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ITITSIK)I.( CHATHAM CO., N. C., MAY 'X IHSC.
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FT birder ndviriiseincnts libera! con
tracts will be made.
dljc l)atl)nm Hccorfc.
wttem
Loaf A'pcrls.
IN SI'ltlNH.
The nmi.len leaves lhiii:li veins nf silvan
Monti
Are thrilled to love, nml swis't A l il' 1 1:1 n
bliss.
When imirnuiriuK 'round IiIIik ImiiiIi or
wakening bii.l.
Tlioy dimple softly to I In' south wind's kiss!
IN AI TI MN.
Ilnw silrnl I y nliove I he living Irnvi h
Tim treacherous frost ii fatal network
weaves;
Ami slowly inliU'l nf Autumn's buoyant
tirrillll.
The weary Mill;,-" lapses into lni(h'
II in (. ! tt.
LOVE AND HAIR DYE.
K.liinth was leaning over the pair of
' wliii h 1 1 iilnl tin: liitrk garden from
tin' meadow which wound past tin' ina
plr sw .illii, up to the lonely sheep pas
llllr. Appsili lltly, 'In' was watching 11
motherly In n turkey conduct her downy
1 t i I llir.u;li thr high timothy-grass;
1'iit in reality -In' was wrestling with fair.
"It'- pirfrrtlv ridiculous!" said Ketu
i.ili. "There m-wr was in all this world
ii pil uilh half a- u-;ty hail as niinr. It
il hadn't Im i n fni that hair, I might liar
Ii ii-I I li' chain oof I" ilii,' married half a
Ini ll t in in-ti ad of drudgim.' on lirrr,
w ith my father 'ciHui:; because I ilmi't
in 'iiipli-h inure housework, ami my
1 t I ii t ih hivim; in with g I sid
viir. I III, dear, nil, desii ! I would
pirn k il mil by thr mots, if it would iln
any good !''
Ami -he s,.jd thr lin kl. s, ml gold
los-is, a liamliiil in arh grasp, as if she
lam Mould hivr twi. hi d thrill rut i.l
In I head.
"Hut wli.il a very silly thing that
wmild In !" said llirhstr.i Deriftr, win
at mi a tump nf a In r, hulling tin rich
puddi straw hcrric-, which sin- h.nl jil-l
gsilln ml from thr sunny beds nml' r thr
stone wall. "Why on earth don't mil
dye it:"
"Why ilnn'l I irh.it;' said K-l uiali,
tiiiiiin:; annuel in sin n ainanunil.
"Pye il !" n pealed Itai liara, popping a
paltlilllarly hri:;ht lipr ' phflc nf si al It t
tit- her iniiiith. "Il'- what Mrs. I'rlli r's
i Hy linapli r . 1 i 1 win n I was hrlp tln ir
I'l-t -iniiiiHT. Slir w.i- a '.'lay iisali.nl
;:ii, Mis. I'i i kin- as ; ami y In i hair
sin Iikr a irnw's tail Irallirrs. I -in
In I putlin" mi thr ilyr nlii r, IhiiHi'Ji thr
link n llir il-inl, win II I W is a si llllr
I in' thr hall nil i Inths, ami il was as ra-y
a- ynu pha-r. Ill rmii-r Hark ilyr
Wnll't suit ynu, lull llli n 's plrlily nf ( nl
nls w null I.''
Ki turah's i yi s .:listi m il.
"nil, ltailiaia!". aiil slir, "iln ymi think
I i nllhl.'"
"Think? I ilnn'l think inithin' alunit
il.'' laiil I! ii liar i. lliuuin:; a mil'lrwnl
In lay at a sipiirn I mi thr h in r. "'iii'iii'
I il. Vim i an n t thr shifT at Mill A
Twriri's. l'vr miii il many a linn
in tlt.it la s -h" a-i ami "
.lu-t al this nil niii'i 1 1 , lmwi i ,
lliiihin-, K i I in ill'-, strpinntlur,
Inaiil shrilly itnpiiiin fruni thr
ilm-r, "w ) 1 1 -1 1 1 - r sin' was In hr kip'
Mr-.
W is
II I. k
wait
in- all .lay h
killlr nur ill
u', with thr prrsrrvin
liir, Inr t linn straw In r-
Itailiara in in il up ami tlnl. Ki Inrali
Sl'iml still, tin ilil ilim; nvn liir ilm In-.
Iirr that -hr lie I ju I hi anl.
w wi nl il.iwii thr path In a 1 1 1 tain
riy-lal i Ii al -prim.', i lit wlm-r id pths
shr liinl nlti ii :;a,'. 1 1 In hmk hn thr Ira
ilitinnal lin- ili-pl ayi il hy thr fainrs t
thn-r wlm air ahmit to tiinl thrir ti ur
Invns.
Il was I ii i favmili' liiiirinr, nml ju-l at
thi- priiiiil nf Ihr sunny, suiunirr ilay it
w a- i lr.in r than any slu 1 1 nf Innkiiii;
j;la-.
"Ilnrriil !" sai.l ICrtiuali, n inniriiii; at
tin mppri n I I'lirni-h nf hi r hair rr
tin t. ,1 lii lnw .
Hut ju-t tl'.rn -mm laii'ui'l ni"rinrlit
nf thr ili'i p, -lill watrls f.icu.ril thr -nil's
lays in a -nit nf i irrli ; fm asnnmlil
si i im il us if a riir; nl nlil -Imur far
ili'un, ami thru ili-appran il.
Ki tui.ih'-ryr-spai kli il, nml In rhrait
lirnl r.ipl-l'y.
" Thr fairies' wrtl.liiij; riiiL'," shr
pispi'', "I saw it willimy own ryi's.
Hut, of t nurse, imthiiiL; willevrr eniue nf
it as li-n;: as my hair is -in h a liiilenus
lliili nil- rnlnr. I rtilliret it ilyetl!"
Ami, in In r iiKiit.it t ons- inusness, she
leliu iiiht rial that Harry Itnyee, who went
to college with her lirnthrr Simrmi,
woulil he thiie that very week, ami that
Harry ha.l onre saiil, "What a pretty
fiirl that little Kitty was."
"Hut, of course, he coulilu't have no
tieeil my liair," tlinui;lit Keturali, mourn
fully. "It iloe-n't show so aw fully ki-l
when I sit in it corner where it's pretty
dark. It's thr siin-hinc that limits it
out mi. h an intriise carrot color. I will
lye it !"
So that very ovi-ninjf, in tho friemlly
inilistiiictiH-sM of the purple twilight,
Keturah crept ilown to Mill A Tweezcr's,
nml waited patiently for an olil farmer
o huy an ounce of Paris nreen for potato
lnit,', mill "i ilaui;hter to select a hot tie
cf cheap jierfuincry, for two tall l uls to
p't h physician's pn w l iptinn maile up,
Hint ft phiuip chei-ki-il chil.l to purchan' u
cent's worth of peppermint drops, before
shr came up to thu count' r.
"Well, miss," saiil the sleepy old drm;
n'lst, who moved nhout like u patent pe
lauubulatiug toy which had got out of
order, ami winked drrnrily lirhind Imh
prrtarlr jjlasseii, "what (an I do for
ymi f
l it nr. ill's heiirt -reined to trap up into
Iirr inoulh, every drop of Mood rushed to
In r fare, w hile iii a guilty w hi-per she
inui inured :
"Hair dye, sir, please.
"Pye.'" repeated the puililiud mid pnr
tially il'-af old man. "What kind of
dy.r
"I I don't quite know, sir! The
ii oil kind, I suppose. Anylhin but
bi n k," she adde-l, ri iiirinlirrin Barbara'-
remark.
And with a "Vr--, yes,'' ami a patrnti
iii:u -mile, old Mr. Mill put In r up a Imt
llr of the l.ri-lil. -I anililir-rril thai In;
posse-s.,1.
"tials is always partial to bright col
ors," he said o him-rlf.
And l. Inrali ran nil the way lminr, as
if thr whip poor wills and rahhils wniihl
kimw that she had a bnltle of hair de
wrapped up in In r porket liaii.lK. i. hi- f.
I lin e safe iii her own litlleoarrrt room,
shr iiibbril the iiiivluie well into the
runts nf her hair, Inn-hint; il mil to llm
very ends, iieciirdini; u Itaihata's de
M liplinii nf the "eily biuirdei's'' iiuiii i m
latmns. She had seariely Uni-heil, when slu!
heard In r -Irpiiiotlirr's voice calling:
"Keturali ! Ke tu m nh !"
"Ma'am;" she i hiiped feebly bark.
"Come down stairs ipiiek !" -aid Mrs.
Hid hinu's, in a -mi nf -laye .shout up the
bae' -lair-. "Here's your binlhi r, Sim,
ami II any lloyce, niine by the niu'bt
star, and suppi r to !;rl for 'cm, ami no
binlv kimw-what all! Do make haste!''
And inoliinil.il ily fiiruelful of the chief
sorrow of In r lib , Keturali ran blithely
down -lairs to br ki-snl by Sim and
rliiv ilroil-ly yrri tnl by Mr. IJojee.
li'ilh -tmlriit lamps wrrr lihlnl, and
Mrs. IliirhinLTs had even none to the i -Ir.ivanam
e of a pair nf limuM eainlles nil
tin- lll.lill. pin r, ami a- Kit ill ill I in in. I
t-i lulp si the table there wa- a utiani-inmi-
shout nf lauu'liti r.
"Why. Kit, how do ymi ei'iiie tube
lopped nil' with cardinal red .'" jei I in-;ly
ih mamleil Sun.-. -ii.
"What in all creation nils your hairf"
said her father.
And Keturali, ratehiiiLT n uliinpsr of
In ti If ina iheiiv flame. I looking ulaxs
w In. Ii hiina i.ppii -ilr, nf 1 1 i 1 1 aslu iikof
di-mn, ami look to pirripiloii- lli'jht.
lb r In ad in. loiiiii -I bo).- . hur of
loppciy red, but imw di-play tin- vivid
i animal hue of I'.uni r I tu m fnii I Vs new
barn door.
And as she h i-leiii'd to hide hi r.iclf,
she In . ird tin- lauuhli I i hnki d Voice ol
Sinn on ei laiiuinu, in. ..In n ntl ;
"Well, I nl ways knew thai red hair
W Is f.lsllinliabli', but I didn't know that
the "iris were -o wild after il as to c
lln ir bamjs (lie n-.;ular bhiinn verinil
imi. "
Mr-. Iluti Ion!;- hei-elt ri-t tlir supper
thai ni;;hl. It was l. il bai l's i veiiim;
mil, and t K. tinali wa- now In n to be
I 1 1 1 . 1 . And II wa- neaily Im o'i Im k
wlun ill.- wi. piu!; -i'l. i. 'tiling up the
loiiy pear In-.' walk, met Mr. Ilnyee face
to fill'.
"Itnti'l inn away, Kiturah," said he,
kindly. "Don't make an enemy of one
who wmi'' fain he a fin ml. I have so
in Hi Ii to -ay to ymi, K' Inrali."
I'm- washed il and wa-ln-d it, and it
w nli'l i nine .-lit !" sobbed pnnr Keturali.
"Wa-hnl what!" ipie-timnd Mr.
I'.-.Me.
"My hail my horrid, hideous, haleful
hair!"
"Never iniin I your hair," said Mr.
Iloycc, p-ntly di aw inj; her arm 'hrou;:h
his'
"Hut but it was such u dreadful color,
and I dyed it , and they nave me tin'
wroiiu color. Ami, oh, I'm almost sun
t in ver will come natural aaiu!"
"nil, yes.il will!" said Harry Hoyce,
c 'axini.'Iy "the pietticst jnld auburn
shade in thr world."
tli, Mr. Hoyce, do you really think
"I 'pon my soul and honor I do! Hut
don't you want to hear my news?"
"Of course I do," whispered Keturah.
"Well, then, Kitty -my Kitty -here
it is: I have received my lir-l i all to tin
pastorate of a church in l.ivinyluook, i
Mas-aeliusetts, with the prettiest little
rectory in thr world, of yellow stone, all
covered with i liinl.iiu; vines. And all I
need now is a w ife to keep house for me,
mid a k the deacons and deaconesses t.
tea. Will you be that wife, Keturah?"
"Oh, Harry," she gasped, "do you
think that a woman who dyes her hair il
woithy to be a minister's wile;"
"If we none of us had any earthly im
perfections," said the youni; minister.
cln t, smilill, "we should be Uliyels;
and although you're the nearest I i vei
saw to one, Kitty" with H kiss "I
don't want you to float away mid h-avt
me ju-t yet. So I'm rather ulad you
haven't arrived at that w inj; iitnl-silvcr I
trumpet stane." I
And Keturah Hitching never troubled !
herself any more about her hair. I
"If Harry likes it," said she, "do!" 1
- lliliit t'tinst tlniriu. I
Two hives of bees en route to the West
from Kentucky, escaped from their quar
ters vnd invaded thus of the passenoi r
in the rear coach of the train. After c
pitthed battle, in which coats were used
with 'ood effect, the intruders were van
piished. They left evidences of thvil
visit, though.
Caste Iii Imllii.
f'a-te, like a terrible nightman, is
I fiiinly fa-tennl 1 1 1 tin- -.-.i ial life of
I India. It will lake ;;. ni i ii nms of . ivil
j iinir inltui'iire to make lin e h thai 'ir
peojile rrali.e that the y-lnii is evil. It
is not easy f..r us I-. un-l. i-lainl il. The
follow in;; di-M iipl inn, by a it. nll- uiaii in
lii'lia, shows a little of it- p.-ruii imis
win kinj;.
During a si vi iv fainine, a man, " -'h
his w ife ami i hil-l, applied to a mi -i- i"
nry for lu lp. They had rome from a dis
tam e, nml u-n- thin ami pirn hnl w ith
hiliiu'rr. Kood was at once bioiiht, bill,
hiintrrv a- tin v wi n-. Im-v would not
loin h il. The child w is mi the .nunnl
Imuliuir.for ami i alin:; I lie raw lire that
Was scattered nhiillt tile door. Hire be.
im; ;;iven llu-m, iln-y ounin in id I - U
il. but devoured il In f.ne il was half
doll". Thry would mil lose ca-le by eat
iiii; food prepared by any one iml of their
irrade.
There are four principal ca-te-i. The
llrahinins, or priests, are the highest.
They consider il beiiealh tin ni to labor.
I'o tend rattle or to milk a row- wmilij
be pollution. Formerly, if a ow a-le
person tnin hi d tin in, even hy accident,
liny could kill hi u the -pot with im
punity. The people yield to tin III .1
uipi rims as a mailer of coiir-e.
Win n a hih caste man came into a
meeliuo-, a whole bench was vacated, I he
'in upaiit- taking seats on the floor. The
natives usually travel third i la-s on ihe
railway. These cars are so crowded
then is no room to sit apart. This h.i
a ti inb nry to Im ak down ca-le.
The railway companies had dilli. oily
in supply in-; il.. in wal.r to drink. A
hiuh ea-te man i.nil-1 not drink vval.i
brought by a man of . m-i ca le. Hy
employing a biyli i a tc man, all can bu
supplied.
In their villa:;!-, i a h la-ie lives by il
self. K.ich ha- its ow n -hop-, or ba.iais,
IJelow the regular i a les me tl u t . -I s
lhi.se who hae binkeii over wnnr nf
Ihe various le-tl It I inlM. '.'. Cum
I'tllltl't'. A ruirilieini t niilnilionist.
A cmri-s l.-ni of ih.. New "..:k
'linns, ilr-i i ibim; a loin in tin- Wr-t In -dii
-, pictures a human cuil'--!ty lint on
the way, as follow -;
I'n-eiitly the i;reat at'ta'tioll of St.
I. in ia appi ami the eland -tar cmilor-timii-t
nf tin- ai i b e-. Tin- was a i ol
oii d fellow o I urn i I lain au-, Inu l and
llii.k in body, wilh aims a- l.-ii:: a- an
ape's, and a head I lin e or four -ii s too
lat::e, a mouth .. rlainly live in. In - a. n.-.,
wliiih he kept constantly open; the ii-u-al
tl.it nose, and iiinm-ii-i- round cm i that
I-iiIl;. .1 out of his head in a inainn r any.
Ihimt but plrasanl to -it.
I was told that this simjular beine; was
an idiol, but ihe llinu' nl' il was hardly
mri-saiy. Hi- uiaml a. I w.i- pnliiuu his
loi - in hi- in-. nth. Il ' itil"wn mi the
(1- on. I ami put m ail;, all ill- Irmit pail
i I mir I'o.-t in hi. or ut Ii ami tin u iii nl.
thr till 1 1 prole, i.mal pau-e ami smile
wailiii" Im applau-r and .. iini. -. Hut
neither In inu' fmtlii I'lniii;, In' m idr a
new stall and put Ihe ends of I'.-lll del
in his tumuli tl-iis .ii:;l'i stilly the start
lino possibility of his eanvim; tin' m l
slill fiiillu r ami swallow in;; himself en
tire Still iccch imr no pn uiiiary reward n..r
even any cueoiiia'.'. nii nt, he procured
tint r four banau is, broke llu iu into
iiiaitcrs, ami b. .mil a new ft al. This
wa- to lay a pn t e of I an ma on the open
palm of hi- It It hand, In I I the arm mil
slraiohl, strike Ins il m al the elbow willi
the riuht hand, and llm. "shoot" I lit?
piece of banana into hi- mouth. It went
in every lime, bill it would have been
straiirjr if il had not, for hi- mmilh ini'ht
taken in a small pumpkin with eipial fa
cility. Milk as u lli'verao,
A St l.miis milkman tells n (;!,Jf.
;.' reporter that "milk is the lat
est crae in the drinking line. The fluid
w as made fashionable by Miss F.llcii Ter
ry, theat lre s, I umb r-tand, who drank
il freely, when the Anylonianiacs followed
her c inple because 'it was so Kllljlish,
ynu know.' Now it is -nhl in saloons and
iIiiil: -toi'i-s, and llr ie are lunch houses
like 1 1 liealesseii, each of which retails
ns hiy'i as li"i o.iHons a day, by the olas.
'I'll it. k of out place -ellinr; I'.'o gallons of
milk a day to drinkers. Such a thin";
would not have been dreamt of five years
iiyo. The pnpulaiity of milk as a bever
au'e is due to the fact that it is not only
fatl. nint:, but that it is a stimulant also,
and a In Iter vilalier than any phos.
phates m other nietlii iu. the doctors
t an prescribe for you. It stimulates with
out intoxii atii't;, whii liis.j fu:thcr rcc
ominciiil.ition for it."
A Very It ir Mnn.
Mr. William K. Vandcrbilt is ouifmc
ly pai tii ular about his wi-mino apparel.
He has a Kn-ui h val t, who looks after
all his belmiuiiio .-mil chooses his ties
and sli-M-.. His t h-thim; is all ma le in
London .-im I sent to New York every
three months by older. He wears a cost
ly diamond iinu on hi- small tinker nml
small diamond -luds wlu n in full dress,
lb- invai iali'y wiais a hi - h silk hat, nml,
like most blomle-, looks his best when in
full tin ss -nil. lie has a pleasant bari
tone voice fm sj o'iiil', and is a member
of St. It ii tlioloint w's, like his brother,
I'm in bu-.
CIIIMHtKV COM'M'V.
Ill III - On llnol.
0 Pol. in mi th" elteri'V ti''"-
1 hear you earolliiif; your .1. ".
TUi) .lnl tm an w here you hlitlv tiei-t
Is lichi.sl iii w ith elierrie- n-.
Ami Hi. re ymi sinj; unions Id - l-.ii
I. ike 1'itHj at the ().eiH Inui..-.
Who is Hie hero in your .!ay
io win mi ynu s ii in sii.'li a wnv'
An. I why are you so cayly iln-s .-.,
Willi si-ai let rililinii-i on ymii- l.n-nsil
Ami is your lover uootl mi l It in-'
Ami ilocs he alwitys hin to v.. a'
Yi.ur iii'i-he.-tia me v. in-b that l.lmv
Their lilossom u-.t.s to me I . l--w.
Ami all Ih" Iteiiil.lmi; lenvi-.-ai -- IIii.iii,;j
if 'i-.e eliitiiiii; tm' your -i.lv:,
I wiimlei- if you Ilk" II win n
i clap for j mi losing - unl
II;,,,,;-, l.,...AV,,;,(
'fits I. llllr nl lnue lliililrn.
What wa-her iiaiin ? I lo m.l know.
Hut she w:,s ., ,... lit 1 1 - oiil, ii','ht yean
old, with bright eyes ami rji'tit !. ways.
Shr lived in a mtn:;e wilh her im'ther
only a fi w steps fnuii ihe t hure!i. She
liked to knit and sew and sint;.
One day win n this little rill fat by
the lent f a "a nil. inui stopped to talk
with her.
"Ibiw niany binlhi is ;.ml sisters have
ynu?" lie a-ke..
Two of her brothers were far away "il
the sen; two livnl in a town near by;
while a brother nml -i-ler were buried in
Ihe ( hiilt liy.'U'l. How many will -he
say there . 'ire? Hail, 1 this j, wh.it she
said:
" Mi. inaetrr, w e aie seven."
"How can that In ?" thmudtt Ihe ;;t n
tliiuan. lie i-miiilcl. "Two ,'ue in
heaven.'' lie said. He was suic thai
tin-re were only Iii" i ft in this world.
Hut Ihe liitle uul shoo!. 1,. i h. a l, ,.,,
said over nml oin :i;;ain, "We e.rif
bi-vi-n."
She lold him how -he wo'ihl lake ln t
kllittillo; ami S by III" IPtle graves l'l
the cliurchyaril, and .' in-,' swet t hyinn-,
peihaps,
TIumioi h,,t brother and sister were in
heaven, .-In Milted theni v. ilh her
oilier l-iollit r : nml .i-ters. We may do
thi-, for v.e tin in ii ally lose our friends I
when they die and i;o o .b-sis, Hy ami
by we hall see thrill i:i a beautiful new
htuii" in leaven.
The pent leiii.in v.' iil home ,'.mi w rote
some pn Ily vei-es , -.limit the lililr oi,
and tailed the -tiny "We are Seven."
A-k tilt it In r to ie.nl ill" verses lo -oil,
.s..j,rV mi.
.1 Hindu's Skeb'loii.
Altlioilrh th" vital spark has flnl, snys
the Hi iil:;epoi I (Conil.l I 'li rm; yet .luill
bo's hide is so perfectly prepared that
nolhint; el-c is waiitimi. Hath fold and
wrinkle is there. Instead of the stuffed
appi ir nice that u-ually t I al aeteries
lavi-li iini-l .' prod in lion-, this example
has t it ry rise ami fall, ,-v.i llim; and
1 1 1 1 i that appi ainl in l'l". It is not
.bimbo stuffed, but mount-d. lronioil-,
boll .iii-I oal.en tinibeis , i inlv shap
ci I as those of a.-hip hau- Im n n-el. I Iver
this heavy frame Ihe I inn. -l hide has
bet n tli.iw n. No seem appeal -, nml Slit,
(Mill six penny nails fasten it in place.
Tin- !i;;uio of .linnlio i- complete, tiinl
not in sections as ha- been staled.
Stan. lill", beside the piepan d hide is the
sselit.-n of .bimbo. This is iuite im
lunch of a curiosity. It stands upon u
platform, supported by all iron frame.
The boni s are bleached and fastened lo
in llnr by brass boils an-l silver screws.
A lii.'e derrick i-- ued to lift the back
bone ami ribs oil. Tin n the litvul is
aw iiiil; off so as to clear tin- lev;-. Kaeh
of the leijs is then taken down and plac
ed in liiioe cii-liioneil boxes, mid the
head and fiamc lowered up.-ii th" plat
form ready for transportation. The four
Collins are labeled "Jumbo's nyjit bliitl
lejl," etc., n-spet lively. The wapin
c.uryiim the hide weighs i pmiiuls.
The niounleil hide weighs live tons nml
the skeleton almost two tons.
Crows Wlm Know a (iooil Home.
A couple of tame cn.ws, which hud
been kept as n sort of household pets by
a New Hartford family, at length beenme
such mischievous nuisances ami thieves -Mcalilio
every brinht ami rlisteuiiif; tltinj;
they could pounce i.p-.n, inclinlinr; la
dies' jewelry of all kinds, and hidinj; it
III distant trees, and oaee making off
with nold watch that it became ex
pedient to j;et ritl of them. They were
taken (tied up ill .1 li.ii?, so that they
couldn't seel to 1 pin e of w noils eitit
miles distant, and lluae liberated - thn
wagon beine; driven off in another direc
tion. Next day one trow was back)
again, hunting about the Kitchen fur j
food, and ih nviin' every cvideiire of j
peat satisfai tion nt "i Hint; back, while
the cook joyfully welt i ined him, ami his '
companion wasn't long in rrturnim. '
This first relurninu' wanderer was know- j
ini; fowl. hen i hard, dry piece of
bread was eiven him he would take it off
to his bain of water, put it in, and let it
soak a little. If, mi takim; it out, .it was
found to be still too hard to suit him,
Mr. Crow would put it back, and with
one foot would hoi I it down umb-r the
witter. Thin he would devour it very
contentedly. If that was not reason,
what was it? -AoM'id i('ni.) Time.
There are thirty-one female preachers
in the I nivc'sulist church In the 1,'nited
btatrs.
A liANCIvKOI'SWOM.W.;
Tli'? Niiri'Htivf! ofn iieerei Ho,--
Vi"! I ) 'toi'tl V O. j
I
A 0 nmtorfeibir'R Wifn who Sitcrmsfiilly ;
As.itiine.l Niimnroii'i DixgiiisBs. !
In Jaiiii-iry, I li:t. the Secretary nf the 1
Treasury was untilied that a new and :
tl. in-;, roils couiiti-rfi it on a (' innate
National bank had been put all. .at in
P.o ton. The I) In-live Hureaii bi-inu no
tiliid in t il ill I was ili-tailed on the ease
and li lt fm Uo-tmi the same ilay. Abmit :
f the ,un r had been floated in
one day, and the work had been done by
a woman. At one place she had pur
t bas.-il twin wniih of diamonds; sit an
other si :f.,o !,,!, w.ili h ; .it .ainillirr a disc
ml briii c let. The "nulls in all ( a-i s
m ii- sin h articles as could be sold stais 1
for at least half their value. i
lOach vit liiuieil paily tb-.i lil.ed ln-r
iliffeteiilly. At the lir-t place she was a
blniide, plainly ilressetl, ,t them xt she
was a browii-haii'i -I woman in inoiiruiui;;
al tin- third -he had black hair, was '
show ily drcs-ed, and claim. -. I relal ion -hip
to a well known family. After a day
spent ill lakin-; notes and makiii; .. due
turns I came to the t out lu-ion thai there
was only one woman in the t a-i , am! that
she had assumed disguises, n-.siou was
thoroughly scan In d for ln-r, and lh.nl
imt yet found a t Im- when the chief tele,
vi.iplied me that she had appi an d in
Philadelphia, I reached that city to lind
that she had pui-cha-id ij-l.iiun worth of
diamond, at out- place and $' o-l worth al
smolder, payiiiL', of cui -e, in llu- coun
terfeit bills. The ir-l jcw-eh r ih scribed
ln-r as a showy woman with "old in ln-r '
upper fnuit t. ith. Tin- si end jew i . r
de-ciiheil ln-r as very nlaiu ami demure
and he wns sure t li.'il she lla-l Ho ... in j
her teeth.
I hsul si I mit under Ih.' In-li. f lh.it 1
bail niily mil- woman In dial with, ami
would not now admit there wire two. 1
looked Philadelphia hiLdl ami low for f
males bi-ariur; the description, ami at the
end nf four day-received another It It- '
irr.ani from lu'snlipiarleis. slu- had sip
peart'd in Pill-buiL'h. when- -he had
inside three different pun ha-i s of jewel
CIS. ll;l-t . ll.-i I n the Smoky City. as
soon as possible, mid I,,; to- three ih
SI I iptioll - ttil I! Wile so inlilely dlllel. Ill
that one wa-silnto-i -ui: linn- win- thin
women ;!l work lloalin.-; fV Ihe i ounti i - t
frits. I
One jeweler had bun masln d or. h's ;
oiisniin r, nml had therefore l iken par
ticular notice that Inr eye- were I. lie-, 1
her hair brown, and In r lu i:dit medium.
She had "old in In r upper fimil leclli. '
and was alTri lrd in lu-r wstv- and -on i h. '
Tliesei otul ji well r w.i-n'l ma- linl, but In- -was
mi old ih lective, and In- m-ii. e.l ilial
she had blown eye-, dalk hair, a mole on !
her chin, and plain, while teeth. Then '
was imthini; alln led abmit In r. Tin '
third jeweler tmild -wear ill it -lie had
black hair, L'-'l-l in In r l"w.i I--. ih a
sli::hl sipiuil to one eye, and 'laininin I
si bit as she talked.
I hunted Pill.biii"h for three day -, bill '
nut with no sin ee;:. Ilrlii i im; -In 1
would next turn up at Indianapolis. I '
stalled fm that city without onb i-, lak '
iii"; a sleepino ear mi a ni"hi train. Il j
was n woman who h.nl the lower beiih
licxl to mine, ami as I looked In r ou r I !
made up my mind that she wa - a sihoi-l i
tesu her ami an old maid. She had red
hair dressed plainly, and paid not the
slightest attention to smv .-ne. When
the porter came to make hi r berth In
placed a rather bulky -alt ltd In ..ii"inu
to her on the seal at my fed, ami -hi
found a temporary seal at I In- ol In a end '
of the car. The jar of the ems jo-tlcd j
the salclu I to the floor alter a bit, and. j
sis I stooped over to pit K it up, I found I
the floor covered wilh wi", cosmetics, I
small brushes, puces of t rayon sunt fal-e '
tnth. There were three w i"s of differ I
cut colors, and two upper and two under
setsof teeth. Ill one the .'ol. I wsis in the !
upper; in the oilier it wa-in the Imu r.
Well, ymi may believe that wilh my I
mind full of the mysterious woman and j
In r disguise, I was not Imii; in eonclinlini;
that I had stumbled upon the pi r-mi
wanted. I replaced the unities!
in the satchel ami walk.-.! over to j
her mid inside know my errand. She
eave me a terrible tmioaie lashiii"; ,,ud 1
culled on the passengers for protection,
but when I revealed my identity ami
emptied the contents of the satchel on a
seat, she rsive in. We i;ot off at Steii
beiiville, and, when I had In r searched,
over 4,lilM in the counterfeits was
brnuyht to li"ht, but her pun liases were
not to be found, she having shipped them
tocniifeileniles. She was the wife of the
notorious "Hlat k H.ui," and the pair were
the most dangerous couple in America
nt that time. We "nt her husb.iml in a
week or two, and, while hi 'nt si sen
tence of twenty two yesirs, she j;ot off
with .seven. - Ihtrit h'r.t Vni.
"SI."
A correspondent of the I'.ill Mill re
marks that all words be "innine; w ith
have in some decree a secoi.d rate or had
tpiality about them, "l.ook throueh the
tlietinnary," he says, "and ymi will imt
tilld one that is iiiite tlr-t rate, for 'sleep,'
which is about the best nf tin in, i- sifter
ill half-way to death, and the en-at ma
jority of these words an- more or less dis.
pitting as well as .Ugiadcd."
rnniri'i ssinii il l iisiciaiis.
Ainmi-; tin- m-inbi r- nl cme-i- --, S -na-t"i
llt-.il.y i- tin .e-i kimwu -i 1 1 ; i-. 11"
hsi- a line li.iiiton. , wliii hln- u-i - I-.
1 1 IN Hi ad v anl. i:;.'. Tin- -tiisitm' n p r
loire j- .pple I ' t 1 1 - i e, but hi- htvmili
sin- some ipminl old ilniikim; -on-; ., nml
in tli.ii rcmlitioii In- i- well !- 1 .inimil a
ble. Si iisiI i ir lil.u kin. I ii. of K ' tit Hi l.y ,
is si basso, and si "o..i s:iil'i r In- i- I
Hi favorite is "Old Kentucky ll-inu-.'
Semiior Voorhees. nt Indiana, i- sim.lln I
singer of eonyr. tonsil iiiiown. Hi-
oice i- SI b.-il ilone, ami be -ill-;- hlllll
In r of si In lions very ninly. .Not s
'lesit whil" ao he -am; hi- I aioiit- ,
1 1 ii lit 1 1 i Yi so- A;.-. " in hi- tomniiltei
loom, to :i company of hi. ml-, sunl tin y
do -ay that il was si in e.:inli. cut ilmm
since. lirown, ol I'i nn-y 'i.ini.i, h e tin
best tenor in i -uii---, siu-l il ha-biii
lhoroilL;hly t ultivalnl. It i- a hrjli. lim
and swnl voice. Mr. Hiown i- .puli
f 1 of tin- ii;h. r order i-l inu-ie, al
tlimiLrh he sim'- -..me pl.iiiiliie ballad il
a maimer I h it wmild -l-.ei-.lii to si pro
fes-ional. Haul'. n k. of Ksin- .i-, i- sill
other ti nor. Ih- M.ii. i-nm si- tiio It
tilltiva'cd .a- blown'-, but il i- powt tlu
ami mm. toil-, lb- would make .a ::-.
chorus .-in;:i i- in si imiiie opera win it
imt fm- his bsild In ad. Hauler k I'M-tin-
si rio rmnie son;- of the ila. lb
In ImiL's to tin- ;ik-, si ii d is si ii ; 1 1 1 ar at
ti inl nil upon their nn t in-j-. II" cai
"it" a "laud reception si- wt II a- -iir.' I
-mi". Sonu l iim-s hi- l-. li-.a- sue o
the patriotic order ami -mii.tiim - liny
partake of the i olnic, but he seldom sin"-
any thin-; -i Mini, nlsil. Tin n- sue ipiin
a numb r ol -in-jers in i.m;n --, i ii..iil;I
in fait t-i liiini-h cln-ruis fm- -imii
opera cmiip mil -, but lie- . nlleiiu n on u
t imii d are I Im-.- w In. Imi at In- vi d n pn
I. ition-mi sr i oiuil .f tln ir inu-i. sil uift'
and sitlainimnl -. ;-.'.. '.,',.
Circonses;
The i:n ale. modern p.iln.n ol i'-u-;h
a In I -luu 1 1 il" -.oi I . is hi pi im i o I I! m .-la.
ill the pl'ol inee i I I illel , il , India. Tin
revenue of the prieipalily exceeds tin
I'llieial t pi nditui.' by limn than l'l,
non mm, nearly the whole ol that
siirplu- i- inve-te, i whsil tl I-l I .' 1 1 1 1 1
Would ha e calli .1 . -,-.,., . b. set -how-and
li 'nil-ol -In-ii-rili. The nuii ow al. si
the naliie call tln ir prince, i- in tin mar
k' I lot all - of circus iiom Iti.-s. ,
keep, -I. -II. W llled l.il.le- full of li-;. I -,
le-.pai-l-. i Iii i I ih , ami liht ne; d--;-,
.ami ha-a -p. . i d t in p-of In ,(. tamers .
train his li.dit in; 1 1. phsuils. , present
of si specially Ii im ions brute nf that s,,n
is a -1111 pa poll in hi- favor. Tin
monthly elephant lights sue ..'cm rally tub
lowed by the colli. ss o I A o . e.f, , p, .(.
li-Jili-r-, pu;iiist-, i Inb dm lli-t,, sitid
l-nltn-n plofes-ional- of ihe l.-lllef-i-l I
ii-ili-; their held - w ith tin -kill of a i
I in., ram. Hull in; mil. In - an l,i , i u
till mi. of I In i h ainpion- fall -t-inmd;
and tin li-lii i m ounter. oo, w.-iild inaki
Ml. 11. i-di pi , , hi. . ilh i., .e. ,., i
boxti-ii-e an in-n li t rim.- uiy -uiui .i n
th" .....'.. that mad. tie mill ..! tie --Id
I n i iau pi ie li; Iii 1 1 - .,. miii, I-1 ..ii . ' h,
liaioda Sulliiaii. would think a birr
knilikle mat. h an ab-urdly lam. all ur,
and Ileal tin il' v it w . ha- nisei" n ime
S ixmi i nuvt 1 1- is pn. . d by i in 1 1 1 1 1
-1 SI I H e llial the fells o I lie 11 i o w a r sil I
alii nded by i iowd- ..I 1'iiili-li p--i I in, ii
f i on I'l.'iubay and I ly -1, i ab.i-l. I
'-"-.
Insiiraiiee Itjsks hi Hie Country .
"W hat ...it ol lib s d.i oi -t,il i I- u
ol :" wa- a-kcl of Ihe l.i-s-ad ju-t I in tie
farm depart llli lit of a w ell know n in in
am e company .
"t n -amei ii s, -K sit im; i ink -, and, ina
yreal many t ast-s my -cho., Imu-e-
are ib i lim d by our lompany. t'n aiu. r.
ii s sue ecu. i illy of 1-ml. r box c. -let i m-.
lion, liinks, while sometimes built
t 1 1 1 1 1 1 y a;aiist loss by lire sua i.h nlally
started sire ju-l now the object ol i -.in
I -1 1 1 1 is I i 1 1 by tin- public. We in llli
case sue afraid of the incendiary's ton h.
So, too, in thee .ftoiinliy -i hool-
houses. The people in tin-di-irict at
loL'eilu-iids r' u inlim; tin- location ol the
building some wstnti.i; il in one place
and some in smother. I' is limilly built;
ami it is M il often tin- case thai s,,ine
dark ni';ht it is reduced to sell, s. ',.
keep si special w at eh on ri-ks of this k in. I,
ami a-soon a- we tin-1 tin pmplc ti :(
in we cancel the policy at once," ( . ''-
MJI 7 f." !('.
The Hawaiian Vnlcimn.
M iiin.'i l.o.a i prmiotin.-i d se if -pced
Mnwna l.o-a, accciite.l mi tin lir-t -y lia
ble of each word, soul sii;iiify in"; tin
l.oli; uiounlainl is the lai-;.-l in bulk nf
the volcanic tone- of Hawaii, it- hi;lil
lii-ili',' 1:'i,iijH fit I siboie the im I of ihe
sesi, or lo j let t less than that of M. lima
Km i Kay . ah, siu'infy inu' the W hile nii'itu
taini, and its base bi in; co-cxtt iisive
with a "resit part of tin island. hs
t rater pit or csilderoii, t silled Moknsi
in , I've o ( M- koo-.'ill w ;iy -o-w siy o, ae
ceiiled mi til -t . fourth and sixth -yll able,
and sie;nifi in;; ihe Ked island i. is elliptic
in shsipe, it- Ion-; disiniiliT 1:!,IUHI feet
sunl it- shm l s.iiiiii, and its depth about
MMIf. i t. Its irruptions, which occur at
it regular ind rv aU of three, four, seven,
cioht ami t It ven years t.r so, are of the
irrandest proportions known, the volume,
nf lava t in ted, as estimated, laiirinj;
from 17,01'ti.niMi.niiii to ."iii.iliiii.iuiii.iiiiii ef
ciinie feet. The 1 tr;e-l outbui-t occur
red in li?0 1SSS1.
i A Witb r Vision.
Mow sad Ihei -"-nt lie- I. ..us, . ,.f thml.ti-l -
n. how th - -lia-l-iw-,-t th" lives selvsiii""
And Ih". i w iilnlraw. ;i- tln i w ie-pii ii I-l.
And nc'int I-' i"" k us with n piayi-r int.-ni-l,
I II' olilltl ilstliee.
l i- not Well. Il.elllitlks, t-i lev, 'I HlllS;
Il i- not well to -Iir ill -in li a pise'".
I lie ilea. I Hie w i lllflll III.- be I of U-;
'I'lte.V lie .oslill. an. I yet. while W 0 il is'.Kt,
'M,.-y w ii llu- ran-.
No ,..ois .-ii-e Ime: Th" .I--.-S.I Lave 1 1 of
llotie,
TI--V l-.-l-l n!".-f, they pr.iy beienth llm
Willi s.fOitlc eves tliey s. e hi-volld III" -im;
Au-l lln vwill lie.ar. in truth, wli-n nil is
Iml.-.
Tin- e --f I . ., I.
V".' they w.ll In ar it. tlsey I, mm- lenrnd nt
la-t
A wi.l.-i w i-,!...ii ll-.-ni Ihe t.,i l. l.to--.s.
Il.in;' l- i "in - lo - I iv . but I lien I- -a '
'II,, I - ' ! n-. II lot .-. .-; I -1 in I),-- w mill l'l t-t
Tii-J li-. l lepo e.
I !. ,-, ,.' I.'l.:cn .ti i .
linn ictu .
K.'.-t p el - C- i 'l pi.'l-ti i
The". p. n, ssill v an "i!" in t in' w :iy,
l'l' 'ju. ntly the ln iiiT.
A pettili. d clock ha- l rn fmin-l III
fb-iiie. Ai.nthi r ir.ilu aiii-n id' hsml
lime-.
I'-. ry i s i u has son c h-ibby, and t vcr-.'
"irl I-..-I- - f"i w .ird t-i t!;.; 'ime when -'m
will have a hubby.
Th. :e i- :iny ? 1 1--1 1 r : t t f mmd reading
in I In- il ii I ioi-.iri . but it i- ili-i'-iliui"'! iiv
a cry I suilaoim; inainu r.
A i sup - ii-1 !-. Ii.- '.'ii' vmi's eld hsis
biilll.ikil t -t I In- ii , i Spree. This
sln-w - that II h t sin .-land -pn i s bitter
I hau in. n . ni.
Il i- ii poll- . I thsi! lb nry l!i r;h i- c.-ir
iyin-;hi- -y n.paihie- f, r sinimsih -o far
thsit In- i- , -ill i al in; si bald -pot mi lin
head a- a pst-lur.- I'm- Hie -.
M'.i" th.aii four thmi-sind devi.e. for
t oupliii:; have been p.ali nli d, .and yi t
thoii-and- of l.a.lnl'-i- sunl maidens no
it ah-iic in I his count ry.
A I nly win. . -I si pit canary bird by
ileal li wsi- im oii-olsiblc until somebody
-l-;;e led I hat lie hsile it stuffed .'lll'l
put on her I" l.in l. Mi" i- now lis happy
si- e 1 1 r.
"Willi a Inlll'ler.'U- I .okia; villain the
I'l l . M. r i-!'' w iii-pi red lie- old l.ady to
let loi-baud in I he pi -li' e colli t room. "I'd
I"- silt. iid I- L'ft near him." "Sh'.''
wsoiiiil In r litisb iml, "Ihsil isn't the iris
om r. he hasn't bet n bn-u-ht in yet. It'i
tin iml;.."
I lie Air ('mi.
Th. .-sir ;iin is simply a pm-unisitii en
gine, for the purpose o di-, hsiri-in;; bu!
I. t - by the clastic I'. nee of c.-lnpr. s ,
air. It'.i- not kimw i exactly when m- by
whom ji as lir-t i n m nt. !, but it was
t tilaiiily in ii-.- in 1'i.inec three it iiluii. -.a;o.
l is pi,,,.,,- th.il ha-l not llu
:-u n i-i - li r In i ii 1 1 1 -i . -i i i 1 1 a - i i si i ly si
il;il .ni vim melii ban l,n made yi ry
i I1' itm . 'I In y an u-ually made in the
I- III! ol HIST -bt I , halil.; : hollow slut k,
whiih i-lillid with t.-inpn-s-d nil I mm
a I pump. Tie- I,,, k i. notion; mm,
than si valve, n hn Ii hi. inl the I-all, I h
p.u I "I ll inpn s.cd .air from the stock
wlun tin Iiilsl'i I i- pnlli d. The nun is
loaded with wsiddiu; sunl bull, t in tlnl
oidiiisiry w.ay. ami the bull, I i- dnn u
I'm in tin b ami by tin- epan-iie ;i. l.-.n
of l! "' ail. Tin ran;.- nf the u 1 1 dc
p. ml -upon il-sie sunl the siinoiuit and
i. L"re of I i-lllpn s.i, f the ah. 'I he
i hn ily ol the bullet is propmi it met I i,. the
-iU in ., o the i le ft I of t i,llpes-iou
.-I tin siit. I ndiT the pre me oflilly
sit nio- pli. n ., or ;;ii pound-, fm in-lam-i ,
tin- linpul-c nix en to tin- ball i- silino-t
c 1 1 ' i a I I" that ol an oidinary thsii.;ei.f
gunpowder. Air puis are si -limes
ma. I. in llu t i-ii of walking slit k-, so
liny can In readily used for purposes of
deli ll-e. Ail ;uils stlc ;i m lsilly ri";:lil
ed sis snmcw hat im- tie, but it is n-'t
known thai suiy law h e cm r been enact
ed .'iLsainsi tin in. In the hands of inexpe
rienced or main hue persons they are cap
able of tl'.ing much mischief. Inter-
A Itig Kantilir hy Military Order.
to n. sn vi nson relates the following
inciili nt ol the war. lie said Ih.al in hi-j
coniiu.ind was a very devout sunl t nersji lio
thaplain, i Xi i cdim-ly t.uncst in regard
to the spiritual wtll'sire of the vobliem,
especially before goini; into battle.
" The pn sn hi r," -aid lien. Stevenson,
'Value down to win re Hilly Wilson'
Zmi.ivi s viere inc.nnped and had a talk
with Hilly. He said that his efforts had
been wonderfully blessed; that he had
baptized lifly men from one regiment, a
him. In. I from another, and so on, cnuni
t rating tin- fruits of his religions labor,
nml he sn -eesied to Hilly that as they
were on the cxeof il battle it would be
well for him (the chaplain) to talk with
Hilly 's men.
"Hilly was very proud of his command,
ami be tin ned to the t hapl.ai n and said:
'That ain't necessary; I'll save ymi that
trouble. Adjutant,' said he, railing an
officer, 'ymi j et ;.) ami make a detail nf
".(lit men, and take 'em down tothe crei k
nml have 'cm bsiplieil. No bhinied regi
Hu nt in this corps shall go aheiul of Hilly
W ibon's mi av.-s.'
"And." continued the (ietieral, lauvh
in; bcsirtly at the reminiscence, "blamed
if the Adjutant didn't obey Hilly' mo
Si