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VOL. XVI.
IlTTSrOR() CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 21, 1801.
l)atl)cim tUcorfc.
Ctettom
NO. 3D.
Oojfr Home.
A mMy s'!p on the Iiifs:
No in ii! the 'mvitv? n'll titv.H ;
A I HI I'." ilr-nim- tode.ltl llinlfH
An I t!y i liiiii'-i 1 1 1 y wi' i: hiip homo.
Hi- ciiM": in-; of Intl.. ,...t
A'l"ivii Hi 'In ky i;itli I hear,
An. I lip- Mii-l iniii" witli kl-swf-t
A Tl-I te'i 'H-l W'l illllC, ll IS Hear!
rrgff. tlic i 1 t lint make- III.' tiny -'I'll.,
.ili . -hi j..y. tin- Impo tiMli'-t ;
Light ii a ili' imi Hi" Ind" ihviiv
Vie ! 1,'iV sit- ;il Hi" llre-ide!
- A'l.ini.i ('.institution.
The Colonel's Monument.
rv cut.. iii;nii(ii'. w. KVMONpa.
I hnd noticed it the week previous,
when I rmli" upCaiiey creek, w.'t reli i tin
fur til- hull-,!' of iihn Thmniis, who,
my ngi lit in Loxinglnii hud assured hid
w itli posit ivo emphasis, "ii new every
cow i ui 111 mill hog tmil in Wolf enmity. "
This ! mi ii in mi (lube's abilities ns
ii 1 1 -t -jj r.i !it ns nut undeserved,
nii'1 in tlnvi' days' time, under his
pilotage, I ns null ilnl to locale II 1 1 1 1
nnike a rme.li survey nf the tract of
laml uf which I was in search.
Now. mi my wiiy liuek, I had tilbe
ns it - 1 1 n ii i ii di'. was going to visit
some cousins in Magoffin eouii'y.whoin
he assured ine he hud led M en "seiice
the war"), mid w hen, in our niiir.se
down tic torturous "crick mud," we
reached a point where Curt; was a
Silpeib view nf the sloping wooded
ridge stretching iiwiiy t tin' light,
aid tht re euiilil lie seen shining among
the gi eon fulinge n w Into lunrblo obi-
1 if-tv th it i-eci Itn inn Ku much nut
of I'hiee ill this mountain wilderness
I reined my horse u ii' 1 n-kcJ liilu what
it WUS
"Kiliiuel Outlicrwnit m'k tii"liiinelit,"
Was 1 1ii' answer.
"Killeil liming the raid of John
Morgan's III"! .V"H were telling Hie
ftliniit hist night?"
"Who?"
"The colonel Colonel Outher
Wllite." "lilt s- vole hlltes, thu kllllliel llill't
dead. Feast way s lie nil, nil vi! mi'
kieliin' the ilny iif'il e u' re'dicd my
J'hiee, fur I seeil him In iseyilt' 'round
thu lll'il.llllli'llt wlnn I will nut nil the
ridge luukin' fur Mt:i ns."
This nii- i-r puzzled no- exceedingly,
Biel to put mys.-lf ri-.-ht, I miuI:
"Did you imt ju-t suy tint it us
Colonel ( liilln I unite's In II 1 1 me lit '! "
"S.irtlll .-hole !" he replied. "Hit's
liis'n nil' lin uiie i l.-"'s. lie sot hit H
nil' keeps tin t eetl - pllteh u' ground
round el l nit hil sli d II v w Is nu"
trash nu' I'hinleil with posies llun't
do tuition' else, f"r tin t mutter, nil'
hain't done mitlilil' i l-e si-nee h' len
der. "
Hi re nni.ii mount, tin my-tery, niel I
(letei iniiii i to Htti-nipt it s solution.
"t 'mi we iji t eluser In the monu
ment !" I liskeil.
"Siirtin shore. Tlnii's n tmil n
j'ii ee liirih r ilow u tl riek. "
"I woiihl like to lene II u -nrer view
if the slolle. It scents I i he " Very
fine nil". "
"Hi -t the! uiuii y c'u'il liny," tin
pwelC'l li lli.'. " I'hc klllllli I S' tit tu
J,nolsville fill hit, nil' heil the lihiliicil
thiliK Hkulpt. rc.l out j. -s, syo' see hil.
Slust 'ii cost Ii i it i n iov. , r o' money.
J'.ut hhucKs! Il.'s pot lie-hiii's IIV
rush, mi' I'lue eni.,., hin l, nu' truv'nient
lioinls, nu' the like o' tin t. I i ny
wish Im'il fur loose with n few ilollnrs
lip liynr in the nioiiut ilia's. l'.iil he
(lun't. .less lives tlmr nu vim niile the
ri'lpe w ith nu ule cnlnn-d mini nu'
'mini to wntt on hitn, nu' hit pem-H
like he don't In v im iiinliishiim fur
II 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 hut jess thtt donoiie. I stun
uioiiimeiit. ''
Jfe lent turtle I into the t mil while
111.' wiin tidkili;,'. Iiud mil' le'l's.'s were
idoulv rlimlini.o Ihe I ep mle slnpe.
The liinii l Im -In s li in.'ed the path,
nhuttinn in the x iew mi rv-. ry side. It
whs not until we were w il hill a lew roils
tf the iniirl'le shnlt Hint il nniii cime
within our line uf vision.
It Mood in the e, 'litre of a little
jihitenil, tl'ee-liordere.l, perfectly
sipinre, and tei level ns n house (lour.
KiirroiituliiiK the stone wns a heavy
'ranit" cupiie,', and within the enclos
ure there t;iew a tiiii jl. d prufusion uf
In iKht-hiietl flowers.
As we appi'oneh( .1 the iieniin lit there
WHS no leltelinp: Ms'lile, I'lll on the
Hide that was hidden tmni lis tln r.i
wiik deeply graven in the white in iilde
thiw pathetic and eiii;riintl icnl iieerip
tion :
"An Unknown Soldier nf the ('. K.
A."
I wnR stnriiiK at the letteiH, and in
fancy Imildiiif; up a rumaiii'c alout
the HeiiselcKS dust lyim; leiiealh the
utone, which mice had hud a mine and
n liviiij;, liienthiiii,' iiiilixidualily
nmonpt tln nrny .-.ohliery of the host ,
Catme, when tinlie toiii'liisl my nnii.
"Poot.v, ain't hit?" j
"Very!'' I unswercd coldly, and:
then asked in return: "Why should:
CclvlK'l Outherwuite Jiave erected Uhb I
r;'Ptipi"' meniurhil to thin jmi tn-it'nr
il nl; lit vv :i follower uf the t'liVH ulid
lairs?"
"l'tiet'n wleit ctutupi nie, an' ilio
hull n'ttlemetit lur tin t matter," said
(iahe. "IU ni'h I kin zl et hit,
fur I didn't live in thee parts douriu'
the wnh, the knniiel wn, a piell rank
nnioner, an' Tom, thet wit, his Hon, a
mere yearlin' nv a Im.- when we'uiis
tired on Siitupter, wu. , de'd not on
tin- siuthel'U side o' the iir'linelit.
The old kminel owim mitey near nil
the hind u' kill see fruiii hyar, nn
h'e 1 what lie called a shnoti'i' lod '!.
Imilt niit'ii stun hack tlinr on yan sidi
th' riilfie. Wall, when thines not tol
alml lively nu' fatnlys hyar in Kaiie
fucky wit, divided ev'ry whichway,
Tom ott' an' 'lista in the southern
army. When his daddy heiirn uv hit
he je:s r'ared a'T charged like a mad
hull, an' swore ley all thet w 11 h'dy,
tin t the lioy wu no mure kin of his'n
II" 'chired thet he sh'u'd never hev so
much vv. a place to lmry his.m If mi
land "' til-11, an' he mad" a will ciittin
Tom utV without a nickel.
"The kminel owned a monstr'us 1 i
platitiition down l,eiiie(nn way, an
alius kep' open house, lint lil'ler Tolil
listi d he shet hit up, 11 1 11 II f ' I" 1 1 1 i t led his
shivcK nn' moved up hyar where tin
fo'ks's wu, powerful clever to the
yaiikee refugees, an' fed an' shcld red
'em hv the hundred. Then John Mor
gan raided tliroo hyar on his way Irnm
Virf-iiiiiy, his nun rid down Cniey.
"rwnsadark nite when they passed
threu' 'an t lie idd kiinne! wu. el one uv
the winders uv the stun house watchin'
'em nit liy.
"They hed all pnss.'d, an' Im wu.'.
firitlin' his teeth an' eussin' 'nn sorter
low like when he Ileum suthiu' liioviu'
eiliuiit his stnlile. (nicker'u 11 llash
he efnlilied ilis ilmilile-liarrcleil shot-
t;illi all' slienked out to See who 'twas,
lie's no coward, the ne kminel llill't,
all' when he mus' re'ehed the btalde, he
called nut :
"Who's that?'
'"A eoiitedrit sol-' hopiin the
straiiei'i-, an' tin 111 wu. the last words
he ever spoke.
"The K in 1 11 1 1 1 tore loose w iih Imt Ii
li'ii rels, a' the si ranker drapped ilhoiit
evi r so much e, Inittlli' his eyes. The
kuiinel yel"led fur the hands an' a lite,
an' when hit wus fotehed, diskivered
thet he'd killed a liov uv erliout Toiii'h
aiee, dresseil in a razeed confeilerato
uniform.
" Murv him ;' ordered the kuiinel,
an' the ne.' day the man drug the
I'ody ilmn; hyar nu' due; 11 grave.
"W all ! the kuiinel never ineiishuned
the sin ciiinstinice uv the shuotiii", an'
his hands never talked to iioliody. One
day a letter ctiin fur the kuiinel, an'
in hit wu, writ thet Tom le d lieen
shut tied in uiie nv flic liii; liattles that
wuz lit 'way up in Virginity.
" 'llenven hev inarcy nil the Imj','
sc I the kuiinel, sorter husky-like,
when he rend them Words, an' the Ilex'
day he mounted his huss critter an'
l id nil'. I'o'kses say t het he went all
the way to Vircimiy nil hunted hiph
1111' low fur Tom's liody. "I'wns no use,
1 1 1 ' n 1 Ii. It lied lieeli chucked into 11
trench erloii"; with a hull pnssel more
uv iiuknow ns. II" keiii Iniek hvnr
lui'kin' twenty y'ars older, an' jess
slu t htsse'f n 1 in the stun house. He
st iyed thar like a eroun' ho; in his
Inirrer till al ter s'reiidt r. Then he
kein out, rid olV n'in, an' when he
ki 111 Iniek fottdied thet mnliimeut with
Ii i 111. Sence then he's done niithin'
Imt 'tend to hit an' the hed of posies
inside the stun fence thar. Thct's the
story nv the Uiinnel's muiiinient, ez
nifjh p. 1 kin nrrnvc et hit."
So interested had J Itecnni" in
listening to ( ialic's story, mid so nli
soilied was he in the ttdliug, that
neither of us hud noticed the approach
of a third person. WIicii he had
finished and I looked up there stood 11
few paces liehilid Us a tall. Iiroiul
slioiildered 11111 11, quietly dresseil, with
a face liroli.ed hy years nf exposure
tn wind and sun, and the faintest trace
uf silver in hia hair and moustache. I
was al niit to grui't him when (lahe
whispered :
"Thar kiiniM the nle kiinne) now.
We'd lieltcr ntnsey, fur he's mniistr'us
uncivil to stranger folk."
Turuiiie from the liroiied-faeed
stranei-r, I siw a white-haired rnitti.
who walked teddy and leaned on the
nt tii uf a eiilnred servant, slowly ap
proaching from the other side of the
plateau, i'eelinv; instinctively that it
would In- a sacrilege to intrude my
idle curiosity upon this old mini's sa
cred heart sorrows, 1 hacked blowly
toward the horsi's.
The white haired man lifted his
head, and his eyes wandered from the
monument to (iahe and me, finally
resting upon the stranger. Suddenly
he threw nil Die h 1 tport ing arm of the
servant ami started forward.
"Tom! My noli !" he cried, and I
held out his trembling old arms.
"Father!" wns thu ouc word thai
fell from the lieve-(iiu;r'n lipfl, and
rushing forward he wns clasped to tlltj
coloiM s heart.
A few days iilterwnrds, in the oftico
of the I'lio. iiiv Hotel, at l,eMii"toii, I
came face to fact with the colonel and
his stalwart sou, no longer a dead ami
buried "unknown soldier of thet'. S.
A." The recognition was mutual inul
the younger man held out his hand.
"I inn Tom Milherwaite," he said,
with a frniik smile. "This is my
father, Colonel .leems Out heiwaite.
We met you the other day in Wolfo
county, and I presume you know the
story of tin- monument. Well, th
Yankee' didn't kill me, mid
Milieu Appniuat'if I've been pretty
nearly everywhere that a mini cuiild
go on thin globe of ours. My father
is to begin living the old life again
that was n very happy one in the days
la f
"
stireil, sir, that you will always mi
heartily welcome at tht! Oulhcrwiiitu
farm. "
"Indeed you will," added the col
onel. "1 only caught a glimpse nl
your face that blessed day, but it asso
ciated with my boy my Tom, who linn
come back to me from the grave, and
I shall alway s remember ymi ami al
ways be glad to sett you." Detroit
Tree Press.
Will the bold Supply II Kxliniisfnl
The two most eminent living writ-
ers mi the nmi,t preeiuiis metals, Suess
and Soet beer, have recently published
a very alarming statement. It
is to the effect that the total
amount of gold dug out of the earth
annually sullices only to supply tho
present demand for thit valuable sub
stance for use in the arts. Not a bit
of t lot new product uf the mines i'h
available fur eninage. Trinket use and
waste in manufacture exhaust thu
whole yield. If this is correct, then
gold must vanish from circulation be
fore long, bec'inse the output of the
gold mines of the world is dimmish-
in-,' rather than increasing, and there
ar few fields li ft to explore. I5ut
U nclt! Sam's metallurgists say that it
is not so. The unlets quoted fail to
consider the fact that the gold em
ployed in th" arts is utilized over and
over again. Jt goes through a sort of
cycle.
Articles of jewelry often disappear,
but are seldom lost. When through
accident they p iss out of the posses
sion of the wt ll-to-do, they go to tho
poor and sharp-eyed, who sell them or
pawn them. Some jewelry is lust by
lire and snine in the sea, and theso
os-es are ubsoliite and hopeless ; but
jewelry ot In rw ise i t eertnin, practically
all of it, to find its way Soulier or
later to the pawiishups or into the
hnii'l i nf dealers in old gold. Thus it
is melted up eventually and reappears
again in other shapes. This is what
is termed the "invisible supply" uf
that metiil.- Washiiiglun Star.
Itivnl of India Itulili. r.
While the electricians and tho
cycle makers are threatening to ex
haust the supplies of India rubber and
gtlttit pel' lilt, the advent uf a new
rival to these valuable substances is
guud news. "lialatii" such is the
name uf the new miner - is, ne-
enrilitig to .vl r. r-tiuitli I'elacoiir H re
port, already one of the must valuable
of the lo rest products of Surinam.
It is described as combining in
sonic tlcgive the elasticity of caout
chouc with the ductility uf guttu per
elia, freely softening and becoming
plastic, and being easily moulded like
gutta. perclm. Tho tret: which pro-
Inces this is widely distributed over
Hutch (iniiiua, even in parts so far iu '
the interior as to have been hardly vi
sited as yet, and the industry, now
that experience him taught huw it can
be carried nu withniit the wasteful ex
t tr 11 1 1 tin t ii ill uf the tree, should have a
pusttivo future value. Itetter means
nf access ami nf working, however are.
required. Halala has hitherto been
principally exported to the United
States of America, but small coiisign-
incuts are also reaching Holland and ,
Ureal Hritain. London Xews.
An bhihorule Dug Kennel.
What is probably the finest kennel
in tliis slate is that recently built in
North Kuston fur Oliver Ames second.
It is a veritable dog palace, and cost.
nearly $2,000. It is :I5 feet long by
l." w nle and is lighted by tell w indows.
Within there is a long corridor, from
which open six pens about four by six
feet each- Tim interior finish is hard
pine, polished and shellacked. At tho
east end isa kitchen 12 by l,"i feet, con
taining a conk stove and a bathtub fur
tho dogs, provided with hot ami cold
water. Mr. Ames's favorite breed in
the Wyalt Scotch terrier. He has at
presi nt eight of these dogs and twelve
more are to be imported soon. Sev-
ral large yards open oil' the pens, and
another vard, to cover an acre nf
ground, is to bo prepared in the adja
cent woods. Postolt Tl'aiiscrijit,
(llll JI!L'S I 0M .MM.
inr. ( !ii to snriii'A UNn.
BtntiMu -I -i 11". you im vit Im k
At any l".v or I'l' lnre l'""k .
I shuwyii .n tly thin-'" in 't'n
Yon must I." I.liii'l, Malil'ln .Ijiii-I
I nsk yetl riddles, tell yni ImI' -,
Hut llll iiiir'eeiiv"niiti"ii till ;
Vnti ni'vi-r me w'T in" ie,-nln
1 (ear you'ri' 1I11111I', Mnlil'la .Inn "!
Matililn, ilarlilig, when I i'lll1,
Vuti never seem to lienr lit all .
I silent willi all my tnn.'lit iml tnniti
Hut you're sn deiif, M itililn .l.-.ti--!
Matilda .l.ini', vmi ii""ilh't min i ,
I'ur, th-mult mhi'i'. ilenf, 11ml iluiul'. and Mliel,
Xlli'ie's So Ill" OIH' oV"S J'lll. il t- illlill
And Unit is inc. Mutil.l.i .1 t-
- N"w Hi l"niti I'ii ayiiiex
THK I'OO IS CIICIII'll.
Mr. Viiiix rid'ites one instance, nf a
p(W helllg Set nslile III .othorpe
Church. I.incolnvh.re. fr the nceott-
modal inn uf the must popular domes
tic pets, and known until sixty years
ago as "Tim Hall dog pew." A more
amusing story oi do nttendaiieu at
church cam ; under Mr. Yaux's own
notice about twclw years ago in a
chapel near Cnniielil'iru. "The chap
id was f the most primitive kind, and
the floor was but uf beaten clay.
When 1 entered, the altar rails were
clos.dy packed with worshippers. There
was only one pew, which belonged to
the quality, i. e., tin: landlord ami his
family. 1 preferred to kneel
! alongside my attendant 'o h 1 1 1 10 (to
use a Scotdi term 1, who was
there. There were a doen dog, nt
it 11st, in t he eha-ii I, sevt ral of tlieiti
silling behind their masters, who were,
kneeling at the altar rail. Out; uf
these sheep-dogs (unused me greatly.
He sat most quietly through tilt: ear
lier portion of the mass. As soon as
the creed had been recited, and tht;
celebrant turned round to deliver the
sermon, t he dog looked up, as much
as to say, 'Oh, sermon time! all
right,' inul having, d 'g fashion, walked
! round three times, culled himself up
j for a comlortiible sleep. The Her-
j nion, which did not hist more than ten
1 minutes, being over, the flog woke up
Hud sat 011 his tall behind h Is shepherd
muster until tint service ended. .There,
was Homeiiiuig so !t b joiisiy loimnii
about this that I huw: never forgotten
it. tiootl Words.
A IlKltT'MF, -roitv.
The Prince of the Chiiiipitnees hud
lost Install! His imiinma, I grieve
to say, had lutteli it off in a tit of
ill temper, 1111 I now, though
she was very sorry indeed, she could
find no way of fiisteniii" it 011 a jam.
Mucilage had be.-n tried, mid
Spauldiiig's glue, and evu sealing
wax, though that, being hut, madetlie
prince scream w itli piiin, but all in
vain, for tht! tail would imt slay on.
What was to be ilmn '.' The prince
sut and wept all day, and would not be
com I'm toil ; and the qiieeii was really
afraid that he would die.
At last one day a famous doctor
came Ironi the lind ul the liaboona.
He looked at the ;iil, .nid said it was
a bad case- th.it it could not be
llleiido I, but that if th" prince wished
it he could make anew one grow in its
lilnee.
"Wish it?" cried the prince. "Of
course I wish il." "ery wi ll," snid
tht doctor, "how long will you have
it?'
"Half a mile," exclaimed the prince,
enchanted.
"Half a mile it be," replied the
other.
He then rubbed some magic salve
011 ""' s,unp nf the tail, sneezed fm-
ty-three times, and finally put the
prince to bed with a mustard piaster
nil the cud ut Ins tail.
Next i!inrnii:g when the I'liie'C
awoke he found, to his delight, that
his tail hud grow 11 again. What was
more, it was still growing, ami went
winding ami curling itself on ami mi,
as if it were a live creature.
"Stop," cried the prince, "you're
!- Doctor, mine aa.l stop
il !" but the strange doctor was gone.
lint the tail had nu idea of stopping
before it was half a mile long, so 011 t
went, round and round, until at length
the unhappy --ii:-'c became complete
ly lost in it, and he has never, I have
been told, been able to find his way
out since.- I New York Kccord'.r.
Louden Far in -.
Ijonduii in not wholly a city of
houses. Otlicial agricultural returns
show that over fourteen thousand ncrt s
are under cultivation, 812 acres in
wheat ami 2,-so acres under green
crops. Practically within sound of
5nv lit lis there are 7,000 cattle, fl.OiMl
sheep ami nearly as many hogs kept
on farms. New York World.
Russian authorities of many places
discourage the capture of nightingales
by confiscating thu catch of the deal
ers au l releasing the little e-jngsters.
DIAMOND 1'KHAKS.
The Stone? Are Discovered in the
Queerest of Places.
An Arizona Meteorite Charged
With Diamond Dust.
In a report made by Oeorgo 1".
Kun;: to tin; United Slates (icological
Survey (not yet in print) an interest
ing account is given of an experiment
made at Chicnto during the World's
Fair in determining the diameter of
what appeared tn be a diamond car
bon found in a meteorite by Professor
i (i"orge A. Keonig, of the University
of I'eiiiisylviiiiui.
Professor A. I). Foote of Philadel
phia, obtained a pice; of meteorite
from Canon Diablo, Arizona, in J 1 .
He sent it to I'lofessor Koeiiig for ex
amination. The piece weighed about
sixteen pounds. When an attempt
j was mad" to cut it, it was found to be
remarkably hard. The edge ol a half
inch chisel was repeatedly broken by
it. One spnt in particular was so hard
that the tools produced a black powder
' instead of chips. When t he meteorite
was being cut, nu attempt was made to
j polish the sections on an emery wheel,
i The emery wheel was ruined.
Diamonds had been noted pre
viously iu Ktissmn nn W-orie stones.
I mid Professor Koeiiig pronounced the
i black particles from this Arizona ine
; teorito to bo diamond. The particles
of thin substance obtained wore so
minute that the ordinary clniiiicitl
tests could lint bo applied to them;
Mr. Kuit'. suggested at th" meeting ol
the Academy of Arts ami Sciences that
if enough (dear graiim could be ob
tained to polish a diamond the nature
of the substance would be di finitely
determined. About two hundred
pounds uf the meteoric iron was ex
uininetl, ami specimens w hich appeared
to contain diamonds were dissolved.
The exhibit of tliitiuoiid-cuttiiig in the
mining building of the World's Fair
gave the opportunity for trying the
experiment, and Titl'any A Co. made
preparutinns fur the test. A diamond
polishing wheel was specially planed
down, and prepared with radiating
scratches so ns to be easily charged
with diamond powder.
The wheel was run at 2, .100 revolu
tions to the minute, ami a diamond
was tried on it for live minutes with
: out any polish resulting. The wheel
wns then chin-god with the meteoric
powder mixed with nil. As sumi li
the diamond was placed mi the wheel
ft hissing noise showed that it was be-
, ing nil. In three minutes one face of
the diamond was polished. Alter n
series of experiments with this powder,
51 r. KilliZ says he is satisfied thai it is
diamond, "or a substance with the
' same hardness, coloi, lustre nnd bril-
! lianev."
1
This experiment is interesting only
ns showing one uf the queer freaks of
nature. Why a meteorite should be
I charu'ed with diamond-dust is 110 mme
' apparent than is the reason for the dis
1 co very nf a single diamond in a Kni
! tucky field. There has been but one
i discovery iu Kentucky , though certain
oetiolis of the state have bet II studied
: minutely with 11 view to probable de
! velopment of diumond mines. The
' diamond in the United Stales is al
; must ns great a freak as the ilianiuiid-
ilust in tin; no thorite.
, m -
Anything tu Ohlige the Tigress.
'Savnge beasts, even in their native
wilds, sometimes recognize 1111 act of
kindness, nnd show their gratitude by
the most unmistakable signs," remark-
I ed Thomas Mayuard. an old sea cap
tain.
"A number nf years ngo the ship
which I then coiiini inded was becalm
ed off the enast uf India, and, taking
a boat load of men, went ashore in
senrch of fresh water. In some way I
became separated from the crew, and,
in wandering around was a good deal
startled at coming directly nn a full
grown tigress. Much to my surprise
the beast did not make any hostile de
monstrations toward me, but crunch
ing oil the ground looked steadfastly,
first at my face and then at a tree a
short distance nway. Fur 11 time I
could imt understand this conduct,
and, not daring to run for fenr she
would at once overtake; me, I stood
rootetl to the spot.
"Presently the tigress arose nnd
walked to the tree, looking backward
as she went. On turning my gaze
aloft, I saw among the branches of the
tree what had cans ul the evident soli
citation of the tigress. There perched
in one tif the limbs sat n big baboon
with two little tiger cubs iu its arms.
Having an axe with me, I started to
cut the tree down, the tigress watch
ing me intently all the while. When
the tree fell, and the three animals
ilith it, the tigress pounced upon, the
baboon 1,11 I with great fury despatch J
edit. Alter giitly eiressiiig her r-lf-spiiiii.',
sh turned to ni" with a look
which plainly expressed her thanks 1
for the service I had rendered her. I
She then disappeared in the forest, In r
twociib-i trotting behind her." -St.
Louis ilobe-1 lelnocrat.
Uses nl' ( (ilbiii-si i il Oil.
Cot (mi nil ranks next to sperm nil
mid above lard oil lor illuminating
purposes, ami it may be bumpd in any
I nun 11-ed for either. Mivd with pot
I'olelitn, it iner list "i the fieedom of
biiriiin j ; led this requires n oh logo
in the wick. As u lubricating oil cotton-seed
is useless, hecuus" it is half
w 11 y Ii ! ween the dryin;; and the nmi
iliymg. Fur tin! same reason it can
not be used for paints fur wr d t II
imr, or for butler dros-iie.r. It him
sonic us., as a substitute for vast line
and similar products. The oil entelM
into the production of laundry nnd
fancy soaps and soaps for woolen mills.
The American sardines, properly 1
kn ihii us young shad and herring, are
pel up with this oil, and the use uf it
extend:; so far that nearly llll the real
sirdincs nf Kurupe are now treated in
tic -tun'' way. The oil forms 1111 em
ulsion in medicine and a substitute for
cod liver oil. On th" 111 nket tho
crude oil is known ni either prime, or
ulV quality, or co iking. There nre
also tht! white summer, the yellow
winter, and the white winter. All
these, except theerii I", bring an aver
age of about lifly cut,, a gallon in t In1
wholesale market. Alter the nil has
left the seeds, they beet food for
stock ill tho shape nf nil cake, while
I ho ashes from the hulls make n fer
tilizer for root orop-i. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
( lilin'ofiii iiihig In Sleep.
It is becoming fashionable for bur
glars to chloroform their victims in
the hope that their work will be tho
more easily and ffi otually done. As
the plan is to administer the almost ho
tio while the patient sleeps, it is 110
wonder that failure attends the effort.
Happily, it is one of the must dillieult
lints to accoinplish. requiring the
gl cutest cut e mid the highest degree
of -kill. liy many good observers it
lets b 1 11 claimed to bo impossible.
Th" hitter may be looki d upon ns the
nth', 1 specially with novices, lit fore
primal insensibility is obtained, the
vict im awakens from the irritation nf
the inhaled vapor, when force is neces
sary for the cnmpletioll uf the purpose.
Iu the he untune, the alarm limy bo
given, tin 1 the its-tnluiit may be cap
tured. I'ortuiiately, the chalices are
against the Intf r, as his victim, facing
the lmrror nf strangulation, in instant
ly and almost instinctively roused to
desperate resistance. Taking all the
chances, however, chloroform in the
hands of a burglar should be consider
ed ns dangerous to hi- victim nsn club,
III! axe, or u bullet, nnd i I s ad in i ii ist I 11
I ii ui should be punished to that ex
treme limit of penalty which is due to
the employment of ullnr murderous
measures.- j Medical liecufd.
Notiili'e I'dt'i Iriciil A til a me.
Tin' great progress in electrical sci
ence has all taken place since JsTl.
licfore that time there Seelicd to be
little more of il than the telegraph
iiml a few philosophical instruments
for use in schools. Now one is amazed
at what has been a nnplislu'd. In
ventors contrived the duplex, the
qiiadl'liplex, the sextliplex and niito
mutie instruments in quick succession ;
t hen w it h n stride came I he telephones,
mid arc and iiicnndesecnt lights; I hen
the niolor, mid Inst uf nil the trolley
cur. We omit one hundred and one
little things iu domestic ceotimny util
izing elect ricily, and sty nothing of
cooking or heating. Tin' trolley ear
iu itself is i'eulutiniiisiitg suburban
existence, and will do much to relieve
tlie crowded condition of our cities.
These cars move so quickly ami with
such frequent intervals, they are sim
ply revolutionising transportation for
short distances. It is well to say that
one great impetus to this progress in
the past year or so hns been the grout
full in the price uf copper. - Hard
ware. Not nt All Politic.
PiIIor -That young Dr. Sagely is a
queer person.
Squills- Huw so?
Pilles Mrs. Hayswclle called him
in to prescribe fur one of her indispo
sitions and he told her there was noth
ing the matter with her and proved it.
And yet he wonders why he doesn't
get on better with his rieli patients.
Clncneo lb curd.
A l.egnl tjiicslitoi.
Kitty - She snys they're enrnged,
and he says they are not. Now what
do you think uf that?
Tom 1 think it will take a Jury to
di'ddv. Puck.
Tnu'lltiet There In the Mornln' !
K-' on leol.in' for t lio I rit'ht, bright skief;
K-epiui hupiti' that til" sun II ris;
Keep mi siii-m' w in " the wli"l w-'irM sdgh.
An' you'll get tln-re In th" morula' '
Keep "ii . lew-ill' wlrui you've mi-1"'! th
T l 'S :
K"S'' oil li'lllHll' VvlllMI III" fld'llo stOl9 ;
Ic ' lii'ii faithful till tli" urliiin ilmps.
An" you'll git th' t" in tli'- tnernin'!
Atlantic ( 'iia'itiiti' n.
iir.Moitors.
"TTow do ynu know sho voted you a
bore? ' "The eyes ami nose."
"How do yon like Chicago?"
"Fine :I27 trains have there every
tiny."
Almost every woman we kn' w would
like to know w hut some other woman
has got tn be proud off
"What! Ynu a literary mnn nnd
Im vi? not read the Heavenly Twins?"
'I haven't." " it-mini !"
I.eiiedict Why won't she nnrry
you? Is tin re another man in the
case? Singh-ton Yes ; iter father.
Husband.-- Does that new novel
turn out happily? Wife. It doesn't
say. it only says tiny were married.
Visitor - Johnnie, what's that awful
noise in your back yard? liev. AmeuV
Youngest -That's pn practising his va
cation cough.
His Mother. Yon ought to feel
ashamed of yourself, fighting, little
lolmiiy Nayboi s. Tommy. I do innm
ma ; ho licked mo.
"They say the wolf i- continually nt
their tloor. " "Well, I don't ku
what he is there for. Tiny never
have anything in the liou-e."
"When n man is in d-Id there is no
cmicenling it." "There ain't ?" "No;
the first time n bill collector callsou
him he is sure to be found out."
"I can't tiinko these matches strike,"
snid I'doobiiinper, niter two or threo
ineffectual efforts. "That's because
you art! ind a walking ih.h g.ttc," said
Mrs. liloobmiipt r.
"The advantage of being nn nlder
man," snid the honorable gentleman
from the 'steenth ward, m reflective
inooil, "is that ynu do a good busi
ness and don't have to advertise."
I li, liy This is my grandmother's
portrait, ami I nm thought to have
smue of lit r features. His Adored
Yes, I see n strong resemblance be
tween her eyebrows and your mus
tache. "Vmi nre not looking well this morn
ing," Mini the mirror to tin- gas jet.
"No. My buss was out all Inst
night. "' "What has that to do with
you?" "Why, can't you understand,
stupid, that 1 was out all night, too?"
Pertha - Tom, this paper says Mr.
Tighllist was "generous ton fault."
What does that mean ?
Tom - Well, from what I know of Mr.
Tight list, I should say that il means
he couldn't possibly be generous to
liny thing else.
Flder Sister--Coi.-,". Clarence, tnko
your powder like a man. You never
hear me making any complaints nbutlt
such a little thing us that. Clarence
Cnllipi rs fsordyl ; Neither would I if
I could ill il ti it mi my face; it's swnl
lowin' it that I object to.
luniks What did her father sny
n Inn you told him that you wanted tn
marry his daitghlci? Hivors Will,
he didn't absolutely refuse, but he im
posed uvery serious enndit ion. Hunks
Wind was it? Pixel's lie said ho
would see me hanged first.
The College Mm of Today - Oh, I
r iv, Coventor, you ought to have been
here last week. . Il wus immense ! Wo
drowned the president of the freshman
class, nnd tee heo-hco lice two nf us
craw hul into Prof, bliiogogglo's room
after he hud gone to bed and turned
nil every gas jet in the room!
The rich American hud a nobleman
for a son-in-law, until tho funds were
cut off, and then the gent removed
himself, "liy the way," said a friend,
who hud not henrd how the nffuir
turned out, "isn't your son-in-law a
peer?-' "Not exactly," admitted the
old gentleman; "he's a disappear,"
ami then he explained how that bland
of nobility happened to be.
"Will, Charles," snid the proud
father, "you are to be graduated in
.luiie. What are your ideas as tn se
lecting n profession?"
"I think 1 will be a lawyer, father,
1 nm bind of case."
"Fuse? Do you consider the lawyer's
profession one of case?"
"It certainly is at the start. Young
lawyers never have much to do."
The I'reiich government hns just
created, in the nature of an experi
ment, a postal service by camel ex
press iu tht! French territories of
Obosh nnd the Somali const. In con
nection with this service a special pro
visional stamp will bo issued, the valui)
being ." francs.