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VOL. XII.
IMTTSIJOIiO CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCKMIJKIl 10, 18811.
no. m;.
The Nirrow Vi&j,
Tell mi', ye taints
A il l kin;: of old,
Wlii'ii' ill. ill weluid
l lio land of gold f
'J Im' heavenly lit in 1,
Wit li i") s uiiliil 1 1
J l-'iir w h.it I lie Spirit
ll.iili li) ay :
' It I i-ymi.J
Tin' ,-alcsol'il.iy
.In I at I In' end
M I hi' n il inn u.iv.
" I In y h Iiu shall i hon,-j
To walk tlii i'.'in.
MllM lll .ll lIllM pl-H,
A 1 1 1 1 .nt nut i ii ;
A il l lite i It i ml
'i In y Hu n i-liall win."
'I Ih ic ari' sharpest t It i ii9
In llti narrow win ;
'I'll I- am blackest i loud'i
' .. hide III.' .lav .
I; it leur h h.il I In' Spoil
I lath In say :
' "I i i i : f i lifi r up !
1 Hi. til Ml I I 'f '.Ih.i ;
I'.'l' I'UTV tll"lll
t'hall M....111
Jr. llu- i:a... n i.l' li ..I,
Whole I here is I I in.
"A i r.-ivn lor h in
Win. lav hy .lay,
Willi p.llicilt feel
Thai nr. r .-trav,'
li ' i. Ih hi- i ".
I n I h.' narrow w i "
THE STRANGE El.
It w.ii y.an ago, Hrsar, when I wai
hut t ighli en, an I j 1st i iino I In Frank
Fci'mi. If yuii w a it tu hear niiou! li,
ail di.vuoi tli" .' I at in let, and
im-;i.ii r In hi' li ir I.
HY Iiil I. i'ii ,vn- thratli for a long
i J ii . W nl In riuir'i ail singin;
b Imnl tugothr: ; r d , liked, ilnn-il,
Hil l IimiU Inn;; mwiull til" liver which
ia:i n t in lath' r'.s hou.!. In fart,
lh:s liaoj la. 'ii gn ng on fur su Inns' n
lime Ilia' in: final y tin ih' I llinl c
might ai we I In: alwayi 1 eg - -1 lie r, ami
io tlio ni! iminai y in i.itigeiiirnt t wire
begun, mil mir welding d ly tln.-w
m nr.
Wo live I i'ii tin- l aiil.i n a i hi
one ul III- In -( s return in I. 111,11111:1
a iiiii't sp ' miiii:: ill I. line fi.nn any
;l anta ii n , I nl mi 11 a. oiii man inge
look place wo you ig folks, ivnii In ie
11: In 11 itighborin.; parish, an I
llii her F.au1. w nl, .-h.'illy In funi the
we I I in,', to pivpue mir in. vi In-lit .
II ) li'll mi' I II y as 11 In r Willi th
I nun -rati atl.l ill I a-.igi 1111 ills lor the a IT. 11 1 ,
whirh was to be 11 141:111 I mir f..t th"
country, im my fiitlur win 11 well In do
phi 1 i ! an I I lli-j i nly child.
Iiu h i. I lift 11 about about a fortnight,
and I w is i xpci ling him back dadv,
wil l nun d iv father run-', wall 11
In niili.'il fa. c, it; 10 the ro.-m wI im! )
was s ttni!;. Miir. mil li' l l.y In,, an I
inn Iiu an I iltiniv not u .saiics of lui'it,
Maic'iwuo just a, n.la li tho fashion
thin :ii ll.ry an- m w, lli-sio, 'oiiilai
it it t In ill.- 101 liaiy, liotwillislniiiliii',-.
I. tli.'," :al 1 he, Inn ricllv, "I've
got In n 1 i r lo H. lin: Il nt's In :-(
iihmil 6. im- tnh's. I rami- nc.ir foi net
ting tlie iii.iiin'iiimit, an 1 l'il have tu
lim ly lifilit hi t to i( 1 ih,. 10 0:1 liin,'.
Can you il.i witli.-ir in..'' 1 luihiil
nil I noil lnl ; llu n mi hli nly till nni-:i-.v
fi'i lin; In k io.. ,s un of 111;. I i.
iiu iiilii ir.l thr 111 mi'y i nil- a l.trp sum
Willi whirh I'raiik an. I I with ti "ho
n'm tlio Wirl.l," a:..l wlurli lay siruruly
lii.l Ir i awav in tin- hoin.', t ho nest egg
nf our future fmiirie.
I knew ilia' 1 was ileslincil to a lonely
niglit of it, fur fath-r rouM not ioi
Bihly'r.ttirn withi 1 twenly-fmir houis;
the seivaitts lui'l ail ijoiiii to a ''linak
down. " on a nriL;lihuriii plan'a'inn,
cxe. pt ail :i',-f I 1 i on.', Aunt Onali hy
name; niv nii'iher va, an inval il, weik
ami ui-iv ii.; 1 felt tint, ii'.ini',' m I va,
thj t'Utlnok was not very eiilivening.
Futher ohniveil my trouhliil cxiros
sioa. '1 il.ni't no In w 1 c:m lie! il,
iliiuijliter," lin salil fjravely. "Tin, ii
11 v.-ry iniii'i aat milter, ami a-lmiti of
110 delay. It is the fuult of my tu'.uh
t rom memory ; Im I I only reiin-iiilieie.1
the ciii;ag 11 n ut with tin' :. lire I wouhl
have keil Mme of ilia seiv.u.ts at hoiiij
Wi proteoli"ii fur you."
Hut 1 was no i-award, and o 1 kisse I
11 1 111 and I. ill 'In? I away his anxiely, a'ld
daw iiiui ile nt w th a-.sum 'd i ln erlul-
U0'i Imt as he ro.lo dnwn tlio avenue I
which led lo the outer fill's, 1 saw him
turn in tin-m'i Id'c an I ;ui after mc
anxiou ly um e muio.
1 let 111 tu;. I tu my liou ehul I duties
ml my ilia-;nt task am d the hillowi
of hire and mini in, an I so s:ni; and
wi tkcd ihe 1.-114. l.riuht day away.
H was 11e.1i ly sun et.
t had ier-ua.lod mother to lie up, n a
c 'lull, wliuli 1 h id m h -d out upon
tho viuc-eover d fjal'i-ry, and veititiy;
myfelf li- ida lnr, I lie-in t rei I
aloud sonic w.ll old tale of super
rjH'iual lio-ioi-s, iipmi whl.li I had
tumb!cd. 15 '(n:e I ha I hilt fnishe 1
1 ha t wurke I my-ilf mt a state of
nervousne-si. an 1 in 1 uotte'.l t tie piling
fine of 111 mother, 1 tossed the honk
upi:i the lal.li", wi'h a e n!c in ituou-txpn-ssiuii,
and aio.j to uiun Lei tea.
At Um' mnnrnt tlio pito late'i
r'irked, mid a I turned in iu dnm.-t ion
I v mid not lepn-ss a rry of iilnrm.
M ; ry :s fell upon a btratigu eilil.
'I'll : limine of a wi inati a v- ry dwarf
in h , : an I stature clad in a fa 'ol
hliu 'i . lire :i, w ill a liitl'Ted liunnet
II idii her head, ..ml 11 (0111 shawl iiliuut
her liny, stiiopinu; s lould n.
hlowly and hi.-aitatinly tlm rrcalun
mined up t lie walk, until bin; lunl
rearhed the nailery.
Hire she pained to pazo. rut inus'y
upon us, with a pair of round, licad
hku lilaik eyi.i.
'J'lu 11 she S oke, in a voire c'rar and
well m ulu!;i(t' I :
"I have lost my way, ladies," gho
said, lefciehiiiuly, "may 1 nave a
night's she'.tei ? '
Ifj'anr d al my mother. S!ie was
pile and tii inli'i-l violeully.
1 had r mi l ived an 11 mi l ounl ili'e
aversion to tin! Mnall slraiiijrr; lai; who
nl I have Ihe heait t) turn a woman
a way into Ihe pathless foie ;t, witlini'hl
r iniii down, da-k and lliieatniiii,
fur t!ie -I, win oveir.-is', aid thrie
vi li: si:;:is of an :l pi arliill;; thiind 1
st. inn, an I t!ir wind lit i.uii-1 die inly in
the linnijhs of 1 In; ptnii ticci.
Si I Ic.l'l Iiit that she uiiuht remiin;
hut I le-nlvi-d In knnw no sluiiilier that
nii;lil, I. lit tu w.ilrli tho 1 11:1 j hours
tlnoii;.;li.
My iii.iihii m-nt not In i.larniel; fo
si ti'liiv; tin: sta 1 -r tu Ihe kite u 1 with
Aunt K.111'1 (:i .jet sunn- ii freshmeuts,
I ciiixid mo ih. 1 In ia!,r her lea, an I
i iiirii' I her nil In he I 111 ti iunip'i.
It w.n I'l u'rl.K-'i Ii.-.iii- I I 'ft her
v il l i 1 In p a 1 I , I'eulT Inthi! kill hen
In tike an oh et V it I ill. Ill the t llie.s'i
u d I pui rl, 111 hear! In: it ivihl y, my
hriill -ii' 111" I on liie; I tielulilel su that
I raiul se.ireeiy si ml; I pinhe.l I I.J
duur.'. jii and ant e I in. What a
siylit met lit y .ntniii hed i-ye-! The
dwarf n ! indiai; 1 n i t, and young,
and lithe; Ihe woiiuu's garments ha I
liiin .lis. allied, 1111. 1 1 saw In tnl.) me a
mail, stnill, hut mimiilar, and Willi a
dtalmlir.il far-. Hi wai sin oping over
tho fui in of Aunt I'm. ill, 111 one h ni l a
vial, whirh he I. el I tn her nnsli is. I
i ..mil'he eh: I the silti i'iuu at a i;laiu e.
Aim II I. ah wa d ugeil , even the fiai
piu irti'.a of h r pi semii win yine
and the i.evl -ti p would he I. Ii'-riy.
peili.ipi luutilei.
'I he villain iiplan d Ihe vial in his
p. iket, with a gnu mi hit u ;'y fa "J.
Then I" he ejarulated, "that will
ivi'l'l. With lll'j nal Wiilll ill ill' of tho
way, llio le-t is 1'i.y. I. iek th it 1
kimw wh 'ie In lu i't fur the 111 r.te: ; it's
iu th. ul I waiiiaii'o 1.1. .111, I saiv ill - v;
put it th:.e. l.'.t me see, light ll.rul
cnirer, top draw er ill dressing lahli."
Ii lla lied over me then, my own
ran I ssne.i, when fatli r had g ven the
p.-i k- lliiuk inl.i my keeping; the upon
win low lie 11 in, and some gay words
that I had ulti-iel, allra uu lurk tn 111 '.
I win su fnghletie I, it si enud as if
I should die. Tliea rainier lli iuli'.s
suere.'de 1 ; tin I I resolved tn li;ht for
tint money lo the deith. Snft'y 1 stnle
away, and re-entered my 111 l hrr's
aparlm-iit. Taking the pniketlinnk
fi.Mii ll.e .li.nvi 1, I hid it in my Ims iiii,
and then, p ining, to asiiira mvtelf
that she still sl-pt, I lurni! 1 to tho hall
w line our sin ill provision of tin-aim;
were st n d. O I, heaven.! Tney were
gutic! A low, h .n ihil! ilnii'kle fell
iij-n:i my ens. Tim rulih t slnod at
in side, a In k of triumph mi his ha'c
ful laee.
'Weil,' he siui'iel l-o'.dlv, "whir
is it!''
"What . In you m.-tii;" 1 g i-pe 1.
"The money, of r.iiir e. I've jm
h-eii to the old woman's room, h it 1
find you'vj hei-ii too in my for in-.
Xow, gir! ' ho stepped rimer to
mc arid rahc 1 0:1a han I threateniiigl ,-;
his awful rye glared hit.) inini';lin
lips, as they opin-1, re.iiuh d tlinso of
some, huge wild animal. "I ku w you
have the money; hind it o it!'
With a low it; of fear I turned an 1
lied. Il.rttto th'i large, old kiti hen,
my hem t surging an t bra in.; inally, I
Ik'iv liko the wind. Old I i 11 ill still
lay upon th - 11. or in hlesl u u-naseioii -lie-..
I sh'io't her and caltel til .iil
and slit ieki! I for he p, Imt no other
souil I luiike the st l.ness save th" low,
dreadful laii;hnfthe rutWr, who hit
followed in-.
"Mnp that iwis-?' he grow'ol.
' You're wasting breith, you kn w.
S e's drug-god, an 1 won't w a'se till I'm
safe out ' this. I want ih.v inmey.
(i vo it to 1111 tin I I prnm se to leave
you in peace; lefu e, and
1 thought of Trail's an 1 on fu 11 e.
"1 never wil.! ' 1 rrie I, ai h: ively a;
1 con! I. A :am, that liorr.l, 111 .1 k
ing laugh. II; spring forwarl an I
set.". I my nr. 11; one lull pis,e aroutid
my h i: si and he'd 111 1 tightly, the
other prop lie I l-n-l-t r ahuit in, throat.
.It -t at th it iim ni at my ryei ti ll u;i m
tlie hugo lui.-'i oven, snini'th ag 11:1
kno.Mi iu llie-e days, H-ssie; an im
nine stnuture I'lvupyin oaesileof
the klte'ie 1. I 110 it- I lliat t'.i" w de
duoi had I ic 1 I'.-ft ope 1, aula uld-ii
(bought 111 inspiration Luted into
my min I. I1 w n w nth 11 king at all
p vent 1.
'I'll-: v : 1 1 1 ri's hand w ai ro sing 1 loser
11I111U' my slender thro.i' ; I fell a di a I
fnl, 1 linking H inuiion. I was sine that
I th mid die. Mow or lirvel - I
I'liuit one hurl, ijiikl.-, into tin:
Itnsnin of my 1 1 re is, an I sn ilrhing tho
pnrket I) ink lliurefr -in with a ipi :'t,
11 Id .11 movement, I threw itintilliu
o vi 11 1 way in I c il'd hear it fall
1111111tl1rilmtl1.il), with a heavy llm I,
for inn.. t of tin money wa. in gol I.
With a horrilile im; 1 rat ion the wretch
released hh hill, and, dirt ng forward,
snuing into tin oven. 1 dnrlel toward
the 1. 11 ;o door. I se'e l it in lioth
hauls; w ill luperhuiii.iti 1 IT lis I
pinli:. it shut and .slid ihe h '.iv ln.lt
into its pi ir . I was laved! Then I
sink iio'.ii tho Hour in lili- ful iiw ini
lultty. 1 w n at'oti e I hy tin presiui ) of lipi
upon my own; an I fn't 111 he id
pi hnve I ii mm I) id ' sarins. Inpeiel
111 eyes. 1'iaiik was hulding 111: rinse
to his heart, his fin e a'e mid anxiuin.
II.: had ii-liimed niiex p-: 'te lly ; and s-e.
i-galight liiirning iu the hone an
iinu-iinl i-rriirretiei: at mi late 1111 hour,
for it wai milnigh' ni l fearing that I
wis ill- he hid veirir.-d to stup.
told hint Ih - win I : story ; mil, old in 1
am, I have never forgotten the look on
his face ai he rhnp: I nntohii hea t.
It d.d not lake him I nig to ii Iu to tho
newest town tin I summon Ih .1 sherilT
with a posse of mi n. '',ie oven was
opened ail I the wielr'i within, imi in
si li.' .111 I half ileal, wis ill it; ;r. I filth
and a w.i,- t j mire. II w.t proven In
he an old 1 11 :.nh i, an I so 111 11 reived a
Inn ; s: nleiii-e.
J was ipii'e ia heroin'! o' the euunliy
ar 'iind, fur a lung t hue. afterivar I ; I 11'
lietoiri were not in my line, and 1 never
widiedfnrn n pdit on of lint ni ghl's
rp.. i ieiiro.
A S(eiinidiii SloKer's Id '
The slnkeis 011 mi of III ! grcil ocein
teamen work four hum at a sttetch,
in a Iciiiji.'i 1! in i- ill; iug f r nil til In
Hi I i iiri'1.4. I'.ie. .jiiil rs me rlos -,
and they nun' lake cal- til it while
feeding one I inn ice the rat m- tiie not
Ii irned on Ihe one 1) hind lliem.
Yfiitratiuit i 1 f.n in -h -1 t In . -i g ti a shaft
rac'iii; I own In tin- mil I e of Iheir
ipllllrr.. '. -v t sink.- Ie id 1 fo ur fir -meet,
-piidn; p rh i;n two ur llir.e
miiiu ci a' e ic'i, llieti d is'ic In the ail
pipe lo lake h s tin 1 at con hi.; oil, and
waits for an. ith -r t i l to his f 111 11:11 ns.
When the walc'i is over, t ie nun go
prr.piring lhrou;h long, cld pmig:,
to the forr.is'l , wut-. t'.i" liira in fur
eight huiin.
On 1111:1, I w nl , -e ;;ht y -tirs oil,
who wai iu'etvi-wel l.y a n p ricr, had
lueu niipl-y. d at th. hi, ikci since he
was fourteen y an old. II: we ghed
I "ii p u 1 Is, an I w,n rild: and seeni
iu;ly hippy. lir cuif.-n- I tlm (he
wmk wai Icnioly ha d hit "it rime
haidi-.t on thus" wh) did not fillow it
leg a'ar y. I!ut if we get p'en'y lue.it,"
he s ii.l, "and lake 1 r uof ourselves wo
air all right. li re's a male of mine,
neatly seven') years i l l, who Inn been
a sinker all hii l.fe an I cm do as good
work as I ran."
Si. .ken never have the i-oinunip! ion,
a id rarely r.ilrh cold. Their gro ha 1
li 'en kuorko I off 011 th-; KigU'i mil
Aimririn limit li-cimc the men got
drunk too of e 1, and the grog d.d them
min h h'li 111.
"Whe 1 1 11 id t tako my grog Id
wo.k ju-l like a limi while the rtteit
las id I'd tninw i:i my r al l.ko a
giant, an I not m u 1 the heat a hit;
I. a: uliei it worked olT, ai it .It 1 in a
very few iiiinu'iM, 1 wis thr wva't tha'
a rluld roii'd upn-1 nn. Take a man
dead drunk I'i'forj tlo liies, and tho
lie.it won d solie.' him olT in half an
hour or give I iiu 1 str k 1 of apoplexy. ''
Fffecl of (-real Alliliules 011 llog
A foimer It s cniin who is now iu
t'olmalo, in my tliuinau I feet above
the fca li xcl, n in grief ov.:r the loss of
two hand 01110 d gi whu 'i he took out
there w ith him. Th y were, l.o w tites,
the pride of ihe milling camp where he
was located, and ll.cy seeni'd lo In in
ex ediiit he.illh until the week beforn
theii death. Kv ybo lv prnphes ed
that the r-'a-i .In.m rnimliy would Hot
hold Ilieui lung, hut 1 had began to
d el pv fcitly safe about them. At first
the rl a ige in the altitude did not seem
10 nlTect Iheni so billy ai it did me.
Of late, how 'ver, they fell utiii iia ly
sleepy an I languid, and be ;an to ex
hibit sy 111 1' 0111 1 of an a! 1:1111 1 g n itme,
an 1 they siaitled Ih.- tamp by rushing
arou id an 1 snappta at the air in a
111 i'iiH'1 ipiile stigg s: ive of the i.ibiei..
They ctnle I i-y going into vicivatsioni
an I wire shut by a badly ft u'llened
11111 er. I als an I dogs, as a i u e, live
but ,1 short time wli-rt takei t. these
11 o 1 a'tilu 1-", win!.- men, on the nt her
h rid, oft 11 liad them more healthy
than the si a lev.'l. Way tin- man ran
live win- e the m,l e. animiU cannot,
i a m i!:rr w liriihi 11, v r y.'t li'ii) vx
plaiac I. Lnit'.vH Adctrlwtr,
i'lllilHtlN'S CiH.I JlN.
nil lll:t:ol:.
T ilth ' ho. si lins nil iinii-.l
Thai m: li s Ih.- liny . hoi - en Mop,"
hat with hall tin- rim loin ..II.
A linh' thai shu.is the curl-011 top.
I'.ul then Ii. ui'iilli it fui' h a f.e t '
All muui'-liiie-s and hal.y glee,
A ie I .hmpli's that play 1 1 l - ami seek
Atuiiii.l the erimsuu mouth su wee.
Ami linger- hut why try t . mil
ul nl! the mi.-ehiil' lln'V iniitiiie.'
The il.tggie ' mill. I a tale uufuM "
An. I kiltie, if it were alive
Ami is he wieket when h.'niuis
Small 1 hi. kens iu lie pl.e e nfilueks;
Or when hes t'le lunl. utifol.l,
Iti l'oie the llowerc.mil'. ami pluck ;
Or when he lakes his sister', i..lls
Aiul pnl's the - criers ' in tli-ni out;
Or rims a pin iu papa's wal"h .
Tu -o-e lt.lt little tick's lihiHll '
O mnt her hearts, yu.ril i.ike'hiin in
This l)iliij:hly "lerror" llulsi.io. jny;
Jte.-an," iu him yuu will hut see
Tin- pirl lire ul' i our uwn small hoy
- ri,,-i.-H,i,, (.....
w 1 1 v rli V I : I . I . V i.us- n is pi, 11 :;.
Cculey was whirling a merry tunc
a- he 1.1 um down die ruul, with l.ii
haidi iu his p .ck t., his rip pu.hed
huk on his Inad, an 1 a g neial air of
gun I fellow. hip wi h the world.
lie was 011 his way In tipp y fur a pu
sh 11:1 in a stationer' 1 store, I h it he w n
; V'-iy tin x 11 is tu ol.l iiu, and in his puclt-
i t w-rii tlm Inst ni reference, ruaceru
I iug &, rharacler fur williiigti. ss nn I
j hiinu.-ty. He feit .sine that I hem wuiild
1 not he inur'i duiihl uf his obi lining ;h'
j Iiu- pl ice wh ni In- picionled I hetu cm
i deiilials.
A fewdiupi of rain fell, ni llu- bright
.sky win uveir 1 I w.tlt rlnit li, and h'
! b-'gati tn wi t It that he had br nl ;hl an
I umbrella. '',,,'u a hoini: j nl a 1 1 1 1 1
I way bel'nin him two lilllo rhiiilien wer.i
rlartmg nut for si i 1 1, a t th : m .ther
Honil 111 t!.e dour smiling approval as
the buy raised Ih- umbrella mid lonlt
l.c little sj,ter under ili shcl'er in ipii'.i,
a manly f.-nhiun.
Charlry was .ig:eil tease, mil like
m ist buys w hn iinl.i'gj! iu te.ning i-i
rough pl.i. tied juk ., he always t m'i
1 a' r t o se led fur hi, viichu si me oik
weaker or ymiagi-r th in liims'.d f.
"I'll have some fu 1 w.lli the rail,
dieil," In Slid lo li ; 111 elf, an I befnri
they hid gniie very fin down ihe rui j
he ncpt up behind I hem, and Miati lie i '
the 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 illt mil of Ihe boy' s h and. I
III V ii 1 I in: Into: fellow plea led will
h m In return it. i: i:u'e took a m.ili I
j r mi. d"lig!tl iu pre'.'ii lin ; 1h.1t Im w u
: gmn In I, e ik ii over tin- leu-; and a '
( the lain h ul . I, nut . I ho : I I,;,.,. I
j self in this way f ir so :,.. distance,
i making the children ru 1 al'it-r him and
! plead with hint tearfully for their 11111
I b ella.
I 'I i ed of this -.port at I 1 .!, ho lelin.
j ipi'she I the unibrel a :n a 1 uriagn ap
j pruaclied, and, l--a i l g III ' ell. 1. lien Ic
i di y their lea went ua ,.,nr Is tho
1 slure.
i
) Mr. AI icet was nut in. .1 I'luuley sat
I down on the steps to wait for him. Ai
j old irray rat was busking 111 tho siiii.imi
j f latley aiiiu-.-d liiimelf by pinching lh
I poor annual's lad till sin mewed pit i
I fully aid straggled to e-cipe.
I While he was en j lying Ins spoi l, Mr.
Mi ti er dt ov: up in In - carriag', and
pa-sed l .i: r ey on his way into th
store. The boy icl ined the rat, and,
I followin; the gi iitlcin 1:1 in, I 'spcr fully
presclilul his relereuee-.
"The. ii do very w il,'' M". M.-rc-:
said, returning the pi per. to Charley.
"If I ha 1 not seen some of y uir ollu t
ri feicnt-es 1 min!it have engaged you. ''
Other reference-. Wl-.a' do yea
mean, s.ri" asked Cliarley, in astouish
limit. "I dtove pint yii.i this moruiug wher
you were on your way lo re, 1111 I saw !
yon diverting yoitr-ill by Inniiig twi '
little child n n. A little later a do;;
passed 1 11 and you cu'. linn with t I
switch you hi I in your haul. Vol
shir I a stone at a bird, utid just now
yen weie di light .ng youru If in tor I
menliii.' nnolhir defenceless animal.!
j These tin- the icfcrenc -s thai have dc- :
'ridel me to hale 11 thing to do wit!
I yo '. Id. n't wint a ri u 1 boy ubou
i me." j
J As Ciarley tuin d away, rri'stfaller
I ou r h s .1 isappoin! m ul, he deter mined
I that wanton 1 u Ity; even though it
I se in -I to him to bo only "fim," ,
mm in 1 m i r si mm anot'icr goo I p in 0.
m
A riienoineiial I'l ace.
Mr. (i .tham -"Live in On ;oulvilii
K msis.' I'm - is it much of a town:"
Western Mm "Wall, it ain't int. id
for si.e yit; but it's a phenomena
place, all the mihu."
"l'lii'iioini nal, 1 '1.'" j
' Ycssiir-.-e. I i-.-ulv illo is the only j
town we t of the lli o whit ain't mailt 1
a 1 laiin f. r the . lid's I'i
-,i ,c
llam Tuinl. - liiate somo rocked
ham, add an egg well beaten, a mial!
piece, of butter, an', a little cream, mix '
all together, and stir over a lire ua il
hot: ft V she,, of held III little but-.
Ur, and oi:r the mixture over then.
ITiKSIAN I'HNALTIHS.
Tlio liiiM-mit M-ihoiI'ihy Whirh
Tlicy A 10 Carried Out.
Tho Bastin.vlo, Mutilation, Im
pribonnient and Donth.
The r. mm uu-st form of punishment
in I'. i da, mij i Tiimn is Mi vnis in
Jm,, ,i, in ;t i4 . hnslinndo, 11
bia'i ig on th,! bme soles of (he feet with
w illow st.cks. I sa'v this punishment
inflicted 11,11111:1 p":i,:uit fur Buiin small
c ITe is,-.
The 1 ul j lit was laid on hit hao't, his
feet Wire lashed together 1,11 I he';. I sulci
ii, priiinm I.,- 1 ussing thioiigii a loop iu
a Imriural pole. A buoiieuf ti ks
that had V"ii rend -red pliant by su ik
ligin w.-iler w.n brought and placed
l In r at hand.
All li -in ready, two farrashej seized
c:c!i a sliik 1111 I pruieeded briskly tu
In labor th" up'ur.ie I feel. Tlie p 11. l it':
feet w.-i- hard and rail. nisi d from
habitually w.ilki ig birdunl, and tinier
these i oiidiiioas hii iu iishin. it wai
.inl.ab,' less se vi ie than it seeineil.
Tin: Il igcllatin 1 went ni -rrily on nn.
til fifty :luk had been luo'ieii nv-r his
feel. Now and thni the mm would
ii iirm a id g vo a smrowfii! gn.aa of
"AI I a'l!" hut it ivaseisy to s e I that
lunch of this was hypocritical. When
at length released, he In.-i' In his feci
and limpe I siuiviy away, mn uf the
failaliet f. Idling him a smart rill
to lies the slum den tn acceb ia'ij hn
jet. e.
1'illy slicki i. ruin id.-ied a very light
pillll dilui-lil ; s. inn iiiu-i scM-r.tl hniulied
are a I min i l te.l, m wh i h c 1 ,0 the
punishment is, of cm ,,-, m Vci".
Il it imt legal. I-1 in a dngiace in
I'i r ia In have been haslina ,.ed. Must
of tins stdeilt willi are simply men
llii.il c l.i piy their d b s. , ,,,.. js
rxi-inpl from the bntiaadn c ... . pi myal
pet -ullages,
ts 't.litei !ie S'i ill, diiplca-i d al
one of hit mint .et 1 or high sla 0 of.
licials, older, I. im In In bas.in idoed.
Tin 1 llio al, pi'ihi.i a d ign ilied ol.l
gelll lelll III, Willi .1 veil' lice, llovill;;
li aid, living 111 .1 I u 111 i nis nal 11 in.is
ti I of till V seiviiriul his n'Aii, liie kly
'i ce Ve . hi 1 j .1 1 11 1 s 1 1 11 -1 1 f nl the linn Is of
the king', fill. 1. or. aii I ie. in , it mi
ilt-oia.,-. N,,!i,.dv p .inn t'le liii.:er ul
sc. a i at h s 11. 1 ;iil. 1. , h 1 1, 1 1 I a , n
1 1 1 1 . 1 -1 -rl, lor 11 .io- kiimv up. 111 wlimii
the dnple 1,11c nl li
mi l , that hi
may next d -ic id 111 11 like :0.111m 11 y
111:111 it' 1 .
!s:icik III, eve: tire punish nl by lull' ill
tm:i. th" liis oil nee they air de-
pine I of an car or lin: j nut .. tin fore
linger. This is ii-mally a Milli e il
warning, but if b ..light up a second
lime, nil coiiici Ihe ii;hl ha i l. Tin
hand i, lj.1 I on a b ock and clmppe I oil
w.th a sword; the want is then p',iin;e I
in a kell'i! of buhng tar to stop the
bleed 111,'.
Wheti tlio lido Tiiiropenn tehgr.ph
line was buill tlnoiigh Tenia, the
natives me I to nil mid s'nl tin: win
for 1111k tug l'l ice .'in. Tins cniised so
mm h annoyance to tho tr'o ;r iplt com
p.iuy that the Sh.ih ordered the hind - of
all pets. ills found weit ng teiegiap'i
wire bracrlels In Ir rhop;.r 1 olT. This
ti ll b e pu lishnietit soon put an end to
the pract re of sir ding wii -.
In trav -Li ig llirou ;h V 1 :a 1 saw
many people with the light hand mi-s
ino;they are generally fi ll 1 I begging
on the street - of t!i 11 1 i s.
'I he punishment ofdeith ismlhctel
for mil lor, liighw.i: 1 vbbrrv, lii:nou,
and also for robbery fro 11 loyal pet sons.
Di-sprta'c rrilllinils are soimt 111 s mule
examples id by the most c.u ! punish
ments. No female pi'notnrs we:e iu the jnl
we visited. Women aierever inci rei
nted in a public pimm , IVrsia. A few
tl ays' forcible d tent: ci i i the h 11 e of
a priest is then. ml pimislineat inlhc'
ed upon llicin for smal, i ll n, es. When
their crimes ate such as t merit c 1 pi
t.d p inislim nt, however, 111 ineiey is
shown them became the are women.
Near the c.lv i f Shin is a deep well
into which women u n Ity of cnlaiii
climes areras: aliv. Tho womin is
rnndiirted to the we I, seated 0:1 a don
key, with her hue tinned toward Us
tall. She islnllowe.l by a hooting in-.b,
who fling mud at her and j -er a! her
misery. Ariivin ; at the Weil, she is
made to kneel down at its btink. A
w ord er t wo is utteied by the priest,
the executioner giv't tin wretched wo
min a shove w.tli li s foot, and all is
over.
One Dark. ICI.it k Nklit.
A long siience lnl fallen on the
group atotiti I III" liltln stove in the back
of the Oklahoma dry goods store.
K iih of the rough citi..iu ha I told li s
story or relate 1 sonv ex peri -nej w hich
once befell him, and the silenco that f, .
lowed an incredible yarn of the lion.
J.m J -nks was intense.
Tho strati cei fiom the Inst ha 1 lis
tened thruueuout in a list out. wauder-
ing manner, an I yawnod exr ledingly
wh n tho iitlu ri laug'ie I. Tun si li no
ihickeno l with the siimlid, aud ill they
looked nt mn' another hi tho (flowing
d ilknesi for eiicotiiagenieut to break it,
Mi. iin bwijie, with a slight heai,
-nil:
"Wall, now, wo' ve nil lied on. tn.
Lei I he h'i iiigor s-iy su hin."
Ad eyiM were liiinc! t.iv.a d the
stiaiiger, who had ruine (r..ui tho licit,
lie p en. led igtiur ine : uf a gu l l slury,
hut they pei isle I. Tin y wep-n' t par
In ular. After u mumeut's v ibei.ilioii,
during which all sangiy pi: I them.
s Ivet in their lavuii:.: attitude , tin
stranger r wis 'iited, 11 'id b'gia m a 1110
nutuiiuiis and sing-song vui.e as bil
low :
"One dark, bla. !f night a ban I of
robbers g 1! lu red around a i imp lin: in
the he ill of th II 11 . M m it lim, in
tiriui iny. Tin y had ju t letiirnel
from a pliiirh-iing expedition, and writ
res'hig t lieiinelvei. T.m roup liri
threw a llirk 'iiiig i'gat on the wmid
sniin. The raprai 11 uf the haul Wa
st ainliii' ill the shadow, h-a-iin ; n ;ain-l
a lire, his hands n-stiii r 011 his gii'i.
Ili-eei were heat on tin g-0.1 1 I, an I
his hue bur" a tr m'll : I c Xjii imi.
S id l :iily he tiirne 1, and w illung to
wh I" Ins liciit. 11 1 1 1 sin id, sail 1. 1 him:
" '-irudly, 1 1 y bay, tell 1111 a thril
ling sl.ny. '
Si 11 I ly ?i tile I hitin-lf on a lug
-eat, mid to'd lim follow-in j Ihrilling
laic:
tine dark, Midi tli ;'it a haul of
r ohl.eis gather ' I ar 1 111 I a 1 anui lin in
the In art of tin II 1:. M .ail tun, in
ti.rminy. They had ji I i -tu n -l
fiom a plllll b-riiig i-xp : litiun, tin I were
re-lllig thennelves. Tm rimp li I
threw n lin keiing light mi the well. I
scene. The captain of tlm band w a
stati liiig in tin shadow, lean Hg again-t
a tree, Ins hands restin; ou hn gill.
His eyes wire b nit oil tho grminl, all
hit lac! boie a I rouble I expet ion.
S id lenly he luinel, and walking lo
where his Ib-ut n ant sin id, sat. I In h:m:
"Si u I l , my Im;,-, ti ll 111 - a llu I'm r
s!oiy." S. rldy settle I him e f on a
I g seit and Iu. I the billowing tin. II 11
tale:
" 11 n: d.nk, Mai k n.o'ul a band nl
I ol.ber . r'lt hei rd ,r ti 1 I .1 1 am 1 li 1 1 in
tin- I t ul lit.. II ii .'. M 0111 i'ii -, i n
tu-imttiy. Tlie had ju t -' " A
sudden click w it h ai I 111 Ih" st re,
I'llllW '.l III j 1 1 1 1 !v Sll 'l'"sSI ii b Irto
III lie click'. Siielli " aojlhl fell on III.
gioup. Tin hub: nil lamp a hn h It ,d
hitherto lighle I the sr-oni w -at mil, an I
all was duk. S.iiucliuil , str art a light,
and in tin glare il w is I . 1 id that I n
stinnger ha I disnpp -are I.
"Hull," inulteied the II 111. .bin
.leaks, at ho ) n, keted Ins -di mini 1.
iron. "lie save I his skin toil 'ere
tllll.'.'' Anf Tec I .Sin.
Japanese llahi.s.
In ,1 ipau vo l inn te.l a bah, 's ig by
Us ha r. 'l lu- fu,- Is slnve I ft. mi the
v hp of I he ,1 ipau-se infui' aisei 1 a
It Is I .-Hi; when II "1'iH'i to th.- ago ..f
aieilain 1 iinbcr if in nths a t in ' ul
hair n alluwe I lo n- o il 1 -.a r a. i-lia
I he ball unis uf tl..- nowa. A n w
iliontln Intel a httie lull 1 . bio. k- I 1 ul
in the iciilii of ll.'s m i, and a piim
Iree l.ke wisp g.ow. up n i'. I n. 11
1 tiler Utile wis,are a.h.wid toiuaii
down under the. ear, and, al I nt. llu
hair is grown till over t'n- In a I. Th
shnxing if the li 1 I 111 11k et thehui
v.iy st IT. and Ihe .I ipance ha- hi-
j leal rovii' d with sti:T, 1-1 1. k wires.
I lie looks as if his h-ad wer- one g.ga i-
j f.r cowlick, and he has tins cop :. the
j length of ah. ut one inch. Tue old
fashion of shaving a slrip from fore
heal to crown, and of weal in; the hut
long, and doing it up on the ed ;e el
th s bald stiip in tho shape of an id I
kishimic I door ku m ki-r, i- hi in ; d im
away Willi in the cities, aid 1. u ti ml II
only iu the lee. coil l is, ail 111 thne
who pride theinsc v s - n belonging tu
the old leg. in". -(' nfiff-J.j'i 11',
Cleanliness a Modern Virtue.
The llig'.ish uppir c :isu s me il an,
but 1 h'iiuliin si of any high degree is a
vciy modern xirtue tun ni; them. It i
an invention of the nim-ti enlli cent 11: y.
.M. 11 and x omen bom nt th) close t l
thr eighteenth 1 rutin y did as 1'ieiich
people ilo today; they took 1 w inn hath
occasional'. y for clcaaiiii.-s-, and lie y
took shower baths when they were pie
scribed by the phvsit an for In alth,
and they bathe I 111 summer seas hn
p c.asure, but they did nut wash them
selves till over every morning. How
ever, the new custom too'x de-p root in
K igland became it became one of the
signs td dats. It w is adopted at one
of the habits td a gentleman. I'.t'.l
V 1 I Iiu ' t.
Itelalioiisliip.
Little Hoy "Did you ever see my
big 1 r ither John? II 's a distant rel.v
t.ve of utit:e ''
Ye-itor "A distant rela'ivc.'"
Little I'ny ' Yes, in. lee I. II -lives
in San lhauciico. "
In nappy Days.
Tlie hiirveat moon etumls 011 the -e,
Her shining rim'.s a drip,
fihe r.ihls the sheavt s on many a lea.
'I he i-.iils on many a ship.
(Milter sweet ipiccn, upon the ipray,
And glimmer on the healln r,
l.'iht lair thy rnvs to show the wait
Where lovers walk together.
The red vvlnil rustles', ninl Ihe vine
Are purple to Ihe ruul,
And line luvr, xx nil i 11;; patient, wilts
Its blessed time ,,f iruil:
I ..imp ..I all In-, i-i-, lady moon,
I rlil these eln-l lip- tunelher.
Whn h reap aloii" a harve-t su-.mi
I mg ere September weal her.
... .1 ,..
Ill Ml HOI S.
Of intercs' - A pawn ticket.
I'oo I for the hliud Sea biscuit.
S,uot hing-syi ap man iifaelurrrs are paid
cutis! leiahlo hush im nicy.
The uvcrige rul ege onrsiii an is inj
chicken; no, nil wlnu he ii iu Ids
bin 1.
"I've had 11 gnat ninny trials in my
time," riiii.-iikeil the veteran criminal
f.e lly.
(Y.n!y Hi ran-ful, waiter, your
thumb is in llio suiip. Wail. 1 I don't
loin I i', sir, I'm us: I to it.
' I will Iota rip;nri wi.h yu," r 1 -mark'!.!
one s1 eer lo a inlhe' as tin y
111 id-! for a couple of puliceni n.
lie (foiulliii-r her hind 1 Vmir lit tin
html is neir rl.app-.l, is ill Mm
(coyly 1 No; I with it might, ho. And
then In- popp : I.
The burglar who was Vanghl in
a shoe sti le aftri midni ;hl aiki-tl In bo
ibsi h 11 grd by the .i'ldg't on tlm
gimi id that it iv is a lilting plneo fur
rveiybi.'ly.
Tin- 'l oioiitu (i'vhi (ells of a man who
has rnnked his own lurakhrl forflltre i
yean. Anpa'cnlly lu-hai no regard I .r
Shnkespeai :'t f Ulloiis receipt: "If it
Were done when 'lis do-ie, th. 'i 'tw.-ru
Wi ll il Well- dour , i"kly. "
t 11 crowd -d. All f it. people, vi-i f
fat. Cu s'ops, very thin 111 ill gets in.
II is great dili il ly in sipice.ing hinnrlf
into n l it ol a seal. II .- gets angry mid
sas, people ought lo pay f.u :s in
i-urduig to weight." Fat tirighb n
itnsweit, "If Ih -y di I, tin car wouldn't,
stop r.o y ni."
'I h.-.' I e ;g -I him tn play a liltle.
II" s . - m-d lo led l inhfiill nt liisl,
but all" a while lerui lo pr,v Ihe ivo
ries vigoiinly. "What power!' .-nid a
li-le-i 1 to tin an ins of the pia in.
''Yes," cxi Inline I Ihe latter, in iiliuin;
"he M'-ms tn have 1 niisidri iihln inu.i le;
but he ought In knnw that tlm 1. 11 t a
gymnasium "
Sales of Cits.
As to the t it ns an iiiiiinal iinihiin
ism, it is perfect, nud I ui!t especially
fur I it. in ess. I'onsil.red in a u eful
Bi-nse only, the. 1 at really lines morn
service lo mankind than the dog, mid
if there were m l minium of ruts them
"would be lilhmis of vermin."
Ill .judging lilts, the total points
being III I, ihe cudils ale given for
head, evts, lur, color, form, tail, sie,
and coll. I llloll, hut II. thing for I ti
ll ivior. It rrnll) is h n had, not iu
keeping Willi tin- 11 ;e in which we live
in, lo tirkon fur nothing the moia's of
the c.t. Tails in ensure of d . IT rent
st 111. lards. Some should In thick,
s. 111 thin, bat t tils ought always to be.
pin in a massive way, like a well lord
lady's linger, iii.d taper down lo noth
ing. As to "markings," only 1111 ex
port t an iletri iiiine the mysteries of
thrin, If thru is an Aiui-t icau rat.
lotcr who can -how a hiae'i ami xh tn
tat with "white tip mi a huk tail"
let hi 11 rej 'ice, f r Im has a t at of c ,t
Something we all know, or ought t
kuov, , is this, that tho white ca's Willi
blue ens aie invariably tl.-af, ami a
deaf rit is a nuisance, because she or
he dots 11 t kimw how to regulate hrr
or hit x.cal powers. These iiufortuii
tilt"! m ver are con cious thai the 11111.it:
they make is foi lis-11110 and Wigneihii
nil the i 1111 . There 1110 rccasioiril
white Prr-i tus Willi blue eyes not deaf.
A good Angora, xxith line manners,
is wtii th f ."-".
Their me many n u-o Pcrdins in tho
I'nit'. d Stales, an I Cini iiuiati is hcad
ipiaiters for this bieel. Wo cannot
say that I'ersiai cats or Persian men
have very reliable tempers. We h ivo
had personal atipiaiiitnnrn with somo
Persian tats of a most gentle and lova
ble disposition, while others hnvo be
haved in a very vni nis manner.
(.'. miles Janus Fox, who kept Ins
eyes open, onto made a wager with
that scapegrace, the Princo of W'.ilei,
that ho ( Fox 1 could seo more cits 011
his side of the street than could his
gracious prince. Fox CounC'd thirteen
cats, antl tho princo but one. Tha
royal personage asked for an explana
tion of this apparent miracle. Mr.
Fox said: "Your royal highueis took,
of i nurse, tho shady side of the way,
asm-at agreeable; I knew the tunny
side would be left 1110, and cats alway
prefer tho sunshiuc. "