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ljatl)am IWcorfc. II. -A.. JUOIMUOIN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER" YEAR Strictly in Advance. Little Kisses. Llttlo Kisses at the gnto Moots mo in tho twilight Into; Where tlio rarest roses bo Waits she with a kiss for mo Hound my nwk her ringlets full; Bho'a tlio sweetest rose of all '. "How mueh do you lovo me, Kisses Lttll'i Kissc?, crowned nnd riirlml'" Then, with arms world-wide, she answered : "Love you lovo you nil tlio world !"' Ijtttlo Kisses lit tho pato Whlspcra to tho white rose: "Wall?" To tho rcstles.' rod rose sho Whispers : K h'P me CO npiiny !'' And tho rod row in-tuU fa I Ou th" sweet -est r ese o! a'l! ' IInv in i-h d ymi lovo me, Ki-tsi -Little KIssj, oi'o.vue l an I curio IV" Thon, with nrim world-wide, sho ausword : "Lovo you lovo you -all tin world 1 Mltlo Ives's, at the gat a Liu;;or nut too late - too laV, Lest somo lonely angel far WiuiJ'-riii! from a loveless -tar Where the eaiihlfss nireols tee, tsteul jour taee away fro:n in-1 "Mow Mulch do yen lovo mo, Kiss?.' -Little Kisses crowned and m led;" tshull I ever wis tho answer' Lovo you- love, y m -all tlio world!" '. L. St:int"n, in Atlanta Constitution. Saved By a Phonograph. Edwin Waller, geologist, hotuni.-t, and explorer at present engaged in tlio discovery of tlio riinmrciM of tlio Ozark region for the Kansas O.ly, Pittsburg a lid (i:ilf Railroad, is a storehouse of iiifni illation about tlio Southwest, Mexico, and Ccittr.il America. So tin: of liia stories of tlio Southwestern Indiana are romantic. His familiarity with tlio country and tlio natives, ji:irt loulurly tho Pueblos, the sun worshipped, and his knowl edge of Indian tongues and custom-, give his btoriea an ethnologic li inter est. Ho tells a story of how ho escaped interference, if nothing worse, from a baud of Jicarill.i Apaches in tho Trot Valley, in Xew Mexico, about two years ngo. Ho was on his way to Tres Pedras three rocks which lies between Tierra Amarilla and the Four Coi ners, that is w here Colorado, Utah and New Mexico come together. Ho had .itli li i in a photographer, and they carried their instrument in a wagon. Among their impediments was a phonograph. They wi'ro taking impressions, both by light r.nd sound, with their camera nnd the i -hotu,-grnpb. Wl.cn they came to the T.ios range which nro.so out of the Moivuo Valley nud which lies north of Simla Fe about 100 miles an 1 is north and east of tho Rio (i.audo H.ver, ho deter lniueil to go over tho range on foot into tho Taos Valley. Tlio photogra pher ho sent, with the team around by tho wagon road, a jouri oy of two clays longer. Tho crest of th j ran ;o was 1-1,0 J') loot above th sea level and the month was August. When ho (started out he was lightly clad and unencumbered, lb; nrriv.nl almost at tho summit by night und there en countered a terrilie snow storm n:i 1 was obliged to retreat ilown the uioiiu tain. Ordinarily tho trip over the crest would have taken linn only it few bourn. Under tho circumstances lie was more than a d iv on the journey und suffered from tho cold until ht. fjyt down into tho Taos Valley. In tho Taos Valley are three settle ment. Fernando do Taos, a town of about 2,500 Mexicans and Americans; the Rinehero do Taos, where a (ter inau w ith a Mexican wife has a much nnd Homing mil), and the T'aeblo do Taos,' a settlement of Pueblo Indians. It was to the Pueblo that Mr. Walters was bound. Mr. Walters arrived at Pueblo do Taos, bee line the guest of .San Juan, tlio young chief, a lino young follow of 2S years, whoso wife was a beauti ful girl of 18 years. Ho had had previous acquaintance with Han Juan, Olid was hospitably received nu I iinu'.o himself comf ort.tblo to await the ar rival of tho photographer. Ho was given a room iu San Juan's house, in tho Becond tier of the Pueblo. Tho floor was spread with tanned ox hides. In the centre was the hide of a pinto, or piebald ox, and sewed around it were black, white, and red hides, and oviu- these, in front of a bed, was a bearskin. The bed was c iver.-d wit li a sheet, woven by tho women of the house, and a pair of Navajo blankets, no closely woven that they wool 1 hold water. For food ho wis given venison and bear meat, black beans, corn bread, baked in the ashes, coffee, and jam of wild plums and wi d mountain raspberries By means of a round piece of wood, covered with beeswax, for a cylinder, j and a card with n kiieodle through it j for a diaphragm, ho explained iu a measure to S in Juan the purpose of the phonograph, ami this lie d d to lesson the superstition of the Indian -. Pueblos abhor phonography, b eiuse it Implies tho ao ui light, which to j VOL. XVIII. them is sacred, beinghun worshippers. And they aro iqually suspicious of all tho inventions of the white man. When the photographer arrived with the phonograph it was put in working order, and San Juan and his wife were delighted with the music mil the ipeeches they could not understand. Put most of nil they enjoyed the sound of a tight between a cat mid a dog given to tho phonograph by an animal imitator. Tlio Pueblo Indians are direct de scendants of tho Toltees.but have lost the arts which distinguished their an cestors, and uro now dovo ted mainly to agriculture. They raise corn and wheat, gnats and shoep.iind are a very industrious people. Their oppressive enemy is tho tribe of Jieuriihi Apaches. At harvest time the Jiea rillas send i-pies down into the valley, and when they see the fruit beiirj; garnered and the goats and d inkeys treading tho gruiu from tho sheafs they go back to tho mountains and prepare for a raid. Mr. Walters was anxious to (secure a cylinder for tho phonograph record ing tho speech of Han Juan. The Pueblo consented to talk into tho mysterious imi' hint', but when before tho receiver ho was unable to speak. "Tell us wh it you think of tho Apaches," sitgge.-ted Mr. Waiters. In a strenm of Spanish e mi.: a bitter de nunciation from thu Pueblo, who had many injuries unadjusted. Ho called tho Apaches everything abiiiivo he could think of, nnd spoke tho names of chiefs who were arch thieves. And h i did not stop iiutd tho cylinder ran out. Meaiitini! his wife and other Pueblos listened approvingly. Not long after this Mr. Walters and the photographers continued their jour ney. Up the valley thoy went, now over grassy lues is and again through can yons so narrow and deep that they could see the stars at noonday through the narrow rift nbove them. One afternoon tiiev came out into a beau tiful natural mountain park, with a eohl, clear stream running through it, und plenty of wood and grass. 15e- yoii 1 the park narrowc I into another e inyon. In this park they determ'.ned to camp for a day or two, tho photog rapher to m iko some views and Mr. Wa!ter3 to study thj botany aud to prospect. They were unpacking their camp equipage and preparing to turn their horses loose, when they saw emerge from tlio canyon u baud of about forty Jioai ilia Apiches. Tho Indians w.To in full war regalia. They were punted lilaek nnd red and had war b moots of e-iglo leathers on their hea Is. Ivieh carried a shining new Winchester, and two or threo revol vers, which werj the gifts of their I'lude Sim. The photographer was for cetting th ; horses loose and at once making a bolt. "Make medicine !ir-t, then," said Walters, a cheerful way af telling him to pray. "An I then lei's bluff it out." Anil, as they waited, the Indians rode up to tliem iu single tile ns stolid as wood. "Buenos dios, '' isnid Wallers to the first, who was evidently chief. He was extra adorned with red paint. Ho grunted and passed on looking t-tratghl ahead. Pleasant greetings :n Spanish were oil" red to each, but they ignored the white men, as their chief had done. Wh -n they ha I nearly all passed, Walters stood up iu too wagon and shouted: "Kl hoinlire grande !" This was passed up the lino and the great m m turned and ro le slowly back, accom panied by two of iiis sub-chief -i, whi le t ho other ludiaiiH dismounted ami grouped themselves at a distance. "This," said Walters in Spanish, pointing to the phonograph, "is the great white man's medicine box. It is a box that talks and sings. It will tell you everything." The phono graph sat on a rock, with its ear tubes hanging down. The chief looked at it jind sneered slightly. Walters turned to the photographer and said in English : "S.ip Sin Juan's cylinder in there i a hutrv. Don't boafr.iid. Ahvnvs act decisively with an Indian." The cylinder was slipped in mil Wa tors picked up the tar tubes, aud, adjusting them iu the. chief's cars, said: "Listen mi t you will hear the (treat Spirit talk to you out of the medicine box. " At the sumo tinio he slipped a pair of the tubs into his own ears und watched the Indian's face. Tho phonograph was started and iu a moment, in excited Spanish, the P leblo's denunciation i queaked forth. Tho Indian's face was i-tolid for awliil ', but wheu his name was nieu liouod ho winced. When it recited bin wi'kud lift) aud culled, down ourees PITTSr,ORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, upolt him, ho dropped tho tubes, jumped into the air with a howl aud took himself to a safe distance. The photographer took tho tube out and slipped nnother ono in, mean while keeping his body between the Indians nud tho chief. Ouu id the sub-chiefs, a lank, hungry-looking Indian, was invited to put tho tubes to bis curs and listen to the Grout Spirit, but he declin e! with ill-giace. Ilis companion, a giva-y looking in dividual, whose ribs were well out of sight, stepped foiwar.l and the ma chine wa started. li s heard the opening strains of "After the Hall, "as played by the M iriu i b ind. A look of pleased wemler spread over bis face, and his head rocked in time with the rliy mill of tlio wait. In a mo ment came a bang of the drum and a c'a.-h of cymbal-, and tho trombone bone man slid his instrument out about four feet. The Indian dropped the tubes with a yi II, and looked to see where the tiouldo was. Tie n In looked at the phonograph a few min utes mnl said : "Tho devil is iu the box." The Indians stalked off lo their po nies, mounted them from tho left iin'c, and rode off in it digulied muuiu I. They didn't want tho while men to know that they were afraid of their medicine box. Walters and tin photographer stayed iu tho mesa for a week. Alj about through the woods they i aw the blue smoke arising from the J -calilla einips, but they w.-ro not mo lested, for oil tho rock still sit iho terrible medicine box. Kiursas C.ty Star. A Dog Hrmiglit tlr IMnbm. It was a dog that brought liberty to a convict iu tho K mtucky penitenti ary recently. Tho intelligent brute tided as a m ?sseii ger between Ci vn r i or ib'owu and tho felon, c irrring t he pinion in its mouth from tin execu tive mansion to the prison, and, after gaining admittanc , to tho recipient of clem ;ney hiuni lf. The d g is the property of the Oj vomer, and tho convict is O. (1. (tardea of L misvillc, who was sentence I two ye ars ag. to serve a term of eight years for man slaughter. For some time Girlon has been employed as a "trusty" at the Kxect; live Mansion, doing dure and ru i ning erraiidi. The dog, a due-looking specimen of tho shepherd breed, is a family pot, an I is uuui'.iilly intelli gent. It was partof (tard- n's duty to look after the iinim il, and they cimo to bo fast friend i. When tin prison do ors were opened in the m :-ning tin collie was there to nnot his convict friend and aceomp my him to tlio mansion. At night ho returned with his striped playmate to tho grim portals. When the pardon was made out it was suggested that the dog bu per mitted to carry tin welcome of free dom to his devoted frieu I. Tiio p i per was enclosed in a stout envelope und given to tlio animal, which wan tol l to go to the penitentiary. With a w.ig of its tail, it, li f . the mansion and ran down tho oil accustomed route to the prison. A telephone messige apprised the guirls of his coming, and he was admitted without delay. (iiideit was iu tho yard patiently awaiting the arrival of the Governor's messenger, never dreaming that the dog had been si looted. Catching sight of the well-known face, tho do run up to the convict and laid the en velope at his feet. The glad cry of hippy surprise that the over joyed prisoner gave vmt to ou e itch ing up tho official envelope and tear ing it open was re-echoed by a suc cession of joyous barks from tho four footed harbinger of good tidings. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Heart of (iollmin. The real ho irt of Gotham, tho brains and genius of tin metropolis, are to be found iu a very small section of this big city, writes a Xew York cor respondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch, r.etween Fourteenth and Fortieth streets are found the men who write out dramas, w ho m iko our songs, who compose tho music for our operas, whoso pens arc responsible for many of those bright little bits of bum ir j that lighten our live?, whoso brains invent many of tho ideas that other men utilize. It is no exaggeration to say that this section is responsibio for nearly every bit of the uewor original literary matter that is produced iu iliiscity. If it is not aetu illy coin ooscd iu the little world designated, it is thero critically examined, revised, amended or put into the shape in which it is filially given to the public. Oe Broadway, between the street i ua uel oi'.e is constantly bumping again, niei, ind women w ho aro responsible for a good deal of the music nm laughter A this wUqIq country, litem lllILimK.VS COLUMN. A Deo WITH A I'l'TClir. Riieh a eunnin little, f jolieh lilth , e'liuisy liltio tiling ! Would you iiamo him for Iho I'p'bMuat ol si'iiily call him KhiK V Orl'miee, or Diiko, or Hero -Julius l a sar -t'ompfy-N 'rii 'I lie will surely f.j.. his duty is to live up to his name. And n-t to Iniv a ho'.kc ono would lo a p'T-fi-et s'lame. He shall learn t fele'i nil 1 carry an I to play th t In- is deid, To beg upon his hind legs ant stand upou his hoa I. He -li i l guard the h usn at niRlit, too, J'ut rot. her bands to lligat. too; And this sinpeuer at the seaside he'll let no body he ilrowie'il, 1 suppose tin le'll Iu u hen lre I liVPS saved by uiy gallant hound. And next w inter I shall toll him if a bltaard femes, you know. Ho must mien,, all the travelers who mile jv riili in tlio f now. Oh, if you only Knew, sir, The pl.iiis she has for you, sir You s Ml and wa in, and limp ant helpless. Ho "Hor-iiothiii',' pup -Thou ;!i th-pioipeel's v, rv ejiorj0i;3-I be lieve you'd not grow up ! I.adio-' Jlomo Journal STOUT. i OK ISIUAM BOY.4. The ages when "palefacj" boys and girls aro busily going to schodthe fiidiuiboy is learning to hunt and lish and swiiii, to say nothing of be coming familiar with nil tho strange dances nnd other religious customs of his peopl . H,j in also enjoying himself iu his own way, and some of hi.s games are not greatly different from those of his more civilized cous ins. Ibe plays bear aud wolf, and so ilo the 1 oys nud girls you know; but ho plays it with a purpose in view. He expects koiuc day to track bears in the forest aud shoot the wolves that howl outside, his father's lodge on wintry night--. So he listens to all tho bear and wolf stories he can hoar, aud he learns to walk like a bear or n wolf, so that he can creep up on his prey without giving an alarm aud shoot it where it st in Is. Sjinetinns a number of lnh', brawny, dark skinned boys wiil play wolf f r a whole afternoon. The strongest young brave will be the le uler, and he will iismiiii) (lie attitude of a wolf, running on all-lours and snapping and growling savagely. Tho other boys will follow him over stones, up hill sides, down valleys, iu and out among the trees until they are all exhausted. If any boy in the line gives out ho drops buck to the rear nud then if he cannot keep up each of liiscoiupaiiiolis whacks him smartly on thu head with a stick ns a penalty. This xeroiso makes the young Indian hardier and stronger nud a better hunter. It also familiarizes him with the habits of the various animals which he imitates. In tho Omaha tribe when a boy was seven or eight years obi he was ex pected to go off by himself in tho forest and fast for a whole day, allow ing neither water nor food to pass his lips. Sometimes ho went to the top of a high hill and remained thero even iu cold weather crying to Wa kaiiila, the deity, to pity him and make him a brave warrior and a great hunter. At sixteen years of ago his task was still harder. He left tho lodges at sunrise all alone and w hen ho reached the hill-top ho daubed himself with ohiy from head to foot and fasted for two whole days. Often ho came b.iek looking large-eyed and ghastly from hunger. The period of fasting v.as increased to lour days when the boy was eightoeu or twenty years of age. All of these ordeals were regarded as noecssiu'y' to make the boy vigorous and bravo and pious iu his own w iv. For some, who fasted thought Wakunda spoke to iheut and tol l them where the deer were most plentiful and where the lish bit best. One of the favorite games with tho Omaha boys is called the Miei-baei. lie. I willow sticks, long nnd slender and springy, me peeled smooth nu.l each boy is given one. Thoy throw them so that tho end of each stick strikes the ground at un acute angle. Of course it glances of and is caught up by the wind and often curried a considerable distance. The boy whoso stick goes furthest wins tin prize of n sipiirrei'M tail or a rat's skin. And tho boy whose stick will not bound is hit ou the head by each of the other boys. Tho younger braves lovo to fish as well as to hunt. This is especially true among the Cliip.-wa, who live in a country which abounds iu fish. Tho young Indian will take his birchbark cauoo on his head nnd shoulders, his sister or his wife will carry tho lish iues the rifle and the eamp arrange ments and the two w ill walk off for miles through the pine woods to reach a new lake where the black buss and tho pickerel abound. While the canoe is heavy nnd a'.ikw.ird it is never as heavy ns tlm load which till) yotitlg kjuihv cnrtiiis Cuic-ip'Q lVeeoid, FEBRUARY 20, 18. TUB TRANSVAAL Points of Interest About thu South African Republic. The Irrepressible C jnflici Be tween Boer and Briton. Tin Transvaal, or S uth African Piepublio, as it is uflicially designated, including tho recently annexed terii lory known as the "New Republic," u fragment of the old Kingdom of Zuiu biml, had iu IShS a total hiipeilieial of about 110,000 njuiiro miles, with a population variously estimated at from oti'J.OOO lo 1SO,000. As regards the number of natives no accurate returns has been made except in line south ru districts, near the capita'. It pos sessed until quite recently nf irjsmaik r number of white settlers. Tho dis parity is rapidly disappearing siuiee immigrants have l e.;iiu to lluek in crowds to tho nowlv discovered gold tields. The white population, formerly al most lost amid tlio surrounding abo rigines, a! ready constitute aVcspeetablu miuurity. Along more than h ill of its periphery tho Transvaal enjoys the advantage of natural geographical frontiers. The Transvaal is divid-d into three more or less distinct physi cal regions. These arc the llmige Veld, tho B.iukiu Veld, and tho Bosch Veld. The foundations of 1 1 1 1 -. Dutch State wero laid under great difliculties. In 1H:)7, when the lirst trekkers crossed tho Vnal, an I settled in the part of tho territory where now stands the town of Poteheftroom, they cime into c diisiou with the terrible chief of the Mitebeles, one of the most foruiidible Zalii warriors, who were at that time "eating up" peoples of Austral Africa. Most of the Dutch piomers were ex terminated, but the survivors suc ceeded in holding their ground, and eventually driving the tierce Matabele warriors beyon 1 tho Limpopo. Iu 1813, after the battle of Boomplaats, which for a time extinguished the political iiulepend ince of the O.Mnge Free S'ute, numerous fugitives from that region sought refuge with their kinsman beyond thu Vaal. Then iu reply to tho English, w ho had set a price of $10,000 on the leader, Preto ria, that sturdy Uur was elected president of the new republic. Four years later in 1H2, the independence of the Transvaal win recognized by the British (I iveru'neut. The everlasting wars between the 1 n toll nil I the natives was accom panied by atrocious massacres and wholesale extermination. Every a l vauce made by the white intruders was marked by a trail of blood. Thus tho dominant lbiti.sh power never lacked pretexts, and occasionally ur gent reasons of stale policy an 1 hu manity, to interveno and arbitrate be tween tho hostile ptrties. Tiie dis covery of til! gild li dds, reverse ill the field and bankruptcy and u I. -.ivy British emigration loilnvod. I'n :i in 1ST", a British Commission at tended by a handful of arm -d im iiiado his appearance nt Pretoria, the capital, and isMit'l a proclamation suppressing the republic nud formiily annexing Trail -.v. ml to the colonial possessions of Great Britain. X op pisttiou was off-red b-. the Boer.-. Tuere was discontent, which came to a head when the E igii-h took unjnd -cious me lsu'. es. War followed an 1 the British were driven out of the state. When the British wero ready to crush the Boers the Glad-tone Ministry sent a dispatch that the B lers hail been wronged an I that peace was to bo concluded without further blood shed. The Transvaal U public re sumed its polit ie-il iiutouom.i , alt hou eji accepting t !io nomin-d suzerainty of Great Britain, The B iers are le .s pol isiie.l i.i the Transvaal than the O. ange Free State. Their English visitors often de-crib1 them as Barbarian-:. ).' all Soiiih Africa lands the Traosvail is most abundantly supplied with all kinds of natural wealth. The whole of tho Transvaal is gold bearing. Tlio whitei alone are privi leged to acquire possession of the mines. The natives can not ever re ceive payment iu gold under the pen alty of the lash mi l impris niment. The white clement iu the Transvaal lias reserved to itself nil political rights. Tho whites, whether citizens by birth or naturalize I after a live years resilience and on payment ol $125 nre alone entitled to take part in tho elected of the members of the Voiksruad and of the president. For these offices those only are eligible who are natives of Transvaal or resi dents of 15 years standing, professing the Protestant religion and owners of a domain within the lini ts of the state. The legislat;vo power is vested iu tka W.kbraud, which cousibts of NO. 20. 4 1 members wleeti.d for four years, one half retiring every two years. AH signatories to a petition for ami'-xii-utioii of Transvaal are exclude I from tin- right of suffrage and from all pub lic olliee. Dutch is the ollieial lan guage, an I the j re-i'lent is elected for live years, lie has a cabinet of live meni ber.--- The suzerainty of Gr. nt Britain, re stricted to ti oiiirol ot the foreign relations, is little more than nominal But it h isbeioi froipi'-ntly state I the internal elements of disorder and dan ger are too miiltif uioiis to allow the European inhabitants for many gene rations to dispense wiih the protection of tin. English scpter. Tiie dream of the Boers has been for a united "Afiic.tn Holland," comprising all the Afiiltiind is from the C.ipe of lood Hope to Zambe-i. Briti-di im migration nud age le.-sion prevent I this. The Transvaal Republic has no standing army beyond a small force ol hois ( artillery, but in case of war, ull able-bodied citizens are obliged to serve. The revenue is derived chb My from the sale of lands, the custom.;, the hut tax payable by the natives, and tile dues levied oil mile's. Tlio surplus has been eliielly applied to de v; loping internal resources and pay- j ing oil' .l'2-M,n!0 national debt. The Tralisvtal It 'puhii'' is twice as large ! as Illinois, and of immen.-e value to I the power that controls it. - Chicago 1 lines. ! Lifr-Snviiig Stations. The station it-elf is a two-story house built securely and solidly upon some good sit.- aiong the bench ; il is comfortable an t roomy, furnished by the Government, nud bus the boat room nud kitchen on the lower floor; a largo bedroom for tho keeper, an other forth' Mirfmcu, and a store room occupy the secou 1 story. Tho h ont-l'oo n is largo and opens by great double doors upon tho bench. It contains tho life-saving apparatus always in perfect order and readiness. The crew consists of a keeper and six i.urfmeh, though some stations number seven sill fmen ; there men are graduates from no naval college, but have served their apprenticeship with Old Ocean as their master ; they must be. able to handle a boat in the roughest weather, nud to face all tho dangers of the deep. E ich man must undergo a striel medical examination, and must bring to the rtat ion his certificate of good health; and he is also obliged to sign an agreement to faithfully perform nil duties. The keeper receives a salary of .si'.).)1) a year I up to 1M;)2 it w as but 700). he luu.-t be ut the h'.ntioii nil the year ro'.llil, but is allowed a month's leave of absence in the summer if he gives up his pay. A surfm ili rec ives .').") a month, is at the station during eight months .if the year, and has the priv ilege of leaving the station for tweiity four Iioiii s i vi i y two weeks, - bin in lonely st, it mils t ley geliei.illy remain forth' active sea-oti, which begins September 1, cu lm e, May 1 ; wheu a imii. leave, m M ty no goes where he olea-es, ned if he dues led return in S p-.ember the U oper gets another m an in hi- pi ice tor the next winti-i season. The keeper is h'-l.l responsible foi tiie condition of i v Tythiug connected with the station ; iie must di iil the men iu their duties, divide the work iveuly, mil see that the men an orderly. No liquor is allowed on the premises; diiiukuo-s or iieehct ol duty is punished by instant dismissal from the service; the man who is de tailed to cook must keep the kitchen in perfect older; and each has his -hare of the hoiisi-work to perform, for ii o women live at tiie stations. Tiie Ci'ew ale numb led by the keeper from one to si, and at uiid niollt preceding Septemb r 1 the Ma lion goes into eominisision ; at that hour the ke- p. r gives patrol equip ments to two of the sill t'lllell, an I they start out on ti e flint patrol, and the active season has fairly begun: every thing runs like clock work after that, and as strict a discipline is maintained as ou board a m in-o'-war. St. N ich olas. Bread as a Keauliller. Bread as the stall' of life is a famil iar enough idea, but bread as a means of beauty has never received enough consideration. It is a subject which tin! persistent and consistent seeker alter good looks will study. Obser vation and physiological research will show her t hat line w heat bread means a pasty or even rough complexion, that pimples follow in tin: wake of hot bread, and that smooth rosy skins be long to those who cut a coarse, whole, grain cold bread. For the latter are best for the dsgestion, nud good com plexions accompany only good lliges .iuU3. Now York World. (Eltittltuin llcccurtT. BATES or AOVERTISI NC Ono square, one insertion Oie square, two insertions -One square, one month 1.60 - a. 80 For larger advertisements liberal (oa racts will bo made. A Birthday. I feel no more tho snow of years; Hap mounts-, and pulses bound i 5ly eyes are tilled Willi happy tear.", Jlj ea-.s with happy sound. Anew 1 listen to the low I-', lid cooing of the dove, And sui. In unto myself lo know 1 s'i I am loved and love. My manhood keeps the dew of neo n, And what 1 have I ulve; Lein,' right glad that I was bivn, And thankful that I live. Alfied Austin. Hl'MOKOl'S. Why didn't the person who suffered untold agony tell somebody? Miss Elderly She snid she heard I was engaged. Lena How nice of her. lie--Do you think my picture looks like me? She (sympathetically ) es, 1 urn sorry to say, it due.-. The good housewife will form no opinion of her new neighbor until after lii- y have their washing out. "Dignity, my son, is a very proper Kurt of thing; but don't put on too much of it or you may be taken for ft foolm in. " al is-1 1 s---Von have a soldier in tho 1 itehi ii. What is he doing there? Hoii'cin.nd "Learning cocking, please, muni." Int. -I-.-, led Stranger What is tho trouble with th: baby sir? Pupa Blest if I kin w, except that it doesn't sei m to be his lungs. "H i-! help!" yelled the man. "As there is no doctor within hailing distai.ee," said the highwayman, "I think! c.iii reiieve you." Pater Thin is an awful big bill for Turkish baths. Why do you go there so often? Daughter Where else nau a girl go who has nothing to wear. liq id to Emergencies --Country Editor What's the matter now? Pressman We're out of ink. "Well, rub tl'e rollers with the olliee towel." Mrs. Crimsoiibeiik I hope I don't see you drunk again today? Mr. Crim solibeaii Hie I hope you don't sus pect me of leading hie a double life. Cadzucks Digglcs is one of the most thorough reformers I know. Zounds You're l ight ; he would cut oil' a man's head to cure tiie tooth ache. Lawyer What occupation did your husband follow? Wilmss He was a ski per. Lawyer Of a schooner? Witness No ; of a bunk ; lie skippi d to Canada. Alieviatel Woe "Ih'cftdiul about that burglar taking your diamond scarf ; in, wasn't it':" "Well it might have been worse, lie took my neck tie too, the one my wife gave me." Bigg- I see Jiggs has been inar lied. Suppose congratulations are in order? Miggs Well, I don't know hi- bride, so I can't (ongiatul.'ite him; and I don't know him, so 1 can't con gratulate her. Mi-. Henry Peck ( hose mother ha- been visiting tin in for over four ! month-) 1 don't know what to buy nii-tiiir for a birthday present. Do you? Mr, Henry I'.ck Yes! Buy her it traveling bag. He- I had a queer dream about you hl-t n'ght, Miss Louisa. I was about I to ; ie you a ki-s, when suddenly wo i were separated by n river that griidu 1 ally gicw as big ns the Rhino. She I And wa- there no bridge or no boat? Iliic'sho trds of orlhei ii Maine. The backboards of northern Maine e strange-looking vehicles, and re- , semble closely tin! accepted pictures I of Null's ink. They are altogether ' n ilike the bucktioar-L of iho Adiron j dicks. The body is made of long, 1 1 a! i ow boards, mi I upon tiiis is I fi-ti ie. 1 a round top, very much iiko i tiie olil-liishioned S.'dan-chiiir. I'sil i ally there is a decoration of faded j streaks of blue paint which ad Is to its : quai Hi ness nud ancient appearance, j '1 h cover is usually of canva-sor rub ! Ivr, Irom which most of the color has laded. Those btiekboards do nut look i stroll; of steady, but they are Used J on th" roughest road-, and traverse ditch s, loi-'is, an I stumps within). I puriily. I hey are very comfortable j and easy to ride in, and it is-remarkable how much can bo packed away in th in. Probably no other vehicle could stand an equal strain or givo equal comfort on some of tho wood trails on which they are used. New York Ledger. Fill the Hill Exactly. "I've got Smedley's new gun." "Why don't you know you couldn't hit anything with it? It's a beauty, bet it won't shoot straight." "Ob! That's why I got it. Fellows il vny s giivi d mo because I couldn't ihoot, and now I've got an txetl-e for luiesiug. Chicago lb cold.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 20, 1896, edition 1
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