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ITiTSlK)RO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUOCST 20, 18.11.
NO. 51.
A Tribute lo the Sheaves.
Al! .'ay llic reapers on t lie liiil
Iliive p led their !n-K itli sturdy will,
but now I lie Held is void uix I still;
Ami, wandi ring thither, I have found
Tile In aided spear III sheaves well hound.
And Mmkcit in iiriiiy f'.il.lcu mound.
And while cool evening suively smivJi
Ami o'er the sun-el's ih big fn-0
Tin' liri-l pa est while -tar tiirol s ntiit glows,
Ami from the dear m-t. rid of glare,
'l'nr a-lvihlant harvest moon 11. Mis fair
TliriMiH dreamy deeps ami purine air.
Anil in amnnj; the slanted sheaves
A tender light its glamour weaves,
A lovely light that lilies deceives--
Then svvaycl by Kane 's dear oumnmid.
Ami. I Ihf past 1 vimed (.island,
In hallowed Hi'ihlcln in's harvest lanil!
And through the ilini liohl, v.igm- descried,
A lionicw ar I lit ot ul shadows glidi",
And sickles gleam mi every side.
(shadows uf man ai.il maid 1 tram,
Wi! h shnnc nf strength and shapes uf grace.
Yt Rai tint iii a -ieslo face
A eandid brow. siM -m.votii with youth I
A tranquil uni'e; a mien of truth
The patient, star-cved nbaiicr, Iluth!
! IMgnr Faweett.
DAPPLE'S MISTRESS.
PV l:IM (i. .10SK3.
Stop, Dapple; wo must look to
Ihi-."
Tim scene was n green stretch of
summer I:. h ii in front of a fine old
Virginia farm huii-o; the speaker a
slight, bright-faced girl, gracefully
mo ii ii t cil on a sin-ill, gray pony.
The sun was dropping oat nf sight
behind tlie green hills, and f.ir away,
down tlie silver bond of the Aceoceek
came ll.o tramp of retreating troop,
with now ami then the in mil -d roll of
a drum or the shrill bray of a bugle.
Old Virginia, tlie queen-mother of
the sunny South, was overrun with
soidie;s. .1. v.istati-d by liro ati.l sword,
shaken to her very foundations by the
thunder of eivil war.
I 'oh I Moreton was far away
f.-oiii his pleasant homo, in 1 1 . - front
rank of death and danger; but Irene,
I.!- only cl.i.d, stili braved tlie terrors
of invasion, and remained at the farm
house with her invalid mother mid a
few faithful old servant.
Cnileting across the grounds, nn
hour after the retreat of (ho invading
troop", noinelliiuj; attraeleil the young
lady's notice a pnutrate littro uiuler
tl.e iliade uf Ihe .'feat eottouwood
tree.
'Stop, l)apple, no must look to
tiiit-:-
lapple stopi cd and Miss Irene leaped
lit lit ly from her caddie, and throwing
the f.i!ktii resin ov.-r tho pony's neek,
tlie went dipping across the (jrournN
to iho spot w hero the liuro lay.
ll was a tall, soldierly lijfiue elad in
lirniy blue, with n pale, worn face,
and an ubuudaiieo of eurliug, e!n't
nut hair
Colonel Moreloti's daughtrr looked
down upon tlie senseless soldier w ith
u! I her woman's divine compastion
btirring within her bosom.
"Poor fellow," kIio mill inured, lay
it : her soft hand upon his brow; "I
wish I rolild help him.''
The ofi voice and the softer touch
called back the veteran's wandering
senseo. IIo opened hi eyes and looked
up in the young lady's, face. (Ireat,
tiiiiiiii'.iiis, liauNoine eyes they were,
that somehow reminded Irene of her
brother Tom's ryes; mid Tola was
down in the trenches iu front of llieh
inond. The compassion in her heart
stirred afresh; she smoothed back the
tangled curls from the soldier's brow.
"My poor fellow," she said, "can I
do anything for you?"'
IIo struggled up to his elbow with
u stifled gn an.
"My horse threw me," lie explained,
"and Ihcy left me behind. I think I
must have fainted from the pain. I
thank you very much, hut I can't see
how you can help me. I suppose I
must lie hero till they lake me prison
er, and I'd almost as soon bo shot."
Irene smiled, a smile that liehtcd
her .lark, bright face into positive j
beauty. j
'I am in the enemy's country," she
said, "but if toii will trust me I think j
I can help you; at lea-t, I will sec;
that you arc rcfiished and made com- j
fortuble." J
Sho put her hand (o her bosom, and j
drawing forth a liny silver whistle
she put it to her lips and blew a sharp
lit tie blast.
lnpplo pricked u; his gray ear and
came cantering to her side, followed
instantly by a colore.! man-servant.
"Veil see," smiled Iiss Irene, flash
ing a beaming glance on Iho soldier,
"I hold my reserve forces at a mo
ment' warning. Here, .lames, help I
this gentleman to Ihe hone, and then j
lido for Iocior Wcrtcr to dress his ;
limb."
.Tames obeved without a word, ami ,
bv the 'line the sun was fairly out of
sight the I'uioii soldier, refreshed and j
luada comfortable, lay asleep in the I
best chamber of tho pleasant old
Southern mansion.
Meanwhile, on tho long veranda,
Irene kept watch, he slight, willowy
figure wrapped in a scarlet mantle,
her llosy, raven tresses lha iug on
tho win Is.
liy and by, as the midnight slars
came out ami glittered overhead, above
the dreamy llow of iho river, above
the murmur and rusilo of (he forest
leaves, arose the clash and clang, the
roar and tramp of advauein;,'' troops.
Irene's dark face Hushed, and her
lustrous eyes dilated. She crossed the
veranda with u swift step and tapped
lightly at the door of her guest's
chamber.
"They are coming," sho whispered;
"they will iako you prisoner if you
remain. You must go,"'
Tho soldier started to hi feet and
made his way out, but ho reeled
against the door-post, faint and gasp
ing for breath.
"1 can't walk !" ho cried; "there's
no hope of escape!"'
Ib.tt Irene held out her lithe, young
arm.
"Yes, (here is,'' she said, cheerfully.
"Lean on me; I can help you down,
and you shall ride Papple. He knows
' the river-rond, ami yon shall over ake
your comrades by dawn. Hurry!
there is no time lo lose '."
The soldier leaned upon the brave,
helpful young in in, and succeeded in
reaching the lawn below.
Dapple!" the young girl called, in
her clear, silver notes, "e nno here!"
In a breath Dapple Was at her side.
The girl stood and looked al tho gen.
tie creature, and then threw her arms
about his neck.
"Oh, Dapple, pretty Dapple," she
sobbed, "it breaks my heart to part
j f.'.nii vott. (io"d-bv, Dapple!"'
In the next breath she stood erect,
her eyes Hashing thruu'li a mist of
tears.
'Come, sir," sho said, "allow nie
to belli you to mount. Dapple, take
this gentiein in down the river-road,
and at your utmost speed."
Dapple littered a sagacious whinny,
but the soldier hesitaiej.
"Why, don't you mount, sir?"
cried the girl, impatiently. "Will
you remain hero and ruin both your
self and mi'?"
He vaulted into tho saddle without
a word.
"Away, Dapple, like tho wind!"'
cried Irene, and the little mountain
pony shot oll'lil c an arrow.
.
The war was over, and once more
over the blasted and desolated homes
! of Virginia pcaeo and freedom
reigned.
t'aptain KuMierford made it his busi
ness to go buck to the Potomac hills,
and to Colonel Morclon's farm-hoiuc
the moment ho w discharged from
service; but where tho 6tately old
homestead stood lie found nothing but
a mass of ruins, ami of IJapplo's mis
tress not tho slightest lijiuj could ho
obtain.
Three years went br, and thoex
caj.Jaiu found hiin-elf tho wea'lby
heir of an old uncle, nud took himself
oil'on a tour amid the Swisi mounta'iis.
Dapple went whh him, us he always
did since that eventful night when tho
brave little pony bore him safely be
yond reach of tho enemy, lie had
breit tl o captain's inseparable com
panion in all his wanderings, lie
was with him now, ambling over (he
green Tyrol valleys and climbing the
steep Swiler steeps.
One September afternoon, when tho
captain's tour was drawing to a close,
somewhere in tho vicinity of Mont
Ulaiie, he fell in with a traveling
parly from Xew Orleans. It con
sisted of Madame l.cnoir, her sou and
two daughters, and a young American
lady who win her companion and in
terpre'er. Captain I'uthorford found madam a
charming woinan.aiid while tho young
persons of the party busied them
selves in spreading out a puliation
under the trees, he lay amid Iho long,
rustling grasses, listening to madam'
pretty feminino chat lor, and in his
turn relating incidents and reminis
cences of his own war e.perienc3 for
her edification.
Among oilier things lie fold her of
Dapple, ami of his midnight lido
among the blue hills of old Virginia.
Madam was intcii-dy interested.
"And the gallant little pony carried
you surely through?" Mio cried, with
beaming eyes.
"Safely through, niadem, with the
enemy at my very heels," replied tho
captain.
"Miss Moreton," cried madam,
"will you havo tho kindness to pass
tho coll'ee? And pray, Captain Kuth
ci ford, whatever became of Dapple?"'
The captain raised himself to a sit
ting posture.
"Dupp!, Dapple," he called, "come
here!"
From the forest shadows near at
hand a sm ill gray mountain pony
came ambling forth. Madam Lenoir's
companion, advancing Willi the collec
pot in her slim white hand, uttered a
sharp little cry, and wasted all Iho
collee on tlio rustling leaves at her
feet.
"Oh, Dapple, Dapple!" she cried.
lapplo heard tho sweet voice, ami
knew it iu an instant. lie broke into
a joyous neigli, and shot like an arrow
for the young lady" side. She caught
his shaggy head and held it close to
her b isom, sobbing I ko tho silly child
she was.
"Oh, Dapple, my pre ly Dapple,
have I found yon at last?"'
Madame Lenoir, comprehending Iho
denouement, looked on with glisten
ing eyes.
Two weeks lalor tho pleasant party
was breaking up. Madamo and her
party were going back to France.
"And now, Irene," said tho captain,
"how is it to be? You will not listen
to my suit or accept my love? Then
you wiil be forced to part from Dap
ple again. She is mine by Iho right
of osossioii. I cannot givo her
up. Colne, now, give me your linnl
decision are you willing to part from
me and Dapple forever?"'
Irene looked up with her old glori
fying smile.
' I could bear lo part from you,"
she said, wickedly, "hut never again
from Dapple. If you take Dapple you
will have lo take her mistress, too,
Captain Kutherford."
.Vtul tin captain made no obj-etion.
A month later saw Dapple' mistress
his wife. New York Weekly.
The I'oidisli Sheep.
"Ni animal that walks on four leg
is as big a fool t.t a sheep," says a
sheep raiser. "Wo have to watch
Iheni every minute and it" vigilaneo is
relaxed for an instant the emir thick
is likely to practically commit suicide.
In handling most animals some degree
of self-help or intelligence can be re
lied on to aid the owner iu saving
their lives, but sheep fceui to set de
liberately to work to kill themselves.
If caught iu a storm on the plains
they will drift before flic wind and
die of cold and exposure rather than
move 100 yards to w indward to obtain
shelter In their corral. To diive
sheep against the wind is absolutely
iuipossiiilc. I ones lost over
head because 1 could led drive
them to a coital not "''0 feet
away. In the corral they are flill
more foolish. If a storm conies up
they all move 'down wind' until
stopped by tho fence. Then begins
the proceedings so much dreaded by
sheepmen, known as 'p ling.' Tho
sheep will climb over each other's
backs, until they are heaped up ten
feet high. Of course, ail those at tho
bottom are smoth.M'ed. Not one hits
seuso i nough to seek shelter under tho
lee of the fence, as a horse or dog
would do. Again, if a sheep gels into
a quicksand its fate teaches nothing to
those who come immediately after,
but tlio whole lleck will follow its
leader lo destruction. N'. more cxas
per.itiugly stupid brute than a sheep
walks.' San F. anci-eo Chronicle.
A Wooden Tea Service.
County Commissioner Tolnian has a
most unique tea service. It includes
not only the usual articles of a set
the tray, platter, butter dish, sugar
bowl, cream pitcher, cup nud saucer
but also a caster, supplied with tho ,
usual cruets the whole inado of
wood. Two kinds of wood, black
wainut and white wood, wero em
ployed in their manufacture, and the
contrasted colors, w hich appear in even
(ho covers of dishes and tops of cruets,
havo a beautiful ell'ect. The wbolo
service is as useful as any intido of
crockery, and was the work of a
skilled woodworker while con lined in
tho county jail for ilriinkcnneRs. lie
agreed to mike them for Mr. Tolniau
if the latter would furnish tho mate
rial. The wood of which they aro
made cost Mr. Tolniau .S. Port
land Argus.
Vnpropressivo Mexico.
A recent traveller in Mexico says tho
native!) aro unwilling to adopt modern
ways, and it is nearly imposs.ble to
make them change. An LiiglUhman
engaged in mining put up a hoisting
plant, but found al once that it was
money thrown away, as the workmen
would not consent to its use. Tlrjr
had long been accustomed lo cut tho
ore iu sacks supported by a broad can
vas bind passing over their fore
heads, and to receive so much for it
at (ho mouth of tho shaft. To get it
(here an ascent of over L'OO feet had to
be made by means of ladders, and ac
cordingly progress was very slow.
Hut nothing wou'd induce them to uso
tho hoisting machinery, and it had to
be abandoned, every man working in
tho old fashion. Chicago Herald.
; r'Jll,Ii:K"S t OI.L.MN.
A UTTI.K UIIYMi-.
r.'n'it wnii'd the I ir lie. do,
What would the llowcrs,
What the bee. and hutiirtlies,
If ill cluii ly 1 1, .n est
Tin y believed the run had :onc
I'ercv.r from the - U1
!tird and Iho ami Imttertlii
And Hewers, all would die.
lint the hirdiis know full well,
And the lloir, ton,
After . lends of 1 1 i. k and jjrajr
SUe of white and l lm;
And the hies ntid huttcrllii s,
Hidden from tie- r.'iln,
"t ail with folded wings until
'the sun slum s out ajain.
-M iraul I'ytine, in lctruit I'ree I'ress.
nusrsr. tkk.ytuiat of animais.
The Chiueo never punish; hence a
untie that in the hands of a foreigner
would not only be useless, hut danger
diis to every one about it, becomes iu
Ihe possesion of a Chinaut 'ii as quiet
a. a lamb, and as tractable as a dog.
We never beheld a runaway, a jihhii g
or a vicious mule or pony iu a China
man's employment, writes a traveler,
but found the satno rattling, chojr
fii! pace maintained over heavy
o;- light roads, by meain of a
":u--r," or "e'.uck-k," the least turn
iug to Ihe light or left, and slopping
with but a hint from tho reins. This
treatment is extended to all the ani
mals they press into their service.
Often have I admired the tact exhibit
ed in getiiug a large drove of sheep
through narrow, crowded streets and
alleys, by merely having a little boy
to lead one of the quietest of Ihe flock
in front; the others steadily followed,
without t ho aid of a eru ! g,ad. Cat
t It, igs, and birds aro equally cared
for. 1'icay line.
A SMAKT IHINKI.Y.
A Spanish peasant, living in tho
suburbs of Madrid, has long beet: iu
the habit of repairing daily lo the city,
accompanied by a donkey laden w ith
milk for distribution among certain
cutoiuer. Ono day, however, tho
master was taken ill. whereupon bis
iv iff suggested that the ass should be
sent on his customary j Mtrncy alone.
Tlio panniers wero accordingly tilled
with cans of milk as usual, and a bit of
paper was attached to the donkey's
head-stall requesting tho customers to
help themselves to their ordinaiy al
lowance of milk, and lo put back the
rails in the pannier. Ml' started tho
donkey, ami he returned iu due course
with the cans en pt , and w ith every
thing in oriler. The sua- tor found upon
inquiry that the titi-tv messenger had
cilied at the right doors without miss
ingoue, ami aUo thid in some instances
he had pulled the bell with his teeth
when kept wailing. From that day
forward tho donkey has gone his
rounds alone.
TtIK l A.MI1..
W. Woodvillo Ibickbill, the (ravcl
ler, says: If any other animal gives
out, it is still possible to make him
travel a few miles by it judicious use
of puticuc" and a elub, but not ko with
a camel. When he lies down hn will
fit', 'ap only when be fools like doing
so. You t' iv diag at the string which
is fastened to the stiek through his
nostrils till you tear it out; he will
only groan ami spit. It was my first
experience willi camels, and 1 vowed
it should bo my la-t, for, taking them
toircther, they are iho n-pst tiresome
and troublesome animals 1 have ever
seen, and are only suited to Asiatics,
the most patient and long-suH'or-ing
of human beings. Itc
sides their infirmities of tem
per, resulting, I believe, from
hereditary dyspepsia, as i-videiiecd by
such coated tongues, offensive breaths
and gurgling stomachs as I have seen
w ith no other ruminants, they are deli
cate in tho ex'ieme. They can work
only in the winter mouths, for as soon
tis their wool ncgins to fall, Samson
like, their strength abandons them.
They can travel only over a country
where there are no stones, for the pads
of their feet wear out, and they havo
to be patched, a most troublesome
operation. The camel is thrown and
apiece of leather stitched on over the
foid, the stitches being taken through
the soft part of if. In this condition
it may travel till the skin has thickened
again, or, what is most likely, until it
refuses to take a step.
Mexico's President.
The Mexican presidenl, Porfirio
Din., is n straight, dignified mail of
medium height, who impresses tho
beholder with bis strength of charac
ter. Thero is nothing Ostentatious
about li ti. IIo d: esses as quietly as
a p'ain citi.en of the Republic, and
exhibits a contempt for too gaudy
regimentals in which many Central
American louder array themselves.
IIo ha a striking face and figure, and
is undoubtedly the greatest man of
modern Mexico. f New York World, i
PRIBILOF ISLANDS.
Where tlie Fur Seals Congregate
ainl Are Killed. j
Millions of Scats Assemble
Thore al Certain Times.
The 1'ribilof Seal Islands, around j
hich Ihe seal bunting w 1 ii h has en-,
gi gel the atleiuion of Croat Hi itaiu !
and th; 1'iiited Sta'os for a long time j
is don.-, lie in the middle of the Per- !
lug Sea about -'oo miles northward of '
I'uala-ka, the nearest habitable lamb .
They wero discovered iu IV Mi by a
llti-siati named I'libil f, who i-oin-inaiido
I a small seal sloop, tho St.
(loorgo. There tiro two islands St.
Paul and St. tlcorgc about thirty
mile apart. The superficial area of
the former is ;'' square miles; tint i f
tho latter is nearly as gn at, being -7
square, miles, but St. Paul, ow ing lo
its low sandy shores, has a coast line
of -12 miles, of which 1 1-- miles j
are "hauled ovi-r"' by seals, while St.
(ieorge, with '."- miles of coast, has
only about two miles of lumoh that
nr.! visited by the fur seals-.
The rooky grounds on llrfe i-lauds
are Iboso. stre c'.ii's of beach selected
by the seals for a brief perio I of rest
during the l rnding sei.smi, which
begins in dune ami lasts until Septem
ber. During tliis lime millions of
seals nre congregated on the thinglo
beaches. The first to arrive arc (lie
old bulls ciich of whom selects his
plot of heuoa about twenty foot square,
on which In' lives with hi. wives, who
conto to him a lew day after his ar
rival, and lis soon iw they get settled
give birth each to one pup. A note
worthy fact is that the males who
keep the-e hari-nis arc all six years of
age and upwards, and obtain I heir
temporary homesteads and many w ives
by desperate lighting among one
niioihc r.
The seals bel Wtvn the ages of one
i:lid six jears are th-so known as the
bachelors, and lln-v only are killed be
cause nf the value of their furs or;
pells. The-e bachelors frequent strips
of beach separate and apart from the j
rookericr, living peaceably by tin' III- i
selves. From Ihe-e resting places
men diivethem in droves of thousand j
nl the rale of half a mile an hour j
to the slaughtering places, two miles j
away, wh re lli'y are killed by being
.-truck on tin: bead with a hbUory
club. They are then dragged out,
h'abbod lo the heart wilii a long knife,
and soon alter skinned.
The reason why the ( overnniciit
hn decided upon allowing a catch for
(he present year of 7".0i skin is that
the North A" ei icin 'oinpany is hound
'jy its contract "to furni-h to the in
aahilant of the islands of Si. (ieorge
tnd St. Paul iwiuuallv such quantity
r number of dried salmon" and salt ;
,'in.l barrels for pro-ei ving the neccs- j
Fury supply of meal as the Secte ary :
of tho Treasury slull determine. This I
company is further obliged to furnish j
eighty tons of coal aimuuKy, mid a j
si:(licient number of goo'd houses in j
which Ihe natives may dwell. The J
company also nin-t maintain schools
and school teachers, chinches nnd
preachers, dispensaries ami physicians, :
and provide for the fatherless ohil- '
ilrcii and widows and all who aro su-
porannuafod.
The latest con-n-, that of lMiO, j
pives :hl3 as the population of the is!- i
mid, including old ami young, m ile j
ami female. The-e people were oiig- ;
inaliy Aleutian-', but have become so ;
mixed w ith Kussian and Kamchatka i
Mood that they present a variety ef j
cliariiclcri-lics. In ihe main they are j
nn honest people if drink be kept from
them, though tliev are inherent gam
blers. They do all tho work of kill
ing, skinning, etc., and loud Ihe skins
int the vcss, l. The company pays
them to coins for the labor of taking
each perfect skin. New York Times.
History of Vanilla.
Vanilla is a Mexican orchid, wilii
long, climbing stems and thick, tb'-hy I
leaves. The earliest Luropeaii travel- 1
rrs iu Mex:eo found the vanilla used j
as a condiment with chocolate. Tho I
Spaniards introduced it into Europe,
and iho first account of it appeared as !
long ago as li'iO.I, and was j-nbii-hed !
by Clusius in his 'dlxolicoruni Libri," j
who received a specimen from Mot- I
gait, the apothecary of lkhiceu Eli. i-
both. PI tinier culled the plant Va-
nilla, adopting the name use I iu Mex- J
ico by the Spaniards (the diminutive
of tin! Spanish vaina, a pod). Tow
ard the end of the seventeenth century
the vanilla reached Franco by the way
of Spain, nnd was used to flavor
chocolate and to perfume tobacco. In
England it was first valued as a drug,
and it was not until after tho idea of
its medical value was exploded that it
came into gcncril use in cooking.
The supply of vanilla, w hiih is oh- !
tained from Ihe fruit or see 1-pod, was -originally
derived from M -xico, but ,
of lato years mm h attention has been :
given to cultivating this plant in other
pans of ihe tropics, and it is now pro
duced in lioiiilioii, .lava, Mauritius,
mid Celt iral Africa iu largo quanti
ties. Shoots, about three foot long, hav
ing been fastened to trees, and scarce
ly touching the ground, soon striko
root on lo the bark and form plants,
which commence to produce fruit in
three years, and remain productive l'e .
or b. The fertillz ui. f tho flower
is naturally brought about by insect
agency. Moiren, the Director of the ,
l itanii-id Garden in l.iege, showed in
IS.'!" that it iiiijjbt be efliciontly per
formed by man, since w hich the pro
duction of the pods lias been success
fully carried on iu till tropical coun
tries without die nid of insects. Even
in European forring-hou-os die plant
produces fruits of full sii which, for
aroma, bear comparison with those of
Mexico. In vanilla plantations the
pods aro not allowed lo arrive at com
plete maturity, and are gathered when
Iheir green color begins to haiige.
According lo the statements of Do
Yriose they arc dried by a rather cir
cuitous process, namely, by exposing
thorn to heat alternately iineoverid
and wrapped in woolen cloths, where
by they are artificially ripened, ami
acquire their ultimate aroma auil dark
hue. Garden and purest.
Indian Itiiuncr..
The Indian runners me familiar
figures iu Mexico. They arc cniplou-il
by Iho government lo carry the mails
among the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
and make better time than any animal
(hat could be employed. A runner
will carry from twenty to thirty
pounds of mail and never be delayed
hy washout or sw olli-n streams. IIo
is always on an easy run, that must
carry him along six or seven mile an
hour at least. He is nearly always
dressed in while c 'lion cloth,
which makes him a conspicuous
figure against the somber green and
black tints of the high mountain levels,
and which, later iu Ihe evening, caii-es
him to look like a gho-t or specter
flitting among ihe pines ami li is and
liioss-eovercd boulders strewn along
the trail. Tho trails, on tlio steep
places, wind backward an 1 forward
in slrolehe. from fifty to seventy-live
yards in length, iu order to find :i
grade up w hich a hem iiy laden pack
mule can moke his way. Put Ihe
athletic carrier d es not run tie! whole
length of those windings iu descend
ing a bill. He cms oil' the corners
at each bend by placing the
hand on tho edge of Ihe
trail ami vaulting lo the lower
level whenever tho two levels are not
nioi-e than six or seven feet apart.
All Ibis lime be never gives up iho lit
tle dog trot that is carrying him for
ward so i apidly. The carrier w ill in
half mi hour go down a mountain side
that would take the bcl mule in
bullion train or the fleetest one ridden
by tho little Mexican cabal Icro, the
be-t ri.ier in the worm, ntnt a nay to
accomplish. In ascending, too, tho
carrier has methods of taking shorter
cuts up the steeper inclines, so as to
gain time and distance at every turn.
! ricavutie.
A Honeymoon Mpisoile.
They had been married but two
months, and they still loved each other
devotedly (I am not describing nn in
cident in Prance), lie was in Iho
back yard blacking bis shoes, (in
fact, the incident occurred in Chicago
if it had been in New York of
couiso they would bo living about
seven stories up iu ti flat. )
".lack," she called at the (op of her
voice, ".lack, come lu-r quick.''
lie know at once thai she w as iu im
minent danger. He j, rasped a clnh
and rushed up two flights of stairs to
the rescue. lie entered the room
brcathle-sly all ! found her looking
out of the window.
"Look," said she, "that's Ihe kind
of a bonnet 1 waul you to gel inc."
Prook'o n Life.
To 1'se Molasses for l-'nel.
Tho largo crop of sugar which
Louisiana is raising this year has
greatly complicated the problem as (
what !o do with the molasses. There
will be 700,000 barrels, or '.'V.oi'O.ooo :
gallons, or 30il,bn0,oin) pounds of
molasses which die planters do not
know how t get rid of. The output
of molasses in Louisiana is now so
great that thero Is no market for
tho lower grades. The Planter, tho
organ of the sugar interests here, pro- j
po-cslhat the molasses should be n-ed
for fuel in the sngai houses in placo of
coal. It "calculates that molasses j
would be much cheaper than (ho
cheapest coal, and would be it good
fuel. rChicago Herald
Twenlr Yearn Ago.
How wondrous ore the chanRVst
Sime twenty years airo
When irls wore woolen dresses
And I'ojs w ore pants of tow.
And slincs were made of cowhide
And ri'i-ks of homespun vnul.
And children did a half d:i's wurb
lieliTc Ibey went to school.
'1 he people rode to meeting
In sleds instead ot slcihl,,
And wagons rode as cn-y
As buggies nowadays.
Ami oxen ansivi red well for tenuis,
Tho' now they'd he too slow,
l'i.r people lived not half so fast
Sonic twenty years ou.
(ill, well do I remember
Tin- Wilson patent stove,
That father lioinrbt and paid for
In cloth the jfirls had w ovc
And till tin- m iubbors womb-red
llow we gut the thing to no,
They said 'twould burst and kill us all
Mum; twenty years ago.
The girls look music lessons
t pun I lo- spinning heel
And piactieid late and early
At spindle, ftt ills and reel.
Tin- l'o.- would li le the bor e to mill
A doen mites or so.
And hurry oil' before 'twas day,
Mime twenty years ao.
Yis, ever; thing baa altered so
I cannot tell the cause,
l-'or men are alw ays tampering
With nature's wondrous laws.
Ami w hat on earth we're coining to,
Dues anybody know?
for everything has changed so much
Since twenty jears ago.
f.Iolm Doe.
Jll'MOI.OPS.
Fruit f nil California.
Have the grip llulldogj.
Sound asleep The man who snores.
The end of a long strike A lionio
run.
II 'yal rakes bring a lot ef rubbish
to the surface.
Fat says: "Love is that tinder loiko
it do be asily kindled.''
According to history Pocahontas
didn't believe iu clubs. She prevented
( apt. Smith from joining one.
"You talk a groat deal in your sleep,
lolm," said Mrs. llenpeck. "It's tho
only chance I got," said .John, meekly.
There are a goo, many "high-fliers"'
in Chicago. Put the fellow who has
invented the new Hying machine is not
one of them.
"A proposal," mused Van dunking
"amounts to a man' saying 'Wilt
fhou?' interrogatively and a girl's put
ting it imperatively."'
Mistress (benevolently to her maid
in anticipation of a compliment)
What would you do if you could play
the piano as well as 1 can? Maid I
should take lessons.
First Young Lady Do you always
buy two kinds of pap'-r? Second Young
l.udy Always. Yon see when I wrilo
t) Charlie I uo red panor, which
means love: when 1 nn-wcr dim's let-
tors I use blue paper, which means
faithful unto death. Sec.
I can't understand your father,
Marie. IIo doesn't like me any better
than he did at first, and has always
treated me ns if I was a blockhead."
I know, Tom. it's too bad, but it
(!,ivCS poor father such a long time to
. ;.,,, sios."
Kailway Olli'-ial Smoking not al
lowed in the wnitiiig-rooin, sir. You'll
have to go out to tho platform. Mr.
McFinigan I'm not sniokin", sir.
"Put you have your pipe in your
mouth, sir." "Y'.s, an' I havo me flit
iu nie boot, but I'm not walkiu'."
A woman like a clock? No- no I
You'd n"t say that if eft you'd nut them.
A clock serves lo point out the hours,
Hut a woman makes us all forget tin-til.
A I. onion Orchard.
F. A. Kimball of National City
savs the Sunia Parbara (Cal.) Inde
pendent, is convinced that -l a trco
can bo roalicd from lemons four
years after planting. The root must
be good and heal thy. Tho ground
must be well plowed and pulverized
for planting. Trees may be planted
U' t" the acre. They should be
branched low , not over th ee feet
from tho ground, mid Iho hi. inches
should be shortened i f.e h igth of a
pair of pruning shear-. IJjil clay
soil is bct. Mr. Kimball eay dial
lemons aro best cured by picking
them green and packing them iu luy
crs of sand.
A nswered.
"What would you do if you had a
voice like mine?" said Pinks, who ia
rather proud of his bas-o profundo.
: "I'd take it out into the woods and
yell with it till it bu'st,"' said Do
Garry, who prefers his own tenor.
Harper's Uaar.
Trying It Alone.
"I can't permit my daughter to
marry you, sir."
"Put I can't live without Emily."
"That's just it. If you must starve
0u had better try it aloue.' riiila
j delphia Times.