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VOL. XL
PITTSIK)UO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AlHUJST 21), 1881).
NO
It Nt'NT I'UJS.
It never pays to fret mid growl
When furt line stohis our f e;
Ilia butler bred will look ahead
And strike the l)iavr blow.
Your luck la work,
A'mI thus' who shrink
fcj'n ul I ii'il limcnt their doom,
Hut yield the play,
Au'l clear the way,
Tllllt l "t ItT 111111 Iiiitk room.
It n-vr pays t wreck t lie l.r.iltli
lu i'r idling after kbIm,
And he is !il who Hunks that 1 1
Ih 1 1 io;: i i -1 lioUhl v,lli in i.
All liiiml h lut,
A ory or t,
Have t.iititl oven Id'ijs,
For tin Hon high,
That wrslth will liny,
N t ' ft eontei'lnni't Wings.
It iiev-i- pays I A blunt lefr.'u
Well ni Hi j of soaj.
Cur ui;i:iid joutli must leu in lh tn Ik
Tht nothing pay. Hint's wiof.
The go"d aid pu-
Alone ore Mire
To 1 1 in j pi nlnnf d iiee,
While wild I? right
III I eUVt'll'lt killt
I; r ! y aura to ieia.
THE BASKET SELLER
' Will, I lliv'ft c!" F.li.l 111). Ud'S'l,
i lottly iiii'l emphatically. "What will
happe i next ? Thus was tin- eclipse
a Wednesday night, ami I he earthquake
shin I; 11 week ago, nml Juno Ann
Harney's runaway match with 1'nil Par
kiiisnn luit nigh! ; and I mvhii lograoinus
if licit) don't oiuno along Kiniii Kiln,
ridin' on top if n load o' wilier
whip, j st fur nil the world as if aha wit
n man I"
"Don't yu want to buy n clothes
I'Mihrt, Mm. diliinnl" on'U I out Emma
Ellis' i Iriir soprano v doe, in the sturdy
s ulci jxiny rainc to a pauso in fiont of
tlio painted garden fence, where the
young quinces wi'ii! put beginning to
ntsunto shape nml loini among the
downy, greei hates.
"A cUnh. s-basket J" repented Mr.
tiil i. "That's just exactly what
do want. Cot Htiy g""d, substantial
one, with bars o' wood norms tho bot
tom to strengthen 'em? '
I),- way of answer, Emmi Ellis swung
down a soi:d looking willow receptacle,
springing nftor it heindf, and it lively
iliicutisioii insiiod.
"(loin' into tho pod Hi 11 biuimns,
ehi" said Mr. (i:l9in.
"Well, I thnulit I'd sec how I liknd
it," I; nina nn'swert'd, with a ( homy,
pond hnnnnrd laugh. ' Do you like
this bnkrt? I'vo j;ot tomr l api'n' raiy
loikori for thi old ran dm 'llicr horo,
::ml n doll k ciadlo that will ,i (y mi t
tho baby; and hi for wor. -lia!rt '
And she m idu a tritiiiip'iant mutinti
of her hand that ejprc-ic I niai veli.
"Well, I'd like 'em nil," naid (jood
Mm. Oib-oa, "but I don't foci able to
buy not Inn' but th In- k-t thii iinin
ing. So I in o!i tomtninHion, rhf
"No--out nml out. l.-t me s"e; you
want two dollais rii I nineteen cents
eliaiifje, do you?-'
And Mias 1-1 1 in opened her tlat leather
jiiu-kelbook and ei u ited out Ihu nioiiey
in trim buinoss liko fashion.
"AYell I never!" repeated Mrs.
(iibson, tarin( after the clou I of dusl
that full iwed the load of willow-ware
in it progioss d'u tho stieet.
"Why, what is tho mutter?' faid
C!i:r i's Bunion, who ha I ju-l stopped
at the gate to wo if ho could borrow
Farmer ttibson's mowing machine for
tho morrow.
"It's lvnmn Elli," snid Mrs. Gibson,
".Irivin a 1 a I o w iller-ware, and
bcllitt' baketis and lumpers and things.''
'NonseiiHO !" cried lloi deii.
"1 jrit bought this 'eie elotliei basket
of her!" declared Mis. (iibson. "1 tell
je what, Charley Kordeii, she's been
d Happointed in thodeestr'ck school, and
the FipiiiL' liu must have cun i p! imib up
ayin u snag in tho marble mantel bind
ueis, and m sure as you live KiniuVs
rot to earn her own I iv in" with nil thym
entool way and piano lesuns and
cravoii piitcrs o' hern. My! what a
.ouu'-dinn it is for that family! 1
don't see how Emm i cm bo so i link
aoout it. Wheiu's that H irden felloivf"
h ' orie l, staling abmit her. "liraoious
lit ', if ho ain't cut acio-s thetii'ddei!
I jjuiiss matt bkely ho' 4 s-en tiib-on
there.''
And Mis. (iibiou tied on i (.Meen
chi cko I sun b' niiet and ran down the
street to Mis. Iiilryinphi to tell the news.
'Serves 'em right!" sail M's. I a il
rymp'o. "A funlily o' icg'largoin
ups'arts! 1 uever did I aku no stock in
E mi Ellis."
''Your son Oliver did though,"
chuckled Mrs. Uilmm, with a nr-aniug
glance.
"That ain't ne:ther hero nor th'ie,"
laid Mis. 1) ilrymple, shat ply. "(liver
ain't goin' to Mpmiidor ri no girl the
money that his father laid up unless
hi s a leal m mi', hnrd-vtoik:ii'
creetur , as will know how tu take cue
cf it."
"There shn i now !" Said Mrs. tiih
ion. "Sloppin' her.'! '
No no!' bnwl'.l Mis. IVlrymple
OPL'ttinx tlio w r.low u lufio Crack.
"We don't want uothln. No, I my!"
Emma Ellis smiled to herself bb she
drove on, stopping next nt tho Donlcn
farmstend, where, at inn go as it may ap
penr, linden himself had already ar
rived, by mentis of the short-cut acrrj' g
the Gibson meadows.
"Oh, is it you, Mr. Borden!" slio
linked, carelessly. "Wou't you ask
your sister if ho requires nnything in
my way this morning?"
'Hut, Miss E lis, what does this
ir.rsn?" eiclaimal the annue l young
fa 'Bier.
"It mtnas willow-wa'e," Eminaaa
ete I, composedly.
"Has anything happened!"
"Thina are always happening," said
Emma, reaching across tlio load for a
particularly pretty market bnskot. "I
think she will like this, Mr. Bordon. "
"I'll buy it for har," snid Charley,
reckle sly.
"And n scrap-basket, shapod MWt a
llttie barrel, don't you soo," pcrsistcl
ICmma, "for your own rootnl" It'echeap
only a dollar."
"I'll buy that., too," laid Charles
IWden. "And Ibis hamper and this
pair of litilo hakcU fnr h'ato's Ivti to
gj blai kberrying with, and "
' till, stop, stop," mci rily eric I Em
ma. "You niuin't bur all my stock lu
ludp, or I pIihII have rothinflf left fut
anvbodr else."
"Oil, but I really want that big rark
er for tha front porch," perslatol Mr.
Borden. "That's a necessity."
"Tin big rocker. Ihsu," sai l Emais,
half liughing; "but bojond that, abao
lu'ely nothing more."
"Hut y.u' II pirni so re one thlngl''
"It depeuds vary much upon whit it
is."
"If you have anything left unsold at
the end of jour ti ip, you'll give ma a
chance?'' mid ('hail e iiii;doriily.
"W'ckcr good iilwas coma li indy.yoti
l now. "
Emma cnly Isuln l and loi'.ched up
Ihn old hoiso.
"I make no proini'es," aaid she.
That day, on tho high seat nmong
the baskets and rockers, tho wash-tubs
and clolhi'S-hoiacs, to Emma Ellis it was
ipiite a now rxvrlcnro. The chiirTering
at aha ly faun mum d iors w ith huy
housewives, thecoimting of cliingo, the
discussion of ipiilitios and tho pcisid-
ent slanting up against tlio general dU-
po-i'iou to beit down priee.4 and luigolc
for odd cents, thi various views of hu-
ninn life which alio niw obtaiucd for
tho liibt time from her aeiid ie:ch, tho
odd sensati'm of being "in trade," the
consi ioiuness that sin was looked upon
with pity by soma cf her friends and
scorn bj others it was alti gether a
strange conglomeration of footings.
Toward the close of the day's work,
as she w.i4 returning houci with her
wai'oii load i ons d rably depleted, and
her iiimi Bomewhi.t bettnr furnished
than it had been, she liHiiced to come
face to fat n w ith handsome Oliverlial
rj tuple, liiittiug along on I lio Muiian
mare, which oncn had been thepiide
of tlio elder Halrymplc's heart. Hie
lookp I him full in the face. He aoeiuod
alisorbed in the knot on Ihu end of hjs
whip lash, and never even looked her
way.
"Si!".ho sai 1 to heiself ; "acts the
wind that was.?" Mr. Oi'ryniplo do s
not eeni to appioie of this new enter-pii-e
of miii.t. Well. I'm sorry, but I
can't help it. I'nailev lloulcn, now,
views tilings in an o ilnely dilTuimt
wav."
And she smiled a lilt "a a ii" ;ur,
leaning anx'oiisly oier tha gate beiond,
tho stalwart ligure of the young fanner.
"Miss Ellis!" ho uttered pleadingly.
"i'iii sure you can't want to buy liny
more willow-ware," said Emma, check
ing her Iioihc. "Then can't be room
for it in the house."
"No; but won't yen let mo put this
hoisu in tho table, or drivj it home, for
you, while you coma into tea? Alice
will be tie i'jhle I to sej you. And you
must be sot null' mged ho.
Emma thought a moment, and a. she
relict ted how iclicshing a cup of hot lea
would be, Alii o I! n l"n put tier iiulv
luad out of the w n low.
"I cotnn, Emmi!'' she ciiid.
'We'll have w.ilH s and in tplc syiup
and broiled c'li keni; and I've g"t evei
so mail y things t.i tll you.'
And Emm I capitulated.
lint as Charley I! rden lo'lpcd hei
down from her high scat, be stoo l a
minute holding both her h inds i-i his.
"Emma," "aid he, "1 know I've no
business to apeik so abruptly, but 1
can't help it. I d 'n't know why you
aru doing this thiu , but if it is In mm
money, let me earn it for you, Kimiii
giie me the right to do it. I in only a
fanner, but l'o got n nite place lure,
and I can keep you liko a lady. And 1
love you, Emms! I've loved yu well
ami truly this iinny and many a day.
Now I'm uot g'ing t' teae nml bother
you nb nit this, lake time to ui ikc up
yi ui mind. I'll drive tlio old hose
homo, and then I'd take you back my
self in the littlo bujrgy who i you an I
Alice have, ha I a good v 1 1 it. A ; I you
can give mo my answer when you plcue,
and not before."
Km in i broke from him and ut into
tho l ou-e, blushing yet i:ot displeased
Alice met her at tho door.
"Where is Chailey?" said she. "O'i,
going to taka your load of willow-ware
home? Now, Emma, toll mo what thii
rcilly meant. Uavo you lost nil yjtu
property!"
"No."
"Arc yr.u going Into UhV
"No."
"You wcu't niiiwer n'.el''
"No."
"Then," laughed Alice II ir leu, "I'll
ask you no moie questions. Hereafter
I'm as (.1 um as an oyster. Now come in
and help me diuh up tho chickens and
waffles."
It w.n pnst eleven that night who
Charley It mien biought Emma Ell i
homo to tl'.c old house, h to the - i i t c
was nodding over his evening paper.
Well," said he, viewing her ovei the
edgo of his spc tacloi, with nwaguidi
tw inkle in his clear lit no eyos, "how did
the thing woik?"
"First rite, pipi," aaid Emmi. "1
sold twenty dollars' worth within a
few cents. And Mr. H u-Ion liu.ru was
ono of my best uitotneri. "
"Then," slid tho npure, with a sigh
of cnniic lesig'iation, "I've hut my
wager. You aei, Ilord 'ii.mv g;rl wint
ed me to buy thii stock of willow-ware,
with tlio hurso and wagon, to sot old
Miss llarhydt up in limine a in I I told
her no woman would succeed in such a:i
entoi prise, lot idono thoir being unwill -ing
to undertake this sort of work. Hut
Emma stuck to it that it could bo done,
and I was weak enough to waer tho
whole outfit that it couldn't. Ho Emmi
declined she would provo it piac'ically
--liu! 1 didn't think slio halplmk
enough; but, by jingo, s'm ha! Yes,
yes, Emma, you've beat me sipi iru and
fan!-'
"And M'ss Haihydt is to h ivo tho
oulfllof willow. ware!" cr ed E uiua,
joyfully, clapping her haiidi, "and tho
hoi so and wagon. Hi, Mr. liortlon,
you can't think what a nico old woman
slio is, nor how auxious she is to earn a
livelihood in the open air liko this!
And now you know," with tho archest
and most bewitching of glancoi, ' low
it camo to pass that I was peddling
willow baskets around tho country.
Wouldn't you havo dono it, if you had
been me?"
Young 1 1 ilrv lupin was in despair
when he learned of Charles ll.irdon's en
gagement to the prettiest girl aye, and
the richest girl in the country.
"Hut who wai to suppose,'' said he,
that she would take such an unaccounta
ble whim into her head?''
Ami Mrs. (iibion always declared
that slio never had a clothes-baiket wear
liko tho ono sho bought of Stpiiru Ellis'
daughter! Miir.'iy A'o'i.
A lltimiinn I'l l ma Donna.
A pai ticu'arly humane littlo ho ly ii
Mile. N kit i, the American prima don
ana, e is shown by nn incident of hei
last visit to I'lagm. Opposite her hold
was a high tower p u t of tho old bat
tlements of tho town with several
statues nt tho summit. Duo day tho
young singer was stand in o on the piazza
when she fancied she saw a bird flutter
ing its wings an ong tin statue).
Fetching her opara glass, Nikita du
st hed a ilovo entangle I in tho stono
wotk, and could plainly soo h'ootl
tiickl ng from ono of its liin'is. Her
pity aroused, Nikita sent wonl to tho
comnissiouaiio at the hotel cii.Tuico
that she would give him lifteen florins'
if he would fetch tlri bird down. Tlio
man lo.ilio l that ho won d gladly
oblige Mademoiselle, but ho was afraid
of miming tho statuary, which he dated
not to. A me ago to tho mayor
brought a reply mom ornate in form,
but very similar in clTeof. Nikita was
in tlosp ilr; the poor bird was blcoiti ng to
death and sho could tlo nothing. Tho
next morning she induced tho lire
brigade, mi promising to indemnify
them for any dainigo dono to tho
dallies, to bring their escapo to tho
upot. Hut it was too short to reach tho
.summit of the tow or, which was alum'.
".VI feet high, mid could only be gained
by a peiilous climb. A Lugo crowd
had gatheied, haviug heard of t'sv
strange notion of the young and famous
foreign singer. Nikita was sorrow fully
thinking that the ilovo must bo
abandoned t its fate, when a young
workman rushed up to her an 1 tdTorcd
to mako the ascent. Almost befoio
Nikita could accept his services he was
mounting the ladder and climbing to
the summit. Having secured the
woim led ilovo ho had to lo let down by
ropes. Tho descent was safely accom
plished, and running to Nikita tho
young hero placed tho bird gently in her
bauds. Nikita, full of gratitude, took
oil a diamond ring from her finger and
gave it to tho delighted workmvi.
Nikita tende I the bird for a fortnight,
and thea having to Icavu Prague, i n I
t!i dovo being well, sho allowed it the
li nutty it had uearly lost with its life.
IHII.IMtHN'.S COLUMN.
HHTHKHH HI IV.
Two til tlo clinging velvety arms;
Tho little hands with n' leaf palms;
Two hmwii eyes, In wliote elonr tloep)
l'he brook's own sunshin l uiijhs and leaps;
Two little enrs like pink -white shells;
A snowy chin wh"ro a dim pin dwells;
A dainty no e; I wo piwli lilootn cheeks;
A io I lipped mouth that soft words speaks,
A I now ivtlivtiiK thea ul within,
1'ntoiii'hisl hy Korrow, unmarked by sin;
A crown of ourls wh se traceries hold
l'lie eh st nit's warmth and the tnintieuiu's
gold;
A r ninded IhxIj; two rosy limbs;
A void) lik- not. -i from ciithedral hymns;
Vim restless foot nnd a Imigti of joy.
What i. tha totaP Mother's boy.
iiiiniii V. Dtiml in Vniuiff I'ii'I'Ii:
IIHOOM f'OHN AMI AI'PI.KS.
Wli"ii I was a little girl. Eislem Ne
braska was a new country, an I bearing
orchards wi re veiy few nnd far between,
to that apples wore as scarce nnd highly
prize I in School district No. 10 na or
anges aie now.
They wcie somelim"S bought at a
good round price in tho village, 18
miles away, an I if one of the children
had an apple :it school, the rest of us
jioivdo 1 around and begged for tho
cor".
Ily ami by two orohar Is in tho dis
trict caino into bearing, and then we
Dared less for the cores, but wcro Btill
very hungry for the apples.
What wo gut seemed only to whit
nur nppel iles, mi l if we had not been
fairly good obi Mien, 1 think wo should
have descended upon those iipple-treo.s
in a body, and devoured the whole
crop.
Ono of tlio orchards belonged to
Tnclo Wibo and Aunt Ev. who lived
just ncrost tho road froai tho school-hou-e.
lie was our teacher and playmate, nml
llio was tho particular friend of every
sturdy littlo pioneer in District No. 1".
They had a good store of apples in
llio collar ami if they could have spared
them they would havo enjoyed supply
ing every ono of us with all wo could
3nt right along.
Hut of course you can soo that would
never havo dono. Thoro wcro about
twenty of us I think, and we should
have made short work of Uuclo Wiisa's
winter supply.
Wo used to call on Aunt Ev in (quads
of six or eight and sometimes ono of
the A H C scholars would remark,
"Seems to mo I smell apples!''
Most of us knew ledter thai to hint
our wishas bo strong'y, but even if wo
didn't say a word Aunt Ev knew we
thought apples, an I slio hated ever to
deny us.
At last slio an I Uncle Wilse hit upon
tho l est kind of a plan a plan by
which they c uld nlTonl to supply nil of
us, and which made tin npplo taite tin
Commonly good, too.
Il all came of Uin'lo Wilse's miking
brooms.
Ho w.n really a Wonderful man tho
no tt and kiudost of teachers, the jolliest
laud at blind man's bull, tho luckiest
fru't-grow'T, and, be.i los nil this, n
liist-clas broom-maker.
Did you ever so ) In ootii com growing?
It looks something liko common corn,
hut nt tho top, instoa I of a tassel, is tho
plume or brush of which brooms are
made. Tho ends of it aro covered
thickly with brown sends; maybe you
havo no I no I now aid then ono still
i king to the brush of your broom.
Ii legular f:i"tories they have a ijuic't
in I easy way to scrape oil tho-e seeds
by machinery, but Uncle Wilso ha 1 to
do it all by hand. Si ho proposed to
hire all the children who w ishot to work
at it, and pay them in apples.
You may bo suro we nil wished to
woik. Undo Wilso spread tho biooin
corn along a narrow board walk in his
backyard, ami there was soon a long,
busy row of us, scraping as if for dear
life.
It was better fun than blind in m's
butt.
Wo laiighc I and chattered as littlo
folks always tlo, and declared we should
not play at noon nnd recess any inoro
while the broom corn and apples lasted.
We stuck to it pretty well, most of
us.
As we becanu morn skilful, Uncle
Wil 0 wai obliged to raise tho price of
his apples, so that wo should not get
his whole stock.
Hut ho al way kept it low enough so
that a certain slow but very faithful
littlo chap could earn at least ono apple
each day.
Whether ho and Aunt Ev found our
work any great hei p I can't say. Hut
they gained their main object, which
was to teach us a good lesson, give us a
good t i mo, and sco that wo had apples
to eat.
And what with tho scarcity of apple
and tho strength of our appc titrs, and
the apcci.il rel ish wo gained by earning
them, I am sure thoro never was such
fruit for us before, uor hsa been since,
IVurA't Comp.tiihm.
J An old slat Attic.
SALT MOUNTAINS.
Strange Story of Captain Mellon
of the River Colorado.
Relics of tho Prehistoric Man
Discovered In the Salt Beds.
Captain J. A. Mellon, ono of the old
rst white settlers of Fort Ymii'i, A. T.,
who lived in Yuma two years without
soring a white woman, and who com
mum led the lirst steamer, tho (iiln, (hit
rver went up tho Colorulo Hiver to the
tr.outh of tho Yiigin, is at the I. ck,
having iir lived lately, says tho Sail
I'ranciscj J'.'funiiiifr.
Few pioneers in any hind havo had
thestrango experiences of CiplB'n Mel
lon. "It is over "5 years, now," ho
saiti, "sine) I went to Fort Y uma, and
the change! I seo in San Finneiscu sur
plice mo.
"Have 1 been running on tho Colora
do liiver nil this time? Yes, and let
mo say that there aro stieloocs of hun
dreds of miles on that river tha'. are less
known than the heart of Central Africa.
We go up there to get salt. There are
gicat mountains of salt up on tin Vir
gin, which is a tiibulary of tho Colora
do, eaih of which is larger and higher
than goat l-land. Tin salt is puro and
white. It is clearer than glass. You
may take a piece of it seven or eight
inches thick and read a common news,
papor through it. The salt mountains
cover a strotch of about 2ii miles on
both sides of the Virgi l, si veil miles up
from tho Colorado. A singlo blast of
giant powd :r will blow up toni upon
tons of it.
'This salt doei not d ir.lo your eyes,
as you might expect, while riding along
on the river steamer or clambering over
them. It has a layer of sandstone from
two to eight feet thick over it. When
litis is torn away tho salt lies in full
tight, like a great snow-drift. How
deep it is, nobody knows. This salt is
destined to be tho source of ret
wealth. Hamilton Disslou, the big saw
manufactuior, and Halt! win, of tho Hald
win Locomotive Worki, are tho only
men who hnvo secured nny of thic salt
mountains. When tho Ula'l Southern
Ilailroad is pushed on from Frisco,
Utah, it will tap the gigantic salt moun
tains, and then nn enormous rovciiun
will bo roali.ed for them.
"I brought down with mo for
the Academy of Scioncos hero some
queer tilings from tlio salt mines.
j Under the cap rock was found chirred
wooil and chare :il, besides some mat-
ting mailt of ce lar bark. The salt ha 1
preserved it. It might have lain there
thousands of years. Evidently th ro
had been a slide that covered up the
camp equipage id si mo prehistoric
men. S'tiingo to say, a s'inilar dis
covery has been made in the salt mines
of Louisiana. Tlio rocks up toward tho
salt mountains are painted ami cut into
hieroglyphics which none of the M' j ive,
Y uma, l'iute or other Indians know the
nieiiiing of.
"There iiro valleys a'ong the great
but ns yet unknown Coloiad", singly,
as much as 1"l miles liiiigiiiidtw. nl?
wide. That will bo the real oiai:;o
country of the globe. Th-y aiea ucli
j ns tlio va'lcy of the Nile. liii;:a'i n
I will redeem them. Water will be
I brought on thorn as sure as destiny."
I Trails that Make it Skillful t'ouhov.
j Tt be a successful cowboy one must
! bo skillful in four qualities. He must
' bo a good lider, have complete control
i of his lariat, a good knowledge of the
country nnd be a koi n judge of cattle
and thoir brands. Killing nil soils of
I horses, as he does, soon gives him an
1 intuitive knowledge ai to whether any
i particular liorc w ill give him troubl
and when once on tin has got to t,t k
for all he knows how. 1 1 it ropo comes
in handy fifty limes a day, cither to
catch soma mad lened cow or nriawav
cilf, to haul wootl or lum beds of other
uses.
Without a knowledge of tho country
he could never pilot a biain'h of cattle
to the main 1 erd cr could he look up
htiavs, and ti tally other cat lome i would
palm oil tho most uii eialile p c nu ns
upon him f In could not tot good beef
f em la I. His n a I inoss to distinguish
and knowledge of tho various looks
used tu denote ow nership is exi 't'lingly
important, especi illy in tho spiing, as
disputes frequently arise
A l theo qualities a rosily good cow
boy excels in, and when tn these are
added cheerfulness, nil iptability and
good humor, it is hard to find a more
pleasant compaiion. Tho life is haul,
but the fieedom and excitement seem in
most instances to outweigh tho hard
ships. A Cellego Course.
Father What docs voir college
course include?
tVm tmore fond of boating than
1, ., k ) A full mile straightaway and
ului n. (.'.a iAi Wvrll.
A (Soldier's Routine
Tho United States aoldier's first duty
begins at half past five in the morning,
at which hour rovillo Is sounded by tho
buglers of all tho batteries. At this
signal the men all lcavo their quarters
and form in single filo on tho parade
ground. Tho roll is then rilled i'y t lie
sergeant, who also presents hie morning
leport to tho captain. This report
shows the number of men on duly, the
s'ck and the absunt. Application for
loaves of absenco are handed in with
the report, and after tho co'nmaudet'i
approval tho mon aro all d smissel, ox
cept tin so who are to do guard duty.
The gu.ir I de'ail is made out tho even
ing before it is read out, and the men
who are appointed servo for -1 hours,
with a ictief every two hours.
At ouo o'cb'ik retreat is sounded,
and l lie men a-e inspeetc I nnd dismissed
until evening assembly, just before sun
down. The fu I regiin nlal band ii on duty
at sundown, nnd also nil the buglers.
Dress parade ooouis at that tini", and
tho silit Is a beautiful one. Tho
soldiers and tdliiers aro till in full dross
uniform, and the mauui l of iiinis and
Held movements art) o.e u'cl befoio llio
regiment is dismissed for the day.
Tattoo is sounded nt nine o'clock,
which is a signal f r th ) men to "turn
n," mid nt fifteen minutes paet nine
taps Bounds, at which tun Mill lights
must bo extinguished, unless a special
order has been i.ssu"l by tlio oilier of
the day.
litnidoi military duly tho soldier is
subject to extra servic .'. In connoetioii
with the h in at ks there is a good si.nl
farm, and tho soldiers tiro frequently
required to throw aside their guns for
hoes nnd other agricultural implements.
They also tin nil sorts of out loor work,
frequently imposed as a punishment for
some olTouso.
A soldier's wardrobe consists of two
suits of undress clothing, one dress uni
form and helmet, collars and onlTs,
shooi, stockings, underwear, mid all
other noiessary articles of apparel, fur
nished by l tin gov.'rnmout, to the
amount of fliiU for live years. A'bmia
(.''tnnttliit":i.
SllOot I'l'lll.
Tho history of the pea family is nn in
teresting one. The pea originated in
the East, where it has b en known and
b vo l from iinniciuot ial times. Y'oung
Diiiiel, when he fed upo.i pube, may
have ini In to I this swvet product of the
garden in his abstemious faro. 15a that
as it may, the people of tho East were
familiar w ith it long In f no it became
known to the lirooks nnd Koiuant. Tho
p-a whs intr du ed into Europe during
the Middle ages, and was not cultivated
in England until tho tun" of Henry
VIII. The pea-timer is apilionaceoiH,
or having a winged corolla rofsoiiibling
tli" huticifl. The fnii' is contained in
a legume or pod. The pea lias spread
f i um India to thu Arctic regions. At
lei-t of kinds aro grown. Indeed, tlio
l'ul o family, to which the pea 1 e'ongs,
i-. so niimo'i ut as Io iue'ii I" li.Vi l plants
agioeing at least in the one fe iti.rc i f
potl bein ing. I'cas m e not only pleas
ant to the taste, but they mo nutritious,
as they ciMiinm i.iuth ca soin.
The variety of pea ;;mw n in t he flower
g:iid"ii and known as Sweet I'ei. is a
native of Sicily. It is worth w hi!e to
w id h tho boo make a visit to the pei-blos-oni.
Tlio stamen and pisti ls are
hidden in llio lower pro jot i"il of I'D
(lower. The bee lights u;ioii this put
and its weight f i r es the petal' down,
while the stigma, conveying pollen limn
tile sin rotii'iliiig anthcts tui ilsbiiiy
style, ptotiulci and sinking llio bee,
dusts il well with pollen. Asm the
t a-e of the scarlet p laiiimn, the bee
seems to know by iu-tiiicl just what
par' of the ll'wer to aiig'it upon. The
pel is sui h a cheeiful looking tl itver,
that it icil'ty appeals to enjoy "linnet -ing
the busy bee.
A-ide fr ou the pte'.ty ll-'wer, iveiy
p.ut of llio pea is beautiful, for Hi" vine
is grat eful, tho f ili.ige fredi and clean -looking,
the pods curious and tho ten
drils of interest as fih'isfoi nie I organs.
(Imi'lcs XII. and the liomli.
As Charles XII of S seden was dicta
ting a letter to his secretary during the
siege of S rilsund, a bomb fell through
the roof into tho next room in the hoiiso
where they were silting. The terrified
score' ary lot tho pen drop from hishaud.
' What is the mallei?'' tUoth tho
king.
"The bomb, ilie!" cried the secre
tin y.
Ah! never mind the bomb; it wi l
go olT presently."
Ami it did. llnrwr's "Prmm:"
Ingenious.
'Ah, madam," said the tismp, "I
haven't had a mouthful for two days."
"Why, I gave you a whole pie yws
;crday !"'
"So you dil, mum so you did. But
the two ilsy 1 icfer to arc tod ay and to
luol tow. mum." liut.tr.
Tho World Old question.
Joy, shuine, disaster, passion, love and
grlef-
1'i aj w hat ere these to him who standi
alone
Within Ilia '! sort of a shadowy world,
And marks the shadow of bis own life fall
Across the sands that hold no footprint
yet?
To him lliat fhadow is an great, it (Ills
The widest margin "f the earth and sky;
And yet ho questions: Ik he gin in of sun I,
Jr shadow vokuo, nnil l thoshndows there,
And nil the grains of a ind?
- 'in id A. Curl in ia lliiilm's MmjnziHe.
JIU MOHO IS.
Tin io is one good thing ijinut a pig.
Ho noses business.
Even tlio got len rule ij only electro
plated iu these t iys of sham.
Uncle," sa Id u sweet girl of
eighteen, "is love blind?' "Y'es, my
lear, when flic oilier party is rich," nii
inerud he.
The base-ball player has no four r f
lis cheek. That is haul nml durable,
lie puts on tho imi'e to save his uoso
in I front ti o'li.
Aunt Hi tly "Will, .luliet, did you
narry the man ff your choice?'' Juliet
'Well 1 should smile! And I cut out
Aniiio Wilkins, too."
I'l iidenl L over: I liavo a vital secret
:o cotili lu in you, which you must
promise Io foiever hold sat red. Kin I
I'arcnl: Whul is your scerel t I'lndcnt
Lover: I want your daughter's hand in
marriage. Kind l'arciit: I shall never
give it away.
It is wonderful when you think of it
what a large number of men hava start
ed out into the world without a penny
slid hava worked their way up so thai
they aro now nearly as well oil us when
they fust started out.
Husband "Weil, my dear, what did
tho magnetic physician say to you?"
Wife "Ho says I am a sick woman,
md that my nervous system is not lu
equilibrium. Ho says I am too posi
tive." Husband "Humph! I could
have fold you that and saved a couplu
of dollars."
The Wonders of Alaska.
The prevailing forest trei of Alaska,
says Mr. (ioorge Davidson of the United
Slates Coast S irvoy, is tho Sitka spruce,
growing to great size, c vering every
part of tho grou vl, and climbing tho
steepest ro.intain sides to thu height of
SHIM) or 2.VI0 foot above tho sea.
We measured folio. I spruco trees that
were 1MI feet long and four foot at thu
bii't, while ad j icon t standing tro r.s
tneasuted over six feet in tliaine'er,
were bratuhli'ss for over fifty foot and
ftimalcd to bo 250 f od high.
Hemlock, a'ders and willows aro
found , but tho most reninrknblo wood
of the C'linlry is the yellow cedar, with
line, even text tiro, fragrant smell, good
'izo nnd greater strength than tho
spline. It is a valuable addition to tha
cabinet woods, and is superior in a ship
timber lo any on tho coast.
Il nn be obtained of ampl) sizo for
frames and kio'es of nl in.i'y si."d ves
sels. We measured ono 1 S foot iu cir
cumference, and estimate I it to bo over
I'.'.'i f'ct in height,
(n Kaliack island tho founts coaso
towanl the loulh. The yellow cedar
I Joes no', grow on thi norllieist pir. of
liu; island, but the average s z i of llio
j spruce is loss than two feet in iliim"ter.
! Hemlock is found in abundance and
i
I has ils value for tanning purposes.
j When the forests of Washington Tor
1 ritoiy and (begun aro evhau-tod, Alaska
will be tho gieat and our almost iut-.x-hau-tiblo
resource in the future.
A Railroad in the Holy I. anil.
The preliminary suivi ys of a railroad
to um I loin .lilTi on llio sea coast iu
Palestine to .btusalctn, ami I hence to
licthlelieiii, have just I ecu completed,
and a party of etig inet rs has e slat ted
(nun Loudon or the Holy I. m l to lay
out the r-u i. A coinp.uiv his al
readv been f ilmed tn build the r a I, in
which a number of English and F etich
hankers are interested. Fiom a'l ac
counts it is a pu t ly business cutei pi Uo
without a tract) of sentiment of religious
fervor.
Tho travel in the lb ly Land of I.Uo
yean has boon int rousing teadily, ami
it is believed if first class railway ai t oni
motla'ions were fuiiiishcl the number of
tourists who nmiuilly visit .leiusnlem
from all parts of tho earth would nou bo
trebled.
A Breathing Well.
A breathing well has boon discavercd
near Eagle Flat Slat ion, 110 miles east
of El Paso, Tex is. It is au abandoni) 1
artesian well, M 10 foot deep, but thu
tubing is still iatact in it. For twelve)
hours each duy a furious gust of air
ru lies into tho tubing, and tho next
twelvo hours an equally strong gust
rushes out. This occurs with tho ut
most regularity, an I, so far, no break
has b"ou tiotic d iu tho i eg u I r occurrence.