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F.iiilnrs'icc,
We Willi our way nlon t Ills vnlo of tears
Yiih trouble's ilioriib he ui-ntli our shrinking
feat :
On Time's harsh scroll wo notch the pliauitom
y curs.
While life's long toil is left nil flK-oiiii'lotf.
AVcfcel lli' agony f mortal I'll'".
And w rithe bono itli the stiiKeoii's probing
knife;
Wo starve, we thirst, wo wait for love in
Vllill,
Ami wre ile wiib despair iii deadly slrife.
Above the graves that slirim. our treasures
lot.
We biireoiir brea ts to Mini who ileal! tint
blow,
While round our numbing Ir-arts ilissolvoj
the fruit,
Aii'l griefs full f. unt finds saving over
flow. And so we climb the rounds of rare and pain,
An.l urvu in .iill.niu till the goal wo
gain.
Di linil Five 1'ir.is,
A HOME THRUST.
i.v mi. 1. 1 wi m'aii mi it.
Aim I S ii II I'l. ir inn! Mini lhiah.ini, two
i niiii'l iliivus, wi'i'i rios-i'i;; liuin i on
tiny direction, ill" I) i it ol Sliali, on
tin.1 way lo Sliira., mi I met lit the Oasis
of PI I illnllll.
The luiiii' i, who was the younger of
the tw., lial Ii. ru a skive in tin: early
part of his car. i i, having been captured
liy pirates; iui-1, nl'l r having pissed from
in' ina.-lir to another, he liail at length
found him''il in ('ii:ilaiili:iopi, where
lie Was heal fur a III! e ill close scrvittl It.'
liy a luerihniil of that city cxlonivcly
i ngagod in in ii i- e ; lull hir had at
length cmiti ivi'd to i ll' el escape, uml
li:i'l male his way alt 'l' many viri-sit udos
ill a lint t iiea-ti rly direction, w in re lie
.iiloj teil his ii'sent avocation.
Muli, on tlie nihir haul, ha 1 never
since infancy be n anything ainm-t luita
"chilli of th ' desert." II' wa, never
theless, I'lniilit iipsliiclly ill ill.' tenets
of the Koran, of wliiih he was a rigid
iiliseivcr, aii'l 0:1 the .resent lava-ion la
vas glad to lie i t a man who hid seen so
much of tlie oul-i Ic world.
While the l w.i ilrivi rs sinnke 1 their
iinrghilirs mi Icr the :il 111 tries, their
lainels ri'-t i n-j meanwhile in the shade,
Abu en t ert a I lie1 1 his young romp inioti
with dclai s of what was to lie olisi rved
beyond the limits of tlie trackless waste
of sand. e t I . I tii in uf lie' magaili-
i ikv of St iinliiMil, which far excelled in
fill that tviiia. could produce, even as
the sun, the iiio.i och of day, i.ntshiu..s
the brightness of the pal - i -en of
night, or as the groat star Algnr cxcee.ls
ill dazzling sileuiloi the lailianor of thu
entire clu-ter of th I'ii ia le.s.
"Till me, ll, r'alh.r:" said Mnli
"something alioiit the I'miiiililca cup of
the tiiauiii."
"Son," saiil the ohl man, iinircssivcly,
"if thou woulils't prolomr thy ilays an.l
fcci'iii't' the favor of A lah iivliu-u name
lie ever blessed i, slum that cup. Thou
lia-l never, ev il- iitly from thy inipiiry
Keen it, or its ell cts. The wihl beasts
that roam at niht through the in us of
I'ei'scpolis, are not inure ilaniroiis to
man than it is. The fascinat ni; on..' of
the ileailly serpent which liireth its vic
tim to ilcslruction while p.u :i!y .n his
every i iTort to esnpe is not more certain
ly peiiloiis. Tin-siroiio, who-e leiil!v
blast till ry rt Ii w ith it ill t rili I ion to ui iu
anil beast, isin.M in its i H els when
compared with the bli-lit that lies con
i:ealeil in the :.i cm -. I win- cup. Th
i-ftieascs that strew thy ilesrif, i.,,,, f,,r
its vul I uro-i, a'c mere units to t le mini,
bcr ofthos. slain ilaiiy by the intoxic.it.
iiifj ilrink. Tnoii ait still ymiiiij. Li t
nothing tempt thee curiosity bome
tinies may ; let nothing imliiee thee the
invitation of the tri in herous Frank often
may lo touch, to la-le, to hainlle. I
have seen what it can work; ther. f ae,
1 bay le,' warned !''
Tiie sun lia I ilescendeil fonie tlegrers
from liia lucrnlian altituile when the
tworaui'l iluvers s.pnateil, each to
pui sue his inoiiotoniiiM j 'liv ii'i .
When Muli arrive I at his destination
he found awaitino him two i llieia's coii
necteil with a British Oiploiu itic mission,
the senior of wboiu took from u parcel
which formed part of the baiaife. car
ried by his camel, some important dis
patches. "In the. nick of time, Hn lt,"o!iservud
tins otliccr to his friend. Our day late,
mid our mission here wait useless."
"How lucky ! Wh it a tiling to
bo able to pluck at thu whisker of the
Kussiiin Hear."
"My Jove! I woiiidn't luve missei this
parcel for a deal. W'c have thu ball at
our feet now, and our St. l'eteisbiirirh
neighbors are completely outwitted. Wo
must at once set to work an 1 ivc Sir
(iuorge our views by wire from Toiiblin,
It is nut too late to checkmate the lius
Biun intrigue."
''I am at your seivice, Villiers."
Iloth ollieials were veised in thetlri
cutal lungue in which .Muli spoke; and,
lifter having commended him for his
piomptitude, nnd placed a gold coin in
his hand as a gratuity, they directed him
to lemiiin until ho was rested, and told
him they would! require liim to proceed
to Toublin with an important nirssitgr,
which ho was to conceal about his per
ton, and which hn was not to lose an
hour iu carrying; and, above nil, that
ccrecy was to b obseived.
"I think, Ilirtt," mill Yilliein, aside,
"that tlio fellow deserves slisra of a bot
tle of Uiosler for his alucrity,"
VOL. IX.
Major Hrett then proceede 1 to uncork
A champagne bottle, and, each gentleman
having drank a glass, thu Major filled
out a bumper for Muli.
'Ts it good to take? I have never
tasted wine, Kffriidi."
"Certainly; take it oil while it fizzes
H will do you good."
"I will drink it, master, on our con
dition only," said Muli, "and that is,
that as you say it is not hurtful, you let
mo have a bottle or two for my next jour
ney." 5y all means," was tho ready re
spouse. Muli took tho glass and said he would
drink it outside before starting ou I lie
intended journey, leaving the apartment
as he spoke,
Tho spirit of iinpiiry was now excited
in him for a purpose he had in view.
"Say, O friend," said he to tho aged
in in who stood at the door ol the bazaar,
"what effect will the drinking of this
w ine produce on me? '
"It will make thou merry, and it will
make thee sad. Thy tonuui: will be ou
thy sleeve, and the thing thou shouldst
not tay will be spoken before thou art
nw.irc that thu Word i-i utt'Ted."
This was sulli ient for Muli; he simply
smeared his I ace and drenched his
clothes with put of the liipior, and
spilled what remained on the ground,
Whi'ii the hour caui'! for loili.ig the
camel, Muli foiiu I the two Kii'lish olli
cers ready with their paper. H was
written in cipher and was to be carried
in the fold of his turban. l'Vw words
passed between them. Truu to their
pioiiiiso as "genlleuiL'ii" they handed
Mull two hollies of champagne, while
he returned them the empty glass with
proi'i.u id thanks, li-.i n wiping his lips.
The camel kneelel, and the driV'T
mounted its back while both ollieers
st'iod by.
".N iw Muli make basic, and mind"--said
Major lintt putlini: his linger to
his 1 1 1 . ii 1 1 1 to enjoin si i icey ami wari
ness. Judge of the consternation of the two
diplomats, when Muli, nanely had the
camel st.utel, gave nil cr.uice loan un
earthly yell and w aved his till ha 1 ill
which th ' dispatch was conceale I, high
in the air. Itith Iliett and Villiers
look' d at each other for a moment in
speechless horror, and then shou'ed
after Muli lo stop. Ii was too late, "the
ship of the desert," was going at a pin e
that di lied cither ol them, eviii if
mounted mi race horses, to coine iibi'"ast
of him.
"The follow is as drunk as a Ii Idle,"
said Villiers, mournfully.
"1 inpii'siioiialily, you see, he wasn't
Used to liipior. What's to lie done?
F.very thing is spoiled if he looses thedis
palch, or blabs out w hen: it's hidden."
-Muli stopped when he got about half
a mile ou his journey, and leisurely dis
mounted from his c mi -I. The ollicer-i,
preceiviug this, hurried along till lliey
ii at ho I him. Tin y found the camel
driver seated, legs rro.rtw ise, on the sand,
endeavoring to open ouu of the bottles;
b it t ic complex liiccl.iiuisiii of the wire
and capsule was too much lor him.
"You drunken scoundrel," belli wed
Villiers, nearly out of pull', as he applied
a riding whip, wh eh h" carried, to the
poor fellow's shoulders. "Whit do you
mean? S'nw me the paper I gave you.''
M it! i w hit a vacaal slue, t ok oil his
Ir.il'an, bit! the di-patc i iv.i' no where
t 1 1" found in it.
T have it in my heart," exclaimed
Un t', "lo murder you on the spot, (jive
111 b c that bottle."
"1 thought,' slainuiercd Muli, "you
told me it would do me good."
Ho then fumble I about his breast and
pulled out tho dispatch, which he had
transferred from his turban as ho was
sipiatt .'d on the ground, while screened
by the raincl.
' (' in we tru-t him to proeved on tho
journey ,'"
"Certainly not ; he'll hand tho paper
over to tho lilst si out he meets, and tell
where it came from. And now, unfor
tunately, every hour is of importance.
What a mess to be in !''
Muli did in 'I understand the conver
sation as it was carried on in 1vi:;lish;
but, untutored as he was, he read the
distrust of him in the countenance uf
both ollieers. (Setting astride the camel,
nnd looking with his wonted intelligence,
at the I'liiglishiuen, ho said, addressing
M i jo.- Hrett.
"Kireadi, I am ready and able t i do
your bidding. 1 las ed not thu unhal
lowed cup, to partake of w hich would in
the rasa of your humble slave have been
a greater evil to him than tho lo s of
that paper to you. You knew no", what
you wero doing when you placed the
temptation in my way of giving me first
the glassful and next these two bottles.
Your message would not have been safe,
for the Koran says that 'a drunken
mouth is as a babbling brook.' Take
them back, for It'smillah! I shall never
ng.iin, us the wise Abu Hen Hadar
warned me, touch or handle. Taste I
never will,
"We are a nie. pair of diplomats
truly," said Villiers, reddening at the
rebuke, and handing bark tho document
lo thu camel driver, "lo bring drink hit
busbies'."
"Aye, whether in or out of it," said
the Major, la) in ; about him on tin two
bottle with the butt end of his whip,
lMTTSIiOIiO1,
"and when we get back we ought to
smash every bottle we have. I'm a total
abstainer, as Chinese Girdon was, for
iife." I
Villiers plac'd his hand inside the
Major's to signify that he was oni with;
lit lit in the r '.solution. !
"Allah bo praised !'' exclaimed Muli .
lbraham, as ho watched the breaking of (
the bottle, and sped on his journey.
Jntlt'jieitJtitt. j
L'llilll'SH (illlls, I
The aristocracy of China, or rather
the higher ela-ses, do not always wor- j
ship the same god as tho lower people. I
San Tsing is worshipped mostly by ;
priests and rulers. While the ordinary
class laiindryiiieii and the like tu in
troduce a homely simile, have n special
god, that among the Taoisls is chief
among 10,oni). He is known by the eu
phonious title of the "Pearly K upcior
Supreme K ih r." H i" supposed by tho ,
devout believer tha' he is tin; maker and
producer of every thing, and to him tho
other gods bend mid n fi r all temporal -and
spiritual things. When anything
unusual happens, as the last year's Iron- I
bles with the white people, the devout j
Chinamen go to this god and burn in- i
cense, taking their other gods with j
them. In China this Hod is appealed to
to send rain, and is thanked publicly
when the rain comes. Ii -sides this god j
the 1 1 nar Taoist worships many of thu
works of nature, as rivers, mountains
and val'cvs. The god of thunder is of
ten seen linurcd on various objects, Ho
is hah! or partly so; bears mi uplifted
tomahawk in Ids right hand, a bowie
knife or tiowcl in his left, and has legs
and feet like a chicken. II" is altogether
a weird mid striking object. On the
other hand, the god of the kitchen looks
I like the barbel's first brother in the
Arabian .Nights; has a mini and iiuruf
Ib'd mien, is allayed in costly or rich
1 robes, ami sits in a comfortable arm
chair, w ith his feet re ling on what
! might be a gigantic three-leaf clover.
lie probably looks with complacency
' upon the earthly cooks, who receive
f j,IH)ll, while the Christian minister in
'iniiiy places toils nnd labors at film)
: Other deities that are often seen pictured
on the various objects in Chinatown are
I "The Mother of l.ightniii'.'," "The Spirit
loflheS'u," "The l.ord of the Tide,"
! "Tiie K'ligof the S a." . 'ViiiciVu
Cill.
Oil We 1 1 Secrecy.
An oil wi ll is a "iny-teiy" when its
yield is kept S' cret by the owners, for
! th - purpose of making money by alToi t -!
ing th" price of oil in the m i. k"t. If
a new well proves to ho a gusher, tho
; priro of nil is lowered ; if but a "small
I producer' or a dry hole, prices go up.
I S i, by keeping seen t Ihe character of n
! new well, th inc ou the "inside" are ablo
to taku advantage of any changes that
! occur in the price of oil through the
I I uniors w hich imnie I ialcly get all iat enu
I cerning it, and lo make money by buy
I ing and .selling nil --peculating, as it is
called. It soiu 'times happens, even,
that fa'.se minors are circulated by iu
! t crested persons, livery effort is made,
' however, to discover what the mystery
j ically is. "Scouts" are sent out for that
j especial piu po-e, ami they use every do-
vice and stratc'ciu to obtain th" desired
in i "1 mat inn, sometimes even climbing
trees and end avoring w ith Held -glasses
to spy out th" .su n t. Ou the other
hand, every effort is made to prevent
them from learning anvt'iiug; and . sum.'
amusing and exciting iic id aits ocelli' ill
rouseipionee. A guard is on duty at
tho well, day and night, uml outsiders
are kept at lis great a distance as pus i
ble. . Aii..'im.
John (iilncy Aihiins ami Ills Mother.
The mother of John Q iiucy Adams
! said in a letter to him, written when he
was only ten years old, "I would rather
see you laid in your grave than grow up
a prolane and graceless boy." Not long
before the death of Mr. Adams a gen
tleman said to him : "I have found out
who ma le you."
'Whnt do you mean ;" asked Mr. Ad
ams. The gentleman replied : "I have been
reading the published letters of your
niothei."
"If," this gentleman remarks, "I hud
spoken the dear name to some little boy
who had been for weeks away fiom his
mother his eyes could not have ll ishe l
more brightly, nor his face glowed moro
ipiickly than did the eyes of that vener
able old man when 1 pronounced the
name of his mother. He stood up in his
peculiar manicr and said : "Vcs, sir; all
the good that is in mo 1 owe to my
mother. "
A Miide I (oik.
A New Yoik gentleman hired n rook
because her recommendations wa re good,
and moreover she asserted that she had
cooked for a gentleman whose good table
is celebrated. Much to the disgust of
her employ r, her cooking was simply
horribln, bo he called her into his
presence and snid :
"Hridgct, when I hired you you told
mo that you were ipi dill -d as a cook,
and that you had been a cook at tho
Hnndclippcr villa on th" lliidson."
"And so I was s r; 1 en iked tho tur
nips for the pigs In a big boiler, nor."
7ii tiijlmjs.
CHATHAM CO., N. C,
IIIILUHEVS CUU'MN.
Ilj-anl-ll',
home little folks are apt to say
When a-kisl their tasks to touch,
"I'll put it olf, at least, to day,
It cannot malts'!' much."
Time I, al ways ou lb win,';
You cannot stop its flight ;
Then ilo at oneo your little'task?,
You'll happier be at nilit.
Hut little duties still put orT
Will end in "never done,"
Ami "Ity and by is time fii'iiigli''
Has mine I many a one.
i ll Spring.
An tjepliaiit'ii vnrliy,
Aii ollici r of tlie liengal aimy had ft
I' ly tine and favorite elephant, which
ivas s ippli' d daily in liis presence with
i certain allowance of food, but being
otnp lled to idiNiMil hiniself mi a journey,
he keeper of the beast diminished the
rat ion of food, mi l the animal became
I ai.y thiim r and w akcr. When its
n ster ic iiriied th i icphalit exhibited
'.he greatest signs if pleasure. The
feed ing lime came, and the keeper laid
before it the former full allowance of
food, which it divide I into two parts,
.'oiisuming one immediately and leaving
the other untouched. The otliccr, know
ing the sagai ity i f h s favoiit", saw inl
ine, liately the fraud that had been prar.
liceil and ma le III" man confess his
What loiiii li lllil.
'Tell us a story, Aunt Kilty, please,"
and little llittie and Nat Siwyer seized
Aunt Kitty's sUirX and drew her almost
in sp.te of hciM'lf to the roll 4I1 chair
beneath the big pe.iMrcc.
"'fell us about when you's a little
gill," pleaded II, (tie.
"Ami p'ciise begin with 'once upon a
tim ",' " said Nil. "It sounds so long
ago, you know."
Aunt Kilty laughed.
T think you inusi have been born n
hundred m ."i s behind time, Nat, you
love the i.mg.agos so well."
"I s'pect I was, Aunt Kitty. Any
way, 1 can't help it."
"No, dear. Well, then, once upon a
lime, that is, w In 11 I was a little girl,
there was an old m mi called S impson,
who travelled about the country in 11 curt
drawn by a spoiled cow, w ith a crumpled
horn"
"That tossed the dog, that worried
the cat," beg 111 Nat.
"ON.il, do hush!" cried llittie.. put
ting her h ind ov. r hi r brother's mouth.
"Not that one,'' lau-.dicd Aunt Kilty;
"but I gue-s she was a sisier to her, for
she w ould lo-s le r head veil at chil
dicii, and was dreadfully cross! And 1
don't won Icr, cither, for beside her
master, there was a long-nosed and
hungry-looking pig, named Knock,
which she had to draw in the cart over
the stony hill4,
"Sampson sometimes stopped for food
at houses along the w ty, but when he
had a little money to buy ,1 meal he
would camp by the roadside, let the cow
iced the grass, and making a lire, he
would hangover it a little smutty kettle
and stir up a pudding, d In n he would
milk the cow and cat his supper. If
tb' ie were any pu lding left, ho gave it
to Kiioch.
"I forgot to say that Sampson cariied
all Idle --omo people call It a violin,
deal's, but we'll ca I it a liddle.
"One day, al no 11, he slopped not
fiir I loin my father's hou-e, and niter
eating h.s dinner the old man waV
tiled he fell asleep. .Iiist iusido the
101 sid" fence was a small bed of beets
th it my st-ti r I! 'i ky an I I had planted
an I t.il.cn care of all the long summer,
and we wcie going to sell tlieiu in the
fall to buy Us some ribbons.
"Weil, that pig got unhitched nnd ill
some way tumb ed out of tin' cart. He
had not had l.u 1 dinner enough. He
smelt the green sweet beets, and crawl
ing under the r.dl fence, he rooted out
every one ot 1. cm with Ins long nose
an I devoured them. He uasjusttiu-i-hii'g
the hist one when Ilecky nnd Isaw
li i 111 mid drove him out. Then, we leiine 1
our heads ou the top rail uf the fence and
Clied.
"'file old man felt real sorry for ih.
II whipped the pig with a blarkbrriy
briar, making him sipical so loudly that
we begged him to stop.
"He said he couldn't put the beets
back, but if we wouldn't cry any more,
he would play 111 some tun s. And he
did such lively ones and so many that
his elbows must have ached.
"And we both got so merry that wo
forgot a 1 about the beets, nnd skipped
and diinccil Soiit in the sandy road to
1 1 e measure of the nv"Vhrilint
ii iiun.
Starvation v. Surfeit.
"Sir," said the tramp, "I have not
tasted food lor seven days. Another
1 i ll' hour of fasting a id I must die."
"'I hen," exclaimed tho phi.authropist,
'you shall live! Tako this ticket; it
w.i admit you in my ste id to a sumptu
ous I'lciipiet, course af er course, meats,
wines and desserts, a feast three hours
lomr, glorious company, Mr. Efforts,
Mr. Too few, Mr. Jiggold, Mr. Fceh d
and other eminent men." "Will there
be alter dmu r speeches " asked the
starving one. "(' ileiniis of 'cm," s;d
t e philanthropist. And the tramp
banded back the tick l and crawled
wearily away into a silent lumber yaul
to die.- llm;ld (.
DKCUMIiKIl 2, iss.
'AMONG THI; APACIIHS.
The Most Pitiless and Most
(Jowarcll y ol' All Indians.
Harly nnd Bwilt-Footail, But Tightin
Ouly When tha O.hls Tavor Tlioua.
A regular army officer was nsked by
a I) droit h'i'ic Vrmt representative:
"Why is it hard to capture an Apache"
"I! cause," the oll'u'er replied, "they
can live ou caeii or any thing, and they
can gel along for days on little or
' no fond. They are swilt of foot and
have remarkable lung power. One
j time I saw a young' Apache run
up u mountain some .100 feel and bin k
, again just as ipm kly as he- could. The
trip was a i limb, seemingly ipuM perpen
dicular, which you couldn't have aceoiu
plishe I at all, and to g" up in a zig z ,g
course you would n ipiire half a day.
Ijefoie this yuiing A pai he started om
regimental ranger noted his pulse and
respiration, and after ho had made the
ilimb and returned he again noted the
pulse without discovering tin- slightest
clung.;. It is simply wonderful the lung
power and physic il cndiir nice they have.
j They cm 1 limb, they rail run vny
sw iftly, they carry b avy loads, they
make enormous jumps, tiny will cling
to the side of a precipice, they will hang
011 the under snl- of 11 le Igo iikc a bat,
llo y swim like li-li and burrow like go
plicr-,iii short they me absolute children
of nature except in one particular.'1
"What is thiil: '
"They arc cowards and won't light
fairly, 'i'hey take no chances in a light.
They will gel upon a high point 111 the
lllouiltilills when; they 1 iin bee over the
plains for twenty live or thiity miles.
Presently they wdl see perhaps a solitary
mail Ciirri' r caning w ith his buck-hoard.
I'l icy know at once tho road he must
take. There may be a score of Apaches
in the baud, enough to cope witn live or
six mail carriers, hot they take 110
chances. They go down to the road the
solitary mail carrier niii-t pass ever and
they not only s 1 rote thenis-lves, but
they train their muskets - laslening
them b- means of crossed slicks ail to
a crtaiii point which that mad carrier's
body mil-t pass. Tiien tin y lie silently,
for hours perhaps, until their picy comes
al- ng. 'fhe instant the nun's body
reaches that point, and when le- sees,
licais or siispei ts nothing, they lire to
gether mid In.' f ills dead, ridd ed will
bullets. They always light with the
"ilds a 1 1 1 1 1 1 -. 11 1 ' I to one in lh"ir favor.
hem ver th" tide turns in lie least
against them, tiny scatter and run, and
one might as well ch i c the wind as at
tempt to overtake an I capture them."
"Did you evi I see any such iu-l nice,'"
"llXiictly such a (use as I have just d -scribed
took place within a mile and a
half of Port H.wio. While I was
a.atioued at port Hiwie t'le scpiiws
began coming into the resi ival on. That
was coii' htsiv ! evident' that peace was
lo be observed, and that seas 11 was the
lirsl time in years that it ha I been sale
f r a white man to go c ut alone. Ou
tlay Miij. Slimmer and myse f went out
w.th sipiads of men to g. I sometimb-is
and century plant f-r roots to our (pur
lers. 'I here were fifteen men includ
ing a nephew ol Cochise u our arty,
mid we w nt six miles up a canyon.
After gelti.ig what we went af
ter we sepaintod in pails and lutuii-d in
different localities for game. Presently
we noticed on th iimiiii aiu above our
lien Is, lure and llu re, an Indian dodging
along 1 jus! relate tins iacid -iit to sl,,,w
liow cowardly lie- Apaches ar in their
methods of lighting. Weil, every now
and then we won d s -e an ludein and
uc( ordingly we called our p u iy - only
tii teen of us, reliieiuber together again.
Then Cochise's nephew sail the Indians
belonge I to (ler.uiiiiio's band, and he
gave the tribe's cill which w as answered.
Finally, after I' liisideral'le coaxing, w e got
three of the Indians to come down to
us. They told us thcie Acre "ml Indians
following us down the canyon. We
kept togetl.er ami ma !e our way dow n
the canyon until we ivai In1 1 the open
plain and then Wi' felt safe. We knew
they wouldn't dare attack us thcie.
Then, too, we found the report as to
numbers was true, for all over the inoiuh
of the canyon we could see the sneaking
niscsls as they niinle contemptuous sig
nals to us."
Drawing (lie Line.
Magistrate You say you il ea touristf
Prisoner Yes, sir. I love nature m
all her radiant beauty
Magistrate (hiist ily ) -Never Iniml that !
Mow much money have you about your
clothes?
Prisoner Seventy five cents
Magistrate (severely --Then I shal
commit you as a tramp. We draw I lie
lino between touri ts and trumps at if I.
I'hiUhUli'hia Cill.
A New Ycnliire.
Minister (in groceiy store) 1 am
pleased to see, Mr. ugarsaiid, that ni-t-to
nil the wall, "Honesty is the best
policy." Ii will pay you from a business
point of view, to say nothing of any
thing else.
Mr. Siigarsiind (hopefully ) I hope ,
ir, but I have i'l tried it long enough
yet to make a fair test of it. A, 1.
Hun.
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iM I, !.
A (11 cr Itinl.
Iniiuiiierabli: pnlli:is and birds of their
kind swarm upon all the rocky cords of
tile.it licit iii 11. The piillin is a number
of a great bird family which is at homo
in the arctic ciicle. Auk i.s the generic,
name. 'fhe true auk, it is molded,
rarely quits its frigid Minouiidiiigs. It
is a bird of the sea, and only when
breeding does it forsake the water. Its
w ing's no not seem to have been intended
to Ily with, but to serve as paddles or
oars to a-sist the Webb d feet of the bird
in propelling ii through the water. So
-wifl a swimmer is the auk of fie arctic
seas lhat it has been known to beat a
ship's boat man. ied by six strong rowers.
The black. billed auk is a variety thai
is common both in the tar N ulli and
about the Hitish inul neighboring
(aits, 'fhe li-ipiimaux look lo it for
lood and clothing, and during til'1 breed.
in:' seas ui it 'Wiiuns in the northern
latitudes in silelt numbers that tin' Ii
ipiiinaux me rarely disappointed. On
the Hrilish an I Irish cei-ts il inh bits
tic rocks, silting in interminable rows,
"lie above anotle r, along the ledges, and
looking astonishingly siupil. I Ids
vaiiety of the 1111 iv has w ings w hich il
can Ily with, but whnh it 11-es also as
paddles, alter the fashion of the. true
auk of the icy seas. u color it is dark
along Ihe back and while hen ath. Its
beak is perhaps its mot stiiking
fcil lire. It is 1 mas-ivc beak, veiy long
and broad, w ith a hook at tin end. and
:i tooth-like process along its luandioles
which enables it to t ike a linn hold upon
the elusive li-hes which are iis prey,
'fhe black. billed auk I cars al-o the name
of "1 a.. a bill," which is a name intended
to suggest tin.' beak's broad and tren
chant shap .
A third variety of this bird is th" l.ib
r.ub'i' auk, which is tlie pullin. fhe
pulliu is a good deal like its brother-; il
s dark above an I white below, with a
black collar about his hit., yellow legs,
and a beak lhat begins by being gray
and 1 lids in nvci wlndming scarlet. It
slops in the liiitish isles during the sum
mer, when it I nee Is, aul towarls winter
it departs w ih ils young fur Spain and
the south o pianee. ll chases the rab
bit out .of it- burrow, w hich is us d as a
depository fur the single egg it lay.
This egg is uf a si nut of all porportiou
10 the s I, of the pullin itself. Nobody
seeing a pallia's egg would believe that
anything sm.dler Hun a swan could re
soil from it, win re. is a pullin is only
twelve inch's long; but it must be re
lU' inlieiv 1 tli.at ihecfg which contains a,
I Idli'i contains also a pullin' s beak. N t
w itli-landiiig, however, thai the pullin
is only one foot in length, it is a very
brave aiid pugnacious b.ul, and particu
larly during the In ling season it is not
altogi 1 her a pie saul i iisiness to interfere
with it. ( r's Wnklii.
I.incn n's CI11I I Ii ikkI.
I f all tl.e-e yers of Abraham Lincoln's
early childhood we know almost noth
in;. lie lived a solitary life in tho
woods, returning from his loin s niie lit
tleg.llllis to his cheerless home. lie
never la k' d of these day s to his int. male
friends. Ihiic, when a-i,rd what be re
nicuibi ied about the war with Ore it.
Britain he r pln d: Nuthing but this,
I had been li-hiiig cue day and caught a
little li-h which I w is taking I olli". I
met a -I'M H r in the mad, ami having al.
ways been told al home that we must
be g. o I to the s il ii is, 1 gave biiii lily
lish." Tins i- ..ill,,' ii lain: glimpse, I ut
what it -Ii rts is rather p 1.1 -a t the
geueiousi hiid all I the pati'. tc l ouse-
11 Id. liul there is no . 1 st 11 ill tuat
these tir t years of b s l.fi hid tie il iasl
ing effect upon the t inper ini-nt ul this
gl'i at liiil ( i' 1 ill and nceiie h"U m 01. lie
had little i ln olin . II" aec inp inied
his sister Sarah to the oiov school that
ever existed in 1 1 , -1
ihi'lh"" I,
kept by nhaiiih linuy, and anol her
by ('.lieu Hi.", while he leaiiod his
alph.ilict and a little more. Hut id all
those advantages lor the cultivation of a
young m ml and spirit whi, h every
home now 1 IT Is to its eioldleli, the
books, toys, ingenious games, nnd daily
devotion cf plHIital l"Ve, he knew
absolutely nothing'.- Cm'.ry M.i-ii; ru'.
Frauds hi Cnfl'i'i'.
"I dearly love a good cup of coitee,
but until recently found it dillicilt to
obtain one oiilsi Ic of the best hotel-,"
said a lirooklyuitr to an .'-'. la poller;
"A few Weeks ago I made la" acipi.iint
auee of a gentleman engaged m t 1 ' eof.
Ic tin le i i New York, who has sine,)
suppl ed tin' with the best ol 1 . iT e
beans. My frien I has given me a few
points ia buying c-lT " w hich nuy he
of Use to m my readers of the .'o.V A
111:111 w ho buys colTee groun I is a fool.
Why? H calls in eoll'ec sold in that
manner fraud cm I" easily practiced,
lirowiied bread i mollis are ollen sold by
lin-ciupu'oiis dealers as coils'. If you
have ever purchased coffee in the many
retail stores down tow 11 in New York,
you won d tiltd that all the cotf'-e sold
was ground and put up in packages.
Such funis seldom, or le ver, sell ( "ilea
in the bean or roa-led. I!y buying it in
the bean, one is Mil" that it is in.idiil
t rated, allium ;h he m ly pay more lor
the coitee then it Is worth. Hut few
are able lo tell the difference between a
30 cent coitee and a ','0 cent collcc. If
one buys of a grocer he must rely on that
worthy's honesty."
ADVERTISING
(Hi' upline, imc iliwi I lon-
hie f llti I ', I w insertions
One sijtmrr, one month
por larger tnlv-l
Inn Is will l'l I'l
Kit larger iiilvorli-aiiicnt.s liberal con
The Old Front Utile.
(Hi, the old front gat , tho old front gate!
II o 0 leu it comes I 1 mind,
ll e.v ..fl has th" dude lliei'e lingered I'ltfl,
VV Ii--11 III" mai ten was solt inclined,
lb w of. h is th" Imlldo wi-gleil his noso
'lliioiigh the bars, to get a chance
To di tie b the dude's btatuesiiii reposij
And l.kertise tin tit of his pants.
Oh. tin-old front gate, the old front gale!
I low ofle 1 has it tireless siiii!iik
Made papi impiire, when the hoar was late,
If dial dud meant to stay there a week.
And then, when the gloauiuiK had H-iiei'lully
giiHIII"ll.
Win n I .una had long uraeed the night,
llm- pa with a club from tho ba"k eiitranen
peon i'l
Hut ilolplms had vanish d from sifdit.
uh. II II front gate, I ho old f ron' nat d
lieemeil was your storm bcab'ii frame.
Hut in gltL alter night you upheld the weih--(
M' 111 lid -a 1111 I dude, ju t the salu".
And bu lling and p.t a and lieiirtlesi tvlt
Will vieiilv combine 'gainst fa to,
for ihe) II coin each niglil when the stars
ni'e l.i
And spin in at tl Id flout ;a'e.
- Mrnhmil TiiivIIi:
Ill MOI.OIS.
Pals bale Slewed cat.
I! ii 'bcard's trade evidently was that
of a belle ha agor.
' 'file season's over said ' Pogg as ho
eapsi.-d the pepper Imx.
Teacher "ll ins, name three beasts of
pny." II. ins--. "Two lions and a tiger."
1'iogs legs are said to lie unusually
high this year, 'l in y always were oil tint
jump.
A Hoitou man diinks kerosene as n
bevragr. This might to make lit 111
lolei.ibly light-headed.
A 1 exchange says salt, is n remark
able I cm 'I ial agent. So it is indeed,
ll has I u know n to even cure a ham.
"lies-ie, temper is an awful thing.
You ought to get rid of it." "Why,
m inima, only yesterday you told inn to
keep it.''
A Piiisian dune, who is in the hair
growing biisine -s aul .'-ays sic has all
inl'a !ihlc speeliie, i-s,, bild that she is
ob i'ji d to wear a w ig.
"What is afoul now :'' asked nu ac
ipiainiance of a reporter who was run
ning for the olli e. "Twelve inches
still," s , the si r. b as he shot out of
sight.
It is pretty nearly half-past eleven
o'i lock when he began losing 'How
Cill I I, ave Tliei .'" to his best girl.
I'reily souii her papa came down stairs
and found out how easy it was,
Vul may say what you will about
pirlnies ol astonishment, but you just
oil ditto sea frog try lo jump into a
pool of water that is froen over. Ho
don't say much, but what he docs say
call be relied up ill.
M ISMlgC.
'fo prance belongs Ihe credit of giving
to modem llle I leine a si ient ill system of
ma-sage , and yi I, ill spile o! many ablo
Wi l is, an I various discussions at the
Aeiidi my of Sciences and other lu irned
societies, i 11 in liii" 1 u suit of secret
irntiie, almost wholly under the
domain of i J 1 1 1 1 . 1 i 1 i -1 1 1 , but with the
waning inti le-l ol prom h physicians the
(b liuaiis and Scandinavians took up the
sub,
M ;
to be
t ; an I about ten years ago Dr.
r of Anist 1 lam I'ti'iul t massage
1 cknoH b ilged as a highlv valuable
method. II' pl;i' e l it up hi the basis of
practical know ed-c-, thus taking il out
ol 111" hands ol ignorant charlatans. lie
delict w 1 ite iiiue-i ;ib ml it, but simply
employed the ti aching of fact'. To
hv
iaiis who wrote to him for an ex-
nations of his treatment he only saidt
ome and s, e." To Prof, von Mosoil-
. ll i-
wiu.r the iiie-ciit ,'iei urale and
III lie kliowlv Igc of Ihe 'ubject;by
careful and painstaking observations
III
he h:
te III
biou-ht mas-age into high cs.
111 so that it is now acknowledged as
pedal branch of the ail of medicine.
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The .Mongol mi's Appetite.
The Chinese are all veiy hearty caters,
tin I tie y lire likewise the most abundant
pro, lie us of tool staphs of all kinds.
Nu caste pre ,u Ice (M'r stands between
a Chiitam in'.- appetite and a good square
nu ill, but, I" the lower classes at least,
"all's li-di that coim -th to net." Their
principle is to work bald and eat boun
tifully, and coii-i .piont y, as a race, they
have a look of well led plumpness which
is in striking contia-t to the lean and
hungry Hindoo and Malay.
(Mar travellers hale said that the
lowed ( -lasses of the Chinese cat domes
In an. 111 ils that ill 011:' dining rooms
ligure under th" table latin r than upon
it; but I must say 1 saw 110 i vidences of
such bad t a te on the part of the ('ni
ton sc. I rem' nibcr, however, that
when al the v llage of Simiijati ill Hor
neo my C lestial servant, Ah K'-e, re
ported to nic wilhcw'iy manifestation uf
utispeakab'e disgust, that one of tho
Chinamen in the Chine .c kampong ha I
actually eaten a cat. Cotm - Vii;i,
Curill.il Hc'ntioiis.
"Are their relations cordial'" nsked
one friend of another, ri spccling a cou
ple of politicians.
'lllani' d if 1 could tell. You see I
was over in the coiner when they came
up to the bar, and 1 could only see tho
neck of the bottle, but it looked tin TO
, like whiskey." HWn'ijf"! ('1 Hir.