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PITTSBURG1, CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 7, 1801.
NO. .'58.
Night.
I'otnc Willi mine uiivi-ili.il ur!ii, ( trtllh of
night.
I'uinc wi'h tliv ia'm. Ailnvvu the shallow
day,
AVIni- sp'intlois hiil tilt: vnler world
ir.vay,
1 w:indeivi .,n this lilt'o pint nf light,
A ilic-uner annui dreamers. Veiled or
bright,
Whether I!ii' giiM shower moft l me or the
gray,
I Mr.ive mi 1 fretted at lire'- fi n tisli play.
Ami lr.-;ii;u'l until the dream sit nn'il in
tin'le. lint nun- Ih ' irilcway nf the all miliar.;
'J in- pa-inns mi l tli' i:v that leaf so
-hrill.
'I he giants nf this p'-lly wi.iM. ilishnnd;
("I Hie T-::t threshold nf tkt lir.-ht !
s'lllld,
Once inure a soul -i ll' -i-tuni tit mi l still,
Alining tl.u w lii-i Hir; ri:'i f! ; t ii-l- uf -tars.
i'i mi.aM I. unpinan, in Srrilmi r.
TRAILED BY INDIANS.
AN ! ! HI S I I II
slottV.
"It was in ' IS, mi, I I'd been out
truilit g moug-t tin' I'l.-ii heads nml the
.'(. I'ei i'i - 1'i f nearly I wo years oil'
nml o:i, v Ii 'II one thy I caught o:i to
ft schi n;e ii Flathead- had got Up to
rai l the little sctlletnciit near to where
Clinton. X-v., now stand'. There
Vile ikieo families living then-, an 1
llie plan was to nail until the iin-n
Wont to Cm-sou City fur provi-ions,
when the v. iiinen and eliiMieti wore to
bo Killed ami the eilt'e rim nil' by m o
parly, while miot her waylaid the men
on the way back sin. I nun l red llietn.
1 win up about Witineimtiva when I
got liuhl nf tiii-, mill I n't ell' for (.'an
ion as haul as 1 go, l.'f the men
were gone hy the lime I reached the
settlement, which was ralhd Hidli-v's
Cnui. I hail reason lo fcu-tiic Indi
ans were only a lew h. iu -helii u.l in",
nml we ha.l lo move quickly. Our
only ehniii e wa- to I. ill in the moun
tains till they h ft ti.e licighhoi hood
or w in k our way as best vv.ill hy
night to (';:: miii City.
It wai n-eii'-s to think of saving tho
men, so 1 ju-t kept thai art of the
lnt lit-.-4 lo nn-i lf. Then- were in nil
thirteen uf us, two women and their
even ehihli en, a.nl skive ii! : h' chaps
whose llinllu r hal llie.I the w i . klie
lore, ami me. The l'n-t thin;: I iliil
win. to stampede the c; 1 1 It ami hur-cs
lo keep the Indians from gyttitig llieui,
then, as w; started, I v ! i i r up tho
liou-es to keep the nd-kins a- i.'iig as
po-sjhlo Iheii: hi-l'iii'i; they Impel mil
lie- pi'ople h iil I tin aw ay.
We mail" the little creek .nlei)
Snaki Uivrr hy d:iy.ij:Iil, an I, after
reeonnoiiei ine;. I maih; the w h ''" party
W litle out to an i . ! ;i , 1 1 1 in the lui'lille,
V, hieh win i.l.Miut L'o l.y ;'.o f- i l, ami
covnvil with Ilia's ami ru-l.e
foiue Miinloil i!inw-. II re we lay
ail day, fur 'h ' in o-t pari il.iw u mi oi.r
t-li'in n.hs tni 'er Iheluii-h. ( )f en.irse 1
Wi; enilhl huiM no liie ti ir iiihv - aiioiii,
Hi we ate the i-ihl vietti al- llie women
h.til leoiiyht uionvr, ami I ilippcil up '
wn'er in my cap. 'I'w i n pa; liis nf
liiili.ili-i sloptK il nut a Iii.ii Iti'il yuiils
1,,'luw where wo wi re to u ati-r ile'ir
li ii-c), hul, jii'Vin;; fr. m th.-ir n.
tioiis, I knew tlhy iliil nut -u-ji'it any '
one v:' near tin in, hut were pr.'ha
hly on their way to IJiilUy's. 'J'liey
ill.l lint linger, hut linle mi at onee,
liiin-li lo my le'ief, for all the tint
th-'ywere within iieaiinu I an, nire
1 iliil not draw a breath u niiiiilli' f..r
fear one of thu c!i!ilreii wmihl eiy
out, when We wuhl have till heen :
nius-aere.l; but tho jmor linle t hi nr-i, '
with the cxei'ptioti of n ehihl ii fi v
weeks ohl, were loo ha lly seaieil to j
Bin or speak unless hiil l 'ii : ami as for !
the women, liny put any man lever
bhw to shame with their cahnne-s ami
courage. j
Whoii night came we triu-k out for .
n line of him lying ah.uit live luiics
nway, an. I where 1 eoiinlcil on tiinliiiLr ;
u cave, or ill lea-l a liiiliug-i 1 n e. t'f
cotu-se 1 ami (he women nml llie larger
cliihlren couhl have mailt) it u ilium1
il.llieuUy ; but being obligetl to w ail
tn llie linle oin s aiel to carry them
cviey half mile or so, we were nearly
nil night getting to the uenrot hill. ;
We'll gone nboitl u ini'e, w hen low '
down on the hori.oii I s.iwa ilull glow, ;
anil knew the In. Hans weie burning
the I'amp inul 'hat the;. 1 be on our1
Hail in a linle while. W hen we got I
to the hill I eoulil sre nothing like a
cave, ami. while it was prelly heavily
wootletl, there was no place to hiile j
w here the Indians wonld nut py us j
direelly. I was looking ahout lue
when 1 caught glimpse of a black heir
liiiining rii ml :i rocky spur about
half way up tin- bill. I foil iweil jn-l
in lime to ee her go tuiuh'.iiig or ;
ciinihi :g down a sort of ga-li :
in the earth, and whi' h I km w
must be her den W illi ml stop,
ping I jumped at In r and found nivsel f
in a linle cave, about ten by ten fei t,
bu' wi:h iiuoihir larger one hading
nway lowaid the cenier of the hill. ,
Tin hear begiiu to growl whrni she :
biiw me, and 1 guw, when my eyes got
nccistotiied to the dim light, (lint rIic
had two ruin in the den with her,
w hich the w as gnin o defend. So,
aiming as carefully as I eould, I lireil
at her, breaking her skull, after which
I killed the two cubs and transferred
my pn ty to the cave. The lust of the
cold meat and broad were I hen etiteiit
and the women ami children, creeping
into the larger division, which was,
however, only about four feet in
height, went to rest, lint I was too
aiixinns to sleep, tiled us I vaj, bo
Ii lisied myself out of the cavern and
clinihed to the t p of the hii's to see
if I could sie aught of the Indians.
Several times it seemed lo me that 1
saw a baud moving along the line of
the horizon, nml, while the speeki
might have been cattle, I thought it
best to May where we were all that
day, that night and the next day. Our
great trouble was water, which Inul to
bt brought from u spring on the other
side of the bill, ami as only n small
quantity eould be brought at ii time
my cap being' Hie only vessel we had
llie children especially suffered a good
deal. At last one of the women dis-
. covered a I'int mck w ilh a hollow dip
j in the middle, hieh would hold about
j two quarts or so, and 1 kept this tilled
j as a cis'ein. I ventured that night lo
! roast a piece of the bear in a hole in
', the ground, which change of diet was
! a w elenme one. 1 nevi r passed mch
I 1
; a time since I was burn, for I dare not
sleep an hour for fear of a surp'i-e,
i and the weight of responsibility 1 felt,
with those poor, helpless creatures on
j my hands, wan simply awful.
j I.ate on ths second day, when I
i e'linhed i he hill 1 r a last look, I saw
j a small baud of Indians not more than
an eighth of a mile away. Tle'y did
not number more Ihau seven, but were
nrim d and in fnli war dress, and were
heading straight for the hill. Irop.
I'ing on my all funis 1 ran us fast as 1
I couhl for the mniilh of the cavern,
and scrambling dow n soon had the
women and children crouched up in
the far end of the larger divi-ion,
w here no shot tired into the smaller
one could teach !hcm, though I hoped
j the Indians would either pass by al
j logelht r or fit'l to tind us if they
! hailed. Silence then was nb-oliitely
I rteeossaty, ami the women impressed
this on the t hihlien. 1 (hen went
! hack, ami by clinging to one of the
, hu-lies swinging aero-s ihe entrance
. lo ihe cave peered out to see what the
j i ed-ki'is meant to lo. I could see
: they had struck our trail and suspeet
: e l we Were somew here about, for
i they dismounted, and eatlering, they
: began to -eart h about the woo Is.
A- tin y drew near our hiding pl.ico
1 dropped down into it and cocked the
guns the women ha 1 brought and my
own l ru t y rille. I suppose my fre
1 quent goings in and coinings out hail
left some l race, for they seemed to
iioti- ' the entrance tit once, and pres
' eiitiy I saw a head peeping over. The
dim light of the cave might have pre
vei:le 1 the ow ner from seeing me, tml,
as ill-luck would have it, the infant
child I spoko of waih'd out ju-t at this
puiiiiilar moment. The cry was)
stilled in an ius'ant, but it bad been
heavtl. ami the he.i I craned over
further, while another and another
pooped over. I was crouching down
as c!oe as I tnitiil, but, hearing tho
ciic1; of the trigger, 1 knew conceal
ment was no longer possiuic, una
!.a"d away. Two screams told me
that a couple of heads hail been hit,
and the third disappeared. I heard a
voice shouting for the others to come
lip, mid could distinguish the tones of
a colloquy being held, though without
hearing what was said.
Presently a lighter! torch was (lung
into ihe cave, but. I had retreated into
the further one, and. nothing being
visible, lht Indians were noiiplussd,
ami I heard ono cry out that there was
nothing there. Another retorted an
gr'ly that some one hud killed Iilue
Water ami Leaping Turtle. This win
followed by a patter of shots on the
floor of the cave, one of which, re
bounding, struck one of the children
on the breast, but, though the bullet
embedded il-elf in his skin, the plucky
little fellow' did not utter a sound. As
their firing Btill produced no e licet,
Ihe Indians did not know how to ac
count for matters, ami presently one
of them was imprudent enough lo
stick his head over the edge, but I
made no move, and they held another
council. It w:i evident that they
feared to enter the cave, not knowing
how many lay concealed within it, and
at last they hit on I hi! very plan 1 had
been dreading.
A lighted torch was thrown over,
ainl a quantity of leaves and moss was
pushed after it, but their amiable in
tention of smoking us mit failed, ow
ing to ihe ib'.mpiie-s of the leaves and
moss ami my having deluge. I ihe
earthen floor of the cave with tie!
Water we had mi hand. Seeing this
fail, they summoned up couture to
enter tho cavern, mid we saw tho
live forma leap over, tho women audi
opened on tticm. I killed my man in
Rlantly, and so did Mrs. Kidley, who
immediately let a dusky fiend, who,
seieamiiig, rushed upon her, hnvn tho
full contents of the other barrel in his
breast.
The other woman missed her iiiin,
and the next moment wns in Ihu grasp
of one of the Indians, b ,t before I
couhl coino to her rescue, her son, a
buy of had Hung his itrins around
the redskin's neck, and, hanging on
his hack kept him from striking, when
the woman, picking up a tomahawk,
struck him a tremendous blow on the
forehead. lie dropped like a log,
crushing the boy beneath him. Tho
remaining Indian, seeing his compan
ions fall, made a break for the en
trance, inul wns just climbing out
when I caught him, and, firing,
brought him down with a broken arm
nml a hall in his side.
Seeing him helpless, an 1 thinking
him dying, I did not shoot again, hut
went back to tho women, whom I
found shrieking with excitement. I
quieted them, and congratulated them
on their courage, which, however, was
entirely gone as soon as the call for it
was over. I rolled the Indian oil' the
boy, who was considerably bruised hy
the weight of the dead body, but
otherwise not hurt. The wounded
Indian I found to be an old aequain.
fanei! of mine, and seeing be was dy
'ng rapidly I did not dUturb him. He,
told me that finding Ili.lloy's Camp
'cierled, the main parly had gono
back home, but that suspecting me of
having warned them, some of the
young hot bloods had followed us to
be avenged on me. Thrv were jiretlv
eerlain that I was the only man in Ihe
party, but did not know but what
others had joined us.
Well, we took possession of tho
ponies, mid we were e.hle to travel
much more rapidly, though Inul it not
been nearly desperate to think of walk
ing in our exhausted condition, I
would not have risked riding them,
for a man on fool Iris twenty chances
on tho plains to one the mounted fel
low has. We reached Carson City
without further adventure, though
staivatiou and thirst ami fatigue were
our constant companions, ami there
found the women's husbands and the
other man, who were ju-t starling
home. I had lo get a doctor to giv"
me something to quiet my nerves, fur,
for eight days and nights, I hud not
slept more than thirty minutes out of
every twenty-four hours, nml even
after all were safe I could not quit
listening for noise. Clobe-JViuo-erat.
A Kiver That Flews Inland.
There is an inleicstiiig in-tanec of
water flowing inland from the sea. It
is found on the island of V phaloni :,
in the Ionian sea, west of (i recce. Tho
phenomenon occurs on the southwest
side of the island near the small town
and port of Argostoli. Two streams
lloiv at a short distance from ono an
other, straight from the sea, for a few
yards, and then follow dilleront
coin ses. One turns tit right tingles
and runs for some ways parallel with
llie shore ami close (o it. Then it turns
again toward the sea, and running, of
course, deeper and deeper, doubles
completely under itself, thus forming
a loop, ami finally passoa out of sight
deep down in a landward direc
tion. In its course it turns two tlour
mills, which will give an idea of the
strength of the current. There is no
tide in the seu here, mid the flow of
the salt water brook is perfectly
stemly and continuous. Tho other
stream disappears in the ground in a
similar way. The curious phenomenon
has not attracted much attention be
cause Argostoli is not one of the reg
ular tourist routes. No mio knows
what becomes of this water, but it
probably flows in smno subterranean
reservoir, and it may have something
to do with the earthquakes that occur
in that ueighboidiood once in a long
while, or, possibly, it feeds soma dis
ant volcano, for, as is well know n,
the most generully accepted theory of
the cause of volcanic eruptions is, that
they are duo to the steam generated
from water, admitted through cracks
in the earth's crust, or in some other
way. (iohlihwaile's Ceogrnphical
Magazine.
Ruts in Modern Medicine.
A lale experimenter in lr. Koch's
laboratory K. II. Kankin, of Cam
bridge, Kiighind has reported an in
teresting discovery. A long study
of anthrax suggested investigations
which resulted in bringing to light a
"prolectivo proleid" in the bodies of
rats, which enjoy a remarkable immu
nity from many infectious diseases,
am: this, cultivated in liu usual way
proves to be a remedy for anthrax,
ami may al-o be etlectivii for iliplh'.v
ria. Trenton (X. .1.) Ameiiiau.
JIIILDREV.H COLUMN.
a i'i:ont.ri.
P .1. ly ainl Ne 1 were hro't-i rs.
Netl was nidi r than S only.
Ami they were lniy tlivi.iin
A stick of it ipcrmint canity.
Neil was earnest I v trying
Tn make this division tme.
Ami he in irkeil the ilace i ilh a ti-li-lioiik,
Where tlie slick imlit to break in fvn.
Hut a 'as I fur little Sandy
Ami In- pour painstaking brother,
It was a lon' and short ilivi-i n,
Hue piece tmiviT than the i.iIh r.
Nttl (.-ravely lenkeil at the pieces.
A ml tin ir tpute iiunpia! Lai-1 h,
And lie wrtstlnl with the problem
W illi all his nieiit'il stn iii'th.
Al length he said, ). -.net '.
I ean iiinke it runic mil right.
If I lake the piece that's long. at.
A ml bite nil .i'lst one l.ile."
Tin ir four ejes hcami il ami glistened
Al the plan so very handy
(If lli-pn-iiig nf the prnh'cltl.
Ami tli.-lribulin.' the tuntly.
Sn Ne.l :.te ihe piece- oven,
' l ivas the easiest way t t th it,
An I liu cheated .if U- "amiy.
,n. neiiher uf them knew it.
- 'K:'iiii. field ami Mockiiian.
Mi U.l s nnsK TK .
"Oh, may I, please may I'i I'll bo
s good if jnii'ii let me have it,
mamma, ' pleaded little Molly, danc
ing about on one foot.
"Have what, dear'.'' asked Mrs.
lay.
"A arty, mamma. You said I
mig..l have it, some time; and isn't it
'some ti,: e' iue,vlJ"
Weil, it is Saturday, lo bo sure,
Molly, ami the day i- line; if it were
not for my headache ''
'Oh, does it feci very, very bad 'i
Can't ymi take a pill, mamma?"
Mr-, l'ay smiled.
"It is not a bad headache yet, iny
dear; and perhaps after dinner it will
go away. If it docs it wiil he time
enough then for von lo invite the little
girls; hut I cann it let you inv ite tla-m
now. Will you be patient ami wait ?"
If I can," replied Molly wilh a
sigh. "What is it to be patient?''
"It is not lo tua-e, my daughter.
If you are quid and say no more
about the party till dinner-lime, then
you will be patient."
'!i, dear! I ju-t about know I'd
cry," thought little Molly.
It was very hard Work to be palient,
mid it did seem as if ihe forenoon
w uihl never end. She a kctl so often,
' What lim ; is it now!" that every
body grew tired of answering: hul
when it was a quarter of eleven, she
clapped her hands and sail: '-Oh,
(hen it's most twelve, yo i know, and
i-u't dinner ready?"
It w as reatly at last, and her mamma
was well enough to come to tho table
ami eat -nine toa-t ami drink sumo
tea. Muiiy watched every mouthful
eagerly, but never one said the word
'part)" Mamma fell proud of her
You have been my good girl," said
she, ns she passed Mo.lv a piece of
pie: "and now, ns my head is better,
) on may go pretty somi and invite
your liltie friends to tea "
'Oh, Hi . i ii i in :i. ma ii, mamma!'
ei ied Molly, and danced away without
eating her pi'-.
There wore ju-t five illlle girls she
wished lo a-k, nml Ihev all lived very
near, so sin1 was not gone long; and
by three o'clock Ihe little girls had al'
come to the party.
It was a very line till.iir Mrs. Kay
tel the table in the garde i under the
trees, and Aunt Abby put a bowl of
lovely roses in the middle of the table
ami laid a bunch of roses at each little
ejri's plate.
We will call it a rose tea," said
Au'il Abby.
Mill there was something to eat he
sitle ruses, hope! Little cream bis
cuits, ami cohl chicken, and pineapple,
ami strawberries, and several kinds of
nice cake. There was no tea, but.
mamma poured some lemonade into
the children's glas-es, and they drank
to one another's he ilih.
And what do you think? All the
while they were oiting. Aunt Abby
sat on a ru-tie chair under one of the
trees ami played gav tunes on her
banjo. So they were all as happy ns
happy couhl be, ami the selling sun
smiled at them through the leaves, and
Molly could hardly help dancing as
she lliouulii, "Oh, Imw ghnl I am I
was pilieut!" fI!u-lon Cultivator.
Uniulelloii Leaves ri- Insomnia.
A man who has tried it says that
two or three dandelion leaves, chewed
heforo going to bed, will always in
duce sleep, no matter how nervous or
worried a limit may be. And they
cause no wenriness or headache such lis
follows the u-e of chloral or morphine.
XcwYork Sun.
It usually happens thnt the private
opinion a man has about any one is tho
opinion that he lofs no time in mak
iug public.
A LOCUST PLAGUE.
The Ancient Destroyer Reappears
I in North Africa.
Habits of the Pestand Remedies
for Its Suppression.
The cable reports that the plague of
locusts has appeared in Morocco and
threatens Algeria. Krnin the famine
that may be expected to result, many
of the unfortunate inhabitants, es
pecially of the former country, are
likely to die. This African locust is
a remarkable creature. His devasta
tions have an obscure culminating pe
riodicity of eleven years, tho same that
has heen observed in sun-spots and in
certain Kast Indian provinces proceed
ing from drought. Arabs just arrived
in Algiers from the Sahara report
that they rode on swift drome
daries for more than sixty miles
through swiirms of locusts. Ahout
this report there is no savor of exag
geration. Their swarms have repeat
edly been described as darkening the
sun. A few years ago some of thorn
iv .ached Knghtnd under circumstances
leaving no doubt that they came from
the K i-t Afric ui coast over a sea line.
They have b en met w ith U'od miles
oil" shore over the Atlantic, in such
number us to cover ships w ilh their
bodies nml darken tho atmosphere.
An average length of territory to be
ravaged by llieui in one sea-on is
about lftuu miles. It is sometimes
much greater. In the Old Testament
these locusts are classed uniting the
more terrible calamities that can befall
a people, along with drought, pesti
lence, famine mid siege. The fact that
they have no leader, like oilier mi
gi tints, is there noted. In "Kxodus"
the w ind i given ns the cause of their
arrival and departure. Modern obser
vations fail to connect their ordi
nary migrations with any pre
vailing atmospheric currents. The
ohlr notion is intimated
again in "i'sa'ans," i.ppiirently
referring to locusts caught in tho
whirlwinds that liaveise till healed
plains. In all the locu-l countries they
are mi article of diet for n a I ns well
ns for many other milural enemies.
In I'ah-siino they are eale:i either
roasted or boiled in salt ami water
When preserved for future use they
are dried ill the sun and ground up,
then eaten with camels' miik or honey
to correct the h t el ll ivor.
There seems to be no cll'm-live rem
edy for the a 111 if i ion. The locusts are
infested with parasites of their own,
but these do not multiply fat enough
to suppress tliem during their plague
years. When the island of Cyprus
was visited by them a few years ago,
u 1 1 ollieial report was in :de recom
mending the importation of n beetle
which feeds on the eggs, when it was
discovered that the beetle was
indigenous in the island. The ex
istence of the migrating locust in quan
tities sullicioiit to constitute it a verit
able plague lo many nf the higher
forms of life is attested by human re
cords so ancient that it is impossible to
induce proof for Ihe h poi hesis that
man's ow n agency has contributed to
augment tho scourge. Man has dotio
much, by upsetting the balance of na
ture, to bring insect iitlliotions upon
himself; but if he has had a hand in
the multiplication of locusts, it was at
a period anterior to the most ancient
of translated records. New York
Sun.
The Chinese (an Sing.
An impressive scne was recently
presented i the Congregational Church
in Stockton, Cat. The occasion was
the celebration of the anniversary of
the Chinese Mission in that city. A
part of the exercises consisted of sing
ing in chorus and solos ami addresses
by the Chinese. The singing, espe
cially of solos ii i 1 1 hymns, was a sur
prise, as it was generally supposed
that the Chinese were destitute of c i
pacity in (I at direction nml incapable
of appreciating harmony, judging hv
what travelers in China tell us and by
the barbarous cxhihiiioas given in
this country by untaught immigrants
One soloist particularly carried the
audit ne'j by storm am! elicited ap
plause that was wilh dilliculty
checked Scientific American.
St. Helena llcctiiiiinif Deserted.
Tor twenty years St. Helena has
been going to the dogs, and has now
very nearly arrived there. Il is Ihe
Sui . Canal that has killed it, as it lias
ruined many oilier pons of call. A
final blow was given when quite re
cently the I'retich ioveriunent decided
lo withdraw the garrison of Imperial
troops. I.nst year this order begun to
come into effect, ami St. Helena is
rapidly drifting into a po itiouof a
deserted island. - I'hilu lclphia Itec-onl.
from the Farm to tlio Observatory.
My birthplace, says I'rofessor Simon
Ncweomb, the eminent astronomer, in
tho Forum, wus in tho northern part
of Xova Scoliu, and the surroundings
of my childhood mid youth were such
as deeply to tinge the economic views
of my later years, l'eople lived thero
much as the settlors of Now Kng and
lived before the devolution. The
children of nil but the rich went bare"
foot in summer, and, except tho raic
and costly Sunday suit, nearly every
family had to make its own clothes.
Tho men nnd boys tilled the ground,
or cut and sawed lumber for exporta
tion to more favored climes; the wo
men nnd girls sheared the sheep,
enrded tho wool, spun the yarn, wove
the homespun cloth, ami made the
clothes. . . . I'arlly from neces
sity, partly from a fear of overstudy
and a desire to strengthen my bodily
constitution, about half iny lime from
tho ago of e'ght to that of sixteen was
spent in working on farms. Tho more
intelligent of the fanners generally
had two or three books, which there
were occasional opportunities of read
ing by the light of the blazing fire in
winter evenings. . . . I'p to till
age of twelve the laws of nature re
mained a mystery to me. About that
time 1 remember once asking my
father what iight was, and why we
could not see in the dark. He tried to
give me au idea of something he hail
read or heard on the subj -ct. but the
question was one which nothing in
our reading c uhl help to answer. He
c uihl tell about gravitation, the name
nnd order of the planets, history, and
navigation; hut I doubt if a book on
natural philosophy had ever fallen
within his reach. Forum.
Her First Can Inge Hide.
"I think a true story of my experi
ence at Oher-Ainuiergau,'' said a
Washiiigtoiiiaii, "indicates belter than
couhl a hundred lectures or descrip
tions, not only the simplicity of the
people, but the spirit which makes tin:
'Passion l'lav' p issiblo there without
i ll'ence to ethical taste such as it would
give in any other region. On a lovely
dune Sunday, last Summer, ns my
sister nml 1 were driving down the
valley from the play, on our road to
l'artenkircheii, we overtook a party of
j peasants returning home after having
viewed the holy spectacle. One of
j them was an old woman bent under
: her weight of years. We stopped our
! carriage to inquire whether her way
j lay with ours, nml finding that il did,
insisted upon her gelling in wilh us.
When she had sealed herself .-he look
ed at me and asked :
" 'Aro you a princess?'
"'Xo; 1 am not a princess," 1
answered.
"'But you hav; a carriage and a
pair of hor-es.'
" 'Yes; but I'm nut a princess.'
"I am eighty-four years old, and
this is the first time that I havo ever
''itileii in a carriage.'
"She sat silent for a few moment,
then looked at me again inquiringly,
nml snitl :
' 'Iid tho dear Lord tell you to take
mo into your carriage?'
"Ami 1 answered, reverently:
"Yes, 1 think to." Washington
l'Ost.
The Message Was Accepted.
An olotiiiie telegrapher was telling
an oldlime story of his craft the other
day in tin afternoon resort, ltu-k in
the forties or fifties he was an opera
tor at the terminus of the Frio Kail
road in dcrsey City. The read worked
its teleg apli lino practically for its
ow u convenience, nml only accepted
messages from the public whore mat
ters of life or death were concerned.
It happened that a Xew York sport
wanted to coiiiiuuuicate wilh a com
rade in Coining, nml let the latter
know that he was coming up to go
I shooting. Il puzzled him to circum
! vent the telegraph regulations of Ihe
j railroad company, but he finally
evolved the following: '-Aunt
- demima is dead. Am coming by this
! afternoon's train, liring the dogs
down ami we w ill go hunting.'' The
messiiuo was accepted and transmitted.
New York Continent.
Propitiating a lliishaiul Wilh Water.
If au Arab woman, who has lost
her husband, decides to marry again,
she visiis (he grave of her husband the
night before her second marriage mid
prays him not to he ofl'entled. As,
however, she feels that he will be of
fended, she bikes wilh her a donkey
laden wilh two gout skins tilled with
water. The prayer ended, sho pro
ceeds to pour the water on the grave
to keep the first bii-band cohl under
the circumstances ubo.it lo lake place,
and, having well saturated him, de
parts. Pieaviine.
It. seems lo he the burglaries and not
the burglars that are committed now
ad iys.
j Doubting Hearts.
! HE.
Within the shadow a drooping face,
'.'ruw ntil hy a wealth nf flowers nnd lace,
Dark brown eyes under w hite Mds pn sse.1,
mt lingers that love tn he tares-cil.
throat that glistens, 'ne ilh prieelc-s it ills
li.se in the rosebud garden of girls.
! dream of her nightly, gay cmiuetlo,
4ml wonder if I've half won In r yet''
!r if she would look as sweet and fair
l'o soiue oth -r ill in who by chance wa- tle ro
i
i SUE.
Within the shadow, th-' lights uirnj 1 down,
r'ar from Ihe uoisenf the r. :!css town,
While ow-snf llie hoMtSt. ih-t p '.t blue
seem to lie hutting ne- liimu gh and tbruugh ;
stri'iig band cla-ping about my nwn
With atttiKli th it.tr.iight tn my heart lias
ll.eiii:
)n 1 love him.' Vi s nml ulvvnvs will:
My heart rcstiniiib tn bisi -vn heart's thrill,
But he looks as leii'lerii . I sMp,sc,
In the cm s nf every girl he ki.uivs.
I -f. II. Curtiss, in New York S-'im-
i in ninuors.
' The linle fellow is none the hv3 n
strapping fedovv.
Some ch -ap things are i-vt-r in good
form politeness, for iu-iatu-u.
The man who "knows it all'
wouldn't be Mich n bad feliow if ho
July kept it to hiiu-ulf.
(ioslin If Miss Seadds' face is her
fortune she noc-u't rale very high
Dolley II t pa value is mii'-li above
her face valuable.
Mi-s Vunil.-is I )o you know ihe se
crel of my beauty? Mis- Tartly I
think ymi c ut assure yourself, dear,
that nooiie -a discovered ii.
How is your friend doing out ill
Helena?" "Oil, he's carrying every
thing before him. "What busines-is he
in?" "He's a waiter in a rt-sliui-j
rant."
j Dashway .lust look at .Miss Jasper.
She ha- a dress for every day in the
i week. Cleverlon How the mischief
, can her father afford ii? It-!iavv;i)
F.asy enough. It's the same dress,
Fair lady (with large eouvur-ationa!
. aperture) Can't you make ihe month
a little smaller? Pholugiapher
' (ireat Scud ! tlo you want a picture
' without any moii'ii at aM? I've pared
: it down three inches a!r. ,ul.i .
Pompous Author (to v-derail edi
tor): What wou'tl voit advise ii man
to do W ho-!1 id
the time-?
1) ): I would
ly dow n and
call h up.
lire
iv.lliee of
( prompt-
sil quiet,
ti nes to
Kditor
e him t
for tin
A lirea.l Merchant of lieyrout.
Hero come the In i ad-sel i.-r. lb) is
one of a large flu , and tho 11 al pancake-like
loaves that he lias i i hi
hit-kid show how the lb ) loll! people
make bread. The saute H it cake, ol
varying size at id tbinm --,i - e ii y w here
the form of broad in Palestine and
Syria. When freh it is very sweet
and palii'aide ; but w hen oi l, luttcl
like shavings.
Al some towns in Mount i.utiailnu
the loaves are baked in circular
form, about iwo feet across,
and almost as thin as paper. It is
related lint once a foreigner, on
eating his lir-t men', in the mountains,
took one of these loave-- und spread
it on his lap, thinking it was some
new style of napkin. !iiinge il! this
seemed lo bis Syrian ll i-l, WO can
hardly be surprised at ll.e mistake,
for to our Western eye. ,his thin, pli
able sheet looks fm- ncie like cloth
than bread. X nv, this Flint of bread
has one great advantage, in that it
does away wilh lie ii'vo-siiy uf u-ing
souotis. Those siiiing at dinner tear
oil" a piece from the loaf, fold it as a
cup, and tho'i dip a portion of food
from the general dish in the center id
the table: ilevoiiiing ihu- with each
mi till Ii fill both spoon and foments. The
housewives of He) rout enjoy a touch of
that coin i no-ill co-operation that is
proposed by certain reformers of to
day: not that lle'v take their meals in
pal.nial public dining-ro nn-. hut they
do have public ovens, ihusiloing away
wilh some ot the household's private
gear." The dough is ll.uleuetl out
into (li-ks of ihe proper siz , ami the
bnv s or girls of tho i'ainiiy put lliesc
ou trays and carry llu ni in llie nearest
oven, w here they are soon baked mi
the smooth hot slabs. We cannot
stop here lo describe the vaiiotis and
interesting processes uf bread making
us they are practiced in the village of
Hi ballon, or in the liediiiiu camp.
Other things close tit hand crow il upon
our attention. St. Nicholas.
A Rank of liiiinlKins.
Tho I.akeport (Cul. ) Avalanche
says: "One of ihe most beautiful
sights we have w itnessed for some
lime, we saw on hist Tuesday. On
Ihe cast shore of the lake was a blink
of what seemed to be a bun Iretl rain
bows thrown together promiscuously.
Apparently it was about two miles
long, ami us high ns the mountains.
It gradually drifted to the eastward;
until it disappeared. ''