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. 11,1 J,. JJH ILL J... Z)t Cljattjam Rrcord II. -A. LONDON, EDITOIt AND rilOPRJETOR. RATES ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One square, one insertion One square, two insertions One square, one month tl.Ct l.M 2.10 $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advanct. VOL. XIV. PITTSBOHO', CHATHAM CO., N. 0., MAY 2(5, 1892. no. For larger advertisements liberal con racts will be made. (Itottoi Earth's Tribute First the grain, ami !hrn t lie blailc The one destroyed, tin' other m:ule; 'J lion stnlk :itid blossom, mid again The gold of newly-inintc I grain. So Life, by Death the reaper east To earth, again shall rise at 'aM ; For 'tis the service of the soil Tn render Uoil the things of llml. John li. Tabb, in Youth's Companion. With the Prussians at Metz. r.V CHAItl.KS A. CULLMAN. Tweti'y years ago, when the Prus sians, liko n ring of iron, drew their invincible army Blnwly around the fortifications of Met., 1 found myself in k little French villtifo tluit luul just been lakeu possession uf by llio Oer liians. 1 was correspondent for a Cin cinnati pancr during what the French persist in railing the Franco-Prussian, and tlic t icrniaiit persist iu calling (lie FranoGerniati war. A low stone coping ran along the road :it t lie cud of the village, and one sunny day I stood hero loaning against the wail, beside the sentry. I'or several days only some plight skirmishes had tiikeu plaec between the two armies engaged nt this point. They were separated here by a di minutive valley, whoso sides were covered wiili that most delicious fruit for whii'h this legion (if Hie Moselle in famous bunches of glowing au tumn grapes. Tin : grapes, as 1 gn.cd down upon them, tempted mo wonderfully. knew the sentry beside me; he was a lingo I'oinerauinn, who, iu t'lo capacity of his calling, had shaved mo a Mini" bcr of times in I he capital of Prussia. Hut as I expressed an inclination to descend the hillside ami secure some of (bo fruit, the sentry shook his head. Ivu then-, said he, in llio midst of that thicket of tree and vines, the placi was nwai niiiig with Frenchmen only loo eager to get a shot at a man. 1 laughed at hi words. Why, what can you see down there, Moriiz?" I sai I. And, in truth, as we gazed down, lie fceiic seemed peacefiti enough. Two peasant women, in gaudy cos tumes, were gathering grapes in little baskets. Heroin!, on the other side of the valley, ran a wall, upon which we could catch a glimpse of lim red trousers of the French sentry lulling there. Afier a moment's hcltution I leaped suddenly ov. r the e 'ping and ran lightl' dow n the hill. Mori z cried the words of a batty warning aflei me, but the 'minds fell unintelligibly upon my cars. The two French peasant women dropped their bu-kcl- iiud ran hastily away at the sight of what they to- k to lie the approach of Olio of those dreaded Prussians. Iu another moment my parched guiiM were feasting on those famous grapes. They were delicious. 1 can taste them yet. My pleasure was of short duiatiou. From some close qit n ler a shot ramc suddenly and tore away a hunch a few inches from my ontNtielched hand. 1 thought at first that this was u joko on the part of my friend, the sentry, and was just turning about (o proles' against such grin) humor, when another shot canio in at close pox imily, but fortunately without bann ing me. The bright sun dazed my facultie for an instant. W hat should 1 do? I could not oscend that steep and un protected hill behind me and reach the stone coping alive, 1 plunged into the thicket where probably the very danger was lurk ing; and yet it was iny only refuge. 1 slipped carefully through the rows of vines until I found myself in tin she ler of the trees that covered the bottom of the valley. A little, stream ran past here, and the wood, though small, was very dense. What troubled me most was that the crackling twigs ceaselessly be trayed my footsteps. The wh dc ground was covered with dead branches. I halted and listened, after every siep, for another sound or sign of lho enemy. Of a sudden u grumbling voice broke upon iny ears so close so me that it was startling. '(Iu est il done?" inquired the gi uinhlcr, in a voice that was intruded for his companion only, but which reached me distinctly, so near were we to each oilier. The other answ cred. but bis words escaped me. They spoke together in lowried tones us they stood (here, and trom wbal I ovei heard, they "ined to think that I, lint being in uniform, was a spy trying to creep through the French lines. A udden ciarkliug ( the twigs made me retreat to the stream, ami vr,od the cM'l ( my progress. "Ah," I muttered to myself, thcre eomu lho two grape-pickers." I thought that the two Frencbnion were approaching to investigate my posi tion, but here, instead, the noiso was caused by (ho heavy sabots of the two peasant women, who advanced, peer ing tbixugli the trees, as if they were also seeking tho whereabouts of the fugitivo Prussian. There was something odd in their i appearance, and, though 1 could gain but a passing glimpse of them, I made a discovery. The two women were carrying mus kets In their hands! Those, indeed, were masculine forms and faces. And their voices! Fool that 1 was, not to have recognized t hem before. i retreated softly mul quickly, half along the sandy bed of (lie stream, half along the white stones that lay in the shallow water. Thus 1 threaded (ho bed of the stream until the voices of my pursuers grew fainter. I had proceeded some distance, and now, through the thinning trees, I saw (hat I had come within shooting distance of llio rcd-trowscred soutincl lying upon the wall, sunning himself. There were, in fact, two sentries there; one lolling upon (he wall and the other leaning against it with but head and shoulders visible, I ob served them very distinctly ; I heard their voices now and then, and the lazy y ii wning of tho ouo that lay iu the sunlight. I saw their chasscpols gleaming in tho sun and iu such closo proximity (hey wore an ugly look. I was safe, however, as their at tention was not attracted toward me, and so I turned my thoughts to my two pursuer again. 1 had heard them hunting and cursing f .r a while far in my rear, but now all noiso of (hem had died away. Happening (o turn my glance up to the s'.oiii: coping, to which ( longed to return, I saw, to my surprise, that the two ginpe-pickers bad given up my pursuit and were engaged in their for mer occupation again. Hut now they were much nearer to the coping than they had been before, and under lho cover of their pretended employment they were still slowly but suicly ad vancing. I well perceived tber ob j ct. Here was a predicament, truly. The sentinel, not possessed of au abun dance of wit, would let the two ap proach iineha liMigrd, until they were near enough to (urn suddenly and shoot lii in with their hidden weapons; am! yet were I to attempt to warn him, swift mid sure retribution would be upon my own head, both from be fore and li.'hind me. llut this was not all. At tho place where I stood in hiding the foliage that sheltered the stream grew scarce and ended. It -fore me was a wide plot of unprotected turf. On the other side of this open space the thicket there began lo stealthily be stirred. 1 saw the tops of the hushes nod. What oilier foe lay crouching there? Was there one who could see me and was aiming at me even now perhaps? Wat the thicket full of soldiers who would rush forth when the deaih-shot of the sentry above should ring out? This train of nervous fancies, how ever, was not interrupted, llising carefully from i he Inidst ut tho bushes I saw a well-known p noted helmet. .V head rose, too, and a hand that waved a greeting. It was Moritz, who, grown uneasy at my non-appearance, had stolen down to ferret out the cauc. Immense, as was the figure of the Pomeranian, yet he concealed himself very ably. I notieod from his actions that he guarded bimelf only from the view of the (wo sentries by the wall, seeming to think that screened from them ho would be safe. As he crawled carefully out into the open, thriefore, I attracted his atten tion to tho two masculine females who had gradually stolon close (o (ho eoping. The Fomeraniau knelt in tho grass ami looked up. As he noted the two figures and the intentions which thru movements betrayed, his face became transfixed with rage. So terrible was the wrath depicted upon it lh.it I was glad to tee it turned towards others ihan myself. Ono of those tigtues up there, in bis gaudy costume, had already reached the coping and with his chas sepot to his shoulder ready for tiring, peered stealthily over the stone wall to locate lho sentry. At Ibis act ami those costumes of duplicity, the large Pomeranian, re gardless of all consequences, leaped from thi) c.tith and fairly bellowed with rage. It seemed to infuriate him beyond reason that those two rogues above should have Huh deceived him. A sudden flash I nun bit gun thor ough) annihilated the disguised 6ol dier at the coping. Swinging his gun liko a club and roaring with fury, ho ran up the hill side toward the other. .Somehow his actions aroused tne to a like fury, and wo both tore madly up tho hill toward the skirted soldier who, turning, seemed struck as if by a thunderbolt at our sudden approach. Tho shot of MoriU had sent tho echoes reverberating among the lit lis. The French outpost leaped up, as if electrified, from their sunny wall: in numerable others flailed up from tho surrounding thickets. A rain of bul lets fairly peppered tho grassy slope, ltut our sudden oii-rush h id carried us in advanc; of this hail. So quickly was the Pomeranian upon his foe, that the hitter hud no timo to recover from his surprise, not even to raise bis gun. Tho onslaught of tho htigo fellow boro tho littlo Frenchman to the earth, and the Pomeranian picked him up, neck and crop, and dragged him over tho wall. Tho rcd-trousercd grape picker was then led, jeered and hooted at, through lho village a most dejected skir misher. The chassepots across lho way yelped angrily at us throughout the rest of the day; but (wo days afterward, that hillside over (hero was swarming with. Prussians, and tho iron ring had closed more closely about Met.. Dolroil Free Press. Kale is Often Fickle. An otlicer of au Illinois regiment in the civil war tells an amusing story of himself, which illustrates lho' fact lliut whilo many persons fail to get ade quate rewards for their ell'irts, others arc paid honors to which they have no right: I was acting as Major in a certain battle," relates the ofhYer, when tho brigade was ordered to carry by storm a position in whic'i tin; enemy was strongly fortified. The regiment wont forward, but when it ramu under lire, the centre wavered, whilo the wings made a dash to reach a stone wall in front, bunding the regimental line like a rainbow. I was iu the tear of the centre urging the men to push for ward, when my horse, whicu was new in tho business, took Uio bit iu his teeth, and dashed at a gallop ahead of the men and up to lho stone wall. 1 made (he best of an awkwaid situa tion, rose in my stirrups, waved my sword, mid called upon the men to push forward. Itclieving that I had gone willingly into danger, they dashed forward to my rescue, and after a furious light, we drove the enemy from their position, went over the wall, and were soon iu full posses sion of the ground that we had been directed to occupy. 1 was credited, of course, with extreme bravery. There was a grcit deal of talk about (he gallant manner in which 1 rode up to the very bayonets of the enemy. "In the end I was promoted to Colonel at ono jump, and ever aftei that I endeavored (o maintain tho standard of bravery fixed by that slub born old horse. 1 was no more re sponsible for that daring ride than if 1 had been carried there by u hurri cane. My creditable part iu the per formance was in the fact that I Was not loo badly scared lo take advantage of the position in which the horse's stubbornness had placed mo." Har per's Voting People. All Fpir in Kiuhroitlery. Probably tho only epic in embroi dery llie world contains it treasured in the Hotel do Villi! of Itayaux, France. Miss Strickland says of Ibis piece of work: "It is beyond all competition the most wonderful achievement iu the gentle craft of needle work that ever was executed by fairVind royal hands." It was done by Matilda-of Flanders, wife of Wil liam the Conqueror, am! tho ladies of her court. It isacoaisn linen cloth, i!14 feel I nig and twenty inches wide, on which it worked iu woolen I broad of various colors a representation of (he invasion and conquest of Fngland l.y the Normans. It contains lho figures of about ti''. n:eii, 'joo horses, liflv-livi! dogs, forty thipN and boats, besides a quantity of quadrupeds, all executed in the proper colors, wilh names and inscriptions over ibein to elucidate lho story. It is a valuable historic document, ns il give a correct and milium portraiture of (he Norman costumes and their manners and customs. New York Press. I'nfiirtiinale llaiikiiison. Mr. llaiikiiison Hero are some cbo-olale creams, Johnny. Do yo i think Miss Irene will be down so. n? Johnny (after slowing Ibeui away securely) les, sis 'II be down party soon, I iri'kon. I wish il was you, .Mr. Ilankinson, sit was gniii' lo many instead of that stingy old SoagsforJ. K'iiicaL'o Tribune. (tiii.iujf.va colim. A si, Mi roll IU I'TIME. A little song for bedtime, 'Vhcn, rohed ill ' lis of white, All sleepy little children set sail across the night For that pleasant, pleasant country Where the pretty dream-Hovers blow', 'Twixt the sunset and the Miiirise For the Slumber Isl.U'ds, hu! When the little ones get drowsy And the heavy lids droop down To bide blue eyes and hluek eye?, (iray iiis and eyes of brown : A thou-and boats for dreamland Are "ailing iu a row, And the ferrymen an- calling For the Slumber l-lnnd. ho! Then the sleepy little children Fill the boats along the shore. And (.'ii sailing oil' to lrcamlauil; And the dipping of the oar In the sea of sleep makes music That thechil'lri n only know When tin y answer to the boitm in's For the Slumber Islands, ho! oh. taken Ids-, my darlings, Kir you sail away from me u the boat of dreams that's wailing To bear you o'er the sea; Take a kiss and give one, And then away ou go A-saiiing into I ireainlnml. For the slumber Islands, bo' - Charles K. hetterly, in Boston Courier. A SMUM lioNKKV. A Spanish peasant living in the sub urbs of Madrid h is long been in tin. habit of repairing daily to tho city accompanied by a donkey laden w ith miik for diributiou among certain customers, line day, however, the master was taken ill, whereupon bis wife suggested that the donkey should be sent on his customary journey alone. The panniers wen: accordingly tilled with milk as usual, and a bit of paper was attached to tho donkey's head sta'l requesting the customers to help themselves to their ordinary allowance of milk and to put back the cans in the pannier. ll started the donkey, and lie returned in due course with the cans empty ami everything in order. Tho master found, upon inquiry, that tho trusty messenger had called at the right doors without mi-sing one, and also that in some instances be bad pulled the bell with his teeth when kept waiting. From U.at day forward the donkey has gone his rounds aioni. Picayune. A 1, AT KAII.UU l. There was rconily in Paris a !'.; siun, by name Dourof, who is sup posed to know more about the nature of rats than any other man living. He lias made a business of training them to do queer things, and at the same time has carefully studied their habits and ways. , A reporter who visited him and his two hundred and thirty free and Or diualily uncaged rats found him in the act of exhibiting bit "rat rail road." It consisted of a narrow track laid in a circl' upon which wcro three passenger cars large enough to hold live or six rats apiece, a baggage car, and a pretty little locomotive. Close to lho track was a small painted wooden hou-e, which served as a elation. There were switches and other railroad paraphernalia. Presently a cage was brought in, which contained a considerable num ber of rats. Dourof clapped his hands together three times, and all tho rats came tumbling out of the rago and swarming into and about the little station. He clapped his bauds again, and half-a-dozen black and sleek rais very respectable, coipulent fellows climbed into the first car, which was a first-class coach. Once more Dourof chipped and half-a-dozen black and white rats, quite regularly marked, got into the second class car, while an indiscriminately marked and rather disreputable-looking company scrambled into the last car, which was third-class. A black rat, who did duty as lho station-master, promenaded up and down on tho platform of lho littlo house, while two or three small ivhite lals dragged some little trunks into the baggage-car. These were the "baggagc-sina-bcrs." A whistle wa heard; tho eriginoer rat climbed upon the locomotive, and a switchman rushed lo the switch. Again Jjio whistle sounded, and lho train inuved oil around the track. The training of the rats lo the per. forniancc jf this feat was, M. Dourof declared, xtrcmely easy except in (ho case of ll.c baggage-men, whose edu cation lit .1 ci'-l liini a great deal o( (rouble. F.acb party of "passengers" bail bee i placed one party at a time at ihrTr breakfasting hour opposito the car to w hich they bel.inged, in which some pieces of soaked bread had already been placed. Al bit sig nal they had been liberated, and had quickly found the bread. Little by liule they had been trained in ibis way to enter the proper car. Tin loeoiiiolivo was operated wilh clock-work, and the ruts had nothing lo do with it. Youth's Corupauion. AN AMERICAN TEA. "Mate" is Its Name, and South America Its Home. Curious Manner of Preparing It For Consumption. 'Taste that," said a tea merchant to a New York Tribune reporter tho other day, as hu handed him a cu riously shaped bowl, full of thin, brownish liquor, wilh something that looked like a tobacco-pipe resting in it, bowl downward. The reporter puj hit litis lo the steia of (he pipe and sucked at il cautiouj'.y. "What is it ' he c.skcd. "It lastes like weak lea." Thai's just what it is," answered the merchant, "but ii is a brand of tea I'm pretty sure you never lasted before. Thai's a genuine American lea; grown iu America, cured in Auiciica, indigenous t America and consumed iu largo quantities for for years by hundreds of thousands of Americans; and ycl I'll be bound you you never heard of it. " "Perhaps not," admitted the re porter guardedly. "What state is it ruiscdin? Is some four-story brick lea-farm down here iu Water street responsible for it ? Willow leaves, ursolic and a patent es-ence of iheine, or something of that sort, eh ?' Not at ull," said the merchant, a littlo indignant. "It's a perfectly genuine and unadulterated article, lis native state is Paraguay, and that country raises enough for its own con sumption, and about i.' n.Ono pounds annually for cxpoit to other South American countries." "Oh, South American," exclaimed (he reporter. "You misled mo by saying American.'' "Did I?" said ihe merchant sar castically. "Ami why, pray? That's one of the annoying peculiarities of this people. They're too conceited lo get iheiu,! Ives a distinctive name, but iu a lordly way dub themselves Ameri cans. They speak of l'.railiaiis, Cana dian., Chilians, Paraguayans and the olh -r millions of Americans as if they had no right to that title at ull." "Kilt about the lea," interrupted the repoi ler apprehensively. "What do you call it ':" Mate is the naino of il," replied the merchant, "pronounced 'iiiat-eh.' And many South Auicricins are very fond of it. You have just had the plcasiue of drinking il in Ihe native manner. Thai curious bowl is not made of papier-mache, as you might think, but is a gour I, trained into thai shape while growing. The natives arc experts in that line, and by bind ing the green gourd here and there wilh cords, or bending it cue way and another, they make il lake a diversity of shapes before it becomes ripe enough lo be cut, dried, -cooped out and used as au titeu-i!. It will not eland fi.e, of eotue: but the mate is first put in the gourd, and then boiling water is p.uircd on it. Alter a few moment a pipe or lube it inserted, and the 1 q ior is drawn oil' by suction. "Whal looks like Ihe bowl of the pipe," conliniii'd the tea merchant, as he lifted it from the liquid and allowed the reporler lo examine it in reality a strainer, uii.ch prevents the grounds from reaching ihe mouth. Ii is math; in Ihe shape of a bulb or ball, and Ibis one is a curiosity in it- way, for il is all woven by hatni. in very line meshes, from a species of dried grass. Metal ones aie in ire common, and lho rich have silver strainers. This is an old-style one, and I value il on that account. It iscilled a bom billa. The natives like their mate, as we would ay, rid hot. i- ell'ccl is much the same as that of the lea you arc accustomed to, siiiuubiiin and restorative, and, of course, has its enemies, who pronounce it slow poi son, and its friends, who call it the Paraguayan equivalent for 'the cup that cheers bui not, etc.'" "Is it real tea, botan'eally con sidered?" persisted the skep.ical re porter. "Well, if you come down to bot any," adiiiiilcd the merchant, "it's really a species of holly. Ilex Para guayeiisit, but il contains in large proportions the constituent which makes other leas useful, that of theine. Its eaves and green shoo: aie col lected, dried and ground up unevenly; thn is, soni" of it gets lo be a tine powder iu I he rough method of prcp aiKtion, and then again you will ti ml twig iu it an inch long. A large number of people get employment, iu its growth, preparation and export, but I am not aware that il finds a market iu any but S mth American countries." 'I lie ili.l ea-c.l i oiisii lllpl (oil of sugar in Ibis country in 'MM and IVm was .Ui:!.;'!;:; tons. (Juerr Mexican Dairies. In Mexico the dairies are not by any means models of cleanliness. "When lho cows are driven from the prairie or from Ihe inouutaiLS to be milked, they are run into a yard or corral sur rounded by high adobe wall. Mud lo the depth of a foot is iu tho rainy season amalgamated with tilth by the constant tread of the cows. The farmer must first catch his cow, and theso are not always tractable, lie then, having lassoed llio animal, makes a half hitch to the tail and draws that appendage over the back inn! fastens with a rope lo Ihe horns. ' The hind legs of tho cow are then (icd, after which the male milker calU ! for a calf, for without the presence of said calf the cow will not give down i its milk, the calf claiming the first . "pull" for the weakish lacteal, and il I must be the cow's own calf. No other ; mother's calf will do. After the calf has taken a few swallows the Mexican j lakes Ihe teals and draws the milk. These calves, sometimes (o tho Hum her of twenty, arc kept in a separate ' corral during Ihe night, away from i the mother; hence their alacrity in the ! morning to assist al the milking. The ! mill: is received in large olbts, und , generally is drunken warm and mi- strained. No attention is paid to the cow's bodily comfort, and if she can- j not find siillicieiit food about the 1 prairies she must go hungry, as they ! are never fed in stable American i r armor. ; Pierre and Hick. The great gilt cage of the mocking, j bird Pierre stood in the sunny wi'i- ; dow. Dick, the canary, iu his rage, . and Julie in hers, bung near him. Then they would slug and chatter all ; day long. Sometimes the cage doors ' were opened, and tho two canaries j could fly mid hop about as long as ; they pleased. They always went : back iu their little houses themselves , when (hey were tiied or hungry. One day Julio Hew up on ihe mock- , ing-bird's cage, and he picked her on her breasf, and pulled out a bunch of ; her dear little yellow feathers. He held them in his bill while he hopped back and forth a few times, and thou let them go. They fluttered about, ' and settled down on the carpet. Poor Julie watched them, and looked so , sorry. Dirk watched llicm too, and j looked at Julie us if he wished he could do something for her. Then a bright thought seemed to come lo liim for he hopped around and gathered all those sweet liule feathers iu his liny bill, and look them to Julie, and laid them down al her i feci. Did he think she could put thciu in again? Harper's Young People. The Fin per or niiil (lie Sausage. That astonishing youth, (he Fm peror William, touched the universal heart of the Fatherland the other day ( when he accompanied the King of Wurtemburg to ihe barracks at Pots dam. When their serene majesties reached lho canteen a tremendous kctt'cltil of sau-ages was simmering on llio lire. Wilhelin II., (icruiau Finperor, King of I'i ussia, K. (i.,ctc, ; asked for a sausage, and when a min istering spirit rushed oil for a plate, knife and fork from the ;.ocer' inessi the r.'injn ioi stopped him saying, ' "Never mind lho fork. Just hand the sausage over id ine. A hot sau sage tastes better when eaten without a knife or fork!" and ho tuck the dainty between bit imperial fingers, lie who takes William for a fool hits got hold of the wrong man. This is the very man to in mid the (Jermaii nation liko claw (Christian Leader. The Submarine Sentry. A novel little instrument just in vented is attracting great aCriitiou in F.nglisli iiaulir.il circles. It is called the submarine sentry mid is made of two pieces uf board so shaped that when lowered overboard from a mov ing ship it dives umler water to thu 1 full extent of the wire that holds it, , and there it stays quietly enough tin- j (il it touches Indium, when i: rings an ; alarm on deck. Il it said to work ! perfectly in practice, and that iu ship : provided w ith it could get into shoal water without the otlicer of the deck being instantly apprised of il, New Orleans Picayune. Horns of the Rhinoceros. The born of the r)iiuoceron is noth ing nioro than a protuberance coni poied of agglutinated hair. Cut it iu two, am), examining its structure un der the microscope, it will be found that it is made Hp entirely of littlo tubes, resembling hair lubes. Of course, these are not themselves hair, but the structure is the same. Tho horns of the Afiicau rhinoceros some limes grow to the length of four feel. From them the Dutch Iiocrs make ramrods and oilier ar-icles. "Heroes." F; Bk to nie not of the weary, Speak to me not of the sad, Tired am I of the dreary, speak lo me some of the glad : Lead me to smne of the cheery. Away from the moaning and mad. I.i that arc murmuring ever. Hreast- that arc trembling with pain, Fjes whose tear-drops cease never. Hearts that catch up the refrain; All in their maddest endeavor, Compassion, not jir.iise.will they gain. Brave arc those that arc bearing Silently troubles that stitip; Uruve as the Captain that's wearing A smile while his warriors bring Tidings of battle ill-faring Hearing bis own death-knell ring. Sjiiak to me long of Hit few, (i'ivc me the tale of the dumb, Those whose last arrow sjied true, Vet only brought them a crumb; Tin y are brave warriors, too, And noble, though silent and numb. Let me In ar of Ihe weak. Oppret, yet hopeful and string, Tell iiif some of the meek. llurdeneil. yet simriiig their song; They are the heroes 1 seek On lilc 's hard journeys and long. Victor J. iicllcfiii. In Picayune. HIMOUOIS. A crying evil A baby. Take boarders if you think it will pay, only don't try to board a moving train. Girl customer Whal is tho nicest tiling in veils? Clerk (smiling) My best girl's face, 'tircat snakes, Tighlgrip, what use can you find for such a hard pencil?" "I keep ii to lend."' A lame defence may be very effec tive if it's iu the case of a man who uses a crutch for a weapon. A miss is as good as a mile. This is probably why a man doesn't fool the) distance when lie's got a nice girl with him. A young man can never gain favor with a pretty girl by telling her how pretty he thinks some other girl of bcr acquaintance is. The kind of love that will buy diamonds when in funds it nioro plentiful than ihe sterling sort that will taw wood if necessary. Mr. Harrison Why, I declare, Miss Funny, your in. imina is getting quite stout. Miss Fa'iny Ah that ii because wo all make so much of her. Minister The lovo of money is tho root of all evil. Parishioner That isn't the worst thing about money. "Ah! What is?" Tho difficulty ot getting it." Millionaire (to family lawyer) Well, there! I've made all the bcqetisti I care to and i?.V).)0 remains. Family Lawyer It will probably take all of that lo prove that you were of sound mini when you gave away the rest. Valuable Insects. Last July James Sbiiiu of Nilcs, Cab, imported from Smyrna the bbistophoya, an insect which fertilizes the edible Smyrna lig of comiucrco by conveying lo the blossoms the pollen of the wild fig, but as l hey arrived at the wrong lime the insects died and Jio results were obtained. Professor Oustav Mi-en, who is now in Lower California, has discovered a wild fig inhabited by the bbistophoya and hi! recently sent a collection of the figs full of insects to K. W. Mag lin of this city. Yesterday tho insect were placed on the wild figs at Mr. Shcvrr's orchard, in the hope that they would find an entrance to tho fruil and propagate. If tho experiment nccccds the thousands of Smyrna llgs in the Stale now sterile from want ol propagation may be made productive, and the problem of raising Smyrna ligs here will be solved. San Fran cisco Chronicle. Looked Confused. Mother (in her daughter'! boudoir) 1 like that young man exceedingly. While he was iu the parlor waiting for yon, I happened tu go in, and sur prised him reading the Bible The silly boy looked dreadfully confused, just as if true piety wcro sommhiiig to be ashamed of. I soon set his mind at rest on that point, and he seemed quite relieved. The Young Man (al tho club) That girl is oO years old. 1 saw it in their family Hible. INcw York Wecklv. The Secret of the low worm. In l lie glowworm, and iu tho firefly, especially iu the splendid spcciei which abound iu Cuba, Professor S, P. L'liigley has found that light il emitted with no wasteful partnership whatever wiili rays of heat. How soon will genius, keen o eye, skillful of hand, read lho secret of this tin) craft-man and translate it into tn en gine for ihe illumination of Ihe world -Courier-Journal.