PIANOFORTE TUNING
:- ?02 SALISBUSY. ' '
Mr. Owbx II. Bishop (pupil of Dr. Marx.
Pc,.t??or ef .Music at Berlin University,' and
M,n?ieur Benezet of Paris) hns "come from
Fnrrl-vtiJ and settled close to Salisbury, and is
prewired tp tune; regulate an 1 repair Piauo
'forU's, prr:yis and Pipe Organs. Having- had
fifteen years' practicalcxjer!cnce in England;
j!Uke4iind gentten.cn, who wish their musical
ja?truments carejiilly and regularly attended;
to. niav rely upoff having .thorough nnd con-'
jc-iontious Work done if they w ill kindly Jiivor
'(rU- B. avU.Ii their esteemed patronage. Liv
in't ueaf town, no travelingcxpenses will he
Incurred- nd therefore the tcrmi will he low;
il i r Tt tl.m r. fVt. t ft ' 5 f tnn a A fiiAiiol.
lv, or Lor three tunings in one year. Please
mil! for further particulars by postal card or
no
It-ft at Utt
oftice. -.
X'IJ. Scliiinjitnn. says: "It is the falsest
et-onouiv to allow any pianoforte to remmn un
tuned,' as it ruins bjth instrument and ear."' .
If any dealer Kays he ha the W. 1.. Douglas
'shot's without name antl price Htauipea on
t jic lKttom, put him dowu as a fraud.
mmm
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FOR
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weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only to
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i suffered with malarial blood poison more or
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Ty the best blood medicine made, and for this
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Cadiz, Ky., July 6, 1887.
PIca-se send me one box Blood Balm Catarrh
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is taking B. Ji. B. fur catarrh and wants a box
of the snuff. B. li. 1). gives better satisfaction
than any I ever sold. I 1iave sold 10 dozen in
the past 10 weeks, and it gives good satisfac
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It Bemoved the Pimples.
RorxD Mountain', Tenn., March 29, 1887.
A lady friend of mine has for several .rears
neen troublewith bumps and pimples on her
face and nee, tor which she used vanons cos
metics in order to remove them and beautify
and improve her complexion; but these local
applications were only temporary and left her
skin in a worse condition.
I recommend an internal preparation
bnown jis Botanic Blood Balm which I have
ecn using and selling about two years; she
used three bottles and nearly all pimples have
disappeared, her skin is soft and -smooth, and
her general health much improved. She ex
presses herself much gratified, and can recom
mend it to all who arc thus affected.
Mrs. S. M. Wilson.
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:Ant5dihp7, N. 0
, ... T vWien Jim Was Dead.
mt sarfed" him fight," the tiabora ed,
An' :bused him for the life he'd led,
An' him a-lying thar at jest
With not a -rose rlpori his breast;
Ah! many eruel words they fed j
i I When Jim was dead.
"Jes' killed himself,'1, "too mean ter live,"
They didn't have one word ter give
Of comfort as they hovered near
An' gazed on Jim a-lyin there! ,
'Thar ain't no use ter talk," they sod,
"He's better dead."
But suddenly the room grew still, s
While God's wliite sunshine seemed to fill
Thedark place with a gleam of life,
Aa' o'er the dead she beot Jim's wife!
Ab w"jtli; kerlijjs closeclose to . ;
As tliouga he iiiitw nnd felt the Ussp (i
She sobbed a touching sight to sec
"Ah! Jim was alwaysgood ter me!"
I tell you when that come ter ligh t,
It kinder set th dead man right;
An' round the weepin' woman thfy
Throwed kindly arms of love that day,
And mingled with their own they shed
The tenderest tears when Jim was dead.
Atlanta Constitution.
' fit,,,, , im i
A Traveler Meet3 Farmer Brown.
Cor. Uickery Presa and Carolinian
Mp.Editor: Bv yoir courtesv 1
will use the columns of the Press and
Carollnian to make some observations ton."
and comments upon agricultural con-1 ''But you can't get "our folks to see
ditions and possibilities of your excel- money in that kind of farming. They
lent county of Catawba; indeed, what ain't used to it. They make, general
l say will apply to Iredell and in some ly t peaking, wheat, corn and rough
degree to Rowan, but it. is here that I iess enough to do them, and depend on
particularly desire to direct attention a little cotton or tobacco to sell for
of thoughtful farmers to sources of cash, pay, up their merchant for sup
wealth other than those generally plies and try to meet the mortgage on
practised. U i crop .r horse. If they succeed in that
In the outset let me sav that I don't much they feel free once more."
know it all; that I despise the man "That isconimendabIe,farraer Brown,
who does. I would probably score as but what is he to do when this is done
great a failure, were I to undertake to how long can he stay free? '
demonstrate my views, a3 the merest
novice in arncultnre. vet that does
l .i: il.-.., "i : 1
not disprove me assuinp. ions inane, aim ,
I shall persist in saving some things
which I trust may induce those who
really strive after progress in means
nnd methods on the farm to investigate
thoionghly and test practically.
Though not. a resident of - Catawba,
I have had frequent occasions to pass
through portions of the countv,
, 1
and .
I have always entertained the highest
opinion of her people. As a class they
are thrifty, well-to-do farmers, produc
ing most of their supplies, on the farm
and content with the munificence of
tfa Jinc with
th
their political and
tiiLu . pom km .uiu
nt, Thev live in a
! . i J" ,
religious environme
grand county. The phvsiogrnicnl feat-
tires are of marked beautv. lending to
the landscape fhat rich kaleidoscopic
character caused by undulation swell
ing hills, peaceful valleys and softly
flowing waters distinctive enhance
ment, truly.
I noticed during a recent ride
through portions of the county tlr.it
"king cotton" has invaded the fair
realm, and instead of waving corn and
golden harvests, the fleecy king doth
hold right, loyal sway. Beware, lest :
this new king rule with an iron rod
and spread impeenniosity where ver
dant fields once smiled with plenty. I
sav u new kin'?" because it was not
long ago that Catawba was considered
of tno liifrh nn nlpvntinn fn fiirnissh fbp
requisite conditions for the perfect ma
turity and proper fruiting of the cot
ton plant. "Altitudinarv " disqualifi
cations to the coutrarv, king cotton is
climbing steadily up thesouthern slopes
of the Appalachian heights, and I for
one cry iiau.lt!
Cotton is our money crop--we must
have money', says farmer Brown.
Granted, most heartily, farmer
Brown; this niust-have-monev condi
tion is common to us all. But there
are ways and ways for getting it.
Some ways are hard; the agricultural
way is very hard. Farmer Brown nods
assent. Cotton raising in Catawba is a
hard way, and if I am not woefully ' IS tuere are snian politicians; and the
mistaken it is going to make times difference between the great and the
harder and harder; among other rea- suuvii nien js vety much the same in
sons, because cotton belongs to a long both professions. The small politi
hot season, is a deep feeder and rapidly 1 cj.in Works by the dav, and sees only
exhaustive to the soil. Soon the fields the one small otmortunitv b?fore him.
must be replenished with plant food.
On cotton farms commercial fertilizer
a purely short-lived assistant, leav-
ing the soil in great poverty, if not ef-
icuiru it;i3i.nciiip tt j pi iv,n i iwu in iitjb
commonly applied. To secure this kind of
plant food requires cash, or worse fre-
fected by persistent application is not
i i-im ii i ,
queutly, a mortgage on the implanted questions and to shape the future, been done by men of physical feeble
crop. Unfavorable conditions too wet, The great merchant does the same ness. No man has left a more distinct
too dry or too cold makes a failure, thin his business is not a mere mon- impression of himself on this genera
One, two or three failures make a ev-making affair, not a mere matter tion than Charles Darwin, and there
monstrous short road to financial ruin. f harterbut a science and an art; he have been few men who have had to
Aint that true of every other crop,
interrupted farmer Brown.
To only a partial extent, I think.for
there are few crops put in under like
conditions of debt. You don't put in
corn, wheat or grass that way no cash
spent for fertilizer nor is a mortgage
necessary.
"Well, what are-you getting at, I
don't see how you can better thing-,"
observed the farmer.
My notion Mr. Brown,' is to aban
don cotton, and also, much of the to
bacco only reiaimug tne latter when
conditions or soil nnd skilled lahor
" ' . " .
iirnnc luc (.i wuniiHi w tut: uigiin
jgr.u)f'pnfit;tbleand.he..it.is, sow
grtiss." H
You don't mean to make grass the
money crop, do you?" hi qui red the
farmer.' "
"Yes, sir, hay is worth now $22 to
9.iiitiin- WifK itr.mr i!.iv tha
Catawba hills should be made to cut
j uutr wins ci tic i e 111
ly cured and marktte
I U worth $C5 to $70.
three tons per acre any year. Proper-
ted this hav would
that amount in cotton or Tolnicco, per
acre, and depend on it as a regular; in-
"No; and you cant raise . cT. such
crops of grass to the acre in Catawba
'taint in the ground to do it ven
tured farmer Brown. ' -j
"Wait, farmer; I know it can t be
-done the first year, nor, perhaps, th
second, but with judicious tillage and
careful luanuringit ought to be done
easily the third year, and once set, it is
easy to keep up. I know that it means
a great change in prespnt methods; it
means keeping stock horses,mules,cat
tle, sheep and swine and exercising the
most watchful care in sating ail the
manure, liquid and solid, and in proper
ly storing it after it is saved; it means
I new methods of feeding feeding for
' milk, for butter, for beef and for ma
nure; it means new methods of con
verting all the products of the field
into readily saleable articles for mar
ket new methods of converting the
labor of the farmer into cash; it means
selling milk, butter, fatted beef, milch
cows, horses and mules, mutton and
bacon instead of a few loads of medi
um fillers or low grade wrappers, or a
few bales of strictly low middling cbt-
"Well, he generally hns to give an-
other mortgage towards spring, and it s
L...vl fi.vlif f ..l,,.,,. k......
whk muiig uuui tw.miui-
ears and berries come in again.
"Just so, he is kept forever holding
his nose to the grindstone; he is in a
constant state of warfare in summer
fighting the grass and in winter fight
ing poverty."
"How s your grass business going to
i ,i . . i" i
change this; it pears to uie its as hard
VUlfZ
one way as another.
i es, you may depend on it, every
branch of industry requires close ap
plication, frugality and economy to
earn success. There are certain meth-
17 1 j
ods when practiced with due regard to
i . o
these facts, ieac!s to prosperity and at -
I 'a u ... f,i.a .l:.."l
tiuence, an
j hM lown,
ler m j mods
oppress, discourage and
finally ruin those who practice them.
What I have been saying in regard to
stock and grass, if pursued with a de
termination to succeed will bring the
first results indicated. Here is the key
to the whole situation: "cow manure.1"
There's millions in it ! as the old Mul
barry Sillers would say. The farm
er who has an abundance of good cow
! anurn is a rich man, if he will but j
use it wisely. He can t have it with
out grass and stock. The blue region
of Kentucky is noted for its refine
ment, culture and wealth. What made
it? Grass, stock, and cow manure.
A short answer, truly, but it describe,.
the SltliallOn.
'"Well, mister, you seem to be stuck
on grass and I reckon there must be
something in it. and I'm going to give
it a good thinking over."
"1 trust, vou will, Mr. Brown good
dav."
"The sara.-i to you." T. K. B.
Brains in Basin :u.
One great secret of success in busi
ness the secret, in fact, of success on
a large scale is to conceive of it as a
matter of principles, not merely as a
series of transaction. There are great
merchants as there are great states
man, and there are .small merchants
ti;f small imm-hant does the same
t thin' he is looking for the next dol-
lar. The statesimtn, on the other
hand, is master of the situation be-
Ciuse h understands the general prin-
" ' . ....
Q lll6 IIS UnCiei'SiaiHa
ciples which control
lej,re enables him to
events; this know-
to deal with large
studies the general laws of trade,
I watches the general conditions of the
COUntrv investigates pres?nt needs,'
foresees future wants, and adapts nis
if mna nf his
VII3IUCM.IIU IIJC WIU'l'l V.WIHIIHVII" "
time and place. He paU as much
brains into his work as does the states-
1 .ti nA r. nn.lv hv lwinr not union-
IUt.ll, UI.V. liv. vmw
ey-etter, but a large-minded and capa-
ble man. An eminently successful bus-
iness man of the state.smenlike quality,
eA iu f hor Aaxt fh.if. fh mine he
- understood of lite, the more clearly he
.ii.iii ft ft - . v v stvev
saw tkat it was all done on business
;..,.:,.t, u
LI Ill.tllflCiS, XJJ nuii.ii "v
the universe Manus ior tne uouai,
- but-that the universe is governed by
unvarying laws; that promptness, ex-
actness, thoroughness, and honesty are
wrought into its very fiber. On these
business principles all life is conducted
.if not by men, at least by that povv-
it which is behind man. It ought to
be the ambition or every young ma., iu ation wi!l meet in this city to-mor-treat
his business from the lotiit or . ...
.ft . . . .4
vifiv af i. he stiti-.siiien and not from that
... . .
stian Unm.
-- hi -A stiidria the Fish.
: Zchariah Hodgson was not naturally
an ill-natured man. It was want of re
flection more than a corrupt and ungen
erous heart that -fed hira to consider his
wife in the light of an inferior being,
and to treat her more like a slave than
an equal. If he met with anything
abroad to ruffle his temper, his wife was
sure to suffer when he came home.
His meals were always ill-cooked, and
whatever the poor women did to please
him was sure to have a contrary effect.
She bore his ill-hnmor in silence for a
long time, but finding it to increase,
adopted a method of reproving him for
his unreasonable conduct which had
the happiest effect.
One day,'as Z-schariah was going to
his daily avocation, after breakfast, he
purchased a large codfish and sent it
home with directions to his wife to
have it cooked for dinner. As no par
ticular mode of cooking was prescribed
the good wife well knew that whether
she boiled it, or fried it or made it into
a stew, her hnsland would scold her
when he came home. But she resolv
ed to please him once, if possible, and
therefore cooked portions of it in sev
eral different ways. She also with
some little difficulty proenred an am
phibious animal from a brook at the
back of the house aud put it into the
pot. In due season her husband came
home; several dishes were placed on the
tabl,e and with a frowning, fault-finding
look the moody man commenced
the conversation.
"Well, wife, did you get the fish I
bought?"
"Yes, my dear."
"I should like to know how you have
cooked it I will bet that you have
spoiled it for my eating. (Taking off
the cover.) I thought so. Whv in
i tie
i lie worm uiu vou iry nr 1 would as
, jj foiled fro,r
" Whv, my dear, 1 thought vou loved
it best fried."
"You did not think any such thing.
You know better. I never loved fried
fish why didn't you boil it?"
"My dear, the last time we had fish
I , . , I , , ...
i vou iwiuw i inn eu it auu you saiu vou
ii.ii. t i i j- i i! , ,
, , '"r", ' m j "
1. lft-. JVJM, UU V M. II(T UUilCU OVtlJC
also." So saying, she lifted the cover
and lo! the shoulders of the cod, nicely
boiled, were neatly deposited on a dish;
111 ll !laat r". I .l .KK
'l 0,",4,' .w!,,t'u 'Vu "!
icure rejoice, which only now added to
' . ,, J . ' , , ,
ill-nature of her husband.
.a pretty uisu mis; exciaimea no.
Boiled fish! Chips and porridge! If
vou had been one of the most stupid of
womankind roti would have made it
into a stew.
His patient wife, with a smile, im
mediately set a tureen before him con
taining an excellent stew."
''Aly dear," said she, 1 was resolved
to please you. There is vour favorite
dish."
"Favorite dish indeed!" grumbled
the disconsolate husband. "I d-i'rj say
it is an unpalatable, wishy-washy mess.
I would rather have a boiled frog than
the whole of it."
This was a common expression of
his, and had been anticipated by his
wife, who, as soon as the preference
was expressed, uncovere I a large dish
sit her husband's riht arm, and there
was a bull-frog of porteutious dimen
sions and pugnacious aspect stretched
out at full length! Zechariah sprang
frcra his chair i.ot a little frightened
at the unexpected apparition.
"My dear," said his wife, in a kind,
entreating manner, "I hope you will at
length b able to make a dinner."
Zechariah could not stand this. His
surly mood wa overcome and he burst
into a hearty laugh. He acknowledged
his wife was right, declared that she
would not again have reason to com
plain of him and kept his word. The
titcord and Trutrel.
- Keeping At It. ..
It is a great mistake to suppose that
the best work of the world is done bv
people of great strength and great op
portunities. It is unquestionably an
advantage to have both these things,
but neither of them is a necessity to
the man who has the spirit and the
.... . it ct
pluck to achieve great resuus. oome
ot.the greatest worK ot our time nas
struggle agaiust such prostiatmg ill
health. Darwin was rarely
able to
work long at a time,- He accomplished
nis great, worn uy iityui.. siiiic
and nutting every ounce of his force
.- o " . . ,
and every hour of his time into the
task which he had set before him. He
never scattered his energy, he never
111. 11 1
wasted an hour; j;nl.by steadily ke p:ng
at it, in spite of continual ill health
and of long intervals of semi-invalidism,
and has left the impression upon tlie
,
world of a man of extraordinary ener-
gy and working capacny. oua is
nt ' raivlv si matter of accident, always
""t, 7 J . m,
master or cnaracter. uie hhimui wnj
I i rPI i ... u .
so many men fail is that so few men
are willing to pay the price ot sen
rift-nnil and hard work which success
exacts.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 27. The
Southern Steamship and Railway As-
- . . . . .
row to arrange rates lor summer ex-
....
to d.ff r.-nt points in the South.
: i A BarberX Fairy Story.
One of the artists m "Billy? Y
1 l-v 1 . . .
tings
twunuri.u on uearoorn street nn ne
phew of ex-Governor Rusk, of Wiscon
sin, now at the head of the department
in the cabinet, nnd. though he bears
the same u ime as the 7 Wisconsin man,
there me . th'use who think he should be
tAd Sv-helieiezde. the fabled queen,
who si I ixii- life by telli the kinn
ner iiuind, sm monstrmis storiesllout in The jangle one div to try andl
Mr. Iiusk in.iv not bt u woisp Krirlri' ttnA a f;.MV l..j i - Ji s
than
lll.-IMV nthura l.llf .m fa..a I.!. ..
.. wiii.io,.iiiiu ..v. . r.i I hi. i.i.i
zor m it not ue in p -rfect shape, and
xo avoid any possibility of those whose
teiuerity leads them to intrust their
lives in his hands making any sort of rt
kick, is wont to beguile them with
stories of remarkable experiences that
would put Baron Munchausen to the
blush.
One day recently hell ad a patient in
flus chair whom he at once recognized
as being extremely nervous, and he
at once proceeded to soothe him by re
lating how a man who- has a large
stock faim down in the, southern part
of Kansas was continually missing cat
tle from his herds, but for a long time
was unable to discover what became of
themr Close watehing, however, prov
ed that it was only when the cattle
went near a hike or an immense slough
for drink that the disappearances tuk
place. The affair might have forever
remained a mystery had it not been for
the overconfiidence and perhaps ex
treme hunger of the cattle thief. One
day a watcher who chanced to be near
the lake saw a great commotion in the
water, as though some t rrible strug
gle was going on beneath the surface.
It Listed only a short time, and then
the whole mystery was explained.
Out of the water came a moit aston
ishing object. It looked like the body
of a gigantic serpent writhing and
twisting in a horrible manner, its
mammoth j iws opening and shutting
with intense viciousnes. About where
the neck should lie two large horns
were seen protruding, and as the new
arrival reached shallow water the hoofs
and part of the legs of a steer could bebeing turned uside and made a spriu
I 1 -"-( II ! ill ! ..!
seen slowly and laborious
walking to
dry laud.
The "jig was up." The serpent had
been before content to attack small
game that it could easily swallow, but
this time it found its nuister in the big
Texan. The steer had evidently been
swallowed at the first gnlg, but had
struggled so fiercely that he had pokeiT
his horns through above and kicked
holes through below with his feet, and
i had thus managed to reach the shore,
j only, however, to die from suffocation
and exhauston, buried in its loathsome
prison.
Another tale this imaginative bar
ber loves-lo tell is that when he was
out west he one day fell into an old
abandoned mine. After going down
ever so many hundred feet he landed
upon a bed composed of millions of
black snakes. Finding himself unhurt,
he at once began devising means of
escape. A happy thought came to
him. He seized one of the squirming
reptiles and started it up the shaft; he
had a second one seize 1 he first by the
tail, and so on until the first was
seen disappearing at the opening.
Keeping fast bold of the tail of the
last one, he was drawn safely out to
the open air.' With such 'yarns does
Mr. rtusk make his patients forget the
tortures they may be undergoing.--Chicago
Herald,
fid mi .
His Example.
Among the anecdotes relating to the
revolutionary campaigns within the
limits of New Jersey which are sacred
ly preserved in that State, one of the
pleasantest is a little story which illus
trates the kindness and courtesy of Gen.
Washington.
After the battle of Monmouth the
American army was encamped on the
farm of a certain John Vance. Wash-
I ingtou, with his staff, was quartered
in tne rami notise. .- uaugnier nt tue
fanner was seriously ill in an upper
room. As soon as Washington heard
this h gave orders that no guns
should be fired or drums beat near the
ht us .
During supper he set the example
of caution to his officers by conversing
in an undertone, retiring as so in as
the meal was 'finished, to his own
chamber, which ud joined the dining
room.
After he had gone, however, the
pirits of the young man rose, and
forgetting their orders, they began to
' li-- 1 1 lll
sing and uugn uproanngiy. in uie
midst of the fun the General 6 door
opened softly, and Washington enter
ed the room and walked noiselessly on
tiptoe.
lie crossed to the hreplace, took a
book from the mantel shelf, and as
silently returned without a word, nod
ding a smiling good night as he closed
the door behind him.
The officers stood aslnuned aud re
buked, not only by his consideration
for the -ick girl, but by his gentle
courtesy of silence towards themselves.
It was tne age or nne anu siaieiy
manners, and the bearing of this, the
nob est of .gentlemen in that age, is
worthy of study now, wheu careful
and fane courtesy, or manner is no
longer so striking a characteristic of
the time. Youth's Companion. '
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There are soft moments everTto ties-
(liui d.i mi 1. 11 nt nine;' keeping, was no nugoear itr im-u)
; .4011 even ihem.--Cal.
The Tisreri Tender- Spot1 !
WHEN TOUJtEET ONE Uf A JC3TGLE HIT
k-.;V- IX -A HAP, 02 THE 2COSK. ; "
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.i t It w marrelons; how few white men
lose their lives from hunting, although
their ndventjrres and ' liarn.w escape?,
PllMroni t the tiger tribe, are
numerous. A sub-commissioner, who
is a magistrate for snbrilistfict. went
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in jiini iiv iiivmfv iuai. . .
near the
village where he reside!.
ing no white maii within uianj .miles
of him his guard being ' composed of
Madrasw fxlice under a native sub
hadar or lieutenant Hill went to hunt
the beast by himself, i the Indian ser
vant he took with hira to k carry hit
rifle, etc notcouuting as an effective.
He Wits walking leisurely along a path
in the jungle, with . only his walking
eaue in his hand. It happened1 to be
fine specimen of the grape vine cane '
cut from a variety of vine which Hill
had broughtfrom the West-Indies some
years before. The cane had a natural
knott)r knob as a head, and was re
markably strong and flexible.
As he wos-rooking about lvim from
side to side a large tiger emerged from
the thick unde-rgrovrtbonlyj-afewyards .
in advance of him. Keeping his eyes
fixed full oh the brute and staring fnt
his eyes, Hill put his left hatid cau
tiously behind him, telling his sdrvant
in a low tone to give him his- rifle.
The Hindoo up to this had 4' been fol
lowing closely at the footsteps of hi.iv
master. Not getting the. rilie handed
to him, Hill repeatedrtbe order .ina -louder
tone, but again without any re-
sponse. As the situation was becoming
rather critical and the tiger -was evi
dently restless und anxious to get at
him, Hill unfortunatly for himself,
turned Jiis head to see where hii er.
vant was, but the cowardly fellow had
fled at sight of the dreaded lieast. Tne
brute, who had only lieen kept in check
by the resolute gaz of the white, man,
took instant advantage of Hill's head
I-'- "uiu ire inwru :. Alien oe-
landing just in front of him.
Hill had no time to lose in thinking
what was best to berdone. -He, how
ever, with rare presence of mind, aimed
a blow at the tiger's nosa a most sen
sitive pir.t of th2 aniui il's Inly and,
luckily for him, liit his mark. Thin
blow caused the tiger to swerve some
what in his attack, and he jast struct
Hill's arm with one of his powerful
paws and vanished I n the jungle, whin
ing as he went. Hill could recollect
no more, for he fell down insensible,
having fainted from pain. The ser
vant in the meantime baring- thrown
down the rifle, which w afterward
found closeto where Hill was lying,
had run back to the village half dead
with fright and apprised the head man
of his master's dangerous position.
The Burman villagers, who are no cow
a ds, soon proceeded, with spears and
other primitive weapon?, into the. j:in
gle and found Hdl lying prostrate
in the path. San FntnciwoCMronicle,
Success of Davidson College Graduates.
grod nates at northern universities Uiu
been almost plienominal.- Iu almost
every university where this college hstn
representatives, they have attaint! thg
thighest honors in their classwi.. - The
Chronicle noted not long ago. their
wonderful siicca at Priucetoa Thep
logical Seminary, where three Davidson
College men carried off five ot the
eight honors among 500 students and
moreover won $fl 50 of the $12S0 giv
en in fellowships. Within the last
few day reports of further honors -for
the Alma Mater hay? increased. J. A.
McMurry, a Davidson graduate of '80,
i.iii i vtvjl i A-A. in iiwiiwi ikv u . mm . w
Theological Seminary. Will Mack
won firt honor at the . Uiitversity of .
Missouri; and at Hampden Sydney, the
Theological Seminary of the Southern
Presbyterian ChurcB, David Jon men
have stood at -the very head of their
classes. Davidson College, honored as.
she has been through half-a centnrv, -
i i ? i . ii
ieeis nil iiiurfitii pn ic in iiie iici:ctw
of her Alumni, and iirtlw "glory they
have won for their Ainu Mli.-Char
lotfe Chronicle.
A Wise Mother. ;
A good New Jersey mother thus pre
pared her daughter, to enter upon the
duties of married life as honsekeepern,
This mother, a widow, was in gpod cir
cumstances, continuing a prosperous.
Int-itnwa lior hiicl?iri lia tuit. hwr ami
she hitd four daughters, to nlbot whom
she gave the best education the city
she lived in afforded. As it was a seat
of a college, the schools wereunusnal
ly good, and so was the society of the
place. V hen the eldest daughter wau
graduated from school, her mother
rkft- Viav i n f a lrif tYimri unil tn if tif cr1
her. into all arts and mysteries of that
department, and from that to upstaini
work, to the providing the suppl et -in
short, everything pertaining to
housekeeping, even to prefriding at Hie
table. After she was thoroughly in
structed in a 1 this, and iterfeutly com
petent to do it, she aud her mother
took turns in having .-barge - of th
house, a week aliout. WhH the othi r
girls were grndii ited they went in uiv
' I through the same courae it -intruc
tion, and when tiiey juamH,k housf.
-. Exhanje, a '
Can vou make : of the politician. CAv