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i i - X.. 1 III V v rr -y j ESTABLISHED IN 1887. IIILLS150R0, X. ('. SATUKDAX MARCH IX ISs's.t NEW SER1ES-V0L..9. NO 23. I Scientists a-scrt that the new 1 di-cov-crrd cities of Arizona an- th- same as sought . by Cm te. and the -ai ! y "SpMiii I adventures in Ihe'r expeditions aftei gold. Th'- it ics at .-. i-ri in number, and f-how evidences of former c iviliza tion and wraith, There is no question, according to the New York 'l'r'J-in tli.it. the buffalo h well-nigh extinct on the plain's., Th' re are a few in Yellowstone I'aik protected by the Government, hut they are likely to be killed at any time. In Texas a herd of about thirty is owned by one ranchman, several other small bunches may be found, but the days whe.i they rambled at large over the country have been numbered. I'lile-is seme means of protecting them- is adopted within ten years the American Hison mu-t become an extinct species. In Central Park, Director Conklin has several specimens of Huffalo, but tint cow is growing old and "another one has not been secured. The buffalo w ill not breed in captivity unless like other domestic, animals it. has abundant room for feeding and exercise. "Now comes another competitor with coal find wood," says the (-ufira'or. Several of flic strongfest railway corpora tions in. the Middle Elates aro experi menting with the transportation of nat ural gas carried in steel tanks under high pressure, and regulated for distri bution at a very low pressure, without frerious loss from the original supply. If this natural gas can be transported find made, available at a distance from the well, its commercial value will be greatly increased, for its use must be extended to every brain h of industry. The supply, bo far as present indications can be taken as evidence, i.s practically illimitable.- It is evident that nature has supplied this great Republic w ith abundant sources for heat and steam, not only in wood, coal and petroleum, but in vast supplies of natural gas.'' A recent writer says: "There at three kinds of ancsts in Kuia. Tin first are. intended to inspire terror am obtain clues to secret revolutionary ac lion ; the second ateintemled by the us of torture to compel confession, or induct the prisoner to betray his friends; thf third arc the political suspects, who arf kept in solitary confinement for month or years while the police scour the I'm pire in search of criminating evident Against them. .Justice is pro -H ia!l plow in b'ussia. The Io eminent has .si much police win k in h ind, then- is M. much underground service, that case have to wait their turn, and again am again prisoners become insane tnun soli tary confinement or die in th -ir dungeon' before it is known whether they an guilty or not. The subject in Kusia ha no law on his side. Innocent or guilty, he is at the mercy of police oll'mcis, win; are responsible to the (.'at, and whr konw that the ( 'ar will never, in 'pi ire in it their conduct.' The ('rant Monument Assoc i it iou has iust invited arti-t-. sculptor- and archi- tects to submit th.S'gns for a monument or memorial building to be erected oei the tomb in HivcF-ide l ark. New York. The total cost of the comph ted struct ure is not definitely fixed. hut it is sug gested that designs be subinitt-d, based upon an estimated expenditure of "..Viii,. 000. should a largor Mim be contributed the surplus is to be expend d in ad ditioual ornamentation and decoration, and suggestions cmbodyiug such a possi bility are asked with each deign. As to the style of woik. it i ugg sted thai the designs should combine architecture and sculpture, and that t in. matt rial to be used should be granite on'v or in combination with metal, bach set of designs submitted is to be drawn to a uniform scale of one-.uiarter of an inch to the foot elevations. ami to consist of geometric a plan o! ca ll story tr di- Tision, vertical sections' through the centre of tl ie mouiinc nt, and one per spective view. bath drawing is to be marked by a motto or t ip. her, an 1 no other handwriting or mark of any sort is to be put on them. A sealed envelope, bearirg a similar cipher r motto, is to contain the name and ad dress of the author of the deign' -and any information he may choose to give in regard to li s training, experience,' or professional position and his .uali:ica tions for carrying out the designs. All designs must be delivered at the otVue of the association by November 1, 1 The association will select from the de signs the best five, and classify them a. 6rst, second, third, fourth ami fifth, and will award a premium of l,a s , the firsts $1,000 to the .second. $oo to the ythird.f'.KiO to the fourth.and ) to the fifth. If the commit tc do not "consider ny of the designs suitable they may in Ititute a second competition, which may be limited to- the five accepted com oetitcri. BEYOND. Never a word is r,ait Hut it trembles in th air, Ami th truant vni-e h i- sreei To vibrate everywhere; And i-Tha far off m hnia.l yefn The echo may riu iiion our ears. Never f.re kinl acts done To wijHJ the weeping eyes lint, like flashes of the sun, . - ' They signal to the skies; And ii a)ivt th an-ls teaI How we have helped the Mirer need. Never a Iay is riven iiut it toii'-s the after years, And it eatrii up to heav-n Us sunshine or its tears; While th- t-morrows stand and wait, The silent mutes by) the outer Kto. TIk-ic is no end to the sky, And the stars are everywhere, Anil time is eternhy, And the here is over there; For the common iheds of the common day Are ringing le!ls in the far away. JInri Burton. A i'KKIhOrft CONTRACT. i;y kkank w. calkins. "Jfrgensen, canyon bring mcdown on your next trip a piece of pipe stone big enough for the top to a centre-table?"' This request, which looks and sounds plain and innocent enough, was addressed some twenty years ago by a St. Louis merchant o a Danish fur buyer with w hom he dealt, buying of him every few months a boat load of peltries brought down from the I'pper Missouri country. 'lhe Dane, Odolph .Jorgensen, a short, thick-set, blue-eyed fellow, wearing r a tierce, stilT mustache, stood in front of' the merchant's counter, stowing in his waliet the drafts just received fur his last boat load of furs. lie looked up at the questioner with a shrewd twinkle in hin blue eyes. "Vaas. for two tousant dollars," he answered, laconically The men bant stared. "Why, man, it ain't such a fearful un detiaking:' he put in, with a good deal of astonishment. -Vaas." said the Dauft. "It's vort that, efry saint." '"All right:' returned the merchant- he was wealthy. "I'll give you two thousand dollars for a pieceof pipe-stone, icgular in shape, three feet by five, and two inches thick or more.'' "I pritig ut down een Nofaimber." answered J'orgensen, and that ended the conversation. odolph knew that he would risk much, his life even, is executing such a com mission; but he had grown hardy in five years ol tur buying in the Indian country. Yet if 'he could have known all the danger involved in entering upon the "Neutral .'-round," and carrying off a block of the sacred pipe-stone, he probably would not have taken the risk.. As it was. he determined to g o about it at oik e,and in the on! way he approved ot doing business an honorable one. He had no light to take even a pebble from the sacred : round uf the Indians witlpmt theii consent, and that could only'-be obtained at a heavy cost, and at no . smaller danger of treachery. Nevertheless, he jiiit his barge in tow of a steamer he . shipped his peltries down in a flat boat on his own arcount ami with his assistant, Hans Obermann, boarded his boat, and went up the river Jo Yankton, his headquarters; and from there, leaing Hans in charge of his affairs, ;he took a horse and rode straight for Yankton Agency, some sixty miles further up the river. (Mi arriving, he went to the tepe of a Nanktouais thief, whom he. knew, and who could speak Kngiish brokenly, and after much preliminary talk, told the Indian what he wanted, and offered the chief one hundred dollars to go with him to the pip,.-sto country, ami help him get a block of stone. Hie chief listened in sullen surprise at t ist they are all extremely jealous of allowing white men at -cess to the pipe s;:ie quariies, -own as visitors but at length the promise of so great a sum of money, began tt h te its ffvt, and he finally agree. I that, if " doph" us ,jor gt iwnwas known to h'.m would give hmi one hundred dollars, the pony he had ridden up th ie. two new blankets and five pounds of tobacco, ami would keep the matter pcrlectiy secret, he, the chief, would go ami help him get the pipe-stoi'e. After much higgling..?orgenscn agreed, and the chief. Niche Kobmka i Had Huf faloi, mounting one of his ponies, after u consultation with some of his "bucks," ,-c: out with-nhe Pane on the return trip to Yankton. From this point .lorgtn sen. act tuiij anied bv Obermann and Had Buffalo, who "joined them two miles out on his pony, drove north in his wagon to the I'lpe -Mone b'egion. They reached l'ipo-Stunt' Cr.'ck, at th- foot of the quarries, one beautiful evening just be fore sunset. Alt'-r camping and eating supper, the Indian im fed his notiv. and told 1 - ' - ( dolph that he niiht up go the stream to where the spirits ui the two women dwelt fu the roks, ami "make medi cine" to them before they could tu h the stone. He cautioned both the Danes not to lay so much as a finger, or look, up n a pie c of it until lie had returned! Iorge:i.cn knew-of this superstition, a d. humorin r the Yankton's caution he ami Han's lay upon the grass ami smoked their pipes until .Niche Kotonka c.-.me b a k j It was then dark, ami all three rolled their blankets about them and su-ot till morning. After breakfast the next morningthev hi: hed their horses 'to the wagon, and the Yankon lel the way. to a quarrv v. Ie re the stor e, in thin strata, cropped cut on the side of ash diow ravine. This famous pipe-stone underlies but a mall strip of te riu:y along the creek Longfellow rdat? in "Hiawatha" the legud yiviug auacowuut of this uprtLtun. wniuu goes oy mis name, and is found cropping out in numerous small ravines and" gullies; and in these places where it is easiest of access, the Indians goto procure it. As they only get small pieces for'pipes, and various little ornaments which they fashion with knives and other instru ments, and polish by rubbing, there has, of course, been no very great diminution of quantity at the quarries. It is now well known t-hat this peculiar, soft rock is susceptible of a very high polish, much 1 more mirror like and beautiful than that which can be put upon the finest of dark marbles. I tTwas the extreme beauty of this polish upon Indian ornaments, ' and the knowledge that, owing to the jealous guardianship of the Indians, there would I'CCt onsiderable . difficulty in obtain in'' so large a piece fif the ro k, that had in duced the St. Louis merchant to offer Jorgensen a large sum for a block of table-top size. Hut thus far all had gone famously in the enterprise. 'lhe stone was found easy of access at the quarry to which lied Buffalo had led them, and, with the aid of a sledge hammer ami crow-bar, Odolph and Hans soon succeeded in breaking into proper .shape and dimensions a line block of mottled stone, varying in color from light pink to the deepest ruby red. The most. common color is a dark red, or nearly "liver color." The Indian then demanded and re ceived the one hundred dollars, which Jorgensen hud agreed to pay him, before starting upon the return. The other prop erty was-to be turned fiver at Yankton. After this had been done, they set out upon the way back. The chief, by agrce-: incut, was to accompany them all the way, as a safeguard, should any party of Sioux accidentally discover their trail and the object of their trip, or come utlon them with an v hostile intent some thing which any white traveler might expect in those regions at that time. That night they camped on the east bank of the Big Sioux, at the crossing, or ford, of an old military trail, one they hadfollow ed for some distance in coming out of Yankton. The next morning, when Odolph and Haus awoke, the chief was gone. Odolph had left him on guard at two o'clock they had kept guard by relief - ami the rascal had stolen out to his pony, mounted and ridden away. He had taken nothing, however, not belonging to him, having refrained, probably, with the hope of leaving behind an intpression of honesty ami fair dealing. Jorgensen suspected treachery imme diately. He remembered with alarm the consultation with the braves at the Agency, of which he and the Chief knew it understood not a word ; also the strict injunction of secrecy which Had Buffalo -had laid upon him, and the now doubly alarming and significant fai t that the Chief had not entered the town of Yankton at all, but had stopped all night with a half-breed some mdes above, ami hail contiived to join Hans ami himself the next morning upon the prairie where there would be uo wit nesses. AH that had seemed natural enough at the time, know ing, as the fur-trader did. the peculiar characteristics of the Indian. Now. however, the thought came to him with startling significance that no white man had seen the Indian in tie ir company at all. odolph felt sorely chagrined at his short-sighted confidence, and told his fears briefly to Hans : "AYe mii4 put that stone in the river,"' said he, "ami get out of this rountry by some other way than we came, ind we must do it soon." Hans was badly frightened, but he obeyed commands with his u-ual sturdy faithfulness, and in a short time the two iad crossed the river in tin ir wagon, tiaving dumped out the piecious stone nto four feel of water, ami wen' driving aurriedlv 'd own the vallev on the west side. They pushed on this way for sev eral hours along the valley ami across the points of numerous bluff's that pushed ut into it, and tlcn halted in the mouth Df a deep ravine, where they determined to lie in wait until dark, and then drive straight or as straight, as possible icross the prairie for. Yankton. .Odolph reasoned tiiatsv'if they could reat h that point without being seen by Indians for he firmly believed that a part' of Bad. Buffalo's bucks were, lying in wait for them along the military road the hud would on le.de that he hail dodged them ami gn.t safe through with the pipe-sto-tie, and thev could. very safe ly gob. k in time ami get it. On the ther hand, f. a- was more than likely, they were caught, the rascals could have ao cause for picking a quarrel. - The sequel proved his ssinnises correct, but, as' will be seen, his tactics availed him little as a m-ans of preventing trouble. After hahiug in the ravine, the Danes picketed tie r hor-is upon the side-hill, ite a cold lunch uf . raw bacon, and rrackers, and then th'nw themselves jpon the gr;iss, with their carbines be ide them, to await the eomiri"- of nhdit Dr whatever of adventure -the afternoon might bring them. They had net a great while to wait for j in adventure most unwelcome in its na :ure. They hail lain an hour or two, and Akdph was stretche 1 upn his back sviflvjialf closed eyes, wh. -n Ha:;s sudden y sprang up an lec Wui;ed in frightened '.ones: "dc iu 'Hr7''' i'""e at irr?, .. " (Tl;ji ari- c ming to kill us.) 1 x'tiu.j'ii pi.jg hi nis itei ninnu to ee a;pear up..n the ndge the last one of i sipiac.t of Indian horsemen wTrT had. rome oyer the'north ra bi af :pd were imbiing lo-.vn towanl them. There were eighteen or twenty of them, ill bucks, aud armed to a man w ith car bine and musket. "Those fellows mean misc hief, Hans, jure enough." .--aid -b rgensen. speaking ia their native tongue, "r-tand back iiere away from the wgon, a little behiad ne and do as you see metlo, and throw ?ng his carbine careUsly across his Kft arm the fur-buyer awaited the Indian's approach with all the careless assurance he could assume. As the squad drew near, Odolph and his frightened companion saw that the faces of all ,f them were hideously he daubed with glaring paints, green, black, yellow and vermilion. They were scattered out in single file hefore reaching the bottom of the ravine, intl the leader a chief, if Odolph could iudgc from his toggery rode directly to ;he wagon, without so much as deigning io notice the white men, leaned forward ipon his pony's neck, and peered scowl ingly into the box. He looked earnestly for a moment, and then, uttering an angrj grunt, glowered savagely at Odplplj, ..who looked him direwdly and keenly in the eyes ami said: "How!" as pleasantly as he could. But the Indian was in a bad humor, md without replying to this civil salute, m,i wiuiour repaying to mis civil salute, ae turned to several of his repulsive- rooKing bucks who Had mow, r.dden up j ind gave a few gutteral worths of com- .tnanU. A half-doen or more of them instantly prang from their ponies and giving the lariats irj, charge , of others, speedily pulled the blankets- "grubdxjx"' anil Dther contents out of the wagon, gave the blankets to the chief there were nly tw;o rolled together in a bundle :hen, with their hatchets-they fell upon the wagon box and began luc king it in pieces. While they were doing this two )f the mounted Indians rode out, pulled the picket-runs and led Odolph's horses iway up thj ravine. Jorgensen ami his man stood looking helplessly on, well-knowing,-in fact, that they must do nothing else if they would save tln ir lives. The angry Indians' soon demolished the xvagon, chopping the "reach" in the centre ami piling the wheels ami frag-' ments of the box in a heap together. I hey then scratched matches --of which" they seemed to have a good supply ami iighied splinters in seveial places at tin; bottom, and-Jn a few moments the whole heap was Vnveloped in flames. They stood ba k ami laughed as the blaze crackled about, the wreck, and inaliciously eyed the two Danes as though thev wished , thev might dare to tliug them also into the burning mass. However, they made made -no hostile demonstation then owing, no doubt, to the fact that the two white men stood with themuzzlcs of their carbines pointed toward them but after making sure the lire had made too great headway to be put out, flit? dismounted ones got on their ponies ami the whole party -rode off up the ravine. Now,'.' s aid Odolph, as the last Sioux disappeared over the summit, "we must run for it ,- Hans. We must make the river and m t across at once or we'll uever get out of this hollow alive " They ditl run, as swittly as their short Danish legs would tarry tin in. The river was not more than two hun dred yards distant, but even as they, reached the bank thev heaid the clatter uf hoise hool.s upon the bluff above. 4 Looking back, Odolph saw that the whole troop wi re riding along the ridge it a headlong gallop, and evidently making ready to fire upon them.. "Into the river, Hans!" he shouted. ind they plunged in. The bank umi sloping, ami there was no shelter unle-s they could reach the timber which grew upon the, other side. The water came up to their armpits, iiml, Indding their" carbines above their heads. they pu-hed through the current at a rate that made it boil behind tin in. They had not more than n ached the middle when the Indians drew up oil the crest of the bluff above ami began tirii L' down upjn them. The bullets pattern- 'cliook ! chook !'' ( lose about their shoul ders. "Down. Hans! down to your nose'. shouted the ready witted fur buyer,- anc" sinking down until only the tops ol their heads and the mu.lesof their car bines protruded aboe the surface, tht imperiled Danes scooted through the w ater like hunted deer. The moving heads present d snm'.l marks at that distance, and some of the Indians dismounted ami came bounding dowrthc steep side of the bluff to get a c lose shot as the white men came up. on the opposite ba?k. but Odolph understood this game also, and heading d -n stream -he was in the lead, for Hans followed in every move he made for a big faih-n tree tint leaned out from the bank and had forne.d ; soTt oj boom for the lodgment of a mass of drift stuff. Behind tfiat they would be safe. ! The Indians saw this move ami with yells of disappointment halted, 'ire i a few inclTec'the shots and tli u Inisth-.J j back to get out of range of the c arbine- j which they well knew ware loaded with 1 waterproof cartridges . and ' would b ! f ri ed upon them in a moment from I - "hind the drift. lhe whole pcrty then ! hurriedly withdrew out of s-gi.t. - ('lolph anil Hans who had - both ' r ached the shelter of the drift, r.ovY ! crav.inl ud the bank and walked out I among the trees to where they could safely pull oil their dripping clothes and wri.;g the water from them. Here they stayed, on the watch, until dark, wh- n, j hav:ng. . seen no ?ign of the Indians; pro, ling about, they set out in tic di rect on of a iXorse .settlemer.t,- whi h thev knew to. have been mad: son:3 t W e tv-fou- miles to t'ne sonthca-t. near the h d of the Floyd Hiver. ihcj icaciieU the sod-h-tnty ci a .Nc-r-wegian just after d;;ylig:it the i,ct m-:.ing. and were ho-piially retched. They related 'I heir ad-ei.ture, anl a few days afterward, f curing the se rvices 4.f an ' v-leam and two of the s tilers to go with them, thtv made a sc. com! -and suc- CCs:U iourneT after the 1 iie-stone. It " Jts brougbt bu k to the fcettlctricnt sad cuVtcqusatiy taket to. Cious City and shipped to St. LcuU on the first (hxw nwarl bai:.d steamer. It is needh s to say hat Niche Koton ka never put in an appearance at Yank ton, aud in fact, though Odolph had oc casion scleral times aftoiward to pass through the "Agency,' he never could suca etd in getting a ight of the tieat h crous thief. The pipe-atone was received by the St. Louis merchant, and paid for. . It made a beautiful table-top, aud yet remains in po-session of the family. It is greatly admired by guests, not only for the ex quisite jM)lih of its mottled surface, but also as a. witness of the Danish fur buyer's dcterminu'd fulfilment of a peril ous contract. W,V.i CvmiHiuto't? Wearing Decorations Abroad. Krnst Yon Hesse Wart egg. in his dc script ion in the ('t,tiir., of the European craze for (let orations, savs: "The Fm- j., - ,,, William is generallv seen wearing the iron cross, and the star of the most distinguished Order of the Black Eade. Kmperor Francis Joseph invariably wears the tleeoratron of the rder of theJiohh n Fleece, it being one of the regulations ol the order that every knight belonging to it must wear it "at all times, in state or private'.- A similar rcLrulation coniocls the knights of the Uussian Order of bt. I iieorge to wear the cross at all tunes, ami' ic'they would incur penalties if seen with out it. I ho. ordinary decoration, includ ing f he. ribbon, is about four inc hes long by three inches wide. To be able to wear -all their decorations, 1'rince Bis marck or fount Moltke, for instance, would ' require a breast thirty feet in breadth. A man of merit in 1'urope should, however, not only be of large proportions, but also of superior strength ; for the average weight oC one geld grand cros is about half .a pound The afore said dignitaries would therefore have to carry about forty pounds, in addition to (lo ir heavy gold embroidered uniform. Civilians are permitted to wear diminu tive reductions of their orders, suspended on narrow gold chains: the stars of a fraud ( Mliccr or a fraud Cross, however, are w orn in thciiFriginal size. It would be difficult to say who is the most decor ated man of Kuroje. L'ach of the three emperors and tin royal sovereigns .of F.uiope average fifty grand crosses with their respective appendages. Aside from the sovereigns and princes, I should think the most decorated man must be either Count Andrassy, th; former Chancellor of Austria, or the station-master of , a well know n watciing place. The latter receives an average of three minor crosses annually, depending mainly on the niim ;bcr of soveieigns and princes visiting tin place; station-masters, physicians, police commissioners ami others are in many instances -remunerated for their services with crosses very much as the gato-kecper of the Castle of Ohillon re ceives a shilling from every visiting Kng- lidiman. The wd! Heater's Art. "( ur t iadc. is a . cry simple cuie," said the pi pi 'ietor of a goid-bcatingestablish-ment-to a New York H " ' reporter. We. take Uf Ci' of gold bullion, about tw'oounces and a half in weight, whic h we call one heating, and melt it in one of those liule saml crucibles in" that fur nace. When lifjiiid we cast it into an ingot, which we, roll out into a ribbon about, one iii-h w ide and live, hundred long: we cut this ' into '"." oo squares and place each square .between two leaves of this book,, whit h we call a kutch. The leaves el' the lo -k are not paper, but are made from a strong animal tissue taken from t he-interior of a bullock. The book is fastened together securely, and is beateii with the hammers unti ea n square is about four t ines as large as it w as at ti.s. lue leaves are -then c ut in fonts and' vmihrly arranged in a second look called a -h odder. The third time we c all tie b I'-k a finishing moid. They are then trimmed by the girls in the cut ting departm-. nt-aud arranged in the tis sue paper books wit h w hi h den-t its love to harrow up nervous women and little cliidrcn. "We use tin.' hammer for five minutes and tht n rest for live This pievcnts the b oks :ui l the metal from heating, which would in .ure i' s quality. In beating the kutch we in1 an eighteen -pound h:yn mer; "ii tlie sho-hh-r a nine pounder, w hile an iiit-po imh r does duty on the final mold. "It tascs a man at learn to be a go-el ha-f two years to -o"d I ( a? r. Some men can nev r h am. 1 heir band refuses to so strike the !.ok as not to make irrc-LMiiarities ir; the gold. Women m.-1-li-im lenrn. 'I h- re are '.') ' gold-beaters in v l rk not ope is a woman; n the ,,th. r hatch women moriopo :'i;- gohi cutting. There are 'JW in leant h of ur trade and not one ii a " . .. )? Hears Whipped by 0en. ma i in Silvt r l!iige I'ianfXition that man A tar i in -- - sui v.ilh a,riother a view :or the r c-c.vs and ts s : , t e -;- ;i a. 'i a lot of yout g cattle which woods "Thev f-.uriwf th'dr w t re O il in u k aisd"s :inl i :i the -ted f. r h '.V .V ill V i:v: with then, ssw three heirs Sit .'tig ' tietr .iheetly ti.-. ahea i of th : u!:c-he, ahead of them, path. The oxen ran th .- . ow aad then turiK-1 haki:;- th-ir hea ls, a-mucli as ; in..'u:'ci, i to -a v : i n b c k. keep back ! We Will i ttte . i t ! C.C-.V th-v ! the b-nrs ; I ,.- !-,.-a " Then an for the vi rn v. :.f o f 'i ui-.'. while the other to , i -i tis.'-f and the oxi n charged ,n th; he bears t'ed and t j ,v. th ru i . .. f ?! r eien cha--cl ";:e o4 x iMtr a elgi; the W---V ), los-i'Jg him . .-1 in a f:trful minr.t-r. The r . .s ; ar i:.ld was t 1 :st twer. titr.es hi i rather a lively time of h-.1 ov returned. He had strugg'e ar;d had the-. . . . - . i , . . e. i h e m'.'Ti -aV i.UeV UiV tCVU UlC juVs s'.tu , uc. &j I ut that they rua away emy BONNIE ROSABEL. When drowsy dews tvins Vt pxj Amid the swaying Nnighs, J Before th stars hare p.n to sleep Sh cornea to milk the cows, Iler rosy twinkling fingers swte-p In curves of rhythmic grace, And as sh nnlks th Inibbkts leap r To see her pretty face. Hey U.Ls' Ho lads Iiet the chorus swell. And pips with nie A merry Kk" For tionnie K Mattel. ' Her breath Is like the brwz that j-lay Amid the fragrant thorn; Her voice outsweets the rill that stray Through April wools at morn, ' Alas! for him who ttor to I'pon her locks it-twined; His fcuileltss feet shall go their way Anil leave his heart UdhmL Hey lads! Ho lads - Ithymes can never tell The winsome grace Tha lights the face Of bonnie Kosatd. Home Journal HUMOR OF THE DAY. Tlie right bower Home. The best corn remover- The crow. A still hunt A search for moonthinera, A poet sings: "Two chords I struck, when he ought to have sung, "Two cords I sawed.'- A winding stare Watching your lest girl as you hold her skein of floss. Da- foit Frte 1 V. s . Always approac h a bu saw with jout toes pointing in the opposite direction. HurHhijton Fre- I-'ns. A young lady has named ono of her admirers lloosac Tunnel because he is such an everlasting bore. W'arrm 0. Mirror. The fact is observed by tho Boston llirtiftl that we are importing potatoes from Scotland as well as Murphys from -the Old Sod. An Kngiish art journal has offered a prize to any one who will discover the cause of baldness. : We know, but wo darsen't tell. IhirUngton Frre PrfM. Tramp (to a woman at the door) "Will you please gimme a bite, ma'm?' Woman (closing the door)-"No; git out! I'm no dog." Ur nk' M'tyasine. Father "What do you think of a boy that throws a banana skin on the Ride walk?'' Son "I don't know. What do you think of a banatuv skin that thrown a man on the sidewalk?'' ,. A lazy fellow who was idling away hia time was asticd by a minister where ho expected to go when he died. "I tshaM not go," was the reply; "I expect to be carried." ' litughnmton IaoLt. 5 There is a tramp butcher back of-no Yards. Whenever he gets a job of kill ing sheep he takes the liver and lights out, and sometimes he sueceeds in taking the skin off, too. h 1 s ,Sun. "I tell you, tliCvse h ap year dances are a fine thing. My-wife took ine and paid all the expenses herself." "Where did your wife get the money f "Oh, I let her have it." - Yhit.i1' (III.) JlemM. Huskin says: "Man should resemble a river." We do not know what he means, but suppose the "reason is that in oider to amount to much in society he mould own a c ouple of banks. jArtll Ct'izai. Tobacco stems are now being used in making paper; on the principle, we sup pose, that turn about is fair play, all -the straw and old rags having been -utilized long ago in the manufacture of cigar tttes. y'-j'ji. Ai-Aje named Hent.lcstczski recently Fettled few miles from Hinghamton. Fromljhe jagged appearanc e of his name we should take him to le a section of a barbed-wire fence rather than a pole. Sorriljtrn Urah1. Now the cav unmarried farmer in the even in takes h h eharnier, Mary Jam- r Sl or Inn.-ih, for some pica- - ant mootihyht drives. And he tells that yearning f-vry, always new though always hoary, And licfore th spring is over h"H hnvcj j-nne.1 the ranks of wiHS .NV'r'is'.a ,S'ff Journal. Stranger in De troit (a hundred years hence) "Why do all the eop!c i-tand with uncovered h'-ads" when that little man pt-se-if" Ih troiter - "Haven't you heard of him? He's the great society le ader. He Udongs to one of th" old families."' Stranger "Old families?' Detroiter "Ves,' siree. His gr at grand- 'father was the first Captain of tho De troit nine. Life No, Rir. I will bar you to know. -We will have no vn.st union iWj, -y 'Twiil ne'er our uhlenrv-l k To harbor a union 'l-rt: I ar not how loudly you my m We're wanting no union iayp'. We're as far is we ar from AJer'jj' From th ghost of a union dej-ji', And I trust you ion't think that "twill h For we ll have no grai-t union d--oo-Froia su- h forei-ijefmoctions we've cminci pat ion. We'll Lave an uni-aralM! union BtatiorL . iujfo.'o Caurirr. The Mikado of Japan. An American ho the Mikado ol Japan at Tokio recently savs: "Ho sat in lonely state, a dark featured, blsck haired, thick-lipped man. dressed in thi uniform of a Kuropeaa General, and with nothing grand in his make-up oi apearance. 'lhe absolute monarch ol hi-ty-MX million j-eople in a tight-fitting, gold-laced blue coat and a French shako for a cap! Shades of Gilbert and Sullivan pre-erre us! I wanted to pub oF his foreign tailor trumpery and pitch hU coat into the nearest canal, scattei hi monkey-like soldiers aad make hire ar:d them all over again io the liaecwi ( oi tlir toyal ancestors. i
Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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