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!jatt)am tUror&. IJ. -A. LOIS1JOIN, EDITOR AND rROPRIKTOH. HATES TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING One square, one insertion Onc square, two insertion-Q One square, one month f 1.0 l.M 8.M $1.50 PEE YEAR Strictly In Advmct. a VOL. XIV. pittshoro Chatham co., n. coctohhu 2?, ism. For laxgjr advertiscmento liberal con tacts ill be made. f)e Chatham ttecorb. tatfam NO. s. Noblesse Obligo If I am weak ami von arc strung, Why then, why then. To you the braver deeds belong; And 90, again, If yon Imve gifts nnd I have none, It I h.ive shade and ymi have sun, 'Ti yours w ith freer hand to give, Tis yours with truer grace to live. Than 1, who. gifllcss, sunless, stunj AVirii barren life and hand. M il wisdom's law, the perfect code, Hy love inspired ; Of him nit whom much N heton'e I Is much, required. The tuneful throat is hid to sing, The oak must rcinn the fnrel' king; The rustling stream the wheels limit move, The heatt n steel its strength must prove. 'Tis Kivetl unto the cade's eyes Tu faee the midday sie. farlntlH I'erry, in the Argosy. THE MAN KILLER. f.V M. V'U' We hud almost leached tlio soiiroo of the Xcrbudda l.iver, in (lie prov ince of Bengal, India, when wo heard of u m.t 11-0:1 1 i ii lig-r which hail ter rorised a space of country as large as my two counties in the stale of Now York. The Bengal tiger is held up by showmen an I others 10 be the largest nihl fiercest in India. While this i-i not n fai t, as all liters arc alike in disposition, ami when lu'l grown do not dill. 'i' much in si. , our iiiforiiiaul put thi- animal down ns something of n wonder, it wa, bo declared, the largo. I tiger ever seen in that district, und (he animal was positively without fenr. There were five native village in the di-trict where he roamed, and in live mouths h" lul l killed and devoured over i J cople. lie had liuiilly grown so bold that most of III-: people had thd from the diti ict, w hile the area of cultivated laud had been reduced by two-thirds. No foreigner can understand the feelings of a native of India to wards this dreaded animal, the tiger, p'enr and supoi:i ion and liolplcs-ness are all iniu'd up, and between thitn the beast has his ovn sweet way until Mint1 while man comes along and oilers to rid tin- district of llm terrible pest. The idoj of w hoio villages 1 e ing ubal dolo'd because a tiger was prowling around strikes one a- ah um!, hut i-ilidi had beea the c:io tln-i c, nit.l not t ln -iiu't f etlort had been made to kill the I. .-I. . had be come si em'io.deiii d that he would cn'or a vii'u'.'o by day 'light, select bis victim and trot an ay willi the poor Wie rli. unmindful of the hulliihaloo luicd by the teuili.'d villagers who had escaped hi- Ice! 1 and elan . Next 1: in ning, i.l'lcr receiving the news, we broke camp and inarched across Jtbe country to one of the vil lage, ai riving there about mid-afternoon. We. found the en: ire popu lace shut up in their cabin and in mortal tenor, in the hca-l had visited t In 1 1 1 the night before, broken into a cabin and killed three person. One of these a man had been dragged oil' to the thickets, leaving a plain trail. The village con-isle 1 of about eighty huu which were scattered over two acres of ground. To the wct of it was a densely wooded country, an I the thickets came dow n to within a few rod- of 1 bo huts. The tiger bad bis lair in this foret. and always emtio down along ,1 nullah or creek, which wa dry at tttat sea-on. It Is a fact that has been verified a hundred limes that a iiiau-caliiig tiger somehow discovers the picscure of whlto hunters about. This fellow had been in the habit of walking into the village daily for two wek, but wo knew that he need not bit cxpeeto I on tho lirst night of our arrival. We watched for him at three dillereu: points, bu! everything was quiet as if be had lied the neighborhood. Next day wc laid our plans. The tiger might come by the millali again, but it was more than probable tint, In would take some other mule, I was to occupy it hut at the head of tin vi lago, the .lodge one in tie; centre and the C.iloiiol was 1 1 bo intrenched so at (O cover the ll-nal approach. Tho tents were very primitive n flairs, being made of light poles and having thatched roofs. Tim one I occupied belonged to tho family re. cently slaughtered by the tiger. Though knowing the great risk they ran, they bud left a window at the back end unguarded. The animal bad leaped in through this h do, which was right feet above the earth, and, after killing the man, had attacked wife and child simply from a desire to slay, lie bad gone out of the win dow holding to the man's body, and bad even walked through the village carrying the dead in his mouth as a cat dors 11 inoii-e. During the day they told us several t'.orlcs, showing iho remarkable bold ness and ferocity of the beast. On list api'C.na' 1 c iu Iho neighbor hood ho had waylaid three women going to tho spring for water. This was about an hour before sundown, llg killed two and terribly clawed tho third beforo she got away. II) did not drug the bodies away or cat any portion of them, and that wai proof that he killed for the sake of killing and was far more dangerous than the averago man-eater. The day being cloudy, tlio tiger would probably visit the village a lit tle earlier than usual, if at all. AH o'clock we ordered all the peoplo to retire to their tents, and soon there after tho three of us took up our sla taions, each of us having a man to keep us company. My hut was broad side to the thicket, but the door faced the other way. There was a large window at one cud uhotit eight feet from the ground, a::d done and win dow were well ceourod. Several port-hole had been made in the walls, ami I fell that 1 could give a good account of the tiger should ho appear in my neighborhood. It cleared oil' at sunset, and a full moon came up lo make the villago light as day. While I watched at the back of the but the native took tho front, and af ter two long hours had gone by with out att alarm he came over (o me and caid : "The beast knows Iho while hunt ers are Imie, and ho dare not show bis face. He may even have even left the neighborhood." 1 lay back on inyelbiw on tho dirt lbor to eoverse with him, and a quai'. terof an hour had slipped away when wo heard a heavy breathing al the door of the but. This door, or open ing, bad been made secure with poles placed up and down and across. Tho squares were about i in dies, in di. aincter, and as wo turned our heads it was to find th 1 tiger's nose thrust through one of these openings. The brute bad got into the village without anyone seeing dim, and our lu st in timation of his presence was a snullling growl. There ho stood, looking in Iho moonlight at big as a yearling steer, and as we turned on hint be uttered a growl which paralyzed me for thirty seconds, "Shoot, Siiliib for Cod's Sake, shoot l:ini!" cried the native, as he grovelled on the floor in terror. I IiihI to struggle up ami get m-y rifle, which was leaning against the wall, and by the time I had it in hand and hail turned about the bca-t was gone. We knew where be had gone to, though, lie had sprung upon tin roof, nnd as hi trolled about his weight shook the cabin to its foundation-. The cunning old I. en -I knew w hat 1 was in I here for, and he didn't propose (,) become R target. After walking about for three or four minutes he coolly lay down and rolled about, as if in play. The dry grasses nay have tickled his bide, for he set up a loud purring, and seemed to be greatly enjoying hiiii-elf. 1 set (he native, who had a shotgun, at 0110 of the port-holes, and I took another myself, but die tiger seemed to divine our positions. When he liually leaped down it was al such a point thai we could not retieli liiui. We could follow him with our eyes, however, lie went trotting down the street, stopping here and thero lo in vesiiga e a hut, and but for the native I should have left our .shelter and tried to get a shot at him. don't go, Sjhib; for the love of heaven, don't go !" pleaded the b idly frightened man. Everybody is se cure and the tiger know9 it. lie has seen us. He knows you are a while huut'tr. He runs away thinking you will be foolish enough to follow'. Take j my word for it, it is a (rick of his.' S ) it seemed to be. Wis had scarce ly lost sight of him down the street w hen we heard him leap upon the roof again, lie had doubled back upon us. After leaching the roof he remained ipiiet for live minutes, hut then, hear ing us move about, he jumped down and trotted oil' again. We just got a glimpse of him as he disappeared iu :bo direction of the nullah. Three or four minutes later wu heard a wild shout, and the native with me cried out : "The tiger has seized some of tho villagers and is nil' to the thickets!"' Kvery naiivo iu that villago knew the danger of quilting his hut that night, but 0110 of them, waking out of his sleep and feeling thinly, de cide 1 to open the door and secure a drink from a calabash kept in a hide in tlio earth at the back end of the hut. He diil not even slop to look initio ee if the tiger was abroad. Tl;.' inci dent shows the slrau-re reeklessiieis of the natives iu general, and explains how it comes about that the loss of life iu that country fioni wild beasts is so appallingly great. The man was no souier outdoors than the tiger seized h'm an I tolled him i vei nnd mr. Jle was then ktiuccd bv i!Q left shoulder, given a twist which throw his body over Iho tiger' a back, and (he beast came walking up 11.3 street with his burden as cool as you please. I could not lire at him from that side until be should teach the door, though we could watch him through the crevices of tho wall. The beast did not come quite to the door, but lay down just where I could not rencH him and began lo play witli the dead body. He rolled it over and over, struck it w iih his p avs, nnd in oilier ways reminded us of a eat playing with a mouse. Fortunately for the poor native, he was killed w hen first attacked. 1 was closely watching every movement of the beast, and by and by as he rolled about, be came within range. I got one shot and that inflicted only a llesh wound. The instant the bullet struck him ho uttered a terrible roar and rushed at Iho wicket, and threw himself against it with such force that the whole hut '.:etnhled. Standing on his hind legs he used teeth and claws lo try and pull the poles away, and he did not cease his efforts until I gave him nuolhei biillel. Then ho sprang upon the roof and for the next ten minutes lay there growling in a way to make or..' hair stand up. Meanwhile, all the dogs iu the village were barking, and every family had been roused. The noise ought to have frightened the tiger away, bet instead of retiring to iho thicket he leaped down to the street, seized the dead man about the middle, and with 110 effort at all n g lined the roof. What I feared was that bo would tear a hole through the thatch and leap down 011 us, but this idea did not sooiu to occur lo him. He was severely but not mortally wounded, and bis actions showed that he had been rendered doubly savage. While he was growl ing and mauling the body about 1 got his exact locatin, and although there wasn't 1.:. hanee in fifty of the bul let hilli 1 . '. 1. 1 stood beneath him mid tired no gli the (hatch. O Idly enough, the bullet f I ruck and killed him, though iu his dying agones he uncovered almost half the roof, a.id would have been down upon us in a minute more. He was, according to I be ollicial records kepi at Nagpoor, the largest and heavie-1 tiger whose death was ever recorded there, and it was put down against him ih it he had de stroyed forty-three people in that no districl.--New York World. l'lullfiil Hardship. The census of several b.-ading na tions lias been (aken lately, and willi greater exactitude in the chief foreign countries than we have as yet found Mssible here. Among the ii,im)uiimki pet-sous iu the Austrian empire, scarcely a dozen were discovered w hose years exceed ninety-nine, and in Kurope generally it is observed (bat while the average of ago rttaincd is distinctly increased llm numb '!' reach ing great longevity is as much dimin ished. One point of siguilicant and instructive evidence is ntl'iidod by these cases of long life, as indeed by others generally in all times and coun tries. I niversally the cenio laiiatia were trained in youth to what we tiro apt to call hardships I lint is, in steady industry, plain diet, active on', door labor, and exposure lo weather, and they preserved these habits. An Englishman, William llampsou, hale at i lo, has lived in an unhealthy ; neighborhood and iu poverty, yet tho early hardening of his constitution enabled him to resist the arrow which dealh had dealt freely around him iu his later years. A Tyroleso woman, Maria (ieisler, has always ' livod in the pure air of her native dis trict, ever in practice of regular labor ; and use of plain food; at lH'J oho re. : covered well from a severe illness and . regained her health and fair looks, as ' if age had ceased lo add further wrin kles to her honest and good humored face. With us, former slaves are : most frequent among the very long- 1 lived, and this corroborates the fact slated. Now York Tribune. A Sometime City Now a Corn Field. lliudo-tau, Martin County, Ind., iu 18'Jii was an important manufacturing and trading pest. Eastern capitalists owned all the business and the town ; was settled by Eastern people. In IS'.'.'., when it was made the county , seal, it had a population of OOnO. An . epidemic, thought lo be cholera, car- j 1 iod oll'the people by scores. Thetowu j w as soon depopulated, and whero once the tow n stood is now a lield of corn. 1st, Louis Republic. II Will be Chilly for lllni. Humker (who wants to propose) Miss Scadds, let us go out 011 the por-li. Shall I get your wrap? Miss Scid Is Thank, but I shan't need il. You might nut oq j our over coal, howetoi (HIl.PHKNVS COI.IMV o.M.V 'Only u boy, ''did you mv' Yes, but the hoys of loduy s 1 1 1 1 1 tic tin' men of tomorrow. I ' I'nly a boy." true it is; j Ah. but the future is his. j I'n iihted with honor or sorrow, 1 .Men that wrk nobly todnv Sooner or laic pass awn; . I l.e.iving their labors lo others. 1 Sous for lluir fat hers mu-i stand, Votilh shall inherit H e land Learn ye the leson my bi other-. Learn to be steadfast and wi-e, Folly and shame 10 les !.: He like the hemes of story, lieitdy with H'rils to cope ; Yeare America's hopc-- l!e her ileti me and her glor ! , A rgosy . (.I.iiVI.s i l.ri.l lUMs. (loves are common enough now ; anybody and everybody can have I them; but it was not always so. In ' remote ages, indeed, they were worn sometimes, but iu warm climaies they I were considered 11 mark of llenii : nary. ; You would little dream of one u-e '- found for them as far back as the I (bird century, when knives and forks ! were not iu general use. We arc lold 'jf one greedy man win) always wore gloves at the table, to be able lo handle the meat while hot, and no gel ' ahead of the rc-t of the company, who were not so well protected. Xevv York Iteeorder. S III II II V A IHHi A gentleman in Southern ( onuecti. 1 cut took not long ago u collie from 1 tho Lolhian Kennels al Stepney. The 1 dog, nl'lcr the fashion of his kind. 1 ! soon made himself one of tho family, and assumed special responsibilities in connection with the youngest child, a girl three years of age. ; It happened one day iu .November : that the father was returning from a j drive, and as he ncared his house he ; noticed the dog iu a pasture which I was separated by a stone wall from I the road. Eroin behind this wall the i collie would spring up, bark and then jump down again, constantly repeat. iug it. Leaving bi.i hor-e and going lo the spot he found bis little girl Seated oil , a sone, w ith the collie wagging his ttiil ii tul keeping guard beside her. In the light snow their path could be plainly seen, and as be traced it back he saw w here the little one had walkul several limes around an open well in the pasture ; very close to (he brink were iho prints of the baby shoes, but still . closer, on the very edge of the well, were the tracks of the collie, v ho had evidently kept between her and the well. I need not tell you the feelings of the father as he saw the fidelity ol the dumb creature, walking between the child and what might otherwise have been a terrible death. Our Dumb Animals. Ml! IA 1 "s I MI'. Most of our readers know the safety Lin) , of Sir Humphrey Iavy,w h'eh lux done so much iu preserving miner from explosions of lire-damp. We have given an illustration of il, and may say here that it is a light inclosed in a lantern of line wire cloth. '.-' p!o-ive as the gas outside may be. what enters this burns, but does not ig nite and explode w hat is without. It was I he invention of li.ay when a b y, and was not perfected till aflei long and anxious study and experi menting. f He found out the important piinci. pie on which our gaslights depend that tho light will not run up the pipi to the gas rc-ei voir, hut burn only at the orifice, lie then thought of r lantern for miners. At the top and bottom he had concentric lubes, with holes pierced in them by w hich aii was supplied to the lamp and the smoke escaped. This lamp ho lighted and set iu r. most explosive mixture of gases, and, obis delight, it did not explode; but when he showed it to Mr. Tonkin, that gentleman, w hile applauding1 I lie result, stimulated him to give i greater perfection, for, as it w as, tin gas soon extinguished the lamp, tin miners would thus be left in tota darkness, to grope their way throng! the subterranean passages. j Davy put it away, nnd only aftci ' :iiuch investigation, adopted the wire ! cloth, which admits the gas and all'oclt the light, but does not extinguish il for a considerable time. New York I Advertiser. 1 Wheat t.oes Down. De llroker Hear about le urbb. Ie Ledger No. What's hippene,. lo him? k nocked Hat. You don't say soi' Was he caiigb.; , by the drop in beat? , Well, yes, something like that. A ' buirel of Hour fell on him New ! York Wccklv j IAN ELEPHANT RANCH The Novel Shenie of an Enter-; prising Califonian. Ho Proposes to Raise Ele phants for Various Uses. i - It was several years ago that people i'li-cd lo be surprised al anything which California does. It has come lo be accepted without question that "veryihitig iu either the animal or the regetable kingdoms will thrive there. It must seem the most natural thing in he world to get any kind of fruit from California, even if it never be fore grew outside the limits of Far t.'.Uliay, and as for animals, California is expected in a few years lo produce -o many o-trich feathers that it wiil not pay the African grower- to -el an ostrich. Therefore the propositi n of , Alison Newbuaey of Sin (Jabriel. Los Angeles County, aw akens 111 surpri-e. What Mr. Newbiiary propo.-c to ib, as we lea: 11 I'roiu an interview in tic L is Angeles Mirror, i- to raise elephants in Southern alifornia. Ho is enlhil-iastic on the ml joe! and :ii. that he will have an elephant ranch iu operation inside of one joar. Mr. Newbuary does not propose to grow circus elephants, but r.i'her elephants which will be useful I lie ornamental elephant, Mr. Newbuary explains, is all right, and when he pu! puts bis lli-t lloek on the market ho will have no objection lo selling lo circus-men if tliey will pay enough, but he points out that elephant raising can never bo made a lead. ng state industry hi Cali fornia if growers Inn e 10 ib'pelld oil the circus liad menagerie demand. Some practical use uiu-t be found f r ' elephants, and .New buary feels con fident that this will be a simple matter. When his lirst herd is maturing he wiil educate the public up to elephants. Iu the 111 st place. Mr. Newbuary points out that elephant ne at is an ex cellent article of food. All African explorers speak highly of elephant steaks. The full-grow 11 i-leph ml weighs about 7t pound-', and Mr. Newbuary estimates that lie can count on some ;'eni j oiiuds of lirs;-e';i-s lueat from each animal. I 1 I went v-lixe years he expects to .-ee elephant meal for sale in all markets., speaks as 1 !g as bed niatM'csscs will hang up on aii s'nb s, and Frei oh elephant chops w Hi It indies on llictii six !' et long w iii lie on the counters. Elephant bi c's, he thinks, will be foil 11 1 valuable for leather, slightly thick, per haps, but it can be split. Then there is the ivory, always iu good demand. The clip of wool from an elephant w ill, of course, he admit, be small. lull there were toriueriy woo.iy ani mals of the elephant kind, and be does , not see w hy careful breeding may not i revive the -pivie;. Fine all I al' I' o'tp.; elephants' wool clothes he considers a po-sihiiity of the future. 1 1 11 i it is not 1 alone iu these ways that Mr. Newbuary : expects lo be able to leach California ' to profit from the elephant. It is a powerful and intelligent anin.al, and lis a beast of burden will be as s.r i Cssful in California as in India. It can be readily broken to harness and can draw enormous load-. Nor does he de-pair altogether of the ele phant as a driving ai iinnl. lie thinks il not. unlikely that lie' ( al:l'iiiia ' trotting elephant 111 y 1 e evolved a- th1 American trotting hoi-c has been. Cabmen may vet call out: Keb, &ir! I keb! Nice closed keb and rapid ('V- ' pliant!" of course as a saddle beast j Iho elephant has already proved its superior! y in the orient. ' Its gait, howtVer, al picst-ut is irregii- ' lar, but Mr. Newbuary -cos no rea-on j why it inav not be laiigbl a graci ful j oati'or and a swinging gallop. I lit , the m 1st practical place where the ele phant can be put to immediate use fulness, Mr. New biii.ry considers to! b'lhe orange groves. In picning oranges,'' t;.s Mr. New 1 uarv. ";he trained elephant would he a great sue. cess, lie would come as a boon lo oran;;o growers. lie could readily : trr.rk all over th" tree with bis Hunk , and ritis fully pick the fiuit an I place It iu a I r.g hung around hisneek, or iu j n ba-l.el li-jj on his back, lie could pick more 01 inges iu a day than ten I11CH, and wou.-I never strike for big- , ger wages or ll'i l with the hired girl. ' If 1 were asked to name in th ee words the hope of California for the future, J I should answer, 'Eb pha tils, elephants, 1 elephants." ! As wo intiiu lied in th" lirst ph , C.iliioruia hat produced so much that ! ' j is marvellous that ii would be rash to j predict anything but success for ihc : in-w elephant project. We conceive that Mr. Newbuary may be a little to t enthusiastic, alto . I the elephant as u trotter, hut on lu inv other points he may be well wi hin b um. Is. We hipc ! Ilia! be may be able lo give bis ide.t a j lair trial. Nov -rk Tribuu Pillows. The use of a pillow is not a mutter of mero blind usage. It has a physi ological bai. Wc sleep, for the most part, on the side, and without :i pillow the head would he uncomfortably and harmfully lower (hail the body. It w ill bo remembered thai .l.o nb, when fleeing 1 1-0111 Esau, look n stonc for a pillow. He needed something for lie purpose, and nothing better than a stone pre-eiitcd itself. Such practices are common in Africa at the present day. ISi-hop Taylor probably found it convenient, if not neces-ary, to take up w ith ihcnt in his travels in that laud ; for on his return t this country, ho rejected ihe soft pillows of his friendly hosts, and, sometimes at lea-l, substituted one of books. Some people rest the neck ii,-toad of the bead on bard pillow In I'rica extraordinary headgears make this pri'i-tice necessary, and manv a civil ized woman lias been compelled by a -oincwnl similar coiffure to forego both the pillow iilnl the n cumin n! position. A con-iilei ai ion of the physioloji -:,l reason for pillows will suggest their proper lhiekiie-s. They should merely bring the bead lo tin- natural level, -oiino pillows are lunch too thick, lly bi-ndii'y the neck unduly, they inter fi le w ilh 1 he nllttl of the xcuo'is bio id from the head. Tie- pillow that ju-t Ii is up ih.' -pao.j above Ihe sh ul-ili-r best suits its cud. Again, pillows of feathers are ob jectionable. While they furnish the needed support for the head, I Ley an; loo heating, as they have a remarkable capacity tor holding and .iceiimuhil iug heat. Il should he roiiu lube: e 1 iliat mole b'o '-.il. and hence more heat, g.-cs to lie' bead lb, ill ti) any other part of the body. Head-healing pillows are again-t iho wholesome maxim. Keep the feet warm, but the head cool." There is nothing better than the. hair pillow. Further, the pillow is for the load not for t iii shoulders. To rc-t the shoulders on the pillow defeats the Very en l for w hich it is eed. Finally special care should be taken of infant- in tnis miller. Wc have -ecu tin ir leads sunken deep in the s if;. -t iind thickest of pil o.vs, and, their face-, a- a natural coii-oqiieuee, covered with "real heads of perspira tion. I: is 1.0 wonder that children si treated die. ; . .-.ltli'-s ( 'om pan ion. Two Pairs of Mmes in (Inc. A uoveiiy iu the shoo matiiifaei uring line is of English invention, and c n--isls of a removable sole ami top lift which can be changed when worn without consulting the cobbler. The feature of the inv. 11M11 i- -aid to le a metal plate riveted to the bot tom of the -hoo when Listed. The sole, in lie shape of a tap sole, i provided With a stitched Well. ( ii,!. ' the welt is a thin bind or -1 1-i i of metal which slides under the edges of the plate riveted oil the bottom of the s! The shank i- of sic.'!, ja;uii:i'd black, end the joint cud of the half sole is 1 olllll 1 llll, lOli' lllnler lie -haul, where it is fastened and held in place by two screw. The top piece of lie" In'el is fastened in by three screw -. It i- piopo.cd to make -lloCS by lllis method, and furnish an extra pair of s.des and top llfis with each pair of -hoes, as Weil as make the soli's for side separately. Any one caa take out the screws when the lii-t soles are worn ami slip 011 a new pair of oles. which il is said are finished belter and look belter than the work of Ihe ordinary cobbler. ;l'ioeboib NHiday .Lnirii;,!. iiigctl I.uiu h-li tills. ACermaii resident of (iii.iyaip.il, Ecuador, describes from personal ob servations the habits of a pair of c 'ii-dor- which lo the best of bis belief lini-l hav e llieiriie-t some w l.i-rc in the upper Andes if II ua.lor. Twice a day one" ai a. in. and again about I p. in - 1 he giant vultures appear on the l'ay of hanga lo l.e'p themselves lo the sbellli-h stranded by ihe waves of the tide or I In refuse left behind by a ciew of lorioi-e liunte . The pro-ce-s of pcr-oiial refreshment occupies thcni about half an hour, after w hich they select a few portable -craps and soar oil in a norllcaslci ly direction, toward ih" highlands of llio Tambo. Willi the aid of a good telescope, thev can be seen crossing the line of the coast-range and continuing their way in I he direction of the grand lentra! chain, iu :i bee-line about Son English miles from tide-water. One of the birds can be recognized by a gap in the edge feathers of his left wing, and in spite of that impediment, must travel an average of ."o'io'i miles a week for abmculary purposes. New York wen Only lo You. pe:ir, how ninny the songs I 1-rinir to joil Woven of dream-Mull's, pleasure, ad pain. All the pones of my life 1 sing to you, And ymi hear nnd answer again. Though no rhyme do your dear lips say to me. i 1 1, nij poet, sweet songs jou briliK T When ou smile, then the angels play to me; Tunis to the silent song-you sing. All my soul goes forth iu a songlo you, All my deeds for your sake are ilone, All my laurels ami bujs filoiig to you, In ynr.r muiie are bntili won. Ju t by living you make my life dear to me, Though your lip- never speak mv nnnic; l is jour band- that iu dreams appear to me. Iliiiiiihig me all ihitt 1 lisk of f.unc. What 1l10uc.l1 lu re you are wholly lost lo me, Though you never will know or see. Thou -h life's pain !" tin- worship's cost to inc. Am I not richer than gral king her Have 1 not jou in I he holiest heart of me You. in lie eyes which you see alone, .shall 1 not ri-e toy our soul, which is prt of me. Till you shall niei I me und know joilf "ivu? - ; L. Ni.shii, 11. Longman's Magiuine. 111 '.uonors. I in- dogs have hail their day, and i:oV the leave- will have their turn. I he peron wl.o i- cha-ed by a bear l..n proof po-itive that trouble's a brew in'. When a man weighs his words, though they may he few, they a-c not found wanting'. The mod "in ollicial seems quite will ing lo take anything lie can gel except the responsibility. The eiilerpri-ii.g bee keeps up with the times by having his apartments arranged iu sweet. Irillin (coming to ihe point at once) Kitty will you hnve me? Kitty (equally b;'.-iiieslikc)--Tliank8, Mr. iiltl'in : hut 1 really can't uflord you. The I.'uby Well, old boss, you m'ciii to have been iu a good many en gagements. The I'iauiond Fin a lit tle disfigured, it'- true, but Fin still in Ihe ring. Wc have 110 use for bear stories," said the editor. Our readers de mand sum. thing spi. y." Well," said Ihe man with the manuscript, lliis story is about a cinnamon bear." The liners of South Africa. The ii . r farmer persotiilies useless bll'iie-s, writes Lord l.'andolph htireli' '. Occupying a farm of fioin-i thousand to ten thousand acres, ,o contents bim-elf willi rais ing a held of a few hundred head of cattle, which are left almost entirely to the care of the native whom ho cinplovs. I; may be asserted, gener ally with truth, ll al he never plants a ti , never dig- a well, never makes a road, never grows a blade of com. I! iigh and ready cultivation of the soil by the natives he to some extent permits, but agriciiititro and the iigri cuburist he holds alike iu great con tempt, lb' passe- hi, day doing ab solutely nothing beyond smoking and drinking cnf'o. IF1 i- perfectly un educated. His simpl" ie nerato e is tin fathoma ble. And this, iu -iiblime composure, he - hares willi hi- wife, his sons and hi daughters, being proud that bis children should grow up as ignorant, a- uncultivated, as hopclcs-ly unpto-gre-sive as bim-elf. In the winter lime let moves with his herd of cattle into the better pastures and milder climate of the low country veldt and lives ;ls i.;y and uselessly iu wag on as l.o does in hi- farmhouse. The summer sees him returning home, and so on year after year, gen. ciaiion afier generation, Iho Boer fanner dtags out the most degraded and ignoble xi-tcnee ever ex pel ioiiced by a race wiih any pietciitions to civilization. I have, I must admit, iiu l some per sons in government circle and else, where of Foer or Dutch birth who aro entirely exchnb'd from the scope of those iciiiarks, whose manners were polite and amiable, who were anxious to show kindness and hospitality, and whoso conversation was distinguished by original ideas and liberal senti ments. These, however, arc but bright ex. eeptions. I speak of tho nut ion as a whole, as I think 1 have seen it. I turn my back gladly 011 these people, hastening northward to lauds possess ing, 1 hope, equal wealth, brighter prospects, reserved for 111010 worthy possessors nnd entitled lo happier des tinies. I rejoice, after all that I liavo seen in the Transvaal, that the country and the people of the Matabeli and the Mashona have been rescued in tho nick of time, owing to the genius of Mr. lthodes and Iho tardy vigor of tho British government, from tho withering and mortal grasp of tha JJocr. New York Herald,
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1891, edition 1
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