii. Tbe
weilh r hid row cwtni on warm, aod
we cciil do co more at Irappia-.
F;Lr fell aery aick4 &nd ose day about
th? rai 1 11 of J .r it theatre j 1 da that
h Piu.t bare ratd.c-tl aaatatacr i at occc.
'ti n m uated one of the home t.r a
t i le ta th d-ctt",a diatance of tweive
mi'c, aid wbca mbt case bo bad oot
feturaetl. It bad acarcely grown dark
whra th" wild teatta around ut beaa
to howl aal tear a-1 akulk abcut the
hu. a I alter catchisg ai ht of aee-
aolfi I went ia aad lrret the
lor. Ttcre waa eaiy oae openlo; fcr
a whdiw, and oe. I hit w oaite 1 a
iJvatrt. It waa bi;h up from the
cr in i, aad oa'y at-cut tw.afcet tquarc.
The hre waa ia a stcut p-rn, acd there
w ia co fear th'.t he ecu d be crt at.
Wh-a citrht had fully aettUl down wc
were la a atate f ic'- Wo'eea to the
Ea.lr of ferty cr fifte aurrfutdid thi
t.f u e. aaJ growm lolder at tine
pel aid th.-ir naalwr iacreaae.1, they
nn 1 futioui aal related rtlrtt to
:rce aa eatrance. Grdoa had takea
cm with him. I ut we had two
atca la the hojf. Mother atood at the
doer with rat aal I defcalel the
wia low with tb other. The
wo vet clawed a hale la the door,
:hrou;h which oae coul 1 haTe paaed
lut fr hr rrcaesc aal thi aharp-
l,;cl;ri wcapa ahe wirlle I. Eeery head
" j tuck Hta the oealar rrceiecd a b ow,.
fa!d the lf2. 1 aaima't fi lal.'y ceaaed
MLetr affrta at that' Mit, althuh
ccth - r darei set teaee tht artot. After
,.ifti Lat wrrtied ua Icr aa hoti-
without, howevrr. htVies rrade rasxh
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at i cort t s ia i'j
ltUh. lod ki.a theaa, thy
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us all ol a su Jara. i mea urargta
V. YA aAt Lew ta etdore
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fri-ht f the attack. We did cot
cry
woItci
ttdautrs Sor taneatalion.
had Un pUce to a caare
daaeroot ecrroj. There waa a auJ.
tfea pouoce a the roof crcr our bcaJi,
tbit a palhtr wa tt h n . It vu a
lucky tlia? fcr ui that tbo builier
of tbe but wera either Uzj or ia a bur-
IT Kail lii!f nlt
rra?l firrplaro acd a amall j
cbiaoej. Tbcfo v:i r.o firs f
oa thj L?irth a.iJ hJ the chimney
l-eea ih? cid'cary romnoh affair tf j
the Lwckwoolt wc h u'.-l bare bad a
pr.thr oa th-3 or ia no time. Tb
Urit mi acoa j -i'cd by a aecood and
thirl. ad thca two cr three others
wre heard oa the rrousd. They tcay
baed aceated the dead or they may bare !
knows n ethics? of rur Rreat 'calamity.
That they were ditcrmiacd to set la I
wo were aooa lei to to lcritaod. I
male a amul-eoa the hearth to kecp!.ir.ot ,lc irah!e animal to hav0 for
them froratryia- the thimaty.aad thca , c;0,e ntl:jLto. ,nhou?h I ncrer knew
mother too o-.c aiJe f th, wia low j pf t,jcm y harm A ntf of
a I I the th-r. We n.tinctirely felt ,hrm ,)(., tikeQ qUAfter, ia ,omo r0(tcQ
lh,t it waa tbe piat o.' da-scr nowthU ljfU,Hr ceif mJ hal.iUion H L,nj,ba..
tlfch atprotectcl thloor. Wo were u Bora ; BOon gnJ CTt.B3, ,aw
uara;y ai our oii wiici a pauiuer t
runr up acd tore the
blanket !
Jihd. Ojr li?ht coaai t j 1 of a piece
of cttoa lym; i i a dith of cooa'a fat,
and at time th: tl uu? wat almo-t out.
A ecuplc of ininutra after tbe blacket
waa torn away a pinthcr ap-ai; into the
openii. Had be bcea left uadiaturbed
he ccu'd have entice z d through, but
tbe iittint bit head apearcd avj Ixith
truck at him. Ilia li-ht foro paw
hua over the ed ;e of tho opening, and
ray blow cut i: cleaa cfj and drorped it
oatlufl ;or. That aettlrd rne of tho
i-itor, a't'.iru;h the row ho mde over
the loat of hit aw a'm t uaacrrcd us.
At that mnratat there accmcd to fira
oraixoftho boaatt about, and it was
oaty a abort tioi) before another sprang
into tho friin. Jlother atruck him
jure ii the laer, an t utj tnmutoi
later I acvert-ly woundcl a third.
Th t acemcd to darrtea the
ardir of all, for they tooa with
draw, and tho wolrca returned. It
mutt harj l.-een that tli'-ao crcaturet
aceatcd tho dead It wat tho firat time
they had appeared inauch numbers and
ao bjld'y, and hunger could not havo
been the ciuvj of ih They made littb
or no efTrt to ;ct at Ihs Inrie. but for
aa hour after their return they rmdo
desperate aad determiacd cflortt to
break their way into the caLia. Thrj
cimo aralnt tba door, six or ciht of
th-ra at once with such ftrcj as to
hake the houe, and hid cot the lower
ox h-fca auik ia c'ay crouol they
would litee du their way uid;r.
It wat midii-ht before wc bal a let
up, aad the laat wo'.f di I not leave be-'
ore 2 o'clcck. I'p t. thii time ntfthcr
had not girja way to h-r grief. Waeo
danger paaied aaeay she brkj down.
aid froaa then to alyii;bt I at alono Ly
the door with ax in hia I. I looked for
JorJon at aa early h.u', but he dil not
appear. Abaut ll oclocc tho bora
erne home, bitten n a tcrriMe manner,
asd aoaciioua wt-rj hia injuriei that ho
liud before nlht We kcew frrm the
wounds t-dieted oa lhe.h rio that he
had been puraucd by woir.-, and there
wat little doubt about thi fate of bit
rid-r. Wr dared not Matt cut in acarch
of help, at wo knew not which way to
Z and we dar 1 not learj the loly of
the deal ia th? home another niht for
fear of th; aa-edvea. We waited until
3 o'ctuck. and then, hjarii nothiig
from t -rdoo, we du a grar, wrapped
por lather's rcmaiis ia a ahect. aal
buried then at beat wc coul I. Next
day tome hunters called, and they went
to look f-r Cordon. Ui had bee a to
the doctor's, to find him too sick to
come. Oj the way tack he hid b:co
chaaed by a droae of wolrea, and, white
the boraehal eicapeJ, cothin but a
few bones cculd be loun 1 of tie man.
fie ma and 1'rerlona Monrx
The mot valuable of prceioua stones
it the diamond puro crytta'ize-l car
bonthe moat hih'y refractive a:d the
hardeat of gem, aa 1 the only oae that
le cvmbuttibio. Tuia latter property
wat diicotvred ii "1031 by CVmo IIL
of Tu eany, who inited the diamond
with a bunsiajj-glais ; and later it wat
f&uad that when burned ia a crucible
this gem cnvertt irua i-ito ateeh The
diataaad geserally occur at aa octahe
droa. aad auipaaea all other gem. ia
the property of diviJiic liht into col
ored ray, ctu-ia? that pecu lar fith of
priaraatic hues calle-l its fire.
Iiarcpada an rated by the caraL
Ihe terra carat it dciivrd from the
name of certain amall legumiaoua aeedt
which, when dried, are fjuite conttaat
ia weight. They were uted ia laJu
for wei;hiag g-
la 171 thetyn Jicat of Patiaiaa jew.
eUr, goldmtha aad gem-dealera aaj
gestei of raaac ' the film of
a carat; aad thit u coafirmfd ia 1T7,
all the leali- dia-voad-dea'ars cf Loa
Joe, Pais and Araitrlam acceplie? tt
The Ka;iiah crat ia atpia! to 3 161
plaa grain icmmonly reckoiel aa 3 17
gralea) troy, heace there are 15$ caraU
ia aa Ea'iah troy oaace.
A rerallartty aT Sake.
O d lady (to boy ia a hoc atare): Ara
yeurshoea all aaJe aa aastoraical pria
c!i le, boyF
IJ-y: "Xa, rcum; they're all made oa
Uata."-lX:ich.
CII1LDUEVK COLUMN.
Tm 1.11 tV !!.
Oo in try ram3icrdT
TorHH wtreatpliy:
AU at orxe I r-j tuok a r.ot km
Tby wxnM I'ke to run an ay!
Qu-t-r little rtr.
Funny liltle rwr.
To want to i u away!
TLey alolo hmg my fence.
Tty clam' erxd up my wall;
Tij t rUmlil Intamy wiad-.w
To mike a rooroleg mil!
Qie.r little rtare;
Funny little roeee.
To rnike a morning cill!
Julia P. Ballard, ui ,8t- Nicbolaa,'
ar l ' talMiIt.
A taWcriicr i i L utl ma wiitct ta th?
1). Iffit Free Tre: "TJie woollizatd
: th-ni, ratli-r ahy at fir.t Lu'. on tbe look
j out for rr.y eppromh -aud wanted to
cu!:iratc my frie idsbip. O.io day with
a pi-cc of iron I rnutihtcl occ andlifll
hi n ua ler th? iron. Thi lizirdturoel
himicif a run id and by looks aad actions
ail: 'I dil not thin'c you cou! I lo so
crud; w rdl thrsi ;ht you wjuM not
harm u-; w-j tru-to l you; contrary to
our iaitincts our Cicfilcaco w.it mia
placcl; we will never tru-t you more.
It i about six weeks ao and I havo
rever accn or.e sine.
1 told tnv iizird storr to a farmer
at WiNoa's Point, Li. Hi relalcJ that
a grounl ho toak u;i q;nrtcr in a hol
low tne cioao by hit h- ti e. Tho
r u :d ho', shy at li.'af, gcttin l-older,
ia time wni!J conu out every day, feel
awhile, then stand or tit erect, nnd look
arrind for ibji or cnomies, all tha
wliito becotnia;; moro donoiticded.
The ground ho? doing no damage, the
farmer h.id nothinsr asjaiirt him. II w
cvr r, ho took hit rhotua ono day and
fired to ?cire him. Tin poor ground
hojr if t uttered a cry at much as to
say. Mo sornetliing for me, and that
waa the end of him.'
Am Afleciloaaala I.ioit.
The luperinlcndent of the animal
department out in Woo J ward's Gar
dens, Sia Francisco, tells ia the
G.-uphie a. pathetic and pretty story
a" ut a lion they hal out there. At
first he, was so dangerous that they did
not enre to venture tpo c'.osj to him;
but by persiitent gentleness and kind
ncs tho juperintendent gradually made
the beast so fond of him that it IikcJ
to have him go into the cag,. and if
he'd lie dowa beaido it the lion would
raio its heal so aa. ta ivi him a soft
place to lay hi. () io day a drunken
sail r cime into tht Girdcns and ba
gaa tenting the Hon. The mi peri n
tendent came up and told tho sailor
not to tcaso tho Leatt. The sailor re
plied with an oath and struck at him
twice. The lioa .becaxo perfectly
frantic with rage aad roared and bent
Ihe bars of hit cire, so much so that
tho Jailor cot fri'hteacd. If the lion
hid pot out of hi i cao there would
net Iiivj bica er.ouh left of tho sailor
for a fuaera'. At length the lion got
onii kid of a turn r and wai ia great
pai . Ojc or two alight operations had
to lo performed nnd nobody coull cct
rear the beat xc -j t thit one man. The
lion let him cut, and looked at him
ctatcfully all the tim licking hit hind
when it waa ov.-r. The tumor crew so
bad that a bi operation had to bo per
formed, and it wat with fear and trem
bhag that the superintendent under
took it, for th3 lioa wat in terrible
mio. The doctors could not go near.
Init lhy drew a diagram of the body
of the lion, held it up before him aa he
went on, and cadi the mirkt on it
where he wat ta cut He lollow.-d
their direction, id all the whili the
lioa liy at a I ill at if he wer3 uadit
turbed. The lt peratioa did
no CoJ- Tho beatt wat in
such fearful pain that they had to
kill him. The f uperiatecd:ct took his
revolTer. anl after pcttiag the animal
fired one shot thrcujh hith-ad, putting
the muzzle cloe to it. The lioa gave
him a pathetic look, ii which there
seemed to be a mixture t.surprita and
reprofri. but no anjer. It took three
ahota to kid hiro. aad all the time the
leaat never took hit eyes eff thi txaa
wh wat killing him. The tuperia
terdeat aayt h wat never ao curioutly
and deep'y aff et -1 ii hit life, and he
coull not he.p crjinr; evea now he
feels the teart come when he recalls,
and l. caanct forget if, ths lion's piti
ful look at Lira as hia hjd fell back for
the laat time.
Aa Oferdo.
Rrown You doat look well, Rohic
cn; what's the matter, aiekl
UotiaaoB Yes; smoked too masy
ci'ara today.
Ilrowa Hew a-aey have you smoked!
Koltcsoa That oae you gave me laat
night. Tork fax
Nora Blnadrrby sent her beat young
man acme pre1 Wti la a letter aad
ad led ia tbt poattirijt: -BsTery
careful how yen break epea the cavc-
Iope.n
A HORSR HOSPITAL
oCneS AttCndirKT an Equine
C.. n '
In the Clinic Room of a Chicago
Veterinary College.
There is a very close analogy between
man and horae and the 3 'students at
the Chicago Veteiicary coliego see
rhii demonstrated every day. Ono of
the patient a now in the hopitl ii a
sorrel atdiioa which came there a few
weeks liucj with a broken shoulder
blade. A piece f boae w.i taken out
through an incidon made by Dr. .With
ers und th.- bono will oja bo as cool
ai tew. Another has had two toith
chiseled apa-t from hia j iw bpae aad
cats hit oat n lile cor tentcJlv without
luem. AnotQer naa oae of.-' the q iar
.a
t.n of a foot taken off, necessitated by
a quittor, oriiaaliig from aa ulcerated
corn.
There are ns many diflercjt ai mentt
rep esented as at hospitals for our owa
race. Perhaps thi moat commoj of
horse troulles are bone spavins, and
the most frequent on?ratioa nt the vet
erinary collogo ia that of firing a horse.
Thit ii the first precaution takea boforo
the operation. The rope ii drawn from
the fettered hind fool to a point on tho
bread between thi fore lees, where it
puses through a ring faatenol ona
collar nrou id the hone's neck. Thit
fermi a pu'l. y, and a Blight pull leaves
tho patunt but three leg to atmd on.
soon convincing him tint kicking it out
of the question. Tho next stop h to
bliadfo d tho horte, thjn hi spavined
Ie is crippled; after that the fi-in.,
A horse's sufferias will about e'quil
a man's under tho saiuo conditions, ' and
just ct a hi ;h-strung, '' nerviu sensi
tive man avid feel more pain than he of
a dull, etupiJ, phlegmatic nature, so
with the -horic tho thoroughbred,
wim unate t nostrils and quivering
nerves, buffers an inteisity of torture
quite impossible to the actub. ,'The
aLa'ogy coatiauua when the hi-h-Srcd
man, with the high-bred horse, Jiffer
the greater agony, marked only by deep
groan,, while ho from the common herd
Buffers less, raise an outcry aad com
motion indicitinc nothing less than
murder. Blood will tclL This buy horse
was of tho scrub class, nnd had the
students and helpers hal their way,
woul 1 have been throwa, but Dr
srv a .
iiugncs sail: "ao; to lire spavin
property the tendons and hide must be
at a tension, and not limp at when the
patient it prostrctc," so the bay. with
hi nose held ti;ht in th? clutch of a
twist, and one leg constantly j-.-rked
frcra under him. twitted himself into
all aortt of podtioa during the whole
hour of the operation. He was followed
by a highdifed sorrel, which, although
Uly and hard to manage before a road
wajon, went through the same ordeal
of fire with en obstinate determination
thai, s:emed to say: 4 Kill me if you
will; I will die uncacqurel."
The red hot ' lining iroa' first burns
a vertical stripe over the hock, ia all
ebout a foot ia length; thon from thit
(tripe on cither side it burnt out tea
qr a dozen strips of hide, ether irons-at
white heat being continuaily fetched at
thoie uted prow cold; cne aide of tho
leg thus striped, the other aide i fired
in liko manner, and then the more cruel
"puncturirg iron' ii put to tho torture.
Its poiat it fotc.d to burn its 'Way to
the very centre of the kncc'boae, cot
one, but 20, perforation, being ma le.
All through thit crleal the gallant sor
rel I hi stocxl with legs braced aal
with scare) a tremor or a groan.
He is now allowed what rest hit
burnt leg' will permit him for
several hours, anl then begins tho
wcrt of his troubles. A powder made
principally of Spanish fl;es it rubbed
into tbe sores made by the firing, and
for three days the horse, supported by
three legs, swings th a maimel fourth,
which all about the hock is a matt of
bliatert. Thit Wisteria? it wahrl off
after three days and lard applied every
dav for four weekt. He can't be al
lowed to lie down or to rach this leg
for two or three weeks and his bead it
tied ao hizh that to lie down it impoi
sib'e. It wid bi a month I e'ore he
leave a the hospital and two mo.: n be
fore he can be driven, but he i thea
sound aad hit I a men eat hat diiappeared.
The coat it 1 10 for tbe operation aal
f Li7) forcv-ry day's keep aal attend.
a?ce say f-W in alL
A horse can sleep while standing
much easier than a man can. He looks
toward a fixed point to 'steady hitr.aelf,
tiwo braces hia legs ii snth raaacer
that the joiats are locked, and
thui his entire weight ia throwa oa the
fiLroua tis-j aad takea from his nei
clc, giviaghis entire matcular ay item
the seeled rest. Stro ling through the
varioui city laraa th aaaatcrer ao tiers
that p:rhapa two cut of ev ry fifty
horses never lie dowa at all. Chicago
Ilfraid. .
A bey may groan, aad from eickaete
moan, froas the c a arch or tht school to
Uy; Let lhers bo pal a to deep him
froaa ciraat caa keep, bcraate be aia t
built thai war.
The Steppes af the Irtlslu
Uider the abore tit!c tl.oro Kcanaa
costributs to thj Century aoaie of bit
Icee ia SUe 1 it prciout ta
hi. first raetia- with p.ji:ical eiiiea.
aad rtlitf thit oao Icavs uch a Tiilao
and file out iijot the wile, clean,
brteiy tepjo wh -roth's air ia filled with
the
ragraace of cl.iv.-r and thi aiaging
of birds, aad where the ero ia constant
ly delighted with great awjepi of
smooth, velvety turf, or vast undu
lating ex;ans(s of hih steppe grata
sprinkle I ia the foregroua J with mil
lions of wild roses, wUi lo marguerites,
delicite fiv.-anglsd hireb!ls, and datk
r d tigcr-lilira. B iweea the v.llages of
Krutya and KlmakQva, on Ftiday, we
rode acroat a steppe which was literally
a great ocean of fl mcrt, O :o could pick
twenty different apeciis and a hundred
specimens within the area of a single
square yard. Here anl there wo de
serted tho miry real and drovo for
miles across the smooth, griuy plain,
crushing flowers by the score at every
evolution of our carriage wheelsj In
1
tho middle of tha stepne I had our dri
ver stop - and wait Jor tno w uiie l
ulihted and walked away iito the
flowery solitude to" enjoy the still
ness, tho p'-rfuire! air, and the sea of
vcrduro thrtu .h which ran the long,
sinuous black line cf the nu Idy high
wy. Oi my left, beyond the road,
was a wide, shallow dapressioi six or
eight miles acron, lid.ig oi the oppo
site side in a Ion; gndml sweep to a
dark blue lino of birch forest which
formed the horiz n. Thit depression
w.is one smooth cxpmse of close green
turf dotted wi.h grazing. - cattle and
sheep, and broken hwre and there by
a silvery jkoI or lake. Around m?,
upon tho higher grout 1,' the ateppe
was carpeted with fl iwer . nmnrr
n
wliich I noticed splendil oran 'O asters
two inches ia diameter, spotted tiger-
lilies with str0n5ly refl.x?d petals.
white clover, daidei. hat'ebcllt, spirea,
astragalus, mellidtu. and a peculiar
flower growing ia long, slondcr, curved
spikes which suggested flights of min-,
iaturo cirmine sky-r .cket seat up by
the fairies of thi atep;e. The 'air was
still ,and warm, and hal a strange,
sweet fragranco winch I can liken only
to tho taijie of wild honey. There
were no sou id to break the atillneti
of the great p'aii cxcipt tho drowjy
him of bees, the regular measured
"Kate-did-Kito-di 1" of a few katydids
in the grass uear me,' aad thr- wailing
cry of a steppa hawk hovering over
the nest of some fied-mio: It. was a
delight simply to lie on the grasi amidst
the fl iwer and see, liear and breathe.
Origin of a Popular Son;.
Among the favorite son-i of our d y
are some whicii originated under pe
culiarly curioui circumstances. The fa
miliar Peck -a-Boo.' which has bcea
worn nearly threadbare, wa, accrJiig
to its author, Mr. Scan Ion, an inspira
tion of the moment. It wit auczeatcd
by tho gambols of some children, who
were playing aromd thi door wh;re ho
was sitting, illy picking out tunoi up-
on an eccordion. At tho children
peeped curiously into hi door, he.' be
gan to say 'Pcck-a-Bio," -nodding bit
h?ad at the same time. Uncoraciouslr
the instru cent played a few notes to
suit what he wat saying and the idea of
a new melody atrue'e his fancy. He im
mediately wrote e.ff the chorus of
"Pcek-a-Boo" tipoa an envelope and
added a ft w stanzit afterwards, touch
ing up the eqng at bis Ieiaure. The
tr ii ic famm arton tr notit ar and ra far
d.. difficu,t (hw bp fiti . of ,
appropriate word; but as it wat by no
msacs hit first cxperie.c, he was not
long io gettiog it into proper shape.
It was certainly a htppy inspiration
for Mr. Scanlos. This melody alone
has netted him 3Q 000 in royalties, and
still brings in a comfortalli Income, at
he recti vet six centt oa each copy sol L
Itj ha, with his numerou ether com-.
pbiitioaa, mile him a fortune, in atrii
ifjg contrast with such writers as poor
Sitephen Foster and. John 'Howard
Payne, whose beat work served only to
enrich tbo puUi.bert who ware so for
tunate at to obtain th ir entire control.
Dstroit Free Preas
The Fbeaozagraph.
Tiie Due de Fltre he designed an
instrument, which he calls a jhoccze
eograph, intended to indicate the di
rection of any diataat aouad. A micro--photic
plate of pecn'ir coastroetioa it
fixed ia a vertical plane, aod is ia cir
cuit with a tmttry aad a telephone re
ceiver, cr a D--prx-DArcva-galva-
eometer and a Wheatatoae Lrilge. The t Youag at tested to all the fJatterie
microphone Is snore or leas afftcted ty - propoftitieca as tlay w era laid dowa,
a distant aouad, aredias: to the acffUs ' aad whea the eider had floiahed speak
that it makes with tbeaeurre. By , lag he said: "I caa cire yon a new lej,
movins the (late a Bout oetil the raaxi- ! aad I wilt, but I want you to tMak
resim fl ct i Ua oed the obaerver Is f about it a Httla a, first, Whea the day
enabled to exactly' locate the direction ' f jud;meBt cmes wherever you are
of the sctiad. The isdieaUost of tha . boril, your old ler. will fiid yon out
leiepnoae receiver are aiiaeiy ace a-
tate, but tbott anordea ly the galea
eorseter art less so. aed this latter sr
raagtmeat will re quirt great tmodifica
tlea of tht snicrephocle plats before it
eta be eaU to be of a j radical aatore.
Thia i astro men t tasy posaiblj prove of
u3 at sea
It x.iF.alf. nJ!itiiuit ft
itz2J weather. ILUeciriciax. J
Heit CweU Artir AIL
. rJOfl4 tfc toll, tbe tordeoaof tbo day.
I iVjetxi tbe temU ! Ue atonna of lifer
Farfrvmtttamonoftbewearyway,
Ifc-yoM the km and l be ce-e
4rie;
Out of th- dark ard the gloom f alfiht,
iWyood tbe hUU wbere aha tows nevsar fail.
And far beyotad the rauge of mortal aial
JKet cormth eftrr all
After tbe fever and tbe rtUi pain.
After the waltlns and the wery yeai
Aftrr the co-vflk-t aod the loa and ftaln,
AiUr the strrow ail the a lewa tears;
Far, far U-yofd tbe lofty heitiU of Famei
IWvood ihihUti wbere s4iad)w never fall'
IVyond the fear of ceoaure and of blame,
nt ootueth after alL
i William G. Park fa Ikaaton Trauactipt.
liLMOUOUn.
How to cut a peraon Lookdaggert
at him.. ..'
The fashionable hair cut ia at la
mowed.
Bid nomiiatioos are like the itch--
Th y set a good many people to scratch-
When the girl baly appears la a 7
he u.i hold there ii generally a family
cry-aiv ' ' ' - ""'
The man with the firat baby It all ;
miles Smilee. for himtctf aad hit J:
friends, too.
Diughter Mamma, whit ti a maa-of-war?
3Iamms It4 natal officer, or
course, yju ailly'chlld. , -
When a qit givos an entertainment r
from the top of the wall It iia't thi cat
we object to, il'a tho wauV
Where are you going, my prKty makll '
" I'm going a y achtlng, air, ahe aaki
'May I go with yenii nay pretty maiiT
Y a, siree, if you're not afraid. V
The Chinese ought to be very good
billiard player, for they are accus
tomed to hand lag the cua from their
earliest years. .
Chicken aalad ncvenctt well oa lomi
people, Perhspa it is made of the
wrong kind of chicken. Ftr loiUoc,
roosters are never goo t setters.
"Mother It, always telling roe not to
bolt my fool.' uli a small boy, aod
now she hat gone and bolted up the
cuploard thai hit got air.tha'Tictua.'t'
A New York literary man compotes a
good many of hit poomt wh'.la riding
about the city. He it a hack writer
.with a vengeance. , - f r
Dingley Oh, I'm just like I used to
be. By the way, Peckhara, ho w'a your
wife? You used to lay you had the
bosi girl whea you were single. Peck
ham (sadlj) Sho'a atiU boss.
Phyafclan (to living skeleton . ia a
New York museum): You seem to be
threatfned with a fatty degeneratloa of
the heart. Skeleton: I pre.ume to, at
I am engaged to the fat woman over
there tjrjho Weight 014 pounds. 1
"What trials you mutt bare," eald ihe
lady, contcmplatiag a famished tramp
devouring tho generous repast the had
placed before him. "Yeam, and tht
wustojf it it I alius get convicted, -answered
the tramp between bites. A
"Ilwas gettieg measured for a suit of
clothes this mawning, said young Mr,
Bissy to his pretty cousin, "aod juit for
a jokey'know, I awaked Boipcm If It
weally took cine tailors to make a mas.
He sil l it would take mora lhaa nine
tailors to make a man of tome people.
I thought It was quite clavah.
A :egitimat barnstormer recently
returned to tbe city on foot alter aa ua
surcesaful ttarriag tour in Basket peart ari
characters. A friend accosted him and
aaked him what luck he had had.
"LucV the actor replied, "why, oat
there ia Jltinoy I played to four kero
sene lamps, and two of thoio went out
after the first act."
Tbe Wily Jf oraaoB Prophet.
Brighara Young, the famous. leader
acd prophet of the Mormons, often had
to exert tbt whole of Lit wooder'nlly
quick wit la order to preserve the faith
that hit followers had la him. but he
was generally equal to tht occasion, A
certain elder, while chopping wood, had
cut hit leg so tally that it ha 1 to be
amputated. At soon as he wat able he
came to Young and stated hit cast to
him somewhat as follows: "I have ft-.,
ways bea a good Mormoe; 1 hive ev
eral wives aad a good msoy children,
and ia ay present maimed co ad it loo 1 1
do net know how 1 am to provide tor
them. I believe truly that you art
Chritt's representative oa earth, asd
that you have alt the power that He
had. If yco like, yiAi caa work mira
cles ; if you like, yon caa give rat a
new leg, aad aow I ask you to do it.'
and Join ittell to you, but If I glv you
a new ce, that will rut with you, toe.
sad tht quest lea Is whether yon would
father suffer tho ieeoavtaitoet of get
tlag along with oae for a few years hero
or go tbrcuga all ateraity wi h three
legs.' The choico waa quickly made,
J rti a... a.- . f .. K t - I
jairicit - worktr wu tared, --Arjo-utit;
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