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GRAHAM N. g., -TH 24, i 889.
NO. 38.
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10. Wv WHITSETT,
4 FJENSBOROr x . N. C.
II nlso v!tt Atamftnce. Call In
uutrv attended. Address me nt
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si
The difldm vara leanilag their wnmi one day.
Whaa baby tK7 atopped io his bualew play.
Eaytnc, "ite too, aianuna teaeta me what to any.
For you know Bobble did leant Children obeyr
"Pleaaeaay It quick, mamnut 1 meaoaay Itatowi"
Tbeo ataotllng quite atUI, with bla (mat all aglow.
"Now aee, 1 eaa aay it, now Bobbie doea know
It la eonaider the UUea, how they grow V "
"And the oother one, mamma, what Jemii told
whea chlldrea came, to Hun they ware not
- , afraid ..;,..; ' i
Vhen Ha put HI kind band on erery ooet head,
Like graudpa doea whea I'm going to bad.':
He climbed up, and eat hlnuetf down on my knees
"8eeoow. Bobble's a big boy I Bobbie la three!"
Bis sweet voice waa grave, at he sold rerereatfr
'Buffer little children to come unto me." . . ...
When papa came home, the boys catted. "Bobble,
Come quick, and tell papa the Tersea you know I"
One minute he atopped, then began sweet and low,
"Consider the....little children.... bow they
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Terras reasonable, noth seiea admitted in
ibtivet wepewiueiits. ...-.. -Tse
ant aeaskxa opena Monday, Seoi. 17th,
I8n, Wrha.ta lb principal Uit eaajD)coe at
Bmao.a Vs. v lulf. I'J. u.
when 1 heard the crack o' a rille ua
bullet grazed the tip o my ear, drawin
a urop o blood. , , ,,- ' ; ' i' -"1
rcck'n 1 jumtied high a rod liiirh
for it was a pooty clost call to climb
the stairs, ana then 1 looked to soe
whar Lhe ilifnrnnl thino rnmn frnml
I seed s, wisp o' moke hastgn' over a
clump o' bushes nigh the hill top that
told me all I cared to' know, an grab
bin' up my eruu 1 made for home, un
der the shelter of the creek bank, at a
8:40' gait,' fear in a' second ahottrom
the IlljullS.' : i ' i;.
VNigh our hut I met Yumek arun in
'hand, who said he had heard the shot'
-an' started out to help me if needed.
it iirucK me as oem cur ous be could
haveJ heard ' the report over
mile away, behind ; the hill' ah' the
wind blowin half a gale in t other di
rection, but o' course there wao't noth-
In to be gaid. ;'---'-' r-sv?.- v--
'Eill was - inside workinS on the
traps, an' when I told him what had
happened be was quite oncasy, and we
discussed . the -sitivation as to what
should bo, done. Meantime tYutnez
na oung nis gun on tne pegs ana
gone iqr a DucKet o - water. f
i"'WondeA if Yumez seed anrlil-
jfln wVns when he was out ' said Bill
ii"i'XViiv.! sesL- was ho- out whilal
I was gone? Though! Ait waj hyar
wunyou.-; t . s p.- f '
" 'He went out with his jgtin bc
after ye did said BilL I'll ask hi
And Bill left the hut .,' -T -K I I i
' "That give me another rospicibn, to
Tarn that Yumez had left . the Jaut
snortiy after l did. . What fori -An'
why did he orotend he'd heard thai ri
fle shot an' some out afterwards to cae
what it meant! ,1 got up an' went.' to
the pegs an' examined the Mexican's
rifle. ; I didnlike the result,, for, the
gun wasn't loaded at all f Things hail
anpUgiy? look. ' While I was nuttiii'
the gun back'tlje MexicarT returned,
an eein what .1 was doin' Jid lodkld
guilty as a thief an' then I kiiow'd the
rascal had fired that bullet at vaer hib-
elf.' v r - ' ,i f vi
v "I wos on the b'int o' denouncin
the villain to oncest an' I scarcely oo-
aersiooa wnyiaiaa'L it was a dretful
mistake not to do it, fer mebpe if I had.
matters ! would hev been diffrent ah'
the awful thing what happened might
never have come to pass. I have alius
been sorry I didn't shoot the traitor on
the spot But I reasoned 'that bein'
warned I could easily sarcumvent his
uivutry. tsut ne was worse than
irive him credit for.
. "I decided not to tell Bill about it, but
wnen -ine next mornin we aiskivered
some, o our best traps- gone an' the
Mexican bad vamoosed also. I ud an'
told pardner all about it; an' I think
if Bill had been a swearin' man the
air ud a smelt o brimstone sartin, for
tne old reiiow was, bulin' mad cl ar
through. We skirmished round ail
aay, an- not an miun sign could we
see, winch satistied us that it was oil
the work o' that thieving Mexican.;
we snouid miss tue traps o' course.
but so far as actooal value was con
cerned, the scamp's share o' the pelts
made that good, an' we was glad to be
snuio uirn.iiut wedidn tonucrstand
What a rcg lar coyote the feller was,
for a snake was a fool compared with
him in genuine diviltry.
"Things; went on , smoothly enuff
for about three weeks an' wo were
Quite forevttbi the Mexican. , whan
one day Bill went off to visit d creek
scv'ral miles distant whar wo had
been thinkin' df setting a few traps,
leuviu' mo at homo, for I bad been
quito seedy several days with chills.
wnich 1 iiever bad aforo or senco, ;
"Wall, after Bill left I rot a roval
big b'ar skin an' toted it on the grass
front of the hut, an, snrcadin' it
out I lay down, the hot rays o' the
sun foelin very grateful to my chilled
limbs,, an' bimeby I went, oil souud
asleep. , ;
"After a while I woke up with a
start, fecliu' half smothered, an' found
myseir on tho bare ground with tna
big b'ar skin on top entirely covcrin
me up. I also heard voices an' felt
that I was being held down by several
pairs o' hands. I strawled as well as
lauch. never, not oncost. Told mA J I could to throw off the b ar skin, tout
his heart was broke. V he couldn't found that I was really helpless, ray
laugh: What did he. meant Lor, lcei oein caugnt in mo nooso o a
The train on the. Santa Fe road, due
an hour later at Peublo, stopped at fl
way station long enough for a solitary
passenger to get on. - r
iue person in question was a man
past middle age, of . medium stature.
firmly and compactly built, who
would have attracted a second look.
however, but for the fact that his face
Was badly disfigured by a curious
scar on his right cheek, in shape ex
actly resembling a Greet cross. ? '
lhe newcomer found a seat beside
me. threw uo the sash and became ab
sorbed in the scenery along the road,
nis interest increasing as tne - train
presently swebt alone- a nrettv valley.
Suddenly he turned naif way round,
touched - my : arm, and, pointing
through the open window, said very
oorupuy t -
"Bay, stranger, do you see that pile
o' rocks yonder on the slope! Well,
that's Bill's erave." ' ;-, - ;i
The man's actions and speech star
tled me a trifle, but 1 looked out and
saw, as be had said, a pile of rocks oo
the green slopeof thehilL - i
' "xes.r continued the man,, "that s
Bill's grave. Twenty-five years ago 1
ut them stuns thar myself, roor
till I pure gold cl'ar through, on' I
reck'n I orter know, for I know'd Bill
from the ground up." f
ii Having delivered this short speech
the pian lapsed into silence, with a far
away, dreamy look, as if recalling
events long past. But his words had
aroused my curiosity, and, at the risk
of interrupting the stranger's reverie.
1 finally ventured to ask: "Who was
.BUI, sir, whose grave is yonder?"
My companion gave a sudden start
then, recovering himself, he answered:.
Uidn t know BUI. eh! Of course
not seein' he was dead before ye was
born dead twenty-five years come
June.- Bill was my pard, sir, Bill was.
A man to- tie to- every time." 8ay,!
dou't ye think ye'd love a chap what
Hid ;be j willin' ter die for vye? iBe
willin'. l and would. au did. toot 1 1
reck'n,' Hi i; ii
Do you mean to say your chum
died for you?'" I asked, now thorough
ly interested, for there was tremen
dous feeling and earnestness in the
stranger's manner.
The man turned round, looked me
squarely in the face, and in a solemn
voice said:
"Stranger, he did." ' ' "
"Would you mind telling mo some
thing about your friend ?" I asked.
"I, never git tired, sir, of talking
bout Bill," was 'the prompt reply.
"Stopped hyar yesterday jest to see
that grave. Put up one or two o' the
stones as hed rolled down. It's all
right now. i
. "'WUn f r4 ml TKll MnM.
. null . lUDIfUKfe A.l, t, an UUIU,
for chaps a-crossin' the plains, Santa
Fe way, for thar wan't no railroads
them days. A good guide 'n a trusty.
Cur'ous though 'bout some things; ,
He'd never use cuss words, nor drink,
but Lord how he'd smoke, all day long
'n half the night, too; good natured,
but the solemnest chap I ever struck. ,
Stranger, I never know d Bill ter
man, I dunno, for be never said much
about hisself. I asked him his name
he said , it was 'Bill.' I ask'd him
whar he was from n he said from 'No-
wbar.: I spec thar was a woman in
Ilia muv Ihnp mmdlv la I nntiM
Knt Bill wna built lika a clam n kint en redskins.
nis moutn snuk , '
'Wall, Bill an' me got ter be great
chums an' I was mighty sorry when
he quit pilotin' trains, an' jined some
hunters, an' pulled out into the heart
o' the Inlun country. '
"Bimeby, a year later, havin' got a 1
bit crazy on the subject o' silver mln- ,
ing, 1 struck this same region wo are
stout lasso.
"Very' soon, however, the skin was
dragged off, and I aw several Injuns
.who fell upon me an' tied ' my hands
in a jiffy, an' I found myself a fast
pnsoncr in .tne clutches o half d uoi-
liut tins ;asu I as tiis-
in all its ' horrors I heard the sharp
crack of a rifle not far away, an' then
one o' the lniuns gave the most on
arthly ficreech as I ever heard, an' I ,
kpowrdthar was some sort of skrim
midge coin on above.' ' '. V'1
. "The next .minute some heavy ob-
jeqt struck me. on (he feet, ' and was
in! eazactly what l.was doin' I 'grab
, bed it with both hands an' held it fast '
."What d'ye. think it wast Hang
me, if it wasn't the Mexican; hisselfl
, In jfooliti' about the end o' the lariat he
i had, slipped an' tumbled over. the edge
o the rock; an', I had ketched the vu-'
lain, an,' ,w .holdin'irira by the, leg,
and tjinr we two was, ) hitchc) to. the
lasso an' . . holding ou. to the rascal by
, the log,, an' both swingin' bead down
wards. , " V .'
V VYellJ ' You bet he did. , I never
heard sech' skreechin'OB that skunk
set , up. . A' pack o bungrr coyotes
wasui a patch in toiu What hap
pened, did ye ask! Wall, see here, my
irieuu, wna i unaer , mem circum
stances 'ud bo likely to happen f '
'.. '5 'Pears sort as if my lingers all to
onjcest got a kind o' cramp in 'em, aji'
.was pawerul Weak, thougn sech a thing
neyer happened afore or sence, an
they dOesirt look like women's fingers,
do they T' and the sneaker held up be
fore me a ' pair or ; muscular bauds,
.which heojiened and shut in away
. that, suggested a grip of iron. , Then
he went on: ; , ''-'.
,r, "As I was sarin', the cramps some
how got into ray fingers at that eyden
iical moment, an' somehow or other'
I, never knowed exactly how it did
happen the. Mexican -slipped out 0'
my group, an' fetched up. head first oh
the rocks a hundred tin' fifty below
whar n&thiug ever teched , him again
'cept, the, buzzards.' that picked his
hones clean afore next sun up. ' '
, , '.'Next . tiling I kuow'dl was beih
paulod up,, handover baud, as slick. as
any ' sailor could' have done .it an'
when I reached the top, Bill and me,
dear ' old . stopped just long
?nough to havo a brotherly hug or
wo. an' then we got under kiver on'
. looked, round for the Injuns, but blow
, roe, tnarwasn t a single varmint to be
seen in any direction, 'cept the dead
perp that Bill had plugged through
the head as he came tearin' up to the
rescue. , . . , ; . ,
. " ,'Ye see, ; pard,,! began Bill. 1
found Injun sign a bit up the valley,
an' I thought I'd better come back,
seein' as how, ye wasn't feelin' well,
on' ,(- ;. t .
. ."Bill, stopped suddenly an grew
very t pale, an' theii I seed he was
bleedin,' bad; an' then he slid down on
the grass with a sort o' gaso. an seein'
how it was, I began to loosen his shirt-
to get at the wound, but, be stopped mo
and said t ,. ;-. ", "... ;; J "I
" JNever mind, oard. : One o" them
red niggers stuck liia knife .into- mv
de jest as I began haulin' ye up. an'
o; course i couiun t .oeiend mysoii
without . Icttin'. go the lariat, which
ud seud yo down to jine Mexican,
au tiien the varmint took to his legs.
an' never mind,; pard, it's Jill up with
old Bill.. . I can hardly seo ye now.
for I'm gettin blind as a bat Take
fiverytbipg for yer own. Thor's a
cache o mine behind the big pine tree.
i ell . liml it .by the ashes whar the
fire was built Tuko it all and don't
forget old Bill.' - , U
. "I never seen a man flick out so
3uick.-. The Injun's knife bod gone in
eep." ;.. ; ; ... .
The speaker was silent and . looked
out .of tho car window again, and
know that I am not mistaken when. I
say: that his eyes .were suspiciously
moist for a few minutes. I had no
heart to break tho silence, and so left
him to his thoughts; but presently he
resumed and said; . ', '. ' ' i
"Poor Bill I if he had only left me
to tako my chances he'd not lost his
life.,, He saved mine, but be lost his
own. .1 found tho cache where the
old hunter bad hidden many of his
richest furs, an' if I'vo got today one
q the best cattle ranches in the state,
its all owin to the start the old fellow
gave bid. -' -
. "Poor Bill I I buried him back there
on the lull v slone. not far from wherd
ho. died, jw piled up .the rooks for a
tombstone, twenty-live , rears ' sgo
come June, an tuat was liiu s grave
tbatyo saw, stranger. . ,
. " rtiebJor .sliouted the brakeman.
'Change ars for Cahyon City.",. The
mAn who bad told me the story
'changed." and I saw him ho more.
Caps. Carietoii in Detroit Free Press.
; - AMIABLE
AaeodoUe Told
BARBARIANS.
couraging as it was to diwover a roanM
boldni the end o the lariat in whom
I recognized Yumez. tbo Mexican. plastered Wi
who grinned at me in a most diaboll-J. The American, commercial agent at
cal.way that showed I need look for Liinoges in a report on the result of
no mercy at his tirache'rous hands. -1 i the sanitary investigation as to the
" Uarambol he growled. 'It is eixcct of
my turn now. You sot Bill agin' me . wines to
an' now I'U havo my revenge.' .
-' -Wll.lt il.Ul. .11.
UUL luu ; UIVBMI S WW
plastered wines-'niaPls.
hicAv sulphate of lime has
iMKsalBuMef-sayS thaf the-' practice is
very anciunCnhd one-flboot tlieevil
ua wii.llhni.l. k.. w k.l Wliat dOCS tlllS ; I
luckatall in flndin' sUver, though I , mondod, furious with i rage. lK.en'ccUtrwLich'lhe bighcrf hygienic
MVa J v vw w eaa av- Hill M B . m, . ammvi ajsar aauww usaa -a. . .. V'lVll
al F-a - , . m mm 1 asT !'. ! aft
-I "O tan f
Land Sale I
I w'ul mIi U die highest bidder for wk, at
fce cart boaM dour la Orafcaaa, oa
TUlDAY, OCTOBE,6 TH. 1SS9, ,
U Wswa: TaMadaa wf enwi t, a traet af lead la
ttrabaie swwtip, eo bii ij Km US of Graham
mm taa pehlirrrud. au4 adj oining taw laada
tat J aba W. WhitM-a and other.
,- This trad of Uad brloaurs to ifce astaU of
Jiai I, aibrirht, daeieetd. aad CMtaiat
I a 11 '"s A amnio ( H Ii eteau-rd, the awl-,
anrr .nf in ill' r. Il is .aitable fat
.. tuim is eoawenst ka a (aoe! saar-
tor all farK prv Ian.
C. P. ALBEIUHT, Tx't, J
tpt J6, lri-tJs. . . . -
felt I bed struck it rich one fine day.
when two hunters walked into our
camp, one of em bein' my old friend
Bill
" "Glad to see him, ehf Young man,"
f ye'd seen ole Bill an' me a buggur
ye'd thought we was a couple o o ars
lor tii re.
' "Bill bad been thereabouts for sev
eral months an' said there was no sil
ver signs obouts, an' so our party pull
ed op an' went farther south, but I
stayed with Bill an' tother chap to
take a hand allrairain' heaver. T
"The old fellow had a nice bit of a
. hat nigh a quiet valley, where thar
was heaps o' beaver an as thar was
no redskins around we enjoyed o ar
se Ires immensely.
"But I didn't fancy Bill's compan
ion, an' he didn't waste any love on
me either. Bill had picked him np .
on the border jest fer company,
an' he took to bint a bit because ne
eemed a nervy, brave fellow. lie
was a half breed Mexican, named Yo- i
mez, a small, wiry fellow with sallow.,
cheeks, coal black eyes and a hatchet 4
face, and crafty ways like a fox. At
first ha showed bis dislike for me plain ' -enough,
but by and by be became sud
denly very friendly, which made il
much pleasanter all round.
"One day 1 went np the creek to ex-
amine the traps, leaving Bill and Yu-.)
mez mending some of the old ones at '
home. . Having beeo gone about half
'Caraiof interrupted Yumez. ... Academy of Medicine has held special
'I'm not such a fooL Ye had a chance-. meetings and discussed tho subject at
an' ye let it slip. Mow you'll take.:: great iuugtb. The advantages claimed
what you get' .-, for the practice are that fenueniatioir
"And with that the brute came np b increased -very much, that it is very '
an'whippin' out his knife said: 'I'U '' rapid and . complete, that tbe wine
jest mark ye with a cross, so Satanos keeps longer when it has been plaster
will give ye an extra hot roastin' when ed, and thatHhe color richer and
he gits ye down thar.' , more'lnxOug. ' It is. flow settled, how-
''An' then the half breed gave me ever,:that!asteredwiiiesf baveocca
the mark ye see on my cheek, stran- J, sioned uDcliouaJ. troubles as, (or in
gcr, an' laughed long an' loud, an' the. stance, in tbe department of Aveyron,
Injuns danced a lively jig as he did it . where, tbe doctors report those who
UurU ,W1L no doubt it did, an' bled consumed the plastered wine suffered '
some too, but 1 'was so mad I didn't' from an unquenchable thirst, 00 in
feel the pain till long afterward. " supportable dryness of the throat, and
"Then the villains seized me, an'" yanooa other troublesome symptoms,
dragged me to tbe edge the preci-' The action of sulphate of lme oa the
pice 00 which oar hut stood, wbero il 1 JbtartnU of potash, in ordinary wine '
was 200 feet deep the side bein' per- produces! acid sulphate of potash;
Dendicular au' as smooth as a bald and irfwine VerSed With gypsum, sul-
man's pate, and tumbled me over. phurvc sci-1 in a frre state is formed
"1 fell about ten feet, an' was fetch-, -nd sulphate of magnesia, and these,
ed np short by the lasso with a Jerk combined, act -as a purgative and
that nearly twisted my ankles out o" sometimes as a caustic . IL Marty,
jint Then the brutes began payin';- who was appointed by the Academy
out the rope, finally' hitchin' the up- of Medicine to report on the practice
per .end to tbe stub o' the saplin' till I rf phtiOeriag, examines all the argu-
was left hangin' by the heels, brad -menu adduced in Iaor ol LLve procesa, .
downwards, dangling in mid-air. My od,o bUreeommendatioa.theacad- j
bands had got loose tu the meantime, -y- cooaemns vmaunoca a oeing
ueivmmuuu to ucauko. vncs an cea.
cliit'--.-' .1 . 1
Abeat the ramose Boa
-? :; ' " alaas Talatot aaI Hellkoft - .
, ' From the czar down to the humblest
mujik the Russians ore more or less
barbarians front the point of view of
the-refined west but certainly most
amiable barbarians so far as foreign
ers are concerned. Their hospitality
knows no limits; no. trouble is too
great when it is a question of obliging
a foreign visitor: but charming
they are, you are constantly being re
minded of the wildness of their real
underlying nature by the strange con-
' trasta of delicacy and brutality, of civ
ilization . and barburisin, which their
daily- life offers. To hear the Rus
sians talk about the unwritten con
temoorarv history of . their social and
national life is like listening to the
stones 01, "AraDian riignia. - , ineirue
narrative of Skobeleff's career and
death, and the true narrative of the
circumstances of the assassination of
the late-czar, are far more thrilling
and extraordinary than print has over
:.. As an example of the strange con
trasts of real Russia we will cite two
anecdotes that were related to us by a
distinguished official, whose intention
was certainly not to throw dust in our
eyes, or even to astonish us beyond
measure. The conversation happened
to turn on Loris Melikotf, the famous
chief of the dreaded "third section. "
The emperor, we are told by our in
formant, hod given Locis Mehkoff un
bounded power to act against the Ni
hilists, and had virtually created him
vice emperor, as Mulikoff himself used
to say.; Now, Melikotf had discovered
that one of the leadiug Nihilist chiefs
was in the habit of frequently visiting
Count .Tolstoi, the novelist and one
day he went out to Tolstoi s country
house. Before tho visitor had an
nounced himself,, Tolstoi recognized
mm, and said: . -
"You are Loris Melikotf, chief of
the third section. Do you come to
see me officially or as a private man?
Ii you come officially here are my
keys; search; open everything, xou
are free." .
". "I come not officially,'' replied Meli-
kon. - ; .-...
1 ''Very good," answered Tolstoi; and
calling two muiiks. he said to them
-"Throw this man out of the house I"
; The muiiks obeved Tolstoi to the
letter, and Loris Melikotf bad to ac
cept this treatment for in his way
loistoi is a mightier man than even
"oar father tbe czar." In the eyes of
the Russian people be is an exceptional
being, being more than a saint, and
almost a savior, 1
The mention '' of Loris Melikoff
.brought up another anecdote. . Some
. twelve years ago the emperor sent for
Moiikotr and announced to him that
the plague was raging in two villages
of the empire, and ordered him to do
whatever was needful with a view to
stopping its ravages, at the same time
giving him unlimited powers.
,. Thereupon Loris Melikoff went first
or on tome minister of finance, inform
ed him that perhaps he should require
a great deal of moneytn order to car
ry out the emperor s command, and
demanded a credit of 60.000.000 rubles.
The minister of finance made a long
face, but was unable to refuse. Loris
Melikoff then posted to the villages in
auestion. and having observed the sit
uation, telegraphed for twenty fire
engines to be sent from the neigh
boring towns, had the putrps charged
, with petroleum, and ordered the fire
men to approach the villages by night
inundate the cottages with petroleum,
set . them on fire, and save nobody.
Tbe order was executed ; the cottages
auu uieir law uunareu luuuuiiuiii
men, women, children and cattle-
were burned to ashes, and these two
villages disappeared from the map of
Russia and from the registers of the
empire. The measure was radical,
but it stamped out the plague effectu
ally. Loris Melikoff therefore reported
to the emperor that his commands
had been executed, and then called
on the minister of finance to tell him
that out of the credit of 50,000,000
rubles granted to him he had spent
only 200 Mblerto buy petroleum, and
that consequently bis excellency the
minister could dispose of the balance.
In both these stories, which- we
have reason "to believe to be literally
exact, we find that curious mixture of
tbe grandiose, of .ostentation and of
barbaric recklessness which are char
acteristic of the Russian temperament
The. Child in Harper's Magazine.
. -'.-.. ... Oa ftaeefa Vach. -T
Billy Havwsrd is the oldest Jockey
9n the turf. His experiences would
fill a book. ''How does it feel to ride
at a record pacer repeated he to a
question asked him. . 'Well, if you
know how to ride it is very exhila
rating. -' But if you don't know how it
is anything but pleasant as that boy
thinks now. If you. ride with your
head down, that is to say, bent slight
ly so that the wind does not beat right
in your face, you can breathe easily,
but you hold your mouth .wide open
and let the air beat right in your face,
then you will have great difficulty ia
breathing, aud if the race is a long
, One you will become exhausted by the
, end or tne rule. ; . v: . i.a,..-...-.,'
"A mile race on a good horse is run:
in about one minute and forty seconds
that is the record wade 111 a race.
, It has been run in 1:3&J, but that was
on u prepared track. A mile in 1 -AO
is at the rate of thirty-six miles an
hour Ordinary trains usually travel
at about twenty-five or thirty miles
an hour, so you seo a race horse trav
els at express speed. If you .want to
see how it feels to go through the air
at race hprso speed, just hang your
bead out of a mil road carriage win
dow, turning your face1 toward the
way the train is traveling. - At the
same time imagine that you are sit
ting in a saddle and have to bold on to
your horse and giiide him on to vic
tory if possible; keeping him from be
ing run dowu or interfered with; It ia
no easy task to ride a horse in a race.
The jockey must have all his wits
'about him. - no does not have much
time to think how it feels. Boys are
well tried before they are allowed to
ride in races. They first learn not to
fear the horse, give him his feed and
clean bis . bridlo' aud saddle. Then
perhaps they will lead .them about at
exercise, and after a while will ride a
quiet horse at his work, but only slow
work at that This may last for years
before they have a mount in a race.
The trainers will watch the boys care
fully, and if one shows an aptitude
for ruling be will . be given every ad
vantage to improve. ., Jockeys are
born, not made. .:, ' , , .,.
"A good jockey in a race pays very
little attention to the grand staud, ex-'
cept perhaps as be canters by on his
way to the starting post . At the post
be must endeavor to get away well in
front when the flag falls. Very likely
there will be a number of breakaways
and then the jockey must' keep his
horse from running out and so losing
his strength. When they are off he
has to' watch a hundred and one
things. The leading horse must not
be allowed to' get too fur in front and
your own horse's strength must be re
served for a nnai desperate struggle,
When riding a neck and neck race
down the homo stretch I forget every
thing except that I must strain every
nerve to pass tho other horse; no
thought is given then to the plaudits
of the grand stand." Chicago Inter
vceau
i Elder Blow Tea.
In a country district school, a pupil.
reading aloud from a story of warfare
in the east came to tbe sentence:
"After their victory, the soldiery
began to loot the enemy."
t urning to a stout boy at the root or
the class the teacher asked:
William, what does L double o. t
meant
It means a kind of medicine, sir."
said wiiuam.
"It means what!"
"Something you have to-drink when
you re sick." . , -it
"What are you talking about Wil-i
liomt" -.
"About elder blow tea, sir."
"Yes: about the word loot"
"1 didn't say anything about loot'
sir"
Why, William, you spelled it just
now."
"No. sir; I didn't spell it ir."
"What! don't you contradict the 1
Now tell me once more, what were yod
talking aDoutr . "r
"About elder blow tea. sir 1 but 1
didn't spell nothin'." ;, .
By this time the school waa In a tit
ter, and Amanda Smith put up her
hand. . '
" Tain't 1. double o, t he's trying to
say, sir, but el-der blow tea; and that s
kind er tea bis mother tnakes for
sick folks I"
"Spell itr said tbe puzzled teacher.
All right sir 1" exclaimed William,
nntlir. ".1 1 A k.l-n
CtOSE WORK ..WITH A EAURlA.i.
promptly; "e-l el, du-r der. b-l-o
Mow, t-dou
pan ion.
jble-e, tear Youth's Con
. .,k HarasMlgras. '
. An intention hails from New Or
leans for which very remarkable pow
ers are claimed. This device embodies
mechanism by means of which music.
as it is played oa the piano or similar.
instrument, may be indicated on
Super so that it may be repro
need as desired, thus enabling one
improvising music to bave tbe music
written as it is played in such a man
ner that it may be read and translated
into the characters ordinarily em
ployed in writing music. The inven
tion is said to consist in tbe combina
tion in the harmonigranb of the mark
ers and connecting rods arranged for
engagement by the keys of the piano
or other similar instrument and by
which tba movement oo the key may
be transmitted on the marker. In the
combination is also embodied a tone
marker and a measure marker. Some
of tbe finest ideas of the impromptu
player on tbe piano appear to be the '
moat evanescent W hat composer, "j Haaawa raaya a Dsasles.a.
while abandoning himself to the flow : Said tba Autocrat of the Breakfast
of happy extemporization, has' uot Table, years ago: "If yon would be
longeu tor some means of caicning ' nappy in BcrkaUire, you must carry
tne exouiaiUi luelod v or thai auDerto or
chestral affect, and recording it before
alt la.Culaav
The salt marshes on the east coast of
the Kiang Su province in China cover
' an area or 700 square miles and in
clude thirty-six principal salt flata
The evaporation Li earned on in the
spring and fall, and ia accomplished
by heating tba water in flat pant. Two
grades are produced a brownish
white, and a dark broWn, the latter
called "people's salt" The law does
not permit it to be sold or consumed
-in the province where it k produced.
There are several other provinces
which produce salt nd the business
is under close regulation and super
vision of the government, wbose offi
cials derive large revenues and per-'
quiaitcs from .it. The salt trade ia.
said to be one of tba chief dependen
cies of tbe national treasury, and vast
numbers of people are employed In H
in one way and and another. Good
Housekeeping. '
but it didn't help roe a bit fr I could
n t double up to get bold o tbe rope.
''It was a horrible situation, an' I
think I should hare died in a little.
while from rush o blood to the head.
, .Jare quangos of merchantflee are
SiiiJ u be smuggled into ilurida,
frotn f 'l 1 1 Mt im , ii rwil l'rlff nmn.
aa hour 1 ru gettin' ready to return, J hut before I could peifcctly realize it j erly gtaardod. ... x - , .
' tu form and beauty
paired and lostl '1 the barmonigrapb
can do this, it is truly a wooderful in
vention, and one which will be re
ceived with gratitude by the whole
musical world. New York Telegram,
Saw Was Blgfce. '
American Playwright Yea. ma
dnina, 1 am a writer, intake the fame
of many men.
French Modiato Era it so, monricurt
Zen we are con n'-ora tour, r or I
make re farce of.,
PilUburg Bulletin
mountains on your brain:'-and if
you woyjd an joy- Naltaut you must
Lara an ocean in your souL Nature
plays at dominoes with you ; you must
match her piece, or aha will never
give it up to you." . . .
Maa and Alligator Sank Tocether, bat Out
: Reptile Came Up Itoaad.
The following are particulars of ad
adventure Mr.' IL Abbott of indigd
and racing fame, met with some years
ago: - --' w -. -.-,. .v..
It was in the rains, and we were op
at TeWarreh factory vats, when tins
jamadah told us that there was a huge
alligator under the bridge of theriverv
Sending or . a . gun and a couple of
bullets, we went up to the bridge, and
sure enough, about twenty yards off,
there was an enormous ghuriai,
some twenty feet long, with his head
just visible above the water.-' A well
directed shot caught him between, the)
eyes, and the brute, mortally wound
ed, .plunged into deep water, rotted
over, And was carried by the tide,
down .toward the bungalow, which
was a quarter'of a mile off. Running
to the vat house, Abbott seized a long
rope lying there, and rapidly made tt
slip knot in it and, declaring that he)
was not going to lose so lovely a skin,
kicked off -dns boots, and just as hat
waa in socks, , breeches and shirt
jumped into the river, giving me and
a lot of natives the other end of that.
rope to hold, lie got well into the)
middle of the stream and was quietly
treading .water while we were ail
anxiously watching, when suddenly
within two feet of the swimmer tbrf '
alligator plunged straight up out of
the water snout foremost, as ; alliga
tors generally do when hit in thV
head. Without the least hesitation
Abbott flung both arms right around '
the sndut aud a regular rough aud
tumSle ensued,' ......
Presently the brute's whole body ap
pea red. Abbott calmly mounted hiutt
evidently trying .the while to disen
gage the slip knot which had go!
tight round his own arm, and to shove)
it ove the brute's head. Then the al
ligator started swimming and we fol
lowed down tho bank, when, just' aa
wo were opposite the bungalow, be)
pulled dead up. brought his tail out. of
the water, ana with a. fearful, sidd
sweep capsized Abbott snapping at
him as he fell. Then came another
fight such as 1 ' never wish again td -see,
the pair eventually disappearing
beneath the water. We hauled away
at the rope, thinking it was still at
tached to Abbott, when unexpectedly
we saw him come up a few yards
from the bank, evidently almost
senseless. A Rajpoot peon jumped it
and, dragged his muster up the slope.
He was bleeding awfully and waa at
grewsomo sight shirt In ribbons -arms
and chest torn all over, botli
hands, badly maimed, and the right
foot completely crushed. He came to
at once, and only said: "The rope'a
sue over his nose;- and so it waAj
sure enough j for the natives to whom
1 hod thrown the rope were busily en
gaged in holding the defunct saurian
onshore. ..j.-.'-;., v,. .a,; y .
, , I never saw a man in such a mesij
and, to add to the horror, down to the)
edgeof the. river, just as we had draw
ged up her half killed husband, rash
ed his young wife, wringing her handey
and naturally half out of her wit
with terror. While she was standing'
over him, and the servants were car
rying him to the house, he started
singing. "Homo they brought her1
warrior dead." A nice time of it we)
had out in a Jungle, with no appli
ances to tie the severed arteries, and
with a patient who would insist lit
trying to get out of bed to see how the)
skinning of Uie alligator was getting"
on. We tried to hire kahara, but the)
whole country waa under water, aad
they refused to budge from home; 0
we put him into a shampony and took
him in to the doctor at Mozufferpore,
taking from 10 on Tuesday till 7 the)
next morning to do tbe twenty mile
Civil and Military Gazette. ,
Alea B. Stepbeae Kladaeaa, ' '
The graVO of Rio, Mr. Stephens' fa
vorite dog, reminds one of the remark!
which he made to his servants bd hi
departure for the governor's mansion t
"IX a dog passes here open tba gate)
and give hurt a boue Instead of throw
ing a rock at him." The aiany shed
around the premises recall bis remark
that be would never own anytbtn;
that ha couldn't cover. Under one o
these Sheds the close carriage id which
he made his last campaign for con
gress still stands, much the worse for
wear. In this carriage he waa drives
by faithful Harry, and pulled by tbC
noted "flea bitten grays, and In H be)
received ovations in every county
in tha Eighth district Ilia open
carnage is in good repair, In tatf
ownership ' of Mrs. Sanfotd, and
will yet do valuable service. An in
nocent old Quarter wilted darky show
alike the liberality of Liberty hall ol
tne past and present, fie looks Ilka
Darwin's miasma- link, and ia aa umv
lesa as any creature that crawl. Ua)
nas ueeu uere lor nily yean, in an
swer to any question ha tayftt "My
name is Mr. Col. Lewis Hawkins; I was1
called dat by old marster; I'se always
boa'ded at Liberty ball ;" and that i
theextent of his information. Ooium
baa (Ua.) Enquirer-Sun. - - ,
fhe)
akhlta aa Help Cam PH.assd Sfsada,
Dr. Whitcombe, of the Birminghnm
lunatic asylum, has turned a number
of wild rabbits loose on to the fields
adjoining the institution. Ilia thought
that the inmates will be amused by
seeing the rabbits ruu about and to
divert the minds of the patient u one
a leading Udy.-1 J' institution, J
' " ' lAaaKetloo) at fa'edletaca
Tha man who recognize fully
limitations of medicines it tho safest
and most practical adviser. Tbe time)
la fast approaching wbeu hygienic and
preventive medicine must super-seder
in great degree the methods of tbe old
healing art. Less credit given to
drugs results in a great reliance otA
measures that render them unneces
sary. And thus a knowledge of limi-'
tation becomes an increase of power.
Tha time has come when a vigilant, .
broad minded (but strictly scitutiflcf
electric ism shonld be lire aim of tba
physician of any school, wbo would
make the most of lite marveiou
growth of the medical sciences in our
day. Docility, not eiogmalism, is tha
spirit of true science, aud it is gaiaio
ground in the aiedicat profeaauon. '
New Yqk Medical Journal. .
Th War Waa D.sa.
EiiLl7 Mr. Smith called to-night
when you were out
Mil Clara Oh, it it Too bad 1 1 tlunll
be vuld have proposed.
JLidy-.Ilo did, miss. ETell trarrf
aie neat week Epoch.