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VOL. XI.
IITTSM)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUCiCST 1, 1880.
NO. 48.
TUe Cry of the Dreamer.
I am tired of planning and toiling
I In the crowded liiv of men;
Heart wearj of building and spoillni
And spoiling and building again.
And 1 Ion; for the dear old river
, Wbwi' 1 dreamed my youth ,
For a dreai'i'T lives forever,
! And a toiler diet, in a day.
1 am sick of the shurv morning,
; Of a hf th.it is half a lie;
Of the faces line! with wheming.
In the lliroiu that hurries by.
from the alco.jli-sn thought' endeavor,
I would gt where 1he children lay;
For a dreamer live forever.
And a toiler die in a d.'iy.
I feel no prid but pity
For the burden the rich endure;
There is nothing sweet in the city
Hut the pitient lives of the poor.
Oh, the little hands mi ekilful.
And the child mind choked with weed,
The daughter. hrt grows wilful.
And the father heart that bleed.
No, no! from the street' rudo bustle,
From trophies of imrt and stage,
1 would fly to the wood's low rustle,
And the in -adowV kindly page.
L"t me drivim as of old by the river,
And le loved for the dream alway;
For a dreamer lives forever,
Aud a toiler died in a day.
John Koijle O llritly
A DEADLY ENCOUNTER.
1 have iflcn ni' t old Inciters who
have htarl of battles between the
grizzly lar and the nn-n 'nse, tawny
panther if the Hocky Mountains; but 1
have only onre known a man who had
auch a combat.
Sergeant K'iserinn of the th United
Stale. Cavalry, whom I met in Wyo
ming while on a limiting expedition in
'cC, tol 1 iiij of a ficice fight between
''Old I'jih" and two mountain lions
which he had "unipii I," ns he put
it, near Caspar M mn" ;n sev.-ral years
before.
At that time he was stationed at Foil
Kctterinan. A party of cil'Zeis had
come out from St. I'nul, Minn. , to
h int tl.c big gam?, then so p'entiful in
Katcrn Wyoming, and the sergeant, one
of the liest hunters in hi regiment, wns
allowed to go with them, tnk ng a small
detachment of sohpers to look after the
camp, and take c ire of the game, The
party had been hunting elk among the
foot-hill i of the Cii-pur range, nntl near
the gnat r igged mountain which is
t! cir chief fi.ature, when the ndvcntuie
1 fell him.
'1 killel an elk," Raid he, "early one
morning, and a I often 1 : I in a region
where there were grizz.'y or silver-tip
l enr, I left it where it fell, for bear
bait. There is nothing the big bears of
this region nr. in r fond of than a
freshly killed elk or a black tail. 1 hnd
already, at one lime and another, shot
seven bear by bailing in this way, and
watching by the bodies of the dcid
elk.
'Terched eoinfoilnhly in the brum hc
of an eve: green, or lying upon the top
of some high reck within a few rods of
your bait, it isn't sudi n deiperate ad
venture, the killing of a gri2'y. A
good gun, using heavy nminunitoti, le
cent mnkmunship, and a steady nerve
are all that I required. If you are fresh
at (ho business though, you probably
won't fret a great dexl if tho lear fails
to come.
"This time I hnl killed an elk in just
such n spot ami with just such sur
loundings as I would have selected could
I have hail full choice. 1 shot it in the
net of drinking nt a small basin of water
in. the bed cf a tation, which cut back
into tho foot of old Caspar Mountain.
The side of the mountain on cither hnml
Was tutted with deep gorges leading
into the canon. Quaking asp thickets
rlustcrcd anmn 1 tho heads of these ra
vines, while the bottom, wherevr vego
tation could tak'i hold, wera grown to
' willows, currant and bullberry bushes.
It was just the place for bean, and their
sign wi as plentiful at I had ever seen
it anywheie.
"The spot was only a mile from our
camp, and win n 1 canto in from my
hunt, for we hunle 1 singly or in twos
or thice as tho notion took us, I
found three of the St. Paul men taking
a late dinner. I told them of my suc
cess, and invite 1 them to go with me,
and lie in wait fur bean that evening.
They declined, declaring that they
hadn't lost nny bears, and, therefore,
didn't feel called upon to hunt for 'cm.
I win wolcime, they said, to gether all
the stray grizzlies in tho region, and put
my partiiu'ar br.vid on Vm.
"So about three o'clock I went up to
my bait alone. I found it undisturbed,
perchoJ myself in the crevice of a le lgo
of rock seme thirty yardi distent, which
position I reached by making a ladder
of dry poles that lay among some drift
of a recent 'washoti'.' My hiding
place was perfectly safe frrm the attack
of a bear, shou'd I lu lucky enough to
luro one within shot, as it wai fully
fifteen feet from the base of the ledge,
a. a perpendicular height.
'I found the crack in which I could
Mrctch myself at full length, such a
comfortable place that I concluded to
watch all night, provided no bear ttmo
o my bait sooner. I had not long to
vait, however, before I was treated to
he most thoiough sad thrilling sur
prise of all my hunting eiporieoc.
"I had lain, perhaps, an hour, and
l ho sun had just sunk lehind the moun
tains bark of me, so (h it their shadows
had crawled over the top of the lower
ones in front, when I heard the sound
of soft footfalls just on the ether side
of a fringe of bullberry bushes, which
skirted the stream above the spring
w here my elk lay. I pricked my car
acd looked thai ply for the
game, which ftom the innlfl.'d sound
I took to be two or three bejia running
duwn the canon.
"I had no tune to speculate upon the
nature of the animals licfore there
bounded In sight two big tawny moun
tain lions! The weie lacing down
the cinon, jumping si lew ise and run
ning against each other in a way that
was, no doubt, intended to be p'nyful,
mid I was just about In stoponi of them
with a shot f n ra my rifle when in the
sumo breath each of them caught a
scent of the elk's caica-s and came to a
sudden halt.
''They stood for a moment with heads
erect, ears pricked foiward, and tails
switching eagerly, their yellow eyes
gleaming and scintillating, tho white
spots on their br-'.vls offering a splen
did target if J had cired to shoot at
once. They we e fine, sleek animals
with glossy coats, far moie imposing in
looks and much larger than the pan
ther of the ca-t and south an I I was
anxious to bag both of them, which I
thought I might make sure of doing
if they attacked my bait, as I might
eas ly bore them both with a single shot
from toy Winchester express if they got
. range.
"They hesitated but an Instant, a few
seconds rather, then Iciped tho channel
of tho stream with catlike jumps, acd
npproselicl the elk which they cautious
ly r-n lTed w ith pointed noses. I re
joiced at the prospect of securing two
such magnifi-cut cats.
'One of them, the larger and a male,
came up to the bait first, snuffed it over,
lie ted the fresh blood about the neck,
then with a sudden proprietary air he
mounted the circus with his forefeet,
gave a satisfactory purr, that sounded
like tho muffled drumming of a
pnrlri Ige'g wings, nn I switched his tail
nbout with a mi ipping in ition nt the
end, just ns a cit with a freli-c:iught
tnouso in her piws might hnve done.
"The female took her turn at licking
the bloo ly neck, and suarlc 1 her cat
p'e:iure at the prsp"etnf a gratui ous
fe;iot. They dd not seem to he in the
least hungry, for they made no move
toward devout big, but niter snuffing
and examining the gnme for a bit they
snt nbout scratching Icavet and dirt over
it, w th the evident intention of pre
; ei vitig or hiding it for future inc.
"Thinking my time had now come,
I shiftid my position carefully, and
brought my gun to bear upon them,
wailing only for an opportunity to make
oi:e bullet kill or cripple them both, as
1 feared Hint the unhurt one would gel
out i f sight b-fote I could get a fair
shot at it.
"Su lilenly, the big one threw him
self upon the elk with a hash snirl, his
hair rising on end, his cars laid back,
and his tail switching viciously as he
lay at full length, his head turned away
from me, evidently watching some ol
j -ct down the ciuon. The female, too,
advanced nearly beside him, her hair
sticking out like bristl -e, aud her angry
snarling was dcecr and more threaten
ing thau his.
"At first I could see nothing of the
intruder against which this lierc: threat
ening was launc'icd, but I more thau
suspected its nature, and my excitement
rose. Kither another lion or a bear wns
approaching, I felt certain, and so it
proved; it wi'.s a grizzly, mi i one of the
largest I hail ever seen !
"He rented himself suddenly out of
tho bed of the little stream, only a few
yards from the lions an 1 the elk. He
bad It'en traveling up thelrlofthe
creek, as bears often do in a shallow
stream. nnd attracted by thj snarls
of tho lions who had hcird
him coming had emerged to see what
the fuss wns about.
"To my delight ho took in the situa
tion at a glance and without n minute's
hesitation he shambled toward the bel
ligerent cats, mingl;ng his hoarse
growls with their savage snarlings,
"I had heard that the mountain lion
would not run frcm a grirxly, but did
not believe it, and despite the fearful
thrcatuing of the two beforo me, I ex
pected to sco them give way ns the mon
strous bear enmo up. Imagine my ns
ton'shment when, as the grizzly charged
within leaping distance, both of tho
panthers sprang upon him instantly.
"I cou'.d not properly dcsciibc the
aceno which followed. llolh brutes
pounced upon (he griz.ly tooth and unit
and closed with him in such a fury of
savage outcries ns made my hair rise,
and my whole body ir.ikle wiih intense
eicitemoDt,
'The grizzly reared as tho two ant
mais struck him; as ho canie up into
sitting position upon his haunches h
shook the femalo lion from his shoulder.
But the male lion held him by tho
threat, his twany body lay along the
bear's holy, nnd his bind les wei!
working with lightning-like speed aud
strength.
"The bear openel l;:s mo'lth wid,
and roared as he tuned hi head side
wise and downward, and tr ve to catch
his antagonist's neik with his tet th. lie
failed in his attempt, 1 it at tho fame
moment he caug'it tho lioa's b dy
just below tho shoulder i i a
clutch ci his terrible claws, which
seemed literally to flatteu tho animal
between t hem.
"The lion relaxed his hold rf thj
bear' neck, threw back his head, and
sought to writhe lojsj from the b;ar.
It would have go'ie liar 1 with him, had
not the female lion by a desperate
spring fastened herself so strongly upon
the back of the heir's neck that ho was
forced to drop the ma'e and turn to her.
Over and over they rolled &hout
the elk carcass. They clawed, bit
nnd to e at each other with deep,
muffled snail and growls. tsonielimis
the bear was on top of a lion, aud again
both lions were on top of him.
"The grizzly sunl gather ono of
them suddenly in lis huge forearms,
b?aritdowu upon the ground in the
effort to crush and bile the life out ol
it, then feeling the teeth of Iheothcij
which wcti'd inv it iibly fetze upon the
back of his neck, the infuria'ed mon
ster would loose his hold and whirl up.
on that one.
"Ko n, in oie of the o whirls, In;
caught the sma tcr lion nnd gave In r
sin h a tcniblc bite I cfore the male's at
tack which was from In-hind ns usuaU
could induce him to release her, that
she lost 'sand' ci mpb-te'y, nnd slunk
limping away, evidently badly hint.
' The malo lion immediately look the
defensive, dodged about the grizzly,
nnd bailed easily out of reach of his fu
rious charge. I saw that bruin hail the
best of the tight and na like y to main
tain his advantage; .vol ai I .u far
more anxious to at cure the licmciidou
beast than I was to get the lions,
I open d lire up hi bun
with my Winchester, and gave
him a ball behind the shoulder ns he
turned bioadsi le in one of his rushes
nt tie lion. Luckily the His' shot killed
him.
"Tho lion, moie frightened at the re.
port of the j; 'n than lie had been at the
bear, bounded across the creek, and
though 1 tired two shots at him before
he got out of sight I in i-sed him. The
male got oil -ot free, us 1 do not think
the bear had given him in rc than a few
scia'chcs, but 1 followed the femalo
and overte ok lier 1 1 a crippled condi
tion some half a mile up the canon. A
single bullet kill d her." Youth's Com-
jifdtiuil.
Hon Hair (loth is Made.
Many people understand, of course,
how- hair-cloth is made, but for the edi
fication of thoe who do not, we will
explain the process. In the lir-t place,
horse-hair cannot lit died. It repels
coloring miitle'-; s) to ma'cc blacV cloth
it is necessary to secure natural black
hair. Tho horses, in many cases abso
lutely wild, running unrestrained, are
regularly comlled and sliom Of ionise
black hair is prefer tble, b it sometimes
gray stock is iitiliz.'d. Not only tho
tails, but also the manes ate cut; tho
hair is bunchel. Tlie-e bunches seldom
contain hairs of less length than two
feet; some are even three and 3J feet,
and the thickness of the h'.iuchei is usu
ally two or thice inches. The hair
cloth loims are provided with what we
may call a n'pfer, in p'nee of shuttle,
and the nipper is so line'.y nctuitcd that
it travels across tho warp and seizes
from tho hunches ono hair only, the
jaws of the nipper lein; too fine to
grasp imiro thnn one, and carries il
ncross tho weft thread:, dropping it
nto its exac. pla -c. The action of the
'loom mechanically forces the hair next
to its predeci sior, the warp crosses upon
it, snugly holds it in i's place, tho nip
per travel bade nnd seizes another, and
so on nnd on. The delicacy and almost
liiiniai accuracy wit'i w hich each separ
ate hair is placed between the warp
thrcadi is re Uy incredible. I'jiivl
ntcrtr. Chinese Hank linlicati'il by I'mhrellas.
The four highe st ranks of mandarin
in ( hi aa arc entitled to a red silk um
brella with three flounces lu smaller
nobility may have only two. Gentle-mcii-conim
uicrs of the two highest ranks
hnve a red stat umbrella surmounted by
a goutd-shaped knob of block tin. The
two next degrees have tho knob of wood
only, though piinlel ted Then comes
the fifth tank, whose umbrella must be
of bluo clo'h with a r.-d painted wooden
knob at tho top, and only tv i fl unices.
The governor-general of a province :'a
Ns-rvlUed bj two great riJ liilk timbrcl-
CHIU'RKYS UH-l-IN.
TKAOIC M STOUT OF JOHNST JVKP VI'.
Once tlicr was a littl" ley
Whom it s ranjely did nmi 'y
To base jienplts always sny.
Full n lmu lred times a day:
"Minny, J hniiy, jump up. d
And find this, or that. w..it your
Ob it vexed his very soul,
And It filled his h-art with dotn,
'I hat hi . ears they'd al'.v.ij - pi e k
"With "J..hnny, Johnny, jatnp lip quiet
'Oh. I wish." he rsstily said.
"That I could tip still in l-d:"
Put when he next heard fo'ks say,
"Johnny, Johnny, jump up, pray,"
To hi- great suipri,Ne be found
llolh feet rootivl in th ground.
Yes. 'lis true, that he was plant-it
Jlid t'le fl-iw.-rs with fee all slanted;
And his had grown as thin
As the very slimm -st pin.
Only a bright, laughing faeo
Had Iwn l"ft him as a grtec;
lint n'vt r can lie run whn hy
fill "Johmiv, Johnny, jump up, pray."
And so I'm sorry, nr.- not yon,
Kor the 1 Itle lioy in li ue?
.liuiK- A'oe; in the n fi'ieni'mf.
MAMM S CAN M E N I IT.
K lie was washing and w iping her fct
of china dishes after a litile tei-party, !
when she had the niisforluuo to break
one of the pretty, flowered plates.
She felt diea Utilly about it, but mam
ma comforted her. "Save the pieces,
dear," said she, "aud I'll see if I can
mend it.'"
So Kdic saved the pieces, nnd mamma
got the bottle of c nieiit and stuck the
little p'ate together again, almost ar
good ns new.
A little while after a neighbor came
in, and among other bits of gossip, she
told Kdie's mamma that a certain young
lady had "broken her engagement."
"It's too bid, isn't it?'1 said she.
Kdic henid; she wns playing in the;
corner with her dolls and dishes.
"Oh," she cried, eagerly, "did she
save the pieces t "Cause if she dil,
mnmmn can mciid it for her with ce
ment." ri ssv oofs swiMMiNn run Fisrr.
A very ordinary looking nn 1 mll(r
mannercd cat is one of the inhabitants
of dairy I'enson's swimming bath. Plte
is the mother of a promising family el
three, and to the superficial observe!
npK'ars no ni ne, no less, than n well
behave I, sweet tern pet e 1, motherly ol I
tubby.
Hut, as a matter of fact, this cat i
lather an anomaly among cats. She i
nn exceedingly good swimmer nnd ap
pears rather to bka the w.it.-r. (she sit
on the edge of tho "crib" at tho bath
for hours watching the Iittlo minnows
which swim or ato swept by the current
in tluougli th" latticed sides. When at
length a liu kl "ss ti h does come within
rnne of her paw shu renchet out like 8
II ish nnd with one swift sweep of hei
foiepaw she lands him on the platform,
where she devours her prey at her lei
sure. Or, if the tisli remains jii't out
of her reach, sho will leap fairly Inti:
the wa'er, sei.-! tho pri.' with her teeth
and swim to the sid e again, whero she
sera nbles up and .shukiM herself after
the fa-lnon of dogs.
H IINF.t'MOM ANI CAItl'K STF.U- ItEF..
There ate eel tain enemies of ihe carpen
ter-bee too cowardly to achieve tlieii
objects by a fail fight. O.ie of these, n
light an I airy insect, w ith a cimiter
shijK'l body, belongs to the Ichuen
moiidic, a family note I for deceit
fulness and i in in r ol conduct, tc
say nothing of blooilihiistiiiess. This
designing creature loiters nbout nnd
watches the Ccratinn building her nest.
When the nc-t-buiblcr has fi led a cell
with pollen mill deposited nu egg, and
has departc I to seek material for a par
tition, tho ichneumon sneaks slyly in
and lays ono of its eggs in the cell, too;
so, when the beo comes back, she un
consciously wa'ls in with her child its
deadliest foe. When tho young
bee has nearly attained full
siz", tho ichneumon egg hatches
into a voriieiout Iittlo grub, which cvi
ilcuily looks iinnn tho fat bee larva at a
hungry child might look upon a choice
bc-'fsteak. It at once falls to eating
the helplcs creature, which convenient
ly proves to be sulti-dcnt food to nourish
the little interloper until the latter has
completed its grow th. When sufficient
ly grown, the ymiig- ichneumon spins a
beautiful silken cocoon about itself, in
the most innocent manner, and change
to a pupa. In this stnto it waits until
Ihe bees in the tii'inel nbovo it have ma
tured and deputed, nnd then issues
forth a fully developed ichneumon and
flies into the world to play its heredi
tary tricks upon any unwary insect it
may chance to meet.
London's (rent (rowlh.
The population of London ha grown
from 15U,00tJ iu lf.3 to 4,500,(100 at
Ihe p-csent time. Supposing that tho
recent rate of growth were maintained,
London might easily, in tho courso of
another half cenlury, possess a popula
tion of over 7,001,00.1. Tho six prin
cipal railway lin.-s ol tho metropolis
carried auuually over 2)0,000,000 peo.
p'.c,
A UNIQUE FARM.
A Georgia Farmer Who Raises
Opossums for Market,
More Than Sevon Hundred of
the Animals on His Place.
A few miles west of (iritlin, ., is
the home of Mr. William Throckmorton.
Mr. Throckmorton, snyi a leller to the
Atlanta 0"ttit"fi-n, is the proprietor
ef the most unique and remunerative
faun in Uei rgia. It is the "Lime Creek
'J'os-um farm."
O.i the very crest cf a well wooded
hill is a c mi fort able c ittage autMiiuded
by beautiful shade tie s. At thu foot
of the lull is a pretty branch, running
thr..u ;h the very centre of a ten arre
persimmon giove inclosed within a high
hoard fence. The p rsiinni m tr-esare
intcrsH.'r.-ed with a ipian'ity of oi l hol
low trees and hollow l gs planted in
the ground. Tiiis is the 'pos-.uin farm.
It was in the early afternoon when we"
artiv-d, and to the un'niti.itcl the farm
appeared to be an iimn :iis; fruit orchard
bearing au oblong whitish sort, of fruit
hanging from the dcid limbs of tho
trees by a long, blae'c stem. Hut ap
pearances were dec ptive. It was not
fruit, bat between seven ap.l eight hun
dred 'pssuuu taking th.-ir afternoon
siesta. Oar patty were somewhat unac
quainted with the habits of the Georgia
'possuin,and consequently plied question
niter question to our highly amused
hosts. I now consider myself un expert
on the 'pis, uni, and hero is what 1
lemie 1 and saw:
The 'possum, when desiring to take a
nap, simply climbs the most convenient
tice, walki out oa a limb, wrap his
tnil one and a half times around ami
swings his body out into space. His
legs and feet are drawn close into his
bo ly and his hen I drawn up between
his shoulders until it forms an almost per
fect ball and ap;n'irs to be a great pear
covered with white fur.
The sun was slowl.- setting below the
distant pine inoiiiit.ii'is and we were
still garng at the ipieer objects in
amused wonder when a half d- z n little
'possums emcrcd from the pocket of
their mother, ran up her tail and com
mence I p'nyiiig on the lim'i abivj. lu
a few minutes this marsupial stretched
her head and Ihcu her fore feet out. She
swung herself once or twice, grabbed
her tail with her fotepaws and climbed
up it ti the limb, which she caught
with her claws, untwiste 1 her t;iil and
pulled up. Hardly had she balanced
herself when the half dozen young ones
climbed into her pocket and were hid
from view. Wio then climbed down the
tree.
While this was going on more than
seven hundred others had awakened and
were coming down from the trees.
lb.ac'iing the ground each one nude for
the creek, drank, and then run up the
hill to a pin in which they were to be
fed.
They wee of all sizes. Some would
barely weigh a half pound, while others
would tip the scales at thirty. The
'possu.n, when hun ;ry, tillers a sound
which is a cross between a mew and a
moan. Over seven hundred 'pos-ums
wr re together so thick that the ground
could not bo seen b 'tween them, nnd
the small our hnd been for cd upon
the backs of the larger. All were ut
teriug thi3 peculiar sou id, reminding
one of nn anny of soldier i inonning over
the death of their general, when through a
gate a negro pushe 1 a wheelbarrow, heap
ing full of all kinds of tr: sli nnd slops
consisting of fiuit peelings vegetables,
meats, boms and bread. As he hove
in sight the scene among the 'possums
reminded otio of feeding time in a me
nagerie. Tiic lillli) ugly animals
screamed and scratched nnd hit at one
another until the negro had scat tore I
t be contents of the wheelbarrow over
the ground. Then, although it was
well scattered, nil wanted to eat in one
plnce just like hogs, and there was con
siderablo more scratch! n- nnd biting.
Hut this d'nl not last long, for the ra
tions were soon consumed by tho great
drove of 'pos-u ns, and they commenced
to disperse, seemingly contented, and
thi tinn climb.'d til i persimmon tree.
During the persimmon season the
'possunyi are not fed at all, for it is on
this fruit they liecomc rolling fat and
ready for market.
Mr. Throckmorton will probably ship
fivo hundred to eastern points and the
c ties throughout Georgia this winter.
They will average him one dollar each,
and he makes quite a good thing out of
it, as they are practically no expense to
him. In shipping to Atlanta and
Georgia points they nrc generally
dressed, but the majority go to Wash
ington and are shipped there alive. The
large shipments to Washington are per.
haps duo to the average Southern Con
gressman's fondness for "baked 'possum
and 'tutors.'1
Fiesti nrc gcnuvly 4cw btfoie they
come.
A rul pit Millionaire.
A minister f the go-pel who is daily
seen on Fifth avenue tikiug nn niring
and enjoying the promenade is, says a
New York letter to the Philadelphia
T.ui'S, l)r. John Hill, who has mad-? a
million out of the pulpit, and who is in
every sense the fashionable clergyman
of the day. If you happen in bis
church nn a tjil l ly luuruing and kn jw
the etc upants of the various pe.vs, and
know also their financial rating in Wall
Micet, y,)U could conn enough inonry
kins to repte. -il. an aggregate fortune
ol f 1 JO, 0(Hl,0iJi I. First and fceeniost
in the cougregatiou is a little old limn
wi'h a brownish red biar.I who is re.
sponsib'e fr Or. John 11a I's coming to
Americi, for be it kmwn that Hall is
an Iiishman, anil like many others of
that favored Ian 1 ha' a cipious flaw of
choice words. Thi3 little old man is
Hobbert liouner.
Homrrheird him in I
Dublin one l'ciutiful S.inday mornin
1111 1 was so struck by his oratory that be:
c.tlle 1 on him an I invited him to coma
to America. This Dr. Hill di I in time,
and today ha is the leadinj pulpit ora
tor of tliis city, with an income rang', ng
anywhere from 75,000 to $10(1,001;
'.'0,111111 is paid him a; pastor of tho
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church;
10,000 moie is paid him by Mr. Con
ner, or rather his sous, for a weekly
contribution to tl eir story piper.
Hi- wealthy congregation gives him
10,000 a year more in gift', and the
wealthy young nvn and the wealthy
papas of the upper ten in New York pay
him magnificently for his services in
marrying their sons and d lughters. Ho
has managed by investment to aeciiin i
late fl.OOO, 001, yet he gives lib Tally
to the poor and supports nuiiieroin char
ities. There is, perhaps, uo preacher
in the United States who is so inde
pendent as he. Liko all true
Irishmen, ho loves plenty of out
door exerc's'1, is a g o.l walker,
and belicvei in tho good things of this
life. With Mr. H inner ho frequently
bow's thiough Central Paik, and he
knows a good horse nearly ns will as
that export. He lives in a gorgeous
house, suir ocidi'd by cvei y. luxury and
a routine of seivmts His library is a
i.'vclation, even to men who love books,
and from the s' ilT-necke I butler who
admits you at the d r to Ihe smallest
and nios' unimportant persons in the
house there is evident e of nihility nnd
wealth that is encouraging t" young men
who wish to grow up in the ministry
Trout Can Kememher.
'Some lime be fore the d :ath of Selli
Gieen, Ihe celebrate I New Yolk tisli
cnlturist nnd naturalist,'' said a I'iiil .
delphian who tnkes gnat inteiest lu
pi-c icullurul matte r i, "1 paid a vi-it
wiih him to the fish hatchery of I ha'.
slate at Caledonia. In one of the p mils
there it that time there weie 50 10 large
brook trout, ever one of which had
Inch captured with the fly tied on
barbies honks in unfrequented brooks
in the Adirond u k regim. Thee trout,
Mr. Green said, ha I convinced him that
fish have reason in x power and memory.
When they were hocked, t.nd weie
reeled slowly in by the careful fishermen
who were enpturin .'hem for the ota e
pond, they hid time nnd oppoi limity to
nolo the form sod character of tlictaekle
that, made them prisoners. Ac.curil.ng'
to Mr. G ceil they never forgot that ex
pel icn co.
"Tue trout ha I boon in the pond a
long tim-, the females never being
allowed to spawn there, and would fob . lining which he ileclarcs that be will
low Mr. Green as he walked along the j not be nn Knipet ior, but w ill ecnp
edge of the water, teesing bits of liver i from Pekin, if necessary, and work m
into the pond. To show that his theory J the fields.
about their memory and reason was cor- pi studies consume about nine hours
rect, he would carry a cauo and lidi rod j ft day, and, at one tune, it was his con
concealcd behind his back. If he took i slant plea-antry to big his tutors to
the cane from its concealment nnd bold allow him a sight of their watches. No
it out over the water the tis.li paid no
attention to it, but the moment he pro
eluced the rod with its reel and line
attached away tho trout se ampeied liko
a flush to distant pirts of the pond. Mr.
Green told mo that ho would permit
nny one to cast a fly in thnt pond to his
heart's content, as he was satisfied that
not one of Ihe trout would conio near
it, so vividly elid they remember their
enemy of live years ago." I'hilaMphin
i'rus.
Fraud in Turquoises.
A German merchant discovered, elur
ing tho recent annual fair nt Nishni
Novgorod, Russia, that the turquoises
offered for sel ty the l'ersian traders in
those stones wore nearly all false. These
rogues have been imposing paste upon
their customers for tho lat six or seven
years and it is estimated thnt, out of
nbout 100,000 turquoises which have
been sold eluring that period, not more
that 10,000 were genuine stones. The
imitations arc described a marvellously
clever.
One mode of selling turquoise) at
Nislini is curious. A person, on pay
ment of a fixed sum, is allowed to
p unge his han 1 int a ba; full of them
aud to become possessor of tho handful,
Dream-Song.
The swe tnoss of loving is dreaming
B wt drnams that will never come trus
With the star of hope blisfully beaming
In a bright and iinpiwsO'l" hhn;
Dreaming that vows fondly spoken
Will ever 1 true as they vni;
lirtvtming that hearts ne er are broken
lii'wuuiiig that life in a dream.
O Fats-, awake m not,
Sue d dreams forsake ms not.
f'tilas on fair star in love's Iwautiftil bl'i
Iireamin you love me yet,
Preaming you'll ne'er forget,
U t me not waken to find loveuutru.
The sol row of love is waking
To a world that is withered and oil.
With the star of hope swiftly foiaLlrg
A i-ky that is fnd--d and col I;
Waking when time hath bereft us
if all that the future endears;
Waking when nothing is left us
Nothing but memories and tear.
O Fats' awake me not,
I Hwwt dreams for.-nke me nott.
om i,r star in love m-uu......
J Tiuuilllg J ou e- e me 3
I're.sming you'll ne'er forget,
jt m net waken to rind loe untru.
--&i mites' IVcfc in All'intu Constitution
HlMOKOfS.
Hush money Tha wngr of th ba
by's uurse.
A lawyer Is never so blind but be can
cite authorities.
None hut a thorough bas vocalist wj.ll
utter forged notes.
There is now no bustle about the girl
of the period, and yet sho is fll noisy ai
ever.
Nn in by I hear, Pa in by, that you
possess au estimable wife. I'amLy (sad.
ly) No, she possesses mo.
If lord Dunraven's yacht capture the
America's cup, the Hritish would
never gel Uuuravcn nbout it.
Pi test (to a very sick man) Now, if
you have any earnest desiro in your
heart, name it. Sick Man I want to
get well.
Join's I notice they call every red
nosed nuu from Kentucky a colonel.
What mo they colonel of? I'.rown
Colonels of c inn.
Wcnkigh Good morning. Miss
Travis! 1 hope I seo you well? Miss
Travis I don't believe you do. You
aro blinking like everything.
He What an: you thinking of darl
irio? She I was wondering if I should
look well in a btidal dress. I've never
had a chance to see, you know.
Kditor's Wife I wonder what can ba
the uutlcr with Mrs. Smith; she hasn't
returned my visit yet. Klitor (abicnt
tiiindcdly ) Perhaps you neglected to
enclose a st amp.
.Miss Whin k (trying to bring out the
word gourmand i Now, supposo 1 went
In your Ihmi-o an I nlo too much, what
would v ur father call me' Mister
j Doohiu lie wad c
.V " pij.
Wife (looking iu stationer's window)
"What is this rcpioductinn of
Kjvptian hicioglyphicsi" Husband
"No; that is a specimen ol work doiio
by the winner in a high speed type
writing contest. ''
Kllipelor kn.ingStl.
The young Knipcmr of Chins can
si an cly be said to have attained happi
ness with his exalted position. Tho
(jueeii Hegent, au ambitious and arbi
trary woman, has succeeded in making
the life id her nephew even more cut-nnd-dried
than that of most sovereigns,
nnd one can scatcely wonder lh.it
Kwang-Su is subj-'ct to fits of passion,
j sooner were the article produced than
Kwang-Su diihc 1 them upon tho
ground, and st.impe 1 on them, arguing
that tho tutors would not know, next
day, nt what time t come.
The Kiniieror is never nloie, mil, ns
we are told by a traveler "From l'c'ein
to Calais by Land," l here is always a
retinue' following the royal prisoner, to
remind him what to do; to tell him, for
example, at 4 o'clock, when he is on
joying his favorite jastimu of fishing,
that nt 1. 15 ho must lake a walk, or go
deer bunting.
The Kmporor knows very little about
the state of his capital, for, when ho is
taken to drivo, enormous sums of money
are spent, in advance, to prepare tho
city for his eyes. Tho streets arc
cleaned, rich silks and tapestries aro
hung upon the house-walls, and every
offensive object is caiefully removed to
a distance.
Kuropenn resilient aro warned to re
main w ithin doors, as it is a point of
Chine c cusfo.ra thnt no man, European
or native, mr.y look upon tho face of
this august rovcrcign. Tho door and
windows of all tho house are accord
ingly closed, and the royal retinue
moves slowly aloflg through the desert
cd streets,