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lTfTSBOUO CHATHAM CO., N. C, JULY 25, 1881).
NO. 17.
' Meadow of Rest.
I rrmombcr the bonul if nl meadows
Anil tlirir iweet streams purling Hour,
'With flSwrrj besprent, where my young
, days we; e s)ionr,
Where the birds their niirsliiiK rear,
I was shel'ciod then in the dear home nest,
Where my feet ttirnnd oft to the me clows of
rest.
1 remember n grnvo In those meadmvs,
Where shuiilieri'd u lnughiiii; eyed l-oy;
Death found him tit piny, lie lured hint
away.
And with him wont half our Joy.
Wo moulded tlu turf Unit his ftet had
And kept hii grnvo green ill tho nitudwws of
rent.
I r ,memli'r a silver haired father,
Who wilkl hy tho river wave
To wnteli t'ie reeds grow, or the sweet
waters (low,
Or to muse hy that little grave.
He luis passed long ngo to tin; homo ho loved
best,
To tho inflnito pence of O d's nienlows of
rest.
I wonder if green nr? those meidows,
If purling and clear nre the streams,
If tho mom shim s as br gilt, if the Mars
give s'l h light
As they did in my youth's heppy d'esins.
Oh, ungels of destiny, heed my request;
ti.vo uie back, pivo me Kick my ilu.ir mead
ows of rest,
Mrs. .V. iii.yiie.
The Hero of Bunker Hill.
l;V .IAXIK.S TARTO.".
It is still a little uncrniu who wns
in command of tho Am.'' icati troops at
tho buttle, of Hunker 1111. There was
very littlu commanding done, it is true,
nml it is of no great c msequoiicc wheth
er that little wai ilono by Colonel l'rcs
Cott or by General Putnam, lint tin ro
is no doubt that the favorite hi ro of tho
day was, and is, Joseph W; rien, who
had the strango destiny to bo thirteen
years n Iloston physician, then thieo
days a miij ir-geneinl, and three hours a
soldier in the tanks. He was in truth a
in"st gillant a id tl .' voted spirit, worthy
of the cauc to which ho gave his life,.
As tho Seventeenth of June ap
proaches, jn iters-by lead with renewed
interest a certain insc; ijition ou a stone
cottage, in Ko.xbury :
"On this spot stood the houso erected
in 17!D by Joseph Wnircn, of Hoston,
remarknldo for being tho birthplace of
General J scph Warren, his grandson,
who was killed at the hit t lo of Hiitiitcr
Hill, Juno 17, 1775."
Another inscription testilioi that
Doctor Joliu Warren, a distinguished
physician, mid brother of tho general,
was also born in tho same ' 'mansion. "
Tho writer of tho latter inscription
used a very inappropriate woid when
ho called the modest abode of the War
rens a mniihii n. A lady dosccn led from
the hero, Mill living in Huston, lias a
painting of tin old house. It wns a
farm-house ol the plainest possible de
scription, two stories high, with noth
ing huge about it except the huge chim
ney in the middle. It wns surrounded
by a picket fence of the simplest kind,
and had near tho front of it a must un
colii romising shed.
It was the houso of a Ynnkeo faimer
of tho last century, who raised vegetables
onl fruit for tho Iloston market, u
skilful, enterprising, prosperous farmer,
who introduced an apple which for a
century bore his name, being called tho
''Wiurou russet."
The Hritish soldiers in lljston taunted
Joseph Wnrren with having been "a
bare-hgged milk-boy," and nothing is
uk re probable than that all tho four
Warren boy, each in his turn, carried
milk around for tlioir father.
If they did not carry milk for their
father, they probably did for their
mother.
When Joseph was a hoy of fourteen,
a terrible event to ik plnco up.ni the
AVaircn farm. On a clay in October,
1733, when the farmers thercaoouts
were gathering their Ia'.er app'es, the
mother of this family scat her youngest
son, John, .1 little boy jut able to do
such an eriand, to ta'l 1114 father nml
two laboring men to dinn-T. On his
way to the orchard, tho little fellow,
only two years and three months old,
saw tho two laborers carrying homeward
his father's dead body. He had fallen
from a la I lor while gathering apples,
had broken his neck, :rtd had die I in
stantly. Young as the boy was, this fe irful
eight made nil impression on his mind
which the lapso i f time did no: weaken,
aud ho spoke of .t with f c'in . when ho
was an old man. Tho fa' her thus sod
denly taken from them, was nu ll a n:ai
s we should naturn'ly expect the fat! er
of Jeseph Warren to le. One short
ic itence which ho uttered in his life
has l-crn recorded. Turning his eye
tow.vd his c'dest son, Jo-eph, he sa;d
one dry, ' I vi-uld rnthir a son of mine
were dead than a coward.
At this time Joepli Warren, fourteen
years of age, was al nt ready to enter
liar raid College. The mother, a wise
r.nd vigorous woman, managed the estate
so well that uo change had to b. mi lo
ia the life of tbo bjys, and their elocu
tion went on in tho way the father
hail pi mncd heforo his death.
In duo time Joccpli Warren gradu
ated; then spent a year ss master of tho
Hoxbiiry Grammar School; then studied
medicine; end by tho timo he was
Iwinty-threo years of ago ho was a full
Hedged Huston doctor, getting into a
good pisctice, and married a young
lady, Mi s Elizabeth Ilooton, whom tho
newspaper of that week described as the
"only daughtar of the late Mr. Richard
llonton, merchant, deceased, an accom
plished yoti'ig lady with a handsome
for: une."
Hut now came on tho troublous times
preceding Die Revolutionary War, and
every mail had to choose which party lie
wool I B 'rv. The fashionable society
ol Boston, for the most part, sided wi ll
tho king. I) c!or Warren, from the
Hist rumor of tho Stamp Act, adopted
tho cause of his country, nml did this
with decision and openness.
His politics excluded him from many
of tho wealthy families of I)-ton, which
led one of the Tory doctors of the town
to say, '-If Warren were not a Whig, he
might soon bo independent and 1 id J in
his chariot."
His practice, however, was extensive
nml mill hut. When John tjuinry
Adnmi was an old nun lie liked to tell
of a feivici rend Ted him b Doctor
Warren when lie was a liltlo boy cf
seven. It was Doctor Warren's skillful
trea'meut that saved him from losing
one of his forefingers, after it had been
badly injured.
The doctor at tenib.d all the best pa
triot f imilics, mid thus enjoyed the ex
perience which people UMiilly il l who
einbiaco nobl-j and unpopular causes;
they escape the lions and enjoy the lust
society.
(i"nerl Putnam, in 1771, drove in
from his parish in Connecticut, a Hock
of one hundred and thirty sheep as n
free gift to the town of Iloston after the
closing of tho port. It was Dict'T
Warren who took the old hero home to
his house, where ho had a continuous
reception for somo d iys.
When tho llritish troops camo to Bos
ton, the mere sight of them was almost
t to much for Doctor Warren's philoso
phy. One day ho overheard a group of
officers say, as ho passe 1, "li'i on, War
ren, you will noon ceino to the gallows."
Dr. Warren walkrd up to them nml
said, in a quiet tone, "Which of you
uttered those wor Isl" They continued
their walk without giving him nuy re
ply. On tho great day of Lexington thrco
of the Warren brothers vrcro in tho
midst of tVi strife, Joseph, Bamuda'id
John. Dr. Wnircn wns busy w ith his
patients, when n messenger brought the
news to him of what had taken place
on Lexington tlnei.
Hiving his patients in chargn to an
assistant, ho rodu toward the scene of
net ion, crying to a friend as ho passed,
"They have begun it! That, cither
party can do. And wo will end it.
That, only one ran do."
D u ing tho chase of the lli itish troops
from Lexington he served sometimes as
surgeon and s mi tines as a i'i."ii
cheering on tho fo'd'cri. A lliitish
musket ball struck a pin out of his li air
close to his right ear.
It was sold of him, at tho tim that
wherever tho danger was tho greatest,
there Warren was suic to bo seeii. M'hcn
ho resumed his duties ns a physician, he
made up his mind that, if it camo to a
light, he would not offer his services as
surgeon, but as a soldier, and ho made
known this purpose to his friend.
Accordingly the Legislature of Mas-,.
chusetts, over which he preside 1, elected
him, June 14, 177", "Second Major
General of tho Massachusetts Army."
Toreo days after occurred the ever-
memorable battle of Hunker Hill. As he
had not yet received his commission, he
was not in military command; he was
not a military man; but ns soon as ho
knew the intention of General Artemas I
Ward, who commanded tho army, he
declared his resolve to share the fortune
of the day at tho fion'.
His brother inembors of tl o I.egisln-
tin r endeavored to dissuade him, es-'
pcoially his intimate friend and room
mate, Klbridgi) U Try, who entreated
him not to risk a life so valuable to the
Sta'e at that moment. He only quoted
in reply the Komai maxim, "it is sweet
and becoming t i die for our country."
Anot I er friend wrote, "The ardor of
dear Doctor Wnrren could not bo re
strained by tho entreaty of his breth
ren." And so, on that burning hot summer's
lay, after toiling through the night in
the service of bis com: try, lo did not
appear in the chamber at Watertown,
w ho i tho licur arrived for opening the
session of the legislature. He leiched
ti c redoubt cn Hunker Hill a few iiiin
ut cs heforc the first assault of the Urilisli
col umn.
To General Putnam, heia d: 4i am
here only a. n vo'untcer. Tell hm where
I can lo mosi UM'ful." To Colonel
Present!, who wai a' the fmat line: "1
hall Inko no coinmaud. here- I copie is
a volunteer with my mukct to serve
under you, and shall be happy to lenrn
from a soldier of your cxperic ice."
His mere arrival in the redoubt was
equal to a largo ic enforcement of men.
The soldiers cheered him, for their was
no m n then in Iloston toward whom
they had so cordial a feeling. The ac
tion Lvtc 1 nl out an hour nnd a ha'f,
and cbiring the who'e of it Warien
Fcrvo 1 with his muk-t, ai ho l.ad find
be wou'd, cheering the men around him
by bis eoolncs a id cheerful confident
When at length the f iilure f ammu
nition conipe'led n retreat, he wai not
among the truwd who ni't o it of the
redoubt, but, ai Colonel Pieicott
remombi rod, ho took long st"ps, and
parried the thrusts mid a at his person
with his swoid. The final -stiug ;le was
half hidden in a cloud of dust, during
which, as contemporary tradition re
ports, ho was reogui.jd by a Hritish
fib er, who wrested a musket from a
soldier's 1 a id nnd sled him.
He fell dead nbou' sixty yards from
the ledottbt, his hand mechanically cov
ering tho wound in the buck of his head.
It was not far from this very hour,
about four o'clock in the iiftcrnoon, that
tho people of Salem first heard the can
nonade from tho direction of Hoston,
fourteen miiei didant, and, as darkne s
came on, the light from burning Charlc;
town became visible there.
Doctor John Warren, brother of tho
hero, wns then just beginning practice
at Salem, lie heard the cannon; he
saw tho light of the conll igntion ; and
soon cinin news, imperfect and con
fu'ol, of what hvl taken place that day
near Iloston. lie heard that great num
bers had fallen, and tint his brother
Joseph had probibly been in tho engage
ment. Af er ft few holes' rest he slarled nt
the first k r Mik if d iwn, id ut two in
the mornirg, and rode to Medford,
where ho received tho certain news that
hit brother wis among the missing. All
that day, nnd for several d iys, he went
nbnut Cambridge and a Ij uvnt places
inqtti ing fir hii brother; soin-tinics
hearing that ho was nlive and well;
sometimes that he had b -en wounded ;
nn I, sometim' s, tint ho hud fallen on
tho field.
Ho was almost besnlo himself with
anxiety and apprehend n. tine day, in
his overmastering de-ire for news of
his brother's fate, ho pressed by a senti
nel, who gave him a sharp thrust with
his bayonet, inllietin a wound, tho
scar of which ho carried to his grave.
Many days pa-sed before ho learned
to a cort.iiuty tl a' his brother had fallen
dead upon the fidd, uud had been bur
ied where he fell.
Nine months after, when tho post on
Hunker Hill wis abandoned by the
Hritish, Dr. John Warren, accompanied
by his brother Kb'ti, was guided by an
Englishman to his brother's burial
place, from which ho was disinterred,
Mid carri id in solemi proeessiin, with
military and ma ionic escort, to tho
King's Chapel in Iloston.
Mmy iiitcreiting relics of Josiph
Wnrren nro preserved. One is a small
psalm book tak 'ii out of his pocket by a
Hritish soldier on tiio fidd. His sword
is s ill in tho possession of his fani'ly,
and thcro is some r;ason to bclievo that
tho very bullet whicli pierced his brain
has been i lontifiod. lis father his
living descendants, and tho family rinks
miring tho most dis i iguished in M isi.i
cliusetts, after having given several
highly accomplished members to tho
medical pr ifesdon. Youth' Cvmxi.i-
'.(H.
German Kl (quelle.
Perhaps tho I est criterion of tho min
uteness of German etiquett ) is the littlo
unwritten code on pocket manners. Ger
man good form is shocked by tho helter
skelter condition of the American pack
et. Awell-b:ed German never allows
his keys and his jickkuife, his small
change, his shoe buttoiier nnd his cigar
cutler to jinglo iibnit loose'y in hi3
trousers' poeke'. The L;rc.itet olTense
against German pocket manners i to
carry snail silver coins loose in tin
pocket. A Gcrnir.it I cutenant may
have only half a dotlnr to his mime, but
ho carries as big a purio ns if he owned
all tho notes of the Imperial Kcichi
bank. In pay 'ng for five cents' worth
of beer he goes down into his tn u.crs
and draws out his flabby pocket hook
with a dignity, thanking heaven that ho
is a mannerly, high bom Pi uss-ian and
not a vulgar tradesman like the Ameri
can at Irs Riilo who has just slapped
down ou tho table a mess of gold, sil
ver, keys and a manicure apparatus.
The una'l German schoolboy is not even
allowed to carry his car fare without a
purse. lktrvit Free I'rts.
A Ileal Treasure.
He ''Oh, what a Irea-nre it would
be to possesi you Miss do Hoodie 1 I
should rest C4iiUut the remainder of my
life."
She "No doubt, ns you know very
well tint pa retired on q c ol mjllicn,'1
CMLDUEN'S 10LI.HN.
TKR noMN AND THK OMlrKKX.
A plump lit le rohbi flew down from a tre,
To him' for a worm which ho hnpis-uel to
A frisk.' young chicken ciimn eenniperlns
by.
And gazed nt tho robin wi h wondering eye.
Said the chiok, "What u queer looking
chicken I, that
Its wings are s i long and it body no fat :"
While tli ) roliin remarked, loud enough to
b h 'lird,
"Dear me! an exceedingly Krango looking
bird!"
"C'nn you sins;?'' robin R'-ked, nnd the chick
en snid "Nn;"
Hut asked iu his turn If the robin could
crow.
Bo the bird sought a tree and tho chicken a
wall, .
Audi neh thought the other katflPfcotliinq nt
nil. JW. .Yiriofo.s-.
TIIK CHINESE Iir.H.
In iti simplest form, the bunk is
merely a wooden surface supplied by
four legs. The poorest people cover it
with ti:;htly stretched clean matting.
The rich use tho fame form but carve
the legs nnd elges into a thousand and
one delightful shapes an I cover the
matting with rugs and mats, until it
becomes a couch worthy of uncieiit
Ibuiie.
It is a bed that needs no in iking up,
that never squeaks or bleaks down, is
never disarranged and c in bo kept ex
quisitely ciean with tho leist iimmint of
labor. I'pon it the mand'irin and dai
mio lie and icid, chat, sleep, sniokennd
enjoy life. It rests without heating the
b dv. It is susreptib'e of any amount
of adornment. In n summer pavi ion it
may bo a giaceful shape of light bam
boo and rattan, while in a drawing
room it nuy Iu n i elegant caived affair
in ebony, w ith royal robes.
TIIK TKItUIKK AN1 Till! I! l'l.l.lOri.
I heard a good stoiy a few days ago,
fays a correspondent of the llision ''-,
which illustrates not only the intelli
gence of dogs and their power of com
municating with each other, but that
the same s or. of experiences which tend
to develop independence nnd self-reliance
in human beings hnvo a simitar
effect with them. A gentleman who
owns a small terrier mil a mas'ilf found
that the terrier was in the habit of going
dow n a rend on which he had ocenrion
to pass a house whero a bulldog was
kept who hardly cvir failed to come out
and growl nnd otherwise linnoy
him. H'lt beyond this exhibi
tion of ill-hunior tho bulldog's
spite did nt go until a certnin
day when he bit tho terrier quite severe
ly. The next day the terrier went up to
the mastiff nnd evidently had quite nn
intcivietv with him on tie; su' je.'t of the
iiijuiV which had been inllb lel by the
bulldog, for at its conclusion the mas
tiff nocnmpimcd the little fellow down
the road. When the bulbing came out,
apparently prepared to r.-ncw his ns
Hiults, both the terrier aud the mast II
attacked him and gave him a tboroii ;h
whipping, tho teiricr especially display
ing a vigor nnd pers's'ctc: which were
remarkable considering the timidity
which he had hitherto exhibited iu
presenco of his old enemy.
WHAT TIIK VKI.I.OW II KS SAII.
It in, clrckcns, inn! Mary has just
cmptii d I he crumb tiny at the luck door,
mid if you hurry, you may get some
nice crumb'.
I'd go, too, if it wasn't for this
string tied to my leg. What they tin
mo up for I can't imagine. I suppose
they think 1 like it, but I don't.
Strange how little sense people have!
Such things a-s they think wo like best
to ea1 ! Always giving us cliiken
dough, buckwheat nnd oats! I got into
the kitchen once and ate half a mince
pie, ind it was very nice; mid. I've
eaten cake that was delicious. I'd n
great deal rather have such things.
Now, Topknot, give that bug lack to
little Tiny. She saw it fir-t, end you
bad no right to get it ju.t bicm e you
could run faster than she.
If you aren't really lighting, Tufty
nml Speckle! l'or shame! Stop, this
minute! You'll never grow up to bo
icspccted noslers unless you leuii to
behavj well wbi'e young.
It's a lovely day, ami if I could get
loose, I'd ta'ic you nil nvir into the
slr.iwberry patch. Tho I crric me ripe,
and they mo very healthy b-r yi ung
ch'ekcas to cat ; I ut somehow folks
nevt r f jod us any.
Ti.cre i nines Miry with our breakfast.
Cluck! cluck! clin k! Now don't crowd
each oil. or, nor act gr. c ly, but be good,
polite littlo chickens Youth's Com
1 1 tii hit.
A Sententious Epitaph.
The following quaint epitaph on hus
band ind wife the husband having
died first is to be seen in one of tho
Parisian cemeteries: "I inn auxiously
awaiting you. A. !., 1S'.'7." "Hera
lam. A. D., 1H.7." The good lady
La i tiikoj her time about it. Argonaut.
OSTRICH PLUMBS.
TumiiiK Feathers Into Bright
Articles of Adornment.
Tho Work and Waes of 3000
Girls In tho Metropolis.
Many delicn'e li igers ply dainty I rides
down iu the ol I French quarter below
Washington squire. Thvio is none
daintier than fin her curling. Could
the ladies that adorn theni'elves with
oatrch feathers see the plumes befoic
tliey have passed through the deft hands
of the girls that prepare them, tbo fu
tino wearers would, perhaps, look else
where for ornament. All the woild
knows that ostrich feathers come f.-oin
South Africa. I'erhnpi all tho world
d 'cs not know that feathers from the
wild tstrich lire svldom or never seen in
the markets of Eurqi'iiul America.
Tho chenjer p'times in ther nidiiral
state look moe like the tail-feathers of
reddish-brown turkeys, s -in-j are white,
some, black and others gray, brown nnd
yellow. The commonest are a dirty
gray, the raicst perhaps black. They
reach tho fietories from tho Cu-toni
House in luge bundles, each b' ndlc be
ing male up of a small bunch tied with
stout twine. Tho first proeesi is cleans
ing. This is done with hot w iter. They
como out much bedraggled, and arc
uglier thin ever when dried.
They next pass to the dyers. These
arc men mostly from Franco nnd Ger
many. Dyeing is a co-tly anil delicate
proce s. Even tho black feathers must
bo ilyrd, for they do not have in tbe:r
natural state a uni 'orin hue. The white
feathers nre b'oached by a eheiuii nl pro
cess. After blenchingand dyeing conies
steiming. This spicids the bedraggled
plumes into somo seaiblanco of the
graceful form which llp-y are to take on
when they have reeiv-d the finishing
touches. Once sti amcd the feathers are
turned over to the girls.
A group of feather girls at work is a
pretty si 'hi. They sit in long rows on
each sole of a narrow table with great
piles of fluffy plumes bef ire them. The.
pible is gay with every c dor of the rain
bow varied in a dozen shades and tints.
Most of the girls are of America i hiith,
and every shop has its be tut iei. M riy
aie below 15 years of ago and few are
above sJ.". The tools are simple. The
first process is trimming. Tiiis is done
with small scis-ors.
It requires great cire, for a snip tin
much tiny ruin a costly plu'iie. Fiom
tho trimmer tho plutno goes t the
sower. Singlo plumes nro littlo used
now. Two of equal si, i are sewed t
gcther to that the upper side of one is
exposed. The result is a stout doiib e
plume not easily broken, furling is
tho process that brings out tho leal
beauty of tho phi no. This is done with
a small, doll, crooked knif'of steel.
After culling the plume is thilli-'r than
ever, nnd i s tip droops like the held of
a half-grown fern. S i important is this
process tl:a. the whole in inu'iu turo is
sometimes cnllid ''feather cuibng."
Feathers that are not suitable for whole
plumes are cut iu two an I ma le into
"tis;" that is to say, the- upper part is
rowed on to tho lower, so that a giaee
f til, curli i j tip alo:i'j is seoi. Tiiesi
lips are bunched in threes so as to form
tho emblem of the Prince of Wal -s.
Delicacy of taste and deftness of hand
arc the ipinlities necessary to s n cess iu
feather curling. Two yens wiil make a
clever girl expert. Once learned the
hade is profitable. In theb-st days of
the business n skilful woman could cam
from fiiO to fl a wee's in tho busy
season. Even now many woncn make
fit in fM to f .'o a week.
From 1 sSst to 1SSI ostrich feathers
were the height of fashion. It was the
period of lare hits, and pinnies were
wiv.n win'er and Minnicr. Then nvir
proilueli on cheapen-1 them; they be
came coiuinonplac.! and pr- ru'Iy un
fashionable. For thr-e icits they
were out of foim, ai d stuffed birds,
fancy feathers and whir not r. isxne I
in th' ir stead. Two years ago plumes
came in again, but this spring Ibev have
. again disappeared, and for the fust time
, in seventeen years aititic al fl eivers are
fashionable. Of the .'H'O'I gills who
once curled feathers in New Yoik scarce
ly Ut) Oil have foiud employment tiiis
season. Next fid, however, a revival
of plumes is expected, nn 1 the cullers
who have been winking ni best they
could at artificial (lowers, lao making
mid tho like will reliirn to their old
trade. The few ostrich feathers worn
this spring are sage green in accordance
with the prevailing fashion, but it it whis
pered in the French qiiaiter that brown
pliiim swill wave every nle re next fall.
..Ye IP ler!' Slur.
Non-Covimittal.
"I say, doctor, yu who know medi
cine from A lo I.ard, what do you do
yourself when you liavo a bil cold!'
Physiciai (win do.is not Iclicva l
giving ftdvico gra'is) "t'ouih,"
Tlio Khinoecros.
This animal is a disaoreoablo looking
benst and of no especial use to man. It
docs not seek tho society of maukind
ivr does it encourage any human at
tempts tu ciiltivn'e its acquaintance. It
has long been coviod by truant boys on
account of its comfortably tli ok hi le.
The rhiuoreros b probably a very convi
vial beast, though nothing definite is
known, but nt all timm a id everywhere
it goes it always takes its horn, and it
has been known to give others a horn,
too. This animal is hunted, not for his
tallow or ivory but for his hide, and the
fun that the hunter can get out of it.
Tho rhinoceros is a distant relative of
of tho elephant and there is that, lack of
cordiality lie t ween them that is often
noticeable among relatives. Tho ele
phant looks down upon tin rhiroreros
because it is a larger animal and be
cause tho rhinoceros is poor and has no
trunk, though this should not be taken
to heart by the rhinoceros, as it is well
known that it is not always the largest
trunk that cmtains the most i'h-ss
goods, and there are times when a thick
skin is better than a'l tho tru iks in the
country.
If some oil) w mid off ;r it me lal, no
doubt tiio utility of the rhinoceros
would be discovered and properly tul
tivaie 1. 71 .r 1.1 Siu'iiii.
The Locomotive in Palestine.
If the Turkish government consents
it is prolnble that Palestino will bo in
vaded by locomotives, an I that befon
long the conductor will have an oppor
tunity of calling out; "Gn'ilee all out
for Galilee!" aid in good Turkish:
"Damn sens passengers will plenso re
tain their seats till the train comes to a
full step!" App'.ioii'ioti has been made
by Joseph Ellas, formerly g vv-riunont
engineer of I, 'banon, for a commission
for a ra Iway from Haifa, on the Modi
teri.noan, about midway between Tyre
aid fiesarea, by way of Lake Galileo
e ver the Uiver Jordan to Damascus.
Authority for tho navigation of tho
bike and a priority of right for tho ex
tension of a line over any other appli
cant for three years is asked fur. Tho
lineii to lol ow the Ibver Kislmn for
six miles, going within three and three
fouiths miles of N.i. noth, nnd then ns
cending the valley to the water-sheds of
tho Jordan. Tho line will proceed
nlong the northwest of tho lnko close to
the plain of G -no, aret, up the Jordan,
cro'sing it about two miles below
Mcrim. From that p iint the line turm
toward the cast to Damascus, a distance
of 105 miles from the coast. 1'ltitn
eiiu'(j J'risi.
Pen Picture of an Arab Mare.
She w.-'.s the most beaut ilul mare 1
have ever seen, of pure Najdblood, grey,
with flea bit ten spots, eves too large for
her head, m slrils thin nnd expanded,
the thri at of a gain" cock, the hair o
her mane and tail so line and soft that
the most beautiful woman might havo
been proud of such a texture, anil her
skin so thin nnd soft that the thorn
bushes through which ( rode her u-cd to
tear it; and after many of my runs
through the jungle 1 have bad her,
bleeding from the thorns, looking ns if
she had been practice 1 upon with a light
sabre. She was what you consider in
England a pony, fourteen bunds one
nnd one half inches high; but she was
ns bron 1 almost as a dr.iy hors , and her
tail w as set up so high that as she moved
a boil l her loose box you coubl, stoop
ing, wills be' we'll it and tl e ground.'
Her feet were black and hud, and the
tendons below her hocks and knees were
like harp strings. Add to this that he!
her head was so lean that you might
have b i ed it without obtaining any
flesh from it ami you have a picture ol
what this desert b un mate was, M ijor
Shakespeare. ; tn I fil.i'h.
( in inns l'aets About Malaria.
In certain experiments made by the
help of the Prince of Tcano, an examin
ation of air taken from tho lt"inaii
inaisht s sbowe 1 that in malarious dis
tricls the p lison is iniscd above the level
of tin ground even 1 cfore tho time
when the infection becomes manifest in
man. That cultivation of the soil de
stiny malaria was proved by llrisexperi
nient. Two r ibits were inoculated with
soil from a K man garden, the one from
some long -ii ed vegetable mold, tho
other fr nn some ad j icent clay; in tho
former the fever w is much more marked
thai in the bitter. lVat is said to hnvo
powerful antiseptic: properties to mala
ria. Thus there is no malaria in certain
marshy ditr ets of Ireland and Scotland
became of the presence of jvat, nor in
our own Dismal Swamp for tho mmo
reason. It is found also that malaria is
not uniformly spread, a wayside hedge
or a belt ff trees acting as a filter and the
leeward or windward side of a mount
mnking a d ITcrcico between security
nnd dinger. Thus in tho Human Cam
pagna one house will bo fever-stricken,
while another, a few yards oft will be
free fiom di-.ci'-sc.
Tho Silent Land.
Tho Silent Land! What undefined de
sire Wakes nt tlieso words 1'ko to the lnmliont
lire
Seen over marshland wastes, nt dead of
iiiKht,
Flickering ufar in weird, uncanny flight!
The Silent limit, which poets love to iianio!
My tci ions region, where the present. Iramii
if all thnt i', beyond our fancy's runt;'',
llo'h yield itself lo siqierseiisuiil change.
Theliil lit Land, where, ill-end us oldiei
fllti s,
Vayii ", sombre shadows guard tho entriineo
gates
And whore glide through the vapor sudden
gleams,
As 'twere a spelral day's suiretting beams.
The Silent Land, whereon that wan sun
Klow Spreads as a red moon-ray o'er the plains of
mow,
I 'pon which liireh trees b-nn across the
trucks
Where wolves nre wont to pie ' in faini-h'sl
packs.
Th-Silent band, n-brnnd domain so still
That il -ileep quiet (rives 111 ' heart a thrill.
As wh n niht fowl sail by on noisebss wing
A thrill such as no sound h ith powiir to
to in;.
The Silent Land, w hich slr.'tches i n and on,
I Inn outlined ns the niisi veiled lullsofdiiwii;
Vistas where I cm vision feebly grop ,
'.Midst (belong cypress I ouehstliat:;l'Kiiithe
slniies.
The Silent Land! No bre-ne; and yet what
wnfts
Are these- which plav about the portal shiifts
Chilliicr the whito-lipi-d waml-rerc who
wait
To puss the boundii'V of th" unknown state?
-irii.i m ,S'(rl!lo-.i.
iii.Monors.
A branch lion e A log cabin.
The hired girl lives out all her days.
The pugilist is very fond of str king
features.
"How cool this conservatory is."
"Yes; papi 6iiys them's nothing like a
hot -house to cool off ill."
A young lawyer has taken to bragging
ma theitrical wa. He says: "My busi
ness last season was tome'hing fee nom
inal." About this time of year the family
woodpile becomes so distasteful to tho
small boy that ho thinks seriously of
shipping as a pirnlc preferring the sea
to the saw.
Mrs. Popinjoy What docs your bus
band think of your new hut? Mrs.
Hlobson He hasn't looked nt it yet.
The bill has attracted his entire atten
tion for tho past two days.
Would-be Purchaser "How much
fortius picture!" Artist "The price
is f.'HOO." Why, man alive! you ex
pect to be paid for your woik ns if you
had been dead UK) or ..DO years."
The editor who ndviscs 1 is read en
"never to climb a tree after u panther"
may menu well, but his advico is super
fluous lie should reverse his admoni
tion, nnd adviso a panther never to
climb a tree after his readers.
Little Hobby "Mi, will I go to
heaven when I die!" Mother "If you
are a good boy you will." "Will you
go, ton." "1 hope so, Hobby." "And
will paf ' "Yes, we will all be theio
soinet.ine." (H ibby didn't seeiu nlto
gcriier satisfied, but nil or somo thought
hesad:) "I don't see how I'm going
to have much fu.i."
Customer How much nro those trou
sers? High-Priced Tailor Twenty dol
lars. Hy tho way, how will you have
tho pockets arranged? Customer
(gloomily) You needn't put in any "J
Muni So you arc going to inirry
your father's cadiier? Isabella Yes.
Pa says that if he inns away with tho
bank's funds tho money will still be ill
the fam.ly.
Tlioronelibreil ami Slamlaril Horses:.
A horse may have been bred up to a
certain ideal or approved "standard,"
and yet bo laricmoved from a thorough
bred iiniinal. Then iigain, a thorough
bred may have faul's and Lcmi-hcs
who'll may be sufficient to exclude him
from a position of a ".standard'' or
model animal', coireiiu nl ly the word is
not always an eqirvaleit nor a synoiivme
of ihuroiie .'.breil wh n applie I to horses.
In Europe the name thoroiighbre I is
applied only to ti e English lacehorse,
audit means full blooded or a breed
descen led from the hoi b'ood and
thiough a Ion line of ain'i'"try without
admixture w ith other animal i or varie
ties of the same nice. The Cleveland
bays, Clydesdale1 nnd several other
English breeds aie considered pure
bloods, mid have long been bred to A
certain approved Stan la;-1 of excellence.
Still they are rarely rileircl to under
tho raiiie of thoroughbred, although
some European autho'ilies admit 1 1 at
the Cleveland bay is now nearly a thor
oughbred. roll a Victim.
Tom "What has liccoina of that
young man who achieved somo fame hy
tho publication of an essay o 'Tbo
Foolishness of Marriage?' ''
Dick "What's become of him? Lot
Uic think. Oh yet; he got married."