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PITTSPOUO CHATHAM CO., N. C, AUGUST I, 1895.
NO. 49.
CtoijjEm
A I.jrric of Joy.
Ovrr tlio shoulders (mil slopes of tlio iliino,
I saw Hid white daisies go down to tlio
boa,
A Imst iu tint sunshino, n snowdrift ill Juno,
Tin) '0iii!o (iml scuds U9 to act uur hearts
free.
Tlio bobolinks riilllnil thi'in up from tlio
dell,
Tin" nrlotf-4 whistled lliom out nf tlio wood,
Ami nil of IlK-lr HiiiKiiiK win, "Earth, it ia
wi'll !"
Aiul all of tholr dunning was, "I-lfo, tin u
art good?"
- Ill, ism Caiiius In the Ccnturv.
"SCRAP."
r.v malt ennr.
Mrs. Heath rolled up her knitting
niul vt.'iil to thodoor. Tho November
air tiiii t i 1 1 l-c I wit It frost uiul sho
shivered lis she leaned uttt Jistcning
fur s i ii ii 1 i uf travel iijum tlio roud.
"J declare, its I'liim night and Scab
niu't here yet. 1 iln wonder what's
keopin' him. He's mighty nigh ul
wuys liuiiio 'furo this timo when ho
goes to Atluuty, m' ho took a curly
nturt yesterday. It can't bo that he's
lul l nny trouble u-.selliii that cotton.
No, it wus iih lino us imybuily nooil
ask for."
"There' Iio'h cniniii' ! I hear bun
scolding obi Whitofiieo. 1 ilmi't Know
why that eroetur can't work peaceably
in tlio yoke."
Sho left tho ilour open while nil':
hustled cheerfully around, spreading
tho cloth uml sliciug the luc hi. TIh
frying-pan was over tho tiro wluu
Seaborn Heath unyoked tlio oxoil at
tho front guto and guvo them their
foci.
"lliiiupli, .lane, that smells good,"
he declared, us ho slopped to bcrupo
li is feet on tho doorstep.
"1 'lowoil you'd bo hungry."
"That 1 nut. How'vo you be:ii get
t i ii on?"
'(li, puty will. Miss Alxiniilliy
raiiio over uml Ktayeil all night with
mo. Why don't you coiuo in uu' slut
tho ilour, Scab? i il think you'd be
tircil as well us hungry, an' it ain't
warm iih it might lio outside."
"Tis got tin' wiutcrii-h, that is n fact.
1 fetelieil some eompaiiy homo with
me, .lane," linully stepping into the
room.
Mrs. Ifeiith had just tukrli tlio f r V -ing
pan from tie.' lire' to turn the rush
ers of bucou. Sins wheeled quickly
with it ill her hand.
"Comp'liy, S.'ub? For goodness
Bake, who is it !"
"Hero it is," uiul ho drew u lillle
colored boy into the room, then re
treated, leaving (lie elill I standing
idolio ill the full glow ul' tin; Ill 1 1 ; 1 1 1 .
lio was a I'm loi n ohj. el, hi'i ashy Jw i n
dry mid uilhered, his lure us lull of
wrinkles us an old iiihu'h. His clothes
hung upon him a mass of rugs; a bat
tered old straw hat, probably picked
out of it nsh lienji, covered his head.
His bare legs were us tliiu as slicks,
and appeared nil tlio more pitublo
from the ni.e of the rusty old shoes
Upon his feet. Mrs. Heath sal down
with tin' pan of Hooking m at still in
her hand.
'Wi ll, 1 never! Wh.ro did you
find that creetur, an' whitover pcr
Beissed you to bring it homo with
you?"
"I'll tell you just how it happened,
June. 1 didn't finish sclliu' that cot
ton till this nioruui', but I mint; a
right good bargain. As I was wulhin'
nlong tlio street afterwards, feelin' to
proud that all my debts was paid nu'
I had noma ino'iey in my oe!iet, thin
llttlo feller piped Up an' 'lowed:
" 'Mister, wuii'l you have u shine?"
"I looked at him, an I F 'lowed that
I would, seeiu' that ho 'pea red to ben
sight poorer than me. I asked him
where he'd got his breakfast, an' he
'lowed that ho hadn't got any at all.
Then I aked him where ho lived, an'
ho 'lowed that ho jest slept around
any w hero ho could, that ho didn't
have no hum.'. An' lane, ho was
workiu' iivvny ut thoiu shoes o' m no
till they shoiio like a tonkin' glass."
Ho paused and glanced at his big
nhoes half pleased, half nsliained.
"I'otlicker'H always ben good enough
for mo to put on 'em, but I didn't
grudge that dime, no I didn't. An'
Jane, I begun to think o' our own lit
tle Matthew uu' what might become o'
liim if he'd a lived an' we'd u died, nu'
the un no I thought tho sorrier I fell
for this pore llttlo chap, for if he is
blac'i, he's u lmma'.i bein', nu' oughter
have somebody to take koer o' him."
"l!ut I don't think you need to be
conipurin' your ow n child to n little
negro, Scab," his wife remarked, wip
ing lief eyes on n corner of her apron,
us sIm rose to put the meat back over
the lire.
" Ho's a human beiu', us I said, Jane,
an' I 'lowed I'd fetch linn out home
with mo to sorter b i ennip'ny for you
nu' help you 'bout the house when I
ain't at home."
"You do beat nil, Scab; jou cer
tainly do," hIio deelarod, in n softelioil
tone. "I couldn't begin to count the
it ray cuts uiul lumo dogs you've
fetched, homo with you to bo comp'ny
for me, and now this poro little chup.
What's your name?" hIio deiniuuled of
the little fellow. Ho hud removed the
old lint mid stood twisting it around iu
his hands.
"My name's Scrap, lua'iim, said tho
boy, timidly.
"N'othin' else?"
"No'm. "
. "Will, I'll declare! (!oine up to
tho lire an' sit down on that stool iu
tho corner. You must lie plum froze
in them rags, llid I ever? They're
worse than it patchwork ipiilt, they're
in no many pieces. How old uir
you?"
"Mos" twelve. "
" Twelve, uu' you niu't bigger Uian
a child seven or ci;;ht. No wonder
yotir'e called Scrap. Sit ri.;hl down
all' eat this hot potato. He's been
half starved, most likely," she mut
tered us she dished up tho supper.
Si' rap i-iiiile I to himself and wont
out to get hoiuo wood for the lire.
It was it Htrango new world to the
little boy. He sat down and spread
his small, chi.lv hands before the lire,
watching the Haines leap up tho wide,
black chimney with fascinated eyes.
Ho didn't have much to say to bis
now friends, but when tho eat came
piirriii'f around his legs he picked il ti(
and stroked it softly. Ho was given u
warm, abundant supper, nnd when Mrs.
Heath saw hint swaying drowsily on
his stool she brought out n little
trundle bed and prepared it for him.
"I don't know as I ought'r do it
Scab," she said hesitatingly.
"He's n human beiu', Jalie, all' it
can't hurt Matthew if he sleeps in that
bed. Wo niu't jot no other place
nowhere.
So Scrap lay down oil a clean bed
with the cat curled up against his back
iiud the firelight dancing on tlio walls,
and the slilhi"s of tho wid.', dark
country spieading out nil around him.
It was such a strange silence uml
darkness to the child who had never
known uuvtiiiiig but the sights nud
sounds of a city with its crowded, gas
lighted streets un 1 crowded house's.
He might have been liomeMck if he
hal not hid that great blazing tire,
that delicious warmth sending him io
sleep as soon us he had eaten his bup
pcr. On Sunday Mr. Heath found Scrap
silting on the bench in tliu sunshine
at the solllh si lent the bouse, with the
big liilde open on his kin.es. Mr.
Heath had Imhi -lit '.hit liible from a
bonk ugi lit, mid it was lull of highly
colored prints.
"l.ookiu ct (he pictures, Scrap'.1''
"I was read in' 'bout where lime's
pn look him to be crucified."
"S icrilieed, ain't it?" corrected Mr.
ll.'Mt'i, siltiu i dow ii oil the bench at
Ins side. ' Uo voil mean to say that
you can n ml. boy?" looking ut him
with something of awe.
"A little, sir."
Th it was ilei beginning of n new oo
cnpatioii lor Scrap during the winter
evenings. Mrs. Heath could not read
either, so while In T hush.. lid silt at
one corner of the hearth fo. sling n
fresh pine knot to the tiro occasional
ly, and she sat on t!i ) oilier sido with
her knitting, the boy occupied his
stool b.'twocll them, the liilile open on
his knees. He had t read very slow
ly, one thin black forefinger traveling
over th s pago to guide his eye. Often
ho hud to stumble over the liar I words
or skip them altogether. Hut his au
ditors didn't in in il that. They were
not critical, and it was such a novelty
to have some one to read to them that
they always listened gladly.
It came very suddenly, (ho end to
this rending, and to some other things.
Spring had come, and on" Saturday
afternoon Mr. Heath took Scrap over
to where they were cutting the timber
and clearing the way for a new railway
line. Seaborn had some friends among
the laborers, and ho sauntered down
the lino where they were felling the
trees, speaking to lirst one nud then
another. Ho hn I stopped to look ut
the time of day, measuring the height
of tho sun with his eye, when ho heard
the peculiar rending, rustling sound
of a tree tottering to its fall, then
wild shouts, nnd n shrill, piercing
se renin. It was the i-cream which
warned him of his d inger. He turned,
saw Scrap llping toward him on the
very win ;s of tile wind, the whites of
his eves shining, his black face u pic
ture of agonized terror.
"Hun, run! It's a-fallin' on yen,
sir; it's u-falliu' on you !"
Ho did get out of tho way, ho
hardly knew how, and the great tree
e line down with n thundering crash,
tlio earth trembling, tho air full of
hissing vibrations. Hn covered his I
lace willi bis hand for a ru"iiu nt,shiid- '
del ing nt his narrow cm-iimc.
"If it hadn't a-bceu for JJerup I'd
bo rig'it undor it now. Whoro is
Scrap. " ho questioned aloud.
Tho workmen wero already frnuti
cully tutting away at tho timber to
get him nwny from under u branch of
the trie. Hut ho was dead when they
lifted him gently nud placed him out
upon a bed of grass.
"it nil comes o' my beiu' such n
dog-gono fool," snid Mr. Heuth
brokenly, tho tears trickling down his
face. Ho rubbed tho dry, thin, black
lingers ho held in his, ho passed u hand
caressingly over tho boy's wizuiied
face, but it was no use. Tho breath
of lifu hud passed his lips for the lust
time.
He received burial in tho country
graveyard beside Matthew, and there
were some stul t 'iirs shed over him.
"Ho was only a little colored boy, I
know, but ho dono a great thing for
us," Mrs. Heath explained to u neigh
bor. "He was u human bein' nu' ouo o'
( ioil-n-uiighty's heroes," declared Mr.
Heath. Utica, (N. Y.) Press.
Mitile mi Klecti ic Spring.
In one of the shipyards of Cleve
land there, is a young man w ho dem
onstrated tosoino people of the lloeky
Mountain country tho grout iullueiice
of tho mind over tiio body. In their
ciihos this inllueiici) was sulliciont to
euro various discuses, until they dis
covered the hoax, nnd thou il relnpse
came to Boino who hud net us yet
thoroughly recovered.
Tho young man and his compan
ions wero not posing us priests of any
peculiar faith, but wero simply look
ing out for the dollars that might
coiuo from their patients, and tho
cures weru iu no wiso accredited to
faith, but to the natural properties of
an "electric Hpring. " This they
claimed to have discovered uu ler tils'
blitil'at I'iko's lYuk, und over tlio
water they built a fancy sunitnriuin.
Soon people camo from fur nud near,
mid not only camo but were cured.
l''roiu various disensea the patients ob
tained relief, und tho sufferers from
ri.eu.uutism wero iiuuieious some being
terribly crippled.
The phenomena of tho spring wero
remarkable and uniipie. Those who
bathed iu its waters felt pleasing cur
rents of thu subtle energy coursing
through their luiatomy ; und w hen n
cup (ithich was chained) was touched
to its surface a shock was felt by tlio
iirin which held the cup. Marvclloiii;
success cam ) to the sanitarium, and
wealth wai rapidly coining to the
young men during the several mouths
that tho c'.ii'o was in operation until j
olio day a parly of electricians visited
the place and discovered the secret of
the spring's peculiar action. There
upon, fe ii iu g the w rath of the peo
ple, the young nteii lied, leaving
thing behind.
The vi-dliug eh c! rieiaus, strolling
over the mountain, had found wire-,
and Ihe.io wero traced inlo the spring.
Ilciieatlt the rocky bottom of the
basin there was a network of the con
ductors. Tin" secret of the shock ob
tained at the drinking place was found
to lie iu the fuel that the water win
connected with it wire, und when tho
cup touched t he surface a circuit wiei
formed. The discovery of the fraud
destroyed in many cases all the good
that had been done by the treatment.
Cleveland Leader.
Wealth in Irish IV a! lings.
I'eat is u carbonaceous substance
formed by the doeouipoMt ion of vege
table matter iu localities where the
conditions of moisture and tempera
ture are favorable. Ireland contains
the largest deposits, it being also
found iu Holland and North ( i.'i many.
There are two varieties of peat tho
red and tho black, found directly un
der the red. Heretofore its commer
cial value has been very low, as it was
used chiefly us a fuel uml us nil iu
:rc liont iu naphtha, puralli'io, etc.
liy ii new process red pent, which is
libroiis in nature, is combed out until
it resembles wool, und then woven
into cither cloth, which is half tho
cost and far more durable than shoddy,
or mattings nnd rugs of fair commer
cial value. Tho waste product cituscd
by the refined combing, blenched by
the patent process, is utilized us pent
pulp, which is cheap nud cijual to
wood pulp.
Tho dust produced in refining i
uiso a good disinfectant, lilack peat
is reduced into powder, compressed
into blocks that lire a perfect counter
feit of ebony, and cm bo readily used
where it is required. It is not brittle
I c.iii bo worked into pulleys,
handles, etc., nnd us a non-comluctoi
it can be used for electrical insulators.
Tho process having been perfected,
its manufacture is to bo commenced
ill Ireland.
It is est un itedthat Ireland contains
nearly t,lMKI,lblO,000 tons of pent, so
thai a new industry may soon be Uo
vehped. Industries nud Iron,
(Illl.lHti:VS COM' MM.
NHS II NO TiJIII.
Around tin' I'liiiiiney swallows II y.
And w reus explore tliu burn and .-IumI,
J'lii! orioles g.) Hashing by
With bits of straw ami cotton shred.
The suulis'lil gli'iimcrs through the treed,
Ami II 1 1 1 Is tl ii-in busy everywhere,
The robins, jays, ami chickadees.
And all til" buiblers of tlm uir.
1 ii a Mi II. Swukt, in Si. Nicholas
AS Ol.l TIIIUtMoMUT.I!.
IMitor Hoot of "tileaiiiiigs in lieu
Culture," while iu Cincinnati lately,
snw iu tho Sunday school room of the
Vino street Congregational church a
new kind of tin r.nouietei. Il was a
board about four feet long, lettered
and graduated like u common thermom
eter scale. Lengthwise through the
centre of the board is it groove in
which inns it cord over pulleys at
each end uf the. board. One half oi
this end is painted white, the otlcr
block. l!y pulling on the cord at the
buck, (he superintendent runs the ap
parent column of mercury up nud
down, uml this is the record of utteiid
uiice, the figures running from zero
up to lio1) or Kill), or us high its need
be. The high or low temperature de
pends entirely on the i ll'orts of the
pupils uml touchers. If they wish to
make the lueicui'y stand high, they
must bestir themselves to bring iu us
many us possible. No wonder they
wuleh ciigerly to see whether tho at
tendance on any Sunday runs high or
low. New York Observer.
l.r.M i Nors m i 'si i i:ooms.
A man traveling in Austral in found
it large mushroom of this genus weigh
ing live pounds. Ho took it to tho
house where ho was stopping, and
hung it up to dry in the sitting-room.
Ihiti-rilig utter d isk, ho wasuuia.ed to
see a beautiful soft light oiuunatiiig
from the fungus. Ho called in tho
native.! to examine il, and at the first
bianco they cried out in great fear
that it was it spirit. It continued to
give out light for many nights,
gradually deeieasiie; until it waH
wholly dry.
Dr. (iardiicr, while walking through
the streets of a lira.iiiuu town, saw
ijome buys pluyim; with a luminous
ohjeel, which hint first thought was
it large lirelly; bill he found on in
spection it was a brilliant iiiu lirooin,
which How beat's his naiue. It gave
out a brie hi light of a gre nish hue,
and was called by th nitivos "llor
do coco, as it grew on a species ot
palm. The young plants unit u brill
iant light, and the older ones a pain
greenish light. Many kinds of fungi
are phosphorescent. Humboldt de
scribes Mime exquisitely beiiulilul ones
he saw iu the mines. The glow in rot
ten wood is e iiised by its containing
the tlm ads of li.'lil- 'iwM fungi. -St.
Nicholas.
MiiSkIA vs. i v.
Hick W alker lives iu Yaiiduin street,
and is manager of an uptow n glass
ware emporium. Animals of all sorts
he is loud of, cpcci.illy dogs and
luoiiki-y-. The mate of a lira.iliaii
ship recently brought hint a iimnkcy
which he ininuid Adam. The simitii
wasveiyt.ini') and win allowed the
liberty of Mr. Walker's residence nud
back yard. Tho folic J there was it
favorite roost iug-plai';.; for Adam un
til Friday.
Mr. Walker was looking out of tho
window, and iu tho next yard saw n
mother cat with three or four kitte.is.
She curried them ouo by one in her
mouth uml deposited th uu o:i tho
grass dot. Ai'i.iiii was gravely witt .'h
iug tho proceeding, and suddenly de
scended into the in ihbor's yard, he
woi.cd a kitten as he had seen the cat
do, and with it dangling from his jaws,
he scrambled up the fence, lie was
not slow it her, for right behind hint
was Mrs. Cat, with her back up slid
her tail its big ns u muff. Along tlio
fence to the window Adam run, nud
jumped in tho room. Mr. Walker
took the kitten from him just in time,
und shut the window. Mrs. Cat knew
no stopping, however, und through
tho gluss she dashed, uml after Mr.
Ail ini. Walker managed to sepnrnto
them, but not until ho was scratched
nud bitten, too. Adam wm punished
severely by the enraged c it, and when
ever he sees one now ho runs under a
sofa and bides. Ho still ows Mr.
Wulker tho price of tho pane of glass.
--New York World.
Valley Forirc's Lone (ravestoue.
Only one grave, that of John Wat
termini of Khode Island, marked with
n rudely carved sandstone, has been
been identified of all who !iod nt
Valley Forgo during that perilous
winter of 177S. "J. W., 177S," uro nil
the marks that are on the stone, but
tho records show whoso grave it is.
ll tho other graves have been (dewed
over for more- than it century.
ruTURH or WAR.
Modem Guns Will Necessitate a
Change in Tactic?.
Balloons, Photography and Tij
phonus Will Bo Employed.
The modern gnus, writes General
Fitzhugh Leo iu tho Century, will
make great changes in the art of win,
und the plans employed in former
eiimpiiigns by t lie great commanders
will receive many iiiodilic itioin. I e
fensivo battb s will bout n premium,
uml di feii-.ive wnrfare w ill bo simpli
fied. Armies will inaiiieiivro for po
sition, und the generals ooiiiiiiniidiiig
them will gain fame by movements
skilfully conducted to coiieciitrate
iheir seatlered baltalionsut the proper
lime, with the purpose of forcing nu
antagonist to give rather lliaiito ac
cept battle. If a campaign with a
designated objective point is planned,
and the strategy is oil'elisivo oil the
part of one of the cominniiders, if
possible his tactics will bo d' foiisive.
ll istilo uriuies will keep ut greater
distances and in open country out of
sight of each other, unless they can
take up a lino at night nud entrench ;
and direct Hank movements will not
be attempted where troops uro visible
before tho nssault. Field balloons
will locate tho position, and photogra
phy mark the formation of contending
forces, while telephones and electricity
will play prominent parts iu tho war
drama. Night marching nud night
attacks will be more frequent, und
columns of troops organized to charge
stationary positions will bo moved
under darkness to eloso points so that
tho charge at ilawu will occupy the
shortest timo possible.
llugiug buttles will bo fought by in
fantry and artillery, and one of the
problems will be tho protection of the
horses that draw the guns. Tempora
ry field works cannot shelter them,
and unless lulls nll'ord protection tin y
will perish iu tho louden hail. Cavalry
will not bo employed on the main
field of a battle, but on thu thinks of
uriuies, iiguiiist cavalry. Cavalry
chieftains will no longer a sail infantry
or artillery, and no more charges will
be recorded like those of 1'oiisoiiby ut
Waterloo or Mural ut Jena. This
arm will still be cll'cctivo iu recoil
nuisMiuccs, picketing, guarding trains,
and as escorts ; but except ill small
bodies its use for a dvauco and rear
guards will bo diminished. The tar
gel presented is too large to bo risked
before field guns tiring with great
rapidity, even if several miles distant,
us well us before infantry rilles inces-ce-antly
Hashing a mile away.
Miino'iiveriiig u cavalry corps with
s iv 10,111)11 horses oil it future battle
field would be a high type of cruelly
to animals, but tho regiments, bri
gades, and divisions composing it can
still render good service. They call
be moved willi celerity long distances,
and tho troopers, except tho horse
holders, can bo dismounted and used
us infantry, their modern carbines be
ing nearly as clVective us the niagazine
rilleol'the inl'autryiiiaii i but it will be
most ditlieull to protect tho horses
while locating them iu such a position
us to reuch their rulers or be reached
by them quickly, when necessary.
Perhaps tho most interesting prob
lem to be solved by those who organ
ize uriuies iu the future is the disposi
tion and nrraiigeiiteiiut of tho im
mense aniiiiiiiiition-trains. The greedy
guns must bo fed, und great will be
their rapacity. Next to the command
ing general and his principal assistants
will rank in importance the field chief
of ordiiiiiic ', who bus the locution of
supply depots and the management of
large and small cartridges to the com
batants. The continual replenishing
of caisson and limber boxes, tho smal
ler charges for infantry during actual
coulliet, nud tho safety and efficiency
of vast trains where electric or steam
roads cuiinot be constructed, will re
quire a brave, enterprising, cool, vigi
lant officer of conspicuous ability uud
executive capacity.
The medical departments, too, must
be reorganized uiul enlarged to con
vey the disabled to field hospitals, for
field ambulances cannot bo placed close
to battle line; uml the numbers of the
wounded will b) greatly increased.
The great captains id the future
wars will be those who fully compre
hend tho destructive power of im
proved cannon and sin ill arms, and
whose calm nud fertile intellect will
grasp the importance of so iu imruv
ring as to force the antagonist to give
offensive battle, nud who will never
bo without n "clear conception of the
the object lo be achieved und the best
way of achieving it." They will parry
nnd fence like great, swordsmen, but
they will thrust only when tho enemy
tushes upon them.
Obeying1 Order.
Hero is a good story which tlio boys
in eiimp will appreciate, told lust
night ut tho Army nnd N'uvy Club,
it illustrates uu Irishman's disposition
to curry out his orders. Hugh Me ,
u son of the Ihneruld Isle, who hud
volunteered in the lith liegimont of
South Cirolinu Infantry, vvus sta
tioned on tho bench of Sullivan's
Island, with strict orders to walk be
tween two points, and to let no one
puss without tho countersign, nnd that
to bo coiiiniiiiiicuted only in a whis
per. Two hours afterward the cor
poral with tho relief discovered by the
moonlight Hugh, up to his waist in
water, the tide having set in since ho
was posted.
"Who goes there?" "llelief."
" Hall, relief. Advance, Corporal,
uud give the countersign."
Corporal - lam not going in there
to be drowned. Coiuo out here uud
let me relievo you.
Hugh No, sir! Tho lieutenant
tould mo not to lave me post.
Corporal -Well, then, I will lcuvo
you in tho witter nil night (going uway
us he spoke).
Hugh Halt I I'll put it hole in yo
if ye puss without the countersign.
Them's me orders from tho lefteliuut.
iCocking und reveling his gun.)
Corporal Confound you, every
body will hear it if I bawl it out to
you.
Hugh Yes, mo darling, nnd the
lefteiiunt suid it must bo given in it
whisper. In with yo, mo finger's on
the trigger and me gun inny go off.
Tho corporal hud to yield to the
force of the argument nnd wnde in to
the faithful sentinel, who exclaimed:
"lio jabers, it's well ye'vo conic. '1 ho
tide has u-iuosl ilrovvued me. " Wash
ington Post.
Saved liy sin blk.
A cttri'iiiH story of adventure comes
from Montana. While a freight truin
vvus lying over ut it sninll mountain
station the engineer borrowed a shot
gun and started out for n short hunt.
Ho was about returning to his train
wlu n a cow inudo her iippouruuec.
I'.efore ho realized that there was nny
danger the animal made a rush nt him,
and he ran with all his speed. Hut
the cow was it better nicer, and in it
few minutes caught him by his cloth
ing, splitting his coat from waist to
collar, uud tossing him into the uir.
(letting to his feet us soon uspossiblc,
he dodged behind n tree, and then to
his dismay, found that the gnu barrel
was In lit so as to be Useless.
Tho next ten minutes wero very
lively ones. Tho cow eh tsed the en
gineer round und round tho tree, und
w hen ho got it chance to hit her with
the gun barrel it only seemed to en
rage her tho more. It was only
it question of time when In: would suc
cumb to fatigue, but a diversion oc
curred that saved his life. An uugry
snort was heard and a big elk appeared
upon the scene, head down, and pre
pared for a tight. The cow was so
iiiad by this time that she was ready
tor anything, uud iu another moment
the two animals dashed ut each other,
The engineer watched the combat for
n few minutes, until prudence sug
gested that ho should iiuike a re
treat while ho could. He regained
the train iu safety and never knew tho
outcome of tho battle, but the pre
sumption is that tlio elk was tho vic
tor. Petroit Free Press.
Japanese Armor.
An accidental but important diseov- I
cry is iiunoiiuc 'd, writes u cjiTespoii- i
dent at Yokohama, "it must huve
occurred to many of your readers that, j
tilt hough the fights iu Manchuria have ;
been called very severe, the .lapaneso
losses huve iuviiriuhly been few, nud :
those of the Chinese were heavy. ;
Much of this disparity bus been duo to
bad marksmanship on the part of tho
Chinese, but it part of the immunity
hits been owing to the tact that to j
keep out the col. I the Japanese wore i
ii qiinutity of lloss silk under their
clothes. This is it very light nud Ilex- j
iblo material, and ut many cases has j
acted as a bullet-proof shield. It is j
important enough to deserve attention
at the hands of tho Pritish military
authorities. "Loudon News.
Taken l Her Ward.
Wife John. John, wake up, I sny.
liiirglars nrc iu the house.
Johu All right, my love. I'll stny
up hero while you go down stairs uud
order the rascals oft". Y'ou know what
you've always Hiid dear thitt you
didn't want nny man to meddle with
your household nffuirs Boston Tru
veler. In Japan there nro nmro than 1,200
places wero Christianity is taught;
nioro than 7,000 Protestant schools,
and every year about l,8l)0youiig per
mits go out from these schools into
tlu life of tho nation.
The Wishing liiiifc".
"A 'wishing r.ng,' a 'wishing ring,'
I wniibl that one worn mini''."
"What wiiuhbt Hum do if sm li u tliinK
Tlloll sj.i'llkest of could be thine?''
"Oil! 1 wuii'l bid 'g liy' at "ico
To poverty uml care!"
'And then Hi" burdens lli-ni iuyest iloi'a
S"lne other mi" ill il -t bear."
"Oli ! were it mine, to other lauds
I'll soon Im "ii tli ! wing!"
'i'"l mi" may journey fur uiel buig
Without a wWiing ring."
"Willi sii.'li a rim.', love, faithful, trie,
Jai'liiriiii.', slii.iiM Ii" mill''!"
"Jli'Mi u 1st no riiu I" break sueli l'i"K,
Already il is thine !"
- Woman's Progress.
iU'MOHOl'S.
"What arc our young men coming
to?" wails it poet. Coming to seo
our girls, of coin sc.
Ibui't gloat over the applause of
I he mult iin.lt) until you have seen a
dog uud ii tin can p iss a crowd.
And now docs the wise old fish hunt
it deep and shady nook far nwny from
the prowling school-boy's baited
hook.
Lawyer (,)ilililo What wns tho
greatest trial you ever presided over,
Jud,'e? Judge Kidby liringing up
ten ilaiii'hters, sir.
Housewife (suspiciously) Aren't
you the trump to whom I gave it
whole mince pio lust week? Hugged
Haggard -Nome. I'm his ghost.
The ton ill suiiin aMi-i mev ib'seeml ;
I'niliea ranee is the rule,
tint verily that rule must end
Toward him who savs "Keep cool."
liiarder -What's that noise out
there? Somebody bulling a carpet?
L indiiidy's IIu-.li and - No, it's Jones
trying to bout bis board bill, and my
wife is onto him.
(rrant Can it be possible Unit Haw
kins is iu love with that fat girl?
Why, she weighs odd ut least. Hobba
No, I don't believe he's iu love
he's just infatuated.
Mr. liusytnnu I lnivo been mim
inoned for jury duty; how can I get
oil? Lawyer Oh, just let them hoo
that you know how much two uud two
inukc, and they'll excuse you iu a jill'y.
"What is the new boarder's luisiit :a ,
Pauline?" asked the chei rl'ul Idiot. -"He
is running a bicycle school," re
plied the waiter gill. "Iih! Touch
ing the young idea how to ncuot, is
he?"
Mrs. I'rban So you feared to re
main iu the country any longer.
Wero you ufrail of trumps? Mrs.
Law nv ille No ; I tins alruid of tlio
terrible dogs wo have to have to scare
trumps.
She savs ;,,e iloe- not love me yet,
i'.'ll l it ii. .1 hi- surprise I
To l.'liril sll" HI'S; I ail't' Voll see
Thai yet is e:ii lia-i:'. '.I.
"Madam," began Mr. Uisiuul I'aw
son, "you see before y.ui a victim of
circumstances'." Oh, I do?" said tho
suspicious lady. "What circum
stances? "Struileui d circumstances,
ma'am. "
Miss Yoiuiguil The Kegetits of tlio
State I'aivel-ily have abolished tho
degree of Imcliel. r of letters. Mis-i
O.dilll - I'm so pleased to hear it. I1
I had my way 1 would abolish bach
elors altogether.
Mistress -.lane, veil hud a man in
the kilchen la-t night. Maid Yes'ni.
I'd have brought him into the silting
room and introduced you, but he was
so busy talking to me that I forgot
all about it."
Little Willov.deaii, walking with
her mother, stumbled several tunes
over the rough pavement. The moth r
said, "W hat is ltic mutter, daughter?"
'Nothing's the mutter with me," sho
i in 1 1 ur nun t ly replied, "but the ground
is t io thick in places.
The r 0 it Hail I led.
The shrinoal liensi vlndui) has bceii
shorn of much of its splendor. A
shmt tune ago the priests who nt
tended at daw u .i perform tho toilet of
Muhudeo wero horrified to find thut
their deity had ll 'd. Search was in
stantly made and the god was cure
fully wrapped in a shawl on the side of
it tank a couple of hundred yards front
the temple. Their lirst impression
was that a miracle bud been vouch
safed which would bring infinite grist
to their mill. This idea was difpellod
when it wits discovered tint the graven
image hud been despoiled of its gold
cuirass, its jewelry aud silver throne.
London News.
liy Way of Alleviation.
"I can't huve whistliug at tho tublo
ir. Sloeuui," said tho boarding house
keeper.
'I thought you siid yesterday yott
liked to hour a man whistle nt his
work," replied the bonder, as ho inn do
another inelT'ctual attempt, nt cutting
his picco of beefsteak. Yonken
Statesman..
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