North Carolina Newspapers

i 2II)C Cljntljnm Record l)c (El)ttlljaiu TiccortJ JZ. A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPITJETOR. BATES OA' ADVERTISING One square, one iuseition SI. 00 One eiiure, two insertions. ... J . 50 TERUS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR 51, Icily in Advance. One taj'iare, one mouth 2. Oil VOL. XX. IMTTSHOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. TIIURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER !, 1K'I7 NO, 2. For larger a lvei tisoineuts liberal contracts will lie made. fffi itetfaw Aft r r a WOKK OF AMERICA'S HEN HER VALUE IS NOT LESS THAN $290,000,000 A YEAR. YVurtli More Ttinii On? Kntli't Wheal imp f the .'.iiinli'.v i'i Ho I'ur Itplilii.l Iho lairiitng of the JCulli'ou.tis Coulil i:ily llu.y Si-virul Mati-a of Hip I iilui, ' It. W. Collingwood, of 41m Ittira Now Yorker, says in tho New York World: Mrs. Ameiionu liusiness Hon is ouo fit our most useful citizen... Kho is a flu inking, unassuming creature, too modest nt times even to eaoklo over the birth of hi-r iiwu egg, leaving that celel nation in lii-r husband; ami yet Mrs. American Hen liaa been quietly paying oil' mortgages, driving wolves from 1 1 10 door mid hatching nut nest flpfjs f"i' thousands of foulherloss bi peds. . In LSil.l there were in tliiH country M'l lir.MVfV OF TIIK AMl'.ltlf'AN II KN OVI-.R COM Ml Hi K AM) AOIllt l!"iS,S7l,12" clii.kein mil '.'i!,7.tS,:tl." other fowls. In tint year tin- Ameri can hens h,i 1 '.I,s;lti,ii7 1, 'Ml ji?s. There are now ;l,")i,thl0,0il0 cliirl.ens, v liich will lay tlii-i year l'l, 7i 1,000, -II 0 C:?-;). Tli".-,j e.4','s aro worth ?li",o-.l,,oinl, and the poultry meat sold iluri u; : the year will lu in:,',-f 1 1", 000,00. , vihich nives .SJ'.IO,oihi,000 us a very low rsUmat.i of the earuius of Mrs. Ameiiein lien for one year of the Ureal depi vs. j ,n. The ;i."0,noo,oo.l hens nro worth SI 05,00 1,000 of any man's money, Imt we will 110I coie-i ler that, hut take (-imply the eariiiu ;s of tlm heu. The average, length of a i enu is two and one half inches. Th,. 1:1,750,000,000 curs will, tlievef lie, m ike a idi iin M.'.UIS miles lo:iu, while Hie total weight of this pro luclioii of heu fruit is at lc.it s"i I. U"i tons. Does imy rea Ier 1 f the World real i.'.e w hat thi - i"imeu-.e production of oij's and iii".il m m'ii to the c i intry? Here are a few I'uun s for omparison : Value- nf .-.Over I'M lu-t i mi t7 J.r I O.00 ) ValiiH nt wii.il cii;i :iH,l l'i..vi Value . f ail s.!ir. i . . li'i. IHV.TJ'i Viilini of all swia In; 5.' l,74'i Value nf mill.-.. 10.1, 2111 Vil Value ir liors 5eil.H0.lsi; Valim of 1 ilr..l' 11:11 it.mIii.-Is . t;i.:Kl.tfl I Vnliie of iilat i i i'.'i- 7S.!i-H.i.iii Value of t. il.a i-i-ip . :r,,57.-j.!(l Value i.f i-ii t .-ii or. 111 a.Vi.ltil.CIO Value el n.'ll i l "i . Il'i l.li'i",.!! ;s Value of wlic-lt 1 ' I' 1 1 1 L'rlT.IH.'.KH lllipiuls of eolfee line yi"ir Ml. 711:1, IJ luil'iiils of loii on - M-ar IJ. 701. llll Total of I'.'iisi -a. ' :i:i.J-0.07S Tolal of s.-liool e.i-iiilitures. ..17-t.aiu.ft.iii Total iiiti-ii-.l on ni"i tu'.n;es . 7ii.7Js.H77 Cii.i of i-o. iom. io(iaii!iii iii .. '.Ki.tijii am; Net eaiiiiiiK-o i.iilinots . . :l.' I.lsi;. l i JHvi.l.-n.l-. mi i-iiili ... -.in.-ks . . Mnri.'Wl The value of all f?old produced in American linnet, in s:l5 was tii,t'10, 000. and all silver $71. 051, 000. The. value of all mint-l ulu, including iron, H'olil and silver, luken out of Ameri can mines in ISM was a;J0S,liis,7il,s. Americans are jjiveu to liraurniiif ahout our immeuso mineral resources, nnd yet you will notice that tlio hens paid for it all one year and hnd enough left t-i just aliout pay the interest on all Uiortn.lfle:-! Mrs. lien will piith onoup.li this yrar to pay the cut ire State and conn ty tax (which in ISliO was SU i.lSti, 007l, and have enough left for every ent of pensions that are paid to old l oldiers. The avera.ee cow weighs l;l(l times ns much as the average hen, and yet nil the milch cows in the country have a total value of Imt jf2ti;,i55,,ri 15. Mrs. Hen in one year will earn enough to Imy every cow , and put t ho entire tolmeco crop in her pocket as well. She could pay out of her year's earn ings for all the tea and coffee import ed iu ono year and all the petroleum products, and have enough left to Imy al the toliaci'o giown in 1H00. The total assessed valuation of the follow ing States fall helow the hen's yearly earnings: New Hampshire, Nebraska. Vermont. Alalnuna. . lielaware, Mississippi, Arizona, I'tnlm. West Virginia. I.'uisiaaa, ,' Noitk Carolina. Arktiusa-, South Carolina, Moutami. Jj I'tati, , OrcKuu. Florida. Wyoiuiio;. North l'akotn, Colora lo, Houth Oaketa, New M-'xioo. Nevaila. In other words, Mrs. American Hen eould buy any of these States from one year's egg and chicken money. She could Imy in this way New Mei-i-'i, Arizona. Wyoming, N.rh I'akota. Idaho an I Montana all put together The ti'tii.l cost of eouduetiug the Jost9lU"e I'eraituivnt last yenr was $00,62.'., 20.3. 81. We can pick on', 511,000,000 of our best hens that will cover every ilollar of this outlay in ono year. The net earnings of the railroads in 1805 were $ DC, 1.1 1. The railroad dividends paid amounted to Nl ,:!75. 774. Tile American Hen paid nearly twice the profits eirned 1 y American railroads. The total rni nings from iassin;r.r tratlii! anii'.iiut, .1 to SJ-ll.tH'i.r.OS, or less than that of the hens. It c ist in 18!)5 slightly over two cents to cany one passenger one mile, .( nfaoaiit to carry one ton of freight one mile, nnd ninety-one cents to run I ho aver ago train ono mile. One single lieu, laying 1 rl eggs per year, could have 215 days of vtieation, a'rl would still lie ahte to pay for onrryiugoiio passen ger 1(H) miles, or for hauling ten tons of freight 10,0110 miles, or for running nil ordinary train two miles. ( ln' huh dred and forty such hens would ay the salary nf the avera fe tea'-her em ploye 1 iu the piihlio schools, while S'.n-enly live hem would pay the a; er iie pension to ol 1 soldiers, OVIAHA'o IMMZMSS UMBRELLA. Wlu-li lt lisr l ll W ill II,. !-. ! t oi l Ural,. On- l: II III. The last Paris exposition had its i;if fel tower, Chicago had its (-'orris w heel, Nashville lia its giant se.--s.iv. The department of cm -essi ms of the ( linu ha trans-Missisdppi exp-isili m of IMi; has also received an application lor spiii-e I'm I liu eiC'-ti.-n of a novel me chanical device. It rou-iiililes the fratnew oik of u gigantic inul.ii 1! i ionic than anylhing else wlucli mi.Mil he mentioned. Tli part eoi re-poU'lino to the stick of the uiiilin ila i an in inense c liu lor, tliii ty feel iu diameter, eimstructe I ol' si el plates firmly riveted, m.ikiug a stall l ipe which rears its hea I 1250 le ! ulmve tin- level of the proiind. Atthe extioine t p of this cylinder are l'.i.-:eia-d twelve lime, arms, reseinliling the i i!.s (,f n-i u in -hrella. Th.-! e are steel trusses, reach iuu aliuosl to the e;: o:in I. At the lower end of each of these rids is suspi nded a car for c.irryiu.; p.is.-viieis, i n U ear having a capaciiy for twenty i-eit.ou-t. These monst.'r i ilis are raised hv liy draulic piwcr, a -tiu;; hy means nf steel eahles operating through the i viinde,-, aided ley a nieehauisiu gn-ally r.-sem-liling that portion of an iimlm-lla w hich conies into action when the iiuiluellii is oieiied. liy means of this iiieehau-i-uu the gigantic arms are raised until they are hoi i '.ontal. the ears in the meantime doing carried outward and upward until they reach a point 250 fee above the ground, the diameter of the huge circle funned by the sto: ponded cars being also 250 feet. When the highest point has deen reached an other mechanism comes into play and the suspended ears are fining tdowly around in a circle, after which they are lowered to the ground. The sides of the curs are of glass, so that the passengers may secure an extensive view of the surrounding couutiy. An octogenarian vagrant was lodged at a St JoKpU i, Mo.) ?jUon out) tuylik tilti REMARKABLE PEAR TRFG. Tiulnivl I i ftrmv at !ih Ml of a Il'ia.-r In a Wonilerlul Way. O.m of Hid mosi remurlinhle of old train ' I pear trees that wo are n -quaint'-d with is the splendid sped men of t'vedale's fit. iorniiiiii at Wes ton House, Kliijiston-.-oi-Stour, tin residence of the Countess of Camper down. The aeiMniianyins illustratio'i is imldishel in t!i' ( iardener's Ma,','.i zine. . Mr. Master.-on, the Kavdener nt Wc-toii House, writer I lint 'the tree is admired at n' limes of the year, Imt more esjieeially whn covered with larjje handsome clusters of llo.vrrs. In autumn, wln-n la leu with ijuanti tiesofhi( fruits, it uh;.i juesents au attrative iiiie.irauee, and there nr.) many who also admire the tree, when the stem -. are Intro, nnd certainly at this season it is interesting, as tie) training i.-i very remarkahlr. Tlietren Meldom fails to ripen a heavy crop of fruits, cropping rifjlit down t) tlio VI.'I II. I'. 1'IC'TORI.M.T.Y SHOWN. j ground. It has never hcen fed or root j pi lined, an 1 its roots are iu the bed of I the carria .-o. drive, frravel a!s i eneir- cling the item n tin; bae, where it ' measures six fei t in eiiciiiiifei ene.i. t ; is, however, very probable that the i roots have penetrate I a c insi-lerable I ili.-taueo nnd com i:i!o euiitact w it b t 1 1 1 - stuble drains, thus deriving the j iioui isliini-iit re,uiiv I by so huge a '. Ire. Tin- fruiis a v- i -ldnin t hiniiod. v. iii!-. virw ok Tin-: pi- ai: rnr.r. as tie- li ce i-s so vigorous as to bp eapa die ol i al lying ery large crops, and ' vet tin- fruits weigh from half a pound p to mi n i l a half pounds each. The i total wei:rlit of III ei-op list year was two huiidre dueiglit. Many tirsl prizes i haw- de-'ii won from this tree, i in-lu.I - iug lirsls at ihe Cryslal I'a'a -e i'l I . S.I I and Kl.-,." 'I'll- liiil fri-imiil l-o. I. According to M. I'iron the idea of n postpaid envelope originated early in the reign of Louis XIV. M. Io Yelinorin liitid t stablished a private pi ; t, placing boxes at the corners of the streets for the reception of letters wrapped in envelopes, which were to be bought at oftieos established for the purpose. And it is said that a Swedish artillciy officer, iu 1N2-1, petitionc 1 the Chamber of Nobles to propose to the Government to issue stamped envelopes for prepaid letters. In most pin t of A--ia w here coffee is used, the "rounds" are drnuk with LU i Mfusiun, FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. THRILLINC INCIDENTS AND DARINC DEEDS ON I AND AND SEA. I'fllloii JMili- nf mi Aeronaut In His Ital Jun:; Willi ii Mailman riiph-HsHiit 4 )ii l it-lire of II .llailte -VniiiUlllilll, W ho Wan (loilln il to.' a Mail Ill-Ill', I I''. Monsieur (iodurd, a noted I-'rein-h neronaiit, now visiting New York, was recently relating to a party of friends, among tliein a writer for the Washing ton Star, some of his expel iences w hile up in a balloon. "The most exciting and in many re spirts most perilous ttseensioii I ever made," said M. (Sudani, "occurred about live years ago from a point near .Paris, (hi the oeeasioii to which I re fer I was accompanied bv n single fel low traveler, who had paid me lOOll francs for the privilege of a place I y my side. The wonther was line and the balloon had risen to a considerable height when 1 turned to my com jniiiioii, who I noticed was very ipliol, nii'l inipiired: "What ell'eet lias the journey had so far upon you, nion sieurV " "'None whatever,' was the curt re ply. " 'Then.' Filial I. I must emupli mi-lit you. Von are the first ninatoui I haeover known to reach this alti tilde without experiencing some uu usual condition. ' " '1 wish you'd go higher," said the nmatoiir coolly. "In response tothis request I throv, out some ballast and the balloon shot up some sixty yards higher. " 'Now, how do you feci.-1' I asked. "Must tin- same,' replied my com pnnioii, in a rather petulant tone. "liy. love!' I exclaimed, after glauc ing with t urpi ise at the stolid, indiffer ent expression of my guest's fa-.-e, 'you are a wonder, u born aeronaut, mon sieur.' "Well, the balloon kept on n'sili", nnd when a low hundred yards higher I again turned to my phlegmatic friend and ouestioiiod him as to his emo tions. "'Emotions' Not a trace of emo ti ins," replied he, with th" air ol a man who feels that hfi has been grially imposed upon. " 'Well, so much the worse,' said I. '1 fern- 1 shall not he able to alarm yo:i : w e have i iseu high euou;;ii, and we shall now descend.' " 'Descend!' repeated the innn, glaring; at me wilh a strange, wild glare iu his eyes, which 1 had not no ticed before. ' " 'Vi s, certainly; it would be dan gerous to go any higher. ' "'don't cure about the danger, and I don't choose to descend.' de clared the man. 'I'm going up high or. I am. - I've paid a thousand francs iu ni di r to experience some i-mot ions, and emotions I'll have before goin.v ilow u to the eai ih again.' "1 burst out laughing; I thought the man was joking. " 'Are you going up higher, or not'.'' asked my companion, at the same time grasping me with an iron grip by the throat and shaking me violently. 'I intend to have my emotions.' "It was only now," continued M. (Sudani, "that I realised that I was iu the society of a madman. The dilated eyes, the furious grasp, the very h of the man's voice left no doubt iu my mind about that. l!tit what was to be done? We. were some ;tooo feet high on-mg the clouds; a struggle was out of the ipiesiion, as one violent motion of the madman would be enough to upset the car. All these thoughts llashod through my mind in less th.iu a second. My adversary w as a power fully built man, and, without Iriin; his grasp, he called out: "Ah. my line fellow, inn have bet u playing the I'n I with me. Von have male mo pay loot! francs and lint given me a single emotion.' ' " I 'tit what would you have me do?' I asked, us calmly and soothingly us I could under the circii instances. " 'I'm going to throw you over.' s-ald th" m-.iduiii'i, w ilh a w ild laugh, 'lint lirsl an idea strikes me; I'll go up to the lop of Ihe balloon," and suit ing the action to the word, he jumped into the rigging of the car. "'Hut, my dear friend," said I, 'you wiil surely fall and lose your life. At least let me put a rope around your waist to iu event such an accident.' " 'Well, be it so," said the miidiuaii. who seemed to see the necessity nf some precaution ; and the lope having b -en attached he commenced climbing the rigging of the balloon with the agility of a sipiirrel, ami iu a minute or so was seated on the apex clapping bis hands and shouting w ith joy. Slid deidy he seeuiod to be seized wilh a mischievous desire, for, taking out of his (locket a huge clasp knife, he brandished it above his head and yelled out: 'Now, you rascal! You wanted to descend, did you? So you shall, iu a hurry'" and before I could utter a word t w o out of the six ropes att iching the e.i" to the baboon were cut, and the ear began to swing about ominously. The luaduuiu's knife wa. touching aunt'ner mpe when I called out to him: 'Stop, one word." " No, no; down you go.' " lint let me tell yon something, my friend; we are now nearly 10(10 feet high, and the 1 ss of the ear, or even a sinole pound of dallast it contains, would result in certain death to you. If you have a secret grudge against me don't sacrifice your own life by cutting the ear loose, oi casting me out. Let us lathei return to the earth alive and we can siyui settle any ditl'eieuces we mar have with a brace of pistols.' " ' Agreed!' said the madman, throw ing Ids knife awiiv, and coming rapid ly dow u the riogiug from his dancer ous perch, he ugiiin took his scut piii tly beside me in the cur. Needless to say 1 somi pn'.le 1 the valve, allow me the iras to slowly escape, and the balloon gradually descended to the e-oth. I'ti-Mo, niter the inadiuuu had golly in scaich uf pistc'ls, J aid a folcmn I'inver find vowed never to main? another ascension with a man p, li ossoil ol a craving to e.xpern iico the sensat ions lltit'ld-S. f ballooning iu high V.'-i-i'l. -lii-lli Cllulnc-l Oi n M-i'l Ural-. A few days ago a woodsman near Kiueo, Mc , had an expel ienoe with a bear that would give color to a tale of backwoods lelveiitiue. Milton I'il.e had a In al trap set up near Lncatoau on the bigge -t hill to the soiah of the stream. ll win liriir the bom's den, which was a hoi small cave in the led;.,-. The old lady had two pales lending ; from the mouth of her den, and when Pike set his trap in one sin-trim-led by the other route. Pike had aiiothir trap, but it was m l prntided w il h a chain huig enough o attach it properly to a clog. Al'ler thinking the mutter over a while, he sot his trap at a point when- two paths come near tog- tin r. Tin n In- set the trap wilh the. short eliinu in the otlor path, and stretching tin- few links across tin in 1 1-r veiling spin c alta- hed it to t he hnioe, chain, w hi' li ha I a clog attached. Hut two days later Jerry Perkins came along the trail not far limn the hillside. He had an ax, and said he was whistling and onjoii:o an Innn of lair weather, which by some chance visited the section that day. deiiy was ile-iineil to no el that bear, and he did. lb- saw Ihat the animal was in i trap and that tl log had stuck fa-t iu some bushes. Thinking il would be a vi i v easy matter I i iol unco and knock tin bear iu I'-ie lo ad, be proceodi d to ilo mi. 1 1 is. n I i i tin- dear 1 1 II it o thump, 1-nl III -le- dnilgeil the blow look i hoc! a liltb lower mi her skull than the woodsman had i'lloiid'd il should. And just a Ih- blow loll Jerry In aril n ;-l!iiU'-'i sound lu the lieiglibnr hno I of his leet and he bomd ., ,ear trap on his ankle. Th boar had gone such a shoit, distance before doing, drought up by tin dog that th" other trap ha I not been i-priing Perkins found him e' hitched to an ugly old she bear with e:ibs only a few rods away iu a ei cvice iu Ih" rock. The bear was fresh, having dragged tlm clog tin ilisla'c-e. and she went at den v in a vciy busiu---s like ma'am r. Again the u was brought down on her ln-a-l, I'lis time with bitter ell'eet than be fore, li-.-foru the third and final blow could be struck she bad laccral" 1 the llesh of Mr. Perkins' left log. Tin man got ion i . I iii- trap al'ler some dif li -uliy. lie could uu. ve admit eii'-iig h t i cut n sapling and w il Ii I ids in a levi r h-' put the spring dow n so ihal the jrw.s fell hick and n leased him. lie a id Pike divided Ihe pincccb. of Ih catch, one lakin the skin a'id homily and the oilier tin- in -at. An tillempl to g. t the cub t was unsuccessful, the little follows haxiug g M hi .: enough to run u-vay. - Low i-to'i iM.-.i .locrna1. li.Oiv s.i-.i-l In l.iyiitiiia,-. Lightning and b!o-k!"-iii"s com-1 together i'l I'i - ea i region i f Ti-va . The people ihoie, a - .1 rule, are nior. pa: I ial to t he lull i-c than Iho former. All exception tn the rule O.isl.s the.'" to- lay. In i , I'lio, in is. Penning I-in, of I 'i ii in Creek, w !ci says t ii-it one timely slmke of (lie lighini ig has d Hie her more o ,., ih-,-, ,,! i!,,. bl.i-kb, i ries in creation o.niM ns-iliv aeeo'iipli-di. .Iu t Infill I th-- lY.iuiiigtoli hoi'ic is a small i lea: in :. in w kid. the blackber ries j.'iov, large i- i 1 s.veel and i i iiluiii laacc. t l ie day Mr-'. Peiiuing toii Weill there t i pi.-k some berries I'm- supper, and t ml; h T little b.i'iy girl w ilh he:-. Th baby grow tii e I i.i a liille while a'id Ihe mother til-i-.i'iirvd a be I el dry Ic.ixes for il uu ih r a sheltering su iiach biis'n. In a few miiiilt 's the clul I was asleep and I'io mother resumed her berry picking, II was aa oppi cs-.i , ciy 1 1 .1 day, when til - a ir was full of eie -li icily an I not ii brea! h ol nil' rlii'iin.-' imy hero. A sipiall was c 1 1 1 in.; up i.ipidly fi-oin the oat,the lighlinu showing d'mly on It I upper dig'.-, I'U! Mis. I '-!) ii i ii ; 1 1 n was apparently iJiliv-ii.ft lo the a;i pio.ich of Ihe s-o' iii, glad o-!- Ilia' the bab slop! so cell an I give in r so bill.- Ironhli. Pcil il was not tin1 storm atone that t hrca'-'li" I daug--r. At the very oil,-" el' ih tiiic'.et. a'ad only a low f.-et ni:n lie- sleeping baby, lis eyes gloaming, lis h--nd laid llat oil tin ground and its tail lashing its taw uy sides, a hug.1 Mexican lion was crouch ing, roil ly lo spring. I'or a moment it ilug its bind paws nervously into the ground, and then il leaped into the air. It tell dead only a few inches from the sleeping baby, just as a loud pi al of thunder caused Mi s. Penning ton to look around lor In-1 safety ol' her child The baby awoke, looked up an I smiled. St. Louis (i'.odi I iiii..crat Mirny I nil. n il l. w. There is a popular impression that tlie sapphire is nlwa i a blue stone, w in iice, in.'eisl, ll has become a lecog lil.'.i d name iu the shop., of the jewel lers. This i- by no ii, cans an accurate itateiiieut. for ii Ceylon the odor li.ligcs from what i. described as a soil, elvely bine to a peacck blue, in which, ol c iui c. tlicie is a goo I deal of giccii There is also a red sapphire, which Is known. -is (he Cey lon Iilby, and which is eiy highly prize! indeed, being as ahlnh!.1 n lino liui iiish i ubies. There are also green sapphires, y( How sapphires and w lute sapphire--. Slrani- lli-.ull of :l l.it;tilllilit; Mlnkr. A siiMuc.e result ol' a stroke ol' light ning is reported from near Wabash, hid Mary Oswalt, the eiglileeli yiar t'ld daughter of a farmer there, was standing in the doorway of her home during a thund-'i storm, wlien thei'e came a blunting Hash of light ning. She was stunned by the shock, but soi -i recovered. When she ro inoed In T shoes iiepai aiol y to eoiiig to lad an hour la.tir, she loiind that tin- lightcill .' l- i l caused liunibci les -ldl'ttl- on the --!.. of her ,'oet. Oihi-iu ise -he was ti Mii-jUi J bv the streke IliilillU Hollo tin Ilo- lliiv. Oil Willi your huts. ,(s -ih l jo in high' We have hiol a i.'l"ri"iis . 1 n y. Ami M'S'T sii' li Ian hi ie ath ih" uu, A. li'litiL: hoii ii ilo- fay ! Never sio'li tmi in a -'..'i-'h aiol l"'ir. Willi a .".'e limaii still nmt lull, Ale I a fooliuaii stout, to lane! y"i o'l. Aiel I'.Miio at voir I.e. 1 ait.l . .ill '. Softer lliiin silk. -u u-li i .ti- are, Is our seat ( flagrant hay. As frmii shl" lo so!" we slip niel sll'!" l'oti oiir fr"h iii - w.i., nil wilh .. in- hais. Ii.-y.-. sin;; l"i I o . An. I v. ake th ho . nfiir. I.' I Ihe 1,'ii Is loo. I ill. 1 1 ti- t heir w ill. Cut we'll sit' mi villi a I--U I Ic.nah ' I. .iti l'a i -- k-- in oiiili'.. t "iio aiii ai. ItiU iiinl I il l le rnslii'ii s):, I Inr you ng l imp io!"ct a s iiitci'e-le.l in lo ai i i r about so hug ill so ,oi v small This i mi nt i has t he Iciioi of issued the l.o'gC'.l t roup I V I'l Will be ill- M'I'V -tamp.-, hav ilo' made 1IU old i oil) '-l.-IMlli. I I 1 rieteil to the inailili-.; ol pad. age if lieu -papei s, nnd in-l I lit In l- I I--I I. t!"l il----. This stamp w a" lo, i run he ; l"iig by two liu lies wide ad-Hi' III" t hi' -Is a-Ial go as an m dinary ba-ik imi o The iial'tei - hiiling slump '! Meek b nbiirg-Schwerin. which was issued in )5tl. i-' Iho smalicl ever is.ued -les. than one I'mirth the size nt the current pon:iv I'.uglish stump and i would lake about lil'lv of tliein to cover Ihe siiila.-o of Ihe largest issued bv the I'liil-d Suites. Chic,. ; pec t I'.-iin ill ol' Oi phaii Via". A mother pig died lea-, ing a large family of pink and white little pigs. All the hands ,,ii ihe farm were busy, and there so mod im way lo do but to let the orphans die from starvation. The other pigs 1 1 cite. I t hel'l with the greatest unconcern inn! i felt no pity for them. liul a little gill e.iiiie around the col lier of I he hi and w b- n he saw the little heard of tin ir sad plight 1 1 1 it- prompt ! v . "I II a. lop; ' , in." and I id app.O t-lil I v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ; i o I barn, pigs and she said -r father very willingly gave lin-m lo b--r. They wen ill pica ing pilcU ly for iheii diiiMor, ami at io.t their lit tic iiiistn-ss .lei n il know w ha! lo do w ilh tin h-'w to I I I In-ill. for they wen- much t 1 y. ling to drink out o!' a trough. liul she soon bad a bright idea. She lan lo the bolls.- and bo-oecheil her itn it her for mi d.l I in teapot w hidi had long stood i-ii Ihe p.iiiOy shelf 'I hen she found a rubber muni lipid- exacllv like those used mi a baby's bottle! This she secllielv lilted nil the spout of ! he ti Ipol. which was llieli filled w ilh milk. Pv this tune the little piggies were ill a pitable stale of huiir-'ei. Tin1 li'.lb- gill run out llll-l I. lid. the piggies n!:e h from tin- soil ''linn ol their box, and they laid hold "f tin- teapot s t wilii little giuiils of satisfaction, mid whciithcx bad liui-dicd their ''.'iilnr lllev ail curled up to.ethor and went oil lo sleep. I h- lillle o,,- always led the runt-, the -mall, weak pigs of Ihe litter lielolc ihe ollicls.ah'l thev so. m .--ew huge. no! strong In a few w r.'le I he w ho-c la mil, if orphans would set up a gli al -. iio.il'ii i ii'i i I i no I lo ii' loi-: l o--. a;- ei! e.l. moih-lime-- loll.'W m:' h. r ---os--. the yard like o III, . IV kill. -Us. I'l-l, poop!,' k low ll ".I ele.lll llll-l -oil aiol eUlllltllg M-iy lit'le I i ; are, a ol lie lillle fg i 1 I oivatlv eiioM'.l Inn family. Wlo n lhe, were a liltle ..Id.-r - ho l.nn-ht tliem lo eai .on oi I In ii -.iigli. ami now sin- h is the fun - I litter of pigi aiivw he e iu the township. t hieago lo'c.o.l. I he loom I h omo.. We had a lull hall Ii fore I he ill i f began, w arded by one i .f I h in to w ol be and nolo re pi . 1 1 i.- l and and less. , us in e , or seen -old chamois most intci esliiig sight - a lint m ill history I Ion e mniielv. the sight '! an giv ing its young k ll a le ing I must promise b thai ll is i cry ihllioiill hi iii jump mentioning fact, un pnssible for any one but a oiy old iinlid In disiingiii h a duck ohnmois from a doe as they a e mis, and the rule i - not t-. h ! a! a chamois if it has a ,i, w it l il. a - thai Is a pretty sole sign il b a doe. A lew minutes lii'lel V c til 1 been sill n,g iuii liy al mil p.. I , and b--- f Ih" drill'' I e ;an. th.- keepm called in v a't":.'i"ii I 1 a eh. en -i iica l and neck, which lie I 1 1 1 1 . 1 - 1 1 x appiared on the l.y line about loll yal.ls ,.V. ll lin ncd o il to be a doe w ilh a kid I hey caine al'-tig ! o-ly, not at a!l thinking nf d i ioor. and no' in any wax as y il di-1 Hi be I by Ihe drivels, w ho wen- a mid or t.m away, ami whoh.nl not yet begun todriie. I hey both came ipiielly down the sleep mountainside until Ho y came lo a place where there was a drop of about twelve feet, and tlo-n t-.oU I . i -e the follow ing; beautiful sight, which was al-ui witnessed by S. and hi. .lager from where they sat. The old liu u ois jumped down, as a unit t it of coin sc. but the k:d "Ml liked, " and would lint follow. I he old one looked up at it. and then went back another wax io the le Igc o i which the kid was standing'. ami again jumped down, so a- to -le-w th- young one lew to do it, ai'd looking up to it a umcli as lo fio, " t'muc idoiig. yon liitle tuj'id, it won't hurt yon!" Put tho kid funked again, and would nut fidhnv. The mother t heroupoii returiii'l a se.:- mil time to the ledge, and roceeiled to push thekid with her load.. and mauO it jillipdown, and followed i! lieiselb Then oauic Ho- climax -the old ono and the young one both wi ld round again to the same ledge, nnd the old one jumped down lirst. and this time thekid followed immediately, having hi en taught that it was safe ai d easy enough. Hadinintoii Mat-Hii"'- rm line' Iii.i it. It in in Augiisl that the naturalist. observe the marvelous insect winch l bom, ropi odnced ami dii s in tin' peiiod of a single night on the banl of the Win no, o the Seine mid of tl.e Khiiie; it is the epbeinero of which So iimmeribihi lias written, and which i- spoleen of in rM.itle. The life of this ilisecl does Hot las', le y ond four or live hours. (I dies toward 11 n'cloi k in the evening after takiiigll"- form of a butlei liy about si.v boms nit. r midday. It is line, however, that le-lnie taking this form it has lived throe years iu thai of il worm, w hich keeps always near the bolder of water in the le-l-s which it luak- s in the in ml. The change of 1 1ns ..i m iii the water In an i pln-mei e xvb i h tlies is so sii'lileii that i.'iie has iiol the time to see it. If one t ikes the worm iu the va'cr the hand eaiiimt be taken away In line Ihe change is made, unless by pressing the worm slighlly iu th-' region of the elmst: by this menus il call be taken lYnlii the w liter belol o I in- ehalige takes place. Th.1 iphemele, niter Kaxing tho water, socks a place w here it can di vot itself of a tine membrane or voi', which entirely covers it. This second ehaugii takes place iu t In- nir. I he opln-more arrests itself villi Ilo point of its little nails as (irmly as i! can; it makes a move similar to tlm of a shiver, then the skin on th- mi I dle of the leek breaks apart, t le w ings slip out of their sheath, as we some times take oil' i uir glovt s by turning them inside out. After thi. .--ti ipping the opln-merc begin lo liy. S-mni timed! led. Is itself st might U tin) surface . ! wipt-r on the end of its tail, flapping ids wings one again t the other. II lake ', no noil i ishmeiit ill the live or six hours which ale th" limit of its life. I i si cms to have been formed to multiply, for il does not lea. e its s1a!o of a worm until it is ready t deposit its ..... ' , and it dies us soon us they are depo-i!- 'I. In three davs' time o:n- see-, appear and die all spi. i ies of o .heuicri ... They hist sometimes until the filth day, lor the leiisi.ii licit some ma'ady has allcoted some nf them and prevent t Iioui I mm i hiiiigiiig nt t he same time a-' the others. - Atiaula Const it tit iod. In l Iuu ii Her. 'I i am. Well, lone we are down on Ihe ice, ,-nul Ihe dogs impatient tost.nl Lot me di scribe. Tho sled consists of a IIIIITolV li-'X four feet long, the front half being covered m b.iyed Hi. mount". I on a floor eight feet buig, rest ing mi I ii mil rs. In ilo- b :v tho passeii.-e!' dl- .w rapped iu rabbi; skins so that lie can hardly move, his head llild sholhlel s only projooi i iu . In front and behind and on o d the box is placed ail til" luggage, .oveled w il h en n va -., and securely lashed, to withstand ad the jolting; and possiblo upsets, and our snowshoes within easy lert'h. All iinpollllllt Item Is tho dogwbip, terrd.le to the dog il' u-ed dy a skillful baud and terrible to tho in. oi- il he be a novice: for he I- sure to half siiaiii-le hiucolf or I i hurl his own face with the bnsines- etui "f tho hsi. The whip I measured had a handle nine inches h.iig and lash thiriv foot, mi I wei;hcl four n 1 1 1 1 1 .- -. The lash was of Inhb-d and plait, d . al hide, n-i'! for li'.e leet from the handle lucastn ed I'm- iiiehci lolllnl, thell I'm l' il I I 111 feet it glad n illy ta) eied oil', ending in c - niglo t bong ball a n inch thick and iliieo feet long Woiuleiliil the dexterity w i! h w nidi a di i v.-i can i k out a dog. and al -t a spot nn a dog with In lash. 'I he la-h luu-t be Hailing at till! Icllgt h behind, w lie, I a Jel'k and turn of the w i ist causes n lo ll v lorwnrd, Iho thick pall tilst. and tho tape! ing end c ilitiiiuii'g the million till it is nt lull length in limit. and llm la-h making the I'm tlx from the vie tmi. Put often it is made to .-nick "in t lie lie.-el nt t he il-"i- a- a wain iig The l-lel ell dogs rtcle h.'ll liessed lo Ihe front of Ihe sled, CO h by .1 s. palate thong of seal hide, all of 'dif ferent length., ta- toned to a light can v as h.o lie s. 'Ih.. lo-, nest dog was admit lil'leen feet from the sled. an. I the h add. with belli mi her, about lilts feel, thctlioiigs thus iuciea -ing in length by about three feel. When the thong Is good Ihe dog. spread "ill like the lingers of a hail. I, but when Ihe simu is deep they fall Into each other's trucks iu almost single file. As they continually cross and recrnss each other, the thongs ge' gradually plaited almost lip to the rearmost dog, when a halt is called, the dogs ui'o lua le to lie dow n. and the driver cue I'nliy disentangles them, t i ing euro that no dog gets away iinniwhile. They are guided by the voice, m ing "Husky,"' that is, I'.skimo works; "Owk'goto the light: Anah,'' to the bfi, and "lloit," it might mi. Put otteu one of the men must run ahead on snow shoes for the dog. to follow linn. London. iC.-niada , Tiiiies, llappv I ititiM-i-uee. The Wife- What ;i sweet smile there i- on the biiliv 's pice, John 'lb" ll'ishand Yes, lie - pioM.lv I dieii'iiint,' that he's Keej-ing ni" awake. jh.''."!! 'mi.f i llirfHiiyi4'!lyiWIIti.iiar'J-M il W"n iris. Trrr