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VOL. XVIII.
PITTSIM)U CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOBER .51, 18').).
NO. 10.
The Harvest.
'Tis n Messi'd toll from IIki to Inguil
To garner a nation's lirt'iul.
Lot tlio farmers sing at their harvestim,',
For by tlioni tlio world is foil.
Though hunks j 1 1 ii y fail, umt in ruin's gulo
Every sjioonlator n el,
'i'lm fruitful soil is tin: bank of (toil.
A rul its wi alth no kuavo oau steal.
When tin- rain uinl sun their Good work havfl
(lono
In tlio gnilu-tli'l.ls far ami wide,
lo! tlic reaper limnls, with iirine'l hands,
Through llm toppling harvests glide.
Ami tlio swaths of goltl from tin; Vrailles"
rolie.l
lil. I the soil hy the seythes laid hare,
Asa ridge of mist, hy the sunlight kissd,
fiild the broader lldds of air.
'J'lio biinlera lithe who follow the seytho
For tlio treasures it crops ami leaves,
As with lauh ami sunn they hurry ulomr,
I.i'ave a wake of yellow sheaves.
lint the happiest scene is the last, I ween,
When over the yieliling na:u
The lust loml is home from the Ileitis float!
shorn.
For then is the Harvest Home."
O were I the lore of acres hro'id,
With the strength my Ian. I to till,
I'll follow the plow with a heule.l brow,
Ami ri'iioiiuee the "gray gotiso-tpiili.''
l ur of llehls of thoughts, though with p i-
tleu.'i; wrnlU'llt,
The harvest t,fi is spuni'd,
Hut theseeileil ll.. with a soli. I yield,
I'uys for every furrow lurne.l.
- YV. II. llAiuii.il, in the Lodger.
LONE HAND DICK.
JiV OWKN IIAI.I..
Ho was n queer, lonely chap, was
Dirk, though ho was in-iilier old nor
ugly. Many a follnw minor,' us lit
liitlu lint would havo hern glad enough
to t'li u in w ith Dick, fur ho was as
steady as a tile, and uu hardworking as
they lilllko 'rill, lint Hollirllow nobody
ever proposed it, Thero was sniur
tlling, 1 don't know what, iiliout liim
that Hurt of choked you oil' before
you ooilld get along-sido to do bisi
ness. Ilo wont hy tins iriiiiu nf "I, mo
Hand Dirk" not that his mime was
Dirk particularly, hut, Mens you!
Hint don't mutter mi thu tint, Some
hody cullod him "L inn llan i" Ii -Ciiuso
ho worked by liiiuseif and said
nothing, and I reckon somebody else
called him Dirk because you can't go
on booing; a uian every day uinl uol
call him noiiiethiiig.
ir!i w.is one of thu lirst, if he
wasn't llio very lirst, on llm Mat.
When 1 got there ho was foshio'.ing
about in a corner ail hy liim ,elf, and
thorn w i To not hall' 11 doen more
within live miles. Ho was friendly
enough, loo, - I'm-(ho malt or of that,
Dick was always friendly. It was
Dick thai showed mo where to get
water, and laid inn mi to tlio run of
thu btulV wln u I ii.kol him, hut onl
bido of that he wouldn't go.
Ilo was a young fellow, not inure
than thirty ai i how ; tall, nclivu and
middling; strong, loo. Tlicro was
Hpliiethil.g iiliout his far i yon could n't
helii liking when you got to know it.
None of your laughing, touch-and-go
faces, that don't mean anything when
you do know them; no, nor yet, your
scowling, yellow-log fares (hat ineiui
no-good, luit a ipiiet fa 'i real ipiict
a face with a lot of in 'lining kind of
drained nut of it. The ll it wasn't to
say rich, not at lirst anyhow, till Jim
Stokes dropped on to I he deep h ud,
hut thorn was always tucker and more
in it. So far as I rould guess, Dick
had ahotit his shale and no more. If
ho had picked up a fori line, mind you
he wouldn't have siid nut thing with
out he was askt d, hut I don't think ho
did.
(Stokes struck the deep load on Fri -day,
and hy the middle of llm uct
I- weekliiihlll.it was a gold hold. W here
thoy aprung from I'm Most if I know,
luit come thry did, wagons full (,f
them, traps, roarhes, Imlloek drays,
homos and donkeys, and one or two,
though they didn't hardly count, be
ing off color, on camels. In a week
tho flat was like a town ; in a mouth
wo had two hunks and wore talking
about a town hall and a member of
I'm hunient.
It didn't suit Dirk, Long before
tho end of thu lirst wr.uk ho had
struck his tent an uncommon one
horse tent it was, too, at that and
made tracks. After a day or to I
missed nun. lie hU'lu t gone very
far, though, and alter a bit I camo
across a limn that had aeon him Wink
ing by himself in a little corner of a
gully just about bii enough for one
over the iiearrbt range. It wasn't more
than a week or two after that one day,
just as I had knocked oil' wml,, a
young chap (Mines up to me -u (pull
driving looking chap at that -and,
tays he: "Mate, do you happen to
know a chap by the loiiu i of I'm-,
roster? 1'hov kiiv ho was on the lint
from the lilst,"
"Can't Hay ns I do, mite," bays I.
"What's ho like?"
"Like? Well, he ought to be like
that," ami he pulls out a plu'togiapli
knd Jian.et it along to me.
I i h.,.ks at it. "Dick." siivk I.
"Voil luiow liim, mute?" ho Hays,
looking at mo sharp like,
"Wi ll, unite, and suppose I diil;
what u' t liit t V ' ' for it comes into my
miii'l about tint tronlili! as we thought
Dick might have lu'en in. What of
tlinl, bti'iiiigii?'' says I.
"Conn! along iiji Id Hid Imnli, We
wiiii' In li n 1 iiiui."
"0!i yo do," says I. "Hut a for
tune for liim, muter"'
"Will, iiu, inil thai 1 Know of,uny
how, lint tlii ii.'s a pal ly come in that
wmita tn sec lit in wants to turn him
llllll, lot."
J looks at him. "Whnt for?" hays
1, taking a ilruw of my pipe, "What
fur, matey"
"Oh, you needn't lie suspicious, ll'ri
a gcullomuii mul a lady," iys ho.
"Why ili.lu't you say I hero was a
liuly licfort'?" I mivh, "I inif;lit know
the party, nut again I mightn't, lint
1 it i Hi n uiu'l roiuiuoil. i ll Net) thu
lady, mate, anyhow."
1 Went ilmig with him, though nl'ter
all I wasn't sure. It was Dirk in the
, picture right enough, hut wasn't our
D.ek ; tho picture wasn't to say a
"sln vvy devry" como to that, but it
had li.-i n meant for Dick niioe.
It was alter bank hours and the
door was shut, but ho took mo round
by llm side int i the in lunger's oilier.
Tliei i! was a man thorn and a gii I
yi h, bho win only a girl, 1 euuM sou
that, although she had u thick veil
over lit r fare. Tim man was a swell.
''l i you know Mr. Km Tester, my
man?" says he.
"Nut much," says 1 shnrl.
Ho turns round mi the rlerk angrily.
"Ilo doesn't know him by that inline,
but ho seemed to know tho photograph
vim gave me, sir," the clerk said.
Tho girl stirred uneasily in in it at ;
the mini turned to mo b istiiy. ' Volt
know homebody like the picture?" ho
said.
I looked at tlio girl; she seemed In
b.! list ning eauei ly. "Wi ll," I Hiiid,
"I have Keen somebody it might have
In fii un nt. for miee. "
"We Want to see him,"
"Vis," says I. "What fo.'."'
The in it li I. Hike. 1 at lue angrily.
"Wlnit for, iiiv man, and how does
that concern you?"'
"Well," says 1, "I don't rightly
know, imr I don't know how it coii
rrl lis ynil to see hill). "
The m ill looked at me as fierce us a
ti eiiiii 1 in a li.'hl place, but hedldli'l
speak. And with that the gill rose
and took a step forward. "(Hi, sir,'
she h lid, in a soft, low voice III il shiv
ered abit as she spoke. "I I i, sir,
you will f ii us, 1 in sure. 1 must
know ; I must see him !" She had
clasped her two hands together; they
wcrn small hands and very w hite, and
I hey shook as shu spoke ll was for
no Inn in, anywav, 1 could have i.w.illi
that much. "Yes, miss," says I. "It
might lie the pirly, or again it
mightn't, for In.'s changed it'll is, but
I'll find him for you in the morning."
It was a lotiely spot where wo found
Dick, and not another soul was in
sight. Ilo was working in the bot
tom, the same steady, dogged, hopi
lees work that he'd always done.
There," I said, slipping short
and pointing to him, "is that the man
your looking for, miss?"
We were standing at the edge of
the trot s, and dick was below us, mid
it might be thirty yards away. She
had said in. I !ii:ig a s we caiiie ill. nig,
but she hud trembled so much that
the man had given her his arm to help
her. Now she seemed to pull herself
together all in a moment us she threw
bark the veil to look, 1 looked at
her thou, and 1 tell you 1 could have
gone on looking. Ah, that was some
thing like a face a face to think on in
the dark, that was. S'ucjust gave one
look and thou a nob. "Slay here,"
she said, motioning the man buck with
her hand. "Slav here. Oh, Ueorge!"
Thou she went down tho slope, and
with a ipuck, smooth sort of walk.
She did'i'l sooin rightly to walk, only
to go, and to go ipiick at that. 1 u a
minute she was close to Dick.
"( icorge," she said only thu one
word, "th.'orge !" The word came tip
to whore wo wore standing, and 1 tell
nil it Hounded sweeter than music
Dick lifted himself from his work
and stared stupidly round, as if he
didn't rightly know what il was. Then
ho sees her, and with that he falls
bark a step, like a man da. d.
"Oh, lleorgn!" and she hold out
both of her hands to linn across the
heap of whiti) clay. "Coluo back,
t iool'ge, Collie b ick. It is all found
out. They all believe you now.
You're cleared at last - cleared at last.
Come luck, tiemge -buck to me."
lie stoo l for a moment or two like
a iiiuii that had been turned to stone.
"Clear, d!" ho cvclaiincd, hoarsely,
"Cleared! Oh, my Uod!" then he
clutched wildly ut his throat, stag- l
erred nud fell-fell ut her very led
bniemi.
She was on her knees ut bin side. I
htaiied lo run down the slope, and 1
was nt her side in half a minute, lull
she didn't want me. She had raised
his head mid leaned it agaii.sl her
lui list, and she would li t nobody
touch him but herself. And there she
knelt mining tho wet cluy, holding
Dick in her arms, the tears running
down her face and falling on his. I
got a little water ami poured it on his
head, and at last he begun In come to,
1 lays my hand on the man's arm. "I
reckon, mate, you and ine's n t
wanted hero, not much," 1 says, and
1 pulls him away.
Wo got a curt and wo moved Dick
to the bunk, but it was auolher W;rk
a fore thoy could move him any further.
Then tin y left.
It might have boon a couple of
til i j li I li si Inli r Unit I got a Melbourne
paper through the post. There wus
mark at one side, and opposite to Unit
an advertisement.
"At St. Mark's Church, Tooruk, on
Deci inbrr 1, by the Kight liewivnd
the Ilishop of Melbourne, Mary, only
daughter of the Hon. John Lester, of
Tooruk and Duiigalla Station, lo
O.'oigo Wingfnld Korici.tei, eldest
Hull of Albeit Kol Tester, M. I'.. of
Winglicld H ill, II, refordshire, Kug
lllllll. "
l!y and by I raui'i across limit uol
paragraph. "The fashionable wed
ding that look place yesterday ut
Tooruk had all the special interest
which attaches to the lust act in a veiy
sensational ilriuuu. The circiiiiisluii
ees of tho celebrated Duiigiilla murder
trial, although now two yiursold are
still flesh ill the memory of the public.
Tin; confession of the real criminal,
while it happily restores Mr. Koirehl
rr to his friends and to society, ull'iii ds
a remarkable instance of the uiireli"
ability of oven (In; strongest circum
htanliul evidence. The refusal oi the
jury (o agree upon what seemed uu
ipieHtinmiblo evidence of guilt appeared
to us at the time, wo confess, a laiueiit
0 III i) failure ol justice, and wo said so.
It nil. nils us groat pleasure now Unit
we are able lo oil', r both tn .Mr. For
rester und tin; public our hearty cuii
gt'iitulatioiiM. A (jacrr ( lock.
Among the ell'.'i'ts of Hie lilted, K.
Davios, which arc lo bo sold by d. S.
1'ilt nel mouth, is a enr olls form of
night clock, w hich is not desci ibed in
any of the histories of cloekuiakiug:,
and lis bilievel to be nllo'ither
unique. Waler clock i and sand clocks
are known to have preceded more nn -rhaiiiral
timepieces, and As-.iT attrib
utes tn king Alfred the (in at the
adoption of rniillo clocks, with wax
caudles twelve inches long, which
burned all day at the rate of an in.-li
in twenty minutes, and were pul in
horn lanterns to prevent draught.
This cluck is more modern render
ing of tho sumo id! i. It consists of a
light stand cast in load in thi form of
a I'liiiillestiek on the top of a glass
cylinder used as a reservoir lor th.i
oil, the wick being placed in a little
proj'.elion ut the Iiottom, very much
liko the Isobath iuk-.taii.l-. which are
now in use, and, of course approxi
mating to the very earliest form of oil
lamp. Passing vertically over the oil
reservoir, inline. Imtely In-hind thu
wick, so as In bo lie Mod by ll, is il
baud of metal, on which are marked
llm hours from four In twelve, and
thou on tn live, presumably willitho
idea that it does not get dark before
lour, and that by live everybody
ought to bo up and iiliout. The stock
of oil WHS Ilo doubt calculated to last
the requisite number of hours. The
relic, presumed by the 1'ritish Museum
authorities to belong to the lust cen
tury, is ipiite perfect i.ud is likely to
excite a good deal of interest among
antiquaries. Bristol, Kiiglaud, Mer
cury. A Text of liiitc.
This tilo is told in the Orient: A
lady one day found a man following
her, and she asked him why lie did so.
His reply was, "You are very beauti
ful, and I urn in love w ith win." "Oh,
you think me beautiful, do ymi?
There is my sister over there. You
will find her much more beautiful
than I am. Cm and make love to In r. "
On hearing this the iiiuii went to aoo
the sister, but found she was very
Ugly, ho he came buck in an angry
mood ami asked the lady why she had
told him a falsehood. She then ail
ed, "Why did you tell me a false-
hood?" The man w,is surprised at
this iiccu at urn and asked when he
had done so. 1 1 el answ er w as : "You
said you loved in.'. ll that had bee"
true, Voil Would not have gi.tir to
mike lovo to another woman." San
Kr a 1 1 r i seo Argonaut.
"Admiral Dot," tho well-known
,lwarf' 1.,ow ruus boto1 ,lt Wkhs
I I'luius, X. Y.
:1IIL1HU:.VS (Ol.l'MN.
1IAOII I.IW.
J.I a null' vnii'i' s.'re iiih'iI little Tu'ii -
" Ipi'll the ilnor f. r lue !"
'Vi.-," wa the aiisw'T Irmii within.
"If j'.ii'll bring tin pr.jper key."
"If yoll 'l"U-e, lll.l'lllll," Saiil litlll! 'foiu,
I'uttiii-: il'iwii his ,nii.' :
At Illi'llli'UI of the ge.llle Wnl'! I
I lie il'iiil II ",v open wi lo.
Hearts, like ,, ,., are i.ll"U ..' l e. ;
" I hank you," uinl "il j nil peu-e,''
Hpuki'ii with a iileavinl Miuic,
Are til ' lll.'lgie key-.,
Mary I'. Dull-, in OuHmik.
IIIM.K w USUI fs.
Shape pieces of chalk into ships,
planing the bottoms' evenly, mid use
matches lor mast s and sin ike si a lis.
Mark some of the ships with black
ink, and leave I ho oilers inie.iluivd.
I'luei! 1 1 1 1 rivul .ships in ii pun tn
plate, elo's-e totmi iinagiiiiiiy line, and
pour vinegar in between the forces.
You will hour a slinrp hissing sound
like eseiiping hti-ain, and tho ships
will ut once move forward, leaving
tracks of foam in their wake. Their
spoel increases us lliey nour the divid
ing line, uinl they come together with
a crush und bump,, striving to push
one ft IK it ll T out. Sometimes the but
to' is very exciting, the vicloi ioip.
side being I he ,,ne with must ships
left ill tho ci ntre. The chemistry
clasa may be uble lo explain why the
shipsiiro set in motion. Donahue's
Ma.'.'iiino.
hon'i sntii iiivi.
Dmi'l snub u buy boeaus ; ho wears
shabby eh, tin s. When IMlsoll, ill.)
iiivoiilor, first entered Ilo, ton, he wore
a ) iir of yellow linen breeches in the
depth of w int. r.
Don't miib a buy bcenusi; of the
ignorance of his parents. Shakspenro
I he world's put t, was I he sou of ii mini
who was unable lo write his own
In, in",
D ili'l snub ii boy boo iiise his homo
is plain and imp-vl-niliug. Abra
ham Lincoln's early homo was a log
cabin.
D ill'! snub a boy because hi! chooses
a humble trade. The author of the
"I'llgriiii's I'rogiess" was n tinker.
Don't Mini) a boy fii-Ca lso of dull
ness in his lessons, llogurth the celt -brulcil
painter ami engraver wus a
sltipid boy ut his books.
Don't snub a imy boe.ni e he stilt
tots, Demosthenes, the great oraloi
of (i recce, overoiiiiio a harsh and
stiuiiiuiTing voice,
Don't snub a boy for nuy reason.
Not only because ho may somo day
., ue, in, v-,,11 I,, it, ,,f i,i., i.,,i
bt cause it Is neither kind Uol' right.--
llooil Housekeeping.
w liy w is mi-: so n m p f
I was railing mi a friend the other
evening, and just stepped into the sit
I iiig-iooin, I heiud her say to In-r
little daughter: "ll is your bed I ime,
dear; my little girl must go to bed
early, ami then she will bo bright foi
her lessons to-morrow. "
Tim little eirl was sitting in hoi
papa's easy chair, holding in her lap
a large doll. As 1 sal down, I saw she
w is very b;i,v brushing its linir and
smoothing its clothes, looking it over
very carefully, to see that i very thing
w us just as it should be.
"What a dear little tlollie! How
pretty In-r hair is, mid how bi-coiiiiug-'y
she is drt ssed," 1 said. The little
girl was plea.ed that I should notice
her baby, and began telling mo all
about he!.
"Nut to-night, little one," I said.
"Didn't I hear mauium say it was her
little girl's bedtime?"
The mother very quietly began to
talk to me, while the little girl went
on fixing dollio for the night. Only
for a moment, however; then the
little girl slid very slow ly out of tho
lug chair, gave her iii'iioui'i three long
hwict kisses, with n pleasant good
night for us all, and with dollio
hugged tightly m her arms, went
soberly away upstairs. lint in a few
moments we heard her singing n soft
little lullaby to her baby.
Very likely tho little girl could not
have told what mud,! her feel liko
singing, but I know. It was because,
instead of fretting over not being al
lowed to sit up longer, she hud cheer
fully obeyed her mother's wishes.
Child's Hour.
A (ioiiil Impression.
"Ibibby," cautioned his mother,
"the bishop is to dine with us today,
and you must bo very quiet at tho
table. I wuut him to think you are a
good little buy."
Very much impressed, Hobby ato
bis dinner in mIciico until his plate
needed replenishing.
"I'd," he said, devoutly, "will you
givo i i-j omo more string henna, for
biit'h it tho kingdom of llenvpti."
SliCKKT SHKV1CK.
A Branch of Government That
Grew Out of War.
Chief Ifaz -ii's Suet -chs it) Ktiniiiiiij
Down Count eiTi'it ci'si.
An interest ing man to lull, to is Mr.
W illiam I'. H ien, chief of t ho secret
service bureau of III,; I'liiteil Stutes
Tiei.sury Department, who silcci'i iled
-Mr. Drumiuoiid in February, H'M.
Mr, Haen has hud nearly twenty
years experience in all kinds of police
li ml detective work, und lately dis-
I ili.fllislie.l I,,,,. ..It' l.V ,1 Illi I
I " ' .
I arresting tin- lii'oel.wuy gang ol coiiu-
. ti'l l'eilers, one of the most ilaligiTollH
I lot of criminals of that class. Mr.
j lln.i is I ruin Cincinnati, wli.ro his
j father has long been chief of iletecl-
j no-, mid it was in lie olliee of this
veteran that the Mill was trained,
j Th" secret service bureau urns: out
of all oroaiiiatliili w hich existed dill -in,-
the war iimlcr tin' dinctiou of
Lul'avelti ('. linker, who was employed
by Seer, buy S'.'war I to gather inlor
llllllii. n within the eeuled -rato line-,
lie Was oil one occasion lilTc-tcd and
threatened with ilea', h us a spy, but
somehow deo -ivi d his raptors w it li
the idea that he w is u Moulin in mull.
Alter iho wir In: wnseinploycil by (he
'Treasury D.-purl nu u t In hunt up
coiinleili iters mid other criiiiiiialM.
The duties of the bureau, at tiio
In ad of which is Mr II it ll, are dil
lerelit from those which belong to the
di tool iv o'eaiuut lulls of Iho oiler
I III llliohos III' III'! goVellllll'llt. Thele
! are the post i Hi inspectors, whoso
j busbies!- it is to ferret out violators of
' the post of,!''.' laws ; pension ugeiits,
who look up pi lisioii frauds; special
1 ngciitb lor the treasure, who me on
Iho watch I'm- smugglers ; internal
revenue agents, whose iiine is the
moonshiner. The chief object of
III I Ml) 1 1 fo' ill'! secret service llgellt is
the o ilel feilcr gi ll 'rally the keen
est and most wary of all criminals.
"There i , a pri nt ib ul ol dilV.-r-i
nee," remarked Mr. Ilazen, "between
Iho count,." feit r and other varieties
of the criminal specie-. As a Mile,
111) is belter educated, shrewder, lll'.le
ingenious, cunning "lid secretive, al-
I though most of tin in me quick to
I iiiake eolif -ssioiis alli-r !ho have been
1 ', inched. ' 1 1; at this picture of
J William I!. Inoekwiiy, on,- of the
I must lUVessful of Colllllel f.'itel -, whuln
we eiiuht ill West ll,,...k.i 1ml long
I ago, II lias been a ciiiiiinal lu urU
' all his life, but you Woiilda l think so
I from his flee, which leseinbles thai
ol a minister ol the gospel. lie
served a term ill SingSui ,r forgery,
but has never been ruinu'l d yet ol
counteri'eiiiii". For t w . , ai s, or
ee- since In: left Slug Sue, ho has
been under siirveilliiiin'e, uinl upwards
ol Sl.oilil in reward, mi l oiler ex
penses l.i'Ve been spin! in tiling to
capture his gang. luworkiie; up the
Cil.se I ad'ip.e I dill' T ll' tielle ll'om
my pi eihci Ssur, who had the -oep.ict.s
shadowed. O lo of lily iq., lalles
was ,1,'lall. .1 tn worm lilln--.lt Into the
cfiiiti leiice of Dr. Hi it 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 , ll oclv
way's associate, and was siiccissinl in
luakil g be acquaintance, so that
he kept in - )iu le I on the . -
inelils of the ,. a-i ;. We lue, III, I
tho mill in U est II iboi.oii, mid
captured Mis. Smith, the woman who
made the pap r lor the cuimlei tellers
and who is a cousin of Dr. I!, ad i ,i.l.
We found .Sst-, I hi in oolliitel felt nii
ll ml Ill l.i I K, ii ii. t also 1 ,."i Ml sheets
of the best libic paper I have ever
seen that was maiiiifiiclured by coiiu
tct fciters. We caught Sidney Smith,
(he engraver of the ;;aiig, lu his simp
ill New York mi I Mlistel I'uockwav
at Hockaway Bench, where he was
running n boaiduig house. D,. I.rad
ford was taken in Now Yoi'lj, but i
raped from our agents, one of whom
lost his job mi Hint ui r unit. Thei r is
another nn mbcr ol the I'roeknav gniie
ill l'.ill'o.r, but w expert to get him
later oil. This wus the mo t lol luld
able body of euiililei loit- I s (hut has
operated ill this country for mnu
years, mid has been broken up ut an
expense of not more than 'J,,i til. "
"I Weill lecelilly to Loudon," coll .
tll.lled Mr. Il'l.rll, "li.PsIlty u, t lit
case ol Mend, II Howard, who was
tried Im counterfeiting securities is
sued by the governments o! t he I'uitrtl
Slates, Fiance, I!. Igiiiui and tier
many. It was u rapid ti ml, for wnh
in two bourn and a quarter uln-r it
opened Howard was convicted und
sentenced lo tell Veal s in pi Is, m. i
had one of the largest mil fits l,. c,.im
I. rlcitiii ; n,-i gotten logcthcr, bm
caught by the Srotbind Yard il.tiel
ives before he could Wolk oil am
print-'. Loul Salisbiu i ,,, li b. Iiiili .1
Ins gou i nu, cut, w rote u loiter to uui
gov.-t iiio ut tlmukiug mo loi tuui it
to Lull lull nu. I test. 1,1 lu. " J
Kecolitly Ml'- IlllZell bloke up nn-
other gang of eoiintet f i I i s, in which
! wen: liu-.sell Hovt, a New York hat
ter, who worked for Duulap; liin
brother, and an engraver naiii"d Hill.
The lultiT was 71) years old, and had
1. i n convicted, i.ilHilJ, of ooiiiitel
fellili;', but Was plirdulied. lit; had
been engraver lor iho Di iggs gang of
DaOoii, Ohio, but nl'ter their down
hill he came i list, und Hut lifted us
Ills llgellt. Three hols i ' i' plates and
.SI I. (11)1) were seized at lioUel, t'ollll.
J'iciiv line.
How ii Snake Cats a I nig.
How ii snake eats tings is worth tho
leliuig. Tin- writer distinctly renn iu-
! bi Is W il nessillg ll 1 1 rn in a I le 111 i a I if this
: kind, ill which, of course, ll,.- snake
eumc out the winner, "elliitg his din
i in-r in excellent stylo und completely
j vanquishing the frog,
j The sliako invariably priil.s the fr ,g
i b one ol his hiinll'-gs. This .r. I.m
iiinry slruogle is mio of lie most i in -
JUiSslW! felltlll't S I f ll .Ill bat. Willi
11 Well il filed nut II I'll I I list mot the 'hi' I
effort of tin- frog is to keep his tlher
j hind leg lar away Irom tin- snake's
I In i -1 1 1 ii , in lie hope thai In: III il t p. . d-
liy exhaiet his em in 's stleugth, and
also bee ins,; he feel, that il his other
hind le;; is math' captive ho will have
It s, power to light.
Once both Inn I logs lire within Iho
serpent's fangs the net of swallowing
begins. Inch by inch the st rii'.'glilig
frog is draw n further into the yaw n
ing orilice that expands nt each gulp.
1 he chimin I t it rough which thefrog
ha , to pass s griidiliiliy eiilarg d by
sloW ellolls nil the sllllke's pll I t , III'.
coliipalilt-d by fiercer nu I fiercer con
vulsions of tie wretched wiggler.
Tie gullet of the suuko iii its nat
ural proportion, is quite largo enough
to contain tin' limbs of Iho fr ig, but
as by 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 gulps tho bo ly is drawn
liirlluT and turtle!' into thogullet the
ilillioilllv of swallowing iniT'elises.
( iii 1 1 1 :i I ly the ophidinii's throat is dis
tended, gradually thelio: is c im
pressed and drawn out. Finally tho
hlltt I' is double its normal h ngih and
lull' his circiimi'creiice. As tho
pro.'e-s of expansion on the olio hand
ami coiitractioii on tho other goes on,
the fro;; is uorko I duwu little, by
lillle until he is family ".I, muled,"
ami the snake starts in on his after
noon iuii. New York World.
Teeth of the Ancients.
'I'll" I 'd nl -.i in 1 1 1 ul i ii ol all the
skulls in lie great ne licai museums
of this country brmiohl curious facts
In light nl.. nil aiicieiil dentistry. The
prehistoric crania in the I'eabody M u
lifiim, the Army Medical Museum ul
Vii--hiiigloii, tint Acinlt iny of Natural
S,'i, lid s nt I'hlladelphia, the Daven
port Academy Museum and the His
t , 'Itch I society collections at St. Louis
were M'rut inie.l, measured nud de
tails tabulated by cartful scientific
no Ii, who seem to have lo'llldthe
work of thrilling interest. They
tuiind inn uig other things that the fe
male skull had a larger jaw than that
of in in, also that teeth do Hot en re
spond ill si' to the paws, very Miiall
persons frequently having very largo
t i th. w bile colossal pel lis have nar
row nli I small le 111. In w i n niicieiit
skulls I r. no t he rums ol t'.. 1 1 . n -
dllliis, the teeth ware I a o " lii.'nble
only by the eliaiiel. omr had
square notches file I out ..I tie trout
teeth, and i ' 1 1 1 " r s hud inlay- of eii-cu
lade, III the luce, beau 1 1 f 1 1 1 1, puhsled,
and one j iw had u tuuth ol stone in
serted which hud evidently boon worn
ihloueh lite b the tartar at its roots.
I inn ' I in- ii gum! with green teeth mid
the cornel's tiled out ul them! Thai
must have been done to puss away
lime. -New Orleans I' eu uiio.
ucal Ai'i oinplishiut'iits ol Ihi' Ibitisler,
The ciow of these birds, which iu.lv
s 'em to the iliiobsei vant a .ry uu- j
N i tied sound, discloses to ties" who I
hive luMliglv studied tln ni at least I
hill' a do. -en distinct mod I licit ions. I
I II t !n' lledg III.; mule W ll-i just begins
lo led the spirit ot his kind, und who :
.'..Irs through his performance in lite I
a,i .descent way, it Is a cheap ami nltcii
mliliil call. From tho open roost m j
trees, win li the birds nr. gradual! ,
aroiisi'.l by the slow -com.hg day, we
can ottcii hear the note ot a half i
awakened cork, as lull of the sense '
of .-si u in I T as the speech of a sleeping j
inn;. s the creature gradually
awakens, his cry becomes more irsoii-
nn t until it ha tie tru morning nog. I
liriivo i s I . t his note of t he lull d iv,
it is not t. bo compared with the I
crowing of a guuie cock, the most I
splendid briiL'gart s. 1 of nil tht. I
.miiual world. Soribuer's.
.lapaiicso postiueu, whose routes
only them into t he coil lit I v, use bi
.'M'ies. Tin ir whorls nie ui ulr bv
u.nl manufacturers, who have appi i
p.'inlcd imp! oveinrtits Irom both LU t-.-h
und Jap-.tiuse poterit.
i em m ill lolls,
1 f,--u! II u, lit" uioiin'.'ioi .'illi.
! say il eli tie iieiinluiii -lairs :
'J'lif Li'.st lliiii";- .'in y iieT'.-il halli
Arell w hell ey 'ry rial shari ).
'J lie rn- is so I, i to in v I re.-i'l.
For O'-l II yielil- i n n ii : 1. 1 -r. - I f'"'t.
Sweeter to III" 111" Wll'l Ps" i"l.
Jie.'ailse in.il.ts Ihe VV - I I I -ilMVeet.
I.I i 1 I.. Mil "M.
Ill MOb' ll
She --D.es Mi.-s Wli-'.'ler cover
much gimiud dm ing the day? lie
On, yis; she fulls oil' a do, n times
Cilrf'muer - iivo lue iid"..oi fried
o"tes, Wailcr Sorrv, sir; but
we'll' all out of shellfish, exeeptiljg
i ;.'.'.s.
Suiie nu n show ii inni kitldy good
liet" in tlu ir s. hctinii o! In s until
I lev put their leeksiiiti tin; matri
monial hull, l.
She Don't you think that it is an
veil iii -itch? Why in- is at b ast a
lout taller than sin- ! lb - He will
gel ''-.h, . rt-r" nl'ter in miiiried a vear
or two.
( ).d ( ielil b 'li .'ill Ills Ihe train gets a
terrific bump n' u slatiuii) I'hew !
Wh it's thul '.' ),d Lady I g s they
urn t I I'ipllir; on ill it bull' t cur
We e lean, I t. II ill, , lit.
She I. it'., li-.- , v ii, leie. oi ) .' You
.ni l tniiii, In. '.v ! I , i. tins s.nig ; lis
ten, now he's coming lo tin: refrain,
lb- 1 1 ii ' i ii -ely lioared ) K fruiu? How
I W I -ll to J'.ee I ll- -s le M o'll'l.
I I. is e.i-.-! a! loll l - a i i I
I h.ti Inls us lull of W" :
I:'s I ..-I t r li- I lo ee- ! lb" maid
V, " loo-'l :i nioi.la a...
I! Illoj-'s Wile Wim w rote this
betllllflll lilt U'le on "limy lo Muliago
ii wile?'' F. lit-.r- Yiumg ('iiiller.
Llilor's Wife --Why, I didn't know
ie was man led. F litor- ll,; isn't.
Fie: eiigt r- Tins train is nearly olio
hour beliiud time, is it not'.' Con
ductor -Yis. lint that's nil right, for
we'll gel 111 the ii-.ual tine. 1'ieseiigiT
What K line is 1 hat !' CoU'luetof -Two
bonis late.
( )itl I. uly - I ii-lu'l I tell yen never
to coiiio In re ug uu :' Trump- I hope
ymi will par bui me, ma, lain, but it Is
the f mil ol my s ore! u ry in neglect
ing to strike your niuno from my
calling list.
I'liysiciaii--You must not occupy
your t in : with anvllim ; which rc
I in- slelest mt ulal iiltcut ion. 1'u
tieitt luit, .1, trior. h..w can I do that '.'
I 'li, sician I will lis tli it. "lull are to
I .-ml ail the Ti edit "ii 'it i, w Illi u
purpose."
F ill W 1 1 l.i a t eim, w ab. mg willi In-r
Uinl lie I si II II ' I " led S Vel'llI t I III. s OVrl'
tie roieh puvi Uieiil. Ili-r uiolher said
What'', Ilo- inall.-r, daughter?"
'Nothing's tie mutter wilh me," she
in I iliiiinil ly ivpled. "I l's t ho ground
IS loo I nick I II plllf s. "
lirlllTuI I "
The sliurl. si iiiuii ' ill the world has
I II developed by the v ii r betwt'eli
.la, in n ti.l I'.'.ma. ll is that of (iell
i i.il I, a Tur tar ouiuinaiidei, wholuis,
p rhip-, ,1 el i le'.ii isii.-i 1 himself a ove
other Cniii '..'iierils, Inning con
ducted:! citiipa1::!! lhoiu;li u losing
olle - -I si. me ell- em. less.
The French nr.- ;ii q.,e, to have a
in, m , p . I v of surnames, mimes which
c.niss ,,, ..i,,. , , r. A considerable
It 1 1 lib or o" iire-iues have been cited
in t !e Front':! i tvss hunt time to tunc,
l id. in. 1 1 -.-! b- ( . I..r no lane ', keeps u
nio.vr's sh q. nt l.tuviei i, nud Mon
si "it A, is ,i i iii iial cu u d in the do
paiii.ienl of l 'ole-l ( .'. A family
ii'iiie.l Y I- the pride mid joy of a
siii'ili I'.rl : l i n low n.
In l:e Full I Siaie, given names
Ih y con!. I hardly be called Chris
fan names --consisting of u single lt-b-i,
have Hot I nl la qneiil Iv been bo
s' .wed. A Wi slet u business, iiiuii bore
th ''.neii nine of I' no more, no
less - hi , nigh a Inn; lue, ami a cer
tain N M F. i ; la a -1 boy is ii m im- I .1.
Nu .nine so short us that of ( ieiicval
I lias vol In -ii discovered, however, as
I is cei laiuly tie thinnest letter ill tho
alphabet. Youth'. Companion.
A llio uui Alarm ( lock.
Theie i- one in an oi t In- North Side,
wh' his l.iull up :i novel business,
II ,-,,', In' said that ho is growing
lie ; il ll, but ho makes u good living
and his hours if work are short. His
work is to uw ikon the newspaper cur
riers sot'iit they can get downtown
to lay in their supplies mid deliver
Ihe papers to their customers before
the breakfast hour, lo get their unp
in lime niiitiy of the carriers have tn
start downtown between two mid
three o'clock ui the morning. Thu
pupi ls me ready shortly inter three
o'clock, und ( got his supplies early
tie cu rid must b, on hand so us to
get his order registered with tho do
lixuy clerk, for, to avoid trouble,
u rn i t arc supplied with papers in
the order in v. hicu thoy havo givei
ibe-ir ird. r, Chicago Tribuna,