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mTSH()R() CHATHAM CO., X. C, l)L( KMBKIt P, lsS.
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I.ons nnrf (iiiln.
I sorrowed th:i: g"l I 'ii ' iy n dcid.
Its liirlit t:. I; i- c-Ji.r.trv iil adorn
ing .
Tut whil-t lgiiovol. bh"li' tlio Kast grow
i" I
With morning
t sie.hod tint merry Spring w-.os foiol to (jo
An. I the v. rent n ;li:it did . ivo'l be
conn- h r.
r ut whilst ' ri'irimii',il nt Iit absence. In:
Tw MS Ml I'lller.
I mourned In o ill -. 111" diUTo'llb- wore killed
Ky huniii'i; ii-i 1 'in? sc rrhe I inv early
1 .osic. .
Hut while for th - I pined my lion 1- ware
in. I
Wi'li ro. .
TIllW lloe-l heart- I 1 bewail-d !i.e (Mil
Of frioti i-liips than winch noli" had oni
S"S'ini.l tp-nt in ;
II .1 wbi'.t I w- it 1 found n newer frii-.ii 1,
Ami dearer.
And thus I lnrn d oil pleasures nr" es
lrnniTi.il (Inly Unit SMinr-thinj; letter may I n Riven,
Fntil nl last i tin I this earth oxcri ing. I
I'i r I h- iv -n.
STORM AND SUNSHINE.
".-! n! sho i! iir t the liens! Look
nt the wii' (Ik i - liggitf up my s-:
seed!' And Miss Penelope Flos'imi
nil is f si :is h r rhfii ui.it ic Uneo would
poimit toward tU.- clTen I ing fowl, her
ll'.i- pinghnm np:er, cui-pnad from
inch corner ".ike a sail nil Pit to
favoring gules" flapping up nnl Jown
in unison with h r .hti'.l "Shoo' shoo!
1.11....! '
'I'lu hens and th-ir lordly lender lie 1
i i dnmay b.-for; this in.li lo-da I ap
pntltioa behind them.
'i'il like to w:ing your hit'.!'
: ii ulatod :!i i wrnthy s j.iri -1 i-r, :i -hu
i - '.V in . i:tj a di-t i u up the
ro.'i ( - i 'i--- In r-clf ng.. i :-t their rc
turn t i Kit domni is.
"l-.Ii -what, ma I tin ( ' end out a
iill o, stout, re I haired oonthninn
whom Milt I'.!os ni, in her oul, li :i 1
Tin it'. Tin) siul 1 en colli hm anio
near '1 "ino'.isbln - llu littlo man, who
cou'.l only K'.sp, 'Yun'vo nearly
kiiiickc'l thel'rfMi'h (ut of my bolv!"
'"I win l:i!ki i' to tl.cn) rhirken,"
Mi's I.os:.m I, ,-ip i icliciiily.
'Oil, jtm i i In'l menu my nrck,
then';" I i - i . - a lnoal sniilo in tho
lej.th. of a r.-l rt.ttnn hand kerchief.
"I'd tee'. r.i u h like it if y ini w.i
t!io owner al lh-; posky creature-! ' she
! l-irnid wrutiiTii ty. .
"I w. u il t iki- my rhatue-i of hein
hint n. iii h i-v-.uch fair h unl.-i,'" l.-.nvin
yal'-n.t'.v, 1 ut not with,' ut a tiitV; of
ituiiii ia lh? tone of hi- w.ir.N.
A f niti t ?u R iun enteied Mi I'. u-
hi' mind.
'II j you thij owner: ' the demanded,
poiatia-; with one lunj, l ony tlnp-cr to
the still flyin ; Jowls iihea I of them,
who were now vaulting lightly into her
xt doer -new neilihor j yard,
' r.ittunately - 1 think 1 may f.-.y
they ate nnae, teeing tlity liav- l-r-i-n
lh.-nionr.t. of makhg me rripi iii:tcd
with t;iy fair ncihinr. Mi- J"l js-Oii-."'
' ll'.inil h! 1 au: wir d l i. :a:r i. . i .-h-l.r.r,
l-eari'i iu n.iad h-r ruine I f-rnd'.'-i.
"I! miyu't be. o lurti.iato if they rum
-lijjiii in my garden u'in,-' with a
rim sn i.
"M iy I isk what vim wdul.l do in
t i it ci3 :" he nSKcl I'landlv. yet tliero
waatriflj i f 'litter'' in iiii roun I
li'tio CTJ9.
"Pot-pie i jood," wus tho ommoui
i ii-wcr.
"fi i 'i pi 's aro vjry d.'.ir under some
du uiii-tuiiij.?, ' camo till in iian re
I i.v.
'V-'-,-?1 s.j 1'vi! h-arl," cjolly. "Hut
1 hai;.'t a l it btia-jy; I'll ak you i i to
dine." making n -tilT lit.le, curt y.
'Thank you; III come, mil hriaf;
iiioi: a littl j popper to si aoin it w ith
ni t exactly the kind thi.t comes i i
b x : jiiii;tliii a trill j nmro biti i :,"
slniflc.irjtly.
"Wuilu you wu.iibjtit il ycu mi ;ht
fetch some salt to save tho in-jil troin
lieiu' flit, Mr. -. "
"My naiiii.'s Ililiierry, inn' air. - .T virih
J irolthi in Iliiicrry, I'll huve you
iiiulcrl ".n l !'' withii-inf; wrath.
"(i I mo-it n-; in .my names M chick,
ene,'' disdainfully.
"I vo pot what tho Lord evidently
left out of your composition,'' iinri.y.
"What' that?' ndv.ineinj witli
ir.utuiil iro toward tho enemy.
"S mi," ho snorted," fnrettins hit
innnncM entirely iu his r n:e.
"You're an impudent man!"
"You're a sa--y womai. ! '
AVUat niilit h:vt- filoW'.d a...l been
' my sad plnce to recur I, w: s pn Si iite 1
by til) nil Men appearance i f a fair
youn j;iri, i.s tto.-t iooki.-i;; a Juno
roM-, ntlendcl by in eijiially hand -cmo
y u -jman. 'lh1 bel 1,'trent itti'ul..s
o lii" t 1. wen an and slurt litilj man
cnuiid lh so two Kivors, who had leeu
sccre'.'y wa'.kias and Inlkiair, ' lveri
i.ro woat to d", to cry cut ia -i m n 1
taocous concirt
"Aunt Penelope ! What n tho innt
tnl'' "L c'o Josh! What does this
in an I''
"Matter cnou-h, 1 should think !" re
tirtod Mist li'mwni, (-larins fiercely at
tb youns tn in. ' W'li i V donating
Ilia mli'jcl ly "tie ion torefn.!.cr
j.ol .t'U so dcui tin i.lorejji I ";u'"
handsom) eyes, that ho involuntarily
retreat d a step or tw- .
"M". liilber.y, an -li'," 1 ''san tho cm
barraise-l v-nnij tiiri, but was rut short
by her iadinat.t r-litiv.
"I vj hal ei o ijh of Eil berry t for
nnoilay!' with awith'-riaj r-larci nt
th'3 .inle mi). 'C'jiiv, Mi, you
miticli homo with me! And don't let
me catch you mini Icrinj in tho wooii
with any moro Hilberryi, or l'.l know
the roaton wiiy !" ;
"You, sir!' roared tho dimuutiv! '
uncle, hopping about li'co ai aiiniate.l j
fro:, "m irch nloa,' withm-! Aid i! I ;
find you ch niig any morj H.otsom i
disinherit you! ' j
The young man whispered a hurrioli
word or two to tho blushing and o:n-
bnrrasod girl, and turnin-; upon his j
heel h lUghtily, with tho long stride'.
ho oon left hit fat littb une'e's short I
ones waddlin-t on far behind. I
'I'll cut him o(T with nit a shilling ! ' 1
ho panted, "if he iv-r goes near that'
ltlossoin's ni 'co a -ai.i ! I'll nip hii fun !
in the !'ii 1 '.' ;
lb' : mi IT s 1 tor:ni'y ai Id witched the ;
Imi.' ii 14 gmt disappear! ig with hit ;
"v v -ti-lo iijue 1 boots," while Id, aj
"iinl .lack'' strove to overtak s him.
' Tiio deo-iviti' littto jade!' burst out !
tho ir.itj anil. "Off n-w.iikin' with j
n horri 1 :1:1a! I' ever I citeh her wi-h 1
that old Hi berry's mph-w again, I'll'
unke a bile.l p 1 l liti' of him to go witltj
the pot - pi.-! ' j
"P. .as., Au .t I'.-nni", m ir I bo the !
Sa.'i' pipi-l it li'.itlu y i.i.ig v ic ) at'
her '. :h-'s
'S is.I-ox ! ' Au-.l IVae'i-ric lurncd to
cj.ii-.i -.t-, but lh; j r.-i'y s..uc:ox was !
sri .: 1:1 ; 1 1 1 h .1 i-t .1 1 :
IV! "11 -."..!. 1 . 1 1 - Iilll.
I'.-.u' iit'ti'lm -kii-ii-i i v. I I-. v...,i.-'
Mi-- P.-i..v p kept i.-h.r;. tyo upon
h r cbarming 111 tC'. a!t-'r liii . liitl ! cpi
so le. li d, a. a-! I. .ve l.iu;h. nt law
or !"i k-mit li ; ' at 1111 its an I uac'es,
too, Mt'ie is iu don -t; lor one li 10 day,
in spun of Aunt Pennie'. -harp eye,
M:-t PeiH'lopo J!.iiss(iti nil. i::is 1 1:;
and, not str.mjo lo -.., yii'g Mr.
Hi berry had also dis ippeaic-l.
A littl" tio'c came li-un ,1 tiei.jhbori.ig
tow a r.ni'.in t ill-:
Pkwi i M I I wtr Wlii-n-i-tliei " w is
I lit .'iii- Hill . itv i-i N , at -t I .' I. ' "lav, ,
il'. tli.-r" nr.. I t - m.-.-nliMl.-l I'll o:n.
I i.'iir niint "ill v. 11 t'-utu.- yuf wivnaid ,
Klos- tli it .-!it 1 l. a hilli.-i 11 . and I. .114s '
I.. iu li.-i s -II -if .hi w.l --.-nil your l-n oifj
inert
I'lM i'ti: I n iii itiiv. in" lli..is.,-.t ,
' 1 1 iv.' von h -ar.i I h i sli.itn u .nw-j"
cued out Miii P: r.ebip ; 1'. - - 111, -pia-f.'"-i,
111 hi;; into Mr. .! .-i ill I'.i! tfrry' -.
kite ici .ioor a . i ca'i-ii;j t iat astoa-
i-h.'l ti'.id inttii i.red g.tittma:i to ill
.1 bi-.ii of pnt'itiK'S tint h) wa. j il ii ;
tho act of s.'tti'i j up ) 1 th-j t Oil i to piro
for Ini fill .1 dinner, be hivin j been :
driven to this extr.- niiy by the s-.i 1 1 mi j
Lvmnu of hi s liotisek-eprr, who hid j
left hi n i l a liutT tint tii'.-ni ig. I
' (i.iudaesi oririiiii ! ho jas.ied, i
"what ii it?' ncrvi-u y b.'ginr.i ig to
gather up t'l" rol.i i j ji :r.iti wn-;
d.rin;: tilt whie if tho chickens h id
iueti itiikinrj .1:1. 'tier rai I upon I'll o! I !
mai I's ;'iir I J
"'llio-e voung foo'.s hr.v been gettiV j
mnrini! stianp.d l ho spinder, wrath
:u Iy.
"What vounu !o 1-.'' lb t ol I hnrhulor
di 111.1:1 led stupidly.
"(i;r yiuag fools you fool!" slu
fairly shi!l;i nt him, b-ji-hg over with
ra-e. "hvik at that!" thrustin-j the
note that sh.; bud received under hi.
no e. "15 ossi 111 d into a Ibliierry!'
sb-t ulded, with scathing sirc.sm.
llj senie 1 to be ditdby tin sud
don nnd dienlfiil nnvi, and kept on
huntiig a ir.U'phv o- two that seemed
yet to b" mison.j. Mi P. osioni, by a
hnppv c 11 i lone, b nt io as. i-t in thn
poo I wor when, each ri-i:i.j to jeth- r
with the resni.-d v-.ji tables in hand,
i-oinolirals toeth-r ii sudden col
li io:i.
"tin a! C'.rTi (J.-cro Washing
ton ! (ii-lont M-. Iblilierry, rubbing
his b 1 1 v I u no-t i or r.iutn ru fu'.lv.
"II. vii ' k ire'i ii.v liraias out an I !
done with 1:!' (Ho I Mis Ibos-om,
si aki ig white and taint into tho uearest
chair.
"My dear I'vj birt you forgivo
111 '." lit .'aid, in great iiit ilin,
S:. ! ' ri iiig in st iu !y itiili jnalion to
r."i'nt the tender app -Hati :i.
p. r a moincr.t Ih -y stood lo iking nt
cith olh'r, then both invohi itarily
burst i-ito irroprci-iblo ia'i jitter.
"It shows wliieh li.-a 1 was the bird
est," Mis It n is. en f'na Iy ;;ai led breath
to sav, a: d pointed Willi gii.n hiimoi
to 11 swcllin j a'.o-.il.ns large as a .uod
s.."l walnut protruding I rom p u r lit
tlo lliiberrv') fotchead.
'I!i:nph!' bo groaned. "Al for
that scamp's doings wish it lit I been
his hea l,'' rubbing his bruised forehead
tenderly.
"Mo tiu.-iit huvj dona worse," re
tur ' 1 Mi' II oisoi!) in on injured tone
of voice.
"S might your nice," h) retorted.
'Well, who's compbiinin' I ' sho
snapi'cd.
"Why, I thon;b'. you wis,'' his
roil 1 1 b uo ey.-s i peai :g to their full cx- 1
lent. I
"M ! I i.nly biought you tho new-, j
lint's nil." J
"Weil, well.'' h" reneatud, Irakin7 I
about help'eisly. "What ran wo do
hboutii? Tiiey'ro mirrio.l tight at tlu
rock of Gibraltar now bit in going
be mighty lonosomo without Ned," hs
added in u. big! v.
"I shall iiii.t Poanie, too," ha'.f
sobbed tho melting au it. ' Yet I aw
fully Int'j to have thoso young 'nut so
gut tin best of their elders. Itaia't
plcnsin', look at it in any light."
"Sec here, Penelope," "rowing ra
diant, mi l edging up to tho tall form,
"let's turn tho tablet on 'em. Now
you luivo b en .1 Illossom long enough
to change into a P.. .berry. Come, der
Penni", what do you say?"
"I 111 all took I ack I don't knnw
what to sny." I -lushing like a girl of PI
"Say you'll bo a Bilberry 1" ho oriel;
and befor.'sho wis well awno of his
intentions', the little man had stood on
tiptoo and kiised her.
This 11 iwonte 1 caress hid meltod tho
ice about Miss IVnilopo's heart, and sho
fait' ringly sai I "sho w Mild.''
"And wo will liavo tint pit pio for
our we' Id in; dinner, " ho sail teasing-
Tho young fols were willing to cry
I :i s wlun lh -y had luen ordere 1
h'.iin aud learned the lacts ia tho
case.
"An' to think, Poanie, I called you
and N'd tools, nt' t irne I right round
a 1' dune lh; same thing inysolf," aid
Mr'. !i;b.:riy "t:ior. wi'h b ppy cjii
trition, "You know lh; n lag," slyly -ug-'st
;d llu junior Ini 1 , nt sh af
fci tionateiy kiiS'.'i hr nun I s faded
cheek.
"No fool like an old fool," tin senior
lit i b) repeated mrrily. "AY I le'ivo
;t to you if 1: n i t as true .1 the los
; o .
Mi.s P.h)-.om was c 1:1 ib'tely vr.
ipiisii'.d, but M.-. Ibl'ietry was p-r-f'-ctly
happy. And our stoiv c unetj to
a good e .d.
A Mintgiili's I I'l'iiii'tiilous Load.
The oidnaiy shoig in. how v r per
fect it 111 .1 y be, 1- altogether too taut!
a id iaelT etive n weapon tor lh) pro
fessior, a! I' torn 10 ilii".--hu:iter, s ays
tho Wa-hingl in P -I. II- tnu-t haVo
-onii'llii -,g that iti'wi down 'h; gaaio
-ike ,1 iiiarhin . II ! gi-iu-ra'.-y iwot
wbat h" calls a ' b j .,u 1," tho barrel
of which i from 1 ' t 1 1 " imt long,
and whi.ii i irri: a pnu 1 I and 11 half
ol shot an I a h ill-pi'iin l ol powder.
This engine o: d.-st -net i- 1 ii place I on
:i -oil of pivot or 10 -1 i 1 tin- ;mw of a
i'0.terl;tl with the mo o ext nl
tiig oviib.nid an I tin butt re-ting
agiln-t a puking o tag. or something
simi.ar i 1 t h bo: t-.-m o! thy craft.
The man wliou es p. Ins down flat
in th" bottom an 1 approach'-tlm docks
on the w tor : y 111 -a-.s of ih it it calkd
.1 "o.'Ci'i'in j paddie," wi.ii ii is v.:ry
-b ut and wlmh is work I iy ono hand
stretched over th; silo of tho boat.
Wh"n a point his boot re idnd sulit
cieutly near the dm. i, sjiii; ttiovi m-at
it mad) to frighten th m, a i l as they
ri e in great 11 itti ring blaels clou Is tho
"1 ig ;.ut" i Iir d into th-ir inil.t,
sr.motnr.es ki'.li ig many ui.-ii.
The reboti id of the u guns is so great
ib it th y -oiiiotin.. s th:ow iht skiff
bi ck 10 lee!, and 1 veil sometime sink
it. Tho fotc; of th; rebi 11 id i caught
by 1 h pio-king in tho loltrm of tho
boat, ai d, n n.ny ba imagined, not
against tho h tilder of tin m::u who
tires i!. Another device of similar
character, practiced by Potomac mar
ket hunters, is to arrange from seven to
10 old 1:111 -ket buirels on the odjo of a
boat n::d havj tin triggers of all of
them connected by a slri g which
wlun fulled explode-, th-1 titite si t. In
this way is many as " to ducks havo
b-en ki.led al oti'3 li e, many of thoio
canvas uackj.
The Lion's Mode til righting.
I.toiis, as a ru ', hunt i i fiimily par
tic. A very old lion not iafrciju.'r.tly
incapia it ited from taking an nctivo
part in pur-iiinj game, is generally to
be found at the heal of such a coterie,
and on him devolves no unimportant
part of the pro tram.
H iwn to lecwn d, it hundrel or moro
jt.ic-s be'ow, where the draw jilt biplccks
nro nialo fi t when a train hats for
r..-J(, the young an I ;:ctiv; mabi and
lionesses p i.o tlninselvjs I chin. I what
available c v.:i i 1 feu id. This being
done, tho 0 d lion goes to windward of
tho encampment and shakes out hit
abuinl int mine in tin bre, , so that
tho odor from it may 1)3 earned down
lo tin excited draujht animiU.
( 10 si ill of th"tai:.tol breeze brings
c-Vi.'ty ox to hi' let t in a moil e, t tiien
standing, o:ten trembli ig with fear,
thvy g: with di. :itij 1 eyei into tho im
pcnctrald. darkness, t'.oser and closer
npproticliei tlio ag:d lion to hit victims,
slinking a ltd re-h.iktng the dome, tawny
cov ring of hit foreipi n tori.
Then, il tin traveler's Inmost bo not
atron , he may look out for u -.taiupede.
S loald il hold lomporari y, tht; aggre-e.
or, nt n climax to his former m 1 icavi-r,
gives uttt tanca to hii deep s" ,11 I loud
est roar, w hen th in ghte'p d cast", if
net secure I ly tho stout-.t fiste.lng
that can be obtained, wil. break Iroo
.1 .1 ii' -h with i-.c.ineiiv be- rapiiity
i-to the v :y jaws ol th ir lo s. s crcte.t
l i 1 . w.ml 1'ui.adelphi.i Ti not.
! ciiii.mir.N s (hm'mn.
i
I, I r-1 Il-I ill II- i1'li-r.
i lielp. M iir.- II, liei. . uis,.ti. 'ttl.-i -v
I do.'
I'.ui 1 ivat' for i lli'i-1 1 wait up hi 1 '.
t .:'iiiiaiiia W'ii li --Wl 1 cir l."i' ait.-inio.-ii o at,
K'iiiiting mid r-i'iit'- a'i iv sh" s-.
l.o. . k at tie bird. how t.. v l.n l I t.. ,- ovn
ii..m '
Wuteli tlt brown bees, alwavs ti-ibng their
best'
1 i:t v an-own Inivl-t I'." pl'-ugh if y. u'd
thriv.;
P ni I w a-te iir ir- in-1. :i wi-ltiitg, bill
stt'iV' "
t'p ia her f."i' l-ioke'l a i'i-. !oi-v . n 1 If i
"Ji.ni't f, !':-!. (l.ll'llll.-. Slid :h "hel
vf.i;r---ll."
Aft.'iai'i 'i; -1. a l"V.i ciow .r,.iv.y attd '!";;
til anuliM 1 m i- it . it ipiiliy t'"''l" 1 ill si- p.
Notliii, Hiis i.t.ir,l l.nt In" "!d farm !e u-
r'lnil,iit:r al'.ng with its v.nin.iu: 'tieU
t" k '
(iiiffr-tn I'.o p'f.trv il-:" 1 .hp a ! .11-1
l',s,
I'll sy !i:inpi-i ijp fri.in tin beni'li !!. n
II is,.
I'.ai-k to her chair s'r.. I tli.s prn.-t ieal l.ov,
sr. p" I to 11.-- ears in t 'in. eu-tnrd add joy.
Ci liilill!, he i i :e 1 . "I',";!". Iv'i' im-il III"
sb.-l',
III. malum, 1 t'lllni' I I d il ll"!p lov If.'"
- II u p - -Ming i eopl .
An A.-roliiil C lf.it .
' Ton-, ' lb : in.,1 loo.i: - .y of tin r-t.
1 imes Hotel, h.-n ii.t will!" t;,t whi.ll
h h.n Ir.i'ln.'l ! do 11 trip . ait ia a
manner that w- u.d do rrcdit 10 a human
sorobat.
Tin ti'ki t 1-nl-o an tkiollont Iu inm-bu!i-t,
and he c! i-i: i i.-r s a .01 -g .a siring
! lelc'tx"! tight y .a. ro t th- r .nm.it if
!;e enjoyed th.' iiip. II : is so t nr.e th it
hi is p rmitl ; I t 1 iu 1 ai (.1! I b : tl J r of
tho roo.n nt id I liu.es wv.huul Ids
niakii tg any IT r L to i scip''. Tma
tbi.ks very bijhly of hi' p-', and so do
the hell boys i! tin- boil o. who nevr-r
ire of witti'.-s-ing bit ei ::i nice ; -:N'-w
Vork Sun.
Illid ( iilohlng in the I'.iro Islands.
P.uplo w'lL do a most nii-.ihi.g to
eara a living, and ultcn go i.;lo tho
mojt dangerous pi ice-, '1 h n men i 1
tho Faro Islan Is catch, for their 11 .h
and feathers, I iris which nest in: he
-loop silos ol c-ifTs 1 1; il I.- t hi -li.
The way til -si fow.ers -o ab oit tjieir
work is interesting. They nro let dow n
from above by rope'. S x ir.ea hold
tho rop; and bir or tais; lh" fowler
is he signals by :o ans of another
ma'b r rope. Wl-.i a In ii do-e to tho
.liil In cannot sec mir.y feet oach si lo
of him. In order lo - e 1:1 to be pu-hes
hi iti-cl f out with hisfe. t and a tor lode,
ing ipiirkly about gui lei himself to tho
spot w here ho wishe; to g . It 1 i-er-tainb.
an oxei'.ing kind of a swing.
Wh n a . 1 ; n 1 : 1 1 ! y of I ird- ar caii.'ht,
thi; lea t h 11 1110 sold, a .1 'lnloivl -rs
i:-e the Ib'sb, both fr-h a-i I -1 rie 1, for
tool.
I ho Pig. oil of 1 lib c.
r.i-i'i v at! rnoon ' :i :.i ..i of S'.
Mill; ii Venice i- . I :ir ti i -I 1 7 a crew. I
of pi-cons that d o ;. I to b . fo 1, -an.. I
so t mho are they thatth v a'ight on tho
head or unit of any one who 1 11 rs
them a f w tempting ;its of grain; 1: -b'cd,
w ith but lut e a lo 1 pi jcoa will
laku food In m lh-' lip-, and many
ladies and children -.mil'.' tb'tiHelvo
feeding these i c ih. whoso bodies
-hi 111 :i cr and gleam bith ; biijht sun
light ai they fl.t l.ith r and tliitlnr.
Nonativi would ban.: a feather of
their little bo I io , for tradition has cn
ciicel tln-iii with ihniiu. It is s:,i 1
that A iniira! 1) indo'i", whilo besieging
I'andi i in the thirte-nt h century, re
ceived ir.tc.ligrnr ! Itom lb.' i-'and
Iv means of carrici-j ieons
w Iiidi gro.il 'y faoi it it I its ooni;ii-t.
He the-i dispatchol lh. liids lo V "ih o
w ith the news of hit success, and si n o
then their ihtc-n lants h v b.-on caro
Itilly tended nnd riveted by tb.e r.a'.ives.
T.ny i.ro r.o r.spieteis ol r-o::s or
plai ns, for tluy ne-tl in lh f. iMiiei of
tho surrounding elitiee-, biiild t l.o i r
nests ti the carvel front if tto: po:co
of the dojis an I iroon and c o on tho
facalo of S', MirVs. Tiny wi-u'.d even
dare p- rib 0:1 th' liend ot 11 s.i I, and
jf liny did th"y aro such 1 rlvi eged
characters tint no 0:10 won d lull them
nay. i lio iy inc.
Poseil as Angels.
Among the aili-ti ' ircas'.ir-i of old
St. P.-let's ('illuiba1, this city, are two
angels in mniMc, on either si io o' tho
high altar, the work of the Atniiican
-.cui'ptor, Ilium Pow.is. A story
which provokes n smil 1 is n-la! ; I, as to
tho manner in w iiich th.-y were or l "red.
Over t hi r y y an ago. Ardibbhop Pur
reli wrtd- to M Powrs (wl:i was
t t" ili -.g in ri"r.:uce) a kin; what
ho w.ui d rhirg-'lor a piir of si it u s of
angel, "of lh ti-u.il si. ." ill; mi p
lor rep'i d tint "angels wore all sie.,
lilt e an I hi ," nnd that ho was unahto
to deteiiiii :o what the A'ihbi-hop
no a.l bv tin "u ud si..'' I'i wlmh
(tie i-vei-rca ly 1 ccl.'.si ,lio rephol:
"Tiko tin two prettiest girls ol pi, r
cine, a id put wiigs on th- ir." I ho
n 11 1 lor soli cte I his mod 1 . r.-.d pi o.
iiu.ed two bra'lti'lf woiks now among
li e chief mi -ri 111 11I1 o: ! . P tor's,
which leitainly il;;C-l lb.' ltalim
sty e o! f 111 ib: lo oliue-s in th ir lea-lul'i-.-
New Vuik I I'lL'iitii'ieut.
RIIKHA PIBRF,
Its Eminent Suitability for Tex- i
tile Fui'i'o-jc-i. :
Its Economical Utilization a
Croat Industrial Problem. j
T. ;o groat stienr-tb, length, and lus- '
tre of lh" liiiro of th; rhcia plant, quil-
iti s which oininen tly recommend it fur
ii"! i : t xti.o in liiut'iictiues, havj ren
dered that plant tin tubject of
solicitous attention for many years past. ;
The pro lucti ni of th fibre i 1 ipi uitity,
1:1 an i'tono-1 ir d manner an I ia a sttit
ailj 1 ot'diti').-. tor tex'ilo purpo-c-;, .
c- t -1 i' 1 s i; fur', on. ! tho most im- 1
loitant ir.d'.i -trial prtdiloint of the
prisel.t day. 1"' r rr,(T'.' than thirty
y nars cn lcnvo-.s l-..io be. n ina-'lo to
iilii.o this li ,ro on; more i nl ly ; many
thousand of pounds hiv" been spent; ;
tin ni I of both nif-chat ieal and chemi
cal sci'-no) ha- bion invoked, but almost
ail ii vain, for although this libro is
tr-ed to some extent, that extent i. cx- .
Ircinely cireuuisi ri'.-.d. Twice during
the pas' eighteen years tin In
diin (i vTiiment has oil -re I a ptix- of '
J l.iidl tor u n nchmo wbidi shou I j
1 IT 0. t .i.i.ly pro luce th - ti or" in the re-
ijiiite 1 conditi : , the pr: h iviig b-on
twice tump, to 1 f r and twice with-'
draw -.. Tin Kieiith i(.v.-r: m-iit has,
rec.n.t.v tike 1 up the 111 .tl.-r, aid hii- ;
otT.T', -I p:i s ol th vi 1. o -il'JO'.i f,.r j
any piocess or in 11 bine th .t wiii p' J-
dii.u ;!io fibre i.i 1 imnyrcn il ,:i 1 n'. 1 i 's j
a d rf proper (put'itr. Tin gr-at .1 -tl
cnltv in tho way o. -: -r si is tin satn
laitorv trcatnnt:! of 'in gr.niny innttrr j
in wl.11 h th libro i. 111 e 1 led. It has
been foti id ta-y to dec -r t it it-' th;
rh en stjins t'.i-t ii, to riinovr the
li. I-, wiiu its adhering bark and 0- ,
meiitiilous matter, Iron) tho wool, but
tbllii-iilt to pro i uce tli'.-fibres cltnti an 1
live fr.cn ail exirnncuis and 10 i lt -rj 1: t
111 itter, ready lor tho spinner, on n
commercial nale, Thii hnldc goo 1
with all thn v.'.n.-tt-'s of tlii- fibre,
wi.cth-r ih-y i o known inidci th-; name
of (,'iiin 1 "T :- , i'i ' a or latni- th.e.i
b ing tin I 1 1 1 1 1 a i l r 1 i".ie the M il iy ,
name of th" p r.t.
f::c thing )s coy ceM-o . aid that is,
that with a li.ue: i .c 1 on-tfucte I f"t an-othc-r
purp .o. a? l!n one under rotio -is,
and adn.itt 'Uy i::i er.'ec t as icgar is
it. treatment of the ihcea plint, the
libro of the Ir.tt -r can be, mil i, ob-
Inine I uudatii l ie I an I fairly !rcc fiom
tho woo ly stem. Th" 11: achi no in 'pic t '
tio.n n a iVix-soutdii ig machine of
i.ove. disigo, and about 1'. f C 'i inches ;
high bv 1 f"' t wi le, and 1 fee' long ,
overall; its working civicity being
put :i! lewt of ret' .1 !!ax p r hour. It
con-ists of an upper fc. d t 1 1 In on wlrh '
th' tii.x -traw ; !'.-l :.t tiiroo pair- of
tbilei rollers, wh'cli d.-i'-v-r th' fix
L'wr. ,v ird 1 b"!w .,- tie- p.i - of pi
ning I nl', nil matin '.villi si pair of
giii le roll'Ts. 'i ti - pi:it ing loois roetn
l.ilo hat: l-h-ick! ail may be popu
larly iki lii'C i :n v -ry c nir-e wire
bm -ho. Tu-y .t" -ttu-l.e'l to i.o
vertical tramei, t i who I: .1 h"i n.t ii
to-and-fro ui'ti ! i it.; irt I, and th
I i IS i ! rl.il'i- ,l.lll : MV 1 - I I " app i-il' ll.
'I h tl itiiiis miteiial i- drawa diwi;
w::rbs by the rollers, w hicti li ive nn in-
tc-riiilttont ino'ion, and at eiitliiio
mcntary pau-e tho pi i n i ig pins en'er
the untoriil n i l ate r ipi lly with Irawa
from it. Hy i g " t : . . - ti r"U de
pi'iiding cir' un is I- liv I ell' to a
si pi Ig l'ec.'ivi :g t.il.lo at t b 1 bottom ol
the 111 lehi 1 . iv r whi h taol i th
woody .-libit i'.o !;a- pt'Mous y pi s.-l
to a receiver 1 1 1 cru-'-ied and
fcmi-pu vn. d conliti, 1 an 1 per
fectly free from li'.T". 11 it in 1-much
cs it d,vs iti w irk 1 or -.. ly n re
gards tl'X, tin priiHi;.!.: would app ar
to be correct. It i. moreov r, to be
born in mini h it, a- we b .ve already
stated, the liiiirhine was rot designed
to Ue.it r !"., a, iti' llix. IU-:'.C' iu so:r.o
of its b l ,ils it 1 i np -rfect a. regard
linen. N v. r'.h -lost, w j :. n'liii
stenn of rheca j tit ihr. u -h with txc 1
lent result-', r.s f..r as the 111,'rh 11 1. .al
separation of tl..' ft 1 r : from the bark
and wood ii cone rr.'.' I. T.ie st.-m-were
those of rb.eea grown at Kow ; they
wero about -ix feet high and of fair
ti.e. They had be mi lotted for four
davs and were 11 d iii:j d y. Mr.
Wa laco holds thai they houl I bo
rotted for 1 ight davs and cunplct -ly
dricl. lliiwevcr llii- r.ay !, the
stems we siw put through I in 'chine
were quickly iloto-, nn I the ti- : pro
duce 1 w.h from w- nl. It 1. inteiid
r I to -en I to 1 idi 1 a machine sp chilly
m ule for Ka in? with rh.'ei. The lirst
point -ottl-.il tliat i', the pr 'per-ia.o
nt wlmh lh) ni'ichl 1 'ha. I b; u;el -M..
W il.ac.) is col li let t i f Imng able
b, pic. 1 1 e ilioli 'ro from hii machine
1 'i iy lor ii 1 by tin - j-i on r, ju t as he
hat alrecly done with 11 x It i to bo
hoped that lie will so ice i in 1 (Toe tin g
obj'Ct, whi.ll wiil le the tnoaus o!
tivit-.g to th 1 1 x ' 1 1 .- inlustiy a libro
which has been pi o -. on .co 1 to bo the
strongest it niitu.e, ri i t for which the
t radii Ii n i,( . long nnd nnxioiiuy look
In g. Londot T:m s.
Ib c nsed 1 11I1 11 tio. s I i. luiico:.-
ranglit l!y an Artist's Skclch.
Atti-ti do not a'.w.iy t devotj lruh
and pencil to tin pint: ay.il of tho bo its -tifif
; sometimes thosj potent instru
ments are t :i' ni" I i:to wenpons whicli
may rca-miany b .- tear-d by evil doers.
A ready ban I and braiu aro possessions
iik"!y to come i:to play under any cir
cumstances; they may cvon copa si;ccd3
fu'.ly with bruto force. Thi fjl. owing
advenliira is to'.J by Mu ready, tho
artist:
One bright, moonlight night, in my
stu lent day-, I was walking in n.strot
in tho out skirt 1 of ban ion, litibj bet
ter than n country line, when n man
camo out of the .shadow thtuwi by a
largo treo and proliu".'! a pistol ad
dressed mo in the usual robber fashion
w ith, "Your w itch 11 a-i nmney I
"I am a pair nrtis'," sail I; "see,
these are my drawings. I hiva no
watch 1 lr ve never been nbl ; to I uy
one." ' Y ur money, tb-n md be
ipiick!" Al tho time- I was watching
the fellow's face; it xva v.-iy white,
an1 I think h" was icoro Irijhtenod
than I wi-. I gavj him all th: .-l'ver I
hala-cu! mo; b i -nil ' tl ;od-r.ight"
uvii.y c-nou.'li, a.-! -t i't '1 nil towards
l. iudon. I iiiado in. i .: o! 11, y way
h iu , and before 1 w "it lo ho 1 1 dr -w
tli" miu'.s fiicc v.-iv can fully.
Tin next 111c rr.m ; 1 wont to Haw
st c' t with my dnwing, luedng that it
11 ight bo rtco ' ie I by tho otli.-ers
th r-, but no! T :- nice, they said, w.13
new to them. T . 11 U-.ivj t h iike
i.ess ! ere." sail the chief detective,
" ') may p.
son it r -pr
101110 ..cross the p- r
." To it very soon
h app
ol ,,l
I' d -1 fortnigb' hid bar liv
1 before I was end:' 11 1 ion to
I lontif .' th man w 1 1
II I; id neon a-r. stc-1
-.ini c-asiiy couvicte.i
A rgon nu'.
nur-ier and
1 i ': mcisci
llo lo Avoid t (inl.igi(i:is. ;
Ilow much .1 luger c-vty on1 r:ms j
earh day of c itili: ig a tn ill ;nan'. dis
ease is very littl- known." - id a d .ctor
recently t a reporter for the N ;w V-ni
M ill and Kxprcss. "M in;, di.e .-..-s, 1
lk ; hydii'p'iobia. are only no'-vyd by I
coming 11 .bru t . i t irt with .1.1 nor id- .
ed - urine". I l oth.-r .li-cnses it is w :',- '
.1 rfu thofMe.t 1 1 which the cotn
municn; liig patt iles c m 1 irried.
Persons h .v taie't: tile siii'iU'cx a
mile .li ta t Iron; !h li i:-:l 1 . . 11 let
fever is very co-it.n -i no. A -lies- lol ' -d
up a! the bid oi u 'iying pa lent a-. I
p'ared in a trunk li 1 env yod tin
poison to u Ir.iui y o! chi dren .'.-ur miles ,
distant when th" dies wis imldiei in
their pre' nee a iter I h r -c 11:0.1 1 h s time
has '-lapse. I. Wh. -oping. con ;h an I
diphtheria are prut ably never convey -
except bv the breath of tin patient. ;
M'-isIci 1, cotiiii u-iicntc I a great dis
tance and ii ci ion. 11 lie;. I.. I by the
clothing and ci:r:cd ab ut by p-isotis
i-iti-ig ! he sic's I '.'U!. Il 1- r t 1 1 :
that many ima-o. l..v- .-en c :i 1 r 1 c I -ed
I y i ' tending th" funeral of seine
person who Ins .ii : I o' a contagions
di-ois . Ten much enre nnot oe
taken in d ispesi : -i ol t tic clothing, or
ii-infee in j 1 v : vthine tii it hi- bee:-,
li.'.ir ap' isiin -i.f r; -. it h .1 c m.T.uni
otblo .1: . a-" tl--r 11 .liti'-.t l.'ls
li. vn tin li:-! -yii. I -hp if ! nrii t
fev.r, it t ) . c s b!ty-.:i." diys betoic
thr patient it tre - t ro :p. 1 1 , . . t ion, smnl.
ix tiftv- is .liv-, 11 - - twenty
seven i v-, ! 1 iht : ' i a t -.v -r t y -eight
day-, 111 .1 ill p-. t w only -one day- a..d Iv
ph. 1 I b-v 1 t'.-.' ty 1 hi -lay.
llniiio's I lupin
lb. Aliie V:c M ty ot II ig and alleges
lint P: nl c: uiu-t b'di b pp e-t r. un.
1 1 y i 1 llurop. Sin ! ivs th t win!" the
surplus in won 0 1 11 (lr-..t I'.ritai 1 an 1
Gortr.nny 1.1.. '. .: s 1 1 :i- .;:lv 7 ",. , . 1. 1
an i l Otlona! 1 v tv, Fiat. 00 m
' Sst liiid a Mirii.u- . !' -u'.iy 000
women, an-I 1uarr.47.es '."' nioie
pr va i" t in p.roprt : a to iho popula
I lion in France than Iscwhetc. I'rarce
has the low -: 1 Ir hiat : ot uli llnv c 01
iiU-.!rie , J.! s-; - a thus a r.d, u.aiti t
tl or (lr. a! H Itala 11:1 I H- lo- (. r
many. 1 he average r.utn.'cr "I 1 hi
drca ii a l'r m h fnniily i. now
agiii i-t 1 iii. I' 1 'land a .d Wa 1 -, '-..'I
i -. Se itlan.i, and .11 n lrenn i. 1
iti 1' y has nearly I'v.; 10 a fan.;. v.
: Fiance has a Lieaitr roportion of
. grown no per.on-, than any other ra
tion 10 llir.ip', thenuiib-r of per-nns
1.1 eich lo noil i-sMwi'i-.i tin a 'cs ol II
1 an I (in io lee, i i France, .1 t.l-l, in II-...
1 it'.l, l'.il: in Swed- it, I'.iM; In (.:cat
llrit .i '. 17 Ig, in ib" I .it. d Stat, s,
I.".'.' lhi.ncc b as lh hi -h st aviiag:
ia-c of tlx' liv in g bl. ( a', y ir , . ai:.-t
! II illan-l, .;.:; !. ! n. 5T. lif. -m "I
P. it i'n '''I 1. 'lo 1' . ite 1 S ate-, 'J l I.
(li l'ra e, 1 lit of cveiy hnalied
j d -,.ths. thoso o; persons over th : a o: .:
i lib nr.- 'Mi; in Switer an 1, 111; Knglnn i,
: till; II -l.-iii-n, 20 ii. t. 11. burg, " I ;
1 Prussi 1, I1', Ausiri', ' ?. Hi ookl v-i
I:''
j A Mnrtcr.
I .'Io I! imp has been calling 'or nearly
two hours. 'J'h'-y arc talking mu-ic, Inn
1 gui liv.
' l h voung lady (s:id I-nlv biigbtiii-in-,
up' -di, I iiko Fieiich opera: 1'.
h --:. h ago lo i'. 1 -into anything
tl d b is 11 go.
' lie i-oea. j Life.
Heaven nnd l iii tli.
ni '.- mo in Sbadows where there is no
Mm;
I'I. -re is no beauty whom there is no
Still lo;
AvI ail tilings in ti - lines of c!"i'.v run,
bii'.i'. mid b.i'.l. ebon and gold inlaid.
I e. a'lo.iig ni tl.i'. iigli tli" shrouds of
a 1 :
.i I 1 , Ion 1 r 1 i-i is like th silvery wnke
I. " 1 by V'..; p.iin-iee "ii th- mount nin lake,
I'n-litig and t.-ipjH ni-.ti: hc-ie .nnd I here.
Mi" I mo.- it'll vo l- tl. r nigh h-av'ti and
oal I 11 t Ii I' ill .V",
(i'i I'I 111 I -''It. It- j'.-lloM-. of t!l"i- ligllt,
! 1," s 11:01., o - up.ei n misty niglit
I', iti, i.:h" -iia-b-.a ...iii.ng l.te: nnd Lev"
V. inn.s lot- b e I-at- ..no, in tli.' holy tomb,
1 I -. .ni-" l ed'' '.I..'., - ai" b. ti-r soon in
! - ,1'. . 1 nl r, in N.-w Yolk Tribune.
ni ioi: i-i
F. mi'y wi r-hij. Fir.t bnbios.
'J he prohibit! m pier A dry '1 ok.
A -liiai'ig ij oal --.1 boi 1 1 lack's (hair.
T:ui -hoito'c ! Tic; no'o that is not
proto-t' d.
A r'nir skin iiating a friond out of
b.. row d money.
T your.:.' men It i1 bet! -r to bo fait
isle ilia 1 fa -I 11 wake.
Mot .,1 th; Hi. lib landlords nro
.-Oi'S'-rv it ; v e . terra lories as it ware.
'ihe wner of a coouintiou lurm.co
.rys to earn a living by liming thcde;.d.
Tm rca-oa w h , l.innd ressei b ivo tho
oliies U ir-'bably bjcauso they use in.
I i jo.
A 1 .right s"hf.'. ir lerently statnd in a
.- .iii".-i! i .11 tii it d uii ;ii- nu'.s were first
n: d i ; Cr. eco.
W'.uen a coup!" conic to'he conclusion
bet th. v will in itry i: i- a tits voto and
he clcigytiii i imis! c.i,t it.
It is singular t h .! a i d or has never
o-iii n omin ted for a M ivoi, for n goo I
:::e knows all about men and measures.
In lit-..: days ol rdorin it is strango
tint i;o.o.l h a- s 1 j:.e.ic 1 that juiie.t
should lutniis'ti their ow 1 i'ooJ. C'cr
ai'lly a panel should b; nbl) 10 supply
its own Lor.r-1.
"Whv," a-ked an examiner, "does
h n so sel loin overflow the land I'
P. i'i-c- r inerci u! Provi 1-nco has
n.-.'i-.el sp.Tigei lo lmow i:i it," was thn
eplv. Tin cxin.incr was a j-ublic
.ch ol so r.
o. ii itjjg f ik- -Shall I send tho
....cl.aji'I Mr. llui.Kby No, I'd lako
II 1: v :'.' j.-t slinv-o it im -lor my arm.
I 111 getting so careless like, that moth
er -he ha I t- frJue my phves on lV
1,111 I I leave'm souicwh r .
Th- 1. -mains of a Hi!.o:.i desperado
.ho.li.-d a few years ago wore c
" . 1 in c 1 la-t week Oy relative, fiom tho
I'...!, and found lo have liunid to
tone. It was then remembered (hut
'or several months Ioforo his d.ccaso
'.- hid 1 0:1 1'lui icd of feeling rocky.
1 ho Music ol the Ancients.
I':-.- il yti.,:! tbi'e wis only a cow's
: r 1 wi:h tlir- e or ! ur ho'.-s in it, nnd
icli u rp.ar lyrdialoair t hr-e strings ;
he t.r en:; !y:e hel oi.iy . v -n strings
ni 1 wa- v -ry Mi-.n'.l, 1 - ing l-.ei-l m ono
I. an i. th' .l"ai h trunipiMs that mado
I..- w.,1 s 1 1 .1 noil f'di d w.n, wero
nil rati;-' loin : :h-ir tl 1! -: was tho
i,n-.e as th 1' vpina; tii'V had no in
- 1 nun in . ic bat iy p.-rcu-sioi,, of
wi.idi li.e : l. ab .-! boa-t u i Ic was tho
p.-.it-'iv, a sin il. iriangu'-u- harp or lyro
i.'l- wi-c :lriags. an I st:uek with at)
nn mi ile or slick; their sacbsit was
son.itluiig like a bug pip : tho timbrel
wa a t .mbeti: iae, and the dulcimer
w.i. a lo : i;- ontn! hal p, with xviro
.lii.ij-, ;.!i'l -liiiek witli it si:rk hko tho
,,sal'cr-. 'I'll- y had n- wi 1! I -ti mu-ic;
!.a I scnv.y a v-iwel in F. cir language,
v. 1 v. .,1 c 0 tin 1 t 1 .1 '-t ill 11 , they
,,1 .'o 1, 0 hi mu ii ia- - pi yin j at I ho
lo-lu ,' 1 a ol tii T 01, a-; .0 S -b inon.
I , 1. ! t would lia'. : di-d innnhacon--1
it in lh" greatest i f ngoi.v.
Marbles ,1 I anguishing Spnrl.
Matl .e-, which o-.C'! I tol s many
.0- s a- t ii i r-- d iv . iu ;li y 'ar, nro
1 w fillcn 1: ii 1 vil times. K -.ucding
loi" is ilc an rv llett -it the at t con-
c.iiis ,1 i- cn.licd by a-toth.-r ti 1 ni" ; tho
tib v-t.i 1 enntounde 1 with hi. irotln r
..,f tin rank - ill li. ; thero lire no longer
oil the liner nineties in 6tone and
glas-, ur 1:. o ib.ro i an 1 streaky marble,
1 or do b-ys, iiie sportsmen, yean for
a lull bag; m r do they study any
'ungcr t'.i" h.trir ;u io-, tho possji;itici
111 I the .-uMi'.-tps ly which their bag
11. a V be li i d. The game is now only
played iy .ilt.e beys -their big is
sma ; their game is simple, nn l wheti
ovci iby cm riii-e a penny, tho niar
i !os Im come a v biclo for gnml) iug.
S iti;r lay K- view.
niidoi's of Vegi'lalioii,
o.it in Nevadi convicts seal many
;iga: lie sp.;. imont of vegeta'ion to the
iigricii turi'l nnd horticultural cxhihi
iioi. I In inmates of the State Pri
son hav this seaon raise I beets eigh
teen inchei in rircuinforono nu 1 cab
li'ige. largo enough In fid an ordinary
1 whci'liiiirow. lint in the cultivation
id s. inflow, rs they tako the greatest
' pud-. S mio of thoso moasiim four
j Iu. 1 - van 111 . h : in circu nferonco and
I l;i w in. siaoci two vj fect high.