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RATES II. A. LDN UOIV, ED1T0K AND l HOl'IUETOll. ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One wiuarc, two iniertiiiim"' Ono sijuare, one month - 1.00 2.5(7 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly fn Advanci. For larger advertisement liberal con tructs will bo made. VOL. XII. IM'lTSI50UO CHATHAM CO., N. C., SKPTEMIiEIt 5, 18. NO. 1. 1 ! Tlio Ron nt I fill Land of Rest. There's a realm of rest o' r tlio suns.t lillls, And n life oar frco. I know, For tho 1 icntli of ieaco (bat t'te ov'nlng brings, Ami tlii' soothing song that the tired one S llg, Anil the prescn tint cnlms an I jtllls, IVniotli nut of tin' nflor glow. Thorn tlio sun sinks ilown on wary way, And tin- cooling similes appear, Ami the sky i.s tin ;od with tho mellow light, (if tho window glow of do liimio al night. Win n the wand 'ior, long ns(rv, N-.vs th woloiinioof lov tl oii: i near. There Hi" Honi" l.m I Ins, tho fair, liiaven I Irs I, Ainl I turn wher'er I ronni, To tin- setting sun 1 lint is o'er tlm same 1 i Vi iily Father lighting t o tin Hide II iiin, On tho lio'irth of III" Wand-Tor's Mom", In Hi.' H - ml iful I'.-alin of Host. --7.il '. CuAc, in Ih-lmit k'rn 7Vf.su. TIGER LILY. A mhl summer moon was shining down on lh'! iiiiovon surface of tlio wild mountain 'i.Uiu; tlio lights of tho lit li.' scllli'in-nt slioiio liko yellow ilols of fliuio, lien- thcte. Tonight tlio bur. aelv.q i ere rn-lo wooden enclosures tlioy wore, in Aim ily cn lstrueled as a child's enr l-hotisc were in icdloss r. innvilioii, for tin-moil were to bioak camp in tlio morrow. S x months th"y hid lioon stationed nt Oniayo. When fir it tliu straggling s'ttlonvnt sprang iii around tho moun tain mine, whoso hiddrn treasures had iiMrartoil tho inhabitant, there linil been Ir niblo with tlio wandering Indiana who liauntrd the slo cs higher up as much tho fault of tho wli lis as of the le 1 men, it is lint ju t to pay. Hut tho Cubed Slates pro octs its own, nml a body (if me i wro clatioind atone-ill Omayo, until tlio scttleim nt ii.'m slrmi;' i moig'i, figuratively speak ing, to stand on its own fot. And now th emergency wit over, and the sol diers hud been ci'lored t' a inililary post a huudrc I miles ur mi to Ilia north- llfl. Old Jin' .liniignn sit smoking his pipe on tli'i hoard platform in front of h-s ' (l.sieral Supply S ore." All the evening it had boon full of .-toniers, I ut now, as tho hands of the wooden dock noari il tho figure nine, he a at liberty to come cut to li:s splint ilia it' a in I tinoko his pipo and stale at the union, while Captain Irvino Imay al on the or ukrr barrel iusid : and talked with Lily. I. ily was Juriii:iii' niooo and book l.i'ipor, and in addition to this tho viy npplo of his ojc a lull, du-iky-oyo I, iiaml -nmi! fjii I, with a poachy coinp'ex imi, and hair full of bronu flints and -li'llllK. "Tiiicr I.ily,'' tho mineM railed her, s inieliines in H foieni'i: to tlio linn: Pphil n( her own that nho had, and a fell as M ilion whieli hho was v-.-ry apt to show il niiiv she siispeetod that any of them wen-not treating her wilh du i respect I.ily was addiiif up the b ioks for the lay. (Old. bio was no scholar, and I. now nothing of bookkoopin j by dim bio entry. "Tho tf.il knows enough for us both," ho ti.'ii wont to say, with a certain r d i, as ho looked toward tho woodon-raile 1 dok whoro sho wrote down llio v.iriou i il lit t of salo and bar tir with an nif;!i''.i rpiill pen, dippol in ink undo of ptkoborry j ii . And I'aplniu Ismay was bidding hor -o mI .by. "She'll miss him, likely, will Ily," taid .loo to liiinii'lf, still st u in;; s! o 1 1 -faslly up at the moon. ''He's b-en n ileal o' compiny for her. It niit't as if she could bring herself to associnto with every fell w al tho O.uao Minos, for Lily always was particular. Hut then a buadied miles or so don't count for muoh out hero, and if ho asks permis sion to come and soi her onco in a while I shan't say no. My poor little Tior Lily! I brought her out hole beeau c theio didn't sou.'i no p!aoo to loavo her in I lie Sli of Vaimount, and she's beo i rare and moftil to mo, there's no donyi i' that. I!ut it's a lonesome place for a 'il to Ci in i to; yci, it is. And the Capt iin':. a tine felbw, but ho ain't no l.n'idsoiiu.r for a man than Lily is for a pil. So fur's 1 can hoc, 1 nhall bo the only man who w ill be a loser by the bargain. KhI Ii that you, It ii'ion Porsay? Set down a spell. No, wo ain't shut up yet, but tho post ba's been gone twenty mi .u'cs an I more." ' (lone, eh?" said Koubrn porsny, the young foreman of tho force now em ployed in establishing telenr.vphic com muuicatioiu b;lweon O.tiayo and Center (My. 'Well, it's no great mat lor. To morrow will do very well. Nice night, Joniigaii, isn't ill" 'Yes." Tlio old inah smoke 1 on. 'The military division is getting ready to tin vo tomorrow." ' S I'm told." "The captaiu's inst le, is i't he.talking t.. i,MVr ,1 rn -,'an r.ndd 'd wilhoi.t loiiioving L:j ji Ji) fio.n his mout'a. Po .ay l.nlf rose, then sat down again. "Well," sai l ho, "I guosi I won't disturb t In. iu " ileniiga i answcied only by a sor'. of sly cliiicklo. "A nice m n, that yiimg I-miy?'' ice mule old .Ion nodd 'd. "Tiiey'll get innro civili.i 1 ipiaitois, I've heiiid, at Morton's Past,'1 oliscivi'd Dorsay, h'a iln; bv. k nga'nst the co Im post that formed one of tho cnluiiiin of the ru lo pnrtic i. "I inay's wife is to meet him there." ' I-may's which?" ' II s w fo. From S.icranionto City Didn't you know he wai married to old (S 'lier.-d Purviaueo's daulitei ? A runaway match, two years ago. (Juite a in man lie story ! ' "No," .-aid Joe Jemiga!!, ' I never heard il." 1) ir-ay tnlkod a little linger, but old Joo paid no sort of attention lo his words. Hi did not even know when the youn foronim wont awa- "Ismny's wife!" he kept rep-nting to himself "l-onay's wile! What will Lily say poor Lily ! wlu-ti she knows it Ily gum! I've a mind to pitch the fellow down into the g alley when In comes tut! What business hat a mar ried m in lurking around hero, talking nonsoiso to the girls? Hut he'll find it won't pay to fool with my Tiger I.ily t No, that it won't !' Captain Ismay went away presently, with a careless, good humored adieu. The old man glared at him at ho de parted, with to I, savage co? liko those of a Spanish bull who faces tin mata dor. Tlio moment, ho had vanished behin 1 tho madrona thickets, Jornigan sprang tip and made for tho solitary road by a short-cut which would bo sure to inter cept tho wayfarer soma ipiarlor of a mi lc below. In his hand ho gra' pd his open jae'e knife; his heart licit liko a inulllid drum. '.My Tiger Lily !" ho kept, r-pcating to himself; "my own little own lamb! There's but one way to deal with the scoundrel who comes hero to make n football of her heart. No capta'ii in all the I'nitcd Slates army can do that, and hope lo escape alive !" Mo stood there waiting, but Ism ly did not come that way. "I'm ballled for once," Jornigan mut ter' d. "lie has taken (ho It ;d wood road this time. No mat tori I'll hunt him down yet. llo'.s to ho in tho place twelve hours longer. Tney'il have t detail anolhor captain for duty at Mor ton's Pass, that's all. I shall hear him when ho comes down pa.l. tho Kcho li ok, and I shall bo ready for him!'' lb; letiirncd slowly still dr.i'.vin his bieitli ipiick and fast to the wooden platform a! I steeped in moon light, and sat down oiiim iiioio in the old splint chair. Inside the storn ho could hoar I. ly's light steps moving around, m she lucked tho cash drawer anil put the ledger and d.ty-biok away. As she did so, i-ho hummed a snatch of some tune. Tim sound went to old Joe's heart. Poor chil I ! how innocently happy she was I In a minute or so she came out into the clear while moonshine. "Well, I'nclo Joe!'' she said gaily. "Wed, my la s! ' Tho words wore almost like a gronn. She sat down let. do him, leaning her head against his arm. He stroke I down tho bronze, gloam ing hair with a ilii'tt') strength of long ing tenderness in his heart. Her cheeks were unwontedly red; her dark eyes sparkled beneath their long lashes. "How shall I ell hoi i" thought the old m in. "My pi t 1 .it n 1 1. that 1 wouldn't hurt for a king's raasoml I never was o in to pick and choose my words, like a preacher or a l iw vr. Hut she'd ought lo know yes, she'd ought to know !'' ' 1'iiclo Joe!" said Lily, after a mo ment or two of silonri. "Yes, my gir'. !"' "Tlieic theie's something I wait to tell j oil." "Is thcte, Lily?" His heart sank within him. Wai it coming now? You won't ! vexed, I'nclo Joe'' s! c said, nistliiig her hea l cloio against his arm. "I vexed with you, m gill? That ain't up-nnd down bko'y, is it? Hut I've d mo wrong, I. I v I've forgot that a great ro igh man like mc ain't the sort to look after a tender chxk hk-j you. 1 should 'a w niched t loser, Lily that's what I should have done." "What should you say, undo," wlrs prrod Lily, ".f if lam to get manicd I and leave you?" "To getmarricl, Li'y?' ' Haven't y u suspected this, uncle, of nt-. ?" "Yes, I h.iv.'," said lie, "but, oh. i'iy, ii yi-ur la-ait very umch in tliS" ' rude!' lias he adcd you to nnrry bun, L-ly?" "Ye'-, iiio'o.'' "Tucn" tho old man flung his clay p p down upon tho ground, w here il broke into a scoto i f fragiin'tit', and mil' tered a deep execration under h.3 breath -"he's a villain, that's all." "Undo! ' cii d out the girl. "An I a double-dyed one at Hint!" said thu excited old in.vi. 'Li'y! Lily! he has a w fi already at M irton'a Pass! IIo'i going to her now." Lily had lilted her head and lookcl earnestly at her tin lo. "H it iino'e, he isn't going to Mm- I it's Pass." 'Yes, hois tomorrow. And I wish he'd fallen dead before he ever came lo Omayo w.th his epiitloltei and his j ngling spit' i, and his false, handsome fare!'' Tiic!e!" cried Lily, "whom uro you talkie,' about 1" 'About Captain Ismay, to-be-sure." "Hut what has Captain Ismay to do with it?" "Kverylhing, hain't hef Lily knit her piotty brows in a puz .led fashion. "Nothing at all," said the, "except that he's been an cxcllent friend to liouhcti, and we're both ever so much ol lige 1 to him. Only think, uncle he's got the contract for lb tihon to bo chief electrical engineer at North Mari no in the now works theio, and when ever you can spare iiie uncle ' ' "ltoub'.'n ! ' burst out Joo Jeinigan. "Yes, to-bo-nro K'ttbcn Dirsay. We've been engage 1 a long time now. Do you mean, you dear, darling, stupid old uicle, that you never suspected this?'' "Never!'' said Uncle Joo, smiting his kneo with his list. "But look hero, Tiger Lily, do you lovo him?" "Yes, I'lido Joe."' "Anil ho loves you?'' '( If course he does." "Then," sahl tin) old man, "I haven't A wonl of objection. I shall beawfil lonesumn without you, but as long as you're both happy, why, it's all right." And ns he kissed her forehead, sho thought she felt the touch of a tear drop on hor brow. "Hut it can't l.e possible," said T gor Lily, to herself, "lucauso who ever heard of I'ncV Joo shedding a tear." Hut Tiger Lily did not know (hat this tear was not one of grief, but rather of thankfulness, that there was no blood guiltiness on his hands. .Siunny X'-jht. The Wild Miislan,- Pony. Thoio are sl i II bauds of wild mustang ponies in Southern Tex is. As ym know, those are supposed to bo the de scendants of lh" Spuiis'i hois's which were allotted to run wild by the lint Spaniards h i came to Mi xict. Il is Ino.t probable that the mustang had some part in otigiiiuing most of the In dian p olios. Tho w ild niU'tiings ahva. s ga her in large binds, and are very suspicious at the nppriafh of a poison. Tiioy do nut coin i near solt emonls or ranches mi -le-s forcotl to by lack of water. The prine pit co'or.s tha are found in this breed are duu and nioii-e; in lean horses a black streak' is bum 1 a'o tg the back, but this disappeais as the animal fattens up. Spittid or "p liuls'1 miy bo found occasionally; it is net unciuiiiiiutt I i find mil -tangs with a wh to stivak dow n the face, bul this incurs genera! ly in "p aints." The musla ngs hate a long, II iwing mane and tail, medium withers, body generally nun le I, It ps shor., deep breast, and a generally deopueik. The eyes are inclined to lu sunk in and keen. The mustangs thrive bolter on gra-s than any other breed of hones, mil it is on account of that tint they have been raise I f ir cow p-mic, although they nay be it el for goioral pui posei. They geneial ly haven vioiiii. deposi tion, but if piopcriy handled they may be Hindu veiy doci'e. A very icin.iik- ulile fact is thai marcs tarry their loals somewhat longer than other bleeds. This is probably dm to their running wild, living on grass, and having to stand winters whin til shelter. Wild marcs on range often sell from f 15 lo $'.'5, but they ate worth a great deal more when broken, ave:a;ing fiom f'll) to $-"m, although! Iiiv) known of thoui selling at $151). Horses used for cow ponies range from $11) to $t'i(l. Hani to Suit Mr. (losso (at window) II IIo! hero come Mr. an I Mis. i iby. They're coming hero, I suppose ? Mrs. Oisso They me! What an idea, to call at this time of the slay. Why, I Mr. (iesso They've gone by. Mrs. (iesso- They have? Well, that's very slraago. I sho'ibl think Mrs. (i.il y might be Mi ndly enough to cdl wl o'i she't jiassing right by the door. Vu.k. UIII.DUiSN'.S CUMMIN. TIIK OI.lt NI.M A lo'st limij looking o i n Ire", With f.itlioi-bird, ii-otlii i 1,1-1, lutln bir.ls three. Hut the ill--t lit t'e bird tri.il its wimsaml (1"W, An I t if wis little nestlings were only two. And, en' (hey knew it, tin- s com! bird The not- of a swii't- voiced mii ;v(..r h"iird An. 1 111" third liltle 1 -if I I -ft al-il" in the in st, Lo i;e I over the e I40 nu I wn.;:oin' wi'li the rest. Then tin father bird nml 111 th T-bi1 d sat 11 lone. For (he IhiV! little bird- front the no t had Hon 11. And tin- f 1U1 -I' -bird a'i; but a feeble nolo. And the in "th-r-l.ir I still -.l t It - n.h 111 In r tin- 'at. For w hat is a nH-t. 011 a l-o.-h li-. o Without the dear little ii-.-llins three? itniiihir Ai it's. MIS WAV UK M'l I.I.I.MI. One day '.ho son of it well -known miniter .ne I for soni"t hi tig to eat. Not pronouncing the word, sl th re should be a disappointm .'ill, the mi'.h.'r in Uiied caul lously, "Is Here any of tha'. c a k-e leftf The boy was given a pi co of cake, and went out to his play, but i rj.sen'. ly he wanted "more," and, trotting 11, nlood before hit mother with a pnpli'M'l look, evidenll think ing hard. Suddenly hi s f ice shone, and ho a-k"d: "Main 11a, is there any more of that A I! C left?" Yvnilis lltii 'vr. Tin: siiKt.i' ami nil'. si:. cfi.i.. F.iriinr Ilarliy's sheep always it cd a CO! lain palh through a thicket when evening c im , and they left tho down for h iiiio. There miglr, hive boon easi er ways r shorter ways, but these sleep had gone by thai pith ton voirt ago, and so lli'y and their children would (o by it for ten yeiri to com-, or long er, probably. Tint is the way with sheep; they like nothing so well as do ing the same tlinig over and over again. Another fashit n they h ive it that when the leader of the II ! does a thing nil the rest of the lloc! must do the same thing after him, even if there be no necessity for it. !f, lor example, the leader jumps nv, : ,1 bar to get into a field, a'.l the other sheep will jump at the tamo pl ico, even if the bar l.as beo i taken away. Now it ha ppened that one morning, while Farmer Ilarli y's sheep were ipiii t ly grazing on lift down, a se,i-;ud, searching for 11 plae ; lo make a nest, cum-: up m tho very thicket that lay between the down and lioni", and it seeino'l such an evc-'eduigly nice place that the gull decided to mm 1 dl no fur ther. (iillls do not build in trees, at most birds do, but on the ground and s-i this par: ii'ul ir gull chose the ino-t suitable sp it in the thickel and 111 ido i!s m st tin to. It so happ 'im I lint llio mos sui' 11 bio spot, in (he gull's opinion, was directly in I li ; sh'.'e;i path, and there it settled itself as eoiulorlably at it knew how. Hy evening il was at much ut liini ! ns if it had alwiys lived ther,'. H it of nil this the sheep were, of com -e, ijiiite unconscious, an 1 so they (lotted Inward li-'tne that evening as they had ilono eveiy ot her evening for as long as they could roin onbc. They entered the path at the thicket in nar row tile, crowding cadi other as sheep will do, an 1 I he head sheep wis a' nnst on tho brooding gull before ho saw it. II might, have slepp.d on it, not know ing w hat it was, and I hen all llio oilier fcheep would have done the s.iine thing, and that would have been the en I of tho gull; but the gull d id not pr.tpose, to be put out of tho way in any such fashion, and, therefore, at the sight of tho great sho p, crowding haul upon her, she half rose, spr.'.id her broad wings with a flap, flap, and sipiawkcd out like a slill d loc 'motive whistle. No righ' -minded sheep would slop 011 a thing that ue! ed like that, and tho leading sheep being of tint ami just raised himself on hit hind legs, and cloned the indignant gull at a bound. That woul I havo been sullioient for I ho sheep behind, even if the gu 1 had not boon there; but the gull was th-re, and wns fully as in lignaut al the last sheep as at the first, an 1 took good can. to show that she was. Thu next night the same thing hap pened, and the next ami the r.ex t. A Her that you might supp is0 that either tho gull or the sheep would lire of tho game; but no. Tho thought of yield ing seemed not to occur to cither, and so the nightly indignation of the gull and the nightly leap-frog, or leap-gull rather, of the sh-op kept up for tho threo weeks and a liltlo ever that it took tho gull to lay hor egs and hatch them. And no doubt, if they gave any thought to the matter, both gull and sheep were satisfied w ith themse'vos, tho former feeling that sho had held out st long ns she wanted to nn I tho hitler feeling that they hail t rod tho Ugjy, sjuawkiug thin out. TUIi KATTLHSNAKF, Sonic Peculiarities of this Ophi dian Terror. When His Headless Tail Is Pinched the Neck Strikes. From 1111 iirliclo by Dr. S. Weir Mitt hell, on "Tho Poison of S'l p -nts," in the Cti-lnr, wo ipiote (he following: ' L I ut objoive what hap;i.ns when the rattlesnake means mi-cli'of. lie throws himself into a spiral, and about ono third of his length, ca ryi 'g tho head, ri-es from the coil and stands upright. The altitude is li ie and wurlikc, and ar tists wTIo u'tvmpt to portray it iilays fail. lie doort not pur ue, but waits. Liltlo animals ho scorns unless ho is hungry, so I hat llio mouse or load ho leaves for days unnoticed in his cage. Larger or noisy crei'.ures alum him. Then his lead and neck arc thrown far back, li 's m-'u'li is open viry wide, the fang held firmly erect, and with an abrupt swiftness, fjr which his oidinaiy notions prepue one but little, ho strikes once and is back on guir.l again, vigi lant and bravo. The blow is a stab and is g veil by throwing the held forward while the ha f-eoih below it nro slr iiglitene I out to let'g lieu tho neck and give power to the 111 l 10:1 1 which diivo Hie fangs into the npp iiiout'i flesh; us thor enter, the tcmpiral muscle do-es tin; lower jaw oil the pu t struck, mid thus foic.'t the sharp f tig deeper in. b is a thrust aided by a bite. Al this momeiil ihe poii til duet is op Mini by the idaxatio'i of the mu-clo which surrounds it, ami llio same muscle which shuts the jaw sijiiee.es tin gland, and drives its ven m through the duel and hollow fang into the bitten part. "In so complicated a seri :s of nets thorn is often failure. Tho tooth strikes on tough skin and doubles hick or fails to enter, or thu sei out mis ju IgoH distance and falls short and may Sipiirt the venom four or live feel in the air, tloing no Ii.tiii. I had a cuiious ex porienco of this kind ii wbi.-lia snake eight feet six inches long threw a teasp -toilful or m n e of po:son athw art my fine;. c id. It missed my eye. by an inch or two. I hive ha I many near escipen, but Ihi, wis tho grimmest of all. An inch lower would hiveeo't mc my sight and probably my l ie. "A snake will turn and strike fiom liny p is I uro, bul the coil is the attitude always assume I when pos iblo. The Coil nets as an Anchor and enables tho animal to shako its f.iugs loo e Iretn the wound. A Mi-ike can ruel strike hc iond half his length. If both fin-s enler, the hurt is d uibly d.i'igi r Ml t, li i. cause ill" dose of ve ioiu is doub'e I. A I limes a Ian; is left in the ll'.h, but this il cs not iiouble the .'-crpeiit's power a a p iisoni r, since i:iimleiless lei:hlio leady to b 'come firmly lix.d mils place, and both fangs a e n -vei bid to gether. The nervous mechanism which controls the ae! of slr kuig seems to be in the spinal cord, for it we cut oil a snake's lira 1 an I (hen pindi its tail, I hi st ill 11 t uf tho ii"ck retur.is and wuli some accuracy hi s llio h ind of the ex peri iienler if he has th" nerve to hold on. Few men hive. I have 11 d. A little liisliman who took tare of my laborat try astotiishel me by coolly sus tai ling this ted. II did it by closing his eves and si shutting out f u a III imeiit the too suggestive vi"W t f the returning stump. Sn.ies hate always seemed lo me averse to stiik n ;, and they have been 011 the whole uracil maligned. "Any cool, ipiii I person moving slowly and stcidily may pielc up an 1 handle gently most veno nous serpents. fancy, however, that the vipers and the coppi rhead 1 are uncertain pels Mr. Thompson, the snake keeper at the Philadelphia Zoological, handles his set pouts with imniuily; bill one day h iving dropped some little moccasin 1 a few days o!d down his sleeve while he ( lined their m inima in his baud, one of the babies lot him and made nn u-Jy wound. At piescnt the snake staff is used to handle snak 's, "I saw one Oct di'i', in Tangiers, what I had long desired to ubscive -a snake charmer. Mo.t of his snakes weio harmless; but ho refused, with well-acted horror, to peine! mo to take hold of then. lit hid also two large brown vipers; these ho handled with care, but 1 saw at once that they were kept cxltiitsto l of their venom by hav ing been daily tea.cl into biting on a bundle of r igs tied to a stick. They were too tired to b? dangerous. I have ofien seen snakes in this state. Afler three or four fiiiitless nets of instinctive use of tlirir venom they give up, a'ld seem to become iniltl rcnt to ap proaches ami even to lough bsu'l- Teacher Sammie, how many limes sic theio in the hum in body your fa ther's, for ins' 11:111? Simniio One; lnj'i the oss i; I mu'.i at tho m ih'uiu. l)esiei' .:il!iiv Who Mere Fine Shots. There i.ever were liner pistol shotu in the world than man of the noted dos p"r ido-'s and killers who havo figured in tho romantic criminal annals of tho west. There is scarcely a story of Wild Hill' sproticieney with n pistol thnt is not nilo. II" was the ipi.c'vctt, surest shot ever in the west. Il had kille I nearly forly men in bis time, "not counting In dians an I greaserj,'1 us tho bad men u ed pleaia'illy to say. It was tho rar est thing (hit he shot his victim more than onco. His favorite, spot in which to plant his deadly bullut was between the eye t. He occasionally shot his man through tlio heart by way of varia tion. It is said that he coul 1 throw an oyster can int.) tho nil ami put twelve bullets into it from his own navies bo -fori) it macho I the gnnm I. Ho could also send six bullets through the hole m id') by th" first b ill in a target seven ty yards away. Wuile shooting ho never apKared to tahe aim but sent his leadon m -sien ,'ers flying on their inis sioti in seemingly the nio-t car less and off -hand way iniagi'iab'c. All the kibeis with b.g coords and private graveyards shot in much the same 111 inner. Hilly the Kid, C ay Al lison, Hit Mistursoti, Sam II iljlay, tho Flip brol hers, "t'omm iiche" Jack St dl well, ami oiler w ort hies of the frontier all shot with no apparent aim. All of them were professional killers, and in (heir later days, when abundance of praet to had 111 id'.' them d' x'.eroiis in llio art of murd ir, most of them shot their victims always h;t ween tho eyes, in imitation o' Wii I Hill. Watch Out. When it it nocessary lor you to go among machinery in 111 itioi, just as you start in "wa'ch out." Many a man has started to go around ttniong shafting and bolts 111 motion lo do oiling mid ncectsaiy work, and eomo l ack on a bounl, mver able lo loll how he lost his 1 life a blood splash here, a purl of a I limb (here, rcve.V tin 11' 111") and can o i 1 1 of tho accident. Tint poor fdlow did ; not "w atoh oul, " hone the lifeless body that lays before us. Not many years ago this was one of the sil seems I witui-,.cd. A 111 in be loved by every olio of tho ftHil men woiking in a shop was mi-sod, and the engineer fearing some accident ha I hap pen o I him, shut down a id tho s-arch b"gnii. In five minutes poor Jim lay before them dea l. The bat tore I oil can was tinn y clutthod in his ban I and a frightful g.idi in his heal told the sad tale he didn't "watch out." (J iile n few yenrs ng-i the pmpiieior of a laru'e simp in a New Iviglaud city wheie he imnlives were built, saw a man trying to put on a heavy belt. This mill was ' 'w.Hi liini; out," and failed lo put it on as ipi 1 k as tho propiieloi wanted lull! to, sj ho said: " it, eomo d wn and let tno put il on." Tlio proprietor in Ihh ha lo and aitg-r, did not "watch out." In ten minutes he was on his way loon on a stretcher, di a I. His c!o!hes caught in the belt and he was tariiiil over the shall a id dropped oil thu Hour a niano.led nii-s. Tno two III lie words would have saved his life and spand liuu lo a lov ing wile and happy i hildien. Taking a Philosophical View. j Il is t dd of a prominent b.i -iness uiiiii , ol t ic cily that In b nig it through a br'k. r I1011.lt to th amount of $1 l,HII , j and on receiving ilieni put tin 111 into - the out si I it pocket of his nveicoat, walked to the head uf Milk stint, j win re ho bei.iiiiu entangled in a crow d and had the bonds stolen. All this was , onlv a somewhat tx iggeratcd 1 aso of ' ( iiielessne-s, but w hat followed showed 1 that the ma 1 was a philosophic The usual steps were taken to ills, i over a id recover the missing sei 111 i- ! ties, b it when some day hid passed I without any clew the owner began to j conclude that he should never hear j of t hem. j 'Well," he riniuk 'd lo his broker j one day, when he hud dropped in to in- j ipiire whether anything had been heard j of the stolon sec irilios, and his pms tioti ha I b '-'il mis v.-re I iu th" nega tive, "there's one thing about il ; all I ' leS! is the i ilere.t of the m m -y. " ' 'The int :rost of the 111 uiey." repeat ed tho broker; "why, you havo lost tho principal, too, haven't you; ' "(th, not at all," was the reply; "my heirs lose lint." i'owur. Ambition ol a Muscovite. Among tho most original of tho foreigners now in Paris must bo men tioned a Musoovilo magnate who has been in llio exhibition every day siuco its opening, nml whoso special mania is to taste every cosmopolitan dish that is prepared on or near tho Champ tie Mars. He has calcu everything, including tho tins-ivory messes of the Annamites, nnd intends to go on with his gastronomic d experiences until ho has exhausted all the international menus. L ndoii Te't- The Shape of Hie Skull. Is a man stupid, or brilliant r wise, Kiii insiiigly nblo or (lull: It nlld 'pemls on his er.uiial bumps, It' p -lids 011 tho sliap.' of his skull; And there nro s 1110 things that some men cannot do, I't them Mirngjlu itud try till they're dead, I'liless they can build a bi- L on their brain And alter the simp" of their head. Then do not attempt thoso imp 'ssible fouls, And struggle until you are gray, On tasks for which you were never d -i(;ii"d For your skull isn't slorio I tin right way. Shap.' the .slcis of your I fe by the shiijio of your skull; Hnill jour lil't to tha mould of jour brain; liuu youi c irs on the trai-k that was built for your 11 ". Fill ss you Would wreck Hi" whole train. A e ureli is not used for a stoi- dioii., a ,-.hi"t Is not tisi d for a home or hotel, liy the shop' of tho hoiiso, as by sin pit of tin h ml Its vai ions uses we t-11. Thou ilo.i t try to li.ht ngainst nuturo'a design. You'll liiid it hard work aid .small pty. Hen t sipnm l -r your slri'ii ;th on impossiMu feats Vi'hon your sKult i.n't sliajvil tho riht way, For tho world is lillel up with irrational 111 -n Who stru.'gle and try lo attain The cloud bannered peiks of impos-ilil-) h-t-tits. Without th" right bnlg' of the brain. For the pi istie skull of Hie man is sliiip-.d Hv n tut that is gn liter than he, Ami he must judge by the shape of his hoa 1 The trend of his destiny. Then judge by the til of your cranium case, Don t sipiandi-r your powers, I pray, In reaching for uniittuiiiulilc things Wh 'ii your : k til 1 isn't sinp d tlio riyht way. ,S'. II'. 7'ns.s, in J o 11 Arc 7;it.c. Ill M0K01S. Calling a halt "Hi, there, you crip ,di!" The road to ruin leads through tho wicket gale. Herry pickers get what they can and can what they got. Why had a p or singer b'dler sing to an org in than a piano aceompanim ,-nt H' cau.o of the frequent stops. D tin 111 in's Sin A mouse has fallen into the milk. His Mother I) d you tako it oul? H"y No; 1 have, (brown I lie cat in. The man who is in tho habit of try ing to it to the bottom of things should beware of fulling overboard iu mid -ocean. Young Lady "That arrot you sold mo hist week doesn't talk at all. " D a'cr---"Ye'' m; you said you wanted one that wouldn't be a n uisance to the neighbors." "Whv are you so agitated'" imputed the glass of the palm leaf fan, which was in a great flutter. "K-causo I lave leas.i i to believe that you are about to get drunk." A musician brought to de-pair by liio poor playing of a lady in a room above his own meets her one day in the hall with her three-year-old child and says in a most friendly manner: "Your bub! one there plays ipiilo well lor her age! 1 hear her pnn t ie ev.ry day!" The Value of Suapslone. One of the valuable minerals of thin country of which the output is hugely increasing is talc or soapitono. It i-j u-o I for dressing skins, leather gloves and similar pu -pose, but its groato-t use is as an adulterant. For this it is pe culiarly lilted on account uf its lightness, la-big employed as a tiller chiefly in the inanufacluro of so up paper and rubber, II id lo a certain extent as a lubricant with other substances. I' is aiso u-ed for making slate pencil, crayons, stoves, ovens, .iiii' kuii lniiii;s mil healths, and also, being aeid pro if, for si, ing rollers in cotton factories. In Alabama il is used for headstones. The A uteri -tan al origin"- u-ed it for culinary arli chs, and the Chinese for the 1 living of their idols. lis lightness an I its filu.iiis i-hat ncler admit of its aim t-t entile in coipoialioiir.il percent.) with pap.r stock, while clay and other inaterinis which it replaces are only available tr (ho extent of thirty or forty per cent. It i known toco iimero by such names as pu'p. mineral pulp, a ;alile asbi stino pulp and others of the sum:! character. Itetls Were bundles uf Straw. In the ciriy peii.ul of modern hiOoiy bods were almost uuivertally iu F.uropo nothing but bundles of straw. Aslulo iu Knglind us the time of (Ju ion Flizi both no carpets wen; use I mid ihn floors were strewn with tushes, and tho beds were hardly anything better than a 111 lo bench or any riub- framework which lifted it above the floor. A Mumbling Itlock. Hev. Primrose. "Your mother doesn't seem as fond of you us sho might bo." Little Johnnie "No, sir. Sho says if it hadn't been for me she'd have had sister married years) no." llujtr'i littzur.