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s-f---' nt.i-i.i.r.y &)t tfljattjam Bfcor&. Qthc l)atl)am ftccotb. ii. a. ixm uoxs, EDITOR AKD PROl'RILTOU. HATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one month - 1.0 l.M $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly In Advmot. For larger advertisemeoto liberal cor racta will he male. VOL. III. PlTTSIiORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, JUNK 18, 181)1. NO. 41. min ir We Could Know. Whither do uiir footsteps tend More ami more we yearn to Know, As life's shadows lunger grow. And the evciiiii- hours descend, And before us liri the enil. When the door shall oiwn w ide. And behind us softly close, Whnt to our expectant ryes Will the future life disclose? Khali we fere a morning break, Pair and fragrant nnd serene, Scemine: like the blcsj-t.il drenu (f Home iiuforgotti.n eve? Shall we walk in gl-idncs n'i. (ndrr smiling skies of blue Through nn nrrriicpenliig dawn, Into wide fields 'resli and new Met tin; t hose w ho came before, Know In'.' i ii' h familiar look And each well remembered lone, Thmicli so many years had flow n, Since card oiler's hand we look. Saving farwt lis u'rr and o'er Shall w t:iik of inrtlily day'''. Speaking low. with hated breath, (if the aw fill nit Met y or nnr human life and dwiHi : Shall tte wonder to recall How our heail- were prone to fear. How we scarce y dared to hope In any In at en, mi fair, so near .' '. if we roiild onl v know. As the shadow de. per grow, Whitliei our -.uift footsteps tend, As they surely near the end! (t iitlii rine S. Mason, in Hnvton I'miner. THENUT-WN MAID. f v m tut i'. riu.-i'-s. Never had tin' world looked so love ly to lue Kent - never 1 1 n 1 life seemed so wi ll worth (ho having, as when, turning her pretty pony's head, Mie rode homeward with Vane Carrol, her distant kinsman, whose mother's pu tt bh? had been for a w hole month. Ilcivna so dll nnd princely; so gincrful. courtly, jxili.-liml , and then the only son of one of the richest wo men in tli slate : ami lue, with nil her beauty and her grace, was n it over, burdened with worldly gear, nor had so eligible a parly ever shown Kith pleasuie in her society; and Inez. Kent vi'iy worldly nnd practical, despite of a pink-and-while daintiness, A ridicule rlhenal softness of fare mi I manner, whii li marie her ( hief i harm. Of what are you thinkiig, little oii-in t" Vane questioned, w ith a (mile, ft- they cantered side by side. "Your faec is full of sunlight. Is there some lover ttlio is responsible for those dimples?" "No," .-lie aii-weied, with a blush mid a shy, swift glainc into hU laugh ing eyes. have no lover, Vane, nnd I was thinking only of how happy 1 am licte.' lie smiled very kindly --almost, she thought, tenderly at her. You havo heightened our house," be said, sofllv. " Io not think of going from us tit. We, my mother and myself, ronhl not - ' At thnt moment the pony Inez, rode frnve a sudden shy, and he eamrlit the rein, as Mir uttered a Blight shriek. and behl the animal in. A voting j;ii'l, wiili the. swreleat, brighlest, sunniest fare imaginable--fi veritable- "nut-brown maid'' was Hopping iighily down from a Mile, nnd her great, black, shaggy dog bad leaped before her, causing the flight of Inez. Kent's pony. 'Come, Shock!'' the girl railed, end Iho dog ran foi wai d to her oiit Mrctchcri baud. ! inn so Mirry," Mir mid. looking up at Inez. 'V'e wcro l iiiinin a rare, and did not bear yon come. 1 fear my dog has frightened you." "lie f tightened my horde," Inez sniri, in rold, tint tones, at which the brown eyes below her grew distressed end Vane's fingers, dropped from the pony's rein. "I biii so very sorry," the girl said Again. It it t Inez, made no reply, save lo Minkc out the rein ami cnutcr on. N am', as ho followed, bared his lieinl and bowed lotv to the .mall, dark-fared sli anger, tt lio mado so plonsirit a picture. Mantling in the -unset with one litllo brown band re-ting Oil the bend of her (log, and A deep flush on either olive cheek. "I wonder w ho she was?" he said presently lo Inez The poicelain-liiiteil beauty merely shrugged her shoulders and curled her lip. "A gipsy. I fancy,'' she snirl, even" iy. Hut Vane Carrol knew that the face lie had seen was not that of a tent hem waif that the voice he bad beard bnd caught none of its music from wild bird or stream Vt; and fcomehow the word he had nlmo.-t raid to Inez remained unspoken, while lie and she rode in at his own gales, and the day died suddenly, in paling clouds and sharp wiml-nrrows. It rained within an hour, a id for three days and nights Iheie w a the ceaseless beat of rain-drop, heavy and fierce, upon the world about them. Then, in the grayne-s of a wiud- swept, rain washed morning, word was brought him that below in the j village there were poor wretches who j were struggling with the risen wa- i tcis. For the river hud crept beyond its banks and poured its overflow into the valley, where hundred dwelt, ami all night long it had crept higher about them, they never knowing till the dawn showed them their danger. Mounting hurriedly, lie rode down to the valley, wln-ro be was stopped nt last by the How of Millon, turgid waters. AH around him were wan, white fares, weeping women, wailing chil dren, and more than one man's eyes were dim, an ho watched a little home, reared so slowly nnd with sttcli toil swept nway by the flood. "My friend-," Vune called out, as ho sat like n young prince on bis hor.-e, his fare Miowing pale and grave in the gray light, ''1 am tfitly sorry for your misfortunes: but if no life is in dan ger, all cle an be borne. Now, let the women ami children all go to my mother. She will sin Iter them gladly and we men will save what we ran." A few broken voirrs breathed bless ings on him as, dismounting, he went among them, sating clnicring words here and there and sending all the wet shivering women with their frightened little ones to the great lem-e on the hill. Suddenly he saw that a couple of men wire about to venture on the swollen waters in a small boa. "If all are safe, why risk jour lives.-" he a-ked them. "All are not safe, sir." one replied, hurriedly. We never thought of old Mr. .latin a, id hi- niece, mid their hou-e i- siirrouuih d by the water -has been so for hour-. 'J ho old man 's a paialy tic, the niece only a slip of l a girl. They're m danger, sir, and we're going to try lo get them." I'll go with you," said Vane, step ping into the boat. And in n moment they were out in the rush mid swell of the rurrenl, un able, for all their siv strong arms, to guide the boat. Several lime they were caught among floating debris; thct were swung round and round; thu boat was da-lied forcibly again-t some building which iho water sur rounded. At last, with infinite trouble, they secured the boat at nn open window in the sci ond story of a collage, of tvhii h only thnt floor and the roof were visible ubovc the surface. With a ringing cheer one of them leaped over the sill, nnd Vane looked nftcr them. In a great chair, with shawls wrapped ubout bim, ami a sin inking terror in his large eyes, sat the paraly tic; be-ide the chair, slight, pale, but firm as steel, stood a girl, with eye like stars and lips thai began to quit e li s -he -aw the help that had come; tt hile at her feet, with his lotv whines changing to joyful barking, vouched a great black dog. The chair was wheeled to the win dow, the helpItT- man lilted into the boat; then the girl put out her hand to Vane, and, ns hi- closed on them, and he drew her over the sill, sli fainted and feil forward. There ttns only lime to lay hei gently down, with her bead testing against Vane's knees, whin the boat kIioI away: and, with a baik, the dog plunged in and tuain after. It ttns soiiio lime before they ould (tfed a landing, nud more than once V line's eyes wandered t'J the still face at hi- knee. It was the face of the "nut-biott n maid," tt i li all its rich bloom nnd warm siinuine-s swept from it; but it tt ns aw ei I, and young, and lovely, and the young man found such a i Ion ni in it as no face, not even the fair one of his mother's guest, had held for hi in before. 'I hnve mel my fate," he said to him-clf, tt hile he slrot e lo guide the boat to laud. And when at la-t land was reached, ami she was given to him lo eirry to a plnce of safely, hi- heart leaped w ith delight to lind that bin mother had sent their carriage down to the valley. Mr. (.lat in and h'H niece, Beatrice, were taken to Vane's home, which was already tilled with sufferers from the flood; and as he gave Beatrice to his mother's care, he bent and kissed the stately old lady on the brow. Mother." be whispered, "be very kind to this new gue-t for my sake." She looked down at the sweet, pale face of the girl, then up int ' her son's eyes, nnd she uiider-tood. At that moment the dog. shaggy wet, panting, ran up to Vane, nnd put his iiom- in hi- hand. A few ilits later the flood was a thing of tin1 pi-l. Clear skies and Mini ght smil'd upon the world: ind of Mrs. I arroli'ii fcueis but Ihiee were left Inc Kent, Beatrice (ilavin nnd her uncle. "Are those peoplj going to remain here forever?'1 Inez asked Mrs. Car rol, with a frown on her fate. "Tiny quite spoil my visit " 'T nut sorry," Mrs. Carroll an swered, with n slight flash in her eyes, "but 1 havo invited Iheni to remain a month with us here, and 1 think, 1 hope- they will do so. Miss t.laviu is a lovely girl. I could a-k n i sit celcr wife for Vane." "Wife for Vane!" cried Inez, with unsteady lips. "Ij you quite mean that?" die loves her; she is worthy of him; 1 wish his hnppinr- beyond all things,' the lady answered, with gen tle dignity. "Tho Clavins arc now poor, Inez, but I knew them when their wealth matched our own, nnd they were always upright nnd loyal. I think He. Mi ice. is learning to care for my boy. I know he cure for her, and I would not have things other wise." Inr turned silently away and went lo her room. It wa- not wounded love she fell, but disappointment and chagrin arc not pleasant companions, and I hey were with her. From her window she could sen Vane and Beatrice walking slowly in the grounds, hi- face earnest and grave, hers shyly ben', wilh smiles about (he vivid lips. . "I will go hoimi to-in nrow," she said to herself. And on the morrow she went. And when the nu'-biowu maid" placed her liltle olive hind in V line's, and towed him love and honor, be knew that it was Iniu-ch' she valued, not his broad possession. Saturday Night. A llrnp of Hare I'ei-on. The novel spectacle of a well-known physician of this city extracting poi son from one of the deadly rattlesnakes at the '. o" was witnessed by a large crowd of visitois j e-lerday. The spectators stood nt a respectable dis tance, for the hideous reptile hi-sed viciously and showed every evidence of inien-e rage. dust what the doctors do tvilh the poison after they get it is a profes sional secret that, ha-never leaked out. It is u-ed ns a medicine in some kind of nervous diseases, so it is -aid, and as a commercial product the poi-on i worih several limes its weight in first water diamond-. The method of obtaining the poison is interesting and c.v iliug. The doc tor is usually assisted in the operation by Head Keeper Byrne, w ho thorough ly iindi i slaiul-i the habits of all the reptiles at the Zoo."' The dorlor approaches the rattle snake cage wilh a stii k about a yard long, on one end of which is a stout leather loop that tightens when tl.o stick is raised. This is inserted at tiio top of the cage, nud iiintnnlly every snake coil- himself for a spring, and sends out a warning ralllc. Tho loop is deftly -lipped over the head of a reptile before it has had a clinnch to spring, and the. stick is quickly withdrawn with tho snake dangling from one end of it. No lime is lost in pulling the snake out of the cage, a-the oilier em aged snakes uic -urc to sink their poi-onous fangs into the body of their dangling com rade. The assisinut then holds a large pane of glass in front of the snake, and the doctor dashes his hand against the other side (.f the glass until the reptile is beside himself with lage. The snake, nfier sending forth the warning. I attic, dashes his head against the pioli'iting pane, and invariably there i- left a liny drop of poison on the gins-. This i iniefully put in n tint vial, and the pin ions package is : -toie I away in the doctor's -al'es j pocket. I The doctor- neter obtain I nt one drop at a visit, as this seem- to be I enough to make medicine for a loug j lime.- l'hiladelphia lb-cord. j I lie I'laiiephene. j The pianophone" is the latest. It , ,,11-i-ts of a keyboard ttiib keys of ! tne s one si.", and den riplioii as the ! ordinary piano, a simple but ell'cciivo striking action, and the -illi-iiliilion ! of metallic plates for the ordinary j string-. The-e, being lulled to the ordinary scale, yield sufficient sound j to make the playing on the instrument distinctly audible to the player, bill l inaililihli! at any distance. The in- sirnmeiit inter gets out of tune. ; Chicago Times. ! t ills vs. Bill-. ! Mr. Marking Koll- I loctor, didn't you make a n. 1st, ike in goinj; into ; medicine, instead of the iitiny? i I'c. r.agle Why? Mr. Itidl lv the way ton rh.l'ge , your f i tends, llcre wouldn't be luul j left of an cuemt.- fl'ink. uiildhe -om-. wont. TOOMMFI Which builds till' lie si. In the bright spring weather. This bird or that bird.' They build it together. Who makes tun comb, And the sweet, swee" hoiirj f Who says it Is cold' Wbu snys it's sunny ? All the little bees (io tu win k togeihn , 1 hi y make no excuse Because of thp weather. Who helps mammi, As it were fun'' Who wants to work Till the work is done1 AN IM,t Mill "Hi,. At a convent in France, twenty poor people were served with a dinner at a certain hour every day. A dog be longing to the convent wns always present at this meal, watching for any .scraps that might be thrown to him. The guests 1 icing very hungry (hem selves and not very chniiialde, the poor dog diil little moro than smell (he food which he would fain havo partaken. As each pauper approached, he rang a bell, and his portion was delivered to hiin through n small opening, so that neither giver nor re ceiter could see each other. One day the dog waited till all were served when he took the rope in bis mouth and rang the bell. The trick succeed ed and was repeated lie t day wilh the same success. At length the cook, liuding that twenty-one portions were doled out instead of twenty, deter mined to lind out the thief; and at last be was watched and detected. But when the monks I icard the story, (hi v rew arded the dog's ingenuity hj allow ing III nt lo ring the bell everyday, nud a mess of broken victuals was hence forth regular!)- .served out to hint in his turn. mi. I'Ai tiMuni drum t . 'The Baltimore oriole i.- a member of the great raven family, nnd calls the crow cousin. lis relationship to the lathr bird will, in a measure, account for its hue of gay i-olor- and its Ink of scruples in npprnpi ialing whatever it wishes. Ordinarily the Baltimore oriole, or shilling, ns it should be called, liuds the material for its ne-t in such bits of thread nnd fibre ns can bo picked up in the fields, but very of'en it visits the human habitation in its vicinity and steals from them whatever it can. When it an make a choice it selects lb(! brightest nnd gayest colored mate rials, nud in a number of in-iauces nests have been found as beautiful as huiniMl skill could possibly have made them. Indeed, the cxpertness of the bird in interweaving its materials is such that, according to Wils-m, the naturalist, one old ludy to whom he showed a nest sei-ion-ly proposed hat ing the bird taught to darn stockings. 1111 f I M KU SI II 'I t(. A ge ntleman who tt a- fond of Mudying the habits of iien Is, one day found a large spider neat a Jiond of water, lie took a long sin k, and put the spider en one end of it. lie then went lo the sido of the pond, and Mrolching out as far n- he could, lived the other end in the bottom of llie pond nud left the sl!ck standing straight up out of (he water wilh the pider upon it. lie then sal down on tin- hank lo wad h w hat the in-e; t would do. It first went down Iho stii k till it came to the tvaler, but lind ing that there was no hope, of getting oil' there, it returned lo the lop It then went up and down the ilill-reiit sides of the slick, feeling nnd lookii g carefully, till it found there wns no way of escape at any part. Then it went once more to the lop, and re mained tpiiet for a while, as if think ing what to do. After a short pause, the insect began lo spin n thread, long enough to reach from the stick to I lie edge of the pond : when Ibis was done, it fastened one cud of the thread to the top of the stick, and let the rest of it float in the breive. It wailed li'.l the wind slri ti-hed t lie thread ellj toward the side of the pond. The in sect then went crawling nlong iho thread till it reached tho end. After limiting in the air n little while it alighted safely on the ground nnd scampered off lo its home. I'lii) ing on the Huins. "'These tirenien inut he a frivolous set." said Mr. "-pillkins, who win reading a paper. "Why so?" "I read in the paper that nfter a foe was under control, the tirenien plated all night on the ruins. Why didii'l they go homo unit go t' bed like e isihle men. instead of romping about liko childreur"' --Texas Sifi. inn A CITY 01; THMPLESJ:';:- j S;ch is Benares. India's Refuge ' for Idolatrous Pilgrims. besides the Temples There are Sacred Bulls and Monkeys. Although the temples in Benares are numerous, ihey are, with scarcely an exception, modern. Many of them are believed In bo on the site- of ancient temples that have long since passed away. Probably not one " j them dates earlier than tho Moham- , of Bennies and nearly all of them in Northern India aie small nnd tiuiiu posing when compared with the grand and stalely temples of Southern India. The temple of llishcshmar, Lord of the I'liiverse, known also a- Muhadry, is probably Iho largest, and certainly the most popular of nil the sacred city's temples. It occupies one corner of a large square, the greater portion of which is an elevated platform. On one side of it stands the principal mosque of lb-' city. It is built on the sile nnd partly wilh the material- of the ancient temple of l',i-heshiu.ir, which was destroy ed by the order of Arungzeh. A high and massive tt all surrounds I he teinpie, and in llie midst of the quadrangle is a rai-ed platform wilh a roof, above which are images jn sand-lone, niarbli, and brass of va rious gods and g'odde.-si-. w ho foim, ns it were, the court of Bishc-htnar. The India metal worker and those of their cruft have ll.eir shops near Iho gale of the temple. 'I here idols an he bought according to weight, or I workmanship, and not a III I lo wr.-ing ling may be heard as the -eiler praise ami ihe but er disparage. Ilu' image of the god thai both of tle'in w orship, I required for training ihe animal. But At nil hours of the day, but specially oncj taught ho generally remembers friiiu .'i a. in. lo 12, crowds of wor- it. I spent several mouths once, shippers pass in and out of the temple. though, trying to leach "Don" I'!ach one comes at the hour nio't ion- j tviiic his name. lb; learned to lenient for him-elf, as there is i:o j hold the chalk correctly, nnd after appointed time, nnd worships any or tracing a capital I" for scleral nil of the ;ois as he may ploa-c. Farh J si ore of thousand limes ho be worshipper in this leinplo must of crime an adept in writing "h's," nece-silt- pav homage to Bi-hcshinnr, the presiding ih-ily. Many women of middle life or aged arc to bo seen in the temple. Bands of pilgrim- who speak strange tongues arc conducted through the temple by a paid guide, who directs them in the ceremonies that must l;e performed, and insi-ls upon the oll'ciings that must he made to insure the full spirit ual benefit of a visit, lo the sacred city. Men and women move around confusedly, noi-iiy. muttering pray ers, proclaiming the naiie of gods, conversing or even quarreling A sa cred bull or two may be seen moving around in the crowd, themselves wor shipped as godi, while, unconscious of Ihe honors paid to them, Ihey eat the offerings made lo other god-. Vine bcils nrc hung from the roof of the temple, so that each wor-hipper may call tho attention of the god to hiin- si If. 'The almost incessant ringing of these bells i- bewildering. In the same street end not far from the temple of Bi.sheshuiar is another, the temple of Anapurua, Ihe goddes- of plenty, erected about 1 TO y cat s ago. 'The temple stands on a raised plat form limit in the centre of a quadrangle, s-liToumlcil by high walls, on ihe in ner side of which air cloister-. A dome, supported by pillars, and a small lower are aiso part- of the tem ple. Ktaborati cai t ing- nnd Caula-ii -paintings of plant-. Mowers, fruits, and birds arc seen There are four s,riues i prolusion, In one i- an image of t.aiie-h, ihe t.od of wisd "in, in human shape, but w ii h I he head of nn elephant. In another i- liiuumaii. the monkey god, who aided llie deified hero Kiilil to i on. pier 1,'aiuan, the demon king of Ceylon, and lo reenter his t.lueeii, sita. who ha.l been carried oil by him. The iliird shrine con! lius an image of t.aiiri, wife of Mahaden; the fourth, nil image of the sun in a chin i d draw n by seven horses and sin rounded by a L'hu v representing lays of light. The temple of Ihe goddess Ihirga i. nl the southern end of ih t iiy. Hen tilt inanv bloody sacrifices are of fered. Tl ey have no coiuieei ion, in the mind- of those who oiler them, with sin or the means of atoning for il. The goddes., is supposed to de- light in Ihe dise is,. - and death of man- kind. As -he lhir-ls for b',oo,l, it is given her. in the hopeth.il -In- m ay be nppen-cd and induced lo span Ihe life of iiuin, woniiiii, or child whom she had Tunned to ilea'h- colony o. .urge tailleis monkey s, j numbering mini- tiiou-.iud- and all! I, garded a l:V tig gods an 1 goddesses, i-c mncelcil Willi the l. niple. They tt under around all i t i r the neigbli r bii.id, through the temple, and are .ii in the ha. iar-, it pon the ll il roofs i t houses 'It and everywhere. The the temple feed them libci" ally with grain, fruit and sweetmeats. The gardens nnd even the shops of Iho open biuanrs are often ruined by tlicm. If a Kuropeaii or a Mohammedan were to kill one of the monkeys it would probably lead lo u disturbance of tho pence of the ciiy. A similnr colony, or, ralher, two such colonies of mon key s arc found in tho city of Mutlra, a few hundred miles north of Benares. The two colonies are of one species and seem to havo divided Ihe city be- ..ccl. t, Tbe natives of Muttra nic not al.lc (o tl is; i iifjruish t lie nionko y ,if nm .lllmi, ..,., ,i.. f ii. othei when they meet any of their simian fellow-citi.eus. Not so with the mon keys, however, for if any member of one colony ventures to invade the ter ritory of the others, a desperate battle begins, in which all the monkeys of the two colonies engage. New York Times. Training Fleplinnts. "The training or elephants," snys "l'lephant" Bill Newman, tho veteran trainer in charge of Itanium'- herd, "requii es a va-t deal of patience and min h care. For in-lanee, to teach one of them to stand on his hind feet re quires a heavy block and tackle, .lu-t. back of i he fore leg- is the rope which i nns over a block and to which i l t.nlied another eh-pliant. FlephaiiL iiunrui-r two walks away, elephant number ono lifts his foro legs from the floor. Sometimes this ha- to be done for days be foro the beast real. j'.'K w hat is required of him. 'Then he is quite willing lo try it himself. At til -t lifting his feet n few imhes from the Hour, le is hnahy prr-uailcd lo stand erect on bis hind legs. J his simp'y illu-lralcs the ponderous tlilTi eully and the great amount of patience but when he had mastered thy biuhII "o" tte found that tho construc tion of the letter "li" had entirely faded from Poll's mind: so I gave it up. We have lobe fertile ami imagina tive in devising tricks and .'t hemes. The entry of the keeper on a chair placed on the tusks of nil elephant is an idea w hieb (lashed aero me sonio fetv weeks ago. I died it nnd ftuiid that it worked, and it has been one of the most sensational features of our net this year. Very often tricks on which we have set great store do not "go" at all. It is exasperating, but then if we trainers are not gifted it ilh patience we have no excuse for bt ing (miner. Yes, I hnve trained nil soils of birds and boasts, but I never found any aui'.'ial so docile, patient or obe dient ns mi elephant. They arc (he onlv animals that will answer to their names pioniplly nnd w ithout mistake, ! But it is n long, tedious piece of work. 1 Only a nalural love for Iho animals j could persuade any man lo undertake t,(. j,,li. I do it because I love the j life. Probably to my dying day I ( hhall be w ilh my herd. 'They are an ' inehaii-lil)!o study. A Iteuinrkahle Itnily of II oik. At Austin, Tex., n dnm is being built in Ihe Colorado Bivcr where il flows through a canyon. 'The dam is intended to furnish potter for pump- i nig Ihe rilv s waler supplv, and f-'t i the elecliir light ami sireit car -v.-tein. ' with a I urge surplus which can boused for manufacturing purposes. Below the dam a wide plateau -In lehes dott n i llie i i vol . forming nn admirable ioca- lion for the hydraulic canal and mill-. 'The -triii'lure will be I l.'ui feet in length ami To feet high. Il tt ill be built of granite, t't'i feel (hick at the b dli'iu and 1 feet al Ihe top. The granite ucd i- found in Burnet county. S" miles from Au-lin, wilh which the iii-u ry is connected by rail. It i- n niosl remarkable body of rock. Ilnor looii i doiocs of bare grauili, hi' 1 1' n iiiilc wide at the base, rise hundreds of feel high lo tho summit. 'The-e masses are separated by horiontal, or , approximately Inuiontnl seams, not j seams of stratification, but apparently i ,n result of shrinking in cooling, I" :n,.n,iou- cups, vary ing from one to '. or n,0re in thickness, bat ing ' .,. Uft,., from ihe mass, stones of ! iinv I thickness can be quarried, j . j New t.lrleans Pica) line, ! Possibly Pardonable. Pi nuns I unniugtoii ii an ill-bred fellow. I hnve known hiin lo whistle in a di itt ing-rooin. Theic was no excuse for that. Si.i-niiilu r Well, I don't know about that. Wcro i "il telling one of vom it tic stories? Ilpoch. Our Choir. There's Jane Bopbia, And Ann Maria, With Obediab, And Jedekiab, In our choir. And .lane Sophia, sopnrno, sings So hij-U you'd think her voice had whips To sour above all earthly things. When she leads offnn Sunday; While Ann Maria's alto choice Kings out in such hnmioiilous voice That sinners in the church rejoice. And wish she'd sing till Monday. Thru Obcdiab's tenor bigh Is unsurpassed beneath the sky; Just hear hiin sing "Sweet by and Ry." And you will sit and wonder; While .ledekiali's bass profound fines down so low it jam the ground, And wakes the echoes miles around, I. ike distant rolling thunder. Talk not lo us of Bntti's fame, t if Nicolini's tenor tame, Of ( tiry's alto but a name - Of Whitney's jmndiTOUS basso' 'They Bing no more like Jane Sophia. And Ann Maria, ObeUiub, And .tedekiah in our choir. Than i :it. sing like Tonuiiaso! - Musical Kccord. IHMOKOIS. Full measure--Ten dollars or ten tlays. Niittir.il philosophyTaking care of iitimbrr one. Welcome converts stale bread into hot bi-cuits buttered. SIk 1- .lack trying for the chorus? Jlc -Will, he must be, if they lire at nil sensitive. Now a tack combine is forming. Who will be brave enough to "sit down" on it? 'The office may sick the man; but the boy looking for a job comes down on it like a mob. Customer Are you sure (his bread is fresh, baker? Fresh baker Well, I should say so, it's tomorrow's. 'There is no solitude s iniscmblo ns that of (he man alone in a noisy city, unless il be that of a man alone with a noi-y baby. Soberly I 'o yon believe, Sprathy, that there is link in horse-hoes? Sprntby If there is it stays in 'cm. I never knew of any cumin' out of 'cm. Painler: Doctor, 1 ehulllu iike to present this painting to some public institution: now which would you recommend? Doctor: The Blind Asy lum. Cnrulhers It takes a good deal of urging to get Miss Primi to sing. Wuitc Yes, but it can be done. What 1 waul lo leiirn is how to slop her ouco she gets started. "What make you color your lemon ade red?'' asked the curious old gen lleinnii of the circus iiiercliiint. "Croat Scott!'' was the indignant response; you don't e.vpcct us to lake uiouey for clear waler, do you?" Mysteries of Fignres. A California quidnunc has Llcii col lecting sonic remarkable fads about the mystery of cerla'n combinations of figures. A very curious number is H?,W7, which, multiplied by I, '2, e, t, r or 0, gives the same figures in the same order, beginning nt a different point, but if multiplied by 7 gives nl( nines Multiplied by 1 it equals U'JjS.'iT; multiplied by 'J equal-71-1 ; multiplied by ." equal- l'js.,7." 1 ; multiplied by I cipia!" ;'-7 I. PJs, mul tiplied by o equal- VI I, '..'So; multiplied by fi equals S.'T, I 12; multiplied by 7 rqiinls !)'.'?,!'!,,.t Multiply 1 I'-', S',7 by and yen have 1 . I IV, s o'. 'Then add the first figure to the last and you have I t.S.'iT, the original number, the ligures exneily t!u mine n- nt tho stai t. 'The number ' i has ihi- -ii.-inge pe culiarily. Multiplied lc-.1 or anv mul tiple of l tip to '.'7, il gives lime lig lues all alike. 'Thu-, three limes 117 will be III; twice three limes C tunes i 'S7 will be ; three time llue o times i '.' time-) T.. gies three threes; four time- direr times ( I J time-) ;17, three fours; nnd so on. W. t.reen, who died in lil'l. is said to have first culled iilieniion lo (be (act thnt all through the mull iplicnlion table tin prodiicis of nine couio In nine. Multiply by any figure you like and the sum of the resultant dii-iis will invariably add up a nine. 'Thus, twice !' is 1; add the digits together and I and s make ! 'Three times ! nro i!7, and '-' nnd 7 nre ft. So it goes cm up to 1 I times 0, vt hh'h gives W. Very good. Add the digits, ! and 0 is IS, and S and I i-0. Co on to any extent and you w ill tied it impossible to get utt ay from the figuro 0. Tnko nn example at random. Nine limes ;l;!0 i :u.'l ; add the digits together and they make Or, again, 0 times 2P.'7 is 10,1:11; add the digits together, they make IP, and R and 1 ie P. Or still again, 0 limes ."H7! is 4.').fi;tP; the sum of tbo-e digits is 27, and '.' mid 7 is -San Francisco B-amiuer.