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dl)f Cljatfjam Brcorfr. HATES Qtljc I) at I) am tUcorfc. II. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PEE mi Strictly In Advai.si. I Will Be Worth? of It f may not roach the heights 1 seek, My untried strong: h may (ail me; Or. half-was up the mountain peak, Fierce temisasta uiay assail me. But though that p act' I never gain, Heroin lie somfort for my pain I will be worthy of it. I may not triumph in Micros, Despite my earnest lilior; I may not grasp result that bl '.s Tne efforts of my neighbor. But though my g.inl t never see, Thin thought nIiiiII always dwell with mo- will be worthy of it. The golden glory of love's lilit May n -ver fall on my way; My path may always load through night, Kike omo deserted by-way. Hut though life's dearest joy t tnlss There Ilea a nameless j y ill this ti ill lie worthy of it. -Mil Wheel rr Wilcox. A SERENADE. "Matty's pot a beau!" said Mn. Hull, in n sort cf stngu whisper, as she spread out the various sections of her half completed patchwoi k bcl-ijuilt before the nlmiring eyes of Mrs. Pcckh.im, her neighbor. Kccpiti' roj'lar company!'' Ln me!'1 said Mrs. Pcckhnn, at nnce losiuj nil iuterc-t in tho "Iri-h- th ia" pittern uii'l staring full in the: fat c of Mrs. Hall. "Who is "ill" "1 1 mi no's I'd orter tc 1." "Oil, yc, ilo! 1 won't mention it to a livin' soul. You hain't oiler hev mysteries from me, as has been a neijdi b.'r to you so long." 'You're sure you won't tel. 1'' "Yes, sartin sur .' ' "Well, then, it's Maitin P.dry." "Weil, luevir" said Mrs. Peckham. ' M-: ami Louisy, we've wontlercil this long time why Martin didn't marr nn 1 fettle down, with such a nice farm as he's got rent store carpets on the floor, and a new coals: iu'-stove, with a water bodrr to the hack on't, and everything. And a nice, good-tempered fellow, too, us ever li veil !" sho lidded, with a sigh. "1 supine," said Mis. II ill, with modest pri le, "it ain't every g rl would suit Martin.' "Diy set ycl? ' said Mrs. Peckham, lier spectacle glasses nil n-glitter with curiosity. ' Bless me, it ain't pot so far as that yell' declared Mrs. HalL "I didn't my ho'd propose, did I? 1 only said he was comin' Sunday oveain's." 1 Oh!'' said Mrs. Peckham. "But ol course," addd the mother of Matty, 'everybody knows what that means. Ami t. o next timo Ig to Budport 1 shall be sort o' lookiu' out .'or bargains in dovt'-ro'.ored silks." "1 suppose I it w. mill be just as wll," said Mrs. peckham, wistfully. "Louly hain't no notion of pettiu' fettled, has she?'' Iinzrdtd Mrs. Hall, in the height of her sa'isfaetiou. "Not that I know of." "Well, you mustn't give u;i,"siil Mrs. Hill. "I've known girls marry ii ii 1 marry well, too alter they wa older than l.iuisy is." Mrs. P.rkhnm bit her lip. "Louisy nm'tso very oltl!" said she. "Shc' thirty, ain't she?" "Yes; but I don't call that dying of oil ago!'' rctortel Mrs. Peckham. ' Mitty ain't but three-an I-twenty," complacently obsetved Mrs. Hall. "Hut our family always did marry early." Mrs. P -ckhnin rose. "I guess I'd better bo going," said j she, a little nettled. "Thai walk across t! e inoddor is nwful hot arter tho s in get-, high." Mrs. Hall looked after her with a half-suppressed smile as she trudged dow n the ton I, a so') hied brown tpeck on the summer Lr glitucsi of tho land scape. "She's dreadful jealous 'cau cLouisy's bojkcd for single blciscdiics!'' saitl she, chuckling. Lou'sy, indeed a washed-out, rcd-hnircd obi maitl! No morot ) bo compare 1 with our M itty than a cabbage-stalk with a rose! ' While Matildt horself, dusting tho furniture ia the best room, looked crit ically at tho well-worn figures on the carpet. "Ma," saitl she, "wo must have a new carpet this fall. This ain't hardly decent whon a girl has steady com pany. " 'I duu no what your father'll say, Matty," said Mrs. Hill, coming in from the kitchcu with a fried cruller impaled en tho end of her fork. "P.i hiksn't no business to be so dingy," said Matilda. Sho was a black-eyed, red-cheeked girl, with ebon hair growing low on her foiehrail, ami a certain air of domineer ing command which comported well with her clear, p n t an I- white beauty. Mrs. Ha'.l looked ndiniringly at her daughter. '1 guess likely he'll let you have your own way," said i' c. "You al ways was a great hand to coax. Just taste o' this 'ere fried cake, Mitty. I ain't certain whether I've y t enough cinnamon iuto the. dough." Meanwhile, Mrs. IVi.khnm had .tsclied tho littla wooden houe on the VOL. XII. eJgo of the swamp, where hor grand daughter Louisa was hanging out the clothes of the week's wash a tall, slight girl, with large gray ecs, rather a col orless complexion, and hair of that bright Rubens gold that Mrs. Peckham had miscalled "red." 'It's true, Louisy,'' said tho old wo man, ralher spiritlessly." What's true, giunny?" "About Mirtiu Palcy an I Matty Hall." "Well," with a quick twitch of the upper lip, "why shouldn't it be true)" "I sort o' thought one time, Lauiy, that ho was partial to you I" Louisa laughed, not a bad imitation of careless in liffereuce. "Partial !"' said she. "He .'ailed a few times, that was all. I aiu't n beauty, yen know, like Matilda Hall!'' But when she rain? in to put to boil the filial dinner, her eye looked sus piciously red; and after the dishes were clearc I away, sho went up to her own room, took a withered rose-hud or two out of her little Testament ami fling them out of the window, murmuring to hcrsel f : "What a fool I have been to keep them so long!" The p'.ra-ia it du-k of the next sunset was purpling the hi. Is when M.s. Hail callod shrilly to her dan ;htcr from the spare chimb -r up stairs: "M.ilty! Matty! there's ono o' them bothering hand organ men c m:u' up tho path, fend him away tpi'ck! Mrs. Deacon D. Iby b'st one. of her grandmother' a silver teaspoons last week, and "' Matilda, who was ironing out her one j embroidered pocket -hail Ikerchief, set the iron b uk on the slovo and ran to obey the maternal belie t. The broom, unfor.ua itely, wa not in its place, as usual, but the kitchen mop was thj nex' handiest weipo i tint presented itself. Sll-i caught it up and braudis'inl it at tin dor like a mod ern Auia.on. "Bo off about your business!" .she cried, in a voice to thi full as shrill ami sharp as tint of hsr m I'.her. "We don't want no shiftless loifers about here!" The w tiideri:i musician hciititcd, but M.itildi bro iked no delay. ' f ear out, 1'ny!" she cried, dex trous! y (1 ugiag the implement of house hold skilt at the maraii Ivr. It whirl.il once or twice through the air, anil finally buried itself in the hedge of gooseberry budies beyond. The m in with the org in beat a ha-Hy ret reat. M.itly returnel to 1rr ironing, nnd Mrs. Ha 1 laug'ie 1 u'ou-l from her van tage point above st iirs. "I guess you se!tle 1 h's lii'iuessfor him, Mitty," said she, gleefully. "I've no patience with no such vaga bonds," said Matilda, folding up the hnmlkerchivf. L'iii-a Pic'diam was working Imlton holes in it vest it was tho way she earned her living- b the light of a shaded lamp some twenty mimics Inter, when there came a knock at the the.r, and who should walk in but Mir tin Rile.'. "(iooil-even:ni, I.oui-a," said he. "I didn't know ai I diould find you at home." "I ain't often away from home," saitl L misa, coloring a soft fle-h-pinl;, that made her for the moment almost beauti ful. "Sit down, Martin, won't you?" I can't stay but a little while,'' sa:d Martin. Ivccmo on an er:an I. 1 want to know if you will marry me, Louisy." 'Many you!" Tne needle dropped from L uiisa's fin gers. "I know it, in ist seem sudden-like," aplogi"l Martin, "but I've made up my mind sudden -like. A man nlwayi does, I suppose, at the I is. Will you marry m.-, Louisy?" "Why yes t suppiso so," shyl acquiesc tl Louisa, pretending to search for the m'ssing ne vile "if you leally mean it, Martin, that i. " "1 do," sai 1 Martin, "with all my heart ami soul. " "But I thou ;ht you was keeping com pany with Matilda Hall?" 'I did go there consid'ablc," con fessed Martin, "but I sort o' suspicion she wouldn't suit me like you would. Louisy. So it's a bargain. i it?" And when he went away, he stopped a minute to take something out of the big cluster of black currant bushes by the gate. "Why, wlnt's that?" said Louisa who had followed him out. "A trunk?" "N no," confessed Martin, reddening even in tho starlight. "It's a hand-or-pan." "A hand- organ 1" 'Veil,'' saitl Martin, laughing rather shimcf.-icctlly, "I may as well own up, L liiisy. It won't tin for me to have any s-cret from you, I s'poso, arter t. night. But there was a poor, worn out Itnlian fellow camfl to my homo this evening with his moakcv, and sni I 1: hadn't PITTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, SEPTEMBER 12, 1880. had no luck all day. And so I give h'm om supper and a bed in tho barn, and I j ist borrowed the orgiu for a lit, tie while. I though', it would be a good idea to serenade with." 'To serenade! But, Martin, you didn't serenade m ! ' "N-no," said Mirtin. "1 changed my mind. But the tu:cs arc leal pretty, Lnuisy. There's 'Annie Laurie,' and Home, Sweet Home,' and 'Iwiiken ham Ferry,' and lots like that. Don't you want m; to play somo for you!" "Do!" saitl Liuisi. "I'm real fond of music." Out there in thj starHV, tho old. fadiioa.-d strains of music sounded s0 plaintively tint evn3 (J-andiiiothcr Peckham opacd Inr c.p-tairs c.isciiirnt to listen. Louisa hail never tec; "-pienadcl'' before. She thought it wa5 !:ko a pngs out of the "Arabian Nights." An 1 honest Martin .lid uot ir-rct hi-: hospitality to the per, ':rel crgan gtiadcr, who, with his monkey, lay coilcJ up, fast asleep, on the Lay in the barn-loft at Palcy Farm. But Matty Hall's "steady company" did not come back to her. She could not imagine why, when she dressed hcr solf (veiling after evening, and sat in the b?t room by the big lamp with tho silk shade, nolu l rewarled her per sistency. And ono nfleruo-in Mrs. IVckham cann over with a jir of More 11a cherries which she had j U preserved. 'I kiiowctl you like preserves," saitl she. "Here's one of our'n. B-the- W(lv j, ,uty was mairiel ycsterlay." "Married! ' cchoe I Mrs. Hall. "Yes tpiito tpiiet-likc," said tho grandmother. "To Mir!in Palcy." Mrs. Hall turned a dull tallowy white. She could hardly believe her cars. And all tho time Mirtiu Palcy was saying to himself: "Haven't 1 had a lucky c-.caps from marrying a woman with a temper liko that !"' There are soiu t mystorios which will remain forever uasolvcl; an I to the day of her death M itilda II ill will probably never know how it was that slid failed to becoiiu M'S. Mirtiu P.i lcy. S(lurihi!i Xiijht. The Persian Shah's Museum. The Shah of Persia his a museum in hi pa'ace that i describid as a curious place. It contains j-'we'ry and tretu ures of different klinh worth a fabulous amount. The so-called Peacock throne, carried (IT from Delhi ISO vears ago, is alone valued a", many mil iont. In 1 this museum you may nlso see va-es of I agate in gold ami lapis lazuli, sai I also to 12 worth millions; nnd alongside of t hem duply perfume battles of Kuro- pan mak-1, with gaudy liiucl", mat can be ha I at four cents apiece. You! will see priceless misaics and exipiis- I ilely painted cups and caiis and vases which were presented by some Kuro pcan potentates: nnd side by side with them you will notice hornb'e daubs, veritable forty-cent chroma :, picked up no one knows how or where. You will I erceivs glass caei lil'.c 1 with huge heaps of rubies, diimonls, emeralds, sapphires, turquoises, garnets, top117.es, beryls of all si. -s and k 1 litis, cut an 1 uncut; nnd cheek, hf jowl, with these your eyes will see cheap music b-ixos, jews-harps, stj ieaky hau l -org ins. The Shah must also be in 11 condition to "bull" the market on pourls, for hero is, for instance, a id glass case twenty four inches' long b cighter'ii inches wide ami high, which is more than half til 1c 1 w.th pearls (mostly from the Per sian gulf fisheries) of all sizes and do "recs of lovel 11 s . Convicted by Paper Wad. The evidence against a prisoner ac-cil-ed of the murler of Haw a ins, a sct ller, near Wellington, New Zealand, is of a ttry remarkable character a id wholly ciicumstantinl. P ecci of news paper hail b -en used by tho mu-dcrcr at a wad, and some of these were found in the wounds ami carefully extracted. Small bits of paper were also found at 1 ho sc:ne of th i murder. All those pieces fitted precisely a torn ncwspnpci found in the prisoner's home. (astronomic Item. Jones So you havo sent off youi cook ? Smith Yes, I've discharge 1 h?r. I'm surprised to hear it, as I heard you say she was such tin excellent cook. That's just the reason I discharged her. She caoked such excellent dinners that we nte so much there was nothing Iff, over for supper. Her good cook ing was her only fi uit. Lislii? I'p to the I,?ltrr. Mrs. Brown Why don't you say "Thank you,'' Johnnie, for that piici of cake? L tile J.dimie Taiisi you saitl you would I ck inn if you heard i n ilhcr word out of .ae the whole cve-iing. rillLUREVS COM'MN. ISOAMM1 A KIIOW'RR Two oral s who were out on the beach tt walk K iook elawi! when they met and stopp?d t( tfllk. "We're K"i"K to have a s'orni," on 1 said. "Just look lit those big clouds overhead!" "Then if we stay," said th other, "i:'s pi iii That lioth of us will lie caught in the rain.' So, ere the threatened shower benn, j laek in the water they quickly ran. M'llrnlni lnfjluxH, in SI. .Vii'ii..i.s. j CAT I'AHTIF.S. ('it partioi are the latest fashion. Re- j ently a New York young girl, the h ppy possessor of a fine Millesc cat, I invited a number of her friends tc ' bring their pet cats to S o'clock tea, ' each cat to have a ribbon about its j neck, corresponding to that worn by its i m stress. At the nnnointel hour th( ! c.ils male their appearance in charge ol j their respective owners. After tho fc-1 lina introductions hail taken place, j somo of which were tho reverse of ' friendly, games were introduced, and soft lulls, toy mlco ami other objects dear to pussy's heart were provided. These pastimes, however, I grieve tc say, were sometimes marred by a vigi r ous slap when two sti angers came lu collision, mil oi.c the belli crcnt pus sies had to le separated by friend?. When tea was announced a ti.blj furnished with saucers of milk and email cakes, with cushioned stoila, was disclosed. The floral decorations consisted of cat nip, lavender, gn;ses and bright flow er1. The cats, placed on their respect ive stools and at'cu-k'd by their mis ticses, partook of the good cheer fcl before them. Their behavior was quite coirect. With their forcpaws on the table they lappe 1 the milk with I ccom ing propriety. When all were sati-liud th-re was a comical sight K-ich pussy began making her toil. t, nnd the face washing was decorous in the extreme. After leaving the table a spray of cat ni; was given each kitty, and the feline happiness was complete. These sprigs I wcreto-sed in the air, cauglit and lov- ingly earos-cd. As each kitty departed I it was presented with a ball or tiy mouse as a memento of the p:rty. I'OI.I.Y IS I'll NIC Polly was having a picnic nil by her- I self one day, on the lawn under the big Iniaple-tn e. S'lc hail cirricd out her table and I chair, and her two dolls sat by her side i in ( hair of their own. On the table was n nice re 1 apple nnd two cookies and some "pop-oin." The p ippod corn was for the dolls, bcoau c, with a litt'e help, they could really be made to hold it in their hands. It iver was s'r 'tchod out on the grass, sound asleep. Ib' was to have one of the cookies. "1 forget what they picnics," said Polly to don't think they be;Mil thill'".' While she wns thiiiUin'; tlo frst at l.eiself. "I by eating about it, a loaded wagon passed by, nnd as it canin to the bill near the house, the horse stopped, and would not go on. Perhaps he had been travelling a long distance and wanted to rest, or p-rhaps lie did not like to draw a load up hill. The man who wns driving him began tob'at nnd scold lum, but still he would not move. Then the man beat ami kicked him the harder, and Rover woke from his nap irul barked furious ly; b it yet the horso stood still. In n moment P. lly ha 1 a bright thought. She caught up iho red apple nml ran out at the ga:c, followed close ly by Rover, nnd she snid to the man: "Pleaso don't whip him any more. 1 can make him go.'' Then she went beforo tho horse nnd heltl out the apple towarl him, nnd he instantly forgot all his other plans, and, thinking only of getting the apple, fol lowed Polly, and qu'ckly drew the heavy load to the top of the hill. "Now you shall havo it," said Polly, as she gave him tho apple, "I can do without it at my picnic." But the man, sad to tell, did not thank Polly for being so kind and brave, but only seemed angry that a little girl could tlo what he could not do. Then Polly went bnck to her picnic, and nte one cooky, mid gave the other to It iver, nnd the dolls had somi poppet, corn, ami ..... uov ....as ...o apple very much because she was glad 1 1 -1.- .1 :.l . . L - she hal helped the tired horse. The itpplu wns a little thing, nnd Polly was a little thing, but together they did a good d tcd. A Onerous Foe. Fanny Whv, Knima, how cordially you shook hands with Mis. Frizhair t the party Inst night! I thought you were deadly ememies. F.mma Oh, thnt is all past. I hawa forgiven everything, she has grown 10 plain looking. OSAGE INDIANS. By Far the Richest Nation in the World. Each Member of the Tribe is a Dissolute Nabob, I'lie O age triba of Indians it by far the richest nation in the world. The Ot iges are live times as rich as the av -erage of Americans, ten times as rich as the average of Knglisluncii, and the Fiench and Italians nre paupers in com parison. There are among the O'ngcs 110 pennies people, ami none in warn ,x ''I1' 'bat insitiable want that always nl1" ,nr"e- Tlln wllolc f'aSB !"1"1 j""' I. nn,t 1,R uum"'t of i''''l'lren of school age it about 40 I. B it they already have two schools, supported by n magnificent school fund of f 1 20, -000, yielding regularly annual interest of ft! lo ), or (15 for each schoolable chihl a larger fund than any other community in the world. Let us sec what is the actual wealth of tho O.nges. There are lltiil of them according to last yenr s census. They l ave in the I'nitel S ales treasury 7rK fi'.U of their own m nicy, drawing 7 per cent, interest. This ainou its to a capital of $.M7." apiece for the whole nation men, women and children. But besiles this they have 1,170.000 acres of Ian I iipal to j ist about 1000 ai res ap.cce. This l.md is mostly line and arable an I would sell for an aver age of $10 an acre, or $i0, 00 ) for each in lividuat's portion. This makes each individual Osage Indian worth: Cash in I, it.-d States Treasury ( .". 17'i Viilne of I.ooii iier.s of l.uil lo.isn We lib of taeh member of tie." tribe. .:1.",1T'J S 1 each O ago baby c nous intu th-j ild with fl.j.00) in its doubled list. I Not only is each member of the tribe worth $15,000, but the property is so protected that he can enj iy only the income of it. He caanot get hold of I ,, the principal to dissipa'e it, nnd he cannot sell the land, so absolute pro vision is made for t li j mo-t inclement of wet days. lv;ch f: tuily possesses ijl'ii), (1)0 on an avi rage, and thy hca I ol it, if he be industrious nnd cnterpr.s ing, can grow $10,0,10 worth of crops a year on hi- 4, tin ) acres of land. He is raised permanently above want 1111 I above fc;ir of want. 'I'm.' ( age tribe lias retrograded ever ; sine a big sale of w ild lan I matla it j rich. The population steadily dimin ishes. In IS.'iS the population was ', t5,72-; in 1 '., 4 !!; in 1S?S. 2, SIM; j in ISS'.I, 1,500. The rich 11.1,'es are running out. Tin ri were s venteen ! deaths last year ami only three births. , Only one baby has been born during the six months of this year, as far as reportc l, and that is on'y abmt one- fifth pur.. bloo I. i The Obliges tcfusn to be civilized, dress mostly ia blankets, breech-clouts ! and moccasins and are ;i lay, ignorant, ' worthless fragment of the humm race. , They are mostly drunken when they can get rum. They ssill not work, but i when they have any work that a Squaw j don't understand they hire white men j to do it. The government tries to train the young without nny good results. 1 The fact is that the O-nge tribe is a ' community of copper colored loafers, of , pri fbgato, dissolute, lazy, filthy n bobs. I Tiny ilo nothing to better their condi tion except con-tatitly tease the govern ment for mote and 111010 money. They scorn nml despise, civilization, because civilization means work. Like all peo ple w ho ar ; supported in idleness, the Osage seem to have lost their manhood nixl 1 ecome not mciely pensioners, but mendicants. Hrooklyn ( 'if ';. I'tillziii Articles of ( Ivlli.ilion. The New York fu is of tho opinion that the savage who has recently been discovered in tne depths of Africa ; proudly wcaiing in the lobe of his right j enr a bishop, th .t had strayed or been stolen from a set of c'.iesi men is doubt ; less determined to utili.a all resources , of civilization that come within reach. 1 A while ago an African chief was milking a silver watch tasj do duly as a ! tobacco pouch, and another worenn und , his neck as his chief 01 namcnt illegible! ! knob of nn explorer's tent p lo. liven : trousers can bu utilized by the most scun'ily ilri'ssed natives, as was recently shown uy a ciiici lowuom 11 pur was I prescntcil with the request that he wear j ,,,, i .,u,,lio g00 after with the gnnn-iits cnrefully ranged s ver his shoulders. Two Degrees of Cleanliness. An Anglo-Indian lad boasted that her Chinese cook was 11.11 -h cleaner than her neighbor's In ban chief. Tncy visile 1 the respective kitchens. The Indian's pots nnd pans anil 11 ensi's of ill kinds were filthy. The Chinaman' vessels shone like nvrrors, and (lliaag liinisi If was sitting on his box, washing himself in the soud tinecn NO. 2. Expenses of Entrlan Ps Prime Mlnislen The prcsc.it Marquis of Salisbury, says a London cones undent of the Chicago Inter- fAvmi, keeps nbout seventy in-door servants, exclusive cd dependencies of a higher c'ass, such ai private secretaries, 1 bta in is and c'lap Isins. All of the serv nits me only in activity when the miriiii is at II itti dd, his London resilience not requiring so I irge a service. I givt I he catalogue roughly in the oi ler of importance. First, tli"re is n house steward, who pays the other servants, a id is charged to a certain extent with their manage ment. He receives $100) a year, and his assistant, the under s'eward, $!i.V). The buller is paid 4-T-"1 a year, and the two under butlers $2.10. Two French cooks are paid f.ioo a year each, ami a valet ijS '0 a year also. Then there are eight coachmen, tic be t of w ioin re- 1 eoivc $250 a year; eight footin.-n, who receive on nn average f 17." a yea-, and j four grooms of the chain ier, wlio-u pay is about tiie same. 1 Of women servants, there are ciht kitchen in litis, whose pay rangis from $125 to (73 a year, cig it house maids! and four stil'-room maid, a'l of wh so j pay is on the same scale as lint of tho kitchen-inn d , I h ive omitted to men- lion four larder-boys, whose pay isj probably very small, but who doulitle-s i have a good opportunity of getting fat. j Then there are a number of work. men 1 in constant employment on the hmi c, a ' large number of pensioner!, and it long I Rtring of professional or edu ate I men. j Sometimes 13') visitors and servants are ! at Hiilield at a time. The upicr ser- vants dress; for il tincr, th nigh for that j matter they nte usiiilly in evening dress, I nnd my ex buthr told mi' that forty I seivants, male and femili', in full dress, j often sit down to dinner in tic; up;i'r ; servants' hall. T.iis inc' 11 les, of t ourse, j the valets and ladies' maids of visitors, i Of course, a very impoitant item in ihe income of these servants is o mtribu tcd by tips, which they call ".cds,' a coirect but somewhat unisual word. The servants who c mc most in c ui!;:ct with visitors receive filly lulf their wages over again in the form ol ti;s. L ird Sili-luii v spend: a f ortu 1 every year am ng cnip o.'cs nt "'Hatfield in doors a'l 1 out. lb; litis, for i i-tancc, a head g.ird Mer, with twenty Iiv.? assis tants, and a forester with twen'y men under him. The tot il yearly expendi ture of Lord Salisbury is about $l'i0, 000, nnd he is by no 111 in s 011: oi the richest of his class. An Knormnus Worm In His Kur. The habit in rou.itry parts of strc'.ch. ing oneself o it on the ground for the purpose of ta'iing n nap it common enough in the summer time; but from a caM that is n-portcd from a village in the Dordogii", in l-Va.i eo, a trip 0:1 th' grass is ni t unatte nle I with danger. A farmer residing mar the village 1 1 if 1 with the heat of the slay mil with Ins work, ricently laid himself down to rest beneath the shad-i of an oak tien in a meadow, lie w is su hleuly rou--c I fiiun his repose by n sharp twinge of p.iiu in oi.c id his can, tin' pain increasing to j Slich ,.xtl.nt thnt before the poor 1.1 - low reached his home he was half bc-iiio himself. For sevctal days he MitTi'tcl the greatest ag'.ny, which neither the doctors nor the reme lies they pie- 1 .bed could nllay,and the a'iept w.u brought, to such a piss tli:,t he mndeup his 111 nd that he must tl e. It chanced, however, that n neighbor had the felicitous idea, as the sequel proved of p tiring a little turpentine into his car, tic iiimi l. il: elTectof which was to make the patient fall back insensible on his pillow. ()i recovering c mscioii ni'is he remarked that he experience I a st range feeling of relief, the causa of which w is soon ox plninel by the exit from hi. ear of an enormous worm, which had taken un its quarters there iluri ig the farmer's sleep. lAirfon !t iinlir.l. To Prevent Mosquito Biles. B iii n quart of tar until it becomes quite thin, remove the clothing, nnd be fore the tar becomes perfect 1 cool, w ith a broad, fla biush, apply a smooth coat ing to the entire siirfnccof the body ami limbs. While tin' tar remains soft the insects may become rn'anglcd in its trencher on fold", thus I ccomlng pi--feclly hnrin'ess; but it will soon form a hard, smooth coating over the entire body, entirely impervious to their bites. Should it crack at the knee or elbow j in tsi, it is only necessary to retouch the Inclined spots. The whole coat should be rc iewel every four weeks. His Kxiec(alliiu. To put this business on a cash basis Mr. Peduncle," said the fa' her of th8 young lady, "in cue yon marry Ireno you must have something to livo on. What arc your expectations?" "Why, as to that sir," rcpliel the soincwha'. embarrassed young man, "I shouldn't expect much at the start. Though it's kin 1 of you to ask. May I impure the amount of lifu i' a uncu you Cirrv?" ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- $1.00 n.. ..imm w innertion- l.AO One square, one numth 2.61 For larger advertisement liberal con tracts will be made. 'Missing, None!" Comrades listen! Hear the voices echo from tin st far-off years: tlld-time voices answering "Boll call!" pal of silence ringing "H-res!-' Ilus'i! the Sargeant is rep -rt ing; hear th3 oil time legend run: "Kit for duty. sick. on furlough, wouud- .sl,-tead." Hark? "Missing, None! ' i'lius. within our h nrts the echoes keep tht roster, n unc by name; And the dear oi l voices answer to thi roll call, still the saiil'. T.me nnd change anil tl -ittU survlvinj: still no hear the legend run: Fit for duty, sick, --on furlough, wound- oil, dell I," but "Missing, none!" "Mis-big, noiii-r' though ranks are thinning, though the eomrndes round us fall. Memory's h ists remain unbroken, answering each the oltl roll-call! (raven on our hearts the record, "All ac counted for!" not one Dear oi l name dr.ipp'l or forgotten; still the legeii I. "Missing, none!'' ' mirndcs, tviieti the last mm lingers on Time's outpost,- waits alone For the lleveille an 1 ltoll call. let him echo hack thj tone, And reporting to headquarters; battles over, victory won, Wrap our legend in the colors, seal the rcc- crd, "Missing, none!' ,odi yoK-oci) Jcm-tt. IIIMOROIS. liners of wool House painters. The ri ling school is a inouulin' resort. The languigo of the de.if mulu goes wilhou baying. Docs a man cast his btral upon tho waters when he takes a roll in the surf? Tliefri-kv cowboy give thought I nto his tailor's bill; Yet by exierii'iic.' are we tJiught, He'solt-ell "div-scd to kill." Pha-a'sius says his bebt girl reminds him of a silver fork. In other words, sho is a tin(e)y thing and frequently ac companied by a "spoon." Tiii ic is 110 11 e in lamping out. for the sike of keeiiinir cool. At, a recent. millli., encampment the heat wa. in tents, j 1st thtts.mii! as elsewhere. If the grass about a resi bj;iei attains a con-i'li'rable height and remains uncut, it would s.-eiu tolerably safe to assume thnt the owner of the p 111. sen is no mower. Tramji ( to la starving to ileal the barnyard.' of the luv.lM 1 "I am I Cm 1 die out in Luly of tii" lloiM' ( raciou-lv I "Yi if von won't cr iwl under tin; I am." The man a luvo to fa-liion's 11 t, lint o'' hU c.iiini.'e gives a le t, Who, when the ilny i- wry Ii. , (ioes out with, lit his w.-t! Bessie "I met M ss Shapely out shopping today, ami I never before realized what a lo ll voice she has." Jennie "But j"U must remember, my dear, that she was asking for a pair of No. 2 shoes." Three Rud.' Stumps Well Answered. Two or three idle young men wit.; lounging around a street corner the other en ning juM as the down town Mori s were st iiling In me their employes. "Let's have i'iiie lun wilh the girls," said the ringleader i f the trio. "See that girl in the fl"lit -cat of the grip! Let's speak to li"r. " Then, as tin; car stt ppel at the corner, the impudent fellow tipped hi- hat, with, "Why, how ilo you do, Kitty .lohtrron I" "Why," av another, "ifth.nl isn't Kitty John son" "II. iw d'ye ilo, K My !" saitl the third. The young la ly, a yi nug, pretty, ladylike gill was siupri-iil and indig. nam. Her face grew le I nnd white by turns. Most of the assi'iiers i nder stood thcsituati 11. Finally, the girl, her eyes twinkling wi h merriinen', and conscious of the support of her fe'low prssengers, answered in 11 clear, ringing voice that evi ry pa-senger could hear, "Why, how do you ilo, Tom, Dick and Harry! When did you get out of jail? Who went bail foryoualK Ihe car started up nmid a storm of applause, while the dudes on the coiner smiled sick ly grins at each other. Chicago Jv'irniil. Kxhilarateil lly Naphtha, AttcnMon is again lieiu g cnlle 1 h medical authorities to the naphtha habit, which is so prevalent in the eastern states, where a large number of women nre employed in the manufac ture of rubber goods. The naphtha is kept in hug' tanks 01 boilers, mid when heated gives oil film s which, if in haled, 1 rod nee a moat ugrceable si ini intoxication. The habit is said to liavj been introduced into thit country from tieriiiaiiy, when) it has prevailed for long I. Ill ". Red Rain. Red rain fell recently in the provinco of 1 ublin, Russian P.dan I. The show er lasted for nbi ut ten niinu c. Iho peasants, who mistook the red liquid for blood, became panic-stricken nnd crowded the churches, where they wer quieted by the pr:i st. Several liottb of the red rain were sent to chemists nnd inicroscopists ii Warsaw for exami nation. For several tiny nfier tho shover a'l the sitI'iicc water in L'lblia Vul pf a daik pink color.