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VOL. XVI.
IT1TSI0R() CHATHAM CO., N. C, AVIUL HI, J8UI.
NO. 31.
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EDITOR AMD riiOPRlETOH.
If rf J if
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'Dip Top Floor.
N"iv ?piiriHs Imilil their ii" ts
I'llil'Tlll'lilli I ho ellvi'S :
J can nliii-v-l Imii'h tln'ir Itch-Is
In tin' straw and leaves.
From lh" Imii ('s m'it t In' way
Curious pigeons n"-r
Al me ns I rhyme oii' li il:iy -
Only t.'iiaiil lure.
H"W they pout, Nii'l im and kiss
All tin- bright l;iy long!
I run h'.irn a. trick frmn this :
Levi- -mill tlii ti n snip!
8"n- fr six m-ii.'"! It i- v-HI;
.'r tlii' iini' ii' Mi'iits
Pri'i'ly ;is thf notes th.it -.well
From tin' birds' rh'iir throat-.
H'Ti's ii song linn : I.lh' Is .-wi'rt,
T'l-'iifjli it hurries In ;
Cheerily th" world I gnM.
Tq- siv stone, hih.
Knowing I'I'I" "I it. . nl". ,
I I. .vr ti. th" Mlii.';
Ijiivt' who will ii t "lenli lh" -tans
In th- window Hi' i.
Ami 1 h"li .i man may lev"
Nobly, truly, uh n
H" i- h-lpod s . far ;il. .v
Ml Ids fi'll.'ivin.'ii!
For Ii" lin'.'it Ins ii purer iiir :
liys are ni'i'r lim ;
Btnrs Hint ting" th" .'itiii-''Jph"r
Brighter .- i i I" him.
Hun." nr.- wnriu-r it at l"ii -I,
Shin" with gi",-it"r gr.i.-" ;
N.iliiri' i, his "ill's Ug, pri-.-t.
All I III- temple spa
Aii'l th" world' . rii'l" V"!"i"' ri-
Mm line ui-Jv aloft ;
Fur th ' ilii-liii In th" skies
M"lls (I'l l llllk.'.- t lli'lll s..ft.
In ii v'.-iin-l lii' iim-t I-
Far from Im-v throngs ;
Little sparrow, chirp to hip :
Ti,.-h my soul ymir song.'
TH"h !! th.it It -I s v. -rl-l 1 - swot,
Ih-.-iL-h I it-v-ll iil-ovo.
With th'- I'lint hil In n h -t
In tli - 1'H'hs o! !-.".
Bine mil 1'inlil your htlh- n-ts
rinl rii-'iith tin- nr. .
Though ih" h-.iil t ' i :i t Im vm .-tj
With life's frl- leaves.
Ring ' for lif- I kind and sw"--t
As it liurrii lo :
Cli""rly th" W'-rl l v "r."-t,
t'ji six st-Tii s high !
-i. i.. si ax ro, in Atlanta i'"tii-tittit!on.
A TELEGRAPHIC TICK.
"When I wus n young iiuiii," rc
marked tin- traveller, sitting l-y t lit
hotel stove oik; night. "I huh fur alntut
rive yenrs n telegraph operator, inut it
was Hie making of 1 1 1 v fiirtiuie."
"Nolioilv ever ln'iir-1 nf n trli'j;rnh
opeiHtor pettinj; rifli," i n t i-1 i t . I n
youiiK limn who tiltin-; js."ii) n
mouth ns n t-lii-kt-r nt tlm milt'oai!
Btftioii,
"Iniliri i-tl v tlii v limy," sn I tin
trHvrllcr. "tlmiigh jxis.-ilih- imt ii i t
hs I iliil. To jfii mi with my story.
W III 11 I Mill. 'J.'l WHS M tit llllWII illtll
IMi'xicn with n lot nf ntlii v nnTiitiirw
to liiiiiilli- Ihf tii-ki'ts fur ii iirw liii
they wcrr linililiiiLf thin'. I hail
charge nf ii BiTti'in of tin- linr, mill tn
facHiliitnrtt r.s wcro in n town of ulunit
1,500 prnpli', uhirh uiih n (-nrt nf Ii
Million nihil, for ii lii miiiiuo rnuiitiy
in tin- iimmitimiH iiihI it hk ii t.uili
iliici', 1 1.11 yiiii. I liiul in v
rouiii nt tin- tuvrrii, tin- hitiil
lni'il nt wliirh wns mil' nf the Hiiiunth
t'nt vilhiins Mill rvi'f miw. Mr rmilil
c)uiik Kii"lish iiiit' will, nml hinl thr
fiilltiilrnrr nf nil tin- t fit jrrii ! I ii'nilc,
t'Xr.'it myself, anil, Mitiirlmw, I hio--jieetril
him finm the very lin-t. After
I lnnl lee!i wiirkin:: tin re nlmut n
liiiinth we luiil h in M iiMtinii in the
fliRpe nf the nliiliietiiHi nf mi I'nljsh
iniili, whnnwneil mie nf the t'ir-ic-st
initio in th im i ii n t u i ns mi 1 lie wns
liehl fnr miiKoin. Tin liripiih h wimteil
3-"iO,(IOO fnr him, nml the iiuthnrit ies
tliil nil they emiM to I'liteh the liiiml
nr rrheiH' the i i.-mirr, Imt w ithmit
avail. They eiiiihln't timl hiile hit
tinir nf rolilnT nr I'!ii'jlisini!iii. Imt the
deiniitiil fnr rimuniii still stnml. IM
lift-n tiliine ilnwii the l:n fur ii week,
im'l when I enme Inn l t- mv luun I
never hiiw n mini in snr. h iitnilie stute
of grief nver liny ii-ci- nf n in 1 rn 1 -
1 Hill lis tint lllll'llnlil wns. I III Ii ill. In
wan ho Hurry tlmt I hi eaiiie hnrry fur
him, nml liegmi to think he wns imt so
lnnl after nil. That uilit I retireil
iilimit 1 1 n'elnek, nlnl just us I wns mi
the I'niiit of fnlliii' iihleep 1 heniil what
1 thought wns ii erieket or rut her ii ileiith
xvfltch klinrkiiiK mi the heavy wnll nf
mnHonry Hfiiiiust w h eh my Im stmnl. I
rould hear the faint kiini kin;.; nf the
Imp, Imt not lieiii" i.iim lstitiniiH, m i . I
little ntti lit ion to it nii'l went to sleep.
Oner or twice iliirinp the ni-;ht I
rolled over uneasily and fancied I
could lit HI' that ilealli wiiteh still plil;:
ging i,hv. dust lii'fni,' diiylu'eiik I
ht'iird it Heniil, nml niiide up my ti i it I
to make a little inu stiatiou in the
moruiti).' ami see wleit matiiier of in
sect a 'dentil watch' win anyhow. At
7 o'clock a knock nn my door wakened
mc for breakfast, and at thst I thought
the drnth watch must have found a
hammer mid chnuril h's Iiiihd of
operaiioiis, Imt when I lnnl my even
fully opened, I answered the knock
and heard the caller ( alter iilntip down
ill1 hall to another door. As 1 1m in :
hod pninyiii',' fnr a inoint nl or two the
p;tlll nf Inivili;; to jset up, I heard mv
di'ith w,i!eh ii ;iiin, this time ill I lie wall
near mv lit inl, and 1 licpau to listen.
" 'Tick, tick.' it went, tlcti svvrinl
ticks, Imt J eoul'l im! srr any siu of
IniH or iii.-ect.
"Tick, ti'k, tick, tick,' it went
aain, slower nml faster, nml faster
and slow., r, irregularly I thought nt
Hist, Imt in a moment or two bn I be
came ne"ustoiiieil it, I discovered it
WHS l,ot ilTe-ltlM.
"I'lien all at inc.- I sal holt upright
in bed, with my ears almost st.indini;
straight from my head, and the next
iiiinut ' 1 had laid llio side of mv fiiee
flat a'iinst tin- wall. I think my heart
must lene ticked leu linn s to that oth
er's ticki'i" unci as I pressed my tar
ti;:M h -r i u -t th" wnll, nml then I
alnio-t yell 'd at m v dis 'overy, but a
second thought eaiiie ami I kept still.
" 'Tick, tick, tieketv, liekety, lick.
tick.' went th;' noise, and 1 read tin
ti'le;;rnph siirtmls.
" 'Help,' they said, 'help, for (i-id'f
s ike. I am tin- prison- r they ai t- hold
ing I'm- ransom ami the landlord is in
league with the brigands. '
"My w its came to me tin n. mid tit U -
my; a h iimii-r I h id in mv s nail kit. 1
ticked b-t. k :
"Keep up ymir i'iiiiiii;,'!'. I nm th
Ameiieiiii (elerapli nper itor mid wili
have you out of th it as soon as I c
"i t a force here. '
" 'Then I dressed tpiickly, went to
my breikl'a .1, which I at- as usual, fi
I was nfriiid to do any thin;,' to eeit
.--iispieion, and went out to si o what
kind of a eomliinnti:;ii I could oif-nn-
i;i to save mv m m. Tin- town poller
I believed, weit in c illusion with th"
bri-and', an I I e mid not c . to them.
At th-comer of tlm street I met the
I (Ml. Hold.
"'Ah. Mr. American,' In said, al
most in tears, 'we h ive heard untliim
ot the poor, unfortunate p iitlrmnn,
but t lii-rt- Iihm- just arrived in the
town 0'l pivi nmeiit troops and they
will hunt the luui'ileiel'.-i tlow 11 n lid do
justice to the poor jirisoiirr. Tl-i-re
eiiuie the ifeiitlemii'i in command now,'
nml lookiii"; a., the landlord pointed,
I k.i w n Mexican ca airy rnptniii with
two aides walking.
" ' They are j,'oin: to stop at my
lions",' evelailiied the landlord cheer
fully, 'ami I must "o to prepare for
them.'
"lb- hurried away and I waited for
the ntlicers. In n few miuuti's I had
told my story and in a very few inure
minutes Ihey had hurried back to their
company, ami I was on the tavern
steps w ith the landlord w h"li the whole
body came up. Tiie landlord was nil
bows and smiles, and the oflieers came
up smiliii.-; themselves. In two min
utes more they Imd seized him and
ipiietly, so as to cause no alarm, we
took him to my romn mid I telcirrnphod
to the lu isoner to know how to r;et
into his pen. He frave me directions
ns ho best could and after n tlillicnlt
search, as the landlord swore liv knew
1 n 1 1 1 i 1 1 fc and could tell Iiotliin, we
found our man in n little room with a
heavy wall all nboiit it mul no sipu o
a window. It was u pen built fm surh
it purpose ami was n hiding place for
the landlord's friends, the briutuls, as
we aflerwards learned.
"To make a lon Mnry short," con
cluded the travel- r. "we pot mir man
nut, and a tnni-e (jratitied nnc you
in er saw. Helnld me he had learned
telegraphy for pastime, ami when In'
was lioxed up in there it occurred to
him that possibly snmclindy lillpht be
beyond Hie wall who knew the sipns
ami Hint all the time he wns not slcep
in;; he had been repent ill,' that mes
snje nn each side nf the mom, nml
had been doinp so ever sine,, th,. (ilst
day of his capture, for th" rolibi rs
lnnl put him in tin re the first nipht.
lb tell sale in tlmtiu it, because he knew
lioli'idy knew tln'sinns but the Ameri
cans w ho were in flint vicinity as opera
tors, and it was on the eh-llice of ciitch
iwtx one nfthein he had done it. As I
said, he was the p rntcfiillesl mini von
evi r saw and alter rewiirdinp; all the
soldiers liberally, he pave me n posi
tion that let me pel out of the coun
try with half it million dollars jn
seven years. "
"What beenme of the landlord V"
inquired the hotel clerk.
"Shot the next moiiiinp; at day
break." - Pi troit Free Press.
A Sail Kml.
lu stful liaps - What's brromo of
Pele?
Weary William (shaking his lieiul)
lmft ask me, Kagsy. Ht-'a gone
to the bad.
lustful lilies In jail, eh?
Weary William Worse than Hint!
lie's wmkin' n p'lar in a factoiy. -(
Kate Field's Washington.
Two hundred m:d fifty-niiir- years
ago in Februnry, lfillo, .lolm Itlnrk
stolic sold the site of the city nf Hos
t in for J 150.
I'H'inls'ry.
Since palmistry beenme a sue nl
amusement people have reason to bn
en re hi I of the inside of their hands,
written over with this line nml with
that, lest tin y be seized upon and be
read to their dismay, the survey of the
lines tln-rc pulling them up with con
ceit of themselves, or putting; them to
open shame in t he luce of folk. "I
would not trust nut nf sight tho best
friend I ha I in tin: world," s iid. re
cently, an riithusiastic prophet of the
art, "ir 1 found this line of truth did
not join the line of life before leaving
the hand!" And if she were justified
in her statement, w hat complications
nml perphxitics might ensue to the
adherents nf the nrt ! The next Hung
in the advance nf the matter might be
that no lover would propose to thri
damsel who had tilled his eye mid
touched his In-art. until he had looked
at her lists and ct itilied to himself
the absence of the bracelet of colu
niatiil there, lest he should see before
him the fate of Pallet's mat-. Per
haps, too, the young lady's father
would find it nei'esi.ary to compare the
right hand ot her lover with his h it
when he had stammered his wishes
into the paternal ear, and thus dis
cover whit Iraits In1 had developed in
his ripht hand by scanning the original
lines in his left one, what good (en
detieies had incrensed, if any, and what
evil ones had been suppressed in his
growth, and if, in short, he lnnl desir
able traits mul would make a good
husband. The nu l hei in-law that is
lo-la may also think tit In examim the
line of lilt-of fin- proposed bride of
her son, and sot if it be crossed by tin;
mai l; nf serious illnesses, ol' otherwise,
in nnb r to judge if it be best for In r
.son to enriiinbor limist If wilh n sickly
wife; or she may even look for tin
slurs that signify the number of mar
riages this young woman is to cmi
Irnct, that she mny thus forecast her
son's chances of long living. --1 Har
per's Ihizar.
A fi'ii-iiii Iis;iiiiiintini-tits.
As a continent Allien is the home of
a vigorous race of mankind, which,
while resisting assimilation with Kuro
pi'ill civilization, ih lies pel until lit con
quest. It views with equaiiamity, or
at least is powerless to resent the occu
pation f its coin Is imd the more
healthy contiguous regions; lint the
heart of the continent remains, mid
must ever remain, the home of Hit
African. Allied races, and people who
havu for centuries undergone the
scarcely percept ibb- process of accli
matization, mny, it is true, effect a
lodgment in the heart of Africa; but
if they remain there, tlcy themselves
eventually undergo absorption into
the primitive i lemetits of the popula
tion or sulVer total extinction.
Nature has, m short, marked of)'
tropical Africa as the abiding home of
Ihe black lace. Fuiopean tiavrlers,
traders, missiuiinrit s. rmuiieiors.iii'iy
at their w ill and nt tln-ir peril pelic
trale into this dark sanctuary, but
their sojourn is for a day. ami mi the
morrow the faint traces of their pas
sive are obliterated by the exuberant
grow ths of barbarism. t iriulgingly
us it is soliu limes conceded, it is never
theless a fact that tin- bulk of the con
tinent of Africa is still untouched bv
western ci ilint ion. I, for one, can-
no! believe, that Africa will ever be
l!uropeiiiii::eil nr brought within tho
pale of Western progress. For, in
order that Africa may progress, it is
absolutelv essential that it be de
veloped along niitur"! lines; but, ns
yet, the inherent powers of native
genius having neither been discovered,
nor, in the absence of any cohesion
among native tribes, and in view of
ICiirojuaii rapacity, ait they, even if
dsscovei' d, evir likelv to bp en-
nraped or fostered. Nn ; Africa is a
1'ntltlllrllt fated to be conquered and
exploited by the heirs of civilization,
to whom it may pay tribute but horn
age never. Tlie N iueteeiifli Century,
A Trick Thai is Vniu."
Now that the Chinamen have found
that they must register nr leave the
country, they are complying with
the law in great numbers on the Paci
fic const, and tho authorities there
have discovered that they are ( cinply-
ing with it in tunny instances much
oftener than is required. Not n few
of tlietn hnve been photon-phetl ht-
end times in different costumes
and attitudes, and have regis
tered limit r as manv names. China
ii look a great deal alike to west
ern eves, ami the wilv celestials are
able to dispose of their superlbioii',
rt pistration certificates al good prices
to other Chinaiiieii, who want to gel
into the country. Tin y put the certi
ficate into their pocki ts, and then re
fuse lo register. That gives tin in a
free passage, to China, by way of d .-
portntiou, and the cert ilicntc admits
tlietn again when they want to come
back. New Orleans Pit a iiLe.
( HII KIU'.N'S i Ol f tlN.
lion IHK MINK Mil- I MUM" I" lit.
"I in-M-r ran . ! . ii,"' th" link ki'- -ii'l,
A- h" looked at 0. 'others lii-li nc hi . hni.l ;
"I know I sl. f ir I (ri".l to IK."
"Try." said tin- H kite; "only try :
lr 1 f.-nr yoii n- v.-r w ill h-arn at nil."
l!nt tin-litil-kil--s-ii,l. -I m arr.n l I'll In'l. '
J'h" hip kit" lio,.,., ; -Ah. W"i. I -by:
I'm .-IT." and h" r tow ird the tram -nil -ky.
I'!i"ii the I it 1 1- kit"" . .inn- stirn-l at the-i-jhl.
And trend, lint; h... ,ho,,k hin-. H free ..r
flight.
I'irsf whirling and fi iglilrm-1, lh- n bravr
grown.
I'.. Ili ll" ro:e Ihl-oilgll the ,'lil ,il-.li
J ill tin- lag kit", looking down. Id
l h" little em. rising steadily.
Th"ii how th" link kit" thrilir I nh pinl".
s Ic -allrd with Ih.- eig kit". -i- - l.v' .i..-!
Whil" fiir l.(-..w h- --OIII.I ... th.-gr'.iiti.l.
And lh" li-.ys like saiall spot' nioMii,- ."in..
Tlii.y r"-l"-l high in Hi" .iii"l air.
And ..lib th- I'ir.l- aiel .-Ion. I w-rr thT".
"I In. h..w h:ip.y Ian'" Hi" huh' kit" ri
And all I.. . .mis" I w-a- Lnnl-. and tri-l.
Kathariii" I'yle, in M. Nl- h.. i
i. I
urn r. i-koi-i,i- in i.iui ii i. vi'S.
If you wi re a (i. t in in rhibl of four
years you would know how to weed
your mother's gnrdrii without ever
pulling up a flower or a vegetable,
and yon would do it, too, I'm- little
(ieiinan boys and girls an- taught to
work in the fields al sf ls soon as
they can walk. Hy the time you were
twelve years old ymi would be quite
an evpi rieiio-d farmer. If you re
iiiained in fti-rniaiiv th- law would re
quire you to go to srl I ten mmitlis
nut nf i very year until yull were .sj
teen yi ars old. but dm inu' tin- vaca
tions and holiday s y um- parents would
train ;ot to work out doors, only
tin-re would not hnv to be any force
about it, for the work would have be
come n habit to you and you would
enjoy it.
A .lapanese baby never learns how
to creep: so if there is any truth in
the old adage that you must "creep be
fore y mi walk," it is no wonder that
! thev are imt verv "tarefiil walkers.
The pour, tiny tots are taught to bt -gin
walking mi tln-ir hands and the
soh s of their feet, ami when they sit
they squat mi the sol. s of th- ir let I,
which must In- tiresome t nmejli, I'e
coi'iler, dr.
ITT Ol THK l ost WAsri'Il's.
Owney went to Chicago, Cincinnati,
and St. Iioiiis, and tin", attached
checks to his collar. Tin n he went
on through Salt Lake City to Cali
fornia, and from there I" Mexi In
Mexico they hung a Mexie m dollar
mi his neck. From tln ie he camu
up through the South, tinally reach
ing Washington. Hi- collar was
hanging full of tag, I checks, nml
poor Iwnev was weary of the heavy
load about his luck. Postmaster
(eiieral Waniminker -.iw him and
took pity on him. He c.iriied him
nut one day , and bad a h irness made
for him ; then ho took tin budges from
his collar and fastened Hu m to Ins
harness.
Owney tli.l not tarry long in Wash
ington, but was somi nIV iigain w ith his
new harness. The further he went the
more checks he had to carry, and the
heavier grew his load. At last the at
tachments alone weigh.-d over two
pounds, ami poor Owney was tired of
carrying the dangling things about
w ith him.
A Pioston postal clerk -aw- him and
tool, pity mi 1 1 in as Mr. W'amniiaker
had done ; he carried him hmno to his
house, and wrote a letter to the post
master at Albany, telling I.iui nf the
dog's dilliculf ies. Word came back to
t ike off the harness just as it was, and
forward it to thcio. This was done,
mid the harness with its attachments
can be seen at any time in the pnsl
nllicc building at Albanv, preserved in
a glass ease with Owney 's picture.
Onro in his travels Owney reached
Montreal, and, happening to bdlow
the mail bags to the post oilier, In
was taken pns.scssimi of and lucked up,
while a letter was sent to Albanv tell
inp tin' ullicials there nf bis where
abouts. A reply came to let him go
and he would take care nf himself.
This the Canadian postmaster re
fused to do till the cost of feeding- nml
keeping him was paid, in all mimutit
iug to two dollars anil lilt v cents. A
collection was called for mnong his
old frit inls, the money forwarded and
Owney released.
I'vcrybody in thf postal service in
the I'nited States knows him, find per
haps the next, time he visits Canada he
will not be a stranger.-- (St. Nicholas.
Fell it Was II is K.i.t
Ihiltimore has a blind boatman.
His boat was stolen by some worthless
fellows the other day , and subsequent
ly abandoned mid icked up. He
claimed it, mi l when told Hint he must
identify it, tlid so, not by telling its
color and model, ns a iinin with good
eyes might do, but by giving the posi
tions of all the nails and clinks in the
boat where splinters had been klioektd
ntV. - Chicago Herald.
ARIZONA'S CAMI'LS.
"Rliipe of tlie Pnserl" Running
Wild in ihe Nortliwcet.
Desci-ndaiits of a Herd Used as
Pack Animals.
Caim-ls now running wild in Aii
, Zona art descemlaiils ot a small In nl
j ol iginally imported for use in Nevada.
In the early days of mining mi the
I ( 'mil -lock, long before there were any
j railroads m the (irei'1 liasin region, it
i wa. thought that canu Is might be
I . . . . .
protitaiijy used about the mines, par
I i 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 v- in packing aero- -, th" snr
founding deserts, and I J "ships of tin
di - it" wer. accordingly pnrehiisi I
and In oii.-hl to Virginia City. They
I w. re wantid loi ns" m packing salt
from tin-Suit Spinips silt marsh to
the Com, fork reduction wmks. This
I salt deposit In s far out in a desert fe
I ;:imi. and to reach it many waterless
: stretches of si,d and alkali had to be
traversed.
TI anuds wer- abb- tonus, all Hi-
jdeseits in perfect eomfoif. carrying
Ii.-h.v loads of salt mid finding menus
of subsistence in the prickly n ii-I bit
j ter plants and shrubs t w ry where to
In found in iibiin. lance. In short, tin
! aiiiiuals tlid as good wmk In re in mil
j deserts as tiny lire abb to .1.. in any
! country in the world, but tiny were
I too slow. The cani'-l may be fast
eiioiiph I'm-an Arab, but h. t- too -low
' '-ir an American.
I Win nthe ooeup-it nm of the camels
j a, packers of salt was goin they were
i Mold to some Mexicans, who used tin-Ill
for n time ill packing wood down out
I of" tin moiint'iins. The Mexican:, took
j tlioin up rocky trails into the inggi-d
i hills and isi d them the same as flu y
use a mule - unmercifully. They soon
killed throe of the wretched beasts
' and would have killed Hit relnniieli r
i had tint a Frenchman, who owned a
i
j I ig ranch mi the Cai-on river, below
hay ton, taken pily mi the pooriibus. -I
j creatures and bought the whole i
. tlieiii. This l-'r.-iiclima n Imd been in
, Algeria with th" French colony, where
' he h id developed an att'i ctioli lor the
camel--probably owid the aiiiinal a
; debt of gratitude for having saved his
' life on some ot easion. He had no use
I for t he In lists, therefore fin nod tln-iu
j out to roam tin- desert plains at will.
' The animals, left to shift for theni
j selves, si to ii waxed fat. and increased
: and multiplied. In a few years from
nine the herd had incrensed to thirty
six, old nml ymmg. The Frencliin'iii
then sold the whole lot lo be taken
down to Arizona to be used in pin king
! me dow u oil' a big mount nn range.
It was said there was a good smooth
j trail, but Hie animals found all Ihe
locks and soon became footsore and
I useless, when all Wi re till In d adrift to
j shift for theiiiselMs. Tiny have re
gained the insinefs of the ofigiiial w ihl
st ite of their species and are very wary
and swilt. They fly into waterless
wastes i ii 1 1 o-in tratablc to man when
approaeheil. Some of the old animals,
however, ocrasioniillv appe'ir ill the
v icinity nf the old settlements. Of late
it is reported that t he cat t lemon have
been shooting them for sonic reason,
perhaps because tiny frighten ami
stampede their horses. No one knows
how many camels are now running at
large in the wilds of the (nla country,
but the1" milsf be a great number.
One is occasionally caught. Four
y ears ago one was caught in-nr to (lila
Heiul that measured over nine feet in
height. It appeared to be a stiay one
of the herd in th-it region. iSan
Francisco Chronicle.
Silver. Viii" Huts.
Hats nit bt lievtd f- Inn. bt t u
bitiiight to tin-Cmust.-ek towns tivm
Calilmnni in Height wagons, probably
in big "praiiie schooui is," among
boxes mid elates if goods. Once
tln ie, they muMiplied at a prodigious
rate, especially after they discovered
the mines. I'lidergrouinl there were
no cats to trouble them ; ami man,
w ho was their enemy on the surface,
was here their friend ami protector.
He slimed his meal with them, savs
the Flighted nig .lotirmil, and they
scampered about lnm with pellet t im
punity. The warmth, too, was very
congenial to the rats, both old and
young Cold was a thing unknown.
As it were, they had been furnished
w it h immense hot-houses in which to
breed. Any temperature they wished,
from ' degrees to litil was H( their
st'iv ice.
Kats. are useful as nunc scavengers.
They devour all the seraps of meat
and other fond thrown upon the
ground by the nn ti, and eat even Hie
liaith st bones. As the decay of the
smallest thing; becomes tiiuiuliiinble
iu a mine, the. miners never intention
ally kill a rat.
The men have a high opinion of the
rats' sagacity. From them thev often
r ceive tin. tilst intimation "f coming
danger. When h big i-iim- in is about
to occur, the rats swarm out of the
drifts and scamper about the thiols of
a level at unwonted times. Tin; set
tling nf the waste lock probably
pinches the rats ill tin ir th us, and
causes them to st t k new and h s- dun
gefous quarters.
At times, win ii a mine has be. n shut
down for a few weeks, tire rats Income
raw iioiisly hungry. Then tiny do not
scruple to devour the young, old and
weak of their own kind. When work
is resumed, the almost famish. -d crea
tures lire astonishingly bold. They
jump upon th" underground t n--iiies,
even when tln-v are in rapid motion,
and ill ink the ml out of the oil-cups,
qui!.- ft gar-1 1 ess of the pr. -.nn- of t In;
engineers.
lim in a mine slaughf. i- the ints
bv tin wholesale. Few coal" . "
giis-i , p. nt ti ate i n i v cranny . I'ttt n
so suddenly as to asphyxiate tin lat
in f on they can make tlo-tr way out.
Haw ii Porciiiine I ighU ii Sunk".
'Several years ago I was an inter
est! d spectator at a rmnbiit between n
hedg.-hog mid a huge blue', su-i'm ."
said W. I lugiahit'u of M-inphi-.
"I i-iimc upon the si-. iii: just as lh"
hedgehog In pan to ait irk upon tin
snake, which was lying si ret. died out
mi the load asleep. The Imp ad
vanced cautiously upon the 1 1 pt lh-a nl
seized its tail ill its in iiitli, giving it u
.-harp bit -. Tin n he quickly withdrew
a few feet, mi l rolling himself into a
compact b ill, aw-rted d lopne iits.
Tin-snake, upon being thus ruddy
awakened, turned in Inly upon its
antagonist, striking tin- hog again and
again with its fangs. Tin- wiry
lu dgi hog. secui. I iiitreii-hed within
its spiny armor, n innined peilcetly
motionless nil the while, allowing tin
snake to keep up the attack. At every
stroke the jaws of the snake would be-
t - tilled w ith the spines, until at
hist, exhausted and bleeding from
dot ns of wounds caused by the
in e, He-like spines of the hog, Hi"
snake gave up the battle. I his
was evidently what the hedgehog was
waiting for, as he imiii'diiilely pro
i" eded to roll over the snake again
and again, until he had completely
diseiubowi led his Met im. " St. im'iis
( i loin I t moei at.
A Ib'sceniliiiit of Aninins.
( i ol ge Jones, who is said to have
told limp, lies during his 1 1 1 -t 1 in t- than
any other man sincethe days of Anan
ias, is very ill. lietween moans ho
told a story of adventure to n repm ti r.
He was mice a boar hunter, he said,
and had killed over one hundred In-ar-t
during his time. He claimed Hint im
in ill had i w-r kllh '1 bears as fast as he
did. When hunting in Oregon mi
time he discovert d a place up iu the
mmi nt a ins w here hem - a p pi nil d i y
day to ill ink. He used to lill a pml
w ith w hi-.key , s t t-teiii d with sugar,
ami every time a bear appeared bruin
drunk the whiskey and got dead
drunk. .lulies would then start the
bear to rolling down the side ol ihe
mountain, and it would land at his
camp below, where he had a man em
ployed to biitcln r and skin it. .loin s
then tilled the pall with whiskey
again, and the in xt bear was s. t ie. I
thesinne way. duties says he cap
tilled an averagof three bears a day nt
this place for two months, which can
not be true, for he only claimed to
kill a hundred bears in tin first place.
--; Atchison (ilohe.
S S Fllllll.
W. A. Miiedmial.l. London, l iiglaml.
writes the nn-iiraii Vgrieultni i,t :
Ignite a st-r his reciiitly been dinted
IU I'lllopt with leltl'elice to tin value
ot nnfs a- fund for human beings, and
if tin- nioviineet spit ads. as tin n- up
puifs to be every prospect i t its doing
so. theft will be a great impetus gi, n
to the value of the beech. Im its nuts
are one nf the must ib-lieiuiis kinds of
fund. Much discussion has taken place
regarding the felat iv e v a I lies id' celt a Is
nn. I nuts, the only important distine
lion among them being the excess nf
starch iu the foiiner, and the excess of
fat in the hitler. The beechnut s, f
1 1 1 s this ill -pule by having a consider
able pt-rei litage both of fat and -triii-h,
and it contains as much nitrogen as
cereals, being also in. it- n it i-ogeneoiis
than the avelagi of other nuts. It may
be lidded that the beech is the only
tree whose preen leaves are iidcqttatt Iv
suited to the human palate, so that iu
case of famine, or lack nf other funds,
t lit-v would occupy a rouspicili its
place. Also its wood occupies a high
place as fuel and ns an article nf man
ufat-tiife.
Mrat that Piano,
"Tho piano is out of tunc," re
marked Mrs. Foster.
"H'ni," r.-tm letl her husband. "1
wishitwusnut id' doors. " i Harper's
Iia.iu.
Now, Don't.
Jieii t l.e sittiu' sad an' Brum,
Wait in' mi tho tide :
Win n voll see the wagon eoni,
Jump in fi-r ii rid" '
Whip the horses
fnr an nigh.
An' vou'll pit tlnT
j:.v an hv !
P ai l 1 1" griev ia' '.'ns the sun
T i'e s himsolf iiwav ;
J I" le will l.e nnotllT OU-
At the l.r.-.-ili n" day1
W hip tin- h-Tsos -
Jloon's mi high ;
An' you'll git th'T
!y an' hv !
Atlanta Constitution.
JM MOIMU S.
Puds of a feather Ostriches.
I'.u-iii. r- w ith the peripatetic ragman
seems to I..- pn king up.
The -in genu may be very pedatc,
but In is a print hand to cut up.
You nr.- always sure to find foot
iiot.s m n . hoe. dealer's advertisement.
-k a mmi how to deline injustice
and In will t. II how others are treat
ing linn.
T. aclit i What is it. Hnrry, Hint
stings like an addei ? Harry Tho
t ml of a leather strap.
Aitntv So you have had your first
li i. -ii I at your new boarding place?
Was it a course dinner? Little girl
- Aw fully.
Ji i- an Id-tinn' ipiiK-ii.'li
And it ..ft w ill .-''in- again
Whv veil .i"inl..-rs nf a glef t'lu!
s .i.. .... i, melancholy iiieii'''
(iaswi II Viiiiug lllivi -in boasts that
he In vol- loses his head. Dilkaiie
Well. In- couldn't expect such great
lin k as that . y mi know .
Miss Snappy I wonder why Maud
gyve her age as twenty-live when she
married old Moneybags? Miss Gap
pyOh, I -iippus; she made n din
e hi lit lor cash !
"Jimmy Jmu s is a horrid, mean,
si-llish Ic. . I think." Muiniua
"Why?" "He gave me all his eniidy
and told in- to divide it, and of cuitrce
I lnnl to pr... him the most."
"Pn pa." -aid Mrs Hawkins, "I'vo
forgotten I iiniiipson's address, and I
don't know how to get at him. " "Why
don't ymi w rite and ask him to send
it In vi.-ii.'" suggested Hawkins,
"No; I haven't the faintest idea of
In-r age." "I thought ymi had been
friends since childhood?" "That's
just why 1 am so niict rtaiu. Ytut see,
tell years ago sin vva- eighteen."
This gr- at I rut Ii struck hi - rcrptivi mill 1
Willi a dull .lint si -keaiiig thiol.
That a man may I-.-. I, up an. I see I. right stars,
Or tni n hi- gaze .. u ale I ," mud.
Toiiin What is the inclining of
the word s re"t-eleiiiier. pop? Tom
my's Top It is practically nu obsolete
word, my buy , and there i.ppt al to be
n i lung i any e-.-ci-iuii for it, hv.
W. lo you believe it Is bad luck
to open an umbrella in the house'.'
S. Well. I should sav so. I opened
one the other day and the owner hap
pened to be flu-re and recognized it.
Huron I'm troubled with insomnia.
1 I haven't elo-.cd my eves for tivo
I nights. I'.gb. it You want to p(ly
j football. The first game I played, I
leineinl. i. my ly.svvcle closed for a
j fortnight.
j S.-oieii pi t ach, r uiiee snnl : "Hut,
in brethii n. I will led longer dwell
on tni- subject."' only to hour n shrill
' vuieel'iu.n t!n-gallery, from a woman
I who did imt approve of written wor-
i moil-:
: out."
' T e canna. for y our pnpi r s riu
I I. .- truth i- mighty turn .-igi"
lei a ii.ii - lis w h.. are (light v
S1!. 1,11 presently l.e pillde to ,ee.
I :' an ' I"- 'Iv na-nn.'v .
Oi.onl -1--lops , snnnie young ),i ly
i tnttis. iv.iv se it full an old peutle-
I OI'I'I I I-'- at the otln I I lid. . '.'fill,
I don't ns. :" says the !ov elv. -girl ; "I
i ran jnsl n . well -laud. " tni can tlo
j jn-t a, ymi ph a-.- ubmit that, miss,"
says tie- ..bluish, "I'm going to get
nut.'
"What shall we iiniiie lu'l ?"' said
Mrs Hurley, as she gazed fondly at
her lii st born. "We'll name her Y'or
ie,," replied Ml. Parley. "Yorick?"
echo-til Ins wife. "Why, t lint's a hoy'ri
inline,'' "Indeed, it is not. Oidu't
Shaki - j-t aft siiy, 'A lass, pour Yor
ick '"'
"How is Skiininiiis pi tting along in
his prof i s-ioii ? " said one Chicago man
to miotic r. "(('iile crcdifahly. I un
derstand." "Pull h" told me yester
day that lie owed sevt nil t hoiii-ands of
dollars." "Yes. That shows how
well he must have established his
credit."
T.-iii'iv- I sav, Mr. Yahsley, sister
1. aura .-ai l at the table this nuiiiiing
that she thought ymi had the prettiest,
mustache sin- evei saw. Yabsley -You
ought n't to tell things xmi hour
nt the table, Tommy. Tommy - Hut
she is gi-ing to give mo i, ptnuy for
tilling ymi.