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Vol.. IV.
YANCEYYILLE, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1SS8.
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r:::rr:u Clnngcd His Life.
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tksct'y! To
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k '. - . . K a run d. t ol tee
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, In f - r ".b '.! lit II fcyelf.
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'I I tl tint lf 1 l.fcS
. r.. ir, lucj fw
I .irf i i i ,
AppUca hat Li'jaLt it hll back
olkiy itrour. a I I frrl r!cr draw
t jcu, Jck I jif tel. tec:a' you with
Jk .'c!t a'moU at if ho onjLtto
ok tlitcUiatr; jet aurej Lt
ltfTr! ioia croitt for turaiag from
tmf U!io. After few ucmccti th
I)e rot br-aa:
I wmo Uj ilnut foartecaI a'poao
jc thiak : l I tca Tall Laa Wco
coy-.t.y lora ai trc!; lut at that
t n I'J revtriiei tbo ceuair; eeTcr
!:' I cool. I roratoa; orv. r itea
lirSi'fpt ia c-c; aeer itea aaj-
Linj I vat lo ttj -but mlrjt
hit an I r6fttj. Ilt th-n. thtt woul l
a'l U tiu for tloio vat ooo lorrlj
ihla- t-fr fj cjj, aljht an-I mora
He ad that ai nj aUttr Jluj. 8U
m a Uulj'ul girl. I at Ii".l U-ea tick
fr a I timr, ai l a-t thu ;h tha lil
all L? c-u J, fhn (e'iMi't do much
nv-ri? t!n icph'r.f in.rl actl cltao.
Mhcr h I -I i I wLtti ! aaht( aa4
! jiic it w th h-.rl mttk aa l
f'!.-rt .liiiVia lht l I tick9al tlie
r rU Ilitlwti te .ii jou ahout
t! iff. It w;i a hot Juio Uaj.
I'.tl.'r hi-1 cria htr I oi u , an-i
thr !t thus itl l9wn l-t cl m
jImc ia a lfiak ii---lco', wh'to
th'i a lot of rj'n' i 15 goia a.
tokafa?cj to make m drink (hat
tTcalay, aal haw my owa father, half
Upay aa h wa heljl 'cm oa; tut at
lat it w tiraa for rat to lcarr, aai I
atkrrl for toj ray. Jack, jut thiak
haw I :ctt wL:n that atIooo-krrr t)U
raa my ftther haJ takes tay fay ia
IJt'r! I was tti.T aaJ aort I haJ
Uoa up late for tCTa tihtt; an4 sow
I h.la't arret !cr M try !
'! ar, irar! "How a all coraet back
to me! WU, I t h-n.e ton.chow, aad
rrapt up aftlyt hoj.io h was asleep
tut aha waa aittisi; up ia be I, her checks
iika the to e hy h?r tiJa a3l her cyai
ehlcia. I juet thr.w mytelf oi her
bel aJ criJ thcu-h 1 waa a toy
anl aha hal aea eaoiih to let me.
CIIILDCE-V? COLUMN.
Wtmr Vr Lit I Trafct
lWr jfr litt tevub!
Ye Ittt' chil Ira i, d: t
Ye know not what' tfore yea.
So brace up ail be true!
Ir yocr Mile trout!
With a tel brt.
Far tb worst of troub'et
Matt rrry ti dvirX.
Ikr yoar little trouble,
Y, ler them eery ona
Like a I.ttl btrl.
Till 3 our wttrk k dar.e.
THE SIMOON.
Whirlwind that Sweeps Over
the African Desert.
dearaeav Iurii- ta wr'iole tinaa tht
the aimooa la.Utl,, lh- atm sphere waa
entirely freo from aai oritutt; aothat
I hirJIy know how to arcu-jt for, ita
aiasularo'jic .ritr, (CorahiU M gaiins.
Its Ccnoration and Incident:
Its Terrible Career.
in
rilUrralaalUrn ket.
It waa early i:i Miic i to tjyoAf ao.
Hat pretty aooo Ilaa to iiateA to what lico oaa of tho loaeer actt art of Ox
ataym( my
1 1cr. arvl l"l
t i ' hi I !!-- a'tff.tca
; I upmKm tSttaae cu 1 at
'. t 'i i K .te Ti at i at acta
itif.i. -n out, ji i(b a liri
I t !i-vl h h'ital teca rf
tftit, tft-vfe lt-,'t grew u;a
p-t t Ik l r . ftrI t irlt It. Jt
. t : utii ; t t!i attttfaia, a
t"'"-. t-i hr. aa4, Joaaiij
Vi vt I'm ii, fcnti- htiy gtfKtui
'! f fif ifal raft I th
n, t Laf n I t tie tr ii . Y
in A rnl w th rjht t k th
Ur-' it rt .4i 4Ita, Kate lh?t;ht,
f . f r ! kite I f maay I tit!
J, n 9t 'iitU ao att n-
t I i , 't a true al
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' hiiir, j!L' I thelnh,
-if f-nc-Ti ar. -Ihit TratU
a f. :!." U tho-. -hi. ''Afier
it i ivi u;: jt i t wiiii tts
f t it l taJ the tre i
, I . T tIiia'l Kt. trfalh
'I yr r!ot, l. I jr-
. 1 u -imp lit a ray habtd
i I rite hiss the lltiR
I i, te ..r! I f ft J'5i.
ft - ht om'f trtte t t r I ha ttaw
' ii 1 r e,l I i tSaika fr hit i!uro
" ' f. w whtrtel a iy ia that re-
f ie ;h tf tit. .
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I t t well ate! whea
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It i w I N a thtt
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kih: ; u, a l vt."
i. i.t i; Jk, 4 ith a
is i j'j ?;4 httu.II , jite at
tlti" j I Tir,ri tut; f
. Ln j"ir fetes; oa
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,r.e fio-t t!. I'ia t
i J : v. Ir. .1 . ure,
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iii'KiuUi f l !i'r the
th elct of
ft ate 1 ui-
l!uihJ with
f,'l i tit It.
c a 4 1 1 j . r
f iht; tin
Lave aoaa
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httUbcIf
tt-x 31 I y, jjic aa I ta-'Ccot, taell-l-i
uL.Ui join fellttt" (Jtck Iifte-1
t-i ratt ef blooait to hit ftre, atl
their ilriirttt fitk aetn-l nfieCttil ia
hitchretti, 1 ut .' yc-u etrr kocw what
I k &ow of the wiccItictt that card a
a-.! Ii'ir may lal to, yru I ool woa
itt at thj o. j Ueicu) earrow
fet. He I, aa I wat
i r....i ik.
tt - i a v - a e - p a t
lcra at it fr ;-it a w.e'c. That Tri
ll ty e veala I end l:j.il, ani 1 b i4
a crt plaa n my heal. !wy wat
jat e r :r flwcr. A mitioaary
I ly htl l-i u rht her i U ic'i unce and
a;asi, and lha wif the dote I a 'era
wt jut aurfritti. Djar, dear, how
o.ta Tea th u;ht of Iarr whea I are
the yorjjttrt pu'ha rtiwtri aed
throw ia Vn away!
T-e d a -aa ptuted a moment. Jack
l r kec:T a l-.l cf t'j-i lloiua, aa t,
with the pnll3f4.t ef a womaa, f at
tend it la ll.r o.l frmtr'a coat.
rIhttkc! IhaakecM oitr r rtu'd ick
fry t-lUvru myel, tut I daa't know
tut tljw.r ii a much aeeJe I aa fruit.
We at 1 w it a.aji ", I ha I a p'aa. I
ha J a I. v ly r. a?-.i.h ia a pot at
the orarr srocry. aad meant to buy
thtt l.r M ft. I prir-d i ; twat jmt
tweaty-flre test; a-;d II w ate he-1
ttttj ltr ad to ooc'li.il Imu ; 11 if.
N"w, thi m -r ii4 I rxait to I iiy it
aad keep it ii t. t taion til! Id get
t JT. Ute at ai.ht. I"ut tr-n I got to
the grecery th rrN.ltidi wrat ttierel
i r hal a gt mifiy dit'p'iat
taaatt cae way an 1 an thr, lul I doa't
ktow'a it r I fell aa Tho
groeeffntt n tt'.k.V t a I i rou-h-hkit
Ml t, tutlertt thil c;er I
rou'da't wai, aa 1 I t nih4 ti;t and
rtil; Yo aiVl to d thit ro- tuihl
"I guea I le 1 rr.i jhty airnetl, for
they Uth I.-k-d at me. aad the l the
mm aetd: 'Yet, I il.by, I toll it
yrtrrlay aftcraoon. i'.ut there other
i:wi:f ti.ii maa'a ji t bargJiji-.j for
me to luy trce f hi n.
'Are you a food cf fl wer, arnty f
aai 1 the atraa mta,
"I tell htm I wt-str! th rto for my
liter, aha wattfek, and the a I aaid I
htl t ' I 51 try how ie-tly thj rite ttat,
aad. thou.rU flrvdila't know I wat to
-et it, I'd ret to luy it I'd l-or-rowrl
the money lura Tom 'ctute I
wcu'.Ja't Iw ptl I ell til. ml Inl-hL
3Mal-ht! A Iitllo filiow like
youT eiclaixe I the ti mto. Aad
where do yau work ti l mi lal;htr
At the li aatooa, aTouad th cor
eer,' I 'a'!. 'I aiat o y cu3 -Im
feuteear
"Aai wcrkiaj ia a a!al Vhat
Jxt thtt titr v yt-r a ty ta thatT
at: 1 th I i - one.
"h feeli nti'hly bed a"ut if.
e ctltt aai ertea. I. it I t-l her I
the w a i eajio; and the rxrtalaly had
oewi. T-o Li mil wai cemiug far
ma the neat dt aad 1 ii to live at his
houf. If . hiJa't chick nor child aai
hit wi.i wuM to glal to haea a toy
around, ted J it hit oee lit help.
el. thslta and th i ahort of it
tta, I wjat and I atayed; aad when
the dear old iiran eo 1 hit wife died.
they trsated in 3 lika aa owa child aad
left ma al'." ,
And Mtryf
The Ic4coi wif.cl hit face at if it
wero a Jme day iottca 1 of a Jlay day.
"Mr?f 3Irr wtt like theio hero
ttcatomt toa tcTd r and delicate to
Ittt long. Yet perh.pt tha fruit hat
com) ia p!ace of tho bloaaomt I
woulJa't La been raurli mo ia this
wortl if It warn't fer 5! try. "
J ick tl ilcat locking at tha blot
aom. Wet nut fruit c-. mia-j froTi that
far oil life v m mat Atsth rr Jif j wat
chattel thatdiy ty meani of a flower-
only a hlotai m pickc 1 before it could
fructify, but that I vr$ tar "What a
From thit dty J c Ijrot dated
two Iriea itliipt. Ilforo loa I);acoa
Taft knew the ttory of inolh.r flower,
for Jack coafct c I to thi oil firm.r
hti progrcta a tho downwtrl road,
aad how a trarh of pj..--Motsomt
ha l atop'pl him. whilr K ita Trarit aod
htr hut! aid Iraroo t to loo for Jic'x'a
cctnia aa n i of thi aiaip'e plrnturca
of their cj'iict hoir.et littta dreaming how
(olgirea wt lh- imjul; to tend th)
apple-ulosto:nt to b.in. C'hrittiaa
I'aioi.
The ratlrnt South AmerU-an llurro.
Th-i Ltirro ii a tr ry I itr'cti -g b.dig,
with hh aerio.n Io-, hit contentment
uadcrabarl ft, hi. piticncj utd.-r a
1 ad, aa 1 hit iatt Itcncr, write a S uth
Amciicaa c rrepo nlrnt of the C imincr-
rial (I z tte. IIi tviag cott nothir-.
Turacd out at night oi tin "ram," he
for I couaty made up hit roiod to more
Lii faxiiy from M it i.-.chm-tU to thit
faTouto region. He hid atrcn little
onc, and femd thry cuM not eaduro
ao li.ng a journey and the picrcia; cold.
II jw do you think he took caro of thorn I
Tho fathir ottainid from a- neighbor a
great t akct. twclre feet by six aai
four feet hi h. It wit ill to 1 oa an ox
tied ard wat made for tho i urpoto of
traoiorti.tg grati aeod. Th tcven littlo
once were packed ii atraw ii fiii bit-
kct like ao maoy kittens cr pig, and
made the jourac afc and wium. Tha
bttket it yet prc-crvud by tho pi .-n :cia
deicndtati. Liwi.ton (Mc.) Jour-nah
.1 Irt ewt.
A seal about two month old w.istcea
recently by a Portland (Orcgos) Prets
rcjortcr, oa the deck of tho rc'jootcr
Atizooa, which wat moored at llu Com
mercial whnrf. II t it tho akippcr'a pot
aad a great fatniito witli the crew.
The Ciptiin said: "I hivo hal th)
little fclitw about six wotk baring
ciulit him at Stable Island. 11 was
alecp when I came upon him and beforo
he knew it I ha l him ia ray arm. Ia
threo days fr m tint time ho wit as
tamo at a do?, and will now follow mo
all orer the vessel. It the morning at
about three o'clock th? s?al takes bis
position orer thj hitch, and there he
will cry until onio ono of tho crew goes
on deck and feeds him.. Who i W3 aro
ut'ide I throw him oruib ird nod lit
him swim 'until ho i lired and then ho
it cn'y too glad to be tnkcn . on board
again." iue little icilow aeomcu to
cp j y himself oa tho Tinsel' deck and
was r.ry tona ot tno carotses oi tao
crew. non uo saw ono oi tuo men
approrcaing him no would lioublo
toward him and tcao for n .mouthful of
fiih that waa generally forthcomiaj.
Tha mott remark ablo of the hot
indt ia tho simoon (tambu'.i. tamrtat
lit-look, ttr.), tha Tia'.ent whirlwind,
with or without aacd, which i fl cts the
detects of Afiica '.and southwestern
i
Atix The g"0 c'1- '
the. soil : pattiag into tho at
mosphere : causes aa apprecitble cx
pania , aa I lightening of the latter,
r.'3uiti3g ia ti e for.natioa of email cy
clonic 'di turban ces. Tho surrounding
atinotphcrc, ia the ncTi;T-ccaiig natural
atruTlo to mtint in ni equilibrium,
ruth. a ia to fill the apaco vsc.toJ by
the cxpanlcd air,- and ia its turn
undergoes tho a: in) process, until
at last there it a powerful current
drawn into tho voitex, frequently
bringing wilh it quantities of loose j yard otherwise idle who will bo put to
sand, and the cyclone then becom?t vi- I work whittling th8t oars i ito proper
ibh huo colunns of aanl whirlia j shiiio. Uottcrdim, Amsterdam, L ver-
. A I.einlni.ffnt Ship Chandler.
Oa &ouiu street, jts-vt below O.d slip
ard close ty an alley narrow enough to
be a Cuzstantioop'o street, a cbup'-o of
shipj iag clerks wero obserrci by a New
Yolk Telegram reporter des pitching
bale of pi gt oakum, toi's of froth-
tarred chbiav tUck ai-U white anchors
and solii Lights cf hawsers liko
butchcri' blocks.
Where it this lumber goi tgT as'ted
the reporter, tapping ti hat looked like
a lot of wo len gutters. -- . ::-.
Hough oars," ai I the rflaa with the
ranrliag pot, 'and. they are bouad lor
MarseiUca. They wtrj ordered by : the
French lititer of Jlarne aid have
just com; down from our Michigan fac
tory."
Why didn't they fiaish them?"
'ThcT wero ordered rouilu There
arc oil marin-s rcUid the Ficuch navy
round and moving forward at tho aami
time. Tho air, already very
diy bsfor) tho aimooa originated,
now becomes still more so from
tho presence of the dense cloud of dust.
Away goes tho storm acro3i th) desert;
at fir t it it seen as a .low htzt oa tho
hotizoi, tutqciekly j rvadiug the clou 1
pool. ' Hamburg an 1 Kjw Z aland all
a .w
cry for Atnerica-i oar, too, so it socms
America not only paldlcs her' own
canoo but tho rest of the world's at
well." r
"What is that! thing there, uko a
stone mop?" J
The (Jurat
Thrw one waa a rraUeat boy
Who iiwU In a home ty Urn ml
Wherw tb water 4nre4 for
Ao.! tho wioI wat Rtad and frtw:
Dat b UL "tiowif mtbf, e! fct me go
Fur Ute ituI Vit In tb world, I know.
1 thw little brown bou
Tbit okl browa howwy , i ,
Under the aple InXk . ,
1 will travel aat arl weet,
The KTe4k lma HI awe;
Aid wbei feavj ft?ua 1 tb b-st,
" Ifc-wr roAhr, I II rorat for tbeA.
. HI crtne fr the in a year an 1 a lay, '
And jfally then wll ba-t away
Irni thit little brown bou.
Thit otl brown boutey
Uoder the apple trext. -
SiVtie trarelod nere ami there,
It i4'ter cotitiiV waa l ' '
- Tiwyj, aa.. in htT4.li "itiiot "Tatr"
c4itikt bom, Uer b;
He e-tjwlhinjr niUiw-1 froiu the ea eakf
HH b tuf ne-t aftaln, wtth a wilfu!
To the li:U trow n houw, 1
' Tha ol brow n houaa, .
Un lrr tbe apje treiv i
Den tt,e nioUser aaw and imi'r 1, .
Wbi !ir liart rew gla.l ti-l ft.
'Hist tli "urh'wen a bM, uiy HiH
. Ah; m ht-r liliall we d ell f jurtb !t.
And bo VSirwt nut her, Irvui ea-tt to
wrd, .-,'.'.
H o Jut lKma an.1 tiro Jcvirtt anl te
It it littht brown hHi,
'An old tnwn Ikai',
Undr an apple tiw.1
iliu lora H. Iluiuateail, in Hu IsK-bolae.,
IH'MOIiOt't
That is a Jioly stone, re p!
hd tha
adrances, s( in times alowly, sometimes chandler a ency clojiedia; a atoac mop
rapidly, tho tnll pilhrs hi ing visible a
long way off darkening th) atmosphere,
and bringing wilh thcui great destruc
tion. In the whirl tho wind blows with
tho forco of a burrienno, hillt of sand
aro takon up, and aro cither scattered
or aro agaia gathered into new hills
wherever tho storm chootos to djjgosit
them, so that the desert is dotted with
frequently shifting sani ranges. Uadcr
the to aro turKd wholo caravans of
traders, travelers and even armies. The
simoom Si suppose 1 to hnvo annihilated
tho armies of S.'nn icli j rib and of Cam-
Lysea. . t
lso tcrriMy dry it tha air in theso
sterns that "it it fat.nl to vagetitior,
u ',! Iiy sailors to poliih the dec'is.
'We. fccll everything tho akippcri
want, from a gnlvaciz.-d ahoathiag nail
to a galvanized anchor."
"Your tlfice inside," taid tho re
porter, "looks moro like a banker's than
a chandler's.' It hus . jilato glass win
dows and shining tratt fixture." ' '
Tho' oM man (th) head of . tho
hous.) tells ui tint li ty years agef both
clerks and merchant used to huddle
around tallow candles until 11 or 12
o'clock at tiiht writing letters and
ccpying tbom; tha, iustead of the re
volving ctiJ-hi ned chain wo sit in now,
they used to porch thcruiclrj oi hard,
squarc-toppsd stools made by th) car-
whilo Urn density of tho dut cloud J penter, nd in thoso gro 1 old tiuua
Tfan Lmmp Hrer.
At one picturcqu old thitched
houte ia tho forest writes a correspon
dent from Japan, whoro a narrow, rido
ior, aol thrro it ronsi lcftll! practlcl pAth angle ia at jut tha right poiat to
faith n it. It th) street, it lront of tho c,e oao a long annroachiarr view of
fUds it amor t thj at o and oth r wcrl.
II.' ctn go I ng witliou. water. The
traditioa it thit h: taa l.va on noth-
stippty slr , a scorj of th ra may ba
ca of a mor.iia. in a b.ic'i, liadtng
up. Tlicir t urdent m .k ttraiaportatioa
comic'. t co k ttv) in'mcil oi tha
other sidi by boet; an iroi wheclbtr
row, itshaidhs nearly touchiig grouad,
baUr.c)! by loT;a3il ttiki; iron rail,
ec oa tch ti l, ru:nia; forward of
him aad dra ia bchii 1 on ths ground;
all the rufc dine ! mt'rrialiof m oa
woiking and of tin liviig supplies
tou id oa hit birk in q'inor shapes
wh tu. k m ki hi n I ik tti 1 sm tiler.
Tt.o adjifii anl f ttta n l ; f thou
load i ii an art. Thi bjrrot are atto said
to have as art of gruitii hsivily
wh 1 1 the ! 1 it b.d ig put oa, to cut It
abort. Lil;d up, off they go ia a
tunch, urged by a into oa horseback,
until they reach tha mouotaia trail,
when they fall iato tiiIi fi'c, aa exper
lenced one ia the lea 1.
letters of Aacirat Tinr.
A remarkatla djtcovery has bcea
made in K'Jpt of tal'.et or letters,
which Ci.a;ioie a literary corret
pon lence f 3VW to I )tf years ago,
carried on letweea Hyptian and
Atittic. Th: taMctt cow ia Vienna
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wf.lat dri k, not i? t'.ey ktHed me, ! repreeat t ltiri aai di-pa!ch)s seat to
cvt I oVt ilir cirl; at 1 toat ;ht I II . F. yi t I y the goveraort aaJ kia-s of
P!cttise, S.ria, lliby'.oaia, and other
coaatrict of wetter a Aia Th) fin 1 is
remarktb'o every wit, aai opeis th)
pe-'jne of that ac to ut with fte hacts
aaat ftmtliarity. It it cleir that the
literary apirit it very-aacieat, and Prof.
Saycw surs:tea we thttl yet fin I libraries
of clay Us.. La. O i town in Ja Ith waa
called Txk Town." or ''Library
Town." Th) momeatum f thia dis
covery will t markc-L Ibch men
sheul 1 heiittte ao loager to uaiatth the
vaat treatarrs of the rieat --Philadelphia
Ll?er.
hite Ihre djlltf i fov l iry
Ibe grvcrrymta hit -a to another
cuitasrer. The ti ttager stood
tkia me vr f.sr a rninuts or ts, aad
thea he lit t hit hud a myahaullcr
mraia-." aa-l tai I: 1I jwM Maty like you to live
on a f tint. iay T
"I t'd Idas that thtt wit jut what
cad? .Sry f-el at bid. A lady had
ti I her ta pray stent t very thi i. aad
3! try hsd rraye-i aai prayd that I
mi;hi go t work oa a farm aa if
there were farmt la New Ye City!
Nw, t9 brre, eoaay.' aH the
txaa, yeu jatt look ia that ov. red
i;ra avl pick ut ths fliwect youd
ta fr Muy. aad thet tU toe where
U l;ve. aai I'llsoaad as9 her
You'll belltve I stpppesd up t that
wi -oa i rttty lively. It was jatt fa I of
rrt little ts aad ti- aev Hat I
hadn't a saittsti t Starr, and I u led
out a latiful plek roee that rati taa
tht:k : Mtry'e che?ks at tlrat, aad
to I hi it whera w tiv.d; aad thea I
;t fl w arua I th cotacr. I was lata,
a d the mis wi tbi;hty crotv The
poiica hsd leea ia the alht before, aad
I .ot bar I w. r ft atd ittai b4ow bit X
ti la I care Alaiy wjul I htv; thtt roee I
t Utti t linji te ted ycu hew the asm
the most and litchen-cov.-re 1 thatch.
there it an old pensioner 'ia tho way of
a la-no deer wi:h a broken horn. Ills
infirmities work on everyone's feeling,
aad the old soldier got fir 3 timet his
shjire of fecdinr, and crowds away all
th) little fellow. It is impoai:do to
e'cnpo him, and after roskinggrjat cir
cuits with tho diiaMcd Veteran hipping
after ma. I ht l to ra'.t on the little girl
ot the cstab!ihm;nt to hold him back
whilo the ouagcr deer got a chance.
Shj brought cut a small bamboo twig,
and with blows rot bird em ugh to
scare a bufcifly, mi lc feint of restrain
ing the o'd scamp. It w.nt at fuany a
si-ht as oao sees to watch the littlo girl
and the deer wrettli igaod pitying ami
ally scroti tin grss, thjdccr paying no
more attentioa to her gcatle whacks
than to the grasshoppcr'a leapt in the
TT p ia4ttir nirala
The true weaver lirdt arc inhabitants
of Africa, aaJ, as their crmi iidieatea,
they iako a rett by weaving. Away I
from civiliz .tion, thry uic tou ;h gratses
fr this purpose, lut glally scizi oa
cotton or other twiira; when given a
largo bail of cotton twite they wi'.l not
ceate ustil the last inch it wove) into
the oest. The aly specimen of this
faaii-y inhibiting Nurth America it the
Hi timore oriole, somctimct ruled fire-
hang lird, goldca robis, etc. The bird
makes it almost impoisiblo for human
beings to breath'.'. This gives rise to
the idea that tho wind contained a
deadly pohon; henco th; Arabic sim on,
signilying a oiaanous wind; lut it is
no mori pciiouous thai any other wind,
its fatal qualities being simply tho ex
cessive dryness and tho quantity of fi 10
sanl with which it i loaded. Tho tum
pcraturj cf tho nir hns been
known to riso lo 133 d.'grcet, and its
desiccitirg rff ct it seen in
dried-up m-uthi. and nottrilt, in
skin cmc'sing, intense thirst, painful
and diflirult breathing and inability to
alccjt. Tho timo ( ccuj icd in passing a
givjn rpjt v.irica bctwoon a fowminutoi
and twenty or twenty-four hour, tho
blast leaving, behind it unmistakable
cvidenco of tho path it has travelled.
Tho hit, p.nrching air of th ) simoon, al
most a i soon at tbo breath is out of the
body and Lcforo decomposition jins time
ta rot in, catiics tho flcNh to loso all its
firmoest and consistency, so that it
drops or may bo taken eff tho bones
easily. 1
A party of oflicors sleeping on tho
roof of Central J.eob'a houto at Ji
co'jabsd thus recoil it their experieacg
of tho aimoom: "They were awakened
by a sensation of tuff c it ion, and an ex
ceedingly hot, opprcivj feeling ia tho
air, whilo at theaime. tims a powerful
amtll ot su'phur pervaded tho' atmos
phere. Oa tho following morning a
number of trees in tho garden were
found to bo withered in a remarknblo
manner. It waa as if a current of fire
about twelve yards it breadth had
passoJ through tho garlen in a straight
line, singeing ard destroying every
green thing in its counc. Kite ring on
oao ri le and pa ting out on tho other.
its path wat at defiied at th) courto of
a rivwT.'
Pjlgriv; was e.vertaVen by one cf
theae scourges ii northern Arstit. After
some prelimiiary r?markt oa the ad-
clerks wtuld work two or three ye-irt
without piy for th'. privifago of learn
ing the buiincts. How's that? And,
after aU, some of the amo clerks died
millionaire) ! '
Whale as an Article of 'Food.
Tho London Dailv Telegraph has
r c t a
been discutsiag tho Kssibility of induc
ing tnaukind to eat whale. Somebody,
grently daring, has dined ,on whale's
fljsh, nnd'reitorts it gool. Oao averago
whale would yield 50,000 pints of soup
somewhat oily. pcrhap, Lut nutri
tious and heat-producing; good cncugli,
at any rat-, for chanty 'dinners to, tho
poor. An entire chiM'a achool," says
tho editor, "might bo fed out of a
single whale for tho whole wialcr."
That would depocd, prolab'y, on tho
aizo of the chil l'a school and the tiro
of thn whilo. It may lo - amittod,
however, that what 31 irk Twtin calls a
good, ordinary, inoderate-tized whnle
wou'd cnijriso a great dnal-. of solid
eating; it m.y also bo presumed that a
little of it wu'.d go a long way.
Moreover, the cetaceans are a long
livj lY c; thj T Iegr. m hat hear 1 of-
apccsm:DS irin ;'Jio .uvycara vi-n.
There is a strong antecedent probability
that even a middle aged wha'e a,
rising his third cor.tuiy w u 1 bo
toujli. AU "things conidercd, . there
fore, tho calculation1 is not uareatonable
that ote whale, woul J'litt a loarding
school a whole wicter. Tha "editor,
supposes that t'ns would m aa a great
saving to dhs I ording school keeper.
That depends on the price of the whale.
Is it expected that whale mtat will bo
chrajier thin routtojf
The m email's favoriU tuac Nev
tun'. " ,-''
Liropo has several kings who aro
total rex.'
A N-w YoricLurglar swallosred
Jiamou 1 to cscjp) arrett. - A uliuosa
tti the rou ;h, surely. .
Cathay seems to bo a. por ji'ace f or
bicycling. The poet sayi: 11 tier
fifty years in Europe than a cyclo lo
Cathay." -
"Di you know Jlrown a drijd.tip
old mini "Yes, I know Drown, tut
tho description djitn't fit, lie talks
incessnutly and nev'r drios upf"
A No w-Yor k co rr c t j Ka J e a t cou o ted
11 millionaires in a group oa th) piaz-ta
of a Stratogt hotel. T lut s nothing;
we've aeca one little woman00 a Sum- '
tner hotel piazsn put on nearly as many
aira a th it
A Morning C.ll - Tubblnj (baahfultyv
and roir.oving hit hat spasmodically)
Is Mits'.Tremmsr inf Mtld Bho is;
but she's cngagod. Tubbley (wh .
settled thing latt .-night)- -I know it
I'm the young man.
In tho country. Mm Travis "Oh
hero ycu arc, Mr. Da h'mlthl Mrv
Ktynor says she lost tho dlnncr-htra
and Uoein't know how to get tho meo
up to dinner. !: Suppose you go out aad
ttani on tbo pi .zzt. I thiak they could
hear i your nccktlo as far at tho Isat
meadow." , : , ; ' ' , "
IVctty Cousin -And what are you go
ing to do, "Hab, when you", grow up to
boa man? Hob Oh, I mean to be a
j ark policeman an.1 you shall be jj
- . . . a a.
tiurto. uousin i;jt policemen ueo t
havo nunet, Iljb. D)b O', don' I
they, though? That shows, you've
never been In the pirk. i
A bear, wtthingto rob a boo hire.
himself down la front of it aad
overturned it with hit paw. ! wfM ;
aid he. "I wilt lie p;rfcctly still aad
let the bees stlog mo until they are ex
hausted and jiowcr less; their hooey mty
then bo obtained without oppodtioa.
And it was so obttloed, but by a fresli
bear, the other b;iag dead. This nar
rative exhibits one aspect of the "Fab
ian policy" fpilcndi iiy. ---. '
laid
Ia?enlont Moontlilnert.
Th) monthiaet ia lt-tern Ken
tucky reiort to a great ran laeaiout
devicea to eipo the c utches of th)
revenus ofTi j;ej S;iitt are secretel ia
caves ia tho mcmUtin, guar ied by
well armr-d m ii. a-.d it- i aomeiim t
Iaicktaa4
Qtlcksaad is coa. po.ed chieSy of
mm'A particles f saica xaixrd largely
with water. The mica it so smooth
that the fragtasats slip u;sa each other
built aa firm as if tralc of begging.
This txeratier of th; watr rtird family
hat a'tt alsptel itself to the ways tf
civiUzition.. ruk ia g its nett almost en
tirely of hemp, ccttoa twiic. aad other
mater isle puliel from Jiff .rent fabrics,
occasionally using some horsehair.
There it bo lisiag fer the aett except
whit is compactly wv.rn iato the
fat tic This ott will , b'tea
a a
tvjj itC4Wtr4 am lorwaru
several fect :a a stiff Ir.M a j while
! the til tirJ is sirtiig on the eggv
with the great ?tt faci.ity, so thit any
heavy boiy which di.places them will , llinit are seldom frihtraeJ ty nri or
siak an t coat. us to aiak until a solid
bottom It reachesL Whea jstrtic'ea of
sand are jsg-ed ar 4 aagula. aay wei-ht
presiag oa thcta Ul crowd thea to-l-rther
ss&tll they are cera,tud iato a
ao'ilmaat. A wad ceated of mica
or eoapttaa. whea sufSeicatly mixed
with water. en.e iacpibl of inch
C. SsUa:uu.
vance of the simoom, hs proc;tdi: "So
! dark was the atm'ttihere, and bura-
usuilly attsches its cett to the i x r.ns ; alne hest. that it teemed thit bell several years before thy are iearth?d
cads X th) tranches of an elm tre-, tho ... , frf r,.,h cr jrtcc3.teHl I an 1 the ortert rs bro'iiht to jattice.
eett Uiag six or ei ht iochjs deep, aad f s mloTe. P. jt et the rromcr t whea I An iatttao or tbi kii J It where a
shspol like a pocket or l ag, J b) er.t of the coneeitr-t ! nouoa-1 az of mca hi 1 their tti 1 in a ova
Llatt was coming rud we were already J aad arrsn rrdit ao as tomt'te the traoks
prostrate, cne aod all within the teat,
with our heads well wrapped up, ai
raott euff ctttd, ia leef, lut sa'e; whi'e
ur cimels lay with'u. like dt-ad, th:lr
long aecka atrettbl ut a the tand,
awaiting the pating of ths ga'a. We
reraaiaesl tLus for tea nd-.otet,
daring whi.h a still heit," like that
of a red-hot iron slowly pat si a?
over n, was a'oas to be felt.
Then ths teat walls begin
agsia to fls.t ia the rtturefag gtxttt,
and aaaoascrd that the worst of the
simooa has gne by. Mr ro-rr 1-t ap
peared more ike corps-re thta livtag
men, and ao, I suppote, did L IJow
ever, I Cvuhl aot forbear, ia tpita of
warning, to step cut aad lock at the
cam tit; they w re still lybg Ct,
a thenrh they ht4 been dead, aad the
air ws yet darkish, but before loag it
bri;tU8c4 tip t In cisul Cui'.ls:
A (Jrcat J4 is for! net. '
Not many years ago a Iabu was ltlig
driven along' one of tha main thoru.'h
ftrci in Calcutta 1 hi coachman ia tho
usual careless way, aai rat Into a gen
tkmta'i dogcart aad danajeJ it Tha
polio pIe re J ' oa tha cme, and th
reu t wis a summons agsJest the Ilibti
for damage V o t agalast the driver for
furious aa 1 rcckie driving The ease
came beforo the magistrate an 1 whta
the oachman waa callct a a ladivi losJ
stcp'ped forward . aa4 tkH thtt ht wal
tiie maa. . Of course he was i leetiS4
by tho fio'ito aad i th cod was ieo
betcsd to a month's rijOrvttt Imprison
meef, the liattt being ordered to pay e
ce-ttaia ssro far damage. The fett day, '
while the owner of the dogcart was It
f oftif. tha Itiba a e I a. Art ftiesrrd Wltl
atcead throu :h the hub of a Urg. ey aad the plalatiff, after r
trel Tlits waie-srri.l on itatiec... j,, Uf mW; -Ik fc.,rf eow, ths
ful way for.a long time, but w at lrt thi5 ? Vail over; Lnit tU me, waa th.
cro tea V "7 ' mn who a
t
a t . I I. . ... . . .la
except th) two-ler-gei tiped, which
accas to be aa enemy to everything
bcectifal ia ctture, destroyia iirJt
ar 1 riants oat of pure waa toe acta.
Children shonlJ be taorht not U de
stroy birdaB Bests; thea whes they grow
u(t they wilt know tett-v than to shoot
Uids jat lor fsa. li'aytaxts.
ia Perry chatty. Kf., tvera! year jo,
iatpired by a aalae i thirst for "m ?
thing stronger than wlef, lave it 1
and c3trusid a atiU "out r aa lra
kettle, miking a wtea c? aai uusg j
a loag j. a i
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barret for the worm
Intoxicate Dints.
Florid iwodsce a jeeulitr berry!
eailesJ ths PWe f China, f which the 'j
m ?ck lag-birds of thtt A wrry ta-id ptr- ;
take largely whea rlp, and istoxicatia .
ensae, Tuej pet a regular tear,'
std behave a Ot4 deal aa men d u.-
der such ciicamilactrt. hieeut'1?. I
p pet r4 ia ctlit JOiterdaj
the coachman who raa iato me! I
dUa t thiak be wa, -Oa. air," siW
the pleader, it was gft it for
Use." At the time when the summoal
cam oa for hetriax the Us ha r- 1J
j the otcbtasa'e service, so he sat to hh
. eephew, who lives with hla, Yoti g
t to tLe ecri it will bt only a ccatt.r o
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a ISt'i BJ9 l4l(iJ wyscj I'M J VTm
Aai now, sir, the Iltlu's nrphew hat
gt ose ssoatVa Hgotous iatpeisoameai
aai La dare aot cosapdaia. for he waW
thfa U joecotd for fabe imperioaa
tioa. It Is jrreat misfortttael Thta
daei thj law at tis&ea avctge i a wi
t.iity up tlWw who tr-fli with it
;sn1 lerizg at eactsotber, thfitv 7rr,iit. udlm lUgUahraaa.
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