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VOL. XIV.
tITTSIK)RO CHATHAM CO., X. C, FKBRCAUY l 8).
NO. 2.V
lUt0T0t
f
Tho Mictcry or I.or.
I. MM' w :i a -tivn gi r,
itlniut "ii.-k i.r !
)! i n!,,, ki l my li'isniii
An, I I ml; my In art It otn mi'.
Now my In ml I- mi' j, it
livery w hero I .
I'i a ' i i , t ! r iii" n r. Love.
illiiiie W ll Jull Ml.
Ill a f,.' l.is mill ivn lii.
I u'ii i a itii.i.l 'i- or i ars,
love I'imhIii mi' sorrow.
Ami 1 1; -a t :i !t ti-.irs.
('Ii, l.ovc, emtio w ilh lamditrr,
lr. l.tiVc, onlne w itll ttur,
I .'oil I at gtn'ly v i.h llu- In-art
'l li.i' 'c i:i- iihi:i yi'ii mi.
Tin- I t o's v. lie; is fragile,
Tin- la-';-- ." i- .-iii-ill.
That Vol l"l.l, is illlir.
li.it t: w as tii;. ,i l.
)!i t'it- i a'l :w lu-r- yuu w i 1,
T" hi. I. i-.t it. or l.m.
I'll! I" a ill" in. -lor. Ijiw,
To inn- u Im !"Vi - ; mi so.
-Il'.iM J.'i" ! ..,..' Vi ii I iri r s Wnl.ly
THE SMUGGLERS.
ft tin) I'li'inh frontier, opposite
Spain, slands I In- town of Jui:i teruc,
Iho a waloh-dog g itai .',i n g tin; cn
tinno: lii iliii valley, .ami on either
side, tint li:i,ilitaii s which set III l
have i I'i'M :ih--i I j I-! Ii' ii', continue
1 hi-i r iiiiiiint'jii.'tii w iy as far in eye
an leach.
(J'lei li ra,- is a Very old liMVII con
taining 'i'"'' inhabitant-.; hi former
days il was I'm I. lii l. isolated anil dif
ficult In :i'j,i inn Ii.
1 ii ill t!.r in i" lii'iii lii'.: I it -I t 1 1 :t 1 1 1
;
.S lis
live a i ii 'j,',!' h'i-r rcpul.iiinii i
tlfiil ; I'll . iis their nalinliali a liimll
Mixed i ii.-i-, 1 1-: i limes cii-i-il Willi
.a-eon-, li.iMjui -, Catalan ami llnlii -
miai: and I hi ii fivorilt! tu-ciip il'mn
is highway loliiicry. nr i-lsitli-iliililT, I"
ay Hi.- U'.ist. (his reason, as well
:is l.ccau-o of t in' silil I'.inii of ill
town, ih" i ii-tim-!i''ii-.i- ul m-rt.-r.i.-Is
cue ot sp.i important c. I'minier
guards keep run muni w alrli uVi-f I'm'
narrow valley which form- tin- only
I i -' between ihe two conn lies,
ll.cri' l-i ii i: liniliiii'T I ; 1 1 lufty praUs
mill ilanci'iitiK ravines fm- many
h'.llir 1 1 i'i: lnT si.V.
TiiHauls n.i.lila' nf thl i-rti!tiry.
it wi'.n! I'r.-in Afii.a l'i.'ii-li! ti-rror
nu, I ih -..!al i.'M I" I; ill , ."-. ainl
'1 p. ,.;';, v.. 'n- li.:i'.l w illi run-t-ti-ni
.lii.-ii. I'i t,i i i ii i ii', hirh was
one ul' '!i" Ii; -: ! bo : l .-irc 1, nmhiii:!'
v, :h I'i I i' -. .-ii i ii! ri'iply, 1' si-i ii',1
?ir an! !:"ii '- i i -il l':iiu lop u
l.'i'll'.'iil, as il in I i!" ii.' s'i'.-. Tlni-i'
pi'i - lis who s,,-.';:!n'ii'il to lliii ,!;l:'i,!
In j n -r
i i .!;.-.
fur I'i iv !
v ..- .In- h
IT :: !
!l"!-l, I,' v.-
f -h i, i - i r
wen' h'l !"'
p. .i - ;i i : r , I '
ar ai'ica.-hfil n fann-
';n I with :i slmw or
1 t -. ami t In- i!..
i' np'i'i It : in. A nii'iin (ho
r ' as i',.:np!ii'.i:i ,1 i.h
pi upli- oil riil iU'.l iilisiii il
'III.
I l s nu: i' i I .ul as it i
m t:i ." .-:ii,', ii.ov, --in any pT-m- hi- '
i.'-Viil in li.iw ilii-'l i'i ii hui' in
n.-.li;y ho. ii p ! iin .1 hy I'lii'iiiirs a j
iii,,iii' I'n! ft' il ill i- I iv.i'i'r, a s!ico nf I
l ioail ii.hli il w iiii ai'si'iiii' it linos I
in.t I'll.- 1 1 t 1 1 - 4 i'i U:1! inn-." 'I'hoi tiio i
p.'iiph' of :!:o a'!oy hr:; i:t ( sn-pott j
tin- Mini'li i.iii'-i-is nf hi.iii:' ii'spoiisi J,;
fm- 'h.' i vl'i.
'I hue v. :: ili"iiil . up llii-i o moan
to kiil in il i-y I'licil.
Ani'iiiu tho i-isiiiii.1ii us'O f iTl'-iais
Ihf p. siil. iK I'.iiirol (wonly victims in
II foW il:n s' linir. Mini l!ii'-c sin vi i 1 1 .
li ii ko'. w itli f.-ar, ni'L'locli',! tuoir '
ilnty i'f w.iiohin lln) lVnntii-r. O io j
ul' llii-ni oiiiy tfiii.il In hit pusl, mi ii il ;
f-il o.:it! nauii'il " :i !! 1 1 ul. 1d was
n hm n humor, :i ii-lnn-- lii hv i
l'.;(lllo, I'. 'I- l.l- i mi ll si-,.1,1 ii slilK.'ij'oi- I
tinoi- Inn i s iii aiivaiioi', ami a ! iiinllo
i'i' mi , i :ilt in I n!i. io. -,i iiiroo loi'iios !
away wmi'il -ol liiin siu'rinff.
ll Wi tl'il 1 i lih-iiril fur IIII nlil ;
or l.Ki' mo to ilio "f ilio on!io '." In! j
iii olal'O'l, a'l l liujlit anil i!av ho
tnailo i,i- I- il oU a- ii-iia', ilntihloil Ihf
II nil , '."nU tho plaoi! ot' those who !
wo
W II
oomral too, ami kopl ono 1 yt mi-i-oasln-ly
liirm-'l t i arils Iho iiioiim
I. ins v. h 'io :': mi- roanU p' l'oiio I,
l.i.hh n hi !!: ir r 0 . ii.'ni '-. Ilo know
I l.t 111 Vol v w , li. a ml a htm I i'i'.' I i inos ho
ha l til'". I 1 ii tl in. v. h oi Ihoy ha l boon
t-:.u!l, in.'.' :i!.ii! 00. 1! :rk liiiili'-. Tlioy
1 nalil 1. ill not tlio b.i.t of him, :,
thoi,"h, poi haps. ih. i'i- was ono h I. ail
to w ii. li t'oiili,.ii.tily, 11 oral -In-ai-il
l.aii.o 1 M. i- i.i- II ! i.ml Vulo I li i.l
h.nl in 1 11 v a i 'iilo-t nf w ils 1,0:0 li 1,
fur M ri'n- w a a -1 1 1 1 ! ;r 14 1 1- hy t in
; i iaim-n! a . ! iii-'in.' j l! as Vii'o
1:1 ul was a fii-iom- 1 i'i 01s; it tva- his
Vma'ioil. ll V. a- iliilms-iliif I.) mr-
ptiso i
111:11V
i.ml ho ha ! invoi.loil
an. I -liato-oois ll.it lie
w a. tin- a. !,n -u I-iIlioiI Ya.lor ot
w ho ban-!. A n iy np in I In' .
of iho in. m 1 1 1 i 11 s h sioiiillis 1:
i'i imi:-,'. inl a.'.o. i Wi, -kins,
j-ii i:.f. s inn! -, ii' s: ..ml hyliuio ll
oo.,is wi'rc hi on"!, t m'o 1 I'.nict'.
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1-
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'('oil foninl (hill Vtilonoil hilt for
liilu--ali, h i! fur him !" Iho niiii:.-.;.!or
lisi'il I (-.-iy, loti-iiiiL'ly.
"Thai villain. Moriia.i! Tho il.iy
nfti-i-iny iloalh, h ; In) will h: in;; tho
wltoi of Miilri l inl-.i 1'i-ino !" w is
(ho ulli -or'o i :iiliii.int. oxoiaiiiaiiuii.
Ami (ho two mon r s irtoil w hilo ihoy
Iniloil duo mini lior. Tlio 11 'ho
niiaii!! hail u lino opportu
nity to i-niiili tliiiiisilvos ilnr
inu iho pliino, for .-In-rp, uoaU ami
rait i- ma in iinoiiii'il for ihimrh tlio
nioaili'ws, far finin lln; Ion n yni-il.
mill ill liilil ihoy (nil (o c.ioli otlior
willi loii-r, fail lowiinr; iimlinclively,
liny f'innoil tin m-oivos into pimins
nml woiihl liavo 1 'Ili'Woil iinyoiio who
cillcil to tin-in. In Iho iloalh--tlirloii
villiioi-'i many hoti-rs ivoio loft op'-n
ami ik-M-iloil, tin- ki lilo si himriii!.'
fro il thr i iano, thn (.'t'llc o! for tho
iiiiil ilay inc.il jus! :-s I !io .! ri a l -pi iln.'
ha I foil n,l it. It ili'ooi s W'.nil'l liavo
iu lii hit to lo hut to walk into Ihoie
ownciloss liniiio,, ami tlifii wilh wi-ll-lillcil
sai-Us t r-'lmu to thoir moiin
tnins in nil safoly ; anil what iniilli r
if .sumo iinii vonitni il to inli i fi.-ri-Willi
thcin? knives. n) slnirp, u"il
who wciil'l ii'iti'-o ono lilon- corpio
iiinoti so ninny iloml ?
The inoiiniaiiiooi-s, liowovor, iliil
not I'tir frntn (lioir lair. Why was
(hiK? Ih c nisi: Ihoy, (oo, worn ityin.
Ii kim'iiipiI, imltcil, that (hoy won
rai rioil nil' in i'ii,iloi- iiiiti'.'hors il; in
Iho pooplo of Iho valli-y, anil when
Iho folio of I'm postilenoo win miIi-
i
siilino in (riorli-r io, Ih" vii.'ahoinls
up lln ro,'' i-.iiitini.'i n!--i inatoly Io
lit ami (o Iin l.ti;io., rooplc won
iloroil ami ailinii i',l, lor i voi i-voiiin
at ilits'i, Ihroo or f. u i- wa;:.nii foi-
. lowoil hy iii.iiiriioi's oanio il-iwn to (ho
ivniotoi y. Tln-so mis, ;,h . pagans
j troato'l ihoir ilivnl wiili ri '.i-.-ioiis
ro-porl, iiisto.-nl i f oastini: thoin into
J ill.- slri-ains w hii h i itshoil swll'lly
j thioih Iho i .tviiif' Tii!- i-pi i talnrs
j ran nu ny lion lln'-o w a'iins appoaii il,
j ami Iho moir. iioi s p issi.,1 on (hnnili
j i inp'y hlioot-i.
no ovonin nhi'tit t w i 1 ";lit , S,-r-j
ooiint 'a!;;onoil, ovor nil Ihf lookout,
I -aw a W i-;on ilrattii hy u Inokon
, w iirli',1 iniiio 0"in'ii- (ouar.ls tin- oily
j i-alos. liohiml it wa.l.o.l Motit i- ami
; ll fov nf his laMoiil. tnalions, Nin-in'
p-aim- in llioii- ih : on. 'la! ,- patoi-,
; w hi:- I ho ion;.' on - '.no of a i .Oin omi !
ho m on on Iho u: ,:i. WiIiM-timl
i lirow hint oil' up 'iii'.l -a nio, in mi'.;.
! t:n y siylo us iho 1'iiin-iai tiaiii :i j - j
i pioaoliol, I'm- Ih" i!''.i'l :i 1 1 aiwajsih-
sorvni'T o( lo-poot, w lialoV'-r I In; .iv. I
in-.:' inav liavo ! n. u .il as ho i,a--o. '
1 i
ll.o iii-ti'lii-li"ii-o. i. l.l M -iiias, his
oyos i ul anil his fai-o pa o, raisml his
iifo.-il, o a n 'it aim- low a! ils hoa on ami
M.'hho.l (-III :
"Mv wil'o, in y w if. !"
'l'oiir follow," lii Mihl 'a'i no. I,
iii'.'l Iii! Ii,:l;li'. his p. io ipiioUIy ami
Co: ; il'i'pi V t.uli In il .
A -lii'i i linio afior ;i similar pro-i-o-.-ioii
l aim-ilnw n tin' moiinliiMi ro:nl;
this limo thoro M-io thro,- i. Hi is nn .
tho it"li, an. I Mrl'l:,n w alKo.l ho. j
him!, ll win nijhl ainl iho iiui l iiu'lii ,
of tin- tnii hos tan i '.l hy iho iiilon. j
ilants ras! fiiiitn-tio t!i.i'iow upon tho
walls of tlio i-ns'oliis.luiililiii:;. '1'ho !
ol,l ni:iiL;;;h'l' Imt h s hair i'S ho
walkoil. ami liiloil liii.' air wilh liU
lain n alions.
My sons, my kii -! (iivo inn
hai k in v s ins!" ho f. ii- I, ho.n -elv,
i whilo 'a!uoii'.,l -a'tin-.l tlnoo t'liios,
i mi l Iho w !i ilo pi-t ii.noil I'ooii- hoails
I out of rosport for ih - fa! iiit's -iiiof.
I Tiii i was i-opoaio.l ovorv ovi'iiiiii,'.
' Moiiiai, wl.n Ma. j.'onorai!y iho oiiiol
liionrnor, lost hy 1 1 1 - o,;,l. line not
only his wil'o ami hhi, hul
a'so his il.'lilMh'crs, I'iorosi, ni-
how ami i on-ins, His ilospuir
win mi roul tit sit no h .il to ho sup.
porli'il hy his atlon.l.inls, nml ouo ilay
ho ln'Mim-lit Va notio l to kiil him ami
eml hi-i nii-oiy.
His brain is tin in il 'tis ni won-
,1,.," :1i'l
f l,,-,Il(.r n
thi! nllioor, ho foil his
loot lor his ohl fiii-niv
ilooponin into nllooi ion.
This l isioil for ihroo vi--ls ami tlio
pi'nplo nf ' Jnoriori'-, won- stipii-cil
ami ilisinayo l t I'm I Ilia: pi stilom o
still A in il,o in -initain-, tln'iiL'li
it lia.l ilis.ippoari'l from Iho v .illcy.
(),io fv. nin Ihroo fnnot.tl w i' ins
c.iino aoioss tho hr'nljio as ti-n il, ami
(inn of tho mull's h ivinu irono too no.il
Iho i'il::o, Iho w:i; ni Inrohoil from
-i.h- to siiio, mi l Hi.- oi llin wa llirmvu
on; at tho (oft of Soi''oaiil Val;f noil.
1 in iiti-ii i:i! Iy Morilas ami Iho oihor
in iiirnors epivail nut thoir nrins like
oioit winy an I lloil at full
h o il towanls ilm iiiotintaiiH le.iv
in ' tin- illii . is to i thumb r-
sinu.k, al tho o t!i i, of w hli h tho li,l
1....1 i,m,o ,. .ln, ;..(, .a I ,,.' ,. . ,
ihoi" 10II01I out f un- Ihiii.IIos nf ti 11
i'Ii.ih.Iiso c iroltilly laiiolh'il.
'o amis !" oi i, ,1 Val .'.-ii nl, - li 10 ! '
i.ml ih" wh'i'o po-i wont in ptn-nit nf
tho -miio -lors. I'...i hito, h.nvovor,
iii il u I if 11 1 1 1 0 in lit' 1 t'l-tiin wi'tn fmniil
on oxaininati in to ronlain Iho Bnmo j
fii-'ii) us 1 In- lir-t, S'liroa'it Val'onoil ;
Inro 'ii. I. iii- in oxus t-ration. I
Mill liio j I'.iplo nf (,1 lorlol.'io w oio in
nn fi-sii o y nf j iy wlifii (hoy It arnoil
lliat not a hinlo niomhi r of iho ni'-iin- ,
Mill bin I ha. I ibftl of lilt) pl.o'.il".
Tin- tlifoil vl-itor lul l pann'il nwayiit!
hist, lint ihn sniitiif-lor hail impi-nvotl j
ih" opportunity nml minlo thoir for
Itinr. j
Sor;,.;iiit V.ilciioil 'iinshoil his
ifi-t I. in rau'o, ami swore that the noxt j
arrival from tho inoiinliiins woiihl ho ,
M'arolioil, ivi'ii if i, Wfii) a skolfl'jii I
I rom tlio I'ronoli, in Iliiocli
Styles r Wliiskcis. j
Tin ro is a hat bi'l- in one u4hf tlown
town slio: s who tiso l (o ho in Ihe 1
army of hor 111 ij'-sly (Jiioon N'icioriu.
Ilo was al-o a bai b-r in tho ohl coun
try, siriiii;o as it may mm iii. Tlioy !
alo itiia!!r iiohloinon in ili-ni-o vin n
(hoy p't here. Hut lliis man iioUnoiv- ,
lulnos that ho was a barber in the
is i 11:: 1 1 1 111 01 (ui al !! itaiii. In ono of
his talks to a I'listoini-r ho sahl :
'What a irtoat country lii1 is for
inis(aoho ami ooalocs or imioriais !
We nl nays know an Anioiicnn in tin)
nol ouniilry by the way in which ho
wears his hoaril, or neatly always.
Ami I must say thai tho fas'.ii ni set hv
tho Ann'i iean men in (his - s cot is .
inpiilly a'nino' in K-ila t l. Of ,
foiiiso with Ihe nobility tho hi vie is
tin- short .fil pointi-,1 hoaiil. The
1. ike nf ll liiili.ir'li Hot Ihe fashion, !
ami the sl Io j. t ouliii.itH ;mloii;j our ;
mili 11 y mi f-pooiiiily thoso in d o '
navy. You know tlio stylo in lioniili
in ll'.nlaiiil 11-0.I lo ho tho i-i'lo chops
- 111 ut ( nil . hops liny were lil i-l 'oii
rrally oalio.l. Wfll, sir, (hat is not ,
thi 'pro) or thing any nioio. Tlie ohl:
lliou o im; o the ctl-loiil, bless their
heatts, hut ilm youiiir mon 1111; fast,
following iho Ainorioaii iiloas in
w hiskers. Oitr jii.ltM in I'.nlanil m o
for iho most pai l i lo in shaven. Tin)
barristers for tin- most part wear the
million oh ip. It is srhloni ono set's;
a lon-w hisl,ori i man in any of tin)
profess ous. When I was in Now
Y.n I. I bail Mr. Win il MoA lisli i- j
pointo.l toil o nif. His style of ;
inils'aehe would mil ho toletali-d one
iniiitite in lluuli li s . t iily, hut I was
Io d I o is ih,, loailer of fa-hion in -w
Nmk. Tii.. 11, -at way to wear a iniis-
t oho i to ciiil) it over the mouth,
thou Iwi-t tho i n. Is or wiim tlietn. A
lit 'I-1 a :!." i- 1111 orm.ineiit, 'J'lie Amor
fin 'o:tee is not hi-oii 1, u (ho f nos of .
an I'.M::lish jrentlt inaii." Chicnyo '
Tlibuil'.'. I
I'ioihiI) of (iiiflfss Seiiilcrs.
The Washington l'ost oontaius an
ainii -in:: iiooi iint nf Iho annual ;i1p of
iho mil I.r al tho lioad I.i'ilor ( 'ilii-o,
wl.ii hiooU place this woo!;. It ro
ipliifd a I'losolv -priiili d enlaioo no of
t i'.' hly I'm:- p:o.!os lo oniiinoi alo the
ar.ii li s that the gov ei'luuon! was lin il
of sioi injf Tlioio in': o .',01 S tni.si 0'
lani oits ai liclos, K'L'.I pai kali's of
bonks, nn, i !sl pnokaL'o.s of jewelry
sold. Tiio liiililini;: was lively, 11a no
lime was allowed bill Urs (n make up ,
llieir 1 ) i 1 1 I -. ami llie tales IV. 10 spot,
on-h, a on! 1 1 ' r niined 'Mill a c';fai' .
bnx nt tho end of a long pole inking ;
in l!i" shekels. Tiio buyers wore most
ly female, of all ages nml colors, nml
tin' h'tlding was spirited in (ho ex.
tieme. There were packages of music,
by Iho ipiiro, I 111 it wits not a Wag.
in-riaii crowd, and it went for a i-ong,
as il w ere, Lie voung lady was a
hei.vv hid. lor for M ister nml Valentino
cards, while the young mail w ho -loot!
near her raised iho bid nn il imaged
kid gloves, handkerchiefs ami neck- ;
lies. All ngetl bll, llelor, who ill : 11 lit ,
l.o was Inlying a rubber c tat ami two
TaZ Us, I"- 11111 folded ill tho coat two
neat soils of baby underwear. A
p ickii;.'!' of sixty cigars Was knocked
down for tiiility rents, ami a colli 11
plate, mi which whs inscribed, "At
lti-st," went for forty cenis.
Iloinosl ic Hot-ipi oeit v.
She (at hor ,e-k )d 'oar, plea e tell
1110 how lo spell co .1111110. I'm w rit
ing to mother about my lovely new
gown.
Ilo Well, arc you readv?
Shi Ye.-.
Me ( '-o-s-t, cost. j
She Yes. .
II,! T.O, l.
Shi Well? I
Ilo .M-e, me 'J00, n yet unpaid, j
She You're a wretch. I'lttslmrg ,
Hiilletin. j
Hie Way of Hie WorM. j
The spirits of youth are eliislie ninl '
soon throw- nil' Ihe bunion of "l ief. ,
I've nothing lo live for now."'
sighed the young widow after Ihe i
funeral; "iny life is einled "
''wo days la'er hhe relu-od to take ;
the o-oivii III tilt' for her by the dies,
mil!;' r l,eeinl-e il wnsn't Pl)li-ii I
enough. 1 Ni 'v York l'ress. I
I IIII.IMil VS (il l M.
In A I I T 1 I I 1.1;:.
II, r eye are I I." I' I' ' Hit- no's
S" l" 'I-.-. Kiinl mi l 1:
II. r ii . an 1 l,e ll I'".'. -.i- .h.'U
.lid as 'i.e Mill shli" - t!il"'..h I
II.-- hair I- lii,e tie- 1 . a .- -f.iin
In siinnni r's i;"l'l' 1, 1 ;
Ami. lu st of all. In 1 ' ':' ' il
Is. like ii lily, wind
tiusiui Knl'lii, in .'i.i:,'''i '.n.t union.
Mrsti Ai. I'lin.s.
A lady Wis showin' li'.tlo Zii.
loo suiio pieluies nt birds, among
v.h'eh was 11 iiightiii'; ii -. The huiy
.old aidoo th tt il w as a lii 1 wiiiili
-nng lie 1 ul if 11 Iv in l! ninlit, iiildiiiLt :
Wo have 111 ni 1 in : 1.0 in this
"ouiiUy, as tlioy have iii Km.: I md ."
No," r plie I . till".-, piomp'iy, "but
ivo h ;vo cai s h it sing in tho niuh'.
I ofieu hoar Hit-in "--.foiv Ymk A 1-verti.-cr.
nil 1 M'.i's r; 1 it.
Not o Ivi'i'.v i,," 10 spell is soitn-.
liiiies -t rv unfoi I'l iaie for little p. 1-
p!o, as is shown by iho followin j. brief
Hory: A .'illlo :.-ii- nmuetl Su ie Simw
line day In i a f iii v, w ho said lo hen
"I w ill make you, as a biithd iy pro
mi, anything Ihn inn ma) ak of mo
in willing. " s i.i:- had mg wished
for a pony, so -h,. mn hnnio, ami, hnr
lowing lu-r ni imn: i's pen and ni. r.
wrole: ' lloar I airy, please in .l.e
lU'iliilllo boat ' "." The 111M I n- 11
ing when she aw"," she was so h,,.i; -o
t'uil she c nil, I I .1 - I! y speak :ih.ie a
whi-por, ami -he never got the p.-ny.
Wiisii'l it a piiy i;, 1; .-ho noyli oled hi r
spelling book ?
1 111 i.r. k v.iur.
Hear ,1,-iek : M y I inlrodm o (
yt ur favoi able loiioomv fiioii.i M-.
Kin k.-i j hi of Sou'1! Aiiu-i i.-a.
'i'o begin Willi, ho is pureU Ameri
can Ih' never h is I e -ll found nn Iho
I'.aslorn liciui-pliciv, Ihouyli eor'.aiu
tlislanl rel.nivos nf his make llo-ir
hollies thl'.o.
In size th" is i ii Is : j. i resembles a
l.iriro cat. I'roui hi- p.c ure you in'ithl
fancy ho l,e' 111. . I In tho 111. ni.. -y
liib", but il.o hear family claim him.
His long lail is very mol'iii in clinili
i ni- from tieo 10 live, for lie e 111 h.i ig
or swing by i: its easily i.:,nv monkey,
in eaplivily he toils ir r.,iiml an.!
ri.timl, iiii it looks lii," a tlm k unit,
and he uses it as a hlanl.o! or mat lies'-,
w! ii ii 'Vor he ehoo.oi.
His tonyuo is re.inai kal'lo in that it
is very lorn.'. In his 11, rv" h.iunis he
lives 011 iii-eols ami sw.ei 1111,1-: and
w hen he limit w il.l hoi! v l.o . .m ii!ers
hinisoif very lucky ; bed. His
liliimt for ibis tlainly In- v. ii him
ailothi'l' IIIIIIIO " ho'li . 1 , !'." In
(iliiaiuiiii; Hit- honey si . i i ereviees
of rocli or hollow in is hi- i :
loll", lie is very Useful - in fuel, ho
colli. 1 not d 1 without il.
Ills head is round, and 1,'- ens me
like those of a eat, nn I, like '.ho -.it.
hi- habits are nocturnal Hi- fur ii a
tawiiy-yel ow, a (rillo it ul.'i' on tho
back than underneath.
Hm, beautiful as be i- 11 lo ,k ul,
I e is good as ho is heau iful. Though
. ..en caught and (nine 1 h" longs for
his nalivo land and h;- free, happy
life in (lie forest, ho 1.1 a ill- rii for
(bo most pariioiilar. I! i- m, mi
chiovuus; hu it) neat, he is uon.l
(euipered, and 119 loving ami : il'oction
ate as a child.
Ouo of the-o really beautiful crea
tures, owned hy a lady, was ouo
night seeking somo sued 'nod nf
which he win exirenn !y fund. Ho
fancied that il was coneo aied in some
V.iso on the parlor liianieh In-toail of
KUiasliiug all lln; bric.a-brac, as 11 mon.
key would have done, ho look one
vase at a lime, eMiuiiuetl it (wilh his
tongue, I fear), and then set ii care
fully 011 the 11 'or. Picture-, !
wire iMiiniiied. being m;lu.:'!y taken
fiom the wall- and placed gently on
the floor bt'sitlo 1I10 v ises.
In the inornin when his nwner
pnlered Iho room, -ho foiiml no more
mischief done than an a!isol;re!v new
ai ran-;einonl of her oh dee oruamculs
mid engravings.
Mr. !iu!,ai 01 hi- ono nil her In,)
habii which I wiii I. meli upon I 1 i tl y .
S inet illios, in tin- fore-M, he Iris h, en
Known lo -iiaieh moihor-bii ds oui nf
(heir nests wilh lh. -e tlofl lilile el.iws
of his, and th ink Ihe contents of iheir
eggs; sli'.l, so h ng as t his bad pr M'
tice is 1 iiiilimd to hi- Imiii', we will
not C 'lisui e lii tii too sevcrelv, Imt
think w ilh g i' i! int. le of (Mir own lack
of faiilis b ilh at h Hue ami nbinad.
I'orfcir all of p'lir con;:r,'"Ti! ion
wiii at nuce send md 'ts for a kinkn.
jmi, I must toil on lhat his 1 1 . 1 1 1 . is
in tluiami. Ycii' 10 1, and the Tniled
S'ules of (' il-'iuSia I. ike the inonke ,
h 1 ha- nlw ay- In en iici-ilsloinod ut 'he
Win ni, liioi t c Im 'le of tho Ifnpi'-al
("losis, ami I, .loos not long sn.viv"
II removal to a e .'d 1 ("iiinii v. f t.
Xadio'iis.
PRECIOUS STONHS.
Knormons Ciijiilal is Invcsli'il in
riifir PioHiiriion.
Little Mining for Gem:; in iho
United Stato-3.
P. otu Iho custom- import li,', after
tlediietiug Ihn iip!ii.iiii:i!e vnlito of
out slums, other thin diamonds, we
lind, says ( loot;;! - Kim in the Ki.
liinecring and .Mining .loiirua1. thai
import duly w a- paid 011 ah nil if I 'Jo,,
(inii.iiiiii worlh of out diamond- in the
la-l 'Jl years, of which if '.'. 01.11, nun
Worth iu'Im imported tlnr'niL: Iho la-l
'l years. In Im'.s if l.iind.iiiii) worth
Wi l e imporled and iiliou! I . 'Jbfi.i i ,in
ill IM'.T, bill ahe.it ifll.f ,'"i" worih
in I"., inn', in Is.s-.i, ahinif ii I :;.i on,.
(HID, or 10 to l'J limes iis Iii 1 11 V li- 'J"
j curs lie vii ills, showing the inor. a-u
of Wealth ami the great popularity of
the diamond ntiioiig Atirrioans, ih
ecvious figures ropi-'seul ing th i in -nii
1 pt ices, cM'iu-iie of mounting or
ilo.ilers' pitdils, and 110 ucciiuul taken
of 'ho-e flung detl.
The pndnthle value of all llio dia
lmiuds in tin) world is i-siiinaltd at
over (Mie biliioii dollar. I h entire
(liatnoii'.l 1 ratio is irri.-d mi by '"'i
th-aleis. with a total sin, !, of not far
from ::.'.i',iMiO,iifiti, ' h,.,,. stones an.
prepared I'm- lnai l.i t by p -i h ip- 4.:.nn
cllKeiv, and polisher-, principally 111
A iii-I. rdam. Autweip, Paris, the .turn
.Mountains and the I 'nilo I Stales. A
limited amount of fining is aNo tbnu'
in Iviglmnl. About 1 iin-n u' dia
inoiiils in the Pniied States. The
iliaiuond-i'iM t ing imliislry is develop,
ing rapidly in iht- coiiuiry. In New
"i nrk there are .sixteen linns engaged
in flitting ami n-iiiiting diamonds,
and in Massachusetts Ihere nie Ihrce,
Culling has also been carried on at
time ill l'enu-y! uii.i and Illinois,
but has been tlisioutinuo l.
I''orly 1 1 . i 1 i i 1 1 1 1 carats of diamomls.
weighing over nine tons, h.,ve been
found in Soul h Afiiia. In iho rmi -It
Ihoir aggrogato value was Sg.'ni.iliin,
bt'i'l, which is iiioio than Ihooniiro
ilianiond yield nf the world during
tho past two coin 111 io-. (If the whole
production pel hap- s per cent are of
liist waier, ! .' pel- cent, of t he sec, ml,
and 'Jo per emit, of the third, while
the ri 111 n i it i it l; I'i per ce'.il i-know 11 a
holt. I p to the pre-ont tiine there has
1 u very iiiiln mining for pivei uis
mones in ilm l uiied States, an I this
only at inegulai- iiilorv.i's. It, has
hi-oii can i"d mi tint ing Hi" pas! low
years at Pali-, Mo.; near I, is (Vr
r.'l -s. X. M. ; in A'examlor ooiiuty,
X. '.. li 1 1 111 !ssl 11 1 1 i 1 I s, and on
the Mi--ouii 1 iv,-;-, near Helomt. M.uii.,
since the In-ginning of IV"). True
beryl- ami garntcs have been found
f retpienl iy as n by-produo in the min
ing' of mi. a, i'-peeiaily in Virginia
and North ( arniimi. A very limited
number of diamonds h ive been found
in the I'liiied States. I h -v are inol
widi in well-ilelineil ibstiiels of
California, North Carolina, tio rgia.
and recently in Wi-onsiii. but up
(o the pio-ont time ihe tli-c..vorios
lmve been ran- and purely .-1 , -i I . 1 1 : 1 i .
As to sapphires, none of the' I'm" blue
o dor have been found. The same fao1
is Into of rubies of tine red nil'T.
The only lnc i'iiy which lias been al at!
prolific is the p'.-ieer ground between
li'iiby and llldorado bar.-, on ihe Mis.
sniiri liver. Hi miles cast of H.'ieiia,
Mon. Ib-tv sapphires are f mini in
glacial iiiiiiforoiis I'tavels w.iilo sluic
ing for gold, and until now have- been
considered only a b -prod i' t. The
colors of the gems oblaim d, although
beautiful and interesting, nr.- i.ol the
Ulan. laid blue or rod shades popu nr
with the public. The einera.d has
been mined lo some ctont at ;,uiv
Poilil, in Alev.'l'der cmiii y, X ('.,
Illid has also been oblaii id at two
olhor places in the eniiulry. T111-pioi-o,
which wa- wo:l,ed by the A.,
lees befi'te tl,o advent of the Span in d-,
and hiine then by ihe I'lulili' Indians,
ami laig.lv Use I by Iheui for m ini.
Incut and as ,111 aiiiele of c xel. inge. is
now s steiiini it-ally mined near I.os
Corillo-, X. M.
An Ingenious Orange Peeler.
A reuiai kahlv ingenious ami simple
orange and lemon poeb-r is now being
inli odui ed by which il is ! .1 1 thai
1',(M) oranges may bo pochd without
soiling tingor or glove or losing a tli o,,
of juice. The peeler is a pieoo of
w ir--, niekol-j latt d. - ry much in the
r-hapo of a button bonk, bat with a
tiny blade !el into the inner bend nf
the h ink. When the point of the honk
is drawn into the fruit it slides be
tween the pulp nml iho pe l wilh ut
danger nf tillering ei:le , while tho
''ado divides the pool i-a-iiv and fin,
i.l'v, lifter w liii !i it lit .y be removed
without limil 'e, -r hi, igo M-ialcS.
Shooting nn Alligator.
The oars wore stopped, resting in
ihe walor; th" -I; ill' hill f turned, drift
ing in the sluggi-h lido: tho long
In'.im of III" lauleri! with its oval
did, of dim ligh' resting f ir out on
the !irf.iee. swept slowly itrouml
over iho waleio looking for the (wo
io-t lights. Ten minu'es or moro
thus pa-sod, and sml leniy llio two
10- t sptrl'.s igloiiiuod back in a new
ilircciioii. A geiitie, noiseless juish
on lln-001 1 our beiitlodlhe skill' lownril
llietu iioiiin. " I otieeinoiit !" whis
pered Paul. Hi.- a-s.ieiiilo, Mill more
gently, guided the boat to tin: left, liii
only one light shone from the ubsctire
ol.j'Mt in the w..ler. Tnis- showed
ihat be. bad got on its side, (is was
desired, because a forwaid fehot al-wav-
glances. Cautiously the silent
0:11 -man again turned hi- craft to llio
right. Paul ifihetl bis long lit! - loioly
to lire. The di-k nf th" lantern on
the walor, (-(iiiinieting gradually,
grew proportionately more bri iiiint.
A it oniitt ai led Iho solitary light
shining back on the water from its
eeiitre lioeamo linger and brighter, till
at la-t the eye of iin- great snitiiiiu
glittered as if ho had llio "lioh i-noor'
11- elf in his head. S'.iw iy, siiontlv,
iioaior the boat moved. lid
w ii bin ton vai ii-of the n plile. The
glow of Iho liiuierii flashed 1 long Iho
barrel nf the rill" for a low seeonds;
then came the ringing repmt. Tho
light mi llio water in-lanlly went out ,
and tho glow of (ho llinloi n, 110W
shining in a circle only a few foot in
di.iineler over the place il tli-apj can d,
showed only a f. w foamy huhblos
ami lit 1 In whirlpools. Thirty -crouds
pa-- d in sj ,.; (hen an immense
dnk form houti lo.l I,. .tilth" tb'pths
below above the surfao" of (In! wilier,
ainl, rolling over on ils hack, showed tho
broad, yell w-w hile body of an enor
mous 1 lligalor. The shuddering reptil '
remained otherwise moti miIo-s for a
few niiniiles; then spasmoilicallv
slielihing and siilloniiig it- ugly legs
and fee;, mid Imping hilfits length
in llu- air, foil iia.-k again, healing
the waier with ils tail in blows . mind
ing as loud ai the report of the weap
on which had -liiii him. "'lii tlie
li," 111 ii 1 1 01 -. 1 Pin! in :iu accent of
pilot tl iuiupli. His a--oei'itt', afior :i
few t','!ainations of in u-e vohtahlo
.nlui:rall''ii. im led aiiiilier .-igaroUo,
ami tpiictiv inr.ied his bi.it nil in
-o in h of otlo'r g .in :. In a f"W hours
nf thi- hum ing live uliigators were
shot. - f Tho 'onl ury.
liliytiicle-s Wtirils,
There are in the llngl.-h hinguago a
number of words which have always
been the despair of w ould-be nets
v. ho ilesiii! to put their f incif il or
romantic or pallutie idea- into rhyme.
When a pool utiles with il.al sublime
disregard of rhyme ami meter which
charai lot ios Wall Whitman be is imt
troubled with (lie liiuilali.ni of making
' Iho end of one lino re-emhle in sound
the end of another, but rhyme hist
j about it something so nili active to tho
, t iilinary oar, at lesst in llnglish, thai
I il will probably ooniinii" to bo in use
ja'ways. Among the Latin poets of
j I lie ehi-sical ago, nn tlm contrary, a
j ihyiue w as deemed a Mcmi-h, and we
j .'in imagine lloraeo or Virgil or Mar
tial struggling as liar I to avoid a
J 1 liytuo as some of our poets have to
1 do to find one.
1 Si'tne of tho rln tneloss words in
l'ngii-li will occur lo any one al nuce.
j A word, for in-lntnv, like "cusp''
I carries its ow n c inden. nut ion for
' rhyming uses, for tho sound i- an 1111-11-uai
one, a id it is no wonder (ha; it
j has lint been duplicated. "t'uiui" is
I another obviously hopcle.-. word, ami
! "guil" i- still another. Thoro are, in
a l, nineteen words which have been
declared Ulil'hy limbic by eoiilpeli-iit
au'hmiiy, 110 less a rhunc-ier than
Tom Hot tl, 11ml the li-l I- as follows:
I'.iiec, fliiiuiiey, coif, crimson, 111 in,
.cusp, fllglle, glllf, IlilVe, lllici ncosui,
mouth, oblige, orange, rhomb. - :tro,
se.'iif. silver, widow and window.
S.in Tranci-co ( 'iirnliiclr.
1 The lliiiue nf the I'ntalo.
Tlie worn! owe. Ciii;e .t ,),.,,( ,,f
j grid l lido w hirh w ill noier be paid,
; for (hal CMinuy is agreed by botn li-ts
; lo bo (be unlive home of Iho w bile, or
! round, coiiimonlv ralh d 1)10 "Irish, ''
potato On the we lorn slopes of ,e
hilt an Amies the potalo plant si, II
j,iow s wiid in a form so -itniiar lo
, (hal of ihe cultivated variety as to bo
.easily rroogni.iible. The cul I i vat ion
of the plant spread into Peru and New
.raiiitti i aiimil the 1 im,-of the l lnro.
I . tin eoniU.'-l, nml into Virginia and
X nth Carolina in tlio lalior half of
lie- sixteenth century, about (he samp
time that it was taken In liurope. The
w ild pot. ito, however, grows only in
1 bile. The tubers are about (be sio
i marbles, hn have all the taste anil
chiirnrtoristit's of the cultivated
' 'i-tlt."s. (jiobo-l)eiuociat.
Nil veil.
ITer lic.trt is the court nf love
Wherein I mil being tried ;
I usk the power. above
That she may l.ir'iiii my bride.
Her "110" tn me w ill be death
Ah. Milled is nil Ihe strife,
fur "i-s" w itii a -mile she saitll :
Tin- villi' t is thus "for life!"
-ll hiir A I Hi'ston. in Munsi'i'i. Jliig.'iine.
Ill MOKOl S.
A slow match- Tho courtship of a
bashful young man.
"S molliing that should be looked
itilo" n Microscope.
It is the "sweet buy and buy" at
Ihe candy simps all tho time.
Hgotism i- a failing w hich is inva
riably posses-id by (he olhor follow.
Prnfessor What is the most neccs
siry tool in plying Iho vocation of U
watchmaker? H igln Pupil Piiors.
petielop, 1, you see that liaml
snino foilow by the piano? I rejecletl
him nuce. l'ordita That's nothing.
I lei. ctou him tw ico.
Miini.igo seems never fo innrh a
failure In a in lii a- whet) something
goo- wrong at home that he can't
po-sibly blame on his wife.
Tlie Hostess I.et mo introduce you
to Mr. Hinier, the fa us poet, Mr.
I It-sit. You must be acipiainleil with
hi- beautiful poems. Mr. Dosslt
(retired) Oh, yes; I've wruppoil up
tons of butter in '1:111 !
Sh" (at her d.-sk 1 I ar, ploaso toll
me how to spell cnsluni'. I'm writ
ing to mother about my iovely now
gown. II" - Weil. 111 j on re oly 'i She
Y, s. H. C-o-s-t. c ,-t. She Y'cf..
Ile-T- ., t... Mn Weli? Ho M-e,
me 'Jl", a jet unpai'.l. she You're
a wi etch.
'She nay be well educated, as you
say, but -he 11-o.s very singular ex
pressions." "She does:'" "Yes; yes
terday, I'm- iiihlai-.ee, she spoke of a
musical cMi"ott." "Wasn't llmt cor
rect?" "Certainly imt. It wasn't
Hoc, -ary to -ay inn-ica! in speaking
of a ooiii f i t. A 1 rt must bo mil'
si. a!.'' "Must, eh? Well. Pvo beci
at some t h;ii w ere 1101 ."
How i-'ai! I aintliat li :qi vi nr's emit-,
1 1I1. I'.iur. bright ami sunny !
I'"r eery single girl I know
II. is . tat li- am! -tii.'lis ..f iimney.
Oilier renple's I'rii ileu'cs.
Tho pie-limp tioii-ni'ss of snmo
people is past ilidurnnce," remarked
a lady recently in cnnveriiation. "I
allowed mv lillie girl to spoiul an af
It'innon Willi :i fiiond, and when sho
returned her 1 i 1 1 ! ears bad been
p;oivod ami a pair of earrings hung in
tin in. I looked upon it as an unwar
lantcd piece of impertinence, and tho
present of the rings did not reeoneilo
too In it in the least ."
"That reminds me," said another
lady, "of my experience w ilh ined-d'ers--
for I cannot call litem anything
else. I sent my litlio daughter out to
walk wilh a friend who, because, tho
child complained of a rioHmclic, took
her to a demist and had two of her
baby teeth pulled. When I remote
st! ate.! she sail! she hud paid Iho lull.
Ii wa- Iho loss of the Iccili ami tho
f. nt ih il anybody dale to tn-ddlc wilh
in, p. iviloges ihat I regretted. Who
colli.! forgive such stupid ly?-'
Ano'icT lady told her story:
"M.- falhor sent 1110 a very fino
bunting dog, which a friend nln'rcd to
In ing lluongh ptippyhood for 1110. I
saw iho d"g ot casiou.illy and ho was
getting to bo 11 beauty, w lien 0110 day
my friend wa ked in and bunded me,
w ilh a very triumphant an, tw o if 10
lulls.
" 'I sold .las per,' she said, 'for 1
knew you would rather have Ihe
ti'O'ioy t hail I lie dog.'
"I informed her, as soon ns I could
u Mai., thai I wouldn't havo taken a
.' 1111. Ire 1 tloilats for him. or parted
1 ith him at any price, and she re-
g. ii dod mo as if 1 hm hi (ul of my snnily .
,-he Wii - aum her of those woll-tno'in-ing
blunderers who (irrogale to thi'in-st-i
ve' tho 1 ig h ' - of llieir friend.-."
Octroi: l-Yce Pre-.
I sc s of Paper.
1 hero set Ills to be prnolieally im
limllaiion to Ihe uses (o w hich paper
can be ami is applied. To tho long
list of ni'tii ies intended for personal
u-e, and in (lie i- ..liter ih tails of con
sirnetioii of rolling sioek, such as
w heels, iixlos, etc., there has been
lul led a more extensive application to
the licedh of i ci y-tliiy life by tlio
building of a hotel constructed of
this material. This novel residence,
w hich has just been flnishoil, mid is
si ualed in Handling, bus been made,
entirely of paper hoards, which, it is
said, 11 ro 1 f tho hartlness of wood, hut
pos-css an advantage over tho lulter
materia! in Ihat ihoy nrc fire-proof,
this desirable end being rflV'cteil by
impregnation with certain chemical
solutions. f Chicago Times.