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(Eluttmtm l?cml. f)at!)am Rfcorfc. RATES II. V. LONDON, EDITOR AXD PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. Memory Children. I (. th"m wli-a ove-iime omin'ih, Whore misted in- i lows glow -Tin- lii'imtiful fair-haired lillilr-u 1'roin ll-liis of li.ni ugo. Softly they gather al.oiit in Each with a rose in !ht hand. Ami glints (.f gold in their in--. Of a fir-iiff suii-klssed land. Utit tlmy will not flay th" children, Tho' fondly 1 mil oa-'h name, I'lide whor- the niistM m-a.Inw l!.rd-r on pea.- f ft'iuio: And singing still ns t!i-y vn:ii-.b. Calling mi- f-ri.liy by iiom-. Tin- l.e.-iutiful f.iir-liairi'd childr-a That so-ui forever tin- Mine. Soiuotiin-s In the care-worn fa-os 1 mi the leisy street 1 him' a l'H'k of the children - A gleam of thrir "milium nwwt. I long t" say as they pass me, I)i ar h-arts l"t ns not forget Tin' l ivo and tni-t of our clill'l-timn Will k.-i hi lik" children yet. 1'ray !.nl when inv -v.-tiuc' emu 'th Tin' cray of 1:1' .- nfi rglov.-. Tin' l.i autifiii fair-lmiri'il I'liiMri'ii From lie-a lows "f I' ll'-' a-M May gnlh-r 1 i i 1 1 1 1 y ainmt nn'. A star-eyd 'in-1 laughing throng, V-i-nig til-' ln:-!i of my eve-time Willi faint, s-.v '''t cho-sof sue'. Soj'lii" Vox H ai. A Woman's Adventure. Jt was tit Mrs. Railoy's ten-drinking tliat it was tiist whispered. "My dear, think of it !" crio l Unit rubicund ludy to inc. "Positively it Pi inocs.s !" "ii;i, .Mrs. Riiloy, fiddlesticks 1" said 1. ".No! no! no such thing?" slio pro Usti.il. "Her . . m i i it 1 1 Irt it ilr ) in tlic most noeid-.ui.i! way ami was simply ovci come when r-!io realized w It n .-,,10 had doii". And tli.; Prin or M Hi li.ulow if vu:i i refer it feiuiply glared a! In c. An I, loi that yon think of il, doc-n't it hi. hi natural; Did you i v-r see h iii-uo regal being? Or a inor.' comui inding pie-i -ncc? A tii, really, Louise, what is tin iv o 1.1 in tiii' notion?" Mrs. IJnii y would have run on for ever Jl:ll tin' breathing Capacity 1 1 -lowed her by h r slays permitted. Whii sin; ici. tore il lo pause 1 lui'l my opportunity. "What you in. an to say, then, is that tin- stately looking Miss Jiui'l.iir, who cng aged board a couple of weeks ngo at Mrs. Cii.l'- with hoi- Mutoly ikrly c mil. anion, is in ri'ii'iiy a soruc what 'larky' J'i i:ifi-r, tukin an incog nito v.iciitioii?" "Yes, ihat'n it. And think, L mist', how niitch thi rc is to lnnr mo out. Thi'l'o w.is Mrs. (iray's rhatifo n mark, tln r; is the reijal air, tho niii uilift nt uh, well, hut you mi lor- fitUtld." "My dear Mrs. liailry, uimm iu to your other mii'Ms," said 1. "You ui o a liolit-Vi-r in fairies, yet, I seo. " lint when wo ro.iehed the tea room, 1 found that nil ill ' women in town were all fairly a-ipiiver with exeiUi Inelit. "Slio stoj'jied my Willie on the kcii walk!" "Ih i) Hofw ohienhiiri,' no a, my d jar, the HofwohleiiburH; nose." "R.'.si rved, yet e riifious. Tho very manner of a l'i :.io ss. " 1 felt skeilieal, MinifhoW. I recalled uio tan, iiuio iiiire, tiie wvu-nolseU head with its holt, lustivloss bliit-U huir, tho keen Hray eyes, as I had Been theui on the luoui: nalo at this least reiiown. doi watering platva. I reealled the shrewd looking, k1'".' i haired sallow i'oiiii.iuioii of Mi;. Clilf's new boarder, Miss liarlow. Jt was, perhaps, possible that sho was tho princess of tho little dependent . king. loin my hostess h i. I gu '.-we-l nt, but I had my doubts. Not so the rest of our good people. Within n week every person of the feminine gender and the slightest pre tension to gentility hid managed to call upon Miss li.irlow on some pre text or another. She was graeeful and approachable, they said, although they admitted that she had the air of being iinius. d us one is with n new phase of existence. That was addi. tioUal proof id' her distinguished pi a tion. AVe were iu a very fever of exeite ment. When Miss l.iriow aec-pted au invitation to a dance at Mis. Waiv er's wo ravj.l over il r Con !; e -i n. l.iitMiN. Weaver hml u cousin who married thj third son of a V. igiish mini nmdo a peer for the excellence of his wares. Mrs. Weaver's duncj was tho mo-.t brilliant success the town bad ever t-eeu. Wo had it on excellent authority tho next day that thro.) men had enlivened the evening for tli! Priue s3 we always called her tint ' pockets iu which ft han lkerchief em in private by propositi.?. Kb. uiiist j hroidered with its owner's monogram have enjoyed iiei self iiniU 'ii,ely. The may be slipped. Dogs w ith weak only blot upo i l ie page of Mrs. ' ,.yes will appreciate this. Rubber Weaver's hippin. s, in, the loss of shoes are u boon to dogs whos mis her pearl coinl., w nieii oi i'iirred some tresses are seu-itivo nbnut mud ly time during tho t-v.-iiing. j paws. Tho bhoes cling to tho feet, Then wo began a spirited e-eiitest iu contracting whou removed. New dinner, tea mid dance given ler tho ' York, Journal. VOL. XVIII. royal stringer within our gate. Fiuully dear old Mrs. lhiiley sent out cards for n dance. "I'm Mire blie is the Princess, my dear Louise," said she to mo, "lor in n book she lent Ado'.e tlio other day there whs a i-crnp of paper with the royal nrins of the Hof wohleiiburu house. And besides, f overheard no, you needn't look like that I wnsu't listening I overboard her (Mrs. ttiuy) ea'l her Stephanie, ond you kuow hho calls herself Mary, and Stephanie is tho unme of the Princess of Ilofwohli'iiburg. " "Sbo may bj an impostor," sug gested I. "lint hhe doosu't pretend to be a Princess. She pretends not to lie." "True," I acknowledged, and went olT to dress for my godmother's ball. I was so much ut home in her house j that whon I put my s ipper's heel through my chifi'.iu skirt, I did not go to the dr.'ssing room, but to my god I mother's own roo ;u The lig'it was dim as I entered. In front of tho drossiug table bent a figure n figure clad in white satin with brilliant blossoms of the sabii.i in her dull, lark hair. "Miss liarlow!" I gasped. Sho turned quickly her hand hidden iu the folds of her skirt. "Ah !'' h1i. said a little tremulously. j "Your aunt is it? kindly bade mo : lind pins here. " Mrs. Uailey's j -wel c.ise was un I looked on tho dressing table. I st. pped ouickly to the door mid ; locked it. i was taking groat risks, i but 1 "Will you please let mo see what you have iu your hiiudV" I n-ked. "What d i you ineau.J'' lbished t Ii" i I'riuei ss. "You know what I mean. If I urn ! wroii you may do what you will. If I inn riht Let mo see your hind!" I advanced, seized her wrist and I give it the brutal twist my brother had taught m ; iu the days when I wits a tomboy. H-r fingers relaxed and , sh gave a liltie nio in of pain, "Y.iii nr.! more daring tonight than at Mis. Weaver's and at Mrs.StoneV. A diamond brooch and tho emerald ring my godiatlier brought my god mother from Russia and you didn't even despise il sliver-backed tiail polishel ! Rut then it isn't milked. " Two brilliant r. d spots burned on j the I'rilic ss' cheeks. I "What will vou do?" she breathed in n whisper. Hor gruy eyes were black with terror and wido with appeal. "Have you tho rmt of your plunder?" "Yes." "Take mo with y.iii and give it to me, and I will see." "Don't don't, give mo up!" she b -gged. "Don't! See how it was! 1 w:u poor and 1 loved pleasure mid did not have it. And 1 kuew I could k . nit I knew it! So, I eir.no here, a i l how f fooled you ull by inv cun ningly planned incognito! Well, 1 didn't iiieati to rob. I merely meant to impo-o on you ail and win respect and udoratioii and pleasure. Tii- n these fat, old women and their gems! Tllu;r KL.ms WcnUI keep mo tho winter in luxury, and thou I mi-ht marry xmy d hav.; it forever. And somehow tlir.m.;li it all t know you'd i,l mc out, you cold-faeed woman, Vou!" "I like good acting," said I. mo go with you an. I search 'Let rooms, (iivu me what vou lmvu stolen 1UI, K UWiiy i.f,,. we have waked in the morning. It may be compound ing a felony, but will you?" "Y'es," she whispered. An 1 at noon tho next day I glad dened thu hearts of two of our first families," by the return of their jow cU New York World. The Dog Tailor. The dog tailor is coming to the fore. II : is iilreu ly a feature of tho Bin Maicho iu Paris, where h koepi a lurgi) stock of canine apparel. In his ready-made department aro over coats, storm coats, ooits of fur, duster-, traveling ru js, evening dross and neglige eo.tuuu's suitable for informal bone gatherings. Dog underwear is tho uovelty of the season, however, nud is sho rn in linen, bitiste, si'k, wool and cotton. It must bo a hyper critical dog which cannot bj suite 1. There is also a custom department where garments are nuido to order. Among the most attractive garments shown are the pujimas furnished with riTTSBORO', I'lanU That Kill Meat. It his been proved time nnd again that the so-called "cannibal plants," of which the Venus flytrap is the type, are much more huilthy when allowed their regular insect foo I than when they ore reared under netting or in any other manner which excludes thuru from the regular meat diet. Tim above is nn oddity of itself, es pecially when we consider tho fact that there is a certain school of botanists which tenches plants make no use whatever of the insect prey captured by them, but it is nothing compared with the bold assertion made by Fran cis Darwin. That noted scientific gentleman bravely meets tho "vegetarian botau ists" with the assertion that all kinds .slid classes of plants, whether known ; as "meat caters" or not, bear more j and heavier fruits aud s.-oda when fed i on meat than thoso that are ) not allowed a llesh diet. He grew two lots, comprising I various varieties of the different toin- mou piants. One lot was regularly led (through their roots of course,) with pure juices compressed from meat, the other with water and the various fertili.ers. The f i ii ii 1 figures on this odd experi ment proved that the plants which j were fed pure meat juice bore ICS j fruits of tiie different kinds, while the : unfed plants of the same number and original condition bore but 74. I Also that tho pampered plants boro ' 240 seeds to every 100 borne by the plants that were imt given u cuauce to i gratify cannibalistic tastes. This is certainly worthy of much careful Mudy and extensive experi ment. Philadelphia Item. A Tree Turned In Iron. At tho meeting of tho Academy of Natural SoiPiioes last night Professor : Oscar t'. S. Cuter, of the Roys' Oen t:il High School, was tho principal ' speaker. In his address ho referred to a so culled iron tree, which was discovered about one mile from Three Ton, Mont gomery County, imbedded iu a sand- ' stone quarry about ten feet below the ; surface. Tho tree was about eighteen to t 1 long and tho trunk was about eight inches iu diameter. It had completely turned to iron and was composed mostly of brown hematite, an iron ore. A portion of tho tree was of im perfect lignite, which the professor explained, greatly resembled cliiiicoii'. No doubt exists among scientists that, the article referred to was a real tree, because knots were found, many of which had also turned to iron. "The phenomenon is accounted for," said Professor Carter, "by the fact that the shales and sandstone in that neighborhood are covered with red oxide of iron, and sometimes with brown hematite, and it is mpposed that the iron ore, which contains a coloring, was reduced by orgmized matter, and that it was made soluble iu water eoutaiuiug carbonic acid g is. As the witter, holding tho iron iu solu tion, ciinii; in e intact with the tree, the iroti was precipitated on the tree, and there was un interchanging of vegetable and mineral matter, so that tho rocks were relieved of their color ing matter and the tree took it up." Philadelphia Pros (Juror Hiding Places. M-ittrcsscs and old shoes and stock ings have from ti no immemorial been favorite places of concealment for treasures. Ono well-known New York woman, whoso jewels represent a lib 'ral fortune, keeps them wrapped in chamois skins mid tucked away in a waslistau I iu her bathroom. Tho empty cases lire all left in tho safe, where tho table silver is kept. A young matron whose fair laeo is to be seen beneath a row- of shilling stars on any opera night behoves that a newspaper package on the shelf of her wardrobe will elude the viilunco of those on plunder bent. Too "first law of nature" h.n a lirm hold on another lady, who every night has her silver left on the table at the foot of the stairs in tho hope that should thieves invade tho premises th -y would take what they touud there and go no further. An old baud box loft carelessly on tho fl'ior of n closet, nud apparently filled with odds and ends, is tho hid ing place for tho rings and pius that fortune has lavished on a certain young society maiden. Safes aro built of articles of furni ture of every sort, from an upright piano to au ottoman. Now York Journal. Dfccoiiragrin?. A Missouri farmer ligun d it out one rainy day that ho Lad walked 300 miles iu cultivating one acre of corn. He thereupon fold h s farm and moved to a town, where he walked 00J to Hud a job. CHATHAM CO., N. C, irii.ih:kx's COM' sis. k lusu. When !l"lpftil.ell9 are jingling, And lingers lire tilik'lin. And snow li uses are filling the air, Theij li"y! for the rosi (lid winter ilis.'losi'S A-llo.Mii when thu (tsnleus ar lr9. Ami hey! for Jn-k Frost Whom old winter employs To frivt' irlowinj? hoeks lo th" Kirls snd thu bnyi. lie can make them as reJ Ai a Jun arili.'n bod, KuA hey! for the snowball, Tho stsle. und tliu sle.l. Youth's Companion. A lOri EARNS HIS CAKBS. One Kiiininer afternoon a group of children were playing at tho cud of a pier that projects into Lake Ontirout KiLstou. The proverbial cureless child of the party initdo a backward step from tho pier into the water. None of his companions coiihl save him, and their erics had brought no one from the shore, when, just ua ho was fust sinking for the third time, a superb Newfoundland dog rushed d..wii the pi.-r into the water nnd pulled the boy out. Those of the children who did not nee iiiipiiny the boy home took tho do-; lo .i confectioner's on the shore a::il lid him w ith as great a variity ol cakes and other sweets as he could eat. So far the story is, of course, only tpyieal of scores of well known c ases. Tho individuality of this case is left for the sequel. The next afternoon the same group j nf children were playing at the sains place, when the canine hero of the day botore came trotting down to them with the most friendly wags and nods There being no occasion this time for supplying biui with delicicies, tint fhiidieii only stroked and petted him. The dog, however, had not come out of pure sociability. A child in the water an 1 cakes uud cundv stood tn him in the close and olni u relation of cause aud eft'if, and if tl.i. relation was not clear to tho children ho re solved to impress it upon theiii. Watching his eliance hj crept up be hind the child nearest tho edge of tin pier, gave a sudden push, which aeiit him into the water, thou spuing in after him and gravely brought him to shore. Hmuo nnd Farm. ( ill L.lllil:N IN AFRICA. A lndy on u visit to one of th s mis sionary stations in lOustern Africa hai some curious mid rather surprising things to say ubotit tho native chil dren. These sous aud ilaugtera ol the Dark Continent are not so in net behind the rest of the woild ss oi.( might have expected, unless their ex treme generosity bo takon ms a symp tom of inferiority. Nothing strikes us more forcibly t'uin tho singular uuselliihueis of t iese poor invades, for both old ami young hhiire everything they get witk one another. Sometimes when I liavi given a chilil a biscuit, I have fell really sorry to ii-o the way in whirr, tho poor little tbiug has given a bit W till of its companions, till many a time nothing more thnu a crumb remiiini for itself. Iu thosnme manner, if au old pair of shoes happens to be thrown away, and n child ti mis them, it immediate!! puts eu one of them and gives tlx other to a companion, and thus tbi two bobbin about nil day, "one shot off mid one .shoe on.'1 The next day tho shoes nro suro t bo inindod to two others, who.in turn pass them to two more; nnd so the go on till every child in tho sehoo has had its eliance. Bishop Mackenzie's party fuune games of white-top, humming top.auc many other us common among th Africans as among the boys at home, so that t hoy could tc loh theni noth ing new. At last, iu Tcspiir the; th night they would surprise them b, m king a kite. All thu children us M-mlilcd to seo it ; but it turned on lop-sided and heavy, and would no g i up. So one of the misuonarics rs iii'-rked to them, "You never saw any ll.i . ; like this before, did you?" Whereupon a little fellow replied "Oi, yes; only tho things wo hsv n o .lifforeiit from yours, for ours ge ui, nnd yours go down." Tho Hous hold. " I'illowlcss Royalty. Tho Queeu of Servia is ono of thi few examples of royalty who have i royal benrin ?. She eschews soft bed, ami down pillows. She idoeps on i narrow divnu with a hard and uuyield ing mattress and without tho vestigi of a boiul rest ; the Couseqncr.cs is tl her figure is perfect and thn cat riagi of her bond stately and natural. Thf royal family of Servin has n :vcr beei permuted, ns children, to indulge ii the pillow hubit, nnd consequently tin absence of it is no dt-privatiou to tli beautiful (Jilecu. j MARCH Ii, 18. CAVALRY 1I0RSHS. Those In Uncle Sam's Sprvice Mod els Of Equine Excellence. They Are Taught Many Difficult And Interesting Maneuvers. There aro over sixteen millions o' horses in the United States, and yet, according to Captain J. P. A'e-'hare, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A., tii3 Government linds it difficult to pro cure the seven hundred to a thousand animals needed every year for the cavalry service. The model cavalry horse is, in color, cither bay, sorrel, blnek or gray. Bound, well bred and of superior elas-, gentle under tho sad l., free from vicious habits, with free and prompt action nt the walk, trot and gallop; without blemish or defect ; of a kind disposition and with easy mouth and gait. He must be a "gelding" (mares are not taken under liny circum stances), of uniform aud hardy color, iu good condition, from fifteen and on. -fourth to sixteen han. Is high; weight not less than it. VI nor more than loO) pounds; loiehead broad, eyes large and prominent; from foil." to eight years old ; bead and ii.is small, vision perfect in every re-peel ; shoulders long nnd Moping well back ; chest full, broad and deep; forelegs straight and htaudiuv well under ; "bar rel" large mid increasing from giith toward ll ink ; Withers elevated ; back shoit and straight ; loins and hiiuiii'hes blond and muscular; hocks w. ll bent and under the horse ; pasterns slant ing, and feet small and Mitiud. A horse under live years old will no; h purchased unless ho is it 1 1 especially tiuo animal, w.-il developed. A horse which nioetu tho cavalryman's fastidi ous taste must indeed bo a mo. ltd of equine exe 'ilenee. Much stress is plac 'd upi u the iiiteliigene ; inauifei,; o 1 by the c in hdate, both in expres sion and action, and there arc certain peculiarities iu the face and eyes of n horse, which, to the expert, denote the foul, the stubborn brute, und the sh itis.li animal. Anutiier singular phase of the system is, that while the cavalry horse must bo of peril ft shape nnd faultless coiifurmatioii, he is pui ohased at from fll2o to .50, compara tively small sums for even desirable roadsters. This, however, is explained iu a measure by the fact that tho cav alry horse is useless for brooding purposes-. In tho United States cuvalry service there are ten regiments of twelve troops each, with sixty men to the troop, not counting oflicers, and there uio over seven thousand horses iu the service. The average working life of the cavalry horse is about lo years, and about ten per cent of those iu the service die or are dis ended every ye.ir. The horses nought every year are sent ut once to the dif ferent forts aud i-tiitions, nud to the riding school nt West Point, win. 're rough and fancy riding is taught, nud they ure put to work without delay, th-' soldier taking the green animal and commencing its education. Kieli cavalry in -m trains and cares for his own horse, and no discrimination is made iu the distribution, the soldier boy out on the plains getting just as good a mount as the dandy who parades the gay thoroughfares of the capital. The most il 1)1 vilt thing to tench horses is to become accustomed to fire arms. Kvery evening as they pass from ono part of their quarters to another to be fed a carbine is tired near th i tho head ot every animal, au I iu tins way they are liuuliy made so familiar with the noise of musketry tint it fails to attract their attention, and during the rapid tiring uu I confusion of a skirmish with Indians tiny will browse nloii calmly, and compla cent ly. When the cavalry horso is pur chased he is bran letl with the familiar "U. S. " on his side or shoulder, anil With a certain numeral on one of his hootV. The agent n o rds his numb, r in a book provided for the purpose, and opi'os.le the numeral writes a full description of tho animal, cost, former owner, condition, when shippe.i, etc. When the hor-o arrives at its desti nation the record is copied into an other book but this tune the annual is entered by name instead of by num ber. Horses of one color are glveu to ono company, and their names usually begin with tho letter which classifies tho company. Thus, the horses in Company G arc called (trover. Grant, Gallkld, Greeley, Grimes mi 1 so on The horses soon learn to which eo.i . puny they belong. Many of th, m treiii several troops may be grnxm ; upon a prairie, but when the bul jtiuuds the btable call they ijuicklv NO. 30. a.-seinld.', th:- buys to ;lieii!si ive.i I'jL the Mim-is Mid tin- jriys iii.d blacks to th. i.- r. sin ct.ve i" u. :a hi. is. They are taught ;,i my d !ii 'nil inain u er-, one of the li.o--t II !ere-l,!:g n! wlileh is to lie down mi that tiie soht.ei - may n-o their bodies as a protection from behind which to lire at tiie eiieiny. A I'lnck Hills Curiosity Oik? of the gre licst e iri i-ilies iu the Northwest is tin: Dt-vii's Tower, locat ed on the li -lie F.-iiivhe R.v.-r, iu tins northwestern ixlreinity of the Rlnck Hills. Oi this wonder a geo'o ;ist of international reputation sii.l: " Jt is u remarkable freak of nnturfl nnd appears not to have been repeated ebcw lu t e ..n earth's Mirlaeo but .stands a'one, unique and m st. ri.eis. " Tile tower is believed to lie the cone of a cooled down volcano. At a dis tinee it l esemliies a Inii?-- cask or bar rel iii-id. of gi.;antie t minor -, tin.- sides being i o'igiiiy furrowed wiih crystals of trachyte. Jts bights i- 1,'J'0 feet alnive tin- li -lie Fourehe River, and it is K )0 feet 111 height from Its base. The Willis on all sides are smooth uud perpendicular. A paragraph e.iii 'erning it, w'o.eh has been widly cireuiuted, says that owing to the smooth au 1 p i )e ml o : iar walls on all sides no human being has ever been able to climb t the top. Tin.- is mi error, as durin--' recent years both a m in and a woman have succeeded ill reaching the sinnini'. A man naiii'-.l Rigor.-, who lived near the tow. r, p r!oriii'-d :!; d .i.g.-r-ous and dillleult feat on J.i.y 1. 1 '.'!, ill the presence of a larg ! in.m'i .-r of per.-ons who had gathered lit til-' spot to celebrate Independence Day, and planted tile Stars anl Strips on the siiuiu-.it. S ibseqii 'iilly his wife performt d the siiuie feat, they being tin' only pcr-oiis. so far as known, who have ever st.io 1 on the top of this ctiii .iis r..c,i. The ascent was made pos-ii-io only by .ir.v ing spikes or pins into th-- p-'ip-n 1 e uinr sides of the tower almost tie- n tire distance of eight hundrid feet from the base to the summit, nud even then the a-cent wits ntli ii !. d with constat,: danger that '.lie climber would lose his or her equilibrium and be da-he. 1 to death on the ja , -ee l rocks lielieath. Land iff Might) Wonders. To th- botani-t and geologist Ice land presents a peculiarly rich field. Tiie llora is plentiful and varied. The mountains have many curious shapes and forms; tiie outburst of volcanic energy having occurred in closest con tact wiih the realm of ice, benr-i evi dence oi frost and lire having grappled iu sternest coi.lhcl, writes Ruth Siiai)' n r. In some cases the nucleus iu tin- basaltic ina-s alone remains, .an I looks like monuments or ciiirns, audit is difficult to believe they Me natural. Zeolites, embedded IU reddish clay, bits f agate nnd frugiiu-iits of chal cedony, are a few of the treasiin s found strewn m the paths lending to the fjord-. Nothing Ceil be more delightful than a horseback trip over S HI or 1, not) milts ti. rough leeiiiii.l. The traveler sees thousands of mountains cot i-r d with eti rnal snow out r; va 1 i i ng t lit' Alps in grandeur; great geysers and iiiniiun r.ible hot Weils ; waterfalls, one of which the (iiiillnss-- is second only to Niagara in size nud beauty : crvstat streams and di-hing rivers; lava beds of fniiti-tic figures, covered with moss that giist.-ns iu tin- sun like hoar frost, and as n crowning glory the atmosphere is so brilliant that ob jects eighty miles distant appear close at hand. The effect' of light and sin low are tho purest 1 ha.c ever seen, and the contrast of color is tiuiy astonishing; one Hpi tie foot of ii in Mint tin juts out in a bia.e of gold agaiu-t the ll ink of another, dyed of the darkest purple, while up against the iizine sky beyond rise peaks of glistening snow and ice. If within the domain of nature such another region is to b ' found it liiu-t be in the heart of those solitudes which science is unveiling to us amid the untrodden lastnesses of the lunar ni'iintains. Photography and Art. One day while Millais was eng-agoil in painting his famous picture, "Chill October," among the ree ls nud rushes on tho banks of the Tay near Perth, a voice came from over the hedge: "Man, did yo never try photo graphy ?" "No, iicor," replied Millais, paiut jiig slow ly. A pause. "It's a h-intlo quicker," smd tho v. nee. "Ye-es; I suppos so. " Another pause. The filial thrust was : "An' its mail- liner the place." London Tid-R,s. OF ADVERTISING Oi e square, one iniertion- 11.11 H square, two insertions 1.50 One Bquare, one month 4.C0 For largir advcrtuemeati liberal 0c r -rt- bo made. A Snug of Vnrk. To eaeh man on th" earth is given A lalior to pursue: Au-1 Cioil Himself. Who sits lu heaven, II" has His work to do. My s.u-l.' i dig iul" the ground, A - truly ns I can. And (to I. He makes the w-.rlil i;.i n.ud. And shows tin- way to man. He makes the world g- round lb" sail, And win 'lies o'er the stars - He Ills i s.'es the slllltlle mil, He guides the train of ears. He failhrtil i- mid loves His work, In star an I -un and sod. I.et mail awak". nor dan- to shirk Th- fellow-hip of ;.',!. 1'. H. Savage iu Youth's l oinpuuion. HUMOROUS. "Do you know liilk?" "Know the infernal seoundivl ! Why, he '' "Ah, I see, you do know him." A Cintr Conscience Don't some of then; old hongs haunt you? "No; I've never murdered any of them." i'ir.st Debutante My ciieeks are all ov lire. Second Debutante I thought there was a sim-il of burning paint. lllcvator Hoy Want to go 'way up, un -ier. Old Geutioinnn Y'es; I be lieve that's us far as you go l.-u't it? Although a girl may bo blight L-lioiigii to know that "Ms--" i- ll Ilullll -!.. 's liei.innt y unable to decline it. "lb iw is it that you, n simple citi zen, fill yeiiisel!' a marq lis?" "My parents live on the Marquis- Islands'. Sill lent Now, that's queer; Iny father says my studying costs him a fortune, and I'm sure i study very little. "My fuel gas bill nmonnted to Sf'Jt) this month," s.iid Highland. "You must lme money to burn," replied Hil'.liet. lift Her treatment of Jack bin nimbi him an uuti-viviMCti.iiiist. Slit How is that? He He knows what it is to feel cut up. Dickie, what do you want for n birthday present? Oh, papa, get ino a savings bank that mamma can't get nickels out of withu hairpin. "Darling;, did you sing any pretty songs ut Sunday school?" "Y'es, maiiimn, we sung u lovely one, about '(irceiilaud's icc-cieiiui mountains.'" "For tho life of me," said theyoung .man, "I don't see why a woman was not born with tho sauie capacity for sw allowing excuses that she has for ice cream. She Yes, that is Mr. (iambogo, the artist. He is we id-d to his urt. He Judging from his nppearnuee, I should bay that ho didn't marry for money. "What! You say that Herr Sehmi.lle, tlio merchant, has gone blind? Here's a pretty how d'ye do I Iinve a bill on tho man which is made out 'payable at sight!' " A pour fellow having had his skull fractured, was told by the doctor that the brain was visible ; whereupon ho n-markid: "Oh, do write to father, tor he always declared I had UoUe." "Triiltle is very light on this road now," explained the conductor to a commuter. "Well, I think it would be improve 1 if it was lighter," as he held his tv iiiug paper nearer the oil hill. p. Dobbs, on being asked how it was he aiwavs advised pie to get mar ried and never seemed to think of it hiinself.iepiied that he was to much of a gentleman to help himself until everybody else was supplied. "I see," remarked Mrs. Hiisheroi't, at the breakfast table, "that the cof fee crop of lion duriis has been seri ously reduced by two unusually dry seasons." "That's oil. 1, " replied the star boarder, "I never noticed a scarc ity of water iu the coffee." T i Make Arid band Blossom. The authorities of the Great North ern Railroad ill Washington are plan ning to brim; into tultivntiou largo areas of rich but arid bin I on the lino ol their road by irrigation systems, depending on artesian wells whero running water ciiinot be obtained. In the Yakima valley, in the same Stai", on the hue of the Northern Pacific, Very largo areas aro being brought un ier ditches ami offered for sal,- by irrigating companies at from . to sdoO per acre, which is nioro thnu any turni 'i- cm ntl'ird to p:y for bare hind upon which to raise produco to be transport!' I IS, (Ml) miles to mai he!. San Francisco Chronicle. A I'l liiule I'l'i'iieli ( tmscriit. A woman will be drafted for service in tiie French army next year for the re isoii th it nt her birth she was erro-ueoti-1 y legis'cred as n male child. Tlio : !i th-oili : i! ii!-.' eogni.nut of the i lin.d r, it- I lap" n ikis it essen tia! I r h- r t ' i re-a nt herself for ttiili- 1 Jury duty.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 19, 1896, edition 1
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