North Carolina Newspapers

Chatham ttfcorfc 1 11. j. LOISDON, EDITOR AND PROl'HIETOIt. KATES TEBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING One sqiinie, one insertion- $1.0(1 Ono piUHr', two insert ions"1- - 1.50 Oik: inpum', one month - 2.59 For larger ad .er.nn-montu liberal cod tacts wilt U u made. $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In AdYinc. VOL. XIII. InTSIH)U() C HATHAM CO., X. (, JAXUAIJV 8, 1801. y unrar ram B NO. 21. Mnjlii' I. Mini. Bfyoinl where the mir-liea sre il-iuk mid wide In a ladder of rrd mill uld. "Where the sun has niiik In tin- s!ii ting tilo (if the clouds ih:tt the n'ght elves limld. It iemls to tin portus of Mnybc l.ninl, Whose i-a-tlcs ami ;"oi we ste. Oil a .inr li.ink i Vr tho mists iiiui.l, , To darken llir whi.l-.swi pi lea. "Tin tliiTO t Ititt our ixln- arc nil made trim, V-'lirro frown may not innr I lie hp.vv. Where storms net it mutter tin- whole year tliroii;.'!i. When- Tin n i- liiinsfiirineil to Now, Anil oi ly tlic ilriann r who i'Hy lulls Willi a pencil ami brush in l:nil. 'mi travel tlic path to the mystic vault. A nil the trea-ures of Maybe l.ainl. ' I'hiliui.kr .Pnl.iiuii in Washing. ui l'..-t. A Tnlo of Pioneer Life. On the t lii ill day of May, ISf.7, a lunnrcr on ihe Solomon liivi r, Kan sas, heard llio reports of rifles to (he West of him jmt in "lit! had lin'shod brenk fast. Hit n imp w ns ( 'berry, iiinl lii family r misled of a wife and two boys. ( Inly ono nf the boys win a' Inline ut 1 1 ii I i 1 1 1 He was a tail of 1'.', nnmed .luliii. 'llio Iiiilimis hail been surly nnd iiit ii:ii'iny all winter, mid nciy wliito man knew Unit an onlin e ik was likely to occur in the spring. Itelicviug llmt the blow was iilioiit o full, Cherry closed and burri rniled ihe dooi s, nnd made ready In bold on! ii - Ion; us possible. Two hours pawd quietly, and then the sctilcr nrgn.d t lint the firing mint iiave eonie from a parly of hunters. In oriler lo satisfy himself on this jmiul he r-1 i . I i, ut of the b.-ck door into t liu In u-li. intending to go up die livrr o (lie other cabin. He hud jjoiir only a qnarlcr of a in. In when live In dians fned on iiim from mi nmhinh. Every biillel, as they afterward rela ted, inllieled a mortal Wound. Cherry fell lo tiu rai Hi. l.it as they imbed forward lo scalp him he killed the foremost man with a shot, aril t' eii drawing his knife, he attacked the others and cut two of them badly be fore he fi II down and died. The reports of the rifles warned Mrs. Cherry of what had happened to her hlt-l'iwul. He had liikcn tint title, while fin! had n shotgun and Johnny bad a siligle-bniiollcil pistol. They did not h.ive .: g' to nail. A baud of nine Haldol's eaiiie toward I lie front of the house writing a white t-hirt as a Hag of truce, and when within ten fc-l of the door Hie leader called to the occupants of the house: "We ii. hint you if you open the door!" If yo.i try to got in we diali shool!' replied Mi-. Cherry. Tie Indians laughed in derision, and four or live stej ped forward to I'll rot in the door. Mrs. Cherry ami .Toll n nio quietly relienled to the back duel, hoping to get clear of the Ihuim-, b't a tin y openrd it tv warriors were foil' d there on unrd. Mother and ton lire J loeeiher, and the (wo men fell, but befurn the fniiives had run n hundred yardi they were in er taken. Mrs. Cherry and .lohnnie were taken to t!e other Keillor's, whose name was liol iiison. He had been ihot dow n in Ins door, and his w ife and Meiers wem prisoners. The house hud been ransacked and set alire, and one of the Indians had Hobinsou's icalp at his girdle. The prisoners, who now numbered four, and were guarded by only two men, were con ducted alonj; a small creek which imp tied into tin' Solomon, and after marching about seven miles weie halted in n grove. Tin) grove had been named ns a ren drvons, nnd the four prisoners were ihe lii st to reach it. Olio of the giinids had an old wound in the side, and about an hour after reaching the grove he pu'led oil' his shirt to dress it. Mrs Cherry's arms were so securely bound that she could not release them. They had been inoro rnrcless in the case of tha boy. As lb.; two Indians weie employed with Ihe wound the lad worked his arms loose, and w ith an encouraging nod from his mo'her be made a rn-.li for the l ilies. Vih one of tin-in be shot the wounded Indian dead. The other was w rested from him before he could tire, but he turned and ran and got clear away, dodging the bullet so ,1 after him, a id ihe sur viving III Man did nol dare lo puroiie him for fear the women would gel away. This brought Ihe dead up lo four. What happened to Ihe lad alter Ids escape no one w ill ever know , s no trace was ever discovered. I in self was einploed lor nearly i UKOillis m arching for hi in after peace came, but nothing came of ii. He mil not killed as he w '.iidercd about: neither was he retaken. I believe he perished on tin- pluin from hau--tion. The reinaiuiii!.' I.idiau sal with hi l ifle across his I n. . - ami guarded t.ie TV jun ii until a I' in 1 of ii'i'i' i or t !il of bis companions came in. They had as prisoners two children belomring to a family minted lla-ca 1, a woman j named Peering, and a boy, lo year I old, named Liwton. This "boy had been living with an uncle named I Thxiuas, and bolh his aunt and uncle had been killed. Ill the laid on the set I lii s (piile a number of Indians had been killed ami many wounded. Hui for the cll'orU of (he sub-chiefs all the pii-oners would have been toma hawked. Abuiit .' o'clock in the after noon Ihe pail) left lie' grove and headed to the northwest. All Ihe lashings were cast oil' to en able, the prisoners to move faster and in the confusion of slai liiej Mis. Cherry innmiged to pick up an I sccre:e a burning knife which had lelmiged to the Indian In r boy sho. After traveling four limns Ihe Indians made n camp without lire, food or wafr. Here one of the Indium attempted to strike Mrs. berry and she gave him such a lil i across Ihe llimat with Ihe keen-edged knife thai his head was almost severed from his body. She was ili-armcd nnd tii d baud and foot, and the Indians promised that she should be tor. tired lor three whole days before death came lo her re ief. I iiiu-t now i'oii: i n no (he story from a ililli'i I'lil experience. Twenty day after the parly of p- i-oner had disap peared iu'o the Indian country I was engaged by the ftiiher of the Law ton bn and by a brother of Mis. Cherry to make an i llort to linil a ml iysciic llicin. The northern nnd western parts of Kansas were then in (he hands ol the hoslih's, many of tin' forts an.! posl.s liesii ged, ami there were no lail loads to transport troops. Indeed the lethargy of the ( Joveruiiienl iu re inforcing the tumps occupying slalions greatly rneouraged the Indians, and prolonged the war. When I cut loose from the frontier I had a- comrade a scout and Indian lighter named Heid. We were mount, ed on line and speedy mules, had Winchester lilies and revolvers, and the pair of us were put up ag-iin-i four or live huge tribes of Indians Scoi e of pri-oners had been carried oil' along tlm entire, frontier, and to look for any particular one seemed a hopeless task. We knew, however, that the two we wanted had made their start from the grove on Mink ( 'leek, and we derided to make that our po;nt of departure. It was lhe:i forty miles from the in-irc-1 military po-l, but we reached it without acci dent. We had not ji( unsaddled our lioiso when Tom inado a discovery that furnished in with a clue. He picked up an ludi in tobacco pouch which had belonged In a ioux. I p to this time we did not know whether the- pair we were after had been captured by the Sioux orChev ennci. This gave us a big start in the right direction. We must bear more to the west and ienreh among the Sioux. It Iiiu-t nol be imagined tlmt we wenl riding boldly around the country on our errand. There were days ami da) s that we lay in hiding. If we moved at all it w its by night, and then only short listauo.. The country swarmed with redskins, and ihere was never an hour that we weie not iu danger. We w ere gradually working toward the villages on the Smoky 1 1 I ' Kuril and i's territories, and our game was lo play hide and seek. We had one close call as ve neared ihe villages. Wo had advanced about live iielen during the night over ground so hard as to leave no trail, an 1 we were lying in for the day iu a dry rinine. About in the morning, as I was on watch. I espied a couple of Indians to the east. They had been sent from some war parly with a mes sage to one of tie! villages. They were riding : t a gallop when I first saw them, but of a sudden Ihey halted, held a council, and both rode into the ravine about eighty rods above our posili' u. They could not have n-cii our trail, nor had th y reason to sus pect our presence, and I never could fathom their action. They were com ing right down upon us, and I had Tom awoke iu a jdly. .lust above us was a di:i:p bend, and bore w e look our lal nun, re ol. vers in hand. The ponies ol the In diaus came scrambling along the mugh path, one closely fo'ilowin; :! other, and the liist rider m-v r knew what hit him. The sec nnl .iw Us but win ileiid live seconds alter, and we at once si-cured the ponie . This u a i ihe fourteenth day of our ndvau , nnd ih-' lliirly-fourlh day of Mr-. CherryV capture. Let in now lelurn lo b, r The pi isoners were unireheil across ihe eoiii'lv lo Ihe villages on the MiioU liiii I'm k. The Ii: -l id. a w as !.. plo a'l of llielll lo tile lotllHV, bill he chiei'. i.'l.l ll deci 'ed lo ! Ihl III for .1 ub: e and see how ccii s would I -ha;..- I wo . it- of proiitiiii of ,-aiels and :. j... ..! .oi.'uine loan I. .id bvci caplurcd by the whiles, mid it niigiit he that lin y would have to be ransomed by giving up prison: rs. Mrs. Cherry and tin- l.awton hoy were kept in one village, while all olhtM.s ca lured with them were sent to nnother. They w ere made, to carry wood Hlid water, live on the food thrown to the dogs, and every hour in the day wee told of the l ate iu store for them, liolh were beaten by Indian women and boys, but Ihey did not feel their lives in peril. They slept iu u tepee, with an Indian boy about I years of age and an old hag of a .si,uaw. On the afternoon of the day wo killed the two Indians in the ravine Mrs. ( berry secreted a tomahawk under ihe dried grass composing her bed. It belonged to Ihe Indian boy, but he did not miss it. She I card Iheni :alking that day about moving camp, but nothing was done, because no orders came. At midnight, when cvei Jibing was iiiiet, Mrs. Cherry crept over to the Indian boy and sunk Ihe Made of the tomahawk in his skull. He raised his arms but made no outcry, and was dead iu two or three minutes. She disposed of the old woman in the same way, and then w aking up young Law lou she look him by the hand and walked out i t' the village. At I o'clock iu the morning, as I was scouting on fool lo locale tin village and was within a mile of it, I met Mrs. Cherry and the boy. She had Ihe Indian hoy's bow and quiver, and Law Ion carried the blood siain- d tomahawk. We pushed back to ihe ravine in f.nl as we could go, and after reaching it wo lost no time in mourning and heading to the south. Wo were not followed from Ihe camp, us an onii t reached it at da light to move to a distant point and we dodged the war parlies until another two hours w ould have cm l ied us into a post. We were tiieu suddenly conl'ionled by a baud of thirty warriors, but af ter a race of two miles we beat theni in sci uring possession of a grove, and for three hours we held them at bay. Troops from (he post then came to our rescue. I had been bit iu the arm, Tom in Ihe shoulder, Mrs Cherry iu (he check, and the boy lost two lin gers by a bullet. We had killed three. v, arriois. wounded two or three nunc, and knocked over lour ponies. The Indians wi r) ic.ired away from the po-t very soon. What they did with the captives among tliein we never learned. New York Sun. hl-Tinie California Hospitality. The kindness nnd hospitality of Ihe native aiil'o niaiis have not been overstated. I p to the time the Mexi can regime ceased iu California Ihey had a m -torn of never charging for anything; that is to say, for entertain ment -food, use of horses, clc, Vou were supposed, even if invited to visit a friend, lo bring your blankets with vou, ami one would be very thought less if be tiaveled and did not lake a knife with him t" cut bis meal. When vou had eaten. Ihe invariable custom win to rise, deliver to (he wo man or bo-iess the plate on which you had eaten the meat ami beans for that was all they had - and say, "Muchas gracilis Scnora'' ("Ma:iy thanks, inadaiiie") : and ihe hosles, as invari ably replied, "linen proyeclio ' ("May it do you much good"). 'Ihe Missions iu California invariably had gardens with grapes, olives, -gs, pomegran ates, pears, and apples, bu' I he ranchc i scarcely ever had any fruit. When you wauled a hor-e to ride, joit w ould lake it lo the next ranch it might be twenty, thirty or liflj miles and turn it out there, and some time or other in reclaiming his stock the ow in r W ould get ii back. In this way you might travel from one end of California lo the ollnr. --Century. A l ake of Tib h. "Xo.ir where wo live,'' said Willi.-un t Yt ig ol 'Trinidad, Wes( Indies, "is a pilch lake. lis at La Urea. It covers about ninety acres ami it is soft enough In lake the impression of jour shoes as y ui walk over it, but lake up a bit of it and strike i! sharply and it breaks oil' with a c ini li iid.il fracture) like a lump of authr.icile. I dont know where it comes from, but I do kuovv that it's most aw ful'v hoi Ihere. Th ! -mi pells itown like fun, and the black pilchabsoibsallthebe.il. All down to the coast and under the sea and across iu eucsiiela there js a streak of this Miuie formation. The l'.riiisli ( loveinuieiil own- the 1 ke, and a monopoly p-iv s a io ally of not less than t'-.'o.iioo year." Chicago Tribune. A I as! licsoi t. You h:" a nut row c-cpe on the I lakes I inn;, island'" Ye-, ind -ed, Ihe coal ran out and I he captain had to split up the ship's log (o I.e.-;. the Ii ( going." ;.:; I scv' Wc l.U, (IMMUIKVS Kil l UN. i irn k i.im s ( hurley l.o;. Imilu-l ill the miow l! ik s f or, Killiiig sii rwifiiv thr1.11.4h th a" Wild wine h r in hjs liivr bin. i ;u lb- looked at tin- la.rii-s fn in I'u- . skit-. soon he i-al'i"!. ' Maniuri. n- at tin .-e thin;:-. I'l.mliiig ns sell lj s'tiflliei Iri.l niugs. "I liii-ss, .Maniina. the nni ' , up the e A re c.iinbin.; ihe il.uiilrat! o il ol'ihcir Inir'." - I Ann rk-aii A r ti- u 1 1 11 1 i-t. A n ui nivr w i.vr t tiii: eoounut m,, A f-iiuily iu Silein, M.-i-s., owned a dog who had becoui.' ipiile old and troublesome. lie win cross, and would take the best plan) in the room and 110 one could make I.im leave i' willingly. At last Crandiua, imi.li troubled, said, "Sir, this dog is so troublesome, we must send him aw ay.'' The dog got up and looked at her iu soi row and went out of ihe room. Iu a few days they heard that 1 1 1 i - dog. w Ii mi everybody knew, had gone 1.1 Ihe poorlioii-e, where Ihe lown's p. r people were taken lareoll: and strang er still, on Saturdays, when tunny of Hie inmates went to see friends, (hi 1 dog also went homo to see "Sir" and Ma'ni," slaved awhile nnd lln'li u. ut back again 111 1 lived there ever nl'ler. - Wide Awake. I VUMI I! ANTS. In various pails of North America, there is found a kind of ant that per forms nil the processes connected with farming. They wred the ground near 1 In nests, clearing away all ihegiecii stiill. except a grain-heaiing gra-s I-now 11 in "1111I ric."' The sow lie seeds of this gi ns, and gather tin crop vv hen it is ripe. The chat!' is re moved, bill Ihe g - in js ht ued for wiu'erine. Miould the season h- wet and nny of the seeds iu the granaries begin In sprout, ihe insects take out all ihe damaged grain and place it in the sun to dry. Thisi done only during Ihe day and during sunshine, ami seeds that are so nun ii injured :n to l.o worthless are cast a.-tde. No wonder Ibis clever and in bistriom ir-'iiiure is called 'ihe agricultural or harve-ling mil. j Little l-'olks. 1 111: l-.i.l 1 1. ut 1 111 Mi;ii r. The Trench call the vv oil know n flower- "the four o'clock" ''the belle of thu night," a iiaiuo it fully deserves on account ol its brig'.t foliage, its beautiful nilor and its ex- II i si i fragrance, 'The name ''four o'clock" was given to ii because it open- at that lime i t the al';criiooii. It is also called "the marvel of Tern," because il w as lii-t found in I'eru soon nf.er the di-.-overv of the. country, w hen almost cvvrj ihii g from thai strange laud win considered miraculous. It is a lovely i-ight to watch Ihe humming buds and buiu tning bird moths hovering over this (lower, and sipping tin- miccIs ir so generously oilers theni. Pctroit Tree I'ress. la 1 VI VM K or , HM NiiltVi asvi pm. Madame Carnol. the wife of tlm President of 'he I-'ienc i Ih public, fre quently visits a day nur-ciy for poor childien in the Hue llu loaded with toys and frc-di fruit-. The story of the estahlishineut of this charitable institution is full of inleicst ami pa thos. Many years ago an only child, a daughter, was born lo a noble but poor c uplc, Ihe , Count and Counte-s de l.iurcnceau. The little girl was bcaiiliful and attractive, nnd became the pet of a large circle of uncles, aunts and cousins, who all fell into the habit of giving her birthday gifts of luouey, w hi. h w as laid aw ay lo bear interest until she should be glow 11 mid rci'Uiic a dot. 'The young girl died while still a chi d, and h-r mother took this money and w ilh it founded this asylum for the honii less Indies of Par'n, in mem ory of her lo-l darling. Other mothers, left childless, have given aid to this charily, with the money which they had intended to give to memorial win dows and cosily gi avesionrs. Tn-' Little P. 'tliS-ii mi, as it is ealleil tint' is dedicated no' only to the help of the innocent, little living chihlieii who find a refuge iu it, but to (ho memory of others whose fate in life was happier, bin vv bo were, perhaps, not more dearly loved. -- Ladies Home ( 'ompanion. The llcst Trailed for lliin. Luther What Prancli do you enn s'nler Ihe most proti table for my son? 'Teacher I cm hardly say, but 1 think a good slout blue beech or a long sinuous birch would do him as much good as any. Harper's Bazar. Very Kcgubir. rather "Is that stranger who calls to ree you a man of regular liddls'-"' ; laughter -"Yes, indeed, pa. J!o unv. ii- every night promptly alcigti." Till- HONEYMOON. A Survival of the Primitive Method of Marring Brutal and Unromantic Court ships of Various Savagos. ' t an you (ell me from what source tins custom of the honeymoon journey is derived?'' nsk d a young married mail, ju-t lelili lied from his wedding tiip with much llattened pocket book, of a si-ienl ilh- I riond. "hv, my ib ar boy," was Ihe re ply. "i( is of purely savage origin ami li-p:i'-eiils a survival of I he pi imit i V e im ho I of in h i iage by cap'lli e. 1 1, (lie . a ly "I ay s of social ei-li lice be-lou- the 11 1 ol civ ili nioti iliw neil th I ivi-r always secured his lei-li by force, ju-t in the Ail-lialiau native o today knocks down the woman he de sires fur a w ile with bis club an i drags her 1 11, Ihis ceremony coiisiiiiil iug the reiiiisi:e legal form. Among Ihe Kalmucks of centra! Asia the giri vv I u i 1 1 a youth ih -ire- to win is put on a horse an 1 rides oil" at full speed, the lover pur-uing as soon as she is judged to Ii ivv got a fair start. If he cann it overtake her ihe nial.'i is oil, but if Iu 1 iiecee Is iu catching her sin' bi-i-oiuc-hts wife, iieu she likes ihejoinig man it is to be presumed dial she does not ride her hardest. "With Ihe Ahiias of the Phillippine i-lands when a man wishes to marry a y oung woman she is given an hour's -lai t iu the wood-, ami. if be liii b her and brings her bark before scn-et. it is a lawful marriage. T'.ver iii .nj people - ill pies,-, ve ihe form ol marriage by i-iptiiie, even lliou.di lln nctii.il en-toiii no longer e.xi-l -. When an Indian of Chile has agreed on lie price he shall pay for a girl lo her parent- the recoguicd mode of pro ccciling is ihnl he surprises her, or i-stippo-cd 10 ,. so, and carries her oil o the woods for a few dais, nflei whii h I lie ha p, y couple return home. "'That sieius lunch like 11 civilied honey moon.'' " The idea of il is piecisely Ihe same ami the cisoil is d. rived from tin i-nine source, diisl in 1 said, tin honeymoon is in fact a survival of th primitive eiisloin of marriage by ci.p ture. As nations have advanced in civ ilialion and comniu itic- have be come larg. r the in ual capture of wive bas become inc iiivenien! and unneces sary. Cradually, lliercfoie. it ba Himk 111 re and more into lucre form. 'Thin lae 1 c.piir. -incuts ,.f fashion were mii-licd with your running oil' with your own bri.lo out of low 11 for 1 month " "'ery i.peiisive I found it. should h.ive prcf. rn I not to ac.uirc my wife by capture.'' "Ah! Itut my dear fellow, you were obliged to make a show of carry ing her oil' i f you wished to do the I proper thing. The very bride cake 111 i y our vi edding, of w hich I was give! I a slice, is simply a survival of the har . barons method of marriage by eating . together. This latter cmlum 'n iu ti-e today among many tribes of Indian-. ; Among ino.lcrn savage- you will find ' ih s line customs iu vogue now tha: ; were doubtle s 11-ed by our own I primitive ancestors, mid 1 1 1 i - . ou-'oler- :ti inn alone venders a study of tin ir i way cry intercs ing. I "Speaking of weddings reminds oiu 1 of kissing the bride. Now, as to llial. kissing secti's to us so natural an ex , pK'ssion of iilTeclioii that wc should expect it (o be found all over ihe , world. Yet il is unknown lo the 1 Australian, the New Xcahiudei s, the Papuans, lb" unlives of vv c t Africa and the Kshinio. Iu some parts of Central Africa il is considcied a ni:ii. of re-pect lo turn the buck on a supe rior. I " The Todas of the Neilgherry hill-, in India, show respect by raising the . open light hand and I' -ting the llnitir on the end of the no-e. Capl. Cook assert- that Ihe inhabitants of an islau I in the Pacific ocean, called Mallicolo ! show admiration by hi-sing. Among the L-kitno it is customary to pull a person's nose as a compliment. And among the Chinese, w ho are not sav age but bni barons, a cofli'i n regarded a- a ue.it and appropriate present for an aged pei son, i-pci billy if iu bad Inahh." Washington Slur. 1 Consistent. i "That Sallie Parkins is the greati-il girl for gelling bargains' at second hand." "Isn't she.1 1 inideislaii I she's ' going to marry a widower." New j York Sun. 1 i The Point nf KesPliilibliice. i lie The sound of your voice re minds me of the music of a brook, j She (flat lei ed) Indeed'-' ! lb- V- You see, il rolls on fu; i wr. Stokers on mi h can Icinislilp. t hi the si, aniship llv of Paris thorn ,,,-six.v I'lrcuun.vvh.i'f I th- li-rj 1 . ... , c ,1 , "I ''!'-'' fu.liae -, Ml.'.l . leal.- steam ill inn.' stc.im bo !. i -. ; I'il'iv . -al p. r.- sh .vel il.c liiel p-oiu 1 he bunk- r- to tic furnace ,!.-..... a el I the lirciii-ii l.-s 11 111. I here is n - 1 thing llioie than mi re shoveling in ' . . ., 1 . 1 . , Uling. 1 III' MOM'I lllll-l I'IU'o lion " put the coals on so tin y w ill not burn loo quickly or deaden the lire lb- must know how lo stir or poke Ihe lire so ns to gel all, or nearly nil. the caloric out of (he coal, lb' tiiiisl know how lo obtain ihe bc-l rc-iilt- from he Welsh coal lie bill lies oil the voyage 10 Ihl- port and (he Auieiiean cad he u-es 011 the I rip east ward. K ic!i kind 1 eiuires diU'ereiit handling. I tf.en Ihe result of a ra-'e easlvvar.l ' inn been determined by ihe siipeuor knowledge of the handling f Ami-r':- 1 can coal piii-sts-cd by th" wiiililn;.' -hip's slob. is. To a man wholhor- ; Highly uiidi-rslaiiils it. Thing i- ea-i.-r : in. in it used to be. I'.cl ii n, n-M r ! :heh si. 1.0 aidtlolls (hat tin- v eii-rau re not over I". years old. .i ally nil he stokers 011 the City ol Palis and the City of New Yolk are le Iweeli -Hid i'.o veals of age. Ti.ev lenive sjtt a nioiiih and their board. The j ending stoker get- a few do. I. ir- nine j and doe- nnl have In Work quite s j iiard. He is iisii.iilv the elih-sl of :he j i-rew hedire.-ls. 'Ihe coal pa-.-er. the I timit of whose anibiiioii i- l-.l ..me I a nieiiitiu. get- s-i , ,.o ainonin. 1 ue ciuinig coal pu-scr, or trimmei , g little more than this. nto six watches of four h'-.ti- each. I Tie- lireman Works and sleeps every j .ill. 1 11 He four hours. After tin- lir-t j .lay from port 1 wo .ml of every -js I furii- s aie inked out of the bare i.ai's dining die liist hour of each j w atch. 'Thu- in a voy age, all the fur- 1 aces arc cleaned once in ev ery t vv en J 'y -four boniv. 'The steam goes down 1 bit iu the hour while lb" eVaiilng i i going 011. 'The pel -p i iug stolo'i - I .hovel into the fill ll li'"- lit'.i en ton- of I o.d every hour or .".I" ton-a day. ! The ship usually lake- in 1', loin al I Liverpool, ami has b. lwcin and Nil tons hit iii her I mi u lo is vv In 11 -h iiriv 1 - here. 'The engineer's dep.irl un n t i- eniire !v dlsiinet ami separate I'roiu ihe ti lolno ii'-s. ( In the i'y of Pari- Ihere .re twenty --iv eiie'in, ,rs, in. hiding' hy drauiic and electrical. 'Ihey arc .-ducated iu engine shops on shoie and a certain iiiuub r of tl.eiu go on -l.i - very year. 'They aie all lnaehiiii-ls, -o w henever the ship breaks down they know how to icpairihe damage. I i case the chief engineer should be di-i-lih d any assistant 1 oiiid Inl.e his place - ' New York Siu. t llllllllll) (leeks. 'Ihere are some el el.s that tell time and some thai only tell (he right lime tw id- every day . Tli--y are the dum- ' my clocks VV hi. h jewclh l's . I'len leive ! for -igus iu front of 'heir si.ues. 1 Have you rvfr s'en lb. in' ami, it - i, have you nol iced licit almost all of hem point to the same l ine, set 1 n- j icen minutes af i r eight ? Pci h.ip-. if . on hate lli'-ughl of them al all. you -'.ippo-cd, as I did. that Ihey were made lo point to any hour thai ihe Wol klllilll W ho lliil le '.hem might fan cy ; but thill is ii.t s '. A g. "ill. man. standing near one Ihe olh.-r day. s;';.. I llet er see OHO of III.'-'' cle. k-face- that I don't think of Ahiahalil Lincoln." "Why so? ' said a I'lieud. "Ilcciiu-e tho-e clocks 111.11 k Ihe hour nnl niomenl w lien he was .-h 't. 'I he Jcwelieis' Associa ion after his deal Ii decided that all such '.oek t.,. . s should be set at S 17, and t! :- h 1 lieen done so geneiaily since thai Vo l -carccly ev cr s ue which i- not in liiswayasadl-omiii.hr "f ih. liagl. Icadi of :i gri'tit iiian." ; 1 'lirist 1 -n Advocate. The Siinw Slmls of the Ibiekiis. Tew persons have any idea a- to the Aleut to which snow sheds have to be u-cil ill the vveM by the r ..ilro.-.ds vv Im Ii 11 inc. 'Tin- r. cipieul of this strango 1 riiv 1 r-e the Pocky nnd ie ra inniiii- gill 1 ..uhi not liud anv one in II istou taiin. 'The building of these s,vv 1 Iran-. ate ihe queer . hurnclcrs and she, Is and keeping them iu repair fi-lin linally bis father, then :i niembcr of 1 large item of expense lo ihe raiiroad. Coiign--. look the haulier lo tho cisiing lliese niountains, but it' it Chine e Legation in Wa,-!iiuglo!i nnd weie not for these shed-niaiiy of ihe-e had a tiainlation rendered. 'This re roads would be inoperative dm is g Iho lav.l iln-siory of the ( hin.nnaii's in ureater portion of the winter on ' juti.s m1 told of I r. In wer's won. account of snow blockades, snow slid,-, d 1 fui -kbl iu lieating the patient, clc. The snow shed s of the Southern 1 sating hi. life. Pacific railroad in the Sierra Net ad 1 ; 'Ti e dosing M-nlein c stated that monn:aiiis alone represent an outlay 1 after long consultation the Chinaman of fully J?;!, 00(i 000 lo Ihe company, ! inn' hi- li iends had decided that young and :i''oul (Min.iniO feci nf luiiiber ! I r. Ilrevvi-i's soul was that forinerlv -v ere required for their election. It cost ah ml lion, noo o build theni in Ihe first place nnd about 1 .ooo.ooii tn ke -p tin in ill icp.iir dining the past twenty years. 'This is an iiim of ex pense that the eastern roads do 11 1 ! 1 1 ive to con I end vv ilh . - - A t 'aula ( ou- iitutiou. The Sweetest liny. t do not know what skim 'hire wcrfl. N-riOI.. wind vv s l.mll or low ; I thud, I heard Ihl' liruiiehi s stir , ';l. . when ive tonic'l .-.ri; think I l,i.ir.l the -jras-cd sway v-,m,, -. tii-,1 .., hi.-yoi; U'.-t-- v.i. n -.e,- ':k.-v . stenlav. I a it ilav t..s-. 11. 1 I . svv fi I I th -.!. it n. , t have hc-n hi Mav ; I 1 ..liil- th' .n:orht 11 1 1 1 -t h:i..- ahuue ; I i.ieov a '-a nt ol SH in-.-' mi" lay A-r..s the H-M-: vv w. ft alone. 1 vv ut tln-r. vou ami I. I low ciulil 1 look hey ml yuitriji It vim iv re only stainiiiig hy I li l ti. .1 mi-- ihe ski. ! I . "II ' I ll"l tell if . Vellill'.' gloUC'l. 1 u- i.iioiehiy h.-.it lay vv hit.- i.-r .-till 0.,., I it., si. 1. 1.. us ..r ll,.. mini j i) v wa.ilH,, ,.,,. ,..,. ,, (;,,,,, ji i!,e Tsl-1. 1. -1 ilav i -t il.ty thai Suiiiiiii-i knew -1 In u we iv. o stole 11 vv ay ivv miiv ve i ! lil MOii'iH S. I In An-! I -t '-.. . - are few I n' not v cry far Lot vv 1 . n. 'l i i cook i- an evper' a- ih .-orating' ) 1 no itt . rior. I 'Ti.e p. iiii i.-ian gem rally wants a) j good "deal" for his mom y . I 'The but-her . s r. cipe for gi-ttiug ' ' '"' --uperlluon. Ile.-h is U s, 11 it. llovv go I a man i- (o ids wife I ho i 1-1 ilav al'ler -In- h.ts caught h'nu doing s- lo. I lii ng wrong, ' ,e plebeian 1110!.,. s,.s caiiily alwayu ,,,,, j,,,;.., j,. , j, u , ,,,.S sluck 011 t,.(.V il.;. Il-ell ll-.e ll-teil. i-itor-Whj do ibey call thn I ,.i I -aiioi- 1,11-, Iieiileiiaiii ;' Lieutenant :i..-e ilc v pilch into the ciu-niv. 1 ii.i in p I '.us your watch go? Hard I p ( iu-l I' liinieil from pawnbroker's)--- ell, ii wenl (or n short Dobbin Mi-- 1 lara'- father actu ally Insulted me last night. I.'ichard lot oui! 1 lobbln. - Yes, that' -.just, vv ha I he s.,P. Ai the I, inking I if you get a red ear. you may s eal a ki--: while, on tin- 1 .niraiv, uinh-r other conditions. if a ki-s v on niav get a red " boiit lie' Mio-t di-ngn cable man on i .in b." -aid ( li.irlic Cashgo. "is the pawnbroker" 1 -," rcspoi.deil l!;ll.v Pender, ilolefnllv , "but we bavo to p it up vv ilh hiui." I'iith. r "I'Mu'l I hear high words In ;w 11 y on and y our broiher just now. I b-nry '!" Ileiii v V ery likely, lather, but surely j on wouldn't wish lie- I.. 11-e 1 vv language." I a. her "Pi-.l j 011 lueak this vase."' Johnny Yes, fathei: I can't lie." 1'ailnT "ludi ed I Well, you won't In al.ie (o s.l, 1 itli- r, when I am ilntul wilh yo.i. I 'nine along In the Wood she,!." t hinese t.riilitiule. A late train from New N ork brought into iho liroad -(reel siaiioii, Wcdiies d.iy. I'r. toMige I-:. P.iewer, wh e.mio on lo nlieiid the Kadiinr hutil break- 1.1-1. '-me years ai.o, when 1 r. I'.rewer vv a- .. !ios,jial surgeon iu io,toii, ho w as . .I'ied to iit lend .1 I hlitamau who h id been crn-hi-d :i ' 11 0 -I I a jelly by Ihe vv la els , f a huge irtiek. ' 'h poor I'. II ..vv vva-iu gnat agony , and 'vhcu .:il. 1 11 :o the lie-pilal he w a givtMi up ii . I..: .la iiii.t.'cl. li-.u vv h lo lie re in 1 lad. ol Com so, I 1 1. -Ill g eoll VV tilkeit and watched. T 'or day s t be chinaman 1 1. over the 1 h.i-tn of death, but at la-t be commenced o ::m, and iiltlo b, l.itle 1. -v. red. All r n vei.d weeks he w i- taken I'loin l!a Ii 1-pi1.1l by friends, and I 'r. Ill ew er never e pc 1 ted 10 s. e or hear f 1 111 I im again. I : t six iiion!h later he re. a iVed a queer parrel vv hi. h WHS Ii .! I d to hi'ii In the I 1 ii im in and tin ' .1 n nd -, w ho lcl'l It in the ib.'-i.'i'- li.ni.l-, alier going thruugh a lot of - j i I'chiuaki-ig and k.itow ing. 'Tho v onug phv sieian opened I be (inl I. nnd within the wrappings was found a laiiuer of ipieer e ird nal falnie. Ono s 1 . 1" vv - . o v 1 1 ed with ('lii 111 bi' wolds and on the mlier was I r. P.iewcr's i pi I by a famous do. "or nf tin Ceh sli il Lmptre. w ho died some veal 4 since. llovv long ago did this Chinon doctor die . " "Well," tho vrau-lnlor gravel) re plied, "I horn dead ntm ICO years-" Phd.idclv uia l'rt'